Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ( Canto 1, Ch 2, Text 3,4)
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ( Canto 1, Ch 2, Text 3,4)
CHAPTER TWO
Divinity and Divine Service
यःस्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतांतमोऽन्धम्
संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तंव्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥१.२.३ ॥
yaḥ svānubhāvam akhila-śruti-sāram ekam
adhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatāṁ tamo ’ndham
saṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayāha purāṇa-guhyaṁ
taṁ vyāsa-sūnum upayāmi guruṁ munīnām
Synonyms
yaḥ — he who; sva-anubhāvam — self-assimilated (experienced); akhila — all around; śruti — the Vedas; sāram — cream; ekam — the only one; adhyātma — transcendental; dīpam — torchlight; atititīrṣatām — desiring to overcome; tamaḥandham — deeply dark material existence; saṁsāriṇām — of the materialistic men; karuṇayā — out of causeless mercy; āha — said; purāṇa — supplement to the Vedas; guhyam — very confidential; tam — unto him; vyāsa-sūnum — the son of Vyāsadeva; upayāmi — let me offer my obeisances; gurum — the spiritual master; munīnām — of the great sages.
Translation
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto him [Śuka], the spiritual master of all sages, the son of Vyāsadeva, who, out of his great compassion for those gross materialists who struggle to cross over the darkest regions of material existence, spoke this most confidential supplement to the cream of Vedic knowledge, after having personally assimilated it by experience.
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैवनरोत्तमम्
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततोजयमुदीरयेत् ॥ १.२.४ ॥
nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya
naraṁ caiva narottamam
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ
tato jayam udīrayet
Synonyms
nārāyaṇam — the Personality of Godhead; namaḥ-kṛtya — after offering respectful obeisances; naram ca eva — and Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi; nara-uttamam — the supermost human being; devīm — the goddess; sarasvatīm — the mistress of learning; vyāsam — Vyāsadeva; tataḥ — thereafter; jayam — all that is meant for conquering; udīrayet — be announced.
Translation
Before reciting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, unto Nara-nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, and unto Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the author.
Hare Krishna
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