ŚB 10.49.27
Canto 10, Chapter 49, Text 27
तथापि सूनृता सौम्य हृदि न स्थीयते चले ।
पुत्रानुरागविषमे विद्युत् सौदामनी यथा ॥ २७ ॥
पुत्रानुरागविषमे विद्युत् सौदामनी यथा ॥ २७ ॥
tathāpi sūnṛtā saumya
hṛdi na sthīyate cale
putrānurāga-viṣame
vidyut saudāmanī yathā
hṛdi na sthīyate cale
putrānurāga-viṣame
vidyut saudāmanī yathā
Word by word
tathā api — nevertheless; sūnṛtā — pleasing words; saumya — O gentle one; hṛdi — in my heart; na sthīyate — do not remain steady; cale — which is unsteady; putra — for my sons; anurāga — by affection; viṣame — prejudiced; vidyut — lightning; saudāmanī — in a cloud; yathā — as.
Translation
Even so, gentle Akrūra, because my unsteady heart is prejudiced by affection for my sons, these pleasing words of yours cannot remain fixed there, just as lightning cannot remain fixed in a cloud.