🪷 ŚB 4.21.28-29

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

Sanskrit

मनोरुत्तानपादस्य ध्रुवस्यापि महीपते: । प्रियव्रतस्य राजर्षेरङ्गस्यास्मत्पितु: पितु: ॥ २८ ॥ ईद‍ृशानामथान्येषामजस्य च भवस्य च । प्रह्लादस्य बलेश्चापि कृत्यमस्ति गदाभृता ॥ २९ ॥

Transliteration

manor uttānapādasya dhruvasyāpi mahīpateḥ priyavratasya rājarṣer aṅgasyāsmat-pituḥ pituḥ
Synonyms
manoḥ — of Manu (Svāyambhuva Manu); uttānapādasya — of Uttānapāda, the father of Dhruva Mahārāja; dhruvasya — of Dhruva Mahārāja; api — certainly; mahī-pateḥ — of the great king; priyavratasya — of Priyavrata, in the family of Mahārāja Dhruva; rājarṣeḥ — of great saintly kings; aṅgasya — of the name Aṅga; asmat — my; pituḥ — of my father; pituḥ — of the father; īdṛśānām — of such personalities; atha — also; anyeṣām — of others; ajasya — of the supreme immortal; ca — also; bhavasya — of the living entities; ca — also; prahlādasya — of Mahārāja Prahlāda; baleḥ — of Mahārāja Bali; ca — also; api — certainly; kṛtyam — acknowledged by them; asti — there is; gadā-bhṛtā — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who carries a club.

Translation

This is confirmed not only by the evidence of the Vedas but also by the personal behavior of great personalities like Manu, Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Priyavrata and my grandfather Aṅga, as well as by many other great personalities and ordinary living entities, exemplified by Mahārāja Prahlāda and Bali, all of whom are theists, believing in the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who carries a club.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 4.21.28-29requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.21parent 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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