SB 9.20.29 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.20.29

భరతస్య మహత్ కర్మ న పూర్వే నాపరే నృపా: । నైవాపుర్నైవ ప్రాప్స్యన్తి బాహుభ్యాం త్రిదివం యథా ॥ ౨౯ ॥

bharatasya mahat karma

[bharatasya mahat karma]

na pūrve nāpare nṛpāḥ

[na poorve naapare nripaah]

naivāpur naiva prāpsyanti

[naivaapur naiva praapsyanti]

bāhubhyāṁ tridivaṁ yathā

[baahubhyaam tridivam yathaa]

Word-for-word

bharatasya — of Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta mahat — very great, exalted karma — activities na — neither pūrve — previously na — nor apare — after his time nṛpāḥ — kings as a class na — neither eva — certainly āpuḥ — attained na — nor eva — certainly prāpsyanti — will get bāhubhyām — by the strength of his arms tri-divam — the heavenly planets yathā — as.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

bharatasya mahat karma

bharatasya

of Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta

mahat

very great, exalted

karma

activities

na pūrve nāpare nṛpāḥ

neither

pūrve

previously

nor

apare

after his time

nṛpāḥ

kings as a class

naivāpur naiva prāpsyanti

neither

eva

certainly

āpuḥ

attained

nor

eva

certainly

prāpsyanti

will get

bāhubhyāṁ tridivaṁ yathā

bāhubhyām

by the strength of his arms

tri-divam

the heavenly planets

yathā

as.

As one cannot approach the heavenly planets simply by the strength of his arms (for who can touch the heavenly planets with his hands?), one cannot imitate the wonderful activities of Mahārāja Bharata. No one could perform such activities in the past, nor will anyone be able to do so in the future.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

No kings in the past or after his time could perform the great actions of Bharata, just as, by the power of their arms, they could not attain Svarga.

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