🪷 ŚB 7.15.72

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

Sanskrit

अहं च गायंस्तद्विद्वान् स्त्रीभि: परिवृतो गत: । ज्ञात्वा विश्वसृजस्तन्मे हेलनं शेपुरोजसा । याहि त्वं शूद्रतामाशु नष्टश्री: कृतहेलन: ॥ ७२ ॥

Transliteration

ahaṁ ca gāyaṁs tad-vidvān strībhiḥ parivṛto gataḥ jñātvā viśva-sṛjas tan me helanaṁ śepur ojasā yāhi tvaṁ śūdratām āśu naṣṭa-śrīḥ kṛta-helanaḥ
Synonyms
aham — I myself; ca — and; gāyan — singing the glories of other demigods rather than those of the Lord; tat-vidvān — knowing very well the art of singing; strībhiḥ — by women; parivṛtaḥ — being surrounded; gataḥ — went there; jñātvā — knowing well; viśva-sṛjaḥ — the prajāpatis, to whom the management of universal affairs was entrusted; tat — the attitude of my singing; me — my; helanam — negligence; śepuḥ — cursed; ojasā — with great force; yāhi — become; tvam — you; śūdratām — a śūdra; āśu — immediately; naṣṭa — devoid of; śrīḥ — beauty; kṛta-helanaḥ — because of transgressing the etiquette.

Translation

Nārada Muni continued: Being invited to that festival, I also joined, and, surrounded by women, I began musically singing the glories of the demigods. Because of this, the prajāpatis, the great demigods in charge of the affairs of the universe, forcefully cursed me with these words: “Because you have committed an offense, may you immediately become a śūdra, devoid of beauty.”

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ŚB 7.15.72requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 7.15parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 7parent 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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