🪷 ŚB 3.15.49

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

Sanskrit

कामं भव: स्ववृजिनैर्निरयेषु न: स्ता- च्चेतोऽलिवद्यदि नु ते पदयो रमेत । वाचश्च नस्तुलसिवद्यदि तेऽङ्‌घ्रि शोभा: पूर्येत ते गुणगणैर्यदि कर्णरन्ध्र: ॥ ४९ ॥

Transliteration

kāmaṁ bhavaḥ sva-vṛjinair nirayeṣu naḥ stāc ceto ’livad yadi nu te padayo rameta vācaś ca nas tulasivad yadi te ’ṅghri-śobhāḥ pūryeta te guṇa-gaṇair yadi karṇa-randhraḥ
Synonyms
kāmam — as much as deserved; bhavaḥ — birth; sva-vṛjinaiḥ — by our own sinful activities; nirayeṣu — in low births; naḥ — our; stāt — let it be; cetaḥ — minds; ali-vat — like bees; yadi — if; nu — may be; te — Your; padayoḥ — at Your lotus feet; rameta — are engaged; vācaḥ — words; ca — and; naḥ — our; tulasi-vat — like the tulasī leaves; yadi — if; te — Your; aṅghri — at Your lotus feet; śobhāḥ — beautified; pūryeta — are filled; te — Your; guṇa-gaṇaiḥ — by transcendental qualities; yadi — if; karṇa-randhraḥ — the holes of the ears.

Translation

O Lord, we pray that You let us be born in any hellish condition of life, just as long as our hearts and minds are always engaged in the service of Your lotus feet, our words are made beautiful [by speaking of Your activities] just as tulasī leaves are beautified when offered unto Your lotus feet, and as long as our ears are always filled with the chanting of Your transcendental qualities.

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ŚB 3.15.49requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.15parent 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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