Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 16

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: सुरासुराणामुदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् ।दध्रे कमठरूपेण पृष्ठ एकादशे विभु: ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: surāsurāṇām udadhiṁmathnatāṁ mandarācalamdadhre kamaṭha-rūpeṇapṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ Translation: The eleventh incarnation of the Lord took the form of a tortoise whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandarācala Hill, which was being used as a churning rod by the theists and atheists of the universe. Purport: Once both the atheists and the theists were engaged in producing nectar from the sea so that all of them could become deathless by drinking it....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 17

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशममेव च ।अपाययत्सुरानन्यान्मोहिन्या मोहयन् स्त्रिया ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: dhānvantaraṁ dvādaśamaṁtrayodaśamam eva caapāyayat surān anyānmohinyā mohayan striyā Translation: In the twelfth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth He allured the atheists by the charming beauty of a woman and gave nectar to the demigods to drink. Purport:

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 18

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् ।ददार करजैरूरावेरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁbibhrad daityendram ūrjitamdadāra karajair ūrāverakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathā Translation: In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane. Purport:

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 19

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: पञ्चदशं वामनकं कृत्वागादध्वरं बले: ।पदत्रयं याचमान: प्रत्यादित्सुस्त्रिपिष्टपम् ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: pañcadaśaṁ vāmanakaṁkṛtvāgād adhvaraṁ baleḥpada-trayaṁ yācamānaḥpratyāditsus tri-piṣṭapam Translation: In the fifteenth incarnation, the Lord assumed the form of a dwarf brāhmaṇa [Vāmana] and visited the arena of sacrifice arranged by Mahārāja Bali. Although at heart He was willing to regain the kingdom of the three planetary systems, He simply asked for a donation of three steps of land....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 20

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन् ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् ।त्रि:सप्तकृत्व: कुपितो नि:क्षत्रामकरोन्महीम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: avatāre ṣoḍaśamepaśyan brahma-druho nṛpāntriḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ kupitoniḥ-kṣatrām akaron mahīm Translation: In the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord [as Bhṛgupati] annihilated the administrative class [kṣatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brāhmaṇas [the intelligent class]. Purport: The kṣatriyas, or the administrative class of men, are expected to rule the planet by the direction of the intelligent class of men, who give direction to the rulers in terms of the standard śāstras, or the books of revealed knowledge....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 21

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तत: सप्तदशे जात: सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् ।चक्रे वेदतरो: शाखा द‍ृष्ट्वा पुंसोऽल्पमेधस: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ saptadaśe jātaḥsatyavatyāṁ parāśarātcakre veda-taroḥ śākhādṛṣṭvā puṁso ’lpa-medhasaḥ Translation: Thereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Śrī Vyāsadeva appeared in the womb of Satyavatī through Parāśara Muni, and he divided the one Veda into several branches and subbranches, seeing that the people in general were less intelligent....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 22

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: नरदेवत्वमापन्न: सुरकार्यचिकीर्षया ।समुद्रनिग्रहादीनि चक्रे वीर्याण्यत: परम् ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: nara-devatvam āpannaḥsura-kārya-cikīrṣayāsamudra-nigrahādīnicakre vīryāṇy ataḥ param Translation: In the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rāma. In order to perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist King Rāvaṇa, who was on the other side of the sea....

April 21, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 23

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: एकोनविंशे विंशतिमे वृष्णिषु प्राप्य जन्मनी ।रामकृष्णाविति भुवो भगवानहरद्भ‍रम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: ekonaviṁśe viṁśatimevṛṣṇiṣu prāpya janmanīrāma-kṛṣṇāv iti bhuvobhagavān aharad bharam Translation: In the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa in the family of Vṛṣṇi [the Yadu dynasty], and by so doing He removed the burden of the world. Purport: The specific mention of the word bhagavān in this text indicates that Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa are original forms of the Lord....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 24

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: तत: कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सम्मोहाय सुरद्विषाम् ।बुद्धो नाम्नाञ्जनसुत: कीकटेषु भविष्यति ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ kalau sampravṛttesammohāya sura-dviṣāmbuddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥkīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati Translation: Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist. Purport: Lord Buddha, a powerful incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, appeared in the province of Gayā (Bihar) as the son of Añjanā, and he preached his own conception of nonviolence and deprecated even the animal sacrifices sanctioned in the Vedas....

April 21, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 25

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: अथासौ युगसन्ध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु ।जनिता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्किर्जगत्पति: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: athāsau yuga-sandhyāyāṁdasyu-prāyeṣu rājasujanitā viṣṇu-yaśasonāmnā kalkir jagat-patiḥ Translation: Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas, the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Viṣṇu Yaśā. At this time almost all the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 26

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: अवतारा ह्यसङ्ख्येया हरे: सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजा: ।यथाविदासिन: कुल्या: सरस: स्यु: सहस्रश: ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: avatārā hy asaṅkhyeyāhareḥ sattva-nidher dvijāḥyathāvidāsinaḥ kulyāḥsarasaḥ syuḥ sahasraśaḥ Translation: O brāhmaṇas, the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water. Purport: The list of incarnations of the Personality of Godhead given herein is not complete. It is only a partial view of all the incarnations....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 27

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: ऋषयो मनवो देवा मनुपुत्रा महौजस: ।कला: सर्वे हरेरेव सप्रजापतय: स्मृता: ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: ṛṣayo manavo devāmanu-putrā mahaujasaḥkalāḥ sarve harer evasaprajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ Translation: All the ṛṣis, Manus, demigods and descendants of Manu, who are especially powerful, are plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord. This also includes the Prajāpatis. Purport: Those who are comparatively less powerful are called vibhūti, and those who are comparatively more powerful are called āveśa incarnations....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 28

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: एते चांशकला: पुंस: कृष्णस्तु भगवान् स्वयम् ।इन्द्रारिव्याकुलं लोकं मृडयन्ति युगे युगे ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayamindrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁmṛḍayanti yuge yuge Translation: All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists....

April 21, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 29

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: जन्म गुह्यं भगवतो य एतत्प्रयतो नर: ।सायं प्रातर्गृणन् भक्त्या दु:खग्रामाद्विमुच्यते ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: janma guhyaṁ bhagavatoya etat prayato naraḥsāyaṁ prātar gṛṇan bhaktyāduḥkha-grāmād vimucyate Translation: Whoever carefully recites the mysterious appearances of the Lord, with devotion in the morning and in the evening, gets relief from all miseries of life. Purport: In the Bhagavad-gītā the Personality of Godhead has declared that anyone who knows the principles of the transcendental birth and activities of the Lord will go back to Godhead after being relieved from this material tabernacle....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 30

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: एतद्रूपं भगवतो ह्यरूपस्य चिदात्मन: ।मायागुणैर्विरचितं महदादिभिरात्मनि ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: etad rūpaṁ bhagavatohy arūpasya cid-ātmanaḥmāyā-guṇair viracitaṁmahadādibhir ātmani Translation: The conception of the virāṭ universal form of the Lord, as appearing in the material world, is imaginary. It is to enable the less intelligent [and neophytes] to adjust to the idea of the Lord’s having form. But factually the Lord has no material form....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum