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A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.19 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on January 15, 1974 in Honolulu, HI.

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.19

dharma uvāca

kaccid bhadre ’nāmayam ātmanas te
 vicchāyāsi mlāyateṣan mukhena
ālakṣaye bhavatīm antarādhiṁ
 dūre bandhuṁ śocasi kañcanāmba

Dharma [in the form of a bull] asked: Madam, are you not hale and hearty? Why are you covered with the shadow of grief? It appears by your face that you have become black. Are you suffering from some internal disease, or are you thinking of some relative who is away in a distant place?