🪷 ŚB 4.29.30-31

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

Sanskrit

क्षुत्परीतो यथा दीन: सारमेयो गृहं गृहम् । चरन्विन्दति यद्दिष्टं दण्डमोदनमेव वा ॥ ३० ॥ तथा कामाशयो जीव उच्चावचपथा भ्रमन् । उपर्यधो वा मध्ये वा याति दिष्टं प्रियाप्रियम् ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

kṣut-parīto yathā dīnaḥ sārameyo gṛhaṁ gṛham caran vindati yad-diṣṭaṁ daṇḍam odanam eva vā
Synonyms
kṣut-parītaḥ — overcome by hunger; yathā — as; dīnaḥ — poor; sārameyaḥ — a dog; gṛham — from one house; gṛham — to another house; caran — wandering; vindati — receives; yat — whose; diṣṭam — according to destiny; daṇḍam — punishment; odanam — food; eva — certainly; vā — or; tathā — similarly; kāma-āśayaḥ — pursuing different types of desires; jīvaḥ — the living entity; ucca — high; avaca — low; pathā — on a path; bhraman — wandering; upari — high; adhaḥ — low; vā — or; madhye — in the middle; vā — or; yāti — goes toward; diṣṭam — according to destiny; priya — pleasing; apriyam — not pleasing.

Translation

The living entity is exactly like a dog who, overcome with hunger, goes from door to door for some food. According to his destiny, he sometimes receives punishment and is driven out and at other times receives a little food to eat. Similarly, the living entity, being influenced by so many desires, wanders in different species of life according to destiny. Sometimes he is high, and sometimes he is low. Sometimes he goes to the heavenly planets, sometimes to hell, sometimes to the middle planets, and so on.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 4.29.30-31requested 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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