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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: य एतन्मर्त्यमुद्दिश्य भगवत्यप्रतिद्रुहि ।द्रुह्यत्यज्ञ: पृथग्दृष्टिस्तत्त्वतो विमुखो भवेत् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: ya etan martyam uddiśyabhagavaty apratidruhidruhyaty ajñaḥ pṛthag-dṛṣṭistattvato vimukho bhavet Translation: Anyone who has accepted Dakṣa as the most important personality and neglected Lord Śiva because of envy is less intelligent and, because of visualizing in duality, will be bereft of transcendental knowledge. Purport: The first curse by Nandīśvara was that anyone supporting Dakṣa was foolishly identifying himself with the body, and therefore, because Dakṣa had no transcendental knowledge, supporting him would deprive one of transcendental knowledge....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तप्यमानं त्रिभुवनं प्राणायामैधसाग्निना ।निर्गतेन मुनेर्मूर्ध्न: समीक्ष्य प्रभवस्त्रय: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tapyamānaṁ tri-bhuvanaṁprāṇāyāmaidhasāgninānirgatena muner mūrdhnaḥsamīkṣya prabhavas trayaḥ Translation: While Atri Muni was engaged in these severe austerities, a blazing fire came out of his head by virtue of his breathing exercise, and that fire was seen by the three principal deities of the three worlds. Purport: According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the fire of prāṇāyāma is mental satisfaction....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: वनं प्रव्रजिते पत्यावपत्यविरहातुरा ।ज्ञाततत्त्वाप्यभून्नष्टे वत्से गौरिव वत्सला ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: vanaṁ pravrajite patyāvapatya-virahāturājñāta-tattvāpy abhūn naṣṭevatse gaur iva vatsalā Translation: Devahūti’s husband had already left home and accepted the renounced order of life, and then her only son, Kapila, left home. Although she knew all the truths of life and death, and although her heart was cleansed of all dirt, she was very aggrieved at the loss of her son, just as a cow is affected when her calf dies....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: ततस्ते क्षीणसुकृता: पुनर्लोकमिमं सति ।पतन्ति विवशा देवै: सद्यो विभ्रंशितोदया: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tatas te kṣīṇa-sukṛtāḥpunar lokam imaṁ satipatanti vivaśā devaiḥsadyo vibhraṁśitodayāḥ Translation: When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they fall down by higher arrangement and again come back to this planet, just as any person raised to a high position sometimes all of a sudden falls....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तस्मादहं विगतविक्लव उद्धरिष्यआत्मानमाशु तमस: सुहृदात्मनैव ।भूयो यथा व्यसनमेतदनेकरन्ध्रंमा मे भविष्यदुपसादितविष्णुपाद: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tasmād ahaṁ vigata-viklava uddhariṣyaātmānam āśu tamasaḥ suhṛdātmanaivabhūyo yathā vyasanam etad aneka-randhraṁmā me bhaviṣyad upasādita-viṣṇu-pādaḥ Translation: Therefore, without being agitated any more, I shall deliver myself from the darkness of nescience with the help of my friend, clear consciousness. Simply by keeping the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu in my mind, I shall be saved from entering into the wombs of many mothers for repeated birth and death....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तयोर्निर्भिन्नहृदयस्तर्जनैर्जातवेपथु: ।पथि श्वभिर्भक्ष्यमाण आर्तोऽघं स्वमनुस्मरन् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tayor nirbhinna-hṛdayastarjanair jāta-vepathuḥpathi śvabhir bhakṣyamāṇaārto ’ghaṁ svam anusmaran Translation: While carried by the constables of Yamarāja, he is overwhelmed and trembles in their hands. While passing on the road he is bitten by dogs, and he can remember the sinful activities of his life. He is thus terribly distressed. Purport: It appears from this verse that while passing from this planet to the planet of Yamarāja, the culprit arrested by Yamarāja’s constables meets many dogs, which bark and bite just to remind him of his criminal activities of sense gratification....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: अहं सर्वेषु भूतेषु भूतात्मावस्थित: सदा ।तमवज्ञाय मां मर्त्य: कुरुतेऽर्चाविडम्बनम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: ahaṁ sarveṣu bhūteṣubhūtātmāvasthitaḥ sadātam avajñāya māṁ martyaḥkurute ’rcā-viḍambanam Translation: I am present in every living entity as the Supersoul. If someone neglects or disregards that Supersoul everywhere and engages himself in the worship of the Deity in the temple, that is simply imitation. Purport: In purified consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one sees the presence of Kṛṣṇa everywhere....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: सञ्चिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दंवज्राङ्कुशध्वजसरोरुहलाञ्छनाढ्यम् ।उत्तुङ्गरक्तविलसन्नखचक्रवाल-ज्योत्‍स्‍नाभिराहतमहद्‍धृदयान्धकारम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: sañcintayed bhagavataś caraṇāravindaṁvajrāṅkuśa-dhvaja-saroruha-lāñchanāḍhyamuttuṅga-rakta-vilasan-nakha-cakravāla-jyotsnābhir āhata-mahad-dhṛdayāndhakāram Translation: The devotee should first concentrate his mind on the Lord’s lotus feet, which are adorned with the marks of a thunderbolt, a goad, a banner and a lotus. The splendor of their beautiful ruby nails resembles the orb of the moon and dispels the thick gloom of one’s heart....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचअनिमित्तनिमित्तेन स्वधर्मेणामलात्मना ।तीव्रया मयि भक्त्या च श्रुतसम्भृतया चिरम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācaanimitta-nimittenasva-dharmeṇāmalātmanātīvrayā mayi bhaktyā caśruta-sambhṛtayā ciram Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One can get liberation by seriously discharging devotional service unto Me and thereby hearing for a long time about Me or from Me. By thus executing one’s prescribed duties, there will be no reaction, and one will be freed from the contamination of matter....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: यत्तत्सत्त्वगुणं स्वच्छं शान्तं भगवत: पदम् ।यदाहुर्वासुदेवाख्यं चित्तं तन्महदात्मकम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: yat tat sattva-guṇaṁ svacchaṁśāntaṁ bhagavataḥ padamyad āhur vāsudevākhyaṁcittaṁ tan mahad-ātmakam Translation: The mode of goodness, which is the clear, sober status of understanding the Personality of Godhead and which is generally called vāsudeva, or consciousness, becomes manifest in the mahat-tattva. Purport: The vāsudeva manifestation, or the status of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is called pure goodness, or śuddha-sattva....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तितिक्षव: कारुणिका: सुहृद: सर्वदेहिनाम् ।अजातशत्रव: शान्ता: साधव: साधुभूषणा: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥsuhṛdaḥ sarva-dehināmajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥsādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ Translation: The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. Purport: A sādhu, as described above, is a devotee of the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: गते शतधृतौ क्षत्त: कर्दमस्तेन चोदित: ।यथोदितं स्वदुहितृ: प्रादाद्विश्वसृजां तत: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: gate śata-dhṛtau kṣattaḥkardamas tena coditaḥyathoditaṁ sva-duhitṝḥprādād viśva-sṛjāṁ tataḥ Translation: O Vidura, after the departure of Brahmā, Kardama Muni, having been ordered by Brahmā, handed over his nine daughters, as instructed, to the nine great sages who created the population of the world. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: विहारस्थानविश्रामसंवेशप्राङ्गणाजिरै: ।यथोपजोषं रचितैर्विस्मापनमिवात्मन: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: vihāra-sthāna-viśrāma-saṁveśa-prāṅgaṇājiraiḥyathopajoṣaṁ racitairvismāpanam ivātmanaḥ Translation: The castle had pleasure grounds, resting chambers, bedrooms and inner and outer yards designed with an eye to comfort. All this caused astonishment to the sage himself. Purport: Kardama Muni, being a saintly person, was living in a humble hermitage, but when he saw the palace constructed by his yogic powers, which was full of resting rooms, rooms for sex enjoyment, and inner and outer yards, he himself was astonished....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचस उग्रधन्वन्नियदेवाबभाषेआसीच्च तूष्णीमरविन्दनाभम् ।धियोपगृह्णन् स्मितशोभितेनमुखेन चेतो लुलुभे देवहूत्या: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācasa ugra-dhanvann iyad evābabhāṣeāsīc ca tūṣṇīm aravinda-nābhamdhiyopagṛhṇan smita-śobhitenamukhena ceto lulubhe devahūtyāḥ Translation: Śrī Maitreya said: O great warrior Vidura, the sage Kardama said this much only and then became silent, thinking of his worshipable Lord Viṣṇu, who has a lotus on His navel. As he silently smiled, his face captured the mind of Devahūti, who began to meditate upon the great sage....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तं त्वानुभूत्योपरतक्रियार्थंस्वमायया वर्तितलोकतन्त्रम् ।नमाम्यभीक्ष्णं नमनीयपाद-सरोजमल्पीयसि कामवर्षम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ tvānubhūtyoparata-kriyārthaṁsva-māyayā vartita-loka-tantramnamāmy abhīkṣṇaṁ namanīya-pāda-sarojam alpīyasi kāma-varṣam Translation: I continuously offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet, of which it is worthy to take shelter, because You shower all benedictions on the insignificant. To give all living entities detachment from fruitive activity by realizing You, You have expanded these material worlds by Your own energy....