🪷 ŚB 8.17.28

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

Sanskrit

त्वं वै प्रजानां स्थिरजङ्गमानां प्रजापतीनामसि सम्भविष्णु: । दिवौकसां देव दिवश्‍च्युतानां परायणं नौरिव मज्जतोऽप्सु ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

tvaṁ vai prajānāṁ sthira-jaṅgamānāṁ prajāpatīnām asi sambhaviṣṇuḥ divaukasāṁ deva divaś cyutānāṁ parāyaṇaṁ naur iva majjato ’psu
Synonyms
tvam — Your Lordship; vai — indeed; prajānām — of all living entities; sthira-jaṅgamānām — either stationary or moving; prajāpatīnām — of all the Prajāpatis; asi — You are; sambhaviṣṇuḥ — the generator of everyone; diva-okasām — of the inhabitants of the upper planetary system; deva — O Supreme Lord; divaḥ cyutānām — of the demigods, who have now fallen from their residential quarters; parāyaṇam — the supreme shelter; nauḥ — boat; iva — like; majjataḥ — of one drowning; apsu — in the water.

Translation

My Lord, You are the original generator of all living entities, stationary or moving, and You are also the generator of the Prajāpatis. O my Lord, as a boat is the only hope for a person drowning in the water, You are the only shelter for the demigods, who are now bereft of their heavenly position.

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 8.17.28requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.17parent 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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