🪷 ŚB 9.23.3-4

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

Sanskrit

शिबिर्वर: कृमिर्दक्षश्चत्वारोशीनरात्मजा: । वृषादर्भ: सुधीरश्च मद्र: केकय आत्मवान् ॥ ३ ॥ शिबेश्चत्वार एवासंस्तितिक्षोश्च रुषद्रथ: । ततो होमोऽथ सुतपा बलि: सुतपसोऽभवत् ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

śibir varaḥ kṛmir dakṣaś catvārośīnarātmajāḥ vṛṣādarbhaḥ sudhīraś ca madraḥ kekaya ātmavān
Synonyms
śibiḥ — Śibi; varaḥ — Vara; kṛmiḥ — Kṛmi; dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa; catvāraḥ — four; uśīnara-ātmajāḥ — the sons of Uśīnara; vṛṣādarbhaḥ — Vṛṣādarbha; sudhīraḥ ca — as well as Sudhīra; madraḥ — Madra; kekayaḥ — Kekaya; ātmavān — self-realized; śibeḥ — of Śibi; catvāraḥ — four; eva — indeed; āsan — there were; titikṣoḥ — of Titikṣu; ca — also; ruṣadrathaḥ — a son named Ruṣadratha; tataḥ — from him (Ruṣadratha); homaḥ — Homa; atha — from him (Homa); sutapāḥ — Sutapā; baliḥ — Bali; sutapasaḥ — of Sutapā; abhavat — there was.

Translation

The four sons of Uśīnara were Śibi, Vara, Kṛmi and Dakṣa, and from Śibi again came four sons, named Vṛṣādarbha, Sudhīra, Madra and ātma-tattva-vit Kekaya. The son of Titikṣu was Ruṣadratha. From Ruṣadratha came Homa; from Homa, Sutapā; and from Sutapā, Bali.

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ŚB 9.23.4requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pagecanonical reading passagereceived source-text passage preserved as the canonical reading targetŚB 9.23parent 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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