Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 27

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचगोवर्धने धृते शैले आसाराद् रक्षिते व्रजे । गोलोकादाव्रजत्कृष्णं सुरभि: शक्र एव च ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācagovardhane dhṛte śaileāsārād rakṣite vrajego-lokād āvrajat kṛṣṇaṁsurabhiḥ śakra eva ca Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After Kṛṣṇa had lifted Govardhana Hill and thus protected the inhabitants of Vraja from the terrible rainfall, Surabhi, the mother of the cows, came from her planet to see Kṛṣṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: विविक्त उपसङ्गम्य व्रीडीत: कृतहेलन: । पस्पर्श पादयोरेनं किरीटेनार्कवर्चसा ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: vivikta upasaṅgamyavrīḍītaḥ kṛta-helanaḥpasparśa pādayor enaṁkirīṭenārka-varcasā Translation: Indra was very ashamed of having offended the Lord. Approaching Him in a solitary place, Indra fell down and lay his helmet, whose effulgence was as brilliant as the sun, upon the Lord’s lotus feet. Purport: The specific “solitary place” where Indra approached Śrī Kṛṣṇa is mentioned by the sage Śrī Vaiśampāyana in the Hari-vaṁśa (Viṣṇu-parva 19....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: द‍ृष्टश्रुतानुभावोऽस्य कृष्णस्यामिततेजस: । नष्टत्रिलोकेशमद इदमाह कृताञ्जलि: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: dṛṣṭa-śrutānubhāvo ’syakṛṣṇasyāmita-tejasaḥnaṣṭa-tri-lokeśa-madaidam āha kṛtāñjaliḥ Translation: Indra had now heard of and seen the transcendental power of omnipotent Kṛṣṇa, and his false pride in being the lord of the three worlds was thus defeated. Holding his hands together in supplication, he addressed the Lord as follows. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: इन्द्र उवाचविशुद्धसत्त्वं तव धाम शान्तंतपोमयं ध्वस्तरजस्तमस्कम् । मायामयोऽयं गुणसम्प्रवाहोन विद्यते तेऽग्रहणानुबन्ध: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: indra uvācaviśuddha-sattvaṁ tava dhāma śāntaṁtapo-mayaṁ dhvasta-rajas-tamaskammāyā-mayo ’yaṁ guṇa-sampravāhona vidyate te grahaṇānubandhaḥ Translation: King Indra said: Your transcendental form, a manifestation of pure goodness, is undisturbed by change, shining with knowledge and devoid of passion and ignorance. In You does not exist the mighty flow of the modes of material nature, which is based on illusion and ignorance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: कुतो नु तद्धेतव ईश तत्कृतालोभादयो येऽबुधलिङ्गभावा: । तथापि दण्डं भगवान् बिभर्तिधर्मस्य गुप्‍त्यै लनिग्रहाय ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: kuto nu tad-dhetava īśa tat-kṛtālobhādayo ye ’budha-linga-bhāvāḥtathāpi daṇḍaṁ bhagavān bibhartidharmasya guptyai khala-nigrahāya Translation: How, then, could there exist in You the symptoms of an ignorant person — such as greed, lust, anger and envy — which are produced by one’s previous involvement in material existence and which cause one to become further entangled in material existence?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: पिता गुरुस्त्वं जगतामधीशोदुरत्यय: काल उपात्तदण्ड: । हिताय चेच्छातनुभि: समीहसेमानं विधुन्वन् जगदीशमानिनाम् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: pitā gurus tvaṁ jagatām adhīśoduratyayaḥ kāla upātta-daṇḍaḥhitāya cecchā-tanubhiḥ samīhasemānaṁ vidhunvan jagad-īśa-māninām Translation: You are the father and spiritual master of this entire universe, and also its supreme controller. You are insurmountable time, imposing punishment upon the sinful for their own benefit. Indeed, in Your various incarnations, selected by Your own free will, You act decisively to remove the false pride of those who presume themselves masters of this world....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: ये मद्विधाज्ञा जगदीशमानिन-स्त्वां वीक्ष्य कालेऽभयमाशु तन्मदम् । हित्वार्यमार्गं प्रभजन्त्यपस्मयाईहा खलानामपि तेऽनुशासनम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: ye mad-vidhājñā jagad-īśa-māninastvāṁ vīkṣya kāle ’bhayam āśu tan-madamhitvārya-mārgaṁ prabhajanty apasmayāīhā khalānām api te ’nuśāsanam Translation: Even fools like me, who proudly think themselves universal lords, quickly give up their conceit and directly take to the path of the spiritually progressive when they see You are fearless even in the face of time....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: स त्वं ममैश्वर्यमदप्लुतस्यकृतागसस्तेऽविदुष: प्रभावम् । क्षन्तुं प्रभोऽथार्हसि मूढचेतसोमैवं पुनर्भून्मतिरीश मेऽसती ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: sa tvaṁ mamaiśvarya-mada-plutasyakṛtāgasas te ’viduṣaḥ prabhāvamkṣantuṁ prabho ’thārhasi mūḍha-cetasomaivaṁ punar bhūn matir īśa me ’satī Translation: Engrossed in pride over my ruling power, ignorant of Your majesty, I offended You. O Lord, may You forgive me. My intelligence was bewildered, but let my consciousness never again be so impure....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: तवावतारोऽयमधोक्षजेहभुवो भराणामुरुभारजन्मनाम् । चमूपतीनामभवाय देवभवाय युष्मच्चरणानुवर्तिनाम् ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: tavāvatāro ’yam adhokṣajehabhuvo bharāṇām uru-bhāra-janmanāmcamū-patīnām abhavāya devabhavāya yuṣmac-caraṇānuvartinām Translation: You descend into this world, O transcendent Lord, to destroy the warlords who burden the earth and create many terrible disturbances. O Lord, you simultaneously act for the welfare of those who faithfully serve Your lotus feet. Purport: This verse utilizes an attractive poetic device....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते पुरुषाय महात्मने । वासुदेवाय कृष्णाय सात्वतां पतये नम: ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: namas tubhyaṁ bhagavatepuruṣāya mahātmanevāsudevāya kṛṣṇāyasātvatāṁ pataye namaḥ Translation: Obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the great Soul, who are all-pervading and who reside in the hearts of all. My obeisances unto You, Kṛṣṇa, the chief of the Yadu dynasty. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: स्वच्छन्दोपात्तदेहाय विशुद्धज्ञानमूर्तये । सर्वस्मै सर्वबीजाय सर्वभूतात्मने नम: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: svacchandopātta-dehāyaviśuddha-jñāna-mūrtayesarvasmai sarva-bījāyasarva-bhūtātmane namaḥ Translation: Unto Him who assumes transcendental bodies according to the desires of His devotees, unto Him whose form is itself pure consciousness, unto Him who is everything, who is the seed of everything and who is the Soul of all creatures, I offer my obeisances. Purport: We could hardly construe from the first line of this verse that God is somehow impersonal but assumes a personal material body....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: मयेदं भगवन् गोष्ठनाशायासारवायुभि: । चेष्टितं विहते यज्ञे मानिना तीव्रमन्युना ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: mayedaṁ bhagavan goṣṭha-nāśāyāsāra-vāyubhiḥceṣṭitaṁ vihate yajñemāninā tīvra-manyunā Translation: My dear Lord, when my sacrifice was disrupted I became fiercely angry because of false pride. Thus I tried to destroy Your cowherd community with severe rain and wind. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: त्वयेशानुगृहीतोऽस्मि ध्वस्तस्तम्भो वृथोद्यम: । ईश्वरं गुरुमात्मानं त्वामहं शरणं गत: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tvayeśānugṛhīto ’smidhvasta-stambho vṛthodyamaḥīśvaraṁ gurum ātmānaṁtvām ahaṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥ Translation: O Lord, You have shown mercy to me by shattering my false pride and defeating my attempt [to punish Vṛndāvana]. To You, the Supreme Lord, spiritual master and Supreme Soul, I have now come for shelter. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचएवं सङ्कीर्तित: कृष्णो मघोना भगवानमुम् । मेघगम्भीरया वाचा प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaevaṁ saṅkīrtitaḥ kṛṣṇomaghonā bhagavān amummegha-gambhīrayā vācāprahasann idam abravīt Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus glorified by Indra, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, smiled and then spoke to him as follows in a voice resonant like the clouds. Purport: Although in this pastime Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared to be a small boy, the words megha-gambhīrayā vācā indicate that He spoke to Indra with the deep, resonant voice of the Supreme Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचमया तेऽकारि मघवन् मखभङ्गोऽनुगृह्णता । मदनुस्मृतये नित्यं मत्तस्येन्द्र श्रिया भृशम् ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācamayā te ’kāri maghavanmakha-bhaṅgo ’nugṛhṇatāmad-anusmṛtaye nityaṁmattasyendra-śriyā bhṛśam Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Indra, it was out of mercy that I stopped the sacrifice meant for you. You were greatly intoxicated by your opulence as King of heaven, and I wanted you to always remember Me....