Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 7
SB 3 7.1
श्री-शुक उवाच एवं ब्रुवाणं मैत्रेयं द्वैपायन-सुतो बुधः प्रीणयन्न् इव भारत्या विदुरः प्रत्यभाषत
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ maitreyaṃ dvaipāyana-suto budhaḥ prīṇayann iva bhāratyā viduraḥ pratyabhāṣata
Śrī Śuka said: To Maitreya, as he spoke thus, the wise Vidura, son of Dvaipāyana, replied with words that seemed to gratify him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.2
विदुर उवाच ब्रह्मन् कथं भगवतश् चिन्-मात्रस्याविकारिणः लीलया चापि युज्येरन् निर्गुणस्य गुणाः क्रियाः
vidura uvāca brahman kathaṃ bhagavataś cin-mātrasyāvikāriṇaḥ līlayā cāpi yujyeran nirguṇasya guṇāḥ kriyāḥ
Vidura said: O brahmin, how can qualities and actions be attributed to the Lord, who is pure consciousness, changeless and free of the guṇas — even by way of play?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.3
क्रीडायाम् उद्यमो ऽर्भस्य कामश् चिक्रीडिषान्यतः स्वतस्-तृप्तस्य च कथं निवृत्तस्य सदान्यतः
krīḍāyām udyamo 'rbhasya kāmaś cikrīḍiṣānyataḥ svatas-tṛptasya ca kathaṃ nivṛttasya sadānyataḥ
A child's exertion in play (arises) from a desire, the wish to play, (prompted) by something other; but how (can there be play) for one satisfied in himself and always turned away from what is other?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.4
अस्राक्षीद् भगवान् विश्वं गुण-मय्यात्म-मायया तया संस्थापयत्य् एतद् भूयः प्रत्यपिधास्यति
asrākṣīd bhagavān viśvaṃ guṇa-mayyātma-māyayā tayā saṃsthāpayaty etad bhūyaḥ pratyapidhāsyati
The Lord emitted the universe by his own māyā, which is made of the guṇas; by that same (māyā) he maintains it, and will again withdraw it.
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SB 3 7.5
देशतः कालतो यो ऽसाव् अवस्थातः स्वतो ऽन्यतः अविलुप्तावबोधात्मा स युज्येताजया कथम्
deśataḥ kālato yo 'sāv avasthātaḥ svato 'nyataḥ aviluptāvabodhātmā sa yujyetājayā katham
He whose awareness is never interrupted by place, by time, by condition, by himself or by another — how could he be conjoined with ignorance?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.6
भगवान् एक एवैष सर्व-क्षेत्रेष्व् अवस्थितः अमुष्य दुर्भगत्वं वा क्लेशो वा कर्मभिः कुतः
bhagavān eka evaiṣa sarva-kṣetreṣv avasthitaḥ amuṣya durbhagatvaṃ vā kleśo vā karmabhiḥ kutaḥ
This Lord, one alone, abides in all the fields (bodies); whence, then, for him misfortune, or affliction through works?
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SB 3 7.7
एतस्मिन् मे मनो विद्वन् खिद्यते ऽज्ञान-सङ्कटे तन् नः पराणुद विभो कश्मलं मानसं महत्
etasmin me mano vidvan khidyate 'jñāna-saṅkaṭe tan naḥ parāṇuda vibho kaśmalaṃ mānasaṃ mahat
On this my mind is troubled, O learned one, in this strait of ignorance; dispel for us, O mighty one, this great darkness of the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.8
श्री-शुक उवाच स इत्थं चोदितः क्षत्त्रा तत्त्व-जिज्ञासुना मुनिः प्रत्याह भगवच्-चित्तः स्मयन्न् इव गत-स्मयः
śrī-śuka uvāca sa itthaṃ coditaḥ kṣattrā tattva-jijñāsunā muniḥ pratyāha bhagavac-cittaḥ smayann iva gata-smayaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: The sage, thus urged by the Kṣattā, who wished to know the truth, his thought fixed on the Lord, answered as if smiling, though he was free of pride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.9
मैत्रेय उवाच सेयं भगवतो माया यन् नयेन विरुध्यते ईश्वरस्य विमुक्तस्य कार्पण्यम् उत बन्धनम्
maitreya uvāca seyaṃ bhagavato māyā yan nayena virudhyate īśvarasya vimuktasya kārpaṇyam uta bandhanam
Maitreya said: This very thing is the Lord's māyā — what is contradicted by reasoning: that there should be wretchedness or bondage for the Lord, who is free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.10
यद् अर्थेन विनामुष्य पुंस आत्म-विपर्ययः प्रतीयत उपद्रष्टुः स्व-शिरश् छेदनादिकः
yad arthena vināmuṣya puṃsa ātma-viparyayaḥ pratīyata upadraṣṭuḥ sva-śiraś chedanādikaḥ
For without any real ground this reversal about the self is perceived in this person, who is (only) a witness — like the severing of one's own head (seen in a dream).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.11
यथा जले चन्द्रमसः कम्पादिस् तत्-कृतो गुणः दृश्यते ऽसन्न् अपि द्रष्टुर् आत्मनो ऽनात्मनो गुणः
yathā jale candramasaḥ kampādis tat-kṛto guṇaḥ dṛśyate 'sann api draṣṭur ātmano 'nātmano guṇaḥ
As the trembling and the like of the moon in water, a property produced by the water, is seen though it is not real, so a property of the non-self (appears) in the seeing self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.12
स वै निवृत्ति-धर्मेण वासुदेवानुकम्पया भगवद्-भक्ति-योगेन तिरोधत्ते शनैर् इह
sa vai nivṛtti-dharmeṇa vāsudevānukampayā bhagavad-bhakti-yogena tirodhatte śanair iha
That indeed gradually vanishes here through the dharma of withdrawal, through Vāsudeva's compassion, through the yoga of devotion to the Lord.
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SB 3 7.13
यदेन्द्रियोपरामो ऽथ द्रष्ट्रात्मनि परे हरौ विलीयन्ते तदा क्लेशाः संसुप्तस्येव कृत्स्नशः
yadendriyoparāmo 'tha draṣṭrātmani pare harau vilīyante tadā kleśāḥ saṃsuptasyeva kṛtsnaśaḥ
When there is cessation of the senses, then in the seer, the Self, the supreme Hari, the afflictions dissolve wholly, as in one who is fast asleep.
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SB 3 7.14
अशेष-सङ्क्लेश-शमं विधत्ते गुणानुवाद-श्रवणं मुरारेः किं वा पुनस् तच्-चरणारविन्द- पराग-सेवा-रतिर् आत्म-लब्धा
aśeṣa-saṅkleśa-śamaṃ vidhatte guṇānuvāda-śravaṇaṃ murāreḥ kiṃ vā punas tac-caraṇāravinda- parāga-sevā-ratir ātma-labdhā
Hearing the recital of Murāri's qualities brings the stilling of endless distress — how much more, then, the delight in serving the pollen of his lotus feet, once it has been won for oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.15
विदुर उवाच सञ्छिन्नः संशयो मह्यं तव सूक्तासिना विभो उभयत्रापि भगवन् मनो मे सम्प्रधावति
vidura uvāca sañchinnaḥ saṃśayo mahyaṃ tava sūktāsinā vibho ubhayatrāpi bhagavan mano me sampradhāvati
Vidura said: My doubt has been cut through by the blade of your fine words, O mighty one; on both points, O lord, my mind now runs clear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.16
साध्व् एतद् व्याहृतं विद्वन् नात्म-मायायनं हरेः आभात्य् अपार्थं निर्मूलं विश्व-मूलं न यद् बहिः
sādhv etad vyāhṛtaṃ vidvan nātma-māyāyanaṃ hareḥ ābhāty apārthaṃ nirmūlaṃ viśva-mūlaṃ na yad bahiḥ
Well have you declared this, O learned one: that the individual soul's resort is nothing but the māyā of Hari. It appears purposeless and rootless, (yet) it is the root of the universe, and it is not outside (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.17
यश् च मूढतमो लोके यश् च बुद्धेः परं गतः ताव् उभौ सुखम् एधेते क्लिश्यत्य् अन्तरितो जनः
yaś ca mūḍhatamo loke yaś ca buddheḥ paraṃ gataḥ tāv ubhau sukham edhete kliśyaty antarito janaḥ
He who is the greatest fool in the world, and he who has gone beyond intellect — these two both thrive in happiness; the person in between suffers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.18
अर्थाभावं विनिश्चित्य प्रतीतस्यापि नात्मनः तां चापि युष्मच्-चरण- सेवयाहं पराणुदे
arthābhāvaṃ viniścitya pratītasyāpi nātmanaḥ tāṃ cāpi yuṣmac-caraṇa- sevayāhaṃ parāṇude
Having ascertained the unreality of what appears, though not of the self, I would drive even that (appearance) away by service to your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.19
यत्-सेवया भगवतः कूट-स्थस्य मधु-द्विषः रति-रासो भवेत् तीव्रः पादयोर् व्यसनार्दनः
yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ
By the service of which there would arise an intense relish of love for the feet of the Lord, the immovable one, the foe of Madhu — a love that destroys all distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.20
दुरापा ह्य् अल्प-तपसः सेवा वैकुण्ठ-वर्त्मसु यत्रोपगीयते नित्यं देव-देवो जनार्दनः
durāpā hy alpa-tapasaḥ sevā vaikuṇṭha-vartmasu yatropagīyate nityaṃ deva-devo janārdanaḥ
For one of little austerity, service is indeed hard to obtain upon the paths to Vaikuṇṭha, where Janārdana, the God of gods, is constantly sung.
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SB 3 7.21
सृष्ट्वाग्रे महद्-आदीनि स-विकाराण्य् अनुक्रमात् तेभ्यो विराजम् उद्धृत्य तम् अनु प्राविशद् विभुः
sṛṣṭvāgre mahad-ādīni sa-vikārāṇy anukramāt tebhyo virājam uddhṛtya tam anu prāviśad vibhuḥ
Having first created the mahat and the rest, together with their modifications, in due order, and having drawn forth from them the Cosmic Form (virāj), the mighty one thereupon entered into it.
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SB 3 7.22
यम् आहुर् आद्यं पुरुषं सहस्राङ्घ्र्य्-ऊरु-बाहुकम् यत्र विश्व इमे लोकाः स-विकाशं त आसते
yam āhur ādyaṃ puruṣaṃ sahasrāṅghry-ūru-bāhukam yatra viśva ime lokāḥ sa-vikāśaṃ ta āsate
Him they call the primal Person, having a thousand feet, thighs and arms, in whom these worlds of the universe abide together with their unfoldings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.23
यस्मिन् दश-विधः प्राणः सेन्द्रियार्थेन्द्रियस् त्रि-वृत् त्वयेरितो यतो वर्णास् तद्-विभूतीर् वदस्व नः
yasmin daśa-vidhaḥ prāṇaḥ sendriyārthendriyas tri-vṛt tvayerito yato varṇās tad-vibhūtīr vadasva naḥ
In whom the tenfold vital air, threefold, along with the senses and their objects, was set in motion by you, and from whom (came) the social orders — tell us of his powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.24
यत्र पुत्रैश् च पौत्रैश् च नप्तृभिः सह गोत्रजैः प्रजा विचित्राकृतय आसन् याभिर् इदं ततम्
yatra putraiś ca pautraiś ca naptṛbhiḥ saha gotrajaiḥ prajā vicitrākṛtaya āsan yābhir idaṃ tatam
In whom, together with sons, grandsons, great-grandsons and clansmen, there came to be progeny of manifold forms, by which (progeny) this (world) is spread out.
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SB 3 7.25
प्रजापतीनां स पतिश् चकॢपे कान् प्रजापतीन् सर्गांश् चैवानुसर्गांश् च मनून् मन्वन्तराधिपान्
prajāpatīnāṃ sa patiś cakḷpe kān prajāpatīn sargāṃś caivānusargāṃś ca manūn manvantarādhipān
Which Prajāpatis did he, the lord of the Prajāpatis, fashion, and which creations and subsequent creations, and which Manus, the rulers of the manvantaras?
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SB 3 7.26
एतेषाम् अपि वेदांश् च वंशानुचरितानि च उपर्य् अधश् च ये लोका भूमेर् मित्रात्मजासते
eteṣām api vedāṃś ca vaṃśānucaritāni ca upary adhaś ca ye lokā bhūmer mitrātmajāsate
And also the Vedas of these, and the accounts of their lineages, and the worlds that lie above and below the earth, O son of Mitrā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.27
तेषां संस्थां प्रमाणं च भूर्-लोकस्य च वर्णय तिर्यङ्-मानुष-देवानां सरीसृप-पतत्त्रिणाम् वद नः सर्ग-संव्यूहं गार्भ-स्वेद-द्विजोद्भिदाम्
teṣāṃ saṃsthāṃ pramāṇaṃ ca bhūr-lokasya ca varṇaya tiryaṅ-mānuṣa-devānāṃ sarīsṛpa-patattriṇām vada naḥ sarga-saṃvyūhaṃ gārbha-sveda-dvijodbhidām
Describe their disposition and their measure, and that of the earthly world too; tell us of the ordered creation of beasts, men and gods, of creeping things and birds — of those born from the womb, from sweat, from eggs, and of those that sprout up.
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SB 3 7.28
गुणावतारैर् विश्वस्य सर्ग-स्थित्य्-अप्ययाश्रयम् सृजतः श्रीनिवासस्य व्याचक्ष्वोदार-विक्रमम्
guṇāvatārair viśvasya sarga-sthity-apyayāśrayam sṛjataḥ śrīnivāsasya vyācakṣvodāra-vikramam
Explain the magnificent prowess of Śrīnivāsa, who by the incarnations of the qualities creates the universe and is the ground of its creation, maintenance and dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.29
वर्णाश्रम-विभागांश् च रूप-शील-स्वभावतः ऋषीणां जन्म-कर्माणि वेदस्य च विकर्षणम्
varṇāśrama-vibhāgāṃś ca rūpa-śīla-svabhāvataḥ ṛṣīṇāṃ janma-karmāṇi vedasya ca vikarṣaṇam
And the divisions of the social orders and stages of life, according to form, conduct and inborn nature; the births and deeds of the sages; and the division of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.30
यज्ञस्य च वितानानि योगस्य च पथः प्रभो नैष्कर्म्यस्य च साङ्ख्यस्य तन्त्रं वा भगवत्-स्मृतम्
yajñasya ca vitānāni yogasya ca pathaḥ prabho naiṣkarmyasya ca sāṅkhyasya tantraṃ vā bhagavat-smṛtam
And the elaborations of sacrifice, and the paths of yoga, O master, and of actionlessness and of Sāṅkhya, or else the system taught by the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.31
पाषण्ड-पथ-वैषम्यं प्रतिलोम-निवेशनम् जीवस्य गतयो याश् च यावतीर् गुण-कर्मजाः
pāṣaṇḍa-patha-vaiṣamyaṃ pratiloma-niveśanam jīvasya gatayo yāś ca yāvatīr guṇa-karmajāḥ
The deviance of the heretical paths, the settling into contrary (reversed) unions, and what the destinies of the living being are, and how many, born of the qualities and of works.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.32
धर्मार्थ-काम-मोक्षाणां निमित्तान्य् अविरोधतः वार्ताया दण्ड-नीतेश् च श्रुतस्य च विधिं पृथक्
dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāṇāṃ nimittāny avirodhataḥ vārtāyā daṇḍa-nīteś ca śrutasya ca vidhiṃ pṛthak
The causes of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, taken without conflict among them; and separately the rules of livelihood, of statecraft, and of sacred learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.33
श्राद्धस्य च विधिं ब्रह्मन् पित्-णां सर्गम् एव च ग्रह-नक्षत्र-ताराणां कालावयव-संस्थितिम्
śrāddhasya ca vidhiṃ brahman pit-ṇāṃ sargam eva ca graha-nakṣatra-tārāṇāṃ kālāvayava-saṃsthitim
And the rule of the offering to the dead, O brāhmaṇa, and the creation of the forefathers as well; and the arrangement of the planets, lunar mansions and stars within the divisions of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.34
दानस्य तपसो वापि यच् चेष्टा-पूर्तयोः फलम् प्रवास-स्थस्य यो धर्मो यश् च पुंस उतापदि
dānasya tapaso vāpi yac ceṣṭā-pūrtayoḥ phalam pravāsa-sthasya yo dharmo yaś ca puṃsa utāpadi
What is the fruit of giving, or of austerity, and of sacrificial rites and works of public benefit; what is the duty of one who dwells abroad, and what that of a man in calamity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.35
येन वा भगवांस् तुष्येद् धर्म-योनिर् जनार्दनः सम्प्रसीदति वा येषाम् एतद् आख्याहि मे ऽनघ
yena vā bhagavāṃs tuṣyed dharma-yonir janārdanaḥ samprasīdati vā yeṣām etad ākhyāhi me 'nagha
Or by what the Lord Janārdana, the source of dharma, would be pleased, and with whom he becomes fully gracious — tell me this, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.36
अनुव्रतानां शिष्याणां पुत्राणां च द्विजोत्तम अनापृष्टम् अपि ब्रूयुर् गुरवो दीन-वत्सलाः
anuvratānāṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ putrāṇāṃ ca dvijottama anāpṛṣṭam api brūyur guravo dīna-vatsalāḥ
O best of the twice-born, to devoted disciples and to sons teachers, tender toward the lowly, would speak even what has not been asked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.37
तत्त्वानां भगवंस् तेषां कतिधा प्रतिसङ्क्रमः तत्रेमं क उपासीरन् क उ स्विद् अनुशेरते
tattvānāṃ bhagavaṃs teṣāṃ katidhā pratisaṅkramaḥ tatremaṃ ka upāsīran ka u svid anuśerate
(Vidura asked:) O lord, of those elements, how many kinds of dissolution are there? And in that (dissolution) who would attend upon this one, and who indeed lie down (beside him)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.38
पुरुषस्य च संस्थानं स्वरूपं वा परस्य च ज्ञानं च नैगमं यत् तद् गुरु-शिष्य-प्रयोजनम्
puruṣasya ca saṃsthānaṃ svarūpaṃ vā parasya ca jñānaṃ ca naigamaṃ yat tad guru-śiṣya-prayojanam
And the constitution of the puruṣa, or the true form of the Supreme, and the knowledge derived from the Vedas — that which is the purpose of teacher and disciple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 7.39
निमित्तानि च तस्येह प्रोक्तान्य् अनघ-सूरिभिः स्वतो ज्ञानं कुतः पुंसां भक्तिर् वैराग्यम् एव वा
nimittāni ca tasyeha proktāny anagha-sūribhiḥ svato jñānaṃ kutaḥ puṃsāṃ bhaktir vairāgyam eva vā
And the causes of it (that knowledge) have been declared here by the faultless learned; from where would men have knowledge of themselves, or devotion, or renunciation?
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SB 3 7.40
एतान् मे पृच्छतः प्रश्नान् हरेः कर्म-विवित्सया ब्रूहि मे ऽज्ञस्य मित्रत्वाद् अजया नष्ट-चक्षुषः
etān me pṛcchataḥ praśnān hareḥ karma-vivitsayā brūhi me 'jñasya mitratvād ajayā naṣṭa-cakṣuṣaḥ
These questions of mine, asked out of a wish to know the deeds of Hari — answer them for me, who am ignorant, out of friendship, my eye being lost through (the Lord's) deluding power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 7.41
सर्वे वेदाश् च यज्ञाश् च तपो दानानि चानघ जीवाभय-प्रदानस्य न कुर्वीरन् कलाम् अपि
sarve vedāś ca yajñāś ca tapo dānāni cānagha jīvābhaya-pradānasya na kurvīran kalām api
All the Vedas and sacrifices, austerity and gifts too, O sinless one, would not make even a fraction of the giving of freedom from fear to living beings.
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SB 3 7.42
श्री-शुक उवाच स इत्थम् आपृष्ट-पुराण-कल्पः कुरु-प्रधानेन मुनि-प्रधानः प्रवृद्ध-हर्षो भगवत्-कथायां सञ्चोदितस् तं प्रहसन्न् इवाह
śrī-śuka uvāca sa ittham āpṛṣṭa-purāṇa-kalpaḥ kuru-pradhānena muni-pradhānaḥ pravṛddha-harṣo bhagavat-kathāyāṃ sañcoditas taṃ prahasann ivāha
Śrī Śuka said: He, the foremost of sages, being thus asked about the ancient lore by the foremost of the Kurus, his joy grown great, urged on toward the narration about the Lord, spoke to him as if smiling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition