🪷 ŚB 4.20.31

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

Sanskrit

त्वन्माययाद्धा जन ईश खण्डितो
यदन्यदाशास्त ऋतात्मनोऽबुध: ।
यथा चरेद् बालहितं पिता स्वयं
तथा त्वमेवार्हसि न: समीहितुम् ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

tvan-māyayāddhā jana īśa khaṇḍito
yad anyad āśāsta ṛtātmano ’budhaḥ
yathā cared bāla-hitaṁ pitā svayaṁ
tathā tvam evārhasi naḥ samīhitum

Synonyms

tvat — Your; māyayā — by illusory energy; addhā — certainly; janaḥ — the people in general; īśa — O my Lord; khaṇḍitaḥ — separated; yat — because; anyat — other; āśāste — they desire; ṛta — real; ātmanaḥ — from the self; abudhaḥ — without proper understanding; yathā — as; caret — would engage in; bāla-hitam — the welfare of one’s child; pitā — the father; svayam — personally; tathā — similarly; tvam — Your Lordship; eva — certainly; arhasi naḥ samīhitum — please act on my behalf.

Translation

My Lord, due to Your illusory energy, all living beings in this material world have forgotten their real constitutional position, and out of ignorance they are always desirous of material happiness in the form of society, friendship and love. Therefore, please do not ask me to take some material benefits from You, but as a father, not waiting for the son’s demand, does everything for the benefit of the son, please bestow upon me whatever You think best for me.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 4.20.31requested 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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