Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 30
SB 4 30.1
विदुर उवाच ये त्वयाभिहिता ब्रह्मन् सुताः प्राचीनबर्हिषः ते रुद्र-गीतेन हरिं सिद्धिम् आपुः प्रतोष्य काम्
vidura uvāca ye tvayābhihitā brahman sutāḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ te rudra-gītena hariṃ siddhim āpuḥ pratoṣya kām
Vidura said: O brāhmaṇa, those sons of Prācīnabarhi whom you mentioned — what perfection did they attain, having pleased Hari with the song of Rudra?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.2
किं बार्हस्पत्येह परत्र वाथ कैवल्य-नाथ-प्रिय-पार्श्व-वर्तिनः आसाद्य देवं गिरिशं यदृच्छया प्रापुः परं नूनम् अथ प्रचेतसः
kiṃ bārhaspatyeha paratra vātha kaivalya-nātha-priya-pārśva-vartinaḥ āsādya devaṃ giriśaṃ yadṛcchayā prāpuḥ paraṃ nūnam atha pracetasaḥ
O son of Bṛhaspati, what did the Pracetases obtain here or in the next world, when by chance they met the god Giriśa, who dwells at the beloved side of the Lord of liberation? Surely (they attained) the supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.3
मैत्रेय उवाच प्रचेतसो ऽन्तर् उदधौ पितुर् आदेश-कारिणः अप-यज्ञेन तपसा पुरञ्जनम् अतोषयन्
maitreya uvāca pracetaso 'ntar udadhau pitur ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ apa-yajñena tapasā purañjanam atoṣayan
Maitreya said: The Pracetases, carrying out their father's order, within the ocean satisfied Purañjana (the Lord) by austerity without sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.4
दश-वर्ष-सहस्रान्ते पुरुषस् तु सनातनः तेषाम् आविरभूत् कृच्छ्रं शान्तेन शमयन् रुचा
daśa-varṣa-sahasrānte puruṣas tu sanātanaḥ teṣām āvirabhūt kṛcchraṃ śāntena śamayan rucā
At the end of ten thousand years the eternal Person appeared before them, allaying their hardship with His peaceful radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.5
सुपर्ण-स्कन्धम् आरूढो मेरु-शृङ्गम् इवाम्बुदः पीत-वासा मणि-ग्रीवः कुर्वन् वितिमिरा दिशः
suparṇa-skandham ārūḍho meru-śṛṅgam ivāmbudaḥ pīta-vāsā maṇi-grīvaḥ kurvan vitimirā diśaḥ
Mounted on the shoulder of Suparṇa (Garuḍa) like a cloud on a peak of Meru, clad in yellow, with a jewel at His throat, making the quarters free of darkness;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.6
काशिष्णुना कनक-वर्ण-विभूषणेन भ्राजत्-कपोल-वदनो विलसत्-किरीटः अम्प्;अष्टायुधैर् अनुचरैर् मुनिभिः सुरेन्द्रैर् आसेवितो गरुड-किन्नर-गीत-कीर्तिः
kāśiṣṇunā kanaka-varṇa-vibhūṣaṇena bhrājat-kapola-vadano vilasat-kirīṭaḥ aṣṭāyudhair anucarair munibhiḥ surendrair āsevito garuḍa-kinnara-gīta-kīrtiḥ
His cheeks and face gleaming with shining gold-colored ornaments, His crown glittering, served by the eight weapons (as) attendants, by sages and by the lords of the gods, His fame sung by Garuḍa and the Kinnaras;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.7
पीनायताष्ट-भुज-मण्डल-मध्य-लक्ष्म्या स्पर्धच्-छ्रिया परिवृतो वन-मालयाद्यः पीनायताष्ट-भुज-मण्डल-मध्य-लक्ष्म्या स्पर्धच्-छ्रिया परिवृतो वन-मालयाद्यः बर्हिष्मतः पुरुष आह सुतान् प्रपन्नान् पर्जन्य-नाद-रुतया सघृणावलोकः
pīnāyatāṣṭa-bhuja-maṇḍala-madhya-lakṣmyā spardhac-chriyā parivṛto vana-mālayādyaḥ pīnāyatāṣṭa-bhuja-maṇḍala-madhya-lakṣmyā spardhac-chriyā parivṛto vana-mālayādyaḥ barhiṣmataḥ puruṣa āha sutān prapannān parjanya-nāda-rutayā saghṛṇāvalokaḥ
The primeval One, encircled by a forest garland whose beauty rivaled the splendor at the center of the circle of His eight thick, long arms — the Person, with a compassionate glance, spoke to the sons of Barhiṣmat who had taken refuge in Him, with a voice sounding like a thundercloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.8
श्री-भगवान् उवाच वरं वृणीध्वं भद्रं वो यूयं मे नृप-नन्दनाः सौहार्देनापृथग्-धर्मास् तुष्टो ऽहं सौहृदेन वः
śrī-bhagavān uvāca varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ bhadraṃ vo yūyaṃ me nṛpa-nandanāḥ sauhārdenāpṛthag-dharmās tuṣṭo 'haṃ sauhṛdena vaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Choose a boon; may there be good fortune for you. O sons of the king, you are, by your friendship, not separate in practice; I am pleased with your fellowship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.9
यो ऽनुस्मरति सन्ध्यायां युष्मान् अनुदिनं नरः तस्य भ्रातृष्व् आत्म-साम्यं तथा भूतेषु सौहृदम्
yo 'nusmarati sandhyāyāṃ yuṣmān anudinaṃ naraḥ tasya bhrātṛṣv ātma-sāmyaṃ tathā bhūteṣu sauhṛdam
The man who remembers you day after day at the juncture of day and night will have equality of self with his brothers and friendship with (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.10
ये तु मां रुद्र-गीतेन सायं प्रातः समाहिताः स्तुवन्त्य् अहं काम-वरान् दास्ये प्रज्ञां च शोभनाम्
ye tu māṃ rudra-gītena sāyaṃ prātaḥ samāhitāḥ stuvanty ahaṃ kāma-varān dāsye prajñāṃ ca śobhanām
And to those who, with concentrated minds, praise Me evening and morning with the song of Rudra, I shall grant the boons they desire and a fine intelligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.11
यद् यूयं पितुर् आदेशम् अग्रहीष्ट मुदान्विताः अथो व उशती कीर्तिर् लोकान् अनु भविष्यति
yad yūyaṃ pitur ādeśam agrahīṣṭa mudānvitāḥ atho va uśatī kīrtir lokān anu bhaviṣyati
Because you accepted your father's command with gladness, therefore your lovely fame will spread throughout the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.12
भविता विश्रुतः पुत्रो ऽनवमो ब्रह्मणो गुणैः य एताम् आत्म-वीर्येण त्रि-लोकीं पूरयिष्यति
bhavitā viśrutaḥ putro 'navamo brahmaṇo guṇaiḥ ya etām ātma-vīryeṇa tri-lokīṃ pūrayiṣyati
There will be born to you a renowned son, not inferior to Brahmā in qualities, who will fill these three worlds by his own potency.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.13
कण्डोः प्रम्लोचया लब्धा कन्या कमल-लोचना तां चापविद्धां जगृहुर् भूरुहा नृप-नन्दनाः
kaṇḍoḥ pramlocayā labdhā kanyā kamala-locanā tāṃ cāpaviddhāṃ jagṛhur bhūruhā nṛpa-nandanāḥ
A lotus-eyed daughter was obtained by Kaṇḍu from Pramlocā; when she was cast away, the trees took her up, O sons of the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.14
क्षुत्-क्षामाया मुखे राजा सोमः पीयूष-वर्षिणीम् देशिनीं रोदमानाया निदधे स दयान्वितः
kṣut-kṣāmāyā mukhe rājā somaḥ pīyūṣa-varṣiṇīm deśinīṃ rodamānāyā nidadhe sa dayānvitaḥ
As she lay wasted with hunger and weeping, King Soma, filled with pity, placed in her mouth his forefinger, which showered nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.15
प्रजा-विसर्ग आदिष्टाः पित्रा माम् अनुवर्तता तत्र कन्यां वरारोहां ताम् उद्वहत मा चिरम्
prajā-visarga ādiṣṭāḥ pitrā mām anuvartatā tatra kanyāṃ varārohāṃ tām udvahata mā ciram
You have been directed to the begetting of offspring by your father, who follows Me; there marry that girl of fair hips — do not delay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.16
अपृथग्-धर्म-शीलानां सर्वेषां वः सुमध्यमा अपृथग्-धर्म-शीलेयं भूयात् पत्न्य् अर्पिताशया
apṛthag-dharma-śīlānāṃ sarveṣāṃ vaḥ sumadhyamā apṛthag-dharma-śīleyaṃ bhūyāt patny arpitāśayā
Since all of you are of one and the same religious conduct, may this fair-waisted maiden also, as your wife, be of one and the same conduct, with her heart given (to you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.17
दिव्य-वर्ष-सहस्राणां सहस्रम् अहतौजसः भौमान् भोक्ष्यथ भोगान् वै दिव्यांश् चानुग्रहान् मम
divya-varṣa-sahasrāṇāṃ sahasram ahataujasaḥ bhaumān bhokṣyatha bhogān vai divyāṃś cānugrahān mama
With your vigor unimpaired, you shall enjoy for a thousand thousands of celestial years the enjoyments of the earth, and also heavenly ones, by my favor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.18
अथ मय्य् अनपायिन्या भक्त्या पक्व-गुणाशयाः उपयास्यथ मद्-धाम निर्विद्य निरयाद् अतः
atha mayy anapāyinyā bhaktyā pakva-guṇāśayāḥ upayāsyatha mad-dhāma nirvidya nirayād ataḥ
Then, your qualities and hearts ripened by unfailing devotion to me, becoming disgusted with this hell, you shall come to my abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.19
गृहेष्व् आविशतां चापि पुंसां कुशल-कर्मणाम् मद्-वार्ता-यात-यामानां न बन्धाय गृहा मताः
gṛheṣv āviśatāṃ cāpi puṃsāṃ kuśala-karmaṇām mad-vārtā-yāta-yāmānāṃ na bandhāya gṛhā matāḥ
And even for men who have entered household life, whose acts are auspicious, and whose (time) is spent up in talk of me, homes are not held to be a bondage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.20
नव्यवद् धृदये यज् ज्ञो ब्रह्मैतद् ब्रह्म-वादिभिः न मुह्यन्ति न शोचन्ति न हृष्यन्ति यतो गताः
navyavad dhṛdaye yaj jño brahmaitad brahma-vādibhiḥ na muhyanti na śocanti na hṛṣyanti yato gatāḥ
That which the knowing one (holds) in the heart as ever fresh — this the speakers of Brahman (call) Brahman; having reached it, they are not deluded, do not grieve, do not exult.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.21
मैत्रेय उवाच एवं ब्रुवाणं पुरुषार्थ-भाजनं जनार्दनं प्राञ्जलयः प्रचेतसः तद्-दर्शन-ध्वस्त-तमो-रजो-मला गिरागृणन् गद्गदया सुहृत्तमम्
maitreya uvāca evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ puruṣārtha-bhājanaṃ janārdanaṃ prāñjalayaḥ pracetasaḥ tad-darśana-dhvasta-tamo-rajo-malā girāgṛṇan gadgadayā suhṛttamam
Maitreya said: To Janārdana, the receptacle of the goals of human life, speaking thus, the Pracetases with folded palms — the taint of their darkness and passion destroyed by seeing him — praised him, the best of friends, with faltering speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.22
प्रचेतस ऊचुः नमो नमः क्लेश-विनाशनाय निरूपितोदार-गुणाह्वयाय मनो-वचो-वेग-पुरो-जवाय सर्वाक्ष-मार्गैर् अगताध्वने नमः
pracetasa ūcuḥ namo namaḥ kleśa-vināśanāya nirūpitodāra-guṇāhvayāya mano-vaco-vega-puro-javāya sarvākṣa-mārgair agatādhvane namaḥ
The Pracetases said: Homage, homage to the destroyer of afflictions, to him whose noble qualities and names have been set forth (in scripture), whose speed outruns that of mind and speech; homage to him whose path is not reached by the ways of any of the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.23
शुद्धाय शान्ताय नमः स्व-निष्ठया मनस्य् अपार्थं विलसद्-द्वयाय नमो जगत्-स्थान-लयोदयेषु गृहीत-माया-गुण-विग्रहाय
śuddhāya śāntāya namaḥ sva-niṣṭhayā manasy apārthaṃ vilasad-dvayāya namo jagat-sthāna-layodayeṣu gṛhīta-māyā-guṇa-vigrahāya
Homage to the pure, the peaceful, to him for whom, through establishment in himself, the duality flashing in the mind is meaningless; homage to him who takes on a form (composed) of the qualities of māyā in the maintenance, dissolution, and origin of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.24
नमो विशुद्ध-सत्त्वाय हरये हरि-मेधसे वासुदेवाय कृष्णाय प्रभवे सर्व-सात्वताम्
namo viśuddha-sattvāya haraye hari-medhase vāsudevāya kṛṣṇāya prabhave sarva-sātvatām
Homage to him of wholly pure being, to Hari of Hari-like intelligence, to Vāsudeva, to Kṛṣṇa, the master of all the Sātvatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.25
नमः कमल-नाभाय नमः कमल-मालिने नमः कमल-पादाय नमस् ते कमलेक्षण
namaḥ kamala-nābhāya namaḥ kamala-māline namaḥ kamala-pādāya namas te kamalekṣaṇa
Homage to him of the lotus navel, homage to him wearing the lotus garland, homage to him of lotus feet, homage to you, O lotus-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.26
नमः कमल-किञ्जल्क- पिशङ्गामल-वाससे सर्व-भूत-निवासाय नमो ऽयुङ्क्ष्महि साक्षिणे
namaḥ kamala-kiñjalka- piśaṅgāmala-vāsase sarva-bhūta-nivāsāya namo 'yuṅkṣmahi sākṣiṇe
To him whose spotless garment is tawny like the lotus filament, to the dwelling of all beings, to the witness, we have offered homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.27
रूपं भगवता त्व् एतद् अशेष-क्लेश-सङ्क्षयम् आविष्कृतं नः क्लिष्टानां किम् अन्यद् अनुकम्पितम्
rūpaṃ bhagavatā tv etad aśeṣa-kleśa-saṅkṣayam āviṣkṛtaṃ naḥ kliṣṭānāṃ kim anyad anukampitam
Indeed this form, which brings the complete end of all afflictions, has been revealed by the Lord to us who were afflicted; what other compassion (could there be)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.28
एतावत् त्वं हि विभुभिर् भाव्यं दीनेषु वत्सलैः यद् अनुस्मर्यते काले स्व-बुद्ध्याभद्र-रन्धन
etāvat tvaṃ hi vibhubhir bhāvyaṃ dīneṣu vatsalaiḥ yad anusmaryate kāle sva-buddhyābhadra-randhana
For just this much is to be done by the mighty ones, who are tender toward the wretched: that you are remembered in time by one's own understanding, O burner-away of the inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.29
येनोपशान्तिर् भूतानां क्षुल्लकानाम् अपीहताम् अन्तर्हितो ऽन्तर्-हृदये कस्मान् नो वेद नाशिषः
yenopaśāntir bhūtānāṃ kṣullakānām apīhatām antarhito 'ntar-hṛdaye kasmān no veda nāśiṣaḥ
By which comes the appeasement of beings, even of the small ones who desire (things) — you who are hidden within the heart: why do you not know our wishes?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.30
असाव् एव वरो ऽस्माकम् ईप्सितो जगतः पते प्रसन्नो भगवान् येषाम् अपवर्गः गुरुर् गतिः
asāv eva varo 'smākam īpsito jagataḥ pate prasanno bhagavān yeṣām apavargaḥ gurur gatiḥ
This very thing is the boon desired by us, O lord of the universe: that the Lord be pleased — he who for those (so favored) is release, guru, and goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.31
वरं वृणीमहे ऽथापि नाथ त्वत् परतः परात् न ह्य् अन्तस् त्वद्-विभूतीनां सो ऽनन्त इति गीयसे
varaṃ vṛṇīmahe 'thāpi nātha tvat parataḥ parāt na hy antas tvad-vibhūtīnāṃ so 'nanta iti gīyase
Yet we do ask a boon, O Master, of you who are beyond the highest; for there is no end to your powers — therefore you are sung of as the Endless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.32
पारिजाते ऽञ्जसा लब्धे सारङ्गो ऽन्यन् न सेवते त्वद्-अङ्घ्रि-मूलम् आसाद्य साक्षात् किं किं वृणीमहि
pārijāte 'ñjasā labdhe sāraṅgo 'nyan na sevate tvad-aṅghri-mūlam āsādya sākṣāt kiṃ kiṃ vṛṇīmahi
When the pārijāta tree has been readily obtained, the bee resorts to no other; having reached the very sole of your foot in person, what indeed should we ask for?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.33
यावत् ते मायया स्पृष्टा भ्रमाम इह कर्मभिः तावद् भवत्-प्रसङ्गानां सङ्गः स्यान् नो भवे भवे
yāvat te māyayā spṛṣṭā bhramāma iha karmabhiḥ tāvad bhavat-prasaṅgānāṃ saṅgaḥ syān no bhave bhave
As long as, touched by your māyā, we wander here through our actions, so long may we have, birth after birth, the company of those who are attached to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.34
तुलयाम लवेनापि न स्वर्गं नापुनर्-भवम् भगवत्-सङ्गि-सङ्गस्य मर्त्यानां किम् उताशिषः
tulayāma lavenāpi na svargaṃ nāpunar-bhavam bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya martyānāṃ kim utāśiṣaḥ
We do not reckon heaven, nor freedom from rebirth, as equal even to a moment of association with one who associates with the Lord — how much less the blessings of mortals!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.35
यत्रेड्यन्ते कथा मृष्टास् तृष्णायाः प्रशमो यतः निर्वैरं यत्र भूतेषु नोद्वेगो यत्र कश्चन
yatreḍyante kathā mṛṣṭās tṛṣṇāyāḥ praśamo yataḥ nirvairaṃ yatra bhūteṣu nodvego yatra kaścana
Where sweet stories (of him) are praised, whereby the quenching of thirst comes about; where there is freedom from enmity toward beings, where there is no agitation of any kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.36
यत्र नारायणः साक्षाद् भगवान् न्यासिनां गतिः संस्तूयते सत्-कथासु मुक्त-सङ्गैः पुनः पुनः
yatra nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣād bhagavān nyāsināṃ gatiḥ saṃstūyate sat-kathāsu mukta-saṅgaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ
(There,) in the good stories, Nārāyaṇa himself, the Lord, the goal of the renouncers, is praised again and again by those free of attachment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.37
तेषां विचरतां पद्भ्यां तीर्थानां पावनेच्छया भीतस्य किं न रोचेत तावकानां समागमः
teṣāṃ vicaratāṃ padbhyāṃ tīrthānāṃ pāvanecchayā bhītasya kiṃ na roceta tāvakānāṃ samāgamaḥ
To one who is afraid, how could the company of your people not be pleasing—of those who wander on foot out of a wish to purify the holy places?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.38
वयं तु साक्षाद् भगवन् भवस्य प्रियस्य सख्युः क्षण-सङ्गमेन सुदुश्चिकित्स्यस्य भवस्य मृत्योर् भिषक्तमं त्वाद्य गतिं गताः स्म
vayaṃ tu sākṣād bhagavan bhavasya priyasya sakhyuḥ kṣaṇa-saṅgamena suduścikitsyasya bhavasya mṛtyor bhiṣaktamaṃ tvādya gatiṃ gatāḥ sma
But we, O Lord, by a moment's meeting with Bhava himself, your dear friend, have today reached you as our refuge, the best physician of the very hard-to-cure (disease of) birth and death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.39
यन् नः स्वधीतं गुरवः प्रसादिता विप्राश् च वृद्धाश् च सद्-आनुवृत्त्या आर्या नताः सुहृदो भ्रातरश् च सर्वाणि भूतान्य् अनसूययैव
yan naḥ svadhītaṃ guravaḥ prasāditā viprāś ca vṛddhāś ca sad-ānuvṛttyā āryā natāḥ suhṛdo bhrātaraś ca sarvāṇi bhūtāny anasūyayaiva
Whatever we have studied well, the gurus we have propitiated, the brāhmaṇas and the elders (satisfied) by following the good, the noble ones bowed to, and friends and brothers and all beings (treated) with freedom from envy—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.40
यन् नः सुतप्तं तप एतद् ईश निरन्धसां कालम् अदभ्रम् अप्सु सर्वं तद् एतत् पुरुषस्य भूम्नो वृणीमहे ते परितोषणाय
yan naḥ sutaptaṃ tapa etad īśa nirandhasāṃ kālam adabhram apsu sarvaṃ tad etat puruṣasya bhūmno vṛṇīmahe te paritoṣaṇāya
And this well-performed austerity of ours, O Lord, without food, for a long time in the waters—all that we choose (to offer) for the satisfaction of you, the unlimited Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.41
मनुः स्वयम्भूर् भगवान् भवश् च ये ऽन्ये तपो-ज्ञान-विशुद्ध-सत्त्वाः अदृष्ट-पारा अपि यन्-महिम्नः स्तुवन्त्य् अथो त्वात्म-समं गृणीमः
manuḥ svayambhūr bhagavān bhavaś ca ye 'nye tapo-jñāna-viśuddha-sattvāḥ adṛṣṭa-pārā api yan-mahimnaḥ stuvanty atho tvātma-samaṃ gṛṇīmaḥ
Manu Svayambhū, lord Bhava, and others whose being is purified by austerity and knowledge, though they have not seen the far shore of your greatness, yet praise (you); and so we too extol you as best we can.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.42
नमः समाय शुद्धाय पुरुषाय पराय च वासुदेवाय सत्त्वाय तुभ्यं भगवते नमः
namaḥ samāya śuddhāya puruṣāya parāya ca vāsudevāya sattvāya tubhyaṃ bhagavate namaḥ
Homage to the equal one, the pure one, to the Person and to the Supreme; to Vāsudeva, to (pure) being—to you, the Lord, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.43
मैत्रेय उवाच इति प्रचेतोभिर् अभिष्टुतो हरिः प्रीतस् तथेत्य् आह शरण्य-वत्सलः अनिच्छतां यानम् अतृप्त-चक्षुषां ययौ स्व-धामानपवर्ग-वीर्यः
maitreya uvāca iti pracetobhir abhiṣṭuto hariḥ prītas tathety āha śaraṇya-vatsalaḥ anicchatāṃ yānam atṛpta-cakṣuṣāṃ yayau sva-dhāmānapavarga-vīryaḥ
Maitreya said: Thus praised by the Pracetases, Hari, pleased, said "So be it," he who is fond of those who take refuge; and though they, their eyes unsated, did not wish his going, he whose power is never diminished went to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.44
अथ निर्याय सलिलात् प्रचेतस उदन्वतः वीक्ष्याकुप्यन् द्रुमैश् छन्नां गां गां रोद्धुम् इवोच्छ्रितैः
atha niryāya salilāt pracetasa udanvataḥ vīkṣyākupyan drumaiś channāṃ gāṃ gāṃ roddhum ivocchritaiḥ
Then the Pracetases, coming out of the water of the ocean, saw the earth covered with trees so tall as if to block the sky, and grew angry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.45
ततो ऽग्नि-मारुतौ राजन्न् अमुञ्चन् मुखतो रुषा महीं निर्वीरुधं कर्तुं संवर्तक इवात्यये
tato 'gni-mārutau rājann amuñcan mukhato ruṣā mahīṃ nirvīrudhaṃ kartuṃ saṃvartaka ivātyaye
Then, O King, in fury they released fire and wind from their mouths, to make the earth free of plants, like the Saṃvartaka (fire) at the dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.46
भस्मसात् क्रियमाणांस् तान् द्रुमान् वीक्ष्य पितामहः आगतः शमयाम् आस पुत्रान् बर्हिष्मतो नयैः
bhasmasāt kriyamāṇāṃs tān drumān vīkṣya pitāmahaḥ āgataḥ śamayām āsa putrān barhiṣmato nayaiḥ
Seeing those trees being reduced to ashes, the Grandfather came and pacified the sons of Barhiṣmat with (words of) good policy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.47
तत्रावशिष्टा ये वृक्षा भीता दुहितरं तदा उज्जह्रुस् ते प्रचेतोभ्य उपदिष्टाः स्वयम्भुवा
tatrāvaśiṣṭā ye vṛkṣā bhītā duhitaraṃ tadā ujjahrus te pracetobhya upadiṣṭāḥ svayambhuvā
Then the trees that remained, being afraid, at the instruction of the Self-born, offered up their daughter to the Pracetases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.48
ते च ब्रह्मण आदेशान् मारिषाम् उपयेमिरे यस्यां महद्-अवज्ञानाद् अजन्य् अजन-योनिजः
te ca brahmaṇa ādeśān māriṣām upayemire yasyāṃ mahad-avajñānād ajany ajana-yonijaḥ
And by Brahmā's command they married Māriṣā, in whom, because of contempt for a great one, was born (Dakṣa,) who had been born from no womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 4 30.49
चाक्षुषे त्व् अन्तरे प्राप्ते प्राक्-सर्गे काल-विद्रुते यः ससर्ज प्रजा इष्टाः स दक्षो दैव-चोदितः
cākṣuṣe tv antare prāpte prāk-sarge kāla-vidrute yaḥ sasarja prajā iṣṭāḥ sa dakṣo daiva-coditaḥ
When the Cākṣuṣa manvantara had come, the earlier creation having been swept away by time, he who, impelled by fate, generated the desired progeny—that was Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.50
यो जायमानः सर्वेषां तेजस् तेजस्विनां रुचा स्वयोपादत्त दाक्ष्याच् च कर्मणां दक्षम् अब्रुवन्
yo jāyamānaḥ sarveṣāṃ tejas tejasvināṃ rucā svayopādatta dākṣyāc ca karmaṇāṃ dakṣam abruvan
He who at birth took over by his own radiance the brilliance of all the brilliant ones, and because of his skill in works they called him Dakṣa ("the skilled").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 4 30.51
तं प्रजा-सर्ग-रक्षायाम् अनादिर् अभिषिच्य च युयोज युयुजे ऽन्यांश् च स वै सर्व-प्रजापतीन्
taṃ prajā-sarga-rakṣāyām anādir abhiṣicya ca yuyoja yuyuje 'nyāṃś ca sa vai sarva-prajāpatīn
And the beginningless one (Brahmā), having consecrated him, appointed him to the generation and protection of creatures; and he in turn appointed the other Prajāpatis, all of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition