Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 8 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: जलेषु मां रक्षतु मत्स्यमूर्ति-र्यादोगणेभ्यो वरुणस्य पाशात् ।स्थलेषु मायावटुवामनोऽव्यात्त्रिविक्रम: खेऽवतु विश्वरूप: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: jaleṣu māṁ rakṣatu matsya-mūrtiryādo-gaṇebhyo varuṇasya pāśātsthaleṣu māyāvaṭu-vāmano vyāttrivikramaḥ khe vatu viśvarūpaḥ Translation: May the Lord, who assumes the body of a great fish, protect me in the water from the fierce animals that are associates of the demigod Varuṇa. By expanding His illusory energy, the Lord assumed the form of the dwarf Vāmana....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 7 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: य: पारमेष्ठ्यं धिषणमधितिष्ठन्न कञ्चन ।प्रत्युत्तिष्ठेदिति ब्रूयुर्धर्मं ते न परं विदु: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: yaḥ pārameṣṭhyaṁ dhiṣaṇamadhitiṣṭhan na kañcanapratyuttiṣṭhed iti brūyurdharmaṁ te na paraṁ viduḥ Translation: If a person says, “One who is situated on the exalted throne of a king should not stand up to show respect to another king or a brāhmaṇa,” it is to be understood that he does not know the superior religious principles....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अर्कस्य वासना भार्या पुत्रास्तर्षादय: स्मृता: ।अग्नेर्भार्या वसोर्धारा पुत्रा द्रविणकादय: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: arkasya vāsanā bhāryāputrās tarṣādayaḥ smṛtāḥagner bhāryā vasor dhārāputrā draviṇakādayaḥ Translation: From the womb of Vāsanā, the wife of Arka, came many sons, headed by Tarṣa. Dhārā, the wife of the Vasu named Agni, gave birth to many sons, headed by Draviṇaka. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 5 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: पुमान्नैवैति यद्गत्वा बिलस्वर्गं गतो यथा ।प्रत्यग्धामाविद इह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: pumān naivaiti yad gatvābila-svargaṁ gato yathāpratyag-dhāmāvida ihakim asat-karmabhir bhavet Translation: [Nārada Muni had described that there is a bila, or hole, from which, having entered, one does not return. The Haryaśvas understood the meaning of this allegory.] Hardly once has a person who has entered the lower planetary system called Pātāla been seen to return....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 3 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: यो नामभिर्वाचि जनं निजायांबध्नाति तन्‍त्र्यामिव दामभिर्गा: ।यस्मै बलिं त इमे नामकर्म-निबन्धबद्धाश्चकिता वहन्ति ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: yo nāmabhir vāci janaṁ nijāyāṁbadhnāti tantryām iva dāmabhir gāḥyasmai baliṁ ta ime nāma-karma-nibandha-baddhāś cakitā vahanti Translation: Just as the driver of a bullock cart ties ropes through the nostrils of his bulls to control them, the Supreme Personality of Godhead binds all men through the ropes of His words in the Vedas, which set forth the names and activities of the distinct orders of human society [brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra]....

April 22, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 4 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अन्तर्देहेषु भूतानामात्मास्ते हरिरीश्वर: ।सर्वं तद्धिष्ण्यमीक्षध्वमेवं वस्तोषितो ह्यसौ ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: antar deheṣu bhūtānāmātmāste harir īśvaraḥsarvaṁ tad-dhiṣṇyam īkṣadhvamevaṁ vas toṣito hy asau Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated as the Supersoul within the cores of the hearts of all living entities, whether moving or nonmoving, including men, birds, animals, trees and, indeed, all living entities. Therefore you should consider every body a residence or temple of the Lord....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 2 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: अथैनं मापनयत कृताशेषाघनिष्कृतम् ।यदसौ भगवन्नाम म्रियमाण: समग्रहीत् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: athainaṁ māpanayatakṛtāśeṣāgha-niṣkṛtamyad asau bhagavan-nāmamriyamāṇaḥ samagrahīt Translation: At the time of death, this Ajāmila helplessly and very loudly chanted the holy name of the Lord, Nārāyaṇa. That chanting alone has already freed him from the reactions of all sinful life. Therefore, O servants of Yamarāja, do not try to take him to your master for punishment in hellish conditions....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 15 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: धर्मबाधो विधर्म: स्यात्परधर्मोऽन्यचोदित: ।उपधर्मस्तु पाखण्डो दम्भो वा शब्दभिच्छल: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: dharma-bādho vidharmaḥ syātpara-dharmo ’nya-coditaḥupadharmas tu pākhaṇḍodambho vā śabda-bhic chalaḥ Translation: Religious principles that obstruct one from following his own religion are called vidharma. Religious principles introduced by others are called para-dharma. A new type of religion created by one who is falsely proud and who opposes the principles of the Vedas is called upadharma....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 14 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: कृमिविड्भस्मनिष्ठान्तं क्‍वेदं तुच्छं कलेवरम् ।क्व‍ तदीयरतिर्भार्या क्व‍ायमात्मा नभश्छदि: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: kṛmi-viḍ-bhasma-niṣṭhāntaṁkvedaṁ tucchaṁ kalevaramkva tadīya-ratir bhāryākvāyam ātmā nabhaś-chadiḥ Translation: Through proper deliberation, one should give up attraction to his wife’s body because that body will ultimately be transformed into small insects, stool or ashes. What is the value of this insignificant body? How much greater is the Supreme Being, who is all-pervading like the sky?...

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 11 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: संस्कारा यत्राविच्छिन्ना: स द्विजोऽजो जगाद यम् ।इज्याध्ययनदानानि विहितानि द्विजन्मनाम् ।जन्मकर्मावदातानां क्रियाश्चाश्रमचोदिता: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: saṁskārā yatrāvicchinnāḥsa dvijo ’jo jagāda yamijyādhyayana-dānānivihitāni dvijanmanāmjanma-karmāvadātānāṁkriyāś cāśrama-coditāḥ Translation: Those who have been reformed by the garbhādhāna ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahmā, are dvijas, or twice-born. Such brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, purified by their family traditions and by their behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give charity....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 10 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: भोगेन पुण्यं कुशलेन पापंकलेवरं कालजवेन हित्वा ।कीर्तिं विशुद्धां सुरलोकगीतांविताय मामेष्यसि मुक्तबन्ध: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: bhogena puṇyaṁ kuśalena pāpaṁkalevaraṁ kāla-javena hitvākīrtiṁ viśuddhāṁ sura-loka-gītāṁvitāya mām eṣyasi mukta-bandhaḥ Translation: My dear Prahlāda, while you are in this material world you will exhaust all the reactions of pious activity by feeling happiness, and by acting piously you will neutralize impious activity. Because of the powerful time factor, you will give up your body, but the glories of your activities will be sung in the upper planetary systems, and being fully freed from all bondage, you will return home, back to Godhead....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 9 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: सर्वे ह्यमी विधिकरास्तव सत्त्वधाम्नोब्रह्मादयो वयमिवेश न चोद्विजन्त: ।क्षेमाय भूतय उतात्मसुखाय चास्यविक्रीडितं भगवतो रुचिरावतारै: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: sarve hy amī vidhi-karās tava sattva-dhāmnobrahmādayo vayam iveśa na codvijantaḥkṣemāya bhūtaya utātma-sukhāya cāsyavikrīḍitaṁ bhagavato rucirāvatāraiḥ Translation: O my Lord, all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, are sincere servants of Your Lordship, who are situated in a transcendental position. Therefore they are not like us [Prahlāda and his father, the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu]....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 8 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: सोऽहं विकत्थमानस्य शिर: कायाद्धरामि ते ।गोपायेत हरिस्त्वाद्य यस्ते शरणमीप्सितम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: so ’haṁ vikatthamānasyaśiraḥ kāyād dharāmi tegopāyeta haris tvādyayas te śaraṇam īpsitam Translation: Because you are speaking so much nonsense, I shall now sever your head from your body. Now let me see your most worshipable God come to protect you. I want to see it. Purport: Demons always think that the God of the devotees is fictitious....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तथेत्यवात्सीद्देवर्षेरन्तिके साकुतोभया ।यावद्दैत्यपतिर्घोरात्तपसो न न्यवर्तत ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tathety avātsīd devarṣerantike sākuto-bhayāyāvad daitya-patir ghorāttapaso na nyavartata Translation: After accepting the instructions of Devarṣi Nārada, my mother stayed in his care, without fear from any direction, as long as my father, the King of the Daityas, had not become free from his severe austerities. Purport:

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 5 - Verse 13

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: स एष आत्मा स्वपरेत्यबुद्धिभि-र्दुरत्ययानुक्रमणो निरूप्यते ।मुह्यन्ति यद्वर्त्मनि वेदवादिनोब्रह्मादयो ह्येष भिनत्ति मे मतिम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: sa eṣa ātmā sva-parety abuddhibhirduratyayānukramaṇo nirūpyatemuhyanti yad-vartmani veda-vādinobrahmādayo hy eṣa bhinatti me matim Translation: Persons who always think in terms of “enemy” and “friend” are unable to ascertain the Supersoul within themselves. Not to speak of them, even such exalted persons as Lord Brahmā, who are fully conversant with the Vedic literature, are sometimes bewildered in following the principles of devotional service....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum