Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 40
SB 10 40.1
श्री-अक्रूर उवाच नतो ऽस्म्य् अहं त्वाखिल-हेतु-हेतुं नारायणं पूरुषम् आद्यम् अव्ययम् यन्-नाभि-जाताद् अरविन्द-कोषाद् ब्रह्माविरासीद् यत एष लोकः
śrī-akrūra uvāca nato 'smy ahaṃ tvākhila-hetu-hetuṃ nārāyaṇaṃ pūruṣam ādyam avyayam yan-nābhi-jātād aravinda-koṣād brahmāvirāsīd yata eṣa lokaḥ
Śrī Akrūra said: I bow to you, the cause of all causes, Nārāyaṇa, the primeval and imperishable Person, from the lotus-cup born of whose navel Brahmā appeared, and from whom this world (came to be).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.2
भूस् तोयम् अग्निः पवनं खम् आदिर् महान् अजादिर् मन इन्द्रियाणि सर्वेन्द्रियार्था विबुधाश् च सर्वे ये हेतवस् ते जगतो ऽङ्ग-भूताः
bhūs toyam agniḥ pavanaṃ kham ādir mahān ajādir mana indriyāṇi sarvendriyārthā vibudhāś ca sarve ye hetavas te jagato 'ṅga-bhūtāḥ
Earth, water, fire, wind, ether, the primal principle, the mahat, the unborn (prakṛti) and the rest, mind, the senses, all the objects of the senses, and all the gods — those which are the causes of the world are (but) parts of your body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.3
नैते स्वरूपं विदुर् आत्मनस् ते ह्य् अजादयो ऽनात्मतया गृहीतः अजो ऽनुबद्धः स गुणैर् अजाया गुणात् परं वेद न ते स्वरूपम्
naite svarūpaṃ vidur ātmanas te hy ajādayo 'nātmatayā gṛhītaḥ ajo 'nubaddhaḥ sa guṇair ajāyā guṇāt paraṃ veda na te svarūpam
These do not know the true nature of the Self, for the unborn (prakṛti) and the rest are grasped as non-self; and the unborn one (the individual/Brahmā), bound by the qualities of prakṛti, does not know your nature, which is beyond the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 40.4
त्वां योगिनो यजन्त्य् अद्धा महा-पुरुषम् ईश्वरम् साध्यात्मं साधिभूतं च साधिदैवं च साधवः
tvāṃ yogino yajanty addhā mahā-puruṣam īśvaram sādhyātmaṃ sādhibhūtaṃ ca sādhidaivaṃ ca sādhavaḥ
The yogins directly worship you, the Great Person, the Lord; and the good worship (you) as accompanied by the self-principle, the element-principle and the deity-principle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.5
त्रय्या च विद्यया केचित् त्वां वै वैतानिका द्विजाः यजन्ते विततैर् यज्ञैर् नाना-रूपामराख्यया
trayyā ca vidyayā kecit tvāṃ vai vaitānikā dvijāḥ yajante vitatair yajñair nānā-rūpāmarākhyayā
And some — twice-born performers of the fire rites — worship you by means of the threefold Vedic knowledge, with elaborate sacrifices, under the various forms and names of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.6
एके त्वाखिल-कर्माणि सन्न्यस्योपशमं गताः ज्ञानिनो ज्ञान-यज्ञेन यजन्ति ज्ञान-विग्रहम्
eke tvākhila-karmāṇi sannyasyopaśamaṃ gatāḥ jñānino jñāna-yajñena yajanti jñāna-vigraham
Some, having renounced all works and attained tranquility, being knowers, worship you—the embodiment of knowledge—with the sacrifice of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.7
अन्ये च संस्कृतात्मानो विधिनाभिहितेन ते यजन्ति त्वन्-मयास् त्वां वै बहु-मूर्त्य्-एक-मूर्तिकम्
anye ca saṃskṛtātmāno vidhinābhihitena te yajanti tvan-mayās tvāṃ vai bahu-mūrty-eka-mūrtikam
And others, their selves purified, worship you by the method prescribed (in scripture), filled with you—you who are of many forms and yet of a single form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.8
त्वाम् एवान्ये शिवोक्तेन मार्गेण शिव-रूपिणम् बह्व्-आचार्य-विभेदेन भगवन्तर्न् उपासते
tvām evānye śivoktena mārgeṇa śiva-rūpiṇam bahv-ācārya-vibhedena bhagavantarn upāsate
Others still worship you alone as the Blessed One in the form of Śiva, by the path Śiva taught, with the many divisions of its various teachers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.9
सर्व एव यजन्ति त्वां सर्व-देव-मयेश्वरम् ये ऽप्य् अन्य-देवता-भक्ता यद्य् अप्य् अन्य-धियः प्रभो
sarva eva yajanti tvāṃ sarva-deva-mayeśvaram ye 'py anya-devatā-bhaktā yady apy anya-dhiyaḥ prabho
All indeed worship you, the Lord who comprises all gods—even those devoted to other deities, though their minds are (turned) elsewhere, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.10
यथाद्रि-प्रभवा नद्यः पर्जन्यापूरिताः प्रभो विशन्ति सर्वतः सिन्धुं तद्वत् त्वां गतयो ऽन्ततः
yathādri-prabhavā nadyaḥ parjanyāpūritāḥ prabho viśanti sarvataḥ sindhuṃ tadvat tvāṃ gatayo 'ntataḥ
As rivers rising from the mountains, filled by the rain-cloud, enter the ocean from all sides, O master, so in the end (all) paths (enter) you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.11
सत्त्वं रजस् तम इति भवतः प्रकृतेर् गुणाः तेषु हि प्राकृताः प्रोता आ-ब्रह्म-स्थावरादयः
sattvaṃ rajas tama iti bhavataḥ prakṛter guṇāḥ teṣu hi prākṛtāḥ protā ā-brahma-sthāvarādayaḥ
Goodness, passion and darkness—these are the qualities of your material nature; in them are woven all products of nature, from Brahmā down to the immovable beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.12
तुभ्यं नमस् ते त्व् अविषक्त-दृष्टये सर्वात्मने सर्व-धियां च साक्षिणे अम्प्;गुण-प्रवाहो ऽयम् अविद्यया कृतः प्रवर्तते देव-नृ-तिर्यग्-आत्मसु
tubhyaṃ namas te tv aviṣakta-dṛṣṭaye sarvātmane sarva-dhiyāṃ ca sākṣiṇe guṇa-pravāho 'yam avidyayā kṛtaḥ pravartate deva-nṛ-tiryag-ātmasu
Homage to you, whose vision is unattached, the self of all, the witness of all minds; this stream of the qualities, produced by ignorance, flows on among selves that are gods, humans and animals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.13
अग्निर् मुखं ते ऽवनिर् अङ्घ्रिर् ईक्षणं सूर्यो नभो नाभिर् अथो दिशः श्रुतिः अग्निर् मुखं ते ऽवनिर् अङ्घ्रिर् ईक्षणं सूर्यो नभो नाभिर् अथो दिशः श्रुतिः द्यौः कं सुरेन्द्रास् तव बाहवो ऽर्णवाः कुक्षिर् मरुत् प्राण-बलं प्रकल्पितम्
agnir mukhaṃ te 'vanir aṅghrir īkṣaṇaṃ sūryo nabho nābhir atho diśaḥ śrutiḥ agnir mukhaṃ te 'vanir aṅghrir īkṣaṇaṃ sūryo nabho nābhir atho diśaḥ śrutiḥ dyauḥ kaṃ surendrās tava bāhavo 'rṇavāḥ kukṣir marut prāṇa-balaṃ prakalpitam
Fire is your mouth, the earth your feet, the sun your eye, the sky your navel, and the directions your hearing; heaven is your head, the chief gods your arms, the oceans your belly, and the wind is fashioned as your vital force and strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.14
रोमाणि वृक्षौषधयः शिरोरुहा मेघाः परस्यास्थि-नखानि ते ऽद्रयः रोमाणि वृक्षौषधयः शिरोरुहा मेघाः परस्यास्थि-नखानि ते ऽद्रयः निमेषणं रात्र्य्-अहनी प्रजापतिर् मेढ्रस् तु वृष्टिस् तव वीर्यम् इष्यते
romāṇi vṛkṣauṣadhayaḥ śiroruhā meghāḥ parasyāsthi-nakhāni te 'drayaḥ romāṇi vṛkṣauṣadhayaḥ śiroruhā meghāḥ parasyāsthi-nakhāni te 'drayaḥ nimeṣaṇaṃ rātry-ahanī prajāpatir meḍhras tu vṛṣṭis tava vīryam iṣyate
Trees and plants are the body-hairs of the Supreme, the clouds his head-hair, the mountains your bones and nails; night and day are your blinking, Prajāpati your generative organ, and rain is held to be your semen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.15
त्वय्य् अव्ययात्मन् पुरुषे प्रकल्पिता लोकाः स-पाला बहु-जीव-सङ्कुलाः यथा जले सञ्जिहते जलौकसो ऽप्य् उदुम्बरे वा मशका मनो-मये
tvayy avyayātman puruṣe prakalpitā lokāḥ sa-pālā bahu-jīva-saṅkulāḥ yathā jale sañjihate jalaukaso 'py udumbare vā maśakā mano-maye
In you, O imperishable Self, in you the Person, are fashioned the worlds with their guardians, teeming with many living beings—as water-creatures move about in water, or gnats within a fig, (or things) within (something) made of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.16
यानि यानीह रूपाणि क्रीडनार्थं बिभर्षि हि तैर् आमृष्ट-शुचो लोका मुदा गायन्ति ते यशः
yāni yānīha rūpāṇi krīḍanārthaṃ bibharṣi hi tair āmṛṣṭa-śuco lokā mudā gāyanti te yaśaḥ
Whatever forms you assume here for the sake of play—by these the worlds, their sorrows wiped away, joyfully sing your fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.17
नमः कारण-मत्स्याय प्रलयाब्धि-चराय च हयशीर्ष्णे नमस् तुभ्यं मधु-कैटभ-मृत्यवे
namaḥ kāraṇa-matsyāya pralayābdhi-carāya ca hayaśīrṣṇe namas tubhyaṃ madhu-kaiṭabha-mṛtyave
Homage to the primal Fish, who moved in the ocean of dissolution; homage to you, Horse-Head, the death of Madhu and Kaiṭabha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.18
अकूपाराय बृहते नमो मन्दर-धारिणे क्षित्य्-उद्धार-विहाराय नमः शूकर-मूर्तये
akūpārāya bṛhate namo mandara-dhāriṇe kṣity-uddhāra-vihārāya namaḥ śūkara-mūrtaye
Homage to the great Tortoise, bearer of Mount Mandara; homage to the boar-form, whose sport was the lifting up of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.19
नमस् ते ऽद्भुत-सिंहाय साधु-लोक-भयापह वामनाय नमस् तुभ्यं क्रान्त-त्रिभुवनाय च
namas te 'dbhuta-siṃhāya sādhu-loka-bhayāpaha vāmanāya namas tubhyaṃ krānta-tribhuvanāya ca
Homage to you, the wondrous Lion, remover of the fear of good people; and homage to you, the Dwarf, who strode across the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.20
नमो भृगुणां पतये दृप्त-क्षत्र-वन-च्छिदे नमस् ते रघु-वर्याय रावणान्त-कराय च
namo bhṛguṇāṃ pataye dṛpta-kṣatra-vana-cchide namas te raghu-varyāya rāvaṇānta-karāya ca
Homage to the lord of the Bhṛgus, who cut down the forest of arrogant kṣatriyas; homage to you, best of the Raghus, who made an end of Rāvaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.21
नमस् ते वासुदेवाय नमः सङ्कर्षणाय च प्रद्युम्नायनिरुद्धाय सात्वतां पतये नमः
namas te vāsudevāya namaḥ saṅkarṣaṇāya ca pradyumnāyaniruddhāya sātvatāṃ pataye namaḥ
Homage to you, Vāsudeva, and homage to Saṅkarṣaṇa, to Pradyumna and Aniruddha; homage to the lord of the Sātvatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.22
नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय दैत्य-दानव-मोहिने म्लेच्छ-प्राय-क्षत्र-हन्त्रे नमस् ते कल्कि-रूपिणे
namo buddhāya śuddhāya daitya-dānava-mohine mleccha-prāya-kṣatra-hantre namas te kalki-rūpiṇe
Homage to the pure Buddha, who bewilders the Daityas and Dānavas; homage to you in the form of Kalki, slayer of kings who are little better than barbarians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.23
भगवन् जीव-लोको ऽयं मोहितस् तव मायया अहं ममेत्य् असद्-ग्राहो भ्राम्यते कर्म-वर्त्मसु
bhagavan jīva-loko 'yaṃ mohitas tava māyayā ahaṃ mamety asad-grāho bhrāmyate karma-vartmasu
O Lord, this world of living beings, deluded by your māyā, seizing on the unreal as "I" and "mine," is made to wander on the paths of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.24
अहं चात्मात्मजागार- दारार्थ-स्वजनादिषु भ्रमामि स्वप्न-कल्पेषु मूढः सत्य-धिया विभो
ahaṃ cātmātmajāgāra- dārārtha-svajanādiṣu bhramāmi svapna-kalpeṣu mūḍhaḥ satya-dhiyā vibho
And I too, O all-pervading one, wander deluded among body, sons, house, wife, wealth, kinsmen and the rest, dream-like things, taking them to be real.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.25
अनित्यानात्म-दुःखेषु विपर्यय-मतिर् ह्य् अहम् द्वन्द्वारामस् तमो-विष्टो न जाने त्वात्मनः प्रियम्
anityānātma-duḥkheṣu viparyaya-matir hy aham dvandvārāmas tamo-viṣṭo na jāne tvātmanaḥ priyam
With a mind that mistakes (things) for their opposite regarding what is impermanent, not the self, and painful, delighting in dualities, sunk in darkness, I do not know you, the dear one of my own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.26
यथाबुधो जलं हित्वा प्रतिच्छन्नं तद्-उद्भवैः अभ्येति मृग-तृष्णां वै तद्वत् त्वाहं पराङ्-मुखः
yathābudho jalaṃ hitvā praticchannaṃ tad-udbhavaiḥ abhyeti mṛga-tṛṣṇāṃ vai tadvat tvāhaṃ parāṅ-mukhaḥ
As a fool passes by water covered over by growths sprung from it and runs toward a mirage, so do I, having turned my face away from You.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.27
नोत्सहे ऽहं कृपण-धीः काम-कर्म-हतं मनः रोद्धुं प्रमाथिभिश् चाक्षैर् ह्रियमाणम् इतस् ततः
notsahe 'haṃ kṛpaṇa-dhīḥ kāma-karma-hataṃ manaḥ roddhuṃ pramāthibhiś cākṣair hriyamāṇam itas tataḥ
With my wretched intelligence I am unable to restrain my mind, ruined by lust and (fruitive) action, dragged here and there by the churning senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.28
सो ऽहं तवाङ्घ्र्य्-उपगतो ऽस्म्य् असतां दुरापं तच् चाप्य् अहं भवद्-अनुग्रह ईश मन्ये अम्प्;पुंसो भवेद् यर्हि संसरणापवर्गस् त्वय्य् अब्ज-नाभ सद्-उपासनया मतिः स्यात्
so 'haṃ tavāṅghry-upagato 'smy asatāṃ durāpaṃ tac cāpy ahaṃ bhavad-anugraha īśa manye puṃso bhaved yarhi saṃsaraṇāpavargas tvayy abja-nābha sad-upāsanayā matiḥ syāt
Such as I am, I have come to Your feet, which are hard for the unrighteous to reach; and this too I consider to be Your grace, O Lord—for a man's release from transmigration comes about only when his mind, through worship of the good, turns to You, O lotus-naveled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.29
नमो विज्ञान-मात्राय सर्व-प्रत्यय-हेतवे पुरुषेश-प्रधानाय ब्रह्मणे ऽनन्त-शक्तये
namo vijñāna-mātrāya sarva-pratyaya-hetave puruṣeśa-pradhānāya brahmaṇe 'nanta-śaktaye
Obeisance to (You who are) pure consciousness, the cause of all cognition, to the Absolute who is the puruṣa, the controller and the pradhāna, of infinite power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 40.30
नमस् ते वासुदेवाय सर्व-भूत-क्षयाय च हृषीकेश नमस् तुभ्यं प्रपन्नं पाहि मां प्रभो
namas te vāsudevāya sarva-bhūta-kṣayāya ca hṛṣīkeśa namas tubhyaṃ prapannaṃ pāhi māṃ prabho
Obeisance to You, Vāsudeva, and to the dissolution of all beings; obeisance to You, Hṛṣīkeśa; protect me, who have surrendered, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition