🪷 ŚB 8.20.1

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

Sanskrit

श्रीशुक उवाच बलिरेवं गृहपति: कुलाचार्येण भाषित: । तूष्णीं भूत्वा क्षणं राजन्नुवाचावहितो गुरुम् ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca balir evaṁ gṛha-patiḥ kulācāryeṇa bhāṣitaḥ tūṣṇīṁ bhūtvā kṣaṇaṁ rājann uvācāvahito gurum
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; baliḥ — Bali Mahārāja; evam — thus; gṛha-patiḥ — the master of the household affairs, although guided by the priests; kula-ācāryeṇa — by the family ācārya or guide; bhāṣitaḥ — being thus addressed; tūṣṇīm — silent; bhūtvā — becoming; kṣaṇam — for a moment; rājan — O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit); uvāca — said; avahitaḥ — after full deliberation; gurum — unto his spiritual master.

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, when Bali Mahārāja was thus advised by his spiritual master, Śukrācārya, his family priest, he remained silent for some time, and then, after full deliberation, he replied to his spiritual master as follows.

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 8.20.1 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

बलिरेवं गृहपति: कुलाचार्येण भाषित:। तूष्णीं भूत्वा क्षणं राजन्‍नुवाचावहितो गुरुम्॥ १

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

श्रीशुकदेवजी कहते हैं— राजन्! जब कुलगुरु शुक्राचार्यने इस प्रकार कहा, तब आदर्श गृहस्थ राजा बलिने एक क्षण चुप रहकर बड़ी विनय और सावधानीसे शुक्राचार्यजीके प्रति यों कहा॥ १॥

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_196.html · source order 193
Sanskrit SHA-256: cf4244a1d9328b9c8e683233a31ec419ed81b4c268ba99f1e3a60dc59c1ddf7d
Hindi SHA-256: 3b8c25c67934365ed9413d774a7f400cd36f569c43642f54307b2d91951e410a
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 8.20.1requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.20parent 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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