🪷 ŚB 4.29.49

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

Sanskrit

आस्तीर्य दर्भै: प्रागग्रै: कार्त्स्‍न्येन क्षितिमण्डलम् । स्तब्धो बृहद्वधान्मानी कर्म नावैषि यत्परम् । तत्कर्म हरितोषं यत्सा विद्या तन्मतिर्यया ॥ ४९ ॥

Transliteration

āstīrya darbhaiḥ prāg-agraiḥ kārtsnyena kṣiti-maṇḍalam stabdho bṛhad-vadhān mānī karma nāvaiṣi yat param tat karma hari-toṣaṁ yat sā vidyā tan-matir yayā
Synonyms
āstīrya — having covered; darbhaiḥ — by kuśa grass; prāk-agraiḥ — with the points facing east; kārtsnyena — altogether; kṣiti-maṇḍalam — the surface of the world; stabdhaḥ — proud upstart; bṛhat — great; vadhāt — by killing; mānī — thinking yourself very important; karma — activity; na avaiṣi — you do not know; yat — which; param — supreme; tat — that; karma — activity; hari-toṣam — satisfying the Supreme Lord; yat — which; sā — that; vidyā — education; tat — unto the Lord; matiḥ — consciousness; yayā — by which.

Translation

My dear King, the entire world is covered with the sharp points of kuśa grass, and on the strength of this you have become proud because you have killed various types of animals in sacrifices. Because of your foolishness, you do not know that devotional service is the only way one can please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You cannot understand this fact. Your only activities should be those that can please the Personality of Godhead. Our education should be such that we can become elevated to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 4.29.49requested 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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