Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 70

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: सभाजयित्वा विधिवत् कृतासनपरिग्रहम् ।बभाषे सुनृतैर्वाक्यै: श्रद्धया तर्पयन् मुनिम् ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: sabhājayitvā vidhi-vatkṛtāsana-parigrahambabhāṣe sunṛtair vākyaiḥśraddhayā tarpayan munim Translation: After Nārada had accepted the seat offered to him, Lord Kṛṣṇa honored the sage according to scriptural injunctions and, gratifying him with His reverence, spoke the following truthful and pleasing words. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: अपि स्विदद्य लोकानां त्रयाणामकुतोभयम् ।ननु भूयान् भगवतो लोकान् पर्यटतो गुण: ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: api svid adya lokānāṁtrayāṇām akuto-bhayamnanu bhūyān bhagavatolokān paryaṭato guṇaḥ Translation: [Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] It is certain that today the three worlds have attained freedom from all fear, for that is the influence of such a great personality as you, who travel at will throughout all the worlds....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: न हि तेऽविदितं किञ्चिल्ल‍ोकेष्वीश्वरकर्तृषु ।अथ पृच्छामहे युष्मान्पाण्डवानां चिकीर्षितम् ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: na hi te ’viditaṁ kiñcillokeṣv īśvara-kartṛṣuatha pṛcchāmahe yuṣmānpāṇḍavānāṁ cikīrṣitam Translation: There is nothing unknown to you within God’s creation. Therefore please tell Us what the Pāṇḍavas intend to do. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचद‍ृष्टा मया ते बहुशो दुरत्ययामाया विभो विश्वसृजश्च मायिन: ।भूतेषु भूमंश्चरत: स्वशक्तिभि-र्वह्नेरिवच्छन्नरुचो न मेऽद्भ‍ुतम् ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācadṛṣṭā māyā te bahuśo duratyayāmāyā vibho viśva-sṛjaś ca māyinaḥbhūteṣu bhūmaṁś carataḥ sva-śaktibhirvahner iva cchanna-ruco na me ’dbhutam Translation: Śrī Nārada said: I have seen many times the insurmountable power of Your Māyā, O almighty one, by which You bewilder even the creator of the universe, Brahmā....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: तवेहितं कोऽर्हति साधु वेदितुंस्वमाययेदं सृजतो नियच्छत: ।यद् विद्यमानात्मतयावभासतेतस्मै नमस्ते स्वविलक्षणात्मने ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: tavehitaṁ ko ’rhati sādhu vedituṁsva-māyayedaṁ sṛjato niyacchataḥyad vidyamānātmatayāvabhāsatetasmai namas te sva-vilakṣaṇātmane Translation: Who can properly understand Your purpose? With Your material energy You expand and also withdraw this creation, which thus appears to have substantial existence. Obeisances to You, whose transcendental position is inconceivable. Purport: Śrīla Prabhupāda explains Nārada’s realization as follows: “My dear Lord, by Your inconceivable potencies You create this cosmic manifestation, maintain it and again dissolve it....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: जीवस्य य: संसरतो विमोक्षणंन जानतोऽनर्थवहाच्छरीरत: ।लीलावतारै: स्वयश:प्रदीपकंप्राज्वालयत्त्वा तमहं प्रपद्ये ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: jīvasya yaḥ saṁsarato vimokṣaṇaṁna jānato ’nartha-vahāc charīrataḥlīlāvatāraiḥ sva-yaśaḥ pradīpakaṁprājvālayat tvā tam ahaṁ prapadye Translation: The living being caught in the cycle of birth and death does not know how he can be delivered from the material body, which brings him so much trouble. But You, the Supreme Lord, descend to this world in various personal forms, and by performing Your pastimes You illumine the soul’s path with the blazing torch of Your fame....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: अथाप्याश्रावये ब्रह्म नरलोकविडम्बनम् ।राज्ञ: पैतृष्वस्रेयस्य भक्तस्य च चिकीर्षितम् ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: athāpy āśrāvaye brahmanara-loka-viḍambanamrājñaḥ paitṛ-ṣvasreyasyabhaktasya ca cikīrṣitam Translation: Nonetheless, O Supreme Truth playing the part of a human being, I shall tell You what Your devotee Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the son of Your father’s sister, intends to do. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: यक्ष्यति त्वां मखेन्द्रेण राजसूयेन पाण्डव: ।पारमेष्ठ्यकामो नृपतिस्तद् भवाननुमोदताम् ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: yakṣyati tvāṁ makhendreṇarājasūyena pāṇḍavaḥpārameṣṭhya-kāmo nṛpatistad bhavān anumodatām Translation: Desiring unrivaled sovereignty, King Yudhiṣṭhira intends to worship You with the greatest fire sacrifice, the Rājasūya. Please bless his endeavor. Purport: King Yudhiṣṭhira is described here as pārameṣṭhya-kāma, or “desiring pārameṣṭhya.” The word pārameṣṭhya means “unrivaled supremacy” and also indicates “the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who stands at the very height of all existence....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: तस्मिन् देव क्रतुवरे भवन्तं वै सुरादय: ।दिद‍ृक्षव: समेष्यन्ति राजानश्च यशस्विन: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: tasmin deva kratu-varebhavantaṁ vai surādayaḥdidṛkṣavaḥ sameṣyantirājānaś ca yaśasvinaḥ Translation: O Lord, exalted demigods and glorious kings, eager to see You, will all come to that best of sacrifices. Purport: The ācāryas explain that Nārada here means to say that since all the great personalities will come especially to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, He should also come to that sacrifice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: श्रवणत्कीर्तनाद् ध्यानात्पूयन्तेऽन्तेवसायिन: ।तव ब्रह्ममयस्येश किमुतेक्षाभिमर्शिन: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: śravaṇāt kīrtanād dhyānātpūyante ’nte-vasāyinaḥtava brahma-mayasyeśakim utekṣābhimarśinaḥ Translation: O Lord, even outcastes are purified by hearing and chanting Your glories and meditating upon You, the Absolute Truth. What then to speak of those who see and touch You? Purport: Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī interprets the word brahma-mayasya to mean brahma-ghana-mūrteḥ, “of the concentrated form of the Absolute Truth....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44 Sanskrit: यस्यामलं दिवि यश: प्रथितं रसायांभूमौ च ते भुवनमङ्गल दिग्वितानम् ।मन्दाकिनीति दिवि भोगवतीति चाधोगङ्गेति चेह चरणाम्बु पुनाति विश्वम् ॥ ४४ ॥ ITRANS: yasyāmalaṁ divi yaśaḥ prathitaṁ rasāyāṁbhūmau ca te bhuvana-maṅgala dig-vitānammandākinīti divi bhogavatīti cādhogaṅgeti ceha caraṇāmbu punāti viśvam Translation: My dear Lord, You are the symbol of everything auspicious. Your transcendental name and fame is spread like a canopy all over the universe, including the higher, middle and lower planetary systems....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचतत्र तेष्वात्मपक्षेष्वगृणत्सु विजिगीषया ।वाच: पेशै: स्मयन् भृत्यमुद्धवं प्राह केशव: ॥ ४५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācatatra teṣv ātma-pakṣeṣv a-gṛṇatsu vijigīṣayāvācaḥ peśaiḥ smayan bhṛtyamuddhavaṁ prāha keśavaḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When His supporters, the Yādavas, objected to this proposal out of eagerness to defeat Jarāsandha, Lord Keśava turned to His servant Uddhava and, smiling, addressed him with fine words. Purport: Śrīla Prabhupāda explains, “Just before the great sage Nārada arrived in the Sudharmā assembly house of Dvārakā, Lord Kṛṣṇa and His ministers and secretaries had been considering how to attack the kingdom of Jarāsandha....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 46 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचत्वं हि न: परमं चक्षु: सुहृन्मन्त्रार्थतत्त्ववित् ।अथात्र ब्रूह्यनुष्ठेयं श्रद्दध्म: करवाम तत् ॥ ४६ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācatvaṁ hi naḥ paramaṁ cakṣuḥsuhṛn mantrārtha-tattva-vitathātra brūhy anuṣṭheyaṁśraddadhmaḥ karavāma tat Translation: The Personality of Godhead said: You are indeed Our best eye and closest friend, for you know perfectly the relative value of various kinds of counsel. Therefore please tell Us what should be done in this situation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 47 Sanskrit: इत्युपामन्त्रितो भर्त्रा सर्वज्ञेनापि मुग्धवत् ।निदेशं शिरसाधाय उद्धव: प्रत्यभाषत ॥ ४७ ॥ ITRANS: ity upāmantrito bhartrāsarva-jñenāpi mugdha-vatnideśaṁ śirasādhāyauddhavaḥ pratyabhāṣata Translation: [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Thus requested by his master, who, though omniscient, acted as if perplexed, Uddhava took this order upon his head and replied as follows. Purport: