Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 - Chapter 12

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचनमो धर्माय महते नम: कृष्णाय वेधसे ।ब्रह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य धर्मान् वक्ष्ये सनातनान् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācanamo dharmāya mahatenamaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhasebrahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtyadharmān vakṣye sanātanān Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering my obeisances to the supreme religious principle, devotional service; to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme creator; and to all the brāhmaṇas, I shall now describe the eternal principles of religion. Purport: In this Twelfth Chapter of the Twelfth Canto, Sūta Gosvāmī will summarize all the topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, beginning from the First Canto....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: एतद् व: कथितं विप्रा विष्णोश्चरितमद्भ‍ुतम् ।भवद्भ‍िर्यदहं पृष्टो नराणां पुरुषोचितम् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: etad vaḥ kathitaṁ viprāviṣṇoś caritam adbhutambhavadbhir yad ahaṁ pṛṣṭonarāṇāṁ puruṣocitam Translation: O great sages, I have narrated to you the wonderful pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, as you inquired about them from me. Hearing such narrations is the suitable engagement for a person who is actually a human being....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: अत्र सङ्कीर्तित: साक्षात् सर्वपापहरो हरि: ।नारायणो हृषीकेशो भगवान् सात्वतां पति: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: atra saṅkīrtitaḥ sākṣātsarva-pāpa-haro hariḥnārāyaṇo hṛṣīkeśobhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ Translation: This literature fully glorifies the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who removes all His devotees’ sinful reactions. The Lord is glorified as Nārāyaṇa, Hṛṣīkeśa and the Lord of the Sātvatas. Purport: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s many holy names indicate His extraordinary transcendental qualities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: अत्र ब्रह्म परं गुह्यं जगत: प्रभवाप्ययम् ।ज्ञानं च तदुपाख्यानं प्रोक्तं विज्ञानसंयुतम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: atra brahma paraṁ guhyaṁjagataḥ prabhavāpyayamjñānaṁ ca tad-upākhyānaṁproktaṁ vijñāna-saṁyutam Translation: This literature describes the mystery of the Supreme Absolute Truth, the source of the creation and annihilation of this universe. Also presented are divine knowledge of Him together with the process of its cultivation, and the transcendental realization one achieves....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: भक्तियोग: समाख्यातो वैराग्यं च तदाश्रयम् ।पारीक्षितमुपाख्यानं नारदाख्यानमेव च ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: bhakti-yogaḥ samākhyātovairāgyaṁ ca tad-āśrayampārīkṣitam upākhyānaṁnāradākhyānam eva ca Translation: The following topics are also narrated: the process of devotional service together with its subsidiary feature of renunciation, and the histories of Mahārāja Parīkṣit and the sage Nārada. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: प्रायोपवेशो राजर्षेर्विप्रशापात् परीक्षित: ।शुकस्य ब्रह्मर्षभस्य संवादश्च परीक्षित: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: prāyopaveśo rājarṣervipra-śāpāt parīkṣitaḥśukasya brahmarṣabhasyasaṁvādaś ca parīkṣitaḥ Translation: Also described are saintly King Parīkṣit’s sitting down to fast until death in response to the curse of a brāhmaṇa’s son, and the conversations between Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who is the best of all brāhmaṇas. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: योगधारणयोत्क्रान्ति: संवादो नारदाजयो: ।अवतारानुगीतं च सर्ग: प्राधानिकोऽग्रत: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: yoga-dhāraṇayotkrāntiḥsaṁvādo nāradājayoḥavatārānugītaṁ casargaḥ prādhāniko ’grataḥ Translation: The Bhāgavatam explains how one can attain liberation at the time of death by practicing fixed meditation in yoga. It also contains a discussion between Nārada and Brahmā, an enumeration of the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and a description of how the universe was created in progressive sequence, beginning from the unmanifest stage of material nature....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: विदुरोद्धवसंवाद: क्षत्तृमैत्रेययोस्तत: ।पुराणसंहिताप्रश्न‍ो महापुरुषसंस्थिति: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: viduroddhava-saṁvādaḥkṣattṛ-maitreyayos tataḥpurāṇa-saṁhitā-praśnomahā-puruṣa-saṁsthitiḥ Translation: This scripture also relates the discussions Vidura had with Uddhava and with Maitreya, inquiries about the subject matter of this Purāṇa, and the winding up of creation within the body of the Supreme Lord at the time of annihilation. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: तत: प्राकृतिक: सर्ग: सप्त वैकृतिकाश्च ये ।ततो ब्रह्माण्डसम्भूतिर्वैराज: पुरुषो यत: ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ prākṛtikaḥ sargaḥsapta vaikṛtikāś ca yetato brahmāṇḍa-sambhūtirvairājaḥ puruṣo yataḥ Translation: The creation effected by the agitation of the modes of material nature, the seven stages of evolution by elemental transformation, and the construction of the universal egg, from which arises the universal form of the Supreme Lord — all these are thoroughly described....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: कालस्य स्थूलसूक्ष्मस्य गति: पद्मसमुद्भ‍व: ।भुव उद्धरणेऽम्भोधेर्हिरण्याक्षवधो यथा ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: kālasya sthūla-sūkṣmasyagatiḥ padma-samudbhavaḥbhuva uddharaṇe ’mbhodherhiraṇyākṣa-vadho yathā Translation: Other topics include the subtle and gross movements of time, the generation of the lotus from the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the killing of the demon Hiraṇyākṣa when the earth was delivered from the Garbhodaka Ocean. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: ऊर्ध्वतिर्यगवाक्सर्गो रुद्रसर्गस्तथैव च । अर्धनारीश्वरस्याथ यत: स्वायम्भुवो मनु: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: ūrdhva-tiryag-avāk-sargorudra-sargas tathaiva caardha-nārīśvarasyāthayataḥ svāyambhuvo manuḥ Translation: The Bhāgavatam also describes the creation of demigods, animals and demoniac species of life; the birth of Lord Rudra; and the appearance of Svāyambhuva Manu from the half-man, half-woman Īśvara. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: शतरूपा च या स्त्रीणामाद्या प्रकृतिरुत्तमा ।सन्तानो धर्मपत्नीनां कर्दमस्य प्रजापते: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: śatarūpā ca yā strīṇāmādyā prakṛtir uttamāsantāno dharma-patnīnāṁkardamasya prajāpateḥ Translation: Also related are the appearance of the first woman, Śatarūpā, who was the excellent consort of Manu, and the offspring of the pious wives of Prajāpati Kardama. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अवतारो भगवत: कपिलस्य महात्मन: ।देवहूत्याश्च संवाद: कपिलेन च धीमता ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: avatāro bhagavataḥkapilasya mahātmanaḥdevahūtyāś ca saṁvādaḥkapilena ca dhīmatā Translation: The Bhāgavatam describes the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the exalted sage Kapila and records the conversation between that greatly learned soul and His mother, Devahūti. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14-15 Sanskrit: नवब्रह्मसमुत्पत्तिर्दक्षयज्ञविनाशनम् ।ध्रुवस्य चरितं पश्चात्पृथो: प्राचीनबर्हिष: ॥ १४ ॥नारदस्य च संवादस्तत: प्रैयव्रतं द्विजा: ।नाभेस्ततोऽनु चरितमृषभस्य भरतस्य च ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: nava-brahma-samutpattirdakṣa-yajña-vināśanamdhruvasya caritaṁ paścātpṛthoḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ Translation: Also described are the progeny of the nine great brāhmaṇas, the destruction of Dakṣa’s sacrifice, and the history of Dhruva Mahārāja, followed by the histories of King Pṛthu and King Prācīnabarhi, the discussion between Prācīnabarhi and Nārada, and the life of Mahārāja Priyavrata....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: द्वीपवर्षसमुद्राणां गिरिनद्युपवर्णनम् ।ज्योतिश्चक्रस्य संस्थानं पातालनरकस्थिति: ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: dvīpa-varṣa-samudrāṇāṁgiri-nady-upavarṇanamjyotiś-cakrasya saṁsthānaṁpātāla-naraka-sthitiḥ Translation: The Bhāgavatam gives an elaborate description of the earth’s continents, regions, oceans, mountains and rivers. Also described are the arrangement of the celestial sphere and the conditions found in the subterranean regions and in hell. Purport: