Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचकथितो वंशविस्तारो भवता सोमसूर्ययो: । राज्ञां चोभयवंश्यानां चरितं परमाद्भ‍ुतम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācakathito vaṁśa-vistārobhavatā soma-sūryayoḥrājñāṁ cobhaya-vaṁśyānāṁcaritaṁ paramādbhutam Translation: King Parīkṣit said: My dear lord, you have elaborately described the dynasties of both the moon-god and the sun-god, with the exalted and wonderful character of their kings. Purport: At the end of the Ninth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, Śukadeva Gosvāmī summarized the activities of Kṛṣṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: यदोश्च धर्मशीलस्य नितरां मुनिसत्तम । तत्रांशेनावतीर्णस्य विष्णोर्वीर्याणि शंस न: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yadoś ca dharma-śīlasyanitarāṁ muni-sattamatatrāṁśenāvatīrṇasyaviṣṇor vīryāṇi śaṁsa naḥ Translation: O best of munis, you have also described the descendants of Yadu, who were very pious and strictly adherent to religious principles. Now, if you will, kindly describe the wonderful, glorious activities of Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, who appeared in that Yadu dynasty with Baladeva, His plenary expansion....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: अवतीर्य यदोर्वंशे भगवान् भूतभावन: । कृतवान् यानि विश्वात्मा तानि नो वद विस्तरात् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: avatīrya yador vaṁśebhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥkṛtavān yāni viśvātmātāni no vada vistarāt Translation: The Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the cause of the cosmic manifestation, appeared in the dynasty of Yadu. Please tell me elaborately about His glorious activities and character, from the beginning to the end of His life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: निवृत्ततर्षैरुपगीयमानाद्भवौषधाच्छ्रोत्रमनोऽभिरामात् । क उत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवादात्पुमान् विरज्येत विना पशुघ्नात् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānādbhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-’bhirāmātka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādātpumān virajyeta vinā paśughnāt Translation: Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the paramparā system, that is, it is conveyed from the spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those no longer interested in the false, temporary glorification of this cosmic manifestation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5-7 Sanskrit: पितामहा मे समरेऽमरञ्जयै-र्देवव्रताद्यातिरथैस्तिमिङ्गिलै: । दूरत्ययं कौरवसैन्यसागरंकृत्वातरन् वत्सपदं स्म यत्‍प्लवा: ॥ ५ ॥ द्रौण्यस्त्रविप्लुष्टमिदं मदङ्गंसन्तानबीजं कुरुपाण्डवानाम् । जुगोप कुक्षिं गत आत्तचक्रोमातुश्च मे य: शरणं गताया: ॥ ६ ॥ वीर्याणि तस्याखिलदेहभाजा-मन्तर्बहि: पूरुषकालरूपै: । प्रयच्छतो मृत्युमुतामृतं चमायामनुष्यस्य वदस्व विद्वन् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: pitāmahā me samare ’marañjayairdevavratādyātirathais timiṅgilaiḥduratyayaṁ kaurava-sainya-sāgaraṁkṛtvātaran vatsa-padaṁ sma yat-plavāḥ Translation: Taking the boat of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, my grandfather Arjuna and others crossed the ocean of the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, in which such commanders as Bhīṣmadeva resembled great fish that could very easily have swallowed them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: रोहिण्यास्तनय: प्रोक्तो राम: सङ्कर्षणस्त्वया । देवक्या गर्भसम्बन्ध: कुतो देहान्तरं विना ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: rohiṇyās tanayaḥ proktorāmaḥ saṅkarṣaṇas tvayādevakyā garbha-sambandhaḥkuto dehāntaraṁ vinā Translation: My dear Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have already explained that Saṅkarṣaṇa, who belongs to the second quadruple, appeared as the son of Rohiṇī named Balarāma. If Balarāma was not transferred from one body to another, how is it possible that He was first in the womb of Devakī and then in the womb of Rohiṇī?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: कस्मान्मुकुन्दो भगवान् पितुर्गेहाद् व्रजं गत: । क्‍व वासं ज्ञातिभि: सार्धं कृतवान् सात्वतांपति: ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: kasmān mukundo bhagavānpitur gehād vrajaṁ gataḥkva vāsaṁ jñātibhiḥ sārdhaṁkṛtavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ Translation: Why did Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leave the house of His father, Vasudeva, and transfer Himself to the house of Nanda in Vṛndāvana? Where did the Lord, the master of the Yadu dynasty, live with His relatives in Vṛndāvana?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: व्रजे वसन् किमकरोन्मधुपुर्यां च केशव: । भ्रातरं चावधीत् कंसं मातुरद्धातदर्हणम् ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: vraje vasan kim akaronmadhupuryāṁ ca keśavaḥbhrātaraṁ cāvadhīt kaṁsaṁmātur addhātad-arhaṇam Translation: Lord Kṛṣṇa lived both in Vṛndāvana and in Mathurā. What did He do there? Why did He kill Kaṁsa, His mother’s brother? Such killing is not at all sanctioned in the śāstras. Purport: One’s maternal uncle, the brother of one’s mother, is on the level of one’s father....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: देहं मानुषमाश्रित्य कति वर्षाणि वृष्णिभि: । यदुपुर्यां सहावात्सीत् पत्न्‍य: कत्यभवन् प्रभो: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: dehaṁ mānuṣam āśrityakati varṣāṇi vṛṣṇibhiḥyadu-puryāṁ sahāvātsītpatnyaḥ katy abhavan prabhoḥ Translation: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, yet He appears as a human being. For how many years did He live with the descendants of Vṛṣṇi? How many wives did He marry, and for how many years did He live in Dvārakā?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: एतदन्यच्च सर्वं मे मुने कृष्णविचेष्टितम् । वक्तुमर्हसि सर्वज्ञ श्रद्दधानाय विस्तृतम् ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: etad anyac ca sarvaṁ memune kṛṣṇa-viceṣṭitamvaktum arhasi sarvajñaśraddadhānāya vistṛtam Translation: O great sage, who know everything about Kṛṣṇa, please describe in detail all the activities of which I have inquired and also those of which I have not, for I have full faith and am very eager to hear of them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: नैषातिदु:सहा क्षुन्मां त्यक्तोदमपि बाधते । पिबन्तं त्वन्मुखाम्भोजच्युतं हरिकथामृतम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: naiṣātiduḥsahā kṣun māṁtyaktodam api bādhatepibantaṁ tvan-mukhāmbhoja-cyutaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam Translation: Because of my vow on the verge of death, I have given up even drinking water, yet because I am drinking the nectar of topics about Kṛṣṇa, which is flowing from the lotus mouth of your Lordship, my hunger and thirst, which are extremely difficult to bear, cannot hinder me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचएवं निशम्य भृगुनन्दन साधुवादंवैयासकि: स भगवानथ विष्णुरातम् । प्रत्यर्च्य कृष्णचरितं कलिकल्मषघ्नंव्याहर्तुमारभत भागवतप्रधान: ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaevaṁ niśamya bhṛgu-nandana sādhu-vādaṁvaiyāsakiḥ sa bhagavān atha viṣṇu-rātampratyarcya kṛṣṇa-caritaṁ kali-kalmaṣa-ghnaṁvyāhartum ārabhata bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: O son of Bhṛgu, after Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the most respectable devotee, the son of Vyāsadeva, heard the pious questions of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, he thanked the King with great respect....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचसम्यग्व्यवसिता बुद्धिस्तव राजर्षिसत्तम । वासुदेवकथायां ते यज्जाता नैष्ठिकी रति: ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācasamyag vyavasitā buddhistava rājarṣi-sattamavāsudeva-kathāyāṁ teyaj jātā naiṣṭhikī ratiḥ Translation: Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Your Majesty, best of all saintly kings, because you are greatly attracted to topics of Vāsudeva, it is certain that your intelligence is firmly fixed in spiritual understanding, which is the only true goal for humanity....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: वासुदेवकथाप्रश्न: पुरुषांस्त्रीन् पुनाति हि । वक्तारं प्रच्छकं श्रोतृंस्तत्पादसलिलं यथा ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: vāsudeva-kathā-praśnaḥpuruṣāṁs trīn punāti hivaktāraṁ pracchakaṁ śrotṝṁstat-pāda-salilaṁ yathā Translation: The Ganges, emanating from the toe of Lord Viṣṇu, purifies the three worlds, the upper, middle and lower planetary systems. Similarly, when one asks questions about the pastimes and characteristics of Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, three varieties of men are purified: the speaker or preacher, he who inquires, and the people in general who listen....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: भूमिर्द‍ृप्तनृपव्याजदैत्यानीकशतायुतै: । आक्रान्ता भूरिभारेण ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: bhūmir dṛpta-nṛpa-vyāja-daityānīka-śatāyutaiḥākrāntā bhūri-bhāreṇabrahmāṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau Translation: Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief. Purport: When the world is overburdened by unnecessary military arrangements and when various demoniac kings are the executive heads of state, this burden causes the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead....