🪷 ŚB 3.16.23

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

Sanskrit

न त्वं द्विजोत्तमकुलं यदिहात्मगोपं गोप्ता वृष: स्वर्हणेन ससूनृतेन । तर्ह्येव नङ्‌क्ष्यति शिवस्तव देव पन्था लोकोऽग्रहीष्यद‍ृषभस्य हितत्प्रमाणम् ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

na tvaṁ dvijottama-kulaṁ yadi hātma-gopaṁ goptā vṛṣaḥ svarhaṇena sa-sūnṛtena tarhy eva naṅkṣyati śivas tava deva panthā loko ’grahīṣyad ṛṣabhasya hi tat pramāṇam
Synonyms
na — not; tvam — You; dvija — of the twice-born; uttama-kulam — the highest class; yadi — if; ha — indeed; ātma-gopam — worthy to be protected by You; goptā — the protector; vṛṣaḥ — the best; su-arhaṇena — by worship; sa-sūnṛtena — along with mild words; tarhi — then; eva — certainly; naṅkṣyati — will be lost; śivaḥ — auspicious; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; panthāḥ — the path; lokaḥ — the people in general; agrahīṣyat — would accept; ṛṣabhasya — of the best; hi — because; tat — that; pramāṇam — authority.

Translation

O Lord, You are the protector of the highest of the twice-born. If You do not protect them by offering worship and mild words, then certainly the auspicious path of worship will be rejected by people in general, who act on the strength and authority of Your Lordship.

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ŚB 3.16.23requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.16parent 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 source-walk 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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