🪷 ŚB 4.17.35
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
अपामुपस्थे मयि नाव्यवस्थिता:
प्रजा भवानद्य रिरक्षिषु: किल ।
स वीरमूर्ति: समभूद्धराधरो
यो मां पयस्युग्रशरो जिघांससि ॥ ३५ ॥
Transliteration
apām upasthe mayi nāvy avasthitāḥ
prajā bhavān adya rirakṣiṣuḥ kila
sa vīra-mūrtiḥ samabhūd dharā-dharo
yo māṁ payasy ugra-śaro jighāṁsasi
Synonyms
apām — of the water; upasthe — situated on the surface; mayi — in me; nāvi — in a boat; avasthitāḥ — standing; prajāḥ — living entities; bhavān — Yourself; adya — now; rirakṣiṣuḥ — desiring to protect; kila — indeed; saḥ — He; vīra-mūrtiḥ — in the form of a great hero; samabhūt — became; dharā-dharaḥ — the protector of the planet earth; yaḥ — one who; mām — me; payasi — for the sake of milk; ugra-śaraḥ — with sharpened arrows; jighāṁsasi — You desire to kill.
Translation
My dear Lord, in this way You once protected me by rescuing me from the water, and consequently Your name has been famous as Dharādhara — He who holds the planet earth. Yet at the present moment, in the form of a great hero, You are about to kill me with sharpened arrows. I am, however, just like a boat on the water, keeping everything afloat.
Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings
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ŚB 4.17.35requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.17parent 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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