Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 33
SB 3 33.1
मैत्रेय उवाच एवं निशम्य कपिलस्य वचो जनित्रीसा कर्दमस्य दयिता किल देवहूतिः विस्रस्त-मोह-पटला तम् अभिप्रणम्यतुष्टाव तत्त्व-विषयाङ्कित-सिद्धि-भूमिम्
maitreya uvāca evaṃ niśamya kapilasya vaco janitrīsā kardamasya dayitā kila devahūtiḥ visrasta-moha-paṭalā tam abhipraṇamyatuṣṭāva tattva-viṣayāṅkita-siddhi-bhūmim
Maitreya said: Having heard Kapila's words in this way, his mother — Devahūti, the beloved wife of Kardama — her veil of delusion fallen away, bowed to him and praised him, the ground of perfection marked out as the object of (knowledge of) the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.2
देवहूतिर् उवाच अथाप्य् अजो ऽन्तः-सलिले शयानं भूतेन्द्रियार्थात्म-मयं वपुस् ते गुण-प्रवाहं सद्-अशेष-बीजं दध्यौ स्वयं यज्-जठराब्ज-जातः
devahūtir uvāca athāpy ajo 'ntaḥ-salile śayānaṃ bhūtendriyārthātma-mayaṃ vapus te guṇa-pravāhaṃ sad-aśeṣa-bījaṃ dadhyau svayaṃ yaj-jaṭharābja-jātaḥ
Devahūti said: And yet the unborn one (Brahmā), himself born from the lotus of your belly, meditated on that body of yours lying within the water — the body consisting of the elements, the senses, the objects and the mind, the flow of the qualities, the seed of all that exists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 33.3
स एव विश्वस्य भवान् विधत्ते गुण-प्रवाहेण विभक्त-वीर्यः सर्गाद्य् अनीहो ऽवितथाभिसन्धिर् आत्मेश्वरो ऽतर्क्य-सहस्र-शक्तिः
sa eva viśvasya bhavān vidhatte guṇa-pravāheṇa vibhakta-vīryaḥ sargādy anīho 'vitathābhisandhir ātmeśvaro 'tarkya-sahasra-śaktiḥ
You are that very one who arranges the universe, your power divided out through the flow of the qualities; though effortless in creation and the rest, your intent is never in vain — the Lord of the self, of a thousand inconceivable powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.4
स त्वं भृतो मे जठरेण नाथ कथं नु यस्योदर एतद् आसीत् विश्वं युगान्ते वट-पत्र एकः शेते स्म माया-शिशुर् अङ्घ्रि-पानः
sa tvaṃ bhṛto me jaṭhareṇa nātha kathaṃ nu yasyodara etad āsīt viśvaṃ yugānte vaṭa-patra ekaḥ śete sma māyā-śiśur aṅghri-pānaḥ
That you, O Lord, have been borne by my womb — how (can it be)? — you in whose belly this universe existed, who at the end of an age lie alone upon a banyan leaf, an infant of māyā sucking your own foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.5
त्वं देह-तन्त्रः प्रशमाय पाप्मनां निदेश-भाजां च विभो विभूतये यथावतारास् तव सूकरादयस् तथायम् अप्य् आत्म-पथोपलब्धये
tvaṃ deha-tantraḥ praśamāya pāpmanāṃ nideśa-bhājāṃ ca vibho vibhūtaye yathāvatārās tava sūkarādayas tathāyam apy ātma-pathopalabdhaye
You take on a body for the quelling of sins and, O all-pervading one, for the prosperity of those who abide by your command; just as your descents are the boar and the others, so this one too is for the attaining of the path to the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.6
यन्-नामधेय-श्रवणानुकीर्तनाद् यत्-प्रह्वणाद् यत्-स्मरणाद् अपि क्वचित् श्वादो ऽपि सद्यः सवनाय कल्पते कुतः पुनस् ते भगवन् नु दर्शनात्
yan-nāmadheya-śravaṇānukīrtanād yat-prahvaṇād yat-smaraṇād api kvacit śvādo 'pi sadyaḥ savanāya kalpate kutaḥ punas te bhagavan nu darśanāt
By the hearing and the repeated chanting of whose name, by bowing to whom, even by remembering whom at some moment, even a dog-eater at once becomes fit for the soma sacrifice — how much more, O Lord, from seeing you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.7
अहो बत श्व-पचो ऽतो गरीयान् यज्-जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते नाम तुभ्यम् तेपुस् तपस् ते जुहुवुः सस्नुर् आर्या ब्रह्मानूचुर् नाम गृणन्ति ये ते
aho bata śva-paco 'to garīyān yaj-jihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyam tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā brahmānūcur nāma gṛṇanti ye te
Ah, indeed, a dog-cooker on whose tongue-tip your name abides is thereby the greater. Those who chant your name — they, the noble, have performed austerity, have offered oblations, have bathed (at holy places), have recited the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.8
तं त्वाम् अहं ब्रह्म परं पुमांसं प्रत्यक्-स्रोतस्य् आत्मनि संविभाव्यम् स्व-तेजसा ध्वस्त-गुण-प्रवाहं वन्दे विष्णुं कपिलं वेद-गर्भम्
taṃ tvām ahaṃ brahma paraṃ pumāṃsaṃ pratyak-srotasy ātmani saṃvibhāvyam sva-tejasā dhvasta-guṇa-pravāhaṃ vande viṣṇuṃ kapilaṃ veda-garbham
To you, that supreme Brahman, the Person, to be realised in the self whose current runs inward, in whom the flow of the qualities is destroyed by your own splendour — to you I bow, Viṣṇu, Kapila, in whom the Veda is contained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.9
मैत्रेय उवाच ईडितो भगवान् एवं कपिलाख्यः परः पुमान् वाचाविक्लवयेत्य् आह मातरं मातृ-वत्सलः
maitreya uvāca īḍito bhagavān evaṃ kapilākhyaḥ paraḥ pumān vācāviklavayety āha mātaraṃ mātṛ-vatsalaḥ
Maitreya said: Praised thus, the Lord, the supreme Person named Kapila, being affectionate to his mother, spoke to her thus with unfaltering speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.10
कपिल उवाच मार्गेणानेन मातस् ते सुसेव्येनोदितेन मे आस्थितेन परां काष्ठाम् अचिराद् अवरोत्स्यसि
kapila uvāca mārgeṇānena mātas te susevyenoditena me āsthitena parāṃ kāṣṭhām acirād avarotsyasi
Kapila said: Mother, by this path, easy to practise, which has been declared by me, if you keep to it you will soon reach the highest limit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.11
श्रद्धत्स्वैतन् मतं मह्यं जुष्टं यद् ब्रह्म-वादिभिः येन माम् अभयं याया मृत्युम् ऋच्छन्त्य् अतद्-विदः
śraddhatsvaitan mataṃ mahyaṃ juṣṭaṃ yad brahma-vādibhiḥ yena mām abhayaṃ yāyā mṛtyum ṛcchanty atad-vidaḥ
Have faith in this teaching of mine, which is cherished by those who speak of Brahman; by it you will come to me, the fearless one, while those who do not know this meet with death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.12
मैत्रेय उवाच इति प्रदर्श्य भगवान् सतीं ताम् आत्मनो गतिम् स्व-मात्रा ब्रह्म-वादिन्या कपिलो ऽनुमतो ययौ
maitreya uvāca iti pradarśya bhagavān satīṃ tām ātmano gatim sva-mātrā brahma-vādinyā kapilo 'numato yayau
Maitreya said: Having thus shown his mother, a speaker of Brahman, that true goal of the self, Kapila, permitted by her, departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.13
सा चापि तनयोक्तेन योगादेशेन योग-युक् तस्मिन्न् आश्रम आपीडे सरस्वत्याः समाहिता
sā cāpi tanayoktena yogādeśena yoga-yuk tasminn āśrama āpīḍe sarasvatyāḥ samāhitā
And she too, joined to yoga by the yoga-instruction spoken by her son, remained in deep concentration in that hermitage, in the flower-garland-like (grove) of the Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 33.14
अभीक्ष्णावगाह-कपिशान् जटिलान् कुटिलालकान् आत्मानं चोग्र-तपसा बिभ्रती चीरिणं कृशम्
abhīkṣṇāvagāha-kapiśān jaṭilān kuṭilālakān ātmānaṃ cogra-tapasā bibhratī cīriṇaṃ kṛśam
Bearing matted, curling locks tawny from constant bathing, and a body thin and clad in bark from severe austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.15
प्रजापतेः कर्दमस्य तपो-योग-विजृम्भितम् स्व-गार्हस्थ्यम् अनौपम्यं प्रार्थ्यं वैमानिकैर् अपि
prajāpateḥ kardamasya tapo-yoga-vijṛmbhitam sva-gārhasthyam anaupamyaṃ prārthyaṃ vaimānikair api
The household of Prajāpati Kardama himself, unequalled, brought to full flower by austerity and yoga, coveted even by those who travel in celestial cars —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.16
पयः-फेन-निभाः शय्या दान्ता रुक्म-परिच्छदाः आसनानि च हैमानि सुस्पर्शास्तरणानि च
payaḥ-phena-nibhāḥ śayyā dāntā rukma-paricchadāḥ āsanāni ca haimāni susparśāstaraṇāni ca
The couches were like the foam of milk, of ivory, with coverlets of gold; and the seats were golden, with soft-to-the-touch cushions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.17
स्वच्छ-स्फटिक-कुड्येषु महा-मारकतेषु च रत्न-प्रदीपा आभान्ति ललना रत्न-संयुताः
svaccha-sphaṭika-kuḍyeṣu mahā-mārakateṣu ca ratna-pradīpā ābhānti lalanā ratna-saṃyutāḥ
On the walls of clear crystal and of great emerald, jewelled lamps shine—(held by) women adorned with jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.18
गृहोद्यानं कुसुमितै रम्यं बह्व्-अमर-द्रुमैः कूजद्-विहङ्ग-मिथुनं गायन्-मत्त-मधुव्रतम्
gṛhodyānaṃ kusumitai ramyaṃ bahv-amara-drumaiḥ kūjad-vihaṅga-mithunaṃ gāyan-matta-madhuvratam
The household garden was delightful with many flowering celestial trees, with pairs of cooing birds and with intoxicated bees humming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.19
यत्र प्रविष्टम् आत्मानं विबुधानुचरा जगुः वाप्याम् उत्पल-गन्धिन्यां कर्दमेनोपलालितम्
yatra praviṣṭam ātmānaṃ vibudhānucarā jaguḥ vāpyām utpala-gandhinyāṃ kardamenopalālitam
Where, when she had entered, the attendants of the gods sang of her—in a pool fragrant with blue lotuses, she was fondled by Kardama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.20
हित्वा तद् ईप्सिततमम् अप्य् आखण्डल-योषिताम् किञ्चिच् चकार वदनं पुत्र-विश्लेषणातुरा
hitvā tad īpsitatamam apy ākhaṇḍala-yoṣitām kiñcic cakāra vadanaṃ putra-viśleṣaṇāturā
Abandoning that (home), coveted even by the wives of Indra, she let her face fall somewhat, stricken by the separation from her son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.21
वनं प्रव्रजिते पत्याव् अपत्य-विरहातुरा ज्ञात-तत्त्वाप्य् अभून् नष्टे वत्से गौर् इव वत्सला
vanaṃ pravrajite patyāv apatya-virahāturā jñāta-tattvāpy abhūn naṣṭe vatse gaur iva vatsalā
When her husband had gone forth to the forest, she, afflicted by the loss of her offspring, though she knew the truth, became (as fond) as a cow with calf when its calf is lost, O child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.22
तम् एव ध्यायती देवम् अपत्यं कपिलं हरिम् बभूवाचिरतो वत्स निःस्पृहा तादृशे गृहे
tam eva dhyāyatī devam apatyaṃ kapilaṃ harim babhūvācirato vatsa niḥspṛhā tādṛśe gṛhe
Meditating on him alone, the divine Kapila, her son, Hari, she before long became free of longing, dear boy, in such a home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.23
ध्यायती भगवद्-रूपं यद् आह ध्यान-गोचरम् सुतः प्रसन्न-वदनं समस्त-व्यस्त-चिन्तया
dhyāyatī bhagavad-rūpaṃ yad āha dhyāna-gocaram sutaḥ prasanna-vadanaṃ samasta-vyasta-cintayā
She meditated on the form of the Lord, with its serene face, which her son had declared to be the object of meditation, with her thought (fixed) on it whole and part by part.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.24
भक्ति-प्रवाह-योगेन वैराग्येण बलीयसा युक्तानुष्ठान-जातेन ज्ञानेन ब्रह्म-हेतुना
bhakti-pravāha-yogena vairāgyeṇa balīyasā yuktānuṣṭhāna-jātena jñānena brahma-hetunā
By the practice of the continuous current of devotion, by mighty detachment, and by knowledge arisen from disciplined observance, which has Brahman for its cause—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.25
विशुद्धेन तदात्मानम् आत्मना विश्वतो-मुखम् स्वानुभूत्या तिरोभूत- माया-गुण-विशेषणम्
viśuddhena tadātmānam ātmanā viśvato-mukham svānubhūtyā tirobhūta- māyā-guṇa-viśeṣaṇam
—by (that) wholly purified mind she then (attained) that Self, facing in all directions, in whom, through her own realization, the distinguishing qualities of māyā had vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 33.26
ब्रह्मण्य् अवस्थित-मतिर् भगवत्य् आत्म-संश्रये निवृत्त-जीवापत्तित्वात् क्षीण-क्लेशाप्त-निर्वृतिः
brahmaṇy avasthita-matir bhagavaty ātma-saṃśraye nivṛtta-jīvāpattitvāt kṣīṇa-kleśāpta-nirvṛtiḥ
Her mind established in Brahman, the Lord, the refuge of the self, she—since the calamity of being an individual soul had ceased—had her afflictions destroyed and attained bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.27
नित्यारूढ-समाधित्वात् परावृत्त-गुण-भ्रमा न सस्मार तदात्मानं स्वप्ने दृष्टम् इवोत्थितः
nityārūḍha-samādhitvāt parāvṛtta-guṇa-bhramā na sasmāra tadātmānaṃ svapne dṛṣṭam ivotthitaḥ
Because she was permanently established in absorption, the delusion of the qualities being turned away, she then did not remember her own body, as one who has risen from sleep does not (remember) what was seen in a dream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.28
तद्-देहः परतः पोषो ऽप्य् अकृशश् चाध्य्-असम्भवात् बभौ मलैर् अवच्छन्नः सधूम इव पावकः
tad-dehaḥ parataḥ poṣo 'py akṛśaś cādhy-asambhavāt babhau malair avacchannaḥ sadhūma iva pāvakaḥ
Her body, sustained by others, yet not emaciated because no anxiety could arise, shone, though covered with dirt, like a fire together with smoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.29
स्वाङ्गं तपो-योगमयं मुक्त-केशं गताम्बरम् दैव-गुप्तं न बुबुधे वासुदेव-प्रविष्ट-धीः
svāṅgaṃ tapo-yogamayaṃ mukta-keśaṃ gatāmbaram daiva-guptaṃ na bubudhe vāsudeva-praviṣṭa-dhīḥ
She was not aware of her own body, made of austerity and yoga, its hair loose, its garment gone, protected by the gods—her mind having entered into Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.30
एवं सा कपिलोक्तेन मार्गेणाचिरतः परम् आत्मानं ब्रह्म-निर्वाणं भगवन्तम् अवाप ह
evaṃ sā kapiloktena mārgeṇācirataḥ param ātmānaṃ brahma-nirvāṇaṃ bhagavantam avāpa ha
Thus she, by the path taught by Kapila, in no long time indeed attained the supreme Self, the Lord, extinction in Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.31
तद् वीरासीत् पुण्यतमं क्षेत्रं त्रैलोक्य-विश्रुतम् नाम्ना सिद्ध-पदं यत्र सा संसिद्धिम् उपेयुषी
tad vīrāsīt puṇyatamaṃ kṣetraṃ trailokya-viśrutam nāmnā siddha-padaṃ yatra sā saṃsiddhim upeyuṣī
That, O hero, became the most holy place, renowned in the three worlds, called by name Siddhapada, where she went to full perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.32
तस्यास् तद् योग-विधुत- मार्त्यं मर्त्यम् अभूत् सरित् स्रोतसां प्रवरा सौम्य सिद्धिदा सिद्ध-सेविता
tasyās tad yoga-vidhuta- mārtyaṃ martyam abhūt sarit srotasāṃ pravarā saumya siddhidā siddha-sevitā
That mortal body of hers, whose mortality had been shaken off by yoga, became a river, the best of streams, O gentle one, bestowing perfection and frequented by the perfected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.33
कपिलो ऽपि महा-योगी भगवान् पितुर् आश्रमात् मातरं समनुज्ञाप्य प्राग्-उदीचीं दिशं ययौ
kapilo 'pi mahā-yogī bhagavān pitur āśramāt mātaraṃ samanujñāpya prāg-udīcīṃ diśaṃ yayau
And Kapila too, the great yogī, the Lord, having taken leave of his mother, went from his father's hermitage toward the north-eastern direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.34
सिद्ध-चारण-गन्धर्वैर् मुनिभिश् चाप्सरो-गणैः स्तूयमानः समुद्रेण दत्तार्हण-निकेतनः
siddha-cāraṇa-gandharvair munibhiś cāpsaro-gaṇaiḥ stūyamānaḥ samudreṇa dattārhaṇa-niketanaḥ
Praised by Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Gandharvas, by sages and by the hosts of Apsarases, he was given a dwelling-place in homage by the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.35
आस्ते योगं समास्थाय साङ्ख्याचार्यैर् अभिष्टुतः त्रयाणाम् अपि लोकानाम् उपशान्त्यै समाहितः
āste yogaṃ samāsthāya sāṅkhyācāryair abhiṣṭutaḥ trayāṇām api lokānām upaśāntyai samāhitaḥ
He remains there, established in yoga, extolled by the teachers of Sāṅkhya, absorbed for the peace of all three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.36
एतन् निगदितं तात यत् पृष्टो ऽहं तवानघ कपिलस्य च संवादो देवहूत्याश् च पावनः
etan nigaditaṃ tāta yat pṛṣṭo 'haṃ tavānagha kapilasya ca saṃvādo devahūtyāś ca pāvanaḥ
This has been told, dear one, that which you asked of me, O sinless one — the purifying conversation of Kapila and Devahūti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 33.37
य इदम् अनुशृणोति यो ऽभिधत्ते कपिल-मुनेर् मतम् आत्म-योग-गुह्यम् भगवति कृत-धीः सुपर्ण-केताव् उपलभते भगवत्-पदारविन्दम्
ya idam anuśṛṇoti yo 'bhidhatte kapila-muner matam ātma-yoga-guhyam bhagavati kṛta-dhīḥ suparṇa-ketāv upalabhate bhagavat-padāravindam
Whoever listens to this, and whoever expounds it — the teaching of the sage Kapila, the secret of the yoga of the self — with his mind fixed on the Lord whose banner is Garuḍa, obtains the lotus feet of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition