Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.13.19
కవి: కల్పో నిపుణదృక్ చిత్రప్రియకథ: సమ:
లోకస్య కుర్వత: కర్మ శేషే తద్వీక్షితాపి వా ॥ ౧౯ ॥
kaviḥ kalpo nipuṇa-dṛk
[kavih kalpo nipuna-drik]
citra-priya-kathaḥ samaḥ
[chitra-priya-kathah samah]
lokasya kurvataḥ karma
[lokasya kurvatah karma]
śeṣe tad-vīkṣitāpi vā
[sheshe tad-veekshitaapi vaa]
Word-for-word
kaviḥ
—
very learned
kalpaḥ
—
expert
nipuṇa-dṛk
—
intelligent
citra-priya-kathaḥ
—
able to speak palatable words that are pleasing to the heart
samaḥ
—
equipoised
lokasya
—
of the people in general
kurvataḥ
—
engaged in
karma
—
fruitive work
śeṣe
—
you lie down
tat-vīkṣitā
—
seeing them all
api
—
although
vā
—
either.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kaviḥ kalpo nipuṇa-dṛk
kaviḥ
very learned
kalpaḥ
expert
nipuṇa-dṛk
intelligent
citra-priya-kathaḥ samaḥ
citra-priya-kathaḥ
able to speak palatable words that are pleasing to the heart
samaḥ
equipoised
lokasya kurvataḥ karma
lokasya
of the people in general
kurvataḥ
engaged in
karma
fruitive work
śeṣe tad-vīkṣitāpi vā
śeṣe
you lie down
tat-vīkṣitā
seeing them all
api
although
vā
either.
Your Honor appears learned, expert and intelligent in every way. You can speak very well, saying things that are pleasing to the heart. You see that people in general are engaged in fruitive activities, yet you are lying here inactive.
Purport
Prahlāda Mahārāja studied the bodily features of the saintly person, and through the saint’s physiognomy Prahlāda Mahārāja could understand that he was intelligent and expert, although he was lying down and not doing anything. Prahlāda was naturally inquisitive about why he was lying there inactive.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Though wise, capable, astute, capable of speaking nicely and equiposed, you lie down, looking at people performing actions with disgust, or perhaps curiosity.
“Why do you conclude this?” I desire the nectar of your words to make myself successful, since you seem to be endowed with wisdom, capability, astuteness, and other qualities by seeing your auspicious bodily features. You lie down, while looking at people engaged in actions with disgust, or perhaps looking at them out of curiosity.
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