🪷 ŚB 3.9.13

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

Sanskrit

पुंसामतो विविधकर्मभिरध्वराद्यै- र्दानेन चोग्रतपसा परिचर्यया च । आराधनं भगवतस्तव सत्क्रियार्थो धर्मोऽर्पित: कर्हिचिद्‌म्रियते न यत्र ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

puṁsām ato vividha-karmabhir adhvarādyair dānena cogra-tapasā paricaryayā ca ārādhanaṁ bhagavatas tava sat-kriyārtho dharmo ’rpitaḥ karhicid mriyate na yatra
Synonyms
puṁsām — of the people; ataḥ — therefore; vividha-karmabhiḥ — by various fruitive activities; adhvara-ādyaiḥ — by performance of Vedic rituals; dānena — by charities; ca — and; ugra — very hard; tapasā — austerity; paricaryayā — by transcendental service; ca — also; ārādhanam — worship; bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; tava — Your; sat-kriyā-arthaḥ — simply for pleasing Your Lordship; dharmaḥ — religion; arpitaḥ — so offered; karhicit — at any time; mriyate — vanquishes; na — never; yatra — there.

Translation

But the pious activities of the people, such as performance of Vedic rituals, charity, austere penances and transcendental service, performed with a view to worship You and satisfy You by offering You the fruitive results, are also beneficial. Such acts of religion never go in vain.

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ŚB 3.9.13requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.9parent 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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