🪷 ŚB 4.22.12

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ŚB 4.22.12requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.22parent 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

Sanskrit

स्वागतं वो द्विजश्रेष्ठा यद्‌व्रतानि मुमुक्षव: । चरन्ति श्रद्धया धीरा बाला एव बृहन्ति च ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

svāgataṁ vo dvija-śreṣṭhā yad-vratāni mumukṣavaḥ caranti śraddhayā dhīrā bālā eva bṛhanti ca
Synonyms
su-āgatam — welcome; vaḥ — unto you; dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ — the best of the brāhmaṇas; yat — whose; vratāni — vows; mumukṣavaḥ — of persons desiring liberation; caranti — behave; śraddhayā — with great faith; dhīrāḥ — controlled; bālāḥ — boys; eva — like; bṛhanti — observe; ca — also.

Translation

Mahārāja Pṛthu offered his welcome to the four Kumāras, addressing them as the best of the brāhmaṇas. He welcomed them, saying: From the beginning of your birth you strictly observed the vows of celibacy, and although you are experienced in the path of liberation, you are keeping yourselves just like small children.

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