🪷 ŚB 3.21.20

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

Sanskrit

नैतद्बताधीश पदं तवेप्सितं यन्मायया नस्तनुषे भूतसूक्ष्मम् । अनुग्रहायास्त्वपि यर्ही मायया लसत्तुलस्या भगवान् विलक्षित: ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

naitad batādhīśa padaṁ tavepsitaṁ yan māyayā nas tanuṣe bhūta-sūkṣmam anugrahāyāstv api yarhi māyayā lasat-tulasyā bhagavān vilakṣitaḥ
Synonyms
na — not; etat — this; bata — indeed; adhīśa — O Lord; padam — material world; tava — Your; īpsitam — desire; yat — which; māyayā — by Your external energy; naḥ — for us; tanuṣe — You manifest; bhūta-sūkṣmam — the elements, gross and subtle; anugrahāya — for bestowing mercy; astu — let it be; api — also; yarhi — when; māyayā — through Your causeless mercy; lasat — splendid; tulasyā — with a wreath of tulasī leaves; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vilakṣitaḥ — is perceived.

Translation

My dear Lord, although it is not Your desire, You manifest this creation of gross and subtle elements just for our sensual satisfaction. Let Your causeless mercy be upon us, for You have appeared before us in Your eternal form, adorned with a splendid wreath of tulasī leaves.

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ŚB 3.21.20requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.21parent 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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