🪷 ŚB 6.17.2-3

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

Sanskrit

स लक्षं वर्षलक्षाणामव्याहतबलेन्द्रिय: । स्तूयमानो महायोगी मुनिभि: सिद्धचारणै: ॥ २ ॥ कुलाचलेन्द्रद्रोणीषु नानासङ्कल्पसिद्धिषु । रेमे विद्याधरस्त्रीभिर्गापयन् हरिमीश्वरम् ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

sa lakṣaṁ varṣa-lakṣāṇām avyāhata-balendriyaḥ stūyamāno mahā-yogī munibhiḥ siddha-cāraṇaiḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — he (Citraketu); lakṣam — one hundred thousand; varṣa — of years; lakṣāṇām — one hundred thousand; avyāhata — without hindrance; bala-indriyaḥ — whose strength and power of the senses; stūyamānaḥ — being praised; mahā-yogī — the great mystic yogī; munibhiḥ — by saintly persons; siddha-cāraṇaiḥ — by the Siddhas and Cāraṇas; kulācalendra-droṇīṣu — within the valleys of the great mountain known as Kulācalendra, or Sumeru; nānā-saṅkalpa-siddhiṣu — where one becomes perfect in all kinds of mystic power; reme — enjoyed; vidyādhara-strībhiḥ — with the women of the Vidyādhara planet; gāpayan — causing to praise; harim — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari; īśvaram — the controller.

Translation

Being praised by great sages and saints and by the inhabitants of Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka, Citraketu, the most powerful mystic yogī, wandered about enjoying life for millions of years. With bodily strength and senses free from deterioration, he traveled within the valleys of Sumeru Mountain, which is the place of perfection for various kinds of mystic power. In those valleys he enjoyed life with the women of Vidyādhara-loka by chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord, Hari.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 6.17.2-3requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 6.17parent 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 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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