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Srimad Bhagavatam
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SB 1.1.1
Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead . Questions by the Sages
Cause of manifest Universe, conscious directly and otherwise ,the independent One, Who imparted the Vedas in the heart of primordial Brahm, deities see illusion, as water in fire, land on water, the Universe appear ,by the tri-qualitative faculty as factual, Which, by negation, is the Truth, itself in transcendence, I meditate Thee
SB 1.1.2
Rejecting covetous-religiosities, this Bhgavata Pura propounds the truth unbound understandable by pure devotees, as fact, of welfare and removal of miseries three fold. What need is of any other scripture anywhere anytime for anyone as, a divine, beautiful Bhgavatam, compiled by the great sage Vysadeva, , itself suffices for God realization ? Herein, pious men at once becomes composed within their hearts by such culturing soon
SB 1.1.3
O expert and thoughtful men, relish the ripe fruit of the desire tree of Vedas rmad-Bhgavatam which is even more tasteful, from r uka rishi s lips, although its juice nectarine,was relishable for all, including liberated souls.
SB 1.1.4
Once, in the holy forest of Naimiraya, great sages assembled to perform a great thousand-year sacrifice led by aunaka for pleasing the Lord and His devotees.
SB 1.1.5
One day morning, by burning a sacrificial fire,the sages after seating Sri Suta , paying him all the great respects made humble inquiries, about the following matters.
SB 1.1.6
The sages said: You are undoubtedly free from vices, well read in all the scriptures , the Puras , the ethical sciences, as well the histories and have also explained those many times.
SB 1.1.7
Most excellent Vedic scholar on the divine works of Vysadeva, you too know other learnt sages with knowledge of physical and metaphysical types
SB 1.1.8
Conversant with all the vedic truths by thy pleasant nature ,you can tell us these secrets that you are in fact blessed with from the spiritual masters .
SB 1.1.9
Please therefore, blessed with logevity, do explain to us, as easy as possible, what you have ascertained to be the absolute and ultimate good for all people .
SB 1.1.10
In This age of Kali, people mostly are of short lives Quarrelsome, lazy,deluded, unlucky , above all, vexatious.
SB 1.1.11
There are many scriptures of several divisions ,prescribing many tediums all minutely to be learnt;O sage, please select the essence of all these and explain it for the good of all beings, that may pacify their souls.
SB 1.1.12
Hail Thee! O Sta Gosvm. You know why the Lord ,the Protector Of devotees,appeared in the womb of Devak as the son of Vasudeva.
SB 1.1.13
To us , yearning for Lords glories, O Sta ,please render us the traditional teachings by masters on that incarnation for welfare and upliftment of all .
SB 1.1.14
Beings enmeshed in the chain of gruesome rebirths can be soon freed by even unconsciously chanting that name , feared by fear personified.
SB 1.1.15
O Sta, the great sages who have taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can sanctify those who come to them, so swift whereas the waters of the Ganges, only after prolonged use.
SB 1.1.16
: Who ,yearning deliverance in the age of Quarrel,does not desire to hear the hymns on the virtuous glories of the Lord ?
SB 1.1.17
His magnanimous divine pastimes are sung by great souls; expound to us,eager with respect, his acts over incarnations.
SB 1.1.18
Therefore O sagacious one,please describe the auspicious stories of Lord Krishna Performed as adventures by Him as His pastimes
SB 1.1.19
We shall not be at peace till relishing the Glorified adventures of Godhead In hymns ,which on continuous hearing is delectabe as lifes potent seed
SB 1.1.20
What all superhuman acts did Lord play along With Balarama his brother as human being !
SB 1.1.21
Knowing that Kali age has arrived,we are here as the devotees of Vishnu For the Long Sacrificial ritual of patiently hearing the Glories of Krishna.
SB 1.1.22
Meeting Your Goodness by providence we accept you as captain of the ship to cross the turbulent ocean of decadent Kali age, to the sincere ,difficult
SB 1.1.23
Please tell us , since the Ascent of Truth Absolute Krishna, Lord of Yogic powers, to His abode, to whom has the protection of religion now gone .
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Chapter 2 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter1

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead
Divinity and Divine Service SB 1.2.1

Sta Ugrarav, son of Romaharaa, fully satisfied by the perfect questions of the brhmins, thanked them profusely and a reply attempted ,composed
SB 1.2.2
r Sta said: My obeisances unto Sage Suka on whose samnyasa ,renouncing Sectarian duties abruptly ,his father, Sage Vysadeva, in desperation ,started crying, O my son! and, all trees and beings , empathized in response to father so grieving.
SB 1.2.3
My obeisances to Sage Suka ,son of Vyasa, who, as the spiritual beacon out of all round experience of the vedic essence ,beaming compassion for those struggling to overcome the darkest of material life, expounded this most discreet essence of Vedic wisdom , well in eternal Truth, founded
SB 1.2.4
One should pay obeisances to Lord Narayana ere start, thereafter unto Nara-nryana rishi, the supreme human being, unto mother Sarasvat, the goddess of learning, and r Vedavyasa, the author.
SB 1.2.5
O sages questions by all of you are relevant because such worthy queries in full relate to Lord Krishna and the welfare of the world and these please the soul .
SB 1.2.6
That sublime duty certainly for mankind is that by which mankind do desireless uninterrupted devotional services unto the Lord by which the devotees self becomes at once completely satisfied.;
SB 1.2.7
One immediately acquires through devotional service unto Lord r Krishna, spiritual knowledge and detachment from the world.
SB 1.2.8
The duties a man performs as per his social position are vain if for Lords glories they do not provoke attraction, in main
SB 1.2.9 All professions are only for liberation, never for material gains. Nor ,as per seers, their material gains be used for carnal desires.
SB 1.2.10
: Never the desires be for sense gratification, profit or existence But for inquiry into Truth, nothing else be aimed by ones works
SB 1.2.11
Seers say essence of knowledge, non-dual Is called Brahman,Paramatma or Bhagavan
SB 1.2.12
Sage with dedication knowledge and detachment ingrained Sees the self and the superself worshipfully in Vedas heard
SB 1.2.13
So for human being, hear me O the twice-born holy Brahmin, Best of ones profession in any class is in Pleasing Lord Krishna
SB 1.2.14
So, Singleminded,the devotees of the Lord,the Saviour Should hear,chant,worship and meditate Him daily on
SB 1.2.15
Equipped with this message as the sword, intelligent men cut the knot of actions selfish, thinking of the Lord, and so who will not pay attention to his stories ?.
SB 1.2.16
O reborn sages! serving those devotees who are cleansed from all vice by listening with deep faith the message,of Krishna,is great service
SB 1.2.17
Those given to hearing and singing glories of Krishna will in their hearts Certainly see the desire to enjoy purified by the friend of the virtuous.
SB 1.2.18
Eliminating all that is inauspicious by regular listening of glories of the Lord and serving him in devotion by perfect hymns ,firm faith in Him is established
SB 1.2.19
Then from ,passion, delusion,lust , greed and other moods The mind stay untouched as pure pleased and thus, good
SB 1.2.20
With mind thus elevated in worshipful union with Lord by knowledge of the absolute, unassociated and liberated :
SB 1.2.21
Piercing the knots of the heart,cutting asunder all doubts On seeing the Lord,it weakens ones covetous actions
SB 1.2.22
. Therefore self of all devotees supremely delighting Ever in worship of Krishna are made enlivened by it. :
SB 1.2.23
Purity,passion and perversion are the nature associated with the Absolute who accepts the three qualitative forms of Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva regarding creation, maintenance and destruction,of which Vishnu ,the purity form ,can give ultimate benefit to humans
SB 1.2.24
Smoke to firewood, is better, as latter to earth,all bettered by fire of Vedic function Same way, passion betters perversion, as purity betters passion for Self Realisation
SB 1.2.25
Previously all the great sages rendered services to the Lord as excellence and purity for the benefit at the end of the eon in this plane of existence
SB 1.2.26
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Non envious liberation seekers reject demigods horrible in forms , and worship only Lord Narayana the blissful :
SB 1.2.27
Those of Passion and perversion worship deities of such nature as forefathers or beings that control cosmic forces seeking to enrich material endowments
SB 1.2.28-29
Kishna the ultimate vedic goal, Krishna by worshipful sacrifices Krishna for the final union and Krishna the most fruitive activities Krishna is the ultimate wisdom,Krishna the supreme austerities Krishna the ultimate religion Krishna the ultimate goal of all lives
SB 1.2.30
That alone was manifest first by the Absolute from his Self Evolutions Creating forms of cause and effect through his material and other modes
SB 1.2.31
Expanding them by these qualities he enters into any mode of these appearences as immanent cause,fully enlightened
SB 1.2.32
. Exactly as subtle fire engulfs a log of wood , the source of manifestation of all entities,The Cosmic Lord illuminates the living beings in like fashion
SB 1.2.33
That Lord of Qualities ,by nature created subtle senses of beings And Entering his creation, causes joy in them by the three modes
SB 1.2.34
By his mode of purity he maintains all these and as master of all the universe Of gods,demigods,men and animals, he indulges in reclaiming the pure of these
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Srimad Bhagavatam
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Canto1 Chapter 3

Krishna is the Source of All Incarnations SB 1.3.1

Suta said, The plenary potency of the Lord evolved into ingredients of the universe Aboriginal, in sixteen principles, with the intention of creation of the worlds
SB 1.3.2
: From that Primordial person under yogic sleep in the causal waters of the Universe Rose the subtle lotus flower with Lord Brahma at its apex as the Creator of beings
SB 1.3.3
Organs of the Lord thus became the various subtle worlds of manifest existence with purity and excellence in forms
SB 1.3.4
Devotees see,the Perfect One , with thousands of legs thighs, faces noses and ears amazingly glowing with thousands of garlands, earrings ,and divine adornments
SB 1.3.5
: This form is the source and eternal seed of multifarious incarnations Off an aliquot of this, deities, men and others, are born by causation
SB 1.3.6
First, as deities in the form of infant sages as His incarnation Who performed severe unbroken celibacy to realize Brahman
SB 1.3.7
In Second incarnation for the welfare of earth gone to nether worlds, He lifted it as a boar there from and re established its prominence
SB 1.3.8
As third, in the millennium of the sages, Lord took aspirated incarnation as Nrada, Inspiring devotional service that enjoins selfless action, as a sage expounding Vedas
SB 1.3.9
In fourth He was born to the wife of King Dhamma as Nara and Nryaa, the twin sons when He undertook severe and exemplary penances to demonstrate control of the senses.
SB 1.3.10
Fifth as Kapila, first among the perfect ,he taught metaphysics to Asuri brahmana ,and lessons on the entire creative elements
SB 1.3.11
Sixth as the offspring to and ,as prayed for by, Anasuya Giving the message of liberation to Prahlada and Alarka
Then in seventh as Ruchi and Akutis son born in their sacrifice and he ruled in Svyambhumanus Transition,by demigods such as His son Yma ,helped
SB 1.3.13
In eighth as King Rihabha, son of King Nbhi and Merudev,,his wife Showing the path of perfection, to those honored by all orders of life
SB 1.3.14
O brhmins, in the ninth , Lord, prayed for by sages, born as king Pthu, cultivated land ,and made it beautiful and attractive, lording over Earth
SB 1.3.15
Incarnating as a fish in the post-Caksusamanu period as world was inundated Lord kept Vaivasvata Manu,father of Humanity ,in a boat, always protected
SB 1.3.16
In the eleventh with his shell as pivot for Mahendra Hill, Lord took the form of a tortoise Supporting the churning of the ocean by the deities and their enemies of the universe.
SB 1.3.17
: In the twelfth as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth as an enchantress He allured the asuras and gave the nectar divine to the demigods .
SB 1.3.18
In the fourteenth as Narasimha ,he gnarled the brawny vein of the anti-god with His nails, just as carpenter pierces cane.
SB 1.3.19
In the fifteenth, as a dwarf brhmin, he visited Balis sacrificial arena And pleaded for three steps of land ,aiming to take the three worlds area
SB 1.3.20
In the sixteenth ,as an angry brahmin he annihilated the feudal class chieftains twenty-one times, for their disrespect for the priestly class
SB 1.3.21
Then in the seventeenth,as the son of Satyavat through Rishi Parara,veads He partitioned into three branches for the less intelligent of the future ages
SB 1.3.22
In eighteenth He appeared to the pleasure of Demigods as Lord Rama And exhibited his divinity by punishing the seas and killing Ravana
SB 1.3.23
In the nineteenth and twentieth the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarma and Lord Ka in the family of Vi and by so doing He removed the burden of the world.
SB 1.3.24
Then in the age of Kali,He will appear as Lord Buddha, son of Ajan, in the province of Gay, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful devotees.
SB 1.3.25
In the transition of Kali yuga, Lord will take birth as the Kalki , thereafter,as the son of Viu Ya,when all rulers of the earth will have become plunderers
SB 1.3.26
O brhmins, the incarnations of the Lord are numerous, As waters of rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources .
SB 1.3.27
The, rishis ,Manus, demigods and sons of Manu, very powerful, are plenary portions or subordinate portions of the plenary portions of the Lord ,including the Prajpatis.
SB 1.3.28
Except Lord Krishna ,the original, all the above are plenary or sub portions Of the original Godhead,and,all these happen to protect people from distress
SB 1.3.29
Whoever carefully recites the mysterious advents of the Lord, gets relief if done in devotion in the morning and in the evening, from miseries of life
SB 1.3.30
All these forms from the formless Lord is nonexistent and created By the illusory powers within His Self to keep beings enlightened
SB 1.3.31
As less insightful say that the sky is cloudy and the air is dusty ,though air causes the same, they attribute material origin to the absolute as his nature
SB 1.3.32
Beyond,this is the unseen, unheard and unmanifest,eternal being beyond subtlety,without which he could not have births repeating
SB 1.3.33
Whenever the self sees that the coarse and subtle forms of nature , irresolute Born of ignorance ,have null effects on itself,that is Vision of the Absolute
SB 1.3.34
When the illusory energy subsides and self is enriched by ways Of enlightenment,then in the glory of self-realisation he stays
SB 1.3.35
He whose births and actions as the unborn are sung as hidden By the wise sages of the Vedas, is the Lord of the heart,unknown
SB 1.3.36
Dwelling in every being He, whose play is spotless, is independent and unaffected by creation, destruction and maintenance ,enriched by His potent endowments, beyond senses in motion
SB 1.3.37
The ignorant cannot know the Universal Being through understanding Nor can they express it, neither in their speculations or by wordings
SB 1.3.38
Only the unreserved, uninterrupted, worshipper of Lord Krishnan, chariot wheel in hand, can know fully His Lotus feets attraction
SB 1.3.39
This is the only way one can know Krishna,the Absolute Lord of the Universe, Through soul-full Self-surrender one can avoid the repetition of birth cycles
SB 1.3.40
This rmad-Bhgavatam is virtual presence of Lord, Veda Vyasa its compiler, great, for the ultimate good of all people, and it is all fulfilling, all-blissful and allround-perfect.
SB 1.3.41
Vedavyasa gifted it to his son, the most respected among the realized selves after extracting the cream of all Vedic literatures and histories of the universe.
SB 1.3.42
Sage ,uka ,the son of Vedavyasa gave discourse on Bhgavatam the everlasting, To Emperor Parkit, with other sages by the Ganges, awaiting death ,and fasting
SB 1.3.43
This Bhgavatam is a brilliant sun, risen after the departure of Krishna to His own abode, with religion , knowledge, and epiclight to the spiritually blind owing to the times tide
SB 1.3.44
O brhmins, when the pre eminent uka recited it by his mercy, I learned in attention Now I shall try expound the same as I gleaned it from him and as per my realisation.
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Canto1 Chapter 4

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead !
The Appearance of Sri Narada
SB 1.4.1
Vyasa said On Sta speaking thus, Sage Saunaka, the elderly head of the clans in that long ritual , congratulated Sta by addressing him as follows.
SB 1.4.2
aunaka said:O the most fortunate , Please relate ,O Sta rmad-Bhgavatam, spoken by the enlightened sage uka
SB 1.4.3
In what period and where was this first initiated, why and by which culture Was sage Krishna-dvaipyana Vysa, inspired to compile this great literature?
SB 1.4.4
His son a great sage,an equipoised monist,with one-pointed mind in surmounting nescience , but an anchorite, he appeared ignorant .
SB 1.4.5
On following son Suka once,Vedavysa found bathing beauties cover themselves But same women hadnt done so before his son,on which, answered the damsels, That on seeing his utmost pure son,they didnt have, but for his sire, reservations, As seeing the sire made them feel reserved,even though he was in proper dresses
SB 1.4.6
Tell us how citizens viewed Suka in the city of Hastinpura as he entered it from Kuru and Jgala, provinces as one who is mad, dumb n retarded ?
SB 1.4.7
Tell how the Royal , Pandava Scion met this great sage, making it to be sung to him , great discourse of ages ?
SB 1.4.8
He, as a pilgrim sanctifying the places he visits, stayed at the door
of the houses only for as long as it takes to milk a cow there
SB 1.4.9
Please tell us about, the son of Abhimanyu, King Parkshit an ardent devotee, whose birth and activities were perfect
SB 1.4.10
Why that Emperor,possessing all opulences and the inherited Land So mighty, sat on the banks of ganges,fasting unto, death, foretold ?
SB 1.4.11
Oh why did he, at his prime youth relinquish the royal riches and life ? When for self-sake, did enemies surrender their wealth at his feet, rife
SB 1.4.12
Men ,of devotion to Lord of the Verses, live for the welfares of all entities n not for any selfish purpose or worldly cares What prompted Parikshit to give up his mortal body, freed, from all attachments,that was the shelter for others, in need?
SB 1.4.13
Please explain all these queries herein to us , for we consider You master Of meanings of the vedic wisdom and verses, wider
SB 1.4.14
Sta ,when the second aeon overlapped the third, the great sage Vysa was born to Parara in the womb of Satyavat, the daughter of Vasu.
SB 1.4.15
Once , as the sun rose, Vyasa took his morning ablution On the banks of the Sarasvat and sat alone for meditation
SB 1.4.16
That son of Sage Parasara saw anomalies in the ethics of the aeons Accrued over ages on earth in different ages, due to forces unseen .
SB 1.4.17 &18
That great seer who foresaw that the actions vainly tainted due to material, intentional and vitality decays, of the trepid, unlucky faithless sanguinaries of shortened lives, contemplated on the bliss of men of all classes n orders ,in knowledge soaked
SB 1.4.19
: He who saw the potency for purgation of duties by vedic rituals, partitioned The unitary veda into four segments for propagation among men ,confused
SB 1.4.20
He thus made four divisions ,Rik,Yajur,Sama,Atharva n then itihasa and puranas As histories witnessed ,authentic and told ,separately called the fifth among vedas.
SB 1.4.21
. After this task,Sage Paila was made the proponent of Rig veda,Jaimini for Sama While Vaisyampayana the well versed became the propagator for Yajur veda.
SB 1.4.22
The devout Sumantu Muni alias Agir, , was entrusted with the Atharva Veda And Puras and histories were entrusted with Romaharshana , father of me,Suta
SB 1.4.23
These scholarly sages, in their turn, bestowed Vedas unto their many disciples, granddisciples and great-granddisciples , and thus came, the respective branches .
SB 1.4.24
Thus the great sage Vysadeva, who is very kind to the ignorant edited the Vedas for easy assimilation by those to be enlightened
SB 1.4.25
Out of compassion, the great sage ,thinking for those not entitled for vedas Women,labour and friends of the Priestly class,for excellence even in duties Of the unmindful, compiled the historical narration in Mahabharatha verses
SB 1.4.26
O Brahmins, still after these compilations his mind was not at peace though engaged in working for the total welfare of the people always
SB 1.4.27
Thus not exceedingly pleased,and knowing the essence of spirituality sage sat on the banks of Saraswati and told himself, meditatively
SB 1.4.28 -29
Under severe vows I have worshiped the Vedas, the spiritual masters atthe altar of sacrifice,abiding the injunctions,demonstrating always the succession of disciples through Mahabharatha, by which even women, downtrodden, and friends of priestly class can see the path of religion
SB 1.4.30
I am feeling incomplete, though I myself am fully equipped with everything required by Vedas,yet with something untold
SB 1.4.31
For, I did not set the devotional rituals ,for my Lord, dear both to perfect beings and to the Absolute God.
SB 1.4.32
Thus as, I,Suta, discussed earlier, Nrada reached the cottage of Vys on the banks of Sarasvat , as the sage was sinking in remorse fullness.
SB 1.4.33
Soon ,on seeing Narada ,Vayasa sprang respecting the elder Offering veneration, due only to Lord Brahma The Creator
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Canto1 Chapter 5

Narada's Instructions on Srimad Bhgavatam for Veda Vyasa SB 1.5.01
Sta said, Thus the sage amongst the gods Nrada, seated comfortably addressed Vedavyasa ,rishi amongst the brhmaas smiling, apparently
SB 1.5.02
Nrada inquired Vyasa, are you indulging in the body or the mind, as means of ones self-realization, broadly ?
SB 1.5.03
Your inquiries and your studies fulfilled, you have the wonderful work completed As Mahbhrata, which is full of all kinds of Vedic sequences elaborately explained.
SB 1.5.04
You have realized the eternal Absolute by deep inquiry,so, why pine in unfulfillment and despondency ,my dear , with so deep sighs ?
SB 1.5.05
Vysa said; certainly true of me ,all this uttered by you and so,mind under strain the root cause, unknown yet in my deep consciousness,request, you to explain.
SB 1.5.06
My lord! Everything mysterious is known to you, the devotee of the Absolute , Unattached maintainer, Lord of the material and the spiritual world ,ultimate
SB 1.5.07
Like Sun, You travel across three worlds, as air you into everyones internals like the Absolute,hence find my deficiency, despite my following rituals and vows
SB 1.5.08
r Nrada said: You have not propagated the glories of the Lord,stainless I think a philosophy not satisfying the subtle senses of the Lord is worthless.
SB 1.5.09
Saintly sage, you have broadly described the religiosities in your works But of the Supreme Personality, Lord Krishna, you did none of the glories !
SB 1.5.10
Those compositions not on the glories of the Lord, who sanctifies the universe, are like a pilgrimage-place of crows ,to the saints who finds no pleasure in these .
SB 1.5.11
That composition of stanzas, though irregular, depicting the glories and names numerous of the Lord ,miraculously expunges its listeners, singers and partakers
SB 1.5.12
Even as detached actions,devoid of worshipfulness to Lord does not augur well where is the scope for transient, fruitive actions not meant as His devotionals ?
SB 1.5.13
Stainless seer of spotless fame, truthfulness and firm vows , O Vysa, Lordly sage can brood on the plays of the Lord liberating people off their material bondage
SB 1.5.14
All those descriptions which do not point to Lords Vision simply reacts to names And forms ,To agitate the mind as the wind agitates a boat without stay wires
SB 1.5.15
It is verily condemned to propagate ,as religion,unreasonable instructions Catering to basic instincts of men, accepting it in toto,despite prohibitions
SB 1.5.16
Only the wise, retired from sensualities, deserves to know spiritual values. Therefore you should lead,others,of attachments, by Lords life and times
SB 1.5.17
Even if one falls in the worship of Krishnas Lotus feet,forsaking ones worldly duties He is secure,but a non devotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, really falls
SB 1.5.18
Enlightened should aim that which is not gained even by transiting from highest To lowest ethereal spheres,not one of miseries in time due to dualities fraught
SB 1.5.19
: Never a devotee of Krishna undergo material existence like others, since, mellowed by relish of Lords lotus feet they just remember the ecstasy repeatedly, unexplained
SB 1.5.20
Lord is the cosmos, its origin n dissolution ,yet aloof, from it I have just given only a synopsis, Your good self knows all it
SB 1.5.21
You have the perfect vision, and know Him as the plenary portion of the Lord. Hence, describe the birth of the eternal, Sri Krishna ,for the welfare of the world
SB 1.5.22
Wisemen, inferred that light from austerities, vedic rituals, sacrifice, praise hymns and charity, glorifies Lord who is defined in choice poetry,so nice
SB 1.5.23
O Vyasa, Previous millennium, I,Narada ,was born to a maid servant to vedic Brahmins And during the four months of the rainy season, I was engaged in their personal service.
SB 1.5.24
These impartial vedantists mercifully blessed me, a boy, with no attachment for sports, reserved, but not naughty,
SB 1.5.25
On a blessed day, on taking their food remains,I was expunged from my sins, With a purified mind, my very nature as a transcendentalist was born thence
SB 1.5.26
Then, by their blessings,I listened to their singing charms of Lord Krishna, and,the taste for hearing more ,increased at every step ,by my attentiveness
SB 1.5.27
O Sage, as relish of the Absolute grew as the, desire to hear of the Lord, uninterrupted For the Lord and I are transcendental, both the subtle and gross I ignorantly assumed
SB 1.5.28
Thus in the rainy and autumn seasons, to these sages hymns on Hari I listened ,and by my devotional services, the veils of passion and ignorance totally vanished.
SB 1.5.29
Attached to the sages and obedient,I was expunged of my sins and a boy in deep faith, I overtook my senses and followed them by soul and body
SB 1.5.30
Those vedantists as they left to Me bestowed that esoteric knowledge divined by the Lord
SB 1.5.31
And I had that experience of Lord Krishna, the creator supreme To whom one can return and merge at His feet eternally sublime
SB 1.5.32
It is advised by the seers that the panacea for the miseries triad Is to dedicate ones actions in the service of the Supreme Lord
SB 1.5.33
: O pure one, does not a thing, applied therapeutically, cure a disease caused by that very same thing ideally?
SB 1.5.34
Thus when all a mans activities are dedicated to the Lord, These become the destroyer of the tree of work in the world
SB 1.5.35
Whatever is done in this life for the Lords daily delight is bhakti-yoga,when knowledge comes as divine light
SB 1.5.36
According to the order of Sri Krishna, on performing onesduties
One constantly remembers Him, His names and divine qualities.
SB 1.5.37
O Lord we chant the names of Vsudeva Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Sankarshana.
SB 1.5.38
Thus he is the actual seer who worships thro mantras The Lord of no material form but sustains the universe
SB 1.5.39
O brahmin !Thus by following the Vedas I was enlightened of the Lord and then in intimate service to Him as Godhead
SB 1.5.40
Please therefore, describe the almighty Lords life and times
Helped by your vast vedic wisdom ,to mitigate the miseries Of masses and satisfy great learned men of their hankerings As yet, no other way to get out of such ill-earned sufferings
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 6

The Conversation Between Nrada and Vysa
SB:1:6:1
Suta said "Thus hearing from the great sage ,belonging to gods abode, About his birth and exploits, sage Vysa, the son of Satyavat, thus asked :
SB:1:6:2
'What did you, before your present life began, do after the great Devotees who had you , the transcendental wisdom taught, left ?
SB:1:6:3
How you spent life after such initiation and how You , in the long run, attained to this body ,now?
SB:1:6:4
From a birth previous how could you, oh great sage, remember all These in any detail, when it appears that time duly annihilates all?'
SB:1:6:5
Sri Narada said: 'The great sages gifted the knowledge divine , precious
in my life previous, and after they had departed the following took place .
SB:1:6:6
I was the only son of my mother , a maidservant and,and was deeply tied by the emotional bond with her as no one else had me so well protected.
SB:1:6:7
Yet, though she wanted and worked to take care of me properly, she, being dependent like a puppet on a string, couldn't, so ably.
SB:1:6:8
A five year old, I attended the school of the brahmins and lived, depending on her Without knowing the time, the direction and country in which we were living ,ever
SB:1:6:9
Once ,while going for milking the cow in the night,in her last, Her life, being bitten in the leg by a snake on her way , she lost.
SB:1:6:10
I took it as a blessing of the Lord who wishes the best so forth for His devotees, and with that in mind I headed for the north.
SB:1:6:11
I found flourishing big and small towns and villages with farms, mineral forests n valleys with flower and vegetable gardens and fields agricultural
SB:1:6:12
There were mountains full of gold, silver copper , elephants that pull hard branches from the trees and delightful lakes and ponds full of the lotus flowers aspired by the denizens of heaven and my heart pleased fully with the birds and the number of bees hovering about.
SB:1:6:13
I passed thickets of bamboo, sharp grass and weeds and through caves which were difficult to pass alone, and I reached deep and dangerous forests that were the playground of snakes, owls and crooked jackals.
SB:1:6:14
Physically and mentally tired, hungry and thirsty, I bathed and to slake Thirst and fatigue ,drank from the serene waters of a nearby cool, lake
SB:1:6:15
There ,in that uninhabited forest I sat down under a banyan tree to meditate, taking shelter of the Supersoul without letting my mind to wander n cogitate
SB:1:6:16
Thus meditating on the lotus feet of the Lord, all my mind transfixed when Lord appeared in my heart eager and in my eyes, tears welled
SB:1:6:17
Overwhelmed by feelings of love and happiness all over my body, oh sage, I was absorbed in ecstasy, not distinguishing Him from myself any longer.
SB:1:6:18
Then suddenly not seeing the form of the Lord, removing concerns all, I got up being perturbed like someone who has lost the most desirable.
SB:1:6:19
Desiring to experience that again I meditated in my mind and I waited And not seeing Him despite longing, I became depressed and frustrated .
SB:1:6:20
Trying in that lonely place I heard the Lords pleasing word of gravity being spoken to me that had my grief mitigated
SB:1:6:21
'Listen, for the rest of your life you will not see Me , for the difficulty Of being seen by one, immature with impurities, who is fully guilty
SB:1:6:22
O blessed one, You are given a vision of Me, just to increase your desire for Me, And you will be increasingly freed from all attachments by this hankering for Me
SB:1:6:23
Even for a few days service to the Absolute, a devotee attains a steady intelligence And one who gave up this deplorable world, will head to be among My associates.
SB:1:6:24
The intelligence engaged this way in devotion can at no time be separated from Me because, whether beings are in progress or regress, by My mercy theirs will be continued remembrance
SB:1:6:25
Having spoken thus , that great and wonderful sound of the Lord stopped
and I, grateful , bowed my head in obeisance to His greatness and glorified.
SB:1:6:26
Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world,I traveled all over the earth,and , became humble , unenvious and fully satisfied
SB:1:6:27
Thus being absorbed in Krishna, oh Vysadeva, free from attachment to material world, in due course of time death came took me as natural as lightning with a thunder abolt
SB:1:6:28
Having been awarded a divine body worthy of a devotee of the Lord, I, saw my acquired karma had ended, and quit the body composed of the elements five
SB:1:6:29
At the end of the era the Lord, having laid Himself down in the subtle waters of dissolution, took me, with creator and all, in within the breath of my master .
SB:1:6:30
After a four quarter million and five lakh solar years, when Brahm did wake up and, by His will, all the rishis like Marichi, Atri were created off the ethereal body of the Lord, along with all souls, I also re-appeared
SB:1:6:31
I became free to travel within the three worlds and those realms beyond, by the mercy of Lord Vishnu, and my devotion by his blessing unbound
SB:1:6:32
This way I move around constantly singing the message of the Lord while I strum the vn with which the Lord had me decorated as transcendental
SB:1:6:33
As I chant, the Vision of the Lotus feet of the Lord, whose actions one gladly hears, in the seat of my heart as if called for appears
SB:1:6:34
I personally learnt that chanting Lords name is the boat by which a person of desires For the objects of the senses and its cares and worries can cross the ocean of nescience.
SB:1:6:35
Desire and lust being curbed every time by the discipline of yoga certainly will not be as satisfying to soul as the devotional service to the Almighty.
SB:1:6:36
I, upon your request, described to you ,the pure, all about my birth and activities, so that the satisfaction of your life goal as well as of my soul is served in all details
SB:1:6:37
Suta aid: "After thus having said thus, Nrada Muni took leave of the son of Satyavat and, strumming his enchanting vn, left the place there on
SB:1:6:38
Glory to Narada,the sage of the gods who takes pleasure in singing the glories of Lord Narayana and thus, with his veena , enlivens the distressed universe."
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 7

