Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: सूर्यश्चास्तं गतस्तावत् तमसा चावृता दिश: ।निम्नं कूलं जलमयं न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: sūryaś cāstaṁ gatas tāvattamasā cāvṛtā diśaḥnimnaṁ kūlaṁ jala-mayaṁna prājñāyata kiñcana Translation: Then, as the sun set, the forest was covered by darkness in every direction, and with all the flooding we could not distinguish high land from low. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: वयं भृशं तत्र महानिलाम्बुभि-र्निहन्यमाना महुरम्बुसम्प्लवे ।दिशोऽविदन्तोऽथ परस्परं वनेगृहीतहस्ता: परिबभ्रिमातुरा: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: vayaṁ bhṛśam tatra mahānilāmbubhirnihanyamānā mahur ambu-samplavediśo ’vidanto ’tha parasparaṁ vanegṛhīta-hastāḥ paribabhrimāturāḥ Translation: Constantly besieged by the powerful wind and rain, we lost our way amidst the flooding waters. We simply held each other’s hands and, in great distress, wandered aimlessly about the forest. Purport: Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that the verb paribabhrima may be understood to be the prefix pari with either the verb bhṛ or bhram....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: एतद् विदित्वा उदिते रवौ सान्दीपनिर्गुरु: ।अन्वेषमाणो न: शिष्यानाचार्योऽपश्यदातुरान् ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: etad viditvā uditeravau sāndīpanir guruḥanveṣamāṇo naḥ śiṣyānācāryo ’paśyad āturān Translation: Our guru, Sāndīpani, understanding our predicament, set out after sunrise to search for us, his disciples, and found us in distress. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: अहो हे पुत्रका यूयमस्मदर्थेऽतिदु:खिता: ।आत्मा वै प्राणिनां प्रेष्ठस्तमनादृत्य मत्परा: ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: aho he putrakā yūyamasmad-arthe ’ti-duḥkhitāḥātmā vai prāṇinām preṣṭhastam anādṛtya mat-parāḥ Translation: [Sāndīpani said:] O my children, you have suffered so much for my sake! The body is most dear to every living creature, but you are so dedicated to me that you completely disregarded your own comfort....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: एतदेव हि सच्छिष्यै: कर्तव्यं गुरुनिष्कृतम् ।यद् वै विशुद्धभावेन सर्वार्थात्मार्पणं गुरौ ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: etad eva hi sac-chiṣyaiḥkartavyaṁ guru-niṣkṛtamyad vai viśuddha-bhāvenasarvārthātmārpaṇaṁ gurau Translation: This indeed is the duty of all true disciples: to repay the debt to their spiritual master by offering him, with pure hearts, their wealth and even their very lives. Purport: One engages one’s body to realize one’s purposes....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: तुष्टोऽहं भो द्विजश्रेष्ठा: सत्या: सन्तु मनोरथा: ।छन्दांस्ययातयामानि भवन्त्विह परत्र च ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: tuṣṭo ’haṁ bho dvija-śreṣṭhāḥsatyāḥ santu manorathāḥchandāṁsy ayāta-yāmānibhavantv iha paratra ca Translation: You boys are first-class brāhmaṇas, and I am satisfied with you. May all your desires be fulfilled, and may the Vedic mantras you have learned never lose their meaning for you, in this world or the next....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: इत्थंविधान्यनेकानि वसतां गुरुवेश्मनि ।गुरोरनुग्रहेणैव पुमान् पूर्ण: प्रशान्तये ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: itthaṁ-vidhāny anekānivasatāṁ guru-veśmaniguror anugraheṇaivapumān pūrṇaḥ praśāntaye Translation: [Lord Kṛṣṇa continued:] We had many similar experiences while living in our spiritual master’s home. Simply by the grace of the spiritual master a person can fulfill life’s purpose and attain eternal peace. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44 Sanskrit: श्रीब्राह्मण उवाचकिमस्माभिरनिर्वृत्तं देवदेव जगद्गुरो ।भवता सत्यकामेन येषां वासो गुरोरभूत् ॥ ४४ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-brāhmaṇa uvācakim asmābhir anirvṛttaṁdeva-deva jagad-gurobhavatā satya-kāmenayeṣāṁ vāso guror abhūt Translation: The brāhmaṇa said: What could I possibly have failed to achieve, O Lord of lords, O universal teacher, since I was able to personally live with You, whose every desire is fulfilled, at the home of our spiritual master?...
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45 Sanskrit: यस्यच्छन्दोमयं ब्रह्म देह आवपनं विभो ।श्रेयसां तस्य गुरुषु वासोऽत्यन्तविडम्बनम् ॥ ४५ ॥ ITRANS: yasya cchando-mayaṁ brahmadeha āvapanaṁ vibhośreyasāṁ tasya guruṣuvāso ’tyanta-viḍambanam Translation: O almighty Lord, Your body comprises the Absolute Truth in the form of the Vedas and is thus the source of all auspicious goals of life. That You took up residence at the school of a spiritual master is simply one of Your pastimes in which You play the role of a human being....