Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 24
SB 4 24.1
मैत्रेय उवाच विजिताश्वो ऽधिराजासीत् पृथु-पुत्रः पृथु-श्रवाः यवीयोभ्यो ऽददात् काष्ठा भ्रातृभ्यो भ्रातृ-वत्सलः
maitreya uvāca vijitāśvo 'dhirājāsīt pṛthu-putraḥ pṛthu-śravāḥ yavīyobhyo 'dadāt kāṣṭhā bhrātṛbhyo bhrātṛ-vatsalaḥ
Maitreya said: Vijitāśva, the son of Pṛthu, of wide fame, became the supreme king; fond of his brothers, he gave the (quarters of the) directions to his younger brothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.2
हर्यक्षायादिशत् प्राचीं धूम्रकेशाय दक्षिणाम् प्रतीचीं वृक-संज्ञाय तुर्यां द्रविणसे विभुः
haryakṣāyādiśat prācīṃ dhūmrakeśāya dakṣiṇām pratīcīṃ vṛka-saṃjñāya turyāṃ draviṇase vibhuḥ
The mighty one assigned the east to Haryakṣa, the south to Dhūmrakeśa, the west to the one named Vṛka, and the fourth (the north) to Draviṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.3
अन्तर्धान-गतिं शक्राल् लब्ध्वान्तर्धान-संज्ञितः अपत्य-त्रयम् आधत्त शिखण्डिन्यां सुसम्मतम्
antardhāna-gatiṃ śakrāl labdhvāntardhāna-saṃjñitaḥ apatya-trayam ādhatta śikhaṇḍinyāṃ susammatam
Having obtained from Indra the power of vanishing, he was known as Antardhāna, and in Śikhaṇḍinī he begot three highly esteemed sons.
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SB 4 24.4
पावकः पवमानश् च शुचिर् इत्य् अग्नयः पुरा वसिष्ठ-शापाद् उत्पन्नाः पुनर् योग-गतिं गताः
pāvakaḥ pavamānaś ca śucir ity agnayaḥ purā vasiṣṭha-śāpād utpannāḥ punar yoga-gatiṃ gatāḥ
Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci — these were formerly fire-gods, who had been born (as sons) because of Vasiṣṭha's curse, and who again attained the state (reached) by yoga.
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SB 4 24.5
अन्तर्धानो नभस्वत्यां हविर्धानम् अविन्दत य इन्द्रम् अश्व-हर्तारं विद्वान् अपि न जघ्निवान्
antardhāno nabhasvatyāṃ havirdhānam avindata ya indram aśva-hartāraṃ vidvān api na jaghnivān
Antardhāna begot Havirdhāna in Nabhasvatī; he, though he knew Indra to be the thief of the (sacrificial) horse, did not kill him.
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SB 4 24.6
राज्ञां वृत्तिं करादान- दण्ड-शुल्कादि-दारुणाम् मन्यमानो दीर्घ-सत्त्र- व्याजेन विससर्ज ह
rājñāṃ vṛttiṃ karādāna- daṇḍa-śulkādi-dāruṇām manyamāno dīrgha-sattra- vyājena visasarja ha
Considering the livelihood of kings — harsh with the levying of taxes, with punishment, tolls and the rest — he indeed abandoned it under the pretext of a long sacrificial session.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.7
तत्रापि हंसं पुरुषं परमात्मानम् आत्म-दृक् यजंस् तल्-लोकताम् आप कुशलेन समाधिना
tatrāpi haṃsaṃ puruṣaṃ paramātmānam ātma-dṛk yajaṃs tal-lokatām āpa kuśalena samādhinā
There too, being a seer of the self, worshipping by sacrifice the Haṃsa, the Person, the Supreme Self, he attained that One's world through skilful absorption.
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SB 4 24.8
हविर्धानाद् धविर्धानी विदुरासूत षट् सुतान् बर्हिषदं गयं शुक्लं कृष्णं सत्यं जितव्रतम्
havirdhānād dhavirdhānī vidurāsūta ṣaṭ sutān barhiṣadaṃ gayaṃ śuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ satyaṃ jitavratam
From Havirdhāna, O Vidura, Havirdhānī brought forth six sons: Barhiṣat, Gaya, Śukla, Kṛṣṇa, Satya and Jitavrata.
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SB 4 24.9
बर्हिषत् सुमहा-भागो हाविर्धानिः प्रजापतिः क्रिया-काण्डेषु निष्णातो योगेषु च कुरूद्वह
barhiṣat sumahā-bhāgo hāvirdhāniḥ prajāpatiḥ kriyā-kāṇḍeṣu niṣṇāto yogeṣu ca kurūdvaha
Barhiṣat, the son of Havirdhāna, was greatly fortunate, a Prajāpati, skilled in the ritual sections (of the Veda) and in the yogas as well, O foremost of the Kurus.
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SB 4 24.10
यस्येदं देव-यजनम् अनुयज्ञं वितन्वतः प्राचीनाग्रैः कुशैर् आसीद् आस्तृतं वसुधा-तलम्
yasyedaṃ deva-yajanam anuyajñaṃ vitanvataḥ prācīnāgraiḥ kuśair āsīd āstṛtaṃ vasudhā-talam
While he was performing this worship of the gods, sacrifice after sacrifice, the surface of the earth came to be strewn over with kuśa grasses whose tips pointed east.
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SB 4 24.11
सामुद्रीं देवदेवोक्ताम् उपयेमे शतद्रुतिम् यां वीक्ष्य चारु-सर्वाङ्गीं किशोरीं सुष्ठ्व्-अलङ्कृताम् परिक्रमन्तीम् उद्वाहे चकमे ऽग्निः शुकीम् इव
sāmudrīṃ devadevoktām upayeme śatadrutim yāṃ vīkṣya cāru-sarvāṅgīṃ kiśorīṃ suṣṭhv-alaṅkṛtām parikramantīm udvāhe cakame 'gniḥ śukīm iva
He married Śatadruti, the daughter of the ocean, recommended by the god of gods; seeing her, a young girl lovely in every limb, beautifully adorned, as she circumambulated (the fire) at the wedding, Agni desired her as (he once desired) Śukī.
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SB 4 24.12
विबुधासुर-गन्धर्व- मुनि-सिद्ध-नरोरगाः विजिताः सूर्यया दिक्षु क्वणयन्त्यैव नूपुरैः
vibudhāsura-gandharva- muni-siddha-naroragāḥ vijitāḥ sūryayā dikṣu kvaṇayantyaiva nūpuraiḥ
Gods, asuras, gandharvas, sages, siddhas, men and serpents in every direction were conquered by her, the sun-like one, merely by her tinkling anklets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.13
प्राचीनबर्हिषः पुत्राः शतद्रुत्यां दशाभवन् तुल्य-नाम-व्रताः सर्वे धर्म-स्नाताः प्रचेतसः
prācīnabarhiṣaḥ putrāḥ śatadrutyāṃ daśābhavan tulya-nāma-vratāḥ sarve dharma-snātāḥ pracetasaḥ
Ten sons of Prācīnabarhi were born of Śatadruti, all alike in name and in vow, bathed in dharma, the Pracetases.
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SB 4 24.14
पित्रादिष्टाः प्रजा-सर्गे तपसे ऽर्णवम् आविशन् दश-वर्ष-सहस्राणि तपसार्चंस् तपस्-पतिम्
pitrādiṣṭāḥ prajā-sarge tapase 'rṇavam āviśan daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi tapasārcaṃs tapas-patim
Being directed by their father to the begetting of offspring, they entered the sea for austerity; for ten thousand years they worshipped with austerity the lord of austerity.
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SB 4 24.15
यद् उक्तं पथि दृष्टेन गिरिशेन प्रसीदता तद् ध्यायन्तो जपन्तश् च पूजयन्तश् च संयताः
yad uktaṃ pathi dṛṣṭena giriśena prasīdatā tad dhyāyanto japantaś ca pūjayantaś ca saṃyatāḥ
What was said by Giriśa, whom they met on the road and who was gracious to them — that, self-controlled, they meditated upon, murmured, and worshipped.
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SB 4 24.16
विदुर उवाच प्रचेतसां गिरित्रेण यथासीत् पथि सङ्गमः यद् उताह हरः प्रीतस् तन् नो ब्रह्मन् वदार्थवत्
vidura uvāca pracetasāṃ giritreṇa yathāsīt pathi saṅgamaḥ yad utāha haraḥ prītas tan no brahman vadārthavat
Vidura said: How did the meeting of the Pracetases with Giritra come about on the road, and what did Hara, being pleased, say? Tell us that, O brāhmaṇa, with its meaning.
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SB 4 24.17
सङ्गमः खलु विप्रर्षे शिवेनेह शरीरिणाम् दुर्लभो मुनयो दध्युर् असङ्गाद् यम् अभीप्सितम्
saṅgamaḥ khalu viprarṣe śiveneha śarīriṇām durlabho munayo dadhyur asaṅgād yam abhīpsitam
Meeting with Śiva here is surely hard to come by for embodied beings, O sage among brahmins — he whom the sages, in freedom from attachment, hold in meditation as their desired (goal).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.18
आत्मारामो ऽपि यस् त्व् अस्य लोक-कल्पस्य राधसे शक्त्या युक्तो विचरति घोरया भगवान् भवः
ātmārāmo 'pi yas tv asya loka-kalpasya rādhase śaktyā yukto vicarati ghorayā bhagavān bhavaḥ
Though he takes his delight in the self, the Lord Bhava nonetheless moves about, joined with his terrible power, for the accomplishment of this arrangement of the world.
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SB 4 24.19
मैत्रेय उवाच प्रचेतसः पितुर् वाक्यं शिरसादाय साधवः दिशं प्रतीचीं प्रययुस् तपस्य् आदृत-चेतसः
maitreya uvāca pracetasaḥ pitur vākyaṃ śirasādāya sādhavaḥ diśaṃ pratīcīṃ prayayus tapasy ādṛta-cetasaḥ
Maitreya said: The Pracetases, being good men, took their father's word upon their heads and went off toward the western quarter, their minds intent on austerity.
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SB 4 24.20
स-समुद्रम् उप विस्तीर्णम् अपश्यन् सुमहत् सरः महन्-मन इव स्वच्छं प्रसन्न-सलिलाशयम्
sa-samudram upa vistīrṇam apaśyan sumahat saraḥ mahan-mana iva svacchaṃ prasanna-salilāśayam
Near the ocean they saw a very great, wide lake, clear like the mind of a great soul, a reservoir of tranquil water.
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SB 4 24.21
नील-रक्तोत्पलाम्भोज- कह्लारेन्दीवराकरम् हंस-सारस-चक्राह्व- कारण्डव-निकूजितम्
nīla-raktotpalāmbhoja- kahlārendīvarākaram haṃsa-sārasa-cakrāhva- kāraṇḍava-nikūjitam
(It was) a mine of blue and red water-lilies, of lotuses, of kahlāra and indīvara blossoms, made resonant by the calls of swans, cranes, cakravākas and kāraṇḍavas,
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SB 4 24.22
मत्त-भ्रमर-सौस्वर्य- हृष्ट-रोम-लताङ्घ्रिपम् पद्म-कोश-रजो दिक्षु विक्षिपत्-पवनोत्सवम्
matta-bhramara-sausvarya- hṛṣṭa-roma-latāṅghripam padma-kośa-rajo dikṣu vikṣipat-pavanotsavam
with creepers and trees whose hairs bristled with delight at the sweet notes of intoxicated bees, (and) with the festival of the wind scattering in all directions the pollen from the lotus cups.
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SB 4 24.23
तत्र गान्धर्वम् आकर्ण्य दिव्य-मार्ग-मनोहरम् विसिस्म्यू राज-पुत्रास् ते मृदङ्ग-पणवाद्य् अनु
tatra gāndharvam ākarṇya divya-mārga-manoharam visismyū rāja-putrās te mṛdaṅga-paṇavādy anu
There, hearing gandharva song, entrancing with its divine modes, following upon mṛdaṅga, paṇava and other (drums), those princes were amazed.
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SB 4 24.24
तर्ह्य् एव सरसस् तस्मान् निष्क्रामन्तं सहानुगम् उपगीयमानम् अमर- प्रवरं विबुधानुगैः
tarhy eva sarasas tasmān niṣkrāmantaṃ sahānugam upagīyamānam amara- pravaraṃ vibudhānugaiḥ
At that very moment (they saw) the foremost of the immortals coming out of that lake together with his attendants, being sung in praise by the followers of the gods,
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SB 4 24.25
तप्त-हेम-निकायाभं शिति-कण्ठं त्रि-लोचनम् प्रसाद-सुमुखं वीक्ष्य प्रणेमुर् जात-कौतुकाः
tapta-hema-nikāyābhaṃ śiti-kaṇṭhaṃ tri-locanam prasāda-sumukhaṃ vīkṣya praṇemur jāta-kautukāḥ
— his form like molten gold in hue, blue-throated, three-eyed, his face gracious with favour — and seeing (him) they bowed down, curiosity arisen in them.
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SB 4 24.26
स तान् प्रपन्नार्ति-हरो भगवान् धर्म-वत्सलः धर्म-ज्ञान् शील-सम्पन्नान् प्रीतः प्रीतान् उवाच ह
sa tān prapannārti-haro bhagavān dharma-vatsalaḥ dharma-jñān śīla-sampannān prītaḥ prītān uvāca ha
He, the Lord who removes the distress of those who take refuge, who is fond of dharma, being pleased, spoke to those pleased ones, who knew dharma and were endowed with good conduct.
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SB 4 24.27
श्री-रुद्र उवाच यूयं वेदिषदः पुत्रा विदितं वश् चिकीर्षितम् अनुग्रहाय भद्रं व एवं मे दर्शनं कृतम्
śrī-rudra uvāca yūyaṃ vediṣadaḥ putrā viditaṃ vaś cikīrṣitam anugrahāya bhadraṃ va evaṃ me darśanaṃ kṛtam
Śrī Rudra said: You are the sons of Vediṣad (Prācīnabarhi); what you intend to do is known to me. It is to show favour to you — may there be good fortune for you — that I have thus made myself visible.
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SB 4 24.28
यः परं रंहसः साक्षात् त्रि-गुणाज् जीव-संज्ञितात् भगवन्तं वासुदेवं प्रपन्नः स प्रियो हि मे
yaḥ paraṃ raṃhasaḥ sākṣāt tri-guṇāj jīva-saṃjñitāt bhagavantaṃ vāsudevaṃ prapannaḥ sa priyo hi me
He who is surrendered to the Lord Vāsudeva, who is directly beyond the impelling (primal nature), which is of three guṇas, and beyond that which is termed the jīva — he indeed is dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.29
स्व-धर्म-निष्ठः शत-जन्मभिः पुमान् विरिञ्चताम् एति ततः परं हि माम् अव्याकृतं भागवतो ऽथ वैष्णवं पदं यथाहं विबुधाः कलात्यये
sva-dharma-niṣṭhaḥ śata-janmabhiḥ pumān viriñcatām eti tataḥ paraṃ hi mām avyākṛtaṃ bhāgavato 'tha vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ yathāhaṃ vibudhāḥ kalātyaye
A man firmly fixed in his own duty reaches, after a hundred births, the station of Brahmā; and beyond that, me; but the devotee (reaches) the unmanifest, and then the Vaiṣṇava abode — as I and the gods (do) at the ending of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.30
अथ भागवता यूयं प्रियाः स्थ भगवान् यथा न मद् भागवतानां च प्रेयान् अन्यो ऽस्ति कर्हिचित्
atha bhāgavatā yūyaṃ priyāḥ stha bhagavān yathā na mad bhāgavatānāṃ ca preyān anyo 'sti karhicit
Therefore you devotees are dear (to me) as the Lord himself is; and there is never anyone dearer to me than the devotees.
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SB 4 24.31
इदं विविक्तं जप्तव्यं पवित्रं मङ्गलं परम् निःश्रेयस-करं चापि श्रूयतां तद् वदामि वः
idaṃ viviktaṃ japtavyaṃ pavitraṃ maṅgalaṃ param niḥśreyasa-karaṃ cāpi śrūyatāṃ tad vadāmi vaḥ
This (hymn) is secret, to be muttered, purifying, supremely auspicious, and also productive of the highest good: let it be heard — I shall speak it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.32
मैत्रेय उवाच इत्य् अनुक्रोश-हृदयो भगवान् आह ताञ् छिवः बद्धाञ्जलीन् राज-पुत्रान् नारायण-परो वचः
maitreya uvāca ity anukrośa-hṛdayo bhagavān āha tāñ chivaḥ baddhāñjalīn rāja-putrān nārāyaṇa-paro vacaḥ
Maitreya said: Thus, his heart full of compassion, the lord Śiva, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, spoke this speech to those princes who stood with folded palms.
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SB 4 24.33
श्री-रुद्र उवाच जितं त आत्म-विद्-वर्य- स्वस्तये स्वस्तिर् अस्तु मे भवताराधसा राद्धं सर्वस्मा आत्मने नमः
śrī-rudra uvāca jitaṃ ta ātma-vid-varya- svastaye svastir astu me bhavatārādhasā rāddhaṃ sarvasmā ātmane namaḥ
Śrī Rudra said: Victory is yours, O best of the knowers of the Self! May there be well-being to me for (my) well-being. By you, who are (rich in) accomplishment, it has been accomplished. Obeisance to the Self who is all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.34
नमः पङ्कज-नाभाय भूत-सूक्ष्मेन्द्रियात्मने वासुदेवाय शान्ताय कूट-स्थाय स्व-रोचिषे
namaḥ paṅkaja-nābhāya bhūta-sūkṣmendriyātmane vāsudevāya śāntāya kūṭa-sthāya sva-rociṣe
Obeisance to him whose navel bears a lotus, to him who is the self of the subtle elements and the senses, to Vāsudeva, the tranquil, the unchanging, the self-luminous.
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SB 4 24.35
सङ्कर्षणाय सूक्ष्माय दुरन्तायान्तकाय च नमो विश्व-प्रबोधाय प्रद्युम्नायान्तर्-आत्मने
saṅkarṣaṇāya sūkṣmāya durantāyāntakāya ca namo viśva-prabodhāya pradyumnāyāntar-ātmane
To Saṅkarṣaṇa, the subtle, the hard to overcome and the ender; obeisance to Pradyumna, the awakener of the universe, the inner self.
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SB 4 24.36
नमो नमो ऽनिरुद्धाय हृषीकेशेन्द्रियात्मने नमः परमहंसाय पूर्णाय निभृतात्मने
namo namo 'niruddhāya hṛṣīkeśendriyātmane namaḥ paramahaṃsāya pūrṇāya nibhṛtātmane
Obeisance, obeisance to Aniruddha, to Hṛṣīkeśa who is the self of the senses; obeisance to the supreme swan, the full, whose self is stilled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.37
स्वर्गापवर्ग-द्वाराय नित्यं शुचि-षदे नमः नमो हिरण्य-वीर्याय चातुर्-होत्राय तन्तवे
svargāpavarga-dvārāya nityaṃ śuci-ṣade namaḥ namo hiraṇya-vīryāya cātur-hotrāya tantave
Obeisance to the doorway to heaven and to release, to him who ever abides in purity; obeisance to him of golden virility, to the extended fabric of the four-priest rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.38
नम ऊर्ज इषे त्रय्याः पतये यज्ञ-रेतसे तृप्ति-दाय च जीवानां नमः सर्व-रसात्मने
nama ūrja iṣe trayyāḥ pataye yajña-retase tṛpti-dāya ca jīvānāṃ namaḥ sarva-rasātmane
Obeisance to Ūrj and Iṣ (nourishment and food), to the lord of the threefold Veda, to the seed of sacrifice, and to the giver of satisfaction to living beings; obeisance to him whose self is all savours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.39
सर्व-सत्त्वात्म-देहाय विशेषाय स्थवीयसे नमस् त्रैलोक्य-पालाय सह ओजो-बलाय च
sarva-sattvātma-dehāya viśeṣāya sthavīyase namas trailokya-pālāya saha ojo-balāya ca
To him whose body is the self of all beings, to the differentiated and grossest (form); obeisance to the protector of the three worlds, together with (his) vigour and strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.40
अर्थ-लिङ्गाय नभसे नमो ऽन्तर्-बहिर्-आत्मने नमः पुण्याय लोकाय अमुष्मै भूरि-वर्चसे
artha-liṅgāya nabhase namo 'ntar-bahir-ātmane namaḥ puṇyāya lokāya amuṣmai bhūri-varcase
Obeisance to the sky, whose mark is (the quality of) sound-meaning, to the self within and without; obeisance to that meritorious world yonder, of abundant splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.41
प्रवृत्ताय निवृत्ताय पितृ-देवाय कर्मणे नमो ऽधर्म-विपाकाय मृत्यवे दुःख-दाय च
pravṛttāya nivṛttāya pitṛ-devāya karmaṇe namo 'dharma-vipākāya mṛtyave duḥkha-dāya ca
To the (path of) engagement and to (the path of) withdrawal, to the deity of the forefathers, to action; obeisance to the ripening of unrighteousness, to death, and to the giver of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.42
नमस् त आशिषाम् ईश मनवे कारणात्मने नमो धर्माय बृहते कृष्णायाकुण्ठ-मेधसे पुरुषाय पुराणाय साङ्ख्य-योगेश्वराय च
namas ta āśiṣām īśa manave kāraṇātmane namo dharmāya bṛhate kṛṣṇāyākuṇṭha-medhase puruṣāya purāṇāya sāṅkhya-yogeśvarāya ca
Obeisance to you, O lord of blessings, to Manu, to the self of causes; obeisance to dharma, to the vast, to Kṛṣṇa of unblunted intelligence, to the ancient Person, and to the lord of Sāṅkhya and yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.43
शक्ति-त्रय-समेताय मीढुषे ऽहङ्कृतात्मने चेत-आकूति-रूपाय नमो वाचो विभूतये
śakti-traya-sametāya mīḍhuṣe 'haṅkṛtātmane ceta-ākūti-rūpāya namo vāco vibhūtaye
To you who are joined with the three potencies, to the bountiful one, to him who has assumed the ego-principle, to him whose form is consciousness and intention — obeisance to you, the might of speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.44
दर्शनं नो दिदृक्षूणां देहि भागवतार्चितम् रूपं प्रियतमं स्वानां सर्वेन्द्रिय-गुणाञ्जनम्
darśanaṃ no didṛkṣūṇāṃ dehi bhāgavatārcitam rūpaṃ priyatamaṃ svānāṃ sarvendriya-guṇāñjanam
Grant to us, who long to see, that sight which is worshipped by the devotees: the form dearest to your own people, the salve (that beautifies) all the senses and their objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.45
स्निग्ध-प्रावृड्-घन-श्यामं सर्व-सौन्दर्य-सङ्ग्रहम् चार्व्-आयत-चतुर्-बाहु सुजात-रुचिराननम्
snigdha-prāvṛḍ-ghana-śyāmaṃ sarva-saundarya-saṅgraham cārv-āyata-catur-bāhu sujāta-rucirānanam
Dark as a glossy, dense cloud of the rainy season, the gathering-place of all beauty, with four lovely long arms, with a well-formed and charming face,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.46
पद्म-कोश-पलाशाक्षं सुन्दर-भ्रु सुनासिकम् सुद्विजं सुकपोलास्यं सम-कर्ण-विभूषणम्
padma-kośa-palāśākṣaṃ sundara-bhru sunāsikam sudvijaṃ sukapolāsyaṃ sama-karṇa-vibhūṣaṇam
with eyes like the petals of a lotus bud, with beautiful brows and a fine nose, with fine teeth, fine cheeks and mouth, with matching ornaments on both ears,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.47
प्रीति-प्रहसितापाङ्गम् अलकै रूप-शोभितम् लसत्-पङ्कज-किञ्जल्क- दुकूलं मृष्ट-कुण्डलम्
prīti-prahasitāpāṅgam alakai rūpa-śobhitam lasat-paṅkaja-kiñjalka- dukūlaṃ mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam
with the corners of the eyes smiling with affection, its beauty set off by curling locks, wearing a fine garment (bright) as the filaments of a glowing lotus, with polished earrings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.48
स्फुरत्-किरीट-वलय- हार-नूपुर-मेखलम् शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-पद्म- माला-मण्य्-उत्तमर्द्धिमत्
sphurat-kirīṭa-valaya- hāra-nūpura-mekhalam śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padma- mālā-maṇy-uttamarddhimat
with glittering crown, bracelets, necklace, anklets and girdle, richly endowed to the highest degree with conch, disc, mace, lotus, garland and jewel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.49
सिंह-स्कन्ध-त्विषो बिभ्रत् सौभग-ग्रीव-कौस्तुभम् श्रियानपायिन्या क्षिप्त- निकषाश्मोरसोल्लसत्
siṃha-skandha-tviṣo bibhrat saubhaga-grīva-kaustubham śriyānapāyinyā kṣipta- nikaṣāśmorasollasat
bearing the splendour of lion-like shoulders, the Kaustubha jewel on the auspicious neck, with a chest that gleams, outdoing a touchstone, together with the Fortune who never departs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.50
पूर-रेचक-संविग्न- वलि-वल्गु-दलोदरम् प्रतिसङ्क्रामयद् विश्वं नाभ्यावर्त-गभीरया
pūra-recaka-saṃvigna- vali-valgu-dalodaram pratisaṅkrāmayad viśvaṃ nābhyāvarta-gabhīrayā
with a belly lovely as a leaf, its folds stirred by inhaling and exhaling, and setting the universe whirling round by the deep whirlpool of the navel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.51
श्याम-श्रोण्य्-अधि-रोचिष्णु- दुकूल-स्वर्ण-मेखलम् सम-चार्व्-अङ्घ्रि-जङ्घोरु- निम्न-जानु-सुदर्शनम्
śyāma-śroṇy-adhi-rociṣṇu- dukūla-svarṇa-mekhalam sama-cārv-aṅghri-jaṅghoru- nimna-jānu-sudarśanam
with a fine garment shining upon dark hips and a golden girdle, beautiful with even and graceful feet, calves and thighs and slightly hollowed knees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.52
पदा शरत्-पद्म-पलाश-रोचिषा नख-द्युभिर् नो ऽन्तर्-अघं विधुन्वता प्रदर्शय स्वीयम् अपास्त-साध्वसं पदं गुरो मार्ग-गुरुस् तमो-जुषाम्
padā śarat-padma-palāśa-rociṣā nakha-dyubhir no 'ntar-aghaṃ vidhunvatā pradarśaya svīyam apāsta-sādhvasaṃ padaṃ guro mārga-gurus tamo-juṣām
With your foot, radiant as the petal of an autumn lotus, whose nail-splendour shakes off the sin within us, show us your own place, where fear is put away, O teacher, teacher of the path for those who cling to darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.53
एतद् रूपम् अनुध्येयम् आत्म-शुद्धिम् अभीप्सताम् यद्-भक्ति-योगो ऽभयदः स्व-धर्मम् अनुतिष्ठताम्
etad rūpam anudhyeyam ātma-śuddhim abhīpsatām yad-bhakti-yogo 'bhayadaḥ sva-dharmam anutiṣṭhatām
This form is to be meditated upon by those who desire purification of the self; devotion to it grants fearlessness to those who carry out their own duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.54
भवान् भक्तिमता लभ्यो दुर्लभः सर्व-देहिनाम् स्वाराज्यस्याप्य् अभिमत एकान्तेनात्म-विद्-गतिः
bhavān bhaktimatā labhyo durlabhaḥ sarva-dehinām svārājyasyāpy abhimata ekāntenātma-vid-gatiḥ
You are obtainable by one who has devotion, (though) hard to obtain for all embodied beings; you are preferred even to sovereignty over oneself, the sole goal of those who know the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.55
तं दुराराध्यम् आराध्य सताम् अपि दुरापया एकान्त-भक्त्या को वाञ्छेत् पाद-मूलं विना बहिः
taṃ durārādhyam ārādhya satām api durāpayā ekānta-bhaktyā ko vāñchet pāda-mūlaṃ vinā bahiḥ
Having worshipped him, hard to worship, with one-pointed devotion that is difficult even for the good to attain, who would wish for anything outside, apart from the soles of his feet?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.56
यत्र निर्विष्टम् अरणं कृतान्तो नाभिमन्यते विश्वं विध्वंसयन् वीर्य- शौर्य-विस्फूर्जित-भ्रुवा
yatra nirviṣṭam araṇaṃ kṛtānto nābhimanyate viśvaṃ vidhvaṃsayan vīrya- śaurya-visphūrjita-bhruvā
He in whom one has entered as refuge — him the Ender (death) does not set his mind upon, though he destroys the universe with brows quivering with power and valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.57
क्षणार्धेनापि तुलये न स्वर्गं नापुनर्-भवम् भगवत्-सङ्गि-सङ्गस्य मर्त्यानां किम् उताशिषः
kṣaṇārdhenāpi tulaye na svargaṃ nāpunar-bhavam bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya martyānāṃ kim utāśiṣaḥ
With half a moment of association with one who associates with the Lord I would not weigh heaven, nor freedom from rebirth — how much less the blessings of mortals!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.58
अथानघाङ्घ्रेस् तव कीर्ति-तीर्थयोर् अन्तर्-बहिः-स्नान-विधूत-पाप्मनाम् भूतेष्व् अनुक्रोश-सुसत्त्व-शीलिनां स्यात् सङ्गमो ऽनुग्रह एष नस् तव
athānaghāṅghres tava kīrti-tīrthayor antar-bahiḥ-snāna-vidhūta-pāpmanām bhūteṣv anukrośa-susattva-śīlināṃ syāt saṅgamo 'nugraha eṣa nas tava
So then, may there be for us association with those whose sins have been shaken off by bathing within and without in the two holy waters — your sinless feet and your renown — and who are compassionate toward living beings and of pure goodness: let this be your favour to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.59
न यस्य चित्तं बहिर्-अर्थ-विभ्रमं तमो-गुहायां च विशुद्धम् आविशत् यद्-भक्ति-योगानुगृहीतम् अञ्जसा मुनिर् विचष्टे ननु तत्र ते गतिम्
na yasya cittaṃ bahir-artha-vibhramaṃ tamo-guhāyāṃ ca viśuddham āviśat yad-bhakti-yogānugṛhītam añjasā munir vicaṣṭe nanu tatra te gatim
The sage whose purified mind does not enter into the distraction of external objects nor into the cave of darkness, and which is favoured by devotion to you — he surely perceives directly your course there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.60
यत्रेदं व्यज्यते विश्वं विश्वस्मिन्न् अवभाति यत् तत् त्वं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर् आकाशम् इव विस्तृतम्
yatredaṃ vyajyate viśvaṃ viśvasminn avabhāti yat tat tvaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotir ākāśam iva vistṛtam
That in which this universe becomes manifest, and that which shines forth within the universe — that are you, the supreme Brahman, the light, extended like space.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.61
यो माययेदं पुरु-रूपयासृजद् बिभर्ति भूयः क्षपयत्य् अविक्रियः यद्-भेद-बुद्धिः सद् इवात्म-दुःस्थया त्वम् आत्म-तन्त्रं भगवन् प्रतीमहि
yo māyayedaṃ puru-rūpayāsṛjad bibharti bhūyaḥ kṣapayaty avikriyaḥ yad-bheda-buddhiḥ sad ivātma-duḥsthayā tvam ātma-tantraṃ bhagavan pratīmahi
You who by your māyā of many forms created this, and maintain it, and again destroy it, yourself unchanged — you whose (apparent) diversity, produced by that māyā which afflicts the self, seems real: you, O Lord, we understand to be self-dependent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.62
क्रिया-कलापैर् इदम् एव योगिनः श्रद्धान्विताः साधु यजन्ति सिद्धये भूतेन्द्रियान्तः-करणोपलक्षितं वेदे च तन्त्रे च त एव कोविदाः
kriyā-kalāpair idam eva yoginaḥ śraddhānvitāḥ sādhu yajanti siddhaye bhūtendriyāntaḥ-karaṇopalakṣitaṃ vede ca tantre ca ta eva kovidāḥ
It is just this (form), marked out by the elements, the senses and the inner faculty, that yogis endowed with faith duly worship with their sets of rites for the sake of perfection; and they alone are the experts in Veda and in Tantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.63
त्वम् एक आद्यः पुरुषः सुप्त-शक्तिस् तया रजः-सत्त्व-तमो विभिद्यते महान् अहं खं मरुद् अग्नि-वार्-धराः सुरर्षयो भूत-गणा इदं यतः
tvam eka ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ supta-śaktis tayā rajaḥ-sattva-tamo vibhidyate mahān ahaṃ khaṃ marud agni-vār-dharāḥ surarṣayo bhūta-gaṇā idaṃ yataḥ
You are the one primordial Person, whose potency lies asleep; through her, rajas, sattva and tamas are differentiated, and from you come the mahat, the I-principle, ether, wind, fire, water and earth, the gods, the sages and the hosts of beings — all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.64
सृष्टं स्व-शक्त्येदम् अनुप्रविष्टश् चतुर्-विधं पुरम् आत्मांशकेन अथो विदुस् तं पुरुषं सन्तम् अन्तर् भुङ्क्ते हृषीकैर् मधु सार-घं यः
sṛṣṭaṃ sva-śaktyedam anupraviṣṭaś catur-vidhaṃ puram ātmāṃśakena atho vidus taṃ puruṣaṃ santam antar bhuṅkte hṛṣīkair madhu sāra-ghaṃ yaḥ
Having created this by your own power, you entered the fourfold city with a portion of yourself; and so they know that Person present within, who with the senses enjoys the honey gathered (by the bees).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.65
स एष लोकान् अतिचण्ड-वेगो विकर्षसि त्वं खलु काल-यानः भूतानि भूतैर् अनुमेय-तत्त्वो घनावलीर् वायुर् इवाविषह्यः
sa eṣa lokān aticaṇḍa-vego vikarṣasi tvaṃ khalu kāla-yānaḥ bhūtāni bhūtair anumeya-tattvo ghanāvalīr vāyur ivāviṣahyaḥ
It is you, this very one, of terribly swift speed, who drag the worlds away, moving as time; your reality can only be inferred from the beings (you destroy) by means of beings — irresistible, like the wind driving banks of clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.66
प्रमत्तम् उच्चैर् इति कृत्य-चिन्तया प्रवृद्ध-लोभं विषयेषु लालसम् त्वम् अप्रमत्तः सहसाभिपद्यसे क्षुल्-लेलिहानो ऽहिर् इवाखुम् अन्तकः
pramattam uccair iti kṛtya-cintayā pravṛddha-lobhaṃ viṣayeṣu lālasam tvam apramattaḥ sahasābhipadyase kṣul-lelihāno 'hir ivākhum antakaḥ
Upon the man utterly heedless with thoughts of what is to be done, his greed swollen, craving after sense objects, you, never heedless, fall suddenly as the ender — as a hungry, tongue-flicking snake falls upon a mouse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.67
कस् त्वत्-पदाब्जं विजहाति पण्डितो यस् ते ऽवमान-व्ययमान-केतनः विशङ्कयास्मद्-गुरुर् अर्चति स्म यद् विनोपपत्तिं मनवश् चतुर्दश
kas tvat-padābjaṃ vijahāti paṇḍito yas te 'vamāna-vyayamāna-ketanaḥ viśaṅkayāsmad-gurur arcati sma yad vinopapattiṃ manavaś caturdaśa
What learned man abandons your lotus feet — he whose dwelling (body) is wasting away through the contempt shown to you? For it was in fear (of that) that our teacher, and the fourteen Manus, worshipped (you) without asking for proof.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 24.68
अथ त्वम् असि नो ब्रह्मन् परमात्मन् विपश्चिताम् विश्वं रुद्र-भय-ध्वस्तम् अकुतश्चिद्-भया गतिः
atha tvam asi no brahman paramātman vipaścitām viśvaṃ rudra-bhaya-dhvastam akutaścid-bhayā gatiḥ
Therefore you are for us, O Brahman, Supreme Self of the wise, the goal free from fear of anything — for the universe shattered by fear of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.69
इदं जपत भद्रं वो विशुद्धा नृप-नन्दनाः स्व-धर्मम् अनुतिष्ठन्तो भगवत्य् अर्पिताशयाः
idaṃ japata bhadraṃ vo viśuddhā nṛpa-nandanāḥ sva-dharmam anutiṣṭhanto bhagavaty arpitāśayāḥ
Recite this — may it be well with you — purified, O sons of the king, performing your own duty with your minds offered to the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.70
तम् एवात्मानम् आत्म-स्थं सर्व-भूतेष्व् अवस्थितम् पूजयध्वं गृणन्तश् च ध्यायन्तश् चासकृद् धरिम्
tam evātmānam ātma-sthaṃ sarva-bhūteṣv avasthitam pūjayadhvaṃ gṛṇantaś ca dhyāyantaś cāsakṛd dharim
Worship that very Self, seated in the self and present in all beings — Hari — praising and meditating on him again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.71
योगादेशम् उपासाद्य धारयन्तो मुनि-व्रताः समाहित-धियः सर्व एतद् अभ्यसतादृताः
yogādeśam upāsādya dhārayanto muni-vratāḥ samāhita-dhiyaḥ sarva etad abhyasatādṛtāḥ
Having received the teaching of yoga and holding to it, with the vows of sages, with concentrated minds, all of you practise this with reverence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.72
इदम् आह पुरास्माकं भगवान् विश्वसृक्-पतिः भृग्व्-आदीनाम् आत्मजानां सिसृक्षुः संसिसृक्षताम्
idam āha purāsmākaṃ bhagavān viśvasṛk-patiḥ bhṛgv-ādīnām ātmajānāṃ sisṛkṣuḥ saṃsisṛkṣatām
This the Lord, the master of the world-makers, spoke long ago to us, his sons headed by Bhṛgu, when he wished to create and we wished to create.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.73
ते वयं नोदिताः सर्वे प्रजा-सर्गे प्रजेश्वराः अनेन ध्वस्त-तमसः सिसृक्ष्मो विविधाः प्रजाः
te vayaṃ noditāḥ sarve prajā-sarge prajeśvarāḥ anena dhvasta-tamasaḥ sisṛkṣmo vividhāḥ prajāḥ
So we, all of us lords of creatures, urged on to the creation of progeny, our darkness destroyed by this (hymn), created manifold offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.74
अथेदं नित्यदा युक्तो जपन्न् अवहितः पुमान् अचिराच् छ्रेय आप्नोति वासुदेव-परायणः
athedaṃ nityadā yukto japann avahitaḥ pumān acirāc chreya āpnoti vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ
Then a man who is constantly disciplined, attentive, reciting this, devoted to Vāsudeva, before long attains the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.75
श्रेयसाम् इह सर्वेषां ज्ञानं निःश्रेयसं परम् सुखं तरति दुष्पारं ज्ञान-नौर् व्यसनार्णवम्
śreyasām iha sarveṣāṃ jñānaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ param sukhaṃ tarati duṣpāraṃ jñāna-naur vyasanārṇavam
Among all goods here, knowledge is the supreme highest good; the boat of knowledge crosses easily the hard-to-cross ocean of misery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.76
य इमं श्रद्धया युक्तो मद्-गीतं भगवत्-स्तवम् अधीयानो दुराराध्यं हरिम् आराधयत्य् असौ
ya imaṃ śraddhayā yukto mad-gītaṃ bhagavat-stavam adhīyāno durārādhyaṃ harim ārādhayaty asau
He who, endowed with faith, studies this praise of the Lord sung by me, he worships Hari, who is hard to worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.77
विन्दते पुरुषो ऽमुष्माद् यद् यद् इच्छत्य् असत्वरम् मद्-गीत-गीतात् सुप्रीताच् छ्रेयसाम् एक-वल्लभात्
vindate puruṣo 'muṣmād yad yad icchaty asatvaram mad-gīta-gītāt suprītāc chreyasām eka-vallabhāt
A man obtains from him, without haste, whatever he desires — from him who is well pleased by the song sung by me, the one beloved of (all) blessings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.78
इदं यः कल्य उत्थाय प्राञ्जलिः श्रद्धयान्वितः शृणुयाच् छ्रावयेन् मर्त्यो मुच्यते कर्म-बन्धनैः
idaṃ yaḥ kalya utthāya prāñjaliḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ śṛṇuyāc chrāvayen martyo mucyate karma-bandhanaiḥ
The mortal who, rising at dawn with joined palms and filled with faith, hears this or causes it to be heard, is freed from the bonds of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 24.79
गीतं मयेदं नरदेव-नन्दनाः परस्य पुंसः परमात्मनः स्तवम् जपन्त एकाग्र-धियस् तपो महत् चरध्वम् अन्ते तत आप्स्यथेप्सितम्
gītaṃ mayedaṃ naradeva-nandanāḥ parasya puṃsaḥ paramātmanaḥ stavam japanta ekāgra-dhiyas tapo mahat caradhvam ante tata āpsyathepsitam
This praise of the Supreme Person, the Supreme Self, has been sung by me, O sons of the king; reciting it with single-pointed minds, practise great austerity; at the end you will thereby obtain what you desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition