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#SB 1.18.40     विसृज्य तं च पप्रच्छ वत्स कस्माद्धि रोदिषि । केन वा तेऽपकृतमित्युक्त: स न्यवेदयत् ॥ ४० ॥   visṛjya taṁ ca papraccha vatsa kasmād dhi rodiṣi kena vā te ’pakṛtam ity uktaḥ sa … Read More

#SB 1.18.38     ततोऽभ्येत्याश्रमं बालो गले सर्पकलेवरम् । पितरं वीक्ष्य दु:खार्तो मुक्तकण्ठो रुरोद ह ॥ ३८ ॥   tato ’bhyetyāśramaṁ bālo gale sarpa-kalevaram pitaraṁ vīkṣya duḥkhārto mukta-kaṇṭho ruroda ha   tataḥ — thereafter; abhyetya — … Read More

#SB 1.18.34   ब्राह्मणै: क्षत्रबन्धुर्हि गृहपालो निरूपित: । स कथं तद्गृहे द्वा:स्थ: सभाण्डं भोक्तुमर्हति ॥ ३४ ॥   brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatra-bandhur hi gṛha-pālo nirūpitaḥ sa kathaṁ tad-gṛhe dvāḥ-sthaḥ sabhāṇḍaṁ bhoktum arhati   brāhmaṇaiḥ — by the brahminical … Read More

#SB 1.18.29     अभूतपूर्व: सहसा क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामर्दितात्मन: । ब्राह्मणं प्रत्यभूद् ब्रह्मन् मत्सरो मन्युरेव च ॥ २९ ॥   abhūta-pūrvaḥ sahasā kṣut-tṛḍbhyām arditātmanaḥ brāhmaṇaṁ praty abhūd brahman matsaro manyur eva ca   abhūta–pūrvaḥ — unprecedented; sahasā — … Read More

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#SB 1.18.28       अलब्धतृणभूम्यादिरसम्प्राप्तार्घ्यसूनृत: । अवज्ञातमिवात्मानं मन्यमानश्चुकोप ह ॥ २८ ॥   alabdha-tṛṇa-bhūmy-ādir asamprāptārghya-sūnṛtaḥ avajñātam ivātmānaṁ manyamānaś cukopa ha   alabdha — having not received; tṛṇa — seat of straw; bhūmi — place; ādiḥ … Read More

#SB 1.18.27       विप्रकीर्णजटाच्छन्नं रौरवेणाजिनेन च । विशुष्यत्तालुरुदकं तथाभूतमयाचत ॥ २७ ॥   viprakīrṇa-jaṭācchannaṁ rauraveṇājinena ca viśuṣyat-tālur udakaṁ tathā-bhūtam ayācata   viprakīrṇa — all scattered; jaṭa–ācchannam — covered with compressed, long hair; rauraveṇa — … Read More

#SB 1.18.23     अहं हि पृष्टोऽर्यमणो भवद्भ‍ि- राचक्ष आत्मावगमोऽत्र यावान् । नभ: पतन्त्यात्मसमं पतत्‍त्रिण- स्तथा समं विष्णुगतिं विपश्चित: ॥ २३ ॥   ahaṁ hi pṛṣṭo ’ryamaṇo bhavadbhir ācakṣa ātmāvagamo ’tra yāvān nabhaḥ patanty ātma-samaṁ patattriṇas … Read More

#SB 1.18.22     यत्रानुरक्ता: सहसैव धीरा व्यपोह्य देहादिषु सङ्गमूढम् । व्रजन्ति तत्पारमहंस्यमन्त्यं यस्मिन्नहिंसोपशम: स्वधर्म: ॥ २२ ॥   yatrānuraktāḥ sahasaiva dhīrā vyapohya dehādiṣu saṅgam ūḍham vrajanti tat pārama-haṁsyam antyaṁ yasminn ahiṁsopaśamaḥ sva-dharmaḥ   yatra — … Read More

#SB 1.18.19     कुत: पुनर्गृणतो नाम तस्य महत्तमैकान्तपरायणस्य । योऽनन्तशक्तिर्भगवाननन्तो महद्गुणत्वाद् यमनन्तमाहु: ॥ १९ ॥   kutaḥ punar gṛṇato nāma tasya mahattamaikānta-parāyaṇasya yo ’nanta-śaktir bhagavān ananto mahad-guṇatvād yam anantam āhuḥ   kutaḥ — what to … Read More

The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.17) affirms this: tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ “If someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even though he may … Read More

ŚB 1.3.12 तत: सप्तम आकूत्यां रुचेर्यज्ञोऽभ्यजायत । स यामाद्यै: सुरगणैरपात्स्वायम्भुवान्तरम् ॥ १२ ॥ tataḥ saptama ākūtyāṁ rucer yajño ’bhyajāyata sa yāmādyaiḥ sura-gaṇair apāt svāyambhuvāntaram Synonyms tataḥ — after that; saptame — the seventh in the line; … Read More

  Daughter of Virata, the King of Matsya. Her brother was called Uttara.   Up to marriage. The Pandavas led their incognito life in the capital of the Matsya Kingdom. Arjuna adopted the name Brhannala and … Read More

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  The kindest and the most liberal of the Kings in ancient India. 1) Genealogy. Descended from Visnu thus: Atri Candra Budha Pururavas Ayus Nahusa Yayati Puru Janamejaya Pracinvan Pravira Namasyu Vitabhaya Sundu Bahuvidha Sarhyati Rahovadi … Read More

  Harimedha A saintly King of ancient days. He once conducted a yajna and a daughter called Dhvajavati was born to him. She lived in the western regions (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 110, Verse 13)