🪷 ŚB 5.20.17

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

Sanskrit

परस्य ब्रह्मण: साक्षाज्जातवेदोऽसि हव्यवाट् । देवानां पुरुषाङ्गानां यज्ञेन पुरुषं यजेति ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

parasya brahmaṇaḥ sākṣāj jāta-vedo ’si havyavāṭ devānāṁ puruṣāṅgānāṁ yajñena puruṣaṁ yajeti
Synonyms
parasya — of the Supreme; brahmaṇaḥ — Brahman; sākṣāt — directly; jāta-vedaḥ — O fire-god; asi — you are; havyavāṭ — the carrier of Vedic offerings of grains and ghee; devānām — of all the demigods; puruṣa-aṅgānām — who are limbs of the Supreme Person; yajñena — by performing the ritualistic sacrifices; puruṣam — to the Supreme Person; yaja — please carry oblations; iti — thus.

Translation

[This is the mantra by which the inhabitants of Kuśadvīpa worship the fire-god.] O fire-god, you are a part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and you carry to Him all the offerings of sacrifices. Therefore we request you to offer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead the yajñic ingredients we are offering the demigods, for the Lord is the real enjoyer.

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ŚB 5.20.17requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 5.20parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 5parent 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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