Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 19
SB 9 19.1
श्रीशुक उवाच स इत्थमाचरन् कामान् स्त्रैणो ऽपह्नवमात्मनः बुद्ध्वा प्रियायै निर्विण्णो गाथामेतामगायत
śrīśuka uvāca sa itthamācaran kāmān straiṇo 'pahnavamātmanaḥ buddhvā priyāyai nirviṇṇo gāthāmetāmagāyata
Śrī Śuka said: Behaving thus with regard to desires, he, being under his wife's sway, understood the loss (or deception) of himself; disgusted, he sang this verse to his beloved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 19.2
शृणु भार्गव्यमूं गाथां मद्विधाचरितां भुवि धीरा यस्यानुशोचन्ति वने ग्रामनिवासिनः
śṛṇu bhārgavyamūṃ gāthāṃ madvidhācaritāṃ bhuvi dhīrā yasyānuśocanti vane grāmanivāsinaḥ
"Hear, daughter of Bhārgava, this verse (a tale) of those on earth who behave as I do, over which the steadfast who dwell in the forest lament (when they see) those living in villages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 19.3
बस्त एको वने कश्चिद्विचिन्वन् प्रियमात्मनः ददर्श कूपे पतितां स्वकर्मवशगामजाम्
basta eko vane kaścidvicinvan priyamātmanaḥ dadarśa kūpe patitāṃ svakarmavaśagāmajām
A certain he-goat, alone in a forest, searching for what he liked, saw a she-goat fallen into a well, gone there by the power of her own past acts.
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SB 9 19.4
तस्या उद्धरणोपायं बस्तः कामी विचिन्तयन् व्यधत्त तीर्थमुद्धृत्य विषाणाग्रेण रोधसी
tasyā uddharaṇopāyaṃ bastaḥ kāmī vicintayan vyadhatta tīrthamuddhṛtya viṣāṇāgreṇa rodhasī
That lusty he-goat, pondering a means of getting her out, dug up the bank with the tip of his horn and made a way (out of the well).
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SB 9 19.5
सोत्तीर्य कूपात् सुश्रोणी तमेव चकमे किल तया वृतं समुद्वीक्ष्य बह्व्यो ऽजाः कान्तकामिनीः
sottīrya kūpāt suśroṇī tameva cakame kila tayā vṛtaṃ samudvīkṣya bahvyo 'jāḥ kāntakāminīḥ
Coming up out of the well, that fair-hipped one desired him alone, so it is said; and seeing him chosen by her, many she-goats, longing for a mate, (desired him too) —
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SB 9 19.6
पीवानं श्मश्रुलं प्रेष्ठं मीढ्वांसं याभकोविदम् स एको ऽजवृषस्तासां बह्वीनां रतिवर्धनः रेमे कामग्रहग्रस्त आत्मानं नावबुध्यत
pīvānaṃ śmaśrulaṃ preṣṭhaṃ mīḍhvāṃsaṃ yābhakovidam sa eko 'javṛṣastāsāṃ bahvīnāṃ rativardhanaḥ reme kāmagrahagrasta ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyata
— (him who was) stout, bearded, most dear, generous (in seed), and skilled in copulation. He, the one he-goat among those many, the increaser of their pleasure, took his delight, seized by the demon of lust, and did not understand his own self.
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SB 9 19.7
तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद्बस्तकर्म तत्
tameva preṣṭhatamayā ramamāṇamajānyayā vilokya kūpasaṃvignā nāmṛṣyadbastakarma tat
But that she-goat who had been distressed in the well, seeing him enjoying himself with another most beloved goat, could not bear that deed of the he-goat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.8
तं दुर्हृदं सुहृद्रूपं कामिनं क्षणसौहृदम् इन्द्रियाराममुत्सृज्य स्वामिनं दुःखिता ययौ
taṃ durhṛdaṃ suhṛdrūpaṃ kāminaṃ kṣaṇasauhṛdam indriyārāmamutsṛjya svāminaṃ duḥkhitā yayau
Abandoning him — hard-hearted though wearing the form of a friend, lustful, whose friendship lasts a moment, delighting (only) in the senses — she went, grieving, to her (former) master.
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SB 9 19.9
सो ऽपि चानुगतः स्त्रैणः कृपणस्तां प्रसादितुम् कुर्वन्निडविडाकारं नाशक्नोत् पथि सन्धितुम्
so 'pi cānugataḥ straiṇaḥ kṛpaṇastāṃ prasāditum kurvanniḍaviḍākāraṃ nāśaknot pathi sandhitum
And he too, wretched and wife-ruled, followed her to appease her, making a bleating sound; but he was not able to conciliate (her) on the road.
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SB 9 19.10
तस्य तत्र द्विजः कश्चिदजास्वाम्यच्छिनद्रुषा लम्बन्तं वृषणं भूयः सन्दधे ऽर्थाय योगवित्
tasya tatra dvijaḥ kaścidajāsvāmyacchinadruṣā lambantaṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ bhūyaḥ sandadhe 'rthāya yogavit
There a certain brāhmaṇa, the owner of that she-goat, in anger cut off his testicle; and afterwards, knowing yoga, he joined it back again for his own purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.11
सम्बद्धवृषणः सो ऽपि ह्यजया कूपलब्धया कालं बहुतिथं भद्रे कामैर्नाद्यापि तुष्यति
sambaddhavṛṣaṇaḥ so 'pi hyajayā kūpalabdhayā kālaṃ bahutithaṃ bhadre kāmairnādyāpi tuṣyati
And he, his testicle rejoined, with the she-goat won from the well, (enjoyed) for a very long time, O good lady, and even now is not satisfied by pleasures.
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SB 9 19.12
तथाहं कृपणः सुभ्रु भवत्याः प्रेमयन्त्रितः आत्मानं नाभिजानामि मोहितस्तव मायया
tathāhaṃ kṛpaṇaḥ subhru bhavatyāḥ premayantritaḥ ātmānaṃ nābhijānāmi mohitastava māyayā
So too I, wretched one, O fair-browed lady, am bound by love for you; deluded by your illusion, I do not know my own self.
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SB 9 19.13
यत् पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः न दुह्यन्ति मनःप्रीतिं पुंसः कामहतस्य ते
yat pṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ na duhyanti manaḥprītiṃ puṃsaḥ kāmahatasya te
Whatever rice and barley there is on earth, gold, cattle, and women — these do not yield satisfaction of mind to a man struck down by desire.
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SB 9 19.14
न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शांयति हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāṃyati haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate
Never does desire subside by the enjoyment of desired things; like fire fed with oblations, it grows all the more.
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SB 9 19.15
यदा न कुरुते भावं सर्वभूतेष्व् अमङ्गलम् समदृष्टेस्तदा पुंसः सर्वाः सुखमया दिशः
yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣv amaṅgalam samadṛṣṭestadā puṃsaḥ sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ
When a man of equal vision harbours no inauspicious feeling toward any being, then all directions become full of happiness for him.
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SB 9 19.16
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्जीर्यतो या न जीर्यते तां तृष्णां दुःखनिवहां शर्मकामो द्रुतं त्यजेत्
yā dustyajā durmatibhirjīryato yā na jīryate tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ duḥkhanivahāṃ śarmakāmo drutaṃ tyajet
That thirst which is hard for the dull-witted to give up, which does not grow old even as (the body) grows old — that bringer of a mass of sorrows, one desiring peace should quickly abandon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.17
मात्रा स्वस्रा दुहित्रा वा नाविविक्तासनो भवेत् बलवान् इन्द्रियग्रामो विद्वांसमपि कर्षति
mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā nāviviktāsano bhavet balavān indriyagrāmo vidvāṃsamapi karṣati
One should not sit in a secluded place with mother, sister, or daughter; the throng of the senses is powerful, and drags along even a learned man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.18
पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं मे विषयान् सेवतो ऽसकृत् तथापि चानुसवनं तृष्णा तेषूपजायते
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ me viṣayān sevato 'sakṛt tathāpi cānusavanaṃ tṛṣṇā teṣūpajāyate
For a full thousand years I have enjoyed the objects of the senses again and again, yet even so, at every moment thirst for them springs up anew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.19
तस्मादेतामहं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मण्यध्याय मानसम् निर्द्वन्द्वो निरहङ्कारश्चरिष्यामि मृगैः सह
tasmādetāmahaṃ tyaktvā brahmaṇyadhyāya mānasam nirdvandvo nirahaṅkāraścariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha
Therefore, giving this up and fixing my mind on Brahman, free of dualities and free of ego, I shall wander about in the company of deer.
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SB 9 19.20
दृष्टं श्रुतमसद्बुद्ध्वा नानुध्यायेन् न सन्दिशेत् संसृतिं चात्मनाशं च तत्र विद्वान् स आत्मदृक्
dṛṣṭaṃ śrutamasadbuddhvā nānudhyāyen na sandiśet saṃsṛtiṃ cātmanāśaṃ ca tatra vidvān sa ātmadṛk
Recognizing what is seen and what is heard to be unreal, one should neither dwell upon it nor point others to it; (knowing) that in it lie transmigration and the ruin of the self — he who knows that is wise, a seer of the self.
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SB 9 19.21
इत्युक्त्वा नाहुषो जायां तदीयं पूरवे वयः दत्त्वा स्वजरसं तस्मादाददे विगतस्पृहः
ityuktvā nāhuṣo jāyāṃ tadīyaṃ pūrave vayaḥ dattvā svajarasaṃ tasmādādade vigataspṛhaḥ
Having said this to his wife, the son of Nahuṣa (Yayāti) gave back to Pūru the youth that was his, and from him took his own old age, his longing gone.
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SB 9 19.22
दिशि दक्षिणपूर्वस्यां द्रुह्युं दक्षिणतो यदुम् प्रतीच्यां तुर्वसुं चक्र उदीच्यामनुमीश्वरम्
diśi dakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ druhyuṃ dakṣiṇato yadum pratīcyāṃ turvasuṃ cakra udīcyāmanumīśvaram
He made Druhyu lord in the southeastern quarter, Yadu in the south, Turvasu in the west, and Anu in the north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.23
भूमण्डलस्य सर्वस्य पूरुमर्हत्तमं विशाम् अभिषिच्याग्रजांस्तस्य वशे स्थाप्य वनं ययौ
bhūmaṇḍalasya sarvasya pūrumarhattamaṃ viśām abhiṣicyāgrajāṃstasya vaśe sthāpya vanaṃ yayau
Having consecrated Pūru, the most worthy of men, over the whole circle of the earth, and having placed his elder brothers under his authority, he went to the forest.
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SB 9 19.24
आसेवितं वर्षपूगान् षड्वर्गं विषयेषु सः क्षणेन मुमुचे नीडं जातपक्ष इव द्विजः
āsevitaṃ varṣapūgān ṣaḍvargaṃ viṣayeṣu saḥ kṣaṇena mumuce nīḍaṃ jātapakṣa iva dvijaḥ
In a single moment he let go of the group of six (senses), which he had indulged in objects for years on end, as a twice-born bird whose wings have grown leaves the nest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 19.25
स तत्र निर्मुक्तसमस्तसङ्ग आत्मानुभूत्या विधुतत्रिलिङ्गः परे ऽमले ब्रह्मणि वासुदेवे लेभे गतिं भागवतीं प्रतीतः
sa tatra nirmuktasamastasaṅga ātmānubhūtyā vidhutatriliṅgaḥ pare 'male brahmaṇi vāsudeve lebhe gatiṃ bhāgavatīṃ pratītaḥ
There, released from every attachment, the three marks (of the guṇas) shaken off through direct experience of the self, he attained, with full conviction, the state belonging to the Lord in the supreme, stainless Brahman, Vāsudeva.
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SB 9 19.26
श्रुत्वा गाथां देवयानी मेने प्रस्तोभमात्मनः स्त्रीपुंसोः स्नेहवैक्लव्यात् परिहासमिवेरितम्
śrutvā gāthāṃ devayānī mene prastobhamātmanaḥ strīpuṃsoḥ snehavaiklavyāt parihāsamiveritam
Hearing the verse, Devayānī took it as a rebuke aimed at herself, spoken as if in jest out of the helplessness of affection between a woman and a man.
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SB 9 19.27
सा सन्निवासं सुहृदां प्रपायामिव गच्छताम् विज्ञायेश्वरतन्त्राणां मायाविरचितं प्रभोः
sā sannivāsaṃ suhṛdāṃ prapāyāmiva gacchatām vijñāyeśvaratantrāṇāṃ māyāviracitaṃ prabhoḥ
Realizing that the living together of loved ones is like (a meeting) at a roadside water-stall of travellers who move on, and that it is contrived by the māyā of the Lord, for they are all subject to the Lord's control—
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SB 9 19.28
सर्वत्र सङ्गमुत्सृज्य स्वप्नौपम्येन भार्गवी कृष्णे मनः समावेश्य व्यधुनोल् लिङ्गमात्मनः
sarvatra saṅgamutsṛjya svapnaupamyena bhārgavī kṛṣṇe manaḥ samāveśya vyadhunol liṅgamātmanaḥ
Giving up attachment everywhere by (seeing it) as comparable to a dream, the daughter of Bhṛgu fixed her mind on Kṛṣṇa and cast off her own subtle body.
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SB 9 19.29
नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते वासुदेवाय वेधसे सर्वभूताधिवासाय शान्ताय बृहते नमः
namastubhyaṃ bhagavate vāsudevāya vedhase sarvabhūtādhivāsāya śāntāya bṛhate namaḥ
Homage to you, the Lord Vāsudeva, the creator; homage to him who dwells within all beings, to the tranquil, to the vast one.
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