Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 10
SB 1 10.1
शौनक उवाच हत्वा स्वरिक्थस्पृध आततायिनो युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः सहानुजैः प्रत्यवरुद्धभोजनः कथं प्रवृत्तः किम् अकारषीत् ततः
śaunaka uvāca hatvā svarikthaspṛdha ātatāyino yudhiṣṭhiro dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ sahānujaiḥ pratyavaruddhabhojanaḥ kathaṃ pravṛttaḥ kim akāraṣīt tataḥ
Śaunaka said: Having slain the aggressors who contended for his own inheritance, how did Yudhiṣṭhira, the best of the upholders of dharma, together with his younger brothers — he whose enjoyments had been restrained — proceed, and what did he do thereafter?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 10.2
सूत उवाच वंशं कुरोर्वंशदवाग्निनिर्हृतं संरोहयित्वा भवभावनो हरिः निवेशयित्वा निजराज्य ईश्वरो युधिष्ठिरं प्रीतमना बभूव ह
sūta uvāca vaṃśaṃ kurorvaṃśadavāgninirhṛtaṃ saṃrohayitvā bhavabhāvano hariḥ niveśayitvā nijarājya īśvaro yudhiṣṭhiraṃ prītamanā babhūva ha
Sūta said: Having caused the line of Kuru, consumed by the forest-fire of (the war among) the line itself, to sprout again, and having installed Yudhiṣṭhira in his own kingdom, Hari, the Lord, the sustainer of existence, became glad at heart.
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SB 1 10.3
निशम्य भीष्मोक्तम् अथाच्युतोक्तं प्रवृत्तविज्ञानविधूतविभ्रमः शशास गाम् इन्द्र इवाजिताश्रयः परिध्युपान्ताम् अनुजानुवर्तितः
niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṃ pravṛttavijñānavidhūtavibhramaḥ śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ
Having heard what Bhīṣma said and then what Acyuta said, his confusion dispelled by the knowledge that had arisen, he ruled the earth as far as the surrounding seas, like Indra, having the unconquered one as his support, followed by his younger brothers.
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SB 1 10.4
कामं ववर्ष पर्जन्यः सर्वकामदुघा मही सिषिचुः स्म व्रजान् गावः पयसोधस्वतीर्मुदा
kāmaṃ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ sarvakāmadughā mahī siṣicuḥ sma vrajān gāvaḥ payasodhasvatīrmudā
The rain-god rained at will, the earth yielded all desires, and the cows with full udders drenched the cow-pens with milk out of joy.
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SB 1 10.5
नद्यः समुद्रा गिरयः सवनस्पतिवीरुधः फलन्त्योषधयः सर्वाः कामम् अन्वृतु तस्य वै
nadyaḥ samudrā girayaḥ savanaspativīrudhaḥ phalantyoṣadhayaḥ sarvāḥ kāmam anvṛtu tasya vai
The rivers, oceans and mountains, with their trees and creepers, and all the plants bore fruit for him abundantly in each season.
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SB 1 10.6
नाधयो व्याधयः क्लेशा दैवभूतात्महेतवः अजातशत्रावभवन् जन्तूनां राज्ञि कर्हिचित्
nādhayo vyādhayaḥ kleśā daivabhūtātmahetavaḥ ajātaśatrāvabhavan jantūnāṃ rājñi karhicit
Under the king who had no enemy born, mental afflictions, diseases, and troubles caused by gods, other beings, or oneself never at any time befell living creatures.
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SB 1 10.7
उषित्वा हास्तिनपुरे मासान् कतिपयान् हरिः सुहृदां च विशोकाय स्वसुश्च प्रियकाम्यया
uṣitvā hāstinapure māsān katipayān hariḥ suhṛdāṃ ca viśokāya svasuśca priyakāmyayā
Hari stayed in Hastināpura for some months, both to remove the grief of his kinsmen and out of desire to please his sister.
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SB 1 10.8
आमन्त्र्य चाभ्यनुज्ञातः परिष्वज्याभिवाद्य तम् आरुरोह रथं कैश्चित् परिष्वक्तो ऽभिवादितः
āmantrya cābhyanujñātaḥ pariṣvajyābhivādya tam āruroha rathaṃ kaiścit pariṣvakto 'bhivāditaḥ
Having taken leave and been granted permission (to depart), embracing and saluting him (Yudhiṣṭhira), he mounted his chariot, embraced by some and saluted by others.
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SB 1 10.9
सुभद्रा द्रौपदी कुन्ती विराटतनया तथा गान्धारी धृतराष्ट्रश्च युयुत्सुर्गौतमो यमौ
subhadrā draupadī kuntī virāṭatanayā tathā gāndhārī dhṛtarāṣṭraśca yuyutsurgautamo yamau
Subhadrā, Draupadī, Kuntī, and likewise the daughter of Virāṭa (Uttarā), Gāndhārī and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Yuyutsu, Gautama (Kṛpa), the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva),
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SB 1 10.10
वृकोदरश्च धौम्यश्च स्त्रियो मत्स्यसुतादयः न सेहिरे विमुह्यन्तो विरहं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः
vṛkodaraśca dhaumyaśca striyo matsyasutādayaḥ na sehire vimuhyanto virahaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ
and Vṛkodara (Bhīma) and Dhaumya, and the women headed by the daughter of the Matsya king — bewildered, they could not bear the separation from the wielder of the Śārṅga bow.
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SB 1 10.11
सत्सङ्गान् मुक्तदुःसङ्गो हातुं नोत्सहते बुधः कीर्त्यमानं यशो यस्य सकृदाकर्ण्य रोचनम्
satsaṅgān muktaduḥsaṅgo hātuṃ notsahate budhaḥ kīrtyamānaṃ yaśo yasya sakṛdākarṇya rocanam
A wise man, whose bad associations have been dissolved by the company of the good, does not care to give (that company) up — (the company of him) whose glory, when it is sung, becomes pleasing after being heard but once.
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SB 1 10.12
तस्मिन् न्यस्तधियः पार्थाः सहेरन् विरहं कथम् दर्शनस्पर्शसंलाप शयनासनभोजनैः
tasmin nyastadhiyaḥ pārthāḥ saheran virahaṃ katham darśanasparśasaṃlāpa śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
How, then, could the sons of Pṛthā, whose minds were fixed on him through seeing, touching, conversing, lying down, sitting and eating (together), bear the separation?
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SB 1 10.13
सर्वे ते ऽनिमिषैरक्षैस्तम् अनु द्रुतचेतसः वीक्षन्तः स्नेहसम्बद्धा विचेलुस्तत्र तत्र ह
sarve te 'nimiṣairakṣaistam anu drutacetasaḥ vīkṣantaḥ snehasambaddhā vicelustatra tatra ha
All of them, with unblinking eyes, their hearts melting and following after him, gazing (at him), bound by affection, moved about here and there.
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SB 1 10.14
न्यरुन्धन्न् उद्गलद्बाष्पम् औत्कण्ठ्याद्देवकीसुते निर्यात्यगारान् नो ऽभद्रम् इति स्याद्बान्धवस्त्रियः
nyarundhann udgaladbāṣpam autkaṇṭhyāddevakīsute niryātyagārān no 'bhadram iti syādbāndhavastriyaḥ
The women of the family held back the tears welling up out of longing when the son of Devakī was setting out from the house, (thinking) "there may be ill-fortune for us" (if we weep).
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SB 1 10.15
मृदङ्गशङ्खभेर्यश्च वीणापणवगोमुखाः धुन्धुर्यानकघण्टाद्या नेदुर्दुन्दुभयस्तथा
mṛdaṅgaśaṅkhabheryaśca vīṇāpaṇavagomukhāḥ dhundhuryānakaghaṇṭādyā nedurdundubhayastathā
Mṛdaṅgas, conches and kettledrums, vīṇās, paṇavas and gomukha horns, dhundhurīs, ānakas, bells and the rest, and likewise dundubhi drums, sounded forth.
