Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 8
SB 10 8.1
श्री-शुक उवाच गर्गः पुरोहितो राजन् यदूनां सुमहा-तपाः व्रजं जगाम नन्दस्य वसुदेव-प्रचोदितः
śrī-śuka uvāca gargaḥ purohito rājan yadūnāṃ sumahā-tapāḥ vrajaṃ jagāma nandasya vasudeva-pracoditaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: O king, Garga, the priest of the Yadus, of very great austerity, urged by Vasudeva, went to Nanda's Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.2
तं दृष्ट्वा परम-प्रीतः प्रत्युत्थाय कृताञ्जलिः आनर्चाधोक्षज-धिया प्रणिपात-पुरःसरम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā parama-prītaḥ pratyutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ ānarcādhokṣaja-dhiyā praṇipāta-puraḥsaram
Seeing him, (Nanda) was supremely delighted, and rising up with folded hands, he worshipped him with the thought (that he was) Adhokṣaja, beginning with a prostration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.3
सूपविष्टं कृतातिथ्यं गिरा सूनृतया मुनिम् नन्दयित्वाब्रवीद् ब्रह्मन् पूर्णस्य करवाम किम्
sūpaviṣṭaṃ kṛtātithyaṃ girā sūnṛtayā munim nandayitvābravīd brahman pūrṇasya karavāma kim
When the sage was comfortably seated and hospitality had been offered, he gladdened him with pleasant, truthful speech and said: "O brāhmaṇa, what can we do for you who are complete (in yourself)?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.4
महद्-विचलनं नॄणां गृहिणां दीन-चेतसाम् निःश्रेयसाय भगवन् कल्पते नान्यथा क्वचित्
mahad-vicalanaṃ nṝṇāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ dīna-cetasām niḥśreyasāya bhagavan kalpate nānyathā kvacit
"O lord, the going about of great ones among householder men of wretched mind serves for their highest good, never for anything else."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.5
ज्योतिषाम् अयनं साक्षाद् यत् तज् ज्ञानम् अतीन्द्रियम् प्रणीतं भवता येन पुमान् वेद परावरम्
jyotiṣām ayanaṃ sākṣād yat taj jñānam atīndriyam praṇītaṃ bhavatā yena pumān veda parāvaram
The science of the movements of the heavenly bodies is directly that knowledge which lies beyond the senses; it has been set forth by you, and by it a man knows the higher and the lower.
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SB 10 8.6
त्वं हि ब्रह्म-विदां श्रेष्ठः संस्कारान् कर्तुम् अर्हसि बालयोर् अनयोर् नॄणां जन्मना ब्राह्मणो गुरुः
tvaṃ hi brahma-vidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ saṃskārān kartum arhasi bālayor anayor nṝṇāṃ janmanā brāhmaṇo guruḥ
You indeed are the best of the knowers of Brahman; you should perform the purificatory rites for these two boys. For men, a brāhmaṇa is by birth the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.7
श्री-गर्ग उवाच यदूनाम् अहम् आचार्यः ख्यातश् च भुवि सर्वदा सुतं मया संस्कृतं ते मन्यते देवकी-सुतम्
śrī-garga uvāca yadūnām aham ācāryaḥ khyātaś ca bhuvi sarvadā sutaṃ mayā saṃskṛtaṃ te manyate devakī-sutam
Śrī Garga said: I am the teacher of the Yadus and am always known as such on earth; (so Kaṃsa) would consider the son consecrated by you to be Devakī's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.8
कंसः पाप-मतिः सख्यं तव चानकदुन्दुभेः देवक्या अष्टमो गर्भो न स्त्री भवितुम् अर्हति
kaṃsaḥ pāpa-matiḥ sakhyaṃ tava cānakadundubheḥ devakyā aṣṭamo garbho na strī bhavitum arhati
Kaṃsa is of sinful mind, and (he knows of) your friendship with Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva); and the eighth pregnancy of Devakī cannot have been a female.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.9
इति सञ्चिन्तयञ् छ्रुत्वा देवक्या दारिका-वचः अपि हन्ता गताशङ्कस् तर्हि तन् नो ऽनयो भवेत्
iti sañcintayañ chrutvā devakyā dārikā-vacaḥ api hantā gatāśaṅkas tarhi tan no 'nayo bhavet
Thinking thus, and having heard the report that Devakī's (child) was a girl, he might even become a killer, his doubt gone — then that would be no good for us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.10
श्री-नन्द उवाच अलक्षितो ऽस्मिन् रहसि मामकैर् अपि गो-व्रजे कुरु द्विजाति-संस्कारं स्वस्ति-वाचन-पूर्वकम्
śrī-nanda uvāca alakṣito 'smin rahasi māmakair api go-vraje kuru dvijāti-saṃskāraṃ svasti-vācana-pūrvakam
Śrī Nanda said: Then in this cow-pasture, in a secret place, unseen even by my own people, perform the rite of second birth, preceded by the recitation of benedictions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.11
श्री-शुक उवाच एवं सम्प्रार्थितो विप्रः स्व-चिकीर्षितम् एव तत् चकार नाम-करणं गूढो रहसि बालयोः
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṃ samprārthito vipraḥ sva-cikīrṣitam eva tat cakāra nāma-karaṇaṃ gūḍho rahasi bālayoḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus entreated, the brāhmaṇa — since that was just what he himself wished to do — performed the naming ceremony of the two boys, concealed, in a secret place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.12
श्री-गर्ग उवाच अयं हि रोहिणी-पुत्रो रमयन् सुहृदो गुणैः आख्यास्यते राम इति बलाधिक्याद् बलं विदुः यदूनाम् अपृथग्-भावात् सङ्कर्षणम् उशन्त्य् अपि
śrī-garga uvāca ayaṃ hi rohiṇī-putro ramayan suhṛdo guṇaiḥ ākhyāsyate rāma iti balādhikyād balaṃ viduḥ yadūnām apṛthag-bhāvāt saṅkarṣaṇam uśanty api
Śrī Garga said: This son of Rohiṇī, delighting his kinsmen with his qualities, will be called Rāma; and because of his abundant strength they will know him as Bala; and because of (his) not being separate from the Yadus, they also call him Saṅkarṣaṇa.
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SB 10 8.13
आसन् वर्णास् त्रयो ह्य् अस्य गृह्णतो ऽनुयुगं तनूः शुक्लो रक्तस् तथा पीत इदानीं कृष्णतां गतः
āsan varṇās trayo hy asya gṛhṇato 'nuyugaṃ tanūḥ śuklo raktas tathā pīta idānīṃ kṛṣṇatāṃ gataḥ
This one, taking on bodies in accordance with each yuga, has had three colours: white, red, and yellow; now he has come to blackness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.14
प्राग् अयं वसुदेवस्य क्वचिज् जातस् तवात्मजः वासुदेव इति श्रीमान् अभिज्ञाः सम्प्रचक्षते
prāg ayaṃ vasudevasya kvacij jātas tavātmajaḥ vāsudeva iti śrīmān abhijñāḥ sampracakṣate
Formerly this son of yours was born somewhere as Vasudeva's; therefore those who know call the glorious one 'Vāsudeva'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.15
बहूनि सन्ति नामानि रूपाणि च सुतस्य ते गुण-कर्मानुरूपाणि तान्य् अहं वेद नो जनाः
bahūni santi nāmāni rūpāṇi ca sutasya te guṇa-karmānurūpāṇi tāny ahaṃ veda no janāḥ
There are many names and forms of this son of yours, corresponding to his qualities and deeds; I know them, but people do not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.16
एष वः श्रेय आधास्यद् गोप-गोकुल-नन्दनः अनेन सर्व-दुर्गाणि यूयम् अञ्जस् तरिष्यथ
eṣa vaḥ śreya ādhāsyad gopa-gokula-nandanaḥ anena sarva-durgāṇi yūyam añjas tariṣyatha
He, the delight of the cowherds and of Gokula, will bring about your welfare; through him you will easily cross over all difficulties.
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SB 10 8.17
पुरानेन व्रज-पते साधवो दस्यु-पीडिताः अराजके रक्ष्यमाणा जिग्युर् दस्यून् समेधिताः
purānena vraja-pate sādhavo dasyu-pīḍitāḥ arājake rakṣyamāṇā jigyur dasyūn samedhitāḥ
Formerly, O lord of Vraja, good people afflicted by robbers, when there was no king, being protected by him, prospered and conquered the robbers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.18
य एतस्मिन् महा-भागाः प्रीतिं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः नारयो ऽभिभवन्त्य् एतान् विष्णु-पक्षान् इवासुराः
ya etasmin mahā-bhāgāḥ prītiṃ kurvanti mānavāḥ nārayo 'bhibhavanty etān viṣṇu-pakṣān ivāsurāḥ
Those men who show love toward him are most fortunate; enemies do not overcome them, as demons do not overcome those on Viṣṇu's side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.19
तस्मान् नन्दात्मजो ऽयं ते नारायण-समो गुणैः श्रिया कीर्त्यानुभावेन गोपायस्व समाहितः
tasmān nandātmajo 'yaṃ te nārāyaṇa-samo guṇaiḥ śriyā kīrtyānubhāvena gopāyasva samāhitaḥ
Therefore this son of Nanda is equal to Nārāyaṇa in qualities, in beauty, in fame and in power: raise him with full attention.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.20
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् आत्मानं समादिश्य गर्गे च स्व-गृहं गते नन्दः प्रमुदितो मेने आत्मानं पूर्णम् आशिषाम्
śrī-śuka uvāca ity ātmānaṃ samādiśya garge ca sva-gṛhaṃ gate nandaḥ pramudito mene ātmānaṃ pūrṇam āśiṣām
Śrī Śuka said: Having thus instructed (Nanda), and Garga having gone to his own house, Nanda, greatly delighted, considered himself filled with blessings.
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SB 10 8.21
कालेन व्रजताल्पेन गोकुले राम-केशवौ जानुभ्यां सह पाणिभ्यां रिङ्गमाणौ विजह्रतुः
kālena vrajatālpena gokule rāma-keśavau jānubhyāṃ saha pāṇibhyāṃ riṅgamāṇau vijahratuḥ
After a short time had passed, in Gokula Rāma and Keśava, crawling on their knees together with their hands, played about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.22
ताव् अङ्घ्रि-युग्मम् अनुकृष्य सरीसृपन्तौ घोष-प्रघोष-रुचिरं व्रज-कर्दमेषु अम्प्;तन्-नाद-हृष्ट-मनसाव् अनुसृत्य लोकं मुग्ध-प्रभीतवद् उपेयतुर् अन्ति मात्रोः
tāv aṅghri-yugmam anukṛṣya sarīsṛpantau ghoṣa-praghoṣa-ruciraṃ vraja-kardameṣu tan-nāda-hṛṣṭa-manasāv anusṛtya lokaṃ mugdha-prabhītavad upeyatur anti mātroḥ
The two of them, dragging their pairs of feet along, creeping in the mud of Vraja — lovely with the jingling sound (of their anklets) — with minds delighted by that sound, would follow after some person, and then, like ones bewildered and frightened, would come near their mothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.23
तन्-मातरौ निज-सुतौ घृणया स्नुवन्त्यौ पङ्काङ्ग-राग-रुचिराव् उपगृह्य दोर्भ्याम् तन्-मातरौ निज-सुतौ घृणया स्नुवन्त्यौ पङ्काङ्ग-राग-रुचिराव् उपगृह्य दोर्भ्याम् दत्त्वा स्तनं प्रपिबतोः स्म मुखं निरीक्ष्य मुग्ध-स्मिताल्प-दशनं ययतुः प्रमोदम्
tan-mātarau nija-sutau ghṛṇayā snuvantyau paṅkāṅga-rāga-rucirāv upagṛhya dorbhyām tan-mātarau nija-sutau ghṛṇayā snuvantyau paṅkāṅga-rāga-rucirāv upagṛhya dorbhyām dattvā stanaṃ prapibatoḥ sma mukhaṃ nirīkṣya mugdha-smitālpa-daśanaṃ yayatuḥ pramodam
Their two mothers, moist with tenderness for their own sons, taking them up in their arms — the boys lovely with mud as body-paint — and giving them the breast, gazed at the face of the drinking children, with its bewitching smile and few teeth, and went to great joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.24
यर्ह्य् अङ्गना-दर्शनीय-कुमार-लीलाव् अन्तर्-व्रजे तद् अबलाः प्रगृहीत-पुच्छैः यर्ह्य् अङ्गना-दर्शनीय-कुमार-लीलाव् अन्तर्-व्रजे तद् अबलाः प्रगृहीत-पुच्छैः वत्सैर् इतस् तत उभाव् अनुकृष्यमाणौ प्रेक्षन्त्य उज्झित-गृहा जहृषुर् हसन्त्यः
yarhy aṅganā-darśanīya-kumāra-līlāv antar-vraje tad abalāḥ pragṛhīta-pucchaiḥ yarhy aṅganā-darśanīya-kumāra-līlāv antar-vraje tad abalāḥ pragṛhīta-pucchaiḥ vatsair itas tata ubhāv anukṛṣyamāṇau prekṣantya ujjhita-gṛhā jahṛṣur hasantyaḥ
When the two performed their childish play, worth the women's seeing, inside Vraja, then the women, leaving their houses, watched the two being dragged this way and that by calves whose tails they had seized, and rejoiced and laughed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.25
शृङ्ग्य्-अग्नि-दंष्ट्र्य्-असि-जल-द्विज-कण्टकेभ्यः क्रीडा-पराव् अतिचलौ स्व-सुतौ निषेद्धुम् शृङ्ग्य्-अग्नि-दंष्ट्र्य्-असि-जल-द्विज-कण्टकेभ्यः क्रीडा-पराव् अतिचलौ स्व-सुतौ निषेद्धुम् गृह्याणि कर्तुम् अपि यत्र न तज्-जनन्यौ शेकात आपतुर् अलं मनसो ऽनवस्थाम्
śṛṅgy-agni-daṃṣṭry-asi-jala-dvija-kaṇṭakebhyaḥ krīḍā-parāv aticalau sva-sutau niṣeddhum śṛṅgy-agni-daṃṣṭry-asi-jala-dvija-kaṇṭakebhyaḥ krīḍā-parāv aticalau sva-sutau niṣeddhum gṛhyāṇi kartum api yatra na taj-jananyau śekāta āpatur alaṃ manaso 'navasthām
To keep their two sons, intent on play and far too restless, away from horned beasts, fire, fanged creatures, swords, water, birds and thorns, and at the same time to do the household work — in this the two mothers were not able, and they fell into complete unsteadiness of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.26
कालेनाल्पेन राजर्षे रामः कृष्णश् च गोकुले अघृष्ट-जानुभिः पद्भिर् विचक्रमतुर् अञ्जसा
kālenālpena rājarṣe rāmaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca gokule aghṛṣṭa-jānubhiḥ padbhir vicakramatur añjasā
In a short time, O royal sage, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in Gokula walked easily on their feet, no longer dragging their knees.
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SB 10 8.27
ततस् तु भगवान् कृष्णो वयस्यैर् व्रज-बालकैः सह-रामो व्रज-स्त्रीणां चिक्रीडे जनयन् मुदम्
tatas tu bhagavān kṛṣṇo vayasyair vraja-bālakaiḥ saha-rāmo vraja-strīṇāṃ cikrīḍe janayan mudam
After that the Lord Kṛṣṇa, together with Rāma, played with his companions, the boys of Vraja, producing delight in the women of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.28
कृष्णस्य गोप्यो रुचिरं वीक्ष्य कौमार-चापलम् शृण्वन्त्याः किल तन्-मातुर् इति होचुः समागताः
kṛṣṇasya gopyo ruciraṃ vīkṣya kaumāra-cāpalam śṛṇvantyāḥ kila tan-mātur iti hocuḥ samāgatāḥ
The gopīs, having seen the charming naughtiness of Kṛṣṇa's boyhood, came together and spoke thus, indeed, in the hearing of his mother:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.29
वत्सान् मुञ्चन् क्वचिद् असमये क्रोश-सञ्जात-हासः स्तेयं स्वाद्व् अत्त्य् अथ दधि-पयः कल्पितैः स्तेय-योगैः अम्प्;मर्कान् भोक्ष्यन् विभजति स चेन् नात्ति भाण्डं भिन्नत्ति द्रव्यालाभे सगृह-कुपितो यात्य् उपक्रोश्य तोकान्
vatsān muñcan kvacid asamaye krośa-sañjāta-hāsaḥ steyaṃ svādv atty atha dadhi-payaḥ kalpitaiḥ steya-yogaiḥ markān bhokṣyan vibhajati sa cen nātti bhāṇḍaṃ bhinnatti dravyālābhe sagṛha-kupito yāty upakrośya tokān
Sometimes he lets the calves loose at the wrong hour, and laughs when there is an outcry; he eats what he has stolen, if it is tasty; and (he takes) curd and milk by contrived tricks of theft; meaning to feed the monkeys he shares it out, and if a monkey will not eat, he breaks the pot; when he gets nothing, he grows angry at the household and goes off after making the little children cry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.30
हस्ताग्राह्ये रचयति विधिं पीठकोलूखलाद्यैश् छिद्रं ह्य् अन्तर्-निहित-वयुनः शिक्य-भाण्डेषु तद्-वित् हस्ताग्राह्ये रचयति विधिं पीठकोलूखलाद्यैश् छिद्रं ह्य् अन्तर्-निहित-वयुनः शिक्य-भाण्डेषु तद्-वित् ध्वान्तागारे धृत-मणि-गणं स्वाङ्गम् अर्थ-प्रदीपं काले गोप्यो यर्हि गृह-कृत्येषु सुव्यग्र-चित्ताः
hastāgrāhye racayati vidhiṃ pīṭhakolūkhalādyaiś chidraṃ hy antar-nihita-vayunaḥ śikya-bhāṇḍeṣu tad-vit hastāgrāhye racayati vidhiṃ pīṭhakolūkhalādyaiś chidraṃ hy antar-nihita-vayunaḥ śikya-bhāṇḍeṣu tad-vit dhvāntāgāre dhṛta-maṇi-gaṇaṃ svāṅgam artha-pradīpaṃ kāle gopyo yarhi gṛha-kṛtyeṣu suvyagra-cittāḥ
Where a thing is out of reach of his hand he contrives a means with stools, mortars and the like; and since his knowledge is placed within, he knows the hole in the hanging pots; in a dark room his own limbs, wearing their host of jewels, serve as the lamp for his purpose — (all this) at the time when the gopīs are much preoccupied with household chores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 8.31
एवं धार्ष्ट्यान्य् उशति कुरुते मेहनादीनि वास्तौ स्तेयोपायैर् विरचित-कृतिः सुप्रतीको यथास्ते एवं धार्ष्ट्यान्य् उशति कुरुते मेहनादीनि वास्तौ स्तेयोपायैर् विरचित-कृतिः सुप्रतीको यथास्ते इत्थं स्त्रीभिः स-भय-नयन-श्री-मुखालोकिनीभिर् व्याख्यातार्था प्रहसित-मुखी न ह्य् उपालब्धुम् ऐच्छत्
evaṃ dhārṣṭyāny uśati kurute mehanādīni vāstau steyopāyair viracita-kṛtiḥ supratīko yathāste evaṃ dhārṣṭyāny uśati kurute mehanādīni vāstau steyopāyair viracita-kṛtiḥ supratīko yathāste itthaṃ strībhiḥ sa-bhaya-nayana-śrī-mukhālokinībhir vyākhyātārthā prahasita-mukhī na hy upālabdhum aicchat
In this way he does bold deeds — urinating and the like in a clean spot in the house; his acts are all contrived by devices of theft — and yet he sits there looking so well-behaved. So the women told her what he had done, while gazing with fear-filled eyes at his beautiful face; but she, her own face breaking into a smile, did not wish to rebuke him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 8.32
एकदा क्रीडमानास् ते रामाद्या गोप-दारकाः कृष्णो मृदं भक्षितवान् इति मात्रे न्यवेदयन्
ekadā krīḍamānās te rāmādyā gopa-dārakāḥ kṛṣṇo mṛdaṃ bhakṣitavān iti mātre nyavedayan
Once, while playing, those cowherd boys headed by Rāma reported to his mother, "Kṛṣṇa has eaten dirt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.33
सा गृहीत्वा करे कृष्णम् उपालभ्य हितैषिणी यशोदा भय-सम्भ्रान्त- प्रेक्षणाक्षम् अभाषत
sā gṛhītvā kare kṛṣṇam upālabhya hitaiṣiṇī yaśodā bhaya-sambhrānta- prekṣaṇākṣam abhāṣata
She, Yaśodā, wishing his good, took Kṛṣṇa by the hand and, reproaching him, spoke to him, whose eyes were glancing about in fright:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.34
कस्मान् मृदम् अदान्तात्मन् भवान् भक्षितवान् रहः वदन्ति तावका ह्य् एते कुमारास् ते ऽग्रजो ऽप्य् अयम्
kasmān mṛdam adāntātman bhavān bhakṣitavān rahaḥ vadanti tāvakā hy ete kumārās te 'grajo 'py ayam
"Why, O unrestrained one, have you eaten dirt in secret? For these boys, your own (companions), say so, and this elder brother of yours as well."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.35
नाहं भक्षितवान् अम्ब सर्वे मिथ्याभिशंसिनः यदि सत्य-गिरस् तर्हि समक्षं पश्य मे मुखम्
nāhaṃ bhakṣitavān amba sarve mithyābhiśaṃsinaḥ yadi satya-giras tarhi samakṣaṃ paśya me mukham
"Mother, I have not eaten it; they are all making a false accusation. If they speak the truth, then look at my mouth right here before you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.36
यद्य् एवं तर्हि व्यादेही- त्य् उक्तः स भगवान् हरिः व्यादत्ताव्याहतैश्वर्यः क्रीडा-मनुज-बालकः
yady evaṃ tarhi vyādehī- ty uktaḥ sa bhagavān hariḥ vyādattāvyāhataiśvaryaḥ krīḍā-manuja-bālakaḥ
"If it is so, then open it wide" — thus addressed, he, the Lord Hari, whose sovereignty is unobstructed, a human child at play, opened his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.37
सा तत्र ददृशे विश्वं जगत् स्थास्नु च खं दिशः साद्रि-द्वीपाब्धि-भूगोलं स-वाय्व्-अग्नीन्दु-तारकम्
sā tatra dadṛśe viśvaṃ jagat sthāsnu ca khaṃ diśaḥ sādri-dvīpābdhi-bhūgolaṃ sa-vāyv-agnīndu-tārakam
There she saw the universe: the moving world and the unmoving, the sky, the directions, the globe of the earth with its mountains, islands and oceans, together with wind, fire, moon and stars;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.38
ज्योतिश्-चक्रं जलं तेजो नभस्वान् वियद् एव च वैकारिकाणीन्द्रियाणि मनो मात्रा गुणास् त्रयः
jyotiś-cakraṃ jalaṃ tejo nabhasvān viyad eva ca vaikārikāṇīndriyāṇi mano mātrā guṇās trayaḥ
the circle of luminaries, water, fire, wind and space itself, the sense organs arising from modification, the mind, the subtle elements, and the three guṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.39
एतद् विचित्रं सह-जीव-काल- स्वभाव-कर्माशय-लिङ्ग-भेदम् सूनोस् तनौ वीक्ष्य विदारितास्ये व्रजं सहात्मानम् अवाप शङ्काम्
etad vicitraṃ saha-jīva-kāla- svabhāva-karmāśaya-liṅga-bhedam sūnos tanau vīkṣya vidāritāsye vrajaṃ sahātmānam avāpa śaṅkām
Seeing this variegated (whole), with its distinctions of living beings, time, inherent nature, action, latent dispositions and bodily forms, in the body of her son whose mouth was opened wide, and (seeing) Vraja along with herself, she was seized with doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.40
किं स्वप्न एतद् उत देवमाया किं वा मदीयो बत बुद्धि-मोहः अथो अमुष्यैव ममार्भकस्य यः कश्चनौत्पत्तिक आत्म-योगः
kiṃ svapna etad uta devamāyā kiṃ vā madīyo bata buddhi-mohaḥ atho amuṣyaiva mamārbhakasya yaḥ kaścanautpattika ātma-yogaḥ
"Is this a dream, or the illusive power of a god? Or is it, alas, a bewilderment of my own understanding? Or else is it some inborn mystic power of this very child of mine?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.41
अथो यथावन् न वितर्क-गोचरं चेतो-मनः-कर्म-वचोभिर् अञ्जसा यद्-आश्रयं येन यतः प्रतीयते सुदुर्विभाव्यं प्रणतास्मि तत्-पदम्
atho yathāvan na vitarka-gocaraṃ ceto-manaḥ-karma-vacobhir añjasā yad-āśrayaṃ yena yataḥ pratīyate sudurvibhāvyaṃ praṇatāsmi tat-padam
Or rather, that which is not in truth within the range of reasoning, nor directly of thought, mind, action or speech; that on which (all this) rests, by which and from which it is perceived, being most difficult to conceive — to that (Lord's) station I bow down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.42
अहं ममासौ पतिर् एष मे सुतो व्रजेश्वरस्याखिल-वित्तपा सती गोप्यश् च गोपाः सह-गोधनाश् च मे यन्-माययेत्थं कुमतिः स मे गतिः
ahaṃ mamāsau patir eṣa me suto vrajeśvarasyākhila-vittapā satī gopyaś ca gopāḥ saha-godhanāś ca me yan-māyayetthaṃ kumatiḥ sa me gatiḥ
'I am (this body); this man is my husband; this is my son; I am the chaste wife of the lord of Vraja and guardian of all his wealth; and the gopīs and the cowherds together with the cattle-wealth are mine' — he by whose māyā this wrong notion of mine arises, he is my resort."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.43
इत्थं विदित-तत्त्वायां गोपिकायां स ईश्वरः वैष्णवीं व्यतनोन् मायां पुत्र-स्नेहमयीं विभुः
itthaṃ vidita-tattvāyāṃ gopikāyāṃ sa īśvaraḥ vaiṣṇavīṃ vyatanon māyāṃ putra-snehamayīṃ vibhuḥ
When the cowherd woman had thus come to know the truth, that almighty Lord spread out his Vaiṣṇavī māyā, made of affection for a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.44
सद्यो नष्ट-स्मृतिर् गोपी सारोप्यारोहम् आत्मजम् प्रवृद्ध-स्नेह-कलिल- हृदयासीद् यथा पुरा
sadyo naṣṭa-smṛtir gopī sāropyāroham ātmajam pravṛddha-sneha-kalila- hṛdayāsīd yathā purā
At once the gopī's memory (of this) was lost, and having set her son on her lap she became as before, her heart suffused with swelling affection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.45
त्रय्या चोपनिषद्भिश् च साङ्ख्य-योगैश् च सात्वतैः उपगीयमान-माहात्म्यं हरिं सामन्यतात्मजम्
trayyā copaniṣadbhiś ca sāṅkhya-yogaiś ca sātvataiḥ upagīyamāna-māhātmyaṃ hariṃ sāmanyatātmajam
She regarded as her own son Hari, whose greatness is sung by the three Vedas, by the Upaniṣads, by the Sāṅkhya and Yoga systems, and by the Sātvata (Pāñcarātra) scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.46
श्री-राजोवाच नन्दः किम् अकरोद् ब्रह्मन् श्रेय एवं महोदयम् यशोदा च महा-भागा पपौ यस्याः स्तनं हरिः
śrī-rājovāca nandaḥ kim akarod brahman śreya evaṃ mahodayam yaśodā ca mahā-bhāgā papau yasyāḥ stanaṃ hariḥ
The king said: What meritorious act, O brāhmaṇa, did Nanda perform, to have such great good fortune? And Yaśodā too, most blessed — whose breast Hari drank?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.47
पितरौ नान्वविन्देतां कृष्णोदारार्भकेहितम् गायन्त्य् अद्यापि कवयो यल् लोक-शमलापहम्
pitarau nānvavindetāṃ kṛṣṇodārārbhakehitam gāyanty adyāpi kavayo yal loka-śamalāpaham
(Kṛṣṇa's) own parents did not obtain (what these did) — Kṛṣṇa's generous childhood doings, which even today poets sing of, and which wipe away the world's impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.48
श्री-शुक उवाच द्रोणो वसूनां प्रवरो धरया भार्यया सह करिष्यमाण आदेशान् ब्रह्मणस् तम् उवाच ह
śrī-śuka uvāca droṇo vasūnāṃ pravaro dharayā bhāryayā saha kariṣyamāṇa ādeśān brahmaṇas tam uvāca ha
Śrī Śuka said: Droṇa, foremost of the Vasus, together with his wife Dharā, about to carry out the commands of Brahmā, said this to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.49
जातयोर् नौ महादेवे भुवि विश्वेश्वरे हरौ भक्तिः स्यात् परमा लोके ययाञ्जो दुर्गतिं तरेत्
jātayor nau mahādeve bhuvi viśveśvare harau bhaktiḥ syāt paramā loke yayāñjo durgatiṃ taret
"When the two of us are born on earth, may we have supreme devotion to Hari, the great god, the lord of the universe — by which one easily crosses beyond an evil destiny in this world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.50
अस्त्व् इत्य् उक्तः स भगवान् व्रजे द्रोणो महा-यशाः जज्ञे नन्द इति ख्यातो यशोदा सा धराभवत्
astv ity uktaḥ sa bhagavān vraje droṇo mahā-yaśāḥ jajñe nanda iti khyāto yaśodā sā dharābhavat
Told "So be it," that greatly renowned lord Droṇa was born in Vraja, known as Nanda, and she, Dharā, became Yaśodā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.51
ततो भक्तिर् भगवति पुत्री-भूते जनार्दने दम्पत्योर् नितराम् आसीद् गोप-गोपीषु भारत
tato bhaktir bhagavati putrī-bhūte janārdane dampatyor nitarām āsīd gopa-gopīṣu bhārata
Thereafter, O Bhārata, that couple's devotion to the Lord Janārdana, who had become their son, was exceedingly great, as was that of the cowherd men and women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 8.52
कृष्णो ब्रह्मण आदेशं सत्यं कर्तुं व्रजे विभुः सह-रामो वसंश् चक्रे तेषां प्रीतिं स्व-लीलया
kṛṣṇo brahmaṇa ādeśaṃ satyaṃ kartuṃ vraje vibhuḥ saha-rāmo vasaṃś cakre teṣāṃ prītiṃ sva-līlayā
To make Brahmā's command true, Kṛṣṇa the all-pervading, dwelling in Vraja together with Rāma, produced delight in them by his own play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition