Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 1
SB 11 1.1
श्री-शुक उवाच कृत्वा दैत्य-वधं कृष्णः स-रामो यदुभिर् वृतः भुवो ऽवतारयद् भारं जविष्ठं जनयन् कलिम्
śrī-śuka uvāca kṛtvā daitya-vadhaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sa-rāmo yadubhir vṛtaḥ bhuvo 'vatārayad bhāraṃ javiṣṭhaṃ janayan kalim
Śrī Śuka said: Having accomplished the killing of the demons, Kṛṣṇa, together with Rāma and surrounded by the Yadus, took down the burden of the earth by generating a most swift quarrel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.2
ये कोपिताः सु-बहु पाण्डु-सुताः सपत्नैर् दुर्द्यूत-हेलन-कच-ग्रहणादिभिस् तान् अम्प्;कृत्वा निमित्तम् इतरेतरतः समेतान् हत्वा नृपान् निरहरत् क्षिति-भारम् ईशः
ye kopitāḥ su-bahu pāṇḍu-sutāḥ sapatnair durdyūta-helana-kaca-grahaṇādibhis tān kṛtvā nimittam itaretarataḥ sametān hatvā nṛpān niraharat kṣiti-bhāram īśaḥ
The sons of Pāṇḍu, who were greatly angered by their rivals through the crooked dice game, the contempt, the seizing of the hair and the rest — making them the occasion, the Lord killed the kings assembled against one another and removed the burden of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.3
भू-भार-राज-पृतना यदुभिर् निरस्य गुप्तैः स्व-बाहुभिर् अचिन्तयद् अप्रमेयः भू-भार-राज-पृतना यदुभिर् निरस्य गुप्तैः स्व-बाहुभिर् अचिन्तयद् अप्रमेयः मन्ये ऽवनेर् ननु गतो ऽप्य् अगतं हि भारं यद् यादवं कुलम् अहो अविषह्यम् आस्ते
bhū-bhāra-rāja-pṛtanā yadubhir nirasya guptaiḥ sva-bāhubhir acintayad aprameyaḥ bhū-bhāra-rāja-pṛtanā yadubhir nirasya guptaiḥ sva-bāhubhir acintayad aprameyaḥ manye 'vaner nanu gato 'py agataṃ hi bhāraṃ yad yādavaṃ kulam aho aviṣahyam āste
Having driven out, by means of the Yadus who were guarded by his own arms, the armies of kings that burdened the earth, the immeasurable one reflected: "I think that the earth's burden, though gone, is indeed not gone, since the Yādava clan remains — ah, unbearable."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.4
नैवान्यतः परिभवो ऽस्य भवेत् कथञ्चिन् मत्-संश्रयस्य विभवोन्नहनस्य नित्यम् नैवान्यतः परिभवो ऽस्य भवेत् कथञ्चिन् मत्-संश्रयस्य विभवोन्नहनस्य नित्यम् अन्तः कलिं यदु-कुलस्य विधाय वेणु- स्तम्बस्य वह्निम् इव शान्तिम् उपैमि धाम
naivānyataḥ paribhavo 'sya bhavet kathañcin mat-saṃśrayasya vibhavonnahanasya nityam naivānyataḥ paribhavo 'sya bhavet kathañcin mat-saṃśrayasya vibhavonnahanasya nityam antaḥ kaliṃ yadu-kulasya vidhāya veṇu- stambasya vahnim iva śāntim upaimi dhāma
There could never in any way be a defeat of this (clan) from another, since it has taken refuge in me and is ever swollen with power. Having produced strife within the Yadu clan, like fire within a clump of bamboo, I shall go to my abode and be at peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.5
एवं व्यवसितो राजन् सत्य-सङ्कल्प ईश्वरः शाप-व्याजेन विप्राणां सञ्जह्रे स्व-कुलं विभुः
evaṃ vyavasito rājan satya-saṅkalpa īśvaraḥ śāpa-vyājena viprāṇāṃ sañjahre sva-kulaṃ vibhuḥ
So resolved, O king, the Lord, whose resolve comes true, the all-pervading one, withdrew his own clan under the pretext of a curse of brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.6
स्व-मूर्त्या लोक-लावण्य- निर्मुक्त्या लोचनं नृणाम् गीर्भिस् ताः स्मरतां चित्तं पदैस् तान् ईक्षतां क्रियाः
sva-mūrtyā loka-lāvaṇya- nirmuktyā locanaṃ nṛṇām gīrbhis tāḥ smaratāṃ cittaṃ padais tān īkṣatāṃ kriyāḥ
With his own form, which stripped away the loveliness of the world, (he took) the eyes of men; with his words, the minds of those who remember them; with his feet, the acts of those who look upon them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 1.7
आच्छिद्य कीर्तिं सु-श्लोकां वितत्य ह्य् अञ्जसा नु कौ तमो ऽनया तरिष्यन्तीत्य् अगात् स्वं पदम् ईश्वरः
ācchidya kīrtiṃ su-ślokāṃ vitatya hy añjasā nu kau tamo 'nayā tariṣyantīty agāt svaṃ padam īśvaraḥ
Having cut off (his manifest presence) and spread abroad on the earth his fame worthy of fine praise, thinking "by this they will easily cross over the darkness," the Lord went to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 1.8
श्री-राजोवाच ब्रह्मण्यानां वदान्यानां नित्यं वृद्धोपसेविनाम् विप्र-शापः कथम् अभूद् वृष्णीनां कृष्ण-चेतसाम्
śrī-rājovāca brahmaṇyānāṃ vadānyānāṃ nityaṃ vṛddhopasevinām vipra-śāpaḥ katham abhūd vṛṣṇīnāṃ kṛṣṇa-cetasām
On what occasion did that curse come about, and of what kind, O best of the twice-born? How was there division among those who were of one self? Tell me all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.9
यन्-निमित्तः स वै शापो यादृशो द्विज-सत्तम कथम् एकात्मनां भेद एतत् सर्वं वदस्व मे
yan-nimittaḥ sa vai śāpo yādṛśo dvija-sattama katham ekātmanāṃ bheda etat sarvaṃ vadasva me
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Bearing a body that was the seat of all beauty, performing highly auspicious action on the earth though his desires were already fulfilled, dwelling in his abode and enjoying himself, of noble renown, he wished to withdraw his clan, this being what remained of what was to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 1.10
श्री-बादरायणिर् उवाच बिभ्रद् वपुः सकल-सुन्दर-सन्निवेशं कर्माचरन् भुवि सु-मङ्गलम् आप्त-कामः बिभ्रद् वपुः सकल-सुन्दर-सन्निवेशं कर्माचरन् भुवि सु-मङ्गलम् आप्त-कामः आस्थाय धाम रममाण उदार-कीऋतिः संहर्तुम् ऐच्छत कुलं स्थित-कृत्य-शेषः
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca bibhrad vapuḥ sakala-sundara-sanniveśaṃ karmācaran bhuvi su-maṅgalam āpta-kāmaḥ bibhrad vapuḥ sakala-sundara-sanniveśaṃ karmācaran bhuvi su-maṅgalam āpta-kāmaḥ āsthāya dhāma ramamāṇa udāra-kīṛtiḥ saṃhartum aicchata kulaṃ sthita-kṛtya-śeṣaḥ
Having performed deeds that are heaps of merit, highly auspicious, removing the taint of the age from the world that sings (of them), while he dwelt as Time itself in the house of the lord of the Yadus, sages who had been sent came together at Piṇḍāraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 1.11
कर्मानि पुण्य-निवहानि सु-मङ्गलानि गायज्-जगत्-कलि-मलापहराणि कृत्वा कर्मानि पुण्य-निवहानि सु-मङ्गलानि गायज्-जगत्-कलि-मलापहराणि कृत्वा कालात्मना निवसता यदु-देव-गेहे पिण्डारकं समगमन् मुनयो निसृष्टाः
karmāni puṇya-nivahāni su-maṅgalāni gāyaj-jagat-kali-malāpaharāṇi kṛtvā karmāni puṇya-nivahāni su-maṅgalāni gāyaj-jagat-kali-malāpaharāṇi kṛtvā kālātmanā nivasatā yadu-deva-gehe piṇḍārakaṃ samagaman munayo nisṛṣṭāḥ
Viśvāmitra, Asita, Kaṇva, Durvāsas, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Kaśyapa, Vāmadeva, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Nārada and others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.12
विश्वामित्रो ऽसितः कण्वो दुर्वासा भृगुर् अङ्गिराः विश्वामित्रो ऽसितः कण्वो दुर्वासा भृगुर् अङ्गिराः कश्यपो वामदेवो ऽत्रिर् वसिष्ठो नारदादयः
viśvāmitro 'sitaḥ kaṇvo durvāsā bhṛgur aṅgirāḥ viśvāmitro 'sitaḥ kaṇvo durvāsā bhṛgur aṅgirāḥ kaśyapo vāmadevo 'trir vasiṣṭho nāradādayaḥ
Viśvāmitra, Asita, Kaṇva, Durvāsas, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Kaśyapa, Vāmadeva, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Nārada and others (were among them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.13
क्रीडन्तस् तान् उपव्रज्य कुमारा यदु-नन्दनाः उपसङ्गृह्य पप्रच्छुर् अविनीता विनीत-वत्
krīḍantas tān upavrajya kumārā yadu-nandanāḥ upasaṅgṛhya papracchur avinītā vinīta-vat
The boys, the sons of the Yadus, who were at play, went up to them, clasped their feet, and, though ill-behaved, questioned them as if well-behaved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.14
ते वेषयित्वा स्त्री-वेषैः साम्बं जाम्बवती-सुतम् एषा पृच्छति वो विप्रा अन्तर्वत्न्य् असितेक्षणा
te veṣayitvā strī-veṣaiḥ sāmbaṃ jāmbavatī-sutam eṣā pṛcchati vo viprā antarvatny asitekṣaṇā
Having dressed up Sāmba, the son of Jāmbavatī, in a woman's clothing, they said: "O brāhmaṇas, this dark-eyed woman, who is pregnant, asks you—
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SB 11 1.15
प्रष्टुं विलज्जती साक्षात् प्रब्रूतामोघ-दर्शनाः प्रसोष्यन्ती पुत्र-कामा किं स्वित् सञ्जनयिष्यति
praṣṭuṃ vilajjatī sākṣāt prabrūtāmogha-darśanāḥ prasoṣyantī putra-kāmā kiṃ svit sañjanayiṣyati
—she is shy to ask directly. She is about to give birth and longs for a son. Tell (us), you whose vision is unfailing: what will she bring forth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.16
एवं प्रलब्धा मुनयस् तान् ऊचुः कुपिता नृप जनयिष्यति वो मन्दा मुषलं कुल-नाशनम्
evaṃ pralabdhā munayas tān ūcuḥ kupitā nṛpa janayiṣyati vo mandā muṣalaṃ kula-nāśanam
Thus mocked, the sages, angered, said to them, O king: "Fools, she will bring forth for you a club that will destroy the family."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.17
तच् छ्रुत्वा ते ऽति-सन्त्रस्ता विमुच्य सहसोदरम् साम्बस्य ददृशुस् तस्मिन् मुषलं खल्व् अयस्मयम्
tac chrutvā te 'ti-santrastā vimucya sahasodaram sāmbasya dadṛśus tasmin muṣalaṃ khalv ayasmayam
Hearing that, they, greatly terrified, at once uncovered Sāmba's belly, and there indeed they saw a club made of iron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.18
किं कृतं मन्द-भाग्यैर् नः किं वदिष्यन्ति नो जनाः इति विह्वलिता गेहान् आदाय मुषलं ययुः
kiṃ kṛtaṃ manda-bhāgyair naḥ kiṃ vadiṣyanti no janāḥ iti vihvalitā gehān ādāya muṣalaṃ yayuḥ
"What have we, the ill-fated, done? What will people say of us?"—thus agitated, they took the club and went home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.19
तच् चोपनीय सदसि परिम्लान-मुख-श्रियः राज्ञ आवेदयां चक्रुः सर्व-यादव-सन्निधौ
tac copanīya sadasi parimlāna-mukha-śriyaḥ rājña āvedayāṃ cakruḥ sarva-yādava-sannidhau
And bringing it into the assembly, with the beauty of their faces quite faded, they reported it to the king in the presence of all the Yādavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.20
श्रुत्वामोघं विप्र-शापं दृष्ट्वा च मुषलं नृप विस्मिता भय-सन्त्रस्ता बभूवुर् द्वारकौकसः
śrutvāmoghaṃ vipra-śāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca muṣalaṃ nṛpa vismitā bhaya-santrastā babhūvur dvārakaukasaḥ
Hearing of the unfailing curse of the brāhmaṇas and seeing the club, O king, the residents of Dvārakā were astonished and struck with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.21
तच् चूर्णयित्वा मुषलं यदु-राजः स आहुकः समुद्र-सलिले प्रास्यल् लोहं चास्यावशेषितम्
tac cūrṇayitvā muṣalaṃ yadu-rājaḥ sa āhukaḥ samudra-salile prāsyal lohaṃ cāsyāvaśeṣitam
Having ground that club to powder, Āhuka, the king of the Yadus, cast it into the water of the sea, along with the piece of iron left over from it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.22
कश्चिन् मत्स्यो ऽग्रसील् लोहं चूर्णानि तरलैस् ततः उह्यमानानि वेलायां लग्नान्य् आसन् किलैरकाः
kaścin matsyo 'grasīl lohaṃ cūrṇāni taralais tataḥ uhyamānāni velāyāṃ lagnāny āsan kilairakāḥ
Some fish swallowed the iron, and the powders, then carried by the waves and caught on the shore, became, it is said, eraka reeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.23
मत्स्यो गृहीतो मत्स्य-घ्नैर् जालेनान्यैः सहार्णवे तस्योदर-गतं लोहं स शल्ये लुब्धको ऽकरोत्
matsyo gṛhīto matsya-ghnair jālenānyaiḥ sahārṇave tasyodara-gataṃ lohaṃ sa śalye lubdhako 'karot
The fish was caught in the sea, together with others, in a net by fishermen; and a hunter made the iron that was in its belly into (the tip of) his arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 1.24
भगवान् ज्ञात-सर्वार्थ ईश्वरो ऽपि तद्-अन्यथा कर्तुं नैच्छद् विप्र-शापं काल-रूप्य् अन्वमोदत
bhagavān jñāta-sarvārtha īśvaro 'pi tad-anyathā kartuṃ naicchad vipra-śāpaṃ kāla-rūpy anvamodata
The Lord, who knew all this, though he was the controller, did not wish to make it otherwise; being of the form of time, he assented to the brāhmaṇas' curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition