🪷 ŚB 11.25.15
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
यदा जयेद् रज: सत्त्वं तमो मूढं लयं जडम् ।
युज्येत शोकमोहाभ्यां निद्रयाहिंसयाशया ॥ १५ ॥
Transliteration
yadā jayed rajaḥ sattvaṁ
tamo mūḍhaṁ layaṁ jaḍam
yujyeta śoka-mohābhyāṁ
nidrayā hiṁsayāśayā
Synonyms
yadā — when; jayet — conquers; rajaḥ sattvam — the modes of passion and goodness; tamaḥ — the mode of darkness; mūḍham — defeating one’s discrimination; layam — covering over consciousness; jaḍam — devoid of endeavor; yujyeta — one becomes endowed; śoka — with lamentation; mohābhyām — and bewilderment; nidrayā — with oversleeping; hiṁsayā — with violent qualities; āśayā — and false hopes.
Translation
When the mode of ignorance conquers passion and goodness, it covers one’s consciousness and makes one foolish and dull. Falling into lamentation and illusion, a person in the mode of ignorance sleeps excessively, indulges in false hopes, and displays violence toward others.
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ŚB 11.25.15requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 11.25parent 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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