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Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 85

SB 10 85.1

श्री-बादरायणिर् उवाच अथैकदात्मजौ प्राप्तौ कृत-पादाभिवन्दनौ वसुदेवो ऽभिनन्द्याह प्रीत्या सङ्कर्षणाच्युतौ

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca athaikadātmajau prāptau kṛta-pādābhivandanau vasudevo 'bhinandyāha prītyā saṅkarṣaṇācyutau

Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Then one day, when his two sons Saṅkarṣaṇa and Acyuta came and made obeisance at his feet, Vasudeva greeted them and spoke with affection.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.2

मुनीनां स वचः श्रुत्वा पुत्रयोर् धाम-सूचकम् तद्-वीर्यैर् जात-विश्रम्भः परिभाष्याभ्यभाषत

munīnāṃ sa vacaḥ śrutvā putrayor dhāma-sūcakam tad-vīryair jāta-viśrambhaḥ paribhāṣyābhyabhāṣata

Having heard the words of the sages indicating the majesty of his two sons, and confidence having arisen in him through their feats, he addressed them, calling them by name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.3

कृष्ण कृष्ण महा-योगिन् सङ्कर्षण सनातन जाने वाम् अस्य यत् साक्षात् प्रधान-पुरुषौ परौ

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-yogin saṅkarṣaṇa sanātana jāne vām asya yat sākṣāt pradhāna-puruṣau parau

Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, great yogī! Saṅkarṣaṇa, eternal one! I know that you two are directly the supreme pradhāna and puruṣa of this (world).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.4

यत्र येन यतो यस्य यस्मै यद् यद् यथा यदा स्याद् इदं भगवान् साक्षात् प्रधान-पुरुषेश्वरः

yatra yena yato yasya yasmai yad yad yathā yadā syād idaṃ bhagavān sākṣāt pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ

Wherein, by which, from which, of which, for which, whatever, however, and whenever this (world) comes to be — (all that) is directly the Lord, the ruler of pradhāna and puruṣa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.5

एतन् नाना-विधं विश्वम् आत्म-सृष्टम् अधोक्षज आत्मनानुप्रविश्यात्मन् प्राणो जीवो बिभर्ष्य् अज

etan nānā-vidhaṃ viśvam ātma-sṛṣṭam adhokṣaja ātmanānupraviśyātman prāṇo jīvo bibharṣy aja

This manifold universe, created by yourself, O Adhokṣaja — having entered it by yourself, O Self, you sustain it as the vital air and as the living being, O unborn one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.6

प्राणादीनां विश्व-सृजां शक्तयो याः परस्य ताः पारतन्त्र्याद् वैसादृष्याद् द्वयोश् चेष्टैव चेष्टताम्

prāṇādīnāṃ viśva-sṛjāṃ śaktayo yāḥ parasya tāḥ pāratantryād vaisādṛṣyād dvayoś ceṣṭaiva ceṣṭatām

Whatever powers belong to the vital air and the rest, the creators of the universe, those are the Supreme's, because of their dependence and because of the dissimilarity of the two; (theirs) is mere activity among things that act.

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

SB 10 85.7

कान्तिस् तेजः प्रभा सत्ता चन्द्राग्न्य्-अर्कर्क्ष-विद्युताम् यत् स्थैर्यं भू-भृतां भूमेर् वृत्तिर् गन्धो ऽर्थतो भवान्

kāntis tejaḥ prabhā sattā candrāgny-arkarkṣa-vidyutām yat sthairyaṃ bhū-bhṛtāṃ bhūmer vṛttir gandho 'rthato bhavān

The loveliness, the heat, the radiance, the being of the moon, fire, the sun, the stars and lightning; the firmness of the mountains, and the earth's property, scent — in truth (all these) are you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.8

तर्पणं प्राणनम् अपां देव त्वं ताश् च तद्-रसः ओजः सहो बलं चेष्टा गतिर् वायोस् तवेश्वर

tarpaṇaṃ prāṇanam apāṃ deva tvaṃ tāś ca tad-rasaḥ ojaḥ saho balaṃ ceṣṭā gatir vāyos taveśvara

The satisfying and enlivening power of the waters, O God, is you, and the waters themselves and their taste; vitality, endurance, strength, motion and the movement of the wind are yours, O Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.9

दिशां त्वम् अवकाशो ऽसि दिशः खं स्फोट आश्रयः नादो वर्णस् त्वम् ॐ-कार आकृतीनां पृथक्-कृतिः

diśāṃ tvam avakāśo 'si diśaḥ khaṃ sphoṭa āśrayaḥ nādo varṇas tvam oṃ-kāra ākṛtīnāṃ pṛthak-kṛtiḥ

You are the space of the directions, and the directions, and ether, and the sphoṭa, and (its) substratum; you are sound and the phoneme and the syllable Oṁ, and the differentiation of forms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.10

इन्द्रियं त्व् इन्द्रियाणां त्वं देवाश् च तद्-अनुग्रहः अवबोधो भवान् बुद्धेर् जीवस्यानुस्मृतिः सती

indriyaṃ tv indriyāṇāṃ tvaṃ devāś ca tad-anugrahaḥ avabodho bhavān buddher jīvasyānusmṛtiḥ satī

You are the power of the senses and the deities (presiding over them) and their favor; you are the awareness of the intellect and the true recollective faculty of the living being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.11

भूतानाम् असि भूतादिर् इन्द्रियाणां च तैजसः वैकारिको विकल्पानां प्रधानम् अनुशायिनम्

bhūtānām asi bhūtādir indriyāṇāṃ ca taijasaḥ vaikāriko vikalpānāṃ pradhānam anuśāyinam

Of the gross elements you are their origin (ahaṅkāra in tamas), and of the senses the taijasa (form of ego), and the vaikārika of the mental constructs, and the pradhāna that lies underlying (all).

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

SB 10 85.12

नश्वरेष्व् इह भावेषु तद् असि त्वम् अनश्वरम् यथा द्रव्य-विकारेषु द्रव्य-मात्रं निरूपितम्

naśvareṣv iha bhāveṣu tad asi tvam anaśvaram yathā dravya-vikāreṣu dravya-mātraṃ nirūpitam

Among perishable things here you are that which is imperishable, just as among modifications of a substance the substance itself is ascertained (to be constant).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.13

सत्त्वम् रजस् तम इति गुणास् तद्-वृत्तयश् च याः त्वय्य् अद्धा ब्रह्मणि परे कल्पिता योग-मायया

sattvam rajas tama iti guṇās tad-vṛttayaś ca yāḥ tvayy addhā brahmaṇi pare kalpitā yoga-māyayā

Sattva, rajas and tamas — the guṇas, and whatever are their functions — are directly imagined in you, the supreme Brahman, by Yogamāyā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.14

तस्मान् न सन्त्य् अमी भावा यर्हि त्वयि विकल्पिताः त्वं चामीषु विकारेषु ह्य् अन्यदाव्यावहारिकः

tasmān na santy amī bhāvā yarhi tvayi vikalpitāḥ tvaṃ cāmīṣu vikāreṣu hy anyadāvyāvahārikaḥ

Therefore these states do not (really) exist, since they are (merely) imagined in you; and you (are) in these modifications — otherwise you are beyond the range of ordinary dealings.

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

SB 10 85.15

गुण-प्रवाह एतस्मिन्न् अबुधास् त्व् अखिलात्मनः गतिं सूक्ष्माम् अबोधेन संसरन्तीह कर्मभिः

guṇa-pravāha etasminn abudhās tv akhilātmanaḥ gatiṃ sūkṣmām abodhena saṃsarantīha karmabhiḥ

But in this current of the modes, the unwise, through their lack of understanding, wander here through their works, (failing to know) the subtle course of (you) the Soul of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.16

यदृच्छया नृतां प्राप्य सु-कल्पाम् इह दुर्लभाम् स्वार्थे प्रमत्तस्य वयो गतं त्वन्-माययेश्वर

yadṛcchayā nṛtāṃ prāpya su-kalpām iha durlabhām svārthe pramattasya vayo gataṃ tvan-māyayeśvara

Having by chance obtained human birth here, a very fit (form) and hard to gain, the lifetime of one heedless of his own true good has passed away by your illusive power, O Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.17

असाव् अहम् ममैवैते देहे चास्यान्वयादिषु स्नेह-पाशैर् निबध्नाति भवान् सर्वम् इदं जगत्

asāv aham mamaivaite dehe cāsyānvayādiṣu sneha-pāśair nibadhnāti bhavān sarvam idaṃ jagat

"This one is I; these indeed are mine" — in (this) body and in its relatives and the rest — with the ropes of affection you bind this whole world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.18

युवां न नः सुतौ साक्षात् प्रधान-पुरुषेश्वरौ भू-भार-क्षत्र-क्षपण अवतीर्णौ तथात्थ ह

yuvāṃ na naḥ sutau sākṣāt pradhāna-puruṣeśvarau bhū-bhāra-kṣatra-kṣapaṇa avatīrṇau tathāttha ha

You two are not our sons; you are directly the Lords of nature (pradhāna) and of the Person, descended for the destruction of the kṣatriyas who are the earth's burden — so you yourselves have said.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.19

तत् ते गतो ऽस्म्य् अरणम् अद्य पदारविन्दम् आपन्न-संसृति-भयापहम् आर्त-बन्धो अम्प्;एतावतालम् अलम् इन्द्रिय-लालसेन मर्त्यात्म-दृक् त्वयि परे यद् अपत्य-बुद्धिः

tat te gato 'smy araṇam adya padāravindam āpanna-saṃsṛti-bhayāpaham ārta-bandho etāvatālam alam indriya-lālasena martyātma-dṛk tvayi pare yad apatya-buddhiḥ

Therefore I have come today for refuge to your lotus foot, which drives away the fear of the cycle of rebirth in those who have taken shelter, O friend of the afflicted. Enough, enough of this craving for the senses, by which, with a vision that takes the mortal (body) for the self, I held the notion of sonship toward you, the Supreme.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.20

सूती-गृहे ननु जगाद भवान् अजो नौ सञ्जज्ञ इत्य् अनु-युगं निज-धर्म-गुप्त्यै सूती-गृहे ननु जगाद भवान् अजो नौ सञ्जज्ञ इत्य् अनु-युगं निज-धर्म-गुप्त्यै नाना-तनूर् गगन-वद् विदधज् जहासि को वेद भूम्न उरु-गाय विभूति-मायाम्

sūtī-gṛhe nanu jagāda bhavān ajo nau sañjajña ity anu-yugaṃ nija-dharma-guptyai sūtī-gṛhe nanu jagāda bhavān ajo nau sañjajña ity anu-yugaṃ nija-dharma-guptyai nānā-tanūr gagana-vad vidadhaj jahāsi ko veda bhūmna uru-gāya vibhūti-māyām

Surely in the birth-chamber you said that you, the unborn, were born to us age after age for the protection of your own dharma; and, arranging various bodies like the sky, you abandon (them). Who can know the illusion of the manifest powers of you, the Infinite, O widely praised one?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.21

श्री-शुक उवाच आकर्ण्येत्थं पितुर् वाक्यं भगवान् सात्वतर्षभः प्रत्याह प्रश्रयानम्रः प्रहसन् श्लक्ष्णया गिरा

śrī-śuka uvāca ākarṇyetthaṃ pitur vākyaṃ bhagavān sātvatarṣabhaḥ pratyāha praśrayānamraḥ prahasan ślakṣṇayā girā

Śrī Śuka said: Having heard his father's words thus, the Lord, the bull of the Sātvatas, bowed low in deference and, smiling, replied in gentle speech.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.22

श्री-भगवान् उवाच वचो वः समवेतार्थं तातैतद् उपमन्महे यन् नः पुत्रान् समुद्दिश्य तत्त्व-ग्राम उदाहृतः

śrī-bhagavān uvāca vaco vaḥ samavetārthaṃ tātaitad upamanmahe yan naḥ putrān samuddiśya tattva-grāma udāhṛtaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: Father, we regard this speech of yours as fitting in its purport, since with reference to us, your sons, the whole body of truth has been expounded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.23

अहं यूयम् असाव् आर्य इमे च द्वारकाउकसः सर्वे ऽप्य् एवं यदु-श्रेष्ठ विमृग्याः स-चराचरम्

ahaṃ yūyam asāv ārya ime ca dvārakāukasaḥ sarve 'py evaṃ yadu-śreṣṭha vimṛgyāḥ sa-carācaram

I, you, this honored brother, and these residents of Dvārakā — all likewise, O best of the Yadus, are to be examined (in this way), together with all that moves and does not move.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.24

आत्मा ह्य् एकः स्वयं-ज्योतिर् नित्यो ऽन्यो निर्गुणो गुणैः आत्म-सृष्टैस् तत्-कृतेषु भूतेषु बहुधेयते

ātmā hy ekaḥ svayaṃ-jyotir nityo 'nyo nirguṇo guṇaiḥ ātma-sṛṣṭais tat-kṛteṣu bhūteṣu bahudheyate

For the Self is one, self-luminous, eternal, other (than the modes), free of qualities; through the qualities produced by itself, it appears as manifold in the beings made by them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.25

खं वायुर् ज्योतिर् आपो भूस् तत्-कृतेषु यथाशयम् आविस्-तिरो-ऽल्प-भूर्य् एको नानात्वं यात्य् असाव् अपि

khaṃ vāyur jyotir āpo bhūs tat-kṛteṣu yathāśayam āvis-tiro-'lpa-bhūry eko nānātvaṃ yāty asāv api

Ether, air, fire, water, earth — in the things made from them, according to their receptacle, (appear) manifest or hidden, small or large; being one, this (Self) too takes on manifoldness.

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

SB 10 85.26

श्री-शुक उवाच एवं भगवता राजन् वसुदेव उदाहृतः श्रुत्वा विनष्ट-नाना-धीस् तूष्णीं प्रीत-मना अभूत्

śrī-śuka uvāca evaṃ bhagavatā rājan vasudeva udāhṛtaḥ śrutvā vinaṣṭa-nānā-dhīs tūṣṇīṃ prīta-manā abhūt

Śrī Śuka said: O King, Vasudeva, thus instructed by the Lord, having heard (this), his notion of multiplicity destroyed, became silent and glad at heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.27

अथ तत्र कुरु-श्रेष्ठ देवकी सर्व-देवता श्रुत्वानीतं गुरोः पुत्रम् आत्मजाभ्यां सु-विस्मिता

atha tatra kuru-śreṣṭha devakī sarva-devatā śrutvānītaṃ guroḥ putram ātmajābhyāṃ su-vismitā

Then there, O best of the Kurus, Devakī, in whom all the gods (dwell), having heard that the teacher's son had been brought (back) by her two sons, was greatly amazed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.28

कृष्ण-रामौ समाश्राव्य पुत्रान् कंस-विहिंसितान् स्मरन्ती कृपणं प्राह वैक्लव्याद् अश्रु-लोचना

kṛṣṇa-rāmau samāśrāvya putrān kaṃsa-vihiṃsitān smarantī kṛpaṇaṃ prāha vaiklavyād aśru-locanā

Making Kṛṣṇa and Rāma listen, remembering her sons who had been killed by Kaṃsa, out of grief, with tears in her eyes, she spoke piteously.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.29

श्री-देवक्य् उवाच राम रामाप्रमेयात्मन् कृष्ण योगेश्वरेश्वर वेदाहं वां विश्व-सृजाम् ईश्वराव् आदि-पूरुषौ

śrī-devaky uvāca rāma rāmāprameyātman kṛṣṇa yogeśvareśvara vedāhaṃ vāṃ viśva-sṛjām īśvarāv ādi-pūruṣau

Śrī Devakī said: Rāma, O Rāma of immeasurable being, Kṛṣṇa, O Lord of the masters of yoga, I know you two to be the Lords of the world's creators, the primeval Persons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.30

कल-विध्वस्त-सत्त्वानां राज्ञाम् उच्छास्त्र-वर्तिनाम् भूमेर् भारायमाणानाम् अवतीर्णौ किलाद्य मे

kala-vidhvasta-sattvānāṃ rājñām ucchāstra-vartinām bhūmer bhārāyamāṇānām avatīrṇau kilādya me

You have indeed now been born of me (for the sake of dealing with) the kings whose goodness has been destroyed by time, who transgress the scriptures and who have become a burden to the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.31

यस्यांशांशांश-भागेन विश्वोत्पत्ति-लयोदयाः भवन्ति किल विश्वात्मंस् तं त्वाद्याहं गतिं गता

yasyāṃśāṃśāṃśa-bhāgena viśvotpatti-layodayāḥ bhavanti kila viśvātmaṃs taṃ tvādyāhaṃ gatiṃ gatā

O Soul of the universe, by a fraction of a part of a part of a part of whom the arising, dissolution and rising up of the universe come to be — to you, that (very one), I have today come as my refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.32

चिरान् मृत-सुतादाने गुरुणा किल चोदितौ आनिन्यथुः पितृ-स्थानाद् गुरवे गुरु-दक्षिणाम्

cirān mṛta-sutādāne guruṇā kila coditau āninyathuḥ pitṛ-sthānād gurave guru-dakṣiṇām

Urged, it is said, by your teacher to fetch his long-dead son, you two brought him back from the abode of the fathers as the teacher's fee for the teacher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.33

तथा मे कुरुतं कामं युवां योगेश्वरेश्वरौ भोज-राज-हतान् पुत्रान् कामये द्रष्टुम् आहृतान्

tathā me kurutaṃ kāmaṃ yuvāṃ yogeśvareśvarau bhoja-rāja-hatān putrān kāmaye draṣṭum āhṛtān

So fulfill this desire of mine, you two Lords of the masters of yoga: I long to see my sons, killed by the Bhoja king, brought back.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.34

ऋषिर् उवाच एवं सञ्चोदितौ मात्रा रामः कृष्णश् च भारत सुतलं संविविशतुर् योग-मायाम् उपाश्रितौ

ṛṣir uvāca evaṃ sañcoditau mātrā rāmaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca bhārata sutalaṃ saṃviviśatur yoga-māyām upāśritau

The sage said: Thus urged by their mother, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, O Bhārata, taking recourse to yoga-māyā, entered Sutala.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.35

तस्मिन् प्रविष्टाव् उपलभ्य दैत्य-राड् विश्वात्म-दैवं सुतरां तथात्मनः अम्प्;तद्-दर्शनाह्लाद-परिप्लुताशयः सद्यः समुत्थाय ननाम सान्वयः

tasmin praviṣṭāv upalabhya daitya-rāḍ viśvātma-daivaṃ sutarāṃ tathātmanaḥ tad-darśanāhlāda-pariplutāśayaḥ sadyaḥ samutthāya nanāma sānvayaḥ

Perceiving that the two of them had entered there, the king of the Daityas, (recognizing them as) the god of the Soul of all and even more so his own (deity), his heart flooded with the joy of seeing them, at once rose up and bowed down, together with his retinue.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.36

तयोः समानीय वरासनं मुदा निविष्टयोस् तत्र महात्मनोस् तयोः दधार पादाव् अवनिज्य तज् जलं स-वृन्द आ-ब्रह्म पुनद् यद् अम्बु ह

tayoḥ samānīya varāsanaṃ mudā niviṣṭayos tatra mahātmanos tayoḥ dadhāra pādāv avanijya taj jalaṃ sa-vṛnda ā-brahma punad yad ambu ha

Having brought an excellent seat for the two of them, and when those two great souls had gladly sat down there, he took hold of their feet, and having washed them he bore that water upon his head, along with his followers — the water that purifies (all) up to Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.37

समर्हयाम् आस स तौ विभूतिभिर् महार्ह-वस्त्राभरणानुलेपनैः ताम्बूल-दीपामृत-भक्षणादिभिः स्व-गोत्र-वित्तात्म-समर्पणेन च

samarhayām āsa sa tau vibhūtibhir mahārha-vastrābharaṇānulepanaiḥ tāmbūla-dīpāmṛta-bhakṣaṇādibhiḥ sva-gotra-vittātma-samarpaṇena ca

He worshiped the two of them with his riches, with most costly garments, ornaments and unguents, with betel, lamps, nectarean food and the rest, and by offering up his family, his wealth and himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.38

स इन्द्रसेनो भगवत्-पदाम्बुजं बिभ्रन् मुहुः प्रेम-विभिन्नया धिया उवाच हानन्द-जलाकुलेक्षणः प्रहृष्ट-रोमा नृप गद्गदाक्षरम्

sa indraseno bhagavat-padāmbujaṃ bibhran muhuḥ prema-vibhinnayā dhiyā uvāca hānanda-jalākulekṣaṇaḥ prahṛṣṭa-romā nṛpa gadgadākṣaram

That Indrasena (Bali), holding again and again the lotus feet of the Lord, with a mind melted by love, his eyes brimming with tears of joy and the hair of his body bristling, spoke, O king, in a voice broken (with emotion).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.39

बलिर् उवाच नमो ऽनन्ताय बृहते नमः कृष्णाय वेधसे साङ्ख्य-योग-वितानाय ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने

balir uvāca namo 'nantāya bṛhate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase sāṅkhya-yoga-vitānāya brahmaṇe paramātmane

Bali said: Homage to the endless, the vast one; homage to Kṛṣṇa, the creator, to him who spreads out Sāṅkhya and yoga, to Brahman, the Supreme Self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.40

दर्शनं वां हि भूतानां दुष्प्रापं चाप्य् अदुर्लभम् रजस्-तमः-स्वभावानां यन् नः प्राप्तौ यदृच्छया

darśanaṃ vāṃ hi bhūtānāṃ duṣprāpaṃ cāpy adurlabham rajas-tamaḥ-svabhāvānāṃ yan naḥ prāptau yadṛcchayā

For the sight of you two is hard for living beings to obtain, and yet not unobtainable — since for us, whose nature is passion and darkness, it has come about by (your) own free will.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.41

दैत्य-दानव-गन्धर्वाः सिद्ध-विद्याध्र-चारणाः यक्ष-रक्षः-पिशाचाश् च भूत-प्रमथ-नायकाः

daitya-dānava-gandharvāḥ siddha-vidyādhra-cāraṇāḥ yakṣa-rakṣaḥ-piśācāś ca bhūta-pramatha-nāyakāḥ

Daityas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Piśācas, and the leaders of the Bhūtas and Pramathas —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.42

विशुद्ध-सत्त्व-धाम्न्य् अद्धा त्वयि शास्त्र-शरीरिणि नित्यं निबद्ध-वैरास् ते वयं चान्ये च तादृशाः

viśuddha-sattva-dhāmny addhā tvayi śāstra-śarīriṇi nityaṃ nibaddha-vairās te vayaṃ cānye ca tādṛśāḥ

(all these) bear perpetual enmity directly toward you, the abode of pure goodness, whose body is scripture — both we and others like us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.43

केचनोद्बद्ध-वैरेण भक्त्या केचन कामतः न तथा सत्त्व-संरब्धाः सन्निकृष्टाः सुरादयः

kecanodbaddha-vaireṇa bhaktyā kecana kāmataḥ na tathā sattva-saṃrabdhāḥ sannikṛṣṭāḥ surādayaḥ

Some (draw near) through bound-up enmity, some through devotion, some through desire; the gods and others, excited by (the mode of) goodness, are not brought near in the same way.

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

SB 10 85.44

इदम् इत्थम् इति प्रायस् तव योगेश्वरेश्वर न विदन्त्य् अपि योगेशा योग-मायां कुतो वयम्

idam ittham iti prāyas tava yogeśvareśvara na vidanty api yogeśā yoga-māyāṃ kuto vayam

Generally even the masters of yoga do not know your yoga-māyā — that it is this, that it is thus — O Lord of the lords of yoga; how then should we?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.45

तन् नः प्रसीद निरपेक्ष-विमृग्य-युष्मत् पादारविन्द-धिषणान्य-गृहान्ध-कूपात् अम्प्;निष्क्रम्य विश्व-शरणाङ्घ्र्य्-उपलब्ध-वृत्तिः शान्तो यथैक उत सर्व-सखैश् चरामि

tan naḥ prasīda nirapekṣa-vimṛgya-yuṣmat pādāravinda-dhiṣaṇānya-gṛhāndha-kūpāt niṣkramya viśva-śaraṇāṅghry-upalabdha-vṛttiḥ śānto yathaika uta sarva-sakhaiś carāmi

Therefore be gracious to us, that, coming out of the blind well of home and the rest, which is other than the thought of your lotus feet — feet sought after by those free of expectation — and obtaining my livelihood from the feet of the refuge of the universe, I may wander at peace, alone, or indeed with all beings as my friends.

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

SB 10 85.46

शाध्य् अस्मान् ईशितव्येश निष्पापान् कुरु नः प्रभो पुमान् यच् छ्रद्धयातिष्ठंश् चोदनाया विमुच्यते

śādhy asmān īśitavyeśa niṣpāpān kuru naḥ prabho pumān yac chraddhayātiṣṭhaṃś codanāyā vimucyate

Instruct us, O Lord of those who are to be ruled; make us free of sin, O master — for a man who abides with faith in your command is released.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.47

श्री-भगवान् उवाच आसन् मरीचेः षट् पुत्रा ऊर्णायां प्रथमे ऽन्तरे देवाः कं जहसुर् वीक्ष्य सुतं यभितुम् उद्यतम्

śrī-bhagavān uvāca āsan marīceḥ ṣaṭ putrā ūrṇāyāṃ prathame 'ntare devāḥ kaṃ jahasur vīkṣya sutaṃ yabhitum udyatam

The Blessed Lord said: In the first age there were six sons of Marīci by Ūrṇā; being gods, they laughed at Ka (Brahmā), seeing him ready to couple with his own daughter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.48

तेनासुरीम् अगन् योनिम् अधुनावद्य-कर्मणा हिरण्यकशिपोर् जाता नीतास् ते योग-मायया

tenāsurīm agan yonim adhunāvadya-karmaṇā hiraṇyakaśipor jātā nītās te yoga-māyayā

By that blameworthy act they then went to a demonic womb; born as sons of Hiraṇyakaśipu, they were carried off by Yoga-māyā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.49

देवक्या उदरे जाता राजन् कंस-विहिंसिताः सा तान् शोचत्य् आत्मजान् स्वांस् त इमे ऽध्यासते ऽन्तिके

devakyā udare jātā rājan kaṃsa-vihiṃsitāḥ sā tān śocaty ātmajān svāṃs ta ime 'dhyāsate 'ntike

They were born from Devakī's womb, O king, and slain by Kaṃsa. She grieves for them as her own sons; these here are dwelling nearby.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.50

इत एतान् प्रणेष्यामो मातृ-शोकापनुत्तये ततः शापाद् विनिर्मक्ता लोकं यास्यन्ति विज्वराः

ita etān praṇeṣyāmo mātṛ-śokāpanuttaye tataḥ śāpād vinirmaktā lokaṃ yāsyanti vijvarāḥ

We shall lead them away from here, to remove their mother's grief; then, released from the curse, they will go to their world free of affliction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.51

स्मरोद्गीथः परिष्वङ्गः पतङ्गः क्षुद्रभृद् घृणी षड् इमे मत्-प्रसादेन पुनर् यास्यन्ति सद्-गतिम्

smarodgīthaḥ pariṣvaṅgaḥ pataṅgaḥ kṣudrabhṛd ghṛṇī ṣaḍ ime mat-prasādena punar yāsyanti sad-gatim

Smara, Udgītha, Pariṣvaṅga, Pataṅga, Kṣudrabhṛt and Ghṛṇī — these six, by my grace, will again go to the destination of the good.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.52

इत्य् उक्त्वा तान् समादाय इन्द्रसेनेन पूजितौ पुनर् द्वारवतीम् एत्य मातुः पुत्रान् अयच्छताम्

ity uktvā tān samādāya indrasenena pūjitau punar dvāravatīm etya mātuḥ putrān ayacchatām

Having said this, and taking them, the two, honored by Indrasena, came again to Dvāravatī and gave the sons to their mother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.53

तान् दृष्ट्वा बालकान् देवी पुत्र-स्नेह-स्नुत-स्तनी परिष्वज्याङ्कम् आरोप्य मूर्ध्न्य् अजिघ्रद् अभीक्ष्णशः

tān dṛṣṭvā bālakān devī putra-sneha-snuta-stanī pariṣvajyāṅkam āropya mūrdhny ajighrad abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

Seeing those boys, the lady (Devakī), her breasts flowing with love for her sons, embraced them, took them on her lap and kissed their heads again and again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.54

अपाययत् स्तनं प्रीता सुत-स्पर्श-परिस्नुतम् मोहिता मायया विष्णोर् यया सृष्टिः प्रवर्तते

apāyayat stanaṃ prītā suta-sparśa-parisnutam mohitā māyayā viṣṇor yayā sṛṣṭiḥ pravartate

Delighted, she let them drink at her breast, which was wet through at the touch of her sons — she being bewildered by the māyā of Viṣṇu, by which creation proceeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.55

पीत्वामृतं पयस् तस्याः पीत-शेषं गदा-भृतः नारायणाङ्ग-संस्पर्श- प्रतिलब्धात्म-दर्शनाः

pītvāmṛtaṃ payas tasyāḥ pīta-śeṣaṃ gadā-bhṛtaḥ nārāyaṇāṅga-saṃsparśa- pratilabdhātma-darśanāḥ

Having drunk that nectar-like milk of hers, which was what remained of the drinking of the wielder of the club, and having regained the sight of their own true selves through the touch of Nārāyaṇa's body—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.56

ते नमस्कृत्य गोविन्दं देवकीं पितरं बलम् मिषतां सर्व-भूतानां ययुर् धाम दिवौकसाम्

te namaskṛtya govindaṃ devakīṃ pitaraṃ balam miṣatāṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ yayur dhāma divaukasām

they, bowing to Govinda, to Devakī, to their father and to Bala, went, while all beings looked on, to the abode of the dwellers in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.57

तं दृष्ट्वा देवकी देवी मृतागमन-निर्गमम् मेने सु-विस्मिता मायां कृष्णस्य रचितां नृप

taṃ dṛṣṭvā devakī devī mṛtāgamana-nirgamam mene su-vismitā māyāṃ kṛṣṇasya racitāṃ nṛpa

Seeing that—the coming and going of the dead—the goddess Devakī, greatly astonished, considered it an illusion contrived by Kṛṣṇa, O king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.58

एवं-विधान्य् अद्भुतानि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः वीर्याण्य् अनन्त-वीर्यस्य सन्त्य् अनन्तानि भारत

evaṃ-vidhāny adbhutāni kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ vīryāṇy ananta-vīryasya santy anantāni bhārata

Wonders of this kind, the mighty deeds of Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Self, whose power is endless, are endless, O Bhārata.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 85.59

श्री-सूत उवाच य इदम् अनुशृणोति श्रावयेद् वा मुरारेश् चरितम् अमृत-कीर्तेर् वर्णितं व्यास-पुत्रैः य इदम् अनुशृणोति श्रावयेद् वा मुरारेश् चरितम् अमृत-कीर्तेर् वर्णितं व्यास-पुत्रैः जगद्-अघ-भिद् अलं तद्-भक्त-सत्-कर्ण-पूरं भगवति कृत-चित्तो याति तत्-क्षेम-धाम

śrī-sūta uvāca ya idam anuśṛṇoti śrāvayed vā murāreś caritam amṛta-kīrter varṇitaṃ vyāsa-putraiḥ ya idam anuśṛṇoti śrāvayed vā murāreś caritam amṛta-kīrter varṇitaṃ vyāsa-putraiḥ jagad-agha-bhid alaṃ tad-bhakta-sat-karṇa-pūraṃ bhagavati kṛta-citto yāti tat-kṣema-dhāma

Śrī Sūta said: Whoever listens to this, or causes it to be heard—this deed of Murāri, whose fame is nectar, as recounted by the sons of Vyāsa—it is fully able to destroy the sins of the world and is an ear-ornament for the good ears of His devotees; with his mind fixed on the Lord, he goes to that abode of well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition