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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: पाषण्डपथवैषम्यं प्रतिलोमनिवेशनम् ।जीवस्य गतयो याश्च यावतीर्गुणकर्मजा: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: pāṣaṇḍa-patha-vaiṣamyaṁpratiloma-niveśanamjīvasya gatayo yāś cayāvatīr guṇa-karmajāḥ Translation: Please also describe the imperfections and contradictions of the faithless atheists, the situation of crossbreeding, and the movements of the living entities in various species of life according to their particular modes of nature and work. Purport: The combination of living entities in different modes of material nature is called crossbreeding....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: बाहुभ्योऽवर्तत क्षत्रं क्षत्रियस्तदनुव्रत: ।यो जातस्त्रायते वर्णान् पौरुष: कण्टकक्षतात् ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: bāhubhyo ’vartata kṣatraṁkṣatriyas tad anuvrataḥyo jātas trāyate varṇānpauruṣaḥ kaṇṭaka-kṣatāt Translation: Thereafter the power of protection was generated from the arms of the gigantic virāṭ form, and in relation to such power the kṣatriyas also came into existence by following the kṣatriya principle of protecting society from the disturbance of thieves and miscreants....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तैजसानीन्द्रियाण्येव ज्ञानकर्ममयानि च ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: taijasānīndriyāṇy evajñāna-karma-mayāni ca Translation: The senses are certainly products of the mode of passion in false ego, and therefore philosophical speculative knowledge and fruitive activities are predominantly products of the mode of passion. Purport: The chief function of the false ego is godlessness. When a person forgets his constitutional position as an eternally subordinate part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and wants to be happy independently, he functions mainly in two ways....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: नोद्धवोऽण्वपि मन्न्यूनो यद्गुणैर्नार्दित: प्रभु: ।अतो मद्वयुनं लोकं ग्राहयन्निह तिष्ठतु ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: noddhavo ’ṇv api man-nyūnoyad guṇair nārditaḥ prabhuḥato mad-vayunaṁ lokaṁgrāhayann iha tiṣṭhatu Translation: Uddhava is not inferior to Me in any way because he is never affected by the modes of material nature. Therefore he may remain in this world in order to disseminate specific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: विपन्नान् विषपानेन निगृह्य भुजगाधिपम् ।उत्थाप्यापाययद्गावस्तत्तोयं प्रकृतिस्थितम् ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: vipannān viṣa-pānenanigṛhya bhujagādhipamutthāpyāpāyayad gāvastat toyaṁ prakṛti-sthitam Translation: The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana were perplexed by great difficulties because a certain portion of the Yamunā was poisoned by the chief of the reptiles [Kāliya]. The Lord chastised the snake-king within the water and drove him away, and after coming out of the river, He caused the cows to drink the water and proved that the water was again in its natural state....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: क्षेमं स कच्चिद्युयुधान आस्तेय: फाल्गुनाल्लब्धधनूरहस्य: ।लेभेऽञ्जसाधोक्षजसेवयैवगतिं तदीयां यतिभिर्दुरापाम् ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: kṣemaṁ sa kaccid yuyudhāna āsteyaḥ phālgunāl labdha-dhanū-rahasyaḥlebhe ’ñjasādhokṣaja-sevayaivagatiṁ tadīyāṁ yatibhir durāpām Translation: O Uddhava, does Yuyudhāna fare well? He learned the intricacies of the military art from Arjuna and attained the transcendental destination which is very difficult to reach even for great renouncers. Purport: The destination of transcendence is to become the personal associate of the Personality of Godhead, who is known as adhokṣaja, He who is beyond the reach of the senses....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: त्वक्‍चर्ममांसरुधिरमेदोमज्जास्थिधातव: ।भूम्यप्तेजोमया: सप्त प्राणो व्योमाम्बुवायुभि: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tvak-carma-māṁsa-rudhira-medo-majjāsthi-dhātavaḥbhūmy-ap-tejomayāḥ saptaprāṇo vyomāmbu-vāyubhiḥ Translation: The seven elements of the body, namely the thin layer on the skin, the skin itself, the flesh, blood, fat, marrow and bone, are all made of earth, water and fire, whereas the life breath is produced by the sky, water and air. Purport: The construction of the whole material world is prominently made by three elements, namely earth, water and fire....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचज्ञानं परमगुह्यं मे यद् विज्ञानसमन्वितम् ।सरहस्यं तदङ्गं च गृहाण गदितं मया ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācajñānaṁ parama-guhyaṁ meyad vijñāna-samanvitamsarahasyaṁ tad-aṅgaṁ cagṛhāṇa gaditaṁ mayā Translation: The Personality of Godhead said: Knowledge about Me as described in the scriptures is very confidential, and it has to be realized in conjunction with devotional service. The necessary paraphernalia for that process is being explained by Me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: नन्दं च मोक्ष्यति भयाद् वरुणस्य पाशाद्गोपान् बिलेषु पिहितान् मयसूनुना च ।अह्न्यापृतं निशि शयानमतिश्रमेणलोकं विकुण्ठमुपनेष्यति गोकुलं स्म ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: nandaṁ ca mokṣyati bhayād varuṇasya pāśādgopān bileṣu pihitān maya-sūnunā caahny āpṛtaṁ niśi śayānam atiśrameṇalokaṁ vikuṇṭham upaneṣyati gokulaṁ sma Translation: Lord Kṛṣṇa saved His foster father, Nanda Mahārāja, from the fear of the demigod Varuṇa and released the cowherd boys from the caves of the mountain, for they were placed there by the son of Maya....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: नारायणे भगवति तदिदं विश्वमाहितम् ।गृहीतमायोरुगुण: सर्गादावगुण: स्वत: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: nārāyaṇe bhagavatitad idaṁ viśvam āhitamgṛhīta-māyoru-guṇaḥsargādāv aguṇaḥ svataḥ Translation: All the material manifestations of the universes are therefore situated in His powerful material energies, which He accepts self-sufficiently, although He is eternally without affinity for the material modes. Purport: The question put by Nārada before Brahmā concerning the sustenance of the material creation is thus answered....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तैजसात् तु विकुर्वाणादिन्द्रियाणि दशाभवन् ।ज्ञानशक्ति: क्रियाशक्तिर्बुद्धि: प्राणश्च तैजसौ ।श्रोत्रं त्वग्घ्राणद‍ृग्जिह्वा वागदोर्मेढ्राङ्‌घ्रिपायव: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: taijasāt tu vikurvāṇādindriyāṇi daśābhavanjñāna-śaktiḥ kriyā-śaktirbuddhiḥ prāṇaś ca taijasauśrotraṁ tvag-ghrāṇa-dṛg-jihvāvāg-dor-meḍhrāṅghri-pāyavaḥ Translation: By further transformation of the mode of passion, the sense organs like the ear, skin, nose, eyes, tongue, mouth, hands, genitals, legs, and the outlet for evacuating, together with intelligence and living energy, are all generated....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तेनात्मनात्मानमुपैति शान्त-मानन्दमानन्दमयोऽवसाने ।एतां गतिं भागवतीं गतो य:स वै पुनर्नेह विषज्जतेऽङ्ग ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tenātmanātmānam upaiti śāntamānandam ānandamayo ’vasāneetāṁ gatiṁ bhāgavatīṁ gato yaḥsa vai punar neha viṣajjate ’ṅga Translation: Only the purified soul can attain the perfection of associating with the Personality of Godhead in complete bliss and satisfaction in his constitutional state. Whoever is able to renovate such devotional perfection is never again attracted by this material world, and he never returns....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: छन्दांस्यनन्तस्य शिरो गृणन्तिदंष्ट्रा यम: स्‍नेहकला द्विजानि ।हासो जनोन्मादकरी च मायादुरन्तसर्गो यदपाङ्गमोक्ष: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: chandāṁsy anantasya śiro gṛṇantidaṁṣṭrā yamaḥ sneha-kalā dvijānihāso janonmāda-karī ca māyāduranta-sargo yad-apāṅga-mokṣaḥ Translation: They say that the Vedic hymns are the cerebral passage of the Lord, and His jaws of teeth are Yama, god of death, who punishes the sinners. The art of affection is His set of teeth, and the most alluring illusory material energy is His smile....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: प्रशान्तमासीनमकुण्ठमेधसंमुनिं नृपो भागवतोऽभ्युपेत्य ।प्रणम्य मूर्ध्नावहित: कृताञ्जलि-र्नत्वा गिरा सूनृतयान्वपृच्छत् ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: praśāntam āsīnam akuṇṭha-medhasaṁmuniṁ nṛpo bhāgavato ’bhyupetyapraṇamya mūrdhnāvahitaḥ kṛtāñjalirnatvā girā sūnṛtayānvapṛcchat Translation: The sage Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī sat perfectly pacified, intelligent and ready to answer any question without hesitation. The great devotee, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, approached him, offered his respects by bowing before him, and politely inquired with sweet words and folded hands....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: एष किं निभृताशेषकरणो मीलितेक्षण: ।मृषासमाधिराहोस्वित्किं नुस्यात्क्षत्रबन्धुभि: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa kiṁ nibhṛtāśeṣa-karaṇo mīlitekṣaṇaḥmṛṣā-samādhir āhosvitkiṁ nu syāt kṣatra-bandhubhiḥ Translation: Upon returning, he began to contemplate and argue within himself whether the sage had actually been in meditation, with senses concentrated and eyes closed, or whether he had just been feigning trance just to avoid receiving a lower kṣatriya. Purport: The King, being a devotee of the Lord, did not approve of his own action, and thus he began to wonder whether the sage was really in a trance or was just pretending in order to avoid receiving the King, who was a kṣatriya and therefore lower in rank....