🪷 ŚB 8.20.31
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
पर्जन्यघोषो जलज: पाञ्चजन्य:
कौमोदकी विष्णुगदा तरस्विनी ।
विद्याधरोऽसि: शतचन्द्रयुक्त-
स्तूणोत्तमावक्षयसायकौ च ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
parjanya-ghoṣo jalajaḥ pāñcajanyaḥ
kaumodakī viṣṇu-gadā tarasvinī
vidyādharo ’siḥ śata-candra-yuktas
tūṇottamāv akṣayasāyakau ca
Synonyms
parjanya-ghoṣaḥ — having a sound vibration like that of the clouds; jalajaḥ — the Lord’s conchshell; pāñcajanyaḥ — which is known as Pāñcajanya; kaumodakī — known by the name Kaumodakī; viṣṇu-gadā — the club of Lord Viṣṇu; tarasvinī — with great force; vidyādharaḥ — named Vidyādhara; asiḥ — the sword; śata-candra-yuktaḥ — with a shield decorated with hundreds of moons; tūṇa-uttamau — the best of quivers; akṣayasāyakau — named Akṣayasāyaka; ca — also.
Translation
The Lord’s conchshell, named Pāñcajanya, which made sounds like that of a cloud; the very forceful club named Kaumodakī; the sword named Vidyādhara, with a shield decorated with hundreds of moonlike spots; and also Akṣayasāyaka, the best of quivers — all of these appeared together to offer prayers to the Lord.
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ŚB 8.20.31requested 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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