🪷 ŚB 4.22.18

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

Bhāgavatam Detail Source-Anchor Spine

This reading page exposes the requested verse-reference route, canonical received passage, parent chapter/skandha context, and the wider Bhāgavata source spine without inventing artificial verse boundaries.

ŚB 4.22.18requested 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

सनत्कुमार उवाच साधु पृष्टं महाराज सर्वभूतहितात्मना । भवता विदुषा चापि साधूनां मतिरीद‍ृशी ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

sanat-kumāra uvāca sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ mahārāja sarva-bhūta-hitātmanā bhavatā viduṣā cāpi sādhūnāṁ matir īdṛśī
Synonyms
sanat-kumāraḥ uvāca — Sanat-kumāra said; sādhu — saintly; pṛṣṭam — question; mahārāja — my dear King; sarva-bhūta — all living entities; hita-ātmanā — by one who desires good for all; bhavatā — by you; viduṣā — well learned; ca — and; api — although; sādhūnām — of the saintly persons; matiḥ — intelligence; īdṛśī — like this.

Translation

Sanat-kumāra said: My dear King Pṛthu, I am very nicely questioned by you. Such questions are beneficial for all living entities, especially because they are raised by you, who are always thinking of the good of others. Although you know everything, you ask such questions because that is the behavior of saintly persons. Such intelligence is befitting your position.

Navigation

🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