Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 14
SB 3 14.1
श्री-शुक उवाच निशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितां हरेः कथां कारण-सूकरात्मनः पुनः स पप्रच्छ तम् उद्यताञ्जलिर् न चातितृप्तो विदुरो धृत-व्रतः
śrī-śuka uvāca niśamya kauṣāraviṇopavarṇitāṃ hareḥ kathāṃ kāraṇa-sūkarātmanaḥ punaḥ sa papraccha tam udyatāñjalir na cātitṛpto viduro dhṛta-vrataḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Having heard the account of Hari in his form of the primal Boar, as described by the son of Kuṣāru, Vidura, firm in his vow, not fully satisfied, again questioned him with joined palms raised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.2
विदुर उवाच तेनैव तु मुनि-श्रेष्ठ हरिणा यज्ञ-मूर्तिना आदि-दैत्यो हिरण्याक्षो हत इत्य् अनुशुश्रुम
vidura uvāca tenaiva tu muni-śreṣṭha hariṇā yajña-mūrtinā ādi-daityo hiraṇyākṣo hata ity anuśuśruma
Vidura said: O best of sages, we have heard it said that by that very same Hari, whose form is sacrifice, the first demon, Hiraṇyākṣa, was slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.3
तस्य चोद्धरतः क्षौणीं स्व-दंष्ट्राग्रेण लीलया दैत्य-राजस्य च ब्रह्मन् कस्माद् धेतोर् अभून् मृधः
tasya coddharataḥ kṣauṇīṃ sva-daṃṣṭrāgreṇa līlayā daitya-rājasya ca brahman kasmād dhetor abhūn mṛdhaḥ
And, O brāhmaṇa, from what cause did the battle arise between him, who was lifting up the earth in play on the tip of his tusk, and that king of the demons?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.4
श्रद्दधानाय भक्ताय ब्रूहि तज्-जन्म-विस्तरम् ऋषे न तृप्यति मनः परं कौतूहलं हि मे
śraddadhānāya bhaktāya brūhi taj-janma-vistaram ṛṣe na tṛpyati manaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
Tell me, who am faithful and devoted, the full account of his (the demon's) birth, O sage; my mind is not satisfied, for my curiosity is great.
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SB 3 14.5
मैत्रेय उवाच साधु वीर त्वया पृष्टम् अवतार-कथां हरेः यत् त्वं पृच्छसि मर्त्यानां मृत्यु-पाश-विशातनीम्
maitreya uvāca sādhu vīra tvayā pṛṣṭam avatāra-kathāṃ hareḥ yat tvaṃ pṛcchasi martyānāṃ mṛtyu-pāśa-viśātanīm
Maitreya said: Well asked, O hero, this that you ask — the story of Hari's descent, which cuts apart the noose of death for mortals.
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SB 3 14.6
ययोत्तानपदः पुत्रो मुनिना गीतयार्भकः मृत्योः कृत्वैव मूर्ध्न्य् अङ्घ्रिम् आरुरोह हरेः पदम्
yayottānapadaḥ putro muninā gītayārbhakaḥ mṛtyoḥ kṛtvaiva mūrdhny aṅghrim āruroha hareḥ padam
By which (story), when it was sung by the sage, the boy, the son of Uttānapāda, setting his foot upon the very head of death, ascended to the abode of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.7
अथात्रापीतिहासो ऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णितः पुरा ब्रह्मणा देव-देवेन देवानाम् अनुपृच्छताम्
athātrāpītihāso 'yaṃ śruto me varṇitaḥ purā brahmaṇā deva-devena devānām anupṛcchatām
Now on this subject there is this old narrative, which I heard as it was told long ago by Brahmā, the god of gods, to the gods who inquired of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.8
दितिर् दाक्षायणी क्षत्तर् मारीचं कश्यपं पतिम् अपत्य-कामा चकमे सन्ध्यायां हृच्-छयार्दिता
ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar mārīcaṃ kaśyapaṃ patim apatya-kāmā cakame sandhyāyāṃ hṛc-chayārditā
Diti, the daughter of Dakṣa, O Kṣattā, desiring offspring and tormented by the one who lies in the heart, made love-advances at twilight to her husband Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci.
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SB 3 14.9
इष्ट्वाग्नि-जिह्वं पयसा पुरुषं यजुषां पतिम् निम्लोचत्य् अर्क आसीनम् अग्न्य्-अगारे समाहितम्
iṣṭvāgni-jihvaṃ payasā puruṣaṃ yajuṣāṃ patim nimlocaty arka āsīnam agny-agāre samāhitam
He, having worshipped with a milk-oblation the Person whose tongue is fire, the lord of the sacrificial formulas, was sitting collected in the fire-chamber as the sun was setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.10
दितिर् उवाच एष मां त्वत्-कृते विद्वन् काम आत्त-शरासनः दुनोति दीनां विक्रम्य रम्भाम् इव मतङ्गजः
ditir uvāca eṣa māṃ tvat-kṛte vidvan kāma ātta-śarāsanaḥ dunoti dīnāṃ vikramya rambhām iva mataṅgajaḥ
Diti said: O learned one, this Kāma, with his bow taken up, torments wretched me on your account, assailing me as a bull-elephant does a plantain tree.
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SB 3 14.11
तद् भवान् दह्यमानायां स-पत्नीनां समृद्धिभिः प्रजावतीनां भद्रं ते मय्य् आयुङ्क्ताम् अनुग्रहम्
tad bhavān dahyamānāyāṃ sa-patnīnāṃ samṛddhibhiḥ prajāvatīnāṃ bhadraṃ te mayy āyuṅktām anugraham
Therefore may you bestow your favour on me, who am burning at the prosperity of my co-wives who have children — blessings upon you.
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SB 3 14.12
भर्तर्य् आप्तोरुमानानां लोकान् आविशते यशः पतिर् भवद्-विधो यासां प्रजया ननु जायते
bhartary āptorumānānāṃ lokān āviśate yaśaḥ patir bhavad-vidho yāsāṃ prajayā nanu jāyate
The fame of those women who have won great regard from their husband spreads through the worlds; and a husband such as you is surely born again through offspring.
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SB 3 14.13
पुरा पिता नो भगवान् दक्षो दुहितृ-वत्सलः कं वृणीत वरं वत्सा इत्य् अपृच्छत नः पृथक्
purā pitā no bhagavān dakṣo duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ kaṃ vṛṇīta varaṃ vatsā ity apṛcchata naḥ pṛthak
Long ago our father, the lord Dakṣa, fond of his daughters, asked each of us separately: 'Children, whom would you choose as husband?'
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SB 3 14.14
स विदित्वात्मजानां नो भावं सन्तान-भावनः त्रयोदशाददात् तासां यास् ते शीलम् अनुव्रताः
sa viditvātmajānāṃ no bhāvaṃ santāna-bhāvanaḥ trayodaśādadāt tāsāṃ yās te śīlam anuvratāḥ
He, the promoter of progeny, knowing the inclination of us his daughters, gave thirteen of them to you — those who were devoted to your character.
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SB 3 14.15
अथ मे कुरु कल्याणं कामं कमल-लोचन आर्तोपसर्पणं भूमन्न् अमोघं हि महीयसि
atha me kuru kalyāṇaṃ kāmaṃ kamala-locana ārtopasarpaṇaṃ bhūmann amoghaṃ hi mahīyasi
Therefore, O lotus-eyed one, fulfil my desire for my welfare; for approach made to a great one by the afflicted is never fruitless, O mighty one.
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SB 3 14.16
इति तां वीर मारीचः कृपणां बहु-भाषिणीम् प्रत्याहानुनयन् वाचा प्रवृद्धानङ्ग-कश्मलाम्
iti tāṃ vīra mārīcaḥ kṛpaṇāṃ bahu-bhāṣiṇīm pratyāhānunayan vācā pravṛddhānaṅga-kaśmalām
Thus, O hero, the son of Marīci replied with conciliating words to her, pitiable and voluble, whose distress from bodiless Kāma had grown great.
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SB 3 14.17
एष ते ऽहं विधास्यामि प्रियं भीरु यद् इच्छसि तस्याः कामं न कः कुर्यात् सिद्धिस् त्रैवर्गिकी यतः
eṣa te 'haṃ vidhāsyāmi priyaṃ bhīru yad icchasi tasyāḥ kāmaṃ na kaḥ kuryāt siddhis traivargikī yataḥ
"Here I am, timid one; I shall do for you the pleasing thing that you desire. Who would not fulfil a woman's desire, since from her comes success in the three aims of life?
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SB 3 14.18
सर्वाश्रमान् उपादाय स्वाश्रमेण कलत्रवान् व्यसनार्णवम् अत्येति जल-यानैर् यथार्णवम्
sarvāśramān upādāya svāśrameṇa kalatravān vyasanārṇavam atyeti jala-yānair yathārṇavam
A man with a wife, taking up all the orders of life by means of his own order, crosses over the ocean of troubles, as one crosses the sea by boats.
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SB 3 14.19
याम् आहुर् आत्मनो ह्य् अर्धं श्रेयस्-कामस्य मानिनि यस्यां स्व-धुरम् अध्यस्य पुमांश् चरति विज्वरः
yām āhur ātmano hy ardhaṃ śreyas-kāmasya mānini yasyāṃ sva-dhuram adhyasya pumāṃś carati vijvaraḥ
She whom they call the very half of a man's self who seeks his welfare, O proud lady, upon whom he lays his own burden and goes about free of fever;
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SB 3 14.20
याम् आश्रित्येन्द्रियारातीन् दुर्जयान् इतराश्रमैः वयं जयेम हेलाभिर् दस्यून् दुर्ग-पतिर् यथा
yām āśrityendriyārātīn durjayān itarāśramaiḥ vayaṃ jayema helābhir dasyūn durga-patir yathā
Taking refuge in whom we may conquer with ease the enemies, the senses, hard to conquer by the other orders of life, as the lord of a fortress conquers robbers.
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SB 3 14.21
न वयं प्रभवस् तां त्वाम् अनुकर्तुं गृहेश्वरि अप्य् आयुषा वा कार्त्स्न्येन ये चान्ये गुण-गृध्नवः
na vayaṃ prabhavas tāṃ tvām anukartuṃ gṛheśvari apy āyuṣā vā kārtsnyena ye cānye guṇa-gṛdhnavaḥ
We are not able to imitate you (in that), mistress of the house — not even with a whole lifetime — nor are the others who are greedy for (sense) qualities.
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SB 3 14.22
अथापि कामम् एतं ते प्रजात्यै करवाण्य् अलम् यथा मां नातिरोचन्ति मुहूर्तं प्रतिपालय
athāpi kāmam etaṃ te prajātyai karavāṇy alam yathā māṃ nātirocanti muhūrtaṃ pratipālaya
Even so, I shall satisfy this desire of yours for the sake of offspring; wait a moment, until (those beings) who do not favour me (are gone).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 14.23
एषा घोरतमा वेला घोराणां घोर-दर्शना चरन्ति यस्यां भूतानि भूतेशानुचराणि ह
eṣā ghoratamā velā ghorāṇāṃ ghora-darśanā caranti yasyāṃ bhūtāni bhūteśānucarāṇi ha
This is the most dreadful hour, dreadful to look upon, of dreadful beings, in which the spirits, the followers of the lord of spirits, roam about.
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SB 3 14.24
एतस्यां साध्वि सन्ध्यायां भगवान् भूत-भावनः परीतो भूत-पर्षद्भिर् वृषेणाटति भूतराट्
etasyāṃ sādhvi sandhyāyāṃ bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ parīto bhūta-parṣadbhir vṛṣeṇāṭati bhūtarāṭ
In this twilight, O virtuous lady, the Lord Bhūtarāṭ, the fosterer of beings, surrounded by his troops of spirits, roams about on his bull.
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SB 3 14.25
श्मशान-चक्रानिल-धूलि-धूम्र- विकीर्ण-विद्योत-जटा-कलापः भस्मावगुण्ठामल-रुक्म-देहो देवस् त्रिभिः पश्यति देवरस् ते
śmaśāna-cakrānila-dhūli-dhūmra- vikīrṇa-vidyota-jaṭā-kalāpaḥ bhasmāvaguṇṭhāmala-rukma-deho devas tribhiḥ paśyati devaras te
With his mass of matted hair scattered and gleaming, grey with the dust (raised) by the wind from the circle of the cremation ground, his flawless golden body smeared with ashes — that god, your husband's brother, sees with three (eyes).
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SB 3 14.26
न यस्य लोके स्व-जनः परो वा नात्यादृतो नोत कश्चिद् विगर्ह्यः वयं व्रतैर् यच्-चरणापविद्धाम् आशास्महे ऽजां बत भुक्त-भोगाम्
na yasya loke sva-janaḥ paro vā nātyādṛto nota kaścid vigarhyaḥ vayaṃ vratair yac-caraṇāpaviddhām āśāsmahe 'jāṃ bata bhukta-bhogām
For whom in the world there is no kinsman or stranger, none excessively honoured nor anyone to be despised — whose feet-spurned, already-enjoyed she-goat we, alas, court with vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 14.27
यस्यानवद्याचरितं मनीषिणो गृणन्त्य् अविद्या-पटलं बिभित्सवः निरस्त-साम्यातिशयो ऽपि यत् स्वयं पिशाच-चर्याम् अचरद् गतिः सताम्
yasyānavadyācaritaṃ manīṣiṇo gṛṇanty avidyā-paṭalaṃ bibhitsavaḥ nirasta-sāmyātiśayo 'pi yat svayaṃ piśāca-caryām acarad gatiḥ satām
Whose blameless conduct the wise, wishing to tear away the film of ignorance, celebrate; who, though beyond equal or superior, himself practised the ways of a ghoul — he, the refuge of the good.
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SB 3 14.28
हसन्ति यस्याचरितं हि दुर्भगाः स्वात्मन्-रतस्याविदुषः समीहितम् यैर् वस्त्र-माल्याभरणानुलेपनैः श्व-भोजनं स्वात्मतयोपलालितम्
hasanti yasyācaritaṃ hi durbhagāḥ svātman-ratasyāviduṣaḥ samīhitam yair vastra-mālyābharaṇānulepanaiḥ śva-bhojanaṃ svātmatayopalālitam
The unfortunate ones who do not know laugh at his conduct, at the purpose of him who delights in his own self — by whom the food of dogs (i.e. the body) is fondled with garments, garlands, ornaments and unguents as if it were their own self.
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SB 3 14.29
ब्रह्मादयो यत्-कृत-सेतु-पाला यत्-कारणं विश्वम् इदं च माया आज्ञा-करी यस्य पिशाच-चर्या अहो विभूम्नश् चरितं विडम्बनम्
brahmādayo yat-kṛta-setu-pālā yat-kāraṇaṃ viśvam idaṃ ca māyā ājñā-karī yasya piśāca-caryā aho vibhūmnaś caritaṃ viḍambanam
Brahmā and the others are guardians of the bounds established by him; he is the cause of this universe and of māyā; his order-carrier is (this) ghoulish way of life — ah, the conduct of the all-pervading one is a mockery (of appearances).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 14.30
मैत्रेय उवाच सैवं संविदिते भर्त्रा मन्मथोन्मथितेन्द्रिया जग्राह वासो ब्रह्मर्षेर् वृषलीव गत-त्रपा
maitreya uvāca saivaṃ saṃvidite bhartrā manmathonmathitendriyā jagrāha vāso brahmarṣer vṛṣalīva gata-trapā
Maitreya said: Though thus informed by her husband, she, her senses churned by the god of love, seized the garment of the brahmin sage, like a shameless low-caste woman.
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SB 3 14.31
स विदित्वाथ भार्यायास् तं निर्बन्धं विकर्मणि नत्वा दिष्टाय रहसि तयाथोपविवेश हि
sa viditvātha bhāryāyās taṃ nirbandhaṃ vikarmaṇi natvā diṣṭāya rahasi tayāthopaviveśa hi
Then, knowing his wife's insistence on the forbidden act, he bowed to fate and lay with her in a private place.
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SB 3 14.32
अथोपस्पृश्य सलिलं प्राणान् आयम्य वाग्-यतः ध्यायञ् जजाप विरजं ब्रह्म ज्योतिः सनातनम्
athopaspṛśya salilaṃ prāṇān āyamya vāg-yataḥ dhyāyañ jajāpa virajaṃ brahma jyotiḥ sanātanam
Then, having touched water, restraining his breath, with speech controlled, meditating, he murmured the stainless Brahman, the eternal light.
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SB 3 14.33
दितिस् तु व्रीडिता तेन कर्मावद्येन भारत उपसङ्गम्य विप्रर्षिम् अधो-मुख्य् अभ्यभाषत
ditis tu vrīḍitā tena karmāvadyena bhārata upasaṅgamya viprarṣim adho-mukhy abhyabhāṣata
But Diti, ashamed by that blameworthy act, O Bhārata, approached the brahmin sage and, with face bent down, spoke.
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SB 3 14.34
दितिर् उवाच न मे गर्भम् इमं ब्रह्मन् भूतानाम् ऋषभो ऽवधीत् रुद्रः पतिर् हि भूतानां यस्याकरवम् अंहसम्
ditir uvāca na me garbham imaṃ brahman bhūtānām ṛṣabho 'vadhīt rudraḥ patir hi bhūtānāṃ yasyākaravam aṃhasam
Diti said: May the bull among beings not slay this embryo of mine, O brahmin — for Rudra is the lord of beings, against whom I have committed an offence.
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SB 3 14.35
नमो रुद्राय महते देवायोग्राय मीढुषे शिवाय न्यस्त-दण्डाय धृत-दण्डाय मन्यवे
namo rudrāya mahate devāyogrāya mīḍhuṣe śivāya nyasta-daṇḍāya dhṛta-daṇḍāya manyave
Homage to Rudra, the great god, the fierce, the bountiful, the auspicious one — to him who has laid down the rod and to him who wields the rod, to Wrath (himself).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.36
स नः प्रसीदतां भामो भगवान् उर्व्-अनुग्रहः व्याधस्याप्य् अनुकम्प्यानां स्त्रीणां देवः सती-पतिः
sa naḥ prasīdatāṃ bhāmo bhagavān urv-anugrahaḥ vyādhasyāpy anukampyānāṃ strīṇāṃ devaḥ satī-patiḥ
May he, our brother-in-law, be gracious to us — the Lord whose favour is vast, the god who is the husband of Satī, (gracious) to women, who are to be pitied even by a hunter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.37
मैत्रेय उवाच स्व-सर्गस्याशिषं लोक्याम् आशासानां प्रवेपतीम् निवृत्त-सन्ध्या-नियमो भार्याम् आह प्रजापतिः
maitreya uvāca sva-sargasyāśiṣaṃ lokyām āśāsānāṃ pravepatīm nivṛtta-sandhyā-niyamo bhāryām āha prajāpatiḥ
Maitreya said: To his wife, who was trembling as she begged a blessing for her own offspring in the world, the Prajāpati spoke, his twilight observances now finished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.38
कश्यप उवाच अप्रायत्याद् आत्मनस् ते दोषान् मौहूर्तिकाद् उत मन्-निदेशातिचारेण देवानां चातिहेलनात्
kaśyapa uvāca aprāyatyād ātmanas te doṣān mauhūrtikād uta man-nideśāticāreṇa devānāṃ cātihelanāt
Kaśyapa said: Because of your own impurity, and because of the fault of the (wrong) moment, and by your transgressing my instruction, and by your extreme contempt for the gods —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.39
भविष्यतस् तवाभद्राव् अभद्रे जाठराधमौ लोकान् स-पालांस् त्रींश् चण्डि मुहुर् आक्रन्दयिष्यतः
bhaviṣyatas tavābhadrāv abhadre jāṭharādhamau lokān sa-pālāṃs trīṃś caṇḍi muhur ākrandayiṣyataḥ
— there will be born to you, O inauspicious one, two inauspicious, base sons of your womb, who, O fierce woman, will repeatedly make the three worlds with their guardians cry out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.40
प्राणिनां हन्यमानानां दीनानाम् अकृतागसाम् स्त्रीणां निगृह्यमाणानां कोपितेषु महात्मसु
prāṇināṃ hanyamānānāṃ dīnānām akṛtāgasām strīṇāṃ nigṛhyamāṇānāṃ kopiteṣu mahātmasu
When living beings, wretched and having committed no offence, are being slain, and women are being seized, and the great souls are enraged —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.41
तदा विश्वेश्वरः क्रुद्धो भगवाल् लोक-भावनः हनिष्यत्य् अवतीर्यासौ यथाद्रीन् शतपर्व-धृक्
tadā viśveśvaraḥ kruddho bhagavāl loka-bhāvanaḥ haniṣyaty avatīryāsau yathādrīn śataparva-dhṛk
Then the Lord of the universe, the Blessed One, the sustainer of the worlds, angered, will descend and slay them, as the wielder of the hundred-jointed (thunderbolt) slew the mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.42
दितिर् उवाच वधं भगवता साक्षात् सुनाभोदार-बाहुना आशासे पुत्रयोर् मह्यं मा क्रुद्धाद् ब्राह्मणाद् प्रभो
ditir uvāca vadhaṃ bhagavatā sākṣāt sunābhodāra-bāhunā āśāse putrayor mahyaṃ mā kruddhād brāhmaṇād prabho
Diti said: I desire that my two sons be slain by the Blessed Lord himself, with his arm broad and bearing the fine-naveled (disc) — not, O lord, by an angry brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.43
न ब्रह्म-दण्ड-दग्धस्य न भूत-भयदस्य च नारकाश् चानुगृह्णन्ति यां यां योनिम् असौ गतः
na brahma-daṇḍa-dagdhasya na bhūta-bhayadasya ca nārakāś cānugṛhṇanti yāṃ yāṃ yonim asau gataḥ
Of one burnt by a brahmin's rod (of punishment), and of one who gives fear to living beings, not even the hell-dwellers show favour, into whatever womb he may have gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.44
कश्यप उवाच कृत-शोकानुतापेन सद्यः प्रत्यवमर्शनात् भगवत्य् उरु-मानाच् च भवे मय्य् अपि चादरात्
kaśyapa uvāca kṛta-śokānutāpena sadyaḥ pratyavamarśanāt bhagavaty uru-mānāc ca bhave mayy api cādarāt
Kaśyapa said: Because of the sorrow and remorse you have shown, because of your immediate reconsideration, because of your great regard for the Lord, and for Śiva, and for me as well —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.45
पुत्रस्यैव च पुत्राणां भवितैकः सतां मतः गास्यन्ति यद्-यशः शुद्धं भगवद्-यशसा समम्
putrasyaiva ca putrāṇāṃ bhavitaikaḥ satāṃ mataḥ gāsyanti yad-yaśaḥ śuddhaṃ bhagavad-yaśasā samam
— of the sons of your very son, one will be (born) who is esteemed by the good, whose pure fame the (saints) will sing as equal to the fame of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.46
योगैर् हेमेव दुर्वर्णं भावयिष्यन्ति साधवः निर्वैरादिभिर् आत्मानं यच्-छीलम् अनुवर्तितुम्
yogair hemeva durvarṇaṃ bhāvayiṣyanti sādhavaḥ nirvairādibhir ātmānaṃ yac-chīlam anuvartitum
Just as gold of poor colour (is refined) by processes, the saintly will purify themselves by freedom from enmity and other (virtues), in order to follow his character.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.47
यत्-प्रसादाद् इदं विश्वं प्रसीदति यद्-आत्मकम् स स्व-दृग् भगवान् यस्य तोष्यते ऽनन्यया दृशा
yat-prasādād idaṃ viśvaṃ prasīdati yad-ātmakam sa sva-dṛg bhagavān yasya toṣyate 'nanyayā dṛśā
That self-luminous Lord, by whose grace this universe becomes gracious, and of whom it consists, is pleased with him by his undeviating vision.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.48
स वै महा-भागवतो महात्मा महानुभावो महतां महिष्ठः प्रवृद्ध-भक्त्या ह्य् अनुभाविताशये निवेश्य वैकुण्ठम् इमं विहास्यति
sa vai mahā-bhāgavato mahātmā mahānubhāvo mahatāṃ mahiṣṭhaḥ pravṛddha-bhaktyā hy anubhāvitāśaye niveśya vaikuṇṭham imaṃ vihāsyati
He indeed, a great devotee, a great soul, of great power, the greatest of the great, will, by his fully grown devotion, place Vaikuṇṭha within his heart made receptive (by realization) and abandon this (body/world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 14.49
अलम्पटः शील-धरो गुणाकरो हृष्टः परर्द्ध्या व्यथितो दुःखितेषु अभूत-शत्रुर् जगतः शोक-हर्ता नैदाघिकं तापम् इवोडुराजः
alampaṭaḥ śīla-dharo guṇākaro hṛṣṭaḥ pararddhyā vyathito duḥkhiteṣu abhūta-śatrur jagataḥ śoka-hartā naidāghikaṃ tāpam ivoḍurājaḥ
Not given to lust, upholding good conduct, a mine of virtues, delighted at another's prosperity, pained at those who suffer, having no enemy among beings, remover of the world's grief like the moon (removing) the heat of summer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 14.50
अन्तर् बहिश् चामलम् अब्ज-नेत्रं स्व-पूरुषेच्छानुगृहीत-रूपम् पौत्रस् तव श्री-ललना-ललामं द्रष्टा स्फुरत्-कुण्डल-मण्डिताननम्
antar bahiś cāmalam abja-netraṃ sva-pūruṣecchānugṛhīta-rūpam pautras tava śrī-lalanā-lalāmaṃ draṣṭā sphurat-kuṇḍala-maṇḍitānanam
Your grandson will see him who is spotless within and without, lotus-eyed, whose form is graciously assumed at the wish of his own devotee, the ornament of the goddess Śrī, his face adorned with glittering earrings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 14.51
मैत्रेय उवाच श्रुत्वा भागवतं पौत्रम् अमोदत दितिर् भृशम् पुत्रयोश् च वधं कृष्णाद् विदित्वासीन् महा-मनाः
maitreya uvāca śrutvā bhāgavataṃ pautram amodata ditir bhṛśam putrayoś ca vadhaṃ kṛṣṇād viditvāsīn mahā-manāḥ
Maitreya said: Having heard of the devotee grandson, Diti rejoiced greatly, and knowing also the slaying of her two sons by Kṛṣṇa, she became high-minded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition