🪷 ŚB 12.3.17

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

युगानि युगधर्मांश्च मानं प्रलयकल्पयो: । कालस्येश्वररूपस्य गतिं विष्णोर्महात्मन: ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

yugāni yuga-dharmāṁś ca mānaṁ pralaya-kalpayoḥ kālasyeśvara-rūpasya gatiṁ viṣṇor mahātmanaḥ
Synonyms
yugāni — the ages of the universal history; yuga-dharmān — the special qualities of each age; ca — and; mānam — the measurement; pralaya — of annihilation; kalpayoḥ — and of universal maintenance; kālasya — of time; īśvara-rūpasya — the representation of the Personality of Godhead; gatim — the movement; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; mahā-ātmanaḥ — the Supreme Soul.

Translation

Please explain the different ages of universal history, the special qualities of each age, the duration of cosmic maintenance and destruction, and the movement of time, which is the direct representation of the Supreme Soul, the Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu.

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ŚB 12.3.17requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 12.3parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 12parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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