🪷 ŚB 3.9.42

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

Sanskrit

अहमात्मात्मनां धात: प्रेष्ठ: सन् प्रेयसामपि । अतो मयि रतिं कुर्याद्देहादिर्यत्कृते प्रिय: ॥ ४२ ॥

Transliteration

aham ātmātmanāṁ dhātaḥ preṣṭhaḥ san preyasām api ato mayi ratiṁ kuryād dehādir yat-kṛte priyaḥ
Synonyms
aham — I am; ātmā — the Supersoul; ātmanām — of all other souls; dhātaḥ — director; preṣṭhaḥ — the dearest; san — being; preyasām — of all dear things; api — certainly; ataḥ — therefore; mayi — unto Me; ratim — attachment; kuryāt — one should do; deha-ādiḥ — the body and mind; yat-kṛte — on whose account; priyaḥ — very dear.

Translation

I am the Supersoul of every individual. I am the supreme director and the dearest. People are wrongly attached to the gross and subtle bodies, but they should be attached to Me only.

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ŚB 3.9.42requested 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 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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