🪷 ŚB 8.7.3

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

Sanskrit

तन्नैच्छन् दैत्यपतयो महापुरुषचेष्टितम् । न गृह्णीमो वयं पुच्छमहेरङ्गममङ्गलम् । स्वाध्यायश्रुतसम्पन्ना: प्रख्याता जन्मकर्मभि: ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

tan naicchan daitya-patayo mahā-puruṣa-ceṣṭitam na gṛhṇīmo vayaṁ puccham aher aṅgam amaṅgalam svādhyāya-śruta-sampannāḥ prakhyātā janma-karmabhiḥ
Synonyms
tat — that arrangement; na aicchan — not liking; daitya-patayaḥ — the leaders of the demons; mahā-puruṣa — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ceṣṭitam — attempt; na — not; gṛhṇīmaḥ — shall take; vayam — all of us (the Daityas); puccham — the tail; aheḥ — of the serpent; aṅgam — part of the body; amaṅgalam — inauspicious, inferior; svādhyāya — with Vedic study; śruta — and Vedic knowledge; sampannāḥ — fully equipped; prakhyātāḥ — prominent; janma-karmabhiḥ — by birth and activities.

Translation

The leaders of the demons thought it unwise to hold the tail, the inauspicious portion of the snake. Instead, they wanted to hold the front, which had been taken by the Personality of Godhead and the demigods, because that portion was auspicious and glorious. Thus the demons, on the plea that they were all highly advanced students of Vedic knowledge and were all famous for their birth and activities, protested that they wanted to hold the front of the snake.

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ŚB 8.7.3requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.7parent 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 source-walk 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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