The Son of Drona Punished SB 1.7.1

"What was done , on departure of Nrada, by Rishi Ved Vyasa as advised by the Divine sage ? ,so queried Sri Saunaka to Suta
SB 1.7.2
Suta replied: " At S'amvaprasa on the western bank of the Sarasvat where sages Meditate there is an ancient asrama for promotion of transcendental activities.
SB 1.7.3
There at home Veda Vyasa sat down amidst the grove of berrytrees to meditate his mind after he had performed his morning sacrifice.
SB 1.7.4
Thus concentrating on the stainless devotional service, Rishi Vyasa Saw Lord with full manifestations under His agency
SB 1.7.5
Beings conditioned by the modes of nature take, despite their divinity Take the illusions for granted and suffer the effects of ego and dignity.
SB 1.7.6
The superfluous miseries of beings are mitigated by worshipful Union with Lord ,so for unenlightened mass , Vyasa Compiled these verses vedic truth
SB 1.7.7
Simple listening to these vedist hymns in service to Krishna the Absolute Extinguish the fire of anxiety and fear by the True devotions that sprout
SB 1.7.8
After compiling the divine tales of Lord Vishnus glorious incarnations And mainly of Krishna,he taught,his son,Suka on this path of illumination
SB 1.7.9
Saunaka asked: Why did Suka, already on the path of enlightenment and self study Contented within, leaving everything else, make any work of such an extensivity ?
SB 1.7.10
Such are the Glorious qualities of Lord Krishna that even the one immersed in bliss of ones soul and freed from all bondage desire to do pure devotional service of His.
SB 1.7.11
The devotees loved the lordly son of Vysa because he, having absorbed in the regular study of this great narration, was always devoted to the Lord.
SB 1.7.12.
So let me tell you the story of life and deliverance of Parkchit the willing the sage among kings, and how sons of pandu passed away renouncing
SB 1.7.13 &14
When, in the battle of Kurukshetra the warriors of the Pandavas and Kauravas met their destiny and when Duryodhana ,the son of King Dhritarshthra was lamenting his spine crushed by the club of Bhma, As'vatthama, the sons of Droncrya , thought to please his master Duryodhana by beheading sons of Draupad in sleep ,though his Master disapproved of this act so heinous.
SB 1.7.15
The mother of the Pndavas children, was grieved in tears when she heard On the massacre, then Arjuna ,of the Pndavas , told this to pacify her n said:
SB 1.7.16
Oh Mylady ! I shall wipe your tears by the trophy of this aggressors head Cut by my bow Gandiva ,n cremating sons, you bathe standing on his head.
SB 1.7.17
Pleasing her with choice words, Arjuna, fully armed and equipped to chase As'vatthama the son of his martial guru.chariot he boarded
SB 1.7.18
The fugitive Avatthm,,seeing Arjuna coming towards him with great speed, fled stricken by panic , just to save his life, as Brahm in fear from iva fled.
SB 1.7.19
Helpless the moment his horses got tired, the brahmin selfish, As'vatthama thinking of his self, resorted to the ultimate pranic weapon, the brahmstra
SB 1.7.20
Life endangered, he touched water and concentrated to recite the mantras, even Though he didn't know, once started, how to revoke this weapon of destruction
SB 1.7.21
Seeing the blinding light spreading in all directions and fearing the shine So fierce, Arjuna turned to his charioteer the Lord Krishna Himself fine.
SB 1.7.22
'O, Krishna, Krishna, You are the Almighty who takes away the fears of the devotees, You alone are the path of liberation for those who suffer in their material existence.
SB 1.7.23
The Absolute controller of Nature and by your internal potency, the Primal One with the bliss and knowledge of Your own Self, wards off the material illusion
SB 1.7.24
From the heart of living beings materially entangled, You bestow goodness, righteousness and such traits of dharma ,truth, purity, compassion and penance
SB 1.7.25
Thus You incarnate in order to take the burden of evil, off the earth and anon To please Thy friends and pure devotees as the loved object of their meditation.
SB 1.7.26
Oh Lord of Lords, I am yet to know where this ominous glow that is now spreading in all directions ,is proceeding to us now
SB 1.7.27
Lord Krishna said: 'Take it as caused by the son of Drona who, facing death, launched the mantric weapon without its retraction,not knowing
SB 1.7.28
Nothing else can counter this weapon but another such,you ,in fact can counter this mighty weapon using your own dazzling, martial art
SB 1.7.29
Sta said: "Obeying the Supreme Lord , Arjuna, circumambulating Him, Sipped Holy water himself and took up the supreme weapon to counter the opposed.
SB 1.7.30
When the rays of the clashing brahmstras combined, a great, Firy disc covered the space and the firmament of this planet.
SB 1.7.31
When the inhabitants of the three worlds saw the heat of the weapons scorched them severely, they thought of it as the fire of annihilation at the end of world
SB 1.7.32
. Realizing the disturbance it all created for the people of the world Arjuna had, on the direction of Vsudeva, both the weapons retracted
SB 1.7.33
Then Arjuna, angered with eyes red as copper, arrested the son of of Gautami and bound him skillfully with ropes that befits an animal lurching off wildly
SB 1.7.34
When with force the enemy was bound and was taken To camp militarily Lord, gazing all with His lotus eyes, told Arjuna waiting to hear anxiously
SB 1.7.35
'Never let this relative of the learned go, punish him, for he killed innocent boys in their sleep out of whim
SB 1.7.36
The righteous one is afraid to kill an enemy who is careless, insane,of tender age ,slept, intoxicated, a woman ,foolish, a surrendered soul, or someone who has lost his chariot.
SB 1.7.37
The shameless and cruel, thinking of living at the cost of others, for their good time deserves to be stopped in their tracks, as the perpetrator is brought down by crime.
SB 1.7.38
I overheard you making the promise to the daughter of the of Pcla King 'I will bring you the head of the one you consider the murderer of our off springs.'
SB 1.7.39
He,being just as the ashes of his family, an offending sinner ,who displeased the master is responsible for the assassination of your own sons and must be sentenced therefore.
SB 1.7.40
Sta said: " Arjuna, being put to a test concerning his duty, was encouraged in doing so by Krishna, didn't wish to kill his teachers son, the cruel murderer of his offspring.
SB 1.7.41
When Arjuna, together with his dear friend and charioteer Govinda reached his own lamp, he entrusted the assassin to his dear wife who was lamenting over her lost sons.
SB 1.7.42
Upon seeing the criminal silent from his heinous act and as an animal being brought tied in ropes, Draupad, by her compassion showed the son of the teacher due respect.
SB 1.7.43
She couldn't bear the sight of him brought ,tied in ropes, and said: 'Release him,for his sire , a learned Brahmin was our teacher indeed.
SB 1.7.44
By his Sires mercy you pandavas have received the knowledge privy, of the martial arts and the release and control of all kinds of archery.
SB 1.7.45
Guru Drona still exists in the form of his son, because his widow Krip with a son alive, did not her husband into death she follow
SB 1.7.46
Therefore, oh most fortunate and righteous, by the goodness comely in you, cause no grief to that ever respectable and honorable family.
SB 1.7.47
Do not make his mother, Drona's widow, cry as Idid, constantly shedding tears in distress over a lost child.
SB 1.7.48
If the rulers show no restraint in respecting the order of the vedantins , their rule will burn up, bringing sooner the royals to grief and chagrin
SB 1.7.49
Sta said: "O learned ones, the King Yudhishtira heeded the words sans duplicity of the queen in accordance with righteousness and mercy, and glorious in equity.
SB 1.7.50
And so did Nakula and Sahadeva ,the younger brothers of the king, and also Styaki ,Arjuna, the ladies and others in assembly and the Supreme Lord ,the son of Devak
SB 1.7.51
Thereupon Bhma said indignantly: By the fact that he without good reason, neither for himself nor for his master, has killed sleeping children, he deserves death hither.'
SB 1.7.52
The four-armed one ,Lord Krishna, who had heard the words spoken in rage and rile by Bhma and soft by Draupad ,saw, Arjunas visage, and said with a faint smile:
SB 1.7.53
'One should not kill the relative of a brahmin, even though one kills an aggressor I see both are prescribed to be carried out as rules in such case for the followers
SB 1.7.54
You have to fulfill the promise you made when you pacified your wife also act to the satisfaction of Bhma as well as Mine,with no strife.
and
SB 1.7.55
Sta said: "Immediately understanding what the Lord meant,Arjuna cut the jewel from the crown of the twice-born one along with his hair cute
SB 1.7.56
Unleashing, As'vatthm, who lost his bodily luster because of the infanticide, And the jewel, was driven off the camp, also had found his strength deprived
SB 1.7.57
Cutting the hair, confiscating the wealth and banishment are forms of physical punishment reserved for the brahmin, none any more are suggested as Corporeal
SB 1.7.58
Thereafter the sons of Pndu together with Draupad, overtaken by grief performed the duties that were needed to be done by family members in respect of their deceased
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 8

Parkchit Saved and Prayers by Queen Kunt.
SB 1.8.1
Sta said: "They went, Draupad and ladies leading in front, to the Ganges, with the wish to perform the oblations on behalf of their dead relatives.
SB 1.8.2
They took bath in the Ganges ,after each had done his oblations n mourned, ceremoniously at the river , purified by the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord.
SB 1.8.3
There the king of the Kurus ,Yudhishthhira, with his younger brothers, Dhritarshthra and Ghndr sat in deep bereavement together with Kunt, Draupad and Lord Krishna.
SB 1.8.4
Citing the stringent laws of the Almighty and their reactions upon beings of the world Lord Sri Ka and the munis began to pacify those who were shocked and affected.
SB 1.8.5
By cheating Yudhishthhira the eldest Pndava, who had no enemies, the unscrupulous Kauravas cunningly seized the kingdom and shortened their lives by rudely touching hair of Draupadis
SB 1.8.6
By the proper performance of three horse sacrifices did Yudhishthhira's fame spread in all directions like the fame of Indra who performed that sacrifice, times a hundred .
SB 1.8.7
Worshiped by the wise and the learned, Lord, in response to Pandava bidding farewell, invited them and Uddhava ,a close friend of Krishna.
SB 1.8.8
About to leave for Dvrak in his chariot, Krishna saw hurrying to Him in fear. Uttara,Arjunas Daughterb in Law , expectant mother of Parkchit coming near
SB 1.8.9
She said: ' Oh Greatest of the Yogis, the Worshiped One and Lord of the Universe, 'Save me, apart from You I see no one fearless in this world of death and dualities.
SB 1.8.10
Oh all-powerful Lord, now a fiery arrow is coming towards me, Oh Saviour !Protect my embryo, at the cost of letting it burn me !
SB 1.8.11
Sta said: Acquiescing, the Supreme Lord, caretaker of devotees, understood It as another brahmstra from Aswathaman to root out Pndava descendants
SB 1.8.12
Oh Saunaka! Chief of the sages ! seeing the zooming brahmstra did the five brothers took to arms to save the progeny of Pandavas
SB 1.8.13
Lord took up His Sudars'ana disc for the protection of His devotees, Seeing that the pandavas had no other means in that time of distress
SB 1.8.14
Lord, dweller within all living beings, by his yogic powers, to protect the Kuru clan progeny, did the embryo he cover
SB 1.8.15
Oh S'aunaka, as the brahmstra weapon can not be countered it was, being confronted by the divinity of Vishnu, neutralized
SB 1.8.16
But do not think high of this alone , as divine godhead , Lord , with His powers ,creates, maintains and dissolves this world.
SB 1.8.17
Saved from the radiation of the weapon, Kunt the chaste with her sons addressed Lord Krishna departing in haste
SB 1.8.18
Kunt said: 'My obeisances unto You, Purusha, the Original Controller of the Cosmos ,unseen, beyond all existence both in and out as enjoyer
SB 1.8.19
Covered by the veil of ignorance, transcendent and , not discerned by the foolish, You are the manipulator as an actor so well dressed
SB 1.8.20
You are united through devotional yoga for sages differentiating soul from matter, Then how must we, the women, exercise our worshipful services at your divine altar
SB 1.8.21
My obeisances ! You the Protector of the cows and also the senses, the Supreme Lord, the son of Vasudeva and Devak, of Nanda and Vrindvans men and clans of cowherd
SB 1.8.22
I worship thee of lotus navel, of lotus garlands, whose lotus eyes are pleasing and whose footprints show the mark of lotus flowers.
SB 1.8.23
You have released your mother Devak from the envious uncle, King Kamsas prison . Oh Lord, and from always from many threats, You had saved me and all my children
Poison, gory arson, cannibals, humiliation in palace, exile in forest and wars repeat against great many generals, you saved us always and too from Drona- sons angst.
SB 1.8.24 SB 1.8.25
I wish we had more of those calamities, oh Lord, so that we can meet You again as it means that we no longer see the endless births and death repeating in vain
SB 1.8.26
The swollen ones striving for good birth, opulence, education, n beauty will never deserve You, who are easily approached by those destitute and ill
SB 1.8.27
I bow to thee, the wealth of the poor, transcending the material mode, N most sublime to the One self-contented ,and the master of beatitude.
SB 1.8.28
I consider You the personification of Eternal Time, without beginning or end, the Ominipresent, beaming mercy for all, despite their inner and outer dissent
SB 1.8.29
Oh Lord, no one understands Your acts, that appear to be in conflict, people think You are partial, but You have no one, to like or dislike
SB 1.8.30
Oh Cosmic Soul ! You are unborn ,yet acting ,though inactive but actively, manifesting As animal, the human being, the wise and the aquatics,You are veritably bewildering.
SB 1.8.31
Puzzlingly , when gop Yasoda took up a rope to bind You for your mischiefs, You cried in fear till the mascara came off ,though You are feared by fear itself.
SB 1.8.32
Some say that , like sandalwood appearing in the Malaya Hills, are Thou born for the pious kings or the pleasure of the lineage of dear King Yadu.
SB 1.8.33
Others say that You descended from the unborn state only for the prayers of Vasudeva and Devak, to liberate people from the evils of the unrighteous
SB 1.8.34
Still others say that You, like a boat on the sea, came to take away the burden of extreme worldly grief and were born from the prayers of Brahm Devan
SB 1.8.35
Yet a few say that You appeared for reviving the bhakthi yoga as the devotional services for thee by the materially conditioned souls so that they deserve mukthi as they progress
SB 1.8.36
Those who take pleasure in continuous hearing, chanting and remembering Thy activities, certainly very soon will see Your lotus feet, which put to an end to the recurrence of rebirths
SB 1.8.37
Oh Lord, with all that You did for us, You, today going to the kings engaged in enmity, are afoot leaving us ,Your intimate friends living by Your mercy alone in dependence on Your lotus feet.
SB 1.8.38
We, along with the Yadus and Pndavas, will be without the fame N name, as body is without senses ,once the spirit is not in home
SB 1.8.39
The land of our kingdom will no longer appear beautiful as It does now, being dazzled by the marks of Your footprints.
SB 1.8.40
All these cities and towns, flourished more and more by Your glances, with their wealth of herbs, vegetables, forests, hills, rivers and seas.
SB 1.8.41
Therefore, oh Lord ,Soul and Personality of this Universe, cut the ties of deep affection I have for my kinsmen the Pndavas and the Vrishnis.
SB 1.8.42
Make my attraction to You pure and continuous overflowing, as Ganges coursing down to the seas.
SB 1.8.43
Oh Krishna, Arjuna pal, chief of the Vrishnis and annihilator on earth of the rebellious , Thy Godliness relieved the distressed cows, the twice-born my respectful obeisances.' "
SB 1.8.44
Sta said: "Thus being worshiped in His universal glories with the choice words by Queen Kunt, Lord gave a smile that was as captivating as His mystic powers.
SB 1.8.45
Lord,thus accepting all, and paying respects to other ladies in the of Hastinpura palace, leaving for His fort, was stopped on the way by Yudhishtira the eldest of the Pandavas.
SB 1.8.46
The learned, the sages and Lord Krishna, could not convince the King in his distress of the cause and effect of war, nor could he find any solace in the classical stories.
SB 1.8.47
Oh Sages !, King Yudhishtira, son of Dharma, brooding on the physical loss of his
friends, got, carried away indeed by the delusion of his affection when he said thus:
SB 1.8.48
'Oh, just look at me who by the venom of his heart , immersed in the sin of this body, which is meant to serve others, have killed ,phalanxes of warriors, in multitudes ,many.
SB 1.8.49
I, having killed so many boys, twice-born ones, caretakers, friends, elders, brothers and teachers, for sure will never ever be freed from hell, , not even for a million years.
SB 1.8.50
It is no sin for a king to kill ,for the cause of his people, when he fights his enemy but those acts, meant for the protection of the administration, do not apply to me.
SB 1.8.51
All that enmity accrued in the mind of the widows of the friends I have slain cannot be undone with my serving them for the sake of material progression
SB 1.8.52
Just as one cannot filter mud through mud or, clear wine stains with wine, it is of no avail to counteract one's sin of having killed with the purgatory sacrificing of many an animal.' "
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 9

The Passing Away of Bhshmadeva in the Presence of Lord Krishna
SB 1.9.1
Sta said: "Yudhishthhira, concerned by the past bloodshed, for consolation went
to the battlefield where he saw dying Bhshma-acharya lying down.
SB 1.9.2
All the brothers followed him there, drawn by the best decorated horses in golden ornaments, with Vysa, Dhaumya ,the priest, and other rishis.
SB 1.9.3
The Supreme Lord followed him with Arjuna on the chariot, O learned sages , and thus appearing very aristocratic he was like Kubera with his companions.
SB 1.9.4
Upon seeing Bhshma lying on the ground like a demi-god fallen from sky, Yudhishthhira with his brothers and Lord Krishna, bowed down well nigh.
SB 1.9.5
There the rishis of holiness amongst the learned, the godly and the kings were present just to see Bhishma the chief of King Bharatas descendants
SB 1.9.6-7
Parvata Muni, Nrada, Dhaumya, Lord Vysa, Brihadas'va, Bharadvja and Paras'urma were present there with their disciples and , Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, and were present, enlightened sages Asita, Kakshvn, Gautama, Atri, Kaus'ika n Sudars'ana
SB 1.9.8
Oh learned ones, also many sages like S'ukadeva, the hand of God, and others So pure as Kas'yapa and ngirasa arrived there accompanied by their disciples.
SB 1.9.9
Bhshmadeva, the best amongst the Vsu's, learnt in religiosities according to time and circumstances, welcomed all the great and powerful ones he received sublime.
SB 1.9.10
Knowing of Krishna's glories,he also in worship welcomed Him, the Lord of the Universe who, situated in the heart, manifests His Lotus form through His internal potency of forms .
SB 1.9.11
Seeing the sons of Pndu sitting silently nearby, Bhshma, overtaken by feelings of hearty Warmth about the gathering, greeted them all profusely, overwhelmed by tears of ecstasy.
SB 1.9.12
He said: 'What terrible sufferings and injustice meted out butnot deserved by you, remaining alive with that suffering under the protection of the learned, the pious and the One Unfailing
SB 1.9.13
After the death of the Great General Pndu, my daughter in law Kunti, with infants suffered a great deal and that continued, n despite boys grown up, on their accounts.
SB 1.9.14
All this, I think, is the result of the workings of time, as also with you, however rulers might be, the Lord as time rules us everywhere, like the wind carrying a line of clouds.
SB 1.9.15
And where there is Yudhishthhira, the son of of Dharma God, Bhma of mighty club, Arjuna carrying his Gndiva and our well-wisher Lord Krishna, time is a turning hub
SB 1.9.16
Of His plan no one knows, O King; even great ones engaged in exhaustive tatvik inquiries for sure are forever bewildered.
SB 1.9.17
Therefore, I assure you, O best of the descendants of Bharata, that this was only more of His providence, His desire,O ruler , just take care of the helpless subjects O master !
SB 1.9.18
Supreme Lord Krishna is none but the original primordial supreme enjoyer who dwells In all as Nryana and moves inconceivably amongst the Vrishni family by His energies
SB 1.9.19
Of Him, O King, Lord S'iva, the rishi Nrada n Kapila have the direct vision of his divine glories, endless
SB 1.9.20
He is the same supreme entity that you think of as your maternal cousin, dearest friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor and charioteer always available and ardent
SB 1.9.21
He, present in everyone's heart and equal to all, is the Absolute acting on the consciousness of differentiation and not on any state
SB 1.9.22
Yet,despite his neutrality with devotees, see, how Lord Krishna cared directly, this last stage of my life, to be blessingly present at my side.
SB 1.9.23
Those who sing His glories with mind enraptured by devotion, Such yogis leave back their corporeal frame forever in salvation
SB 1.9.24
May , the God of the Gods, the four-handed Vishnu,of my mind receive me with His cheerful smile, His eyes red as the morning sun n His charming lotus face, as I leave this body dull
SB 1.9.25
Sta said: "Yudhishthhira, who listened to him lying on a bed of arrows, asked him, with the rishis listening, about the diverse religious duties.
SB 1.9.26
Bhshma explained the different stages of life n the vocations as decided by ones qualities and to how to deal systematically with both the symptoms of attachment and its opposite
SB 1.9.26
With the duties for charity, rulership and liberation and giving their divisions He explained elaborately the explicit duties of women and devotional services.
SB 1.9.27
Knowing the truth, he described, Oh sages, the four stages of religious ascent are fulfillment of duties, wealth, desires and then liberation, to which he cited various histories , adjacent
SB 1.9.28
While Bhshma described the duties, the sun ran over the northern hemisphere which according to the sages is the best time desirable for leaving this biosphere
SB 1.9.30
Then Bhshma, the exponent of myriad sciences and arts, fell, with a mind freed from all bonds as he fixed his vision on Lord Vishnu, the four-armed one, as Krishna was before yellow robes.
SB 1.9.31
Looking at Him, the Divine, in meditation purified and pain from the arrows relieved Instantly, the activities of his senses stopped as he quit reverentially for the Lords Abode.
SB 1.9.32
S'r Bhshma said: 'Let my mind ,in neutrality, prepare for the Lord, the Leader of the Devotees, the Great Self-contented One who always accept this World with her creation and destructions .
SB 1.9.33
The most desirable One of the higher, lower and middle worlds, Bluish like a tamla trees, His robes shining like the golden rays of the sun, body decorated with sandalwood and lotus Face ,may my love in the yellow robed friend of Arjuna free from material motives repose
SB 1.9.34
Longing for Krishna , His scattered hair , ashen ,from the dust of hoofs in the battle ground, face beaded by swaet and skin pierced by my arrows, while His armor took it well allround
SB 1.9.35
At the instance of His friend He drove the chariot between the fighting forces and, staying there, took the life of the enemy by mere gaze, let my mind be intimate with the friend of Arjuna, more
SB 1.9.36
Observing the soldiers before him on the battlefield, Arjuna, perplexed by ignorance was enlightened by ,the Lord ,may His lotus feet remain my sole attraction always
SB 1.9.37
Against His vow ,reacting to my oath of killing Arjuna, He, got down with the chariot wheel dropping His drape on the way , pacing towards me like an angry lion about ,an elephant to kill
SB 1.9.38
Smeared with blood and gored by my arrows and with a shattered shield, angrily He sprang towards me for a kill ,may that Supreme Lord of salvation be my glee
SB 1.9.39
Let me, finally envision the Lord , with a whip in His right hand, reins in the left, controlling the horses ; it was by seeing Him so the sages yore attained their original form, soul-filling.
SB 1.9.40
Gazing at His supremely fascinating acts and sweet smiles, the gops of Vraja underwent the ecstatic madness, copied to the dot so , albeit
SB 1.9.41
In the royal ritual of King Yudhishthhira, where the elites were assembled, He received then the respectful worship of all , with me personally recognizing Him as my object of attraction.
SB 1.9.42
He, now before this dual me, is the Unborn of the conditioned body, dwelling in Ones Own Heart as the Supersoul, who, as the Sun looking different from every angle, is the Only One
SB 1.9.43
Sta said: "With his mind, speech, sight n activities thus fixed on Krishna , he fell silent and stopped breathing, having merged in the living being of the Supersoul.
SB 1.9.44
After hearing these from Bhshmadeva as he merged into the Supreme Absolute and Unlimited, all fell silent like birds at the days extreme.
SB 1.9.45
Thereafter huge drum beats were heard from everywhere being beaten by gods and men, accompanied by praise from the pious royal order and showers of flowers falling from the sky .
SB 1.9.46
O descendants of Bhrigu , after having the funeral rites performed for the deceased, Yudhishthhira for a moment became sad indeed.
SB 1.9.47
Then, the sages, satisfied and happy by the confidentiality of the glories Of Krishna, went with Him in their hearts back to their own hermitages.
SB 1.9.48
King Yudhishthira with Krishna went to Hastinpuri to console his uncle and ascetic aunt Ghndhr.
SB 1.9.49
With the blessings of the late uncle, he thereafter conducted the royal duties Over the kingdom, as , to the exaltation of Lord Vsudeva and his forefathers."
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 10

The Departure of Lord Krishna for Dvrak SB 1.10.1
S'aunaka Muni asked: "How did King Yudhishthhira, the great ascetic,with his brothers ,rule , surely they were restrained, right ?
SB 1.10.2
Sta said: "After quelling the forest fire of the Kuru dynasty, the Lord, of Creation And its Maintainer , was contented in reinstalling rulership to Yudhishthhiras own
SB 1.10.3
Hearing Bhshma and the Absolute , Yudhishthira from his bewilderment purified, ruled, by his brothers, over the earth and the seas like Indra, protected by the Lord .
SB 1.10.4
All the rain that was needed showered and the land produced everything wanted to which the cows out of sheer joy moistened the pastures with their udders filled.
SB 1.10.5
. The rivers, oceans n hills gave him of all necessary vegetables, medicinal herbs and all the greenery .
SB 1.10.6
Never, by themselves, or by nature or others, was any living being troubled by anxieties, diseases or extreme temperatures, as always happens with a king who has no enemies.
SB 1.10.7
To appease His family and please His sister Subhadr, married to Arjuna, the Lord stayed with Pandavas for a few months in the city of Hastinapura.
SB 1.10.8
Duly bidding farewell and after embracing and bowing to King in coridiality He boarded the chariot receiving from others the intense adoration and amity
SB 1.10.9-10
His sister, Subhadra, Draupad, mother Kunti, Uttara , Gandhari with Dhritarashthra , their son Yuyutsu, the priest Kripacarya, ,the younger Pandavas Nakula and Sahadeva together with Bhma Dhaumya , ladies of the palace stepmother Satyavat of Bhshma, couldn't bear the separation from the Lord of and almost fainted as he left for Dwaraka.
SB 1.10.11-12
The one who discerns Lords glory and fame, liberated from attachments by now In right company, having only heard it once the pleasing, will never give it up, how could then Pndavas who gave Him their mind then tolerate separation from Him having seen Him face to face, touching, sleeping, sitting and eating together with Him?
SB 1.10.13
All of them, melted for Him looking at Him with eyes wide open, moved jostling,restlessly, bound as they were by pure affection.
SB 1.10.14
The ladies of the palace, had difficulty checking their tears welling in their eyes to ward off inauspicious things that might happen to son of Devak,otherwise
SB 1.10.15
At that time mridangas conch shells, horns, strings, flutes were sounded as well as drums, bells and other instruments.
SB 1.10.16
For vantage, the ladies of the Kuru Clan climbed on to the roof of the palace, from where they showered flowers upon Krishna with love and shy smiles.
SB 1.10.17
For the most beloved Arjuna the conqueror of sleep took up an embroidered sunshade decorated with pearls and lace that had a handle with jewels inlaid.
SB 1.10.18
Uddhava, Lords cousin brother , driver Styaki fanning Him while He, as the master of Madhu, sitting on flowers scattered all around, commanded them on the road afore.
SB 1.10.19
It was being heard here and there from the twice born Brahmins then that the obeisance were befitting nor otherwise as it was for the Absolute in the form of total humanness.
SB 1.10.20
The ladies of the Kuru capital were engrossed in talking about the Supreme, of the scriptures, so much so that it indeed sounded far more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas themselves
SB 1.10.21
'He, is the original one who existed as His own Self before creation, in the form unmanifest of the modes of nature -,and with that Supersoul, the living beings merge as if during the night.
SB 1.10.22
By His potency, in the manifestation of living beings,He, entrusts them ,to Nature as the compiler of the revealed scriptures, with names , forms and defined structure
SB 1.10.23
He is the Godhead whose great devotees with controlled senses and life and , by the grace of their devotion, can develop a pure mind and certainly by this , deserve a purified existence.
SB 1.10.24
O friends, this is He , spoken of and discreetly described in the Vedas and by the devotees, as the Soul of the cosmos, by his manifestation maintains and destroys, with neutrality
SB 1.10.25
Whenever rulers go against the divine principles, He manifests, sure out of goodness, His supreme power in various forms, for the sake of harmony at all periods and ages.
SB 1.10.26
Oh, how blest is the dynasty of King Yadu, and the land of Mathur, where the supreme leader of all beings, , has taken birth and spent His childhoodas the consort of Lakshmi
SB 1.10.27
How wonderful is Dvrak , that defeats heaven, enjoins virtues in all and whose denizens see the soul of the world bestowing His grace with the benediction of his smiling glance.
SB 1.10.28
His consorts longed to relish His lips , and they , by vow, bath, fire-sacrifice and such had devotion to the Controller, o friend; often the damsels of Vraja s for their hero wooned
SB 1.10.29
Children Of the ladies of Dvrak taken by Him as the price paid by the routed kings as S'is'uplan, or wedded after the killing of myriad wicked ones include Pradyumna, Smba, Amba, and so on.
SB 1.10.30
These ladies ennobled , despite lack of individuality ,while their consort, lotus-eyed one, Krishna, pleased them by making valuable presentations, not leaving them at home alone
SB 1.10.31
While the ladies of the Kuru capital were praying and talking this way about Him, He granted them the grace of His glance, and greeting them with a smile on His face, the Lord departed.
Yudhishthira who was without enemies, out of affection and being anxious engaged four divisions of defence for honouring the enemy of the atheists.
SB 1.10.32
SB 1.10.33
Lord affectionately persuaded the Pndavas, who accompanied him for long, overtaken by fear of separation bid adieu and then proceeded for Dvrak with His companions.
SB 1.10.34-35
O aunaka, the Lord then proceeded towards Kurujgala, Pcl, rasen, the land on the bank of the river Yamun, Brahmvarta, Kuruketra, Matsya, Srasvata, the province of the desert and the land of scanty water. After crossing these provinces He
gradually reached the Sauvra and bhra provinces, then, west of these, reached Dvrak at last.
SB 1.10.36
In several places it the Lord was received and served in different ways And He homed in the evening after the sun had set down its beaming rays"
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 11

Lord Sri Krishna's Entrance Into Dvaraka
SB 1.11.1
Sta said: "Reaching the border his Prosperous city of the narta's, Lord sounded His , which, ended the dejection of the inhabitants.
SB 1.11.2
The brilliant conch shell, although reddened by the lips of the Great Adventurer, loudly sounded ,in His hands looked like a swanling at the stems of lotus flowers.
SB 1.11.3
By the sound that is the threat to fear itself, did rapidly citizens Proceed to their protector for their so long awaited audience.
SB 1.11.4-5
Then they made their adorations as if offering a lamp to the sun who supplied light incessantly cheerfully by potency of His own they spoke to the Lord like friends n protegees to their guardian.
SB 1.11.6
They said: 'like us,Brahm , His sons and Indra, worshipped Thy lotus feet desiring the divine life; You are the master of transcendence and inevitable time has no influence on designs thine
SB 1.11.7
Oh ! Creator !You are the mother, well-wisher, husband, father our Lord and spiritual teacher; also our supreme and our idol in whose footsteps we have become successful.
SB 1.11.8
Lucky we are, now that we see Your all-auspicious form, to be again under thy protection good Self, as also by the demi-gods your affectionate, lovingly smiling face is rarely seen.
SB 1.11.9
O lotus-eyed Lord, whenever You go away to Mathur-Vndvana or Hastinpura on to meet kith n kins,every moment is millions of years, n our eyes, blind, bereft of Sun.
SB 1.11.10.
How can we live bereft of your glance that vanquishes the miseries and vision,then of your enchanting ,beautiful smiling face, and hearing such words of the citizens, ,the caretaker of devotees approached Dvrak, teaching kindness by His glances,.
SB 1.11.11.
As Bhogavat, the capital of Ngaloka, is protected by the Ngas, so was Dvrak
by the descendants of Vi from Bhoja onwards were as strong as Lord Ka.
SB 1.11.12.
The city of Dvrak was filled with the opulences of all seasons,There were hermitages, orchards, gardens, parks and lakes with lotus flowers all over.
SB 1.11.13.
The gateway of the city as well as different roads were decorated with arches and flags painted with foremost signs throwing in sunshine, their shadows
SB 1.11.14.
The lanes, alleys, the market and public meeting places were made thoroughly clean,
sprinkled with scented water n strewn with fruits, flowers and seeds unbroken
SB 1.11.15.
At the door of each house was a display of curd, sugar cane, unbroken fruits, decorations, pots of water and articles for worship like incense and lamps.
SB 1.11.16-17.
Hearing the dear-mosts home coming , His father Vasudeva and the magnanimous Akrra, Ugrasena, Krishna's super human elder brother Balarma, sons Pradyumna, n Crudeshna were all by joy alerted from their resting, sitting n dining ,including Jambavathis son Smba
SB 1.11.18
Headed by brhmana's and elephants, with all-auspicious signs, the sound of conch shells n chanting hymns, they hurried on chariots towards Him in cheerfulness and an all-respectful affections pouring
SB 1.11.19
Very anxious to meet Him there were Hundreds of well known palace courtesans In their vehicles, with dazzling earwears , enhancing the beauty of their foreheads.
SB 1.11.20
There were entertainers, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and learned speakers who spiritedly sang the praises of the superhuman activities of the Lord.
SB 1.11.21
The Supreme Lord approached each of the friends n citizens who came as it should with full due honor and respect, to receive and welcome Him
SB 1.11.22
With His glancing smile, bowed His head, greeted them in words, embraced them , touching hands, giving His benedictions , down to the lowest, as desired.
SB 1.11.23
He entered the city accompanied by the elderly relatives, brhmins n their wives, where He was also welcomed with blessings and praises of other devoted admirers.
SB 1.11.24
While passing over the public roads of Dvrak , ladies climbed on the roofs of their palaces for a glimpse of Krishna, o learned ones, as they considered it the greatest feast for their eyes
SB 1.11.25
Although they see Him this way regularly, the inhabitants of Dvrak never became tired of the sight of the of beauty of the Lord Krishna
SB 1.11.26.
In His chest ,Laxmi resides, His face the cup of nectar for eyes , His arms, the seat of ruling demi-gods , and His lotus feet are then shelter for the devotees, singing talking and bowing
SB 1.11.27.
Under a white parasol, fans, and a road showered by flowers, His yellow garments gleaming with flower garlands, the Lord was a cloud surrounded by sun, moon, rainbow and lightning
SB 1.11.28.
On entering His parental home He was embraced by His seven# mothers headed by Devak ,joyously to whom He bowed His head down in obeisance.
#His own mother, the wife of the priest, of the guru and of the king, the cow, the nurse and mother earth]
SB 1.11.29.
After all of them had put Him on their laps their breasts got wet of affection and delight and the water of the tears that overwhelmed them in reflection.
SB 1.11.30.
He entered His personal quarters inhabited by His wives ,thereafter, who numbered over sixteen thousand, offered all one could wish for.
SB 1.11.31.
With their minds rejoicing the ladies, from a distance seeing their husband now returned home, at once got up from their seats and meditations with coyly looking face, according the custom,
SB 1.11.32.
Sending their sons to embrace Him and embracing him in ecstasy from within their hearts first, they choked up with tears that inadvertently fell like water from their eyes in shyness.
SB 1.11.33
His feet appeared newer and newer at each step , although Lord was beside them all alone who can be detached from the feet of the eternal that are followed by the goddess of fortune?
SB 1.11.34
Neutral, He created feud between the conceited rulers, and annihilated them ,their prowess Evil and Burdensome to Earth, like the wind that creates fire from friction between bamboos.
SB 1.11.35
He appeared amongst all of these amidst humanity by His own divine illusion, as if it concerned an ordinary man, enjoying life with the worthiest of women.
SB 1.11.36
Enchanting and lancing their glances by the corners of their eyes that may make Cupid to give up his bow, they were never able to tilt His senses by the magical charm they held
SB 1.11.37
The common materialistic souls speculate that the Lord is one of them,conditioned by sheer ignorance ,they think Lord as affected by matter,though He is unattached.
SB 1.11.38
Such is the divinity of the Lord that He, although by actions, is in material contact With nature He is immune to it, so also are the ones taking shelter in the Absolute
SB 1.11.3
Those ladies truly assumed that Lord r Ka, their beloved husband, was captivated by them, unaware his glories, as the atheists are unaware of Him as the Absolute God.
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 12

The Birth of Emperor Parikchit
SB 1.12.1
Saunaka said: "The embryo in the womb of Uttara, that was spoiled by the heat released By the invincible weapon of As'watthama, was brought back to life by the act of Lord.
SB 1.12.2
A highly intelligent and great soul ,how was the birth of Parikshit, The Emperor, To take place? What really happened at his death and what he attained thereafter?
SB 1.12.3
Tell us, everything about what you think can be told of Him as we rever you for the knowledge of the Supreme that S'ukadeva Gosvami delivered to you."
SB 1.12.4
Sta said: "King Yudhishthhira administered the Kingdom, pleasing all citizens, as did his Sire , unrelenting as he was in his service to the feet of Lord Krishna, did, without any motives, ulterior
SB 1.12.5
His fame , wealth, sacrifices, cause he stood for, queens, brothers and his sovereignty over the subjects where we are living, even spread to the heavens.
SB 1.12.6
Even the Gods aspired for his kind of opulence, but, being a god-fearing person, o twice born, nothing else would please the desires of the king.
SB 1.12.7
In the womb of his mother, even as the great fighter Parkchit, forced to absorb the heat of the brahmstra , oh son of Bhrigu, he saw the Lord as a shining orb.
SB 1.12.8
In the glare he saw Lord at the size of a thumb shining
blackish with a golden helmet and clothes lightening
SB 1.12.9
Four armed, He was, with golden earrings , circling the club in His hands around , himself like a shooting star, going here and there, red in eyes all
SB 1.12.10
Quenching the radiation of the brahmstra like the dew drops, Vaporized by the sun, seen by the child wondering who He was.
SB 1.12.11
Seeing the all-pervading Supersoul, the Supreme Lord and protector of righteousness quenching the blaze, the Lord who veered all round, suddenly disappeared off his eyes.
SB 1.12.12
Thereupon, by the gradual rise of good signs and under a favorable constellation, the child took birth as the heir apparent of Pndu being exactly alike Pndu himself in prowess bold.
SB 1.12.13
King Yudhishthhira, gladdened, with Dhaumya and Kripa, the priests Performed the birth rituals with the recitation of auspicious hymns.
SB 1.12.14
He, having full know-how, rewarded, gifts of gold, cows, land, housing, elephants and horses, in charity, together good food, for the occasion to the learned ones
SB 1.12.15
Gladdened, the brhmins addressed the king, the chief of the Puru's, communicating their obligation to the descent in the line of the Puru's to the forefather King Puru of Yudhishthhir
SB 1.12.16
They said: 'This boy has been saved by the omnipresent ,omnipotent Lord from destruction by the all-devouring supernatural weapon, for the sake of obligation
SB 1.12.17
He shall become one protected by Vishnu well known in all the worlds no doubt as the most fortunate devotee endowed with all fine qualities.
SB 1.12.18
The good king said: 'O great spirits, is he to be a follower of all the great souls of our lineage of saintly kings, pious by name in achievements and glories ?'
SB 1.12.19
The Brahmins said 'he will be the sustainer of all , like King Ikshvku, of Manu, O son of Prith and loyal in promises and having respect for the learnt ones like Rma, the son of Das'aratha.
SB 1.12.20
And Charitable Like King S'ibi of Us'inara ,n protect those taking refuge and like Bharata, performing many sacrifices, spreading name and fame of his family ,the son of Dushyanta
SB 1.12.21.
Amongst the archers, he will be as good as two Arjuns
unyielding as fire and as unsurpassable as the ocean.
SB 1.12.22.
As powerful as lion and as worthy for taking shelter like the Himalayas, he will ever be as forbearing as the earth and as tolerant as his parents.
SB 1.12.23.
With a spirit as good as Brahm, and as Lord S'iva ,he will be as generous and equanimous and be the resort of all beings as the Supreme Lord with whom the goddess of fortune resides.
SB 1.12.24.
Following Lord Krishna he will abide by the glory of thel godly attributes, he then also will be as great as King Rantideva ,and be like Yayti concerning the religion.
SB 1.12.25.
Patient as Maha Bali he will be a devotee exemplar Prahlda unto Lord Krishna and be loyal to the elderly and conduct sacrifices and will perform as'wamedha
SB 1.12.26.
He will produce kings as good as sages, will chastise the upstarts and quell the quarrelsome for the welfare of world peace and the religion , one and all
SB 1.12.27.
After hearing advice on his personal death, due to a snakebite caused by the son of a brhmin, he will relinquish attachments and take to service of the Lord, soon
SB 1.12.28.
Having acquired true knowledge from the son of the sage Vysa he, O King, will abandon his physical frame on the bank of Ganges and will attain to fearlessness and enlightenment
SB 1.12.29.
After this, each of the vedic priests of astrology and rituals of birth received sumptuous remunerations, returned prayerfully to his respective homestead.
SB 1.12.30.
He, O S'aunaka, would be renowned as Parkchit, the examiner, because, he would be examining all men as constant contemplator
SB 1.12.31
Very soon the prince ,under his parental guardians grew up, stronger as the waxing moon, days-across
SB 1.12.32
King Yudhishthhira, desiring to perform a horse-sacrifice to reign over his kinsmen, ruminated on more acquiring funds as he received only from taxes n fines of citizen
SB 1.12.33
Advised by the Lord , and respecting the his brothers
Wishes ,he went northward to collect sufficient riches.
SB 1.12.34
With the wealth thus collected the pious King Yudhishthhir, conducted three horse sacrifices, out of his piety in which he eloquently worshiped Lord Hari.
SB 1.12.35
Lord, invited by the king, ensured that the sacrifices on his behalf were performed Brahmins, residing few months there to the delight of his relatives, all enlightened
SB 1.12.36
Thereafter, O learned ones, taking leave from king, Draupad n His relatives, He returned o Dvrak, accompanied by Arjuna n the Yadu-dynasty members
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 13
Dhritarshthra Quits Home
SB 1.13.1
Sta said: While on pilgrimage, Vidura received knowledge on salvation from Maitreya, the great sage,n immersed in that enlightenment , he returned to the city of Hastinpura.
SB 1.13.2
Receiving answers to all questions that Vidura put before Maitreya a total, undivided Devotion unto Govinda had grown in him and from further questioning.he refrained
SB 1.13.3-4
Arriving in Hastinpura he, oh brahmins, was welcomed by Yudhishthhira and his younger brothers, Dhritarshthra, Styaki and Sajaya, Kripcrya, Kunt, Gndhr, Draupad, Subhadr, Uttar, Krip, house wives and wives of the family members of the Pndavas and all other ladies with their sons
SB 1.13.5
As if awakened from death they approached him in great delight
with embraces and obeisances, and to receive him with all respect
SB 1.13.6
In affection they shed tears because of the anxiety and grief they felt separation Then King Yudhishthhira offered him a seat and then arranged for a reception.
SB 1.13.7
After he was feted sumptuously , had rested and was seated comfortably, the King bowed down to address Vidura in front of everybody totally humbly
SB 1.13.8
He said: 'Do you remember how we, brought up under the wings of your care, then with our mother, were delivered from various calamities like poisoning and arson?
SB 1.13.9
How did you maintain your livelihood as you traveled the surface of the earth about and in which holy places of pilgrimage have you been of service here on this planet?
SB 1.13.10
Devotees like your goodness are converted into holy places themselves, oh powerful one; with the Supreme Personality in your heart, all places of your visit to pilgrimages ,you turn
SB 1.13.11
Dear uncle, can you tell us what you saw or heard about our friends all well wishing? Are Yadavas, with Krishna rapt in their love for God, all happy where they are living?'
SB 1.13.12
Thus being questioned by the King he ,deliberated one subject after the other, all he had experienced, but the destruction of the clan,ever.
SB 1.13.13
Graceful as Vidura did not want to upset them he did not to dwell on This fact so unpalatable and unbearable fact on the part of the clan
SB 1.13.14
The sage, who was treated like a god, thus resided for a few days with them so for the sake his eldest brother Yudhishtira and all would be happy then
SB 1.13.15
Because of a curse of Mandka Muni Vidura ,Lord Yama,had to play the dole of s'dra for hundred years and it was Aryam who administered Yamas role
SB 1.13.16
Yudhishthhira had ensured there was a grandson in the dynasty fit for ruling the kingdom he had retrieved and he enjoyed with his brothers a life of great wealth under the fiefdom
SB 1.13.17
But Time, insurmountable and imperceptible , surpasses those who are engrossed in the world of attachment to family affairs.
SB 1.13.18
So, Vidura who knew this said to Dhritarshthra: 'Oh King, my brother, please resign yourself without delay, just see how fear has taken the lead in your life ,as times sign
SB 1.13.19
In this material world there is no help of anyone or anything to escape this fear, from as that concerns the Supreme Lord who approaches us all in the form of eternal Time.
SB 1.13.20
Inevitably overtaken by the pull of time a person must, give up this life so dear as it is to everyone, not to mention the wealth and such he has acquired.
SB 1.13.21
Body decrepit, father, brother,friends and sons all dead, you live in another man's home ,with your life expended
SB 1.13.22
You have been blind since you were born, don't hear that well anymore, your memory fails and recently your teeth loosened, your liver is in trouble, you are loudly coughing mucus.
SB 1.13.23
Alas, how powerful the living being its attachment to life is! It is that strong that it makes you, just like a household dog, eat the remains of the food left over by Bhma ,your pandava nephew.
SB 1.13.24
How can you subsist on the grace of those you tried to burn and whom You poisoned n whose wife you insulted while usurping their kingdom?
SB 1.13.25
Whether you like it or not, you will, however much you value your life, have it To face that this miserly body will dwindle and deteriorate like an old garment.
SB 1.13.26
He is called undisturbed who goes to an unknown, remote place Freed of obligations, quits his body when it has become useless.
SB 1.13.27
He is certainly an exemplar, who, by self or from others, remote, Becomes detached and leaves home with Lord installed in his heart
SB 1.13.28
Therefore, leave northwards without letting your relatives know where youre heading for; the Kali Yuga starts soon with an all round diminishing of the qualities of men hereafter.
SB 1.13.29
Then ,the old king of Ajamdha lineage, broke the strong family ties and left in that direction respecting the wisdom of his younger brother Vidura, having mind set for the path of liberation.
SB 1.13.30
He was followed by wife Gandhari the chaste and worthy daughter of Subala,the King accompaniying him to the Himalayas ,a place of delight to those in sanyasa n taking staff of renunciation as if they were fighters accepting the legitimacy of a good beating.
SB 1.13.31
Returning to the palace, Yudhishtira, who considered none for enemies , having worshiped deities ,with obeisances and gifts for all the brahmins, on to pay his respects , didnt find aunt Gndhr or his two aging uncles
SB 1.13.32
Anxious, he turned to Sajaya the son of Gavalgana ,who had narrated the account ,then of the battle to the blind Dhritarshthra, and asked him: 'Where is our old uncle, blind?
SB 1.13.33
Where is my well-wisher Vidura and mother Gndhr who was grieving over sons lost in the war; Has the old king, distressed in a mind of doubt about my offenses, for having lost his sons, drowned himself, together with his wife in the river Ganges?
SB 1.13.34
After the downfall of my father King Pndu they were the well-wishers who really were Protecting us all as we were still small children - where have my uncles gone from here?' "
SB 1.13.35
Suta said: "Sanjaya, who worried in for his master couldn't find him, was upset about the separation and, being too aggrieved, could not speak a word, shocked.
SB 1.13.36
Thinking about the feet of his master,Sanjaya ,with his hands wiped the tears from his face and tried to answer King Yudhishthhira, regaining his composure
SB 1.13.37
Sajaya said: 'I do not know what your uncles or Gndhr had in their minds, Oh great King , descendant of Kuru, these great souls have led me by the nose.'
SB 1.13.38
Then ,as sage Nrada appeared strumming his veena, Yudhishthhira and his young brothers got up from their seats to welcome him with their obeisances, thus said the king
SB 1.13.39
'Oh Supreme One, I do not know in which direction my uncles and aunt ascetic, who is so aggrieved about the loss of her beloved sons, have left.
SB 1.13.40
Just las a captain on a ship in the great ocean you are the Lord to guide us to the other side.' Thus being addressed the divine sage Nrada, the greatest among the wise , eternal, said
SB 1.13.41
'Oh King, never lament for any reason, for the world is controlled by the Lord All beings and their leaders worship Him for protection, and ,He is the one God Who brings everybody together and also disperses us again back to their abode
SB 1.13.42
The way a cow is led by a rope through the nose, one is likewise led by the hymns and precepts of the Vedas so as to follow according the demands of the Supreme.
SB 1.13.43
The way in the playthings at will are brought together and separated , it also happens to the people subjected to the Lords game are brought together and separated again.
SB 1.13.44
Whether one thinks persons eternal, temporal or else as both or as neither, they should never constitute a reason for lamentation; one is in that state because one is attached.
SB 1.13.45
Therefore, oh King, give up the anxiety you feel because of a lack of self knowledge, and stop thinking how these helpless poor creatures would be able to survive without you.
SB 1.13.46
How can a body, made of panch bhoothas controlled by time, motivated actions n the modes of nature kla, karma and gunas, protect others when by that snake of time ,all are goaded?
SB 1.13.47
Handless beings depends on the handed, the legless, on the legged,or, the weaker on the stronger and thus one being depends on the other.
SB 1.13.48
Therefore, O King, you should look to the Supreme Lord only, who is one without a second and manifests Himself by different energies and is both within and without.
SB 1.13.49
That Unborn One, the Father of Creation, has, oh King, at present descended in this world in a form of the all-devouring Time in order to eliminate all the enemies of the enlightened.
SB 1.13.50
The Lord did for the enlightened souls what had to be done and is awaiting the rest. You Pndavas must do the same and wait for as long as in this world, He is present
SB 1.13.51
Dhritarshthra, his brother Vidura and his wife Gndhr had departed for Himalayas where the sages have their refuge, on its southern side
SB 1.13.52
The place is known as Saptasrota because the river Svardhun starts there and to the joy of the seven rishis divided herself into the seven currents we know as her branches in sky.
SB 1.13.53
Bathing regularly there, with fire rituals and fasting by drinking water only, the wise Dhritarshthra has subdued his mind and senses detaching himself from family ties.
SB 1.13.54
Through asanas, prana-yamas and turning one's mind inward away from all the six senses one can, absorbed in the Lord, conquer the contaminations of purity, passion, or ignorance.
SB 1.13.55
Merging his identity with the Supreme Being ,knowing his qualitative oneness, united with the Absolute brahman, as the with the space outside , air in a pot merges
SB 1.13.56
Breaking the operation of the natural modes, no longer fed, his senses and mind halted without moving a limb, sits concentrating his mind, renouncing his duties, unhindered
SB 1.13.57
I expect that he will quit his body in five days, from now, oh King allowing it to turn to ashes
SB 1.13.58
While his wife, witnessing her husband being mystically set fire along with his cottage, fully conscious ,will follow him in that fire.
SB 1.13.59
Vidura, witnessing that incident, oh son of the Kuru dynasty, will, with feelings mixed of delight and grief, leave that place to embark on a pilgrimage, inspiring.'
SB 1.13.60
After thus having addressed the King, Nrada, along with his veena, rose up towards heaven; Yudhishthhira, taking his instructions at heart, thereupon gave up all his lamentations vain
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Srimad Bhagavatam
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V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 14

Dhritarshthra Quits Home
Chapter 14: The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
SB 1.14.1
Suta said: "Arjuna visited Dvrak to see his friends n Krishna, Praised by hymns, to learn of His plans .
SB 1.14.2
Even as Arjuna had not returned in a few months from there, Yudhishthhira saw various fearful omens.
SB 1.14.3
The times became fearful with seasonal irregularities and people Leading lives in anger, greed and falsities
SB 1.14.4
Cheating in ordinary transactions, mistrust and quarrel among well-wishers, fathers, mothers, brothers and also between man and wife there were ill-wills.
SB 1.14.5
The people gradually were decaying into unrighteousness and viewing these omens as serious, King spoke to his younger brother about rising social ills
SB 1.14.6
Ydhishthhira said to Bhima 'Arjuna went to see his friends In Dwaraka and wanting to know Lord Krishna's affairs .
SB 1.14.7
Seven months have passed after younger brother left for Dwaraka, , and I do not know why there is no information yet , oh Bhmasena
SB 1.14.8
Is it , that Our Lord has decided to leave the earthly plane as was hinted to me by Sage Narada , earlier.
SB 1.14.9
We have our wealth, kingdom ,wives , dynasty and our subjects, made possible by Lords mercy and with which we defeated our foes for a world better enabled.
SB 1.14.10
Look at the position of planets, happenings to our earth, body, Oh man- tiger, and the mind too, confusing our intellect signaling an impending great danger
SB 1.14.11
Repeated twitches of thighs, eyes, arms , the left of my torso and palpitations Of the heart due to the forbodings I have, all indicate ominous happenings.
SB 1.14.12
Oh Bhma, see how the jackal howls at sunrise and how the dog barks at me sans a shadow of fears
SB 1.14.13
Oh tiger of men, the grazing cows treat me indifferently the asses veer around me as the horses plod weepingly
SB 1.14.14
The pigeon seems like a messiah of death and the hooting owls and the crows, their foes , make my heart quiver as if it signals the very end of the universe.
SB 1.14.15
Oh Great Bhma, watch the smoke circles in the sky and the tremor of earth hills n mountains with thunder claps out of the cloudless sky, of no dearth.
SB 1.14.16
The dust storms blow sharply creating darkness all round stronger While rain from clouds turn sanguine as an imminent disaster.
SB 1.14.17
The sun lost its shine and the stars set to clash into one another While the beings are confounded , agitated n crying, as if they are.
SB 1.14.18
Rivers , tributaries, lakes , human minds , all are turbulent and fire doesnt ignite with butter,what an ominous time is this and what does it portend ?
SB 1.14.19
The calves do not suckle from the teats of mother cows which do not want to be milked Being affright and lachrymose, while the bulls do not graze in joy in the pasture lands.
SB 1.14.20
The deities appear crying , perspiring as if wanting to leave their great temples and the cities, villages, towns, gardens, mines n hermitages , being bereft of its serenity, lost their beauties n happiness, what sort of downfall await us hence ?
SB 1.14.21
I presume all these omens manifest for lacking the lotus- foot marks of the Lord, the earth bereft of Him, will be unfortunate lacking these Lordly signs in the world.
SB 1.14.22
Oh brahmin, while King Yudhishthhira who observed the bad omens thus was brooding on these, Arjuna returned from the kingdom of the Yadus.
SB 1.14.23
Prostrating at the feet of the King with unprecedented tears dripping from the lotus eyes of his melancholic ,drooping face.
SB 1.14.24
Feeling the depressed heart and the pallid visage of Arjuna, the King, who remembered Nradas words, amidst His friends queried him.
SB 1.14.25
Yudhishthhira queried: 'Are our Yadava relatives of Madhu, Bhoja, Dassarha, rha, Satvata and Andhaka all happily leading their lives in Dwaraka ?
SB 1.14.26
Is my revered maternal grandfather S'urasena well, living his days and are my uncle Vasudeva and his younger brothers hale as always?
SB 1.14.27
Are our seven great aunts , all sisters ,headed by Devak , As wives of Vasudeva ,their sons n daughters-in-law happy?
SB 1.14.28-29
Are King Ugrasena, whose son was the guileful Kamsa, and his younger brother, Hridka and his son Kritavarm and Akrra, Jayanta, Gada, Srana as well as S'atrujit and the rest all happy? Regarding Lord Balarama is it, that he, the protector of the devotees, is all right?
SB 1.14.30
Are the great Pradyumna , son of Krishna, and others of the Vrishni family Well,? And is not the grandson of Krishna Aniruddha , also faring happy ?
SB 1.14.31
And how are Sushena, Charudeshna and Samba, Jambavats son, doing, n the other eminent sons of Krishna also their very best sons?
SB 1.14.32-33
Are Srutadeva, Uddhava and other friends of Lord Krishna, Sunanda, Nanda doing well? And what about the other liberated souls, those best of men ,arent they too doing well? Also are all of them protected by of Balarma and Krishna thinking of our being-well?
SB 1.14.34
Is the Supreme Lord, the cynosure of all,the cows and the senses always caring for the devoted and the brahmins , enjoying the pious assembly of His friends around Him in Dvrak renowned?
SB 1.14.35-36
Lord resides in the ocean of Yadu dynasty,for the benefit of the world and its elevation Along with with Ananta the Balarma, and as they deserve it, the members of Yadu clan under the protection of His arms enjoy the spiritual pleasures like the residents of heaven.
SB 1.14.37
Simple, by serving lotus feet of the Lord, Dvraks noble queens headed by Satyabhm, induced the Lord to conquer the demigods showing that the queens enjoy things which are sole prerogatives of the wives of the controller of thunderbolts dwelling in the heavens
SB 1.14.38
Enjoying His protection, enter the yadus into the Sudharm assembly hall of Dwaraka ,though procured by force , worthy of the greatest of gods of all
SB 1.14.39
My dear brother, are you all healthy? I find your luster lost ,is it for missing the respect ,being neglected or,may be I can guess , you were away for so long?
SB 1.14.40
Has some one ,addressed you unfriendly or , threatened, or is it that You couldn't give the charity asked by some one or may I guess ,that you couldnt keep a promise you gave ?
SB 1.14.41
Were you approached for the protection ,of the learned ones, children, cows, the old,in cares, the diseased and the women, unable to offer shelter any living being who deserves your care?
SB 1.14.42
Or you met a discredited woman or you wre treated improperly or has your self on the road been defeated after by a superior power or by equals?
SB 1.14.43
Have you disregarded old men or boys who deserved to dine with you or did you do something which is hard for someone to forgive you?
SB 1.14.44
Or my brother Arjuna, is that you feel a void in your heart for your bossom friend ,Lord Krishna all the time? I can think of any reason why you should ever be so sad ! ' "
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Srimad Bhagavatam
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V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 15

Chapter 15: The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
SB 1.15.1
Chapter 15: The Pandavas Retire
SB 1.15.1
Suta said,Arjuna, Krishnas friend, was aggrieved by separation from Krishna, also by the vexing ,speculative inquiry of his elder brother King Yudhishtira.
SB 1.15.2
The deep grief dried his lotus visage and the heart as the luster vanished bodily. Brooding over the Lords Loss couldnt he even rise up to reply King, promptly
SB 1.15.3
The more he tried to check his ebbing chivalry, wiping his tears the more haunted was he by thoughts of Lord and was his airs .
SB 1.15.4
Remembering Lord as well-wisher, benefactor, intimate associate and charioteer, Arjuna, choking and panting began to speak to King Yudhishtira his eldest brother
SB 1.15.5
He said: 'Oh King, Lord Hari who treated me like His intimate friend has left me, Now bereft of the astounding powers that even astonished the gods , I feel lame .
SB 1.15.6
I lost Krishna whose separation for a moment makes the universe Appear unfavorable and v devoid of life, like a withering corpse
SB 1.15.7
By His mercy could I vanquish all the princes degenerate and win the selection match as the groom, hitting the fish- target at King Drupada's ,thus Draupadis hand did I catch
SB 1.15.8
By His mercy did I defeat Indra and his cohorts , and set Lord Agni to incinerate Khandava Forest , saved Demon Maya who built our assembly house, so great where all the princes from afar assembled to your honor, bringing magnificent gifts
SB 1.15.9
By His Grace our younger brother Bhma, having strength of a thousand elephants, for the sake of the sacrifice managed to kill Jarsandha who was worshiped by kings. It was Krishna who saved the kings , brought to be sacrificed to god of the ghosts and released them after Jarsandhas defeat ; they all paid you tribute afterwards.
SB 1.15.10
He made the Kurus wives to keep their hair untied as widows after the War, as censure to one of the Kurus attempt to untie the locks of Draupadi,a devotee of Krishna so sure
SB 1.15.11
Krishna answered our prayers when Durvs Muni arrived home to dine , with thousands of disciples, by accepting the left over food and satisfying the sages who in those moments were bathing, and the three worlds as well, by giving them all the feeling of full course meals
SB 1.15.12
By His Grace I surprised Lord Siva and his consort Girija, daughter of Himawan, because of which he and other gods gifted me their own weapons and did I obtain a half-elevated seat in the House of Indra in the Heaven while in this body, living in
SB 1.15.13
As I stayed few days as a guest in the heavens the demigods and Indra, took shelter of my arms branded by the Gandiva bow, to kill Nivtakavaca now I lost the Godhead,and the powers O King, descendant of Ajamha
SB 1.15.14
Seated on the chariot, I could overcome the invincible Kauravas, and return with enormous wealth of the enemy with the jewels I took from their heads perforce, all by his friendship and grace
SB 1.15.15
It was He who took back the life from everyone in the battlefield by his glance and withdrew the power and strength off the great military phalanx of the Kauravas, headed by Bhma, Karna, Drona , alya, despite their immaculate arrangements .
SB 1.15.16
Under His shield I was protected from the very powerful and invincible weapons Of Drona, King Sus'arm, Bhshma Karna, Bhris'rav, , King Jayadratha, or others just as Prahlda was saved by my Absolute Lord from the threat of the demons.
SB 1.15.17
By His mercy the enemies neglected to kill me as from my chariot I descended to slake the thirst of my war horses, and it was due to my low regard for my Lord that I dared to engage Him as my chariot driver, for He is worshiped and offered services by the best of men to attain salvation from the tribulations of the world.
SB 1.15.18
O King! His jokes and frank talks were pleasing and decorated with beautiful smiles And, O son of Pth, O friend, O son of the Kuru dynasty, and all such heartiness of addressesing me ,as I now recapitulate and thus overwhelmed ,were his sweet ways.
SB 1.15.19
While sleeping, relaxing or loitering together, in times of his magniloquence on acts of chivalry, I used to reproach Him , My friend, You are very frank. and in hours of wanton, as I attempted to devalue Him, the Supreme Soul used to tolerate those pranks of mine, excusing me exactly as a friend , or a father tolerating sons prattles.
SB 1.15.20
Oh Emperor, without Lord, my well-wisher and dear most of friends my heart and soul are vacant and recently as it happens to females, while protecting Krishna's wives I was defeated by infidel cowherds
SB 1.15.21
Now too the bow, arrows, chariot, horses, and Arjuna the chariot fighter to whom all the kings bowed are same,but all of these in a single moment has become less useful as butter offered to ashes, money by magic or, wasted seeds, in his absence unbearable
SB 1.15.22-23
O King, to your query , saddened am I to inform that, cursed by the sages , all our kith and kins in Dwaraka , intoxicated by wine they made from rice fermented and, not seeing their kinship, blinded by rage fought among themselves with sticks, till all of them except four or five of them were left and rest as corpses.
SB 1.15.24
Factually this is all due to the supreme will of the Lord, the Personality of Godhead. Sometimes people kill one another, and at other times they protect one another, in bond.
SB 1.15.25-26
O King, as the bigger and stronger fishes swallow up those smaller and weaker so also the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the burden of the earth to weaken,
engaged the bigger yadu to kill the smaller and the stronger Yadu to kill the weaker.
SB 1.15.27
I remember how attractive are the words spoken by Govinda , and how they, imbued in import are eternally appropriate to the time and circumstance,in putting an end to the pain in the heart. "
SB 1.15.28
Sta said: "Thus thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord and what He had instructed in the intimacy of deep friendship, Arjunas mind was pacified from all material concerns and found his calm.
SB 1.15.29
Arjuna's devotion grew soon and
the torrent of ruminations ended by envisioning in his mind the feet of Lord Vsudeva Kind
SB 1.15.30
Recalling the sublime words of the dear Lord in the battle and ruminating His pastimes and actions , did Arjuna dispel the dark forces of his mind and had his senses under control
SB 1.15.31
Free from concerns and soon cutting asunder the fears and doubts raised by the duality of the material world, from the cycle of births was he liberated
SB 1.15.32
Listening to the deliberations about the dematerialization of the Supreme Lord and the end of the Yadus ,Yudhishthhira too left as his mind had so decided
SB 1.15.33
Also Queen Kunt, who had overheard on the end of the Yadus and departure of the Lord,
engaged herself in the worship of the eternal transcendence of Absolute Godhead with full attention and from the course of material existence,the release she gained
SB 1.15.34
Through a mass uprising The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna , caused
the members of the Yadu dynasty annihilate themselves and relieved the world off the weeds like picking out a thorn with a thorn so rigid
SB 1.15.35
Just as in His Matsya and other incarnations, as a magician changing his body in order to accept another, He left the body He revealed after curing the world of its disorder.
SB 1.15.36
When Mukunda the Absolute , so sublimating to hear about, left this earth , did Kali manifest itself , being inauspicious to all whose minds have not awakened.
SB 1.15.37
Yudhishthhira who keenly saw things growing worse with the vicious circle of avarice, falsehood, dishonesty, sacrilege , violence and such, understood the time to leave and accordingly dressed.
SB 1.15.38
Thereafter, in the capital of Hastinpura, he enthroned his grandson, who was trained and equally qualified, as the emperor and master of all land, by the seas,well bordered
SB 1.15.39
At Mathura he made Vajra ,the son of Aniruddha, king of S'urasena, after which he had a prjpatya sacrifice enabling the fire in himself in order to attain his goal so hard.
SB 1.15.40
Renouncing his golden sash, belt, ornaments and all of that, he became perfectly detached from the unlimited bondage.
SB 1.15.41
He withdrew his speech into his mind, his mind and other senses into his breath, Which he withdrew in full dedication into panch bhoothas including earth
SB 1.15.42
Having offered those five elements of Panch Bhoothas to the three qualities of nature, union did he of thoughtfulness into the causal, and fixing all l of that into the soul into the Brahman.
SB 1.15.43
Accepting torn clothes, refusing solid food, vowed to silence and untying his hair, like a dumb madman or an unengaged urchin and deaf to anyone as if in prayers.
SB 1.15.44
North he trod, as all others who go there, on the path of his mindful foreparents, passing days constantly in prayers for the Supreme Beyond wherever he went.
SB 1.15.45
Seeing that the Age of Kali and its sacrilege had overtaken the citizens on earth, all the brothers followed suit and trailed behind the eldest one ,in souls dearth.
SB 1.15.46
They were all virtuous and knew Lord Sri Krishna as the giver of salvation as their supreme goal and meditated upon His Lotus feet without interruption.
SB 1.15.47-48
Thus by sheer consciousness, they attained the spiritual sky of devotion, ruled over by the Supreme Naryana, Lord Krishna , attained once in an eon only by those who meditate upon the one Supreme Lord without deviation . This abode of the Lord,the Goloka Vindvana, is barred for those absorbed in the material life but the Pandavas, in purity ,soon had it bodily attained
SB 1.15.49
Also Vidura ,in mind and actions devoted to Krishna ,returned to his own abode after quitting his physical self at Prabhsa in the company of his forefathers old.
SB 1.15.50
Draupad who realized that her husbands did not care anymore, concentrated on Lord Vsudeva, and thus reached the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
SB 1.15.51
Anyone who with devotion hears about this departure for the ultimate goal by the sons of Pndu who are so dear to the Supreme Lord, will find nothing but only good fortunes a and attain perfection, through devotional service of the Lovable Lotus feet of the Lords."
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V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 16

Chapter 16: How Parkchit Received the Age of Kali
SB 1.16.1
O Brahmins !That Great Royal sage then Parikshit ruled the earth as per the Words spoken by the star gazers on the day of his birth
SB 1.16.2
Sons four he begat in Iravati ,off King Uttara royal all of them with foremost as Janamejaya
SB 1.16.3
At the Ganges he did three horse yagnas and rewarded thrice The Supervising mentor,Godly Kripacharya with bounties.
SB 1.16.4
He once saw with his sagely vision the ruler of Kaliage , on his campaign trail a lowest form of rulerhip , disguised as a King, hurting the legs of a cow and a bull.
SB 1.16.5
Saunaka Queried:Why did King Parikshit reprimand the debased ruler of Kali-age for beating a cow ? Please tell this to us it relates to tales of Krishna,O divine sage
SB 1.16.6
The question is why would truth seekers who relish the honey at His lotus feet, waste their lives with endless illusory discussions on topics that are irrelevant?
SB 1.16.7
Oh Suta, in this world of mortals whose lifespan is short, those who desire eternal life ,calls for the presence of the Lord of Death, Yamrja who rules over the propitiatory sacrifice .
SB 1.16.8
The great Lord is invited to preside over sacrifices as he rules over death ,and let those who desire immortality drink from the narrations on His divine pastimes , to gain eternal life of high price
SB 1.16.9
Is it not so that those lazy, trivially-aimed and short-lived,beings pass their days and nights with aimless activities and sleeping?"
SB 1.16.10
Suta Said: When Parikshit at Kuru Kapital had forebodings of Kali-age might and its domination by scamps, he took up his bow and arrows for a military fight
SB 1.16.10
Well decorated under the protection of the lion in his flag and with black horses for his chariot, he left the capital accompanied by , cavalry, elephants and infantry to ensure his military might
SB 1.16.11
Bhadrasvva, Ketumala, Bharata, the northern countries of Kuru and Kimpurusha enroute to Himalayas were the lands he conquered,maintaining his authority by exacting tribute.
SB 1.16.12-15
Everywhere on the way he heard paens on his great forefathers and among glories of Lord Krishna he then heard on his deliverance from the powerful rays of Asvathamas weapons and on devotions for Lord Krishna among both Vrishni and Parths descendants Pleased , eyes wide in joy, he rewarded them in clothes, and riches.
SB 1.16.16
Serving as charioteer, presiding in assemblies, acting as a servant, being a friend and a messenger and keeping the watch at night ,Lord Vishnu as Krishna , obeyed by everyone had acted with prayers and obeisances in relation to the love-filled God-fearing Pandavas ,this imbued Parikshit with devotion for the loving Lord.
SB 1.16.17
Absorbed in the nobilities of his forefathers he chose thus in his everyday life to follow their path, hear about a curious incident that happened to him closeby
SB 1.16.18
Righteousness personified as a bull who crawled on one leg, having lost other three legs of virtues, met an aggrieved Mother Earth as a cow in tears suffering loss of her calves
SB 1.16.19
Dharma asked: 'Madam, are you hale and hearty? Looking with a gloomy face you appear to be affected by a disease or preoccupied with a relative far away from you, oh mother.
SB 1.16.20
Are you lamenting about my three languishing legs, or because the meat-eaters want to exploit your body? Or is it because the share of the sacrifice that enlightened ones are hence bereft for lack of yagnas or because the living beings increasingly suffer from famine, and drought?
SB 1.16.21
Are you feeling compunction for the sad women and children who are deserted Or because the goddess of learning is being handled by brhmins who are devoid Of her principles ? Or that the brhmins are by their enemies well sheltered ?
SB 1.16.22
Is it because the descendants of the noble class under the influence of Kali-yuga appear to have lost their minds and left and right have messed up the affairs of the state? Or is it because of the wonts that have developed in society to take one's food and drink and how one sleeps, bathes and has intercourse?
SB 1.16.23
Could it be, oh mother Earth, that you are thinking about the salvation brought by the the Lord Krishna who diminished your heavy load but is now out of sight?
SB 1.16.24
Tell me, oh reservoir of all riches, the reason for your sadness that reduced you so Or has oh mother, powerful Time stole away your fortunes extolled by thehigh souls?'
SB 1.16.25
Mother earth replied: 'Oh Dharma, I will do my best to answer all the questions you asked me, for you are on your all fours to bring happiness in all the worlds
SB 1.16.26-30
Truth, cleanliness, compassion, self-control,, contentment, straightforwardness, magnanimity concentration, sense-control, responsibility, equality, tolerance, equanimity and loyalty And certainly also knowledge, detachment, leadership, chivalry, influence, power, dutifulness, independence, dexterity, beauty, serenity and kindheartedness , as also gentieness, mannerliness, determination, knowledgeability, propriety, pleasantness, joyfulness, immovability, faithfulness, fame ,prowess and dignity ,, ingenuity ,,all these and many others are the everlasting qualities of the Supreme Lord, the never diminishing higher nature which can be attained by all those who are truly worthy of that greatness and, thanks to Him I myself am, just as the Goddess of Fortune, and reservoir of qualities, but in his absence as the pivot, Kali, is sinking the worlds.
SB 1.16.31
I am lamenting for me and also for you, society ,for the best of the enlightened, the gods the ancestors in heaven, the sages and the devotees, and for all people mired in this status
SB 1.16.32-33
Goddess Lakshm whose grace was sought by demigods like Lord Brahm and other gods by doing penance in surrender to the Lord, has for the sake of worship left her own abode in the forest of lotus flowers out of attachment to the all-blissful feet of the Lord of the world. As a consequence of what He did I, the mother earth , experienced the foot falls of the Supreme Lord, the proprietor of all opulence, succeeded in all the worlds magnanimously , decorated as I was with the special powers of the lotus flowers, thunderbolt, flag ,and staff but in the end, just when I felt so fortunate, He left us.
SB 1.16.34
He who relieved me of the burden of the hundreds of military divisions of atheist kings, incarnated in the Yadu family, for, you,righteousness had difficulty to keep standing.
SB 1.16.35
Who, I ask you, can tolerate it to be separated from the love, glances, smiles and hearty appeal of the Supreme Original Person who conquered the womens passionate devotion and gravity of women like Satyabhm and made my hairs as grasses stand on end, out of the pleasure of being imprinted by feet of His?'
SB 1.16.35
While the earth and the righteousness were thus conversing, Parkchit, who was renowned for being the saint among the kings, arrived at the Sarasvat river that was flowing to eastend."
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali, the personified aggression
SB 1.17.1
Suta said,so, near the Saraswati river,Parikshith saw The sudra, an unchaste one, dressed as a king, so raw Torturing till wailing an orphaned bull and a cow
SB 1.17.2
The bull, white as a lotus, scared of the mean bully Micturated out of fear, struggling on one leg only.
SB 1.17.3
The cow , itself an example of religiosity, in distress by s'dras clubbings, was without a calf and in tears and , yearning for fodder staggered, seeking grass.
SB 1.17.4
From his gilded chariot, well equipped with bow gleaming and arrows, as sharp missiles, Parkshit thundered, fuming
SB 1.17.5
'Who are you to oppress helpless wards under my aegis ? An imposing imposter, you appear highly God-Conscious And act like one without the light of civilization or sense .
SB 1.17.6
Is it that because Lord Krishna and Arjuna the wielder of Gndva bow, departed, you are at liberty to beat an innocent cow? For this felony you deserve to be killed!'
SB 1.17.7
And you, he asked the bull nearby,are you just a bull that, as white as a lotus, moved on one leg dragging others, or are you a demigod in bulls form making us sad?
SB 1.17.8
Under the protection of the Kuru dynasty there had never been a grievous instance of grievances on earth Except for the tears that I see in your eyes
SB 1.17.9
Oh Son of Surabhi the celestial cow, in my kingdom there will be no lamentation and do not fear the s'dra, and dear mother cow, do not cry if you are in my dominion for As long as I am the ruler and subduer of the envious or the unruly your fare is won!
SB 1.17.10-11
Oh chaste one !,King of a State where its residents including you are harassed by miscreants, will lose his fame, longevity, fortune and good birth to morass so it is mete that kings will quell the perpetrators of misery to the denizens and therefore kill this wretch who is so patently violent with all living beings.
SB 1.17.12
Oh great bull ! Who maimed you ,the son of Surabhi? Such wanton atrocities you faced, Has never in our lineage of kings who live in worship of Lord Krishna, before happened .
SB 1.17.13
Oh bull, you are honest and without taint, tell me therefore about him who tarnished the reputation of the sons of Prith by a mutilating whim ?
SB 1.17.14
Those worthless sinners who make the sinless suffer may fear me wherever they are , for I will curtail these crimes against the innocent ones and restore their welfare.
SB 1.17.15
Shall I forthwith defeat the upstart who torture the guileless Even if he is a demigod from heaven with armor and decorations
SB 1.17.16
It is for the State to protect the dutiful who follow the scriptures, And chastise those in this world who have strayed from such paths
SB 1.17.17
The bull as the Personified Righteousness said 'All you said speaking for the downtrodden
,ia apt, for the qualities that led Lord Krishna to pamper your clan , befitting a Pndava Scion
SB 1.17.18
Oh Greatest of the Great Souls ! bewildered by the gamut of theologies and ethics we the sufferers cannot tell who or what would be the cause of all human sufferings.
SB 1.17.19
Some declare the cause as one's own actions, others speak of supernatural causes, while others blame material reasons or the sin of accepting outside authorities.
SB 1.17.20
Some also conclude that it defies guidances and comprehension Oh sage amongst kings, who is right is in your power on decision
SB 1.17.21
Suta said: "Parkshit, listening to ethics personified Oh best among the brahmins, mindfully thus replied.
SB 1.17.22
Oh Knower and Giver of duties, Oh Dharma in the form of a bull, speak this way he who points to the sinner ends up in the position of doing sin in his own way.
SB 1.17.23
In other words: it is the ways of the Lord in the material world And living beings cannot put it in words nor, by them conceived .
SB 1.17.24
Penance, cleanliness, compassion and truthfulness are the legs in the age of truth and by now three are broken by conceit, lust and liquor ,as the rage
SB 1.17.25
At present, Oh Righteousness, you are hobbling on the one leg of truthfulness true, while rage personified ,Kali, who flourishes on deceit, works to destroy that leg too.
SB 1.17.26
Lord Krishna has reduced the burden of Mother Earth by his actions And brought good fortune everywhere through His divine footprints.
SB 1.17.27
In tears the unfortunate and chaste one mother earth who was deserted by Him is now enjoyed by the debased, devoid of learning, posing as rulers in my Home
SB 1.17.28
Thus pacifying the the Personified Ethics and Earth the great warrior King took up his sword in order to kill Kali, the root cause of irreligion n uprising.
SB 1.17.29
Realizing that the king wanted to kill him, Kali, out of fear, abandoned his royal attire and in full surrender prostrated at the feet of the righteous King and the denizens Sire.
SB 1.17.30
Out of compassion, he King who is kind to the poor and fit to adoration, with a smile refrained from killing the surrenderer ,and in the annals was worthy to be glorified
SB 1.17.31
King said,do not fear , for you have surrendered yourself with folded hands and, as inheritors of Arjunas heritage, I am exiling You the unethical,from my Land
SB 1.17.32
If you ever to be a lead men, irreligion , greed, falsehood, robbery, incivility, treachery, misfortune, cheating, quarrel and vanity and all of that will abound in the masses aplenty.
SB 1.17.33
So, oh friend of irreligion, you cannot remain in the vicinity of such places
of religious and truthful live in worship a for the Lord of all forms of Sacrifices.
SB 1.17.34
In such ceremonies , the Lord Hari , is worshiped as the Soul of all gods, And, He bestows welfare, for He like air, is every where,inside and outside
SB 1.17.35
Suta said: "addressed thus by Parkshit with a raised sword, Kali seeing him like Yamarja, the Lord of Death, trembled.
SB 1.17.36
Kali said: 'Wherever I may live under your order, oh Emperor, I will always have to face the reign of your bow and arrows.
O Your Majesty, though I may live any nook or everywhere nook By your order, I shall you with bow and arrows wherever I look.
SB 1.17.37
Oh Chief of the protectors of the religiosities therefore please, allot me a place I may use as a permanent stay under your rule.' "
SB 1.17.38
Suta said: "Thus being petitioned, he gave Kali permission to dwell in places
Of sins of gambling, drinking, prostitution and slaughter were taking place.
SB 1.17.39
Next , upon his persistent begging, King allotted him the place where there is gold,
for passion for gold ,for this fifth sin has falsity, intoxication, lust and enmity in hold.
SB 1.17.40
Thus by Parkshit, Grandson of Arjuna ,the son of Uttara and Abhimanyu in vogue the five dwelling places were given to Kali where irreligion and sacrilege for rogues.
SB 1.17.41
For that reason a righteous one never resort to any of these places, especially Those on the path of liberation, the royalty, the state officials , teachers alike.
SB 1.17.42
By encouraging activities that restored the bull's three lost legs of austerity, cleanliness and compassion, the earth was perfectly improved by King Parkchit.
SB 1.17.43-44
Thus the most fortunate emperor Mahrja Parkit, entrusted with the kingdom of Hastinpura by Mahrja Yudhihira when he retired to the forest by custom, ruled the world famously by the blessings of the kings of the Kuru fiefdom.
SB 1.17.43-44
Because of this experience of the son of Abhimanyu the king, thanks to his rule over the earth, you may all now have the initiation of the performance of sacrifices like this one in no dearth
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 18

Chapter 18:King Parkshit Cursed by a Sages Son
SB 1.18.1
Suta said: In his foetal stage, King Parkshit was to be scorched by the weapon of the son of Drona, but saved by the acts of the Supreme Lord S'r Krishnan
SB 1.18.2
Cursed by a brahmin to die by a snake, of death he was never afraid Because to the Supreme Lord he had himself consciously surrendered
SB 1.18.3
Leaving all those around him and having understood the actual position of the only One, he gave up his material body at the bank of the Ganges, as a disciple of Suka,Vysas son
SB 1.18.4
Those whose mind envisions His Lotus feet dwelling on hymns on Lord ,cherishing His nectarine glories, will not on death be ever confounded .
SB 1.18.5
Even though Kali is present everywhere, he cannot torment citizens as long the son of Abhimanyu, is the mighty one who factually rules.
SB 1.18.6
On the moment of leaving this earth by the Lord, Kali, who promotes sacrilege, appeared in this world.
SB 1.18.7
The emperor , cautious but never envious of Kali was like a bee going for the nectar, Knowing that blessedness lead to immediate success, but with inauspicious ones, never
SB 1.18.8
Kali, though to weaker ones appears to be of great power, is to the self-controlled a cause of apprehension, and thus Parkshit as a tiger among men ,to all appeared
SB 1.18.9
O sages, now I have narrated almost everything I know associated with the life of the pious Parikshit and Krishna
SB 1.18.10
Upon your request I have told nearly all the stories that Talk of Lord Vsudeva in relation to the pious Parkshit.
SB 1.18.11
Those on the divine path should take notice of all about the Supreme Lord His wonders, transcendental qualities I spoke about and uncommon deeds."
SB 1.18.11
The sages said: "O Suta, may you live a long, happy and a eternally famous life particularly, because your so nice wordson Lord Krishna grant us mortals the nectar of eternity certainly.
SB 1.18.12
In this performance of sacrifice, of which the outcome is uncertain, we are black of the smoke, but by the pleasing of Govinda's feet of your good self we enjoy the nectar of a lotus flower.
SB 1.18.13
Attaining worldly benedictions by perishable beings, or of higher worlds liberation material life, is nothing as one's perfect in the company of those in Lord s Devotion.
SB 1.18.14
Tasting it once, one will never feel enough of the tales of the Lord, the sole solace
for all living beings, whose glories could never be measured by transcendance by even Lord Brahma or even Lord S'iva, the greatest master of the mystic dance
SB 1.18.15
Pour the mystic tales of Vasudeva into our ears thirsting for it O Learnt One Because He is the sole object of your worship and services as his chosen One
SB 1.18.16
O Sta, tell, us as did Suka, Vyasason, on Lords by which Parkit, intent on liberation, attained it at the Lotus feet of the Lord, the shelter of Garua, the king of birds in devotion.
SB 1.18.17
On the supreme purification wonderfully obtained in worship, therefore teach us n describe, as told to Parkshit, the acts of the Absolute endearing to his devotees.
SB 1.18.18
r Sta said our high status despite a mixed birth is by serving the seers, even by conversing with such great souls, one expunges all disqualifications
SB 1.18.19
And, what of those who take shelter of the great devotees chanting His name Ananta ,the unlimited in potency and immeasurably great by His attributes?
SB 1.18.20
To describe of Him the absolute ,unlimited and equal to none, it suffices to say, that
Goddess of Fortune, serves His feet unasked while rejecting, others who asked for it.
SB 1.18.21
Who else is the Supreme Lord besides Krishna Mukunda from whose toenails Lord Brahm collects water issuing forth via Lord S'iva purifying the universe.
SB 1.18.22
His devotees are capable of instantly detaching from gross body and the subtle mind and take shelter of the highest stage in which nonviolence and renunciation is found.
SB 1.18.23
As you who are as strong as the sun asked me, I can share the knowledge I have acquired; birds fly as far as they can, Ishall enlighten you on Vishnu as far as my realization permits.
SB 1.18.24-25
Once , hunting stags , bow and arrows in hand, Parkshit was fatigued, hungry and thirsting Looking for water ,he entered the hermitage of rishi S'amka and saw the sage meditating
SB 1.18.26
Restraining sense organs, breath, mind and intelligence merged with Absolute, and in trance he dwelt above the three modes of mind such as dream, wakefulness, and unconsciousness.
SB 1.18.27
To the sage, seated on a deer skin , covered by his long, matted hair plaitts The king, suffering from parched throat asked for water to slake his thirst .
SB 1.18.28
Not being honoured, nor properly received with a place to sit, water or pleasantries, King got so angry. as ,insulted he felt
SB 1.18.29
Oh brahmins, being distressed of hunger,and thirst,unlimited his anger and hostility against the brahmin was unprecedented.
SB 1.18.30
Angered, he picked up a dead snake he found nearby with end of his bow and placed it around the neck of the sage as he prepared to withdraw.
SB 1.18.31
There the King wondered whether the sage was pretending or not as if in trance avoid engaging a lesser mortal being
SB 1.18.32
When the sage's son, playing with some children heard of the insult the king had meted out to his , so said:
SB 1.18.33
'Look how sacrilegious these rulers are! Enriching themselves like crows, these grabbers take what is settled for laity, while they are nothing but dogs keeping watch at the door!
SB 1.18.34
The scions of the royals are to guard the enlightened ones like watchdogs on what grounds would he who is supposed to stay at the door deserves to enter the house of the master and eat from the same plate in defiance?
SB 1.18.35
Since Krishna our protector, who is the Lord and ruler of those upstarts has departed, I shall punish them myself, with my power just witness!'
SB 1.18.36
Speaking to playmates in fiery red eyes , the son of the rishi touched the water of the Kausika river and cast the strong mystic spell aloud
SB 1.18.37
Verily, seven days from now the royal wretch , who insulted my Sire by breaking the etiquette, will, be bitten by a snake to his own pyre '
SB 1.18.38
As he returned to the hermitage, he saw the snake tight over his father's shoulder and wept aloud over the plight
SB 1.18.39
S'aunaka, when the rishi heard his son wailing aloud, he of Angir clan opened his eyes and saw the dead snake on his shoulder dangling down.
SB 1.18.40
Tossing it off , he queried 'My son, what ails you? Are you wronged by any ?' Thus being requested, the boy told him in tears everything.
SB 1.18.41
Hearing the curse on a magnanimous king who should never have been condemned, he did not compliment his son, but lamented instead: 'Alas! What a sin is committed by pronouncing such a curse for an insignificant act of a ruler of our majestic land!
SB 1.18.42
In fact none can place a layman and a Man of God on the same place As he completely ensured prosperity by his unsurpassable prowess.
SB 1.18.43
My lad, he represents Lord Himself by this soverign, once he falls, this world will be full of rascalous thieves who will hound the unprotected like they were lambs.
SB 1.18.44
For cursing the monarch,this sin will overtake us causing great social disorder. The wealth will be taken by thieves and among the people there will be murder molestation as and abuse of women and animals for lack of a just social warder.
SB 1.18.45
Then there will be systematic decadence of an all ancient civilizations Following capability based divisions as per glorious vedic injunctions as people will be more attracted to profits and gross sense gratifications, Decaying to the level of dogs and monkeys that scurry for such vocation.
SB 1.18.46
When the protector of the religion, the king, the most celebrated of emperors, a protg of the Lord , saint and a performer of vedic sacrifices approached us hungry, thirsty and fatigued by hunting, he never deserves to be cursed like this.'
SB 1.18.47
The Supreme sage then prayed to Lord to pardon his child of intelligence so dull for the great sin he had committed against a sinless, worthy and subordinate soul
SB 1.18.48
He prayed: 'Whether they are defamed, cheated, cursed, disturbed, neglected or even when one of them is killed, the forbearing devotees of the Lord never seek revenge anytime on anyone.'
SB 1.18.49
Thus the sage regretted the sin of his son while he didn't consider the king insulting him sinful.
SB 1.18.50
The saints are not distressed or happy by dualities of the world as ,generally they are permeated by the transcendence of the soul."
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Srimad Bhagavatam
In EnglishVerses
V.I.G.Menon
Canto1 Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Appearance of S'ukadeva Gosvm
SB 1.19.1
Suta said: "Reaching home the king regretted what he did and felt depressed Feeling 'Alas, what I did to the guileless sage was truly evil and uncivilized.
SB 1.19.4
I may meet with divine wrath and tribulations and do hope that to happen soon enough so that I will expiate my sins and never commit such acts again.
SB 1.19.3
Let fire engulf my kingdom, strength and wealth today in the ire of the brahmin, and the taint of sinning to the Lord, the culture and the cows may not to me, return.'
SB 1.19.4
Repenting thus, the spell of death by snake-bite, pronounced by the sage's son reached him and he took it logical for the impertinence and indifference that material associations deem.
SB 1.19.5
Concluding service at the Lords Lotus feet is superior, he gave up this world and next, he sat down fasting at the bank of Ganges which to his opinion the he could do best
SB 1.19.6
Waters of Ganges, holy by the dust off Lord Krishnas feet and the serene, floating tulasi leaves , by his worshippers left as purifying to inner and outer worlds and to Lord of Death Siva himself ,which mortal would hesitate now to go for it ?
SB 1.19.7
All the vedic sages and their seer-pupils whose visit could sanctify the Ganges joined him on the plea of a pilgrimage as if to purify themselves by Ganges
SB 1.19.8-10
Atri, Cyavana, S'aradvn, Arishthanemi, Bhrigu, Vasishthha with Pars'ara, Vis'vmitra, Angir, Paras'urma, Uthathya, Idhmavhu and Indrapramada, Medhtithi, Devala, rshthisena, Bhradvja, Gautama, Pippalda, Maitreya, Aurva, Kavasha, Kumbhayoni, Dvaipyana and the great personality Nrada
SB 1.19.11
Also many other divinities, saintly brahmins, and advisors of the most prominent nobles and many other sages like Aruna appeared to the occasion and all the heads of the dynasties of sagely assembly there was welcomed by the emperor bowing his head to the spiritualists.
SB 1.19.12
When all were seated comfortably, he,before them with folded hands present as someone whose mind is detached from worldly affairs, after again in respect having offered them his obeisances, humbly spoke about his decision to fast.
SB 1.19.13
The king said: 'We are truly grateful to be the most fortunate of all the kings who are trained to be receptive to the favors granted by the greatest of souls, because at the feet of the saints the royalty because of their reprehensible actions , are but refuse to be kept at a distance.
SB 1.19.14
For my sins Lord of the Worlds pronounced a curse against me through that sage, as I was living with mundane attachments when Lord ,through my awe ,took stage
SB 1.19.15
Therefore oh Seers , just accept me as one surrendered with the Lords feet in his heart on the lap of divine mother Ganges , and, accursed by the sages son, Let the serpent, bite me forthwith, while for my soul let me hear the tales of Lord Vishnu hear it recited
SB 1.19.16
I pray to have total union with Lord Krishna, should I have another birth And association with His devotees and with all living beings on earth
SB 1.19.17
Composed, on crowning his son earlier, The King seated himself on kus'a grass laid to the east, while facing the north from the southern bank of the Ganges.
SB 1.19.18
The gods of the skies pleased by his fast until death, showered flowers , amidst the tumult of celestial drums and cymbals in praise, or to bless.
SB 1.19.19
The great sages by their godly goodness, glorified in the Vedas, lauded him for his being so enlightened
SB 1.19.20
It is not astonishing that our saintly king, heir to a throne decorated with the crowns of kings, and follower of Krishna, relinquished a royal life for the sake of salvation
SB 1.19.21
We all will stay put here till he leaves his corporeal existence and return to the Supreme, completely free from worldly concerns and lamentation'
SB 1.19.22
Parikshit complimented the sages, for their speech impartial, sweet , grave and true, with an appropriate show of respect and said, desirous to hear the tales of Vishnu:
SB 1.19.23
As the representatives of the One above the three worlds' here you all have assembled with no craving for this or the world beyond, but by your nature only to all ,do good
SB 1.19.24
Therefore I beg you , Vedic men of deep learning, to explain what are the different duties and prescribed and befitting conduct of all, and especially of those who are about to die,
SB 1.19.25
Then, as if prayed for, the saintly ,mendicant son of Vyasa, Sri Suka appeared, unadorned, Moving amidst children, negating material comforts or identity, in total enlightenment.
SB 1.19.26
Only sixteen years old, he had a body with shapely shoulders and forehead, legs, hands, thighs, arms and a neck as shapely as a conch shell also wide eyes, high nose, nice ears, and eyebrows.
SB 1.19.27
With a fleshy collarbone, a broad chest and a deep navel he had nice folds in his abdomen, Stark naked with curly, scattered hair and long arms and gods he had dark complexion
SB 1.19.28
Though Suka was scantly dressed , the sages, with an eye for physiognomy, recognized the symptoms of the dark skin, the beauty at the tender age and the attraction he held for the fair sex with his innocent smiles, in reverence from their seats all of them stood
SB 1.19.29
Parikshit, blessed by Vishnu, bowed at the young sage and offered his obeisances, as the innocent urchins and women around him retired, for the exalted seat given .
SB 1.19.30
Surrounded by the great sages among , the kings and the saintly ones, S'uka shone forth as moon , by the planets, heavenly bodies and stars.
SB 1.19.31
When calm, enlightened and self-assured, Suka sat down , the great devotee, King Parikshit, who bowing with folded hands asked questions as a votary.
SB 1.19.32
Parkshit said: 'Oh the realiser of Brahman, it is a blessing for us the ruling class today to be a servant of thee, the Lords devotee, by your mercy of being our guest
SB 1.19.33
When we think of your divinity , that immediately purifies all the places we inhabit, not to mention what it means to see you, touch you, wash your feet and offer you a seat.
SB 1.19.34
Through your presence, oh great mystic, our gravest sins are expunged, even of nonbelievers,by Vishnus grace !
SB 1.19.35
Finally Krishna, the Supreme Lord so dear to the sons of Pandu, was of mercy for me and has, for the satisfaction of His cousins and brothers, accepted me, their descendant, as one of theirs.
SB 1.19.36
How else could it be possible that you, Suka Swamy, out of your free will, have appeared here to meet us specially for someone nearing death, while normally, the all-perfect , you cannot be found among the common people?
SB 1.19.37
Therefore I beg you as the supreme spiritual master , to clarify what, in this life, the beatitude , the final perfection, would be for a person and what for someone about to die would be the duty.
SB 1.19.38
Please explain what the people in general, oh master, should chant about, what they should what they should remember and share, as also what would be against the principles ,good.
SB 1.19.39
This I ask because, oh supreme devotee, in the giant mansions of the householders one rarely sees you staying a time longer than it takes for a cow by its milkers.' "
SB 1.19.40
Suta said: "Thus being addressed and questioned by the king, pleasantly Suka, well versed in the knowledge of what is one's duty, began his reply."
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Srimad Bhagavatam

First Time In The world

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter1

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead . Questions by the Sages

Chapter 2 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter1

Divinity and Divine Service SB 1.2.1

Seers say essence of knowledge, non-dual Is called Brahman,Paramatma or Bhagavan

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter1

Krishna is the Source of All Incarnations SB 1.3.1

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter4

The Appearance of Sri Narada

of the houses only for as long as it takes to milk a cow there

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter5

Narada's Instructions on Srimad Bhgavatam for Veda Vyasa SB 1.5.01

One constantly remembers Him, His names and divine qualities.

O Lord we chant the names of Vsudeva Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Sankarshana.

Please therefore, describe the almighty Lords life and times

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 6

The Conversation Between Nrada and Vysa

and I, grateful , bowed my head in obeisance to His greatness and glorified.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter5

The Son of Drona Punished SB 1.7.1

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 8

Parkchit Saved and Prayers by Queen Kunt.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 9

The Passing Away of Bhshmadeva in the Presence of Lord Krishna

to the battlefield where he saw dying Bhshma-acharya lying down.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 10

The Departure of Lord Krishna for Dvrak SB 1.10.1

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 11

Lord Sri Krishna's Entrance Into Dvaraka

by the descendants of Vi from Bhoja onwards were as strong as Lord Ka.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 12

The Birth of Emperor Parikchit

blackish with a golden helmet and clothes lightening

unyielding as fire and as unsurpassable as the ocean.

Advised by the Lord , and respecting the his brothers

Wishes ,he went northward to collect sufficient riches.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 13

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead

Dhritarshthra Quits Home

As if awakened from death they approached him in great delight

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 14

Dhritarshthra Quits Home

Chapter 14: The Disappearance of Lord Krishna

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 15

Chapter 15: The Disappearance of Lord Krishna

Chapter 15: The Pandavas Retire

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 16

Chapter 16: How Parkchit Received the Age of Kali

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 17

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead

Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali, the personified aggression

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 18

Chapter 18:King Parkshit Cursed by a Sages Son

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Appearance of S'ukadeva Gosvm

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