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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: प्रलयपयसि धातु: सुप्तशक्तेर्मुखेभ्य:श्रुतिगणमपनीतं प्रत्युपादत्त हत्वा ।दितिजमकथयद् यो ब्रह्म सत्यव्रतानांतमहमखिलहेतुं जिह्ममीनं नतोऽस्मि ॥ ६१ ॥स वै मन: कृष्णपदारविन्दयो-र्वचांसि वैकुण्ठगुणानुवर्णने ।करौ हरेर्मन्दिरमार्जनादिषुश्रुतिं चकाराच्युतसत्कथोदये ॥ ITRANS: pralaya-payasi dhātuḥ supta-śakter mukhebhyaḥśruti-gaṇam apanītaṁ pratyupādatta hatvāditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratānāṁtam aham akhila-hetuṁ jihma-mīnaṁ nato ’smi Translation: I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who pretended to be a gigantic fish, who restored the Vedic literature to Lord Brahmā when Lord Brahmā awakened from sleep, and who explained the essence of Vedic literature to King Satyavrata and the great saintly persons....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: त एव नियमा: साक्षात्त एव च यमोत्तमा: ।तपो दानं व्रतं यज्ञो येन तुष्यत्यधोक्षज: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: ta eva niyamāḥ sākṣātta eva ca yamottamāḥtapo dānaṁ vrataṁ yajñoyena tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ Translation: This is the best process for pleasing the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Adhokṣaja. It is the best of all regulative principles, the best austerity, the best process of giving charity, and the best process of sacrifice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: लब्ध्वा तदन्तरं शक्रो निद्रापहृतचेतस: ।दिते: प्रविष्ट उदरं योगेशो योगमायया ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: labdhvā tad-antaraṁ śakronidrāpahṛta-cetasaḥditeḥ praviṣṭa udaraṁyogeśo yoga-māyayā Translation: Finding this fault, Indra, who has all the mystic powers [the yoga-siddhis such as aṇimā and laghimā], entered Diti’s womb while she was unconscious, being fast asleep. Purport: A perfectly successful yogī is expert in eight kinds of perfection. By one of them, called aṇimā-siddhi, he can become smaller than an atom, and in that state he can enter anywhere....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: एवं कश्मलमापन्नं नष्टसंज्ञमनायकम् ।ज्ञात्वाङ्गिरा नाम ऋषिराजगाम सनारद: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ kaśmalam āpannaṁnaṣṭa-saṁjñam anāyakamjñātvāṅgirā nāma ṛṣirājagāma sanāradaḥ Translation: When the great sage Aṅgirā understood that the King was almost dead in an ocean of lamentation, he went there with Nārada Ṛṣi. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: द‍ृष्ट्वा तां कामलिप्तेन बाहुना परिरम्भिताम् ।जगाम हृच्छयवशं सहसैव विमोहित: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: dṛṣṭvā tāṁ kāma-liptenabāhunā parirambhitāmjagāma hṛc-chaya-vaśaṁsahasaiva vimohitaḥ Translation: The śūdra, his arm decorated with turmeric powder, was embracing the prostitute. When Ajāmila saw her, the dormant lusty desires in his heart awakened, and in illusion he fell under their control. Purport: It is said that if one’s body is smeared with turmeric, it attracts the lusty desires of the opposite sex....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: स्यात्साद‍ृश्यभ्रमस्तावद्विकल्पे सति वस्तुन: ।जाग्रत्स्वापौ यथा स्वप्ने तथा विधिनिषेधता ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: syāt sādṛśya-bhramas tāvadvikalpe sati vastunaḥjāgrat-svāpau yathā svapnetathā vidhi-niṣedhatā Translation: When a substance and its parts are separated, the acceptance of similarity between one and the other is called illusion. While dreaming, one creates a separation between the existences called wakefulness and sleep. It is in such a state of mind that the regulative principles of the scriptures, consisting of injunctions and prohibitions, are recommended....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: विलोक्य भग्नसङ्कल्पं विमनस्कं वृषध्वजम् ।तदायं भगवान्विष्णुस्तत्रोपायमकल्पयत् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: vilokya bhagna-saṅkalpaṁvimanaskaṁ vṛṣa-dhvajamtadāyaṁ bhagavān viṣṇustatropāyam akalpayat Translation: Seeing Lord Śiva very much aggrieved and disappointed, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, considered how to stop this nuisance created by Maya Dānava. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचइति दैत्यपतेर्वाक्यं दितिराकर्ण्य सस्‍नुषा ।पुत्रशोकं क्षणात्त्यक्त्वा तत्त्वे चित्तमधारयत् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācaiti daitya-pater vākyaṁditir ākarṇya sasnuṣāputra-śokaṁ kṣaṇāt tyaktvātattve cittam adhārayat Translation: Śrī Nārada Muni continued: Diti, the mother of Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa, heard the instructions of Hiraṇyakaśipu along with her daughter-in-law, Ruṣābhānu, Hiraṇyākṣa’s wife. She then forgot her grief over her son’s death and thus engaged her mind and attention in understanding the real philosophy of life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: शयानमिममुत्सृज्य श्वसन्तं पुरुषो यथा ।कर्मात्मन्याहितं भुङ्क्ते ताद‍ृशेनेतरेण वा ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: śayānam imam utsṛjyaśvasantaṁ puruṣo yathākarmātmany āhitaṁ bhuṅktetādṛśenetareṇa vā Translation: The living entity, while dreaming, gives up the actual living body. Through the activities of his mind and intelligence, he acts in another body, either as a god or a dog. After giving up this gross body, the living entity enters either an animal body or a demigod’s body on this planet or on another planet....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: माया ह्येषा मया सृष्टा यत्पुमांसं स्त्रियं सतीम् ।मन्यसे नोभयं यद्वै हंसौ पश्यावयोर्गतिम् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: māyā hy eṣā mayā sṛṣṭāyat pumāṁsaṁ striyaṁ satīmmanyase nobhayaṁ yad vaihaṁsau paśyāvayor gatim Translation: Sometimes you think yourself a man, sometimes a chaste woman and sometimes a neutral eunuch. This is all because of the body, which is created by the illusory energy. This illusory energy is My potency, and actually both of us — you and I — are pure spiritual identities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: यो माययेदं पुरुरूपयासृजद्बिभर्ति भूय: क्षपयत्यविक्रिय: ।यद्भेदबुद्धि: सदिवात्मदु:स्थयात्वमात्मतन्त्रं भगवन् प्रतीमहि ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: yo māyayedaṁ puru-rūpayāsṛjadbibharti bhūyaḥ kṣapayaty avikriyaḥyad-bheda-buddhiḥ sad ivātma-duḥsthayātvam ātma-tantraṁ bhagavan pratīmahi Translation: My dear Lord, You have manifold energies, and these energies are manifested in manifold forms. With such energies You have also created this cosmic manifestation, and although You maintain it as if it were permanent, You ultimately annihilate it....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: कन्दर्प इव सौन्दर्ये मनस्वी मृगराडिव ।वात्सल्ये मनुवन्नृणां प्रभुत्वे भगवानज: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: kandarpa iva saundaryemanasvī mṛga-rāḍ ivavātsalye manuvan nṛṇāṁprabhutve bhagavān ajaḥ Translation: In his bodily beauty he was just like Cupid, and in his thoughtfulness he was like a lion. In his affection he was just like Svāyambhuva Manu, and in his ability to control he was like Lord Brahmā....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: पय:फेननिभा: शय्या दान्ता रुक्‍मपरिच्छदा: । आसनानि महार्हाणि यत्र रौक्‍मा उपस्करा: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: payaḥ-phena-nibhāḥ śayyādāntā rukma-paricchadāḥāsanāni mahārhāṇiyatra raukmā upaskarāḥ Translation: The bedding in the palace was as white as the foam of milk and was very soft. The bedsteads were made of ivory with embellishments of gold, and the chairs, benches and other sitting places and furniture were made of gold....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: विरक्तश्चेन्द्रियरतौ भक्तियोगेन भूयसा ।तं निरन्तरभावेन भजेताद्धा विमुक्तये ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: viraktaś cendriya-rataubhakti-yogena bhūyasātaṁ nirantara-bhāvenabhajetāddhā vimuktaye Translation: If one is very serious about liberation, he must stick to the process of transcendental loving service, engaging twenty-four hours a day in the highest stage of ecstasy, and he must certainly be aloof from all activities of sense gratification. Purport: There are different stages of perfection according to different persons’ objectives....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: इदं पवित्रं परमीशचेष्टितंयशस्यमायुष्यमघौघमर्षणम् ।यो नित्यदाकर्ण्य नरोऽनुकीर्तयेद्धुनोत्यघं कौरव भक्तिभावत: ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: idaṁ pavitraṁ param īśa-ceṣṭitaṁyaśasyam āyuṣyam aghaugha-marṣaṇamyo nityadākarṇya naro ’nukīrtayeddhunoty aghaṁ kaurava bhakti-bhāvataḥ Translation: The great sage Maitreya concluded: If one hears and again narrates, with faith and devotion, this story of the Dakṣa yajña as it was conducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, then certainly one is cleared of all contamination of material existence, O son of Kuru....