🪷 ŚB 3.4.23

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

Sanskrit

श्री शुक उवाच इत्युद्धवादुपाकर्ण्य सुहृदां दु:सहं वधम् । ज्ञानेनाशमयत्क्षत्ता शोकमुत्पतितं बुध: ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca ity uddhavād upākarṇya suhṛdāṁ duḥsahaṁ vadham jñānenāśamayat kṣattā śokam utpatitaṁ budhaḥ
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śuka Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; uddhavāt — from Uddhava; upākarṇya — hearing; suhṛdām — of friends and relatives; duḥsaham — unbearable; vadham — annihilation; jñānena — by transcendental knowledge; aśamayat — pacified himself; kṣattā — Vidura; śokam — bereavement; utpatitam — arisen; budhaḥ — the learned.

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing from Uddhava all about the annihilation of his friends and relatives, the learned Vidura pacified his overwhelming bereavement by dint of his transcendental knowledge.

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