Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 26

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: वर्णास्त्रय: किलास्यासन् गृह्णतोऽनुयुगं तनू: । शुक्लो रक्तस्तथा पीत इदानीं कृष्णतां गत: ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: varṇās trayaḥ kilāsyāsangṛhṇato ’nu-yugaṁ tanūḥśuklo raktas tathā pītaidānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ Translation: [Garga Muni had said:] Your son Kṛṣṇa appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past He assumed three different colors — white, red and yellow — and now He has appeared in a blackish color....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: प्रागयं वसुदेवस्य क्‍वचिज्जातस्तवात्मज: । वासुदेव इति श्रीमानभिज्ञा: सम्प्रचक्षते ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: prāgayaṁ vasudevasyakvacij jātas tavātmajaḥvāsudeva iti śrīmānabhijñāḥ sampracakṣate Translation: For many reasons, this beautiful son of yours sometimes appeared previously as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore, those who are learned sometimes call this child Vāsudeva. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: बहूनि सन्ति नामानि रूपाणि च सुतस्य ते । गुणकर्मानुरूपाणि तान्यहं वेद नो जना: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: bahūni santi nāmānirūpāṇi ca sutasya teguṇa-karmānurūpāṇitāny ahaṁ veda no janāḥ Translation: For this son of yours there are many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to me, but people in general do not understand them. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: एष व: श्रेय आधास्यद् गोपगोकुलनन्दन: । अनेन सर्वदुर्गाणि यूयमञ्जस्तरिष्यथ ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa vaḥ śreya ādhāsyadgopa-gokula-nandanaḥanena sarva-durgāṇiyūyam añjas tariṣyatha Translation: To increase the transcendental bliss of the cowherd men of Gokula, this child will always act auspiciously for you. And by His grace only, you will surpass all difficulties. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: पुरानेन व्रजपते साधवो दस्युपीडिता: । अराजके रक्ष्यमाणा जिग्युर्दस्यून्समेधिता: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: purānena vraja-patesādhavo dasyu-pīḍitāḥarājake rakṣyamāṇājigyur dasyūn samedhitāḥ Translation: O Nanda Mahārāja, as recorded in history, when there was an irregular, incapable government, Indra having been dethroned, and when honest people were being harassed and disturbed by thieves, this child appeared in order to curb the rogues and to protect the people and enable them to flourish....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: य एतस्मिन् महाभागे प्रीतिं कुर्वन्ति मानवा:। नारयोऽभिभवन्त्येतान् विष्णुपक्षानिवासुरा: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: ya etasmin mahā-bhāgeprītiṁ kurvanti mānavāḥnārayo ’bhibhavanty etānviṣṇu-pakṣān ivāsurāḥ Translation: Demons cannot harm the demigods, who always have Lord Viṣṇu on their side. Similarly, any person or group attached to all-auspicious Kṛṣṇa cannot be defeated by enemies. Purport: Śrīla Prabhupāda has especially indicated in this connection that just as Lord Kṛṣṇa’s associates could not be defeated by Kaṁsa, so His modern-day devotees will not be defeated by their demoniac opponents, nor will the Lord’s devotees be defeated by the internal enemies — the lusty, materialistic senses....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: तस्मान्नन्द कुमारोऽयं नारायणसमो गुणै:। श्रिया कीर्त्यानुभावेन तत्कर्मसु न विस्मय: ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: tasmān nanda kumāro ’yaṁnārāyaṇa-samo guṇaiḥśriyā kīrtyānubhāvenatat-karmasu na vismayaḥ Translation: Therefore, O Nanda Mahārāja, this child of yours is as good as Nārāyaṇa. In His transcendental qualities, opulence, name, fame and influence, He is exactly like Nārāyaṇa. Thus you should not be astonished by His activities. Purport: Nanda here reports to the cowherd men the concluding remarks of Garga Muni, who spoke at the secret birth ceremony of Lord Kṛṣṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: इत्यद्धा मां समादिश्य गर्गे च स्वगृहं गते । मन्ये नारायणस्यांशं कृष्णमक्लिष्टकारिणम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: ity addhā māṁ samādiśyagarge ca sva-gṛhaṁ gatemanye nārāyaṇasyāṁśaṁkṛṣṇam akliṣṭa-kāriṇam Translation: [Nanda Mahārāja continued:] After Garga Ṛṣi spoke these words to me and returned home, I began to consider that Kṛṣṇa, who keeps us free from trouble, is actually an expansion of Lord Nārāyaṇa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: इति नन्दवच: श्रुत्वा गर्गगीतं व्रजौकस: । मुदिता नन्दमानर्चु: कृष्णं च गतविस्मया: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: iti nanda-vacaḥ śrutvāgarga-gītaṁ taṁ vrajaukasaḥmuditā nandam ānarcuḥkṛṣṇaṁ ca gata-vismayāḥ Translation: [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Having heard Nanda Mahārāja relate the statements of Garga Muni, the residents of Vṛndāvana became enlivened. Their perplexity was gone, and they worshiped Nanda and Lord Kṛṣṇa with great respect. Purport: Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that in this verse the word ānarcuḥ indicates that the residents of Vṛndāvana honored Nanda and Kṛṣṇa with such offerings as fragrances, garlands and garments brought from their homes....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: देवे वर्षति यज्ञविप्लवरुषा वज्राश्मवर्षानिलै:सीदत्पालपशुस्त्रियात्मशरणं द‍ृष्ट्वानुकम्प्युत्स्मयन् । उत्पाट्यैककरेण शैलमबलो लीलोच्छिलीन्ध्रं यथाबिभ्रद् गोष्ठमपान्महेन्द्रमदभित् प्रीयान्न इन्द्रो गवाम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: deve varṣati yajña-viplava-ruṣā vajrāsma-varṣānilaiḥsīdat-pāla-paśu-striy ātma-śaraṇaṁ dṛṣṭvānukampy utsmayanutpāṭyaika-kareṇa śailam abalo līlocchilīndhraṁ yathābibhrad goṣṭham apān mahendra-mada-bhit prīyān na indro gavām Translation: Indra became angry when his sacrifice was disrupted, and thus he caused rain and hail to fall on Gokula, accompanied by lightning and powerful winds, all of which brought great suffering to the cowherds, animals and women there....