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sanjayah uvaca—Sanjaya said; evam—thus; uktva saying; arjunah—Arjuna; safikhye—in the battlefield; ratha—of the chariot; upasthe—on the seat; upavisat—sat down again; visrjya putting aside; sa-saram—along with arrows; capam the bow; soka—by lamentation; samvigna—distressed; manasah within the mind. sanjayah … Read More
ŚB 1.8.52 यथा पङ्केन पङ्काम्भ: सुरया वा सुराकृतम् । भूतहत्यां तथैवैकां न यज्ञैर्मार्ष्टुमर्हति ॥ ५२ ॥ yathā paṅkena paṅkāmbhaḥ surayā vā surākṛtam bhūta-hatyāṁ tathaivaikāṁ na yajñair mārṣṭum arhati Synonyms yathā — as much as; paṅkena — … Read More
ŚB 1.8.23 यथा हृषीकेश खलेन देवकी कंसेन रुद्धातिचिरं शुचार्पिता । विमोचिताहं च सहात्मजा विभो त्वयैव नाथेन मुहुर्विपद्गणात् ॥ २३ ॥ yathā hṛṣīkeśa khalena devakī kaṁsena ruddhāticiraṁ śucārpitā vimocitāhaṁ ca sahātmajā vibho tvayaiva nāthena muhur vipad-gaṇāt Synonyms … Read More
Sri Yudhisthira Maharaj said, “Oh Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You. Please now describe to me the Ekadasi of the dark fortnight (krsna paksha) of the month of Vaisakha (April-May), including its specific … Read More
The game originated in northern India and spread to Persia When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently, through the Moorish conquest of Spain, spread to Southern Europe. But in early … Read More
अर्जुन उवाच मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् । यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ॥ १ ॥ arjuna uvāca mad-anugrahāya paramaṁ guhyam adhyātma-saṁjñitam yat tvayoktaṁ vacas tena moho ’yaṁ vigato mama Synonyms arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; mat-anugrahāya — … Read More
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् । स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥ ३५ ॥ śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ Synonyms śreyān — far better; sva-dharmaḥ — one’s prescribed duties; viguṇaḥ — … Read More
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् । जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥ २६ ॥ na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām joṣayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran Synonyms na — not; buddhi-bhedam — disruption of intelligence; janayet — he should … Read More
ŚB 2.5.9 ब्रह्मोवाच सम्यक् कारुणिकस्येदं वत्स ते विचिकित्सितम् । यदहं चोदित: सौम्य भगवद्वीर्यदर्शने ॥ ९ ॥ brahmovāca samyak kāruṇikasyedaṁ vatsa te vicikitsitam yad ahaṁ coditaḥ saumya bhagavad-vīrya-darśane Synonyms brahmā uvāca — Lord Brahmā said; samyak — … Read More
ŚB 2.5.25 तामसादपि भूतादेर्विकुर्वाणादभून्नभ: । तस्य मात्रा गुण: शब्दो लिङ्गं यद् द्रष्टृदृश्ययो: ॥ २५ ॥ tāmasād api bhūtāder vikurvāṇād abhūn nabhaḥ tasya mātrā guṇaḥ śabdo liṅgaṁ yad draṣṭṛ-dṛśyayoḥ Synonyms tāmasāt — from the darkness of false … Read More
ŚB 2.5.32 यदैतेऽसङ्गता भावा भूतेन्द्रियमनोगुणा: । यदायतननिर्माणे न शेकुर्ब्रह्मवित्तम ॥ ३२ ॥ yadaite ’saṅgatā bhāvā bhūtendriya-mano-guṇāḥ yadāyatana-nirmāṇe na śekur brahma-vittama Synonyms yadā — as long as; ete — all these; asaṅgatāḥ — without being assembled; bhāvāḥ — … Read More
ŚB 2.5.35 स एव पुरुषस्तस्मादण्डं निर्भिद्य निर्गत: । सहस्रोर्वङ्घ्रिबाह्वक्ष: सहस्राननशीर्षवान् ॥ ३५ ॥ sa eva puruṣas tasmād aṇḍaṁ nirbhidya nirgataḥ sahasrorv-aṅghri-bāhv-akṣaḥ sahasrānana-śīrṣavān Synonyms saḥ — He (the Lord); eva — Himself; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality … Read More
Briefly: Visvakarma crafted two bows: Saranga and Pinaka. He gave the first to Visnu and the second to Siva. One day the Devas wanted to establish who was more powerful between Visnu and Siva. Lord Visnu … Read More
