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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: एवं लब्धवरो दैत्यो बिभ्रद्धेममयं वपु: ।भगवत्यकरोद् द्वेषं भ्रातुर्वधमनुस्मरन् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ labdha-varo daityobibhrad dhemamayaṁ vapuḥbhagavaty akarod dveṣaṁbhrātur vadham anusmaran Translation: The demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, having thus been blessed by Lord Brahmā and having acquired a lustrous golden body, continued to remember the death of his brother and therefore be envious of Lord Viṣṇu. Purport: A demoniac person, in spite of acquiring all the opulences possible to obtain in this universe, continues to be envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: तस्य मूर्ध्न: समुद्भ‍ूत: सधूमोऽग्निस्तपोमय: ।तीर्यगूर्ध्वमधोलोकान् प्रातपद्विष्वगीरित: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tasya mūrdhnaḥ samudbhūtaḥsadhūmo ’gnis tapomayaḥtīryag ūrdhvam adho lokānprātapad viṣvag īritaḥ Translation: Because of Hiraṇyakaśipu’s severe austerities, fire came from his head, and this fire and its smoke spread throughout the sky, encompassing the upper and lower planets, which all became extremely hot. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4-5 Sanskrit: भो भो दानवदैतेया द्विमूर्धंस्त्र्यक्ष शम्बर ।शतबाहो हयग्रीव नमुचे पाक इल्वल ॥ ४ ॥विप्रचित्ते मम वच: पुलोमन् शकुनादय: ।श‍ृणुतानन्तरं सर्वे क्रियतामाशु मा चिरम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: bho bho dānava-daiteyādvimūrdhaṁs tryakṣa śambaraśatabāho hayagrīvanamuce pāka ilvala Translation: O Dānavas and Daityas! O Dvimūrdha, Tryakṣa, Śambara and Śatabāhu! O Hayagrīva, Namuci, Pāka and Ilvala! O Vipracitti, Puloman, Śakuna and other demons! All of you, kindly hear me attentively and then act according to my words without delay....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4-5 Sanskrit: श्रीऋषिरुवाचसाधु पृष्टं महाराज हरेश्चरितमद्भ‍ुतम् ।यद् भागवतमाहात्म्यं भगवद्भ‍क्तिवर्धनम् ॥ ४ ॥गीयते परमं पुण्यमृषिभिर्नारदादिभि: ।नत्वा कृष्णाय मुनये कथयिष्ये हरे: कथाम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-ṛṣir uvācasādhu pṛṣṭaṁ mahārājahareś caritam adbhutamyad bhāgavata-māhātmyaṁbhagavad-bhakti-vardhanam Translation: The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, you have put before me an excellent question. Discourses concerning the activities of the Lord, in which the glories of His devotees are also found, are extremely pleasing to devotees....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यस्याङ्‌घ्रिकमलयुगलारुणविशदनखमणिषण्डमण्डलेष्वहिपतय: सह सात्वतर्षभैरेकान्तभक्तियोगेनावनमन्त: स्ववदनानि परिस्फुरत्कुण्डलप्रभामण्डितगण्डस्थलान्यतिमनोहराणि प्रमुदितमनस: खलु विलोकयन्ति ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yasyāṅghri-kamala-yugalāruṇa-viśada-nakha-maṇi-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍaleṣv ahi-patayaḥ saha sātvatarṣabhair ekānta-bhakti-yogenāvanamantaḥ sva-vadanāni parisphurat-kuṇḍala-prabhā-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-sthalāny ati-manoharāṇi pramudita-manasaḥ khalu vilokayanti. Translation: The pink, transparent toenails on the Lord’s lotus feet are exactly like valuable gems polished to a mirror finish. When the unalloyed devotees and the leaders of the snakes offer their obeisances to Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa with great devotion, they become very joyful upon seeing their own beautiful faces reflected in His toenails....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: ततोऽधस्तात्सिद्धचारणविद्याधराणां सदनानि तावन्मात्र एव ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tato ’dhastāt siddha-cāraṇa-vidyādharāṇāṁ sadanāni tāvan mātra eva. Translation: Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka. Purport: It is said that the residents of Siddhaloka, being naturally endowed with the powers of yogīs, can go from one planet to another by their natural mystic powers without using airplanes or similar machines....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: केचनैतज्ज्योतिरनीकं शिशुमारसंस्थानेन भगवतो वासुदेवस्य योगधारणायामनुवर्णयन्ति ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: kecanaitaj jyotir-anīkaṁ śiśumāra-saṁsthānena bhagavato vāsudevasya yoga-dhāraṇāyām anuvarṇayanti. Translation: This great machine, consisting of the stars and planets, resembles the form of a śiśumāra [dolphin] in the water. It is sometimes considered an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva. Great yogīs meditate upon Vāsudeva in this form because it is actually visible. Purport: Transcendentalists such as yogīs whose minds cannot accommodate the form of the Lord prefer to visualize something very great, such as the virāṭ-puruṣa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: तमेतमिह पुरुषास्त्रय्या विद्यया वर्णाश्रमाचारानुपथा उच्चावचै: कर्मभिराम्नातैर्योगवितानैश्च श्रद्धया यजन्तोऽञ्जसा श्रेय: समधिगच्छन्ति ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tam etam iha puruṣās trayyā vidyayā varṇāśramācārānupathā uccāvacaiḥ karmabhir āmnātair yoga-vitānaiś ca śraddhayā yajanto ’ñjasā śreyaḥ samadhigacchanti. Translation: According to the system of four varṇas and four āśramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, who is situated as the sun-god. With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the three Vedas, such as agnihotra and similar higher and lower fruitive acts, and according to the process of mystic yoga....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यदा मेषतुलयोर्वर्तते तदाहोरात्राणि समानानि भवन्ति यदा वृषभादिषु पञ्चसु च राशिषु चरति तदाहान्येव वर्धन्ते ह्रसति च मासि मास्येकैका घटिका रात्रिषु ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yadā meṣa-tulayor vartate tadāho-rātrāṇi samānāni bhavanti yadā vṛṣabhādiṣu pañcasu ca rāśiṣu carati tadāhāny eva vardhante hrasati ca māsi māsy ekaikā ghaṭikā rātriṣu. Translation: When the sun passes through Meṣa [Aries] and Tulā [Libra], the durations of day and night are equal....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यत्तद्विशुद्धानुभवमात्रमेकंस्वतेजसा ध्वस्तगुणव्यवस्थम् ।प्रत्यक्प्रशान्तं सुधियोपलम्भनंह्यनामरूपं निरहं प्रपद्ये ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yat tad viśuddhānubhava-mātram ekaṁsva-tejasā dhvasta-guṇa-vyavasthampratyak praśāntaṁ sudhiyopalambhanaṁhy anāma-rūpaṁ nirahaṁ prapadye Translation: The Lord, whose pure form [sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha] is uncontaminated by the modes of material nature, can be perceived by pure consciousness. In the Vedānta He is described as being one without a second. Because of His spiritual potency, He is untouched by the contamination of material nature, and because He is not subjected to material vision, He is known as transcendental....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: वदन्ति विश्वं कवय: स्म नश्वरंपश्यन्ति चाध्यात्मविदो विपश्चित: । तथापि मुह्यन्ति तवाज माययासुविस्मितं कृत्यमजं नतोऽस्मि तम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: vadanti viśvaṁ kavayaḥ sma naśvaraṁpaśyanti cādhyātmavido vipaścitaḥtathāpi muhyanti tavāja māyayāsuvismitaṁ kṛtyam ajaṁ nato ’smi tam Translation: O unborn one, learned Vedic scholars who are advanced in spiritual knowledge certainly know that this material world is perishable, as do other logicians and philosophers....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: ततोऽनेकसहस्रकोटिविमानानीकसङ्कुलदेवयानेनावतरन्तीन्दुमण्डलमावार्य ब्रह्मसदने निपतति ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tato ’neka-sahasra-koṭi-vimānānīka-saṅkula-deva-yānenāvatar-antīndu maṇḍalam āvārya brahma-sadane nipatati. Translation: After purifying the seven planets near Dhruvaloka [the polestar], the Ganges water is carried through the spaceways of the demigods in billions of celestial airplanes. Then it inundates the moon [Candraloka] and finally reaches Lord Brahmā’s abode atop Mount Meru. Purport: We should always remember that the Ganges River comes from the Causal Ocean, beyond the covering of the universe....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: ऋषिरुवाचन वै महाराज भगवतो मायागुणविभूते: काष्ठां मनसा वचसा वाधिगन्तुमलं विबुधायुषापि पुरुषस्तस्मात्प्राधान्येनैव भूगोलकविशेषं नामरूप मानलक्षणतो व्याख्यास्याम: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: ṛṣir uvācana vai mahārāja bhagavato māyā-guṇa-vibhūteḥ kāṣṭhāṁ manasā vacasā vādhigantum alaṁ vibudhāyuṣāpi puruṣas tasmāt prādhān-yenaiva bhū-golaka-viśeṣaṁ nāma-rūpa-māna-lakṣaṇato vyākhyāsyāmaḥ. Translation: The great ṛṣi Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is no limit to the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s material energy....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: य आत्मविद्यामाख्याय स्वयं संशुद्धो महापुरुषमनुसस्मार ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayaṁ saṁśuddho mahā-puruṣam anusasmāra. Translation: King Pratīha personally propagated the principles of self-realization. In this way, not only was he purified, but he became a great devotee of the Supreme Person, Lord Viṣṇu, and directly realized Him. Purport: The word anusasmāra is very significant. God consciousness is not imaginary or concocted....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यथा ह्यनुवत्सरं कृष्यमाणमप्यदग्धबीजं क्षेत्रं पुनरेवावपनकाले गुल्मतृणवीरुद्भ‍िर्गह्वरमिव भवत्येवमेव गृहाश्रम: कर्मक्षेत्रं यस्मिन्न हि कर्माण्युत्सीदन्ति यदयं कामकरण्ड एष आवसथ: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yathā hy anuvatsaraṁ kṛṣyamāṇam apy adagdha-bījaṁ kṣetraṁ punar evāvapana-kāle gulma-tṛṇa-vīrudbhir gahvaram iva bhavaty evam eva gṛhāśramaḥ karma-kṣetraṁ yasmin na hi karmāṇy utsīdanti yad ayaṁ kāma-karaṇḍa eṣa āvasathaḥ. Translation: Every year the plowman plows over his grain field, completely uprooting all weeds....