🪷 ŚB 7.2.11

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

Sanskrit

विष्णुर्द्विजक्रियामूलो यज्ञो धर्ममय: पुमान् । देवर्षिपितृभूतानां धर्मस्य च परायणम् ॥ ११ ॥

Transliteration

viṣṇur dvija-kriyā-mūlo yajño dharmamayaḥ pumān devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūtānāṁ dharmasya ca parāyaṇam
Synonyms
viṣṇuḥ — Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dvija — of the brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas; kriyā-mūlaḥ — whose root is the performance of yajña and the ritualistic ceremonies mentioned in the Vedas; yajñaḥ — personified yajña (Lord Viṣṇu, who is known as the yajña-puruṣa); dharma-mayaḥ — full of religious principles; pumān — the Supreme Person; deva-ṛṣi — of the demigods and great ṛṣis like Vyāsadeva and Nārada; pitṛ — of the forefathers; bhūtānām — and of all other living entities; dharmasya — of the religious principles; ca — also; parāyaṇam — the shelter.

Translation

The basic principle of brahminical culture is to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu, the personification of sacrificial and ritualistic ceremonies. Lord Viṣṇu is the personified reservoir of all religious principles, and He is the shelter of all the demigods, the great pitās, and the people in general. When the brāhmaṇas are killed, no one will exist to encourage the kṣatriyas to perform yajñas, and thus the demigods, not being appeased by yajña, will automatically die.

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