🪷 ŚB 5.1.14
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
यद्वाचि तन्त्यां गुणकर्मदामभि:
सुदुस्तरैर्वत्स वयं सुयोजिता: ।
सर्वे वहामो बलिमीश्वराय
प्रोता नसीव द्विपदे चतुष्पद: ॥ १४ ॥
Transliteration
yad-vāci tantyāṁ guṇa-karma-dāmabhiḥ
sudustarair vatsa vayaṁ suyojitāḥ
sarve vahāmo balim īśvarāya
protā nasīva dvi-pade catuṣ-padaḥ
Synonyms
yat — of whom; vāci — in the form of Vedic instruction; tantyām — to a long rope; guṇa — of quality; karma — and work; dāmabhiḥ — by the ropes; su-dustaraiḥ — very difficult to avoid; vatsa — my dear boy; vayam — we; su-yojitāḥ — are engaged; sarve — all; vahāmaḥ — carry out; balim — orders to please Him; īśvarāya — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; protāḥ — being bound; nasi — in the nose; iva — like; dvi-pade — to the two-legged (driver); catuḥ-padaḥ — the four-legged (bulls).
Translation
My dear boy, all of us are bound by the Vedic injunctions to the divisions of varṇāśrama according to our qualities and work. These divisions are difficult to avoid because they are scientifically arranged. We must therefore carry out our duties of varṇāśrama-dharma, like bulls obliged to move according to the direction of a driver pulling on ropes knotted to their noses.
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ŚB 5.1.14requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 5.1parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 5parent 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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