🪷 ŚB 4.31.17
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
यथा नभस्यभ्रतम:प्रकाशा
भवन्ति भूपा न भवन्त्यनुक्रमात् ।
एवं परे ब्रह्मणि शक्तयस्त्वमू
रजस्तम:सत्त्वमिति प्रवाह: ॥ १७ ॥
Transliteration
yathā nabhasy abhra-tamaḥ-prakāśā
bhavanti bhūpā na bhavanty anukramāt
evaṁ pare brahmaṇi śaktayas tv amū
rajas tamaḥ sattvam iti pravāhaḥ
Synonyms
yathā — as; nabhasi — in the sky; abhra — clouds; tamaḥ — darkness; prakāśāḥ — and illumination; bhavanti — exist; bhū-pāḥ — O Kings; na bhavanti — do not appear; anukramāt — consecutively; evam — thus; pare — supreme; brahmaṇi — in the Absolute; śaktayaḥ — energies; tu — then; amūḥ — those; rajaḥ — passion; tamaḥ — darkness; sattvam — goodness; iti — thus; pravāhaḥ — emanation.
Translation
My dear Kings, sometimes in the sky there are clouds, sometimes there is darkness, and sometimes there is illumination. The appearance of all these takes place consecutively. Similarly, in the Supreme Absolute, the modes of passion, darkness and goodness appear as consecutive energies. Sometimes they appear, and sometimes they disappear.
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ŚB 4.31.17requested 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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