Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 29
SB 11 29.1
श्री-उद्धव उवाच सु-दुस्तराम् इमां मन्ये योग-चर्याम् अनात्मनः यथाञ्जसा पुमान् सिद्ध्येत् तन् मे ब्रूह्य् अञ्जसाच्युत
śrī-uddhava uvāca su-dustarām imāṃ manye yoga-caryām anātmanaḥ yathāñjasā pumān siddhyet tan me brūhy añjasācyuta
Śrī Uddhava said: I think this practice of yoga very hard to cross for one who is not self-controlled; tell me plainly, O Acyuta, how a man may straightaway succeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.2
प्रायशः पुण्दरीकाक्ष युञ्यन्तो योगिनो मनः विषीदन्त्य् असमाधानान् मनो-निग्रह-कर्शिताः
prāyaśaḥ puṇdarīkākṣa yuñyanto yogino manaḥ viṣīdanty asamādhānān mano-nigraha-karśitāḥ
For the most part, O lotus-eyed one, yogīs who yoke the mind sink into despair from failure to attain absorption, worn out by the restraining of the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.3
अथात आनन्द-दुघं पदाम्बुजं हंसाः श्रयेरन्न् अरविन्द-लोचन सुखं नु विश्वेश्वर योग-कर्मभिस् त्वन्-माययामी विहता न मानिनः
athāta ānanda-dughaṃ padāmbujaṃ haṃsāḥ śrayerann aravinda-locana sukhaṃ nu viśveśvara yoga-karmabhis tvan-māyayāmī vihatā na māninaḥ
Therefore, O lotus-eyed one, O Lord of the universe, let the swans (the pure-minded) take shelter happily in your lotus foot that yields bliss; these proud ones, struck down by your māyā through their acts of yoga, do not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.4
किं चित्रम् अच्युत तवैतद् अशेष-बन्धो दासेष्व् अनन्य-शरणेसु यद् आत्म-सात्त्वम् यो ऽरोचयत् सह मृगैः स्वयम् ईश्वराणां श्रीमत्-किरीट-तट-पीडित-पाद-पीठः
kiṃ citram acyuta tavaitad aśeṣa-bandho dāseṣv ananya-śaraṇesu yad ātma-sāttvam yo 'rocayat saha mṛgaiḥ svayam īśvarāṇāṃ śrīmat-kirīṭa-taṭa-pīḍita-pāda-pīṭhaḥ
What is astonishing in this of yours, O Acyuta, friend of all, that you give your very self to servants who have no other refuge — you who yourself chose (to dwell) among beasts, though your footstool is pressed by the splendid crowns of the lords (of the worlds)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 29.5
तं त्वाखिलात्म-दयितेश्वरम् आश्रितानां सर्वार्थ-दं स्व-कृत-विद् विसृजेत को नु अम्प्;को वा भजेत् किम् अपि विस्मृतये ऽनु भूत्यै किं वा भवेन् न तव पाद-रजो-जुषां नः
taṃ tvākhilātma-dayiteśvaram āśritānāṃ sarvārtha-daṃ sva-kṛta-vid visṛjeta ko nu ko vā bhajet kim api vismṛtaye 'nu bhūtyai kiṃ vā bhaven na tava pāda-rajo-juṣāṃ naḥ
Who indeed, knowing what has been done for him, could abandon you, the Lord dear as their own self to all who take shelter, the giver of every good? And who would worship anything else, (which leads) to forgetfulness rather than to well-being? Or what could there be that is not (already ours), for us who serve the dust of your feet?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 29.6
नैवोपयन्त्य् अपचितिं कवयस् तवेश ब्रह्मायुषापि कृतम् ऋद्ध-मुदः स्मरन्तः नैवोपयन्त्य् अपचितिं कवयस् तवेश ब्रह्मायुषापि कृतम् ऋद्ध-मुदः स्मरन्तः यो ऽन्तर् बहिस् तनु-भृताम् अशुभं विधुन्वन्न् आचार्य-चैत्त्य-वपुषा स्व-गतिं व्यनक्ति
naivopayanty apacitiṃ kavayas taveśa brahmāyuṣāpi kṛtam ṛddha-mudaḥ smarantaḥ naivopayanty apacitiṃ kavayas taveśa brahmāyuṣāpi kṛtam ṛddha-mudaḥ smarantaḥ yo 'ntar bahis tanu-bhṛtām aśubhaṃ vidhunvann ācārya-caittya-vapuṣā sva-gatiṃ vyanakti
O Lord, the wise cannot render the recompense (due) for what you have done, even with a lifetime of Brahmā, though they remember it with swelling joy — you who, shaking off the impurity of embodied beings within and without, reveal your own path through your form as teacher and as the (indwelling) one in the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.7
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् उद्धवेनात्य्-अनुरक्त-चेतसा पृष्टो जगत्-क्रीडनकः स्व-शक्तिभिः गृहीत-मूर्ति-त्रय ईश्वरेश्वरो जगाद स-प्रेम-मनोहर-स्मितः
śrī-śuka uvāca ity uddhavenāty-anurakta-cetasā pṛṣṭo jagat-krīḍanakaḥ sva-śaktibhiḥ gṛhīta-mūrti-traya īśvareśvaro jagāda sa-prema-manohara-smitaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus questioned by Uddhava, whose mind was utterly devoted, the Lord of lords — for whom the world is a toy, who has taken up three forms by his own powers — spoke, with a loving, captivating smile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.8
श्री-भगवान् उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि मम धर्मान् सु-मङ्गलान् यान् श्रद्धयाचरन् मर्त्यो मृत्युं जयति दुर्जयम्
śrī-bhagavān uvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi mama dharmān su-maṅgalān yān śraddhayācaran martyo mṛtyuṃ jayati durjayam
The Blessed Lord said: Well then, I shall tell you my most auspicious dharmas, practising which with faith a mortal conquers death, hard to conquer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.9
कुर्यात् सर्वाणि कर्माणि मद्-अर्थं शनकैः स्मरन् मय्य् अर्पित-मनश्-चित्तो मद्-धर्मात्म-मनो-रतिः
kuryāt sarvāṇi karmāṇi mad-arthaṃ śanakaiḥ smaran mayy arpita-manaś-citto mad-dharmātma-mano-ratiḥ
He should perform all actions for My sake, remembering (Me) little by little, with mind and thought offered to Me, his self, mind and pleasure (fixed) on My dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.10
देशान् पुण्यान् आश्रयेत मद्-भक्तैः साधुभिः श्रितान् देवासुर-मनुष्येषु मद्-भक्ताचरितानि च
deśān puṇyān āśrayeta mad-bhaktaiḥ sādhubhiḥ śritān devāsura-manuṣyeṣu mad-bhaktācaritāni ca
He should resort to holy places frequented by My devotees, the saintly, and (should attend to) the deeds of My devotees among gods, demons and men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.11
पृथक् सत्रेण वा मह्यं पर्व-यात्रा-महोत्सवान् कारयेद् गीत-नृत्याद्यैर् महाराज-विभूतिभिः
pṛthak satreṇa vā mahyaṃ parva-yātrā-mahotsavān kārayed gīta-nṛtyādyair mahārāja-vibhūtibhiḥ
Alone or in company, he should have festival processions and great celebrations performed for Me, with song, dance and the like, with the opulences of a great king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.12
माम् एव सर्व-भूतेषु बहिर् अन्तर् अपावृतम् ईक्षेतात्मनि चात्मानं यथा खम् अमलाशयः
mām eva sarva-bhūteṣu bahir antar apāvṛtam īkṣetātmani cātmānaṃ yathā kham amalāśayaḥ
With a pure mind he should see Me alone in all beings, outside and inside, unconcealed, and the Self in the self, as (one sees) the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.13
इति सर्वाणि भूतानि मद्-भावेन महा-द्युते सभाजयन् मन्यमानो ज्ञानं केवलम् आश्रितः
iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni mad-bhāvena mahā-dyute sabhājayan manyamāno jñānaṃ kevalam āśritaḥ
Thus, O greatly effulgent one, honoring all beings as (being) of My nature, and (so) regarding (them), taking refuge in knowledge alone —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.14
ब्राह्मणे पुक्कसे स्तेने ब्रह्मण्ये ऽर्के स्फुलिङ्गके अक्रूरे क्रूरके चैव सम-दृक् पण्डितो मतः
brāhmaṇe pukkase stene brahmaṇye 'rke sphuliṅgake akrūre krūrake caiva sama-dṛk paṇḍito mataḥ
one who sees equally in a brahmin and in an outcaste, in a thief and in a patron of brahmins, in the sun and in a spark, in the non-cruel man and in the cruel one — he is deemed wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.15
नरेष्व् अभीक्ष्णं मद्-भावं पुंसो भावयतो ऽचिरात् स्पर्धासूया-तिरस्काराः साहङ्कारा वियन्ति हि
nareṣv abhīkṣṇaṃ mad-bhāvaṃ puṃso bhāvayato 'cirāt spardhāsūyā-tiraskārāḥ sāhaṅkārā viyanti hi
For a man who constantly cultivates the awareness of Me in (all) people, rivalry, envy and contempt, along with egotism, quickly disappear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.16
विसृज्य स्मयमानान् स्वान् दृशं व्रीडां च दैहिकीम् प्रणमेद् दण्ड-वद् भूमाव् आ-श्व-चाण्डाल-गो-खरम्
visṛjya smayamānān svān dṛśaṃ vrīḍāṃ ca daihikīm praṇamed daṇḍa-vad bhūmāv ā-śva-cāṇḍāla-go-kharam
Disregarding his own people who mock him, and abandoning (ordinary) sight and bodily shame, he should bow down like a rod on the ground (before all) down to dogs, outcastes, cows and asses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.17
यावत् सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्-भावो नोपजायते तावद् एवम् उपासीत वाङ्-मनः-काय-वृत्तिभिः
yāvat sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhāvo nopajāyate tāvad evam upāsīta vāṅ-manaḥ-kāya-vṛttibhiḥ
As long as the awareness of Me does not arise in all beings, so long should one worship in this way with the activities of speech, mind and body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.18
सर्वं ब्रह्मात्मकं तस्य विद्ययात्म-मनीषया परिपश्यन्न् उपरमेत् सर्वतो मुइत-संशयः
sarvaṃ brahmātmakaṃ tasya vidyayātma-manīṣayā paripaśyann uparamet sarvato muita-saṃśayaḥ
For him, seeing everything as having Brahman for its self, through knowledge, by discernment of the self, he should desist (from action), his doubts cut off on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.19
अयं हि सर्व-कल्पानां सध्रीचीनो मतो मम मद्-भावः सर्व-भूतेषु मनो-वाक्-काय-वृत्तिभिः
ayaṃ hi sarva-kalpānāṃ sadhrīcīno mato mama mad-bhāvaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu mano-vāk-kāya-vṛttibhiḥ
This indeed, in My view, is the most effective of all methods: the awareness of Me in all beings, through the activities of mind, speech and body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.20
न ह्य् अङ्गोपक्रमे ध्वंसो मद्-धर्मस्योद्धवाण्व् अपि मया व्यवसितः सम्यङ् निर्गुणत्वाद् अनाशिषः
na hy aṅgopakrame dhvaṃso mad-dharmasyoddhavāṇv api mayā vyavasitaḥ samyaṅ nirguṇatvād anāśiṣaḥ
For, dear friend, once begun there is no destruction, not even slightly, of this dharma of Mine, Uddhava; it was determined by Me rightly, since it is free of the qualities and free of (selfish) expectation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.21
यो यो मयि परे धर्मः कल्प्यते निष्फलाय चेत् तद्-आयासो निरर्थः स्याद् भयादेर् इव सत्तम
yo yo mayi pare dharmaḥ kalpyate niṣphalāya cet tad-āyāso nirarthaḥ syād bhayāder iva sattama
Whatever dharma is directed toward Me, the Supreme — if it were to be fruitless, then the effort spent on it would be pointless, like (acts done out of) fear and the like, O best of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 29.22
एषा बुद्धिमतां बुद्धिर् मनीषा च मनीषिणाम् यत् सत्यम् अनृतेनेह मर्त्येनाप्नोति मामृतम्
eṣā buddhimatāṃ buddhir manīṣā ca manīṣiṇām yat satyam anṛteneha martyenāpnoti māmṛtam
This is the intelligence of the intelligent and the discernment of the discerning: that here, by means of the untrue and mortal (body), one attains Me, the true and immortal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.23
एष ते ऽभिहितः कृत्स्नो ब्रह्म-वादस्य सङ्ग्रहः समास-व्यास-विधिना देवानाम् अपि दुर्गमः
eṣa te 'bhihitaḥ kṛtsno brahma-vādasya saṅgrahaḥ samāsa-vyāsa-vidhinā devānām api durgamaḥ
This entire compendium of the doctrine of Brahman has been declared to you, by the method of concise statement and elaboration — (a teaching) hard to reach even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.24
अभीक्ष्णशस् ते गदितं ज्ञानं विस्पष्ट-युक्तिमत् एतद् विज्ञाय मुच्येत पुरुषो नष्ट-संशयः
abhīkṣṇaśas te gaditaṃ jñānaṃ vispaṣṭa-yuktimat etad vijñāya mucyeta puruṣo naṣṭa-saṃśayaḥ
Again and again this knowledge, with its reasoning made plain, has been told to you; understanding this, a man would be freed, his doubts destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.25
सु-विविक्तं तव प्रश्नं मयैतद् अपि धारयेत् सनातनं ब्रह्म-गुह्यं परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति
su-viviktaṃ tava praśnaṃ mayaitad api dhārayet sanātanaṃ brahma-guhyaṃ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati
Your question has been well resolved by Me; whoever holds fast to this eternal secret of Brahman attains the supreme Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.26
य एतन् मम भक्तेषु सम्प्रदद्यात् सु-पुष्कलम् तस्याहं ब्रह्म-दायस्य ददाम्य् आत्मानम् आत्मना
ya etan mama bhakteṣu sampradadyāt su-puṣkalam tasyāhaṃ brahma-dāyasya dadāmy ātmānam ātmanā
Whoever fully imparts this, abundant as it is, among My devotees — to him, for that gift of Brahman, I give Myself by My own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.27
य एतत् समधीयीत पवित्रं परमं शुचि स पूयेताहर् अहर् मां ज्ञान-दीपेन दर्शयन्
ya etat samadhīyīta pavitraṃ paramaṃ śuci sa pūyetāhar ahar māṃ jñāna-dīpena darśayan
Whoever recites this, purifying, supreme, pure, would be purified day after day, revealing Me by the lamp of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.28
य एतच् छ्रद्धया नित्यम् अव्यग्रः शृणुयान् नरः मयि भक्तिं परां कुर्वन् कर्मभिर् न स बध्यते
ya etac chraddhayā nityam avyagraḥ śṛṇuyān naraḥ mayi bhaktiṃ parāṃ kurvan karmabhir na sa badhyate
The man who constantly listens to this with faith, undistracted, performing supreme devotion to Me, is not bound by his actions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.29
अप्य् उद्धव त्वया ब्रह्म सखे समवधारितम् अपि ते विगतो मोहः शोकश् चासौ मनो-भवः
apy uddhava tvayā brahma sakhe samavadhāritam api te vigato mohaḥ śokaś cāsau mano-bhavaḥ
Well, Uddhava, my friend, has this Brahman(-teaching) been grasped by you? Has your delusion gone, and that sorrow born of the mind?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.30
नैतत् त्वया दाम्भिकाय नास्तिकाय शठाय च अशुश्रूषोर् अभक्ताय दुर्विनीताय दीयताम्
naitat tvayā dāmbhikāya nāstikāya śaṭhāya ca aśuśrūṣor abhaktāya durvinītāya dīyatām
This should not be given by you to a hypocrite, to a denier, to a deceiver, nor to one unwilling to listen, to one without devotion, to one ill-behaved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.31
एतैर् दोषैर् विहीनाय ब्रह्मण्याय प्रियाय च साधवे शुचये ब्रूयाद् भक्तिः स्याच् छूद्र-योषिताम्
etair doṣair vihīnāya brahmaṇyāya priyāya ca sādhave śucaye brūyād bhaktiḥ syāc chūdra-yoṣitām
One should tell it to the man free of these faults, devoted to brahmins, dear (to one), good and pure; and (it may be told) to śūdras and women if there is devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.32
नैतद् विज्ञाय जिज्ञासोर् ज्ञातव्यम् अवशिष्यते पीत्वा पीयूषम् अमृतं पातव्यं नावशिष्यते
naitad vijñāya jijñāsor jñātavyam avaśiṣyate pītvā pīyūṣam amṛtaṃ pātavyaṃ nāvaśiṣyate
For one who wishes to know, having understood this, nothing remains to be known — just as, having drunk the nectar-draught of immortality, nothing remains to be drunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.33
ज्ञाने कर्मणि योगे च वार्तायां दण्ड-धारणे यावान् अर्थो नृणां तात तावांस् ते ऽहं चतुर्-विधः
jñāne karmaṇi yoge ca vārtāyāṃ daṇḍa-dhāraṇe yāvān artho nṛṇāṃ tāta tāvāṃs te 'haṃ catur-vidhaḥ
Whatever object men have in knowledge, in action, in yoga, in worldly business, and in the wielding of the rod (of rule) — that much am I for you, dear one, in these four forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 29.34
मर्त्यो यदा त्यक्त-समस्त-कर्मा निवेदितात्मा विचिकीर्षितो मे तदामृतत्वं प्रतिपद्यमानो मयात्म-भूयाय च कल्पते वै
martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā niveditātmā vicikīrṣito me tadāmṛtatvaṃ pratipadyamāno mayātma-bhūyāya ca kalpate vai
When a mortal has given up all works and has offered himself up, and is one whom I wish to favour, then, attaining deathlessness, he becomes fit for sharing in my own being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 29.35
श्री-शुक उवाच स एवम् आदर्शित-योग-मार्गस् तदोत्तमःश्लोक-वचो निशम्य बद्धाञ्जलिः प्रीत्य्-उपरुद्ध-कण्ठो न किञ्चिद् ऊचे ऽश्रु-परिप्लुताक्षः
śrī-śuka uvāca sa evam ādarśita-yoga-mārgas tadottamaḥśloka-vaco niśamya baddhāñjaliḥ prīty-uparuddha-kaṇṭho na kiñcid ūce 'śru-pariplutākṣaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: He, to whom the path of yoga had thus been shown, having heard the words of him of excellent renown, with palms joined, his throat choked with love, said nothing, his eyes flooded with tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.36
विष्टभ्य चित्तं प्रणयावघूर्णं धैर्येण राजन् बहु-मन्यमानः कृताञ्जलिः प्राह यदु-प्रवीरं शीर्ष्णा स्पृशंस् तच्-चरणारविन्दम्
viṣṭabhya cittaṃ praṇayāvaghūrṇaṃ dhairyeṇa rājan bahu-manyamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ prāha yadu-pravīraṃ śīrṣṇā spṛśaṃs tac-caraṇāravindam
Steadying with firmness his mind, which was reeling with affection, and holding (the teaching) in high esteem, O King, he joined his palms and spoke to the foremost hero of the Yadus, touching that lotus foot of his with his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.37
श्री-उद्धव उवाच विद्रावितो मोह-महान्धकारो य आश्रितो मे तव सन्निधानात् विभावसोः किं नु समीप-गस्य शीतं तमो भीः प्रभवन्त्य् अजाद्य
śrī-uddhava uvāca vidrāvito moha-mahāndhakāro ya āśrito me tava sannidhānāt vibhāvasoḥ kiṃ nu samīpa-gasya śītaṃ tamo bhīḥ prabhavanty ajādya
Śrī Uddhava said: The great darkness of delusion that had settled in me has been driven away by your nearness. For one who has come close to the fire, how indeed can cold, darkness and fear have any power, O unborn first one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.38
प्रत्यर्पितो मे भवतानुकम्पिना भृत्याय विज्ञान-मयः प्रदीपः हित्वा कृत-ज्ञस् तव पाद-मूलं को ऽन्यं समीयाच् छरणं त्वदीयम्
pratyarpito me bhavatānukampinā bhṛtyāya vijñāna-mayaḥ pradīpaḥ hitvā kṛta-jñas tava pāda-mūlaṃ ko 'nyaṃ samīyāc charaṇaṃ tvadīyam
By you, who are compassionate, the lamp made of clear knowledge has been given back to me, your servant. What grateful man would leave the sole of your foot and approach another shelter than yours?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.39
वृक्णश् च मे सु-दृढः स्नेह-पाशो दाशार्ह-वृष्ण्य्-अन्धक-सात्वतेषु प्रसारितः सृष्टि-विवृद्धये त्वया स्व-मायया ह्य् आत्म-सुबोध-हेतिना
vṛkṇaś ca me su-dṛḍhaḥ sneha-pāśo dāśārha-vṛṣṇy-andhaka-sātvateṣu prasāritaḥ sṛṣṭi-vivṛddhaye tvayā sva-māyayā hy ātma-subodha-hetinā
And my very tight rope of affection towards the Dāśārhas, Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas and Sātvatas — spread out by you through your own māyā for the increase of creation — has been cut, indeed, by the blade of true self-knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.40
नमो ऽस्तु ते महा-योगिन् प्रपन्नम् अनुशाधि माम् यथा त्वच्-चरणाम्भोजे रतिः स्याद् अनपायिनी
namo 'stu te mahā-yogin prapannam anuśādhi mām yathā tvac-caraṇāmbhoje ratiḥ syād anapāyinī
Let there be homage to you, great yogī. Instruct me, who am surrendered, so that my delight in your lotus feet may never fall away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.41
श्री-भगवान् उवाच गच्छोद्धव मयादिष्टो बदर्य्-आख्यं ममाश्रमम् तत्र मत्-पाद-तीर्थोदे स्नानोपस्पर्शनैः शुचिः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca gacchoddhava mayādiṣṭo badary-ākhyaṃ mamāśramam tatra mat-pāda-tīrthode snānopasparśanaiḥ śuciḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Go, Uddhava, commanded by me, to my hermitage called Badarī; there, made pure by bathing in and touching the water of the holy place of my feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.42
ईक्षयालकनन्दाया विधूताशेष-कल्मषः वसानो वल्कलान्य् अङ्ग वन्य-भुक् सुख-निःस्पृहः
īkṣayālakanandāyā vidhūtāśeṣa-kalmaṣaḥ vasāno valkalāny aṅga vanya-bhuk sukha-niḥspṛhaḥ
with all remaining defilement shaken off by the sight of the Alakanandā, wearing bark garments, dear one, eating what the forest yields, happily free of craving,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.43
तितिक्षुर् द्वन्द्व-मात्राणां सुशीलः संयतेन्द्रियः शान्तः समाहित-धिया ज्ञान-विज्ञान-संयुतः
titikṣur dvandva-mātrāṇāṃ suśīlaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ śāntaḥ samāhita-dhiyā jñāna-vijñāna-saṃyutaḥ
enduring the mere pairs of opposites, of good conduct, with senses restrained, peaceful, of concentrated mind, possessed of knowledge and discernment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.44
मत्तो ऽनुशिक्षितं यत् ते विविक्तम् अनुभावयन् मय्य् आवेशित-वाक्-चित्तो मद्-धर्म-निरतो भव अतिव्रज्य गतीस् तिस्रो माम् एष्यसि ततः परम्
matto 'nuśikṣitaṃ yat te viviktam anubhāvayan mayy āveśita-vāk-citto mad-dharma-nirato bhava ativrajya gatīs tisro mām eṣyasi tataḥ param
and bringing to realization the discriminative (teaching) that has been taught to you by me, with speech and mind absorbed in me, be devoted to my law. Passing beyond the three destinations, you will then come to me, who am beyond them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.45
श्री-शुक उवाच स एवम् उक्तो हरि-मेधसोद्धवः प्रदक्षिणं तं परिसृत्य पादयोः शिरो निधायाश्रु-कलाभिर् आर्द्र-धीर् न्यषिञ्चद् अद्वन्द्व-परो ऽप्य् अपक्रमे
śrī-śuka uvāca sa evam ukto hari-medhasoddhavaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ taṃ parisṛtya pādayoḥ śiro nidhāyāśru-kalābhir ārdra-dhīr nyaṣiñcad advandva-paro 'py apakrame
Śrī Śuka said: Thus addressed by Hari of (deep) understanding, Uddhava walked around him keeping him to the right, laid his head at his feet, and — his mind softened, though he had gone beyond dualities — wet them with drops of tears at the parting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.46
सु-दुस्त्यज-स्नेह-वियोग-कातरो न शक्नुवंस् तं परिहातुम् आतुरः कृच्छ्रं ययौ मूर्धनि भर्तृ-पादुके बिभ्रन् नमस्कृत्य ययौ पुनः पुनः
su-dustyaja-sneha-viyoga-kātaro na śaknuvaṃs taṃ parihātum āturaḥ kṛcchraṃ yayau mūrdhani bhartṛ-pāduke bibhran namaskṛtya yayau punaḥ punaḥ
Made wretched by separation from an affection so hard to give up, unable in his distress to leave him, he went with great difficulty, carrying his master's sandals on his head, and went on bowing again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.47
ततस् तम् अन्तर् हृदि सन्निवेश्य गतो महा-भागवतो विशालाम् यथोपदिष्टां जगद्-एक-बन्धुना तपः समास्थाय हरेर् अगाद् गतिम्
tatas tam antar hṛdi sanniveśya gato mahā-bhāgavato viśālām yathopadiṣṭāṃ jagad-eka-bandhunā tapaḥ samāsthāya harer agād gatim
Then, having settled him within his heart, that great devotee went to Viśālā as instructed by the one friend of the world, and having undertaken austerity there, he attained the state of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.48
य एतद् आनन्द-समुद्र-सम्भृतं ज्ञानामृतं भागवताय भाषितम् कृष्णेन योगेश्वर-सेविताङ्घ्रिणा सच्-छ्रद्धयासेव्य जगद् विमुच्यते
ya etad ānanda-samudra-sambhṛtaṃ jñānāmṛtaṃ bhāgavatāya bhāṣitam kṛṣṇena yogeśvara-sevitāṅghriṇā sac-chraddhayāsevya jagad vimucyate
By whoever, with true faith, partakes of this nectar of knowledge, drawn up from the ocean of bliss, spoken to the devotee by Kṛṣṇa whose feet are served by the masters of yoga, the world is set free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 29.49
भव-भयम् अपहन्तुं ज्ञान-विज्ञान-सारं निगम-कृद् उपजह्रे भृङ्ग-वद् वेद-सारम् अम्प्;अमृतम् उदधितश् चापाययद् भृत्य-वर्गान् पुरुषम् ऋषभम् आद्यं कृष्ण-संज्ञं नतो ऽस्मि
bhava-bhayam apahantuṃ jñāna-vijñāna-sāraṃ nigama-kṛd upajahre bhṛṅga-vad veda-sāram amṛtam udadhitaś cāpāyayad bhṛtya-vargān puruṣam ṛṣabham ādyaṃ kṛṣṇa-saṃjñaṃ nato 'smi
To take away the fear of worldly existence, the maker of scripture drew out, like a bee, the essence of the Veda, the cream of knowledge and discernment; and from the ocean he gave that nectar to his host of servants to drink. To that Person, the foremost, the primeval, named Kṛṣṇa, I have bowed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition