Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 55

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचकामस्तु वासुदेवांशो दग्ध: प्राग् रुद्रमन्युना ।देहोपपत्तये भूयस्तमेव प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācakāmas tu vāsudevāṁśodagdhaḥ prāg rudra-manyunādehopapattaye bhūyastam eva pratyapadyata Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Kāmadeva [Cupid], an expansion of Vāsudeva, had previously been burned to ashes by Rudra’s anger. Now, to obtain a new body, he merged back into the body of Lord Vāsudeva. Purport: In his Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha (Anuccheda 87), Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī cites the following verse of the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad (2....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: स एव जातो वैदर्भ्यां कृष्णवीर्यसमुद्भ‍व: ।प्रद्युम्न इति विख्यात: सर्वतोऽनवम: पितु: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: sa eva jāto vaidarbhyāṁkṛṣṇa-vīrya-samudbhavaḥpradyumna iti vikhyātaḥsarvato ’navamaḥ pituḥ Translation: He took birth in the womb of Vaidarbhī from the seed of Lord Kṛṣṇa and received the name Pradyumna. In no respect was He inferior to His father. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तं शम्बर: कामरूपी हृत्वा तोकमनिर्दशम् ।स विदित्वात्मन: शत्रुं प्रास्योदन्वत्यगाद् गृहम् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ śambaraḥ kāma-rūpīhṛtvā tokam anirdaśamsa viditvātmanaḥ śatruṁprāsyodanvaty agād gṛham Translation: The demon Śambara, who could assume any form he desired, kidnapped the infant before He was even ten days old. Understanding Pradyumna to be his enemy, Śambara threw Him into the sea and then returned home....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: तं निर्जगार बलवान् मीन: सोऽप्यपरै: सह ।वृतो जालेन महता गृहीतो मत्स्यजीविभि: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ nirjagāra balavānmīnaḥ so ’py aparaiḥ sahavṛto jālena mahatāgṛhīto matsya-jīvibhiḥ Translation: A powerful fish swallowed Pradyumna, and this fish, along with others, was caught in a huge net and seized by fishermen. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: तं शम्बराय कैवर्ता उपाजह्रुरुपायनम् ।सूदा महानसं नीत्वावद्यन् सुधितिनाद्भ‍ुतम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ śambarāya kaivartāupājahrur upāyanamsūdā mahānasaṁ nītvā-vadyan sudhitinādbhutam Translation: The fishermen presented that extraordinary fish to Śambara, who had his cooks bring it to the kitchen, where they began cutting it up with a butcher knife. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: द‍ृष्ट्वा तदुदरे बालं मायावत्यै न्यवेदयन् ।नारदोऽकथयत् सर्वं तस्या: शङ्कितचेतस: ।बालस्य तत्त्वमुत्पत्तिं मत्स्योदरनिवेशनम् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: dṛṣṭvā tad-udare bālammāyāvatyai nyavedayannārado ’kathayat sarvaṁtasyāḥ śaṅkita-cetasaḥbālasya tattvam utpattiṁmatsyodara-niveśanam Translation: Seeing a male child in the belly of the fish, the cooks gave the infant to Māyāvatī, who was astonished. Nārada Muni then appeared and explained to her everything about the child’s birth and His entering the fish’s abdomen....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7-8 Sanskrit: सा च कामस्य वै पत्नी रतिर्नाम यशस्विनी ।पत्युर्निर्दग्धदेहस्य देहोत्पत्तिं प्रतीक्षती ॥ ७ ॥निरूपिता शम्बरेण सा सूदौदनसाधने ।कामदेवं शिशुं बुद्ध्वा चक्रे स्‍नेहं तदार्भके ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: sā ca kāmasya vai patnīratir nāma yaśasvinīpatyur nirdagdha-dehasyadehotpattim pratīkṣatī Translation: Māyāvatī was in fact Cupid’s renowned wife, Rati. While waiting for her husband to obtain a new body — his previous one having been burnt up — she had been assigned by Śambara to prepare vegetables and rice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: नातिदीर्घेण कालेन स कार्ष्णि रूढयौवन: ।जनयामास नारीणां वीक्षन्तीनां च विभ्रमम् ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: nāti-dīrgheṇa kālenasa kārṣṇi rūḍha-yauvanaḥjanayām āsa nārīṇāṁvīkṣantīnāṁ ca vibhramam Translation: After a short time, this son of Kṛṣṇa — Pradyumna — attained His full youth. He enchanted all women who gazed upon Him. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: सा तं पतिं पद्मदलायतेक्षणंप्रलम्बबाहुं नरलोकसुन्दरम् ।सव्रीडहासोत्तभितभ्रुवेक्षतीप्रीत्योपतस्थे रतिरङ्ग सौरतै: ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: sā tam patiṁ padma-dalāyatekṣaṇaṁpralamba-bāhuṁ nara-loka-sundaramsa-vrīḍa-hāsottabhita-bhruvekṣatīprītyopatasthe ratir aṅga saurataiḥ Translation: My dear King, with a bashful smile and raised eyebrows, Māyāvatī exhibited various gestures of conjugal attraction as she lovingly approached her husband, whose eyes were broad like the petals of a lotus, whose arms were very long and who was the most beautiful of men....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: तामह भगवान् कार्ष्णिर्मातस्ते मतिरन्यथा ।मातृभावमतिक्रम्य वर्तसे कामिनी यथा ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: tām aha bhagavān kārṣṇirmātas te matir anyathāmātṛ-bhāvam atikramyavartase kāminī yathā Translation: Lord Pradyumna told her, “O mother, your attitude has changed. You are overstepping the proper feelings of a mother and behaving like a lover.” Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: रतिरुवाचभवान् नारायणसुत: शम्बरेणहृतो गृहात् ।अहं तेऽधिकृता पत्नी रति: कामो भवान् प्रभो ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: ratir uvācabhavān nārāyaṇa-sutaḥśambareṇa hṛto gṛhātahaṁ te ’dhikṛtā patnīratiḥ kāmo bhavān prabho Translation: Rati said: You are the son of Lord Nārāyaṇa and were kidnapped from Your parents’ home by Śambara. I, Rati, am Your legitimate wife, O master, because You are Cupid. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: एष त्वानिर्दशं सिन्धावक्षिपच्छम्बरोऽसुर: ।मत्स्योऽग्रसीत्तदुदरादित: प्राप्तो भवान् प्रभो ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa tvānirdaśaṁ sindhāvakṣipac chambaro ’suraḥmatsyo ’grasīt tad-udarāditaḥ prāpto bhavān prabho Translation: That demon, Śambara, threw You into the sea when You were not even ten days old, and a fish swallowed You. Then in this very place we recovered You from the fish’s abdomen, O master. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: तमिमं जहि दुर्धर्षं दुर्जयं शत्रुमात्मन: ।मायाशतविदं तं च मायाभिर्मोहनादिभि: ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: tam imaṁ jahi durdharṣaṁdurjayaṁ śatrum ātmanaḥmāyā-śata-vidaṁ taṁ camāyābhir mohanādibhiḥ Translation: Now kill this dreadful Śambara, Your formidable enemy. Although he knows hundreds of magic spells, You can defeat him with bewildering magic and other techniques. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: परीशोचति ते माता कुररीव गतप्रजा ।पुत्रस्‍नेहाकुला दीना विवत्सा गौरिवातुरा ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: parīśocati te mātākurarīva gata-prajāputra-snehākulā dīnāvivatsā gaur ivāturā Translation: Your poor mother, having lost her son, cries for You like a kurarī bird. She is overwhelmed with love for her child, just like a cow that has lost its calf. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: प्रभाष्यैवं ददौ विद्यां प्रद्युम्नाय महात्मने ।मायावती महामायां सर्वमायाविनाशिनीम् ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: prabhāṣyaivaṁ dadau vidyāṁpradyumnāya mahātmanemāyāvatī mahā-māyāṁsarva-māyā-vināśinīm Translation: [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Speaking thus, Māyāvatī gave to the great soul Pradyumna the mystic knowledge called Mahā-māyā, which vanquishes all other deluding spells. Purport: