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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: तथाभियाचितो देवैर्ऋषिराथर्वणो महान् ।मोदमान उवाचेदं प्रहसन्निव भारत ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: tathābhiyācito devairṛṣir ātharvaṇo mahānmodamāna uvācedaṁprahasann iva bhārata Translation: O King Parīkṣit, following the Lord’s instructions, the demigods approached Dadhīci, the son of Atharvā. He was very liberal, and when they begged him to give them his body, he at once partially agreed. However, just to hear religious instructions from them, he smiled and jokingly spoke as follows....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: स वै बर्हिषि देवेभ्यो भागं प्रत्यक्षमुच्चकै: ।अददद्यस्य पितरो देवा: सप्रश्रयं नृप ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: sa vai barhiṣi devebhyobhāgaṁ pratyakṣam uccakaiḥadadad yasya pitarodevāḥ sapraśrayaṁ nṛpa Translation: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the demigods were related to Viśvarūpa from his father’s side, and therefore he visibly offered clarified butter in the fire while chanting mantras such as indrāya idaṁ svāhā [“this is meant for King Indra”] and idam agnaye [“this is for the demigod of fire”]....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2-8 Sanskrit: श्रीबादरायणिरुवाचइन्द्रस्त्रिभुवनैश्वर्यमदोल्लङ्घितसत्पथ: ।मरुद्भ‍िर्वसुभी रुद्रैरादित्यैर्ऋभुभिर्नृप ॥ २ ॥विश्वेदेवैश्च साध्यैश्च नासत्याभ्यां परिश्रित: ।सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वैर्मुनिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: ॥ ३ ॥विद्याधराप्सरोभिश्च किन्नरै: पतगोरगै: ।निषेव्यमाणो मघवान्स्तूयमानश्च भारत ॥ ४ ॥उपगीयमानो ललितमास्थानाध्यासनाश्रित: ।पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण चन्द्रमण्डलचारुणा ॥ ५ ॥युक्तश्चान्यै: पारमेष्ठ्यैश्चामरव्यजनादिभि: ।विराजमान: पौलम्या सहार्धासनया भृशम् ॥ ६ ॥स यदा परमाचार्यं देवानामात्मनश्च ह ।नाभ्यनन्दत सम्प्राप्तं प्रत्युत्थानासनादिभि: ॥ ७ ॥वाचस्पतिं मुनिवरं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम् ।नोच्चचालासनादिन्द्र: पश्यन्नपि सभागतम् ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācaindras tribhuvanaiśvarya-madollaṅghita-satpathaḥmarudbhir vasubhī rudrairādityair ṛbhubhir nṛpa...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: दश धर्माय कायादाद्द्विषट्त्रिणव चेन्दवे ।भूताङ्गिर:कृशाश्वेभ्यो द्वे द्वे तार्क्ष्याय चापरा: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: daśa dharmāya kāyādāddvi-ṣaṭ tri-ṇava cendavebhūtāṅgiraḥ-kṛśāśvebhyodve dve tārkṣyāya cāparāḥ Translation: He gave ten daughters in charity to Dharmarāja [Yamarāja], thirteen to Kaśyapa [first twelve and then one more], twenty-seven to the moon-god, and two each to Aṅgirā, Kṛśāśva and Bhūta. The other four daughters were given to Kaśyapa. [Thus Kaśyapa received seventeen daughters in all....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: अपृथग्धर्मशीलास्ते सर्वे दाक्षायणा नृप ।पित्रा प्रोक्ता: प्रजासर्गे प्रतीचीं प्रययुर्दिशम् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: apṛthag-dharma-śīlās tesarve dākṣāyaṇā nṛpapitrā proktāḥ prajā-sargepratīcīṁ prayayur diśam Translation: My dear King, all the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa were alike in being very gentle and obedient to the orders of their father. When their father ordered them to beget children, they all went in the western direction....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: यमस्य देवस्य न दण्डभङ्ग:कुतश्चनर्षे श्रुतपूर्व आसीत् ।एतन्मुने वृश्चति लोकसंशयंन हि त्वदन्य इति मे विनिश्चितम् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: yamasya devasya na daṇḍa-bhaṅgaḥkutaścanarṣe śruta-pūrva āsītetan mune vṛścati loka-saṁśayaṁna hi tvad-anya iti me viniścitam Translation: O great sage, never before has it been heard anywhere that an order from Yamarāja has been baffled. Therefore I think that people will have doubts about this that no one but you can eradicate....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: श्रीविष्णुदूता ऊचु:अहो कष्टं धर्मद‍ृशामधर्म: स्पृशते सभाम् ।यत्रादण्ड्येष्वपापेषु दण्डो यैर्ध्रियते वृथा ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥaho kaṣṭaṁ dharma-dṛśāmadharmaḥ spṛśate sabhāmyatrādaṇḍyeṣv apāpeṣudaṇḍo yair dhriyate vṛthā Translation: The Viṣṇudūtas said: Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is being introduced into an assembly where religion should be maintained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious principles are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: प्रवृत्तिलक्षणश्चैव त्रैगुण्यविषयो मुने ।योऽसावलीनप्रकृतेर्गुणसर्ग: पुन: पुन: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaś caivatraiguṇya-viṣayo muneyo ’sāv alīna-prakṛterguṇa-sargaḥ punaḥ punaḥ Translation: O great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī, unless the living entity is freed from the infection of the material modes of nature, he receives different types of bodies in which to enjoy or suffer, and according to the body, he is understood to have various inclinations....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: ज्ञाननिष्ठाय देयानि कव्यान्यानन्त्यमिच्छता ।दैवे च तदभावे स्यादितरेभ्यो यथार्हत: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: jñāna-niṣṭhāya deyānikavyāny ānantyam icchatādaive ca tad-abhāve syāditarebhyo yathārhataḥ Translation: A person desiring liberation for his forefathers or himself should give charity to a brāhmaṇa who adheres to impersonal monism [jñāna-niṣṭhā]. In the absence of such an advanced brāhmaṇa, charity may be given to a brāhmaṇa addicted to fruitive activities [karma-kāṇḍa]....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: श्रीनारद उवाचगृहेष्ववस्थितो राजन्क्रिया: कुर्वन्यथोचिता: ।वासुदेवार्पणं साक्षादुपासीत महामुनीन् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-nārada uvācagṛheṣv avasthito rājankriyāḥ kurvan yathocitāḥvāsudevārpaṇaṁ sākṣādupāsīta mahā-munīn Translation: Nārada Muni replied: My dear King, those who stay at home as householders must act to earn their livelihood, and instead of trying to enjoy the results of their work themselves, they should offer these results to Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva. How to satisfy Vāsudeva in this life can be perfectly understood through the association of great devotees of the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: बिभृयाद् यद्यसौ वास: कौपीनाच्छादनं परम् ।त्यक्तं न लिङ्गाद् दण्डादेरन्यत् किञ्चिदनापदि ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: bibhṛyād yady asau vāsaḥkaupīnācchādanaṁ paramtyaktaṁ na liṅgād daṇḍāderanyat kiñcid anāpadi Translation: A person in the renounced order of life may try to avoid even a dress to cover himself. If he wears anything at all, it should be only a loincloth, and when there is no necessity, a sannyāsī should not even accept a daṇḍa....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: सायं प्रातरुपासीत गुर्वग्‍न्यर्कसुरोत्तमान् ।सन्ध्ये उभे च यतवाग्जपन्ब्रह्म समाहित: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: sāyaṁ prātar upāsītagurv-agny-arka-surottamānsandhye ubhe ca yata-vāgjapan brahma samāhitaḥ Translation: At both junctions of day and night, namely, in the early morning and in the evening, he should be fully absorbed in thoughts of the spiritual master, fire, the sun-god and Lord Viṣṇu and by chanting the Gāyatrī mantra he should worship them....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाचभगवन् श्रोतुमिच्छामि नृणां धर्मं सनातनम् ।वर्णाश्रमाचारयुतं यत्पुमान्विन्दते परम् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvācabhagavan śrotum icchāminṛṇāṁ dharmaṁ sanātanamvarṇāśramācāra-yutaṁyat pumān vindate param Translation: Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said: My dear lord, I wish to hear from you about the principles of religion by which one can attain the ultimate goal of life — devotional service. I wish to hear about the general occupational duties of human society and the system of social and spiritual advancement known as varṇāśrama-dharma....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: श्रीप्रह्राद उवाचमा मां प्रलोभयोत्पत्त्या सक्तं कामेषु तैर्वरै: ।तत्सङ्गभीतो निर्विण्णो मुमुक्षुस्त्वामुपाश्रित: ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-prahrāda uvācamā māṁ pralobhayotpattyāsaktaṁ kāmeṣu tair varaiḥtat-saṅga-bhīto nirviṇṇomumukṣus tvām upāśritaḥ Translation: Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not tempt me with these illusions. I am very much afraid of material conditions, and I desire to be liberated from materialistic life....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: साक्षात् श्री: प्रेषिता देवैर्द‍ृष्ट्वा तं महदद्भ‍ुतम् ।अदृष्टाश्रुतपूर्वत्वात् सा नोपेयाय शङ्किता ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: sākṣāt śrīḥ preṣitā devairdṛṣṭvā taṁ mahad adbhutamadṛṣṭāśruta-pūrvatvātsā nopeyāya śaṅkitā Translation: The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmījī, was requested to go before the Lord by all the demigods present, who because of fear could not do so. But even she had never seen such a wonderful and extraordinary form of the Lord, and thus she could not approach Him....