Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 4
SB 3 4.1
उद्धव उवाच अथ ते तद्-अनुज्ञाता भुक्त्वा पीत्वा च वारुणीम् तया विभ्रंशित-ज्ञाना दुरुक्तैर् मर्म पस्पृशुः
uddhava uvāca atha te tad-anujñātā bhuktvā pītvā ca vāruṇīm tayā vibhraṃśita-jñānā duruktair marma paspṛśuḥ
Uddhava said: Then, permitted by them, having eaten and drunk vāruṇī liquor, their understanding overthrown by it, they touched each other's sore points with harsh words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.2
तेषां मैरेय-दोषेण विषमीकृत-चेतसाम् निम्लोचति रवाव् आसीद् वेणूनाम् इव मर्दनम्
teṣāṃ maireya-doṣeṇa viṣamīkṛta-cetasām nimlocati ravāv āsīd veṇūnām iva mardanam
As the sun was setting, among them, whose minds were made disordered by the fault of the maireya liquor, there arose a crushing like that of bamboos (against one another).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.3
भगवान् स्वात्म-मायाया गतिं ताम् अवलोक्य सः सरस्वतीम् उपस्पृश्य वृक्ष-मूलम् उपाविशत्
bhagavān svātma-māyāyā gatiṃ tām avalokya saḥ sarasvatīm upaspṛśya vṛkṣa-mūlam upāviśat
The Lord, observing that outcome of his own inner power (māyā), touched the water of the Sarasvatī and sat down at the foot of a tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.4
अहं चोक्तो भगवता प्रपन्नार्ति-हरेण ह बदरीं त्वं प्रयाहीति स्व-कुलं सञ्जिहीर्षुणा
ahaṃ cokto bhagavatā prapannārti-hareṇa ha badarīṃ tvaṃ prayāhīti sva-kulaṃ sañjihīrṣuṇā
And I was told by the Lord, the remover of the distress of those who take refuge, as he wished to withdraw his own dynasty: "You, go to Badarī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.5
तथापि तद्-अभिप्रेतं जानन्न् अहम् अरिन्दम पृष्ठतो ऽन्वगमं भर्तुः पाद-विश्लेषणाक्षमः
tathāpi tad-abhipretaṃ jānann aham arindama pṛṣṭhato 'nvagamaṃ bhartuḥ pāda-viśleṣaṇākṣamaḥ
Yet even so, though I knew that intention of his, O subduer of foes, I followed behind my master, unable to bear separation from his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.6
अद्राक्षम् एकम् आसीनं विचिन्वन् दयितं पतिम् श्री-निकेतं सरस्वत्यां कृत-केतम् अकेतनम्
adrākṣam ekam āsīnaṃ vicinvan dayitaṃ patim śrī-niketaṃ sarasvatyāṃ kṛta-ketam aketanam
Searching, I saw my beloved master seated alone, the abode of Śrī, having made his resting place on the Sarasvatī—he who has no dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.7
श्यामावदातं विरजं प्रशान्तारुण-लोचनम् दोर्भिश् चतुर्भिर् विदितं पीत-कौशाम्बरेण च
śyāmāvadātaṃ virajaṃ praśāntāruṇa-locanam dorbhiś caturbhir viditaṃ pīta-kauśāmbareṇa ca
Dark yet radiant, spotless, with calm reddish eyes, recognizable by his four arms and by his yellow silken garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.8
वाम ऊराव् अधिश्रित्य दक्षिणाङ्घ्रि-सरोरुहम् अपाश्रितार्भकाश्वत्थम् अकृशं त्यक्त-पिप्पलम्
vāma ūrāv adhiśritya dakṣiṇāṅghri-saroruham apāśritārbhakāśvattham akṛśaṃ tyakta-pippalam
Having rested his right lotus-foot upon his left thigh, he leaned against a young aśvattha tree, not emaciated, having given up the pippala (fruit).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 4.9
तस्मिन् महा-भागवतो द्वैपायन-सुहृत्-सखा लोकान् अनुचरन् सिद्ध आससाद यदृच्छया
tasmin mahā-bhāgavato dvaipāyana-suhṛt-sakhā lokān anucaran siddha āsasāda yadṛcchayā
There a great devotee, the friend and well-wisher of Dvaipāyana, a perfected one wandering the worlds, arrived by chance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.10
तस्यानुरक्तस्य मुनेर् मुकुन्दः प्रमोद-भावानत-कन्धरस्य आशृण्वतो माम् अनुराग-हास- समीक्षया विश्रमयन्न् उवाच
tasyānuraktasya muner mukundaḥ pramoda-bhāvānata-kandharasya āśṛṇvato mām anurāga-hāsa- samīkṣayā viśramayann uvāca
To that devoted sage, whose neck was bent in a mood of delight, and to me who was listening, Mukunda spoke, putting (us) at ease with an affectionate smiling glance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.11
श्री-भगवान् उवाच वेदाहम् अन्तर् मनसीप्सितं ते ददामि यत् तद् दुरवापम् अन्यैः सत्रे पुरा विश्व-सृजां वसूनां मत्-सिद्धि-कामेन वसो त्वयेष्टः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca vedāham antar manasīpsitaṃ te dadāmi yat tad duravāpam anyaiḥ satre purā viśva-sṛjāṃ vasūnāṃ mat-siddhi-kāmena vaso tvayeṣṭaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: I know what is desired within your mind, and I grant that which is hard for others to obtain. Formerly, at the sacrifice of the world-creators, O Vasu, you worshipped (me) among the Vasus, desiring to attain me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.12
स एष साधो चरमो भवानाम् आसादितस् ते मद्-अनुग्रहो यत् यन् मां नृलोकान् रह उत्सृजन्तं दिष्ट्या ददृश्वान् विशदानुवृत्त्या
sa eṣa sādho caramo bhavānām āsāditas te mad-anugraho yat yan māṃ nṛlokān raha utsṛjantaṃ diṣṭyā dadṛśvān viśadānuvṛttyā
O good one, this present one is the last of your births, since my grace has been obtained by you—in that, by your pure devotion, you have by good fortune seen me in a solitary place as I am abandoning the human worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.13
पुरा मया प्रोक्तम् अजाय नाभ्ये पद्मे निषण्णाय ममादि-सर्गे ज्ञानं परं मन्-महिमावभासं यत् सूरयो भागवतं वदन्ति
purā mayā proktam ajāya nābhye padme niṣaṇṇāya mamādi-sarge jñānaṃ paraṃ man-mahimāvabhāsaṃ yat sūrayo bhāgavataṃ vadanti
Formerly, at my first creation, I spoke to the unborn one seated on the lotus from my navel the supreme knowledge which reveals my greatness, that which the wise call the Bhāgavata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.14
इत्य् आदृतोक्तः परमस्य पुंसः प्रतिक्षणानुग्रह-भाजनो ऽहम् स्नेहोत्थ-रोमा स्खलिताक्षरस् तं मुञ्चञ् छुचः प्राञ्जलिर् आबभाषे
ity ādṛtoktaḥ paramasya puṃsaḥ pratikṣaṇānugraha-bhājano 'ham snehottha-romā skhalitākṣaras taṃ muñcañ chucaḥ prāñjalir ābabhāṣe
Thus honoured and addressed by the Supreme Person, I, the recipient of his grace at every moment, my hair bristling from affection and my syllables faltering, shedding tears of grief, spoke to him with joined palms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.15
को न्व् ईश ते पाद-सरोज-भाजां सुदुर्लभो ऽर्थेषु चतुर्ष्व् अपीह तथापि नाहं प्रवृणोमि भूमन् भवत्-पदाम्भोज-निषेवणोत्सुकः
ko nv īśa te pāda-saroja-bhājāṃ sudurlabho 'rtheṣu caturṣv apīha tathāpi nāhaṃ pravṛṇomi bhūman bhavat-padāmbhoja-niṣevaṇotsukaḥ
What indeed, O Lord, is very hard to get here, even among the four aims (of life), for those who serve your lotus feet? Nevertheless, O boundless one, I choose none of them, being eager for the service of your lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.16
कर्माण्य् अनीहस्य भवो ऽभवस्य ते दुर्गाश्रयो ऽथारि-भयात् पलायनम् कालात्मनो यत् प्रमदा-युताश्रमः स्वात्मन्-रतेः खिद्यति धीर् विदाम् इह
karmāṇy anīhasya bhavo 'bhavasya te durgāśrayo 'thāri-bhayāt palāyanam kālātmano yat pramadā-yutāśramaḥ svātman-rateḥ khidyati dhīr vidām iha
Actions for you who are actionless, birth for you who are unborn, taking refuge in a fortress and then fleeing from fear of enemies, and a household with many women for you who are Time itself and delight in your own Self—at these the understanding of the wise here is troubled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.17
मन्त्रेषु मां वा उपहूय यत् त्वम् अकुण्ठिताखण्ड-सदात्म-बोधः पृच्छेः प्रभो मुग्ध इवाप्रमत्तस् तन् नो मनो मोहयतीव देव
mantreṣu māṃ vā upahūya yat tvam akuṇṭhitākhaṇḍa-sadātma-bodhaḥ pṛccheḥ prabho mugdha ivāpramattas tan no mano mohayatīva deva
And that you, whose knowledge of the eternal Self is unimpeded and undivided, having called me in for counsel, should ask (me) as if bewildered, O master, though you are never inattentive—that, O God, as it were bewilders our mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.18
ज्ञानं परं स्वात्म-रहः-प्रकाशं प्रोवाच कस्मै भगवान् समग्रम् अपि क्षमं नो ग्रहणाय भर्तर् वदाञ्जसा यद् वृजिनं तरेम
jñānaṃ paraṃ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṃ provāca kasmai bhagavān samagram api kṣamaṃ no grahaṇāya bhartar vadāñjasā yad vṛjinaṃ tarema
The supreme knowledge, the illumination of the secret of your own Self, which the Lord spoke to Ka (Brahmā) in full—if it be fit for our receiving, O master, tell it plainly, so that we may cross over sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.19
इत्य् आवेदित-हार्दाय मह्यं स भगवान् परः आदिदेशारविन्दाक्ष आत्मनः परमां स्थितिम्
ity āvedita-hārdāya mahyaṃ sa bhagavān paraḥ ādideśāravindākṣa ātmanaḥ paramāṃ sthitim
To me, who had thus disclosed what was in my heart, that supreme Lord, the lotus-eyed one, taught the highest state of the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.20
स एवम् आराधित-पाद-तीर्थाद् अधीत-तत्त्वात्म-विबोध-मार्गः प्रणम्य पादौ परिवृत्य देवम् इहागतो ऽहं विरहातुरात्मा
sa evam ārādhita-pāda-tīrthād adhīta-tattvātma-vibodha-mārgaḥ praṇamya pādau parivṛtya devam ihāgato 'haṃ virahāturātmā
Thus, having learned the path of realizing the truth of the Self from him whose feet are the (purifying) holy place I worshipped, having bowed to his feet and circumambulated the god, I have come here, my heart afflicted by separation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.21
सो ऽहं तद्-दर्शनाह्लाद- वियोगार्ति-युतः प्रभो गमिष्ये दयितं तस्य बदर्याश्रम-मण्डलम्
so 'haṃ tad-darśanāhlāda- viyogārti-yutaḥ prabho gamiṣye dayitaṃ tasya badaryāśrama-maṇḍalam
That being so, O master, filled with the pain of being parted from the joy of seeing him, I shall go to that region beloved of him, the hermitage of Badarī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.22
यत्र नारायणो देवो नरश् च भगवान् ऋषिः मृदु तीव्रं तपो दीर्घं तेपाते लोक-भावनौ
yatra nārāyaṇo devo naraś ca bhagavān ṛṣiḥ mṛdu tīvraṃ tapo dīrghaṃ tepāte loka-bhāvanau
Where the god Nārāyaṇa and the Lord Nara, the seer, the two sustainers of the worlds, have performed long austerity, gentle (yet) severe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.23
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् उद्धवाद् उपाकर्ण्य सुहृदां दुःसहं वधम् ज्ञानेनाशमयत् क्षत्ता शोकम् उत्पतितं बुधः
śrī-śuka uvāca ity uddhavād upākarṇya suhṛdāṃ duḥsahaṃ vadham jñānenāśamayat kṣattā śokam utpatitaṃ budhaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Having heard thus from Uddhava of the unbearable slaughter of his dear ones, the wise Kṣattā (Vidura) quelled by knowledge the grief that had arisen (in him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.24
स तं महा-भागवतं व्रजन्तं कौरवर्षभः विश्रम्भाद् अभ्यधत्तेदं मुख्यं कृष्ण-परिग्रहे
sa taṃ mahā-bhāgavataṃ vrajantaṃ kauravarṣabhaḥ viśrambhād abhyadhattedaṃ mukhyaṃ kṛṣṇa-parigrahe
And as that great devotee was departing, the bull among the Kauravas, out of familiarity, addressed this to him who was foremost among Kṛṣṇa's intimate associates.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.25
विदुर उवाच ज्ञानं परं स्वात्म-रहः-प्रकाशं यद् आह योगेश्वर ईश्वरस् ते वक्तुं भवान् नो ऽर्हति यद् धि विष्णोर् भृत्याः स्व-भृत्यार्थ-कृतश् चरन्ति
vidura uvāca jñānaṃ paraṃ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṃ yad āha yogeśvara īśvaras te vaktuṃ bhavān no 'rhati yad dhi viṣṇor bhṛtyāḥ sva-bhṛtyārtha-kṛtaś caranti
Vidura said: The supreme knowledge, which reveals the secret of one's own self, which the Lord, the master of yoga, spoke to you — that you ought to tell us; for the servants of Viṣṇu move about accomplishing the purposes of His servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.26
उद्धव उवाच ननु ते तत्त्व-संराध्य ऋषिः कौषारवो ऽन्तिके साक्षाद् भगवतादिष्टो मर्त्य-लोकं जिहासता
uddhava uvāca nanu te tattva-saṃrādhya ṛṣiḥ kauṣāravo 'ntike sākṣād bhagavatādiṣṭo martya-lokaṃ jihāsatā
Uddhava said: Indeed, the sage Maitreya, son of Kuṣāru, whom you should worship for (knowledge of) the truth, is nearby — he was directly instructed by the Lord Himself when He was about to leave the world of mortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.27
श्री-शुक उवाच इति सह विदुरेण विश्व-मूर्तेर् गुण-कथया सुधया प्लावितोरुतापः क्षणम् इव पुलिने यमस्वसुस् तां समुषित औपगविर् निशां ततो ऽगात्
śrī-śuka uvāca iti saha vidureṇa viśva-mūrter guṇa-kathayā sudhayā plāvitorutāpaḥ kṣaṇam iva puline yamasvasus tāṃ samuṣita aupagavir niśāṃ tato 'gāt
Śrī Śuka said: Thus, with Vidura, his great distress flooded by the nectar of talk of the qualities of Him whose form is the universe, the son of Aupagava (Uddhava), having spent that night on the bank of Yamā's sister (the Yamunā) as if it were a moment, then departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.28
राजोवाच निधनम् उपगतेषु वृष्णि-भोजेष्व् अधिरथ-यूथप-यूथपेषु मुख्यः स तु कथम् अवशिष्ट उद्धवो यद् धरिर् अपि तत्यज आकृतिं त्र्यधीशः
rājovāca nidhanam upagateṣu vṛṣṇi-bhojeṣv adhiratha-yūthapa-yūthapeṣu mukhyaḥ sa tu katham avaśiṣṭa uddhavo yad dharir api tatyaja ākṛtiṃ tryadhīśaḥ
The king said: When the Vṛṣṇis and Bhojas had met their end — they who were leaders of the leaders of the troops of chariot-warriors — how was it that Uddhava, the chief among them, remained, when even Hari, the Lord of the three, gave up His form?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.29
श्री-शुक उवाच ब्रह्म-शापापदेशेन कालेनामोघ-वाञ्छितः संहृत्य स्व-कुलं स्फीतं त्यक्ष्यन् देहम् अचिन्तयत्
śrī-śuka uvāca brahma-śāpāpadeśena kālenāmogha-vāñchitaḥ saṃhṛtya sva-kulaṃ sphītaṃ tyakṣyan deham acintayat
Śrī Śuka said: On the pretext of the brāhmaṇas' curse, He whose will is never thwarted, by (the agency of) Time, having withdrawn His own flourishing family, and intending to give up His body, reflected (thus):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.30
अस्माल् लोकाद् उपरते मयि ज्ञानं मद्-आश्रयम् अर्हत्य् उद्धव एवाद्धा सम्प्रत्य् आत्मवतां वरः
asmāl lokād uparate mayi jñānaṃ mad-āśrayam arhaty uddhava evāddhā sampraty ātmavatāṃ varaḥ
"When I have departed from this world, Uddhava alone is truly worthy now of the knowledge that has Me for its refuge — he is the best of the self-possessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.31
नोद्धवो ऽण्व् अपि मन्-न्यूनो यद् गुणैर् नार्दितः प्रभुः अतो मद्-वयुनं लोकं ग्राहयन्न् इह तिष्ठतु
noddhavo 'ṇv api man-nyūno yad guṇair nārditaḥ prabhuḥ ato mad-vayunaṃ lokaṃ grāhayann iha tiṣṭhatu
"Uddhava is not less than Me even by a hair's breadth, since, being master (of himself), he is not afflicted by the modes; therefore let him remain here, making the world grasp the knowledge of Me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.32
एवं त्रि-लोक-गुरुणा सन्दिष्टः शब्द-योनिना बदर्याश्रमम् आसाद्य हरिम् ईजे समाधिना
evaṃ tri-loka-guruṇā sandiṣṭaḥ śabda-yoninā badaryāśramam āsādya harim īje samādhinā
Thus instructed by the preceptor of the three worlds, the source of the Vedic word, he reached the hermitage of Badarī and worshipped Hari by absorption (samādhi).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.33
विदुरो ऽप्य् उद्धवाच् छ्रुत्वा कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः क्रीडयोपात्त-देहस्य कर्माणि श्लाघितानि च
viduro 'py uddhavāc chrutvā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ krīḍayopātta-dehasya karmāṇi ślāghitāni ca
Vidura too, having heard from Uddhava of the deeds — praised (by all) — of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, who had assumed a body in play,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.34
देह-न्यासं च तस्यैवं धीराणां धैर्य-वर्धनम् अन्येषां दुष्करतरं पशूनां विक्लवात्मनाम्
deha-nyāsaṃ ca tasyaivaṃ dhīrāṇāṃ dhairya-vardhanam anyeṣāṃ duṣkarataraṃ paśūnāṃ viklavātmanām
and of His laying aside of the body in that manner, which increases the steadiness of the steady but is very hard (to bear) for others, for the beast-like whose minds are agitated —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.35
आत्मानं च कुरु-श्रेष्ठ कृष्णेन मनसेक्षितम् ध्यायन् गते भागवते रुरोद प्रेम-विह्वलः
ātmānaṃ ca kuru-śreṣṭha kṛṣṇena manasekṣitam dhyāyan gate bhāgavate ruroda prema-vihvalaḥ
and (remembering) himself, O best of the Kurus, as having been regarded by Kṛṣṇa in His mind — meditating (thus) when the devotee had gone, he wept, overwhelmed with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 4.36
कालिन्द्याः कतिभिः सिद्ध अहोभिर् भरतर्षभ प्रापद्यत स्वः-सरितं यत्र मित्रा-सुतो मुनिः
kālindyāḥ katibhiḥ siddha ahobhir bharatarṣabha prāpadyata svaḥ-saritaṃ yatra mitrā-suto muniḥ
After some days, O bull of the Bharatas, the accomplished one reached from the Yamunā the river of heaven (the Ganges), where the sage, the son of Mitrā, was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition