Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 16

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: आदावन्ते च मध्ये च सृज्यात् सृज्यं यदन्वियात् ।पुनस्तत्प्रतिसङ्‍क्रामे यच्छिष्येत तदेव सत् ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: ādāv ante ca madhye casṛjyāt sṛjyaṁ yad anviyātpunas tat-pratisaṅkrāmeyac chiṣyeta tad eva sat Translation: Commencement, termination and maintenance are the stages of material causation. That which consistently accompanies all these material phases from one creation to another and remains alone when all material phases are annihilated is the one eternal....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 17

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: श्रुति: प्रत्यक्षमैतिह्यमनुमानं चतुष्टयम् ।प्रमाणेष्वनवस्थानाद् विकल्पात् स विरज्यते ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: śrutiḥ pratyakṣam aitihyamanumānaṁ catuṣṭayampramāṇeṣv anavasthānādvikalpāt sa virajyate Translation: From the four types of evidence — Vedic knowledge, direct experience, traditional wisdom and logical induction — one can understand the temporary, insubstantial situation of the material world, by which one becomes detached from the duality of this world. Purport: In the śruti, or Vedic literature, it is clearly stated that everything emanates from the Absolute Truth, is maintained by the Absolute Truth and at the end is conserved within the Absolute Truth....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 18

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: कर्मणां परिणामित्वादाविरिञ्च्यादमङ्गलम् ।विपश्चिन्नश्वरं पश्येदद‍ृष्टमपि द‍ृष्टवत् ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: karmaṇāṁ pariṇāmitvādā-viriñcyād amaṅgalamvipaścin naśvaraṁ paśyedadṛṣṭam api dṛṣṭa-vat Translation: An intelligent person should see that any material activity is subject to constant transformation and that even on the planet of Lord Brahmā there is thus simply unhappiness. Indeed, a wise man can understand that just as all that he has seen is temporary, similarly, all things within the universe have a beginning and an end....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 19

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: भक्तियोग: पुरैवोक्त: प्रीयमाणाय तेऽनघ ।पुनश्च कथयिष्यामि मद्भ‍क्ते: कारणं परं ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: bhakti-yogaḥ puraivoktaḥprīyamāṇāya te ’naghapunaś ca kathayiṣyāmimad-bhakteḥ kāraṇaṁ paraṁ Translation: O sinless Uddhava, because you love Me, I previously explained to you the process of devotional service. Now I will again explain the supreme process for achieving loving service unto Me. Purport: Although Lord Kṛṣṇa previously described bhakti-yoga to Śrī Uddhava, Uddhava is not yet satisfied, because he loves Lord Kṛṣṇa....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 20-24

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20-24 Sanskrit: श्रद्धामृतकथायां मे शश्वन्मदनुकीर्तनम् ।परिनिष्ठा च पूजायां स्तुतिभि: स्तवनं मम ॥ २० ॥आदर: परिचर्यायां सर्वाङ्गैरभिवन्दनम् ।मद्भ‍क्तपूजाभ्यधिका सर्वभूतेषु मन्मति: ॥ २१ ॥मदर्थेष्वङ्गचेष्टा च वचसा मद्गुणेरणम् ।मय्यर्पणं च मनस: सर्वकामविवर्जनम् ॥ २२ ॥मदर्थेऽर्थपरित्यागो भोगस्य च सुखस्य च ।इष्टं दत्तं हुतं जप्तं मदर्थं यद् व्रतं तप: ॥ २३ ॥एवं धर्मैर्मनुष्याणामुद्धवात्मनिवेदिनाम् ।मयि सञ्जायते भक्ति: कोऽन्योऽर्थोऽस्यावशिष्यते ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: śraddhāmṛta-kathāyāṁ meśaśvan mad-anukīrtanampariniṣṭhā ca pūjāyāṁstutibhiḥ stavanaṁ mama...

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 25

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: यदात्मन्यर्पितं चित्तं शान्तं सत्त्वोपबृंहितम् ।धर्मं ज्ञानं सवैराग्यमैश्वर्यं चाभिपद्यते ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: yadātmany arpitaṁ cittaṁśāntaṁ sattvopabṛṁhitamdharmaṁ jñānaṁ sa vairāgyamaiśvaryaṁ cābhipadyate Translation: When one’s peaceful consciousness, strengthened by the mode of goodness, is fixed on the Personality of Godhead, one achieves religiosity, knowledge, detachment and opulence. Purport: A pure devotee becomes peaceful, śānta, by desiring everything for the service of the Lord and nothing for himself....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 26

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: यदर्पितं तद् विकल्पे इन्द्रियै: परिधावति ।रजस्वलं चासन्निष्ठं चित्तं विद्धि विपर्ययम् ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: yad arpitaṁ tad vikalpeindriyaiḥ paridhāvatirajas-valaṁ cāsan-niṣṭhaṁcittaṁ viddhi viparyayam Translation: When consciousness is fixed on the material body, home and other, similar objects of sense gratification, one spends one’s life chasing after material objects with the help of the senses. Consciousness, thus powerfully affected by the mode of passion, becomes dedicated to impermanent things, and in this way irreligion, ignorance, attachment and wretchedness arise....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 27

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: धर्मो मद्भ‍‍क्तिकृत् प्रोक्तो ज्ञानं चैकात्म्यदर्शनम् ।गुणेष्वसङ्गो वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं चाणिमादय: ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: dharmo mad-bhakti-kṛt proktojñānaṁ caikātmya-darśanamguṇesv asaṅgo vairāgyamaiśvaryaṁ cāṇimādayaḥ Translation: Actual religious principles are stated to be those that lead one to My devotional service. Real knowledge is the awareness that reveals My all-pervading presence. Detachment is complete disinterest in the objects of material sense gratification, and opulence is the eight mystic perfections, such as aṇimā-siddhi....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 28-32

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28-32 Sanskrit: श्रीउद्धव उवाचयम: कतिविध: प्रोक्तो नियमो वारिकर्षण ।क: शम: को दम: कृष्ण का तितिक्षा धृति: प्रभो ॥ २८ ॥किं दानं किं तप: शौर्यं किम् सत्यमृतमुच्यते ।कस्त्याग: किं धनं चेष्टं को यज्ञ: का च दक्षिणा ॥ २९ ॥पुंस: किं स्विद् बलं श्रीमन् भगो लाभश्च केशव ।का विद्या ह्री: परा का श्री: किं सुखं दु:खमेव च ॥ ३० ॥क: पण्डित: कश्च मूर्ख: क: पन्था उत्पथश्च क: ।क: स्वर्गो नरक: क: स्वित् को बन्धुरुत किं गृहम् ॥ ३१ ॥क आढ्य: को दरिद्रो वा कृपण: क: क ईश्वर: ।एतान् प्रश्न‍ान् मम ब्रूहि विपरीतांश्च सत्पते ॥ ३२ ॥...

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 33-35

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33-35 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचअहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयमसङ्गो ह्रीरसञ्चय: ।आस्तिक्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च मौनं स्थैर्यं क्षमाभयम् ॥ ३३ ॥शौचं जपस्तपो होम: श्रद्धातिथ्यं मदर्चनम् ।तीर्थाटनं परार्थेहा तुष्टिराचार्यसेवनम् ॥ ३४ ॥एते यमा: सनियमा उभयोर्द्वादश स्मृता: ।पुंसामुपासितास्तात यथाकामं दुहन्ति हि ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācaahiṁsā satyam asteyamasaṅgo hrīr asañcayaḥāstikyaṁ brahmacaryaṁ camaunaṁ sthairyaṁ kṣamābhayam Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Nonviolence, truthfulness, not coveting or stealing the property of others, detachment, humility, freedom from possessiveness, trust in the principles of religion, celibacy, silence, steadiness, forgiveness and fearlessness are the twelve primary disciplinary principles....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 36-39

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36-39 Sanskrit: शमो मन्निष्ठता बुद्धेर्दम इन्द्रियसंयम: ।तितिक्षा दु:खसम्मर्षो जिह्वोपस्थजयो धृति: ॥ ३६ ॥दण्डन्यास: परं दानं कामत्यागस्तप: स्मृतम् ।स्वभावविजय: शौर्यं सत्यं च समदर्शनम् ॥ ३७ ॥अन्यच्च सुनृता वाणी कविभि: परिकीर्तिता ।कर्मस्वसङ्गम: शौचं त्याग: सन्न्यास उच्यते ॥ ३८ ॥धर्म इष्टं धनं नृणां यज्ञोऽहं भगवत्तम: ।दक्षिणा ज्ञानसन्देश: प्राणायाम: परं बलम् ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddherdama indriya-saṁyamaḥtitikṣā duḥkha-sammarṣojihvopastha-jayo dhṛtiḥ Translation: Absorbing the intelligence in Me constitutes mental equilibrium, and complete discipline of the senses is self-control....

May 9, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 40-45

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40-45 Sanskrit: भगो म ऐश्वरो भावो लाभो मद्भ‍‍क्तिरुत्तम: ।विद्यात्मनि भिदाबाधो जुगुप्सा ह्रीरकर्मसु ॥ ४० ॥श्रीर्गुणा नैरपेक्ष्याद्या: सुखं दु:खसुखात्यय: ।दु:खं कामसुखापेक्षा पण्डितो बन्धमोक्षवित् ॥ ४१ ॥मूर्खो देहाद्यहंबुद्धि: पन्था मन्निगम: स्मृत: ।उत्पथश्चित्तविक्षेप: स्वर्ग: सत्त्वगुणोदय: ॥ ४२ ॥नरकस्तमउन्नाहो बन्धुर्गुरुरहं सखे ।गृहं शरीरं मानुष्यं गुणाढ्यो ह्याढ्य उच्यते ॥ ४३ ॥दरिद्रो यस्त्वसन्तुष्ट: कृपणो योऽजितेन्द्रिय: ।गुणेष्वसक्तधीरीशो गुणसङ्गो विपर्यय: ॥ ४४ ॥एत उद्धव ते प्रश्न‍ा: सर्वे साधु निरूपिता: ।किं वर्णितेन बहुना लक्षणं गुणदोषयो: ।गुणदोषद‍ृशिर्दोषो गुणस्तूभयवर्जित: ॥ ४५ ॥...

May 9, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum