🪷 ŚB 10.73.1-6

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

Sanskrit

श्रीशुक उवाच अयुते द्वे शतान्यष्टौ निरुद्धा युधि निर्जिता: । ते निर्गता गिरिद्रोण्यां मलिना मलवासस: ॥ १ ॥ क्षुत्क्षामा: शुष्कवदना: संरोधपरिकर्शिता: । दद‍ृशुस्ते घनश्यामं पीतकौशेयवाससम् ॥ २ ॥ श्रीवत्साङ्कं चतुर्बाहुं पद्मगर्भारुणेक्षणम् । चारुप्रसन्नवदनं स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम् ॥ ३ ॥ पद्महस्तं गदाशङ्ख रथाङ्गैरुपलक्षितम् । किरीटहारकटककटिसूत्राङ्गदाञ्चितम् ॥ ४ ॥ भ्राजद्वरमणिग्रीवं निवीतं वनमालया । पिबन्त इव चक्षुर्भ्यां लिहन्त इव जिह्वया ॥ ५ ॥ जिघ्रन्त इव नासाभ्यां रम्भन्त इव बाहुभि: । प्रणेमुर्हतपाप्मानो मूर्धभि: पादयोर्हरे: ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca ayute dve śatāny aṣṭau niruddhā yudhi nirjitāḥ te nirgatā giridroṇyāṁ malinā mala-vāsasaḥ
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ayute — ten thousands; dve — two; śatāni — hundreds; aṣṭau — eight; niruddhāḥ — imprisoned; yudhi — in battle; nirjitāḥ — defeated; te — they; nirgatāḥ — coming out; giridroṇyām — in the fortress of Giridroṇī, Jarāsandha’s capital; malināḥ — dirty; mala — dirty; vāsasaḥ — whose clothes; kṣut — by hunger; kṣāmāḥ — emaciated; śuṣka — dried up; vadanāḥ — faces; saṁrodha — by their bondage; parikarśitāḥ — greatly weakened; dadṛśuḥ — saw; te — they; ghana — like a cloud; śyāmam — dark blue; pīta — yellow; kauśeya — of silk; vāsasam — whose clothing; śrīvatsa — by the distinctive sign known as Śrīvatsa; aṅkam — marked; catuḥ — four; bāhum — having arms; padma — of a lotus; garbha — like the whorl; aruṇa — pink; īkṣaṇam — eyes; cāru — charming; prasanna — and pleasant; vadanam — face; sphurat — gleaming; makara — shaped like sea monsters; kuṇḍalam — with earrings; padma — a lotus; hastam — in His hand; gadā — by His club; śaṅkha — conchshell; ratha-aṅgaiḥ — and disc weapon; upalakṣitam — identified; kirīṭa — with a helmet; hāra — jeweled necklace; kaṭaka — gold bracelets; kaṭi-sūtra — belt; aṅgada — and armlets; añcitam — decorated; bhrājat — brilliant; vara — excellent; maṇi — a jewel (the Kaustubha); grīvam — on His neck; nivītam — hanging (from His neck); vana — of forest flowers; mālayā — with a garland; pibantaḥ — drinking; iva — as if; cakṣurbhyām — with their eyes; lihantaḥ — licking; iva — as if; jihvayā — with their tongues; jighrantaḥ — smelling; iva — as if; nāsābhyām — with their nostrils; rambhantaḥ — embracing; iva — as if; bāhubhiḥ — with their arms; praṇemuḥ — they bowed down; hata — destroyed; pāpmānaḥ — whose sins; mūrdhabhiḥ — with their heads; pādayoḥ — at the feet; hareḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Jarāsandha had defeated 20,800 kings in combat and thrown them into prison. As these kings emerged from the Giridroṇī fortress, they appeared dirty and shabbily dressed. They were emaciated by hunger, their faces were dried up, and they were greatly weakened by their long imprisonment.

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ŚB 10.73.2requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pagecanonical reading passagereceived source-text passage preserved as the canonical reading targetŚB 10.73parent 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 source-walk 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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