Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
स त्वं कथं मम विभोऽक्षिपथ: परात्मा
योगेश्वरै: श्रुतिदृशामलहृद्विभाव्य: ।
साक्षादधोक्षज उरुव्यसनान्धबुद्धे:
स्यान्मेऽनुदृश्य इह यस्य भवापवर्ग: ॥ २६ ॥
Transliteration
sa tvaṁ kathaṁ mama vibho ’kṣi-pathaḥ parātmā
yogeśvaraḥ śruti-dṛśāmala-hṛd-vibhāvyaḥ
sākṣād adhokṣaja uru-vyasanāndha-buddheḥ
syān me ’nudṛśya iha yasya bhavāpavargaḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — He; tvam — Yourself; katham — how; mama — to me; vibho — O almighty one; akṣi-pathaḥ — visible; para-ātmā — the Supreme Soul; yoga — of mystic yoga; īśvaraiḥ — by masters; śruti — of the scriptures; dṛśā — by the eye; amala — spotless; hṛt — within their hearts; vibhāvyaḥ — to be meditated upon; sākṣāt — directly visible; adhokṣaja — O transcendental Lord, who cannot be seen by material senses; uru — severe; vyasana — by troubles; andha — blinded; buddheḥ — whose intelligence; syāt — it may be; me — for me; anudṛśyaḥ — to be perceived; iha — in this world; yasya — whose; bhava — of material life; apavargaḥ — cessation.
Translation
O almighty one, how is it that my eyes see You here before me? You are the Supreme Soul, whom the greatest masters of mystic yoga can meditate upon within their pure hearts only by employing the spiritual eye of the Vedas. Then how, O transcendental Lord, are You directly visible to me, since my intelligence has been blinded by the severe tribulations of material life? Only one who has finished his material entanglement in this world should be able to see You.
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