Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Verse 16

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 47: The Song of the Bee

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.16

visṛja śirasi pādaḿ vedmy ahaḿ cātu-kārair

anunaya-viduṣas te 'bhyetya dautyair mukundāt

sva-kṛta iha viṣṛṣṭāpatya-paty-anya-lokā

vyasṛjad akṛta-cetāḥ kiḿ nu sandheyam asmin

SYNONYMS

visṛja — let go of; śirasi — held on your head; pādam — My foot; vedmi — know; aham — I; cāṭu-kāraiḥ — with flattering words; anunaya — in the art of conciliation; viduṣaḥ — who are expert; te — of you; abhyetya — having learned; dautyaiḥ — by acting as a messenger; mukundāt — from Kṛṣṇa; sva — for His own; kṛte — sake; iha — in this life; visṛṣṭa — who have abandoned; apatya — children; patī — husbands; anya-lokāḥ — and everyone else; vyasṛjat — He abandoned; akṛta-cetāḥ — ungrateful; kim nu — why indeed; sandheyam — should I make reconciliation; asmin — with Him.

TRANSLATION

Keep your head off My feet! I know what you're doing. You expertly learned diplomacy from Mukunda, and now you come as His messenger with flattering words. But He abandoned those who for His sake alone gave up their children, husbands and all other relations. He's simply ungrateful. Why should I make up with Him now?

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, this verse illustrates the qualities of sañjalpa, as described by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in the following verse of his Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (14.190):

solluṇṭhayā gahanayā

kayāpy ākṣepa-mudrayā

tasyākṛta-jñatādy-uktiḥ

sañjalpaḥ kathito budhaiḥ

"The learned describe sañjalpa as that speech which decries with deep irony and insulting gestures the beloved's ungratefulness and so on." Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the word ādi, "and so on," implies the perception in one's lover of hardheartedness, of an inimical attitude and of a complete lack of love.

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