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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: एवं स्वगेहदामानि यशोदा सन्दधत्यपि ।गोपीनां सुस्मयन्तीनां स्मयन्ती विस्मिताभवत् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ sva-geha-dāmāniyaśodā sandadhaty apigopīnāṁ susmayantīnāṁsmayantī vismitābhavat Translation: Thus mother Yaśodā joined whatever ropes were available in the household, but still she failed in her attempt to bind Kṛṣṇa. Mother Yaśodā’s friends, the elderly gopīs in the neighborhood, were smiling and enjoying the fun. Similarly, mother Yaśodā, although laboring in that way, was also smiling....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: पुरानेन व्रजपते साधवो दस्युपीडिता: ।अराजके रक्ष्यमाणा जिग्युर्दस्यून्समेधिता: ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: purānena vraja-patesādhavo dasyu-pīḍitāḥarājake rakṣyamāṇājigyur dasyūn samedhitāḥ Translation: O Nanda Mahārāja, as recorded in history, when there was an irregular, incapable government, Indra having been dethroned, and people were being harassed and disturbed by thieves, this child appeared in order to protect the people and enable them to flourish, and He curbed the rogues and thieves....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: विप्रा मन्त्रविदो युक्तास्तैर्या: प्रोक्तास्तथाशिष: ।ता निष्फला भविष्यन्ति न कदाचिदपि स्फुटम् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: viprā mantra-vido yuktāstair yāḥ proktās tathāśiṣaḥtā niṣphalā bhaviṣyantina kadācid api sphuṭam Translation: The brāhmaṇas, who were completely expert in chanting the Vedic hymns, were all yogīs fully equipped with mystic powers. Whatever blessings they spoke were certainly never fruitless. Purport: Brāhmaṇas fully equipped with the brahminical qualifications are always yogīs fully powerful in mystic yoga....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: रोहिणी च महाभागा नन्दगोपाभिनन्दिता ।व्यचरद् दिव्यवासस्रक्कण्ठाभरणभूषिता ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: rohiṇī ca mahā-bhāgānanda-gopābhinanditāvyacarad divya-vāsa-srak-kaṇṭhābharaṇa-bhūṣitā Translation: The most fortunate Rohiṇī, the mother of Baladeva, was honored by Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, and thus she also dressed gorgeously and decorated herself with a necklace, a garland and other ornaments. She was busy wandering here and there to receive the women who were guests at the festival....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: दैवमप्यनृतं वक्ति न मर्त्या एव केवलम् ।यद्विश्रम्भादहं पाप: स्वसुर्निहतवाञ्छिशून् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: daivam apy anṛtaṁ vaktina martyā eva kevalamyad-viśrambhād ahaṁ pāpaḥsvasur nihatavāñ chiśūn Translation: Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister’s children. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: स बिभ्रत् पौरुषं धाम भ्राजमानो यथा रवि: । दुरासदोऽतिदुर्धर्षो भूतानां सम्बभूव ह ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: sa bibhrat pauruṣaṁ dhāmabhrājamāno yathā raviḥdurāsado ’tidurdharṣobhūtānāṁ sambabhūva ha Translation: While carrying the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the core of his heart, Vasudeva bore the Lord’s transcendentally illuminating effulgence, and thus he became as bright as the sun. He was therefore very difficult to see or approach through sensory perception....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: भूमिर्द‍ृप्तनृपव्याजदैत्यानीकशतायुतै: । आक्रान्ता भूरिभारेण ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: bhūmir dṛpta-nṛpa-vyāja-daityānīka-śatāyutaiḥākrāntā bhūri-bhāreṇabrahmāṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau Translation: Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief. Purport: When the world is overburdened by unnecessary military arrangements and when various demoniac kings are the executive heads of state, this burden causes the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: त्रिभानुस्तत्सुतोऽस्यापि करन्धम उदारधी: ।मरुतस्तत्सुतोऽपुत्र: पुत्रं पौरवमन्वभूत् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: tribhānus tat-suto ’syāpikarandhama udāra-dhīḥmarutas tat-suto ’putraḥputraṁ pauravam anvabhūt Translation: The son of Bhānumān was Tribhānu, and his son was the magnanimous Karandhama. Karandhama’s son was Maruta, who had no sons and who therefore adopted a son of the Pūru dynasty [Mahārāja Duṣmanta] as his own. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: ईश्वरालम्बनं चित्तं कुर्वतोऽनन्यराधस: ।माया गुणमयी राजन्स्वप्नवत् प्रत्यलीयत ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: īśvarālambanaṁ cittaṁkurvato ’nanya-rādhasaḥmāyā guṇamayī rājansvapnavat pratyalīyata Translation: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, because King Rantideva was a pure devotee, always Kṛṣṇa conscious and free from all material desires, the Lord’s illusory energy, māyā, could not exhibit herself before him. On the contrary, for him māyā entirely vanished, exactly like a dream....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: अमोघवीर्यो राजर्षिर्महिष्यां वीर्यमादधे ।श्वोभूते स्वपुरं यात: कालेनासूत सा सुतम् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: amogha-vīryo rājarṣirmahiṣyāṁ vīryam ādadheśvo-bhūte sva-puraṁ yātaḥkālenāsūta sā sutam Translation: King Duṣmanta, who never discharged semen without a result, placed his semen at night in the womb of his Queen, Śakuntalā, and in the morning he returned to his palace. Thereafter, in due course of time, Śakuntalā gave birth to a son....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: मात्रा स्वस्रा दुहित्रा वा नाविविक्तासनो भवेत् ।बलवानिन्द्रियग्रामो विद्वांसमपि कर्षति ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: mātrā svasrā duhitrā vānāviviktāsano bhavetbalavān indriya-grāmovidvāṁsam api karṣati Translation: One should not allow oneself to sit on the same seat even with one’s own mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that even though one is very advanced in knowledge, he may be attracted by sex....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: एवंविधै: सुपरुषै: क्षिप्‍त्वाचार्यसुतां सतीम् ।शर्मिष्ठा प्राक्षिपत् कूपे वासश्चादाय मन्युना ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ-vidhaiḥ suparuṣaiḥkṣiptvācārya-sutāṁ satīmśarmiṣṭhā prākṣipat kūpevāsaś cādāya manyunā Translation: Using such unkind words, Śarmiṣṭhā rebuked Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya. In anger, she took away Devayānī’s garments and threw Devayānī into a well. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: सहदेवस्ततो हीनो जयसेनस्तु तत्सुत: ।सङ्‍कृतिस्तस्य च जय: क्षत्रधर्मा महारथ: ।क्षत्रवृद्धान्वया भूपा इमेश‍ृण्वथनाहुषान् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: sahadevas tato hīnojayasenas tu tat-sutaḥsaṅkṛtis tasya ca jayaḥkṣatra-dharmā mahā-rathaḥkṣatravṛddhānvayā bhūpāime śṛṇv atha nāhuṣān Translation: From Haryabala came a son named Sahadeva, and from Sahadeva came Hīna. The son of Hīna was Jayasena, and the son of Jayasena was Saṅkṛti. The son of Saṅkṛti was the powerful and expert fighter named Jaya....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: गत्वा माहिष्मतीं रामो ब्रह्मघ्नविहतश्रियम् ।तेषां स शीर्षभी राजन् मध्ये चक्रे महागिरिम् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: gatvā māhiṣmatīṁ rāmobrahma-ghna-vihata-śriyamteṣāṁ sa śīrṣabhī rājanmadhye cakre mahā-girim Translation: O King, Lord Paraśurāma then went to Māhiṣmatī, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brāhmaṇa. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: कृतिरातस्ततस्तस्मान्महारोमा च तत्सुत: ।स्वर्णरोमा सुतस्तस्य ह्रस्वरोमा व्यजायत ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: kṛtirātas tatas tasmānmahāromā ca tat-sutaḥsvarṇaromā sutas tasyahrasvaromā vyajāyata Translation: From Mahādhṛti was born a son named Kṛtirāta, from Kṛtirāta was born Mahāromā, from Mahāromā came a son named Svarṇaromā, and from Svarṇaromā came Hrasvaromā. Purport: