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ŚB 10.64.31

Devanagari

कृष्ण: परिजनं प्राह भगवान् देवकीसुत: ।
ब्रह्मण्यदेवो धर्मात्मा राजन्याननुशिक्षयन् ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

kṛṣṇaḥ parijanaṁ prāha
bhagavān devakī-sutaḥ
brahmaṇya-devo dharmātmā
rājanyān anuśikṣayan

Synonyms

kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; parijanam — His personal associates; prāha — addressed; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality; devakī-sutaḥ — son of Devakī; brahmaṇya — devoted to the brāhmaṇas; devaḥ — God; dharma — of religion; ātmā — the soul; rājanyān — the royal class; anuśikṣayan — in effect instructing.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead — Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī — who is especially devoted to the brāhmaṇas and who embodies the essence of religion, then spoke to His personal associates and thus instructed the royal class in general.