सन्नियच्छाभिभो मन्युं निबोध श्रावितं च मे ।
सर्वतः सारमादत्ते यथा मधुकरो बुधः ॥२॥

sanniyacchābhibho manyuṁ
nibodha śrāvitaṁ ca me
sarvataḥ sāram ādatte
yathā madhu-karo budhaḥ

 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.


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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.

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