Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् ।ददार करजैरूरावेरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁbibhrad daityendram ūrjitamdadāra karajair ūrāverakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathā Translation: In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: अथाख्याहिहरेर्धीमन्नवतारकथा: शुभा: ।लीला विदधत: स्वैरमीश्वरस्यात्ममायया ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: athākhyāhi harer dhīmannavatāra-kathāḥ śubhāḥlīlā vidadhataḥ svairamīśvarasyātma-māyayā Translation: O wise Sūta, please narrate to us the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Godhead’s multi-incarnations. Such auspicious adventures and pastimes of the Lord, the supreme controller, are performed by His internal powers. Purport: For the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material worlds, the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead Himself appears in many thousands of forms of incarnations, and the specific adventures found in those transcendental forms are all auspicious....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: नष्टप्रायेष्वभद्रेषु नित्यं भागवतसेवया ।भगवत्युत्तमश्लोके भक्तिर्भवति नैष्ठिकी ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣunityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayābhagavaty uttama-ślokebhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī Translation: By regular attendance in classes on the Bhāgavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचवरं वृणीष्व न: कामं वरदेशा वयं त्रय: ।अमोघं दर्शनं येषां मर्त्यो यद् विन्दतेऽमृतम् ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācavaraṁ vṛṇīṣva naḥ kāmaṁvara-deśā vayaṁ trayaḥamoghaṁ darśanaṁ yeṣāṁmartyo yad vindate ’mṛtam Translation: Lord Śiva said: Please ask me for some benediction, since among all givers of benedictions, we three — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and I — are the best. Seeing us never goes in vain, because simply by seeing us a mortal achieves immortality....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: आतपत्रं तु वैकुण्ठं द्विजा धामाकुतोभयम् ।त्रिवृद्वेद: सुपर्णाख्यो यज्ञं वहति पूरुषम् ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: ātapatraṁ tu vaikuṇṭhaṁdvijā dhāmākuto-bhayamtri-vṛd vedaḥ suparṇākhyoyajñaṁ vahati pūruṣam Translation: O brāhmaṇas, the Lord’s umbrella is His spiritual abode, Vaikuṇṭha, where there is no fear, and Garuḍa, who carries the Lord of sacrifice, is the threefold Veda. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: मन्वन्तरानुकथनं गजेन्द्रस्य विमोक्षणम् ।मन्वन्तरावताराश्च विष्णोर्हयशिरादय: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: manv-antarānukathanaṁgajendrasya vimokṣaṇammanvantarāvatārāś caviṣṇor hayaśirādayaḥ Translation: The reign of each Manu, the liberation of Gajendra, and the special incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu in each manvantara, such as Lord Hayaśīrṣā, are described as well. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: तस्य पुत्रस्तु भूमित्रस्तस्य नारायण: सुत: ।काण्वायना इमे भूमिं चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च ।शतानि त्रीणि भोक्ष्यन्ति वर्षाणां च कलौ युगे ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: tasya putras tu bhūmitrastasya nārāyaṇaḥ sutaḥkāṇvāyanā ime bhūmiṁcatvāriṁśac ca pañca caśatāni trīṇi bhokṣyantivarṣāṇāṁ ca kalau yuge Translation: The son of Vasudeva will be Bhūmitra, and his son will be Nārāyaṇa. These kings of the Kāṇva dynasty will rule the earth for 345 more years of the Kali-yuga....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19-20 Sanskrit: अश्वमाशुगमारुह्य देवदत्तं जगत्पति: ।असिनासाधुदमनमष्टैश्वर्यगुणान्वित: ॥ १९ ॥विचरन्नाशुना क्षौण्यां हयेनाप्रतिमद्युति: ।नृपलिङ्गच्छदो दस्यून्कोटिशो निहनिष्यति ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: aśvam āśu-gam āruhyadevadattaṁ jagat-patiḥasināsādhu-damanamaṣṭaiśvarya-guṇānvitaḥ Translation: Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulences and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: सन्तुष्टा: करुणा मैत्रा: शान्ता दान्तास्तितिक्षव: ।आत्मारामा: समदृश: प्रायश: श्रमणा जना: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: santuṣṭāḥ karuṇā maitrāḥśāntā dāntās titikṣavaḥātmārāmāḥ sama-dṛśaḥprāyaśaḥ śramaṇā janāḥ Translation: The people of Satya-yuga are for the most part self-satisfied, merciful, friendly to all, peaceful, sober and tolerant. They take their pleasure from within, see all things equally and always endeavor diligently for spiritual perfection. Purport: Sama-darśana, equal vision, is based on the perception of the Supreme Spirit behind all material variety and within all living entities....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: तं गोपायति राजेन्द्र शक्र: शरणमागतम् ।तेन संस्तम्भित: सर्पस्तस्मान्नाग्नौ पतत्यसौ ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ gopāyati rājendraśakraḥ śaraṇam āgatamtena saṁstambhitaḥ sarpastasmān nāgnau pataty asau Translation: The brāhmaṇas replied: O best of kings, the snake Takṣaka has not fallen into the fire because he is being protected by Indra, whom he has approached for shelter. Indra is holding him back from the fire....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: व्यतिरेकान्वयो यस्य जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु ।मायामयेषु तद् ब्रह्म जीववृत्तिष्वपाश्रय: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: vyatirekānvayo yasyajāgrat-svapna-suṣuptiṣumāyā-mayeṣu tad brahmajīva-vṛttiṣv apāśrayaḥ Translation: The Supreme Absolute Truth is present throughout all the stages of awareness — waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep — throughout all the phenomena manifested by the illusory energy, and within the functions of all living entities, and He also exists separate from all these....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: अयुतायुतवर्षाणां सहस्राणि शतानि च ।व्यतीयुर्भ्रमतस्तस्मिन् विष्णुमायावृतात्मन: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: ayutāyuta-varṣāṇāṁsahasrāṇi śatāni cavyatīyur bhramatas tasminviṣṇu-māyāvṛtātmanaḥ Translation: Countless millions of years passed as Mārkaṇḍeya wandered about in that deluge, his mind bewildered by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: सौदामन्या यथाक्लाशे यान्त्या हित्वाभ्रमण्डलम् ।गतिर्न लक्ष्यते मर्त्यैस्तथा कृष्णस्य दैवतै: ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: saudāmanyā yathākāśeyāntyā hitvābhra-maṇḍalamgatir na lakṣyate martyaistathā kṛṣṇasya daivataiḥ Translation: Just as ordinary men cannot ascertain the path of a lightning bolt as it leaves a cloud, the demigods could not trace out the movements of Lord Kṛṣṇa as He returned to His abode. Purport: The sudden movements of a lightning bolt are seen by the demigods but not by human beings....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: नागेन्द्राणामनन्तोऽहं मृगेन्द्र: शृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिणाम् ।आश्रमाणामहं तुर्यो वर्णानां प्रथमोऽनघ ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁmṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇāmāśramāṇām ahaṁ turyovarṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha Translation: O sinless Uddhava, among the best of snakes I am Anantadeva, and among those animals with sharp horns or teeth I am the lion. Among the social orders I am the fourth, or the renounced order of life, and among the occupational divisions I am the first, the brāhmaṇas....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: शुश्रूषणं द्विजगवां देवानां चाप्यमायया ।तत्र लब्धेन सन्तोष: शूद्रप्रकृतयस्त्विमा: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: śuśrūṣaṇaṁ dvija-gavāṁdevānāṁ cāpy amāyayātatra labdhena santoṣaḥśūdra-prakṛtayas tv imāḥ Translation: Service without duplicity to the brāhmaṇas, cows, demigods and other worshipable personalities, and complete satisfaction with whatever income is obtained in such service, are the natural qualities of śūdras. Purport: When the entire social order is functioning properly according to Vedic standards, everyone is happy and satisfied....