Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 6
SB 1 6.1
सूत उवाच एवं निशम्य भगवान् देवर्षेर्जन्म कर्म च भूयः पप्रच्छ तं ब्रह्मन् व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः
sūta uvāca evaṃ niśamya bhagavān devarṣerjanma karma ca bhūyaḥ papraccha taṃ brahman vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ
Sūta said: Having thus heard the birth and deeds of the divine sage, the venerable Vyāsa, son of Satyavatī, O brahmin, questioned him further.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.2
व्यास उवाच भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिस्तव वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये ततः किम् अकरोद्भवान्
vyāsa uvāca bhikṣubhirvipravasite vijñānādeṣṭṛbhistava vartamāno vayasyādye tataḥ kim akarodbhavān
Vyāsa said: When those mendicants who had instructed you in knowledge had gone away, what did you do after that, while you were still in your early years?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.3
स्वायम्भुव कया वृत्त्या वर्तितं ते परं वयः कथं चेदम् उदस्राक्षीः काले प्राप्ते कलेवरम्
svāyambhuva kayā vṛttyā vartitaṃ te paraṃ vayaḥ kathaṃ cedam udasrākṣīḥ kāle prāpte kalevaram
O son of the self-born, by what means of livelihood did you pass the rest of your life, and how did you cast off this body when the time came?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.4
प्राक्कल्पविषयाम् एतां स्मृतिं ते मुनिसत्तम न ह्येष व्यवधात् काल एष सर्वनिराकृतिः
prākkalpaviṣayām etāṃ smṛtiṃ te munisattama na hyeṣa vyavadhāt kāla eṣa sarvanirākṛtiḥ
O best of sages, this memory of yours concerning a former kalpa—time, which annuls everything, has surely not cut it off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.5
नारद उवाच भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिर्मम वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये तत एतदकारषम्
nārada uvāca bhikṣubhirvipravasite vijñānādeṣṭṛbhirmama vartamāno vayasyādye tata etadakāraṣam
Nārada said: When those mendicants who had instructed me in knowledge had gone away, being still in my early years, I then did this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.6
एकात्मजा मे जननी योषिन् मूढा च किङ्करी मय्यात्मजे ऽनन्यगतौ चक्रे स्नेहानुबन्धनम्
ekātmajā me jananī yoṣin mūḍhā ca kiṅkarī mayyātmaje 'nanyagatau cakre snehānubandhanam
My mother had but one son, and she was a woman, simple, and a servant-maid; upon me, her son, who had no other refuge, she fixed the bond of her affection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.7
सास्वतन्त्रा न कल्पासीद्योगक्षेमं ममेच्छती ईशस्य हि वशे लोको योषा दारुमयी यथा
sāsvatantrā na kalpāsīdyogakṣemaṃ mamecchatī īśasya hi vaśe loko yoṣā dārumayī yathā
Not being her own mistress, she was unable (to provide it), though she wished my welfare and protection; for the world is under the control of the Lord, like a puppet of wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.8
अहं च तद्ब्रह्मकुले ऊषिवांस्तदुपेक्षया दिग्देशकालाव्युत्पन्नो बालकः पञ्चहायनः
ahaṃ ca tadbrahmakule ūṣivāṃstadupekṣayā digdeśakālāvyutpanno bālakaḥ pañcahāyanaḥ
And I, through her indulgence, lived on in that household of brahmins—a boy of five years, with no understanding of directions, places, or times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.9
एकदा निर्गतां गेहाद्दुहन्तीं निशि गां पथि सर्पो ऽदशत् पदा स्पृष्टः कृपणां कालचोदितः
ekadā nirgatāṃ gehādduhantīṃ niśi gāṃ pathi sarpo 'daśat padā spṛṣṭaḥ kṛpaṇāṃ kālacoditaḥ
One day, as the poor woman had gone out of the house at night on the path to milk a cow, a serpent, impelled by time, bit her, having been touched by her foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.10
तदा तदहम् ईशस्य भक्तानां शम् अभीप्सतः अनुग्रहं मन्यमानः प्रातिष्ठं दिशम् उत्तराम्
tadā tadaham īśasya bhaktānāṃ śam abhīpsataḥ anugrahaṃ manyamānaḥ prātiṣṭhaṃ diśam uttarām
Then, considering that to be the grace of the Lord, who desires the good of his devotees, I set out for the northern direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.11
स्फीताञ् जनपदांस्तत्र पुरग्रामव्रजाकरान् खेटखर्वटवाटीश्च वनान्युपवनानि च
sphītāñ janapadāṃstatra puragrāmavrajākarān kheṭakharvaṭavāṭīśca vanānyupavanāni ca
There (I saw) prosperous inhabited regions, cities, villages, cattle-camps and mines, farmsteads, hill-hamlets and enclosed gardens, and forests and groves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.12
चित्रधातुविचित्राद्रीन् इभभग्नभुजद्रुमान् जलाशयाञ् छिवजलान् नलिनीः सुरसेविताः
citradhātuvicitrādrīn ibhabhagnabhujadrumān jalāśayāñ chivajalān nalinīḥ surasevitāḥ
mountains variegated with bright minerals, trees whose boughs were broken by elephants, lakes with auspicious water, and lotus-ponds frequented by the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.13
चित्रस्वनैः पत्ररथैर्विभ्रमद्भ्रमरश्रियः नलवेणुशरस्तन्ब कुशकीचकगह्वरम्
citrasvanaiḥ patrarathairvibhramadbhramaraśriyaḥ nalaveṇuśarastanba kuśakīcakagahvaram
(regions) whose splendour was the bees roaming about along with sweet-voiced birds, and thickets dense with reed, bamboo, cane-clumps, kuśa grass and hollow bamboo.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 1 6.14
एक एवातियातो ऽहम् अद्राक्षं विपिनं महत् घोरं प्रतिभयाकारं व्यालोलूकशिवाजिरम्
eka evātiyāto 'ham adrākṣaṃ vipinaṃ mahat ghoraṃ pratibhayākāraṃ vyālolūkaśivājiram
Having gone on quite alone, I saw a great thick forest, dreadful, of terrifying aspect, a playground of snakes, owls and jackals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.15
परिश्रान्तेन्द्रियात्माहं तृट्परीतो बुभुक्षितः स्नात्वा पीत्वा ह्रदे नद्या उपस्पृष्टो गतश्रमः
pariśrāntendriyātmāhaṃ tṛṭparīto bubhukṣitaḥ snātvā pītvā hrade nadyā upaspṛṣṭo gataśramaḥ
With my senses and mind utterly exhausted, beset by thirst and hungry, I bathed and drank in a pool of a river, and by that contact my weariness was gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.16
तस्मिन् निर्मनुजे ऽरण्ये पिप्पलोपस्थ आश्रितः आत्मनात्मानम् आत्मस्थं यथाश्रुतम् अचिन्तयम्
tasmin nirmanuje 'raṇye pippalopastha āśritaḥ ātmanātmānam ātmasthaṃ yathāśrutam acintayam
In that manless wilderness, taking shelter at the foot of a pippala tree, I meditated with the self upon the Self that dwells within the self, as I had heard (from the sages).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.17
ध्यायतश्चरणाम्भोजं भावनिर्जितचेतसा औत्कण्ठ्याश्रुकलाक्षस्य हृद्यासीन् मे शनैर्हरिः
dhyāyataścaraṇāmbhojaṃ bhāvanirjitacetasā autkaṇṭhyāśrukalākṣasya hṛdyāsīn me śanairhariḥ
As I meditated on his lotus feet with a mind subdued by devotion, and with tears of longing in my eyes, Hari gradually came to be in my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.18
प्रेमातिभरनिर्भिन्न पुलकाङ्गो ऽतिनिर्वृतः आनन्दसम्प्लवे लीनो नापश्यम् उभयं मुने
premātibharanirbhinna pulakāṅgo 'tinirvṛtaḥ ānandasamplave līno nāpaśyam ubhayaṃ mune
With my limbs bristling, pierced through by the excess weight of love, and utterly blissful, absorbed in a flood of joy, I saw neither of the two, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.19
रूपं भगवतो यत् तन् मनःकान्तं शुचापहम् अपश्यन् सहसोत्तस्थे वैक्लव्याद्दुर्मना इव
rūpaṃ bhagavato yat tan manaḥkāntaṃ śucāpaham apaśyan sahasottasthe vaiklavyāddurmanā iva
When I no longer saw that form of the Lord, which delights the mind and removes sorrow, I suddenly rose up, distressed as one whose mind is broken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.20
दिदृक्षुस्तदहं भूयः प्रणिधाय मनो हृदि वीक्षमाणो ऽपि नापश्यम् अवितृप्त इवातुरः
didṛkṣustadahaṃ bhūyaḥ praṇidhāya mano hṛdi vīkṣamāṇo 'pi nāpaśyam avitṛpta ivāturaḥ
Wishing to see it again, I fixed my mind upon my heart, but though I looked I did not see it, and I was like one afflicted and unsatisfied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.21
एवं यतन्तं विजने माम् आहागोचरो गिराम् गम्भीरश्लक्ष्णया वाचा शुचः प्रशमयन्न् इव
evaṃ yatantaṃ vijane mām āhāgocaro girām gambhīraślakṣṇayā vācā śucaḥ praśamayann iva
As I was striving thus in that lonely place, he who is beyond the range of speech spoke to me in a deep and gentle voice, as though to allay my grief:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.22
हन्तास्मिञ् जन्मनि भवान् मा मां द्रष्टुम् इहार्हति अविपक्वकषायाणां दुर्दर्शो ऽहं कुयोगिनाम्
hantāsmiñ janmani bhavān mā māṃ draṣṭum ihārhati avipakvakaṣāyāṇāṃ durdarśo 'haṃ kuyoginām
"Alas, in this birth you are not fit to see me here; I am hard to see for imperfect yogins whose impurities are not yet burnt away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.23
सकृद्यद्दर्शितं रूपम् एतत् कामाय ते ऽनघ मत्कामः शनकैः साधु सर्वान् मुञ्चति हृच्छयान्
sakṛdyaddarśitaṃ rūpam etat kāmāya te 'nagha matkāmaḥ śanakaiḥ sādhu sarvān muñcati hṛcchayān
That form was shown to you once in order to arouse your longing, O sinless one; for desire for me gradually and thoroughly releases (one from) all the desires lying in the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.24
सत्सेवयादीर्घयापि जाता मयि दृढा मतिः हित्वावद्यम् इमं लोकं गन्ता मज्जनताम् असि
satsevayādīrghayāpi jātā mayi dṛḍhā matiḥ hitvāvadyam imaṃ lokaṃ gantā majjanatām asi
By service of the good, even for a short time, a firm conviction regarding me has arisen in you; leaving this blameworthy world, you shall come to be one of my own people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.25
मतिर्मयि निबद्धेयं न विपद्येत कर्हिचित् प्रजासर्गनिरोधे ऽपि स्मृतिश्च मदनुग्रहात्
matirmayi nibaddheyaṃ na vipadyeta karhicit prajāsarganirodhe 'pi smṛtiśca madanugrahāt
This conviction, once bound to me, will never at any time perish, and by my grace your memory (will persist) even through the dissolution and creation of beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.26
एतावदुक्त्वोपरराम तन् महद् भूतं नभोलिङ्गम् अलिङ्गम् ईश्वरम् अहं च तस्मै महतां महीयसे शीर्ष्णावनामं विदधे ऽनुकम्पितः
etāvaduktvopararāma tan mahad bhūtaṃ nabholiṅgam aliṅgam īśvaram ahaṃ ca tasmai mahatāṃ mahīyase śīrṣṇāvanāmaṃ vidadhe 'nukampitaḥ
Having said only this much, that great being ceased — marked by the sky (as its sign), itself without visible mark, the Lord. And I, being shown compassion, made obeisance with my head to him, the most honoured of the great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.27
नामान्यनन्तस्य हतत्रपः पठन् गुह्यानि भद्राणि कृतानि च स्मरन् गां पर्यटंस्तुष्टमना गतस्पृहः कालं प्रतीक्षन् विमदो विमत्सरः
nāmānyanantasya hatatrapaḥ paṭhan guhyāni bhadrāṇi kṛtāni ca smaran gāṃ paryaṭaṃstuṣṭamanā gataspṛhaḥ kālaṃ pratīkṣan vimado vimatsaraḥ
Reciting, without shame, the hidden names of the Infinite One, and remembering his auspicious deeds, I wandered over the earth, contented in mind, free of longing, awaiting my time, free of pride and free of envy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.28
एवं कृष्णमतेर्ब्रह्मन् नासक्तस्यामलात्मनः कालः प्रादुरभूत् काले तडित् सौदामनी यथा
evaṃ kṛṣṇamaterbrahman nāsaktasyāmalātmanaḥ kālaḥ prādurabhūt kāle taḍit saudāmanī yathā
Thus, O brāhmaṇa, for one whose mind was on Kṛṣṇa, unattached and pure of self, the (appointed) time appeared in due course, like lightning of the flashing kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.29
प्रयुज्यमाने मयि तां शुद्धां भागवतीं तनुम् आरब्धकर्मनिर्वाणो न्यपतत् पाञ्चभौतिकः
prayujyamāne mayi tāṃ śuddhāṃ bhāgavatīṃ tanum ārabdhakarmanirvāṇo nyapatat pāñcabhautikaḥ
While I was being joined to that pure body belonging to the Lord, the body made of the five elements fell away, the karma that had begun having been extinguished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.30
कल्पान्त इदम् आदाय शयाने ऽम्भस्युदन्वतः शिशयिषोरनुप्राणं विविशे ऽन्तरहं विभोः
kalpānta idam ādāya śayāne 'mbhasyudanvataḥ śiśayiṣoranuprāṇaṃ viviśe 'ntarahaṃ vibhoḥ
At the end of the kalpa, when the Lord, wishing to lie down, was reclining on the water of the ocean, having taken this (universe) in, I entered within him along with his breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.31
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्ते उत्थायेदं सिसृक्षतः मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयः प्राणेभ्यो ऽहं च जज्ञिरे
sahasrayugaparyante utthāyedaṃ sisṛkṣataḥ marīcimiśrā ṛṣayaḥ prāṇebhyo 'haṃ ca jajñire
At the end of a thousand yugas, when he rose and wished to emit this (world) again, the sages headed by Marīci, and I, were born from his breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.32
अन्तर्बहिश्च लोकांस्त्रीन् पर्येम्यस्कन्दितव्रतः अनुग्रहान् महाविष्णोरविघातगतिः क्वचित्
antarbahiśca lokāṃstrīn paryemyaskanditavrataḥ anugrahān mahāviṣṇoravighātagatiḥ kvacit
Within and without I travel through the three worlds, my vow unbroken; by the grace of Mahāviṣṇu my movement is nowhere obstructed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.33
देवदत्ताम् इमां वीणां स्वरब्रह्मविभूषिताम् मूर्च्छयित्वा हरिकथां गायमानश्चराम्यहम्
devadattām imāṃ vīṇāṃ svarabrahmavibhūṣitām mūrcchayitvā harikathāṃ gāyamānaścarāmyaham
Tuning this vīṇā given by the gods, adorned with the sacred sound of the notes, I wander singing the stories of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.34
प्रगायतः स्ववीर्याणि तीर्थपादः प्रियश्रवाः आहूत इव मे शीघ्रं दर्शनं याति चेतसि
pragāyataḥ svavīryāṇi tīrthapādaḥ priyaśravāḥ āhūta iva me śīghraṃ darśanaṃ yāti cetasi
When I sing aloud of his valorous deeds, he whose feet are the holy places, whose fame is dear (to hear), quickly comes into view in my mind, as if summoned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.35
एतद्ध्यातुरचित्तानां मात्रास्पर्शेच्छया मुहुः भवसिन्धुप्लवो दृष्टो हरिचर्यानुवर्णनम्
etaddhyāturacittānāṃ mātrāsparśecchayā muhuḥ bhavasindhuplavo dṛṣṭo haricaryānuvarṇanam
Indeed this recounting of Hari's doings has been seen (by me) to be a boat across the ocean of existence for those whose minds are afflicted again and again by craving for the contact of sense objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.36
यमादिभिर्योगपथैः कामलोभहतो मुहुः मुकुन्दसेवया यद्वत् तथात्माद्धा न शाम्यति
yamādibhiryogapathaiḥ kāmalobhahato muhuḥ mukundasevayā yadvat tathātmāddhā na śāmyati
The self, though struck again and again by desire and greed, is not directly quieted by the paths of yoga beginning with restraint as it is by the service of Mukunda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.37
सर्वं तदिदम् आख्यातं यत् पृष्टो ऽहं त्वयानघ जन्मकर्मरहस्यं मे भवतश्चात्मतोषणम्
sarvaṃ tadidam ākhyātaṃ yat pṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayānagha janmakarmarahasyaṃ me bhavataścātmatoṣaṇam
All this that you asked me, O sinless one, has been told — the secret of my birth and deeds, which is a satisfaction to your own self as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.38
सूत उवाच एवं सम्भाष्य भगवान् नारदो वासवीसुतम् आमन्त्र्य वीणां रणयन् ययौ यादृच्छिको मुनिः
sūta uvāca evaṃ sambhāṣya bhagavān nārado vāsavīsutam āmantrya vīṇāṃ raṇayan yayau yādṛcchiko muniḥ
Sūta said: Having spoken thus with the son of Vāsavī and taking leave of him, the blessed Nārada, a sage who goes as he pleases, departed, sounding his vīṇā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 1 6.39
अहो देवर्षिर्धन्यो ऽयं यत्कीर्तिं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः गायन् माद्यन्न् इदं तन्त्र्या रमयत्यातुरं जगत्
aho devarṣirdhanyo 'yaṃ yatkīrtiṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ gāyan mādyann idaṃ tantryā ramayatyāturaṃ jagat
Ah, blessed is this divine sage, who, singing to his strings the glory of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow and growing rapt, delights this afflicted world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition