Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 - Chapter 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवायजन्माद्यस्य यतोऽन्वयादितरतश्चार्थेष्वभिज्ञ: स्वराट्तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यत्सूरय: ।तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयो यत्र त्रिसर्गोऽमृषाधाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परं धीमहि ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāyajanmādy asya yato ’nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭtene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥtejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra tri-sargo ’mṛṣādhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi Translation: O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: धर्म: प्रोज्झितकैतवोऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणां सतांवेद्यं वास्तवमत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् ।श्रीमद्भागवते महामुनिकृते किं वा परैरीश्वर:सद्यो हृद्यवरुध्यतेऽत्र कृतिभि: शुश्रूषुभिस्तत्क्षणात् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁvedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanamśrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥsadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt Translation: Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhāgavata Purāṇa propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are fully pure in heart....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलंशुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम् ।पिबत भागवतं रसमालयंमुहुरहो रसिका भुवि भावुका: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁśuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutampibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayammuhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ Translation: O expert and thoughtful men, relish Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from the lips of Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Therefore this fruit has become even more tasteful, although its nectarean juice was already relishable for all, including liberated souls....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: नैमिषेऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे ऋषय: शौनकादय: ।सत्रं स्वर्गायलोकाय सहस्रसममासत ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: naimiṣe ’nimiṣa-kṣetreṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥsatraṁ svargāya lokāyasahasra-samam āsata Translation: Once, in a holy place in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya, great sages headed by the sage Śaunaka assembled to perform a great thousand-year sacrifice for the satisfaction of the Lord and His devotees. Purport: The prelude of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was spoken in the previous three ślokas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: त एकदा तु मुनय: प्रातर्हुतहुताग्नय: ।सत्कृतं सूतमासीनं पप्रच्छुरिदमादरात् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ta ekadā tu munayaḥprātar huta-hutāgnayaḥsat-kṛtaṁ sūtam āsīnaṁpapracchur idam ādarāt Translation: One day, after finishing their morning duties by burning a sacrificial fire and offering a seat of esteem to Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī, the great sages made inquiries, with great respect, about the following matters. Purport: Morning is the best time to hold spiritual services....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: त्वया खलु पुराणानि सेतिहासानि चानघ ।आख्यातान्यप्यधीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि यान्युत ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: ṛṣaya ūcuḥtvayā khalu purāṇānisetihāsāni cānaghaākhyātāny apy adhītānidharma-śāstrāṇi yāny uta Translation: The sages said: Respected Sūta Gosvāmī, you are completely free from all vice. You are well versed in all the scriptures famous for religious life, and in the Purāṇas and the histories as well, for you have gone through them under proper guidance and have also explained them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: यानि वेदविदां श्रेष्ठो भगवान् बादरायण: ।अन्ये च मुनय: सूत परावरविदो विदु: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: yāni veda-vidāṁ śreṣṭhobhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥanye ca munayaḥ sūtaparāvara-vido viduḥ Translation: Being the eldest learned Vedāntist, O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are acquainted with the knowledge of Vyāsadeva, who is the incarnation of Godhead, and you also know other sages who are fully versed in all kinds of physical and metaphysical knowledge....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: वेत्थ त्वं सौम्य तत्सर्वं तत्त्वतस्तदनुग्रहात् ।ब्रूयु: स्‍निग्धस्य शिष्यस्य गुरवो गुह्यमप्युत ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: vettha tvaṁ saumya tat sarvaṁtattvatas tad-anugrahātbrūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasyaguravo guhyam apy uta Translation: And because you are submissive, your spiritual masters have endowed you with all the favors bestowed upon a gentle disciple. Therefore you can tell us all that you have scientifically learned from them. Purport: The secret of success in spiritual life is in satisfying the spiritual master and thereby getting his sincere blessings....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: तत्र तत्राञ्जसायुष्मन् भवता यद्विनिश्चितम् ।पुंसामेकान्तत: श्रेयस्तन्न: शंसितुमर्हसि ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: tatra tatrāñjasāyuṣmanbhavatā yad viniścitampuṁsām ekāntataḥ śreyastan naḥ śaṁsitum arhasi Translation: Please, therefore, being blessed with many years, explain to us, in an easily understandable way, what you have ascertained to be the absolute and ultimate good for the people in general. Purport: In Bhagavad-gītā, worship of the ācārya is recommended....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: प्रायेणाल्पायुष: सभ्य कलावस्मिन् युगे जना: ।मन्दा: सुमन्दमतयो मन्दभाग्या ह्युपद्रुता: ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: prāyeṇālpāyuṣaḥ sabhyakalāv asmin yuge janāḥmandāḥ sumanda-matayomanda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ Translation: O learned one, in this iron Age of Kali men almost always have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed. Purport: The devotees of the Lord are always anxious for the spiritual improvement of the general public....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: भूरीणि भूरिकर्माणि श्रोतव्यानि विभागश: ।अत: साधोऽत्र यत्सारं समुद्‍धृत्य मनीषया ।ब्रूहि भद्रायभूतानां येनात्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: bhūrīṇi bhūri-karmāṇiśrotavyāni vibhāgaśaḥataḥ sādho ’tra yat sāraṁsamuddhṛtya manīṣayābrūhi bhadrāya bhūtānāmyenātmā suprasīdati Translation: There are many varieties of scriptures, and in all of them there are many prescribed duties, which can be learned only after many years of study in their various divisions. Therefore, O sage, please select the essence of all these scriptures and explain it for the good of all living beings, that by such instruction their hearts may be fully satisfied....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: सूत जानासि भद्रं ते भगवान् सात्वतां पति: ।देवक्यां वसुदेवस्य जातो यस्य चिकीर्षया ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: sūta jānāsi bhadraṁ tebhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥdevakyāṁ vasudevasyajāto yasya cikīrṣayā Translation: All blessings upon you, O Sūta Gosvāmī. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeared in the womb of Devakī as the son of Vasudeva. Purport: Bhagavān means the almighty God who is the controller of all opulence, power, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तन्न: शुश्रूषमाणानामर्हस्यङ्गानुवर्णितुम् ।यस्यावतारो भूतानां क्षेमाय च भवाय च ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tan naḥ śuśrūṣamāṇānāmarhasy aṅgānuvarṇitumyasyāvatāro bhūtānāṁkṣemāya ca bhavāya ca Translation: O Sūta Gosvāmī, we are eager to learn about the Personality of Godhead and His incarnations. Please explain to us those teachings imparted by previous masters [ācāryas], for one is uplifted both by speaking them and by hearing them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: आपन्न: संसृतिं घोरां यन्नाम विवशो गृणन् ।तत: सद्यो विमुच्येत यद्ब‍िभेति स्वयं भयम् ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁyan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇantataḥ sadyo vimucyetayad bibheti svayaṁ bhayam Translation: Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, which is feared by fear personified. Purport: Vāsudeva, or Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is the supreme controller of everything....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: यत्पादसंश्रया: सूत मुनय: प्रशमायना: ।सद्य: पुनन्त्युपस्पृष्टा: स्वर्धुन्यापोऽनुसेवया ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: yat-pāda-saṁśrayāḥ sūtamunayaḥ praśamāyanāḥsadyaḥ punanty upaspṛṣṭāḥsvardhuny-āpo ’nusevayā Translation: O Sūta, those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can at once sanctify those who come in touch with them, whereas the waters of the Ganges can sanctify only after prolonged use. Purport: Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges....