🪷 ŚB 10.82.20
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
श्रीवसुदेव उवाच
अम्ब मास्मानसूयेथा दैवक्रीडनकान् नरान् ।
ईशस्य हि वशे लोक: कुरुते कार्यतेऽथ वा ॥ २० ॥
Transliteration
śrī-vasudeva uvāca
amba māsmān asūyethā
daiva-krīḍanakān narān
īśasya hi vaśe lokaḥ
kurute kāryate ’tha vā
Synonyms
śrī-vasudevaḥ uvāca — Śrī Vasudeva said; amba — my dear sister; mā — please do not; asmān — with us; asūyethāḥ — be angry; daiva — of fate; krīḍanakān — the playthings; narān — men; īśasya — of the Supreme Lord; hi — indeed; vaśe — under the control; lokaḥ — a person; kurute — acts on his own; kāryate — is made to act by others; atha vā — or else.
Translation
Śrī Vasudeva said: Dear sister, please do not be angry with us. We are only ordinary men, playthings of fate. Indeed, whether a person acts on his own or is forced by others, he is always under the Supreme Lord’s control.
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ŚB 10.82.20requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 10.82parent 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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