Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 16
SB 3 16.1
ब्रह्मोवाच इति तद् गृणतां तेषां मुनीनां योग-धर्मिणाम् प्रतिनन्द्य जगादेदं विकुण्ठ-निलयो विभुः
brahmovāca iti tad gṛṇatāṃ teṣāṃ munīnāṃ yoga-dharmiṇām pratinandya jagādedaṃ vikuṇṭha-nilayo vibhuḥ
Brahmā said: When those sages, whose practice was yoga, had thus praised him, the almighty Lord whose abode is Vaikuṇṭha, greeting them in return, said this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.2
श्री-भगवान् उवाच एतौ तौ पार्षदौ मह्यं जयो विजय एव च कदर्थी-कृत्य मां यद् वो बह्व् अक्राताम् अतिक्रमम्
śrī-bhagavān uvāca etau tau pārṣadau mahyaṃ jayo vijaya eva ca kadarthī-kṛtya māṃ yad vo bahv akrātām atikramam
The Blessed Lord said: These two are attendants of mine, Jaya and Vijaya; in slighting me they have committed a great transgression against you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.3
यस् त्व् एतयोर् धृतो दण्डो भवद्भिर् माम् अनुव्रतैः स एवानुमतो ऽस्माभिर् मुनयो देव-हेलनात्
yas tv etayor dhṛto daṇḍo bhavadbhir mām anuvrataiḥ sa evānumato 'smābhir munayo deva-helanāt
But the punishment laid upon these two by you, who are devoted to me, is itself approved by me, O sages, since it followed from their contempt for a god (a brāhmaṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.4
तद् वः प्रसादयाम्य् अद्य ब्रह्म दैवं परं हि मे तद् धीत्य् आत्म-कृतं मन्ये यत् स्व-पुम्भिर् असत्-कृताः
tad vaḥ prasādayāmy adya brahma daivaṃ paraṃ hi me tad dhīty ātma-kṛtaṃ manye yat sva-pumbhir asat-kṛtāḥ
Therefore I beg your favour today, for the brāhmaṇa is indeed my highest deity; and this that you were dishonoured by my own men — that, surely, I regard as done by myself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.5
यन्-नामानि च गृह्णाति लोको भृत्ये कृतागसि सो ऽसाधु-वादस् तत्-कीर्तिं हन्ति त्वचम् इवामयः
yan-nāmāni ca gṛhṇāti loko bhṛtye kṛtāgasi so 'sādhu-vādas tat-kīrtiṃ hanti tvacam ivāmayaḥ
And when a servant has committed an offence, people utter the names (of his master); that ill report destroys his fame as a disease destroys the skin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.6
यस्यामृतामल-यशः-श्रवणावगाहः सद्यः पुनाति जगद् आश्वपचाद् विकुण्ठः अम्प्;सो ऽहं भवद्भ्य उपलब्ध-सुतीर्थ-कीर्तिश् छिन्द्यां स्व-बाहुम् अपि वः प्रतिकूल-वृत्तिम्
yasyāmṛtāmala-yaśaḥ-śravaṇāvagāhaḥ sadyaḥ punāti jagad āśvapacād vikuṇṭhaḥ so 'haṃ bhavadbhya upalabdha-sutīrtha-kīrtiś chindyāṃ sva-bāhum api vaḥ pratikūla-vṛttim
He whose immortal, spotless fame, when one plunges into the hearing of it, at once purifies the world down to the dog-cooker — the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha: such am I, who have from you obtained the fame of being a good place of pilgrimage; I would cut off even my own arm were it to act against you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.7
यत्-सेवया चरण-पद्म-पवित्र-रेणुं सद्यः क्षताखिल-मलं प्रतिलब्ध-शीलम् यत्-सेवया चरण-पद्म-पवित्र-रेणुं सद्यः क्षताखिल-मलं प्रतिलब्ध-शीलम् न श्रीर् विरक्तम् अपि मां विजहाति यस्याः प्रेक्षा-लवार्थ इतरे नियमान् वहन्ति
yat-sevayā caraṇa-padma-pavitra-reṇuṃ sadyaḥ kṣatākhila-malaṃ pratilabdha-śīlam yat-sevayā caraṇa-padma-pavitra-reṇuṃ sadyaḥ kṣatākhila-malaṃ pratilabdha-śīlam na śrīr viraktam api māṃ vijahāti yasyāḥ prekṣā-lavārtha itare niyamān vahanti
By whose service one at once (obtains) the purifying dust of (my) lotus feet, has all impurity destroyed, and gains good character — Śrī does not forsake me even though I am indifferent to her, she for a mere fraction of whose glance others undertake vows of restraint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.8
नाहं तथाद्मि यजमान-हविर् विताने श्च्योतद्-घृत-प्लुतम् अदन् हुत-भुङ्-मुखेन नाहं तथाद्मि यजमान-हविर् विताने श्च्योतद्-घृत-प्लुतम् अदन् हुत-भुङ्-मुखेन यद् ब्राह्मणस्य मुखतश् चरतो ऽनुघासं तुष्टस्य मय्य् अवहितैर् निज-कर्म-पाकैः
nāhaṃ tathādmi yajamāna-havir vitāne ścyotad-ghṛta-plutam adan huta-bhuṅ-mukhena nāhaṃ tathādmi yajamāna-havir vitāne ścyotad-ghṛta-plutam adan huta-bhuṅ-mukhena yad brāhmaṇasya mukhataś carato 'nughāsaṃ tuṣṭasya mayy avahitair nija-karma-pākaiḥ
I do not eat, through the mouth of the fire that consumes the offering, the sacrificer's oblation soaked in dripping ghee in the sacrificial enclosure, as (I eat) morsel by morsel through the mouth of a brāhmaṇa who eats when he is satisfied, his own ripened works being dedicated to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.9
येषां बिभर्म्य् अहम् अखण्ड-विकुण्ठ-योग- माया-विभूतिर् अमलाङ्घ्रि-रजः किरीटैः येषां बिभर्म्य् अहम् अखण्ड-विकुण्ठ-योग- माया-विभूतिर् अमलाङ्घ्रि-रजः किरीटैः विप्रांस् तु को न विषहेत यद्-अर्हणाम्भः सद्यः पुनाति सह-चन्द्र-ललाम-लोकान्
yeṣāṃ bibharmy aham akhaṇḍa-vikuṇṭha-yoga- māyā-vibhūtir amalāṅghri-rajaḥ kirīṭaiḥ yeṣāṃ bibharmy aham akhaṇḍa-vikuṇṭha-yoga- māyā-vibhūtir amalāṅghri-rajaḥ kirīṭaiḥ viprāṃs tu ko na viṣaheta yad-arhaṇāmbhaḥ sadyaḥ punāti saha-candra-lalāma-lokān
I, whose opulences are the unbroken yogamāyā of Vaikuṇṭha, bear with my crowns the spotless dust of the feet of those best of the twice-born — who then would not honour the brāhmaṇas, the water of whose worship instantly purifies the worlds together with him who wears the moon as his crest-ornament?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.10
ये मे तनूर् द्विज-वरान् दुहतीर् मदीया भूतान्य् अलब्ध-शरणानि च भेद-बुद्ध्या ये मे तनूर् द्विज-वरान् दुहतीर् मदीया भूतान्य् अलब्ध-शरणानि च भेद-बुद्ध्या द्रक्ष्यन्त्य् अघ-क्षत-दृशो ह्य् अहि-मन्यवस् तान् गृध्रा रुषा मम कुषन्त्य् अधिदण्ड-नेतुः
ye me tanūr dvija-varān duhatīr madīyā bhūtāny alabdha-śaraṇāni ca bheda-buddhyā ye me tanūr dvija-varān duhatīr madīyā bhūtāny alabdha-śaraṇāni ca bheda-buddhyā drakṣyanty agha-kṣata-dṛśo hy ahi-manyavas tān gṛdhrā ruṣā mama kuṣanty adhidaṇḍa-netuḥ
Those whose sight is ruined by sin and whose wrath is like a snake's, and who look with a mind of difference upon the best of the twice-born — who are my own bodies, milking out what is mine — and upon creatures that have found no shelter: those men the vultures of my officer of punishment tear in fury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.11
ये ब्राह्मणान् मयि धिया क्षिपतो ऽर्चयन्तस् तुष्यद्-धृदः स्मित-सुधोक्षित-पद्म-वक्त्राः ये ब्राह्मणान् मयि धिया क्षिपतो ऽर्चयन्तस् तुष्यद्-धृदः स्मित-सुधोक्षित-पद्म-वक्त्राः वाण्यानुराग-कलयात्मजवद् गृणन्तः सम्बोधयन्त्य् अहम् इवाहम् उपाहृतस् तैः
ye brāhmaṇān mayi dhiyā kṣipato 'rcayantas tuṣyad-dhṛdaḥ smita-sudhokṣita-padma-vaktrāḥ ye brāhmaṇān mayi dhiyā kṣipato 'rcayantas tuṣyad-dhṛdaḥ smita-sudhokṣita-padma-vaktrāḥ vāṇyānurāga-kalayātmajavad gṛṇantaḥ sambodhayanty aham ivāham upāhṛtas taiḥ
Those who, when brāhmaṇas revile me, still worship them, their hearts content, their lotus faces sprinkled with the nectar of a smile, praising them with speech touched by affection as one praises a son, and so conciliate them — by them I myself am won over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.12
तन् मे स्व-भर्तुर् अवसायम् अलक्षमाणौ युष्मद्-व्यतिक्रम-गतिं प्रतिपद्य सद्यः तन् मे स्व-भर्तुर् अवसायम् अलक्षमाणौ युष्मद्-व्यतिक्रम-गतिं प्रतिपद्य सद्यः भूयो ममान्तिकम् इतां तद् अनुग्रहो मे यत् कल्पताम् अचिरतो भृतयोर् विवासः
tan me sva-bhartur avasāyam alakṣamāṇau yuṣmad-vyatikrama-gatiṃ pratipadya sadyaḥ tan me sva-bhartur avasāyam alakṣamāṇau yuṣmad-vyatikrama-gatiṃ pratipadya sadyaḥ bhūyo mamāntikam itāṃ tad anugraho me yat kalpatām acirato bhṛtayor vivāsaḥ
Therefore, these two, failing to perceive their own master's intent, having at once met with the consequence of transgressing against you — let them come back into my presence; this would be a kindness to me: that the banishment of my two servants be made brief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.13
ब्रह्मोवाच अथ तस्योशतीं देवीम् ऋषि-कुल्यां सरस्वतीम् नास्वाद्य मन्यु-दष्टानां तेषाम् आत्माप्य् अतृप्यत
brahmovāca atha tasyośatīṃ devīm ṛṣi-kulyāṃ sarasvatīm nāsvādya manyu-daṣṭānāṃ teṣām ātmāpy atṛpyata
Brahmā said: Then, though they tasted that lovely divine speech of his, a stream flowing from the sages, the hearts of those men, bitten by anger, were still not sated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.14
सतीं व्यादाय शृण्वन्तो लघ्वीं गुर्व्-अर्थ-गह्वराम् विगाह्यागाध-गम्भीरां न विदुस् तच्-चिकीर्षितम्
satīṃ vyādāya śṛṇvanto laghvīṃ gurv-artha-gahvarām vigāhyāgādha-gambhīrāṃ na vidus tac-cikīrṣitam
Listening open-mouthed to that true speech, brief yet a cavern of weighty meaning, and plunging into it, fathomless and deep, they did not understand what he intended to do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.15
ते योग-माययारब्ध- पारमेष्ठ्य-महोदयम् प्रोचुः प्राञ्जलयो विप्राः प्रहृष्टाः क्षुभित-त्वचः
te yoga-māyayārabdha- pārameṣṭhya-mahodayam procuḥ prāñjalayo viprāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ kṣubhita-tvacaḥ
With palms joined, thrilled, the hair on their skin bristling, those brāhmaṇas spoke to him, whose supreme sovereign majesty had been set in motion by his yogamāyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.16
ऋषय ऊचुः न वयं भगवन् विद्मस् तव देव चिकीर्षितम् कृतो मे ऽनुग्रहश् चेति यद् अध्यक्षः प्रभाषसे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ na vayaṃ bhagavan vidmas tava deva cikīrṣitam kṛto me 'nugrahaś ceti yad adhyakṣaḥ prabhāṣase
The sages said: We do not know, O Blessed One, O God, what you intend to do, in that you, the overseer of all, declare, "A favour has been done to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.17
ब्रह्मण्यस्य परं दैवं ब्राह्मणाः किल ते प्रभो विप्राणां देव-देवानां भगवान् आत्म-दैवतम्
brahmaṇyasya paraṃ daivaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ kila te prabho viprāṇāṃ deva-devānāṃ bhagavān ātma-daivatam
You are devoted to the brāhmaṇas, and the brāhmaṇas, indeed, are your highest deity, O Lord; while for the brāhmaṇas, who are gods among gods, the Blessed Lord is the deity of their very self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.18
त्वत्तः सनातनो धर्मो रक्ष्यते तनुभिस् तव धर्मस्य परमो गुह्यो निर्विकारो भवान् मतः
tvattaḥ sanātano dharmo rakṣyate tanubhis tava dharmasya paramo guhyo nirvikāro bhavān mataḥ
From you the eternal dharma is protected by your embodiments; you are held to be the supreme secret of dharma, yourself unchanging.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.19
तरन्ति ह्य् अञ्जसा मृत्युं निवृत्ता यद्-अनुग्रहात् योगिनः स भवान् किं स्विद् अनुगृह्येत यत् परैः
taranti hy añjasā mṛtyuṃ nivṛttā yad-anugrahāt yoginaḥ sa bhavān kiṃ svid anugṛhyeta yat paraiḥ
For yogins who have turned away (from the world) cross over death with ease, by whose grace: how then could you, being such, be favoured by others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.20
यं वै विभूतिर् उपयात्य् अनुवेलम् अन्यैर् अर्थार्थिभिः स्व-शिरसा धृत-पाद-रेणुः अम्प्;धन्यार्पिताङ्घ्रि-तुलसी-नव-दाम-धाम्नो लोकं मधुव्रत-पतेर् इव काम-याना
yaṃ vai vibhūtir upayāty anuvelam anyair arthārthibhiḥ sva-śirasā dhṛta-pāda-reṇuḥ dhanyārpitāṅghri-tulasī-nava-dāma-dhāmno lokaṃ madhuvrata-pater iva kāma-yānā
(He) whom Fortune herself attends at every moment — she whose foot-dust others, the seekers of wealth, bear upon their own heads — she desiring the place of him whose glory is the fresh garland of tulasī set at his feet by the fortunate, as (a female bee) goes desiring the lord of the honey-bees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.21
यस् तां विविक्त-चरितैर् अनुवर्तमानां नात्याद्रियत् परम-भागवत-प्रसङ्गः यस् तां विविक्त-चरितैर् अनुवर्तमानां नात्याद्रियत् परम-भागवत-प्रसङ्गः स त्वं द्विजानुपथ-पुण्य-रजः-पुनीतः श्रीवत्स-लक्ष्म किम् अगा भग-भाजनस् त्वम्
yas tāṃ vivikta-caritair anuvartamānāṃ nātyādriyat parama-bhāgavata-prasaṅgaḥ yas tāṃ vivikta-caritair anuvartamānāṃ nātyādriyat parama-bhāgavata-prasaṅgaḥ sa tvaṃ dvijānupatha-puṇya-rajaḥ-punītaḥ śrīvatsa-lakṣma kim agā bhaga-bhājanas tvam
(You) who, being devoted to the company of the greatest devotees, did not greatly esteem her, though she followed you with secluded practices — you, purified by the holy dust of the path (trodden) by the twice-born, marked with the Śrīvatsa: what have you come to, you who are the vessel of all fortune?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.22
धर्मस्य ते भगवतस् त्रि-युग त्रिभिः स्वैः पद्भिश् चराचरम् इदं द्विज-देवतार्थम् धर्मस्य ते भगवतस् त्रि-युग त्रिभिः स्वैः पद्भिश् चराचरम् इदं द्विज-देवतार्थम् नूनं भृतं तद्-अभिघाति रजस् तमश् च सत्त्वेन नो वरदया तनुवा निरस्य
dharmasya te bhagavatas tri-yuga tribhiḥ svaiḥ padbhiś carācaram idaṃ dvija-devatārtham dharmasya te bhagavatas tri-yuga tribhiḥ svaiḥ padbhiś carācaram idaṃ dvija-devatārtham nūnaṃ bhṛtaṃ tad-abhighāti rajas tamaś ca sattvena no varadayā tanuvā nirasya
Surely, O you of the three ages, this world of moving and unmoving beings is sustained by the three feet of you, the Lord of dharma, for the sake of the twice-born and the gods; remove for us, by your boon-granting body of sattva, the rajas and tamas that assail it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.23
न त्वं द्विजोत्तम-कुलं यदि हात्म-गोपं गोप्ता वृषः स्वर्हणेन स-सूनृतेन न त्वं द्विजोत्तम-कुलं यदि हात्म-गोपं गोप्ता वृषः स्वर्हणेन स-सूनृतेन तर्ह्य् एव नङ्क्ष्यति शिवस् तव देव पन्था लोको ऽग्रहीष्यद् ऋषभस्य हि तत् प्रमाणम्
na tvaṃ dvijottama-kulaṃ yadi hātma-gopaṃ goptā vṛṣaḥ svarhaṇena sa-sūnṛtena na tvaṃ dvijottama-kulaṃ yadi hātma-gopaṃ goptā vṛṣaḥ svarhaṇena sa-sūnṛtena tarhy eva naṅkṣyati śivas tava deva panthā loko 'grahīṣyad ṛṣabhasya hi tat pramāṇam
If you, the bull (of dharma), do not protect with proper honour and kind speech the family of the best of the twice-born — self-guarding though it is — then, O God, your auspicious path will perish, for the world would have taken it up; indeed the conduct of the eminent one is the standard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.24
तत् ते ऽनभीष्टम् इव सत्त्व-निधेर् विधित्सोः क्षेमं जनाय निज-शक्तिभिर् उद्धृतारेः तत् ते ऽनभीष्टम् इव सत्त्व-निधेर् विधित्सोः क्षेमं जनाय निज-शक्तिभिर् उद्धृतारेः नैतावता त्र्य्-अधिपतेर् बत विश्व-भर्तुस् तेजः क्षतं त्व् अवनतस्य स ते विनोदः
tat te 'nabhīṣṭam iva sattva-nidher vidhitsoḥ kṣemaṃ janāya nija-śaktibhir uddhṛtāreḥ tat te 'nabhīṣṭam iva sattva-nidher vidhitsoḥ kṣemaṃ janāya nija-śaktibhir uddhṛtāreḥ naitāvatā try-adhipater bata viśva-bhartus tejaḥ kṣataṃ tv avanatasya sa te vinodaḥ
That seems not to your liking, since you are a treasury of goodness, wishing well-being for the people, having removed the enemy by your own powers; and by this much, alas, the might of you, lord of the three and supporter of the universe, is not lessened when you bow down — that is your sport.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.25
यं वानयोर् दमम् अधीश भवान् विधत्ते वृत्तिं नु वा तद् अनुमन्महि निर्व्यलीकम् यं वानयोर् दमम् अधीश भवान् विधत्ते वृत्तिं नु वा तद् अनुमन्महि निर्व्यलीकम् अस्मासु वा य उचितो ध्रियतां स दण्डो ये ऽनागसौ वयम् अयुङ्क्ष्महि किल्बिषेण
yaṃ vānayor damam adhīśa bhavān vidhatte vṛttiṃ nu vā tad anumanmahi nirvyalīkam yaṃ vānayor damam adhīśa bhavān vidhatte vṛttiṃ nu vā tad anumanmahi nirvyalīkam asmāsu vā ya ucito dhriyatāṃ sa daṇḍo ye 'nāgasau vayam ayuṅkṣmahi kilbiṣeṇa
Whatever punishment, O Lord, or whatever treatment you ordain for these two, that we approve without duplicity; or else, let whatever penalty is fitting be laid upon us, who have burdened these two guiltless ones with a sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.26
श्री-भगवान् उवाच एतौ सुरेतर-गतिं प्रतिपद्य सद्यः संरम्भ-सम्भृत-समाध्य्-अनुबद्ध-योगौ एतौ सुरेतर-गतिं प्रतिपद्य सद्यः संरम्भ-सम्भृत-समाध्य्-अनुबद्ध-योगौ भूयः सकाशम् उपयास्यत आशु यो वः शापो मयैव निमितस् तद् अवेत विप्राः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca etau suretara-gatiṃ pratipadya sadyaḥ saṃrambha-sambhṛta-samādhy-anubaddha-yogau etau suretara-gatiṃ pratipadya sadyaḥ saṃrambha-sambhṛta-samādhy-anubaddha-yogau bhūyaḥ sakāśam upayāsyata āśu yo vaḥ śāpo mayaiva nimitas tad aveta viprāḥ
The Blessed Lord said: These two, at once attaining a birth other than that of gods, their yoga bound fast by a concentration intensified through wrath, will soon come again into my presence. Know, O brāhmaṇas, that this curse of yours was occasioned by me alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.27
ब्रह्मोवाच अथ ते मुनयो दृष्ट्वा नयनानन्द-भाजनम् वैकुण्ठं तद्-अधिष्ठानं विकुण्ठं च स्वयं-प्रभम्
brahmovāca atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā nayanānanda-bhājanam vaikuṇṭhaṃ tad-adhiṣṭhānaṃ vikuṇṭhaṃ ca svayaṃ-prabham
Brahmā said: Then those sages, having seen Vaikuṇṭha, the vessel of delight for the eyes, and his seat Vikuṇṭha, self-luminous,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.28
भगवन्तं परिक्रम्य प्रणिपत्यानुमान्य च प्रतिजग्मुः प्रमुदिताः शंसन्तो वैष्णवीं श्रियम्
bhagavantaṃ parikramya praṇipatyānumānya ca pratijagmuḥ pramuditāḥ śaṃsanto vaiṣṇavīṃ śriyam
circumambulated the Lord, bowed down, and took their leave, and went back greatly delighted, praising the splendour belonging to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.29
भगवान् अनुगाव् आह यातं मा भैष्टम् अस्तु शम् ब्रह्म-तेजः समर्थो ऽपि हन्तुं नेच्छे मतं तु मे
bhagavān anugāv āha yātaṃ mā bhaiṣṭam astu śam brahma-tejaḥ samartho 'pi hantuṃ necche mataṃ tu me
The Lord said to the two attendants: Go; do not fear; may it be well. Though able to nullify the brāhmaṇas' power, I do not wish to — rather, this is my own intent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.30
एतत् पुरैव निर्दिष्टं रमया क्रुद्धया यदा पुरापवारिता द्वारि विशन्ती मय्य् उपारते
etat puraiva nirdiṣṭaṃ ramayā kruddhayā yadā purāpavāritā dvāri viśantī mayy upārate
This was foretold long before by Ramā when she was angry, at the time when formerly she was barred at the door as she was entering, while I was resting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.31
मयि संरम्भ-योगेन निस्तीर्य ब्रह्म-हेलनम् प्रत्येष्यतं निकाशं मे कालेनाल्पीयसा पुनः
mayi saṃrambha-yogena nistīrya brahma-helanam pratyeṣyataṃ nikāśaṃ me kālenālpīyasā punaḥ
Having crossed beyond (the fault of) slighting the brāhmaṇas by means of a yoga of wrath directed at me, you two will come back into my presence again after a very short time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.32
द्वाःस्थाव् आदिश्य भगवान् विमान-श्रेणि-भूषणम् सर्वातिशयया लक्ष्म्या जुष्टं स्वं धिष्ण्यम् आविशत्
dvāḥsthāv ādiśya bhagavān vimāna-śreṇi-bhūṣaṇam sarvātiśayayā lakṣmyā juṣṭaṃ svaṃ dhiṣṇyam āviśat
Having so instructed the two doorkeepers, the Lord entered his own abode, the ornament of the ranks of celestial cars, endowed with all-surpassing splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.33
तौ तु गीर्वाण-ऋषभौ दुस्तराद् धरि-लोकतः हत-श्रियौ ब्रह्म-शापाद् अभूतां विगत-स्मयौ
tau tu gīrvāṇa-ṛṣabhau dustarād dhari-lokataḥ hata-śriyau brahma-śāpād abhūtāṃ vigata-smayau
But those two bulls among the gods, their splendour destroyed by the brāhmaṇas' curse, fell from the hard-to-reach world of Hari and became bereft of pride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.34
तदा विकुण्ठ-धिषणात् तयोर् निपतमानयोः हाहा-कारो महान् आसीद् विमानाग्र्येषु पुत्रकाः
tadā vikuṇṭha-dhiṣaṇāt tayor nipatamānayoḥ hāhā-kāro mahān āsīd vimānāgryeṣu putrakāḥ
Then, as those two were falling from the Vikuṇṭha abode, there arose a great cry of "Alas! Alas!" among the foremost celestial cars, O little sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.35
ताव् एव ह्य् अधुना प्राप्तौ पार्षद-प्रवरौ हरेः दितेर् जठर-निर्विष्टं काश्यपं तेज उल्बणम्
tāv eva hy adhunā prāptau pārṣada-pravarau hareḥ diter jaṭhara-nirviṣṭaṃ kāśyapaṃ teja ulbaṇam
Those very two, the foremost attendants of Hari, have now arrived as Kaśyapa's fierce potency lodged in Diti's womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 16.36
तयोर् असुरयोर् अद्य तेजसा यमयोर् हि वः आक्षिप्तं तेज एतर्हि भगवांस् तद् विधित्सति
tayor asurayor adya tejasā yamayor hi vaḥ ākṣiptaṃ teja etarhi bhagavāṃs tad vidhitsati
It is indeed by the potency of those two twin asuras that your potency has now been taken away; the Lord at present intends (to see to) that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 16.37
विश्वस्य यः स्थिति-लयोद्भव-हेतुर् आद्यो योगेश्वरैर् अपि दुरत्यय-योगमायः अम्प्;क्षेमं विधास्यति स नो भगवांस् त्र्यधीशस् तत्रास्मदीय-विमृशेन कियान् इहार्थः
viśvasya yaḥ sthiti-layodbhava-hetur ādyo yogeśvarair api duratyaya-yogamāyaḥ kṣemaṃ vidhāsyati sa no bhagavāṃs tryadhīśas tatrāsmadīya-vimṛśena kiyān ihārthaḥ
He who is the primal cause of the maintenance, dissolution and origin of the universe, whose yoga-māyā is insurmountable even for the masters of yoga — that Lord, ruler of the three, will bring about our welfare; what purpose is there here in any deliberation of ours?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition