🪷 ŚB 8.16.53

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

Sanskrit

आचार्यं ज्ञानसम्पन्नं वस्त्राभरणधेनुभि: । तोषयेद‍ृत्विजश्चैव तद्विद्ध्याराधनं हरे: ॥ ५३ ॥

Transliteration

ācāryaṁ jñāna-sampannaṁ vastrābharaṇa-dhenubhiḥ toṣayed ṛtvijaś caiva tad viddhy ārādhanaṁ hareḥ
Synonyms
ācāryam — the spiritual master; jñāna-sampannam — very advanced in spiritual knowledge; vastra-ābharaṇa-dhenubhiḥ — with clothing, ornaments and many cows; toṣayet — should satisfy; ṛtvijaḥ — the priests recommended by the spiritual master; ca eva — as well as; tat viddhi — try to understand that; ārādhanam — worship; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation

One should satisfy the spiritual master [ācārya], who is very learned in Vedic literature, and should satisfy his assistant priests [known as hotā, udgātā, adhvaryu and brahma]. One should please them by offering them clothing, ornaments and cows. This is the ceremony called viṣṇu-ārādhana, or worship of Lord Viṣṇu.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 8.16.53 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

आचार्यं ज्ञानसम्पन्‍नं वस्त्राभरणधेनुभि:। तोषयेदृत्विजश्चैव तद्विद्ध्याराधनं हरे:॥ ५३

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

इसके बाद ज्ञानसम्पन्‍न आचार्य और ऋत्विजोंको वस्त्र, आभूषण और गौ आदि देकर सन्तुष्ट करना चाहिये। प्रिये! इसे भी भगवान् की ही आराधना समझो॥ ५३॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
प्रथम-खण्ड · index_split_193.html · source order 189
Sanskrit SHA-256: 078065a2e7d17f5a21c9a592dd01b000c99dfdee88037184a119085b24401698
Hindi SHA-256: a4f0a750e4010ada07192aba11039441e22288343b36c9ba945203acc90aab5e
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

After the Sanskrit, word meanings, translation, and reading navigation, these links connect the requested reference with its canonical received passage, parent chapter and skandha, and the wider Bhāgavata corpus without inventing artificial verse boundaries.

ŚB 8.16.53requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.16parent 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 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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