Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 13 - Verse 60

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 60 Sanskrit: इत्युक्त्वाथारुहत् स्वर्गं नारद: सहतुम्बुरु: ।युधिष्ठिरो वचस्तस्य हृदि कृत्वाजहाच्छुच: ॥ ६० ॥ ITRANS: ity uktvāthāruhat svargaṁnāradaḥ saha-tumburuḥyudhiṣṭhiro vacas tasyahṛdi kṛtvājahāc chucaḥ Translation: Having spoken thus, the great sage Nārada, along with his vīṇā, ascended into outer space. Yudhiṣṭhira kept his instruction in his heart and so was able to get rid of all lamentations. Purport: Śrī Nāradajī is an eternal spaceman, having been endowed with a spiritual body by the grace of the Lord....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 12 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: पुष्करे मथुरायां च द्वारवत्यां यतात्मवान् ।उपोष्य संहितामेतां पठित्वा मुच्यते भयात् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: puṣkare mathurāyāṁ cadvāravatyāṁ yatātmavānupoṣya saṁhitām etāṁpaṭhitvā mucyate bhayāt Translation: One who controls his mind, fasts at the holy places Puṣkara, Mathurā or Dvārakā, and studies this scripture will be freed from all fear. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 6 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: वैशम्पायनशिष्या वै चरकाध्वर्यवोऽभवन् ।यच्चेरुर्ब्रह्महत्यांह: क्षपणं स्वगुरोर्व्रतम् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: vaiśampāyana-śiṣyā vaicarakādhvaryavo ’bhavanyac cerur brahma-hatyāṁhaḥkṣapaṇaṁ sva-guror vratam Translation: The disciples of Vaiśampāyana became authorities in the Atharva Veda. They were known as the Carakas because they executed strict vows to free their guru from his sin of killing a brāhmaṇa. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 22 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: सुदु:सहमिमं मन्ये आत्मन्यसदतिक्रमम् ।विदुषामपि विश्वात्मन् प्रकृतिर्हि बलीयसी ।ऋते त्वद्धर्मनिरतान् शान्तांस्ते चरणालयान् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: su-duḥsaham imaṁ manyaātmany asad-atikramamviduṣām api viśvātmanprakṛtir hi balīyasīṛte tvad-dharma-niratānśāntāṁs te caraṇālayān Translation: O soul of the universe, the conditioning of one’s personality in material life is very strong, and therefore it is very difficult even for learned men to tolerate the offenses committed against them by ignorant people....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 23 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: य एतां भिक्षुणा गीतां ब्रह्मनिष्ठां समाहित: ।धारयञ्छ्रावयञ्छृण्वन्द्वन्द्वैर्नैवाभिभूयते ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: ya etāṁ bhikṣuṇā gītāṁbrahma-niṣṭhāṁ samāhitaḥdhārayañ chrāvayañ chṛṇvandvandvair naivābhibhūyate Translation: Anyone who listens to or recites to others this song of the sannyāsī, which presents scientific knowledge of the Absolute, and who thus meditates upon it with full attention, will never again be overwhelmed by the dualities of material happiness and distress....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 7 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: स्‍नेहानुबद्धहृदयावन्योन्यं विष्णुमायया ।विमोहितौ दीनधियौ शिशून् पुपुषतु: प्रजा: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: snehānubaddha-hṛdayāvanyonyaṁ viṣṇu-māyayāvimohitau dīna-dhiyauśiśūn pupuṣatuḥ prajāḥ Translation: Their hearts bound to each other by affection, the foolish birds, completely bewildered by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, continued to take care of the young offspring who had been born to them. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 84 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: श्रीवसुदेव उवाचभ्रातरीशकृत: पाशो नृणां य: स्‍नेहसंज्ञित: ।तं दुस्त्यजमहं मन्ये शूराणामपि योगिनाम् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-vasudeva uvācabhrātar īśa-kṛtaḥ pāśonṛnāṁ yaḥ sneha-saṁjñitaḥtaṁ dustyajam ahaṁ manyeśūrāṇām api yoginām Translation: Śrī Vasudeva said: My dear brother, God Himself has tied the knot called affection, which tightly binds human beings together. It seems to me that even great heroes and mystics find it very difficult to free themselves from it....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 47 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: आसामहो चरणरेणुजुषामहं स्यांवृन्दावने किमपि गुल्मलतौषधीनाम् ।या दुस्त्यजं स्वजनमार्यपथं च हित्वाभेजुर्मुकुन्दपदवीं श्रुतिभिर्विमृग्याम् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: āsām aho caraṇa-reṇu-juṣām ahaṁ syāṁvṛndāvane kim api gulma-latauṣadhīnāmyā dustyajaṁ sva-janam ārya-pathaṁ ca hitvābhejur mukunda-padavīṁ śrutibhir vimṛgyām Translation: The gopīs of Vṛndāvana have given up the association of their husbands, sons and other family members, who are very difficult to give up, and they have forsaken the path of chastity to take shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, Kṛṣṇa, which one should search for by Vedic knowledge....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 51 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: विचरस्व महीं कामं मय्यावेशितमानस: ।अस्त्वेवं नित्यदा तुभ्यं भक्तिर्मय्यनपायिनी ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: vicarasva mahīṁ kāmaṁmayy āveśita-mānasaḥastv evaṁ nityadā tubhyaṁbhaktir mayy anapāyinī Translation: Wander this earth at will, with your mind fixed on Me. May you always possess such unfailing devotion for Me. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 16 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: य एतत् संस्मरेन्मर्त्यस्तुभ्यं मदनुशासनम् ।कीर्तयन्नुभयो: सन्ध्योर्न युष्मद् भयमाप्नुयात् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: ya etat saṁsmaren martyastubhyaṁ mad-anuśāsanamkīrtayann ubhayoḥ sandhyorna yuṣmad bhayam āpnuyāt Translation: If a mortal being attentively remembers My command to you — to leave Vṛndāvana and go to the ocean — and narrates this account at sunrise and sunset, he will never be afraid of you. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 14 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: एवं विहारै: कौमारै: कौमारं जहतुर्व्रजे ।निलायनै: सेतुबन्धैर्मर्कटोत्‍प्लवनादिभि: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ vihāraiḥ kaumāraiḥkaumāraṁ jahatur vrajenilāyanaiḥ setu-bandhairmarkaṭotplavanādibhiḥ Translation: In this way the boys spent their childhood in the land of Vṛndāvana playing hide-and-go-seek, building play bridges, jumping about like monkeys and engaging in many other such games. Purport: According to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, the word nilāyanaiḥ refers to games such as hide-and-go-seek or cops and robbers....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 13 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: तत्रोद्वहत् पशुपवंशशिशुत्वनाट्यंब्रह्माद्वयं परमनन्तमगाधबोधम् ।वत्सान् सखीनिव पुरा परितो विचिन्व-देकं सपाणिकवलं परमेष्ठ्यचष्ट ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: tatrodvahat paśupa-vaṁśa-śiśutva-nāṭyaṁbrahmādvayaṁ param anantam agādha-bodhamvatsān sakhīn iva purā parito vicinvadekaṁ sa-pāṇi-kavalaṁ parameṣṭhy acaṣṭa Translation: Then Lord Brahmā saw the Absolute Truth — who is one without a second, who possesses full knowledge and who is unlimited — assuming the role of a child in a family of cowherd men and standing all alone, just as before, with a morsel of food in His hand, searching everywhere for the calves and His cowherd friends....

May 9, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: तथेति सुतमादाय ययावानकदुन्दुभि: । नाभ्यनन्दत तद्वाक्यमसतोऽविजितात्मन: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: tatheti sutam ādāyayayāv ānakadundubhiḥnābhyanandata tad-vākyamasato ’vijitātmanaḥ Translation: Vasudeva agreed and took his child back home, but because Kaṁsa had no character and no self-control, Vasudeva knew that he could not rely on Kaṁsa’s word. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 24 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: कलौ जनिष्यमाणानां दु:खशोकतमोनुदम् । अनुग्रहाय भक्तानां सुपुण्यं व्यतनोद् यश: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: kalau janiṣyamāṇānāṁduḥkha-śoka-tamo-nudamanugrahāya bhaktānāṁsupuṇyaṁ vyatanod yaśaḥ Translation: To show causeless mercy to the devotees who would take birth in the future in this Age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, acted in such a way that simply by remembering Him one will be freed from all the lamentation and unhappiness of material existence....

April 25, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 4 - Verse 61

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: सन्दह्यमानोऽजितशस्त्रवह्निनातत्पादमूले पतित: सवेपथु: ।आहाच्युतानन्त सदीप्सित प्रभोकृतागसं माव हि विश्वभावन ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: sandahyamāno ’jita-śastra-vahninātat-pāda-mūle patitaḥ savepathuḥāhācyutānanta sad-īpsita prabhokṛtāgasaṁ māvahi viśva-bhāvana Translation: Durvāsā Muni, the great mystic, scorched by the heat of the Sudarśana cakra, fell at the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa. His body trembling, he spoke as follows: O infallible, unlimited Lord, protector of the entire universe, You are the only desirable objective for all devotees....

April 25, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum