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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.2.38

అహో వయం ధన్యతమా యదత్ర త్యక్తా: పితృభ్యాం న విచిన్తయామ: । అభక్ష్యమాణా అబలా వృకాదిభి: స రక్షితా రక్షతి యో హి గర్భే ॥ ౩౮ ॥
aho vayaṁ dhanyatamā yad atra
[aho vayam dhanyatamaa yad atra]
tyaktāḥ pitṛbhyāṁ na vicintayāmaḥ
[tyaktaah pitribhyaam na vichintayaamah]
abhakṣyamāṇā abalā vṛkādibhiḥ
[abhakshyamaanaa abalaa vrikaadibhih]
sa rakṣitā rakṣati yo hi garbhe
[sa rakshitaa rakshati yo hi garbhe]
aho — alas vayam — we dhanya-tamāḥ — most fortunate yat — because atra — at the present moment tyaktāḥ — left alone, without protection pitṛbhyām — by both father and mother na — not vicintayāmaḥ — worry abhakṣyamāṇāḥ — not being eaten abalāḥ — very weak vṛka-ādibhiḥ — by tigers and other ferocious animals saḥ — He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) rakṣitā — will protect rakṣati — has protected yaḥ — who hi — indeed garbhe — within the womb.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
aho vayaṁ dhanyatamā yad atra
aho
alas
vayam
we
dhanya-tamāḥ
most fortunate
yat
because
atra
at the present moment
tyaktāḥ pitṛbhyāṁ na vicintayāmaḥ
tyaktāḥ
left alone, without protection
pitṛbhyām
by both father and mother
na
not
vicintayāmaḥ
worry
abhakṣyamāṇā abalā vṛkādibhiḥ
abhakṣyamāṇāḥ
not being eaten
abalāḥ
very weak
vṛka-ādibhiḥ
by tigers and other ferocious animals
sa rakṣitā rakṣati yo hi garbhe
saḥ
He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
rakṣitā
will protect
rakṣati
has protected
yaḥ
who
hi
indeed
garbhe
within the womb.
It is wonderful that these elderly women do not have a higher sense of life than we do. Indeed, we are most fortunate, for although we are children and have been left to struggle in material life, unprotected by father and mother, and although we are very weak, we have not been vanquished or eaten by ferocious animals. Thus we have a firm belief that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has given us protection even in the womb of the mother, will protect us everywhere.

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (18.61) , īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati: the Lord is present in the core of everyone’s heart. Thus the Lord gives protection to everyone and gives the different types of bodies the living entity wants to enjoy. Everything is done by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore one should not lament the birth and death of a living being, which have been arranged by the Supreme Lord. Lord Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) , sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jṣānam apohanaṁ ca: “I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” One must act according to the direction of the Lord within the heart, but because the conditioned soul wants to act independently, the Lord gives him the facility to act and experience the reactions. The Lord says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja: “Give up all other duties and simply surrender unto Me.” One who does not abide by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given the facility to enjoy this material world. Instead of restricting him, the Lord gives the conditioned soul the opportunity to enjoy so that by mature experience, after many, many births ( bahūnāṁ janmanām ante ), he will understand that surrender to the lotus feet of Vāsudeva is the only duty of all living beings.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Oh women! I am fortunate because, though abandoned by my mother and father, I have not been eaten by wolves. Thus I do not worry. He who protects me in the womb is my protector now. Though young I have understanding, but these persons do not. He speaks in amazement.
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