🪷 ŚB 3.1.17
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
स निर्गत: कौरवपुण्यलब्धो
गजाह्वयात्तीर्थपद: पदानि ।
अन्वाक्रमत्पुण्यचिकीर्षयोर्व्यां
अधिष्ठितो यानि सहस्रमूर्ति: ॥ १७ ॥
Transliteration
sa nirgataḥ kaurava-puṇya-labdho
gajāhvayāt tīrtha-padaḥ padāni
anvākramat puṇya-cikīrṣayorvyām
adhiṣṭhito yāni sahasra-mūrtiḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — he (Vidura); nirgataḥ — after having quit; kaurava — the Kuru dynasty; puṇya — piety; labdhaḥ — so achieved; gaja-āhvayāt — from Hastināpura; tīrtha-padaḥ — of the Supreme Lord; padāni — pilgrimages; anvākramat — took shelter; puṇya — piety; cikīrṣayā — desiring so; urvyām — of high grade; adhiṣṭhitaḥ — situated; yāni — all those; sahasra — thousands; mūrtiḥ — forms.
Translation
By his piety, Vidura achieved the advantages of the pious Kauravas. After leaving Hastināpura, he took shelter of many places of pilgrimages, which are the Lord’s lotus feet. With a desire to gain a high order of pious life, he traveled to holy places where thousands of transcendental forms of the Lord are situated.
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ŚB 3.1.17requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.1parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 3parent 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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