🪷 ŚB 4.31.16

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

Sanskrit

एतत्पदं तज्जगदात्मन: परं सकृद्विभातं सवितुर्यथा प्रभा । यथासवो जाग्रति सुप्तशक्तयो द्रव्यक्रियाज्ञानभिदाभ्रमात्यय: ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

etat padaṁ taj jagad-ātmanaḥ paraṁ sakṛd vibhātaṁ savitur yathā prabhā yathāsavo jāgrati supta-śaktayo dravya-kriyā-jñāna-bhidā-bhramātyayaḥ
Synonyms
etat — this cosmic manifestation; padam — place of habitation; tat — that; jagat-ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; param — transcendental; sakṛt — sometimes; vibhātam — manifested; savituḥ — of the sun; yathā — as; prabhā — sunshine; yathā — as; asavaḥ — the senses; jāgrati — become manifest; supta — inactive; śaktayaḥ — energies; dravya — physical elements; kriyā — activities; jñāna — knowledge; bhidā-bhrama — differences from misunderstanding; atyayaḥ — passing away.

Translation

Just as the sunshine is nondifferent from the sun, the cosmic manifestation is also nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality is therefore all-pervasive within this material creation. When the senses are active, they appear to be part and parcel of the body, but when the body is asleep, their activities are unmanifest. Similarly, the whole cosmic creation appears different and yet nondifferent from the Supreme Person.

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ŚB 4.31.16requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.31parent 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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