Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 7
SB 7 7.1
श्रीनारद उवाच एवं दैत्यसुतैः पृष्टो महाभागवतो ऽसुरः उवाच तान् स्मयमानः स्मरन् मदनुभाषितम्
śrīnārada uvāca evaṃ daityasutaiḥ pṛṣṭo mahābhāgavato 'suraḥ uvāca tān smayamānaḥ smaran madanubhāṣitam
Śrī Nārada said: Questioned thus by the sons of the demons, that demon, the great devotee of the Lord, smiling and recalling what had been spoken by me, said to them:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.2
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच पितरि प्रस्थिते ऽस्माकं तपसे मन्दराचलम् युद्धोद्यमं परं चक्रुर्विबुधा दानवान् प्रति
śrīprahrāda uvāca pitari prasthite 'smākaṃ tapase mandarācalam yuddhodyamaṃ paraṃ cakrurvibudhā dānavān prati
Śrī Prahlāda said: When our father had set out for Mount Mandara to perform austerities, the gods made a great effort at war against the demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.3
पिपीलिकैरहिरिव दिष्ट्या लोकोपतापनः पापेन पापो ऽभक्षीति वदन्तो वासवादयः
pipīlikairahiriva diṣṭyā lokopatāpanaḥ pāpena pāpo 'bhakṣīti vadanto vāsavādayaḥ
"By good fortune the tormentor of the worlds, the sinner, has been devoured by his own sin, as a snake is by ants" — so said Indra and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 7.4
तेषामतिबलोद्योगं निशम्यासुरयूथपाः वध्यमानाः सुरैर्भीता दुद्रुवुः सर्वतो दिशम्
teṣāmatibalodyogaṃ niśamyāsurayūthapāḥ vadhyamānāḥ surairbhītā dudruvuḥ sarvato diśam
Hearing of their mighty effort, the leaders of the demon hosts, being slain by the gods, fled in terror in every direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.5
कलत्रपुत्रवित्ताप्तान् गृहान् पशुपरिच्छदान् नावेक्ष्यमाणास्त्वरिताः सर्वे प्राणपरीप्सवः
kalatraputravittāptān gṛhān paśuparicchadān nāvekṣyamāṇāstvaritāḥ sarve prāṇaparīpsavaḥ
Without so much as looking back at wives, sons, wealth, kinsmen, houses, cattle and belongings, all of them hurried off, anxious to save their lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.6
व्यलुम्पन् राजशिबिरममरा जयकाङ्क्षिणः इन्द्रस्तु राजमहिषीं मातरं मम चाग्रहीत्
vyalumpan rājaśibiramamarā jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ indrastu rājamahiṣīṃ mātaraṃ mama cāgrahīt
The immortals, eager for victory, plundered the king's camp; and Indra seized the king's chief queen — my mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.7
नीयमानां भयोद्विग्नां रुदतीं कुररीमिव यदृच्छयागतस्तत्र देवर्षिर्ददृशे पथि
nīyamānāṃ bhayodvignāṃ rudatīṃ kurarīmiva yadṛcchayāgatastatra devarṣirdadṛśe pathi
As she was being led away, distraught with fear and weeping like an osprey, the divine sage, who happened to come there, saw her on the road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.8
प्राह नैनां सुरपते नेतुमर्हस्यनागसम् मुञ्च मुञ्च महाभाग सतीं परपरिग्रहम्
prāha naināṃ surapate netumarhasyanāgasam muñca muñca mahābhāga satīṃ paraparigraham
He said: "Lord of the gods, you ought not to carry off this woman, who has done no wrong. Let her go, let her go, greatly fortunate one — she is chaste, and another's wife."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.9
श्रीइन्द्र उवाच आस्ते ऽस्या जठरे वीर्यमविषह्यं सुरद्विषः आस्यतां यावत् प्रसवं मोक्ष्ये ऽर्थपदवीं गतः
śrīindra uvāca āste 'syā jaṭhare vīryamaviṣahyaṃ suradviṣaḥ āsyatāṃ yāvat prasavaṃ mokṣye 'rthapadavīṃ gataḥ
Śrī Indra said: "In her womb lies the unassailable potency of the enemy of the gods. Let her stay until the birth; then, having gained the path to my object, I shall release her."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.10
श्रीनारद उवाच अयं निष्किल्बिषः साक्षान् महाभागवतो महान् त्वया न प्राप्स्यते संस्थामनन्तानुचरो बली
śrīnārada uvāca ayaṃ niṣkilbiṣaḥ sākṣān mahābhāgavato mahān tvayā na prāpsyate saṃsthāmanantānucaro balī
Śrī Nārada said: "This one is free of fault, himself a great devotee (of the Lord), a great one; being a mighty follower of Ananta, he will not meet his end at your hands."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.11
इत्युक्तस्तां विहायेन्द्रो देवर्षेर्मानयन् वचः अनन्तप्रियभक्त्यैनां परिक्रम्य दिवं ययौ
ityuktastāṃ vihāyendro devarṣermānayan vacaḥ anantapriyabhaktyaināṃ parikramya divaṃ yayau
Addressed thus, Indra let her go, honouring the words of the divine sage; out of devotion to one dear to Ananta he circled her (in respect) and went to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.12
ततो मे मातरमृषिः समानीय निजाश्रमे आश्वास्येहोष्यतां वत्से यावत् ते भर्तुरागमः
tato me mātaramṛṣiḥ samānīya nijāśrame āśvāsyehoṣyatāṃ vatse yāvat te bharturāgamaḥ
Then the sage brought my mother to his own hermitage and, comforting her, (said): "Stay here, child, until your husband's return."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.13
तथेत्यवात्सीद्देवर्षेरन्तिके साकुतोभया यावद्दैत्यपतिर्घोरात् तपसो न न्यवर्तत
tathetyavātsīddevarṣerantike sākutobhayā yāvaddaityapatirghorāt tapaso na nyavartata
Saying "so be it," she dwelt near the divine sage, secure from every side, so long as the lord of the Daityas had not turned back from his terrible austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.14
ऋषिं पर्यचरत् तत्र भक्त्या परमया सती अन्तर्वत्नी स्वगर्भस्य क्षेमायेच्छाप्रसूतये
ṛṣiṃ paryacarat tatra bhaktyā paramayā satī antarvatnī svagarbhasya kṣemāyecchāprasūtaye
There the chaste woman, being pregnant, attended upon the sage with the highest devotion, for the safety of her fetus and for its birth at the desired time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.15
ऋषिः कारुणिकस्तस्याः प्रादादुभयमीश्वरः धर्मस्य तत्त्वं ज्ञानं च मामप्युद्दिश्य निर्मलम्
ṛṣiḥ kāruṇikastasyāḥ prādādubhayamīśvaraḥ dharmasya tattvaṃ jñānaṃ ca māmapyuddiśya nirmalam
The compassionate sage, being capable, gave her both — the truth of dharma, and spotless knowledge — intending it for me as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.16
तत् तु कालस्य दीर्घत्वात् स्त्रीत्वान् मातुस्तिरोदधे ऋषिणानुगृहीतं मां नाधुनाप्यजहात् स्मृतिः
tat tu kālasya dīrghatvāt strītvān mātustirodadhe ṛṣiṇānugṛhītaṃ māṃ nādhunāpyajahāt smṛtiḥ
But that faded away for my mother, because of the length of time and because of her womanhood; whereas the memory (of it), since I was favoured by the sage, has not left me even now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.17
भवतामपि भूयान् मे यदि श्रद्दधते वचः वैशारदी धीः श्रद्धातः स्त्रीबालानां च मे यथा
bhavatāmapi bhūyān me yadi śraddadhate vacaḥ vaiśāradī dhīḥ śraddhātaḥ strībālānāṃ ca me yathā
For you too it may grow, if you put faith in (my) words. From faith comes clear insight — as it did for women and children, and for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.18
जन्माद्याः षड् इमे भावा दृष्टा देहस्य नात्मनः फलानामिव वृक्षस्य कालेनेश्वरमूर्तिना
janmādyāḥ ṣaḍ ime bhāvā dṛṣṭā dehasya nātmanaḥ phalānāmiva vṛkṣasya kāleneśvaramūrtinā
These six states, beginning with birth, are seen to belong to the body, not to the self — just as they belong to the fruits, not to the tree — (brought about) by time, which is a form of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.19
आत्मा नित्यो ऽव्ययः शुद्ध एकः क्षेत्रज्ञ आश्रयः अविक्रियः स्वदृग् हेतुर्व्यापको ऽसङ्ग्यनावृतः
ātmā nityo 'vyayaḥ śuddha ekaḥ kṣetrajña āśrayaḥ avikriyaḥ svadṛg heturvyāpako 'saṅgyanāvṛtaḥ
The self is eternal, undecaying, pure, one, the knower of the field, the support, unchanging, self-luminous, the cause, all-pervading, unattached, and uncovered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.20
एतैर्द्वादशभिर्विद्वान् आत्मनो लक्षणैः परैः अहं ममेत्यसद्भावं देहादौ मोहजं त्यजेत्
etairdvādaśabhirvidvān ātmano lakṣaṇaiḥ paraiḥ ahaṃ mametyasadbhāvaṃ dehādau mohajaṃ tyajet
By these twelve supreme marks of the self, the knowing man should give up the unreal notion of "I" and "mine" with regard to the body and the rest, a notion born of delusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.21
स्वर्णं यथा ग्रावसु हेमकारः क्षेत्रेषु योगैस्तदभिज्ञ आप्नुयात् क्षेत्रेषु देहेषु तथात्मयोगैर् अध्यात्मविद्ब्रह्मगतिं लभेत
svarṇaṃ yathā grāvasu hemakāraḥ kṣetreṣu yogaistadabhijña āpnuyāt kṣetreṣu deheṣu tathātmayogair adhyātmavidbrahmagatiṃ labheta
Just as a goldsmith who is expert in it can obtain gold that lies in stones, in the ore-fields, by the appropriate processes, so, in the fields that are bodies, one who knows the inner self may attain the state of Brahman by the disciplines of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.22
अष्टौ प्रकृतयः प्रोक्तास्त्रय एव हि तद्गुणाः विकाराः षोडशाचार्यैः पुमान् एकः समन्वयात्
aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ proktāstraya eva hi tadguṇāḥ vikārāḥ ṣoḍaśācāryaiḥ pumān ekaḥ samanvayāt
Eight primary constituents have been declared, and three indeed are their qualities, and sixteen modifications, by the teachers; the person is one, since it runs through them all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.23
देहस्तु सर्वसङ्घातो जगत् तस्थुरिति द्विधा अत्रैव मृग्यः पुरुषो नेति नेतीत्यतत् त्यजन्
dehastu sarvasaṅghāto jagat tasthuriti dvidhā atraiva mṛgyaḥ puruṣo neti netītyatat tyajan
The body, however, is an aggregate of all (the elements); it is of two kinds, moving and stationary. Precisely here the Person (puruṣa) is to be sought out, rejecting what is not the Self with the words "not this, not this."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 7.24
अन्वयव्यतिरेकेण विवेकेनोशतात्मना स्वर्गस्थानसमाम्नायैर्विमृशद्भिरसत्वरैः
anvayavyatirekeṇa vivekenośatātmanā svargasthānasamāmnāyairvimṛśadbhirasatvaraiḥ
— by means of concurrence and exclusion (positive and negative concomitance), with discrimination, with a purified mind, by those who reflect unhurriedly upon the traditional teachings about heaven and (its) stations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 7.25
बुद्धेर्जागरणं स्वप्नः सुषुप्तिरिति वृत्तयः ता येनैवानुभूयन्ते सो ऽध्यक्षः पुरुषः परः
buddherjāgaraṇaṃ svapnaḥ suṣuptiriti vṛttayaḥ tā yenaivānubhūyante so 'dhyakṣaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ
Waking, dream, and deep sleep are functions of the intellect; that one by whom alone these are experienced is the overseer, the supreme Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.26
एभिस्त्रिवर्णैः पर्यस्तैर्बुद्धिभेदैः क्रियोद्भवैः स्वरूपमात्मनो बुध्येद्गन्धैर्वायुमिवान्वयात्
ebhistrivarṇaiḥ paryastairbuddhibhedaiḥ kriyodbhavaiḥ svarūpamātmano budhyedgandhairvāyumivānvayāt
By these three-colored (states), which are the modifications of the intellect arising from action and are (thus) thrown about, one should discern one's own true nature, as (one infers) the wind from the odors (it carries), by (their) connection (with it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.27
एतद्द्वारो हि संसारो गुणकर्मनिबन्धनः अज्ञानमूलो ऽपार्थो ऽपि पुंसः स्वप्न इवार्प्यते
etaddvāro hi saṃsāro guṇakarmanibandhanaḥ ajñānamūlo 'pārtho 'pi puṃsaḥ svapna ivārpyate
Indeed, transmigration has this (intellect) for its door; it is bound by the guṇas and by action, it is rooted in ignorance, and though meaningless, it is imposed upon the person like a dream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.28
तस्माद्भवद्भिः कर्तव्यं कर्मणां त्रिगुणात्मनाम् बीजनिर्हरणं योगः प्रवाहोपरमो धियः
tasmādbhavadbhiḥ kartavyaṃ karmaṇāṃ triguṇātmanām bījanirharaṇaṃ yogaḥ pravāhoparamo dhiyaḥ
Therefore you (all) must accomplish the uprooting of the seed of actions whose nature is the three guṇas: (this is) yoga, the ceasing of the stream of the intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.29
तत्रोपायसहस्राणामयं भगवतोदितः यदीश्वरे भगवति यथा यैरञ्जसा रतिः
tatropāyasahasrāṇāmayaṃ bhagavatoditaḥ yadīśvare bhagavati yathā yairañjasā ratiḥ
Among the thousands of means there, this one has been declared by the Lord: that by which there comes at once delight in the Lord, the Blessed One — as (follows), by these (means).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 7.30
गुरुशुश्रूषया भक्त्या सर्वलब्धार्पणेन च सङ्गेन साधुभक्तानामीश्वराराधनेन च
guruśuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarvalabdhārpaṇena ca saṅgena sādhubhaktānāmīśvarārādhanena ca
By service to the guru, by devotion, and by offering all that one obtains, by association with good devotees and by worship of the Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.31
श्रद्धया तत्कथायां च कीर्तनैर्गुणकर्मणाम् तत्पादाम्बुरुहध्यानात् तल्लिङ्गेक्षार्हणादिभिः
śraddhayā tatkathāyāṃ ca kīrtanairguṇakarmaṇām tatpādāmburuhadhyānāt talliṅgekṣārhaṇādibhiḥ
and by faith in the accounts of him, and by singing of his qualities and deeds, by meditation on his lotus feet, by beholding and honoring his images, and so forth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.32
हरिः सर्वेषु भूतेषु भगवान् आस्त ईश्वरः इति भूतानि मनसा कामैस्तैः साधु मानयेत्
hariḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu bhagavān āsta īśvaraḥ iti bhūtāni manasā kāmaistaiḥ sādhu mānayet
(thinking) "Hari, the Blessed Lord, dwells in all beings," one should thus in mind duly honor beings with the objects they desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.33
एवं निर्जितषड्वर्गैः क्रियते भक्तिरीश्वरे वासुदेवे भगवति यया संलभ्यते रतिः
evaṃ nirjitaṣaḍvargaiḥ kriyate bhaktirīśvare vāsudeve bhagavati yayā saṃlabhyate ratiḥ
Thus, by those who have conquered the group of six, devotion is performed toward the Lord, the Blessed Vāsudeva — by which delight is obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.34
निशम्य कर्माणि गुणान् अतुल्यान् वीर्याणि लीलातनुभिः कृतानि यदातिहर्षोत्पुलकाश्रुगद्गदं प्रोत्कण्ठ उद्गायति रौति नृत्यति
niśamya karmāṇi guṇān atulyān vīryāṇi līlātanubhiḥ kṛtāni yadātiharṣotpulakāśrugadgadaṃ protkaṇṭha udgāyati rauti nṛtyati
Having heard of the deeds, the incomparable qualities, and the mighty feats performed by (his) bodies of play, when, from excess of joy, with hair standing up and voice choked with tears, one longs intensely and sings aloud, cries out, and dances —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.35
यदा ग्रहग्रस्त इव क्वचिद्धसत्य् आक्रन्दते ध्यायति वन्दते जनम् मुहुः श्वसन् वक्ति हरे जगत्पते नारायणेत्यात्ममतिर्गतत्रपः
yadā grahagrasta iva kvaciddhasaty ākrandate dhyāyati vandate janam muhuḥ śvasan vakti hare jagatpate nārāyaṇetyātmamatirgatatrapaḥ
when, like one seized by a spirit, one sometimes laughs, wails, meditates, salutes people, breathing hard again and again says "O Hari, Lord of the world, O Nārāyaṇa!" — his mind (fixed) on that Self, his shame gone —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.36
तदा पुमान् मुक्तसमस्तबन्धनस् तद्भावभावानुकृताशयाकृतिः निर्दग्धबीजानुशयो महीयसा भक्तिप्रयोगेण समेत्यधोक्षजम्
tadā pumān muktasamastabandhanas tadbhāvabhāvānukṛtāśayākṛtiḥ nirdagdhabījānuśayo mahīyasā bhaktiprayogeṇa sametyadhokṣajam
then the person, freed from every bond, his disposition and form having taken on the character of that being (which he has) contemplated, his seed (of karma) and its latent residue burnt away, reaches Adhokṣaja by the greatest practice of devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.37
अधोक्षजालम्भमिहाशुभात्मनः शरीरिणः संसृतिचक्रशातनम् तद्ब्रह्मनिर्वाणसुखं विदुर्बुधास् ततो भजध्वं हृदये हृदीश्वरम्
adhokṣajālambhamihāśubhātmanaḥ śarīriṇaḥ saṃsṛticakraśātanam tadbrahmanirvāṇasukhaṃ vidurbudhās tato bhajadhvaṃ hṛdaye hṛdīśvaram
The wise know the attainment of Adhokṣaja here to be, for the embodied soul whose nature is impure, the shattering of the wheel of transmigration and the bliss of extinction in Brahman; therefore worship the Lord of the heart within the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.38
को ऽतिप्रयासो ऽसुरबालका हरेर् उपासने स्वे हृदि छिद्रवत् सतः स्वस्यात्मनः सख्युरशेषदेहिनां सामान्यतः किं विषयोपपादनैः
ko 'tiprayāso 'surabālakā harer upāsane sve hṛdi chidravat sataḥ svasyātmanaḥ sakhyuraśeṣadehināṃ sāmānyataḥ kiṃ viṣayopapādanaiḥ
What great effort is there, O sons of the demons, in the worship of Hari, who abides in one's own heart like (the ether in) a hollow space, who is one's own self and friend, and who is common to all embodied beings? What (need) then of furnishing sense-objects?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.39
रायः कलत्रं पशवः सुतादयो गृहा मही कुञ्जरकोशभूतयः सर्वे ऽर्थकामाः क्षणभङ्गुरायुषः कुर्वन्ति मर्त्यस्य कियत् प्रियं चलाः
rāyaḥ kalatraṃ paśavaḥ sutādayo gṛhā mahī kuñjarakośabhūtayaḥ sarve 'rthakāmāḥ kṣaṇabhaṅgurāyuṣaḥ kurvanti martyasya kiyat priyaṃ calāḥ
Riches, wife, cattle, children and the rest, houses, land, elephants, treasuries, prosperity — all objects of wealth and desire, whose duration breaks in a moment: how much pleasure can these unsteady things bring to a mortal?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.40
एवं हि लोकाः क्रतुभिः कृता अमी क्षयिष्णवः सातिशया न निर्मलाः तस्माददृष्टश्रुतदूषणं परं भक्त्योक्तयेशं भजतात्मलब्धये
evaṃ hi lokāḥ kratubhiḥ kṛtā amī kṣayiṣṇavaḥ sātiśayā na nirmalāḥ tasmādadṛṣṭaśrutadūṣaṇaṃ paraṃ bhaktyoktayeśaṃ bhajatātmalabdhaye
So too these worlds gained by sacrifices are perishable, admitting of something higher, and not pure; therefore worship the Supreme Lord, in whom no fault is seen or heard of, with devotion as described, for the attainment of the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.41
यदर्थ इह कर्माणि विद्वन्मान्यसकृन् नरः करोत्यतो विपर्यासममोघं विन्दते फलम्
yadartha iha karmāṇi vidvanmānyasakṛn naraḥ karotyato viparyāsamamoghaṃ vindate phalam
For whatever purpose a man who considers himself learned repeatedly performs works here, from that he unfailingly obtains a fruit that is the reverse (of what he intended).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.42
सुखाय दुःखमोक्षाय सङ्कल्प इह कर्मिणः सदाप्नोतीहया दुःखमनीहायाः सुखावृतः
sukhāya duḥkhamokṣāya saṅkalpa iha karmiṇaḥ sadāpnotīhayā duḥkhamanīhāyāḥ sukhāvṛtaḥ
Here the resolve of the doer of works is for happiness and for release from suffering; (yet) through his striving he always gains suffering, while one without striving is encompassed by happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.43
कामान् कामयते काम्यैर्यदर्थमिह पूरुषः स वै देहस्तु पारक्यो भङ्गुरो यात्युपैति च
kāmān kāmayate kāmyairyadarthamiha pūruṣaḥ sa vai dehastu pārakyo bhaṅguro yātyupaiti ca
For the sake of which (body) a person here desires pleasures by means of desirable things — that body indeed belongs to others, is perishable, and goes and comes (again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.44
किमु व्यवहितापत्य दारागारधनादयः राज्यकोशगजामात्य भृत्याप्ता ममतास्पदाः
kimu vyavahitāpatya dārāgāradhanādayaḥ rājyakośagajāmātya bhṛtyāptā mamatāspadāḥ
How much more (so) the more remote things — children, wife, house, wealth and the rest, kingdom, treasury, elephants, ministers, servants, relatives — the seats of the sense of "mine"?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.45
किमेतैरात्मनस्तुच्छैः सह देहेन नश्वरैः अनर्थैरर्थसङ्काशैर्नित्यानन्दरसोदधेः
kimetairātmanastucchaiḥ saha dehena naśvaraiḥ anarthairarthasaṅkāśairnityānandarasodadheḥ
What (good) are these to the self—paltry things, perishing along with the body, non-goods that (only) look like goods—(to one who has) the ocean of the nectar of eternal bliss?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 7.46
निरूप्यतामिह स्वार्थः कियान् देहभृतो ऽसुराः निषेकादिष्ववस्थासु क्लिश्यमानस्य कर्मभिः
nirūpyatāmiha svārthaḥ kiyān dehabhṛto 'surāḥ niṣekādiṣvavasthāsu kliśyamānasya karmabhiḥ
Let it be examined here, O demons: how much self-interest is there for the bearer of a body, who is tormented by his own works through the states beginning with insemination?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.47
कर्माण्यारभते देही देहेनात्मानुवर्तिना कर्मभिस्तनुते देहमुभयं त्वविवेकतः
karmāṇyārabhate dehī dehenātmānuvartinā karmabhistanute dehamubhayaṃ tvavivekataḥ
The embodied one undertakes actions by means of the body that accompanies the self, and by his actions he builds up (another) body—and both come about from want of discrimination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.48
तस्मादर्थाश्च कामाश्च धर्माश्च यदपाश्रयाः भजतानीहयात्मानमनीहं हरिमीश्वरम्
tasmādarthāśca kāmāśca dharmāśca yadapāśrayāḥ bhajatānīhayātmānamanīhaṃ harimīśvaram
Therefore worship, with desirelessness, the desireless Self, Hari the Lord, on whom wealth and pleasures and duties (all) rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.49
सर्वेषामपि भूतानां हरिरात्मेश्वरः प्रियः भूतैर्महद्भिः स्वकृतैः कृतानां जीवसंज्ञितः
sarveṣāmapi bhūtānāṃ harirātmeśvaraḥ priyaḥ bhūtairmahadbhiḥ svakṛtaiḥ kṛtānāṃ jīvasaṃjñitaḥ
Hari is the Self, the Lord, the dear one of absolutely all beings; of the creatures made out of the great elements which he himself made, he (dwelling in them) is designated the jīva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 7.50
देवो ऽसुरो मनुष्यो वा यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा भजन् मुकुन्दचरणं स्वस्तिमान् स्याद्यथा वयम्
devo 'suro manuṣyo vā yakṣo gandharva eva vā bhajan mukundacaraṇaṃ svastimān syādyathā vayam
Whether god, demon, human, yakṣa or gandharva, one who worships Mukunda's foot would attain well-being, just as we (have).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.51
नालं द्विजत्वं देवत्वमृषित्वं वासुरात्मजाः प्रीणनाय मुकुन्दस्य न वृत्तं न बहुज्ञता
nālaṃ dvijatvaṃ devatvamṛṣitvaṃ vāsurātmajāḥ prīṇanāya mukundasya na vṛttaṃ na bahujñatā
Neither twice-born status, nor godhood, nor being a sage suffices, O sons of demons, for the pleasing of Mukunda—nor good conduct, nor wide learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.52
न दानं न तपो नेज्या न शौचं न व्रतानि च प्रीयते ऽमलया भक्त्या हरिरन्यद्विडम्बनम्
na dānaṃ na tapo nejyā na śaucaṃ na vratāni ca prīyate 'malayā bhaktyā hariranyadviḍambanam
Not gift-giving, not austerity, not sacrifice, not purity, and not vows: Hari is pleased by spotless devotion; anything else is (mere) mimicry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.53
ततो हरौ भगवति भक्तिं कुरुत दानवाः आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र सर्वभूतात्मनीश्वरे
tato harau bhagavati bhaktiṃ kuruta dānavāḥ ātmaupamyena sarvatra sarvabhūtātmanīśvare
Therefore, O Dānavas, practise devotion to Hari, the Blessed One, everywhere, by treating (others) as like yourselves—to the Lord who is the Self of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.54
दैतेया यक्षरक्षांसि स्त्रियः शूद्रा व्रजौकसः खगा मृगाः पापजीवाः सन्ति ह्यच्युततां गताः
daiteyā yakṣarakṣāṃsi striyaḥ śūdrā vrajaukasaḥ khagā mṛgāḥ pāpajīvāḥ santi hyacyutatāṃ gatāḥ
Daityas, yakṣas and rakṣases, women, śūdras, dwellers of the cow-pens, birds, beasts, sinful creatures—there are indeed such as have attained the state of Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 7.55
एतावान् एव लोके ऽस्मिन् पुंसः स्वार्थः परः स्मृतः एकान्तभक्तिर्गोविन्दे यत् सर्वत्र तदीक्षणम्
etāvān eva loke 'smin puṃsaḥ svārthaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ ekāntabhaktirgovinde yat sarvatra tadīkṣaṇam
Just this much is held to be a man's highest self-interest in this world: one-pointed devotion to Govinda, which is the seeing of him everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition