🪷 ŚB 5.2.15

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

Sanskrit

रूपं तपोधन तपश्चरतां तपोघ्नंह्येतत्तु केन तपसा भवतोपलब्धम् । चर्तुं तपोऽर्हसि मया सह मित्र मह्यंकिं वा प्रसीदति स वै भवभावनो मे ॥ १५ ॥

Transliteration

rūpaṁ tapodhana tapaś caratāṁ tapoghnaṁ hy etat tu kena tapasā bhavatopalabdham cartuṁ tapo ’rhasi mayā saha mitra mahyaṁ kiṁ vā prasīdati sa vai bhava-bhāvano me
Synonyms
rūpam — beauty; tapaḥ-dhana — O best of the sages performing austerity; tapaḥ caratām — of persons engaged in executing austerities and penances; tapaḥ-ghnam — which dismantles the austerities; hi — certainly; etat — this; tu — indeed; kena — by what; tapasā — austerity; bhavatā — by you; upalabdham — achieved; cartum — to execute; tapaḥ — austerity; arhasi — you ought; mayā saha — with me; mitra — my dear friend; mahyam — unto me; kim vā — or maybe; prasīdati — is pleased; saḥ — he; vai — certainly; bhava-bhāvanaḥ — the creator of this universe; me — with me.

Translation

O best among those performing austerities, where did you get this wonderful beauty that dismantles the austerities performed by others? Where have you learned this art? What austerity have you undergone to achieve this beauty, my dear friend? I desire that you join me to perform austerity and penance, for it may be that the creator of the universe, Lord Brahmā, being pleased with me, has sent you to become my wife.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 5.2.15requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 5.2parent 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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