🪷 ŚB 11.7.28

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

Sanskrit

त्वं तु कल्प: कविर्दक्ष: सुभगोऽमृतभाषण: । न कर्ता नेहसे किञ्चिज्जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत् ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

tvaṁ tu kalpaḥ kavir dakṣaḥ su-bhago ’mṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ na kartā nehase kiñcij jaḍonmatta-piśāca-vat
Synonyms
tvam — you; tu — however; kalpaḥ — capable; kaviḥ — learned; dakṣaḥ — expert; su-bhagaḥ — handsome; amṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ — having nectarean speech; na — are not; kartā — a doer; na īhase — you do not desire; kiñcit — anything; jaḍa — stupefied; unmatta — maddened; piśāca-vat — like a ghostly creature.

Translation

You, however, although capable, learned, expert, handsome and most eloquent, are not engaged in doing anything, nor do you desire anything; rather, you appear stupefied and maddened as if you were a ghostly creature.

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ŚB 11.7.28requested 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 source-walk 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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