🪷 ŚB 5.13.4

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

Sanskrit

निवासतोयद्रविणात्मबुद्धि- स्ततस्ततो धावति भो अटव्याम् । क्‍वचिच्च वात्योत्थितपांसुधूम्रा दिशो न जानाति रजस्वलाक्ष: ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

nivāsa-toya-draviṇātma-buddhis tatas tato dhāvati bho aṭavyām kvacic ca vātyotthita-pāṁsu-dhūmrā diśo na jānāti rajas-valākṣaḥ
Synonyms
nivāsa — residential place; toya — water; draviṇa — wealth; ātma-buddhiḥ — who considers these material things the ātma, or self; tataḥ tataḥ — here and there; dhāvati — he runs; bhoḥ — O King; aṭavyām — on that forest path of material existence; kvacit ca — and sometimes; vātyā — by the whirlwind; utthita — raised; pāṁsu — by dust; dhūmrāḥ — appear smoke-colored; diśaḥ — the directions; na — not; jānāti — knows; rajaḥ-vala-akṣaḥ — whose eyes are covered by the dust of the wind or who is captivated by his wife during her menstrual period.

Translation

My dear King, the merchant on the forest path of the material world, his intelligence victimized by home, wealth, relatives and so forth, runs from one place to another in search of success. Sometimes his eyes are covered by the dust of a whirlwind — that is to say, in his lust he is captivated by the beauty of his wife, especially during her menstrual period. Thus his eyes are blinded, and he cannot see where to go or what he is doing.

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ŚB 5.13.4requested 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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