Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 1
SB 8 1.1
श्रीराजोवाच स्वायम्भुवस्येह गुरो वंशो ऽयं विस्तराच् छ्रुतः यत्र विश्वसृजां सर्गो मनून् अन्यान् वदस्व नः
śrīrājovāca svāyambhuvasyeha guro vaṃśo 'yaṃ vistarāc chrutaḥ yatra viśvasṛjāṃ sargo manūn anyān vadasva naḥ
The king said: O teacher, this lineage of the son of Svayambhū has here been heard in detail, wherein (was told) the creation by the world-makers; tell us of the other Manus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.2
मन्वन्तरे हरेर्जन्म कर्माणि च महीयसः गृणन्ति कवयो ब्रह्मंस्तानि नो वद शृण्वताम्
manvantare harerjanma karmāṇi ca mahīyasaḥ gṛṇanti kavayo brahmaṃstāni no vada śṛṇvatām
O brāhmaṇa, the poets celebrate the birth and the deeds of the mighty Hari in each period of a Manu; tell us those, as we listen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.3
यद्यस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मन् भगवान् विश्वभावनः कृतवान् कुरुते कर्ता ह्य् अतीते ऽनागते ऽद्य वा
yadyasminnantare brahman bhagavān viśvabhāvanaḥ kṛtavān kurute kartā hy atīte 'nāgate 'dya vā
O brāhmaṇa, whatever the Lord, the sustainer of the universe, has done in whichever interval (of a Manu), does now, or as agent will do — in the past, the future, or today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.4
श्रीऋषिरुवाच मनवो ऽस्मिन् व्यतीताः षट् कल्पे स्वायम्भुवादयः आद्यस्ते कथितो यत्र देवादीनां च सम्भवः
śrīṛṣiruvāca manavo 'smin vyatītāḥ ṣaṭ kalpe svāyambhuvādayaḥ ādyaste kathito yatra devādīnāṃ ca sambhavaḥ
The sage said: Six Manus, beginning with the son of Svayambhū, have passed in this kalpa; the first of them was told to you, in which (was described) also the coming into being of the gods and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.5
आकूत्यां देवहूत्यां च दुहित्रोस्तस्य वै मनोः धर्मज्ञानोपदेशार्थं भगवान् पुत्रतां गतः
ākūtyāṃ devahūtyāṃ ca duhitrostasya vai manoḥ dharmajñānopadeśārthaṃ bhagavān putratāṃ gataḥ
In Ākūti and in Devahūti, the two daughters of that Manu, the Lord took on sonhood for the sake of teaching dharma and knowledge.
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SB 8 1.6
कृतं पुरा भगवतः कपिलस्यानुवर्णितम् आख्यास्ये भगवान् यज्ञो यच् चकार कुरूद्वह
kṛtaṃ purā bhagavataḥ kapilasyānuvarṇitam ākhyāsye bhagavān yajño yac cakāra kurūdvaha
What Lord Kapila did has already been described before; I shall now relate what Lord Yajña did, O foremost of the Kurus.
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SB 8 1.7
विरक्तः कामभोगेषु शतरूपापतिः प्रभुः विसृज्य राज्यं तपसे सभार्यो वनमाविशत्
viraktaḥ kāmabhogeṣu śatarūpāpatiḥ prabhuḥ visṛjya rājyaṃ tapase sabhāryo vanamāviśat
Detached from the enjoyment of pleasures, the mighty husband of Śatarūpā gave up his kingdom and, together with his wife, entered the forest for austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.8
सुनन्दायां वर्षशतं पदैकेन भुवं स्पृशन् तप्यमानस्तपो घोरमिदमन्वाह भारत
sunandāyāṃ varṣaśataṃ padaikena bhuvaṃ spṛśan tapyamānastapo ghoramidamanvāha bhārata
On the Sunandā, touching the ground with a single foot for a hundred years, practising fierce austerity, he uttered this, O Bhārata.
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SB 8 1.9
श्रीमनुरुवाच येन चेतयते विश्वं विश्वं चेतयते न यम् यो जागर्ति शयाने ऽस्मिन् नायं तं वेद वेद सः
śrīmanuruvāca yena cetayate viśvaṃ viśvaṃ cetayate na yam yo jāgarti śayāne 'smin nāyaṃ taṃ veda veda saḥ
Śrī Manu said: He by whom the universe is made conscious, but whom the universe does not make conscious; he who is awake while this (universe) sleeps — this (universe) does not know him, but he knows (it).
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SB 8 1.10
आत्मावास्यमिदं विश्वं यत् किञ्चिज् जगत्यां जगत् तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्य स्विद्धनम्
ātmāvāsyamidaṃ viśvaṃ yat kiñcij jagatyāṃ jagat tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya sviddhanam
This universe — whatever moves in what moves — is to be dwelt in by the Self; with that, as (something) relinquished, you should enjoy; do not covet — whose, after all, is wealth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 1.11
यं पश्यति न पश्यन्तं चक्षुर्यस्य न रिष्यति तं भूतनिलयं देवं सुपर्णमुपधावत
yaṃ paśyati na paśyantaṃ cakṣuryasya na riṣyati taṃ bhūtanilayaṃ devaṃ suparṇamupadhāvata
Him whom (one) sees while he himself is not seen seeing, whose eye never fails — approach that god, the resting place of all beings, the fair-winged one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 1.12
न यस्याद्यन्तौ मध्यं च स्वः परो नान्तरं बहिः विश्वस्यामूनि यद्यस्माद्विश्वं च तदृतं महत्
na yasyādyantau madhyaṃ ca svaḥ paro nāntaraṃ bahiḥ viśvasyāmūni yadyasmādviśvaṃ ca tadṛtaṃ mahat
He who has no beginning and end, nor middle, no own nor other, no inside nor outside — these belong to the universe; and since the universe comes from him, that is the great Real.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 1.13
स विश्वकायः पुरुहूतईशः सत्यः स्वयंज्योतिरजः पुराणः धत्ते ऽस्य जन्माद्यजयात्मशक्त्या तां विद्ययोदस्य निरीह आस्ते
sa viśvakāyaḥ puruhūtaīśaḥ satyaḥ svayaṃjyotirajaḥ purāṇaḥ dhatte 'sya janmādyajayātmaśaktyā tāṃ vidyayodasya nirīha āste
He whose body is the universe, invoked by many, the ruler, real, self-luminous, unborn, ancient — by his own unborn power he takes on the birth and the rest of this (world), and, casting that off by knowledge, he abides without activity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 1.14
अथाग्रे ऋषयः कर्माण् ईहन्ते ऽकर्महेतवे ईहमानो हि पुरुषः प्रायो ऽनीहां प्रपद्यते
athāgre ṛṣayaḥ karmāṇ īhante 'karmahetave īhamāno hi puruṣaḥ prāyo 'nīhāṃ prapadyate
Moreover, at the outset the sages engage in actions for the sake of actionlessness; for a person who acts generally comes at last to non-action.
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SB 8 1.15
ईहते भगवान् ईशो न हि तत्र विसज्जते आत्मलाभेन पूर्णार्थो नावसीदन्ति ये ऽनु तम्
īhate bhagavān īśo na hi tatra visajjate ātmalābhena pūrṇārtho nāvasīdanti ye 'nu tam
The Lord, the master, acts, yet he is not bound up in it; being complete in his aim through the attainment of himself, those who follow him do not sink down.
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SB 8 1.16
तमीहमानं निरहङ्कृतं बुधं निराशिषं पूर्णमनन्यचोदितम् नॄन् शिक्षयन्तं निजवर्त्मसंस्थितं प्रभुं प्रपद्ये ऽखिलधर्मभावनम्
tamīhamānaṃ nirahaṅkṛtaṃ budhaṃ nirāśiṣaṃ pūrṇamananyacoditam nṝn śikṣayantaṃ nijavartmasaṃsthitaṃ prabhuṃ prapadye 'khiladharmabhāvanam
To him who acts (yet) is without ego, wise, without desires, complete, impelled by no other, who teaches men while himself remaining in his own path, the master, the source of all dharma — to him I surrender.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.17
श्रीशुक उवाच इति मन्त्रोपनिषदं व्याहरन्तं समाहितम् दृष्ट्वासुरा यातुधाना जग्धुमभ्यद्रवन् क्षुधा
śrīśuka uvāca iti mantropaniṣadaṃ vyāharantaṃ samāhitam dṛṣṭvāsurā yātudhānā jagdhumabhyadravan kṣudhā
Śrī Śuka said: Seeing him uttering this secret formula, absorbed in concentration, the demons, the Yātudhānas, rushed at him out of hunger to devour (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.18
तांस्तथावसितान् वीक्ष्य यज्ञः सर्वगतो हरिः यामैः परिवृतो देवैर्हत्वाशासत् त्रिविष्टपम्
tāṃstathāvasitān vīkṣya yajñaḥ sarvagato hariḥ yāmaiḥ parivṛto devairhatvāśāsat triviṣṭapam
Seeing them so bent (on it), Yajña, Hari who is present everywhere, surrounded by the gods called Yāmas, killed (them) and ruled over the heaven of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.19
स्वारोचिषो द्वितीयस्तु मनुरग्नेः सुतो ऽभवत् द्युमत्सुषेणरोचिष्मत् प्रमुखास्तस्य चात्मजाः
svārociṣo dvitīyastu manuragneḥ suto 'bhavat dyumatsuṣeṇarociṣmat pramukhāstasya cātmajāḥ
The second Manu, Svārociṣa, was the son of Agni; his sons were Dyumat, Suṣeṇa, Rociṣmat and others foremost among them.
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SB 8 1.20
तत्रेन्द्रो रोचनस्त्वासीद्देवाश्च तुषितादयः ऊर्जस्तम्भादयः सप्त ऋषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः
tatrendro rocanastvāsīddevāśca tuṣitādayaḥ ūrjastambhādayaḥ sapta ṛṣayo brahmavādinaḥ
In that (manvantara) Rocana was Indra, and the gods were the Tuṣitas and others; the seven sages, expounders of the Veda, were Ūrjastambha and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.21
ऋषेस्तु वेदशिरसस्तुषिता नाम पत्न्य् अभूत् तस्यां जज्ञे ततो देवो विभुरित्य् अभिविश्रुतः
ṛṣestu vedaśirasastuṣitā nāma patny abhūt tasyāṃ jajñe tato devo vibhurity abhiviśrutaḥ
The wife of the sage Vedaśiras was named Tuṣitā; upon her was born the god widely renowned as Vibhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.22
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि मुनयो ये धृतव्रताः अन्वशिक्षन् व्रतं तस्य कौमारब्रह्मचारिणः
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi munayo ye dhṛtavratāḥ anvaśikṣan vrataṃ tasya kaumārabrahmacāriṇaḥ
Eighty-eight thousand sages, holding firm to vows, learned his vow (of celibacy), remaining celibate from boyhood.
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SB 8 1.23
तृतीय उत्तमो नाम प्रियव्रतसुतो मनुः पवनः सृञ्जयो यज्ञ होत्राद्यास्तत्सुता नृप
tṛtīya uttamo nāma priyavratasuto manuḥ pavanaḥ sṛñjayo yajña hotrādyāstatsutā nṛpa
The third Manu, named Uttama, was the son of Priyavrata; his sons, O king, were Pavana, Sṛñjaya, Yajñahotra and others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.24
वसिष्ठतनयाः सप्त ऋषयः प्रमदादयः सत्या वेदश्रुता भद्रा देवा इन्द्रस्तु सत्यजित्
vasiṣṭhatanayāḥ sapta ṛṣayaḥ pramadādayaḥ satyā vedaśrutā bhadrā devā indrastu satyajit
The seven sages were the sons of Vasiṣṭha, Pramada and the rest; the gods were the Satyas, Vedaśrutas and Bhadras, and Indra was Satyajit.
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SB 8 1.25
धर्मस्य सूनृतायां तु भगवान् पुरुषोत्तमः सत्यसेन इति ख्यातो जातः सत्यव्रतैः सह
dharmasya sūnṛtāyāṃ tu bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ satyasena iti khyāto jātaḥ satyavrataiḥ saha
And to Dharma, upon Sūnṛtā, the Lord, the supreme Person, was born, known as Satyasena, together with the Satyavratas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.26
सो ऽनृतव्रतदुःशीलान् असतो यक्षराक्षसान् भूतद्रुहो भूतगणांश्चावधीत् सत्यजित्सखः
so 'nṛtavrataduḥśīlān asato yakṣarākṣasān bhūtadruho bhūtagaṇāṃścāvadhīt satyajitsakhaḥ
He, with Satyajit as his companion, slew the wicked Yakṣas and Rākṣasas of false vows and evil conduct, and the hosts of spirits who harmed living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.27
चतुर्थ उत्तमभ्राता मनुर्नाम्ना च तामसः पृथुः ख्यातिर्नरः केतुरित्य् आद्या दश तत्सुताः
caturtha uttamabhrātā manurnāmnā ca tāmasaḥ pṛthuḥ khyātirnaraḥ keturity ādyā daśa tatsutāḥ
The fourth was Uttama's brother, the Manu named Tāmasa; his ten sons were Pṛthu, Khyāti, Nara, Ketu and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.28
सत्यका हरयो वीरा देवास्त्रिशिख ईश्वरः ज्योतिर्धामादयः सप्त ऋषयस्तामसे ऽन्तरे
satyakā harayo vīrā devāstriśikha īśvaraḥ jyotirdhāmādayaḥ sapta ṛṣayastāmase 'ntare
In the Tāmasa interval the gods were the Satyakas, Haris and Vīras, the lord (Indra) was Triśikha, and the seven sages were Jyotirdhāma and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.29
देवा वैधृतयो नाम विधृतेस्तनया नृप नष्टाः कालेन यैर्वेदा विधृताः स्वेन तेजसा
devā vaidhṛtayo nāma vidhṛtestanayā nṛpa naṣṭāḥ kālena yairvedā vidhṛtāḥ svena tejasā
The gods named Vaidhṛtas, O king, were the sons of Vidhṛti, by whom the Vedas, lost through time, were upheld by their own power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.30
तत्रापि जज्ञे भगवान् हरिण्यां हरिमेधसः हरिरित्य् आहृतो येन गजेन्द्रो मोचितो ग्रहात्
tatrāpi jajñe bhagavān hariṇyāṃ harimedhasaḥ haririty āhṛto yena gajendro mocito grahāt
In that (period) too the Lord was born of Hariṇī, (the wife) of Harimedhas, and was called Hari, by whom the lord of elephants was released from the crocodile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.31
श्रीराजोवाच बादरायण एतत् ते श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् हरिर्यथा गजपतिं ग्राहग्रस्तममूमुचत्
śrīrājovāca bādarāyaṇa etat te śrotumicchāmahe vayam hariryathā gajapatiṃ grāhagrastamamūmucat
The king said: Bādarāyaṇa, we wish to hear this from you: how Hari freed the lord of elephants, who was seized by the crocodile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.32
तत्कथासु महत् पुण्यं धन्यं स्वस्त्ययनं शुभम् यत्र यत्रोत्तमश्लोको भगवान् गीयते हरिः
tatkathāsu mahat puṇyaṃ dhanyaṃ svastyayanaṃ śubham yatra yatrottamaśloko bhagavān gīyate hariḥ
In those narrations there is great merit, prosperity, an auspicious course, welfare — wherever the Lord Hari, praised in the best of verses, is sung of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 1.33
श्रीसूत उवाच परीक्षितैवं स तु बादरायणिः प्रायोपविष्टेन कथासु चोदितः उवाच विप्राः प्रतिनन्द्य पार्थिवं मुदा मुनीनां सदसि स्म शृण्वताम्
śrīsūta uvāca parīkṣitaivaṃ sa tu bādarāyaṇiḥ prāyopaviṣṭena kathāsu coditaḥ uvāca viprāḥ pratinandya pārthivaṃ mudā munīnāṃ sadasi sma śṛṇvatām
Śrī Sūta said: Thus urged to the narrations by Parīkṣit, who was seated fasting until death, the son of Bādarāyaṇa, O brāhmaṇas, gladly greeted the king in return and spoke in the assembly of sages who were listening.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition