Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 4
SB 2 4.1
सूत उवाच वैयासकेरिति वचस्तत्त्वनिश्चयम् आत्मनः उपधार्य मतिं कृष्णे औत्तरेयः सतीं व्यधात्
sūta uvāca vaiyāsakeriti vacastattvaniścayam ātmanaḥ upadhārya matiṃ kṛṣṇe auttareyaḥ satīṃ vyadhāt
Sūta said: Having taken to heart that speech of Vyāsa's son as the settled truth about the self, the son of Uttarā fixed his mind, now made true, upon Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.2
आत्मजायासुतागार पशुद्रविणबन्धुषु राज्ये चाविकले नित्यं विरूढां ममतां जहौ
ātmajāyāsutāgāra paśudraviṇabandhuṣu rājye cāvikale nityaṃ virūḍhāṃ mamatāṃ jahau
He gave up the sense of 'mine' that had long been rooted in his body, wife, sons, house, cattle, wealth and kinsmen, and in his unimpaired kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.3
पप्रच्छ चेमम् एवार्थं यन् मां पृच्छथ सत्तमाः कृष्णानुभावश्रवणे श्रद्दधानो महामनाः
papraccha cemam evārthaṃ yan māṃ pṛcchatha sattamāḥ kṛṣṇānubhāvaśravaṇe śraddadhāno mahāmanāḥ
And, great-minded and full of faith in hearing of Kṛṣṇa's power, he asked this very question that you, O best of men, are asking me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.4
संस्थां विज्ञाय सन्न्यस्य कर्म त्रैवर्गिकं च यत् वासुदेवे भगवति आत्मभावं दृढं गतः
saṃsthāṃ vijñāya sannyasya karma traivargikaṃ ca yat vāsudeve bhagavati ātmabhāvaṃ dṛḍhaṃ gataḥ
Understanding (his) end, and renouncing action and whatever belongs to the three (worldly) aims, he came to a firm feeling of self-identification with the Lord Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.5
राजोवाच समीचीनं वचो ब्रह्मन् सर्वज्ञस्य तवानघ तमो विशीर्यते मह्यं हरेः कथयतः कथाम्
rājovāca samīcīnaṃ vaco brahman sarvajñasya tavānagha tamo viśīryate mahyaṃ hareḥ kathayataḥ kathām
The king said: Your words are apt, O brahman, for you know all things, O sinless one; the darkness in me is broken up as you tell the story of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.6
भूय एव विवित्सामि भगवान् आत्ममायया यथेदं सृजते विश्वं दुर्विभाव्यम् अधीश्वरैः
bhūya eva vivitsāmi bhagavān ātmamāyayā yathedaṃ sṛjate viśvaṃ durvibhāvyam adhīśvaraiḥ
I wish to know still more: how the Lord, by his own māyā, creates this universe, which is hard to conceive even for the ruling powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.7
यथा गोपायति विभुर्यथा संयच्छते पुनः यां यां शक्तिम् उपाश्रित्य पुरुशक्तिः परः पुमान् आत्मानं क्रीडयन् क्रीडन् करोति विकरोति च
yathā gopāyati vibhuryathā saṃyacchate punaḥ yāṃ yāṃ śaktim upāśritya puruśaktiḥ paraḥ pumān ātmānaṃ krīḍayan krīḍan karoti vikaroti ca
Surely, O brahman, the doings of the Lord Hari of wondrous deeds appear as though beyond conception even to the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.8
नूनं भगवतो ब्रह्मन् हरेरद्भुतकर्मणः दुर्विभाव्यम् इवाभाति कविभिश्चापि चेष्टितम्
nūnaṃ bhagavato brahman hareradbhutakarmaṇaḥ durvibhāvyam ivābhāti kavibhiścāpi ceṣṭitam
And how, though one, he bears the qualities of prakṛti — simultaneously or else in sequence — manifoldly, performing deeds through (successive) births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.9
यथा गुणांस्तु प्रकृतेर्युगपत् क्रमशो ऽपि वा बिभर्ति भूरिशस्त्वेकः कुर्वन् कर्माणि जन्मभिः
yathā guṇāṃstu prakṛteryugapat kramaśo 'pi vā bibharti bhūriśastvekaḥ kurvan karmāṇi janmabhiḥ
Let your reverence tell me this that I am in doubt about, for you are indeed thoroughly versed in the Brahman of sound (the Veda) and in the supreme Brahman as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.10
विचिकित्सितम् एतन् मे ब्रवीतु भगवान् यथा शाब्दे ब्रह्मणि निष्णातः परस्मिंश्च भवान् खलु
vicikitsitam etan me bravītu bhagavān yathā śābde brahmaṇi niṣṇātaḥ parasmiṃśca bhavān khalu
Sūta said: Thus invited by the king to the recounting of Hari's qualities, he called Hṛṣīkeśa to mind and set about replying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.11
सूत उवाच इत्युपामन्त्रितो राज्ञा गुणानुकथने हरेः हृषीकेशम् अनुस्मृत्य प्रतिवक्तुं प्रचक्रमे
sūta uvāca ityupāmantrito rājñā guṇānukathane hareḥ hṛṣīkeśam anusmṛtya prativaktuṃ pracakrame
Śrī Śuka said: Obeisance to the supreme Person, the vast one, who by his play of the arising, maintenance and dissolution of what exists has taken up the triad of powers, who dwells within embodied beings, and whose course cannot be discerned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.12
श्रीशुक उवाच नमः परस्मै पुरुषाय भूयसे सदुद्भवस्थाननिरोधलीलया गृहीतशक्तित्रितयाय देहिनाम् अन्तर्भवायानुपलक्ष्यवर्त्मने
śrīśuka uvāca namaḥ parasmai puruṣāya bhūyase sadudbhavasthānanirodhalīlayā gṛhītaśaktitritayāya dehinām antarbhavāyānupalakṣyavartmane
Again obeisance to him who cuts away the troubles of the good, who is unattainable for the wicked, who is the form of all goodness, and who, further, gives himself to be sought out by men settled in the stage of the paramahaṃsas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.13
भूयो नमः सद्वृजिनच्छिदे ऽसताम् असम्भवायाखिलसत्त्वमूर्तये पुंसां पुनः पारमहंस्य आश्रमे व्यवस्थितानाम् अनुमृग्यदाशुषे
bhūyo namaḥ sadvṛjinacchide 'satām asambhavāyākhilasattvamūrtaye puṃsāṃ punaḥ pāramahaṃsya āśrame vyavasthitānām anumṛgyadāśuṣe
Obeisance, obeisance be to you, the bull among the Sātvatas, who stand at a far remove again and again from the false yogins; obeisance to him who sports in his own abode, in Brahman, with a majesty from which any equal or superior has been excluded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.14
नमो नमस्ते ऽस्त्वृषभाय सात्वतां विदूरकाष्ठाय मुहुः कुयोगिनाम् निरस्तसाम्यातिशयेन राधसा स्वधामनि ब्रह्मणि रंस्यते नमः
namo namaste 'stvṛṣabhāya sātvatāṃ vidūrakāṣṭhāya muhuḥ kuyoginām nirastasāmyātiśayena rādhasā svadhāmani brahmaṇi raṃsyate namaḥ
Obeisance, obeisance to him of most blessed fame, the praising of whom, the remembering of whom, the seeing of whom, the saluting of whom, the hearing of whom, the honouring of whom at once shakes off the world's defilement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.15
यत्कीर्तनं यत्स्मरणं यदीक्षणं यद्वन्दनं यच्छ्रवणं यदर्हणम् लोकस्य सद्यो विधुनोति कल्मषं तस्मै सुभद्रश्रवसे नमो नमः
yatkīrtanaṃ yatsmaraṇaṃ yadīkṣaṇaṃ yadvandanaṃ yacchravaṇaṃ yadarhaṇam lokasya sadyo vidhunoti kalmaṣaṃ tasmai subhadraśravase namo namaḥ
Obeisance, obeisance to him of most blessed fame, by resorting to whose feet the discerning cast off the inner self's attachment on both sides, and, their weariness gone, indeed obtain the goal that is Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.16
विचक्षणा यच्चरणोपसादनात् सङ्गं व्युदस्योभयतो ऽन्तरात्मनः विन्दन्ति हि ब्रह्मगतिं गतक्लमास्तस्मै सुभद्रश्रवसे नमो नमः
vicakṣaṇā yaccaraṇopasādanāt saṅgaṃ vyudasyobhayato 'ntarātmanaḥ vindanti hi brahmagatiṃ gataklamāstasmai subhadraśravase namo namaḥ
Obeisance, obeisance to him of most blessed fame, without offering to whom ascetics, those devoted to giving, the famous, the strong-minded, the knowers of mantras and the highly auspicious do not attain well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.17
तपस्विनो दानपरा यशस्विनो मनस्विनो मन्त्रविदः सुमङ्गलाः क्षेमं न विन्दन्ति विना यदर्पणं तस्मै सुभद्रश्रवसे नमो नमः
tapasvino dānaparā yaśasvino manasvino mantravidaḥ sumaṅgalāḥ kṣemaṃ na vindanti vinā yadarpaṇaṃ tasmai subhadraśravase namo namaḥ
Obeisance to him, the mighty Viṣṇu, by whom Kirātas, Hūṇas, Āndhras, Pulindas, Pulkaśas, Ābhīras, Śumbhas, Yavanas, Khasas and the rest, and whatever other sinners, become purified when they take shelter of those who have taken shelter of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.18
किरातहूणान्ध्रपुलिन्दपुल्कशा आभीरशुम्भा यवनाः खसादयः ये ऽन्ये च पापा यदपाश्रयाश्रयाः शुध्यन्ति तस्मै प्रभविष्णवे नमः
kirātahūṇāndhrapulindapulkaśā ābhīraśumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ ye 'nye ca pāpā yadapāśrayāśrayāḥ śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ
May he, this very Self, the supreme ruler of the self-possessed, consisting of the three Vedas, of dharma, of austerity — the Lord whose mark is only guessed at by Aja (Brahmā), Śaṅkara and the others who are free of deceit — be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.19
स एष आत्मात्मवताम् अधीश्वरस्त्रयीमयो धर्ममयस्तपोमयः गतव्यलीकैरजशङ्करादिभिर्वितर्क्यलिङ्गो भगवान् प्रसीदताम्
sa eṣa ātmātmavatām adhīśvarastrayīmayo dharmamayastapomayaḥ gatavyalīkairajaśaṅkarādibhirvitarkyaliṅgo bhagavān prasīdatām
He, this very Self, the supreme ruler of those who are self-possessed, consisting of the three Vedas, consisting of dharma, consisting of austerity, whose marks are (only) inferred by Aja, Śaṅkara and the others, who are free from deceit — may that Bhagavān be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.20
श्रियः पतिर्यज्ञपतिः प्रजापतिर्धियां पतिर्लोकपतिर्धरापतिः पतिर्गतिश्चान्धकवृष्णिसात्वतां प्रसीदतां मे भगवान् सतां पतिः
śriyaḥ patiryajñapatiḥ prajāpatirdhiyāṃ patirlokapatirdharāpatiḥ patirgatiścāndhakavṛṣṇisātvatāṃ prasīdatāṃ me bhagavān satāṃ patiḥ
The lord of Śrī, the lord of sacrifice, the lord of creatures, the lord of thoughts, the lord of the worlds, the lord of the earth, the lord and the goal of the Andhakas, Vṛṣṇis and Sātvatas — may that Lord, the lord of the good, be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.21
यदङ्घ्र्यभिध्यानसमाधिधौतया धियानुपश्यन्ति हि तत्त्वम् आत्मनः वदन्ति चैतत् कवयो यथारुचं स मे मुकुन्दो भगवान् प्रसीदताम्
yadaṅghryabhidhyānasamādhidhautayā dhiyānupaśyanti hi tattvam ātmanaḥ vadanti caitat kavayo yathārucaṃ sa me mukundo bhagavān prasīdatām
By the mind cleansed through the concentration that is meditation on his feet, (the sages) indeed behold the truth of the self, and the poets speak of this each according to his own preference — may that Lord Mukunda be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.22
प्रचोदिता येन पुरा सरस्वती वितन्वताजस्य सतीं स्मृतिं हृदि स्वलक्षणा प्रादुरभूत् किलास्यतः स मे ऋषीणाम् ऋषभः प्रसीदताम्
pracoditā yena purā sarasvatī vitanvatājasya satīṃ smṛtiṃ hṛdi svalakṣaṇā prādurabhūt kilāsyataḥ sa me ṛṣīṇām ṛṣabhaḥ prasīdatām
By whom Sarasvatī was of old impelled, spreading out in the heart of the unborn one (Brahmā) his true memory, and she appeared, it is said, from his mouth with her own marks — may he, the bull among sages, be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 4.23
भूतैर्महद्भिर्य इमाः पुरो विभुर्निर्माय शेते यदमूषु पूरुषः भुङ्क्ते गुणान् षोडश षोडशात्मकः सो ऽलङ्कृषीष्ट भगवान् वचांसि मे
bhūtairmahadbhirya imāḥ puro vibhurnirmāya śete yadamūṣu pūruṣaḥ bhuṅkte guṇān ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśātmakaḥ so 'laṅkṛṣīṣṭa bhagavān vacāṃsi me
He, the all-pervading Person, having fashioned these cities (the bodies) out of the great elements, lies down in them, and, himself consisting of sixteen (parts), enjoys the sixteen qualities — may that Lord adorn my words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.24
नमस्तस्मै भगवते वासुदेवाय वेधसे पपुर्ज्ञानम् अयं सौम्या यन्मुखाम्बुरुहासवम्
namastasmai bhagavate vāsudevāya vedhase papurjñānam ayaṃ saumyā yanmukhāmburuhāsavam
Homage to him, the Lord Vāsudeva, the creator, whose lotus-face's nectar these gentle ones drank as knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 4.25
एतदेवात्मभू राजन् नारदाय विपृच्छते वेदगर्भो ऽभ्यधात् साक्षाद्यदाह हरिरात्मनः
etadevātmabhū rājan nāradāya vipṛcchate vedagarbho 'bhyadhāt sākṣādyadāha harirātmanaḥ
This very (teaching), O king, the self-born one, in whom the Vedas abide, declared to Nārada when he inquired — that which Hari himself had spoken about himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition