> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam - Canto 2
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

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> > The Cosmic Manifestation

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> > Chapter Three: Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart

> > TEXT 1

> > s'rî-s'uka uvâca

> > evam etan nigaditam

> > prishthavân yad bhavân mama

> > nrinâm yan mriyamânânâm

> > manushyeshu manîshinâm

> > s'rî-s'ukah uvâca--S'rî S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said; evam--so; etat--all these; nigaditam--answered; prstavan--as you inquired; yat--what; bhavan--your good self; mama--unto me; nrnam--of the human being; yat--one; mriyamana-nam--on the threshold of death; manusyesu--amongst the human beings; manisinam--of the intelligent men.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said: Mahârâja Parîkshit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold of death, so I have answered you.

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> > TEXT 2-7

> > brahma-varcasa-kâmas tu

> > yajeta brahmanah patim

> > indram indriya-kâmas tu

> > prajâ-kâmah prajâpatîn

> > devîm mâyâm tu s'rî-kâmas

> > tejas-kâmo vibhâvasum

> > vasu-kâmo vasûn rudrân

> > vîrya-kâmo 'tha vîryavân

> > annâdya-kâmas tv aditim

> > svarga-kâmo 'diteh sutân

> > vis'vân devân râjya-kâmah

> > sâdhyân samsâdhako vis'âm

> > âyus-kâmo 's'vinau devau

> > pushthi-kâma ilâm yajet

> > pratishthhâ-kâmah purusho

> > rodasî loka-mâtarau

> > rûpâbhikâmo gandharvân

> > strî-kâmo 'psara urvas'îm

> > âdhipatya-kâmah sarveshâm

> > yajeta parameshthhinam

> > yajn'am yajed yas'as-kâmah

> > kos'a-kâmah pracetasam

> > vidyâ-kâmas tu giris'am

> > dâmpatyârtha umâm satîm

> > brahma--the absolute; varcasa--effulgence; kâmah tu--but one who desires in that way; yajeta--do worship; brahmanah--of the Vedas; patim--the master; indram--the King of heaven;indriya-kâmah tu--but one who desires strong sense organs; prajâ-kâmah--one who desires many offspring; prajâpatîn--the Prajâpatis;

> > devîm--the goddess; mâyâm--unto the mistress of the material world; tu--but; s'rî-kâmah--one who desires beauty; tejah--power; kâmah--one who so desires; vibhâvasum--the fire-god; vasu-kâmah--one who wants wealth; vasûn--the Vasu demigods; rudrân--the Rudra expansions of Lord S'iva; vîrya-kâmah--one who wants to be very strongly built; atha--therefore; vîryavân--the most powerful;

> > anna-adya--grains; kâmah--one who so desires; tu--but; aditim--Aditi, mother of the demigods; svarga--heaven; kâmah--so desiring; aditeh sutân--the sons of Aditi; vis'vân&emdash;Vis'vadeva; devân--demigods; râjya-kâmah--those who hanker for kingdoms; sâdhyân--the Sâdhya demigods; samsâdhakah--what fulfills the wishes; vis'âm--of the mercantile community;

> > âyuh-kâmah--desirous of long life; as'vinau--the two demigods known as the As'vinî brothers; devau--the two demigods; pushthi-kâmah--one who desires a strongly built body; ilâm--the earth; yajet--must worship; pratishthhâ-kâmah--one who desires good fame, or stability in a post; purushah--such men; rodasî--the horizon; loka-mâtarau--and the earth;

> > rûpa--beauty; abhikâmah--positively aspiring for; gandharvân--the residents of the Gandharva planet, who are very beautiful and are expert in singing; strî-kâmah--one who desires a good wife; apsarah urvas'îm--the society girls of the heavenly kingdom; âdhipatya-kâmah--one who desires to dominate others; sarveshâm--everyone; yajeta--must worship; parameshthhinam--Brahmâ, the head of the universe;

> > yajn'am--the Personality of Godhead; yajet--must worship; yas'ah-kâmah--one who desires to be famous; kos'a-kâmah--one who desires a good bank balance; pracetasam--the treasurer of heaven, known as Varuna; vidyâ-kâmah tu--but one whodesires education; giris'am--the lord of the Himalaya s, Lord S'iva; dâmpatya-arthah--and for conjugal love; umâm satîm--the chaste wife of Lord S'iva, known as Umâ.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas [Lord Brahmâ or Brihaspati, the learned priest], one who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra, and one who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajâpatis.

> > One who desires good fortune should worship Durgâdevî, the superintendent of the material world. One desiring to be very powerful should worship fire, and one who aspires only after money should worship the Vasus. One should worship the Rudra incarnations of Lord S'iva if he wants to be a great hero.

> > One who wants a large stock of grains should worship Aditi. One who desires to attain the heavenly planets should worship the sons of Aditi. One who desires a worldly kingdom should worship Vis'vadeva, and one who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sâdhya demigod.

> > One who desires a long span of life should worship the demigods known as the As'vinî-kumâras, and a person desiring a strongly built body should worship the earth. One who desires stability in his post should worship the horizon and the earth combined.

> > One who desires to be beautiful should worship the beautiful residents of the Gandharva planet, and one who desires a good wife should worship the Apsarâs and the Urvas'î society girls of the heavenly kingdom. One who desires domination over others should worship Lord Brahmâ, the head of the universe.

> > One who desires tangible fame should worship the Personality of Godhead, and one who desires a good bank balance should worship the demigod Varuna. If one desires to be a greatly learned man he should worship Lord S'iva, and if one desires a good marital relation he should worship the chaste goddess Umâ, the wife of Lord S'iva.

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> > TEXT 8

> > dharmârtha uttama-s'lokam

> > tantuh tanvan pitrin yajet

> > rakshâ-kâmah punya janân

> > ojas-kâmo marud-ganân

> > dharma-arthah--for spiritual advancement; uttama-s'lokam--the Supreme Lord or persons attached to the Supreme Lord; tantuh--for offspring; tanvan--and for their protection; pitrin--the residents of Pitriloka; yajet--must worship; rakshâ-kâmah--one who desires protection; punya janân--pious persons; ojah-kâmah--one who desires strength should worship; marut-ganân--the demigods.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One should worship Lord Vishnu or His devotee for spiritual advancement in knowledge, and for protection of heredity and advancement of a dynasty one should worship the various demigods.

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> > TEXT 9

> > râjya-kâmo manûn devân

> > nirritim tv abhicaran yajet

> > kâma-kâmo yajet somam

> > akâmah purusham param

> > râjya-kâmah--anyone desiring an empire or kingdom; manûn--the Manus, semi-incarnations of God; devân--demigods; nirritim--demons; tu--but; abhicaran--desiring victory over the enemy; yajet--should worship; kâma-kâmah--one who desires sense gratification; yajet--should worship; somam--the demigod named Candra; akâmah--one who has no material desires to be fulfilled; purusham--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; param--the Supreme.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the Manus. One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the demons, and one who desires sense gratification should worship the moon. But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 10

> > akâmah sarva-kâmo vâ

> > moksha-kâma udâra-dhîh

> > tîvrena bhakti-yogena

> > yajeta purusham param

> > akâmah--one who has transcended all material desires; sarva-kâmah--one who has the sum total of material desires; vâ--either; moksha-kâmah--one who desires liberation; udâra-dhîh--with broader intelligence; tîvrena--with great force; bhakti-yogena--by devotional service to the Lord; yajeta--should worship; purusham--the Lord; param--the supreme whole.

> > TRANSLATION

> > A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 11

> > etâvân eva yajatâm

> > iha nihs'reyasodayah

> > bhagavaty acalo bhâvo

> > yad bhâgavata-sangatah

> > etâvân--all these different kinds of worshipers; eva--certainly; yajatâm--while worshiping; iha--in this life; nihs'reyasa--the highest benediction; udayah--development; bhagavati--unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; acalah--unflinching; bhâvah--spontaneous attraction; yat--which; bhâgavata--the pure devotee of the Lord; sangatah--association.

> > TRANSLATION

> > All the different kinds of worshipers of multidemigods can attain the highest perfectional benediction, which is spontaneous attraction unflinchingly fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by the association of the pure devotee of the Lord.

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> > TEXT 12

> > jn'ânam yad âpratinivritta-gunormi-cakram

> > âtma-prasâda uta yatra gunesv asangah

> > kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah

> > ko nirvrito hari-kathâsu ratim na kuryât

> > jn'ânam--knowledge; yat--that which; â--up to the limit of; pratinivritta--completely withdrawn; guna-ûrmi--the waves of the material modes; cakram--whirlpool; âtma-prasâdah--self-satisfaction; uta--moreover; yatra--where there is; guneshu--in the modes of nature; asangah--no attachment; kaivalya--transcendental; sammata--approved; pathah--path; tu--but; atha--therefore; bhakti-yogah--devotional service; kah--who; nirvritah--absorbed in; hari-kathâsu--in the transcendental topics of the Lord; ratim--attraction; na--shall not; kuryât--do.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Transcendental knowledge in relation with the Supreme Lord Hari is knowledge resulting in the complete suspension of the waves and whirlpools of the material modes. Such knowledge is self-satisfying due to its being free from material attachment, and being transcendental it is approved by authorities. Who could fail to be attracted?

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> > TEXT 13

> > s'aunaka uvâca

> > ity abhivyâhritam râjâ

> > nis'amya bharatarshabhah

> > kim anyat prishthavân bhûyo

> > vaiyâsakim rishim kavim

> > s'aunakah uvâca&emdash;S'aunaka said; iti--thus; abhivyâhritam--all that was spoken; râjâ--the King; nis'amya--by hearing; bharata-rishabhah--Mahârâja Parîkshit; kim--what; anyat--more; prishthavân--did he inquire from him; bhûyah--again; vaiyâsakim--unto the son of Vyâsadeva; rishim--one who is well versed; kavim--poetic.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'aunaka said: The son of Vyâsadeva, S'rîla S'ukadeva Gosvâmî, was a highly learned sage and was able to describe things in a poetic manner. What did Mahârâja Parîkshit again inquire from him after hearing all that he had said?

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> > TEXT 14

> > etac chus'rûsatâm vidvan

> > sûta no 'rhasi bhâshitum

> > kathâ hari-kathodarkâh

> > satâm syuh sadasi dhruvam

> > etat--this; s'us'rûshatâm--of those eager to hear; vidvan--O learned; sûta--Sûta Gosvâmî; nah--unto us; arhasi--may you do it; bhâshitum--just to explain it; kathâh--topics; hari-kathâ-udarkâh--result in the topics of the Lord; satâm--of the devotees; syuh--may be; sadasi--in the assembly of; dhruvam--certainly.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O learned Sûta Gosvâmî! Please continue to explain such topics to us because we are all eager to hear. Besides that, topics which result in the discussion of the Lord Hari should certainly be discussed in the assembly of devotees.

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> > TEXT 15

> > sa vai bhâgavato râjâ

> > pândaveyo mahâ-rathah

> > bâla-krîdanakaih krîdan

> > krishna-krîdâm ya âdade

> > sah--he; vai--certainly; bhâgavatah--a great devotee of the Lord; râjâ--Mahârâja Parîkshit; pândaveyah--grandson of the Pândavas; mahâ-rathah--a great fighter; bâla--while a child; krîd-anakaih--with play dolls; krîdan--playing; krishna--Lord Krishna; krîdâm--activities; yah--who; âdade--accepted.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Mahârâja Parîkshit, the grandson of the Pândavas, was from his very childhood a great devotee of the Lord. Even while playing with dolls, he used to worship Lord Krishna by imitating the worship of the family Deity.

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> > TEXT 16

> > vaiyâsakis' ca bhagavân

> > vâsudeva-parâyanah

> > urugâya-gunodârâh

> > satâm syur hi samâgame

> > vaiyâsakih--the son of Vyâsadeva; ca--also; bhagavân--full in transcendental knowledge; vâsudeva--Lord Krishna; parâyanah--attached to; urugâya--of the Personality of Godhead S'rî Krishna, who is glorified by great philosophers; guna-udârâh--great qualities; satâm--of the devotees; syuh--must have been; hi--as a matter of fact; samâgame--by the presence of.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'ukadeva Gosvâmî, the son of Vyâsadeva, was also full in transcendental knowledge and was agreat devotee of Lord Krishna, son of Vasudeva. So there must have been discussion of Lord Krishna, who is glorified by great philosophers and in the company of great devotees.

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> > TEXT 17

> > âyur barati vai pumsâm

> > udyann astam ca yann asau

> > tasyarte yat-kshano nîta

> > uttama-s'loka-vârtayâ

> > âyuh--duration of life; harati--decreases; vai--certainly; pumsâm--of the people; udyan--rising;astam--setting; ca--also; yan--moving; asau--the sun; tasya--of one who glorifies the Lord; rite--except; yat--by whom; kshanah--time; nîtah--utilized; uttama-s'loka--the all-good Personality of Godhead; vârtayâ--in the topics of.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Both by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics of the all-good Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 18

> > taravah kim na jîvanti

> > bhastrâh kim na s'vasanty uta

> > na khâdanti na mehanti

> > kim grâme pas'avo 'pare

> > taravah--the trees; kim--whether; na--do not; jîvanti--live; bhastrâh--bellows; kim--whether; na--do not; s'vasanti--breathe; uta--also; na--do not; khâdanti--eat; na--do not; mehanti--discharge semen; kim--whether; grâme--in the locality; pas'avah--beastly living being; apare--others.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Do the trees not live? Do the bellows of the blacksmith not breathe? All around us, do the beasts not eat and discharge semen?

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> > TEXT 19

> > s'va-vid-varâhoshthra-kharaih

> > samstutah purusah pas'uh

> > na yat-karna-pathopeto

> > jâtu nâma gadâgrajah

> > s'va--a dog; vit-varâha--the village hog who eats stool; ushthra--the camel; kharaih--and by the asses; samstutah--perfectly praised; purushah--a person; pas'uh--animal; na--never; yat--of him; karna--ear; patha--path; upetah--reached; jâtu--at any time; nâma--the holy name; gadâgrajah--Lord Krishna, the deliver from all evils.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Men who are like dogs, hogs, camels and asses praise those men who never listen to the transcendental pastimes of Lord S'rî Krishna, the deliverer from evils.

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> > TEXT 20

> > bile batorukrama-vikramân ye

> > na s'rinvatah karna-pute narasya

> > jihvâsatî dârdurikeva sûta

> > na copagâyaty urugâya-gâthâh

> > bile--snake holes; bata--like; urukrama--the Lord, who acts marvelously; vikramân--prowess; ye--all these; na--never; s'rinvatah--heard; karna-pute--the earholes; narasya--of the man; jihvâ--tongue; asatî--useless; dârdurikâ--of the frogs; iva--exactly like that; sûta--O Sûta Gosvâmî; na--never; ca--also; upagâyati--chants loudly; urugâya--worth singing; gâthâh--songs.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and marvelous acts of the Personality of Godhead and has not sung or chanted loudly the worthy songs about the Lord is to be considered to possess earholes like the holes of snakes and a tongue like the tongue of a frog.

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> > TEXT 21

> > bhârah param paththa-kirîtha jushtham

> > apy uttamângam na namen mukundam

> > s'âvau karau no kurute saparyâm

> > harer lasat-kân'cana-kankanau vâ

> > bhârah--a great burden; param--heavy; paththa--silk; kirîtha--turban; jushtham--dressed with; api--even; uttama--upper; angam--parts of the body; na--never; namet--bow down; mukundam--Lord Krishna, the deliverer; s'âvau--dead bodies; karau--hands; no--do not; kurute--do; saparyâm--worshiping; hareh--of the Personality of Godhead; lasat--glittering; kân'cana--made of gold; kankanau--bangles; vâ--even though.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The upper portion of the body, though crowned with a silk turban, is only a heavy burden if not bowed down before the Personality of Godhead who can award mukti [freedom]. And the hands, though decorated with glittering bangles, are like those of a dead man if not engaged in the service of the Personality of Godhead Hari.

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> > TEXT 22

> > barhâyite te nayane narânâm

> > lingâni vishnor na nirîkshato ye

> > pâdau nrinâm tau druma janma-bhâjau

> > kshetrâni nânuvrajato harer yau

> > barhâyite--like plumes of a peacock; te--those; nayane--eyes; narânâm--of men; lingâni--forms; vishnoh--of the Personality of Godhead; na--does not; nirîkshatah--look upon; ye--all such; pâdau--legs; nrinâm--of men; tau--those; druma janma--being born of the tree; bhâjau--like that; kshetrâni--holy places; na--never; anuvrajatah--goes after; hareh--of the Lord; yau--which.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The eyes which do not look at the symbolic representations of the Personality of Godhead Vishnu [His forms, name, quality, etc.] are like those printed on the plumes of the peacock, and the legs which do not move to the holy places [where the Lord is remembered] are considered to be like tree trunks.

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> > TEXT 23

> > Jîvan' chavo bhâgavatânghri-renum

> > na jâtu martyo 'bhilabheta yas tu

> > s'rî-vishnu-padyâ manujas tulasyâh

> > s'vasan' chavo yas tu na veda gandham

> > jîvan--while living; s'avah--a dead body; bhâgavata-anghri-renum--the dust of the feet of a pure devotee; na--never; jâtu--at any time; martyah--mortal; abhilabheta--particularly received; yah--a person; tu--but; s'rî--with opulence; vishnu-padyâh--of the lotus feet of Vishnu; manujah--a descendant of Manu (a man); tulasyâh--leaves of the tulasî tree; s'vasan--while breathing; s'avah--still a dead body; yah--who; tu--but; na veda--never experienced; gandham--the aroma.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The person who has not at any time received the dust of the feet of the Lord's pure devotee upon his head is certainly a dead body. And the person who has never experienced the aroma of the tulasî leaves from the lotus feet of the Lord is also a dead body, although breathing.

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> > TEXT 24

> > tad as'ma-sâram hridayam batedam

> > yad grihyamânair hari-nâma-dheyaih

> > na vikriyetâtha yadâ vikâro

> > netre jalam gâtra-ruheshu harshah

> > tat--that; as'ma-sâram--is steel-framed; hridayam--heart; bata idam--certainly that; yat--which; grihyamânaih--in spite of chanting; hari-nâma--the holy name of the Lord; dheyaih--by concentration of the mind; na--does not; vikriyeta--change; atha--thus; yadâ--when; vikârah--reaction; netre--in the eyes; jalam--tears; gâtra-ruhesu--at the pores; harshah--eruptions of ecstasy.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of one's chanting the holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when ecstasy takes place, tears fill the eyes and the hairs stand on end.

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> > TEXT 25

> > athâbhidhehy anga mano-'nukûlam

> > prabhâshase bhâgavata-pradhânah

> > yad âha vaiyâsakir âtma-vidyâ-

> > vis'ârado nripatim sâdhu prishthah

> > atha--therefore; abhidhehi--please explain; anga--O Sûta Gosvâmî; manah--mind; anukûlam--favorable to our mentality; prabhâshase--you do speak; bhâgavata--the great devotee; pradhânah--the chief; yat âha--what he spoke; vaiyâsakih--S'ukadeva Gosvâmî; âtma-vidyâ--transcendental knowledge; vis'âradah--expert; nripatim--unto the King; sâdhu--very good; prishthah--being asked.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Suta Gosvâmî, your words are pleasing to our minds. Please therefore explain this to us as it was spoken by the great devotee S'ukadeva Gosvâmî, who is very expert in transcendental knowledge, and who spoke to Mahârâja Parîkshit upon being asked.

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