Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 3
SB 11 3.1
श्री-राजोवाच परस्य विष्णोर् ईशस्य मायिनाम् अपि मोहिनीम् मायां वेदितुम् इच्छामो भगवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु नः
śrī-rājovāca parasya viṣṇor īśasya māyinām api mohinīm māyāṃ veditum icchāmo bhagavanto bruvantu naḥ
The king said: We wish to know the māyā of the supreme Lord Viṣṇu, which bewilders even the wielders of māyā; may you venerable ones tell us of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.2
नानुतृप्ये जुषन् युष्मद्- वचो हरि-कथामृतम् संसार-ताप-निस्तप्तो मर्त्यस् तत्-ताप-भेषजम्
nānutṛpye juṣan yuṣmad- vaco hari-kathāmṛtam saṃsāra-tāpa-nistapto martyas tat-tāpa-bheṣajam
Enjoying your words, the nectar of talk about Hari, I am not sated — for a mortal scorched by the fever of worldly existence, that is the medicine for that fever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.3
श्री-अन्तरीक्ष उवाच एभिर् भूतानि भूतात्मा महा-भूतैर् महा-भुज ससर्जोच्चावचान्य् आद्यः स्व-मात्रात्म-प्रसिद्धये
śrī-antarīkṣa uvāca ebhir bhūtāni bhūtātmā mahā-bhūtair mahā-bhuja sasarjoccāvacāny ādyaḥ sva-mātrātma-prasiddhaye
Śrī Antarīkṣa said: O mighty-armed one, the primeval Self of beings created with these great elements the beings, high and low, so that his own portions (or: the individual selves) might be accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.4
एवं सृष्टानि भूतानि प्रविष्टः पञ्च-धातुभिः एकधा दशधात्मानं विभजन् जुषते गुणान्
evaṃ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni praviṣṭaḥ pañca-dhātubhiḥ ekadhā daśadhātmānaṃ vibhajan juṣate guṇān
Having entered the beings thus created by means of the five elements, dividing himself in one way and in ten, he partakes of the qualities (of matter).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.5
गुणैर् गुणान् स भुञ्जान आत्म-प्रद्योतितैः प्रभुः मन्यमान इदं सृष्टम् आत्मानम् इह सज्जते
guṇair guṇān sa bhuñjāna ātma-pradyotitaiḥ prabhuḥ manyamāna idaṃ sṛṣṭam ātmānam iha sajjate
Enjoying the qualities by means of the qualities illumined by himself, the master, thinking this creation to be himself, becomes attached here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.6
कर्माणि कर्मभिः कुर्वन् स-निमित्तानि देह-भृत् तत् तत् कर्म-फलं गृह्णन् भ्रमतीह सुखेतरम्
karmāṇi karmabhiḥ kurvan sa-nimittāni deha-bhṛt tat tat karma-phalaṃ gṛhṇan bhramatīha sukhetaram
Bearing a body, performing actions along with their motives by means of (previous) actions, receiving the fruit of each such action, he wanders here in unhappiness (lit. in what is other than pleasure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.7
इत्थं कर्म-गतीर् गच्छन् बह्व्-अभद्र-वहाः पुमान् आभूत-सम्प्लवात् सर्ग- प्रलयाव् अश्नुते ऽवशः
itthaṃ karma-gatīr gacchan bahv-abhadra-vahāḥ pumān ābhūta-samplavāt sarga- pralayāv aśnute 'vaśaḥ
Thus going along the courses of karma, which carry much misfortune, a man helplessly undergoes creations and dissolutions until the (final) flood of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.8
धातूपप्लव आसन्ने व्यक्तं द्रव्य-गुणात्मकम् अनादि-निधनः कालो ह्य् अव्यक्तायापकर्षति
dhātūpaplava āsanne vyaktaṃ dravya-guṇātmakam anādi-nidhanaḥ kālo hy avyaktāyāpakarṣati
When the dissolution of the elements draws near, Time, without beginning or end, draws the manifest — consisting of substance and quality — back into the unmanifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.9
शत-वर्षा ह्य् अनावृष्टिर् भविष्यत्य् उल्बणा भुवि तत्-कालोपचितोष्णार्को लोकांस् त्रीन् प्रतपिष्यति
śata-varṣā hy anāvṛṣṭir bhaviṣyaty ulbaṇā bhuvi tat-kālopacitoṣṇārko lokāṃs trīn pratapiṣyati
For a hundred years there will be a fierce drought on earth, and the sun, its heat intensified by that time, will scorch the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.10
पाताल-तलम् आरभ्य सङ्कर्षण-मुखानलः दहन्न् ऊर्ध्व-शिखो विष्वग् वर्धते वायुनेरितः
pātāla-talam ārabhya saṅkarṣaṇa-mukhānalaḥ dahann ūrdhva-śikho viṣvag vardhate vāyuneritaḥ
Beginning from the floor of Pātāla, the fire from Saṅkarṣaṇa's mouth, burning with upward flames, grows in all directions, driven by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.11
संवर्तको मेघ-गणो वर्षति स्म शतं समाः धाराभिर् हस्ति-हस्ताभिर् लीयते सलिले विराट्
saṃvartako megha-gaṇo varṣati sma śataṃ samāḥ dhārābhir hasti-hastābhir līyate salile virāṭ
The mass of Saṃvartaka clouds rains for a hundred years with torrents like elephants' trunks, and the cosmic form dissolves in the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.12
ततो विराजम् उत्सृज्य् वैराजः पुरुषो नृप अव्यक्तं विशते सूक्ष्मं निरिन्धन इवानलः
tato virājam utsṛjy vairājaḥ puruṣo nṛpa avyaktaṃ viśate sūkṣmaṃ nirindhana ivānalaḥ
Then, O king, the Vairāja Person, abandoning the cosmic form, enters the subtle unmanifest, like a fire without fuel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.13
वायुना हृत-गन्धा भूः सलिलत्वाय कल्पते सलिलं तद्-धृत-रसं ज्योतिष्ट्वायोपकल्पते
vāyunā hṛta-gandhā bhūḥ salilatvāya kalpate salilaṃ tad-dhṛta-rasaṃ jyotiṣṭvāyopakalpate
The earth, its smell taken away by the wind, becomes fit to be water; that water, its taste taken away (by fire), becomes fit to be light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.14
हृत-रूपं तु तमसा वायौ ज्योतिः प्रलीयते हृत-स्पर्शो ऽवकाशेन वायुर् नभसि लीयते कालात्मना हृत-गुणं नभ आत्मनि लीयते
hṛta-rūpaṃ tu tamasā vāyau jyotiḥ pralīyate hṛta-sparśo 'vakāśena vāyur nabhasi līyate kālātmanā hṛta-guṇaṃ nabha ātmani līyate
But light, its form taken away by darkness, dissolves into wind; wind, its touch taken away by space, dissolves into the ether; and the ether, its quality taken away by (the Lord) as time, dissolves into the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.15
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिः सह वैकारिकैर् नृप प्रविशन्ति ह्य् अहङ्कारं स्व-गुणैर् अहम् आत्मनि
indriyāṇi mano buddhiḥ saha vaikārikair nṛpa praviśanti hy ahaṅkāraṃ sva-guṇair aham ātmani
The senses, mind and intellect, together with their modified products, O king, enter into the ego, and the ego with its own qualities enters into the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.16
एषा माया भगवतः सर्ग-स्थित्य्-अन्त-कारिणी त्रि-वर्णा वर्णितास्माभिः किं भूयः श्रोतुम् इच्छसि
eṣā māyā bhagavataḥ sarga-sthity-anta-kāriṇī tri-varṇā varṇitāsmābhiḥ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi
This is the māyā of the Lord, which brings about creation, maintenance and dissolution, of three colours (qualities); it has been described by us. What more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.17
श्री-राजोवाच यथैताम् ऐश्वरीं मायां दुस्तराम् अकृतात्मभिः तरन्त्य् अञ्जः स्थूल-धियो महर्ष इदम् उच्यताम्
śrī-rājovāca yathaitām aiśvarīṃ māyāṃ dustarām akṛtātmabhiḥ taranty añjaḥ sthūla-dhiyo maharṣa idam ucyatām
The king said: Let this be told, great sage — how those of coarse understanding easily cross over this māyā of the Lord, hard to cross for those whose selves are undisciplined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.18
श्री-प्रबुद्ध उवाच कर्माण्य् आरभमाणानां दुःख-हत्यै सुखाय च पश्येत् पाक-विपर्यासं मिथुनी-चारिणां नृणाम्
śrī-prabuddha uvāca karmāṇy ārabhamāṇānāṃ duḥkha-hatyai sukhāya ca paśyet pāka-viparyāsaṃ mithunī-cāriṇāṃ nṛṇām
Śrī Prabuddha said: Of men who undertake actions for the removal of pain and for pleasure, living in couples, one should observe that the outcome (of their acts) turns out the opposite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.19
नित्यार्तिदेन वित्तेन दुर्लभेनात्म-मृत्युना गृहापत्याप्त-पशुभिः का प्रीतिः साधितैश् चलैः
nityārtidena vittena durlabhenātma-mṛtyunā gṛhāpatyāpta-paśubhiḥ kā prītiḥ sādhitaiś calaiḥ
With wealth that always gives distress, hard to obtain, and (that is) the death of the self — what pleasure is there in home, offspring, kinsmen and cattle, obtained by it and unsteady?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.20
एवं लोकं परम् विद्यान् नश्वरं कर्म-निर्मितम् स-तुल्यातिशय-ध्वंसं यथा मण्डल-वर्तिनाम्
evaṃ lokaṃ param vidyān naśvaraṃ karma-nirmitam sa-tulyātiśaya-dhvaṃsaṃ yathā maṇḍala-vartinām
So too one should know the higher world (attained by rites) to be perishable, made by karma, and subject to destruction, with equals and superiors — as with those who dwell in a (royal) circle of realms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.21
तस्माद् गुरुं प्रपद्येत जिज्ञासुः श्रेय उत्तमम् शाब्दे परे च निष्णातं ब्रह्मण्य् उपशमाश्रयम्
tasmād guruṃ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṃ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam
Therefore, one who desires to know the highest good should approach a guru — one versed in scripture and in the supreme Brahman, whose refuge is tranquillity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.22
तत्र भागवतान् धर्मान् शिक्षेद् गुर्व्-आत्म-दैवतः अमाययानुवृत्त्या यैस् तुष्येद् आत्मात्म-दो हरिः
tatra bhāgavatān dharmān śikṣed gurv-ātma-daivataḥ amāyayānuvṛttyā yais tuṣyed ātmātma-do hariḥ
There, taking the guru as his own self and his deity, he should learn the dharmas of the devotees, by which Hari, who is the self and the giver of himself, is pleased — through guileless service.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.23
सर्वतो मनसो ऽसङ्गम् आदौ सङ्गं च साधुषु दयां मैत्रीं प्रश्रयं च भूतेष्व् अद्धा यथोचितम्
sarvato manaso 'saṅgam ādau saṅgaṃ ca sādhuṣu dayāṃ maitrīṃ praśrayaṃ ca bhūteṣv addhā yathocitam
(He should learn) detachment of the mind from everything, and, to begin with, attachment to the good; compassion, friendliness and deference toward beings, directly, as is fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.24
शौचं तपस् तितिक्षां च मौनं स्वाध्यायम् आर्जवम् ब्रह्मचर्यम् अहिंसां च समत्वं द्वन्द्व-संज्ञयोः
śaucaṃ tapas titikṣāṃ ca maunaṃ svādhyāyam ārjavam brahmacaryam ahiṃsāṃ ca samatvaṃ dvandva-saṃjñayoḥ
Purity, austerity, endurance, silence, study of scripture, straightforwardness, celibacy, non-injury, and evenness toward what are called the pairs (of opposites);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.25
सर्वत्रात्मेश्वरान्वीक्षां कैवल्यम् अनिकेतताम् विविक्त-चीर-वसनं सन्तोषं येन केनचित्
sarvatrātmeśvarānvīkṣāṃ kaivalyam aniketatām vivikta-cīra-vasanaṃ santoṣaṃ yena kenacit
Seeing the Self as Lord everywhere, solitariness, homelessness, wearing secluded (or torn) rags for clothing, contentment with whatever comes;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.26
श्रद्धां भागवते शास्त्रे ऽनिन्दाम् अन्यत्र चापि हि मनो-वाक्-कर्म-दण्डं च सत्यं शम-दमाव् अपि
śraddhāṃ bhāgavate śāstre 'nindām anyatra cāpi hi mano-vāk-karma-daṇḍaṃ ca satyaṃ śama-damāv api
Faith in the scripture concerning the Lord, and no reviling of others; restraint of mind, speech and action; truth, and both inner and outer control;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.27
श्रवणं कीर्तनं ध्यानं हरेर् अद्भुत-कर्मणः जन्म-कर्म-गुणानां च तद्-अर्थे ऽखिल-चेष्टितम्
śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ dhyānaṃ harer adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ janma-karma-guṇānāṃ ca tad-arthe 'khila-ceṣṭitam
Hearing, glorifying and meditating on Hari of wondrous deeds, and on his births, acts and qualities, and all one's activity for his sake;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.28
इष्टं दत्तं तपो जप्तं वृत्तं यच् चात्मनः प्रियम् दारान् सुतान् गृहान् प्राणान् यत् परस्मै निवेदनम्
iṣṭaṃ dattaṃ tapo japtaṃ vṛttaṃ yac cātmanaḥ priyam dārān sutān gṛhān prāṇān yat parasmai nivedanam
Sacrifice offered, gifts given, austerity, muttered prayer, conduct, and whatever is dear to oneself — wife, sons, house, life-breaths: the offering of these to the Supreme;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.29
एवं कृष्णात्म-नाथेषु मनुष्येषु च सौहृदम् परिचर्यां चोभयत्र महत्सु नृषु साधुषु
evaṃ kṛṣṇātma-nātheṣu manuṣyeṣu ca sauhṛdam paricaryāṃ cobhayatra mahatsu nṛṣu sādhuṣu
Thus, friendship toward men who have Kṛṣṇa as the Lord of their self, and service in both cases — toward the great and toward good men;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.30
परस्परानुकथनं पावनं भगवद्-यशः मिथो रतिर् मिथस् तुष्टिर् निवृत्तिर् मिथ आत्मनः
parasparānukathanaṃ pāvanaṃ bhagavad-yaśaḥ mitho ratir mithas tuṣṭir nivṛttir mitha ātmanaḥ
Mutual recital of the purifying glory of the Lord, mutual delight, mutual satisfaction, and mutual cessation (of misery) for oneself;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.31
स्मरन्तः स्मारयन्तश् च मिथो ऽघौघ-हरं हरिम् भक्त्या सञ्जातया भक्त्या बिभ्रत्य् उत्पुलकां तनुम्
smarantaḥ smārayantaś ca mitho 'ghaugha-haraṃ harim bhaktyā sañjātayā bhaktyā bibhraty utpulakāṃ tanum
Remembering and mutually reminding one another of Hari who takes away the flood of sins, they bear a body with hair bristling, through the devotion arisen from devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.32
क्वचिद् रुदन्त्य् अच्युत-चिन्तया क्वचिद् धसन्ति नन्दन्ति वदन्त्य् अलौकिकाः अम्प्;नृत्यन्ति गायन्त्य् अनुशीलयन्त्य् अजं भवन्ति तूष्णीं परम् एत्य निर्वृताः
kvacid rudanty acyuta-cintayā kvacid dhasanti nandanti vadanty alaukikāḥ nṛtyanti gāyanty anuśīlayanty ajaṃ bhavanti tūṣṇīṃ param etya nirvṛtāḥ
Sometimes they weep from thinking of Acyuta, sometimes they laugh, rejoice, speak — unworldly; they dance, sing, and practise (devotion) to the unborn one; they become silent, having reached the Supreme, at peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.33
इति भागवतान् धर्मान् शिक्षन् भक्त्या तद्-उत्थया नारायण-परो मायाम् अञ्जस् तरति दुस्तराम्
iti bhāgavatān dharmān śikṣan bhaktyā tad-utthayā nārāyaṇa-paro māyām añjas tarati dustarām
Thus, learning the Bhāgavata duties with the devotion arising from them, one devoted to Nārāyaṇa easily crosses over māyā, hard to cross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.34
श्री-राजोवाच नारायणाभिधानस्य ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः निष्ठाम् अर्हथ नो वक्तुं यूयं हि ब्रह्म-वित्तमाः
śrī-rājovāca nārāyaṇābhidhānasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ niṣṭhām arhatha no vaktuṃ yūyaṃ hi brahma-vittamāḥ
The king said: You should tell us the nature (the fixed state) of Brahman, the Supreme Self called Nārāyaṇa, for you are the best of the knowers of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.35
श्री-पिप्पलायन उवाच स्थित्य्-उद्भव-प्रलय-हेतुर् अहेतुर् अस्य यत् स्वप्न-जागर-सुषुप्तिषु सद् बहिश् च स्थित्य्-उद्भव-प्रलय-हेतुर् अहेतुर् अस्य यत् स्वप्न-जागर-सुषुप्तिषु सद् बहिश् च देहेन्द्रियासु-हृदयानि चरन्ति येन सञ्जीवितानि तद् अवेहि परं नरेन्द्र
śrī-pippalāyana uvāca sthity-udbhava-pralaya-hetur ahetur asya yat svapna-jāgara-suṣuptiṣu sad bahiś ca sthity-udbhava-pralaya-hetur ahetur asya yat svapna-jāgara-suṣuptiṣu sad bahiś ca dehendriyāsu-hṛdayāni caranti yena sañjīvitāni tad avehi paraṃ narendra
Śrī Pippalāyana said: That which is the cause of the maintenance, arising and dissolution of this (world), yet itself is causeless; which exists in dreaming, waking and deep sleep, and also outside (them); by which, being enlivened, the body, senses, life-airs and hearts function — know that to be the Supreme, O lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.36
नैतन् मनो विशति वाग् उत चक्षुर् आत्मा प्राणेन्द्रियाणि च यथानलम् अर्चिषः स्वाः नैतन् मनो विशति वाग् उत चक्षुर् आत्मा प्राणेन्द्रियाणि च यथानलम् अर्चिषः स्वाः शब्दो ऽपि बोधक-निषेधतयात्म-मूलम् अर्थोक्तम् आह यद्-ऋते न निषेध-सिद्धिः
naitan mano viśati vāg uta cakṣur ātmā prāṇendriyāṇi ca yathānalam arciṣaḥ svāḥ naitan mano viśati vāg uta cakṣur ātmā prāṇendriyāṇi ca yathānalam arciṣaḥ svāḥ śabdo 'pi bodhaka-niṣedhatayātma-mūlam arthoktam āha yad-ṛte na niṣedha-siddhiḥ
Neither mind nor speech, nor eye, nor intellect, nor the life-airs and senses enter into this, just as sparks (do not enter) the fire that is their own (source). Even speech (scripture), being that which teaches by way of negation, declares (only) the meaning that the Self is the root — for without it (the Self) the negation itself could not be established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.37
सत्त्वं रजस् तम इति त्रि-वृद् एकम् आदौ सूत्रं महान् अहम् इति प्रवदन्ति जीवम् सत्त्वं रजस् तम इति त्रि-वृद् एकम् आदौ सूत्रं महान् अहम् इति प्रवदन्ति जीवम् ज्ञान-क्रियार्थ-फल-रूपतयोरु-शक्ति ब्रह्मैव भाति सद् असच् च तयोः परं यत्
sattvaṃ rajas tama iti tri-vṛd ekam ādau sūtraṃ mahān aham iti pravadanti jīvam sattvaṃ rajas tama iti tri-vṛd ekam ādau sūtraṃ mahān aham iti pravadanti jīvam jñāna-kriyārtha-phala-rūpatayoru-śakti brahmaiva bhāti sad asac ca tayoḥ paraṃ yat
That which they call sattva, rajas and tamas, the one threefold (nature) at the beginning, the sūtra (cosmic thread), the mahat, the ahaṅkāra, and the living being — Brahman alone, of vast power, appears in the forms of knowledge, action, object and result; (and it is) both the manifest and the unmanifest, and that which is beyond the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.38
नात्मा जजान न मरिष्यति नैधते ऽसौ न क्षीयते सवन-विद् व्यभिचारिणां हि नात्मा जजान न मरिष्यति नैधते ऽसौ न क्षीयते सवन-विद् व्यभिचारिणां हि सर्वत्र शश्वद् अनपाय्य् उपलब्धि-मात्रं प्राणो यथेन्द्रिय-बलेन विकल्पितं सत्
nātmā jajāna na mariṣyati naidhate 'sau na kṣīyate savana-vid vyabhicāriṇāṃ hi nātmā jajāna na mariṣyati naidhate 'sau na kṣīyate savana-vid vyabhicāriṇāṃ hi sarvatra śaśvad anapāyy upalabdhi-mātraṃ prāṇo yathendriya-balena vikalpitaṃ sat
The Self was not born and will not die; it does not grow and does not decay; for it is the knower of the changes of those things that are subject to change. It is everywhere, always, imperishable, pure awareness — as the life-breath (appears diversified), so is it imagined as manifold through the power of the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.39
अण्डेषु पेशिषु तरुष्व् अविनिश्चितेषु प्राणो हि जीवम् उपधावति तत्र तत्र सन्ने यद् इन्द्रिय-गणे ऽहमि च प्रसुप्ते कूट-स्थ आशयम् ऋते तद्-अनुस्मृतिर् नः
aṇḍeṣu peśiṣu taruṣv aviniściteṣu prāṇo hi jīvam upadhāvati tatra tatra sanne yad indriya-gaṇe 'hami ca prasupte kūṭa-stha āśayam ṛte tad-anusmṛtir naḥ
In eggs, in wombs, in trees, and in indeterminate (forms of life), the life-breath indeed runs after the living being there and there. When the group of senses has subsided and the ego is asleep, the (Self) standing unchanging (still remains); apart from a receptacle (of impressions) we would have no recollection of that (state).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.40
यर्ह्य् अब्ज-नाभ-चरणैषणयोरु-भक्त्या चेतो-मलानि विधमेद् गुण-कर्म-जानि अम्प्;तस्मिन् विशुद्ध उपलभ्यत आत्म-तत्त्वं शाक्षाद् यथामल-दृशोः सवितृ-प्रकाशः
yarhy abja-nābha-caraṇaiṣaṇayoru-bhaktyā ceto-malāni vidhamed guṇa-karma-jāni tasmin viśuddha upalabhyata ātma-tattvaṃ śākṣād yathāmala-dṛśoḥ savitṛ-prakāśaḥ
When, by great devotion in the form of longing for the feet of the lotus-naveled one, one blows away the impurities of the mind born of the modes and of action, then in that purified (mind) the truth of the Self is directly perceived, as the light of the sun is (seen) by clear eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.41
श्री-राजोवाच कर्म-योगं वदत नः पुरुषो येन संस्कृतः विधूयेहाशु कर्माणि नैष्कर्म्यं विन्दते परम्
śrī-rājovāca karma-yogaṃ vadata naḥ puruṣo yena saṃskṛtaḥ vidhūyehāśu karmāṇi naiṣkarmyaṃ vindate param
The king said: Tell us of karma-yoga, by which a person, being purified, quickly shakes off actions here and attains the supreme state of actionlessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.42
एवं प्रश्नम् ऋषीन् पूर्वम् अपृच्छं पितुर् अन्तिके नाब्रुवन् ब्रह्मणः पुत्रास् तत्र कारणम् उच्यताम्
evaṃ praśnam ṛṣīn pūrvam apṛcchaṃ pitur antike nābruvan brahmaṇaḥ putrās tatra kāraṇam ucyatām
I asked the sages this question before, in my father's presence, but the sons of Brahmā did not answer; let the reason for that be stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.43
श्री-आविर्होत्र उवाच कर्माकर्म विकर्मेति वेद-वादो न लौकिकः वेदस्य चेश्वरात्मत्वात् तत्र मुह्यन्ति सूरयः
śrī-āvirhotra uvāca karmākarma vikarmeti veda-vādo na laukikaḥ vedasya ceśvarātmatvāt tatra muhyanti sūrayaḥ
Śrī Āvirhotra said: Action, inaction and wrong action — this is the teaching of the Veda, not of common usage; and because the Veda has the Lord as its self, even the learned are bewildered about it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.44
परोक्ष-वादो वेदो ऽयं बालानाम् अनुशासनम् कर्म-मोक्षाय कर्माणि विधत्ते ह्य् अगदं यथा
parokṣa-vādo vedo 'yaṃ bālānām anuśāsanam karma-mokṣāya karmāṇi vidhatte hy agadaṃ yathā
This Veda speaks indirectly; it is the instruction of the immature. It prescribes rites for the sake of release from action, as (a physician prescribes) medicine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.45
नाचरेद् यस् तु वेदोक्तं स्वयम् अज्ञो ऽजितेन्द्रियः विकर्मणा ह्य् अधर्मेण मृत्योर् मृत्युम् उपैति सः
nācared yas tu vedoktaṃ svayam ajño 'jitendriyaḥ vikarmaṇā hy adharmeṇa mṛtyor mṛtyum upaiti saḥ
But he who, being himself ignorant and unrestrained in his senses, does not perform what the Veda enjoins, goes by wrong action, by irreligion, from death to death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.46
वेदोक्तम् एव कुर्वाणो निःसङ्गो ऽर्पितम् ईश्वरे नैष्कर्म्यं लभते सिद्धिं रोचनार्था फल-श्रुतिः
vedoktam eva kurvāṇo niḥsaṅgo 'rpitam īśvare naiṣkarmyaṃ labhate siddhiṃ rocanārthā phala-śrutiḥ
But one who performs just what the Veda enjoins, unattached, offering it to the Lord, attains the perfection of actionlessness; the scriptural mention of rewards is (only) to attract (people).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.47
य आशु हृदय-ग्रन्थिं निर्जिहीऋषुः परात्मनः विधिनोपचरेद् देवं तन्त्रोक्तेन च केशवम्
ya āśu hṛdaya-granthiṃ nirjihīṛṣuḥ parātmanaḥ vidhinopacared devaṃ tantroktena ca keśavam
One who wishes quickly to cut the knot in the heart (that binds him) to the Supreme Self should worship the Lord Keśava by the (Vedic) rule and by what is stated in the Tantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.48
लब्ध्वानुग्रह आचार्यात् तेन सन्दर्शितागमः महा-पुरुषम् अभ्यर्चेन् मूर्त्याभिमतयात्मनः
labdhvānugraha ācāryāt tena sandarśitāgamaḥ mahā-puruṣam abhyarcen mūrtyābhimatayātmanaḥ
Having obtained the favour of a spiritual teacher, and having been shown the scripture by him, one should worship the Great Person in the form that is pleasing to oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.49
शुचिः सम्मुखम् आसीनः प्राण-संयमनादिभिः पिण्डं विशोध्य सन्न्यास- कृत-रक्षो ऽर्चयेद् धरिम्
śuciḥ sammukham āsīnaḥ prāṇa-saṃyamanādibhiḥ piṇḍaṃ viśodhya sannyāsa- kṛta-rakṣo 'rcayed dharim
Pure, seated facing (the deity), having purified the body by breath control and the like, and having made himself protected by the ritual assignment (of mantras), he should worship Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.50
अर्चादौ हृदये चापि यथा-लब्धोपचारकैः द्रव्य-क्षित्य्-आत्म-लिण्गानि निष्पाद्य प्रोक्ष्य चासनम्
arcādau hṛdaye cāpi yathā-labdhopacārakaiḥ dravya-kṣity-ātma-liṇgāni niṣpādya prokṣya cāsanam
In the image and so on, and also in the heart, with such articles of service as are available, having prepared the images (of the Lord) made of substances, of earth, or (visualized) in the self, and having sprinkled the seat (with water) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 3.51
पाद्यादीन् उपकल्प्याथ सन्निधाप्य समाहितः हृद्-आदिभिः कृत-न्यासो मूल-मन्त्रेण चार्चयेत्
pādyādīn upakalpyātha sannidhāpya samāhitaḥ hṛd-ādibhiḥ kṛta-nyāso mūla-mantreṇa cārcayet
then, having provided the water for the feet and the rest, and having invoked (the Lord's) presence, concentrated, having performed the placings (of mantras) on the heart and so on, he should worship with the root mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.52
साङ्गोपाङ्गां स-पार्षदां तां तां मूर्तिं स्व-मन्त्रतः पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयाद्यैः स्नान-वासो-विभूषणैः
sāṅgopāṅgāṃ sa-pārṣadāṃ tāṃ tāṃ mūrtiṃ sva-mantrataḥ pādyārghyācamanīyādyaiḥ snāna-vāso-vibhūṣaṇaiḥ
(He should worship) that particular form together with its limbs and secondary limbs and its attendants, by their own mantras, with water for the feet, offering-water, water for rinsing the mouth and the rest, with bathing, garments and ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.53
गन्ध-माल्याक्षत-स्रग्भिर् धूप-दीपोपहारकैः साङ्गम् सम्पूज्य विधिवत् स्तवैः स्तुत्वा नमेद् धरिम्
gandha-mālyākṣata-sragbhir dhūpa-dīpopahārakaiḥ sāṅgam sampūjya vidhivat stavaiḥ stutvā named dharim
With fragrances, garlands, unbroken rice grains and wreaths, with incense, lamps and (other) presentations, having worshipped (the Lord) together with his attendant limbs according to the rule, and having praised (him) with hymns, one should bow to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.54
आत्मानम् तन्-मयम् ध्यायन् मूर्तिं सम्पूजयेद् धरेः शेषाम् आधाय शिरसा स्व-धाम्न्य् उद्वास्य सत्-कृतम्
ātmānam tan-mayam dhyāyan mūrtiṃ sampūjayed dhareḥ śeṣām ādhāya śirasā sva-dhāmny udvāsya sat-kṛtam
Meditating on himself as made of Him, he should fully worship the form of Hari; then, placing the remnants (of the offering) on his head with reverence, he should dismiss (the deity), duly honored, into his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 3.55
एवम् अग्न्य्-अर्क-तोयादाव् अतिथौ हृदये च यः यजतीश्वरम् आत्मानम् अचिरान् मुच्यते हि सः
evam agny-arka-toyādāv atithau hṛdaye ca yaḥ yajatīśvaram ātmānam acirān mucyate hi saḥ
Thus, whoever worships the Lord, the Self, in fire, in the sun, in water and the like, in a guest, and in his own heart—he is quickly freed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition