Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 6 - Verse 33-36

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33-36 Sanskrit: वैश्वानरसुता याश्च चतस्रश्चारुदर्शना: ।उपदानवी हयशिरा पुलोमा कालका तथा ॥ ३३ ॥उपदानवीं हिरण्याक्ष: क्रतुर्हयशिरां नृप ।पुलोमां कालकां च द्वे वैश्वानरसुते तु क: ॥ ३४ ॥उपयेमेऽथ भगवान् कश्यपो ब्रह्मचोदित: ।पौलोमा: कालकेयाश्च दानवा युद्धशालिन: ॥ ३५ ॥तयो: षष्टिसहस्राणि यज्ञघ्नांस्ते पितु: पिता ।जघान स्वर्गतो राजन्नेक इन्द्रप्रियङ्कर: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: vaiśvānara-sutā yāś cacatasraś cāru-darśanāḥupadānavī hayaśirāpulomā kālakā tathā Translation: Vaiśvānara, the son of Danu, had four beautiful daughters, named Upadānavī, Hayaśirā, Pulomā and Kālakā....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 6 - Verse 38-39

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38-39 Sanskrit: अथात: श्रूयतां वंशो योऽदितेरनुपूर्वश: ।यत्र नारायणो देव: स्वांशेनावातरद्विभु: ॥ ३८ ॥विवस्वानर्यमा पूषा त्वष्टाथ सविता भग: ।धाता विधाता वरुणो मित्र: शत्रु उरुक्रम: ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: athātaḥ śrūyatāṁ vaṁśoyo ’diter anupūrvaśaḥyatra nārāyaṇo devaḥsvāṁśenāvātarad vibhuḥ Translation: Now please hear me as I describe the descendants of Aditi in chronological order. In this dynasty the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa descended by His plenary expansion....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 5 - Verse 27-28

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27-28 Sanskrit: अब्भक्षा: कतिचिन्मासान् कतिचिद्वायुभोजना: ।आराधयन् मन्त्रमिममभ्यस्यन्त इडस्पतिम् ॥ २७ ॥ॐ नमो नारायणाय पुरुषाय महात्मने ।विशुद्धसत्त्वधिष्ण्याय महाहंसाय धीमहि ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: ab-bhakṣāḥ katicin māsānkaticid vāyu-bhojanāḥārādhayan mantram imamabhyasyanta iḍaspatim Translation: For a few months the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa drank only water and ate only air. Thus undergoing great austerities, they recited this mantra: “Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always situated in His transcendental abode....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 3 - Verse 14-15

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14-15 Sanskrit: अहं महेन्द्रो निऋर्ति: प्रचेता:सोमोऽग्निरीश: पवनो विरिञ्चि: ।आदित्यविश्वे वसवोऽथ साध्यामरुद्गणा रुद्रगणा: ससिद्धा: ॥ १४ ॥अन्ये च ये विश्वसृजोऽमरेशाभृग्वादयोऽस्पृष्टरजस्तमस्का: ।यस्येहितं न विदु: स्पृष्टमाया:सत्त्वप्रधाना अपि किं ततोऽन्ये ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: ahaṁ mahendro nirṛtiḥ pracetāḥsomo ’gnir īśaḥ pavano viriñciḥāditya-viśve vasavo ’tha sādhyāmarud-gaṇā rudra-gaṇāḥ sasiddhāḥ Translation: I, Yamarāja; Indra, the King of heaven; Nirṛti; Varuṇa; Candra, the moon-god; Agni; Lord Śiva; Pavana; Lord Brahmā; Sūrya, the sun-god; Viśvāsu; the eight Vasus; the Sādhyas; the Maruts; the Rudras; the Siddhas; and Marīci and the other great ṛṣis engaged in maintaining the departmental affairs of the universe, as well as the best of the demigods headed by Bṛhaspati, and the great sages headed by Bhṛgu are all certainly freed from the influence of the two base material modes of nature, namely passion and ignorance....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 3 - Verse 20-21

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20-21 Sanskrit: स्वयम्भूर्नारद: शम्भु: कुमार: कपिलो मनु: ।प्रह्लादो जनको भीष्मो बलिर्वैयासकिर्वयम् ॥ २० ॥द्वादशैते विजानीमो धर्मं भागवतं भटा: ।गुह्यं विशुद्धं दुर्बोधं यं ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥkumāraḥ kapilo manuḥprahlādo janako bhīṣmobalir vaiyāsakir vayam Translation: Lord Brahmā, Bhagavān Nārada, Lord Śiva, the four Kumāras, Lord Kapila [the son of Devahūti], Svāyambhuva Manu, Prahlāda Mahārāja, Janaka Mahārāja, Grandfather Bhīṣma, Bali Mahārāja, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and I myself know the real religious principle....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 4 - Verse 27-28

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27-28 Sanskrit: मनीषिणोऽन्तर्हृदि सन्निवेशितंस्वशक्तिभिर्नवभिश्च त्रिवृद्भ‍ि: ।वह्निं यथा दारुणि पाञ्चदश्यंमनीषया निष्कर्षन्ति गूढम् ॥ २७ ॥स वै ममाशेषविशेषमायानिषेधनिर्वाणसुखानुभूति: ।स सर्वनामा स च विश्वरूप:प्रसीदतामनिरुक्तात्मशक्ति: ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: manīṣiṇo ’ntar-hṛdi sanniveśitaṁsva-śaktibhir navabhiś ca trivṛdbhiḥvahniṁ yathā dāruṇi pāñcadaśyaṁmanīṣayā niṣkarṣanti gūḍham Translation: Just as great learned brāhmaṇas who are expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices can extract the fire dormant within wooden fuel by chanting the fifteen Sāmidhenī mantras, thus proving the efficacy of the Vedic mantras, so those who are actually advanced in consciousness — in other words, those who are Kṛṣṇa conscious — can find the Supersoul, who by His own spiritual potency is situated within the heart....

April 22, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 4 - Verse 35-39

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35-39 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचइति स्तुत: संस्तुवत: स तस्मिन्नघमर्षणे ।प्रादुरासीत्कुरुश्रेष्ठ भगवान् भक्तवत्सल: ॥ ३५ ॥कृतपाद: सुपर्णांसे प्रलम्बाष्टमहाभुज: ।चक्रशङ्खासिचर्मेषुधनु:पाशगदाधर: ॥ ३६ ॥पीतवासा घनश्याम: प्रसन्नवदनेक्षण: ।वनमालानिवीताङ्गो लसच्छ्रीवत्सकौस्तुभ: ॥ ३७ ॥महाकिरीटकटक: स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डल: ।काञ्‍च्यङ्गुलीयवलयनूपुराङ्गदभूषित: ॥ ३८ ॥त्रैलोक्यमोहनं रूपं बिभ्रत् त्रिभुवनेश्वर: ।वृतो नारदनन्दाद्यै: पार्षदै: सुरयूथपै: ।स्तूयमानोऽनुगायद्भ‍ि: सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणै: ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaiti stutaḥ saṁstuvataḥsa tasminn aghamarṣaṇeprādurāsīt kuru-śreṣṭhabhagavān bhakta-vatsalaḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who is extremely affectionate to His devotees, was very pleased by the prayers offered by Dakṣa, and thus He appeared at that holy place known as Aghamarṣaṇa....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 4 - Verse 49-50

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49-50 Sanskrit: स वै यदा महादेवो मम वीर्योपबृंहित: ।मेने खिलमिवात्मानमुद्यत: स्वर्गकर्मणि ॥ ४९ ॥अथ मेऽभिहितो देवस्तपोऽतप्यत दारुणम् ।नव विश्वसृजो युष्मान् येनादावसृजद्विभु: ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: sa vai yadā mahādevomama vīryopabṛṁhitaḥmene khilam ivātmānamudyataḥ svarga-karmaṇi Translation: When the chief lord of the universe, Lord Brahmā [Svayambhū], having been inspired by My energy, was attempting to create, he thought himself incapable. Therefore I gave him advice, and in accordance with My instructions he underwent extremely difficult austerities....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 2 - Verse 24-25

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24-25 Sanskrit: अजामिलोऽप्यथाकर्ण्य दूतानां यमकृष्णयो: ।धर्मं भागवतं शुद्धं त्रैवेद्यं च गुणाश्रयम् ॥ २४ ॥भक्तिमान् भगवत्याशु माहात्म्यश्रवणाद्धरे: ।अनुतापो महानासीत्स्मरतोऽशुभमात्मन: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: ajāmilo ’py athākarṇyadūtānāṁ yama-kṛṣṇayoḥdharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ śuddhaṁtrai-vedyaṁ ca guṇāśrayam Translation: After hearing the discourses between the Yamadūtas and the Viṣṇudūtas, Ajāmila could understand the religious principles that act under the three modes of material nature. These principles are mentioned in the three Vedas....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 2 - Verse 36-37

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36-37 Sanskrit: विमुच्य तमिमं बन्धमविद्याकामकर्मजम् ।सर्वभूतसुहृच्छान्तो मैत्र: करुण आत्मवान् ॥ ३६ ॥मोचये ग्रस्तमात्मानं योषिन्मय्यात्ममायया ।विक्रीडितो ययैवाहं क्रीडामृग इवाधम: ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: vimucya tam imaṁ bandhamavidyā-kāma-karmajamsarva-bhūta-suhṛc chāntomaitraḥ karuṇa ātmavān Translation: Because of identifying oneself with the body, one is subjected to desires for sense gratification, and thus one engages in many different types of pious and impious action. This is what constitutes material bondage....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 2 - Verse 47-48

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 47-48 Sanskrit: य एतं परमं गुह्यमितिहासमघापहम् ।श‍ृणुयाच्छ्रद्धया युक्तो यश्च भक्त्यानुकीर्तयेत् ॥ ४७ ॥न वै स नरकं याति नेक्षितो यमकिङ्करै: ।यद्यप्यमङ्गलो मर्त्यो विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥ ४८ ॥ ITRANS: ya etaṁ paramaṁ guhyamitihāsam aghāpahamśṛṇuyāc chraddhayā yuktoyaś ca bhaktyānukīrtayet Translation: Because this very confidential historical narration has the potency to vanquish all sinful reactions, one who hears or describes it with faith and devotion is no longer doomed to hellish life, regardless of his having a material body and regardless of how sinful he may have been....

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13-14

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13-14 Sanskrit: तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण शमेन च दमेन च ।त्यागेन सत्यशौचाभ्यां यमेन नियमेन वा ॥ १३ ॥देहवाग्बुद्धिजं धीरा धर्मज्ञा: श्रद्धयान्विता: ।क्षिपन्त्यघं महदपि वेणुगुल्ममिवानल: ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: tapasā brahmacaryeṇaśamena ca damena catyāgena satya-śaucābhyāṁyamena niyamena vā Translation: To concentrate the mind, one must observe a life of celibacy and not fall down. One must undergo the austerity of voluntarily giving up sense enjoyment. One must then control the mind and senses, give charity, be truthful, clean and nonviolent, follow the regulative principles and regularly chant the holy name of the Lord....

April 22, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28-29

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28-29 Sanskrit: स पाशहस्तांस्त्रीन्दृष्ट्वा पुरुषानतिदारुणान् ।वक्रतुण्डानूर्ध्वरोम्ण आत्मानं नेतुमागतान् ॥ २८ ॥दूरे क्रीडनकासक्तं पुत्रं नारायणाह्वयम् ।प्लावितेन स्वरेणोच्चैराजुहावाकुलेन्द्रिय: ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: sa pāśa-hastāṁs trīn dṛṣṭvāpuruṣān ati-dāruṇānvakra-tuṇḍān ūrdhva-romṇaātmānaṁ netum āgatān Translation: Ajāmila then saw three awkward persons with deformed bodily features, fierce, twisted faces, and hair standing erect on their bodies. With ropes in their hands, they had come to take him away to the abode of Yamarāja....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34-36

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34-36 Sanskrit: सर्वे पद्मपलाशाक्षा: पीतकौशेयवासस: ।किरीटिन: कुण्डलिनो लसत्पुष्करमालिन: ॥ ३४ ॥सर्वे च नूत्नवयस: सर्वे चारुचतुर्भुजा: ।धनुर्निषङ्गासिगदाशङ्खचक्राम्बुजश्रिय: ॥ ३५ ॥दिशो वितिमिरालोका: कुर्वन्त: स्वेन तेजसा ।किमर्थं धर्मपालस्य किङ्करान्नो निषेधथ ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: sarve padma-palāśākṣāḥpīta-kauśeya-vāsasaḥkirīṭinaḥ kuṇḍalinolasat-puṣkara-mālinaḥ Translation: The order carriers of Yamarāja said: Your eyes are just like the petals of lotus flowers. Dressed in yellow silken garments, decorated with garlands of lotuses, and wearing very attractive helmets on your heads and earrings on your ears, you all appear fresh and youthful....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 56-57

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 56-57 Sanskrit: अयं हि श्रुतसम्पन्न: शीलवृत्तगुणालय: ।धृतव्रतो मृदुर्दान्त: सत्यवाङ्‍मन्त्रविच्छुचि: ॥ ५६ ॥गुर्वग्‍न्यतिथिवृद्धानां शुश्रूषुरनहङ्‌कृत: ।सर्वभूतसुहृत्साधुर्मितवागनसूयक: ॥ ५७ ॥ ITRANS: ayaṁ hi śruta-sampannaḥśīla-vṛtta-guṇālayaḥdhṛta-vrato mṛdur dāntaḥsatya-vāṅ mantra-vic chuciḥ Translation: In the beginning this brāhmaṇa named Ajāmila studied all the Vedic literatures. He was a reservoir of good character, good conduct and good qualities. Firmly established in executing all the Vedic injunctions, he was very mild and gentle, and he kept his mind and senses under control....

April 22, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum