🪷 ŚB 4.17.8

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

Sanskrit

सूत उवाच चोदितो विदुरेणैवं वासुदेवकथां प्रति । प्रशस्य तं प्रीतमना मैत्रेय: प्रत्यभाषत ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

sūta uvāca codito vidureṇaivaṁ vāsudeva-kathāṁ prati praśasya taṁ prīta-manā maitreyaḥ pratyabhāṣata
Synonyms
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; coditaḥ — inspired; vidureṇa — by Vidura; evam — thus; vāsudeva — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kathām — narration; prati — about; praśasya — praising; tam — him; prīta-manāḥ — being very pleased; maitreyaḥ — the saint Maitreya; pratyabhāṣata — replied.

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī continued: When Vidura became inspired to hear of the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa in His various incarnations, Maitreya, also being inspired and being very pleased with Vidura, began to praise him. Then Maitreya spoke as follows.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 4.17.8 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

चोदितो विदुरेणैवं वासुदेवकथां प्रति। प्रशस्य तं प्रीतमना मैत्रेय: प्रत्यभाषत॥ ८

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

श्रीसूतजी कहते हैं— जब विदुरजीने भगवान् वासुदेवकी कथा कहनेके लिये इस प्रकार प्रेरणा की, तब श्रीमैत्रेयजी प्रसन्‍नचित्तसे उनकी प्रशंसा करते हुए कहने लगे॥ ८॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
प्रथम-खण्ड · index_split_103.html · source order 99
Sanskrit SHA-256: 91d4224b20fc1462288ece60dcc8354c43aea8451c11e8224bfc420a68667640
Hindi SHA-256: 64eadff87e869a9910d116bd700b29f1f20c912cd5d255b07acf4f927e5dc0b6
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 4.17.8requested 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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