Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: मथुरायां निवसता यदुचक्रस्य यत्प्रियम् ।कृतमुद्धवरामाभ्यां युतेन हरिणा द्विजा: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: mathurāyāṁ nivasatāyadu-cakrasya yat priyamkṛtam uddhava-rāmābhyāṁyutena hariṇā dvijāḥ Translation: Then, O brāhmaṇas, this scripture recounts how Lord Hari, while residing in Mathurā in the company of Uddhava and Balarāma, performed pastimes for the satisfaction of the Yadu dynasty. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: जरासन्धसमानीतसैन्यस्य बहुशो वध: ।घातनं यवनेन्द्रस्य कुशस्थल्या निवेशनम् ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: jarāsandha-samānīta-sainyasya bahuśo vadhaḥghātanaṁ yavanendrasyakuśasthalyā niveśanam Translation: Also described are the annihilation of each of the many armies brought by Jarāsandha, the killing of the barbarian king Kālayavana and the establishment of Dvārakā City. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: आदानं पारिजातस्य सुधर्माया: सुरालयात् ।रुक्मिण्या हरणं युद्धे प्रमथ्य द्विषतो हरे: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: ādānaṁ pārijātasyasudharmāyāḥ surālayātrukmiṇyā haraṇaṁ yuddhepramathya dviṣato hareḥ Translation: This work also describes how Lord Kṛṣṇa brought from heaven the pārijāta tree and the Sudharmā assembly hall, and how He kidnapped Rukmiṇī by defeating all His rivals in battle. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: हरस्य जृम्भणं युद्धे बाणस्य भुजकृन्तनम् ।प्राग्ज्योतिषपतिं हत्वा कन्यानां हरणं च यत् ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: harasya jṛmbhaṇaṁ yuddhebāṇasya bhuja-kṛntanamprāgjyotiṣa-patiṁ hatvākanyānāṁ haraṇaṁ ca yat Translation: Also narrated are how Lord Kṛṣṇa, in the battle with Bāṇāsura, defeated Lord Śiva by making him yawn, how the Lord cut off Bāṇāsura’s arms, and how He killed the master of Prāgjyotiṣapura and then rescued the young princesses held captive in that city....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40-41 Sanskrit: चैद्यपौण्ड्रकशाल्वानां दन्तवक्रस्य दुर्मते: ।शम्बरो द्विविद: पीठो मुर: पञ्चजनादय: ॥ ४० ॥माहात्म्यं च वधस्तेषां वाराणस्याश्च दाहनम् ।भारावतरणं भूमेर्निमित्तीकृत्य पाण्डवान् ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: caidya-pauṇḍraka-śālvānāṁdantavakrasya durmateḥśambaro dvividaḥ pīṭhomuraḥ pañcajanādayaḥ Translation: There are descriptions of the powers and the deaths of the King of Cedi, Pauṇḍraka, Śālva, the foolish Dantavakra, Śambara, Dvivida, Pīṭha, Mura, Pañcajana and other demons, along with a description of how Vārāṇasī was burned to the ground....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42-43 Sanskrit: विप्रशापापदेशेन संहार: स्वकुलस्य च ।उद्धवस्य च संवादो वसुदेवस्य चाद्भुत: ॥ ४२ ॥यत्रात्मविद्या ह्यखिला प्रोक्ता धर्मविनिर्णय: ।ततो मर्त्यपरित्याग आत्मयोगानुभावत: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: vipra-śāpāpadeśenasaṁhāraḥ sva-kulasya cauddhavasya ca saṁvādovasudevasya cādbhutaḥ Translation: How the Lord withdrew His own dynasty on the pretext of the brāhmaṇas’ curse; Vasudeva’s conversation with Nārada; the extraordinary conversation between Uddhava and Kṛṣṇa, which reveals the science of the self in complete detail and elucidates the religious principles of human society; and then how Lord Kṛṣṇa gave up this mortal world by His own mystic power — the Bhāgavatam narrates all these events....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44 Sanskrit: युगलक्षणवृत्तिश्च कलौ नृणामुपप्लव: ।चतुर्विधश्च प्रलय उत्पत्तिस्त्रिविधा तथा ॥ ४४ ॥ ITRANS: yuga-lakṣaṇa-vṛttiś cakalau nṝṇām upaplavaḥcatur-vidhaś ca pralayautpattis tri-vidhā tathā Translation: This work also describes people’s characteristics and behavior in the different ages, the chaos men experience in the Age of Kali, the four kinds of annihilation and the three kinds of creation. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45 Sanskrit: देहत्यागश्च राजर्षेर्विष्णुरातस्य धीमत: ।शाखाप्रणयनमृषेर्मार्कण्डेयस्य सत्कथा ।महापुरुषविन्यास: सूर्यस्य जगदात्मन: ॥ ४५ ॥ ITRANS: deha-tyāgaś ca rājarṣerviṣṇu-rātasya dhīmataḥśākhā-praṇayanam ṛṣermārkaṇḍeyasya sat-kathāmahā-puruṣa-vinyāsaḥsūryasya jagad-ātmanaḥ Translation: There are also an account of the passing away of the wise and saintly King Viṣṇurāta [Parīkṣit], an explanation of how Śrīla Vyāsadeva disseminated the branches of the Vedas, a pious narration concerning Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, and a description of the detailed arrangement of the Lord’s universal form and His form as the sun, the soul of the universe....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 46 Sanskrit: इति चोक्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठा यत्पृष्टोऽहमिहास्मि व: ।लीलावतारकर्माणि कीर्तितानीह सर्वश: ॥ ४६ ॥ ITRANS: iti coktaṁ dvija-śreṣṭhāyat pṛṣṭo ’ham ihāsmi vaḥlīlāvatāra-karmāṇikīrtitānīha sarvaśaḥ Translation: Thus, O best of the brāhmaṇas, I have explained herein what you have inquired from me. This literature has glorified in full detail the activities of the Lord’s pastime incarnations. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 47 Sanskrit: पतित: स्खलितश्चार्त: क्षुत्त्वा वा विवशो गृणन् ।हरये नम इत्युच्चैर्मुच्यते सर्वपातकात् ॥ ४७ ॥ ITRANS: patitaḥ skhalitaś cārtaḥkṣuttvā vā vivaśo gṛṇanharaye nama ity uccairmucyate sarva-pātakāt Translation: If when falling, slipping, feeling pain or sneezing one involuntarily cries out in a loud voice, “Obeisances to Lord Hari!” one will be automatically freed from all his sinful reactions. Purport: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that Lord Śrī Caitanya is always loudly chanting the song haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa in the courtyard of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and that this same Lord Caitanya will free us from our materialistic enjoying propensity if we also loudly chant the glories of the Supreme Lord Hari....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 48 Sanskrit: सङ्कीर्त्यमानो भगवाननन्त:श्रुतानुभावो व्यसनं हि पुंसाम् ।प्रविश्य चित्तं विधुनोत्यशेषंयथा तमोऽर्कोऽभ्रमिवातिवात: ॥ ४८ ॥ ITRANS: saṅkīrtyamāno bhagavān anantaḥśrutānubhāvo vyasanaṁ hi puṁsāmpraviśya cittaṁ vidhunoty aśeṣaṁyathā tamo ’rko ’bhram ivāti-vātaḥ Translation: When people properly glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead or simply hear about His power, the Lord personally enters their hearts and cleanses away every trace of misfortune, just as the sun removes the darkness or as a powerful wind drives away the clouds....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49 Sanskrit: मृषा गिरस्ता ह्यसतीरसत्कथान कथ्यते यद् भगवानधोक्षज: ।तदेव सत्यं तदुहैव मङ्गलंतदेव पुण्यं भगवद्गुणोदयम् ॥ ४९ ॥ ITRANS: mṛṣā giras tā hy asatīr asat-kathāna kathyate yad bhagavān adhokṣajaḥtad eva satyaṁ tad u haiva maṅgalaṁtad eva puṇyaṁ bhagavad-guṇodayam Translation: Words that do not describe the transcendental Personality of Godhead but instead deal with temporary matters are simply false and useless. Only those words that manifest the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord are actually truthful, auspicious and pious....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: तदेव रम्यं रुचिरं नवं नवंतदेव शश्वन्मनसो महोत्सवम् ।तदेव शोकार्णवशोषणं नृणांयदुत्तम:श्लोकयशोऽनुगीयते ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: tad eva ramyaṁ ruciraṁ navaṁ navaṁtad eva śaśvan manaso mahotsavamtad eva śokārṇava-śoṣaṇaṁ nṛṇāṁyad uttamaḥśloka-yaśo ’nugīyate Translation: Those words describing the glories of the all-famous Personality of Godhead are attractive, relishable and ever fresh. Indeed, such words are a perpetual festival for the mind, and they dry up the ocean of misery....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: न यद् वचश्चित्रपदं हरेर्यशोजगत्पवित्रं प्रगृणीत कर्हिचित् ।तद् ध्वाङ्क्षतीर्थं न तु हंससेवितंयत्राच्युतस्तत्र हि साधवोऽमला: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: na yad vacaś citra-padaṁ harer yaśojagat-pavitraṁ pragṛṇīta karhicittad dhvāṅkṣa-tīrthaṁ na tu haṁsa-sevitaṁyatrācyutas tatra hi sādhavo ’malāḥ Translation: Those words that do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows, and are never resorted to by those situated in transcendental knowledge....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 52 Sanskrit: तद्वाग्विसर्गो जनताघसम्प्लवोयस्मिन् प्रतिश्लोकमबद्धवत्यपि ।नामान्यनन्तस्य यशोऽङ्कितानि य-च्छृण्वन्ति गायन्ति गृणन्ति साधव: ॥ ५२ ॥ ITRANS: tad vāg-visargo janatāgha-samplavoyasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty apināmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yatśṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ Translation: On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes and so on of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization....