Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 4
SB 5 4.1
_* श्री-शुक उवाच अथ ह तम् उत्पत्त्यैवाभिव्यज्यमान-भगवल्-लक्षणं साम्योपशम-वैराग्यैश्वर्य-महा-विभूतिभिर् अनुदिनम् एधमानानुभावं प्रकृतयः प्रजा ब्राह्मणा देवताश् चावनि-तल-समवनायातितरां जगृधुः
_* śrī-śuka uvāca atha ha tam utpattyaivābhivyajyamāna-bhagaval-lakṣaṇaṃ sāmyopaśama-vairāgyaiśvarya-mahā-vibhūtibhir anudinam edhamānānubhāvaṃ prakṛtayaḥ prajā brāhmaṇā devatāś cāvani-tala-samavanāyātitarāṃ jagṛdhuḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Then indeed, in him the marks of the Lord became manifest from his very birth, and his power grew day by day with the great excellences of equanimity, tranquillity, detachment and mastery; and the ministers, the subjects, the brahmins and the gods most eagerly desired him for the protection of the surface of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.2
_* तस्य ह वा इत्थं वर्ष्मणा वरीयसा बृहच्-छ्लोकेन चौजसा बलेन श्रिया यशसा वीर्य-शौर्याभ्यां च पिता ऋषभ इतीदं नाम चकार
_* tasya ha vā itthaṃ varṣmaṇā varīyasā bṛhac-chlokena caujasā balena śriyā yaśasā vīrya-śauryābhyāṃ ca pitā ṛṣabha itīdaṃ nāma cakāra
And so, because he was superior in bodily stature, in wide renown, in vigour, strength, splendour, fame, and in valour and heroism, his father gave him this name, "Ṛṣabha" (the bull, the best).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.3
_* यस्य हीन्द्रः स्पर्धमानो भगवान् वर्षे न ववर्ष तद् अवधार्य भगवान् ऋषभदेवो योगेश्वरः प्रहस्यात्म-योगमायया स्व-वर्षम् अजनाभं नामाभ्यवर्षत्
_* yasya hīndraḥ spardhamāno bhagavān varṣe na vavarṣa tad avadhārya bhagavān ṛṣabhadevo yogeśvaraḥ prahasyātma-yogamāyayā sva-varṣam ajanābhaṃ nāmābhyavarṣat
When Indra, rivalling him, did not rain upon his region, the Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, the master of yoga, perceiving that, laughed and by his own yogamāyā rained upon his own region, named Ajanābha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.4
_* नाभिस् तु यथाभिलषितं सुप्रजस्त्वम् अवरुध्याति-प्रमोद-भर-विह्वलो गद्गदाक्षरया गिरा स्वैरं गृहीत-नरलोक-सधर्मं भगवन्तं पुराण-पुरुषं माया-विलसित-मतिर् वत्स तातेति सानुरागम् उपलालयन् परां निर्वृतिम् उपगतः
_* nābhis tu yathābhilaṣitaṃ suprajastvam avarudhyāti-pramoda-bhara-vihvalo gadgadākṣarayā girā svairaṃ gṛhīta-naraloka-sadharmaṃ bhagavantaṃ purāṇa-puruṣaṃ māyā-vilasita-matir vatsa tāteti sānurāgam upalālayan parāṃ nirvṛtim upagataḥ
But Nābhi, having obtained excellent progeny just as he had desired, overwhelmed by an excess of joy, with a voice whose syllables faltered, fondled him affectionately, saying "Child! Dear one!" — the Lord, the primeval Person, who had of his own will taken on conformity with the ways of the human world — and, his mind (thus) played upon by māyā, he attained the highest contentment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.5
_* विदितानुरागम् आपौर-प्रकृति जन-पदो राजा नाभिर् आत्मजं समय-सेतु-रक्षायाम् अभिषिच्य ब्राह्मणेषूपनिधाय सह मेरुदेव्या विशालायां प्रसन्न-निपुणेन तपसा समाधि-योगेन नर-नारायणाख्यं भगवन्तं वासुदेवम् उपासीनः कालेन तन्-महिमानम् अवाप
_* viditānurāgam āpaura-prakṛti jana-pado rājā nābhir ātmajaṃ samaya-setu-rakṣāyām abhiṣicya brāhmaṇeṣūpanidhāya saha merudevyā viśālāyāṃ prasanna-nipuṇena tapasā samādhi-yogena nara-nārāyaṇākhyaṃ bhagavantaṃ vāsudevam upāsīnaḥ kālena tan-mahimānam avāpa
King Nābhi, knowing the affection (for his son) that had reached the citizens, the ministers and the country people, consecrated his son for the guarding of the bounds of convention, entrusted him to the brahmins, and, together with Merudevī, in Viśālā, worshipping the Lord Vāsudeva known as Nara-Nārāyaṇa by austerity that was serene and skilful and by the yoga of absorption, in time attained his greatness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.6
_* यस्य ह पाण्डवेय श्लोकाव् उदाहरन्ति---- को नु तत् कर्म राजर्षेर् नाभेर् अन्व् आचरेत् पुमान् अपत्यताम् अगाद् यस्य हरिः शुद्धेन कर्मणा
_* yasya ha pāṇḍaveya ślokāv udāharanti---- ko nu tat karma rājarṣer nābher anv ācaret pumān apatyatām agād yasya hariḥ śuddhena karmaṇā
About whom, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, they quote two verses: What man could follow that deed of the royal sage Nābhi, whose son Hari became through his pure act?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.7
ब्रह्मण्यो ऽन्यः कुतो नाभेर् विप्रा मङ्गल-पूजिताः यस्य बर्हिषि यज्ञेशं दर्शयाम् आसुर् ओजसा
brahmaṇyo 'nyaḥ kuto nābher viprā maṅgala-pūjitāḥ yasya barhiṣi yajñeśaṃ darśayām āsur ojasā
Who else than Nābhi is so devoted to the brahmins — the brahmins, worshipped with auspicious rites, who by their power showed the Lord of sacrifice at his sacrificial grass?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.8
अथ ह भगवान् ऋषभदेवः स्व-वर्षं कर्म-क्षेत्रम् अनुमन्यमानः प्रदर्शित-गुरुकुल-वासो लब्ध-वरैर् गुरुभिर् अनुज्ञातो गृहमेधिनां धर्मान् अनुशिक्षमाणो जयन्त्याम् इन्द्र-दत्तायाम् उभय-लक्षणं कर्म समाम्नायाम्नातम् अभियुञ्जन्न् आत्मजानाम् आत्म-समानानां शतं जनयाम् आस
atha ha bhagavān ṛṣabhadevaḥ sva-varṣaṃ karma-kṣetram anumanyamānaḥ pradarśita-gurukula-vāso labdha-varair gurubhir anujñāto gṛhamedhināṃ dharmān anuśikṣamāṇo jayantyām indra-dattāyām ubhaya-lakṣaṇaṃ karma samāmnāyāmnātam abhiyuñjann ātmajānām ātma-samānānāṃ śataṃ janayām āsa
Then indeed the Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, regarding his own region as the field of action, having exhibited residence in the teacher's household and being permitted by the teachers, who had received their gifts, learning the duties of householders, begot in Jayantī, who had been given by Indra, a hundred sons equal to himself, engaging in the twofold-marked rites handed down in the Vedic tradition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 5 4.9
_* येषां खलु महा-योगी भरतो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठ-गुण आसीद् येनेदं वर्षं भारतम् इति व्यपदिशन्ति
_* yeṣāṃ khalu mahā-yogī bharato jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭha-guṇa āsīd yenedaṃ varṣaṃ bhāratam iti vyapadiśanti
Of these, the great yogī Bharata was indeed the eldest and of the finest qualities; after him they designate this region "Bhārata".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.10
_* तम् अनु कुशावर्त इलावर्तो ब्रह्मावर्तो मलयः केतुर् भद्रसेन इन्द्रस्पृग् विदर्भः कीकट इति नव नवति प्रधानाः
_* tam anu kuśāvarta ilāvarto brahmāvarto malayaḥ ketur bhadrasena indraspṛg vidarbhaḥ kīkaṭa iti nava navati pradhānāḥ
After him, Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Malaya, Ketu, Bhadrasena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha and Kīkaṭa — these nine (were the chief) of the ninety-nine principal ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 5 4.11
_* कविर् हविर् अन्तरिक्षः प्रबुद्धः पिप्पलायनः आविर्होत्रो ऽथ द्रुमिलश् चमसः करभाजनः
_* kavir havir antarikṣaḥ prabuddhaḥ pippalāyanaḥ āvirhotro 'tha drumilaś camasaḥ karabhājanaḥ
Kavi, Havi, Antarikṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, then Drumila, Camasa and Karabhājana —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.12
इति भागवत-धर्म-दर्शना नव महा-भागवतास् तेषां सुचरितं भगवन्-महिमोपबृंहितं वसुदेव-नारद-संवादम् उपशमायनम् उपरिष्टाद् वर्णयिष्यामः
iti bhāgavata-dharma-darśanā nava mahā-bhāgavatās teṣāṃ sucaritaṃ bhagavan-mahimopabṛṃhitaṃ vasudeva-nārada-saṃvādam upaśamāyanam upariṣṭād varṇayiṣyāmaḥ
— thus, nine great devotees who saw the religion of the devotees of the Lord. Their good conduct, and the conversation of Vasudeva and Nārada, which is swollen with the Lord's greatness and leads to tranquillity, we shall narrate later on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.13
_* यवीयांस एकाशीतिर् जायन्तेयाः पितुर् आदेशकरा महा-शालीना महा-श्रोत्रिया यज्ञ-शीलाः कर्म-विशुद्धा ब्राह्मणा बभूवुः
_* yavīyāṃsa ekāśītir jāyanteyāḥ pitur ādeśakarā mahā-śālīnā mahā-śrotriyā yajña-śīlāḥ karma-viśuddhā brāhmaṇā babhūvuḥ
The eighty-one younger (sons), born of Jāyantī, carrying out their father's command, very modest, greatly learned in the Vedas, devoted to sacrifice, purified by their ritual acts, became brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.14
_* भगवान् ऋषभ-संज्ञ आत्म-तन्त्रः स्वयं नित्य-निवृत्तानर्थ-परम्परः केवलानन्दानुभव ईश्वर एव विपरीतवत् कर्माण्य् आरभमाणः कालेनानुगतं धर्मम् आचरणेनोपशिक्षयन्न् अतद्-विदां सम उपशान्तो मैत्रः कारुणिको धर्मार्थ-यशः-प्रजानन्दामृतावरोधेन गृहेषु लोकं नियमयत्
_* bhagavān ṛṣabha-saṃjña ātma-tantraḥ svayaṃ nitya-nivṛttānartha-paramparaḥ kevalānandānubhava īśvara eva viparītavat karmāṇy ārabhamāṇaḥ kālenānugataṃ dharmam ācaraṇenopaśikṣayann atad-vidāṃ sama upaśānto maitraḥ kāruṇiko dharmārtha-yaśaḥ-prajānandāmṛtāvarodhena gṛheṣu lokaṃ niyamayat
The Lord named Ṛṣabha, dependent on himself alone, of himself ever turned away from the succession of evils, experiencing unmixed bliss, the Ruler himself, though undertaking works as if it were otherwise (with him), teaching by his own practice the dharma that had come down with the times to those who did not know it, even-minded, calm, friendly, compassionate, restrained the people within household life by securing for them dharma, wealth, fame, offspring, enjoyment and the nectar (of immortality).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 5 4.15
_* यद् यच् छीर्षण्याचरितं तत् तद् अनुवर्तते लोकः
_* yad yac chīrṣaṇyācaritaṃ tat tad anuvartate lokaḥ
Whatever is practised by the one at the head, that the people follow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.16
_* यद्यपि स्व-विदितं सकल-धर्मं ब्राह्मं गुह्यं ब्राह्मणैर् दर्शित-मार्गेण सामादिभिर् उपायैर् जनताम् अनुशशास
_* yadyapi sva-viditaṃ sakala-dharmaṃ brāhmaṃ guhyaṃ brāhmaṇair darśita-mārgeṇa sāmādibhir upāyair janatām anuśaśāsa
Although all dharma, both the Vedic and the secret, was known to him of himself, he instructed the people by the path shown by the brāhmaṇas, by the means of conciliation and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.17
_* द्रव्य-देश-काल-वयः-श्रद्धर्त्विग्-विविधोद्देशोपचितैः सर्वैर् अपि क्रतुभिर् यथोपदेशं शत-कृत्व इयाज
_* dravya-deśa-kāla-vayaḥ-śraddhartvig-vividhoddeśopacitaiḥ sarvair api kratubhir yathopadeśaṃ śata-kṛtva iyāja
With all the sacrifices, well provided with substances, place, time, age, faith, priests and the various purposes, he sacrificed a hundred times according to the prescribed instruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 5 4.18
_* भगवतर्षभेण परिरक्ष्यमाण एतस्मिन् वर्षे न कश्चन पुरुषो वाञ्छत्य् अविद्यमानम् इवात्मनो ऽन्यस्मात् कथञ्चन किमपि कर्हिचिद् अवेक्षते भर्तर्य् अनुसवनं विजृम्भित-स्नेहातिशयम् अन्तरेण
_* bhagavatarṣabheṇa parirakṣyamāṇa etasmin varṣe na kaścana puruṣo vāñchaty avidyamānam ivātmano 'nyasmāt kathañcana kimapi karhicid avekṣate bhartary anusavanaṃ vijṛmbhita-snehātiśayam antareṇa
In this land, protected by the Lord Ṛṣabha, no man desired anything for himself, as though it did not exist; nor did anyone ever look to another for anything at all in any way, apart from the ever-swelling excess of affection toward their master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 5 4.19
_* स कदाचिद् अटमानो भगवान् ऋषभो ब्रह्मावर्त-गतो ब्रह्मर्षि-प्रवर-सभायां प्रजानां निशामयन्तीनाम् आत्मजान् अवहितात्मनः प्रश्रय-प्रणय-भर-सुयन्त्रितान् अप्य् उपशिक्षयन्न् इति होवाच
_* sa kadācid aṭamāno bhagavān ṛṣabho brahmāvarta-gato brahmarṣi-pravara-sabhāyāṃ prajānāṃ niśāmayantīnām ātmajān avahitātmanaḥ praśraya-praṇaya-bhara-suyantritān apy upaśikṣayann iti hovāca
Once, as he wandered, the Lord Ṛṣabha, having come to Brahmāvarta, in the assembly of the foremost brahmin sages, while his subjects were listening, spoke thus, instructing his sons, who were attentive of mind and already well restrained by their weight of deference and love:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition