Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 - Chapter 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: स्मायावलोकलवदर्शितभावहारि-भ्रूमण्डलप्रहितसौरतमन्त्रशौण्डै: ।पत्न्‍यस्तु षोडशसहस्रमनङ्गबाणै-र्यस्येन्द्रियं विमथितुं करणैर्न विभ्व्य: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: smāyāvaloka-lava-darśita-bhāva-hāri-bhrū-maṇḍala-prahita-saurata-mantra-śauṇḍaiḥpatnyas tu ṣoḍaśa-sahasram anaṅga-bāṇairyasyendriyaṁ vimathituṁ karaṇair na vibhvyaḥ Translation: My Lord, You are living with sixteen thousand exquisitely beautiful, aristocratic wives. By their irresistible coy and smiling glances and by their lovely arching eyebrows, they send You messages of eager conjugal love. But they are completely unable to disturb the mind and senses of Your Lordship....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: विभ्व्यस्तवामृतकथोदवहास्त्रिलोक्या:पादावनेजसरित: शमलानि हन्तुम् ।आनुश्रवं श्रुतिभिरङ्‍‍घ्रिजमङ्गसङ्गै-स्तीर्थद्वयं शुचिषदस्त उपस्पृशन्ति ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: vibhvyas tavāmṛta-kathoda-vahās tri-lokyāḥpādāvane-ja-saritaḥ śamalāni hantumānuśravaṁ śrutibhir aṅghri-jam aṅga-saṅgaistīrtha-dvayaṁ śuci-ṣadas ta upaspṛśanti Translation: The nectar-bearing rivers of discussions about You, and also the holy rivers generated from the bathing of Your lotus feet, are able to destroy all contamination within the three worlds. Those who are striving for purification associate with the holy narrations of Your glories by hearing them with their ears, and they associate with the holy rivers flowing from Your lotus feet by physically bathing in them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: श्रीबादरायणिरुवाचइत्यभिष्टूय विबुधै: सेश: शतधृतिर्हरिम् ।अभ्यभाषत गोविन्दं प्रणम्याम्बरमाश्रित: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācaity abhiṣṭūya vibudhaiḥseśaḥ śata-dhṛtir harimabhyabhāṣata govindaṁpraṇamyāmbaram āśritaḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After Brahmā, along with Lord Śiva and the other demigods, thus offered prayers to the Supreme Lord, Govinda, Lord Brahmā situated himself in the sky and addressed the Lord as follows. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: श्रीब्रह्मोवाचभूमेर्भारावताराय पुरा विज्ञापित: प्रभो ।त्वमस्माभिरशेषात्मन्तत्तथैवोपपादितम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-brahmovācabhūmer bhārāvatārāyapurā vijñāpitaḥ prabhotvam asmābhir aśeṣātmantat tathaivopapāditam Translation: Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, previously we requested You to remove the burden of the earth. O unlimited Personality of Godhead, that request has certainly been fulfilled. Purport: Lord Kṛṣṇa might have said to the demigods, “Actually, you requested Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu to come down, so why are you saying that you requested Me?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: धर्मश्च स्थापित: सत्सु सत्यसन्धेषु वै त्वया ।कीर्तिश्च दिक्षु विक्षिप्ता सर्वलोकमलापहा ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: dharmaś ca sthāpitaḥ satsusatya-sandheṣu vai tvayākīrtiś ca dikṣu vikṣiptāsarva-loka-malāpahā Translation: My Lord, You have reestablished the principles of religion among pious men who are always firmly bound to the truth. You have also distributed Your glories all over the world, and thus the whole world can be purified by hearing about You....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: अवतीर्य यदोर्वंशे बिभ्रद् रूपमनुत्तमम् ।कर्माण्युद्दामवृत्तानि हिताय जगतोऽकृथा: ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: avatīrya yador vaṁśebibhrad rūpam anuttamamkarmāṇy uddāma-vṛttānihitāya jagato ’kṛthāḥ Translation: Descending into the dynasty of King Yadu, You have manifested Your unique transcendental form, and for the benefit of the entire universe You have executed magnanimous transcendental activities. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: यानि ते चरितानीश मनुष्या: साधव: कलौ ।श‍ृण्वन्त: कीर्तयन्तश्च तरिष्यन्त्यञ्जसा तम: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: yāni te caritānīśamanuṣyāḥ sādhavaḥ kalauśṛṇvantaḥ kīrtayantaś catariṣyanty añjasā tamaḥ Translation: My dear Lord, those pious and saintly persons who in the Age of Kali hear about Your transcendental activities and also glorify them will easily cross over the darkness of the age. Purport: Unfortunately, in Kali-yuga many persons are not attracted to the authorized Vedic literatures....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: यदुवंशेऽवतीर्णस्य भवत: पुरुषोत्तम ।शरच्छतं व्यतीयाय पञ्चविंशाधिकं प्रभो ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: yadu-vaṁśe ’vatīrṇasyabhavataḥ puruṣottamaśarac-chataṁ vyatīyāyapañca-viṁśādhikaṁ prabho Translation: O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O my Lord, You have descended into the Yadu dynasty, and thus You have spent one hundred twenty-five autumns with Your devotees. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26-27 Sanskrit: नाधुना तेऽखिलाधार देवकार्यावशेषितम् ।कुलं च विप्रशापेन नष्टप्रायमभूदिदम् ॥ २६ ॥तत: स्वधाम परमं विशस्व यदि मन्यसे ।सलोकाँल्ल‍ोकपालान् न: पाहि वैकुण्ठकिङ्करान् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: nādhunā te ’khilādhāradeva-kāryāvaśeṣitamkulaṁ ca vipra-śāpenanaṣṭa-prāyam abhūd idam Translation: My dear Lord, there is nothing remaining at this time for Your Lordship to do on behalf of the demigods. You have already withdrawn Your dynasty by the curse of the brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचअवधारितमेतन्मे यदात्थ विबुधेश्वर ।कृतं व: कार्यमखिलं भूमेर्भारोऽवतारित: ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācaavadhāritam etan meyad āttha vibudheśvarakṛtaṁ vaḥ kāryam akhilaṁbhūmer bhāro ’vatāritaḥ Translation: The Supreme Lord said: O lord of the demigods, Brahmā, I understand your prayers and request. Having removed the burden of the earth, I have executed everything that was required on your behalf. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: तदिदं यादवकुलं वीर्यशौर्यश्रियोद्धतम् ।लोकं जिघृक्षद् रुद्धं मे वेलयेव महार्णव: ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: tad idaṁ yādava-kulaṁvīrya-śaurya-śriyoddhatamlokaṁ jighṛkṣad ruddhaṁ mevelayeva mahārṇavaḥ Translation: That very Yādava dynasty in which I appeared became greatly magnified in opulence, especially in their physical strength and courage, to the extent that they threatened to devour the whole world. Therefore I have stopped them, just as the shore holds back the great ocean....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: यद्यसंहृत्य द‍ृप्तानां यदूनां विपुलं कुलम् ।गन्तास्म्यनेन लोकोऽयमुद्वेलेन विनङ्‍क्ष्यति ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: yady asaṁhṛtya dṛptānāṁyadūnāṁ vipulaṁ kulamgantāsmy anena loko ’yamudvelena vinaṅkṣyati Translation: If I were to leave this world without withdrawing the overly proud members of the Yadu dynasty, the whole world would be destroyed by the deluge of their unlimited expansion. Purport: Just as a tidal wave overwhelms the boundary of the shore and wreaks havoc on innocent people, similarly, there was imminent danger that the powerful Yadu dynasty might expand beyond all boundaries of social and political control....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: इदानीं नाश आरब्ध: कुलस्य द्विजशापज: ।यास्यामि भवनं ब्रह्मन्नेतदन्ते तवानघ ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: idānīṁ nāśa ārabdhaḥkulasya dvija-śāpa-jaḥyāsyāmi bhavanaṁ brahmannetad-ante tavānagha Translation: Now due to the brāhmaṇas’ curse, the annihilation of My family has already begun. O sinless Brahmā, when this annihilation is finished and I am enroute to Vaikuṇṭha, I will pay a small visit to your abode. Purport: The members of the Yadu dynasty are eternal servants of the Lord; therefore Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has explained the word nāśaḥ, or “destruction,” as nigūḍhāyāṁ dvārakāyāṁ praveśanam ity arthaḥ: the members of the Yadu dynasty entered into the hidden or confidential Dvārakā in the spiritual world, which is not manifested here on the earth....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचइत्युक्तो लोकनाथेन स्वयम्भू: प्रणिपत्य तम् ।सह देवगणैर्देव: स्वधाम समपद्यत ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaity ukto loka-nāthenasvayam-bhūḥ praṇipatya tamsaha deva-gaṇair devaḥsva-dhāma samapadyata Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus addressed by the Lord of the universe, the self-born Brahmā fell down in obeisances at the lotus feet of the Lord. Surrounded by all the demigods, the great Brahmā then returned to his personal abode....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: अथ तस्यां महोत्पातान् द्वारवत्यां समुत्थितान् ।विलोक्य भगवानाह यदुवृद्धान् समागतान् ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: atha tasyāṁ mahotpātāndvāravatyāṁ samutthitānvilokya bhagavān āhayadu-vṛddhān samāgatān Translation: Thereafter, the Personality of Godhead observed that tremendous disturbances were taking place in the holy city of Dvārakā. Thus the Lord spoke to the assembled senior members of the Yadu dynasty as follows. Purport: Muni-vāsa-nivāse kiṁ ghaṭetāriṣṭa-darśanam: there is no possibility of actual disturbances or inauspicious events in holy places inhabited by saintly persons....