Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 6

SB 8 6.1

श्रीशुक उवाच एवं स्तुतः सुरगणैर्भगवान् हरिरीश्वरः तेषामाविरभूद्राजन् सहस्रार्कोदयद्युतिः

śrīśuka uvāca evaṃ stutaḥ suragaṇairbhagavān harirīśvaraḥ teṣāmāvirabhūdrājan sahasrārkodayadyutiḥ

Śrī Śuka said: Thus praised by the hosts of gods, the Lord Hari, the ruler, became visible to them, O king, with the brilliance of a thousand suns rising.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.2

तेनैव सहसा सर्वे देवाः प्रतिहतेक्षणाः नापश्यन् खं दिशः क्षौणीमात्मानं च कुतो विभुम्

tenaiva sahasā sarve devāḥ pratihatekṣaṇāḥ nāpaśyan khaṃ diśaḥ kṣauṇīmātmānaṃ ca kuto vibhum

By that very (radiance) all the gods at once had their sight overwhelmed: they could not see the sky, the directions, the earth, nor even themselves — how then the all-pervading Lord?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.3

विरिञ्चो भगवान् दृष्ट्वा सह शर्वेण तां तनुम् स्वच्छां मरकतश्यामां कञ्जगर्भारुणेक्षणाम्

viriñco bhagavān dṛṣṭvā saha śarveṇa tāṃ tanum svacchāṃ marakataśyāmāṃ kañjagarbhāruṇekṣaṇām

Lord Viriñca (Brahmā), together with Śarva, beheld that body — translucent, dark as emerald, with eyes reddish like the inside of a lotus,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.4

तप्तहेमावदातेन लसत्कौशेयवाससा प्रसन्नचारुसर्वाङ्गीं सुमुखीं सुन्दरभ्रुवम्

taptahemāvadātena lasatkauśeyavāsasā prasannacārusarvāṅgīṃ sumukhīṃ sundarabhruvam

with a gleaming silken garment bright as molten gold, all its limbs serene and lovely, with a fair face and beautiful brows,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.5

महामणिकिरीटेन केयूराभ्यां च भूषिताम् कर्णाभरणनिर्भात कपोलश्रीमुखाम्बुजाम्

mahāmaṇikirīṭena keyūrābhyāṃ ca bhūṣitām karṇābharaṇanirbhāta kapolaśrīmukhāmbujām

adorned with a crown of great gems and with two armlets, its lotus-face made splendid by cheeks lit up by the ear-ornaments,

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SB 8 6.6

काञ्चीकलापवलय हारनूपुरशोभिताम् कौस्तुभाभरणां लक्ष्मीं बिभ्रतीं वनमालिनीम्

kāñcīkalāpavalaya hāranūpuraśobhitām kaustubhābharaṇāṃ lakṣmīṃ bibhratīṃ vanamālinīm

resplendent with girdle, bracelets, necklace and anklets, wearing the Kaustubha ornament, bearing Lakṣmī, and garlanded with a forest garland,

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SB 8 6.7

सुदर्शनादिभिः स्वास्त्रैर्मूर्तिमद्भिरुपासिताम् तुष्टाव देवप्रवरः सशर्वः पुरुषं परम् सर्वामरगणैः साकं सर्वाङ्गैरवनिं गतैः

sudarśanādibhiḥ svāstrairmūrtimadbhirupāsitām tuṣṭāva devapravaraḥ saśarvaḥ puruṣaṃ param sarvāmaragaṇaiḥ sākaṃ sarvāṅgairavaniṃ gataiḥ

attended by his own weapons, Sudarśana and the rest, in embodied form. (Brahmā,) the foremost of gods, together with Śarva, praised the supreme Person, along with all the hosts of immortals, their whole bodies laid upon the ground.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.8

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच अजातजन्मस्थितिसंयमाया गुणाय निर्वाणसुखार्णवाय अणोरणिम्ने ऽपरिगण्यधाम्ने महानुभावाय नमो नमस्ते

śrībrahmovāca ajātajanmasthitisaṃyamāyā guṇāya nirvāṇasukhārṇavāya aṇoraṇimne 'parigaṇyadhāmne mahānubhāvāya namo namaste

Śrī Brahmā said: To him whose birth, maintenance and dissolution are unborn (i.e. who has none), to the (supreme) quality, to the ocean of the bliss of nirvāṇa, to the subtlest of the subtle, whose abode cannot be reckoned, of great power — obeisance, obeisance to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 8 6.9

रूपं तवैतत् पुरुषर्षभेज्यं श्रेयो ऽर्थिभिर्वैदिकतान्त्रिकेण योगेन धातः सह नस्त्रिलोकान् पश्याम्य् अमुष्मिन्नु ह विश्वमूर्तौ

rūpaṃ tavaitat puruṣarṣabhejyaṃ śreyo 'rthibhirvaidikatāntrikeṇa yogena dhātaḥ saha nastrilokān paśyāmy amuṣminnu ha viśvamūrtau

This form of yours, O bull among persons, is to be worshipped by those who seek the highest good, through Vedic and Tantric yoga, O ordainer; in him, in that universal form, I indeed see the three worlds together with ourselves.

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SB 8 6.10

त्वय्य् अग्र आसीत् त्वयि मध्य आसीत् त्वय्य् अन्त आसीदिदमात्मतन्त्रे त्वमादिरन्तो जगतो ऽस्य मध्यं घटस्य मृत्स्नेव परः परस्मात्

tvayy agra āsīt tvayi madhya āsīt tvayy anta āsīdidamātmatantre tvamādiranto jagato 'sya madhyaṃ ghaṭasya mṛtsneva paraḥ parasmāt

In you this (universe) existed at the beginning, in you in the middle, in you at the end, since it depends on you as its self; you are the beginning, the end and the middle of this world, as clay is of a pot — you, higher than the highest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.11

त्वं माययात्माश्रयया स्वयेदं निर्माय विश्वं तदनुप्रविष्टः पश्यन्ति युक्ता मनसा मनीषिणो गुणव्यवाये ऽप्य् अगुणं विपश्चितः

tvaṃ māyayātmāśrayayā svayedaṃ nirmāya viśvaṃ tadanupraviṣṭaḥ paśyanti yuktā manasā manīṣiṇo guṇavyavāye 'py aguṇaṃ vipaścitaḥ

Having fashioned this universe by your māyā, which rests upon yourself, you entered into it; the thoughtful, disciplined ones, the discerning, see with their minds that you are without qualities even amid the working of the qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.12

यथाग्निमेधस्य् अमृतं च गोषु भुव्य् अन्नमम्बूद्यमने च वृत्तिम् योगैर्मनुष्या अधियन्ति हि त्वां गुणेषु बुद्ध्या कवयो वदन्ति

yathāgnimedhasy amṛtaṃ ca goṣu bhuvy annamambūdyamane ca vṛttim yogairmanuṣyā adhiyanti hi tvāṃ guṇeṣu buddhyā kavayo vadanti

As fire in firewood, and milk in cows, food in the earth, and livelihood in the drawing up of water — so men by their yogic practices find you; and the poets, with their understanding, speak of you as within the qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 8 6.13

तं त्वां वयं नाथ समुज्जिहानं सरोजनाभातिचिरेप्सितार्थम् दृष्ट्वा गता निर्वृतमद्य सर्वे गजा दवार्ता इव गाङ्गमम्भः

taṃ tvāṃ vayaṃ nātha samujjihānaṃ sarojanābhāticirepsitārtham dṛṣṭvā gatā nirvṛtamadya sarve gajā davārtā iva gāṅgamambhaḥ

Seeing you thus risen before us, O Lord, O lotus-naveled one, the object desired for so very long, we have all today gone to relief, like elephants tormented by forest fire (reaching) the water of the Ganges.

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SB 8 6.14

स त्वं विधत्स्वाखिललोकपाला वयं यदर्थास्तव पादमूलम् समागतास्ते बहिरन्तरात्मन् किं वान्यविज्ञाप्यमशेषसाक्षिणः

sa tvaṃ vidhatsvākhilalokapālā vayaṃ yadarthāstava pādamūlam samāgatāste bahirantarātman kiṃ vānyavijñāpyamaśeṣasākṣiṇaḥ

So do you ordain (what we ask), O guardian of all the worlds — we for whose purpose have come together at the sole of your foot, O Self within and without; or what else is there to be reported to you, the witness of everything?

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SB 8 6.15

अहं गिरित्रश्च सुरादयो ये दक्षादयो ऽग्नेरिव केतवस्ते किं वा विदामेश पृथग्विभाता विधत्स्व शं नो द्विजदेवमन्त्रम्

ahaṃ giritraśca surādayo ye dakṣādayo 'gneriva ketavaste kiṃ vā vidāmeśa pṛthagvibhātā vidhatsva śaṃ no dvijadevamantram

I, and Giritra (Śiva), and those gods, and Dakṣa and the rest, are your rays as of a fire; what do we know, O Lord, shining as we do separately? Ordain our welfare, (give us) your counsel, O god of the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 8 6.16

श्रीशुक उवाच एवं विरिञ्चादिभिरीडितस्तद् विज्ञाय तेषां हृदयं यथैव जगाद जीमूतगभीरया गिरा बद्धाञ्जलीन् संवृतसर्वकारकान्

śrīśuka uvāca evaṃ viriñcādibhirīḍitastad vijñāya teṣāṃ hṛdayaṃ yathaiva jagāda jīmūtagabhīrayā girā baddhāñjalīn saṃvṛtasarvakārakān

Śrī Śuka said: Thus praised by Viriñca and the others, and knowing their heart, he spoke to them exactly (as they wished) in a voice deep as a thundercloud — to them with palms joined and all their faculties restrained.

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SB 8 6.17

एक एवेश्वरस्तस्मिन् सुरकार्ये सुरेश्वरः विहर्तुकामस्तान् आह समुद्रोन्मथनादिभिः

eka eveśvarastasmin surakārye sureśvaraḥ vihartukāmastān āha samudronmathanādibhiḥ

Although the Lord, the ruler of the gods, was by himself alone sufficient for that task of the gods, wishing to sport he told them (to accomplish it) by the churning of the ocean and the rest.

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SB 8 6.18

श्रीभगवान् उवाच हन्त ब्रह्मन्नहो शम्भो हे देवा मम भाषितम् शृणुतावहिताः सर्वे श्रेयो वः स्याद्यथा सुराः

śrībhagavān uvāca hanta brahmannaho śambho he devā mama bhāṣitam śṛṇutāvahitāḥ sarve śreyo vaḥ syādyathā surāḥ

The Lord said: Well then, O Brahmā, oho Śambhu, O gods, hear my words, all of you attentively, so that your good may come about, O gods.

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SB 8 6.19

यात दानवदैतेयैस्तावत् सन्धिर्विधीयताम् कालेनानुगृहीतैस्तैर्यावद्वो भव आत्मनः

yāta dānavadaiteyaistāvat sandhirvidhīyatām kālenānugṛhītaistairyāvadvo bhava ātmanaḥ

Go, and for the time being let a truce be made with the Dānavas and the sons of Diti, who are at present favoured by time — until your own prosperity comes about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 8 6.20

अरयो ऽपि हि सन्धेयाः सति कार्यार्थगौरवे अहिमूषिकवद्देवा ह्य् अर्थस्य पदवीं गतैः

arayo 'pi hi sandheyāḥ sati kāryārthagaurave ahimūṣikavaddevā hy arthasya padavīṃ gataiḥ

Even enemies are to be treated with, when the object to be accomplished is of great weight — as with the snake and the mouse, O gods — by those who have taken up the road toward their aim.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.21

अमृतोत्पादने यत्नः क्रियतामविलम्बितम् यस्य पीतस्य वै जन्तुर्मृत्युग्रस्तो ऽमरो भवेत्

amṛtotpādane yatnaḥ kriyatāmavilambitam yasya pītasya vai janturmṛtyugrasto 'maro bhavet

Let effort be made without delay for the production of the nectar, by drinking which a creature in the grip of death becomes immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.22

क्षिप्त्वा क्षीरोदधौ सर्वा वीरुत्तृणलतौषधीः मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा नेत्रं कृत्वा तु वासुकिम्

kṣiptvā kṣīrodadhau sarvā vīruttṛṇalatauṣadhīḥ manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā netraṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukim

Having thrown into the ocean of milk all the plants, grasses, creepers and herbs, having made Mandara the churning-rod and having made Vāsuki the churning-rope,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.23

सहायेन मया देवा निर्मन्थध्वमतन्द्रिताः क्लेशभाजो भविष्यन्ति दैत्या यूयं फलग्रहाः

sahāyena mayā devā nirmanthadhvamatandritāḥ kleśabhājo bhaviṣyanti daityā yūyaṃ phalagrahāḥ

churn, O gods, untiringly, with me as your helper. The Daityas will get the trouble; you will be the takers of the fruit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.24

यूयं तदनुमोदध्वं यदिच्छन्त्य् असुराः सुराः न संरम्भेण सिध्यन्ति सर्वार्थाः सान्त्वया यथा

yūyaṃ tadanumodadhvaṃ yadicchanty asurāḥ surāḥ na saṃrambheṇa sidhyanti sarvārthāḥ sāntvayā yathā

O gods, you should consent to whatever the Asuras desire. All aims are not accomplished by violent action, as (they are) by conciliation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.25

न भेतव्यं कालकूटाद्विषाज् जलधिसम्भवात् लोभः कार्यो न वो जातु रोषः कामस्तु वस्तुषु

na bhetavyaṃ kālakūṭādviṣāj jaladhisambhavāt lobhaḥ kāryo na vo jātu roṣaḥ kāmastu vastuṣu

You must not fear the deadly poison that will arise from the ocean. And greed must never be indulged in by you, nor anger, nor desire, in regard to the things (that come forth).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.26

श्रीशुक उवाच इति देवान् समादिश्य भगवान् पुरुषोत्तमः तेषामन्तर्दधे राजन् स्वच्छन्दगतिरीश्वरः

śrīśuka uvāca iti devān samādiśya bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ teṣāmantardadhe rājan svacchandagatirīśvaraḥ

Śrī Śuka said: Having thus instructed the gods, the Lord, the Supreme Person, vanished from before them, O King — the Lord whose movement is at his own will.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.27

अथ तस्मै भगवते नमस्कृत्य पितामहः भवश्च जग्मतुः स्वं स्वं धामोपेयुर्बलिं सुराः

atha tasmai bhagavate namaskṛtya pitāmahaḥ bhavaśca jagmatuḥ svaṃ svaṃ dhāmopeyurbaliṃ surāḥ

Then, having bowed to that Lord, the Grandfather (Brahmā) and Bhava (Śiva) went each to his own abode, and the gods approached Bali.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.28

दृष्ट्वारीन् अप्य् असंयत्तान् जातक्षोभान् स्वनायकान् न्यषेधद्दैत्यराट् श्लोक्यः सन्धिविग्रहकालवित्

dṛṣṭvārīn apy asaṃyattān jātakṣobhān svanāyakān nyaṣedhaddaityarāṭ ślokyaḥ sandhivigrahakālavit

Seeing the enemies, though unarmed, and his own leaders grown agitated, the king of the Daityas, the praiseworthy one, who knew the time for treaty and for war, restrained (them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.29

ते वैरोचनिमासीनं गुप्तं चासुरयूथपैः श्रिया परमया जुष्टं जिताशेषमुपागमन्

te vairocanimāsīnaṃ guptaṃ cāsurayūthapaiḥ śriyā paramayā juṣṭaṃ jitāśeṣamupāgaman

They approached the son of Virocana, who was seated guarded by the chiefs of the Asuras, endowed with supreme splendour, having conquered everything.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.30

महेन्द्रः श्लक्ष्णया वाचा सान्त्वयित्वा महामतिः अभ्यभाषत तत् सर्वं शिक्षितं पुरुषोत्तमात्

mahendraḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā sāntvayitvā mahāmatiḥ abhyabhāṣata tat sarvaṃ śikṣitaṃ puruṣottamāt

Great Indra, of great intelligence, having conciliated (him) with smooth speech, spoke all that as he had been instructed by the Supreme Person.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.31

तत् त्वरोचत दैत्यस्य तत्रान्ये ये ऽसुराधिपाः शम्बरो ऽरिष्टनेमिश्च ये च त्रिपुरवासिनः

tat tvarocata daityasya tatrānye ye 'surādhipāḥ śambaro 'riṣṭanemiśca ye ca tripuravāsinaḥ

That pleased the Daitya, and also the other lords of the Asuras who were there — Śambara and Ariṣṭanemi, and those who dwell in Tripura.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.32

ततो देवासुराः कृत्वा संविदं कृतसौहृदाः उद्यमं परमं चक्रुरमृतार्थे परन्तप

tato devāsurāḥ kṛtvā saṃvidaṃ kṛtasauhṛdāḥ udyamaṃ paramaṃ cakruramṛtārthe parantapa

Then the gods and the Asuras, having made an agreement and formed a friendship, made a supreme effort for the sake of the nectar, O scorcher of foes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.33

ततस्ते मन्दरगिरिमोजसोत्पाट्य दुर्मदाः नदन्त उदधिं निन्युः शक्ताः परिघबाहवः

tataste mandaragirimojasotpāṭya durmadāḥ nadanta udadhiṃ ninyuḥ śaktāḥ parighabāhavaḥ

Then those exceedingly proud, powerful ones, whose arms were like iron bars, having uprooted Mount Mandara with force, roaring, carried it toward the ocean.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.34

दूरभारोद्वहश्रान्ताः शक्रवैरोचनादयः अपारयन्तस्तं वोढुं विवशा विजहुः पथि

dūrabhārodvahaśrāntāḥ śakravairocanādayaḥ apārayantastaṃ voḍhuṃ vivaśā vijahuḥ pathi

Wearied with bearing that burden over a distance, Śakra, the son of Virocana and the rest, unable to carry it further, helplessly let it go on the road.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.35

निपतन् स गिरिस्तत्र बहून् अमरदानवान् चूर्णयामास महता भारेण कनकाचलः

nipatan sa giristatra bahūn amaradānavān cūrṇayāmāsa mahatā bhāreṇa kanakācalaḥ

That mountain, the golden hill, as it fell there, crushed many gods and Dānavas with its great weight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.36

तांस्तथा भग्नमनसो भग्नबाहूरुकन्धरान् विज्ञाय भगवांस्तत्र बभूव गरुडध्वजः

tāṃstathā bhagnamanaso bhagnabāhūrukandharān vijñāya bhagavāṃstatra babhūva garuḍadhvajaḥ

Knowing them to be thus broken in spirit, with arms, thighs and necks broken, the Lord appeared there, he whose banner bears Garuḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.37

गिरिपातविनिष्पिष्टान् विलोक्यामरदानवान् ईक्षया जीवयामास निर्जरान् निर्व्रणान् यथा

giripātaviniṣpiṣṭān vilokyāmaradānavān īkṣayā jīvayāmāsa nirjarān nirvraṇān yathā

Seeing the gods and Dānavas crushed by the falling of the mountain, he restored them to life by a glance, unaged and without wounds, as (before).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.38

गिरिं चारोप्य गरुडे हस्तेनैकेन लीलया आरुह्य प्रययावब्धिं सुरासुरगणैर्वृतः

giriṃ cāropya garuḍe hastenaikena līlayā āruhya prayayāvabdhiṃ surāsuragaṇairvṛtaḥ

And having lifted the mountain onto Garuḍa with one hand, in play, (the Lord) mounted (him) and went to the ocean, surrounded by the hosts of gods and demons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 8 6.39

अवरोप्य गिरिं स्कन्धात् सुपर्णः पततां वरः ययौ जलान्त उत्सृज्य हरिणा स विसर्जितः

avaropya giriṃ skandhāt suparṇaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ yayau jalānta utsṛjya hariṇā sa visarjitaḥ

Setting the mountain down from his shoulder, Suparṇa, the best of birds, went off, having released it at the water's edge; he was dismissed by Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition