🪷 ŚB 3.8.16

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

Sanskrit

तस्यां स चाम्भोरुहकर्णिकाया- मवस्थितो लोकमपश्यमान: । परिक्रमन् व्योम्नि विवृत्तनेत्र- श्चत्वारि लेभेऽनुदिशं मुखानि ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

tasyāṁ sa cāmbho-ruha-karṇikāyām avasthito lokam apaśyamānaḥ parikraman vyomni vivṛtta-netraś catvāri lebhe ’nudiśaṁ mukhāni
Synonyms
tasyām — in that; saḥ — Brahmā; ca — and; ambhaḥ — water; ruha-karṇikāyām — whorl of the lotus; avasthitaḥ — being situated; lokam — the world; apaśyamānaḥ — without being able to see; parikraman — circumambulating; vyomni — in space; vivṛtta-netraḥ — while moving the eyes; catvāri — four; lebhe — achieved; anudiśam — in terms of direction; mukhāni — heads.

Translation

Brahmā, born out of the lotus flower, could not see the world, although he was situated in the whorl. He therefore circumambulated all of space, and while moving his eyes in all directions he achieved four heads in terms of the four directions.

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ŚB 3.8.16requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.8parent 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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