🪷 ŚB 2.10.22

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

Sanskrit

बोध्यमानस्य ऋषिभिरात्मनस्तज्जिघृक्षत: । कर्णौ च निरभिद्येतां दिश: श्रोत्रं गुणग्रह: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

bodhyamānasya ṛṣibhir ātmanas taj jighṛkṣataḥ karṇau ca nirabhidyetāṁ diśaḥ śrotraṁ guṇa-grahaḥ
Synonyms
bodhyamānasya — desiring to understand; ṛṣibhiḥ — by the authorities; ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Being; tat — that; jighṛkṣataḥ — when He desired to take up; karṇau — the ears; ca — also; nirabhidyetām — became manifested; diśaḥ — the direction or the god of air; śrotram — the power of hearing; guṇa-grahaḥ — and the objects of hearing.

Translation

By development of the desire of the great sages to know, the ears, the power of hearing, the controlling deity of hearing, and the objects of hearing became manifested. The great sages desired to hear about the Self.

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