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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशौनक उवाचअथेममर्थं पृच्छामो भवन्तं बहुवित्तमम् ।समस्ततन्त्रराद्धान्ते भवान् भागवत तत्त्ववित् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śaunaka uvācaathemam arthaṁ pṛcchāmobhavantaṁ bahu-vittamamsamasta-tantra-rāddhāntebhavān bhāgavata tattva-vit Translation: Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, you are the best of learned men and a great devotee of the Supreme Lord. Therefore we now inquire from you about the definitive conclusion of all tantra scriptures. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचनमो धर्माय महते नम: कृष्णाय वेधसे ।ब्रह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य धर्मान् वक्ष्ये सनातनान् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācanamo dharmāya mahatenamaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhasebrahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtyadharmān vakṣye sanātanān Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering my obeisances to the supreme religious principle, devotional service; to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme creator; and to all the brāhmaṇas, I shall now describe the eternal principles of religion. Purport: In this Twelfth Chapter of the Twelfth Canto, Sūta Gosvāmī will summarize all the topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, beginning from the First Canto....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-2 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचयोऽन्त्य: पुरञ्जयो नाम भविष्यो बारहद्रथ: ।तस्यामात्यस्तु शुनको हत्वा स्वामिनमात्मजम् ॥ १ ॥प्रद्योतसंज्ञं राजानं कर्ता यत् पालक: सुत: ।विशाखयूपस्तत्पुत्रो भविता राजकस्तत: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācayo ’ntyaḥ purañjayo nāmabhaviṣyo bārahadrathaḥtasyāmātyas tu śunakohatvā svāminam ātma-jam Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The last king mentioned in our previous enumeration of the future rulers of the Māgadha dynasty was Purañjaya, who will take birth as the descendant of Bṛhadratha....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचततश्चानुदिनं धर्म: सत्यं शौचं क्षमा दया ।कालेन बलिना राजन् नङ्‌क्ष्यत्यायुर्बलं स्मृति: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācatataś cānu-dinaṁ dharmaḥsatyaṁ śaucaṁ kṣamā dayākālena balinā rājannaṅkṣyaty āyur balaṁ smṛtiḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Then, O King, religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the Age of Kali....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्री शुक उवाच:द‍ृष्ट्वात्मनि जये व्यग्रान् नृपान् हसति भूरियम् ।अहो मा विजिगीषन्ति मृत्यो: क्रीडनका नृपा: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācadṛṣṭvātmani jaye vyagrānnṛpān hasati bhūr iyamaho mā vijigīṣantimṛtyoḥ krīḍanakā nṛpāḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Seeing the kings of this earth busy trying to conquer her, the earth herself laughed. She said: “Just see how these kings, who are actually playthings in the hands of death, are desiring to conquer me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचकालस्ते परमाण्वादिर्द्विपरार्धावधिर्नृप ।कथितो युगमानं च श‍ृणु कल्पलयावपि ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācakālas te paramāṇv-ādirdvi-parārdhāvadhir nṛpakathito yuga-mānaṁ caśṛṇu kalpa-layāv api Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have already described to you the measurements of time, beginning from the smallest fraction measured by the movement of a single atom up to the total life span of Lord Brahmā. I have also discussed the measurement of the different millennia of universal history....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचअत्रानुवर्ण्यतेऽभीक्ष्णं विश्वात्मा भगवान् हरि: ।यस्य प्रसादजो ब्रह्मा रुद्र: क्रोधसमुद्भ‍व: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaatrānuvarṇyate ’bhīkṣṇaṁviśvātmā bhagavān hariḥyasya prasāda-jo brahmārudraḥ krodha-samudbhavaḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has elaborately described in various narrations the Supreme Soul of all that be — the Personality of Godhead, Hari — from whose satisfaction Brahmā is born and from whose anger Rudra takes birth....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचएतन्निशम्य मुनिनाभिहितं परीक्षिद्व्यासात्मजेन निखिलात्मद‍ृशा समेन ।तत्पादमूलमुपसृत्य नतेन मूर्ध्नाबद्धाञ्जलिस्तमिदमाह स विष्णुरात: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaetan niśamya muninābhihitaṁ parīkṣidvyāsātmajena nikhilātma-dṛśā samenatat-pāda-mūlam upasṛtya natena mūrdhnābaddhāñjalis tam idam āha sa viṣṇurātaḥ Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: After hearing all that was narrated to him by the self-realized and equipoised Śukadeva, the son of Vyāsadeva, Mahārāja Parīkṣit humbly approached his lotus feet. Bowing his head down upon the sage’s feet, the King, who had lived his entire life under the protection of Lord Viṣṇu, folded his hands in supplication and spoke as follows....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचअथर्ववित्सुमन्तुश्च शिष्यमध्यापयत् स्वकाम् ।संहितां सोऽपि पथ्याय वेददर्शाय चोक्तवान् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaatharva-vit sumantuś caśiṣyam adhyāpayat svakāmsaṁhitāṁ so ’pi pathyāyavedadarśāya coktavān Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Sumantu Ṛṣi, the authority on the Atharva Veda, taught his saṁhitā to his disciple Kabandha, who in turn spoke it to Pathya and Vedadarśa. Purport: As confirmed in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa: “That sage Sumantu, whose brilliance was immeasurable, taught the Atharva Veda to his disciple Kabandha....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशौनक उवाचसूत जीव चिरं साधो वद नो वदतां वर ।तमस्यपारे भ्रमतां नृणां त्वं पारदर्शन: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śaunaka uvācasūta jīva ciraṁ sādhovada no vadatāṁ varatamasy apāre bhramatāṁnṝṇāṁ tvaṁ pāra-darśanaḥ Translation: Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers, please continue speaking to us. Indeed, only you can show men the path out of the ignorance in which they are wandering....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचसंस्तुतो भगवानित्थं मार्कण्डेयेन धीमता ।नारायणो नरसख: प्रीत आह भृगूद्वहम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācasaṁstuto bhagavān itthaṁmārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatānārāyaṇo nara-sakhaḥprīta āha bhṛgūdvaham Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa, the friend of Nara, was satisfied by the proper glorification offered by the intelligent sage Mārkaṇḍeya. Thus the Lord addressed that excellent descendant of Bhṛgu. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीउद्धव उवाचत्वं ब्रह्म परमं साक्षादनाद्यन्तमपावृतम् ।सर्वेषामपि भावानां त्राणस्थित्यप्ययोद्भ‍व: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-uddhava uvācatvaṁ brahma paramaṁ sākṣādanādy-antam apāvṛtamsarveṣām api bhāvānāṁtrāṇa-sthity-apyayodbhavaḥ Translation: Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, You are beginningless and endless, the Absolute Truth Himself, unlimited by anything else. You are the protector and life-giver, the destruction and creation of all things that exist. Purport: Brahma means the greatest of all and the cause of everything....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-2 Sanskrit: श्रीउद्धव उवाचयस्त्वयाभिहित: पूर्वं धर्मस्त्वद्भ‍‍क्तिलक्षण: ।वर्णाश्रमाचारवतां सर्वेषां द्विपदामपि ॥ १ ॥यथानुष्ठीयमानेन त्वयि भक्तिर्नृणां भवेत् ।स्वधर्मेणारविन्दाक्ष तन् ममाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-uddhava uvācayas tvayābhihitaḥ pūrvaṁdharmas tvad-bhakti-lakṣaṇaḥvarṇāśramācāravatāṁsarveṣāṁ dvi-padām api Translation: Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, previously You described the principles of devotional service that are to be practiced by followers of the varṇāśrama system and even ordinary, unregulated human beings. My dear lotus-eyed Lord, now please explain to me how all human beings can achieve loving service unto You by the execution of their prescribed duties....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचवनं विविक्षु: पुत्रेषु भार्यां न्यस्य सहैव वा ।वन एव वसेच्छान्तस्तृतीयं भागमायुष: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācavanaṁ vivikṣuḥ putreṣubhāryāṁ nyasya sahaiva vāvana eva vasec chāntastṛtīyaṁ bhāgam āyuṣaḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who desires to adopt the third order of life, vānaprastha, should enter the forest with a peaceful mind, leaving his wife with his mature sons, or else taking her along with him....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचयो विद्याश्रुतसम्पन्न: आत्मवान् नानुमानिक: ।मायामात्रमिदं ज्ञात्वा ज्ञानं च मयि सन्न्यसेत् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācayo vidyā-śruta-sampannaḥātmavān nānumānikaḥmāyā-mātram idaṁ jñātvājñānaṁ ca mayi sannyaset Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: A self-realized person who has cultivated scriptural knowledge up to the point of enlightenment and who is free from impersonal speculation, understanding the material universe to be simply illusion, should surrender unto Me both that knowledge and the means by which he achieved it....