Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 3
SB 7 3.1
श्रीनारद उवाच हिरण्यकशिपू राजन्नजेयमजरामरम् आत्मानमप्रतिद्वन्द्वमेकराजं व्यधित्सत
śrīnārada uvāca hiraṇyakaśipū rājannajeyamajarāmaram ātmānamapratidvandvamekarājaṃ vyadhitsata
Śrī Nārada said: O King, Hiraṇyakaśipu wished to make himself unconquerable, free of old age and death, without a rival, and sole king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.2
स तेपे मन्दरद्रोण्यां तपः परमदारुणम् ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्नभोदृष्टिः पादाङ्गुष्ठाश्रितावनिः
sa tepe mandaradroṇyāṃ tapaḥ paramadāruṇam ūrdhvabāhurnabhodṛṣṭiḥ pādāṅguṣṭhāśritāvaniḥ
In a valley of Mandara he practiced extremely severe austerity, with arms raised, gaze fixed on the sky, resting on the earth with the tips of his toes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.3
जटादीधितिभी रेजे संवर्तार्क इवांशुभिः तस्मिंस्तपस्तप्यमाने देवाः स्थानानि भेजिरे
jaṭādīdhitibhī reje saṃvartārka ivāṃśubhiḥ tasmiṃstapastapyamāne devāḥ sthānāni bhejire
With the radiance of his matted locks he shone like the sun at the dissolution with its rays; and while he was practicing that austerity, the gods returned to their places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.4
तस्य मूर्ध्नः समुद्भूतः सधूमो ऽग्निस्तपोमयः तीर्यग् ऊर्ध्वमधो लोकान् प्रातपद्विष्वग् ईरितः
tasya mūrdhnaḥ samudbhūtaḥ sadhūmo 'gnistapomayaḥ tīryag ūrdhvamadho lokān prātapadviṣvag īritaḥ
From his head arose a smoky fire, made of his austerity, which, driven out in all directions, scorched the worlds across, above, and below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.5
चुक्षुभुर्नद्युदन्वन्तः सद्वीपाद्रिश्चचाल भूः निपेतुः सग्रहास्तारा जज्वलुश्च दिशो दश
cukṣubhurnadyudanvantaḥ sadvīpādriścacāla bhūḥ nipetuḥ sagrahāstārā jajvaluśca diśo daśa
The rivers and oceans were churned up; the earth with its islands and mountains shook; the stars along with the planets fell, and the ten directions blazed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.6
तेन तप्ता दिवं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मलोकं ययुः सुराः धात्रे विज्ञापयामासुर्देवदेव जगत्पते
tena taptā divaṃ tyaktvā brahmalokaṃ yayuḥ surāḥ dhātre vijñāpayāmāsurdevadeva jagatpate
Scorched by it, the gods left heaven and went to the world of Brahmā, and made their petition to the Creator: "O god of gods, O lord of the universe!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.7
दैत्येन्द्रतपसा तप्ता दिवि स्थातुं न शक्नुमः तस्य चोपशमं भूमन् विधेहि यदि मन्यसे लोका न यावन् नङ्क्ष्यन्ति बलिहारास्तवाभिभूः
daityendratapasā taptā divi sthātuṃ na śaknumaḥ tasya copaśamaṃ bhūman vidhehi yadi manyase lokā na yāvan naṅkṣyanti balihārāstavābhibhūḥ
Scorched by the austerity of the lord of the Daityas we cannot remain in heaven. If you think fit, O mighty one, bring about its cessation, so long as the worlds — your tribute-bearers, O overlord — have not perished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.8
तस्यायं किल सङ्कल्पश्चरतो दुश्चरं तपः श्रूयतां किं न विदितस्तवाथापि निवेदितम्
tasyāyaṃ kila saṅkalpaścarato duścaraṃ tapaḥ śrūyatāṃ kiṃ na viditastavāthāpi niveditam
This, it is said, is the intent of him who is practicing that hard-to-perform austerity. Let it be heard — what is not known to you? Yet it is reported (to you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.9
सृष्ट्वा चराचरमिदं तपोयोगसमाधिना अध्यास्ते सर्वधिष्ण्येभ्यः परमेष्ठी निजासनम्
sṛṣṭvā carācaramidaṃ tapoyogasamādhinā adhyāste sarvadhiṣṇyebhyaḥ parameṣṭhī nijāsanam
'Having created this world of moving and unmoving things by austerity, yoga and concentration, the Supreme One (Brahmā) occupies his own seat, higher than all abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.10
तदहं वर्धमानेन तपोयोगसमाधिना कालात्मनोश्च नित्यत्वात् साधयिष्ये तथात्मनः
tadahaṃ vardhamānena tapoyogasamādhinā kālātmanośca nityatvāt sādhayiṣye tathātmanaḥ
Therefore, by ever-increasing austerity, yoga and concentration, I shall likewise achieve that for myself, since time and the self are eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.11
अन्यथेदं विधास्ये ऽहमयथा पूर्वमोजसा किमन्यैः कालनिर्धूतैः कल्पान्ते वैष्णवादिभिः
anyathedaṃ vidhāsye 'hamayathā pūrvamojasā kimanyaiḥ kālanirdhūtaiḥ kalpānte vaiṣṇavādibhiḥ
Otherwise, by my strength I shall arrange this (universe) differently, not as it was before. What use are the other (worlds), those of Viṣṇu and the rest, which are swept away by time at the end of the kalpa?'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.12
इति शुश्रुम निर्बन्धं तपः परममास्थितः विधत्स्वानन्तरं युक्तं स्वयं त्रिभुवनेश्वर
iti śuśruma nirbandhaṃ tapaḥ paramamāsthitaḥ vidhatsvānantaraṃ yuktaṃ svayaṃ tribhuvaneśvara
Thus have we heard of his determination; he is engaged in supreme austerity. Do yourself at once arrange what is fitting, O lord of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.13
तवासनं द्विजगवां पारमेष्ठ्यं जगत्पते भवाय श्रेयसे भूत्यै क्षेमाय विजयाय च
tavāsanaṃ dvijagavāṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ jagatpate bhavāya śreyase bhūtyai kṣemāya vijayāya ca
Your seat, O lord of the universe, is the highest station of the twice-born and the cows, for their welfare, prosperity, well-being, security and victory.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 3.14
इति विज्ञापितो देवैर्भगवान् आत्मभूर्नृप परितो भृगुदक्षाद्यैर्ययौ दैत्येश्वराश्रमम्
iti vijñāpito devairbhagavān ātmabhūrnṛpa parito bhṛgudakṣādyairyayau daityeśvarāśramam
Thus petitioned by the gods, O King, the Lord who is self-born, surrounded by Bhṛgu, Dakṣa and the others, went to the hermitage of the lord of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.15
न ददर्श प्रतिच्छन्नं वल्मीकतृणकीचकैः पिपीलिकाभिराचीर्णं मेदस्त्वङ्मांसशोणितम्
na dadarśa praticchannaṃ valmīkatṛṇakīcakaiḥ pipīlikābhirācīrṇaṃ medastvaṅmāṃsaśoṇitam
He did not see him, hidden as he was by an anthill, grass and bamboo, overrun by ants, (who had eaten) his fat, skin, flesh and blood —
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SB 7 3.16
तपन्तं तपसा लोकान् यथाभ्रापिहितं रविम् विलक्ष्य विस्मितः प्राह हसंस्तं हंसवाहनः
tapantaṃ tapasā lokān yathābhrāpihitaṃ ravim vilakṣya vismitaḥ prāha hasaṃstaṃ haṃsavāhanaḥ
Seeing him scorching the worlds with his austerity, like the sun veiled by a cloud, the swan-borne (Brahmā), astonished, smiled and said to him:
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SB 7 3.17
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते तपःसिद्धो ऽसि काश्यप वरदो ऽहमनुप्राप्तो व्रियतामीप्सितो वरः
śrībrahmovāca uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te tapaḥsiddho 'si kāśyapa varado 'hamanuprāpto vriyatāmīpsito varaḥ
Śrī Brahmā said: Rise up, rise up! Blessings on you. You are perfected in austerity, O descendant of Kaśyapa. I, the giver of boons, have come; let the desired boon be chosen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.18
अद्राक्षमहमेतं ते हृत्सारं महदद्भुतम् दंशभक्षितदेहस्य प्राणा ह्यस्थिषु शेरते
adrākṣamahametaṃ te hṛtsāraṃ mahadadbhutam daṃśabhakṣitadehasya prāṇā hyasthiṣu śerate
I have seen this great marvel of yours, the firmness of your heart: though your body has been eaten by biting insects, your life-breaths still rest in the bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.19
नैतत् पूर्वर्षयश्चक्रुर्न करिष्यन्ति चापरे निरम्बुर्धारयेत् प्राणान् को वै दिव्यसमाः शतम्
naitat pūrvarṣayaścakrurna kariṣyanti cāpare niramburdhārayet prāṇān ko vai divyasamāḥ śatam
This the seers of old did not do, nor will others do it: who indeed could sustain his life-breaths for a hundred celestial years without water?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.20
व्यवसायेन ते ऽनेन दुष्करेण मनस्विनाम् तपोनिष्ठेन भवताजितो ऽहं दितिनन्दन
vyavasāyena te 'nena duṣkareṇa manasvinām taponiṣṭhena bhavatājito 'haṃ ditinandana
By this resolve of yours, hard to accomplish even for the resolute, by your steadfastness in austerity, I have been conquered by you, O son of Diti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.21
ततस्त आशिषः सर्वा ददाम्यसुरपुङ्गव मर्तस्य ते ह्यमर्तस्य दर्शनं नाफलं मम
tatasta āśiṣaḥ sarvā dadāmyasurapuṅgava martasya te hyamartasya darśanaṃ nāphalaṃ mama
Therefore I grant you all your wishes, O bull among asuras; for you, a mortal, the sight of me, the immortal, cannot be fruitless.
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SB 7 3.22
श्रीनारद उवाच इत्युक्त्वादिभवो देवो भक्षिताङ्गं पिपीलिकैः कमण्डलुजलेनौक्षद्दिव्येनामोघराधसा
śrīnārada uvāca ityuktvādibhavo devo bhakṣitāṅgaṃ pipīlikaiḥ kamaṇḍalujalenaukṣaddivyenāmogharādhasā
Śrī Nārada said: Having spoken thus, the primeval god sprinkled his body, eaten by the ants, with the divine water of his waterpot, whose efficacy is unfailing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.23
स तत् कीचकवल्मीकात् सहओजोबलान्वितः सर्वावयवसम्पन्नो वज्रसंहननो युवा उत्थितस्तप्तहेमाभो विभावसुरिवैधसः
sa tat kīcakavalmīkāt sahaojobalānvitaḥ sarvāvayavasampanno vajrasaṃhanano yuvā utthitastaptahemābho vibhāvasurivaidhasaḥ
Endowed with vigour, energy and strength, complete in all his limbs, with a frame hard as a thunderbolt, young, he rose up from that anthill of reeds, shining like molten gold, as fire rises from firewood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.24
स निरीक्ष्याम्बरे देवं हंसवाहमुपस्थितम् ननाम शिरसा भूमौ तद्दर्शनमहोत्सवः
sa nirīkṣyāmbare devaṃ haṃsavāhamupasthitam nanāma śirasā bhūmau taddarśanamahotsavaḥ
Seeing the god borne by the swan present in the sky, he bowed his head to the ground, made joyful by that sight.
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SB 7 3.25
उत्थाय प्राञ्जलिः प्रह्व ईक्षमाणो दृशा विभुम् हर्षाश्रुपुलकोद्भेदो गिरा गद्गदयागृणात्
utthāya prāñjaliḥ prahva īkṣamāṇo dṛśā vibhum harṣāśrupulakodbhedo girā gadgadayāgṛṇāt
Rising, with joined palms, bowed low, gazing with his eyes upon the mighty one, his tears of joy and bristling hair breaking forth, he praised (him) with a faltering voice.
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SB 7 3.26
श्रीहिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच कल्पान्ते कालसृष्टेन यो ऽन्धेन तमसावृतम् अभिव्यनग् जगदिदं स्वयञ्ज्योतिः स्वरोचिषा
śrīhiraṇyakaśipuruvāca kalpānte kālasṛṣṭena yo 'ndhena tamasāvṛtam abhivyanag jagadidaṃ svayañjyotiḥ svarociṣā
Śrī Hiraṇyakaśipu said: Homage to him who, self-luminous, by his own radiance made manifest this world which at the end of the kalpa was enveloped in blind darkness created by time,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.27
आत्मना त्रिवृता चेदं सृजत्यवति लुम्पति रजःसत्त्वतमोधाम्ने पराय महते नमः
ātmanā trivṛtā cedaṃ sṛjatyavati lumpati rajaḥsattvatamodhāmne parāya mahate namaḥ
and who by his threefold self creates, protects and destroys this (world) — to the supreme, the great one, the abode of rajas, sattva and tamas, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.28
नम आद्याय बीजाय ज्ञानविज्ञानमूर्तये प्राणेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धि विकारैर्व्यक्तिमीयुषे
nama ādyāya bījāya jñānavijñānamūrtaye prāṇendriyamanobuddhi vikārairvyaktimīyuṣe
Homage to the first one, to the seed, whose form is knowledge and discernment, who has come to manifestation through the transformations of the vital airs, the senses, the mind and the intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.29
त्वमीशिषे जगतस्तस्थुषश्च प्राणेन मुख्येन पतिः प्रजानाम् चित्तस्य चित्तैर्मनैन्द्रियाणां पतिर्महान् भूतगुणाशयेशः
tvamīśiṣe jagatastasthuṣaśca prāṇena mukhyena patiḥ prajānām cittasya cittairmanaindriyāṇāṃ patirmahān bhūtaguṇāśayeśaḥ
You rule the moving and the standing world; through the chief vital air you are the lord of creatures; through the thinking faculties (you are) lord of the mind and the senses; you are the great one, the ruler of the elements, the qualities and the dispositions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 3.30
त्वं सप्ततन्तून् वितनोषि तन्वा त्रय्या चतुर्होत्रकविद्यया च त्वमेक आत्मात्मवतामनादिर् अनन्तपारः कविरन्तरात्मा
tvaṃ saptatantūn vitanoṣi tanvā trayyā caturhotrakavidyayā ca tvameka ātmātmavatāmanādir anantapāraḥ kavirantarātmā
You spread out the seven-threaded sacrifices with your body, which is the threefold Veda and the lore of the four priests; you alone are the Self of the self-possessed, without beginning, whose limit is endless, the seer, the inner Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.31
त्वमेव कालो ऽनिमिषो जनानाम् आयुर्लवाद्यवयवैः क्षिणोषि कूटस्थ आत्मा परमेष्ठ्यजो महांस् त्वं जीवलोकस्य च जीव आत्मा
tvameva kālo 'nimiṣo janānām āyurlavādyavayavaiḥ kṣiṇoṣi kūṭastha ātmā parameṣṭhyajo mahāṃs tvaṃ jīvalokasya ca jīva ātmā
You alone are unwinking Time, who wear away the lifespan of people by its parts, the moment and the rest; you are the unchanging Self, the highest-placed, unborn, great; and you are the living self of the world of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.32
त्वत्तः परं नापरमप्यनेजद् एजच् च किञ्चिद्व्यतिरिक्तमस्ति विद्याः कलास्ते तनवश्च सर्वा हिरण्यगर्भो ऽसि बृहत् त्रिपृष्ठः
tvattaḥ paraṃ nāparamapyanejad ejac ca kiñcidvyatiriktamasti vidyāḥ kalāste tanavaśca sarvā hiraṇyagarbho 'si bṛhat tripṛṣṭhaḥ
There is nothing beyond you, nothing lower either, nothing unmoving or moving that stands apart; the branches of knowledge are your parts, and all forms are your bodies; you are Hiraṇyagarbha, the vast one, beyond the three (guṇas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.33
व्यक्तं विभो स्थूलमिदं शरीरं येनेन्द्रियप्राणमनोगुणांस्त्वम् भुङ्क्षे स्थितो धामनि पारमेष्ठ्ये अव्यक्त आत्मा पुरुषः पुराणः
vyaktaṃ vibho sthūlamidaṃ śarīraṃ yenendriyaprāṇamanoguṇāṃstvam bhuṅkṣe sthito dhāmani pārameṣṭhye avyakta ātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
Manifest, O all-pervading one, is this gross body, by which you enjoy the senses, the vital airs, the mind and the objects; abiding in the highest abode, you are the unmanifest Self, the ancient Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.34
अनन्ताव्यक्तरूपेण येनेदमखिलं ततम् चिदचिच्छक्तियुक्ताय तस्मै भगवते नमः
anantāvyaktarūpeṇa yenedamakhilaṃ tatam cidacicchaktiyuktāya tasmai bhagavate namaḥ
Homage to that Lord, endowed with the powers of consciousness and unconsciousness, by whom, in his endless unmanifest form, all this is pervaded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.35
यदि दास्यस्यभिमतान् वरान् मे वरदोत्तम भूतेभ्यस्त्वद्विसृष्टेभ्यो मृत्युर्मा भून् मम प्रभो
yadi dāsyasyabhimatān varān me varadottama bhūtebhyastvadvisṛṣṭebhyo mṛtyurmā bhūn mama prabho
If you will grant me the boons I desire, O best of boon-givers, let there be no death for me from the beings created by you, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.36
नान्तर्बहिर्दिवा नक्तमन्यस्मादपि चायुधैः न भूमौ नाम्बरे मृत्युर्न नरैर्न मृगैरपि
nāntarbahirdivā naktamanyasmādapi cāyudhaiḥ na bhūmau nāmbare mṛtyurna narairna mṛgairapi
(Let there be) no death for me inside or outside, by day or by night, nor from any other (being), nor by weapons, nor on the ground nor in the sky, nor from men nor from beasts;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.37
व्यसुभिर्वासुमद्भिर्वा सुरासुरमहोरगैः अप्रतिद्वन्द्वतां युद्धे ऐकपत्यं च देहिनाम्
vyasubhirvāsumadbhirvā surāsuramahoragaiḥ apratidvandvatāṃ yuddhe aikapatyaṃ ca dehinām
nor from lifeless (things) nor from living ones, nor from gods, demons, or great serpents; (grant me) to be without a rival in battle, and sole sovereignty over all embodied beings;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 3.38
सर्वेषां लोकपालानां महिमानं यथात्मनः तपोयोगप्रभावाणां यन् न रिष्यति कर्हिचित्
sarveṣāṃ lokapālānāṃ mahimānaṃ yathātmanaḥ tapoyogaprabhāvāṇāṃ yan na riṣyati karhicit
(grant me) the greatness of all the guardians of the worlds, as (you have) your own, and (the powers) of those whose might comes from austerity and yoga, which never perishes at any time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition