Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 46

Bhāgavata-Māhātmya and the Complete Summary of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Devanagari script

इति चोक्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठा यत्पृष्टोऽहमिहास्मि व: । लीलावतारकर्माणि कीर्तितानीह सर्वश: ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

iti coktaṁ dvija-śreṣṭhā yat pṛṣṭo ’ham ihāsmi vaḥ līlāvatāra-karmāṇi kīrtitānīha sarvaśaḥ

Translation

So habe ich, o beste der Brāhmaṇas, hier dargelegt, wonach ihr mich gefragt habt. Dieses Werk hat die Taten der Līlā-Avatāras des Herrn in voller Ausführlichkeit verherrlicht.

Synonyms

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• uktam: has been said
• uktam: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/ktá), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used impersonally: “it has been said”

• dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural; संबोधन to the listeners

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; relative pronoun introducing clause

• pṛṣṭaḥ: asked
• pṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject, with participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (धातु) + pṛṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agreeing with अहम्: “(I) having been asked”

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्/Laṭ), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaḥ: of you / your
• vaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; “of you/your”

• līlāvatāra-karmāṇi: the deeds of the playful descents (incarnations)
• līlāvatāra-karmāṇi: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: līlā (प्रातिपदिक) + avatāra (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; object of implied “(I) have described”

• kīrtitāni: have been narrated
• kīrtitāni: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) + kīrtita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agreeing with कर्माणि: “have been glorified/described”

• iha: here (in this text)
• iha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (देश/काल)

• sarvaśaḥ: completely, in all respects
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb meaning “in every way/entirely”

Characters & Entities

• Suta Gosvami
• Shaunaka
• Naimisharanya sages

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the Lord’s līlā-avatāras?

This verse states that the Lord’s līlā-avatāra deeds are to be fully glorified and narrated, and that the speaker has presented them in response to the devotees’ sincere inquiry.

Why did Suta Gosvami say this to the sages of Naimisharanya?

Because the sages, led by Shaunaka, had asked Suta Gosvami to recount the Bhagavata’s sacred histories; here he indicates he has answered their questions by describing the Lord’s divine incarnations and pastimes.

Practical application of hearing līlā-kathā in modern life?

Regularly hearing and recounting the Lord’s pastimes (through daily reading, kīrtana, or study) strengthens devotion, purifies attention, and reorients life toward dharma and remembrance of Bhagavān.