🪷 ŚB 4.22.61

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

Sanskrit

कन्दर्प इव सौन्दर्ये मनस्वी मृगराडिव । वात्सल्ये मनुवन्नृणां प्रभुत्वे भगवानज: ॥ ६१ ॥

Transliteration

kandarpa iva saundarye manasvī mṛga-rāḍ iva vātsalye manuvan nṛṇāṁ prabhutve bhagavān ajaḥ
Synonyms
kandarpaḥ — Cupid; iva — like; saundarye — in beauty; manasvī — in thoughtfulness; mṛga-rāṭ iva — like the king of the animals, the lion; vātsalye — in affection; manu-vat — like Svāyambhuva Manu; nṛṇām — of human society; prabhutve — in the matter of controlling; bhagavān — the lord; ajaḥ — Brahmā.

Translation

In his bodily beauty he was just like Cupid, and in his thoughtfulness he was like a lion. In his affection he was just like Svāyambhuva Manu, and in his ability to control he was like Lord Brahmā.

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ŚB 4.22.61requested 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 source-walk 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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