🪷 ŚB 4.21.46

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

Sanskrit

पुत्रेण जयते लोकानिति सत्यवती श्रुति: । ब्रह्मदण्डहत: पापो यद्वेनोऽत्यतरत्तम: ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

putreṇa jayate lokān iti satyavatī śrutiḥ brahma-daṇḍa-hataḥ pāpo yad veno ’tyatarat tamaḥ
Synonyms
putreṇa — by the son; jayate — one becomes victorious; lokān — all the heavenly planets; iti — thus; satya-vatī — becomes true; śrutiḥ — the Vedas; brahma-daṇḍa — by the curse of brāhmaṇas; hataḥ — killed; pāpaḥ — the most sinful; yat — as; venaḥ — the father of Mahārāja Pṛthu; ati — great; atarat — became delivered; tamaḥ — from the darkness of hellish life.

Translation

They all declared that the Vedic conclusion that one can conquer the heavenly planets by the action of a putra, or son, was fulfilled, for the most sinful Vena, who had been killed by the curse of the brāhmaṇas, was now delivered from the darkest region of hellish life by his son, Mahārāja Pṛthu.

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