Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 7
SB 11 7.1
श्री-भगवान् उवाच यद् आत्थ मां महा-भाग तच्-चिकीर्षितम् एव मे ब्रह्मा भवो लोक-पालाः स्वर्-वासं मे ऽभिकाङ्क्षिणः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca yad āttha māṃ mahā-bhāga tac-cikīrṣitam eva me brahmā bhavo loka-pālāḥ svar-vāsaṃ me 'bhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ
The Lord said: What you say to me, O greatly fortunate one, is exactly what I intend; Brahmā, Śiva and the guardians of the worlds desire my dwelling in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.2
मया निष्पादितं ह्य् अत्र देव-कार्यम् अशेषतः यद्-अर्थम् अवतीर्णो ऽहम् अंशेन ब्रह्मणार्थितः
mayā niṣpāditaṃ hy atra deva-kāryam aśeṣataḥ yad-artham avatīrṇo 'ham aṃśena brahmaṇārthitaḥ
For here the work of the gods has been fully accomplished by me, the purpose for which I descended with a portion (of myself), being entreated by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.3
कुलं वै शाप-निर्दग्धं नङ्क्ष्यत्य् अन्योन्य-विग्रहात् समुद्रः सप्तमे ह्य् एनां पुरीं च प्लावयिष्यति
kulaṃ vai śāpa-nirdagdhaṃ naṅkṣyaty anyonya-vigrahāt samudraḥ saptame hy enāṃ purīṃ ca plāvayiṣyati
The family, burnt up by the curse, will perish through fighting among themselves, and on the seventh (day) the ocean will flood this city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.4
यर्ह्य् एवायं मया त्यक्तो लोको ऽयं नष्ट-मङ्गलः भविष्यत्य् अचिरात् साधो कलिनापि निराकृतः
yarhy evāyaṃ mayā tyakto loko 'yaṃ naṣṭa-maṅgalaḥ bhaviṣyaty acirāt sādho kalināpi nirākṛtaḥ
As soon as this world is abandoned by me, its auspiciousness destroyed, it will before long, O good one, be overthrown by Kali as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.5
न वस्तव्यं त्वयैवेह मया त्यक्ते मही-तले जनो ऽभद्र-रुचिर् भद्र भविष्यति कलौ युगे
na vastavyaṃ tvayaiveha mayā tyakte mahī-tale jano 'bhadra-rucir bhadra bhaviṣyati kalau yuge
You should not dwell here at all when the surface of the earth has been left by me; people will delight in what is inauspicious, O good one, in the age of Kali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.6
त्वं तु सर्वं परित्यज्य स्नेहं स्व-जन-बन्धुषु मय्य् आवेश्य मनः संयक् सम-दृग् विचरस्व गाम्
tvaṃ tu sarvaṃ parityajya snehaṃ sva-jana-bandhuṣu mayy āveśya manaḥ saṃyak sama-dṛg vicarasva gām
So do you give up everything, your affection for your own people and kinsmen, and fixing your mind fully on me, seeing all alike, wander the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.7
यद् इदं मनसा वाचा चक्षुर्भ्यां श्रवणादिभिः नश्वरं गृह्यमाणं च विद्धि माया-मनो-मयम्
yad idaṃ manasā vācā cakṣurbhyāṃ śravaṇādibhiḥ naśvaraṃ gṛhyamāṇaṃ ca viddhi māyā-mano-mayam
Whatever is here grasped by mind, by speech, by the two eyes, by hearing and the rest, is perishable — know it to be made of māyā and of the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.8
पुंसो ऽयुक्तस्य नानार्थो भ्रमः स गुण-दोष-भाक् कर्माकर्म-विकर्मेति गुण-दोष-धियो भिदा
puṃso 'yuktasya nānārtho bhramaḥ sa guṇa-doṣa-bhāk karmākarma-vikarmeti guṇa-doṣa-dhiyo bhidā
For a man not disciplined (in yoga) there is (the notion of) manifold objects; that is delusion, taking on virtue and fault — 'action, inaction, wrong action' — a difference arising from the mind that thinks in terms of virtue and fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.9
तस्माद् युक्तेन्द्रिय-ग्रामो युक्त-चित्त इदम् जगत् आत्मनीक्षस्व विततम् आत्मानं मय्य् अधीश्वरे
tasmād yuktendriya-grāmo yukta-citta idam jagat ātmanīkṣasva vitatam ātmānaṃ mayy adhīśvare
Therefore, with the host of senses controlled and the mind controlled, see this world as spread out within the self, and the self in me, the supreme controller.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.10
ज्ञान-विज्ञान-संयुक्त आत्म-भूतः शरीरिणाम् अत्मानुभव-तुष्टात्मा नान्तरायैर् विहन्यसे
jñāna-vijñāna-saṃyukta ātma-bhūtaḥ śarīriṇām atmānubhava-tuṣṭātmā nāntarāyair vihanyase
Endowed with knowledge and realization, become the very self of all embodied beings, with your self satisfied by the experience of the self, you will not be struck down by obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.11
दोष-बुद्ध्योभयातीतो निषेधान् न निवर्तते गुण-बुद्ध्या च विहितं न करोति यथार्भकः
doṣa-buddhyobhayātīto niṣedhān na nivartate guṇa-buddhyā ca vihitaṃ na karoti yathārbhakaḥ
One who has gone beyond the two does not refrain from what is forbidden through a notion of its fault, nor perform what is prescribed through a notion of its merit — like a child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.12
सर्व-भूत-सुहृच् छान्तो ज्ञान-विज्ञान-निश्चयः पश्यन् मद्-आत्मकं विश्वं न विपद्येत वै पुनः
sarva-bhūta-suhṛc chānto jñāna-vijñāna-niścayaḥ paśyan mad-ātmakaṃ viśvaṃ na vipadyeta vai punaḥ
A friend to all beings, at peace, settled in knowledge and realization, seeing the universe as having me for its self, he will surely not come to ruin again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.13
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् आदिष्टो भगवता महा-भागवतो नृप उद्धवः प्रणिपत्याह तत्त्वं जिज्ञासुर् अच्युतम्
śrī-śuka uvāca ity ādiṣṭo bhagavatā mahā-bhāgavato nṛpa uddhavaḥ praṇipatyāha tattvaṃ jijñāsur acyutam
Śrī Śuka said: Thus instructed by the Lord, O king, Uddhava, the great devotee, bowed down and spoke, wishing to know the truth about the infallible one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.14
श्री-उद्धव उवाच योगेश योग-विन्यास योगात्मन् योग-सम्भव निःश्रेयसाय मे प्रोक्तस् त्यागः सन्न्यास-लक्षणः
śrī-uddhava uvāca yogeśa yoga-vinyāsa yogātman yoga-sambhava niḥśreyasāya me proktas tyāgaḥ sannyāsa-lakṣaṇaḥ
Śrī Uddhava said: O lord of yoga, O arranger of yoga, O soul of yoga, O source of yoga, for my highest good renunciation, characterized by the life of the renunciant, has been declared by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.15
त्यागो ऽयं दुष्करो भूमन् कामानां विषयात्मभिः सुतरां त्वयि सर्वात्मन्न् अभक्तैर् इति मे मतिः
tyāgo 'yaṃ duṣkaro bhūman kāmānāṃ viṣayātmabhiḥ sutarāṃ tvayi sarvātmann abhaktair iti me matiḥ
But this renunciation of desires is hard to accomplish, O boundless one, for those whose selves are (absorbed) in sense objects — and utterly so for those who are not devoted to you, O Self of all: such is my view.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.16
सो ऽहं ममाहम् इति मूढ-मतिर् विगाढस् त्वन्-मायया विरचितात्मनि सानुबन्धे अम्प्;तत् त्व् अञ्जसा निगदितं भवता यथाहं संसाधयामि भगवन्न् अनुशाधि भृत्यम्
so 'haṃ mamāham iti mūḍha-matir vigāḍhas tvan-māyayā viracitātmani sānubandhe tat tv añjasā nigaditaṃ bhavatā yathāhaṃ saṃsādhayāmi bhagavann anuśādhi bhṛtyam
I am such a one: my mind is deluded by 'I' and 'mine', sunk (in that delusion) with regard to a body and its attachments fashioned by your māyā. Therefore, O Lord, instruct your servant plainly in that by which I may accomplish (this renunciation) as you have declared it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 7.17
सत्यस्य ते स्व-दृश आत्मन आत्मनो ऽन्यं वक्तारम् ईश विबुधेष्व् अपि नानुचक्षे सत्यस्य ते स्व-दृश आत्मन आत्मनो ऽन्यं वक्तारम् ईश विबुधेष्व् अपि नानुचक्षे सर्वे विमोहित-धियस् तव माययेमे ब्रह्मादयस् तनु-भृतो बहिर्-अर्थ-भावाः
satyasya te sva-dṛśa ātmana ātmano 'nyaṃ vaktāram īśa vibudheṣv api nānucakṣe satyasya te sva-dṛśa ātmana ātmano 'nyaṃ vaktāram īśa vibudheṣv api nānucakṣe sarve vimohita-dhiyas tava māyayeme brahmādayas tanu-bhṛto bahir-artha-bhāvāḥ
O Lord, of you who are truth, self-luminous, the Self, I see no other speaker of the Self, even among the gods. (repeated) All these embodied beings beginning with Brahmā have their minds bewildered by your māyā and take external things to be real.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.18
तस्माद् भवन्तम् अनवद्यम् अनन्त-पारं सर्व-ज्ञम् ईश्वरम् अकुण्ठ-विकुण्ठ-धिष्ण्यम् तस्माद् भवन्तम् अनवद्यम् अनन्त-पारं सर्व-ज्ञम् ईश्वरम् अकुण्ठ-विकुण्ठ-धिष्ण्यम् निर्विण्ण-धीर् अहम् उ हे वृजिनाभितप्तो नारायणं नर-सखं शरणं प्रपद्ये
tasmād bhavantam anavadyam ananta-pāraṃ sarva-jñam īśvaram akuṇṭha-vikuṇṭha-dhiṣṇyam tasmād bhavantam anavadyam ananta-pāraṃ sarva-jñam īśvaram akuṇṭha-vikuṇṭha-dhiṣṇyam nirviṇṇa-dhīr aham u he vṛjinābhitapto nārāyaṇaṃ nara-sakhaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Therefore, scorched by sorrow and with my mind grown weary, I take refuge in you — the faultless one, whose limit is endless, the all-knowing Lord, whose abode Vaikuṇṭha is unimpeded — in Nārāyaṇa, the friend of Nara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.19
श्री-भगवान् उवाच प्रायेण मनुजा लोके लोक-तत्त्व-विचक्षणाः समुद्धरन्ति ह्य् आत्मानम् आत्मनैवाशुभाशयात्
śrī-bhagavān uvāca prāyeṇa manujā loke loka-tattva-vicakṣaṇāḥ samuddharanti hy ātmānam ātmanaivāśubhāśayāt
The Blessed Lord said: Generally, men in this world who are skilled in discerning the true nature of the world lift themselves up by themselves out of an inauspicious condition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.20
आत्मनो गुरुर् आत्मैव पुरुषस्य विशेषतः यत् प्रत्यक्षानुमानाभ्यां श्रेयो ऽसाव् अनुविन्दते
ātmano gurur ātmaiva puruṣasya viśeṣataḥ yat pratyakṣānumānābhyāṃ śreyo 'sāv anuvindate
The self alone is the self's own teacher, especially for a human being, since by direct perception and inference he obtains what is beneficial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.21
पुरुषत्वे च मां धीराः साङ्ख्य-योग-विशारदाः आविस्तरां प्रपश्यन्ति सर्व-शक्त्य्-उपबृंहितम्
puruṣatve ca māṃ dhīrāḥ sāṅkhya-yoga-viśāradāḥ āvistarāṃ prapaśyanti sarva-śakty-upabṛṃhitam
And in the human state, the steady ones, skilled in Sāṅkhya and yoga, see me quite manifestly, complete with all my powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.22
एक-द्वि-त्रि-चतुस्-पादो बहु-पादस् तथापदः बह्व्यः सन्ति पुरः सृष्टास् तासां मे पौरुषी प्रिया
eka-dvi-tri-catus-pādo bahu-pādas tathāpadaḥ bahvyaḥ santi puraḥ sṛṣṭās tāsāṃ me pauruṣī priyā
Many bodies have been created — one-footed, two-, three-, four-footed, many-footed, and likewise footless; among them the human form is dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.23
अत्र मां मृगयन्त्य् अद्धा युक्ता हेतुभिर् ईश्वरम् गृह्यमाणैर् गुणैर् लिङ्गैर् अग्राह्यम् अनुमानतः
atra māṃ mṛgayanty addhā yuktā hetubhir īśvaram gṛhyamāṇair guṇair liṅgair agrāhyam anumānataḥ
Here (in the human form) those who are disciplined search out me, the Lord, directly, by reasons — by inference, through the qualities and marks that are perceived — though I cannot be grasped (by such means).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 7.24
अत्राप्य् उदाहरन्तीमम् इतिहासं पुरातनम् अवधूतस्य संवादं यदोर् अमित-तेजसः
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam avadhūtasya saṃvādaṃ yador amita-tejasaḥ
On this point too they cite this ancient story, a conversation of an avadhūta with Yadu of measureless splendor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.25
अवधूतं द्वियं कञ्चिच् चरन्तम् अकुतो-भयम् कविं निरीक्ष्य तरुणं यदुः पप्रच्छ धर्म-वित्
avadhūtaṃ dviyaṃ kañcic carantam akuto-bhayam kaviṃ nirīkṣya taruṇaṃ yaduḥ papraccha dharma-vit
Seeing a certain avadhūta, a twice-born, wandering fearless of anything, a wise man and young, Yadu, the knower of dharma, questioned him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.26
श्री-यदुर् उवाच कुतो बुद्धिर् इयं ब्रह्मन्न् अकर्तुः सु-विशारदा याम् आसाद्य भवाल् लोकं विद्वांश् चरति बाल-वत्
śrī-yadur uvāca kuto buddhir iyaṃ brahmann akartuḥ su-viśāradā yām āsādya bhavāl lokaṃ vidvāṃś carati bāla-vat
Śrī Yadu said: From where, O brāhmaṇa, comes this most excellent intelligence of yours, who do no work — having attained which you, though learned, move through the world like a child?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.27
प्रायो धर्मार्थ-कामेषु विवित्सायां च मानवाः हेतुनैव समीहन्त आयुषो यशसः श्रियः
prāyo dharmārtha-kāmeṣu vivitsāyāṃ ca mānavāḥ hetunaiva samīhanta āyuṣo yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ
Generally men strive with a motive in matters of dharma, wealth and desire, and in the wish to know, (seeking) long life, fame and prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.28
त्वं तु कल्पः कविर् दक्षः सु-भगो ऽमृत-भाषणः न कर्ता नेहसे किञ्चिज् जडोन्मत्त-पिशाच-वत्
tvaṃ tu kalpaḥ kavir dakṣaḥ su-bhago 'mṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ na kartā nehase kiñcij jaḍonmatta-piśāca-vat
But you are capable, wise, skillful, handsome, sweet of speech — yet you do nothing and desire nothing, like one dull, mad, or possessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.29
जनेषु दह्यमानेषु काम-लोभ-दवाग्निना न तप्यसे ऽग्निना मुक्तो गङ्गाम्भः-स्थ इव द्विपः
janeṣu dahyamāneṣu kāma-lobha-davāgninā na tapyase 'gninā mukto gaṅgāmbhaḥ-stha iva dvipaḥ
While people are burning in the forest fire of desire and greed, you are not scorched — free of the fire, like an elephant standing in the water of the Ganges.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.30
त्वं हि नः पृच्छतां ब्रह्मन्न् आत्मन्य् आनन्द-कारणम् ब्रूहि स्पर्श-विहीनस्य भवतः केवलात्मनः
tvaṃ hi naḥ pṛcchatāṃ brahmann ātmany ānanda-kāraṇam brūhi sparśa-vihīnasya bhavataḥ kevalātmanaḥ
O brāhmaṇa, tell us who ask: what is the cause of the joy in your own self, since you are without contact (with objects) and are the Self alone?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.31
श्री-भगवान् उवाच यदुनैवं महा-भागो ब्रह्मण्येन सु-मेधसा पृष्टः सभाजितः प्राह प्रश्रयावनतं द्विजः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca yadunaivaṃ mahā-bhāgo brahmaṇyena su-medhasā pṛṣṭaḥ sabhājitaḥ prāha praśrayāvanataṃ dvijaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Thus questioned and honored by Yadu, who was devoted to brāhmaṇas and of good understanding, the greatly fortunate twice-born spoke to him as he bowed in humility.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.32
श्री-ब्राह्मण उवाच सन्ति मे गुरवो राजन् बहवो बुद्ध्य्-उपश्रिताः यतो बुद्धिम् उपादाय मुक्तो ऽटामीह तान् शृणु
śrī-brāhmaṇa uvāca santi me guravo rājan bahavo buddhy-upaśritāḥ yato buddhim upādāya mukto 'ṭāmīha tān śṛṇu
The brāhmaṇa said: I have many teachers, O king, resorted to by my intelligence, from whom I have taken up understanding and wander here free. Hear of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.33
पृथिवी वायुर् आकाशम् आपो ऽग्निश् चन्द्रमा रविः कपोतो ऽजगरः सिन्धुः पतङ्गो मधुकृद् गजः
pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo 'gniś candramā raviḥ kapoto 'jagaraḥ sindhuḥ pataṅgo madhukṛd gajaḥ
Earth, air, ether, water, fire, the moon, the sun, the pigeon, the python, the sea, the moth, the honey-maker (bee), the elephant,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.34
मधु-हा हरिणो मीनः पिङ्गला कुररो ऽर्भकः कुमारी शर-कृत् सर्प ऊर्णनाभिः सुपेशकृत्
madhu-hā hariṇo mīnaḥ piṅgalā kuraro 'rbhakaḥ kumārī śara-kṛt sarpa ūrṇanābhiḥ supeśakṛt
the honey-thief, the deer, the fish, Piṅgalā (the courtesan), the osprey, the child, the maiden, the arrow-maker, the snake, the spider, and the wasp (supeśakṛt).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.35
एते मे गुरवो राजन् चतुर्-विंशतिर् आश्रिताः शिक्षा वृत्तिभिर् एतेषाम् अन्वशिक्षम् इहात्मनः
ete me guravo rājan catur-viṃśatir āśritāḥ śikṣā vṛttibhir eteṣām anvaśikṣam ihātmanaḥ
These, O king, are my twenty-four teachers, whom I have resorted to; from the behaviour of these I have here learned for myself my instruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.36
यतो यद् अनुशिक्षामि यथा वा नाहुषात्मज तत् तथा पुरुष-व्याघ्र निबोध कथयामि ते
yato yad anuśikṣāmi yathā vā nāhuṣātmaja tat tathā puruṣa-vyāghra nibodha kathayāmi te
From which of them I learned what, and in what manner — that, just so, O son of Nahuṣa, O tiger among men, listen; I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.37
भूतैर् आक्रम्यमाणो ऽपि धीरो दैव-वशानुगैः तद् विद्वान् न चलेन् मार्गाद् अन्वशिक्षं क्षितेर् व्रतम्
bhūtair ākramyamāṇo 'pi dhīro daiva-vaśānugaiḥ tad vidvān na calen mārgād anvaśikṣaṃ kṣiter vratam
Though trodden upon by creatures that follow the sway of fate, the steady man who knows this should not stray from his path — this vow I learned from the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.38
शश्वत् परार्थ-सर्वेहः परार्थैकान्त-सम्भवः साधुः शिक्षेत भू-भृत्तो नग-शिष्यः परात्मताम्
śaśvat parārtha-sarvehaḥ parārthaikānta-sambhavaḥ sādhuḥ śikṣeta bhū-bhṛtto naga-śiṣyaḥ parātmatām
The good man should learn devotion to others' welfare from the earth's bearer (the mountain), being a pupil of the tree: constantly to direct all his efforts to others' good, his very existence being solely for others' sake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.39
प्राण-वृत्त्यैव सन्तुष्येन् मुनिर् नैवेन्द्रिय-प्रियैः ज्ञानं यथा न नश्येत नावकीर्येत वाङ्-मनः
prāṇa-vṛttyaiva santuṣyen munir naivendriya-priyaiḥ jñānaṃ yathā na naśyeta nāvakīryeta vāṅ-manaḥ
The sage should be content with just what sustains the life-breath, and not with what pleases the senses, so that his knowledge is not destroyed and his speech and mind are not scattered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.40
विषयेष्व् आविशन् योगी नाना-धर्मेषु सर्वतः गुण-दोष-व्यपेतात्मा न विषज्जेत वायु-वत्
viṣayeṣv āviśan yogī nānā-dharmeṣu sarvataḥ guṇa-doṣa-vyapetātmā na viṣajjeta vāyu-vat
Entering among sense-objects of many kinds on all sides, the yogī, whose self is free of (reckoning) virtue and fault, should not become attached — like the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.41
पार्थिवेष्व् इह देहेषु प्रविष्टस् तद्-गुणाश्रयः गुणैर् न युज्यते योगी गन्धैर् वायुर् इवात्म-दृक्
pārthiveṣv iha deheṣu praviṣṭas tad-guṇāśrayaḥ guṇair na yujyate yogī gandhair vāyur ivātma-dṛk
Having entered here into bodies made of earth and taking on their qualities, the yogī who sees the self is not joined to those qualities, as the wind is not (bound) by scents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.42
अन्तर्हितश् च स्थिर-जङ्गमेषु ब्रह्मात्म-भावेन समन्वयेन व्याप्त्याव्यवच्छेदम् असङ्गम् आत्मनो मुनिर् नभस्त्वं विततस्य भावयेत्
antarhitaś ca sthira-jaṅgameṣu brahmātma-bhāvena samanvayena vyāptyāvyavacchedam asaṅgam ātmano munir nabhastvaṃ vitatasya bhāvayet
And the sage should meditate on his own sky-like nature: hidden within all things fixed and moving, present in them by the identity of the (individual) self with Brahman, by pervasion without division, unattached, and extended everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 7.43
तेजो-ऽब्-अन्न-मयैर् भावैर् मेघाद्यैर् वायुनेरितैः न स्पृश्यते नभस् तद्वत् काल-सृष्टैर् गुणैः पुमान्
tejo-'b-anna-mayair bhāvair meghādyair vāyuneritaiḥ na spṛśyate nabhas tadvat kāla-sṛṣṭair guṇaiḥ pumān
Just as the sky is not touched by things made of fire, water and earth — clouds and the rest — driven by the wind, so a man is not touched by the qualities produced by time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.44
स्वच्छः प्रकृतितः स्निग्धो माधुर्यस् तीर्थ-भूर् नृणाम् मुनिः पुनात्य् अपां मित्रम् ईक्षोपस्पर्श-कीर्तनैः
svacchaḥ prakṛtitaḥ snigdho mādhuryas tīrtha-bhūr nṛṇām muniḥ punāty apāṃ mitram īkṣopasparśa-kīrtanaiḥ
Clear, by nature gentle, sweet, a place of pilgrimage for men — such is the sage, a friend of the waters, who purifies by being seen, touched and named.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.45
तेजस्वी तपसा दीप्तो दुर्धर्षोदर-भाजनः सर्व-भक्ष्यो ऽपि युक्तात्मा नादत्ते मलम् अग्नि-वत्
tejasvī tapasā dīpto durdharṣodara-bhājanaḥ sarva-bhakṣyo 'pi yuktātmā nādatte malam agni-vat
Brilliant, ablaze with austerity, hard to assail, making his belly his (only) vessel, eating everything and yet self-controlled, he takes on no impurity — like fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.46
क्वचिच् छन्नः क्वचित् स्पष्ट उपास्यः श्रेय इच्छताम् भुङ्क्ते सर्वत्र दातृणां दहन् प्राग्-उत्तराशुभम्
kvacic channaḥ kvacit spaṣṭa upāsyaḥ śreya icchatām bhuṅkte sarvatra dātṛṇāṃ dahan prāg-uttarāśubham
Sometimes hidden, sometimes manifest, worthy of worship by those who desire what is good, he eats everywhere (the food) of the givers, burning away their past and future evil — like fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.47
स्व-मायया सृष्टम् इदं सद्-असल्-लक्षणं विभुः प्रविष्ट ईयते तत्-तत्- स्वरूपो ऽग्निर् इवैधसि
sva-māyayā sṛṣṭam idaṃ sad-asal-lakṣaṇaṃ vibhuḥ praviṣṭa īyate tat-tat- svarūpo 'gnir ivaidhasi
Having entered this world, created by his own māyā and marked by (the) manifest and unmanifest, the all-pervading (Lord) appears as having the form of each thing, as fire (appears) in firewood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.48
विसर्गाद्याः श्मशानान्ता भावा देहस्य नात्मनः कलानाम् इव चन्द्रस्य कालेनाव्यक्त-वर्त्मना
visargādyāḥ śmaśānāntā bhāvā dehasya nātmanaḥ kalānām iva candrasya kālenāvyakta-vartmanā
The states beginning with birth and ending in the cremation ground belong to the body, not to the self, as (the waxing and waning) of the phases belongs to the moon, through time, whose course is unseen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.49
कालेन ह्य् ओघ-वेगेन भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययौ नित्याव् अपि न दृश्येते आत्मनो ऽग्नेर् यथार्चिषाम्
kālena hy ogha-vegena bhūtānāṃ prabhavāpyayau nityāv api na dṛśyete ātmano 'gner yathārciṣām
For through time, swift as a torrent, the arising and passing away of beings, though constant, are not seen — as (the arising and passing) of the flames of a fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.50
गुणैर् गुणान् उपादत्ते यथा-कालं विमुञ्चति न तेषु युज्यते योगी गोभिर् गा इव गो-पतिः
guṇair guṇān upādatte yathā-kālaṃ vimuñcati na teṣu yujyate yogī gobhir gā iva go-patiḥ
By means of the senses he takes up sense-objects and releases them at the proper time; the yogī is not bound to them — as the lord of cattle (the sun) is not (bound) by his rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 7.51
बुध्यते स्वे न भेदेन व्यक्ति-स्थ इव तद्-गतः लक्ष्यते स्थूल-मतिभिर् आत्मा चावस्थितो ऽर्क-वत्
budhyate sve na bhedena vyakti-stha iva tad-gataḥ lakṣyate sthūla-matibhir ātmā cāvasthito 'rka-vat
He is not known within his own (nature) as divided; though seemingly located in the manifest body and gone into it, the self, (in truth) standing apart, is perceived (as manifold) by those of coarse understanding — like the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 7.52
नाति-स्नेहः प्रसङ्गो वा कर्तव्यः क्वापि केनचित् कुर्वन् विन्देत सन्तापं कपोत इव दीन-धीः
nāti-snehaḥ prasaṅgo vā kartavyaḥ kvāpi kenacit kurvan vindeta santāpaṃ kapota iva dīna-dhīḥ
One should never form excessive affection or attachment for anyone anywhere; doing so, one would meet with grief, like the pigeon whose mind became wretched.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.53
कपोतः कश्चनारण्ये कृत-नीडो वनस्पतौ कपोत्या भार्यया सार्धम् उवास कतिचित् समाः
kapotaḥ kaścanāraṇye kṛta-nīḍo vanaspatau kapotyā bhāryayā sārdham uvāsa katicit samāḥ
A certain pigeon in the forest, having built a nest in a tree, lived there together with his mate, the female pigeon, for some years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.54
कपोतौ स्नेह-गुणित- हृदयौ गृह-धर्मिणौ दृष्टिं दृष्ट्याङ्गम् अङ्गेन बुद्धिं बुद्ध्या बबन्धतुः
kapotau sneha-guṇita- hṛdayau gṛha-dharmiṇau dṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭyāṅgam aṅgena buddhiṃ buddhyā babandhatuḥ
The two pigeons, their hearts made fast by affection, following the way of householders, bound gaze to gaze, limb to limb, mind to mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.55
शय्यासनाटन-स्थान वार्ता-क्रीडाशनादिकम् मिथुनी-भूय विश्रब्धौ चेरतुर् वन-राजिषु
śayyāsanāṭana-sthāna vārtā-krīḍāśanādikam mithunī-bhūya viśrabdhau ceratur vana-rājiṣu
Lying down, sitting, walking, standing, talking, playing, eating and the rest — the two, paired together and trusting, went about in the forest groves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.56
यं यं वाञ्छति सा राजन् तर्पयन्त्य् अनुकम्पिता तं तं समनयत् कामं कृच्छ्रेणाप्य् अजितेन्द्रियः
yaṃ yaṃ vāñchati sā rājan tarpayanty anukampitā taṃ taṃ samanayat kāmaṃ kṛcchreṇāpy ajitendriyaḥ
Whatever she desired, O king, she being cherished (by him) and satisfying (him), that desire of hers he fulfilled, even with difficulty, for his senses were unconquered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 11 7.57
कपोती प्रथमं गर्भं गृह्णन्ती काल आगते अण्डानि सुषुवे नीडे स्त-पत्युः सन्निधौ सती
kapotī prathamaṃ garbhaṃ gṛhṇantī kāla āgate aṇḍāni suṣuve nīḍe sta-patyuḥ sannidhau satī
The female pigeon, conceiving her first pregnancy, when the time came laid eggs in the nest, the chaste one, in the presence of her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.58
तेषु काले व्यजायन्त रचितावयवा हरेः शक्तिभिर् दुर्विभाव्याभिः कोमलाङ्ग-तनूरुहाः
teṣu kāle vyajāyanta racitāvayavā hareḥ śaktibhir durvibhāvyābhiḥ komalāṅga-tanūruhāḥ
In due time there were born from those eggs (young ones) whose limbs had been fashioned by the unfathomable powers of Hari, with tender bodies and down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.59
प्रजाः पुपुषतुः प्रीतौ दम्पती पुत्र-वत्सलौ शृण्वन्तौ कूजितं तासां निर्वृतौ कल-भाषितैः
prajāḥ pupuṣatuḥ prītau dampatī putra-vatsalau śṛṇvantau kūjitaṃ tāsāṃ nirvṛtau kala-bhāṣitaiḥ
The two, husband and wife, delighted and fond of their young, nourished their offspring, listening to their cooing, contented by their soft chirpings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.60
तासां पतत्रैः सु-स्पर्शैः कूजितैर् मुग्ध-चेष्टितैः प्रत्युद्गमैर् अदीनानां पितरौ मुदम् आपतुः
tāsāṃ patatraiḥ su-sparśaiḥ kūjitair mugdha-ceṣṭitaiḥ pratyudgamair adīnānāṃ pitarau mudam āpatuḥ
Through their feathers soft to the touch, their cooing, their charming antics and their coming forward to meet (them), the parents of those lively ones obtained joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.61
स्नेहानुबद्ध-हृदयाव् अन्योन्यं विष्णु-मायया विमोहितौ दीन-धियौ शिशून् पुपुषतुः प्रजाः
snehānubaddha-hṛdayāv anyonyaṃ viṣṇu-māyayā vimohitau dīna-dhiyau śiśūn pupuṣatuḥ prajāḥ
With hearts bound to each other by affection, deluded by the māyā of Viṣṇu, their minds pitiable, the two nourished the little ones, their offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.62
एकदा जग्मतुस् तासाम् अन्नार्थं तौ कुटुम्बिनौ परितः कानने तस्मिन्न् अर्थिनौ चेरतुश् चिरम्
ekadā jagmatus tāsām annārthaṃ tau kuṭumbinau paritaḥ kānane tasminn arthinau ceratuś ciram
One day the two householders went out for food for them, and in search of it they roamed a long while all about in that forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.63
दृष्ट्वा तान् लुब्धकः कश्चिद् यदृच्छातो वने-चरः जगृहे जालम् आतत्य चरतः स्वालयान्तिके
dṛṣṭvā tān lubdhakaḥ kaścid yadṛcchāto vane-caraḥ jagṛhe jālam ātatya carataḥ svālayāntike
Seeing them, a certain hunter who roamed the forest, coming by chance, spread his net and caught them as they moved about near their own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.64
कपोतश् च कपोती च प्रजा-पोषे सदोत्सुकौ गतौ पोषणम् आदाय स्व-नीडम् उपजग्मतुः
kapotaś ca kapotī ca prajā-poṣe sadotsukau gatau poṣaṇam ādāya sva-nīḍam upajagmatuḥ
And the male pigeon and the female pigeon, always eager in the feeding of their offspring, having gone (out) and taken food, came back to their own nest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.65
कपोती स्वात्मजान् वीक्ष्य बालकान् जाल-सम्वृतान् तान् अभ्यधावत् क्रोशन्ती क्रोशतो भृश-दुःखिता
kapotī svātmajān vīkṣya bālakān jāla-samvṛtān tān abhyadhāvat krośantī krośato bhṛśa-duḥkhitā
The female pigeon, seeing her own children, the little ones, wrapped in the net, ran toward them, crying out, to those crying out, grievously pained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.66
सासकृत् स्नेह-गुणिता दीन-चित्ताज-मायया स्वयं चाबध्यत शिचा बद्धान् पश्यन्त्य् अपस्मृतिः
sāsakṛt sneha-guṇitā dīna-cittāja-māyayā svayaṃ cābadhyata śicā baddhān paśyanty apasmṛtiḥ
She, again and again tied fast by affection, her mind wretched through the māyā of the Unborn, watching them bound, herself lost all recollection and was caught in the mesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.67
कपोतः स्वात्मजान् बद्धान् आत्मनो ऽप्य् अधिकान् प्रियान् भार्यां चात्म-समां दीनो विललापाति-दुःखितः
kapotaḥ svātmajān baddhān ātmano 'py adhikān priyān bhāryāṃ cātma-samāṃ dīno vilalāpāti-duḥkhitaḥ
The male pigeon, (seeing) his own children bound, dearer to him than himself, and his wife who was his own equal, wretched and utterly pained, lamented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.68
अहो मे पश्यतापायम् अल्प-पुण्यस्य दुर्मतेः अतृप्तस्याकृतार्थस्य गृहस् त्रै-वर्गिको हतः
aho me paśyatāpāyam alpa-puṇyasya durmateḥ atṛptasyākṛtārthasya gṛhas trai-vargiko hataḥ
"Ah, look at my ruin — mine, a man of little merit and poor judgment, unsatisfied and with his purposes unaccomplished: my household with its three aims of life is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.69
अनुरूपानुकूला च यस्य मे पति-देवता शून्ये गृहे मां सन्त्यज्य पुत्रैः स्वर् याति साधुभिः
anurūpānukūlā ca yasya me pati-devatā śūnye gṛhe māṃ santyajya putraiḥ svar yāti sādhubhiḥ
"And she who was fitting and agreeable to me, who held her husband as her god, abandoning me in an empty house, goes to heaven with the good sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.70
सो ऽहं शून्ये गृहे दीनो मृत-दारो मृत-प्रजः जिजीविषे किम् अर्थं वा विधुरो दुःख-जीवितः
so 'haṃ śūnye gṛhe dīno mṛta-dāro mṛta-prajaḥ jijīviṣe kim arthaṃ vā vidhuro duḥkha-jīvitaḥ
"So here am I, wretched in an empty house, my wife dead, my children dead. For what purpose should I wish to live, bereft, my life all suffering?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.71
तांस् तथैवावृतान् शिग्भिर् मृत्यु-ग्रस्तान् विचेष्टतः स्वयं च कृपणः शिक्षु पश्यन्न् अप्य् अबुधो ऽपतत्
tāṃs tathaivāvṛtān śigbhir mṛtyu-grastān viceṣṭataḥ svayaṃ ca kṛpaṇaḥ śikṣu paśyann apy abudho 'patat
Seeing them in that state, enveloped by the meshes, seized by death, struggling — he too, pitiable and without understanding, fell into the meshes himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.72
तं लब्ध्वा लुब्धकः क्रूरः कपोतं गृह-मेधिनम् कपोतकान् कपोतीं च सिद्धार्थः प्रययौ गृहम्
taṃ labdhvā lubdhakaḥ krūraḥ kapotaṃ gṛha-medhinam kapotakān kapotīṃ ca siddhārthaḥ prayayau gṛham
Having got that householder pigeon, and the young pigeons, and the female pigeon, the cruel hunter, his purpose achieved, went home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.73
एवं कुटुम्ब्य् अशान्तात्मा द्वन्द्वारामः पतत्रि-वत् पुष्णन् कुटुम्बं कृपणः सानुबन्धो ऽवसीदति
evaṃ kuṭumby aśāntātmā dvandvārāmaḥ patatri-vat puṣṇan kuṭumbaṃ kṛpaṇaḥ sānubandho 'vasīdati
Thus the family man, his mind unquiet, taking pleasure in the pairs (of opposites), like the bird, nourishing his household, wretched, sinks down together with his dependents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 11 7.74
यः प्राप्य मानुषं लोकं मुक्ति-द्वारम् अपावृतम् गृहेषु खग-वत् सक्तस् तम् आरूढ-च्युतं विदुः
yaḥ prāpya mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ mukti-dvāram apāvṛtam gṛheṣu khaga-vat saktas tam ārūḍha-cyutaṃ viduḥ
He who, having reached the human world, the open door to liberation, is attached to home like the bird — him they know to be one fallen after having climbed up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition