🪷 ŚB 1.4.2

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

Sanskrit

शौनक उवाच सूत सूत महाभाग वद नो वदतां वर । कथां भागवतीं पुण्यां यदाह भगवाञ्छुक: ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca sūta sūta mahā-bhāga vada no vadatāṁ vara kathāṁ bhāgavatīṁ puṇyāṁ yad āha bhagavāñ chukaḥ
Synonyms
śaunakaḥ — Śaunaka; uvāca — said; sūta sūta — O Sūta Gosvāmī; mahā-bhāga — the most fortunate; vada — please speak; naḥ — unto us; vadatām — of those who can speak; vara — respected; kathām — message; bhāgavatīm — of the Bhāgavatam; puṇyām — pious; yat — which; āha — said; bhagavān — greatly powerful; śukaḥ — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

Translation

Śaunaka said: O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are the most fortunate and respected of all those who can speak and recite. Please relate the pious message of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which was spoken by the great and powerful sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

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ŚB 1.4.2requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 1.4parent 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 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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