Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 - Chapter 24

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: अचक्षुरन्धस्य यथाग्रणी: कृत-स्तथा जनस्याविदुषोऽबुधो गुरु: ।त्वमर्कद‍ृक् सर्वद‍ृशां समीक्षणोवृतो गुरुर्न: स्वगतिं बुभुत्सताम् ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: acakṣur andhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtastathā janasyāviduṣo ’budho guruḥtvam arka-dṛk sarva-dṛśāṁ samīkṣaṇovṛto gurur naḥ sva-gatiṁ bubhutsatām Translation: As a blind man, being unable to see, accepts another blind man as his leader, people who do not know the goal of life accept someone as a guru who is a rascal and a fool....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: जनो जनस्यादिशतेऽसतीं गतिंयया प्रपद्येत दुरत्ययं तम: ।त्वं त्वव्ययं ज्ञानममोघमञ्जसाप्रपद्यते येन जनो निजं पदम् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: jano janasyādiśate ’satīṁ gatiṁyayā prapadyeta duratyayaṁ tamaḥtvaṁ tv avyayaṁ jñānam amogham añjasāprapadyate yena jano nijaṁ padam Translation: A materialistic so-called guru instructs his materialistic disciples about economic development and sense gratification, and because of such instructions the foolish disciples continue in the materialistic existence of ignorance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 52 Sanskrit: त्वं सर्वलोकस्य सुहृत् प्रियेश्वरोह्यात्मा गुरुर्ज्ञानमभीष्टसिद्धि: ।तथापि लोको न भवन्तमन्धधी-र्जानाति सन्तं हृदि बद्धकाम: ॥ ५२ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṁ sarva-lokasya suhṛt priyeśvarohy ātmā gurur jñānam abhīṣṭa-siddhiḥtathāpi loko na bhavantam andha-dhīrjānāti santaṁ hṛdi baddha-kāmaḥ Translation: My Lord, You are the supreme well-wishing friend of everyone, the dearmost friend, the controller, the Supersoul, the supreme instructor and the giver of supreme knowledge and the fulfillment of all desires....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 53 Sanskrit: त्वं त्वामहं देववरं वरेण्यंप्रपद्य ईशं प्रतिबोधनाय ।छिन्ध्यर्थदीपैर्भगवन् वचोभि-र्ग्रन्थीन् हृदय्यान् विवृणु स्वमोक: ॥ ५३ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṁ tvām ahaṁ deva-varaṁ vareṇyaṁprapadya īśaṁ pratibodhanāyachindhy artha-dīpair bhagavan vacobhirgranthīn hṛdayyān vivṛṇu svam okaḥ Translation: O Supreme Lord, for self-realization I surrender unto You, who are worshiped by the demigods as the supreme controller of everything. By Your instructions, exposing life’s purpose, kindly cut the knot from the core of my heart and let me know the destination of my life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 58 Sanskrit: स तु सत्यव्रतो राजा ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुत: ।विष्णो: प्रसादात् कल्पेऽस्मिन्नासीद् वैवस्वतो मनु: ॥ ५८ ॥ ITRANS: sa tu satyavrato rājājñāna-vijñāna-saṁyutaḥviṣṇoḥ prasādāt kalpe ’sminnāsīd vaivasvato manuḥ Translation: King Satyavrata was illuminated with all Vedic knowledge by the mercy of Lord Viṣṇu, and in this period he has now taken birth as Vaivasvata Manu, the son of the sun-god. Purport: Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives his verdict that Satyavrata appeared in the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: प्रलयपयसि धातु: सुप्तशक्तेर्मुखेभ्य:श्रुतिगणमपनीतं प्रत्युपादत्त हत्वा ।दितिजमकथयद् यो ब्रह्म सत्यव्रतानांतमहमखिलहेतुं जिह्ममीनं नतोऽस्मि ॥ ६१ ॥स वै मन: कृष्णपदारविन्दयो-र्वचांसि वैकुण्ठगुणानुवर्णने ।करौ हरेर्मन्दिरमार्जनादिषुश्रुतिं चकाराच्युतसत्कथोदये ॥ ITRANS: pralaya-payasi dhātuḥ supta-śakter mukhebhyaḥśruti-gaṇam apanītaṁ pratyupādatta hatvāditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratānāṁtam aham akhila-hetuṁ jihma-mīnaṁ nato ’smi Translation: I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who pretended to be a gigantic fish, who restored the Vedic literature to Lord Brahmā when Lord Brahmā awakened from sleep, and who explained the essence of Vedic literature to King Satyavrata and the great saintly persons....