Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 19
SB 8 19.1
श्रीशुक उवाच इति वैरोचनेर्वाक्यं धर्मयुक्तं स सूनृतम् निशम्य भगवान् प्रीतः प्रतिनन्द्येदमब्रवीत्
śrīśuka uvāca iti vairocanervākyaṃ dharmayuktaṃ sa sūnṛtam niśamya bhagavān prītaḥ pratinandyedamabravīt
Śrī Śuka said: Having heard this speech of Virocana's son, righteous and truthful, the Lord was pleased, and praising it in return, said this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.2
श्रीभगवान् उवाच वचस्तवैतज् जनदेव सूनृतं कुलोचितं धर्मयुतं यशस्करम् यस्य प्रमाणं भृगवः साम्पराये पितामहः कुलवृद्धः प्रशान्तः
śrībhagavān uvāca vacastavaitaj janadeva sūnṛtaṃ kulocitaṃ dharmayutaṃ yaśaskaram yasya pramāṇaṃ bhṛgavaḥ sāmparāye pitāmahaḥ kulavṛddhaḥ praśāntaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: This speech of yours, O ruler of men, is truthful, befitting your lineage, joined with dharma, and fame-producing — for which the Bhṛgus are the authority, and, in the matter of the hereafter, your grandfather, the elder of the family, the tranquil one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.3
न ह्य् एतस्मिन् कुले कश्चिन् निःसत्त्वः कृपणः पुमान् प्रत्याख्याता प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वादाता द्विजातये
na hy etasmin kule kaścin niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya yo vādātā dvijātaye
For in this lineage there is no man lacking in strength or miserly, who, having promised, then refuses, or who does not give to a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.4
न सन्ति तीर्थे युधि चार्थिनार्थिताः पराङ्मुखा ये त्वमनस्विनो नृप युष्मत्कुले यद्यशसामलेन प्रह्राद उद्भाति यथोडुपः खे
na santi tīrthe yudhi cārthinārthitāḥ parāṅmukhā ye tvamanasvino nṛpa yuṣmatkule yadyaśasāmalena prahrāda udbhāti yathoḍupaḥ khe
There are none in your family, O king, who are spiritless, who turn their backs when petitioned by a suppliant at a holy place or in battle — your family in which, by the spotlessness of its glories, Prahlāda rises like the moon in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.5
यतो जातो हिरण्याक्षश्चरन्नेक इमां महीम् प्रतिवीरं दिग्विजये नाविन्दत गदायुधः
yato jāto hiraṇyākṣaścaranneka imāṃ mahīm prativīraṃ digvijaye nāvindata gadāyudhaḥ
From whom was born Hiraṇyākṣa, who, roaming this earth alone with his club as weapon, found no rival hero in his conquest of the directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.6
यं विनिर्जित्य कृच्छ्रेण विष्णुः क्ष्मोद्धार आगतम् आत्मानं जयिनं मेने तद्वीर्यं भूर्य् अनुस्मरन्
yaṃ vinirjitya kṛcchreṇa viṣṇuḥ kṣmoddhāra āgatam ātmānaṃ jayinaṃ mene tadvīryaṃ bhūry anusmaran
Having conquered him only with difficulty when he came at the raising up of the earth, Viṣṇu thought himself a victor, recalling again and again that one's valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.7
निशम्य तद्वधं भ्राता हिरण्यकशिपुः पुरा हन्तुं भ्रातृहणं क्रुद्धो जगाम निलयं हरेः
niśamya tadvadhaṃ bhrātā hiraṇyakaśipuḥ purā hantuṃ bhrātṛhaṇaṃ kruddho jagāma nilayaṃ hareḥ
Hearing of his slaying, his brother Hiraṇyakaśipu, enraged, went long ago to Hari's abode to kill the slayer of his brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.8
तमायान्तं समालोक्य शूलपाणिं कृतान्तवत् चिन्तयामास कालज्ञो विष्णुर्मायाविनां वरः
tamāyāntaṃ samālokya śūlapāṇiṃ kṛtāntavat cintayāmāsa kālajño viṣṇurmāyāvināṃ varaḥ
Seeing him coming, trident in hand, like the end-maker (Death), Viṣṇu, who knows the (right) time, the best of the wielders of illusion, thought:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.9
यतो यतो ऽहं तत्रासौ मृत्युः प्राणभृतामिव अतो ऽहमस्य हृदयं प्रवेक्ष्यामि पराग्दृशः
yato yato 'haṃ tatrāsau mṛtyuḥ prāṇabhṛtāmiva ato 'hamasya hṛdayaṃ pravekṣyāmi parāgdṛśaḥ
"Wherever I go, there he is, like death for breathing creatures; therefore I shall enter the heart of this man whose sight is turned outward."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.10
एवं स निश्चित्य रिपोः शरीरम् आधावतो निर्विविशे ऽसुरेन्द्र श्वासानिलान्तर्हितसूक्ष्मदेहस् तत्प्राणरन्ध्रेण विविग्नचेताः
evaṃ sa niścitya ripoḥ śarīram ādhāvato nirviviśe 'surendra śvāsānilāntarhitasūkṣmadehas tatprāṇarandhreṇa vivignacetāḥ
Having thus decided, O lord of the asuras, he entered the body of the onrushing enemy through the passage of his breath, his subtle body concealed within the air of that breath, his own mind uneasy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.11
स तन्निकेतं परिमृश्य शून्यम् अपश्यमानः कुपितो ननाद क्ष्मां द्यां दिशः खं विवरान् समुद्रान् विष्णुं विचिन्वन् न ददर्श वीरः
sa tanniketaṃ parimṛśya śūnyam apaśyamānaḥ kupito nanāda kṣmāṃ dyāṃ diśaḥ khaṃ vivarān samudrān viṣṇuṃ vicinvan na dadarśa vīraḥ
Having searched that dwelling of his and finding it empty, not seeing (him), he roared in anger; searching earth, heaven, the directions, the sky, the caverns and the oceans for Viṣṇu, the hero did not see him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.12
अपश्यन्निति होवाच मयान्विष्टमिदं जगत् भ्रातृहा मे गतो नूनं यतो नावर्तते पुमान्
apaśyanniti hovāca mayānviṣṭamidaṃ jagat bhrātṛhā me gato nūnaṃ yato nāvartate pumān
Not seeing (him), he said this: "This whole world has been searched by me; surely the slayer of my brother has gone where a man does not return."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.13
वैरानुबन्ध एतावान् आमृत्योरिह देहिनाम् अज्ञानप्रभवो मन्युरहंमानोपबृंहितः
vairānubandha etāvān āmṛtyoriha dehinām ajñānaprabhavo manyurahaṃmānopabṛṃhitaḥ
Just so far, until death, does the binding of enmity extend for embodied beings here — anger arising from ignorance and swollen by pride in the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.14
पिता प्रह्रादपुत्रस्ते तद्विद्वान् द्विजवत्सलः स्वमायुर्द्विजलिङ्गेभ्यो देवेभ्यो ऽदात् स याचितः
pitā prahrādaputraste tadvidvān dvijavatsalaḥ svamāyurdvijaliṅgebhyo devebhyo 'dāt sa yācitaḥ
Your father, the son of Prahlāda, knowing this and devoted to brahmins, gave his own remaining life to the gods who bore the marks of brahmins, when they asked it of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.15
भवान् आचरितान् धर्मान् आस्थितो गृहमेधिभिः ब्राह्मणैः पूर्वजैः शूरैरन्यैश्चोद्दामकीर्तिभिः
bhavān ācaritān dharmān āsthito gṛhamedhibhiḥ brāhmaṇaiḥ pūrvajaiḥ śūrairanyaiścoddāmakīrtibhiḥ
You have taken your stand on the duties practised by householders, by brahmins, by your forebears, by heroes, and by others of unrestrained fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.16
तस्मात् त्वत्तो महीमीषद्वृणे ऽहं वरदर्षभात् पदानि त्रीणि दैत्येन्द्र सम्मितानि पदा मम
tasmāt tvatto mahīmīṣadvṛṇe 'haṃ varadarṣabhāt padāni trīṇi daityendra sammitāni padā mama
Therefore from you, the foremost of boon-givers, I ask a little land: three paces measured by my own foot, O lord of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.17
नान्यत् ते कामये राजन् वदान्याज् जगदीश्वरात् नैनः प्राप्नोति वै विद्वान् यावदर्थप्रतिग्रहः
nānyat te kāmaye rājan vadānyāj jagadīśvarāt nainaḥ prāpnoti vai vidvān yāvadarthapratigrahaḥ
I desire nothing else from you, O king, generous lord of the world; the wise man indeed incurs no sin whose accepting is only as much as is needed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.18
श्रीबलिरुवाच अहो ब्राह्मणदायाद वाचस्ते वृद्धसम्मताः त्वं बालो बालिशमतिः स्वार्थं प्रत्य् अबुधो यथा
śrībaliruvāca aho brāhmaṇadāyāda vācaste vṛddhasammatāḥ tvaṃ bālo bāliśamatiḥ svārthaṃ praty abudho yathā
Bali said: Ah, son of a brahmin, your words are such as elders approve; (yet) you are a boy, of childish understanding, since you are ignorant as to your own interest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.19
मां वचोभिः समाराध्य लोकानामेकमीश्वरम् पदत्रयं वृणीते यो ऽबुद्धिमान् द्वीपदाशुषम्
māṃ vacobhiḥ samārādhya lokānāmekamīśvaram padatrayaṃ vṛṇīte yo 'buddhimān dvīpadāśuṣam
— who, having propitiated with words me, the sole lord of the worlds, a giver of whole islands, unintelligently asks for three paces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.20
न पुमान् मामुपव्रज्य भूयो याचितुमर्हति तस्माद्वृत्तिकरीं भूमिं वटो कामं प्रतीच्छ मे
na pumān māmupavrajya bhūyo yācitumarhati tasmādvṛttikarīṃ bhūmiṃ vaṭo kāmaṃ pratīccha me
No man who has come to me ought to have to beg again; therefore, little one, accept from me at your pleasure land that will yield a livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.21
श्रीभगवान् उवाच यावन्तो विषयाः प्रेष्ठास्त्रिलोक्यामजितेन्द्रियम् न शक्नुवन्ति ते सर्वे प्रतिपूरयितुं नृप
śrībhagavān uvāca yāvanto viṣayāḥ preṣṭhāstrilokyāmajitendriyam na śaknuvanti te sarve pratipūrayituṃ nṛpa
The Blessed Lord said: However many dearest objects of enjoyment there are in the three worlds, all of them cannot fill up a man whose senses are unconquered, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.22
त्रिभिः क्रमैरसन्तुष्टो द्वीपेनापि न पूर्यते नववर्षसमेतेन सप्तद्वीपवरेच्छया
tribhiḥ kramairasantuṣṭo dvīpenāpi na pūryate navavarṣasametena saptadvīpavarecchayā
One not satisfied with three paces is not filled even by a continent consisting of nine varṣas, because of his desire for the best of the seven continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.23
सप्तद्वीपाधिपतयो नृपा वैण्यगयादयः अर्थैः कामैर्गता नान्तं तृष्णाया इति नः श्रुतम्
saptadvīpādhipatayo nṛpā vaiṇyagayādayaḥ arthaiḥ kāmairgatā nāntaṃ tṛṣṇāyā iti naḥ śrutam
Kings who were lords of the seven continents—Vaiṇya, Gaya and others—did not reach the end of craving by wealth and pleasures: so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.24
यदृच्छयोपपन्नेन सन्तुष्टो वर्तते सुखम् नासन्तुष्टस्त्रिभिर्लोकैरजितात्मोपसादितैः
yadṛcchayopapannena santuṣṭo vartate sukham nāsantuṣṭastribhirlokairajitātmopasāditaiḥ
One who is content with what comes of its own accord lives happily; not so the discontented, even with the three worlds procured by one whose self is unsubdued.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.25
पुंसो ऽयं संसृतेर्हेतुरसन्तोषो ऽर्थकामयोः यदृच्छयोपपन्नेन सन्तोषो मुक्तये स्मृतः
puṃso 'yaṃ saṃsṛterheturasantoṣo 'rthakāmayoḥ yadṛcchayopapannena santoṣo muktaye smṛtaḥ
This discontent with wealth and pleasure is a man's cause of transmigration; contentment with what comes of its own accord is held (to lead) to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.26
यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य तेजो विप्रस्य वर्धते तत् प्रशाम्यत्य् असन्तोषादम्भसेवाशुशुक्षणिः
yadṛcchālābhatuṣṭasya tejo viprasya vardhate tat praśāmyaty asantoṣādambhasevāśuśukṣaṇiḥ
The power of a brahmin content with chance gain grows; through discontent it is quenched, as fire by water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.27
तस्मात् त्रीणि पदान्य् एव वृणे त्वद्वरदर्षभात् एतावतैव सिद्धो ऽहं वित्तं यावत् प्रयोजनम्
tasmāt trīṇi padāny eva vṛṇe tvadvaradarṣabhāt etāvataiva siddho 'haṃ vittaṃ yāvat prayojanam
Therefore I ask only three paces from you, the bull among granters of boons; by just that much am I satisfied—wealth (should be) only as much as serves the need.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.28
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्य् उक्तः स हसन्नाह वाञ्छातः प्रतिगृह्यताम् वामनाय महीं दातुं जग्राह जलभाजनम्
śrīśuka uvāca ity uktaḥ sa hasannāha vāñchātaḥ pratigṛhyatām vāmanāya mahīṃ dātuṃ jagrāha jalabhājanam
Śrī Śuka said: Thus addressed, he laughed and said, "Let it be taken as you wish," and he took up the water vessel in order to give the land to Vāmana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.29
विष्णवे क्ष्मां प्रदास्यन्तमुशना असुरेश्वरम् जानंश्चिकीर्षितं विष्णोः शिष्यं प्राह विदां वरः
viṣṇave kṣmāṃ pradāsyantamuśanā asureśvaram jānaṃścikīrṣitaṃ viṣṇoḥ śiṣyaṃ prāha vidāṃ varaḥ
Uśanas, the best of the learned, knowing what Viṣṇu intended to do, spoke to his disciple, the lord of the asuras, who was about to give the earth to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.30
श्रीशुक्र उवाच एष वैरोचने साक्षाद्भगवान् विष्णुरव्ययः कश्यपाददितेर्जातो देवानां कार्यसाधकः
śrīśukra uvāca eṣa vairocane sākṣādbhagavān viṣṇuravyayaḥ kaśyapādaditerjāto devānāṃ kāryasādhakaḥ
Śrī Śukra said: This one, O son of Virocana, is the imperishable Lord Viṣṇu himself, born of Kaśyapa from Aditi, the accomplisher of the gods' purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.31
प्रतिश्रुतं त्वयैतस्मै यदनर्थमजानता न साधु मन्ये दैत्यानां महान् उपगतो ऽनयः
pratiśrutaṃ tvayaitasmai yadanarthamajānatā na sādhu manye daityānāṃ mahān upagato 'nayaḥ
What you, not knowing, have promised to him is harmful; I do not think it good—a great misfortune has come upon the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.32
एष ते स्थानमैश्वर्यं श्रियं तेजो यशः श्रुतम् दास्यत्य् आच्छिद्य शक्राय मायामाणवको हरिः
eṣa te sthānamaiśvaryaṃ śriyaṃ tejo yaśaḥ śrutam dāsyaty ācchidya śakrāya māyāmāṇavako hariḥ
This Hari, a boy by illusion, will wrest away and give to Śakra your position, lordship, fortune, power, fame and learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.33
त्रिभिः क्रमैरिमाल् लोकान् विश्वकायः क्रमिष्यति सर्वस्वं विष्णवे दत्त्वा मूढ वर्तिष्यसे कथम्
tribhiḥ kramairimāl lokān viśvakāyaḥ kramiṣyati sarvasvaṃ viṣṇave dattvā mūḍha vartiṣyase katham
With three strides he, whose body is the universe, will stride over these worlds; having given your all to Viṣṇu, fool, how will you live?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.34
क्रमतो गां पदैकेन द्वितीयेन दिवं विभोः खं च कायेन महता तार्तीयस्य कुतो गतिः
kramato gāṃ padaikena dvitīyena divaṃ vibhoḥ khaṃ ca kāyena mahatā tārtīyasya kuto gatiḥ
When the mighty one strides over the earth with one foot, over heaven with the second, and over space with his vast body, where is there room for the third?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.35
निष्ठां ते नरके मन्ये ह्य् अप्रदातुः प्रतिश्रुतम् प्रतिश्रुतस्य यो ऽनीशः प्रतिपादयितुं भवान्
niṣṭhāṃ te narake manye hy apradātuḥ pratiśrutam pratiśrutasya yo 'nīśaḥ pratipādayituṃ bhavān
I think your fixed end is in hell, since you do not give what was promised—you who are unable to deliver what was promised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.36
न तद्दानं प्रशंसन्ति येन वृत्तिर्विपद्यते दानं यज्ञस्तपः कर्म लोके वृत्तिमतो यतः
na taddānaṃ praśaṃsanti yena vṛttirvipadyate dānaṃ yajñastapaḥ karma loke vṛttimato yataḥ
They do not praise that gift by which one's own livelihood is ruined; for giving, sacrifice, austerity and (ritual) action in this world belong to one who has a livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.37
धर्माय यशसे ऽर्थाय कामाय स्वजनाय च पञ्चधा विभजन् वित्तमिहामुत्र च मोदते
dharmāya yaśase 'rthāya kāmāya svajanāya ca pañcadhā vibhajan vittamihāmutra ca modate
Dividing wealth in five ways—for dharma, for fame, for gain, for pleasure, and for one's own people—one rejoices here and hereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.38
अत्रापि बह्वृचैर्गीतं शृणु मे ऽसुरसत्तम सत्यमोमिति यत् प्रोक्तं यन् नेत्य् आहानृतं हि तत्
atrāpi bahvṛcairgītaṃ śṛṇu me 'surasattama satyamomiti yat proktaṃ yan nety āhānṛtaṃ hi tat
On this matter too, hear from me what has been sung by the Bahvṛcas, O best of asuras: what is spoken as "om" is truth; what one says as "no" is indeed untruth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.39
सत्यं पुष्पफलं विद्यादात्मवृक्षस्य गीयते वृक्षे ऽजीवति तन् न स्यादनृतं मूलमात्मनः
satyaṃ puṣpaphalaṃ vidyādātmavṛkṣasya gīyate vṛkṣe 'jīvati tan na syādanṛtaṃ mūlamātmanaḥ
Truth, it is sung, should be known as the flower and fruit of the tree of the self; if the tree does not live, that cannot be; untruth is the root of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 19.40
तद्यथा वृक्ष उन्मूलः शुष्यत्य् उद्वर्तते ऽचिरात् एवं नष्टानृतः सद्य आत्मा शुष्येन् न संशयः
tadyathā vṛkṣa unmūlaḥ śuṣyaty udvartate 'cirāt evaṃ naṣṭānṛtaḥ sadya ātmā śuṣyen na saṃśayaḥ
For just as a tree, uprooted, dries up and topples over before long, so too the self whose untruth (its root) has been destroyed would dry up at once — there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 19.41
पराग् रिक्तमपूर्णं वा अक्षरं यत् तदोमिति यत् किञ्चिदोमिति ब्रूयात् तेन रिच्येत वै पुमान् भिक्षवे सर्वम्ॐ कुर्वन् नालं कामेन चात्मने
parāg riktamapūrṇaṃ vā akṣaraṃ yat tadomiti yat kiñcidomiti brūyāt tena ricyeta vai pumān bhikṣave sarvamoṃ kurvan nālaṃ kāmena cātmane
That syllable which is 'om' is outward-turned, empty, or incomplete; whatever one says 'om' to, by that a man is emptied out. Saying 'om' to everything for a beggar, he is not adequate to his own desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 19.42
अथैतत् पूर्णमभ्यात्मं यच् च नेत्य् अनृतं वचः सर्वं नेत्य् अनृतं ब्रूयात् स दुष्कीर्तिः श्वसन् मृतः
athaitat pūrṇamabhyātmaṃ yac ca nety anṛtaṃ vacaḥ sarvaṃ nety anṛtaṃ brūyāt sa duṣkīrtiḥ śvasan mṛtaḥ
Now this (syllable "na") is full and turned toward oneself, that is, the untrue word "no." If one should say "no" — the untruth — to everything, he is of ill repute, a dead man who still breathes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 19.43
स्त्रीषु नर्मविवाहे च वृत्त्यर्थे प्राणसङ्कटे गोब्राह्मणार्थे हिंसायां नानृतं स्याज् जुगुप्सितम्
strīṣu narmavivāhe ca vṛttyarthe prāṇasaṅkaṭe gobrāhmaṇārthe hiṃsāyāṃ nānṛtaṃ syāj jugupsitam
With women, in jest, at a wedding, for the sake of livelihood, in danger to life, for the sake of cows and brahmins, and when violence (is to be averted) — untruth would not be blameworthy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition