🪷 ŚB 4.21.34

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

Sanskrit

असाविहानेकगुणोऽगुणोऽध्वर: पृथग्विधद्रव्यगुणक्रियोक्तिभि: । सम्पद्यतेऽर्थाशयलिङ्गनामभि- र्विशुद्धविज्ञानघन: स्वरूपत: ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

asāv ihāneka-guṇo ’guṇo ’dhvaraḥ pṛthag-vidha-dravya-guṇa-kriyoktibhiḥ sampadyate ’rthāśaya-liṅga-nāmabhir viśuddha-vijñāna-ghanaḥ svarūpataḥ
Synonyms
asau — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; iha — in this material world; aneka — various; guṇaḥ — qualities; aguṇaḥ — transcendental; adhvaraḥ — yajña; pṛthak-vidha — varieties; dravya — physical elements; guṇa — ingredients; kriyā — performances; uktibhiḥ — by chanting different mantras; sampadyate — is worshiped; artha — interest; āśaya — purpose; liṅga — form; nāmabhiḥ — name; viśuddha — without contamination; vijñāna — science; ghanaḥ — concentrated; sva-rūpataḥ — in His own form.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental and not contaminated by this material world. But although He is concentrated spirit soul without material variety, for the benefit of the conditioned soul He nevertheless accepts different types of sacrifice performed with various material elements, rituals and mantras and offered to the demigods under different names according to the interests and purposes of the performers.

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ŚB 4.21.34requested 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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