🪷 ŚB 4.22.30

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

Sanskrit

इन्द्रियैर्विषयाकृष्टैराक्षिप्तं ध्यायतां मन: । चेतनां हरते बुद्धे: स्तम्बस्तोयमिव ह्रदात् ॥ ३० ॥

Transliteration

indriyair viṣayākṛṣṭair ākṣiptaṁ dhyāyatāṁ manaḥ cetanāṁ harate buddheḥ stambas toyam iva hradāt
Synonyms
indriyaiḥ — by the senses; viṣaya — the sense objects; ākṛṣṭaiḥ — being attracted; ākṣiptam — agitated; dhyāyatām — always thinking of; manaḥ — mind; cetanām — consciousness; harate — becomes lost; buddheḥ — of intelligence; stambaḥ — big straws; toyam — water; iva — like; hradāt — from the lake.

Translation

When one’s mind and senses are attracted to sense objects for enjoyment, the mind becomes agitated. As a result of continually thinking of sense objects, one’s real consciousness almost becomes lost, like the water in a lake that is gradually sucked up by the big grass straws on its bank.

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ŚB 4.22.30requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.22parent 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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