Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 8

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचगर्ग: पुरोहितो राजन् यदूनां सुमहातपा: ।व्रजं जगाम नन्दस्य वसुदेवप्रचोदित: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācagargaḥ purohito rājanyadūnāṁ sumahā-tapāḥvrajaṁ jagāma nandasyavasudeva-pracoditaḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, namely Garga Muni, who was highly elevated in austerity and penance, was then inspired by Vasudeva to go see Nanda Mahārāja at his home. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तं द‍ृष्ट्वा परमप्रीत: प्रत्युत्थाय कृताञ्जलि: ।आनर्चाधोक्षजधिया प्रणिपातपुर:सरम् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ dṛṣṭvā parama-prītaḥpratyutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥānarcādhokṣaja-dhiyāpraṇipāta-puraḥsaram Translation: When Nanda Mahārāja saw Garga Muni present at his home, Nanda was so pleased that he stood up to receive him with folded hands. Although seeing Garga Muni with his eyes, Nanda Mahārāja could appreciate that Garga Muni was adhokṣaja; that is, he was not an ordinary person seen by material senses....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: सूपविष्टं कृतातिथ्यं गिरा सूनृतया मुनिम् ।नन्दयित्वाब्रवीद् ब्रह्मन्पूर्णस्य करवाम किम् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: sūpaviṣṭaṁ kṛtātithyaṁgirā sūnṛtayā munimnandayitvābravīd brahmanpūrṇasya karavāma kim Translation: When Garga Muni had been properly received as a guest and was very comfortably seated, Nanda Mahārāja submitted with gentle and submissive words: Dear sir, because you are a devotee, you are full in everything. Yet my duty is to serve you....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: महद्विचलनं नृणां गृहिणां दीनचेतसाम् ।नि:श्रेयसाय भगवन्कल्पते नान्यथा क्‍वचित् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: mahad-vicalanaṁ nṝṇāṁgṛhiṇāṁ dīna-cetasāmniḥśreyasāya bhagavankalpate nānyathā kvacit Translation: O my lord, O great devotee, persons like you move from one place to another not for their own interests but for the sake of poor-hearted gṛhasthas [householders]. Otherwise they have no interest in going from one place to another. Purport: As factually stated by Nanda Mahārāja, Garga Muni, being a devotee, had no needs....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ज्योतिषामयनं साक्षाद् यत्तज्ज्ञानमतीन्द्रियम् ।प्रणीतं भवता येन पुमान् वेद परावरम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: jyotiṣām ayanaṁ sākṣādyat taj jñānam atīndriyampraṇītaṁ bhavatā yenapumān veda parāvaram Translation: O great saintly person, you have compiled the astrological knowledge by which one can understand past and present unseen things. By the strength of this knowledge, any human being can understand what he has done in his past life and how it affects his present life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: त्वं हि ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठ: संस्कारान्कर्तुमर्हसि ।बालयोरनयोर्नृणां जन्मना ब्राह्मणो गुरु: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṁ hi brahma-vidāṁ śreṣṭhaḥsaṁskārān kartum arhasibālayor anayor nṝṇāṁjanmanā brāhmaṇo guruḥ Translation: My lord, you are the best of the brāhmaṇas, especially because you are fully aware of the jyotiḥ-śāstra, the astrological science. Therefore you are naturally the spiritual master of every human being. This being so, since you have kindly come to my house, kindly execute the reformatory activities for my two sons....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: श्रीगर्ग उवाचयदूनामहमाचार्य: ख्यातश्च भुवि सर्वदा ।सुतं मया संस्कृतं ते मन्यते देवकीसुतम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-garga uvācayadūnām aham ācāryaḥkhyātaś ca bhuvi sarvadāsutaṁ mayā saṁskṛtaṁ temanyate devakī-sutam Translation: Garga Muni said: My dear Nanda Mahārāja, I am the priestly guide of the Yadu dynasty. This is known everywhere. Therefore, if I perform the purificatory process for your sons, Kaṁsa will consider Them the sons of Devakī....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8-9 Sanskrit: कंस: पापमति: सख्यं तव चानकदुन्दुभे: ।देवक्या अष्टमो गर्भो न स्त्री भवितुमर्हति ॥ ८ ॥इति सञ्चिन्तयञ्छ्रुत्वा देवक्या दारिकावच: ।अपि हन्ता गताशङ्कस्तर्हि तन्नोऽनयो भवेत् ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: kaṁsaḥ pāpa-matiḥ sakhyaṁtava cānakadundubheḥdevakyā aṣṭamo garbhona strī bhavitum arhati Translation: Kaṁsa is both a great diplomat and a very sinful man. Therefore, having heard from Yoga-māyā, the daughter of Devakī, that the child who will kill him has already been born somewhere else, having heard that the eighth pregnancy of Devakī could not bring forth a female child, and having understood your friendship with Vasudeva, Kaṁsa, upon hearing that the purificatory process has been performed by me, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, may certainly consider all these points and suspect that Kṛṣṇa is the son of Devakī and Vasudeva....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: श्रीनन्द उवाचअलक्षितोऽस्मिन् रहसि मामकैरपि गोव्रजे ।कुरु द्विजातिसंस्कारं स्वस्तिवाचनपूर्वकम् ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nanda uvācaalakṣito ’smin rahasimāmakair api go-vrajekuru dvijāti-saṁskāraṁsvasti-vācana-pūrvakam Translation: Nanda Mahārāja said: My dear great sage, if you think that your performing this process of purification will make Kaṁsa suspicious, then secretly chant the Vedic hymns and perform the purifying process of second birth here in the cow shed of my house, without the knowledge of anyone else, even my relatives, for this process of purification is essential....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचएवं सम्प्रार्थितो विप्र: स्वचिकीर्षितमेव तत् ।चकार नामकरणं गूढो रहसि बालयो: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaevaṁ samprārthito vipraḥsva-cikīrṣitam eva tatcakāra nāma-karaṇaṁgūḍho rahasi bālayoḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Having thus been especially requested by Nanda Mahārāja to do that which he already desired to do, Garga Muni performed the name-giving ceremony for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in a solitary place. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: श्रीगर्ग उवाचअयं हि रोहिणीपुत्रो रमयन् सुहृदो गुणै: ।आख्यास्यते राम इति बलाधिक्याद्बलं विदु: ।यदूनामपृथग्भावात् सङ्कर्षणमुशन्त्यपि ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-garga uvācaayaṁ hi rohiṇī-putroramayan suhṛdo guṇaiḥākhyāsyate rāma itibalādhikyād balaṁ viduḥyadūnām apṛthag-bhāvātsaṅkarṣaṇam uśanty api Translation: Garga Muni said: This child, the son of Rohiṇī, will give all happiness to His relatives and friends by His transcendental qualities. Therefore He will be known as Rāma....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: आसन् वर्णास्त्रयो ह्यस्य गृह्णतोऽनुयुगं तनू: ।शुक्लो रक्तस्तथा पीत इदानीं कृष्णतां गत: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: āsan varṇās trayo hy asyagṛhṇato ’nuyugaṁ tanūḥśuklo raktas tathā pītaidānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ Translation: 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 14 Sanskrit: प्रागयं वसुदेवस्य क्‍वचिज्जातस्तवात्मज: ।वासुदेव इति श्रीमानभिज्ञा: सम्प्रचक्षते ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: prāg ayaṁ 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: Garga Muni indirectly disclosed, “This child was originally born as the son of Vasudeva, although He is acting as your child....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: बहूनि सन्ति नामानि रूपाणि च सुतस्य ते ।गुणकर्मानुरूपाणि तान्यहं वेद नो जना: ॥ १५ ॥ 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: Bahūni: the Lord has many names....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: एष व: श्रेय आधास्यद् गोपगोकुलनन्दन: ।अनेन सर्वदुर्गाणि यूयमञ्जस्तरिष्यथ ॥ १६ ॥ 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: For the cowherd men and the cows, Kṛṣṇa is the supreme friend....