🪷 ŚB 4.8.64

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

Sanskrit

नारद उवाच राजन् किं ध्यायसे दीर्घं मुखेन परिशुष्यता । किं वा न रिष्यते कामो धर्मो वार्थेन संयुत: ॥ ६४ ॥

Transliteration

nārada uvāca rājan kiṁ dhyāyase dīrghaṁ mukhena pariśuṣyatā kiṁ vā na riṣyate kāmo dharmo vārthena saṁyutaḥ
Synonyms
nāradaḥ uvāca — the great sage Nārada Muni said; rājan — my dear King; kim — what; dhyāyase — thinking of; dīrgham — very deeply; mukhena — with your face; pariśuṣyatā — as if drying up; kim vā — whether; na — not; riṣyate — been lost; kāmaḥ — sense gratification; dharmaḥ — religious rituals; vā — or; arthena — with economic development; saṁyutaḥ — along with.

Translation

The great sage Nārada inquired: My dear King, your face appears to be withering up, and you look like you have been thinking of something for a very long time. Why is that? Have you been hampered in following your path of religious rites, economic development and sense gratification?

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