🪷 ŚB 9.2.23-24

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

Sanskrit

नाभागो दिष्टपुत्रोऽन्य: कर्मणा वैश्यतां गत: । भलन्दन: सुतस्तस्य वत्सप्रीतिर्भलन्दनात् ॥ २३ ॥ वत्सप्रीते: सुत: प्रांशुस्तत्सुतं प्रमतिं विदु: । खनित्र: प्रमतेस्तस्माच्चाक्षुषोऽथ विविंशति: ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

nābhāgo diṣṭa-putro ’nyaḥ karmaṇā vaiśyatāṁ gataḥ bhalandanaḥ sutas tasya vatsaprītir bhalandanāt
Synonyms
nābhāgaḥ — by the name Nābhāga; diṣṭa-putraḥ — the son of Diṣṭa; anyaḥ — another; karmaṇā — by occupation; vaiśyatām — the order of the vaiśyas; gataḥ — achieved; bhalandanaḥ — by the name Bhalandana; sutaḥ — son; tasya — of him (Nābhāga); vatsaprītiḥ — by the name Vatsaprīti; bhalandanāt — from Bhalandana; vatsaprīteḥ — from Vatsaprīti; sutaḥ — the son; prāṁśuḥ — was named Prāṁśu; tat-sutam — the son of him (Prāṁśu); pramatim — was named Pramati; viduḥ — you should understand; khanitraḥ — was named Khanitra; pramateḥ — from Pramati; tasmāt — from him (Khanitra); cākṣuṣaḥ — was named Cākṣuṣa; atha — thus (from Cākṣuṣa); viviṁśatiḥ — the son named Viviṁśati.

Translation

Diṣṭa had a son by the name Nābhāga. This Nābhāga, who was different from the Nābhāga described later, became a vaiśya by occupational duty. The son of Nābhāga was known as Bhalandana, the son of Bhalandana was Vatsaprīti, and his son was Prāṁśu. Prāṁśu’s son was Pramati, Pramati’s son was Khanitra, Khanitra’s son was Cākṣuṣa, and his son was Viviṁśati.

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ŚB 9.2.24requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pagecanonical reading passagereceived source-text passage preserved as the canonical reading targetŚB 9.2parent 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 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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