Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 1
SB 3 1.1
श्री-शुक उवाच एवम् एतत् पुरा पृष्टो मैत्रेयो भगवान् किल क्षत्त्रा वनं प्रविष्टेन त्यक्त्वा स्व-गृहम् ऋद्धिमत्
śrī-śuka uvāca evam etat purā pṛṣṭo maitreyo bhagavān kila kṣattrā vanaṃ praviṣṭena tyaktvā sva-gṛham ṛddhimat
Śrī Śuka said: In just this way was the revered Maitreya questioned long ago by Kṣattā (Vidura), who had entered the forest, having abandoned his own prosperous home —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.2
यद् वा अयं मन्त्र-कृद् वो भगवान् अखिलेश्वरः पौरवेन्द्र-गृहं हित्वा प्रविवेशात्मसात् कृतम्
yad vā ayaṃ mantra-kṛd vo bhagavān akhileśvaraḥ pauravendra-gṛhaṃ hitvā praviveśātmasāt kṛtam
the home of the lord of the Pauravas, which he left, and which the Lord of all, the giver of counsel to you (Pāṇḍavas), had entered and made his own.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 1.3
राजोवाच कुत्र क्षत्तुर् भगवता मैत्रेयेणास सङ्गमः कदा वा सह-संवाद एतद् वर्णय नः प्रभो
rājovāca kutra kṣattur bhagavatā maitreyeṇāsa saṅgamaḥ kadā vā saha-saṃvāda etad varṇaya naḥ prabho
The king said: Where did Kṣattā's meeting with the revered Maitreya take place, and when was the conversation with him? Describe this to us, master.
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SB 3 1.4
न ह्य् अल्पार्थोदयस् तस्य विदुरस्यामलात्मनः तस्मिन् वरीयसि प्रश्नः साधु-वादोपबृंहितः
na hy alpārthodayas tasya vidurasyāmalātmanaḥ tasmin varīyasi praśnaḥ sādhu-vādopabṛṃhitaḥ
For the question of that Vidura, of unblemished mind, put to that most excellent one, is of no small import, and is enriched with the approval of the good.
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SB 3 1.5
सूत उवाच स एवम् ऋषि-वर्यो ऽयं पृष्टो राज्ञा परीक्षिता प्रत्य् आह तं सुबहु-वित् प्रीतात्मा श्रूयताम् इति
sūta uvāca sa evam ṛṣi-varyo 'yaṃ pṛṣṭo rājñā parīkṣitā praty āha taṃ subahu-vit prītātmā śrūyatām iti
Sūta said: This best of sages, thus questioned by King Parīkṣit, replied to him — he of vast knowledge, his heart gladdened — saying, "Let it be heard."
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SB 3 1.6
श्री-शुक उवाच यदा तु राजा स्व-सुतान् असाधून् पुष्णन् न धर्मेण विनष्ट-दृष्टिः भ्रातुर् यविष्ठस्य सुतान् विबन्धून् प्रवेश्य लाक्षा-भवने ददाह
śrī-śuka uvāca yadā tu rājā sva-sutān asādhūn puṣṇan na dharmeṇa vinaṣṭa-dṛṣṭiḥ bhrātur yaviṣṭhasya sutān vibandhūn praveśya lākṣā-bhavane dadāha
Śrī Śuka said: When the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), his vision destroyed, nurturing his own wicked sons not in accord with dharma, made the friendless sons of his younger brother enter the house of lac and burned it;
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SB 3 1.7
यदा सभायां कुरु-देव-देव्याः केशाभिमर्शं सुत-कर्म गर्ह्यम् न वारयाम् आस नृपः स्नुषायाः स्वास्रैर् हरन्त्याः कुच-कुङ्कुमानि
yadā sabhāyāṃ kuru-deva-devyāḥ keśābhimarśaṃ suta-karma garhyam na vārayām āsa nṛpaḥ snuṣāyāḥ svāsrair harantyāḥ kuca-kuṅkumāni
when, in the assembly, the king did not restrain the blameworthy deed of his son — the seizing of the hair of the queen of the god of the Kurus, his daughter-in-law, who with her own tears was washing away the kuṅkuma from her breasts;
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SB 3 1.8
द्यूते त्व् अधर्मेण जितस्य साधोः सत्यावलम्बस्य वनं गतस्य न याचतो ऽदात् समयेन दायं तमो-जुषाणो यद् अजात-शत्रोः
dyūte tv adharmeṇa jitasya sādhoḥ satyāvalambasya vanaṃ gatasya na yācato 'dāt samayena dāyaṃ tamo-juṣāṇo yad ajāta-śatroḥ
when he, given over to darkness, did not grant, though he was asked, the rightful share, as agreed, to the good and truth-abiding one who had been won over unjustly at dice and had gone to the forest — to him whose enemy was not yet born (Yudhiṣṭhira);
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SB 3 1.9
यदा च पार्थ-प्रहितः सभायां जगद्-गुरुर् यानि जगाद कृष्णः न तानि पुंसाम् अमृतायनानि राजोरु मेने क्षत-पुण्य-लेशः
yadā ca pārtha-prahitaḥ sabhāyāṃ jagad-gurur yāni jagāda kṛṣṇaḥ na tāni puṃsām amṛtāyanāni rājoru mene kṣata-puṇya-leśaḥ
and when Kṛṣṇa, the teacher of the world, sent by the son of Pṛthā, spoke in the assembly the words he spoke, the king, the least trace of his merit destroyed, did not hold those words great, though they are for men a resort of immortality;
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SB 3 1.10
यदोपहूतो भवनं प्रविष्टो मन्त्राय पृष्टः किल पूर्वजेन अथाह तन् मन्त्र-दृशां वरीयान् यन् मन्त्रिणो वैदुरिकं वदन्ति
yadopahūto bhavanaṃ praviṣṭo mantrāya pṛṣṭaḥ kila pūrvajena athāha tan mantra-dṛśāṃ varīyān yan mantriṇo vaidurikaṃ vadanti
When, being summoned, he entered the (royal) house and was asked for counsel by his elder brother, he then spoke what was most excellent among those who see counsel — that which counselors call "of Vidura's kind."
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SB 3 1.11
अजात-शत्रोः प्रतियच्छ दायं तितिक्षतो दुर्विषहं तवागः सहानुजो यत्र वृकोदराहिः श्वसन् रुषा यत् त्वम् अलं बिभेषि
ajāta-śatroḥ pratiyaccha dāyaṃ titikṣato durviṣahaṃ tavāgaḥ sahānujo yatra vṛkodarāhiḥ śvasan ruṣā yat tvam alaṃ bibheṣi
"Give back the inheritance to Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira), who has borne your unendurable offense; he with whom, along with his younger brothers, is Wolf-belly (Bhīma), a serpent hissing with rage — of whom you are much afraid."
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SB 3 1.12
पार्थांस् तु देवो भगवान् मुकुन्दो गृहीतवान् सक्षिति-देव-देवः आस्ते स्व-पुर्यां यदु-देव-देवो विनिर्जिताशेष-नृदेव-देवः
pārthāṃs tu devo bhagavān mukundo gṛhītavān sakṣiti-deva-devaḥ āste sva-puryāṃ yadu-deva-devo vinirjitāśeṣa-nṛdeva-devaḥ
"The Pārthas, however, the divine Lord Mukunda has taken as his own — he who is god of gods together with the gods on earth (the brāhmaṇas); he dwells in his own city as the god of the gods of the Yadus, having utterly subdued all kings and gods."
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SB 3 1.13
स एष दोषः पुरुष-द्विड् आस्ते गृहान् प्रविष्टो यम् अपत्य-मत्या पुष्णासि कृष्णाद् विमुखो गत-श्रीस् त्यजाश्व् अशैवं कुल-कौशलाय
sa eṣa doṣaḥ puruṣa-dviḍ āste gṛhān praviṣṭo yam apatya-matyā puṣṇāsi kṛṣṇād vimukho gata-śrīs tyajāśv aśaivaṃ kula-kauśalāya
"This very man is (embodied) evil, a hater of the Person (Kṛṣṇa), who has entered your house, whom you nourish in the belief that he is your son; turned away from Kṛṣṇa and bereft of fortune, abandon this inauspicious one quickly, for the well-being of the family."
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SB 3 1.14
इत्य् ऊचिवांस् तत्र सुयोधनेन प्रवृद्ध-कोप-स्फुरिताधरेण असत्-कृतः सत्-स्पृहणीय-शीलः क्षत्ता सकर्णानुज-सौबलेन
ity ūcivāṃs tatra suyodhanena pravṛddha-kopa-sphuritādhareṇa asat-kṛtaḥ sat-spṛhaṇīya-śīlaḥ kṣattā sakarṇānuja-saubalena
Having spoken thus, the Kṣattā (Vidura), whose character good men might well covet, was dishonored there by Suyodhana, whose lip quivered with swollen anger, together with Karṇa, his younger brothers, and the son of Subala (Śakuni).
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SB 3 1.15
क एनम् अत्रोपजुहाव जिह्मं दास्याः सुतं यद्-बलिनैव पुष्टः तस्मिन् प्रतीपः परकृत्य आस्ते निर्वास्यताम् आशु पुराच् छ्वसानः
ka enam atropajuhāva jihmaṃ dāsyāḥ sutaṃ yad-balinaiva puṣṭaḥ tasmin pratīpaḥ parakṛtya āste nirvāsyatām āśu purāc chvasānaḥ
"Who invited this crooked fellow here, the son of a serving-woman, nourished by the very strength of those against whom he stands hostile, doing the work of the enemy? Let him be driven out of the city at once, (left) with nothing but his breath."
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SB 3 1.16
स्वयं धनुर् द्वारि निधाय मायां भ्रातुः पुरो मर्मसु ताडितो ऽपि स इत्थम् अत्युल्बण-कर्ण-बाणैर् गत-व्यथो ऽयाद् उरु मानयानः
svayaṃ dhanur dvāri nidhāya māyāṃ bhrātuḥ puro marmasu tāḍito 'pi sa ittham atyulbaṇa-karṇa-bāṇair gata-vyatho 'yād uru mānayānaḥ
Himself laying down his bow at the door — (all this being) illusion — though struck in the vital parts in his brother's presence, he, thus pierced by Karṇa's exceedingly cruel arrows (of words), departed without distress, holding (them) in high honor.
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SB 3 1.17
स निर्गतः कौरव-पुण्य-लब्धो गजाह्वयात् तीर्थ-पदः पदानि अन्वाक्रमत् पुण्य-चिकीर्षयोर्व्याम् अधिष्ठितो यानि सहस्र-मूर्तिः
sa nirgataḥ kaurava-puṇya-labdho gajāhvayāt tīrtha-padaḥ padāni anvākramat puṇya-cikīrṣayorvyām adhiṣṭhito yāni sahasra-mūrtiḥ
He, gone out — (his departure) won by the merit of the Kauravas — from the city named for the elephant (Hastināpura), followed after the footprints of him whose feet are the holy places, wishing to gain merit on the earth: those footprints on which the thousand-formed one had set foot.
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SB 3 1.18
पुरेषु पुण्योपवनाद्रि-कुञ्जेष्व् अपङ्क-तोयेषु सरित्-सरःसु अनन्त-लिङ्गैः समलङ्कृतेषु चचार तीर्थायतनेष्व् अनन्यः
pureṣu puṇyopavanādri-kuñjeṣv apaṅka-toyeṣu sarit-saraḥsu ananta-liṅgaiḥ samalaṅkṛteṣu cacāra tīrthāyataneṣv ananyaḥ
In cities, in sacred groves, mountains and thickets, by rivers and lakes with unmuddied waters, in places of pilgrimage adorned with the emblems of the Infinite, he wandered, (devoted) to none other.
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SB 3 1.19
गां पर्यटन् मेध्य-विविक्त-वृत्तिः सदाप्लुतो ऽधः शयनो ऽवधूतः अलक्षितः स्वैर् अवधूत-वेषो व्रतानि चेरे हरि-तोषणानि
gāṃ paryaṭan medhya-vivikta-vṛttiḥ sadāpluto 'dhaḥ śayano 'vadhūtaḥ alakṣitaḥ svair avadhūta-veṣo vratāni cere hari-toṣaṇāni
Roaming the earth, his livelihood pure and solitary, always bathing, sleeping on the ground, unadorned, unrecognized by his own people in the garb of an avadhūta, he performed the vows that please Hari.
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SB 3 1.20
इत्थं व्रजन् भारतम् एव वर्षं कालेन यावद् गतवान् प्रभासम् तावच् छशास क्षितिम् एक चक्राम्ल् एकातपत्राम् अजितेन पार्थः
itthaṃ vrajan bhāratam eva varṣaṃ kālena yāvad gatavān prabhāsam tāvac chaśāsa kṣitim eka cakrāml ekātapatrām ajitena pārthaḥ
Traveling thus through the land of Bhārata itself, until in time he reached Prabhāsa — during that time Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira), by (the grace of) the unconquered one, ruled the earth under one wheel and one parasol.
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SB 3 1.21
तत्राथ शुश्राव सुहृद्-विनष्टिं वनं यथा वेणुज-वह्नि-संश्रयम् संस्पर्धया दग्धम् अथानुशोचन् सरस्वतीं प्रत्यग् इयाय तूष्णीम्
tatrātha śuśrāva suhṛd-vinaṣṭiṃ vanaṃ yathā veṇuja-vahni-saṃśrayam saṃspardhayā dagdham athānuśocan sarasvatīṃ pratyag iyāya tūṣṇīm
There he then heard of the destruction of his kinsmen — as a forest is burnt by a fire arising from the bamboo through their own rubbing together — and then, grieving over it, he went silently westward to the Sarasvatī.
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SB 3 1.22
तस्यां त्रितस्योशनसो मनोश् च पृथोर् अथाग्नेर् असितस्य वायोः तीर्थं सुदासस्य गवां गुहस्य यच् छ्राद्धदेवस्य स आसिषेवे
tasyāṃ tritasyośanaso manoś ca pṛthor athāgner asitasya vāyoḥ tīrthaṃ sudāsasya gavāṃ guhasya yac chrāddhadevasya sa āsiṣeve
On that (river) he frequented in turn the holy places of Trita, of Uśanas, of Manu, of Pṛthu, then of Agni, of Asita, of Vāyu, of Sudāsa, of the cows, of Guha, and that of Śrāddhadeva.
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SB 3 1.23
अन्यानि चेह द्विज-देव-देवैः कृतानि नानायतनानि विष्णोः प्रत्यङ्ग-मुख्याङ्कित-मन्दिराणि यद्-दर्शनात् कृष्णम् अनुस्मरन्ति
anyāni ceha dvija-deva-devaiḥ kṛtāni nānāyatanāni viṣṇoḥ pratyaṅga-mukhyāṅkita-mandirāṇi yad-darśanāt kṛṣṇam anusmaranti
And here (he visited) the other various shrines of Viṣṇu, made by the foremost of the twice-born and the gods, temples marked with the chief emblems of his several limbs, by the sight of which people remember Kṛṣṇa.
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SB 3 1.24
ततस् त्व् अतिव्रज्य सुराष्ट्रम् ऋद्धं सौवीर-मत्स्यान् कुरुजाङ्गलांश् च कालेन तावद् यमुनाम् उपेत्य तत्रोद्धवं भागवतं ददर्श
tatas tv ativrajya surāṣṭram ṛddhaṃ sauvīra-matsyān kurujāṅgalāṃś ca kālena tāvad yamunām upetya tatroddhavaṃ bhāgavataṃ dadarśa
Then, passing on beyond prosperous Surāṣṭra, and the Sauvīras, Matsyas, and Kurujāṅgalas, in time he reached the Yamunā, and there he saw Uddhava, the devotee of the Lord.
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SB 3 1.25
स वासुदेवानुचरं प्रशान्तं बृहस्पतेः प्राक् तनयं प्रतीतम् आलिङ्ग्य गाढं प्रणयेन भद्रं स्वानाम् अपृच्छद् भगवत्-प्रजानाम्
sa vāsudevānucaraṃ praśāntaṃ bṛhaspateḥ prāk tanayaṃ pratītam āliṅgya gāḍhaṃ praṇayena bhadraṃ svānām apṛcchad bhagavat-prajānām
Embracing him closely with affection — the tranquil follower of Vāsudeva, formerly the son of Bṛhaspati, the well-known one — he asked after the welfare of his own people, the Lord's kin.
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SB 3 1.26
कच्चित् पुराणौ पुरुषौ स्वनाभ्य- पाद्मानुवृत्त्येह किलावतीर्णौ आसात उर्व्याः कुशलं विधाय कृत-क्षणौ कुशलं शूर-गेहे
kaccit purāṇau puruṣau svanābhya- pādmānuvṛttyeha kilāvatīrṇau āsāta urvyāḥ kuśalaṃ vidhāya kṛta-kṣaṇau kuśalaṃ śūra-gehe
"Are the two ancient Persons well, who, in compliance with (the request of) the lotus-born from his own navel, have here descended? Having secured the welfare of the earth and won their moment of leisure, are they well in the house of Śūra?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 1.27
कच्चित् कुरूणां परमः सुहृन् नो भामः स आस्ते सुखम् अङ्ग शौरिः यो वै स्वस्-णां पितृवद् ददाति वरान् वदान्यो वर-तर्पणेन
kaccit kurūṇāṃ paramaḥ suhṛn no bhāmaḥ sa āste sukham aṅga śauriḥ yo vai svas-ṇāṃ pitṛvad dadāti varān vadānyo vara-tarpaṇena
"Is he well and at ease, dear friend, our best friend among the Kurus, our kinsman by marriage, Śauri (Vasudeva) — he who indeed gives to his sisters, like a father, whatever they wish, generous as he is in gratifying them with gifts?"
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SB 3 1.28
कच्चिद् वरूथाधिपतिर् यदूनां प्रद्युम्न आस्ते सुखम् अङ्ग वीरः यं रुक्मिणी भगवतो ऽभिलेभे आराध्य विप्रान् स्मरम् आदि-सर्गे
kaccid varūthādhipatir yadūnāṃ pradyumna āste sukham aṅga vīraḥ yaṃ rukmiṇī bhagavato 'bhilebhe ārādhya viprān smaram ādi-sarge
"Is Pradyumna well and at ease, dear friend, the hero, commander of the armies of the Yadus, whom Rukmiṇī obtained from the Lord by propitiating the brāhmaṇas — (he who was) Smara (Cupid) in the first creation?"
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SB 3 1.29
कच्चित् सुखं सात्वत-वृष्णि-भोज- दाशार्हकाणाम् अधिपः स आस्ते यम् अभ्यषिञ्चच् छत-पत्र-नेत्रो नृपासनाशां परिहृत्य दूरात्
kaccit sukhaṃ sātvata-vṛṣṇi-bhoja- dāśārhakāṇām adhipaḥ sa āste yam abhyaṣiñcac chata-patra-netro nṛpāsanāśāṃ parihṛtya dūrāt
"Is he well, that lord of the Sātvatas, Vṛṣṇis, Bhojas and Dāśārhakas, whom the lotus-eyed one consecrated (as king), himself having put far away any wish for the royal seat?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.30
कच्चिद् धरेः सौम्य सुतः सदृक्ष आस्ते ऽग्रणी रथिनां साधु साम्बः असूत यं जाम्बवती व्रताढ्या देवं गुहं यो ऽम्बिकया धृतो ऽग्रे
kaccid dhareḥ saumya sutaḥ sadṛkṣa āste 'graṇī rathināṃ sādhu sāmbaḥ asūta yaṃ jāmbavatī vratāḍhyā devaṃ guhaṃ yo 'mbikayā dhṛto 'gre
Is Hari's son, like him (in form), well, O gentle one — Sāmba, foremost of chariot-warriors — whom Jāmbavatī, rich in vows, bore, (and who is) the god Guha, formerly borne by Ambikā?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.31
क्षेमं स कच्चिद् युयुधान आस्ते यः फाल्गुनाल् लब्ध-धनू-रहस्यः लेभे ऽञ्जसाधोक्षज-सेवयैव गतिं तदीयां यतिभिर् दुरापाम्
kṣemaṃ sa kaccid yuyudhāna āste yaḥ phālgunāl labdha-dhanū-rahasyaḥ lebhe 'ñjasādhokṣaja-sevayaiva gatiṃ tadīyāṃ yatibhir durāpām
Is that Yuyudhāna well, who obtained the secrets of the bow from Phālguna (Arjuna), and who easily attained, simply by service to Adhokṣaja, that state of His which is hard for ascetics to reach?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.32
कच्चिद् बुधः स्वस्त्य् अनमीव आस्ते श्वफल्क-पुत्रो भगवत्-प्रपन्नः यः कृष्ण-पादाङ्कित-मार्ग-पांसुष्व् अचेष्टत प्रेम-विभिन्न-धैर्यः
kaccid budhaḥ svasty anamīva āste śvaphalka-putro bhagavat-prapannaḥ yaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāṅkita-mārga-pāṃsuṣv aceṣṭata prema-vibhinna-dhairyaḥ
Is the wise son of Śvaphalka (Akrūra), surrendered to the Lord, well and free of illness — he who rolled about in the dust of the road marked by Kṛṣṇa's feet, his composure broken by love?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.33
कच्चिच् छिवं देवक-भोज-पुत्र्या विष्णु-प्रजाया इव देव-मातुः या वै स्व-गर्भेण दधार देवं त्रयी यथा यज्ञ-वितानम् अर्थम्
kaccic chivaṃ devaka-bhoja-putryā viṣṇu-prajāyā iva deva-mātuḥ yā vai sva-garbheṇa dadhāra devaṃ trayī yathā yajña-vitānam artham
Is all well with the daughter of Devaka of the Bhoja line, the mother of Viṣṇu, like the mother of the gods (Aditi)? — she who bore in her own womb the Lord, as the three Vedas bear the extended sacrifice and its purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.34
अपिस्विद् आस्ते भगवान् सुखं वो यः सात्वतां काम-दुघो ऽनिरुद्धः यम् आमनन्ति स्म हि शब्द-योनिं मनो-मयं सत्त्व-तुरीय-तत्त्वम्
apisvid āste bhagavān sukhaṃ vo yaḥ sātvatāṃ kāma-dugho 'niruddhaḥ yam āmananti sma hi śabda-yoniṃ mano-mayaṃ sattva-turīya-tattvam
And is the Lord Aniruddha, who fulfils the desires of the Sātvatas, dwelling happily among you? — He whom (the sages) have declared to be the source of sound, made of mind, the fourth principle (after) sattva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.35
अपिस्विद् अन्ये च निजात्म-दैवम् अनन्य-वृत्त्या समनुव्रता ये हृदीक-सत्यात्मज-चारुदेष्ण- गदादयः स्वस्ति चरन्ति सौम्य
apisvid anye ca nijātma-daivam ananya-vṛttyā samanuvratā ye hṛdīka-satyātmaja-cārudeṣṇa- gadādayaḥ svasti caranti saumya
And do the others also fare well, O gentle one — those who, with undivided conduct, are devoted followers of their own Self and deity: Hṛdīka's son (Kṛtavarmā), Satyā's son, Cārudeṣṇa, Gada and the rest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.36
अपि स्व-दोर्भ्यां विजयाच्युताभ्यां धर्मेण धर्मः परिपाति सेतुम् दुर्योधनो ऽतप्यत यत्-सभायां साम्राज्य-लक्ष्म्या विजयानुवृत्त्या
api sva-dorbhyāṃ vijayācyutābhyāṃ dharmeṇa dharmaḥ paripāti setum duryodhano 'tapyata yat-sabhāyāṃ sāmrājya-lakṣmyā vijayānuvṛttyā
Does Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira), by means of his two arms Vijaya (Arjuna) and Acyuta, protect the boundary of dharma righteously — he in whose assembly hall Duryodhana burned (with envy) at the imperial fortune and at the (people's) devoted following of Vijaya?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 1.37
किं वा कृताघेष्व् अघम् अत्यमर्षी भीमो ऽहिवद् दीर्घतमं व्यमुञ्चत् यस्याङ्घ्रि-पातं रण-भूर् न सेहे मार्गं गदायाश् चरतो विचित्रम्
kiṃ vā kṛtāgheṣv agham atyamarṣī bhīmo 'hivad dīrghatamaṃ vyamuñcat yasyāṅghri-pātaṃ raṇa-bhūr na sehe mārgaṃ gadāyāś carato vicitram
Or has Bhīma, exceedingly intolerant, released his long-cherished wrath upon those who did wrong, like a snake (releasing venom)? — he the fall of whose foot the battlefield could not bear when he moved in the wondrous path of his mace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.38
कच्चिद् यशोधा रथ-यूथपानां गाण्डीव-धन्वोपरतारिर् आस्ते अलक्षितो यच्-छर-कूट-गूढो माया-किरातो गिरिशस् तुतोष
kaccid yaśodhā ratha-yūthapānāṃ gāṇḍīva-dhanvoparatārir āste alakṣito yac-chara-kūṭa-gūḍho māyā-kirāto giriśas tutoṣa
Is the bearer of fame among the leaders of chariot-troops, the wielder of Gāṇḍīva, whose enemies have ceased, well? — he by whose mass of arrows (the god) was concealed unrecognised, (and yet) Giriśa in the disguise of a hunter was pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 1.39
यमाव् उतस्वित् तनयौ पृथायाः पार्थैर् वृतौ पक्ष्मभिर् अक्षिणीव रेमात उद्दाय मृधे स्व-रिक्थं परात् सुपर्णाव् इव वज्रि-वक्त्रात्
yamāv utasvit tanayau pṛthāyāḥ pārthair vṛtau pakṣmabhir akṣiṇīva remāta uddāya mṛdhe sva-rikthaṃ parāt suparṇāv iva vajri-vaktrāt
And do the twins, the sons of Pṛthā, surrounded by the Pārthas as eyes are by their lashes, take pleasure, having seized their own inheritance in battle from the enemy, as the two Suparṇas (took nectar) from the mouth of the thunderbolt-bearer?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.40
अहो पृथापि ध्रियते ऽर्भकार्थे राजर्षि-वर्येण विनापि तेन यस् त्व् एक-वीरो ऽधिरथो विजिग्ये धनुर् द्वितीयः ककुभश् चतस्रः
aho pṛthāpi dhriyate 'rbhakārthe rājarṣi-varyeṇa vināpi tena yas tv eka-vīro 'dhiratho vijigye dhanur dvitīyaḥ kakubhaś catasraḥ
Ah, does Pṛthā too go on living for the sake of her children, even without that best of royal sages (Pāṇḍu) — he who, a single hero, mounted on his chariot, with the bow as his only companion, conquered the four quarters?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.41
सौम्यानुशोचे तम् अधः-पतन्तं भ्रात्रे परेताय विदुद्रुहे यः निर्यापितो येन सुहृत् स्व-पुर्या अहं स्व-पुत्रान् समनुव्रतेन
saumyānuśoce tam adhaḥ-patantaṃ bhrātre paretāya vidudruhe yaḥ niryāpito yena suhṛt sva-puryā ahaṃ sva-putrān samanuvratena
O gentle one, I grieve for him (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), falling downward, who acted treacherously toward his dead brother — by whom, a well-wisher, I was driven out from my own city, since he sided wholly with his own sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.42
सो ऽहं हरेर् मर्त्य-विडम्बनेन दृशो नृणां चालयतो विधातुः नान्योपलक्ष्यः पदवीं प्रसादाच् चरामि पश्यन् गत-विस्मयो ऽत्र
so 'haṃ harer martya-viḍambanena dṛśo nṛṇāṃ cālayato vidhātuḥ nānyopalakṣyaḥ padavīṃ prasādāc carāmi paśyan gata-vismayo 'tra
Such as I am, by the grace of the Ordainer, Hari, who by imitating a mortal bewilders the sight of men, I wander unrecognised by others, seeing His track here, my wonder gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 1.43
नूनं नृपाणां त्रि-मदोत्पथानां महीं मुहुश् चालयतां चमूभिः वधात् प्रपन्नार्ति-जिहीर्षयेशो ऽप्य् उपैक्षताघं भगवान् कुरूणाम्
nūnaṃ nṛpāṇāṃ tri-madotpathānāṃ mahīṃ muhuś cālayatāṃ camūbhiḥ vadhāt prapannārti-jihīrṣayeśo 'py upaikṣatāghaṃ bhagavān kurūṇām
Surely, though He is the Lord able to destroy them, the Blessed One overlooked the sin of the Kurus — of kings deviant through the three intoxications, repeatedly shaking the earth with their armies — wishing to remove the distress of those who took refuge in Him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 1.44
अजस्य जन्मोत्पथ-नाशनाय कर्माण्य् अकर्तुर् ग्रहणाय पुंसाम् नन्व् अन्यथा को ऽर्हति देह-योगं परो गुणानाम् उत कर्म-तन्त्रम्
ajasya janmotpatha-nāśanāya karmāṇy akartur grahaṇāya puṃsām nanv anyathā ko 'rhati deha-yogaṃ paro guṇānām uta karma-tantram
The birth of the unborn One is for the destruction of those who stray from the path, and His acts, though He is a non-doer, are for men to grasp. Otherwise, who that is beyond the guṇas would deserve connection with a body, or subjection to karma?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 1.45
तस्य प्रपन्नाखिल-लोकपानाम् अवस्थितानाम् अनुशासने स्वे अर्थाय जातस्य यदुष्व् अजस्य वार्तां सखे कीर्तय तीर्थ-कीर्तेः
tasya prapannākhila-lokapānām avasthitānām anuśāsane sve arthāya jātasya yaduṣv ajasya vārtāṃ sakhe kīrtaya tīrtha-kīrteḥ
O friend, recount the tidings of Him, the unborn One, whose fame purifies, in whom all the world-guardians take refuge, who stand fixed in His governance, and who was born among the Yadus for His own purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition