🪷 ŚB 8.1.29

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

Sanskrit

देवा वैधृतयो नाम विधृतेस्तनया नृप । नष्टा: कालेन यैर्वेदा विधृता: स्वेन तेजसा ॥ २९ ॥

Transliteration

devā vaidhṛtayo nāma vidhṛtes tanayā nṛpa naṣṭāḥ kālena yair vedā vidhṛtāḥ svena tejasā
Synonyms
devāḥ — the demigods; vaidhṛtayaḥ — the Vaidhṛtis; nāma — by the name; vidhṛteḥ — of Vidhṛti; tanayāḥ — who were the sons; nṛpa — O King; naṣṭāḥ — were lost; kālena — by the influence of time; yaiḥ — by whom; vedāḥ — the Vedas; vidhṛtāḥ — were protected; svena — by their own; tejasā — power.

Translation

O King, in the Tāmasa manvantara the sons of Vidhṛti, who were known as the Vaidhṛtis, also became demigods. Since in course of time the Vedic authority was lost, these demigods, by their own powers, protected the Vedic authority.

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ŚB 8.1.29requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.1parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 8parent 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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