🪷 ŚB 11.25.8
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणे निष्ठा पुमान् यर्हि गृहाश्रमे ।
स्वधर्मे चानुतिष्ठेत गुणानां समितिर्हि सा ॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration
pravṛtti-lakṣaṇe niṣṭhā
pumān yarhi gṛhāśrame
sva-dharme cānu tiṣṭheta
guṇānāṁ samitir hi sā
Synonyms
pravṛtti — of the path of material enjoyment; lakṣaṇe — in that which is the symptom; niṣṭhā — dedication; pumān — a person; yarhi — when; gṛha-āśrame — in family life; sva-dharme — in prescribed duties; ca — and; anu — later; tiṣṭheta — he stands; guṇānām — of the modes of nature; samitiḥ — the combination; hi — indeed; sā — this.
Translation
When a man desires sense gratification, being attached to family life, and when he consequently becomes established in religious and occupational duties, the combination of the modes of nature is manifest.
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ŚB 11.25.8requested 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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