Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 4

SB 11 4.1

श्री-राजोवाच यानि यानीह कर्माणि यैर् यैः स्वच्छन्द-जन्मभिः चक्रे करोति कर्ता वा हरिस् तानि ब्रुवन्तु नः

śrī-rājovāca yāni yānīha karmāṇi yair yaiḥ svacchanda-janmabhiḥ cakre karoti kartā vā haris tāni bruvantu naḥ

The king said: Whatever deeds Hari did here, by whatever births taken at his own will, and whatever he does or will do—please tell us of them.

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SB 11 4.2

श्री-द्रुमिल उवाच यो वा अनन्तस्य गुनान् अनन्तान् अनुक्रमिष्यन् स तु बाल-बुद्धिः रजांसि भूमेर् गणयेत् कथञ्चित् कालेन नैवाखिल-शक्ति-धाम्नः

śrī-drumila uvāca yo vā anantasya gunān anantān anukramiṣyan sa tu bāla-buddhiḥ rajāṃsi bhūmer gaṇayet kathañcit kālena naivākhila-śakti-dhāmnaḥ

Śrī Drumila said: Whoever would set out to enumerate the endless qualities of the Endless One has the intelligence of a child. One might somehow, in time, count the specks of dust of the earth, but never (the qualities) of him who is the abode of all powers.

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SB 11 4.3

भूतैर् यदा पञ्चभिर् आत्म-सृष्टैः पुरं विराजं विरचय्य तस्मिन् अम्प्;स्वांशेन विष्टः पुरुषाभिधानम् अवाप नारायण आदि-देवः

bhūtair yadā pañcabhir ātma-sṛṣṭaiḥ puraṃ virājaṃ viracayya tasmin svāṃśena viṣṭaḥ puruṣābhidhānam avāpa nārāyaṇa ādi-devaḥ

When, with the five elements created out of himself, he had fashioned the city, the Cosmic Form, and had entered into it by his own portion, Nārāyaṇa, the primeval God, obtained the name Puruṣa.

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SB 11 4.4

यत्-काय एष भुवन-त्रय-सन्निवेशो यस्येन्द्रियैस् तनु-भृताम् उभयेन्द्रियाणि यत्-काय एष भुवन-त्रय-सन्निवेशो यस्येन्द्रियैस् तनु-भृताम् उभयेन्द्रियाणि ज्ञानं स्वतः श्वसनतो बलम् ओज ईहा सत्त्वादिभिः स्थिति-लयोद्भव आदि-कर्ता

yat-kāya eṣa bhuvana-traya-sanniveśo yasyendriyais tanu-bhṛtām ubhayendriyāṇi yat-kāya eṣa bhuvana-traya-sanniveśo yasyendriyais tanu-bhṛtām ubhayendriyāṇi jñānaṃ svataḥ śvasanato balam oja īhā sattvādibhiḥ sthiti-layodbhava ādi-kartā

He whose body is this structure of the three worlds; by whose senses (arise) both (kinds of) senses of the embodied; knowledge from himself, and from his breathing strength, vigor and effort—he, through sattva and the rest, is the original doer of maintenance, dissolution and origination.

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SB 11 4.5

आदाव् अभूच् छत-धृती रजसास्य सर्गे विष्णुः स्थितौ क्रतु-पतिर् द्विज-धर्म-सेतुः आदाव् अभूच् छत-धृती रजसास्य सर्गे विष्णुः स्थितौ क्रतु-पतिर् द्विज-धर्म-सेतुः रुद्रो ऽप्ययाय तमसा पुरुषः स आद्य इत्य् उद्भव-स्थिति-लयाः सततं प्रजासु

ādāv abhūc chata-dhṛtī rajasāsya sarge viṣṇuḥ sthitau kratu-patir dvija-dharma-setuḥ ādāv abhūc chata-dhṛtī rajasāsya sarge viṣṇuḥ sthitau kratu-patir dvija-dharma-setuḥ rudro 'pyayāya tamasā puruṣaḥ sa ādya ity udbhava-sthiti-layāḥ satataṃ prajāsu

In the beginning, for the creation of this (universe), he became Śatadhṛti (Brahmā) by rajas; for its maintenance Viṣṇu, lord of sacrifice, the bulwark of the twice-born's dharma; and Rudra for its dissolution, by tamas—he, that primeval Person. Thus origination, maintenance and dissolution occur constantly among created beings.

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SB 11 4.6

धर्मस्य दक्ष-दुहितर्य् अजनिष्ट मूर्त्यां नारायणो नर ऋषि-प्रवरः प्रशान्तः धर्मस्य दक्ष-दुहितर्य् अजनिष्ट मूर्त्यां नारायणो नर ऋषि-प्रवरः प्रशान्तः नैष्कर्म्य-लक्षणम् उवाच चचार कर्म यो ऽद्यापि चास्त ऋषि-वर्य-निषेविताङ्घ्रिः

dharmasya dakṣa-duhitary ajaniṣṭa mūrtyāṃ nārāyaṇo nara ṛṣi-pravaraḥ praśāntaḥ dharmasya dakṣa-duhitary ajaniṣṭa mūrtyāṃ nārāyaṇo nara ṛṣi-pravaraḥ praśāntaḥ naiṣkarmya-lakṣaṇam uvāca cacāra karma yo 'dyāpi cāsta ṛṣi-varya-niṣevitāṅghriḥ

From Mūrti, the daughter of Dakṣa (and wife) of Dharma, were born Nārāyaṇa and Nara, foremost of sages, tranquil, who spoke of and practiced the action whose mark is freedom from (binding) work, and who even today abides, his feet attended by the best of sages.

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SB 11 4.7

इन्द्रो विशङ्क्य मम धाम जिघृक्षतीति कामं न्ययुङ्क्त स-गणं स बदर्य्-उपाख्यम् इन्द्रो विशङ्क्य मम धाम जिघृक्षतीति कामं न्ययुङ्क्त स-गणं स बदर्य्-उपाख्यम् गत्वाप्सरो-गण-वसन्त-सुमन्द-वातैः स्त्री-प्रेक्षणेषुभिर् अविध्यद् अतन्-महि-ज्ञः

indro viśaṅkya mama dhāma jighṛkṣatīti kāmaṃ nyayuṅkta sa-gaṇaṃ sa badary-upākhyam indro viśaṅkya mama dhāma jighṛkṣatīti kāmaṃ nyayuṅkta sa-gaṇaṃ sa badary-upākhyam gatvāpsaro-gaṇa-vasanta-sumanda-vātaiḥ strī-prekṣaṇeṣubhir avidhyad atan-mahi-jñaḥ

Indra, suspecting, "He wishes to seize my station," dispatched Kāma with his retinue; and he, going to that place called Badarī, with troops of Apsarās, with spring and gently blowing breezes, shot (the sage) with the arrows of women's glances—not knowing his greatness.

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SB 11 4.8

विज्ञाय शक्र-कृतम् अक्रमम् आदि-देवः प्राह प्रहस्य गत-विस्मय एजमानान् विज्ञाय शक्र-कृतम् अक्रमम् आदि-देवः प्राह प्रहस्य गत-विस्मय एजमानान् मा भैर् विभो मदन मारुत देव-वध्वो गृह्णीत नो बलिम् अशून्यम् इमं कुरुध्वम्

vijñāya śakra-kṛtam akramam ādi-devaḥ prāha prahasya gata-vismaya ejamānān vijñāya śakra-kṛtam akramam ādi-devaḥ prāha prahasya gata-vismaya ejamānān mā bhair vibho madana māruta deva-vadhvo gṛhṇīta no balim aśūnyam imaṃ kurudhvam

Recognizing the offense committed by Śakra, the primeval God, laughing, without astonishment, said to those trembling ones: "Do not fear, O mighty Madana, O Māruta, O wives of the gods; accept this our offering, and make this place not empty (of you)."

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SB 11 4.9

इत्थं ब्रुवत्य् अभय-दे नर-देव देवाः स-व्रीड-नम्र-शिरसः स-घृणं तम् ऊचुः इत्थं ब्रुवत्य् अभय-दे नर-देव देवाः स-व्रीड-नम्र-शिरसः स-घृणं तम् ऊचुः नैतद् विभो त्वयि परे ऽविकृते विचित्रं स्वाराम-धीर-निकरानत-पाद-पद्मे

itthaṃ bruvaty abhaya-de nara-deva devāḥ sa-vrīḍa-namra-śirasaḥ sa-ghṛṇaṃ tam ūcuḥ itthaṃ bruvaty abhaya-de nara-deva devāḥ sa-vrīḍa-namra-śirasaḥ sa-ghṛṇaṃ tam ūcuḥ naitad vibho tvayi pare 'vikṛte vicitraṃ svārāma-dhīra-nikarānata-pāda-padme

When the giver of fearlessness spoke thus, O king, the gods, their heads bowed in shame, said to him with awe: "This is nothing strange in you, O all-pervading, supreme, unchanging one, at whose lotus feet the throng of the self-satisfied and steady bow down."

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SB 11 4.10

त्वां सेवतां सुर-कृता बहवो ऽन्तरायाः स्वौको विलङ्घ्य परमं व्रजतां पदं ते त्वां सेवतां सुर-कृता बहवो ऽन्तरायाः स्वौको विलङ्घ्य परमं व्रजतां पदं ते नान्यस्य बर्हिषि बलीन् ददतः स्व-भागान् धत्ते पदं त्वम् अविता यदि विघ्न-मूर्ध्नि

tvāṃ sevatāṃ sura-kṛtā bahavo 'ntarāyāḥ svauko vilaṅghya paramaṃ vrajatāṃ padaṃ te tvāṃ sevatāṃ sura-kṛtā bahavo 'ntarāyāḥ svauko vilaṅghya paramaṃ vrajatāṃ padaṃ te nānyasya barhiṣi balīn dadataḥ sva-bhāgān dhatte padaṃ tvam avitā yadi vighna-mūrdhni

For those who serve you, who overstep their own abode and go to your supreme station, many obstacles are made by the gods—but not for another, who at the sacrifice gives them offerings, their own shares. You set (your) foot upon the head of the obstacle, if you are (his) protector.

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SB 11 4.11

क्षुत्-तृट्-त्रि-काल-गुण-मारुत-जैह्व-शैष्णान् अस्मान् अपार-जलधीन् अतितीर्य केचित् क्षुत्-तृट्-त्रि-काल-गुण-मारुत-जैह्व-शैष्णान् अस्मान् अपार-जलधीन् अतितीर्य केचित् क्रोधस्य यान्ति विफलस्य वशं पदे गोर् मज्जन्ति दुश्चर-तपश् च वृथोत्सृजन्ति

kṣut-tṛṭ-tri-kāla-guṇa-māruta-jaihva-śaiṣṇān asmān apāra-jaladhīn atitīrya kecit kṣut-tṛṭ-tri-kāla-guṇa-māruta-jaihva-śaiṣṇān asmān apāra-jaladhīn atitīrya kecit krodhasya yānti viphalasya vaśaṃ pade gor majjanti duścara-tapaś ca vṛthotsṛjanti

Having crossed over us—boundless oceans of hunger, thirst, the three times (heat, cold, etc.), the guṇas, the wind (of breath), the tongue and the genitals—some then come under the sway of fruitless anger, drown in a cow's hoofprint, and throw away in vain their hard-won austerity.

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SB 11 4.12

इति प्रगृणतां तेषां स्त्रियो ऽत्य्-अद्भुत-दर्शनाः दर्शयाम् आस शुश्रूषां स्व्-अर्चिताः कुर्वतीर् विभुः

iti pragṛṇatāṃ teṣāṃ striyo 'ty-adbhuta-darśanāḥ darśayām āsa śuśrūṣāṃ sv-arcitāḥ kurvatīr vibhuḥ

As they were thus praising (him), the almighty one displayed to them women of most wondrous appearance, richly adorned, performing service.

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SB 11 4.13

ते देवानुचरा दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियः श्रीर् इव रूपिणीः गन्धेन मुमुहुस् तासां रूपौदार्य-हत-श्रियः

te devānucarā dṛṣṭvā striyaḥ śrīr iva rūpiṇīḥ gandhena mumuhus tāsāṃ rūpaudārya-hata-śriyaḥ

Those attendants of the gods, on seeing the women, who were like Śrī embodied, were bewildered by their fragrance, their own splendor eclipsed by the excellence of those women's beauty.

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SB 11 4.14

तान् आह देव-देवेशः प्रणतान् प्रहसन्न् इव आसाम् एकतमां वृङ्ध्वं स-वर्णां स्वर्ग-भूषणाम्

tān āha deva-deveśaḥ praṇatān prahasann iva āsām ekatamāṃ vṛṅdhvaṃ sa-varṇāṃ svarga-bhūṣaṇām

To them, as they bowed, the God of the gods' lords said, as if smiling: "Choose one of these, of a kind with yourselves, as an ornament of heaven."

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SB 11 4.15

ओम् इत्य् आदेशम् आदाय नत्वा तं सुर-वन्दिनः उर्वशीम् अप्सरः-श्रेष्ठां पुरस्कृत्य दिवं ययुः

om ity ādeśam ādāya natvā taṃ sura-vandinaḥ urvaśīm apsaraḥ-śreṣṭhāṃ puraskṛtya divaṃ yayuḥ

Saying "Om," accepting the command and bowing to him, the panegyrists of the gods went to heaven, placing Urvaśī, foremost of Apsarās, at their head.

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SB 11 4.16

इन्द्रायानम्य सदसि शृण्वतां त्रि-दिवौकसाम् ऊचुर् नारायण-बलं शक्रस् तत्रास विस्मितः

indrāyānamya sadasi śṛṇvatāṃ tri-divaukasām ūcur nārāyaṇa-balaṃ śakras tatrāsa vismitaḥ

Having bowed to Indra, in the assembly, while the dwellers of the three heavens listened, they told of Nārāyaṇa's power; Śakra, astonished, was frightened at that.

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SB 11 4.17

हंस-स्वरूप्य् अवदद् अच्युत आत्म-योगं दत्तः कुमार ऋषभो भगवान् पिता नः अम्प्;विष्णुः शिवाय जगतां कलयावतिर्णस् तेनाहृता मधु-भिदा श्रुतयो हयास्ये

haṃsa-svarūpy avadad acyuta ātma-yogaṃ dattaḥ kumāra ṛṣabho bhagavān pitā naḥ viṣṇuḥ śivāya jagatāṃ kalayāvatirṇas tenāhṛtā madhu-bhidā śrutayo hayāsye

In the form of a swan the infallible one taught the yoga of the self; (so did) Datta, the Kumāra, and the Lord Ṛṣabha, our father; Viṣṇu descended by a portion for the welfare of the worlds, and by him, the slayer of Madhu, in the horse-headed form, the Vedas were recovered.

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SB 11 4.18

गुप्तो ऽप्यये मनुर् इलौषधयश् च मात्स्ये क्रौडे हतो दिति-ज उद्धरताम्भसः क्ष्माम् गुप्तो ऽप्यये मनुर् इलौषधयश् च मात्स्ये क्रौडे हतो दिति-ज उद्धरताम्भसः क्ष्माम् कौर्मे धृतो ऽद्रिर् अमृतोन्मथने स्व-पृष्ठे ग्राहात् प्रपन्नम् इभ-राजम् अमुञ्चद् आर्तम्

gupto 'pyaye manur ilauṣadhayaś ca mātsye krauḍe hato diti-ja uddharatāmbhasaḥ kṣmām gupto 'pyaye manur ilauṣadhayaś ca mātsye krauḍe hato diti-ja uddharatāmbhasaḥ kṣmām kaurme dhṛto 'drir amṛtonmathane sva-pṛṣṭhe grāhāt prapannam ibha-rājam amuñcad ārtam

In the Fish (incarnation) Manu was protected at the dissolution, along with the earth and the herbs; in the Boar (form) the son of Diti was killed as (the Lord) was lifting the earth up out of the waters; in the Tortoise the mountain was held upon his own back at the churning for nectar; and he freed the afflicted king of elephants, who had taken refuge (with him), from the crocodile.

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SB 11 4.19

संस्तुन्वतो निपतितान् श्रमणान् ऋषींश् च शक्रं च वृत्र-वधतस् तमसि प्रविष्टम् संस्तुन्वतो निपतितान् श्रमणान् ऋषींश् च शक्रं च वृत्र-वधतस् तमसि प्रविष्टम् देव-स्त्रियो ऽसुर-गृहे पिहिता अनाथा जघ्ने ऽसुरेन्द्रम् अभयाय सतां नृसिंहे

saṃstunvato nipatitān śramaṇān ṛṣīṃś ca śakraṃ ca vṛtra-vadhatas tamasi praviṣṭam saṃstunvato nipatitān śramaṇān ṛṣīṃś ca śakraṃ ca vṛtra-vadhatas tamasi praviṣṭam deva-striyo 'sura-gṛhe pihitā anāthā jaghne 'surendram abhayāya satāṃ nṛsiṃhe

(He protected) the ascetics and sages who had fallen down while praising (him), and Indra, who had entered darkness on account of the killing of Vṛtra, and the wives of the gods who were shut up, helpless, in the asura's house; in the Man-Lion (form) he slew the lord of the asuras for the fearlessness of the good.

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

SB 11 4.20

देवासुरे युधि च दैत्य-पतीन् सुरार्थे हत्वान्तरेषु भुवनान्य् अदधात् कलाभिः देवासुरे युधि च दैत्य-पतीन् सुरार्थे हत्वान्तरेषु भुवनान्य् अदधात् कलाभिः भूत्वाथ वामन इमाम् अहरद् बलेः क्ष्मां याच्ञा-च्छलेन समदाद् अदितेः सुतेभ्यः

devāsure yudhi ca daitya-patīn surārthe hatvāntareṣu bhuvanāny adadhāt kalābhiḥ devāsure yudhi ca daitya-patīn surārthe hatvāntareṣu bhuvanāny adadhāt kalābhiḥ bhūtvātha vāmana imām aharad baleḥ kṣmāṃ yācñā-cchalena samadād aditeḥ sutebhyaḥ

And in the war of gods and asuras he killed the lords of the Daityas for the gods' sake, and in the intervals (between ages) he upheld the worlds by his portions; then, having become Vāmana, he took this earth from Bali under the pretext of a request, and gave it over to the sons of Aditi.

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SB 11 4.21

निःक्षत्रियाम् अकृत गां च त्रिः-सप्त-कृत्वो रामस् तु हैहय-कुलाप्यय-भार्गवाग्निः निःक्षत्रियाम् अकृत गां च त्रिः-सप्त-कृत्वो रामस् तु हैहय-कुलाप्यय-भार्गवाग्निः सो ऽब्धिं बबन्ध दश-वक्त्रम् अहन् स-लङ्कं सीता-पतिर् जयति लोक-मल-घ्न-कीऋतिः

niḥkṣatriyām akṛta gāṃ ca triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo rāmas tu haihaya-kulāpyaya-bhārgavāgniḥ niḥkṣatriyām akṛta gāṃ ca triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo rāmas tu haihaya-kulāpyaya-bhārgavāgniḥ so 'bdhiṃ babandha daśa-vaktram ahan sa-laṅkaṃ sītā-patir jayati loka-mala-ghna-kīṛtiḥ

And Rāma (Paraśurāma), the Bhārgava fire that was the destruction of the Haihaya line, made the earth free of kṣatriyas thrice seven times; and he bound the ocean and slew the ten-faced one together with Laṅkā — the husband of Sītā is victorious, whose fame destroys the impurity of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 11 4.22

भूमेर् भरावतरणाय यदुष्व् अजन्मा जातः करिष्यति सुरैर् अपि दुष्कराणि भूमेर् भरावतरणाय यदुष्व् अजन्मा जातः करिष्यति सुरैर् अपि दुष्कराणि वादैर् विमोहयति यज्ञ-कृतो ऽतद्-अर्हान् शूद्रान् कलौ क्षिति-भुजो न्यहनिष्यद् अन्ते

bhūmer bharāvataraṇāya yaduṣv ajanmā jātaḥ kariṣyati surair api duṣkarāṇi bhūmer bharāvataraṇāya yaduṣv ajanmā jātaḥ kariṣyati surair api duṣkarāṇi vādair vimohayati yajña-kṛto 'tad-arhān śūdrān kalau kṣiti-bhujo nyahaniṣyad ante

To remove the burden of the earth, the unborn one, born among the Yadus, will do deeds difficult even for the gods; by (his) arguments he bewilders those performers of sacrifice who are unworthy of it; at the end, in Kali, he will slay the śūdra rulers of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 11 4.23

एवं-विधानि जन्मानि कर्माणि च जगत्-पतेः भूरीणि भूरि-यशसो वर्णितानि महा-भुज

evaṃ-vidhāni janmāni karmāṇi ca jagat-pateḥ bhūrīṇi bhūri-yaśaso varṇitāni mahā-bhuja

Births and deeds of this kind, belonging to the Lord of the universe of abundant fame, are many, and have been described (to you), O mighty-armed one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition