Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 - Chapter 16

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: मां विद्ध्युद्धव दैत्यानां प्रह्लादमसुरेश्वरम् ।सोमं नक्षत्रौषधीनां धनेशं यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: māṁ viddhy uddhava daityānāṁprahlādam asureśvaramsomaṁ nakṣatrauṣadhīnāṁdhaneśaṁ yakṣa-rakṣasām Translation: My dear Uddhava, among the demoniac sons of Diti know Me to be Prahlāda Mahārāja, the saintly lord of the asuras. Among the stars and herbs I am their lord, Candra (the moon), and among Yakṣas and Rākṣasas I am the lord of wealth, Kuvera....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां यादसां वरुणं प्रभुम् ।तपतां द्युमतां सूर्यं मनुष्याणां च भूपतिम् ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁyādasāṁ varuṇaṁ prabhumtapatāṁ dyumatāṁ sūryaṁmanuṣyāṇāṁ ca bhū-patim Translation: I am Airāvata among lordly elephants, and among aquatics I am Varuṇa, the lord of the seas. Among all things that heat and illuminate I am the sun, and among human beings I am the king....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: उच्चै:श्रवास्तुरङ्गाणां धातूनामस्मि काञ्चनम् ।यम: संयमतां चाहम् सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकि: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: uccaiḥśravās turaṅgāṇāṁdhātūnām asmi kāñcanamyamaḥ saṁyamatāṁ cāhamsarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ Translation: Among horses I am Uccaiḥśravā, and I am gold among metals. I am Yamarāja among those who suppress and punish, and among serpents I am Vāsuki. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: नागेन्द्राणामनन्तोऽहं मृगेन्द्र: श‍ृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिणाम् ।आश्रमाणामहं तुर्यो वर्णानां प्रथमोऽनघ ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁmṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇāmāśramāṇām ahaṁ turyovarṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha Translation: O sinless Uddhava, among the best of snakes I am Anantadeva, and among those animals with sharp horns or teeth I am the lion. Among the social orders I am the fourth, or the renounced order of life, and among the occupational divisions I am the first, the brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: तीर्थानां स्रोतसां गङ्गा समुद्र: सरसामहम् ।आयुधानां धनुरहं त्रिपुरघ्नो धनुष्मताम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: tīrthānāṁ srotasāṁ gaṅgāsamudraḥ sarasām ahamāyudhānāṁ dhanur ahaṁtripura-ghno dhanuṣmatām Translation: Among sacred and flowing things I am the holy Ganges, and among steady bodies of water I am the ocean. Among weapons I am the bow, and of the wielders of weapons I am Lord Śiva. Purport: Lord Śiva used his bow to completely cover with arrows the three demoniac cities built by Maya Dānava....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: धिष्ण्यानामस्म्यहं मेरुर्गहनानां हिमालय: ।वनस्पतीनामश्वत्थ ओषधीनामहं यव: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: dhiṣṇyānām asmy ahaṁ merurgahanānāṁ himālayaḥvanaspatīnām aśvatthaoṣadhīnām ahaṁ yavaḥ Translation: Among residences I am Mount Sumeru, and of impervious places I am the Himālayas. Among trees I am the holy fig tree, and among plants I am those that bear grains. Purport: Oṣadhīnām here indicates those plants that fructify once and then die....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: पुरोधसां वसिष्ठोऽहं ब्रह्मिष्ठानां बृहस्पति: ।स्कन्दोऽहं सर्वसेनान्यामग्रण्यां भगवानज: ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: purodhasāṁ vasiṣṭho ’haṁbrahmiṣṭhānāṁ bṛhaspatiḥskando ’haṁ sarva-senānyāmagraṇyāṁ bhagavān ajaḥ Translation: Among priests I am Vasiṣṭha Muni, and among those highly situated in Vedic culture I am Bṛhaspati. I am Kārtikeya among great military leaders, and among those advancing in superior ways of life I am the great personality Lord Brahmā....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: यज्ञानां ब्रह्मयज्ञोऽहं व्रतानामविहिंसनम् ।वाय्वग्‍न्यर्काम्बुवागात्मा शुचीनामप्यहं शुचि: ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: yajñānāṁ brahma-yajño ’haṁvratānām avihiṁsanamvāyv-agny-arkāmbu-vāg-ātmāśucīnām apy ahaṁ śuciḥ Translation: Among sacrifices I am study of the Veda, and I am nonviolence among vows. Among all things that purify I am the wind, fire, the sun, water and speech. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: योगानामात्मसंरोधो मन्त्रोऽस्मि विजिगीषताम् ।आन्वीक्षिकी कौशलानां विकल्प: ख्यातिवादिनाम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: yogānām ātma-saṁrodhomantro ’smi vijigīṣatāmānvīkṣikī kauśalānāṁvikalpaḥ khyāti-vādinām Translation: Among the eight progressive states of yoga I am the final stage, samādhi, in which the soul is completely separated from illusion. Among those desiring victory I am prudent political counsel, and among processes of expert discrimination I am the science of the soul, by which one distinguishes spirit from matter....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: स्‍त्रीणां तु शतरूपाहं पुंसां स्वायम्भुवो मनु: ।नारायणो मुनीनां च कुमारो ब्रह्मचारिणाम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: strīṇāṁ tu śatarūpāhaṁpuṁsāṁ svāyambhuvo manuḥnārāyaṇo munīnāṁ cakumāro brahmacāriṇām Translation: Among ladies I am Śatarūpā, and among male personalities I am her husband, Svāyambhuva Manu. I am Nārāyaṇa among the sages and Sanat-kumāra among brahmacārīs. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: धर्माणामस्मि संन्यास: क्षेमाणामबहिर्मति: ।गुह्यानां सुनृतं मौनं मिथुनानामजस्त्वहम् ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: dharmāṇām asmi sannyāsaḥkṣemāṇām abahir-matiḥguhyānāṁ su-nṛtaṁ maunaṁmithunānām ajas tv aham Translation: Among religious principles I am renunciation, and of all types of security I am consciousness of the eternal soul within. Of secrets I am pleasant speech and silence, and among sexual pairs I am Brahmā. Purport: One who realizes the eternal soul within no longer fears any material situation and thus is qualified to accept the renounced order of life, sannyāsa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: संवत्सरोऽस्म्यनिमिषामृतूनां मधुमाधवौ ।मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहं नक्षत्राणां तथाभिजित् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: saṁvatsaro ’smy animiṣāmṛtūnāṁ madhu-mādhavaumāsānāṁ mārgaśīrṣo ’haṁnakṣatrāṇāṁ tathābhijit Translation: Among the vigilant cycles of time I am the year, and among seasons I am spring. Among months I am Mārgaśīrṣa, and among lunar houses I am the auspicious Abhijit. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: अहं युगानां च कृतं धीराणां देवलोऽसित: ।द्वैपायनोऽस्मि व्यासानां कवीनां काव्य आत्मवान् ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: ahaṁ yugānāṁ ca kṛtaṁdhīrāṇāṁ devalo ’sitaḥdvaipāyano ’smi vyāsānāṁkavīnāṁ kāvya ātmavān Translation: Among ages I am the Satya-yuga, the age of truth, and among steady sages I am Devala and Asita. Among those who have divided the Vedas I am Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa, and among learned scholars I am Śukrācārya, the knower of spiritual science....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: वासुदेवो भगवतां त्वं तु भागवतेष्वहम् ।किम्पुरुषाणां हनुमान् विद्याध्राणां सुदर्शन: ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: vāsudevo bhagavatāṁtvaṁ tu bhāgavateṣv ahamkimpuruṣānāṁ hanumānvidyādhrāṇāṁ sudarśanaḥ Translation: Among those entitled to the name Bhagavān I am Vāsudeva, and indeed, you, Uddhava, represent Me among the devotees. I am Hanumān among the Kimpuruṣas, and among the Vidyādharas I am Sudarśana. Purport: The Vedic literatures state that one who possesses perfect knowledge of the creation and destruction of all entities and who is completely situated in omniscience is to be known as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: रत्नानां पद्मरागोऽस्मि पद्मकोश: सुपेशसाम् ।कुशोऽस्मि दर्भजातीनां गव्यमाज्यं हवि:ष्वहम् ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: ratnānāṁ padma-rāgo ’smipadma-kośaḥ su-peśasāmkuśo ’smi darbha-jātīnāṁgavyam ājyaṁ haviḥṣv aham Translation: Among jewels I am the ruby, and among beautiful things I am the lotus cup. Among all types of grass I am the sacred kuśa, and of oblations I am ghee and other ingredients obtained from the cow....