Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 1
SB 6 1.1
श्रीपरीक्षिदुवाच निवृत्तिमार्गः कथित आदौ भगवता यथा क्रमयोगोपलब्धेन ब्रह्मणा यदसंसृतिः
śrīparīkṣiduvāca nivṛttimārgaḥ kathita ādau bhagavatā yathā kramayogopalabdhena brahmaṇā yadasaṃsṛtiḥ
Śrī Parīkṣit said: The path of cessation was told at the beginning by you, revered one — how, by Brahman attained through yoga practised in stages, there comes to be the end of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 1.2
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणश्चैव त्रैगुण्यविषयो मुने यो ऽसावलीनप्रकृतेर्गुणसर्गः पुनः पुनः
pravṛttilakṣaṇaścaiva traiguṇyaviṣayo mune yo 'sāvalīnaprakṛterguṇasargaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
And also that (path) marked by engagement in action, which has the three qualities for its province, O sage — that creation of the qualities out of unmanifest primordial nature, again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.3
अधर्मलक्षणा नाना नरकाश्चानुवर्णिताः मन्वन्तरश्च व्याख्यात आद्यः स्वायम्भुवो यतः
adharmalakṣaṇā nānā narakāścānuvarṇitāḥ manvantaraśca vyākhyāta ādyaḥ svāyambhuvo yataḥ
And the various hells characterized by unrighteousness were described, and the first manvantara, that of Svāyambhuva, was explained, from which (the rest follow).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.4
प्रियव्रतोत्तानपदोर्वंशस्तच्चरितानि च द्वीपवर्षसमुद्राद्रि नद्युद्यानवनस्पतीन्
priyavratottānapadorvaṃśastaccaritāni ca dvīpavarṣasamudrādri nadyudyānavanaspatīn
And the lineage of Priyavrata and Uttānapāda and their deeds, and the islands, continents, oceans, mountains, rivers, gardens and trees —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.5
धरामण्डलसंस्थानं भागलक्षणमानतः ज्योतिषां विवराणां च यथेदमसृजद्विभुः
dharāmaṇḍalasaṃsthānaṃ bhāgalakṣaṇamānataḥ jyotiṣāṃ vivarāṇāṃ ca yathedamasṛjadvibhuḥ
— the disposition of the earth's sphere, by the measure and marks of its divisions, and of the heavenly lights and of the (subterranean) cavities: how the mighty Lord created all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.6
अधुनेह महाभाग यथैव नरकान् नरः नानोग्रयातनान् नेयात् तन् मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
adhuneha mahābhāga yathaiva narakān naraḥ nānograyātanān neyāt tan me vyākhyātumarhasi
Now, O greatly fortunate one, you ought to explain to me how a man may not go, here in this world, to the hells with their many terrible torments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.7
श्रीशुक उवाच न चेदिहैवापचितिं यथांहसः कृतस्य कुर्यान् मनौक्तपाणिभिः ध्रुवं स वै प्रेत्य नरकान् उपैति ये कीर्तिता मे भवतस्तिग्मयातनाः
śrīśuka uvāca na cedihaivāpacitiṃ yathāṃhasaḥ kṛtasya kuryān manauktapāṇibhiḥ dhruvaṃ sa vai pretya narakān upaiti ye kīrtitā me bhavatastigmayātanāḥ
Śrī Śuka said: If, here in this very life, one does not make atonement fitting the sin committed by mind, speech and hands, then surely, after death, he goes to those hells of sharp torments which I have described to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.8
तस्मात् पुरैवाश्विह पापनिष्कृतौ यतेत मृत्योरविपद्यतात्मना दोषस्य दृष्ट्वा गुरुलाघवं यथा भिषक् चिकित्सेत रुजां निदानवित्
tasmāt puraivāśviha pāpaniṣkṛtau yateta mṛtyoravipadyatātmanā doṣasya dṛṣṭvā gurulāghavaṃ yathā bhiṣak cikitseta rujāṃ nidānavit
Therefore, even before (the coming of) death, with a mind not giving way, one should strive quickly at the expiation of sin here, having observed the heaviness or lightness of the fault — as a physician who knows the causes of illnesses would treat them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.9
श्रीराजोवाच दृष्टश्रुताभ्यां यत् पापं जानन्नप्य् आत्मनो ऽहितम् करोति भूयो विवशः प्रायश्चित्तमथो कथम्
śrīrājovāca dṛṣṭaśrutābhyāṃ yat pāpaṃ jānannapy ātmano 'hitam karoti bhūyo vivaśaḥ prāyaścittamatho katham
The king said: When a man, though knowing from what he has seen and heard that sin is harmful to himself, helplessly does it again — then how is there expiation?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.10
क्वचिन् निवर्तते ऽभद्रात् क्वचिच् चरति तत् पुनः प्रायश्चित्तमथो ऽपार्थं मन्ये कुञ्जरशौचवत्
kvacin nivartate 'bhadrāt kvacic carati tat punaḥ prāyaścittamatho 'pārthaṃ manye kuñjaraśaucavat
Sometimes he turns back from the evil, sometimes he does it again. So I think expiation is pointless, like the bathing of an elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.11
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच कर्मणा कर्मनिर्हारो न ह्य् आत्यन्तिक इष्यते अविद्वदधिकारित्वात् प्रायश्चित्तं विमर्शनम्
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca karmaṇā karmanirhāro na hy ātyantika iṣyate avidvadadhikāritvāt prāyaścittaṃ vimarśanam
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: The removal of karma by (further) karma is indeed not held to be final, since the one entitled to it is without knowledge; (true) expiation is discernment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.12
नाश्नतः पथ्यमेवान्नं व्याधयो ऽभिभवन्ति हि एवं नियमकृद्राजन् शनैः क्षेमाय कल्पते
nāśnataḥ pathyamevānnaṃ vyādhayo 'bhibhavanti hi evaṃ niyamakṛdrājan śanaiḥ kṣemāya kalpate
Indeed diseases do not overcome one who eats only wholesome food; likewise, O king, one who practises restraint gradually becomes fit for well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.13
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण शमेन च दमेन च त्यागेन सत्यशौचाभ्यां यमेन नियमेन वा
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śamena ca damena ca tyāgena satyaśaucābhyāṃ yamena niyamena vā
By austerity, by celibacy, by inner calm and by self-control, by renunciation, by truth and purity, by restraint (yama) or by observance (niyama) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.14
देहवाग्बुद्धिजं धीरा धर्मज्ञाः श्रद्धयान्विताः क्षिपन्त्य् अघं महदपि वेणुगुल्ममिवानलः
dehavāgbuddhijaṃ dhīrā dharmajñāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ kṣipanty aghaṃ mahadapi veṇugulmamivānalaḥ
The steady ones, who know dharma and are endowed with faith, burn away sin born of body, speech and mind, even great sin, as fire (burns) a thicket of bamboo.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.15
केचित् केवलया भक्त्या वासुदेवपरायणाः अघं धुन्वन्ति कार्त्स्न्येन नीहारमिव भास्करः
kecit kevalayā bhaktyā vāsudevaparāyaṇāḥ aghaṃ dhunvanti kārtsnyena nīhāramiva bhāskaraḥ
Some, devoted wholly to Vāsudeva, shake off sin entirely by devotion alone, as the sun (disperses) fog.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.16
न तथा ह्य् अघवान् राजन् पूयेत तपाअदिभिः यथा कृष्णार्पितप्राणस्तत्पुरुषनिषेवया
na tathā hy aghavān rājan pūyeta tapāadibhiḥ yathā kṛṣṇārpitaprāṇastatpuruṣaniṣevayā
For a sinful man, O King, is not so purified by austerities and the rest as one whose life is offered to Kṛṣṇa is (purified) by serving His devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.17
सध्रीचीनो ह्य् अयं लोके पन्थाः क्षेमो ऽकुतोभयः सुशीलाः साधवो यत्र नारायणपरायणाः
sadhrīcīno hy ayaṃ loke panthāḥ kṣemo 'kutobhayaḥ suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ
For this is the right path in the world, safe and free from fear from any quarter, where there are the good-natured saintly ones devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.18
प्रायश्चित्तानि चीर्णानि नारायणपराङ्मुखम् न निष्पुनन्ति राजेन्द्र सुराकुम्भमिवापगाः
prāyaścittāni cīrṇāni nārāyaṇaparāṅmukham na niṣpunanti rājendra surākumbhamivāpagāḥ
Expiations performed do not purify one whose face is turned away from Nārāyaṇa, O best of kings, just as rivers do not (cleanse) a pot of liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.19
सकृन् मनः कृष्णपदारविन्दयोर् निवेशितं तद्गुणरागि यैरिह न ते यमं पाशभृतश्च तद्भटान् स्वप्ने ऽपि पश्यन्ति हि चीर्णनिष्कृताः
sakṛn manaḥ kṛṣṇapadāravindayor niveśitaṃ tadguṇarāgi yairiha na te yamaṃ pāśabhṛtaśca tadbhaṭān svapne 'pi paśyanti hi cīrṇaniṣkṛtāḥ
Those by whom the mind has been fixed even once on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, loving His qualities—they do not see Yama and his noose-bearing servants even in a dream, for they have completed their atonement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.20
अत्र चोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् दूतानां विष्णुयमयोः संवादस्तं निबोध मे
atra codāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam dūtānāṃ viṣṇuyamayoḥ saṃvādastaṃ nibodha me
On this they relate this ancient tale, the conversation between the messengers of Viṣṇu and of Yama; learn it from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.21
कान्यकुब्जे द्विजः कश्चिद्दासीपतिरजामिलः नाम्ना नष्टसदाचारो दास्याः संसर्गदूषितः
kānyakubje dvijaḥ kaściddāsīpatirajāmilaḥ nāmnā naṣṭasadācāro dāsyāḥ saṃsargadūṣitaḥ
In Kānyakubja there was a certain brāhmaṇa, Ajāmila by name, the husband of a maidservant, who had lost good conduct, being corrupted by association with the maidservant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.22
बन्द्यक्षैः कैतवैश्चौर्यैर्गर्हितां वृत्तिमास्थितः बिभ्रत् कुटुम्बमशुचिर्यातयामास देहिनः
bandyakṣaiḥ kaitavaiścauryairgarhitāṃ vṛttimāsthitaḥ bibhrat kuṭumbamaśuciryātayāmāsa dehinaḥ
He took up a contemptible livelihood by (false) arrest, dice, gambling and thefts; impure, supporting his family, he tormented living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 1.23
एवं निवसतस्तस्य लालयानस्य तत्सुतान् कालो ऽत्यगान् महान् राजन्नष्टाशीत्यायुषः समाः
evaṃ nivasatastasya lālayānasya tatsutān kālo 'tyagān mahān rājannaṣṭāśītyāyuṣaḥ samāḥ
While he lived thus, indulging her sons, a long time passed, O King—eighty-eight years of his life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.24
तस्य प्रवयसः पुत्रा दश तेषां तु यो ऽवमः बालो नारायणो नाम्ना पित्रोश्च दयितो भृशम्
tasya pravayasaḥ putrā daśa teṣāṃ tu yo 'vamaḥ bālo nārāyaṇo nāmnā pitrośca dayito bhṛśam
That much-aged man had ten sons; of them the youngest was a boy named Nārāyaṇa, exceedingly dear to both parents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.25
स बद्धहृदयस्तस्मिन्नर्भके कलभाषिणि निरीक्षमाणस्तल्लीलां मुमुदे जरठो भृशम्
sa baddhahṛdayastasminnarbhake kalabhāṣiṇi nirīkṣamāṇastallīlāṃ mumude jaraṭho bhṛśam
His heart bound to that child who spoke sweetly and indistinctly, the old man, watching his play, rejoiced greatly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.26
भुञ्जानः प्रपिबन् खादन् बालकं स्नेहयन्त्रितः भोजयन् पाययन् मूढो न वेदागतमन्तकम्
bhuñjānaḥ prapiban khādan bālakaṃ snehayantritaḥ bhojayan pāyayan mūḍho na vedāgatamantakam
Eating, drinking and chewing, bound by affection, he would feed the boy and give him drink; the fool did not know that death had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.27
स एवं वर्तमानो ऽज्ञो मृत्युकाल उपस्थिते मतिं चकार तनये बाले नारायणाह्वये
sa evaṃ vartamāno 'jño mṛtyukāla upasthite matiṃ cakāra tanaye bāle nārāyaṇāhvaye
Behaving thus, the ignorant man, when the hour of death arrived, set his mind upon his little son named Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.28
स पाशहस्तांस्त्रीन् दृष्ट्वा पुरुषान् अतिदारुणान् वक्रतुण्डान् ऊर्ध्वरोम्ण आत्मानं नेतुमागतान्
sa pāśahastāṃstrīn dṛṣṭvā puruṣān atidāruṇān vakratuṇḍān ūrdhvaromṇa ātmānaṃ netumāgatān
He saw three exceedingly fearsome men with nooses in their hands, with twisted faces and hair standing erect, come to carry him away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.29
दूरे क्रीडनकासक्तं पुत्रं नारायणाह्वयम् प्लावितेन स्वरेणोच्चैराजुहावाकुलेन्द्रियः
dūre krīḍanakāsaktaṃ putraṃ nārāyaṇāhvayam plāvitena svareṇoccairājuhāvākulendriyaḥ
With his senses distraught, he called out loudly, with a drawn-out cry, to his son named Nārāyaṇa, who was far off, absorbed in his toys.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.30
निशम्य म्रियमाणस्य मुखतो हरिकीर्तनम् भर्तुर्नाम महाराज पार्षदाः सहसापतन्
niśamya mriyamāṇasya mukhato harikīrtanam bharturnāma mahārāja pārṣadāḥ sahasāpatan
Hearing from the mouth of the dying man the utterance of Hari—the name of their master—O great King, the attendants (of Viṣṇu) came down at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.31
विकर्षतो ऽन्तर्हृदयाद्दासीपतिमजामिलम् यमप्रेष्यान् विष्णुदूता वारयामासुरोजसा
vikarṣato 'ntarhṛdayāddāsīpatimajāmilam yamapreṣyān viṣṇudūtā vārayāmāsurojasā
As Yama's envoys were dragging Ajāmila, the maidservant's husband, from within his heart, the messengers of Viṣṇu forcibly stopped them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.32
ऊचुर्निषेधितास्तांस्ते वैवस्वतपुरःसराः के यूयं प्रतिषेद्धारो धर्मराजस्य शासनम्
ūcurniṣedhitāstāṃste vaivasvatapuraḥsarāḥ ke yūyaṃ pratiṣeddhāro dharmarājasya śāsanam
Thus checked, those forerunners of Vaivasvata's (servants) said to them: "Who are you, that forbid the command of the King of Dharma?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.33
कस्य वा कुत आयाताः कस्मादस्य निषेधथ किं देवा उपदेवा या यूयं किं सिद्धसत्तमाः
kasya vā kuta āyātāḥ kasmādasya niṣedhatha kiṃ devā upadevā yā yūyaṃ kiṃ siddhasattamāḥ
"Whose (servants) are you, and whence have you come? Why do you forbid (the seizing) of this man? Are you gods, or lesser gods, or are you the best of the Siddhas?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.34
सर्वे पद्मपलाशाक्षाः पीतकौशेयवाससः किरीटिनः कुण्डलिनो लसत्पुष्करमालिनः
sarve padmapalāśākṣāḥ pītakauśeyavāsasaḥ kirīṭinaḥ kuṇḍalino lasatpuṣkaramālinaḥ
All (of them) had eyes like lotus petals, wore yellow silken garments, bore crowns and earrings, and wore garlands of gleaming lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.35
सर्वे च नूत्नवयसः सर्वे चारुचतुर्भुजाः धनुर्निषङ्गासिगदा शङ्खचक्राम्बुजश्रियः
sarve ca nūtnavayasaḥ sarve cārucaturbhujāḥ dhanurniṣaṅgāsigadā śaṅkhacakrāmbujaśriyaḥ
And all were of fresh youth, and all had four lovely arms, splendid with bow, quiver, sword, mace, conch, disc and lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.36
दिशो वितिमिरालोकाः कुर्वन्तः स्वेन तेजसा किमर्थं धर्मपालस्य किङ्करान् नो निषेधथ
diśo vitimirālokāḥ kurvantaḥ svena tejasā kimarthaṃ dharmapālasya kiṅkarān no niṣedhatha
—you who by your own radiance make the quarters an expanse free of darkness: for what purpose do you forbid us, the servants of the guardian of dharma?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.37
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्य् उक्ते यमदूतैस्ते वासुदेवोक्तकारिणः तान् प्रत्यूचुः प्रहस्येदं मेघनिर्ह्रादया गिरा
śrīśuka uvāca ity ukte yamadūtaiste vāsudevoktakāriṇaḥ tān pratyūcuḥ prahasyedaṃ meghanirhrādayā girā
Śrī Śuka said: When they had been thus addressed by Yama's messengers, those (envoys) who carry out Vāsudeva's word laughed and replied this to them in a voice thundering like a cloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.38
श्रीविष्णुदूता ऊचुः यूयं वै धर्मराजस्य यदि निर्देशकारिणः ब्रूत धर्मस्य नस्तत्त्वं यच् चाधर्मस्य लक्षणम्
śrīviṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ yūyaṃ vai dharmarājasya yadi nirdeśakāriṇaḥ brūta dharmasya nastattvaṃ yac cādharmasya lakṣaṇam
The messengers of Viṣṇu said: If you are indeed the executors of the orders of the king of dharma, then tell us the truth about dharma, and what the mark of adharma is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.39
कथं स्विद्ध्रियते दण्डः किं वास्य स्थानमीप्सितम् दण्ड्याः किं कारिणः सर्वे आहो स्वित् कतिचिन् नृणाम्
kathaṃ sviddhriyate daṇḍaḥ kiṃ vāsya sthānamīpsitam daṇḍyāḥ kiṃ kāriṇaḥ sarve āho svit katicin nṛṇām
How is punishment administered? And what is the fit occasion for it? Are all doers of deeds liable to punishment, or only some among men?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.40
यमदूता ऊचुः वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्य् अधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः वेदो नारायणः साक्षात् स्वयम्भूरिति शुश्रुम
yamadūtā ūcuḥ vedapraṇihito dharmo hy adharmastadviparyayaḥ vedo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣāt svayambhūriti śuśruma
The messengers of Yama said: Dharma is what is laid down in the Veda, and adharma is the reverse of that; the Veda is Nārāyaṇa himself, self-existent — so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.41
येन स्वधाम्न्य् अमी भावा रजःसत्त्वतमोमयाः गुणनामक्रियारूपैर्विभाव्यन्ते यथातथम्
yena svadhāmny amī bhāvā rajaḥsattvatamomayāḥ guṇanāmakriyārūpairvibhāvyante yathātatham
—by whom, in his own abode, these existent things, made of rajas, sattva and tamas, are made to appear, each just as it is, through their qualities, names, actions and forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.42
सूर्यो ऽग्निः खं मरुद्देवः सोमः सन्ध्याहनी दिशः कं कुः स्वयं धर्म इति ह्य् एते दैह्यस्य साक्षिणः
sūryo 'gniḥ khaṃ maruddevaḥ somaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥ kaṃ kuḥ svayaṃ dharma iti hy ete daihyasya sākṣiṇaḥ
Sun, fire, sky, wind, the god, the moon, twilight, day and night, the quarters, water, earth, and Dharma himself — these are the witnesses of the embodied one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.43
एतैरधर्मो विज्ञातः स्थानं दण्डस्य युज्यते सर्वे कर्मानुरोधेन दण्डमर्हन्ति कारिणः
etairadharmo vijñātaḥ sthānaṃ daṇḍasya yujyate sarve karmānurodhena daṇḍamarhanti kāriṇaḥ
By these adharma is known, (and thereby) the fit occasion for punishment is established; all doers deserve punishment in accordance with their deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.44
सम्भवन्ति हि भद्राणि विपरीतानि चानघाः कारिणां गुणसङ्गो ऽस्ति देहवान् न ह्य् अकर्मकृत्
sambhavanti hi bhadrāṇi viparītāni cānaghāḥ kāriṇāṃ guṇasaṅgo 'sti dehavān na hy akarmakṛt
For, O sinless ones, both auspicious things and their opposites come to be; there is contact with the qualities for those who act, since no one possessing a body is a non-doer of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.45
येन यावान् यथाधर्मो धर्मो वेह समीहितः स एव तत्फलं भुङ्क्ते तथा तावदमुत्र वै
yena yāvān yathādharmo dharmo veha samīhitaḥ sa eva tatphalaṃ bhuṅkte tathā tāvadamutra vai
By whomever, in whatever measure and in whatever way, adharma or dharma is performed here, he alone enjoys its fruit in the same way and in the same measure there (in the next world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.46
यथेह देवप्रवरास्त्रैविध्यमुपलभ्यते भूतेषु गुणवैचित्र्यात् तथान्यत्रानुमीयते
yatheha devapravarāstraividhyamupalabhyate bhūteṣu guṇavaicitryāt tathānyatrānumīyate
Just as here, O best of gods, a threefoldness is observed among beings owing to the diversity of the qualities, so it is inferred elsewhere too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.47
वर्तमानो ऽन्ययोः कालो गुणाभिज्ञापको यथा एवं जन्मान्ययोरेतद्धर्माधर्मनिदर्शनम्
vartamāno 'nyayoḥ kālo guṇābhijñāpako yathā evaṃ janmānyayoretaddharmādharmanidarśanam
As present time is what makes known the qualities of the other two (past and future), so this (present) birth is the indication of the dharma and adharma of the other two (births).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.48
मनसैव पुरे देवः पूर्वरूपं विपश्यति अनुमीमांसते ऽपूर्वं मनसा भगवान् अजः
manasaiva pure devaḥ pūrvarūpaṃ vipaśyati anumīmāṃsate 'pūrvaṃ manasā bhagavān ajaḥ
By the mind alone the god, (dwelling) in the city (of the body), sees the earlier form; and the unborn Lord infers by the mind what has not yet been.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 1.49
यथाज्ञस्तमसा युक्त उपास्ते व्यक्तमेव हि न वेद पूर्वमपरं नष्टजन्मस्मृतिस्तथा
yathājñastamasā yukta upāste vyaktameva hi na veda pūrvamaparaṃ naṣṭajanmasmṛtistathā
Just as one who is ignorant, when overcome by darkness (sleep), attends only to what is manifest and does not know what came before or what comes after, so is one whose memory of former births has perished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.50
पञ्चभिः कुरुते स्वार्थान् पञ्च वेदाथ पञ्चभिः एकस्तु षोडशेन त्रीन् स्वयं सप्तदशो ऽश्नुते
pañcabhiḥ kurute svārthān pañca vedātha pañcabhiḥ ekastu ṣoḍaśena trīn svayaṃ saptadaśo 'śnute
With the five (organs of action) he accomplishes his own ends; he knows the five (objects) by the five (senses); but the one, together with the sixteenth (the mind), (grasps) the three, while he himself as the seventeenth is the enjoyer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 1.51
तदेतत् षोडशकलं लिङ्गं शक्तित्रयं महत् धत्ते ऽनुसंसृतिं पुंसि हर्षशोकभयार्तिदाम्
tadetat ṣoḍaśakalaṃ liṅgaṃ śaktitrayaṃ mahat dhatte 'nusaṃsṛtiṃ puṃsi harṣaśokabhayārtidām
This very subtle body of sixteen parts, great and possessed of three potencies, brings about continued transmigration in the person, which yields joy, sorrow, fear and pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.52
देह्य् अज्ञो ऽजितषड्वर्गो नेच्छन् कर्माणि कार्यते कोशकार इवात्मानं कर्मणाच्छाद्य मुह्यति
dehy ajño 'jitaṣaḍvargo necchan karmāṇi kāryate kośakāra ivātmānaṃ karmaṇācchādya muhyati
The ignorant embodied one, who has not conquered the group of six, is made to perform actions even unwilling; like a silkworm, having covered himself over with his own action, he is bewildered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.53
न हि कश्चित् क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्य् अकर्मकृत् कार्यते ह्य् अवशः कर्म गुणैः स्वाभाविकैर्बलात्
na hi kaścit kṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhaty akarmakṛt kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma guṇaiḥ svābhāvikairbalāt
For no one ever stands even for a moment without doing work; helplessly he is made to do work by force, by the qualities (of nature) that are inborn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.54
लब्ध्वा निमित्तमव्यक्तं व्यक्ताव्यक्तं भवत्य् उत यथायोनि यथाबीजं स्वभावेन बलीयसा
labdhvā nimittamavyaktaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ bhavaty uta yathāyoni yathābījaṃ svabhāvena balīyasā
Having found a cause, the unmanifest becomes manifest-and-unmanifest, according to the womb and according to the seed, by the force of its own overpowering nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 1.55
एष प्रकृतिसङ्गेन पुरुषस्य विपर्ययः आसीत् स एव न चिरादीशसङ्गाद्विलीयते
eṣa prakṛtisaṅgena puruṣasya viparyayaḥ āsīt sa eva na cirādīśasaṅgādvilīyate
This reversal (of the true state) of the person arose through contact with material nature; and that very (reversal) dissolves before long through contact with the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.56
अयं हि श्रुतसम्पन्नः शीलवृत्तगुणालयः धृतव्रतो मृदुर्दान्तः सत्यवाङ् मन्त्रविच् छुचिः
ayaṃ hi śrutasampannaḥ śīlavṛttaguṇālayaḥ dhṛtavrato mṛdurdāntaḥ satyavāṅ mantravic chuciḥ
For this man was well endowed with scriptural learning, a repository of good character, conduct and virtues, firm in his vows, gentle, self-controlled, truthful, knowing the mantras, pure;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.57
गुर्वग्न्यतिथिवृद्धानां शुश्रूषुरनहङ्कृतः सर्वभूतसुहृत् साधुर्मितवाग् अनसूयकः
gurvagnyatithivṛddhānāṃ śuśrūṣuranahaṅkṛtaḥ sarvabhūtasuhṛt sādhurmitavāg anasūyakaḥ
attentive in service to teachers, the sacred fire, guests and elders, free of egotism, a friend to all beings, good, measured in speech, and not given to fault-finding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.58
एकदासौ वनं यातः पितृसन्देशकृद्द्विजः आदाय तत आवृत्तः फलपुष्पसमित्कुशान्
ekadāsau vanaṃ yātaḥ pitṛsandeśakṛddvijaḥ ādāya tata āvṛttaḥ phalapuṣpasamitkuśān
Once this twice-born man, carrying out his father's instruction, went to the forest, and returned from there having gathered fruits, flowers, firewood and kuśa grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.59
ददर्श कामिनं कञ्चिच् छूद्रं सह भुजिष्यया पीत्वा च मधु मैरेयं मदाघूर्णितनेत्रया
dadarśa kāminaṃ kañcic chūdraṃ saha bhujiṣyayā pītvā ca madhu maireyaṃ madāghūrṇitanetrayā
He saw a certain śūdra, filled with lust, together with a servant-woman, both having drunk maireya liquor, her eyes rolling with intoxication;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.60
मत्तया विश्लथन्नीव्या व्यपेतं निरपत्रपम् क्रीडन्तमनुगायन्तं हसन्तमनयान्तिके
mattayā viślathannīvyā vyapetaṃ nirapatrapam krīḍantamanugāyantaṃ hasantamanayāntike
(he saw him) beside her, who was drunk and whose waistband was loosened, himself shameless and lost to decency, playing, singing along, and laughing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.61
दृष्ट्वा तां कामलिप्तेन बाहुना परिरम्भिताम् जगाम हृच्छयवशं सहसैव विमोहितः
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kāmaliptena bāhunā parirambhitām jagāma hṛcchayavaśaṃ sahasaiva vimohitaḥ
Seeing her embraced by an arm smeared (with sandal paste applied) in lust, he fell under the sway of the heart-dwelling one (love), all at once utterly bewildered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.62
स्तम्भयन्नात्मनात्मानं यावत् सत्त्वं यथाश्रुतम् न शशाक समाधातुं मनो मदनवेपितम्
stambhayannātmanātmānaṃ yāvat sattvaṃ yathāśrutam na śaśāka samādhātuṃ mano madanavepitam
Steadying himself by himself, as far as his strength and his learning allowed, he was unable to compose his mind, which trembled with desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.63
तन्निमित्तस्मरव्याज ग्रहग्रस्तो विचेतनः तामेव मनसा ध्यायन् स्वधर्माद्विरराम ह
tannimittasmaravyāja grahagrasto vicetanaḥ tāmeva manasā dhyāyan svadharmādvirarāma ha
Seized by a possessing spirit in the guise of desire, occasioned by her, he lost his senses, and meditating on her alone in his mind, he desisted from his own duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.64
तामेव तोषयामास पित्र्येणार्थेन यावता ग्राम्यैर्मनोरमैः कामैः प्रसीदेत यथा तथा
tāmeva toṣayāmāsa pitryeṇārthena yāvatā grāmyairmanoramaiḥ kāmaiḥ prasīdeta yathā tathā
He gratified her with whatever wealth was his father's, with vulgar delightful pleasures, in whatever way she might be pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.65
विप्रां स्वभार्यामप्रौढां कुले महति लम्भिताम् विससर्जाचिरात् पापः स्वैरिण्यापाङ्गविद्धधीः
viprāṃ svabhāryāmaprauḍhāṃ kule mahati lambhitām visasarjācirāt pāpaḥ svairiṇyāpāṅgaviddhadhīḥ
That sinner, his mind pierced by the sidelong glance of the wanton woman, before long cast off his own brahmin wife, still young, who had been obtained from a great family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.66
यतस्ततश्चोपनिन्ये न्यायतो ऽन्यायतो धनम् बभारास्याः कुटुम्बिन्याः कुटुम्बं मन्दधीरयम्
yatastataścopaninye nyāyato 'nyāyato dhanam babhārāsyāḥ kuṭumbinyāḥ kuṭumbaṃ mandadhīrayam
From this source and that he brought in wealth, by lawful and unlawful means, and this dull-witted man supported the household of that householder-woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.67
यदसौ शास्त्रमुल्लङ्घ्य स्वैरचार्य् अतिगर्हितः अवर्तत चिरं कालमघायुरशुचिर्मलात्
yadasau śāstramullaṅghya svairacāry atigarhitaḥ avartata ciraṃ kālamaghāyuraśucirmalāt
Because, overstepping the scriptures, he lived by his own whim and was utterly contemptible, he passed a long time impure with filth, his life full of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 1.68
तत एनं दण्डपाणेः सकाशं कृतकिल्बिषम् नेष्यामो ऽकृतनिर्वेशं यत्र दण्डेन शुद्ध्यति
tata enaṃ daṇḍapāṇeḥ sakāśaṃ kṛtakilbiṣam neṣyāmo 'kṛtanirveśaṃ yatra daṇḍena śuddhyati
Therefore we shall take him, who has committed offences and has not undergone expiation, into the presence of him who holds the rod (Yama), where by punishment he becomes purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition