ŚB 1.17.18 न वयं क्लेशबीजानि यत: स्यु: पुरुषर्षभ । पुरुषं तं विजानीमो वाक्यभेदविमोहिता: ॥ १८ ॥ na vayaṁ kleśa-bījāni yataḥ syuḥ puruṣarṣabha puruṣaṁ taṁ vijānīmo vākya-bheda-vimohitāḥ Synonyms na — not; vayam — we; kleśa–bījāni — the … Read More
ŚB 1.17.14 जनेऽनागस्यघं युञ्जन् सर्वतोऽस्य च मद्भयम् । साधूनां भद्रमेव स्यादसाधुदमने कृते ॥ १४ ॥ jane ’nāgasy aghaṁ yuñjan sarvato ’sya ca mad-bhayam sādhūnāṁ bhadram eva syād asādhu-damane kṛte Synonyms jane — to the living beings; … Read More
ŚB 1.17.12 कोऽवृश्चत् तव पादांस्त्रीन् सौरभेय चतुष्पद । मा भूवंस्त्वादृशा राष्ट्रे राज्ञां कृष्णानुवर्तिनाम् ॥ १२ ॥ ko ’vṛścat tava pādāṁs trīn saurabheya catuṣ-pada mā bhūvaṁs tvādṛśā rāṣṭre rājñāṁ kṛṣṇānuvartinām Synonyms kaḥ — who is he; avṛścat … Read More
ŚB 1.17.13 आख्याहि वृष भद्रं व: साधूनामकृतागसाम् । आत्मवैरूप्यकर्तारं पार्थानां कीर्तिदूषणम् ॥ १३ ॥ ākhyāhi vṛṣa bhadraṁ vaḥ sādhūnām akṛtāgasām ātma-vairūpya-kartāraṁ pārthānāṁ kīrti-dūṣaṇam Synonyms ākhyāhi — just let me know; vṛṣa — O bull; bhadram — … Read More
ŚB 1.17.9 मा सौरभेयात्र शुचो व्येतु ते वृषलाद् भयम् । मा रोदीरम्ब भद्रं ते खलानां मयि शास्तरि ॥ ९ ॥ mā saurabheyātra śuco vyetu te vṛṣalād bhayam mā rodīr amba bhadraṁ te khalānāṁ mayi śāstari Synonyms … Read More
ŚB 1.17.7 त्वं वा मृणालधवल: पादैर्न्यून: पदा चरन् । वृषरूपेण किं कश्चिद् देवो न: परिखेदयन् ॥ ७ ॥ tvaṁ vā mṛṇāla-dhavalaḥ pādair nyūnaḥ padā caran vṛṣa-rūpeṇa kiṁ kaścid devo naḥ parikhedayan Synonyms tvam — you; vā … Read More
ŚB 1.17.2 वृषं मृणालधवलं मेहन्तमिव बिभ्यतम् । वेपमानं पदैकेन सीदन्तं शूद्रताडितम् ॥ २ ॥ vṛṣaṁ mṛṇāla-dhavalaṁ mehantam iva bibhyatam vepamānaṁ padaikena sīdantaṁ śūdra-tāḍitam Synonyms vṛṣam — the bull; mṛṇāla–dhavalam — as white as a white lotus; … Read More
Amba’s Story When Vicitravirya was coming of age, Bhishma and Satyavati began to think about his eventual marriage. They learned that the three beautiful and virtuous princesses of Kashi, Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika had reached the … Read More
Shantanu Meets His Second Wife In those days, among the upper social classes, the Kshatriyas were the only ones allowed to hunt, but only certain animal species. They thus learned to kill to defend their territories. … Read More
Shantanu y Ganga Years had passed, and Pratipa had grown old. So, he retired to the forest to spend the last years of his life in devotional service and meditation. Shantanu had inherited his father’s throne … Read More
Shantanu and Bhishma king Shantanu was the forty-seventh descendant of the noble lineage of Kshatriyas who came from Brahma through the moon Deva, Chandra. His father was called Pratipa, and he had been a great king, … Read More
The Emergency Caused by the Asuras A long time had passed since Parasurama, the embodiment of the Personality of God, had come down to earth to purify it from those twenty-one generations of warriors who had … Read More
The Narration of the Maha-bharata Begins At this point in the narrative, Suta stopped. Shaunaka, one of Naimisha’s most prominent sages said: “You have just told us the story that refers to the sacrifice of the … Read More
Astika’s Arrival Astika, a young Brahmana with a controlled mind and a serene face, arrived on the same day that Takshaka, called by the Brahmanas by mantras, was about to be absorbed by the destructive fire. … Read More
रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च । गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ॥ २२ ॥ rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā viśve ’śvinau marutaś coṣmapāś ca gandharva-yakṣāsura-siddha-saṅghā vīkṣante tvāṁ vismitāś caiva sarve Synonyms rudra — manifestations … Read More
