Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 2

SB 1 2.1

व्यास उवाच इति सम्प्रश्नसंहृष्टो विप्राणां रौमहर्शणिः प्रतिपूज्य वचस्तेशां प्रवक्तुम् उपचक्रमे

vyāsa uvāca iti sampraśnasaṃhṛṣṭo viprāṇāṃ raumaharśaṇiḥ pratipūjya vacasteśāṃ pravaktum upacakrame

Vyāsa said: Thus delighted by the brahmins' question, the son of Romaharṣaṇa, having honoured their words, began to speak.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.2

सूत उवाच यं प्रव्रजन्तम् अनुपेतम् अपेतकृत्यं द्वैपायनो विरहकातर आजुहाव पुत्रेति तन्मयतया तरवो ऽभिनेदुस् तं सर्वभूतहृदयं मुनिम् आनतो ऽस्मि

sūta uvāca yaṃ pravrajantam anupetam apetakṛtyaṃ dvaipāyano virahakātara ājuhāva putreti tanmayatayā taravo 'bhinedus taṃ sarvabhūtahṛdayaṃ munim ānato 'smi

I bow to that sage, the heart of all beings, whom Dvaipāyana, distraught at the separation, called out to with "Son!" as he was going forth uninitiated and having abandoned (all) duties — and the trees, being filled with him, echoed back (the call).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.3

यः स्वानुभावम् अखिलश्रुतिसारम् एकम् अध्यात्मदीपम् अतितितीर्षतां तमो ऽन्धम् संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुम् उपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम्

yaḥ svānubhāvam akhilaśrutisāram ekam adhyātmadīpam atititīrṣatāṃ tamo 'ndham saṃsāriṇāṃ karuṇayāha purāṇaguhyaṃ taṃ vyāsasūnum upayāmi guruṃ munīnām

He who, out of compassion, spoke that secret of the Purāṇas — self-realized, the one essence of all the Vedas, the lamp of the inner self — for those transmigrating beings wishing to cross beyond blinding darkness: to him, the son of Vyāsa, the teacher of sages, I go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.4

नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयम् उदीरयेत्

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet

Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī, and to Vyāsa, one should then recite the Jaya (narrative).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.5

मुनयः साधु पृष्टो ऽहं भवद्भिर्लोकमङ्गलम् यत् कृतः कृष्णसम्प्रश्नो येनात्मा सुप्रसीदति

munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo 'haṃ bhavadbhirlokamaṅgalam yat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇasampraśno yenātmā suprasīdati

O sages, well have I been asked by you (something) auspicious for the world, in that a full question about Kṛṣṇa has been made, by which the self is well pleased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.6

स वै पुंसां परो धर्मो यतो भक्तिरधोक्षजे अहैतुक्यप्रतिहता ययात्मा सुप्रसीदति

sa vai puṃsāṃ paro dharmo yato bhaktiradhokṣaje ahaitukyapratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati

That indeed is the highest dharma for men, from which comes devotion to the One beyond the senses — devotion without motive and unobstructed, by which the self is well pleased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.7

वासुदेवे भगवति भक्तियोगः प्रयोजितः जनयत्याशु वैराग्यं ज्ञानं च यदहैतुकम्

vāsudeve bhagavati bhaktiyogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayatyāśu vairāgyaṃ jñānaṃ ca yadahaitukam

The yoga of devotion applied to the Lord Vāsudeva quickly gives rise to detachment and to that knowledge which is without (ulterior) cause.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.8

धर्मः स्वनुष्ठितः पुंसां विष्वक्सेनकथासु यः नोत्पादयेद्यदि रतिं श्रम एव हि केवलम्

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṃsāṃ viṣvaksenakathāsu yaḥ notpādayedyadi ratiṃ śrama eva hi kevalam

The dharma well performed by men, if it does not produce delight in the stories of Viṣvaksena (Viṣṇu), is mere labour and nothing more.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.9

धर्मस्य ह्यापवर्ग्यस्य नार्थो ऽर्थायोपकल्पते नार्थस्य धर्मैकान्तस्य कामो लाभाय हि स्मृतः

dharmasya hyāpavargyasya nārtho 'rthāyopakalpate nārthasya dharmaikāntasya kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ

For dharma, which leads to liberation, wealth is not intended for (mere) gain; nor, for wealth (gained) by one wholly devoted to dharma, is desire held to be the aim.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 1 2.10

कामस्य नेन्द्रियप्रीतिर्लाभो जीवेत यावता जीवस्य तत्त्वजिज्ञासा नार्थो यश्चेह कर्मभिः

kāmasya nendriyaprītirlābho jīveta yāvatā jīvasya tattvajijñāsā nārtho yaśceha karmabhiḥ

The gain of desire is not sensual pleasure, (but only) that by which one may live; the aim of the living being is the inquiry into truth, not what (is gained) here by works.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.11

वदन्ति तत् तत्त्वविदस्तत्त्वं यज् ज्ञानम् अद्वयम् ब्रह्मेति परमात्मेति भगवान् इति शब्द्यते

vadanti tat tattvavidastattvaṃ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate

Knowers of truth call that truth the knowledge that is without a second; it is spoken of as Brahman, as the Supreme Self, as Bhagavān.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.12

तच् छ्रद्दधाना मुनयो ज्ञानवैराग्ययुक्तया पश्यन्त्यात्मनि चात्मानं भक्त्या श्रुतगृहीतया

tac chraddadhānā munayo jñānavairāgyayuktayā paśyantyātmani cātmānaṃ bhaktyā śrutagṛhītayā

Sages who have faith in that see the Self within the self by devotion joined with knowledge and detachment, (devotion) received through hearing (scripture).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.13

अतः पुम्भिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठा वर्णाश्रमविभागशः । स्वनुष्ठितस्य धर्मस्य संसिद्धिर्हरितोषणम् ।

ataḥ pumbhirdvijaśreṣṭhā varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ / svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṃsiddhirharitoṣaṇam /

Therefore, O best of the twice-born, the full perfection of the dharma well performed by men according to the divisions of class and stage of life is the pleasing of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.14

। तस्मादेकेन मनसा भगवान् सात्वतां पतिः श्रोतव्यः कीर्तितव्यश्च ध्येयः पूज्यश्च नित्यदा

/ tasmādekena manasā bhagavān sātvatāṃ patiḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaśca dhyeyaḥ pūjyaśca nityadā

Therefore, with a single mind, the Lord, the master of the Sātvatas, should always be heard of, praised, meditated on, and worshipped.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.15

यदनुध्यासिना युक्ताः कर्मग्रन्थिनिबन्धनम् छिन्दन्ति कोविदास्तस्य को न कुर्यात् कथारतिम्

yadanudhyāsinā yuktāḥ karmagranthinibandhanam chindanti kovidāstasya ko na kuryāt kathāratim

Joined with the sword of meditation on him, the wise cut the bondage that is the knot of karma; who then would not delight in the stories of him?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.16

शुश्रूषोः श्रद्दधानस्य वासुदेवकथारुचिः स्यान् महत्सेवया विप्राः पुण्यतीर्थनिषेवणात्

śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya vāsudevakathāruciḥ syān mahatsevayā viprāḥ puṇyatīrthaniṣevaṇāt

For one who wishes to hear and who has faith, O brahmins, a taste for the stories of Vāsudeva arises through service to the great and through resorting to holy places of pilgrimage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.17

शृण्वतां स्वकथाः कृष्णः पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनः हृद्यन्तःस्थो ह्यभद्राणि विधुनोति सुहृत्सताम्

śṛṇvatāṃ svakathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanaḥ hṛdyantaḥstho hyabhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛtsatām

For those who hear his own stories — Kṛṣṇa, whose hearing and praise are purifying — dwelling within the heart, being the good friend of the virtuous, shakes off (their) misfortunes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.18

नष्टप्रायेष्वभद्रेषु नित्यं भागवतसेवया भगवत्युत्तमश्लोके भक्तिर्भवति नैष्ठिकी

naṣṭaprāyeṣvabhadreṣu nityaṃ bhāgavatasevayā bhagavatyuttamaśloke bhaktirbhavati naiṣṭhikī

When the inauspicious things have been all but destroyed, through constant service to the Bhāgavata (or: to devotees of the Lord), devotion to the Lord of highest renown becomes firmly fixed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.19

तदा रजस्तमोभावाः कामलोभादयश्च ये चेत एतैरनाविद्धं स्थितं सत्त्वे प्रसीदति

tadā rajastamobhāvāḥ kāmalobhādayaśca ye ceta etairanāviddhaṃ sthitaṃ sattve prasīdati

Then the states born of rajas and tamas—desire, greed and the rest—(depart); the mind, unpierced by these, remains established in sattva and becomes serene.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.20

एवं प्रसन्नमनसो भगवद्भक्तियोगतः भगवत्तत्त्वविज्ञानं मुक्तसङ्गस्य जायते

evaṃ prasannamanaso bhagavadbhaktiyogataḥ bhagavattattvavijñānaṃ muktasaṅgasya jāyate

Thus, for one whose mind is serene, whose attachment is gone, there arises, from the yoga of devotion to the Lord, direct knowledge of the Lord's true nature.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.21

भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि दृष्ट एवात्मनीश्वरे

bhidyate hṛdayagranthiśchidyante sarvasaṃśayāḥ kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi dṛṣṭa evātmanīśvare

The knot of the heart is broken, all doubts are cut away, and his (accumulated) works dwindle, once the Lord has been seen in the self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.22

अतो वै कवयो नित्यं भक्तिं परमया मुदा वासुदेवे भगवति कुर्वन्त्यात्मप्रसादनीम्

ato vai kavayo nityaṃ bhaktiṃ paramayā mudā vāsudeve bhagavati kurvantyātmaprasādanīm

Therefore the wise indeed constantly, with supreme joy, practise devotion to the Lord Vāsudeva, which brings serenity to the self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.23

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति प्रकृतेर्गुणास्तैर् युक्तः परमपुरुष एक इहास्य धत्ते स्थित्यादये हरिविरिञ्चिहरेति संज्ञाः श्रेयांसि तत्र खलु सत्त्वतनोर्नृणां स्युः

sattvaṃ rajastama iti prakṛterguṇāstair yuktaḥ paramapuruṣa eka ihāsya dhatte sthityādaye hariviriñcihareti saṃjñāḥ śreyāṃsi tatra khalu sattvatanornṛṇāṃ syuḥ

Sattva, rajas, tamas—these are the qualities of primordial nature; joined with them, the one Supreme Person assumes here, for this (world's) maintenance and the rest, the names Hari, Viriñca and Hara. Among these, it is surely from the one whose body is sattva that benefits accrue to men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.24

पार्थिवाद्दारुणो धूमस्तस्मादग्निस्त्रयीमयः तमसस्तु रजस्तस्मात् सत्त्वं यद्ब्रह्मदर्शनम्

pārthivāddāruṇo dhūmastasmādagnistrayīmayaḥ tamasastu rajastasmāt sattvaṃ yadbrahmadarśanam

From the earthy (fuel comes) wood, from that smoke, from that the fire consisting of the three (Vedas); rajas (is higher) than tamas, and than that sattva, which is the seeing of Brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 1 2.25

भेजिरे मुनयो ऽथाग्रे भगवन्तम् अधोक्षजम् सत्त्वं विशुद्धं क्षेमाय कल्पन्ते ये ऽनु तान् इह

bhejire munayo 'thāgre bhagavantam adhokṣajam sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ kṣemāya kalpante ye 'nu tān iha

Then, in earlier times, the sages worshipped the Lord Adhokṣaja, who is pure sattva; those here who follow after them become fit for well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.26

मुमुक्षवो घोररूपान् हित्वा भूतपतीन् अथ नारायणकलाः शान्ता भजन्ति ह्यनसूयवः

mumukṣavo ghorarūpān hitvā bhūtapatīn atha nārāyaṇakalāḥ śāntā bhajanti hyanasūyavaḥ

Those seeking liberation, therefore, abandoning the lords of spirits of terrible form, worship the peaceful portions of Nārāyaṇa, being free of ill will.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.27

रजस्तमःप्रकृतयः समशीला भजन्ति वै पितृभूतप्रजेशादीन् श्रियैश्वर्यप्रजेप्सवः

rajastamaḥprakṛtayaḥ samaśīlā bhajanti vai pitṛbhūtaprajeśādīn śriyaiśvaryaprajepsavaḥ

Those whose nature is rajas and tamas, being of like disposition, worship the forefathers, the spirits and the lords of creatures and the rest, desiring wealth, power and offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.28

वासुदेवपरा वेदा वासुदेवपरा मखाः वासुदेवपरा योग वासुदेवपराः क्रियाः

vāsudevaparā vedā vāsudevaparā makhāḥ vāsudevaparā yoga vāsudevaparāḥ kriyāḥ

The Vedas have Vāsudeva as their goal, the sacrifices have Vāsudeva as their goal, the yogas have Vāsudeva as their goal, the ritual acts have Vāsudeva as their goal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.29

वासुदेवपरं ज्ञानं वासुदेवपरं तपः वासुदेवपरो धर्मो वासुदेवपरा गतिः

vāsudevaparaṃ jñānaṃ vāsudevaparaṃ tapaḥ vāsudevaparo dharmo vāsudevaparā gatiḥ

Knowledge has Vāsudeva as its goal, austerity has Vāsudeva as its goal, dharma has Vāsudeva as its goal, the final destination has Vāsudeva as its goal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.30

स एवेदं ससर्जाग्रे भगवान् आत्ममायया सदसद्रूपया चासौ गुणमयागुणो विभुः

sa evedaṃ sasarjāgre bhagavān ātmamāyayā sadasadrūpayā cāsau guṇamayāguṇo vibhuḥ

He alone, the Lord, in the beginning created this (world) by his own māyā, which has the form of the existent and the non-existent; and he, though qualityless, is (then) as if possessed of qualities, all-pervading.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.31

तया विलसितेष्वेषु गुणेषु गुणवान् इव अन्तःप्रविष्ट आभाति विज्ञानेन विजृम्भितः

tayā vilasiteṣveṣu guṇeṣu guṇavān iva antaḥpraviṣṭa ābhāti vijñānena vijṛmbhitaḥ

When these guṇas have been made to shine forth by her (māyā), he, having entered within, appears as though possessed of qualities, made manifest by (his) consciousness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 1 2.32

यथा ह्यवहितो वह्निर्दारुष्वेकः स्वयोनिषु नानेव भाति विश्वात्मा भूतेषु च तथा पुमान्

yathā hyavahito vahnirdāruṣvekaḥ svayoniṣu nāneva bhāti viśvātmā bhūteṣu ca tathā pumān

Just as one fire, lodged in pieces of wood, its own sources, shines as if it were many, so too does the Person, the Self of all, in beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.33

असौ गुणमयैर्भावैर्भूतसूक्ष्मेन्द्रियात्मभिः स्वनिर्मितेषु निर्विष्टो भुङ्क्ते भूतेषु तद्गुणान्

asau guṇamayairbhāvairbhūtasūkṣmendriyātmabhiḥ svanirmiteṣu nirviṣṭo bhuṅkte bhūteṣu tadguṇān

He, entered into the beings fashioned by himself, enjoys in those beings their qualities by means of states made of the guṇas, which consist of the subtle elements and the senses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 2.34

भावयत्येष सत्त्वेन लोकान् वै लोकभावनः लीलावतारानुरतो देवतिर्यङ्नरादिषु

bhāvayatyeṣa sattvena lokān vai lokabhāvanaḥ līlāvatārānurato devatiryaṅnarādiṣu

He, the sustainer of the worlds, nourishes the worlds by sattva, taking delight in descents for play among gods, animals, men and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition