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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