Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 2
SB 10 2.1
श्री-शुक उवाच प्रलम्ब-बक-चाणूर- तृणावर्त-महाशनैः मुष्टिकारिष्ट-द्विविद- पूतना-केशी-धेनुकैः
śrī-śuka uvāca pralamba-baka-cāṇūra- tṛṇāvarta-mahāśanaiḥ muṣṭikāriṣṭa-dvivida- pūtanā-keśī-dhenukaiḥ
Śrī Śuka said: With Pralamba, Baka, Cāṇūra, Tṛṇāvarta, Mahāśana, Muṣṭika, Ariṣṭa, Dvivida, Pūtanā, Keśī and Dhenuka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.2
अन्यैश् चासुर-भूपालैर् बाण-भौमादिभिर् युतः यदूनां कदनं चक्रे बली मागध-संश्रयः
anyaiś cāsura-bhūpālair bāṇa-bhaumādibhir yutaḥ yadūnāṃ kadanaṃ cakre balī māgadha-saṃśrayaḥ
and joined by other demon kings such as Bāṇa and Bhauma, the powerful one, relying on the king of Magadha, wrought the destruction of the Yadus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.3
ते पीडिता निविविशुः कुरु-पञ्चाल-केकयान् शाल्वान् विदर्भान् निषधान् विदेहान् कोशलान् अपि
te pīḍitā niviviśuḥ kuru-pañcāla-kekayān śālvān vidarbhān niṣadhān videhān kośalān api
They, being oppressed, took refuge among the Kurus, Pañcālas and Kekayas, the Śālvas, Vidarbhas, Niṣadhas, Videhas, and also the Kośalas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.4
एके तम् अनुरुन्धाना ज्ञातयः पर्युपासते हतेषु षट्सु बालेषु देवक्या औग्रसेनिना
eke tam anurundhānā jñātayaḥ paryupāsate hateṣu ṣaṭsu bāleṣu devakyā augraseninā
Some kinsmen, conforming to him, attended upon him; when six infants of Devakī had been killed by the son of Ugrasena,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.5
सप्तमो वैष्णवं धाम यम् अनन्तं प्रचक्षते गर्भो बभूव देवक्या हर्ष-शोक-विवर्धनः
saptamo vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma yam anantaṃ pracakṣate garbho babhūva devakyā harṣa-śoka-vivardhanaḥ
the seventh embryo of Devakī became that Vaiṣṇava abode whom they call Ananta, increasing both her joy and her grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.6
भगवान् अपि विश्वात्मा विदित्वा कंसजं भयम् यदूनां निज-नाथानां योगमायां समादिशत्
bhagavān api viśvātmā viditvā kaṃsajaṃ bhayam yadūnāṃ nija-nāthānāṃ yogamāyāṃ samādiśat
And the Lord, the Self of all, knowing the fear arising from Kaṃsa of the Yadus, whose own protector he was, gave a command to Yogamāyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.7
गच्छ देवि व्रजं भद्रे गोप-गोभिर् अलङ्कृतम् रोहिणी वसुदेवस्य भार्यास्ते नन्द-गोकुले अन्याश् च कंस-संविग्ना विवरेषु वसन्ति हि
gaccha devi vrajaṃ bhadre gopa-gobhir alaṅkṛtam rohiṇī vasudevasya bhāryāste nanda-gokule anyāś ca kaṃsa-saṃvignā vivareṣu vasanti hi
"Go, goddess, auspicious one, to Vraja, adorned with cowherds and cows. Rohiṇī, wife of Vasudeva, dwells in Nanda's Gokula, and the others too, alarmed by Kaṃsa, live in hidden places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.8
देवक्या जठरे गर्भं शेषाख्यं धाम मामकम् तत् सन्निकृष्य रोहिण्या उदरे सन्निवेशय
devakyā jaṭhare garbhaṃ śeṣākhyaṃ dhāma māmakam tat sannikṛṣya rohiṇyā udare sanniveśaya
That embryo in Devakī's womb, my own abode named Śeṣa — draw it out and place it in Rohiṇī's belly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.9
अथाहम् अंश-भागेन देवक्याः पुत्रतां शुभे प्राप्स्यामि त्वं यशोदायां नन्द-पत्न्यां भविष्यसि
athāham aṃśa-bhāgena devakyāḥ putratāṃ śubhe prāpsyāmi tvaṃ yaśodāyāṃ nanda-patnyāṃ bhaviṣyasi
Then I, with a portion of myself, shall attain sonship of Devakī, O auspicious one; and you shall be born of Yaśodā, Nanda's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.10
अर्चिष्यन्ति मनुष्यास् त्वां सर्व-काम-वरेश्वरीम् धूपोपहार-बलिभिः सर्व-काम-वर-प्रदाम्
arciṣyanti manuṣyās tvāṃ sarva-kāma-vareśvarīm dhūpopahāra-balibhiḥ sarva-kāma-vara-pradām
Men will worship you with incense, offerings and oblations, as the mistress of the boons of all desires, the giver of the boons of all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.11
नामधेयानि कुर्वन्ति स्थानानि च नरा भुवि दुर्गेति भद्रकालीति विजया वैष्णवीति च
nāmadheyāni kurvanti sthānāni ca narā bhuvi durgeti bhadrakālīti vijayā vaiṣṇavīti ca
Men on earth make names and (establish) shrines (for you): Durgā, Bhadrakālī, Vijayā, and Vaiṣṇavī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.12
कुमुदा चण्डिका कृष्णा माधवी कन्यकेति च माया नारायणीशानी शारदेत्य् अम्बिकेति च
kumudā caṇḍikā kṛṣṇā mādhavī kanyaketi ca māyā nārāyaṇīśānī śāradety ambiketi ca
Kumudā, Caṇḍikā, Kṛṣṇā, Mādhavī, Kanyakā, Māyā, Nārāyaṇī, Īśānī, Śāradā, and Ambikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.13
गर्भ-सङ्कर्षणात् तं वै प्राहुः सङ्कर्षणं भुवि रामेति लोक-रमणाद् बलभद्रं बलोच्छ्रयात्
garbha-saṅkarṣaṇāt taṃ vai prāhuḥ saṅkarṣaṇaṃ bhuvi rāmeti loka-ramaṇād balabhadraṃ balocchrayāt
Because of the dragging away of the embryo they will indeed call him Saṅkarṣaṇa on earth; Rāma, from his delighting the people; and Balabhadra, from the eminence of his strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.14
सन्दिष्टैवं भगवता तथेत्य् ओम् इति तद्-वचः प्रतिगृह्य परिक्रम्य गां गता तत् तथाकरोत्
sandiṣṭaivaṃ bhagavatā tathety om iti tad-vacaḥ pratigṛhya parikramya gāṃ gatā tat tathākarot
Thus instructed by the Lord, she accepted his words with "So be it, om," circumambulated him, went to the earth, and did that just so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.15
गर्भे प्रणीते देवक्या रोहिणीं योग-निद्रया अहो विस्रंसितो गर्भ इति पौरा विचुक्रुशुः
garbhe praṇīte devakyā rohiṇīṃ yoga-nidrayā aho visraṃsito garbha iti paurā vicukruśuḥ
When the embryo of Devakī had been conveyed to Rohiṇī by the power of yogic sleep, the townspeople lamented, "Alas, the embryo has been lost!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.16
भगवान् अपि विश्वात्मा भक्तानाम् अभयङ्करः आविवेशांश-भागेन मन आनकदुन्दुभेः
bhagavān api viśvātmā bhaktānām abhayaṅkaraḥ āviveśāṃśa-bhāgena mana ānakadundubheḥ
And the Lord, the Self of all, who makes his devotees fearless, entered with a portion of himself the mind of Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.17
स बिभ्रत् पौरुषं धाम भ्राजमानो यथा रविः दुरासदो ऽतिदुर्धर्षो भूतानां सम्बभूव ह
sa bibhrat pauruṣaṃ dhāma bhrājamāno yathā raviḥ durāsado 'tidurdharṣo bhūtānāṃ sambabhūva ha
He, bearing that divine splendour of the Supreme Person, shining like the sun, became hard to approach and utterly unassailable by (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.18
ततो जगन्-मङ्गलम् अच्युतांशं समाहितं शूर-सुतेन देवी दधार सर्वात्मकम् आत्म-भूतं काष्ठा यथानन्द-करं मनस्तः
tato jagan-maṅgalam acyutāṃśaṃ samāhitaṃ śūra-sutena devī dadhāra sarvātmakam ātma-bhūtaṃ kāṣṭhā yathānanda-karaṃ manastaḥ
Then the goddess (Devakī) received from Śūra's son that concentrated portion of the infallible one, the welfare of the world, the Self of all, become one's very self — as the eastern quarter receives the joy-bringing (moon) from the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 2.19
सा देवकी सर्व-जगन्-निवास- निवास-भूता नितरां न रेजे भोजेन्द्र-गेहे ऽग्नि-शिखेव रुद्धा सरस्वती ज्ञान-खले यथा सती
sā devakī sarva-jagan-nivāsa- nivāsa-bhūtā nitarāṃ na reje bhojendra-gehe 'gni-śikheva ruddhā sarasvatī jñāna-khale yathā satī
That Devakī, who had become the dwelling place of him who is the dwelling place of all the worlds, did not shine forth at all in the house of the lord of the Bhojas — like a flame of fire shut in, or like true speech (Sarasvatī) confined in a mean man who hoards knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.20
तां वीक्ष्य कंसः प्रभयाजितान्तरां विरोचयन्तीं भवनं शुचि-स्मिताम् अम्प्;आहैष मे प्राण-हरो हरिर् गुहां ध्रुवं श्रितो यन् न पुरेयम् ईदृशी
tāṃ vīkṣya kaṃsaḥ prabhayājitāntarāṃ virocayantīṃ bhavanaṃ śuci-smitām āhaiṣa me prāṇa-haro harir guhāṃ dhruvaṃ śrito yan na pureyam īdṛśī
Seeing her, whose inner being was unconquerable, radiant with splendour, lighting up the house, with a pure smile, Kaṃsa said: "Surely this Hari, the taker of my life, has taken shelter in this hiding place, since she was never like this before."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.21
किम् अद्य तस्मिन् करणीयम् आशु मे यद् अर्थ-तन्त्रो न विहन्ति विक्रमम् स्त्रियाः स्वसुर् गुरुमत्या वधो ऽयं यशः श्रियं हन्त्य् अनुकालम् आयुः
kim adya tasmin karaṇīyam āśu me yad artha-tantro na vihanti vikramam striyāḥ svasur gurumatyā vadho 'yaṃ yaśaḥ śriyaṃ hanty anukālam āyuḥ
"What should be quickly done by me today about that (child)? One who is bound to his purpose does not let his valour be thwarted. But this killing of a woman, of a sister, and of one who is pregnant, destroys fame, fortune, and lifespan in due course."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.22
स एष जीवन् खलु सम्परेतो वर्तेत यो ऽत्यन्त-नृशंसितेन देहे मृते तं मनुजाः शपन्ति गन्ता तमो ऽन्धं तनु-मानिनो ध्रुवम्
sa eṣa jīvan khalu sampareto varteta yo 'tyanta-nṛśaṃsitena dehe mṛte taṃ manujāḥ śapanti gantā tamo 'ndhaṃ tanu-mānino dhruvam
"Such a man, though living, is indeed as good as dead: he who acts with utter cruelty — when his body dies, men curse him, and, thinking himself the body, he surely goes to blind darkness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.23
इति घोरतमाद् भावात् सन्निवृत्तः स्वयं प्रभुः आस्ते प्रतीक्षंस् तज्-जन्म हरेर् वैरानुबन्ध-कृत्
iti ghoratamād bhāvāt sannivṛttaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ āste pratīkṣaṃs taj-janma harer vairānubandha-kṛt
Thus turning back of his own accord from that most dreadful intention, the lord (Kaṃsa) waited, expecting the birth of him (Kṛṣṇa), sustaining his enmity toward Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.24
आसीनः संविशंस् तिष्ठन् भुञ्जानः पर्यटन् महीम् चिन्तयानो हृषीकेशम् अपश्यत् तन्मयं जगत्
āsīnaḥ saṃviśaṃs tiṣṭhan bhuñjānaḥ paryaṭan mahīm cintayāno hṛṣīkeśam apaśyat tanmayaṃ jagat
Sitting, lying down, standing, eating, wandering over the earth, thinking of Hṛṣīkeśa, he saw the world as filled with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.25
ब्रह्मा भवश् च तत्रैत्य मुनिभिर् नारदादिभिः देवैः सानुचरैः साकं गीर्भिर् वृषणम् ऐडयन्
brahmā bhavaś ca tatraitya munibhir nāradādibhiḥ devaiḥ sānucaraiḥ sākaṃ gīrbhir vṛṣaṇam aiḍayan
Brahmā and Śiva, coming there together with the sages headed by Nārada and with the gods and their followers, extolled with hymns the bestower of blessings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.26
सत्य-व्रतं सत्य-परं त्रि-सत्यं सत्यस्य योनिं निहितं च सत्ये अम्प्;सत्यस्य सत्यम् ऋत-सत्य-नेत्रं सत्यात्मकं त्वां शरणं प्रपन्नाः
satya-vrataṃ satya-paraṃ tri-satyaṃ satyasya yoniṃ nihitaṃ ca satye satyasya satyam ṛta-satya-netraṃ satyātmakaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ
We have come for refuge to you, whose vow is truth, who are devoted to truth, who are truth in the three (times), the source of truth, established in truth, the truth of truth, whose eye is right order and truth, whose very self is truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.27
एकायनो ऽसौ द्वि-फलस् त्रि-मूलश् चतू-रसः पञ्च-विधः षड्-आत्मा सप्त-त्वग् अष्ट-विटपो नवाक्षो दश-च्छदी द्वि-खगो ह्य् आदि-वृक्षः
ekāyano 'sau dvi-phalas tri-mūlaś catū-rasaḥ pañca-vidhaḥ ṣaḍ-ātmā sapta-tvag aṣṭa-viṭapo navākṣo daśa-cchadī dvi-khago hy ādi-vṛkṣaḥ
This primeval tree has one path, two fruits, three roots, four tastes, five modes, six natures, seven barks, eight branches, nine hollows, ten leaves, and indeed two birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.28
त्वम् एक एवास्य सतः प्रसूतिस् त्वं सन्निधानं त्वम् अनुग्रहश् च त्वन्-मायया संवृत-चेतसस् त्वां पश्यन्ति नाना न विपश्चितो ये
tvam eka evāsya sataḥ prasūtis tvaṃ sannidhānaṃ tvam anugrahaś ca tvan-māyayā saṃvṛta-cetasas tvāṃ paśyanti nānā na vipaścito ye
You alone are the origin of this existing world, you are its maintenance, and you are its dissolution (or: its grace). Those whose minds are covered by your māyā — those who are not wise — see you as manifold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.29
बिभर्षि रूपाण्य् अवबोध आत्मा क्षेमाय लोकस्य चराचरस्य सत्त्वोपपन्नानि सुखावहानि सताम् अभद्राणि मुहुः खलानाम्
bibharṣi rūpāṇy avabodha ātmā kṣemāya lokasya carācarasya sattvopapannāni sukhāvahāni satām abhadrāṇi muhuḥ khalānām
Being pure awareness itself, you assume forms for the welfare of the world of moving and unmoving beings — forms endowed with goodness, bringing happiness to the good, but again and again inauspicious for the wicked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.30
त्वय्य् अम्बुजाक्षाखिल-सत्त्व-धाम्नि समाधिनावेशित-चेतसैके त्वत्-पाद-पोतेन महत्-कृतेन कुर्वन्ति गोवत्स-पदं भवाब्धिम्
tvayy ambujākṣākhila-sattva-dhāmni samādhināveśita-cetasaike tvat-pāda-potena mahat-kṛtena kurvanti govatsa-padaṃ bhavābdhim
O lotus-eyed one, some, with minds absorbed in you, the abode of all being, by meditation, make the ocean of existence into a calf's hoofprint by means of the boat of your feet, which the great ones have made (their vessel).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.31
स्वयं समुत्तीर्य सुदुस्तरं द्युमन् भवार्णवं भीमम् अदभ्र-सौहृदाः अम्प्;भवत्-पदाम्भोरुह-नावम् अत्र ते निधाय याताः सद्-अनुग्रहो भवान्
svayaṃ samuttīrya sudustaraṃ dyuman bhavārṇavaṃ bhīmam adabhra-sauhṛdāḥ bhavat-padāmbhoruha-nāvam atra te nidhāya yātāḥ sad-anugraho bhavān
Having themselves crossed over the fearsome and most hard-to-cross ocean of existence, O luminous one, those of abundant friendliness have gone their way, leaving here the boat of your lotus feet for others; you are grace to the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.32
ये ऽन्ये ऽरविन्दाक्ष विमुक्त-मानिनस् त्वय्य् अस्त-भावाद् अविशुद्ध-बुद्धयः ये ऽन्ये ऽरविन्दाक्ष विमुक्त-मानिनस् त्वय्य् अस्त-भावाद् अविशुद्ध-बुद्धयः आरुह्य कृच्छ्रेण परं पदं ततः पतन्त्य् अधो ऽनादृत-युष्मद्-अङ्घ्रयः
ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṃ padaṃ tataḥ patanty adho 'nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ
But others, O lotus-eyed one, who fancy themselves liberated, whose understanding is impure because devotion to you is absent, having with great difficulty climbed to the highest station, fall down again from it, since they have disregarded your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.33
तथा न ते माधव तावकाः क्वचिद् भ्रश्यन्ति मार्गात् त्वयि बद्ध-सौहृदाः त्वयाभिगुप्ता विचरन्ति निर्भया विनायकानीकप-मूर्धसु प्रभो
tathā na te mādhava tāvakāḥ kvacid bhraśyanti mārgāt tvayi baddha-sauhṛdāḥ tvayābhiguptā vicaranti nirbhayā vināyakānīkapa-mūrdhasu prabho
Not so, O Mādhava, your own people: they never fall from the path, being bound to you in friendship. Protected by you they wander fearless, over the heads of the leaders of the hosts of obstacles, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.34
सत्त्वं विशुद्धं श्रयते भवान् स्थितौ शरीरिणां श्रेय-उपायनं वपुः अम्प्;वेद-क्रिया-योग-तपः-समाधिभिस् तवार्हणं येन जनः समीहते
sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ śrayate bhavān sthitau śarīriṇāṃ śreya-upāyanaṃ vapuḥ veda-kriyā-yoga-tapaḥ-samādhibhis tavārhaṇaṃ yena janaḥ samīhate
You resort to pure goodness in (the phase of) maintenance, a body that brings good to embodied beings, by which men strive to worship you with Vedic rites, yoga, austerity, and meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.35
सत्त्वं न चेद् धातर् इदं निजं भवेद् विज्ञानम् अज्ञान-भिदापमार्जनम् सत्त्वं न चेद् धातर् इदं निजं भवेद् विज्ञानम् अज्ञान-भिदापमार्जनम् गुण-प्रकाशैर् अनुमीयते भवान् प्रकाशते यस्य च येन वा गुणः
sattvaṃ na ced dhātar idaṃ nijaṃ bhaved vijñānam ajñāna-bhidāpamārjanam sattvaṃ na ced dhātar idaṃ nijaṃ bhaved vijñānam ajñāna-bhidāpamārjanam guṇa-prakāśair anumīyate bhavān prakāśate yasya ca yena vā guṇaḥ
If this pure goodness, which is your own, were not to be, O upholder, there would be no true knowledge that removes and cuts through ignorance. You are inferred through the manifestations of the qualities; and it is by you that a quality shines forth, and for whom it exists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 2.36
न नाम-रूपे गुण-जन्म-कर्मभिर् निरूपितव्ये तव तस्य साक्षिणः मनो-वचोभ्याम् अनुमेय-वर्त्मनो देव क्रियायां प्रतियन्त्य् अथापि हि
na nāma-rūpe guṇa-janma-karmabhir nirūpitavye tava tasya sākṣiṇaḥ mano-vacobhyām anumeya-vartmano deva kriyāyāṃ pratiyanty athāpi hi
Your name and form cannot be defined by qualities, birth, and actions, for you are the witness of that (world); yet, O God, in ritual action people do refer to them, since your course can only be inferred by mind and speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 2.37
शृण्वन् गृणन् संस्मरयंश् च चिन्तयन् नामानि रूपाणि च मङ्गलानि ते अम्प्;क्रियासु यस् त्वच्-चरणारविन्दयोर् आविष्ट-चेता न भवाय कल्पते
śṛṇvan gṛṇan saṃsmarayaṃś ca cintayan nāmāni rūpāṇi ca maṅgalāni te kriyāsu yas tvac-caraṇāravindayor āviṣṭa-cetā na bhavāya kalpate
He who, hearing, uttering, causing others to remember, and meditating upon your auspicious names and forms, has his mind absorbed in your lotus feet during (his) activities, is not fit for (further) becoming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.38
दिष्ट्या हरे ऽस्या भवतः पदो भुवो भारो ऽपनीतस् तव जन्मनेशितुः दिष्ट्या हरे ऽस्या भवतः पदो भुवो भारो ऽपनीतस् तव जन्मनेशितुः दिष्ट्याङ्कितां त्वत्-पदकैः सुशोभनैर् द्रक्ष्याम गां द्यां च तवानुकम्पिताम्
diṣṭyā hare 'syā bhavataḥ pado bhuvo bhāro 'panītas tava janmaneśituḥ diṣṭyā hare 'syā bhavataḥ pado bhuvo bhāro 'panītas tava janmaneśituḥ diṣṭyāṅkitāṃ tvat-padakaiḥ suśobhanair drakṣyāma gāṃ dyāṃ ca tavānukampitām
By good fortune, O Hari, this burden of the earth beneath your feet is removed by your birth, O Ruler; by good fortune we shall see the earth marked with your beautiful little footprints, and heaven too, favoured by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.39
न ते ऽभवस्येश भवस्य कारणं विना विनोदं बत तर्कयामहे भवो निरोधः स्थितिर् अप्य् अविद्यया कृता यतस् त्वय्य् अभयाश्रयात्मनि
na te 'bhavasyeśa bhavasya kāraṇaṃ vinā vinodaṃ bata tarkayāmahe bhavo nirodhaḥ sthitir apy avidyayā kṛtā yatas tvayy abhayāśrayātmani
For you, O Lord, who do not (yourself) come into being, we can conjecture no cause of (your) coming into being other than play — indeed! Since birth, dissolution and continuance are effected by ignorance with respect to you, whose very self is the fearless refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 2.40
मत्स्याश्व-कच्छप-नृसिंह-वराह-हंस- राजन्य-विप्र-विबुधेषु कृतावतारः अम्प्;त्वं पासि नस् त्रि-भुवनं च यथाधुनेश भारं भुवो हर यदूत्तम वन्दनं ते
matsyāśva-kacchapa-nṛsiṃha-varāha-haṃsa- rājanya-vipra-vibudheṣu kṛtāvatāraḥ tvaṃ pāsi nas tri-bhuvanaṃ ca yathādhuneśa bhāraṃ bhuvo hara yadūttama vandanaṃ te
You who have made your descents among fish, horse, tortoise, man-lion, boar, swan, king, brahmin and gods — protect us and the three worlds as (you do) now, O Lord; remove the burden of the earth, O best of the Yadus. Obeisance to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.41
दिष्ट्याम्ब ते कुक्षि-गतः परः पुमान् अंशेन साक्षाद् भगवान् भवाय नः दिष्ट्याम्ब ते कुक्षि-गतः परः पुमान् अंशेन साक्षाद् भगवान् भवाय नः माभूद् भयं भोज-पतेर् मुमूर्षोर् गोप्ता यदूनां भविता तवात्मजः
diṣṭyāmba te kukṣi-gataḥ paraḥ pumān aṃśena sākṣād bhagavān bhavāya naḥ diṣṭyāmba te kukṣi-gataḥ paraḥ pumān aṃśena sākṣād bhagavān bhavāya naḥ mābhūd bhayaṃ bhoja-pater mumūrṣor goptā yadūnāṃ bhavitā tavātmajaḥ
By good fortune, mother, the Supreme Person, the Lord himself, has by (his) portion entered your womb, for our welfare. (The line is repeated in the text.) Let there be no fear of the lord of the Bhojas, who is about to die: your son will be the protector of the Yadus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 2.42
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् अभिष्टूय पुरुषं यद्-रूपम् अनिदं यथा ब्रह्मेशानौ पुरोधाय देवाः प्रतिययुर् दिवम्
śrī-śuka uvāca ity abhiṣṭūya puruṣaṃ yad-rūpam anidaṃ yathā brahmeśānau purodhāya devāḥ pratiyayur divam
Śrī Śuka said: Having thus praised the Person whose form is not of this (world) as it is, the gods, placing Brahmā and Śiva in front, returned to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition