Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
ब्रह्मोवाच
एष ते देव देवानामङ्घ्रिमूलमुपेयुषाम् ।
विप्राणां सौरभेयीणां भूतानामप्यनागसाम् ॥ २२ ॥
आगस्कृद्भयकृद्दुष्कृदस्मद्राद्धवरोऽसुर: ।
अन्वेषन्नप्रतिरथो लोकानटति कण्टक: ॥ २३ ॥
Transliteration
brahmovāca
eṣa te deva devānām
aṅghri-mūlam upeyuṣām
viprāṇāṁ saurabheyīṇāṁ
bhūtānām apy anāgasām
Synonyms
brahmā uvāca — Lord Brahmā said; eṣaḥ — this demon; te — Your; deva — O Lord; devānām — to the demigods; aṅghri-mūlam — Your feet; upeyuṣām — to those having obtained; viprāṇām — to the brāhmaṇas; saurabheyīṇām — to the cows; bhūtānām — to ordinary living entities; api — also; anāgasām — innocent; āgaḥ-kṛt — an offender; bhaya-kṛt — a source of fear; duṣkṛt — wrongdoer; asmat — from me; rāddha-varaḥ — having attained a boon; asuraḥ — a demon; anveṣan — searching; apratirathaḥ — having no proper combatant; lokān — all over the universe; aṭati — he wanders; kaṇṭakaḥ — being a pinprick for everyone.
Translation
Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, this demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to the demigods, the brāhmaṇas, the cows and innocent persons who are spotless and always dependent upon worshiping Your lotus feet. He has become a source of fear by unnecessarily harassing them. Since he has attained a boon from me, he has become a demon, always searching for a proper combatant, wandering all over the universe for this infamous purpose.
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