🪷 ŚB 3.25.1

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

Sanskrit

शौनक उवाच कपिलस्तत्त्वसंख्याता भगवानात्ममायया । जात: स्वयमज: साक्षादात्मप्रज्ञप्तये नृणाम् ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca kapilas tattva-saṅkhyātā bhagavān ātma-māyayā jātaḥ svayam ajaḥ sākṣād ātma-prajñaptaye nṛṇām
Synonyms
śaunakaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śaunaka said; kapilaḥ — Lord Kapila; tattva — of the truth; saṅkhyātā — the expounder; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ātma-māyayā — by His internal potency; jātaḥ — took birth; svayam — Himself; ajaḥ — unborn; sākṣāt — in person; ātma-prajñaptaye — to disseminate transcendental knowledge; nṛṇām — for the human race.

Translation

Śrī Śaunaka said: Although He is unborn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead took birth as Kapila Muni by His internal potency. He descended to disseminate transcendental knowledge for the benefit of the whole human race.

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ŚB 3.25.1requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.25parent 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 source-walk 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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