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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: अहं समाधाय मनो यथाह न:सङ्कर्षणस्तच्चरणारविन्दे ।त्वद्वज्ररंहोलुलितग्राम्यपाशोगतिं मुनेर्याम्यपविद्धलोक: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: ahaṁ samādhāya mano yathāha naḥsaṅkarṣaṇas tac-caraṇāravindetvad-vajra-raṁho-lulita-grāmya-pāśogatiṁ muner yāmy apaviddha-lokaḥ Translation: By the force of your thunderbolt, I shall be freed of material bondage and shall give up this body and this world of material desires. Fixing my mind upon the lotus feet of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, I shall attain the destination of such great sages as Nārada Muni, just as Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa has said....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: श्रीदेवा ऊचु:वाय्वम्बराग्‍न्यप्क्षितयस्त्रिलोकाब्रह्मादयो ये वयमुद्विजन्त: ।हराम यस्मै बलिमन्तकोऽसौबिभेति यस्मादरणं ततो न: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-devā ūcuḥvāyv-ambarāgny-ap-kṣitayas tri-lokābrahmādayo ye vayam udvijantaḥharāma yasmai balim antako ’saubibheti yasmād araṇaṁ tato naḥ Translation: The demigods said: The three worlds are created by the five elements — namely ether, air, fire, water and earth — which are controlled by various demigods, beginning from Lord Brahmā. Being very much afraid that the time factor will end our existence, we offer presentations unto time by performing our work as time dictates....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: देवोऽपराह्णे मधुहोग्रधन्वासायं त्रिधामावतु माधवो माम् ।दोषे हृषीकेश उतार्धरात्रेनिशीथ एकोऽवतु पद्मनाभ: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: devo ’parāhṇe madhu-hogradhanvāsāyaṁ tri-dhāmāvatu mādhavo māmdoṣe hṛṣīkeśa utārdha-rātreniśītha eko ’vatu padmanābhaḥ Translation: May Lord Madhusūdana, who carries a bow very fearful for the demons, protect me during the fifth part of the day. In the evening, may Lord Mādhava, appearing as Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, protect me, and in the beginning of night may Lord Hṛṣīkeśa protect me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: श्रीब्रह्मोवाचअहो बत सुरश्रेष्ठा ह्यभद्रं व: कृतं महत् ।ब्रह्मिष्ठं ब्राह्मणं दान्तमैश्वर्यान्नाभ्यनन्दत ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-brahmovācaaho bata sura-śreṣṭhāhy abhadraṁ vaḥ kṛtaṁ mahatbrahmiṣṭhaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ dāntamaiśvaryān nābhyanandata Translation: Lord Brahmā said: O best of the demigods, unfortunately, because of madness resulting from your material opulence, you failed to receive Bṛhaspati properly when he came to your assembly. Because he is aware of the Supreme Brahman and fully in control of his senses, he is the best of the brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: इति व्यवसिता राजन् हर्यश्वा एकचेतस: ।प्रययुस्तं परिक्रम्य पन्थानमनिवर्तनम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: iti vyavasitā rājanharyaśvā eka-cetasaḥprayayus taṁ parikramyapanthānam anivartanam Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, after hearing the instructions of Nārada, the Haryaśvas, the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, were firmly convinced. They all believed in his instructions and reached the same conclusion. Having accepted him as their spiritual master, they circumambulated that great sage and followed the path by which one never returns to this world....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तत्राघमर्षणं नाम तीर्थं पापहरं परम् ।उपस्पृश्यानुसवनं तपसातोषयद्धरिम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tatrāghamarṣaṇaṁ nāmatīrthaṁ pāpa-haraṁ paramupaspṛśyānusavanaṁtapasātoṣayad dharim Translation: Near that mountain was a very holy place named Aghamarṣaṇa. There Prajāpati Dakṣa executed ritualistic ceremonies and satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, by engaging in great austerities to please Him. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: इति प्रत्युदिता याम्या दूता यात्वा यमान्तिकम् ।यमराज्ञे यथा सर्वमाचचक्षुररिन्दम ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: iti pratyuditā yāmyādūtā yātvā yamāntikamyama-rājñe yathā sarvamācacakṣur arindama Translation: My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, O subduer of all enemies, after the servants of Yamarāja had been answered by the order carriers of Lord Viṣṇu, they went to Yamarāja and explained to him everything that had happened. Purport: In this verse the word pratyuditāḥ is very significant....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: कान्यकुब्जे द्विज: कश्चिद्दासीपतिरजामिल: ।नाम्ना नष्टसदाचारो दास्या: संसर्गदूषित: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: kānyakubje dvijaḥ kaściddāsī-patir ajāmilaḥnāmnā naṣṭa-sadācārodāsyāḥ saṁsarga-dūṣitaḥ Translation: In the city known as Kānyakubja there was a brāhmaṇa named Ajāmila who married a prostitute maidservant and lost all his brahminical qualities because of the association of that low-class woman. Purport: The fault of illicit connection with women is that it makes one lose all brahminical qualities....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: पण्डिता बहवो राजन्बहुज्ञा: संशयच्छिद: ।सदसस्पतयोऽप्येके असन्तोषात्पतन्त्यध: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: paṇḍitā bahavo rājanbahu-jñāḥ saṁśaya-cchidaḥsadasas patayo ’py ekeasantoṣāt patanty adhaḥ Translation: O King Yudhiṣṭhira, many persons with varied experience, many legal advisers, many learned scholars and many persons eligible to become presidents of learned assemblies fall down into hellish life because of not being satisfied with their positions. Purport: For spiritual advancement, one should be materially satisfied, for if one is not materially satisfied, his greed for material development will result in the frustration of his spiritual advancement....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: श्रीब्राह्मण उवाचवेदेदमसुरश्रेष्ठ भवान् नन्वार्यसम्मत: ।ईहोपरमयोर्नृणां पदान्यध्यात्मचक्षुषा ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-brāhmaṇa uvācavededam asura-śreṣṭhabhavān nanv ārya-sammataḥīhoparamayor nṝṇāṁpadāny adhyātma-cakṣuṣā Translation: The saintly brāhmaṇa said: O best of the asuras, Prahlāda Mahārāja, who are recognized by advanced and civilized men, you are aware of the different stages of life because of your inherent transcendental eyes, with which you can see a man’s character and thus know clearly the results of acceptance and rejection of things as they are....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: केशरोमनखश्मश्रुमलानि जटिलो दधत् ।कमण्डल्वजिने दण्डवल्कलाग्निपरिच्छदान् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: keśa-roma-nakha-śmaśru-malāni jaṭilo dadhatkamaṇḍalv-ajine daṇḍa-valkalāgni-paricchadān Translation: The vānaprastha should wear matted locks of hair on his head and let his body hair, nails and moustache grow. He should not cleanse his body of dirt. He should keep a waterpot, deerskin and rod, wear the bark of a tree as a covering, and use garments colored like fire....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: शमो दमस्तप: शौचं सन्तोष: क्षान्तिरार्जवम् ।ज्ञानं दयाच्युतात्मत्वं सत्यं च ब्रह्मलक्षणम् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁsantoṣaḥ kṣāntir ārjavamjñānaṁ dayācyutātmatvaṁsatyaṁ ca brahma-lakṣaṇam Translation: The symptoms of a brāhmaṇa are control of the mind, control of the senses, austerity and penance, cleanliness, satisfaction, forgiveness, simplicity, knowledge, mercy, truthfulness, and complete surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport: In the institution of varṇāśrama-dharma, the symptoms of a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, and sannyāsī are all described....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: भवन्ति पुरुषा लोके मद्भ‍क्तास्त्वामनुव्रता: ।भवान्मे खलु भक्तानां सर्वेषां प्रतिरूपधृक् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: bhavanti puruṣā lokemad-bhaktās tvām anuvratāḥbhavān me khalu bhaktānāṁsarveṣāṁ pratirūpa-dhṛk Translation: Those who follow your example will naturally become My pure devotees. You are the best example of My devotee, and others should follow in your footsteps. Purport: In this connection, Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes a verse from the Skanda Purāṇa: There are many, many devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they have been enumerated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: माया मन: सृजति कर्ममयं बलीय:कालेन चोदितगुणानुमतेन पुंस: ।छन्दोमयं यदजयार्पितषोडशारंसंसारचक्रमज कोऽतितरेत् त्वदन्य: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: māyā manaḥ sṛjati karmamayaṁ balīyaḥkālena codita-guṇānumatena puṁsaḥchandomayaṁ yad ajayārpita-ṣoḍaśāraṁsaṁsāra-cakram aja ko ’titaret tvad-anyaḥ Translation: O Lord, O supreme eternal, by expanding Your plenary portion You have created the subtle bodies of the living entities through the agency of Your external energy, which is agitated by time....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: स्वर्णं यथा ग्रावसु हेमकार:क्षेत्रेषु योगैस्तदभिज्ञ आप्नुयात् ।क्षेत्रेषु देहेषु तथात्मयोगै-रध्यात्मविद् ब्रह्मगतिं लभेत ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: svarṇaṁ yathā grāvasu hema-kāraḥkṣetreṣu yogais tad-abhijña āpnuyātkṣetreṣu deheṣu tathātma-yogairadhyātma-vid brahma-gatiṁ labheta Translation: An expert geologist can understand where there is gold and by various processes can extract it from the gold ore. Similarly, a spiritually advanced person can understand how the spiritual particle exists within the body, and thus by cultivating spiritual knowledge he can attain perfection in spiritual life....