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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ऋषिरुवाचअन्तराल एव त्रिजगत्यास्तु दिशि दक्षिणस्यामधस्ताद्भ‍ूमेरुपरिष्टाच्च जलाद्यस्यामग्निष्वात्तादय: पितृगणा दिशि स्वानां गोत्राणां परमेण समाधिना सत्या एवाशिष आशासाना निवसन्ति ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ṛṣir uvācaantarāla eva tri-jagatyās tu diśi dakṣiṇasyām adhastād bhūmer upariṣṭāc ca jalād yasyām agniṣvāttādayaḥ pitṛ-gaṇā diśi svānāṁ gotrāṇāṁ parameṇa samādhinā satyā evāśiṣa āśāsānā nivasanti. Translation: The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: All the hellish planets are situated in the intermediate space between the three worlds and the Garbhodaka Ocean....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: यस्यैव हि नागराजकुमार्य आशिष आशासानाश्चार्वङ्गवलयविलसितविशदविपुलधवलसुभगरुचिरभुजरजतस्तम्भेष्वगुरुचन्दनकुङ्कुमपङ्कानुलेपेनावलिम्पमानास्तदभिमर्शनोन्मथितहृदयमकरध्वजावेशरुचिरललितस्मितास्तदनुरागमदमुदितमद्विघूर्णितारुणकरुणावलोकनयनवदनारविन्दं सव्रीडं किल विलोकयन्ति ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yasyaiva hi nāga-rāja-kumārya āśiṣa āśāsānāś cārv-aṅga-valaya-vilasita-viśada-vipula-dhavala-subhaga-rucira-bhuja-rajata-stambheṣv aguru-candana-kuṅkuma-paṅkānulepenāvalimpamānās tad-abhimarśanonmathita-hṛdaya-makara-dhvajāveśa-rucira-lalita-smitās tad-anurāgamada-mudita-mada-vighūrṇitāruṇa-karuṇāvaloka-nayana-vadanāravindaṁ savrīḍaṁ kila vilokayanti. Translation: Lord Ananta’s arms are attractively long, beautifully decorated with bangles and completely spiritual. They are white, and so they appear like silver columns. When the beautiful princesses of the serpent kings, hoping for the Lord’s auspicious blessing, smear His arms with aguru pulp, sandalwood pulp and kuṅkuma, the touch of His limbs awakens lusty desires within them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ततोऽधस्ताद्यक्षरक्ष: पिशाचप्रेतभूतगणानां विहाराजिरमन्तरिक्षं यावद्वायु: प्रवाति यावन्मेघा उपलभ्यन्ते ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tato ’dhastād yakṣa-rakṣaḥ-piśāca-preta-bhūta-gaṇānāṁ vihārājiram antarikṣaṁ yāvad vāyuḥ pravāti yāvan meghā upalabhyante. Translation: Beneath Vidyādhara-loka, Cāraṇaloka and Siddhaloka, in the sky called antarikṣa, are the places of enjoyment for the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, ghosts and so on. Antarikṣa extends as far as the wind blows and the clouds float in the sky....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: यस्य पुच्छाग्रेऽवाक्‌शिरस: कुण्डलीभूतदेहस्य ध्रुव उपकल्पितस्तस्य लाङ्गूले प्रजापतिरग्निरिन्द्रो धर्म इति पुच्छमूले धाता विधाता च कट्यां सप्तर्षय: । तस्य दक्षिणावर्तकुण्डलीभूतशरीरस्य यान्युदगयनानि दक्षिणपार्श्वे तु नक्षत्राण्युपकल्पयन्ति दक्षिणायनानि तु सव्ये । यथा शिशुमारस्य कुण्डलाभोगसन्निवेशस्य पार्श्वयोरुभयोरप्यवयवा: समसंख्या भवन्ति । पृष्ठे त्वजवीथी आकाशगङ्गा चोदरत: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yasya pucchāgre ’vākśirasaḥ kuṇḍalī-bhūta-dehasya dhruva upakalpitas tasya lāṅgūle prajāpatir agnir indro dharma iti puccha-mūle dhātā vidhātā ca kaṭyāṁ saptarṣayaḥ; tasya dakṣiṇāvarta-kuṇḍalī-bhūta-śarīrasya yāny udagayanāni dakṣiṇa-pārśve tu nakṣatrāṇy upakalpayanti dakṣiṇāyanāni tu savye; yathā śiśumārasya kuṇḍalā-bhoga-sanniveśasya pārśvayor ubhayor apy avayavāḥ samasaṅkhyā bhavanti; pṛṣṭhe tv ajavīthī ākāśa-gaṅgā codarataḥ....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: अथ स एष आत्मा लोकानां द्यावापृथिव्योरन्तरेण नभोवलयस्य कालचक्रगतो द्वादश मासान् भुङ्क्ते राशिसंज्ञान् संवत्सरावयवान्मास: पक्षद्वयं दिवा नक्तं चेति सपादर्क्षद्वयमुपदिशन्ति यावता षष्ठमंशं भुञ्जीत स वै ऋतुरित्युपदिश्यते संवत्सरावयव: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: atha sa eṣa ātmā lokānāṁ dyāv-āpṛthivyor antareṇa nabho-valayasya kālacakra-gato dvādaśa māsān bhuṅkte rāśi-saṁjñān saṁvatsarāvayavān māsaḥ pakṣa-dvayaṁ divā naktaṁ ceti sapādarkṣa-dvayam upadiśanti yāvatā ṣaṣṭham aṁśaṁ bhuñjīta sa vai ṛtur ity upadiśyate saṁvatsarāvayavaḥ....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: यदा वृश्चिकादिषु पञ्चसु वर्तते तदाहोरात्राणि विपर्ययाणि भवन्ति ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yadā vṛścikādiṣu pañcasu vartate tadāho-rātrāṇi viparyayāṇi bhavanti. Translation: When the sun passes through the five signs beginning with Vṛścika [Scorpio], the duration of the days decreases [until Capricorn], and then gradually it increases month after month, until day and night become equal [in Aries]. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: प्रत्नस्य विष्णो रूपं यत्सत्यस्यर्तस्य ब्रह्मण: ।अमृतस्य च मृत्योश्च सूर्यमात्मानमीमहीति ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: pratnasya viṣṇo rūpaṁ yatsatyasyartasya brahmaṇaḥamṛtasya ca mṛtyoś casūryam ātmānam īmahīti Translation: [This is the mantra by which the inhabitants of Plakṣadvīpa worship the Supreme Lord.] Let us take shelter of the sun-god, who is a reflection of Lord Viṣṇu, the all-expanding Supreme Personality of Godhead, the oldest of all persons....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: मर्त्यावतारस्त्विह मर्त्यशिक्षणंरक्षोवधायैव न केवलं विभो: ।कुतोऽन्यथा स्याद्रमत: स्व आत्मन:सीताकृतानि व्यसनानीश्वरस्य ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: martyāvatāras tv iha martya-śikṣaṇaṁrakṣo-vadhāyaiva na kevalaṁ vibhoḥkuto ’nyathā syād ramataḥ sva ātmanaḥsītā-kṛtāni vyasanānīśvarasya Translation: It was ordained that Rāvaṇa, chief of the Rākṣasas, could not be killed by anyone but a man, and for this reason Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in the form of a human being....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: विश्वोद्भ‍वस्थाननिरोधकर्म तेह्यकर्तुरङ्गीकृतमप्यपावृत: । युक्तं न चित्रं त्वयि कार्यकारणेसर्वात्मनि व्यतिरिक्ते च वस्तुत: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: viśvodbhava-sthāna-nirodha-karma tehy akartur aṅgīkṛtam apy apāvṛtaḥyuktaṁ na citraṁ tvayi kārya-kāraṇesarvātmani vyatirikte ca vastutaḥ Translation: O Lord, although You are completely detached from the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this material world and are not directly affected by these activities, they are all attributed to You. We do not wonder at this, for Your inconceivable energies perfectly qualify You to be the cause of all causes....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: तत्र चतुर्धा भिद्यमाना चतुर्भिर्नामभिश्चतुर्दिशमभिस्पन्दन्ती नदनदीपतिमेवाभिनिविशति सीतालकनन्दा चक्षुर्भद्रेति ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tatra caturdhā bhidyamānā caturbhir nāmabhiś catur-diśam abhispandantī nada-nadī-patim evābhiniviśati sītālakanandā cakṣur bhadreti. Translation: On top of Mount Meru, the Ganges divides into four branches, each of which gushes in a different direction [east, west, north and south]. These branches, known by the names Sītā, Alakanandā, Cakṣu and Bhadrā, flow down to the ocean....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: यो वायं द्वीप: कुवलयकमलकोशाभ्यन्तरकोशो नियुतयोजन विशाल: समवर्तुलो यथा पुष्करपत्रम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yo vāyaṁ dvīpaḥ kuvalaya-kamala-kośābhyantara-kośo niyuta-yojana-viśālaḥ samavartulo yathā puṣkara-patram. Translation: The planetary system known as Bhū-maṇḍala resembles a lotus flower, and its seven islands resemble the whorl of that flower. The length and breadth of the island known as Jambūdvīpa, which is situated in the middle of the whorl, are one million yojanas [eight million miles]....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: प्रतीहात्सुवर्चलायां प्रतिहर्त्रादयस्त्रय आसन्निज्याकोविदा: सूनव: प्रतिहर्तु: स्तुत्यामजभूमानावजनिषाताम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: pratīhāt suvarcalāyāṁ pratihartrādayas traya āsann ijyā-kovidāḥ sūnavaḥ pratihartuḥ stutyām aja-bhūmānāv ajaniṣātām. Translation: In the womb of his wife Suvarcalā, Pratīha begot three sons, named Pratihartā, Prastotā and Udgātā. These three sons were very expert in performing Vedic rituals. Pratihartā begot two sons, named Aja and Bhūmā, in the womb of his wife, named Stutī....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: तत्रगतो दंशमशकसमापसदैर्मनुजै: शलभशकुन्ततस्करमूषकादिभिरुपरुध्यमानबहि:प्राण: क्‍वचित् परिवर्तमानोऽस्मिन्नध्वन्यविद्याकामकर्मभिरुपरक्तमनसानुपपन्नार्थं नरलोकं गन्धर्वनगरमु पपन्नमिति मिथ्याद‍ृष्टिरनुपश्यति ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tatra gato daṁśa-maśaka-samāpasadair manujaiḥ śalabha-śakunta-taskara-mūṣakādibhir uparudhyamāna-bahiḥ-prāṇaḥ kvacit parivartamāno ’sminn adhvany avidyā-kāma-karmabhir uparakta-manasānupapannārthaṁ nara-lokaṁ gandharva-nagaram upapannam iti mithyā-dṛṣṭir anupaśyati. Translation: Sometimes the conditioned soul in household life, being attached to material wealth and possessions, is disturbed by gadflies and mosquitoes, and sometimes locusts, birds of prey and rats give him trouble....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: अद‍ृश्यझिल्लीस्वनकर्णशूलउलूकवाग्भिर्व्यथितान्तरात्मा ।अपुण्यवृक्षान् श्रयते क्षुधार्दितोमरीचितोयान्यभिधावति क्‍वचित् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: adṛśya-jhillī-svana-karṇa-śūlaulūka-vāgbhir vyathitāntarātmāapuṇya-vṛkṣān śrayate kṣudhārditomarīci-toyāny abhidhāvati kvacit Translation: Wandering in the forest of the material world, the conditioned soul sometimes hears an invisible cricket making harsh sounds, and his ears become very much aggrieved. Sometimes his heart is pained by the sounds of owls, which are just like the harsh words of his enemies....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5-6 Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण उवाचअयं जनो नाम चलन् पृथिव्यांय: पार्थिव: पार्थिव कस्य हेतो: ।तस्यापि चाङ्‌घ्र्योयोरधि गुल्फजङ्घा-जानूरुमध्योरशिरोधरांसा: ॥ ५ ॥अंसेऽधि दार्वी शिबिका च यस्यांसौवीरराजेत्यपदेश आस्ते ।यस्मिन् भवान् रूढनिजाभिमानोराजास्मि सिन्धुष्विति दुर्मदान्ध: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: brāhmaṇa uvācaayaṁ jano nāma calan pṛthivyāṁyaḥ pārthivaḥ pārthiva kasya hetoḥtasyāpi cāṅghryor adhi gulpha-jaṅghā-jānūru-madhyora-śirodharāṁsāḥ Translation: The self-realized brāhmaṇa Jaḍa Bharata said: Among the various material combinations and permutations, there are various forms and earthly transformations....