Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 12 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: विधूय तदमेयात्मा भगवान्धर्मगुब् विभु: ।मिषतो दशमासस्य तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरि: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: vidhūya tad ameyātmābhagavān dharma-gub vibhuḥmiṣato daśamāsasyatatraivāntardadhe hariḥ Translation: While thus being observed by the child, the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of everyone and the protector of the righteous, who stretches in all directions and who is unlimited by time and space, disappeared at once. Purport: Child Parīkṣit was not observing a living being who is limited by time and space....

April 21, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 11 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: मधुभोजदशार्हार्हकुकुरान्धकवृष्णिभि: ।आत्मतुल्यबलैर्गुप्तां नागैर्भोगवतीमिव ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: madhu-bhoja-daśārhārha-kukurāndhaka-vṛṣṇibhiḥātma-tulya-balair guptāṁnāgair bhogavatīm iva Translation: As Bhogavatī, the capital of Nāgaloka, is protected by the Nāgas, so was Dvārakā protected by the descendants of Vṛṣṇi — Bhoja, Madhu, Daśārha, Arha, Kukura, Andhaka, etc. — who were as strong as Lord Kṛṣṇa. Purport: The Nāgaloka planet is situated below the earth planet, and it is understood that the sun rays are hampered there....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 10 - Verse 11-12

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11-12 Sanskrit: सत्सङ्गान्मुक्तदु:सङ्गो हातुं नोत्सहते बुध: ।कीर्त्यमानं यशो यस्य सकृदाकर्ण्य रोचनम् ॥ ११ ॥तस्मिन्न्यस्तधिय: पार्था: सहेरन् विरहं कथम् ।दर्शनस्पर्शसंलापशयनासनभोजनै: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: sat-saṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgohātuṁ notsahate budhaḥkīrtyamānaṁ yaśo yasyasakṛd ākarṇya rocanam Translation: The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once....

April 21, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 9 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: पाण्डुपुत्रानुपासीनान् प्रश्रयप्रेमसङ्गतान् ।अभ्याचष्टानुरागाश्रैरन्धीभूतेन चक्षुषा ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: pāṇḍu-putrān upāsīnānpraśraya-prema-saṅgatānabhyācaṣṭānurāgāśrairandhībhūtena cakṣuṣā Translation: The sons of Mahārāja Pāṇḍu were sitting silently nearby, overtaken with affection for their dying grandfather. Seeing this, Bhīṣmadeva congratulated them with feeling. There were tears of ecstasy in his eyes, for he was overwhelmed by love and affection. Purport: When Mahārāja Pāṇḍu died, his sons were all small children, and naturally they were brought up under the affection of elderly members of the royal family, specifically by Bhīṣmadeva....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 8 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचउपधार्य वचस्तस्या भगवान् भक्तवत्सल: ।अपाण्डवमिदं कर्तुं द्रौणेरस्त्रमबुध्यत ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaupadhārya vacas tasyābhagavān bhakta-vatsalaḥapāṇḍavam idaṁ kartuṁdrauṇer astram abudhyata Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī said: Having patiently heard her words, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is always very affectionate to His devotees, could at once understand that Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇācārya, had thrown the brahmāstra to finish the last life in the Pāṇḍava family....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 7 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: हरेर्गुणाक्षिप्तमतिर्भगवान् बादरायणि: ।अध्यगान्महदाख्यानं नित्यं विष्णुजनप्रिय: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: harer guṇākṣipta-matirbhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥadhyagān mahad ākhyānaṁnityaṁ viṣṇu-jana-priyaḥ Translation: Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, son of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, was not only transcendentally powerful. He was also very dear to the devotees of the Lord. Thus he underwent the study of this great narration [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam]. Purport: According to Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was a liberated soul even within the womb of his mother....

April 21, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 6 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: स्फीताञ्जनपदांस्तत्र पुरग्रामव्रजाकरान् ।खेटखर्वटवाटीश्च वनान्युपवनानि च ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: sphītāñ janapadāṁs tatrapura-grāma-vrajākarānkheṭa-kharvaṭa-vāṭīś cavanāny upavanāni ca Translation: After my departure, I passed through many flourishing metropolises, towns, villages, animal farms, mines, agricultural lands, valleys, flower gardens, nursery gardens and natural forests. Purport: Man’s activities in agriculture, mining, farming, industries, gardening, etc., were all on the same scale as they are now, even previous to the present creation, and the same activities will remain as they are, even in the next creation....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 5 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: तद्वाग्विसर्गो जनताघविप्लवोयस्मिन् प्रतिश्लोकमबद्धवत्यपि ।नामान्यनन्तस्य यशोऽङ्कितानि यत्श‍ृण्वन्ति गायन्ति गृणन्ति साधव: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavoyasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty apināmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yatśṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ Translation: On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization....

April 21, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 4 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: नमन्ति यत्पादनिकेतमात्मन:शिवायहानीय धनानि शत्रव: ।कथं स वीर: श्रियमङ्ग दुस्त्यजांयुवैषतोत्स्रष्टुमहो सहासुभि: ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: namanti yat-pāda-niketam ātmanaḥśivāya hānīya dhanāni śatravaḥkathaṁ sa vīraḥ śriyam aṅga dustyajāṁyuvaiṣatotsraṣṭum aho sahāsubhiḥ Translation: He was such a great emperor that all his enemies would come and bow down at his feet and surrender all their wealth for their own benefit. He was full of youth and strength, and he possessed kingly opulences that were difficult to give up....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: षष्ठमत्रेरपत्यत्वं वृत: प्राप्तोऽनसूयया ।आन्वीक्षिकीमलर्काय प्रह्लादादिभ्य ऊचिवान् ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: ṣaṣṭham atrer apatyatvaṁvṛtaḥ prāpto ’nasūyayāānvīkṣikīm alarkāyaprahlādādibhya ūcivān Translation: The sixth incarnation of the puruṣa was the son of the sage Atri. He was born from the womb of Anasūyā, who prayed for an incarnation. He spoke on the subject of transcendence to Alarka, Prahlāda and others [Yadu, Haihaya, etc.]. Purport: The Lord incarnated Himself as Dattātreya, the son of Ṛṣi Atri and Anasūyā....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: भूरीणि भूरिकर्माणि श्रोतव्यानि विभागश: ।अत: साधोऽत्र यत्सारं समुद्‍धृत्य मनीषया ।ब्रूहि भद्रायभूतानां येनात्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: bhūrīṇi bhūri-karmāṇiśrotavyāni vibhāgaśaḥataḥ sādho ’tra yat sāraṁsamuddhṛtya manīṣayābrūhi bhadrāya bhūtānāmyenātmā suprasīdati Translation: There are many varieties of scriptures, and in all of them there are many prescribed duties, which can be learned only after many years of study in their various divisions. Therefore, O sage, please select the essence of all these scriptures and explain it for the good of all living beings, that by such instruction their hearts may be fully satisfied....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 2 - Verse 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: वदन्ति तत्तत्त्वविदस्तत्त्वं यज्ज्ञानमद्वयम् ।ब्रह्मेति परमात्मेति भगवानिति शब्द्यते ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: vadanti tat tattva-vidastattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayambrahmeti paramātmetibhagavān iti śabdyate Translation: Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān. Purport: The Absolute Truth is both subject and object, and there is no qualitative difference there. Therefore, Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān are qualitatively one and the same....

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: शतरूपा च या स्त्रीणामाद्या प्रकृतिरुत्तमा ।सन्तानो धर्मपत्नीनां कर्दमस्य प्रजापते: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: śatarūpā ca yā strīṇāmādyā prakṛtir uttamāsantāno dharma-patnīnāṁkardamasya prajāpateḥ Translation: Also related are the appearance of the first woman, Śatarūpā, who was the excellent consort of Manu, and the offspring of the pious wives of Prajāpati Kardama. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: स एव चन्द्रगुप्तं वै द्विजो राज्येऽभिषेक्ष्यति ।तत्सुतो वारिसारस्तु ततश्चाशोकवर्धन: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: sa eva candraguptaṁ vaidvijo rājye ’bhiṣekṣyatitat-suto vārisāras tutataś cāśokavardhanaḥ Translation: This brāhmaṇa will enthrone Candragupta, whose son will be named Vārisāra. The son of Vārisāra will be Aśokavardhana. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 2 - Verse 12-16

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12-16 Sanskrit: क्षीयमाणेषु देहेषु देहिनां कलिदोषत: ।वर्णाश्रमवतां धर्मे नष्टे वेदपथे नृणाम् ॥ १२ ॥पाषण्डप्रचुरे धर्मे दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु ।चौर्यानृतवृथाहिंसानानावृत्तिषु वै नृषु ॥ १३ ॥शूद्रप्रायेषु वर्णेषुच्छागप्रायासु धेनुषु ।गृहप्रायेष्वाश्रमेषु यौनप्रायेषु बन्धुषु ॥ १४ ॥अणुप्रायास्वोषधीषु शमीप्रायेषु स्थास्नुषु ।विद्युत्प्रायेषु मेघेषु शून्यप्रायेषु सद्मसु ॥ १५ ॥इत्थं कलौ गतप्राये जनेषु खरधर्मिषु ।धर्मत्राणाय सत्त्वेन भगवानवतरिष्यति ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: kṣīyamāṇeṣu deheṣudehināṁ kali-doṣataḥvarṇāśramavatāṁ dharmenaṣṭe veda-pathe nṛṇām Translation: By the time the Age of Kali ends, the bodies of all creatures will be greatly reduced in size, and the religious principles of followers of varṇāśrama will be ruined....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum