Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 3 - Verse 12

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: तत: सप्तम आकूत्यां रुचेर्यज्ञोऽभ्यजायत ।स यामाद्यै: सुरगणैरपात्स्वायम्भुवान्तरम् ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ saptama ākūtyāṁrucer yajño ’bhyajāyatasa yāmādyaiḥ sura-gaṇairapāt svāyambhuvāntaram Translation: The seventh incarnation was Yajña, the son of Prajāpati Ruci and his wife Ākūti. He controlled the period during the change of the Svāyambhuva Manu and was assisted by demigods such as His son Yāma. Purport: The administrative posts occupied by the demigods for maintaining the regulations of the material world are offered to the highly elevated pious living beings....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: सूत जानासि भद्रं ते भगवान् सात्वतां पति: ।देवक्यां वसुदेवस्य जातो यस्य चिकीर्षया ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: sūta jānāsi bhadraṁ tebhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥdevakyāṁ vasudevasyajāto yasya cikīrṣayā Translation: All blessings upon you, O Sūta Gosvāmī. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeared in the womb of Devakī as the son of Vasudeva. Purport: Bhagavān means the almighty God who is the controller of all opulence, power, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 2 - Verse 12

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: तच्छ्रद्दधाना मुनयो ज्ञानवैराग्ययुक्तया ।पश्यन्त्यात्मनि चात्मानं भक्त्या श्रुतगृहीतया ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: tac chraddadhānā munayojñāna-vairāgya-yuktayāpaśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁbhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā Translation: The seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowledge and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devotional service in terms of what he has heard from the Vedānta-śruti. Purport: The Absolute Truth is realized in full by the process of devotional service to the Lord, Vāsudeva, or the Personality of Godhead, who is the full-fledged Absolute Truth....

April 21, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 11 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अव्याकृतमनन्ताख्यमासनं यदधिष्ठित: ।धर्मज्ञानादिभिर्युक्तं सत्त्वं पद्ममिहोच्यते ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: avyākṛtam anantākhyamāsanaṁ yad-adhiṣṭhitaḥdharma-jñānādibhir yuktaṁsattvaṁ padmam ihocyate Translation: Ananta, the Lord’s sitting place, is the unmanifest phase of material nature, and the Lord’s lotus throne is the mode of goodness, endowed with religion and knowledge. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 12 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अवतारो भगवत: कपिलस्य महात्मन: ।देवहूत्याश्च संवाद: कपिलेन च धीमता ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: avatāro bhagavataḥkapilasya mahātmanaḥdevahūtyāś ca saṁvādaḥkapilena ca dhīmatā Translation: The Bhāgavatam describes the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the exalted sage Kapila and records the conversation between that greatly learned soul and His mother, Devahūti. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: सुयशा भविता तस्य सङ्गत: सुयश:सुत: ।शालिशूकस्ततस्तस्य सोमशर्मा भविष्यति ।शतधन्वा ततस्तस्य भविता तद् बृहद्रथ: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: suyaśā bhavitā tasyasaṅgataḥ suyaśaḥ-sutaḥśāliśūkas tatas tasyasomaśarmā bhaviṣyatiśatadhanvā tatas tasyabhavitā tad-bṛhadrathaḥ Translation: Aśokavardhana will be followed by Suyaśā, whose son will be Saṅgata. His son will be Śāliśūka, Śāliśūka’s son will be Somaśarmā, and Somaśarmā’s son will be Śatadhanvā. His son will be known as Bṛhadratha....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 4 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तत एकोदकं विश्वं ब्रह्माण्डविवरान्तरम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tata ekodakaṁ viśvaṁbrahmāṇḍa-vivarāntaram Translation: At that time, the shell of the universe will fill up with water, forming a single cosmic ocean. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 5 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: एतत्ते कथितं तात यदात्मा पृष्टवान् नृप ।हरेर्विश्वात्मनश्चेष्टां किं भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: etat te kathitaṁ tātayad ātmā pṛṣṭavān nṛpaharer viśvātmanaś ceṣṭāṁkiṁ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi Translation: Beloved King Parīkṣit, I have narrated to you the topics you originally inquired about — the pastimes of Lord Hari, the Supreme Soul of the universe. Now, what more do you wish to hear?...

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 6 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: ब्रह्मभूतस्य राजर्षेर्देहोऽहिगरलाग्निना ।बभूव भस्मसात् सद्य: पश्यतां सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: brahma-bhūtasya rājarṣerdeho ’hi-garalāgninābabhūva bhasmasāt sadyaḥpaśyatāṁ sarva-dehinām Translation: While living beings all over the universe looked on, the body of the great self-realized saint among kings was immediately burned to ashes by the fire of the snake’s poison. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 7 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: वृत्तिर्भूतानि भूतानां चराणामचराणि च ।कृता स्वेन नृणां तत्र कामाच्चोदनयापि वा ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: vṛttir bhūtāni bhūtānāṁcarāṇām acarāṇi cakṛtā svena nṛṇāṁ tatrakāmāc codanayāpi vā Translation: Vṛtti means the process of sustenance, by which the moving beings live upon the nonmoving. For a human, vṛtti specifically means acting for one’s livelihood in a manner suited to his personal nature. Such action may be carried out either in pursuit of selfish desire or in accordance with the law of God....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 8 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: इत्थं बृहद्‌व्रतधरस्तप:स्वाध्यायसंयमै: ।दध्यावधोक्षजं योगी ध्वस्तक्लेशान्तरात्मना ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: itthaṁ bṛhad-vrata-dharastapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṁyamaiḥdadhyāv adhokṣajaṁ yogīdhvasta-kleśāntarātmanā Translation: In this way the devotional mystic Mārkaṇḍeya maintained rigid celibacy through penance, study of the Vedas and self-discipline. With his mind thus free of all disturbances, he turned it inward and meditated on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who lies beyond the material senses. Purport:

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 9 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अन्तर्बहिश्चाद्भ‍िरतिद्युभि: खरै:शतह्रदाभिरुपतापितं जगत् ।चतुर्विधं वीक्ष्य सहात्मना मुनि-र्जलाप्लुतां क्ष्मां विमना: समत्रसत् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: antar bahiś cādbhir ati-dyubhiḥ kharaiḥśatahradābhir upatāpitaṁ jagatcatur-vidhaṁ vīkṣya sahātmanā munirjalāplutāṁ kṣmāṁ vimanāḥ samatrasat Translation: The sage saw all the inhabitants of the universe, including himself, tormented within and without by the harsh winds, the bolts of lightning, and the great waves rising beyond the sky. As the whole earth flooded, he grew perplexed and fearful....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 16 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: इन्द्रोऽहं सर्वदेवानां वसूनामस्मि हव्यवाट् ।आदित्यानामहं विष्णू रुद्राणां नीललोहित: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: indro ’haṁ sarva-devānāṁvasūnām asmi havya-vāṭādityānām ahaṁ viṣṇūrudrāṇāṁ nīla-lohitaḥ Translation: Among the demigods I am Indra, and among the Vasus I am Agni, the god of fire. I am Viṣṇu among the sons of Aditi, and among the Rudras I am Lord Śiva. Purport: Lord Viṣṇu appeared among the sons of Aditi as Vāmanadeva....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 17 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: विप्रक्षत्रियविट्‍शूद्रा मुखबाहूरुपादजा: ।वैराजात् पुरुषाज्जाता य आत्माचारलक्षणा: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: vipra-kṣatriya-viṭ-śūdrāmukha-bāhūru-pāda-jāḥvairājāt puruṣāj jātāya ātmācāra-lakṣaṇāḥ Translation: In Tretā-yuga the four social orders were manifested from the universal form of the Personality of Godhead. The brāhmaṇas appeared from the Lord’s face, the kṣatriyas from the Lord’s arms, the vaiśyas from the Lord’s thighs and the śūdras from the legs of that mighty form....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 18 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: इष्ट्वा यथोपदेशं मां दत्त्वा सर्वस्वमृत्विजे ।अग्नीन् स्वप्राण आवेश्य निरपेक्ष: परिव्रजेत् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: iṣṭvā yathopadeśaṁ māṁdattvā sarva-svam ṛtvijeagnīn sva-prāṇa āveśyanirapekṣaḥ parivrajet Translation: Having worshiped Me according to scriptural injunctions and having given all one’s property to the sacrificial priest, one should place the fire sacrifice within oneself. Thus, with the mind completely detached, one should enter the sannyāsa order of life....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum