Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 80

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: तं विलोक्याच्युतो दूरात् प्रियापर्यङ्कमास्थित: ।सहसोत्थाय चाभ्येत्य दोर्भ्यां पर्यग्रहीन्मुदा ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ vilokyācyuto dūrātpriyā-paryaṅkam āsthitaḥsahasotthāya cābhyetyadorbhyāṁ paryagrahīn mudā Translation: At that time Lord Acyuta was seated on His consort’s bed. Spotting the brāhmaṇa at some distance, the Lord immediately stood up, went forward to meet him and with great pleasure embraced him. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: सख्यु: प्रियस्य विप्रर्षेरङ्गसङ्गातिनिर्वृत: ।प्रीतो व्यमुञ्चदब्बिन्दून् नेत्राभ्यां पुष्करेक्षण: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: sakhyuḥ priyasya viprarṣeraṅga-saṅgāti-nirvṛtaḥprīto vyamuñcad ab-bindūnnetrābhyāṁ puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ Translation: The lotus-eyed Supreme Lord felt intense ecstasy upon touching the body of His dear friend, the wise brāhmaṇa, and thus He shed tears of love. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20-22 Sanskrit: अथोपवेश्य पर्यङ्के स्वयं सख्यु: समर्हणम् ।उपहृत्यावनिज्यास्य पादौ पादावनेजनी: ॥ २० ॥अग्रहीच्छिरसा राजन् भगवाँल्ल‍ोकपावन: ।व्यलिम्पद् दिव्यगन्धेन चन्दनागुरुकुङ्कुमै: ॥ २१ ॥धूपै: सुरभिभिर्मित्रं प्रदीपावलिभिर्मुदा ।अर्चित्वावेद्य ताम्बूलं गां च स्वागतमब्रवीत् ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: athopaveśya paryaṅkesvayam sakhyuḥ samarhaṇamupahṛtyāvanijyāsyapādau pādāvanejanīḥ Translation: Lord Kṛṣṇa seated His friend Sudāmā upon the bed. Then the Lord, who purifies the whole world, personally offered him various tokens of respect and washed his feet, O King, after which He sprinkled the water on His own head....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: कुचैलं मलिनं क्षामं द्विजं धमनिसन्ततम् ।देवी पर्यचरत् साक्षाच्चामरव्यजनेन वै ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: ku-cailaṁ malinaṁ kṣāmaṁdvijaṁ dhamani-santatamdevī paryacarat sākṣāccāmara-vyajanena vai Translation: By fanning him with her cāmara, the divine goddess of fortune personally served that poor brāhmaṇa, whose clothing was torn and dirty and who was so thin that veins were visible all over his body. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: अन्त:पुरजनो द‍ृष्ट्वा कृष्णेनामलकीर्तिना ।विस्मितोऽभूदतिप्रीत्या अवधूतं सभाजितम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: antaḥ-pura-jano dṛṣṭvākṛṣṇenāmala-kīrtināvismito ’bhūd ati-prītyāavadhūtaṁ sabhājitam Translation: The people in the royal palace were astonished to see Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of spotless glory, so lovingly honor this shabbily dressed brāhmaṇa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25-26 Sanskrit: किमनेन कृतं पुण्यमवधूतेन भिक्षुणा ।श्रिया हीनेन लोकेऽस्मिन् गर्हितेनाधमेन च ॥ २५ ॥योऽसौ त्रिलोकगुरुणा श्रीनिवासेन सम्भृत: ।पर्यङ्कस्थां श्रियं हित्वा परिष्वक्तोऽग्रजो यथा ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: kim anena kṛtaṁ puṇyamavadhūtena bhikṣuṇāśriyā hīnena loke ’smingarhitenādhamena ca Translation: [The residents of the palace said:] What pious acts has this unkempt, impoverished brāhmaṇa performed? People regard him as lowly and contemptible, yet the spiritual master of the three worlds, the abode of Goddess Śrī, is serving him reverently....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: कथयां चक्रतुर्गाथा: पूर्वा गुरुकुले सतो: ।आत्मनोर्ललिता राजन् करौ गृह्य परस्परम् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: kathayāṁ cakratur gāthāḥpūrvā gurukule satoḥātmanor lalitā rājankarau gṛhya parasparam Translation: [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Taking each other’s hands, O King, Kṛṣṇa and Sudāmā talked pleasantly about how they once lived together in the school of their guru. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचअपि ब्रह्मन् गुरुकुलाद् भवता लब्धदक्षिणात् ।समावृत्तेन धर्मज्ञ भार्योढा सद‍ृशी न वा ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācaapi brahman gurukulādbhavatā labdha-dakṣiṇātsamāvṛttena dharma-jñabhāryoḍhā sadṛśī na vā Translation: The Supreme Lord said: My dear brāhmaṇa, you know well the ways of dharma. After you offered the gift of remuneration to our guru and returned home from his school, did you marry a compatible wife or not?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: प्रायो गृहेषु ते चित्तमकामविहितं तथा ।नैवातिप्रीयसे विद्वन् धनेषु विदितं हि मे ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: prāyo gṛheṣu te cittamakāma-vihitaṁ tathānaivāti-prīyase vidvandhaneṣu viditaṁ hi me Translation: Even though you are mostly involved in household affairs, your mind is not affected by material desires. Nor, O learned one, do you take much pleasure in the pursuit of material wealth. This I am well aware of....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: केचित् कुर्वन्ति कर्माणि कामैरहतचेतस: ।त्यजन्त: प्रकृतीर्दैवीर्यथाहं लोकसङ्ग्रहम् ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: kecit kurvanti karmāṇikāmair ahata-cetasaḥtyajantaḥ prakṛtīr daivīryathāhaṁ loka-saṅgraham Translation: Having renounced all material propensities, which spring from the Lord’s illusory energy, some people execute worldly duties with their minds undisturbed by mundane desires. They act as I do, to instruct the general populace. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: कच्चिद् गुरुकुले वासं ब्रह्मन् स्मरसि नौ यत: ।द्विजो विज्ञाय विज्ञेयं तमस: पारमश्न‍ुते ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: kaccid gurukule vāsaṁbrahman smarasi nau yataḥdvijo vijñāya vijñeyaṁtamasaḥ pāram aśnute Translation: My dear brāhmaṇa, do you remember how we lived together in our spiritual master’s school? When a twice-born student has learned from his guru all that is to be learned, he can enjoy spiritual life, which lies beyond all ignorance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: स वै सत्कर्मणां साक्षाद् द्विजातेरिह सम्भव: ।आद्योऽङ्ग यत्राश्रमिणां यथाहं ज्ञानदो गुरु: ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: sa vai sat-karmaṇāṁ sākṣāddvijāter iha sambhavaḥādyo ’ṅga yatrāśramiṇāṁyathāhaṁ jñāna-do guruḥ Translation: My dear friend, he who gives a person his physical birth is his first spiritual master, and he who initiates him as a twice-born brāhmaṇa and engages him in religious duties is indeed more directly his spiritual master....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: नन्वर्थकोविदा ब्रह्मन् वर्णाश्रमवतामिह ।ये मया गुरुणा वाचा तरन्त्यञ्जो भवार्णवम् ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: nanv artha-kovidā brahmanvarṇāśrama-vatām ihaye mayā guruṇā vācātaranty añjo bhavārṇavam Translation: Certainly, O brāhmaṇa, of all the followers of the varṇāśrama system, those who take advantage of the words I speak in My form as the spiritual master and thus easily cross over the ocean of material existence best understand their own true welfare....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: नाहमिज्याप्रजातिभ्यां तपसोपशमेन वा ।तुष्येयं सर्वभूतात्मा गुरुशुश्रूषया यथा ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: nāham ijyā-prajātibhyāṁtapasopaśamena vātuṣyeyaṁ sarva-bhūtātmāguru-śuśrūṣayā yathā Translation: I, the Soul of all beings, am not as satisfied by ritual worship, brahminical initiation, penances or self-discipline as I am by faithful service rendered to one’s spiritual master. Purport: The word prajāti here indicates either begetting good children or the second birth obtained by ritual initiation into Vedic culture....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35-36 Sanskrit: अपि न: स्मर्यते ब्रह्मन् वृत्तं निवसतां गुरौ ।गुरुदारैश्चोदितानामिन्धनानयने क्व‍‍चित् ॥ ३५ ॥प्रविष्टानां महारण्यमपर्तौ सुमहद् द्विज ।वातवर्षमभूत्तीव्रं निष्ठुरा: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: api naḥ smaryate brahmanvṛttaṁ nivasatāṁ gurauguru-dāraiś coditānāmindhanānayane kvacit Translation: O brāhmaṇa, do you remember what happened to us while we were living with our spiritual master? Once our guru’s wife sent us to fetch firewood, and after we entered the vast forest, O twice-born one, an unseasonal storm arose, with fierce wind and rain and harsh thunder....