Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.82.19

suhrido jñātayah putrā

bhrātarah pitarāv api

nānusmaranti sva-janam

yasya daivam adakshinam

SYNONYMS

suhridah — friends; jñātayah — and relatives; putrāh — sons; bhrātarah — brothers; pitarau — parents; api — even; na anusmaranti — do not remember; sva-janam — a dear one; yasya — whose; daivam — Providence; adakshinam — unfavorable.

TRANSLATION

Friends and family members — even children, brothers and parents — forget a dear one whom Providence no longer favors.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī and Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura both comment that Kuntī does not blame her relatives for her suffering. Thus she calls them "most saintly persons" and alludes here to her own bad fortune as the cause of her unhappiness.

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