🪷 ŚB 4.20.13

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

Sanskrit

सम: समानोत्तममध्यमाधम:
सुखे च दु:खे च जितेन्द्रियाशय: ।
मयोपक्लृप्ताखिललोकसंयुतो
विधत्स्व वीराखिललोकरक्षणम् ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

samaḥ samānottama-madhyamādhamaḥ
sukhe ca duḥkhe ca jitendriyāśayaḥ
mayopakḷptākhila-loka-saṁyuto
vidhatsva vīrākhila-loka-rakṣaṇam

Synonyms

samaḥ — equipoised; samāna — all equal; uttama — one who is greater; madhyama — one who is in an intermediate position; adhamaḥ — one who is in a lower standard of life; sukhe — in happiness; ca — and; duḥkhe — in distress; ca — also; jita-indriya — having controlled the senses; āśayaḥ — and mind; mayā — by Me; upakḷpta — arranged; akhila — all; loka — by people; saṁyutaḥ — being accompanied; vidhatsva — give; vīra — O hero; akhila — all; loka — to the citizens; rakṣaṇam — protection.

Translation

My dear heroic King, please keep yourself always equipoised and treat people equally, whether they are greater than you, in the intermediate stage or lower than you. Do not be disturbed by temporary distress or happiness. Fully control your mind and senses. In this transcendental position, try to execute your duty as king in whatever condition of life you may be posted by My arrangement, for your only duty here is to give protection to the citizens of your kingdom.

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ŚB 4.20.13requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading page ŚB 4.20parent chapter route and reading-passage index Skandha 4parent skandha chapter index /bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pages ŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditation ŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhakti ŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva ŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source seal ŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original Person ŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · Antaryāmī ŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevā ŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smiling ŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugraha ŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darkness ŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at Śambhala ŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtana Skandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master page BG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than Krishna BG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of all BG 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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