Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 12 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: भक्तियोग: समाख्यातो वैराग्यं च तदाश्रयम् ।पारीक्षितमुपाख्यानं नारदाख्यानमेव च ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: bhakti-yogaḥ samākhyātovairāgyaṁ ca tad-āśrayampārīkṣitam upākhyānaṁnāradākhyānam eva ca Translation: The following topics are also narrated: the process of devotional service together with its subsidiary feature of renunciation, and the histories of Mahārāja Parīkṣit and the sage Nārada. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: विधिसार: सुतस्तस्याजातशत्रुर्भविष्यति ।दर्भकस्तत्सुतो भावी दर्भकस्याजय: स्मृत: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: vidhisāraḥ sutas tasyā-jātaśatrur bhaviṣyatidarbhakas tat-suto bhāvīdarbhakasyājayaḥ smṛtaḥ Translation: The son of Kṣetrajña will be Vidhisāra, and his son will be Ajātaśatru. Ajātaśatru will have a son named Darbhaka, and his son will be Ajaya. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 2 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: अनाढ्यतैवासाधुत्वे साधुत्वे दम्भ एव तु ।स्वीकार एव चोद्वाहे स्न‍ानमेव प्रसाधनम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: anāḍhyataivāsādhutvesādhutve dambha eva tusvīkāra eva codvāhesnānam eva prasādhanam Translation: A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he has merely taken a bath....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 3 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: समुद्रावरणां जित्वा मां विशन्त्यब्धिमोजसा ।कियदात्मजयस्यैतन्मुक्तिरात्मजये फलम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: samudrāvaraṇāṁ jitvāmāṁ viśanty abdhim ojasākiyad ātma-jayasyaitanmuktir ātma-jaye phalam Translation: “After conquering all the land on my surface, these proud kings forcibly enter the ocean to conquer the sea itself. What is the use of their self-control, which is aimed at political exploitation? The actual goal of self-control is spiritual liberation.”...

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 4 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: द्विपरार्धे त्वतिक्रान्ते ब्रह्मण: परमेष्ठिन: ।तदा प्रकृतय: सप्त कल्पन्ते प्रलयाय वै ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: dvi-parārdhe tv atikrāntebrahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥtadā prakṛtayaḥ saptakalpante pralayāya vai Translation: When the two halves of the lifetime of Lord Brahmā, the most elevated created being, are complete, the seven basic elements of creation are annihilated. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 5 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: घटे भिन्ने घटाकाश आकाश: स्याद् यथा पुरा ।एवं देहे मृते जीवो ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते पुन: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: ghaṭe bhinne ghaṭākāśaākāśaḥ syād yathā purāevaṁ dehe mṛte jīvobrahma sampadyate punaḥ Translation: When a pot is broken, the portion of sky within the pot remains as the element sky, just as before. In the same way, when the gross and subtle bodies die, the living entity within resumes his spiritual identity....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 6 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: भगवंस्तक्षकादिभ्यो मृत्युभ्यो न बिभेम्यहम् ।प्रविष्टो ब्रह्म निर्वाणमभयं दर्शितं त्वया ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: bhagavaṁs takṣakādibhyomṛtyubhyo na bibhemy ahampraviṣṭo brahma nirvāṇamabhayaṁ darśitaṁ tvayā Translation: My lord, I now have no fear of Takṣaka or any other living being, or even of repeated deaths, because I have absorbed myself in that purely spiritual Absolute Truth, which you have revealed and which destroys all fear....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 7 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: त्रय्यारुणि: कश्यपश्च सावर्णिरकृतव्रण: ।वैशम्पायनहारीतौ षड् वै पौराणिका इमे ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: trayyāruṇiḥ kaśyapaś casāvarṇir akṛtavraṇaḥvaiśampāyana-hārītauṣaḍ vai paurāṇikā ime Translation: Trayyāruṇi, Kaśyapa, Sāvarṇi, Akṛtavraṇa, Vaiśampāyana and Hārīta are the six masters of the Purāṇas. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 9 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: गृहीत्वाजादयो यस्य श्रीमत्पादाब्जदर्शनम् ।मनसा योगपक्वेन स भवान् मेऽक्षिगोचर: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: gṛhītvājādayo yasyaśrīmat-pādābja-darśanammanasā yoga-pakvenasa bhavān me ’kṣi-gocaraḥ Translation: Such demigods as Lord Brahmā achieved their exalted positions simply by seeing Your beautiful lotus feet after their minds had become mature in yoga practice. And now, my Lord, You have personally appeared before me. Purport: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi points out that exalted demigods like Lord Brahmā achieved their positions simply by glimpsing the Lord’s lotus feet, and yet Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi was now able to see Lord Kṛṣṇa’s entire body....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 16 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: या: काश्च भूमौ दिवि वै रसायांविभूतयो दिक्षु महाविभूते ।ता मह्यमाख्याह्यनुभावितास्तेनमामि ते तीर्थपदाङ्‍‍घ्रिपद्मम् ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: yāḥ kāś ca bhūmau divi vai rasāyāṁvibhūtayo dikṣu mahā-vibhūtetā mahyam ākhyāhy anubhāvitās tenamāmi te tīrtha-padāṅghri-padmam Translation: O supremely potent Lord, please explain to me Your innumerable potencies, which You manifest on the earth, in heaven, in hell and indeed in all directions. I offer my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet, which are the shelter of all holy places....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 17 - Verse 5-6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5-6 Sanskrit: वक्ता कर्ताविता नान्यो धर्मस्याच्युत ते भुवि ।सभायामपि वैरिञ्च्यां यत्र मूर्तिधरा: कला: ॥ ५ ॥कर्त्रावित्रा प्रवक्त्रा च भवता मधुसूदन ।त्यक्ते महीतले देव विनष्टं क: प्रवक्ष्यति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: vaktā kartāvitā nānyodharmasyācyuta te bhuvisabhāyām api vairiñcyāṁyatra mūrti-dharāḥ kalāḥ Translation: My dear Lord Acyuta, there is no speaker, creator and protector of supreme religious principles other than Your Lordship, either on the earth or even in the assembly of Lord Brahmā, where the personified Vedas reside....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 18 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: अग्निपक्वं समश्न‍ीयात् कालपक्व‍मथापि वा ।उलूखलाश्मकुट्टो वा दन्तोलूखल एव वा ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: agni-pakvaṁ samaśnīyātkāla-pakvam athāpi vāulūkhalāśma-kuṭṭo vādantolūkhala eva vā Translation: One may eat foodstuffs prepared with fire, such as grains, or fruits ripened by time. One may grind one’s food with mortar and stone or with one’s own teeth. Purport: In Vedic civilization it is recommended that at the end of one’s life one should go to a holy place or forest for spiritual perfection....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 19 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: तस्माज्ज्ञानेन सहितं ज्ञात्वा स्वात्मानमुद्धव ।ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्पन्नो भज मां भक्तिभावत: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: tasmāj jñānena sahitaṁjñātvā svātmānam uddhavajñāna-vijñāna-sampannobhaja māṁ bhakti-bhāvataḥ Translation: Therefore, My dear Uddhava, through knowledge you should understand your actual self. Then, advancing by clear realization of Vedic knowledge, you should worship Me in the mood of loving devotion. Purport: The word vijñāna indicates realized knowledge of one’s original, spiritual form....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 20 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: गुणदोषभिदाद‍ृष्टिर्निगमात्ते न हि स्वत: ।निगमेनापवादश्च भिदाया इति ह भ्रम: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: guṇa-doṣa-bhidā-dṛṣṭirnigamāt te na hi svataḥnigamenāpavādaś cabhidāyā iti ha bhramaḥ Translation: My dear Lord, the distinction observed between piety and sin comes from Your own Vedic knowledge and does not arise by itself. If the same Vedic literature subsequently nullifies such distinction between piety and sin, there will certainly be confusion....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 21 - Verse 5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: भूम्यम्ब्वग्‍न्यनिलाकाशा भूतानां पञ्चधातव: ।आब्रह्मस्थावरादीनां शारीरा आत्मसंयुता: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: bhūmy-ambv-agny-anilākāśābhūtānāṁ pañca-dhātavaḥā-brahma-sthāvarādīnāṁśārīrā ātma-saṁyutāḥ Translation: Earth, water, fire, air and ether are the five basic elements that constitute the bodies of all conditioned souls, from Lord Brahmā himself down to the nonmoving creatures. These elements all emanate from the one Personality of Godhead. Purport: All material bodies are composed of different proportions of the same five gross elements, which emanate from the one Personality of Godhead and cover the living entities, who are all in the jīva category....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum