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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ब्रह्मादयो लोकनाथा: स्वनाथाय समाद‍ृता: ।सानुगा बलिमाजह्रु: सङ्‌क्षिप्तात्मविभूतये ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: brahmādayo loka-nāthāḥsva-nāthāya samādṛtāḥsānugā balim ājahruḥsaṅkṣiptātma-vibhūtaye Translation: Lord Brahmā and all the predominating deities of the various planetary systems began to worship Lord Vāmanadeva, their supreme master, who had reduced Himself from His all-pervading form to His original form. They collected all the ingredients and paraphernalia for this worship. Purport: Vāmanadeva first expanded Himself to the universal form and then reduced Himself to the original Vāmana-rūpa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: नाहं बिभेमि निरयान्नाधन्यादसुखार्णवात् ।न स्थानच्यवनान्मृत्योर्यथा विप्रप्रलम्भनात् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: nāhaṁ bibhemi nirayānnādhanyād asukhārṇavātna sthāna-cyavanān mṛtyoryathā vipra-pralambhanāt Translation: I do not fear hell, poverty, an ocean of distress, falldown from my position or even death itself as much as I fear cheating a brāhmaṇa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: यतो जातो हिरण्याक्षश्चरन्नेक इमां महीम् ।प्रतिवीरं दिग्विजये नाविन्दत गदायुध: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yato jāto hiraṇyākṣaścarann eka imāṁ mahīmprativīraṁ dig-vijayenāvindata gadāyudhaḥ Translation: It was in your dynasty that Hiraṇyākṣa was born. Carrying only his own club, he wandered the globe alone, without assistance, to conquer all directions, and no hero he met could rival him. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: श्रोणायां श्रवणद्वादश्यां मुहूर्तेऽभिजिति प्रभु: ।सर्वे नक्षत्रताराद्याश्चक्रुस्तज्जन्म दक्षिणम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: śroṇāyāṁ śravaṇa-dvādaśyāṁmuhūrte ’bhijiti prabhuḥsarve nakṣatra-tārādyāścakrus taj-janma dakṣiṇam Translation: On the day of Śravaṇa-dvādaśī [the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Bhādra], when the moon came into the lunar mansion Śravaṇa, at the auspicious moment of Abhijit, the Lord appeared in this universe. Considering the Lord’s appearance very auspicious, all the stars and planets, from the sun to Saturn, were munificently charitable....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: तं नेत्रगोचरं वीक्ष्य सहसोत्थाय सादरम् ।ननाम भुवि कायेन दण्डवत् प्रीतिविह्वला ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ netra-gocaraṁ vīkṣyasahasotthāya sādaramnanāma bhuvi kāyenadaṇḍavat-prīti-vihvalā Translation: When the Supreme Personality of Godhead became visible to Aditi’s eyes, Aditi was so overwhelmed by transcendental bliss that she at once stood up and then fell to the ground like a rod to offer the Lord her respectful obeisances....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: अपि वाकुशलं किञ्चिद् गृहेषु गृहमेधिनि ।धर्मस्यार्थस्य कामस्य यत्र योगो ह्ययोगिनाम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: api vākuśalaṁ kiñcidgṛheṣu gṛha-medhinidharmasyārthasya kāmasyayatra yogo hy ayoginām Translation: O my wife, who are very much attached to household life, if the principles of religion, economic development and satisfaction of the senses are properly followed in household life, one’s activities are as good as those of a transcendentalist....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ततो रथ: काञ्चनपट्टनद्धोहयाश्च हर्यश्वतुरङ्गवर्णा: ।ध्वजश्च सिंहेन विराजमानोहुताशनादास हविर्भिरिष्टात् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tato rathaḥ kāñcana-paṭṭa-naddhohayāś ca haryaśva-turaṅga-varṇāḥdhvajaś ca siṁhena virājamānohutāśanād āsa havirbhir iṣṭāt Translation: When ghee [clarified butter] was offered in the fire of sacrifice, there appeared from the fire a celestial chariot covered with gold and silk. There also appeared yellow horses like those of Indra, and a flag marked with a lion....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ततो धर्मं चतुष्पादं मनवो हरिणोदिता: ।युक्ता: सञ्चारयन्त्यद्धा स्वे स्वे काले महीं नृप ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tato dharmaṁ catuṣpādaṁmanavo hariṇoditāḥyuktāḥ sañcārayanty addhāsve sve kāle mahīṁ nṛpa Translation: Thereafter, O King, the Manus, being fully engaged according to the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, directly reestablish the principles of occupational duty in its full four parts. Purport: Dharma, or occupational duty, can be established in its full four parts as explained in Bhagavad-gītā....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: कश्यपोऽत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च विश्वामित्रोऽथ गौतम: ।जमदग्निर्भरद्वाज इति सप्तर्षय: स्मृता: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: kaśyapo ’trir vasiṣṭhaś caviśvāmitro ’tha gautamaḥjamadagnir bharadvājaiti saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ Translation: Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja are known as the seven sages. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: आद्यन्तावस्य यन्मध्यमिदमन्यदहं बहि: । यतोऽव्ययस्य नैतानि तत् सत्यं ब्रह्म चिद्‌भवान् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ādy-antāv asya yan madhyamidam anyad ahaṁ bahiḥyato ’vyayasya naitānitat satyaṁ brahma cid bhavān Translation: The manifest, the unmanifest, false ego and the beginning, maintenance and annihilation of this cosmic manifestation all come from You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But because You are the Absolute Truth, the supreme absolute spirit soul, the Supreme Brahman, such changes as birth, death and sustenance do not exist in You....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: आरुरुक्षन्ति मायाभिरुत्सिसृप्सन्ति ये दिवम् ।तान्दस्यून्विधुनोम्यज्ञान्पूर्वस्माच्च पदादध: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ārurukṣanti māyābhirutsisṛpsanti ye divamtān dasyūn vidhunomy ajñānpūrvasmāc ca padād adhaḥ Translation: Those fools and rascals who want to ascend to the upper planetary system by mystic power or mechanical means, or who endeavor to cross even the upper planets and achieve the spiritual world or liberation, I cause to be sent to the lowest region of the universe....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: तत्र दैवासुरो नाम रण: परमदारुण: ।रोधस्युदन्वतो राजंस्तुमुलो रोमहर्षण: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tatra daivāsuro nāmaraṇaḥ parama-dāruṇaḥrodhasy udanvato rājaṁstumulo roma-harṣaṇaḥ Translation: O King, a fierce battle on the beach of the Ocean of Milk ensued between the demigods and the demons. The fighting was so terrible that simply hearing about it would make the hair on one’s body stand on end....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: नूनं त्वं विधिना सुभ्रू: प्रेषितासि शरीरिणाम् ।सर्वेन्द्रियमन:प्रीतिं विधातुं सघृणेन किम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: nūnaṁ tvaṁ vidhinā subhrūḥpreṣitāsi śarīriṇāmsarvendriya-manaḥ-prītiṁvidhātuṁ saghṛṇena kim Translation: O beautiful girl with beautiful eyebrows, certainly Providence, by His causeless mercy, has sent You to please the senses and minds of all of us. Is this not a fact? Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ऐरावणादयस्त्वष्टौ दिग् गजा अभवंस्तत: ।अभ्रमुप्रभृतयोऽष्टौ च करिण्यस्त्वभवन्नृप ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: airāvaṇādayas tv aṣṭaudig-gajā abhavaṁs tataḥabhramu-prabhṛtayo ’ṣṭau cakariṇyas tv abhavan nṛpa Translation: Thereafter, O King, eight great elephants, which could go in any direction, were generated. They were headed by Airāvaṇa. Eight she-elephants, headed by Abhramu, were also generated. Purport: The names of the eight elephants were Airāvaṇa, Puṇḍarīka, Vāmana, Kumuda, Añjana, Puṣpadanta, Sārvabhauma and Supratīka....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: कृतस्थानविभागास्त एवं कश्यपनन्दना: ।ममन्थु: परमं यत्ता अमृतार्थं पयोनिधिम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: kṛta-sthāna-vibhāgās taevaṁ kaśyapa-nandanāḥmamanthuḥ paramaṁ yattāamṛtārthaṁ payo-nidhim Translation: After thus adjusting how the snake was to be held, the sons of Kaśyapa, both demigods and demons, began their activities, desiring to get nectar by churning the Ocean of Milk. Purport: