🪷 ŚB 3.13.28

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

Sanskrit

घ्राणेन पृथ्व्या: पदवीं विजिघ्रन् क्रोडापदेश: स्वयमध्वराङ्ग: । करालदंष्ट्रोऽप्यकरालद‍ृग्भ्या- मुद्वीक्ष्य विप्रान् गृणतोऽविशत्कम् ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

ghrāṇena pṛthvyāḥ padavīṁ vijighran kroḍāpadeśaḥ svayam adhvarāṅgaḥ karāla-daṁṣṭro ’py akarāla-dṛgbhyām udvīkṣya viprān gṛṇato ’viśat kam
Synonyms
ghrāṇena — by smelling; pṛthvyāḥ — of the earth; padavīm — situation; vijighran — searching after the earth; kroḍa-apadeśaḥ — assuming the body of a hog; svayam — personally; adhvara — transcendental; aṅgaḥ — body; karāla — fearful; daṁṣṭraḥ — teeth (tusks); api — in spite of; akarāla — not fearful; dṛgbhyām — by His glance; udvīkṣya — glancing over; viprān — all the brāhmaṇa devotees; gṛṇataḥ — who were engaged in prayers; aviśat — entered; kam — the water.

Translation

He was personally the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu and was therefore transcendental, yet because He had the body of a hog, He searched after the earth by smell. His tusks were fearful, and He glanced over the devotee-brāhmaṇas engaged in offering prayers. Thus He entered the water.

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ŚB 3.13.28requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.13parent 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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