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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: आध्यात्मिकादिभिर्दु:खैरविमुक्तस्य कर्हिचित् ।मर्त्यस्य कृच्छ्रोपनतैरर्थै: कामै: क्रियेत किम् ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: ādhyātmikādibhir duḥkhairavimuktasya karhicitmartyasya kṛcchropanatairarthaiḥ kāmaiḥ kriyeta kim Translation: Materialistic activities are always mixed with three kinds of miserable conditions — adhyātmika, adhidaivika and adhibautika. Therefore, even if one achieves some success by performing such activities, what is the benefit of this success? One is still subjected to birth, death, old age, disease and the reactions of his fruitive activities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: इत्यक्षरतयात्मानं चिन्मात्रमवशेषितम् ।ज्ञात्वाद्वयोऽथ विरमेद् दग्धयोनिरिवानल: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: ity akṣaratayātmānaṁcin-mātram avaśeṣitamjñātvādvayo ’tha virameddagdha-yonir ivānalaḥ Translation: When all the material designations have thus merged into their respective material elements, the living beings, who are all ultimately completely spiritual, being one in quality with the Supreme Being, should cease from material existence, as flames cease when the wood in which they are burning is consumed....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: प्राय: स्वभावविहितो नृणां धर्मो युगे युगे ।वेदद‍ृग्भि: स्मृतो राजन्प्रेत्य चेह च शर्मकृत् ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: prāyaḥ sva-bhāva-vihitonṛṇāṁ dharmo yuge yugeveda-dṛgbhiḥ smṛto rājanpretya ceha ca śarma-kṛt Translation: My dear King, brāhmaṇas well conversant in Vedic knowledge have given their verdict that in every age [yuga] the conduct of different sections of people according to their material modes of nature is auspicious both in this life and after death....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचइत्युक्त्वा भगवान् राजंस्ततश्चान्तर्दधे हरि: ।अद‍ृश्य: सर्वभूतानां पूजित: परमेष्ठिना ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācaity uktvā bhagavān rājaṁstataś cāntardadhe hariḥadṛśyaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁpūjitaḥ parameṣṭhinā Translation: Nārada Muni continued: O King Yudhiṣṭhira, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is not visible to an ordinary human being, spoke in this way, instructing Lord Brahmā. Then, being worshiped by Brahmā, the Lord disappeared from that place....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: त्वं वा इदं सदसदीश भवांस्ततोऽन्योमाया यदात्मपरबुद्धिरियं ह्यपार्था ।यद्यस्य जन्म निधनं स्थितिरीक्षणं चतद्वैतदेव वसुकालवदष्टितर्वो: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṁ vā idaṁ sadasad īśa bhavāṁs tato ’nyomāyā yad ātma-para-buddhir iyaṁ hy apārthāyad yasya janma nidhanaṁ sthitir īkṣaṇaṁ catad vaitad eva vasukālavad aṣṭi-tarvoḥ Translation: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, the entire cosmic creation is caused by You, and the cosmic manifestation is an effect of Your energy....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: नखाङ्कुरोत्पाटितहृत्सरोरुहंविसृज्य तस्यानुचरानुदायुधान् ।अहन् समस्तान्नखशस्‍त्रपाणिभि-र्दोर्दण्डयूथोऽनुपथान् सहस्रश: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: nakhāṅkurotpāṭita-hṛt-saroruhaṁvisṛjya tasyānucarān udāyudhānahan samastān nakha-śastra-pāṇibhirdordaṇḍa-yūtho ’nupathān sahasraśaḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had many, many arms, first uprooted Hiraṇyakaśipu’s heart and then threw him aside and turned toward the demon’s soldiers. These soldiers had come in thousands to fight with Him with raised weapons and were very faithful followers of Hiraṇyakaśipu, but Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva killed all of them merely with the ends of His nails....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: न ते विदु: स्वार्थगतिं हि विष्णुंदुराशया ये बहिरर्थमानिन: ।अन्धा यथान्धैरुपनीयमाना-स्तेऽपीशतन्‍त्र्यामुरुदाम्नि बद्धा: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁdurāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥandhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāste ’pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ Translation: Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their leader or guru a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Viṣṇu....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: त्वमेव कालोऽनिमिषो जनाना-मायुर्लवाद्यवयवै: क्षिणोषि ।कूटस्थ आत्मा परमेष्ठ्यजो महां-स्त्वं जीवलोकस्य च जीव आत्मा ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tvam eva kālo ’nimiṣo janānāmāyur lavādy-avayavaiḥ kṣiṇoṣikūṭa-stha ātmā parameṣṭhy ajo mahāṁstvaṁ jīva-lokasya ca jīva ātmā Translation: O my lord, Your Lordship is eternally awake, seeing everything that happens. As eternal time, you reduce the duration of life for all living entities through your different parts, such as moments, seconds, minutes and hours....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: गोप्य: कामाद्भ‍यात्कंसो द्वेषाच्चैद्यादयो नृपा: ।सम्बन्धाद् वृष्णय: स्‍नेहाद्यूयं भक्त्या वयं विभो ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: gopyaḥ kāmād bhayāt kaṁsodveṣāc caidyādayo nṛpāḥsambandhād vṛṣṇayaḥ snehādyūyaṁ bhaktyā vayaṁ vibho Translation: My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the gopīs by their lusty desires, Kaṁsa by his fear, Śiśupāla and other kings by envy, the Yadus by their familial relationship with Kṛṣṇa, you Pāṇḍavas by your great affection for Kṛṣṇa, and we, the general devotees, by our devotional service, have obtained the mercy of Kṛṣṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: ततोऽधस्तात्पाताले नागलोकपतयो वासुकिप्रमुखा: शङ्खकुलिकमहाशङ्खश्वेतधनञ्जयधृतराष्ट्रशङ्खचूडकम्बलाश्वतरदेवदत्तादयो महाभोगिनो महामर्षा निवसन्ति येषामु ह वै पञ्चसप्तदशशतसहस्रशीर्षाणां फणासु विरचिता महामणयो रोचिष्णव: पातालविवरतिमिरनिकरं स्वरोचिषा विधमन्ति ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tato ’dhastāt pātāle nāga-loka-patayo vāsuki-pramukhāḥ śaṅkha-kulika-mahāśaṅkha-śveta-dhanañjaya-dhṛtarāṣṭra-śaṅkhacūḍa-kambalāśvatara-devadattādayo mahā-bhogino mahāmarṣā nivasanti yeṣām u ha vai pañca-sapta-daśa-śata-sahasra-śīrṣāṇāṁ phaṇāsu viracitā mahā-maṇayo rociṣṇavaḥ pātāla-vivara-timira-nikaraṁ sva-rociṣā vidhamanti. Translation: Beneath Rasātala is another planetary system, known as Pātāla or Nāgaloka, where there are many demoniac serpents, the masters of Nāgaloka, such as Śaṅkha, Kulika, Mahāśaṅkha, Śveta, Dhanañjaya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Śaṅkhacūḍa, Kambala, Aśvatara and Devadatta....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तद्‌द्वीपस्याप्यधिपति: प्रैयव्रतो वीतिहोत्रो नामैतस्यात्मजौ रमणकधातकिनामानौ वर्षपती नियुज्य स स्वयं पूर्वजवद्भ‍गवत्कर्मशील एवास्ते ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tad-dvīpasyāpy adhipatiḥ praiyavrato vītihotro nāmaitasyātmajau ramaṇaka-dhātaki-nāmānau varṣa-patī niyujya sa svayaṁ pūrvajavad-bhagavat-karma-śīla evāste. Translation: The ruler of this island, the son of Mahārāja Priyavrata named Vītihotra, had two sons named Ramaṇaka and Dhātaki. He granted the two sides of the island to these two sons and then personally engaged himself in activities for the sake of the Supreme Personality of Godhead like his elder brother Medhātithi....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: एवं तव भारतोत्तम जम्बूद्वीपवर्षविभागो यथोपदेशमुपवर्णित इति ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ tava bhāratottama jambūdvīpa-varṣa-vibhāgo yathopadeśam upavarṇita iti. Translation: My dear King Parīkṣit, O best of the descendants of Bharata Mahārāja, I have thus described to you, as I myself have been instructed, the island of Bhārata-varṣa and its adjoining islands. These are the islands that constitute Jambūdvīpa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: यद्रूपमेतन्निजमाययार्पित-मर्थस्वरूपं बहुरूपरूपितम् ।सङ्ख्या न यस्यास्त्ययथोपलम्भनात्-तस्मै नमस्तेऽव्यपदेशरूपिणे ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: yad-rūpam etan nija-māyayārpitamartha-svarūpaṁ bahu-rūpa-rūpitamsaṅkhyā na yasyāsty ayathopalambhanāttasmai namas te ’vyapadeśa-rūpiṇe Translation: My dear Lord, this visible cosmic manifestation is a demonstration of Your own creative energy. Since the countless varieties of forms within this cosmic manifestation are simply a display of Your external energy, this virāṭ-rūpa [universal body] is not Your real form....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तत्रापि निरवरोध: स्वैरेण विहरन्नतिकृपणबुद्धिरन्योन्यमुखनिरीक्षणादिना ग्राम्यकर्मणैव विस्मृतकालावधि: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tatrāpi niravarodhaḥ svaireṇa viharann ati-kṛpaṇa-buddhir anyonya-mukha-nirīkṣaṇādinā grāmya-karmaṇaiva vismṛta-kālāvadhiḥ. Translation: In this way the descendants of the monkeys intermingle with each other, and they are generally known as śūdras. Without hesitating, they live and move freely, not knowing the goal of life. They are captivated simply by seeing the faces of one another, which remind them of sense gratification....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: अतिसुकुमारकरचरणोर:स्थलविपुलबाह्वंसगलवदनाद्यवयवविन्यास: प्रकृतिसुन्दरस्वभावहाससुमुखो नवनलिनदलायमानशिशिरतारारुणायतनयनरुचिर: सद‍ृशसुभगकपोलकर्णकण्ठनासो विगूढस्मितवदनमहोत्सवेन पुरवनितानां मनसि कुसुमशरासनमुपदधान: परागवलम्बमानकुटिलजटिलकपिशकेशभूरिभारोऽवधूतमलिननिजशरीरेण ग्रहगृहीत इवाद‍ृश्यत ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: ati-sukumāra-kara-caraṇoraḥ-sthala-vipula-bāhv-aṁsa-gala-vadanādy-avayava-vinyāsaḥ prakṛti-sundara-svabhāva-hāsa-sumukho nava-nalina-dalāyamāna-śiśira-tārāruṇāyata-nayana-ruciraḥ sadṛśa-subhaga-kapola-karṇa-kaṇṭha-nāso vigūḍha-smita-vadana-mahotsavena pura-vanitānāṁ manasi kusuma-śarāsanam upadadhānaḥ parāg-avalambamāna-kuṭila-jaṭila-kapiśa-keśa-bhūri-bhāro ’vadhūta-malina-nija-śarīreṇa graha-gṛhīta ivādṛśyata. Translation: Lord Ṛṣabhadeva’s hands, feet and chest were very long. His shoulders, face and limbs were all very delicate and symmetrically proportioned. His mouth was beautifully decorated with His natural smile, and He appeared all the more lovely with His reddish eyes spread wide like the petals of a newly grown lotus flower covered with dew in the early morning....