Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 14
SB 7 14.1
श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाच गृहस्थ एतां पदवीं विधिना येन चाञ्जसा यायाद्देवऋषे ब्रूहि मादृशो गृहमूढधीः
śrīyudhiṣṭhira uvāca gṛhastha etāṃ padavīṃ vidhinā yena cāñjasā yāyāddevaṛṣe brūhi mādṛśo gṛhamūḍhadhīḥ
Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira said: O divine sage, tell (me) by what procedure a householder — one dull-witted about home life, like me — may easily travel this path.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 14.2
श्रीनारद उवाच गृहेष्ववस्थितो राजन् क्रियाः कुर्वन् यथोचिताः वासुदेवार्पणं साक्षादुपासीत महामुनीन्
śrīnārada uvāca gṛheṣvavasthito rājan kriyāḥ kurvan yathocitāḥ vāsudevārpaṇaṃ sākṣādupāsīta mahāmunīn
Śrī Nārada said: O king, remaining in his home and performing the duties as is fitting, offering (them) to Vāsudeva, he should directly serve the great sages.
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SB 7 14.3
शृण्वन् भगवतो ऽभीक्ष्णमवतारकथामृतम् श्रद्दधानो यथाकालमुपशान्तजनावृतः
śṛṇvan bhagavato 'bhīkṣṇamavatārakathāmṛtam śraddadhāno yathākālamupaśāntajanāvṛtaḥ
Constantly hearing, with faith, the nectar of the stories of the Lord's descents, as time allows, surrounded by people who are tranquil;
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SB 7 14.4
सत्सङ्गाच् छनकैः सङ्गमात्मजायात्मजादिषु विमुञ्चेन् मुच्यमानेषु स्वयं स्वप्नवदुत्थितः
satsaṅgāc chanakaiḥ saṅgamātmajāyātmajādiṣu vimuñcen mucyamāneṣu svayaṃ svapnavadutthitaḥ
through the company of the good he should gradually let go of attachment to his own body, his wife, his children and the rest — as they themselves are being released — like one who has awakened from a dream.
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SB 7 14.5
यावदर्थमुपासीनो देहे गेहे च पण्डितः विरक्तो रक्तवत् तत्र नृलोके नरतां न्यसेत्
yāvadarthamupāsīno dehe gehe ca paṇḍitaḥ virakto raktavat tatra nṛloke naratāṃ nyaset
The learned man, occupying himself with body and home only so far as there is purpose (in it), detached yet behaving as though attached, should there in the world of men lay aside his manhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 14.6
ज्ञातयः पितरौ पुत्रा भ्रातरः सुहृदो ऽपरे यद्वदन्ति यदिच्छन्ति चानुमोदेत निर्ममः
jñātayaḥ pitarau putrā bhrātaraḥ suhṛdo 'pare yadvadanti yadicchanti cānumodeta nirmamaḥ
Whatever kinsmen, parents, sons, brothers and other friends say and whatever they wish, he should assent to, being free of the sense of 'mine'.
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SB 7 14.7
दिव्यं भौमं चान्तरीक्षं वित्तमच्युतनिर्मितम् तत् सर्वमुपयुञ्जान एतत् कुर्यात् स्वतो बुधः
divyaṃ bhaumaṃ cāntarīkṣaṃ vittamacyutanirmitam tat sarvamupayuñjāna etat kuryāt svato budhaḥ
Wealth heavenly, earthly and of the middle region is fashioned by the imperishable Lord; making use of all that, the wise man should do this of his own accord.
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SB 7 14.8
यावद्भ्रियेत जठरं तावत् स्वत्वं हि देहिनाम् अधिकं यो ऽभिमन्येत स स्तेनो दण्डमर्हति
yāvadbhriyeta jaṭharaṃ tāvat svatvaṃ hi dehinām adhikaṃ yo 'bhimanyeta sa steno daṇḍamarhati
As much as fills the belly, so much indeed is the ownership of embodied beings; whoever claims more than that is a thief and deserves punishment.
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SB 7 14.9
मृगोष्ट्रखरमर्काखु सरीसृप् खगमक्षिकाः आत्मनः पुत्रवत् पश्येत् तैरेषामन्तरं कियत्
mṛgoṣṭrakharamarkākhu sarīsṛp khagamakṣikāḥ ātmanaḥ putravat paśyet taireṣāmantaraṃ kiyat
Deer, camels, asses, monkeys, mice, creeping things, birds and flies — one should look on them as one's own sons; for how little difference is there between them and these (sons)!
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SB 7 14.10
त्रिवर्गं नातिकृच्छ्रेण भजेत गृहमेध्यपि यथादेशं यथाकालं यावद्दैवोपपादितम्
trivargaṃ nātikṛcchreṇa bhajeta gṛhamedhyapi yathādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ yāvaddaivopapāditam
Even the householder should pursue the three aims (dharma, wealth, pleasure) without excessive strain, according to place and time, only so far as fate has provided.
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SB 7 14.11
आश्वाघान्ते ऽवसायिभ्यः कामान् संविभजेद्यथा अप्येकामात्मनो दारां नृणां स्वत्वग्रहो यतः
āśvāghānte 'vasāyibhyaḥ kāmān saṃvibhajedyathā apyekāmātmano dārāṃ nṛṇāṃ svatvagraho yataḥ
He should share out enjoyments duly with (all), from dogs and outcastes down to the lowest, and even his one wife who is his own — since it is here that men's grasping of ownership (lies).
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SB 7 14.12
जह्याद्यदर्थे स्वान् प्राणान् हन्याद्वा पितरं गुरुम् तस्यां स्वत्वं स्त्रियां जह्याद्यस्तेन ह्यजितो जितः
jahyādyadarthe svān prāṇān hanyādvā pitaraṃ gurum tasyāṃ svatvaṃ striyāṃ jahyādyastena hyajito jitaḥ
For whose sake one would give up one's own life, or kill father or teacher — in her, in that woman, one should relinquish ownership; for by that (relinquishing) the unconquered one is conquered.
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SB 7 14.13
कृमिविड्भस्मनिष्ठान्तं क्वेदं तुच्छं कलेवरम् क्व तदीयरतिर्भार्या क्वायमात्मा नभश्छदिः
kṛmiviḍbhasmaniṣṭhāntaṃ kvedaṃ tucchaṃ kalevaram kva tadīyaratirbhāryā kvāyamātmā nabhaśchadiḥ
Where is this paltry body, which ends up as worms, dung or ashes? Where the wife, who is the delight in it? And where this self, which is the coverer of the sky?
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SB 7 14.14
सिद्धैर्यज्ञावशिष्टार्थैः कल्पयेद्वृत्तिमात्मनः शेषे स्वत्वं त्यजन् प्राज्ञः पदवीं महतामियात्
siddhairyajñāvaśiṣṭārthaiḥ kalpayedvṛttimātmanaḥ śeṣe svatvaṃ tyajan prājñaḥ padavīṃ mahatāmiyāt
With the ready goods left over from sacrifice the wise man should arrange his own livelihood; giving up ownership of the remainder, he attains the path of the great ones.
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SB 7 14.15
देवान् ऋषीन् नृभूतानि पितॄन् आत्मानमन्वहम् स्ववृत्त्यागतवित्तेन यजेत पुरुषं पृथक्
devān ṛṣīn nṛbhūtāni pitṝn ātmānamanvaham svavṛttyāgatavittena yajeta puruṣaṃ pṛthak
With wealth obtained through his own occupation he should day by day worship the Person separately (in the form of) the gods, the sages, men and (other) beings, the forefathers, and himself.
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SB 7 14.16
यर्ह्यात्मनो ऽधिकाराद्याः सर्वाः स्युर्यज्ञसम्पदः वैतानिकेन विधिना अग्निहोत्रादिना यजेत्
yarhyātmano 'dhikārādyāḥ sarvāḥ syuryajñasampadaḥ vaitānikena vidhinā agnihotrādinā yajet
When one possesses eligibility and the rest, all the requisites for sacrifice, he should sacrifice by the vaitānika procedure, with the agnihotra and the rest.
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SB 7 14.17
न ह्यग्निमुखतो ऽयं वै भगवान् सर्वयज्ञभुक् इज्येत हविषा राजन् यथा विप्रमुखे हुतैः
na hyagnimukhato 'yaṃ vai bhagavān sarvayajñabhuk ijyeta haviṣā rājan yathā vipramukhe hutaiḥ
For this Lord, the enjoyer of all sacrifices, is not so worshipped by oblation offered through the mouth of fire, O king, as by what is offered into the mouth of a brahmin.
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SB 7 14.18
तस्माद्ब्राह्मणदेवेषु मर्त्यादिषु यथार्हतः तैस्तैः कामैर्यजस्वैनं क्षेत्रज्ञं ब्राह्मणान् अनु
tasmādbrāhmaṇadeveṣu martyādiṣu yathārhataḥ taistaiḥ kāmairyajasvainaṃ kṣetrajñaṃ brāhmaṇān anu
Therefore, in the brahmins who are (your) gods, and in mortals and the rest, as each deserves, worship him, the knower of the field, with those various desired offerings — the brahmins first.
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SB 7 14.19
कुर्यादपरपक्षीयं मासि प्रौष्ठपदे द्विजः श्राद्धं पित्रोर्यथावित्तं तद्बन्धूनां च वित्तवान्
kuryādaparapakṣīyaṃ māsi prauṣṭhapade dvijaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitroryathāvittaṃ tadbandhūnāṃ ca vittavān
A twice-born should perform, in the dark fortnight of the month Prauṣṭhapada, the śrāddha for his parents according to his means, and, if he has wealth, for their kinsmen also.
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SB 7 14.20
अयने विषुवे कुर्याद्व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये चन्द्रादित्योपरागे च द्वादश्यां श्रवणेषु च
ayane viṣuve kuryādvyatīpāte dinakṣaye candrādityoparāge ca dvādaśyāṃ śravaṇeṣu ca
He should perform (it) at a solstice, at an equinox, at a vyatīpāta, on a day-loss (tithi), and at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, and on a twelfth, and at (the times of) the Śravaṇa asterisms.
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SB 7 14.21
तृतीयायां शुक्लपक्षे नवम्यामथ कार्तिके चतसृष्वप्यष्टकासु हेमन्ते शिशिरे तथा
tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklapakṣe navamyāmatha kārtike catasṛṣvapyaṣṭakāsu hemante śiśire tathā
On the third of the bright fortnight, and on the ninth, in Kārtika; also on all four aṣṭakās, in the cool season and likewise in the cold season.
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SB 7 14.22
माघे च सितसप्तम्यां मघाराकासमागमे राकया चानुमत्या च मासर्क्षाणि युतान्यपि
māghe ca sitasaptamyāṃ maghārākāsamāgame rākayā cānumatyā ca māsarkṣāṇi yutānyapi
And in Māgha on the bright seventh; at the meeting of Maghā with the full-moon day; and on the rākā and anumati days; and also on days when the month-names and the asterisms coincide.
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SB 7 14.23
द्वादश्यामनुराधा स्याच् छ्रवणस्तिस्र उत्तराः तिसृष्वेकादशी वासु जन्मर्क्षश्रोणयोगयुक्
dvādaśyāmanurādhā syāc chravaṇastisra uttarāḥ tisṛṣvekādaśī vāsu janmarkṣaśroṇayogayuk
When Anurādhā falls on a twelfth, or Śravaṇa, or the three Uttarā (asterisms); or an eleventh (falling) on three of these; or (a day) conjoined with one's birth-asterism or with Śroṇā.
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SB 7 14.24
त एते श्रेयसः काला नॄणां श्रेयोविवर्धनाः कुर्यात् सर्वात्मनैतेषु श्रेयो ऽमोघं तदायुषः
ta ete śreyasaḥ kālā nṝṇāṃ śreyovivardhanāḥ kuryāt sarvātmanaiteṣu śreyo 'moghaṃ tadāyuṣaḥ
These are the more auspicious times, which increase men's welfare; on these one should, with one's whole being, do what is good — that makes one's life not fruitless.
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SB 7 14.25
एषु स्नानं जपो होमो व्रतं देवद्विजार्चनम् पितृदेवनृभूतेभ्यो यद्दत्तं तद्ध्यनश्वरम्
eṣu snānaṃ japo homo vrataṃ devadvijārcanam pitṛdevanṛbhūtebhyo yaddattaṃ taddhyanaśvaram
On these (days) bathing, recitation, oblation, vow, worship of gods and of the twice-born; whatever is given to the fathers, the gods, men and (other) beings — that indeed is imperishable.
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SB 7 14.26
संस्कारकालो जायाया अपत्यस्यात्मनस्तथा प्रेतसंस्था मृताहश्च कर्मण्यभ्युदये नृप
saṃskārakālo jāyāyā apatyasyātmanastathā pretasaṃsthā mṛtāhaśca karmaṇyabhyudaye nṛpa
(So too is) the time of the rites of consecration for one's wife, one's offspring, and oneself; the funeral rites and the death-anniversary; and, O king, at a rite for prosperity.
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SB 7 14.27
अथ देशान् प्रवक्ष्यामि धर्मादिश्रेयाअवहान् स वै पुण्यतमो देशः सत्पात्रं यत्र लभ्यते
atha deśān pravakṣyāmi dharmādiśreyāavahān sa vai puṇyatamo deśaḥ satpātraṃ yatra labhyate
Now I shall declare the places that bring the goods beginning with dharma: that place is indeed the most holy where a worthy recipient is found.
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SB 7 14.28
बिम्बं भगवतो यत्र सर्वमेतच् चराचरम् यत्र ह ब्राह्मणकुलं तपोविद्यादयान्वितम्
bimbaṃ bhagavato yatra sarvametac carācaram yatra ha brāhmaṇakulaṃ tapovidyādayānvitam
Where there is an image of the Lord (in whom is) all this moving and unmoving; and where there is a family of brahmins endowed with austerity, learning and compassion.
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SB 7 14.29
यत्र यत्र हरेरर्चा स देशः श्रेयसां पदम् यत्र गङ्गादयो नद्यः पुराणेषु च विश्रुताः
yatra yatra harerarcā sa deśaḥ śreyasāṃ padam yatra gaṅgādayo nadyaḥ purāṇeṣu ca viśrutāḥ
Wherever there is worship of Hari, that place is a seat of good things; where (there are) the Ganges and the other rivers celebrated in the Purāṇas;
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SB 7 14.30
सरांसि पुष्करादीनि क्षेत्राण्यर्हाश्रितान्युत कुरुक्षेत्रं गयशिरः प्रयागः पुलहाश्रमः
sarāṃsi puṣkarādīni kṣetrāṇyarhāśritānyuta kurukṣetraṃ gayaśiraḥ prayāgaḥ pulahāśramaḥ
and the lakes, Puṣkara and the rest, and the sacred fields resorted to by the worthy; Kurukṣetra, Gayaśiras, Prayāga, the hermitage of Pulaha;
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SB 7 14.31
नैमिषं फाल्गुनं सेतुः प्रभासो ऽथ कुशस्थली वाराणसी मधुपुरी पम्पा बिन्दुसरस्तथा
naimiṣaṃ phālgunaṃ setuḥ prabhāso 'tha kuśasthalī vārāṇasī madhupurī pampā bindusarastathā
Naimiṣa, Phālguna, the Bridge (Setu), Prabhāsa, and Kuśasthalī, Vārāṇasī, Madhupurī, Pampā, and likewise Bindusaras;
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SB 7 14.32
नारायणाश्रमो नन्दा सीतारामाश्रमादयः सर्वे कुलाचला राजन् महेन्द्रमलयादयः
nārāyaṇāśramo nandā sītārāmāśramādayaḥ sarve kulācalā rājan mahendramalayādayaḥ
the hermitage of Nārāyaṇa, Nandā, the hermitages of Sītā and Rāma and the rest, and all the principal mountains, O king — Mahendra, Malaya and the others.
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SB 7 14.33
एते पुण्यतमा देशा हरेरर्चाश्रिताश्च ये एतान् देशान् निषेवेत श्रेयस्कामो ह्यभीक्ष्णशः धर्मो ह्यत्रेहितः पुंसां सहस्राधिफलोदयः
ete puṇyatamā deśā harerarcāśritāśca ye etān deśān niṣeveta śreyaskāmo hyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ dharmo hyatrehitaḥ puṃsāṃ sahasrādhiphalodayaḥ
These are the most holy places, and those which are seats of Hari's worship; one who desires welfare should resort to these places constantly, for a religious act performed here yields men fruit more than a thousandfold.
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SB 7 14.34
पात्रं त्वत्र निरुक्तं वै कविभिः पात्रवित्तमैः हरिरेवैक उर्वीश यन्मयं वै चराचरम्
pātraṃ tvatra niruktaṃ vai kavibhiḥ pātravittamaiḥ harirevaika urvīśa yanmayaṃ vai carācaram
But as for the recipient here, it has been declared by seers who best know recipients: Hari alone is the one, O lord of the earth, of whom all this moving and unmoving consists.
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SB 7 14.35
देवर्ष्यर्हत्सु वै सत्सु तत्र ब्रह्मात्मजादिषु राजन् यदग्रपूजायां मतः पात्रतयाच्युतः
devarṣyarhatsu vai satsu tatra brahmātmajādiṣu rājan yadagrapūjāyāṃ mataḥ pātratayācyutaḥ
For, O king, when gods, sages and worthy ones were present there — Brahmā's own sons and the rest — Acyuta was held to be the (proper) recipient in the foremost worship.
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SB 7 14.36
जीवराशिभिराकीर्ण अण्डकोशाङ्घ्रिपो महान् तन्मूलत्वादच्युतेज्या सर्वजीवात्मतर्पणम्
jīvarāśibhirākīrṇa aṇḍakośāṅghripo mahān tanmūlatvādacyutejyā sarvajīvātmatarpaṇam
The great tree that is the shell of the universe is crowded with hosts of living beings; since he is its root, worship of Acyuta is the gratification of the selves of all living beings.
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SB 7 14.37
पुराण्यनेन सृष्टानि नृतिर्यगृषिदेवताः शेते जीवेन रूपेण पुरेषु पुरुषो ह्यसौ
purāṇyanena sṛṣṭāni nṛtiryagṛṣidevatāḥ śete jīvena rūpeṇa pureṣu puruṣo hyasau
The cities (bodies) created by him are men, animals, sages and gods; and he lies in those cities in the form of the individual living being — for he is the Puruṣa, the dweller in the city.
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SB 7 14.38
तेष्वेव भगवान् राजंस्तारतम्येन वर्तते तस्मात् पात्रं हि पुरुषो यावान् आत्मा यथेयते
teṣveva bhagavān rājaṃstāratamyena vartate tasmāt pātraṃ hi puruṣo yāvān ātmā yatheyate
In these very (beings), O king, the Lord is present in differing degrees; therefore a person is a fit recipient (of offering) in proportion to how much of the Self appears (in him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 14.39
दृष्ट्वा तेषां मिथो नृणामवज्ञानात्मतां नृप त्रेतादिषु हरेरर्चा क्रियायै कविभिः कृता
dṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ mitho nṛṇāmavajñānātmatāṃ nṛpa tretādiṣu harerarcā kriyāyai kavibhiḥ kṛtā
Seeing that men have among themselves a disposition of mutual disregard, O king, in the Tretā and later ages the worship of Hari in an image was instituted by the wise for the sake of ritual practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 14.40
ततो ऽर्चायां हरिं केचित् संश्रद्धाय सपर्यया उपासत उपास्तापि नार्थदा पुरुषद्विषाम्
tato 'rcāyāṃ hariṃ kecit saṃśraddhāya saparyayā upāsata upāstāpi nārthadā puruṣadviṣām
Thereafter some, placing faith in Hari in the image, worship (him) with rites of service; but even that worship yields no result for those who despise (their fellow) men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 14.41
पुरुषेष्वपि राजेन्द्र सुपात्रं ब्राह्मणं विदुः तपसा विद्यया तुष्ट्या धत्ते वेदं हरेस्तनुम्
puruṣeṣvapi rājendra supātraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ tapasā vidyayā tuṣṭyā dhatte vedaṃ harestanum
Among persons too, O foremost of kings, they know the brāhmaṇa to be the best recipient; by austerity, learning and contentment he holds the Veda, the very body of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 14.42
नन्वस्य ब्राह्मणा राजन् कृष्णस्य जगदात्मनः पुनन्तः पादरजसा त्रिलोकीं दैवतं महत्
nanvasya brāhmaṇā rājan kṛṣṇasya jagadātmanaḥ punantaḥ pādarajasā trilokīṃ daivataṃ mahat
Surely, O king, the brāhmaṇas, purifying the three worlds with the dust of their feet, are the great deity of this Kṛṣṇa, the Self of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition