SB 1.5.13

अथो महाभाग भवानमोघदृक् शुचिश्रवाः सत्यरतो धृतव्रतः ।
उरुक्रमस्याखिलबन्धमुक्तये समाधिनानुस्मर तद्विचेष्टितम् ॥ १३ ॥
atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk
śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ
urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye
samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam

Synonyms

atho — therefore [implying causality, or the conclusion drawn from the previous statement (ataḥ kāraṇāt)51]; mahā-bhāga — O greatly fortunate [Vyāsa]; [since (yataḥ)52]; amogha-dṛk — [you are] of infallible vision [whose intellective capacity is true to the actual nature of events (amoghā yathārthā dṛk dhīr yasya)]; śuci-śravāḥ — pure in glory [śuddhaṁ śravo yaśo yasya53]; satya-rataḥ — established in truth; dhṛta-vrataḥ — [and] of firm vows; bhavān — you [being of such exalted nature (evaṁ mahā-guṇas tāvat)]; anusmara — should continuously recollect [recall so as to describe (smṛtvā varṇayety arthaḥ)]; samādhinā — through transcognitive awareness [or one-pointed focus of awareness (cittaikāgryeṇa)]; tat-viceṣṭitam — the divine acts of Him [Bhagavān, referring to His various divine sports and so on (vividhaṁ ceṣṭitaṁ līlādikam)]; urukramasya — who performs extraordinary feats [bahu-parākramasya54]; [doing so]; muktaye — for the liberation; akhila — [of] all living beings [akhilānāṁ jīvānām55]; bandha — [from] material bondage.

Translation

Therefore, O greatly fortunate [Vyāsa], since you are of infallible vision, pure in glory, established in truth, and of firm vows, you should continuously recollect — through transcognitive awareness (samādhi) — the divine acts of Bhagavān, who performs extraordinary feats, doing so for the liberation of all living beings from material bondage.

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