🪷 ŚB 2.9.6
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
स चिन्तयन् द्वयक्षरमेकदाम्भ-
स्युपाशृणोद् द्विर्गदितं वचो विभु: ।
स्पर्शेषु यत्षोडशमेकविंशं
निष्किञ्चनानां नृप यद् धनं विदु: ॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration
sa cintayan dvy-akṣaram ekadāmbhasy
upāśṛṇod dvir-gaditaṁ vaco vibhuḥ
sparśeṣu yat ṣoḍaśam ekaviṁśaṁ
niṣkiñcanānāṁ nṛpa yad dhanaṁ viduḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — he; cintayan — while thus thinking; dvi — two; akṣaram — syllables; ekadā — once upon a time; ambhasi — in the water; upāśṛṇot — heard it nearby; dviḥ — twice; gaditam — uttered; vacaḥ — words; vibhuḥ — the great; sparśeṣu — in the sparśa letters; yat — which; ṣoḍaśam — the sixteenth; ekaviṁśam — and the twenty-first; niṣkiñcanānām — of the renounced order of life; nṛpa — O King; yat — what is; dhanam — wealth; viduḥ — as it is known.
Translation
While thus engaged in thinking, in the water, Brahmājī heard twice from nearby two syllables joined together. One of the syllables was taken from the sixteenth and the other from the twenty-first of the sparśa alphabets, and both joined to become the wealth of the renounced order of life.
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ŚB 2.9.6requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 2.9parent 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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