Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 15
SB 6 15.1
श्रीशुक उवाच ऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभिः
śrīśuka uvāca ūcaturmṛtakopānte patitaṃ mṛtakopamam śokābhibhūtaṃ rājānaṃ bodhayantau saduktibhiḥ
Śrī Śuka said: The two (sages) spoke to the king, who had fallen beside the corpse and was himself like a corpse, overwhelmed with grief, awakening him with good words.
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SB 6 15.2
को ऽयं स्यात् तव राजेन्द्र भवान् यमनुशोचति त्वं चास्य कतमः सृष्टौ पुरेदानीमतः परम्
ko 'yaṃ syāt tava rājendra bhavān yamanuśocati tvaṃ cāsya katamaḥ sṛṣṭau puredānīmataḥ param
"Who is this to you, best of kings, whom you are mourning? And which of you is which in the creation—before, now, and hereafter?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 15.3
यथा प्रयान्ति संयान्ति स्रोतोवेगेन बालुकाः संयुज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तथा कालेन देहिनः
yathā prayānti saṃyānti srotovegena bālukāḥ saṃyujyante viyujyante tathā kālena dehinaḥ
"As grains of sand come together and drift apart by the force of the current, so embodied beings are joined and parted by time."
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SB 6 15.4
यथा धानासु वै धाना भवन्ति न भवन्ति च एवं भूतानि भूतेषु चोदितानीशमायया
yathā dhānāsu vai dhānā bhavanti na bhavanti ca evaṃ bhūtāni bhūteṣu coditānīśamāyayā
Just as, among grains, grains come into being and cease to be, so do beings (come and go) among beings, impelled by the Lord's māyā.
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SB 6 15.5
वयं च त्वं च ये चेमे तुल्यकालाश्चराचराः जन्ममृत्योर्यथा पश्चात् प्राङ् नैवमधुनापि भोः
vayaṃ ca tvaṃ ca ye ceme tulyakālāścarācarāḥ janmamṛtyoryathā paścāt prāṅ naivamadhunāpi bhoḥ
And we, and you, and these moving and unmoving things that are contemporary with us — just as (we) were not thus before birth and (will not be) after death, so also (we are) not (truly so) even now, sir.
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SB 6 15.6
भूतैर्भूतानि भूतेशः सृजत्य् अवति हन्ति च आत्मसृष्टैरस्वतन्त्रैरनपेक्षो ऽपि बालवत्
bhūtairbhūtāni bhūteśaḥ sṛjaty avati hanti ca ātmasṛṣṭairasvatantrairanapekṣo 'pi bālavat
With beings the Lord of beings creates, protects, and destroys beings — with (beings) created by himself and not independent — though he has no need (of them), like a child (at play).
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SB 6 15.7
देहेन देहिनो राजन् देहाद्देहो ऽभिजायते बीजादेव यथा बीजं देह्य् अर्थ इव शाश्वतः
dehena dehino rājan dehāddeho 'bhijāyate bījādeva yathā bījaṃ dehy artha iva śāśvataḥ
By a body, O king, the embodied one (is produced); from a body a body is born, just as a seed comes from a seed alone; but the embodied one, like the substance (itself), is everlasting.
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SB 6 15.8
देहदेहिविभागो ऽयमविवेककृतः पुरा जातिव्यक्तिविभागो ऽयं यथा वस्तुनि कल्पितः
dehadehivibhāgo 'yamavivekakṛtaḥ purā jātivyaktivibhāgo 'yaṃ yathā vastuni kalpitaḥ
This division into body and embodied one was made long ago by non-discrimination, just as this division into species and individual is (merely) imagined upon a (single) substance.
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SB 6 15.9
श्रीशुक उवाच एवमाश्वासितो राजा चित्रकेतुर्द्विजोक्तिभिः विमृज्य पाणिना वक्त्रमाधिम्लानमभाषत
śrīśuka uvāca evamāśvāsito rājā citraketurdvijoktibhiḥ vimṛjya pāṇinā vaktramādhimlānamabhāṣata
Śrī Śuka said: Thus consoled by the words of the two brāhmaṇas, King Citraketu, wiping with his hand his face withered by grief, spoke.
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SB 6 15.10
श्रीराजोवाच कौ युवां ज्ञानसम्पन्नौ महिष्ठौ च महीयसाम् अवधूतेन वेषेण गूढाविह समागतौ
śrīrājovāca kau yuvāṃ jñānasampannau mahiṣṭhau ca mahīyasām avadhūtena veṣeṇa gūḍhāviha samāgatau
The king said: Who are you two, endowed with knowledge, and greatest among the great, who have come here concealed in the garb of avadhūtas?
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SB 6 15.11
चरन्ति ह्य् अवनौ कामं ब्राह्मणा भगवत्प्रियाः मादृशां ग्राम्यबुद्धीनां बोधायोन्मत्तलिङ्गिनः
caranti hy avanau kāmaṃ brāhmaṇā bhagavatpriyāḥ mādṛśāṃ grāmyabuddhīnāṃ bodhāyonmattaliṅginaḥ
For brāhmaṇas dear to the Lord wander the earth at will, bearing the marks of madmen, in order to awaken those of rustic understanding such as I.
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SB 6 15.12
कुमारो नारद ऋभुरङ्गिरा देवलो ऽसितः अपान्तरतमा व्यासो मार्कण्डेयो ऽथ गौतमः
kumāro nārada ṛbhuraṅgirā devalo 'sitaḥ apāntaratamā vyāso mārkaṇḍeyo 'tha gautamaḥ
Kumāra, Nārada, Ṛbhu, Aṅgirā, Devala, Asita, Apāntaratamā, Vyāsa, Mārkaṇḍeya, and Gautama,
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SB 6 15.13
वसिष्ठो भगवान् रामः कपिलो बादरायणिः दुर्वासा याज्ञवल्क्यश्च जातुकर्णस्तथारुणिः
vasiṣṭho bhagavān rāmaḥ kapilo bādarāyaṇiḥ durvāsā yājñavalkyaśca jātukarṇastathāruṇiḥ
Vasiṣṭha, the Lord Rāma, Kapila, Bādarāyaṇi, Durvāsā, and Yājñavalkya, Jātukarṇa, and likewise Āruṇi,
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SB 6 15.14
रोमशश्च्यवनो दत्त आसुरिः सपतञ्जलिः ऋषिर्वेदशिरा धौम्यो मुनिः पञ्चशिखस्तथा
romaśaścyavano datta āsuriḥ sapatañjaliḥ ṛṣirvedaśirā dhaumyo muniḥ pañcaśikhastathā
Romaśa, Cyavana, Datta, Āsuri together with Patañjali, the seer Vedaśirā, Dhaumya, and likewise the sage Pañcaśikha,
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SB 6 15.15
हिरण्यनाभः कौशल्यः श्रुतदेव ऋतध्वजः एते परे च सिद्धेशाश्चरन्ति ज्ञानहेतवः
hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ śrutadeva ṛtadhvajaḥ ete pare ca siddheśāścaranti jñānahetavaḥ
Hiraṇyanābha, Kauśalya, Śrutadeva, Ṛtadhvaja — these and other masters of perfection wander about as causes of knowledge (for others).
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SB 6 15.16
तस्माद्युवां ग्राम्यपशोर्मम मूढधियः प्रभू अन्धे तमसि मग्नस्य ज्ञानदीप उदीर्यताम्
tasmādyuvāṃ grāmyapaśormama mūḍhadhiyaḥ prabhū andhe tamasi magnasya jñānadīpa udīryatām
Therefore, you two lords, for me — a rustic beast of dull wit, sunk in blind darkness — let the lamp of knowledge be raised up.
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SB 6 15.17
श्रीअङ्गिरा उवाच अहं ते पुत्रकामस्य पुत्रदो ऽस्म्य् अङ्गिरा नृप एष ब्रह्मसुतः साक्षान् नारदो भगवान् ऋषिः
śrīaṅgirā uvāca ahaṃ te putrakāmasya putrado 'smy aṅgirā nṛpa eṣa brahmasutaḥ sākṣān nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
Śrī Aṅgirā said: I am Aṅgirā, who gave you a son when you desired a son, O king; this is the son of Brahmā himself, the divine seer Nārada.
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SB 6 15.18
इत्थं त्वां पुत्रशोकेन मग्नं तमसि दुस्तरे अतदर्हमनुस्मृत्य महापुरुषगोचरम्
itthaṃ tvāṃ putraśokena magnaṃ tamasi dustare atadarhamanusmṛtya mahāpuruṣagocaram
Recalling that you, who do not deserve this and who are within reach of the Supreme Person, are thus sunk in unbearable darkness through grief for your son,
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SB 6 15.19
अनुग्रहाय भवतः प्राप्तावावामिह प्रभो ब्रह्मण्यो भगवद्भक्तो नावासादितुमर्हसि
anugrahāya bhavataḥ prāptāvāvāmiha prabho brahmaṇyo bhagavadbhakto nāvāsāditumarhasi
we two have come here to show you favor, O lord; being devoted to brāhmaṇas and a devotee of the Lord, you ought not to be (left to) grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 15.20
तदैव ते परं ज्ञानं ददामि गृहमागतः ज्ञात्वान्याभिनिवेशं ते पुत्रमेव ददाम्य् अहम्
tadaiva te paraṃ jñānaṃ dadāmi gṛhamāgataḥ jñātvānyābhiniveśaṃ te putrameva dadāmy aham
When I came to your house I would have given you the supreme knowledge then and there; but knowing your attachment to something else, I gave you only a son.
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SB 6 15.21
अधुना पुत्रिणां तापो भवतैवानुभूयते एवं दारा गृहा रायो विविधैश्वर्यसम्पदः
adhunā putriṇāṃ tāpo bhavataivānubhūyate evaṃ dārā gṛhā rāyo vividhaiśvaryasampadaḥ
Now the torment of those who have sons is being experienced by you yourself. So too are wives, houses, wealth, and the various riches of dominion,
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SB 6 15.22
शब्दादयश्च विषयाश्चला राज्यविभूतयः मही राज्यं बलं कोषो भृत्यामात्यसुहृज्जनाः
śabdādayaśca viṣayāścalā rājyavibhūtayaḥ mahī rājyaṃ balaṃ koṣo bhṛtyāmātyasuhṛjjanāḥ
and sense objects beginning with sound, and the fleeting splendors of kingship: land, kingdom, army, treasury, servants, ministers, and friendly folk —
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SB 6 15.23
सर्वे ऽपि शूरसेनेमे शोकमोहभयार्तिदाः गन्धर्वनगरप्रख्याः स्वप्नमायामनोरथाः
sarve 'pi śūraseneme śokamohabhayārtidāḥ gandharvanagaraprakhyāḥ svapnamāyāmanorathāḥ
all of these, O Śūrasena, are givers of grief, delusion, fear, and pain; they are like a city of the Gandharvas, like dreams, illusions, and daydreams.
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SB 6 15.24
दृश्यमाना विनार्थेन न दृश्यन्ते मनोभवाः कर्मभिर्ध्यायतो नाना कर्माणि मनसो ऽभवन्
dṛśyamānā vinārthena na dṛśyante manobhavāḥ karmabhirdhyāyato nānā karmāṇi manaso 'bhavan
Though they appear, they are not (truly) seen apart from any real object, for they arise from the mind; and for one who broods on (his past) acts, the many acts came into being out of the mind.
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SB 6 15.25
अयं हि देहिनो देहो द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियात्मकः देहिनो विविधक्लेश सन्तापकृदुदाहृतः
ayaṃ hi dehino deho dravyajñānakriyātmakaḥ dehino vividhakleśa santāpakṛdudāhṛtaḥ
For this body of the embodied one, consisting of matter, knowledge and action, is declared to be the maker of the embodied one's manifold miseries and torments.
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SB 6 15.26
तस्मात् स्वस्थेन मनसा विमृश्य गतिमात्मनः द्वैते ध्रुवार्थविश्रम्भं त्यजोपशममाविश
tasmāt svasthena manasā vimṛśya gatimātmanaḥ dvaite dhruvārthaviśrambhaṃ tyajopaśamamāviśa
Therefore, with a mind at rest, having considered the destiny of the self, give up the confidence that duality is something permanent, and enter into tranquillity.
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SB 6 15.27
श्रीनारद उवाच एतां मन्त्रोपनिषदं प्रतीच्छ प्रयतो मम यां धारयन् सप्तरात्राद्द्रष्टा सङ्कर्षणं विभुम्
śrīnārada uvāca etāṃ mantropaniṣadaṃ pratīccha prayato mama yāṃ dhārayan saptarātrāddraṣṭā saṅkarṣaṇaṃ vibhum
Śrī Nārada said: Receive from me, with due purity, this secret teaching of a mantra, holding which you will see, after seven nights, the mighty Saṅkarṣaṇa.
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SB 6 15.28
यत्पादमूलमुपसृत्य नरेन्द्र पूर्वे शर्वादयो भ्रममिमं द्वितयं विसृज्य अम्प्;सद्यस्तदीयमतुलानधिकं महित्वं प्रापुर्भवान् अपि परं न चिरादुपैति
yatpādamūlamupasṛtya narendra pūrve śarvādayo bhramamimaṃ dvitayaṃ visṛjya sadyastadīyamatulānadhikaṃ mahitvaṃ prāpurbhavān api paraṃ na cirādupaiti
O lord of men, having approached the sole of whose foot, Śarva and the others of old, casting off this delusion of duality, at once attained his greatness, incomparable and unexcelled; and you too will before long reach the Supreme.
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