🪷 ŚB 8.5.31

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

Sanskrit

इमे वयं यत्प्रिययैव तन्वा सत्त्वेन सृष्टा बहिरन्तरावि: । गतिं न सूक्ष्मामृषयश्च विद्महे कुतोऽसुराद्या इतरप्रधाना: ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

ime vayaṁ yat-priyayaiva tanvā sattvena sṛṣṭā bahir-antar-āviḥ gatiṁ na sūkṣmām ṛṣayaś ca vidmahe kuto ’surādyā itara-pradhānāḥ
Synonyms
ime — these; vayam — we (the demigods); yat — to whom; priyayā — appearing very near and dear; eva — certainly; tanvā — the material body; sattvena — by the mode of goodness; sṛṣṭāḥ — created; bahiḥ-antaḥ-āviḥ — although fully aware, internally and externally; gatim — destination; na — not; sūkṣmām — very subtle; ṛṣayaḥ — great saintly persons; ca — also; vidmahe — understand; kutaḥ — how; asura-ādyāḥ — the demons and atheists; itara — who are insignificant in their identities; pradhānāḥ — although they are leaders of their own societies.

Translation

Since our bodies are made of sattva-guṇa, we, the demigods, are internally and externally situated in goodness. All the great saints are also situated in that way. Therefore, if even we cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, what is to be said of those who are most insignificant in their bodily constitutions, being situated in the modes of passion and ignorance? How can they understand the Lord? Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Him.

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 8.5.31 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

इमे वयं यत्प्रिययैव तन्वा सत्त्वेन सृष्टा बहिरन्तरावि:। गतिं न सूक्ष्मामृषयश्‍च विद्महे कुतोऽसुराद्या इतरप्रधाना:॥ ३१

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

यों तो हम देवता एवं ऋषिगण भी उनके परम प्रिय सत्त्वमय शरीरसे ही उत्पन्‍न हुए हैं, फिर भी उनके बाहर-भीतर एकरस प्रकट वास्तविक स्वरूपको नहीं जानते। तब रजोगुण एवं तमोगुणप्रधान असुर आदि तो उन्हें जान ही कैसे सकते हैं? उन्हीं प्रभुके चरणोंमें हम नमस्कार करते हैं॥ ३१॥

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_split1.html · source order 178
Sanskrit SHA-256: 03fcb0da7846ff0a708e9edbf03a1926f8039a751976ae18414c5e988ab9a263
Hindi SHA-256: e851133cbdc480aad35d2abf674f06defbac7b5ca6072ce44b8a311ad1547bd1
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

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