Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 22
SB 8 22.1
श्रीशुक उवाच एवं विप्रकृतो राजन् बलिर्भगवतासुरः भिद्यमानो ऽप्य् अभिन्नात्मा प्रत्याहाविक्लवं वचः
śrīśuka uvāca evaṃ viprakṛto rājan balirbhagavatāsuraḥ bhidyamāno 'py abhinnātmā pratyāhāviklavaṃ vacaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus insulted, O king, the asura Bali, though he was being cut to the quick by the Lord, remained unbroken in himself and replied with unfaltering speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.2
श्रीबलिरुवाच यद्य् उत्तमश्लोक भवान् ममेरितं वचो व्यलीकं सुरवर्य मन्यते करोम्य् ऋतं तन् न भवेत् प्रलम्भनं पदं तृतीयं कुरु शीर्ष्णि मे निजम्
śrībaliruvāca yady uttamaśloka bhavān mameritaṃ vaco vyalīkaṃ suravarya manyate karomy ṛtaṃ tan na bhavet pralambhanaṃ padaṃ tṛtīyaṃ kuru śīrṣṇi me nijam
Śrī Bali said: If you, O you of excellent renown, best of the gods, consider the word uttered by me to be false, I shall make it true — let it not become a deception: place your third step upon my head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.3
बिभेमि नाहं निरयात् पदच्युतो न पाशबन्धाद्व्यसनाद्दुरत्ययात् नैवार्थकृच्छ्राद्भवतो विनिग्रहाद् असाधुवादाद्भृशमुद्विजे यथा
bibhemi nāhaṃ nirayāt padacyuto na pāśabandhādvyasanādduratyayāt naivārthakṛcchrādbhavato vinigrahād asādhuvādādbhṛśamudvije yathā
I do not fear hell, nor being fallen from my position, nor the binding with nooses, nor a calamity hard to cross over, nor the distress of lost wealth, nor your punishment — as much as I shrink from ill repute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.4
पुंसां श्लाघ्यतमं मन्ये दण्डमर्हत्तमार्पितम् यं न माता पिता भ्राता सुहृदश्चादिशन्ति हि
puṃsāṃ ślāghyatamaṃ manye daṇḍamarhattamārpitam yaṃ na mātā pitā bhrātā suhṛdaścādiśanti hi
I consider that punishment inflicted by the most worthy to be the most praiseworthy thing for men — the punishment which mother, father, brother and friends do not indeed mete out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.5
त्वं नूनमसुराणां नः परोक्षः परमो गुरुः यो नो ऽनेकमदान्धानां विभ्रंशं चक्षुरादिशत्
tvaṃ nūnamasurāṇāṃ naḥ parokṣaḥ paramo guruḥ yo no 'nekamadāndhānāṃ vibhraṃśaṃ cakṣurādiśat
You are surely, though unseen, the supreme teacher of us asuras — you who have pointed out the eye (of discernment) to us, blinded by manifold intoxication, in the form of our downfall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.6
यस्मिन् वैरानुबन्धेन व्यूढेन विबुधेतराः बहवो लेभिरे सिद्धिं यामु हैकान्तयोगिनः
yasmin vairānubandhena vyūḍhena vibudhetarāḥ bahavo lebhire siddhiṃ yāmu haikāntayoginaḥ
In whom, through a sustained bond of enmity, many of those other than the gods (asuras) attained that perfection which the one-pointed yogins (attain).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.7
तेनाहं निगृहीतो ऽस्मि भवता भूरिकर्मणा बद्धश्च वारुणैः पाशैर्नातिव्रीडे न च व्यथे
tenāhaṃ nigṛhīto 'smi bhavatā bhūrikarmaṇā baddhaśca vāruṇaiḥ pāśairnātivrīḍe na ca vyathe
By you, of abundant deeds, I have been subdued and bound with Varuṇa's nooses; I am neither greatly ashamed nor pained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.8
पितामहो मे भवदीयसम्मतः प्रह्राद आविष्कृतसाधुवादः भवद्विपक्षेण विचित्रवैशसं सम्प्रापितस्त्वं परमः स्वपित्रा
pitāmaho me bhavadīyasammataḥ prahrāda āviṣkṛtasādhuvādaḥ bhavadvipakṣeṇa vicitravaiśasaṃ samprāpitastvaṃ paramaḥ svapitrā
My grandfather Prahlāda, esteemed by your people, whose good repute became manifest, was brought to strange torment by his own father, who was hostile to you — and you were (his) supreme (refuge).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.9
किमात्मनानेन जहाति यो ऽन्ततः किं रिक्थहारैः स्वजनाख्यदस्युभिः किं जायया संसृतिहेतुभूतया मर्त्यस्य गेहैः किमिहायुषो व्ययः
kimātmanānena jahāti yo 'ntataḥ kiṃ rikthahāraiḥ svajanākhyadasyubhiḥ kiṃ jāyayā saṃsṛtihetubhūtayā martyasya gehaiḥ kimihāyuṣo vyayaḥ
What is (the use of) this body, which abandons (one) in the end? What of heirs, robbers going by the name of kinsmen? What of a wife, who becomes the cause of transmigration? What here of a mortal's houses? — it is (only) the waste of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.10
इत्थं स निश्चित्य पितामहो महान् अगाधबोधो भवतः पादपद्मम् ध्रुवं प्रपेदे ह्य् अकुतोभयं जनाद् भीतः स्वपक्षक्षपणस्य सत्तम
itthaṃ sa niścitya pitāmaho mahān agādhabodho bhavataḥ pādapadmam dhruvaṃ prapede hy akutobhayaṃ janād bhītaḥ svapakṣakṣapaṇasya sattama
Having thus determined, that great grandfather of mine, of unfathomable understanding, took refuge in your lotus feet, which are firm and free from fear from any quarter, being afraid of people — of you, O best of beings, the destroyer of his own party.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 22.11
अथाहमप्य् आत्मरिपोस्तवान्तिकं दैवेन नीतः प्रसभं त्याजितश्रीः इदं कृतान्तान्तिकवर्ति जीवितं ययाध्रुवं स्तब्धमतिर्न बुध्यते
athāhamapy ātmaripostavāntikaṃ daivena nītaḥ prasabhaṃ tyājitaśrīḥ idaṃ kṛtāntāntikavarti jīvitaṃ yayādhruvaṃ stabdhamatirna budhyate
And now I too have been brought forcibly by fate into the presence of my own enemy, my fortune taken away — this life which stands close to Death, and which one whose mind is stubborn does not recognize as impermanent because of her (fortune).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.12
श्रीशुक उवाच तस्येत्थं भाषमाणस्य प्रह्रादो भगवत्प्रियः आजगाम कुरुश्रेष्ठ राकापतिरिवोत्थितः
śrīśuka uvāca tasyetthaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya prahrādo bhagavatpriyaḥ ājagāma kuruśreṣṭha rākāpatirivotthitaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: While he was speaking thus, O best of the Kurus, Prahrāda, dear to the Lord, arrived, like the full moon risen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.13
तमिन्द्रसेनः स्वपितामहं श्रिया विराजमानं नलिनायतेक्षणम् प्रांशुं पिशङ्गाम्बरमञ्जनत्विषं प्रलम्बबाहुं शुभगर्षभमैक्षत
tamindrasenaḥ svapitāmahaṃ śriyā virājamānaṃ nalināyatekṣaṇam prāṃśuṃ piśaṅgāmbaramañjanatviṣaṃ pralambabāhuṃ śubhagarṣabhamaikṣata
Indrasena (Bali) beheld his grandfather there, shining with splendour, with eyes long as lotus petals, tall, clad in yellow garments, dark as collyrium, with long arms, a bull among the fair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.14
तस्मै बलिर्वारुणपाशयन्त्रितः समर्हणं नोपजहार पूर्ववत् ननाम मूर्ध्नाश्रुविलोललोचनः सव्रीडनीचीनमुखो बभूव ह
tasmai balirvāruṇapāśayantritaḥ samarhaṇaṃ nopajahāra pūrvavat nanāma mūrdhnāśruvilolalocanaḥ savrīḍanīcīnamukho babhūva ha
Bali, bound by Varuṇa's noose, could not offer him the proper worship as before; he bowed with his head, his eyes rolling with tears, and his face was cast down in shame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.15
स तत्र हासीनमुदीक्ष्य सत्पतिं हरिं सुनन्दाद्यनुगैरुपासितम् उपेत्य भूमौ शिरसा महामना ननाम मूर्ध्ना पुलकाश्रुविक्लवः
sa tatra hāsīnamudīkṣya satpatiṃ hariṃ sunandādyanugairupāsitam upetya bhūmau śirasā mahāmanā nanāma mūrdhnā pulakāśruviklavaḥ
Seeing there the Lord of the good, Hari, seated and attended by Sunanda and his other followers, the great-minded one approached and bowed to the ground with his head, overcome with bristling hair and tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.16
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच त्वयैव दत्तं पदमैन्द्रमूर्जितं हृतं तदेवाद्य तथैव शोभनम् मन्ये महान् अस्य कृतो ह्य् अनुग्रहो विभ्रंशितो यच् छ्रिय आत्ममोहनात्
śrīprahrāda uvāca tvayaiva dattaṃ padamaindramūrjitaṃ hṛtaṃ tadevādya tathaiva śobhanam manye mahān asya kṛto hy anugraho vibhraṃśito yac chriya ātmamohanāt
Śrī Prahrāda said: The mighty station of Indra was given by you alone, and today that same has been taken away by you — equally good. I consider that a great favour has been done to him, in that he has been made to fall from the fortune that deludes the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.17
यया हि विद्वान् अपि मुह्यते यतस् तत् को विचष्टे गतिमात्मनो यथा तस्मै नमस्ते जगदीश्वराय वै नारायणायाखिललोकसाक्षिणे
yayā hi vidvān api muhyate yatas tat ko vicaṣṭe gatimātmano yathā tasmai namaste jagadīśvarāya vai nārāyaṇāyākhilalokasākṣiṇe
For by her even a learned man is bewildered, so that no one perceives the course of his own self as it is; therefore homage to you, Lord of the world, to Nārāyaṇa, the witness of all worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.18
श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यानुशृण्वतो राजन् प्रह्रादस्य कृताञ्जलेः हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् उवाच मधुसूदनम्
śrīśuka uvāca tasyānuśṛṇvato rājan prahrādasya kṛtāñjaleḥ hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān uvāca madhusūdanam
Śrī Śuka said: O king, while Prahrāda, his palms joined, was listening, the venerable Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā) spoke to the slayer of Madhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.19
बद्धं वीक्ष्य पतिं साध्वी तत्पत्नी भयविह्वला प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतोपेन्द्रं बभाषे ऽवाङ्मुखी नृप
baddhaṃ vīkṣya patiṃ sādhvī tatpatnī bhayavihvalā prāñjaliḥ praṇatopendraṃ babhāṣe 'vāṅmukhī nṛpa
Seeing her husband bound, his chaste wife, overwhelmed with fear, with joined palms, bowing to Upendra, her face downcast, spoke, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.20
श्रीविन्ध्यावलिरुवाच क्रीडार्थमात्मन इदं त्रिजगत् कृतं ते स्वाम्यं तु तत्र कुधियो ऽपर ईश कुर्युः कर्तुः प्रभोस्तव किमस्यत आवहन्ति त्यक्तह्रियस्त्वदवरोपितकर्तृवादाः
śrīvindhyāvaliruvāca krīḍārthamātmana idaṃ trijagat kṛtaṃ te svāmyaṃ tu tatra kudhiyo 'para īśa kuryuḥ kartuḥ prabhostava kimasyata āvahanti tyaktahriyastvadavaropitakartṛvādāḥ
Śrī Vindhyāvali said: These three worlds were made by you for your own play; but here, O Lord, others of poor understanding claim ownership. What can they, who have abandoned shame, bring to you, the maker and master, who need nothing — they who ascribe to themselves the agency you have set down?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 22.21
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगन्मय मुञ्चैनं हृतसर्वस्वं नायमर्हति निग्रहम्
śrībrahmovāca bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jaganmaya muñcainaṃ hṛtasarvasvaṃ nāyamarhati nigraham
Śrī Brahmā said: O originator of beings, lord of beings, god of gods, you who consist of the universe, release this one, from whom everything has been taken; he does not deserve punishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.22
कृत्स्ना ते ऽनेन दत्ता भूर्लोकाः कर्मार्जिताश्च ये निवेदितं च सर्वस्वमात्माविक्लवया धिया
kṛtsnā te 'nena dattā bhūrlokāḥ karmārjitāśca ye niveditaṃ ca sarvasvamātmāviklavayā dhiyā
The whole earth has been given to you by him, and the worlds he earned by his rites, and all he has, and himself, offered with an unfaltering mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.23
यत्पादयोरशठधीः सलिलं प्रदाय दूर्वाङ्कुरैरपि विधाय सतीं सपर्याम् अम्प्;अप्य् उत्तमां गतिमसौ भजते त्रिलोकीं दाश्वान् अविक्लवमनाः कथमार्तिमृच्छेत्
yatpādayoraśaṭhadhīḥ salilaṃ pradāya dūrvāṅkurairapi vidhāya satīṃ saparyām apy uttamāṃ gatimasau bhajate trilokīṃ dāśvān aviklavamanāḥ kathamārtimṛcchet
One who with guileless mind offers water at your feet and performs even with sprouts of dūrvā grass a true worship attains the highest goal; how then should he who has given the three worlds with an unwavering mind come to suffering?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.24
श्रीभगवान् उवाच ब्रह्मन् यमनुगृह्णामि तद्विशो विधुनोम्य् अहम् यन्मदः पुरुषः स्तब्धो लोकं मां चावमन्यते
śrībhagavān uvāca brahman yamanugṛhṇāmi tadviśo vidhunomy aham yanmadaḥ puruṣaḥ stabdho lokaṃ māṃ cāvamanyate
The Blessed Lord said: O brahman, whomever I favour, from him I shake away his wealth; intoxicated by it a man becomes stiff with pride and despises the world and me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.25
यदा कदाचिज् जीवात्मा संसरन् निजकर्मभिः नानायोनिष्वनीशो ऽयं पौरुषीं गतिमाव्रजेत्
yadā kadācij jīvātmā saṃsaran nijakarmabhiḥ nānāyoniṣvanīśo 'yaṃ pauruṣīṃ gatimāvrajet
When at some time the living self, wandering through many wombs by its own deeds, helpless, may arrive at the human state —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.26
जन्मकर्मवयोरूप विद्यैश्वर्यधनादिभिः यद्य् अस्य न भवेत् स्तम्भस्तत्रायं मदनुग्रहः
janmakarmavayorūpa vidyaiśvaryadhanādibhiḥ yady asya na bhavet stambhastatrāyaṃ madanugrahaḥ
If through birth, deeds, age, beauty, learning, power, wealth and the rest no stiffness arises in him, then in that there is my grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.27
मानस्तम्भनिमित्तानां जन्मादीनां समन्ततः सर्वश्रेयःप्रतीपानां हन्त मुह्येन् न मत्परः
mānastambhanimittānāṃ janmādīnāṃ samantataḥ sarvaśreyaḥpratīpānāṃ hanta muhyen na matparaḥ
Indeed, one devoted to me is not bewildered by birth and the rest, which are on all sides the causes of pride and arrogance and hostile to every good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.28
एष दानवदैत्यानामग्रनीः कीर्तिवर्धनः अजैषीदजयां मायां सीदन्नपि न मुह्यति
eṣa dānavadaityānāmagranīḥ kīrtivardhanaḥ ajaiṣīdajayāṃ māyāṃ sīdannapi na muhyati
This one, the foremost of the Dānavas and Daityas, an increaser of fame, has conquered the māyā that is unconquerable; even while sinking he is not bewildered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.29
क्षीणरिक्थश्च्युतः स्थानात् क्षिप्तो बद्धश्च शत्रुभिः ज्ञातिभिश्च परित्यक्तो यातनामनुयापितः
kṣīṇarikthaścyutaḥ sthānāt kṣipto baddhaśca śatrubhiḥ jñātibhiśca parityakto yātanāmanuyāpitaḥ
His wealth exhausted, fallen from his position, cast down and bound by his enemies, abandoned by his kinsmen, made to undergo torment —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.30
गुरुणा भर्त्सितः शप्तो जहौ सत्यं न सुव्रतः छलैरुक्तो मया धर्मो नायं त्यजति सत्यवाक्
guruṇā bhartsitaḥ śapto jahau satyaṃ na suvrataḥ chalairukto mayā dharmo nāyaṃ tyajati satyavāk
Reviled and cursed by his guru, this man of good vows did not abandon truth; the dharma stated by me with deceit — this truthful one does not abandon it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.31
एष मे प्रापितः स्थानं दुष्प्रापममरैरपि सावर्णेरन्तरस्यायं भवितेन्द्रो मदाश्रयः
eṣa me prāpitaḥ sthānaṃ duṣprāpamamarairapi sāvarṇerantarasyāyaṃ bhavitendro madāśrayaḥ
He has been brought by me to a station hard to attain even for the immortals; in the age of Sāvarṇi he will be Indra, depending on me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.32
तावत् सुतलमध्यास्तां विश्वकर्मविनिर्मितम् यदाधयो व्याधयश्च क्लमस्तन्द्रा पराभवः नोपसर्गा निवसतां सम्भवन्ति ममेक्षया
tāvat sutalamadhyāstāṃ viśvakarmavinirmitam yadādhayo vyādhayaśca klamastandrā parābhavaḥ nopasargā nivasatāṃ sambhavanti mamekṣayā
Until then let him dwell in Sutala, which was fashioned by Viśvakarman, where, by my glance, no afflictions of mind, no diseases, no fatigue, no lassitude, no defeat and no calamities arise for those who live there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.33
इन्द्रसेन महाराज याहि भो भद्रमस्तु ते सुतलं स्वर्गिभिः प्रार्थ्यं ज्ञातिभिः परिवारितः
indrasena mahārāja yāhi bho bhadramastu te sutalaṃ svargibhiḥ prārthyaṃ jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ
O Indrasena, great king, go, sir — may there be well-being for you — to Sutala, coveted by the dwellers of heaven, surrounded by your kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.34
न त्वामभिभविष्यन्ति लोकेशाः किमुतापरे त्वच्छासनातिगान् दैत्यांश्चक्रं मे सूदयिष्यति
na tvāmabhibhaviṣyanti lokeśāḥ kimutāpare tvacchāsanātigān daityāṃścakraṃ me sūdayiṣyati
The guardians of the worlds will not overpower you — how much less others? My discus will destroy those Daityas who transgress your command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.35
रक्षिष्ये सर्वतो ऽहं त्वां सानुगं सपरिच्छदम् सदा सन्निहितं वीर तत्र मां द्रक्ष्यते भवान्
rakṣiṣye sarvato 'haṃ tvāṃ sānugaṃ saparicchadam sadā sannihitaṃ vīra tatra māṃ drakṣyate bhavān
I shall protect you on every side, together with your followers and your belongings; and you, hero, will see me there, always present at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 22.36
तत्र दानवदैत्यानां सङ्गात् ते भाव आसुरः दृष्ट्वा मदनुभावं वै सद्यः कुण्ठो विनङ्क्ष्यति
tatra dānavadaityānāṃ saṅgāt te bhāva āsuraḥ dṛṣṭvā madanubhāvaṃ vai sadyaḥ kuṇṭho vinaṅkṣyati
There, seeing my power, that demoniac disposition of yours, arising from association with the Dānavas and Daityas, will at once become blunted and perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition