Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 18 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: भद्रश्रवस ऊचु:ॐ नमो भगवते धर्मायात्मविशोधनाय नम इति ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: bhadraśravasa ūcuḥoṁ namo bhagavate dharmāyātma-viśodhanāya nama iti. Translation: The ruler Bhadraśravā and his intimate associates utter the following prayer: We offer our respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the reservoir of all religious principles, who cleanses the heart of the conditioned soul in this material world. Again and again we offer our respectful obeisances unto Him....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 17 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: यत्र ह वाव वीरव्रत औत्तानपादि: परमभागवतोऽस्मत्कुलदेवताचरणारविन्दोदकमिति यामनुसवनमुत्कृष्यमाणभगवद्भ‍‌क्‍तियोगेन द‍ृढं क्लिद्यमानान्तर्हृदय औत्कण्ठ्यविवशामीलितलोचनयुगलकुड्‌मलविगलितामलबाष्पकलयाभिव्यज्यमानरोमपुलककुलकोऽधुनापि परमादरेण शिरसा बिभर्ति ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yatra ha vāva vīra-vrata auttānapādiḥ parama-bhāgavato ’smat-kula-devatā-caraṇāravindodakam iti yām anusavanam utkṛṣyamāṇa-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena dṛḍhaṁ klidyamānāntar-hṛdaya autkaṇṭhya-vivaśāmīlita-locana-yugala-kuḍmala-vigalitāmala-bāṣpa-kalayābhivyajyamāna-roma-pulaka-kulako ’dhunāpi paramādareṇa śirasā bibharti. Translation: Dhruva Mahārāja, the famous son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, is known as the most exalted devotee of the Supreme Lord because of his firm determination in executing devotional service....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 16 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तत्रापि प्रियव्रतरथचरणपरिखातै: सप्तभि: सप्त सिन्धव उपक्‍ल‍ृप्ता यत एतस्या: सप्तद्वीपविशेषविकल्पस्त्वया भगवन् खलु सूचित एतदेवाखिलमहं मानतो लक्षणतश्च सर्वं विजिज्ञासामि ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tatrāpi priyavrata-ratha-caraṇa-parikhātaiḥ saptabhiḥ sapta sindhava upakḷptā yata etasyāḥ sapta-dvīpa-viśeṣa-vikalpas tvayā bhagavan khalu sūcita etad evākhilam ahaṁ mānato lakṣaṇataś ca sarvaṁ vi-jijñāsāmi. Translation: My dear Lord, the rolling wheels of Mahārāja Priyavrata’s chariot created seven ditches, in which the seven oceans came into existence....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 15 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तस्माद्‍वृद्धसेनायां देवताजिन्नाम पुत्रोऽभवत् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tasmād vṛddhasenāyāṁ devatājin-nāma putro ’bhavat. Translation: From Sumati, a son named Devatājit was born by the womb of his wife named Vṛddhasenā. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 14 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: यस्यामु ह वा एते षडिन्द्रियनामान: कर्मणा दस्यव एव ते । तद्यथा पुरुषस्य धनं यत्किञ्चिद्धर्मौपयिकं बहुकृच्छ्राधिगतं साक्षात्परमपुरुषाराधनलक्षणो योऽसौ धर्मस्तं तु साम्पराय उदाहरन्ति । तद्धर्म्यं धनं दर्शनस्पर्शनश्रवणास्वादनावघ्राणसङ्कल्पव्यवसायगृहग्राम्योपभोगेन कुनाथस्याजितात्मनो यथा सार्थस्य विलुम्पन्ति ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yasyām u ha vā ete ṣaḍ-indriya-nāmānaḥ karmaṇā dasyava eva te; tad yathā puruṣasya dhanaṁ yat kiñcid dharmaupayikaṁ bahu-kṛcchrādhigataṁ sākṣāt parama-puruṣārādhana-lakṣaṇo yo ’sau dharmas taṁ tu sāmparāya udāharanti; tad-dharmyaṁ dhanaṁ darśana-sparśana-śravaṇāsvādanāvaghrāṇa-saṅkalpa-vyavasāya-gṛha-grāmyopabhogena kunāthasyājitātmano yathā sārthasya vilum-panti....

April 22, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 13 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: यस्यामिमे षण्नरदेव दस्यव:सार्थं विलुम्पन्ति कुनायकं बलात् ।गोमायवो यत्र हरन्ति सार्थिकंप्रमत्तमाविश्य यथोरणं वृका: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yasyām ime ṣaṇ nara-deva dasyavaḥsārthaṁ vilumpanti kunāyakaṁ balātgomāyavo yatra haranti sārthikaṁpramattam āviśya yathoraṇaṁ vṛkāḥ Translation: O King Rahūgaṇa, in this forest of material existence there are six very powerful plunderers. When the conditioned soul enters the forest to acquire some material gain, the six plunderers misguide him....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 12 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: ज्वरामयार्तस्य यथागदं सत्निदाघदग्धस्य यथा हिमाम्भ: ।कुदेहमानाहिविदष्टद‍ृष्टे:ब्रह्मन् वचस्तेऽमृतमौषधं मे ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: jvarāmayārtasya yathāgadaṁ satnidāgha-dagdhasya yathā himāmbhaḥkudeha-mānāhi-vidaṣṭa-dṛṣṭeḥbrahman vacas te ’mṛtam auṣadhaṁ me Translation: O best of the brāhmaṇas, my body is filled with dirty things, and my vision has been bitten by the serpent of pride. Due to my material conceptions, I am diseased. Your nectarean instructions are the proper medicine for one suffering from such a fever, and they are cooling waters for one scorched by the heat....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 11 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तथैव राजन्नुरुगार्हमेध-वितानविद्योरुविजृम्भितेषु । न वेदवादेषु हि तत्त्ववाद:प्रायेण शुद्धो नु चकास्ति साधु: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tathaiva rājann uru-gārhamedha-vitāna-vidyoru-vijṛmbhiteṣuna veda-vādeṣu hi tattva-vādaḥprāyeṇa śuddho nu cakāsti sādhuḥ Translation: My dear King, talks of the relationship between the master and the servant, the king and the subject and so forth are simply talks about material activities. People interested in material activities which are expounded in the Vedas are intent on performing material sacrifices and placing faith in their material activities....

April 22, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 10 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: यदा हि द्विजवरस्येषुमात्रावलोकानुगतेर्न समाहिता पुरुषगतिस्तदा विषमगतां स्वशिबिकां रहूगण उपधार्य पुरुषानधिवहत आह हे वोढार: साध्वतिक्रमत किमिति विषममुह्यते यानमिति ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yadā hi dvija-varasyeṣu-mātrāvalokānugater na samāhitā puruṣa-gatis tadā viṣama-gatāṁ sva-śibikāṁ rahūgaṇa upadhārya puruṣān adhivahata āha he voḍhāraḥ sādhv atikramata kim iti viṣamam uhyate yānam iti. Translation: The palanquin, however, was very erratically carried by Jaḍa Bharata due to his sense of nonviolence....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 8 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तत्र तदा राजन् हरिणी पिपासया जलाशयाभ्याशमेकैवोपजगाम ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tatra tadā rājan hariṇī pipāsayā jalāśayābhyāśam ekaivopajagāma. Translation: O King, while Bharata Mahārāja was sitting on the bank of that river, a doe, being very thirsty, came there to drink. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 7 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तस्यामु ह वा आत्मजान् कार्त्स्‍न्येनानुरूपानात्मन: पञ्च जनयामास भूतादिरिव भूतसूक्ष्माणि सुमतिं राष्ट्रभृतं सुदर्शनमावरणं धूम्रकेतुमिति ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tasyām u ha vā ātmajān kārtsnyenānurūpān ātmanaḥ pañca janayām āsa bhūtādir iva bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi sumatiṁ rāṣṭrabhṛtaṁ sudarśanam āvaraṇaṁ dhūmraketum iti. Translation: Just as the false ego creates the subtle sense objects, Mahārāja Bharata created five sons in the womb of Pañcajanī, his wife. These sons were named Sumati, Rāṣṭrabhṛta, Sudarśana, Āvaraṇa and Dhūmraketu....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 6 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: ऋषिरुवाचसत्यमुक्तं किन्‍त्विह वा एके न मनसोऽद्धा विश्रम्भमनवस्थानस्य शठकिरात इव सङ्गच्छन्ते ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: ṛṣir uvācasatyam uktaṁ kintv iha vā eke na manaso ’ddhā viśrambham anavasthānasya śaṭha-kirāta iva saṅgacchante. Translation: Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied: My dear King, you have spoken correctly. However, after capturing animals, a cunning hunter does not put faith in them, for they might run away. Similarly, those who are advanced in spiritual life do not put faith in the mind....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 4 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तस्य ह वा इत्थं वर्ष्मणा वरीयसा बृहच्छ्‌लोकेन चौजसा बलेन श्रिया यशसा वीर्यशौर्याभ्यां च पिता ऋषभ इतीदं नाम चकार ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tasya ha vā itthaṁ varṣmaṇā varīyasā bṛhac-chlokena caujasā balena śriyā yaśasā vīrya-śauryābhyāṁ ca pitā ṛṣabha itīdaṁ nāma cakāra. Translation: When the son of Mahārāja Nābhi became visible, He evinced all good qualities described by the great poets — namely, a well-built body with all the symptoms of the Godhead, prowess, strength, beauty, name, fame, influence and enthusiasm....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 5 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: महत्सेवां द्वारमाहुर्विमुक्ते-स्तमोद्वारं योषितां सङ्गिसङ्गम् ।महान्तस्ते समचित्ता: प्रशान्ताविमन्यव: सुहृद: साधवो ये ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktestamo-dvāraṁ yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgammahāntas te sama-cittāḥ praśāntāvimanyavaḥ suhṛdaḥ sādhavo ye Translation: One can attain the path of liberation from material bondage only by rendering service to highly advanced spiritual personalities. These personalities are impersonalists and devotees. Whether one wants to merge into the Lord’s existence or wants to associate with the Personality of Godhead, one should render service to the mahātmās....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 3 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तस्य ह वाव श्रद्धया विशुद्धभावेन यजत: प्रवर्ग्येषु प्रचरत्सु द्रव्यदेशकालमन्त्रर्त्विग्दक्षिणाविधानयोगोपपत्त्या दुरधिगमोऽपि भगवान् भागवतवात्सल्यतया सुप्रतीक आत्मानमपराजितं निजजनाभिप्रेतार्थविधित्सया गृहीतहृदयो हृदयङ्गमं मनोनयनानन्दनावयवाभिराममाविश्चकार ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tasya ha vāva śraddhayā viśuddha-bhāvena yajataḥ pravargyeṣu pracaratsu dravya-deśa-kāla-mantrartvig-dakṣiṇā-vidhāna-yogopapattyā duradhigamo ’pi bhagavān bhāgavata-vātsalyatayā supratīka ātmānam aparājitaṁ nija-janābhipretārtha-vidhitsayā gṛhīta-hṛdayo hṛdayaṅgamaṁ mano-nayanānandanāvayavābhirāmam āviścakāra. Translation: In the performance of a sacrifice, there are seven transcendental means to obtain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: (1) by sacrificing valuable things or eatables, (2) by acting in terms of place, (3) by acting in terms of time, (4) by offering hymns, (5) by going through the priest, (6) by offering gifts to the priests and (7) by observing the regulative principles....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum