Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 14 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीपरीक्षिदुवाचरजस्तम:स्वभावस्य ब्रह्मन् वृत्रस्य पाप्मन: ।नारायणे भगवति कथमासीद् दृढा मति: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-parīkṣid uvācarajas-tamaḥ-svabhāvasyabrahman vṛtrasya pāpmanaḥnārāyaṇe bhagavatikatham āsīd dṛḍhā matiḥ Translation: King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: O learned brāhmaṇa, demons are generally sinful, being obsessed with the modes of passion and ignorance. How, then, could Vṛtrāsura have attained such exalted love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa?...

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 15 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् ।शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभि: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaūcatur mṛtakopāntepatitaṁ mṛtakopamamśokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁbodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While King Citraketu, overcome by lamentation, lay like a dead body at the side of the dead body of his son, the two great sages Nārada and Aṅgirā instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 12 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीऋषिरुवाचएवं जिहासुर्नृप देहमाजौमृत्युं वरं विजयान्मन्यमान: ।शूलं प्रगृह्याभ्यपतत् सुरेन्द्रंयथा महापुरुषं कैटभोऽप्सु ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-ṛṣir uvācaevaṁ jihāsur nṛpa deham ājaumṛtyuṁ varaṁ vijayān manyamānaḥśūlaṁ pragṛhyābhyapatat surendraṁyathā mahā-puruṣaṁ kaiṭabho ’psu Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Desiring to give up his body, Vṛtrāsura considered death in the battle preferable to victory. O King Parīkṣit, he vigorously took up his trident and with great force attacked Lord Indra, the King of heaven, just as Kaiṭabha had forcefully attacked the Supreme Personality of Godhead when the universe was inundated....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 13 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचवृत्रे हते त्रयो लोका विना शक्रेण भूरिद ।सपाला ह्यभवन् सद्यो विज्वरा निर्वृतेन्द्रिया: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācavṛtre hate trayo lokāvinā śakreṇa bhūridasapālā hy abhavan sadyovijvarā nirvṛtendriyāḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, who are so charitably disposed, when Vṛtrāsura was killed, all the presiding deities and everyone else in the three planetary systems was immediately pleased and free from trouble — everyone, that is, except Indra....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 11 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचत एवं शंसतो धर्मं वच: पत्युरचेतस: ।नैवागृह्णन्त सम्भ्रान्ता: पलायनपरा नृप ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācata evaṁ śaṁsato dharmaṁvacaḥ patyur acetasaḥnaivāgṛhṇanta sambhrāntāḥpalāyana-parā nṛpa Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Vṛtrāsura, the commander in chief of the demons, advised his lieutenants in the principles of religion, but the cowardly demoniac commanders, intent upon fleeing the battlefield, were so disturbed by fear that they could not accept his words....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 10 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीबादरायणिरुवाचइन्द्रमेवं समादिश्य भगवान् विश्वभावन: ।पश्यतामनिमेषाणां तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरि: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācaindram evaṁ samādiśyabhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥpaśyatām animeṣāṇāṁtatraivāntardadhe hariḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After instructing Indra in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, the cause of the cosmic manifestation, then and there disappeared from the presence of the onlooking demigods. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 9 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचतस्यासन् विश्वरूपस्य शिरांसि त्रीणि भारत ।सोमपीथं सुरापीथमन्नादमिति शुश्रुम ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācatasyāsan viśvarūpasyaśirāṁsi trīṇi bhāratasoma-pīthaṁ surā-pīthamannādam iti śuśruma Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Viśvarūpa, who was engaged as the priest of the demigods, had three heads. He used one to drink the beverage soma-rasa, another to drink wine and the third to eat food. O King Parīkṣit, thus I have heard from authorities....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 8 - Verse 1-2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-2 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचयया गुप्त: सहस्राक्ष: सवाहान् रिपुसैनिकान् ।क्रीडन्निव विनिर्जित्य त्रिलोक्या बुभुजे श्रियम् ॥ १ ॥भगवंस्तन्ममाख्याहि वर्म नारायणात्मकम् ।यथाततायिन: शत्रून्येन गुप्तोऽजयन्मृधे ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācayayā guptaḥ sahasrākṣaḥsavāhān ripu-sainikānkrīḍann iva vinirjityatri-lokyā bubhuje śriyam Translation: King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My lord, kindly explain the Viṣṇu mantra armor that protected King Indra and enabled him to conquer his enemies, along with their carriers, and enjoy the opulence of the three worlds....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 7 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचकस्य हेतो: परित्यक्ता आचार्येणात्मन: सुरा: ।एतदाचक्ष्व भगवञ्छिष्याणामक्रमं गुरौ ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācakasya hetoḥ parityaktāācāryeṇātmanaḥ surāḥetad ācakṣva bhagavañchiṣyāṇām akramaṁ gurau Translation: Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: O great sage, why did the spiritual master of the demigods, Bṛhaspati, reject the demigods, who were his own disciples? What offense did the demigods commit against their spiritual master? Please describe to me this incident....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 6 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचतत: प्राचेतसोऽसिक्‍न्यामनुनीत: स्वयम्भुवा ।षष्टिं सञ्जनयामास दुहितृ: पितृवत्सला: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācatataḥ prācetaso ’siknyāmanunītaḥ svayambhuvāṣaṣṭiṁ sañjanayām āsaduhitṝḥ pitṛ-vatsalāḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, thereafter, at the request of Lord Brahmā, Prajāpati Dakṣa, who is known as Prācetasa, begot sixty daughters in the womb of his wife Asiknī. All the daughters were very affectionate toward their father....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 5 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचतस्यां स पाञ्चजन्यां वै विष्णुमायोपबृंहित: ।हर्यश्वसंज्ञानयुतं पुत्रानजनयद्विभु: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācatasyāṁ sa pāñcajanyāṁ vaiviṣṇu-māyopabṛṁhitaḥharyaśva-saṁjñān ayutaṁputrān ajanayad vibhuḥ Translation: Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Impelled by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, Prajāpati Dakṣa begot ten thousand sons in the womb of Pāñcajanī [Asiknī]. My dear King, these sons were called the Haryaśvas. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 3 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचनिशम्य देव: स्वभटोपवर्णितंप्रत्याह किं तानपि धर्मराज: ।एवं हताज्ञो विहतान्मुरारे-र्नैदेशिकैर्यस्य वशे जनोऽयम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācaniśamya devaḥ sva-bhaṭopavarṇitaṁpratyāha kiṁ tān api dharmarājaḥevaṁ hatājño vihatān murārernaideśikair yasya vaśe jano ’yam Translation: King Parīkṣit said: O my lord, O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Yamarāja is the controller of all living entities in terms of their religious and irreligious activities, but his order had been foiled....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 4 - Verse 1-2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-2 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचदेवासुरनृणां सर्गो नागानां मृगपक्षिणाम् ।सामासिकस्त्वया प्रोक्तो यस्तु स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ॥ १ ॥तस्यैव व्यासमिच्छामि ज्ञातुं ते भगवन् यथा ।अनुसर्गं यया शक्त्या ससर्ज भगवान् पर: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācadevāsura-nṛṇāṁ sargonāgānāṁ mṛga-pakṣiṇāmsāmāsikas tvayā proktoyas tu svāyambhuve ’ntare Translation: The blessed King said to Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear lord, the demigods, demons, human beings, Nāgas, beasts and birds were created during the reign of Svāyambhuva Manu....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 2 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीबादरायणिरुवाचएवं ते भगवद्दूता यमदूताभिभाषितम् ।उपधार्याथ तान् राजन् प्र्रत्याहुर्नयकोविदा: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācaevaṁ te bhagavad-dūtāyamadūtābhibhāṣitamupadhāryātha tān rājanpratyāhur naya-kovidāḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, the servants of Lord Viṣṇu are always very expert in logic and arguments. After hearing the statements of the Yamadūtas, they replied as follows. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीपरीक्षिदुवाचनिवृत्तिमार्ग: कथित आदौ भगवता यथा ।क्रमयोगोपलब्धेन ब्रह्मणा यदसंसृति: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-parīkṣid uvācanivṛtti-mārgaḥ kathitaādau bhagavatā yathākrama-yogopalabdhenabrahmaṇā yad asaṁsṛtiḥ Translation: Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O my lord, O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have already described [in the Second Canto] the path of liberation [nivṛtti-mārga]. By following that path, one is certainly elevated gradually to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, from which one is promoted to the spiritual world along with Lord Brahmā....

April 22, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum