Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: तोष: प्रतोष: सन्तोषो भद्र: शान्तिरिडस्पति: ।इध्म: कविर्विभु: स्वह्न: सुदेवो रोचनो द्विषट् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: toṣaḥ pratoṣaḥ santoṣobhadraḥ śāntir iḍaspatiḥidhmaḥ kavir vibhuḥ svahnaḥsudevo rocano dvi-ṣaṭ Translation: The twelve boys born of Yajña and Dakṣiṇā were named Toṣa, Pratoṣa, Santoṣa, Bhadra, Śānti, Iḍaspati, Idhma, Kavi, Vibhu, Svahna, Sudeva and Rocana. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: अहो बत श्वपचोऽतो गरीयान्यज्जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते नाम तुभ्यम् ।तेपुस्तपस्ते जुहुवु: सस्नुरार्याब्रह्मानूचुर्नाम गृणन्ति ये ते ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: aho bata śva-paco ’to garīyānyaj-jihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyamtepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryābrahmānūcur nāma gṛṇanti ye te Translation: Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Āryans....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: सूर्यद्वारेण ते यान्ति पुरुषं विश्वतोमुखम् ।परावरेशं प्रकृतिमस्योत्पत्त्यन्तभावनम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: sūrya-dvāreṇa te yāntipuruṣaṁ viśvato-mukhamparāvareśaṁ prakṛtimasyotpatty-anta-bhāvanam Translation: Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and dissolution. Purport: The word sūrya-dvāreṇa means “by the illuminated path,” or through the sun planet....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: कटुतीक्ष्णोष्णलवणरूक्षाम्लादिभिरुल्बणै: ।मातृभुक्तैरुपस्पृष्ट: सर्वाङ्गोत्थितवेदन: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: kaṭu-tīkṣṇoṣṇa-lavaṇa-rūkṣāmlādibhir ulbaṇaiḥmātṛ-bhuktair upaspṛṣṭaḥsarvāṅgotthita-vedanaḥ Translation: Owing to the mother’s eating bitter, pungent foodstuffs, or food which is too salty or too sour, the body of the child incessantly suffers pains which are almost intolerable. Purport: All descriptions of the child’s bodily situation in the womb of the mother are beyond our conception. It is very difficult to remain in such a position, but still the child has to remain....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: सन्दह्यमानसर्वाङ्ग एषामुद्वहनाधिना ।करोत्यविरतं मूढो दुरितानि दुराशय: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: sandahyamāna-sarvāṅgaeṣām udvahanādhinākaroty avirataṁ mūḍhoduritāni durāśayaḥ Translation: Although he is always burning with anxiety, such a fool always performs all kinds of mischievous activities, with a hope which is never to be fulfilled, in order to maintain his so-called family and society. Purport: It is said that it is easier to maintain a great empire than to maintain a small family, especially in these days, when the influence of Kali-yuga is so strong that everyone is harassed and full of anxieties because of accepting the false presentation of māyā’s family....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचभक्तियोगो बहुविधो मार्गैर्भामिनि भाव्यते ।स्वभावगुणमार्गेण पुंसां भावो विभिद्यते ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācabhakti-yogo bahu-vidhomārgair bhāmini bhāvyatesvabhāva-guṇa-mārgeṇapuṁsāṁ bhāvo vibhidyate Translation: Lord Kapila, the Personality of Godhead, replied: O noble lady, there are multifarious paths of devotional service in terms of the different qualities of the executor. Purport: Pure devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is one because in pure devotional service there is no demand from the devotee to be fulfilled by the Lord....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: एतैरन्यैश्च पथिभिर्मनो दुष्टमसत्पथम् ।बुद्ध्या युञ्जीत शनकैर्जितप्राणो ह्यतन्द्रित: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: etair anyaiś ca pathibhirmano duṣṭam asat-pathambuddhyā yuñjīta śanakairjita-prāṇo hy atandritaḥ Translation: By these processes, or any other true process, one must control the contaminated, unbridled mind, which is always attracted by material enjoyment, and thus fix himself in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport: Etair anyaiś ca. The general yoga process entails observing the rules and regulations, practicing the different sitting postures, concentrating the mind on the vital circulation of the air and then thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Vaikuṇṭha pastimes....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: सर्वभूतसमत्वेन निर्वैरेणाप्रसङ्गत: ।ब्रह्मचर्येण मौनेन स्वधर्मेण बलीयसा ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: sarva-bhūta-samatvenanirvaireṇāprasaṅgataḥbrahmacaryeṇa maunenasva-dharmeṇa balīyasā Translation: In executing devotional service, one has to see every living entity equally, without enmity towards anyone yet without intimate connections with anyone. One has to observe celibacy, be grave and execute his eternal activities, offering the results to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport: A devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who seriously engages in devotional service is equal to all living entities....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: तदस्य संसृतिर्बन्ध: पारतन्त्र्यं च तत्कृतम् ।भवत्यकर्तुरीशस्य साक्षिणो निर्वृतात्मन: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: tad asya saṁsṛtir bandhaḥpāra-tantryaṁ ca tat-kṛtambhavaty akartur īśasyasākṣiṇo nirvṛtātmanaḥ Translation: Material consciousness is the cause of one’s conditional life, in which conditions are enforced upon the living entity by the material energy. Although the spirit soul does not do anything and is transcendental to such activities, he is thus affected by conditional life....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: देवहूतिरुवाचनिर्विण्णा नितरां भूमन्नसदिन्द्रियतर्षणात् ।येन सम्भाव्यमानेन प्रपन्नान्धं तम: प्रभो ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: devahūtir uvācanirviṇṇā nitarāṁ bhūmannasad-indriya-tarṣaṇātyena sambhāvyamānenaprapannāndhaṁ tamaḥ prabho Translation: Devahūti said: I am very sick of the disturbance caused by my material senses, for because of this sense disturbance, my Lord, I have fallen into the abyss of ignorance. Purport: Here the word asad-indriya-tarṣaṇāt is significant. Asat means “impermanent,” “temporary,” and indriya means “senses....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: अवादयंस्तदा व्योम्नि वादित्राणि घनाघना: ।गायन्ति तं स्म गन्धर्वा नृत्यन्त्यप्सरसो मुदा ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: avādayaṁs tadā vyomnivāditrāṇi ghanāghanāḥgāyanti taṁ sma gandharvānṛtyanty apsaraso mudā Translation: At the time of His descent on earth, demigods in the form of raining clouds sounded musical instruments in the sky. The celestial musicians, the Gandharvas, sang the glories of the Lord, while celestial dancing girls known as Apsarās danced in joyful ecstasy....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: ये मे स्वधर्मनिरतस्य तप:समाधि-विद्यात्मयोगविजिता भगवत्प्रसादा: ।तानेव ते मदनुसेवनयावरुद्धान्दृष्टिं प्रपश्य वितराम्यभयानशोकान् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: ye me sva-dharma-niratasya tapaḥ-samādhi-vidyātma-yoga-vijitā bhagavat-prasādāḥtān eva te mad-anusevanayāvaruddhāndṛṣṭiṁ prapaśya vitarāmy abhayān aśokān Translation: Kardama Muni continued: I have achieved the blessings of the Lord in discharging my own religious life of austerity, meditation and Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Although you have not yet experienced these achievements, which are free from fear and lamentation, I shall offer them all to you because you are engaged in my service....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: दिष्टया त्वयानुशिष्टोऽहं कृतश्चानुग्रहो महान् ।अपावृतै: कर्णरन्ध्रैर्जुष्टा दिष्ट्योशतीर्गिर: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: diṣṭyā tvayānuśiṣṭo ’haṁkṛtaś cānugraho mahānapāvṛtaiḥ karṇa-randhrairjuṣṭā diṣṭyośatīr giraḥ Translation: I have fortunately been instructed by you, and thus great favor has been bestowed upon me. I thank God that I have listened with open ears to your pure words. Purport: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has given directions, in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, on how to accept a bona fide spiritual master and how to deal with him....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: तत: समाधियुक्तेन क्रियायोगेन कर्दम: ।सम्प्रपेदे हरिं भक्त्या प्रपन्नवरदाशुषम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ samādhi-yuktenakriyā-yogena kardamaḥsamprapede hariṁ bhaktyāprapanna-varadāśuṣam Translation: During that period of penance, the sage Kardama, by worship through devotional service in trance, propitiated the Personality of Godhead, who is the quick bestower of all blessings upon those who flee to Him for protection. Purport: The significance of meditation is described here....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: एवमुग्रश्रवा: पृष्ट ऋषिभिर्नैमिषायनै: ।भगवत्यर्पिताध्यात्मस्तानाह श्रूयतामिति ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: evam ugraśravāḥ pṛṣṭaṛṣibhir naimiṣāyanaiḥbhagavaty arpitādhyātmastān āha śrūyatām iti Translation: On being asked to speak by the great sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, the son of Romaharṣaṇa, Sūta Gosvāmī, whose mind was absorbed in the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, said: Please hear what I shall now speak. Purport: