🪷 ŚB 10.15.10-12

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

Sanskrit

क्‍वचिद् गायति गायत्सु मदान्धालिष्वनुव्रतै: । उपगीयमानचरित: पथि सङ्कर्षणान्वित: ॥ १० ॥ अनुजल्पति जल्पन्तं कलवाक्यै: शुकं क्‍वचित् । क्‍वचित्सवल्गु कूजन्तमनुकूजति कोकिलम् । क्‍वचिच्च कालहंसानामनुकूजति कूजितम् । अभिनृत्यति नृत्यन्तं बर्हिणं हासयन् क्‍वचित् ॥ ११ ॥ मेघगम्भीरया वाचा नामभिर्दूरगान् पशून् । क्‍वचिदाह्वयति प्रीत्या गोगोपालमनोज्ञया ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

kvacid gāyati gāyatsu madāndhāliṣv anuvrataiḥ upagīyamāna-caritaḥ pathi saṅkarṣaṇānvitaḥ
Synonyms
kvacit — sometimes; gāyati — He sings; gāyatsu — when they are singing; mada-andha — blinded by intoxication; aliṣu — the bees; anuvrataiḥ — along with His companions; upagīyamāna — being chanted; caritaḥ — His pastimes; pathi — upon the path; saṅkarṣaṇa-anvitaḥ — accompanied by Lord Baladeva; anujalpati — He chatters in imitation; jalpantam — of the chattering; kala-vākyaiḥ — with broken speech; śukam — parrot; kvacit — sometimes; kvacit — sometimes; sa — with; valgu — charming; kūjantam — cuckooing; anukūjati — He imitates the cuckooing; kokilam — of a cuckoo; kvacit — sometimes; ca — and; kala-haṁsānām — of the swans; anukūjati kūjitam — imitates the cooing; abhinṛtyati — He dances in front of; nṛtyantam — dancing; barhiṇam — a peacock; hāsayan — making laugh; kvacit — sometimes; megha — like clouds; gambhirayā — grave; vācā — with His voice; nāmabhiḥ — by name; dūra-gān — who had strayed far away; paśūn — the animals; kvacit — sometimes; āhvayati — He calls; prītyā — affectionately; go — to the cows; gopāla — and the cowherd boys; manaḥ-jñayā — which (voice) charms the mind.

Translation

Sometimes the honeybees in Vṛndāvana became so mad with ecstasy that they closed their eyes and began to sing. Lord Kṛṣṇa, moving along the forest path with His cowherd boyfriends and Baladeva, would then respond to the bees by imitating their singing while His friends sang about His pastimes. Sometimes Lord Kṛṣṇa would imitate the chattering of a parrot, sometimes, with a sweet voice, the call of a cuckoo, and sometimes the cooing of swans. Sometimes He vigorously imitated the dancing of a peacock, making His cowherd boyfriends laugh. Sometimes, with a voice as deep as the rumbling of clouds, He would call out with great affection the names of the animals who had wandered far from the herd, thus enchanting the cows and the cowherd boys.

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ŚB 10.15.10-12requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 10.15parent 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 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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