Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 3
SB 2 3.1
श्रीशुक उवाच एवम् एतन् निगदितं पृष्टवान् यद्भवान् मम नृणां यन् म्रियमाणानां मनुष्येषु मनीषिणाम्
śrīśuka uvāca evam etan nigaditaṃ pṛṣṭavān yadbhavān mama nṛṇāṃ yan mriyamāṇānāṃ manuṣyeṣu manīṣiṇām
Śrī Śuka said: Thus has this been told, what you asked of me — for men who are dying, for those among human beings who are thoughtful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.2
ब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्तु यजेत ब्रह्मणः पतिम् इन्द्रम् इन्द्रियकामस्तु प्रजाकामः प्रजापतीन्
brahmavarcasakāmastu yajeta brahmaṇaḥ patim indram indriyakāmastu prajākāmaḥ prajāpatīn
But one who desires the lustre of sacred learning should worship the lord of the Veda; one who desires (strong) senses, Indra; one who desires offspring, the Prajāpatis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.3
देवीं मायां तु श्रीकामस्तेजस्कामो विभावसुम् वसुकामो वसून् रुद्रान् वीर्यकामो ऽथ वीर्यवान्
devīṃ māyāṃ tu śrīkāmastejaskāmo vibhāvasum vasukāmo vasūn rudrān vīryakāmo 'tha vīryavān
But one who desires prosperity (should worship) the goddess Māyā; one who desires radiance, Fire; one who desires wealth, the Vasus; and one who desires valour, the Rudras — he becomes valorous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.4
अन्नाद्यकामस्त्वदितिं स्वर्गकामो ऽदितेः सुतान् विश्वान् देवान् राज्यकामः साध्यान् संसाधको विशाम्
annādyakāmastvaditiṃ svargakāmo 'diteḥ sutān viśvān devān rājyakāmaḥ sādhyān saṃsādhako viśām
One who desires food should worship Aditi; one who desires heaven, the sons of Aditi; one who desires a kingdom, the Viśvadevas; one who would bring the common people under his sway, the Sādhyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 3.5
आयुष्कामो ऽश्विनौ देवौ पुष्टिकाम इलां यजेत् प्रतिष्ठाकामः पुरुषो रोदसी लोकमातरौ
āyuṣkāmo 'śvinau devau puṣṭikāma ilāṃ yajet pratiṣṭhākāmaḥ puruṣo rodasī lokamātarau
One who desires long life should worship the two Aśvin gods; one who desires nourishment, Ilā; a man who desires a firm position, Heaven and Earth, the two mothers of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.6
रूपाभिकामो गन्धर्वान् स्त्रीकामो ऽप्सर उर्वशीम् आधिपत्यकामः सर्वेषां यजेत परमेष्ठिनम्
rūpābhikāmo gandharvān strīkāmo 'psara urvaśīm ādhipatyakāmaḥ sarveṣāṃ yajeta parameṣṭhinam
One who desires beauty (should worship) the Gandharvas; one who desires a wife, the Apsaras Urvaśī; one who desires supremacy over all should worship Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.7
यज्ञं यजेद्यशस्कामः कोशकामः प्रचेतसम् विद्याकामस्तु गिरिशं दाम्पत्यार्थ उमां सतीम्
yajñaṃ yajedyaśaskāmaḥ kośakāmaḥ pracetasam vidyākāmastu giriśaṃ dāmpatyārtha umāṃ satīm
One who desires fame should worship Yajña; one who desires a treasury, Pracetas (Varuṇa); one who desires learning, Giriśa (Śiva); one who desires marital harmony, the chaste Umā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.8
धर्मार्थ उत्तमश्लोकं तन्तुः तन्वन् पित्न् यजेत् रक्षाकामः पुण्यजनान् ओजस्कामो मरुद्गणान्
dharmārtha uttamaślokaṃ tantuḥ tanvan pitn yajet rakṣākāmaḥ puṇyajanān ojaskāmo marudgaṇān
For the sake of dharma (one should worship) him of excellent renown; one extending the family line should worship the forefathers; one who desires protection, the holy beings (Yakṣas); one who desires vigor, the hosts of Maruts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.9
राज्यकामो मनून् देवान् निरृतिं त्वभिचरन् यजेत् कामकामो यजेत् सोमम् अकामः पुरुषं परम्
rājyakāmo manūn devān nirṛtiṃ tvabhicaran yajet kāmakāmo yajet somam akāmaḥ puruṣaṃ param
One who desires a kingdom (should worship) the Manus, the gods; but one practicing sorcery should worship Nirṛti; one who craves pleasures should worship Soma; one without desire should worship the Supreme Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.10
अकामः सर्वकामो वा मोक्षकाम उदारधीः तीव्रेण भक्तियोगेन यजेत पुरुषं परम्
akāmaḥ sarvakāmo vā mokṣakāma udāradhīḥ tīvreṇa bhaktiyogena yajeta puruṣaṃ param
Whether desireless, or full of all desires, or desiring liberation, the one of broad understanding should worship the Supreme Person with intense devotional yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.11
एतावान् एव यजताम् इह निःश्रेयसोदयः भगवत्यचलो भावो यद्भागवतसङ्गतः
etāvān eva yajatām iha niḥśreyasodayaḥ bhagavatyacalo bhāvo yadbhāgavatasaṅgataḥ
Just this much is the arising of the highest good for those who sacrifice here: unshakable love for the Lord, which comes from the company of the Lord's devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.12
ज्ञानं यदाप्रतिनिवृत्तगुणोर्मिचक्रम् आत्मप्रसाद उत यत्र गुणेष्वसङ्गः अम्प्;कैवल्यसम्मतपथस्त्वथ भक्तियोगः को निर्वृतो हरिकथासु रतिं न कुर्यात्
jñānaṃ yadāpratinivṛttaguṇormicakram ātmaprasāda uta yatra guṇeṣvasaṅgaḥ kaivalyasammatapathastvatha bhaktiyogaḥ ko nirvṛto harikathāsu ratiṃ na kuryāt
Knowledge in which the whirling waves of the guṇas have wholly subsided, and serenity of the self, in which there is non-attachment to the guṇas, and then devotional yoga, the path acknowledged even by those (who seek) kaivalya — who, being at peace, would not take delight in the tales of Hari?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 3.13
शौनक उवाच इत्यभिव्याहृतं राजा निशम्य भरतर्षभः किम् अन्यत् पृष्टवान् भूयो वैयासकिम् ऋषिं कविम्
śaunaka uvāca ityabhivyāhṛtaṃ rājā niśamya bharatarṣabhaḥ kim anyat pṛṣṭavān bhūyo vaiyāsakim ṛṣiṃ kavim
Śaunaka said: Having heard what was thus spoken, what else did the king, that bull of the Bharatas, further ask the sage and seer, the son of Vyāsa?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.14
एतच् छुश्रूषतां विद्वन् सूत नो ऽर्हसि भाषितुम् कथा हरिकथोदर्काः सतां स्युः सदसि ध्रुवम्
etac chuśrūṣatāṃ vidvan sūta no 'rhasi bhāṣitum kathā harikathodarkāḥ satāṃ syuḥ sadasi dhruvam
Learned Sūta, you ought to speak this to us who wish to hear; for in an assembly of the good, discourses surely have talk of Hari as their outcome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.15
स वै भागवतो राजा पाण्डवेयो महारथः बालक्रीडनकैः क्रीडन् कृष्णक्रीडां य आददे
sa vai bhāgavato rājā pāṇḍaveyo mahārathaḥ bālakrīḍanakaiḥ krīḍan kṛṣṇakrīḍāṃ ya ādade
He indeed was a devotee of the Lord, a king, a descendant of Pāṇḍu, a great chariot-warrior, who while playing with childhood toys enacted the play of Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.16
वैयासकिश्च भगवान् वासुदेवपरायणः उरुगायगुणोदाराः सतां स्युर्हि समागमे
vaiyāsakiśca bhagavān vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ urugāyaguṇodārāḥ satāṃ syurhi samāgame
And (there was) the venerable son of Vyāsa, wholly devoted to Vāsudeva; surely at the meeting of such good men the noble qualities of him of wide renown (were recounted).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 3.17
आयुर्हरति वै पुंसाम् उद्यन्न् अस्तं च यन्न् असौ तस्यर्ते यत्क्षणो नीत उत्तमश्लोकवार्तया
āyurharati vai puṃsām udyann astaṃ ca yann asau tasyarte yatkṣaṇo nīta uttamaślokavārtayā
Rising and setting, that (sun) surely steals away the lifespan of men — except (the lifespan) of one whose moments are spent with talk of him of excellent renown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.18
तरवः किं न जीवन्ति भस्त्राः किं न श्वसन्त्युत न खादन्ति न मेहन्ति किं ग्रामे पशवो ऽपरे
taravaḥ kiṃ na jīvanti bhastrāḥ kiṃ na śvasantyuta na khādanti na mehanti kiṃ grāme paśavo 'pare
Do trees not live? Do bellows not breathe? And do other animals in the village not eat and not procreate?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.19
श्वविड्वराहोष्ट्रखरैः संस्तुतः पुरुषः पशुः न यत्कर्णपथोपेतो जातु नाम गदाग्रजः
śvaviḍvarāhoṣṭrakharaiḥ saṃstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ na yatkarṇapathopeto jātu nāma gadāgrajaḥ
A man praised by dogs, dung-eating swine, camels and asses is (himself) a beast, if the elder brother of Gada (Kṛṣṇa) has never entered the path of his ears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.20
बिले बतोरुक्रमविक्रमान् ये न शृण्वतः कर्णपुटे नरस्य जिह्वासती दार्दुरिकेव सूत न चोपगायत्युरुगायगाथाः
bile batorukramavikramān ye na śṛṇvataḥ karṇapuṭe narasya jihvāsatī dārdurikeva sūta na copagāyatyurugāyagāthāḥ
Alas, mere holes are the ear-cavities of a man who does not hear of the mighty deeds of Urukrama; and, O Sūta, the tongue that does not sing the songs of him of wide renown is worthless, like a frog's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.21
भारः परं पट्टकिरीटजुष्टम् अप्युत्तमाङ्गं न नमेन् मुकुन्दम् शावौ करौ नो कुरुते सपर्यां हरेर्लसत्काञ्चनकङ्कणौ वा
bhāraḥ paraṃ paṭṭakirīṭajuṣṭam apyuttamāṅgaṃ na namen mukundam śāvau karau no kurute saparyāṃ harerlasatkāñcanakaṅkaṇau vā
A mere burden is the head, even when adorned with a silken crown, if it does not bow to Mukunda; and the two hands are corpses if they do not perform worship of Hari, even though they wear gleaming golden bracelets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.22
बर्हायिते ते नयने नराणां लिङ्गानि विष्णोर्न निरीक्षतो ये पादौ नृणां तौ द्रुमजन्मभाजौ क्षेत्राणि नानुव्रजतो हरेर्यौ
barhāyite te nayane narāṇāṃ liṅgāni viṣṇorna nirīkṣato ye pādau nṛṇāṃ tau drumajanmabhājau kṣetrāṇi nānuvrajato hareryau
Those eyes of men that do not look upon the images of Viṣṇu are like the eyes on peacock feathers; those two feet of men that do not follow along to the holy places of Hari share the birth of trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.23
जीवञ् छवो भागवताङ्घ्रिरेणुं न जातु मर्त्यो ऽभिलभेत यस्तु श्रीविष्णुपद्या मनुजस्तुलस्याः श्वसञ् छवो यस्तु न वेद गन्धम्
jīvañ chavo bhāgavatāṅghrireṇuṃ na jātu martyo 'bhilabheta yastu śrīviṣṇupadyā manujastulasyāḥ śvasañ chavo yastu na veda gandham
A living corpse is that mortal who never obtains the dust of a devotee's feet; and a breathing corpse is the man who does not know the fragrance of the tulasī at the feet of the blessed Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.24
तदश्मसारं हृदयं बतेदं यद्गृह्यमाणैर्हरिनामधेयैः न विक्रियेताथ यदा विकारो नेत्रे जलं गात्ररुहेषु हर्षः
tadaśmasāraṃ hṛdayaṃ batedaṃ yadgṛhyamāṇairharināmadheyaiḥ na vikriyetātha yadā vikāro netre jalaṃ gātraruheṣu harṣaḥ
Alas, that heart is iron indeed which, when the names of Hari are being uttered, does not change — while, when there is change, there is water in the eyes and thrilling in the body's hairs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 3.25
अथाभिधेह्यङ्ग मनोऽनुकूलं प्रभाषसे भागवतप्रधानः यदाह वैयासकिरात्मविद्या विशारदो नृपतिं साधु पृष्टः
athābhidhehyaṅga mano'nukūlaṃ prabhāṣase bhāgavatapradhānaḥ yadāha vaiyāsakirātmavidyā viśārado nṛpatiṃ sādhu pṛṣṭaḥ
(Please) tell on, dear friend — you who speak what is pleasing to the mind, you who are foremost among devotees — what the son of Vyāsa, skilled in the knowledge of the self, said to the king when he was rightly questioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition