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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: अङ्गुष्ठमात्रममलं स्फुरत्पुरटमौलिनम् ।अपीव्यदर्शनं श्यामं तडिद्वाससमच्युतम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: aṅguṣṭha-mātram amalaṁsphurat-puraṭa-maulinamapīvya-darśanaṁ śyāmaṁtaḍid vāsasam acyutam Translation: He [the Lord] was only thumb high, but He was all transcendental. He had a very beautiful, blackish, infallible body, and He wore a dress of lightning yellow and a helmet of blazing gold. Thus He was seen by the child. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: अहो सनाथा भवता स्म यद्वयंत्रैविष्टपानामपि दूरदर्शनम् ।प्रेमस्मितस्‍निग्धनिरीक्षणाननंपश्येम रूपं तव सर्वसौभगम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: aho sanāthā bhavatā sma yad vayaṁtraiviṣṭapānām api dūra-darśanamprema-smita-snigdha-nirīkṣaṇānanaṁpaśyema rūpaṁ tava sarva-saubhagam Translation: Oh, it is our good luck that we have come again today under Your protection by Your presence, for Your Lordship rarely visits even the denizens of heaven. Now it is possible for us to look into Your smiling face, which is full of affectionate glances....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: आमन्‍त्र्य चाभ्यनुज्ञात: परिष्वज्याभिवाद्य तम् ।आरुरोह रथं कैश्चित्परिष्वक्तोऽभिवादित: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: āmantrya cābhyanujñātaḥpariṣvajyābhivādya tamāruroha rathaṁ kaiścitpariṣvakto ’bhivāditaḥ Translation: Afterwards, when the Lord asked permission to depart and the King gave it, the Lord offered His respects to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira by bowing down at his feet, and the King embraced Him. After this the Lord, being embraced by others and receiving their obeisances, got into His chariot....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: अन्ये च मुनयो ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मरातादयोऽमला: ।शिष्यैरुपेता आजग्मु: कश्यपाङ्गिरसादय: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: anye ca munayo brahmanbrahmarātādayo ’malāḥśiṣyair upetā ājagmuḥkaśyapāṅgirasādayaḥ Translation: And many others like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other purified souls, Kaśyapa and Āṅgirasa and others, all accompanied by their respective disciples, arrived there. Purport: Śukadeva Gosvāmī (Brahmarāta): The famous son and disciple of Śrī Vyāsadeva, who taught him first the Mahābhārata and then Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: गन्तुं कृतमतिर्ब्रह्मन् द्वारकां रथमास्थित: ।उपलेभेऽभिधावन्तीमुत्तरां भयविह्वलाम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: gantuṁ kṛtamatir brahmandvārakāṁ ratham āsthitaḥupalebhe ’bhidhāvantīmuttarāṁ bhaya-vihvalām Translation: As soon as He seated Himself on the chariot to start for Dvārakā, He saw Uttarā hurrying toward Him in fear. Purport: All the members of the family of the Pāṇḍavas were completely dependent on the protection of the Lord, and therefore the Lord protected all of them in all circumstances....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: स संहितां भागवतीं कृत्वानुक्रम्य चात्मजम् ।शुकमध्यापयामास निवृत्तिनिरतं मुनि: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: sa saṁhitāṁ bhāgavatīṁkṛtvānukramya cātma-jamśukam adhyāpayām āsanivṛtti-nirataṁ muniḥ Translation: The great sage Vyāsadeva, after compiling the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and revising it, taught it to his own son, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who was already engaged in self-realization. Purport: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the natural commentation on the Brahma-sūtras compiled by the same author. This Brahma-sūtra, or Vedānta-sūtra, is meant for those who are already engaged in self-realization....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: अहं च तद्ब्रह्मकुले ऊषिवांस्तदुपेक्षया ।दिग्देशकालाव्युत्पन्नो बालक: पञ्चहायन: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: ahaṁ ca tad-brahma-kuleūṣivāṁs tad-upekṣayādig-deśa-kālāvyutpannobālakaḥ pañca-hāyanaḥ Translation: When I was a mere child of five years, I lived in a brāhmaṇa school. I was dependent on my mother’s affection and had no experience of different lands. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचभवतानुदितप्रायं यशो भगवतोऽमलम् ।येनैवासौ न तुष्येत मन्ये तद्दर्शनं खिलम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācabhavatānudita-prāyaṁyaśo bhagavato ’malamyenaivāsau na tuṣyetamanye tad darśanaṁ khilam Translation: Śrī Nārada said: You have not actually broadcast the sublime and spotless glories of the Personality of Godhead. That philosophy which does not satisfy the transcendental senses of the Lord is considered worthless. Purport: The eternal relation of an individual soul with the Supreme Soul Personality of Godhead is constitutionally one of being the eternal servitor of the eternal master....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: स गोदोहनमात्रं हि गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् ।अवेक्षते महाभागस्तीर्थीकुर्वंस्तदाश्रमम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: sa go-dohana-mātraṁ higṛheṣu gṛha-medhināmavekṣate mahā-bhāgastīrthī-kurvaṁs tad āśramam Translation: He [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] was accustomed to stay at the door of a householder only long enough for a cow to be milked. And he did this just to sanctify the residence. Purport: Śukadeva Gosvāmī met Emperor Parīkṣit and explained the text of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: तृतीयमृषिसर्गं वै देवर्षित्वमुपेत्य स: ।तन्त्रं सात्वतमाचष्ट नैष्कर्म्यं कर्मणां यत: ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: tṛtīyam ṛṣi-sargaṁ vaidevarṣitvam upetya saḥtantraṁ sātvatam ācaṣṭanaiṣkarmyaṁ karmaṇāṁ yataḥ Translation: In the millennium of the ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead accepted the third empowered incarnation in the form of Devarṣi Nārada, who is a great sage among the demigods. He collected expositions of the Vedas which deal with devotional service and which inspire nonfruitive action....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: वेत्थ त्वं सौम्य तत्सर्वं तत्त्वतस्तदनुग्रहात् ।ब्रूयु: स्‍निग्धस्य शिष्यस्य गुरवो गुह्यमप्युत ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: vettha tvaṁ saumya tat sarvaṁtattvatas tad-anugrahātbrūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasyaguravo guhyam apy uta Translation: And because you are submissive, your spiritual masters have endowed you with all the favors bestowed upon a gentle disciple. Therefore you can tell us all that you have scientifically learned from them. Purport: The secret of success in spiritual life is in satisfying the spiritual master and thereby getting his sincere blessings....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: धर्म: स्वनुष्ठित: पुंसां विष्वक्सेनकथासु य: ।नोत्पादयेद्यदि रतिं श्रम एव हि केवलम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁviṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥnotpādayed yadi ratiṁśrama eva hi kevalam Translation: The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead. Purport: There are different occupational activities in terms of man’s different conceptions of life....

Srimad Bhagavata Book 2 The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. The second book of the Srimad Bhagavata covers the creation of the universe according to Hindu Mythology and gives a summary of the Bhagavata. This book consists of 10 chapters. The Bhagavata is authored by Veda Vyasa and the source material for this summary is the translation presented by Swami Tapasyananda....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: तयोरागमनं साक्षादीशयोर्जगदात्मनो: ।न वेद रुद्धधीवृत्तिरात्मानं विश्वमेव च ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: tayor āgamanaṁ sākṣādīśayor jagad-ātmanoḥna veda ruddha-dhī-vṛttirātmānaṁ viśvam eva ca Translation: Because Mārkaṇḍeya’s material mind had stopped functioning, the sage failed to notice that Lord Śiva and his wife, the controllers of the universe, had personally come to see him. Mārkaṇḍeya was so absorbed in meditation that he was unaware of either himself or the external world....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: यावानयं वै पुरुषो यावत्या संस्थया मित: ।तावानसावपि महापुरुषो लोकसंस्थया ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: yāvān ayaṁ vai puruṣoyāvatyā saṁsthayā mitaḥtāvān asāv api mahā-puruṣo loka-saṁsthayā Translation: Just as one can determine the dimensions of an ordinary person of this world by measuring his various limbs, one can determine the dimensions of the Mahāpuruṣa by measuring the arrangement of the planetary systems within His universal form....