🪷 ŚB 2.4.17

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

Sanskrit

तपस्विनो दानपरा यशस्विनो मनस्विनो मन्त्रविद: सुमङ्गला: । क्षेमं न विन्दन्ति विना यदर्पणं तस्मै सुभद्रश्रवसे नमो नम: ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

tapasvino dāna-parā yaśasvino manasvino mantra-vidaḥ sumaṅgalāḥ kṣemaṁ na vindanti vinā yad-arpaṇaṁ tasmai subhadra-śravase namo namaḥ
Synonyms
tapasvinaḥ — the great learned sages; dāna-parāḥ — the great performer of charity; yaśasvinaḥ — the great worker of distinction; manasvinaḥ — the great philosophers or mystics; mantra-vidaḥ — the great chanter of the Vedic hymns; su-maṅgalāḥ — strict followers of Vedic principles; kṣemam — fruitful result; na — never; vindanti — attain; vinā — without; yat-arpaṇam — dedication; tasmai — unto Him; subhadra — auspicious; śravase — hearing about Him; namaḥ — my obeisances; namaḥ — again and again.

Translation

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the all-auspicious Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa again and again because the great learned sages, the great performers of charity, the great workers of distinction, the great philosophers and mystics, the great chanters of the Vedic hymns and the great followers of Vedic principles cannot achieve any fruitful result without dedication of such great qualities to the service of the Lord.

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