🪷 ŚB 4.29.Texts 29.1a-2a

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

Sanskrit

सर्वेषामेव जन्तूनां सततं देहपोषणे । अस्ति प्रज्ञा समायत्ता को विशेषस्तदा नृणाम् ॥ १अ ॥ लब्ध्वेहान्ते मनुष्यत्वं हित्वा देहाद्यसद्ग्रहम् । आत्मसृत्या विहायेदं जीवात्मा स विशिष्यते ॥ २अ ॥

Transliteration

sarveṣām eva jantūnāṁ satataṁ deha-poṣaṇe asti prajñā samāyattā ko viśeṣas tadā nṛṇām
Synonyms
sarveṣām — all; eva — certainly; jantūnām — of animals; satatam — always; deha-poṣaṇe — to maintain the body; asti — there is; prajñā — intelligence; samāyattā — resting on; kaḥ — what; viśeṣaḥ — difference; tadā — then; nṛṇām — of the human beings; labdhvā — having attained; iha — here; ante — at the end of many births; manuṣyatvam — a human life; hitvā — after giving up; deha-ādi — in the gross and subtle body; asat-graham — an incorrect conception of life; ātma — of spiritual knowledge; sṛtyā — by the path; vihāya — having abandoned; idam — this body; jīva-ātmā — the individual spirit soul; saḥ — that; viśiṣyate — becomes prominent.

Translation

A desire to maintain body, wife and children is also observed in animal society. The animals have full intelligence to manage such affairs. If a human being is simply advanced in this respect, what is the difference between him and an animal? One should be very careful to understand that this human life is attained after many, many births in the evolutionary process. A learned man who gives up the bodily conception of life, both gross and subtle, will, by the enlightenment of spiritual knowledge, become a prominent individual spirit soul, as the Supreme Lord is also.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 4.29.1a-2arequested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.29parent 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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