Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचस एवमनुभूयेदं नारायणविनिर्मितम् ।वैभवं योगमायायास्तमेव शरणं ययौ ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācasa evam anubhūyedaṁnārāyaṇa-vinirmitamvaibhavaṁ yoga-māyāyāstam eva śaraṇaṁ yayau Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa had arranged this opulent display of His bewildering potency. Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, having experienced it, took shelter of the Lord. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाचप्रपन्नोऽस्म्यङ्घ्रिमूलं ते प्रपन्नाभयदं हरे ।यन्माययापि विबुधा मुह्यन्ति ज्ञानकाशया ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-mārkaṇḍeya uvācaprapanno ’smy aṅghri-mūlaṁ teprapannābhaya-daṁ hareyan-māyayāpi vibudhāmuhyanti jñāna-kāśayā Translation: Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: O Lord Hari, I take shelter of the soles of Your lotus feet, which bestow fearlessness upon all who surrender to them. Even the great demigods are bewildered by Your illusory energy, which appears to them in the guise of knowledge....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचतमेवं निभृतात्मानं वृषेण दिवि पर्यटन् ।रुद्राण्या भगवान् रुद्रो ददर्श स्वगणैर्वृत: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācatam evaṁ nibhṛtātmānaṁvṛṣeṇa divi paryaṭanrudrāṇyā bhagavān rudrodadarśa sva-gaṇair vṛtaḥ Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Lord Rudra, traveling in the sky on his bull and accompanied by his consort, Rudrāṇī, as well as his personal associates, observed Mārkaṇḍeya in trance. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: अथोमा तमृषिं वीक्ष्य गिरिशं समभाषत ।पश्येमं भगवन् विप्रं निभृतात्मेन्द्रियाशयम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: athomā tam ṛṣiṁ vīkṣyagiriśaṁ samabhāṣatapaśyemaṁ bhagavan vipraṁnibhṛtātmendriyāśayam Translation: Goddess Umā, seeing the sage, addressed Lord Giriśa: My lord, just see this learned brāhmaṇa, his body, mind and senses motionless in trance. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: निभृतोदझषव्रातो वातापाये यथार्णव: ।कुर्वस्य तपस: साक्षात् संसिद्धिं सिद्धिदो भवान् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: nibhṛtoda-jhaṣa-vrātovātāpāye yathārṇavaḥkurv asya tapasaḥ sākṣātsaṁsiddhiṁ siddhi-do bhavān Translation: He is as calm as the waters of the ocean when the wind has ceased and the fish remain still. Therefore, my lord, since you bestow perfection on the performers of austerity, please award this sage the perfection that is obviously due him....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचनैवेच्छत्याशिष: क्वापि ब्रह्मर्षिर्मोक्षमप्युत ।भक्तिं परां भगवति लब्धवान् पुरुषेऽव्यये ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācanaivecchaty āśiṣaḥ kvāpibrahmarṣir mokṣam apy utabhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavatilabdhavān puruṣe ’vyaye Translation: Lord Śiva replied: Surely this saintly brāhmaṇa does not desire any benediction, not even liberation itself, for he has attained pure devotional service unto the inexhaustible Personality of Godhead. Purport: The words naivecchaty āśiṣaḥ kvāpi indicate that Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi was uninterested in any reward available on any planet within the universe....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: अथापि संवदिष्यामो भवान्येतेन साधुना ।अयं हि परमो लाभो नृणां साधुसमागम: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: athāpi saṁvadiṣyāmobhavāny etena sādhunāayaṁ hi paramo lābhonṛṇāṁ sādhu-samāgamaḥ Translation: Still, my dear Bhavānī, let us talk with this saintly personality. After all, association with saintly devotees is man’s highest achievement. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचइत्युक्त्वा तमुपेयाय भगवान् स सतां गति: ।ईशान: सर्वविद्यानामीश्वर: सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaity uktvā tam upeyāyabhagavān sa satāṁ gatiḥīśānaḥ sarva-vidyānāmīśvaraḥ sarva-dehinām Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Having spoken thus, Lord Śaṅkara — the shelter of pure souls, master of all spiritual sciences and controller of all embodied living beings — approached the sage. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: तयोरागमनं साक्षादीशयोर्जगदात्मनो: ।न वेद रुद्धधीवृत्तिरात्मानं विश्वमेव च ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: tayor āgamanaṁ sākṣādīśayor jagad-ātmanoḥna veda ruddha-dhī-vṛttirātmānaṁ viśvam eva ca Translation: Because Mārkaṇḍeya’s material mind had stopped functioning, the sage failed to notice that Lord Śiva and his wife, the controllers of the universe, had personally come to see him. Mārkaṇḍeya was so absorbed in meditation that he was unaware of either himself or the external world....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: भगवांस्तदभिज्ञाय गिरिशो योगमायया ।आविशत्तद्गुहाकाशं वायुश्छिद्रमिवेश्वर: ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: bhagavāṁs tad abhijñāyagiriśo yoga-māyayāāviśat tad-guhākāśaṁvāyuś chidram iveśvaraḥ Translation: Understanding the situation very well, the powerful Lord Śiva employed his mystic power to enter within the sky of Mārkaṇḍeya’s heart, just as the wind passes through an opening. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11-13 Sanskrit: आत्मन्यपि शिवं प्राप्तं तडित्पिङ्गजटाधरम् ।त्र्यक्षं दशभुजं प्रांशुमुद्यन्तमिव भास्करम् ॥ ११ ॥व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरं शूलधनुरिष्वसिचर्मभि: ।अक्षमालाडमरुककपालं परशुं सह ॥ १२ ॥बिभ्राणं सहसा भातं विचक्ष्य हृदि विस्मित: ।किमिदं कुत एवेति समाधेर्विरतो मुनि: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: ātmany api śivaṁ prāptaṁtaḍit-piṅga-jaṭā-dharamtry-akṣaṁ daśa-bhujaṁ prāṁśumudyantam iva bhāskaram Translation: Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya saw Lord Śiva suddenly appear within his heart. Lord Śiva’s golden hair resembled lightning, and he had three eyes, ten arms and a tall body that shone like the rising sun....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: नेत्रे उन्मील्य ददृशे सगणं सोमयागतम् ।रुद्रं त्रिलोकैकगुरुं ननाम शिरसा मुनि: ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: netre unmīlya dadṛśesa-gaṇaṁ somayāgatamrudraṁ tri-lokaika-guruṁnanāma śirasā muniḥ Translation: Opening his eyes, the sage saw Lord Rudra, the spiritual master of the three worlds, together with Umā and Rudra’s followers. Mārkaṇḍeya then offered his respectful obeisances by bowing his head. Purport: When Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi saw Lord Śiva and Umā within his heart, he immediately became aware of them and thus also of his own individual self....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: तस्मै सपर्यां व्यदधात् सगणाय सहोमया ।स्वागतासनपाद्यार्घ्यगन्धस्रग्धूपदीपकै: ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: tasmai saparyāṁ vyadadhātsa-gaṇāya sahomayāsvāgatāsana-pādyārghya-gandha-srag-dhūpa-dīpakaiḥ Translation: Mārkaṇḍeya worshiped Lord Śiva, along with Umā and Śiva’s associates, by offering them words of welcome, sitting places, water for washing their feet, scented drinking water, fragrant oils, flower garlands and ārati lamps. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: आह त्वात्मानुभावेन पूर्णकामस्य ते विभो ।करवाम किमीशान येनेदं निर्वृतं जगत् ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: āha tv ātmānubhāvenapūrṇa-kāmasya te vibhokaravāma kim īśānayenedaṁ nirvṛtaṁ jagat Translation: Mārkaṇḍeya said: O mighty lord, what can I possibly do for you, who are fully satisfied by your own ecstasy? Indeed, by your mercy you satisfy this entire world. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: नम: शिवाय शान्ताय सत्त्वाय प्रमृडाय च ।रजोजुषेऽथ घोराय नमस्तुभ्यं तमोजुषे ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: namaḥ śivāya śāntāyasattvāya pramṛḍāya carajo-juṣe ’tha ghorāyanamas tubhyaṁ tamo-juṣe Translation: Again and again I offer my obeisances unto you, O all-auspicious transcendental personality. As the lord of goodness you give pleasure, in contact with the mode of passion you appear most fearful, and you also associate with the mode of ignorance....