🪷 ŚB 8.24.4

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

Sanskrit

श्रीसूत उवाच इत्युक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान् बादरायणि: । उवाच चरितं विष्णोर्मत्स्यरूपेण यत् कृतम् ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-sūta uvāca ity ukto viṣṇu-rātena bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca caritaṁ viṣṇor matsya-rūpeṇa yat kṛtam
Synonyms
śrī-sūtaḥ uvāca — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti uktaḥ — thus being questioned; viṣṇu-rātena — by Mahārāja Parīkṣit, known as Viṣṇurāta; bhagavān — the most powerful; bādarāyaṇiḥ — the son of Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; uvāca — said; caritam — the pastimes; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; matsya-rūpeṇa — by Him in the form of a fish; yat — whatever; kṛtam — was done.

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Parīkṣit Mahārāja thus inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord’s incarnation as a fish.

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 8.24.4 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

इत्युक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान् बादरायणि:। उवाच चरितं विष्णोर्मत्स्यरूपेण यत् कृतम्॥ ४

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

सूतजी कहते हैं— शौनकादि ऋषियो! जब राजा परीक्षित‍्ने भगवान् श्रीशुकदेवजीसे यह प्रश्न किया, तब उन्होंने विष्णुभगवान्‌का वह चरित्र जो उन्होंने मत्स्यावतार धारण करके किया था, वर्णन किया॥ ४॥

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_200.html · source order 197
Sanskrit SHA-256: 51767c3fc6928a40d83b89c0096328e72500bbaef1fa96103038a093c9701e2f
Hindi SHA-256: b94edeffe465c68165f0da29e04d4fc4c41fd864a91a3258855ae584d95db791
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

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ŚB 8.24.4requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.24parent 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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