Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 12 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तस्य प्रीतमना राजा विप्रैर्धौम्यकृपादिभि: ।जातकं कारयामास वाचयित्वा च मङ्गलम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tasya prīta-manā rājāviprair dhaumya-kṛpādibhiḥjātakaṁ kārayām āsavācayitvā ca maṅgalam Translation: King Yudhiṣṭhira, who was very satisfied with the birth of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, had the purificatory process of birth performed. Learned brāhmaṇas, headed by Dhaumya and Kṛpa, recited auspicious hymns. Purport: There is a need for a good and intelligent class of brāhmaṇas who are expert in performing the purificatory processes prescribed in the system of varṇāśrama-dharma....

April 21, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 11 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: गोपुरद्वारमार्गेषु कृतकौतुकतोरणाम् ।चित्रध्वजपताकाग्रैरन्त: प्रतिहतातपाम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: gopura-dvāra-mārgeṣukṛta-kautuka-toraṇāmcitra-dhvaja-patākāgrairantaḥ pratihatātapām Translation: The city gateway, the household doors and festooned arches along the roads were all nicely decorated with festive signs like plantain trees and mango leaves, all to welcome the Lord. Flags, garlands and painted signs and slogans all combined to shade the sunshine. Purport: Signs of decoration in special festivals were also collected from the gifts of nature, such as the plantain trees, the mango trees, fruits and flowers....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 10 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: सर्वे तेऽनिमिषैरक्षैस्तमनुद्रुतचेतस: ।वीक्षन्त: स्‍नेहसम्बद्धा विचेलुस्तत्र तत्र ह ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: sarve te ’nimiṣair akṣaistam anu druta-cetasaḥvīkṣantaḥ sneha-sambaddhāvicelus tatra tatra ha Translation: All their hearts were melting for Him on the pot of attraction. They looked at Him without blinking their eyes, and they moved hither and thither in perplexity. Purport: Kṛṣṇa is naturally attractive for all living beings because He is the chief eternal amongst all eternals....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 9 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: संस्थितेऽतिरथे पाण्डौ पृथा बालप्रजा वधू: ।युष्मत्कृते बहून् क्लेशान् प्राप्ता तोकवती मुहु: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: saṁsthite ’tirathe pāṇḍaupṛthā bāla-prajā vadhūḥyuṣmat-kṛte bahūn kleśānprāptā tokavatī muhuḥ Translation: As far as my daughter-in-law Kuntī is concerned, upon the great General Pāṇḍu’s death, she became a widow with many children, and therefore she suffered greatly. And when you were grown up she suffered a great deal also because of your actions....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 8 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: व्यसनं वीक्ष्य तत्तेषामनन्यविषयात्मनाम् ।सुदर्शनेन स्वास्त्रेण स्वानां रक्षां व्यधाद्विभु: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: vyasanaṁ vīkṣya tat teṣāmananya-viṣayātmanāmsudarśanena svāstreṇasvānāṁ rakṣāṁ vyadhād vibhuḥ Translation: The almighty Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, having observed that a great danger was befalling His unalloyed devotees, who were fully surrendered souls, at once took up His Sudarśana disc to protect them. Purport: The brahmāstra, the supreme weapon released by Aśvatthāmā, was something similar to the nuclear weapon but with more radiation and heat....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 7 - Verse 13-14

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13-14 Sanskrit: यदा मृधे कौरवसृञ्जयानांवीरेष्वथो वीरगतिं गतेषु ।वृकोदराविद्धगदाभिमर्श-भग्नोरुदण्डे धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रे ॥ १३ ॥भर्तु: प्रियं द्रौणिरिति स्म पश्यन्कृष्णासुतानां स्वपतां शिरांसि ।उपाहरद्विप्रियमेव तस्यजुगुप्सितं कर्म विगर्हयन्ति ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: yadā mṛdhe kaurava-sṛñjayānāṁvīreṣv atho vīra-gatiṁ gateṣuvṛkodarāviddha-gadābhimarśa-bhagnoru-daṇḍe dhṛtarāṣṭra-putre Translation: When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra and the dead warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra fell down lamenting, his spine broken, being beaten by the club of Bhīmasena, the son of Droṇācārya [Aśvatthāmā] beheaded the five sleeping sons of Draupadī and delivered the heads as a prize to his master, foolishly thinking that he would be pleased....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: नलवेणुशरस्तन्बकुशकीचकगह्वरम् ।एक एवातियातोऽहमद्राक्षं विपिनं महत् ।घोरं प्रतिभयाकारं व्यालोलूकशिवाजिरम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: nala-veṇu-śaras-tanba-kuśa-kīcaka-gahvarameka evātiyāto ’hamadrākṣaṁ vipinaṁ mahatghoraṁ pratibhayākāraṁvyālolūka-śivājiram Translation: I then passed alone through many forests of rushes, bamboo, reeds, sharp grass, weeds and caves, which were very difficult to go through alone. I visited deep, dark and dangerously fearful forests, which were the play yards of snakes, owls and jackals....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 5 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अथो महाभाग भवानमोघद‍ृक्शुचिश्रवा: सत्यरतो धृतव्रत: ।उरुक्रमस्याखिलबन्धमुक्तयेसमाधिनानुस्मर तद्विचेष्टितम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛkśuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥurukramasyākhila-bandha-muktayesamādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam Translation: O Vyāsadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for the liberation of the people in general from all material bondage....

April 21, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 4 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तत्सर्वं न: समाचक्ष्व पृष्टो यदिह किञ्चन ।मन्ये त्वां विषये वाचां स्‍नातमन्यत्र छान्दसात् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tat sarvaṁ naḥ samācakṣvapṛṣṭo yad iha kiñcanamanye tvāṁ viṣaye vācāṁsnātam anyatra chāndasāt Translation: We know that you are expert in the meaning of all subjects, except some portions of the Vedas, and thus you can clearly explain the answers to all the questions we have just put to you....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरुक्रम: ।दर्शयन् वर्त्म धीराणां सर्वाश्रमनमस्कृतम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: aṣṭame merudevyāṁ tunābher jāta urukramaḥdarśayan vartma dhīrāṇāṁsarvāśrama-namaskṛtam Translation: The eighth incarnation was King Ṛṣabha, son of King Nābhi and his wife Merudevī. In this incarnation the Lord showed the path of perfection, which is followed by those who have fully controlled their senses and who are honored by all orders of life....

April 21, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तन्न: शुश्रूषमाणानामर्हस्यङ्गानुवर्णितुम् ।यस्यावतारो भूतानां क्षेमाय च भवाय च ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tan naḥ śuśrūṣamāṇānāmarhasy aṅgānuvarṇitumyasyāvatāro bhūtānāṁkṣemāya ca bhavāya ca Translation: O Sūta Gosvāmī, we are eager to learn about the Personality of Godhead and His incarnations. Please explain to us those teachings imparted by previous masters [ācāryas], for one is uplifted both by speaking them and by hearing them....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 2 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अत: पुम्भिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठा वर्णाश्रमविभागश: ।स्वनुष्ठितस्य धर्मस्य संसिद्धिर्हरितोषणम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhāvarṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥsvanuṣṭhitasya dharmasyasaṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam Translation: O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one’s own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to please the Personality of Godhead. Purport: Human society all over the world is divided into four castes and four orders of life....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 10 - Verse 14

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: नेत्रे उन्मील्य दद‍ृशे सगणं सोमयागतम् ।रुद्रं त्रिलोकैकगुरुं ननाम शिरसा मुनि: ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: netre unmīlya dadṛśesa-gaṇaṁ somayāgatamrudraṁ tri-lokaika-guruṁnanāma śirasā muniḥ Translation: Opening his eyes, the sage saw Lord Rudra, the spiritual master of the three worlds, together with Umā and Rudra’s followers. Mārkaṇḍeya then offered his respectful obeisances by bowing his head. Purport: When Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi saw Lord Śiva and Umā within his heart, he immediately became aware of them and thus also of his own individual self....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 11 - Verse 14-15

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14-15 Sanskrit: ओज:सहोबलयुतं मुख्यतत्त्वं गदां दधत् ।अपां तत्त्वं दरवरं तेजस्तत्त्वं सुदर्शनम् ॥ १४ ॥नभोनिभं नभस्तत्त्वमसिं चर्म तमोमयम् ।कालरूपं धनु: शार्ङ्गं तथा कर्ममयेषुधिम् ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: ojaḥ-saho-bala-yutaṁmukhya-tattvaṁ gadāṁ dadhatapāṁ tattvaṁ dara-varaṁtejas-tattvaṁ sudarśanam Translation: The club the Lord carries is the chief element, prāṇa, incorporating the potencies of sensory, mental and physical strength. His excellent conchshell is the element water, His Sudarśana disc the element fire, and His sword, pure as the sky, the element ether....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 12 - Verse 14-15

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14-15 Sanskrit: नवब्रह्मसमुत्पत्तिर्दक्षयज्ञविनाशनम् ।ध्रुवस्य चरितं पश्चात्पृथो: प्राचीनबर्हिष: ॥ १४ ॥नारदस्य च संवादस्तत: प्रैयव्रतं द्विजा: ।नाभेस्ततोऽनु चरितमृषभस्य भरतस्य च ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: nava-brahma-samutpattirdakṣa-yajña-vināśanamdhruvasya caritaṁ paścātpṛthoḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ Translation: Also described are the progeny of the nine great brāhmaṇas, the destruction of Dakṣa’s sacrifice, and the history of Dhruva Mahārāja, followed by the histories of King Pṛthu and King Prācīnabarhi, the discussion between Prācīnabarhi and Nārada, and the life of Mahārāja Priyavrata....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum