Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 12
SB 10 12.1
श्री-शुक उवाच क्वचिद् वनाशाय मनो दधद् व्रजात् प्रातः समुत्थाय वयस्य-वत्सपान् प्रबोधयञ् छृङ्ग-रवेण चारुणा विनिर्गतो वत्स-पुरःसरो हरिः
śrī-śuka uvāca kvacid vanāśāya mano dadhad vrajāt prātaḥ samutthāya vayasya-vatsapān prabodhayañ chṛṅga-raveṇa cāruṇā vinirgato vatsa-puraḥsaro hariḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Once, setting his mind on a meal in the forest, Hari rose early and went out from Vraja, waking his companions, the calf-herders, with the lovely sound of his horn, going with the calves before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.2
तेनैव साकं पृथुकाः सहस्रशः स्निग्धाः सुशिग्-वेत्र-विषाण-वेणवः स्वान् स्वान् सहस्रोपरि-सङ्ख्ययान्वितान् वत्सान् पुरस्कृत्य विनिर्ययुर् मुदा
tenaiva sākaṃ pṛthukāḥ sahasraśaḥ snigdhāḥ suśig-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇavaḥ svān svān sahasropari-saṅkhyayānvitān vatsān puraskṛtya viniryayur mudā
Together with him the little boys, in their thousands, affectionate, with fine lunch-bags, sticks, horns and flutes, drove before them each his own calves, numbering more than a thousand, and went out joyfully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.3
कृष्ण-वत्सैर् असङ्ख्यातैर् यूथी-कृत्य स्व-वत्सकान् चारयन्तो ऽर्भ-लीलाभिर् विजह्रुस् तत्र तत्र ह
kṛṣṇa-vatsair asaṅkhyātair yūthī-kṛtya sva-vatsakān cārayanto 'rbha-līlābhir vijahrus tatra tatra ha
Grouping their own little calves with Kṛṣṇa's countless calves, they grazed them, and played here and there with childish games.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.4
फल-प्रबाल-स्तवक- सुमनः-पिच्छ-धातुभिः काच-गुञ्जा-मणि-स्वर्ण- भूषिता अप्य् अभूषयन्
phala-prabāla-stavaka- sumanaḥ-piccha-dhātubhiḥ kāca-guñjā-maṇi-svarṇa- bhūṣitā apy abhūṣayan
Though already adorned with glass, guñjā berries, gems and gold, they decorated themselves further with fruits, young shoots, clusters (of blossoms), flowers, feathers and colored minerals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.5
मुष्णन्तो ऽन्योन्य-शिक्यादीन् ज्ञातान् आराच् च चिक्षिपुः तत्रत्याश् च पुनर् दूराद् धसन्तश् च पुनर् ददुः
muṣṇanto 'nyonya-śikyādīn jñātān ārāc ca cikṣipuḥ tatratyāś ca punar dūrād dhasantaś ca punar daduḥ
Stealing one another's lunch-bags and such, when detected they threw them far off; and those (boys) who were there (at the spot) threw them again farther away, and laughing, gave them back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.6
यदि दूरं गतः कृष्णो वन-शोभेक्षणाय तम् अहं पूर्वम् अहं पूर्वम् इति संस्पृश्य रेमिरे
yadi dūraṃ gataḥ kṛṣṇo vana-śobhekṣaṇāya tam ahaṃ pūrvam ahaṃ pūrvam iti saṃspṛśya remire
If Kṛṣṇa went far off to look at the beauty of the forest, they took delight in touching him, (each) saying "I first! I first!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.7
केचिद् वेणून् वादयन्तो ध्मान्तः शृङ्गाणि केचन केचिद् भृङ्गैः प्रगायन्तः कूजन्तः कोकिलैः परे
kecid veṇūn vādayanto dhmāntaḥ śṛṅgāṇi kecana kecid bhṛṅgaiḥ pragāyantaḥ kūjantaḥ kokilaiḥ pare
Some played on flutes, some blew horns, some sang along with the bees, others cooed along with the cuckoos.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.8
विच्छायाभिः प्रधावन्तो गच्छन्तः साधु-हंसकैः बकैर् उपविशन्तश् च नृत्यन्तश् च कलापिभिः
vicchāyābhiḥ pradhāvanto gacchantaḥ sādhu-haṃsakaiḥ bakair upaviśantaś ca nṛtyantaś ca kalāpibhiḥ
Running about with the shadows (of the flying birds), walking gracefully with the swans, sitting down with the cranes, and dancing with the peacocks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.9
विकर्षन्तः कीश-बालान् आरोहन्तश् च तैर् द्रुमान् विकुर्वन्तश् च तैः साकं प्लवन्तश् च पलाशिषु
vikarṣantaḥ kīśa-bālān ārohantaś ca tair drumān vikurvantaś ca taiḥ sākaṃ plavantaś ca palāśiṣu
Pulling at the young monkeys, climbing the trees along with them, making faces at them, and leaping about with them among the leafy trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.10
साकं भेकैर् विलङ्घन्तः सरितः स्रव-सम्प्लुताः विहसन्तः प्रतिच्छायाः शपन्तश् च प्रतिस्वनान्
sākaṃ bhekair vilaṅghantaḥ saritaḥ srava-samplutāḥ vihasantaḥ praticchāyāḥ śapantaś ca pratisvanān
Jumping across the streams, flooded with their flowing water, together with the frogs; laughing at their own reflections, and reviling the echoes of their voices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.11
इत्थं सतां ब्रह्म-सुखानुभूत्या दास्यं गतानां पर-दैवतेन मायाश्रितानां नर-दारकेण साकं विजह्रुः कृत-पुण्य-पुञ्जाः
itthaṃ satāṃ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā dāsyaṃ gatānāṃ para-daivatena māyāśritānāṃ nara-dārakeṇa sākaṃ vijahruḥ kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ
In this way those who had amassed heaps of merit played together with him who, to the good, is the experience of the bliss of Brahman, who, to those who have entered his service, is the supreme deity, and who, to those who take shelter in māyā, is a human child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.12
यत्-पाद-पांसुर् बहु-जन्म-कृच्छ्रतो धृतात्मभिर् योगिभिर् अप्य् अलभ्यः अम्प्;स एव यद्-दृग्-विषयः स्वयं स्थितः किं वर्ण्यते दिष्टम् अतो व्रजौकसाम्
yat-pāda-pāṃsur bahu-janma-kṛcchrato dhṛtātmabhir yogibhir apy alabhyaḥ sa eva yad-dṛg-viṣayaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ kiṃ varṇyate diṣṭam ato vrajaukasām
He, the dust of whose feet is unobtainable even by yogis who have controlled themselves through the hardships of many births — that very one stood there in person as the object of their sight: what then can be said of the good fortune of the dwellers of Vraja?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.13
अथाघ-नामाभ्यपतन् महासुरस् तेषां सुख-क्रीडन-वीक्षणाक्षमः नित्यं यद्-अन्तर् निज-जीवितेप्सुभिः पीतामृतैर् अप्य् अमरैः प्रतीक्ष्यते
athāgha-nāmābhyapatan mahāsuras teṣāṃ sukha-krīḍana-vīkṣaṇākṣamaḥ nityaṃ yad-antar nija-jīvitepsubhiḥ pītāmṛtair apy amaraiḥ pratīkṣyate
Then a great demon named Agha fell upon them, unable to bear the sight of their happy play — he within whom (an end) is constantly awaited by the immortals, who, though they have drunk nectar, still crave their own lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 12.14
दृष्ट्वार्भकान् कृष्ण-मुखान् अघासुरः कंसानुशिष्टः स बकी-बकानुजः अम्प्;अयं तु मे सोदर-नाश-कृत् तयोर् द्वयोर् ममैनं स-बलं हनिष्ये
dṛṣṭvārbhakān kṛṣṇa-mukhān aghāsuraḥ kaṃsānuśiṣṭaḥ sa bakī-bakānujaḥ ayaṃ tu me sodara-nāśa-kṛt tayor dvayor mamainaṃ sa-balaṃ haniṣye
Seeing the boys with Kṛṣṇa at their head, Aghāsura — commissioned by Kaṃsa, the younger brother of Bakī and Baka — (thought:) "This one is the killer of my two siblings, those two of mine; I shall kill him together with Bala."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.15
एते यदा मत्-सुहृदोस् तिलापः कृतास् तदा नष्ट-समा व्रजौकसः प्राणे गते वर्ष्मसु का नु चिन्ता प्रजासवः प्राण-भृतो हि ये ते
ete yadā mat-suhṛdos tilāpaḥ kṛtās tadā naṣṭa-samā vrajaukasaḥ prāṇe gate varṣmasu kā nu cintā prajāsavaḥ prāṇa-bhṛto hi ye te
"When these have been made into sesame-paste (offerings) for my two friends, then the dwellers of Vraja will be as good as destroyed. When the life-breath is gone, what concern is there for the bodies? For their children are indeed their very breath."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.16
इति व्यवस्याजगरं बृहद् वपुः स योजनायाम-महाद्रि-पीवरम् धृत्वाद्भुतं व्यात्त-गुहाननं तदा पथि व्यशेत ग्रसनाशया खलः
iti vyavasyājagaraṃ bṛhad vapuḥ sa yojanāyāma-mahādri-pīvaram dhṛtvādbhutaṃ vyātta-guhānanaṃ tadā pathi vyaśeta grasanāśayā khalaḥ
Having so resolved, the wicked one assumed a huge python's body, a yojana in length and thick as a great mountain, monstrous, its gaping mouth like a cavern, and lay across the path with the intent to swallow (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.17
धराधरोष्ठो जलदोत्तरोष्ठो दर्य्-आननान्तो गिरि-शृङ्ग-दंष्ट्रः ध्वान्तान्तर्-आस्यो वितताध्व-जिह्वः परुषानिल-श्वास-दवेक्षणोष्णः
dharādharoṣṭho jaladottaroṣṭho dary-ānanānto giri-śṛṅga-daṃṣṭraḥ dhvāntāntar-āsyo vitatādhva-jihvaḥ paruṣānila-śvāsa-davekṣaṇoṣṇaḥ
Its lower lip was the ground, its upper lip the clouds; the corners of its mouth were like caverns, its fangs like mountain peaks; the inside of its mouth was darkness, its tongue a broad-spread road; its breath a harsh wind and its gaze hot as a forest fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.18
दृष्ट्वा तं तादृशं सर्वे मत्वा वृन्दावन-श्रियम् व्यात्ताजगर-तुण्डेन ह्य् उत्प्रेक्षन्ते स्म लीलया
dṛṣṭvā taṃ tādṛśaṃ sarve matvā vṛndāvana-śriyam vyāttājagara-tuṇḍena hy utprekṣante sma līlayā
Seeing him in such a form, they all took it for a feature of Vṛndāvana's beauty, and playfully went on gazing at the gaping python's mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 12.19
अहो मित्राणि गदत सत्त्व-कूटं पुरः स्थितम् अस्मत्-सङ्ग्रसन-व्यात्त- व्याल-तुण्डायते न वा
aho mitrāṇi gadata sattva-kūṭaṃ puraḥ sthitam asmat-saṅgrasana-vyātta- vyāla-tuṇḍāyate na vā
"Oh friends, tell (us): does this heap of a creature standing before us look like the gaping mouth of a serpent (opened) to swallow us up, or not?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.20
सत्यम् अर्क-करारक्तम् उत्तरा-हनुवद् घनम् अधरा-हनुवद् रोधस् तत्-प्रतिच्छाययारुणम्
satyam arka-karāraktam uttarā-hanuvad ghanam adharā-hanuvad rodhas tat-praticchāyayāruṇam
"True! That cloud reddened by the sun's rays is like an upper jaw, and the bank, red with its reflection, is like a lower jaw."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.21
प्रतिस्पर्धेते सृक्कभ्यां सव्यासव्ये नगोदरे तुङ्ग-शृङ्गालयो ऽप्य् एतास् तद्-दंष्ट्राभिश् च पश्यत
pratispardhete sṛkkabhyāṃ savyāsavye nagodare tuṅga-śṛṅgālayo 'py etās tad-daṃṣṭrābhiś ca paśyata
"On the left and on the right, the two hollows of the hill rival the corners of its mouth, and these lofty peaks too — look at them — (rival) its fangs!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.22
आस्तृतायाम-मार्गो ऽयं रसनां प्रतिगर्जति एषां अन्तर्-गतं ध्वान्तम् एतद् अप्य् अन्तर्-आननम्
āstṛtāyāma-mārgo 'yaṃ rasanāṃ pratigarjati eṣāṃ antar-gataṃ dhvāntam etad apy antar-ānanam
"This long spread-out road rivals a tongue; and this darkness that lies within these (jaws) is the inside of its mouth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.23
दावोष्ण-खर-वातो ऽयं श्वासवद् भाति पश्यत तद्-दग्ध-सत्त्व-दुर्गन्धो ऽप्य् अन्तर्-आमिष-गन्धवत्
dāvoṣṇa-khara-vāto 'yaṃ śvāsavad bhāti paśyata tad-dagdha-sattva-durgandho 'py antar-āmiṣa-gandhavat
"Look, this harsh wind, hot as a forest fire, seems like its breath; and the stench of the creatures burnt by that (fire) is like the smell of flesh inside it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.24
अस्मान् किम् अत्र ग्रसिता निविष्टान् अयं तथा चेद् बकवद् विनङ्क्ष्यति क्षणाद् अनेनेति बकार्य्-उशन्-मुखं वीक्ष्योद्धसन्तः कर-ताडनैर् ययुः
asmān kim atra grasitā niviṣṭān ayaṃ tathā ced bakavad vinaṅkṣyati kṣaṇād aneneti bakāry-uśan-mukhaṃ vīkṣyoddhasantaḥ kara-tāḍanair yayuḥ
"Will this one swallow us here once we have gone in? If so, it will perish in a moment like Baka!" — and looking at the lovely face of Baka's enemy, laughing aloud and clapping their hands, they went on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.25
इत्थं मिथो ऽतथ्यम् अतज्-ज्ञ-भाषितं श्रुत्वा विचिन्त्येत्य् अमृषा मृषायते अम्प्;रक्षो विदित्वाखिल-भूत-हृत्-स्थितः स्वानां निरोद्धुं भगवान् मनो दधे
itthaṃ mitho 'tathyam ataj-jña-bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā vicintyety amṛṣā mṛṣāyate rakṣo viditvākhila-bhūta-hṛt-sthitaḥ svānāṃ niroddhuṃ bhagavān mano dadhe
Having heard this untrue talk spoken to one another by those who did not know the truth of it, and having reflected thus, the Lord, who dwells in the hearts of all beings, knew it to be a demon that, being no illusion, was feigning to be one, and set his mind on restraining his own (companions).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 12.26
तावत् प्रविष्टास् त्व् असुरोदरान्तरं परं न गीर्णाः शिशवः स-वत्साः प्रतीक्षमाणेन बकारि-वेशनं हत-स्व-कान्त-स्मरणेन रक्षसा
tāvat praviṣṭās tv asurodarāntaraṃ paraṃ na gīrṇāḥ śiśavaḥ sa-vatsāḥ pratīkṣamāṇena bakāri-veśanaṃ hata-sva-kānta-smaraṇena rakṣasā
By then the boys, with the calves, had entered right inside the demon's belly, yet they were not swallowed, for the demon was waiting for the entry of Baka's enemy, remembering the slaying of his own dear kin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.27
तान् वीक्ष्य कृष्णः सकलाभय-प्रदो ह्य् अनन्य-नाथान् स्व-कराद् अवच्युतान् अम्प्;दीनांश् च मृत्योर् जठराग्नि-घासान् घृणार्दितो दिष्ट-कृतेन विस्मितः
tān vīkṣya kṛṣṇaḥ sakalābhaya-prado hy ananya-nāthān sva-karād avacyutān dīnāṃś ca mṛtyor jaṭharāgni-ghāsān ghṛṇārdito diṣṭa-kṛtena vismitaḥ
Kṛṣṇa, the giver of fearlessness to all, seeing them — who had no other protector, who had slipped from his hand, and were helpless, fodder for the belly-fire of death — was stricken with compassion and amazed at what fate had brought about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.28
कृत्यं किम् अत्रास्य खलस्य जीवनं न वा अमीषां च सतां विहिंसनम् कृत्यं किम् अत्रास्य खलस्य जीवनं न वा अमीषां च सतां विहिंसनम् द्वयं कथं स्याद् इति संविचिन्त्य ज्ञात्वाविशत् तुण्डम् अशेष-दृग् घरिः
kṛtyaṃ kim atrāsya khalasya jīvanaṃ na vā amīṣāṃ ca satāṃ vihiṃsanam kṛtyaṃ kim atrāsya khalasya jīvanaṃ na vā amīṣāṃ ca satāṃ vihiṃsanam dvayaṃ kathaṃ syād iti saṃvicintya jñātvāviśat tuṇḍam aśeṣa-dṛg ghariḥ
"What is to be done here? There should be no living for this villain, nor any slaughter of these good ones — how may the two both come about?" Reflecting thus and knowing (what to do), Hari of all-seeing vision entered the mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.29
तदा घन-च्छदा देवा भयाद् धा-हेति चुक्रुशुः जहृषुर् ये च कंसाद्याः कौणपास् त्व् अघ-बान्धवाः
tadā ghana-cchadā devā bhayād dhā-heti cukruśuḥ jahṛṣur ye ca kaṃsādyāḥ kauṇapās tv agha-bāndhavāḥ
Then the gods, hidden behind the clouds, cried out in fear, "Alas, alas!" — while Kaṃsa and the rest, the flesh-eaters who were Agha's kin, rejoiced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.30
तच् छ्रुत्वा भगवान् कृष्णस् त्व् अव्ययः सार्भ-वत्सकम् चूर्णी-चिकीर्षोर् आत्मानं तरसा ववृधे गले
tac chrutvā bhagavān kṛṣṇas tv avyayaḥ sārbha-vatsakam cūrṇī-cikīrṣor ātmānaṃ tarasā vavṛdhe gale
Hearing that, the Lord Kṛṣṇa, the imperishable, swiftly expanded himself in the throat of the one who wished to grind him to powder together with the boys and calves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.31
ततो ऽतिकायस्य निरुद्ध-मार्गिणो ह्य् उद्गीर्ण-दृष्टेर् भ्रमतस् त्व् इतस् ततः पूर्णो ऽन्तर्-अङ्गे पवनो निरुद्धो मूर्धन् विनिर्भिद्य विनिर्गतो बहिः
tato 'tikāyasya niruddha-mārgiṇo hy udgīrṇa-dṛṣṭer bhramatas tv itas tataḥ pūrṇo 'ntar-aṅge pavano niruddho mūrdhan vinirbhidya vinirgato bahiḥ
Then, as that huge-bodied one's passage was blocked, his eyes bulging out and he himself thrashing this way and that, the breath filling his inner body, being shut in, burst through his skull and went out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.32
तेनैव सर्वेषु बहिर् गतेषु प्राणेषु वत्सान् सुहृदः परेतान् दृष्ट्या स्वयोत्थाप्य तद्-अन्वितः पुनर् वक्त्रान् मुकुन्दो भगवान् विनिर्ययौ
tenaiva sarveṣu bahir gateṣu prāṇeṣu vatsān suhṛdaḥ paretān dṛṣṭyā svayotthāpya tad-anvitaḥ punar vaktrān mukundo bhagavān viniryayau
By that very (bursting), when all his vital airs had gone out, Mukunda, the Lord, raised up the dead calves and companions by his own glance and, together with them, came out again from the mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.33
पीनाहि-भोगोत्थितम् अद्भुतं महज् ज्योतिः स्व-धाम्ना ज्वलयद् दिशो दश प्रतीक्ष्य खे ऽवस्थितम् ईश-निर्गमं विवेश तस्मिन् मिषतां दिवौकसाम्
pīnāhi-bhogotthitam adbhutaṃ mahaj jyotiḥ sva-dhāmnā jvalayad diśo daśa pratīkṣya khe 'vasthitam īśa-nirgamaṃ viveśa tasmin miṣatāṃ divaukasām
A wondrous great light that had risen from the body of the bloated serpent, blazing through the ten directions with its own radiance, having waited in the sky for the Lord's coming out, entered into him while the dwellers of heaven looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.34
ततो ऽतिहृष्टाः स्व-कृतो ऽकृतार्हणं पुष्पैः सुगा अप्सरसश् च नर्तनैः अम्प्;गीतैः सुरा वाद्य-धराश् च वाद्यकैः स्तवैश् च विप्रा जय-निःस्वनैर् गणाः
tato 'tihṛṣṭāḥ sva-kṛto 'kṛtārhaṇaṃ puṣpaiḥ sugā apsarasaś ca nartanaiḥ gītaiḥ surā vādya-dharāś ca vādyakaiḥ stavaiś ca viprā jaya-niḥsvanair gaṇāḥ
Then, greatly delighted, they rendered the homage that had not yet been rendered: the celestial singers with flowers, the Apsarases with dances, the gods with songs, the bearers of instruments with music, the brāhmaṇas with hymns, and the (Lord's) hosts with cries of victory.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 12.35
तद्-अद्भुत-स्तोत्र-सुवाद्य-गीतिका- जयादि-नैकोत्सव-मङ्गल-स्वनान् श्रुत्वा स्व-धाम्नो ऽन्त्य् अज आगतो ऽचिराद् दृष्ट्वा महीशस्य जगाम विस्मयम्
tad-adbhuta-stotra-suvādya-gītikā- jayādi-naikotsava-maṅgala-svanān śrutvā sva-dhāmno 'nty aja āgato 'cirād dṛṣṭvā mahīśasya jagāma vismayam
Hearing those sounds — wondrous hymns, fine music and singing, cries of "Victory!" and the auspicious noise of many festivities — near his own abode, the unborn one came without delay, and on seeing (this deed) of the great Lord he fell into amazement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.36
राजन्न् आजगरं चर्म शुष्कं वृन्दावने ऽद्भुतम् व्रजौकसां बहु-तिथं बभूवाक्रीड-गह्वरम्
rājann ājagaraṃ carma śuṣkaṃ vṛndāvane 'dbhutam vrajaukasāṃ bahu-tithaṃ babhūvākrīḍa-gahvaram
O King, in Vṛndāvana the dried skin of that python became for a long time a wonderful cave of play for the inhabitants of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.37
एतत् कौमारजं कर्म हरेर् आत्माहि-मोक्षणम् मृत्योः पौगण्डके बाला दृष्ट्वोचुर् विस्मिता व्रजे
etat kaumārajaṃ karma harer ātmāhi-mokṣaṇam mṛtyoḥ paugaṇḍake bālā dṛṣṭvocur vismitā vraje
This deed of Hari, done in his childhood — the deliverance of themselves from the serpent Death — the boys, having seen it, told of in Vraja, amazed, in their boyhood (paugaṇḍa) years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.38
नैतद् विचित्रं मनुजार्भ-मायिनः परावराणां परमस्य वेधसः अघो ऽपि यत्-स्पर्शन-धौत-पातकः प्रापात्म-साम्यं त्व् असतां सुदुर्लभम्
naitad vicitraṃ manujārbha-māyinaḥ parāvarāṇāṃ paramasya vedhasaḥ agho 'pi yat-sparśana-dhauta-pātakaḥ prāpātma-sāmyaṃ tv asatāṃ sudurlabham
This is no marvel for him who plays as a human child, the supreme ordainer of all beings high and low; for even Agha, his sins washed away by touching him, attained likeness with his (own) self, which is very hard for the wicked to gain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.39
सकृद् यद्-अङ्ग-प्रतिमान्तर्-आहिता मनोमयी भागवतीं ददौ गतिम् स एव नित्यात्म-सुखानुभूत्य्-अभि- व्युदस्त-मायो ऽन्तर्-गतो हि किं पुनः
sakṛd yad-aṅga-pratimāntar-āhitā manomayī bhāgavatīṃ dadau gatim sa eva nityātma-sukhānubhūty-abhi- vyudasta-māyo 'ntar-gato hi kiṃ punaḥ
He whose bodily likeness, made of mind and set within (the heart) but once, granted (Agha) the destination of Bhagavān — how much more, then, when he himself, whose illusory power is cast off by the experience of the eternal bliss of the Self, had gone inside (him)!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 12.40
श्री-सूत उवाच इत्थं द्विजा यादवदेव-दत्तः श्रुत्वा स्व-रातुश् चरितं विचित्रम् पप्रच्छ भूयो ऽपि तद् एव पुण्यं वैयासकिं यन् निगृहीत-चेताः
śrī-sūta uvāca itthaṃ dvijā yādavadeva-dattaḥ śrutvā sva-rātuś caritaṃ vicitram papraccha bhūyo 'pi tad eva puṇyaṃ vaiyāsakiṃ yan nigṛhīta-cetāḥ
Śrī Sūta said: Thus, O twice-born ones, he who was granted (life) by the Lord of the Yadus, having heard the wondrous deeds of the one who gave him his life, asked the son of Vyāsa yet again about that same holy matter, his mind being wholly captivated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.41
श्री-राजोवाच ब्रह्मन् कालान्तर-कृतं तत्-कालीनं कथं भवेत् यत् कौमारे हरि-कृतं जगुः पौगण्डके ऽर्भकाः
śrī-rājovāca brahman kālāntara-kṛtaṃ tat-kālīnaṃ kathaṃ bhavet yat kaumāre hari-kṛtaṃ jaguḥ paugaṇḍake 'rbhakāḥ
The King said: O brāhmaṇa, how can a deed done at one time be spoken of as belonging to a later time? For what Hari did in his childhood (kaumāra), the boys sang of in their boyhood (paugaṇḍa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.42
तद् ब्रूहि मे महा-योगिन् परं कौतूहलं गुरो नूनम् एतद् धरेर् एव माया भवति नान्यथा
tad brūhi me mahā-yogin paraṃ kautūhalaṃ guro nūnam etad dharer eva māyā bhavati nānyathā
So tell me that, O great yogī; my curiosity is very great, O teacher. Surely this must be the māyā of Hari alone; it cannot be otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.43
वयं धन्यतमा लोके गुरो ऽपि क्षत्र-बन्धवः वयं पिबामो मुहुस् त्वत्तः पुण्यं कृष्ण-कथामृतम्
vayaṃ dhanyatamā loke guro 'pi kṣatra-bandhavaḥ vayaṃ pibāmo muhus tvattaḥ puṇyaṃ kṛṣṇa-kathāmṛtam
We are the most fortunate in the world, O teacher, though we are but poor kṣatriyas, since we drink again and again from you the holy nectar of the story of Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 12.44
श्री-सूत उवाच इत्थं स्म पृष्टः स तु बादरायणिस् तत्-स्मारितानन्त-हृताखिलेन्द्रियः इत्थं स्म पृष्टः स तु बादरायणिस् तत्-स्मारितानन्त-हृताखिलेन्द्रियः कृच्छ्रात् पुनर् लब्ध-बहिर्-दृशिः शनैः प्रत्याह तं भागवतोत्तमोत्तम
śrī-sūta uvāca itthaṃ sma pṛṣṭaḥ sa tu bādarāyaṇis tat-smāritānanta-hṛtākhilendriyaḥ itthaṃ sma pṛṣṭaḥ sa tu bādarāyaṇis tat-smāritānanta-hṛtākhilendriyaḥ kṛcchrāt punar labdha-bahir-dṛśiḥ śanaiḥ pratyāha taṃ bhāgavatottamottama
Śrī Sūta said: Thus questioned, the son of Bādarāyaṇa — all of whose senses were carried away by Ananta, brought to mind by that (question) — with difficulty regained his outward sight and slowly answered him, O best of the best of devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition