🪷 ŚB 3.4.25

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

Sanskrit

विदुर उवाच ज्ञानं परं स्वात्मरह:प्रकाशं यदाह योगेश्वर ईश्वरस्ते । वक्तुं भवान्नोऽर्हति यद्धि विष्णो- र्भृत्या: स्वभृत्यार्थकृतश्चरन्ति ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

vidura uvāca jñānaṁ paraṁ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṁ yad āha yogeśvara īśvaras te vaktuṁ bhavān no ’rhati yad dhi viṣṇor bhṛtyāḥ sva-bhṛtyārtha-kṛtaś caranti
Synonyms
viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura said; jñānam — knowledge; param — transcendental; sva-ātma — regarding the self; rahaḥ — mystery; prakāśam — enlightening; yat — that which; āha — said; yoga-īśvaraḥ — the master of all mystics; īśvaraḥ — the Lord; te — unto you; vaktum — to narrate; bhavān — your good self; naḥ — unto me; arhati — deserve; yat — for; hi — reason of; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; bhṛtyāḥ — servants; sva-bhṛtya-artha-kṛtaḥ — for the interest of their servants; caranti — do wander.

Translation

Vidura said: O Uddhava, because the servants of Viṣṇu, the Lord, wander in the interest of serving others, it is quite fit that you kindly describe the self-knowledge with which you have been enlightened by the Lord Himself.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 3.4.25 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

ज्ञानं परं स्वात्मरह:प्रकाशं यदाह योगेश्‍वर ईश्‍वरस्ते। वक्तुं भवान्‍नोऽर्हति यद्धि विष्णो- र्भृत्या: स्वभृत्यार्थकृतश्‍चरन्ति॥ २५

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

विदुरजीने कहा— उद्धवजी! योगेश्‍वर भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने अपने स्वरूपके गूढ़ रहस्यको प्रकट करनेवाला जो परमज्ञान आपसे कहा था, वह आप हमें भी सुनाइये; क्योंकि भगवान्‌के सेवक तो अपने सेवकोंका कार्य सिद्ध करनेके लिये ही विचरा करते हैं॥ २५॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
प्रथम-खण्ड · index_split_055.html · source order 53
Sanskrit SHA-256: a3cf839b4368b37dfcf573d7f86b396c96be13855701151d139e5e2ec8239a5a
Hindi SHA-256: dbf368d99375bbec5c660f51857bff1d1e1563c59bf3b3b5271fdf0de2b0798b
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 3.4.25requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.4parent 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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