Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 13

SB 10 13.1

श्री-शुक उवाच साधु पृष्टं महा-भाग त्वया भागवतोत्तम यन् नूतनयसीशस्य शृण्वन्न् अपि कथां मुहुः

śrī-śuka uvāca sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahā-bhāga tvayā bhāgavatottama yan nūtanayasīśasya śṛṇvann api kathāṃ muhuḥ

Śrī Śuka said: Well have you asked, O greatly fortunate one, O best of devotees, in that you make the Lord's story new again, though you hear it again and again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.2

सताम् अयं सार-भृतां निसर्गो यद्-अर्थ-वाणी-श्रुति-चेतसाम् अपि प्रति-क्षणं नव्य-वद् अच्युतस्य यत् स्त्रिया विटानाम् इव साधु वार्ता

satām ayaṃ sāra-bhṛtāṃ nisargo yad-artha-vāṇī-śruti-cetasām api prati-kṣaṇaṃ navya-vad acyutasya yat striyā viṭānām iva sādhu vārtā

This is the nature of the good who grasp the essence: that for those whose speech, hearing and mind are given to that purpose, talk of Acyuta is at every moment as if new — as talk of women is agreeable to lechers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.3

शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्न् अपि गुह्यं वदामि ते ब्रूयुः स्निग्धस्य शिष्यस्य गुरवो गुह्यम् अप्य् उत

śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājann api guhyaṃ vadāmi te brūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasya guravo guhyam apy uta

Listen attentively, O King; I shall tell you even what is secret. Teachers do declare even a secret to an affectionate disciple.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.4

तथाघ-वदनान् मृत्यो रक्षित्वा वत्स-पालकान् सरित्-पुलिनम् आनीय भगवान् इदम् अब्रवीत्

tathāgha-vadanān mṛtyo rakṣitvā vatsa-pālakān sarit-pulinam ānīya bhagavān idam abravīt

So, having protected the calf-herding boys from death in Agha's mouth, the Lord brought them to the river's sandbank and said this:

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SB 10 13.5

अहो ऽतिरम्यं पुलिनं वयस्याः स्व-केलि-सम्पन् मृदुलाच्छ-बालुकम् स्फुटत्-सरो-गन्ध-हृतालि-पत्रिक- ध्वनि-प्रतिध्वान-लसद्-द्रुमाकुलम्

aho 'tiramyaṃ pulinaṃ vayasyāḥ sva-keli-sampan mṛdulāccha-bālukam sphuṭat-saro-gandha-hṛtāli-patrika- dhvani-pratidhvāna-lasad-drumākulam

"Oh, friends, how very delightful this sandbank is, with its soft, clean sand — perfect for our play — crowded with trees that glisten and echo back the humming of the bees drawn by the scent of the blooming lotus pond.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.6

अत्र भोक्तव्यम् अस्माभिर् दिवारूढं क्षुधार्दिताः वत्साः समीपे ऽपः पीत्वा चरन्तु शनकैस् तृणम्

atra bhoktavyam asmābhir divārūḍhaṃ kṣudhārditāḥ vatsāḥ samīpe 'paḥ pītvā carantu śanakais tṛṇam

Here we should eat, for the day is far advanced and we are afflicted with hunger. Let the calves drink water nearby and graze slowly on the grass."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.7

तथेति पाययित्वार्भा वत्सान् आरुध्य शाद्वले मुक्त्वा शिक्यानि बुभुजुः समं भगवता मुदा

tatheti pāyayitvārbhā vatsān ārudhya śādvale muktvā śikyāni bubhujuḥ samaṃ bhagavatā mudā

Saying "So be it," the boys let the calves drink, settled them on the grassy ground, opened their hanging lunch-bags and ate joyfully together with the Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.8

कृष्णस्य विष्वक् पुरु-राजि-मण्डलैर् अभ्याननाः फुल्ल-दृशो व्रजार्भकाः अम्प्;सहोपविष्टा विपिने विरेजुश् छदा यथाम्भोरुह-कर्णिकायाः

kṛṣṇasya viṣvak puru-rāji-maṇḍalair abhyānanāḥ phulla-dṛśo vrajārbhakāḥ sahopaviṣṭā vipine virejuś chadā yathāmbhoruha-karṇikāyāḥ

Sitting all around Kṛṣṇa in many circling rows, their faces turned toward him and their eyes wide open, the boys of Vraja shone in the forest like the petals around the whorl of a lotus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.9

केचित् पुष्पैर् दलैः केचित् पल्लवैर् अङ्कुरैः फलैः शिग्भिस् त्वग्भिर् दृषद्भिश् च बुभुजुः कृत-भाजनाः

kecit puṣpair dalaiḥ kecit pallavair aṅkuraiḥ phalaiḥ śigbhis tvagbhir dṛṣadbhiś ca bubhujuḥ kṛta-bhājanāḥ

Some ate using flowers as dishes, some leaves, some sprouts, buds, fruits, their lunch-bags, bark, or stones, having made them into plates.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.10

सर्वे मिथो दर्शयन्तः स्व-स्व-भोज्य-रुचिं पृथक् हसन्तो हासयन्तश् चा- भ्यवजह्रुः सहेश्वराः

sarve mitho darśayantaḥ sva-sva-bhojya-ruciṃ pṛthak hasanto hāsayantaś cā- bhyavajahruḥ saheśvarāḥ

All of them, showing one another the particular flavour of their own food, laughing and making others laugh, ate together with the Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.11

बिभ्रद् वेणुं जठर-पटयोः शृङ्ग-वेत्रे च कक्षे वामे पाणौ मसृण-कवलं तत्-फलान्य् अङ्गुलीषु अम्प्;तिष्ठन् मध्ये स्व-परिसुहृदो हासयन् नर्मभिः स्वैः स्वर्गे लोके मिषति बुभुजे यज्ञ-भुग् बाल-केलिः

bibhrad veṇuṃ jaṭhara-paṭayoḥ śṛṅga-vetre ca kakṣe vāme pāṇau masṛṇa-kavalaṃ tat-phalāny aṅgulīṣu tiṣṭhan madhye sva-parisuhṛdo hāsayan narmabhiḥ svaiḥ svarge loke miṣati bubhuje yajña-bhug bāla-keliḥ

Holding his flute between his waist and his cloth, and his horn and stick tucked in his left armpit, with a morsel of soft food in his hand and pieces of fruit between his fingers, standing in the midst of his own close friends and making them laugh with his jokes, the enjoyer of sacrifices, playing as a boy, ate while the heavenly world looked on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.12

भारतैवं वत्स-पेषु भुञ्जानेष्व् अच्युतात्मसु वत्सास् त्व् अन्तर्-वने दूरं विविशुस् तृण-लोभिताः

bhārataivaṃ vatsa-peṣu bhuñjāneṣv acyutātmasu vatsās tv antar-vane dūraṃ viviśus tṛṇa-lobhitāḥ

O Bhārata, while the calf-herders were eating in this way, their minds fixed on Acyuta, the calves, tempted by grass, wandered far into the interior of the forest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.13

तान् दृष्ट्वा भय-सन्त्रस्तान् ऊचे कृष्णो ऽस्य भी-भयम् मित्राण्य् आशान् मा विरमते- हानेष्ये वत्सकान् अहम्

tān dṛṣṭvā bhaya-santrastān ūce kṛṣṇo 'sya bhī-bhayam mitrāṇy āśān mā viramate- hāneṣye vatsakān aham

Seeing them terrified with fear, Kṛṣṇa, the fear of fear itself, said: "Friends, do not stop eating; I myself will bring the little calves back here."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.14

इत्य् उक्त्वाद्रि-दरी-कुञ्ज- गह्वरेष्व् आत्म-वत्सकान् विचिन्वन् भगवान् कृष्णः सपाणि-कवलो ययौ

ity uktvādri-darī-kuñja- gahvareṣv ātma-vatsakān vicinvan bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ sapāṇi-kavalo yayau

Having said this, the Lord Kṛṣṇa went off, searching for his own calves in mountains, caves, thickets and hollows, with the morsel still in his hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.15

अम्भोजन्म-जनिस् तद्-अन्तर-गतो मायार्भकस्येशितुर् द्रष्टुं मञ्जु महित्वम् अन्यद् अपि तद्-वत्सान् इतो वत्सपान् अम्प्;नीत्वान्यत्र कुरूद्वहान्तरदधात् खे ऽवस्थितो यः पुरा दृष्ट्वाघासुर-मोक्षणं प्रभवतः प्राप्तः परं विस्मयम्

ambhojanma-janis tad-antara-gato māyārbhakasyeśitur draṣṭuṃ mañju mahitvam anyad api tad-vatsān ito vatsapān nītvānyatra kurūdvahāntaradadhāt khe 'vasthito yaḥ purā dṛṣṭvāghāsura-mokṣaṇaṃ prabhavataḥ prāptaḥ paraṃ vismayam

He who is born from the lotus, having entered in the midst of that, in order to see yet more of the charming greatness of the Lord who was playing as a boy by his māyā, carried off the calves from here and also the calf-herders elsewhere and concealed them, O upholder of the Kurus — he who, stationed in the sky earlier, on seeing the release of Aghāsura by that mighty one, had been struck with the highest amazement.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.16

ततो वत्सान् अदृष्ट्वैत्य पुलिने ऽपि च वत्सपान् उभाव् अपि वने कृष्णो विचिकाय समन्ततः

tato vatsān adṛṣṭvaitya puline 'pi ca vatsapān ubhāv api vane kṛṣṇo vicikāya samantataḥ

Then, not seeing the calves, Kṛṣṇa returned, and not seeing the calf-herders on the sandbank either, he searched everywhere in the forest for both.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.17

क्वाप्य् अदृष्ट्वान्तर्-विपिने वत्सान् पालांश् च विश्व-वित् सर्वं विधि-कृतं कृष्णः सहसावजगाम ह

kvāpy adṛṣṭvāntar-vipine vatsān pālāṃś ca viśva-vit sarvaṃ vidhi-kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sahasāvajagāma ha

Nowhere in the forest finding the calves and their herders, Kṛṣṇa, knower of all, at once understood that this was all done by Vidhi (Brahmā).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.18

ततः कृष्णो मुदं कर्तुं तन्-मातॄणां च कस्य च उभयायितम् आत्मानं चक्रे विश्व-कृद् ईश्वरः

tataḥ kṛṣṇo mudaṃ kartuṃ tan-mātṝṇāṃ ca kasya ca ubhayāyitam ātmānaṃ cakre viśva-kṛd īśvaraḥ

Then Kṛṣṇa, the Lord, maker of the universe, in order to give joy to their mothers and also to Ka (Brahmā), made himself into both.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.19

यावद् वत्सप-वत्सकाल्पक-वपुर् यावत् कराङ्घ्र्य्-आदिकं यावद् यष्टि-विषाण-वेणु-दल-शिग् यावद् विभूषाम्बरम् अम्प्;यावच् छील-गुणाभिधाकृति-वयो यावद् विहारादिकं सर्वं विष्णुमयं गिरो ऽङ्ग-वद् अजः सर्व-स्वरूपो बभौ

yāvad vatsapa-vatsakālpaka-vapur yāvat karāṅghry-ādikaṃ yāvad yaṣṭi-viṣāṇa-veṇu-dala-śig yāvad vibhūṣāmbaram yāvac chīla-guṇābhidhākṛti-vayo yāvad vihārādikaṃ sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ giro 'ṅga-vad ajaḥ sarva-svarūpo babhau

As far as the small bodies of the calf-herders and the calves, as far as their hands and feet and the rest, as far as their sticks, horns, flutes, leaf-cups and bags, as far as their ornaments and garments, as far as their character, qualities, names, shapes and ages, as far as their play and the rest — all of it became made of Viṣṇu; the unborn one appeared as all these forms, like the limbs (of a body), as the scriptures say.

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

SB 10 13.20

स्वयम् आत्मात्म-गोवत्सान् प्रतिवार्यात्म-वत्सपैः क्रीडन्न् आत्म-विहारैश् च सर्वात्मा प्राविशद् व्रजम्

svayam ātmātma-govatsān prativāryātma-vatsapaiḥ krīḍann ātma-vihāraiś ca sarvātmā prāviśad vrajam

Himself becoming his own calves and himself the calf-herders, driving them along and playing his own games, the Self of all entered Vraja.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.21

तत्-तद्-वत्सान् पृथङ् नीत्वा तत्-तद्-गोष्ठे निवेश्य सः तत्-तद्-आत्माभवद् राजंस् तत्-तत्-सद्म प्रविष्टवान्

tat-tad-vatsān pṛthaṅ nītvā tat-tad-goṣṭhe niveśya saḥ tat-tad-ātmābhavad rājaṃs tat-tat-sadma praviṣṭavān

Leading each set of calves separately and settling them in their respective cow-pens, O king, he became each of those boys and entered each of their homes.

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SB 10 13.22

तन्-मातरो वेणु-रव-त्वरोत्थिता उत्थाप्य दोर्भिः परिरभ्य निर्भरम् स्नेह-स्नुत-स्तन्य-पयः-सुधासवं मत्वा परं ब्रह्म सुतान् अपाययन्

tan-mātaro veṇu-rava-tvarotthitā utthāpya dorbhiḥ parirabhya nirbharam sneha-snuta-stanya-payaḥ-sudhāsavaṃ matvā paraṃ brahma sutān apāyayan

Their mothers, hurrying up at the sound of the flutes, lifted them with their arms, embraced them tightly, and, thinking the supreme Brahman to be their sons, gave them to drink the nectar-liquor of breast-milk flowing out of affection.

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SB 10 13.23

ततो नृपोन्मर्दन-मज्ज-लेपना- लङ्कार-रक्षा-तिलकाशनादिभिः संलालितः स्वाचरितैः प्रहर्षयन् सायं गतो याम-यमेन माधवः

tato nṛponmardana-majja-lepanā- laṅkāra-rakṣā-tilakāśanādibhiḥ saṃlālitaḥ svācaritaiḥ praharṣayan sāyaṃ gato yāma-yamena mādhavaḥ

Then, O king, being fondled with massage, bathing, anointing, ornaments, protective charms, tilaka marks, feeding and so on, and delighting (them) by his own doings, Mādhava passed the evening, hour by hour in turn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.24

गावस् ततो गोष्ठम् उपेत्य सत्वरं हुङ्कार-घोषैः परिहूत-सङ्गतान् स्वकान् स्वकान् वत्सतरान् अपाययन् मुहुर् लिहन्त्यः स्रवद् औधसं पयः

gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraṃ huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ parihūta-saṅgatān svakān svakān vatsatarān apāyayan muhur lihantyaḥ sravad audhasaṃ payaḥ

Then the cows, quickly reaching the cowherd station, let their own calves — called together (to them) by the sound of their lowing — drink, licking them again and again as the milk flowed from their udders.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.25

गो-गोपीनां मातृतास्मिन्न् आसीत् स्नेहर्धिकां विना पुरोवद् आस्व् अपि हरेस् तोकता मायया विना

go-gopīnāṃ mātṛtāsminn āsīt snehardhikāṃ vinā purovad āsv api hares tokatā māyayā vinā

In him (Kṛṣṇa) the motherhood of the cows and the cowherd women was as before, except for the increase of affection; and in these (mothers) Hari's being (their) child (was as before), though without māyā.

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

SB 10 13.26

व्रजौकसां स्व-तोकेषु स्नेह-वल्ल्य् आब्दम् अन्वहम् शनैर् निःसीम ववृधे यथा कृष्णे त्व् अपूर्ववत्

vrajaukasāṃ sva-tokeṣu sneha-vally ābdam anvaham śanair niḥsīma vavṛdhe yathā kṛṣṇe tv apūrvavat

The creeper of affection of the residents of Vraja toward their own children grew day by day for a year, gradually and without limit — but toward Kṛṣṇa (it grew) as never before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.27

इत्थम् आत्मात्मनात्मानं वत्स-पाल-मिषेण सः पालयन् वत्सपो वर्षं चिक्रीडे वन-गोष्ठयोः

ittham ātmātmanātmānaṃ vatsa-pāla-miṣeṇa saḥ pālayan vatsapo varṣaṃ cikrīḍe vana-goṣṭhayoḥ

Thus he, the Self, himself protecting himself under the pretext of being a keeper of calves, played for a year as a calf-herd in the forest and in the cow-station.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.28

एकदा चारयन् वत्सान् स-रामो वनम् आविशत् पञ्च-षासु त्रि-यामासु हायनापूरणीष्व् अजः

ekadā cārayan vatsān sa-rāmo vanam āviśat pañca-ṣāsu tri-yāmāsu hāyanāpūraṇīṣv ajaḥ

Once, when five or six nights were wanting to complete the year, the unborn one, grazing the calves along with Rāma, entered the forest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.29

ततो विदूराच् चरतो गावो वत्सान् उपव्रजम् गोवर्धनाद्रि-शिरसि चरन्त्यो ददृशुस् तृणम्

tato vidūrāc carato gāvo vatsān upavrajam govardhanādri-śirasi carantyo dadṛśus tṛṇam

Then the cows, grazing on the summit of Mount Govardhana, saw from afar the calves roaming near Vraja for grass.

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SB 10 13.30

दृष्ट्वाथ तत्-स्नेह-वशो ऽस्मृतात्मा स गो-व्रजो ऽत्यात्मप-दुर्ग-मार्गः द्वि-पात् ककुद्-ग्रीव उदास्य-पुच्छो ऽगाद् धुङ्कृतैर् आस्रु-पया जवेन

dṛṣṭvātha tat-sneha-vaśo 'smṛtātmā sa go-vrajo 'tyātmapa-durga-mārgaḥ dvi-pāt kakud-grīva udāsya-puccho 'gād dhuṅkṛtair āsru-payā javena

Then, seeing (them), that herd of cows, overcome by affection for them, forgetting itself, passing over the difficult path (heedless) of their herdsmen, went with speed on two feet (as it were), with humped necks, heads raised and tails up, lowing, with milk (flowing) like tears.

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

SB 10 13.31

समेत्य गावो ऽधो वत्सान् वत्सवत्यो ऽप्य् अपाययन् गिलन्त्य इव चाङ्गानि लिहन्त्यः स्वौधसं पयः

sametya gāvo 'dho vatsān vatsavatyo 'py apāyayan gilantya iva cāṅgāni lihantyaḥ svaudhasaṃ payaḥ

Coming up, the cows let the calves drink from below, though they already had (their own) calves, licking their limbs as though they would swallow them, (giving) the milk of their own udders.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.32

गोपास् तद्-रोधनायास- मौघ्य-लज्जोरु-मन्युना दुर्गाध्व-कृच्छ्रतो ऽभ्येत्य गो-वत्सैर् ददृशुः सुतान्

gopās tad-rodhanāyāsa- maughya-lajjoru-manyunā durgādhva-kṛcchrato 'bhyetya go-vatsair dadṛśuḥ sutān

The cowherd men, with great anger, shame, and (a sense of) the futility of their effort to stop them, having come with difficulty along the hard path, saw their sons with the cows' calves.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.33

तद्-ईक्षणोत्प्रेम-रसाप्लुताशया जातानुरागा गत-मन्यवो ऽर्भकान् उदुह्य दोर्भिः परिरभ्य मूर्धनि घ्राणैर् अवापुः परमां मुदं ते

tad-īkṣaṇotprema-rasāplutāśayā jātānurāgā gata-manyavo 'rbhakān uduhya dorbhiḥ parirabhya mūrdhani ghrāṇair avāpuḥ paramāṃ mudaṃ te

Their hearts flooded with the surge of love arising from the sight of them, affection born (in them) and their anger gone, they lifted up the little boys, embraced them with their arms, and smelling their heads attained the highest joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.34

ततः प्रवयसो गोपास् तोकाश्लेष-सुनिर्वृताः कृच्छ्राच् छनैर् अपगतास् तद्-अनुस्मृत्य्-उदश्रवः

tataḥ pravayaso gopās tokāśleṣa-sunirvṛtāḥ kṛcchrāc chanair apagatās tad-anusmṛty-udaśravaḥ

Then the elderly cowherds, wholly gratified by the embrace of the children, went away slowly and with difficulty, tears rising up at the remembrance of them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.35

व्रजस्य रामः प्रेमर्धेर् वीक्ष्यौत्कण्ठ्यम् अनुक्षणम् मुक्त-स्तनेष्व् अपत्येष्व् अप्य् अहेतु-विद् अचिन्तयत्

vrajasya rāmaḥ premardher vīkṣyautkaṇṭhyam anukṣaṇam mukta-staneṣv apatyeṣv apy ahetu-vid acintayat

Seeing Vraja's yearning at every moment, born of the increase of love, even for children already weaned from the breast, Rāma, not knowing the cause, reflected.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.36

किम् एतद् अद्भुतम् इव वासुदेवे ऽखिलात्मनि व्रजस्य सात्मनस् तोकेष्व् अपूर्वं प्रेम वर्धते

kim etad adbhutam iva vāsudeve 'khilātmani vrajasya sātmanas tokeṣv apūrvaṃ prema vardhate

"What is this, seemingly marvellous? An unprecedented love is growing in Vraja — and in me too — for these little ones, (who are) Vāsudeva, the Self of all.

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

SB 10 13.37

केयं वा कुत आयाता दैवी वा नार्य् उतासुरी प्रायो मायास्तु मे भर्तुर् नान्या मे ऽपि विमोहिनी

keyaṃ vā kuta āyātā daivī vā nāry utāsurī prāyo māyāstu me bhartur nānyā me 'pi vimohinī

Who is she, and whence has she come — a divine woman, or a demoness? Most likely it is the māyā of my master; for no other could bewilder even me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.38

इति सञ्चिन्त्य दाशार्हो वत्सान् स-वयसान् अपि सर्वान् आचष्ट वैकुण्ठं चक्षुषा वयुनेन सः

iti sañcintya dāśārho vatsān sa-vayasān api sarvān ācaṣṭa vaikuṇṭhaṃ cakṣuṣā vayunena saḥ

Thinking thus, the descendant of Daśārha saw with his illuminating eye that all the calves and the playmates too were Vaikuṇṭha (Viṣṇu himself).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.39

नैते सुरेशा ऋषयो न चैते त्वम् एव भासीश भिद्-आश्रये ऽपि सर्वं पृथक् त्वं निगमात् कथं वदेत्य् उक्तेन वृत्तं प्रभुणा बलो ऽवैत्

naite sureśā ṛṣayo na caite tvam eva bhāsīśa bhid-āśraye 'pi sarvaṃ pṛthak tvaṃ nigamāt kathaṃ vadety uktena vṛttaṃ prabhuṇā balo 'vait

"These are not lords of the gods, nor are these sages; you alone shine forth, O Lord. Even in the substratum of differentiation, everything is you, (though) distinct — tell (me), how (is this)?" Thus asked, the Lord told (him), and Bala understood what had happened.

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

SB 10 13.40

तावद् एत्यात्मभूर् आत्म- मानेन त्रुट्य्-अनेहसा पुरोवद् आब्दं क्रीडन्तं ददृशे स-कलं हरिम्

tāvad etyātmabhūr ātma- mānena truṭy-anehasā purovad ābdaṃ krīḍantaṃ dadṛśe sa-kalaṃ harim

Meanwhile the self-born one (Brahmā) came, after an interval that by his own reckoning was (only) a moment, and saw Hari with all (the boys and calves) playing as before for a year.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.41

यावन्तो गोकुले बालाः स-वत्साः सर्व एव हि मायाशये शयाना मे नाद्यापि पुनर् उत्थिताः

yāvanto gokule bālāḥ sa-vatsāḥ sarva eva hi māyāśaye śayānā me nādyāpi punar utthitāḥ

"All the boys in Gokula, together with the calves, however many there were, are lying asleep on the bed of my māyā and have not yet risen again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.42

इत एते ऽत्र कुत्रत्या मन्-माया-मोहितेतरे तावन्त एव तत्राब्दं क्रीडन्तो विष्णुना समम्

ita ete 'tra kutratyā man-māyā-mohitetare tāvanta eva tatrābdaṃ krīḍanto viṣṇunā samam

Whence, then, are these here, other than those deluded by my māyā? Just as many of them are there, playing for a year together with Viṣṇu."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.43

एवम् एतेषु भेदेषु चिरं ध्यात्वा स आत्म-भूः सत्याः के कतरे नेति ज्ञातुं नेष्टे कथञ्चन

evam eteṣu bhedeṣu ciraṃ dhyātvā sa ātma-bhūḥ satyāḥ ke katare neti jñātuṃ neṣṭe kathañcana

Thus, having long pondered over these two sets, the self-born one could not in any way determine which of the two were the real ones and which were not.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.44

एवं सम्मोहयन् विष्णुं विमोहं विश्व-मोहनम् स्वयैव माययाजो ऽपि स्वयम् एव विमोहितः

evaṃ sammohayan viṣṇuṃ vimohaṃ viśva-mohanam svayaiva māyayājo 'pi svayam eva vimohitaḥ

Thus, while (trying to) bewilder Viṣṇu, who cannot be bewildered and who bewilders the universe, the Unborn (Brahmā), by his very own māyā, was himself bewildered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.45

तम्यां तमोवन् नैहारं खद्योतार्चिर् इवाहनि महतीतर-मायैश्यं निहन्त्य् आत्मनि युञ्जतः

tamyāṃ tamovan naihāraṃ khadyotārcir ivāhani mahatītara-māyaiśyaṃ nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ

Like darkness in the night, like fog, like the glow of a firefly in the daytime, the magic power of one lesser than a great one destroys (its user) when he directs it at (that great one).

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

SB 10 13.46

तावत् सर्वे वत्स-पालाः पश्यतो ऽजस्य तत्-क्षणात् व्यदृश्यन्त घन-श्यामाः पीत-कौशेय-वाससः

tāvat sarve vatsa-pālāḥ paśyato 'jasya tat-kṣaṇāt vyadṛśyanta ghana-śyāmāḥ pīta-kauśeya-vāsasaḥ

Meanwhile, in that very instant, while the Unborn looked on, all the calf-tenders appeared dark as rain-clouds, wearing yellow silk garments,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.47

चतुर्-भुजाः शङ्ख-चक्र- गदा-राजीव-पाणयः किरीटिनः कुण्डलिनो हारिणो वन-मालिनः

catur-bhujāḥ śaṅkha-cakra- gadā-rājīva-pāṇayaḥ kirīṭinaḥ kuṇḍalino hāriṇo vana-mālinaḥ

four-armed, with conch, disc, club and lotus in their hands, wearing crowns, earrings, necklaces and garlands of forest flowers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.48

श्रीवत्साङ्गद-दो-रत्न- कम्बु-कङ्कण-पाणयः नूपुरैः कटकैर् भाताः कटि-सूत्राङ्गुलीयकैः

śrīvatsāṅgada-do-ratna- kambu-kaṅkaṇa-pāṇayaḥ nūpuraiḥ kaṭakair bhātāḥ kaṭi-sūtrāṅgulīyakaiḥ

with the Śrīvatsa mark, armlets, jewels on their arms, and conch-shaped bangles on their hands, shining with anklets, bracelets, waist-cords and finger-rings,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.49

आङ्घ्रि-मस्तकम् आपूर्णास् तुलसी-नव-दामभिः कोमलैः सर्व-गात्रेषु भूरि-पुण्यवद्-अर्पितैः

āṅghri-mastakam āpūrṇās tulasī-nava-dāmabhiḥ komalaiḥ sarva-gātreṣu bhūri-puṇyavad-arpitaiḥ

filled from foot to head with fresh, soft garlands of tulasī, placed on all their limbs as if by someone of abundant merit,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.50

चन्द्रिका-विशद-स्मेरैः सारुणापाङ्ग-वीक्षितैः स्वकार्थानाम् इव रजः- सत्त्वाभ्यां स्रष्टृ-पालकाः

candrikā-viśada-smeraiḥ sāruṇāpāṅga-vīkṣitaiḥ svakārthānām iva rajaḥ- sattvābhyāṃ sraṣṭṛ-pālakāḥ

with smiles bright as moonlight and with glances from reddish eye-corners, being, as it were, by rajas and sattva the creators and protectors of their own (devotees and their) purposes,

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

SB 10 13.51

आत्मादि-स्तम्ब-पर्यन्तैर् मूर्तिमद्भिश् चराचरैः नृत्य-गीताद्य्-अनेकार्हैः पृथक् पृथग् उपासिताः

ātmādi-stamba-paryantair mūrtimadbhiś carācaraiḥ nṛtya-gītādy-anekārhaiḥ pṛthak pṛthag upāsitāḥ

worshipped separately, each one, by embodied moving and unmoving beings from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, with dance, song and many other forms of homage,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.52

अणिमाद्यैर् महिमभिर् अजाद्याभिर् विभूतिभिः चतुर्-विंशतिभिस् तत्त्वैः परीता महद्-आदिभिः

aṇimādyair mahimabhir ajādyābhir vibhūtibhiḥ catur-viṃśatibhis tattvaiḥ parītā mahad-ādibhiḥ

surrounded by the mystic perfections beginning with aṇimā and mahimā, by the powers beginning with ajā, and by the twenty-four elements beginning with mahat,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.53

काल-स्वभाव-संस्कार- काम-कर्म-गुणादिभिः स्व-महि-ध्वस्त-महिभिर् मूर्तिमद्भिर् उपासिताः

kāla-svabhāva-saṃskāra- kāma-karma-guṇādibhiḥ sva-mahi-dhvasta-mahibhir mūrtimadbhir upāsitāḥ

worshipped by embodied forms of time, innate nature, latent impression, desire, action, the qualities and the rest, whose own greatness was eclipsed by (the Lord's) greatness,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.54

सत्य-ज्ञानानन्तानन्द- मात्रैक-रस-मूर्तयः अस्पृष्ट-भूरि-माहात्म्या अपि ह्य् उपनिषद्-दृशाम्

satya-jñānānantānanda- mātraika-rasa-mūrtayaḥ aspṛṣṭa-bhūri-māhātmyā api hy upaniṣad-dṛśām

their forms consisting of nothing but truth, knowledge, endlessness and bliss, one single savour — their abundant greatness untouched even by those who see by the Upaniṣads.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.55

एवं सकृद् ददर्शाजः पर-ब्रह्मात्मनो ऽखिलान् यस्य भासा सर्वम् इदं विभाति स-चराचरम्

evaṃ sakṛd dadarśājaḥ para-brahmātmano 'khilān yasya bhāsā sarvam idaṃ vibhāti sa-carācaram

Thus the Unborn saw them all at once as selves of the Supreme Brahman, by whose radiance all this, with its moving and unmoving (beings), shines forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.56

ततो ऽतिकुतुकोद्वृत्य- स्तिमितैकादशेन्द्रियः तद्-धाम्नाभूद् अजस् तूष्णीं पूर्-देव्य्-अन्तीव पुत्रिका

tato 'tikutukodvṛtya- stimitaikādaśendriyaḥ tad-dhāmnābhūd ajas tūṣṇīṃ pūr-devy-antīva putrikā

Then, his eleven senses turned upward and frozen with extreme amazement, the Unborn became silent before that splendour, like a doll before a city goddess.

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

SB 10 13.57

इतीरेशे ऽतर्क्ये निज-महिमनि स्व-प्रमितिके परत्राजातो ऽतन्-निरसन-मुख-ब्रह्मक-मितौ अम्प्;अनीशे ऽपि द्रष्टुं किम् इदम् इति वा मुह्यति सति चच्छादाजो ज्ञात्वा सपदि परमो ऽजा-जवनिकाम्

itīreśe 'tarkye nija-mahimani sva-pramitike paratrājāto 'tan-nirasana-mukha-brahmaka-mitau anīśe 'pi draṣṭuṃ kim idam iti vā muhyati sati cacchādājo jñātvā sapadi paramo 'jā-javanikām

Thus, when (Brahmā) was not even able to look upon the Lord — beyond reasoning, whose glory is his own, self-authenticating, transcendent, unborn, measurable only by the Vedic word that negates 'it is not that' — and was bewildered, (thinking) 'What is this?', the Supreme One, knowing it, at once drew down the curtain of his unborn māyā.

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

SB 10 13.58

ततो ऽर्वाक् प्रतिलब्धाक्षः कः परेतवद् उत्थितः कृच्छ्राद् उन्मील्य वै दृष्टीर् आचष्टेदं सहात्मना

tato 'rvāk pratilabdhākṣaḥ kaḥ paretavad utthitaḥ kṛcchrād unmīlya vai dṛṣṭīr ācaṣṭedaṃ sahātmanā

Then, afterwards, Brahmā regained his senses and rose like one come back from the dead; with difficulty opening his eyes, he beheld this (world) together with himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.59

सपद्य् एवाभितः पश्यन् दिशो ऽपश्यत् पुरः-स्थितम् वृन्दावनं जनाजीव्य- द्रुमाकीर्णं समा-प्रियम्

sapady evābhitaḥ paśyan diśo 'paśyat puraḥ-sthitam vṛndāvanaṃ janājīvya- drumākīrṇaṃ samā-priyam

At once, looking about in all directions, he saw standing before him Vṛndāvana, thick with trees that sustain the people, delightful in every season,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.60

यत्र नैसर्ग-दुर्वैराः सहासन् नृ-मृगादयः मित्राणीवाजितावास- द्रुत-रुट्-तर्षकादिकम्

yatra naisarga-durvairāḥ sahāsan nṛ-mṛgādayaḥ mitrāṇīvājitāvāsa- druta-ruṭ-tarṣakādikam

where men, beasts and the rest, naturally bitter enemies, dwelt together like friends, since in the abode of the Unconquered anger, thirst and the like had fled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.61

तत्रोद्वहत् पशुप-वंश-शिशुत्व-नाट्यं ब्रह्माद्वयं परम् अनन्तम् अगाध-बोधम् अम्प्;वत्सान् सखीन् इव पुरा परितो विचिन्वद् एकं स-पाणि-कवलं परमेष्ठ्य् अचष्ट

tatrodvahat paśupa-vaṃśa-śiśutva-nāṭyaṃ brahmādvayaṃ param anantam agādha-bodham vatsān sakhīn iva purā parito vicinvad ekaṃ sa-pāṇi-kavalaṃ parameṣṭhy acaṣṭa

There the highest one (Brahmā) saw the non-dual Brahman, supreme, endless, of unfathomable knowledge, sustaining the play of childhood in a cowherd family, searching all around, alone, for the calves and the friends as before, with a morsel of food in his hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.62

दृष्ट्वा त्वरेण निज-धोरणतो ऽवतीर्य पृथ्व्यां वपुः कनक-दण्डम् इवाभिपात्य दृष्ट्वा त्वरेण निज-धोरणतो ऽवतीर्य पृथ्व्यां वपुः कनक-दण्डम् इवाभिपात्य स्पृष्ट्वा चतुर्-मुकुट-कोटिभिर् अङ्घ्रि-युग्मं नत्वा मुद्-अश्रु-सुजलैर् अकृताभिषेकम्

dṛṣṭvā tvareṇa nija-dhoraṇato 'vatīrya pṛthvyāṃ vapuḥ kanaka-daṇḍam ivābhipātya dṛṣṭvā tvareṇa nija-dhoraṇato 'vatīrya pṛthvyāṃ vapuḥ kanaka-daṇḍam ivābhipātya spṛṣṭvā catur-mukuṭa-koṭibhir aṅghri-yugmaṃ natvā mud-aśru-sujalair akṛtābhiṣekam

Having seen (him), quickly descending from his mount, casting his body on the earth like a golden rod, touching the pair of (Kṛṣṇa's) feet with the tips of his four crowns, and bowing, he performed a bathing (of them) with the pure water of his tears of joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.63

उत्थायोत्थाय कृष्णस्य चिरस्य पादयोः पतन् आस्ते महित्वं प्राग्-दृष्टं स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वा पुनः पुनः

utthāyotthāya kṛṣṇasya cirasya pādayoḥ patan āste mahitvaṃ prāg-dṛṣṭaṃ smṛtvā smṛtvā punaḥ punaḥ

Rising again and again and falling at Kṛṣṇa's feet, he remained there a long while, remembering over and over the greatness he had seen before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 13.64

शनैर् अथोत्थाय विमृज्य लोचने मुकुन्दम् उद्वीक्ष्य विनम्र-कन्धरः कृताञ्जलिः प्रश्रयवान् समाहितः स-वेपथुर् गद्गदयैलतेलया

śanair athotthāya vimṛjya locane mukundam udvīkṣya vinamra-kandharaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ praśrayavān samāhitaḥ sa-vepathur gadgadayailatelayā

Then, slowly rising and wiping his eyes, gazing up at Mukunda, his neck bent low, palms joined, reverent and composed, trembling, with a faltering, stammering voice (he began to speak).

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