Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 3
SB 3 3.1
उद्धव उवाच ततः स आगत्य पुरं स्व-पित्रोश् चिकीर्षया शं बलदेव-संयुतः निपात्य तुङ्गाद् रिपु-यूथ-नाथं हतं व्यकर्षद् व्यसुम् ओजसोर्व्याम्
uddhava uvāca tataḥ sa āgatya puraṃ sva-pitroś cikīrṣayā śaṃ baladeva-saṃyutaḥ nipātya tuṅgād ripu-yūtha-nāthaṃ hataṃ vyakarṣad vyasum ojasorvyām
Uddhava said: Then he, together with Baladeva, came to the city wishing the welfare of his own parents; having hurled down from the high seat the chief of the enemy host, he dragged the slain, lifeless body along the ground by his strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 3.2
सान्दीपनेः सकृत् प्रोक्तं ब्रह्माधीत्य स-विस्तरम् तस्मै प्रादाद् वरं पुत्रं मृतं पञ्च-जनोदरात्
sāndīpaneḥ sakṛt proktaṃ brahmādhītya sa-vistaram tasmai prādād varaṃ putraṃ mṛtaṃ pañca-janodarāt
Having studied in full detail the Veda spoken but once by Sāndīpani, he gave him as a boon his son, who had died, (recovered) from the belly of Pañcajana.
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SB 3 3.3
समाहुता भीष्मक-कन्यया ये श्रियः सवर्णेन बुभूषयैषाम् गान्धर्व-वृत्त्या मिषतां स्व-भागं जह्रे पदं मूर्ध्नि दधत् सुपर्णः
samāhutā bhīṣmaka-kanyayā ye śriyaḥ savarṇena bubhūṣayaiṣām gāndharva-vṛttyā miṣatāṃ sva-bhāgaṃ jahre padaṃ mūrdhni dadhat suparṇaḥ
Those who had been invited by Bhīṣmaka's daughter, out of the wish to have her adorned by one of a hue matching Śrī's (own)—before their very eyes he bore away his own portion in the manner of a gāndharva marriage, setting his foot upon their heads, like Garuḍa.
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SB 3 3.4
ककुद्मिनो ऽविद्ध-नसो दमित्वा स्वयंवरे नाग्नजितीम् उवाह तद्-भग्नमानान् अपि गृध्यतो ऽज्ञाञ् जघ्ने ऽक्षतः शस्त्र-भृतः स्व-शस्त्रैः
kakudmino 'viddha-naso damitvā svayaṃvare nāgnajitīm uvāha tad-bhagnamānān api gṛdhyato 'jñāñ jaghne 'kṣataḥ śastra-bhṛtaḥ sva-śastraiḥ
Having tamed at the bride's own choosing the humped bulls whose noses were unpierced, he wed Nāgnajitī; and those fools whose pride was thereby broken, who still lusted (after her) and bore weapons, he slew with their own weapons, himself unscathed.
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SB 3 3.5
प्रियं प्रभुर् ग्राम्य इव प्रियाया विधित्सुर् आर्च्छद् द्युतरुं यद्-अर्थे वज्र्य् आद्रवत् तं स-गणो रुषान्धः क्रीडा-मृगो नूनम् अयं वधूनाम्
priyaṃ prabhur grāmya iva priyāyā vidhitsur ārcchad dyutaruṃ yad-arthe vajry ādravat taṃ sa-gaṇo ruṣāndhaḥ krīḍā-mṛgo nūnam ayaṃ vadhūnām
The Lord, like an ordinary rustic, wishing to do what pleased his beloved, fetched the heavenly tree, for whose sake the wielder of the thunderbolt, blind with rage, rushed at him with his host—surely he is a pet deer of his wives.
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SB 3 3.6
सुतं मृधे खं वपुषा ग्रसन्तं दृष्ट्वा सुनाभोन्मथितं धरित्र्या आमन्त्रितस् तत्-तनयाय शेषं दत्त्वा तद्-अन्तः-पुरम् आविवेश
sutaṃ mṛdhe khaṃ vapuṣā grasantaṃ dṛṣṭvā sunābhonmathitaṃ dharitryā āmantritas tat-tanayāya śeṣaṃ dattvā tad-antaḥ-puram āviveśa
Seeing (Earth's) son, who was swallowing up the sky with his body, churned down in battle by the fine-naveled disc, and being appealed to by Earth, he gave what remained to her son and entered his (Naraka's) inner apartments.
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SB 3 3.7
तत्राहृतास् ता नर-देव-कन्याः कुजेन दृष्ट्वा हरिम् आर्त-बन्धुम् उत्थाय सद्यो जगृहुः प्रहर्ष- व्रीडानुराग-प्रहितावलोकैः
tatrāhṛtās tā nara-deva-kanyāḥ kujena dṛṣṭvā harim ārta-bandhum utthāya sadyo jagṛhuḥ praharṣa- vrīḍānurāga-prahitāvalokaiḥ
There, those daughters of kings, who had been carried off by Kuja (Naraka), on seeing Hari, the friend of the afflicted, rose up at once and took hold of him with glances sent forth in delight, shyness, and love.
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SB 3 3.8
आसां मुहूर्त एकस्मिन् नानागारेषु योषिताम् स-विधं जगृहे पाणीन् अनुरूपः स्व-मायया
āsāṃ muhūrta ekasmin nānāgāreṣu yoṣitām sa-vidhaṃ jagṛhe pāṇīn anurūpaḥ sva-māyayā
In one single moment, in the various chambers of these women, he took their hands according to the rite, making himself fitting (for each) by his own māyā.
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SB 3 3.9
तास्व् अपत्यान्य् अजनयद् आत्म-तुल्यानि सर्वतः एकैकस्यां दश दश प्रकृतेर् विबुभूषया
tāsv apatyāny ajanayad ātma-tulyāni sarvataḥ ekaikasyāṃ daśa daśa prakṛter vibubhūṣayā
In them he begot children equal to himself in every way, ten and ten in each one, out of a wish to display his nature (prakṛti).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 3.10
काल-मागध-शाल्वादीन् अनीकै रुन्धतः पुरम् अजीघनत् स्वयं दिव्यं स्व-पुंसां तेज आदिशत्
kāla-māgadha-śālvādīn anīkai rundhataḥ puram ajīghanat svayaṃ divyaṃ sva-puṃsāṃ teja ādiśat
Kāla(yavana), the Māgadha (king), Śālva and the rest, who blockaded the city with their armies, he had killed; the divine prowess (that did it) he himself assigned to his own men.
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SB 3 3.11
शम्बरं द्विविदं बाणं मुरं बल्वलम् एव च अन्यांश् च दन्तवक्रादीन् अवधीत् कांश् च घातयत्
śambaraṃ dvividaṃ bāṇaṃ muraṃ balvalam eva ca anyāṃś ca dantavakrādīn avadhīt kāṃś ca ghātayat
He slew Śambara, Dvivida, Bāṇa, Mura, and Balvala too, and others such as Dantavakra, and caused still others to be killed.
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SB 3 3.12
अथ ते भ्रातृ-पुत्राणां पक्षयोः पतितान् नृपान् चचाल भूः कुरुक्षेत्रं येषाम् आपततां बलैः
atha te bhrātṛ-putrāṇāṃ pakṣayoḥ patitān nṛpān cacāla bhūḥ kurukṣetraṃ yeṣām āpatatāṃ balaiḥ
Then, when those kings who had gathered on the two sides of (Arjuna's) brothers and sons rushed together with their armies, the earth of Kurukṣetra shook.
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SB 3 3.13
स कर्ण-दुःशासन-सौबलानां कुमन्त्र-पाकेन हत-श्रियायुषम् सुयोधनं सानुचरं शयानं भग्नोरुम् ऊर्व्यां न ननन्द पश्यन्
sa karṇa-duḥśāsana-saubalānāṃ kumantra-pākena hata-śriyāyuṣam suyodhanaṃ sānucaraṃ śayānaṃ bhagnorum ūrvyāṃ na nananda paśyan
Seeing Suyodhana, whose fortune and lifespan had been destroyed by the ripening of the evil counsel of Karṇa, Duḥśāsana and Saubala, lying on the ground with his thigh broken, along with his followers, he did not rejoice.
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SB 3 3.14
कियान् भुवो ऽयं क्षपितोरु-भारो यद् द्रोण-भीष्मार्जुन-भीम-मूलैः अष्टादशाक्षौहिणिको मद्-अंशैर् आस्ते बलं दुर्विषहं यदूनाम्
kiyān bhuvo 'yaṃ kṣapitoru-bhāro yad droṇa-bhīṣmārjuna-bhīma-mūlaiḥ aṣṭādaśākṣauhiṇiko mad-aṃśair āste balaṃ durviṣahaṃ yadūnām
"How much of the earth's burden is this that has been removed, when by my portions, with Droṇa, Bhīṣma, Arjuna and Bhīma as the root (cause), eighteen akṣauhiṇīs (were destroyed)? The unbearable force of the Yadus remains."
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SB 3 3.15
मिथो यदैषां भविता विवादो मध्व्-आमदाताम्र-विलोचनानाम् नैषां वधोपाय इयान् अतो ऽन्यो मय्य् उद्यते ऽन्तर्दधते स्वयं स्म
mitho yadaiṣāṃ bhavitā vivādo madhv-āmadātāmra-vilocanānām naiṣāṃ vadhopāya iyān ato 'nyo mayy udyate 'ntardadhate svayaṃ sma
"When a mutual quarrel arises among these, whose eyes are copper-red with the intoxication of liquor, there is no other means of their destruction than this; when I have withdrawn, they will vanish of themselves."
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SB 3 3.16
एवं सञ्चिन्त्य भगवान् स्व-राज्ये स्थाप्य धर्मजम् नन्दयाम् आस सुहृदः साधूनां वर्त्म दर्शयन्
evaṃ sañcintya bhagavān sva-rājye sthāpya dharmajam nandayām āsa suhṛdaḥ sādhūnāṃ vartma darśayan
Having reflected thus, the Lord established the son of Dharma in his own kingdom and gladdened his friends, showing the path of the good.
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SB 3 3.17
उत्तरायां धृतः पूरोर् वंशः साध्व्-अभिमन्युना स वै द्रौण्य्-अस्त्र-सम्प्लुष्टः पुनर् भगवता धृतः
uttarāyāṃ dhṛtaḥ pūror vaṃśaḥ sādhv-abhimanyunā sa vai drauṇy-astra-sampluṣṭaḥ punar bhagavatā dhṛtaḥ
The line of Pūru was upheld in Uttarā by the noble Abhimanyu; it, scorched by the weapon of Droṇa's son, was again upheld by the Lord.
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SB 3 3.18
अयाजयद् धर्म-सुतम् अश्वमेधैस् त्रिभिर् विभुः सो ऽपि क्ष्माम् अनुजै रक्षन् रेमे कृष्णम् अनुव्रतः
ayājayad dharma-sutam aśvamedhais tribhir vibhuḥ so 'pi kṣmām anujai rakṣan reme kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ
The mighty one had the son of Dharma perform three horse sacrifices; and he too, protecting the earth with his younger brothers, delighted, devoted to Kṛṣṇa.
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SB 3 3.19
भगवान् अपि विश्वात्मा लोक-वेद-पथानुगः कामान् सिषेवे द्वार्वत्याम् असक्तः साङ्ख्यम् आस्थितः
bhagavān api viśvātmā loka-veda-pathānugaḥ kāmān siṣeve dvārvatyām asaktaḥ sāṅkhyam āsthitaḥ
The Lord too, the Self of all, following the paths of the world and the Veda, enjoyed pleasures in Dvāravatī, unattached, established in sāṅkhya.
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SB 3 3.20
स्निग्ध-स्मितावलोकेन वाचा पीयूष-कल्पया चरित्रेणानवद्येन श्री-निकेतेन चात्मना
snigdha-smitāvalokena vācā pīyūṣa-kalpayā caritreṇānavadyena śrī-niketena cātmanā
By his affectionate smiling glance, by speech like nectar, by blameless conduct, and by his person which is the abode of splendour—
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SB 3 3.21
इमं लोकम् अमुं चैव रमयन् सुतरां यदून् रेमे क्षणदया दत्त- क्षण-स्त्री-क्षण-सौहृदः
imaṃ lokam amuṃ caiva ramayan sutarāṃ yadūn reme kṣaṇadayā datta- kṣaṇa-strī-kṣaṇa-sauhṛdaḥ
—delighting this world and that one exceedingly, he took his pleasure among the Yadus, his loving intimacy with women granted its moment by the night which gave the occasion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 3.22
तस्यैवं रममाणस्य संवत्सर-गणान् बहून् गृहमेधेषु योगेषु विरागः समजायत
tasyaivaṃ ramamāṇasya saṃvatsara-gaṇān bahūn gṛhamedheṣu yogeṣu virāgaḥ samajāyata
While he was thus taking pleasure for many groups of years, a distaste arose in him for the practices of household life.
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SB 3 3.23
दैवाधीनेषु कामेषु दैवाधीनः स्वयं पुमान् को विश्रम्भेत योगेन योगेश्वरम् अनुव्रतः
daivādhīneṣu kāmeṣu daivādhīnaḥ svayaṃ pumān ko viśrambheta yogena yogeśvaram anuvrataḥ
When enjoyments are subject to fate, and man himself is subject to fate, who, following the Lord of yoga by yoga, would place trust (in them)?
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SB 3 3.24
पुर्यां कदाचित् क्रीडद्भिर् यदु-भोज-कुमारकैः कोपिता मुनयः शेपुर् भगवन्-मत-कोविदाः
puryāṃ kadācit krīḍadbhir yadu-bhoja-kumārakaiḥ kopitā munayaḥ śepur bhagavan-mata-kovidāḥ
Once, in the city, sages angered by the boys of the Yadu and Bhoja (families) at play uttered a curse, they being well versed in the Lord's intention.
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SB 3 3.25
ततः कतिपयैर् मासैर् वृष्णि-भोजान्धकादयः ययुः प्रभासं संहृष्टा रथैर् देव-विमोहिताः
tataḥ katipayair māsair vṛṣṇi-bhojāndhakādayaḥ yayuḥ prabhāsaṃ saṃhṛṣṭā rathair deva-vimohitāḥ
Then after some months the Vṛṣṇis, Bhojas, Andhakas and the rest, deluded by the god (of fate), went joyfully in chariots to Prabhāsa.
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SB 3 3.26
तत्र स्नात्वा पित्-न् देवान् ऋषींश् चैव तद्-अम्भसा तर्पयित्वाथ विप्रेभ्यो गावो बहु-गुणा ददुः
tatra snātvā pit-n devān ṛṣīṃś caiva tad-ambhasā tarpayitvātha viprebhyo gāvo bahu-guṇā daduḥ
There, having bathed and having satisfied the forefathers, the gods and the seers with that water, they then gave cows of many good qualities to the brahmins.
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SB 3 3.27
हिरण्यं रजतं शय्यां वासांस्य् अजिन-कम्बलान् यानं रथान् इभान् कन्या धरां वृत्ति-करीम् अपि
hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ śayyāṃ vāsāṃsy ajina-kambalān yānaṃ rathān ibhān kanyā dharāṃ vṛtti-karīm api
(They gave) gold, silver, bedding, garments, skins and blankets, conveyances, chariots, elephants, girls, and also land that yields a livelihood.
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SB 3 3.28
अन्नं चोरु-रसं तेभ्यो दत्त्वा भगवद्-अर्पणम् गो-विप्रार्थासवः शूराः प्रणेमुर् भुवि मूर्धभिः
annaṃ coru-rasaṃ tebhyo dattvā bhagavad-arpaṇam go-viprārthāsavaḥ śūrāḥ praṇemur bhuvi mūrdhabhiḥ
And having given them food of rich flavour, offered to the Lord, those heroes, whose very lives were for the sake of cows and brahmins, bowed with their heads to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition