Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 4
SB 6 4.1
श्रीराजोवाच देवासुरनृणां सर्गो नागानां मृगपक्षिणाम् सामासिकस्त्वया प्रोक्तो यस्तु स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे
śrīrājovāca devāsuranṛṇāṃ sargo nāgānāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām sāmāsikastvayā prokto yastu svāyambhuve 'ntare
The king said: The creation of gods, demons and men, of serpents, beasts and birds, was told by you in summary — that which occurred in the epoch of Svāyambhuva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.2
तस्यैव व्यासमिच्छामि ज्ञातुं ते भगवन् यथा अनुसर्गं यया शक्त्या ससर्ज भगवान् परः
tasyaiva vyāsamicchāmi jñātuṃ te bhagavan yathā anusargaṃ yayā śaktyā sasarja bhagavān paraḥ
(But) I wish to know that same (creation) in detail from you, O lord — how, and by what power, the supreme Lord carried out the subsequent creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.3
श्रीसूत उवाच इति सम्प्रश्नमाकर्ण्य राजर्षेर्बादरायणिः प्रतिनन्द्य महायोगी जगाद मुनिसत्तमाः
śrīsūta uvāca iti sampraśnamākarṇya rājarṣerbādarāyaṇiḥ pratinandya mahāyogī jagāda munisattamāḥ
Śrī Sūta said: Having heard this question of the royal sage, the son of Bādarāyaṇa, the great yogī, welcomed it and spoke, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.4
श्रीशुक उवाच यदा प्रचेतसः पुत्रा दश प्राचीनबर्हिषः अन्तःसमुद्रादुन्मग्ना ददृशुर्गां द्रुमैर्वृताम्
śrīśuka uvāca yadā pracetasaḥ putrā daśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ antaḥsamudrādunmagnā dadṛśurgāṃ drumairvṛtām
Śrī Śuka said: When the ten sons of Prācīnabarhi, the Pracetases, emerged from within the sea, they saw the earth covered with trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.5
द्रुमेभ्यः क्रुध्यमानास्ते तपोदीपितमन्यवः मुखतो वायुमग्निं च ससृजुस्तद्दिधक्षया
drumebhyaḥ krudhyamānāste tapodīpitamanyavaḥ mukhato vāyumagniṃ ca sasṛjustaddidhakṣayā
Growing angry at the trees, their wrath inflamed by their austerity, they sent forth wind and fire from their mouths, wishing to burn them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.6
ताभ्यां निर्दह्यमानांस्तान् उपलभ्य कुरूद्वह राजोवाच महान् सोमो मन्युं प्रशमयन्निव
tābhyāṃ nirdahyamānāṃstān upalabhya kurūdvaha rājovāca mahān somo manyuṃ praśamayanniva
Seeing them being burnt up by those two, O foremost of the Kurus, the great Soma spoke, as if to quell (their) fury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.7
न द्रुमेभ्यो महाभागा दीनेभ्यो द्रोग्धुमर्हथ विवर्धयिषवो यूयं प्रजानां पतयः स्मृताः
na drumebhyo mahābhāgā dīnebhyo drogdhumarhatha vivardhayiṣavo yūyaṃ prajānāṃ patayaḥ smṛtāḥ
O greatly fortunate ones, you ought not to do harm to the trees, who are helpless; you are known as lords of creatures, desiring to make them prosper.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.8
अहो प्रजापतिपतिर्भगवान् हरिरव्ययः वनस्पतीन् ओषधीश्च ससर्जोर्जमिषं विभुः
aho prajāpatipatirbhagavān hariravyayaḥ vanaspatīn oṣadhīśca sasarjorjamiṣaṃ vibhuḥ
Ah, the Lord Hari, the imperishable master of the lords of creatures, the all-pervading one, created the forest trees and the herbs as strength and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.9
अन्नं चराणामचरा ह्य् अपदः पादचारिणाम् अहस्ता हस्तयुक्तानां द्विपदां च चतुष्पदः
annaṃ carāṇāmacarā hy apadaḥ pādacāriṇām ahastā hastayuktānāṃ dvipadāṃ ca catuṣpadaḥ
The immobile are food for the moving; the footless for those that walk on feet; the handless for those endowed with hands; and the four-footed for the two-footed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.10
यूयं च पित्रान्वादिष्टा देवदेवेन चानघाः प्रजासर्गाय हि कथं वृक्षान् निर्दग्धुमर्हथ
yūyaṃ ca pitrānvādiṣṭā devadevena cānaghāḥ prajāsargāya hi kathaṃ vṛkṣān nirdagdhumarhatha
And you, O sinless ones, were instructed by your father and by the God of gods for the procreation of creatures; how then can you presume to burn down the trees?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.11
आतिष्ठत सतां मार्गं कोपं यच्छत दीपितम् पित्रा पितामहेनापि जुष्टं वः प्रपितामहैः
ātiṣṭhata satāṃ mārgaṃ kopaṃ yacchata dīpitam pitrā pitāmahenāpi juṣṭaṃ vaḥ prapitāmahaiḥ
Keep to the path of the good; restrain your kindled anger — (that path) followed by your father, by your grandfather, and by your great-grandfathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.12
तोकानां पितरौ बन्धू दृशः पक्ष्म स्त्रियाः पतिः पतिः प्रजानां भिक्षूणां गृह्य् अज्ञानां बुधः सुहृत्
tokānāṃ pitarau bandhū dṛśaḥ pakṣma striyāḥ patiḥ patiḥ prajānāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ gṛhy ajñānāṃ budhaḥ suhṛt
The parents are the kinsmen of children, the eyelash of the eye, the husband of a woman, the king of subjects, the householder of mendicants, the wise man the friend of the ignorant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.13
अन्तर्देहेषु भूतानामात्मास्ते हरिरीश्वरः सर्वं तद्धिष्ण्यमीक्षध्वमेवं वस्तोषितो ह्य् असौ
antardeheṣu bhūtānāmātmāste harirīśvaraḥ sarvaṃ taddhiṣṇyamīkṣadhvamevaṃ vastoṣito hy asau
Within the bodies of beings dwells Hari, the Lord, as their Self; see all of them as his abode — thus he is pleased with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.14
यः समुत्पतितं देह आकाशान् मन्युमुल्बणम् आत्मजिज्ञासया यच्छेत् स गुणान् अतिवर्तते
yaḥ samutpatitaṃ deha ākāśān manyumulbaṇam ātmajijñāsayā yacchet sa guṇān ativartate
He who, by inquiry into the Self, restrains the fierce anger that has arisen in the body from the ether (of the heart), passes beyond the modes of nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.15
अलं दग्धैर्द्रुमैर्दीनैः खिलानां शिवमस्तु वः वार्क्षी ह्य् एषा वरा कन्या पत्नीत्वे प्रतिगृह्यताम्
alaṃ dagdhairdrumairdīnaiḥ khilānāṃ śivamastu vaḥ vārkṣī hy eṣā varā kanyā patnītve pratigṛhyatām
Enough of burning the helpless trees; may there be well-being for you — let the ones left over survive. Here is this excellent maiden, born of a tree: take her as a wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.16
इत्य् आमन्त्र्य वरारोहां कन्यामाप्सरसीं नृप सोमो राजा ययौ दत्त्वा ते धर्मेणोपयेमिरे
ity āmantrya varārohāṃ kanyāmāpsarasīṃ nṛpa somo rājā yayau dattvā te dharmeṇopayemire
Having thus addressed them, O king, King Soma gave them the maiden of lovely hips, born of an Apsarā, and departed; and they married her according to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.17
तेभ्यस्तस्यां समभवद्दक्षः प्राचेतसः किल यस्य प्रजाविसर्गेण लोका आपूरितास्त्रयः
tebhyastasyāṃ samabhavaddakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ kila yasya prajāvisargeṇa lokā āpūritāstrayaḥ
From them, in her, was born Dakṣa the son of the Pracetases, indeed, by whose emission of progeny the three worlds were filled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.18
यथा ससर्ज भूतानि दक्षो दुहितृवत्सलः रेतसा मनसा चैव तन् ममावहितः शृणु
yathā sasarja bhūtāni dakṣo duhitṛvatsalaḥ retasā manasā caiva tan mamāvahitaḥ śṛṇu
Listen attentively to me as to how Dakṣa, fond of his daughters, created beings both by seed and by mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.19
मनसैवासृजत् पूर्वं प्रजापतिरिमाः प्रजाः देवासुरमनुष्यादीन् नभःस्थलजलौकसः
manasaivāsṛjat pūrvaṃ prajāpatirimāḥ prajāḥ devāsuramanuṣyādīn nabhaḥsthalajalaukasaḥ
First the lord of creatures created these creatures by mind alone — gods, demons, humans and the rest, dwellers in sky, on land and in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.20
तमबृंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापतिः विन्ध्यपादान् उपव्रज्य सो ऽचरद्दुष्करं तपः
tamabṛṃhitamālokya prajāsargaṃ prajāpatiḥ vindhyapādān upavrajya so 'caradduṣkaraṃ tapaḥ
Seeing that the creation of progeny had not increased, the lord of creatures went to the foothills of the Vindhya and performed hard austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.21
तत्राघमर्षणं नाम तीर्थं पापहरं परम् उपस्पृश्यानुसवनं तपसातोषयद्धरिम्
tatrāghamarṣaṇaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ param upaspṛśyānusavanaṃ tapasātoṣayaddharim
There, touching at each of the (three) daily junctures the supreme sin-removing sacred place called Aghamarṣaṇa, he pleased Hari by his austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.22
अस्तौषीद्धंसगुह्येन भगवन्तमधोक्षजम् तुभ्यं तदभिधास्यामि कस्यातुष्यद्यथा हरिः
astauṣīddhaṃsaguhyena bhagavantamadhokṣajam tubhyaṃ tadabhidhāsyāmi kasyātuṣyadyathā hariḥ
He praised the Lord Adhokṣaja with the (hymn) called Haṃsa-guhya; that I shall relate to you, and how Hari was pleased with Kaśyapa (Kaśyapa's line).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.23
श्रीप्रजापतिरुवाच नमः परायावितथानुभूतये गुणत्रयाभासनिमित्तबन्धवे अदृष्टधाम्ने गुणतत्त्वबुद्धिभिर् निवृत्तमानाय दधे स्वयम्भुवे
śrīprajāpatiruvāca namaḥ parāyāvitathānubhūtaye guṇatrayābhāsanimittabandhave adṛṣṭadhāmne guṇatattvabuddhibhir nivṛttamānāya dadhe svayambhuve
Prajāpati said: I offer homage to the Supreme, whose experience is never false, who is the kinsman-cause of the appearance of the three qualities, whose abode is unseen, who is beyond the measure of intellects that take the qualities to be the reality — to the self-born One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.24
न यस्य सख्यं पुरुषो ऽवैति सख्युः सखा वसन् संवसतः पुरे ऽस्मिन् गुणो यथा गुणिनो व्यक्तदृष्टेस् तस्मै महेशाय नमस्करोमि
na yasya sakhyaṃ puruṣo 'vaiti sakhyuḥ sakhā vasan saṃvasataḥ pure 'smin guṇo yathā guṇino vyaktadṛṣṭes tasmai maheśāya namaskaromi
The friend whose friendship a person does not recognize, though the friend dwells together with him in this city (of the body) — as a quality is (not recognized) by the qualified one whose sight is turned outward — to that great Lord I make my obeisance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.25
देहो ऽसवो ऽक्षा मनवो भूतमात्राम् आत्मानमन्यं च विदुः परं यत् सर्वं पुमान् वेद गुणांश्च तज्ज्ञो न वेद सर्वज्ञमनन्तमीडे
deho 'savo 'kṣā manavo bhūtamātrām ātmānamanyaṃ ca viduḥ paraṃ yat sarvaṃ pumān veda guṇāṃśca tajjño na veda sarvajñamanantamīḍe
The body, the vital airs, the senses, the minds, the elements and their subtle forms — these do not know the self, nor the other which is beyond; but the person knows all of them, and the qualities too; yet he who knows that does not know (the Lord). I praise the all-knowing, endless One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.26
यदोपरामो मनसो नामरूप रूपस्य दृष्टस्मृतिसम्प्रमोषात् य ईयते केवलया स्वसंस्थया हंसाय तस्मै शुचिसद्मने नमः
yadoparāmo manaso nāmarūpa rūpasya dṛṣṭasmṛtisampramoṣāt ya īyate kevalayā svasaṃsthayā haṃsāya tasmai śucisadmane namaḥ
When the mind ceases, name and form disappearing through the loss of both perception and memory of form, He who is then attained by His own state alone — to that Haṃsa, whose seat is purity, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.27
मनीषिणो ऽन्तर्हृदि सन्निवेशितं स्वशक्तिभिर्नवभिश्च त्रिवृद्भिः वह्निं यथा दारुणि पाञ्चदश्यं मनीषया निष्कर्षन्ति गूढम्
manīṣiṇo 'ntarhṛdi sanniveśitaṃ svaśaktibhirnavabhiśca trivṛdbhiḥ vahniṃ yathā dāruṇi pāñcadaśyaṃ manīṣayā niṣkarṣanti gūḍham
The wise, by their discernment, extract Him who lies hidden, seated within the heart, placed there by His own nine powers that are threefold — as (they extract) fire, latent in the wood, by the fifteen (means).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.28
स वै ममाशेषविशेषमाया निषेधनिर्वाणसुखानुभूतिः स सर्वनामा स च विश्वरूपः प्रसीदतामनिरुक्तात्मशक्तिः
sa vai mamāśeṣaviśeṣamāyā niṣedhanirvāṇasukhānubhūtiḥ sa sarvanāmā sa ca viśvarūpaḥ prasīdatāmaniruktātmaśaktiḥ
He indeed is for me the experience of the bliss of extinction that comes from the negation of all particular illusion; He has all names, He also has the universal form; may He, whose own power is inexpressible, be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.29
यद्यन् निरुक्तं वचसा निरूपितं धियाक्षभिर्वा मनसोत यस्य मा भूत् स्वरूपं गुणरूपं हि तत् तत् स वै गुणापायविसर्गलक्षणः
yadyan niruktaṃ vacasā nirūpitaṃ dhiyākṣabhirvā manasota yasya mā bhūt svarūpaṃ guṇarūpaṃ hi tat tat sa vai guṇāpāyavisargalakṣaṇaḥ
Whatever is uttered and defined by speech, or by the intellect, the senses, or the mind — let that not be His own form, for each such thing is a form made of the qualities; He indeed is characterized by the withdrawal and emission of the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.30
यस्मिन् यतो येन च यस्य यस्मै यद्यो यथा कुरुते कार्यते च परावरेषां परमं प्राक् प्रसिद्धं तद्ब्रह्म तद्धेतुरनन्यदेकम्
yasmin yato yena ca yasya yasmai yadyo yathā kurute kāryate ca parāvareṣāṃ paramaṃ prāk prasiddhaṃ tadbrahma taddheturananyadekam
That in which, from which, by which, of which, for which, that which, who, and how one acts and is made to act — that, the supreme of the higher and the lower, established from the beginning, is Brahman, its own cause, one and not other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.31
यच्छक्तयो वदतां वादिनां वै विवादसंवादभुवो भवन्ति कुर्वन्ति चैषां मुहुरात्ममोहं तस्मै नमो ऽनन्तगुणाय भूम्ने
yacchaktayo vadatāṃ vādināṃ vai vivādasaṃvādabhuvo bhavanti kurvanti caiṣāṃ muhurātmamohaṃ tasmai namo 'nantaguṇāya bhūmne
Whose powers become the ground of dispute and of agreement for the speaking disputants, and repeatedly produce in them delusion about the self — to Him, of endless qualities, the all-pervading, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.32
अस्तीति नास्तीति च वस्तुनिष्ठयोर् एकस्थयोर्भिन्नविरुद्धधर्मणोः अवेक्षितं किञ्चन योगसाङ्ख्ययोः समं परं ह्य् अनुकूलं बृहत् तत्
astīti nāstīti ca vastuniṣṭhayor ekasthayorbhinnaviruddhadharmaṇoḥ avekṣitaṃ kiñcana yogasāṅkhyayoḥ samaṃ paraṃ hy anukūlaṃ bṛhat tat
Of Yoga and Sāṅkhya, both fixed on (the same) reality, both resting on the one, yet of divergent and contrary tenets — one saying 'it is', the other 'it is not' — that great, supreme (reality) is impartial and favorable to both, and something of it is discerned (by each).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.33
यो ऽनुग्रहार्थं भजतां पादमूलम् अनामरूपो भगवान् अनन्तः नामानि रूपाणि च जन्मकर्मभिर् भेजे स मह्यं परमः प्रसीदतु
yo 'nugrahārthaṃ bhajatāṃ pādamūlam anāmarūpo bhagavān anantaḥ nāmāni rūpāṇi ca janmakarmabhir bheje sa mahyaṃ paramaḥ prasīdatu
He who, being without name and form, the Lord, the endless, yet for the sake of favoring those who worship the soles of His feet took on names and forms through births and deeds — may that Supreme One be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.34
यः प्राकृतैर्ज्ञानपथैर्जनानां यथाशयं देहगतो विभाति यथानिलः पार्थिवमाश्रितो गुणं स ईश्वरो मे कुरुतां मनोरथम्
yaḥ prākṛtairjñānapathairjanānāṃ yathāśayaṃ dehagato vibhāti yathānilaḥ pārthivamāśrito guṇaṃ sa īśvaro me kurutāṃ manoratham
He who, having entered the body, shines forth to people according to their disposition through the ordinary paths of knowledge, as air (manifests) when it takes on an earthy quality (a scent) — may that Lord fulfil my heart's wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.35
श्रीशुक उवाच इति स्तुतः संस्तुवतः स तस्मिन्नघमर्षणे प्रादुरासीत् कुरुश्रेष्ठ भगवान् भक्तवत्सलः
śrīśuka uvāca iti stutaḥ saṃstuvataḥ sa tasminnaghamarṣaṇe prādurāsīt kuruśreṣṭha bhagavān bhaktavatsalaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus praised, O best of the Kurus, the Lord, who is affectionate to His devotees, became manifest there at Aghamarṣaṇa before the one who was praising Him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.36
कृतपादः सुपर्णांसे प्रलम्बाष्टमहाभुजः चक्रशङ्खासिचर्मेषु धनुःपाशगदाधरः
kṛtapādaḥ suparṇāṃse pralambāṣṭamahābhujaḥ cakraśaṅkhāsicarmeṣu dhanuḥpāśagadādharaḥ
With His feet set on Suparṇa's shoulders, with eight great long arms, bearing the discus, conch, sword, shield, arrow, bow, noose, and mace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.37
पीतवासा घनश्यामः प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणः वनमालानिवीताङ्गो लसच्छ्रीवत्सकौस्तुभः
pītavāsā ghanaśyāmaḥ prasannavadanekṣaṇaḥ vanamālānivītāṅgo lasacchrīvatsakaustubhaḥ
clad in yellow, dark as a rain cloud, with a serene face and eyes, His body encircled by a forest garland, with the gleaming Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha jewel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.38
महाकिरीटकटकः स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलः काञ्च्यङ्गुलीयवलय नूपुराङ्गदभूषितः
mahākirīṭakaṭakaḥ sphuranmakarakuṇḍalaḥ kāñcyaṅgulīyavalaya nūpurāṅgadabhūṣitaḥ
with a great crown and bracelets, with flashing makara earrings, adorned with girdle, rings, bangles, anklets, and armlets —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.39
त्रैलोक्यमोहनं रूपं बिभ्रत् त्रिभुवनेश्वरः वृतो नारदनन्दाद्यैः पार्षदैः सुरयूथपैः
trailokyamohanaṃ rūpaṃ bibhrat tribhuvaneśvaraḥ vṛto nāradanandādyaiḥ pārṣadaiḥ surayūthapaiḥ
the Lord of the three worlds, bearing that form which enchants the three worlds, surrounded by attendants such as Nārada and Nanda and by the leaders of the gods' hosts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.40
स्तूयमानो ऽनुगायद्भिः सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणैः रूपं तन् महदाश्चर्यं विचक्ष्यागतसाध्वसः
stūyamāno 'nugāyadbhiḥ siddhagandharvacāraṇaiḥ rūpaṃ tan mahadāścaryaṃ vicakṣyāgatasādhvasaḥ
being praised by the Siddhas, Gandharvas, and Cāraṇas who sang after (Him) — seeing that greatly wondrous form, he was struck with awe,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.41
ननाम दण्डवद्भूमौ प्रहृष्टात्मा प्रजापतिः न किञ्चनोदीरयितुमशकत् तीव्रया मुदा आपूरितमनोद्वारैर्ह्रदिन्य इव निर्झरैः
nanāma daṇḍavadbhūmau prahṛṣṭātmā prajāpatiḥ na kiñcanodīrayitumaśakat tīvrayā mudā āpūritamanodvārairhradinya iva nirjharaiḥ
and Prajāpati, his heart thrilled, bowed to the ground like a rod; with his intense joy he was unable to utter anything, the doors of his mind being flooded, like rivers (filled) by waterfalls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.42
तं तथावनतं भक्तं प्रजाकामं प्रजापतिम् चित्तज्ञः सर्वभूतानामिदमाह जनार्दनः
taṃ tathāvanataṃ bhaktaṃ prajākāmaṃ prajāpatim cittajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāmidamāha janārdanaḥ
To that Prajāpati, thus bowed down, devoted, and desiring offspring, Janārdana, who knows the minds of all beings, said this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.43
श्रीभगवान् उवाच प्राचेतस महाभाग संसिद्धस्तपसा भवान् यच् छ्रद्धया मत्परया मयि भावं परं गतः
śrībhagavān uvāca prācetasa mahābhāga saṃsiddhastapasā bhavān yac chraddhayā matparayā mayi bhāvaṃ paraṃ gataḥ
The Blessed Lord said: O son of Pracetas, greatly fortunate one, you are wholly perfected by austerity, since with faith directed toward me you have attained the highest love for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.44
प्रीतो ऽहं ते प्रजानाथ यत् ते ऽस्योद्बृंहणं तपः ममैष कामो भूतानां यद्भूयासुर्विभूतयः
prīto 'haṃ te prajānātha yat te 'syodbṛṃhaṇaṃ tapaḥ mamaiṣa kāmo bhūtānāṃ yadbhūyāsurvibhūtayaḥ
I am pleased with you, O lord of creatures, because your austerity aims at the increase of this (world of offspring); and this too is my own wish concerning living beings, that their powers and prosperities should multiply.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.45
ब्रह्मा भवो भवन्तश्च मनवो विबुधेश्वराः विभूतयो मम ह्य् एता भूतानां भूतिहेतवः
brahmā bhavo bhavantaśca manavo vibudheśvarāḥ vibhūtayo mama hy etā bhūtānāṃ bhūtihetavaḥ
Brahmā, Bhava (Śiva), and you all, and the Manus, and the rulers of the gods—these indeed are my manifestations, the causes of the welfare of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.46
तपो मे हृदयं ब्रह्मंस्तनुर्विद्या क्रियाकृतिः अङ्गानि क्रतवो जाता धर्म आत्मासवः सुराः
tapo me hṛdayaṃ brahmaṃstanurvidyā kriyākṛtiḥ aṅgāni kratavo jātā dharma ātmāsavaḥ surāḥ
Austerity is my heart, O brāhmaṇa; knowledge is my body; ritual action is my form; the sacrifices born (of it) are my limbs; dharma is my self, and the gods are my vital airs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.47
अहमेवासमेवाग्रे नान्यत् किञ्चान्तरं बहिः संज्ञानमात्रमव्यक्तं प्रसुप्तमिव विश्वतः
ahamevāsamevāgre nānyat kiñcāntaraṃ bahiḥ saṃjñānamātramavyaktaṃ prasuptamiva viśvataḥ
In the beginning I alone existed, and nothing else, inner or outer—mere consciousness, unmanifest, as though everywhere asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.48
मय्य् अनन्तगुणे ऽनन्ते गुणतो गुणविग्रहः यदासीत् तत एवाद्यः स्वयम्भूः समभूदजः
mayy anantaguṇe 'nante guṇato guṇavigrahaḥ yadāsīt tata evādyaḥ svayambhūḥ samabhūdajaḥ
When in me, the infinite one of infinite qualities, there arose out of the qualities a form composed of the qualities, from that very (state) came into being the first, the self-born, the unborn one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.49
स वै यदा महादेवो मम वीर्योपबृंहितः मेने खिलमिवात्मानमुद्यतः स्वर्गकर्मणि
sa vai yadā mahādevo mama vīryopabṛṃhitaḥ mene khilamivātmānamudyataḥ svargakarmaṇi
When that great god, strengthened by my power, thought himself as it were incapable while engaged in the work of creation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 4.50
अथ मे ऽभिहितो देवस्तपो ऽतप्यत दारुणम् नव विश्वसृजो युष्मान् येनादावसृजद्विभुः
atha me 'bhihito devastapo 'tapyata dāruṇam nava viśvasṛjo yuṣmān yenādāvasṛjadvibhuḥ
then, being addressed by me, the god practised severe austerity, by which the almighty one at the outset created you nine, the makers of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.51
एषा पञ्चजनस्याङ्ग दुहिता वै प्रजापतेः असिक्नी नाम पत्नीत्वे प्रजेश प्रतिगृह्यताम्
eṣā pañcajanasyāṅga duhitā vai prajāpateḥ asiknī nāma patnītve prajeśa pratigṛhyatām
This, dear one, is the daughter of the Prajāpati Pañcajana, named Asiknī; O lord of creatures, let her be accepted as your wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.52
मिथुनव्यवायधर्मस्त्वं प्रजासर्गमिमं पुनः मिथुनव्यवायधर्मिण्यां भूरिशो भावयिष्यसि
mithunavyavāyadharmastvaṃ prajāsargamimaṃ punaḥ mithunavyavāyadharmiṇyāṃ bhūriśo bhāvayiṣyasi
Adopting now the practice of sexual union as a couple, you will bring about this creation of offspring abundantly in her, who also follows the practice of paired union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.53
त्वत्तो ऽधस्तात् प्रजाः सर्वा मिथुनीभूय मायया मदीयया भविष्यन्ति हरिष्यन्ति च मे बलिम्
tvatto 'dhastāt prajāḥ sarvā mithunībhūya māyayā madīyayā bhaviṣyanti hariṣyanti ca me balim
All the creatures beneath you will, by my māyā, become paired couples and will bring me their offerings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 4.54
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्य् उक्त्वा मिषतस्तस्य भगवान् विश्वभावनः स्वप्नोपलब्धार्थ इव तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरिः
śrīśuka uvāca ity uktvā miṣatastasya bhagavān viśvabhāvanaḥ svapnopalabdhārtha iva tatraivāntardadhe hariḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Having spoken thus, the Lord Hari, the creator of the universe, vanished on that very spot before his eyes, like an object obtained in a dream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition