🪷 ŚB 9.13.10

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

Sanskrit

देहं नावरुरुत्सेऽहं दु:खशोकभयावहम् । सर्वत्रास्य यतो मृत्युर्मत्स्यानामुदके यथा ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

dehaṁ nāvarurutse ’haṁ duḥkha-śoka-bhayāvaham sarvatrāsya yato mṛtyur matsyānām udake yathā
Synonyms
deham — a material body; na — not; avarurutse — desire to accept; aham — I; duḥkha-śoka-bhaya-āvaham — which is the cause of all kinds of distress, lamentation and fear; sarvatra — always and everywhere within this universe; asya — of the living entities who have accepted material bodies; yataḥ — because; mṛtyuḥ — death; matsyānām — of the fish; udake — living within the water; yathā — like.

Translation

I do not wish to accept a material body, for such a body is the source of all distress, lamentation and fear, everywhere in the universe, just as it is for a fish in the water, which lives always in anxiety because of fear of death.

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ŚB 9.13.10requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 9.13parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 9parent 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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