Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 2
SB 4 2.1
विदुर उवाच भवे शीलवतां श्रेष्ठे दक्षो दुहितृ-वत्सलः विद्वेषम् अकरोत् कस्माद् अनादृत्यात्मजां सतीम्
vidura uvāca bhave śīlavatāṃ śreṣṭhe dakṣo duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ vidveṣam akarot kasmād anādṛtyātmajāṃ satīm
Vidura said: Why did Dakṣa, who was fond of his daughter, show hatred toward Bhava, the best of the virtuous, disregarding his own daughter Satī?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.2
कस् तं चराचर-गुरुं निर्वैरं शान्त-विग्रहम् आत्मारामं कथं द्वेष्टि जगतो दैवतं महत्
kas taṃ carācara-guruṃ nirvairaṃ śānta-vigraham ātmārāmaṃ kathaṃ dveṣṭi jagato daivataṃ mahat
Who could hate him, the teacher of the moving and the unmoving, free of enmity, of peaceful form, delighting in himself? How could anyone hate the great deity of the world?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.3
एतद् आख्याहि मे ब्रह्मन् जामातुः श्वशुरस्य च विद्वेषस् तु यतः प्राणांस् तत्यजे दुस्त्यजान् सती
etad ākhyāhi me brahman jāmātuḥ śvaśurasya ca vidveṣas tu yataḥ prāṇāṃs tatyaje dustyajān satī
Explain this to me, brahmin: the enmity between the son-in-law and the father-in-law, on account of which Satī gave up her life-breaths, which are hard to give up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.4
मैत्रेय उवाच पुरा विश्व-सृजां सत्रे समेताः परमर्षयः तथामर-गणाः सर्वे सानुगा मुनयो ऽग्नयः
maitreya uvāca purā viśva-sṛjāṃ satre sametāḥ paramarṣayaḥ tathāmara-gaṇāḥ sarve sānugā munayo 'gnayaḥ
Maitreya said: Long ago, at the sacrifice of the creators of the universe, the supreme sages assembled, and likewise all the hosts of the immortals, and the sages and the fire-priests with their followers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.5
तत्र प्रविष्टम् ऋषयो दृष्ट्वार्कम् इव रोचिषा भ्राजमानं वितिमिरं कुर्वन्तं तन् महत् सदः
tatra praviṣṭam ṛṣayo dṛṣṭvārkam iva rociṣā bhrājamānaṃ vitimiraṃ kurvantaṃ tan mahat sadaḥ
When he had entered there, the sages saw him blazing with radiance like the sun, making that great assembly free of darkness.
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SB 4 2.6
उदतिष्ठन् सदस्यास् ते स्व-धिष्ण्येभ्यः सहाग्नयः ऋते विरिञ्चां शर्वं च तद्-भासाक्षिप्त-चेतसः
udatiṣṭhan sadasyās te sva-dhiṣṇyebhyaḥ sahāgnayaḥ ṛte viriñcāṃ śarvaṃ ca tad-bhāsākṣipta-cetasaḥ
Those members of the assembly, together with the fire-priests, rose from their own seats, their minds carried away by his brilliance — except for Viriñca (Brahmā) and Śarva (Śiva).
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SB 4 2.7
सदसस्-पतिभिर् दक्षो भगवान् साधु सत्-कृतः अजं लोक-गुरुं नत्वा निषसाद तद्-आज्ञया
sadasas-patibhir dakṣo bhagavān sādhu sat-kṛtaḥ ajaṃ loka-guruṃ natvā niṣasāda tad-ājñayā
Duly honored by the lords of the assembly, the mighty Dakṣa bowed to the unborn one, the teacher of the worlds, and sat down at his command.
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SB 4 2.8
प्राङ्-निषण्णं मृडं दृष्ट्वा नामृष्यत् तद्-अनादृतः उवाच वामं चक्षुर्भ्याम् अभिवीक्ष्य दहन्न् इव
prāṅ-niṣaṇṇaṃ mṛḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāmṛṣyat tad-anādṛtaḥ uvāca vāmaṃ cakṣurbhyām abhivīkṣya dahann iva
But seeing Mṛḍa seated before (him), unhonored by him, he did not tolerate it; looking at him crookedly with both eyes, as if burning (him), he spoke.
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SB 4 2.9
श्रूयतां ब्रह्मर्षयो मे सह-देवाः सहाग्नयः साधूनां ब्रुवतो वृत्तं नाज्ञानान् न च मत्सरात्
śrūyatāṃ brahmarṣayo me saha-devāḥ sahāgnayaḥ sādhūnāṃ bruvato vṛttaṃ nājñānān na ca matsarāt
Hear me, brahmin sages, together with the gods and the fire-priests, as I speak of the conduct of the good — not out of ignorance, nor out of spite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.10
अयं तु लोक-पालानां यशो-घ्नो निरपत्रपः सद्भिर् आचरितः पन्था येन स्तब्धेन दूषितः
ayaṃ tu loka-pālānāṃ yaśo-ghno nirapatrapaḥ sadbhir ācaritaḥ panthā yena stabdhena dūṣitaḥ
But this one is a destroyer of the fame of the guardians of the worlds, shameless — the path followed by the good has been defiled by this arrogant one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.11
एष मे शिष्यतां प्राप्तो यन् मे दुहितुर् अग्रहीत् पाणिं विप्राग्नि-मुखतः सावित्र्या इव साधुवत्
eṣa me śiṣyatāṃ prāpto yan me duhitur agrahīt pāṇiṃ viprāgni-mukhataḥ sāvitryā iva sādhuvat
He has come into the position of my disciple, in that he took my daughter's hand before brāhmaṇas and the fire, like Sāvitrī's, as though he were a good man.
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SB 4 2.12
गृहीत्वा मृग-शावाक्ष्याः पाणिं मर्कट-लोचनः प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादार्हे वाचाप्य् अकृत नोचितम्
gṛhītvā mṛga-śāvākṣyāḥ pāṇiṃ markaṭa-locanaḥ pratyutthānābhivādārhe vācāpy akṛta nocitam
This monkey-eyed one, having taken the hand of her whose eyes are like a fawn's, did not do even with a word what was fitting toward me, who deserve his rising up and salutation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.13
लुप्त-क्रियायाशुचये मानिने भिन्न-सेतवे अनिच्छन्न् अप्य् अदां बालां शूद्रायेवोशतीं गिरम्
lupta-kriyāyāśucaye mānine bhinna-setave anicchann apy adāṃ bālāṃ śūdrāyevośatīṃ giram
To one whose rites have lapsed, who is unclean, arrogant, a breaker of bounds — unwilling though I was, I gave the girl, as one gives lovely speech to a śūdra.
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SB 4 2.14
प्रेतावासेषु घोरेषु प्रेतैर् भूत-गणैर् वृतः अटत्य् उन्मत्तवन् नग्नो व्युप्त-केशो हसन् रुदन्
pretāvāseṣu ghoreṣu pretair bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ aṭaty unmattavan nagno vyupta-keśo hasan rudan
In dreadful haunts of the dead, surrounded by ghosts and troops of spirits, he roams like a madman, naked, his hair dishevelled, laughing and weeping.
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SB 4 2.15
चिता-भस्म-कृत-स्नानः प्रेत-स्रङ्-न्रस्थि-भूषणः शिवापदेशो ह्य् अशिवो मत्तो मत्त-जन-प्रियः पतिः प्रमथ-नाथानां तमो-मात्रात्मकात्मनाम्
citā-bhasma-kṛta-snānaḥ preta-sraṅ-nrasthi-bhūṣaṇaḥ śivāpadeśo hy aśivo matto matta-jana-priyaḥ patiḥ pramatha-nāthānāṃ tamo-mātrātmakātmanām
He bathes in the ash of funeral pyres, is adorned with a garland of corpse-remnants and with human bones; called "Śiva" (auspicious) but inauspicious, mad, dear to mad people — the lord of the Pramathas, whose selves are made of nothing but darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.16
तस्मा उन्माद-नाथाय नष्ट-शौचाय दुर्हृदे दत्ता बत मया साध्वी चोदिते परमेष्ठिना
tasmā unmāda-nāthāya naṣṭa-śaucāya durhṛde dattā bata mayā sādhvī codite parameṣṭhinā
To him, the lord of madmen, whose purity is destroyed, malevolent — alas, by me was the virtuous girl given, when urged by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.17
मैत्रेय उवाच विनिन्द्यैवं स गिरिशम् अप्रतीपम् अवस्थितम् दक्षो ऽथाप उपस्पृश्य क्रुद्धः शप्तुं प्रचक्रमे
maitreya uvāca vinindyaivaṃ sa giriśam apratīpam avasthitam dakṣo 'thāpa upaspṛśya kruddhaḥ śaptuṃ pracakrame
Maitreya said: Having reviled Giriśa in this way, who stood there offering no resistance, Dakṣa then touched water and, enraged, set about cursing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.18
अयं तु देव-यजन इन्द्रोपेन्द्रादिभिर् भवः सह भागं न लभतां देवैर् देव-गणाधमः
ayaṃ tu deva-yajana indropendrādibhir bhavaḥ saha bhāgaṃ na labhatāṃ devair deva-gaṇādhamaḥ
But let this Bhava, the lowest of the company of gods, not receive a share at the sacrifice of the gods together with the gods Indra, Upendra and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.19
निषिध्यमानः स सदस्य-मुख्यैर् दक्षो गिरित्राय विसृज्य शापम् तस्माद् विनिष्क्रम्य विवृद्ध-मन्युर् जगाम कौरव्य निजं निकेतनम्
niṣidhyamānaḥ sa sadasya-mukhyair dakṣo giritrāya visṛjya śāpam tasmād viniṣkramya vivṛddha-manyur jagāma kauravya nijaṃ niketanam
Though restrained by the chief members of the assembly, Dakṣa hurled the curse at Giritra (Śiva), and going out from there with his anger swollen, he went, O Kaurava, to his own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.20
विज्ञाय शापं गिरिशानुगाग्रणीर् नन्दीश्वरो रोष-कषाय-दूषितः दक्षाय शापं विससर्ज दारुणं ये चान्वमोदंस् तद्-अवाच्यतां द्विजाः
vijñāya śāpaṃ giriśānugāgraṇīr nandīśvaro roṣa-kaṣāya-dūṣitaḥ dakṣāya śāpaṃ visasarja dāruṇaṃ ye cānvamodaṃs tad-avācyatāṃ dvijāḥ
Learning of the curse, Nandīśvara, foremost of Giriśa's followers, spoiled by the astringency of rage, cast a terrible curse upon Dakṣa and upon those brāhmaṇas who assented to that unspeakable talk of his.
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SB 4 2.21
य एतन् मर्त्यम् उद्दिश्य भगवत्य् अप्रतिद्रुहि द्रुह्यत्य् अज्ञः पृथग्-दृष्टिस् तत्त्वतो विमुखो भवेत्
ya etan martyam uddiśya bhagavaty apratidruhi druhyaty ajñaḥ pṛthag-dṛṣṭis tattvato vimukho bhavet
Whoever, with this mortal (body) in view, bears malice toward the Lord who bears malice to none — that ignorant man, seeing (things as) separate, will become averse to the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.22
गृहेषु कूट-धर्मेषु सक्तो ग्राम्य-सुखेच्छया कर्म-तन्त्रं वितनुते वेद-वाद-विपन्न-धीः
gṛheṣu kūṭa-dharmeṣu sakto grāmya-sukhecchayā karma-tantraṃ vitanute veda-vāda-vipanna-dhīḥ
Attached to households with their sham duties, out of desire for vulgar pleasure, he spreads out the round of ritual works, his intelligence ruined by the talk of the Vedas.
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SB 4 2.23
बुद्ध्या पराभिध्यायिन्या विस्मृतात्म-गतिः पशुः स्त्री-कामः सो ऽस्त्व् अतितरां दक्षो बस्त-मुखो ऽचिरात्
buddhyā parābhidhyāyinyā vismṛtātma-gatiḥ paśuḥ strī-kāmaḥ so 'stv atitarāṃ dakṣo basta-mukho 'cirāt
With his mind meditating on the external, having forgotten the way of the self, a beast, lusting after women — let this Dakṣa in full measure become goat-faced before long.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.24
विद्या-बुद्धिर् अविद्यायां कर्ममय्याम् असौ जडः संसरन्त्व् इह ये चामुम् अनु शर्वावमानिनम्
vidyā-buddhir avidyāyāṃ karmamayyām asau jaḍaḥ saṃsarantv iha ye cāmum anu śarvāvamāninam
Taking nescience consisting of ritual action to be knowledge, let this dull man transmigrate here, and those who follow him, the despiser of Śarva.
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SB 4 2.25
गिरः श्रुतायाः पुष्पिण्या मधु-गन्धेन भूरिणा मथ्ना चोन्मथितात्मानः सम्मुह्यन्तु हर-द्विषः
giraḥ śrutāyāḥ puṣpiṇyā madhu-gandhena bhūriṇā mathnā conmathitātmānaḥ sammuhyantu hara-dviṣaḥ
With their minds churned by the churning-stick, by the abundant honey-scent of the flowery speech of the Veda, let the haters of Hara fall into utter delusion.
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SB 4 2.26
सर्व-भक्षा द्विजा वृत्त्यै धृत-विद्या-तपो-व्रताः वित्त-देहेन्द्रियारामा याचका विचरन्त्व् इह
sarva-bhakṣā dvijā vṛttyai dhṛta-vidyā-tapo-vratāḥ vitta-dehendriyārāmā yācakā vicarantv iha
Let these twice-born eat anything, keeping their vows of learning and austerity for a livelihood, taking their pleasure in wealth, body and senses, and let them wander here as beggars.
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SB 4 2.27
तस्यैवं वदतः शापं श्रुत्वा द्विज-कुलाय वै भृगुः प्रत्यसृजच् छापं ब्रह्म-दण्डं दुरत्ययम्
tasyaivaṃ vadataḥ śāpaṃ śrutvā dvija-kulāya vai bhṛguḥ pratyasṛjac chāpaṃ brahma-daṇḍaṃ duratyayam
Hearing the curse that he uttered thus against the community of the twice-born, Bhṛgu hurled back a curse, the brahminical rod that cannot be overcome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.28
भव-व्रत-धरा ये च ये च तान् समनुव्रताः पाषण्डिनस् ते भवन्तु सच्-छास्त्र-परिपन्थिनः
bhava-vrata-dharā ye ca ye ca tān samanuvratāḥ pāṣaṇḍinas te bhavantu sac-chāstra-paripanthinaḥ
Those who keep the vow of Bhava and those who follow them — let them become heretics, opposed to the true scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.29
नष्ट-शौचा मूढ-धियो जटा-भस्मास्थि-धारिणः विशन्तु शिव-दीक्षायां यत्र दैवं सुरासवम्
naṣṭa-śaucā mūḍha-dhiyo jaṭā-bhasmāsthi-dhāriṇaḥ viśantu śiva-dīkṣāyāṃ yatra daivaṃ surāsavam
With purity lost and minds deluded, wearing matted hair, ashes and bones, let them enter into initiation to Śiva, where the divinity is wine and spirits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.30
ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणांश् चैव यद् यूयं परिनिन्दथ सेतुं विधारणं पुंसाम् अतः पाषण्डम् आश्रिताः
brahma ca brāhmaṇāṃś caiva yad yūyaṃ parinindatha setuṃ vidhāraṇaṃ puṃsām ataḥ pāṣaṇḍam āśritāḥ
Since you revile the Veda and the brāhmaṇas — the boundary that upholds men — you have therefore taken to heresy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.31
एष एव हि लोकानां शिवः पन्थाः सनातनः यं पूर्वे चानुसन्तस्थुर् यत्-प्रमाणं जनार्दनः
eṣa eva hi lokānāṃ śivaḥ panthāḥ sanātanaḥ yaṃ pūrve cānusantasthur yat-pramāṇaṃ janārdanaḥ
For this alone is the auspicious, eternal path of the worlds, which the ancients followed, and for which Janārdana is the authority.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.32
तद् ब्रह्म परमं शुद्धं सतां वर्त्म सनातनम् विगर्ह्य यात पाषण्डं दैवं वो यत्र भूत-राट्
tad brahma paramaṃ śuddhaṃ satāṃ vartma sanātanam vigarhya yāta pāṣaṇḍaṃ daivaṃ vo yatra bhūta-rāṭ
Reviling that supreme, pure Veda, the eternal way of the good, go to heresy, where the lord of ghosts is your deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.33
मैत्रेय उवाच तस्यैवं वदतः शापं भृगोः स भगवान् भवः निश्चक्राम ततः किञ्चिद् विमना इव सानुगः
maitreya uvāca tasyaivaṃ vadataḥ śāpaṃ bhṛgoḥ sa bhagavān bhavaḥ niścakrāma tataḥ kiñcid vimanā iva sānugaḥ
Maitreya said: When Bhṛgu had pronounced the curse in this way, the lord Bhava went out from that place with his followers, looking somewhat displeased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.34
ते ऽपि विश्व-सृजः सत्रं सहस्र-परिवत्सरान् संविधाय महेष्वास यत्रेज्य ऋषभो हरिः
te 'pi viśva-sṛjaḥ satraṃ sahasra-parivatsarān saṃvidhāya maheṣvāsa yatrejya ṛṣabho hariḥ
Those creators of the universe too, O great archer (Vidura), duly performed a sacrificial session lasting a thousand years, in which Hari, the foremost object of worship, is worshipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 2.35
आप्लुत्यावभृथं यत्र गङ्गा यमुनयान्विता विरजेनात्मना सर्वे स्वं स्वं धाम ययुस् ततः
āplutyāvabhṛthaṃ yatra gaṅgā yamunayānvitā virajenātmanā sarve svaṃ svaṃ dhāma yayus tataḥ
There, where the Gaṅgā is joined by the Yamunā, all of them bathed the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath and, with minds free of impurity, went from there each to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition