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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 1,
"reference": "SB 6.9.1",
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच\nतस्यासन्विश्वरूपस्य शिरांसि त्रीणि भारत\nसोमपीथं सुरापीथम् अन्नादम् इति शुश्रुम",
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\ntasyāsan viśvarūpasya\nśirāṁsi trīṇi bhārata\nsoma-pīthaṁ surā-pītham\nannādam iti śuśruma",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"of him"
]
},
{
"word": "āsan",
"meanings": [
"there were"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvarūpasya",
"meanings": [
"of Viśvarūpa, the priest of the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "śirāṁsi",
"meanings": [
"heads"
]
},
{
"word": "trīṇi",
"meanings": [
"three"
]
},
{
"word": "bhārata",
"meanings": [
"O Mahārāja Parīkṣit"
]
},
{
"word": "soma-pītham",
"meanings": [
"used for drinking the beverage soma"
]
},
{
"word": "surā-pītham",
"meanings": [
"used for drinking wine"
]
},
{
"word": "anna-adam",
"meanings": [
"used for eating"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "śuśruma",
"meanings": [
"I have heard by the paramparā system."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: </b><b>Viśvarūpa, who was engaged as the priest of the demigods, had three heads. He used one to drink the beverage soma-rasa, another to drink wine and the third to eat food. O King Parīkṣit, thus I have heard from authorities.</b>",
"purport": [
"One cannot directly perceive the kingdom of heaven, its king and other inhabitants, or how they perform their various engagements, for no one can go to the heavenly planets. Although modern scientists have invented many powerful space vehicles, they cannot even go to the moon, not to speak of other planets. By direct experience one cannot learn anything beyond the range of human perception. One must hear from authorities. Therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī, a great personality, says, \"What I am describing to you, O King, is what I have heard from authoritative sources.\" This is the Vedic system. The Vedic knowledge is called <i>śruti</i> because it must be received by being heard from authorities. It is beyond the realm of our false experimental knowledge."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 2,
"reference": "SB 6.9.2",
"devanagari": "स वै बर्हिषि देवेभ्यो भागं प्रत्यक्षम् उच्चकैः\nअददद्यस्य पितरो देवाः सप्रश्रयं नृप",
"transliteration": "sa vai barhiṣi devebhyo\nbhāgaṁ pratyakṣam uccakaiḥ\nadadad yasya pitaro\ndevāḥ sapraśrayaṁ nṛpa",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he (Viśvarūpa)"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "barhiṣi",
"meanings": [
"in the sacrificial fire"
]
},
{
"word": "devebhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"unto the particular demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāgam",
"meanings": [
"the proper share"
]
},
{
"word": "pratyakṣam",
"meanings": [
"visibly"
]
},
{
"word": "uccakaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by loud chanting of the mantras"
]
},
{
"word": "adadat",
"meanings": [
"offered"
]
},
{
"word": "yasya",
"meanings": [
"of whom"
]
},
{
"word": "pitaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the fathers"
]
},
{
"word": "devāḥ",
"meanings": [
"demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-praśrayam",
"meanings": [
"very humbly in a gentle voice"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛpa",
"meanings": [
"O King Parīkṣit."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the demigods were related to Viśvarūpa from his father's side, and therefore he visibly offered clarified butter in the fire while chanting mantras such as \"indrāya idaṁ svāhā\" [\"this is meant for King Indra\"] and \"idam agnaye\" [\"this is for the demigod of fire\"]. He loudly chanted these mantras and offered each of the demigods his proper share.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 3,
"reference": "SB 6.9.3",
"devanagari": "स एव हि ददौ भागं परोक्षम् असुरान्प्रति\nयजमानो ऽवहद्भागं मातृस्नेहवशानुगः",
"transliteration": "sa eva hi dadau bhāgaṁ\nparokṣam asurān prati\nyajamāno 'vahad bhāgaṁ\nmātṛ-sneha-vaśānugaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he (Viśvarūpa)"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "dadau",
"meanings": [
"offered"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāgam",
"meanings": [
"share"
]
},
{
"word": "parokṣam",
"meanings": [
"without the knowledge of the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "asurān",
"meanings": [
"the demons"
]
},
{
"word": "prati",
"meanings": [
"unto"
]
},
{
"word": "yajamānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"performing sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "avahat",
"meanings": [
"offered"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāgam",
"meanings": [
"share"
]
},
{
"word": "mātṛ-sneha",
"meanings": [
"by affection for his mother"
]
},
{
"word": "vaśa-anugaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being compelled."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Although offering clarified butter in the sacrificial fire in the name of the demigods, without the knowledge of the demigods he also offered oblations to the demons because they were his relatives through his mother.</b>",
"purport": [
"Because of Viśvarūpa's affection for the families of both the demigods and the demons, he appeased the Supreme Lord on behalf of both dynasties. When he offered oblations in the fire on behalf of the <i>asuras,</i> he did so secretly, without the knowledge of the demigods."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 4,
"reference": "SB 6.9.4",
"devanagari": "तद्देवहेलनं तस्य धर्मालीकं सुरेश्वरः\nआलक्ष्य तरसा भीतस्तच्छीर्षाण्य् अच्छिनद्रुषा",
"transliteration": "tad deva-helanaṁ tasya\ndharmālīkaṁ sureśvaraḥ\nālakṣya tarasā bhītas\ntac-chīrṣāṇy acchinad ruṣā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "deva-helanam",
"meanings": [
"offense to the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"of him (Viśvarūpa)"
]
},
{
"word": "dharma-alīkam",
"meanings": [
"cheating in religious principles (pretending to be the priest of the demigods, but secretly acting as the priest of the demons also)"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the king of the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "ālakṣya",
"meanings": [
"observing"
]
},
{
"word": "tarasā",
"meanings": [
"quickly"
]
},
{
"word": "bhītaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being afraid (that the demons would gain strength by being blessed by Viśvarūpa)"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"his (Viśvarūpa's)"
]
},
{
"word": "śīrṣāṇi",
"meanings": [
"heads"
]
},
{
"word": "acchinat",
"meanings": [
"cut off"
]
},
{
"word": "ruṣā",
"meanings": [
"with great anger."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Once upon a time, however, the King of heaven, Indra, understood that Viśvarūpa was secretly cheating the demigods by offering oblations on behalf of the demons. He became extremely afraid of being defeated by the demons, and in great anger at Viśvarūpa he cut Viśvarūpa's three heads from his shoulders.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 5,
"reference": "SB 6.9.5",
"devanagari": "सोमपीथं तु यत्तस्य शिर आसीत्कपिंजलः\nकलविंकः सुरापीथम् अन्नादं यत्स तित्तिरिः",
"transliteration": "soma-pīthaṁ tu yat tasya\nśira āsīt kapiñjalaḥ\nkalaviṅkaḥ surā-pītham\nannādaṁ yat sa tittiriḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "soma-pītham",
"meanings": [
"used for drinking soma-rasa"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"however"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"of him (Viśvarūpa)"
]
},
{
"word": "śiraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the head"
]
},
{
"word": "āsīt",
"meanings": [
"became"
]
},
{
"word": "kapiñjalaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a francolin partridge"
]
},
{
"word": "kalaviṅkaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a sparrow"
]
},
{
"word": "surā-pītham",
"meanings": [
"meant for drinking wine"
]
},
{
"word": "anna-adam",
"meanings": [
"used for eating food"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "tittiriḥ",
"meanings": [
"a common partridge."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thereafter, the head meant for drinking soma-rasa was transformed into a kapiñjala [francolin partridge]. Similarly, the head meant for drinking wine was transformed into a kalaviṅka [sparrow], and the head meant for eating food became a tittiri [common partridge].</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 6,
"reference": "SB 6.9.6",
"devanagari": "ब्रह्महत्याम् अंजलिना जग्राह यद् अपीश्वरः\nसंवत्सरान्ते तद् अघं भूतानां स विशुद्धये\nभूम्यम्बुद्रुमयोषिद्भ्यश्चतुर्धा व्यभजद्धरिः",
"transliteration": "brahma-hatyām añjalinā\njagrāha yad apīśvaraḥ\nsaṁvatsarānte tad aghaṁ\nbhūtānāṁ sa viśuddhaye\nbhūmy-ambu-druma-yoṣidbhyaś\ncaturdhā vyabhajad dhariḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brahma-hatyām",
"meanings": [
"the sinful reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "añjalinā",
"meanings": [
"with folded hands"
]
},
{
"word": "jagrāha",
"meanings": [
"assumed the responsibility for"
]
},
{
"word": "yat api",
"meanings": [
"although"
]
},
{
"word": "īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"very powerful"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁvatsara-ante",
"meanings": [
"after one year"
]
},
{
"word": "tat agham",
"meanings": [
"that sinful reaction"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūtānām",
"meanings": [
"of the material elements"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "viśuddhaye",
"meanings": [
"for purification"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūmi",
"meanings": [
"unto the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "ambu",
"meanings": [
"water"
]
},
{
"word": "druma",
"meanings": [
"trees"
]
},
{
"word": "yoṣidbhyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"and unto women"
]
},
{
"word": "caturdhā",
"meanings": [
"in four divisions"
]
},
{
"word": "vyabhajat",
"meanings": [
"divided"
]
},
{
"word": "hariḥ",
"meanings": [
"King Indra."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Although Indra was so powerful that he could neutralize the sinful reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa, he repentantly accepted the burden of these reactions with folded hands. He suffered for one year, and then to purify himself he distributed the reactions for this sinful killing among the earth, water, trees and women.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 7,
"reference": "SB 6.9.7",
"devanagari": "भूमिस्तुरीयं जग्राह खातपूरवरेण वै\nईरिणं ब्रह्महत्याया रूपं भूमौ प्रदृश्यते",
"transliteration": "bhūmis turīyaṁ jagrāha\nkhāta-pūra-vareṇa vai\nīriṇaṁ brahma-hatyāyā\nrūpaṁ bhūmau pradṛśyate",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bhūmiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "turīyam",
"meanings": [
"one fourth"
]
},
{
"word": "jagrāha",
"meanings": [
"accepted"
]
},
{
"word": "khāta-pūra",
"meanings": [
"of the filling of holes"
]
},
{
"word": "vareṇa",
"meanings": [
"because of the benediction"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "īriṇam",
"meanings": [
"the deserts"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-hatyāyāḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "rūpam",
"meanings": [
"form"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūmau",
"meanings": [
"on the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "pradṛśyate",
"meanings": [
"is visible."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>In return for King Indra's benediction that ditches in the earth would be filled automatically, the land accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. Because of those sinful reactions, we find many deserts on the surface of the earth.</b>",
"purport": [
"Because deserts are manifestations of the earth's diseased condition, no auspicious ritualistic ceremony can be performed in a desert. Persons destined to live in deserts are understood to be sharing the reactions for the sin of <i>brahma-hatyā,</i> the killing of a <i>brāhmaṇa.</i>"
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 8,
"reference": "SB 6.9.8",
"devanagari": "तुर्यं छेदविरोहेण वरेण जगृहुर्द्रुमाः\nतेषां निर्यासरूपेण ब्रह्महत्या प्रदृश्यते",
"transliteration": "turyaṁ cheda-viroheṇa\nvareṇa jagṛhur drumāḥ\nteṣāṁ niryāsa-rūpeṇa\nbrahma-hatyā pradṛśyate",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "turyam",
"meanings": [
"one fourth"
]
},
{
"word": "cheda",
"meanings": [
"although being cut"
]
},
{
"word": "viroheṇa",
"meanings": [
"of growing again"
]
},
{
"word": "vareṇa",
"meanings": [
"because of the benediction"
]
},
{
"word": "jagṛhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"accepted"
]
},
{
"word": "drumāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the trees"
]
},
{
"word": "teṣām",
"meanings": [
"of them"
]
},
{
"word": "niryāsa-rūpeṇa",
"meanings": [
"by the liquid oozing from the trees"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-hatyā",
"meanings": [
"the reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "pradṛśyate",
"meanings": [
"is visible."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>In return for Indra's benediction that their branches and twigs would grow back when trimmed, the trees accepted one fourth of the reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. These reactions are visible in the flowing of sap from trees. [Therefore one is forbidden to drink this sap.]</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 9,
"reference": "SB 6.9.9",
"devanagari": "शश्वत्कामवरेणांहस्तुरीयं जगृहुः स्त्रियः\nरजोरूपेण तास्व् अंहो मासि मासि प्रदृश्यते",
"transliteration": "śaśvat-kāma-vareṇāṁhas\nturīyaṁ jagṛhuḥ striyaḥ\nrajo-rūpeṇa tāsv aṁho\nmāsi māsi pradṛśyate",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śaśvat",
"meanings": [
"perpetual"
]
},
{
"word": "kāma",
"meanings": [
"of sexual desire"
]
},
{
"word": "vareṇa",
"meanings": [
"because of the benediction"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the sinful reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "turīyam",
"meanings": [
"one fourth"
]
},
{
"word": "jagṛhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"accepted"
]
},
{
"word": "striyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"women"
]
},
{
"word": "rajaḥ-rūpeṇa",
"meanings": [
"in the form of the menstrual period"
]
},
{
"word": "tāsu",
"meanings": [
"in them"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the sinful reaction"
]
},
{
"word": "māsi māsi",
"meanings": [
"every month"
]
},
{
"word": "pradṛśyate",
"meanings": [
"is visible."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>In return for Lord Indra's benediction that they would be able to enjoy lusty desires continuously, even during pregnancy for as long as sex is not injurious to the embryo, women accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions. As a result of those reactions, women manifest the signs of menstruation every month.</b>",
"purport": [
"Women as a class are very lusty, and apparently their continuous lusty desires are never satisfied. In return for Lord Indra's benediction that there would be no cessation to their lusty desires, women accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions for killing a <i>brāhmaṇa.</i>"
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 10,
"reference": "SB 6.9.10",
"devanagari": "द्रव्यभूयोवरेणापस्तुरीयं जगृहुर्मलम्\nतासु बुद्बुदफेनाभ्यां दृष्टं तद्धरति क्षिपन्",
"transliteration": "dravya-bhūyo-vareṇāpas\nturīyaṁ jagṛhur malam\ntāsu budbuda-phenābhyāṁ\ndṛṣṭaṁ tad dharati kṣipan",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dravya",
"meanings": [
"other things"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of increasing"
]
},
{
"word": "vareṇa",
"meanings": [
"by the benediction"
]
},
{
"word": "āpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"water"
]
},
{
"word": "turīyam",
"meanings": [
"one fourth"
]
},
{
"word": "jagṛhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"accepted"
]
},
{
"word": "malam",
"meanings": [
"the sinful reaction"
]
},
{
"word": "tāsu",
"meanings": [
"in the water"
]
},
{
"word": "budbuda-phenābhyām",
"meanings": [
"by bubbles and foam"
]
},
{
"word": "dṛṣṭam",
"meanings": [
"visible"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "harati",
"meanings": [
"one collects"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣipan",
"meanings": [
"throwing away."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>And in return for King Indra's benediction that water would increase the volume of other substances with which it was mixed, water accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions. Therefore there are bubbles and foam in water. When one collects water, these should be avoided.</b>",
"purport": [
"If water is mixed with milk, fruit juice or other similar substances, it increases their volume, and no one can understand which has increased. In return for this benediction, water accepted one fourth of Indra's sinful reactions. These sinful reactions are visible in foam and bubbles. Therefore one should avoid foam and bubbles while collecting drinking water."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 11,
"reference": "SB 6.9.11",
"devanagari": "हतपुत्रस्ततस्त्वष्टा जुहावेन्द्राय शत्रवे\nइन्द्रशत्रो विवर्धस्व मा चिरं जहि विद्विषम्",
"transliteration": "hata-putras tatas tvaṣṭā\njuhāvendrāya śatrave\nindra-śatro vivardhasva\nmā ciraṁ jahi vidviṣam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hata-putraḥ",
"meanings": [
"who lost his son"
]
},
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"thereafter"
]
},
{
"word": "tvaṣṭā",
"meanings": [
"Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "juhāva",
"meanings": [
"performed a sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "indrāya",
"meanings": [
"of Indra"
]
},
{
"word": "śatrave",
"meanings": [
"for creating an enemy"
]
},
{
"word": "indra-śatro",
"meanings": [
"O enemy of Indra"
]
},
{
"word": "vivardhasva",
"meanings": [
"increase"
]
},
{
"word": "mā",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "ciram",
"meanings": [
"after a long time"
]
},
{
"word": "jahi",
"meanings": [
"kill"
]
},
{
"word": "vidviṣam",
"meanings": [
"your enemy."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>After Viśvarūpa was killed, his father, Tvaṣṭā, performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra. He offered oblations in the sacrificial fire, saying, \"O enemy of Indra, flourish to kill your enemy without delay.\"</b>",
"purport": [
"There was some defect in Tvaṣṭā's chanting of the <i>mantra</i> because he chanted it long instead of short, and therefore the meaning changed. Tvaṣṭā intended to chant the word <i>indra-śatro,</i> meaning, \"O enemy of Indra.\" In this <i>mantra,</i> the word <i>indra</i> is in the possessive case (<i>ṣaṣṭhī</i>), and the word <i>indra-śatro</i> is called a <i>tat-puruṣa</i> compound (<i>tatpuruṣa-samāsa</i>). Unfortunately, instead of chanting the <i>mantra</i> short, Tvaṣṭā chanted it long, and its meaning changed from \"the enemy of Indra\" to \"Indra, who is an enemy.\" Consequently instead of an enemy of Indra's, there emerged the body of Vṛtrāsura, of whom Indra was the enemy."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 12,
"reference": "SB 6.9.12",
"devanagari": "अथान्वाहार्यपचनाद् उत्थितो घोरदर्शनः\nकृतान्त इव लोकानां युगान्तसमये यथा",
"transliteration": "athānvāhārya-pacanād\nutthito ghora-darśanaḥ\nkṛtānta iva lokānāṁ\nyugānta-samaye yathā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"thereafter"
]
},
{
"word": "anvāhārya-pacanāt",
"meanings": [
"from the fire known as Anvāhārya"
]
},
{
"word": "utthitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"arisen"
]
},
{
"word": "ghora-darśanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"appearing very fearful"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛtāntaḥ",
"meanings": [
"personified annihilation"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"like"
]
},
{
"word": "lokānām",
"meanings": [
"of all the planets"
]
},
{
"word": "yuga-anta",
"meanings": [
"of the end of the millennium"
]
},
{
"word": "samaye",
"meanings": [
"at the time"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"just as."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thereafter, from the southern side of the sacrificial fire known as Anvāhārya came a fearful personality who looked like the destroyer of the entire creation at the end of the millennium.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 13,
"reference": "SB 6.9.13-17",
"devanagari": "विष्वग्विवर्धमानं तम् इषुमात्रं दिने दिने\nदग्धशैलप्रतीकाशं सन्ध्याभ्रानीकवर्चसम्\nतप्तताम्रशिखाश्मश्रुं मध्याह्नार्कोग्रलोचनम्\nदेदीप्यमाने त्रिशिखे शूल आरोप्य रोदसी\nनृत्यन्तम् उन्नदन्तं च चालयन्तं पदा महीम्\nदरीगम्भीरवक्त्रेण पिबता च नभस्तलम्\nलिहता जिह्वयर्क्षाणि ग्रसता भुवनत्रयम्\nमहता रौद्रदंष्ट्रेण जृम्भमाणं मुहुर्मुहुः\nवित्रस्ता दुद्रुवुर्लोका वीक्ष्य सर्वे दिशो दश",
"transliteration": "viṣvag vivardhamānaṁ tam\niṣu-mātraṁ dine dine\ndagdha-śaila-pratīkāśaṁ\nsandhyābhrānīka-varcasam\ntapta-tāmra-śikhā-śmaśruṁ\nmadhyāhnārkogra-locanam\ndedīpyamāne tri-śikhe\nśūla āropya rodasī\nnṛtyantam unnadantaṁ ca\ncālayantaṁ padā mahīm\ndarī-gambhīra-vaktreṇa\npibatā ca nabhastalam\nlihatā jihvayarkṣāṇi\ngrasatā bhuvana-trayam\nmahatā raudra-daṁṣṭreṇa\njṛmbhamāṇaṁ muhur muhuḥ\nvitrastā dudruvur lokā\nvīkṣya sarve diśo daśa",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "viṣvak",
"meanings": [
"all around"
]
},
{
"word": "vivardhamānam",
"meanings": [
"increasing"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"him"
]
},
{
"word": "iṣu-mātram",
"meanings": [
"an arrow's flight"
]
},
{
"word": "dine dine",
"meanings": [
"day after day"
]
},
{
"word": "dagdha",
"meanings": [
"burnt"
]
},
{
"word": "śaila",
"meanings": [
"mountain"
]
},
{
"word": "pratīkāśam",
"meanings": [
"resembling"
]
},
{
"word": "sandhyā",
"meanings": [
"in the evening"
]
},
{
"word": "abhra-anīka",
"meanings": [
"like an array of clouds"
]
},
{
"word": "varcasam",
"meanings": [
"having an effulgence"
]
},
{
"word": "tapta",
"meanings": [
"melted"
]
},
{
"word": "tāmra",
"meanings": [
"like copper"
]
},
{
"word": "śikhā",
"meanings": [
"hair"
]
},
{
"word": "śmaśrum",
"meanings": [
"moustache and beard"
]
},
{
"word": "madhyāhna",
"meanings": [
"at midday"
]
},
{
"word": "arka",
"meanings": [
"like the sun"
]
},
{
"word": "ugra-locanam",
"meanings": [
"having powerful eyes"
]
},
{
"word": "dedīpyamāne",
"meanings": [
"blazing"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-śikhe",
"meanings": [
"three-pointed"
]
},
{
"word": "śūle",
"meanings": [
"on his spear"
]
},
{
"word": "āropya",
"meanings": [
"keeping"
]
},
{
"word": "rodasī",
"meanings": [
"heaven and earth"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛtyantam",
"meanings": [
"dancing"
]
},
{
"word": "unnadantam",
"meanings": [
"shouting loudly"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "cālayantam",
"meanings": [
"moving"
]
},
{
"word": "padā",
"meanings": [
"by his foot"
]
},
{
"word": "mahīm",
"meanings": [
"the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "darī-gambhīra",
"meanings": [
"as deep as a cave"
]
},
{
"word": "vaktreṇa",
"meanings": [
"by the mouth"
]
},
{
"word": "pibatā",
"meanings": [
"drinking"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "nabhastalam",
"meanings": [
"the sky"
]
},
{
"word": "lihatā",
"meanings": [
"licking up"
]
},
{
"word": "jihvayā",
"meanings": [
"by the tongue"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛkṣāṇi",
"meanings": [
"the stars"
]
},
{
"word": "grasatā",
"meanings": [
"swallowing"
]
},
{
"word": "bhuvana-trayam",
"meanings": [
"the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "mahatā",
"meanings": [
"very great"
]
},
{
"word": "raudra-daṁṣṭreṇa",
"meanings": [
"with fearful teeth"
]
},
{
"word": "jṛmbhamāṇam",
"meanings": [
"yawning"
]
},
{
"word": "muhuḥ muhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"again and again"
]
},
{
"word": "vitrastāḥ",
"meanings": [
"fearful"
]
},
{
"word": "dudruvuḥ",
"meanings": [
"ran"
]
},
{
"word": "lokāḥ",
"meanings": [
"people"
]
},
{
"word": "vīkṣya",
"meanings": [
"seeing"
]
},
{
"word": "sarve",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "diśaḥ daśa",
"meanings": [
"ten directions."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon's body grew, day after day. Tall and blackish, he appeared like a burnt hill and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon's body and his beard and moustache were the color of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun. He appeared unconquerable, as if holding the three worlds on the points of his blazing trident. Dancing and shouting with a loud voice, he made the entire surface of the earth tremble as if from an earthquake. As he yawned again and again, he seemed to be trying to swallow the whole sky with his mouth, which was as deep as a cave. He seemed to be licking up all the stars in the sky with his tongue and eating the entire universe with his long, sharp teeth. Seeing this gigantic demon, everyone, in great fear, ran here and there in all directions.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 17
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 18,
"reference": "SB 6.9.18",
"devanagari": "येनावृता इमे लोकास्तपसा त्वाष्ट्रमूर्तिना\nस वै वृत्र इति प्रोक्तः पापः परमदारुणः",
"transliteration": "yenāvṛtā ime lokās\ntapasā tvāṣṭra-mūrtinā\nsa vai vṛtra iti proktaḥ\npāpaḥ parama-dāruṇaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yena",
"meanings": [
"by whom"
]
},
{
"word": "āvṛtāḥ",
"meanings": [
"covered"
]
},
{
"word": "ime",
"meanings": [
"all these"
]
},
{
"word": "lokāḥ",
"meanings": [
"planets"
]
},
{
"word": "tapasā",
"meanings": [
"by the austerity"
]
},
{
"word": "tvāṣṭra-mūrtinā",
"meanings": [
"in the form of the son of Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "vṛtraḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vṛtra"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "proktaḥ",
"meanings": [
"called"
]
},
{
"word": "pāpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"personified sin"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-dāruṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"very fearful."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>That very fearful demon, who was actually the son of Tvaṣṭā, covered all the planetary systems by dint of austerity. Therefore he was named Vṛtra, or one who covers everything.</b>",
"purport": [
"In the <i>Vedas</i> it is said, <i>sa imāû lokān āvṛṇot tad vṛtrasya vṛtratvam:</i> because the demon covered all the planetary systems, his name was Vṛtrāsura."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 19,
"reference": "SB 6.9.19",
"devanagari": "तं निजघ्नुर् अभिद्रुत्य सगणा विबुधर्षभाः\nस्वैः स्वैर्दिव्यास्त्रशस्त्रौघैः सो ऽग्रसत्तानि कृत्स्नशः",
"transliteration": "taṁ nijaghnur abhidrutya\nsagaṇā vibudharṣabhāḥ\nsvaiḥ svair divyāstra-śastraughaiḥ\nso 'grasat tāni kṛtsnaśaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"him"
]
},
{
"word": "nijaghnuḥ",
"meanings": [
"struck"
]
},
{
"word": "abhidrutya",
"meanings": [
"running to"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-gaṇāḥ",
"meanings": [
"with soldiers"
]
},
{
"word": "vibudha-ṛṣabhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"all the great demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "svaiḥ svaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with their own respective"
]
},
{
"word": "divya",
"meanings": [
"transcendental"
]
},
{
"word": "astra",
"meanings": [
"bows and arrows"
]
},
{
"word": "śastra-oghaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"different weapons"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he (Vṛtra)"
]
},
{
"word": "agrasat",
"meanings": [
"swallowed"
]
},
{
"word": "tāni",
"meanings": [
"them (the weapons)"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛtsnaśaḥ",
"meanings": [
"all together."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The demigods, headed by Indra, charged the demon with their soldiers, striking him with their own transcendental bows and arrows and other weapons, but Vṛtrāsura swallowed all their weapons.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 20,
"reference": "SB 6.9.20",
"devanagari": "ततस्ते विस्मिताः सर्वे विषण्णा ग्रस्ततेजसः\nप्रत्यंचम् आदिपुरुषम् उपतस्थुः समाहिताः",
"transliteration": "tatas te vismitāḥ sarve\nviṣaṇṇā grasta-tejasaḥ\npratyañcam ādi-puruṣam\nupatasthuḥ samāhitāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"thereafter"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they (the demigods)"
]
},
{
"word": "vismitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being struck with wonder"
]
},
{
"word": "sarve",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣaṇṇāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being very morose"
]
},
{
"word": "grasta-tejasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"having lost all their personal strength"
]
},
{
"word": "pratyañcam",
"meanings": [
"to the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "ādi-puruṣam",
"meanings": [
"the original person"
]
},
{
"word": "upatasthuḥ",
"meanings": [
"prayed"
]
},
{
"word": "samāhitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"all gathered together."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Struck with wonder and disappointment upon seeing the strength of the demon, the demigods lost their own strength. Therefore they all met together to try to please the Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, by worshiping Him.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 21,
"reference": "SB 6.9.21",
"devanagari": "श्रीदेवा ऊचुः\nवाय्वम्बराग्न्यप्क्षितयस्त्रिलोका ब्रह्मादयो ये वयम् उद्विजन्तः\nहराम यस्मै बलिम् अन्तको ऽसौ बिभेति यस्माद् अरणं ततो नः",
"transliteration": "śrī-devā ūcuḥ\nvāyv-ambarāgny-ap-kṣitayas tri-lokā\nbrahmādayo ye vayam udvijantaḥ\nharāma yasmai balim antako 'sau\nbibheti yasmād araṇaṁ tato naḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-devāḥ ūcuḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods said"
]
},
{
"word": "vāyu",
"meanings": [
"composed of air"
]
},
{
"word": "ambara",
"meanings": [
"sky"
]
},
{
"word": "agni",
"meanings": [
"fire"
]
},
{
"word": "ap",
"meanings": [
"water"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣitayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"and land"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-lokāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-ādayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"beginning from Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "ye",
"meanings": [
"who"
]
},
{
"word": "vayam",
"meanings": [
"we"
]
},
{
"word": "udvijantaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being very much afraid"
]
},
{
"word": "harāma",
"meanings": [
"offer"
]
},
{
"word": "yasmai",
"meanings": [
"unto whom"
]
},
{
"word": "balim",
"meanings": [
"presentation"
]
},
{
"word": "antakaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the destroyer, death"
]
},
{
"word": "asau",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "bibheti",
"meanings": [
"fears"
]
},
{
"word": "yasmāt",
"meanings": [
"from whom"
]
},
{
"word": "araṇam",
"meanings": [
"shelter"
]
},
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"our."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The demigods said:</b><b> The three worlds are created by the five elements—namely ether, air, fire, water and earth—which are controlled by various demigods, beginning from Lord Brahmā. Being very much afraid that the time factor will end our existence, we offer presentations unto time by performing our work as time dictates. The time factor himself, however, is afraid of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore let us now worship that Supreme Lord, who alone can give us full protection.</b>",
"purport": [
"When one is afraid of being killed, one must take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is worshiped by all the demigods, beginning from Brahmā, although they are in charge of the various elements of this material world. The words <i>bibheti yasmāt</i> indicate that all the demons, regardless of how great and powerful, fear the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The demigods, being afraid of death, took shelter of the Lord and offered Him these prayers. Although the time factor is fearful to everyone, fear personified is afraid of the Supreme Lord, who is therefore known as <i>abhaya,</i> fearless. Taking shelter of the Supreme Lord brings actual fearlessness, and therefore the demigods decided to take shelter of the Lord."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 22,
"reference": "SB 6.9.22",
"devanagari": "अविस्मितं तं परिपूर्णकामं स्वेनैव लाभेन समं प्रशान्तम्\nविनोपसर्पत्य् अपरं हि बालिशः श्वलांगुलेनातितितर्ति सिन्धुम्",
"transliteration": "avismitaṁ taṁ paripūrṇa-kāmaṁ\nsvenaiva lābhena samaṁ praśāntam\nvinopasarpaty aparaṁ hi bāliśaḥ\nśva-lāṅgulenātititarti sindhum",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "avismitam",
"meanings": [
"who is never struck with wonder"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"Him"
]
},
{
"word": "paripūrṇa-kāmam",
"meanings": [
"who is fully satisfied"
]
},
{
"word": "svena",
"meanings": [
"by His own"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "lābhena",
"meanings": [
"achievements"
]
},
{
"word": "samam",
"meanings": [
"equipoised"
]
},
{
"word": "praśāntam",
"meanings": [
"very steady"
]
},
{
"word": "vinā",
"meanings": [
"without"
]
},
{
"word": "upasarpati",
"meanings": [
"approaches"
]
},
{
"word": "aparam",
"meanings": [
"another"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "bāliśaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a fool"
]
},
{
"word": "śva",
"meanings": [
"of a dog"
]
},
{
"word": "lāṅgulena",
"meanings": [
"by the tail"
]
},
{
"word": "atititarti",
"meanings": [
"wants to cross"
]
},
{
"word": "sindhum",
"meanings": [
"the sea."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Free from all material conceptions of existence and never wonderstruck by anything, the Lord is always jubilant and fully satisfied by His own spiritual perfection. He has no material designations, and therefore He is steady and unattached. That Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only shelter of everyone. Anyone desiring to be protected by others is certainly a great fool who desires to cross the sea by holding the tail of a dog.</b>",
"purport": [
"A dog can swim in the water, but if a dog dives in the ocean and someone wants to cross the ocean by holding the dog's tail, he is certainly fool number one. A dog cannot cross the ocean, nor can a person cross the ocean by catching a dog's tail. Similarly, one who desires to cross the ocean of nescience should not seek the shelter of any demigod or anyone else but the fearless shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (10.14.58) therefore says:",
"<i>samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ<br/> mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo-murāreḥ<br/> bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ<br/> padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām</i>",
"The Lord's lotus feet are an indestructible boat, and if one takes shelter of that boat he can easily cross the ocean of nescience. Consequently there are no dangers for a devotee although he lives within this material world, which is full of dangers at every step. One should seek the shelter of the all-powerful instead of trying to be protected by one's own concocted ideas."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 23,
"reference": "SB 6.9.23",
"devanagari": "यस्योरुशृंगे जगतीं स्वनावं मनुर्यथाबध्य ततार दुर्गम्\nस एव नस्त्वाष्ट्रभयाद्दुरन्तात्त्राताश्रितान्वारिचरो ऽपि नूनम्",
"transliteration": "yasyoru-śṛṅge jagatīṁ sva-nāvaṁ\nmanur yathābadhya tatāra durgam\nsa eva nas tvāṣṭra-bhayād durantāt\ntrātāśritān vāricaro 'pi nūnam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yasya",
"meanings": [
"of whom"
]
},
{
"word": "uru",
"meanings": [
"very strong and high"
]
},
{
"word": "śṛṅge",
"meanings": [
"on the horn"
]
},
{
"word": "jagatīm",
"meanings": [
"in the form of the world"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-nāvam",
"meanings": [
"his own boat"
]
},
{
"word": "manuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Manu, King Satyavrata"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"just as"
]
},
{
"word": "ābadhya",
"meanings": [
"binding"
]
},
{
"word": "tatāra",
"meanings": [
"crossed"
]
},
{
"word": "durgam",
"meanings": [
"the very difficult to cross (inundation)"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"us"
]
},
{
"word": "tvāṣṭra-bhayāt",
"meanings": [
"from fear of the son of Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "durantāt",
"meanings": [
"endless"
]
},
{
"word": "trātā",
"meanings": [
"deliverer"
]
},
{
"word": "āśritān",
"meanings": [
"dependents (like us)"
]
},
{
"word": "vāri-caraḥ api",
"meanings": [
"although taking the form of a fish"
]
},
{
"word": "nūnam",
"meanings": [
"indeed."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The Manu named King Satyavrata formerly saved himself by tying the small boat of the entire world to the horn of the Matsya avatāra, the fish incarnation. By the grace of the Matsya avatāra, Manu saved himself from the great danger of the flood. May that same fish incarnation save us from the great and fearful danger caused by the son of Tvaṣṭā.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 24,
"reference": "SB 6.9.24",
"devanagari": "पुरा स्वयम्भूर् अपि संयमाम्भस्य् उदीर्णवातोर्मिरवैः कराले\nएको ऽरविन्दात्पतितस्ततार तस्माद्भयाद्येन स नो ऽस्तु पारः",
"transliteration": "purā svayambhūr api saṁyamāmbhasy\nudīrṇa-vātormi-ravaiḥ karāle\neko 'ravindāt patitas tatāra\ntasmād bhayād yena sa no 'stu pāraḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "purā",
"meanings": [
"formerly (during the time of creation)"
]
},
{
"word": "svayambhūḥ",
"meanings": [
"Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁyama-ambhasi",
"meanings": [
"in the water of inundation"
]
},
{
"word": "udīrṇa",
"meanings": [
"very high"
]
},
{
"word": "vāta",
"meanings": [
"of wind"
]
},
{
"word": "ūrmi",
"meanings": [
"and of waves"
]
},
{
"word": "ravaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the sounds"
]
},
{
"word": "karāle",
"meanings": [
"very fearful"
]
},
{
"word": "ekaḥ",
"meanings": [
"alone"
]
},
{
"word": "aravindāt",
"meanings": [
"from the lotus seat"
]
},
{
"word": "patitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"almost fallen"
]
},
{
"word": "tatāra",
"meanings": [
"escaped"
]
},
{
"word": "tasmāt",
"meanings": [
"from that"
]
},
{
"word": "bhayāt",
"meanings": [
"fearful situation"
]
},
{
"word": "yena",
"meanings": [
"by whom (the Lord)"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"He"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"of us"
]
},
{
"word": "astu",
"meanings": [
"let there be"
]
},
{
"word": "pāraḥ",
"meanings": [
"deliverance."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>In the beginning of creation, a tremendous wind caused fierce waves of inundating water. The great waves made such a horrible sound that Lord Brahmā almost fell from his seat on the lotus into the water of devastation, but he was saved with the help of the Lord. Thus we also expect the Lord to protect us from this dangerous condition.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 25,
"reference": "SB 6.9.25",
"devanagari": "य एक ईशो निजमायया नः ससर्ज येनानुसृजाम विश्वम्\nवयं न यस्यापि पुरः समीहतः पश्याम लिंगं पृथग् ईशमानिनः",
"transliteration": "ya eka īśo nija-māyayā naḥ\nsasarja yenānusṛjāma viśvam\nvayaṁ na yasyāpi puraḥ samīhataḥ\npaśyāma liṅgaṁ pṛthag īśa-māninaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yaḥ",
"meanings": [
"He who"
]
},
{
"word": "ekaḥ",
"meanings": [
"one"
]
},
{
"word": "īśaḥ",
"meanings": [
"controller"
]
},
{
"word": "nija-māyayā",
"meanings": [
"by His transcendental potency"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"us"
]
},
{
"word": "sasarja",
"meanings": [
"created"
]
},
{
"word": "yena",
"meanings": [
"by whom (through whose mercy)"
]
},
{
"word": "anusṛjāma",
"meanings": [
"we also create"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvam",
"meanings": [
"the universe"
]
},
{
"word": "vayam",
"meanings": [
"we"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "yasya",
"meanings": [
"of whom"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"although"
]
},
{
"word": "puraḥ",
"meanings": [
"in front of us"
]
},
{
"word": "samīhataḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Him who is acting"
]
},
{
"word": "paśyāma",
"meanings": [
"see"
]
},
{
"word": "liṅgam",
"meanings": [
"the form"
]
},
{
"word": "pṛthak",
"meanings": [
"separate"
]
},
{
"word": "īśa",
"meanings": [
"as controllers"
]
},
{
"word": "māninaḥ",
"meanings": [
"thinking of ourselves."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created us by His external potency and by whose mercy we expand the creation of the universe, is always situated before us as the Supersoul, but we cannot see His form. We are unable to see Him because all of us think that we are separate and independent gods.</b>",
"purport": [
"Here is an explanation of why the conditioned soul cannot see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. Even though the Lord appears before us as Lord Kṛṣṇa or Lord Rāmacandra and lives in human society as a leader or king, the conditioned soul cannot understand Him. <i>Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam:</i> rascals (<i>mūḍhas</i>) deride the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thinking Him an ordinary human being. However insignificant we are, we think that we are also God, that we can create a universe or that we can create another God. This is why we cannot see or understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this regard, Śrīla Madhvācārya says:",
"<i>liṅgam eva paśyāmaḥ<br/> kadācid abhimānas tu<br/> devānām api sann iva<br/> prāyaḥ kāleṣu nāsty eva<br/> tāratamyena so 'pi tu</i>",
"We are all conditioned to various degrees, but we think that we are God. This is why we cannot understand who God is or see Him face to face."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 26,
"reference": "SB 6.9.26-27",
"devanagari": "यो नः सपत्नैर्भृशम् अर्द्यमानान्देवर्षितिर्यङ्नृषु नित्य एव\nकृतावतारस्तनुभिः स्वमायया कृत्वात्मसात्पाति युगे युगे च\nतम् एव देवं वयम् आत्मदैवतं परं प्रधानं पुरुषं विश्वम् अन्यम्\nव्रजाम सर्वे शरणं शरण्यं स्वानां स नो धास्यति शं महात्मा",
"transliteration": "yo naḥ sapatnair bhṛśam ardyamānān\ndevarṣi-tiryaṅ-nṛṣu nitya eva\nkṛtāvatāras tanubhiḥ sva-māyayā\nkṛtvātmasāt pāti yuge yuge ca\ntam eva devaṁ vayam ātma-daivataṁ\nparaṁ pradhānaṁ puruṣaṁ viśvam anyam\nvrajāma sarve śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ\nsvānāṁ sa no dhāsyati śaṁ mahātmā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yaḥ",
"meanings": [
"He who"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"us"
]
},
{
"word": "sapatnaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by our enemies, the demons"
]
},
{
"word": "bhṛśam",
"meanings": [
"almost always"
]
},
{
"word": "ardyamānān",
"meanings": [
"being persecuted"
]
},
{
"word": "deva",
"meanings": [
"among the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣi",
"meanings": [
"the saintly persons"
]
},
{
"word": "tiryak",
"meanings": [
"the animals"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛṣu",
"meanings": [
"and men"
]
},
{
"word": "nityaḥ",
"meanings": [
"always"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛta-avatāraḥ",
"meanings": [
"appearing as an incarnation"
]
},
{
"word": "tanubhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with different forms"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-māyayā",
"meanings": [
"by His internal potency"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛtvā ātmasāt",
"meanings": [
"considering very near and dear to Him"
]
},
{
"word": "pāti",
"meanings": [
"protects"
]
},
{
"word": "yuge yuge",
"meanings": [
"in every millennium"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"Him"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "devam",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "vayam",
"meanings": [
"all of us"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-daivatam",
"meanings": [
"the Lord of all living entities"
]
},
{
"word": "param",
"meanings": [
"transcendental"
]
},
{
"word": "pradhānam",
"meanings": [
"the original cause of the total material energy"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣam",
"meanings": [
"the supreme enjoyer"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvam",
"meanings": [
"whose energy constitutes this universe"
]
},
{
"word": "anyam",
"meanings": [
"separately situated"
]
},
{
"word": "vrajāma",
"meanings": [
"we approach"
]
},
{
"word": "sarve",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "śaraṇam",
"meanings": [
"shelter"
]
},
{
"word": "śaraṇyam",
"meanings": [
"suitable as shelter"
]
},
{
"word": "svānām",
"meanings": [
"unto His own devotees"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"He"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"unto us"
]
},
{
"word": "dhāsyati",
"meanings": [
"shall give"
]
},
{
"word": "śam",
"meanings": [
"good fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "mahātmā",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>By His inconceivable internal potency, the Supreme Personality of Godhead expands into various transcendental bodies as Vāmanadeva, the incarnation of strength among the demigods; Paraśurāma, the incarnation among saints; Nṛsiṁhadeva and Varāha, incarnations among animals; and Matsya and Kūrma, incarnations among aquatics. He accepts various transcendental bodies among all types of living entities, and among human beings He especially appears as Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma. By His causeless mercy, He protects the demigods, who are always harassed by the demons. He is the supreme worshipable Deity of all living entities. He is the supreme cause, represented as the male and female creative energies. Although different from this universe, He exists in His universal form [virāṭa-rūpa]. In our fearful condition, let us take shelter of Him, for we are sure that the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Soul, will give us His protection.</b>",
"purport": [
"In this verse, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is ascertained to be the original cause of creation. Śrīdhara Svāmī, in his commentary <i>Bhāvārtha-dīpikā,</i> replies to the idea that <i>prakṛti</i> and <i>puruṣa</i> are the causes of the cosmic manifestation. As stated herein, <i>paraṁ pradhānaṁ puruṣaṁ viśvam anyam:</i> \"He is the supreme cause, represented as the male and female creative energies. Although different from this universe, He exists in His universal form [<i>virāṭa rūpa</i>].\" The word <i>prakṛti,</i> which is used to indicate the source of generation, refers to the material energy of the Supreme Lord, and the word <i>puruṣa</i> refers to the living entities, who are the superior energy of the Lord. Both the <i>prakṛti</i> and <i>puruṣa</i> ultimately enter the Supreme Lord, as stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (<i>prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām</i>).",
"Although <i>prakṛti</i> and <i>puruṣa</i> superficially appear to be the causes of the material manifestation, both are emanations of different energies of the Supreme Lord. Therefore the Supreme Lord is the cause of <i>prakṛti</i> and <i>puruṣa.</i> He is the original cause (<i>sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam</i>). The <i>Nāradīya Purāṇa</i> says:",
"<i>avikāro 'pi paramaḥ<br/> prakṛtis tu vikāriṇī<br/> anupraviśya govindaḥ<br/> prakṛtiś cābhidhīyate</i>",
"Both the <i>prakṛti</i> and <i>puruṣa,</i> which are inferior and superior energies, are emanations from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As explained in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (<i>gām āviśya</i>), the Lord enters the <i>prakṛti,</i> and then the <i>prakṛti</i> creates different manifestations. The <i>prakṛti</i> is not independent or beyond His energies. Vāsudeva, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the original cause of everything. Therefore the Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (10.8):",
"<i>ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo<br/> mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate<br/> iti matvā bhajante māṁ<br/> budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ</i>",
"\"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.\" In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (2.9.33) the Lord also says, <i>aham evāsam evāgre:</i> \"Only I existed before the creation.\" This is confirmed in the <i>Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa</i> as follows:",
"<i>smṛtir avyavadhānena<br/> prakṛtitvam iti sthitiḥ<br/> ubhayātmaka-sūtitvād<br/> vāsudevaḥ paraḥ pumān<br/> prakṛtiḥ puruṣaś ceti<br/> śabdair eko 'bhidhīyate</i>",
"To generate the universe, the Lord acts indirectly as the <i>puruṣa</i> and directly as the <i>prakṛti.</i> Because both energies emanate from Lord Vāsudeva, the all-pervasive Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is known as both <i>prakṛti</i> and <i>puruṣa.</i> Therefore Vāsudeva is the cause of everything (<i>sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam</i>)."
],
"verse_end": 27
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 28,
"reference": "SB 6.9.28",
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच\nइति तेषां महाराज सुराणाम् उपतिष्ठताम्\nप्रतीच्यां दिश्य् अभूद् आविः शंखचक्रगदाधरः",
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\niti teṣāṁ mahārāja\nsurāṇām upatiṣṭhatām\npratīcyāṁ diśy abhūd āviḥ\nśaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "teṣām",
"meanings": [
"of them"
]
},
{
"word": "mahārāja",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "surāṇām",
"meanings": [
"of the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "upatiṣṭhatām",
"meanings": [
"praying"
]
},
{
"word": "pratīcyām",
"meanings": [
"inside"
]
},
{
"word": "diśi",
"meanings": [
"in the direction"
]
},
{
"word": "abhūt",
"meanings": [
"became"
]
},
{
"word": "āviḥ",
"meanings": [
"visible"
]
},
{
"word": "śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ",
"meanings": [
"bearing the transcendental weapons: the conchshell, disc and club."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: </b><b>My dear King, when all the demigods offered Him their prayers, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari, carrying His weapons, the conchshell, disc and club, appeared first within their hearts and then before them.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 29,
"reference": "SB 6.9.29-30",
"devanagari": "आत्मतुल्यैः षोडशभिर्विना श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभौ\nपर्युपासितम् उन्निद्र शरदम्बुरुहेक्षणम्\nदृष्ट्वा तम् अवनौ सर्व ईक्षणाह्लादविक्लवाः\nदण्डवत्पतिता राजञ्छनैर् उत्थाय तुष्टुवुः",
"transliteration": "ātma-tulyaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhir\nvinā śrīvatsa-kaustubhau\nparyupāsitam unnidra-\nśarad-amburuhekṣaṇam\ndṛṣṭvā tam avanau sarva\nīkṣaṇāhlāda-viklavāḥ\ndaṇḍavat patitā rājañ\nchanair utthāya tuṣṭuvuḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ātma-tulyaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"almost equal to Himself"
]
},
{
"word": "ṣoḍaśabhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by sixteen (servants)"
]
},
{
"word": "vinā",
"meanings": [
"without"
]
},
{
"word": "śrīvatsa-kaustubhau",
"meanings": [
"the Śrīvatsa mark and Kaustubha jewel"
]
},
{
"word": "paryupāsitam",
"meanings": [
"being attended on all sides"
]
},
{
"word": "unnidra",
"meanings": [
"blooming"
]
},
{
"word": "śarat",
"meanings": [
"of the autumn"
]
},
{
"word": "amburuha",
"meanings": [
"like lotus flowers"
]
},
{
"word": "īkṣaṇam",
"meanings": [
"having eyes"
]
},
{
"word": "dṛṣṭvā",
"meanings": [
"seeing"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa)"
]
},
{
"word": "avanau",
"meanings": [
"on the ground"
]
},
{
"word": "sarve",
"meanings": [
"all of them"
]
},
{
"word": "īkṣaṇa",
"meanings": [
"from directly seeing"
]
},
{
"word": "āhlāda",
"meanings": [
"with happiness"
]
},
{
"word": "viklavāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being overwhelmed"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍa-vat",
"meanings": [
"like a stick"
]
},
{
"word": "patitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"fell"
]
},
{
"word": "rājan",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "śanaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"slowly"
]
},
{
"word": "utthāya",
"meanings": [
"standing up"
]
},
{
"word": "tuṣṭuvuḥ",
"meanings": [
"offered prayers."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Surrounding and serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, were sixteen personal attendants, decorated with ornaments and appearing exactly like Him but without the mark of Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha jewel. O King, when all the demigods saw the Supreme Lord in that posture, smiling with eyes like the petals of lotuses grown in autumn, they were overwhelmed with happiness and immediately fell down like rods, offering daṇḍavats. Then they slowly rose and pleased the Lord by offering Him prayers.</b>",
"purport": [
"In Vaikuṇṭhaloka the Supreme Personality of Godhead has four hands and decorations like the Śrīvatsa mark on His chest and the gem known as Kaustubha. These are special indications of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord's personal attendants and other devotees in Vaikuṇṭha have the same features, except for the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem."
],
"verse_end": 30
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 31,
"reference": "SB 6.9.31",
"devanagari": "श्रीदेवा ऊचुः\nनमस्ते यज्ञवीर्याय वयसे उत ते नमः\nनमस्ते ह्य् अस्तचक्राय नमः सुपुरुहूतये",
"transliteration": "śrī-devā ūcuḥ\nnamas te yajña-vīryāya\nvayase uta te namaḥ\nnamas te hy asta-cakrāya\nnamaḥ supuru-hūtaye",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-devāḥ ūcuḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods said"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"unto You"
]
},
{
"word": "yajña-vīryāya",
"meanings": [
"unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is able to give the results of sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "vayase",
"meanings": [
"who is the time factor, which ends the results of yajña"
]
},
{
"word": "uta",
"meanings": [
"although"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"unto You"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"unto You"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "asta-cakrāya",
"meanings": [
"who throws the disc"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"respectful obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "supuru-hūtaye",
"meanings": [
"having varieties of transcendental names."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The demigods said:</b><b> O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are competent to give the results of sacrifice, and You are also the time factor that destroys all such results in due course. You are the one who releases the cakra to kill the demons. O Lord, who possesses many varieties of names, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 32,
"reference": "SB 6.9.32",
"devanagari": "यत्ते गतीनां तिसृणाम् ईशितुः परमं पदम्\nनार्वाचीनो विसर्गस्य धातर्वेदितुम् अर्हति",
"transliteration": "yat te gatīnāṁ tisṛṇām\nīśituḥ paramaṁ padam\nnārvācīno visargasya\ndhātar veditum arhati",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"of You"
]
},
{
"word": "gatīnām tisṛṇām",
"meanings": [
"of the three destinations (the heavenly planets, the earthly planets and hell)"
]
},
{
"word": "īśituḥ",
"meanings": [
"who are the controller"
]
},
{
"word": "paramam padam",
"meanings": [
"the supreme abode, Vaikuṇṭhaloka"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "arvācīnaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a person appearing after"
]
},
{
"word": "visargasya",
"meanings": [
"the creation"
]
},
{
"word": "dhātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"O supreme controller"
]
},
{
"word": "veditum",
"meanings": [
"to understand"
]
},
{
"word": "arhati",
"meanings": [
"is able."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O supreme controller, You control the three destinations [promotion to the heavenly planets, birth as a human being, and condemnation in hell], yet Your supreme abode is Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma. Since we appeared after You created this cosmic manifestation, Your activities are impossible for us to understand. We therefore have nothing to offer You but our humble obeisances.</b>",
"purport": [
"An inexperienced man generally does not know what to beg from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone is under the jurisdiction of the created material world, and no one knows what benediction to ask when praying to the Supreme Lord. People generally pray to be promoted to the heavenly planets because they have no information of Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes the following verse:",
"<i>deva-lokāt pitṛ-lokāt<br/> nirayāc cāpi yat param<br/> tisṛbhyaḥ paramaṁ sthānaṁ<br/> vaiṣṇavaṁ viduṣāṁ gatiḥ</i>",
"There are different planetary systems, known as Devaloka (the planets of the demigods), Pitṛloka (the planet of the Pitās) and Niraya (the hellish planets). When one transcends these various planetary systems and enters Vaikuṇṭhaloka, he achieves the ultimate resort of the Vaiṣṇavas. Vaiṣṇavas have nothing to do with the other planetary systems."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 33,
"reference": "SB 6.9.33",
"devanagari": "ॐ नमस्ते ऽस्तु भगवन्नारायण वासुदेवादिपुरुष महा\nपुरुष महानुभाव परममंगल परमकल्याण परम\nकारुणिक केवल जगदाधार लोकैकनाथ सर्वेश्वर लक्ष्मीनाथ \nपरमहंसपरिव्राजकैः परमेणात्मयोगसमाधिना परिभावितपरिस्फुटपारमहंस्यधर्मेणोद्घाटिततमः\nकपाटद्वारे चित्ते ऽपावृत आत्मलोके स्वयम् उपलब्धनिज\nसुखानुभवो भवान्.",
"transliteration": "oṁ namas te 'stu bhagavan nārāyaṇa vāsudevādi-puruṣa mahā-\npuruṣa mahānubhāva parama-maṅgala parama-kalyāṇa parama-\nkāruṇika kevala jagad-ādhāra lokaika-nātha sarveśvara lakṣmī-nātha \nparamahaṁsa-parivrājakaiḥ parameṇātma-yoga-samādhinā paribhāvita-parisphuṭa-pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇodghāṭita-tamaḥ-\nkapāṭa-dvāre citte 'pāvṛta ātma-loke svayam upalabdha-nija-\nsukhānubhavo bhavān.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oṁ",
"meanings": [
"O Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"respectful obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"unto You"
]
},
{
"word": "astu",
"meanings": [
"let there be"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavan",
"meanings": [
"O Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "nārāyaṇa",
"meanings": [
"the resort of all living entities, Nārāyaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "vāsudeva",
"meanings": [
"Lord Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "ādi-puruṣa",
"meanings": [
"the original person"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-puruṣa",
"meanings": [
"the most exalted personality"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-anubhāva",
"meanings": [
"the supremely opulent"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-maṅgala",
"meanings": [
"the most auspicious"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-kalyāṇa",
"meanings": [
"the supreme benediction"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-kāruṇika",
"meanings": [
"the supremely merciful"
]
},
{
"word": "kevala",
"meanings": [
"changeless"
]
},
{
"word": "jagat-ādhāra",
"meanings": [
"the support of the cosmic manifestation"
]
},
{
"word": "loka-eka-nātha",
"meanings": [
"the only proprietor of all the planetary systems"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-īśvara",
"meanings": [
"the supreme controller"
]
},
{
"word": "lakṣmī-nātha",
"meanings": [
"the husband of the goddess of fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "paramahaṁsa-parivrājakaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the topmost sannyāsīs wandering all over the world"
]
},
{
"word": "parameṇa",
"meanings": [
"by supreme"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-yoga-samādhinā",
"meanings": [
"absorption in bhakti-yoga"
]
},
{
"word": "paribhāvita",
"meanings": [
"fully purified"
]
},
{
"word": "parisphuṭa",
"meanings": [
"and fully manifested"
]
},
{
"word": "pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇa",
"meanings": [
"by executing the transcendental process of devotional service"
]
},
{
"word": "udghāṭita",
"meanings": [
"pushed open"
]
},
{
"word": "tamaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of illusory existence"
]
},
{
"word": "kapāṭa",
"meanings": [
"in which the door"
]
},
{
"word": "dvāre",
"meanings": [
"existing as the entrance"
]
},
{
"word": "citte",
"meanings": [
"in the mind"
]
},
{
"word": "apāvṛte",
"meanings": [
"without contamination"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-loke",
"meanings": [
"in the spiritual world"
]
},
{
"word": "svayam",
"meanings": [
"personally"
]
},
{
"word": "upalabdha",
"meanings": [
"experiencing"
]
},
{
"word": "nija",
"meanings": [
"personal"
]
},
{
"word": "sukha-anubhavaḥ",
"meanings": [
"perception of happiness"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavān",
"meanings": [
"Your Lordship."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Nārāyaṇa, O Vāsudeva, original person! O most exalted person, supreme experience, welfare personified! O supreme benediction, supremely merciful and changeless! O support of the cosmic manifestation, sole proprietor of all planetary systems, master of everything and husband of the goddess of fortune! Your Lordship is realized by the topmost sannyāsīs, who wander about the world to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, fully absorbed in samādhi through bhakti-yoga. Because their minds are concentrated upon You, they can receive the conception of Your personality in their fully purified hearts. When the darkness in their hearts is completely eradicated and You are revealed to them, the transcendental bliss they enjoy is the transcendental form of Your Lordship. No one but such persons can realize You. Therefore we simply offer You our respectful obeisances.</b>",
"purport": [
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead has numerous transcendental names pertaining to different grades of revelation to various grades of devotees and transcendentalists. When He is realized in His impersonal form He is called the Supreme Brahman, when realized as the Paramātmā He is called <i>antaryāmī,</i> and when He expands Himself in different forms for material creation He is called Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. When He is realized as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha—the Caturvyūha, who are beyond the three forms of Viṣṇu—He is the Vaikuṇṭha Nārāyaṇa. Above realization of Nārāyaṇa is realization of Baladeva, and above that is realization of Kṛṣṇa. All these realizations are possible when one engages fully in devotional service. The covered core of one's heart is then completely open to receiving an understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His various forms."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 34,
"reference": "SB 6.9.34",
"devanagari": "दुरवबोध इव तवायं विहारयोगो यद् अशरणो ऽशरीर इदम् \nअनवेक्षितास्मत्समवाय आत्मनैवाविक्रियमाणेन सगुणम् अगुणः \nसृजसि पासि हरसि.",
"transliteration": "duravabodha iva tavāyaṁ vihāra-yogo yad aśaraṇo 'śarīra idam \nanavekṣitāsmat-samavāya ātmanaivāvikriyamāṇena saguṇam aguṇaḥ \nsṛjasi pāsi harasi.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "duravabodhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"difficult to understand"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"quite"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"Your"
]
},
{
"word": "ayam",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "vihāra-yogaḥ",
"meanings": [
"engagement in the pastimes of material creation, maintenance and annihilation"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "aśaraṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"not dependent on any other support"
]
},
{
"word": "aśarīraḥ",
"meanings": [
"without having a material body"
]
},
{
"word": "idam",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "anavekṣita",
"meanings": [
"without waiting for"
]
},
{
"word": "asmat",
"meanings": [
"of us"
]
},
{
"word": "samavāyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the cooperation"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanā",
"meanings": [
"by Your own self"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "avikriyamāṇena",
"meanings": [
"without being transformed"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-guṇam",
"meanings": [
"the material modes of nature"
]
},
{
"word": "aguṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"although transcendental to such material qualities"
]
},
{
"word": "sṛjasi",
"meanings": [
"You create"
]
},
{
"word": "pāsi",
"meanings": [
"maintain"
]
},
{
"word": "harasi",
"meanings": [
"annihilate."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Lord, You need no support, and although You have no material body, You do not need cooperation from us. Since You are the cause of the cosmic manifestation and You supply its material ingredients without being transformed, You create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic manifestation by Yourself. Nevertheless, although You appear engaged in material activity, You are transcendental to all material qualities. Consequently these transcendental activities of Yours are extremely difficult to understand.</b>",
"purport": [
"The <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.37) says, <i>goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ:</i> the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is always situated in Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is also said, <i>vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati:</i> Kṛṣṇa never goes even a step from Vṛndāvana. Nevertheless, although Kṛṣṇa is situated in His own abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, He is simultaneously all-pervading and is therefore present everywhere. This is very difficult for a conditioned soul to understand, but devotees can understand how Kṛṣṇa, without undergoing any changes, can simultaneously be in His abode and be all-pervasive. The demigods are understood to be various limbs of the Supreme Lord's body, although the Supreme Lord has no material body and does not need anyone's help. He is spread everywhere (<i>mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā</i>). Nevertheless, He is not present everywhere in His spiritual form. According to the Māyāvāda philosophy, the Supreme Truth, being all-pervasive, does not need a transcendental form. The Māyāvādīs suppose that since His form is distributed everywhere, He has no form. This is untrue. The Lord keeps His transcendental form, and at the same time He extends everywhere, in every nook and corner of the material creation."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 35,
"reference": "SB 6.9.35",
"devanagari": "अथ तत्र भवान्किं देवदत्तवद् इह गुणविसर्गपतितः \nपारतन्त्र्येण स्वकृतकुशलाकुशलं फलम् उपाददात्य् आहोस्विद् \nआत्माराम उपशमशीलः समंजसदर्शन उदास्त इति ह वाव न \nविदामः.",
"transliteration": "atha tatra bhavān kiṁ devadattavad iha guṇa-visarga-patitaḥ \npāratantryeṇa sva-kṛta-kuśalākuśalaṁ phalam upādadāty āhosvid \nātmārāma upaśama-śīlaḥ samañjasa-darśana udāsta iti ha vāva na \nvidāmaḥ.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "tatra",
"meanings": [
"in that"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavān",
"meanings": [
"Your Lordship"
]
},
{
"word": "kim",
"meanings": [
"whether"
]
},
{
"word": "deva-datta-vat",
"meanings": [
"like an ordinary human being, forced by the fruits of his activities"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"in this material world"
]
},
{
"word": "guṇa-visarga-patitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fallen in a material body impelled by the modes of material nature"
]
},
{
"word": "pāratantryeṇa",
"meanings": [
"by dependence on the conditions of time, space, activity and nature"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-kṛta",
"meanings": [
"executed by oneself"
]
},
{
"word": "kuśala",
"meanings": [
"auspicious"
]
},
{
"word": "akuśalam",
"meanings": [
"inauspicious"
]
},
{
"word": "phalam",
"meanings": [
"results of action"
]
},
{
"word": "upādadāti",
"meanings": [
"accepts"
]
},
{
"word": "āhosvit",
"meanings": [
"or"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmārāmaḥ",
"meanings": [
"completely self-satisfied"
]
},
{
"word": "upaśama-śīlaḥ",
"meanings": [
"self-controlled in nature"
]
},
{
"word": "samañjasa-darśanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"not deprived of full spiritual potencies"
]
},
{
"word": "udāste",
"meanings": [
"remains neutral as the witness"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "ha vāva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "na vidāmaḥ",
"meanings": [
"we do not understand."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>These are our inquiries. The ordinary conditioned soul is subject to the material laws, and he thus receives the fruits of his actions. Does Your Lordship, like an ordinary human being, exist within this material world in a body produced by the material modes? Do You enjoy or suffer the good or bad results of actions under the influence of time, past work and so forth? Or, on the contrary, are You present here only as a neutral witness who is self-sufficient, free from all material desires, and always full of spiritual potency? We certainly cannot understand Your actual position.</b>",
"purport": [
"In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> Kṛṣṇa says that He descends to this material world for two purposes, namely <i>paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām</i>—to relieve the devotees and kill demons or nondevotees. These two kinds of action are the same for the Absolute Truth. When the Lord comes to punish the demons, He bestows His favor upon them, and similarly when He delivers His devotees and gives them relief, He also bestows His favor. Thus the Lord bestows His favor equally upon the conditioned souls. When a conditioned soul gives relief to others he acts piously, and when he gives trouble to others he acts impiously, but the Lord is neither pious nor impious; He is always full in His spiritual potency, by which He shows equal mercy to the punishable and the protectable. The Lord is <i>apāpa-viddham;</i> He is never contaminated by the reactions of so-called sinful activities. When Kṛṣṇa was present on this earth, He killed many inimical nondevotees, but they all received <i>sārūpya;</i> in other words, they returned to their original spiritual bodies. One who does not know the Lord's position says that God is unkind to him but merciful to others. Actually the Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.29), <i>samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ:</i> \"I am equal to everyone. No one is My enemy, and no one is My friend.\" But He also says, <i>ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpy aham:</i> \"If one becomes My devotee and fully surrenders unto Me, I give him special attention.\""
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 36,
"reference": "SB 6.9.36",
"devanagari": "न हि विरोध उभयं भगवत्य् अपरिमितगुणगण ईश्वरे \nऽनवगाह्यमाहात्म्ये ऽर्वाचीनविकल्पवितर्कविचारप्रमाणाभास\nकुतर्कशास्त्रकलिलान्तःकरणाश्रयदुरवग्रहवादिनां \nविवादानवसर उपरतसमस्तमायामये केवल एवात्ममायाम् \nअन्तर्धाय को न्व् अर्थो दुर्घट इव भवति स्वरूपद्वयाभावात्.",
"transliteration": "na hi virodha ubhayaṁ bhagavaty aparimita-guṇa-gaṇa īśvare \n'navagāhya-māhātmye 'rvācīna-vikalpa-vitarka-vicāra-pramāṇābhāsa-\nkutarka-śāstra-kalilāntaḥkaraṇāśraya-duravagraha-vādināṁ \nvivādānavasara uparata-samasta-māyāmaye kevala evātma-māyām \nantardhāya ko nv artho durghaṭa iva bhavati svarūpa-dvayābhāvāt.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "virodhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"contradiction"
]
},
{
"word": "ubhayam",
"meanings": [
"both"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavati",
"meanings": [
"in the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "aparimita",
"meanings": [
"unlimited"
]
},
{
"word": "guṇa-gaṇe",
"meanings": [
"whose transcendental attributes"
]
},
{
"word": "īśvare",
"meanings": [
"in the supreme controller"
]
},
{
"word": "anavagāhya",
"meanings": [
"possessing"
]
},
{
"word": "māhātmye",
"meanings": [
"unfathomable ability and glories"
]
},
{
"word": "arvācīna",
"meanings": [
"recent"
]
},
{
"word": "vikalpa",
"meanings": [
"full of equivocal calculations"
]
},
{
"word": "vitarka",
"meanings": [
"opposing arguments"
]
},
{
"word": "vicāra",
"meanings": [
"judgments"
]
},
{
"word": "pramāṇa-ābhāsa",
"meanings": [
"imperfect evidence"
]
},
{
"word": "kutarka",
"meanings": [
"useless arguments"
]
},
{
"word": "śāstra",
"meanings": [
"by unauthorized scriptures"
]
},
{
"word": "kalila",
"meanings": [
"agitated"
]
},
{
"word": "antaḥkaraṇa",
"meanings": [
"minds"
]
},
{
"word": "āśraya",
"meanings": [
"whose shelter"
]
},
{
"word": "duravagraha",
"meanings": [
"with wicked obstinacies"
]
},
{
"word": "vādinām",
"meanings": [
"of theorists"
]
},
{
"word": "vivāda",
"meanings": [
"of the controversies"
]
},
{
"word": "anavasare",
"meanings": [
"not within the range"
]
},
{
"word": "uparata",
"meanings": [
"withdrawn"
]
},
{
"word": "samasta",
"meanings": [
"from whom all"
]
},
{
"word": "māyā-maye",
"meanings": [
"illusory energy"
]
},
{
"word": "kevale",
"meanings": [
"without a second"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-māyām",
"meanings": [
"the illusory energy, which can do and undo the inconceivable"
]
},
{
"word": "antardhāya",
"meanings": [
"placing between"
]
},
{
"word": "kaḥ",
"meanings": [
"what"
]
},
{
"word": "nu",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "arthaḥ",
"meanings": [
"meaning"
]
},
{
"word": "durghaṭaḥ",
"meanings": [
"impossible"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"as it were"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavati",
"meanings": [
"is"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-rūpa",
"meanings": [
"natures"
]
},
{
"word": "dvaya",
"meanings": [
"of two"
]
},
{
"word": "abhāvāt",
"meanings": [
"due to the absence."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Supreme Personality of Godhead, all contradictions can be reconciled in You. O Lord, since You are the Supreme Person, the reservoir of unlimited spiritual qualities, the supreme controller, Your unlimited glories are inconceivable to the conditioned souls. Many modern theologians argue about right and wrong without knowing what is actually right. Their arguments are always false and their judgments inconclusive because they have no authorized evidence with which to gain knowledge of You. Because their minds are agitated by scriptures containing false conclusions, they are unable to understand the truth concerning You. Furthermore, because of polluted eagerness to arrive at the right conclusion, their theories are incapable of revealing You, who are transcendental to their material conceptions. You are one without a second, and therefore in You contradictions like doing and not doing, happiness and distress, are not contradictory. Your potency is so great that it can do and undo anything as You like. With the help of that potency, what is impossible for You? Since there is no duality in Your constitutional position, You can do everything by the influence of Your energy.</b>",
"purport": [
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, being self-sufficient, is full of transcendental bliss (<i>ātmārāma</i>). He enjoys bliss in two ways—when He appears happy and when He appears distressed. Distinctions and contradictions are impossible in Him because only from Him have they emanated. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all knowledge, all potency, all strength, opulence and influence. There is no limit to His powers. Since He is full in all transcendental attributes, nothing abominable from the material world can exist in Him. He is transcendental and spiritual, and therefore conceptions of material happiness and distress do not apply to Him.",
"We should not be astonished to find contradictions in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Actually there are no contradictions. That is the meaning of His being supreme. Because He is all-powerful, He is not subject to the conditioned soul's arguments regarding His existence or nonexistence. He is pleased to protect His devotees by killing their enemies. He enjoys both the killing and the protecting.",
"Such freedom from duality applies not only to the Lord but also to His devotees. In Vṛndāvana, the damsels of Vrajabhūmi enjoy transcendental bliss in the company of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and they feel the same transcendental bliss in separation when Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma leave Vṛndāvana for Mathurā. There is no question of material pains or pleasures for either the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His pure devotees, although they are sometimes superficially said to be distressed or happy. One who is <i>ātmārāma</i> is blissful in both ways.",
"Nondevotees cannot understand the contradictions present in the Supreme Lord or His devotees. Therefore in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> the Lord says, <i>bhaktyā mām abhijānāti:</i> the transcendental pastimes can be understood through devotional service; to nondevotees they are inconceivable. <i>Acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṁs tarkeṇa yojayet:</i> the Supreme Lord and His form, name, pastimes and paraphernalia are inconceivable to nondevotees, and one should not try to understand such realities simply by logical arguments. They will not bring one to the right conclusion about the Absolute Truth."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 37,
"reference": "SB 6.9.37",
"devanagari": "समविषममतीनां मतम् अनुसरसि यथा रज्जुखण्डः सर्पादिधियाम्.",
"transliteration": "sama-viṣama-matīnāṁ matam anusarasi yathā rajju-khaṇḍaḥ sarpādi-dhiyām.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sama",
"meanings": [
"equal or proper"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣama",
"meanings": [
"and unequal or mistaken"
]
},
{
"word": "matīnām",
"meanings": [
"of those having intelligence"
]
},
{
"word": "matam",
"meanings": [
"conclusion"
]
},
{
"word": "anusarasi",
"meanings": [
"You follow"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"just as"
]
},
{
"word": "rajju-khaṇḍaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a piece of rope"
]
},
{
"word": "sarpa-ādi",
"meanings": [
"a snake, etc."
]
},
{
"word": "dhiyām",
"meanings": [
"of those who perceive."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A rope causes fear for a bewildered person who considers it a snake, but not for a person with proper intelligence who knows it to be only a rope. Similarly, You, as the Supersoul in everyone's heart, inspire fear or fearlessness according to one's intelligence, but in You there is no duality.</b>",
"purport": [
"In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (4.11) the Lord says, <i>ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham:</i> \"As one surrenders unto Me, I reward him accordingly.\" The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of everything, including all knowledge, all truth and all contradictions. The example cited herein is very appropriate. A rope is one truth, but some mistake it for a snake, whereas others know it to be a rope. Similarly, devotees who know the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not see contradictions in Him, but nondevotees regard Him as the snakelike source of all fear. For example, when Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared, Prahlāda Mahārāja saw the Lord as the supreme solace, whereas his father, a demon, saw Him as the ultimate death. As stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (11.2.37), <i>bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syāt:</i> fear results from being absorbed in duality. When one is in knowledge of duality, one knows both fear and bliss. The same Supreme Lord is a source of bliss to devotees and fear to nondevotees who have a poor fund of knowledge. God is one, but people understand the Absolute Truth from different angles of vision. The unintelligent see contradictions in Him, but sober devotees find no contradictions."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 38,
"reference": "SB 6.9.38",
"devanagari": "स एव हि पुनः सर्ववस्तुनि वस्तुस्वरूपः सर्वेश्वरः सकलजगत्\nकारणकारणभूतः सर्वप्रत्यगात्मत्वात्सर्व\nगुणाभासोपलक्षित एक एव पर्यवशेषितः.",
"transliteration": "sa eva hi punaḥ sarva-vastuni vastu-svarūpaḥ sarveśvaraḥ sakala-jagat-\nkāraṇa-kāraṇa-bhūtaḥ sarva-pratyag-ātmatvāt sarva-\nguṇābhāsopalakṣita eka eva paryavaśeṣitaḥ.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "punaḥ",
"meanings": [
"again"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-vastuni",
"meanings": [
"in everything, material and spiritual"
]
},
{
"word": "vastu-svarūpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the substance"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the controller of everything"
]
},
{
"word": "sakala-jagat",
"meanings": [
"of the whole universe"
]
},
{
"word": "kāraṇa",
"meanings": [
"of the causes"
]
},
{
"word": "kāraṇa-bhūtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"existing as the cause"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-pratyak-ātmatvāt",
"meanings": [
"because of being the Supersoul of every living being, or being present in everything, even the atom"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-guṇa",
"meanings": [
"of all the effects of the material modes of nature (such as intelligence and the senses)"
]
},
{
"word": "ābhāsa",
"meanings": [
"by the manifestations"
]
},
{
"word": "upalakṣitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"perceived"
]
},
{
"word": "ekaḥ",
"meanings": [
"alone"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "paryavaśeṣitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"left remaining."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>With deliberation, one will see that the Supreme Soul, although manifested in different ways, is actually the basic principle of everything. The total material energy is the cause of the material manifestation, but the material energy is caused by Him. Therefore He is the cause of all causes, the manifester of intelligence and the senses. He is perceived as the Supersoul of everything. Without Him, everything would be dead. You, as that Supersoul, the supreme controller, are the only one remaining.</b>",
"purport": [
"The words <i>sarva-vastuni vastu-svarūpaḥ</i> indicate that the Supreme Lord is the active principle of everything. As described in the <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.35):",
"<i>eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ<br/> yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ<br/> aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ<br/> govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi</i>",
"\"I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who enters the existence of every universe and every atom by one of His plenary portions and thus manifests His infinite energy throughout the material creation.\" By His one plenary portion as Paramātmā, <i>antaryāmī,</i> the Lord is all-pervading throughout the unlimited universes. He is the <i>pratyak,</i> or <i>antaryāmī,</i> of all living entities. The Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (13.3), <i>kṣetrajñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata:</i> \"O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies.\" Because the Lord is the Supersoul, He is the active principle of every living entity and even the atom (<i>aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham</i>). He is the actual reality. According to various stages of intelligence, one realizes the presence of the Supreme in everything through the manifestations of His energy. The entire world is permeated by the three <i>guṇas,</i> and one can understand His presence according to one's modes of material nature."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 39,
"reference": "SB 6.9.39",
"devanagari": "अथ ह वाव तव महिमामृतरससमुद्रविप्रुषा सकृद् अवलीढया \nस्वमनसि निष्यन्दमानानवरतसुखेन विस्मारितदृष्टश्रुत\nविषयसुखलेशाभासाः परमभागवता एकान्तिनो भगवति सर्व\nभूतप्रियसुहृदि सर्वात्मनि नितरां निरन्तरं निर्वृतमनसः \nकथम् उ ह वा एते मधुमथन पुनः स्वार्थकुशला ह्य् आत्म\nप्रियसुहृदः साधवस्त्वच्चरणाम्बुजानुसेवां विसृजन्ति न यत्र \nपुनर् अयं संसारपर्यावर्तः.",
"transliteration": "atha ha vāva tava mahimāmṛta-rasa-samudra-vipruṣā sakṛd avalīḍhayā \nsva-manasi niṣyandamānānavarata-sukhena vismārita-dṛṣṭa-śruta-\nviṣaya-sukha-leśābhāsāḥ parama-bhāgavatā ekāntino bhagavati sarva-\nbhūta-priya-suhṛdi sarvātmani nitarāṁ nirantaraṁ nirvṛta-manasaḥ \nkatham u ha vā ete madhumathana punaḥ svārtha-kuśalā hy ātma-\npriya-suhṛdaḥ sādhavas tvac-caraṇāmbujānusevāṁ visṛjanti na yatra \npunar ayaṁ saṁsāra-paryāvartaḥ.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atha ha",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "vāva",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"Your"
]
},
{
"word": "mahima",
"meanings": [
"of glories"
]
},
{
"word": "amṛta",
"meanings": [
"of the nectar"
]
},
{
"word": "rasa",
"meanings": [
"of the mellow"
]
},
{
"word": "samudra",
"meanings": [
"of the ocean"
]
},
{
"word": "vipruṣā",
"meanings": [
"by a drop"
]
},
{
"word": "sakṛt",
"meanings": [
"only once"
]
},
{
"word": "avalīḍhayā",
"meanings": [
"tasted"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-manasi",
"meanings": [
"in his mind"
]
},
{
"word": "niṣyandamāna",
"meanings": [
"flowing"
]
},
{
"word": "anavarata",
"meanings": [
"continuously"
]
},
{
"word": "sukhena",
"meanings": [
"by the transcendental bliss"
]
},
{
"word": "vismārita",
"meanings": [
"forgotten"
]
},
{
"word": "dṛṣṭa",
"meanings": [
"from material sight"
]
},
{
"word": "śruta",
"meanings": [
"and sound"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣaya-sukha",
"meanings": [
"of the material happiness"
]
},
{
"word": "leśa-ābhāsāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the dim reflection of a tiny portion"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-bhāgavatāḥ",
"meanings": [
"great, exalted devotees"
]
},
{
"word": "ekāntinaḥ",
"meanings": [
"who have faith only in the Supreme Lord and nothing else"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavati",
"meanings": [
"in the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-bhūta",
"meanings": [
"to all living entities"
]
},
{
"word": "priya",
"meanings": [
"who is dearmost"
]
},
{
"word": "suhṛdi",
"meanings": [
"the friend"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-ātmani",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul of all"
]
},
{
"word": "nitarām",
"meanings": [
"completely"
]
},
{
"word": "nirantaram",
"meanings": [
"continuously"
]
},
{
"word": "nirvṛta",
"meanings": [
"with happiness"
]
},
{
"word": "manasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"those whose minds"
]
},
{
"word": "katham",
"meanings": [
"how"
]
},
{
"word": "u ha",
"meanings": [
"then"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"or"
]
},
{
"word": "ete",
"meanings": [
"these"
]
},
{
"word": "madhu-mathana",
"meanings": [
"O killer of the Madhu demon"
]
},
{
"word": "punaḥ",
"meanings": [
"again"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-artha-kuśalāḥ",
"meanings": [
"who are expert in the interest of life"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-priya-suhṛdaḥ",
"meanings": [
"who have accepted You as the Supersoul, dearmost lover and friend"
]
},
{
"word": "sādhavaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the devotees"
]
},
{
"word": "tvat-caraṇa-ambuja-anusevām",
"meanings": [
"service to the lotus feet of Your Lordship"
]
},
{
"word": "visṛjanti",
"meanings": [
"can give up"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "yatra",
"meanings": [
"wherein"
]
},
{
"word": "punaḥ",
"meanings": [
"again"
]
},
{
"word": "ayam",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁsāra-paryāvartaḥ",
"meanings": [
"repetition of birth and death within the material world."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Therefore, O killer of the Madhu demon, incessant transcendental bliss flows in the minds of those who have even once tasted but a drop of the nectar from the ocean of Your glories. Such exalted devotees forget the tiny reflection of so-called material happiness produced from the material senses of sight and sound. Free from all desires, such devotees are the real friends of all living entities. Offering their minds unto You and enjoying transcendental bliss, they are expert in achieving the real goal of life. O Lord, You are the soul and dear friend of such devotees, who never need return to this material world. How could they give up engagement in Your devotional service?</b>",
"purport": [
"Although nondevotees, because of their meager knowledge and speculative habits, cannot understand the real nature of the Lord, a devotee who has once tasted the nectar from the Lord's lotus feet can realize what transcendental pleasure there is in the Lord's devotional service. A devotee knows that simply by rendering service to the Lord, he serves everyone. Therefore devotees are real friends to all living entities. Only a pure devotee can preach the glories of the Lord for the benefit of all conditioned souls."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 40,
"reference": "SB 6.9.40",
"devanagari": "त्रिभुवनात्मभवन त्रिविक्रम त्रिनयन त्रिलोक\nमनोहरानुभाव तवैव विभूतयो दितिजदनुजादयश्चापि तेषाम् \nउपक्रमसमयो ऽयम् इति स्वात्ममायया सुरनरमृगमिश्रित\nजलचराकृतिभिर्यथापराधं दण्डं दण्डधर दधर्थ एवम् \nएनम् अपि भगवञ्जहि त्वाष्ट्रम् उत यदि मन्यसे.",
"transliteration": "tri-bhuvanātma-bhavana trivikrama tri-nayana tri-loka-\nmanoharānubhāva tavaiva vibhūtayo ditija-danujādayaś cāpi teṣām \nupakrama-samayo 'yam iti svātma-māyayā sura-nara-mṛga-miśrita-\njalacarākṛtibhir yathāparādhaṁ daṇḍaṁ daṇḍa-dhara dadhartha evam \nenam api bhagavañ jahi tvāṣṭram uta yadi manyase.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tri-bhuvana-ātma-bhavana",
"meanings": [
"O Lord, You are the shelter of the three worlds because You are the Supersoul of the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-vikrama",
"meanings": [
"O Lord, who assumes the form of Vāmana, Your power and opulence are distributed throughout the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-nayana",
"meanings": [
"O maintainer and seer of the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-loka-manohara-anubhāva",
"meanings": [
"O You who are perceived as the most beautiful within the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"of You"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "vibhūtayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the expansions of energy"
]
},
{
"word": "diti-ja-danu-ja-ādayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demoniac sons of Diti, and the Dānavas, another type of demon"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"also (the human beings)"
]
},
{
"word": "teṣām",
"meanings": [
"of all of them"
]
},
{
"word": "upakrama-samayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the time of enterprise"
]
},
{
"word": "ayam",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-ātma-māyayā",
"meanings": [
"by Your own energy"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-nara-mṛga-miśrita-jalacara-ākṛtibhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with different forms like those of the demigods, human beings, animals, mixtures and aquatics (the incarnations Vāmana, Lord Rāmacandra, Kṛṣṇa, Varāha, Hayagrīva, Nṛsiṁha, Matsya and Kūrma)"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā-aparādham",
"meanings": [
"according to their offenses"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍam",
"meanings": [
"punishment"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍa-dhara",
"meanings": [
"O supreme chastiser"
]
},
{
"word": "dadhartha",
"meanings": [
"You awarded"
]
},
{
"word": "evam",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "enam",
"meanings": [
"this one (Vṛtrāsura)"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavan",
"meanings": [
"O Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "jahi",
"meanings": [
"kill"
]
},
{
"word": "tvāṣṭram",
"meanings": [
"the son of Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "uta",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "yadi manyase",
"meanings": [
"if You think it proper."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Lord, O personified three worlds, father of the three worlds! O strength of the three worlds, in the form of the Vāmana incarnation! O three-eyed form of Nṛsiṁhadeva! O most beautiful person within the three worlds! Everything and everyone, including human beings and even the Daitya demons and the Dānavas, is but an expansion of Your energy. O supremely powerful one, You have always appeared in Your forms as the various incarnations to punish the demons as soon as they become very powerful. You appear as Lord Vāmanadeva, Lord Rāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa. You appear sometimes as an animal like Lord Boar, sometimes a mixed incarnation like Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Lord Hayagrīva, and sometimes an aquatic like Lord Fish and Lord Tortoise. Assuming such various forms, You have always punished the demons and Dānavas. We therefore pray that Your Lordship appear today as another incarnation, if You so desire, to kill the great demon Vṛtrāsura.</b>",
"purport": [
"There are two kinds of devotees, known as <i>sakāma</i> and <i>akāma.</i> Pure devotees are <i>akāma,</i> whereas devotees in the upper planetary systems, such as the demigods, are called <i>sakāma</i> because they still want to enjoy material opulence. Because of their pious activities, the <i>sakāma</i> devotees are promoted to the higher planetary systems, but at heart they still desire to lord it over the material resources. The <i>sakāma</i> devotees are sometimes disturbed by the demons and Rākṣasas, but the Lord is so kind that He always saves them by appearing as an incarnation. The Lord's incarnations are so powerful that Lord Vāmanadeva covered the entire universe with two steps and therefore had no place for His third step. The Lord is called Trivikrama because He showed His strength by delivering the entire universe with merely three steps.",
"The difference between <i>sakāma</i> and <i>akāma</i> devotees is that when <i>sakāma</i> devotees, like the demigods, fall into difficulty, they approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief, whereas <i>akāma</i> devotees, even in the greatest danger, never disturb the Lord for material benefits. Even if an <i>akāma</i> devotee is suffering, he thinks this is due to his past impious activities and agrees to suffer the consequences. He never disturbs the Lord. <i>Sakāma</i> devotees immediately pray to the Lord as soon as they are in difficulty, but they are regarded as pious because they consider themselves fully dependent on the mercy of the Lord. As stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (10.14.8):",
"<i>tat te 'nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇo<br/> bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam<br/> hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te<br/> jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk</i>",
"Even while suffering in the midst of difficulties, devotees simply offer their prayers and service more enthusiastically. In this way they become firmly fixed in devotional service and eligible to return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt. <i>Sakāma</i> devotees, of course, achieve from the Lord the results they desire from their prayers, but they do not immediately become fit to return to Godhead. It is to be noted herein that Lord Viṣṇu, in His various incarnations, is always the protector of His devotees. Śrīla Madhvācārya says: <i>vividhaṁ bhāva-pātratvāt sarve viṣṇor vibhūtayaḥ.</i> Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead (<i>kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam</i>). All the other incarnations proceed from Lord Viṣṇu."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 41,
"reference": "SB 6.9.41",
"devanagari": "अस्माकं तावकानां तततत नतानां हरे तव चरणनलिन\nयुगलध्यानानुबद्धहृदयनिगडानां स्वलिंग विवरणेनात्मसात्कृतानाम् अनुकम्पानुरंजितविशदरुचिरशिशिर\nस्मितावलोकेन विगलितमधुरमुखरसामृतकलया चान्तस्तापम् अनघार्हसि शमयितुम्.",
"transliteration": "asmākaṁ tāvakānāṁ tatatata natānāṁ hare tava caraṇa-nalina-\nyugala-dhyānānubaddha-hṛdaya-nigaḍānāṁ sva-liṅga-\nvivaraṇenātmasāt-kṛtānām anukampānurañjita-viśada-rucira-śiśira-\nsmitāvalokena vigalita-madhura-mukha-rasāmṛta-kalayā cāntas tāpam\nanaghārhasi śamayitum.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "asmākam",
"meanings": [
"of us"
]
},
{
"word": "tāvakānām",
"meanings": [
"who are wholly and solely dependent upon You"
]
},
{
"word": "tata-tata",
"meanings": [
"O grandfather, father of the father"
]
},
{
"word": "natānām",
"meanings": [
"who are fully surrendered unto You"
]
},
{
"word": "hare",
"meanings": [
"O Lord Hari"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"Your"
]
},
{
"word": "caraṇa",
"meanings": [
"on the feet"
]
},
{
"word": "nalina-yugala",
"meanings": [
"like two blue lotus flowers"
]
},
{
"word": "dhyāna",
"meanings": [
"by meditation"
]
},
{
"word": "anubaddha",
"meanings": [
"bound"
]
},
{
"word": "hṛdaya",
"meanings": [
"in the heart"
]
},
{
"word": "nigaḍānām",
"meanings": [
"whose chains"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-liṅga-vivaraṇena",
"meanings": [
"by manifesting Your own form"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmasāt-kṛtānām",
"meanings": [
"of those You have accepted as Your own"
]
},
{
"word": "anukampā",
"meanings": [
"by compassion"
]
},
{
"word": "anurañjita",
"meanings": [
"being colored"
]
},
{
"word": "viśada",
"meanings": [
"bright"
]
},
{
"word": "rucira",
"meanings": [
"very pleasing"
]
},
{
"word": "śiśira",
"meanings": [
"cool"
]
},
{
"word": "smita",
"meanings": [
"with a smile"
]
},
{
"word": "avalokena",
"meanings": [
"by Your glance"
]
},
{
"word": "vigalita",
"meanings": [
"melted with compassion"
]
},
{
"word": "madhura-mukha-rasa",
"meanings": [
"of the very sweet words from Your mouth"
]
},
{
"word": "amṛta-kalayā",
"meanings": [
"by the drops of nectar"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "antaḥ",
"meanings": [
"within the cores of our hearts"
]
},
{
"word": "tāpam",
"meanings": [
"the great pain"
]
},
{
"word": "anagha",
"meanings": [
"O supreme pure"
]
},
{
"word": "arhasi",
"meanings": [
"You deserve"
]
},
{
"word": "śamayitum",
"meanings": [
"to curb."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O supreme protector, O grandfather, O supreme pure, O Lord! We are all surrendered souls at Your lotus feet. Indeed, our minds are bound to Your lotus feet in meditation by chains of love. Now please manifest Your incarnation. Accepting us as Your own eternal servants and devotees, be pleased with us and sympathetic toward us. By Your love-filled glance, with its cool and pleasing smile of sympathy, and by the sweet, nectarean words emanating from Your beautiful face, free us from the anxiety caused by this Vṛtrāsura, who always pains the cores of our hearts.</b>",
"purport": [
"Lord Brahmā is considered the father of the demigods, but Kṛṣṇa, or Lord Viṣṇu, is the father of Brahmā because Brahmā took birth from the lotus flower growing from the Lord's abdomen."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 42,
"reference": "SB 6.9.42",
"devanagari": "अथ भगवंस्तवास्माभिर् अखिलजगदुत्पत्तिस्थितिलय\nनिमित्तायमानदिव्यमायाविनोदस्य सकलजीवनिकायानाम् अन्तर्\nहृदयेषु बहिर् अपि च ब्रह्मप्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपेण प्रधान\nरूपेण च यथादेशकालदेहावस्थानविशेषं तद्\nउपादानोपलम्भकतयानुभवतः सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिण आकाश\nशरीरस्य साक्षात्परब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः कियान् इह वार्थ\nविशेषो विज्ञापनीयः स्याद्विस्फुलिंगादिभिर् इव हिरण्यरेतसः.",
"transliteration": "atha bhagavaṁs tavāsmābhir akhila-jagad-utpatti-sthiti-laya-\nnimittāyamāna-divya-māyā-vinodasya sakala-jīva-nikāyānām antar-\nhṛdayeṣu bahir api ca brahma-pratyag-ātma-svarūpeṇa pradhāna-\nrūpeṇa ca yathā-deśa-kāla-dehāvasthāna-viśeṣaṁ tad-\nupādānopalambhakatayānubhavataḥ sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇa ākāśa-\nśarīrasya sākṣāt para-brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ kiyān iha vārtha-\nviśeṣo vijñāpanīyaḥ syād visphuliṅgādibhir iva hiraṇya-retasaḥ.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavan",
"meanings": [
"O Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"of You"
]
},
{
"word": "asmābhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by us"
]
},
{
"word": "akhila",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "jagat",
"meanings": [
"of the material world"
]
},
{
"word": "utpatti",
"meanings": [
"of the creation"
]
},
{
"word": "sthiti",
"meanings": [
"maintenance"
]
},
{
"word": "laya",
"meanings": [
"and annihilation"
]
},
{
"word": "nimittāyamāna",
"meanings": [
"being the cause"
]
},
{
"word": "divya-māyā",
"meanings": [
"with the spiritual energy"
]
},
{
"word": "vinodasya",
"meanings": [
"of You, who amuse Yourself"
]
},
{
"word": "sakala",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "jīva-nikāyānām",
"meanings": [
"of the hordes of living entities"
]
},
{
"word": "antaḥ-hṛdayeṣu",
"meanings": [
"in the cores of the hearts"
]
},
{
"word": "bahiḥ api",
"meanings": [
"externally also"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"of impersonal Brahman, or the Absolute Truth"
]
},
{
"word": "pratyak-ātma",
"meanings": [
"of the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-rūpeṇa",
"meanings": [
"by Your forms"
]
},
{
"word": "pradhāna-rūpeṇa",
"meanings": [
"by Your form as the external ingredients"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"according to"
]
},
{
"word": "deśa-kāla-deha-avasthāna",
"meanings": [
"of country, time, body and position"
]
},
{
"word": "viśeṣam",
"meanings": [
"the particulars"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"of them"
]
},
{
"word": "upādāna",
"meanings": [
"of the material causes"
]
},
{
"word": "upalambhakatayā",
"meanings": [
"by being the exhibitor"
]
},
{
"word": "anubhavataḥ",
"meanings": [
"witnessing"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the witness of all different activities"
]
},
{
"word": "ākāśa-śarīrasya",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul of the whole universe"
]
},
{
"word": "sākṣāt",
"meanings": [
"directly"
]
},
{
"word": "para-brahmaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Absolute Truth"
]
},
{
"word": "paramātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "kiyān",
"meanings": [
"of what extent"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"herein"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"or"
]
},
{
"word": "artha-viśeṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"special necessity"
]
},
{
"word": "vijñāpanīyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"to be informed"
]
},
{
"word": "syāt",
"meanings": [
"may be"
]
},
{
"word": "visphuliṅga-ādibhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the sparks of the fire"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"like"
]
},
{
"word": "hiraṇya-retasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"to the original fire."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Lord, as the small sparks of a fire cannot possibly perform the actions of the whole fire, we sparks of Your Lordship cannot inform You of the necessities of our lives. You are the complete whole. Therefore, of what do we need to inform You? You know everything because You are the original cause of the cosmic manifestation, the maintainer and the annihilator of the entire universal creation. You always engage in Your pastimes with Your spiritual and material energies, for You are the controller of all these varied energies. You exist within all living entities, within the cosmic manifestation, and also beyond them. You exist internally as Parabrahman and externally as the ingredients of the material creation. Therefore, although manifested in various stages, at different times and places, and in various bodies, You, the Personality of Godhead, are the original cause of all causes. Indeed, You are the original element. You are the witness of all activities, but because You are as great as the sky, You are never touched by any of them. You are the witness of everything as Parabrahman and Paramātmā. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, nothing is unknown to You.</b>",
"purport": [
"The Absolute Truth exists in three phases of spiritual understanding—Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān (<i>brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate</i>). Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of Brahman and Paramātmā. Brahman, the impersonal Absolute Truth, is all-pervading, and Paramātmā is locally situated in everyone's heart, but Bhagavān, who is worshipable by the devotees, is the original cause of all causes. A pure devotee is aware that since nothing is unknown to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He need not be informed of a devotee's conveniences and inconveniences. A pure devotee knows that there is no need to ask the Absolute Truth for any material necessities. Therefore, while informing the Supreme Lord about their distress in being attacked by Vṛtrāsura, the demigods apologized for offering prayers for their safety. A neophyte devotee, of course, approaches the Supreme Lord for relief from distress or poverty, or for speculative knowledge of the Lord. <i>Bhagavad-gītā </i>(7.16) mentions four kinds of pious men who begin devotional service to the Lord—one who is distressed (<i>ārta</i>), one in need of money (<i>arthārthī</i>), one who is inquisitive (<i>jijñāsu</i>) and one who is searching for the Absolute Truth (<i>jñānī</i>). A pure devotee, however, knows that since the Lord is omnipresent and omniscient, there is no need to offer prayers or worship Him for one's personal benefit. A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord without demanding anything. The Lord is present everywhere and knows the necessities of His devotees; consequently there is no need to disturb Him by asking Him for material benefits."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 43,
"reference": "SB 6.9.43",
"devanagari": "अत एव स्वयं तद् उपकल्पयास्माकं भगवतः परमगुरोस्तव \nचरणशतपलाशच्छायां विविधवृजिनसंसार\nपरिश्रमोपशमनीम् उपसृतानां वयं यत्कामेनोपसादिताः.",
"transliteration": "ata eva svayaṁ tad upakalpayāsmākaṁ bhagavataḥ parama-guros tava \ncaraṇa-śata-palāśac-chāyāṁ vividha-vṛjina-saṁsāra-\npariśramopaśamanīm upasṛtānāṁ vayaṁ yat-kāmenopasāditāḥ.",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ata eva",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "svayam",
"meanings": [
"Yourself"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "upakalpaya",
"meanings": [
"please arrange"
]
},
{
"word": "asmākam",
"meanings": [
"of us"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "parama-guroḥ",
"meanings": [
"the supreme spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "tava",
"meanings": [
"of You"
]
},
{
"word": "caraṇa",
"meanings": [
"of the feet"
]
},
{
"word": "śata-palāśat",
"meanings": [
"like lotus flowers with hundreds of petals"
]
},
{
"word": "chāyām",
"meanings": [
"the shade"
]
},
{
"word": "vividha",
"meanings": [
"various"
]
},
{
"word": "vṛjina",
"meanings": [
"with dangerous positions"
]
},
{
"word": "saṁsāra",
"meanings": [
"of this conditioned life"
]
},
{
"word": "pariśrama",
"meanings": [
"the pain"
]
},
{
"word": "upaśamanīm",
"meanings": [
"relieving"
]
},
{
"word": "upasṛtānām",
"meanings": [
"the devotees who have taken shelter at Your lotus feet"
]
},
{
"word": "vayam",
"meanings": [
"we"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"for which"
]
},
{
"word": "kāmena",
"meanings": [
"by the desires"
]
},
{
"word": "upasāditāḥ",
"meanings": [
"caused to come near (the shelter of Your lotus feet)."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Dear Lord, You are omniscient, and therefore You know very well why we have taken shelter at Your lotus feet, which provide shade that gives relief from all material disturbances. Since You are the supreme spiritual master and You know everything, we have sought shelter of Your lotus feet for instruction. Please give us relief by counteracting our present distress. Your lotus feet are the only shelter for a fully surrendered devotee and are the only means for subduing all the tribulations of this material world.</b>",
"purport": [
"One need only seek shelter of the shade of the Lord's lotus feet. Then all the material tribulations that disturb him will be subdued, just as when one comes under the shadow of a big tree, the disturbances caused by the heat of the scorching sun are immediately mitigated, without one's asking for relief. Therefore the whole concern of the conditioned soul should be the lotus feet of the Lord. The conditioned soul suffering from various tribulations because of existing in this material world can be relieved only when he seeks shelter at the Lord's lotus feet."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 44,
"reference": "SB 6.9.44",
"devanagari": "अथो ईश जहि त्वाष्ट्रं ग्रसन्तं भुवनत्रयम्\nग्रस्तानि येन नः कृष्ण तेजांस्य् अस्त्रायुधानि च",
"transliteration": "atho īśa jahi tvāṣṭraṁ\ngrasantaṁ bhuvana-trayam\ngrastāni yena naḥ kṛṣṇa\ntejāṁsy astrāyudhāni ca",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atho",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "īśa",
"meanings": [
"O supreme controller"
]
},
{
"word": "jahi",
"meanings": [
"kill"
]
},
{
"word": "tvāṣṭram",
"meanings": [
"the demon Vṛtrāsura, son of Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "grasantam",
"meanings": [
"who is devouring"
]
},
{
"word": "bhuvana-trayam",
"meanings": [
"the three worlds"
]
},
{
"word": "grastāni",
"meanings": [
"devoured"
]
},
{
"word": "yena",
"meanings": [
"by whom"
]
},
{
"word": "naḥ",
"meanings": [
"our"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛṣṇa",
"meanings": [
"O Lord Kṛṣṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "tejāṁsi",
"meanings": [
"all strength and prowess"
]
},
{
"word": "astra",
"meanings": [
"arrows"
]
},
{
"word": "āyudhāni",
"meanings": [
"and other weapons"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Therefore, O Lord, O supreme controller, O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please annihilate this dangerous demon Vṛtrāsura, Tvaṣṭā's son, who has already swallowed all our weapons, our paraphernalia for fighting, and our strength and influence.</b>",
"purport": [
"The Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.15-16):",
"<i>na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ<br/> prapadyante narādhamāḥ<br/> māyayāpahṛta-jñānā<br/> āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ</i>",
"<i>catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ<br/> janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna<br/> ārto jijñāsur arthārthī<br/> jñānī ca bharatarṣabha</i>",
"\"Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me. O best among the Bhāratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me—the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.\"",
"The four classes of neophyte devotees who approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead to offer devotional service because of material motives are not pure devotees, but the advantage for such materialistic devotees is that they sometimes give up their material desires and become pure. When the demigods are utterly helpless, they approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead in grief and with tears in their eyes, praying to the Lord, and thus they become almost pure devotees, free from material desires. Admitting that they have forgotten pure devotional service because of extensive material opportunities, they fully surrender to the Lord, leaving to His consideration whether to maintain them or annihilate them. Such surrender is necessary. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura sings, <i>mārabi rākhabi—yo icchā tohārā:</i> \"O Lord, I fully surrender unto Your lotus feet. Now, as You desire, You may protect me or annihilate me. You have the full right to do either.\""
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 45,
"reference": "SB 6.9.45",
"devanagari": "हंसाय दह्रनिलयाय निरीक्षकाय कृष्णाय मृष्टयशसे निरुपक्रमाय\nसत्संग्रहाय भवपान्थनिजाश्रमाप्ताव् अन्ते परीष्टगतये हरये नमस्ते",
"transliteration": "haṁsāya dahra-nilayāya nirīkṣakāya\nkṛṣṇāya mṛṣṭa-yaśase nirupakramāya\nsat-saṅgrahāya bhava-pāntha-nijāśramāptāv\nante parīṣṭa-gataye haraye namas te",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "haṁsāya",
"meanings": [
"unto the most exalted and pure (pavitraṁ paramam, the supreme pure)"
]
},
{
"word": "dahra",
"meanings": [
"in the core of the heart"
]
},
{
"word": "nilayāya",
"meanings": [
"whose abode"
]
},
{
"word": "nirīkṣakāya",
"meanings": [
"supervising the activities of the individual soul"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛṣṇāya",
"meanings": [
"unto the Supersoul, who is a partial manifestation of Kṛṣṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛṣṭa-yaśase",
"meanings": [
"whose reputation is very bright"
]
},
{
"word": "nirupakramāya",
"meanings": [
"who has no beginning"
]
},
{
"word": "sat-saṅgrahāya",
"meanings": [
"understood only by pure devotees"
]
},
{
"word": "bhava-pāntha-nija-āśrama-āptau",
"meanings": [
"being obtainment of the shelter of Kṛṣṇa for persons within this material world"
]
},
{
"word": "ante",
"meanings": [
"at the ultimate end"
]
},
{
"word": "parīṣṭa-gataye",
"meanings": [
"unto Him who is the ultimate goal, the highest success of life"
]
},
{
"word": "haraye",
"meanings": [
"unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "namaḥ",
"meanings": [
"respectful obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"unto You."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Lord, O supreme pure, You live within the core of everyone's heart and observe all the desires and activities of the conditioned souls. O Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Lord Kṛṣṇa, Your reputation is bright and illuminating. You have no beginning, for You are the beginning of everything. This is understood by pure devotees because You are easily accessible to the pure and truthful. When the conditioned souls are liberated and sheltered at Your lotus feet after roving throughout the material world for many millions of years, they attain the highest success of life. Therefore, O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, we offer our respectful obeisances at Your lotus feet.</b>",
"purport": [
"The demigods certainly wanted Lord Viṣṇu to relieve their anxiety, but now they directly approach Lord Kṛṣṇa, for although there is no difference between Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa descends to this planet in His Vāsudeva feature for the purpose of <i>paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām</i>—protecting His devotees and annihilating the miscreants. Demons, or atheists, always disturb the demigods, or devotees, and therefore Kṛṣṇa descends to punish the atheists and demons and fulfill the desire of His devotees. Kṛṣṇa, being the original cause of everything, is the Supreme Person, above even Viṣṇu and Nārāyaṇa, although there is no difference between these different forms of the Lord. As explained in <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.46):",
"<i>dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya<br/> dīpāyate vivṛta-hetu-samāna-dharmā<br/> yas tādṛg eva hi ca viṣṇutayā vibhāti<br/> govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi</i>",
"Kṛṣṇa expands Himself as Viṣṇu the way a bright candle kindles another. Although there is no difference between the power of one candle and another, Kṛṣṇa is compared to the original candle.",
"The word <i>mṛṣṭa-yaśase</i> is significant herein because Kṛṣṇa is always famous for relieving His devotee from danger. A devotee who has sacrificed everything for the service of Kṛṣṇa and whose only source of relief is the Lord is known as <i>akiñcana.</i>",
"As expressed in the prayers offered by Queen Kuntī, the Lord is <i>akiñcana-vitta,</i> the property of such a devotee. Those who are liberated from the bondage of conditioned life are elevated to the spiritual world, where they achieve five kinds of liberation—<i>sāyujya, sālokya, sārūpya, sārṣṭi</i> and <i>sāmīpya. </i>They personally associate with the Lord in five mellows—<i>śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya</i> and <i>mādhurya.</i> These <i>rasas</i> are all emanations from Kṛṣṇa. As described by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the original mellow, <i>ādi-rasa,</i> is conjugal love. Kṛṣṇa is the origin of pure and spiritual conjugal love."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 46,
"reference": "SB 6.9.46",
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच\nअथैवम् ईडितो राजन्सादरं त्रिदशैर्हरिः\nस्वम् उपस्थानम् आकर्ण्य प्राह तान् अभिनन्दितः",
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\nathaivam īḍito rājan\nsādaraṁ tri-daśair hariḥ\nsvam upasthānam ākarṇya\nprāha tān abhinanditaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
]
},
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"thereafter"
]
},
{
"word": "evam",
"meanings": [
"in this way"
]
},
{
"word": "īḍitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being worshiped and offered obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "rājan",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-ādaram",
"meanings": [
"with proper respect"
]
},
{
"word": "tri-daśaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by all the demigods from the higher planetary systems"
]
},
{
"word": "hariḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "svam upasthānam",
"meanings": [
"their prayer glorifying Him"
]
},
{
"word": "ākarṇya",
"meanings": [
"hearing"
]
},
{
"word": "prāha",
"meanings": [
"replied"
]
},
{
"word": "tān",
"meanings": [
"unto them (the demigods)"
]
},
{
"word": "abhinanditaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being pleased."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: </b><b>O King Parīkṣit, when the demigods offered the Lord their sincere prayers in this way, the Lord listened by His causeless mercy. Being pleased, He then replied to the demigods.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 47,
"reference": "SB 6.9.47",
"devanagari": "श्रीभगवान् उवाच\nप्रीतो ऽहं वः सुरश्रेष्ठा मदुपस्थानविद्यया\nआत्मैश्वर्यस्मृतिः पुंसां भक्तिश्चैव यया मयि",
"transliteration": "śrī-bhagavān uvāca\nprīto 'haṁ vaḥ sura-śreṣṭhā\nmad-upasthāna-vidyayā\nātmaiśvarya-smṛtiḥ puṁsāṁ\nbhaktiś caiva yayā mayi",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-bhagavān uvāca",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead said"
]
},
{
"word": "prītaḥ",
"meanings": [
"pleased"
]
},
{
"word": "aham",
"meanings": [
"I"
]
},
{
"word": "vaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of you"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-śreṣṭhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"O best of the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "mat-upasthāna-vidyayā",
"meanings": [
"by the highly advanced knowledge and prayers offered unto Me"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-aiśvarya-smṛtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"remembrance of the exalted transcendental position of Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "puṁsām",
"meanings": [
"of men"
]
},
{
"word": "bhaktiḥ",
"meanings": [
"devotional service"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "yayā",
"meanings": [
"by which"
]
},
{
"word": "mayi",
"meanings": [
"unto Me."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:</b><b> O beloved demigods, you have offered your prayers to Me with great knowledge, and I am certainly most pleased with you. A person is liberated by such knowledge, and thus he remembers My exalted position, which is above the conditions of material life. Such a devotee is fully purified by offering prayers in full knowledge. This is the source of devotional service to Me.</b>",
"purport": [
"Another name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is Uttamaśloka, which means that He is offered prayers with selected verses. <i>Bhakti</i> means <i>śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ,</i> chanting and hearing about Lord Viṣṇu. Impersonalists cannot be purified, for they do not offer personal prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even though they sometimes offer prayers, the prayers are not directed toward the Supreme Person. Impersonalists sometimes show their incomplete knowledge by addressing the Lord as being nameless. They always offer prayers indirectly, saying, \"You are this, You are that,\" but they do not know to whom they are praying. A devotee, however, always offers personal prayers. A devotee says, <i>govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi:</i> \"I offer my respectful obeisances unto Govinda, unto Kṛṣṇa.\" That is the way to offer prayers. If one continues to offer such personal prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is eligible to become a pure devotee and return home, back to Godhead."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 48,
"reference": "SB 6.9.48",
"devanagari": "किं दुरापं मयि प्रीते तथापि विबुधर्षभाः\nमय्य् एकान्तमतिर्नान्यन्मत्तो वांछति तत्त्ववित्",
"transliteration": "kiṁ durāpaṁ mayi prīte\ntathāpi vibudharṣabhāḥ\nmayy ekānta-matir nānyan\nmatto vāñchati tattva-vit",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kim",
"meanings": [
"what"
]
},
{
"word": "durāpam",
"meanings": [
"difficult to obtain"
]
},
{
"word": "mayi",
"meanings": [
"when I"
]
},
{
"word": "prīte",
"meanings": [
"satisfied"
]
},
{
"word": "tathāpi",
"meanings": [
"still"
]
},
{
"word": "vibudha-ṛṣabhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"O best of the intelligent demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "mayi",
"meanings": [
"in Me"
]
},
{
"word": "ekānta",
"meanings": [
"exclusively fixed"
]
},
{
"word": "matiḥ",
"meanings": [
"whose attention"
]
},
{
"word": "na anyat",
"meanings": [
"not anything other"
]
},
{
"word": "mattaḥ",
"meanings": [
"than Me"
]
},
{
"word": "vāñchati",
"meanings": [
"desires"
]
},
{
"word": "tattva-vit",
"meanings": [
"one who knows the truth."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O best of the intelligent demigods, although it is true that nothing is difficult for one to obtain when I am pleased with him, a pure devotee, whose mind is exclusively fixed upon Me, does not ask Me for anything but the opportunity to engage in devotional service.</b>",
"purport": [
"When the demigods finished offering their prayers, they anxiously waited for their enemy Vṛtrāsura to be killed. This means that the demigods are not pure devotees. Although without difficulty one can get anything he desires if the Lord is pleased, the demigods aspire for material profit by pleasing the Lord. The Lord wanted the demigods to pray for unalloyed devotional service, but instead they prayed for an opportunity to kill their enemy. This is the difference between a pure devotee and a devotee on the material platform. Indirectly, the Lord regretted that the demigods did not ask for pure devotional service."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 49,
"reference": "SB 6.9.49",
"devanagari": "न वेद कृपणः श्रेय आत्मनो गुणवस्तुदृक्\nतस्य तान् इच्छतो यच्छेद्यदि सो ऽपि तथाविधः",
"transliteration": "na veda kṛpaṇaḥ śreya\nātmano guṇa-vastu-dṛk\ntasya tān icchato yacched\nyadi so 'pi tathā-vidhaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "veda",
"meanings": [
"knows"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛpaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a miserly living entity"
]
},
{
"word": "śreyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the ultimate necessity"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the soul"
]
},
{
"word": "guṇa-vastu-dṛk",
"meanings": [
"who is attracted by the creation of the modes of material nature"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"of him"
]
},
{
"word": "tān",
"meanings": [
"things created by the material energy"
]
},
{
"word": "icchataḥ",
"meanings": [
"desiring"
]
},
{
"word": "yacchet",
"meanings": [
"one bestows"
]
},
{
"word": "yadi",
"meanings": [
"if"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ api",
"meanings": [
"he also"
]
},
{
"word": "tathā-vidhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the kind (a foolish kṛpaṇa who does not know his real self-interest)."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Those who think material assets to be everything or to be the ultimate goal of life are called misers [kṛpaṇas]. They do not know the ultimate necessity of the soul. Moreover, if one awards that which is desired by such fools, he must also be considered foolish.</b>",
"purport": [
"There are two classes of men—namely the <i>kṛpaṇa</i> and the <i>brāhmaṇa.</i> A <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is one who knows Brahman, the Absolute Truth, and who thus knows his real interest. A <i>kṛpaṇa,</i> however, is one who has a material, bodily concept of life. Not knowing how to utilize his human or demigod life, a <i>kṛpaṇa</i> is attracted by things created by the material modes of nature. The <i>kṛpaṇas,</i> who always desire material benefits, are foolish, whereas <i>brāhmaṇas,</i> who always desire spiritual benefits, are intelligent. If a <i>kṛpaṇa,</i> not knowing his self-interest, foolishly asks for something material, one who awards it to him is also foolish. Kṛṣṇa, however, is not a foolish person; He is supremely intelligent. If someone comes to Kṛṣṇa asking for material benefits, Kṛṣṇa does not award him the material things he desires. Instead, the Lord gives him intelligence so that he will forget his material desires and become attached to the Lord's lotus feet. In such cases, although the <i>kṛpaṇa</i> offers prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa for material things, the Lord takes away whatever material possessions the <i>kṛpaṇa</i> has and gives him the sense to become a devotee. As stated by the Lord in the <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta</i> (<i>Madhya</i> 22.39):",
"<i>āmi—vijña, ei mūrkhe 'viṣaya' kene diba?<br/> sva-caraṇāmṛta diyā 'viṣaya' bhulāiba</i>",
"\"Since I am very intelligent, why should I give this fool material prosperity? Instead I shall induce him to take the nectar of the shelter of My lotus feet and make him forget illusory material enjoyment.\" If one sincerely prays to God for material possessions in exchange for devotional service, the Lord, who is not foolish like such an unintelligent devotee, shows him special favor by taking away whatever material possessions he has and gradually giving him the intelligence to be satisfied only by rendering service to His lotus feet. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments in this regard that if a foolish child requests his mother to give him poison, the mother, being intelligent, will certainly not give him poison, even though he requests it. A materialist does not know that to accept material possessions means to accept poison, or the repetition of birth and death. An intelligent person, a <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> aspires for liberation from material bondage. That is the real self-interest of a human being."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 50,
"reference": "SB 6.9.50",
"devanagari": "स्वयं निःश्रेयसं विद्वान्न वक्त्य् अज्ञाय कर्म हि\nन राति रोगिणो ऽपथ्यं वांछतो ऽपि भिषक्तमः",
"transliteration": "svayaṁ niḥśreyasaṁ vidvān\nna vakty ajñāya karma hi\nna rāti rogiṇo 'pathyaṁ\nvāñchato 'pi bhiṣaktamaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "svayam",
"meanings": [
"personally"
]
},
{
"word": "niḥśreyasam",
"meanings": [
"the supreme goal of life, namely the means of obtaining ecstatic love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "vit-vān",
"meanings": [
"one who is accomplished in devotional service"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "vakti",
"meanings": [
"teaches"
]
},
{
"word": "ajñāya",
"meanings": [
"unto a foolish person not conversant with the ultimate goal of life"
]
},
{
"word": "karma",
"meanings": [
"fruitive activities"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "rāti",
"meanings": [
"administers"
]
},
{
"word": "rogiṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"unto the patient"
]
},
{
"word": "apathyam",
"meanings": [
"something unconsumable"
]
},
{
"word": "vāñchataḥ",
"meanings": [
"desiring"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"although"
]
},
{
"word": "bhiṣak-tamaḥ",
"meanings": [
"an experienced physician."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A pure devotee who is fully accomplished in the science of devotional service will never instruct a foolish person to engage in fruitive activities for material enjoyment, not to speak of helping him in such activities. Such a devotee is like an experienced physician, who never encourages a patient to eat food injurious to his health, even if the patient desires it.</b>",
"purport": [
"Here is the difference between the benedictions awarded by the demigods and those awarded by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. Devotees of the demigods ask for benedictions simply for sense gratification, and therefore they have been described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.20) as bereft of intelligence.",
"<i>kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ<br/> prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ<br/> taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya<br/> prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā</i>",
"\"Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.\"",
"Conditioned souls are generally bereft of intelligence because of profound desires for sense gratification. They do not know what benedictions to ask. Therefore nondevotees are advised in the <i>śāstras</i> to worship various demigods to achieve material benefits. For example, if one wants a beautiful wife, he is advised to worship Umā, or goddess Durgā. If one wants to be cured of a disease, he is advised to worship the sun-god. All requests for benedictions from the demigods, however, are due to material lust. The benedictions will be finished at the end of the cosmic manifestation, along with those who bestow them. If one approaches Lord Viṣṇu for benedictions, the Lord will give him a benediction that will help him return home, back to Godhead. This is also confirmed by the Lord Himself in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (10.10):",
"<i>teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ<br/> bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam<br/> dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ<br/> yena mām upayānti te</i>",
"Lord Viṣṇu, or Lord Kṛṣṇa, instructs a devotee who constantly engages in His service how to approach Him at the end of his material body. The Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (4.9):",
"<i>janma karma ca me divyam<br/> evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ<br/> tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma<br/> naiti mām eti so 'rjuna</i>",
"\"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities, does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.\" This is the benediction of Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. After giving up his body, a devotee returns home, back to Godhead.",
"A devotee may foolishly ask for material benedictions, but Lord Kṛṣṇa does not give him such benedictions, despite the devotee's prayers. Therefore people who are very attached to material life do not generally become devotees of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu. Instead they become devotees of the demigods (<i>kāmais tais tair hṛta jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ</i>). The benedictions of the demigods, however, are condemned in <i>Bhagavad-gītā.</i> <i>Antavat tu phalaṁ teṣāṁ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām: </i>\"Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary.\" A non-Vaiṣṇava, one who is not engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is considered a fool with a small quantity of brain substance."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 51,
"reference": "SB 6.9.51",
"devanagari": "मघवन्यात भद्रं वो दध्यंचम् ऋषिसत्तमम्\nविद्याव्रततपःसारं गात्रं याचत मा चिरम्",
"transliteration": "maghavan yāta bhadraṁ vo\ndadhyañcam ṛṣi-sattamam\nvidyā-vrata-tapaḥ-sāraṁ\ngātraṁ yācata mā ciram",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maghavan",
"meanings": [
"O Indra"
]
},
{
"word": "yāta",
"meanings": [
"go"
]
},
{
"word": "bhadram",
"meanings": [
"good fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "vaḥ",
"meanings": [
"to all of you"
]
},
{
"word": "dadhyañcam",
"meanings": [
"to Dadhyañca"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣi-sat-tamam",
"meanings": [
"the most exalted saintly person"
]
},
{
"word": "vidyā",
"meanings": [
"of education"
]
},
{
"word": "vrata",
"meanings": [
"vow"
]
},
{
"word": "tapaḥ",
"meanings": [
"and austerities"
]
},
{
"word": "sāram",
"meanings": [
"the essence"
]
},
{
"word": "gātram",
"meanings": [
"his body"
]
},
{
"word": "yācata",
"meanings": [
"ask for"
]
},
{
"word": "mā ciram",
"meanings": [
"without delay."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O Maghavan [Indra], all good fortune unto you. I advise you to approach the exalted saint Dadhyañca [Dadhīci]. He has become very accomplished in knowledge, vows and austerities, and his body is very strong. Go ask him for his body without delay.</b>",
"purport": [
"Everyone in this material world, from Lord Brahmā down to the ant, is eager to keep his body comfortable. A pure devotee may also be comfortable, but he is not eager for such a benediction. Since Maghavan, the King of heaven, still aspired for a comfortable bodily situation, Lord Viṣṇu advised him to ask Dadhyañca for his body, which was very strong due to his knowledge, vows and austerity."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 52,
"reference": "SB 6.9.52",
"devanagari": "स वा अधिगतो दध्यङ्ङ् अश्विभ्यां ब्रह्म निष्कलम्\nयद्वा अश्वशिरो नाम तयोर् अमरतां व्यधात्",
"transliteration": "sa vā adhigato dadhyaṅṅ\naśvibhyāṁ brahma niṣkalam\nyad vā aśvaśiro nāma\ntayor amaratāṁ vyadhāt",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "adhigataḥ",
"meanings": [
"having obtained"
]
},
{
"word": "dadhyaṅ",
"meanings": [
"Dadhyañca"
]
},
{
"word": "aśvibhyām",
"meanings": [
"to the two Aśvinī-kumāras"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"spiritual knowledge"
]
},
{
"word": "niṣkalam",
"meanings": [
"pure"
]
},
{
"word": "yat vā",
"meanings": [
"by which"
]
},
{
"word": "aśvaśiraḥ",
"meanings": [
"Aśvaśira"
]
},
{
"word": "nāma",
"meanings": [
"named"
]
},
{
"word": "tayoḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the two"
]
},
{
"word": "amaratām",
"meanings": [
"liberation in one's life"
]
},
{
"word": "vyadhāt",
"meanings": [
"awarded."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>That saintly Dadhyañca, who is also known as Dadhīci, personally assimilated the spiritual science and then delivered it to the Aśvinī-kumāras. It is said that Dadhyañca gave them mantras through the head of a horse. Therefore the mantras are called Aśvaśira. After obtaining the mantras of spiritual science from Dadhīci, the Aśvinī-kumāras became jīvan-mukta, liberated even in this life.</b>",
"purport": [
"The following story is narrated by many <i>ācāryas</i> in their commentaries:",
"The great saint Dadhīci had perfect knowledge of how to perform fruitive activities, and he had advanced spiritual knowledge as well. Knowing this, the Aśvinī-kumāras once approached him and begged him to instruct them in spiritual science (<i>brahma-vidyā</i>). Dadhīci Muni replied, \"I am now engaged in arranging sacrifices for fruitive activities. Come back some time later.\" When the Aśvinī-kumāras left, Indra, the King of heaven, approached Dadhīci and said, \"My dear Muni, the Aśvinī-kumāras are only physicians. Please do not instruct them in spiritual science. If you impart the spiritual science to them despite my warning, I shall punish you by cutting off your head.\" After warning Dadhīci in this way, Indra returned to heaven. The Aśvinī-kumāras, who understood Indra's desires, returned and begged Dadhīci for <i>brahma-vidyā.</i> When the great saint Dadhīci informed them of Indra's threat, the Aśvinī-kumāras replied, \"Let us first cut off your head and replace it with the head of a horse. You can instruct <i>brahma-vidyā</i> through the horse's head, and when Indra returns and cuts off that head, we shall reward you and restore your original head.\" Since Dadhīci had promised to impart <i>brahma-vidyā</i> to the Aśvinī-kumāras, he agreed to their proposal. Therefore, because Dadhīci imparted <i>brahma-vidyā</i> through the mouth of a horse, this <i>brahma-vidyā</i> is also known as Aśvaśira."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 53,
"reference": "SB 6.9.53",
"devanagari": "दध्यङ्ङ् आथर्वणस्त्वष्ट्रे वर्माभेद्यं मदात्मकम्\nविश्वरूपाय यत्प्रादात्त्वष्टा यत्त्वम् अधास्ततः",
"transliteration": "dadhyaṅṅ ātharvaṇas tvaṣṭre\nvarmābhedyaṁ mad-ātmakam\nviśvarūpāya yat prādāt\ntvaṣṭā yat tvam adhās tataḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dadhyaṅ",
"meanings": [
"Dadhyañca"
]
},
{
"word": "ātharvaṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the son of Atharvā"
]
},
{
"word": "tvaṣṭre",
"meanings": [
"unto Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "varma",
"meanings": [
"the protective covering known as Nārāyaṇa-kavaca"
]
},
{
"word": "abhedyam",
"meanings": [
"invincible"
]
},
{
"word": "mat-ātmakam",
"meanings": [
"consisting of Myself"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvarūpāya",
"meanings": [
"unto Viśvarūpa"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "prādāt",
"meanings": [
"delivered"
]
},
{
"word": "tvaṣṭā",
"meanings": [
"Tvaṣṭā"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "tvam",
"meanings": [
"you"
]
},
{
"word": "adhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"received"
]
},
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"from him."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Dadhyañca's invincible protective covering known as the Nārāyaṇa-kavaca was given to Tvaṣṭā, who delivered it to his son Viśvarūpa, from whom you have received it. Because of this Nārāyaṇa-kavaca, Dadhīci's body is now very strong. You should therefore beg him for his body.</b>",
"purport": []
}
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 54,
"reference": "SB 6.9.54",
"devanagari": "युष्मभ्यं याचितो ऽश्विभ्यां धर्मज्ञो ऽंगानि दास्यति\nततस्तैर् आयुधश्रेष्ठो विश्वकर्मविनिर्मितः\nयेन वृत्रशिरो हर्ता मत्तेजौपबृंहितः",
"transliteration": "yuṣmabhyaṁ yācito 'śvibhyāṁ\ndharma-jño 'ṅgāni dāsyati\ntatas tair āyudha-śreṣṭho\nviśvakarma-vinirmitaḥ\nyena vṛtra-śiro hartā\nmat-teja-upabṛṁhitaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yuṣmabhyam",
"meanings": [
"for all of you"
]
},
{
"word": "yācitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being asked"
]
},
{
"word": "aśvibhyām",
"meanings": [
"by the Aśvinī-kumāras"
]
},
{
"word": "dharma-jñaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Dadhīci, who knows the principles of religion"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgāni",
"meanings": [
"his limbs"
]
},
{
"word": "dāsyati",
"meanings": [
"will give"
]
},
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"after that"
]
},
{
"word": "taiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by those bones"
]
},
{
"word": "āyudha",
"meanings": [
"of weapons"
]
},
{
"word": "śreṣṭhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the most powerful (the thunderbolt)"
]
},
{
"word": "viśvakarma-vinirmitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"manufactured by Viśvakarmā"
]
},
{
"word": "yena",
"meanings": [
"by which"
]
},
{
"word": "vṛtra-śiraḥ",
"meanings": [
"the head of Vṛtrāsura"
]
},
{
"word": "hartā",
"meanings": [
"will be taken away"
]
},
{
"word": "mat-tejaḥ",
"meanings": [
"by My strength"
]
},
{
"word": "upabṛṁhitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"increased."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When the Aśvinī-kumāras beg for Dadhyañca's body on your behalf, he will surely give it because of affection. Do not doubt this, for Dadhyañca is very experienced in religious understanding. When Dadhyañca awards you his body, Viśvakarmā will prepare a thunderbolt from his bones. This thunderbolt will certainly kill Vṛtrāsura because it will be invested with My power.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"verse": 55,
"reference": "SB 6.9.55",
"devanagari": "तस्मिन्विनिहते यूयं तेजोऽस्त्रायुधसम्पदः\nभूयः प्राप्स्यथ भद्रं वो न हिंसन्ति च मत्परान्",
"transliteration": "tasmin vinihate yūyaṁ\ntejo-'strāyudha-sampadaḥ\nbhūyaḥ prāpsyatha bhadraṁ vo\nna hiṁsanti ca mat-parān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tasmin",
"meanings": [
"when he (Vṛtrāsura)"
]
},
{
"word": "vinihate",
"meanings": [
"is killed"
]
},
{
"word": "yūyam",
"meanings": [
"all of you"
]
},
{
"word": "tejaḥ",
"meanings": [
"power"
]
},
{
"word": "astra",
"meanings": [
"arrows"
]
},
{
"word": "āyudha",
"meanings": [
"other weapons"
]
},
{
"word": "sampadaḥ",
"meanings": [
"and opulence"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"again"
]
},
{
"word": "prāpsyatha",
"meanings": [
"will obtain"
]
},
{
"word": "bhadram",
"meanings": [
"all good fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "vaḥ",
"meanings": [
"unto you"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "hiṁsanti",
"meanings": [
"hurt"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "mat-parān",
"meanings": [
"My devotees."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When Vṛtrāsura is killed because of My spiritual strength, you will regain your strength, weapons and wealth. Thus there will be all good fortune for all of you. Although Vṛtrāsura can destroy all the three worlds, do not fear that he will harm you. He is also a devotee and will never be envious of you.</b>",
"purport": [
"A devotee of the Lord is never envious of anyone, what to speak of other devotees. As revealed later, Vṛtrāsura was also a devotee. Therefore he was not expected to be envious of the demigods. Indeed, of his own accord, he would try to benefit the demigods. A devotee does not hesitate to give up his own body for a better cause. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita said, <i>san-nimitte varaṁ tyāgo vināśe niyate sati.</i> After all, all one's material possessions, including his body, will be destroyed in due course of time. Therefore if the body and other possessions can be utilized for a better cause, a devotee never hesitates to give up even his own body. Because Lord Viṣṇu wanted to save the demigods, Vṛtrāsura, even though able to swallow the three worlds, would agree to be killed by the demigods. For a devotee there is no difference between living and dying because in this life a devotee engages in devotional service, and after giving up his body, he engages in the same service in the spiritual world. His devotional service is never hindered."
]
}