🪷 ŚB 4.11.17

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

Sanskrit

निमित्तमात्रं तत्रासीन्निर्गुण: पुरुषर्षभ: । व्यक्ताव्यक्तमिदं विश्वं यत्र भ्रमति लोहवत् ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

nimitta-mātraṁ tatrāsīn nirguṇaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ vyaktāvyaktam idaṁ viśvaṁ yatra bhramati lohavat
Synonyms
nimitta-mātram — remote cause; tatra — then; āsīt — was; nirguṇaḥ — uncontaminated; puruṣa-ṛṣabhaḥ — the Supreme Person; vyakta — manifested; avyaktam — unmanifested; idam — this; viśvam — world; yatra — where; bhramati — moves; loha-vat — like iron.

Translation

My dear Dhruva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is uncontaminated by the material modes of nature. He is the remote cause of the creation of this material cosmic manifestation. When He gives the impetus, many other causes and effects are produced, and thus the whole universe moves, just as iron moves by the integrated force of a magnet.

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ŚB 4.11.17requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.11parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 4parent 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

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