🪷 ŚB 8.23.31
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
क्रियमाणे कर्मणीदं दैवे पित्र्येऽथ मानुषे ।
यत्र यत्रानुकीर्त्येत तत् तेषां सुकृतं विदु: ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
kriyamāṇe karmaṇīdaṁ
daive pitrye ’tha mānuṣe
yatra yatrānukīrtyeta
tat teṣāṁ sukṛtaṁ viduḥ
Synonyms
kriyamāṇe — upon the performance; karmaṇi — of a ritualistic ceremony; idam — this description of the characteristics of Vāmanadeva; daive — to please the demigods; pitrye — or to please the forefathers, as in a śrāddha ceremony; atha — either; mānuṣe — for the pleasure of human society, as in marriages; yatra — wherever; yatra — whenever; anukīrtyeta — is described; tat — that; teṣām — for them; sukṛtam — auspicious; viduḥ — everyone should understand.
Translation
Whenever the activities of Vāmanadeva are described in the course of a ritualistic ceremony, whether the ceremony be performed to please the demigods, to please one’s forefathers in Pitṛloka, or to celebrate a social event like a marriage, that ceremony should be understood to be extremely auspicious.
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ŚB 8.23.31requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.23parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 8parent 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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