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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: एवं मुहूर्तेन चतुस्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनान्यष्टशताधिकानि सौरो रथस्त्रयीमयोऽसौ चतसृषु परिवर्तते पुरीषु ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ muhūrtena catus-triṁśal-lakṣa-yojanāny aṣṭa-śatādhikāni sauro rathas trayīmayo ’sau catasṛṣu parivartate purīṣu. Translation: Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayīmaya, or worshiped by the words om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas [27,206,400 miles] in a muhūrta....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: स्वगोभि: पितृदेवेभ्यो विभजन् कृष्णशुक्लयो: ।प्रजानां सर्वासां राजान्ध: सोमो न आस्त्विति ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: sva-gobhiḥ pitṛ-devebhyovibhajan kṛṣṇa-śuklayoḥprajānāṁ sarvāsāṁ rājā-ndhaḥ somo na āstv iti Translation: [The inhabitants of Śālmalīdvīpa worship the demigod of the moon in the following words.] By his own rays, the moon-god has divided the month into two fortnights, known as śukla and kṛṣṇa, for the distribution of food grains to the pitās and the demigods....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: गायति चेदम्—कर्तास्य सर्गादिषु यो न बध्यतेन हन्यते देहगतोऽपि दैहिकै: ।द्रष्टुर्न द‍ृग्यस्य गुणैर्विदूष्यतेतस्मै नमोऽसक्तविविक्तसाक्षिणे ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: gāyati cedam — kartāsya sargādiṣu yo na badhyatena hanyate deha-gato ’pi daihikaiḥdraṣṭur na dṛg yasya guṇair vidūṣyatetasmai namo ’sakta-vivikta-sākṣiṇe Translation: Nārada, the most powerful saintly sage, also worships Nara-Nārāyaṇa by chanting the following mantra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this visible cosmic manifestation, yet He is completely free from false prestige....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: यस्यास्ति भक्तिर्भगवत्यकिञ्चनासर्वैर्गुणैस्तत्र समासते सुरा: ।हरावभक्तस्य कुतो महद्गुणामनोरथेनासति धावतो बहि: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanāsarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥharāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇāmanorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ Translation: All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: एषु पुरुषाणामयुतपुरुषायुर्वर्षाणां देवकल्पानां नागायुतप्राणानां वज्रसंहननबलवयोमोदप्रमुदितमहासौरतमिथुनव्यवायापवर्गवर्षधृतैकगर्भ कलत्राणां तत्र तु त्रेतायुगसम: कालो वर्तते ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: eṣu puruṣāṇām ayuta-puruṣāyur-varṣāṇāṁ deva-kalpānāṁ nāgāyuta-prāṇānāṁ vajra-saṁhanana-bala-vayo-moda-pramudita-mahā-saurata-mithuna-vyavāyāpavarga-varṣa-dhṛtaika-garbha-kalatrāṇāṁ tatra tu tretā-yuga-samaḥ kālo vartate. Translation: In these eight varṣas, or tracts of land, human beings live ten thousand years according to earthly calculations. All the inhabitants are almost like demigods. They have the bodily strength of ten thousand elephants....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: चतुर्ष्वेतेषु चूतजम्बूकदम्बन्यग्रोधाश्चत्वार: पादप प्रवरा: पर्वतकेतव इवाधिसहस्रयोजनोन्नाहास्तावद् विटपविततय: शतयोजनपरिणाहा: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: caturṣv eteṣu cūta-jambū-kadamba-nyagrodhāś catvāraḥ pādapa-pravarāḥ parvata-ketava ivādhi-sahasra-yojanonnāhās tāvad viṭapa-vitatayaḥ śata-yojana-pariṇāhāḥ. Translation: Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: यस्याध्वरे भगवानध्वरात्मामघोनि माद्यत्युरुसोमपीथे । श्रद्धाविशुद्धाचलभक्तियोग-समर्पितेज्याफलमाजहार ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: yasyādhvare bhagavān adhvarātmāmaghoni mādyaty uru-soma-pītheśraddhā-viśuddhācala-bhakti-yoga-samarpitejyā-phalam ājahāra Translation: In Mahārāja Gaya’s sacrifices, there was a great supply of the intoxicant known as soma. King Indra used to come and become intoxicated by drinking large quantities of soma-rasa. Also, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu [the yajña-puruṣa] also came and personally accepted all the sacrifices offered unto Him with pure and firm devotion in the sacrificial arena....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: स यदा दुग्धपूर्वसुकृतस्तदा कारस्करकाकतुण्डाद्यपुण्यद्रुमलताविषोदपानवदुभयार्थशून्यद्रविणान्जीवन्मृतान् स्वयं जीवन्म्रियमाण उपधावति ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: sa yadā dugdha-pūrva-sukṛtas tadā kāraskara-kākatuṇḍādy-apuṇya-druma-latā-viṣoda-pānavad ubhayārtha-śūnya-draviṇān jīvan-mṛtān svayaṁ jīvan-mriyamāṇa upadhāvati. Translation: Due to his pious activities in previous lives, the conditioned soul attains material facilities in this life, but when they are finished, he takes shelter of wealth and riches, which cannot help him in this life or the next....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: क्‍वचित्‍क्‍वचित्क्षीणधनस्तु तस्मिन्शय्यासनस्थानविहारहीन: ।याचन् परादप्रतिलब्धकाम:पारक्यद‍ृष्टिर्लभतेऽवमानम् ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: kvacit kvacit kṣīṇa-dhanas tu tasminśayyāsana-sthāna-vihāra-hīnaḥyācan parād apratilabdha-kāmaḥpārakya-dṛṣṭir labhate ’vamānam Translation: On the forest path of material existence, sometimes a person is without wealth and due to this does not have a proper home, bed or sitting place, nor proper family enjoyment. He therefore goes to beg money from others, but when his desires are not fulfilled by begging, he wants to borrow or steal the property of others....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: रहूगणैतत्तपसा न यातिन चेज्यया निर्वपणाद् गृहाद्वा ।नच्छन्दसा नैव जलाग्निसूर्यै-र्विना महत्पादरजोऽभिषेकम् ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: rahūgaṇaitat tapasā na yātina cejyayā nirvapaṇād gṛhād vāna cchandasā naiva jalāgni-sūryairvinā mahat-pāda-rajo-’bhiṣekam Translation: My dear King Rahūgaṇa, unless one has the opportunity to smear his entire body with the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees, one cannot realize the Absolute Truth. One cannot realize the Absolute Truth simply by observing celibacy [brahmacarya], strictly following the rules and regulations of householder life, leaving home as a vānaprastha, accepting sannyāsa, or undergoing severe penances in winter by keeping oneself submerged in water or surrounding oneself in summer by fire and the scorching heat of the sun....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: क्षेत्रज्ञ एता मनसो विभूती-र्जीवस्य मायारचितस्य नित्या: ।आविर्हिता: क्‍वापि तिरोहिताश्चशुद्धो विचष्टे ह्यविशुद्धकर्तु: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: kṣetrajña etā manaso vibhūtīrjīvasya māyā-racitasya nityāḥāvirhitāḥ kvāpi tirohitāś caśuddho vicaṣṭe hy aviśuddha-kartuḥ Translation: The individual soul bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness has many ideas and activities created in the mind by the external energy. They have been existing from time immemorial. Sometimes they are manifest in the wakening state and in the dream state, but during deep sleep [unconsciousness] or trance, they disappear....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: विशेषबुद्धेर्विवरं मनाक् चपश्याम यन्न व्यवहारतोऽन्यत् ।क ईश्वरस्तत्र किमीशितव्यंतथापि राजन् करवाम किं ते ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: viśeṣa-buddher vivaraṁ manāk capaśyāma yan na vyavahārato ’nyatka īśvaras tatra kim īśitavyaṁtathāpi rājan karavāma kiṁ te Translation: My dear King, if you still think that you are the King and that I am your servant, you should order me, and I should follow your order....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: अथ कदाचित्कश्चिद् वृषलपतिर्भद्रकाल्यै पुरुषपशुमालभतापत्यकाम: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: atha kadācit kaścid vṛṣala-patir bhadra-kālyai puruṣa-paśum ālabhatāpatya-kāmaḥ. Translation: At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of dacoits who came from a śūdra family wanted to worship the goddess Bhadra Kālī by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is considered no better than an animal. Purport: Low-class men such as śūdras worship demigods like Goddess Kālī, or Bhadra Kālī, for the fulfillment of material desires....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: कुशकुसुमसमित्पलाशफलमूलोदकान्याहरिष्यमाणो वृकसालावृकादिभ्यो भयमाशंसमानो यदा सह हरिणकुणकेन वनं समाविशति ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: kuśa-kusuma-samit-palāśa-phala-mūlodakāny āhariṣyamāṇo vṛkasālā-vṛkādibhyo bhayam āśaṁsamāno yadā saha hariṇa-kuṇakena vanaṁ samāviśati. Translation: When Mahārāja Bharata wanted to enter the forest to collect kuśa grass, flowers, wood, leaves, fruits, roots and water, he would fear that dogs, jackals, tigers and other ferocious animals might kill the deer. He would therefore always take the deer with him when entering the forest....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: तयेत्थमविरतपुरुषपरिचर्यया भगवति प्रवर्धमानानुरागभरद्रुतहृदयशैथिल्य: प्रहर्षवेगेनात्मन्युद्भ‍िद्यमानरोमपुलककुलक औत्कण्ठ्यप्रवृत्तप्रणयबाष्पनिरुद्धावलोकनयन एवं निजरमणारुणचरणारविन्दानुध्यानपरिचितभक्तियोगेन परिप्लुतपरमाह्लादगम्भीरहृदयह्रदावगाढधिषणस्तामपि क्रियमाणां भगवत्सपर्यां न सस्मार ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: tayettham avirata-puruṣa-paricaryayā bhagavati pravardhamānā-nurāga-bhara-druta-hṛdaya-śaithilyaḥ praharṣa-vegenātmany udbhidyamāna-roma-pulaka-kulaka autkaṇṭhya-pravṛtta-praṇaya-bāṣpa-niruddhāvaloka-nayana evaṁ nija-ramaṇāruṇa-caraṇāravindānudhyāna-paricita-bhakti-yogena paripluta-paramāhlāda-gambhīra-hṛdaya-hradāvagāḍha-dhiṣaṇas tām api kriyamāṇāṁ bhagavat-saparyāṁ na sasmāra. Translation: That most exalted devotee, Mahārāja Bharata, in this way engaged constantly in the devotional service of the Lord. Naturally his love for Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, increased more and more and melted his heart....