Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 11
SB 6 11.1
श्रीशुक उवाच त एवं शंसतो धर्मं वचः पत्युरचेतसः नैवागृह्णन्त सम्भ्रान्ताः पलायनपरा नृप
śrīśuka uvāca ta evaṃ śaṃsato dharmaṃ vacaḥ patyuracetasaḥ naivāgṛhṇanta sambhrāntāḥ palāyanaparā nṛpa
Śrī Śuka said: O king, they did not accept at all these words of their master, who was thus declaring what is right; bewildered and intent on flight, they were out of their senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.2
विशीर्यमाणां पृतनामासुरीमसुरर्षभः कालानुकूलैस्त्रिदशैः काल्यमानामनाथवत्
viśīryamāṇāṃ pṛtanāmāsurīmasurarṣabhaḥ kālānukūlaistridaśaiḥ kālyamānāmanāthavat
The bull among asuras (saw) the asura army breaking apart, driven like something without a protector by the gods, whom time now favoured—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.3
दृष्ट्वातप्यत सङ्क्रुद्ध इन्द्रशत्रुरमर्षितः तान् निवार्यौजसा राजन् निर्भर्त्स्येदमुवाच ह
dṛṣṭvātapyata saṅkruddha indraśatruramarṣitaḥ tān nivāryaujasā rājan nirbhartsyedamuvāca ha
—and seeing it, Indra's enemy burned (with rage), furious and unable to bear it; restraining them by his force, O king, and rebuking them, he said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.4
किं व उच्चरितैर्मातुर्धावद्भिः पृष्ठतो हतैः न हि भीतवधः श्लाघ्यो न स्वर्ग्यः शूरमानिनाम्
kiṃ va uccaritairmāturdhāvadbhiḥ pṛṣṭhato hataiḥ na hi bhītavadhaḥ ślāghyo na svargyaḥ śūramāninām
"What use are you, mere droppings of your mother, running away and struck down from behind? Killing the frightened is neither praiseworthy nor heaven-winning for those who count themselves heroes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 11.5
यदि वः प्रधने श्रद्धा सारं वा क्षुल्लका हृदि अग्रे तिष्ठत मात्रं मे न चेद्ग्राम्यसुखे स्पृहा
yadi vaḥ pradhane śraddhā sāraṃ vā kṣullakā hṛdi agre tiṣṭhata mātraṃ me na cedgrāmyasukhe spṛhā
"If you have any faith in battle, or any strength in your paltry hearts, stand before me a moment—unless you long for the pleasures of village life."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.6
एवं सुरगणान् क्रुद्धो भीषयन् वपुषा रिपून् व्यनदत् सुमहाप्राणो येन लोका विचेतसः
evaṃ suragaṇān kruddho bhīṣayan vapuṣā ripūn vyanadat sumahāprāṇo yena lokā vicetasaḥ
Thus, angered, terrifying the hosts of gods, his enemies, with his body, he of immense vital power roared, and by it the worlds lost their senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.7
तेन देवगणाः सर्वे वृत्रविस्फोटनेन वै निपेतुर्मूर्च्छिता भूमौ यथैवाशनिना हताः
tena devagaṇāḥ sarve vṛtravisphoṭanena vai nipeturmūrcchitā bhūmau yathaivāśaninā hatāḥ
By that thunderous roar of Vṛtra all the hosts of gods fell senseless to the ground, as if struck down by a thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.8
ममर्द पद्भ्यां सुरसैन्यमातुरं निमीलिताक्षं रणरङ्गदुर्मदः गां कम्पयन्नुद्यतशूल ओजसा नालं वनं यूथपतिर्यथोन्मदः
mamarda padbhyāṃ surasainyamāturaṃ nimīlitākṣaṃ raṇaraṅgadurmadaḥ gāṃ kampayannudyataśūla ojasā nālaṃ vanaṃ yūthapatiryathonmadaḥ
Wildly exultant in the arena of war, his spear raised, shaking the earth with his might, he trampled underfoot the stricken army of the gods, whose eyes were shut, as a maddened leader of the herd tramples a thicket of lotus stalks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.9
विलोक्य तं वज्रधरो ऽत्यमर्षितः स्वशत्रवे ऽभिद्रवते महागदाम् चिक्षेप तामापततीं सुदुःसहां जग्राह वामेन करेण लीलया
vilokya taṃ vajradharo 'tyamarṣitaḥ svaśatrave 'bhidravate mahāgadām cikṣepa tāmāpatatīṃ suduḥsahāṃ jagrāha vāmena kareṇa līlayā
Seeing him, the bearer of the thunderbolt, exceedingly enraged, hurled his great club at his enemy, who was charging at him; and as it came flying, so very hard to withstand, (Vṛtra) caught it easily with his left hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.10
स इन्द्रशत्रुः कुपितो भृशं तया महेन्द्रवाहं गदयोरुविक्रमः जघान कुम्भस्थल उन्नदन् मृधे तत् कर्म सर्वे समपूजयन् नृप
sa indraśatruḥ kupito bhṛśaṃ tayā mahendravāhaṃ gadayoruvikramaḥ jaghāna kumbhasthala unnadan mṛdhe tat karma sarve samapūjayan nṛpa
That enemy of Indra (Vṛtra), greatly enraged, of vast prowess, struck great Indra's mount with that club on the frontal lobe, roaring in the battle; and all (present) applauded that deed, O King.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.11
ऐरावतो वृत्रगदाभिमृष्टो विघूर्णितो ऽद्रिः कुलिशाहतो यथा अपासरद्भिन्नमुखः सहेन्द्रो मुञ्चन्नसृक् सप्तधनुर्भृशार्तः
airāvato vṛtragadābhimṛṣṭo vighūrṇito 'driḥ kuliśāhato yathā apāsaradbhinnamukhaḥ sahendro muñcannasṛk saptadhanurbhṛśārtaḥ
Airāvata, struck by Vṛtra's club, was sent reeling like a mountain hit by a thunderbolt; with its face split it fell back seven bow-lengths together with Indra, spewing blood, sorely afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.12
न सन्नवाहाय विषण्णचेतसे प्रायुङ्क्त भूयः स गदां महात्मा इन्द्रो ऽमृतस्यन्दिकराभिमर्श वीतव्यथक्षतवाहो ऽवतस्थे
na sannavāhāya viṣaṇṇacetase prāyuṅkta bhūyaḥ sa gadāṃ mahātmā indro 'mṛtasyandikarābhimarśa vītavyathakṣatavāho 'vatasthe
He, the great soul (Vṛtra), did not use the club again against one whose mount had collapsed and whose mind was despondent; and Indra, by the touch of his hand that exudes nectar, stood firm again, his wounded mount freed of pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.13
स तं नृपेन्द्राहवकाम्यया रिपुं वज्रायुधं भ्रातृहणं विलोक्य स्मरंश्च तत्कर्म नृशंसमंहः शोकेन मोहेन हसन् जगाद
sa taṃ nṛpendrāhavakāmyayā ripuṃ vajrāyudhaṃ bhrātṛhaṇaṃ vilokya smaraṃśca tatkarma nṛśaṃsamaṃhaḥ śokena mohena hasan jagāda
He, O best of kings, seeing before him the foe armed with the thunderbolt, the slayer of his brother, out of desire for battle, and recalling that cruel, sinful deed of his, spoke, laughing out of grief and bewilderment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.14
श्रीवृत्र उवाच दिष्ट्या भवान् मे समवस्थितो रिपुर् यो ब्रह्महा गुरुहा भ्रातृहा च दिष्ट्यानृणो ऽद्याहमसत्तम त्वया मच्छूलनिर्भिन्नदृषद्धृदाचिरात्
śrīvṛtra uvāca diṣṭyā bhavān me samavasthito ripur yo brahmahā guruhā bhrātṛhā ca diṣṭyānṛṇo 'dyāhamasattama tvayā macchūlanirbhinnadṛṣaddhṛdācirāt
Śrī Vṛtra said: By good fortune you, my enemy, who are the slayer of a brahmin, the slayer of a teacher and the slayer of a brother, stand before me; by good fortune, O basest of beings, I shall today be freed of debt through you, when your stony heart is soon pierced by my trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.15
यो नो ऽग्रजस्यात्मविदो द्विजातेर् गुरोरपापस्य च दीक्षितस्य विश्रभ्य खड्गेन शिरांस्य् अवृश्चत् पशोरिवाकरुणः स्वर्गकामः
yo no 'grajasyātmavido dvijāter gurorapāpasya ca dīkṣitasya viśrabhya khaḍgena śirāṃsy avṛścat paśorivākaruṇaḥ svargakāmaḥ
(You) who, desiring heaven, without pity, having gained (his) trust, cut off with a sword the heads of our elder brother — a knower of the self, twice-born, a teacher, sinless and consecrated — as (one severs the head) of a sacrificial animal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.16
श्रीह्रीदयाकीर्तिभिरुज्झितं त्वां स्वकर्मणा पुरुषादैश्च गर्ह्यम् कृच्छ्रेण मच्छूलविभिन्नदेहम् अस्पृष्टवह्निं समदन्ति गृध्राः
śrīhrīdayākīrtibhirujjhitaṃ tvāṃ svakarmaṇā puruṣādaiśca garhyam kṛcchreṇa macchūlavibhinnadeham aspṛṣṭavahniṃ samadanti gṛdhrāḥ
You, abandoned by prosperity, shame, compassion and fame, and to be reviled even by cannibals for your own deed — vultures will devour you together, your body split open with difficulty by my trident, untouched by fire (i.e. uncremated).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.17
अन्ये ऽनु ये त्वेह नृशंसमज्ञा यदुद्यतास्त्राः प्रहरन्ति मह्यम् तैर्भूतनाथान् सगणान् निशात त्रिशूलनिर्भिन्नगलैर्यजामि
anye 'nu ye tveha nṛśaṃsamajñā yadudyatāstrāḥ praharanti mahyam tairbhūtanāthān sagaṇān niśāta triśūlanirbhinnagalairyajāmi
And the others, the ignorant and cruel ones who follow you here, who with raised weapons strike at me — with them, their necks severed by my sharp trident, I shall make offering to the lords of the spirits along with their hosts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.18
अथो हरे मे कुलिशेन वीर हर्ता प्रमथ्यैव शिरो यदीह तत्रानृणो भूतबलिं विधाय मनस्विनां पादरजः प्रपत्स्ये
atho hare me kuliśena vīra hartā pramathyaiva śiro yadīha tatrānṛṇo bhūtabaliṃ vidhāya manasvināṃ pādarajaḥ prapatsye
But if, O hero, you here become the taker (of my life), crushing my head with your thunderbolt, then, freed of debt, having made an offering of my body to the spirits, I shall attain the dust of the feet of the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.19
सुरेश कस्मान् न हिनोषि वज्रं पुरः स्थिते वैरिणि मय्य् अमोघम् मा संशयिष्ठा न गदेव वज्रः स्यान् निष्फलः कृपणार्थेव याच्ञा
sureśa kasmān na hinoṣi vajraṃ puraḥ sthite vairiṇi mayy amogham mā saṃśayiṣṭhā na gadeva vajraḥ syān niṣphalaḥ kṛpaṇārtheva yācñā
O lord of the gods, why do you not hurl the unfailing thunderbolt at me, your enemy standing before you? Do not doubt: the thunderbolt will not be fruitless like the club, nor like a request made for a miser's wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.20
नन्वेष वज्रस्तव शक्र तेजसा हरेर्दधीचेस्तपसा च तेजितः तेनैव शत्रुं जहि विष्णुयन्त्रितो यतो हरिर्विजयः श्रीर्गुणास्ततः
nanveṣa vajrastava śakra tejasā harerdadhīcestapasā ca tejitaḥ tenaiva śatruṃ jahi viṣṇuyantrito yato harirvijayaḥ śrīrguṇāstataḥ
Surely this thunderbolt of yours, O Śakra, is sharpened by the Lord's power and by Dadhyañc's austerity; by that very (weapon), directed by Viṣṇu, slay your enemy — for where Hari is, there are victory, fortune and (all) virtues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.21
अहं समाधाय मनो यथाह नः सङ्कर्षणस्तच्चरणारविन्दे त्वद्वज्ररंहोलुलितग्राम्यपाशो गतिं मुनेर्याम्य् अपविद्धलोकः
ahaṃ samādhāya mano yathāha naḥ saṅkarṣaṇastaccaraṇāravinde tvadvajraraṃholulitagrāmyapāśo gatiṃ muneryāmy apaviddhalokaḥ
Having fixed my mind on the lotus feet of that (Lord) as our Saṅkarṣaṇa has taught, with the bonds of worldly attachment torn away by the force of your thunderbolt, I shall go, casting off (all) worlds, to the state of the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.22
पुंसां किलैकान्तधियां स्वकानां याः सम्पदो दिवि भूमौ रसायाम् न राति यद्द्वेष उद्वेग आधिर् मदः कलिर्व्यसनं सम्प्रयासः
puṃsāṃ kilaikāntadhiyāṃ svakānāṃ yāḥ sampado divi bhūmau rasāyām na rāti yaddveṣa udvega ādhir madaḥ kalirvyasanaṃ samprayāsaḥ
Those riches in heaven, on earth and in the subterranean regions the (Lord) does not grant to those men, his own devotees whose minds are fixed on him alone — for from which (riches) come hatred, agitation, anxiety, arrogance, quarrel, distress and great exertion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.23
त्रैवर्गिकायासविघातमस्मत् पतिर्विधत्ते पुरुषस्य शक्र ततो ऽनुमेयो भगवत्प्रसादो यो दुर्लभो ऽकिञ्चनगोचरो ऽन्यैः
traivargikāyāsavighātamasmat patirvidhatte puruṣasya śakra tato 'numeyo bhagavatprasādo yo durlabho 'kiñcanagocaro 'nyaiḥ
Our Lord ordains for a man the frustration of his toil for the three aims (of life), O Śakra; from that the Lord's grace may be inferred — the grace that is hard to obtain, accessible to those who possess nothing, and not to others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.24
अहं हरे तव पादैकमूल दासानुदासो भवितास्मि भूयः मनः स्मरेतासुपतेर्गुणांस्ते गृणीत वाक् कर्म करोतु कायः
ahaṃ hare tava pādaikamūla dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi bhūyaḥ manaḥ smaretāsupaterguṇāṃste gṛṇīta vāk karma karotu kāyaḥ
O Hari, whose feet are the sole ground (of everything), may I once more become the servant of your servants; may my mind remember the qualities of you, lord of living beings, may my speech recite them, and may my body do the work.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.25
न नाकपृष्ठं न च पारमेष्ठ्यं न सार्वभौमं न रसाधिपत्यम् न योगसिद्धीरपुनर्भवं वा समञ्जस त्वा विरहय्य काङ्क्षे
na nākapṛṣṭhaṃ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṃ na sārvabhaumaṃ na rasādhipatyam na yogasiddhīrapunarbhavaṃ vā samañjasa tvā virahayya kāṅkṣe
Not the summit of heaven, nor the station of Brahmā, nor sovereignty over the earth, nor lordship of the nether regions, nor the powers of yoga, nor freedom from rebirth do I desire, O rightly-disposed one, if it means being parted from you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.26
अजातपक्षा इव मातरं खगाः स्तन्यं यथा वत्सतराः क्षुधार्ताः प्रियं प्रियेव व्युषितं विषण्णा मनो ऽरविन्दाक्ष दिदृक्षते त्वाम्
ajātapakṣā iva mātaraṃ khagāḥ stanyaṃ yathā vatsatarāḥ kṣudhārtāḥ priyaṃ priyeva vyuṣitaṃ viṣaṇṇā mano 'ravindākṣa didṛkṣate tvām
As unfledged birds (long) for their mother, as hungry calves for milk, as a grieving wife for her beloved gone abroad, so does my mind, O lotus-eyed one, long to see you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 11.27
ममोत्तमश्लोकजनेषु सख्यं संसारचक्रे भ्रमतः स्वकर्मभिः त्वन्माययात्मात्मजदारगेहेष्व् आसक्तचित्तस्य न नाथ भूयात्
mamottamaślokajaneṣu sakhyaṃ saṃsāracakre bhramataḥ svakarmabhiḥ tvanmāyayātmātmajadārageheṣv āsaktacittasya na nātha bhūyāt
May there be for me, O Lord, wandering in the wheel of transmigration by my own deeds, friendship with the people (devoted to) him of excellent renown, and not (friendship) with one whose mind, through your māyā, is attached to body, sons, wife and home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain