Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
भौतिकानां च भावानां शक्तिह्रासं च तत्कृतम् ।
अश्रद्दधानान्नि:सत्त्वान्दुर्मेधान् ह्रसितायुष: ॥ १७ ॥
दुर्भगांश्च जनान् वीक्ष्य मुनिर्दिव्येन चक्षुषा ।
सर्ववर्णाश्रमाणां यद्दध्यौ हितममोघदृक् ॥ १८ ॥
Transliteration
bhautikānāṁ ca bhāvānāṁ
śakti-hrāsaṁ ca tat-kṛtam
aśraddadhānān niḥsattvān
durmedhān hrasitāyuṣaḥ
Synonyms
bhautikānām ca — also of everything that is made of matter; bhāvānām — actions; śakti-hrāsam ca — and deterioration of natural power; tat-kṛtam — rendered by that; aśraddadhānān — of the faithless; niḥsattvān — impatient due to want of the mode of goodness; durmedhān — dull-witted; hrasita — reduced; āyuṣaḥ — of duration of life; durbhagān ca — also the unlucky; janān — people in general; vīkṣya — by seeing; muniḥ — the muni; divyena — by transcendental; cakṣuṣā — vision; sarva — all; varṇa-āśramāṇām — of all the statuses and orders of life; yat — what; dadhyau — contemplated; hitam — welfare; amogha-dṛk — one who is fully equipped in knowledge.
Translation
The great sage, who was fully equipped in knowledge, could see through his transcendental vision the deterioration of everything material due to the influence of the age. He could also see that the faithless people in general would be reduced in duration of life and would be impatient due to lack of goodness. Thus he contemplated for the welfare of men in all statuses and orders of life.
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