🪷 ŚB 10.70.18

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

Sanskrit

तत्रोपविष्ट: परमासने विभु- र्बभौ स्वभासा ककुभोऽवभासयन् । वृतो नृसिंहैर्यदुभिर्यदूत्तमो यथोडुराजो दिवि तारकागणै: ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

tatropavistaḥ paramāsane vibhur babhau sva-bhāsā kakubho ’vabhāsayan vṛto nṛ-siṁhair yadubhir yadūttamo yathoḍu-rājo divi tārakā-gaṇaiḥ
Synonyms
tatra — there; upaviṣṭaḥ — seated; parama-āsane — on His exalted throne; vibhuḥ — the almighty Supreme Lord; babhau — shone; sva — with His own; bhāsā — effulgence; kakubhaḥ — all the quarters of the sky; avabhāsayan — making glow; vṛtaḥ — surrounded; nr — among men; siṁhaiḥ — by lions; yadubhiḥ — by the Yadus; yadu-uttamaḥ — the most excellent of the Yadus; yathā — like; uḍu-rājaḥ — the moon; divi — in the sky; tārakā-gaṇaiḥ — (surrounded) by the stars.

Translation

As the almighty Supreme Lord would seat Himself upon His exalted throne there in the assembly hall, He shone with His unique effulgence, illuminating all the quarters of space. Surrounded by the Yadus, lions among men, that best of the Yadus appeared like the moon amidst many stars.

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ŚB 10.70.18requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 10.70parent 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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