🪷 ŚB 10.20.23

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

Sanskrit

जलौघैर्निरभिद्यन्त सेतवो वर्षतीश्वरे । पाषण्डिनामसद्वादैर्वेदमार्गा: कलौ यथा ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

jalaughair nirabhidyanta setavo varṣatīśvare pāṣaṇḍinām asad-vādair veda-mārgāḥ kalau yathā
Synonyms
jala-oghaiḥ — by the floodwater; nirabhidyanta — became broken; setavaḥ — the dikes; varṣati — when he is showering rain; īśvare — Lord Indra; pāṣaṇḍinām — of the atheists; asat-vādaiḥ — by the false theories; veda-mārgāḥ — the paths of the Vedas; kalau — in the Kali-yuga; yathā — as.

Translation

When Indra sent forth his rains, the floodwaters broke through the irrigation dikes in the agricultural fields, just as in the Kali-yuga the atheists’ false theories break down the boundaries of Vedic injunctions.

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ŚB 10.20.23requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 10.20parent 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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