🪷 ŚB 2.6.23

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

Sanskrit

यदास्य नाभ्यान्नलिनादहमासं महात्मन: । नाविदं यज्ञसम्भारान् पुरुषावयवानृते ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

yadāsya nābhyān nalinād aham āsaṁ mahātmanaḥ nāvidaṁ yajña-sambhārān puruṣāvayavān ṛte
Synonyms
yadā — at the time of; asya — His; nābhyāt — from the abdomen; nalināt — from the lotus flower; aham — myself; āsam — took my birth; mahā-ātmanaḥ — of the great person; na avidam — did not know; yajña — sacrificial; sambhārān — ingredients; puruṣa — of the Lord; avayavān — personal bodily limbs; ṛte — except.

Translation

When I was born from the abdominal lotus flower of the Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], the great person, I had no ingredients for sacrificial performances except the bodily limbs of the great Personality of Godhead.

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ŚB 2.6.23requested 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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