🪷 ŚB 8.21.22

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

Sanskrit

बलेन सचिवैर्बुद्ध्या दुर्गैर्मन्त्रौषधादिभि: । सामादिभिरुपायैश्च कालं नात्येति वै जन: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

balena sacivair buddhyā durgair mantrauṣadhādibhiḥ sāmādibhir upāyaiś ca kālaṁ nātyeti vai janaḥ
Synonyms
balena — by material power; sacivaiḥ — by the counsel of ministers; buddhyā — by intelligence; durgaiḥ — by fortresses; mantra-auṣadha-ādibhiḥ — by mystic chanting or the influence of drugs and herbs; sāma-ādibhiḥ — by diplomacy and other such means; upāyaiḥ ca — by similar other attempts; kālam — the time factor, representing the Supreme Lord; na — never; atyeti — can overcome; vai — indeed; janaḥ — any person.

Translation

No one can surpass the time representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by material power, by the counsel of ministers, by intelligence, by diplomacy, by fortresses, by mystic mantras, by drugs, by herbs or by any other means.

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