SB 1.5.2

Synonyms

nāradaḥ — Śrī Nārada; uvāca — said; mahā-bhāga — O highly fortunate one; pārāśarya — O son of Parāśara [both addresses imply that despondency was not at all appropriate for Vyāsa (tavaivaṁ viṣādo na yukta iti sūcayati)³]; kaccit — is [kim⁴]; bhavataḥ — your; śārīraḥ — physiological self [śārīrābhimānī ātmā⁵]; mānasaḥ eva vā — or indeed, your psychological [mano’bhimānī]; ātmā — self; parituṣyati — satisfied [or not (no’vā)]; ātmanā — by its respective physical and mental engagements [tena śarīreṇa tena manasā].

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