Mandala 10 He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, / Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows not. (Griffith) To those for whom the meath flows forth, even to those let him depart. (Griffith) The tenth mandala of the Rigveda has 191 hymns. Together with Mandala 1, it forms the latest part of the Rigveda, containing much mythological material, including the Purusha sukta (10....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: न यद् वचश्चित्रपदं हरेर्यशोजगत्पवित्रं प्रगृणीत कर्हिचित् ।तद् ध्वाङ्क्षतीर्थं न तु हंससेवितंयत्राच्युतस्तत्र हि साधवोऽमला: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: na yad vacaś citra-padaṁ harer yaśojagat-pavitraṁ pragṛṇīta karhicittad dhvāṅkṣa-tīrthaṁ na tu haṁsa-sevitaṁyatrācyutas tatra hi sādhavo ’malāḥ Translation: Those words that do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows, and are never resorted to by those situated in transcendental knowledge....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: कलेर्दोषनिधे राजन्नस्ति ह्येको महान् गुण: ।कीर्तनादेव कृष्णस्य मुक्तसङ्ग: परं व्रजेत् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: kaler doṣa-nidhe rājannasti hy eko mahān guṇaḥkīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasyamukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet Translation: My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: तासां स चतुर: शिष्यानुपाहूय महामति: ।एकैकां संहितां ब्रह्मन्नेकैकस्मै ददौ विभु: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: tāsāṁ sa caturaḥ śiṣyānupāhūya mahā-matiḥekaikāṁ saṁhitāṁ brahmannekaikasmai dadau vibhuḥ Translation: The most powerful and intelligent Vyāsadeva called four of his disciples, O brāhmaṇa, and entrusted to each of them one of these four saṁhitās. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: यदृच्छयोपपन्नेन शुक्लेनोपार्जितेन वा ।धनेनापीडयन् भृत्यान् न्यायेनैवाहरेत् क्रतून् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: yadṛcchayopapannenaśuklenopārjitena vādhanenāpīḍayan bhṛtyānnyāyenaivāharet kratūn Translation: A householder should comfortably maintain his dependents either with money that comes of its own accord or with that gathered by honest execution of one’s duties. According to one’s means, one should perform sacrifices and other religious ceremonies. Purport: The Lord here describes the religious duties that are to be performed as far as possible, according to one’s means, and when there is opportunity....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: प्रकृतेरेवमात्मानमविविच्याबुध: पुमान् ।तत्त्वेन स्पर्शसम्मूढ: संसारं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: prakṛter evam ātmānamavivicyābudhaḥ pumāntattvena sparśa-sammūḍhaḥsaṁsāraṁ pratipadyate Translation: An unintelligent man, failing to distinguish himself from material nature, thinks nature to be real. By contact with it he becomes completely bewildered and enters into the cycle of material existence. Purport: A similar verse is found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.7.5): “Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: दु:खस्य हेतुर्यदि देवतास्तुकिमात्मनस्तत्र विकारयोस्तत् ।यदङ्गमङ्गेन निहन्यते क्वचित्क्रुध्येत कस्मै पुरुष: स्वदेहे ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: duḥkhasya hetur yadi devatās tukim ātmanas tatra vikārayos tatyad aṅgam aṅgena nihanyate kvacitkrudhyeta kasmai puruṣaḥ sva-dehe Translation: If you say that the demigods who rule the bodily senses cause suffering, still, how can such suffering apply to the spirit soul? This acting and being acted upon are merely interactions of the changeable senses and their presiding deities....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: पूजादीनां प्रवाहार्थं महापर्वस्वथान्वहम् ।क्षेत्रापणपुरग्रामान् दत्त्वा मत्सार्ष्टितामियात् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: pūjādīnāṁ pravāhārthaṁmahā-parvasv athānv-ahamkṣetrāpaṇa-pura-grāmāndattvā mat-sārṣṭitām iyāt Translation: One who offers the Deity gifts of land, markets, cities and villages so that the regular daily worship and special festivals of the Deity may go on continually will achieve opulence equal to My own. Purport: By placing tracts of land in the Deity’s name, there will be regular income for opulent Deity worship, both from rent and from agricultural production....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: न यस्य जन्मकर्मभ्यां न वर्णाश्रमजातिभि: ।सज्जतेऽस्मिन्नहंभावो देहे वै स हरे: प्रिय: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: na yasya janma-karmabhyāṁna varṇāśrama-jātibhiḥsajjate ’sminn ahaṁ-bhāvodehe vai sa hareḥ priyaḥ Translation: Birth in an aristocratic family and the execution of austere and pious activities certainly cause one to take pride in himself. Similarly, if one enjoys a prestigious position within society because his parents are highly respected members of the varṇāśrama social system, one becomes even more infatuated with himself....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचएतच्छ्रुत्वा महाभागो वसुदेवोऽतिविस्मित: ।देवकी च महाभागा जहतुर्मोहमात्मन: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaetac chrutvā mahā-bhāgovasudevo ’ti-vismitaḥdevakī ca mahā-bhāgājahatur moham ātmanaḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Having heard this narration, the greatly fortunate Vasudeva was completely struck with wonder. Thus he and his most blessed wife Devakī gave up all illusion and anxiety that had entered their hearts. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: बुध्यते स्वे न भेदेन व्यक्तिस्थ इव तद्गत: ।लक्ष्यते स्थूलमतिभिरात्मा चावस्थितोऽर्कवत् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: budhyate sve na bhedenavyakti-stha iva tad-gataḥlakṣyate sthūla-matibhirātmā cāvasthito ’rka-vat Translation: Even when reflected in various objects, the sun is never divided, nor does it merge into its reflection. Only those with dull brains would consider the sun in this way. Similarly, although the soul is reflected through different material bodies, the soul remains undivided and nonmaterial....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: द्वारेण चक्रानुपथेन तत्तम:परं परं ज्योतिरनन्तपारम् ।समश्नुवानं प्रसमीक्ष्य फाल्गुन:प्रताडिताक्षो पिदधेऽक्षिणी उभे ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: dvāreṇa cakrānupathena tat tamaḥparaṁ paraṁ jyotir ananta-pāramsamaśnuvānaṁ prasamīkṣya phālgunaḥpratāḍitākṣo pidadhe ’kṣiṇī ubhe Translation: Following the Sudarśana disc, the chariot went beyond the darkness and reached the endless spiritual light of the all pervasive brahmajyoti. As Arjuna beheld this glaring effulgence, his eyes hurt, and so he shut them....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: राजसूयावभृथ्येन स्नातो राजा युधिष्ठिर: ।ब्रह्मक्षत्रसभामध्ये शुशुभे सुरराडिव ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: rājasūyāvabhṛthyenasnāto rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥbrahma-kṣatra-sabhā-madhyeśuśubhe sura-rāḍ iva Translation: Purified in the final, avabhṛthya ritual, which marked the successful completion of the Rājasūya sacrifice, King Yudhiṣṭhira shone among the assembled brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas like the King of the demigods himself. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: ईजेऽनुयज्ञं विधिना अग्निहोत्रादिलक्षणै: ।प्राकृतैर्वैकृतैर्यज्ञैर्द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियेश्वरम् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: īje ’nu-yajñaṁ vidhināagni-hotrādi-lakṣaṇaiḥprākṛtair vaikṛtair yajñairdravya-jñāna-kriyeśvaram Translation: Performing various kinds of Vedic sacrifice according to the proper regulations, Vasudeva worshiped the Lord of all sacrificial paraphernalia, mantras and rituals. He executed both primary and secondary sacrifices, offering oblations to the sacred fire and carrying out other aspects of sacrificial worship. Purport: There are numerous kinds of Vedic fire sacrifice, each of which involves several elaborate rituals....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: स्मरोद्गीथ: परिष्वङ्ग: पतङ्ग: क्षुद्रभृद् घृणी ।षडिमे मत्प्रसादेन पुनर्यास्यन्ति सद्गतिम् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: smarodgīthaḥ pariṣvaṅgaḥpataṅgaḥ kṣudrabhṛd ghṛṇīṣaḍ ime mat-prasādenapunar yāsyanti sad-gatim Translation: By My grace these six — Smara, Udgītha, Pariṣvaṅga, Pataṅga, Kṣudrabhṛt and Ghṛṇī — will return to the abode of pure saints. Purport: These are the names the six children first had when they were sons of Marīci. The oldest, Smara, was called Kīrtimān when born again to Vasudeva, as recorded in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10....