🪷 ŚB 5.25.9
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
उत्पत्तिस्थितिलयहेतवोऽस्य कल्पा:
सत्त्वाद्या: प्रकृतिगुणा यदीक्षयाऽऽसन्॒ ।
यद्रूपं ध्रुवमकृतं यदेकमात्मन्
नानाधात्कथमु ह वेद तस्य वर्त्म ॥ ९ ॥
Transliteration
utpatti-sthiti-laya-hetavo ’sya kalpāḥ
sattvādyāḥ prakṛti-guṇā yad-īkṣayāsan
yad-rūpaṁ dhruvam akṛtaṁ yad ekam ātman
nānādhāt katham u ha veda tasya vartma
Synonyms
utpatti — of creation; sthiti — maintenance; laya — and dissolution; hetavaḥ — the original causes; asya — of this material world; kalpāḥ — capable of acting; sattva-ādyāḥ — headed by the sattva-guṇa; prakṛti-guṇāḥ — the modes of material nature; yat — of whom; īkṣayā — by the glance; āsan — became; yat-rūpam — the form of whom; dhruvam — unlimited; akṛtam — uncreated; yat — who; ekam — one; ātman — in Himself; nānā — variously; adhāt — has manifested; katham — how; u ha — certainly; veda — can understand; tasya — His; vartma — path.
Translation
By His glance, the Supreme Personality of Godhead enables the modes of material nature to act as the causes of universal creation, maintenance and destruction. The Supreme Soul is unlimited and beginningless, and although He is one, He has manifested Himself in many forms. How can human society understand the ways of the Supreme?
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ŚB 5.25.9requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 5.25parent 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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