Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 - Chapter 24

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: वेदाहमाद्यं पुरुषमवतीर्णं स्वमायया ।भूतानां शेवधिं देहं बिभ्राणं कपिलं मुने ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: vedāham ādyaṁ puruṣamavatīrṇaṁ sva-māyayābhūtānāṁ śevadhiṁ dehaṁbibhrāṇaṁ kapilaṁ mune Translation: O Kardama, I know that the original Supreme Personality of Godhead has now appeared as an incarnation by His internal energy. He is the bestower of all that is desired by the living entities, and He has now assumed the body of Kapila Muni....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगेन कर्मणामुद्धरन् जटा: ।हिरण्यकेश: पद्माक्ष: पद्ममुद्रापदाम्बुज: ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: jñāna-vijñāna-yogenakarmaṇām uddharan jaṭāḥhiraṇya-keśaḥ padmākṣaḥpadma-mudrā-padāmbujaḥ Translation: By mystic yoga and the practical application of knowledge from the scriptures, Kapila Muni, who is characterized by His golden hair, His eyes just like lotus petals and His lotus feet, which bear the marks of lotus flowers, will uproot the deep-rooted desire for work in this material world....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: एष मानवि ते गर्भं प्रविष्ट: कैटभार्दन: ।अविद्यासंशयग्रन्थिं छित्त्वा गां विचरिष्यति ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa mānavi te garbhaṁpraviṣṭaḥ kaiṭabhārdanaḥavidyā-saṁśaya-granthiṁchittvā gāṁ vicariṣyati Translation: Lord Brahmā then told Devahūti: My dear daughter of Manu, the same Supreme Personality of Godhead who killed the demon Kaiṭabha is now within your womb. He will cut off all the knots of your ignorance and doubt. Then He will travel all over the world....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: अयं सिद्धगणाधीश: साङ्ख्याचार्यै: सुसम्मत: ।लोके कपिल इत्याख्यां गन्ता ते कीर्तिवर्धन: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: ayaṁ siddha-gaṇādhīśaḥsāṅkhyācāryaiḥ susammataḥloke kapila ity ākhyāṁgantā te kīrti-vardhanaḥ Translation: Your son will be the head of all the perfected souls. He will be approved by the ācāryas expert in disseminating real knowledge, and among the people He will be celebrated by the name Kapila. As the son of Devahūti, He will increase your fame....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचतावाश्वास्य जगत्स्रष्टा कुमारै: सहनारद: ।हंसो हंसेन यानेन त्रिधामपरमं ययौ ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācatāv āśvāsya jagat-sraṣṭākumāraiḥ saha-nāradaḥhaṁso haṁsena yānenatri-dhāma-paramaṁ yayau Translation: Śrī Maitreya said: After thus speaking to Kardama Muni and his wife Devahūti, Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe, who is also known as Haṁsa, went back to the highest of the three planetary systems on his swan carrier with the four Kumāras and Nārada....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: गते शतधृतौ क्षत्त: कर्दमस्तेन चोदित: ।यथोदितं स्वदुहितृ: प्रादाद्विश्वसृजां तत: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: gate śata-dhṛtau kṣattaḥkardamas tena coditaḥyathoditaṁ sva-duhitṝḥprādād viśva-sṛjāṁ tataḥ Translation: O Vidura, after the departure of Brahmā, Kardama Muni, having been ordered by Brahmā, handed over his nine daughters, as instructed, to the nine great sages who created the population of the world. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22-23 Sanskrit: मरीचये कलां प्रादादनसूयामथात्रये ।श्रद्धामङ्गिरसेऽयच्छत्पुलस्त्याय हविर्भुवम् ॥ २२ ॥पुलहाय गतिं युक्तां क्रतवे च क्रियां सतीम् ।ख्यातिं च भृगवेऽयच्छद्वसिष्ठायाप्यरुन्धतीम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: marīcaye kalāṁ prādādanasūyām athātrayeśraddhām aṅgirase ’yacchatpulastyāya havirbhuvam Translation: Kardama Muni handed over his daughter Kalā to Marīci, and another daughter, Anasūyā, to Atri. He delivered Śraddhā to Aṅgirā, and Havirbhū to Pulastya. He delivered Gati to Pulaha, the chaste Kriyā to Kratu, Khyāti to Bhṛgu, and Arundhatī to Vasiṣṭha....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: अथर्वणेऽददाच्छान्तिं यया यज्ञो वितन्यते ।विप्रर्षभान् कृतोद्वाहान् सदारान् समलालयत् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: atharvaṇe ’dadāc chāntiṁyayā yajño vitanyateviprarṣabhān kṛtodvāhānsadārān samalālayat Translation: He delivered Śānti to Atharvā. Because of Śānti, sacrificial ceremonies are well performed. Thus he got the foremost brāhmaṇas married, and he maintained them along with their wives. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: ततस्त ऋषय: क्षत्त कृतदारा निमन्‍त्र्‍य तम् ।प्रातिष्ठन्नन्दिमापन्ना: स्वं स्वमाश्रममण्डलम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: tatas ta ṛṣayaḥ kṣattaḥkṛta-dārā nimantrya tamprātiṣṭhan nandim āpannāḥsvaṁ svam āśrama-maṇḍalam Translation: Thus married, the sages took leave of Kardama and departed full of joy, each for his own hermitage, O Vidura. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: स चावतीर्णं त्रियुगमाज्ञाय विबुधर्षभम् ।विविक्त उपसङ्गम्य प्रणम्य समभाषत ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: sa cāvatīrṇaṁ tri-yugamājñāya vibudharṣabhamvivikta upasaṅgamyapraṇamya samabhāṣata Translation: When Kardama Muni understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the chief of all the demigods, Viṣṇu, had descended, Kardama approached Him in a secluded place, offered obeisances and spoke as follows. Purport: Lord Viṣṇu is called tri-yuga. He appears in three yugas — Satya, Tretā and Dvāpara — but in Kali-yuga He does not appear....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: अहो पापच्यमानानां निरये स्वैरमङ्गलै: ।कालेन भूयसा नूनं प्रसीदन्तीह देवता: ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: aho pāpacyamānānāṁniraye svair amaṅgalaiḥkālena bhūyasā nūnaṁprasīdantīha devatāḥ Translation: Kardama Muni said: Oh, after a long time the demigods of this universe have become pleased with the suffering souls who are in material entanglement because of their own misdeeds. Purport: This material world is a place for suffering, which is due to the misdeeds of the inhabitants, the conditioned souls themselves....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: बहुजन्मविपक्‍वेन सम्यग्योगसमाधिना ।द्रष्टुं यतन्ते यतय: शून्यागारेषु यत्पदम् ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: bahu-janma-vipakvenasamyag-yoga-samādhinādraṣṭuṁ yatante yatayaḥśūnyāgāreṣu yat-padam Translation: After many births, mature yogīs, by complete trance in yoga, endeavor in secluded places to see the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport: Some important things are mentioned here about yoga. The word bahu janma-vipakvena means “after many, many births of mature yoga practice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: स एव भगवानद्य हेलनं नगणय्य न: ।गृहेषु जातो ग्राम्याणां य: स्वानां पक्षपोषण: ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: sa eva bhagavān adyahelanaṁ na gaṇayya naḥgṛheṣu jāto grāmyāṇāṁyaḥ svānāṁ pakṣa-poṣaṇaḥ Translation: Not considering the negligence of ordinary householders like us, that very same Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in our homes just to support His devotees. Purport: Devotees are so affectionate toward the Personality of Godhead that although He does not appear before those who practice yoga in a secluded place even for many, many births, He agrees to appear in a householder’s home where devotees engage in devotional service without material yoga practice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: स्वीयं वाक्यमृतं कर्तुमवतीर्णोऽसि मे गृहे ।चिकीर्षुर्भगवान् ज्ञानं भक्तानां मानवर्धन: ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: svīyaṁ vākyam ṛtaṁ kartumavatīrṇo ’si me gṛhecikīrṣur bhagavān jñānaṁbhaktānāṁ māna-vardhanaḥ Translation: Kardama Muni said: You, my dear Lord, who are always increasing the honor of Your devotees, have descended in my home just to fulfill Your word and disseminate the process of real knowledge. Purport: When the Lord appeared before Kardama Muni after his mature yoga practice, He promised that He would become Kardama’s son....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तान्येव तेऽभिरूपाणि रूपाणि भगवंस्तव ।यानि यानि च रोचन्ते स्वजनानामरूपिण: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tāny eva te ’bhirūpāṇirūpāṇi bhagavaṁs tavayāni yāni ca rocantesva-janānām arūpiṇaḥ Translation: My dear Lord, although You have no material form, You have Your own innumerable forms. They truly are Your transcendental forms, which are pleasing to Your devotees. Purport: In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated that the Lord is one Absolute, but He has ananta, or innumerable, forms....