🪷 ŚB 5.2.16
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
न त्वां त्यजामि दयितं द्विजदेवदत्तंयस्मिन्मनो दृगपि नो न वियाति लग्नम् । मां चारुशृङ्ग्यर्हसि नेतुमनुव्रतं तेचित्तं यत: प्रतिसरन्तु शिवा: सचिव्य: ॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration
na tvāṁ tyajāmi dayitaṁ dvija-deva-dattaṁ
yasmin mano dṛg api no na viyāti lagnam
māṁ cāru-śṛṅgy arhasi netum anuvrataṁ te
cittaṁ yataḥ pratisarantu śivāḥ sacivyaḥ
Synonyms
na — not; tvām — you; tyajāmi — I shall give up; dayitam — very dear; dvija-deva — by Lord Brahmā, the demigod worshiped by the brāhmaṇas; dattam — given; yasmin — unto whom; manaḥ — mind; dṛk — eyes; api — also; naḥ — my; na viyāti — do not go away; lagnam — tightly attached; mām — me; cāru-śṛṅgi — O woman with beautiful raised breasts; arhasi — you ought; netum — to lead; anuvratam — follower; te — your; cittam — desire; yataḥ — wherever; pratisarantu — may follow; śivāḥ — favorable; sacivyaḥ — friends.
Translation
Lord Brahmā, who is worshiped by the brāhmaṇas, has very mercifully given you to me, and that is why I have met you. I do not want to give up your company, for my mind and eyes are fixed upon you and cannot be drawn away. O woman with beautiful raised breasts, I am your follower. You may take me wherever you like, and your friends may also follow me.
Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings
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ŚB 5.2.16requested 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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