Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 - Chapter 31

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचतत उत्पन्नविज्ञाना आश्वधोक्षजभाषितम् ।स्मरन्त आत्मजे भार्यां विसृज्य प्राव्रजन् गृहात् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācatata utpanna-vijñānāāśv adhokṣaja-bhāṣitamsmaranta ātmaje bhāryāṁvisṛjya prāvrajan gṛhāt Translation: The great saint Maitreya continued: After that, the Pracetās lived at home for thousands of years and developed perfect knowledge in spiritual consciousness. At last they remembered the blessings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and left home, putting their wife in charge of a perfect son....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: दीक्षिता ब्रह्मसत्रेण सर्वभूतात्ममेधसा ।प्रतीच्यां दिशि वेलायां सिद्धोऽभूद्यत्र जाजलि: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: dīkṣitā brahma-satreṇasarva-bhūtātma-medhasāpratīcyāṁ diśi velāyāṁsiddho ’bhūd yatra jājaliḥ Translation: The Pracetās went to the seashore in the west where the great liberated sage Jājali was residing. After perfecting the spiritual knowledge by which one becomes equal toward all living entities, the Pracetās became perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Purport: The word brahma-satra means “cultivation of spiritual knowledge....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तान्निर्जितप्राणमनोवचोद‍ृशोजितासनान् शान्तसमानविग्रहान् ।परेऽमले ब्रह्मणि योजितात्मन:सुरासुरेड्यो दद‍ृशे स्म नारद: ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: tān nirjita-prāṇa-mano-vaco-dṛśojitāsanān śānta-samāna-vigrahānpare ’male brahmaṇi yojitātmanaḥsurāsureḍyo dadṛśe sma nāradaḥ Translation: After practicing the yogāsana for mystic yoga, the Pracetās managed to control their life air, mind, words and external vision. Thus by the prāṇāyāma process they were completely relieved of material attachment. By remaining perpendicular, they could concentrate their minds on the uppermost Brahman....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: तमागतं त उत्थाय प्रणिपत्याभिनन्द्य च ।पूजयित्वा यथादेशं सुखासीनमथाब्रुवन् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tam āgataṁ ta utthāyapraṇipatyābhinandya capūjayitvā yathādeśaṁsukhāsīnam athābruvan Translation: As soon as the Pracetās saw that the great sage Nārada had appeared, they immediately got up even from their āsanas. As required, they immediately offered obeisances and worshiped him, and when they saw that Nārada Muni was properly seated, they began to ask him questions....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: प्रचेतस ऊचु:स्वागतं ते सुरर्षेऽद्य दिष्ट्या नो दर्शनं गत: ।तव चङ्‌क्रमणं ब्रह्मन्नभयाय यथा रवे: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: pracetasa ūcuḥsvāgataṁ te surarṣe ’dyadiṣṭyā no darśanaṁ gataḥtava caṅkramaṇaṁ brahmannabhayāya yathā raveḥ Translation: All the Pracetās began to address the great sage Nārada: O great sage, O brāhmaṇa, we hope you met with no disturbances while coming here. It is due to our great fortune that we are now able to see you....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: यदादिष्टं भगवता शिवेनाधोक्षजेन च ।तद् गृहेषु प्रसक्तानां प्रायश: क्षपितं प्रभो ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: yad ādiṣṭaṁ bhagavatāśivenādhokṣajena catad gṛheṣu prasaktānāṁprāyaśaḥ kṣapitaṁ prabho Translation: O master, may we inform you that because of our being overly attached to family affairs, we almost forgot the instructions we received from Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu. Purport: Remaining in family life is a kind of concession for sense enjoyment....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: तन्न: प्रद्योतयाध्यात्मज्ञानं तत्त्वार्थदर्शनम् ।येनाञ्जसा तरिष्यामो दुस्तरं भवसागरम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: tan naḥ pradyotayādhyātma-jñānaṁ tattvārtha-darśanamyenāñjasā tariṣyāmodustaraṁ bhava-sāgaram Translation: Dear master, kindly enlighten us in transcendental knowledge, which may act as a torchlight by which we may cross the dark nescience of material existence. Purport: The Pracetās requested Nārada to enlighten them in transcendental knowledge. Generally when a common man meets a saintly person, he wishes to get some material benediction....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचइति प्रचेतसां पृष्टो भगवान्नारदो मुनि: ।भगवत्युत्तमश्लोक आविष्टात्माब्रवीन्नृपान् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaiti pracetasāṁ pṛṣṭobhagavān nārado muniḥbhagavaty uttama-ślokaāviṣṭātmābravīn nṛpān Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, being thus petitioned by the Pracetās, the supreme devotee Nārada, who is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, began to reply. Purport: In this verse bhagavān nāradaḥ indicates that Nārada is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavaty uttama-śloka āviṣṭātmā)....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: नारद उवाचतज्जन्म तानि कर्माणि तदायुस्तन्मनो वच: ।नृणां येन हि विश्वात्मा सेव्यते हरिरीश्वर: ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: nārada uvācataj janma tāni karmāṇitad āyus tan mano vacaḥnṛṇāṁ yena hi viśvātmāsevyate harir īśvaraḥ Translation: The great sage Nārada said: When a living entity is born to engage in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme controller, his birth, all his fruitive activities, his life span, his mind and his words are all factually perfect....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: किं जन्मभिस्त्रिभिर्वेह शौक्रसावित्रयाज्ञिकै: ।कर्मभिर्वा त्रयीप्रोक्तै: पुंसोऽपि विबुधायुषा ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: kiṁ janmabhis tribhir vehaśaukra-sāvitra-yājñikaiḥkarmabhir vā trayī-proktaiḥpuṁso ’pi vibudhāyuṣā Translation: A civilized human being has three kinds of births. The first birth is by a pure father and mother, and this birth is called birth by semen. The next birth takes place when one is initiated by the spiritual master, and this birth is called sāvitra....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: श्रुतेन तपसा वा किं वचोभिश्चित्तवृत्तिभि: ।बुद्ध्या वा किं निपुणया बलेनेन्द्रियराधसा ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: śrutena tapasā vā kiṁvacobhiś citta-vṛttibhiḥbuddhyā vā kiṁ nipuṇayābalenendriya-rādhasā Translation: Without devotional service, what is the meaning of severe austerities, the process of hearing, the power of speech, the power of mental speculation, elevated intelligence, strength, and the power of the senses? Purport: From the Upaniṣads (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: किं वा योगेन साङ्ख्येन न्यासस्वाध्याययोरपि ।किं वा श्रेयोभिरन्यैश्च न यत्रात्मप्रदो हरि: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: kiṁ vā yogena sāṅkhyenanyāsa-svādhyāyayor apikiṁ vā śreyobhir anyaiś cana yatrātma-prado hariḥ Translation: Transcendental practices that do not ultimately help one realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead are useless, be they mystic yoga practices, the analytical study of matter, severe austerity, the acceptance of sannyāsa, or the study of Vedic literature....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: श्रेयसामपि सर्वेषामात्मा ह्यवधिरर्थत: ।सर्वेषामपि भूतानां हरिरात्मात्मद: प्रिय: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: śreyasām api sarveṣāmātmā hy avadhir arthataḥsarveṣām api bhūtānāṁharir ātmātmadaḥ priyaḥ Translation: Factually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original source of all self-realization. Consequently, the goal of all auspicious activities — karma, jñāna, yoga and bhakti — is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport: The living entity is the marginal energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the material world is the external energy....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: यथा तरोर्मूलनिषेचनेनतृप्यन्ति तत्स्कन्धभुजोपशाखा: ।प्राणोपहाराच्च यथेन्द्रियाणांतथैव सर्वार्हणमच्युतेज्या ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: yathā taror mūla-niṣecanenatṛpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopaśākhāḥprāṇopahārāc ca yathendriyāṇāṁtathaiva sarvārhaṇam acyutejyā Translation: As pouring water on the root of a tree energizes the trunk, branches, twigs and everything else, and as supplying food to the stomach enlivens the senses and limbs of the body, simply worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead through devotional service automatically satisfies the demigods, who are parts of that Supreme Personality....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: यथैव सूर्यात्प्रभवन्ति वार:पुनश्च तस्मिन्प्रविशन्ति काले ।भूतानि भूमौ स्थिरजङ्गमानितथा हरावेव गुणप्रवाह: ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: yathaiva sūryāt prabhavanti vāraḥpunaś ca tasmin praviśanti kālebhūtāni bhūmau sthira-jaṅgamānitathā harāv eva guṇa-pravāhaḥ Translation: During the rainy season, water is generated from the sun, and in due course of time, during the summer season, the very same water is again absorbed by the sun. Similarly, all living entities, moving and inert, are generated from the earth, and again, after some time, they all return to the earth as dust....