Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 6
SB 7 6.1
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच कौमार आचरेत् प्राज्ञो धर्मान् भागवतान् इह दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म तदप्यध्रुवमर्थदम्
śrīprahrāda uvāca kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha durlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma tadapyadhruvamarthadam
Śrī Prahlāda said: A wise man should practise the duties of a devotee here from boyhood on; birth as a human is hard to obtain, and though it is unstable it does confer the true aim.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.2
यथा हि पुरुषस्येह विष्णोः पादोपसर्पणम् यदेष सर्वभूतानां प्रिय आत्मेश्वरः सुहृत्
yathā hi puruṣasyeha viṣṇoḥ pādopasarpaṇam yadeṣa sarvabhūtānāṃ priya ātmeśvaraḥ suhṛt
For thus is a man's approach here to the feet of Viṣṇu, since he is the beloved self, the lord and the friend of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 6.3
सुखमैन्द्रियकं दैत्या देहयोगेन देहिनाम् सर्वत्र लभ्यते दैवाद्यथा दुःखमयत्नतः
sukhamaindriyakaṃ daityā dehayogena dehinām sarvatra labhyate daivādyathā duḥkhamayatnataḥ
Pleasure of the senses, O Daityas, comes to embodied beings through connection with a body; it is obtained everywhere by fate without effort, just as suffering is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.4
तत्प्रयासो न कर्तव्यो यत आयुर्व्ययः परम् न तथा विन्दते क्षेमं मुकुन्दचरणाम्बुजम्
tatprayāso na kartavyo yata āyurvyayaḥ param na tathā vindate kṣemaṃ mukundacaraṇāmbujam
No effort should be made for that, since from it there comes only the waste of one's life; by such (effort) one does not attain the true good, the lotus feet of Mukunda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.5
ततो यतेत कुशलः क्षेमाय भवमाश्रितः शरीरं पौरुषं यावन् न विपद्येत पुष्कलम्
tato yateta kuśalaḥ kṣemāya bhavamāśritaḥ śarīraṃ pauruṣaṃ yāvan na vipadyeta puṣkalam
Therefore let a competent man, while dwelling in this worldly existence, strive for his own welfare, as long as the human body, still sound, has not perished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.6
पुंसो वर्षशतं ह्यायुस्तदर्धं चाजितात्मनः निष्फलं यदसौ रात्र्यां शेते ऽन्धं प्रापितस्तमः
puṃso varṣaśataṃ hyāyustadardhaṃ cājitātmanaḥ niṣphalaṃ yadasau rātryāṃ śete 'ndhaṃ prāpitastamaḥ
A man's lifespan is a hundred years, and (only) half of that for one who has not mastered himself — for the (other half) is fruitless, since he lies at night sunk in blind darkness (of sleep).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.7
मुग्धस्य बाल्ये कैशोरे क्रीडतो याति विंशतिः जरया ग्रस्तदेहस्य यात्यकल्पस्य विंशतिः
mugdhasya bālye kaiśore krīḍato yāti viṃśatiḥ jarayā grastadehasya yātyakalpasya viṃśatiḥ
Twenty (years) pass for him while he is bewildered in childhood and playing in boyhood, and twenty pass while his body is gripped by old age and he is unfit for anything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.8
दुरापूरेण कामेन मोहेन च बलीयसा शेषं गृहेषु सक्तस्य प्रमत्तस्यापयाति हि
durāpūreṇa kāmena mohena ca balīyasā śeṣaṃ gṛheṣu saktasya pramattasyāpayāti hi
And the remainder passes away for him, attached to his home and heedless, through desire that is hard to fill and through overpowering delusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.9
को गृहेषु पुमान् सक्तमात्मानमजितेन्द्रियः स्नेहपाशैर्दृढैर्बद्धमुत्सहेत विमोचितुम्
ko gṛheṣu pumān saktamātmānamajitendriyaḥ snehapāśairdṛḍhairbaddhamutsaheta vimocitum
What man, his senses unconquered, could manage to release himself when he is attached to home and bound by the strong ropes of affection?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.10
को न्वर्थतृष्णां विसृजेत् प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि य ईप्सितः यं क्रीणात्यसुभिः प्रेष्ठैस्तस्करः सेवको वणिक्
ko nvarthatṛṣṇāṃ visṛjet prāṇebhyo 'pi ya īpsitaḥ yaṃ krīṇātyasubhiḥ preṣṭhaistaskaraḥ sevako vaṇik
Who indeed would let go of the craving for wealth, which is desired even more than life itself — the wealth that the thief, the servant and the merchant purchase with their own most precious breaths?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.11
कथं प्रियाया अनुकम्पितायाः सङ्गं रहस्यं रुचिरांश्च मन्त्रान् सुहृत्सु तत्स्नेहसितः शिशूनां कलाक्षराणामनुरक्तचित्तः
kathaṃ priyāyā anukampitāyāḥ saṅgaṃ rahasyaṃ rucirāṃśca mantrān suhṛtsu tatsnehasitaḥ śiśūnāṃ kalākṣarāṇāmanuraktacittaḥ
How (could he give up) the company of a loving, tender wife, the private moments and the sweet whisperings; bound by affection for her, his mind attached to the little ones with their half-formed syllables, and (their talk) among friends —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 6.12
पुत्रान् स्मरंस्ता दुहितॄर्हृदय्या भ्रातॄन् स्वसॄर्वा पितरौ च दीनौ गृहान् मनोज्ञोरुपरिच्छदांश्च वृत्तीश्च कुल्याः पशुभृत्यवर्गान्
putrān smaraṃstā duhitṝrhṛdayyā bhrātṝn svasṝrvā pitarau ca dīnau gṛhān manojñoruparicchadāṃśca vṛttīśca kulyāḥ paśubhṛtyavargān
remembering his sons, those daughters dear to his heart, brothers and sisters, and his helpless parents, his home and its abundant pleasing furnishings, and the family occupations, the herds and the crowd of servants —
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SB 7 6.13
त्यजेत कोशस्कृदिवेहमानः कर्माणि लोभादवितृप्तकामः औपस्थ्यजैह्वं बहुमन्यमानः कथं विरज्येत दुरन्तमोहः
tyajeta kośaskṛdivehamānaḥ karmāṇi lobhādavitṛptakāmaḥ aupasthyajaihvaṃ bahumanyamānaḥ kathaṃ virajyeta durantamohaḥ
would he give (all this) up, toiling at his works out of greed like a silkworm making its cocoon, his desires unsatisfied, holding the pleasures of the genitals and the tongue in high esteem? How could such a one, whose delusion is unending, become detached?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.14
कुटुम्बपोषाय वियन् निजायुर् न बुध्यते ऽर्थं विहतं प्रमत्तः सर्वत्र तापत्रयदुःखितात्मा निर्विद्यते न स्वकुटुम्बरामः
kuṭumbapoṣāya viyan nijāyur na budhyate 'rthaṃ vihataṃ pramattaḥ sarvatra tāpatrayaduḥkhitātmā nirvidyate na svakuṭumbarāmaḥ
His own life passing away in maintaining his family, heedless, he does not realize that his true aim has been destroyed; tormented on all sides by the threefold affliction, taking pleasure in his own family, he does not grow disgusted (with it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.15
वित्तेषु नित्याभिनिविष्टचेता विद्वांश्च दोषं परवित्तहर्तुः प्रेत्येह वाथाप्यजितेन्द्रियस्तद् अशान्तकामो हरते कुटुम्बी
vitteṣu nityābhiniviṣṭacetā vidvāṃśca doṣaṃ paravittahartuḥ pretyeha vāthāpyajitendriyastad aśāntakāmo harate kuṭumbī
With his mind forever engrossed in riches, and even though he knows the guilt that attaches to one who takes another's wealth — whether after death or here in this life — still the family man, his senses unconquered, his desires never quieted, takes it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.16
विद्वान् अपीत्थं दनुजाः कुटुम्बं पुष्णन् स्वलोकाय न कल्पते वै यः स्वीयपारक्यविभिन्नभावस् तमः प्रपद्येत यथा विमूढः
vidvān apītthaṃ danujāḥ kuṭumbaṃ puṣṇan svalokāya na kalpate vai yaḥ svīyapārakyavibhinnabhāvas tamaḥ prapadyeta yathā vimūḍhaḥ
Thus, O sons of the demons, even a learned man who nourishes his household is certainly not fit for his own (true) abode; he whose outlook is split into "mine" and "another's" would sink into darkness just like a complete fool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.17
यतो न कश्चित् क्व च कुत्रचिद्वा दीनः स्वमात्मानमलं समर्थः विमोचितुं कामदृशां विहार क्रीडामृगो यन्निगडो विसर्गः
yato na kaścit kva ca kutracidvā dīnaḥ svamātmānamalaṃ samarthaḥ vimocituṃ kāmadṛśāṃ vihāra krīḍāmṛgo yannigaḍo visargaḥ
For no wretched creature, anywhere or at any time, is competent to release his own self, being a pet animal for the sport of those whose glances are lustful — whose fetter is procreation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.18
ततो विदूरात् परिहृत्य दैत्या दैत्येषु सङ्गं विषयात्मकेषु उपेत नारायणमादिदेवं स मुक्तसङ्गैरिषितो ऽपवर्गः
tato vidūrāt parihṛtya daityā daityeṣu saṅgaṃ viṣayātmakeṣu upeta nārāyaṇamādidevaṃ sa muktasaṅgairiṣito 'pavargaḥ
Therefore, O demons, giving up from afar attachment to the demons, who are given over to sense-objects, resort to Nārāyaṇa, the primal God; liberation is what those free from attachment desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 6.19
न ह्यच्युतं प्रीणयतो बह्वायासो ऽसुरात्मजाः आत्मत्वात् सर्वभूतानां सिद्धत्वादिह सर्वतः
na hyacyutaṃ prīṇayato bahvāyāso 'surātmajāḥ ātmatvāt sarvabhūtānāṃ siddhatvādiha sarvataḥ
For there is no great exertion in pleasing the Infallible One, O sons of the demons, since he is the very self of all beings and since he is (already) established here on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.20
परावरेषु भूतेषु ब्रह्मान्तस्थावरादिषु भौतिकेषु विकारेषु भूतेष्वथ महत्सु च
parāvareṣu bhūteṣu brahmāntasthāvarādiṣu bhautikeṣu vikāreṣu bhūteṣvatha mahatsu ca
In beings higher and lower, from Brahmā down to the immovable things, in the material modifications, and in the elements, and in the great (principles) too —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.21
गुणेषु गुणसाम्ये च गुणव्यतिकरे तथा एक एव परो ह्यात्मा भगवान् ईश्वरो ऽव्ययः
guṇeṣu guṇasāmye ca guṇavyatikare tathā eka eva paro hyātmā bhagavān īśvaro 'vyayaḥ
— and in the guṇas, and in the equilibrium of the guṇas, and likewise in the agitation of the guṇas: there is but one supreme Self, the Lord, the imperishable Master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.22
प्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपेण दृश्यरूपेण च स्वयम् व्याप्यव्यापकनिर्देश्यो ह्यनिर्देश्यो ऽविकल्पितः
pratyagātmasvarūpeṇa dṛśyarūpeṇa ca svayam vyāpyavyāpakanirdeśyo hyanirdeśyo 'vikalpitaḥ
Himself, both as the inner self and as the visible form, he is to be designated as the pervaded and the pervader — and yet he is indesignable, beyond all differentiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.23
केवलानुभवानन्द स्वरूपः परमेश्वरः माययान्तर्हितैश्वर्य ईयते गुणसर्गया
kevalānubhavānanda svarūpaḥ parameśvaraḥ māyayāntarhitaiśvarya īyate guṇasargayā
The Supreme Lord, whose nature is pure experience and bliss, his sovereignty concealed by māyā, is approached (as if) by her creation of the guṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 6.24
तस्मात् सर्वेषु भूतेषु दयां कुरुत सौहृदम् भावमासुरमुन्मुच्य यया तुष्यत्यधोक्षजः
tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayāṃ kuruta sauhṛdam bhāvamāsuramunmucya yayā tuṣyatyadhokṣajaḥ
Therefore show compassion and friendship toward all beings, casting off the demonic disposition; by that (compassion) Adhokṣaja is pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.25
तुष्टे च तत्र किमलभ्यमनन्त आद्ये किं तैर्गुणव्यतिकरादिह ये स्वसिद्धाः अम्प्;धर्मादयः किमगुणेन च काङ्क्षितेन सारं जुषां चरणयोरुपगायतां नः
tuṣṭe ca tatra kimalabhyamananta ādye kiṃ tairguṇavyatikarādiha ye svasiddhāḥ dharmādayaḥ kimaguṇena ca kāṅkṣitena sāraṃ juṣāṃ caraṇayorupagāyatāṃ naḥ
And when he, the infinite, the primal one, is pleased, what is there that cannot be attained? What need have we of those things here that come of themselves from the interaction of the guṇas — dharma and the rest? What need of the desired guṇa-less (state), for us who taste the essence and who sing of his two feet?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 6.26
धर्मार्थकाम इति यो ऽभिहितस्त्रिवर्ग ईक्षा त्रयी नयदमौ विविधा च वार्ता धर्मार्थकाम इति यो ऽभिहितस्त्रिवर्ग ईक्षा त्रयी नयदमौ विविधा च वार्ता मन्ये तदेतदखिलं निगमस्य सत्यं स्वात्मार्पणं स्वसुहृदः परमस्य पुंसः
dharmārthakāma iti yo 'bhihitastrivarga īkṣā trayī nayadamau vividhā ca vārtā dharmārthakāma iti yo 'bhihitastrivarga īkṣā trayī nayadamau vividhā ca vārtā manye tadetadakhilaṃ nigamasya satyaṃ svātmārpaṇaṃ svasuhṛdaḥ paramasya puṃsaḥ
That triad called dharma, wealth and pleasure; the threefold inquiry; statecraft and self-restraint; and the various kinds of livelihood — all this, I hold, is the true (import) of scripture: the offering of one's own self to the Supreme Person, one's own friend.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 6.27
ज्ञानं तदेतदमलं दुरवापमाह नारायणो नरसखः किल नारदाय ज्ञानं तदेतदमलं दुरवापमाह नारायणो नरसखः किल नारदाय एकान्तिनां भगवतस्तदकिञ्चनानां पादारविन्दरजसाप्लुतदेहिनां स्यात्
jñānaṃ tadetadamalaṃ duravāpamāha nārāyaṇo narasakhaḥ kila nāradāya jñānaṃ tadetadamalaṃ duravāpamāha nārāyaṇo narasakhaḥ kila nāradāya ekāntināṃ bhagavatastadakiñcanānāṃ pādāravindarajasāplutadehināṃ syāt
This spotless knowledge, hard to obtain, Nārāyaṇa, the friend of Nara, declared, they say, to Nārada; it can come to those exclusively devoted to the Lord, who possess nothing besides him, whose bodies are bathed in the dust of his lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.28
श्रुतमेतन् मया पूर्वं ज्ञानं विज्ञानसंयुतम् धर्मं भागवतं शुद्धं नारदाद्देवदर्शनात्
śrutametan mayā pūrvaṃ jñānaṃ vijñānasaṃyutam dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ śuddhaṃ nāradāddevadarśanāt
This knowledge together with its realization, the pure religion of the devotees of the Lord, was heard by me formerly from Nārada, who has the vision of God.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.29
श्रीदैत्यपुत्रा ऊचुः प्रह्राद त्वं वयं चापि नर्ते ऽन्यं विद्महे गुरुम् एताभ्यां गुरुपुत्राभ्यां बालानामपि हीश्वरौ
śrīdaityaputrā ūcuḥ prahrāda tvaṃ vayaṃ cāpi narte 'nyaṃ vidmahe gurum etābhyāṃ guruputrābhyāṃ bālānāmapi hīśvarau
The sons of the demons said: Prahlāda, you and we too know no teacher other than these two, the sons of the teacher, for they are indeed the masters of us children.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 6.30
बालस्यान्तःपुरस्थस्य महत्सङ्गो दुरन्वयः छिन्धि नः संशयं सौम्य स्याच् चेद्विस्रम्भकारणम्
bālasyāntaḥpurasthasya mahatsaṅgo duranvayaḥ chindhi naḥ saṃśayaṃ saumya syāc cedvisrambhakāraṇam
For a child kept within the palace, association with great souls is hard to come by. Cut away our doubt, gentle one, if there is any ground for our confidence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition