🪷 ŚB 2.1.8
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
इदं भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् ।
अधीतवान् द्वापरादौ पितुर्द्वैपायनादहम् ॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration
idaṁ bhāgavataṁ nāma
purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam
adhītavān dvāparādau
pitur dvaipāyanād aham
Synonyms
idam — this; bhāgavatam — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; nāma — of the name; purāṇam — Vedic supplement; brahma-sammitam — approved as the essence of the Vedas; adhītavān — studied; dvāpara-ādau — at the end of the Dvāpara-yuga; pituḥ — from my father; dvaipāyanāt — Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva; aham — myself.
Translation
At the end of the Dvāpara-yuga, I studied this great supplement of Vedic literature named Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is equal to all the Vedas, from my father, Śrīla Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva.
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