Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 2
SB 3 2.1
श्री-शुक उवाच इति भागवतः पृष्टः क्षत्त्रा वार्तां प्रियाश्रयाम् प्रतिवक्तुं न चोत्सेह औत्कण्ठ्यात् स्मारितेश्वरः
śrī-śuka uvāca iti bhāgavataḥ pṛṣṭaḥ kṣattrā vārtāṃ priyāśrayām prativaktuṃ na cotseha autkaṇṭhyāt smāriteśvaraḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus asked by Kṣattā (Vidura) for the account resting on his beloved, the devotee could not manage to reply, out of longing, being reminded of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.2
यः पञ्च-हायनो मात्रा प्रातर्-आशाय याचितः तन् नैच्छद् रचयन् यस्य सपर्यां बाल-लीलया
yaḥ pañca-hāyano mātrā prātar-āśāya yācitaḥ tan naicchad racayan yasya saparyāṃ bāla-līlayā
He who at five years old, when asked by his mother to come to breakfast, did not want it, engaged as he was in worship of Him through childish play —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.3
स कथं सेवया तस्य कालेन जरसं गतः पृष्टो वार्तां प्रतिब्रूयाद् भर्तुः पादाव् अनुस्मरन्
sa kathaṃ sevayā tasya kālena jarasaṃ gataḥ pṛṣṭo vārtāṃ pratibrūyād bhartuḥ pādāv anusmaran
how could he, brought by time to old age through service of Him, when asked, give an answer about the tidings, while remembering his Master's feet?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.4
स मुहूर्तम् अभूत् तूष्णीं कृष्णाङ्घ्रि-सुधया भृशम् तीव्रेण भक्ति-योगेन निमग्नः साधु निर्वृतः
sa muhūrtam abhūt tūṣṇīṃ kṛṣṇāṅghri-sudhayā bhṛśam tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena nimagnaḥ sādhu nirvṛtaḥ
For a moment he became silent, plunged deep in the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's feet through intense devotional yoga, thoroughly blissful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.5
पुलकोद्भिन्न-सर्वाङ्गो मुञ्चन् मीलद्-दृशा शुचः पूर्णार्थो लक्षितस् तेन स्नेह-प्रसर-सम्प्लुतः
pulakodbhinna-sarvāṅgo muñcan mīlad-dṛśā śucaḥ pūrṇārtho lakṣitas tena sneha-prasara-samplutaḥ
With every limb bristling with horripilation, shedding tears from his closing eyes, he was seen by him (Vidura) as one whose purpose was fulfilled, flooded by the surge of his affection.
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SB 3 2.6
शनकैर् भगवल्-लोकान् नृलोकं पुनर् आगतः विमृज्य नेत्रे विदुरं प्रीत्याहोद्धव उत्स्मयन्
śanakair bhagaval-lokān nṛlokaṃ punar āgataḥ vimṛjya netre viduraṃ prītyāhoddhava utsmayan
Slowly returning again from the world of the Lord to the world of men, Uddhava wiped his eyes and, smiling broadly, spoke to Vidura with affection.
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SB 3 2.7
उद्धव उवाच कृष्ण-द्युमणि निम्लोचे गीर्णेष्व् अजगरेण ह किं नु नः कुशलं ब्रूयां गत-श्रीषु गृहेष्व् अहम्
uddhava uvāca kṛṣṇa-dyumaṇi nimloce gīrṇeṣv ajagareṇa ha kiṃ nu naḥ kuśalaṃ brūyāṃ gata-śrīṣu gṛheṣv aham
Uddhava said: When the sun that is Kṛṣṇa has set, and (our house) has been swallowed by the python, what auspicious news can I tell you about ourselves, about our homes from which fortune has departed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.8
दुर्भगो बत लोको ऽयं यदवो नितराम् अपि ये संवसन्तो न विदुर् हरिं मीना इवोडुपम्
durbhago bata loko 'yaṃ yadavo nitarām api ye saṃvasanto na vidur hariṃ mīnā ivoḍupam
Alas, this world is unfortunate, and the Yadus even more so, for though they dwelt together (with him) they did not know Hari, as fish do not know the moon.
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SB 3 2.9
इङ्गित-ज्ञाः पुरु-प्रौढा एकारामाश् च सात्वताः सात्वताम् ऋषभं सर्वे भूतावासम् अमंसत
iṅgita-jñāḥ puru-prauḍhā ekārāmāś ca sātvatāḥ sātvatām ṛṣabhaṃ sarve bhūtāvāsam amaṃsata
The Sātvatas, who could read his gestures, were highly mature, and took their delight in him alone — all of them thought the chief of the Sātvatas to be (merely) the abode of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 2.10
देवस्य मायया स्पृष्टा ये चान्यद् असद्-आश्रिताः भ्राम्यते धीर् न तद्-वाक्यैर् आत्मन्य् उप्तात्मनो हरौ
devasya māyayā spṛṣṭā ye cānyad asad-āśritāḥ bhrāmyate dhīr na tad-vākyair ātmany uptātmano harau
Those who are touched by the māyā of the god, and those who have taken shelter of something else that is unreal — the mind of one who has planted his self in the self, in Hari, is not made to waver by their words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 2.11
प्रदर्श्यातप्त-तपसाम् अवितृप्त-दृशां नृणाम् आदायान्तर् अधाद् यस् तु स्व-बिम्बं लोक-लोचनम्
pradarśyātapta-tapasām avitṛpta-dṛśāṃ nṛṇām ādāyāntar adhād yas tu sva-bimbaṃ loka-locanam
He who, having shown his own image — the eye of the world — to men who had performed no austerities and whose sight was unsated, then took it away and disappeared.
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SB 3 2.12
यन् मर्त्य-लीलौपयिकं स्व-योग- माया-बलं दर्शयता गृहीतम् विस्मापनं स्वस्य च सौभगर्द्धेः परं पदं भूषण-भूषणाङ्गम्
yan martya-līlaupayikaṃ sva-yoga- māyā-balaṃ darśayatā gṛhītam vismāpanaṃ svasya ca saubhagarddheḥ paraṃ padaṃ bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅgam
That (form) which, suited to his human pastimes, was assumed by him who was displaying the power of his own yogamāyā — astonishing even to himself, the supreme abode of the abundance of beauty, whose limbs are the ornament of ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 2.13
यद् धर्म-सूनोर् बत राजसूये निरीक्ष्य दृक्-स्वस्त्ययनं त्रि-लोकः कार्त्स्न्येन चाद्येह गतं विधातुर् अर्वाक्-सृतौ कौशलम् इत्य् अमन्यत
yad dharma-sūnor bata rājasūye nirīkṣya dṛk-svastyayanaṃ tri-lokaḥ kārtsnyena cādyeha gataṃ vidhātur arvāk-sṛtau kauśalam ity amanyata
That (form), a benediction to the eyes, which the three worlds beheld at the Rājasūya of Dharma's son — and they thought: "Here today the Creator's skill in the lower creation has gone to its very completeness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 2.14
यस्यानुराग-प्लुत-हास-रास- लीलावलोक-प्रतिलब्ध-मानाः व्रज-स्त्रियो दृग्भिर् अनुप्रवृत्त- धियो ऽवतस्थुः किल कृत्य-शेषाः
yasyānurāga-pluta-hāsa-rāsa- līlāvaloka-pratilabdha-mānāḥ vraja-striyo dṛgbhir anupravṛtta- dhiyo 'vatasthuḥ kila kṛtya-śeṣāḥ
He by whose loving, laughter-filled glances in the rāsa play the women of Vraja gained honour, and who, with their minds following after him through their eyes, stood still, their remaining tasks (left undone).
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SB 3 2.15
स्व-शान्त-रूपेष्व् इतरैः स्व-रूपैर् अभ्यर्द्यमानेष्व् अनुकम्पितात्मा परावरेशो महद्-अंश-युक्तो ह्य् अजो ऽपि जातो भगवान् यथाग्निः
sva-śānta-rūpeṣv itaraiḥ sva-rūpair abhyardyamāneṣv anukampitātmā parāvareśo mahad-aṃśa-yukto hy ajo 'pi jāto bhagavān yathāgniḥ
When his own peaceful forms (the devotees) were being oppressed by others, forms also his own, the Lord, whose heart is compassionate, the lord of the higher and the lower, joined with a portion of the mahat, though unborn, was born — like fire (kindled from wood).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 2.16
मां खेदयत्य् एतद् अजस्य जन्म- विडम्बनं यद् वसुदेव-गेहे व्रजे च वासो ऽरि-भयाद् इव स्वयं पुराद् व्यवात्सीद् यद्-अनन्त-वीर्यः
māṃ khedayaty etad ajasya janma- viḍambanaṃ yad vasudeva-gehe vraje ca vāso 'ri-bhayād iva svayaṃ purād vyavātsīd yad-ananta-vīryaḥ
This pains me: the mock birth of the unborn one in Vasudeva's house, and his dwelling in Vraja as if out of fear of enemies, and that he of infinite valour himself departed from his city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.17
दुनोति चेतः स्मरतो ममैतद् यद् आह पादाव् अभिवन्द्य पित्रोः ताताम्ब कंसाद् उरु-शङ्कितानां प्रसीदतं नो ऽकृत-निष्कृतीनाम्
dunoti cetaḥ smarato mamaitad yad āha pādāv abhivandya pitroḥ tātāmba kaṃsād uru-śaṅkitānāṃ prasīdataṃ no 'kṛta-niṣkṛtīnām
This burns my heart when I remember it: what he said, having bowed at the feet of his parents — "Father, mother, be gracious to us who have made no recompense to you, who were so greatly afraid of Kaṃsa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.18
को वा अमुष्याङ्घ्रि-सरोज-रेणुं विस्मर्तुम् ईशीत पुमान् विजिघ्रन् यो विस्फुरद्-भ्रू-विटपेन भूमेर् भारं कृतान्तेन तिरश्चकार
ko vā amuṣyāṅghri-saroja-reṇuṃ vismartum īśīta pumān vijighran yo visphurad-bhrū-viṭapena bhūmer bhāraṃ kṛtāntena tiraścakāra
Or what man, having once smelled the dust of his lotus feet, could be able to forget it — he who with the mere branch of his quivering brow removed the burden of the earth by (making himself) the ender of it all?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.19
दृष्टा भवद्भिर् ननु राजसूये चैद्यस्य कृष्णं द्विषतो ऽपि सिद्धिः यां योगिनः संस्पृहयन्ति सम्यग् योगेन कस् तद्-विरहं सहेत
dṛṣṭā bhavadbhir nanu rājasūye caidyasya kṛṣṇaṃ dviṣato 'pi siddhiḥ yāṃ yoginaḥ saṃspṛhayanti samyag yogena kas tad-virahaṃ saheta
Surely you all saw at the Rājasūya the perfection attained by the Cedi king, even though he hated Kṛṣṇa — a perfection which yogis fully long for through yoga. Who then could bear separation from him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.20
तथैव चान्ये नर-लोक-वीरा य आहवे कृष्ण-मुखारविन्दम् नेत्रैः पिबन्तो नयनाभिरामं पार्थास्त्र-पूतः पदम् आपुर् अस्य
tathaiva cānye nara-loka-vīrā ya āhave kṛṣṇa-mukhāravindam netraiḥ pibanto nayanābhirāmaṃ pārthāstra-pūtaḥ padam āpur asya
And likewise other heroes of the world of men, who in battle drank with their eyes Kṛṣṇa's lotus face, delightful to the eye, purified by the son of Pṛthā's weapons, attained his abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.21
स्वयं त्व् असाम्यातिशयस् त्र्यधीशः स्वाराज्य-लक्ष्म्य्-आप्त-समस्त-कामः बलिं हरद्भिश् चिर-लोक-पालैः किरीट-कोट्य्-एडित-पाद-पीठः
svayaṃ tv asāmyātiśayas tryadhīśaḥ svārājya-lakṣmy-āpta-samasta-kāmaḥ baliṃ haradbhiś cira-loka-pālaiḥ kirīṭa-koṭy-eḍita-pāda-pīṭhaḥ
He himself, however, is unequalled and unsurpassed, the lord of the three, all whose desires are fulfilled by the splendour of his own sovereignty, whose footstool is worshipped by the millions of crowns of the long-standing world-guardians who bring him tribute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.22
तत् तस्य कैङ्कर्यम् अलं भृतान् नो विग्लापयत्य् अङ्ग यद् उग्रसेनम् तिष्ठन् निषण्णं परमेष्ठि-धिष्ण्ये न्यबोधयद् देव निधारयेति
tat tasya kaiṅkaryam alaṃ bhṛtān no viglāpayaty aṅga yad ugrasenam tiṣṭhan niṣaṇṇaṃ parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇye nyabodhayad deva nidhārayeti
Dear friend, that service of his to us, his servants, greatly distresses us: that, standing (before him), he would address Ugrasena, seated on the royal throne, saying, "My lord, be pleased to command."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.23
अहो बकी यं स्तन-काल-कूटं जिघांसयापाययद् अप्य् असाध्वी लेभे गतिं धात्र्य्-उचितां ततो ऽन्यं कं वा दयालुं शरणं व्रजेम
aho bakī yaṃ stana-kāla-kūṭaṃ jighāṃsayāpāyayad apy asādhvī lebhe gatiṃ dhātry-ucitāṃ tato 'nyaṃ kaṃ vā dayāluṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajema
Ah! Even Bakī, unchaste as she was, who gave him her breast smeared with deadly poison, wishing to kill him — she obtained the destination fitting a nurse. To what other merciful one than him should we go for shelter?
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SB 3 2.24
मन्ये ऽसुरान् भागवतांस् त्र्यधीशे संरम्भ-मार्गाभिनिविष्ट-चित्तान् ये संयुगे ऽचक्षत तार्क्ष्य-पुत्रम् अंसे सुनाभायुधम् आपतन्तम्
manye 'surān bhāgavatāṃs tryadhīśe saṃrambha-mārgābhiniviṣṭa-cittān ye saṃyuge 'cakṣata tārkṣya-putram aṃse sunābhāyudham āpatantam
I regard as devotees of the Lord even those asuras whose minds were fixed on the path of hostility toward the lord of the three, since in battle they beheld the son of Tārkṣya (Garuḍa) rushing upon them with the wielder of the fair-naveled discus on his shoulder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.25
वसुदेवस्य देवक्यां जातो भोजेन्द्र-बन्धने चिकीर्षुर् भगवान् अस्याः शम् अजेनाभियाचितः
vasudevasya devakyāṃ jāto bhojendra-bandhane cikīrṣur bhagavān asyāḥ śam ajenābhiyācitaḥ
Born of Devakī, (the wife) of Vasudeva, in the prison of the lord of the Bhojas, the Lord, entreated by Aja (Brahmā), wished to bring about her (the earth's) welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.26
ततो नन्द-व्रजम् इतः पित्रा कंसाद् विबिभ्यता एकादश समास् तत्र गूढार्चिः स-बलो ऽवसत्
tato nanda-vrajam itaḥ pitrā kaṃsād vibibhyatā ekādaśa samās tatra gūḍhārciḥ sa-balo 'vasat
Then, brought from there to Nanda's cowherd settlement by his father, who was afraid of Kaṃsa, he lived there eleven years with Bala, his radiance concealed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.27
परीतो वत्सपैर् वत्सांश् चारयन् व्यहरद् विभुः यमुनोपवने कूजद्- द्विज-सङ्कुलिताङ्घ्रिपे
parīto vatsapair vatsāṃś cārayan vyaharad vibhuḥ yamunopavane kūjad- dvija-saṅkulitāṅghripe
Surrounded by the calf-herding boys, tending the calves, the mighty one roamed at play in the grove by the Yamunā, thick with trees crowded with cooing birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.28
कौमारीं दर्शयंश् चेष्टां प्रेक्षणीयां व्रजौकसाम् रुदन्न् इव हसन् मुग्ध- बाल-सिंहावलोकनः
kaumārīṃ darśayaṃś ceṣṭāṃ prekṣaṇīyāṃ vrajaukasām rudann iva hasan mugdha- bāla-siṃhāvalokanaḥ
Displaying childhood antics that the dwellers of Vraja loved to watch, seeming to weep, then laughing, with the gaze of a charming lion cub.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.29
स एव गो-धनं लक्ष्म्या निकेतं सित-गो-वृषम् चारयन्न् अनुगान् गोपान् रणद्-वेणुर् अरीरमत्
sa eva go-dhanaṃ lakṣmyā niketaṃ sita-go-vṛṣam cārayann anugān gopān raṇad-veṇur arīramat
That same one, herding the wealth of cows—the abode of Lakṣmī—with its white cows and bulls, with his flute sounding gave delight to the cowherds who followed him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.30
प्रयुक्तान् भोज-राजेन मायिनः काम-रूपिणः लीलया व्यनुदत् तांस् तान् बालः क्रीडनकान् इव
prayuktān bhoja-rājena māyinaḥ kāma-rūpiṇaḥ līlayā vyanudat tāṃs tān bālaḥ krīḍanakān iva
Those illusionists sent by the king of the Bhojas, who could take on any form they wished—the boy shoved them aside one after another as if in sport, like toys.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.31
विपन्नान् विष-पानेन निगृह्य भुजगाधिपम् उत्थाप्यापाययद् गावस् तत् तोयं प्रकृति-स्थितम्
vipannān viṣa-pānena nigṛhya bhujagādhipam utthāpyāpāyayad gāvas tat toyaṃ prakṛti-sthitam
Having seized the lord of serpents, he raised up those who had perished by drinking the poison and made the cows drink that water, restored to its natural state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.32
अयाजयद् गो-सवेन गोप-राजं द्विजोत्तमैः वित्तस्य चोरु-भारस्य चिकीर्षन् सद्-व्ययं विभुः
ayājayad go-savena gopa-rājaṃ dvijottamaiḥ vittasya coru-bhārasya cikīrṣan sad-vyayaṃ vibhuḥ
The mighty one had the cowherd king perform the Go-sava sacrifice through the best of brāhmaṇas, wishing to make good expenditure of his vast burden of wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.33
वर्षतीन्द्रे व्रजः कोपाद् भग्नमाने ऽतिविह्वलः गोत्र-लीलातपत्रेण त्रातो भद्रानुगृह्णता
varṣatīndre vrajaḥ kopād bhagnamāne 'tivihvalaḥ gotra-līlātapatreṇa trāto bhadrānugṛhṇatā
When Indra, his pride broken, rained down in anger, the Vraja, utterly overwhelmed, was protected by him who bestows blessings, using the hill as a playful parasol.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 2.34
शरच्-छशि-करैर् मृष्टं मानयन् रजनी-मुखम् गायन् कल-पदं रेमे स्त्रीणां मण्डल-मण्डनः
śarac-chaśi-karair mṛṣṭaṃ mānayan rajanī-mukham gāyan kala-padaṃ reme strīṇāṃ maṇḍala-maṇḍanaḥ
Honoring the opening of night, burnished by the rays of the autumn moon, singing sweet-worded (songs), he took his pleasure, the ornament of the circle of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition