Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: आत्मांशभूतां तां मायां भवानीं भगवान्भव: । सम्मतामृषिमुख्यानां प्रीत्याचष्टाथ भारत ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: ātmāṁśa-bhūtāṁ tāṁ māyāṁbhavānīṁ bhagavān bhavaḥsammatām ṛṣi-mukhyānāṁprītyācaṣṭātha bhārata Translation: O descendant of Bharata Mahārāja, Lord Śiva, in jubilation, then addressed his wife, Bhavānī, who is accepted by all authorities as the potency of Lord Viṣṇu. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: अन्येऽप्येवं प्रतिद्वन्द्वान्वाय्वग्निवरुणादय: ।सूदयामासुरसुरान् मृगान्केसरिणो यथा ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: anye ’py evaṁ pratidvandvānvāyv-agni-varuṇādayaḥsūdayām āsur asurānmṛgān kesariṇo yathā Translation: Vāyu, Agni, Varuṇa and other demigods began killing the demons who opposed them, just as lions kill deer in a forest. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: स तानापतत: शक्रस्तावद्भि: शीघ्रविक्रम: ।चिच्छेद निशितैर्भल्लैरसम्प्राप्तान्हसन्निव ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: sa tān āpatataḥ śakrastāvadbhiḥ śīghra-vikramaḥciccheda niśitair bhallairasamprāptān hasann iva Translation: Before Bali Mahārāja’s arrows could reach him, Indra, King of heaven, who is expert in dealing with arrows, smiled and counteracted the arrows with arrows of another type, known as bhalla, which were extremely sharp. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: तत: करतलीकृत्य व्यापि हालाहलं विषम् ।अभक्षयन्महादेव: कृपया भूतभावन: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ karatalī-kṛtyavyāpi hālāhalaṁ viṣamabhakṣayan mahā-devaḥkṛpayā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ Translation: Thereafter, Lord Śiva, who is dedicated to auspicious, benevolent work for humanity, compassionately took the whole quantity of poison in his palm and drank it. Purport: Although there was such a great quantity of poison that it spread all over the universe, Lord Śiva had such great power that he reduced the poison to a small quantity so that he could hold it in his palm....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: लोभोऽधरात् प्रीतिरुपर्यभूद् द्युति-र्नस्त: पशव्य: स्पर्शेन काम: ।भ्रुवोर्यम: पक्ष्मभवस्तु काल:प्रसीदतां न: स महाविभूति: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: lobho ’dharāt prītir upary abhūd dyutirnastaḥ paśavyaḥ sparśena kāmaḥbhruvor yamaḥ pakṣma-bhavas tu kālaḥprasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ Translation: Greed is generated from His lower lip, affection from His upper lip, bodily luster from His nose, animalistic lusty desires from His sense of touch, Yamarāja from His eyebrows, and eternal time from His eyelashes....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: न हि कश्चित्प्रिय: स्त्रीणामञ्जसा स्वाशिषात्मनाम् ।पतिं पुत्रं भ्रातरं वा घ्नन्त्यर्थे घातयन्ति च ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: na hi kaścit priyaḥ strīṇāmañjasā svāśiṣātmanāmpatiṁ putraṁ bhrātaraṁ vāghnanty arthe ghātayanti ca Translation: To satisfy their own interests, women deal with men as if the men were most dear to them, but no one is actually dear to them. Women are supposed to be very saintly, but for their own interests they can kill even their husbands, sons or brothers, or cause them to be killed by others....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: क: क्षेमो निजपरयो:कियान्वार्थ: स्वपरद्रुहा धर्मेण ।स्वद्रोहात्तव कोप:परसम्पीडया च तथाधर्म: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: kaḥ kṣemo nija-parayoḥkiyān vārthaḥ sva-para-druhā dharmeṇasva-drohāt tava kopaḥpara-sampīḍayā ca tathādharmaḥ Translation: How can a religious system that produces envy of one’s self and of others be beneficial for oneself and for them? What is auspicious about following such a system? What is actually to be gained? By causing pain to one’s own self due to self-envy and by causing pain to others, one arouses Your anger and practices irreligion....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: एवं सन्दह्यमानानां सपत्न्या: पुत्रसम्पदा ।राज्ञोऽसम्मतवृत्तीनां विद्वेषो बलवानभूत् ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ sandahyamānānāṁsapatnyāḥ putra-sampadārājño ’sammata-vṛttīnāṁvidveṣo balavān abhūt Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Being neglected by their husband and seeing Kṛtadyuti’s opulence in possessing a son, Kṛtadyuti’s co-wives always burned in envy, which became extremely strong. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: अथ भगवंस्तवास्माभिरखिलजगदुत्पत्तिस्थितिलयनिमित्तायमानदिव्यमायाविनोदस्य सकलजीवनिकायानामन्तर्हृदयेषु बहिरपि च ब्रह्मप्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपेण प्रधानरूपेण च यथादेशकालदेहावस्थानविशेषं तदुपादानोपलम्भकतयानुभवत: सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिण आकाशशरीरस्य साक्षात्परब्रह्मण: परमात्मन: कियानिह वार्थविशेषो विज्ञापनीय: स्याद्विस्फुलिङ्गादिभिरिव हिरण्यरेतस: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: atha bhagavaṁs tavāsmābhir akhila-jagad-utpatti-sthiti-laya-nimittāyamāna-divya-māyā-vinodasya sakala-jīva-nikāyānām antar-hṛdayeṣu bahir api ca brahma-pratyag-ātma-svarūpeṇa pradhāna-rūpeṇa ca yathā-deśa-kāla-dehāvasthāna-viśeṣaṁ tad-upādānopalambhakatayānubhavataḥ sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇa ākāśa-śarīrasya sākṣāt para-brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ kiyān iha vārtha-viśeṣo vijñāpanīyaḥ syād visphuliṅgādibhir iva hiraṇya-retasaḥ. Translation: O Lord, as the small sparks of a fire cannot possibly perform the actions of the whole fire, we sparks of Your Lordship cannot inform You of the necessities of our lives....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: एतां विद्यामधिगतो विश्वरूपाच्छतक्रतु: ।त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्मीं बुभुजे विनिर्जित्य मृधेऽसुरान् ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: etāṁ vidyām adhigatoviśvarūpāc chatakratuḥtrailokya-lakṣmīṁ bubhujevinirjitya mṛdhe ’surān Translation: King Indra, who performed one hundred sacrifices, received this prayer of protection from Viśvarūpa. After conquering the demons, he enjoyed all the opulences of the three worlds. Purport: This mystical mantric armor given by Viśvarūpa to Indra, the King of heaven, acted powerfully, with the effect that Indra was able to conquer the asuras and enjoy the opulence of the three worlds without impediments....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: अर्यम्णो मातृका पत्नी तयोश्चर्षणय: सुता: ।यत्र वै मानुषी जातिर्ब्रह्मणा चोपकल्पिता ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: aryamṇo mātṛkā patnītayoś carṣaṇayaḥ sutāḥyatra vai mānuṣī jātirbrahmaṇā copakalpitā Translation: From the womb of Mātṛkā, the wife of Aryamā, were born many learned scholars. Among them Lord Brahmā created the human species, which are endowed with an aptitude for self-examination. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: यन्नस्त्वं कर्मसन्धानां साधूनां गृहमेधिनाम् ।कृतवानसि दुर्मर्षं विप्रियं तव मर्षितम् ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: yan nas tvaṁ karma-sandhānāṁsādhūnāṁ gṛhamedhināmkṛtavān asi durmarṣaṁvipriyaṁ tava marṣitam Translation: Although I live in household life with my wife and children, I honestly follow the Vedic injunctions by engaging in fruitive activities to enjoy life without sinful reactions. I have performed all kinds of yajñas, including the deva-yajña, ṛṣi-yajña, pitṛ-yajña and nṛ-yajña....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: तं तथावनतं भक्तं प्रजाकामं प्रजापतिम् ।चित्तज्ञ: सर्वभूतानामिदमाह जनार्दन: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: taṁ tathāvanataṁ bhaktaṁprajā-kāmaṁ prajāpatimcitta-jñaḥ sarva-bhūtānāmidam āha janārdanaḥ Translation: Although Prajāpati Dakṣa could not say anything, when the Lord, who knows everyone’s heart, saw His devotee prostrate in that manner and desiring to increase the population, He addressed him as follows. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: यर्ह्युपारतधीस्तस्मिन्नद्राक्षीत्पुरुषान् पुर: ।उपलभ्योपलब्धान् प्राग्ववन्दे शिरसा द्विज: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: yarhy upārata-dhīs tasminnadrākṣīt puruṣān puraḥupalabhyopalabdhān prāgvavande śirasā dvijaḥ Translation: When his intelligence and mind were fixed upon the form of the Lord, the brāhmaṇa Ajāmila once again saw before him four celestial persons. He could understand that they were those he had seen previously, and thus he offered them his obeisances by bowing down before them....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: सूर्योऽग्नि: खं मरुद्देव: सोम: सन्ध्याहनी दिश: ।कं कु: स्वयं धर्म इति ह्येते दैह्यस्य साक्षिण: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: sūryo ’gniḥ khaṁ marud devaḥsomaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥkaṁ kuḥ svayaṁ dharma itihy ete daihyasya sākṣiṇaḥ Translation: The sun, fire, sky, air, demigods, moon, evening, day, night, directions, water, land and Supersoul Himself all witness the activities of the living entity. Purport: The members of some religious sects, especially Christians, do not believe in the reactions of karma....