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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: मनोगतिं न विसृजेज्जितप्राणो जितेन्द्रिय: ।सत्त्वसम्पन्नया बुद्ध्या मन आत्मवशं नयेत् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: mano-gatiṁ na visṛjejjita-prāṇo jitendriyaḥsattva-sampannayā buddhyāmana ātma-vaśaṁ nayet Translation: One should never lose sight of the actual goal of mental activities, but rather, conquering the life air and senses and utilizing intelligence strengthened by the mode of goodness, one should bring the mind under the control of the self....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: कलेर्दुर्विषह: क्रोधस्तमस्तमनुवर्तते ।तमसा ग्रस्यते पुंसश्चेतना व्यापिनी द्रुतम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: kaler durviṣahaḥ krodhastamas tam anuvartatetamasā grasyate puṁsaścetanā vyāpinī drutam Translation: From quarrel arises intolerable anger, followed by the darkness of ignorance. This ignorance quickly overtakes a man’s broad intelligence. Purport: The desire for material association arises from one’s propensity to deny that everything is God’s energy. Falsely imagining material sense objects to be separate from the Supreme Lord, one desires to enjoy them; such desire gives rise to conflict and quarrel in human society....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: षडित्यत्रापि भूतानि पञ्चषष्ठ: पर: पुमान् ।तैर्युक्त आत्मसम्भूतै: सृष्ट्वेदं समपाविशत् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: ṣaḍ ity atrāpi bhūtānipañca ṣaṣṭhaḥ paraḥ pumāntair yukta ātma-sambhūtaiḥsṛṣṭvedaṁ samapāviśat Translation: Other philosophers state that there are six elements — the five physical elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether) and the sixth element, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That Supreme Lord, endowed with the elements that He has brought forth from Himself, creates this universe and then personally enters within it....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: भिद्यन्ते भ्रातरो दारा: पितर: सुहृदस्तथा ।एकास्‍निग्धा: काकिणिना सद्य: सर्वेऽरय: कृता: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: bhidyante bhrātaro dārāḥpitaraḥ suhṛdas tathāekāsnigdhāḥ kākiṇināsadyaḥ sarve ’rayaḥ kṛtāḥ Translation: Even a man’s brothers, wife, parents and friends united with him in love will immediately break off their affectionate relationships and become enemies over a single coin. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: सर्गः प्रवर्तते तावत् पौर्वापर्येण नित्यशः ।महान् गुणविसर्गार्थः स्थित्यन्तो यावदीक्षणम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: sargaḥ pravartate tāvatpaurvāparyeṇa nityaśaḥmahān guṇa-visargārthaḥsthity-anto yāvad īkṣaṇam Translation: As long as the Supreme Personality of Godhead continues to glance upon nature, the material world continues to exist, perpetually manifesting through procreation the great and variegated flow of universal creation. Purport: Although the mahat-tattva, impelled by the force of time, is the ingredient cause of this world, it is clearly explained here that the Supreme Lord is personally the only ultimate cause of all that exists....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: सत्त्वाज्जागरणं विद्याद् रजसा स्वप्नमादिशेत् ।प्रस्वापं तमसा जन्तोस्तुरीयं त्रिषु सन्ततम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: sattvāj jāgaraṇaṁ vidyādrajasā svapnam ādiśetprasvāpaṁ tamasā jantosturīyaṁ triṣu santatam Translation: It should be understood that alert wakefulness comes from the mode of goodness, sleep with dreaming from the mode of passion, and deep, dreamless sleep from the mode of ignorance. The fourth state of consciousness pervades these three and is transcendental....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: कृतन्यास: कृतन्यासां मदर्चां पाणिना मृजेत् ।कलशं प्रोक्षणीयं च यथावदुपसाधयेत् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: kṛta-nyāsaḥ kṛta-nyāsāṁmad-arcāṁ pāṇināmṛjetkalaśaṁ prokṣaṇīyaṁ cayathāvad upasādhayet Translation: The devotee should sanctify the various parts of his body by touching them and chanting mantras. He should do the same for My Deity form, and then with his hands he should clean the Deity of old flowers and the remnants of previous offerings....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: विज्ञानमेतत्‍त्रियवस्थमङ्गगुणत्रयं कारणकार्यकर्तृ ।समन्वयेन व्यतिरेकतश्चयेनैव तुर्येण तदेव सत्यम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: vijñānam etat triy-avastham aṅgaguṇa-trayaṁ kāraṇa-kārya-kartṛsamanvayena vyatirekataś cayenaiva turyeṇa tad eva satyam Translation: The material mind manifests in three phases of consciousness — wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep — which are products of the three modes of nature. The mind further appears in three different roles — the perceiver, the perceived and the regulator of perception....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: न ह्यङ्गोपक्रमे ध्वंसो मद्धर्मस्योद्धवाण्वपि ।मया व्यवसित: सम्यङ्निर्गुणत्वादनाशिष: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: na hy aṅgopakrame dhvaṁsomad-dharmasyoddhavāṇv apimayā vyavasitaḥ samyaṅnirguṇatvād anāśiṣaḥ Translation: My dear Uddhava, because I have personally established it, this process of devotional service unto Me is transcendental and free from any material motivation. Certainly a devotee never suffers even the slightest loss by adopting this process. Purport: Although great sages and authorities have established various methods of human progress, the Supreme Lord Himself has introduced the system of bhakti-yoga, wherein one directly takes shelter of the Lord in loving service....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: शरेषु हीयमानेषु भज्यमानेसु धन्वसु ।शस्‍त्रेषु क्षीयमानेषु मुष्टिभिर्जह्रुरेरका: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: śareṣu hīyamāneṣubhajyamāneṣu dhanvasuśastreṣu kṣīyamāneṣumuṣṭibhir jahrur erakāḥ Translation: When all their bows had been broken and their arrows and other missiles spent, they seized the tall stalks of cane with their bare hands. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: श्रुत्वामोघं विप्रशापं द‍ृष्ट्वा च मुषलं नृप ।विस्मिता भयसन्त्रस्ता बभूवुर्द्वारकौकस: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: śrutvāmoghaṁ vipra-śāpaṁdṛṣṭvā ca muṣalaṁ nṛpavismitā bhaya-santrastābabhūvur dvārakaukasaḥ Translation: O King Parīkṣit, when the inhabitants of Dvārakā heard of the infallible curse of the brāhmaṇas and saw the club, they were astonished and distraught with fear. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: कोऽन्वर्थ: सुखयत्येनं कामो वा मृत्युरन्तिके ।आघातं नीयमानस्य वध्यस्येव न तुष्टिद: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: ko ’nv arthaḥ sukhayaty enaṁkāmo vā mṛtyur antikeāghātaṁ nīyamānasyavadhyasyeva na tuṣṭi-daḥ Translation: Death is not at all pleasing, and since everyone is exactly like a condemned man being led to the place of execution, what possible happiness can people derive from material objects or the gratification they provide?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: यस्यां न मे पावनमङ्ग कर्मस्थित्युद्भ‍वप्राणनिरोधमस्य ।लीलावतारेप्सितजन्म वा स्याद्वन्ध्यां गिरं तां बिभृयान्न धीर: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: yasyāṁ na me pāvanam aṅga karmasthity-udbhava-prāṇa-nirodham asyalīlāvatārepsita-janma vā syādvandhyāṁ giraṁ tāṁ bibhṛyān na dhīraḥ Translation: My dear Uddhava, an intelligent person should never take to literatures that do not contain descriptions of My activities, which purify the whole universe. Indeed, I create, maintain and annihilate the entire material manifestation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: अयं हि जीवस्त्रिवृदब्जयोनि-रव्यक्त एको वयसा स आद्य: ।विश्लिष्टशक्तिर्बहुधेव भातिबीजानि योनिं प्रतिपद्य यद्वत् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: ayaṁ hi jīvas tri-vṛd abja-yoniravyakta eko vayasā sa ādyaḥviśliṣṭa-śaktir bahudheva bhātibījāni yoniṁ pratipadya yadvat Translation: When many seeds are placed in an agricultural field, innumerable manifestations of trees, bushes, vegetables and so on will arise from a single source, the soil. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives life to all and is eternal, originally exists beyond the scope of the cosmic manifestation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: द‍ृष्ट्वा मां त उपव्रज्य कृत्वा पादाभिवन्दनम् ।ब्रह्माणमग्रत: कृत्वा पप्रच्छु: को भवानिति ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: dṛṣṭvā māṁ ta upavrajyakṛtvā pādābhivandanambrahmāṇam agrataḥ kṛtvāpapracchuḥ ko bhavān iti Translation: Thus seeing Me, the sages, placing Brahmā in the lead, came forward and worshiped My lotus feet. Then they frankly asked Me, “Who are You?” Purport: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments, “When Brahmā was unable to answer the question placed by the sages, he fixed his mind in thought of the Supreme Lord....