Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 3
SB 1 3.1
सूत उवाच जगृहे पौरुषं रूपं भगवान् महदादिभिः सम्भूतं षोडशकलम् आदौ लोकसिसृक्षया
sūta uvāca jagṛhe pauruṣaṃ rūpaṃ bhagavān mahadādibhiḥ sambhūtaṃ ṣoḍaśakalam ādau lokasisṛkṣayā
Sūta said: In the beginning, wishing to create the worlds, the Lord took on the form of the Puruṣa, composed of the mahat and the rest, having sixteen parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.2
यस्याम्भसि शयानस्य योगनिद्रां वितन्वतः नाभिह्रदाम्बुजादासीद्ब्रह्मा विश्वसृजां पतिः
yasyāmbhasi śayānasya yoganidrāṃ vitanvataḥ nābhihradāmbujādāsīdbrahmā viśvasṛjāṃ patiḥ
As he lay in the waters, spreading out the sleep of yoga, from the lotus in the pool of his navel came Brahmā, the lord of the world's creators.
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SB 1 3.3
यस्यावयवसंस्थानैः कल्पितो लोकविस्तरः तद्वै भगवतो रूपं विशुद्धं सत्त्वम् ऊर्जितम्
yasyāvayavasaṃsthānaiḥ kalpito lokavistaraḥ tadvai bhagavato rūpaṃ viśuddhaṃ sattvam ūrjitam
By the arrangement of whose limbs the whole extent of the worlds is fashioned—that indeed is the form of the Lord, pure sattva, mighty.
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SB 1 3.4
पश्यन्त्यदो रूपम् अदभ्रचक्षुषा सहस्रपादोरुभुजाननाद्भुतम् सहस्रमूर्धश्रवणाक्षिनासिकं सहस्रमौल्यम्बरकुण्डलोल्लसत्
paśyantyado rūpam adabhracakṣuṣā sahasrapādorubhujānanādbhutam sahasramūrdhaśravaṇākṣināsikaṃ sahasramaulyambarakuṇḍalollasat
With undimmed vision (the seers) behold that form, marvellous with its thousand feet, thighs, arms and faces, with a thousand heads, ears, eyes and noses, resplendent with a thousand crowns, garments and earrings.
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SB 1 3.5
एतन् नानावताराणां निधानं बीजम् अव्ययम् यस्यांशांशेन सृज्यन्ते देवतिर्यङ्नरादयः
etan nānāvatārāṇāṃ nidhānaṃ bījam avyayam yasyāṃśāṃśena sṛjyante devatiryaṅnarādayaḥ
This is the imperishable seed, the storehouse of the various incarnations, by a part of a part of which gods, animals, humans and the rest are brought forth.
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SB 1 3.6
स एव प्रथमं देवः कौमारं सर्गम् आश्रितः चचार दुश्चरं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मचर्यम् अखण्डितम्
sa eva prathamaṃ devaḥ kaumāraṃ sargam āśritaḥ cacāra duścaraṃ brahmā brahmacaryam akhaṇḍitam
That very god, as Brahmā, first taking up the Kumāra creation, practised unbroken celibacy, hard to practise.
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SB 1 3.7
द्वितीयं तु भवायास्य रसातलगतां महीम् उद्धरिष्यन्न् उपादत्त यज्ञेशः सौकरं वपुः
dvitīyaṃ tu bhavāyāsya rasātalagatāṃ mahīm uddhariṣyann upādatta yajñeśaḥ saukaraṃ vapuḥ
Second, the Lord of sacrifice took on the body of a boar for the welfare of this (world), intending to raise up the earth that had sunk to the nether region.
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SB 1 3.8
तृतीयम् ऋषिसर्गं वै देवर्षित्वम् उपेत्य सः तन्त्रं सात्वतम् आचष्ट नैष्कर्म्यं कर्मणां यतः
tṛtīyam ṛṣisargaṃ vai devarṣitvam upetya saḥ tantraṃ sātvatam ācaṣṭa naiṣkarmyaṃ karmaṇāṃ yataḥ
Third, in the creation of the sages, attaining the state of a divine sage, he expounded the Sātvata doctrine, from which comes freedom from (the bondage of) actions.
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SB 1 3.9
तुर्ये धर्मकलासर्गे नरनारायणावृषी भूत्वात्मोपशमोपेतम् अकरोद्दुश्चरं तपः
turye dharmakalāsarge naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī bhūtvātmopaśamopetam akarodduścaraṃ tapaḥ
In the fourth, in the creation of the parts of dharma, becoming the two sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa, he performed austerity hard to perform, joined with the stilling of the self.
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SB 1 3.10
पञ्चमः कपिलो नाम सिद्धेशः कालविप्लुतम् प्रोवाचासुरये साङ्ख्यं तत्त्वग्रामविनिर्णयम्
pañcamaḥ kapilo nāma siddheśaḥ kālaviplutam provācāsuraye sāṅkhyaṃ tattvagrāmavinirṇayam
The fifth, named Kapila, lord among the perfected ones, taught to Āsuri the Sāṅkhya, the determination of the whole set of principles, which had been lost through time.
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SB 1 3.11
षष्ठम् अत्रेरपत्यत्वं वृतः प्राप्तो ऽनसूयया आन्वीक्षिकीम् अलर्काय प्रह्लादादिभ्य ऊचिवान्
ṣaṣṭham atrerapatyatvaṃ vṛtaḥ prāpto 'nasūyayā ānvīkṣikīm alarkāya prahlādādibhya ūcivān
The sixth, chosen by Anasūyā, he attained the state of being Atri's son, and taught the science of reasoning to Alarka and to Prahlāda and the others.
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SB 1 3.12
ततः सप्तम आकूत्यां रुचेर्यज्ञो ऽभ्यजायत स यामाद्यैः सुरगणैरपात् स्वायम्भुवान्तरम्
tataḥ saptama ākūtyāṃ ruceryajño 'bhyajāyata sa yāmādyaiḥ suragaṇairapāt svāyambhuvāntaram
Then, seventh, Yajña was born of Ruci by Ākūti; he, together with the hosts of gods beginning with the Yāmas, protected the Svāyambhuva interval (of Manu).
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SB 1 3.13
अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरुक्रमः दर्शयन् वर्त्म धीराणां सर्वाश्रमनमस्कृतम्
aṣṭame merudevyāṃ tu nābherjāta urukramaḥ darśayan vartma dhīrāṇāṃ sarvāśramanamaskṛtam
In the eighth, Urukrama was born of Nābhi by Merudevī, showing the path of the steadfast, which is honoured by all the orders of life.
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SB 1 3.14
ऋषिभिर्याचितो भेजे नवमं पार्थिवं वपुः दुग्धेमाम् ओषधीर्विप्रास्तेनायं स उशत्तमः
ṛṣibhiryācito bheje navamaṃ pārthivaṃ vapuḥ dugdhemām oṣadhīrviprāstenāyaṃ sa uśattamaḥ
Requested by the sages, in the ninth he assumed a body of the earth-ruler; the brahmins milked this (earth) for herbs — hence he is most desirable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 3.15
रूपं स जगृहे मात्स्यं चाक्षुषोदधिसम्प्लवे नाव्यारोप्य महीमय्याम् अपाद्वैवस्वतं मनुम्
rūpaṃ sa jagṛhe mātsyaṃ cākṣuṣodadhisamplave nāvyāropya mahīmayyām apādvaivasvataṃ manum
He took a fish's form at the ocean-flood of Cākṣuṣa (Manu's era), and having set Vaivasvata Manu on a boat made of the earth, he protected him.
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SB 1 3.16
सुरासुराणाम् उदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् दध्रे कमठरूपेण पृष्ठ एकादशे विभुः
surāsurāṇām udadhiṃ mathnatāṃ mandarācalam dadhre kamaṭharūpeṇa pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ
As the gods and demons were churning the ocean, in the eleventh the mighty one held up Mount Mandara on his back in the form of a tortoise.
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SB 1 3.17
धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशमम् एव च अपाययत् सुरान् अन्यान् मोहिन्या मोहयन् स्त्रिया
dhānvantaraṃ dvādaśamaṃ trayodaśamam eva ca apāyayat surān anyān mohinyā mohayan striyā
The twelfth was that of Dhanvantari, and the thirteenth as well: he made the gods drink (the nectar), while bewildering the others with a bewitching woman's form.
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SB 1 3.18
चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रम् ऊर्जितम् ददार करजैरूरावेरकां कटकृद्यथा
caturdaśaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ bibhraddaityendram ūrjitam dadāra karajairūrāverakāṃ kaṭakṛdyathā
Bearing the fourteenth, the man-lion form, he tore apart the mighty lord of the demons with his claws, as a mat-maker splits a reed.
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SB 1 3.19
पञ्चदशं वामनकं कृत्वागादध्वरं बलेः पदत्रयं याचमानः प्रत्यादित्सुस्त्रिपिष्टपम्
pañcadaśaṃ vāmanakaṃ kṛtvāgādadhvaraṃ baleḥ padatrayaṃ yācamānaḥ pratyāditsustripiṣṭapam
Making the fifteenth (form), that of the dwarf, he went to Bali's sacrifice, begging three paces, wishing to take back the realm of the three heavens.
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SB 1 3.20
अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन् ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः कुपितो निःक्षत्राम् अकरोन् महीम्
avatāre ṣoḍaśame paśyan brahmadruho nṛpān triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ kupito niḥkṣatrām akaron mahīm
In the sixteenth descent, seeing the kings hostile to the brahmins, he grew angry and thrice seven times made the earth free of kṣatriyas.
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SB 1 3.21
ततः सप्तदशे जातः सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् चक्रे वेदतरोः शाखा दृष्ट्वा पुंसो ऽल्पमेधसः
tataḥ saptadaśe jātaḥ satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt cakre vedataroḥ śākhā dṛṣṭvā puṃso 'lpamedhasaḥ
Then, in the seventeenth, he was born of Satyavatī from Parāśara, and seeing that people were of little intelligence, he made branches of the tree of the Veda.
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SB 1 3.22
नरदेवत्वम् आपन्नः सुरकार्यचिकीर्षया समुद्रनिग्रहादीनि चक्रे वीर्याण्यतः परम्
naradevatvam āpannaḥ surakāryacikīrṣayā samudranigrahādīni cakre vīryāṇyataḥ param
After that, having taken on the state of a god among men, out of a wish to accomplish the gods' task, he performed heroic deeds such as the subduing of the ocean.
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SB 1 3.23
एकोनविंशे विंशतिमे वृष्णिषु प्राप्य जन्मनी रामकृष्णाविति भुवो भगवान् अहरद्भरम्
ekonaviṃśe viṃśatime vṛṣṇiṣu prāpya janmanī rāmakṛṣṇāviti bhuvo bhagavān aharadbharam
In the nineteenth and twentieth, taking two births among the Vṛṣṇis as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the Lord removed the burden of the earth.
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SB 1 3.24
ततः कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सम्मोहाय सुरद्विषाम् बुद्धो नाम्नाञ्जनसुतः कीकटेषु भविष्यति
tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte sammohāya suradviṣām buddho nāmnāñjanasutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati
Then, when the Kali age has fully set in, in order to delude the enemies of the gods, he will be born among the Kīkaṭas as the son of Añjana, by the name of Buddha.
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SB 1 3.25
अथासौ युगसन्ध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु जनिता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्किर्जगत्पतिः
athāsau yugasandhyāyāṃ dasyuprāyeṣu rājasu janitā viṣṇuyaśaso nāmnā kalkirjagatpatiḥ
Then, at the juncture of the ages, when the kings are mostly robbers, the Lord of the world will be born of Viṣṇuyaśas, by the name of Kalki.
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SB 1 3.26
अवतारा ह्यसङ्ख्येया हरेः सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजाः यथाविदासिनः कुल्याः सरसः स्युः सहस्रशः
avatārā hyasaṅkhyeyā hareḥ sattvanidherdvijāḥ yathāvidāsinaḥ kulyāḥ sarasaḥ syuḥ sahasraśaḥ
Indeed the incarnations of Hari, the treasury of goodness, are innumerable, O twice-born ones, just as thousands of streams may flow from an inexhaustible lake.
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SB 1 3.27
ऋषयो मनवो देवा मनुपुत्रा महौजसः कलाः सर्वे हरेरेव सप्रजापतयः स्मृताः
ṛṣayo manavo devā manuputrā mahaujasaḥ kalāḥ sarve harereva saprajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ
The seers, the Manus, the gods, the sons of Manu of great vigour, and the Prajāpatis as well — all are known to be portions of Hari alone.
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SB 1 3.28
एते चांशकलाः पुंसः कृष्णस्तु भगवान् स्वयम् इन्द्रारिव्याकुलं लोकं मृडयन्ति युगे युगे
ete cāṃśakalāḥ puṃsaḥ kṛṣṇastu bhagavān svayam indrārivyākulaṃ lokaṃ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge
And these are portions and part-portions of the Puruṣa; but Kṛṣṇa is the Lord himself. In every age they bring relief to the world when it is afflicted by the enemies of Indra.
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SB 1 3.29
जन्म गुह्यं भगवतो य एतत् प्रयतो नरः सायं प्रातर्गृणन् भक्त्या दुःखग्रामाद्विमुच्यते
janma guhyaṃ bhagavato ya etat prayato naraḥ sāyaṃ prātargṛṇan bhaktyā duḥkhagrāmādvimucyate
The man who, self-restrained, recites this secret (account of the) birth(s) of the Lord with devotion evening and morning, is freed from the whole mass of sorrow.
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SB 1 3.30
एतद्रूपं भगवतो ह्यरूपस्य चिदात्मनः मायागुणैर्विरचितं महदादिभिरात्मनि
etadrūpaṃ bhagavato hyarūpasya cidātmanaḥ māyāguṇairviracitaṃ mahadādibhirātmani
This form of the Lord, who is (in truth) formless and of the nature of consciousness, is fashioned within (him)self by the qualities of māyā, beginning with mahat.
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SB 1 3.31
यथा नभसि मेघौघो रेणुर्वा पार्थिवो ऽनिले एवं द्रष्टरि दृश्यत्वम् आरोपितम् अबुद्धिभिः
yathā nabhasi meghaugho reṇurvā pārthivo 'nile evaṃ draṣṭari dṛśyatvam āropitam abuddhibhiḥ
As a mass of clouds (is superimposed) on the sky, or earthy dust on the wind, so visibility is superimposed by the unintelligent upon the seer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.32
अतः परं यदव्यक्तम् अव्यूढगुणबृंहितम् अदृष्टाश्रुतवस्तुत्वात् स जीवो यत् पुनर्भवः
ataḥ paraṃ yadavyaktam avyūḍhaguṇabṛṃhitam adṛṣṭāśrutavastutvāt sa jīvo yat punarbhavaḥ
Beyond this is that which is unmanifest, not augmented by developed qualities; since its substance is neither seen nor heard, it is the jīva, which (undergoes) repeated birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 3.33
यत्रेमे सदसद्रूपे प्रतिषिद्धे स्वसंविदा अविद्ययात्मनि कृते इति तद्ब्रह्मदर्शनम्
yatreme sadasadrūpe pratiṣiddhe svasaṃvidā avidyayātmani kṛte iti tadbrahmadarśanam
When these two forms, the existent and the non-existent, are negated by self-knowledge — (recognised as) made in the self by ignorance — that is the vision of Brahman.
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SB 1 3.34
यद्येषोपरता देवी माया वैशारदी मतिः सम्पन्न एवेति विदुर्महिम्नि स्वे महीयते
yadyeṣoparatā devī māyā vaiśāradī matiḥ sampanna eveti vidurmahimni sve mahīyate
If this divine māyā has ceased, and the mind has become skilled (in discernment), (then) they know (one) to be truly fulfilled: he is glorified in his own greatness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 3.35
एवं च जन्मानि कर्माणि ह्यकर्तुरजनस्य च वर्णयन्ति स्म कवयो वेदगुह्यानि हृत्पतेः
evaṃ ca janmāni karmāṇi hyakarturajanasya ca varṇayanti sma kavayo vedaguhyāni hṛtpateḥ
And thus the sages have described the births and deeds of him who is (in truth) neither an agent nor born, the Lord of the heart — (deeds) that are hidden in the Vedas.
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SB 1 3.36
स वा इदं विश्वम् अमोघलीलः सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न सज्जते ऽस्मिन् भूतेषु चान्तर्हित आत्मतन्त्रः षाड्वर्गिकं जिघ्रति षड्गुणेशः
sa vā idaṃ viśvam amoghalīlaḥ sṛjatyavatyatti na sajjate 'smin bhūteṣu cāntarhita ātmatantraḥ ṣāḍvargikaṃ jighrati ṣaḍguṇeśaḥ
He indeed, whose play is never fruitless, creates, preserves and devours this universe, yet is not attached to it; hidden within beings, self-dependent, the master of the six qualities, he (merely) smells the group of six.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.37
न चास्य कश्चिन् निपुणेन धातुर् अवैति जन्तुः कुमनीष ऊतीः नामानि रूपाणि मनोवचोभिः सन्तन्वतो नटचर्याम् इवाज्ञः
na cāsya kaścin nipuṇena dhātur avaiti jantuḥ kumanīṣa ūtīḥ nāmāni rūpāṇi manovacobhiḥ santanvato naṭacaryām ivājñaḥ
And no creature, of poor understanding, comprehends by his cleverness the doings of this Creator, who spreads out names and forms by mind and speech — as an ignorant man (does not understand) an actor's performance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.38
स वेद धातुः पदवीं परस्य दुरन्तवीर्यस्य रथाङ्गपाणेः यो ऽमायया सन्ततयानुवृत्त्या भजेत तत्पादसरोजगन्धम्
sa veda dhātuḥ padavīṃ parasya durantavīryasya rathāṅgapāṇeḥ yo 'māyayā santatayānuvṛttyā bhajeta tatpādasarojagandham
He knows the course of the Creator, the supreme one of unfathomable power, who holds the wheel in his hand, who without deceit, with continuous devotion, would worship the fragrance of his lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.39
अथेह धन्या भगवन्त इत्थं यद्वासुदेवे ऽखिललोकनाथे कुर्वन्ति सर्वात्मकम् आत्मभावं न यत्र भूयः परिवर्त उग्रः
atheha dhanyā bhagavanta itthaṃ yadvāsudeve 'khilalokanāthe kurvanti sarvātmakam ātmabhāvaṃ na yatra bhūyaḥ parivarta ugraḥ
Now here, blessed and lordly are those who thus direct toward Vāsudeva, the master of all worlds, an all-encompassing love of the self — where there is no more the terrible round (of rebirth).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 3.40
इदं भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् उत्तमश्लोकचरितं चकार भगवान् ऋषिः
idaṃ bhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam uttamaślokacaritaṃ cakāra bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
This Purāṇa named Bhāgavata, equal to the Veda, the deeds of him of excellent renown, the divine sage composed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.41
निःश्रेयसाय लोकस्य धन्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् तदिदं ग्राहयाम् आससुतम् आत्मवतां वरम्
niḥśreyasāya lokasya dhanyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat tadidaṃ grāhayām āsasutam ātmavatāṃ varam
For the highest good of the world, this blessed, auspicious, great (work) he caused his son, the best of the self-controlled, to receive.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.42
सर्ववेदेतिहासानां सारं सारं समुद्धृतम् स तु संश्रावयाम् आसमहाराजं परीक्षितम्
sarvavedetihāsānāṃ sāraṃ sāraṃ samuddhṛtam sa tu saṃśrāvayām āsamahārājaṃ parīkṣitam
It is the essence, extracted, of the essence of all the Vedas and histories; and he in turn caused it to be heard by the great king Parīkṣit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.43
प्रायोपविष्टं गङ्गायां परीतं परमर्षिभिः कृष्णे स्वधामोपगते धर्मज्ञानादिभिः सह
prāyopaviṣṭaṃ gaṅgāyāṃ parītaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ kṛṣṇe svadhāmopagate dharmajñānādibhiḥ saha
who was seated (in fast) until death on the Ganges, surrounded by the greatest seers — when Kṛṣṇa had gone to his own abode together with dharma, knowledge and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.44
कलौ नष्टदृशाम् एष पुराणार्को ऽधुनोदितः तत्र कीर्तयतो विप्रा विप्रर्षेर्भूरितेजसः
kalau naṣṭadṛśām eṣa purāṇārko 'dhunoditaḥ tatra kīrtayato viprā viprarṣerbhūritejasaḥ
For those whose sight is lost in the Kali age, this sun of the Purāṇa has now risen. While that brahmin sage of abundant splendor was reciting it there, O brahmins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 3.45
अहं चाध्यगमं तत्र निविष्टस्तदनुग्रहात् सो ऽहं वः श्रावयिष्यामि यथाधीतं यथामति
ahaṃ cādhyagamaṃ tatra niviṣṭastadanugrahāt so 'haṃ vaḥ śrāvayiṣyāmi yathādhītaṃ yathāmati
— I too, seated there, learned it by his favor. That very I shall make you hear it, as I studied it and according to my understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition