Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.21.11

tasya tāḿ karuṇāḿ vācaḿ

niśamya vipula-śramām

kṛpayā bhṛśa-santapta

idam āhāmṛtaḿ vacaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya — of him (the caṇḍāla); tām — those; karuṇām — pitiable; vācam — words; niśamya — hearing; vipula — very much; śramām — fatigued; kṛpayā — out of compassion; bhṛśa-santaptaḥ — very much aggrieved; idam — these; āha — spoke; amṛtam — very sweet; vacaḥ — words.

TRANSLATION

Aggrieved at hearing the pitiable words of the poor fatigued caṇḍāla, Mahārāja Rantideva spoke the following nectarean words.

PURPORT

Mahārāja Rantideva's words were like amṛta, or nectar, and therefore, aside from rendering bodily service to an aggrieved person, by his words alone the King could save the life of anyone who might hear him.

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