🪷 ŚB 11.6.40-41

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

Sanskrit

तन्निरीक्ष्योद्धवो राजन् श्रुत्वा भगवतोदितम् ।
द‍ृष्ट्वारिष्टानि घोराणि नित्यं कृष्णमनुव्रत: ॥ ४० ॥
विविक्त उपसङ्गम्य जगतामीश्वरेश्वरम् ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा पादौ प्राञ्जलिस्तमभाषत ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

tan nirīkṣyoddhavo rājan
śrutvā bhagavatoditam
dṛṣṭvāriṣṭāni ghorāṇi
nityaṁ kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ

Synonyms

tat — that; nirīkṣya — seeing; uddhavaḥ — Uddhava; rājan — O King; śrutvā — hearing; bhagavatā — by the Lord; uditam — what had been said; dṛṣṭvā — observing; ariṣṭāni — evil omens; ghorāṇi — fearful; nityam — always; kṛṣṇam — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; anuvrataḥ — a faithful follower; vivikte — in privacy; upasaṅgamya — approaching; jagatām — of all the moving creatures within the universe; īśvara — of the controllers; īśvaram — the one supreme controller; praṇamya — bowing down; śirasā — with his head; pādau — at His feet; prāñjaliḥ — with hands folded in submission; tam — to Him; abhāṣata — spoke.

Translation

My dear King, Uddhava was a constantly faithful follower of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Upon seeing the imminent departure of the Yādavas, hearing from them of the Lord’s instructions and taking note of the fearful omens, he approached the Personality of Godhead in a private place. He bowed down with his head at the lotus feet of the supreme controller of the universe and with folded hands addressed Him as follows.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 11.6.40-41requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading page ŚB 11.6parent chapter route and reading-passage index Skandha 11parent skandha chapter index /bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pages ŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditation ŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhakti ŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva ŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source seal ŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original Person ŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · Antaryāmī ŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevā ŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smiling ŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugraha ŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darkness ŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at Śambhala ŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtana Skandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master page BG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than Krishna BG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of all BG 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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