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SB 1 10.16
प्रासादशिखरारूढाः कुरुनार्यो दिदृक्षया ववृषुः कुसुमैः कृष्णं प्रेमव्रीडास्मितेक्षणाः
prāsādaśikharārūḍhāḥ kurunāryo didṛkṣayā vavṛṣuḥ kusumaiḥ kṛṣṇaṃ premavrīḍāsmitekṣaṇāḥ
The Kuru women, climbed to the tops of the palaces out of the desire to see (him), showered Kṛṣṇa with flowers, their glances (full of) love, bashfulness and smiling.
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SB 1 10.17
सितातपत्रं जग्राह मुक्तादामविभूषितम् रत्नदण्डं गुडाकेशः प्रियः प्रियतमस्य ह
sitātapatraṃ jagrāha muktādāmavibhūṣitam ratnadaṇḍaṃ guḍākeśaḥ priyaḥ priyatamasya ha
Guḍākeśa (Arjuna), the dear one, held up for the dearest one the white parasol, adorned with strings of pearls and with a jewelled handle.
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SB 1 10.18
उद्धवः सात्यकिश्चैव व्यजने परमाद्भुते विकीर्यमाणः कुसुमै रेजे मधुपतिः पथि
uddhavaḥ sātyakiścaiva vyajane paramādbhute vikīryamāṇaḥ kusumai reje madhupatiḥ pathi
Uddhava and Sātyaki (held) two most wonderful fans; the lord of the Madhus, being showered with flowers, shone upon the road.
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SB 1 10.19
अश्रूयन्ताशिषः सत्यास्तत्र तत्र द्विजेरिताः नानुरूपानुरूपाश्च निर्गुणस्य गुणात्मनः
aśrūyantāśiṣaḥ satyāstatra tatra dvijeritāḥ nānurūpānurūpāśca nirguṇasya guṇātmanaḥ
Here and there were heard true benedictions uttered by the twice-born, unfitting and yet fitting for him who is without qualities yet is the self of the qualities.
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SB 1 10.20
अन्योन्यम् आसीत् सञ्जल्प उत्तमश्लोकचेतसाम् कौरवेन्द्रपुरस्त्रीणां सर्वश्रुतिमनोहरः
anyonyam āsīt sañjalpa uttamaślokacetasām kauravendrapurastrīṇāṃ sarvaśrutimanoharaḥ
There was mutual conversation among the women of the city of the Kuru king, whose minds were on him of highest praise — (a conversation) delightful to every ear and mind.
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SB 1 10.21
स वै किलायं पुरुषः पुरातनो य एक आसीदविशेष आत्मनि अग्रे गुणेभ्यो जगदात्मनीश्वरे निमीलितात्मन् निशि सुप्तशक्तिषु
sa vai kilāyaṃ puruṣaḥ purātano ya eka āsīdaviśeṣa ātmani agre guṇebhyo jagadātmanīśvare nimīlitātman niśi suptaśaktiṣu
"Surely this is that ancient Person who alone existed, without distinctions, in himself, prior to the qualities — in the Lord, the self of the world, when his own self was closed up and his powers slept in the (cosmic) night.
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SB 1 10.22
स एव भूयो निजवीर्यचोदितां स्वजीवमायां प्रकृतिं सिसृक्षतीम् अनामरूपात्मनि रूपनामनी विधित्समानो ऽनुससार शास्त्रकृत्
sa eva bhūyo nijavīryacoditāṃ svajīvamāyāṃ prakṛtiṃ sisṛkṣatīm anāmarūpātmani rūpanāmanī vidhitsamāno 'nusasāra śāstrakṛt
He indeed again, the maker of the scriptures, wishing to bestow form and name upon what has neither name nor form, followed after prakṛti — his own māyā of the living beings, impelled by his own potency and eager to create.
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SB 1 10.23
स वा अयं यत् पदम् अत्र सूरयो जितेन्द्रिया निर्जितमातरिश्वनः पश्यन्ति भक्त्युत्कलितामलात्मना नन्वेष सत्त्वं परिमार्ष्टुम् अर्हति
sa vā ayaṃ yat padam atra sūrayo jitendriyā nirjitamātariśvanaḥ paśyanti bhaktyutkalitāmalātmanā nanveṣa sattvaṃ parimārṣṭum arhati
He indeed is this one, whose station here the wise, having conquered their senses and mastered the breath, behold with a spotless self unfolded by devotion; surely this one alone deserves to purify (one's) being.
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SB 1 10.24
स वा अयं सख्यनुगीतसत्कथो वेदेषु गुह्येषु च गुह्यवादिभिः य एक ईशो जगदात्मलीलया सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न तत्र सज्जते
sa vā ayaṃ sakhyanugītasatkatho vedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhyavādibhiḥ ya eka īśo jagadātmalīlayā sṛjatyavatyatti na tatra sajjate
He indeed is this one whose good story is sung along by friends, and by the speakers of secrets in the Vedas and in the esoteric (texts) — he who, being the one Lord, by the play of the self of the world creates, protects and devours (it), yet is not attached therein.
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SB 1 10.25
यदा ह्यधर्मेण तमोधियो नृपा जीवन्ति तत्रैष हि सत्त्वतः किल धत्ते भगं सत्यम् ऋतं दयां यशो भवाय रूपाणि दधद्युगे युगे
yadā hyadharmeṇa tamodhiyo nṛpā jīvanti tatraiṣa hi sattvataḥ kila dhatte bhagaṃ satyam ṛtaṃ dayāṃ yaśo bhavāya rūpāṇi dadhadyuge yuge
For when kings whose minds are (steeped) in darkness live by unrighteousness, then indeed he, out of goodness, assumes majesty, truth, order, compassion and glory, taking on forms age after age for (the world's) welfare.
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SB 1 10.26
अहो अलं श्लाघ्यतमं यदोः कुलम् अहो अलं पुण्यतमं मधोर्वनम् यदेष पुंसाम् ऋषभः श्रियः पतिः स्वजन्मना चङ्क्रमणेन चाञ्चति
aho alaṃ ślāghyatamaṃ yadoḥ kulam aho alaṃ puṇyatamaṃ madhorvanam yadeṣa puṃsām ṛṣabhaḥ śriyaḥ patiḥ svajanmanā caṅkramaṇena cāñcati
Ah, most praiseworthy indeed is the family of Yadu! Ah, most holy indeed is the Madhu forest! For this bull among men, the husband of Śrī, honours (them) by his own birth and by his walking about (there).
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SB 1 10.27
अहो बत स्वर्यशसस्तिरस्करी कुशस्थली पुण्ययशस्करी भुवः पश्यन्ति नित्यं यदनुग्रहेषितं स्मितावलोकं स्वपतिं स्म यत्प्रजाः
aho bata svaryaśasastiraskarī kuśasthalī puṇyayaśaskarī bhuvaḥ paśyanti nityaṃ yadanugraheṣitaṃ smitāvalokaṃ svapatiṃ sma yatprajāḥ
Ah indeed, Kuśasthalī (Dvārakā) eclipses the fame of heaven and makes the earth's fame holy, for its people constantly behold their own lord, whose smiling glance is impelled by grace.
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SB 1 10.28
नूनं व्रतस्नानहुतादिनेश्वरः समर्चितो ह्यस्य गृहीतपाणिभिः पिबन्ति याः सख्यधरामृतं मुहुर् व्रजस्त्रियः सम्मुमुहुर्यदाशयाः
nūnaṃ vratasnānahutādineśvaraḥ samarcito hyasya gṛhītapāṇibhiḥ pibanti yāḥ sakhyadharāmṛtaṃ muhur vrajastriyaḥ sammumuhuryadāśayāḥ
Surely by (them) the Lord was well worshipped with vows, ablutions, oblations and the like — by these women whose hands he took; and the women of Vraja, who again and again drink the nectar of his lips in friendship, whose minds swooned away (for him).
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SB 1 10.29
या वीर्यशुल्केन हृताः स्वयंवरे प्रमथ्य चैद्यप्रमुखान् हि शुष्मिणः प्रद्युम्नसाम्बाम्बसुतादयो ऽपरा याश्चाहृता भौमवधे सहस्रशः
yā vīryaśulkena hṛtāḥ svayaṃvare pramathya caidyapramukhān hi śuṣmiṇaḥ pradyumnasāmbāmbasutādayo 'parā yāścāhṛtā bhaumavadhe sahasraśaḥ
Those (women) who were carried off at the svayaṃvara as the price of valour, after he had crushed Caidya (Śiśupāla) and other blustering chiefs, and others who bore Pradyumna, Sāmba, Amba and the rest, and those thousands who were taken away at the slaying of Bhauma (Narakāsura) —
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SB 1 10.30
एताः परं स्त्रीत्वम् अपास्तपेशलं निरस्तशौचं बत साधु कुर्वते यासां गृहात् पुष्करलोचनः पतिर् न जात्वपैत्याहृतिभिर्हृदि स्पृशन्
etāḥ paraṃ strītvam apāstapeśalaṃ nirastaśaucaṃ bata sādhu kurvate yāsāṃ gṛhāt puṣkaralocanaḥ patir na jātvapaityāhṛtibhirhṛdi spṛśan
These (women), ah, make womanhood itself supremely blessed, though it lacks charm and is deprived of purity, since from their house the lotus-eyed one, their husband, never departs, touching (their) hearts with gifts.
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SB 1 10.31
एवंविधा गदन्तीनां स गिरः पुरयोषिताम् निरीक्षणेनाभिनन्दन् सस्मितेन ययौ हरिः
evaṃvidhā gadantīnāṃ sa giraḥ purayoṣitām nirīkṣaṇenābhinandan sasmitena yayau hariḥ
Hari, greeting with a smiling glance the words of the city's women who spoke in this manner, went on his way.
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SB 1 10.32
अजातशत्रुः पृतनां गोपीथाय मधुद्विषः परेभ्यः शङ्कितः स्नेहात् प्रायुङ्क्त चतुरङ्गिणीम्
ajātaśatruḥ pṛtanāṃ gopīthāya madhudviṣaḥ parebhyaḥ śaṅkitaḥ snehāt prāyuṅkta caturaṅgiṇīm
Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira), apprehensive of enemies out of affection, sent a fourfold army for the protection of the foe of Madhu.
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SB 1 10.33
अथ दूरागतान् शौरिः कौरवान् विरहातुरान् सन्निवर्त्य दृढं स्निग्धान् प्रायात् स्वनगरीं प्रियैः
atha dūrāgatān śauriḥ kauravān virahāturān sannivartya dṛḍhaṃ snigdhān prāyāt svanagarīṃ priyaiḥ
Then Śauri (Kṛṣṇa), turning back the Kauravas who, distressed at the separation and deeply attached, had come a long way, set out for his own city with his dear ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 10.34
कुरुजाङ्गलपाञ्चालान् शूरसेनान् सयामुनान् ब्रह्मावर्तं कुरुक्षेत्रं मत्स्यान् सारस्वतान् अथ
kurujāṅgalapāñcālān śūrasenān sayāmunān brahmāvartaṃ kurukṣetraṃ matsyān sārasvatān atha
(He passed) Kurujāṅgala and the Pāñcālas, the Śūrasenas together with the lands along the Yamunā, Brahmāvarta, Kurukṣetra, the Matsyas, and then the Sārasvatas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 10.35
मरुधन्वम् अतिक्रम्य सौवीराभीरयोः परान् आनर्तान् भार्गवोपागाच् छ्रान्तवाहो मनाग् विभुः
marudhanvam atikramya sauvīrābhīrayoḥ parān ānartān bhārgavopāgāc chrāntavāho manāg vibhuḥ
and crossing the desert land and the (regions) beyond, of the Sauvīras and Ābhīras, the mighty one, his horses somewhat wearied, reached Ānarta by way of Bhārgava (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 10.36
तत्र तत्र ह तत्रत्यैर्हरिः प्रत्युद्यतार्हणः सायं भेजे दिशं पश्चाद्गविष्ठो गां गतस्तदा
tatra tatra ha tatratyairhariḥ pratyudyatārhaṇaḥ sāyaṃ bheje diśaṃ paścādgaviṣṭho gāṃ gatastadā
In each place Hari was honoured with offerings brought forward by the local people; and at evening, having reached the earth, he took to the western quarter, the sun (then) resting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain