Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 - Chapter 12

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: यस्मिन्निदं प्रोतमशेषमोतंपटो यथा तन्तुवितानसंस्थ: ।य एष संसारतरु: पुराण:कर्मात्मक: पुष्पफले प्रसूते ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: yasminn idaṁ protam aśeṣam otaṁpaṭo yathā tantu-vitāna-saṁsthaḥya eṣa saṁsāra-taruḥ purāṇaḥkarmātmakaḥ puṣpa-phale prasūte Translation: Just as woven cloth rests on the expansion of lengthwise and crosswise threads, similarly the entire universe is expanded on the lengthwise and crosswise potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is situated within Him....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22-23 Sanskrit: द्वे अस्य बीजे शतमूलस्त्रिनाल:पञ्चस्कन्ध: पञ्चरसप्रसूति: ।दशैकशाखो द्विसुपर्णनीड-स्त्रिवल्कलो द्विफलोऽर्कं प्रविष्ट: ॥ २२ ॥अदन्ति चैकं फलमस्य गृध्राग्रामेचरा एकमरण्यवासा: ।हंसा य एकं बहुरूपमिज्यै-र्मायामयं वेद स वेद वेदम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: dve asya bīje śata-mūlas tri-nālaḥpañca-skandhaḥ pañca-rasa-prasūtiḥdaśaika-śākho dvi-suparṇa-nīḍastri-valkalo dvi-phalo ’rkaṁ praviṣṭaḥ Translation: This tree of material existence has two seeds, hundreds of roots, three lower trunks and five upper trunks. It produces five flavors and has eleven branches and a nest made by two birds....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: एवं गुरूपासनयैकभक्त्याविद्याकुठारेण शितेन धीर: ।विवृश्‍च्‍य जीवाशयमप्रमत्त:सम्पद्य चात्मानमथ त्यजास्त्रम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ gurūpāsanayaika-bhaktyāvidyā-kuṭhāreṇa śitena dhīraḥvivṛścya jīvāśayam apramattaḥsampadya cātmānam atha tyajāstram Translation: With steady intelligence you should develop unalloyed devotional service by careful worship of the spiritual master, and with the sharpened ax of transcendental knowledge you should cut off the subtle material covering of the soul. Upon realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you should then give up that ax of analytic knowledge....