🪷 ŚB 2.6.1

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

Sanskrit

ब्रह्मोवाच वाचां वह्नेर्मुखं क्षेत्रं छन्दसां सप्त धातव: । हव्यकव्यामृतान्नानां जिह्वा सर्वरसस्य च ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

brahmovāca vācāṁ vahner mukhaṁ kṣetraṁ chandasāṁ sapta dhātavaḥ havya-kavyāmṛtānnānāṁ jihvā sarva-rasasya ca
Synonyms
brahmā uvāca — Lord Brahmā said; vācām — of the voice; vahneḥ — of fire; mukham — the mouth; kṣetram — the generating center; chandasām — of the Vedic hymns, such as Gāyatrī; sapta — seven; dhātavaḥ — skin and six other layers; havya-kavya — offerings for the demigods and the forefathers; amṛta — food for human beings; annānām — of all sorts of foodstuffs; jihvā — the tongue; sarva — all; rasasya — of all delicacies; ca — also.

Translation

Lord Brahmā said: The mouth of the virāṭ-puruṣa [the universal form of the Lord] is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is Fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 2.6.1requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 2.6parent 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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