🪷 ŚB 1.15.25-26

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

Sanskrit

जलौकसां जले यद्वन्महान्तोऽदन्त्यणीयस: । दुर्बलान्बलिनो राजन्महान्तो बलिनो मिथ: ॥ २५ ॥ एवं बलिष्ठैर्यदुभिर्महद्भ‍िरितरान् विभु: । यदून्यदुभिरन्योन्यं भूभारान् सञ्जहार ह ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

jalaukasāṁ jale yadvan mahānto ’danty aṇīyasaḥ durbalān balino rājan mahānto balino mithaḥ
Synonyms
jalaukasām — of the aquatics; jale — in the water; yadvat — as it is; mahāntaḥ — the larger one; adanti — swallows; aṇīyasaḥ — smaller ones; durbalān — the weak; balinaḥ — the stronger; rājan — O King; mahāntaḥ — the strongest; balinaḥ — less strong; mithaḥ — in a duel; evam — thus; baliṣṭhaiḥ — by the strongest; yadubhiḥ — by the descendants of Yadu; mahadbhiḥ — one who has greater strength; itarān — the common ones; vibhuḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yadūn — all the Yadus; yadubhiḥ — by the Yadus; anyonyam — among one another; bhū-bhārān — the burden of the world; sañjahāra — has unloaded; ha — in the past.

Translation

O King, as in the ocean the bigger and stronger aquatics swallow up the smaller and weaker ones, so also the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to lighten the burden of the earth, has engaged the stronger Yadu to kill the weaker, and the bigger Yadu to kill the smaller.

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ŚB 1.15.25-26requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 1.15parent 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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