Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 5
SB 9 5.1
श्रीशुक उवाच एवं भगवतादिष्टो दुर्वासाश्चक्रतापितः अम्बरीषमुपावृत्य तत्पादौ दुःखितो ऽग्रहीत्
śrīśuka uvāca evaṃ bhagavatādiṣṭo durvāsāścakratāpitaḥ ambarīṣamupāvṛtya tatpādau duḥkhito 'grahīt
Śrī Śuka said: Thus instructed by the Lord, Durvāsas, scorched by the disc, approached Ambarīṣa and, in distress, took hold of his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.2
तस्य सोद्यममावीक्ष्य पादस्पर्शविलज्जितः अस्तावीत् तद्धरेरस्त्रं कृपया पीडितो भृशम्
tasya sodyamamāvīkṣya pādasparśavilajjitaḥ astāvīt taddharerastraṃ kṛpayā pīḍito bhṛśam
Seeing that effort of his, ashamed at the touching of his feet, (the king) praised that weapon of Hari, sorely pressed by compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.3
अम्बरीष उवाच त्वमग्निर्भगवान् सूर्यस्त्वं सोमो ज्योतिषां पतिः त्वमापस्त्वं क्षितिर्व्योम वायुर्मात्रेन्द्रियाणि च
ambarīṣa uvāca tvamagnirbhagavān sūryastvaṃ somo jyotiṣāṃ patiḥ tvamāpastvaṃ kṣitirvyoma vāyurmātrendriyāṇi ca
Ambarīṣa said: You are fire, you are the lord Sun, you are the moon, lord of the lights; you are the waters, you are earth, sky, wind, and the elements of perception and the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.4
सुदर्शन नमस्तुभ्यं सहस्राराच्युतप्रिय सर्वास्त्रघातिन् विप्राय स्वस्ति भूया इडस्पते
sudarśana namastubhyaṃ sahasrārācyutapriya sarvāstraghātin viprāya svasti bhūyā iḍaspate
Sudarśana, homage to you, thousand-spoked one, dear to Acyuta! Destroyer of all weapons, be a blessing to the brahmin, O lord of the earth!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.5
त्वं धर्मस्त्वमृतं सत्यं त्वं यज्ञो ऽखिलयज्ञभुक् त्वं लोकपालः सर्वात्मा त्वं तेजः पौरुषं परम्
tvaṃ dharmastvamṛtaṃ satyaṃ tvaṃ yajño 'khilayajñabhuk tvaṃ lokapālaḥ sarvātmā tvaṃ tejaḥ pauruṣaṃ param
You are dharma, you are truth in word, you are the sacrifice, the eater of all sacrifices; you are the protector of the worlds, the self of all, you are the supreme heroic energy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.6
नमः सुनाभाखिलधर्मसेतवे ह्यधर्मशीलासुरधूमकेतवे त्रैलोक्यगोपाय विशुद्धवर्चसे मनोजवायाद्भुतकर्मणे गृणे
namaḥ sunābhākhiladharmasetave hyadharmaśīlāsuradhūmaketave trailokyagopāya viśuddhavarcase manojavāyādbhutakarmaṇe gṛṇe
Homage, O fair-naveled one, dyke of all dharma, comet of doom to the demons whose habit is unrighteousness; guardian of the three worlds, of utterly pure radiance, swift as thought, of wondrous deeds — I sing (your praise).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.7
त्वत्तेजसा धर्ममयेन संहृतं तमः प्रकाशश्च दृशो महात्मनाम् दुरत्ययस्ते महिमा गिरां पते त्वद्रूपमेतत् सदसत् परावरम्
tvattejasā dharmamayena saṃhṛtaṃ tamaḥ prakāśaśca dṛśo mahātmanām duratyayaste mahimā girāṃ pate tvadrūpametat sadasat parāvaram
By your energy, made of dharma, darkness is dispelled, and there is light for the sight of the great souls. Hard to surpass is your greatness, O lord of words; this is your form — being and non-being, higher and lower.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.8
यदा विसृष्टस्त्वमनञ्जनेन वै बलं प्रविष्टो ऽजित दैत्यदानवम् बाहूदरोर्वङ्घ्रिशिरोधराणि वृश्चन्नजस्रं प्रधने विराजसे
yadā visṛṣṭastvamanañjanena vai balaṃ praviṣṭo 'jita daityadānavam bāhūdarorvaṅghriśirodharāṇi vṛścannajasraṃ pradhane virājase
When you are released by the Unstained One, O unconquered one, and enter the army of the Daityas and Dānavas, cutting off arms, bellies, thighs, feet, heads and necks, you shine unceasingly in battle.
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SB 9 5.9
स त्वं जगत्त्राण खलप्रहाणये निरूपितः सर्वसहो गदाभृता विप्रस्य चास्मत्कुलदैवहेतवे विधेहि भद्रं तदनुग्रहो हि नः
sa tvaṃ jagattrāṇa khalaprahāṇaye nirūpitaḥ sarvasaho gadābhṛtā viprasya cāsmatkuladaivahetave vidhehi bhadraṃ tadanugraho hi naḥ
You, O protector of the world, all-enduring, have been appointed by the wielder of the club for the destruction of the wicked. Bring about welfare for the brahmin also, for the sake of the deity of our family — for that would be a favour to us.
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SB 9 5.10
यद्यस्ति दत्तमिष्टं वा स्वधर्मो वा स्वनुष्ठितः कुलं नो विप्रदैवं चेद्द्विजो भवतु विज्वरः
yadyasti dattamiṣṭaṃ vā svadharmo vā svanuṣṭhitaḥ kulaṃ no vipradaivaṃ ceddvijo bhavatu vijvaraḥ
If there is any gift given by us, or sacrifice offered, or our own duty well performed, and if our lineage has the brahmin as its deity, let this twice-born be free of his fever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.11
यदि नो भगवान् प्रीत एकः सर्वगुणाश्रयः सर्वभूतात्मभावेन द्विजो भवतु विज्वरः
yadi no bhagavān prīta ekaḥ sarvaguṇāśrayaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhāvena dvijo bhavatu vijvaraḥ
If the Lord, the one, the support of all qualities, is pleased with us through (our) regarding all beings as (our) self, let this twice-born be free of his fever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.12
श्रीशुक उवाच इति संस्तुवतो राज्ञो विष्णुचक्रं सुदर्शनम् अशाम्यत् सर्वतो विप्रं प्रदहद्राजयाच्ञया
śrīśuka uvāca iti saṃstuvato rājño viṣṇucakraṃ sudarśanam aśāmyat sarvato vipraṃ pradahadrājayācñayā
Śrī Śuka said: While the king was thus praising it, the disc of Viṣṇu, Sudarśana, which was burning the brahmin on every side, grew calm at the king's request.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.13
स मुक्तो ऽस्त्राग्नितापेन दुर्वासाः स्वस्तिमांस्ततः प्रशशंस तमुर्वीशं युञ्जानः परमाशिषः
sa mukto 'strāgnitāpena durvāsāḥ svastimāṃstataḥ praśaśaṃsa tamurvīśaṃ yuñjānaḥ paramāśiṣaḥ
Freed from the burning of the weapon's fire, Durvāsas, now well, praised that lord of the earth, bestowing the highest blessings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.14
दुर्वासा उवाच अहो अनन्तदासानां महत्त्वं दृष्टमद्य मे कृतागसो ऽपि यद्राजन् मङ्गलानि समीहसे
durvāsā uvāca aho anantadāsānāṃ mahattvaṃ dṛṣṭamadya me kṛtāgaso 'pi yadrājan maṅgalāni samīhase
Durvāsas said: Ah, today I have seen the greatness of the servants of the Infinite One, in that, O king, you wish good things even for one who has done wrong.
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SB 9 5.15
दुष्करः को नु साधूनां दुस्त्यजो वा महात्मनाम् यैः सङ्गृहीतो भगवान् सात्वतामृषभो हरिः
duṣkaraḥ ko nu sādhūnāṃ dustyajo vā mahātmanām yaiḥ saṅgṛhīto bhagavān sātvatāmṛṣabho hariḥ
What indeed is hard to do for the good, or hard to give up for the great-souled, by whom the Lord Hari, the bull among the Sātvatas, has been won?
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SB 9 5.16
यन्नामश्रुतिमात्रेण पुमान् भवति निर्मलः तस्य तीर्थपदः किं वा दासानामवशिष्यते
yannāmaśrutimātreṇa pumān bhavati nirmalaḥ tasya tīrthapadaḥ kiṃ vā dāsānāmavaśiṣyate
When by the mere hearing of his name a man becomes stainless, what then remains (undone) for the servants of him whose feet are the holy places?
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SB 9 5.17
राजन्ननुगृहीतो ऽहं त्वयातिकरुणात्मना मदघं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा प्राणा यन् मे ऽभिरक्षिताः
rājannanugṛhīto 'haṃ tvayātikaruṇātmanā madaghaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā prāṇā yan me 'bhirakṣitāḥ
O king, I have been favoured by you, whose nature is exceedingly compassionate, in that, putting my offence behind you, you protected my life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.18
राजा तमकृताहारः प्रत्यागमनकाङ्क्षया चरणाव् उपसङ्गृह्य प्रसाद्य समभोजयत्
rājā tamakṛtāhāraḥ pratyāgamanakāṅkṣayā caraṇāv upasaṅgṛhya prasādya samabhojayat
The king, who had taken no food, hoping for (the sage's) return, clasped his feet, propitiated him, and had him eat well.
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SB 9 5.19
सो ऽशित्वादृतमानीतमातिथ्यं सार्वकामिकम् तृप्तात्मा नृपतिं प्राह भुज्यतामिति सादरम्
so 'śitvādṛtamānītamātithyaṃ sārvakāmikam tṛptātmā nṛpatiṃ prāha bhujyatāmiti sādaram
Having eaten the hospitality respectfully brought and furnished with all desirable things, his heart satisfied, he said to the king with deference, "Please eat."
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SB 9 5.20
प्रीतो ऽस्म्यनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि तव भागवतस्य वै दर्शनस्पर्शनालापैरातिथ्येनात्ममेधसा
prīto 'smyanugṛhīto 'smi tava bhāgavatasya vai darśanasparśanālāpairātithyenātmamedhasā
"I am pleased, I have been favoured — by the sight, the touch and the words of you, a devotee of the Lord, and by your hospitality, which was (given) with your very heart."
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SB 9 5.21
कर्मावदातमेतत् ते गायन्ति स्वःस्त्रियो मुहुः कीर्तिं परमपुण्यां च कीर्तयिष्यति भूरियम्
karmāvadātametat te gāyanti svaḥstriyo muhuḥ kīrtiṃ paramapuṇyāṃ ca kīrtayiṣyati bhūriyam
"The women of heaven sing again and again of this spotless deed of yours, and this earth will proclaim your supremely holy fame."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.22
श्रीशुक उवाच एवं सङ्कीर्त्य राजानं दुर्वासाः परितोषितः ययौ विहायसामन्त्र्य ब्रह्मलोकमहैतुकम्
śrīśuka uvāca evaṃ saṅkīrtya rājānaṃ durvāsāḥ paritoṣitaḥ yayau vihāyasāmantrya brahmalokamahaitukam
Śrī Śuka said: Having thus praised the king, Durvāsas, fully satisfied, took leave and went by the sky to the causeless world of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.23
संवत्सरो ऽत्यगात् तावद्यावता नागतो गतः मुनिस्तद्दर्शनाकाङ्क्षो राजाब्भक्षो बभूव ह
saṃvatsaro 'tyagāt tāvadyāvatā nāgato gataḥ munistaddarśanākāṅkṣo rājābbhakṣo babhūva ha
A whole year had passed in the time during which the sage, having gone, had not returned; the king, longing to see him, lived on water alone.
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SB 9 5.24
गते ऽथ दुर्वाससि सो ऽम्बरीषो द्विजोपयोगातिपवित्रमाहरत् ऋषेर्विमोक्षं व्यसनं च वीक्ष्य मेने स्ववीर्यं च परानुभावम्
gate 'tha durvāsasi so 'mbarīṣo dvijopayogātipavitramāharat ṛṣervimokṣaṃ vyasanaṃ ca vīkṣya mene svavīryaṃ ca parānubhāvam
Then, when Durvāsas had gone, that Ambarīṣa partook of food most pure, fit for a brāhmaṇa's use; and seeing the sage's release and his distress, he judged his own power to be (in truth) the might of the Supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.25
एवं विधानेकगुणः स राजा परात्मनि ब्रह्मणि वासुदेवे क्रियाकलापैः समुवाह भक्तिं ययाविरिञ्च्यान् निरयांश्चकार
evaṃ vidhānekaguṇaḥ sa rājā parātmani brahmaṇi vāsudeve kriyākalāpaiḥ samuvāha bhaktiṃ yayāviriñcyān nirayāṃścakāra
That king, of many such qualities, bore devotion, through the whole round of ritual acts, to the Supreme Self, Brahman, Vāsudeva — a devotion by which he made even the worlds up to Brahmā's into hells (by comparison).
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SB 9 5.26
श्रीशुक उवाच अथाम्बरीषस्तनयेषु राज्यं समानशीलेषु विसृज्य धीरः वनं विवेशात्मनि वासुदेवे मनो दधद्ध्वस्तगुणप्रवाहः
śrīśuka uvāca athāmbarīṣastanayeṣu rājyaṃ samānaśīleṣu visṛjya dhīraḥ vanaṃ viveśātmani vāsudeve mano dadhaddhvastaguṇapravāhaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Then Ambarīṣa, being steadfast, made over the kingdom to his sons, who were of like character, and entered the forest, setting his mind on Vāsudeva within himself, the flood of the modes (of nature) destroyed for him.
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SB 9 5.27
इत्येतत् पुण्यमाख्यानमम्बरीषस्य भूपते सङ्कीर्तयन्ननुध्यायन् भक्तो भगवतो भवेत्
ityetat puṇyamākhyānamambarīṣasya bhūpate saṅkīrtayannanudhyāyan bhakto bhagavato bhavet
Thus, O lord of the earth, one who recites and meditates upon this holy tale of Ambarīṣa becomes a devotee of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 5.28
अम्बरीषस्य चरितं ये शृण्वन्ति महात्मनः मुक्तिं प्रयान्ति ते सर्वे भक्त्या विष्णोः प्रसादतः
ambarīṣasya caritaṃ ye śṛṇvanti mahātmanaḥ muktiṃ prayānti te sarve bhaktyā viṣṇoḥ prasādataḥ
Those who hear the deeds of the great-souled Ambarīṣa all attain liberation, through devotion, by the grace of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition