Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 - Chapter 15

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: अयं हि देहिनो देहो द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियात्मक: ।देहिनो विविधक्लेशसन्तापकृदुदाहृत: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: ayaṁ hi dehino dehodravya-jñāna-kriyātmakaḥdehino vividha-kleśa-santāpa-kṛd udāhṛtaḥ Translation: The living entity in the bodily conception of life is absorbed in the body, which is a combination of the physical elements, the five senses for gathering knowledge, and the five senses of action, along with the mind. Through the mind the living entity suffers three kinds of tribulations — adhibhautika, adhidaivika and adhyātmika....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: तस्मात् स्वस्थेन मनसा विमृश्य गतिमात्मन: ।द्वैते ध्रुवार्थविश्रम्भं त्यजोपशममाविश ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: tasmāt svasthena manasāvimṛśya gatim ātmanaḥdvaite dhruvārtha-viśrambhaṁtyajopaśamam āviśa Translation: Therefore, O King Citraketu, carefully consider the position of the ātmā. In other words, try to understand who you are — whether body, mind or soul. Consider where you have come from, where you are going after giving up this body, and why you are under the control of material lamentation....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचएतां मन्त्रोपनिषदं प्रतीच्छ प्रयतो मम ।यां धारयन् सप्तरात्राद् द्रष्टा सङ्कर्षणं विभुम् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācaetāṁ mantropaniṣadaṁpratīccha prayato mamayāṁ dhārayan sapta-rātrāddraṣṭā saṅkarṣaṇaṁ vibhum Translation: The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King, attentively receive from me a mantra, which is most auspicious. After accepting it from me, in seven nights you will be able to see the Lord face to face....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: यत्पादमूलमुपसृत्य नरेन्द्र पूर्वेशर्वादयो भ्रममिमं द्वितयं विसृज्य ।सद्यस्तदीयमतुलानधिकं महित्वंप्रापुर्भवानपि परं न चिरादुपैति ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: yat-pāda-mūlam upasṛtya narendra pūrveśarvādayo bhramam imaṁ dvitayaṁ visṛjyasadyas tadīyam atulānadhikaṁ mahitvaṁprāpur bhavān api paraṁ na cirād upaiti Translation: My dear King, in former days Lord Śiva and other demigods took shelter of the lotus feet of Saṅkarṣaṇa. Thus they immediately got free from the illusion of duality and achieved unequaled and unsurpassed glories in spiritual life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12-15 Sanskrit: कुमारो नारद ऋभुरङ्गिरा देवलोऽसित: ।अपान्तरतमा व्यासो मार्कण्डेयोऽथ गौतम: ॥ १२ ॥वसिष्ठो भगवान् राम: कपिलो बादरायणि: ।दुर्वासा याज्ञवल्‍क्यश्च जातुकर्णस्तथारुणि: ॥ १३ ॥रोमशश्‍च्यवनो दत्त आसुरि: सपतञ्जलि: ।ऋषिर्वेदशिरा धौम्यो मुनि: पञ्चशिखस्तथा ॥ १४ ॥हिरण्यनाभ: कौशल्य: श्रुतदेव ऋतध्वज: ।एते परे च सिद्धेशाश्चरन्ति ज्ञानहेतव: ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: kumāro nārada ṛbhuraṅgirā devalo ’sitaḥapāntaratamā vyāsomārkaṇḍeyo ’tha gautamaḥ Translation: O great souls, I have heard that among the great and perfect persons wandering the surface of the earth to instruct knowledge to people covered by ignorance are Sanat-kumāra, Nārada, Ṛbhu, Aṅgirā, Devala, Asita, Apāntaratamā [Vyāsadeva], Mārkaṇḍeya, Gautama, Vasiṣṭha, Bhagavān Paraśurāma, Kapila, Śukadeva, Durvāsā, Yājñavalkya, Jātukarṇa and Aruṇi....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18-19 Sanskrit: इत्थं त्वां पुत्रशोकेन मग्नं तमसि दुस्तरे ।अतदर्हमनुस्मृत्य महापुरुषगोचरम् ॥ १८ ॥अनुग्रहाय भवत: प्राप्तावावामिह प्रभो ।ब्रह्मण्यो भगवद्भ‍क्तो नावासादितुमर्हसि ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: itthaṁ tvāṁ putra-śokenamagnaṁ tamasi dustareatad-arham anusmṛtyamahāpuruṣa-gocaram Translation: My dear King, you are an advanced devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To be absorbed in lamentation for the loss of something material is unsuitable for a person like you. Therefore we have both come to relieve you from this false lamentation, which is due to your being merged in the darkness of ignorance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21-23 Sanskrit: अधुना पुत्रिणां तापो भवतैवानुभूयते ।एवं दारा गृहा रायो विविधैश्वर्यसम्पद: ॥ २१ ॥शब्दादयश्च विषयाश्चला राज्यविभूतय: ।मही राज्यं बलं कोषो भृत्यामात्यसुहृज्जना: ॥ २२ ॥सर्वेऽपि शूरसेनेमे शोकमोहभयार्तिदा: ।गन्धर्वनगरप्रख्या: स्वप्नमायामनोरथा: ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: adhunā putriṇāṁ tāpobhavataivānubhūyateevaṁ dārā gṛhā rāyovividhaiśvarya-sampadaḥ Translation: My dear King, now you are actually experiencing the misery of a person who has sons and daughters. O King, owner of the state of Śūrasena, one’s wife, his house, the opulence of his kingdom, and his various other opulences and objects of sense perception are all the same in that they are temporary....