🪷 ŚB 3.22.2

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

Sanskrit

मनुरुवाच ब्रह्मासृजत्स्वमुखतो युष्मानात्मपरीप्सया । छन्दोमयस्तपोविद्यायोगयुक्तानलम्पटान् ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

manur uvāca brahmāsṛjat sva-mukhato yuṣmān ātma-parīpsayā chandomayas tapo-vidyā- yoga-yuktān alampaṭān
Synonyms
manuḥ — Manu; uvāca — said; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; asṛjat — created; sva-mukhataḥ — from his face; yuṣmān — you (brāhmaṇas); ātma-parīpsayā — to protect himself by expanding; chandaḥ-mayaḥ — the form of the Vedas; tapaḥ-vidyā-yoga-yuktān — full of austerity, knowledge and mystic power; alampaṭān — averse to sense gratification.

Translation

Manu replied: To expand himself in Vedic knowledge, Lord Brahmā, the personified Veda, from his face created you, the brāhmaṇas, who are full of austerity, knowledge and mystic power and are averse to sense gratification.

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ŚB 3.22.2requested 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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