🪷 ŚB 5.26.1

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

Sanskrit

राजोवाच महर्ष एतद्वैचित्र्यं लोकस्य कथमिति ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

rājovāca maharṣa etad vaicitryaṁ lokasya katham iti.
Synonyms
rājā uvāca — the King said; maharṣe — O great saint (Śukadeva Gosvāmī); etat — this; vaicitryam — variegatedness; lokasya — of the living entities; katham — how; iti — thus.

Translation

King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear sir, why are the living entities put into different material situations? Kindly explain this to me.

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 5.26.1 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

महर्ष एतद्वैचित्र्यं लोकस्य कथमिति॥ १॥

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

राजा परीक्षित‍्ने पूछा— महर्षे! लोगोंको जो ये ऊँची-नीची गतियाँ प्राप्त होती हैं, उनमें इतनी विभिन्‍नता क्यों है?॥ १॥

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_144.html · source order 139
Sanskrit SHA-256: d889e6288986125f5b60e1622a1bf43de6df294c4485aadb6fdf31fcd681d1fb
Hindi SHA-256: 9ae8645e115685d9199053c4ec797675d6ec76ab83cef11cdc98b9e249bb2815
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 5.26.1requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 5.26parent 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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