🪷 ŚB 2.1.12

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

Sanskrit

किं प्रमत्तस्य बहुभि: परोक्षैर्हायनैरिह । वरं मुहूर्तं विदितं घटते श्रेयसे यत: ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

kiṁ pramattasya bahubhiḥ parokṣair hāyanair iha varaṁ muhūrtaṁ viditaṁ ghaṭate śreyase yataḥ
Synonyms
kim — what is; pramattasya — of the bewildered; bahubhiḥ — by many; parokṣaiḥ — inexperienced; hāyanaiḥ — years; iha — in this world; varam — better; muhūrtam — a moment; viditam — conscious; ghaṭate — one can try for; śreyase — in the matter of the supreme interest; yataḥ — by that.

Translation

What is the value of a prolonged life which is wasted, inexperienced by years in this world? Better a moment of full consciousness, because that gives one a start in searching after his supreme interest.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 2.1.12requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 2.1parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 2parent 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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