🪷 ŚB 11.7.26

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

Sanskrit

श्रीयदुरुवाच कुतो बुद्धिरियं ब्रह्मन्नकर्तु: सुविशारदा । यामासाद्य भवाल्ल‍ोकं विद्वांश्चरति बालवत् ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-yadur uvāca kuto buddhir iyaṁ brahmann akartuḥ su-viśāradā yām āsādya bhavāl lokaṁ vidvāṁś carati bāla-vat
Synonyms
śrī-yaduḥ uvāca — King Yadu said; kutaḥ — from where; buddhiḥ — intelligence; iyam — this; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; akartuḥ — of one not engaged in any work; su-viśāradā — very broad; yām — which; āsādya — having acquired; bhavān — you; lokam — the world; vidvān — in full knowledge; carati — travel; bāla-vat — like a child.

Translation

Śrī Yadu said: O brāhmaṇa, I see that you are not engaged in any practical religious activity, and yet you have acquired a most expert understanding of all things and all people within this world. Kindly tell me, sir, how did you acquire this extraordinary intelligence, and why are you traveling freely throughout the world behaving as if you were a child?

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 11.7.26requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 11.7parent 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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