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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: तस्मिन्नलुप्तमहिमा प्रिययानुरक्तोविद्याधरीभिरुपचीर्णवपुर्विमाने ।बभ्राज उत्कचकुमुद्गणवानपीच्य-स्ताराभिरावृत इवोडुपतिर्नभ:स्थ: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: tasminn alupta-mahimā priyayānuraktovidyādharībhir upacīrṇa-vapur vimānebabhrāja utkaca-kumud-gaṇavān apīcyastārābhir āvṛta ivoḍu-patir nabhaḥ-sthaḥ Translation: Though seemingly attached to his beloved consort while served by the Gandharva girls, the sage did not lose his glory, which was mastery over his self. In the aerial mansion, Kardama Muni with his consort shone as charmingly as the moon in the midst of the stars in the sky, which causes rows of lilies to open in ponds at night....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: य: पृष्टो मुनिभि: प्राह धर्मान्नानाविदाञ्छुभान् ।नृणां वर्णाश्रमाणां च सर्वभूतहित: सदा ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: yaḥ pṛṣṭo munibhiḥ prāhadharmān nānā-vidhāñ chubhānnṛṇāṁ varṇāśramāṇāṁ casarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā Translation: In reply to questions asked by certain sages, he [Svāyambhuva Manu], out of compassion for all living entities, taught the diverse sacred duties of men in general and the different varṇas and āśramas. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38-39 Sanskrit: यस्मिन् भगवतो नेत्रान्न्यपतन्नश्रुबिन्दव: ।कृपया सम्परीतस्य प्रपन्नेऽर्पितया भृशम् ॥ ३८ ॥तद्वै बिन्दुसरो नाम सरस्वत्या परिप्लुतम् ।पुण्यं शिवामृतजलं महर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: yasmin bhagavato netrānnyapatann aśru-bindavaḥkṛpayā samparītasyaprapanne ’rpitayā bhṛśam Translation: The holy Lake Bindu-sarovara, flooded by the waters of the river Sarasvatī, was resorted to by hosts of eminent sages. Its holy water was not only auspicious but as sweet as nectar....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: प्रहस्य भावगम्भीरं जिघ्रन्त्यात्मानमात्मना ।कान्त्या ससर्ज भगवान् गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणान् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: prahasya bhāva-gambhīraṁjighrantyātmānam ātmanākāntyā sasarja bhagavāngandharvāpsarasāṁ gaṇān Translation: With a laugh full of deep significance, the worshipful Brahmā then evolved by his own loveliness, which seemed to enjoy itself by itself, the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarās. Purport: The musicians in the upper planetary systems are called Gandharvas, and the dancing girls are called Apsarās....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: एतन्महापुण्यमलं पवित्रंधन्यं यशस्यं पदमायुराशिषाम् ।प्राणेन्द्रियाणां युधि शौर्यवर्धनंनारायणोऽन्ते गतिरङ्ग श‍ृण्वताम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: etan mahā-puṇyam alaṁ pavitraṁdhanyaṁ yaśasyaṁ padam āyur-āśiṣāmprāṇendriyāṇāṁ yudhi śaurya-vardhanaṁnārāyaṇo ’nte gatir aṅga śṛṇvatām Translation: This most sacred narrative confers extraordinary merit, wealth, fame, longevity and all the objects of one’s desire. On the field of battle it promotes the strength of one’s vital organs and organs of action....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: तं त्वागतं प्रतिहृतौपयिकं स्वपुम्भि-स्तेऽचक्षताक्षविषयं स्वसमाधिभाग्यम् ।हंसश्रियोर्व्यजनयो: शिववायुलोल-च्छुभ्रातपत्रशशिकेसरशीकराम्बुम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ tv āgataṁ pratihṛtaupayikaṁ sva-pumbhiste ’cakṣatākṣa-viṣayaṁ sva-samādhi-bhāgyamhaṁsa-śriyor vyajanayoḥ śiva-vāyu-lolac-chubhrātapatra-śaśi-kesara-śīkarāmbum Translation: The sages, headed by Sanaka Ṛṣi, saw that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who was formerly visible only within their hearts in ecstatic trance, had now actually become visible to their eyes. As He came forward, accompanied by His own associates bearing all paraphernalia, such as an umbrella and a cāmara fan, the white bunches of hair moved very gently, like two swans, and due to their favorable breeze the pearls garlanding the umbrella also moved, like drops of nectar falling from the white full moon or ice melting due to a gust of wind....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: कश्यप उवाचअप्रायत्यादात्मनस्ते दोषान्मौहूर्तिकादुत ।मन्निदेशातिचारेण देवानां चातिहेलनात् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: kaśyapa uvācaaprāyatyād ātmanas tedoṣān mauhūrtikād utaman-nideśāticāreṇadevānāṁ cātihelanāt Translation: The learned Kaśyapa said: Because of your mind’s being polluted, because of defilement of the particular time, because of your negligence of my directions, and because of your being apathetic to the demigods, everything was inauspicious. Purport: The conditions for having good progeny in society are that the husband should be disciplined in religious and regulative principles and the wife should be faithful to the husband....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: सोमस्तु रेत: सवनान्यवस्थिति:संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातव: ।सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि-स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धन: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥsaṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥsatrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhistvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ Translation: O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajña. Your growth is the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensations are the seven elements of the agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: आयुर्वेदं धनुर्वेदं गान्धर्वं वेदमात्मन: ।स्थापत्यं चासृजद् वेदं क्रमात्पूर्वादिभिर्मुखै: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: āyur-vedaṁ dhanur-vedaṁgāndharvaṁ vedam ātmanaḥsthāpatyaṁ cāsṛjad vedaṁkramāt pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ Translation: He also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face. Purport: The Vedas contain perfect knowledge, which includes all kinds of knowledge necessary for the human society, not only on this particular planet but on other planets as well....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: कालोऽयं द्विपरार्धाख्यो निमेष उपचर्यते ।अव्याकृतस्यानन्तस्य ह्यनादेर्जगदात्मन: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: kālo ’yaṁ dvi-parārdhākhyonimeṣa upacaryateavyākṛtasyānantasyahy anāder jagad-ātmanaḥ Translation: The duration of the two parts of Brahmā’s life, as above mentioned, is calculated to be equal to one nimeṣa [less than a second] for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is unchanging and unlimited and is the cause of all causes of the universe....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: यच्चकर्थाङ्ग मतस्तोत्रं मत्कथाभ्युदयाङ्कितम् ।यद्वा तपसि ते निष्ठा स एष मदनुग्रह: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: yac cakarthāṅga mat-stotraṁmat-kathābhyudayāṅkitamyad vā tapasi te niṣṭhāsa eṣa mad-anugrahaḥ Translation: O Brahmā, the prayers that you have chanted praising the glories of My transcendental activities, the penances you have undertaken to understand Me, and your firm faith in Me — all these are to be considered My causeless mercy....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: पुरुषस्य च संस्थानं स्वरूपं वा परस्य च ।ज्ञानं च नैगमं यत्तद्गुरुशिष्यप्रयोजनम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: puruṣasya ca saṁsthānaṁsvarūpaṁ vā parasya cajñānaṁ ca naigamaṁ yat tadguru-śiṣya-prayojanam Translation: What are the truths regarding the living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead? What are their identities? What are the specific values in the knowledge in the Vedas, and what are the necessities for the spiritual master and his disciples?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: आत्मनोऽवसितो वत्स महिमा कविनादिना ।संवत्सरसहस्रान्ते धिया योगविपक्‍कया ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: ātmano ’vasito vatsamahimā kavinādināsaṁvatsara-sahasrāntedhiyā yoga-vipakkayā Translation: O my son, the original poet, Brahmā, after mature meditation for one thousand celestial years, could know only that the glories of the Supreme Soul are inconceivable. Purport: There are some froggish philosophers who want to know the Supreme Soul by means of philosophy and mental speculation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: एते देवा: कला विष्णो: कालमायांशलिङ्गिन: ।नानात्वात्स्वक्रियानीशा: प्रोचु: प्राञ्जलयो विभुम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: ete devāḥ kalā viṣṇoḥkāla-māyāṁśa-liṅginaḥnānātvāt sva-kriyānīśāḥprocuḥ prāñjalayo vibhum Translation: The controlling deities of all the above-mentioned physical elements are empowered expansions of Lord Viṣṇu. They are embodied by eternal time under the external energy, and they are His parts and parcels. Because they were entrusted with different functions of universal duties and were unable to perform them, they offered fascinating prayers to the Lord as follows....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: कच्चिद्यशोधा रथयूथपानांगाण्डीवधन्वोपरतारिरास्ते ।अलक्षितो यच्छरकूटगूढोमायाकिरातो गिरिशस्तुतोष ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: kaccid yaśodhā ratha-yūthapānāṁgāṇḍīva-dhanvoparatārir āstealakṣito yac-chara-kūṭa-gūḍhomāyā-kirāto giriśas tutoṣa Translation: [Please tell me] whether Arjuna, whose bow bears the name Gāṇḍīva and who is always famous amongst the chariot warriors for vanquishing his enemies, is doing well. He once satisfied Lord Śiva by covering him with arrows when Śiva came as an unidentified false hunter....