🪷 ŚB 8.4.7

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

Sanskrit

स वै पूर्वमभूद् राजा पाण्ड्यो द्रविडसत्तम: । इन्द्रद्युम्न इति ख्यातो विष्णुव्रतपरायण: ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

sa vai pūrvam abhūd rājā pāṇḍyo draviḍa-sattamaḥ indradyumna iti khyāto viṣṇu-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — this elephant (Gajendra); vai — indeed; pūrvam — formerly; abhūt — was; rājā — a king; pāṇḍyaḥ — of the country known as Pāṇḍya; draviḍa-sat-tamaḥ — the best of those born in Draviḍa-deśa, South India; indradyumnaḥ — by the name Mahārāja Indradyumna; iti — thus; khyātaḥ — celebrated; viṣṇu-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ — who was a first-class Vaiṣṇava, always engaged in the service of the Lord.

Translation

This Gajendra had formerly been a Vaiṣṇava and the king of the country known as Pāṇḍya, which is in the province of Draviḍa [South India]. In his previous life, he was known as Indradyumna Mahārāja.

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 8.4.7 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

स वै पूर्वमभूद् राजा पाण्ड्यो द्रविडसत्तम:। इन्द्रद्युम्न इति ख्यातो विष्णुव्रतपरायण:॥ ७

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

गजेन्द्र पूर्वजन्ममें द्रविडदेशका पाण्ड्यवंशी राजा था। उसका नाम था इन्द्रद्युम्न। वह भगवान्‌का एक श्रेष्ठ उपासक एवं अत्यन्त यशस्वी था॥ ७॥

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_182.html · source order 177
Sanskrit SHA-256: 4a33312a6bd774cf5501126ae43faa73561c3a90e6bcfab8e9c3e7a8b8cf78ce
Hindi SHA-256: d1e9c7f5ad6881550f2b56eee701ebad3a43cccc02b745afa1ec219a135f7557
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

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