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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: त्वष्टा ऋचीकतनय: कम्बलश्च तिलोत्तमा ।ब्रह्मापेतोऽथ शतजिद् धृतराष्ट्र इषम्भरा: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṣṭā ṛcīka-tanayaḥkambalaś ca tilottamābrahmāpeto ’tha satajiddhṛtarāṣṭra iṣam-bharāḥ Translation: Tvaṣṭā as the sun-god; Jamadagni, the son of Ṛcīka, as the sage; Kambalāśva as the Nāga; Tilottamā as the Apsarā; Brahmāpeta as the Rākṣasa; Śatajit as the Yakṣa; and Dhṛtarāṣṭra as the Gandharva maintain the month of Iṣa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: तेजोऽबन्नमयं कायं गृहीत्वात्मतयाबुधा: ।महीं ममतया चोभौ हित्वान्तेऽदर्शनं गता: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: tejo-’b-anna-mayaṁ kāyaṁgṛhītvātmatayābudhāḥmahīṁ mamatayā cobhauhitvānte ’darśanaṁ gatāḥ Translation: Although the foolish accept the body made of earth, water and fire as “me” and this earth as “mine,” in every case they have ultimately abandoned both their body and the earth and passed away into oblivion. Purport: Although the soul is eternal, our so-called family tradition and earthly fame will certainly pass into oblivion....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: कलौ न राजन्जगतां परं गुरुंत्रिलोकनाथानतपादपङ्कजम् ।प्रायेण मर्त्या भगवन्तमच्युतंयक्ष्यन्ति पाषण्डविभिन्नचेतस: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: kalau na rājan jagatāṁ paraṁ guruṁtri-loka-nāthānata-pāda-paṅkajamprāyeṇa martyā bhagavantam acyutaṁyakṣyanti pāṣaṇḍa-vibhinna-cetasaḥ Translation: O King, in the Age of Kali people’s intelligence will be diverted by atheism, and they will almost never offer sacrifice to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme spiritual master of the universe. Although the great personalities who control the three worlds all bow down to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, the petty and miserable human beings of this age will not do so....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: इमां वक्ष्यत्यसौ सूत ऋषिभ्यो नैमिषालये ।दीर्घसत्रे कुरुश्रेष्ठ सम्पृष्ट: शौनकादिभि: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: imāṁ vakṣyaty asau sūtaṛṣibhyo naimiṣālayedīrgha-satre kuru-śreṣṭhasampṛṣṭaḥ śaunakādibhiḥ Translation: O best of the Kurus, the same Sūta Gosvāmī who is sitting before us will speak this Bhāgavatam to the sages assembled in the great sacrifice at Naimiṣāraṇya. This he will do when questioned by the members of the assembly, headed by Śaunaka....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: ततोऽक्षरसमाम्नायमसृजद् भगवानज: ।अन्तस्थोष्मस्वरस्पर्शह्रस्वदीर्घादिलक्षणम् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: tato ’kṣara-samāmnāyamasṛjad bhagavān ajaḥantasthoṣma-svara-sparśa-hrasva-dīrghādi-lakṣaṇam Translation: From that oṁkāra Lord Brahmā created all the sounds of the alphabet — the vowels, consonants, semivowels, sibilants and others — distinguished by such features as long and short measure. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: नान्यं तवाङ्‌घ्र्युपनयादपवर्गमूर्ते:क्षेमं जनस्य परितोभिय ईश विद्म: ।ब्रह्मा बिभेत्यलमतो द्विपरार्धधिष्ण्य:कालस्य ते किमुत तत्कृतभौतिकानाम् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: nānyaṁ tavāṅghry-upanayād apavarga-mūrteḥkṣemaṁ janasya parito-bhiya īśa vidmaḥbrahmā bibhety alam ato dvi-parārdha-dhiṣṇyaḥkālasya te kim uta tat-kṛta-bhautikānām Translation: My dear Lord, even Lord Brahmā, who enjoys his exalted position for the entire duration of the universe, fears the passage of time. Then what to speak of those whom Brahmā creates, the conditioned souls....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: यो वै वाङ्‍मनसी सम्यगसंयच्छन् धिया यति: ।तस्य व्रतं तपो दानं स्रवत्यामघटाम्बुवत् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: yo vai vāṅ-manasī saṁyagasaṁyacchan dhiyā yatiḥtasya vrataṁ tapo dānaṁsravaty āma-ghaṭāmbu-vat Translation: A transcendentalist who does not completely control his words and mind by superior intelligence will find that his spiritual vows, austerities and charity flow away just as water flows out of an unbaked clay pot....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: शिलोञ्छवृत्त्या परितुष्टचित्तोधर्मं महान्तं विरजं जुषाण: ।मय्यर्पितात्मा गृह एव तिष्ठ-न्नातिप्रसक्त: समुपैति शान्तिम् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: śiloñcha-vṛttyā parituṣṭa-cittodharmaṁ mahāntaṁ virajaṁ juṣāṇaḥmayy arpitātmā gṛha eva tiṣṭhannāti-prasaktaḥ samupaiti śāntim Translation: A brāhmaṇa householder should remain satisfied in mind by gleaning rejected grains from agricultural fields and marketplaces. Keeping himself free of personal desire, he should practice magnanimous religious principles, with consciousness absorbed in Me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचर्यं तप: शौचं सन्तोषो भूतसौहृदम् ।गृहस्थस्याप्यृतौ गन्तु: सर्वेषां मदुपासनम् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: brahmacaryaṁ tapaḥ śaucaṁsantoṣo bhūta-sauhṛdamgṛhasthasyāpy ṛtau gantuḥsarveṣāṁ mad-upāsanam Translation: A householder may approach his wife for sex only at the time prescribed for begetting children. Otherwise, the householder should practice celibacy, austerity, cleanliness of mind and body, satisfaction in his natural position, and friendship toward all living entities. Worship of Me is to be practiced by all human beings, regardless of social or occupational divisions....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: मां विधत्तेऽभिधत्ते मां विकल्प्यापोह्यते त्वहम् ।एतावान् सर्ववेदार्थ: शब्द आस्थाय मां भिदाम् ।मायामात्रमनूद्यान्ते प्रतिषिध्य प्रसीदति ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: māṁ vidhatte ’bhidhatte māṁvikalpyāpohyate tv ahametāvān sarva-vedārthaḥśabda āsthāya māṁ bhidāmmāyā-mātram anūdyāntepratiṣidhya prasīdati Translation: I am the ritualistic sacrifice enjoined by the Vedas, and I am the worshipable Deity. It is I who am presented as various philosophical hypotheses, and it is I alone who am then refuted by philosophical analysis....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: नित्यदा ह्यङ्ग भूतानि भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ।कालेनालक्ष्यवेगेन सूक्ष्मत्वात्तन्न द‍ृश्यते ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: nityadā hy aṅga bhūtānibhavanti na bhavanti cakālenālakṣya-vegenasūkṣmatvāt tan na dṛśyate Translation: My dear Uddhava, material bodies are constantly undergoing creation and destruction by the force of time, whose swiftness is imperceptible. But because of the subtle nature of time, no one sees this. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: मनो गुणान् वै सृजते बलीय-स्ततश्च कर्माणि विलक्षणानि ।शुक्लानि कृष्णान्यथ लोहितानितेभ्य: सवर्णा: सृतयो भवन्ति ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: mano guṇān vai sṛjate balīyastataś ca karmāṇi vilakṣaṇāniśuklāni kṛṣṇāny atha lohitānitebhyaḥ sa-varṇāḥ sṛtayo bhavanti Translation: The powerful mind actuates the functions of the material modes, from which evolve the different kinds of material activities in the modes of goodness, ignorance and passion. From the activities in each of these modes develop the corresponding statuses of life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: दत्त्वाचमनमुच्छेषं विष्वक्सेनाय कल्पयेत् ।मुखवासं सुरभिमत् ताम्बूलाद्यमथार्हयेत् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: dattvācamanam uccheṣaṁviṣvaksenāya kalpayetmukha-vāsaṁ surabhimattāmbūlādyam athārhayet Translation: Once again he should offer the Deity water for washing His mouth, and he should give the remnants of the Lord’s food to Viṣvaksena. Then he should present the Deity with fragrant perfume for the mouth and prepared betel nut. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: योगं निषेवतो नित्यं कायश्चेत् कल्पतामियात् ।तच्छ्रद्दध्यान्न मतिमान्योगमुत्सृज्य मत्पर: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: yogaṁ niṣevato nityaṁkāyaś cet kalpatām iyāttac chraddadhyān na matimānyogam utsṛjya mat-paraḥ Translation: Although the physical body may be improved by various processes of yoga, an intelligent person who has dedicated his life to Me does not place his faith in the prospect of perfecting his physical body through yoga, and in fact he gives up such procedures....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: अपश्यतस्त्वच्चरणाम्बुजं प्रभोद‍ृष्टि: प्रणष्टा तमसि प्रविष्टा ।दिशो न जाने न लभे च शान्तिंयथा निशायामुडुपे प्रणष्टे ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: apaśyatas tvac-caraṇāmbujaṁ prabhodṛṣṭiḥ praṇaṣṭā tamasi praviṣṭādiśo na jāne na labhe ca śāntiṁyathā niśāyām uḍupe praṇaṣṭe Translation: Dāruka said: Just as on a moonless night people are merged into darkness and cannot find their way, now that I have lost sight of Your lotus feet, my Lord, I have lost my vision and am wandering blindly in darkness....