🪷 ŚB 3.20.11

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

Sanskrit

सद्वितीया: किमसृजन् स्वतन्त्रा उत कर्मसु । आहोस्वित्संहता: सर्व इदं स्म समकल्पयन् ॥ ११ ॥

Transliteration

sa-dvitīyāḥ kim asṛjan svatantrā uta karmasu āho svit saṁhatāḥ sarva idaṁ sma samakalpayan
Synonyms
sa-dvitīyāḥ — with their wives; kim — whether; asṛjan — created; sva-tantrāḥ — remaining independent; uta — or; karmasu — in their actions; āho svit — or else; saṁhatāḥ — jointly; sarve — all the Prajāpatis; idam — this; sma samakalpayan — produced.

Translation

Did they evolve the creation in conjunction with their respective wives, did they remain independent in their action, or did they all jointly produce it?

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 3.20.11requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.20parent 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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