Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 3
SB 10 3.1
श्री-शुक उवाच अथ सर्व-गुणोपेतः कालः परम-शोभनः यर्ह्य् एवाजन-जन्मर्क्षं शान्तर्क्ष-ग्रह-तारकम्
śrī-śuka uvāca atha sarva-guṇopetaḥ kālaḥ parama-śobhanaḥ yarhy evājana-janmarkṣaṃ śāntarkṣa-graha-tārakam
Śrī Śuka said: Then came the time endowed with all good qualities, supremely auspicious, when indeed the birth-star of the Unborn One (appeared), with the lunar mansions, planets and stars at peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.2
दिशः प्रसेदुर् गगनं निर्मलोडु-गणोदयम् मही मङ्गल-भूयिष्ठ- पुर-ग्राम-व्रजाकरा
diśaḥ prasedur gaganaṃ nirmaloḍu-gaṇodayam mahī maṅgala-bhūyiṣṭha- pura-grāma-vrajākarā
The quarters became serene; the sky (showed) the rising of a host of spotless stars; the earth, with its cities, villages, pastures and mines, was filled with auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.3
नद्यः प्रसन्न-सलिला ह्रदा जलरुह-श्रियः द्विजालि-कुल-सन्नाद- स्तवका वन-राजयः
nadyaḥ prasanna-salilā hradā jalaruha-śriyaḥ dvijāli-kula-sannāda- stavakā vana-rājayaḥ
The rivers had clear water, the lakes the beauty of lotuses; the rows of forest trees had clusters (of blossoms) resounding with flocks of birds and bees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.4
ववौ वायुः सुख-स्पर्शः पुण्य-गन्धवहः शुचिः अग्नयश् च द्विजातीनां शान्तास् तत्र समिन्धत
vavau vāyuḥ sukha-sparśaḥ puṇya-gandhavahaḥ śuciḥ agnayaś ca dvijātīnāṃ śāntās tatra samindhata
A wind blew, pleasant to the touch, pure, bearing holy fragrance; and the fires of the twice-born, calm, blazed up there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.5
मनांस्य् आसन् प्रसन्नानि साधूनाम् असुर-द्रुहाम् जायमाने ऽजने तस्मिन् नेदुर् दुन्दुभयः समम्
manāṃsy āsan prasannāni sādhūnām asura-druhām jāyamāne 'jane tasmin nedur dundubhayaḥ samam
The minds of the good, who were hostile to the demons, became clear; when that Unborn One was being born, the kettledrums sounded all together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.6
जगुः किन्नर-गन्धर्वास् तुष्टुवुः सिद्ध-चारणाः विद्याधर्यश् च ननृतुर् अप्सरोभिः समं मुदा
jaguḥ kinnara-gandharvās tuṣṭuvuḥ siddha-cāraṇāḥ vidyādharyaś ca nanṛtur apsarobhiḥ samaṃ mudā
The Kinnaras and Gandharvas sang, the Siddhas and Cāraṇas offered praise, and the Vidyādharī women danced together with the Apsarās in delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.7
मुमुचुर् मुनयो देवाः सुमनांसि मुदान्विताः मन्दं मन्दं जलधरा जगर्जुर् अनुसागरम्
mumucur munayo devāḥ sumanāṃsi mudānvitāḥ mandaṃ mandaṃ jaladharā jagarjur anusāgaram
The sages and the gods, filled with joy, let fall flowers; the rain-clouds rumbled very softly, in accord with the sea.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.8
निशीथे तम-उद्भूते जायमाने जनार्दने देवक्यां देव-रूपिण्यां विष्णुः सर्व-गुहा-शयः आविरासीद् यथा प्राच्यां दिशीन्दुर् इव पुष्कलः
niśīthe tama-udbhūte jāyamāne janārdane devakyāṃ deva-rūpiṇyāṃ viṣṇuḥ sarva-guhā-śayaḥ āvirāsīd yathā prācyāṃ diśīndur iva puṣkalaḥ
At midnight, when darkness had risen, as Janārdana was being born of Devakī, who was of divine form, Viṣṇu, who lies in the hearts of all, appeared, as the full moon (rises) in the eastern quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.9
तम् अद्भुतं बालकम् अम्बुजेक्षणं चतुर्-भुजं शङ्ख-गदाद्य्-उदायुधम् श्रीवत्स-लक्ष्मं गल-शोभि-कौस्तुभं पीताम्बरं सान्द्र-पयोद-सौभगम्
tam adbhutaṃ bālakam ambujekṣaṇaṃ catur-bhujaṃ śaṅkha-gadādy-udāyudham śrīvatsa-lakṣmaṃ gala-śobhi-kaustubhaṃ pītāmbaraṃ sāndra-payoda-saubhagam
That wondrous child, lotus-eyed, four-armed, holding up weapons — conch, mace and the rest — marked with the śrīvatsa, the Kaustubha gem gracing his throat, clad in yellow, lovely as a dense rain-cloud —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.10
महार्ह-वैदूर्य-किरीट-कुण्डल- त्विषा परिष्वक्त-सहस्र-कुन्तलम् उद्दाम-काञ्च्य्-अङ्गद-कङ्कणादिभिर् विरोचमानं वसुदेव ऐक्षत
mahārha-vaidūrya-kirīṭa-kuṇḍala- tviṣā pariṣvakta-sahasra-kuntalam uddāma-kāñcy-aṅgada-kaṅkaṇādibhir virocamānaṃ vasudeva aikṣata
his thousand curls encircled by the glitter of a most precious beryl crown and earrings, resplendent with a splendid girdle, armlets, bracelets and the rest — (him) Vasudeva beheld.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.11
स विस्मयोत्फुल्ल-विलोचनो हरिं सुतं विलोक्यानकदुन्दुभिस् तदा कृष्णावतारोत्सव-सम्भ्रमो ऽस्पृशन् मुदा द्विजेभ्यो ऽयुतम् आप्लुतो गवाम्
sa vismayotphulla-vilocano hariṃ sutaṃ vilokyānakadundubhis tadā kṛṣṇāvatārotsava-sambhramo 'spṛśan mudā dvijebhyo 'yutam āpluto gavām
Then Ānakadundubhi, his eyes wide with wonder, seeing Hari as his son, in the excited joy of the festival of Kṛṣṇa's descent, having bathed, gladly gave ten thousand cows to the brahmins.
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SB 10 3.12
अथैनम् अस्तौद् अवधार्य पूरुषं परं नताङ्गः कृत-धीः कृताञ्जलिः स्व-रोचिषा भारत सूतिका-गृहं विरोचयन्तं गत-भीः प्रभाव-वित्
athainam astaud avadhārya pūruṣaṃ paraṃ natāṅgaḥ kṛta-dhīḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ sva-rociṣā bhārata sūtikā-gṛhaṃ virocayantaṃ gata-bhīḥ prabhāva-vit
Then, having recognised him as the Supreme Person, with his limbs bowed, his mind steadied, his palms joined, fearless and knowing (his) power, he praised him who was lighting up the birth-chamber with his own radiance, O Bhārata.
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SB 10 3.13
श्री-वसुदेव उवाच विदितो ऽसि भवान् साक्षात् पुरुषः प्रकृतेः परः केवलानुभवानन्द- स्वरूपः सर्व-बुद्धि-दृक्
śrī-vasudeva uvāca vidito 'si bhavān sākṣāt puruṣaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ kevalānubhavānanda- svarūpaḥ sarva-buddhi-dṛk
Śrī Vasudeva said: You are known (to me) as directly the Person beyond material nature, whose own form is pure experience and bliss, the seer of all minds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.14
स एव स्वप्रकृत्येदं सृष्ट्वाग्रे त्रि-गुणात्मकम् तद् अनु त्वं ह्य् अप्रविष्टः प्रविष्ट इव भाव्यसे
sa eva svaprakṛtyedaṃ sṛṣṭvāgre tri-guṇātmakam tad anu tvaṃ hy apraviṣṭaḥ praviṣṭa iva bhāvyase
It is you yourself who, in the beginning, having created by your own nature this (world) made of the three qualities, thereafter, though not having entered it, are thought of as though you had entered.
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SB 10 3.15
यथेमे ऽविकृता भावास् तथा ते विकृतैः सह नाना-वीर्याः पृथग्-भूता विराजं जनयन्ति हि
yatheme 'vikṛtā bhāvās tathā te vikṛtaiḥ saha nānā-vīryāḥ pṛthag-bhūtā virājaṃ janayanti hi
Just as these unmodified elements, so those (elements) together with their modifications, of various potencies and (though) existing separately, do indeed produce the cosmic form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 3.16
सन्निपत्य समुत्पाद्य दृश्यन्ते ऽनुगता इव प्राग् एव विद्यमानत्वान् न तेषाम् इह सम्भवः
sannipatya samutpādya dṛśyante 'nugatā iva prāg eva vidyamānatvān na teṣām iha sambhavaḥ
Having come together and produced (it), they appear as if they had entered into it afterwards; but since they existed already before, there is no (real) coming-into-being of them here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 3.17
एवं भवान् बुद्ध्य्-अनुमेय-लक्षणैर् ग्राह्यैर् गुणैः सन्न् अपि तद्-गुणाग्रहः अनावृतत्वाद् बहिर् अन्तरं न ते सर्वस्य सर्वात्मन आत्म-वस्तुनः
evaṃ bhavān buddhy-anumeya-lakṣaṇair grāhyair guṇaiḥ sann api tad-guṇāgrahaḥ anāvṛtatvād bahir antaraṃ na te sarvasya sarvātmana ātma-vastunaḥ
Thus, though you are present with qualities that can be grasped and whose marks are inferred by the intellect, there is no grasping of those qualities of yours; for, being uncovered, there is for you no outside and inside, since you are the Self of all, the very substance of the self of everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 3.18
य आत्मनो दृश्य-गुणेषु सन्न् इति व्यवस्यते स्व-व्यतिरेकतो ऽबुधः विनानुवादं न च तन् मनीषितं सम्यग् यतस् त्यक्तम् उपाददत् पुमान्
ya ātmano dṛśya-guṇeṣu sann iti vyavasyate sva-vyatirekato 'budhaḥ vinānuvādaṃ na ca tan manīṣitaṃ samyag yatas tyaktam upādadat pumān
He who, being unwise, concludes 'It exists' regarding the perceptible qualities as distinct from the self — apart from restatement (of what is already known), that is not what is intended; for a person who takes up what has been rightly abandoned (is not wise).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 3.19
त्वत्तो ऽस्य जन्म-स्थिति-संयमान् विभो वदन्त्य् अनीहाद् अगुणाद् अविक्रियात् अम्प्;त्वयीश्वरे ब्रह्मणि नो विरुध्यते त्वद्-आश्रयत्वाद् उपचर्यते गुणैः
tvatto 'sya janma-sthiti-saṃyamān vibho vadanty anīhād aguṇād avikriyāt tvayīśvare brahmaṇi no virudhyate tvad-āśrayatvād upacaryate guṇaiḥ
They say that this (universe's) birth, maintenance and dissolution come from you, O all-pervading one, though you are without effort, without qualities, without change; and in you, the Lord, Brahman, there is no contradiction, since (the qualities) have their basis in you, (you) are spoken of figuratively in terms of the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.20
स त्वं त्रि-लोक-स्थितये स्व-मायया बिभर्षि शुक्लं खलु वर्णम् आत्मनः स त्वं त्रि-लोक-स्थितये स्व-मायया बिभर्षि शुक्लं खलु वर्णम् आत्मनः सर्गाय रक्तं रजसोपबृंहितं कृष्णं च वर्णं तमसा जनात्यये
sa tvaṃ tri-loka-sthitaye sva-māyayā bibharṣi śuklaṃ khalu varṇam ātmanaḥ sa tvaṃ tri-loka-sthitaye sva-māyayā bibharṣi śuklaṃ khalu varṇam ātmanaḥ sargāya raktaṃ rajasopabṛṃhitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca varṇaṃ tamasā janātyaye
You, that same one, by your own māyā bear the white color of yourself for the maintenance of the three worlds; and the red color, intensified by rajas, for creation, and the black color, by tamas, at the destruction of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.21
त्वम् अस्य लोकस्य विभो रिरक्षिषुर् गृहे ऽवतीर्णो ऽसि ममाखिलेश्वर राजन्य-संज्ञासुर-कोटि-यूथपैर् निर्व्यूह्यमाना निहनिष्यसे चमूः
tvam asya lokasya vibho rirakṣiṣur gṛhe 'vatīrṇo 'si mamākhileśvara rājanya-saṃjñāsura-koṭi-yūthapair nirvyūhyamānā nihaniṣyase camūḥ
O all-pervading Lord of everything, wishing to protect this world you have descended into my house; you will destroy the armies marshalled by the demon chiefs of hosts who go by the name of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.22
अयं त्व् असभ्यस् तव जन्म नौ गृहे श्रुत्वाग्रजांस् ते न्यवधीत् सुरेश्वर अम्प्;स ते ऽवतारं पुरुषैः समर्पितं श्रुत्वाधुनैवाभिसरत्य् उदायुधः
ayaṃ tv asabhyas tava janma nau gṛhe śrutvāgrajāṃs te nyavadhīt sureśvara sa te 'vatāraṃ puruṣaiḥ samarpitaṃ śrutvādhunaivābhisaraty udāyudhaḥ
But this uncivilized one, O lord of the gods, having heard of your birth in our house, killed your elder brothers; and hearing now from his men who report your descent, he will come at once with weapons raised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.23
श्री-शुक उवाच अथैनम् आत्मजं वीक्ष्य महा-पुरुष-लक्षणम् देवकी तम् उपाधावत् कंसाद् भीता सुविस्मिता
śrī-śuka uvāca athainam ātmajaṃ vīkṣya mahā-puruṣa-lakṣaṇam devakī tam upādhāvat kaṃsād bhītā suvismitā
Śrī Śuka said: Then, seeing this son of hers bearing the marks of the Supreme Person, Devakī, frightened of Kaṃsa and greatly amazed, approached him (in prayer).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.24
श्री-देवक्य् उवाच रूपं यत् तत् प्राहुर् अव्यक्तम् आद्यं ब्रह्म ज्योतिर् निर्गुणं निर्विकारम् रूपं यत् तत् प्राहुर् अव्यक्तम् आद्यं ब्रह्म ज्योतिर् निर्गुणं निर्विकारम् सत्ता-मात्रं निर्विशेषं निरीहं स त्वं साक्षाद् विष्णुर् अध्यात्म-दीपः
śrī-devaky uvāca rūpaṃ yat tat prāhur avyaktam ādyaṃ brahma jyotir nirguṇaṃ nirvikāram rūpaṃ yat tat prāhur avyaktam ādyaṃ brahma jyotir nirguṇaṃ nirvikāram sattā-mātraṃ nirviśeṣaṃ nirīhaṃ sa tvaṃ sākṣād viṣṇur adhyātma-dīpaḥ
Śrī Devakī said: That form which they call the unmanifest, the primeval Brahman, light, free of qualities, free of change, mere existence, without distinctions, without activity — you are that, Viṣṇu himself, the lamp of the inner self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.25
नष्टे लोके द्वि-परार्धावसाने महा-भूतेष्व् आदि-भूतं गतेषु व्यक्ते ऽव्यक्तं काल-वेगेन याते भवान् एकः शिष्यते ऽशेष-संज्ञः
naṣṭe loke dvi-parārdhāvasāne mahā-bhūteṣv ādi-bhūtaṃ gateṣu vyakte 'vyaktaṃ kāla-vegena yāte bhavān ekaḥ śiṣyate 'śeṣa-saṃjñaḥ
When the world is destroyed at the end of the two parārdhas, when the great elements have gone into the primal element, when the manifest has gone into the unmanifest by the force of time, you alone remain, having limitless names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.26
यो ऽयं कालस् तस्य ते ऽव्यक्त-बन्धो चेष्टाम् आहुश् चेष्टते येन विश्वम् अम्प्;निमेषादिर् वत्सरान्तो महीयांस् तं त्वेशानं क्षेम-धाम प्रपद्ये
yo 'yaṃ kālas tasya te 'vyakta-bandho ceṣṭām āhuś ceṣṭate yena viśvam nimeṣādir vatsarānto mahīyāṃs taṃ tveśānaṃ kṣema-dhāma prapadye
This which is time, O friend of the unmanifest, they call your activity, by which the universe moves; that mighty one, beginning with the blink of an eye and ending with the year — to you, the Lord, the abode of well-being, I take refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.27
मर्त्यो मृत्यु-व्याल-भीतः पलायन् लोकान् सर्वान् निर्भयं नाध्यगच्छत् त्वत् पादाब्जं प्राप्य यदृच्छयाद्य सुस्थः शेते मृत्युर् अस्माद् अपैति
martyo mṛtyu-vyāla-bhītaḥ palāyan lokān sarvān nirbhayaṃ nādhyagacchat tvat pādābjaṃ prāpya yadṛcchayādya susthaḥ śete mṛtyur asmād apaiti
A mortal, afraid of the serpent of death, fleeing through all the worlds, found no fearlessness; having today by good fortune reached your lotus foot, he sleeps at ease, and death goes away from him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.28
स त्वं घोराद् उग्रसेनात्मजान् नस् त्राहि त्रस्तान् भृत्य-वित्रास-हासि रूपं चेदं पौरुषं ध्यान-धिष्ण्यं मा प्रत्यक्षं मांस-दृशां कृषीष्ठाः
sa tvaṃ ghorād ugrasenātmajān nas trāhi trastān bhṛtya-vitrāsa-hāsi rūpaṃ cedaṃ pauruṣaṃ dhyāna-dhiṣṇyaṃ mā pratyakṣaṃ māṃsa-dṛśāṃ kṛṣīṣṭhāḥ
You, being such, protect us who are terrified from the fearsome son of Ugrasena, O remover of your servants' terror; and this human form, the seat of meditation — do not make it visible to fleshly eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.29
जन्म ते मय्य् असौ पापो मा विद्यान् मधुसूदन समुद्विजे भवद्-धेतोः कंसाद् अहम् अधीर-धीः
janma te mayy asau pāpo mā vidyān madhusūdana samudvije bhavad-dhetoḥ kaṃsād aham adhīra-dhīḥ
Let that sinful one not learn of your birth in me, O slayer of Madhu; I am terrified of Kaṃsa on your account, my mind unsteady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.30
उपसंहर विश्वात्मन्न् अदो रूपम् अलौकिकम् शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-पद्म- श्रिया जुष्टं चतुर्-भुजम्
upasaṃhara viśvātmann ado rūpam alaukikam śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padma- śriyā juṣṭaṃ catur-bhujam
Withdraw, O Self of the universe, that unworldly form, four-armed and endowed with the splendor of conch, disc, club and lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.31
विश्वं यद् एतत् स्व-तनौ निशान्ते यथावकाशं पुरुषः परो भवान् बिभर्ति सो ऽयं मम गर्भगो ऽभूद् अहो नृ-लोकस्य विडम्बनं हि तत्
viśvaṃ yad etat sva-tanau niśānte yathāvakāśaṃ puruṣaḥ paro bhavān bibharti so 'yaṃ mama garbhago 'bhūd aho nṛ-lokasya viḍambanaṃ hi tat
This universe, which you, the Supreme Person, bear within your own body at the end of the night, each thing in its place — that very one has entered my womb! Ah, this indeed is an imitation of the world of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.32
श्री-भगवान् उवाच त्वम् एव पूर्व-सर्गे ऽभूः पृश्निः स्वायम्भुवे सति तदायं सुतपा नाम प्रजापतिर् अकल्मषः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca tvam eva pūrva-sarge 'bhūḥ pṛśniḥ svāyambhuve sati tadāyaṃ sutapā nāma prajāpatir akalmaṣaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: You yourself, O chaste lady, were Pṛśni in a former creation, in the age of Svāyambhuva; then this one was the faultless Prajāpati named Sutapā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.33
युवां वै ब्रह्मणादिष्टौ प्रजा-सर्गे यदा ततः सन्नियम्येन्द्रिय-ग्रामं तेपाथे परमं तपः
yuvāṃ vai brahmaṇādiṣṭau prajā-sarge yadā tataḥ sanniyamyendriya-grāmaṃ tepāthe paramaṃ tapaḥ
When the two of you were commanded by Brahmā to beget offspring, then, restraining the whole host of the senses, you performed supreme austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.34
वर्ष-वातातप-हिम- घर्म-काल-गुणान् अनु सहमानौ श्वास-रोध- विनिर्धूत-मनो-मलौ
varṣa-vātātapa-hima- gharma-kāla-guṇān anu sahamānau śvāsa-rodha- vinirdhūta-mano-malau
Enduring in turn the qualities of the seasons — rain, wind, sun, cold, heat — with the impurities of the mind shaken off by restraint of the breath,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.35
शीर्ण-पर्णानिलाहाराव् उपशान्तेन चेतसा मत्तः कामान् अभीप्सन्तौ मद्-आराधनम् ईहतुः
śīrṇa-parṇānilāhārāv upaśāntena cetasā mattaḥ kāmān abhīpsantau mad-ārādhanam īhatuḥ
living on fallen leaves and air, with a mind at peace, desiring boons from me, the two of you strove in worship of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.36
एवं वां तप्यतोस् तीव्रं तपः परम-दुष्करम् दिव्य-वर्ष-सहस्राणि द्वादशेयुर् मद्-आत्मनोः
evaṃ vāṃ tapyatos tīvraṃ tapaḥ parama-duṣkaram divya-varṣa-sahasrāṇi dvādaśeyur mad-ātmanoḥ
As the two of you, with minds fixed on me, thus performed severe austerity, extremely hard to do, twelve thousand celestial years passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.37
तदा वां परितुष्टो ऽहम् अमुना वपुषानघे तपसा श्रद्धया नित्यं भक्त्या च हृदि भावितः
tadā vāṃ parituṣṭo 'ham amunā vapuṣānaghe tapasā śraddhayā nityaṃ bhaktyā ca hṛdi bhāvitaḥ
Then, O sinless one, I was fully satisfied with you two, who by this very body, by austerity, by faith and by constant devotion had (me) meditated upon in your hearts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.38
प्रादुरासं वरद-राड् युवयोः काम-दित्सया व्रियतां वर इत्य् उक्ते मादृशो वां वृतः सुतः
prādurāsaṃ varada-rāḍ yuvayoḥ kāma-ditsayā vriyatāṃ vara ity ukte mādṛśo vāṃ vṛtaḥ sutaḥ
I appeared, the king of granters of boons, wishing to bestow on you two your desire; and when I said, 'Let a boon be chosen,' a son like myself was chosen by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.39
अजुष्ट-ग्राम्य-विषयाव् अनपत्यौ च दम्-पती न वव्राथे ऽपवर्गं मे मोहितौ देव-मायया
ajuṣṭa-grāmya-viṣayāv anapatyau ca dam-patī na vavrāthe 'pavargaṃ me mohitau deva-māyayā
As a married couple who had not enjoyed the pleasures of ordinary life and who were childless, you did not choose release from me (i.e., liberation), being deluded by the divine māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.40
गते मयि युवां लब्ध्वा वरं मत्-सदृशं सुतम् ग्राम्यान् भोगान् अभुञ्जाथां युवां प्राप्त-मनोरथौ
gate mayi yuvāṃ labdhvā varaṃ mat-sadṛśaṃ sutam grāmyān bhogān abhuñjāthāṃ yuvāṃ prāpta-manorathau
When I had gone, you two, having obtained the boon of a son like myself, enjoyed the pleasures of ordinary life, your wish fulfilled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.41
अदृष्ट्वान्यतमं लोके शीलौदार्य-गुणैः समम् अहं सुतो वाम् अभवं पृश्निगर्भ इति श्रुतः
adṛṣṭvānyatamaṃ loke śīlaudārya-guṇaiḥ samam ahaṃ suto vām abhavaṃ pṛśnigarbha iti śrutaḥ
Since I saw no one else in the world equal in the qualities of character and generosity, I became your son, known as Pṛśnigarbha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.42
तयोर् वां पुनर् एवाहम् अदित्याम् आस कश्यपात् उपेन्द्र इति विख्यातो वामनत्वाच् च वामनः
tayor vāṃ punar evāham adityām āsa kaśyapāt upendra iti vikhyāto vāmanatvāc ca vāmanaḥ
Again I was born of you two, as Aditi from Kaśyapa, renowned as Upendra, and, because of my dwarf-hood, as Vāmana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.43
तृतीये ऽस्मिन् भवे ऽहं वै तेनैव वपुषाथ वाम् जातो भूयस् तयोर् एव सत्यं मे व्याहृतं सति
tṛtīye 'smin bhave 'haṃ vai tenaiva vapuṣātha vām jāto bhūyas tayor eva satyaṃ me vyāhṛtaṃ sati
In this third birth I have indeed been born again to you two in that very form, from those same two; my word (was) true, O chaste lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.44
एतद् वां दर्शितं रूपं प्राग्-जन्म-स्मरणाय मे नान्यथा मद्-भवं ज्ञानं मर्त्य-लिङ्गेन जायते
etad vāṃ darśitaṃ rūpaṃ prāg-janma-smaraṇāya me nānyathā mad-bhavaṃ jñānaṃ martya-liṅgena jāyate
This form has been shown to you two so that (you may) remember my previous births; otherwise knowledge concerning my being does not arise through a mortal body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.45
युवां मां पुत्र-भावेन ब्रह्म-भावेन चासकृत् चिन्तयन्तौ कृत-स्नेहौ यास्येथे मद्-गतिं पराम्
yuvāṃ māṃ putra-bhāvena brahma-bhāvena cāsakṛt cintayantau kṛta-snehau yāsyethe mad-gatiṃ parām
You two, thinking of me again and again with the attitude of (my being your) son and with the attitude of (my being) Brahman, and having formed love (for me), will attain my supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.46
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् उक्त्वासीद् धरिस् तूष्णीं भगवान् आत्म-मायया पित्रोः सम्पश्यतोः सद्यो बभूव प्राकृतः शिशुः
śrī-śuka uvāca ity uktvāsīd dharis tūṣṇīṃ bhagavān ātma-māyayā pitroḥ sampaśyatoḥ sadyo babhūva prākṛtaḥ śiśuḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Having spoken thus, Hari, the Lord, fell silent, and by his own māyā, while his parents looked on, at once became an ordinary infant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.47
ततश् च शौरिर् भगवत्-प्रचोदितः सुतं समादाय स सूतिका-गृहात् अम्प्;यदा बहिर् गन्तुम् इयेष तर्ह्य् अजा या योगमायाजनि नन्द-जायया
tataś ca śaurir bhagavat-pracoditaḥ sutaṃ samādāya sa sūtikā-gṛhāt yadā bahir gantum iyeṣa tarhy ajā yā yogamāyājani nanda-jāyayā
Then Śauri (Vasudeva), urged by the Lord, took the son and, when he wished to go out from the birth-chamber, at that moment the unborn one, who is Yogamāyā, was born of Nanda's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.48
तया हृत-प्रत्यय-सर्व-वृत्तिषु द्वाः-स्थेषु पौरेष्व् अपि शायितेष्व् अथ द्वारश् च सर्वाः पिहिता दुरत्यया बृहत्-कपाटायस-कील-शृङ्खलैः
tayā hṛta-pratyaya-sarva-vṛttiṣu dvāḥ-stheṣu paureṣv api śāyiteṣv atha dvāraś ca sarvāḥ pihitā duratyayā bṛhat-kapāṭāyasa-kīla-śṛṅkhalaiḥ
By her all the doorkeepers, their perceptions and every function taken away, and the townspeople too, were put to sleep; and all the doors, hard to pass, were shut with great panels, iron bolts and chains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.49
ताः कृष्ण-वाहे वसुदेव आगते स्वयं व्यवर्यन्त यथा तमो रवेः ववर्ष पर्जन्य उपांशु-गर्जितः शेषो ऽन्वगाद् वारि निवारयन् फणैः
tāḥ kṛṣṇa-vāhe vasudeva āgate svayaṃ vyavaryanta yathā tamo raveḥ vavarṣa parjanya upāṃśu-garjitaḥ śeṣo 'nvagād vāri nivārayan phaṇaiḥ
When Vasudeva, carrying Kṛṣṇa, came, those (doors) opened of themselves, as darkness (opens) before the sun. The rain-cloud rained with a soft rumbling; Śeṣa followed, warding off the water with his hoods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.50
मघोनि वर्षत्य् असकृद् यमानुजा गम्भीर-तोयौघ-जवोर्मि-फेनिला भयानकावर्त-शताकुला नदी मार्गं ददौ सिन्धुर् इव श्रियः पतेः
maghoni varṣaty asakṛd yamānujā gambhīra-toyaugha-javormi-phenilā bhayānakāvarta-śatākulā nadī mārgaṃ dadau sindhur iva śriyaḥ pateḥ
While Maghavan (Indra) rained ceaselessly, the younger sister of Yama, the river (Yamunā), foaming with swift waves in a deep flood of water, troubled by hundreds of fearful whirlpools, gave a path, as the ocean did for the lord of Śrī (Rāma).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.51
नन्द-व्रजं शौरिर् उपेत्य तत्र तान् गोपान् प्रसुप्तान् उपलभ्य निद्रया अम्प्;सुतं यशोदा-शयने निधाय तत्- सुताम् उपादाय पुनर् गृहान् अगात्
nanda-vrajaṃ śaurir upetya tatra tān gopān prasuptān upalabhya nidrayā sutaṃ yaśodā-śayane nidhāya tat- sutām upādāya punar gṛhān agāt
Śauri, reaching Nanda's cowherd settlement, found the cowherds there fast asleep with sleep, and placing his son on Yaśodā's bed and taking up her daughter, he went back home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.52
देवक्याः शयने न्यस्य वसुदेवो ऽथ दारिकाम् प्रतिमुच्य पदोर् लोहम् आस्ते पूर्ववद् आवृतः
devakyāḥ śayane nyasya vasudevo 'tha dārikām pratimucya pador loham āste pūrvavad āvṛtaḥ
Then Vasudeva, having placed the little girl on Devakī's bed, and having fastened the iron (fetter) on his feet, remained confined as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 3.53
यशोदा नन्द-पत्नी च जातं परम् अबुध्यत न तल्-लिङ्गं परिश्रान्ता निद्रयापगत-स्मृतिः
yaśodā nanda-patnī ca jātaṃ param abudhyata na tal-liṅgaṃ pariśrāntā nidrayāpagata-smṛtiḥ
And Yaśodā, Nanda's wife, did not become aware that another (child) had been born, nor of the signs of it, being exhausted and having lost awareness through sleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition