Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 12
SB 8 12.1
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच वृषध्वजो निशम्येदं योषिद्रूपेण दानवान् मोहयित्वा सुरगणान् हरिः सोममपाययत्
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca vṛṣadhvajo niśamyedaṃ yoṣidrūpeṇa dānavān mohayitvā suragaṇān hariḥ somamapāyayat
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: The bull-bannered one (Śiva) heard this — that Hari, having deluded the Dānavas by a woman's form, made the host of gods drink the nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.2
वृषमारुह्य गिरिशः सर्वभूतगणैर्वृतः सह देव्या ययौ द्रष्टुं यत्रास्ते मधुसूदनः
vṛṣamāruhya giriśaḥ sarvabhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ saha devyā yayau draṣṭuṃ yatrāste madhusūdanaḥ
Mounting his bull, the lord of the mountain, surrounded by all the hosts of beings, went with the Goddess to see (Hari), where the slayer of Madhu dwells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.3
सभाजितो भगवता सादरं सोमया भवः सूपविष्ट उवाचेदं प्रतिपूज्य स्मयन् हरिम्
sabhājito bhagavatā sādaraṃ somayā bhavaḥ sūpaviṣṭa uvācedaṃ pratipūjya smayan harim
Received respectfully by the Lord, Bhava, together with Umā, being well seated, honoured Hari in return and, smiling, said this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.4
श्रीमहादेव उवाच देवदेव जगद्व्यापिन् जगदीश जगन्मय सर्वेषामपि भावानां त्वमात्मा हेतुरीश्वरः
śrīmahādeva uvāca devadeva jagadvyāpin jagadīśa jaganmaya sarveṣāmapi bhāvānāṃ tvamātmā heturīśvaraḥ
Śrī Mahādeva said: O God of gods, pervader of the world, lord of the world, made of the world — of all existing things you are the Self, the cause, the controller.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.5
आद्यन्तावस्य यन् मध्यमिदमन्यदहं बहिः यतो ऽव्ययस्य नैतानि तत् सत्यं ब्रह्म चिद्भवान्
ādyantāvasya yan madhyamidamanyadahaṃ bahiḥ yato 'vyayasya naitāni tat satyaṃ brahma cidbhavān
The beginning and end of this (world) is what its middle is, and so are this 'other', 'I', and the outside; since for you, the imperishable, these do not exist, you are that reality, Brahman, pure consciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 12.6
तवैव चरणाम्भोजं श्रेयस्कामा निराशिषः विसृज्योभयतः सङ्गं मुनयः समुपासते
tavaiva caraṇāmbhojaṃ śreyaskāmā nirāśiṣaḥ visṛjyobhayataḥ saṅgaṃ munayaḥ samupāsate
Desiring the highest good and free of (other) desires, sages worship your lotus feet alone, having given up attachment on both sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.7
त्वं ब्रह्म पूर्णममृतं विगुणं विशोकम् आनन्दमात्रमविकारमनन्यदन्यत् अम्प्;विश्वस्य हेतुरुदयस्थितिसंयमानाम् आत्मेश्वरश्च तदपेक्षतयानपेक्षः
tvaṃ brahma pūrṇamamṛtaṃ viguṇaṃ viśokam ānandamātramavikāramananyadanyat viśvasya heturudayasthitisaṃyamānām ātmeśvaraśca tadapekṣatayānapekṣaḥ
You are Brahman, full, deathless, free of the guṇas, free of sorrow, pure bliss, changeless, not-other and yet other; the cause of the universe, of its arising, continuance and dissolution; the Self and controller, and, because that (universe) depends on you, yourself dependent on nothing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.8
एकस्त्वमेव सदसद्द्वयमद्वयं च स्वर्णं कृताकृतमिवेह न वस्तुभेदः एकस्त्वमेव सदसद्द्वयमद्वयं च स्वर्णं कृताकृतमिवेह न वस्तुभेदः अज्ञानतस्त्वयि जनैर्विहितो विकल्पो यस्माद्गुणव्यतिकरो निरुपाधिकस्य
ekastvameva sadasaddvayamadvayaṃ ca svarṇaṃ kṛtākṛtamiveha na vastubhedaḥ ekastvameva sadasaddvayamadvayaṃ ca svarṇaṃ kṛtākṛtamiveha na vastubhedaḥ ajñānatastvayi janairvihito vikalpo yasmādguṇavyatikaro nirupādhikasya
You alone are one — the existent and the non-existent, the dual and the non-dual — as gold worked and unworked is here no difference of substance; the distinction that people make in you comes from ignorance, since the interplay of the guṇas belongs to one who is without limiting conditions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 12.9
त्वां ब्रह्म केचिदवयन्त्य् उत धर्ममेके एके परं सदसतोः पुरुषं परेशम् त्वां ब्रह्म केचिदवयन्त्य् उत धर्ममेके एके परं सदसतोः पुरुषं परेशम् अन्ये ऽवयन्ति नवशक्तियुतं परं त्वां केचिन् महापुरुषमव्ययमात्मतन्त्रम्
tvāṃ brahma kecidavayanty uta dharmameke eke paraṃ sadasatoḥ puruṣaṃ pareśam tvāṃ brahma kecidavayanty uta dharmameke eke paraṃ sadasatoḥ puruṣaṃ pareśam anye 'vayanti navaśaktiyutaṃ paraṃ tvāṃ kecin mahāpuruṣamavyayamātmatantram
Some understand you as Brahman, some as dharma, some as the Person beyond the existent and the non-existent, the supreme Lord; others understand you as the Supreme joined with nine powers, and some as the great Person, imperishable, self-dependent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.10
नाहं परायुरृषयो न मरीचिमुख्या जानन्ति यद्विरचितं खलु सत्त्वसर्गाः नाहं परायुरृषयो न मरीचिमुख्या जानन्ति यद्विरचितं खलु सत्त्वसर्गाः यन्मायया मुषितचेतस ईश दैत्य मर्त्यादयः किमुत शश्वदभद्रवृत्ताः
nāhaṃ parāyurṛṣayo na marīcimukhyā jānanti yadviracitaṃ khalu sattvasargāḥ nāhaṃ parāyurṛṣayo na marīcimukhyā jānanti yadviracitaṃ khalu sattvasargāḥ yanmāyayā muṣitacetasa īśa daitya martyādayaḥ kimuta śaśvadabhadravṛttāḥ
Neither I, nor the sages of the longest life, nor Marīci and the chief ones know that by which they were fashioned — indeed the creations made of sattva (do not know); O Lord, when even the Daityas, mortals and the rest have their minds stolen by your māyā — how much more those whose conduct is always evil?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 12.11
स त्वं समीहितमदः स्थितिजन्मनाशं भूतेहितं च जगतो भवबन्धमोक्षौ स त्वं समीहितमदः स्थितिजन्मनाशं भूतेहितं च जगतो भवबन्धमोक्षौ वायुर्यथा विशति खं च चराचराख्यं सर्वं तदात्मकतयावगमो ऽवरुन्त्से
sa tvaṃ samīhitamadaḥ sthitijanmanāśaṃ bhūtehitaṃ ca jagato bhavabandhamokṣau sa tvaṃ samīhitamadaḥ sthitijanmanāśaṃ bhūtehitaṃ ca jagato bhavabandhamokṣau vāyuryathā viśati khaṃ ca carācarākhyaṃ sarvaṃ tadātmakatayāvagamo 'varuntse
You, being such, pervade all this — its continuance, birth and destruction, the strivings of beings, and the bondage and release of the world — as the wind enters space and all that is called moving and unmoving; and by knowledge, being their very self, you encompass it all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 12.12
अवतारा मया दृष्टा रममाणस्य ते गुणैः सो ऽहं तद्द्रष्टुमिच्छामि यत् ते योषिद्वपुर्धृतम्
avatārā mayā dṛṣṭā ramamāṇasya te guṇaiḥ so 'haṃ taddraṣṭumicchāmi yat te yoṣidvapurdhṛtam
I have seen your descents (avatāras) as you sport with the guṇas; being such, I wish to see that woman's body which you assumed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.13
येन सम्मोहिता दैत्याः पायिताश्चामृतं सुराः तद्दिदृक्षव आयाताः परं कौतूहलं हि नः
yena sammohitā daityāḥ pāyitāścāmṛtaṃ surāḥ taddidṛkṣava āyātāḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
That by which the Daityas were bewildered and the gods were made to drink the nectar — we have come wishing to see it, for our curiosity is great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.14
श्रीशुक उवाच एवमभ्यर्थितो विष्णुर्भगवान् शूलपाणिना प्रहस्य भावगम्भीरं गिरिशं प्रत्यभाषत
śrīśuka uvāca evamabhyarthito viṣṇurbhagavān śūlapāṇinā prahasya bhāvagambhīraṃ giriśaṃ pratyabhāṣata
Śrī Śuka said: Thus entreated by the trident-bearer, Lord Viṣṇu laughed and, gravely in meaning, replied to the mountain-lord (Śiva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.15
श्रीभगवान् उवाच कौतूहलाय दैत्यानां योषिद्वेषो मया धृतः पश्यता सुरकार्याणि गते पीयूषभाजने
śrībhagavān uvāca kautūhalāya daityānāṃ yoṣidveṣo mayā dhṛtaḥ paśyatā surakāryāṇi gate pīyūṣabhājane
The Blessed Lord said: To rouse the curiosity of the demons I assumed the guise of a woman, and, seeing to the business of the gods, when the vessel of nectar had (already) been taken away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.16
तत् ते ऽहं दर्शयिष्यामि दिदृक्षोः सुरसत्तम कामिनां बहु मन्तव्यं सङ्कल्पप्रभवोदयम्
tat te 'haṃ darśayiṣyāmi didṛkṣoḥ surasattama kāmināṃ bahu mantavyaṃ saṅkalpaprabhavodayam
That (form) I shall show you, since you wish to see it, O best of the gods — a thing much to be reflected upon by the lustful, arising as it does from the power of (their own) imagining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.17
श्रीशुक उवाच इति ब्रुवाणो भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत सर्वतश्चारयंश्चक्षुर्भव आस्ते सहोमया
śrīśuka uvāca iti bruvāṇo bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata sarvataścārayaṃścakṣurbhava āste sahomayā
Śrī Śuka said: Having spoken thus, the Lord vanished on that very spot; and Bhava remained there with Umā, casting his eyes in every direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.18
ततो ददर्शोपवने वरस्त्रियं विचित्रपुष्पारुणपल्लवद्रुमे विक्रीडतीं कन्दुकलीलया लसद् दुकूलपर्यस्तनितम्बमेखलाम्
tato dadarśopavane varastriyaṃ vicitrapuṣpāruṇapallavadrume vikrīḍatīṃ kandukalīlayā lasad dukūlaparyastanitambamekhalām
Then, in a grove whose trees had varicoloured blossoms and reddish young shoots, he saw an exquisite woman playing at ball-sport, with a girdle over the hips, upon which a shining silk garment was draped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.19
आवर्तनोद्वर्तनकम्पितस्तन प्रकृष्टहारोरुभरैः पदे पदे प्रभज्यमानामिव मध्यतश्चलत् पदप्रवालं नयतीं ततस्ततः
āvartanodvartanakampitastana prakṛṣṭahārorubharaiḥ pade pade prabhajyamānāmiva madhyataścalat padapravālaṃ nayatīṃ tatastataḥ
With her breasts trembling from her turning this way and that, and by the weight of the heavy necklace she seemed at every step to be breaking in two at the waist, as she moved her coral-red feet hither and thither.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 12.20
दिक्षु भ्रमत्कन्दुकचापलैर्भृशं प्रोद्विग्नतारायतलोललोचनाम् स्वकर्णविभ्राजितकुण्डलोल्लसत् कपोलनीलालकमण्डिताननाम्
dikṣu bhramatkandukacāpalairbhṛśaṃ prodvignatārāyatalolalocanām svakarṇavibhrājitakuṇḍalollasat kapolanīlālakamaṇḍitānanām
Because of the ball's restless bouncing in all directions, her long tremulous eyes with their pupils were much startled; her face was adorned with cheeks lit up by the flashing earrings on her ears and with dark curls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.21
श्लथद्दुकूलं कबरीं च विच्युतां सन्नह्यतीं वामकरेण वल्गुना विनिघ्नतीमन्यकरेण कन्दुकं विमोहयन्तीं जगदात्ममायया
ślathaddukūlaṃ kabarīṃ ca vicyutāṃ sannahyatīṃ vāmakareṇa valgunā vinighnatīmanyakareṇa kandukaṃ vimohayantīṃ jagadātmamāyayā
With her graceful left hand she was fastening up her loosening silk garment and her braid that had slipped down, while with the other hand she struck the ball — bewildering the world by the illusory power of the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.22
तां वीक्ष्य देव इति कन्दुकलीलयेषद् व्रीडास्फुटस्मितविसृष्टकटाक्षमुष्टः स्त्रीप्रेक्षणप्रतिसमीक्षणविह्वलात्मा नात्मानमन्तिक उमां स्वगणांश्च वेद
tāṃ vīkṣya deva iti kandukalīlayeṣad vrīḍāsphuṭasmitavisṛṣṭakaṭākṣamuṣṭaḥ strīprekṣaṇapratisamīkṣaṇavihvalātmā nātmānamantika umāṃ svagaṇāṃśca veda
Seeing her thus at her ball-play, the god was robbed by her sidelong glances, cast with a slight, half-hidden smile of bashfulness; and his mind overwhelmed by the woman's looking at him and his looking back at her, he no longer knew himself, nor Umā at his side, nor his own attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.23
तस्याः कराग्रात् स तु कन्दुको यदा गतो विदूरं तमनुव्रजत्स्त्रियाः वासः ससूत्रं लघु मारुतो ऽहरद् भवस्य देवस्य किलानुपश्यतः
tasyāḥ karāgrāt sa tu kanduko yadā gato vidūraṃ tamanuvrajatstriyāḥ vāsaḥ sasūtraṃ laghu māruto 'harad bhavasya devasya kilānupaśyataḥ
But when the ball went far from her fingertips, and the woman ran after it, the wind carried off her light garment along with its string — while the god Bhava, they say, looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.24
एवं तां रुचिरापाङ्गीं दर्शनीयां मनोरमाम् दृष्ट्वा तस्यां मनश्चक्रे विषज्जन्त्यां भवः किल
evaṃ tāṃ rucirāpāṅgīṃ darśanīyāṃ manoramām dṛṣṭvā tasyāṃ manaścakre viṣajjantyāṃ bhavaḥ kila
Thus, having seen her — lovely in her sidelong glances, worth beholding, delighting the mind — Bhava, they say, set his mind on her, who was (herself) becoming attached (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.25
तयापहृतविज्ञानस्तत्कृतस्मरविह्वलः भवान्या अपि पश्यन्त्या गतह्रीस्तत्पदं ययौ
tayāpahṛtavijñānastatkṛtasmaravihvalaḥ bhavānyā api paśyantyā gatahrīstatpadaṃ yayau
With his discernment stolen away by her, overwhelmed by the desire she had aroused, he lost his shame and went to her place, even while Bhavānī was watching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.26
सा तमायान्तमालोक्य विवस्त्रा व्रीडिता भृशम् निलीयमाना वृक्षेषु हसन्ती नान्वतिष्ठत
sā tamāyāntamālokya vivastrā vrīḍitā bhṛśam nilīyamānā vṛkṣeṣu hasantī nānvatiṣṭhata
Seeing him coming, she, unclothed, was greatly embarrassed, and hiding herself among the trees, laughing, she did not stand still (for him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.27
तामन्वगच्छद्भगवान् भवः प्रमुषितेन्द्रियः कामस्य च वशं नीतः करेणुमिव यूथपः
tāmanvagacchadbhagavān bhavaḥ pramuṣitendriyaḥ kāmasya ca vaśaṃ nītaḥ kareṇumiva yūthapaḥ
Lord Bhava followed her, his senses stolen away and himself brought under the sway of desire, as a herd-bull elephant follows a she-elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.28
सो ऽनुव्रज्यातिवेगेन गृहीत्वानिच्छतीं स्त्रियम् केशबन्ध उपानीय बाहुभ्यां परिषस्वजे
so 'nuvrajyātivegena gṛhītvānicchatīṃ striyam keśabandha upānīya bāhubhyāṃ pariṣasvaje
Chasing her with great speed, he seized the unwilling woman by the knot of her hair, drew her near, and embraced her with both arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.29
सोपगूढा भगवता करिणा करिणी यथा इतस्ततः प्रसर्पन्ती विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहा
sopagūḍhā bhagavatā kariṇā kariṇī yathā itastataḥ prasarpantī viprakīrṇaśiroruhā
Embraced by the Lord, like a she-elephant by a bull elephant, she twisted this way and that, her hair scattered loose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.30
आत्मानं मोचयित्वाङ्ग सुरर्षभभुजान्तरात् प्राद्रवत् सा पृथुश्रोणी माया देवविनिर्मिता
ātmānaṃ mocayitvāṅga surarṣabhabhujāntarāt prādravat sā pṛthuśroṇī māyā devavinirmitā
Freeing herself, dear one, from between the arms of the bull among gods, she ran away — that broad-hipped māyā fashioned by the God.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.31
तस्यासौ पदवीं रुद्रो विष्णोरद्भुतकर्मणः प्रत्यपद्यत कामेन वैरिणेव विनिर्जितः
tasyāsau padavīṃ rudro viṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ pratyapadyata kāmena vairiṇeva vinirjitaḥ
Rudra took to her track — the track of Viṣṇu of wondrous deeds — utterly overcome by desire as though by an enemy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.32
तस्यानुधावतो रेतश्चस्कन्दामोघरेतसः शुष्मिणो यूथपस्येव वासितामनुधावतः
tasyānudhāvato retaścaskandāmogharetasaḥ śuṣmiṇo yūthapasyeva vāsitāmanudhāvataḥ
As he ran after her, his seed, whose seed is never fruitless, was spilt, like that of a rutting herd-bull elephant running after a mate in heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.33
यत्र यत्रापतन् मह्यां रेतस्तस्य महात्मनः तानि रूप्यस्य हेम्नश्च क्षेत्राण्य् आसन् महीपते
yatra yatrāpatan mahyāṃ retastasya mahātmanaḥ tāni rūpyasya hemnaśca kṣetrāṇy āsan mahīpate
Wherever on the earth the seed of that great one fell, those places became mines of silver and of gold, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.34
सरित्सरःसु शैलेषु वनेषूपवनेषु च यत्र क्व चासन्नृषयस्तत्र सन्निहितो हरः
saritsaraḥsu śaileṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca yatra kva cāsannṛṣayastatra sannihito haraḥ
In rivers and lakes, on mountains, in forests and groves — wherever the sages were, there Hara was present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.35
स्कन्ने रेतसि सो ऽपश्यदात्मानं देवमायया जडीकृतं नृपश्रेष्ठ सन्न्यवर्तत कश्मलात्
skanne retasi so 'paśyadātmānaṃ devamāyayā jaḍīkṛtaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha sannyavartata kaśmalāt
When his semen had been discharged, he saw himself made dull by the god's illusion, O best of kings, and he turned back from that despondency.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.36
अथावगतमाहात्म्य आत्मनो जगदात्मनः अपरिज्ञेयवीर्यस्य न मेने तदु हाद्भुतम्
athāvagatamāhātmya ātmano jagadātmanaḥ aparijñeyavīryasya na mene tadu hādbhutam
Then, having understood the greatness of the Self, the Self of the universe, whose power cannot be fully known, he did not consider that (event) at all a wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.37
तमविक्लवमव्रीडमालक्ष्य मधुसूदनः उवाच परमप्रीतो बिभ्रत् स्वां पौरुषीं तनुम्
tamaviklavamavrīḍamālakṣya madhusūdanaḥ uvāca paramaprīto bibhrat svāṃ pauruṣīṃ tanum
Seeing him undismayed and unashamed, Madhusūdana, greatly pleased, spoke, assuming his own male form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.38
श्रीभगवान् उवाच दिष्ट्या त्वं विबुधश्रेष्ठ स्वां निष्ठामात्मना स्थितः यन् मे स्त्रीरूपया स्वैरं मोहितो ऽप्य् अङ्ग मायया
śrībhagavān uvāca diṣṭyā tvaṃ vibudhaśreṣṭha svāṃ niṣṭhāmātmanā sthitaḥ yan me strīrūpayā svairaṃ mohito 'py aṅga māyayā
The Blessed Lord said: Fortunately, O best of the wise, you stand by your own firm state through your own self, in that, dear one, though freely bewildered by my illusion in the form of a woman (you were not shaken).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.39
को नु मे ऽतितरेन् मायां विषक्तस्त्वदृते पुमान् तांस्तान् विसृजतीं भावान् दुस्तरामकृतात्मभिः
ko nu me 'titaren māyāṃ viṣaktastvadṛte pumān tāṃstān visṛjatīṃ bhāvān dustarāmakṛtātmabhiḥ
Who indeed among men, being attached, other than you, could cross over my illusion, which sends forth those various states of being, hard to cross for those whose selves are unperfected?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.40
सेयं गुणमयी माया न त्वामभिभविष्यति मया समेता कालेन कालरूपेण भागशः
seyaṃ guṇamayī māyā na tvāmabhibhaviṣyati mayā sametā kālena kālarūpeṇa bhāgaśaḥ
This same illusion of mine, made of the guṇas, will not overpower you—(this māyā) joined with me, with time in the form of the destroyer, portion by portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 12.41
श्रीशुक उवाच एवं भगवता राजन् श्रीवत्साङ्केन सत्कृतः आमन्त्र्य तं परिक्रम्य सगणः स्वालयं ययौ
śrīśuka uvāca evaṃ bhagavatā rājan śrīvatsāṅkena satkṛtaḥ āmantrya taṃ parikramya sagaṇaḥ svālayaṃ yayau
Śrī Śuka said: Thus honoured, O king, by the Lord who bears the Śrīvatsa mark, he took leave of him, circumambulated him, and went with his retinue to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.42
आत्मांशभूतां तां मायां भवानीं भगवान् भवः सम्मतामृषिमुख्यानां प्रीत्याचष्टाथ भारत
ātmāṃśabhūtāṃ tāṃ māyāṃ bhavānīṃ bhagavān bhavaḥ sammatāmṛṣimukhyānāṃ prītyācaṣṭātha bhārata
Then, O descendant of Bharata, the lord Bhava spoke with delight to that Māyā, Bhavānī, who was a portion of his own self and esteemed by the foremost sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.43
अयि व्यपश्यस्त्वमजस्य मायां परस्य पुंसः परदेवतायाः अहं कलानामृषभो ऽपि मुह्ये ययावशो ऽन्ये किमुतास्वतन्त्राः
ayi vyapaśyastvamajasya māyāṃ parasya puṃsaḥ paradevatāyāḥ ahaṃ kalānāmṛṣabho 'pi muhye yayāvaśo 'nye kimutāsvatantrāḥ
Ah, you have seen the illusion of the unborn one, the Supreme Person, the supreme deity—by which even I, the foremost of his parts, am bewildered, helpless; how much more others who are not independent!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.44
यं मामपृच्छस्त्वमुपेत्य योगात् समासहस्रान्त उपारतं वै स एष साक्षात् पुरुषः पुराणो न यत्र कालो विशते न वेदः
yaṃ māmapṛcchastvamupetya yogāt samāsahasrānta upārataṃ vai sa eṣa sākṣāt puruṣaḥ purāṇo na yatra kālo viśate na vedaḥ
He about whom you approached and asked me—me who had withdrawn (from meditation) at the end of a thousand years of yoga—this very one is the ancient Person himself, into whom neither time enters nor the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.45
श्रीशुक उवाच इति ते ऽभिहितस्तात विक्रमः शार्ङ्गधन्वनः सिन्धोर्निर्मथने येन धृतः पृष्ठे महाचलः
śrīśuka uvāca iti te 'bhihitastāta vikramaḥ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ sindhornirmathane yena dhṛtaḥ pṛṣṭhe mahācalaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus, dear one, has the valour of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow been told to you, by whom the great mountain was held on his back at the churning of the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.46
एतन् मुहुः कीर्तयतो ऽनुशृण्वतो न रिष्यते जातु समुद्यमः क्वचित् यदुत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवर्णनं समस्तसंसारपरिश्रमापहम्
etan muhuḥ kīrtayato 'nuśṛṇvato na riṣyate jātu samudyamaḥ kvacit yaduttamaślokaguṇānuvarṇanaṃ samastasaṃsārapariśramāpaham
For one who repeatedly recites and listens to this, no undertaking is ever frustrated anywhere; for the recounting of the qualities of him of highest renown removes all the toil of worldly existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 12.47
असदविषयमङ्घ्रिं भावगम्यं प्रपन्नान् अमृतममरवर्यान् आशयत् सिन्धुमथ्यम् अम्प्;कपटयुवतिवेषो मोहयन् यः सुरारींस् तमहमुपसृतानां कामपूरं नतो ऽस्मि
asadaviṣayamaṅghriṃ bhāvagamyaṃ prapannān amṛtamamaravaryān āśayat sindhumathyam kapaṭayuvativeṣo mohayan yaḥ surārīṃs tamahamupasṛtānāṃ kāmapūraṃ nato 'smi
To him whose feet are no object for the wicked and are reached by devotion, who fed the nectar—churned from the ocean—to those who took refuge in him, the best of the immortals, while in the guise of a deceitful young woman he bewildered the enemies of the gods: to him, the fulfiller of the desires of those who come near, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition