Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 1

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: कपिल उवाचअथ यो गृहमेधीयान्धर्मानेवावसन्गृहे ।काममर्थं च धर्मान्स्वान्दोग्धि भूय: पिपर्ति तान् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: kapila uvācaatha yo gṛha-medhīyāndharmān evāvasan gṛhekāmam arthaṁ ca dharmān svāndogdhi bhūyaḥ piparti tān Translation: The Personality of Godhead said: The person who lives in the center of household life derives material benefits by performing religious rituals, and thereby he fulfills his desire for economic development and sense gratification....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: स चापि भगवद्धर्मात्काममूढ: पराङ्‍मुख: ।यजते क्रतुभिर्देवान्पितृंश्च श्रद्धयान्वित: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: sa cāpi bhagavad-dharmātkāma-mūḍhaḥ parāṅ-mukhaḥyajate kratubhir devānpitṝṁś ca śraddhayānvitaḥ Translation: Such persons are ever bereft of devotional service due to being too attached to sense gratification, and therefore, although they perform various kinds of sacrifices and take great vows to satisfy the demigods and forefathers, they are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 3

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तच्छ्रद्धयाक्रान्तमति: पितृदेवव्रत: पुमान् ।गत्वा चान्द्रमसं लोकं सोमपा: पुनरेष्यति ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: tac-chraddhayākrānta-matiḥpitṛ-deva-vrataḥ pumāngatvā cāndramasaṁ lokaṁsoma-pāḥ punar eṣyati Translation: Such materialistic persons, attracted by sense gratification and devoted to the forefathers and demigods, can be elevated to the moon, where they drink an extract of the soma plant. They again return to this planet. Purport: The moon is considered one of the planets of the heavenly kingdom....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यदा चाहीन्द्रशय्यायां शेतेऽनन्तासनो हरि: ।तदा लोका लयं यान्ति त एते गृहमेधिनाम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yadā cāhīndra-śayyāyāṁśete ’nantāsano hariḥtadā lokā layaṁ yāntita ete gṛha-medhinām Translation: All the planets of the materialistic persons, including all the heavenly planets, such as the moon, are vanquished when the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, goes to His bed of serpents, which is known as Ananta Śeṣa....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: ये स्वधर्मान्न दुह्यन्ति धीरा: कामार्थहेतवे ।नि:सङ्गा न्यस्तकर्माण: प्रशान्ता: शुद्धचेतस: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ye sva-dharmān na duhyantidhīrāḥ kāmārtha-hetaveniḥsaṅgā nyasta-karmāṇaḥpraśāntāḥ śuddha-cetasaḥ Translation: Those who are intelligent and are of purified consciousness are completely satisfied in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Freed from the modes of material nature, they do not act for sense gratification; rather, since they are situated in their own occupational duties, they act as one is expected to act....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: निवृत्तिधर्मनिरता निर्ममा निरहङ्कृता: ।स्वधर्माप्तेन सत्त्वेन परिशुद्धेन चेतसा ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: nivṛtti-dharma-niratānirmamā nirahaṅkṛtāḥsva-dharmāptena sattvenapariśuddhena cetasā Translation: By executing one’s occupational duties, acting with detachment and without a sense of proprietorship or false egoism, one is posted in one’s constitutional position by dint of complete purification of consciousness, and by thus executing so-called material duties he can easily enter into the kingdom of God....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 7

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: सूर्यद्वारेण ते यान्ति पुरुषं विश्वतोमुखम् ।परावरेशं प्रकृतिमस्योत्पत्त्यन्तभावनम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: sūrya-dvāreṇa te yāntipuruṣaṁ viśvato-mukhamparāvareśaṁ prakṛtimasyotpatty-anta-bhāvanam Translation: Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and dissolution. Purport: The word sūrya-dvāreṇa means “by the illuminated path,” or through the sun planet....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 8

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: द्विपरार्धावसाने य: प्रलयो ब्रह्मणस्तु ते ।तावदध्यासते लोकं परस्य परचिन्तका: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: dvi-parārdhāvasāne yaḥpralayo brahmaṇas tu tetāvad adhyāsate lokaṁparasya para-cintakāḥ Translation: Worshipers of the Hiraṇyagarbha expansion of the Personality of Godhead remain within this material world until the end of two parārdhas, when Lord Brahmā also dies. Purport: One dissolution is at the end of Brahmā’s day, and one is at the end of Brahmā’s life....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 9

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: क्ष्माम्भोऽनलानिलवियन्मनइन्द्रियार्थ-भूतादिभि: परिवृतं प्रतिसञ्जिहीर्षु: ।अव्याकृतं विशति यर्हि गुणत्रयात्माकालं पराख्यमनुभूय पर: स्वयम्भू: ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: kṣmāmbho-’nalānila-viyan-mana-indriyārtha-bhūtādibhiḥ parivṛtaṁ pratisañjihīrṣuḥavyākṛtaṁ viśati yarhi guṇa-trayātmākālaṁ parākhyam anubhūya paraḥ svayambhūḥ Translation: After experiencing the inhabitable time of the three modes of material nature, known as two parārdhas, Lord Brahmā closes the material universe, which is covered by layers of earth, water, air, fire, ether, mind, ego, etc....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 10

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: एवं परेत्य भगवन्तमनुप्रविष्टाये योगिनो जितमरुन्मनसो विरागा: ।तेनैव साकममृतं पुरुषं पुराणंब्रह्म प्रधानमुपयान्त्यगताभिमाना: ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ paretya bhagavantam anupraviṣṭāye yogino jita-marun-manaso virāgāḥtenaiva sākam amṛtaṁ puruṣaṁ purāṇaṁbrahma pradhānam upayānty agatābhimānāḥ Translation: The yogīs who become detached from the material world by practice of breathing exercises and control of the mind reach the planet of Brahmā, which is far, far away. After giving up their bodies, they enter into the body of Lord Brahmā, and therefore when Brahmā is liberated and goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Brahman, such yogīs can also enter into the kingdom of God....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: अथ तं सर्वभूतानां हृत्पद्मेषु कृतालयम् ।श्रुतानुभावं शरणं व्रज भावेन भामिनि ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: atha taṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁhṛt-padmeṣu kṛtālayamśrutānubhāvaṁ śaraṇaṁvraja bhāvena bhāmini Translation: Therefore, My dear mother, by devotional service take direct shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated in everyone’s heart. Purport: One can attain direct contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness and revive one’s eternal relationship with Him as lover, as Supreme Soul, as son, as friend or as master....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 12-15

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12-15 Sanskrit: आद्य: स्थिरचराणां यो वेदगर्भ: सहर्षिभि: ।योगेश्वरै: कुमाराद्यै: सिद्धैर्योगप्रवर्तकै: ॥ १२ ॥भेदद‍ृष्टय‍ाभिमानेन नि:सङ्गेनापि कर्मणा ।कर्तृत्वात्सगुणं ब्रह्म पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभम् ॥ १३ ॥स संसृत्य पुन: काले कालेनेश्वरमूर्तिना ।जाते गुणव्यतिकरे यथापूर्वं प्रजायते ॥ १४ ॥ऐश्वर्यं पारमेष्ठ्यं च तेऽपि धर्मविनिर्मितम् ।निषेव्य पुनरायान्ति गुणव्यतिकरे सति ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: ādyaḥ sthira-carāṇāṁ yoveda-garbhaḥ saharṣibhiḥyogeśvaraiḥ kumārādyaiḥsiddhair yoga-pravartakaiḥ Translation: My dear mother, someone may worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead with a special self-interest, but even demigods such as Lord Brahmā, great sages such as Sanat-kumāra and great munis such as Marīci have to come back to the material world again at the time of creation....

April 22, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 16

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: ये त्विहासक्तमनस: कर्मसु श्रद्धयान्विता: ।कुर्वन्त्यप्रतिषिद्धानि नित्यान्यपि च कृत्स्‍नश: ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: ye tv ihāsakta-manasaḥkarmasu śraddhayānvitāḥkurvanty apratiṣiddhāninityāny api ca kṛtsnaśaḥ Translation: Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result. Purport: In this and the following six verses, the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam criticizes persons who are too materially attached....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 17

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: रजसा कुण्ठमनस: कामात्मानोऽजितेन्द्रिया: ।पितृन् यजन्त्यनुदिनं गृहेष्वभिरताशया: ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: rajasā kuṇṭha-manasaḥkāmātmāno ’jitendriyāḥpitṝn yajanty anudinaṁgṛheṣv abhiratāśayāḥ Translation: Such persons, impelled by the mode of passion, are full of anxieties and always aspire for sense gratification due to uncontrolled senses. They worship the forefathers and are busy day and night improving the economic condition of their family, social or national life....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 32 - Verse 18

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: त्रैवर्गिकास्ते पुरुषा विमुखा हरिमेधस: ।कथायां कथनीयोरुविक्रमस्य मधुद्विष: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: trai-vargikās te puruṣāvimukhā hari-medhasaḥkathāyāṁ kathanīyoru-vikramasya madhudviṣaḥ Translation: Such persons are called trai-vargika because they are interested in the three elevating processes. They are averse to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can give relief to the conditioned soul. They are not interested in the Supreme Personality’s pastimes, which are worth hearing because of His transcendental prowess....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum