Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 5
SB 12 5.1
श्री-शुक उवाच अत्रानुवर्ण्यते ऽभीक्ष्णं विश्वात्मा भगवान् हरिः यस्य प्रसाद-जो ब्रह्मा रुद्रः क्रोध-समुद्भवः
śrī-śuka uvāca atrānuvarṇyate 'bhīkṣṇaṃ viśvātmā bhagavān hariḥ yasya prasāda-jo brahmā rudraḥ krodha-samudbhavaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Here the Lord Hari, the Self of the universe, is described again and again—he from whose grace Brahmā was born, and from whose anger Rudra arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.2
त्वं तु राजन् मरिष्येति पशु-बुद्धिम् इमां जहि न जातः प्राग् अभूतो ऽद्य देह-वत् त्वं न नङ्क्ष्यसि
tvaṃ tu rājan mariṣyeti paśu-buddhim imāṃ jahi na jātaḥ prāg abhūto 'dya deha-vat tvaṃ na naṅkṣyasi
But you, O king, abandon this animal notion, 'I shall die.' You were not born before and did not come into being today, as the body did; you will not perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.3
न भविष्यसि भूत्वा त्वं पुत्र-पौत्रादि-रूपवान् बीजाङ्कुर-वद् देहादेर् व्यतिरिक्तो यथानलः
na bhaviṣyasi bhūtvā tvaṃ putra-pautrādi-rūpavān bījāṅkura-vad dehāder vyatirikto yathānalaḥ
You will not, having come into being, continue on in the form of sons and grandsons and the rest, as with seed and sprout; you are distinct from the body and the rest, as fire is (from the fuel).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 12 5.4
स्वप्ने यथा शिरश्-छेदं पञ्चत्वाद्य् आत्मनः स्वयम् यस्मात् पश्यति देहस्य तत आत्मा ह्य् अजो ऽमरः
svapne yathā śiraś-chedaṃ pañcatvādy ātmanaḥ svayam yasmāt paśyati dehasya tata ātmā hy ajo 'maraḥ
Since in a dream one himself sees the beheading and death and so on of one's own body, therefore the self is indeed unborn and undying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.5
घटे भिन्ने घटाकाश आकाशः स्याद् यथा पुरा एवं देहे मृते जीवो ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते पुनः
ghaṭe bhinne ghaṭākāśa ākāśaḥ syād yathā purā evaṃ dehe mṛte jīvo brahma sampadyate punaḥ
When a pot is broken, the space in the pot becomes space as it was before; likewise, when the body dies, the living being attains Brahman again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.6
मनः सृजति वै देहान् गुणान् कर्माणि चात्मनः तन् मनः सृजते माया ततो जीवस्य संसृतिः
manaḥ sṛjati vai dehān guṇān karmāṇi cātmanaḥ tan manaḥ sṛjate māyā tato jīvasya saṃsṛtiḥ
It is the mind that produces bodies, and (also) the modes and the actions of the self; that mind is produced by māyā, and from that comes the transmigration of the living being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.7
स्नेहाधिष्ठान-वर्त्य्-अग्नि- संयोगो यावद् ईयते तावद् दीपस्य दीपत्वम् एवं देह-कृतो भवः रजः-सत्त्व-तमो-वृत्त्या जायते ऽथ विनश्यति
snehādhiṣṭhāna-varty-agni- saṃyogo yāvad īyate tāvad dīpasya dīpatvam evaṃ deha-kṛto bhavaḥ rajaḥ-sattva-tamo-vṛttyā jāyate 'tha vinaśyati
As long as the combination of oil, a stand, a wick and fire is maintained, so long is there lamp-hood in a lamp; in the same way, existence caused by the body arises through the working of passion, goodness and darkness, and then perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.8
न तत्रात्मा स्वयं-ज्योतिर् यो व्यक्ताव्यक्तयोः परः आकाश इव चाधारो ध्रुवो ऽनन्तोपमस् ततः
na tatrātmā svayaṃ-jyotir yo vyaktāvyaktayoḥ paraḥ ākāśa iva cādhāro dhruvo 'nantopamas tataḥ
Therein the self is not (so produced) — the self-luminous one, who is beyond both the manifest and the unmanifest, who like space is the support, fixed, and comparable to the endless; therefore (it is not destroyed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 12 5.9
एवम् आत्मानम् आत्म-स्थम् आत्मनैवामृश प्रभो बुद्ध्यानुमान-गर्भिण्या वासुदेवानुचिन्तया
evam ātmānam ātma-stham ātmanaivāmṛśa prabho buddhyānumāna-garbhiṇyā vāsudevānucintayā
Thus, O lord, reflect upon the self that abides in the self, by the self, through contemplation of Vāsudeva pregnant with intelligence and inference.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.10
चोदितो विप्र-वाक्येन न त्वां धक्ष्यति तक्षकः मृत्यवो नोपधक्ष्यन्ति मृत्यूनां मृत्युम् ईश्वरम्
codito vipra-vākyena na tvāṃ dhakṣyati takṣakaḥ mṛtyavo nopadhakṣyanti mṛtyūnāṃ mṛtyum īśvaram
Takṣaka, urged on by the brāhmaṇa's words, will not burn you; the (various) deaths will not burn up the Lord, who is the death of deaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.11
अहं ब्रह्म परं धाम ब्रह्माहं परमं पदम् एवं समीक्ष्य चात्मानम् आत्मन्य् आधाय निष्कले
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma brahmāhaṃ paramaṃ padam evaṃ samīkṣya cātmānam ātmany ādhāya niṣkale
"I am Brahman, the supreme abode; Brahman am I, the highest state" — thus having discerned, and having placed the self in the undivided Self,
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SB 12 5.12
दशन्तं तक्षकं पादे लेलिहानं विषाननैः न द्रक्ष्यसि शरीरं च विश्वं च पृथग् आत्मनः
daśantaṃ takṣakaṃ pāde lelihānaṃ viṣānanaiḥ na drakṣyasi śarīraṃ ca viśvaṃ ca pṛthag ātmanaḥ
you will not see Takṣaka biting your foot and licking with his venomous mouths, nor the body, nor the universe as separate from the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 12 5.13
एतत् ते कथितं तात यद् आत्मा पृष्टवान् नृप हरेर् विश्वात्मनश् चेष्टां किं भूयः श्रोतुम् इच्छसि
etat te kathitaṃ tāta yad ātmā pṛṣṭavān nṛpa harer viśvātmanaś ceṣṭāṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi
This, dear one, has been told to you, O king, what you yourself asked about — the activity of Hari, the Self of the universe. What more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition