Dictionary

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: तेन तप्ता दिवं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मलोकं ययु: सुरा: ।धात्रे विज्ञापयामासुर्देवदेव जगत्पते ।दैत्येन्द्रतपसा तप्ता दिवि स्थातुं न शक्नुम: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: tena taptā divaṁ tyaktvābrahmalokaṁ yayuḥ surāḥdhātre vijñāpayām āsurdeva-deva jagat-patedaityendra-tapasā taptādivi sthātuṁ na śaknumaḥ Translation: Scorched and extremely disturbed because of Hiraṇyakaśipu’s severe penances, all the demigods left the planets where they reside and went to the planet of Lord Brahmā, where they informed the creator as follows: O lord of the demigods, O master of the universe, because of the fire emanating from Hiraṇyakaśipu’s head as a result of his severe austerities, we have become so disturbed that we could not stay in our planets but have come to you....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: सपत्नैर्घातित: क्षुद्रैर्भ्राता मे दयित: सुहृत् ।पार्ष्णिग्राहेण हरिणा समेनाप्युपधावनै: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: sapatnair ghātitaḥ kṣudrairbhrātā me dayitaḥ suhṛtpārṣṇi-grāheṇa hariṇāsamenāpy upadhāvanaiḥ Translation: My insignificant enemies the demigods have combined to kill my very dear and obedient well-wisher, my brother Hiraṇyākṣa. Although the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is always equal to both of us — namely, the demigods and the demons — this time, being devoutly worshiped by the demigods, He has taken their side and helped them kill Hiraṇyākṣa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: निर्गुणोऽपि ह्यजोऽव्यक्तो भगवान्प्रकृते: पर: ।स्वमायागुणमाविश्य बाध्यबाधकतां गत: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: nirguṇo ’pi hy ajo ’vyaktobhagavān prakṛteḥ paraḥsva-māyā-guṇam āviśyabādhya-bādhakatāṁ gataḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is always transcendental to material qualities, and therefore He is called nirguṇa, or without qualities. Because He is unborn, He does not have a material body to be subjected to attachment and hatred. Although the Lord is always above material existence, through His spiritual potency He appeared and acted like an ordinary human being, accepting duties and obligations, apparently like a conditioned soul....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: यत्र ह वाव भगवान् पितृराजो वैवस्वत: स्वविषयं प्रापितेषु स्वपुरुषैर्जन्तुषु सम्परेतेषु यथाकर्मावद्यं दोषमेवानुल्लङ्घितभगवच्छासन: सगणो दमं धारयति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: yatra ha vāva bhagavān pitṛ-rājo vaivasvataḥ sva-viṣayaṁ prāpiteṣu sva-puruṣair jantuṣu sampareteṣu yathā-karmāvadyaṁ doṣam evānullaṅghita-bhagavac-chāsanaḥ sagaṇo damaṁ dhārayati. Translation: The King of the pitās is Yamarāja, the very powerful son of the sun-god. He resides in Pitṛloka with his personal assistants and, while abiding by the rules and regulations set down by the Supreme Lord, has his agents, the Yamadūtas, bring all the sinful men to him immediately upon their death....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: स एव भगवाननन्तोऽनन्तगुणार्णव आदिदेव उपसंहृतामर्षरोषवेगो लोकानां स्वस्तय आस्ते ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: sa eva bhagavān ananto ’nanta-guṇārṇava ādi-deva upasaṁhṛtāmarṣa-roṣa-vego lokānāṁ svastaya āste. Translation: Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is the ocean of unlimited spiritual qualities, and thus He is known as Anantadeva. He is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For the welfare of all living entities within this material world, He resides in His abode, restraining His anger and intolerance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: ततोऽधस्ताच्छतयोजनान्तर इयं पृथिवी यावद्धंसभासश्येनसुपर्णादय: पतत्‍त्रिप्रवरा उत्पतन्तीति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: tato ’dhastāc chata-yojanāntara iyaṁ pṛthivī yāvad dhaṁsa-bhāsa-śyena-suparṇādayaḥ patattri-pravarā utpatantīti. Translation: Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: पुनर्वसुपुष्यौ दक्षिणवामयो: श्रोण्योरार्द्राश्लेषे च दक्षिणवामयो: पश्चिमयो: पादयोरभिजिदुत्तराषाढे दक्षिणवामयोर्नासिकयोर्यथासङ्ख्यं श्रवणपूर्वाषाढे दक्षिणवामयोर्लोचनयोर्धनिष्ठा मूलं च दक्षिणवामयो: कर्णयोर्मघादीन्यष्ट नक्षत्राणि दक्षिणायनानि वामपार्श्ववङ्‌क्रिषु युञ्जीत तथैव मृगशीर्षादीन्युदगयनानि दक्षिणपार्श्ववङ्‌क्रिषु प्रातिलोम्येन प्रयुञ्जीत शतभिषाज्येष्ठे स्कन्धयोर्दक्षिणवामयोर्न्यसेत् ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: punarvasu-puṣyau dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ śroṇyor ārdrāśleṣe ca dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ paścimayoḥ pādayor abhijid-uttarāṣāḍhe dakṣiṇa-vāmayor nāsikayor yathā-saṅkhyaṁ śravaṇa-pūrvāṣāḍhe dakṣiṇa-vāmayor locanayor dhaniṣṭhā mūlaṁ ca dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ karṇayor maghādīny aṣṭa nakṣatrāṇi dakṣiṇāyanāni vāma-pārśva-vaṅkriṣu yuñjīta tathaiva mṛga-śīrṣādīny udagayanāni dakṣiṇa-pārśva-vaṅkriṣu prātilomyena prayuñjīta śatabhiṣā-jyeṣṭhe skandhayor dakṣiṇa-vāmayor nyaset....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: अथ च यावतार्धेन नभोवीथ्यां प्रचरति तं कालमयनमाचक्षते ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṁ pracarati taṁ kālam ayanam ācakṣate. Translation: Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement [in the north or in the south]. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: यावद्दक्षिणायनमहानि वर्धन्ते यावदुदगयनं रात्रय: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: yāvad dakṣiṇāyanam ahāni vardhante yāvad udagayanaṁ rātrayaḥ. Translation: Until the sun travels to the south the days grow longer, and until it travels to the north the nights grow longer. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: प्लक्षादिषु पञ्चसु पुरुषाणामायुरिन्द्रियमोज: सहो बलं बुद्धिर्विक्रम इति च सर्वेषामौत्पत्तिकी सिद्धिरविशेषेण वर्तते ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: plakṣādiṣu pañcasu puruṣāṇām āyur indriyam ojaḥ saho balaṁ buddhir vikrama iti ca sarveṣām autpattikī siddhir aviśeṣeṇa vartate. Translation: O King, longevity, sensory prowess, physical and mental strength, intelligence and bravery are naturally and equally manifested in all the inhabitants of the five islands headed by Plakṣadvīpa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: न वै स आत्मात्मवतां सुहृत्तम:सक्तस्त्रिलोक्यां भगवान् वासुदेव: ।न स्त्रीकृतं कश्मलमश्नुवीतन लक्ष्मणं चापि विहातुमर्हति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: na vai sa ātmātmavatāṁ suhṛttamaḥsaktas tri-lokyāṁ bhagavān vāsudevaḥna strī-kṛtaṁ kaśmalam aśnuvītana lakṣmaṇaṁ cāpi vihātum arhati Translation: Since Lord Śrī Rāmacandra is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, He is not attached to anything in this material world. He is the most beloved Supersoul of all self-realized souls, and He is their very intimate friend....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: वेदान् युगान्ते तमसा तिरस्कृतान्रसातलाद्यो नृतुरङ्गविग्रह: । प्रत्याददे वै कवयेऽभियाचतेतस्मै नमस्तेऽवितथेहिताय इति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: vedān yugānte tamasā tiraskṛtānrasātalād yo nṛ-turaṅga-vigrahaḥpratyādade vai kavaye ’bhiyācatetasmai namas te ’vitathehitāya iti Translation: At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed the form of a demon, stole all the Vedas and took them down to the planet of Rasātala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of Hayagrīva retrieved the Vedas and returned them to Lord Brahmā when he begged for them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: सीता तु ब्रह्मसदनात्केसराचलादिगिरिशिखरेभ्योऽधोऽध: प्रस्रवन्ती गन्धमादनमूर्धसु पतित्वान्तरेण भद्राश्ववर्षं प्राच्यां दिशि क्षारसमुद्रमभिप्रविशति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: sītā tu brahma-sadanāt kesarācalādi-giri-śikharebhyo ’dho ’dhaḥ prasravantī gandhamādana-mūrdhasu patitvāntareṇa bhadrāśva-varṣaṁ prācyāṁ diśi kṣāra-samudram abhipraviśati. Translation: The branch of the Ganges known as the Sītā flows through Brahmapurī atop Mount Meru, and from there it runs down to the nearby peaks of the Kesarācala Mountains, which stand almost as high as Mount Meru itself....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: यस्मिन्नव वर्षाणि नवयोजनसहस्रायामान्यष्टभिर्मर्यादागिरिभि: सुविभक्तानि भवन्ति ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: yasmin nava varṣāṇi nava-yojana-sahasrāyāmāny aṣṭabhir maryādā-giribhiḥ suvibhaktāni bhavanti. Translation: In Jambūdvīpa there are nine divisions of land, each with a length of 9,000 yojanas [72,000 miles]. There are eight mountains that mark the boundaries of these divisions and separate them nicely. Purport: Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives the following quotation from the Vāyu Purāṇa, wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the Himālayas, are described....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: भूम्न ऋषिकुल्यायामुद्गीथस्तत: प्रस्तावो देवकुल्यायां प्रस्तावान्नियुत्सायां हृदयज आसीद्विभुर्विभो रत्यां च पृथुषेणस्तस्मान्नक्त आकूत्यां जज्ञे नक्ताद्‍द्रुतिपुत्रो गयो राजर्षिप्रवर उदारश्रवा अजायत साक्षाद्भ‍गवतो विष्णोर्जगद्रिरक्षिषया गृहीतसत्त्वस्य कलाऽऽत्मवत्त्वादिलक्षणेन महापुरुषतां प्राप्त: ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: bhūmna ṛṣikulyāyām udgīthas tataḥ prastāvo devakulyāyāṁ prastāvān niyutsāyāṁ hṛdayaja āsīd vibhur vibho ratyāṁ ca pṛthuṣeṇas tasmān nakta ākūtyāṁ jajñe naktād druti-putro gayo rājarṣi-pravara udāra-śravā ajāyata sākṣād bhagavato viṣṇor jagad-rirakṣiṣayā gṛhīta-sattvasya kalātmavattvādi-lakṣaṇena mahā-puruṣatāṁ prāptaḥ....