🪷 ŚB 6.16.9

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

Sanskrit

एष नित्योऽव्यय: सूक्ष्म एष सर्वाश्रय: स्वद‍ृक् । आत्ममायागुणैर्विश्वमात्मानं सृजते प्रभु: ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

eṣa nityo ’vyayaḥ sūkṣma eṣa sarvāśrayaḥ svadṛk ātmamāyā-guṇair viśvam ātmānaṁ sṛjate prabhuḥ
Synonyms
eṣaḥ — this living entity; nityaḥ — eternal; avyayaḥ — imperishable; sūkṣmaḥ — very, very fine (not seen by the material eyes); eṣaḥ — this living entity; sarva-āśrayaḥ — the cause of different types of bodies; sva-dṛk — self-effulgent; ātma-māyā-guṇaiḥ — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s modes of material nature; viśvam — this material world; ātmānam — himself; sṛjate — appears; prabhuḥ — the master.

Translation

The living entity is eternal and imperishable because he actually has no beginning and no end. He never takes birth or dies. He is the basic principle of all types of bodies, yet he does not belong to the bodily category. The living being is so sublime that he is equal in quality to the Supreme Lord. Nonetheless, because he is extremely small, he is prone to be illusioned by the external energy, and thus he creates various bodies for himself according to his different desires.

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ŚB 6.16.9requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 6.16parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 6parent 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 source-walk 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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