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ŚB 1.3.22 नरदेवत्वमापन्न: सुरकार्यचिकीर्षया । समुद्रनिग्रहादीनि चक्रे वीर्याण्यत: परम् ॥ २२ ॥ nara-devatvam āpannaḥ sura-kārya-cikīrṣayā samudra-nigrahādīni cakre vīryāṇy ataḥ param Synonyms nara — human being; devatvam — divinity; āpannaḥ — having assumed the form of; sura … Read More

ŚB 1.3.19 पञ्चदशं वामनकं कृत्वागादध्वरं बले: । पदत्रयं याचमान: प्रत्यादित्सुस्त्रिपिष्टपम् ॥ १९ ॥ pañcadaśaṁ vāmanakaṁ kṛtvāgād adhvaraṁ baleḥ pada-trayaṁ yācamānaḥ pratyāditsus tri-piṣṭapam Synonyms pañcadaśam — the fifteenth in the line; vāmanakam — the dwarf brāhmaṇa; kṛtvā … Read More

ŚB 1.3.17 धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशममेव च । अपाययत्सुरानन्यान्मोहिन्या मोहयन् स्त्रिया ॥ १७ ॥ dhānvantaraṁ dvādaśamaṁ trayodaśamam eva ca apāyayat surān anyān mohinyā mohayan striyā Synonyms dhānvantaram — the incarnation of Godhead named Dhanvantari; dvādaśamam — the … Read More

ŚB 1.3.13 अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरुक्रम: । दर्शयन् वर्त्म धीराणां सर्वाश्रमनमस्कृतम् ॥ १३ ॥ aṣṭame merudevyāṁ tu nābher jāta urukramaḥ darśayan vartma dhīrāṇāṁ sarvāśrama-namaskṛtam Synonyms aṣṭame — the eighth of the incarnations; merudevyām tu — … Read More

ŚB 1.3.11 षष्ठमत्रेरपत्यत्वं वृत: प्राप्तोऽनसूयया । आन्वीक्षिकीमलर्काय प्रह्लादादिभ्य ऊचिवान् ॥ ११ ॥ ṣaṣṭham atrer apatyatvaṁ vṛtaḥ prāpto ’nasūyayā ānvīkṣikīm alarkāya prahlādādibhya ūcivān Synonyms ṣaṣṭham — the sixth one; atreḥ — of Atri; apatyatvam — sonship; vṛtaḥ … Read More

ŚB 1.3.10 पञ्चम: कपिलो नाम सिद्धेश: कालविप्लुतम् । प्रोवाचासुरये साङ्ख्यं तत्त्वग्रामविनिर्णयम् ॥ १० ॥ pañcamaḥ kapilo nāma siddheśaḥ kāla-viplutam provācāsuraye sāṅkhyaṁ tattva-grāma-vinirṇayam Synonyms pañcamaḥ — the fifth one; kapilaḥ — Kapila; nāma — of the name; … Read More

ŚB 1.3.6 स एव प्रथमं देव: कौमारं सर्गमाश्रित: । चचार दुश्चरं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मचर्यमखण्डितम् ॥ ६ ॥ sa eva prathamaṁ devaḥ kaumāraṁ sargam āśritaḥ cacāra duścaraṁ brahmā brahmacaryam akhaṇḍitam Synonyms saḥ — that; eva — certainly; prathamam … Read More

ŚB 1.3.2 यस्याम्भसि शयानस्य योगनिद्रां वितन्वत: । नाभिह्रदाम्बुजादासीद्ब्रह्मा विश्वसृजां पति: ॥ २ ॥ yasyāmbhasi śayānasya yoga-nidrāṁ vitanvataḥ nābhi-hradāmbujād āsīd brahmā viśva-sṛjāṁ patiḥ Synonyms yasya — whose; ambhasi — in the water; śayānasya — lying down; yoga–nidrām … Read More

ELIGIBILITY FOR SPONTANEOUS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE Persons desiring to follow in the footsteps of such eternal devotees of the Lord as the Vṛṣṇis and Vṛndāvana denizens are called rāgānugā devotees, which means that they are trying to … Read More

EAGERNESS FOR ACHIEVING THE DESIRED SUCCESS When one is sufficiently eager to achieve success in devotional service, that eagerness is called samutkaṇṭhā. This means “complete eagerness.” Actually this eagerness is the price for achieving success in … Read More

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Personal features can be divided into two: one feature is covered and the other feature is manifested. When Kṛṣṇa is covered by different kinds of dress, His personal feature is … Read More

4.  EFFULGENT The effulgence pervading the universe is considered to be the rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The supreme abode of Kṛṣṇa is always throwing off the effulgence known as brahma-jyotir, and that effulgence is … Read More

ELIGIBILITY FOR SPONTANEOUS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE Persons desiring to follow in the footsteps of such eternal devotees of the Lord as the Vṛṣṇis and Vṛndāvana denizens are called rāgānugā devotees, which means that they are trying to … Read More

#hota Hota: the priest who actually presents the oblation, or who invokes or summons the deities to the ceremony, accordingly as the word is derived from hu, to sacrifice, or hve, to call.    होटा f. … Read More