🪷 ŚB 12.6.21

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

Sanskrit

तच्छ्रुत्वाजुहुवुर्विप्रा: सहेन्द्रं तक्षकं मखे । तक्षकाशु पतस्वेह सहेन्द्रेण मरुत्वता ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

tac chrutvājuhuvur viprāḥ sahendraṁ takṣakaṁ makhe takṣakāśu patasveha sahendreṇa marutvatā
Synonyms
tat — that; śrutvā — hearing; ājuhuvuḥ — they performed the ritual of offering oblation; viprāḥ — the brāhmaṇa priests; saha — along with; indram — King Indra; takṣakam — the snake-bird Takṣaka; makhe — into the sacrificial fire; takṣaka — O Takṣaka; āśu — quickly; patasva — you should fall; iha — here; saha indreṇa — together with Indra; marut-vatā — who is accompanied by all the demigods.

Translation

Hearing this, the priests then chanted this mantra for offering Takṣaka together with Indra as an oblation into the sacrificial fire: O Takṣaka, fall immediately into this fire, together with Indra and his entire host of demigods!

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ŚB 12.6.21requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 12.6parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 12parent 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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