Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 6
SB 3 6.1
ऋषिर् उवाच इति तासां स्व-शक्तीनां सतीनाम् असमेत्य सः प्रसुप्त-लोक-तन्त्राणां निशाम्य गतिम् ईश्वरः
ṛṣir uvāca iti tāsāṃ sva-śaktīnāṃ satīnām asametya saḥ prasupta-loka-tantrāṇāṃ niśāmya gatim īśvaraḥ
The sage said: Thus the Lord, having observed the condition of those his own energies, which were not joined together and whose ordering of the worlds lay asleep,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.2
काल-सञ्ज्ञां तदा देवीं बिभ्रच्-छक्तिम् उरुक्रमः त्रयोविंशति तत्त्वानां गणं युगपद् आविशत्
kāla-sañjñāṃ tadā devīṃ bibhrac-chaktim urukramaḥ trayoviṃśati tattvānāṃ gaṇaṃ yugapad āviśat
then the wide-striding one, bearing the power that is the goddess named Time, entered all at once the assemblage of the twenty-three principles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.3
सो ऽनुप्रविष्टो भगवांश् चेष्टारूपेण तं गणम् भिन्नं संयोजयाम् आस सुप्तं कर्म प्रबोधयन्
so 'nupraviṣṭo bhagavāṃś ceṣṭārūpeṇa taṃ gaṇam bhinnaṃ saṃyojayām āsa suptaṃ karma prabodhayan
Having entered that assemblage in the form of impulse to activity, the Lord joined together what was divided, awakening the sleeping karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.4
प्रबुद्ध-कर्म दैवेन त्रयोविंशतिको गणः प्रेरितो ऽजनयत् स्वाभिर् मात्राभिर् अधिपूरुषम्
prabuddha-karma daivena trayoviṃśatiko gaṇaḥ prerito 'janayat svābhir mātrābhir adhipūruṣam
The assemblage of twenty-three, its karma awakened by destiny and impelled (by him), brought forth with its own portions the presiding Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.5
परेण विशता स्वस्मिन् मात्रया विश्व-सृग्-गणः चुक्षोभान्योन्यम् आसाद्य यस्मिन् लोकाश् चराचराः
pareṇa viśatā svasmin mātrayā viśva-sṛg-gaṇaḥ cukṣobhānyonyam āsādya yasmin lokāś carācarāḥ
When the Supreme entered into it with a portion of himself, the host of world-creators, coming together with one another, was stirred into activity — (that Person) in whom are the moving and unmoving worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 6.6
हिरण्मयः स पुरुषः सहस्र-परिवत्सरान् आण्ड-कोश उवासाप्सु सर्व-सत्त्वोपबृंहितः
hiraṇmayaḥ sa puruṣaḥ sahasra-parivatsarān āṇḍa-kośa uvāsāpsu sarva-sattvopabṛṃhitaḥ
That golden Person dwelt in the shell of the egg upon the waters for a thousand years, filled out with all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.7
स वै विश्व-सृजां गर्भो देव-कर्मात्म-शक्तिमान् विबभाजात्मनात्मानम् एकधा दशधा त्रिधा
sa vai viśva-sṛjāṃ garbho deva-karmātma-śaktimān vibabhājātmanātmānam ekadhā daśadhā tridhā
He indeed, the embryo of the world-creators, possessed of the powers of the gods, of action, and of self, divided himself by himself in one way, in ten ways, and in three ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 6.8
एष ह्य् अशेष-सत्त्वानाम् आत्मांशः परमात्मनः आद्यो ऽवतारो यत्रासौ भूत-ग्रामो विभाव्यते
eṣa hy aśeṣa-sattvānām ātmāṃśaḥ paramātmanaḥ ādyo 'vatāro yatrāsau bhūta-grāmo vibhāvyate
For he is the self-portion of the Supreme Self of all beings without exception, the first descent, in whom this whole assemblage of creatures is made manifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.9
साध्यात्मः साधिदैवश् च साधिभूत इति त्रिधा विराट् प्राणो दश-विध एकधा हृदयेन च
sādhyātmaḥ sādhidaivaś ca sādhibhūta iti tridhā virāṭ prāṇo daśa-vidha ekadhā hṛdayena ca
Threefold, as accompanied by the self, by the deities and by the elements — that is the Vast One; tenfold as the vital airs; and onefold by the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.10
स्मरन् विश्व-सृजाम् ईशो विज्ञापितम् अधोक्षजः विराजम् अतपत् स्वेन तेजसैषां विवृत्तये
smaran viśva-sṛjām īśo vijñāpitam adhokṣajaḥ virājam atapat svena tejasaiṣāṃ vivṛttaye
Remembering the request of the world-creators, the Lord beyond the senses heated the Vast One with his own energy, for their unfolding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.11
अथ तस्याभितप्तस्य कतिधायतनानि ह निरभिद्यन्त देवानां तानि मे गदतः शृणु
atha tasyābhitaptasya katidhāyatanāni ha nirabhidyanta devānāṃ tāni me gadataḥ śṛṇu
Now, how many seats of the gods burst open in him as he was thus heated — hear them from me as I recount them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.12
तस्याग्निर् आस्यं निर्भिन्नं लोक-पालो ऽविशत् पदम् वाचा स्वांशेन वक्तव्यं ययासौ प्रतिपद्यते
tasyāgnir āsyaṃ nirbhinnaṃ loka-pālo 'viśat padam vācā svāṃśena vaktavyaṃ yayāsau pratipadyate
His mouth burst open; Agni, the world-guardian, entered that place along with speech, by his own portion, by which he apprehends what is to be spoken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.13
निर्भिन्नं तालु वरुणो लोक-पालो ऽविशद् धरेः जिह्वयांशेन च रसं ययासौ प्रतिपद्यते
nirbhinnaṃ tālu varuṇo loka-pālo 'viśad dhareḥ jihvayāṃśena ca rasaṃ yayāsau pratipadyate
The palate of Hari burst open; Varuṇa, the world-guardian, entered it along with the tongue, by his portion, and with taste, by which he apprehends (flavour).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.14
निर्भिन्ने अश्विनौ नासे विष्णोर् आविशतां पदम् घ्राणेनांशेन गन्धस्य प्रतिपत्तिर् यतो भवेत्
nirbhinne aśvinau nāse viṣṇor āviśatāṃ padam ghrāṇenāṃśena gandhasya pratipattir yato bhavet
The two nostrils burst open; the Aśvins entered that place of Viṣṇu along with the organ of smell, by a portion, whence the apprehension of odour comes to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.15
निर्भिन्ने अक्षिणी त्वष्टा लोक-पालो ऽविशद् विभोः चक्षुषांशेन रूपाणां प्रतिपत्तिर् यतो भवेत्
nirbhinne akṣiṇī tvaṣṭā loka-pālo 'viśad vibhoḥ cakṣuṣāṃśena rūpāṇāṃ pratipattir yato bhavet
The two eyes burst open; Tvaṣṭṛ, the world-guardian, entered that place of the mighty one along with sight, by a portion, whence the apprehension of forms comes to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.16
निर्भिन्नान्य् अस्य चर्माणि लोक-पालो ऽनिलो ऽविशत् प्राणेनांशेन संस्पर्शं येनासौ प्रतिपद्यते
nirbhinnāny asya carmāṇi loka-pālo 'nilo 'viśat prāṇenāṃśena saṃsparśaṃ yenāsau pratipadyate
His skins burst open; Anila, the world-guardian, entered along with the vital breath, by a portion, by which he apprehends touch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.17
कर्णाव् अस्य विनिर्भिन्नौ धिष्ण्यं स्वं विविशुर् दिशः श्रोत्रेणांशेन शब्दस्य सिद्धिं येन प्रपद्यते
karṇāv asya vinirbhinnau dhiṣṇyaṃ svaṃ viviśur diśaḥ śrotreṇāṃśena śabdasya siddhiṃ yena prapadyate
When his two ears were opened up, the directions, the guardians of the quarters, entered their own station with hearing as their portion, by which one attains the apprehension of sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.18
त्वचम् अस्य विनिर्भिन्नां विविशुर् धिष्ण्यम् ओषधीः अंशेन रोमभिः कण्डूं यैर् असौ प्रतिपद्यते
tvacam asya vinirbhinnāṃ viviśur dhiṣṇyam oṣadhīḥ aṃśena romabhiḥ kaṇḍūṃ yair asau pratipadyate
Into his skin, when it was opened up, the herbs entered as their station, with the body-hairs as their portion, by which one comes to feel itching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.19
मेढ्रं तस्य विनिर्भिन्नं स्व-धिष्ण्यं क उपाविशत् रेतसांशेन येनासाव् आनन्दं प्रतिपद्यते
meḍhraṃ tasya vinirbhinnaṃ sva-dhiṣṇyaṃ ka upāviśat retasāṃśena yenāsāv ānandaṃ pratipadyate
When his generative organ was opened up, Ka (Brahmā/Prajāpati) entered it as his own station, with semen as his portion, by which one attains pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.20
गुदं पुंसो विनिर्भिन्नं मित्रो लोकेश आविशत् पायुनांशेन येनासौ विसर्गं प्रतिपद्यते
gudaṃ puṃso vinirbhinnaṃ mitro lokeśa āviśat pāyunāṃśena yenāsau visargaṃ pratipadyate
When the anus of the Person was opened up, Mitra, the lord of the worlds, entered it, with the evacuating organ as his portion, by which one carries out elimination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.21
हस्ताव् अस्य विनिर्भिन्नाव् इन्द्रः स्वर्-पतिर् आविशत् वार्तयांशेन पुरुषो यया वृत्तिं प्रपद्यते
hastāv asya vinirbhinnāv indraḥ svar-patir āviśat vārtayāṃśena puruṣo yayā vṛttiṃ prapadyate
When his two hands were opened up, Indra, the lord of heaven, entered them, with commerce as his portion, by which a person obtains his livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.22
पादाव् अस्य विनिर्भिन्नौ लोकेशो विष्णुर् आविशत् गत्या स्वांशेन पुरुषो यया प्राप्यं प्रपद्यते
pādāv asya vinirbhinnau lokeśo viṣṇur āviśat gatyā svāṃśena puruṣo yayā prāpyaṃ prapadyate
When his two feet were opened up, Viṣṇu, the lord of the worlds, entered them, with motion as his own portion, by which a person reaches what is to be reached.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.23
बुद्धिं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नां वाग्-ईशो धिष्ण्यम् आविशत् बोधेनांशेन बोद्धव्यम् प्रतिपत्तिर् यतो भवेत्
buddhiṃ cāsya vinirbhinnāṃ vāg-īśo dhiṣṇyam āviśat bodhenāṃśena boddhavyam pratipattir yato bhavet
And when his intelligence was opened up, the lord of speech (Brahmā) entered it as his station, with understanding as his portion, whence there arises the comprehension of what is to be understood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.24
हृदयं चास्य निर्भिन्नं चन्द्रमा धिष्ण्यम् आविशत् मनसांशेन येनासौ विक्रियां प्रतिपद्यते
hṛdayaṃ cāsya nirbhinnaṃ candramā dhiṣṇyam āviśat manasāṃśena yenāsau vikriyāṃ pratipadyate
And when his heart was opened up, the moon entered it as his station, with the mind as its portion, by which one undergoes changes (of feeling).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.25
आत्मानं चास्य निर्भिन्नम् अभिमानो ऽविशत् पदम् कर्मणांशेन येनासौ कर्तव्यं प्रतिपद्यते
ātmānaṃ cāsya nirbhinnam abhimāno 'viśat padam karmaṇāṃśena yenāsau kartavyaṃ pratipadyate
And when his self (self-sense) was opened up, self-conceit (abhimāna) entered that place, with action as its portion, by which one takes up what is to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.26
सत्त्वं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नं महान् धिष्ण्यम् उपाविशत् चित्तेनांशेन येनासौ विज्ञानं प्रतिपद्यते
sattvaṃ cāsya vinirbhinnaṃ mahān dhiṣṇyam upāviśat cittenāṃśena yenāsau vijñānaṃ pratipadyate
And when his sattva (consciousness) was opened up, the Mahat entered it as its station, with the mind-stuff (citta) as its portion, by which one attains discriminative knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.27
शीर्ष्णो ऽस्य द्यौर् धरा पद्भ्यां खं नाभेर् उदपद्यत गुणानां वृत्तयो येषु प्रतीयन्ते सुरादयः
śīrṣṇo 'sya dyaur dharā padbhyāṃ khaṃ nābher udapadyata guṇānāṃ vṛttayo yeṣu pratīyante surādayaḥ
From his head heaven arose, the earth from his feet, and space from his navel — in which (regions) the operations of the qualities are recognised as the gods and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.28
आत्यन्तिकेन सत्त्वेन दिवं देवाः प्रपेदिरे धरां रजः-स्वभावेन पणयो ये च तान् अनु
ātyantikena sattvena divaṃ devāḥ prapedire dharāṃ rajaḥ-svabhāvena paṇayo ye ca tān anu
By preponderant sattva the gods attained heaven; the earth (was attained) by those of the nature of rajas, the traders, and those who follow them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.29
तार्तीयेन स्वभावेन भगवन्-नाभिम् आश्रिताः उभयोर् अन्तरं व्योम ये रुद्र-पार्षदां गणाः
tārtīyena svabhāvena bhagavan-nābhim āśritāḥ ubhayor antaraṃ vyoma ye rudra-pārṣadāṃ gaṇāḥ
By the third nature (tamas) are those hosts who are Rudra's attendants, resorting to the Lord's navel — the sky between the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 6.30
मुखतो ऽवर्तत ब्रह्म पुरुषस्य कुरूद्वह यस् तून्मुखत्वाद् वर्णानां मुख्यो ऽभूद् ब्राह्मणो गुरुः
mukhato 'vartata brahma puruṣasya kurūdvaha yas tūnmukhatvād varṇānāṃ mukhyo 'bhūd brāhmaṇo guruḥ
From the mouth of the Person the Veda came forth, O best of the Kurus; and the brāhmaṇa, who because of his facing-upward (predominance) became the chief of the classes, the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 6.31
बाहुभ्यो ऽवर्तत क्षत्रं क्षत्रियस् तद् अनुव्रतः यो जातस् त्रायते वर्णान् पौरुषः कण्टक-क्षतात्
bāhubhyo 'vartata kṣatraṃ kṣatriyas tad anuvrataḥ yo jātas trāyate varṇān pauruṣaḥ kaṇṭaka-kṣatāt
From his arms came forth kṣatra (ruling power), and the kṣatriya who follows that; he, born of the Person, protects the classes from injury by thorns (i.e., harmful men).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.32
विशो ऽवर्तन्त तस्योर्वोर् लोक-वृत्तिकरीर् विभोः वैश्यस् तद्-उद्भवो वार्तां नृणां यः समवर्तयत्
viśo 'vartanta tasyorvor loka-vṛttikarīr vibhoḥ vaiśyas tad-udbhavo vārtāṃ nṛṇāṃ yaḥ samavartayat
From the thighs of that mighty one came forth the vaiśya occupations that provide the world's livelihood, and the vaiśya, born from them, who arranged the trade of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.33
पद्भ्यां भगवतो जज्ञे शुश्रूषा धर्म-सिद्धये तस्यां जातः पुरा शूद्रो यद्-वृत्त्या तुष्यते हरिः
padbhyāṃ bhagavato jajñe śuśrūṣā dharma-siddhaye tasyāṃ jātaḥ purā śūdro yad-vṛttyā tuṣyate hariḥ
From the feet of the Lord was born service, for the accomplishment of dharma; from it was born of old the śūdra, by whose occupation Hari is pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.34
एते वर्णाः स्व-धर्मेण यजन्ति स्व-गुरुं हरिम् श्रद्धयात्म-विशुद्ध्य्-अर्थं यज्-जाताः सह वृत्तिभिः
ete varṇāḥ sva-dharmeṇa yajanti sva-guruṃ harim śraddhayātma-viśuddhy-arthaṃ yaj-jātāḥ saha vṛttibhiḥ
These classes, together with their occupations, worship with faith, by their own dharma, their own teacher Hari, from whom they were born, for the purification of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.35
एतत् क्षत्तर् भगवतो दैव-कर्मात्म-रूपिणः कः श्रद्दध्याद् उपाकर्तुं योगमाया-बलोदयम्
etat kṣattar bhagavato daiva-karmātma-rūpiṇaḥ kaḥ śraddadhyād upākartuṃ yogamāyā-balodayam
O Kṣattā, who could presume to reckon up this rising of the power of the Lord's yogamāyā — of him whose forms are fate, action, and self?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 6.36
तथापि कीर्तयाम्य् अङ्ग यथा-मति यथा-श्रुतम् कीर्तिं हरेः स्वां सत्-कर्तुं गिरम् अन्याभिधासतीम्
tathāpi kīrtayāmy aṅga yathā-mati yathā-śrutam kīrtiṃ hareḥ svāṃ sat-kartuṃ giram anyābhidhāsatīm
Even so, dear one, I recount, as far as my understanding and as far as I have heard, the glory of Hari, in order to make good my own speech, which, speaking of other things, is impure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.37
एकान्त-लाभं वचसो नु पुंसां सुश्लोक-मौलेर् गुण-वादम् आहुः श्रुतेश् च विद्वद्भिर् उपाकृतायां कथा-सुधायाम् उपसम्प्रयोगम्
ekānta-lābhaṃ vacaso nu puṃsāṃ suśloka-mauler guṇa-vādam āhuḥ śruteś ca vidvadbhir upākṛtāyāṃ kathā-sudhāyām upasamprayogam
They say that the one true gain of speech for men is the telling of the virtues of him who is the crown of the well-praised, and (the gain) of hearing is close application to the nectar of those stories as served up by the learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.38
आत्मनो ऽवसितो वत्स महिमा कविनादिना संवत्सर-सहस्रान्ते धिया योग-विपक्कया
ātmano 'vasito vatsa mahimā kavinādinā saṃvatsara-sahasrānte dhiyā yoga-vipakkayā
My own greatness, dear child, was fathomed by me, the first poet, at the end of a thousand years, by an intelligence ripened through yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.39
अतो भगवतो माया मायिनाम् अपि मोहिनी यत् स्वयं चात्म-वर्त्मात्मा न वेद किम् उतापरे
ato bhagavato māyā māyinām api mohinī yat svayaṃ cātma-vartmātmā na veda kim utāpare
Therefore the māyā of the Lord bewilders even the wielders of illusion, since the Self himself does not know his own course — how much less others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 6.40
यतो ऽप्राप्य न्यवर्तन्त वाचश् च मनसा सह अहं चान्य इमे देवास् तस्मै भगवते नमः
yato 'prāpya nyavartanta vācaś ca manasā saha ahaṃ cānya ime devās tasmai bhagavate namaḥ
To that Lord be obeisance — from whom words turned back without reaching him, together with the mind, and I too, and these other gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition