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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: यां विसृज्यैव मनवस्तत्सुताश्च कुरूद्वह ।गता यथागतं युद्धे तां मां जेष्यन्त्यबुद्धय: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: yāṁ visṛjyaiva manavastat-sutāś ca kurūdvahagatā yathāgataṁ yuddhetāṁ māṁ jeṣyanty abuddhayaḥ Translation: O best of the Kurus, the earth continued as follows: “Although in the past great men and their descendants have left me, departing from this world in the same helpless way they came into it, even today foolish men are trying to conquer me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: एष प्राकृतिको राजन् प्रलयो यत्र लीयते ।अण्डकोषस्तु सङ्घातो विघाट उपसादिते ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa prākṛtiko rājanpralayo yatra līyateaṇḍa-koṣas tu saṅghātovighāta upasādite Translation: O King, upon the annihilation of the material elements, the universal egg, comprising the elemental amalgamation of creation, is confronted with destruction. Purport: It is significant that Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the spiritual master of King Parīkṣit, is broadly discussing cosmic annihilation just before the death of his disciple....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: मन: सृजति वै देहान् गुणान् कर्माणि चात्मन: ।तन्मन: सृजते माया ततो जीवस्य संसृति: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: manaḥ sṛjati vai dehānguṇān karmāṇi cātmanaḥtan manaḥ sṛjate māyātato jīvasya saṁsṛtiḥ Translation: The material bodies, qualities and activities of the spirit soul are created by the material mind. That mind is itself created by the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord, and thus the soul assumes material existence....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: अनुजानीहि मां ब्रह्मन् वाचं यच्छाम्यधोक्षजे ।मुक्तकामाशयं चेत: प्रवेश्य विसृजाम्यसून् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: anujānīhi māṁ brahmanvācaṁ yacchāmy adhokṣajemukta-kāmāśayaṁ cetaḥpraveśya visṛjāmy asūn Translation: O brāhmaṇa, please give me permission to resign my speech and the functions of all my senses unto Lord Adhokṣaja. Allow me to absorb my mind, purified of lusty desires, within Him and to thus give up my life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: अधीयन्त व्यासशिष्यात् संहितां मत्पितुर्मुखात् ।एकैकामहमेतेषां शिष्य: सर्वा: समध्यगाम् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: adhīyanta vyāsa-śiṣyātsaṁhitāṁ mat-pitur mukhātekaikām aham eteṣāṁśiṣyaḥ sarvāḥ samadhyagām Translation: Each of them studied one of the six anthologies of the Purāṇas from my father, Romaharṣaṇa, who was a disciple of Śrīla Vyāsadeva. I became the disciple of these six authorities and thoroughly learned all their presentations of Purāṇic wisdom....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचप्रश्न‍स्त्वया महर्षेऽयं कृतो लोकभ्रमापह: ।नारायणकथा यत्र गीता कलिमलापहा ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācapraśnas tvayā maharṣe ’yaṁkṛto loka-bhramāpahaḥnārāyaṇa-kathā yatragītā kali-malāpahā Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: O great sage Śaunaka, your very question will help remove everyone’s illusion, for it leads to the topics of Lord Nārāyaṇa, which cleanse away the contamination of this Kali age. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: अथाप्यम्बुजपत्राक्ष पुण्यश्लोकशिखामणे ।द्रक्ष्ये मायां यया लोक: सपालो वेद सद्भ‍िदाम् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: athāpy ambuja-patrākṣapuṇya-śloka-śikhāmaṇedrakṣye māyāṁ yayā lokaḥsa-pālo veda sad-bhidām Translation: O lotus-eyed Lord, O crest jewel of renowned personalities, although I am satisfied simply by seeing You, I do wish to see Your illusory potency, by whose influence the entire world, together with its ruling demigods, considers reality to be materially variegated....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचएवमेतदहं पृष्ट: प्रश्न‍ं प्रश्न‍‍विदां वर ।युयुत्सुना विनशने सपत्नैरर्जुनेन वै ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācaevam etad ahaṁ pṛṣṭaḥpraśnaṁ praśna-vidāṁ varayuyutsunā vinaśanesapatnair arjunena vai Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O best of those who know how to inquire, on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Arjuna, desiring to fight with his rivals, asked Me the same question that you are now posing....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: स्वयं सञ्चिनुयात् सर्वमात्मनो वृत्तिकारणम् ।देशकालबलाभिज्ञो नाददीतान्यदाहृतम् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: svayaṁ sañcinuyāt sarvamātmano vṛtti-kāraṇamdeśa-kāla-balābhijñonādadītānyadāhṛtam Translation: The vānaprastha should personally collect whatever he requires for his bodily maintenance, carefully considering the time, place and his own capacity. He should never collect provisions for the future. Purport: According to Vedic regulations, one practicing austerity should collect only what he requires for immediate use, and upon receiving gifts of foodstuff he should immediately give up that which he has previously collected, so that there will be no surplus....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: ज्ञानविज्ञानयज्ञेन मामिष्ट्वात्मानमात्मनि ।सर्वयज्ञपतिं मां वै संसिद्धिं मुनयोऽगमन् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: jñāna-vijñāna-yajñenamām iṣṭvātmānam ātmanisarva-yajña-patiṁ māṁ vaisaṁsiddhiṁ munayo ’gaman Translation: Formerly, great sages, through the sacrifice of Vedic knowledge and spiritual enlightenment, worshiped Me within themselves, knowing Me to be the Supreme Lord of all sacrifice and the Supersoul in everyone’s heart. Thus coming to Me, these sages achieved the supreme perfection....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचयोगास्‍त्रयो मया प्रोक्ता नृणां श्रेयोविधित्सया ।ज्ञानं कर्म च भक्तिश्च नोपायोऽन्योऽस्ति कुत्रचित् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācayogās trayo mayā proktānṝṇāṁ śreyo-vidhitsayājñānaṁ karma ca bhaktiś canopāyo ’nyo ’sti kutracit Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, because I desire that human beings may achieve perfection, I have presented three paths of advancement — the path of knowledge, the path of work and the path of devotion....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: वेदेन नामरूपाणि विषमाणि समेष्वपि ।धातुषूद्धव कल्प्यन्त एतेषां स्वार्थसिद्धये ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: vedena nāma-rūpāṇiviṣamāṇi sameṣv apidhātuṣūddhava kalpyantaeteṣāṁ svārtha-siddhaye Translation: My dear Uddhava, although all material bodies are composed of the same five elements and are thus equal, the Vedic literatures conceive of different names and forms in relation to such bodies so that the living entities may achieve their goal of life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: यासां व्यतिकरादासीद् विकल्पो वदतां पदम् ।प्राप्ते शमदमेऽप्येति वादस्तमनुशाम्यति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: yāsāṁ vyatikarād āsīdvikalpo vadatāṁ padamprāpte śama-dame ’pyetivādas tam anu śāmyati Translation: By interaction of My energies different opinions arise. But for those who have fixed their intelligence on Me and controlled their senses, differences of perception disappear, and consequently the very cause for argument is removed. Purport: Conflicting varieties of perception are created by the interaction of the Lord’s material energies in the minds of different philosophers, who staunchly defend their opinions, stating, “This may be the case or perhaps that or the other; or this may not be the case, or perhaps that is not the case....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: अवन्तिषु द्विज: कश्चिदासीदाढ्यतम: श्रिया ।वार्तावृत्ति: कदर्यस्तु कामी लुब्धोऽतिकोपन: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: avantiṣu dvijaḥ kaścidāsīd āḍhyatamaḥ śriyāvārtā-vṛttiḥ kadaryas tukāmī lubdho ’ti-kopanaḥ Translation: In the country of Avantī there once lived a certain brāhmaṇa who was very rich and gifted with all opulences, and who was engaged in the occupation of commerce. But he was a miserly person — lusty, greedy and very prone to anger....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: तेभ्यः समभवत् सूत्रं महान् सूत्रेण संयुतः ।ततो विकुर्वतो जातो योऽहङ्कारो विमोहनः ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: tebhyaḥ samabhavat sūtraṁmahān sūtreṇa saṁyutaḥtato vikurvato jātoyo ’haṅkāro vimohanaḥ Translation: From these modes arose the primeval sūtra, along with the mahat-tattva. By the transformation of the mahat-tattva was generated the false ego, the cause of the living entities’ bewilderment. Purport: According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, sūtra is the first transformation of material nature that manifests the potency of activity, and it is accompanied by the mahat-tattva, which is endowed with the potency of knowledge....