🪷 ŚB 8.21.23
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
भवद्भिर्निर्जिता ह्येते बहुशोऽनुचरा हरे: ।
दैवेनर्द्धैस्त एवाद्य युधि जित्वा नदन्ति न: ॥ २३ ॥
Transliteration
bhavadbhir nirjitā hy ete
bahuśo ’nucarā hareḥ
daivenarddhais ta evādya
yudhi jitvā nadanti naḥ
Synonyms
bhavadbhiḥ — by all of you demons; nirjitāḥ — have been defeated; hi — indeed; ete — all these soldiers of the demigods; bahuśaḥ — in great number; anucarāḥ — followers; hareḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; daivena — by providence; ṛddhaiḥ — whose opulence was increased; te — they (the demigods); eva — indeed; adya — today; yudhi — in the fight; jitvā — defeating; nadanti — are vibrating in jubilation; naḥ — us.
Translation
Previously, being empowered by providence, you defeated a great number of such followers of Lord Viṣṇu. But today those same followers, having defeated us, are roaring in jubilation like lions.
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ŚB 8.21.23requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.21parent 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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