Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 15
SB 1 15.1
सूत उवाच एवं कृष्णसखः कृष्णो भ्रात्रा राज्ञा विकल्पितः नानाशङ्कास्पदं रूपं कृष्णविश्लेषकर्शितः
sūta uvāca evaṃ kṛṣṇasakhaḥ kṛṣṇo bhrātrā rājñā vikalpitaḥ nānāśaṅkāspadaṃ rūpaṃ kṛṣṇaviśleṣakarśitaḥ
Sūta said: Thus Arjuna, the friend of Kṛṣṇa, dark-complexioned, being conjectured about in this way by his brother the king, whose form was the ground of many misgivings, emaciated by separation from Kṛṣṇa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.2
शोकेन शुष्यद्वदन हृत्सरोजो हतप्रभः विभुं तम् एवानुस्मरन् नाशक्नोत् प्रतिभाषितुम्
śokena śuṣyadvadana hṛtsarojo hataprabhaḥ vibhuṃ tam evānusmaran nāśaknot pratibhāṣitum
his face dried up by grief, the lotus of his heart withered, his lustre gone, remembering that all-pervading Lord alone, he was unable to reply.
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SB 1 15.3
कृच्छ्रेण संस्तभ्य शुचः पाणिनामृज्य नेत्रयोः परोक्षेण समुन्नद्ध प्रणयौत्कण्ठ्यकातरः
kṛcchreṇa saṃstabhya śucaḥ pāṇināmṛjya netrayoḥ parokṣeṇa samunnaddha praṇayautkaṇṭhyakātaraḥ
With difficulty checking his sorrow, wiping his eyes with his hand, distressed by love and longing swollen high by (Kṛṣṇa's) being out of sight,
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SB 1 15.4
सख्यं मैत्रीं सौहृदं च सारथ्यादिषु संस्मरन् नृपम् अग्रजम् इत्याह बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा
sakhyaṃ maitrīṃ sauhṛdaṃ ca sārathyādiṣu saṃsmaran nṛpam agrajam ityāha bāṣpagadgadayā girā
remembering the comradeship, friendship and affection (shown to him) in the office of charioteer and the rest, he spoke thus to the king, his elder brother, in a voice choked with tears:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.5
अर्जुन उवाच वञ्चितो ऽहं महाराज हरिणा बन्धुरूपिणा येन मे ऽपहृतं तेजो देवविस्मापनं महत्
arjuna uvāca vañcito 'haṃ mahārāja hariṇā bandhurūpiṇā yena me 'pahṛtaṃ tejo devavismāpanaṃ mahat
Arjuna said: I have been cheated, great king, by Hari in the guise of a kinsman, by whom my great prowess, which astonished the gods, has been taken away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.6
यस्य क्षणवियोगेन लोको ह्यप्रियदर्शनः उक्थेन रहितो ह्येष मृतकः प्रोच्यते यथा
yasya kṣaṇaviyogena loko hyapriyadarśanaḥ ukthena rahito hyeṣa mṛtakaḥ procyate yathā
By separation from whom for a moment the world becomes unpleasant to look at — like this (body), which, when it lacks the vital breath, is called a corpse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.7
यत्संश्रयाद्द्रुपदगेहम् उपागतानां राज्ञां स्वयंवरमुखे स्मरदुर्मदानाम् तेजो हृतं खलु मयाभिहतश्च मत्स्यः सज्जीकृतेन धनुषाधिगता च कृष्णा
yatsaṃśrayāddrupadageham upāgatānāṃ rājñāṃ svayaṃvaramukhe smaradurmadānām tejo hṛtaṃ khalu mayābhihataśca matsyaḥ sajjīkṛtena dhanuṣādhigatā ca kṛṣṇā
By taking shelter of whom the splendour of the kings who had come to Drupada's house, maddened by desire at the head of the bride-choice, was indeed carried off by me, and the fish was struck down with the bow that I strung, and Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) was won.
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SB 1 15.8
यत्सन्निधावहम् उ खाण्डवम् अग्नये ऽदाम् इन्द्रं च सामरगणं तरसा विजित्य लब्धा सभा मयकृताद्भुतशिल्पमाया दिग्भ्यो ऽहरन् नृपतयो बलिम् अध्वरे ते
yatsannidhāvaham u khāṇḍavam agnaye 'dām indraṃ ca sāmaragaṇaṃ tarasā vijitya labdhā sabhā mayakṛtādbhutaśilpamāyā digbhyo 'haran nṛpatayo balim adhvare te
In whose presence I gave the Khāṇḍava (forest) to Fire and, swiftly conquering Indra together with the host of gods, obtained the assembly hall built by Maya with wondrous craft and magic, and the kings from all directions brought tribute to your sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.9
यत्तेजसा नृपशिरोऽङ्घ्रिम् अहन् मखार्थम् आर्यो ऽनुजस्तव गजायुतसत्त्ववीर्यः तेनाहृताः प्रमथनाथमखाय भूपा यन्मोचितास्तदनयन् बलिम् अध्वरे ते
yattejasā nṛpaśiro'ṅghrim ahan makhārtham āryo 'nujastava gajāyutasattvavīryaḥ tenāhṛtāḥ pramathanāthamakhāya bhūpā yanmocitāstadanayan balim adhvare te
By whose power your noble younger brother, having the strength and valour of ten thousand elephants, struck down him who was the foot at the head of kings, for the sake of the sacrifice; and the kings brought there by him for the sacrifice to the lord of the Pramathas (Śiva), being released, brought tribute to your sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.10
पत्न्यास्तवाधिमखकॢप्तमहाभिषेक श्लाघिष्ठचारुकबरं कितवैः सभायाम् स्पृष्टं विकीर्य पदयोः पतिताश्रुमुख्या यस्तत्स्त्रियो ऽकृतहतेशविमुक्तकेशाः
patnyāstavādhimakhakḷptamahābhiṣeka ślāghiṣṭhacārukabaraṃ kitavaiḥ sabhāyām spṛṣṭaṃ vikīrya padayoḥ patitāśrumukhyā yastatstriyo 'kṛtahateśavimuktakeśāḥ
When in the assembly your wife's beautiful and much-praised braid, on which the great consecration-bath of the sacrifice had been performed, was touched and unloosed by the gamblers, she fell at (Kṛṣṇa's) feet with tears on her face — and he it was who made the women of those (Kurus) widows with their hair loosed, their husbands slain.
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SB 1 15.11
यो नो जुगोप वन एत्य दुरन्तकृच्छ्राद् दुर्वाससो ऽरिरचितादयुताग्रभुग् यः शाकान्नशिष्टम् उपयुज्य यतस्त्रिलोकीं तृप्ताम् अमंस्त सलिले विनिमग्नसङ्घः
yo no jugopa vana etya durantakṛcchrād durvāsaso 'riracitādayutāgrabhug yaḥ śākānnaśiṣṭam upayujya yatastrilokīṃ tṛptām amaṃsta salile vinimagnasaṅghaḥ
He who protected us in the forest, coming there, from the unending distress (caused) by Durvāsas, contrived by our enemy — he who eats first among ten thousand; who, by taking the remnant of the vegetable food, made the three worlds feel satisfied, so that the whole company (of sages) immersed in the water (felt full).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.12
यत्तेजसाथ भगवान् युधि शूलपाणिर् विस्मापितः सगिरिजो ऽस्त्रम् अदान् निजं मे अन्ये ऽपि चाहम् अमुनैव कलेवरेण प्राप्तो महेन्द्रभवने महदासनार्धम्
yattejasātha bhagavān yudhi śūlapāṇir vismāpitaḥ sagirijo 'stram adān nijaṃ me anye 'pi cāham amunaiva kalevareṇa prāpto mahendrabhavane mahadāsanārdham
By whose power the Lord who holds the trident, amazed in battle, together with the daughter of the mountain, gave me his own weapon — and others too gave theirs; and by this very body I attained, in great Indra's hall, half of his exalted seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.13
तत्रैव मे विहरतो भुजदण्डयुग्मं गाण्डीवलक्षणम् अरातिवधाय देवाः सेन्द्राः श्रिता यदनुभावितम् आजमीढ तेनाहम् अद्य मुषितः पुरुषेण भूम्ना
tatraiva me viharato bhujadaṇḍayugmaṃ gāṇḍīvalakṣaṇam arātivadhāya devāḥ sendrāḥ śritā yadanubhāvitam ājamīḍha tenāham adya muṣitaḥ puruṣeṇa bhūmnā
While I was sporting there, the gods with Indra took refuge in my pair of club-like arms, marked by the Gāṇḍīva bow, for the slaying of their enemies — arms empowered by him; O descendant of Ajamīḍha, by that all-pervading Person I have today been robbed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.14
यद्बान्धवः कुरुबलाब्धिम् अनन्तपारम् एको रथेन ततरे ऽहम् अतीर्यसत्त्वम् प्रत्याहृतं बहु धनं च मया परेषां तेजास्पदं मणिमयं च हृतं शिरोभ्यः
yadbāndhavaḥ kurubalābdhim anantapāram eko rathena tatare 'ham atīryasattvam pratyāhṛtaṃ bahu dhanaṃ ca mayā pareṣāṃ tejāspadaṃ maṇimayaṃ ca hṛtaṃ śirobhyaḥ
With him as my kinsman I alone crossed with my chariot the shoreless ocean of the Kuru army, whose strength could not be crossed; and by me much wealth of the enemies was recovered, and the jewelled ornaments, the seat of their splendour, were taken from their heads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.15
यो भीष्मकर्णगुरुशल्यचमूष्वदभ्र राजन्यवर्यरथमण्डलमण्डितासु अग्रेचरो मम विभो रथयूथपानाम् आयुर्मनांसि च दृशा सह ओज आर्च्छत्
yo bhīṣmakarṇaguruśalyacamūṣvadabhra rājanyavaryarathamaṇḍalamaṇḍitāsu agrecaro mama vibho rathayūthapānām āyurmanāṃsi ca dṛśā saha oja ārcchat
He, O mighty one, going before me in those not-small armies of Bhīṣma, Karṇa, the teacher (Droṇa) and Śalya, adorned with circles of chariots of the foremost of kings, by his mere glance took away the lifespans, the minds, and the vigour of those commanders of chariot troops.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.16
यद्दोःषु मा प्रणिहितं गुरुभीष्मकर्ण नप्तृत्रिगर्तशल्यसैन्धवबाह्लिकाद्यैः अस्त्राण्यमोघमहिमानि निरूपितानि नोपस्पृशुर्नृहरिदासम् इवासुराणि
yaddoḥṣu mā praṇihitaṃ gurubhīṣmakarṇa naptṛtrigartaśalyasaindhavabāhlikādyaiḥ astrāṇyamoghamahimāni nirūpitāni nopaspṛśurnṛharidāsam ivāsurāṇi
Weapons of unfailing might, discharged by the teacher, Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Bhūriśravas, the Trigartas, Śalya, the Saindhava (Jayadratha), Bāhlika and others, did not touch me, who was placed in his arms, just as the demons' weapons did not touch the servant of the man-lion (Prahlāda).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.17
सौत्ये वृतः कुमतिनात्मद ईश्वरो मे यत्पादपद्मम् अभवाय भजन्ति भव्याः मां श्रान्तवाहम् अरयो रथिनो भुविष्ठं न प्राहरन् यदनुभावनिरस्तचित्ताः
sautye vṛtaḥ kumatinātmada īśvaro me yatpādapadmam abhavāya bhajanti bhavyāḥ māṃ śrāntavāham arayo rathino bhuviṣṭhaṃ na prāharan yadanubhāvanirastacittāḥ
He, the giver of the self, the Lord, whose lotus feet the auspicious ones worship for release from rebirth, was chosen by me, a fool, as my charioteer; when my horses were exhausted and I stood on the ground, the enemy chariot-warriors did not strike me, their minds cast down by his power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.18
नर्माण्युदाररुचिरस्मितशोभितानि हे पार्थ हे ऽर्जुन सखे कुरुनन्दनेति सञ्जल्पितानि नरदेव हृदिस्पृशानि स्मर्तुर्लुठन्ति हृदयं मम माधवस्य
narmāṇyudārarucirasmitaśobhitāni he pārtha he 'rjuna sakhe kurunandaneti sañjalpitāni naradeva hṛdispṛśāni smarturluṭhanti hṛdayaṃ mama mādhavasya
His jests, adorned by broad and lovely smiles, his talk — "O son of Pṛthā! O Arjuna! O friend! O delight of the Kurus!" — touching the heart, O lord of men, roll about in my heart as I remember Mādhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.19
शय्यासनाटनविकत्थनभोजनादिष्व् ऐक्याद्वयस्य ऋतवान् इति विप्रलब्धः सख्युः सखेव पितृवत् तनयस्य सर्वं सेहे महान् महितया कुमतेरघं मे
śayyāsanāṭanavikatthanabhojanādiṣv aikyādvayasya ṛtavān iti vipralabdhaḥ sakhyuḥ sakheva pitṛvat tanayasya sarvaṃ sehe mahān mahitayā kumateraghaṃ me
In lying down, sitting, walking about, boasting, eating and the rest, when he was mocked by me with "you are truthful indeed" because of our equality of age, the great one, in his greatness, bore it all — as a friend a friend's, as a father a son's — every offence of mine, a fool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.20
सो ऽहं नृपेन्द्र रहितः पुरुषोत्तमेन सख्या प्रियेण सुहृदा हृदयेन शून्यः अध्वन्युरुक्रमपरिग्रहम् अङ्ग रक्षन् गोपैरसद्भिरबलेव विनिर्जितो ऽस्मि
so 'haṃ nṛpendra rahitaḥ puruṣottamena sakhyā priyeṇa suhṛdā hṛdayena śūnyaḥ adhvanyurukramaparigraham aṅga rakṣan gopairasadbhirabaleva vinirjito 'smi
Such as I am, O lord of kings, deprived of the Supreme Person, my dear friend and well-wisher, I am empty of heart; and while guarding on the road the household of the wide-striding one, dear brother, I have been defeated by base cowherds as though I were a woman.
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SB 1 15.21
तद्वै धनुस्त इषवः स रथो हयास्ते सो ऽहं रथी नृपतयो यत आनमन्ति सर्वं क्षणेन तदभूदसदीशरिक्तं भस्मन् हुतं कुहकराद्धम् इवोप्तम् ऊष्याम्
tadvai dhanusta iṣavaḥ sa ratho hayāste so 'haṃ rathī nṛpatayo yata ānamanti sarvaṃ kṣaṇena tadabhūdasadīśariktaṃ bhasman hutaṃ kuhakarāddham ivoptam ūṣyām
That indeed is the bow, those the arrows, that the chariot, those the horses, that same I the chariot-warrior, and those the kings who bow before me; yet in a moment all that became unreal, empty of the Lord — like an oblation offered into ashes, like alms won from a conjuror, like seed sown in salty soil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.22
राजंस्त्वयानुपृष्टानां सुहृदां नः सुहृत्पुरे विप्रशापविमूढानां निघ्नतां मुष्टिभिर्मिथः
rājaṃstvayānupṛṣṭānāṃ suhṛdāṃ naḥ suhṛtpure vipraśāpavimūḍhānāṃ nighnatāṃ muṣṭibhirmithaḥ
O king, of our friends about whom you have asked, in the city of the well-wishers, bewildered by a brāhmaṇa's curse, striking one another with their fists —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.23
वारुणीं मदिरां पीत्वा मदोन्मथितचेतसाम् अजानताम् इवान्योन्यं चतुःपञ्चावशेषिताः
vāruṇīṃ madirāṃ pītvā madonmathitacetasām ajānatām ivānyonyaṃ catuḥpañcāvaśeṣitāḥ
having drunk the liquor made from Vāruṇī, their minds churned up by intoxication, as if not recognising one another — (of them) four or five were left remaining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.24
प्रायेणैतद्भगवत ईश्वरस्य विचेष्टितम् मिथो निघ्नन्ति भूतानि भावयन्ति च यन् मिथः
prāyeṇaitadbhagavata īśvarasya viceṣṭitam mitho nighnanti bhūtāni bhāvayanti ca yan mithaḥ
For the most part this is the doing of the Lord, the controller: that beings kill one another and also nourish one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.25
जलौकसां जले यद्वन् महान्तो ऽदन्त्यणीयसः दुर्बलान् बलिनो राजन् महान्तो बलिनो मिथः
jalaukasāṃ jale yadvan mahānto 'dantyaṇīyasaḥ durbalān balino rājan mahānto balino mithaḥ
Just as among water-dwellers in the water the big ones eat the smaller, and the strong the weak, O king, and the great, strong ones (devour) one another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.26
एवं बलिष्ठैर्यदुभिर्महद्भिरितरान् विभुः यदून् यदुभिरन्योन्यं भूभारान् सञ्जहार ह
evaṃ baliṣṭhairyadubhirmahadbhiritarān vibhuḥ yadūn yadubhiranyonyaṃ bhūbhārān sañjahāra ha
so the all-pervading Lord removed the burdens of the earth: the others by the strongest and greatest of the Yadus, and the Yadus by Yadus, one against another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.27
देशकालार्थयुक्तानि हृत्तापोपशमानि च हरन्ति स्मरतश्चित्तं गोविन्दाभिहितानि मे
deśakālārthayuktāni hṛttāpopaśamāni ca haranti smarataścittaṃ govindābhihitāni me
Suited to place, time and purpose, and stilling the heart's fever, the words spoken by Govinda carry away my mind as I remember them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.28
सूत उवाच एवं चिन्तयतो जिष्णोः कृष्णपादसरोरुहम् सौहार्देनातिगाढेन शान्तासीद्विमला मतिः
sūta uvāca evaṃ cintayato jiṣṇoḥ kṛṣṇapādasaroruham sauhārdenātigāḍhena śāntāsīdvimalā matiḥ
Sūta said: As Arjuna thus meditated on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet with an extremely intense affection, his mind became calm and clear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.29
वासुदेवाङ्घ्र्यनुध्यान परिबृंहितरंहसा भक्त्या निर्मथिताशेष कषायधिषणो ऽर्जुनः
vāsudevāṅghryanudhyāna paribṛṃhitaraṃhasā bhaktyā nirmathitāśeṣa kaṣāyadhiṣaṇo 'rjunaḥ
Arjuna, whose intelligence had all its impurities churned away by devotion whose force was swelled by constant meditation on Vāsudeva's feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.30
गीतं भगवता ज्ञानं यत् तत् सङ्ग्राममूर्धनि कालकर्मतमोरुद्धं पुनरध्यगमत् प्रभुः
gītaṃ bhagavatā jñānaṃ yat tat saṅgrāmamūrdhani kālakarmatamoruddhaṃ punaradhyagamat prabhuḥ
the mighty one again attained that knowledge which had been sung by the Lord at the front of the battle, and which had been obstructed by the darkness of time and karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.31
विशोको ब्रह्मसम्पत्त्या सञ्छिन्नद्वैतसंशयः लीनप्रकृतिनैर्गुण्यादलिङ्गत्वादसम्भवः
viśoko brahmasampattyā sañchinnadvaitasaṃśayaḥ līnaprakṛtinairguṇyādaliṅgatvādasambhavaḥ
Free of grief through attainment of Brahman, with his doubt of duality cut away, he was beyond rebirth, since the guṇas of nature had dissolved for him and he was without (subtle) marks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.32
निशम्य भगवन्मार्गं संस्थां यदुकुलस्य च स्वःपथाय मतिं चक्रे निभृतात्मा युधिष्ठिरः
niśamya bhagavanmārgaṃ saṃsthāṃ yadukulasya ca svaḥpathāya matiṃ cakre nibhṛtātmā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
Having heard of the Lord's course and of the end of the Yadu family, Yudhiṣṭhira, his mind steadied, resolved upon the path to the higher world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.33
पृथाप्यनुश्रुत्य धनञ्जयोदितं नाशं यदूनां भगवद्गतिं च ताम् एकान्तभक्त्या भगवत्यधोक्षजे निवेशितात्मोपरराम संसृतेः
pṛthāpyanuśrutya dhanañjayoditaṃ nāśaṃ yadūnāṃ bhagavadgatiṃ ca tām ekāntabhaktyā bhagavatyadhokṣaje niveśitātmopararāma saṃsṛteḥ
Pṛthā too, hearing what Dhanañjaya related — the destruction of the Yadus and that departure of the Lord — with single-minded devotion placed her self in the Lord Adhokṣaja and ceased from the round of rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.34
ययाहरद्भुवो भारं तां तनुं विजहावजः कण्टकं कण्टकेनेव द्वयं चापीशितुः समम्
yayāharadbhuvo bhāraṃ tāṃ tanuṃ vijahāvajaḥ kaṇṭakaṃ kaṇṭakeneva dvayaṃ cāpīśituḥ samam
That body with which he removed the burden of the earth, the Unborn one laid aside, as one (removes) a thorn with a thorn; and for the Lord both are alike.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.35
यथा मत्स्यादिरूपाणि धत्ते जह्याद्यथा नटः भूभारः क्षपितो येनजहौ तच् च कलेवरम्
yathā matsyādirūpāṇi dhatte jahyādyathā naṭaḥ bhūbhāraḥ kṣapito yenajahau tac ca kalevaram
As he assumes the forms of the fish and the rest, and as an actor lays (his roles) aside — the burden of the earth having been destroyed by that (body), he abandoned that body too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.36
यदा मुकुन्दो भगवान् इमां महीं जहौ स्वतन्वा श्रवणीयसत्कथः तदाहरेवाप्रतिबुद्धचेतसाम् अभद्रहेतुः कलिरन्ववर्तत
yadā mukundo bhagavān imāṃ mahīṃ jahau svatanvā śravaṇīyasatkathaḥ tadāharevāpratibuddhacetasām abhadrahetuḥ kaliranvavartata
When the Lord Mukunda, whose good story deserves hearing, left this earth with his own body, on that very day Kali, the cause of what is inauspicious, began to prevail over those whose minds were not awakened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.37
युधिष्ठिरस्तत् परिसर्पणं बुधः पुरे च राष्ट्रे च गृहे तथात्मनि विभाव्य लोभानृतजिह्महिंसनाद्यधर्मचक्रं गमनाय पर्यधात्
yudhiṣṭhirastat parisarpaṇaṃ budhaḥ pure ca rāṣṭre ca gṛhe tathātmani vibhāvya lobhānṛtajihmahiṃsanādyadharmacakraṃ gamanāya paryadhāt
Yudhiṣṭhira, being wise, having observed that creeping advance in the city, in the kingdom, in the home and likewise in himself — the wheel of unrighteousness consisting of greed, untruth, crookedness, violence and the rest — dressed himself for departure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.38
स्वराट् पौत्रं विनयिनम् आत्मनः सुसमं गुणैः तोयनीव्याः पतिं भूमेरभ्यषिञ्चद्गजाह्वये
svarāṭ pautraṃ vinayinam ātmanaḥ susamaṃ guṇaiḥ toyanīvyāḥ patiṃ bhūmerabhyaṣiñcadgajāhvaye
The sovereign consecrated, at the city named after the elephant, his grandson, well-disciplined and fully equal to himself in qualities, as lord of the earth girt by the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.39
मथुरायां तथा वज्रं शूरसेनपतिं ततः प्राजापत्यां निरूप्येष्टिम् अग्नीन् अपिबदीश्वरः
mathurāyāṃ tathā vajraṃ śūrasenapatiṃ tataḥ prājāpatyāṃ nirūpyeṣṭim agnīn apibadīśvaraḥ
Likewise (he consecrated) Vajra at Mathurā as lord of the Śūrasenas; then, having determined upon the Prājāpatya offering, the master drank in the (sacrificial) fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.40
विसृज्य तत्र तत् सर्वं दुकूलवलयादिकम् निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः सञ्छिन्नाशेषबन्धनः
visṛjya tatra tat sarvaṃ dukūlavalayādikam nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sañchinnāśeṣabandhanaḥ
Having given up there all that — fine garments, bracelets and the rest — free of the sense of 'mine', free of ego, with all his bonds cut through,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.41
वाचं जुहाव मनसि तत् प्राण इतरे च तम् मृत्यावपानं सोत्सर्गं तं पञ्चत्वे ह्यजोहवीत्
vācaṃ juhāva manasi tat prāṇa itare ca tam mṛtyāvapānaṃ sotsargaṃ taṃ pañcatve hyajohavīt
he offered speech into the mind, and that into the breath, and the other (senses) into it; the out-breath into death, and that, together with the act of abandoning, he offered into the fivefold (elements).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.42
त्रित्वे हुत्वा च पञ्चत्वं तच् चैकत्वे ञ्जुहोन् मुनिः सर्वम् आत्मन्यजुहवीद्ब्रह्मण्यात्मानम् अव्यये
tritve hutvā ca pañcatvaṃ tac caikatve ñjuhon muniḥ sarvam ātmanyajuhavīdbrahmaṇyātmānam avyaye
And having offered the fivefold into the threefold, and that into the one, the sage offered all into the self, and the self into imperishable Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 15.43
चीरवासा निराहारो बद्धवाङ् मुक्तमूर्धजः दर्शयन्न् आत्मनो रूपं जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत्
cīravāsā nirāhāro baddhavāṅ muktamūrdhajaḥ darśayann ātmano rūpaṃ jaḍonmattapiśācavat
Clad in bark-cloth, taking no food, keeping silence, with his hair loose, displaying an appearance of himself like that of a dullard, a madman, or a ghoul,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.44
अनवेक्षमाणो निरगादशृण्वन् बधिरो यथा उदीचीं प्रविवेशाशां गतपूर्वां महात्मभिः हृदि ब्रह्म परं ध्यायन् नावर्तेत यतो गतः
anavekṣamāṇo niragādaśṛṇvan badhiro yathā udīcīṃ praviveśāśāṃ gatapūrvāṃ mahātmabhiḥ hṛdi brahma paraṃ dhyāyan nāvarteta yato gataḥ
looking at nothing, he went out, not hearing, like one deaf; he entered the northern quarter, gone to before by great souls, meditating in his heart on the supreme Brahman, from which one who has gone does not return.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.45
सर्वे तम् अनुनिर्जग्मुर्भ्रातरः कृतनिश्चयाः कलिनाधर्ममित्रेण दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्टाः प्रजा भुवि
sarve tam anunirjagmurbhrātaraḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ kalinādharmamitreṇa dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭāḥ prajā bhuvi
All the brothers, having made their resolve, went out after him, having seen the subjects on earth touched by Kali, the friend of unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.46
ते साधुकृतसर्वार्था ज्ञात्वात्यन्तिकम् आत्मनः मनसा धारयाम् आसुर्वैकुण्ठचरणाम्बुजम्
te sādhukṛtasarvārthā jñātvātyantikam ātmanaḥ manasā dhārayām āsurvaikuṇṭhacaraṇāmbujam
They, having accomplished all their aims well, knowing the final (good) of the self, held in mind the lotus feet of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.47
तद्ध्यानोद्रिक्तया भक्त्या विशुद्धधिषणाः परे तस्मिन् नारायणपदे एकान्तमतयो गतिम्
taddhyānodriktayā bhaktyā viśuddhadhiṣaṇāḥ pare tasmin nārāyaṇapade ekāntamatayo gatim
With their understanding wholly purified by devotion swelling from meditation on him, their minds fixed on that one alone, on the supreme state of Nārāyaṇa, the (final) goal —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.48
अवापुर्दुरवापां ते असद्भिर्विषयात्मभिः विधूतकल्मषा स्थानं विरजेनात्मनैव हि
avāpurduravāpāṃ te asadbhirviṣayātmabhiḥ vidhūtakalmaṣā sthānaṃ virajenātmanaiva hi
they reached that abode, hard to reach for the wicked whose selves are given to sense objects — their stains shaken off, by a self made free of taint alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.49
विदुरो ऽपि परित्यज्य प्रभासे देहम् आत्मनः कृष्णावेशेन तच्चित्तः पितृभिः स्वक्षयं ययौ
viduro 'pi parityajya prabhāse deham ātmanaḥ kṛṣṇāveśena taccittaḥ pitṛbhiḥ svakṣayaṃ yayau
Vidura too, giving up his own body at Prabhāsa, his mind on Kṛṣṇa through absorption in him, went with the forefathers to his own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.50
द्रौपदी च तदाज्ञाय पतीनाम् अनपेक्षताम् वासुदेवे भगवति ह्येकान्तमतिराप तम्
draupadī ca tadājñāya patīnām anapekṣatām vāsudeve bhagavati hyekāntamatirāpa tam
And Draupadī, knowing then that her husbands had no further regard (for her/for the world), with mind fixed on the one Lord Vāsudeva alone, attained him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 15.51
यः श्रद्धयैतद्भगवत्प्रियाणां पाण्डोः सुतानाम् इति सम्प्रयाणम् शृणोत्यलं स्वस्त्ययनं पवित्रं लब्ध्वा हरौ भक्तिम् उपैति सिद्धिम्
yaḥ śraddhayaitadbhagavatpriyāṇāṃ pāṇḍoḥ sutānām iti samprayāṇam śṛṇotyalaṃ svastyayanaṃ pavitraṃ labdhvā harau bhaktim upaiti siddhim
He who with faith hears this — the departure together of the sons of Pāṇḍu, who were dear to the Lord — thoroughly auspicious and purifying, obtains devotion to Hari and reaches perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition