Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 13
SB 5 13.1
ब्राह्मण उवाच दुरत्यये ऽध्वन्य् अजया निवेशितो रजस्-तमः-सत्त्व-विभक्त-कर्मदृक् स एष सार्थो ऽर्थ-परः परिभ्रमन् भवाटवीं याति न शर्म विन्दति
brāhmaṇa uvāca duratyaye 'dhvany ajayā niveśito rajas-tamaḥ-sattva-vibhakta-karmadṛk sa eṣa sārtho 'rtha-paraḥ paribhraman bhavāṭavīṃ yāti na śarma vindati
The brāhmaṇa said: Placed by ignorance (māyā) upon a road hard to cross, seeing actions as divided into passion, darkness and goodness, this caravan, bent on gain, wanders about, goes into the forest of existence, and finds no happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 13.2
यस्याम् इमे षण् नर-देव दस्यवः सार्थं विलुम्पन्ति कुनायकं बलात् गोमायवो यत्र हरन्ति सार्थिकं प्रमत्तम् आविश्य यथोरणं वृकाः
yasyām ime ṣaṇ nara-deva dasyavaḥ sārthaṃ vilumpanti kunāyakaṃ balāt gomāyavo yatra haranti sārthikaṃ pramattam āviśya yathoraṇaṃ vṛkāḥ
In that (forest), O ruler of men, these six robbers plunder by force the caravan that has a bad leader; and there jackals carry off a heedless traveller of the caravan, having stolen upon him, as wolves carry off a lamb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 13.3
प्रभूत-वीरुत्-तृण-गुल्म-गह्वरे कठोर-दंशैर् मशकैर् उपद्रुतः क्वचित् तु गन्धर्व-पुरं प्रपश्यति क्वचित् क्वचिच् चाशु-रयोल्मुक-ग्रहम्
prabhūta-vīrut-tṛṇa-gulma-gahvare kaṭhora-daṃśair maśakair upadrutaḥ kvacit tu gandharva-puraṃ prapaśyati kvacit kvacic cāśu-rayolmuka-graham
In its thicket dense with creepers, grass and bushes, he is harassed by mosquitoes with hard bites; sometimes he sees a city of the Gandharvas ahead, and sometimes here and there a swift-moving firebrand-like apparition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 13.4
निवास-तोय-द्रविणात्म-बुद्धिस् ततस् ततो धावति भो अटव्याम् क्वचिच् च वात्योत्थित-पांसु-धूम्रा दिशो न जानाति रजस्-वलाक्षः
nivāsa-toya-draviṇātma-buddhis tatas tato dhāvati bho aṭavyām kvacic ca vātyotthita-pāṃsu-dhūmrā diśo na jānāti rajas-valākṣaḥ
Taking dwelling, water and wealth to be the self, he runs from one place to another in the forest, sir; and sometimes, grey with dust raised by a whirlwind, his eyes fouled with dust, he does not know the directions.
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SB 5 13.5
अदृश्य-झिल्ली-स्वन-कर्ण-शूल उलूक-वाग्भिर् व्यथितान्तरात्मा अपुण्य-वृक्षान् श्रयते क्षुधार्दितो मरीचि-तोयान्य् अभिधावति क्वचित्
adṛśya-jhillī-svana-karṇa-śūla ulūka-vāgbhir vyathitāntarātmā apuṇya-vṛkṣān śrayate kṣudhārdito marīci-toyāny abhidhāvati kvacit
With his ears pierced by the noise of unseen crickets, his inner self distressed by the cries of owls, hungry he takes shelter of unmeritorious trees, and sometimes he runs after mirage-waters.
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SB 5 13.6
क्वचिद् वितोयाः सरितो ऽभियाति परस्परं चालषते निरन्धः आसाद्य दावं क्वचिद् अग्नि-तप्तो निर्विद्यते क्व च यक्षैर् हृतासुः
kvacid vitoyāḥ sarito 'bhiyāti parasparaṃ cālaṣate nirandhaḥ āsādya dāvaṃ kvacid agni-tapto nirvidyate kva ca yakṣair hṛtāsuḥ
Sometimes he goes toward waterless rivers; foodless, he begs from others; sometimes, coming upon a forest fire and scorched by it, he despairs; and somewhere his wealth is carried off by Yakṣas.
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SB 5 13.7
शूरैर् हृत-स्वः क्व च निर्विण्ण-चेताः शोचन् विमुह्यन्न् उपयाति कश्मलम् क्वचिच् च गन्धर्व-पुरं प्रविष्टः प्रमोदते निर्वृतवन् मुहूर्तम्
śūrair hṛta-svaḥ kva ca nirviṇṇa-cetāḥ śocan vimuhyann upayāti kaśmalam kvacic ca gandharva-puraṃ praviṣṭaḥ pramodate nirvṛtavan muhūrtam
Somewhere, his property taken by strong men, his mind dejected, grieving and bewildered, he falls into a swoon; and somewhere, having entered a city of the Gandharvas, he rejoices for a moment as if he were content.
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SB 5 13.8
चलन् क्वचित् कण्टक-शर्कराङ्घ्रिर् नगारुरुक्षुर् विमना इवास्ते पदे पदे ऽभ्यन्तर-वह्निनार्दितः कौटुम्बिकः क्रुध्यति वै जनाय
calan kvacit kaṇṭaka-śarkarāṅghrir nagārurukṣur vimanā ivāste pade pade 'bhyantara-vahninārditaḥ kauṭumbikaḥ krudhyati vai janāya
Sometimes walking with his feet (pricked) by thorns and gravel, wishing to climb a mountain, he sits down dispirited at every step; tormented by the fire within, as a family man he grows angry at his people.
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SB 5 13.9
क्वचिन् निगीर्णो ऽजगराहिना जनो नावैति किञ्चिद् विपिने ऽपविद्धः दष्टः स्म शेते क्व च दन्द-शूकैर् अन्धो ऽन्ध-कूपे पतितस् तमिस्रे
kvacin nigīrṇo 'jagarāhinā jano nāvaiti kiñcid vipine 'paviddhaḥ daṣṭaḥ sma śete kva ca danda-śūkair andho 'ndha-kūpe patitas tamisre
Sometimes a man, swallowed by a python-snake, lies cast away in the forest and knows nothing; somewhere, bitten by venomous serpents, he lies (unconscious); blind, he falls into a hidden well in the darkness.
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SB 5 13.10
कर्हि स्म चित् क्षुद्र-रसान् विचिन्वंस् तन्-मक्षिकाभिर् व्यथितो विमानः तत्राति-कृच्छ्रात् प्रतिलब्धमानो बलाद् विलुम्पन्त्य् अथ तं ततो ऽन्ये
karhi sma cit kṣudra-rasān vicinvaṃs tan-makṣikābhir vyathito vimānaḥ tatrāti-kṛcchrāt pratilabdhamāno balād vilumpanty atha taṃ tato 'nye
At some time, searching out petty pleasures, he is stung by the bees belonging to them and slighted; and what he has obtained there with great difficulty, others then plunder from him by force.
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SB 5 13.11
क्वचिच् च शीतातप-वात-वर्ष- प्रतिक्रियां कर्तुम् अनीश आस्ते क्वचिन् मिथो विपणन् यच् च किञ्चिद् विद्वेषम् ऋच्छत्य् उत वित्त-शाठ्यात्
kvacic ca śītātapa-vāta-varṣa- pratikriyāṃ kartum anīśa āste kvacin mitho vipaṇan yac ca kiñcid vidveṣam ṛcchaty uta vitta-śāṭhyāt
And sometimes, unable to make any remedy against cold, heat, wind and rain, he just sits; and sometimes, trading with one another whatever little there is, he incurs enmity through cheating over money.
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SB 5 13.12
क्वचित् क्वचित् क्षीण-धनस् तु तस्मिन् शय्यासन-स्थान-विहार-हीनः याचन् पराद् अप्रतिलब्ध-कामः पारक्य-दृष्टिर् लभते ऽवमानम्
kvacit kvacit kṣīṇa-dhanas tu tasmin śayyāsana-sthāna-vihāra-hīnaḥ yācan parād apratilabdha-kāmaḥ pārakya-dṛṣṭir labhate 'vamānam
Now and then, his wealth exhausted on that (road), deprived of bed, seat, dwelling and enjoyment, begging from others and not obtaining what he wants, with his eyes on what belongs to others, he meets with humiliation.
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SB 5 13.13
अन्योन्य-वित्त-व्यतिषङ्ग-वृद्ध- वैरानुबन्धो विवहन् मिथश् च अध्वन्य् अमुष्मिन्न् उरु-कृच्छ्र-वित्त- बाधोपसर्गैर् विहरन् विपन्नः
anyonya-vitta-vyatiṣaṅga-vṛddha- vairānubandho vivahan mithaś ca adhvany amuṣminn uru-kṛcchra-vitta- bādhopasargair viharan vipannaḥ
With bonds of enmity swollen by mutual dealings over money, yet also intermarrying with one another, on that road, sporting amid the great troubles and the afflictions and obstructions of wealth, he perishes.
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SB 5 13.14
तांस् तान् विपन्नान् स हि तत्र तत्र विहाय जातं परिगृह्य सार्थः आवर्तते ऽद्यापि न कश्चिद् अत्र वीराध्वनः पारम् उपैति योगम्
tāṃs tān vipannān sa hi tatra tatra vihāya jātaṃ parigṛhya sārthaḥ āvartate 'dyāpi na kaścid atra vīrādhvanaḥ pāram upaiti yogam
Leaving behind here and there those who have thus perished, and taking up the newly born, the caravan goes round and round; and even today, O hero, no one in this world attains the yoga that leads to the far shore of the road.
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SB 5 13.15
मनस्विनो निर्जित-दिग्-गजेन्द्रा ममेति सर्वे भुवि बद्ध-वैराः मृधे शयीरन् न तु तद् व्रजन्ति यन् न्यस्त-दण्डो गत-वैरो ऽभियाति
manasvino nirjita-dig-gajendrā mameti sarve bhuvi baddha-vairāḥ mṛdhe śayīran na tu tad vrajanti yan nyasta-daṇḍo gata-vairo 'bhiyāti
Spirited men who have vanquished the lordly elephants of the quarters, all of them bound by enmity on earth over 'this is mine', may lie slain in battle, but they do not reach that (goal) which one who has laid down the rod (of violence) and given up enmity attains.
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SB 5 13.16
प्रसज्जति क्वापि लता-भुजाश्रयस् तद्-आश्रयाव्यक्त-पद-द्विज-स्पृहः क्वचित् कदाचिद् धरि-चक्रतस् त्रसन् सख्यं विधत्ते बक-कङ्क-गृध्रैः
prasajjati kvāpi latā-bhujāśrayas tad-āśrayāvyakta-pada-dvija-spṛhaḥ kvacit kadācid dhari-cakratas trasan sakhyaṃ vidhatte baka-kaṅka-gṛdhraiḥ
Somewhere he clings, taking refuge in the arms that are creepers, longing for the birds whose sounds are indistinct that shelter in them; sometimes, at some moment, frightened by the discus of Hari (i.e. time), he makes friendship with herons, ospreys and vultures.
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SB 5 13.17
तैर् वञ्चितो हंस-कुलं समाविशन्न् अरोचयन् शीलम् उपैति वानरान् तज्-जाति-रासेन सुनिर्वृतेन्द्रियः परस्परोद्वीक्षण-विस्मृतावधिः
tair vañcito haṃsa-kulaṃ samāviśann arocayan śīlam upaiti vānarān taj-jāti-rāsena sunirvṛtendriyaḥ parasparodvīkṣaṇa-vismṛtāvadhiḥ
Cheated by them, he joins a flock of swans; not liking their ways, he goes over to the monkeys, and with the sporting of that species his senses are wholly gratified — gazing at one another, he forgets that there is any limit (to it).
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SB 5 13.18
द्रुमेषु रंस्यन् सुत-दार-वत्सलो व्यवाय-दीनो विवशः स्व-बन्धने क्वचित् प्रमादाद् गिरि-कन्दरे पतन् वल्लीं गृहीत्वा गज-भीत आस्थितः
drumeṣu raṃsyan suta-dāra-vatsalo vyavāya-dīno vivaśaḥ sva-bandhane kvacit pramādād giri-kandare patan vallīṃ gṛhītvā gaja-bhīta āsthitaḥ
Sporting among the trees, fond of his children and wife, wretched with sexual craving, helpless in his own bondage — sometimes, falling through carelessness into a mountain cleft, he catches hold of a creeper and hangs there, terrified of an elephant.
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SB 5 13.19
अतः कथञ्चित् स विमुक्त आपदः पुनश् च सार्थं प्रविशत्य् अरिन्दम अध्वन्य् अमुष्मिन्न् अजया निवेशितो भ्रमञ् जनो ऽद्यापि न वेद कश्चन
ataḥ kathañcit sa vimukta āpadaḥ punaś ca sārthaṃ praviśaty arindama adhvany amuṣminn ajayā niveśito bhramañ jano 'dyāpi na veda kaścana
Somehow released from that calamity, he again enters the caravan, O subduer of enemies. Set upon this road by ignorance, a man goes on wandering, and to this day no one understands (it).
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SB 5 13.20
रहूगण त्वम् अपि ह्य् अध्वनो ऽस्य सन्न्यस्त-दण्डः कृत-भूत-मैत्रः असज्-जितात्मा हरि-सेवया शितं ज्ञानासिम् आदाय तराति-पारम्
rahūgaṇa tvam api hy adhvano 'sya sannyasta-daṇḍaḥ kṛta-bhūta-maitraḥ asaj-jitātmā hari-sevayā śitaṃ jñānāsim ādāya tarāti-pāram
Rahūgaṇa, you too — laying down the rod (of punishment), becoming a friend to (all) beings, with your mind not attached to the unreal, taking up the sword of knowledge sharpened by service to Hari — cross over to the far shore of this road.
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SB 5 13.21
राजोवाच अहो नृ-जन्माखिल-जन्म-शोभनं किं जन्मभिस् त्व् अपरैर् अप्य् अमुष्मिन् न यद् धृषीकेश-यशः-कृतात्मनां महात्मनां वः प्रचुरः समागमः
rājovāca aho nṛ-janmākhila-janma-śobhanaṃ kiṃ janmabhis tv aparair apy amuṣmin na yad dhṛṣīkeśa-yaśaḥ-kṛtātmanāṃ mahātmanāṃ vaḥ pracuraḥ samāgamaḥ
The king said: Ah, birth as a man is the finest of all births! What use are other births, even in that (higher) world, since in them one does not have such abundant company as yours — of great souls whose minds are made (pure) by the glory of Hṛṣīkeśa?
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SB 5 13.22
न ह्य् अद्भुतं त्वच्-चरणाब्ज-रेणुभिर् हतांहसो भक्तिर् अधोक्षजे ऽमला मौहूर्तिकाद् यस्य समागमाच् च मे दुस्तर्क-मूलो ऽपहतो ऽविवेकः
na hy adbhutaṃ tvac-caraṇābja-reṇubhir hatāṃhaso bhaktir adhokṣaje 'malā mauhūrtikād yasya samāgamāc ca me dustarka-mūlo 'pahato 'vivekaḥ
It is no wonder that by the dust of your lotus feet sins are destroyed and spotless devotion to Adhokṣaja (arises), since by a mere moment's meeting with you my lack of discrimination, rooted in false reasoning, has been dispelled.
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SB 5 13.23
नमो महद्भ्यो ऽस्तु नमः शिशुभ्यो नमो युवभ्यो नम आवटुभ्यः ये ब्राह्मणा गाम् अवधूत-लिङ्गाश् चरन्ति तेभ्यः शिवम् अस्तु राज्ञाम्
namo mahadbhyo 'stu namaḥ śiśubhyo namo yuvabhyo nama āvaṭubhyaḥ ye brāhmaṇā gām avadhūta-liṅgāś caranti tebhyaḥ śivam astu rājñām
Let there be homage to the great, homage to children, homage to the young, homage to the mere boys — those brāhmaṇas who wander the earth with their marks concealed: from them may there be welfare for kings.
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SB 5 13.24
श्री-शुक उवाच इत्य् एवम् उत्तरा-मातः स वै ब्रह्मर्षि-सुतः सिन्धु-पतय आत्म-सतत्त्वं विगणयतः परानुभावः परम-कारुणिकतयोपदिश्य रहूगणेन सकरुणम् अभिवन्दित-चरण आपूर्णार्णव इव निभृत-करणोर्म्य्-आशयो धरणिम् इमां विचचार
śrī-śuka uvāca ity evam uttarā-mātaḥ sa vai brahmarṣi-sutaḥ sindhu-pataya ātma-satattvaṃ vigaṇayataḥ parānubhāvaḥ parama-kāruṇikatayopadiśya rahūgaṇena sakaruṇam abhivandita-caraṇa āpūrṇārṇava iva nibhṛta-karaṇormy-āśayo dharaṇim imāṃ vicacāra
Śrī Śuka said: Thus, O mother of Uttarā, that son of the brahmin sage, of surpassing power, out of the greatest compassion having taught the true nature of the self to the lord of Sindhu who had slighted him, and having had his feet worshipped with contrition by Rahūgaṇa, wandered over this earth, the waves of his senses and mind stilled like a filled-up ocean.
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SB 5 13.25
_* सौवीर-पतिर् अपि सुजन-समवगत-परमात्म-सतत्त्व आत्मन्य् अविद्याध्यारोपितां च देहात्म-मतिं विससर्ज एवं हि नृप भगवद्-आश्रिताश्रितानुभावः
_* sauvīra-patir api sujana-samavagata-paramātma-satattva ātmany avidyādhyāropitāṃ ca dehātma-matiṃ visasarja evaṃ hi nṛpa bhagavad-āśritāśritānubhāvaḥ
The lord of Sauvīra too, having grasped from that good man the true nature of the Supreme Self, cast off the notion, superimposed on himself by ignorance, that the body is the self. Such indeed, O king, is the power of those who take shelter of the ones sheltered by the Lord.
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SB 5 13.26
_* राजोवाच यो ह वा इह बहु-विदा महा-भागवत त्वयाभिहितः परोक्षेण वचसा जीव-लोक-भवाध्वा स ह्य् आर्य-मनीषया कल्पित-विषयोनाञ्जसाव्युत्पन्न-लोक-समधिगमः अथ तद् एवैतद् दुरवगमं समवेतानुकल्पेन निर्दिश्यताम् इति
_* rājovāca yo ha vā iha bahu-vidā mahā-bhāgavata tvayābhihitaḥ parokṣeṇa vacasā jīva-loka-bhavādhvā sa hy ārya-manīṣayā kalpita-viṣayonāñjasāvyutpanna-loka-samadhigamaḥ atha tad evaitad duravagamaṃ samavetānukalpena nirdiśyatām iti
The king said: O great devotee, you who know much — this road of the becoming of the world of living beings which you have here described in indirect speech: for the noble-minded it is (understood), but its subjects being (only) figuratively construed, it is not readily comprehended by people of untrained understanding. Therefore let this same hard-to-grasp (teaching) be set forth by way of a point-by-point correspondence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain