🪷 ŚB 11.2.26
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
विदेहस्तानभिप्रेत्य नारायणपरायणान् ।
प्रीत: सम्पूजयां चक्रे आसनस्थान् यथार्हत: ॥ २६ ॥
Transliteration
videhas tān abhipretya
nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇān
prītaḥ sampūjayāṁ cakre
āsana-sthān yathārhataḥ
Synonyms
videhaḥ — Nimi Mahārāja; tān — them; abhipretya — recognizing; nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇān — as devotees whose only goal was Nārāyaṇa; prītaḥ — satisfied; sampūjayām cakre — he fully worshiped them; āsana-sthān — who had been seated; yathā-arhataḥ — as they deserved.
Translation
King Videha [Nimi] understood that the nine sages were exalted devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, overjoyed at their auspicious arrival, he offered them suitable sitting places and worshiped them in a proper way, just as one would worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings
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ŚB 11.2.26requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 11.2parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 11parent 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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