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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- yenedṛśīṁ gatim asau daśa-māsya īśa
- saṅgrāhitaḥ puru-dayena bhavādṛśena
- svenaiva tuṣyatu kṛtena sa dīna-nāthaḥ
- ko nāma tat-prati vināñjalim asya kuryāt
yenaby whom (the Lord) — by whom (the Lord); īdṛśīmsuch — such; gatima condition — a condition; asauthat person (myself) — that person (myself); daśaten months old-māsyaḥten months old — ten months old; īśaO Lord — O Lord; saṅgrāhitaḥwas made to accept — was made to accept; puruvery merciful-dayenavery merciful — very merciful; bhavādṛśenaincomparable — incomparable; svenaown — own; evaalone — alone; tuṣyatumay He be pleased — may He be pleased; kṛtenawith His act — with His act; saḥthat — that; dīnarefuge of the fallen souls-nāthaḥrefuge of the fallen souls — refuge of the fallen souls; kaḥwho — who; nāmaindeed — indeed; tatthat mercy — that mercy; pratiin return — in return; vināexcept with — except with; añjalimfolded hands — folded hands; asyaof the Lord — of the Lord; kuryātcan repay — can repay.
My dear Lord, by Your causeless mercy I am awakened to consciousness, although I am only ten months old. For this causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the friend of all fallen souls, there is no way to express my gratitude but to pray with folded hands.
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, intelligence and forgetfulness are both supplied by the Supersoul sitting with the individual soul within the body. When He sees that a conditioned soul is very serious about getting out of the clutches of the material influence, the Supreme Lord gives intelligence internally as Supersoul and externally as the spiritual master, or, as an incarnation of the Personality of Godhead Himself, He helps by speaking instructions such as Bhagavad-gītā. The Lord is always seeking the opportunity to reclaim the fallen souls to His abode, the kingdom of God. We should always feel very much obliged to the Personality of Godhead, for He is always anxious to bring us into the happy condition of eternal life. There is no sufficient means to repay the Personality of Godhead for His act of benediction; therefore, we can simply feel gratitude and pray to the Lord with folded hands. This prayer of the child in the womb may be questioned by some atheistic people. How can a child pray in such a nice way in the womb of his mother? Everything is possible by the grace of the Lord. The child is put into such a precarious condition externally, but internally he is the same, and the Lord is there. By the transcendental energy of the Lord, everything is possible.