🪷 ŚB 4.15.18
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
अग्निराजगवं चापं सूर्यो रश्मिमयानिषून् ।
भू: पादुके योगमय्यौ द्यौ: पुष्पावलिमन्वहम् ॥ १८ ॥
Transliteration
agnir āja-gavaṁ cāpaṁ
sūryo raśmimayān iṣūn
bhūḥ pāduke yogamayyau
dyauḥ puṣpāvalim anvaham
Synonyms
agniḥ — the demigod of fire; āja-gavam — made of the horns of goats and cows; cāpam — a bow; sūryaḥ — the sun-god; raśmi-mayān — brilliant as sunshine; iṣūn — arrows; bhūḥ — Bhūmi, the predominating goddess of the earth; pāduke — two slippers; yoga-mayyau — full of mystic power; dyauḥ — the demigods in outer space; puṣpa — of flowers; āvalim — presentation; anu-aham — day after day.
Translation
The demigod of fire, Agni, presented him with a bow made of the horns of goats and cows. The sun-god presented him with arrows as brilliant as sunshine. The predominating deity of Bhūrloka presented him with slippers full of mystic power. The demigods from outer space brought him presentations of flowers again and again.
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ŚB 4.15.18requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.15parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 4parent 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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