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ŚB 2.6.17 स्वधिष्ण्यं प्रतपन् प्राणो बहिश्च प्रतपत्यसौ । एवं विराजं प्रतपंस्तपत्यन्तर्बहि: पुमान् ॥ १७ ॥ sva-dhiṣṇyaṁ pratapan prāṇo bahiś ca pratapaty asau evaṁ virājaṁ pratapaṁs tapaty antar bahiḥ pumān Synonyms sva–dhiṣṇyam — radiation; pratapan — by … Read More

ŚB 2.6.32 सृजामि तन्नियुक्तोऽहं हरो हरति तद्वश: । विश्वं पुरुषरूपेण परिपाति त्रिशक्तिधृक् ॥ ३२ ॥ sṛjāmi tan-niyukto ’haṁ haro harati tad-vaśaḥ viśvaṁ puruṣa-rūpeṇa paripāti tri-śakti-dhṛk Synonyms sṛjāmi — do create; tat — by His; niyuktaḥ — appointment; … Read More

CHAPTER SEVEN Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions Text 1: Lord Brahmā said: When the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift the planet earth, which was drowned in … Read More

ŚB 2.6.31 नारायणे भगवति तदिदं विश्वमाहितम् । गृहीतमायोरुगुण: सर्गादावगुण: स्वत: ॥ ३१ ॥ nārāyaṇe bhagavati tad idaṁ viśvam āhitam gṛhīta-māyoru-guṇaḥ sargādāv aguṇaḥ svataḥ Synonyms nārāyaṇe — unto Nārāyaṇa; bhagavati — the Personality of Godhead; tat idam … Read More

ŚB 2.6.20 पादास्त्रयो बहिश्चासन्नप्रजानां य आश्रमा: । अन्तस्त्रिलोक्यास्त्वपरो गृहमेधोऽबृहद्‍व्रत: ॥ २० ॥ pādās trayo bahiś cāsann aprajānāṁ ya āśramāḥ antas tri-lokyās tv aparo gṛha-medho ’bṛhad-vrataḥ Synonyms pādāḥ trayaḥ — the cosmos of three fourths of the Lord’s … Read More

ŚB 2.6.24 तेषु यज्ञस्य पशव: सवनस्पतय: कुशा: । इदं च देवयजनं कालश्चोरुगुणान्वित: ॥ २४ ॥ teṣu yajñasya paśavaḥ savanaspatayaḥ kuśāḥ idaṁ ca deva-yajanaṁ kālaś coru-guṇānvitaḥ Synonyms teṣu — in such sacrifices; yajñasya — of the sacrificial … Read More

ŚB 2.6.35 सोऽहं समाम्नायमयस्तपोमय: प्रजापतीनामभिवन्दित: पति: । आस्थाय योगं निपुणं समाहित- स्तं नाध्यगच्छं यत आत्मसम्भव: ॥ ३५ ॥ so ’haṁ samāmnāyamayas tapomayaḥ prajāpatīnām abhivanditaḥ patiḥ āsthāya yogaṁ nipuṇaṁ samāhitas taṁ nādhyagacchaṁ yata ātma-sambhavaḥ Synonyms saḥ aham — … Read More

ŚB 2.6.7 विक्रमो भूर्भुव: स्वश्च क्षेमस्य शरणस्य च । सर्वकामवरस्यापि हरेश्चरण आस्पदम् ॥ ७ ॥ vikramo bhūr bhuvaḥ svaś ca kṣemasya śaraṇasya ca sarva-kāma-varasyāpi hareś caraṇa āspadam Synonyms vikramaḥ — forward steps; bhūḥ bhuvaḥ — of … Read More

ŚB 2.6.9 पायुर्यमस्य मित्रस्य परिमोक्षस्य नारद । हिंसाया निऋर्तेर्मृत्योर्निरयस्य गुदं स्मृत: ॥ ९ ॥ pāyur yamasya mitrasya parimokṣasya nārada hiṁsāyā nirṛter mṛtyor nirayasya gudaṁ smṛtaḥ Synonyms pāyuḥ — the evacuating outlet; yamasya — the controlling deity … Read More

CHAPTER TWELVE Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit Text 1: The sage Śaunaka said: The womb of Uttarā, mother of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmāstra weapon released by Aśvatthāmā. But Mahārāja Parīkṣit was … Read More

ŚB 1.11.39 तं मेनिरेऽबला मूढा: स्त्रैणं चानुव्रतं रह: । अप्रमाणविदो भर्तुरीश्वरं मतयो यथा ॥ ३९ ॥ taṁ menire ’balā mūḍhāḥ straiṇaṁ cānuvrataṁ rahaḥ apramāṇa-vido bhartur īśvaraṁ matayo yathā Synonyms tam — unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; menire … Read More