🪷 ŚB 10.13.61
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
तत्रोद्वहत् पशुपवंशशिशुत्वनाट्यं
ब्रह्माद्वयं परमनन्तमगाधबोधम् ।
वत्सान् सखीनिव पुरा परितो विचिन्व-
देकं सपाणिकवलं परमेष्ठ्यचष्ट ॥ ६१ ॥
Transliteration
tatrodvahat paśupa-vaṁśa-śiśutva-nāṭyaṁ
brahmādvayaṁ param anantam agādha-bodham
vatsān sakhīn iva purā parito vicinvad
ekaṁ sa-pāṇi-kavalaṁ parameṣṭhy acaṣṭa
Synonyms
tatra — there (in Vṛndāvana); udvahat — assuming; paśupa-vaṁśa-śiśutva-nāṭyam — the play of being a child in a family of cowherd men (another of Kṛṣṇa’s names is Gopāla, “He who maintains the cows”); brahma — the Absolute Truth; advayam — without a second; param — the Supreme; anantam — unlimited; agādha-bodham — possessing unlimited knowledge; vatsān — the calves; sakhīn — and His friends, the boys; iva purā — just as before; paritaḥ — everywhere; vicinvat — searching; ekam — alone, all by Himself; sa-pāṇi-kavalam — with a morsel of food in His hand; parameṣṭhī — Lord Brahmā; acaṣṭa — saw.
Translation
Then Lord Brahmā saw the Absolute Truth — who is one without a second, who possesses full knowledge and who is unlimited — assuming the role of a child in a family of cowherd men and standing all alone, just as before, with a morsel of food in His hand, searching everywhere for the calves and His cowherd friends.
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ŚB 10.13.61requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 10.13parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 10parent 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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