🪷 ŚB 6.16.38

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

Sanskrit

विषयतृषो नरपशवो
य उपासते विभूतीर्न परं त्वाम् ।
तेषामाशिष ईश
तदनु विनश्यन्ति यथा राजकुलम् ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

viṣaya-tṛṣo nara-paśavo
ya upāsate vibhūtīr na paraṁ tvām
teṣām āśiṣa īśa
tad anu vinaśyanti yathā rāja-kulam

Synonyms

viṣaya-tṛṣaḥ — eager to enjoy sense gratification; nara-paśavaḥ — manlike animals; ye — who; upāsate — worship very gorgeously; vibhūtīḥ — small particles of the Supreme Lord (the demigods); na — not; param — the Supreme; tvām — You; teṣām — of them; āśiṣaḥ — the benedictions; īśa — O supreme controller; tat — them (the demigods); anu — after; vinaśyanti — will be vanquished; yathā — just as; rāja-kulam — those who are supported by the government (when the government is finished).

Translation

O Lord, O Supreme, unintelligent persons who thirst for sense enjoyment and who worship various demigods are no better than animals in the human form of life. Because of their animalistic propensities, they fail to worship Your Lordship, and instead they worship the insignificant demigods, who are but small sparks of Your glory. With the destruction of the entire universe, including the demigods, the benedictions received from the demigods also vanish, just like the nobility when a king is no longer in power.

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ŚB 6.16.38requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading page ŚB 6.16parent chapter route and reading-passage index Skandha 6parent skandha chapter index /bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pages ŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditation ŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhakti ŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva ŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source seal ŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original Person ŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · Antaryāmī ŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevā ŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smiling ŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugraha ŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darkness ŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at Śambhala ŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtana Skandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master page BG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than Krishna BG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of all BG 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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