🪷 ŚB 2.6.35

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

Sanskrit

सोऽहं समाम्नायमयस्तपोमय: प्रजापतीनामभिवन्दित: पति: । आस्थाय योगं निपुणं समाहित- स्तं नाध्यगच्छं यत आत्मसम्भव: ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

so ’haṁ samāmnāyamayas tapomayaḥ prajāpatīnām abhivanditaḥ patiḥ āsthāya yogaṁ nipuṇaṁ samāhitas taṁ nādhyagacchaṁ yata ātma-sambhavaḥ
Synonyms
saḥ aham — myself (the great Brahmā); samāmnāya-mayaḥ — in the chain of disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom; tapaḥ-mayaḥ — successfully having undergone all austerities; prajāpatīnām — of all the forefathers of living entities; abhivanditaḥ — worshipable; patiḥ — master; āsthāya — successfully practiced; yogam — mystic powers; nipuṇam — very expert; samāhitaḥ — self-realized; tam — the Supreme Lord; na — did not; adhyagaccham — properly understood; yataḥ — from whom; ātma — self; sambhavaḥ — generated.

Translation

Although I am known as the great Brahmā, perfect in the disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom, and although I have undergone all austerities and am an expert in mystic powers and self-realization, and although I am recognized as such by the great forefathers of the living entities, who offer me respectful obeisances, still I cannot understand Him, the Lord, the very source of my birth.

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ŚB 2.6.35requested 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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