Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 13
SB 12 13.1
सूत उवाच यं ब्रह्मा वरुणेन्द्र-रुद्र-मरुतः स्तुन्वन्ति दिव्यैः स्तवैर् वेदैः साङ्ग-पद-क्रमोपनिषदैर् गायन्ति यं साम-गाः यं ब्रह्मा वरुणेन्द्र-रुद्र-मरुतः स्तुन्वन्ति दिव्यैः स्तवैर् वेदैः साङ्ग-पद-क्रमोपनिषदैर् गायन्ति यं साम-गाः ध्यानावस्थित-तद्-गतेन मनसा पश्यन्ति यं योगिनो यस्यान्तं न विदुः सुरासुर-गणा देवाय तस्मै नमः
sūta uvāca yaṃ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṃ sāma-gāḥ yaṃ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṃ sāma-gāḥ dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṃ yogino yasyāntaṃ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ
Sūta said: To that god I offer homage — whom Brahmā, Varuṇa, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise with divine hymns; whom the Sāman-singers sing with the Vedas together with their limbs, the pada and krama recitations, and the Upaniṣads; whom the yogins behold with a mind settled in meditation and gone into him; whose end the hosts of gods and demons do not know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.2
पृष्ठे भ्राम्यद् अमन्द-मन्दर-गिरि-ग्रावाग्र-कण्डूयनान् निद्रालोः कमठाकृतेर् भगवतः श्वासानिलाः पान्तु वः पृष्ठे भ्राम्यद् अमन्द-मन्दर-गिरि-ग्रावाग्र-कण्डूयनान् निद्रालोः कमठाकृतेर् भगवतः श्वासानिलाः पान्तु वः यत्-संस्कार-कलानुवर्तन-वशाद् वेला-निभेनाम्भसां यातायातम् अतन्द्रितं जल-निधेर् नाद्यापि विश्राम्यति
pṛṣṭhe bhrāmyad amanda-mandara-giri-grāvāgra-kaṇḍūyanān nidrāloḥ kamaṭhākṛter bhagavataḥ śvāsānilāḥ pāntu vaḥ pṛṣṭhe bhrāmyad amanda-mandara-giri-grāvāgra-kaṇḍūyanān nidrāloḥ kamaṭhākṛter bhagavataḥ śvāsānilāḥ pāntu vaḥ yat-saṃskāra-kalānuvartana-vaśād velā-nibhenāmbhasāṃ yātāyātam atandritaṃ jala-nidher nādyāpi viśrāmyati
May the breaths of the Blessed One in the form of a tortoise protect you — (breaths) of him who dozes off from the scratching of the tip of the rock of the mighty Mandara mountain turning on his back; by force of following upon the impulse (they set going), the tireless coming and going of the waters of the ocean, in the guise of the tides, does not rest even today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.3
पुराण-सङ्ख्या-सम्भूतिम् अस्य वाच्य-प्रयोजने दानं दानस्य माहात्म्यं पाठादेश् च निबोधत
purāṇa-saṅkhyā-sambhūtim asya vācya-prayojane dānaṃ dānasya māhātmyaṃ pāṭhādeś ca nibodhata
Learn now the number of verses of the Purāṇas and their origin, what is to be told in this (Bhāgavata) and its purpose, the gift (of it), the greatness of that gift, and (the merit) of reciting it and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.4
ब्राह्मं दश सहस्राणि पाद्मं पञ्चोन-षष्टि च श्री-वैष्णवं त्रयो-विंशच् चतुर्-विंशति शैवकम्
brāhmaṃ daśa sahasrāṇi pādmaṃ pañcona-ṣaṣṭi ca śrī-vaiṣṇavaṃ trayo-viṃśac catur-viṃśati śaivakam
The Brahma Purāṇa (has) ten thousand (verses), the Padma fifty-five thousand, the Śrī-Vaiṣṇava twenty-three thousand, and the Śaiva twenty-four thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.5
दशाष्टौ श्री-भागवतं नारदं पञ्च-विंशति मार्कण्डं नव वाह्नं च दश-पञ्च चतुः-शतम्
daśāṣṭau śrī-bhāgavataṃ nāradaṃ pañca-viṃśati mārkaṇḍaṃ nava vāhnaṃ ca daśa-pañca catuḥ-śatam
The Śrī-Bhāgavata (has) eighteen thousand, the Nārada twenty-five thousand, the Mārkaṇḍeya nine thousand, and the Āgneya fifteen thousand four hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.6
चतुर्-दश भविष्यं स्यात् तथा पञ्च-शतानि च दशाष्टौ ब्रह्म-वैवर्तं लैङ्गम् एकादशैव तु
catur-daśa bhaviṣyaṃ syāt tathā pañca-śatāni ca daśāṣṭau brahma-vaivartaṃ laiṅgam ekādaśaiva tu
The Bhaviṣya would be fourteen thousand and, further, five hundred; the Brahma-vaivarta eighteen thousand, and the Laiṅga just eleven thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.7
चतुर्-विंशति वाराहम् एकाशीति-सहस्रकम् स्कान्दं शतं तथा चैकं वामनं दश कीर्तितम्
catur-viṃśati vārāham ekāśīti-sahasrakam skāndaṃ śataṃ tathā caikaṃ vāmanaṃ daśa kīrtitam
The Vārāha (is) twenty-four thousand, the Skānda eighty-one thousand and likewise one hundred, and the Vāmana is declared (to be) ten thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.8
कौर्मं सप्त-दशाख्यातं मात्स्यं तत् तु चतुर्-दश एकोन-विंशत् सौपर्णं ब्रह्माण्डं द्वादशैव तु
kaurmaṃ sapta-daśākhyātaṃ mātsyaṃ tat tu catur-daśa ekona-viṃśat sauparṇaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ dvādaśaiva tu
The Kaurma is said to be seventeen thousand, but the Mātsya fourteen thousand; the Sauparṇa (Garuḍa) nineteen thousand, and the Brahmāṇḍa just twelve thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.9
एवं पुराण-सन्दोहश् चतुर्-लक्ष उदाहृतः तत्राष्टदश-साहस्रं श्री-भागवतं इष्यते
evaṃ purāṇa-sandohaś catur-lakṣa udāhṛtaḥ tatrāṣṭadaśa-sāhasraṃ śrī-bhāgavataṃ iṣyate
Thus the whole mass of the Purāṇas is stated to be four hundred thousand (verses); of these, the Śrī-Bhāgavata is held to consist of eighteen thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.10
इदं भगवता पूर्वं ब्रह्मणे नाभि-पङ्कजे स्थिताय भव-भीताय कारुण्यात् सम्प्रकाशितम्
idaṃ bhagavatā pūrvaṃ brahmaṇe nābhi-paṅkaje sthitāya bhava-bhītāya kāruṇyāt samprakāśitam
This (work) was formerly revealed out of compassion by the Lord to Brahmā, who was seated on the lotus of (his) navel and afraid of material existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.11
आदि-मध्यावसानेषु वैराग्याख्यान-संयुतम् हरि-लीला-कथा-व्राता- मृतानन्दित-सत्-सुरम्
ādi-madhyāvasāneṣu vairāgyākhyāna-saṃyutam hari-līlā-kathā-vrātā- mṛtānandita-sat-suram
At its beginning, middle and end it is joined with narratives (teaching) detachment, and it delights the good and the gods with the nectar of the multitude of stories of Hari's play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.12
सर्व-वेदान्त-सारं यद् ब्रह्मात्मैकत्व-लक्षणम् वस्त्व् अद्वितीयं तन्-निष्ठं कैवल्यैक-प्रयोजनम्
sarva-vedānta-sāraṃ yad brahmātmaikatva-lakṣaṇam vastv advitīyaṃ tan-niṣṭhaṃ kaivalyaika-prayojanam
It is the essence of all Vedānta, characterized by the oneness of Brahman and the self; its subject is the reality without a second, and its sole aim is liberation (kaivalya).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.13
प्रौष्ठपद्यां पौर्णमास्यां हेम-सिंह-समन्वितम् ददाति यो भागवतं स याति परमां गतिम्
prauṣṭhapadyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ hema-siṃha-samanvitam dadāti yo bhāgavataṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
Whoever gives away the Bhāgavata on the full-moon day of the month Prauṣṭhapada (Bhādra), together with a golden throne, goes to the highest destination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.14
राजन्ते तावद् अन्यानि पुराणानि सतां गणे यावद् भागवतं नैव श्रूयते ऽमृत-सागरम्
rājante tāvad anyāni purāṇāni satāṃ gaṇe yāvad bhāgavataṃ naiva śrūyate 'mṛta-sāgaram
The other Purāṇas shine in the assembly of the good only so long as the Bhāgavata, that ocean of nectar, is not heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.15
सर्व-वेदान्त-सारं हि श्री-भागवतम् इष्यते तद्-रसामृत-तृप्तस्य नान्यत्र स्याद् रतिः क्वचित्
sarva-vedānta-sāraṃ hi śrī-bhāgavatam iṣyate tad-rasāmṛta-tṛptasya nānyatra syād ratiḥ kvacit
The Śrī-Bhāgavata is indeed held to be the essence of all Vedānta; for one satisfied with the nectar of its savour there can be no delight anywhere else.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.16
निम्न-गानां यथा गङ्गा देवानाम् अच्युतो यथा वैष्णवानां यथा शम्भुः पुराणानाम् इदम् तथा
nimna-gānāṃ yathā gaṅgā devānām acyuto yathā vaiṣṇavānāṃ yathā śambhuḥ purāṇānām idam tathā
As the Gaṅgā is among rivers, as Acyuta is among gods, as Śambhu is among Vaiṣṇavas, so is this among the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.17
क्षेत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां यथा काशी ह्य् अनुत्तमा तथा पुराण-व्रातानां श्रीमद्-भागवतं द्विजाः
kṣetrāṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ yathā kāśī hy anuttamā tathā purāṇa-vrātānāṃ śrīmad-bhāgavataṃ dvijāḥ
And as Kāśī is unsurpassed among all holy places, so, O brāhmaṇas, is the Śrīmad Bhāgavata among the host of Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.18
श्रीमद्-भागवतं पुराणम् अमलं यद् वैष्णवानां प्रियं यस्मिन् पारमहंस्यम् एकम् अमलं ज्ञानं परं गीयते अम्प्;तत्र ज्ञान-विराग-भक्ति-सहितं नैष्कर्म्यम् आविस्कृतं तच् छृण्वन् सु-पठन् विचारण-परो भक्त्या विमुच्येन् नरः
śrīmad-bhāgavataṃ purāṇam amalaṃ yad vaiṣṇavānāṃ priyaṃ yasmin pāramahaṃsyam ekam amalaṃ jñānaṃ paraṃ gīyate tatra jñāna-virāga-bhakti-sahitaṃ naiṣkarmyam āviskṛtaṃ tac chṛṇvan su-paṭhan vicāraṇa-paro bhaktyā vimucyen naraḥ
The Śrīmad Bhāgavata is that spotless Purāṇa which is dear to the Vaiṣṇavas, in which is sung the one spotless supreme knowledge belonging to the paramahaṃsas. There freedom from (the bondage of) action, together with knowledge, detachment and devotion, is made manifest; a man who hears it, recites it well, and is intent on reflecting on it, is released through devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.19
कस्मै येन विभासितो ऽयम् अतुलो ज्ञान-प्रदीपः पुरा तद्-रूपेण च नारदाय मुनये कृष्णाय तद्-रूपिणा कस्मै येन विभासितो ऽयम् अतुलो ज्ञान-प्रदीपः पुरा तद्-रूपेण च नारदाय मुनये कृष्णाय तद्-रूपिणा योगीन्द्राय तद्-आत्मनाथ भगवद्-राताय कारुण्यतस् तच् छुद्धं विमलं विशोकम् अमृतं सत्यं परं धीमहि
kasmai yena vibhāsito 'yam atulo jñāna-pradīpaḥ purā tad-rūpeṇa ca nāradāya munaye kṛṣṇāya tad-rūpiṇā kasmai yena vibhāsito 'yam atulo jñāna-pradīpaḥ purā tad-rūpeṇa ca nāradāya munaye kṛṣṇāya tad-rūpiṇā yogīndrāya tad-ātmanātha bhagavad-rātāya kāruṇyatas tac chuddhaṃ vimalaṃ viśokam amṛtaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ dhīmahi
By whom this incomparable lamp of knowledge was formerly displayed to Ka (Brahmā), and in his (Brahmā's) form to the sage Nārada, and to Kṛṣṇa (Dvaipāyana) by him in that form — by whom this incomparable lamp of knowledge was formerly displayed to Ka, and in his form to the sage Nārada, and to Kṛṣṇa by him in that form, and to the best of yogīs (Śuka) as his very self, and then out of compassion to Bhagavad-rāta (Parīkṣit) — upon that pure, stainless, sorrowless, immortal, true supreme (reality) let us meditate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 12 13.20
नमस् तस्मै भगवते वासुदेवाय साक्षिणे य इदम् कृपया कस्मै व्याचचक्षे मुमुक्षवे
namas tasmai bhagavate vāsudevāya sākṣiṇe ya idam kṛpayā kasmai vyācacakṣe mumukṣave
Obeisance to that Lord, Vāsudeva, the witness, who out of mercy expounded this to Ka (Brahmā), who sought liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.21
योगीन्द्राय नमस् तस्मै शुकाय ब्रह्म-रूपिणे संसार-सर्प-दष्टं यो विष्णु-रातम् अमूमुचत्
yogīndrāya namas tasmai śukāya brahma-rūpiṇe saṃsāra-sarpa-daṣṭaṃ yo viṣṇu-rātam amūmucat
Obeisance to that lord of yogīs, Śuka, who is Brahman embodied, who released Viṣṇurāta (Parīkṣit), bitten by the serpent of saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.22
भवे भवे यथा भक्तिः पादयोस् तव जायते तथा कुरुष्व देवेश नाथस् त्वं नो यतः प्रभो
bhave bhave yathā bhaktiḥ pādayos tava jāyate tathā kuruṣva deveśa nāthas tvaṃ no yataḥ prabho
Act so that in birth after birth devotion to your feet may arise (in us), O lord of gods; for you, O master, are our protector.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 13.23
नाम-सङ्कीर्तनं यस्य सर्व-पाप प्रणाशनम् प्रणामो दुःख-शमनस् तं नमामि हरिं परम्
nāma-saṅkīrtanaṃ yasya sarva-pāpa praṇāśanam praṇāmo duḥkha-śamanas taṃ namāmi hariṃ param
He whose singing of the name destroys all sins, and (whose) obeisance quells sorrow — that supreme Hari I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition