Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 - Chapter 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: वदत्येवं जने सत्या दृष्ट्वासुत्यागमद्भुतम् ।दक्षं तत्पार्षदा हन्तुमुदतिष्ठन्नुदायुधा: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: vadaty evaṁ jane satyādṛṣṭvāsu-tyāgam adbhutamdakṣaṁ tat-pārṣadā hantumudatiṣṭhann udāyudhāḥ Translation: While people were talking among themselves about the wonderful voluntary death of Satī, the attendants who had come with her readied themselves to kill Dakṣa with their weapons. Purport: The attendants who came with Satī were meant to protect her from calamities, but since they were unable to protect their master’s wife, they decided to die for her, and before dying they wanted to kill Dakṣa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: तेषामापततां वेगं निशाम्य भगवान् भृगु: ।यज्ञघ्नघ्नेन यजुषा दक्षिणाग्नौ जुहाव ह ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: teṣām āpatatāṁ vegaṁniśāmya bhagavān bhṛguḥyajña-ghna-ghnena yajuṣādakṣiṇāgnau juhāva ha Translation: They came forward forcibly, but Bhṛgu Muni saw the danger and, offering oblations into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, immediately uttered mantric hymns from the Yajur Veda by which the destroyers of yajñic performances could be killed immediately....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: अध्वर्युणा हूयमाने देवा उत्पेतुरोजसा ।ऋभवो नाम तपसा सोमं प्राप्ता: सहस्रश: ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: adhvaryuṇā hūyamānedevā utpetur ojasāṛbhavo nāma tapasāsomaṁ prāptāḥ sahasraśaḥ Translation: When Bhṛgu Muni offered oblations in the fire, immediately many thousands of demigods named Ṛbhus became manifested. All of them were powerful, having achieved strength from Soma, the moon. Purport: It is stated here that many thousands of demigods named Ṛbhus became manifested because of the oblations offered in the fire and the chanting of the hymns from the Yajur Veda....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: तैरलातायुधै: सर्वे प्रमथा: सहगुह्यका: ।हन्यमाना दिशो भेजुरुशद्‌भिर्ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: tair alātāyudhaiḥ sarvepramathāḥ saha-guhyakāḥhanyamānā diśo bhejuruśadbhir brahma-tejasā Translation: When the Ṛbhu demigods attacked the ghosts and Guhyakas with half-burned fuel from the yajña fire, all these attendants of Satī fled in different directions and disappeared. This was possible simply because of brahma-tejas, brahminical power. Purport: The word brahma-tejasā, used in this verse, is significant....