Canto 9, Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Verse 17 (SB 9.5.17)
SB 9.5.17 • मूल श्लोक

राजन्ननुगृहीतोऽहं त्वयातिकरुणात्मना । मदघं पृष्ठत: कृत्वा प्राणा यन्मेऽभिरक्षिता: ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

rājann anugṛhīto ’haṁ tvayātikaruṇātmanā mad-aghaṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā prāṇā yan me ’bhirakṣitāḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

rājan — O King; anugṛhītaḥ — very much favored; aham — I (am); tvayā — by you; ati-karuṇa-ātmanā — because of your being extremely merciful; mat-agham — my offenses; pṛṣṭhataḥ — to the back; kṛtvā — doing so; prāṇāḥ — life; yat — that; me — my; abhirakṣitāḥ — saved.

Translation

“O King, overlooking my offenses, you have saved my life. Thus I am very much obliged to you because you are so merciful.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda