🪷 ŚB 9.20.8-9

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

Sanskrit

दुष्मन्तो मृगयां यात: कण्वाश्रमपदं गत: ।
तत्रासीनां स्वप्रभया मण्डयन्तीं रमामिव ॥ ८ ॥
विलोक्य सद्यो मुमुहे देवमायामिव स्त्रियम् ।
बभाषे तां वरारोहां भटै: कतिपयैर्वृत: ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

duṣmanto mṛgayāṁ yātaḥ
kaṇvāśrama-padaṁ gataḥ
tatrāsīnāṁ sva-prabhayā
maṇḍayantīṁ ramām iva

Synonyms

duṣmantaḥ — Mahārāja Duṣmanta; mṛgayām yātaḥ — when he went hunting; kaṇva-āśrama-padam — to the residence of Kaṇva; gataḥ — he came; tatra — there; āsīnām — a woman sitting; sva-prabhayā — by her own beauty; maṇḍayantīm — illuminating; ramām iva — exactly like the goddess of fortune; vilokya — by observing; sadyaḥ — immediately; mumuhe — he became enchanted; deva-māyām iva — exactly like the illusory energy of the Lord; striyam — a beautiful woman; babhāṣe — he addressed; tām — her (the woman); vara-ārohām — who was the best of beautiful women; bhaṭaiḥ — by soldiers; katipayaiḥ — a few; vṛtaḥ — surrounded.

Translation

Once when King Duṣmanta went to the forest to hunt and was very much fatigued, he approached the residence of Kaṇva Muni. There he saw a most beautiful woman who looked exactly like the goddess of fortune and who sat there illuminating the entire āśrama by her effulgence. The King was naturally attracted by her beauty, and therefore he approached her, accompanied by some of his soldiers, and spoke to her.

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ŚB 9.20.8-9requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading page ŚB 9.20parent chapter route and reading-passage index Skandha 9parent skandha chapter index /bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pages ŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditation ŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhakti ŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva ŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source seal ŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original Person ŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · Antaryāmī ŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevā ŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smiling ŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugraha ŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darkness ŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at Śambhala ŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtana Skandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master page BG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than Krishna BG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of all BG 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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