🪷 ŚB 4.29.28

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

Sanskrit

शुक्लात्प्रकाशभूयिष्ठाँल्लोकानाप्नोति कर्हिचित् । दु:खोदर्कान् क्रियायासांस्तम:शोकोत्कटान् क्‍वचित् ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

śuklāt prakāśa-bhūyiṣṭhāḻ lokān āpnoti karhicit duḥkhodarkān kriyāyāsāṁs tamaḥ-śokotkaṭān kvacit
Synonyms
śuklāt — by goodness; prakāśa — by illumination; bhūyiṣṭhān — characterized; lokān — planets; āpnoti — achieves; karhicit — sometimes; duḥkha — distress; udarkān — having as the end result; kriyā-āyāsān — full of laborious activities; tamaḥ — darkness; śoka — in lamentation; utkaṭān — abounding; kvacit — sometimes.

Translation

Those who are situated in the mode of goodness act piously according to Vedic injunctions. Thus they are elevated to the higher planetary systems where the demigods live. Those who are influenced by the mode of passion engage in various types of productive activities in the planetary systems where human beings live. Similarly, those influenced by the mode of darkness are subjected to various types of misery and live in the animal kingdom.

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ŚB 4.29.28requested 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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