🪷 ŚB 2.4.21
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
यदङ्घ्र्यध्यानसमाधिधौतया
धियानुपश्यन्ति हि तत्त्वमात्मन: ।
वदन्ति चैतत् कवयो यथारुचं
स मे मुकुन्दो भगवान् प्रसीदताम् ॥ २१ ॥
Transliteration
yad-aṅghry-abhidhyāna-samādhi-dhautayā
dhiyānupaśyanti hi tattvam ātmanaḥ
vadanti caitat kavayo yathā-rucaṁ
sa me mukundo bhagavān prasīdatām
Synonyms
yat-aṅghri — whose lotus feet; abhidhyāna — thinking of, at every second; samādhi — trance; dhautayā — being washed off; dhiyā — by such clean intelligence; anupaśyanti — does see by following authorities; hi — certainly; tattvam — the Absolute Truth; ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Lord and of oneself; vadanti — they say; ca — also; etat — this; kavayaḥ — philosophers or learned scholars; yathā-rucam — as he thinks; saḥ — He; me — mine; mukundaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa (who gives liberation); bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; prasīdatām — be pleased with me.
Translation
It is the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa who gives liberation. By thinking of His lotus feet at every second, following in the footsteps of authorities, the devotee in trance can see the Absolute Truth. The learned mental speculators, however, think of Him according to their whims. May the Lord be pleased with me.
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ŚB 2.4.21requested 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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