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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: गोप्य: संस्पृष्टसलिला अङ्गेषु करयो: पृथक् ।न्यस्यात्मन्यथ बालस्य बीजन्यासमकुर्वत ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: gopyaḥ saṁspṛṣṭa-salilāaṅgeṣu karayoḥ pṛthaknyasyātmany atha bālasyabīja-nyāsam akurvata Translation: The gopīs first executed the process of ācamana, drinking a sip of water from the right hand. They purified their bodies and hands with the nyāsa-mantra and then applied the same mantra upon the body of the child. Purport: Nyāsa-mantra includes ācamana, or first drinking a sip of water kept in the right hand....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तं द‍ृष्ट्वा सहसोत्थाय देह: प्राणमिवागतम् ।प्रीत: प्रियतमं दोर्भ्यां सस्वजे प्रेमविह्वल: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāyadehaḥ prāṇam ivāgatamprītaḥ priyatamaṁ dorbhyāṁsasvaje prema-vihvalaḥ Translation: When Nanda Mahārāja heard that Vasudeva had come, he was overwhelmed with love and affection, being as pleased as if his body had regained its life. Seeing Vasudeva suddenly present, he got up and embraced him with both arms....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तस्माद् भद्रे स्वतनयान् मया व्यापादितानपि ।मानुशोच यत: सर्व: स्वकृतं विन्दतेऽवश: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tasmād bhadre sva-tanayānmayā vyāpāditān apimānuśoca yataḥ sarvaḥsva-kṛtaṁ vindate ’vaśaḥ Translation: My dear sister Devakī, all good fortune unto you. Everyone suffers and enjoys the results of his own work under the control of providence. Therefore, although your sons have unfortunately been killed by me, please do not lament for them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: त्वमस्य लोकस्य विभो रिरक्षिषु-र्गृहेऽवतीर्णोऽसि ममाखिलेश्वर ।राजन्यसंज्ञासुरकोटियूथपै-र्निर्व्यूह्यमाना निहनिष्यसे चमू: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tvam asya lokasya vibho rirakṣiṣurgṛhe ’vatīrṇo ’si mamākhileśvararājanya-saṁjñāsura-koṭi-yūthapairnirvyūhyamānā nihaniṣyase camūḥ Translation: O my Lord, proprietor of all creation, You have now appeared in my house, desiring to protect this world. I am sure that You will kill all the armies that are moving all over the world under the leadership of politicians who are dressed as kṣatriya rulers but who are factually demons....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: किमद्य तस्मिन् करणीयमाशु मेयदर्थतन्त्रो न विहन्ति विक्रमम् । स्त्रिया: स्वसुर्गुरुमत्या वधोऽयंयश: श्रियं हन्त्यनुकालमायु: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: kim adya tasmin karaṇīyam āśu meyad artha-tantro na vihanti vikramamstriyāḥ svasur gurumatyā vadho ’yaṁyaśaḥ śriyaṁ hanty anukālam āyuḥ Translation: Kaṁsa thought: What is my duty now? The Supreme Lord, who knows His purpose will not give up His prowess. Devakī is a woman, she is my sister, and moreover she is now pregnant....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: गिरं समाधौ गगने समीरितांनिशम्य वेधास्त्रिदशानुवाच ह । गां पौरुषीं मे श‍ृणुतामरा: पुन-र्विधीयतामाशु तथैव मा चिरम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: giraṁ samādhau gagane samīritāṁniśamya vedhās tridaśān uvāca hagāṁ pauruṣīṁ me śṛṇutāmarāḥ punarvidhīyatām āśu tathaiva mā ciram Translation: While in trance, Lord Brahmā heard the words of Lord Viṣṇu vibrating in the sky. Thus he told the demigods: O demigods, hear from me the order of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Supreme Person, and execute it attentively without delay....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: अजमीढो द्विमीढश्च पुरुमीढश्च हस्तिन: ।अजमीढस्य वंश्या: स्यु: प्रियमेधादयो द्विजा: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaś capurumīḍhaś ca hastinaḥajamīḍhasya vaṁśyāḥ syuḥpriyamedhādayo dvijāḥ Translation: From King Hastī came three sons, named Ajamīḍha, Dvimīḍha and Purumīḍha. The descendants of Ajamīḍha, headed by Priyamedha, all achieved the position of brāhmaṇas. Purport: This verse gives evidence confirming the statement of Bhagavad-gītā that the orders of society — brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra — are calculated in terms of qualities and activities (guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ)....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: माता भस्त्रा पितु: पुत्रो येन जात: स एव स: ।भरस्व पुत्रं दुष्मन्त मावमंस्था: शकुन्तलाम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: mātā bhastrā pituḥ putroyena jātaḥ sa eva saḥbharasva putraṁ duṣmantamāvamaṁsthāḥ śakuntalām Translation: The voice said: O Mahārāja Duṣmanta, a son actually belongs to his father, whereas the mother is only a container, like the skin of a bellows. According to Vedic injunctions, the father is born as the son....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: इत्युक्त्वा नाहुषो जायां तदीयं पूरवे वय: ।दत्त्वा स्वजरसं तस्मादाददे विगतस्पृह: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: ity uktvā nāhuṣo jāyāṁtadīyaṁ pūrave vayaḥdattvā sva-jarasaṁ tasmādādade vigata-spṛhaḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After speaking in this way to his wife, Devayānī, King Yayāti, who was now free from all material desires, called his youngest son, Pūru, and returned Pūru’s youth in exchange for his own old age....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: विप्लावितं स्वशिबिरं प्रतिस्रोत:सरिज्जलै: ।नामृष्यत् तस्य तद् वीर्यं वीरमानी दशानन: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: viplāvitaṁ sva-śibiraṁpratisrotaḥ-sarij-jalaiḥnāmṛṣyat tasya tad vīryaṁvīramānī daśānanaḥ Translation: Because Kārtavīryārjuna made the water flow in the opposite direction, the camp of Rāvaṇa, which was set up on the bank of the Narmadā near the city of Māhiṣmatī, was inundated. This was unbearable to the ten-headed Rāvaṇa, who considered himself a great hero and could not tolerate Kārtavīryārjuna’s power....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: एतावुरणकौ राजन् न्यासौ रक्षस्व मानद ।संरंस्ये भवता साकं श्लाघ्य: स्त्रीणां वर: स्मृत: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: etāv uraṇakau rājannyāsau rakṣasva mānadasaṁraṁsye bhavatā sākaṁślāghyaḥ strīṇāṁ varaḥ smṛtaḥ Translation: My dear King Purūravā, please give protection to these two lambs, who have fallen down with me. Although I belong to the heavenly planets and you belong to earth, I shall certainly enjoy sexual union with you....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: यस्यामलं नृपसद:सु यशोऽधुनापिगायन्त्यघघ्नमृषयो दिगिभेन्द्रपट्टम् ।तं नाकपालवसुपालकिरीटजुष्ट-पादाम्बुजं रघुपतिं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: yasyāmalaṁ nṛpa-sadaḥsu yaśo ’dhunāpigāyanty agha-ghnam ṛṣayo dig-ibhendra-paṭṭamtaṁ nākapāla-vasupāla-kirīṭa-juṣṭa-pādāmbujaṁ raghupatiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye Translation: Lord Rāmacandra’s spotless name and fame, which vanquish all sinful reactions, are celebrated in all directions, like the ornamental cloth of the victorious elephant that conquers all directions. Great saintly persons like Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi still glorify His characteristics in the assemblies of great emperors like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: रक्ष:पति: स्वबलनष्टिमवेक्ष्य रुष्टआरुह्य यानकमथाभिससार रामम् ।स्व:स्यन्दने द्युमति मातलिनोपनीतेविभ्राजमानमहनन्निशितै: क्षुरप्रै: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: rakṣaḥ-patiḥ sva-bala-naṣṭim avekṣya ruṣṭaāruhya yānakam athābhisasāra rāmamsvaḥ-syandane dyumati mātalinopanītevibhrājamānam ahanan niśitaiḥ kṣurapraiḥ Translation: Thereafter, when Rāvaṇa, the king of the Rākṣasas, observed that his soldiers had been lost, he was extremely angry. Thus he mounted his airplane, which was decorated with flowers, and proceeded toward Lord Rāmacandra, who sat on the effulgent chariot brought by Mātali, the chariot driver of Indra....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: अंशुमानुवाचन पश्यति त्वां परमात्मनोऽजनोन बुध्यतेऽद्यापि समाधियुक्तिभि: ।कुतोऽपरे तस्य मन:शरीरधी-विसर्गसृष्टा वयमप्रकाशा: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: aṁśumān uvācana paśyati tvāṁ param ātmano ’janona budhyate ’dyāpi samādhi-yuktibhiḥkuto ’pare tasya manaḥ-śarīra-dhī-visarga-sṛṣṭā vayam aprakāśāḥ Translation: Aṁśumān said: My Lord, even Lord Brahmā is to this very day unable to understand Your position, which is far beyond himself, either by meditation or by mental speculation. So what to speak of others like us, who have been created by Brahmā in various forms as demigods, animals, human beings, birds and beasts?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तत: पुरुषमेधेन हरिश्चन्द्रो महायशा: ।मुक्तोदरोऽयजद् देवान् वरुणादीन् महत्कथ: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ puruṣa-medhenahariścandro mahā-yaśāḥmuktodaro ’yajad devānvaruṇādīn mahat-kathaḥ Translation: Thereafter, the famous King Hariścandra, one of the exalted persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by Varuṇa was cured. Purport: