SB 4.18.2

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 18: Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

SB 4.18.1 - SB 4.18.3

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 2

sanniyacchābhibho manyuṁ

nibodha śrāvitaṁ ca me

sarvataḥ sāram ādatte

yathā madhu-karo budhaḥ

SYNONYMS

sanniyaccha — please pacify; abhibho — O King; manyum — anger; nibodha — try to understand; śrāvitam — what is said; ca — also; me — by me; sarvataḥ — from everywhere; sāram — the essence; ādatte — takes; yathā — as; madhu-karaḥ — the bumblebee; budhaḥ — an intelligent person.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, please pacify your anger completely and hear patiently whatever I submit before you. Please turn your kind attention to this. I may be very poor, but a learned man takes the essence of knowledge from all places, just as a bumblebee collects honey from each and every flower.

SB 4.18.1 - SB 4.18.3