Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 - Chapter 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: ऋषिरुवाचसत्यमुक्तं किन्‍त्विह वा एके न मनसोऽद्धा विश्रम्भमनवस्थानस्य शठकिरात इव सङ्गच्छन्ते ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: rājovācana nūnaṁ bhagava ātmārāmāṇāṁ yoga-samīrita-jñānāvabharjita-karma-bījānām aiśvaryāṇi punaḥ kleśadāni bhavitum arhanti yadṛc-chayopagatāni. Translation: King Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear Lord, for those who are completely pure in heart, knowledge is attained by the practice of bhakti-yoga, and attachment for fruitive activity is completely burned to ashes. For such people, the powers of mystic yoga automatically arise....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: ऋषिरुवाचसत्यमुक्तं किन्‍त्विह वा एके न मनसोऽद्धा विश्रम्भमनवस्थानस्य शठकिरात इव सङ्गच्छन्ते ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: ṛṣir uvācasatyam uktaṁ kintv iha vā eke na manaso ’ddhā viśrambham anavasthānasya śaṭha-kirāta iva saṅgacchante. Translation: Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied: My dear King, you have spoken correctly. However, after capturing animals, a cunning hunter does not put faith in them, for they might run away. Similarly, those who are advanced in spiritual life do not put faith in the mind....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तथा चोक्तम्—न कुर्यात्कर्हिचित्सख्यं मनसि ह्यनवस्थिते ।यद्विश्रम्भाच्चिराच्चीर्णं चस्कन्द तप ऐश्वरम् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: tathā coktam — na kuryāt karhicit sakhyaṁmanasi hy anavasthiteyad-viśrambhāc cirāc cīrṇaṁcaskanda tapa aiśvaram Translation: All the learned scholars have given their opinion. The mind is by nature very restless, and one should not make friends with it. If we place full confidence in the mind, it may cheat us at any moment....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: नित्यं ददाति कामस्यच्छिद्रं तमनु येऽरय: ।योगिन: कृतमैत्रस्य पत्युर्जायेव पुंश्चली ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: nityaṁ dadāti kāmasyacchidraṁ tam anu ye ’rayaḥyoginaḥ kṛta-maitrasyapatyur jāyeva puṁścalī Translation: An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by her paramours. If the yogī gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, his mind will give facility to enemies like lust, anger and greed, and they will doubtlessly kill the yogī....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: कामो मन्युर्मदो लोभ: शोकमोहभयादय: ।कर्मबन्धश्च यन्मूल: स्वीकुर्यात्को नु तद् बुध: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: kāmo manyur mado lobhaḥśoka-moha-bhayādayaḥkarma-bandhaś ca yan-mūlaḥsvīkuryāt ko nu tad budhaḥ Translation: The mind is the root cause of lust, anger, pride, greed, lamentation, illusion and fear. Combined, these constitute bondage to fruitive activity. What learned man would put faith in the mind? Purport: The mind is the original cause of material bondage....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: अथैवमखिललोकपालललामोऽपि विलक्षणैर्जडवदवधूतवेषभाषाचरितैरविलक्षितभगवत्प्रभावो योगिनां साम्परायविधिमनुशिक्षयन् स्वकलेवरं जिहासुरात्मन्यात्मानमसंव्यवहितमनर्थान्तरभावेनान्वीक्षमाण उपरतानुवृत्तिरुपरराम ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: athaivam akhila-loka-pāla-lalāmo ’pi vilakṣaṇair jaḍavad avadhūta-veṣa-bhāṣā-caritair avilakṣita-bhagavat-prabhāvo yogināṁ sāmparāya-vidhim anuśikṣayan sva-kalevaraṁ jihāsur ātmany ātmānam asaṁvyavahitam anarthāntara-bhāvenānvīkṣamāṇa uparatānuvṛttir upararāma. Translation: Lord Ṛṣabhadeva was the head of all kings and emperors within this universe, but assuming the dress and language of an avadhūta, He acted as if dull and materially bound. Consequently no one could observe His divine opulence....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: तस्य ह वा एवं मुक्तलिङ्गस्य भगवत ऋषभस्य योगमायावासनया देह इमां जगतीमभिमानाभासेन सङ्‍क्रममाण: कोङ्कवेङ्ककुटकान्दक्षिणकर्णाटकान्देशान् यद‍ृच्छयोपगत: कुटकाचलोपवन आस्यकृताश्मकवल उन्माद इव मुक्तमूर्धजोऽसंवीत एव विचचार ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: tasya ha vā evaṁ mukta-liṅgasya bhagavata ṛṣabhasya yoga-māyā-vāsanayā deha imāṁ jagatīm abhimānābhāsena saṅkramamāṇaḥ koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān dakṣiṇa-karṇāṭakān deśān yadṛcchayopagataḥ kuṭakācalopavana āsya kṛtāśma-kavala unmāda iva mukta-mūrdhajo ’saṁvīta eva vicacāra. Translation: Actually Lord Ṛṣabhadeva had no material body, but due to yoga-māyā He considered His body material, and therefore, because He played like an ordinary human being, He gave up the mentality of identifying with it....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: अथ समीरवेगविधूतवेणुविकर्षणजातोग्रदावानलस्तद्वनमालेलिहान: सह तेन ददाह ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: atha samīra-vega-vidhūta-veṇu-vikarṣaṇa-jātogra-dāvānalas tad vanam ālelihānaḥ saha tena dadāha. Translation: While He was wandering about, a wild forest fire began. This fire was caused by the friction of bamboos, which were being blown by the wind. In that fire, the entire forest near Kuṭakācala and the body of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva were burnt to ashes....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: यस्य किलानुचरितमुपाकर्ण्य कोङ्कवेङ्ककुटकानां राजार्हन्नामोपशिक्ष्य कलावधर्म उत्कृष्यमाणे भवितव्येन विमोहित: स्वधर्मपथमकुतोभयमपहाय कुपथपाखण्डमसमञ्जसं निजमनीषया मन्द: सम्प्रवर्तयिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: yasya kilānucaritam upākarṇya koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakānāṁ rājārhan-nāmopaśikṣya kalāv adharma utkṛṣyamāṇe bhavitavyena vimohitaḥ sva-dharma-patham akuto-bhayam apahāya kupatha-pākhaṇḍam asamañjasaṁ nija-manīṣayā mandaḥ sampravartayiṣyate. Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued speaking to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: My dear King, the King of Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka whose name was Arhat, heard of the activities of Ṛṣabhadeva and, imitating Ṛṣabhadeva’s principles, introduced a new system of religion....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: येन ह वाव कलौ मनुजापसदा देवमायामोहिता: स्वविधिनियोगशौचचारित्रविहीना देवहेलनान्यपव्रतानि निजनिजेच्छया गृह्णाना अस्‍नानानाचमनाशौचकेशोल्लुञ्चनादीनि कलिनाधर्मबहुलेनोपहतधियो ब्रह्मब्राह्मणयज्ञपुरुषलोकविदूषका: प्रायेण भविष्यन्ति ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: yena ha vāva kalau manujāpasadā deva-māyā-mohitāḥ sva-vidhi-niyoga-śauca-cāritra-vihīnā deva-helanāny apavratāni nija-nijecchayā gṛhṇānā asnānānācamanāśauca-keśolluñcanādīni kalinādharma-bahulenopahata-dhiyo brahma-brāhmaṇa-yajña-puruṣa-loka-vidūṣakāḥ prāyeṇa bhaviṣyanti. Translation: People who are lowest among men and bewildered by the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord will give up the original varṇāśrama-dharma and its rules and regulations....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: ते च ह्यर्वाक्तनया निजलोकयात्रयान्धपरम्परयाऽऽश्वस्तास्तमस्यन्धे स्वयमेव प्रपतिष्यन्ति ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: te ca hy arvāktanayā nija-loka-yātrayāndha-paramparayāśvastās tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatiṣyanti. Translation: Low-class people, due to their gross ignorance, introduce a system of religion that deviates from the Vedic principles. Following their own mental concoctions, they automatically fall down into the darkest regions of existence. Purport: In this connection, one may see Bhagavad-gītā, Chapter Sixteen, where there is a description of the downfall of the asuras (16....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: अयमवतारो रजसोपप्लुतकैवल्योपशिक्षणार्थ: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: ayam avatāro rajasopapluta-kaivalyopaśikṣaṇārthaḥ. Translation: In this Age of Kali, people are overwhelmed by the modes of passion and ignorance. Lord Ṛṣabhadeva incarnated Himself to deliver them from the clutches of māyā. Purport: The symptoms of Kali-yuga are predicted in the Twelfth Canto, Third Chapter, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Lāvaṇyaṁ keśa-dhāraṇam. It is predicted how fallen souls will behave....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तस्यानुगुणान् श्लोकान् गायन्ति—अहो भुव: सप्तसमुद्रवत्याद्वीपेषु वर्षेष्वधिपुण्यमेतत् ।गायन्ति यत्रत्यजना मुरारे:कर्माणि भद्राण्यवतारवन्ति ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tasyānuguṇān ślokān gāyanti — aho bhuvaḥ sapta-samudravatyādvīpeṣu varṣeṣv adhipuṇyam etatgāyanti yatratya-janā murāreḥkarmāṇi bhadrāṇy avatāravanti Translation: Learned scholars chant about the transcendental qualities of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva in this way: “Oh, this earthly planet contains seven seas and many islands and lands, of which Bhārata-varṣa is considered the most pious....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: अहो नु वंशो यशसावदात:प्रैयव्रतो यत्र पुमान् पुराण: ।कृतावतार: पुरुष: स आद्य-श्चचार धर्मं यदकर्महेतुम् ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: aho nu vaṁśo yaśasāvadātaḥpraiyavrato yatra pumān purāṇaḥkṛtāvatāraḥ puruṣaḥ sa ādyaścacāra dharmaṁ yad akarma-hetum Translation: “Oh, what shall I say of the dynasty of Priyavrata, which is pure and very much celebrated. In that dynasty, the Supreme Person, the original Personality of Godhead, descended as an incarnation and executed religious principles that could free one from the results of fruitive activity....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: को न्वस्य काष्ठामपरोऽनुगच्छे-न्मनोरथेनाप्यभवस्य योगी ।यो योगमाया: स्पृहयत्युदस्ताह्यसत्तया येन कृतप्रयत्ना: ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: ko nv asya kāṣṭhām aparo ’nugacchenmano-rathenāpy abhavasya yogīyo yoga-māyāḥ spṛhayaty udastāhy asattayā yena kṛta-prayatnāḥ Translation: “Who is that mystic yogī who can follow the examples of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva even with his mind? Lord Ṛṣabhadeva rejected all kinds of yogic perfection, which other yogīs hanker to attain. Who is that yogī who can compare to Lord Ṛṣabhadeva?...