Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 23 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: कथयन्ति महत्पुण्यमितिहासमिहोद्धव ।तमहं वर्णयिष्यामि निबोध सुसमाहित: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: kathayanti mahat puṇyamitihāsam ihoddhavatam ahaṁ varṇayiṣyāminibodha su-samāhitaḥ Translation: My dear Uddhava, in this regard a most pious story is told, and I shall now describe it to you. Please listen with careful attention. Purport: The Lord will now relate to Uddhava a historical account which teaches how to tolerate the insults of others....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 24 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: तयोरेकतरो ह्यर्थः प्रकृतिः सोभयात्मिका ।ज्ञानं त्वन्यतमो भावः पुरुषः सोऽभिधीयते ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tayor ekataro hy arthaḥprakṛtiḥ sobhayātmikājñānaṁ tv anyatamo bhāvaḥpuruṣaḥ so ’bhidhīyate Translation: Of these two categories of manifestation, one is material nature, which embodies both the subtle causes and manifest products of matter. The other is the conscious living entity, designated as the enjoyer. Purport: According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, prakṛti here refers to the subtle pradhāna, which later becomes manifest as mahat-tattva....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 26 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: ऐल: सम्राडिमां गाथामगायत बृहच्छ्रवा: ।उर्वशीविरहान् मुह्यन् निर्विण्ण: शोकसंयमे ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: ailaḥ samrāḍ imāṁ gāthāmagāyata bṛhac-chravāḥurvaśī-virahān muhyannirviṇṇaḥ śoka-saṁyame Translation: The following song was sung by the famous emperor Purūravā. When deprived of his wife, Urvaśī, he was at first bewildered, but by controlling his lamentation he began to feel detachment. Purport: This story is also narrated in the Ninth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 28 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: किं भद्रं किमभद्रं वा द्वैतस्यावस्तुन: कियत् ।वाचोदितं तदनृतं मनसा ध्यातमेव च ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: kiṁ bhadraṁ kim abhadraṁ vādvaitasyāvastunaḥ kiyatvācoditaṁ tad anṛtaṁmanasā dhyātam eva ca Translation: That which is expressed by material words or meditated upon by the material mind is not ultimate truth. What, therefore, is actually good or bad within this insubstantial world of duality, and how can the extent of such good and bad be measured?...

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 29 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: किं चित्रमच्युत तवैतदशेषबन्धोदासेष्वनन्यशरणेषु यदात्मसात्त्वम् ।योऽरोचयत् सह मृगै: स्वयमीश्वराणांश्रीमत्किरीटतटपीडितपादपीठ: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: kiṁ citram acyuta tavaitad aśeṣa-bandhodāseṣv ananya-śaraṇesu yad ātma-sāttvamyo ’rocayat saha mṛgaiḥ svayam īśvarāṇāṁśrīmat-kirīṭa-taṭa-pīḍita-pāda-pīṭhaḥ Translation: My dear infallible Lord, it is not very astonishing that You intimately approach Your servants who have taken exclusive shelter of You. After all, during Your appearance as Lord Rāmacandra, even while great demigods like Brahmā were vying to place the effulgent tips of their helmets upon the cushion where Your lotus feet rested, You displayed special affection for monkeys such as Hanumān because they had taken exclusive shelter of You....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 30 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: श्री ऋषिरुवाचदिवि भुव्यन्तरिक्षे च महोत्पातान् समुत्थितान् ।द‍ृष्ट्वासीनान् सुधर्मायां कृष्ण: प्राह यदूनिदम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: śrī ṛṣir uvācadivi bhuvy antarikṣe camahotpātān samutthitāndṛṣṭvāsīnān su-dharmāyāṁkṛṣṇaḥ prāha yadūn idam Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having observed many disturbing signs in the sky, on the earth and in outer space, Lord Kṛṣṇa addressed the Yadus assembled in the Sudharmā council hall as follows. Purport: According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the inauspicious sign in the sky was the appearance of a halo around the sun, on the earth there were small earthquakes, and in outer space there was an unnatural redness on the horizon....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: नैवान्यत: परिभवोऽस्य भवेत् कथञ्चिन्मत्संश्रयस्य विभवोन्नहनस्य नित्यम् ।अन्त:कलिं यदुकुलस्य विधाय वेणु-स्तम्बस्य वह्निमिव शान्तिमुपैमि धाम ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: naivānyataḥ paribhavo ’sya bhavet kathañcinmat-saṁśrayasya vibhavonnahanasya nityamantaḥ kaliṁ yadu-kulasya vidhāya veṇu-stambasya vahnim iva śāntim upaimi dhāma Translation: Lord Kṛṣṇa thought, “No outside force could ever bring about the defeat of this family, the Yadu dynasty, whose members have always been fully surrendered to Me and are unrestricted in their opulence....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 10 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: निवृत्तं कर्म सेवेत प्रवृत्तं मत्परस्त्यजेत् ।जिज्ञासायां सम्प्रवृत्तो नाद्रियेत् कर्मचोदनाम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: nivṛttaṁ karma sevetapravṛttaṁ mat-paras tyajetjijñāsāyāṁ sampravṛttonādriyet karma-codanām Translation: One who has fixed Me within his mind as the goal of life should give up activities based on sense gratification and should instead execute work governed by the regulative principles for advancement. When, however, one is fully engaged in searching out the ultimate truth of the soul, one should not accept the scriptural injunctions governing fruitive activities....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 11 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: एकस्यैव ममांशस्य जीवस्यैव महामते ।बन्धोऽस्याविद्ययानादिर्विद्यया च तथेतर: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: ekasyaiva mamāṁśasyajīvasyaiva mahā-matebandho ’syāvidyayānādirvidyayā ca tathetaraḥ Translation: O most intelligent Uddhava, the living entity, called jīva, is part and parcel of Me, but due to ignorance he has been suffering in material bondage since time immemorial. By knowledge, however, he can be liberated. Purport: Just as the sun reveals itself through its own light or covers itself by creating clouds, the Personality of Godhead reveals and covers Himself by knowledge and ignorance, which are expansions of His potency....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 13 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: आगमोऽप: प्रजा देश: काल: कर्म च जन्म च ।ध्यानं मन्त्रोऽथ संस्कारो दशैते गुणहेतव: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: āgamo ’paḥ prajā deśaḥkālaḥ karma ca janma cadhyānaṁ mantro ’tha saṁskārodaśaite guṇa-hetavaḥ Translation: According to the quality of religious scriptures, water, one’s association with one’s children or with people in general, the particular place, the time, activities, birth, meditation, chanting of mantras, and purificatory rituals, the modes of nature become differently prominent....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 14 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: तेन प्रोक्ता स्व पुत्राय मनवे पूर्वजाय सा ।ततो भृग्वादयोऽगृह्णन् सप्त ब्रह्ममहर्षय: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: tena proktā sva-putrāyamanave pūrva-jāya sātato bhṛgv-ādayo ’gṛhṇansapta brahma-maharṣayaḥ Translation: Lord Brahmā spoke this Vedic knowledge to his eldest son, Manu, and the seven great sages headed by Bhṛgu Muni then accepted the same knowledge from Manu. Purport: Everyone engages in a certain way of life based on one’s own nature and propensities....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 15 - Verse 4-5

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4-5 Sanskrit: अणिमा महिमा मूर्तेर्लघिमा प्राप्तिरिन्द्रियै: ।प्राकाम्यं श्रुतद‍ृष्टेषु शक्तिप्रेरणमीशिता ॥ ४ ॥गुणेष्वसङ्गो वशिता यत्कामस्तदवस्यति ।एता मे सिद्धय: सौम्य अष्टावौत्पत्तिका मता: ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: aṇimā mahimā mūrterlaghimā prāptir indriyaiḥprākāmyaṁ śruta-dṛṣṭeṣuśakti-preraṇam īśitā Translation: Among the eight primary mystic perfections, the three by which one transforms one’s own body are aṇimā, becoming smaller than the smallest; mahimā, becoming greater than the greatest; and laghimā, becoming lighter than the lightest....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 2 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: श्रीवसुदेव उवाचभगवन् भवतो यात्रा स्वस्तये सर्वदेहिनाम् ।कृपणानां यथा पित्रोरुत्तमश्लोकवर्त्मनाम् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-vasudeva uvācabhagavan bhavato yātrāsvastaye sarva-dehināmkṛpaṇānāṁ yathā pitroruttama-śloka-vartmanām Translation: Śrī Vasudeva said: My lord, your visit, like that of a father to his children, is for the benefit of all living beings. You especially help the most wretched among them, as well as those who are advanced on the path toward the Supreme Lord, Uttamaśloka....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 3 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: एवं सृष्टानि भूतानि प्रविष्ट: पञ्चधातुभि: ।एकधा दशधात्मानं विभजन्जुषते गुणान् ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: evaṁ sṛṣṭāni bhūtānipraviṣṭaḥ pañca-dhātubhiḥekadhā daśadhātmānaṁvibhajan juṣate guṇān Translation: The Supersoul enters the material bodies of the created beings, activates the mind and senses, and thus causes the conditioned souls to approach the three modes of material nature for sense gratification. Purport: The following is a summary of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s commentary on this verse....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 4 - Verse 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: यत्काय एष भुवनत्रयसन्निवेशोयस्येन्द्रियैस्तनुभृतामुभयेन्द्रियाणि ।ज्ञानं स्वत: श्वसनतो बलमोज ईहासत्त्वादिभि: स्थितिलयोद्भ‍व आदिकर्ता ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: yat-kāya eṣa bhuvana-traya-sanniveśoyasyendriyais tanu-bhṛtām ubhayendriyāṇijñānaṁ svataḥ śvasanato balam oja īhāsattvādibhiḥ sthiti-layodbhava ādi-kartā Translation: Within His body are elaborately arranged the three planetary systems of this universe. His transcendental senses generate the knowledge-acquiring and active senses of all embodied beings. His consciousness generates conditioned knowledge, and His powerful breathing produces the bodily strength, sensory power and conditioned activities of the embodied souls....

May 9, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum