Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 1

SB 1 1.1

जन्माद्यस्य यतो ऽन्वयादितरतश्चार्थेष्वभिज्ञः स्वराट् तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यत् सूरयः तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयो यत्र त्रिसर्गो ऽमृषा धाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परं धीमहि

janmādyasya yato 'nvayāditarataścārtheṣvabhijñaḥ svarāṭ tene brahma hṛdā ya ādikavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ tejovārimṛdāṃ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo 'mṛṣā dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ dhīmahi

(We meditate) upon the supreme truth, from whom is the origin and the rest of this (world), who is directly aware in (all) matters both by connection and inversely, self-luminous, who imparted the Veda through the heart to the first poet (Brahmā), about whom even the learned are bewildered, in whom the triple creation is not unreal — as the interchange of fire, water and earth (appears real) — and who by his own splendour is forever free of deception.

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SB 1 1.2

धर्मः प्रोज्झितकैतवो ऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणां सतां वेद्यं वास्तवम् अत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् धर्मः प्रोज्झितकैतवो ऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणां सतां वेद्यं वास्तवम् अत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् श्रीमद्भागवते महामुनिकृते किं वा परैरीश्वरः सद्यो हृद्यवरुध्यते ऽत्र कृतिभिः शुश्रूषुभिस्तत्क्षणात्

dharmaḥ projjhitakaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṃ satāṃ vedyaṃ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṃ tāpatrayonmūlanam dharmaḥ projjhitakaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṃ satāṃ vedyaṃ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṃ tāpatrayonmūlanam śrīmadbhāgavate mahāmunikṛte kiṃ vā parairīśvaraḥ sadyo hṛdyavarudhyate 'tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhistatkṣaṇāt

Here (in this work) is dharma with deceit wholly cast off, supreme; here is the real object, to be known by the good who are without envy, granting welfare, uprooting the three afflictions. What need is there of other (works)? In this Śrīmad Bhāgavata, made by the great sage, the Lord is at once confined within the heart, here, by the pious who wish to hear — from that very moment.

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SB 1 1.3

निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलं शुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम् निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलं शुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम् पिबत भागवतं रसम् आलयं मुहुरहो रसिका भुवि भावुकाः

nigamakalpatarorgalitaṃ phalaṃ śukamukhādamṛtadravasaṃyutam nigamakalpatarorgalitaṃ phalaṃ śukamukhādamṛtadravasaṃyutam pibata bhāgavataṃ rasam ālayaṃ muhuraho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ

This is the fruit fallen from the wish-fulfilling tree of the Vedas, joined with nectar-liquid from the mouth of Śuka (the parrot). Drink the Bhāgavata's essence again and again, right up to (final) rest — O you connoisseurs and men of feeling on earth!

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SB 1 1.4

नैमिषे ऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे ईशयः शौनकादयः सत्रं स्वर्गाय लोकाय सहस्रसमम् आसत

naimiṣe 'nimiṣakṣetre īśayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ satraṃ svargāya lokāya sahasrasamam āsata

In Naimiṣa, the field of the Unblinking One, the sages headed by Śaunaka sat at a sacrificial session lasting a thousand years, for the sake of the heavenly world.

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SB 1 1.5

त एकदा तु मुनयः प्रातर्हुतहुताग्नयः सत्कृतं सूतम् आसीनं पप्रच्छुरिदम् आदरात्

ta ekadā tu munayaḥ prātarhutahutāgnayaḥ satkṛtaṃ sūtam āsīnaṃ papracchuridam ādarāt

Then one day those sages, having offered the morning oblations into the fire, respectfully asked this of the Sūta, who was honoured and seated (among them).

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SB 1 1.6

ऋषय ऊचुः त्वया खलु पुराणानि सेतिहासानि चानघ आख्यातान्यप्यधीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि यान्युत

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ tvayā khalu purāṇāni setihāsāni cānagha ākhyātānyapyadhītāni dharmaśāstrāṇi yānyuta

The sages said: By you indeed, O sinless one, the Purāṇas together with the histories have been recited, and also studied — and those treatises on dharma that there are.

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SB 1 1.7

यानि वेदविदां श्रेष्ठो भगवान् बादरायणः अन्ये च मुनयः सूत परावरविदो विदुः

yāni vedavidāṃ śreṣṭho bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ anye ca munayaḥ sūta parāvaravido viduḥ

— those (matters) which the best of the knowers of the Veda, the venerable Bādarāyaṇa, and other sages, O Sūta, who know the higher and the lower, know.

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SB 1 1.8

वेत्थ त्वं सौम्य तत् सर्वं तत्त्वतस्तदनुग्रहात् ब्रूयुः स्निग्धस्य शिष्यस्य गुरवो गुह्यम् अप्युत

vettha tvaṃ saumya tat sarvaṃ tattvatastadanugrahāt brūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasya guravo guhyam apyuta

You, gentle one, know all that as it truly is, by their favour; for teachers will tell even a secret to an affectionate pupil.

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SB 1 1.9

तत्र तत्राञ्जसायुष्मन् भवता यद्विनिश्चितम् पुंसाम् एकान्ततः श्रेयस्तन् नः शंसितुम् अर्हसि

tatra tatrāñjasāyuṣman bhavatā yadviniścitam puṃsām ekāntataḥ śreyastan naḥ śaṃsitum arhasi

Therefore, O long-lived one, what has been readily ascertained by you in each of those (texts) as the absolute good of men — that you ought to declare to us.

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SB 1 1.10

प्रायेणाल्पायुषः सभ्य कलावस्मिन् युगे जनाः मन्दाः सुमन्दमतयो मन्दभाग्या ह्युपद्रुताः

prāyeṇālpāyuṣaḥ sabhya kalāvasmin yuge janāḥ mandāḥ sumandamatayo mandabhāgyā hyupadrutāḥ

In this age of Kali, O worthy one, people are generally short-lived, sluggish, very dull of mind, ill-fortuned, and indeed afflicted.

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SB 1 1.11

भूरीणि भूरिकर्माणि श्रोतव्यानि विभागशः अतः साधो ऽत्र यत् सारं समुद्धृत्य मनीषया ब्रूहि भद्राय भूतानां येनात्मा सुप्रसीदति

bhūrīṇi bhūrikarmāṇi śrotavyāni vibhāgaśaḥ ataḥ sādho 'tra yat sāraṃ samuddhṛtya manīṣayā brūhi bhadrāya bhūtānāṃ yenātmā suprasīdati

Many are the things to be heard, and many the rites, (set out) in divisions; therefore, O good man, having drawn out with discernment what is the essence in them, tell it for the welfare of beings, by which the self is fully satisfied.

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SB 1 1.12

सूत जानासि भद्रं ते भगवान् सात्वतां पतिः देवक्यां वसुदेवस्य जातो यस्य चिकीर्षया

sūta jānāsi bhadraṃ te bhagavān sātvatāṃ patiḥ devakyāṃ vasudevasya jāto yasya cikīrṣayā

O Sūta, you know — blessings on you — the Lord, master of the Sātvatas, who was born of Devakī to Vasudeva, with the wish to do what (purpose).

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SB 1 1.13

तन् नः शुष्रूषमाणानाम् अर्हस्यङ्गानुवर्णितुम् यस्यावतारो भूतानां क्षेमाय च भवाय च

tan naḥ śuṣrūṣamāṇānām arhasyaṅgānuvarṇitum yasyāvatāro bhūtānāṃ kṣemāya ca bhavāya ca

That, dear one, you ought to describe fully to us who wish to hear it — (about him) whose descent is for the safety and the flourishing of beings.

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SB 1 1.14

आपन्नः संसृतिं घोरां यन्नाम विवशो गृणन् ततः सद्यो विमुच्येत यद्बिभेति स्वयं भयम्

āpannaḥ saṃsṛtiṃ ghorāṃ yannāma vivaśo gṛṇan tataḥ sadyo vimucyeta yadbibheti svayaṃ bhayam

One fallen into dreadful transmigration, uttering his name even helplessly, would at once be freed from it — (the name) of whom Fear itself is afraid.

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SB 1 1.15

यत्पादसंश्रयाः सूत मुनयः प्रशमायनाः सद्यः पुनन्त्युपस्पृष्टाः स्वर्धुन्यापो ऽनुसेवया

yatpādasaṃśrayāḥ sūta munayaḥ praśamāyanāḥ sadyaḥ punantyupaspṛṣṭāḥ svardhunyāpo 'nusevayā

O Sūta, sages who take refuge at his feet, who are given to tranquillity, purify at once those they touch, whereas the waters of the heavenly river (purify only) by repeated resort.

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SB 1 1.16

को वा भगवतस्तस्य पुण्यश्लोकेड्यकर्मणः शुद्धिकामो न शृणुयाद्यशः कलिमलापहम्

ko vā bhagavatastasya puṇyaślokeḍyakarmaṇaḥ śuddhikāmo na śṛṇuyādyaśaḥ kalimalāpaham

Who, desiring purity, would not hear the fame — which removes the taint of Kali — of that Lord, whose deeds are praised by those of holy verse?

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SB 1 1.17

तस्य कर्माण्युदाराणि परिगीतानि सूरिभिः ब्रूहि नः श्रद्दधानानां लीलया दधतः कलाः

tasya karmāṇyudārāṇi parigītāni sūribhiḥ brūhi naḥ śraddadhānānāṃ līlayā dadhataḥ kalāḥ

Tell us, who have faith, his noble deeds, sung about by the wise, (the deeds) of him who assumes his portions (of himself) in play.

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SB 1 1.18

अथाख्याहि हरेर्धीमन्न् अवतारकथाः शुभाः ईला विदधतः स्वैरम् ईश्वरस्यात्ममायया

athākhyāhi harerdhīmann avatārakathāḥ śubhāḥ īlā vidadhataḥ svairam īśvarasyātmamāyayā

Now relate, O wise one, the auspicious accounts of the descents of Hari, the Lord who freely performs his sports by his own power of illusion.

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SB 1 1.19

वयं तु न वितृप्याम उत्तमश्लोकविक्रमे यच्छृण्वतां रसज्ञानां स्वादु स्वादु पदे पदे

vayaṃ tu na vitṛpyāma uttamaślokavikrame yacchṛṇvatāṃ rasajñānāṃ svādu svādu pade pade

For our part, we are not sated with the exploits of him whose praise is excellent — (exploits) which, for those who hear them and know their savour, are sweeter and sweeter at every step.

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SB 1 1.20

कृतवान् किल कर्माणि सह रामेण केशवः अतिमर्त्यानि भगवान् गूढः कपटमानुषः

kṛtavān kila karmāṇi saha rāmeṇa keśavaḥ atimartyāni bhagavān gūḍhaḥ kapaṭamānuṣaḥ

Together with Rāma, Keśava performed deeds, they say, that were more than mortal — the Lord, concealed, a man in disguise.

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SB 1 1.21

कलिम् आगतम् आज्ञाय क्षेत्रे ऽस्मिन् वैष्णवे वयम् आसीना दीर्घसत्रेण कथायां सक्षणा हरेः

kalim āgatam ājñāya kṣetre 'smin vaiṣṇave vayam āsīnā dīrghasatreṇa kathāyāṃ sakṣaṇā hareḥ

Knowing that Kali (age) had come, we are seated in this place sacred to Viṣṇu for a long sacrificial session, having leisure for the stories of Hari.

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SB 1 1.22

त्वं नः सन्दर्शितो धात्रा दुस्तरं निस्तितीर्षताम् कलिं सत्त्वहरं पुंसां कर्णधार इवार्णवम्

tvaṃ naḥ sandarśito dhātrā dustaraṃ nistitīrṣatām kaliṃ sattvaharaṃ puṃsāṃ karṇadhāra ivārṇavam

You have been shown to us by the Creator — to us who wish to cross over the hard-to-cross Kali, which robs men of their goodness — as a helmsman (is shown) to those (crossing) the ocean.

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SB 1 1.23

ब्रूहि योगेश्वरे कृष्णे ब्रह्मण्ये धर्मवर्मणि स्वां काष्ठाम् अधुनोपेते धर्मः कं शरणं गतः

brūhi yogeśvare kṛṣṇe brahmaṇye dharmavarmaṇi svāṃ kāṣṭhām adhunopete dharmaḥ kaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Tell (us): now that Kṛṣṇa, the lord of yoga, the friend of brahmins, the armour of dharma, has gone to his own abode, to whose shelter has dharma gone?

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