🪷 ŚB 2.4.11

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

Sanskrit

सूत उवाच इत्युपामन्त्रितो राज्ञा गुणानुकथने हरे: । हृषीकेशमनुस्मृत्य प्रतिवक्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥ ११ ॥

Transliteration

sūta uvāca ity upāmantrito rājñā guṇānukathane hareḥ hṛṣīkeśam anusmṛtya prativaktuṁ pracakrame
Synonyms
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; upāmantritaḥ — being requested; rājñā — by the King; guṇa-anukathane — in describing the transcendental attributes of the Lord; hareḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; hṛṣīkeśam — the master of the senses; anusmṛtya — properly remembering; prativaktum — just to reply; pracakrame — executed the preliminaries.

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Śukadeva Gosvāmī was thus requested by the King to describe the creative energy of the Personality of Godhead, he then systematically remembered the master of the senses [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], and to reply properly he spoke thus.

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ŚB 2.4.11requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 2.4parent 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 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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