Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: वासुदेव: सङ्कर्षण: प्रद्युम्न: पुरुष: स्वयम् ।अनिरुद्ध इति ब्रह्मन् मूर्तिव्यूहोऽभिधीयते ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥpradyumnaḥ puruṣaḥ svayamaniruddha iti brahmanmūrti-vyūho ’bhidhīyate Translation: Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the names of the direct personal expansions of the Supreme Godhead, O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: स विश्वस्तैजस: प्राज्ञस्तुरीय इति वृत्तिभि: ।अर्थेन्द्रियाशयज्ञानैर्भगवान् परिभाव्यते ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: sa viśvas taijasaḥ prājñasturīya iti vṛttibhiḥarthendriyāśaya-jñānairbhagavān paribhāvyate Translation: One can conceive of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in terms of awakened consciousness, sleep and deep sleep — which function respectively through external objects, the mind and material intelligence — and also in terms of the fourth, transcendental level of consciousness, which is characterized by pure knowledge....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: अङ्गोपाङ्गायुधाकल्पैर्भगवांस्तच्चतुष्टयम् ।बिभर्ति स्म चतुर्मूर्तिर्भगवान् हरिरीश्वर: ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: aṅgopāṅgāyudhākalpairbhagavāṁs tac catuṣṭayambibharti sma catur-mūrtirbhagavān harir īśvaraḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari, thus appears in four personal expansions, each exhibiting major limbs, minor limbs, weapons and ornaments. Through these distinct features, the Lord maintains the four phases of existence. Purport: The Lord’s spiritual body, weapons, ornaments and associates are all pure transcendental existence, identical with Him....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: द्विजऋषभ स एष ब्रह्मयोनि: स्वयंदृक्स्वमहिमपरिपूर्णो मायया च स्वयैतत् ।सृजति हरति पातीत्याख्ययानावृताक्षोविवृत इव निरुक्तस्तत्परैरात्मलभ्य: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: dvija-ṛṣabha sa eṣa brahma-yoniḥ svayaṁ-dṛksva-mahima-paripūrṇo māyayā ca svayaitatsṛjati harati pātīty ākhyayānāvṛtākṣovivṛta iva niruktas tat-parair ātma-labhyaḥ Translation: O best of brāhmaṇas, He alone is the self-luminous, original source of the Vedas, perfect and complete in His own glory. By His material energy He creates, destroys and maintains this entire universe....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: श्रीकृष्ण कृष्णसख वृष्ण्यृषभावनिध्रुग्राजन्यवंशदहनानपवर्गवीर्य ।गोविन्द गोपवनिताव्रजभृत्यगीत-तीर्थश्रव: श्रवणमङ्गल पाहि भृत्यान् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-sakha vṛṣṇy-ṛṣabhāvani-dhrug-rājanya-vaṁśa-dahanānapavarga-vīryagovinda gopa-vanitā-vraja-bhṛtya-gītatīrtha-śravaḥ śravaṇa-maṅgala pāhi bhṛtyān Translation: O Kṛṣṇa, O friend of Arjuna, O chief among the descendants of Vṛṣṇi, You are the destroyer of those political parties that are disturbing elements on this earth. Your prowess never deteriorates. You are the proprietor of the transcendental abode, and Your most sacred glories, which are sung by Vṛndāvana’s cowherd men and women and their servants, bestow all auspiciousness just by being heard....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: य इदं कल्य उत्थाय महापुरुषलक्षणम् ।तच्चित्त: प्रयतो जप्त्वा ब्रह्म वेद गुहाशयम् ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: ya idaṁ kalya utthāyamahā-puruṣa-lakṣaṇamtac-cittaḥ prayato japtvābrahma veda guhāśayam Translation: Anyone who rises early in the morning and, with a purified mind fixed upon the Mahāpuruṣa, quietly chants this description of His characteristics will realize Him as the Supreme Absolute Truth residing within the heart. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27-28 Sanskrit: श्रीशौनक उवाचशुको यदाह भगवान् विष्णुराताय शृण्वते ।सौरो गणो मासि मासि नाना वसति सप्तक: ॥ २७ ॥तेषां नामानि कर्माणि नियुक्तानामधीश्वरै: ।ब्रूहि न: श्रद्दधानानां व्यूहं सूर्यात्मनो हरे: ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śaunaka uvācaśuko yad āha bhagavānviṣṇu-rātāya śṛṇvatesauro gaṇo māsi māsinānā vasati saptakaḥ Translation: Śrī Śaunaka said: Please describe to us, who have great faith in your words, the different sets of seven personal features and associates the sun-god exhibits during each month, along with their names and activities....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचअनाद्यविद्यया विष्णोरात्मन: सर्वदेहिनाम् ।निर्मितो लोकतन्त्रोऽयं लोकेषु परिवर्तते ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaanādy-avidyayā viṣṇorātmanaḥ sarva-dehināmnirmito loka-tantro ’yaṁlokeṣu parivartate Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: The sun travels among all the planets and thus regulates their movements. It has been created by Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Soul of all embodied beings, through His beginningless material energy. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: एक एव हि लोकानां सूर्य आत्मादिकृद्धरि: ।सर्ववेदक्रियामूलमृषिभिर्बहुधोदित: ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: eka eva hi lokānāṁsūrya ātmādi-kṛd dhariḥsarva-veda-kriyā-mūlamṛṣibhir bahudhoditaḥ Translation: The sun-god, being nondifferent from Lord Hari, is the one soul of all the worlds and their original creator. He is the source of all the ritualistic activities prescribed in the Vedas and has been given many names by the Vedic sages....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: कालो देश: क्रिया कर्ता करणं कार्यमागम: ।द्रव्यं फलमिति ब्रह्मन् नवधोक्तोऽजया हरि: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: kālo deśaḥ kriyā kartākaraṇaṁ kāryam āgamaḥdravyaṁ phalam iti brahmannavadhokto ’jayā hariḥ Translation: Being the source of the material energy, the Personality of Godhead Lord Hari in His expansion as the sun-god is described in nine aspects, O Śaunaka: the time, the place, the endeavor, the performer, the instrument, the specific ritual, the scripture, the paraphernalia of worship and the result to be achieved....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: मध्वादिषु द्वादशसु भगवान् कालरूपधृक् ।लोकतन्त्राय चरति पृथग्द्वादशभिर्गणै: ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: madhv-ādiṣu dvādaśasubhagavān kāla-rūpa-dhṛkloka-tantrāya caratipṛthag dvādaśabhir gaṇaiḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, manifesting His potency of time as the sun-god, travels about in each of the twelve months, beginning with Madhu, to regulate planetary motion within the universe. Traveling with the sun-god in each of the twelve months is a different set of six associates....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: धाता कृतस्थली हेतिर्वासुकी रथकृन्मुने ।पुलस्त्यस्तुम्बुरुरिति मधुमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: dhātā kṛtasthalī hetirvāsukī rathakṛn munepulastyas tumburur itimadhu-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: My dear sage, Dhātā as the sun-god, Kṛtasthalī as the Apsarā, Heti as the Rākṣasa, Vāsuki as the Nāga, Rathakṛt as the Yakṣa, Pulastya as the sage and Tumburu as the Gandharva rule the month of Madhu. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: अर्यमा पुलहोऽथौजा: प्रहेति: पुञ्जिकस्थली ।नारद: कच्छनीरश्च नयन्त्येते स्म माधवम् ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: aryamā pulaho ’thaujāḥprahetiḥ puñjikasthalīnāradaḥ kacchanīraś canayanty ete sma mādhavam Translation: Aryamā as the sun-god, Pulaha as the sage, Athaujā as the Yakṣa, Praheti as the Rākṣasa, Puñjikasthalī as the Apsarā, Nārada as the Gandharva and Kacchanīra as the Nāga rule the month of Mādhava. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: मित्रोऽत्रि: पौरुषेयोऽथ तक्षको मेनका हहा: ।रथस्वन इति ह्येते शुक्रमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: mitro ’triḥ pauruṣeyo ’thatakṣako menakā hahāḥrathasvana iti hy eteśukra-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Mitra as the sun-god, Atri as the sage, Pauruṣeya as the Rākṣasa, Takṣaka as the Nāga, Menakā as the Apsarā, Hāhā as the Gandharva and Rathasvana as the Yakṣa rule the month of Śukra....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: वसिष्ठो वरुणो रम्भा सहजन्यस्तथा हुहू: ।शुक्रश्चित्रस्वनश्चैव शुचिमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: vasiṣṭho varuṇo rambhāsahajanyas tathā huhūḥśukraś citrasvanaś caivaśuci-māsaṁ nayanty amī Translation: Vasiṣṭha as the sage, Varuṇa as the sun-god, Rambhā as the Apsarā, Sahajanya as the Rākṣasa, Hūhū as the Gandharva, Śukra as the Nāga and Citrasvana as the Yakṣa rule the month of Śuci. Purport: