🪷 ŚB 2.5.38

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

Sanskrit

भूर्लोक: कल्पित: पद्‍भ्यां भुवर्लोकोऽस्य नाभित: । हृदा स्वर्लोक उरसा महर्लोको महात्मन: ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

bhūrlokaḥ kalpitaḥ padbhyāṁ bhuvarloko ’sya nābhitaḥ hṛdā svarloka urasā maharloko mahātmanaḥ
Synonyms
bhūḥ — the lower planetary systems up to the stratum of the earth; lokaḥ — the planets; kalpitaḥ — it is so imagined or said; padbhyām — out of the legs; bhuvaḥ — the upper; lokaḥ — the planetary system; asya — of Him (the Lord); nābhitaḥ — from the navel abdomen; hṛdā — by the heart; svarlokaḥ — the planetary systems occupied by the demigods; urasā — by the chest; maharlokaḥ — the planetary system occupied by great sages and saints; mahā-ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation

The lower planetary systems, up to the limit of the earthly stratum, are said to be situated in His legs. The middle planetary systems, beginning from Bhuvarloka, are situated in His navel. And the still higher planetary systems, occupied by the demigods and highly cultured sages and saints, are situated in the chest of the Supreme Lord.

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ŚB 2.5.38requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 2.5parent 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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