Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: शपतोरसकृद्विष्णुं यद्ब्रह्म परमव्ययम् ।श्वित्रो न जातो जिह्वायां नान्धं विविशतुस्तम: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: śapator asakṛd viṣṇuṁyad brahma param avyayamśvitro na jāto jihvāyāṁnāndhaṁ viviśatus tamaḥ Translation: Although these two men — Śiśupāla and Dantavakra — repeatedly blasphemed the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu [Kṛṣṇa], the Supreme Brahman, they were quite healthy. Indeed, their tongues were not attacked by white leprosy, nor did they enter the darkest region of hellish life....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: कथं तस्मिन् भगवति दुरवग्राह्यधामनि ।पश्यतां सर्वलोकानां लयमीयतुरञ्जसा ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: kathaṁ tasmin bhagavatiduravagrāhya-dhāmanipaśyatāṁ sarva-lokānāṁlayam īyatur añjasā Translation: How was it possible for Śiśupāla and Dantavakra, in the presence of many exalted persons, to enter very easily into the body of Kṛṣṇa, whose nature is difficult to attain? Purport: Śiśupāla and Dantavakra were formerly Jaya and Vijaya, the doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: एतद्भ्राम्यति मे बुद्धिर्दीपार्चिरिव वायुना ।ब्रूह्येतदद्भ‍ुततमं भगवान्ह्यत्र कारणम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: etad bhrāmyati me buddhirdīpārcir iva vāyunābrūhy etad adbhutatamaṁbhagavān hy atra kāraṇam Translation: This matter is undoubtedly very wonderful. Indeed, my intelligence has become disturbed, just as the flame of a candle is disturbed by a blowing wind. O Nārada Muni, you know everything. Kindly let me know the cause of this wonderful event....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: श्रीबादरायणिरुवाचराज्ञस्तद्वच आकर्ण्य नारदो भगवानृषि: ।तुष्ट: प्राह तमाभाष्य श‍ृण्वत्यास्तत्सद: कथा: ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācarājñas tad vaca ākarṇyanārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥtuṣṭaḥ prāha tam ābhāṣyaśṛṇvatyās tat-sadaḥ kathāḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing the request of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Nārada Muni, the most powerful spiritual master, who knew everything, was very pleased. Thus he replied in the presence of everyone taking part in the yajña....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचनिन्दनस्तवसत्कारन्यक्कारार्थं कलेवरम् ।प्रधानपरयो राजन्नविवेकेन कल्पितम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācanindana-stava-satkāra-nyakkārārthaṁ kalevarampradhāna-parayo rājannavivekena kalpitam Translation: The great sage Śrī Nāradajī said: O King, blasphemy and praise, chastisement and respect, are experienced because of ignorance. The body of the conditioned soul is planned by the Lord for suffering in the material world through the agency of the external energy. Purport: In Bhagavad-gītā (18....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: हिंसा तदभिमानेन दण्डपारुष्ययोर्यथा ।वैषम्यमिह भूतानां ममाहमिति पार्थिव ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: hiṁsā tad-abhimānenadaṇḍa-pāruṣyayor yathāvaiṣamyam iha bhūtānāṁmamāham iti pārthiva Translation: My dear King, the conditioned soul, being in the bodily conception of life, considers his body to be his self and considers everything in relationship with the body to be his. Because he has this wrong conception of life, he is subjected to dualities like praise and chastisement....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: यन्निबद्धोऽभिमानोऽयं तद्वधात्प्राणिनां वध: ।तथा न यस्य कैवल्यादभिमानोऽखिलात्मन: ।परस्य दमकर्तुर्हि हिंसा केनास्य कल्प्यते ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: yan-nibaddho ’bhimāno ’yaṁtad-vadhāt prāṇināṁ vadhaḥtathā na yasya kaivalyādabhimāno ’khilātmanaḥparasya dama-kartur hihiṁsā kenāsya kalpyate Translation: Because of the bodily conception of life, the conditioned soul thinks that when the body is annihilated the living being is annihilated. Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme controller, the Supersoul of all living entities....

April 22, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: तस्माद्वैरानुबन्धेन निर्वैरेण भयेन वा ।स्‍नेहात्कामेन वा युञ्‍ज्यात् कथञ्चिन्नेक्षते पृथक् ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: tasmād vairānubandhenanirvaireṇa bhayena vāsnehāt kāmena vā yuñjyātkathañcin nekṣate pṛthak Translation: Therefore by enmity or by devotional service, by fear, by affection or by lusty desire — by all of these or any one of them — if a conditioned soul somehow or other concentrates his mind upon the Lord, the result is the same, for the Lord, because of His blissful position, is never affected by enmity or friendship....

April 22, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: यथा वैरानुबन्धेन मर्त्यस्तन्मयतामियात् ।न तथा भक्तियोगेन इति मे निश्चिता मति: ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: yathā vairānubandhenamartyas tan-mayatām iyātna tathā bhakti-yogenaiti me niścitā matiḥ Translation: Nārada Muni continued: By devotional service one cannot achieve such intense absorption in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as one can through enmity toward Him. That is my opinion. Purport: Śrīmān Nārada Muni, the topmost pure devotee, praises Kṛṣṇa’s enemies like Śiśupāla because their minds are always completely absorbed in Kṛṣṇa....

April 22, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: कामाद् द्वेषाद्भ‍यात्स्‍नेहाद्यथा भक्त्येश्वरे मन: ।आवेश्य तदघं हित्वा बहवस्तद्गतिं गता: ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: kāmād dveṣād bhayāt snehādyathā bhaktyeśvare manaḥāveśya tad-aghaṁ hitvābahavas tad-gatiṁ gatāḥ Translation: Many, many persons have attained liberation simply by thinking of Kṛṣṇa with great attention and giving up sinful activities. This great attention may be due to lusty desires, inimical feelings, fear, affection or devotional service. I shall now explain how one receives Kṛṣṇa’s mercy simply by concentrating one’s mind upon Him....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: गोप्य: कामाद्भ‍यात्कंसो द्वेषाच्चैद्यादयो नृपा: ।सम्बन्धाद् वृष्णय: स्‍नेहाद्यूयं भक्त्या वयं विभो ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: gopyaḥ kāmād bhayāt kaṁsodveṣāc caidyādayo nṛpāḥsambandhād vṛṣṇayaḥ snehādyūyaṁ bhaktyā vayaṁ vibho Translation: My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the gopīs by their lusty desires, Kaṁsa by his fear, Śiśupāla and other kings by envy, the Yadus by their familial relationship with Kṛṣṇa, you Pāṇḍavas by your great affection for Kṛṣṇa, and we, the general devotees, by our devotional service, have obtained the mercy of Kṛṣṇa....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: कतमोऽपि न वेन: स्यात्पञ्चानां पुरुषं प्रति ।तस्मात् केनाप्युपायेन मन: कृष्णे निवेशयेत् ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: katamo ’pi na venaḥ syātpañcānāṁ puruṣaṁ pratitasmāt kenāpy upāyenamanaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet Translation: Somehow or other, one must consider the form of Kṛṣṇa very seriously. Then, by one of the five different processes mentioned above, one can return home, back to Godhead. Atheists like King Vena, however, being unable to think of Kṛṣṇa’s form in any of these five ways, cannot attain salvation....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: मातृष्वस्रेयो वश्चैद्यो दन्तवक्रश्च पाण्डव ।पार्षदप्रवरौ विष्णोर्विप्रशापात्पदच्युतौ ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: mātṛ-ṣvasreyo vaś caidyodantavakraś ca pāṇḍavapārṣada-pravarau viṣṇorvipra-śāpāt pada-cyutau Translation: Nārada Muni continued: O best of the Pāṇḍavas, your two cousins Śiśupāla and Dantavakra, the sons of your maternal aunt, were formerly associates of Lord Viṣṇu, but because they were cursed by brāhmaṇas, they fell from Vaikuṇṭha to this material world. Purport: Śiśupāla and Dantavakra were not ordinary demons, but were formerly personal associates of Lord Viṣṇu....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाचकीद‍ृश: कस्य वा शापो हरिदासाभिमर्शन: ।अश्रद्धेय इवाभाति हरेरेकान्तिनां भव: ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvācakīdṛśaḥ kasya vā śāpohari-dāsābhimarśanaḥaśraddheya ivābhātiharer ekāntināṁ bhavaḥ Translation: Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired: What kind of great curse could affect even liberated viṣṇu-bhaktas, and what sort of person could curse even the Lord’s associates? For unflinching devotees of the Lord to fall again to this material world is impossible....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: देहेन्द्रियासुहीनानां वैकुण्ठपुरवासिनाम् ।देहसम्बन्धसम्बद्धमेतदाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: dehendriyāsu-hīnānāṁvaikuṇṭha-pura-vāsināmdeha-sambandha-sambaddhametad ākhyātum arhasi Translation: The bodies of the inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha are completely spiritual, having nothing to do with the material body, senses or life air. Therefore, kindly explain how associates of the Personality of Godhead were cursed to descend in material bodies like ordinary persons. Purport: This very significant question would be difficult for an ordinary person to answer, but Nārada Muni, being an authority, could answer it....

April 22, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum