🪷 ŚB 3.22.15
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
ऋषिरुवाच
बाढमुद्वोढुकामोऽहमप्रत्ता च तवात्मजा ।
आवयोरनुरूपोऽसावाद्यो वैवाहिको विधि: ॥ १५ ॥
Transliteration
ṛṣir uvāca
bāḍham udvoḍhu-kāmo ’ham
aprattā ca tavātmajā
āvayor anurūpo ’sāv
ādyo vaivāhiko vidhiḥ
Synonyms
ṛṣiḥ — the great sage Kardama; uvāca — said; bāḍham — very well; udvoḍhu-kāmaḥ — desirous to marry; aham — I; aprattā — not promised to anyone else; ca — and; tava — your; ātma-jā — daughter; āvayoḥ — of us two; anurūpaḥ — proper; asau — this; ādyaḥ — first; vaivāhikaḥ — of marriage; vidhiḥ — ritualistic ceremony.
Translation
The great sage replied: Certainly I have a desire to marry, and your daughter has not yet married or given her word to anyone. Therefore our marriage according to the Vedic system can take place.
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ŚB 3.22.15requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.22parent 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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