🪷 ŚB 1.11.16-17

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

Sanskrit

निशम्य प्रेष्ठमायान्तं वसुदेवो महामना: । अक्रूरश्चोग्रसेनश्च रामश्चाद्भुतविक्रम: ॥ १६ ॥ प्रद्युम्नश्चारुदेष्णश्च साम्बो जाम्बवतीसुत: । प्रहर्षवेगोच्छशितशयनासनभोजना: ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

niśamya preṣṭham āyāntaṁ vasudevo mahā-manāḥ akrūraś cograsenaś ca rāmaś cādbhuta-vikramaḥ
Synonyms
niśamya — just hearing; preṣṭham — the dearmost; āyāntam — coming home; vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva (the father of Kṛṣṇa); mahā-manāḥ — the magnanimous; akrūraḥ — Akrūra; ca — and; ugrasenaḥ — Ugrasena; ca — and; rāmaḥ — Balarāma (the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa); ca — and; adbhuta — superhuman; vikramaḥ — prowess; pradyumnaḥ — Pradyumna; cārudeṣṇaḥ — Cārudeṣṇa; ca — and; sāmbaḥ — Sāmba; jāmbavatī-sutaḥ — the son of Jāmbavatī; praharṣa — extreme happiness; vega — force; ucchaśita — being influenced by; śayana — lying down; āsana — sitting on; bhojanāḥ — dining.

Translation

On hearing that the most dear Kṛṣṇa was approaching Dvārakā-dhāma, magnanimous Vasudeva, Akrūra, Ugrasena, Balarāma (the superhumanly powerful), Pradyumna, Cārudeṣṇa and Sāmba the son of Jāmbavatī, all extremely happy, abandoned resting, sitting and dining.

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ŚB 1.11.16-17requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 1.11parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 1parent 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 reading pathway 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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