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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: स वासुदेवानुचरं प्रशान्तंबृहस्पते: प्राक् तनयं प्रतीतम् ।आलिङ्ग्‍य गाढं प्रणयेन भद्रंस्वानामपृच्छद्भगवत्प्रजानाम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: sa vāsudevānucaraṁ praśāntaṁbṛhaspateḥ prāk tanayaṁ pratītamāliṅgya gāḍhaṁ praṇayena bhadraṁsvānām apṛcchad bhagavat-prajānām Translation: Then, due to his great love and feeling, Vidura embraced him [Uddhava], who was a constant companion of Lord Kṛṣṇa and formerly a great student of Bṛhaspati’s. Vidura then asked him for news of the family of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: गतिं जिगीषत: पादौ रुरुहातेऽभिकामिकाम् ।पद्‍भ्यां यज्ञ: स्वयं हव्यं कर्मभि: क्रियते नृभि: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: gatiṁ jigīṣataḥ pādaururuhāte ’bhikāmikāmpadbhyāṁ yajñaḥ svayaṁ havyaṁkarmabhiḥ kriyate nṛbhiḥ Translation: Thereupon, because of His desiring to control movement, His legs became manifested, and from the legs the controlling deity named Viṣṇu was generated. By His personal supervision of this act, all varieties of human being are busily engaged in dutiful occupational sacrifice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: ब्रह्मोवाचभगवन् सर्वभूतानामध्यक्षोऽवस्थितो गुहाम् ।वेद ह्यप्रतिरुद्धेन प्रज्ञानेन चिकीर्षितम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: brahmovācabhagavan sarva-bhūtānāmadhyakṣo ’vasthito guhāmveda hy apratiruddhenaprajñānena cikīrṣitam Translation: Lord Brahmā said: O Personality of Godhead, You are situated in every living entity’s heart as the supreme director, and therefore You are aware of all endeavors by Your superior intelligence, without any hindrance whatsoever. Purport: The Bhagavad-gītā confirms that the Lord is situated in everyone’s heart as the witness, and as such He is the supreme director of sanction....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: अत्र प्रमाणं हि भवान् परमेष्ठी यथात्मभू: ।अपरे चानुतिष्ठन्ति पूर्वेषां पूर्वजै: कृतम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: atra pramāṇaṁ hi bhavānparameṣṭhī yathātma-bhūḥapare cānutiṣṭhantipūrveṣāṁ pūrva-jaiḥ kṛtam Translation: O great sage, you are as good as Brahmā, the original living being. Others follow custom only, as followed by the previous philosophical speculators. Purport: It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are many other sages and their followers....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: वक्ष:स्थलस्पर्शरुग्नमहेन्द्रवाह-दन्तैर्विडम्बितककुब्जुष ऊढहासम् ।सद्योऽसुभि: सह विनेष्यति दारहर्तु-र्विस्फूर्जितैर्धनुष उच्चरतोऽधिसैन्ये ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: vakṣaḥ-sthala-sparśa-rugna-mahendra-vāha-dantair viḍambita-kakubjuṣa ūḍha-hāsamsadyo ’subhiḥ saha vineṣyati dāra-harturvisphūrjitair dhanuṣa uccarato ’dhisainye Translation: When Rāvaṇa was engaged in the battle, the trunk of the elephant which carried the King of heaven, Indra, broke in pieces, having collided with the chest of Rāvaṇa, and the scattered broken parts illuminated all directions. Rāvaṇa therefore felt proud of his prowess and began to loiter in the midst of the fighting soldiers, thinking himself the conqueror of all directions....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: वस्तून्योषधय: स्‍नेहा रसलोहमृदो जलम् ।ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि चातुर्होत्रं च सत्तम ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: vastūny oṣadhayaḥ snehārasa-loha-mṛdo jalamṛco yajūṁṣi sāmānicātur-hotraṁ ca sattama Translation: Other requirements are utensils, grains, clarified butter, honey, gold, earth, water, the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda and Sāma Veda and four priests to perform the sacrifice. Purport: To perform a sacrifice successfully, at least four expert priests are needed: one who can offer (hotā), one who can chant (udgātā), one who can kindle the sacrificial fire without the aid of separate fire (adhvaryu), and one who can supervise (brahmā)....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: तामसादपि भूतादेर्विकुर्वाणादभून्नभ: ।तस्य मात्रा गुण: शब्दो लिङ्गं यद् द्रष्टृद‍ृश्ययो: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: tāmasād api bhūtādervikurvāṇād abhūn nabhaḥtasya mātrā guṇaḥ śabdoliṅgaṁ yad draṣṭṛ-dṛśyayoḥ Translation: From the darkness of false ego, the first of the five elements, namely the sky, is generated. Its subtle form is the quality of sound, exactly as the seer is in relationship with the seen. Purport: The five elements, namely sky, air, fire, water and earth, are all but different qualities of the darkness of false ego....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: एतदेवात्मभू राजन् नारदाय विपृच्छते ।वेदगर्भोऽभ्यधात् साक्षाद् यदाह हरिरात्मन: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: etad evātma-bhū rājannāradāya vipṛcchateveda-garbho ’bhyadhāt sākṣādyad āha harir ātmanaḥ Translation: My dear King, Brahmā, the firstborn, on being questioned by Nārada, exactly apprised him on this subject as it had been directly spoken by the Lord to His own son, who was impregnated with Vedic knowledge from his very birth....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: अथाभिधेह्यङ्ग मनोऽनुकूलंप्रभाषसे भागवतप्रधान: ।यदाह वैयासकिरात्मविद्या-विशारदो नृपतिं साधु पृष्ट: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: athābhidhehy aṅga mano-’nukūlaṁprabhāṣase bhāgavata-pradhānaḥyad āha vaiyāsakir ātma-vidyā-viśārado nṛpatiṁ sādhu pṛṣṭaḥ Translation: O Sūta Gosvāmī, your words are pleasing to our minds. Please therefore explain this to us as it was spoken by the great devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who is very expert in transcendental knowledge, and who spoke to Mahārāja Parīkṣit upon being asked....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: तद् विश्वनाभिं त्वतिवर्त्य विष्णो-रणीयसा विरजेनात्मनैक: ।नमस्कृतं ब्रह्मविदामुपैतिकल्पायुषो यद् विबुधा रमन्ते ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: tad viśva-nābhiṁ tv ativartya viṣṇoraṇīyasā virajenātmanaikaḥnamaskṛtaṁ brahma-vidām upaitikalpāyuṣo yad vibudhā ramante Translation: This Śiśumāra is the pivot for the turning of the complete universe, and it is called the navel of Viṣṇu [Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu]. The yogī alone goes beyond this circle of Śiśumāra and attains the planet [Maharloka] where purified saints like Bhṛgu enjoy a duration of life of 4,300,000,000 solar years....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: अण्डकोशे शरीरेऽस्मिन् सप्तावरणसंयुते ।वैराज: पुरुषो योऽसौ भगवान् धारणाश्रय: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: aṇḍa-kośe śarīre ’sminsaptāvaraṇa-saṁyutevairājaḥ puruṣo yo ’saubhagavān dhāraṇāśrayaḥ Translation: The gigantic universal form of the Personality of Godhead, within the body of the universal shell, which is covered by sevenfold material elements, is the subject for the virāṭ conception. Purport: Simultaneously, the Lord has multifarious other forms, and all of them are identical with the original fountainhead form of the Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: तत्राभवद्भगवान् व्यासपुत्रोयद‍ृच्छया गामटमानोऽनपेक्ष: ।अलक्ष्यलिङ्गो निजलाभतुष्टोवृतश्च बालैरवधूतवेष: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: tatrābhavad bhagavān vyāsa-putroyadṛcchayā gām aṭamāno ’napekṣaḥalakṣya-liṅgo nija-lābha-tuṣṭovṛtaś ca bālair avadhūta-veṣaḥ Translation: At that moment there appeared the powerful son of Vyāsadeva, who traveled over the earth disinterested and satisfied with himself. He did not manifest any symptoms of belonging to any social order or status of life. He was surrounded with women and children, and he dressed as if others had neglected him....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: इदानीं धर्म पादस्ते सत्यं निर्वर्तयेद्यत: ।तं जिघृक्षत्यधर्मोऽयमनृतेनैधित: कलि: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: idānīṁ dharma pādas tesatyaṁ nirvartayed yataḥtaṁ jighṛkṣaty adharmo ’yamanṛtenaidhitaḥ kaliḥ Translation: You are now standing on one leg only, which is your truthfulness, and you are somehow or other hobbling along. But quarrel personified [Kali], flourishing by deceit, is also trying to destroy that leg. Purport: The principles of religion do not stand on some dogmas or man-made formulas, but they stand on four primary regulative observances, namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25-26 Sanskrit: जलौकसां जले यद्वन्महान्तोऽदन्त्यणीयस: ।दुर्बलान्बलिनो राजन्महान्तो बलिनो मिथ: ॥ २५ ॥एवं बलिष्ठैर्यदुभिर्महद्भ‍िरितरान् विभु: ।यदून्यदुभिरन्योन्यं भूभारान् सञ्जहार ह ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: jalaukasāṁ jale yadvanmahānto ’danty aṇīyasaḥdurbalān balino rājanmahānto balino mithaḥ Translation: O King, as in the ocean the bigger and stronger aquatics swallow up the smaller and weaker ones, so also the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to lighten the burden of the earth, has engaged the stronger Yadu to kill the weaker, and the bigger Yadu to kill the smaller....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाचकच्चिदानर्तपुर्यां न: स्वजना: सुखमासते ।मधुभोजदशार्हार्हसात्वतान्धकवृष्णय: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: yudhiṣṭhira uvācakaccid ānarta-puryāṁ naḥsva-janāḥ sukham āsatemadhu-bhoja-daśārhārha-sātvatāndhaka-vṛṣṇayaḥ Translation: Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said: My dear brother, please tell me whether our friends and relatives, such as Madhu, Bhoja, Daśārha, Ārha, Sātvata, Andhaka and the members of the Yadu family are all passing their days in happiness. Purport: