Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7 - Chapter 14

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाचगृहस्थ एतां पदवीं विधिना येन चाञ्जसा ।यायाद्देवऋषे ब्रूहि माद‍ृशो गृहमूढधी: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvācagṛhastha etāṁ padavīṁvidhinā yena cāñjasāyāyād deva-ṛṣe brūhimādṛśo gṛha-mūḍha-dhīḥ Translation: Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired from Nārada Muni: O my lord, O great sage, kindly explain how we who are staying at home without knowledge of the goal of life may also easily attain liberation, according to the instructions of the Vedas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचगृहेष्ववस्थितो राजन्क्रिया: कुर्वन्यथोचिता: ।वासुदेवार्पणं साक्षादुपासीत महामुनीन् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācagṛheṣv avasthito rājankriyāḥ kurvan yathocitāḥvāsudevārpaṇaṁ sākṣādupāsīta mahā-munīn Translation: Nārada Muni replied: My dear King, those who stay at home as householders must act to earn their livelihood, and instead of trying to enjoy the results of their work themselves, they should offer these results to Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva. How to satisfy Vāsudeva in this life can be perfectly understood through the association of great devotees of the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3-4 Sanskrit: श‍ृण्वन्भगवतोऽभीक्ष्णमवतारकथामृतम् ।श्रद्दधानो यथाकालमुपशान्तजनावृत: ॥ ३ ॥सत्सङ्गाच्छनकै: सङ्गमात्मजायात्मजादिषु ।विमुञ्चेन्मुच्यमानेषु स्वयं स्वप्नवदुत्थित: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: śṛṇvan bhagavato ’bhīkṣṇamavatāra-kathāmṛtamśraddadhāno yathā-kālamupaśānta-janāvṛtaḥ Translation: A gṛhastha must associate again and again with saintly persons, and with great respect he must hear the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Lord and His incarnations as these activities are described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other Purāṇas. Thus one should gradually become detached from affection for his wife and children, exactly like a man awakening from a dream....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: यावदर्थमुपासीनो देहे गेहे च पण्डित: ।विरक्तो रक्तवत्तत्र नृलोके नरतां न्यसेत् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yāvad-artham upāsīnodehe gehe ca paṇḍitaḥvirakto raktavat tatranṛ-loke naratāṁ nyaset Translation: While working to earn his livelihood as much as necessary to maintain body and soul together, one who is actually learned should live in human society unattached to family affairs, although externally appearing very much attached....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: ज्ञातय: पितरौ पुत्रा भ्रातर: सुहृदोऽपरे ।यद्वदन्ति यदिच्छन्ति चानुमोदेत निर्मम: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: jñātayaḥ pitarau putrābhrātaraḥ suhṛdo ’pareyad vadanti yad icchanticānumodeta nirmamaḥ Translation: An intelligent man in human society should make his own program of activities very simple. If there are suggestions from his friends, children, parents, brothers or anyone else, he should externally agree, saying, “Yes, that is all right,” but internally he should be determined not to create a cumbersome life in which the purpose of life will not be fulfilled....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: दिव्यं भौमं चान्तरीक्षं वित्तमच्युतनिर्मितम् ।तत्सर्वमुपयुञ्जान एतत्कुर्यात्स्वतो बुध: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: divyaṁ bhaumaṁ cāntarīkṣaṁvittam acyuta-nirmitamtat sarvam upayuñjānaetat kuryāt svato budhaḥ Translation: The natural products created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead should be utilized to maintain the bodies and souls of all living entities. The necessities of life are of three types: those produced from the sky [from rainfall], from the earth [from the mines, the seas or the fields], and from the atmosphere [that which is obtained suddenly and unexpectedly]....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: यावद् भ्र्रियेत जठरं तावत् स्वत्वं हि देहिनाम् ।अधिकं योऽभिमन्येत स स्तेनो दण्डमर्हति ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: yāvad bhriyeta jaṭharaṁtāvat svatvaṁ hi dehināmadhikaṁ yo ’bhimanyetasa steno daṇḍam arhati Translation: One may claim proprietorship to as much wealth as required to maintain body and soul together, but one who desires proprietorship over more than that must be considered a thief, and he deserves to be punished by the laws of nature....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: मृगोष्ट्रखरमर्काखुसरीसृप्खगमक्षिका: ।आत्मन: पुत्रवत् पश्येत्तैरेषामन्तरं कियत् ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: mṛgoṣṭra-khara-markākhu-sarīsṛp khaga-makṣikāḥātmanaḥ putravat paśyettair eṣām antaraṁ kiyat Translation: One should treat animals such as deer, camels, asses, monkeys, mice, snakes, birds and flies exactly like one’s own son. How little difference there actually is between children and these innocent animals. Purport: One who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness understands that there is no difference between the animals and the innocent children in one’s home....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: त्रिवर्गं नातिकृच्छ्रेण भजेत गृहमेध्यपि ।यथादेशं यथाकालं यावद्दैवोपपादितम् ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: tri-vargaṁ nātikṛcchreṇabhajeta gṛha-medhy apiyathā-deśaṁ yathā-kālaṁyāvad-daivopapāditam Translation: Even if one is a householder rather than a brahmacārī, a sannyāsī or a vānaprastha, one should not endeavor very hard for religiosity, economic development or satisfaction of the senses. Even in householder life, one should be satisfied to maintain body and soul together with whatever is available with minimum endeavor, according to place and time, by the grace of the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: आश्वाघान्तेऽवसायिभ्य: कामान्संविभजेद्यथा ।अप्येकामात्मनो दारां नृणां स्वत्वग्रहो यत: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: āśvāghānte ’vasāyibhyaḥkāmān saṁvibhajed yathāapy ekām ātmano dārāṁnṛṇāṁ svatva-graho yataḥ Translation: Dogs, fallen persons and untouchables, including caṇḍālas [dog-eaters], should all be maintained with their proper necessities, which should be contributed by the householders. Even one’s wife at home, with whom one is most intimately attached, should be offered for the reception of guests and people in general....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: जह्याद् यदर्थे स्वान्प्राणान्हन्याद्वा पितरं गुरुम् ।तस्यां स्वत्वं स्‍त्रियां जह्याद्यस्तेन ह्यजितो जित: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: jahyād yad-arthe svān prāṇānhanyād vā pitaraṁ gurumtasyāṁ svatvaṁ striyāṁ jahyādyas tena hy ajito jitaḥ Translation: One so seriously considers one’s wife to be his own that he sometimes kills himself for her or kills others, including even his parents or his spiritual master or teacher. Therefore if one can give up his attachment to such a wife, he conquers the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never conquered by anyone....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: कृमिविड्भस्मनिष्ठान्तं क्‍वेदं तुच्छं कलेवरम् ।क्व‍ तदीयरतिर्भार्या क्व‍ायमात्मा नभश्छदि: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: kṛmi-viḍ-bhasma-niṣṭhāntaṁkvedaṁ tucchaṁ kalevaramkva tadīya-ratir bhāryākvāyam ātmā nabhaś-chadiḥ Translation: Through proper deliberation, one should give up attraction to his wife’s body because that body will ultimately be transformed into small insects, stool or ashes. What is the value of this insignificant body? How much greater is the Supreme Being, who is all-pervading like the sky?...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: सिद्धैर्यज्ञावशिष्टार्थै: कल्पयेद् वृत्तिमात्मन: ।शेषे स्वत्वं त्यजन्प्राज्ञ: पदवीं महतामियात् ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: siddhair yajñāvaśiṣṭārthaiḥkalpayed vṛttim ātmanaḥśeṣe svatvaṁ tyajan prājñaḥpadavīṁ mahatām iyāt Translation: An intelligent person should be satisfied with eating prasāda [food offered to the Lord] or with performing the five different kinds of yajña [pañca-sūnā]. By such activities, one can give up attachment for the body and so-called proprietorship with reference to the body....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15 Sanskrit: देवानृषीन् नृभूतानि पितृनात्मानमन्वहम् ।स्ववृत्त्यागतवित्तेन यजेत पुरुषं पृथक् ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: devān ṛṣīn nṛ-bhūtānipitṝn ātmānam anvahamsva-vṛttyāgata-vittenayajeta puruṣaṁ pṛthak Translation: Every day, one should worship the Supreme Being who is situated in everyone’s heart, and on this basis one should separately worship the demigods, the saintly persons, ordinary human beings and living entities, one’s forefathers and one’s self. In this way one is able to worship the Supreme Being in the core of everyone’s heart....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: यर्ह्यात्मनोऽधिकाराद्या: सर्वा: स्युर्यज्ञसम्पद: ।वैतानिकेन विधिना अग्निहोत्रादिना यजेत् ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: yarhy ātmano ’dhikārādyāḥsarvāḥ syur yajña-sampadaḥvaitānikena vidhināagni-hotrādinā yajet Translation: When one is enriched with wealth and knowledge which are under his full control and by means of which he can perform yajña or please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must perform sacrifices, offering oblations to the fire according to the directions of the śāstras....