Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 9
SB 7 9.1
श्रीनारद उवाच एवं सुरादयः सर्वे ब्रह्मरुद्रपुरः सराः नोपैतुमशकन् मन्यु संरम्भं सुदुरासदम्
śrīnārada uvāca evaṃ surādayaḥ sarve brahmarudrapuraḥ sarāḥ nopaitumaśakan manyu saṃrambhaṃ sudurāsadam
Nārada said: Thus all the gods and the rest, with Brahmā and Rudra at their head, were unable to approach that fury and rage, so very hard to come near.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.2
साक्षात् श्रीः प्रेषिता देवैर्दृष्ट्वा तं महदद्भुतम् अदृष्टाश्रुतपूर्वत्वात् सा नोपेयाय शङ्किता
sākṣāt śrīḥ preṣitā devairdṛṣṭvā taṃ mahadadbhutam adṛṣṭāśrutapūrvatvāt sā nopeyāya śaṅkitā
Even Śrī herself, sent by the gods, on seeing that great marvel, did not approach, being afraid, since such a thing had never before been seen or heard of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.3
प्रह्रादं प्रेषयामास ब्रह्मावस्थितमन्तिके तात प्रशमयोपेहि स्वपित्रे कुपितं प्रभुम्
prahrādaṃ preṣayāmāsa brahmāvasthitamantike tāta praśamayopehi svapitre kupitaṃ prabhum
Brahmā sent Prahlāda, who was standing nearby: "Child, go up and pacify the Lord, who is angry at your father."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.4
तथेति शनकै राजन् महाभागवतो ऽर्भकः उपेत्य भुवि कायेन ननाम विधृताञ्जलिः
tatheti śanakai rājan mahābhāgavato 'rbhakaḥ upetya bhuvi kāyena nanāma vidhṛtāñjaliḥ
Saying "So be it," O king, the boy, a great devotee, slowly approached and bowed with his body to the ground, holding his palms joined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.5
स्वपादमूले पतितं तमर्भकं विलोक्य देवः कृपया परिप्लुतः उत्थाप्य तच्छीर्ष्ण्यदधात् कराम्बुजं कालाहिवित्रस्तधियां कृताभयम्
svapādamūle patitaṃ tamarbhakaṃ vilokya devaḥ kṛpayā pariplutaḥ utthāpya tacchīrṣṇyadadhāt karāmbujaṃ kālāhivitrastadhiyāṃ kṛtābhayam
Seeing that child fallen at the base of his feet, the Lord, flooded with compassion, raised him up and placed on his head his lotus hand, which grants fearlessness to those whose minds are terrified of the serpent of Time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.6
स तत्करस्पर्शधुताखिलाशुभः सपद्यभिव्यक्तपरात्मदर्शनः तत्पादपद्मं हृदि निर्वृतो दधौ हृष्यत्तनुः क्लिन्नहृदश्रुलोचनः
sa tatkarasparśadhutākhilāśubhaḥ sapadyabhivyaktaparātmadarśanaḥ tatpādapadmaṃ hṛdi nirvṛto dadhau hṛṣyattanuḥ klinnahṛdaśrulocanaḥ
With all his impurity shaken off by the touch of that hand, at once the vision of the Supreme Self became manifest in him; blissful, he held those lotus feet in his heart, his body thrilling, his heart melting, tears in his eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.7
अस्तौषीद्धरिमेकाग्र मनसा सुसमाहितः प्रेमगद्गदया वाचा तन्न्यस्तहृदयेक्षणः
astauṣīddharimekāgra manasā susamāhitaḥ premagadgadayā vācā tannyastahṛdayekṣaṇaḥ
With one-pointed mind, fully collected, his heart and eyes fixed on him, he praised Hari with a voice faltering with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.8
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच ब्रह्मादयः सुरगणा मुनयो ऽथ सिद्धाः सत्त्वैकतानगतयो वचसां प्रवाहैः ब्रह्मादयः सुरगणा मुनयो ऽथ सिद्धाः सत्त्वैकतानगतयो वचसां प्रवाहैः नाराधितुं पुरुगुणैरधुनापि पिप्रुः किं तोष्टुमर्हति स मे हरिरुग्रजातेः
śrīprahrāda uvāca brahmādayaḥ suragaṇā munayo 'tha siddhāḥ sattvaikatānagatayo vacasāṃ pravāhaiḥ brahmādayaḥ suragaṇā munayo 'tha siddhāḥ sattvaikatānagatayo vacasāṃ pravāhaiḥ nārādhituṃ puruguṇairadhunāpi pipruḥ kiṃ toṣṭumarhati sa me harirugrajāteḥ
Prahlāda said: Brahmā and the other hosts of gods, and the sages, and the Siddhas, whose course is fixed solely on sattva, have not been able even until now, with their streams of words and their many virtues, to propitiate him. Will he, Hari, be satisfied with me, who am of fierce birth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.9
मन्ये धनाभिजनरूपतपःश्रुतौजस् तेजःप्रभावबलपौरुषबुद्धियोगाः मन्ये धनाभिजनरूपतपःश्रुतौजस् तेजःप्रभावबलपौरुषबुद्धियोगाः नाराधनाय हि भवन्ति परस्य पुंसो भक्त्या तुतोष भगवान् गजयूथपाय
manye dhanābhijanarūpatapaḥśrutaujas tejaḥprabhāvabalapauruṣabuddhiyogāḥ manye dhanābhijanarūpatapaḥśrutaujas tejaḥprabhāvabalapauruṣabuddhiyogāḥ nārādhanāya hi bhavanti parasya puṃso bhaktyā tutoṣa bhagavān gajayūthapāya
I hold that wealth, noble birth, beauty, austerity, learning, vigour, splendour, influence, strength, valour, intelligence and yoga do not serve to propitiate the Supreme Person; for the Lord was pleased by devotion in the case of the lord of the elephant herd.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.10
विप्राद्द्विषड्गुणयुतादरविन्दनाभ पादारविन्दविमुखात् श्वपचं वरिष्ठम् विप्राद्द्विषड्गुणयुतादरविन्दनाभ पादारविन्दविमुखात् श्वपचं वरिष्ठम् मन्ये तदर्पितमनोवचनेहितार्थ प्राणं पुनाति स कुलं न तु भूरिमानः
viprāddviṣaḍguṇayutādaravindanābha pādāravindavimukhāt śvapacaṃ variṣṭham viprāddviṣaḍguṇayutādaravindanābha pādāravindavimukhāt śvapacaṃ variṣṭham manye tadarpitamanovacanehitārtha prāṇaṃ punāti sa kulaṃ na tu bhūrimānaḥ
O lotus-navelled one, I consider a dog-eater who has offered to you his mind, words, actions, aims and life to be better than a brāhmaṇa endowed with the twelve qualities who is turned away from your lotus feet; for such a one purifies his whole family, but not the one full of pride (in his birth).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.11
नैवात्मनः प्रभुरयं निजलाभपूर्णो मानं जनादविदुषः करुणो वृणीते नैवात्मनः प्रभुरयं निजलाभपूर्णो मानं जनादविदुषः करुणो वृणीते यद्यज् जनो भगवते विदधीत मानं तच् चात्मने प्रतिमुखस्य यथा मुखश्रीः
naivātmanaḥ prabhurayaṃ nijalābhapūrṇo mānaṃ janādaviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte naivātmanaḥ prabhurayaṃ nijalābhapūrṇo mānaṃ janādaviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte yadyaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānaṃ tac cātmane pratimukhasya yathā mukhaśrīḥ
This Lord, complete in his own attainment, does not for his own sake accept honour from ignorant people; being compassionate, (he accepts it for their sake). Whatever honour a person renders to the Lord, that is for his own self, as the beauty of a face (reflected) in a mirror belongs to the face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.12
तस्मादहं विगतविक्लव ईश्वरस्य सर्वात्मना महि गृणामि यथा मनीषम् तस्मादहं विगतविक्लव ईश्वरस्य सर्वात्मना महि गृणामि यथा मनीषम् नीचो ऽजया गुणविसर्गमनुप्रविष्टः पूयेत येन हि पुमान् अनुवर्णितेन
tasmādahaṃ vigataviklava īśvarasya sarvātmanā mahi gṛṇāmi yathā manīṣam tasmādahaṃ vigataviklava īśvarasya sarvātmanā mahi gṛṇāmi yathā manīṣam nīco 'jayā guṇavisargamanupraviṣṭaḥ pūyeta yena hi pumān anuvarṇitena
Therefore, free from agitation, I with my whole being celebrate the greatness of the Lord as far as my understanding reaches — lowly though I am, entered by nescience into the stream of the guṇas; for by such recounting a man is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.13
सर्वे ह्यमी विधिकरास्तव सत्त्वधाम्नो ब्रह्मादयो वयमिवेश न चोद्विजन्तः सर्वे ह्यमी विधिकरास्तव सत्त्वधाम्नो ब्रह्मादयो वयमिवेश न चोद्विजन्तः क्षेमाय भूतय उतात्मसुखाय चास्य विक्रीडितं भगवतो रुचिरावतारैः
sarve hyamī vidhikarāstava sattvadhāmno brahmādayo vayamiveśa na codvijantaḥ sarve hyamī vidhikarāstava sattvadhāmno brahmādayo vayamiveśa na codvijantaḥ kṣemāya bhūtaya utātmasukhāya cāsya vikrīḍitaṃ bhagavato rucirāvatāraiḥ
All these, Brahmā and the rest, are executors of your command, O Lord, you who are the abode of sattva, and are not agitated as we are. This play of the Lord through his lovely incarnations is for the safety, the welfare and the joy of the self of this (world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.14
तद्यच्छ मन्युमसुरश्च हतस्त्वयाद्य मोदेत साधुरपि वृश्चिकसर्पहत्या तद्यच्छ मन्युमसुरश्च हतस्त्वयाद्य मोदेत साधुरपि वृश्चिकसर्पहत्या लोकाश्च निर्वृतिमिताः प्रतियन्ति सर्वे रूपं नृसिंह विभयाय जनाः स्मरन्ति
tadyaccha manyumasuraśca hatastvayādya modeta sādhurapi vṛścikasarpahatyā tadyaccha manyumasuraśca hatastvayādya modeta sādhurapi vṛścikasarpahatyā lokāśca nirvṛtimitāḥ pratiyanti sarve rūpaṃ nṛsiṃha vibhayāya janāḥ smaranti
Therefore let go of your anger: the asura has today been slain by you — even a good man rejoices at the killing of a scorpion or a snake. And all the worlds, having attained relief, look forward (to you); people remember (this) form of yours, O Nṛsiṃha, for the ending of fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.15
नाहं बिभेम्यजित ते ऽतिभयानकास्य जिह्वार्कनेत्रभ्रुकुटीरभसोग्रदंष्ट्रात् नाहं बिभेम्यजित ते ऽतिभयानकास्य जिह्वार्कनेत्रभ्रुकुटीरभसोग्रदंष्ट्रात् आन्त्रस्रजःक्षतजकेशरशङ्कुकर्णान् निर्ह्रादभीतदिगिभादरिभिन्नखाग्रात्
nāhaṃ bibhemyajita te 'tibhayānakāsya jihvārkanetrabhrukuṭīrabhasogradaṃṣṭrāt nāhaṃ bibhemyajita te 'tibhayānakāsya jihvārkanetrabhrukuṭīrabhasogradaṃṣṭrāt āntrasrajaḥkṣatajakeśaraśaṅkukarṇān nirhrādabhītadigibhādaribhinnakhāgrāt
I have no fear, O unconquered one, of your exceedingly dreadful mouth, of the tongue, the sun-like eyes, the frowning brows, the fierce swift fangs, of you who wear a garland of entrails, whose mane is smeared with blood, whose ears are like spikes, at whose roar the elephants of the quarters are terrified, and whose nail-tips split open the enemy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.16
त्रस्तो ऽस्म्यहं कृपणवत्सल दुःसहोग्र संसारचक्रकदनाद्ग्रसतां प्रणीतः त्रस्तो ऽस्म्यहं कृपणवत्सल दुःसहोग्र संसारचक्रकदनाद्ग्रसतां प्रणीतः बद्धः स्वकर्मभिरुशत्तम ते ऽङ्घ्रिमूलं प्रीतो ऽपवर्गशरणं ह्वयसे कदा नु
trasto 'smyahaṃ kṛpaṇavatsala duḥsahogra saṃsāracakrakadanādgrasatāṃ praṇītaḥ trasto 'smyahaṃ kṛpaṇavatsala duḥsahogra saṃsāracakrakadanādgrasatāṃ praṇītaḥ baddhaḥ svakarmabhiruśattama te 'ṅghrimūlaṃ prīto 'pavargaśaraṇaṃ hvayase kadā nu
I am terrified, O you who are tender to the wretched, having been brought among those being devoured by the unbearable, fierce grinding of the wheel of transmigration. Bound by my own deeds, O most kindly one, when indeed, being pleased, will you call me to the sole of your foot, which is the refuge that is release?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.17
यस्मात् प्रियाप्रियवियोगसंयोगजन्म शोकाग्निना सकलयोनिषु दह्यमानः यस्मात् प्रियाप्रियवियोगसंयोगजन्म शोकाग्निना सकलयोनिषु दह्यमानः दुःखौषधं तदपि दुःखमतद्धियाहं भूमन् भ्रमामि वद मे तव दास्ययोगम्
yasmāt priyāpriyaviyogasaṃyogajanma śokāgninā sakalayoniṣu dahyamānaḥ yasmāt priyāpriyaviyogasaṃyogajanma śokāgninā sakalayoniṣu dahyamānaḥ duḥkhauṣadhaṃ tadapi duḥkhamataddhiyāhaṃ bhūman bhramāmi vada me tava dāsyayogam
Because, burnt in all the wombs by the fire of grief that is born of separation from the dear and union with the undear — and even the medicine for that suffering is itself suffering — I wander with my mind on what is not the self; O Boundless one, tell me the discipline of servitude to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.18
सो ऽहं प्रियस्य सुहृदः परदेवताया लीलाकथास्तव नृसिंह विरिञ्चगीताः सो ऽहं प्रियस्य सुहृदः परदेवताया लीलाकथास्तव नृसिंह विरिञ्चगीताः अञ्जस्तितर्म्यनुगृणन् गुणविप्रमुक्तो दुर्गाणि ते पदयुगालयहंससङ्गः
so 'haṃ priyasya suhṛdaḥ paradevatāyā līlākathāstava nṛsiṃha viriñcagītāḥ so 'haṃ priyasya suhṛdaḥ paradevatāyā līlākathāstava nṛsiṃha viriñcagītāḥ añjastitarmyanugṛṇan guṇavipramukto durgāṇi te padayugālayahaṃsasaṅgaḥ
So may I, O Nṛsiṃha, singing after (them) the stories of your play — the play of you who are (my) beloved, (my) friend, the supreme deity — as they were sung by Brahmā, freed from the qualities, easily cross over your hard passages, having the company of the swans who dwell at your pair of feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.19
बालस्य नेह शरणं पितरौ नृसिंह नार्तस्य चागदमुदन्वति मज्जतो नौः बालस्य नेह शरणं पितरौ नृसिंह नार्तस्य चागदमुदन्वति मज्जतो नौः तप्तस्य तत्प्रतिविधिर्य इहाञ्जसेष्टस् तावद्विभो तनुभृतां त्वदुपेक्षितानाम्
bālasya neha śaraṇaṃ pitarau nṛsiṃha nārtasya cāgadamudanvati majjato nauḥ bālasya neha śaraṇaṃ pitarau nṛsiṃha nārtasya cāgadamudanvati majjato nauḥ taptasya tatpratividhirya ihāñjaseṣṭas tāvadvibho tanubhṛtāṃ tvadupekṣitānām
Parents are here no refuge for a child, O Nṛsiṃha, nor medicine for one who is ill, nor a boat for one sinking in the sea; whatever counter-measure is here sought as an immediate remedy for one who is scorched — only that much, O pervading one, (avails) for the embodied who are disregarded by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.20
यस्मिन् यतो यर्हि येन च यस्य यस्माद् यस्मै यथा यदुत यस्त्वपरः परो वा यस्मिन् यतो यर्हि येन च यस्य यस्माद् यस्मै यथा यदुत यस्त्वपरः परो वा भावः करोति विकरोति पृथक् स्वभावः सञ्चोदितस्तदखिलं भवतः स्वरूपम्
yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmād yasmai yathā yaduta yastvaparaḥ paro vā yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmād yasmai yathā yaduta yastvaparaḥ paro vā bhāvaḥ karoti vikaroti pṛthak svabhāvaḥ sañcoditastadakhilaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpam
In whom, from what, at what time, by what, of whom, from what cause, for whom, in what manner, and what — whether it be this lower one or the higher — an entity, impelled, being separately a nature of its own, acts and transforms: all that is your own true form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.21
माया मनः सृजति कर्ममयं बलीयः कालेन चोदितगुणानुमतेन पुंसः माया मनः सृजति कर्ममयं बलीयः कालेन चोदितगुणानुमतेन पुंसः छन्दोमयं यदजयार्पितषोडशारं संसारचक्रमज को ऽतितरेत् त्वदन्यः
māyā manaḥ sṛjati karmamayaṃ balīyaḥ kālena coditaguṇānumatena puṃsaḥ māyā manaḥ sṛjati karmamayaṃ balīyaḥ kālena coditaguṇānumatena puṃsaḥ chandomayaṃ yadajayārpitaṣoḍaśāraṃ saṃsāracakramaja ko 'titaret tvadanyaḥ
Māyā creates the powerful mind, made of works, of the person, by time, with the sanction of the qualities that have been stirred up; who other than you, O unborn one, could cross over this wheel of transmigration, made of the Vedic injunctions, whose sixteen spokes are set in place by the unborn (māyā)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.22
स त्वं हि नित्यविजितात्मगुणः स्वधाम्ना कालो वशीकृतविसृज्यविसर्गशक्तिः स त्वं हि नित्यविजितात्मगुणः स्वधाम्ना कालो वशीकृतविसृज्यविसर्गशक्तिः चक्रे विसृष्टमजयेश्वर षोडशारे निष्पीड्यमानमुपकर्ष विभो प्रपन्नम्
sa tvaṃ hi nityavijitātmaguṇaḥ svadhāmnā kālo vaśīkṛtavisṛjyavisargaśaktiḥ sa tvaṃ hi nityavijitātmaguṇaḥ svadhāmnā kālo vaśīkṛtavisṛjyavisargaśaktiḥ cakre visṛṣṭamajayeśvara ṣoḍaśāre niṣpīḍyamānamupakarṣa vibho prapannam
You indeed are he whose own qualities are eternally mastered by his own splendour, who is Time, who has brought under control both the power of emitting and what is emitted. O Lord, O pervading one, draw up the surrendered one who has been cast by the unborn (māyā) onto the sixteen-spoked wheel and is being crushed there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.23
दृष्टा मया दिवि विभो ऽखिलधिष्ण्यपानाम् आयुः श्रियो विभव इच्छति यान् जनो ऽयम् दृष्टा मया दिवि विभो ऽखिलधिष्ण्यपानाम् आयुः श्रियो विभव इच्छति यान् जनो ऽयम् ये ऽस्मत् पितुः कुपितहासविजृम्भितभ्रू विस्फूर्जितेन लुलिताः स तु ते निरस्तः
dṛṣṭā mayā divi vibho 'khiladhiṣṇyapānām āyuḥ śriyo vibhava icchati yān jano 'yam dṛṣṭā mayā divi vibho 'khiladhiṣṇyapānām āyuḥ śriyo vibhava icchati yān jano 'yam ye 'smat pituḥ kupitahāsavijṛmbhitabhrū visphūrjitena lulitāḥ sa tu te nirastaḥ
I have seen in heaven, O pervading one, the lifespans, splendours and powers of the rulers of all the stations — the things this man here desires — which were shaken to pieces by the mere flashing forth of the angry laugh and arched brow of our father; but he has now been cast out by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.24
तस्मादमूस्तनुभृतामहमाशिषो ऽज्ञ आयुः श्रियं विभवमैन्द्रियमाविरिञ्च्यात् तस्मादमूस्तनुभृतामहमाशिषो ऽज्ञ आयुः श्रियं विभवमैन्द्रियमाविरिञ्च्यात् नेच्छामि ते विलुलितान् उरुविक्रमेण कालात्मनोपनय मां निजभृत्यपार्श्वम्
tasmādamūstanubhṛtāmahamāśiṣo 'jña āyuḥ śriyaṃ vibhavamaindriyamāviriñcyāt tasmādamūstanubhṛtāmahamāśiṣo 'jña āyuḥ śriyaṃ vibhavamaindriyamāviriñcyāt necchāmi te vilulitān uruvikrameṇa kālātmanopanaya māṃ nijabhṛtyapārśvam
Therefore I, ignorant, do not desire these blessings of the embodied — lifespan, splendour, and power of the senses up to Brahmā's own — for they are shattered by your mighty stride. O soul of Time, bring me to the side of your own servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.25
कुत्राशिषः श्रुतिसुखा मृगतृष्णिरूपाः क्वेदं कलेवरमशेषरुजां विरोहः कुत्राशिषः श्रुतिसुखा मृगतृष्णिरूपाः क्वेदं कलेवरमशेषरुजां विरोहः निर्विद्यते न तु जनो यदपीति विद्वान् कामानलं मधुलवैः शमयन् दुरापैः
kutrāśiṣaḥ śrutisukhā mṛgatṛṣṇirūpāḥ kvedaṃ kalevaramaśeṣarujāṃ virohaḥ kutrāśiṣaḥ śrutisukhā mṛgatṛṣṇirūpāḥ kvedaṃ kalevaramaśeṣarujāṃ virohaḥ nirvidyate na tu jano yadapīti vidvān kāmānalaṃ madhulavaiḥ śamayan durāpaiḥ
Where are blessings pleasant to the ear, having the form of a mirage, and where is this body, the sprouting-ground of endless diseases? Yet a man does not turn away in disgust, even though he knows this, trying to quell the fire of desires with drops of honey that are hard to get.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.26
क्वाहं रजःप्रभव ईश तमो ऽधिके ऽस्मिन् जातः सुरेतरकुले क्व तवानुकम्पा क्वाहं रजःप्रभव ईश तमो ऽधिके ऽस्मिन् जातः सुरेतरकुले क्व तवानुकम्पा न ब्रह्मणो न तु भवस्य न वै रमाया यन् मे ऽर्पितः शिरसि पद्मकरः प्रसादः
kvāhaṃ rajaḥprabhava īśa tamo 'dhike 'smin jātaḥ suretarakule kva tavānukampā kvāhaṃ rajaḥprabhava īśa tamo 'dhike 'smin jātaḥ suretarakule kva tavānukampā na brahmaṇo na tu bhavasya na vai ramāyā yan me 'rpitaḥ śirasi padmakaraḥ prasādaḥ
Where am I, sprung from passion, O Lord, born in this family of the enemies of the gods in which darkness prevails, and where is that compassion of yours — which fell neither to Brahmā, nor to Śiva, nor indeed to Ramā — in that your favour, your lotus hand, has been laid upon my head?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.27
नैषा परावरमतिर्भवतो ननु स्याज् जन्तोर्यथात्मसुहृदो जगतस्तथापि नैषा परावरमतिर्भवतो ननु स्याज् जन्तोर्यथात्मसुहृदो जगतस्तथापि संसेवया सुरतरोरिव ते प्रसादः सेवानुरूपमुदयो न परावरत्वम्
naiṣā parāvaramatirbhavato nanu syāj jantoryathātmasuhṛdo jagatastathāpi naiṣā parāvaramatirbhavato nanu syāj jantoryathātmasuhṛdo jagatastathāpi saṃsevayā surataroriva te prasādaḥ sevānurūpamudayo na parāvaratvam
Surely this judgement of higher and lower cannot belong to you, who are as the self and friend of the creature and of the world; yet still, your grace, like that of the celestial tree, comes through service: the outcome corresponds to the service, not to being high or low.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.28
एवं जनं निपतितं प्रभवाहिकूपे कामाभिकाममनु यः प्रपतन् प्रसङ्गात् एवं जनं निपतितं प्रभवाहिकूपे कामाभिकाममनु यः प्रपतन् प्रसङ्गात् कृत्वात्मसात् सुरर्षिणा भगवन् गृहीतः सो ऽहं कथं नु विसृजे तव भृत्यसेवाम्
evaṃ janaṃ nipatitaṃ prabhavāhikūpe kāmābhikāmamanu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt evaṃ janaṃ nipatitaṃ prabhavāhikūpe kāmābhikāmamanu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt kṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥ so 'haṃ kathaṃ nu visṛje tava bhṛtyasevām
Thus, O Blessed One, I, a man fallen into the snake-pit of worldly existence, going after desire upon desire and falling further through attachment, was made his own and taken up by the divine sage; how then should I give up the service of your servants?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.29
मत्प्राणरक्षणमनन्त पितुर्वधश्च मन्ये स्वभृत्यऋषिवाक्यमृतं विधातुम् मत्प्राणरक्षणमनन्त पितुर्वधश्च मन्ये स्वभृत्यऋषिवाक्यमृतं विधातुम् खड्गं प्रगृह्य यदवोचदसद्विधित्सुस् त्वामीश्वरो मदपरो ऽवतु कं हरामि
matprāṇarakṣaṇamananta piturvadhaśca manye svabhṛtyaṛṣivākyamṛtaṃ vidhātum matprāṇarakṣaṇamananta piturvadhaśca manye svabhṛtyaṛṣivākyamṛtaṃ vidhātum khaḍgaṃ pragṛhya yadavocadasadvidhitsus tvāmīśvaro madaparo 'vatu kaṃ harāmi
The protection of my life, O Endless one, and the killing of my father — these I take to be for making true the word of the sage, your own servant, which (my father), taking up his sword and intending evil, spoke: 'Let a lord other than me protect you — whose (head) am I taking off?'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.30
एकस्त्वमेव जगदेतममुष्य यत् त्वम् आद्यन्तयोः पृथग् अवस्यसि मध्यतश्च एकस्त्वमेव जगदेतममुष्य यत् त्वम् आद्यन्तयोः पृथग् अवस्यसि मध्यतश्च सृष्ट्वा गुणव्यतिकरं निजमाययेदं नानेव तैरवसितस्तदनुप्रविष्टः
ekastvameva jagadetamamuṣya yat tvam ādyantayoḥ pṛthag avasyasi madhyataśca ekastvameva jagadetamamuṣya yat tvam ādyantayoḥ pṛthag avasyasi madhyataśca sṛṣṭvā guṇavyatikaraṃ nijamāyayedaṃ nāneva tairavasitastadanupraviṣṭaḥ
You alone are this world, since you exist apart at its beginning and its end and in the middle as well; having created by your own māyā this intermixture of the qualities, you entered into it and are reckoned, through them, as though manifold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.31
त्वम्वा इदं सदसदीश भवांस्ततो ऽन्यो माया यदात्मपरबुद्धिरियं ह्यपार्था त्वम्वा इदं सदसदीश भवांस्ततो ऽन्यो माया यदात्मपरबुद्धिरियं ह्यपार्था यद्यस्य जन्म निधनं स्थितिरीक्षणं च तद्वैतदेव वसुकालवदष्टितर्वोः
tvamvā idaṃ sadasadīśa bhavāṃstato 'nyo māyā yadātmaparabuddhiriyaṃ hyapārthā tvamvā idaṃ sadasadīśa bhavāṃstato 'nyo māyā yadātmaparabuddhiriyaṃ hyapārthā yadyasya janma nidhanaṃ sthitirīkṣaṇaṃ ca tadvaitadeva vasukālavadaṣṭitarvoḥ
You indeed are this existent and non-existent, O Lord, and yet you are other than that; this notion of self and other is māyā, for it is without meaning. Whatever is the birth, destruction, continuance and perceiving of a thing — that is just this (you), as earth and time are for the seed and the tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.32
न्यस्येदमात्मनि जगद्विलयाम्बुमध्ये शेषेत्मना निजसुखानुभवो निरीहः न्यस्येदमात्मनि जगद्विलयाम्बुमध्ये शेषेत्मना निजसुखानुभवो निरीहः योगेन मीलितदृगात्मनिपीतनिद्रस् तुर्ये स्थितो न तु तमो न गुणांश्च युङ्क्षे
nyasyedamātmani jagadvilayāmbumadhye śeṣetmanā nijasukhānubhavo nirīhaḥ nyasyedamātmani jagadvilayāmbumadhye śeṣetmanā nijasukhānubhavo nirīhaḥ yogena mīlitadṛgātmanipītanidras turye sthito na tu tamo na guṇāṃśca yuṅkṣe
Having laid this world within yourself, you lie by yourself in the midst of the waters of dissolution, experiencing your own bliss, without any striving, with your sight closed by yoga, your sleep drunk up within yourself; abiding in the fourth state, you engage neither darkness nor the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.33
तस्यैव ते वपुरिदं निजकालशक्त्या सञ्चोदितप्रकृतिधर्मण आत्मगूढम् तस्यैव ते वपुरिदं निजकालशक्त्या सञ्चोदितप्रकृतिधर्मण आत्मगूढम् अम्भस्यनन्तशयनाद्विरमत्समाधेर् नाभेरभूत् स्वकणिकावटवन्महाब्जम्
tasyaiva te vapuridaṃ nijakālaśaktyā sañcoditaprakṛtidharmaṇa ātmagūḍham tasyaiva te vapuridaṃ nijakālaśaktyā sañcoditaprakṛtidharmaṇa ātmagūḍham ambhasyanantaśayanādviramatsamādher nābherabhūt svakaṇikāvaṭavanmahābjam
This body is of you alone, whose ways of nature are set in motion by your own power of time, and it is hidden within yourself; in the water, from the navel of you who were rousing from the trance of lying upon Ananta, there arose the great lotus, as a banyan arises from its tiny seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.34
तत्सम्भवः कविरतो ऽन्यदपश्यमानस् त्वां बीजमात्मनि ततं स बहिर्विचिन्त्य तत्सम्भवः कविरतो ऽन्यदपश्यमानस् त्वां बीजमात्मनि ततं स बहिर्विचिन्त्य नाविन्ददब्दशतमप्सु निमज्जमानो जाते ऽङ्कुरे कथमुहोपलभेत बीजम्
tatsambhavaḥ kavirato 'nyadapaśyamānas tvāṃ bījamātmani tataṃ sa bahirvicintya tatsambhavaḥ kavirato 'nyadapaśyamānas tvāṃ bījamātmani tataṃ sa bahirvicintya nāvindadabdaśatamapsu nimajjamāno jāte 'ṅkure kathamuhopalabheta bījam
Born from that (lotus), the sage (Brahmā), seeing nothing else, thought of you—the seed spread out within himself—as being outside, and, plunging into the waters for a hundred years, did not find (you): when the sprout has come forth, how indeed could one lay hold of the seed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.35
स त्वात्मयोनिरतिविस्मित आश्रितो ऽब्जं कालेन तीव्रतपसा परिशुद्धभावः स त्वात्मयोनिरतिविस्मित आश्रितो ऽब्जं कालेन तीव्रतपसा परिशुद्धभावः त्वामात्मनीश भुवि गन्धमिवातिसूक्ष्मं भूतेन्द्रियाशयमये विततं ददर्श
sa tvātmayonirativismita āśrito 'bjaṃ kālena tīvratapasā pariśuddhabhāvaḥ sa tvātmayonirativismita āśrito 'bjaṃ kālena tīvratapasā pariśuddhabhāvaḥ tvāmātmanīśa bhuvi gandhamivātisūkṣmaṃ bhūtendriyāśayamaye vitataṃ dadarśa
But he, the self-born, exceedingly astonished, taking his seat upon the lotus, his being purified in time by fierce austerity, saw you within himself, O Lord, extremely subtle like scent in the earth, spread through (that which) is made of the elements, the senses and the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.36
एवं सहस्रवदनाङ्घ्रिशिरःकरोरु नासाद्यकर्णनयनाभरणायुधाढ्यम् एवं सहस्रवदनाङ्घ्रिशिरःकरोरु नासाद्यकर्णनयनाभरणायुधाढ्यम् मायामयं सदुपलक्षितसन्निवेशं दृष्ट्वा महापुरुषमाप मुदं विरिञ्चः
evaṃ sahasravadanāṅghriśiraḥkaroru nāsādyakarṇanayanābharaṇāyudhāḍhyam evaṃ sahasravadanāṅghriśiraḥkaroru nāsādyakarṇanayanābharaṇāyudhāḍhyam māyāmayaṃ sadupalakṣitasanniveśaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāpuruṣamāpa mudaṃ viriñcaḥ
Thus, seeing the Great Person, rich in thousands of faces, feet, heads, hands, thighs, noses, mouths, ears, eyes, ornaments and weapons, made of māyā, whose arrangement is marked as real, Viriñca (Brahmā) attained delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.37
तस्मै भवान् हयशिरस्तनुवं हि बिभ्रद् वेदद्रुहावतिबलौ मधुकैटभाख्यौ तस्मै भवान् हयशिरस्तनुवं हि बिभ्रद् वेदद्रुहावतिबलौ मधुकैटभाख्यौ हत्वानयच् छ्रुतिगणांश्च रजस्तमश्च सत्त्वं तव प्रियतमां तनुमामनन्ति
tasmai bhavān hayaśirastanuvaṃ hi bibhrad vedadruhāvatibalau madhukaiṭabhākhyau tasmai bhavān hayaśirastanuvaṃ hi bibhrad vedadruhāvatibalau madhukaiṭabhākhyau hatvānayac chrutigaṇāṃśca rajastamaśca sattvaṃ tava priyatamāṃ tanumāmananti
For his sake you, bearing the horse-headed body, slew the two exceedingly powerful haters of the Veda called Madhu and Kaiṭabha and brought back the bodies of the Vedas; and rajas and tamas (are theirs), while sattva they declare to be your dearest form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.38
इत्थं नृतिर्यगृषिदेवझषावतारैर् लोकान् विभावयसि हंसि जगत् प्रतीपान् इत्थं नृतिर्यगृषिदेवझषावतारैर् लोकान् विभावयसि हंसि जगत् प्रतीपान् धर्मं महापुरुष पासि युगानुवृत्तं छन्नः कलौ यदभवस्त्रियुगो ऽथ स त्वम्
itthaṃ nṛtiryagṛṣidevajhaṣāvatārair lokān vibhāvayasi haṃsi jagat pratīpān itthaṃ nṛtiryagṛṣidevajhaṣāvatārair lokān vibhāvayasi haṃsi jagat pratīpān dharmaṃ mahāpuruṣa pāsi yugānuvṛttaṃ channaḥ kalau yadabhavastriyugo 'tha sa tvam
Thus by your descents among men, animals, sages, gods and fishes you make the worlds flourish and slay those hostile to the world; you protect dharma as it follows the ages, O Great Person; and since in Kali you became hidden, you are that Triyuga ('he of the three ages').
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.39
नैतन् मनस्तव कथासु विकुण्ठनाथ सम्प्रीयते दुरितदुष्टमसाधु तीव्रम् नैतन् मनस्तव कथासु विकुण्ठनाथ सम्प्रीयते दुरितदुष्टमसाधु तीव्रम् कामातुरं हर्षशोकभयैषणार्तं तस्मिन् कथं तव गतिं विमृशामि दीनः
naitan manastava kathāsu vikuṇṭhanātha samprīyate duritaduṣṭamasādhu tīvram naitan manastava kathāsu vikuṇṭhanātha samprīyate duritaduṣṭamasādhu tīvram kāmāturaṃ harṣaśokabhayaiṣaṇārtaṃ tasmin kathaṃ tava gatiṃ vimṛśāmi dīnaḥ
This mind of mine takes no delight in your stories, O Lord of Vaikuṇṭha—spoiled by sin, bad, harsh, sick with desire, tormented by joy, grief, fear and craving; with such a mind how am I, wretched, to reflect upon your course?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.40
जिह्वैकतो ऽच्युत विकर्षति मावितृप्ता शिश्नो ऽन्यतस्त्वगुदरं श्रवणं कुतश्चित् जिह्वैकतो ऽच्युत विकर्षति मावितृप्ता शिश्नो ऽन्यतस्त्वगुदरं श्रवणं कुतश्चित् घ्राणो ऽन्यतश्चपलदृक् क्व च कर्मशक्तिर् बह्व्यः सपत्न्य इव गेहपतिं लुनन्ति
jihvaikato 'cyuta vikarṣati māvitṛptā śiśno 'nyatastvagudaraṃ śravaṇaṃ kutaścit jihvaikato 'cyuta vikarṣati māvitṛptā śiśno 'nyatastvagudaraṃ śravaṇaṃ kutaścit ghrāṇo 'nyataścapaladṛk kva ca karmaśaktir bahvyaḥ sapatnya iva gehapatiṃ lunanti
On one side, O Acyuta, the unsatisfied tongue drags me, on another the genitals, (elsewhere) the skin, the belly, the hearing somewhere, the nose elsewhere, the restless eye, and somewhere the power of action: like many co-wives they tear at the master of the house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.41
एवं स्वकर्मपतितं भववैतरण्याम् अन्योन्यजन्ममरणाशनभीतभीतम् एवं स्वकर्मपतितं भववैतरण्याम् अन्योन्यजन्ममरणाशनभीतभीतम् पश्यन् जनं स्वपरविग्रहवैरमैत्रं हन्तेति पारचर पीपृहि मूढमद्य
evaṃ svakarmapatitaṃ bhavavaitaraṇyām anyonyajanmamaraṇāśanabhītabhītam evaṃ svakarmapatitaṃ bhavavaitaraṇyām anyonyajanmamaraṇāśanabhītabhītam paśyan janaṃ svaparavigrahavairamaitraṃ hanteti pāracara pīpṛhi mūḍhamadya
Seeing thus people fallen by their own deeds into the Vaitaraṇī of existence, terrified again and again by each other's birth, death and devouring, holding enmity and friendship according to the division of self and other—alas! O you who move on the far shore, rescue this fool today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.42
को न्वत्र ते ऽखिलगुरो भगवन् प्रयास उत्तारणे ऽस्य भवसम्भवलोपहेतोः को न्वत्र ते ऽखिलगुरो भगवन् प्रयास उत्तारणे ऽस्य भवसम्भवलोपहेतोः मूढेषु वै महदनुग्रह आर्तबन्धो किं तेन ते प्रियजनान् अनुसेवतां नः
ko nvatra te 'khilaguro bhagavan prayāsa uttāraṇe 'sya bhavasambhavalopahetoḥ ko nvatra te 'khilaguro bhagavan prayāsa uttāraṇe 'sya bhavasambhavalopahetoḥ mūḍheṣu vai mahadanugraha ārtabandho kiṃ tena te priyajanān anusevatāṃ naḥ
What effort is there in this for you, O teacher of all, O Lord, in ferrying this (world) across—you who are the cause of the arising and the ceasing of existence? Surely grace toward the deluded belongs to the great, O friend of the afflicted; what (difficulty) is there in that for us who serve those dear to you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.43
नैवोद्विजे पर दुरत्ययवैतरण्यास् त्वद्वीर्यगायनमहामृतमग्नचित्तः नैवोद्विजे पर दुरत्ययवैतरण्यास् त्वद्वीर्यगायनमहामृतमग्नचित्तः शोचे ततो विमुखचेतस इन्द्रियार्थ मायासुखाय भरमुद्वहतो विमूढान्
naivodvije para duratyayavaitaraṇyās tvadvīryagāyanamahāmṛtamagnacittaḥ naivodvije para duratyayavaitaraṇyās tvadvīryagāyanamahāmṛtamagnacittaḥ śoce tato vimukhacetasa indriyārtha māyāsukhāya bharamudvahato vimūḍhān
I am not at all frightened, O Supreme One, by the hard-to-cross Vaitaraṇī, since my mind is sunk in the great nectar of singing your prowess; I grieve rather for the utterly deluded, whose minds are turned away from that, who carry a burden for the sake of the illusory pleasure of sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.44
प्रायेण देव मुनयः स्वविमुक्तिकामा मौनं चरन्ति विजने न परार्थनिष्ठाः प्रायेण देव मुनयः स्वविमुक्तिकामा मौनं चरन्ति विजने न परार्थनिष्ठाः नैतान् विहाय कृपणान् विमुमुक्ष एको नान्यं त्वदस्य शरणं भ्रमतो ऽनुपश्ये
prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ svavimuktikāmā maunaṃ caranti vijane na parārthaniṣṭhāḥ prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ svavimuktikāmā maunaṃ caranti vijane na parārthaniṣṭhāḥ naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko nānyaṃ tvadasya śaraṇaṃ bhramato 'nupaśye
For the most part, O God, sages desiring their own liberation practise silence in solitude, not intent on the good of others; I do not wish to be set free alone, abandoning these wretched ones; and I see no other refuge than you for this wandering (creature).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.45
यन् मैथुनादिगृहमेधिसुखं हि तुच्छं कण्डूयनेन करयोरिव दुःखदुःखम् यन् मैथुनादिगृहमेधिसुखं हि तुच्छं कण्डूयनेन करयोरिव दुःखदुःखम् तृप्यन्ति नेह कृपणा बहुदुःखभाजः कण्डूतिवन् मनसिजं विषहेत धीरः
yan maithunādigṛhamedhisukhaṃ hi tucchaṃ kaṇḍūyanena karayoriva duḥkhaduḥkham yan maithunādigṛhamedhisukhaṃ hi tucchaṃ kaṇḍūyanena karayoriva duḥkhaduḥkham tṛpyanti neha kṛpaṇā bahuduḥkhabhājaḥ kaṇḍūtivan manasijaṃ viṣaheta dhīraḥ
Since the householder's pleasure of copulation and the rest is trifling, misery upon misery, like scratching with the two hands, the wretched, who get much sorrow, are never satisfied here; the steady man should endure what is born of the mind as (one endures) an itch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.46
मौनव्रतश्रुततपो ऽध्ययनस्वधर्म व्याख्यारहोजपसमाधय आपवर्ग्याः मौनव्रतश्रुततपो ऽध्ययनस्वधर्म व्याख्यारहोजपसमाधय आपवर्ग्याः प्रायः परं पुरुष ते त्वजितेन्द्रियाणां वार्ता भवन्त्युत न वात्र तु दाम्भिकानाम्
maunavrataśrutatapo 'dhyayanasvadharma vyākhyārahojapasamādhaya āpavargyāḥ maunavrataśrutatapo 'dhyayanasvadharma vyākhyārahojapasamādhaya āpavargyāḥ prāyaḥ paraṃ puruṣa te tvajitendriyāṇāṃ vārtā bhavantyuta na vātra tu dāmbhikānām
Silence, vows, sacred learning, austerity, study, one's own duty, exposition, solitude, muttering (of mantras), and trance—these are means to liberation, O Supreme Person; but for those who have not conquered the senses they mostly become a livelihood, or here not even that, for the hypocrites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.47
रूपे इमे सदसती तव वेदसृष्टे बीजाङ्कुराविव न चान्यदरूपकस्य रूपे इमे सदसती तव वेदसृष्टे बीजाङ्कुराविव न चान्यदरूपकस्य युक्ताः समक्षमुभयत्र विचक्षन्ते त्वां योगेन वह्निमिव दारुषु नान्यतः स्यात्
rūpe ime sadasatī tava vedasṛṣṭe bījāṅkurāviva na cānyadarūpakasya rūpe ime sadasatī tava vedasṛṣṭe bījāṅkurāviva na cānyadarūpakasya yuktāḥ samakṣamubhayatra vicakṣante tvāṃ yogena vahnimiva dāruṣu nānyataḥ syāt
These two forms of yours, the manifest and the unmanifest (cause and effect), fashioned by the Vedas, are like seed and sprout; and there is nothing else belonging to you, who have no form. The disciplined ones behold you directly in both by yoga, as fire in kindling; it can be so from nothing else.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.48
त्वं वायुरग्निरवनिर्वियदम्बु मात्राः प्राणेन्द्रियाणि हृदयं चिदनुग्रहश्च त्वं वायुरग्निरवनिर्वियदम्बु मात्राः प्राणेन्द्रियाणि हृदयं चिदनुग्रहश्च सर्वं त्वमेव सगुणो विगुणश्च भूमन् नान्यत् त्वदस्त्यपि मनोवचसा निरुक्तम्
tvaṃ vāyuragniravanirviyadambu mātrāḥ prāṇendriyāṇi hṛdayaṃ cidanugrahaśca tvaṃ vāyuragniravanirviyadambu mātrāḥ prāṇendriyāṇi hṛdayaṃ cidanugrahaśca sarvaṃ tvameva saguṇo viguṇaśca bhūman nānyat tvadastyapi manovacasā niruktam
You are air, fire, earth, ether, water, the subtle elements, the vital airs, the senses, the heart, consciousness and the ego; you alone are all this, both with qualities and without qualities, O Infinite One; nothing other than you exists, even though it be named by mind and speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.49
नैते गुणा न गुणिनो महदादयो ये सर्वे मनः प्रभृतयः सहदेवमर्त्याः नैते गुणा न गुणिनो महदादयो ये सर्वे मनः प्रभृतयः सहदेवमर्त्याः आद्यन्तवन्त उरुगाय विदन्ति हि त्वाम् एवं विमृश्य सुधियो विरमन्ति शब्दात्
naite guṇā na guṇino mahadādayo ye sarve manaḥ prabhṛtayaḥ sahadevamartyāḥ naite guṇā na guṇino mahadādayo ye sarve manaḥ prabhṛtayaḥ sahadevamartyāḥ ādyantavanta urugāya vidanti hi tvām evaṃ vimṛśya sudhiyo viramanti śabdāt
Neither these qualities, nor the possessors of qualities—mahat and the rest, all those beginning with mind, together with gods and mortals—know you, O widely praised, for they have a beginning and an end; reflecting thus, the wise cease from words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.50
तत् ते ऽर्हत्तम नमः स्तुतिकर्मपूजाः कर्म स्मृतिश्चरणयोः श्रवणं कथायाम् तत् ते ऽर्हत्तम नमः स्तुतिकर्मपूजाः कर्म स्मृतिश्चरणयोः श्रवणं कथायाम् संसेवया त्वयि विनेति षडङ्गया किं भक्तिं जनः परमहंसगतौ लभेत
tat te 'rhattama namaḥ stutikarmapūjāḥ karma smṛtiścaraṇayoḥ śravaṇaṃ kathāyām tat te 'rhattama namaḥ stutikarmapūjāḥ karma smṛtiścaraṇayoḥ śravaṇaṃ kathāyām saṃsevayā tvayi vineti ṣaḍaṅgayā kiṃ bhaktiṃ janaḥ paramahaṃsagatau labheta
Therefore, O most worthy, obeisance to you, hymns, ritual acts and worship, service (of you), remembrance of your feet, hearing about your tales—by full service to you with these six members, would a person not obtain devotion to you, whose state is the goal of the paramahaṃsas?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 9.51
श्रीनारद उवाच एतावद्वर्णितगुणो भक्त्या भक्तेन निर्गुणः प्रह्रादं प्रणतं प्रीतो यतमन्युरभाषत
śrīnārada uvāca etāvadvarṇitaguṇo bhaktyā bhaktena nirguṇaḥ prahrādaṃ praṇataṃ prīto yatamanyurabhāṣata
Śrī Nārada said: Thus far were his qualities described with devotion by the devotee; then the Quality-less One, pleased, his anger restrained, spoke to Prahlāda, who stood bowed before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.52
श्रीभगवान् उवाच प्रह्राद भद्र भद्रं ते प्रीतो ऽहं ते ऽसुरोत्तम वरं वृणीष्वाभिमतं कामपूरो ऽस्म्यहं नृणाम्
śrībhagavān uvāca prahrāda bhadra bhadraṃ te prīto 'haṃ te 'surottama varaṃ vṛṇīṣvābhimataṃ kāmapūro 'smyahaṃ nṛṇām
The Blessed Lord said: Prahlāda, blessed one, good fortune to you; I am pleased with you, O best of the asuras. Choose a boon you desire; I am the fulfiller of men's wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.53
मामप्रीणत आयुष्मन् दर्शनं दुर्लभं हि मे दृष्ट्वा मां न पुनर्जन्तुरात्मानं तप्तुमर्हति
māmaprīṇata āyuṣman darśanaṃ durlabhaṃ hi me dṛṣṭvā māṃ na punarjanturātmānaṃ taptumarhati
O long-lived one, the sight of me is hard to gain for one who has not pleased me; having seen me, a creature need never again grieve for himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.54
प्रीणन्ति ह्यथ मां धीराः सर्वभावेन साधवः श्रेयस्कामा महाभाग सर्वासामाशिषां पतिम्
prīṇanti hyatha māṃ dhīrāḥ sarvabhāvena sādhavaḥ śreyaskāmā mahābhāga sarvāsāmāśiṣāṃ patim
For the steadfast, the saintly ones who desire what is truly good, please me with their whole being, O greatly fortunate one — me, the lord of all blessings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 9.55
श्रीनारद उवाच एवं प्रलोभ्यमानो ऽपि वरैर्लोकप्रलोभनैः एकान्तित्वाद्भगवति नैच्छत् तान् असुरोत्तमः
śrīnārada uvāca evaṃ pralobhyamāno 'pi varairlokapralobhanaiḥ ekāntitvādbhagavati naicchat tān asurottamaḥ
Nārada said: Though he was tempted in this way with boons that allure the (whole) world, the best of the Asuras did not want them, because of his exclusive (devotion) to the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition