Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 8
SB 2 8.1
राजोवाच ब्रह्मणा चोदितो ब्रह्मन् गुणाख्याने ऽगुणस्य च यस्मै यस्मै यथा प्राह नारदो देवदर्शनः
rājovāca brahmaṇā codito brahman guṇākhyāne 'guṇasya ca yasmai yasmai yathā prāha nārado devadarśanaḥ
The king said: O brahman, urged by Brahmā to recount the qualities of Him who is without qualities, to whom and to whom, and in what manner, did Nārada, the seer of the gods, speak?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.2
एतद्वेदितुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वं तत्त्वविदां वर हरेरद्भुतवीर्यस्य कथा लोकसुमङ्गलाः
etadveditum icchāmi tattvaṃ tattvavidāṃ vara hareradbhutavīryasya kathā lokasumaṅgalāḥ
This truth I wish to know, O best of the knowers of truth: the tales of Hari of wondrous power are highly auspicious for the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.3
कथयस्व महाभाग यथाहम् अखिलात्मनि कृष्णे निवेश्य निःसङ्गं मनस्त्यक्ष्ये कलेवरम्
kathayasva mahābhāga yathāham akhilātmani kṛṣṇe niveśya niḥsaṅgaṃ manastyakṣye kalevaram
Tell (it), O greatly fortunate one, so that I, having fixed my mind, free of attachment, on Kṛṣṇa the Self of all, may give up this body.
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SB 2 8.4
शृण्वतः श्रद्धया नित्यं गृणतश्च स्वचेष्टितम् कालेन नातिदीर्घेण भगवान् विशते हृदि
śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṃ gṛṇataśca svaceṣṭitam kālena nātidīrgheṇa bhagavān viśate hṛdi
For one who constantly listens with faith and recites His deeds, in no very long time the Blessed One enters the heart.
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SB 2 8.5
प्रविष्टः कर्णरन्ध्रेण स्वानां भावसरोरुहम् धुनोति शमलं कृष्णः सलिलस्य यथा शरत्
praviṣṭaḥ karṇarandhreṇa svānāṃ bhāvasaroruham dhunoti śamalaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ salilasya yathā śarat
Having entered by the opening of the ear into the lotus of His own people's hearts, Kṛṣṇa shakes off the impurity, as autumn does that of water.
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SB 2 8.6
धौतात्मा पुरुषः कृष्ण पादमूलं न मुञ्चति मुक्तसर्वपरिक्लेशः पान्थः स्वशरणं यथा
dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa pādamūlaṃ na muñcati muktasarvaparikleśaḥ pānthaḥ svaśaraṇaṃ yathā
A man whose self is cleansed does not let go of Kṛṣṇa's feet, freed of all afflictions, as a traveller (does not leave) his own home.
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SB 2 8.7
यदधातुमतो ब्रह्मन् देहारम्भो ऽस्य धातुभिः यदृच्छया हेतुना वा भवन्तो जानते यथा
yadadhātumato brahman dehārambho 'sya dhātubhiḥ yadṛcchayā hetunā vā bhavanto jānate yathā
Since He is without material elements, O brahman, how (came about) the undertaking of a body for Him out of elements—by chance or by a cause—as you (sages) know it?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.8
आसीद्यदुदरात् पद्मं लोकसंस्थानलक्षणम् यावान् अयं वै पुरुष इयत्तावयवैः पृथक् तावान् असाविति प्रोक्तः संस्थावयववान् इव
āsīdyadudarāt padmaṃ lokasaṃsthānalakṣaṇam yāvān ayaṃ vai puruṣa iyattāvayavaiḥ pṛthak tāvān asāviti proktaḥ saṃsthāvayavavān iva
From whose belly arose the lotus marked with the arrangement of the worlds—just as great as this Person is with such-and-such limbs taken separately, that great is he said to be, as though possessing a form and limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.9
अजः सृजति भूतानि भूतात्मा यदनुग्रहात् ददृशे येन तद्रूपं नाभिपद्मसमुद्भवः
ajaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni bhūtātmā yadanugrahāt dadṛśe yena tadrūpaṃ nābhipadmasamudbhavaḥ
By whose grace the unborn one, the self of beings, creates beings, and by whom the lotus-born one, sprung from the navel-lotus, saw that form (of His).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.10
स चापि यत्र पुरुषो विश्वस्थित्युद्भवाप्ययः मुक्त्वात्ममायां मायेशः शेते सर्वगुहाशयः
sa cāpi yatra puruṣo viśvasthityudbhavāpyayaḥ muktvātmamāyāṃ māyeśaḥ śete sarvaguhāśayaḥ
And he too—the Person in whom is the maintenance, arising, and dissolution of the universe—the lord of māyā, having released His own māyā, lies down, resting in the cavity (of the heart) of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.11
पुरुषावयवैर्लोकाः सपालाः पूर्वकल्पिताः लोकैरमुष्यावयवाः सपालैरिति शुश्रुम
puruṣāvayavairlokāḥ sapālāḥ pūrvakalpitāḥ lokairamuṣyāvayavāḥ sapālairiti śuśruma
The worlds with their guardians were formerly conceived (as arising) from the limbs of the Person; we have also heard it thus, that His limbs (are conceived) from the worlds with their guardians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.12
यावान् कल्पो विकल्पो वा यथा कालो ऽनुमीयते भूतभव्यभवच्छब्द आयुर्मानं च यत् सतः
yāvān kalpo vikalpo vā yathā kālo 'numīyate bhūtabhavyabhavacchabda āyurmānaṃ ca yat sataḥ
How long is a kalpa or a subordinate kalpa, and how is time inferred, and (whence) the terms past, future, and present, and what is the measure of the lifespan of existing beings?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.13
कालस्यानुगतिर्या तु लक्ष्यते ऽण्वी बृहत्यपि यावत्यः कर्मगतयो यादृशीर्द्विजसत्तम
kālasyānugatiryā tu lakṣyate 'ṇvī bṛhatyapi yāvatyaḥ karmagatayo yādṛśīrdvijasattama
And the progression of time which is observed, both minute and vast, and how many are the courses of karma, and of what kind, O best of the twice-born?
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SB 2 8.14
यस्मिन् कर्मसमावायो यथा येनोपगृह्यते गुणानां गुणिनां चैव परिणामम् अभीप्सताम्
yasmin karmasamāvāyo yathā yenopagṛhyate guṇānāṃ guṇināṃ caiva pariṇāmam abhīpsatām
In what (does) the aggregation of karma (occur), how and by whom is it taken up—of the qualities and of the possessors of qualities who desire transformation?
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SB 2 8.15
भूपातालककुब्व्योम ग्रहनक्षत्रभूभृताम् सरित्समुद्रद्वीपानां सम्भवश्चैतदोकसाम्
bhūpātālakakubvyoma grahanakṣatrabhūbhṛtām saritsamudradvīpānāṃ sambhavaścaitadokasām
(Tell me) the coming-into-being of earth, the nether regions, the quarters of space, the sky, the planets, the stars, the mountains, the rivers, the oceans and the islands, and of those who dwell in them.
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SB 2 8.16
प्रमाणम् अण्डकोशस्य बाह्याभ्यन्तरभेदतः महतां चानुचरितं वर्णाश्रमविनिश्चयः
pramāṇam aṇḍakośasya bāhyābhyantarabhedataḥ mahatāṃ cānucaritaṃ varṇāśramaviniścayaḥ
The measure of the egg-shell (of the universe) according to its outer and inner divisions; the conduct of the great; and the determination of the classes and stages of life.
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SB 2 8.17
युगानि युगमानं च धर्मो यश्च युगे युगे अवतारानुचरितं यदाश्चर्यतमं हरेः
yugāni yugamānaṃ ca dharmo yaśca yuge yuge avatārānucaritaṃ yadāścaryatamaṃ hareḥ
The ages, the measure of an age, and what the law is in each age; the deeds of the descents (incarnations) of Hari, which are most wondrous.
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SB 2 8.18
नृणां साधारणो धर्मः सविशेषश्च यादृशः श्रेणीनां राजर्षीणां च धर्मः कृच्छ्रेषु जीवताम्
nṛṇāṃ sādhāraṇo dharmaḥ saviśeṣaśca yādṛśaḥ śreṇīnāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ ca dharmaḥ kṛcchreṣu jīvatām
What the common duty of men is, and what the particular one; the duty of the guilds and of the royal sages, and of those living in times of distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.19
तत्त्वानां परिसङ्ख्यानं लक्षणं हेतुलक्षणम् पुरुषाराधनविधिर्योगस्याध्यात्मिकस्य च
tattvānāṃ parisaṅkhyānaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ hetulakṣaṇam puruṣārādhanavidhiryogasyādhyātmikasya ca
The full enumeration of the principles (tattvas), their definition, and the definition of causes; the procedure for the worship of the Supreme Person, and of yoga pertaining to the self.
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SB 2 8.20
योगेश्वरैश्वर्यगतिर्लिङ्गभङ्गस्तु योगिनाम् वेदोपवेदधर्माणाम् इतिहासपुराणयोः
yogeśvaraiśvaryagatirliṅgabhaṅgastu yoginām vedopavedadharmāṇām itihāsapurāṇayoḥ
The lordly powers of the masters of yoga and their course, and the breaking of the (subtle) body-mark for yogins; (the nature) of the Vedas, the subsidiary Vedas, the law-books, of history and the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 2 8.21
सम्प्लवः सर्वभूतानां विक्रमः प्रतिसङ्क्रमः इष्टापूर्तस्य काम्यानां त्रिवर्गस्य च यो विधिः
samplavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vikramaḥ pratisaṅkramaḥ iṣṭāpūrtasya kāmyānāṃ trivargasya ca yo vidhiḥ
The submergence of all beings, their coming forth and their dissolution; and what the rule is for sacrifice and works of public benefit, for optional rites, and for the three aims (of life).
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SB 2 8.22
यो वानुशायिनां सर्गः पाषण्डस्य च सम्भवः आत्मनो बन्धमोक्षौ च व्यवस्थानं स्वरूपतः
yo vānuśāyināṃ sargaḥ pāṣaṇḍasya ca sambhavaḥ ātmano bandhamokṣau ca vyavasthānaṃ svarūpataḥ
Or the generation of those who lie down (in latency at dissolution), and the arising of heresy; and the bondage and liberation of the self, and its abiding in its own true form.
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SB 2 8.23
यथात्मतन्त्रो भगवान् विक्रीडत्यात्ममायया विसृज्य वा यथा मायाम् उदास्ते साक्षिवद्विभुः
yathātmatantro bhagavān vikrīḍatyātmamāyayā visṛjya vā yathā māyām udāste sākṣivadvibhuḥ
How the Lord, self-dependent, plays with his own māyā, or how, having released māyā, the all-pervading one stands apart like a witness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.24
सर्वम् एतच् च भगवन् पृच्छतो मे ऽनुपूर्वशः तत्त्वतो ऽर्हस्युदाहर्तुं प्रपन्नाय महामुने
sarvam etac ca bhagavan pṛcchato me 'nupūrvaśaḥ tattvato 'rhasyudāhartuṃ prapannāya mahāmune
And all this, O revered one, you should set forth in order and according to the truth to me, who ask and who have taken refuge (with you), O great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.25
अत्र प्रमाणं हि भवान् परमेष्ठी यथात्मभूः अपरे चानुतिष्ठन्ति पूर्वेषां पूर्वजैः कृतम्
atra pramāṇaṃ hi bhavān parameṣṭhī yathātmabhūḥ apare cānutiṣṭhanti pūrveṣāṃ pūrvajaiḥ kṛtam
For in this you are the authority, as is Brahmā, the self-born; and the others (merely) follow what was done by the forefathers of the ancients.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.26
न मे ऽसवः परायन्ति ब्रह्मन्न् अनशनादमी पिबतो ञ्च्युतपीयूषम् तद्वाक्याब्धिविनिःसृतम्
na me 'savaḥ parāyanti brahmann anaśanādamī pibato ñcyutapīyūṣam tadvākyābdhiviniḥsṛtam
My life-breaths do not depart from want of food, O brahmin, for I am drinking the nectar of Acyuta that flows forth from the ocean of your words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.27
सूत उवाच स उपामन्त्रितो राज्ञा कथायाम् इति सत्पतेः ब्रह्मरातो भृशं प्रीतो विष्णुरातेन संसदि
sūta uvāca sa upāmantrito rājñā kathāyām iti satpateḥ brahmarāto bhṛśaṃ prīto viṣṇurātena saṃsadi
Sūta said: Thus invited by the king to the narration of the Lord of the good, Brahmarāta (Śuka), greatly pleased by Viṣṇurāta (Parīkṣit), (spoke) in the assembly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.28
प्राह भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् ब्रह्मणे भगवत्प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मकल्प उपागते
prāha bhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam brahmaṇe bhagavatproktaṃ brahmakalpa upāgate
He recited the Purāṇa named Bhāgavata, equal to the Veda, which was spoken by the Lord to Brahmā when the Brahma-kalpa had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 2 8.29
यद्यत् परीक्षिदृषभः पाण्डूनाम् अनुपृच्छति आनुपूर्व्येण तत् सर्वम् आख्यातुम् उपचक्रमे
yadyat parīkṣidṛṣabhaḥ pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam ākhyātum upacakrame
Whatever Parīkṣit, the bull among the Pāṇḍus, asked in turn, all that he began to relate in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition