Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 10

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: नम: परमकल्याण नम: परममङ्गल ।वासुदेवाय शान्ताय यदूनां पतये नम: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: namaḥ parama-kalyāṇanamaḥ parama-maṅgalavāsudevāya śāntāyayadūnāṁ pataye namaḥ Translation: O supremely auspicious, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You, who are the supreme good. O most famous descendant and controller of the Yadu dynasty, O son of Vasudeva, O most peaceful, let us offer our obeisances unto Your lotus feet....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: अनुजानीहि नौ भूमंस्तवानुचरकिङ्करौ ।दर्शनं नौ भगवत ऋषेरासीदनुग्रहात् ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: anujānīhi nau bhūmaṁstavānucara-kiṅkaraudarśanaṁ nau bhagavataṛṣer āsīd anugrahāt Translation: O supreme form, we are always servants of Your servants, especially of Nārada Muni. Now give us permission to leave for our home. It is by the grace and mercy of Nārada Muni that we have been able to see You face to face....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: वाणी गुणानुकथने श्रवणौ कथायांहस्तौ च कर्मसु मनस्तव पादयोर्न: ।स्मृत्यां शिरस्तव निवासजगत्प्रणामेद‍ृष्टि: सतां दर्शनेऽस्तु भवत्तनूनाम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: vāṇī guṇānukathane śravaṇau kathāyāṁhastau ca karmasu manas tava pādayor naḥsmṛtyāṁ śiras tava nivāsa-jagat-praṇāmedṛṣṭiḥ satāṁ darśane ’stu bhavat-tanūnām Translation: Henceforward, may all our words describe Your pastimes, may our ears engage in aural reception of Your glories, may our hands, legs and other senses engage in actions pleasing to You, and may our minds always think of Your lotus feet....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचइत्थं सङ्कीर्तितस्ताभ्यां भगवान्गोकुलेश्वर: ।दाम्ना चोलूखले बद्ध: प्रहसन्नाह गुह्यकौ ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaitthaṁ saṅkīrtitas tābhyāṁbhagavān gokuleśvaraḥdāmnā colūkhale baddhaḥprahasann āha guhyakau Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: The two young demigods thus offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Godhead, is the master of all and was certainly Gokuleśvara, the master of Gokula, He was bound to the wooden mortar by the ropes of the gopīs, and therefore, smiling widely, He spoke to the sons of Kuvera the following words....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचज्ञातं मम पुरैवैतद‍ृषिणा करुणात्मना ।यच्छ्रीमदान्धयोर्वाग्भिर्विभ्रंशोऽनुग्रह: कृत: ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācajñātaṁ mama puraivaitadṛṣiṇā karuṇātmanāyac chrī-madāndhayor vāgbhirvibhraṁśo ’nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The great saint Nārada Muni is very merciful. By his curse, he showed the greatest favor to both of you, who were mad after material opulence and who had thus become blind. Although you fell from the higher planet Svargaloka and became trees, you were most favored by him....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: साधूनां समचित्तानां सुतरां मत्कृतात्मनाम् ।दर्शनान्नो भवेद् बन्ध: पुंसोऽक्ष्णो: सवितुर्यथा ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: sādhūnāṁ sama-cittānāṁsutarāṁ mat-kṛtātmanāmdarśanān no bhaved bandhaḥpuṁso ’kṣṇoḥ savitur yathā Translation: When one is face to face with the sun, there is no longer darkness for one’s eyes. Similarly, when one is face to face with a sādhu, a devotee, who is fully determined and surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one will no longer be subject to material bondage....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: तद्गच्छतं मत्परमौ नलकूवर सादनम् ।सञ्जातो मयि भावो वामीप्सित: परमोऽभव: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: tad gacchataṁ mat-paramaunalakūvara sādanamsañjāto mayi bhāvo vāmīpsitaḥ paramo ’bhavaḥ Translation: O Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, now you may both return home. Since you desire to be always absorbed in My devotional service, your desire to develop love and affection for Me will be fulfilled, and now you will never fall from that platform....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचइत्युक्तौ तौ परिक्रम्य प्रणम्य च पुन: पुन: ।बद्धोलूखलमामन्‍त्र्य जग्मतुर्दिशमुत्तराम् ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaity uktau tau parikramyapraṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥbaddholūkhalam āmantryajagmatur diśam uttarām Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead having spoken to the two demigods in this way, they circumambulated the Lord, who was bound to the wooden mortar, and offered obeisances to Him. After taking the permission of Lord Kṛṣṇa, they returned to their respective homes....