Chatuhshloki Bhagavata — The Four Seed Verses of the Bhagavata
चतुःश्लोकी भागवत — श्रीमद्भागवत के चार बीज-श्लोक
The Chatuhshloki Bhagavata — the four verses Vishnu taught Brahma, held to contain the whole Srimad Bhagavata in seed form, with their two introductory verses (2.9.31–36). Sanskrit text with transliteration, word-by-word meaning and translation.
Text verbatim from the Srimad Bhagavata Purana as in this site's Bhagavata reader (Vedabase edition, 2.9.31–36), checked against Sanskrit Wikisource, which numbers the same verses one lower. They differ in one word of the first seed verse; the Vedabase reading is kept and the other recorded. Read the full chapter
चतुःश्लोकी भागवत — भगवान विष्णु द्वारा ब्रह्मा को दिए गए चार श्लोक, जिनमें सम्पूर्ण श्रीमद्भागवत बीज रूप में माना जाता है, दो भूमिका-श्लोकों सहित (2.9.31–36)। संस्कृत पाठ, लिप्यंतरण, शब्दार्थ और अनुवाद सहित।
ज्ञानं परमगुह्यं मे यद् विज्ञानसमन्वितम् । सरहस्यं तदङ्गं च गृहाण गदितं मया ॥ १ ॥
jñānaṃ paramaguhyaṃ me yad vijñānasamanvitam | sarahasyaṃ tadaṅgaṃ ca gṛhāṇa gaditaṃ mayā || 1 ||
मेरा वह ज्ञान, जो अत्यन्त गोपनीय है, विज्ञान (अनुभूति) से युक्त है, अपने रहस्य तथा अंगों सहित — मेरे द्वारा कहा जाता है, उसे ग्रहण करो।
Receive from Me now that knowledge about Myself, most confidential, joined with direct realization, together with its inner secret and its supporting parts, as I speak it to you.
Source · स्रोत: Bhagavata Purana 2.9.31 in the Vedabase numbering, 2.9.30 in Wikisource (the Lord speaking). Wikisource agrees.
यावानहं यथाभावो यद्रूपगुणकर्मकः । तथैव तत्त्वविज्ञानमस्तु ते मदनुग्रहात् ॥ २ ॥
yāvānahaṃ yathābhāvo yadrūpaguṇakarmakaḥ | tathaiva tattvavijñānamastu te madanugrahāt || 2 ||
मैं जितना और जैसा हूँ, जिस रूप, गुण तथा कर्म से युक्त हूँ — उसी का यथार्थ तत्त्व-ज्ञान मेरी कृपा से तुम्हें प्राप्त हो।
Whatever I am in My true nature — with My own form, qualities and activities — may that exact knowledge of the truth arise within you, through My grace.
Source · स्रोत: Bhagavata Purana 2.9.32 in the Vedabase numbering, 2.9.31 in Wikisource. Wikisource agrees.
अहमेवासमेवाग्रे नान्यद् यत् सदसत् परम् । पश्चादहं यदेतच्च योऽवशिष्येत सोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ ३ ॥
ahamevāsamevāgre nānyad yat sadasat param | paścādahaṃ yadetacca yo'vaśiṣyeta so'smyaham || 3 ||
सृष्टि से पूर्व मैं ही अकेला था; उसके अतिरिक्त कारण या कार्य कुछ भी न था; उसके पश्चात् जो यह जगत है, वह भी मैं ही हूँ; और अन्त में जो शेष रह जाएगा, वह भी मैं ही हूँ।
I alone existed before creation; there was nothing else, whether cause or effect, apart from Me. Afterward, I am this manifest world as well; and whatever remains when it is gone — that too am I.
Source · स्रोत: Bhagavata Purana 2.9.33 in the Vedabase numbering, 2.9.32 in Wikisource. Wikisource reads "अहमेवासमेकोऽग्रे" ("I alone, one, before"); the Vedabase reading "एवाग्रे" ("only, before") is kept.
ऋतेऽर्थं यत् प्रतीयेत न प्रतीयेत चात्मनि । तद्विद्यादात्मनो मायां यथाभासो यथा तमः ॥ ४ ॥
ṛte'rthaṃ yat pratīyeta na pratīyeta cātmani | tadvidyādātmano māyāṃ yathābhāso yathā tamaḥ || 4 ||
जो कुछ आत्मा से भिन्न सार्थक प्रतीत होता है, परन्तु आत्मा में जिसकी वास्तविक स्थिति नहीं पाई जाती — उसे आत्मा की ही माया समझो, जैसे कोई आभास, जैसे अन्धकार।
Whatever seems to have reality apart from Me, the true Self, yet upon examination is not found present within the Self — know that to be the Self's own māyā, like a false appearance, like mere darkness.
Source · स्रोत: Bhagavata Purana 2.9.34 in the Vedabase numbering, 2.9.33 in Wikisource. Wikisource agrees.
यथा महान्ति भूतानि भूतेषूच्चावचेष्वनु । प्रविष्टान्यप्रविष्टानि तथा तेषु न तेष्वहम् ॥ ५ ॥
yathā mahānti bhūtāni bhūteṣūccāvaceṣvanu | praviṣṭānyapraviṣṭāni tathā teṣu na teṣvaham || 5 ||
जिस प्रकार महाभूत उच्च-नीच प्राणियों में प्रविष्ट होते हुए भी अप्रविष्ट रहते हैं, उसी प्रकार मैं भी उनमें रहते हुए भी उनमें सीमित नहीं हूँ।
Just as the five great elements are present within all beings, both high and low, and yet remain distinct from them, so too am I present within all things, and yet not confined within them.
Source · स्रोत: Bhagavata Purana 2.9.35 in the Vedabase numbering, 2.9.34 in Wikisource. Wikisource prints the sandhi split, "प्रविष्टानि अप्रविष्टानि"; same words.
एतावदेव जिज्ञास्यं तत्त्वजिज्ञासुनात्मनः । अन्वयव्यतिरेकाभ्यां यत् स्यात् सर्वत्र सर्वदा ॥ ६ ॥
etāvadeva jijñāsyaṃ tattvajijñāsunātmanaḥ | anvayavyatirekābhyāṃ yat syāt sarvatra sarvadā || 6 ||
आत्म-तत्त्व के जिज्ञासु को केवल इतना ही जानना है — वह, जो अन्वय तथा व्यतिरेक दोनों के द्वारा, सर्वत्र तथा सदैव विद्यमान रहता है।
This alone is what the seeker of the truth of the Self must inquire into — that which, through the twin tests of presence and absence, is found to exist everywhere and at all times.
Source · स्रोत: Bhagavata Purana 2.9.36 in the Vedabase numbering, 2.9.35 in Wikisource. Wikisource agrees.
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