Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 10

SB 12 10.1

सूत उवाच स एवम् अनुभूयेदं नारायण-विनिर्मितम् वैभवं योग-मायायास् तम् एव शरणं ययौ

sūta uvāca sa evam anubhūyedaṃ nārāyaṇa-vinirmitam vaibhavaṃ yoga-māyāyās tam eva śaraṇaṃ yayau

Sūta said: Having thus experienced this display of Yogamāyā, fashioned by Nārāyaṇa, he went for shelter to that very (Lord).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.2

श्री-मार्कण्डेय उवाच प्रपन्नो ऽस्म्य् अङ्घ्रि-मूलं ते प्रपन्नाभय-दं हरे यन्-माययापि विबुधा मुह्यन्ति ज्ञान-काशया

śrī-mārkaṇḍeya uvāca prapanno 'smy aṅghri-mūlaṃ te prapannābhaya-daṃ hare yan-māyayāpi vibudhā muhyanti jñāna-kāśayā

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: I have taken shelter at the base of your feet, which grant fearlessness to those who take shelter, O Hari — by whose māyā, shining like knowledge, even the wise are bewildered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.3

सूत उवाच तम् एवं निभृतात्मानं वृषेण दिवि पर्यटन् रुद्राण्या भगवान् रुद्रो ददर्श स्व-गणैर् वृतः

sūta uvāca tam evaṃ nibhṛtātmānaṃ vṛṣeṇa divi paryaṭan rudrāṇyā bhagavān rudro dadarśa sva-gaṇair vṛtaḥ

Sūta said: Lord Rudra, roaming the sky on his bull with Rudrāṇī, surrounded by his own hosts, saw him thus with his self withdrawn (into trance).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.4

अथोमा तम् ऋषिं वीक्ष्य गिरिशं समभाषत पश्येमं भगवन् विप्रं निभृतात्मेन्द्रियाशयम्

athomā tam ṛṣiṃ vīkṣya giriśaṃ samabhāṣata paśyemaṃ bhagavan vipraṃ nibhṛtātmendriyāśayam

Then Umā, looking at that sage, spoke to Giriśa: Look, my lord, at this brāhmaṇa, whose self, senses and mind are stilled;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.5

निभृतोद-झष-व्रातो वातापाये यथार्णवः कुर्व् अस्य तपसः साक्षात् संसिद्धिं सिद्धि-दो भवान्

nibhṛtoda-jhaṣa-vrāto vātāpāye yathārṇavaḥ kurv asya tapasaḥ sākṣāt saṃsiddhiṃ siddhi-do bhavān

(He is) like the ocean when the wind has died down, its waters and its shoals of fish grown still. Be the granter of perfection to him: bring about directly the full success of his austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.6

श्री-भगवान् उवाच नैवेच्छत्य् आशिषः क्वापि ब्रह्मर्षिर् मोक्षम् अप्य् उत भक्तिं परां भगवति लब्धवान् पुरुषे ऽव्यये

śrī-bhagavān uvāca naivecchaty āśiṣaḥ kvāpi brahmarṣir mokṣam apy uta bhaktiṃ parāṃ bhagavati labdhavān puruṣe 'vyaye

The Lord said: This brahmin sage does not desire boons at all, nor even liberation, for he has attained supreme devotion to the imperishable Person, the Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.7

अथापि संवदिष्यामो भवान्य् एतेन साधुना अयं हि परमो लाभो नृणां साधु-समागमः

athāpi saṃvadiṣyāmo bhavāny etena sādhunā ayaṃ hi paramo lābho nṛṇāṃ sādhu-samāgamaḥ

Even so, Bhavānī, let us converse with this holy man, for the meeting with the good is the highest gain of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.8

सूत उवाच इत्य् उक्त्वा तम् उपेयाय भगवान् स सतां गतिः ईशानः सर्व-विद्यानाम् ईश्वरः सर्व-देहिनाम्

sūta uvāca ity uktvā tam upeyāya bhagavān sa satāṃ gatiḥ īśānaḥ sarva-vidyānām īśvaraḥ sarva-dehinām

Sūta said: Having spoken thus, the Lord — he who is the goal of the good, the master of all branches of knowledge, the ruler of all embodied beings — approached him.

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SB 12 10.9

तयोर् आगमनं साक्षाद् ईशयोर् जगद्-आत्मनोः न वेद रुद्ध-धी-वृत्तिर् आत्मानं विश्वम् एव च

tayor āgamanaṃ sākṣād īśayor jagad-ātmanoḥ na veda ruddha-dhī-vṛttir ātmānaṃ viśvam eva ca

With the workings of his mind arrested, he did not know the coming of those two, the very lords of the world, the souls of the universe — nor himself, nor the universe either.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.10

भगवांस् तद् अभिज्ञाय गिरिशो योग-मायया आविशत् तद्-गुहाकाशं वायुश् छिद्रम् इवेश्वरः

bhagavāṃs tad abhijñāya giriśo yoga-māyayā āviśat tad-guhākāśaṃ vāyuś chidram iveśvaraḥ

Knowing this, the lord Giriśa (Śiva), by his yogamāyā, entered the space of his (the sage's) heart-cave, as the wind, being (all-)pervading, enters an aperture.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.11

आत्मन्य् अपि शिवं प्राप्तं तडित्-पिङ्ग-जटा-धरम् त्र्य्-अक्षं दश-भुजं प्रांशुम् उद्यन्तम् इव भास्करम्

ātmany api śivaṃ prāptaṃ taḍit-piṅga-jaṭā-dharam try-akṣaṃ daśa-bhujaṃ prāṃśum udyantam iva bhāskaram

(He saw) Śiva arrived even within his own self: wearing matted locks tawny as lightning, three-eyed, ten-armed, tall, like the sun rising;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.12

व्याघ्र-चर्माम्बरं शूल- धनुर्-इष्व्-असि-चर्मभिः अक्ष-माला-डमरुक- कपालं परशुं सह

vyāghra-carmāmbaraṃ śūla- dhanur-iṣv-asi-carmabhiḥ akṣa-mālā-ḍamaruka- kapālaṃ paraśuṃ saha

clothed in a tiger's skin, with trident, bow, arrows, sword and shield, with rosary, ḍamaru drum and skull, together with the axe —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.13

बिभ्राणं सहसा भातं विचक्ष्य हृदि विस्मितः किम् इदं कुत एवेति समाधेर् विरतो मुनिः

bibhrāṇaṃ sahasā bhātaṃ vicakṣya hṛdi vismitaḥ kim idaṃ kuta eveti samādher virato muniḥ

seeing (him) holding these and shining forth all at once, amazed at heart — "What is this, and whence?" — the sage withdrew from his trance.

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SB 12 10.14

नेत्रे उन्मील्य ददृशे स-गणं सोमयागतम् रुद्रं त्रि-लोकैक-गुरुं ननाम शिरसा मुनिः

netre unmīlya dadṛśe sa-gaṇaṃ somayāgatam rudraṃ tri-lokaika-guruṃ nanāma śirasā muniḥ

Opening his eyes, he saw Rudra come with his attendants and with Umā, the one guru of the three worlds; and the sage bowed to him with his head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.15

तस्मै सपर्यां व्यदधात् स-गणाय सहोमया स्वागतासन-पाद्यार्घ्य- गन्ध-स्रग्-धूप-दीपकैः

tasmai saparyāṃ vyadadhāt sa-gaṇāya sahomayā svāgatāsana-pādyārghya- gandha-srag-dhūpa-dīpakaiḥ

He performed worship for him, together with his attendants and with Umā, with welcome, a seat, water for the feet, offering-water, sandal paste, garlands, incense and lamps.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.16

आह त्व् आत्मानुभावेन पूर्ण-कामस्य ते विभो करवाम किम् ईशान येनेदं निर्वृतं जगत्

āha tv ātmānubhāvena pūrṇa-kāmasya te vibho karavāma kim īśāna yenedaṃ nirvṛtaṃ jagat

And he said: What can we do for you, O mighty one, whose every desire is fulfilled by your own inherent power, O Lord, by whom this world is made content?

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SB 12 10.17

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय सत्त्वाय प्रमृडाय च रजो-जुषे ऽथ घोराय नमस् तुभ्यं तमो-जुषे

namaḥ śivāya śāntāya sattvāya pramṛḍāya ca rajo-juṣe 'tha ghorāya namas tubhyaṃ tamo-juṣe

Homage to the auspicious one, to the peaceful, to (the form of) sattva, and to the gracious one; homage to you who partake of rajas, and to the terrible one who partakes of tamas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.18

सूत उवाच एवं स्तुतः स भगवान् आदि-देवः सतां गतिः परितुष्टः प्रसन्नात्मा प्रहसंस् तम् अभाषत

sūta uvāca evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavān ādi-devaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ parituṣṭaḥ prasannātmā prahasaṃs tam abhāṣata

Sūta said: Thus praised, that Lord, the primal god, the goal of the good, well satisfied and gracious of mind, smiling, spoke to him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.19

श्री-भगवान् उवाच वरं वृणीष्व नः कामं वर-देशा वयं त्रयः अमोघं दर्शनं येषां मर्त्यो यद् विन्दते ऽमृतम्

śrī-bhagavān uvāca varaṃ vṛṇīṣva naḥ kāmaṃ vara-deśā vayaṃ trayaḥ amoghaṃ darśanaṃ yeṣāṃ martyo yad vindate 'mṛtam

The Lord said: Choose a boon, whatever you wish from us; we three are the lords who bestow boons, and the sight of us is never fruitless, since by it a mortal obtains immortality.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.20

ब्राह्मणाः साधवः शान्ता निःसङ्गा भूत-वत्सलाः एकान्त-भक्ता अस्मासु निर्वैराः सम-दर्शिनः

brāhmaṇāḥ sādhavaḥ śāntā niḥsaṅgā bhūta-vatsalāḥ ekānta-bhaktā asmāsu nirvairāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

Brahmins who are good, peaceful, free of attachment, kind to living beings, exclusively devoted to us, free of enmity, seeing all alike —

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SB 12 10.21

स-लोका लोक-पालास् तान् वन्दन्त्य् अर्चन्त्य् उपासते अहं च भगवान् ब्रह्मा स्वयं च हरिर् ईश्वरः

sa-lokā loka-pālās tān vandanty arcanty upāsate ahaṃ ca bhagavān brahmā svayaṃ ca harir īśvaraḥ

the guardians of the worlds, along with their worlds, salute, worship and serve them; and so do I, and lord Brahmā, and Hari the Lord himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.22

न ते मय्य् अच्युते ऽजे च भिदाम् अण्व् अपि चक्षते नात्मनश् च जनस्यापि तद् युष्मान् वयम् ईमहि

na te mayy acyute 'je ca bhidām aṇv api cakṣate nātmanaś ca janasyāpi tad yuṣmān vayam īmahi

They see not the slightest difference between me and the unfallen (Viṣṇu) and the unborn (Brahmā), nor between themselves and other people; therefore we approach you (with entreaty).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.23

न ह्य् अम्-मयानि तीर्थानि न देवाश् चेतनोज्झिताः ते पुनन्त्य् उरु-कालेन यूयं दर्शन-मात्रतः

na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni na devāś cetanojjhitāḥ te punanty uru-kālena yūyaṃ darśana-mātrataḥ

For holy places made of water are not (truly purifying), nor are gods devoid of consciousness: those purify only after a long time, but you (purify) by the mere sight of you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.24

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्यामो ये ऽस्मद्-रूपं त्रयी-मयम् बिभ्रत्य् आत्म-समाधान- तपः-स्वाध्याय-संयमैः

brāhmaṇebhyo namasyāmo ye 'smad-rūpaṃ trayī-mayam bibhraty ātma-samādhāna- tapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṃyamaiḥ

We offer homage to the brahmins who bear our form, consisting of the three Vedas, by concentration of the self, austerity, private recitation and restraints.

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SB 12 10.25

श्रवणाद् दर्शनाद् वापि महा-पातकिनो ऽपि वः शुध्येरन्न् अन्त्य-जाश् चापि किम् उ सम्भाषणादिभिः

śravaṇād darśanād vāpi mahā-pātakino 'pi vaḥ śudhyerann antya-jāś cāpi kim u sambhāṣaṇādibhiḥ

Even great sinners, and even the lowest-born, would be purified by hearing you or by seeing you — how much more, then, by conversing with you and the like.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.26

सूत उवाच इति चन्द्र-ललामस्य धर्म-गह्योपबृंहितम् वचो ऽमृतायनम् ऋषिर् नातृप्यत् कर्णयोः पिबन्

sūta uvāca iti candra-lalāmasya dharma-gahyopabṛṃhitam vaco 'mṛtāyanam ṛṣir nātṛpyat karṇayoḥ piban

Sūta said: The sage, drinking in with his two ears these words of the moon-crested one — words swelled with the secrets of dharma, a reservoir of nectar — was not satiated.

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SB 12 10.27

स चिरं मायया विष्णोर् भ्रामितः कर्शितो भृशम् शिव-वाग्-अमृत-ध्वस्त- क्लेश-पुञ्जस् तम् अब्रवीत्

sa ciraṃ māyayā viṣṇor bhrāmitaḥ karśito bhṛśam śiva-vāg-amṛta-dhvasta- kleśa-puñjas tam abravīt

He, who had long been made to wander by Viṣṇu's māyā and greatly worn down, his mass of afflictions destroyed by the nectar of Śiva's words, spoke to him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.28

श्री-मार्कण्डेय उवाच अहो ईश्वर-लीलेयं दुर्विभाव्या शरीरिणाम् यन् नमन्तीशितव्यानि स्तुवन्ति जगद्-ईश्वराः

śrī-mārkaṇḍeya uvāca aho īśvara-līleyaṃ durvibhāvyā śarīriṇām yan namantīśitavyāni stuvanti jagad-īśvarāḥ

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: Ah, this play of the Lord is hard for embodied beings to comprehend, in that the rulers of the world bow to and praise those who ought to be ruled by them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.29

धर्मं ग्राहयितुं प्रायः प्रवक्तारश् च देहिनाम् आचरन्त्य् अनुमोदन्ते क्रियमाणं स्तुवन्ति च

dharmaṃ grāhayituṃ prāyaḥ pravaktāraś ca dehinām ācaranty anumodante kriyamāṇaṃ stuvanti ca

Generally, in order to make embodied beings adopt dharma, those who expound it both practice it themselves and approve of it and praise it when it is being done (by others).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.30

नैतावता भगवतः स्व-माया-मय-वृत्तिभिः न दुष्येतानुभावस् तैर् मायिनः कुहकं यथा

naitāvatā bhagavataḥ sva-māyā-maya-vṛttibhiḥ na duṣyetānubhāvas tair māyinaḥ kuhakaṃ yathā

But by so much the Lord's power is not diminished, by these workings made of his own māyā — as (the conjuring of) a magician (does not diminish him).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.31

सृष्ट्वेदं मनसा विश्वम् आत्मनानुप्रविश्य यः गुणैः कुर्वद्भिर् आभाति कर्तेव स्वप्न-दृग् यथा

sṛṣṭvedaṃ manasā viśvam ātmanānupraviśya yaḥ guṇaiḥ kurvadbhir ābhāti karteva svapna-dṛg yathā

He who, having created this universe with his mind and having entered it by himself, appears through the acting modes as though he were the doer — as does one who sees a dream.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.32

तस्मै नमो भगवते त्रि-गुणाय गुणात्मने केवलायाद्वितीयाय गुरवे ब्रह्म-मूर्तये

tasmai namo bhagavate tri-guṇāya guṇātmane kevalāyādvitīyāya gurave brahma-mūrtaye

To him, the Lord, homage — to him who possesses the three modes and is the self of the modes, to the one who is alone and without a second, to the teacher, whose form is Brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.33

कं वृणे नु परं भूमन् वरं त्वद् वर-दर्शनात् यद्-दर्शनात् पूर्ण-कामः सत्य-कामः पुमान् भवेत्

kaṃ vṛṇe nu paraṃ bhūman varaṃ tvad vara-darśanāt yad-darśanāt pūrṇa-kāmaḥ satya-kāmaḥ pumān bhavet

What further boon, O Boundless One, should I choose, greater than the sight of you, the boon-giver? — since by the seeing of him a man becomes one whose desires are fulfilled and whose desires are true.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.34

वरम् एकं वृणे ऽथापि पूर्णात् कामाभिवर्षणात् भगवत्य् अच्युतां भक्तिं तत्-परेषु तथा त्वयि

varam ekaṃ vṛṇe 'thāpi pūrṇāt kāmābhivarṣaṇāt bhagavaty acyutāṃ bhaktiṃ tat-pareṣu tathā tvayi

Yet I choose one boon from you, complete and raining down all desires: unfailing devotion to the Lord, and likewise to those devoted to him, and to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.35

सूत उवाच इत्य् अर्चितो ऽभिष्टुतश् च मुनिना सूक्तया गिरा तम् आह भगवाञ् छर्वः शर्वया चाभिनन्दितः

sūta uvāca ity arcito 'bhiṣṭutaś ca muninā sūktayā girā tam āha bhagavāñ charvaḥ śarvayā cābhinanditaḥ

Sūta said: Thus worshipped and praised by the sage with well-spoken words, the lord Śarva, applauded also by Śarvā (his consort), said to him:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.36

कामो महर्षे सर्वो ऽयं भक्तिमांस् त्वम् अधोक्षजे आ-कल्पान्ताद् यशः पुण्यम् अजरामरता तथा

kāmo maharṣe sarvo 'yaṃ bhaktimāṃs tvam adhokṣaje ā-kalpāntād yaśaḥ puṇyam ajarāmaratā tathā

Great sage, may this whole desire (be yours): you are devoted to Adhokṣaja; (may you have) holy fame until the end of the kalpa, and freedom from old age and death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.37

ज्ञानं त्रै-कालिकं ब्रह्मन् विज्ञानं च विरक्तिमत् ब्रह्म-वर्चस्विनो भूयात् पुराणाचार्यतास्तु ते

jñānaṃ trai-kālikaṃ brahman vijñānaṃ ca viraktimat brahma-varcasvino bhūyāt purāṇācāryatāstu te

O brāhmaṇa, (may you have) knowledge of the three times, and discernment endowed with detachment; may you be radiant with brahminical splendor, and may the office of teacher of the Purāṇas be yours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.38

सूत उवाच एवं वरान् स मुनये दत्त्वागात् त्र्य्-अक्ष ईश्वरः देव्यै तत्-कर्म कथयन्न् अनुभूतं पुरामुना

sūta uvāca evaṃ varān sa munaye dattvāgāt try-akṣa īśvaraḥ devyai tat-karma kathayann anubhūtaṃ purāmunā

Sūta said: Having thus given the boons to the sage, the three-eyed Lord departed, relating to the Goddess that deed which had formerly been experienced by the sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.39

सो ऽप्य् अवाप्त-महा-योग- महिमा भार्गवोत्तमः विचरत्य् अधुनाप्य् अद्धा हराव् एकान्ततां गतः

so 'py avāpta-mahā-yoga- mahimā bhārgavottamaḥ vicaraty adhunāpy addhā harāv ekāntatāṃ gataḥ

And he, that best of Bhṛgu's line, having attained the greatness of the great yoga, wanders even now indeed, having come to single-minded devotion to Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.40

अनुवर्णितम् एतत् ते मार्कण्डेयस्य धीमतः अनुभूतं भगवतो माया-वैभवम् अद्भुतम्

anuvarṇitam etat te mārkaṇḍeyasya dhīmataḥ anubhūtaṃ bhagavato māyā-vaibhavam adbhutam

This has been recounted to you — the wondrous majesty of the Lord's māyā, experienced by the wise Mārkaṇḍeya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 12 10.41

एतत् केचिद् अविद्वांसो माया-संसृतिर् आत्मनः अनाद्य्-आवर्तितं नॄणां कादाचित्कं प्रचक्षते

etat kecid avidvāṃso māyā-saṃsṛtir ātmanaḥ anādy-āvartitaṃ nṝṇāṃ kādācitkaṃ pracakṣate

Some, being ignorant, declare this to be the māyā-wandering of the self, revolved from beginningless time for men, (yet they call it) something occasional.

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

SB 12 10.42

य एवम् एतद् भृगु-वर्य वर्णितं रथाङ्ग-पाणेर् अनुभाव-भावितम् संश्रावयेत् संशृणुयाद् उ ताव् उभौ तयोर् न कर्माशय-संसृतिर् भवेत्

ya evam etad bhṛgu-varya varṇitaṃ rathāṅga-pāṇer anubhāva-bhāvitam saṃśrāvayet saṃśṛṇuyād u tāv ubhau tayor na karmāśaya-saṃsṛtir bhavet

O best of the Bhṛgus, whoever causes this to be heard, or hears it, thus recounted — brought about by the power of him who holds the discus — for both of these two there will be no transmigration born of the residue of karma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition