🪷 ŚB 3.13.38

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

Sanskrit

सोमस्तु रेत: सवनान्यवस्थिति: संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातव: । सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि- स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धन: ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ
Synonyms
somaḥ tu retaḥ — Your semen is the sacrifice called soma; savanāni — ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitiḥ — different statuses of bodily growth; saṁsthā-vibhedāḥ — seven varieties of sacrifices; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; dhātavaḥ — ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh; satrāṇi — sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvāṇi — all of them; śarīra — the bodily; sandhiḥ — joints; tvam — Your Lordship; sarva — all; yajña — asoma sacrifices; kratuḥ — soma sacrifices; iṣṭi — the ultimate desire; bandhanaḥ — attachment.

Translation

O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajña. Your growth is the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensations are the seven elements of the agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are bound by yajñas only.

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ŚB 3.13.38requested 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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