Canto 11, Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Verse 40 (SB 11.16.40)
SB 11.16.40 • मूल श्लोक

तेज: श्री: कीर्तिरैश्वर्यं ह्रीस्त्याग: सौभगं भग: । वीर्यं तितिक्षा विज्ञानं यत्र यत्र स मेंऽशक: ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

tejaḥ śrīḥ kīrtir aiśvaryaṁ hrīs tyāgaḥ saubhagaṁ bhagaḥ vīryaṁ titikṣā vijñānaṁ yatra yatra sa me ’ṁśakaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tejaḥ — power; śrīḥ — beautiful, valuable things; kīrtiḥ — fame; aiśvaryam — opulence; hrīḥ — humility; tyāgaḥ — renunciation; saubhagam — that which pleases the mind and senses; bhagaḥ — good fortune; vīryam — strength; titikṣā — tolerance; vijñānam — spiritual knowledge; yatra yatra — wherever; saḥ — this; me — My; aṁśakaḥ — expansion.

Translation

“Whatever power, beauty, fame, opulence, humility, renunciation, mental pleasure, fortune, strength, tolerance or spiritual knowledge there may be is simply an expansion of My opulence.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
Although the Lord stated in the previous verse that His opulences are innumerable, the Lord here gives a specific resume and demonstration of His opulences.