🪷 ŚB 3.16.17

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ŚB 3.16.17requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.16parent 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

ब्रह्मण्यस्य परं दैवं ब्राह्मणा: किल ते प्रभो । विप्राणां देवदेवानां भगवानात्मदैवतम् ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

brahmaṇyasya paraṁ daivaṁ brāhmaṇāḥ kila te prabho viprāṇāṁ deva-devānāṁ bhagavān ātma-daivatam
Synonyms
brahmaṇyasya — of the supreme director of the brahminical culture; param — the highest; daivam — position; brāhmaṇāḥ — the brāhmaṇas; kila — for the teaching of others; te — Your; prabho — O Lord; viprāṇām — of the brāhmaṇas; deva-devānām — to be worshiped by the demigods; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ātma — the self; daivatam — worshipable Deity.

Translation

O Lord, You are the supreme director of the brahminical culture. Your considering the brāhmaṇas to be in the highest position is Your example for teaching others. Actually You are the supreme worshipable Deity, not only for the gods but for the brāhmaṇas also.

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