🪷 ŚB 5.13.21

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

Sanskrit

राजोवाच अहो नृजन्माखिलजन्मशोभनं किं जन्मभिस्त्वपरैरप्यमुष्मिन् । न यद्‌धृषीकेशयश:कृतात्मनां महात्मनां व: प्रचुर: समागम: ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

rājovāca aho nṛ-janmākhila-janma-śobhanaṁ kiṁ janmabhis tv aparair apy amuṣmin na yad dhṛṣīkeśa-yaśaḥ-kṛtātmanāṁ mahātmanāṁ vaḥ pracuraḥ samāgamaḥ
Synonyms
rājā uvāca — King Rahūgaṇa said; aho — alas; nṛ-janma — you who have taken birth as a human being; akhila-janma-śobhanam — the best of all species of life; kim — what need; janmabhiḥ — with births in a higher species like the demigods in the heavenly planets; tu — but; aparaiḥ — not superior; api — indeed; amuṣmin — in the next birth; na — not; yat — which; hṛṣīkeśa-yaśaḥ — by the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hṛṣīkeśa, the master of all senses; kṛta-ātmanām — of those whose hearts are purified; mahā-ātmanām — who are actually great souls; vaḥ — of us; pracuraḥ — abundant; samāgamaḥ — the association.

Translation

King Rahūgaṇa said: This birth as a human being is the best of all. Even birth among the demigods in the heavenly planets is not as glorious as birth as a human being on this earth. What is the use of the exalted position of a demigod? In the heavenly planets, due to profuse material comforts, there is no possibility of associating with devotees.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 5.13.21 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

अहो नृजन्माखिलजन्मशोभनं किं जन्मभिस्त्वपरैरप्यमुष्मिन्। न यद‍्धृषीकेशयश:कृतात्मनां महात्मनां व: प्रचुर: समागम:॥ २१

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

राजा रहूगणने कहा— अहो! समस्त योनियोंमें यह मनुष्यजन्म ही श्रेष्ठ है। अन्यान्य लोकोंमें प्राप्त होनेवाले देवादि उत्कृष्ट जन्मोंसे भी क्या लाभ है, जहाँ भगवान् हृषीकेशके पवित्र यशसे शुद्ध अन्त:करणवाले आप-जैसे महात्माओंका अधिकाधिक समागम नहीं मिलता॥ २१॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
प्रथम-खण्ड · index_split_131.html · source order 126
Sanskrit SHA-256: 2ba5fb618c11ad2b8e782110696526b609f9b81b9686a71224626cbb1e8a4c05
Hindi SHA-256: 4ed5dd710d201550d0975bf24d45f33675d10a300a8127813bd31c033dced847
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 5.13.21requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 5.13parent 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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