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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: येन चैवाभिपन्नोऽयं प्राणै: प्रियतमैरपि ।जन: सद्यो वियुज्येत किमुतान्यैर्धनादिभि: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: yena caivābhipanno ’yaṁprāṇaiḥ priyatamair apijanaḥ sadyo viyujyetakim utānyair dhanādibhiḥ Translation: Whoever is under the influence of supreme kāla [eternal time] must surrender his most dear life, and what to speak of other things, such as wealth, honor, children, land and home. Purport: A great Indian scientist, busy in the plan-making business, was suddenly called by invincible eternal time while going to attend a very important meeting of the planning commission, and he had to surrender his life, wife, children, house, land, wealth, etc....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: एष दाता शरण्यश्च यथा ह्यौशीनर: शिबि: ।यशो वितनिता स्वानां दौष्यन्तिरिव यज्वनाम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: eṣa dātā śaraṇyaś cayathā hy auśīnaraḥ śibiḥyaśo vitanitā svānāṁdauṣyantir iva yajvanām Translation: This child will be a munificent donor of charity and protector of the surrendered, like the famous King Śibi of the Uśīnara country. And he will expand the name and fame of his family like Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣyanta....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: नटनर्तकगन्धर्वा: सूतमागधवन्दिन: ।गायन्ति चोत्तमश्लोकचरितान्यद्भुतानि च ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: naṭa-nartaka-gandharvāḥsūta-māgadha-vandinaḥgāyanti cottamaśloka-caritāny adbhutāni ca Translation: Expert dramatists, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and learned speakers all gave their respective contributions, being inspired by the superhuman pastimes of the Lord. Thus they proceeded on and on. Purport: It appears that five thousand years ago the society also needed the services of the dramatists, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists, public speakers, etc....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: अन्योन्यमासीत्सञ्जल्प उत्तमश्लोकचेतसाम् ।कौरवेन्द्रपुरस्त्रीणां सर्वश्रुतिमनोहर: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: anyonyam āsīt sañjalpauttama-śloka-cetasāmkauravendra-pura-strīṇāṁsarva-śruti-mano-haraḥ Translation: Absorbed in the thought of the transcendental qualities of the Lord, who is sung in select poetry, the ladies on the roofs of all the houses of Hastināpura began to talk of Him. This talk was more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas. Purport: In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that in all the Vedic literatures the goal is the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: यं मन्यसे मातुलेयं प्रियं मित्रं सुहृत्तमम् ।अकरो: सचिवं दूतं सौहृदादथ सारथिम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: yaṁ manyase mātuleyaṁpriyaṁ mitraṁ suhṛttamamakaroḥ sacivaṁ dūtaṁsauhṛdād atha sārathim Translation: O King, that personality whom, out of ignorance only, you thought to be your maternal cousin, your very dear friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., is that very Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Purport: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, although acting as the cousin, brother, friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: तथा परमहंसानां मुनीनाममलात्मनाम् ।भक्तियोगविधानार्थं कथं पश्येम हि स्त्रिय: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: tathā paramahaṁsānāṁmunīnām amalātmanāmbhakti-yoga-vidhānārthaṁkathaṁ paśyema hi striyaḥ Translation: You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators, who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How then can we women know You perfectly?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: अथोपस्पृश्य सलिलं सन्दधे तत्समाहित: ।अजानन्नपि संहारं प्राणकृच्छ्र उपस्थिते ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: athopaspṛśya salilaṁsandadhe tat samāhitaḥajānann api saṁhāraṁprāṇa-kṛcchra upasthite Translation: Since his life was in danger, he touched water in sanctity and concentrated upon the chanting of the hymns for throwing nuclear weapons, although he did not know how to withdraw such weapons. Purport: The subtle forms of material activities are finer than grosser methods of material manipulation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: एवं यतन्तं विजने मामाहागोचरो गिराम् ।गम्भीरश्लक्ष्णया वाचा शुच: प्रशमयन्निव ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ yatantaṁ vijanemām āhāgocaro girāmgambhīra-ślakṣṇayā vācāśucaḥ praśamayann iva Translation: Seeing my attempts in that lonely place, the Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to all mundane description, spoke to me with gravity and pleasing words, just to mitigate my grief. Purport: In the Vedas it is said that God is beyond the approach of mundane words and intelligence....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: इदं हि विश्वं भगवानिवेतरोयतो जगत्स्थाननिरोधसम्भवा: ।तद्धि स्वयं वेद भवांस्तथापि तेप्रादेशमात्रं भवत: प्रदर्शितम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: idaṁ hi viśvaṁ bhagavān ivetaroyato jagat-sthāna-nirodha-sambhavāḥtad dhi svayaṁ veda bhavāṁs tathāpi teprādeśa-mātraṁ bhavataḥ pradarśitam Translation: The Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is Himself this cosmos, and still He is aloof from it. From Him only has this cosmic manifestation emanated, in Him it rests, and unto Him it enters after annihilation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: ऋग्यजु:सामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार उद्‍धृता: ।इतिहासपुराणं च पञ्चमो वेद उच्यते ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyāvedāś catvāra uddhṛtāḥitihāsa-purāṇaṁ capañcamo veda ucyate Translation: The four divisions of the original sources of knowledge [the Vedas] were made separately. But the historical facts and authentic stories mentioned in the Purāṇas are called the fifth Veda. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन् ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् ।त्रि:सप्तकृत्व: कुपितो नि:क्षत्रामकरोन्महीम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: avatāre ṣoḍaśamepaśyan brahma-druho nṛpāntriḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ kupitoniḥ-kṣatrām akaron mahīm Translation: In the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord [as Bhṛgupati] annihilated the administrative class [kṣatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brāhmaṇas [the intelligent class]. Purport: The kṣatriyas, or the administrative class of men, are expected to rule the planet by the direction of the intelligent class of men, who give direction to the rulers in terms of the standard śāstras, or the books of revealed knowledge....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: कृतवान् किल कर्माणि सह रामेण केशव: ।अतिमर्त्यानि भगवान् गूढ: कपटमानुष: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: kṛtavān kila karmāṇisaha rāmeṇa keśavaḥatimartyāni bhagavāngūḍhaḥ kapaṭa-mānuṣaḥ Translation: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, along with Balarāma, played like a human being, and so masked He performed many superhuman acts. Purport: The doctrines of anthropomorphism and zoomorphism are never applicable to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, or the Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: एवं प्रसन्नमनसो भगवद्भक्तियोगत: ।भगवत्तत्त्वविज्ञानं मुक्तसङ्गस्य जायते ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ prasanna-manasobhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥbhagavat-tattva-vijñānaṁmukta-saṅgasya jāyate Translation: Thus established in the mode of unalloyed goodness, the man whose mind has been enlivened by contact with devotional service to the Lord gains positive scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead in the stage of liberation from all material association. Purport: In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.3) it is said that out of many thousands of ordinary men, one fortunate man endeavors for perfection in life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: वासुदेव: सङ्कर्षण: प्रद्युम्न: पुरुष: स्वयम् ।अनिरुद्ध इति ब्रह्मन् मूर्तिव्यूहोऽभिधीयते ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥpradyumnaḥ puruṣaḥ svayamaniruddha iti brahmanmūrti-vyūho ’bhidhīyate Translation: Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the names of the direct personal expansions of the Supreme Godhead, O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: देवासुरमहायुद्धं राजवंशानुकीर्तनम् ।इक्ष्वाकुजन्म तद्वंश: सुद्युम्नस्य महात्मन: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: devāsura-mahā-yuddhaṁrāja-vaṁśānukīrtanamikṣvāku-janma tad-vaṁśaḥsudyumnasya mahātmanaḥ Translation: An account of the great battle fought between the demigods and the demons, a systematic description of the dynasties of various kings, and narrations concerning Ikṣvāku’s birth, his dynasty and the dynasty of the pious Sudyumna — all are presented within this literature. Purport: