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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: पितरि भ्रंशिते स्थानादिन्द्राण्या धर्षणाद्द्विजै: ।प्रापितेऽजगरत्वं वै ययातिरभवन्नृप: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: pitari bhraṁśite sthānādindrāṇyā dharṣaṇād dvijaiḥprāpite ’jagaratvaṁ vaiyayātir abhavan nṛpaḥ Translation: Because Nahuṣa, the father of Yayāti, molested Indra’s wife, Śacī, who then complained to Agastya and other brāhmaṇas, these saintly brāhmaṇas cursed Nahuṣa to fall from the heavenly planets and be degraded to the status of a python. Consequently, Yayāti became the king....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: विलोकयन्ती क्रीडन्तमुदकार्थं नदीं गता ।होमवेलां न सस्मार किञ्चिच्चित्ररथस्पृहा ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: vilokayantī krīḍantamudakārthaṁ nadīṁ gatāhoma-velāṁ na sasmārakiñcic citraratha-spṛhā Translation: She had gone to bring water from the Ganges, but when she saw Citraratha, the King of the Gandharvas, sporting with the celestial girls, she was somewhat inclined toward him and failed to remember that the time for the fire sacrifice was passing....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तस्य द‍ृग्भ्योऽभवत् पुत्र: सोमोऽमृतमय: किल ।विप्रौषध्युडुगणानां ब्रह्मणा कल्पित: पति: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: tasya dṛgbhyo ’bhavat putraḥsomo ’mṛtamayaḥ kilaviprauṣadhy-uḍu-gaṇānāṁbrahmaṇā kalpitaḥ patiḥ Translation: From Atri’s tears of jubilation was born a son named Soma, the moon, who was full of soothing rays. Lord Brahmā appointed him the director of the brāhmaṇas, drugs and luminaries. Purport: According to the Vedic description, Soma, the moon-god, was born from the mind of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (candramā manaso jātaḥ)....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: निमिश्चलमिदं विद्वान् सत्रमारभतात्मवान् ।ऋत्विग्भिरपरैस्तावन्नागमद् यावता गुरु: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: nimiś calam idaṁ vidvānsatram ārabhatātmavānṛtvigbhir aparais tāvannāgamad yāvatā guruḥ Translation: Mahārāja Nimi, being a self-realized soul, considered that this life is flickering. Therefore, instead of waiting long for Vasiṣṭha, he began performing the sacrifice with other priests. Purport: Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, śarīraṁ kṣaṇa-vidhvāṁsi kalpānta-sthāyino guṇāḥ: “The duration of one’s life in the material world may end at any moment, but if within this life one does something worthy, that qualification is depicted in history eternally....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3-4 Sanskrit: सगणस्तत्सुतस्तस्माद् विधृतिश्चाभवत् सुत: ।ततो हिरण्यनाभोऽभूद् योगाचार्यस्तु जैमिने: ॥ ३ ॥शिष्य: कौशल्य आध्यात्मं याज्ञवल्‍क्योऽध्यगाद् यत: ।योगं महोदयम् ऋषिर्हृदयग्रन्थिभेदकम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: sagaṇas tat-sutas tasmādvidhṛtiś cābhavat sutaḥtato hiraṇyanābho ’bhūdyogācāryas tu jaimineḥ Translation: The son of Vajranābha was Sagaṇa, and his son was Vidhṛti. The son of Vidhṛti was Hiraṇyanābha, who became a disciple of Jaimini and became a great ācārya of mystic yoga....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: आचार्याय ददौ शेषां यावती भूस्तदन्तरा ।मन्यमान इदं कृत्‍स्‍नं ब्राह्मणोऽर्हति नि:स्पृह: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: ācāryāya dadau śeṣāṁyāvatī bhūs tad-antarāmanyamāna idaṁ kṛtsnaṁbrāhmaṇo ’rhati niḥspṛhaḥ Translation: Thereafter, thinking that because the brāhmaṇas have no material desires they should possess the entire world, Lord Rāmacandra delivered the land between the east, west, north and south to the ācārya. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तस्यानुचरितं राजन्नृषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभि: ।श्रुतं हि वर्णितं भूरि त्वया सीतापतेर्मुहु: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: tasyānucaritaṁ rājannṛṣibhis tattva-darśibhiḥśrutaṁ hi varṇitaṁ bhūritvayā sītā-pater muhuḥ Translation: O King Parīkṣit, the transcendental activities of Lord Rāmacandra have been described by great saintly persons who have seen the truth. Because you have heard again and again about Lord Rāmacandra, the husband of mother Sītā, I shall describe these activities only in brief....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: दर्शयामास तं देवी प्रसन्ना वरदास्मि ते ।इत्युक्त: स्वमभिप्रायं शशंसावनतो नृप: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: darśayām āsa taṁ devīprasannā varadāsmi teity uktaḥ svam abhiprāyaṁśaśaṁsāvanato nṛpaḥ Translation: Thereafter, mother Ganges appeared before King Bhagīratha and said, “I am very much satisfied with your austerities and am now prepared to give you benedictions as you desire.” Being thus addressed by Gaṅgādevī, mother Ganges, the King bowed his head before her and explained his desire....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: वृद्धं तं पञ्चतां प्राप्तं महिष्यनुमरिष्यती ।और्वेण जानतात्मानं प्रजावन्तं निवारिता ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: vṛddhaṁ taṁ pañcatāṁ prāptaṁmahiṣy anumariṣyatīaurveṇa jānatātmānaṁprajāvantaṁ nivāritā Translation: Bāhuka died when he was old, and one of his wives wanted to die with him, following the satī rite. At that time, however, Aurva Muni, knowing her to be pregnant, forbade her to die. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: गन्धर्वानवधीत् तत्र वध्यान् वै विष्णुशक्तिधृक् ।नागाल्लब्धवर: सर्पादभयं स्मरतामिदम् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: gandharvān avadhīt tatravadhyān vai viṣṇu-śakti-dhṛknāgāl labdha-varaḥ sarpādabhayaṁ smaratām idam Translation: There in Rasātala, the lower region of the universe, Purukutsa, being empowered by Lord Viṣṇu, was able to kill all the Gandharvas who deserved to be killed. Purukutsa received the benediction from the serpents that anyone who remembers this history of his being brought by Narmadā to the lower region of the universe will be assured of safety from the attack of snakes....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: एते क्षेत्रप्रसूता वै पुनस्त्वाङ्गिरसा: स्मृता: ।रथीतराणां प्रवरा: क्षेत्रोपेता द्विजातय: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: ete kṣetra-prasūtā vaipunas tv āṅgirasāḥ smṛtāḥrathītarāṇāṁ pravarāḥkṣetropetā dvi-jātayaḥ Translation: Having been born from the womb of Rathītara’s wife, all these sons were known as the dynasty of Rathītara, but because they were born from the semen of Aṅgirā, they were also known as the dynasty of Aṅgirā. Among all the progeny of Rathītara, these sons were the most prominent because, owing to their birth, they were considered brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: अम्बरीष उवाचत्वमग्निर्भगवान् सूर्यस्त्वं सोमो ज्योतिषां पति: ।त्वमापस्त्वं क्षितिर्व्योम वायुर्मात्रेन्द्रियाणि च ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: ambarīṣa uvācatvam agnir bhagavān sūryastvaṁ somo jyotiṣāṁ patiḥtvam āpas tvaṁ kṣitir vyomavāyur mātrendriyāṇi ca Translation: Mahārāja Ambarīṣa said: O Sudarśana cakra, you are fire, you are the most powerful sun, and you are the moon, the master of all luminaries. You are water, earth and sky, you are the air, you are the five sense objects [sound, touch, form, taste and smell], and you are the senses also....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: इमे अङ्गिरस: सत्रमासतेऽद्य सुमेधस: ।षष्ठं षष्ठमुपेत्याह: कवे मुह्यन्ति कर्मणि ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: ime aṅgirasaḥ satramāsate ’dya sumedhasaḥṣaṣṭhaṁ ṣaṣṭham upetyāhaḥkave muhyanti karmaṇi Translation: Nābhāga’s father said: All the descendants of Aṅgirā are now going to perform a great sacrifice, but although they are very intelligent, on every sixth day they will be bewildered in performing sacrifice and will make mistakes in their daily duties....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: सा सखीभि: परिवृता विचिन्वन्त्यङ्‌घ्रिपान् वने ।वल्मीकरन्ध्रे दद‍ृशे खद्योते इव ज्योतिषी ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtāvicinvanty aṅghripān vanevalmīka-randhre dadṛśekhadyote iva jyotiṣī Translation: While that Sukanyā, surrounded by her friends, was collecting various types of fruits from the trees in the forest, she saw within the hole of an earthworm two things glowing like luminaries. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: पृषध्रस्तु मनो: पुत्रो गोपालो गुरुणा कृत: ।पालयामास गा यत्तो रात्र्यां वीरासनव्रत: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: pṛṣadhras tu manoḥ putrogo-pālo guruṇā kṛtaḥpālayām āsa gā yattorātryāṁ vīrāsana-vrataḥ Translation: Among these sons, Pṛṣadhra, following the order of his spiritual master, was engaged as a protector of cows. He would stand all night with a sword to give the cows protection. Purport: One who becomes vīrāsana takes the vow to stand all night with a sword to give protection to the cows....