Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 2
SB 7 2.1
श्रीनारद उवाच भ्रातर्येवं विनिहते हरिणा क्रोडमूर्तिना हिरण्यकशिपू राजन् पर्यतप्यद्रुषा शुचा
śrīnārada uvāca bhrātaryevaṃ vinihate hariṇā kroḍamūrtinā hiraṇyakaśipū rājan paryatapyadruṣā śucā
Śrī Nārada said: When his brother had thus been slain by Hari in the form of a boar, Hiraṇyakaśipu, O king, burned with rage and grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.2
आह चेदं रुषा पूर्णः सन्दष्टदशनच्छदः कोपोज्ज्वलद्भ्यां चक्षुर्भ्यां निरीक्षन् धूम्रमम्बरम्
āha cedaṃ ruṣā pūrṇaḥ sandaṣṭadaśanacchadaḥ kopojjvaladbhyāṃ cakṣurbhyāṃ nirīkṣan dhūmramambaram
And, filled with fury, biting his lips, gazing with eyes blazing with anger at the sky (till it seemed) smoke-darkened, he said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.3
करालदंष्ट्रोग्रदृष्ट्या दुष्प्रेक्ष्यभ्रुकुटीमुखः शूलमुद्यम्य सदसि दानवान् इदमब्रवीत्
karāladaṃṣṭrogradṛṣṭyā duṣprekṣyabhrukuṭīmukhaḥ śūlamudyamya sadasi dānavān idamabravīt
With his terrible fangs and fierce glance, his face with knitted brows hard to look upon, raising his trident, he spoke thus to the Dānavas in the assembly:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.4
भो भो दानवदैतेया द्विमूर्धंस्त्र्यक्ष शम्बर शतबाहो हयग्रीव नमुचे पाक इल्वल
bho bho dānavadaiteyā dvimūrdhaṃstryakṣa śambara śatabāho hayagrīva namuce pāka ilvala
Ho, ho, Dānavas and sons of Diti! Dvimūrdhan, Tryakṣa, Śambara, Śatabāhu, Hayagrīva, Namuci, Pāka, Ilvala,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.5
विप्रचित्ते मम वचः पुलोमन् शकुनादयः शृणुतानन्तरं सर्वे क्रियतामाशु मा चिरम्
vipracitte mama vacaḥ puloman śakunādayaḥ śṛṇutānantaraṃ sarve kriyatāmāśu mā ciram
Vipracitti, Puloman, Śakuna and the rest — hear my word; then let it all be done at once by you all, without delay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.6
सपत्नैर्घातितः क्षुद्रैर्भ्राता मे दयितः सुहृत् पार्ष्णिग्राहेण हरिणा समेनाप्युपधावनैः
sapatnairghātitaḥ kṣudrairbhrātā me dayitaḥ suhṛt pārṣṇigrāheṇa hariṇā samenāpyupadhāvanaiḥ
My beloved brother, my well-wisher, was killed by petty rivals, with Hari as their heel-catcher (backer) — he who, though impartial, (was won over) by their importunings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.7
तस्य त्यक्तस्वभावस्य घृणेर्मायावनौकसः भजन्तं भजमानस्य बालस्येवास्थिरात्मनः
tasya tyaktasvabhāvasya ghṛṇermāyāvanaukasaḥ bhajantaṃ bhajamānasya bālasyevāsthirātmanaḥ
He (Hari) has abandoned his own nature, is contemptible, dwells in the forest of illusion, favours whoever worships him, and is unsteady of mind like a child —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.8
मच्छूलभिन्नग्रीवस्य भूरिणा रुधिरेण वै असृक्प्रियं तर्पयिष्ये भ्रातरं मे गतव्यथः
macchūlabhinnagrīvasya bhūriṇā rudhireṇa vai asṛkpriyaṃ tarpayiṣye bhrātaraṃ me gatavyathaḥ
— with his neck pierced by my trident, with his abundant blood I shall satisfy my brother, who was fond of blood, and (so) become free from pain.
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SB 7 2.9
तस्मिन् कूटे ऽहिते नष्टे कृत्तमूले वनस्पतौ विटपा इव शुष्यन्ति विष्णुप्राणा दिवौकसः
tasmin kūṭe 'hite naṣṭe kṛttamūle vanaspatau viṭapā iva śuṣyanti viṣṇuprāṇā divaukasaḥ
When that deceitful enemy is destroyed, the dwellers in heaven, whose life is Viṣṇu, will wither like the branches of a great tree whose root has been cut.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.10
तावद्यात भुवं यूयं ब्रह्मक्षत्रसमेधिताम् सूदयध्वं तपोयज्ञ स्वाध्यायव्रतदानिनः
tāvadyāta bhuvaṃ yūyaṃ brahmakṣatrasamedhitām sūdayadhvaṃ tapoyajña svādhyāyavratadāninaḥ
Meanwhile go you to the earth, which is made to flourish by brahmins and kṣatriyas, and destroy those who practise austerity, sacrifice, Vedic study, vows and giving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.11
विष्णुर्द्विजक्रियामूलो यज्ञो धर्ममयः पुमान् देवर्षिपितृभूतानां धर्मस्य च परायणम्
viṣṇurdvijakriyāmūlo yajño dharmamayaḥ pumān devarṣipitṛbhūtānāṃ dharmasya ca parāyaṇam
Viṣṇu has the rites of the twice-born as his root; he is sacrifice, the Person made of dharma, and the final resort of the gods, sages, ancestors and beings, and of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.12
यत्र यत्र द्विजा गावो वेदा वर्णाश्रमक्रियाः तं तं जनपदं यात सन्दीपयत वृश्चत
yatra yatra dvijā gāvo vedā varṇāśramakriyāḥ taṃ taṃ janapadaṃ yāta sandīpayata vṛścata
Wherever there are brahmins, cows, Vedas, and the rites of the classes and stages of life — to each such country go, set it aflame, cut it down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.13
इति ते भर्तृनिर्देशमादाय शिरसादृताः तथा प्रजानां कदनं विदधुः कदनप्रियाः
iti te bhartṛnirdeśamādāya śirasādṛtāḥ tathā prajānāṃ kadanaṃ vidadhuḥ kadanapriyāḥ
Thus, receiving their master's command with respectful bowing of the head, they, who delighted in slaughter, accordingly carried out the slaughter of the people.
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SB 7 2.14
पुरग्रामव्रजोद्यान क्षेत्रारामाश्रमाकरान् खेटखर्वटघोषांश्च ददहुः पत्तनानि च
puragrāmavrajodyāna kṣetrārāmāśramākarān kheṭakharvaṭaghoṣāṃśca dadahuḥ pattanāni ca
They burned cities, villages, cattle-pens, gardens, fields, orchards, hermitages and mines, and hamlets, small towns, cowherd settlements and market-towns.
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SB 7 2.15
केचित् खनित्रैर्बिभिदुः सेतुप्राकारगोपुरान् आजीव्यांश्चिच्छिदुर्वृक्षान् केचित् परशुपाणयः प्रादहन् शरणान्येके प्रजानां ज्वलितोल्मुकैः
kecit khanitrairbibhiduḥ setuprākāragopurān ājīvyāṃścicchidurvṛkṣān kecit paraśupāṇayaḥ prādahan śaraṇānyeke prajānāṃ jvalitolmukaiḥ
Some with spades broke apart dams, ramparts and gateways; some, axes in hand, cut down trees that provided livelihood; others burned the dwellings of the people with blazing firebrands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.16
एवं विप्रकृते लोके दैत्येन्द्रानुचरैर्मुहुः दिवं देवाः परित्यज्य भुवि चेरुरलक्षिताः
evaṃ viprakṛte loke daityendrānucarairmuhuḥ divaṃ devāḥ parityajya bhuvi ceruralakṣitāḥ
When the world was thus repeatedly injured by the followers of the lord of the Daityas, the gods abandoned heaven and wandered on the earth unrecognized.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.17
हिरण्यकशिपुर्भ्रातुः सम्परेतस्य दुःखितः कृत्वा कटोदकादीनि भ्रातृपुत्रान् असान्त्वयत्
hiraṇyakaśipurbhrātuḥ samparetasya duḥkhitaḥ kṛtvā kaṭodakādīni bhrātṛputrān asāntvayat
Hiraṇyakaśipu, grieved for his brother who had died, performed the funeral water-offerings and the rest, and then consoled his brother's sons.
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SB 7 2.18
शकुनिं शम्बरं धृष्टिं भूतसन्तापनं वृकम् कालनाभं महानाभं हरिश्मश्रुमथोत्कचम्
śakuniṃ śambaraṃ dhṛṣṭiṃ bhūtasantāpanaṃ vṛkam kālanābhaṃ mahānābhaṃ hariśmaśrumathotkacam
(He consoled) Śakuni, Śambara, Dhṛṣṭi, Bhūtasantāpana, Vṛka, Kālanābha, Mahānābha, Hariśmaśru, and Utkaca;
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SB 7 2.19
तन्मातरं रुषाभानुं दितिं च जननीं गिरा श्लक्ष्णया देशकालज्ञ इदमाह जनेश्वर
tanmātaraṃ ruṣābhānuṃ ditiṃ ca jananīṃ girā ślakṣṇayā deśakālajña idamāha janeśvara
and their mother Ruṣābhānu, and Diti his own mother — to them, O lord of men, knowing the place and the time, he spoke this with gentle speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.20
श्रीहिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच अम्बाम्ब हे वधूः पुत्रा वीरं मार्हथ शोचितुम् रिपोरभिमुखे श्लाघ्यः शूराणां वध ईप्सितः
śrīhiraṇyakaśipuruvāca ambāmba he vadhūḥ putrā vīraṃ mārhatha śocitum riporabhimukhe ślāghyaḥ śūrāṇāṃ vadha īpsitaḥ
Śrī Hiraṇyakaśipu said: Mother, dear mother, O wives, O sons, you should not mourn for a hero; for warriors, death in the face of the enemy is praiseworthy and to be desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.21
भूतानामिह संवासः प्रपायामिव सुव्रते दैवेनैकत्र नीतानामुन्नीतानां स्वकर्मभिः
bhūtānāmiha saṃvāsaḥ prapāyāmiva suvrate daivenaikatra nītānāmunnītānāṃ svakarmabhiḥ
The dwelling together of beings here, O you of good vows, is like (that of travellers) at a public water-shed — of those brought together in one place by fate and led away by their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.22
नित्य आत्माव्ययः शुद्धः सर्वगः सर्ववित् परः धत्ते ऽसावात्मनो लिङ्गं मायया विसृजन् गुणान्
nitya ātmāvyayaḥ śuddhaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvavit paraḥ dhatte 'sāvātmano liṅgaṃ māyayā visṛjan guṇān
The self is eternal, undecaying, pure, all-pervading, all-knowing, and beyond; that (self) assumes a bodily mark of its own, sending forth the guṇas by māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.23
यथाम्भसा प्रचलता तरवो ऽपि चला इव चक्षुषा भ्राम्यमाणेन दृश्यते चलतीव भूः
yathāmbhasā pracalatā taravo 'pi calā iva cakṣuṣā bhrāmyamāṇena dṛśyate calatīva bhūḥ
Just as, when the water is moving, the trees too (appear) as if moving, and with the eye whirling around the earth is seen as if turning,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.24
एवं गुणैर्भ्राम्यमाणे मनस्यविकलः पुमान् याति तत्साम्यतां भद्रे ह्यलिङ्गो लिङ्गवान् इव
evaṃ guṇairbhrāmyamāṇe manasyavikalaḥ pumān yāti tatsāmyatāṃ bhadre hyaliṅgo liṅgavān iva
so, when the mind is whirled about by the guṇas, a man who is undiscerning goes into likeness with it, O good lady — though markless, as if possessed of a mark (a body).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.25
एष आत्मविपर्यासो ह्यलिङ्गे लिङ्गभावना एष प्रियाप्रियैर्योगो वियोगः कर्मसंसृतिः
eṣa ātmaviparyāso hyaliṅge liṅgabhāvanā eṣa priyāpriyairyogo viyogaḥ karmasaṃsṛtiḥ
This is the inversion of the self: the imagining of a body in the bodiless; this is union and separation with the pleasant and unpleasant, the round of transmigration through works.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.26
सम्भवश्च विनाशश्च शोकश्च विविधः स्मृतः अविवेकश्च चिन्ता च विवेकास्मृतिरेव च
sambhavaśca vināśaśca śokaśca vividhaḥ smṛtaḥ avivekaśca cintā ca vivekāsmṛtireva ca
And (from this) are held to come birth and destruction, grief of many kinds, non-discrimination, anxiety, and the forgetting of discrimination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.27
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् यमस्य प्रेतबन्धूनां संवादं तं निबोधत
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam yamasya pretabandhūnāṃ saṃvādaṃ taṃ nibodhata
On this too they recite this ancient tale, the conversation of Yama with the kinsmen of a dead man — hear it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.28
उशीनरेष्वभूद्राजा सुयज्ञ इति विश्रुतः सपत्नैर्निहतो युद्धे ज्ञातयस्तमुपासत
uśīnareṣvabhūdrājā suyajña iti viśrutaḥ sapatnairnihato yuddhe jñātayastamupāsata
Among the Uśīnaras there was a king renowned as Suyajña. Struck down in battle by his rivals, his relatives sat around him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.29
विशीर्णरत्नकवचं विभ्रष्टाभरणस्रजम् शरनिर्भिन्नहृदयं शयानमसृगाविलम्
viśīrṇaratnakavacaṃ vibhraṣṭābharaṇasrajam śaranirbhinnahṛdayaṃ śayānamasṛgāvilam
His jewelled armour shattered, his ornaments and garlands fallen off, his heart pierced through by an arrow, lying smeared with blood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.30
प्रकीर्णकेशं ध्वस्ताक्षं रभसा दष्टदच्छदम् रजःकुण्ठमुखाम्भोजं छिन्नायुधभुजं मृधे
prakīrṇakeśaṃ dhvastākṣaṃ rabhasā daṣṭadacchadam rajaḥkuṇṭhamukhāmbhojaṃ chinnāyudhabhujaṃ mṛdhe
his hair scattered, his eyes destroyed, his lip bitten in fury, his lotus face soiled with dust, his arms and weapons cut off in the fight —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.31
उशीनरेन्द्रं विधिना तथा कृतं पतिं महिष्यः प्रसमीक्ष्य दुःखिताः हताः स्म नाथेति करैरुरो भृशं घ्नन्त्यो मुहुस्तत्पदयोरुपापतन्
uśīnarendraṃ vidhinā tathā kṛtaṃ patiṃ mahiṣyaḥ prasamīkṣya duḥkhitāḥ hatāḥ sma nātheti karairuro bhṛśaṃ ghnantyo muhustatpadayorupāpatan
seeing their husband, the lord of the Uśīnaras, thus made (so) by fate, the queens, grief-stricken, crying "We are slain, O lord!", beating their breasts hard with their hands, fell again and again at his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.32
रुदत्य उच्चैर्दयिताङ्घ्रिपङ्कजं सिञ्चन्त्य अस्रैः कुचकुङ्कुमारुणैः विस्रस्तकेशाभरणाः शुचं नृणां सृजन्त्य आक्रन्दनया विलेपिरे
rudatya uccairdayitāṅghripaṅkajaṃ siñcantya asraiḥ kucakuṅkumāruṇaiḥ visrastakeśābharaṇāḥ śucaṃ nṛṇāṃ sṛjantya ākrandanayā vilepire
Weeping aloud, drenching their beloved's lotus feet with tears reddened by the kuṅkuma of their breasts, their hair and ornaments loosened, they lamented with a wailing that produced grief in (all) men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.33
अहो विधात्राकरुणेन नः प्रभो भवान् प्रणीतो दृगगोचरां दशाम् उशीनराणामसि वृत्तिदः पुरा कृतो ऽधुना येन शुचां विवर्धनः
aho vidhātrākaruṇena naḥ prabho bhavān praṇīto dṛgagocarāṃ daśām uśīnarāṇāmasi vṛttidaḥ purā kṛto 'dhunā yena śucāṃ vivardhanaḥ
Alas, O lord, by the merciless Ordainer you have been led to a state beyond the reach of our eyes. Formerly you were the giver of livelihood to the Uśīnaras; now by him you have been made an increaser of sorrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.34
त्वया कृतज्ञेन वयं महीपते कथं विना स्याम सुहृत्तमेन ते तत्रानुयानं तव वीर पादयोः शुश्रूषतीनां दिश यत्र यास्यसि
tvayā kṛtajñena vayaṃ mahīpate kathaṃ vinā syāma suhṛttamena te tatrānuyānaṃ tava vīra pādayoḥ śuśrūṣatīnāṃ diśa yatra yāsyasi
O king, how shall we be without you, the grateful one, your own dearest friend? O hero, show us the way to follow after your feet there, wherever you go — we who wish to serve them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.35
एवं विलपतीनां वै परिगृह्य मृतं पतिम् अनिच्छतीनां निर्हारमर्को ऽस्तं सन्न्यवर्तत
evaṃ vilapatīnāṃ vai parigṛhya mṛtaṃ patim anicchatīnāṃ nirhāramarko 'staṃ sannyavartata
As they lamented thus, clasping their dead husband and unwilling for his removal (for cremation), the sun went round to its setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.36
तत्र ह प्रेतबन्धूनामाश्रुत्य परिदेवितम् आह तान् बालको भूत्वा यमः स्वयमुपागतः
tatra ha pretabandhūnāmāśrutya paridevitam āha tān bālako bhūtvā yamaḥ svayamupāgataḥ
There indeed, having heard the lamentation of the dead man's kinsmen, Yama himself came near, becoming a boy, and spoke to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.37
श्रीयम उवाच अहो अमीषां वयसाधिकानां विपश्यतां लोकविधिं विमोहः यत्रागतस्तत्र गतं मनुष्यं स्वयं सधर्मा अपि शोचन्त्यपार्थम्
śrīyama uvāca aho amīṣāṃ vayasādhikānāṃ vipaśyatāṃ lokavidhiṃ vimohaḥ yatrāgatastatra gataṃ manuṣyaṃ svayaṃ sadharmā api śocantyapārtham
Śrī Yama said: Ah, the bewilderment of these people, who are advanced in years and (yet) look on at the way of the world! When a man has gone to that place from which he came, those who share his very condition grieve for him to no purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.38
अहो वयं धन्यतमा यदत्र त्यक्ताः पितृभ्यां न विचिन्तयामः अभक्ष्यमाणा अबला वृकादिभिः स रक्षिता रक्षति यो हि गर्भे
aho vayaṃ dhanyatamā yadatra tyaktāḥ pitṛbhyāṃ na vicintayāmaḥ abhakṣyamāṇā abalā vṛkādibhiḥ sa rakṣitā rakṣati yo hi garbhe
Ah, we are most fortunate, in that, abandoned here by our parents, we do not worry, being weak and uneaten by wolves and the rest: for he who protected (us) in the womb protects (us still).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.39
य इच्छयेशः सृजतीदमव्ययो य एव रक्षत्यवलुम्पते च यः तस्याबलाः क्रीडनमाहुरीशितुश् चराचरं निग्रहसङ्ग्रहे प्रभुः
ya icchayeśaḥ sṛjatīdamavyayo ya eva rakṣatyavalumpate ca yaḥ tasyābalāḥ krīḍanamāhurīśituś carācaraṃ nigrahasaṅgrahe prabhuḥ
The Lord who, imperishable, creates this (world) by his will, who likewise protects it and who tears it away — the moving and unmoving, O weak ones, they call the play of that ruler, who is master in withholding and in gathering up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.40
पथि च्युतं तिष्ठति दिष्टरक्षितं गृहे स्थितं तद्विहतं विनश्यति जीवत्यनाथो ऽपि तदीक्षितो वने गृहे ऽभिगुप्तो ऽस्य हतो न जीवति
pathi cyutaṃ tiṣṭhati diṣṭarakṣitaṃ gṛhe sthitaṃ tadvihataṃ vinaśyati jīvatyanātho 'pi tadīkṣito vane gṛhe 'bhigupto 'sya hato na jīvati
What has dropped on the road stays there, guarded by fate; what stands in the house, when struck by that (fate), is destroyed. Even one without a protector lives on in the forest if watched over by it; but well guarded in the house, if struck by it, he does not live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.41
भूतानि तैस्तैर्निजयोनिकर्मभिर् भवन्ति काले न भवन्ति सर्वशः न तत्र हात्मा प्रकृतावपि स्थितस् तस्या गुणैरन्यतमो हि बध्यते
bhūtāni taistairnijayonikarmabhir bhavanti kāle na bhavanti sarvaśaḥ na tatra hātmā prakṛtāvapi sthitas tasyā guṇairanyatamo hi badhyate
Beings come to be through those various acts belonging to their own births, and in time they entirely cease to be. The self is not (destroyed) in that (process), though it abides in material nature; for being other (than it), it is (not) bound by her qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.42
इदं शरीरं पुरुषस्य मोहजं यथा पृथग् भौतिकमीयते गृहम् यथौदकैः पार्थिवतैजसैर्जनः कालेन जातो विकृतो विनश्यति
idaṃ śarīraṃ puruṣasya mohajaṃ yathā pṛthag bhautikamīyate gṛham yathaudakaiḥ pārthivataijasairjanaḥ kālena jāto vikṛto vinaśyati
This body of a person is born of delusion, just as a house is regarded as something separate, made of the elements; as a person (builds) with materials of water, earth and fire, so (this body), born in time, is transformed and perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.43
यथानलो दारुषु भिन्न ईयते यथानिलो देहगतः पृथक् स्थितः यथा नभः सर्वगतं न सज्जते तथा पुमान् सर्वगुणाश्रयः परः
yathānalo dāruṣu bhinna īyate yathānilo dehagataḥ pṛthak sthitaḥ yathā nabhaḥ sarvagataṃ na sajjate tathā pumān sarvaguṇāśrayaḥ paraḥ
As fire is perceived as distinct from the logs (it burns), as the air that has entered the body stands apart, as space, though present everywhere, does not adhere — so is the person, the support of all qualities, beyond (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.44
सुयज्ञो नन्वयं शेते मूढा यमनुशोचथ यः श्रोता यो ऽनुवक्तेह स न दृश्येत कर्हिचित्
suyajño nanvayaṃ śete mūḍhā yamanuśocatha yaḥ śrotā yo 'nuvakteha sa na dṛśyeta karhicit
Surely it is Suyajña who lies here, you fools, whom you are lamenting; but he who hears and he who speaks in reply here would never be seen (again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.45
न श्रोता नानुवक्तायं मुख्यो ऽप्यत्र महान् असुः यस्त्विहेन्द्रियवान् आत्मा स चान्यः प्राणदेहयोः
na śrotā nānuvaktāyaṃ mukhyo 'pyatra mahān asuḥ yastvihendriyavān ātmā sa cānyaḥ prāṇadehayoḥ
This (body) is neither a hearer nor a speaker; nor is the great life-breath here, though it is the chief (of the bodily functions), (either). But the self, which here possesses the senses, is other than both the breath and the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.46
भूतेन्द्रियमनोलिङ्गान् देहान् उच्चावचान् विभुः भजत्युत्सृजति ह्यन्यस्तच् चापि स्वेन तेजसा
bhūtendriyamanoliṅgān dehān uccāvacān vibhuḥ bhajatyutsṛjati hyanyastac cāpi svena tejasā
The all-pervading one, being other (than them), takes up and casts off high and low bodies whose marks are the elements, the senses and the mind — and that too by its own power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.47
यावल् लिङ्गान्वितो ह्यात्मा तावत् कर्मनिबन्धनम् ततो विपर्ययः क्लेशो मायायोगो ऽनुवर्तते
yāval liṅgānvito hyātmā tāvat karmanibandhanam tato viparyayaḥ kleśo māyāyogo 'nuvartate
For as long as the self is joined to a subtle body, so long is it bound by karman; from that follow inversion (of understanding), affliction, and connection with māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.48
वितथाभिनिवेशो ऽयं यद्गुणेष्वर्थदृग्वचः यथा मनोरथः स्वप्नः सर्वमैन्द्रियकं मृषा
vitathābhiniveśo 'yaṃ yadguṇeṣvarthadṛgvacaḥ yathā manorathaḥ svapnaḥ sarvamaindriyakaṃ mṛṣā
This clinging (to what is) false is the speech of one who sees reality in the qualities; like a daydream, like a dream, everything belonging to the senses is unreal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.49
अथ नित्यमनित्यं वा नेह शोचन्ति तद्विदः नान्यथा शक्यते कर्तुं स्वभावः शोचतामिति
atha nityamanityaṃ vā neha śocanti tadvidaḥ nānyathā śakyate kartuṃ svabhāvaḥ śocatāmiti
Now, whether (the self) is eternal or not eternal, those who know it do not grieve here; but it cannot be made otherwise — it is the nature of those who grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.50
लुब्धको विपिने कश्चित् पक्षिणां निर्मितो ऽन्तकः वितत्य जालं विदधे तत्र तत्र प्रलोभयन्
lubdhako vipine kaścit pakṣiṇāṃ nirmito 'ntakaḥ vitatya jālaṃ vidadhe tatra tatra pralobhayan
A certain hunter in the forest, made (as it were) into death for birds, spread out a net and set it up, luring (them) here and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.51
कुलिङ्गमिथुनं तत्र विचरत् समदृश्यत तयोः कुलिङ्गी सहसा लुब्धकेन प्रलोभिता
kuliṅgamithunaṃ tatra vicarat samadṛśyata tayoḥ kuliṅgī sahasā lubdhakena pralobhitā
There a pair of kuliṅga birds was seen moving about; of those two, the female was suddenly enticed by the hunter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.52
आसज्जत सिचस्तन्त्र्यां महिष्यः कालयन्त्रिता कुलिङ्गस्तां तथापन्नां निरीक्ष्य भृशदुःखितः स्नेहादकल्पः कृपणः कृपणां पर्यदेवयत्
āsajjata sicastantryāṃ mahiṣyaḥ kālayantritā kuliṅgastāṃ tathāpannāṃ nirīkṣya bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ snehādakalpaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kṛpaṇāṃ paryadevayat
She got caught in the cord of the net, O queens, being under the control of time. The male kuliṅga, seeing her so fallen, extremely grieved, helpless out of affection, wretched himself, lamented over the wretched one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.53
अहो अकरुणो देवः स्त्रियाकरुणया विभुः कृपणं मामनुशोचन्त्या दीनया किं करिष्यति
aho akaruṇo devaḥ striyākaruṇayā vibhuḥ kṛpaṇaṃ māmanuśocantyā dīnayā kiṃ kariṣyati
Alas, the mighty god is merciless: what will he do with (this) merciless(ly treated), pitiable wife of mine, who grieves for miserable me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 2.54
कामं नयतु मां देवः किमर्धेनात्मनो हि मे दीनेन जीवता दुःखमनेन विधुरायुषा
kāmaṃ nayatu māṃ devaḥ kimardhenātmano hi me dīnena jīvatā duḥkhamanena vidhurāyuṣā
Let the god take me too, if he will; for what use to me is half of myself, when living with this wretched, sorrowful, bereaved remainder of life?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.55
कथं त्वजातपक्षांस्तान् मातृहीनान् बिभर्म्यहम् मन्दभाग्याः प्रतीक्षन्ते नीडे मे मातरं प्रजाः
kathaṃ tvajātapakṣāṃstān mātṛhīnān bibharmyaham mandabhāgyāḥ pratīkṣante nīḍe me mātaraṃ prajāḥ
And how shall I nourish those (young ones), whose wings have not yet grown, deprived of their mother? In the nest my ill-fated offspring are waiting for their mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.56
एवं कुलिङ्गं विलपन्तमारात् प्रियावियोगातुरमश्रुकण्ठम् स एव तं शाकुनिकः शरेण विव्याध कालप्रहितो विलीनः
evaṃ kuliṅgaṃ vilapantamārāt priyāviyogāturamaśrukaṇṭham sa eva taṃ śākunikaḥ śareṇa vivyādha kālaprahito vilīnaḥ
While the kuliṅga was thus lamenting nearby, stricken by separation from his beloved, his throat choked with tears, that very fowler, sent by time and lying hidden, pierced him with an arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.57
एवं यूयमपश्यन्त्य आत्मापायमबुद्धयः नैनं प्राप्स्यथ शोचन्त्यः पतिं वर्षशतैरपि
evaṃ yūyamapaśyantya ātmāpāyamabuddhayaḥ nainaṃ prāpsyatha śocantyaḥ patiṃ varṣaśatairapi
Just so you, not seeing the destruction of your own selves, without understanding, will not get this husband back, though you grieve for a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.58
श्रीहिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच बाल एवं प्रवदति सर्वे विस्मितचेतसः ज्ञातयो मेनिरे सर्वमनित्यमयथोत्थितम्
śrīhiraṇyakaśipuruvāca bāla evaṃ pravadati sarve vismitacetasaḥ jñātayo menire sarvamanityamayathotthitam
Śrī Hiraṇyakaśipu said: While the boy was speaking thus, all the kinsmen, their minds astonished, concluded that everything is impermanent and not as it appears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.59
यम एतदुपाख्याय तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ज्ञातयो हि सुयज्ञस्य चक्रुर्यत् साम्परायिकम्
yama etadupākhyāya tatraivāntaradhīyata jñātayo hi suyajñasya cakruryat sāmparāyikam
Yama, having related this account, vanished right there; and the kinsmen of Suyajña then performed what was to be done for the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.60
अतः शोचत मा यूयं परं चात्मानमेव वा क आत्मा कः परो वात्र स्वीयः पारक्य एव वा स्वपराभिनिवेशेन विनाज्ञानेन देहिनाम्
ataḥ śocata mā yūyaṃ paraṃ cātmānameva vā ka ātmā kaḥ paro vātra svīyaḥ pārakya eva vā svaparābhiniveśena vinājñānena dehinām
Therefore do not grieve, either for another or for yourself. Who here is self and who other, who one's own and who another's? — (such distinctions do not exist) for embodied beings apart from ignorance, which consists in clinging to 'self' and 'other'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 2.61
श्रीनारद उवाच इति दैत्यपतेर्वाक्यं दितिराकर्ण्य सस्नुषा पुत्रशोकं क्षणात् त्यक्त्वा तत्त्वे चित्तमधारयत्
śrīnārada uvāca iti daityapatervākyaṃ ditirākarṇya sasnuṣā putraśokaṃ kṣaṇāt tyaktvā tattve cittamadhārayat
Śrī Nārada said: Having heard this speech of the lord of the Daityas, Diti together with her daughter-in-law at once gave up her grief for her son and fixed her mind on the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition