🪷 ŚB 10.70.40

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

Sanskrit

अथाप्याश्रावये ब्रह्म नरलोकविडम्बनम् । राज्ञ: पैतृष्वस्रेयस्य भक्तस्य च चिकीर्षितम् ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

athāpy āśrāvaye brahma nara-loka-viḍambanam rājñaḥ paitṛ-ṣvasreyasya bhaktasya ca cikīrṣitam
Synonyms
atha api — nonetheless; āśrāvaye — I shall tell; brahma — O Supreme Truth; nara-loka — of human society; viḍambanam — (to You) who imitate; rājñaḥ — of the King (Yudhiṣṭhira); paitṛ — of Your father; svasreyasya — of the sister’s son; bhaktasya — Your devotee; ca — and; cikīrṣitam — the intentions.

Translation

Nonetheless, O Supreme Truth playing the part of a human being, I shall tell You what Your devotee Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the son of Your father’s sister, intends to do.

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ŚB 10.70.40requested 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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