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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: विशेषस्तस्य देहोऽयं स्थविष्ठश्च स्थवीयसाम् ।यत्रेदं व्यज्यते विश्वं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च सत् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: viśeṣas tasya deho ’yaṁsthaviṣṭhaś ca sthavīyasāmyatredaṁ vyajyate viśvaṁbhūtaṁ bhavyaṁ bhavac ca sat Translation: This gigantic manifestation of the phenomenal material world as a whole is the personal body of the Absolute Truth, wherein the universal resultant past, present and future of material time is experienced....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: ततश्च व: पृच्छ्‍यमिमं विपृच्छेविश्रभ्य विप्रा इति कृत्यतायाम् ।सर्वात्मना म्रियमाणैश्च कृत्यंशुद्धं च तत्रामृशताभियुक्ता: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: tataś ca vaḥ pṛcchyam imaṁ vipṛccheviśrabhya viprā iti kṛtyatāyāmsarvātmanā mriyamāṇaiś ca kṛtyaṁśuddhaṁ ca tatrāmṛśatābhiyuktāḥ Translation: O trustworthy brāhmaṇas, I now ask you about my immediate duty. Please, after proper deliberation, tell me of the unalloyed duty of everyone in all circumstances, and specifically of those who are just about to die....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24-25 Sanskrit: एकदा धनुरुद्यम्य विचरन् मृगयां वने ।मृगाननुगत: श्रान्त: क्षुधितस्तृषितो भृशम् ॥ २४ ॥जलाशयमचक्षाण: प्रविवेश तमाश्रमम् ।ददर्श मुनिमासीनं शान्तं मीलितलोचनम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: ekadā dhanur udyamyavicaran mṛgayāṁ vanemṛgān anugataḥ śrāntaḥkṣudhitas tṛṣito bhṛśam Translation: Once upon a time Mahārāja Parīkṣit, while engaged in hunting in the forest with bow and arrows, became extremely fatigued, hungry and thirsty while following the stags. While searching for a reservoir of water, he entered the hermitage of the well-known Śamīka Ṛṣi and saw the sage sitting silently with closed eyes....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: तप: शौचं दया सत्यमिति पादा: कृते कृता: ।अधर्मांशैस्त्रयो भग्ना: स्मयसङ्गमदैस्तव ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: tapaḥ śaucaṁ dayā satyamiti pādāḥ kṛte kṛtāḥadharmāṁśais trayo bhagnāḥsmaya-saṅga-madais tava Translation: In the age of Satya [truthfulness] your four legs were established by the four principles of austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. But it appears that three of your legs are broken due to rampant irreligion in the form of pride, lust for women, and intoxication....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: इदं ममाचक्ष्व तवाधिमूलंवसुन्धरे येन विकर्शितासि ।कालेन वा ते बलिनां बलीयसा सुरार्चितंकिं हृतमम्ब सौभगम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: idaṁ mamācakṣva tavādhi-mūlaṁvasundhare yena vikarśitāsikālena vā te balināṁ balīyasāsurārcitaṁ kiṁ hṛtam amba saubhagam Translation: Mother, you are the reservoir of all riches. Please inform me of the root cause of your tribulations by which you have been reduced to such a weak state. I think that the powerful influence of time, which conquers the most powerful, might have forcibly taken away all your fortune, which was adored even by the demigods....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: प्रायेणैतद् भगवत ईश्वरस्य विचेष्टितम् ।मिथो निघ्नन्ति भूतानि भावयन्ति च यन्मिथ: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: prāyeṇaitad bhagavataīśvarasya viceṣṭitammitho nighnanti bhūtānibhāvayanti ca yan mithaḥ Translation: Factually this is all due to the supreme will of the Lord, the Personality of Godhead. Sometimes people kill one another, and at other times they protect one another. Purport: According to the anthropologists, there is nature’s law of struggle for existence and survival of the fittest....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: विलोक्योद्विग्नहृदयो विच्छायमनुजं नृप: ।पृच्छति स्म सुहृन्मध्ये संस्मरन्नारदेरितम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: vilokyodvigna-hṛdayovicchāyam anujaṁ nṛpaḥpṛcchati sma suhṛn madhyesaṁsmaran nāraderitam Translation: Seeing Arjuna pale due to heartfelt anxieties, the King, remembering the indications of the sage Nārada, questioned him in the midst of friends. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: अग्निर्निसृष्टो दत्तश्च गरो दाराश्चदूषिता: ।हृतं क्षेत्रं धनं येषां तद्दत्तैरसुभि: कियत् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: agnir nisṛṣṭo dattaś cagaro dārāś ca dūṣitāḥhṛtaṁ kṣetraṁ dhanaṁ yeṣāṁtad-dattair asubhiḥ kiyat Translation: There is no need to live a degraded life and subsist on the charity of those whom you tried to kill by arson and poisoning. You also insulted their married wife and usurped their kingdom and wealth....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: सर्वसद्गुणमाहात्म्ये एष कृष्णमनुव्रत: ।रन्तिदेव इवोदारो ययातिरिव धार्मिक: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: sarva-sad-guṇa-māhātmyeeṣa kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥrantideva ivodāroyayātir iva dhārmikaḥ Translation: This child will be almost as good as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa by following in His footsteps. In magnanimity he will become as great as King Rantideva. And in religion he will be like Mahārāja Yayāti. Purport: The last instruction of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā is that one should give up everything and should follow in the footsteps of the Lord alone....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: राजमार्गं गते कृष्णे द्वारकाया: कुलस्त्रिय: ।हर्म्याण्यारुरुहुर्विप्र तदीक्षणमहोत्सवा: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: rāja-mārgaṁ gate kṛṣṇedvārakāyāḥ kula-striyaḥharmyāṇy āruruhur vipratad-īkṣaṇa-mahotsavāḥ Translation: When Lord Kṛṣṇa passed over the public roads, all the ladies from the respectable families of Dvārakā went up to the roofs of their palaces just to have a look at the Lord. They considered this to be the greatest festival. Purport: To have a look at the Lord is a great festive occasion undoubtedly, as it was considered by the metropolitan ladies of Dvārakā....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: स वा अयं सख्यनुगीतसत्कथोवेदेषु गुह्येषु च गुह्यवादिभि: ।य एक ईशो जगदात्मलीलयासृजत्यवत्यत्ति न तत्र सज्जते ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: sa vā ayaṁ sakhy anugīta-sat-kathovedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhya-vādibhiḥya eka īśo jagad-ātma-līlayāsṛjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate Translation: O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: स देवदेवो भगवान् प्रतीक्षतांकलेवरं यावदिदं हिनोम्यहम् ।प्रसन्नहासारुणलोचनोल्लस-न्मुखाम्बुजो ध्यानपथश्चतुर्भुज: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: sa deva-devo bhagavān pratīkṣatāṁkalevaraṁ yāvad idaṁ hinomy ahamprasanna-hāsāruṇa-locanollasan-mukhāmbujo dhyāna-pathaś catur-bhujaḥ Translation: May my Lord, who is four-handed and whose beautifully decorated lotus face, with eyes as red as the rising sun, is smiling, kindly await me at that moment when I quit this material body. Purport: Bhīṣmadeva knew well that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the original Nārāyaṇa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: विषान्महाग्ने: पुरुषाददर्शना-दसत्सभाया वनवासकृच्छ्रत: ।मृधे मृधेऽनेकमहारथास्त्रतोद्रौण्यस्त्रतश्चास्म हरेऽभिरक्षिता: ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: viṣān mahāgneḥ puruṣāda-darśanādasat-sabhāyā vana-vāsa-kṛcchrataḥmṛdhe mṛdhe ’neka-mahārathāstratodrauṇy-astrataś cāsma hare ’bhirakṣitāḥ Translation: My dear Kṛṣṇa, Your Lordship has protected us from a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals, from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest and from the battle where great generals fought. And now You have saved us from the weapon of Aśvatthāmā....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: स एव जीवलोकस्य मायामोहितचेतस: ।विधत्से स्वेन वीर्येण श्रेयो धर्मादिलक्षणम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: sa eva jīva-lokasyamāyā-mohita-cetasaḥvidhatse svena vīryeṇaśreyo dharmādi-lakṣaṇam Translation: And yet, though You are beyond the purview of the material energy, You execute the four principles of liberation characterized by religion and so on for the ultimate good of the conditioned souls. Purport: The Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, out of His causeless mercy, descends to the manifested world without being influenced by the material modes of nature....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: मतिर्मयि निबद्धेयं न विपद्येत कर्हिचित् ।प्रजासर्गनिरोधेऽपि स्मृतिश्च मदनुग्रहात् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: matir mayi nibaddheyaṁna vipadyeta karhicitprajā-sarga-nirodhe ’pismṛtiś ca mad-anugrahāt Translation: Intelligence engaged in My devotion cannot be thwarted at any time. Even at the time of creation, as well as at the time of annihilation, your remembrance will continue by My mercy. Purport: Devotional service rendered to the Personality of Godhead never goes in vain....