Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 24
SB 8 24.1
श्रीराजोवाच भगवन् छ्रोतुमिच्छामि हरेरद्भुतकर्मणः अवतारकथामाद्यां मायामत्स्यविडम्बनम्
śrīrājovāca bhagavan chrotumicchāmi hareradbhutakarmaṇaḥ avatārakathāmādyāṃ māyāmatsyaviḍambanam
The king said: Blessed one, I wish to hear the first story of the descent of Hari of wondrous deeds, his mimicry (of a fish) as the fish of illusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.2
यदर्थमदधाद्रूपं मात्स्यं लोकजुगुप्सितम् तमःप्रकृतिदुर्मर्षं कर्मग्रस्त इवेश्वरः
yadarthamadadhādrūpaṃ mātsyaṃ lokajugupsitam tamaḥprakṛtidurmarṣaṃ karmagrasta iveśvaraḥ
For what purpose did the Lord assume the form of a fish, despised by the world, hard to bear because its nature is darkness — as though he were seized by (the results of) action?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.3
एतन् नो भगवन् सर्वं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि उत्तमश्लोकचरितं सर्वलोकसुखावहम्
etan no bhagavan sarvaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi uttamaślokacaritaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham
All this, blessed one, you ought to tell us as it was — the exploit of him who is praised by the finest hymns, which brings happiness to all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.4
श्रीसूत उवाच इत्य् उक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान् बादरायणिः उवाच चरितं विष्णोर्मत्स्यरूपेण यत् कृतम्
śrīsūta uvāca ity ukto viṣṇurātena bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca caritaṃ viṣṇormatsyarūpeṇa yat kṛtam
Śrī Sūta said: Thus addressed by Viṣṇurāta (Parīkṣit), the venerable son of Bādarāyaṇa related the exploit of Viṣṇu which he performed in the form of a fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.5
श्रीशुक उवाच गोविप्रसुरसाधूनां छन्दसामपि चेश्वरः रक्षामिच्छंस्तनूर्धत्ते धर्मस्यार्थस्य चैव हि
śrīśuka uvāca goviprasurasādhūnāṃ chandasāmapi ceśvaraḥ rakṣāmicchaṃstanūrdhatte dharmasyārthasya caiva hi
Śrī Śuka said: The Lord, wishing to protect cows, brahmins, gods and the good, and the Vedic hymns as well, and also dharma and wealth, takes on bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.6
उच्चावचेषु भूतेषु चरन् वायुरिवेश्वरः नोच्चावचत्वं भजते निर्गुणत्वाद्धियो गुणैः
uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu caran vāyuriveśvaraḥ noccāvacatvaṃ bhajate nirguṇatvāddhiyo guṇaiḥ
Moving among high and low creatures like the wind, the Lord does not partake of highness or lowness, since he is free of the qualities of the intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 24.7
आसीदतीतकल्पान्ते ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको लयः समुद्रोपप्लुतास्तत्र लोका भूरादयो नृप
āsīdatītakalpānte brāhmo naimittiko layaḥ samudropaplutāstatra lokā bhūrādayo nṛpa
At the end of the past kalpa there was the occasional dissolution belonging to Brahmā, O king, in which the worlds beginning with earth were flooded over by the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.8
कालेनागतनिद्रस्य धातुः शिशयिषोर्बली मुखतो निःसृतान् वेदान् हयग्रीवो ऽन्तिके ऽहरत्
kālenāgatanidrasya dhātuḥ śiśayiṣorbalī mukhato niḥsṛtān vedān hayagrīvo 'ntike 'harat
When in the course of time sleep came upon the creator and he wished to lie down, the powerful Hayagrīva carried off, close by, the Vedas that had come forth from his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.9
ज्ञात्वा तद्दानवेन्द्रस्य हयग्रीवस्य चेष्टितम् दधार शफरीरूपं भगवान् हरिरीश्वरः
jñātvā taddānavendrasya hayagrīvasya ceṣṭitam dadhāra śapharīrūpaṃ bhagavān harirīśvaraḥ
Knowing that act of Hayagrīva, that lord of the Dānavas, the Lord Hari, the ruler, assumed the form of a small fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.10
तत्र राजऋषिः कश्चिन् नाम्ना सत्यव्रतो महान् नारायणपरो ऽतपत् तपः स सलिलाशनः
tatra rājaṛṣiḥ kaścin nāmnā satyavrato mahān nārāyaṇaparo 'tapat tapaḥ sa salilāśanaḥ
At that time there was a certain great royal sage named Satyavrata, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, who practiced austerity, living on water alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.11
यो ऽसावस्मिन् महाकल्पे तनयः स विवस्वतः श्राद्धदेव इति ख्यातो मनुत्वे हरिणार्पितः
yo 'sāvasmin mahākalpe tanayaḥ sa vivasvataḥ śrāddhadeva iti khyāto manutve hariṇārpitaḥ
He it is who in this great kalpa (became) the son of Vivasvat, known as Śrāddhadeva, appointed by Hari to the office of Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.12
एकदा कृतमालायां कुर्वतो जलतर्पणम् तस्याञ्जल्युदके काचिच् छफर्य् एकाभ्यपद्यत
ekadā kṛtamālāyāṃ kurvato jalatarpaṇam tasyāñjalyudake kācic chaphary ekābhyapadyata
Once, while he was making the water-offering in the Kṛtamālā river, a certain small fish came into the water in his cupped hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.13
सत्यव्रतो ऽञ्जलिगतां सह तोयेन भारत उत्ससर्ज नदीतोये शफरीं द्रविडेश्वरः
satyavrato 'ñjaligatāṃ saha toyena bhārata utsasarja nadītoye śapharīṃ draviḍeśvaraḥ
Satyavrata, the lord of the Draviḍas, O Bhārata, released the little fish that had come into his palms, together with the water, into the river's water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.14
तमाह सातिकरुणं महाकारुणिकं नृपम् यादोभ्यो ज्ञातिघातिभ्यो दीनां मां दीनवत्सल कथं विसृजसे राजन् भीतामस्मिन् सरिज्जले
tamāha sātikaruṇaṃ mahākāruṇikaṃ nṛpam yādobhyo jñātighātibhyo dīnāṃ māṃ dīnavatsala kathaṃ visṛjase rājan bhītāmasmin sarijjale
She spoke very piteously to that most compassionate king: "O you who are kind to the wretched, why, O king, do you cast me, wretched and afraid, into this river water, among water-creatures that kill their own kin?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.15
तमात्मनो ऽनुग्रहार्थं प्रीत्या मत्स्यवपुर्धरम् अजानन् रक्षणार्थाय शफर्याः स मनो दधे
tamātmano 'nugrahārthaṃ prītyā matsyavapurdharam ajānan rakṣaṇārthāya śapharyāḥ sa mano dadhe
Not knowing that he, out of affection, bore the body of a fish for the sake of favoring him, he set his mind on protecting the little fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.16
तस्या दीनतरं वाक्यमाश्रुत्य स महीपतिः कलशाप्सु निधायैनां दयालुर्निन्य आश्रमम्
tasyā dīnataraṃ vākyamāśrutya sa mahīpatiḥ kalaśāpsu nidhāyaināṃ dayālurninya āśramam
Hearing her most pitiful speech, that lord of the earth, being compassionate, placed her in the water of his pot and carried her to his hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.17
सा तु तत्रैकरात्रेण वर्धमाना कमण्डलौ अलब्ध्वात्मावकाशं वा इदमाह महीपतिम्
sā tu tatraikarātreṇa vardhamānā kamaṇḍalau alabdhvātmāvakāśaṃ vā idamāha mahīpatim
But she, growing in the water-pot in a single night there, and not obtaining room for herself, said this to the king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.18
नाहं कमण्डलावस्मिन् कृच्छ्रं वस्तुमिहोत्सहे कल्पयौकः सुविपुलं यत्राहं निवसे सुखम्
nāhaṃ kamaṇḍalāvasmin kṛcchraṃ vastumihotsahe kalpayaukaḥ suvipulaṃ yatrāhaṃ nivase sukham
"I have no wish to live here cramped in this water-pot; arrange a very ample dwelling where I may live comfortably."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.19
स एनां तत आदाय न्यधादौदञ्चनोदके तत्र क्षिप्ता मुहूर्तेन हस्तत्रयमवर्धत
sa enāṃ tata ādāya nyadhādaudañcanodake tatra kṣiptā muhūrtena hastatrayamavardhata
Then he took her from there and put her in the water of a large water-container; thrown in there, in a moment she grew to three cubits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.20
न म एतदलं राजन् सुखं वस्तुमुदञ्चनम् पृथु देहि पदं मह्यं यत् त्वाहं शरणं गता
na ma etadalaṃ rājan sukhaṃ vastumudañcanam pṛthu dehi padaṃ mahyaṃ yat tvāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā
"This water-vessel is not enough for me to live in comfortably, O king; give me a wide place, since I have come to you for refuge."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.21
तत आदाय सा राज्ञा क्षिप्ता राजन् सरोवरे तदावृत्यात्मना सो ऽयं महामीनो ऽन्ववर्धत
tata ādāya sā rājñā kṣiptā rājan sarovare tadāvṛtyātmanā so 'yaṃ mahāmīno 'nvavardhata
Then, taken from there by the king and thrown into a lake, O king, she—this great fish—covering it with her body, went on growing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.22
नैतन् मे स्वस्तये राजन्नुदकं सलिलौकसः निधेहि रक्षायोगेन ह्रदे मामविदासिनि
naitan me svastaye rājannudakaṃ salilaukasaḥ nidhehi rakṣāyogena hrade māmavidāsini
"This water is not sufficient for the well-being of me, a dweller in water, O king; by way of protecting me, place me in a pool that does not dry up."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.23
इत्य् उक्तः सो ऽनयन् मत्स्यं तत्र तत्राविदासिनि जलाशये ऽसम्मितं तं समुद्रे प्राक्षिपज् झषम्
ity uktaḥ so 'nayan matsyaṃ tatra tatrāvidāsini jalāśaye 'sammitaṃ taṃ samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam
Thus addressed, he carried the fish to one inexhaustible reservoir after another; and (when) it became immeasurable, he cast that fish into the sea.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.24
क्षिप्यमाणस्तमाहेदमिह मां मकरादयः अदन्त्य् अतिबला वीर मां नेहोत्स्रष्टुमर्हसि
kṣipyamāṇastamāhedamiha māṃ makarādayaḥ adanty atibalā vīra māṃ nehotsraṣṭumarhasi
As he was being thrown, (the fish) said this to him: "Here crocodiles and the like, exceedingly strong, will eat me; O hero, you ought not to release me here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.25
एवं विमोहितस्तेन वदता वल्गुभारतीम् तमाह को भवान् अस्मान् मत्स्यरूपेण मोहयन्
evaṃ vimohitastena vadatā valgubhāratīm tamāha ko bhavān asmān matsyarūpeṇa mohayan
Thus bewildered by him who spoke in sweet speech, (the king) said to him: "Who are you, who bewilder us in the form of a fish?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.26
नैवं वीर्यो जलचरो दृष्टो ऽस्माभिः श्रुतो ऽपि वा यो भवान् योजनशतमह्नाभिव्यानशे सरः
naivaṃ vīryo jalacaro dṛṣṭo 'smābhiḥ śruto 'pi vā yo bhavān yojanaśatamahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ
Never has a water-dweller of such power been seen by us, or even heard of — you who in a single day have filled a lake a hundred yojanas (wide).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.27
नूनं त्वं भगवान् साक्षाद्धरिर्नारायणो ऽव्ययः अनुग्रहाय भूतानां धत्से रूपं जलौकसाम्
nūnaṃ tvaṃ bhagavān sākṣāddharirnārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ anugrahāya bhūtānāṃ dhatse rūpaṃ jalaukasām
Surely you are the Lord himself, Hari, Narayana, the imperishable, who for the favor of living beings assumes the form of water-dwellers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.28
नमस्ते पुरुषश्रेष्ठ स्थित्युत्पत्त्यप्ययेश्वर भक्तानां नः प्रपन्नानां मुख्यो ह्य् आत्मगतिर्विभो
namaste puruṣaśreṣṭha sthityutpattyapyayeśvara bhaktānāṃ naḥ prapannānāṃ mukhyo hy ātmagatirvibho
Homage to you, best of persons, lord of maintenance, origination, and dissolution; for you, O all-pervading one, are the chief goal, the very Self, of us who are your devotees and have taken refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.29
सर्वे लीलावतारास्ते भूतानां भूतिहेतवः ज्ञातुमिच्छाम्य् अदो रूपं यदर्थं भवता धृतम्
sarve līlāvatārāste bhūtānāṃ bhūtihetavaḥ jñātumicchāmy ado rūpaṃ yadarthaṃ bhavatā dhṛtam
All your descents as play are causes of the well-being of living beings; I wish to know this form — for what purpose it has been assumed by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.30
न ते ऽरविन्दाक्ष पदोपसर्पणं मृषा भवेत् सर्वसुहृत्प्रियात्मनः यथेतरेषां पृथगात्मनां सताम् अदीदृशो यद्वपुरद्भुतं हि नः
na te 'ravindākṣa padopasarpaṇaṃ mṛṣā bhavet sarvasuhṛtpriyātmanaḥ yathetareṣāṃ pṛthagātmanāṃ satām adīdṛśo yadvapuradbhutaṃ hi naḥ
O lotus-eyed one, approaching your feet cannot be fruitless, since you are the friend, the beloved, and the very self of all — as it is with others, with (merely) good men who are separate selves; for you have shown us this wondrous body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.31
श्रीशुक उवाच इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं जगत्पतिः सत्यव्रतं मत्स्यवपुर्युगक्षये विहर्तुकामः प्रलयार्णवे ऽब्रवीच् चिकीर्षुरेकान्तजनप्रियः प्रियम्
śrīśuka uvāca iti bruvāṇaṃ nṛpatiṃ jagatpatiḥ satyavrataṃ matsyavapuryugakṣaye vihartukāmaḥ pralayārṇave 'bravīc cikīrṣurekāntajanapriyaḥ priyam
Sri Suka said: To the king Satyavrata, who spoke thus, the Lord of the world in the body of a fish — wishing to sport in the ocean of dissolution at the destruction of the age, and desiring to do him a kindness, being dear to those devoted to him alone — spoke what was pleasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.32
श्रीभगवान् उवाच सप्तमे ह्य् अद्यतनादूर्ध्वमहन्य् एतदरिन्दम निमङ्क्ष्यत्य् अप्ययाम्भोधौ त्रैलोक्यं भूर्भुवादिकम्
śrībhagavān uvāca saptame hy adyatanādūrdhvamahany etadarindama nimaṅkṣyaty apyayāmbhodhau trailokyaṃ bhūrbhuvādikam
The Blessed Lord said: On the seventh day from today, O subduer of enemies, this triple world, Bhur, Bhuvas and the rest, will sink into the ocean of dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.33
त्रिलोक्यां लीयमानायां संवर्ताम्भसि वै तदा उपस्थास्यति नौः काचिद्विशाला त्वां मयेरिता
trilokyāṃ līyamānāyāṃ saṃvartāmbhasi vai tadā upasthāsyati nauḥ kācidviśālā tvāṃ mayeritā
When the triple world is dissolving in the waters of destruction, then a certain large boat, sent by me, will come to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.34
त्वं तावदोषधीः सर्वा बीजान्य् उच्चावचानि च सप्तर्षिभिः परिवृतः सर्वसत्त्वोपबृंहितः
tvaṃ tāvadoṣadhīḥ sarvā bījāny uccāvacāni ca saptarṣibhiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvasattvopabṛṃhitaḥ
You, meanwhile, (taking) all herbs and seeds high and low, surrounded by the seven sages, accompanied by all kinds of creatures,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.35
आरुह्य बृहतीं नावं विचरिष्यस्य् अविक्लवः एकार्णवे निरालोके ऋषीणामेव वर्चसा
āruhya bṛhatīṃ nāvaṃ vicariṣyasy aviklavaḥ ekārṇave nirāloke ṛṣīṇāmeva varcasā
having boarded that great boat, will move about untroubled on the single ocean, without light, by the radiance of the sages alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.36
दोधूयमानां तां नावं समीरेण बलीयसा उपस्थितस्य मे शृङ्गे निबध्नीहि महाहिना
dodhūyamānāṃ tāṃ nāvaṃ samīreṇa balīyasā upasthitasya me śṛṅge nibadhnīhi mahāhinā
When that boat is shaken about by the mighty wind, bind it with the great serpent to my horn, for I will be present there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.37
अहं त्वामृषिभिः सार्धं सहनावमुदन्वति विकर्षन् विचरिष्यामि यावद्ब्राह्मी निशा प्रभो
ahaṃ tvāmṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ sahanāvamudanvati vikarṣan vicariṣyāmi yāvadbrāhmī niśā prabho
Together with the sages, along with the boat, I will move about on the water dragging you, O lord, as long as Brahma's night lasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.38
मदीयं महिमानं च परं ब्रह्मेति शब्दितम् वेत्स्यस्य् अनुगृहीतं मे सम्प्रश्नैर्विवृतं हृदि
madīyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca paraṃ brahmeti śabditam vetsyasy anugṛhītaṃ me sampraśnairvivṛtaṃ hṛdi
And you will come to know my greatness, which is spoken of as the Supreme Brahman, revealed in your heart through your questions, since you have been favored by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.39
इत्थमादिश्य राजानं हरिरन्तरधीयत सो ऽन्ववैक्षत तं कालं यं हृषीकेश आदिशत्
itthamādiśya rājānaṃ harirantaradhīyata so 'nvavaikṣata taṃ kālaṃ yaṃ hṛṣīkeśa ādiśat
Having thus instructed the king, Hari vanished; and he awaited that time which Hrsikesa had appointed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.40
आस्तीर्य दर्भान् प्राक्कूलान् राजर्षिः प्रागुदङ्मुखः निषसाद हरेः पादौ चिन्तयन् मत्स्यरूपिणः
āstīrya darbhān prākkūlān rājarṣiḥ prāgudaṅmukhaḥ niṣasāda hareḥ pādau cintayan matsyarūpiṇaḥ
Having spread darbha grass with its tips to the east, the royal sage sat down facing north-east, meditating on the feet of Hari who had the form of a fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.41
ततः समुद्र उद्वेलः सर्वतः प्लावयन् महीम् वर्धमानो महामेघैर्वर्षद्भिः समदृश्यत
tataḥ samudra udvelaḥ sarvataḥ plāvayan mahīm vardhamāno mahāmeghairvarṣadbhiḥ samadṛśyata
Then the ocean was seen rising beyond its shore, flooding the earth on all sides, swelling with great clouds that poured down rain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.42
ध्यायन् भगवदादेशं ददृशे नावमागताम् तामारुरोह विप्रेन्द्रैरादायौषधिवीरुधः
dhyāyan bhagavadādeśaṃ dadṛśe nāvamāgatām tāmāruroha viprendrairādāyauṣadhivīrudhaḥ
Remembering the Lord's instruction, he saw the boat arrived; he boarded it with the foremost brahmins, having taken the herbs and creepers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.43
तमूचुर्मुनयः प्रीता राजन् ध्यायस्व केशवम् स वै नः सङ्कटादस्मादविता शं विधास्यति
tamūcurmunayaḥ prītā rājan dhyāyasva keśavam sa vai naḥ saṅkaṭādasmādavitā śaṃ vidhāsyati
The sages, pleased, said to him: "O king, meditate on Kesava; he indeed will protect us from this danger and will bring about our welfare."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.44
सो ऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन् महार्णवे एकशृङ्गधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः
so 'nudhyātastato rājñā prādurāsīn mahārṇave ekaśṛṅgadharo matsyo haimo niyutayojanaḥ
Then, when he had been meditated upon by the king, there appeared in the great ocean a golden fish bearing a single horn, a million yojanas (long).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.45
निबध्य नावं तच्छृङ्गे यथोक्तो हरिणा पुरा वरत्रेणाहिना तुष्टस्तुष्टाव मधुसूदनम्
nibadhya nāvaṃ tacchṛṅge yathokto hariṇā purā varatreṇāhinā tuṣṭastuṣṭāva madhusūdanam
Having tied the boat to that horn with the serpent as a rope, as Hari had directed before, he was satisfied and praised the slayer of Madhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.46
श्रीराजोवाच अनाद्यविद्योपहतात्मसंविदस् तन्मूलसंसारपरिश्रमातुराः यदृच्छयोपसृता यमाप्नुयुर् विमुक्तिदो नः परमो गुरुर्भवान्
śrīrājovāca anādyavidyopahatātmasaṃvidas tanmūlasaṃsārapariśramāturāḥ yadṛcchayopasṛtā yamāpnuyur vimuktido naḥ paramo gururbhavān
The king said: Those whose self-knowledge is destroyed by beginningless ignorance, and who are worn out by the toil of the round of rebirth rooted in that — (he) whom they may attain when he has drawn near of his own accord — you, the giver of release, are our highest teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.47
जनो ऽबुधो ऽयं निजकर्मबन्धनः सुखेच्छया कर्म समीहते ऽसुखम् यत्सेवया तां विधुनोत्य् असन्मतिं ग्रन्थिं स भिन्द्याद्धृदयं स नो गुरुः
jano 'budho 'yaṃ nijakarmabandhanaḥ sukhecchayā karma samīhate 'sukham yatsevayā tāṃ vidhunoty asanmatiṃ granthiṃ sa bhindyāddhṛdayaṃ sa no guruḥ
This ignorant person, bound by his own actions, undertakes work out of a desire for happiness, and (gets) unhappiness; by serving whom one shakes off that false notion — may he cut the knots in the heart; he is our teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.48
यत्सेवयाग्नेरिव रुद्ररोदनं पुमान् विजह्यान् मलमात्मनस्तमः भजेत वर्णं निजमेष सो ऽव्ययो भूयात् स ईशः परमो गुरोर्गुरुः
yatsevayāgneriva rudrarodanaṃ pumān vijahyān malamātmanastamaḥ bhajeta varṇaṃ nijameṣa so 'vyayo bhūyāt sa īśaḥ paramo gurorguruḥ
By serving whom a man may cast off the impurity, the darkness, of himself — as (gold does) by fire, (which is called) Rudra's weeping — and may take on his own true colour: may that imperishable one be (so); he is the Lord, the supreme teacher of teachers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 8 24.49
न यत्प्रसादायुतभागलेशम् अन्ये च देवा गुरवो जनाः स्वयम् कर्तुं समेताः प्रभवन्ति पुंसस् तमीश्वरं त्वां शरणं प्रपद्ये
na yatprasādāyutabhāgaleśam anye ca devā guravo janāḥ svayam kartuṃ sametāḥ prabhavanti puṃsas tamīśvaraṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Not even a fraction of a ten-thousandth part of whose grace are other gods, teachers and men able to produce for a man by themselves, even if assembled together — to you, that Lord, I go for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.50
अचक्षुरन्धस्य यथाग्रणीः कृतस् तथा जनस्याविदुषो ऽबुधो गुरुः त्वमर्कदृक् सर्वदृशां समीक्षणो वृतो गुरुर्नः स्वगतिं बुभुत्सताम्
acakṣurandhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtas tathā janasyāviduṣo 'budho guruḥ tvamarkadṛk sarvadṛśāṃ samīkṣaṇo vṛto gururnaḥ svagatiṃ bubhutsatām
As a blind man is made the leader of one without eyes, so an unknowing man is teacher to an ignorant person; but you, whose sight is like the sun, the beholder of all who see, are chosen as our teacher by us who wish to know our own goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.51
जनो जनस्यादिशते ऽसतीं गतिं यया प्रपद्येत दुरत्ययं तमः त्वं त्वव्ययं ज्ञानममोघमञ्जसा प्रपद्यते येन जनो निजं पदम्
jano janasyādiśate 'satīṃ gatiṃ yayā prapadyeta duratyayaṃ tamaḥ tvaṃ tvavyayaṃ jñānamamoghamañjasā prapadyate yena jano nijaṃ padam
A man points out to a man an unreal path, by which he would fall into darkness hard to cross; but you are imperishable, unfailing knowledge, by which a person directly attains his own station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.52
त्वं सर्वलोकस्य सुहृत् प्रियेश्वरो ह्य् आत्मा गुरुर्ज्ञानमभीष्टसिद्धिः तथापि लोको न भवन्तमन्धधीर् जानाति सन्तं हृदि बद्धकामः
tvaṃ sarvalokasya suhṛt priyeśvaro hy ātmā gururjñānamabhīṣṭasiddhiḥ tathāpi loko na bhavantamandhadhīr jānāti santaṃ hṛdi baddhakāmaḥ
You are the friend of all the world, the beloved lord, indeed the self, the teacher, knowledge, the attainment of what is wished for; yet the world, its intelligence blinded, its desires bound, does not know you present in the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.53
तं त्वामहं देववरं वरेण्यं प्रपद्य ईशं प्रतिबोधनाय छिन्ध्य् अर्थदीपैर्भगवन् वचोभिर् ग्रन्थीन् हृदय्यान् विवृणु स्वमोकः
taṃ tvāmahaṃ devavaraṃ vareṇyaṃ prapadya īśaṃ pratibodhanāya chindhy arthadīpairbhagavan vacobhir granthīn hṛdayyān vivṛṇu svamokaḥ
To you, that best of the gods, worthy of choice, the Lord, I come for refuge, that I may be awakened; cut, O Bhagavan, with words that are lamps upon the meaning, the knots in my heart; reveal your own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.54
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्य् उक्तवन्तं नृपतिं भगवान् आदिपूरुषः मत्स्यरूपी महाम्भोधौ विहरंस्तत्त्वमब्रवीत्
śrīśuka uvāca ity uktavantaṃ nṛpatiṃ bhagavān ādipūruṣaḥ matsyarūpī mahāmbhodhau viharaṃstattvamabravīt
Śrī Śuka said: To the king who had spoken thus, the Lord, the primeval Person in the form of a fish, sporting in the great ocean, declared the truth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.55
पुराणसंहितां दिव्यां साङ्ख्ययोगक्रियावतीम् सत्यव्रतस्य राजर्षेरात्मगुह्यमशेषतः
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ divyāṃ sāṅkhyayogakriyāvatīm satyavratasya rājarṣerātmaguhyamaśeṣataḥ
(namely) the divine compendium of the Purāṇa, containing Sāṅkhya, yoga and ritual action — the secret of the self, in full, to the royal sage Satyavrata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.56
अश्रौषीदृषिभिः साकमात्मतत्त्वमसंशयम् नाव्य् आसीनो भगवता प्रोक्तं ब्रह्म सनातनम्
aśrauṣīdṛṣibhiḥ sākamātmatattvamasaṃśayam nāvy āsīno bhagavatā proktaṃ brahma sanātanam
Seated in the boat together with the sages, he heard the truth of the self, free of doubt — the eternal Brahman spoken by the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.57
अतीतप्रलयापाय उत्थिताय स वेधसे हत्वासुरं हयग्रीवं वेदान् प्रत्याहरद्धरिः
atītapralayāpāya utthitāya sa vedhase hatvāsuraṃ hayagrīvaṃ vedān pratyāharaddhariḥ
When the past deluge had ended, Hari, having killed the demon Hayagrīva, brought back the Vedas for Brahmā, who had risen (from sleep).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.58
स तु सत्यव्रतो राजा ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुतः विष्णोः प्रसादात् कल्पे ऽस्मिन्नासीद्वैवस्वतो मनुः
sa tu satyavrato rājā jñānavijñānasaṃyutaḥ viṣṇoḥ prasādāt kalpe 'sminnāsīdvaivasvato manuḥ
And that king Satyavrata, endowed with knowledge and discernment, became by Viṣṇu's grace the Manu Vaivasvata in this kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.59
सत्यव्रतस्य राजर्षेर्मायामत्स्यस्य शार्ङ्गिणः संवादं महदाख्यानं श्रुत्वा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्
satyavratasya rājarṣermāyāmatsyasya śārṅgiṇaḥ saṃvādaṃ mahadākhyānaṃ śrutvā mucyeta kilbiṣāt
Having heard this great narrative, the conversation of the royal sage Satyavrata with the illusory fish, the bearer of the bow, one is freed from sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.60
अवतारं हरेर्यो ऽयं कीर्तयेदन्वहं नरः सङ्कल्पास्तस्य सिध्यन्ति स याति परमां गतिम्
avatāraṃ hareryo 'yaṃ kīrtayedanvahaṃ naraḥ saṅkalpāstasya sidhyanti sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
The man who daily proclaims this descent of Hari — his purposes are fulfilled, and he goes to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 8 24.61
प्रलयपयसि धातुः सुप्तशक्तेर्मुखेभ्यः श्रुतिगणमपनीतं प्रत्युपादत्त हत्वा अम्प्;दितिजमकथयद्यो ब्रह्म सत्यव्रतानां तमहमखिलहेतुं जिह्ममीनं नतो ऽस्मि
pralayapayasi dhātuḥ suptaśaktermukhebhyaḥ śrutigaṇamapanītaṃ pratyupādatta hatvā ditijamakathayadyo brahma satyavratānāṃ tamahamakhilahetuṃ jihmamīnaṃ nato 'smi
In the waters of the deluge, when the power of the creator was asleep, the mass of the Vedas was carried off from his mouths; having slain the son of Diti he took them back again, and he told the Brahman to those devoted to truth — to him, the cause of all, the fish that moved crookedly, I have bowed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain