Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 5
SB 6 5.1
श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यां स पाञ्चजन्यां वै विष्णुमायोपबृंहितः हर्यश्वसंज्ञान् अयुतं पुत्रान् अजनयद्विभुः
śrīśuka uvāca tasyāṃ sa pāñcajanyāṃ vai viṣṇumāyopabṛṃhitaḥ haryaśvasaṃjñān ayutaṃ putrān ajanayadvibhuḥ
Śrī Śuka said: In her, the daughter of Pañcajana, that mighty one, strengthened by Viṣṇu's māyā, begot ten thousand sons called the Haryaśvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.2
अपृथग्धर्मशीलास्ते सर्वे दाक्षायणा नृप पित्रा प्रोक्ताः प्रजासर्गे प्रतीचीं प्रययुर्दिशम्
apṛthagdharmaśīlāste sarve dākṣāyaṇā nṛpa pitrā proktāḥ prajāsarge pratīcīṃ prayayurdiśam
All those sons of Dakṣa, O king, being of one and the same disposition in dharma, when instructed by their father regarding the creation of offspring, went to the western direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.3
तत्र नारायणसरस्तीर्थं सिन्धुसमुद्रयोः सङ्गमो यत्र सुमहन् मुनिसिद्धनिषेवितम्
tatra nārāyaṇasarastīrthaṃ sindhusamudrayoḥ saṅgamo yatra sumahan munisiddhaniṣevitam
There is the holy place Nārāyaṇa-saras, where there is the very great confluence of the Sindhu and the ocean, frequented by sages and perfected ones.
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SB 6 5.4
तदुपस्पर्शनादेव विनिर्धूतमलाशयाः धर्मे पारमहंस्ये च प्रोत्पन्नमतयो ऽप्य् उत
tadupasparśanādeva vinirdhūtamalāśayāḥ dharme pāramahaṃsye ca protpannamatayo 'py uta
By merely touching that (water) their inner impurities were washed away, and their minds became well inclined toward the dharma of the paramahaṃsas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.5
तेपिरे तप एवोग्रं पित्रादेशेन यन्त्रिताः प्रजाविवृद्धये यत्तान् देवर्षिस्तान् ददर्श ह
tepire tapa evograṃ pitrādeśena yantritāḥ prajāvivṛddhaye yattān devarṣistān dadarśa ha
Bound by their father's command, they performed severe austerity; the divine sage saw them thus striving for the increase of offspring.
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SB 6 5.6
उवाच चाथ हर्यश्वाः कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः अदृष्ट्वान्तं भुवो यूयं बालिशा बत पालकाः
uvāca cātha haryaśvāḥ kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ adṛṣṭvāntaṃ bhuvo yūyaṃ bāliśā bata pālakāḥ
And then he said: O Haryaśvas, how will you generate offspring when you have not seen the end of the earth? Alas, you are childish, though (meant to be) rulers.
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SB 6 5.7
तथैकपुरुषं राष्ट्रं बिलं चादृष्टनिर्गमम् बहुरूपां स्त्रियं चापि पुमांसं पुंश्चलीपतिम्
tathaikapuruṣaṃ rāṣṭraṃ bilaṃ cādṛṣṭanirgamam bahurūpāṃ striyaṃ cāpi pumāṃsaṃ puṃścalīpatim
So too a kingdom with one (sole) man, and a hole with no visible exit, and a woman of many forms, and a man who is the husband of a wanton woman,
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SB 6 5.8
नदीमुभयतो वाहां पञ्चपञ्चाद्भुतं गृहम् क्वचिद्धंसं चित्रकथं क्षौरपव्यं स्वयं भ्रमि
nadīmubhayato vāhāṃ pañcapañcādbhutaṃ gṛham kvaciddhaṃsaṃ citrakathaṃ kṣaurapavyaṃ svayaṃ bhrami
(And behold) a river flowing both ways, a wondrous house of five-and-five, somewhere a swan with strange speech, a razor-edged (wheel) whirling of itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 5.9
कथं स्वपितुरादेशमविद्वांसो विपश्चितः अनुरूपमविज्ञाय अहो सर्गं करिष्यथ
kathaṃ svapiturādeśamavidvāṃso vipaścitaḥ anurūpamavijñāya aho sargaṃ kariṣyatha
How, without knowing your own father's command—learned though you are—not having understood what conforms to it, will you, alas, undertake procreation?
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SB 6 5.10
श्रीशुक उवाच तन् निशम्याथ हर्यश्वा औत्पत्तिकमनीषया वाचः कूटं तु देवर्षेः स्वयं विममृशुर्धिया
śrīśuka uvāca tan niśamyātha haryaśvā autpattikamanīṣayā vācaḥ kūṭaṃ tu devarṣeḥ svayaṃ vimamṛśurdhiyā
Śrī Śuka said: Then, having heard that, the Haryaśvas, with intelligence innate (in them), themselves pondered with their minds the riddle of the divine sage's words.
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SB 6 5.11
भूः क्षेत्रं जीवसंज्ञं यदनादि निजबन्धनम् अदृष्ट्वा तस्य निर्वाणं किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
bhūḥ kṣetraṃ jīvasaṃjñaṃ yadanādi nijabandhanam adṛṣṭvā tasya nirvāṇaṃ kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
The earth is the field, that which is called the jīva—beginningless, one's own bondage; without having seen the release from it, what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.12
एक एवेश्वरस्तुर्यो भगवान् स्वाश्रयः परः तमदृष्ट्वाभवं पुंसः किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
eka eveśvarasturyo bhagavān svāśrayaḥ paraḥ tamadṛṣṭvābhavaṃ puṃsaḥ kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
The Lord is one only, the fourth, the Blessed One, self-supported, supreme; for a man who has not seen him, the unborn, what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.13
पुमान् नैवैति यद्गत्वा बिलस्वर्गं गतो यथा प्रत्यग्धामाविद इह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
pumān naivaiti yadgatvā bilasvargaṃ gato yathā pratyagdhāmāvida iha kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
That, having gone to which a man never returns—as one who has gone to the heaven within the cave (does not return)—for one who does not know the inward abode, what can come about here by unreal works?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 5.14
नानारूपात्मनो बुद्धिः स्वैरिणीव गुणान्विता तन्निष्ठामगतस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
nānārūpātmano buddhiḥ svairiṇīva guṇānvitā tanniṣṭhāmagatasyeha kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
The intelligence of the self that (appears) in many forms is bound up with the guṇas, like a wanton woman; for one who has not here reached fixity in that (Self), what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.15
तत्सङ्गभ्रंशितैश्वर्यं संसरन्तं कुभार्यवत् तद्गतीरबुधस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
tatsaṅgabhraṃśitaiśvaryaṃ saṃsarantaṃ kubhāryavat tadgatīrabudhasyeha kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
For one who does not understand here the courses of him whose sovereignty is destroyed by association with her, who transmigrates as one with a bad wife (does), what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.16
सृष्ट्यप्ययकरीं मायां वेलाकूलान्तवेगिताम् मत्तस्य तामविज्ञस्य किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
sṛṣṭyapyayakarīṃ māyāṃ velākūlāntavegitām mattasya tāmavijñasya kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
Māyā, who effects creation and dissolution, whose rushing is bounded by shore and bank—for one intoxicated (by her) and not knowing her, what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.17
पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वानां पुरुषो ऽद्भुतदर्पणः अध्यात्ममबुधस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
pañcaviṃśatitattvānāṃ puruṣo 'dbhutadarpaṇaḥ adhyātmamabudhasyeha kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
The Person is the wondrous mirror of the twenty-five principles; for one who does not know the inner self here, what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.18
ऐश्वरं शास्त्रमुत्सृज्य बन्धमोक्षानुदर्शनम् विविक्तपदमज्ञाय किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
aiśvaraṃ śāstramutsṛjya bandhamokṣānudarśanam viviktapadamajñāya kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
Abandoning the Lord's scripture, which shows forth bondage and release, and not knowing the distinct (i.e. separate, pure) state, what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.19
कालचक्रं भ्रमि तीक्ष्णं सर्वं निष्कर्षयज् जगत् स्वतन्त्रमबुधस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत्
kālacakraṃ bhrami tīkṣṇaṃ sarvaṃ niṣkarṣayaj jagat svatantramabudhasyeha kimasatkarmabhirbhavet
The wheel of time, whirling, sharp, grinding down the whole world, independent—for one who does not know it here, what can come about by unreal works?
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SB 6 5.20
शास्त्रस्य पितुरादेशं यो न वेद निवर्तकम् कथं तदनुरूपाय गुणविस्रम्भ्य् उपक्रमेत्
śāstrasya piturādeśaṃ yo na veda nivartakam kathaṃ tadanurūpāya guṇavisrambhy upakramet
He who does not know the command of the father, scripture, which turns (one) back—how should one who trusts in the guṇas set out toward what conforms to it?
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SB 6 5.21
इति व्यवसिता राजन् हर्यश्वा एकचेतसः प्रययुस्तं परिक्रम्य पन्थानमनिवर्तनम्
iti vyavasitā rājan haryaśvā ekacetasaḥ prayayustaṃ parikramya panthānamanivartanam
Having thus resolved, O King, the Haryaśvas, of one mind, circumambulated him and went forth on the path from which there is no returning.
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SB 6 5.22
स्वरब्रह्मणि निर्भात हृषीकेशपदाम्बुजे अखण्डं चित्तमावेश्य लोकान् अनुचरन् मुनिः
svarabrahmaṇi nirbhāta hṛṣīkeśapadāmbuje akhaṇḍaṃ cittamāveśya lokān anucaran muniḥ
Having entered his undivided mind into the lotus feet of Hṛṣīkeśa, shining forth in the brahman of sound, the sage wandered through the worlds.
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SB 6 5.23
नाशं निशम्य पुत्राणां नारदाच् छीलशालिनाम् अन्वतप्यत कः शोचन् सुप्रजस्त्वं शुचां पदम्
nāśaṃ niśamya putrāṇāṃ nāradāc chīlaśālinām anvatapyata kaḥ śocan suprajastvaṃ śucāṃ padam
Hearing from Nārada of the destruction of his sons, who abounded in good character, Ka (Dakṣa) grieved and lamented: having good offspring is a ground of sorrows.
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SB 6 5.24
स भूयः पाञ्चजन्यायामजेन परिसान्त्वितः पुत्रान् अजनयद्दक्षः सवलाश्वान् सहस्रिणः
sa bhūyaḥ pāñcajanyāyāmajena parisāntvitaḥ putrān ajanayaddakṣaḥ savalāśvān sahasriṇaḥ
Again, fully consoled by the Unborn (Brahmā), Dakṣa begot in Pāñcajanī sons, the Savalāśvas, a thousand in number.
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SB 6 5.25
ते च पित्रा समादिष्टाः प्रजासर्गे धृतव्रताः नारायणसरो जग्मुर्यत्र सिद्धाः स्वपूर्वजाः
te ca pitrā samādiṣṭāḥ prajāsarge dhṛtavratāḥ nārāyaṇasaro jagmuryatra siddhāḥ svapūrvajāḥ
And they, commanded by their father, firm in their vow regarding the begetting of offspring, went to Nārāyaṇa's lake, where their own elder brothers had attained perfection.
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SB 6 5.26
तदुपस्पर्शनादेव विनिर्धूतमलाशयाः जपन्तो ब्रह्म परमं तेपुस्तत्र महत् तपः
tadupasparśanādeva vinirdhūtamalāśayāḥ japanto brahma paramaṃ tepustatra mahat tapaḥ
By the mere touch of that (water) the impurities of their hearts were shaken off, and, muttering the supreme brahman (mantra), they performed great austerity there.
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SB 6 5.27
अब्भक्षाः कतिचिन् मासान् कतिचिद्वायुभोजनाः आराधयन् मन्त्रमिममभ्यस्यन्त इडस्पतिम्
abbhakṣāḥ katicin māsān katicidvāyubhojanāḥ ārādhayan mantramimamabhyasyanta iḍaspatim
For some months living on water, for some on air, they propitiated the lord of the earth, practising this mantra.
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SB 6 5.28
ॐ नमो नारायणाय पुरुषाय महात्मने विशुद्धसत्त्वधिष्ण्याय महाहंसाय धीमहि
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya puruṣāya mahātmane viśuddhasattvadhiṣṇyāya mahāhaṃsāya dhīmahi
Om, homage to Nārāyaṇa, to the Person, to the great Self; on him whose seat is pure goodness, the great Swan, let us meditate.
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SB 6 5.29
इति तान् अपि राजेन्द्र प्रजासर्गधियो मुनिः उपेत्य नारदः प्राह वाचः कूटानि पूर्ववत्
iti tān api rājendra prajāsargadhiyo muniḥ upetya nāradaḥ prāha vācaḥ kūṭāni pūrvavat
Approaching them too, O best of kings, as they were intent on begetting offspring, the sage Nārada spoke words of hidden import, as before.
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SB 6 5.30
दाक्षायणाः संशृणुत गदतो निगमं मम अन्विच्छतानुपदवीं भ्रातॄणां भ्रातृवत्सलाः
dākṣāyaṇāḥ saṃśṛṇuta gadato nigamaṃ mama anvicchatānupadavīṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ bhrātṛvatsalāḥ
"Sons of Dakṣa, listen well to the instruction I speak: seek out the path of your brothers, you who are fond of your brothers."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.31
भ्रातॄणां प्रायणं भ्राता यो ऽनुतिष्ठति धर्मवित् स पुण्यबन्धुः पुरुषो मरुद्भिः सह मोदते
bhrātṝṇāṃ prāyaṇaṃ bhrātā yo 'nutiṣṭhati dharmavit sa puṇyabandhuḥ puruṣo marudbhiḥ saha modate
"The brother who, knowing dharma, follows the going-forth of his brothers—that man, kin to merit, rejoices together with the Maruts."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.32
एतावदुक्त्वा प्रययौ नारदो ऽमोघदर्शनः ते ऽपि चान्वगमन् मार्गं भ्रातॄणामेव मारिष
etāvaduktvā prayayau nārado 'moghadarśanaḥ te 'pi cānvagaman mārgaṃ bhrātṝṇāmeva māriṣa
Having said just this much, Nārada, whose appearance is never fruitless, went away; and they too, O worthy one, followed the very path of their brothers.
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SB 6 5.33
सध्रीचीनं प्रतीचीनं परस्यानुपथं गताः नाद्यापि ते निवर्तन्ते पश्चिमा यामिनीरिव
sadhrīcīnaṃ pratīcīnaṃ parasyānupathaṃ gatāḥ nādyāpi te nivartante paścimā yāminīriva
Having gone by the westward-turning road that goes rightly along after the Supreme, even today they do not return, like nights gone by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 5.34
एतस्मिन् काल उत्पातान् बहून् पश्यन् प्रजापतिः पूर्ववन् नारदकृतं पुत्रनाशमुपाशृणोत्
etasmin kāla utpātān bahūn paśyan prajāpatiḥ pūrvavan nāradakṛtaṃ putranāśamupāśṛṇot
At that time, seeing many ill omens, the Prajāpati heard that, as before, the destruction of his sons had been brought about by Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.35
चुक्रोध नारदायासौ पुत्रशोकविमूर्च्छितः देवर्षिमुपलभ्याह रोषाद्विस्फुरिताधरः
cukrodha nāradāyāsau putraśokavimūrcchitaḥ devarṣimupalabhyāha roṣādvisphuritādharaḥ
He, stupefied by grief for his sons, grew angry at Nārada; and meeting the divine sage he spoke, his lip quivering with rage.
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SB 6 5.36
श्रीदक्ष उवाच अहो असाधो साधूनां साधुलिङ्गेन नस्त्वया असाध्वकार्य् अर्भकाणां भिक्षोर्मार्गः प्रदर्शितः
śrīdakṣa uvāca aho asādho sādhūnāṃ sādhuliṅgena nastvayā asādhvakāry arbhakāṇāṃ bhikṣormārgaḥ pradarśitaḥ
Śrī Dakṣa said: Alas, you unholy one, by you with the marks of a holy man an unholy deed has been done to us who are holy: the mendicant's path has been shown to boys.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.37
ऋणैस्त्रिभिरमुक्तानाममीमांसितकर्मणाम् विघातः श्रेयसः पाप लोकयोरुभयोः कृतः
ṛṇaistribhiramuktānāmamīmāṃsitakarmaṇām vighātaḥ śreyasaḥ pāpa lokayorubhayoḥ kṛtaḥ
For those not freed from the three debts, who have not examined the (prescribed) rites, the ruin of their good in both worlds has been wrought (by you), O sinner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.38
एवं त्वं निरनुक्रोशो बालानां मतिभिद्धरेः पार्षदमध्ये चरसि यशोहा निरपत्रपः
evaṃ tvaṃ niranukrośo bālānāṃ matibhiddhareḥ pārṣadamadhye carasi yaśohā nirapatrapaḥ
Thus you, pitiless, a breaker of the minds of children, move about among the attendants of Hari, a destroyer of reputation, shameless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.39
ननु भागवता नित्यं भूतानुग्रहकातराः ऋते त्वां सौहृदघ्नं वै वैरङ्करमवैरिणाम्
nanu bhāgavatā nityaṃ bhūtānugrahakātarāḥ ṛte tvāṃ sauhṛdaghnaṃ vai vairaṅkaramavairiṇām
Surely the devotees of the Lord are always tender with compassion for beings—except you, destroyer of friendship, maker of enmity toward those who are not enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.40
नेत्थं पुंसां विरागः स्यात् त्वया केवलिना मृषा मन्यसे यद्य् उपशमं स्नेहपाशनिकृन्तनम्
netthaṃ puṃsāṃ virāgaḥ syāt tvayā kevalinā mṛṣā manyase yady upaśamaṃ snehapāśanikṛntanam
Detachment does not arise in men in this way; if you, who stand alone, think the cutting of the bonds of affection to be peace, that is false.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.41
नानुभूय न जानाति पुमान् विषयतीक्ष्णताम् निर्विद्यते स्वयं तस्मान् न तथा भिन्नधीः परैः
nānubhūya na jānāti pumān viṣayatīkṣṇatām nirvidyate svayaṃ tasmān na tathā bhinnadhīḥ paraiḥ
Without experiencing it a man does not know the sharpness of sense objects; therefore he grows weary of it himself, and not so when his mind is turned by others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.42
यन् नस्त्वं कर्मसन्धानां साधूनां गृहमेधिनाम् कृतवान् असि दुर्मर्षं विप्रियं तव मर्षितम्
yan nastvaṃ karmasandhānāṃ sādhūnāṃ gṛhamedhinām kṛtavān asi durmarṣaṃ vipriyaṃ tava marṣitam
Since you have done to us—holy householders bound to ritual acts—what is hard to bear, that offense of yours was (once) endured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.43
तन्तुकृन्तन यन् नस्त्वमभद्रमचरः पुनः तस्माल् लोकेषु ते मूढ न भवेद्भ्रमतः पदम्
tantukṛntana yan nastvamabhadramacaraḥ punaḥ tasmāl lokeṣu te mūḍha na bhavedbhramataḥ padam
Cutter of the thread, since you have again done us harm, therefore, fool, may you find no place to stay in the worlds as you wander.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 5.44
श्रीशुक उवाच प्रतिजग्राह तद्बाढं नारदः साधुसम्मतः एतावान् साधुवादो हि तितिक्षेतेश्वरः स्वयम्
śrīśuka uvāca pratijagrāha tadbāḍhaṃ nāradaḥ sādhusammataḥ etāvān sādhuvādo hi titikṣeteśvaraḥ svayam
Śrī Śuka said: Nārada, esteemed by the good, accepted that fully; such is the vow of the good—the master himself would bear it patiently.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition