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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: मुहूर्तार्धावशिष्टायां द्वादश्यां पारणं प्रति ।चिन्तयामास धर्मज्ञो द्विजैस्तद्धर्मसङ्कटे ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: muhūrtārdhāvaśiṣṭāyāṁdvādaśyāṁ pāraṇaṁ praticintayām āsa dharma-jñodvijais tad-dharma-saṅkaṭe Translation: In the meantime, only a muhūrta of the Dvādaśī day was left on which to break the fast. Consequently, it was imperative that the fast be broken immediately. In this dangerous situation, the King consulted learned brāhmaṇas. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: मदीयं महिमानं च परं ब्रह्मेति शब्दितम् ।वेत्स्यस्यनुगृहीतं मे सम्प्रश्नैर्विवृतं हृदि ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: madīyaṁ mahimānaṁ caparaṁ brahmeti śabditamvetsyasy anugṛhītaṁ mesampraśnair vivṛtaṁ hṛdi Translation: You will be thoroughly advised and favored by Me, and because of your inquiries, everything about My glories, which are known as paraṁ brahma, will be manifest within your heart. Thus you will know everything about Me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: अत्रापि बह्वृचैर्गीतं श‍ृणु मेऽसुरसत्तम ।सत्यमोमिति यत् प्रोक्तं यन्नेत्याहानृतं हि तत् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: atrāpi bahvṛcair gītaṁśṛṇu me ’sura-sattamasatyam om iti yat proktaṁyan nety āhānṛtaṁ hi tat Translation: One might argue that since you have already promised, how can you refuse? O best of the demons, just take from me the evidence of the Bahvṛca-śruti, which says that a promise is truthful preceded by the word om and untruthful if not....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: एतैर्मन्त्रैर्हृषीकेशमावाहनपुरस्कृतम् ।अर्चयेच्छ्रद्धया युक्त: पाद्योपस्पर्शनादिभि: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: etair mantrair hṛṣīkeśamāvāhana-puraskṛtamarcayec chraddhayā yuktaḥpādyopasparśanādibhiḥ Translation: Kaśyapa Muni continued: By chanting all these mantras, welcoming the Supreme Personality of Godhead with faith and devotion, and offering Him items of worship [such as pādya and arghya], one should worship Keśava, Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचदिष्टय‍ा त्वं विबुधश्रेष्ठ स्वां निष्ठामात्मना स्थित: । यन्मे स्त्रीरूपया स्वैरं मोहितोऽप्यङ्ग मायया ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācadiṣṭyā tvaṁ vibudha-śreṣṭhasvāṁ niṣṭhām ātmanā sthitaḥyan me strī-rūpayā svairaṁmohito ’py aṅga māyayā Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O best of the demigods, although you have been amply harassed because of My potency in assuming the form of a woman, you are established in your position....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: मयास्मै यद् वरो दत्तो मृत्युर्नैवार्द्रशुष्कयो: ।अतोऽन्यश्चिन्तनीयस्ते उपायो मघवन् रिपो: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: mayāsmai yad varo dattomṛtyur naivārdra-śuṣkayoḥato ’nyaś cintanīyas teupāyo maghavan ripoḥ Translation: The voice also said, “O Indra, because I have given this demon the benediction that he will never be killed by any weapon that is dry or moist, you have to think of another way to kill him....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: तेषां पदाघातरथाङ्गचूर्णिता-दायोधनादुल्बण उत्थितस्तदा ।रेणुर्दिश: खं द्युमणिं च छादयन्न्यवर्ततासृक् स्रुतिभि: परिप्लुतात् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: teṣāṁ padāghāta-rathāṅga-cūrṇitādāyodhanād ulbaṇa utthitas tadāreṇur diśaḥ khaṁ dyumaṇiṁ ca chādayannyavartatāsṛk-srutibhiḥ pariplutāt Translation: Because of the impact on the ground of the legs of the demons and demigods and the wheels of the chariots, particles of dust flew violently into the sky and made a dust cloud that covered all directions of outer space, as far as the sun....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: मिथ: कलिरभूत्तेषां तदर्थे तर्षचेतसाम् ।अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वं न त्वं न त्वमिति प्रभो ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: mithaḥ kalir abhūt teṣāṁtad-arthe tarṣa-cetasāmahaṁ pūrvam ahaṁ pūrvaṁna tvaṁ na tvam iti prabho Translation: O King, a quarrel then arose among the demons over who would get the nectar first. Each of them said, “You cannot drink it first. I must drink it first. Me first, not you!...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: आसां प्राणपरीप्सूनां विधेयमभयं हि मे ।एतावान्हि प्रभोरर्थो यद् दीनपरिपालनम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: āsāṁ prāṇa-parīpsūnāṁvidheyam abhayaṁ hi meetāvān hi prabhor arthoyad dīna-paripālanam Translation: It is my duty to give protection and safety to all living entities struggling for existence. Certainly it is the duty of the master to protect his suffering dependents. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: गिरिं चारोप्य गरुडे हस्तेनैकेन लीलया ।आरुह्य प्रययावब्धिं सुरासुरगणैर्वृत: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: giriṁ cāropya garuḍehastenaikena līlayāāruhya prayayāv abdhiṁsurāsura-gaṇair vṛtaḥ Translation: The Lord very easily lifted the mountain with one hand and placed it on the back of Garuḍa. Then, He too got on the back of Garuḍa and went to the Ocean of Milk, surrounded by the demigods and demons....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: श्रोत्राद् दिशो यस्य हृदश्च खानिप्रजज्ञिरे खं पुरुषस्य नाभ्या: ।प्राणेन्द्रियात्मासुशरीरकेत:प्रसीदतां न: स महाविभूति: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: śrotrād diśo yasya hṛdaś ca khāniprajajñire khaṁ puruṣasya nābhyāḥprāṇendriyātmāsu-śarīra-ketaḥprasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ Translation: May the supremely powerful Personality of Godhead be pleased with us. The different directions are generated from His ears, the holes of the body come from His heart, and the vital force, the senses, the mind, the air within the body, and the ether, which is the shelter of the body, come from His navel....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: निशम्य तद्वचो विप्रो विमना: पर्यतप्यत ।अहो अधर्म: सुमहानद्य मे समुपस्थित: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: niśamya tad-vaco viprovimanāḥ paryatapyataaho adharmaḥ sumahānadya me samupasthitaḥ Translation: Upon hearing Diti’s request, Kaśyapa Muni was very much aggrieved. “Alas,” he lamented, “now I face the danger of the impious act of killing Indra.” Purport: Although Kaśyapa Muni was eager to fulfill the desire of his wife Diti, when he heard that she wanted a son to kill Indra his jubilation was immediately reduced to nothing because he was averse to the idea....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: जज्ञे त्वष्टुर्दक्षिणाग्नौ दानवीं योनिमाश्रित: ।वृत्र इत्यभिविख्यातो ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुत: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: jajñe tvaṣṭur dakṣiṇāgnaudānavīṁ yonim āśritaḥvṛtra ity abhivikhyātojñāna-vijñāna-saṁyutaḥ Translation: Being cursed by mother Durgā [Bhavānī, the wife of Lord Śiva], that same Citraketu accepted birth in a demoniac species of life. Although still fully equipped with transcendental knowledge and practical application of that knowledge in life, he appeared as a demon at the fire sacrifice performed by Tvaṣṭā, and thus he became famous as Vṛtrāsura....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: विषयतृषो नरपशवोय उपासते विभूतीर्न परं त्वाम् ।तेषामाशिष ईशतदनु विनश्यन्ति यथा राजकुलम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: viṣaya-tṛṣo nara-paśavoya upāsate vibhūtīr na paraṁ tvāmteṣām āśiṣa īśatad anu vinaśyanti yathā rāja-kulam Translation: O Lord, O Supreme, unintelligent persons who thirst for sense enjoyment and who worship various demigods are no better than animals in the human form of life. Because of their animalistic propensities, they fail to worship Your Lordship, and instead they worship the insignificant demigods, who are but small sparks of Your glory....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: चित्रकेतोरतिप्रीतिर्यथा दारे प्रजावति ।न तथान्येषु सञ्जज्ञे बालं लालयतोऽन्वहम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: citraketor atiprītiryathā dāre prajāvatina tathānyeṣu sañjajñebālaṁ lālayato ’nvaham Translation: As King Citraketu fostered his son very carefully, his affection for Queen Kṛtadyuti increased, but gradually he lost affection for the other wives, who had no sons. Purport: