Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 - Chapter 14

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: तत्रापि निरवरोध: स्वैरेण विहरन्नतिकृपणबुद्धिरन्योन्यमुखनिरीक्षणादिना ग्राम्यकर्मणैव विस्मृतकालावधि: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: tatrāpi niravarodhaḥ svaireṇa viharann ati-kṛpaṇa-buddhir anyonya-mukha-nirīkṣaṇādinā grāmya-karmaṇaiva vismṛta-kālāvadhiḥ. Translation: In this way the descendants of the monkeys intermingle with each other, and they are generally known as śūdras. Without hesitating, they live and move freely, not knowing the goal of life. They are captivated simply by seeing the faces of one another, which remind them of sense gratification....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: क्‍वचिद् द्रुमवदैहिकार्थेषु गृहेषु रंस्यन् यथा वानर: सुतदारवत्सलो व्यवायक्षण: ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: kvacid drumavad aihikārtheṣu gṛheṣu raṁsyan yathā vānaraḥ suta-dāra-vatsalo vyavāya-kṣaṇaḥ. Translation: Just as a monkey jumps from one tree to another, the conditioned soul jumps from one body to another. As the monkey is ultimately captured by the hunter and is unable to get out of captivity, the conditioned soul, being captivated by momentary sex pleasure, becomes attached to different types of bodies and is encaged in family life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: एवमध्वन्यवरुन्धानो मृत्युगजभयात्तमसि गिरिकन्दरप्राये ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: evam adhvany avarundhāno mṛtyu-gaja-bhayāt tamasi giri-kandara-prāye. Translation: In this material world, when the conditioned soul forgets his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and does not care for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he simply engages in different types of mischievous and sinful activities. He is then subjected to the threefold miseries, and, out of fear of the elephant of death, he falls into the darkness found in a mountain cave....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: क्‍वचिच्छीतवाताद्यनेकदैविकभौतिकात्मीयानां दु:खानां प्रतिनिवारणेऽकल्पो दुरन्तविषयविषण्ण आस्ते ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: kvacic chīta-vātādy-aneka-daivika-bhautikātmīyānāṁ duḥkhānāṁ pratinivāraṇe ’kalpo duranta-viṣaya-viṣaṇṇa āste. Translation: The conditioned soul suffers many miserable bodily conditions, such as being affected by severe cold and strong winds. He also suffers due to the activities of other living beings and due to natural disturbances. When he is unable to counteract them and has to remain in a miserable condition, he naturally becomes very morose because he wants to enjoy material facilities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: क्‍वचिन्मिथो व्यवहरन् यत्किञ्चिद्धनमुपयाति वित्तशाठ्येन ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: kvacin mitho vyavaharan yat kiñcid dhanam upayāti vitta-śāṭhyena. Translation: Sometimes conditioned souls exchange money, but in due course of time, enmity arises because of cheating. Although there may be a tiny profit, the conditioned souls cease to be friends and become enemies. Purport: As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.8): The monkeylike conditioned soul first becomes attached to sex, and when intercourse actually takes place he becomes more attached....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: क्‍वचित्क्षीणधन: शय्यासनाशनाद्युपभोगविहीनो यावदप्रतिलब्धमनोरथोपगतादानेऽवसितमतिस्ततस्ततोऽवमानादीनि जनादभिलभते ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: kvacit kṣīṇa-dhanaḥ śayyāsanāśanādy-upabhoga-vihīno yāvad apratilabdha-manorathopagatādāne ’vasita-matis tatas tato ’vamānādīni janād abhilabhate. Translation: Sometimes, having no money, the conditioned soul does not get sufficient accommodations. Sometimes he doesn’t even have a place to sit, nor does he have the other necessities. In other words, he falls into scarcity, and at that time, when he is unable to secure the necessities by fair means, he decides to seize the property of others unfairly....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: एवं वित्तव्यतिषङ्गविवृद्धवैरानुबन्धोऽपि पूर्ववासनया मिथउद्वहत्यथापवहति ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ vitta-vyatiṣaṅga-vivṛddha-vairānubandho ’pi pūrva-vāsanayā mitha udvahaty athāpavahati. Translation: Although people may be enemies, in order to fulfill their desires again and again, they sometimes get married. Unfortunately, these marriages do not last very long, and the people involved are separated again by divorce or other means. Purport: As stated previously, every conditioned soul has the propensity to cheat, even in marriage....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: एतस्मिन् संसाराध्वनि नानाक्लेशोपसर्गबाधित आपन्नविपन्नो यत्र यस्तमु ह वावेतरस्तत्र विसृज्य जातं जातमुपादाय शोचन्मुह्यन् बिभ्यद्विवदन् क्रदन् संहृष्यन्गायन्नह्यमान: साधुवर्जितो नैवावर्ततेऽद्यापि यत आरब्ध एष नरलोकसार्थो यमध्वन: पारमुपदिशन्ति ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: etasmin saṁsārādhvani nānā-kleśopasarga-bādhita āpanna-vipanno yatra yas tam u ha vāvetaras tatra visṛjya jātaṁ jātam upādāya śocan muhyan bibhyad-vivadan krandan saṁhṛṣyan gāyan nahyamānaḥ sādhu-varjito naivāvartate ’dyāpi yata ārabdha eṣa nara-loka-sārtho yam adhvanaḥ pāram upadiśanti....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: यदिदं योगानुशासनं न वा एतदवरुन्धते यन्न्यस्तदण्डा मुनय उपशमशीला उपरतात्मान: समवगच्छन्ति ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: yad idaṁ yogānuśāsanaṁ na vā etad avarundhate yan nyasta-daṇḍā munaya upaśama-śīlā uparatātmānaḥ samavagacchanti. Translation: Saintly persons, who are friends to all living entities, have a peaceful consciousness. They have controlled their senses and minds, and they easily attain the path of liberation, the path back to Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: यदपि दिगिभजयिनो यज्विनो ये वै राजर्षय: किं तु परं मृधे शयीरन्नस्यामेव ममेयमिति कृतवैरानुबन्धायां विसृज्य स्वयमुपसंहृता: ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: yad api dig-ibha-jayino yajvino ye vai rājarṣayaḥ kiṁ tu paraṁ mṛdhe śayīrann asyām eva mameyam iti kṛta-vairānubandhāyāṁ visṛjya svayam upasaṁhṛtāḥ. Translation: There were many great saintly kings who were very expert in performing sacrificial rituals and very competent in conquering other kingdoms, yet despite their power they could not attain the loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: कर्मवल्लीमवलम्ब्य तत आपद: कथञ्चिन्नरकाद्विमुक्त: पुनरप्येवं संसाराध्वनि वर्तमानो नरलोकसार्थमुपयाति एवमुपरि गतोऽपि ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: karma-vallīm avalambya tata āpadaḥ kathañcin narakād vimuktaḥ punar apy evaṁ saṁsārādhvani vartamāno nara-loka-sārtham upayāti evam upari gato ’pi. Translation: When the conditioned soul accepts the shelter of the creeper of fruitive activity, he may be elevated by his pious activities to higher planetary systems and thus gain liberation from hellish conditions, but unfortunately he cannot remain there....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: तस्येदमुपगायन्ति—आर्षभस्येह राजर्षेर्मनसापि महात्मन: । नानुवर्त्मार्हति नृपो मक्षिकेव गरुत्मत: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: tasyedam upagāyanti — ārṣabhasyeha rājarṣermanasāpi mahātmanaḥnānuvartmārhati nṛpomakṣikeva garutmataḥ Translation: Having summarized the teachings of Jaḍa Bharata, Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parīkṣit, the path indicated by Jaḍa Bharata is like the path followed by Garuḍa, the carrier of the Lord, and ordinary kings are just like flies. Flies cannot follow the path of Garuḍa, and to date none of the great kings and victorious leaders could follow this path of devotional service, not even mentally....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: यो दुस्त्यजान्दारसुतान् सुहृद्राज्यं हृदिस्पृश: । जहौ युवैव मलवदुत्तमश्लोकलालस: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: yo dustyajān dāra-sutānsuhṛd rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥjahau yuvaiva malavaduttamaśloka-lālasaḥ Translation: While in the prime of life, the great Mahārāja Bharata gave up everything because he was fond of serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Uttamaśloka. He gave up his beautiful wife, nice children, great friends and an enormous empire. Although these things were very difficult to give up, Mahārāja Bharata was so exalted that he gave them up just as one gives up stool after evacuating....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44 Sanskrit: यो दुस्त्यजान् क्षितिसुतस्वजनार्थदारान्प्रार्थ्यां श्रियं सुरवरै: सदयावलोकाम् । नैच्छन्नृपस्तदुचितं महतां मधुद्विट-सेवानुरक्तमनसामभवोऽपि फल्गु: ॥ ४४ ॥ ITRANS: yo dustyajān kṣiti-suta-svajanārtha-dārānprārthyāṁ śriyaṁ sura-varaiḥ sadayāvalokāmnaicchan nṛpas tad-ucitaṁ mahatāṁ madhudviṭ-sevānurakta-manasām abhavo ’pi phalguḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, the activities of Bharata Mahārāja are wonderful. He gave up everything difficult for others to give up. He gave up his kingdom, his wife and his family....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45 Sanskrit: यज्ञाय धर्मपतये विधिनैपुणाययोगाय साङ्ख्यशिरसे प्रकृतीश्वराय । नारायणाय हरये नम इत्युदारंहास्यन्मृगत्वमपि य: समुदाजहार ॥ ४५ ॥ ITRANS: yajñāya dharma-pataye vidhi-naipuṇāyayogāya sāṅkhya-śirase prakṛtīśvarāyanārāyaṇāya haraye nama ity udāraṁhāsyan mṛgatvam api yaḥ samudājahāra Translation: Even though in the body of a deer, Mahārāja Bharata did not forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore when he was giving up the body of a deer, he loudly uttered the following prayer: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sacrifice personified....