🪷 ŚB 11.3.1

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

Sanskrit

श्रीराजोवाच परस्य विष्णोरीशस्य मायिनामपि मोहिनीम् । मायां वेदितुमिच्छामो भगवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु न: ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-rājovāca parasya viṣṇor īśasya māyinām api mohinīm māyāṁ veditum icchāmo bhagavanto bruvantu naḥ
Synonyms
śrī-rājā uvāca — the King said; parasya — of the Supreme; viṣṇoḥ — Viṣṇu; īśasya — the Lord; māyinām — for the possessors of great mystic power; api — even; mohinīm — which is bewildering; māyām — the illusory potency; veditum — to understand; icchāmaḥ — we desire; bhagavantaḥ — my lords; bruvantu — please tell this; naḥ — to us.

Translation

King Nimi said: Now we wish to learn about the illusory potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Viṣṇu, which bewilders even great mystics. My lords, please speak to us about this subject.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 11.3.1 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

परस्य विष्णोरीशस्य मायिनामपि मोहिनीम्। मायां वेदितुमिच्छामो भगवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु न:॥ १

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

राजा निमिने पूछा— भगवन्! सर्वशक्तिमान् परमकारण विष्णुभगवान्‌की माया बड़े-बड़े माया-वियोंको भी मोहित कर देती है, उसे कोई पहचान नहीं पाता; (और आप कहते हैं कि भक्त उसे देखा करता है।) अत: अब मैं उस मायाका स्वरूप जानना चाहता हूँ, आपलोग कृपा करके बतलाइये॥ १॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
द्वितीय-खण्ड · index_split_036.html · source order 38
Sanskrit SHA-256: 47c8677ff2337695f983ae500a507b995335369d75bf53e53570d541b2778d0d
Hindi SHA-256: c93170fe8b1d11a563dd0392076f49c18a2edb42d9f3ec7ef2f13d6257fee836
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

After the Sanskrit, word meanings, translation, and reading navigation, these links connect the requested reference with its canonical received passage, parent chapter and skandha, and the wider Bhāgavata corpus without inventing artificial verse boundaries.

ŚB 11.3.1requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 11.3parent 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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