🪷 ŚB 4.24.66
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
प्रमत्तमुच्चैरिति कृत्यचिन्तया
प्रवृद्धलोभं विषयेषु लालसम् ।
त्वमप्रमत्त: सहसाभिपद्यसे
क्षुल्लेलिहानोऽहिरिवाखुमन्तक: ॥ ६६ ॥
Transliteration
pramattam uccair iti kṛtya-cintayā
pravṛddha-lobhaṁ viṣayeṣu lālasam
tvam apramattaḥ sahasābhipadyase
kṣul-lelihāno ’hir ivākhum antakaḥ
Synonyms
pramattam — persons who are mad; uccaiḥ — loudly; iti — thus; kṛtya — to be done; cintayā — by such desire; pravṛddha — very much advanced; lobham — greed; viṣayeṣu — in material enjoyment; lālasam — so desiring; tvam — Your Lordship; apramattaḥ — completely in transcendence; sahasā — all of a sudden; abhipadyase — seizes them; kṣut — hungry; lelihānaḥ — by the greedy tongue; ahiḥ — snake; iva — like; ākhum — mouse; antakaḥ — destroyer.
Translation
My dear Lord, all living entities within this material world are mad after planning for things, and they are always busy with a desire to do this or that. This is due to uncontrollable greed. The greed for material enjoyment is always existing in the living entity, but Your Lordship is always alert, and in due course of time You strike him, just as a snake seizes a mouse and very easily swallows him.
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ŚB 4.24.66requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.24parent 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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