🪷 ŚB 3.1.40

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ŚB 3.1.40requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.1parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 3parent 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

Sanskrit

अहो पृथापि ध्रियतेऽर्भकार्थे राजर्षिवर्येण विनापि तेन । यस्त्वेकवीरोऽधिरथो विजिग्ये धनुर्द्वितीय: ककुभश्चतस्र: ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

aho pṛthāpi dhriyate ’rbhakārthe rājarṣi-varyeṇa vināpi tena yas tv eka-vīro ’dhiratho vijigye dhanur dvitīyaḥ kakubhaś catasraḥ
Synonyms
aho — O my lord; pṛthā — Kuntī; api — also; dhriyate — bears her life; arbhaka-arthe — for the sake of fatherless children; rājarṣi — King Pāṇḍu; varyeṇa — the best; vinā api — without him; tena — him; yaḥ — one who; tu — but; eka — alone; vīraḥ — the warrior; adhirathaḥ — commander; vijigye — could conquer; dhanuḥ — the bow; dvitīyaḥ — the second; kakubhaḥ — directions; catasraḥ — four.

Translation

O my lord, is Pṛthā still living? She lived only for the sake of her fatherless children; otherwise it was impossible for her to live without King Pāṇḍu, who was the greatest commander and who alone conquered the four directions simply with the help of a second bow.

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