🪷 ŚB 10.37.31

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

Sanskrit

स निजं रूपमास्थाय गिरीन्द्रसद‍ृशं बली । इच्छन्विमोक्तुमात्मानं नाशक्नोद्ग्रहणातुर: ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

sa nijaṁ rūpam āsthāya girīndra-sadṛśaṁ balī icchan vimoktum ātmānaṁ nāśaknod grahaṇāturaḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — he, the demon; nijam — his original; rūpam — form; āsthāya — assuming; giri-indra — a kingly mountain; sadṛśam — just like; balī — powerful; icchan — wanting; vimoktum — to free; ātmānam — himself; na aśaknot — he was not able; grahaṇa — by being forcibly held; āturaḥ — debilitated.

Translation

The demon changed into his original form, as big and powerful as a great mountain. But try as he might to free himself, he could not do so, having lost his strength from being held in the Lord’s tight grip.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 10.37.31 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

तस्य तत् कर्म विज्ञाय कृष्ण: शरणद: सताम्। गोपान् नयन्तं जग्राह वृकं हरिरिवौजसा॥ ३१

हिन्दी भावार्थ

भक्तवत्सल भगवान् उसकी यह करतूत जान गये। जिस समय वह ग्वालबालोंको लिये जा रहा था, उसी समय उन्होंने, जैसे सिंह भेडि़येको दबोच ले उसी प्रकार, उसे धर दबाया॥ ३१॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
द्वितीय-खण्ड · index_split_013.html · source order 17
Sanskrit SHA-256: 5d57e33c8da6609f97804f62d4154ed7cb8bc8ea07c88f148084de0432710d24
Hindi SHA-256: d484c10a64e8c98bd5d2c30f4fc8004e05405936162fe523d1e8ceef28a4ea5d
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

After the Sanskrit, word meanings, translation, and reading navigation, these links connect the requested reference with its canonical received passage, parent chapter and skandha, and the wider Bhāgavata corpus without inventing artificial verse boundaries.

ŚB 10.37.31requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 10.37parent 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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