Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 12
SB 12 12.1
सूत उवाच नमो धर्माय महते नमः कृष्णाय वेधसे ब्रह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य धर्मान् वक्ष्ये सनातनान्
sūta uvāca namo dharmāya mahate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase brahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya dharmān vakṣye sanātanān
Sūta said: Homage to great dharma, homage to Kṛṣṇa the creator; having offered obeisance to the brāhmaṇas, I shall declare the eternal duties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.2
एतद् वः कथितं विप्रा विष्णोश् चरितम् अद्भुतम् भवद्भिर् यद् अहं पृष्टो नराणां पुरुषोचितम्
etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā viṣṇoś caritam adbhutam bhavadbhir yad ahaṃ pṛṣṭo narāṇāṃ puruṣocitam
This wondrous career of Viṣṇu has been recounted to you, O brāhmaṇas, since I was asked by you (about it) — (a subject) fit for men, worthy of the Supreme Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 12 12.3
अत्र सङ्कीर्तितः साक्षात् सर्व-पाप-हरो हरिः नारायणो हृषीकेशो भगवान् सात्वताम् पतिः
atra saṅkīrtitaḥ sākṣāt sarva-pāpa-haro hariḥ nārāyaṇo hṛṣīkeśo bhagavān sātvatām patiḥ
Herein has been directly glorified Hari, the remover of all sins, Nārāyaṇa, Hṛṣīkeśa, the Lord, the master of the Sātvatas.
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SB 12 12.4
अत्र ब्रह्म परं गुह्यं जगतः प्रभवाप्ययम् ज्ञानं च तद्-उपाख्यानं प्रोक्तं विज्ञान-संयुतम्
atra brahma paraṃ guhyaṃ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayam jñānaṃ ca tad-upākhyānaṃ proktaṃ vijñāna-saṃyutam
Herein the supreme secret Brahman, the arising and dissolution of the world, and knowledge together with its illustrative narrative, joined with realization, have been declared.
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SB 12 12.5
भक्ति-योगः समाख्यातो वैराग्यं च तद्-आश्रयम् पारीक्षितम् उपाख्यानं नारदाख्यानम् एव च
bhakti-yogaḥ samākhyāto vairāgyaṃ ca tad-āśrayam pārīkṣitam upākhyānaṃ nāradākhyānam eva ca
Devotional yoga has been fully described, and the renunciation that is its basis; also the story of Parīkṣit and the story of Nārada.
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SB 12 12.6
प्रायोपवेशो राजर्षेर् विप्र-शापात् परीक्षितः शुकस्य ब्रह्मर्षभस्य संवादश् च परीक्षितः
prāyopaveśo rājarṣer vipra-śāpāt parīkṣitaḥ śukasya brahmarṣabhasya saṃvādaś ca parīkṣitaḥ
(Told here are) the royal sage Parīkṣit's sitting down to fast unto death because of the brāhmaṇa's curse, and Parīkṣit's conversation with Śuka, the best of Brahman-knowers.
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SB 12 12.7
योग-धारणयोत्क्रान्तिः संवादो नारदाजयोः अवतारानुगीतं च सर्गः प्राधानिको ऽग्रतः
yoga-dhāraṇayotkrāntiḥ saṃvādo nāradājayoḥ avatārānugītaṃ ca sargaḥ prādhāniko 'grataḥ
The departure (from the body) by yogic concentration, the conversation of Nārada and Aja (Brahmā), the recital about the incarnations, and, at the beginning, the creation out of primal matter.
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SB 12 12.8
विदुरोद्धव-संवादः क्षत्तृ-मैत्रेययोस् ततः पुराण-संहिता-प्रश्नो महा-पुरुष-संस्थितिः
viduroddhava-saṃvādaḥ kṣattṛ-maitreyayos tataḥ purāṇa-saṃhitā-praśno mahā-puruṣa-saṃsthitiḥ
The conversation of Vidura and Uddhava, then that of the Kṣattā (Vidura) and Maitreya, the question about the Purāṇa collection, and the (state of) rest of the Great Person.
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SB 12 12.9
ततः प्राकृतिकः सर्गः सप्त वैकृतिकाश् च ये ततो ब्रह्माण्ड-सम्भूतिर् वैराजः पुरुषो यतः
tataḥ prākṛtikaḥ sargaḥ sapta vaikṛtikāś ca ye tato brahmāṇḍa-sambhūtir vairājaḥ puruṣo yataḥ
Then the creation from primal nature and the seven secondary (modified) creations, then the arising of the cosmic egg, from which came the Vairāja Person.
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SB 12 12.10
कालस्य स्थूल-सूक्ष्मस्य गतिः पद्म-समुद्भवः भुव उद्धरणे ऽम्भोधेर् हिरण्याक्ष-वधो यथा
kālasya sthūla-sūkṣmasya gatiḥ padma-samudbhavaḥ bhuva uddharaṇe 'mbhodher hiraṇyākṣa-vadho yathā
The movement of time, gross and subtle, the emergence from the lotus, and how, in the raising of the earth from the ocean, Hiraṇyākṣa was slain.
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SB 12 12.11
ऊर्ध्व-तिर्यग्-अवाक्-सर्गो रुद्र-सर्गस् तथैव च अर्ध-नारीश्वरस्याथ यतः स्वायम्भुवो मनुः
ūrdhva-tiryag-avāk-sargo rudra-sargas tathaiva ca ardha-nārīśvarasyātha yataḥ svāyambhuvo manuḥ
The creation of beings upward, sideways and downward, and likewise the creation of Rudra, and then of the half-female Lord, from whom (came) Svāyambhuva Manu.
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SB 12 12.12
शतरूपा च या स्त्रीणाम् आद्या प्रकृतिर् उत्तमा सन्तानो धर्म-पत्नीनां कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः
śatarūpā ca yā strīṇām ādyā prakṛtir uttamā santāno dharma-patnīnāṃ kardamasya prajāpateḥ
And Śatarūpā, who is the first and finest model of women; the progeny of the lawful wives of Kardama the Prajāpati.
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SB 12 12.13
अवतारो भगवतः कपिलस्य महात्मनः देवहूत्याश् च संवादः कपिलेन च धीमता
avatāro bhagavataḥ kapilasya mahātmanaḥ devahūtyāś ca saṃvādaḥ kapilena ca dhīmatā
The descent of the Lord as Kapila, the great soul, and the conversation of Devahūti with the wise Kapila;
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SB 12 12.14
नव-ब्रह्म-समुत्पत्तिर् दक्ष-यज्ञ-विनाशनम् ध्रुवस्य चरितं पश्चात् पृथोः प्राचीनबर्हिषः
nava-brahma-samutpattir dakṣa-yajña-vināśanam dhruvasya caritaṃ paścāt pṛthoḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ
The birth of the nine Brahmās, the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, then the deeds of Dhruva, of Pṛthu, of Prācīnabarhi;
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SB 12 12.15
नारदस्य च संवादस् ततः प्रैयव्रतं द्विजाः नाभेस् ततो ऽनुचरितम् ऋषभस्य भरतस्य च
nāradasya ca saṃvādas tataḥ praiyavrataṃ dvijāḥ nābhes tato 'nucaritam ṛṣabhasya bharatasya ca
And the conversation of Nārada; then, O twice-born ones, the account of Priyavrata, and after that the deeds of Nābhi, of Ṛṣabha and of Bharata;
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SB 12 12.16
द्वीप-वर्ष-समुद्राणां गिरि-नद्य्-उपवर्णनम् ज्योतिश्-चक्रस्य संस्थानं पाताल-नरक-स्थितिः
dvīpa-varṣa-samudrāṇāṃ giri-nady-upavarṇanam jyotiś-cakrasya saṃsthānaṃ pātāla-naraka-sthitiḥ
The description of the islands, continents, oceans, mountains and rivers; the arrangement of the circle of luminaries; the situation of the lower regions and the hells;
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SB 12 12.17
दक्ष-जन्म प्रचेतोभ्यस् तत्-पुत्रीणां च सन्ततिः यतो देवासुर-नरास् तिर्यङ्-नग-खगादयः
dakṣa-janma pracetobhyas tat-putrīṇāṃ ca santatiḥ yato devāsura-narās tiryaṅ-naga-khagādayaḥ
The birth of Dakṣa from the Pracetases, and the progeny of his daughters, from whom (came) gods, demons, humans, beasts, serpents, birds and the rest;
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SB 12 12.18
त्वाष्ट्रस्य जन्म-निधनं पुत्रयोश् च दितेर् द्विजाः दैत्येश्वरस्य चरितं प्रह्रादस्य महात्मनः
tvāṣṭrasya janma-nidhanaṃ putrayoś ca diter dvijāḥ daityeśvarasya caritaṃ prahrādasya mahātmanaḥ
The birth and death of the son of Tvaṣṭā, and of the two sons of Diti, O twice-born ones; the deeds of the lord of the Daityas, the great soul Prahlāda;
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SB 12 12.19
मन्व्-अन्तरानुकथनं गजेन्द्रस्य विमोक्षणम् मन्व्-अन्तरावताराश् च विष्णोर् हयशिरादयः
manv-antarānukathanaṃ gajendrasya vimokṣaṇam manv-antarāvatārāś ca viṣṇor hayaśirādayaḥ
The narration of the intervals of the Manus, the deliverance of the lord of elephants, and the incarnations of Viṣṇu in the Manu-intervals, such as the horse-headed one;
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SB 12 12.20
कौर्मं मात्स्यं नारसिंहं वामनं च जगत्-पतेः क्षीरोद-मथनं तद्वद् अमृतार्थे दिवौकसाम्
kaurmaṃ mātsyaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ vāmanaṃ ca jagat-pateḥ kṣīroda-mathanaṃ tadvad amṛtārthe divaukasām
The tortoise, fish, man-lion and dwarf (incarnations) of the Lord of the world; likewise the churning of the milk-ocean by the dwellers in heaven for the sake of the nectar;
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SB 12 12.21
देवासुर-महा-युद्धं राज-वंशानुकीर्तनम् इक्ष्वाकु-जन्म तद्-वंशः सुद्युम्नस्य महात्मनः
devāsura-mahā-yuddhaṃ rāja-vaṃśānukīrtanam ikṣvāku-janma tad-vaṃśaḥ sudyumnasya mahātmanaḥ
The great war of gods and demons, the recounting of the royal lines, the birth of Ikṣvāku and his lineage, (and that) of the great soul Sudyumna;
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SB 12 12.22
इलोपाख्यानम् अत्रोक्तं तारोपाख्यानम् एव च सूर्य-वंशानुकथनं शशादाद्या नृगादयः
ilopākhyānam atroktaṃ tāropākhyānam eva ca sūrya-vaṃśānukathanaṃ śaśādādyā nṛgādayaḥ
Here is told the story of Ilā and also the story of Tārā, the narration of the solar dynasty—Śaśāda and the rest, Nṛga and the others;
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SB 12 12.23
सौकन्यं चाथ शर्यातेः ककुत्स्थस्य च धीमतः खट्वाङ्गस्य च मान्धातुः सौभरेः सगरस्य च
saukanyaṃ cātha śaryāteḥ kakutsthasya ca dhīmataḥ khaṭvāṅgasya ca māndhātuḥ saubhareḥ sagarasya ca
And then the story of Sukanyā, of Śaryāti, and of the wise Kakutstha, and of Khaṭvāṅga, of Māndhātā, of Saubhari and of Sagara;
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SB 12 12.24
रामस्य कोशलेन्द्रस्य चरितं किल्बिषापहम् निमेर् अङ्ग-परित्यागो जनकानां च सम्भवः
rāmasya kośalendrasya caritaṃ kilbiṣāpaham nimer aṅga-parityāgo janakānāṃ ca sambhavaḥ
The sin-removing deeds of Rāma, lord of Kośala; Nimi's abandoning of his body, and the origin of the Janakas;
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SB 12 12.25
रामस्य भार्गवेन्द्रस्य निःक्षतृई-करणं भुवः ऐलस्य सोम-वंशस्य ययातेर् नहुषस्य च
rāmasya bhārgavendrasya niḥkṣatṛī-karaṇaṃ bhuvaḥ ailasya soma-vaṃśasya yayāter nahuṣasya ca
The ridding of the earth of kṣatriyas by Rāma, the chief of the Bhārgavas; (the account) of Ila, of the lunar dynasty, of Yayāti and of Nahuṣa;
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SB 12 12.26
दौष्मन्तेर् भरतस्यापि शान्तनोस् तत्-सुतस्य च ययातेर् ज्येष्ठ-पुत्रस्य यदोर् वंशो ऽनुकीर्तितः
dauṣmanter bharatasyāpi śāntanos tat-sutasya ca yayāter jyeṣṭha-putrasya yador vaṃśo 'nukīrtitaḥ
Of Bharata the son of Duṣmanta too, and of Śāntanu and his son; the lineage of Yadu, the eldest son of Yayāti, has been recounted,
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SB 12 12.27
यत्रावतीऋणो भगवान् कृष्णाख्यो जगद्-ईश्वरः वसुदेव-गृहे जन्म ततो वृद्धिश् च गोकुले
yatrāvatīṛṇo bhagavān kṛṣṇākhyo jagad-īśvaraḥ vasudeva-gṛhe janma tato vṛddhiś ca gokule
In which the Lord, the ruler of the universe, named Kṛṣṇa, descended: his birth in the house of Vasudeva and then his growing up in Gokula;
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SB 12 12.28
तस्य कर्माण्य् अपाराणि कीर्तितान्य् असुर-द्विषः पूतनासु-पयः-पानं शकटोच्चाटनं शिशोः
tasya karmāṇy apārāṇi kīrtitāny asura-dviṣaḥ pūtanāsu-payaḥ-pānaṃ śakaṭoccāṭanaṃ śiśoḥ
The boundless deeds of him, the foe of the demons, have been celebrated: the drinking of Pūtanā's life along with her milk, the overturning of the cart by the infant;
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SB 12 12.29
तृणावर्तस्य निष्पेषस् तथैव बक-वत्सयोः अघासुर-वधो धात्रा वत्स-पालावगूहनम्
tṛṇāvartasya niṣpeṣas tathaiva baka-vatsayoḥ aghāsura-vadho dhātrā vatsa-pālāvagūhanam
The crushing of Tṛṇāvarta, and likewise of the crane and the calf (demons); the slaying of the demon Agha; the concealment of the calves and the cowherd boys by the Creator;
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SB 12 12.30
धेनुकस्य सह-भ्रातुः प्रलम्बस्य च सङ्क्षयः गोपानां च परित्राणं दावाग्नेः परिसर्पतः
dhenukasya saha-bhrātuḥ pralambasya ca saṅkṣayaḥ gopānāṃ ca paritrāṇaṃ dāvāgneḥ parisarpataḥ
The destruction of Dhenuka together with his brother, and of Pralamba; and the rescue of the cowherds from the forest fire that was creeping all around;
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SB 12 12.31
दमनं कालियस्याहेर् महाहेर् नन्द-मोक्षणम् व्रत-चर्या तु कन्यानां यत्र तुष्टो ऽच्युतो व्रतैः
damanaṃ kāliyasyāher mahāher nanda-mokṣaṇam vrata-caryā tu kanyānāṃ yatra tuṣṭo 'cyuto vrataiḥ
The subduing of the serpent Kāliya, the release of Nanda from the great snake; and the observance of the vow by the girls, at which Acyuta was pleased by their vows;
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SB 12 12.32
प्रसादो यज्ञ-पत्नीभ्यो विप्राणां चानुतापनम् गोवर्धनोद्धारणं च शक्रस्य सुरभेर् अथ
prasādo yajña-patnībhyo viprāṇāṃ cānutāpanam govardhanoddhāraṇaṃ ca śakrasya surabher atha
The favour shown to the wives of the sacrificers and the making the brāhmaṇas repent; the lifting up of Govardhana, and then (the coming) of Indra and of the cow of plenty;
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SB 12 12.33
यज्ञभिषेकः कृष्णस्य स्त्रीभिः क्रीडा च रात्रिषु शङ्खचूडस्य दुर्बुद्धेर् वधो ऽरिष्टस्य केशिनः
yajñabhiṣekaḥ kṛṣṇasya strībhiḥ krīḍā ca rātriṣu śaṅkhacūḍasya durbuddher vadho 'riṣṭasya keśinaḥ
Kṛṣṇa's consecration by the sacrifice (of Indra), and his play with the women at night; the killing of the evil-minded Śaṅkhacūḍa, of Ariṣṭa, and of Keśin.
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SB 12 12.34
अक्रूरागमनं पश्चात् प्रस्थानं राम-कृष्णयोः व्रज-स्त्रीणां विलापश् च मथुरालोकनं ततः
akrūrāgamanaṃ paścāt prasthānaṃ rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ vraja-strīṇāṃ vilāpaś ca mathurālokanaṃ tataḥ
Then Akrūra's arrival; afterwards the departure of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa; the lamentation of the women of Vraja; and then the sight of Mathurā.
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SB 12 12.35
गज-मुष्टिक-चाणूर- कंसादीनां तथा वधः मृतस्यानयनं सूनोः पुनः सान्दीपनेर् गुरोः
gaja-muṣṭika-cāṇūra- kaṃsādīnāṃ tathā vadhaḥ mṛtasyānayanaṃ sūnoḥ punaḥ sāndīpaner guroḥ
Likewise the killing of the elephant (Kuvalayāpīḍa), of Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Kaṃsa and the rest; and the bringing back of the dead son of the teacher Sāndīpani.
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SB 12 12.36
मथुरायां निवसता यदु-चक्रस्य यत् प्रियम् कृतम् उद्धव-रामाभ्यां युतेन हरिणा द्विजाः
mathurāyāṃ nivasatā yadu-cakrasya yat priyam kṛtam uddhava-rāmābhyāṃ yutena hariṇā dvijāḥ
O twice-born ones, what was done pleasing to the circle of the Yadus by Hari, dwelling in Mathurā, together with Uddhava and Rāma.
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SB 12 12.37
जरासन्ध-समानीत- सैन्यस्य बहुशो वधः घातनं यवनेन्द्रस्य कुशस्थल्या निवेशनम्
jarāsandha-samānīta- sainyasya bahuśo vadhaḥ ghātanaṃ yavanendrasya kuśasthalyā niveśanam
The repeated slaughter of the army brought by Jarāsandha; the slaying of the lord of the Yavanas; the settling of Kuśasthalī (Dvārakā).
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SB 12 12.38
आदानं पारिजातस्य सुधर्मायाः सुरालयात् रुक्मिण्या हरणं युद्धे प्रमथ्य द्विषतो हरेः
ādānaṃ pārijātasya sudharmāyāḥ surālayāt rukmiṇyā haraṇaṃ yuddhe pramathya dviṣato hareḥ
The taking of the pārijāta (tree) and of the Sudharmā (hall) from the abode of the gods; Hari's carrying off of Rukmiṇī after crushing his enemies in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.39
हरस्य जृम्भणं युद्धे बाणस्य भुज-कृन्तनम् प्राग्ज्योतिष-पतिं हत्वा कन्यानां हरणं च यत्
harasya jṛmbhaṇaṃ yuddhe bāṇasya bhuja-kṛntanam prāgjyotiṣa-patiṃ hatvā kanyānāṃ haraṇaṃ ca yat
The making of Hara to yawn in battle; the cutting off of Bāṇa's arms; and the carrying away of the maidens after killing the lord of Prāgjyotiṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.40
चैद्य-पौण्ड्रक-शाल्वानां दन्तवक्रस्य दुर्मतेः शम्बरो द्विविदः पीठो मुरः पञ्चजनादयः
caidya-pauṇḍraka-śālvānāṃ dantavakrasya durmateḥ śambaro dvividaḥ pīṭho muraḥ pañcajanādayaḥ
(The accounts) of the Caidya (Śiśupāla), Pauṇḍraka and Śālva, of the evil-minded Dantavakra, of Śambara, Dvivida, Pīṭha, Mura, Pañcajana and the others—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.41
माहात्म्यं च वधस् तेषां वाराणस्याश् च दाहनम् भारावतरणं भूमेर् निमित्ती-कृत्य पाण्डवान्
māhātmyaṃ ca vadhas teṣāṃ vārāṇasyāś ca dāhanam bhārāvataraṇaṃ bhūmer nimittī-kṛtya pāṇḍavān
—their greatness and their killing; the burning of Vārāṇasī; the removal of the earth's burden, making the Pāṇḍavas the instrument.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.42
विप्र-शापापदेशेन संहारः स्व-कुलस्य च उद्धवस्य च संवादो वसुदेवस्य चाद्भुतः
vipra-śāpāpadeśena saṃhāraḥ sva-kulasya ca uddhavasya ca saṃvādo vasudevasya cādbhutaḥ
And the destruction of his own family under the pretext of a brāhmaṇa's curse; and the wondrous conversation of Uddhava and of Vasudeva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.43
यत्रात्म-विद्या ह्य् अखिला प्रोक्ता धर्म-विनिर्णयः ततो मर्त्य-परित्याग आत्म-योगानुभावतः
yatrātma-vidyā hy akhilā proktā dharma-vinirṇayaḥ tato martya-parityāga ātma-yogānubhāvataḥ
wherein indeed the whole knowledge of the self was declared, and the settling of dharma; then the abandoning of the mortal (body) by the power of the yoga of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.44
युग-लक्षण-वृत्तिश् च कलौ नॄणाम् उपप्लवः चतुर्-विधश् च प्रलय उत्पत्तिस् त्रि-विधा तथा
yuga-lakṣaṇa-vṛttiś ca kalau nṝṇām upaplavaḥ catur-vidhaś ca pralaya utpattis tri-vidhā tathā
And the course of the characteristics of the ages, the calamity of men in Kali; and the fourfold dissolution, and likewise the threefold origination;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.45
देह-त्यागश् च राजर्षेर् विष्णु-रातस्य धीमतः शाखा-प्रणयनम् ऋषेर् मार्कण्डेयस्य सत्-कथा महा-पुरुष-विन्यासः सूर्यस्य जगद्-आत्मनः
deha-tyāgaś ca rājarṣer viṣṇu-rātasya dhīmataḥ śākhā-praṇayanam ṛṣer mārkaṇḍeyasya sat-kathā mahā-puruṣa-vinyāsaḥ sūryasya jagad-ātmanaḥ
and the giving up of the body by the wise royal sage Viṣṇurāta (Parīkṣit); the framing of the branches (of the Veda); the good story of the sage Mārkaṇḍeya; the arrangement of the great Person as the sun, the self of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.46
इति चोक्तं द्विज-श्रेष्ठा यत् पृष्टो ऽहम् इहास्मि वः लीलावतार-कर्माणि कीर्तितानीह सर्वशः
iti coktaṃ dvija-śreṣṭhā yat pṛṣṭo 'ham ihāsmi vaḥ līlāvatāra-karmāṇi kīrtitānīha sarvaśaḥ
Thus, O best of the twice-born, what I was asked here by you has been spoken; the deeds of his playful descents have here been recounted in full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.47
पतितः स्खलितश् चार्तः क्षुत्त्वा वा विवशो गृणन् हरये नम इत्य् उच्चैर् मुच्यते सर्व-पातकात्
patitaḥ skhalitaś cārtaḥ kṣuttvā vā vivaśo gṛṇan haraye nama ity uccair mucyate sarva-pātakāt
A man fallen, or stumbling, or in pain, or sneezing, who helplessly utters aloud "Homage to Hari!" is freed from every sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.48
सङ्कीर्त्यमानो भगवान् अनन्तः श्रुतानुभावो व्यसनं हि पुंसाम् प्रविश्य चित्तं विधुनोत्य् अशेषं यथा तमो ऽर्को ऽभ्रम् इवाति-वातः
saṅkīrtyamāno bhagavān anantaḥ śrutānubhāvo vyasanaṃ hi puṃsām praviśya cittaṃ vidhunoty aśeṣaṃ yathā tamo 'rko 'bhram ivāti-vātaḥ
For the endless Lord, being glorified—whose power is heard of—entering the mind, shakes off men's distress entirely, as the sun does darkness, as a mighty wind does a cloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.49
मृषा गिरस् ता ह्य् असतीर् असत्-कथा न कथ्यते यद् भगवान् अधोक्षजः तद् एव सत्यं तद् उ हैव मङ्गलं तद् एव पुण्यं भगवद्-गुणोदयम्
mṛṣā giras tā hy asatīr asat-kathā na kathyate yad bhagavān adhokṣajaḥ tad eva satyaṃ tad u haiva maṅgalaṃ tad eva puṇyaṃ bhagavad-guṇodayam
Those words are false and worthless, unreal talk, in which the Lord Adhokṣaja is not spoken of; that alone is true, that indeed is auspicious, that alone is meritorious, in which the Lord's qualities arise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.50
तद् एव रम्यं रुचिरं नवं नवं तद् एव शश्वन् मनसो महोत्सवम् तद् एव शोकार्णव-शोषणं नृणां यद् उत्तमःश्लोक-यशो ऽनुगीयते
tad eva ramyaṃ ruciraṃ navaṃ navaṃ tad eva śaśvan manaso mahotsavam tad eva śokārṇava-śoṣaṇaṃ nṛṇāṃ yad uttamaḥśloka-yaśo 'nugīyate
That alone is delightful, lovely, ever new and new; that alone is a perpetual great festival of the mind; that alone dries up men's ocean of grief—that in which the glory of him who is praised in the highest verses is sung.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.51
न यद् वचश् चित्र-पदं हरेर् यशो जगत्-पवित्रं प्रगृणीत कर्हिचित् अम्प्;तद् ध्वाङ्क्ष-तीऋथं न तु हंस-सेवितं यत्राच्युतस् तत्र हि साधवो ऽमलाः
na yad vacaś citra-padaṃ harer yaśo jagat-pavitraṃ pragṛṇīta karhicit tad dhvāṅkṣa-tīṛthaṃ na tu haṃsa-sevitaṃ yatrācyutas tatra hi sādhavo 'malāḥ
That speech which, though of charming words, never proclaims the glory of Hari, purifier of the world—that is a place of pilgrimage for crows, not one frequented by swans; for where Acyuta is, there are the spotless saints.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.52
तद् वाग्-विसर्गो जनताघ-सम्प्लवो यस्मिन् प्रति-श्लोकम् अबद्धवत्य् अपि नामान्य् अनन्तस्य यशो ऽङ्कितानि यत् शृण्वन्ति गायन्ति गृणन्ति साधवः
tad vāg-visargo janatāgha-samplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo 'ṅkitāni yat śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ
But that outpouring of speech, even if faulty in every verse, is a flood (that washes away) the sins of the people, in which are the names of the Endless One, marked with his glory—which the saints hear, sing, and repeat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.53
नैष्कर्म्यम् अप्य् अच्युत-भाव-वर्जितं न शोभते ज्ञानम् अलं निरञ्जनम् अम्प्;कुतः पुनः शश्वद् अभद्रम् ईश्वरे न ह्य् अर्पितं कर्म यद् अप्य् अनुत्तमम्
naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṃ na śobhate jñānam alaṃ nirañjanam kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare na hy arpitaṃ karma yad apy anuttamam
Even freedom from (the bondage of) action, and knowledge that is quite untainted, do not shine if devoid of feeling for the Infallible One; how much less, then, action — even the most excellent kind — which is perpetually inauspicious and is not offered to the Lord?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.54
यशः-श्रियाम् एव परिश्रमः परो वर्णाश्रमाचार-तपः-श्रुतादिषु अविस्मृतिः श्रीधर-पाद-पद्मयोर् गुणानुवाद-श्रवणादरादिभिः
yaśaḥ-śriyām eva pariśramaḥ paro varṇāśramācāra-tapaḥ-śrutādiṣu avismṛtiḥ śrīdhara-pāda-padmayor guṇānuvāda-śravaṇādarādibhiḥ
In the observances of caste and stage of life, in austerity, in sacred learning and the rest, the highest exertion serves only fame and fortune; (what matters is) not forgetting the lotus feet of the Bearer of Śrī, through hearing the recital of (his) qualities, through reverence, and so on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.55
अविस्मृतिः कृष्ण-पदारविन्दयोः क्षिणोत्य् अभद्राणि च शं तनोति सत्त्वस्य शुद्धिं परमात्म-भक्तिं ज्ञानं च विज्ञान-विराग-युक्तम्
avismṛtiḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ kṣiṇoty abhadrāṇi ca śaṃ tanoti sattvasya śuddhiṃ paramātma-bhaktiṃ jñānaṃ ca vijñāna-virāga-yuktam
Not forgetting the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa destroys inauspicious things and spreads well-being; (it brings) purity of being, devotion to the Supreme Self, and knowledge joined with discernment and dispassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.56
यूयं द्विजाग्र्या बत भूरि-भागा यच् छश्वद् आत्मन्य् अखिलात्म-भूतम् नारायणं देवम् अदेवम् ईशम् अजस्र-भावा भजताविवेश्य
yūyaṃ dvijāgryā bata bhūri-bhāgā yac chaśvad ātmany akhilātma-bhūtam nārāyaṇaṃ devam adevam īśam ajasra-bhāvā bhajatāviveśya
You, best of the twice-born — ah, you are greatly fortunate, since with unbroken feeling you constantly worship Nārāyaṇa, the god who is the self of all, who is no (ordinary) god, the Lord, having brought (him) into your own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.57
अहं च संस्मारित आत्म-तत्त्वं श्रुतं पुरा मे परमर्षि-वक्त्रात् प्रायोपवेशे नृपतेः परीक्षितः सदस्य् ऋषीणां महतां च शृण्वताम्
ahaṃ ca saṃsmārita ātma-tattvaṃ śrutaṃ purā me paramarṣi-vaktrāt prāyopaveśe nṛpateḥ parīkṣitaḥ sadasy ṛṣīṇāṃ mahatāṃ ca śṛṇvatām
And I too have been made to remember the truth of the self, which I had formerly heard from the mouth of the supreme sage, in the assembly of King Parīkṣit as he sat fasting unto death, with the great sages listening.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.58
एतद् वः कथितं विप्राः कथनीयोरु-कर्मणः माहात्म्यं वासुदेवस्य सर्वाशुभ-विनाशनम्
etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ kathanīyoru-karmaṇaḥ māhātmyaṃ vāsudevasya sarvāśubha-vināśanam
This, O brāhmaṇas, has been told to you: the greatness of Vāsudeva, whose vast deeds are worth recounting — (a greatness) that destroys all that is inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.59
य एतत् श्रावयेन् नित्यं याम-क्षणम् अनन्य-धीः श्लोकम् एकं तद्-अर्धं वा पादं पादार्धम् एव वा श्रद्धावान् यो ऽनुशृणुयात् पुनात्य् आत्मानम् एव सः
ya etat śrāvayen nityaṃ yāma-kṣaṇam ananya-dhīḥ ślokam ekaṃ tad-ardhaṃ vā pādaṃ pādārdham eva vā śraddhāvān yo 'nuśṛṇuyāt punāty ātmānam eva saḥ
He who, with undivided mind, constantly causes this to be recited, (even) for the space of a moment of a watch — one verse, or half of it, or a quarter, or even half a quarter — and he who, full of faith, listens to it, purifies his very self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.60
द्वादश्याम् एकादश्यां वा शृण्वन्न् आयुष्यवान् भवेत् पठत्य् अनश्नन् प्रयतः पूतो भवति पातकात्
dvādaśyām ekādaśyāṃ vā śṛṇvann āyuṣyavān bhavet paṭhaty anaśnan prayataḥ pūto bhavati pātakāt
Listening (to it) on the twelfth or on the eleventh lunar day, one becomes long-lived; he who recites it fasting and self-restrained becomes purified of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.61
पुष्करे मथुरयां च द्वारवत्यां यतात्मवान् उपोष्य संहिताम् एतां पठित्वा मुच्यते भयात्
puṣkare mathurayāṃ ca dvāravatyāṃ yatātmavān upoṣya saṃhitām etāṃ paṭhitvā mucyate bhayāt
At Puṣkara, at Mathurā, and at Dvāravatī, one who is self-controlled and has fasted, having recited this compilation, is freed from fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.62
देवता मुनयः सिद्धाः पितरो मनवो नृपाः यच्छन्ति कामान् गृणतः शृण्वतो यस्य कीर्तनात्
devatā munayaḥ siddhāḥ pitaro manavo nṛpāḥ yacchanti kāmān gṛṇataḥ śṛṇvato yasya kīrtanāt
The gods, sages, perfected beings, forefathers, Manus and kings grant the desires of one who recites and of one who listens, because of the glorification of him (the Lord).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.63
ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि द्विजो ऽधीत्यानुविन्दते मधु-कुल्या घृत-कुल्याः पयः-कुल्याश् च तत् फलम्
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni dvijo 'dhītyānuvindate madhu-kulyā ghṛta-kulyāḥ payaḥ-kulyāś ca tat phalam
A twice-born man, having studied the Ṛc, Yajus and Sāman verses, obtains (their fruit): streams of honey, streams of ghee and streams of milk — that is the fruit (of this too).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 12 12.64
पुराण-संहिताम् एताम् अधीत्य प्रयतो द्विजः प्रोक्तं भगवता यत् तु तत् पदं परमं व्रजेत्
purāṇa-saṃhitām etām adhītya prayato dvijaḥ proktaṃ bhagavatā yat tu tat padaṃ paramaṃ vrajet
A twice-born man who, self-restrained, studies this Purāṇa compilation spoken by the Blessed One would go to that supreme abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.65
विप्रो ऽधीत्याप्नुयात् प्रज्ञां राजन्योदधि-मेखलाम् वैश्यो निधि-पतित्वं च शूद्रः शुध्येत पातकात्
vipro 'dhītyāpnuyāt prajñāṃ rājanyodadhi-mekhalām vaiśyo nidhi-patitvaṃ ca śūdraḥ śudhyeta pātakāt
A brāhmaṇa who studies (it) would obtain wisdom; a kṣatriya, (rule over) the earth girdled by the ocean; a vaiśya, lordship over treasures; and a śūdra would be cleansed of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.66
कलि-मल-संहति-कालनो ऽखिलेशो हरिर् इतरत्र न गीयते ह्य् अभीक्ष्णम् इह तु पुनर् भगवान् अशेष-मूर्तिः परिपठितो ऽनु-पदं कथा-प्रसङ्गैः
kali-mala-saṃhati-kālano 'khileśo harir itaratra na gīyate hy abhīkṣṇam iha tu punar bhagavān aśeṣa-mūrtiḥ paripaṭhito 'nu-padaṃ kathā-prasaṅgaiḥ
Hari, the Lord of all, the destroyer of the mass of the impurities of Kali, is not indeed sung of again and again elsewhere; but here the Blessed One, of endless forms, is recited at every step through the sequences of the narratives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.67
तम् अहम् अजम् अनन्तम् आत्म-तत्त्वं जगद्-उदय-स्थिति-संयमात्म-शक्तिम् द्यु-पतिभिर् अज-शक्र-शङ्कराद्यैर् दुरवसित-स्तवम् अच्युतं नतो ऽस्मि
tam aham ajam anantam ātma-tattvaṃ jagad-udaya-sthiti-saṃyamātma-śaktim dyu-patibhir aja-śakra-śaṅkarādyair duravasita-stavam acyutaṃ nato 'smi
I bow to him, the unborn, the endless, the truth of the self, whose own power is the arising, maintenance and dissolution of the world, whose praise cannot be fathomed by the lords of heaven — Aja, Śakra, Śaṅkara and the rest — the Infallible One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.68
उपचित-नव-शक्तिभिः स्व आत्मन्य् उपरचित-स्थिर-जङ्गमालयाय भगवत उपलब्धि-मात्र-धम्ने सुर-ऋषभाय नमः सनातनाय
upacita-nava-śaktibhiḥ sva ātmany uparacita-sthira-jaṅgamālayāya bhagavata upalabdhi-mātra-dhamne sura-ṛṣabhāya namaḥ sanātanāya
Homage to the Blessed One, the eternal, the bull among gods, whose sole substance is pure awareness, who, by his amassed nine powers, has fashioned within his own self the dwelling place of the immobile and the moving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 12.69
स्व-सुख-निभृत-चेतास् तद्-व्युदस्तान्य-भावो ऽप्य् अजित-रुचिर-लीलाकृष्ट-सारस् तदीयम् अम्प्;व्यतनुत कृपया यस् तत्त्व-दीपं पुराणं तम् अखिल-वृजिन-घ्नं व्यास-सूनुं नतो ऽस्मि
sva-sukha-nibhṛta-cetās tad-vyudastānya-bhāvo 'py ajita-rucira-līlākṛṣṭa-sāras tadīyam vyatanuta kṛpayā yas tattva-dīpaṃ purāṇaṃ tam akhila-vṛjina-ghnaṃ vyāsa-sūnuṃ nato 'smi
Though his mind was withdrawn into its own happiness and other feelings had been cast off by that (happiness), his essence was drawn by the lovely play of the Unconquered One; he it was who out of compassion spread abroad that Purāṇa which is a lamp on reality — to him, the son of Vyāsa, destroyer of all sin, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition