Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 3
SB 6 3.1
श्रीराजोवाच निशम्य देवः स्वभटोपवर्णितं प्रत्याह किं तान् अपि धर्मराजः एवं हताज्ञो विहतान् मुरारेर् नैदेशिकैर्यस्य वशे जनो ऽयम्
śrīrājovāca niśamya devaḥ svabhaṭopavarṇitaṃ pratyāha kiṃ tān api dharmarājaḥ evaṃ hatājño vihatān murārer naideśikairyasya vaśe jano 'yam
The king said: Having heard what was reported by his own agents, what did the god Dharmarāja, the king of justice, say back to them?—his command thus foiled, (his servants) beaten off by Murāri's officers, he in whose sway these people are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.2
यमस्य देवस्य न दण्डभङ्गः कुतश्चनर्षे श्रुतपूर्व आसीत् एतन् मुने वृश्चति लोकसंशयं न हि त्वदन्य इति मे विनिश्चितम्
yamasya devasya na daṇḍabhaṅgaḥ kutaścanarṣe śrutapūrva āsīt etan mune vṛścati lokasaṃśayaṃ na hi tvadanya iti me viniścitam
Never before, O seer, has a breaking of the god Yama's rod of punishment been heard of from any quarter; you, O sage, will cut away this doubt of the world—for there is no one other than you (who can), so I am convinced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.3
श्रीशुक उवाच भगवत्पुरुषै राजन् याम्याः प्रतिहतोद्यमाः पतिं विज्ञापयामासुर्यमं संयमनीपतिम्
śrīśuka uvāca bhagavatpuruṣai rājan yāmyāḥ pratihatodyamāḥ patiṃ vijñāpayāmāsuryamaṃ saṃyamanīpatim
Śrī Śuka said: O king, Yama's men, their attempt beaten back by the Lord's men, made it known to their master Yama, the lord of Saṃyamanī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.4
यमदूता ऊचुः कति सन्तीह शास्तारो जीवलोकस्य वै प्रभो त्रैविध्यं कुर्वतः कर्म फलाभिव्यक्तिहेतवः
yamadūtā ūcuḥ kati santīha śāstāro jīvalokasya vai prabho traividhyaṃ kurvataḥ karma phalābhivyaktihetavaḥ
The messengers of Yama said: How many rulers are there here, O lord, over the world of living beings—(rulers who are) the causes of the manifestation of the fruit for one performing threefold action?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.5
यदि स्युर्बहवो लोके शास्तारो दण्डधारिणः कस्य स्यातां न वा कस्य मृत्युश्चामृतमेव वा
yadi syurbahavo loke śāstāro daṇḍadhāriṇaḥ kasya syātāṃ na vā kasya mṛtyuścāmṛtameva vā
If there were many rulers in the world bearing the rod of punishment, for whom would there be, and for whom not, death—or immortality itself?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.6
किन्तु शास्तृबहुत्वे स्याद्बहूनामिह कर्मिणाम् शास्तृत्वमुपचारो हि यथा मण्डलवर्तिनाम्
kintu śāstṛbahutve syādbahūnāmiha karmiṇām śāstṛtvamupacāro hi yathā maṇḍalavartinām
But if there were a plurality of rulers over the many doers of action here, their rulership would be merely a figure of speech, as with (subordinate) provincial governors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.7
अतस्त्वमेको भूतानां सेश्वराणामधीश्वरः शास्ता दण्डधरो नॄणां शुभाशुभविवेचनः
atastvameko bhūtānāṃ seśvarāṇāmadhīśvaraḥ śāstā daṇḍadharo nṝṇāṃ śubhāśubhavivecanaḥ
Therefore you alone are the over-lord of beings, including their lords—the ruler, the bearer of the rod over men, the discriminator of the auspicious and the inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.8
तस्य ते विहितो दण्डो न लोके वर्तते ऽधुना चतुर्भिरद्भुतैः सिद्धैराज्ञा ते विप्रलम्भिता
tasya te vihito daṇḍo na loke vartate 'dhunā caturbhiradbhutaiḥ siddhairājñā te vipralambhitā
Now that punishment ordained by you does not hold good in the world; your command has been made a mockery of by four wondrous perfected beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.9
नीयमानं तवादेशादस्माभिर्यातनागृहान् व्यामोचयन् पातकिनं छित्त्वा पाशान् प्रसह्य ते
nīyamānaṃ tavādeśādasmābhiryātanāgṛhān vyāmocayan pātakinaṃ chittvā pāśān prasahya te
As the sinner was being led by us, at your command, to the houses of torture, they cut the nooses and forcibly set him free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.10
तांस्ते वेदितुमिच्छामो यदि नो मन्यसे क्षमम् नारायणेत्य् अभिहिते मा भैरित्य् आययुर्द्रुतम्
tāṃste veditumicchāmo yadi no manyase kṣamam nārāyaṇety abhihite mā bhairity āyayurdrutam
We wish to learn about them from you, if you think us fit (to hear): the moment 'Nārāyaṇa' was uttered, they came swiftly, saying 'Do not fear!'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.11
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच इति देवः स आपृष्टः प्रजासंयमनो यमः प्रीतः स्वदूतान् प्रत्याह स्मरन् पादाम्बुजं हरेः
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca iti devaḥ sa āpṛṣṭaḥ prajāsaṃyamano yamaḥ prītaḥ svadūtān pratyāha smaran pādāmbujaṃ hareḥ
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Thus questioned, that god Yama, the restrainer of creatures, being pleased and remembering the lotus foot of Hari, replied to his own messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.12
यम उवाच परो मदन्यो जगतस्तस्थुषश्च ओतं प्रोतं पटवद्यत्र विश्वम् यदंशतो ऽस्य स्थितिजन्मनाशा नस्य् ओतवद्यस्य वशे च लोकः
yama uvāca paro madanyo jagatastasthuṣaśca otaṃ protaṃ paṭavadyatra viśvam yadaṃśato 'sya sthitijanmanāśā nasy otavadyasya vaśe ca lokaḥ
Yama said: There is a Supreme One other than me, of the moving and the standing, in whom the universe is woven warp and weft like a cloth; by a portion of whom come this (world's) maintenance, birth and destruction, and in whose control the world is like (a bull) strung by the nose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 3.13
यो नामभिर्वाचि जनं निजायां बध्नाति तन्त्र्यामिव दामभिर्गाः यस्मै बलिं त इमे नामकर्म निबन्धबद्धाश्चकिता वहन्ति
yo nāmabhirvāci janaṃ nijāyāṃ badhnāti tantryāmiva dāmabhirgāḥ yasmai baliṃ ta ime nāmakarma nibandhabaddhāścakitā vahanti
He who binds people by names in his own speech, as cattle are bound by ropes to a tether—to whom these, bound by the bondage of name and work, bring tribute in fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.14
अहं महेन्द्रो निरृतिः प्रचेताः सोमो ऽग्निरीशः पवनो विरिञ्चिः आदित्यविश्वे वसवो ऽथ साध्या मरुद्गणा रुद्रगणाः ससिद्धाः
ahaṃ mahendro nirṛtiḥ pracetāḥ somo 'gnirīśaḥ pavano viriñciḥ ādityaviśve vasavo 'tha sādhyā marudgaṇā rudragaṇāḥ sasiddhāḥ
I, great Indra, Nirṛti, Pracetas (Varuṇa), Soma, Agni, Śiva, Vāyu, Brahmā, the Ādityas and Viśvedevas, the Vasus, then the Sādhyas, the hosts of Maruts, the hosts of Rudras together with the Siddhas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.15
अन्ये च ये विश्वसृजो ऽमरेशा भृग्वादयो ऽस्पृष्टरजस्तमस्काः यस्येहितं न विदुः स्पृष्टमायाः सत्त्वप्रधाना अपि किं ततो ऽन्ये
anye ca ye viśvasṛjo 'mareśā bhṛgvādayo 'spṛṣṭarajastamaskāḥ yasyehitaṃ na viduḥ spṛṣṭamāyāḥ sattvapradhānā api kiṃ tato 'nye
and the others too—the creators of the world, the lords of the immortals, Bhṛgu and the rest, untouched by passion and darkness—do not know his doings, since māyā has touched them, even though sattva predominates in them; what then of others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.16
यं वै न गोभिर्मनसासुभिर्वा हृदा गिरा वासुभृतो विचक्षते आत्मानमन्तर्हृदि सन्तमात्मनां चक्षुर्यथैवाकृतयस्ततः परम्
yaṃ vai na gobhirmanasāsubhirvā hṛdā girā vāsubhṛto vicakṣate ātmānamantarhṛdi santamātmanāṃ cakṣuryathaivākṛtayastataḥ param
Whom indeed the embodied ones do not perceive by the senses, by mind, by the vital airs, by the heart or by speech—the Self present within the heart of selves—just as bodily forms do not perceive the eye; he is beyond that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.17
तस्यात्मतन्त्रस्य हरेरधीशितुः परस्य मायाधिपतेर्महात्मनः प्रायेण दूता इह वै मनोहराश् चरन्ति तद्रूपगुणस्वभावाः
tasyātmatantrasya hareradhīśituḥ parasya māyādhipatermahātmanaḥ prāyeṇa dūtā iha vai manoharāś caranti tadrūpaguṇasvabhāvāḥ
Of him, Hari, self-dependent, the supreme ruler, the master of māyā, the great Self — the messengers commonly move about here in this world, charming, having his form, qualities and nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.18
भूतानि विष्णोः सुरपूजितानि दुर्दर्शलिङ्गानि महाद्भुतानि रक्षन्ति तद्भक्तिमतः परेभ्यो मत्तश्च मर्त्यान् अथ सर्वतश्च
bhūtāni viṣṇoḥ surapūjitāni durdarśaliṅgāni mahādbhutāni rakṣanti tadbhaktimataḥ parebhyo mattaśca martyān atha sarvataśca
The attendants of Viṣṇu, honoured by the gods, whose forms are hard to see, greatly wondrous, protect mortals who have devotion to him from others, and from me, and indeed from everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.19
धर्मं तु साक्षाद्भगवत्प्रणीतं न वै विदुरृषयो नापि देवाः न सिद्धमुख्या असुरा मनुष्याः कुतो नु विद्याधरचारणादयः
dharmaṃ tu sākṣādbhagavatpraṇītaṃ na vai vidurṛṣayo nāpi devāḥ na siddhamukhyā asurā manuṣyāḥ kuto nu vidyādharacāraṇādayaḥ
But dharma, as laid down directly by the Lord — that the sages do not know, nor do the gods, nor the chief of the Siddhas, nor the Asuras, nor men; how then the Vidyādharas, Cāraṇas and the rest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.20
स्वयम्भूर्नारदः शम्भुः कुमारः कपिलो मनुः प्रह्लादो जनको भीष्मो बलिर्वैयासकिर्वयम्
svayambhūrnāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balirvaiyāsakirvayam
The Self-born (Brahmā), Nārada, Śambhu, Kumāra, Kapila, Manu, Prahlāda, Janaka, Bhīṣma, Bali, the son of Vyāsa, and ourselves —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.21
द्वादशैते विजानीमो धर्मं भागवतं भटाः गुह्यं विशुद्धं दुर्बोधं यं ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते
dvādaśaite vijānīmo dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ bhaṭāḥ guhyaṃ viśuddhaṃ durbodhaṃ yaṃ jñātvāmṛtamaśnute
we twelve, O servants, know the dharma that pertains to the Lord — secret, wholly pure, hard to grasp — knowing which one attains immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.22
एतावान् एव लोके ऽस्मिन् पुंसां धर्मः परः स्मृतः भक्तियोगो भगवति तन्नामग्रहणादिभिः
etāvān eva loke 'smin puṃsāṃ dharmaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ bhaktiyogo bhagavati tannāmagrahaṇādibhiḥ
Just this much alone is declared the highest dharma of men in this world: the practice of devotion to the Lord through the uttering of his names and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.23
नामोच्चारणमाहात्म्यं हरेः पश्यत पुत्रकाः अजामिलो ऽपि येनैव मृत्युपाशादमुच्यत
nāmoccāraṇamāhātmyaṃ hareḥ paśyata putrakāḥ ajāmilo 'pi yenaiva mṛtyupāśādamucyata
Behold, my boys, the greatness of pronouncing the name of Hari, by which even Ajāmila was released from the noose of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.24
एतावतालमघनिर्हरणाय पुंसां सङ्कीर्तनं भगवतो गुणकर्मनाम्नाम् अम्प्;विक्रुश्य पुत्रमघवान् यदजामिलो ऽपि नारायणेति म्रियमाण इयाय मुक्तिम्
etāvatālamaghanirharaṇāya puṃsāṃ saṅkīrtanaṃ bhagavato guṇakarmanāmnām vikruśya putramaghavān yadajāmilo 'pi nārāyaṇeti mriyamāṇa iyāya muktim
This much suffices for the removal of men's sins: the joint chanting of the Lord's qualities, deeds and names — since even the sinful Ajāmila, crying out to his son "Nārāyaṇa!" as he was dying, went to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.25
प्रायेण वेद तदिदं न महाजनो ऽयं देव्या विमोहितमतिर्बत माययालम् प्रायेण वेद तदिदं न महाजनो ऽयं देव्या विमोहितमतिर्बत माययालम् त्रय्यां जडीकृतमतिर्मधुपुष्पितायां वैतानिके महति कर्मणि युज्यमानः
prāyeṇa veda tadidaṃ na mahājano 'yaṃ devyā vimohitamatirbata māyayālam prāyeṇa veda tadidaṃ na mahājano 'yaṃ devyā vimohitamatirbata māyayālam trayyāṃ jaḍīkṛtamatirmadhupuṣpitāyāṃ vaitānike mahati karmaṇi yujyamānaḥ
Most people generally do not know this, their minds thoroughly bewildered by the goddess Māyā; their intelligence made dull by the threefold Veda, honey-sweet and flowery, they engage themselves in the great ritual of the sacrificial fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.26
एवं विमृश्य सुधियो भगवत्य् अनन्ते सर्वात्मना विदधते खलु भावयोगम् एवं विमृश्य सुधियो भगवत्य् अनन्ते सर्वात्मना विदधते खलु भावयोगम् ते मे न दण्डमर्हन्त्य् अथ यद्य् अमीषां स्यात् पातकं तदपि हन्त्य् उरुगायवादः
evaṃ vimṛśya sudhiyo bhagavaty anante sarvātmanā vidadhate khalu bhāvayogam evaṃ vimṛśya sudhiyo bhagavaty anante sarvātmanā vidadhate khalu bhāvayogam te me na daṇḍamarhanty atha yady amīṣāṃ syāt pātakaṃ tadapi hanty urugāyavādaḥ
Having reflected thus, the wise ones truly practise the discipline of loving devotion with their whole being toward the infinite Lord. They do not deserve punishment from me; and if any sin should be theirs, that too is destroyed by the speaking of him whose glory is widely sung.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.27
ते देवसिद्धपरिगीतपवित्रगाथा ये साधवः समदृशो भगवत्प्रपन्नाः ते देवसिद्धपरिगीतपवित्रगाथा ये साधवः समदृशो भगवत्प्रपन्नाः तान् नोपसीदत हरेर्गदयाभिगुप्तान् नैषां वयं न च वयः प्रभवाम दण्डे
te devasiddhaparigītapavitragāthā ye sādhavaḥ samadṛśo bhagavatprapannāḥ te devasiddhaparigītapavitragāthā ye sādhavaḥ samadṛśo bhagavatprapannāḥ tān nopasīdata harergadayābhiguptān naiṣāṃ vayaṃ na ca vayaḥ prabhavāma daṇḍe
Those good men whose pure tales are sung by gods and Siddhas, who see all alike and are surrendered to the Lord — do not approach them, guarded as they are by Hari's mace; neither we nor Time have power to punish them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.28
तान् आनयध्वमसतो विमुखान् मुकुन्द पादारविन्दमकरन्दरसादजस्रम् तान् आनयध्वमसतो विमुखान् मुकुन्द पादारविन्दमकरन्दरसादजस्रम् निष्किञ्चनैः परमहंसकुलैरसङ्गैर् जुष्टाद्गृहे निरयवर्त्मनि बद्धतृष्णान्
tān ānayadhvamasato vimukhān mukunda pādāravindamakarandarasādajasram tān ānayadhvamasato vimukhān mukunda pādāravindamakarandarasādajasram niṣkiñcanaiḥ paramahaṃsakulairasaṅgair juṣṭādgṛhe nirayavartmani baddhatṛṣṇān
Bring in those wicked ones who are turned away, always, from the nectar-juice of the honey of Mukunda's lotus feet — (that honey) relished by the possessionless, unattached companies of paramahaṃsas — men bound by craving in the household, which is the road to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.29
जिह्वा न वक्ति भगवद्गुणनामधेयं चेतश्च न स्मरति तच्चरणारविन्दम् जिह्वा न वक्ति भगवद्गुणनामधेयं चेतश्च न स्मरति तच्चरणारविन्दम् कृष्णाय नो नमति यच्छिर एकदापि तान् आनयध्वमसतो ऽकृतविष्णुकृत्यान्
jihvā na vakti bhagavadguṇanāmadheyaṃ cetaśca na smarati taccaraṇāravindam jihvā na vakti bhagavadguṇanāmadheyaṃ cetaśca na smarati taccaraṇāravindam kṛṣṇāya no namati yacchira ekadāpi tān ānayadhvamasato 'kṛtaviṣṇukṛtyān
Whose tongue does not speak the naming of the Lord's qualities, whose mind does not remember his lotus feet, whose head does not bow to Kṛṣṇa even once — bring in those wicked ones who have done nothing of what is due to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.30
तत् क्षम्यतां स भगवान् पुरुषः पुराणो नारायणः स्वपुरुषैर्यदसत् कृतं नः तत् क्षम्यतां स भगवान् पुरुषः पुराणो नारायणः स्वपुरुषैर्यदसत् कृतं नः स्वानामहो न विदुषां रचिताञ्जलीनां क्षान्तिर्गरीयसि नमः पुरुषाय भूम्ने
tat kṣamyatāṃ sa bhagavān puruṣaḥ purāṇo nārāyaṇaḥ svapuruṣairyadasat kṛtaṃ naḥ tat kṣamyatāṃ sa bhagavān puruṣaḥ purāṇo nārāyaṇaḥ svapuruṣairyadasat kṛtaṃ naḥ svānāmaho na viduṣāṃ racitāñjalīnāṃ kṣāntirgarīyasi namaḥ puruṣāya bhūmne
Therefore let that Lord, the ancient Person Nārāyaṇa, forgive what wrong has been done by us, his own servants. Ah — for his own who do not know, who have folded their palms, forbearance is great. Homage to the Person, the all-pervading.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.31
तस्मात् सङ्कीर्तनं विष्णोर्जगन्मङ्गलमंहसाम् महतामपि कौरव्य विद्ध्य् ऐकान्तिकनिष्कृतम्
tasmāt saṅkīrtanaṃ viṣṇorjaganmaṅgalamaṃhasām mahatāmapi kauravya viddhy aikāntikaniṣkṛtam
Therefore, O descendant of Kuru, know that the chanting of Viṣṇu, which is a blessing to the world, is the sole and complete expiation even of great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.32
शृण्वतां गृणतां वीर्याण्य् उद्दामानि हरेर्मुहुः यथा सुजातया भक्त्या शुद्ध्येन् नात्मा व्रतादिभिः
śṛṇvatāṃ gṛṇatāṃ vīryāṇy uddāmāni harermuhuḥ yathā sujātayā bhaktyā śuddhyen nātmā vratādibhiḥ
For those who repeatedly hear and recite the unrestrained heroic deeds of Hari — the self would not be purified by vows and the like as it is by well-born devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.33
कृष्णाङ्घ्रिपद्ममधुलिण् न पुनर्विसृष्ट मायागुणेषु रमते वृजिनावहेषु अम्प्;अन्यस्तु कामहत आत्मरजः प्रमार्ष्टुम् ईहेत कर्म यत एव रजः पुनः स्यात्
kṛṣṇāṅghripadmamadhuliṇ na punarvisṛṣṭa māyāguṇeṣu ramate vṛjināvaheṣu anyastu kāmahata ātmarajaḥ pramārṣṭum īheta karma yata eva rajaḥ punaḥ syāt
He who sips the honey of Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, once released, does not again take delight in the qualities of māyā, which bring misery; but another, stricken by desire, would undertake ritual action to wipe away the dust of his self — and from that very action dust arises again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.34
इत्थं स्वभर्तृगदितं भगवन्महित्वं संस्मृत्य विस्मितधियो यमकिङ्करास्ते इत्थं स्वभर्तृगदितं भगवन्महित्वं संस्मृत्य विस्मितधियो यमकिङ्करास्ते नैवाच्युताश्रयजनं प्रतिशङ्कमाना द्रष्टुं च बिभ्यति ततः प्रभृति स्म राजन्
itthaṃ svabhartṛgaditaṃ bhagavanmahitvaṃ saṃsmṛtya vismitadhiyo yamakiṅkarāste itthaṃ svabhartṛgaditaṃ bhagavanmahitvaṃ saṃsmṛtya vismitadhiyo yamakiṅkarāste naivācyutāśrayajanaṃ pratiśaṅkamānā draṣṭuṃ ca bibhyati tataḥ prabhṛti sma rājan
Thus recalling the Lord's greatness as spoken by their own master, those servants of Yama, their minds astonished, do not even venture to look at a person who has taken refuge in Acyuta, being wary and afraid — from that time on, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 3.35
इतिहासमिमं गुह्यं भगवान् कुम्भसम्भवः कथयामास मलय आसीनो हरिमर्चयन्
itihāsamimaṃ guhyaṃ bhagavān kumbhasambhavaḥ kathayāmāsa malaya āsīno harimarcayan
This secret narrative was told by the venerable one born from a pot (Agastya), while seated on Malaya and worshipping Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition