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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 1,
"reference": "SB 4.1.1",
"devanagari": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nमनोस्तु शतरूपायां तिस्रः कन्याश्च जज्ञिरे\nआकूतिर्देवहूतिश्च प्रसूतिर् इति विश्रुताः",
"transliteration": "maitreya uvāca\nmanos tu śatarūpāyāṁ\ntisraḥ kanyāś ca jajñire\nākūtir devahūtiś ca\nprasūtir iti viśrutāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maitreyaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Maitreya said"
]
},
{
"word": "manoḥ tu",
"meanings": [
"of Svāyambhuva Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "śatarūpāyām",
"meanings": [
"in his wife Śatarūpā"
]
},
{
"word": "tisraḥ",
"meanings": [
"three"
]
},
{
"word": "kanyāḥ ca",
"meanings": [
"daughters also"
]
},
{
"word": "jajñire",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "ākūtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"named Ākūti"
]
},
{
"word": "devahūtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"named Devahūti"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "prasūtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"named Prasūti"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "viśrutāḥ",
"meanings": [
"well known."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Śrī Maitreya said:</b><b> Svāyambhuva Manu begot three daughters in his wife Śatarūpā, and their names were Ākūti, Devahūti and Prasūti.</b>",
"purport": [
"First of all let us offer our respectful obeisances unto our spiritual master, Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, by whose order I am engaged in this herculean task of writing commentary on the <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> as the Bhaktivedanta purports. By his grace we have finished three cantos already, and we are just trying to begin the Fourth Canto. By his divine grace let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya, who began this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement of <i>Bhāgavata-dharma</i> 500 years ago, and through His grace let us offer our obeisances to the six Gosvāmīs, and then let us offer our obeisances to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual couple who enjoy eternally in Vṛndāvana with Their cowherd boys and damsels in Vrajabhūmi. Let us also offer our respectful obeisances to all the devotees and eternal servitors of the Supreme Lord.",
"In this Fourth Canto of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> there are thirty-one chapters, and all these chapters describe the secondary creation by Brahmā and the Manus. The real creation is done by the Supreme Lord Himself by agitating His material energy, and then, by His order, Brahma, the first living creature in the universe, attempts to create the different planetary systems and their inhabitants, expanding the population through his progeny, like Manu and other progenitors of living entities, who work perpetually under the order of the Supreme Lord. In the First Chapter of this Fourth Canto there are descriptions of the three daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu and their descendants. The next six chapters describe the sacrifice performed by King Dakṣa and how it was spoiled. Thereafter the activities of Mahārāja Dhruva are described in five chapters. Then, in eleven chapters, the activities of King Pṛthu are described, and the next eight chapters are devoted to the activities of the Pracetas Kings. As described in the first verse of this chapter, Svāyambhuva Manu had three daughters, named Ākūti, Devahūti and Prasūti. Of these three daughters, one daughter, Devahūti, has already been described, along with her husband, Kardama Muni, and her son, Kapila Muni. In this chapter the descendants of the first daughter, Ākūti, will specifically be described. Svāyambhuva Manu was the son of Brahmā. Brahmā had many other sons, but Manu's name is specifically mentioned first because he was a great devotee of the Lord. In this verse there is also the word <i>ca,</i> indicating that besides the three daughters mentioned, Svāyambhuva Manu also had two sons."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 2,
"reference": "SB 4.1.2",
"devanagari": "आकूतिं रुचये प्रादाद् अपि भ्रातृमतीं नृपः\nपुत्रिकाधर्मम् आश्रित्य शतरूपानुमोदितः",
"transliteration": "ākūtiṁ rucaye prādād\napi bhrātṛmatīṁ nṛpaḥ\nputrikā-dharmam āśritya\nśatarūpānumoditaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ākūtim",
"meanings": [
"Ākūti"
]
},
{
"word": "rucaye",
"meanings": [
"unto the great sage Ruci"
]
},
{
"word": "prādāt",
"meanings": [
"handed over"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"although"
]
},
{
"word": "bhrātṛmatīm",
"meanings": [
"daughter having a brother"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the King"
]
},
{
"word": "putrikā",
"meanings": [
"get the resultant son"
]
},
{
"word": "dharmam",
"meanings": [
"religious rites"
]
},
{
"word": "āśritya",
"meanings": [
"taking shelter"
]
},
{
"word": "śatarūpā",
"meanings": [
"by the wife of Svāyambhuva Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "anumoditaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being sanctioned."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Ākūti had two brothers, but in spite of her brothers, King Svāyambhuva Manu handed her over to Prajāpati Ruci on the condition that the son born of her be returned to him as his son. This he did in consultation with his wife, Śatarūpā.</b>",
"purport": [
"Sometimes a sonless person offers his daughter to a husband on the condition that his grandson be returned to him to be adopted as his son and inherit his property. This is called <i>putrikā-dharma,</i> which means that by execution of religious rituals one gets a son, although he is sonless by his own wife. But here we see extraordinary behavior in Manu, for in spite of his having two sons, he handed over his first daughter to Prajāpati Ruci on the condition that the son born of his daughter be returned to him as his son. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākur comments in this connection that King Manu knew that the Supreme Personality of Godhead would take birth in the womb of Ākūti; therefore, in spite of having two sons, he wanted the particular son born of Ākūti because he was ambitious to have the Supreme Personality of Godhead appear as his son and grandson. Manu is the lawgiver of mankind, and since he personally executed the <i>putrikā-dharma,</i> it is to be accepted that such a system can be adopted by mankind also. Thus, even though one has a son, if he wants to have a particular son from his daughter, he can give his daughter in charity on that condition. That is the opinion of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 3,
"reference": "SB 4.1.3",
"devanagari": "प्रजापतिः स भगवान्रुचिस्तस्याम् अजीजनत्\nमिथुनं ब्रह्मवर्चस्वी परमेण समाधिना",
"transliteration": "prajāpatiḥ sa bhagavān\nrucis tasyām ajījanat\nmithunaṁ brahma-varcasvī\nparameṇa samādhinā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "prajāpatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"one who is entrusted with begetting children"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"the most opulent"
]
},
{
"word": "ruciḥ",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Ruci"
]
},
{
"word": "tasyām",
"meanings": [
"in her"
]
},
{
"word": "ajījanat",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "mithunam",
"meanings": [
"couple"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-varcasvī",
"meanings": [
"very much spiritually powerful"
]
},
{
"word": "parameṇa",
"meanings": [
"with great strength"
]
},
{
"word": "samādhinā",
"meanings": [
"in trance."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Ruci, who was very powerful in his brahminical qualifications and was appointed one of the progenitors of the living entities, begot one son and one daughter by his wife, Ākūti.</b>",
"purport": [
"The word <i>brahma-varcasvī</i> is very significant. Ruci was a <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> and he executed the brahminical duties very rigidly. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> the brahminical qualifications are control of the senses, control of the mind, cleanliness within and without, development of spiritual and material knowledge, simplicity, truthfulness, faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, etc. There are many qualities which indicate a brahminical personality, and it is understood that Ruci followed all the brahminical principles rigidly. Therefore he is specifically mentioned as <i>brahma-varcasvī.</i> One who is born of a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> father but does not act as a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is called, in Vedic language, a <i>brahma-bandhu,</i> and is calculated to be on the level of <i>śūdras</i> and women. Thus in the <i>Bhāgavatam</i> we find that <i>Mahābhārata</i> was specifically compiled by Vyāsadeva for <i>strī-śūdra-brahma-bandhu.</i> <i>Strī</i> means women, <i>śūdra</i> means the lower class of civilized human society, and <i>brahma-bandhu</i> means persons who are born in the families of <i>brāhmaṇas</i> but do not follow the rules and regulations carefully. All of these three classes are called less intelligent; they have no access to the study of the <i>Vedas,</i> which are specifically meant for persons who have acquired the brahminical qualifications. This restriction is based not upon any sectarian distinction but upon qualification. The Vedic literatures cannot be understood unless one has developed the brahminical qualifications. It is regrettable, therefore, that persons who have no brahminical qualifications and have never been trained under a bona fide spiritual master nevertheless comment on Vedic literatures like the <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> and other <i>Purāṇas,</i> for they cannot deliver their real message. Ruci was considered a first-class <i>brāhmaṇa;</i> therefore he is mentioned here as <i>brahma-varcasvī,</i> one who had full prowess in brahminical strength."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 4,
"reference": "SB 4.1.4",
"devanagari": "यस्तयोः पुरुषः साक्षाद्विष्णुर्यज्ञस्वरूपधृक्\nया स्त्री सा दक्षिणा भूतेर् अंशभूतानपायिनी",
"transliteration": "yas tayoḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣād\nviṣṇur yajña-svarūpa-dhṛk\nyā strī sā dakṣiṇā bhūter\naṁśa-bhūtānapāyinī",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yaḥ",
"meanings": [
"one who"
]
},
{
"word": "tayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"out of them"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"male"
]
},
{
"word": "sākṣāt",
"meanings": [
"directly"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣṇuḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "yajña",
"meanings": [
"Yajña"
]
},
{
"word": "svarūpa-dhṛk",
"meanings": [
"accepting the form"
]
},
{
"word": "yā",
"meanings": [
"the other"
]
},
{
"word": "strī",
"meanings": [
"female"
]
},
{
"word": "sā",
"meanings": [
"she"
]
},
{
"word": "dakṣiṇā",
"meanings": [
"Dakṣiṇā"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūteḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the goddess of fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁśa-bhūtā",
"meanings": [
"being a plenary expansion"
]
},
{
"word": "anapāyinī",
"meanings": [
"never to be separated."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Of the two children born of Ākūti, the male child was directly an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His name was Yajña, which is another name of Lord Viṣṇu. The female child was a partial incarnation of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, the eternal consort of Lord Viṣṇu.</b>",
"purport": [
"Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, is the eternal consort of Lord Viṣṇu. Here it is stated that both the Lord and Lakṣmī, who are eternal consorts, appeared from Ākūti simultaneously. Both the Lord and His consort are beyond this material creation, as confirmed by many authorities (<i>nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyaktāt</i>); therefore their eternal relationship cannot be changed, and Yajña, the boy born of Ākūti, later on married the goddess of fortune."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 5,
"reference": "SB 4.1.5",
"devanagari": "आनिन्ये स्वगृहं पुत्र्याः पुत्रं विततरोचिषम्\nस्वायम्भुवो मुदा युक्तो रुचिर्जग्राह दक्षिणाम्",
"transliteration": "āninye sva-gṛhaṁ putryāḥ\nputraṁ vitatarociṣam\nsvāyambhuvo mudā yukto\nrucir jagrāha dakṣiṇām",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "āninye",
"meanings": [
"brought to"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-gṛham",
"meanings": [
"home"
]
},
{
"word": "putryāḥ",
"meanings": [
"born of the daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "putram",
"meanings": [
"the son"
]
},
{
"word": "vitatarociṣam",
"meanings": [
"very powerful"
]
},
{
"word": "svāyambhuvaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Manu named Svāyambhuva"
]
},
{
"word": "mudā",
"meanings": [
"being very pleased"
]
},
{
"word": "yuktaḥ",
"meanings": [
"with"
]
},
{
"word": "ruciḥ",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Ruci"
]
},
{
"word": "jagrāha",
"meanings": [
"kept"
]
},
{
"word": "dakṣiṇām",
"meanings": [
"the daughter named Dakṣiṇā."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Svāyambhuva Manu very gladly brought home the boy named Yajña who was so beautiful, and Ruci, his son-in-law, kept with him the daughter, Dakṣiṇā.</b>",
"purport": [
"Svāyambhuva Manu was very glad to see that his daughter, Ākūti, had given birth to both a boy and girl. He was afraid that he would take one son and that because of this his son-in-law, Ruci, might be sorry. Thus when he heard that a daughter was born along with the boy, he was very glad. Ruci, according to his promise, returned his male child to Svāyambhuva Manu and decided to keep the daughter, whose name was Dakṣiṇā. One of Lord Viṣṇu's names is Yajña because He is the master of the <i>Vedas.</i> The name Yajña comes from <i>yajuṣāṁ patiḥ;</i> in the <i>Yajur-veda</i> there are different ritualistic prescriptions for performing <i>yajñas</i>, and the beneficiary of all such <i>yajñas</i> is the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. Therefore it is stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā, yajñārthāt karmaṇaḥ</i>: one should act, but one should perform one's prescribed duties only for the sake of Yajña, or Viṣṇu. If one does not act for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or if one does not perform devotional service, then there will be reactions to all his activities. It does not matter if the reaction is good or bad; if our activities are not dovetailed with the desire of the Supreme Lord, or if we do not act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then we shall be responsible for the results of all our activities. There is always a reaction to every kind of action, but if actions are performed for Yajña, there is no reaction. Thus if one acts for Yajña, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is not entangled in the material condition, for it is mentioned in the <i>Vedas</i> and also in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> that the <i>Vedas</i> and the Vedic rituals are all meant for understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. From the very beginning one should try to act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; that will free one from the reactions of material activities."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 6,
"reference": "SB 4.1.6",
"devanagari": "तां कामयानां भगवान् उवाह यजुषां पतिः\nतुष्टायां तोषम् आपन्नो ऽजनयद्द्वादशात्मजान्",
"transliteration": "tāṁ kāmayānāṁ bhagavān\nuvāha yajuṣāṁ patiḥ\ntuṣṭāyāṁ toṣam āpanno\n'janayad dvādaśātmajān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tām",
"meanings": [
"her"
]
},
{
"word": "kāmayānām",
"meanings": [
"desiring"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"the Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "uvāha",
"meanings": [
"married"
]
},
{
"word": "yajuṣām",
"meanings": [
"of all sacrifices"
]
},
{
"word": "patiḥ",
"meanings": [
"master"
]
},
{
"word": "tuṣṭāyām",
"meanings": [
"in His wife who was very much pleased"
]
},
{
"word": "toṣam",
"meanings": [
"great pleasure"
]
},
{
"word": "āpannaḥ",
"meanings": [
"having obtained"
]
},
{
"word": "ajanayat",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "dvādaśa",
"meanings": [
"twelve"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmajān",
"meanings": [
"sons."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The Lord of the ritualistic performance of yajña later married Dakṣiṇā, who was anxious to have the Personality of Godhead as her husband, and in this wife the Lord was also very much pleased to beget twelve children.</b>",
"purport": [
"An ideal husband and wife are generally called Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa to compare them to the Lord and the goddess of fortune, for it is significant that Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa are forever happy as husband and wife. A wife should always remain satisfied with her husband, and a husband should always remain satisfied with his wife. In the <i>Cāṇakya-śloka,</i> the moral instructions of Cāṇakya Paṇḍit, it is said that if a husband and wife are always satisfied with one another, then the goddess of fortune automatically comes. In other words, where there is no disagreement between husband and wife there is all material opulence present, and good children are born. Generally, according to Vedic civilization, the wife is trained to be satisfied in all conditions, and the husband, according to Vedic instruction, is required to please the wife with sufficient food, ornaments and clothing. Then, if they are satisfied with their mutual dealings, good children are born. In this way the entire world can become peaceful, but unfortunately in this age of Kali there are no ideal husbands and wives; therefore unwanted children are produced, and there is no peace and prosperity in the present-day world."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 7,
"reference": "SB 4.1.7",
"devanagari": "तोषः प्रतोषः सन्तोषो भद्रः शान्तिर् इडस्पतिः\nइध्मः कविर्विभुः स्वह्नः सुदेवो रोचनो द्विषट्",
"transliteration": "toṣaḥ pratoṣaḥ santoṣo\nbhadraḥ śāntir iḍaspatiḥ\nidhmaḥ kavir vibhuḥ svahnaḥ\nsudevo rocano dviṣaṭ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "toṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Toṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "pratoṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Pratoṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "santoṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Santoṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "bhadraḥ",
"meanings": [
"Bhadra"
]
},
{
"word": "śāntiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Śānti"
]
},
{
"word": "iḍaspatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Iḍaspati"
]
},
{
"word": "idhmaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Idhma"
]
},
{
"word": "kaviḥ",
"meanings": [
"Kavi"
]
},
{
"word": "vibhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vibhu"
]
},
{
"word": "svahnaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Svahna"
]
},
{
"word": "sudevaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Sudeva"
]
},
{
"word": "rocanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Rocana"
]
},
{
"word": "dviṣaṭ",
"meanings": [
"twelve."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The twelve boys born of Yajña and Dakṣiṇā were named Toṣa, Pratoṣa, Santoṣa, Bhadra, Śānti, Iḍaspati, Idhma, Kavi, Vibhu, Svahna, Sudeva and Rocana.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 8,
"reference": "SB 4.1.8",
"devanagari": "तुषिता नाम ते देवा आसन्स्वायम्भुवान्तरे\nमरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयो यज्ञः सुरगणेश्वरः",
"transliteration": "tuṣitā nāma te devā\nāsan svāyambhuvāntare\nmarīci-miśrā ṛṣayo\nyajñaḥ sura-gaṇeśvaraḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tuṣitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the category of the tuṣitas"
]
},
{
"word": "nāma",
"meanings": [
"of the name"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"all of them"
]
},
{
"word": "devāḥ",
"meanings": [
"demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "āsan",
"meanings": [
"became"
]
},
{
"word": "svāyambhuva",
"meanings": [
"the name of the Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "antare",
"meanings": [
"at that period"
]
},
{
"word": "marīci-miśrāḥ",
"meanings": [
"headed by Marīci"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"great sages"
]
},
{
"word": "yajñaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-gaṇa-īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the king of the demigods."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>During the time of Svāyambhuva Manu, these sons all became the demigods collectively named the tuṣitas. Marīci became the head of the seven ṛṣis, and Yajña became the king of the demigods, Indra.</b>",
"purport": [
"During the life of Svāyambhuva Manu, six kinds of living entities were generated from the demigods known as the <i>tuṣitas</i>, from the sages headed by Marīci, and from descendants of Yajña, King of the demigods, and all of them expanded their progeny to observe the order of the Lord to fill the universe with living entities. These six kinds of living entities are known as <i>manus, devas, manu-putras, aṁśāvatāras, sureśvaras</i> and <i>ṛṣis.</i> Yajña, being the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became the leader of the demigods, Indra."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 9,
"reference": "SB 4.1.9",
"devanagari": "प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनुपुत्रौ महौजसौ\nतत्पुत्रपौत्रनप्ते᳙णाम् अनुवृत्तं तदन्तरम्",
"transliteration": "priyavratottānapādau\nmanu-putrau mahaujasau\ntat-putra-pautra-naptèṇām\nanuvṛttaṁ tadantaram",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "priyavrata",
"meanings": [
"Priyavrata"
]
},
{
"word": "uttānapādau",
"meanings": [
"Uttānapāda"
]
},
{
"word": "manu-putrau",
"meanings": [
"sons of Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-ojasau",
"meanings": [
"very great, powerful"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"their"
]
},
{
"word": "putra",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "pautra",
"meanings": [
"grandsons"
]
},
{
"word": "naptèṇām",
"meanings": [
"grandsons from the daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "anuvṛttam",
"meanings": [
"following"
]
},
{
"word": "tadantaram",
"meanings": [
"in that Manu's period."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Svāyambhuva Manu's two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, became very powerful kings, and their sons and grandsons spread all over the three worlds during that period.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 10,
"reference": "SB 4.1.10",
"devanagari": "देवहूतिम् अदात्तात कर्दमायात्मजां मनुः\nतत्सम्बन्धि श्रुतप्रायं भवता गदतो मम",
"transliteration": "devahūtim adāt tāta\nkardamāyātmajāṁ manuḥ\ntat-sambandhi śruta-prāyaṁ\nbhavatā gadato mama",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "devahūtim",
"meanings": [
"Devahūti"
]
},
{
"word": "adāt",
"meanings": [
"handed over"
]
},
{
"word": "tāta",
"meanings": [
"my dear son"
]
},
{
"word": "kardamāya",
"meanings": [
"unto the great sage Kardama"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmajām",
"meanings": [
"daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "manuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Lord Svāyambhuva Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "tat-sambandhi",
"meanings": [
"in that connection"
]
},
{
"word": "śruta-prāyam",
"meanings": [
"heard almost in full"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavatā",
"meanings": [
"by you"
]
},
{
"word": "gadataḥ",
"meanings": [
"spoken"
]
},
{
"word": "mama",
"meanings": [
"by me."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>My dear son, Svāyambhuva Manu handed over his very dear daughter Devahūti to Kardama Muni. I have already spoken to you about them, and you have heard about them almost in full.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 11,
"reference": "SB 4.1.11",
"devanagari": "दक्षाय ब्रह्मपुत्राय प्रसूतिं भगवान्मनुः\nप्रायच्छद्यत्कृतः सर्गस्त्रिलोक्यां विततो महान्",
"transliteration": "dakṣāya brahma-putrāya\nprasūtiṁ bhagavān manuḥ\nprāyacchad yat-kṛtaḥ sargas\ntrilokyāṁ vitato mahān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dakṣāya",
"meanings": [
"unto Prajāpati Dakṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-putrāya",
"meanings": [
"the son of Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "prasūtim",
"meanings": [
"Prasūti"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"the great personality"
]
},
{
"word": "manuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Svāyambhuva Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "prāyacchat",
"meanings": [
"handed over"
]
},
{
"word": "yat-kṛtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"done by whom"
]
},
{
"word": "sargaḥ",
"meanings": [
"creation"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-lokyām",
"meanings": [
"in the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "vitataḥ",
"meanings": [
"expanded"
]
},
{
"word": "mahān",
"meanings": [
"greatly."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Svāyambhuva Manu handed over his daughter Prasūti to the son of Brahmā named Dakṣa, who was also one of the progenitors of the living entities. The descendants of Dakṣa are spread throughout the three worlds.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 12,
"reference": "SB 4.1.12",
"devanagari": "याः कर्दमसुताः प्रोक्ता नव ब्रह्मर्षिपत्नयः\nतासां प्रसूतिप्रसवं प्रोच्यमानं निबोध मे",
"transliteration": "yāḥ kardama-sutāḥ proktā\nnava brahmarṣi-patnayaḥ\ntāsāṁ prasūtiprasavaṁ\nprocyamānaṁ nibodha me",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yāḥ",
"meanings": [
"those who"
]
},
{
"word": "kardama-sutāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the daughters of Kardama"
]
},
{
"word": "proktāḥ",
"meanings": [
"were mentioned"
]
},
{
"word": "nava",
"meanings": [
"nine"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-ṛṣi",
"meanings": [
"great sages of spiritual knowledge"
]
},
{
"word": "patnayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"wives"
]
},
{
"word": "tāsām",
"meanings": [
"their"
]
},
{
"word": "prasūtiprasavam",
"meanings": [
"generations of sons and grandsons"
]
},
{
"word": "procyamānam",
"meanings": [
"describing"
]
},
{
"word": "nibodha",
"meanings": [
"try to understand"
]
},
{
"word": "me",
"meanings": [
"from me."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>You have already been informed about the nine daughters of Kardama Muni, who were handed over to nine different sages. I shall now describe the descendants of those nine daughters. Please hear from me.</b>",
"purport": [
"The Third Canto has already described how Kardama Muni begot nine daughters in Devahūti and how all the daughters were later handed over to great sages like Marīci, Atri and Vasiṣṭha."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 13,
"reference": "SB 4.1.13",
"devanagari": "पत्नी मरीचेस्तु कला सुषुवे कर्दमात्मजा\nकश्यपं पूर्णिमानं च ययोर् आपूरितं जगत्",
"transliteration": "patnī marīces tu kalā\nsuṣuve kardamātmajā\nkaśyapaṁ pūrṇimānaṁ ca\nyayor āpūritaṁ jagat",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "marīceḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the sage named Marīci"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "kalā",
"meanings": [
"named Kalā"
]
},
{
"word": "suṣuve",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "kardama-ātmajā",
"meanings": [
"daughter of Kardama Muni"
]
},
{
"word": "kaśyapam",
"meanings": [
"of the name Kaśyapa"
]
},
{
"word": "pūrṇimānam ca",
"meanings": [
"and of the name Pūrṇimā"
]
},
{
"word": "yayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"by whom"
]
},
{
"word": "āpūritam",
"meanings": [
"spread all over"
]
},
{
"word": "jagat",
"meanings": [
"the world."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Kardama Muni's daughter Kalā, who was married to Marīci, gave birth to two children, whose names were Kaśyapa and Pūrṇimā. Their descendants are spread all over the world.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 14,
"reference": "SB 4.1.14",
"devanagari": "पूर्णिमासूत विरजं विश्वगं च परन्तप\nदेवकुल्यां हरेः पाद शौचाद्याभूत्सरिद्दिवः",
"transliteration": "pūrṇimāsūta virajaṁ\nviśvagaṁ ca parantapa\ndevakulyāṁ hareḥ pāda-\nśaucād yābhūt sarid divaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pūrṇimā",
"meanings": [
"Pūrṇimā"
]
},
{
"word": "asūta",
"meanings": [
"begot"
]
},
{
"word": "virajam",
"meanings": [
"a son named Viraja"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvagam ca",
"meanings": [
"and named Viśvaga"
]
},
{
"word": "parantapa",
"meanings": [
"O annihilator of enemies"
]
},
{
"word": "devakulyām",
"meanings": [
"a daughter named Devakulyā"
]
},
{
"word": "hareḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "pāda-śaucāt",
"meanings": [
"by the water which washed His lotus feet"
]
},
{
"word": "yā",
"meanings": [
"she"
]
},
{
"word": "abhūt",
"meanings": [
"became"
]
},
{
"word": "sarit divaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the transcendental water within the banks of the Ganges."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>My dear Vidura, of the two sons, Kaśyapa and Pūrṇimā, Pūrṇimā begot three children, namely Viraja, Viśvaga and Devakulyā. Of these three, Devakulyā was the water which washed the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead and which later on transformed into the Ganges of the heavenly planets.</b>",
"purport": [
"Of the two sons Kaśyapa and Pūrṇimā, herein Pūrṇimā's descendants are described. An elaborate description of these descendants will be given in the Sixth Canto. It is also understood herein that Devakulyā is the presiding deity of the River Ganges, which comes down from the heavenly planets to this planet and is accepted to be sanctified because it touched the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 15,
"reference": "SB 4.1.15",
"devanagari": "अत्रेः पत्न्य् अनसूया त्रीञ्जज्ञे सुयशसः सुतान्\nदत्तं दुर्वाससं सोमम् आत्मेशब्रह्मसम्भवान्",
"transliteration": "atreḥ patny anasūyā\ntrīñ jajñe suyaśasaḥ sutān\ndattaṁ durvāsasaṁ somam\nātmeśa-brahma-sambhavān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atreḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Atri Muni"
]
},
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "anasūyā",
"meanings": [
"named Anasūyā"
]
},
{
"word": "trīn",
"meanings": [
"three"
]
},
{
"word": "jajñe",
"meanings": [
"bore"
]
},
{
"word": "suyaśasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"very famous"
]
},
{
"word": "sutān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "dattam",
"meanings": [
"Dattātreya"
]
},
{
"word": "durvāsasam",
"meanings": [
"Durvāsā"
]
},
{
"word": "somam",
"meanings": [
"Soma (the moon-god)"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "īśa",
"meanings": [
"Lord Śiva"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "sambhavān",
"meanings": [
"incarnations of."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Anasūyā, the wife of Atri Muni, gave birth to three very famous sons, Soma, Dattātreya and Durvāsā, who were partial representations of Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. Soma was a partial representation of Lord Brahmā, Dattātreya was a partial representation of Lord Viṣṇu, and Durvāsā was a partial representation of Lord Śiva.</b>",
"purport": [
"In this verse we find the words <i>ātma-īśa-brahma-sambhavān.</i> <i>Ātma</i> means the Supersoul, or Viṣṇu, <i>īśa</i> means Lord Śiva, and <i>brahma</i> means the four-headed Lord Brahmā. The three sons born of Anasūyā—Dattātreya, Durvāsā and Soma—were born as partial representations of these three demigods. <i>Ātma</i> is not in the category of the demigods or living entities because He is Viṣṇu; therefore He is described as <i>vibhinnāṁśa-bhūtānām.</i> The Supersoul or Viṣṇu, is the seed-giving father of all living entities, including Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Another meaning of the word <i>ātma</i> may be accepted in this way: the principle who is the Supersoul in every <i>ātma,</i> or, one may say, the soul of everyone, became manifested as Dattātreya, because the word <i>aṁśa,</i> part and parcel, is used here.",
"In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> the individual souls are also described as parts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or Supersoul, so why not accept that Dattātreya was one of those parts? Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā are also described here as parts, so why not accept all of them as ordinary individual souls? The answer is that the manifestations of Viṣṇu and those of the ordinary living entities are certainly all parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, and no one is equal to Him, but among the parts and parcels there are different categories. In the <i>Varāha Purāṇa</i> it is nicely explained that some of the parts are <i>svāṁśa</i> and some are <i>vibhinnāṁśa.</i> <i>Vibhinnāṁśa</i> parts are called <i>jīvas,</i> and <i>svāṁśa</i> parts are in the Viṣṇu category. In the <i>jīva</i> category, the <i>vibhinnāṁśa</i> parts and parcels, there are also gradations. That is explained in the <i>Viṣṇu Purāṇa,</i> where it is clearly stated that the individual parts and parcels who can travel to any part of the Lord's creation are called <i>sarva-gata</i> and are suffering the pangs of material existence. They are subject to be freed from the coverings of ignorance under material existence according to different levels of work and under different influences of the modes of material nature. For example, the sufferings of <i>jīvas </i>who are situated in the mode of goodness are less than those of <i>jīvas</i> situated in the mode of ignorance. Pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is the birthright of all living entities because every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The consciousness of the Lord is also in the part and parcel, and according to the proportion to which that consciousness is cleared of material dirt, the living entities are differently situated. In the <i>Vedānta-sūtra</i> the living entities of different gradations are compared to candles or lamps with different candle power. For example, some electric bulbs have the power of one thousand candles, some have the power of 500 candles, some the power of 100 candles, some fifty candles, etc., but all electric bulbs have light. Light is present in every bulb, but the gradations of light are different. Similarly, there are gradations of Brahman. The Viṣṇu <i>svāṁśa</i> expansions of the Supreme Lord in different Viṣṇu forms are like lamps, Lord Śiva is also like a lamp, and the supreme candle power or the 100 percent light is Kṛṣṇa. The <i>Viṣṇu-tattva</i> has ninety-four percent, the <i>Śiva-tattva</i> has eighty-four percent, Lord Brahmā has seventy-eight percent, and the living entities are also like Brahmā, but in the conditioned state their power is still more dim. There are gradations of Brahman, and no one can deny this fact. Therefore the words <i>ātmeśa-brahma-sambhavān</i> indicate that Dattātreya is directly part and parcel of Viṣṇu, whereas Durvāsā and Soma were parts and parcels of Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 16,
"reference": "SB 4.1.16",
"devanagari": "विदुर उवाच\nअत्रेर्गृहे सुरश्रेष्ठाः स्थित्युत्पत्त्यन्तहेतवः\nकिंचिच्चिकीर्षवो जाता एतद् आख्याहि मे गुरो",
"transliteration": "vidura uvāca\natrer gṛhe sura-śreṣṭhāḥ\nsthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ\nkiñcic cikīrṣavo jātā\netad ākhyāhi me guro",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "viduraḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Śrī Vidura said"
]
},
{
"word": "atreḥ gṛhe",
"meanings": [
"in the house of Atri"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-śreṣṭhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"chief demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "sthiti",
"meanings": [
"maintenance"
]
},
{
"word": "utpatti",
"meanings": [
"creation"
]
},
{
"word": "anta",
"meanings": [
"destruction"
]
},
{
"word": "hetavaḥ",
"meanings": [
"causes"
]
},
{
"word": "kiñcit",
"meanings": [
"something"
]
},
{
"word": "cikīrṣavaḥ",
"meanings": [
"desiring to do"
]
},
{
"word": "jātāḥ",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "etat",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "ākhyāhi",
"meanings": [
"tell"
]
},
{
"word": "me",
"meanings": [
"to me"
]
},
{
"word": "guro",
"meanings": [
"spiritual master."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>After hearing this, Vidura inquired from Maitreya: </b><b>My dear master, how is it that the three deities Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, who are the creator, maintainer and destroyer of the whole creation, became the offspring of the wife of Atri Muni?</b>",
"purport": [
"The inquisitiveness of Vidura was quite fitting, for he understood that when the Supersoul, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva all appeared through the person of Anasūyā, the wife of Atri Muni, there must have been some great purpose. Otherwise why should they appear in such a way?"
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 17,
"reference": "SB 4.1.17",
"devanagari": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nब्रह्मणा चोदितः सृष्टाव् अत्रिर्ब्रह्मविदां वरः\nसह पत्न्या ययाव् ऋक्षं कुलाद्रिं तपसि स्थितः",
"transliteration": "maitreya uvāca\nbrahmaṇā coditaḥ sṛṣṭāv\natrir brahma-vidāṁ varaḥ\nsaha patnyā yayāv ṛkṣaṁ\nkulādriṁ tapasi sthitaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maitreyaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Śrī Maitreya Ṛṣi said"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmaṇā",
"meanings": [
"by Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "coditaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being inspired"
]
},
{
"word": "sṛṣṭau",
"meanings": [
"for creation"
]
},
{
"word": "atriḥ",
"meanings": [
"Atri"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-vidām",
"meanings": [
"of the persons learned in spiritual knowledge"
]
},
{
"word": "varaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the chief"
]
},
{
"word": "saha",
"meanings": [
"with"
]
},
{
"word": "patnyā",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "yayau",
"meanings": [
"went"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛkṣam",
"meanings": [
"to the mountain named Ṛkṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "kulādrim",
"meanings": [
"great mountain"
]
},
{
"word": "tapasi",
"meanings": [
"for austerities"
]
},
{
"word": "sthitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"remained."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Maitreya said:</b><b> When Lord Brahmā ordered Atri Muni to create generations after marrying Anasūyā, Atri Muni and his wife went to perform severe austerities in the valley of the mountain known as Ṛkṣa.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 18,
"reference": "SB 4.1.18",
"devanagari": "तस्मिन्प्रसूनस्तबक पलाशाशोककानने\nवार्भिः स्रवद्भिर् उद्घुष्टे निर्विन्ध्यायाः समन्ततः",
"transliteration": "tasmin prasūna-stabaka-\npalāśāśoka-kānane\nvārbhiḥ sravadbhir udghuṣṭe\nnirvindhyāyāḥ samantataḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tasmin",
"meanings": [
"in that"
]
},
{
"word": "prasūna-stabaka",
"meanings": [
"bunches of flowers"
]
},
{
"word": "palāśa",
"meanings": [
"palāśa trees"
]
},
{
"word": "aśoka",
"meanings": [
"aśoka trees"
]
},
{
"word": "kānane",
"meanings": [
"in the forest garden"
]
},
{
"word": "vārbhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the waters"
]
},
{
"word": "sravadbhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"flowing"
]
},
{
"word": "udghuṣṭe",
"meanings": [
"in sound"
]
},
{
"word": "nirvindhyāyāḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the River Nirvindhyā"
]
},
{
"word": "samantataḥ",
"meanings": [
"everywhere."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>In that mountain valley flows a river named Nirvindhyā. On the bank of the river are many aśoka trees and other plants full of palāśa flowers, and there is always the sweet sound of water flowing from a waterfall. The husband and wife reached that beautiful place.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 19,
"reference": "SB 4.1.19",
"devanagari": "प्राणायामेन संयम्य मनो वर्षशतं मुनिः\nअतिष्ठद् एकपादेन निर्द्वन्द्वो ऽनिलभोजनः",
"transliteration": "prāṇāyāmena saṁyamya\nmano varṣaśataṁ muniḥ\natiṣṭhad ekapādena\nnirdvandvo 'nila-bhojanaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "prāṇāyāmena",
"meanings": [
"by practice of the breathing exercise"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁyamya",
"meanings": [
"controlling"
]
},
{
"word": "manaḥ",
"meanings": [
"mind"
]
},
{
"word": "varṣa-śatam",
"meanings": [
"one hundred years"
]
},
{
"word": "muniḥ",
"meanings": [
"the great sage"
]
},
{
"word": "atiṣṭhat",
"meanings": [
"remained there"
]
},
{
"word": "ekapādena",
"meanings": [
"standing on one leg"
]
},
{
"word": "nirdvandvaḥ",
"meanings": [
"without duality"
]
},
{
"word": "anila",
"meanings": [
"air"
]
},
{
"word": "bhojanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"eating."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>There the great sage concentrated his mind by the yoga breathing exercises, and thereby controlling all attachment, he remained standing on one leg only, eating nothing but air, and stood there on one leg for one hundred years.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 20,
"reference": "SB 4.1.20",
"devanagari": "शरणं तं प्रपद्ये ऽहं य एव जगदीश्वरः\nप्रजाम् आत्मसमां मह्यं प्रयच्छत्व् इति चिन्तयन्",
"transliteration": "śaraṇaṁ taṁ prapadye 'haṁ\nya eva jagad-īśvaraḥ\nprajām ātmasamāṁ mahyaṁ\nprayacchatv iti cintayan",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śaraṇam",
"meanings": [
"taking shelter"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"unto Him"
]
},
{
"word": "prapadye",
"meanings": [
"surrender"
]
},
{
"word": "aham",
"meanings": [
"I"
]
},
{
"word": "yaḥ",
"meanings": [
"one who"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "jagat-īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"master of the universe"
]
},
{
"word": "prajām",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-samām",
"meanings": [
"like Himself"
]
},
{
"word": "mahyam",
"meanings": [
"unto me"
]
},
{
"word": "prayacchatu",
"meanings": [
"let Him give"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "cintayan",
"meanings": [
"thinking."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>He was thinking: May the Lord of the universe, of whom I have taken shelter, kindly be pleased to offer me a son exactly like Him.</b>",
"purport": [
"It appears that the great sage Atri Muni had no specific idea of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Of course, he must have been conversant with the Vedic information that there is a Supreme Personality of Godhead who is the creator of the universe, from whom everything emanated, who maintains this created manifestation, and in whom the entire manifestation is conserved after dissolution. <i>Yato vā imāni bhūtāni</i>. The Vedic <i>mantras</i> give us information of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so he concentrated his mind upon that Supreme Personality of Godhead, even without knowing His name, just to beg from Him a child exactly on His level. This kind of devotional service, in which knowledge of God's name is lacking, is also described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā </i>where the Lord says that there are four kinds of men with backgrounds of pious activities who come to Him asking what they need. Atri Muni wanted a son exactly like the Lord, and therefore he is not supposed to be a pure devotee because he had a desire to be fulfilled, and that desire was material. Although he wanted a son exactly like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, still it was material desire because he did not want the Personality of Godhead Himself, but only a child exactly like Him. If he had desired the Supreme Personality of Godhead as his child, he would have been completely free of material desires because he would have wanted the Supreme Absolute Truth, but because he wanted a similar child, that was material. Thus Atri Muni cannot be counted among the pure devotees."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 21,
"reference": "SB 4.1.21",
"devanagari": "तप्यमानं त्रिभुवनं प्राणायामैधसाग्निना\nनिर्गतेन मुनेर्मूर्ध्नः समीक्ष्य प्रभवस्त्रयः",
"transliteration": "tapyamānaṁ tri-bhuvanaṁ\nprāṇāyāmaidhasāgninā\nnirgatena muner mūrdhnaḥ\nsamīkṣya prabhavas trayaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tapyamānam",
"meanings": [
"while practicing austerities"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-bhuvanam",
"meanings": [
"the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "prāṇāyāma",
"meanings": [
"practice by breathing exercise"
]
},
{
"word": "edhasā",
"meanings": [
"fuel"
]
},
{
"word": "agninā",
"meanings": [
"by the fire"
]
},
{
"word": "nirgatena",
"meanings": [
"issuing out"
]
},
{
"word": "muneḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the great sage"
]
},
{
"word": "mūrdhnaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the top of the head"
]
},
{
"word": "samīkṣya",
"meanings": [
"looking over"
]
},
{
"word": "prabhavaḥ trayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the three great gods (Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara)."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>While Atri Muni was engaged in these severe austerities, a blazing fire came out of his head due to his breathing exercise, and that fire was seen by the three principal deities of the three worlds.</b>",
"purport": [
"According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the fire of <i>prāṇāyāma</i> is mental satisfaction, and that was perceived by the Supersoul, Viṣṇu, and thereby Lord Brahmā and Śiva also perceived it. By his breathing exercise Atri Muni concentrated on the Supersoul, or the Lord of the universe. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> the Lord of the universe is Vāsudeva (<i>vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti</i>), and, by the direction of Vāsudeva, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva work. Therefore, on the direction of Vāsudeva, both Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva perceived the severe penance adopted by Atri Muni, and thus they were pleased to come down, as stated in the next verse."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 22,
"reference": "SB 4.1.22",
"devanagari": "अप्सरोमुनिगन्धर्व सिद्धविद्याधरोरगैः\nवितायमानयशसस्तदाश्रमपदं ययुः",
"transliteration": "apsaro-muni-gandharva-\nsiddha-vidyādharoragaiḥ\nvitāyamāna-yaśasas\ntadāśramapadaṁ yayuḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "apsaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"heavenly society women"
]
},
{
"word": "muni",
"meanings": [
"great sages"
]
},
{
"word": "gandharva",
"meanings": [
"inhabitants of the Gandharva planet"
]
},
{
"word": "siddha",
"meanings": [
"of Siddhaloka"
]
},
{
"word": "vidyādhara",
"meanings": [
"other demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "uragaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the inhabitants of Nāgaloka"
]
},
{
"word": "vitāyamāna",
"meanings": [
"being spread"
]
},
{
"word": "yaśasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fame, reputation"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"his"
]
},
{
"word": "āśrama-padam",
"meanings": [
"hermitage"
]
},
{
"word": "yayuḥ",
"meanings": [
"went."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>At that time, the three deities approached the hermitage of Atri Muni, accompanied by the denizens of the heavenly planets, such as the celestial beauties, the Gandharvas, the Siddhas, the Vidyādharas and the Nāgas and thus they entered the āśrama of the great sage, who had become so famous by his austerities.</b>",
"purport": [
"It is advised in the Vedic literatures that one should take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Lord of the universe and who is the master of creation, maintenance and dissolution. He is known as the Supersoul, and when one worships the Supersoul, all other deities, such as Brahmā and Śiva, appear with Lord Viṣṇu because they are directed by the Supersoul."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 23,
"reference": "SB 4.1.23",
"devanagari": "तत्प्रादुर्भावसंयोग विद्योतितमना मुनिः\nउत्तिष्ठन्न् एकपादेन ददर्श विबुधर्षभान्",
"transliteration": "tat-prādurbhāva-saṁyoga-\nvidyotita-manā muniḥ\nuttiṣṭhann ekapādena\ndadarśa vibudha-rṣabhān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"their"
]
},
{
"word": "prādurbhāva",
"meanings": [
"appearance"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁyoga",
"meanings": [
"simultaneously"
]
},
{
"word": "vidyotita",
"meanings": [
"enlightened"
]
},
{
"word": "manāḥ",
"meanings": [
"in the mind"
]
},
{
"word": "muniḥ",
"meanings": [
"the great sage"
]
},
{
"word": "uttiṣṭhan",
"meanings": [
"being awakened"
]
},
{
"word": "eka-pādena",
"meanings": [
"even on one leg"
]
},
{
"word": "dadarśa",
"meanings": [
"saw"
]
},
{
"word": "vibudha",
"meanings": [
"demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣabhān",
"meanings": [
"the great personalities."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The sage was standing on one leg, but as soon as he saw that the three deities had appeared before him, he was so pleased to see them all together that despite great difficulty he approached them on one leg.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 24,
"reference": "SB 4.1.24",
"devanagari": "प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूमाव् उपतस्थे ऽर्हणांजलिः\nवृषहंससुपर्णस्थान्स्वैः स्वैश्चिह्नैश्च चिह्नितान्",
"transliteration": "praṇamya daṇḍavad bhūmāv\nupatasthe 'rhaṇāñjaliḥ\nvṛṣa-haṁsa-suparṇa-sthān\nsvaiḥ svaiś cihnaiś ca cihnitān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "praṇamya",
"meanings": [
"offering obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍavat",
"meanings": [
"like a rod"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūmau",
"meanings": [
"ground"
]
},
{
"word": "upatasthe",
"meanings": [
"fell down"
]
},
{
"word": "arhaṇa",
"meanings": [
"all paraphernalia for worship"
]
},
{
"word": "añjaliḥ",
"meanings": [
"folded hands"
]
},
{
"word": "vṛṣa",
"meanings": [
"bull"
]
},
{
"word": "haṁsa",
"meanings": [
"swan"
]
},
{
"word": "suparṇa",
"meanings": [
"the Garuḍa bird"
]
},
{
"word": "sthān",
"meanings": [
"situated"
]
},
{
"word": "svaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"own"
]
},
{
"word": "svaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"own"
]
},
{
"word": "cihnaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by symbols"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "cihnitān",
"meanings": [
"being recognized."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thereafter he began to offer prayers to the three deities, who were seated on different carriers—a bull, a swan and Garuḍa—and who held in their hands a drum, kuśa grass and a discus. The sage offered them his respects by falling down like a stick.</b>",
"purport": [
"<i>Daṇḍa</i> means a long rod, and <i>vat</i> means like. Before a superior, one has to fall down on the ground just like a stick, and this sort of offering of respect is called <i>daṇḍavat.</i> Atri Ṛṣi offered his respect to the three deities in that way. They were identified by their different carriers and different symbolic representations. In that connection it is stated here that Lord Viṣṇu was sitting on Garuḍa, a big aquiline bird, and was carrying in His hand a disc, Brahmā was sitting on a swan and had in his hand <i>kuśa</i> grass, and Lord Śiva was sitting on a bull and carrying in his hand a small drum called a <i>damaru.</i> Atri Ṛṣi recognized them by their symbolic representations and different carriers, and thus he offered them prayers and respects."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 25,
"reference": "SB 4.1.25",
"devanagari": "कृपावलोकेन हसद्वदनेनोपलम्भितान्\nतद्रोचिषा प्रतिहते निमील्य मुनिर् अक्षिणी",
"transliteration": "kṛpāvalokena hasad-\nvadanenopalambhitān\ntad-rociṣā pratihate\nnimīlya munir akṣiṇī",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kṛpā-avalokena",
"meanings": [
"glancing with mercy"
]
},
{
"word": "hasat",
"meanings": [
"smiling"
]
},
{
"word": "vadanena",
"meanings": [
"with faces"
]
},
{
"word": "upalambhitān",
"meanings": [
"appearing very much satisfied"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"their"
]
},
{
"word": "rociṣā",
"meanings": [
"by the glaring effulgence"
]
},
{
"word": "pratihate",
"meanings": [
"being dazzled"
]
},
{
"word": "nimīlya",
"meanings": [
"closing"
]
},
{
"word": "muniḥ",
"meanings": [
"the sage"
]
},
{
"word": "akṣiṇī",
"meanings": [
"his eyes."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Atri Muni was greatly pleased to see that the three devas were gracious towards him. His eyes were dazzled by the effulgence of their bodies, and therefore he closed his eyes for the time being.</b>",
"purport": [
"Since the deities were smiling, he could understand that they were pleased with him. Their glaring bodily effulgence was intolerable to his eyes, so he closed them for the time being."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 26,
"reference": "SB 4.1.26-27",
"devanagari": "चेतस्तत्प्रवणं युंजन्न्\nअस्तावीत्संहतांजलिः श्लक्ष्णया सूक्तया वाचा\nसर्वलोकगरीयसः अत्रिर् उवाच\nविश्वोद्भवस्थितिलयेषु विभज्यमानैर्मायागुणैर् अनुयुगं विगृहीतदेहाः\nते ब्रह्मविष्णुगिरिशाः प्रणतो ऽस्म्य् अहं वस्तेभ्यः क एव भवतां म इहोपहूतः",
"transliteration": "cetas tat-pravaṇaṁ yuñjann\nastāvīt saṁhatāñjaliḥ\nślakṣṇayā sūktayā vācā\nsarvaloka-garīyasaḥ\natrir uvāca\nviśvodbhava-sthiti-layeṣu vibhajyamānair\nmāyā-guṇair anuyugaṁ vigṛhīta-dehāḥ\nte brahma-viṣṇu-giriśāḥ praṇato 'smy ahaṁ vas\ntebhyaḥ ka eva bhavatāṁ ma ihopahūtaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cetaḥ",
"meanings": [
"heart"
]
},
{
"word": "tat-pravaṇam",
"meanings": [
"fixing on them"
]
},
{
"word": "yuñjan",
"meanings": [
"making"
]
},
{
"word": "astāvīt",
"meanings": [
"offered prayers"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁhata-añjaliḥ",
"meanings": [
"with folded hands"
]
},
{
"word": "ślakṣṇayā",
"meanings": [
"ecstatic"
]
},
{
"word": "sūktayā",
"meanings": [
"prayers"
]
},
{
"word": "vācā",
"meanings": [
"words"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-loka",
"meanings": [
"all over the world"
]
},
{
"word": "garīyasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"honorable"
]
},
{
"word": "atriḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Atri said"
]
},
{
"word": "viśva",
"meanings": [
"the universe"
]
},
{
"word": "udbhava",
"meanings": [
"creation"
]
},
{
"word": "sthiti",
"meanings": [
"maintenance"
]
},
{
"word": "layeṣu",
"meanings": [
"in destruction"
]
},
{
"word": "vibhajyamānaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"being divided"
]
},
{
"word": "māyā-guṇaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the external modes of nature"
]
},
{
"word": "anuyugam",
"meanings": [
"according to different millenniums"
]
},
{
"word": "vigṛhīta",
"meanings": [
"accepted"
]
},
{
"word": "dehāḥ",
"meanings": [
"bodies"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣṇu",
"meanings": [
"Lord Viṣṇu"
]
},
{
"word": "giriśāḥ",
"meanings": [
"Lord Śiva"
]
},
{
"word": "praṇataḥ",
"meanings": [
"bowed"
]
},
{
"word": "asmi",
"meanings": [
"am"
]
},
{
"word": "aham",
"meanings": [
"I"
]
},
{
"word": "vaḥ",
"meanings": [
"unto you"
]
},
{
"word": "tebhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"from them"
]
},
{
"word": "kaḥ",
"meanings": [
"who"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavatām",
"meanings": [
"of you"
]
},
{
"word": "me",
"meanings": [
"by me"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"here"
]
},
{
"word": "upahūtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"called for."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>But since his heart was already attracted by the deities, somehow or other he gathered his senses, and with folded hands and sweet words he began to offer prayers to the predominating deities of the universe. </b><b>The great sage Atri said: </b><b>O Lord Brahmā, Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva, you have divided yourself into three bodies by accepting the three modes of material nature, as you do in every millennium for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all of you and beg to inquire whom of you three I have called by my prayer.</b>",
"purport": [
"Atri Ṛṣi called for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, <i>jagadīśvara,</i> the Lord of the universe. The Lord must exist before the creation, otherwise how could He be its Lord? If someone constructs a big building, this indicates that he must have existed before the building was constructed. Therefore the Supreme Lord, the creator of the universe, must be transcendental to the material modes of nature. But it is known that Viṣṇu takes charge of the mode of goodness, Brahmā takes charge of the mode of passion, and Lord Śiva takes charge of the mode of ignorance. Therefore Atri Muni said, \"That <i>jagadīśvara,</i> the Lord of the universe, must be one of you, but since three of you have appeared, I cannot recognize whom I have called. You are all so kind. Please let me know who is actually <i>jagadīśvara,</i> the Lord of the universe.\" In fact Atri Ṛṣi was doubtful about the constitutional position of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, but he was quite certain that the Lord of the universe cannot be one of the creatures created by <i>māyā.</i> His very inquiry about whom he had called indicates that he was in doubt about the constitutional position of the Lord. Therefore he prayed to all three, \"Kindly let me know who is the transcendental Lord of the universe.\" He was, of course, certain that not all of them could be the Lord, but the Lord of the universe was one of the three."
],
"verse_end": 27
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 28,
"reference": "SB 4.1.28",
"devanagari": "एको मयेह भगवान्विविधप्रधानैश्चित्तीकृतः प्रजननाय कथं नु यूयम्\nअत्रागतास्तनुभृतां मनसो ऽपि दूराद्ब्रूत प्रसीदत महान् इह विस्मयो मे",
"transliteration": "eko mayeha bhagavān vividha-pradhānaiś\ncittī-kṛtaḥ prajananāya kathaṁ nu yūyam\natrāgatās tanubhṛtāṁ manaso 'pi dūrād\nbrūta prasīdata mahān iha vismayo me",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ekaḥ",
"meanings": [
"one"
]
},
{
"word": "mayā",
"meanings": [
"by me"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"here"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"great personality"
]
},
{
"word": "vividha",
"meanings": [
"various"
]
},
{
"word": "pradhānaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by paraphernalia"
]
},
{
"word": "cittī-kṛtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fixed in mind"
]
},
{
"word": "prajananāya",
"meanings": [
"for begetting a child"
]
},
{
"word": "katham",
"meanings": [
"how come"
]
},
{
"word": "nu",
"meanings": [
"however"
]
},
{
"word": "yūyam",
"meanings": [
"all of you"
]
},
{
"word": "atra",
"meanings": [
"here"
]
},
{
"word": "āgatāḥ",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "tanubhṛtām",
"meanings": [
"of the embodied"
]
},
{
"word": "manasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the minds"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"although"
]
},
{
"word": "dūrāt",
"meanings": [
"from far beyond"
]
},
{
"word": "brūta",
"meanings": [
"kindly explain"
]
},
{
"word": "prasīdata",
"meanings": [
"being merciful to me"
]
},
{
"word": "mahān",
"meanings": [
"very great"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "vismayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"doubt"
]
},
{
"word": "me",
"meanings": [
"of mine."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>I called for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, desiring a son like Him, and I thought of Him only. But although He is far beyond the mental speculation of man, all three of you have come here. Finally let me know how you have come, for I am greatly bewildered about this.</b>",
"purport": [
"Atri Muni was confidently aware that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Lord of the universe, so he prayed for the one Supreme Lord. He was surprised, therefore, that three of them appeared."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 29,
"reference": "SB 4.1.29",
"devanagari": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nइति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा त्रयस्ते विबुधर्षभाः\nप्रत्याहुः श्लक्ष्णयावाचा प्रहस्य तम् ऋषिं प्रभो",
"transliteration": "maitreya uvāca\niti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā\ntrayas te vibudha-rṣabhāḥ\npratyāhuḥ ślakṣṇayāvācā\nprahasya tam ṛṣiṁ prabho",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maitreyaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"the sage Maitreya said"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"his"
]
},
{
"word": "vacaḥ",
"meanings": [
"words"
]
},
{
"word": "śrutvā",
"meanings": [
"after hearing"
]
},
{
"word": "trayaḥ te",
"meanings": [
"all three"
]
},
{
"word": "vibudha",
"meanings": [
"demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣabhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"chiefs"
]
},
{
"word": "pratyāhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"replied"
]
},
{
"word": "ślakṣṇayā",
"meanings": [
"gentle"
]
},
{
"word": "vācā",
"meanings": [
"voices"
]
},
{
"word": "prahasya",
"meanings": [
"smiling"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"unto him"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣim",
"meanings": [
"the great sage"
]
},
{
"word": "prabho",
"meanings": [
"O mighty one."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The great sage Maitreya continued:</b><b> The three great deities smiled upon hearing Atri Muni speak in that way, and they replied in the following sweet words.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 30,
"reference": "SB 4.1.30",
"devanagari": "देवा ऊचुः\nयथा कृतस्ते संकल्पो भाव्यं तेनैव नान्यथा\nसत्संकल्पस्य ते ब्रह्मन्यद्वै ध्यायति ते वयम्",
"transliteration": "devā ūcuḥ\nyathā kṛtas te saṅkalpo\nbhāvyaṁ tenaiva nānyathā\nsatsaṅkalpasya te brahman\nyadvai dhyāyati te vayam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "devāḥ ūcuḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods replied"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"as"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"done"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"by you"
]
},
{
"word": "saṅkalpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"determination"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāvyam",
"meanings": [
"to be done"
]
},
{
"word": "tena eva",
"meanings": [
"by that"
]
},
{
"word": "na anyathā",
"meanings": [
"not otherwise"
]
},
{
"word": "satsaṅkalpasya",
"meanings": [
"one whose determination is never lost"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"of you"
]
},
{
"word": "brahman",
"meanings": [
"O dear brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"that which"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "dhyāyati",
"meanings": [
"meditating"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"all of them"
]
},
{
"word": "vayam",
"meanings": [
"we are."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The three deities told Atri Muni: Dear brāhmaṇa, you are perfect in your determination, so as you have decided, so it will happen; it will not happen otherwise. We are all the same person upon whom you were meditating, and therefore we have all come to you.</b>",
"purport": [
"Atri Muni unspecifically thought of the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the universe, although he had no clear idea of the Lord of the universe nor of His specific form. Mahā-Viṣṇu, from whose breathing millions of universes emanate and into whom they are again withdrawn, may be accepted as the Lord of the universe. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, from whose abdomen sprouted the lotus flower which is the birthplace of Brahmā, can also be considered the Lord of the universe. Similarly, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is the Supersoul of all living entities, can also be considered the Lord of the universe. Then, under the order of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇu form within this universe, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva can also be accepted as the lords of the universe. Viṣṇu is the Lord of the universe because He is its maintainer.",
"Similarly, Brahmā creates the different planetary systems and the population, so he also can be considered the Lord of the universe. Or Lord Śiva, who is ultimately the destroyer of the universe, also can be considered its Lord. Therefore, since Atri Muni did not specifically mention whom he wanted, all three—Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva—came before him. They said, \"Since you were thinking of having a son exactly like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the universe, your determination will be fulfilled.\" In other words, one's determination is fulfilled according to the strength of one's devotion. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i>: <i>yānti deva-vratā devān pitèn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ.</i> If one is attached to a particular demigod, one is promoted to the abode of that demigod; if one is attached to the <i>pitṛs</i> or forefathers he is promoted to their planet; and similarly if one is attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, he is promoted to the abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Atri Muni actually had no clear conception of the Lord of the universe; therefore the three presiding deities who are actually the lords of the universe in the three departments of the modes of nature all came before him. Now, according to the strength of his determination for a son, his desire would be fulfilled by the grace of the Lord."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 31,
"reference": "SB 4.1.31",
"devanagari": "अथास्मदंशभूतास्ते आत्मजा लोकविश्रुताः\nभवितारो ऽंग भद्रं ते विस्रप्स्यन्ति च ते यशः",
"transliteration": "athāsmad-aṁśa-bhūtās te\nātmajā loka-viśrutāḥ\nbhavitāro 'ṅga bhadraṁ te\nvisrapsyanti ca te yaśaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "asmat",
"meanings": [
"our"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁśa-bhūtāḥ",
"meanings": [
"plenary expansions"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"your"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmajāḥ",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "loka-viśrutāḥ",
"meanings": [
"very famous in the world"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavitāraḥ",
"meanings": [
"in the future will be born"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅga",
"meanings": [
"dear great sage"
]
},
{
"word": "bhadram",
"meanings": [
"all good fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"unto you"
]
},
{
"word": "visrapsyanti",
"meanings": [
"will spread"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"your"
]
},
{
"word": "yaśaḥ",
"meanings": [
"reputation."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>You will have sons who will represent a partial manifestation of our potency, and because we desire all good fortune for you, those sons will glorify your reputation throughout the world.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 32,
"reference": "SB 4.1.32",
"devanagari": "एवं कामवरं दत्त्वा प्रतिजग्मुः सुरेश्वराः\nसभाजितास्तयोः सम्यग्दम्पत्योर्मिषतोस्ततः",
"transliteration": "evaṁ kāmavaraṁ dattvā\npratijagmuḥ sureśvarāḥ\nsabhājitās tayoḥ samyag\ndampatyor miṣatos tataḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "evam",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "kāmavaram",
"meanings": [
"desired benediction"
]
},
{
"word": "dattvā",
"meanings": [
"offering"
]
},
{
"word": "pratijagmuḥ",
"meanings": [
"returned"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-īśvarāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the chief demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "sabhājitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "tayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"while they"
]
},
{
"word": "samyak",
"meanings": [
"perfectly"
]
},
{
"word": "dampatyoḥ",
"meanings": [
"the husband and wife"
]
},
{
"word": "miṣatoḥ",
"meanings": [
"were looking on"
]
},
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"from there."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thus, while the couple looked on, the three deities Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara disappeared from that place after bestowing upon Atri Muni the benediction.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 33,
"reference": "SB 4.1.33",
"devanagari": "सोमो ऽभूद्ब्रह्मणो ऽंशेन दत्तो विष्णोस्तु योगवित्\nदुर्वासाः शंकरस्यांशो निबोधांगिरसः प्रजाः",
"transliteration": "somo 'bhūd brahmaṇo 'ṁśena\ndatto viṣṇos tu yogavit\ndurvāsāḥ śaṅkarasyāṁśo\nnibodhāṅgirasaḥ prajāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "somaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the king of the moon planet"
]
},
{
"word": "abhūt",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁśena",
"meanings": [
"partial expansion"
]
},
{
"word": "dattaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Dattātreya"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣṇoḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Viṣṇu"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"but"
]
},
{
"word": "yogavit",
"meanings": [
"very powerful yogī"
]
},
{
"word": "durvāsāḥ",
"meanings": [
"Durvāsā"
]
},
{
"word": "śaṅkarasya aṁśaḥ",
"meanings": [
"partial expansion of Lord Śiva"
]
},
{
"word": "nibodha",
"meanings": [
"just try to understand"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgirasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the great sage Aṅgirā"
]
},
{
"word": "prajāḥ",
"meanings": [
"generations."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thereafter, from the partial representation of Brahmā, the moon-god was born of them; from the partial representation of Viṣṇu, the great mystic Dattātreya was born; and from the partial representation of Śaṅkara [Lord Śiva], Durvāsā was born. Now you may hear from me of the many sons of Aṅgirā.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 34,
"reference": "SB 4.1.34",
"devanagari": "श्रद्धा त्वंगिरसः पत्नी चतस्रो ऽसूत कन्यकाः\nसिनीवाली कुहू राका चतुर्थ्य् अनुमतिस्तथा",
"transliteration": "śraddhā tvaṅgirasaḥ patnī\ncatasro 'sūta kanyakāḥ\nsinīvālī kuhū rākā\ncaturthy anumatis tathā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śraddhā",
"meanings": [
"Śraddhā"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"but"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgirasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Aṅgirā Ṛṣi"
]
},
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "catasraḥ",
"meanings": [
"four"
]
},
{
"word": "asūta",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "kanyakāḥ",
"meanings": [
"daughters"
]
},
{
"word": "sinīvālī",
"meanings": [
"Sinīvālī"
]
},
{
"word": "kuhūḥ",
"meanings": [
"Kuhū"
]
},
{
"word": "rākā",
"meanings": [
"Rākā"
]
},
{
"word": "caturthī",
"meanings": [
"the fourth one"
]
},
{
"word": "anumatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Anumati"
]
},
{
"word": "tathā",
"meanings": [
"also."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Aṅgirā's wife, Śraddhā, gave birth to four daughters, named Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 35,
"reference": "SB 4.1.35",
"devanagari": "तत्पुत्राव् अपराव् आस्तां ख्यातौ स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे\nउतथ्यो भगवान्साक्षाद्ब्रह्मिष्ठश्च बृहस्पतिः",
"transliteration": "tat-putrāv aparāv āstāṁ\nkhyātau svārociṣe 'ntare\nutathyo bhagavān sākṣād\nbrahmiṣṭhaś ca bṛhaspatiḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"his"
]
},
{
"word": "putrau",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "aparau",
"meanings": [
"others"
]
},
{
"word": "āstām",
"meanings": [
"were born"
]
},
{
"word": "khyātau",
"meanings": [
"very famous"
]
},
{
"word": "svārociṣe",
"meanings": [
"in the Svārociṣa millennium"
]
},
{
"word": "antare",
"meanings": [
"of the Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "utathyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Utathya"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"very mighty"
]
},
{
"word": "sākṣāt",
"meanings": [
"directly"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmiṣṭhaḥ ca",
"meanings": [
"fully spiritually advanced"
]
},
{
"word": "bṛhaspatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Bṛhaspati."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Besides these four daughters, she also had another two sons. One of them was known as Utathya, and the other was the learned scholar Bṛhaspati.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 36,
"reference": "SB 4.1.36",
"devanagari": "पुलस्त्यो ऽजनयत्पत्न्याम् अगस्त्यं च हविर्भुवि\nसो ऽन्यजन्मनि दह्राग्निर्विश्रवाश्च महातपाः",
"transliteration": "pulastyo 'janayat patnyām\nagastyaṁ ca havirbhuvi\nso 'nya-janmani dahrāgnir\nviśravāś ca mahātapāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pulastyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the sage Pulastya"
]
},
{
"word": "ajanayat",
"meanings": [
"begot"
]
},
{
"word": "patnyām",
"meanings": [
"in his wife"
]
},
{
"word": "agastyam",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Agastya"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "havirbhuvi",
"meanings": [
"in Havirbhū"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he (Agastya)"
]
},
{
"word": "anya-janmani",
"meanings": [
"in the next birth"
]
},
{
"word": "dahrāgniḥ",
"meanings": [
"the digesting fire"
]
},
{
"word": "viśravāḥ",
"meanings": [
"Viśravā"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "mahātapāḥ",
"meanings": [
"greatly powerful because of austerity."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Pulastya begot in his wife, Havirbhū, one son of the name Agastya, who in his next birth became Dahrāgni. Besides him, Pulastya begot another very great and saintly son, whose name was Viśravā.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 37,
"reference": "SB 4.1.37",
"devanagari": "तस्य यक्षपतिर्देवः कुबेरस्त्विडविडासुतः\nरावणः कुम्भकर्णश्च तथान्यस्यां विभीषणः",
"transliteration": "tasya yakṣa-patir devaḥ\nkuberas tviḍaviḍā-sutaḥ\nrāvaṇaḥ kumbhakarṇaś ca\ntathānyasyāṁ vibhīṣaṇaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"his"
]
},
{
"word": "yakṣa-patiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the king of the Yakṣas"
]
},
{
"word": "devaḥ",
"meanings": [
"demigod"
]
},
{
"word": "kuberaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Kuvera"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "iḍaviḍā",
"meanings": [
"of Iḍaviḍā"
]
},
{
"word": "sutaḥ",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "rāvaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Rāvaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "kumbhakarṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Kumbhakarṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "tathā",
"meanings": [
"so"
]
},
{
"word": "anyasyām",
"meanings": [
"in the other"
]
},
{
"word": "vibhīṣaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vibhīṣaṇa."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Viśravā had two wives. The first wife was Iḍaviḍā, from whom Kuvera, the master of all Yakṣas, was born, and the next wife was named Keśinī, from whom three sons were born—Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 38,
"reference": "SB 4.1.38",
"devanagari": "पुलहस्य गतिर्भार्या त्रीन् असूत सती सुतान्\nकर्मश्रेष्ठं वरीयांसं सहिष्णुं च महामते",
"transliteration": "pulahasya gatir bhāryā\ntrīn asūta satī sutān\nkarmaśreṣṭhaṁ varīyāṁsaṁ\nsahiṣṇuṁ ca mahāmate",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pulahasya",
"meanings": [
"of Pulaha"
]
},
{
"word": "gatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Gati"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāryā",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "trīn",
"meanings": [
"three"
]
},
{
"word": "asūta",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "satī",
"meanings": [
"chaste"
]
},
{
"word": "sutān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "karmaśreṣṭham",
"meanings": [
"very expert in fruitive activities"
]
},
{
"word": "varīyāṁsam",
"meanings": [
"very respectable"
]
},
{
"word": "sahiṣṇum",
"meanings": [
"very tolerant"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "mahāmate",
"meanings": [
"O great Vidura."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Gati, the wife of the sage Pulaha, gave birth to three sons, named Karmaśreṣṭha, Varīyān and Sahiṣṇu, and all of them were great sages.</b>",
"purport": [
"Gati, the wife of Pulaha, was the fifth daughter of Kardama Muni. She was very faithful to her husband, and all her sons were as good as him."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 39,
"reference": "SB 4.1.39",
"devanagari": "क्रतोर् अपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यान् असूयत\nऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा",
"transliteration": "krator api kriyā bhāryā\nvālakhilyān asūyata\nṛṣīn ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi\njvalato brahma-tejasā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kratoḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the great sage Kratu"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "kriyā",
"meanings": [
"Kriyā"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāryā",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "vālakhilyān",
"meanings": [
"just like Vālakhilya"
]
},
{
"word": "asūyata",
"meanings": [
"begot"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣīn",
"meanings": [
"sages"
]
},
{
"word": "ṣaṣṭi",
"meanings": [
"sixty"
]
},
{
"word": "sahasrāṇi",
"meanings": [
"thousand"
]
},
{
"word": "jvalataḥ",
"meanings": [
"very brilliant"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-tejasā",
"meanings": [
"by dint of the Brahman effulgence."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Kratu's wife, Kriyā, gave birth to 60,000 great sages, named the Vālakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.</b>",
"purport": [
"Kriyā was the sixth daughter of Kardama Muni, and she produced 60,000 sages, who were known as the Vālakhilyas because they all retired from family life as <i>vānaprasthas.</i>"
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 40,
"reference": "SB 4.1.40",
"devanagari": "ऊर्जायां जज्ञिरे पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य परन्तप\nचित्रकेतुप्रधानास्ते सप्त ब्रह्मर्षयो ऽमलाः",
"transliteration": "ūrjāyāṁ jajñire putrā\nvasiṣṭhasya parantapa\ncitraketu-pradhānās te\nsapta brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ūrjāyām",
"meanings": [
"in Ūrjā"
]
},
{
"word": "jajñire",
"meanings": [
"took birth"
]
},
{
"word": "putrāḥ",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "vasiṣṭhasya",
"meanings": [
"of the great sage Vasiṣṭha"
]
},
{
"word": "parantapa",
"meanings": [
"O great one"
]
},
{
"word": "citraketu",
"meanings": [
"Citraketu"
]
},
{
"word": "pradhānāḥ",
"meanings": [
"headed by"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"all the sons"
]
},
{
"word": "sapta",
"meanings": [
"seven"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmaṛṣayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"great sages with spiritual knowledge"
]
},
{
"word": "amalāḥ",
"meanings": [
"without contamination."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The great sage Vasiṣṭha begot in his wife, Ūrjā, sometimes called Arundhatī, seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 41,
"reference": "SB 4.1.41",
"devanagari": "चित्रकेतुः सुरोचिश्च विरजा मित्र एव च\nउल्बणो वसुभृद्यानो द्युमान्शक्त्यादयो ऽपरे",
"transliteration": "citraketuḥ surociś ca\nvirajā mitra eva ca\nulbaṇo vasubhṛdyāno\ndyumān śakty-ādayo 'pare",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "citraketuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Citraketu"
]
},
{
"word": "surociḥ ca",
"meanings": [
"and Suroci"
]
},
{
"word": "virajāḥ",
"meanings": [
"Virajā"
]
},
{
"word": "mitraḥ",
"meanings": [
"Mitra"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "ulbaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Ulbaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "vasubhṛdyānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vasubhṛdyāna"
]
},
{
"word": "dyumān",
"meanings": [
"Dyumān"
]
},
{
"word": "śakti-ādayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"sons headed by Śakti"
]
},
{
"word": "apare",
"meanings": [
"from his other wife."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The names of these seven sages are as follows: Citraketu, Suroci, Virajā, Mitra, Ulbaṇa, Vasubhṛdyāna and Dyumān. Some other very competent sons were born from his other wives.</b>",
"purport": [
"Ūrjā, who is sometimes known as Arundhatī and is the wife of Vasiṣṭha, is the ninth daughter of Kardama Muni."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 42,
"reference": "SB 4.1.42",
"devanagari": "चित्तिस्त्वथर्वणः पत्नी लेभे पुत्रं धृतव्रतम्\nदध्यंचम् अश्वशिरसं भृगोर्वंशं निबोध मे",
"transliteration": "cittis tvatharvaṇaḥ patnī\nlebhe putraṁ dhṛtavratam\ndadhyañcam aśvaśirasaṁ\nbhṛgor vaṁśaṁ nibodha me",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cittiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Citti"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "atharvaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Atharvā"
]
},
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "lebhe",
"meanings": [
"got"
]
},
{
"word": "putram",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "dhṛtavratam",
"meanings": [
"completely dedicated to a vow"
]
},
{
"word": "dadhyañcam",
"meanings": [
"Dadhyañca"
]
},
{
"word": "aśvaśirasam",
"meanings": [
"Aśvaśirā"
]
},
{
"word": "bhṛgoḥ vaṁśam",
"meanings": [
"generations of Bhṛgu"
]
},
{
"word": "nibodha",
"meanings": [
"try to understand"
]
},
{
"word": "me",
"meanings": [
"from me."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Citti, wife of the sage Atharvā, gave birth to a son named Aśvaśirā by accepting a great vow called Dadhyañca. Now you may hear from me about the descendants of the sage Bhṛgu.</b>",
"purport": [
"The wife of Atharvā known as Citti is also known as Śanti and is the eighth daughter of Kardama Muni."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 43,
"reference": "SB 4.1.43",
"devanagari": "भृगुः ख्यात्यां महाभागः पत्न्यां पुत्रान् अजीजनत्\nधातारं च विधातारं श्रियं च भगवत्पराम्",
"transliteration": "bhṛguḥ khyātyāṁ mahābhāgaḥ\npatnyāṁ putrān ajījanat\ndhātāraṁ ca vidhātāraṁ\nśriyaṁ ca bhagavat-parām",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bhṛguḥ",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Bhṛgu"
]
},
{
"word": "khyātyām",
"meanings": [
"in his wife, Khyāti"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-bhāgaḥ",
"meanings": [
"greatly fortunate"
]
},
{
"word": "patnyām",
"meanings": [
"unto the wife"
]
},
{
"word": "putrān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "ajījanat",
"meanings": [
"gave birth"
]
},
{
"word": "dhātāram",
"meanings": [
"Dhātā"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "vidhātāram",
"meanings": [
"Vidhātā"
]
},
{
"word": "śriyam",
"meanings": [
"a daughter named Śrī"
]
},
{
"word": "ca bhagavat-parām",
"meanings": [
"and a great devotee of the Lord."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The sage Bhṛgu was highly fortunate and in his wife, known as Khyāti, he begot two sons, named Dhātā and Vidhātā, and one daughter, named Śrī, who was very much devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 44,
"reference": "SB 4.1.44",
"devanagari": "आयतिं नियतिं चैव सुते मेरुस्तयोर् अदात्\nताभ्यां तयोर् अभवतां मृकण्डः प्राण एव च",
"transliteration": "āyatiṁ niyatiṁ caiva\nsute merus tayor adāt\ntābhyāṁ tayor abhavatāṁ\nmṛkaṇḍaḥ prāṇa eva ca",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "āyatim",
"meanings": [
"Āyati"
]
},
{
"word": "niyatim",
"meanings": [
"Niyati"
]
},
{
"word": "ca eva",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "sute",
"meanings": [
"daughters"
]
},
{
"word": "meruḥ",
"meanings": [
"the sage Meru"
]
},
{
"word": "tayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"unto those two"
]
},
{
"word": "adāt",
"meanings": [
"gave in marriage"
]
},
{
"word": "tābhyām",
"meanings": [
"out of them"
]
},
{
"word": "tayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"both of them"
]
},
{
"word": "abhavatām",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛkaṇḍaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Mṛkaṇḍa"
]
},
{
"word": "prāṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Prāṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The sage Meru had two daughters, named Āyati and Niyati, whom he gave in charity to Dhātā and Vidhātā. They gave birth to two sons, Mṛkaṇḍa and Prāṇa.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 45,
"reference": "SB 4.1.45",
"devanagari": "मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डस्य प्राणाद्वेदशिरा मुनिः\nकविश्च भार्गवो यस्य भगवान् उशना सुतः",
"transliteration": "mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍasya\nprāṇād vedaśirā muniḥ\nkaviś ca bhārgavo yasya\nbhagavān uśanā sutaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mārkaṇḍeyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Mārkaṇḍeya"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛkaṇḍasya",
"meanings": [
"of Mṛkaṇḍa"
]
},
{
"word": "prāṇāt",
"meanings": [
"from Prāṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "vedaśirāḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vedaśirā"
]
},
{
"word": "muniḥ",
"meanings": [
"great sage"
]
},
{
"word": "kaviḥ ca",
"meanings": [
"of the name Kavi"
]
},
{
"word": "bhārgavaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the name Bhārgava"
]
},
{
"word": "yasya",
"meanings": [
"whose"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"greatly powerful"
]
},
{
"word": "uśanā",
"meanings": [
"Śukrācārya"
]
},
{
"word": "sutaḥ",
"meanings": [
"son."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>From Mṛkaṇḍa, Mārkaṇḍeya Muni was born, and from Prāṇa the sage Vedaśirā, whose son was Uśanā [Śukrācārya], also known as Kavi. Thus Kavi also belonged to the descendants of the Bhṛgu dynasty.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 46,
"reference": "SB 4.1.46-47",
"devanagari": "त एते मुनयः क्षत्तर्लोकान्सर्गैर् अभावयन्\nएष कर्दमदौहित्र सन्तानः कथितस्तव\nशृण्वतः श्रद्दधानस्य सद्यः पापहरः परः\nप्रसूतिं मानवीं दक्ष उपयेमे ह्य् अजात्मजः",
"transliteration": "ta ete munayaḥ kṣattar\nlokān sargair abhāvayan\neṣa kardama-dauhitra-\nsantānaḥ kathitas tava\nśṛṇvataḥ śraddadhānasya\nsadyaḥ pāpa-haraḥ paraḥ\nprasūtiṁ mānavīṁ dakṣa\nupayeme hy ajātmajaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "ete",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "munayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"great sages"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣattaḥ",
"meanings": [
"O Vidura"
]
},
{
"word": "lokān",
"meanings": [
"the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "sargaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with their descendants"
]
},
{
"word": "abhāvayan",
"meanings": [
"filled"
]
},
{
"word": "eṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "kardama",
"meanings": [
"of the sage Kardama"
]
},
{
"word": "dauhitra",
"meanings": [
"grandsons"
]
},
{
"word": "santānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"offspring"
]
},
{
"word": "kathitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"already spoken"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"unto you"
]
},
{
"word": "śṛṇvataḥ",
"meanings": [
"hearing"
]
},
{
"word": "śraddadhānasya",
"meanings": [
"of the faithful"
]
},
{
"word": "sadyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"immediately"
]
},
{
"word": "pāpa-haraḥ",
"meanings": [
"reducing all sinful activities"
]
},
{
"word": "paraḥ",
"meanings": [
"great"
]
},
{
"word": "prasūtim",
"meanings": [
"Prasūti"
]
},
{
"word": "mānavīm",
"meanings": [
"daughter of Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "dakṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"King Dakṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "upayeme",
"meanings": [
"married"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "ajātmajaḥ",
"meanings": [
"son of Brahmā."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>My dear Vidura, the population of the universe was thus increased by the descendants of these sages. Actually all of them were born of the daughters of Kardama. Anyone who hears the descriptions of this dynasty with faith will be relieved from all sinful reactions. Another daughter of Manu, known as Prasūti, married the son of Brahmā named Dakṣa.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 47
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 48,
"reference": "SB 4.1.48",
"devanagari": "तस्यां ससर्ज दुहितेः᳙ षोडशामललोचनाः\nत्रयोदशादाद्धर्माय तथैकाम् अग्नये विभुः",
"transliteration": "tasyāṁ sasarja duhitèḥ\nṣoḍaśāmala-locanāḥ\ntrayodaśādād dharmāya\ntathaikām agnaye vibhuḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tasyām",
"meanings": [
"unto her"
]
},
{
"word": "sasarja",
"meanings": [
"created"
]
},
{
"word": "duhitèḥ",
"meanings": [
"daughters"
]
},
{
"word": "ṣoḍaśa",
"meanings": [
"sixteen"
]
},
{
"word": "amala-locanāḥ",
"meanings": [
"with lotuslike eyes"
]
},
{
"word": "trayodaśa",
"meanings": [
"thirteen"
]
},
{
"word": "adāt",
"meanings": [
"gave"
]
},
{
"word": "dharmāya",
"meanings": [
"to Dharma"
]
},
{
"word": "tathā",
"meanings": [
"so"
]
},
{
"word": "ekām",
"meanings": [
"one daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "agnaye",
"meanings": [
"to Agni"
]
},
{
"word": "vibhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Dakṣa."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Dakṣa begot sixteen very beautiful daughters with lotuslike eyes in his wife Prasūti. Of these sixteen daughters, thirteen were given in marriage to Dharma, and one daughter was given to Agni.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 49,
"reference": "SB 4.1.49-52",
"devanagari": "पितृभ्य एकां युक्तेभ्यो भवायैकां भवच्छिदे\nश्रद्धा मैत्री दया शान्तिस्तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्रियोन्नतिः\nबुद्धिर्मेधा तितिक्षा ह्रीर्मूर्तिर्धर्मस्य पत्नयः\nश्रद्धासूत शुभं मैत्री प्रसादम् अभयं दया\nशान्तिः सुखं मुदं तुष्टिः स्मयं पुष्टिर् असूयत\nयोगं क्रियोन्नतिर्दर्पम् अर्थं बुद्धिर् असूयत\nमेधा स्मृतिं तितिक्षा तु क्षेमं ह्रीः प्रश्रयं सुतम्\nमूर्तिः सर्वगुणोत्पत्तिर्नरनारायणाव् ऋषी",
"transliteration": "pitṛbhya ekāṁ yuktebhyo\nbhavāyaikāṁ bhava-cchide\nśraddhā maitrī dayā śāntis\ntuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kriyonnatiḥ\nbuddhir medhā titikṣā hrīr\nmūrtir dharmasya patnayaḥ\nśraddhāsūta śubhaṁ maitrī\nprasādam abhayaṁ dayā\nśāntiḥ sukhaṁ mudaṁ tuṣṭiḥ\nsmayaṁ puṣṭir asūyata\nyogaṁ kriyonnatir darpam\narthaṁ buddhir asūyata\nmedhā smṛtiṁ titikṣā tu\nkṣemaṁ hrīḥ praśrayaṁ sutam\nmūrtiḥ sarva-guṇotpattir\nnara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣī",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pitṛbhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"to the Pitās"
]
},
{
"word": "ekām",
"meanings": [
"one daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "yuktebhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the assembled"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavāya",
"meanings": [
"to Lord Śiva"
]
},
{
"word": "ekām",
"meanings": [
"one daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "bhava-chide",
"meanings": [
"who delivers from the material entanglement"
]
},
{
"word": "śraddhā, maitrī, dayā, śāntiḥ, tuṣṭiḥ, puṣṭiḥ, kriyā, unnatiḥ, buddhiḥ, medhā, titikṣā, hrīḥ, mūrtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"names of thirteen daughters of Dakṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "dharmasya",
"meanings": [
"of Dharma"
]
},
{
"word": "patnayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the wives"
]
},
{
"word": "śraddhā",
"meanings": [
"Śraddhā"
]
},
{
"word": "asūta",
"meanings": [
"gave birth to"
]
},
{
"word": "śubham",
"meanings": [
"Śubha"
]
},
{
"word": "maitrī",
"meanings": [
"Maitrī"
]
},
{
"word": "prasādam",
"meanings": [
"Prasāda"
]
},
{
"word": "abhayam",
"meanings": [
"Abhaya"
]
},
{
"word": "dayā",
"meanings": [
"Dayā"
]
},
{
"word": "śāntiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Śānti"
]
},
{
"word": "sukham",
"meanings": [
"Sukha"
]
},
{
"word": "mudam",
"meanings": [
"Muda"
]
},
{
"word": "tuṣṭiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Tuṣṭi"
]
},
{
"word": "smayam",
"meanings": [
"Smaya"
]
},
{
"word": "puṣṭiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Puṣṭi"
]
},
{
"word": "asūyata",
"meanings": [
"gave birth to"
]
},
{
"word": "yogam",
"meanings": [
"Yoga"
]
},
{
"word": "kriyā",
"meanings": [
"Kriyā"
]
},
{
"word": "unnatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Unnati"
]
},
{
"word": "darpam",
"meanings": [
"Darpa"
]
},
{
"word": "artham",
"meanings": [
"Artha"
]
},
{
"word": "buddhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Buddhi"
]
},
{
"word": "asūyata",
"meanings": [
"begot"
]
},
{
"word": "medhā",
"meanings": [
"Medhā"
]
},
{
"word": "smṛtim",
"meanings": [
"Smṛti"
]
},
{
"word": "titikṣā",
"meanings": [
"Titikṣā"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣemam",
"meanings": [
"Kṣema"
]
},
{
"word": "hrīḥ",
"meanings": [
"Hrī"
]
},
{
"word": "praśrayam",
"meanings": [
"Praśraya"
]
},
{
"word": "sutam",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "mūrtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Mūrti"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-guṇa",
"meanings": [
"of all respectable qualities"
]
},
{
"word": "utpattiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the reservoir"
]
},
{
"word": "nara-nārāyaṇau",
"meanings": [
"both Nara and Nārāyaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣī",
"meanings": [
"the two sages."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>One of the remaining two daughters was given in charity to the Pitṛloka, where she resides very amicably, and the other was given to Lord Śiva, who is the deliverer of sinful persons from material entanglement. The names of the thirteen daughters of Dakṣa who were given to Dharma are Śraddhā, Maitrī, Dayā, Śānti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Kriyā, Unnati, Buddhi, Medhā, Titikṣā, Hrī and Mūrti. These thirteen daughters produced the following sons: Śraddhā gave birth to Śubha, Maitrī produced Prasāda, Dayā gave birth to Abhaya, Śānti gave birth to Sukha, Tuṣṭi gave birth to Muda, Puṣṭi gave birth to Smaya, Kriyā gave birth to Yoga, Unnati gave birth to Darpa, Buddhi gave birth to Artha, Medhā gave birth to Smṛti, Titikṣā gave birth to Kṣema, and Hrī gave birth to Praśraya. Mūrti, a reservoir of all respectable qualities, gave birth to Śrī Nara-Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 52
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 53,
"reference": "SB 4.1.53",
"devanagari": "ययोर्जन्मन्य् अदो विश्वम् अभ्यनन्दत्सुनिर्वृतम्\nमनांसि ककुभो वाताः प्रसेदुः सरितो ऽद्रयः",
"transliteration": "yayor janmany ado viśvam\nabhyanandat sunirvṛtam\nmanāṁsi kakubho vātāḥ\npraseduḥ sarito 'drayaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"both of whom (Nara and Nārāyaṇa)"
]
},
{
"word": "janmani",
"meanings": [
"on the appearance"
]
},
{
"word": "adaḥ",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvam",
"meanings": [
"universe"
]
},
{
"word": "abhyanandat",
"meanings": [
"became glad"
]
},
{
"word": "sunirvṛtam",
"meanings": [
"full of joy"
]
},
{
"word": "manāṁsi",
"meanings": [
"everyone's mind"
]
},
{
"word": "kakubhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the directions"
]
},
{
"word": "vātāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the air"
]
},
{
"word": "praseduḥ",
"meanings": [
"became pleasant"
]
},
{
"word": "saritaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the rivers"
]
},
{
"word": "adrayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the mountains."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>On the occasion of the appearance of Nara-Nārāyaṇa, the entire world was full of joy. Everyone's mind became tranquil, and thus in all directions the air, the rivers and the mountains became pleasant.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 54,
"reference": "SB 4.1.54-55",
"devanagari": "दिव्य् अवाद्यन्त तूर्याणि पेतुः कुसुमवृष्टयः\nमुनयस्तुष्टुवुस्तुष्टा जगुर्गन्धर्वकिन्नराः\nनृत्यन्ति स्म स्त्रियो देव्य आसीत्परममंगलम्\nदेवा ब्रह्मादयः सर्वे उपतस्थुर् अभिष्टवैः",
"transliteration": "divy avādyanta tūryāṇi\npetuḥ kusuma-vṛṣṭayaḥ\nmunayas tuṣṭuvus tuṣṭā\njagur gandharva-kinnarāḥ\nnṛtyanti sma striyo devya\nāsīt parama-maṅgalam\ndevā brahmādayaḥ sarve\nupatasthur abhiṣṭavaiḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "divi",
"meanings": [
"in the heavenly planets"
]
},
{
"word": "avādyanta",
"meanings": [
"vibrated"
]
},
{
"word": "tūryāṇi",
"meanings": [
"a band of instruments"
]
},
{
"word": "petuḥ",
"meanings": [
"they showered"
]
},
{
"word": "kusuma",
"meanings": [
"of flowers"
]
},
{
"word": "vṛṣṭayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"showers"
]
},
{
"word": "munayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the sages"
]
},
{
"word": "tuṣṭuvuḥ",
"meanings": [
"chanted Vedic prayers"
]
},
{
"word": "tuṣṭāḥ",
"meanings": [
"pacified"
]
},
{
"word": "jaguḥ",
"meanings": [
"began to sing"
]
},
{
"word": "gandharva",
"meanings": [
"the Gandharvas"
]
},
{
"word": "kinnarāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Kinnaras"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛtyanti sma",
"meanings": [
"danced"
]
},
{
"word": "striyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the beautiful damsels"
]
},
{
"word": "devyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the heavenly planets"
]
},
{
"word": "āsīt",
"meanings": [
"were visible"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-maṅgalam",
"meanings": [
"the highest good fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "devāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-ādayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Brahmā and others"
]
},
{
"word": "sarve",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "upatasthuḥ",
"meanings": [
"worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "abhiṣṭavaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with respectful prayers."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>In the heavenly planets, bands began to play, and they showered flowers from the sky. The pacified sages chanted Vedic prayers, the denizens of heaven known as the Gandharvas and Kinnaras sang, the beautiful damsels of the heavenly planets danced, and in this way, at the time of the appearance of Nara-Nārāyaṇa, all signs of good fortune were visible. Just at that time, great demigods like Brahmā also offered their respectful prayers.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 55
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 56,
"reference": "SB 4.1.56",
"devanagari": "देवा ऊचुः\nयो मायया विरचितं निजयात्मनीदं खे रूपभेदम् इव तत्प्रतिचक्षणाय\nएतेन धर्मसदने ऋषिमूर्तिनाद्य प्रादुश्चकार पुरुषाय नमः परस्मै",
"transliteration": "devā ūcuḥ\nyo māyayā viracitaṁ nijayātmanīdaṁ\nkhe rūpa-bhedam iva tat-praticakṣaṇāya\netena dharma-sadane ṛṣi-mūrtinādya\nprāduścakāra puruṣāya namaḥ parasmai",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "devāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "ūcuḥ",
"meanings": [
"said"
]
},
{
"word": "yaḥ",
"meanings": [
"who"
]
},
{
"word": "māyayā",
"meanings": [
"by the external energy"
]
},
{
"word": "viracitam",
"meanings": [
"was created"
]
},
{
"word": "nijayā",
"meanings": [
"by His own"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmani",
"meanings": [
"being situated in Him"
]
},
{
"word": "idam",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "khe",
"meanings": [
"in the sky"
]
},
{
"word": "rūpa-bhedam",
"meanings": [
"bunches of clouds"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"as if"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"of Himself"
]
},
{
"word": "praticakṣaṇāya",
"meanings": [
"for manifesting"
]
},
{
"word": "etena",
"meanings": [
"with this"
]
},
{
"word": "dharma-sadane",
"meanings": [
"in the house of Dharma"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣi-mūrtinā",
"meanings": [
"with the form of a sage"
]
},
{
"word": "adya",
"meanings": [
"today"
]
},
{
"word": "prāduścakāra",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣāya",
"meanings": [
"unto the Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"respectful obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "parasmai",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The demigods said:</b><b> Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the transcendental Personality of Godhead, who created as His external energy this cosmic manifestation, which is situated in Him as the air and clouds are situated in space, and who has now appeared in the form of Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi in the house of Dharma.</b>",
"purport": [
"The universal form of the Lord is the cosmic manifestation, which is an exhibition of the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In space there are innumerable varieties of planets and also the air, and in the air there are variously colored clouds, and sometimes we see airplanes running from one place to another. Thus the entire cosmic manifestation is full of variety, but actually that variety is a manifestation of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, and that energy is situated in Him. Now the Lord Himself, after manifesting His energy, appeared within the creation of His energy, which is simultaneously one with and different from Himself, and therefore the demigods offered their respects to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who manifests Himself in such varieties. There are some philosophers, called nondualists, who, because of their impersonal conception, think that the varieties are false. In this verse it is specifically stated, <i>yo māyayā viracitam.</i> This indicates that the varieties are a manifestation of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus because the energy is nondifferent from the Godhead, the varieties are also factual. The material varieties may be temporary, but they are not false. They are a reflection of the spiritual varieties. Here the word <i>praticakṣaṇāya,</i> \"there are varieties,\" announces the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who appeared as Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi and who is the origin of all varieties of material nature."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 57,
"reference": "SB 4.1.57",
"devanagari": "सो ऽयं स्थितिव्यतिकरोपशमाय सृष्टान्सत्त्वेन नः सुरगणान् अनुमेयतत्त्वः\nदृश्याद् अदभ्रकरुणेन विलोकनेन यच्छ्रीनिकेतम् अमलं क्षिपतारविन्दम्",
"transliteration": "so 'yaṁ sthiti-vyatikaropaśamāya sṛṣṭān\nsattvena naḥ sura-gaṇān anumeya-tattvaḥ\ndṛśyād adabhra-karuṇena vilokanena\nyac chrīniketam amalaṁ kṣipatāravindam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "ayam",
"meanings": [
"He"
]
},
{
"word": "sthiti",
"meanings": [
"of the created world"
]
},
{
"word": "vyatikara",
"meanings": [
"calamities"
]
},
{
"word": "upaśamāya",
"meanings": [
"for destroying"
]
},
{
"word": "sṛṣṭān",
"meanings": [
"created"
]
},
{
"word": "sattvena",
"meanings": [
"by the mode of goodness"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"us"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-gaṇān",
"meanings": [
"the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "anumeya-tattvaḥ",
"meanings": [
"understood by the Vedas"
]
},
{
"word": "dṛśyāt",
"meanings": [
"glance over"
]
},
{
"word": "adabhra-karuṇena",
"meanings": [
"merciful"
]
},
{
"word": "vilokanena",
"meanings": [
"glance"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "śrīniketam",
"meanings": [
"the home of the goddess of fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "amalam",
"meanings": [
"spotless"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣipata",
"meanings": [
"supersedes"
]
},
{
"word": "aravindam",
"meanings": [
"lotus."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Let that Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is understood by truly authorized Vedic literature and who has created peace and prosperity to destroy all calamities of the created world, be kind enough to bestow His glance upon the demigods. His merciful glance can supersede the beauty of the spotless lotus flower which is the home of the goddess of fortune.</b>",
"purport": [
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the origin of the cosmic manifestation, is covered by the wonderful activities of material nature, just as outer space or the illumination of the sun and moon is sometimes covered by clouds or dust. It is very difficult to find the origin of the cosmic manifestation; therefore material scientists conclude that nature is the ultimate cause of all manifestations. But from <i>śāstra,</i> or authentic literature like <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> and other Vedic scriptures, we understand that behind this wonderful cosmic manifestation is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in order to maintain the regular procedures of the cosmic manifestation and to be visible to the eyes of persons who are in the mode of goodness, the Lord appears. He is the cause of the creation and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation. The demigods therefore prayed for His merciful glance upon them in order to be blessed."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 58,
"reference": "SB 4.1.58",
"devanagari": "एवं सुरगणैस्तात भगवन्ताव् अभिष्टुतौ\nलब्धावलोकैर्ययतुर् अर्चितौ गन्धमादनम्",
"transliteration": "evaṁ sura-gaṇais tāta\nbhagavantāv abhiṣṭutau\nlabdhāvalokair yayatur\narcitau gandhamādanam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "evam",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-gaṇaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "tāta",
"meanings": [
"O Vidura"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavantau",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "abhiṣṭutau",
"meanings": [
"having been praised"
]
},
{
"word": "labdha",
"meanings": [
"having obtained"
]
},
{
"word": "avalokaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the glance (of mercy)"
]
},
{
"word": "yayatuḥ",
"meanings": [
"departed"
]
},
{
"word": "arcitau",
"meanings": [
"having been worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "gandhamādanam",
"meanings": [
"to the Gandhamādana Hill."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>[Maitreya said:]</b><b> O Vidura, thus the demigods worshiped with prayers the Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as the sage Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Lord glanced upon them with mercy and then departed for Gandhamādana Hill.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 59,
"reference": "SB 4.1.59",
"devanagari": "ताव् इमौ वै भगवतो हरेर् अंशाव् इहागतौ\nभारव्ययाय च भुवः कृष्णौ यदुकुरूद्वहौ",
"transliteration": "tāv imau vai bhagavato\nharer aṁśāv ihāgatau\nbhāra-vyayāya ca bhuvaḥ\nkṛṣṇau yadu-kurūdvahau",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tau",
"meanings": [
"both"
]
},
{
"word": "imau",
"meanings": [
"these"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "hareḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Hari"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁśau",
"meanings": [
"part and parcel expansion"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"here (in this universe)"
]
},
{
"word": "āgatau",
"meanings": [
"has appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāra-vyayāya",
"meanings": [
"for mitigation of the burden"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "bhuvaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the world"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛṣṇau",
"meanings": [
"the two Kṛṣṇas (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna)"
]
},
{
"word": "yadu-kuru-udvahau",
"meanings": [
"who are the best of the Yadu and Kuru dynasties respectively."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>That Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, who is a partial expansion of Kṛṣṇa, has now appeared in the dynasties of Yadu and Kuru, in the forms of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna respectively, to mitigate the burden of the world.</b>",
"purport": [
"Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Nara is a part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. Thus the energy and the energetic together are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Maitreya informed Vidura that Nara, the portion of Nārāyaṇa, had appeared in the family of the Kurus and that Nārāyaṇa, the plenary expansion of Kṛṣṇa, had come as Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with the purpose of delivering suffering humanity from the pangs of material burdens. In other words, Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi was now present in the world in the forms of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 60,
"reference": "SB 4.1.60",
"devanagari": "स्वाहाभिमानिनश्चाग्नेर् आत्मजांस्त्रीन् अजीजनत्\nपावकं पवमानं च शुचिं च हुतभोजनम्",
"transliteration": "svāhābhimāninaś cāgner\nātmajāṁs trīn ajījanat\npāvakaṁ pavamānaṁ ca\nśuciṁ ca huta-bhojanam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "svāhā",
"meanings": [
"Svāhā, the wife of Agni"
]
},
{
"word": "abhimāninaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the presiding deity of fire"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "agneḥ",
"meanings": [
"from Agni"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmajān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "trīn",
"meanings": [
"three"
]
},
{
"word": "ajījanat",
"meanings": [
"produced"
]
},
{
"word": "pāvakam",
"meanings": [
"Pāvaka"
]
},
{
"word": "pavamānam ca",
"meanings": [
"and Pavamāna"
]
},
{
"word": "śucim ca",
"meanings": [
"and Śuci"
]
},
{
"word": "huta-bhojanam",
"meanings": [
"eating the oblations of sacrifice."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The predominating deity of fire begot in his wife, Svāhā, three children, named Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci, who exist by eating the oblations offered to the fire of sacrifice.</b>",
"purport": [
"After describing the descendants of the thirteen wives of Dharma, who were all daughters of Dakṣa, Maitreya now describes the fourteenth daughter of Dakṣa, Svāhā, and her three sons. Oblations offered in the sacrificial fire are meant for the demigods, and, on behalf of the demigods the three sons of Agni and Svāhā, namely Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci, accept the oblations."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 61,
"reference": "SB 4.1.61",
"devanagari": "तेभ्यो ऽग्नयः समभवन्चत्वारिंशच्च पंच च\nत एवैकोनपंचाशत्साकं पितृपितामहैः",
"transliteration": "tebhyo 'gnayaḥ samabhavan\ncatvāriṁśac ca pañca ca\nta evaikonapañcāśat\nsākaṁ pitṛ-pitāmahaiḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tebhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"from them"
]
},
{
"word": "agnayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fire-gods"
]
},
{
"word": "samabhavan",
"meanings": [
"were produced"
]
},
{
"word": "catvāriṁśat",
"meanings": [
"forty"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "pañca",
"meanings": [
"five"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "ekonapañcāśat",
"meanings": [
"forty-nine"
]
},
{
"word": "sākam",
"meanings": [
"along with"
]
},
{
"word": "pitṛ-pitāmahaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with the fathers and grandfather."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>From those three sons another forty-five descendants were generated, who are also fire-gods. The total number of fire-gods is therefore forty-nine, including the fathers and the grandfather.</b>",
"purport": [
"The grandfather is Agni, and the sons are Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci. Counting these four plus forty-five grandsons, there are altogether forty-nine different fire-gods."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 62,
"reference": "SB 4.1.62",
"devanagari": "वैतानिके कर्मणि यन्नामभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः\nआग्नेय्य इष्टयो यज्ञे निरूप्यन्ते ऽग्नयस्तु ते",
"transliteration": "vaitānike karmaṇi yan-\nnāmabhir brahma-vādibhiḥ\nāgneyya iṣṭayo yajñe\nnirūpyante 'gnayas tu te",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vaitānike",
"meanings": [
"offering of oblations"
]
},
{
"word": "karmaṇi",
"meanings": [
"the activity"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"of the fire-gods"
]
},
{
"word": "nāmabhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the names"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-vādibhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by impersonalist brāhmaṇas"
]
},
{
"word": "āgneyyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"for Agni"
]
},
{
"word": "iṣṭayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"sacrifices"
]
},
{
"word": "yajñe",
"meanings": [
"in the sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "nirūpyante",
"meanings": [
"are the objective"
]
},
{
"word": "agnayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the forty-nine fire-gods"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"but"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"those."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brāhmaṇas.</b>",
"purport": [
"Impersonalists who perform Vedic fruitive sacrifices are attracted to the various fire-gods and offer oblations in their name. The forty-nine fire-gods are described herewith."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 63,
"reference": "SB 4.1.63",
"devanagari": "अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदः सौम्याः पितर आज्यपाः\nसाग्नयो ऽनग्नयस्तेषां पत्नी दाक्षायणी स्वधा",
"transliteration": "agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ\nsaumyāḥ pitara ājyapāḥ\nsāgnayo 'nagnayas teṣāṁ\npatnī dākṣāyaṇī svadhā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agniṣvāttāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Agniṣvāttas"
]
},
{
"word": "barhiṣadaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Barhiṣadas"
]
},
{
"word": "saumyāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Saumyas"
]
},
{
"word": "pitaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the forefathers"
]
},
{
"word": "ājyapāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Ājyapas"
]
},
{
"word": "sāgnayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"those whose means is by fire"
]
},
{
"word": "anagnayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"those whose means is without fire"
]
},
{
"word": "teṣām",
"meanings": [
"of them"
]
},
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"the wife"
]
},
{
"word": "dākṣāyaṇī",
"meanings": [
"the daughter of Dakṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "svadhā",
"meanings": [
"Svadhā."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣadas, the Saumyas and the Ājyapas are the Pitṛs. They are either sāgnika or niragnika. The wife of all these Pitṛs is Svadhā, who is the daughter of King Dakṣa.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 64,
"reference": "SB 4.1.64",
"devanagari": "तेभ्यो दधार कन्ये द्वे वयुनां धारिणीं स्वधा\nउभे ते ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगे",
"transliteration": "tebhyo dadhāra kanye dve\nvayunāṁ dhāriṇīṁ svadhā\nubhe te brahma-vādinyau\njñāna-vijñāna-pārage",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tebhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"from them"
]
},
{
"word": "dadhāra",
"meanings": [
"produced"
]
},
{
"word": "kanye",
"meanings": [
"daughters"
]
},
{
"word": "dve",
"meanings": [
"two"
]
},
{
"word": "vayunām",
"meanings": [
"Vayunā"
]
},
{
"word": "dhāriṇīm",
"meanings": [
"Dhāriṇī"
]
},
{
"word": "svadhā",
"meanings": [
"Svadhā"
]
},
{
"word": "ubhe",
"meanings": [
"both of them"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-vādinyau",
"meanings": [
"impersonalists"
]
},
{
"word": "jñāna-vijñāna-pārage",
"meanings": [
"expert in both transcendental and Vedic knowledge."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Svadhā, who was offered to the Pitās, begot two daughters named Vayunā and Dhāriṇī, both of whom were impersonalists and were expert in transcendental and Vedic knowledge.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 65,
"reference": "SB 4.1.65",
"devanagari": "भवस्य पत्नी तु सती भवं देवम् अनुव्रता\nआत्मनः सदृशं पुत्रं न लेभे गुणशीलतः",
"transliteration": "bhavasya patnī tu satī\nbhavaṁ devam anuvratā\nātmanaḥ sadṛśaṁ putraṁ\nna lebhe guṇa-śīlataḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bhavasya",
"meanings": [
"of Bhava (Lord Śiva)"
]
},
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"the wife"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"but"
]
},
{
"word": "satī",
"meanings": [
"named Satī"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavam",
"meanings": [
"to Bhava"
]
},
{
"word": "devam",
"meanings": [
"a demigod"
]
},
{
"word": "anuvratā",
"meanings": [
"faithfully engaged in service"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of herself"
]
},
{
"word": "sadṛśam",
"meanings": [
"similar"
]
},
{
"word": "putram",
"meanings": [
"a son"
]
},
{
"word": "na lebhe",
"meanings": [
"did not obtain"
]
},
{
"word": "guṇa-śīlataḥ",
"meanings": [
"by good qualities and by character."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The sixteenth daughter, whose name was Satī, was the wife of Lord Śiva. She could not produce a child, although she always faithfully engaged in the service of her husband.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 66,
"reference": "SB 4.1.66",
"devanagari": "पितर्य् अप्रतिरूपे स्वे भवायानागसे रुषा\nअप्रौढैवात्मनात्मानम् अजहाद्योगसंयुता",
"transliteration": "pitary apratirūpe sve\nbhavāyānāgase ruṣā\naprauḍhaivātmanātmānam\najahād yoga-saṁyutā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pitari",
"meanings": [
"as a father"
]
},
{
"word": "apratirūpe",
"meanings": [
"unfavorable"
]
},
{
"word": "sve",
"meanings": [
"her own"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavāya",
"meanings": [
"unto Lord Śiva"
]
},
{
"word": "anāgase",
"meanings": [
"faultless"
]
},
{
"word": "ruṣā",
"meanings": [
"with anger"
]
},
{
"word": "aprauḍhā",
"meanings": [
"before attaining maturity"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"even"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanā",
"meanings": [
"by herself"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmānam",
"meanings": [
"the body"
]
},
{
"word": "ajahāt",
"meanings": [
"gave up"
]
},
{
"word": "yoga-saṁyutā",
"meanings": [
"by mystic yoga."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The reason is that Satī's father, Dakṣa, used to chastise Lord Śiva in spite of Śiva's faultlessness. Therefore, before attaining a mature age, Satī gave up her body by dint of yogic mystic power.</b>",
"purport": [
"Lord Śiva, being the head of all mystic <i>yogīs,</i> never even constructed a home for his residence. Satī was the daughter of a great king, Dakṣa, and because his youngest daughter, Satī, selected as her husband Lord Śiva, King Dakṣa was not very much satisfied with her. Therefore whenever she met her father, he unnecessarily chastised her husband, although Lord Śiva was faultless. Because of this, before attaining a mature age Satī gave up the body given by her father, Dakṣa, and therefore she could not produce a child."
]
}