> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam
> > 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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> > Canto 1: 'Creation'

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> > Chapter Five: Nârada's Instructions on S'rîmad-Bhâgavatam for Vyâsadeva

> > TEXT 1

> > sûta uvâca

> > atha tam sukham âsîna

> > upâsînam brihac-chravâh

> > devarshih prâha viprarshim

> > vînâ-pânih smayann iva

> > sûtah--Sûta; uvâca--said; atha--therefore; tam--him; sukham âsînah--comfortably seated; upâsînam--unto one sitting nearby; brihat-s'ravâh--greatly respected; devarshih--the great rishi among the gods; prâha--said; viprarshim--unto the rishi among the brâhmanas; vînâ-pânih--one who carries a vînâ in his hand; smayan iva--apparently smiling.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Sûta Gosvâmî said: Thus the sage amongst the gods [Nârada], comfortably seated and apparently smiling, addressed the rishi amongst the brâhmanas [Vedavyâsa].

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> > TEXT 2

> > nârada uvâca

> > pârâs'arya mahâ-bhâga

> > bhavatah kaccid âtmanâ

> > paritushyati sârîra

> > âtmâ mânasa eva vâ

> > nâradah--Nârada; uvâca--said; pârâsharya--O son of Parâshara; mahâ-bhâga--the greatly fortunate; bhavatah--your; kaccit--if it is; âtmanâ--by the self-realization of; paritushyati--does it satisfy; s'ârîrah--identifying the body; âtmâ--self; mânasah--identifying the mind; eva--certainly; vâ--and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Addressing Vyâsadeva, the son of Parâshara, Nârada inquired: Are you satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-realization?

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> > TEXT 3

> > jijn'âsitam susampannam

> > api te mahad-adbhutam

> > kritavân bhâratam yas tvam

> > sarvârtha-paribrimhitam

> > jijn'âsitam--fully inquired; susampannam--well versed; api--in spite of; te--your; mahat-adbhutam--great and wonderful; kritavân--prepared; bhâratam--the Mahâbhârata; yah tvam--what you have done; sarva-artha--including all sequences; paribrimhitam--elaborately explained.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Your inquiries were full and your studies were also well fulfilled, and there is no doubt that you have prepared a great and wonderful work, the Mahâbhârata, which is full of all kinds of Vedic sequences elaborately explained.

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> > TEXT 4

> > jijn'âsitam adhîtam ca

> > brahma yat tat sanâtanam

> > tathâpi s'ocasy âtmânam

> > akritârtha iva prabho

> > jijn'âsitam--deliberated fully well; adhîtam--the knowledge obtained; ca--and; brahma--the Absolute; yat--what; tat--that; sanâtanam--eternal; tathâpi--in spite of that; s'ocasi--lamenting; âtmânam--unto the self; akrita-arthah--undone; iva--like; prabho--my dear sir.

> > TRANSLATION

> > You have fully delineated the subject of impersonal Brahman as well as the knowledge derived therefrom. Why should you be despondent in spite of all this, thinking that you are undone, my dear prabhu?

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> > TEXT 5

> > vyâsa uvâca

> > asty eva me sarvam idam tvayoktam

> > tathâpi nâtmâ paritushyate me

> > tan-mûlam avyaktam agâdha-bodham

> > prcchâmahe tvâtma-bhavâtma-bhûtam

> > vyâsah--Vyâsa; uvâca--said; asti--there is; eva--certainly; me--mine; sarvam--all; idam--this; tvayâ--by you; uktam--uttered; tathâpi--and yet; na--not; âtmâ--self; paritushyate--does pacify; me--unto me; tat--of which; mûlam--root; avyaktam--undetected; agâdha-bodham--the man of unlimited knowledge; prcchâmahe--do inquire; tvâ--unto you; âtma-bhava--self-born; âtma-bhûtam--offspring.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî Vyâsadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct. Despite all this, I am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due to your being the offspring of one [Brahmâ] who is self-born [without mundane father and mother].

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> > TEXT 6

> > sa vai bhavân veda samasta-guhyam

> > upâsito yat purushah purânah

> > parâvares'o manasaiva vis'vam

> > srijaty avaty atti gunair asangah

> > sah--thus; vai--certainly; bhavân--yourself; veda--know; samasta--all-inclusive; guhyam--confidential; upâsitah--devotee of; yat--because; purushah--the Personality of Godhead; purânah--the oldest; parâvares'ah--the controller of the material and spiritual worlds; manasâ--mind; eva--only; vis'vam--the universe; srijati--creates; avati atti--annihilates; gunaih--by the qualitative matter; asangah--unattached.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My lord! Everything that is mysterious is known to you because you worship the creator and destroyer of the material world and the maintainer of the spiritual world, the original Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to the three modes of material nature.

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> > TEXT 7

> > tvam paryathann arka iva tri-lokîm

> > antas'-caro vâyur ivâtma-sâkshî

> > parâvare brahmani dharmato vrataih

> > snâtasya me nyûnam alam vicakshva

> > tvam--Your Goodness; paryatan--traveling; arkah--the sun; iva--like; tri-lokîm--the three worlds; antah-carah--can penetrate into everyone's heart; vâyuh iva--as good as the all-pervading air; âtma--self-realized; sâkshî--witness; parâvare--in the matter of cause and effect; brahmani--in the Absolute; dharmatah--under disciplinary regulations; vrataih--in vow; snâtasya--having been absorbed in; me--mine; nyûnam--deficiency; alam--clearly; vicakshva--search out.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Like the sun, Your Goodness can travel everywhere in the three worlds, and like the air you can penetrate the internal region of everyone. As such, you are as good as the all-pervasive Supersoul. Please, therefore, find out the deficiency in me, despite my being absorbed in transcendence under disciplinary regulations and vows.

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> > TEXT 8

> > s'rî-nârada uvâca

> > bhavatânudita-prâyam

> > yas'o bhagavato 'malam

> > yenaivâsau na tushyeta

> > manye tad dars'anam khilam

> > s'rî-nâradah--S'rî Nârada; uvâca--said; bhavatâ--by you; anudita-prâyam--almost not praised; yas'ah--glories; bhagavatah--of the Personality of Godhead; amalam--spotless; yena--by which; eva--certainly; asau--He (the Personality of Godhead); na--does not; tushyeta--be pleased; manye--I think; tat--that; darshanam--philosophy; khilam--inferior.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî Nârada said: You have not actually broadcast the sublime and spotless glories of the Personality of Godhead. That philosophy which does not satisfy the transcendental senses of the Lord is considered worthless.

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> > TEXT 9

> > yathâ dharmâdayas' cârthâ

> > muni-varyânukîrtitâh

> > na tathâ vâsudevasya

> > mahimâ hy anuvarnitah

> > yathâ--as much as; dharma-âdayah--all four principles of religious behavior; ca--and; arthâh--purposes; muni-varya--by yourself, the great sage; anukîrtitâh--repeatedly described; na--not; tathâ--in that way; vâsudevasya--of the Personality of Godhead S'rî Krishna; mahimâ--glories; hi--certainly; anuvarnitah--so constantly described.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Although, great sage, you have very broadly described the four principles beginning with religious performances, you have not described the glories of the Supreme Personality, Vâsudeva.

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> > TEXT 10

> > na yad vacas' citra-padam harer yas'o

> > jagat-pavitram pragrinîta karhicit

> > tad vâyasam tîrtham us'anti mânasâ

> > na yatra hamsâ niramanty us'ik-kshayâh

> > na--not; yat--that; vacah--vocabulary; citra-padam--decorative; hareh--of the Lord; yas'ah--glories; jagat--universe; pavitram--sanctified; pragrinîta--described; karhicit--hardly; tat--that; vâyasam--crows; tîrtham--place of pilgrimage; us'anti--think; mânasâh--saintly persons; na--not; yatra--where; hamsâh--all-perfect beings; niramanti--take pleasure; us'ik-kshayâh--those who reside in the transcendental abode.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered by saintly persons to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there.

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> > TEXT 11

> > tad-vâg-visargo janatâgha-viplavo

> > yasmin prati-s'lokam abaddhavaty api

> > nâmâny anantasya yas'o 'nkitâni yat

> > s'rinvanti gâyanti grinanti sâdhavah

> > tat--that; vâk--vocabulary; visargah--creation; janatâ--the people in general; agha--sins; viplavah--revolutionary; yasmin--in which; prati-s'lokam--each and every stanza; abaddhavati--irregularly composed; api--in spite of; nâmâni--transcendental names, etc.; anantasya--of the unlimited Lord; yas'ah--glories; ankitâni--depicted; yat--what; s'rinvanti--do hear; gâyanti--do sing; grinanti--do accept; sâdhavah--the purified men who are honest.

> > TRANSLATION

> > On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world's misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.

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> > TEXT 12

> > naishkarmyam apy acyuta-bhâva-varjitam

> > na s'obhate jn'ânam alam niran'janam

> > kutah punah s'as'vad abhadram îs'vare

> > na cârpitam karma yad apy akâranam

> > naishkarmyam--self-realization, being freed from the reactions of fruitive work; api--in spite of; acyuta--the infallible Lord; bhâva--conception; varjitam--devoid of; na--does not; shobhate--look well; jn'ânam--transcendental knowledge; alam--by and by; niran'janam--free from designations; kutah--where is; punah--again; s'as'vat--always; abhadram--uncongenial; îs'vare--unto the Lord; na--not; ca--and; arpitam--offered; karma--fruitive work; yat api--what is; akâranam--not fruitive.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a conception of the Infallible [God]. What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord?

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> > TEXT 13

> > atho mahâ-bhâga bhavân amogha-drik

> > s'uci-s'ravâh satya-rato dhrita-vratah

> > urukramasyâkhila-bandha-muktaye

> > samâdhinânusmara tad-viceshthitam

> > atho--therefore; mahâ-bhâga--highly fortunate; bhavân--yourself; amogha-drik--the perfect seer; s'uci--spotless; s'ravâh--famous; satya-ratah--having taken the vow of truthfulness; dhrita-vratah--fixed in spiritual qualities; urukramasya--of the one who performs supernatural activities (God); akhila--universal; bandha--bondage; muktaye--for liberation from; samâdhinâ--by trance; anusmara--think repeatedly and then describe them; tat-viceshthitam--various pastimes of the Lord.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Vyâsadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for the liberation of the people in general from all material bondage.

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> > TEXT 14

> > tato 'nyathâ kin'cana yad vivakshatah

> > prithag dris'as tat-krita-rûpa-nâmabhih

> > na karhicit kvâpi ca duhsthitâ matir

> > labheta vâtâhata-naur ivâspadam

> > tatah--from that; anyathâ--apart; kin'cana--something; yat--whatsoever; vivakshatah--desiring to describe; prithak--separately; drisah--vision; tat-krita--reactionary to that; rûpa--form; nâmabhih--by names; na karhicit--never; kvâpi--any; ca--and; duhsthitâ matih--oscillating mind; labheta--gains; vâta-âhata--troubled by the wind; nauh--boat; iva--like; âspadam--place.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Whatever you desire to describe that is separate in vision from the Lord simply reacts, with different forms, names and results, to agitate the mind as the wind agitates a boat which has no resting place.

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> > TEXT 15

> > jugupsitam dharma-krite 'nus'âsatah

> > sva-bhâva-raktasya mahân vyatikramah

> > yad-vâkyato dharma itîtarah sthito

> > na manyate tasya nivâranam janah

> > jugupsitam--verily condemned; dharma-krite--for the matter of religion; anus'âsatah--instruction; sva-bhâva-raktasya--naturally inclined; mahân--great; vyatikramah--unreasonable; yat-vâkyatah--under whose instruction; dharmah--religion; iti--it is thus; itarah--the people in general; sthitah--fixed; na--do not; manyate--think; tasya--of that; nivâranam--prohibition; janah--they.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The people in general are naturally inclined to enjoy, and you have encouraged them in that way in the name of religion. This is verily condemned and is quite unreasonable. Because they are guided under your instructions, they will accept such activities in the name of religion and will hardly care for prohibitions.

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> > TEXT 16

> > vicakshano 'syârhati veditum vibhor

> > ananta-pârasya nivrittitah sukham

> > pravarta-mânasya gunair anâtmanas

> > tato bhavân dars'aya ceshthitam vibhoh

> > vicakshanah--very expert; asya--of him; arhati--deserves; veditum--to understand; vibhoh--of the Lord; ananta-pârasya--of the unlimited; nivrittitah--retired from; sukham--material happiness; pravarta-mânasya--those who are attached to; gunaih--by the material qualities; anâtmanah--devoid of knowledge in spiritual value; tatah--therefore; bhavân--Your Goodness; darshaya--show the ways; ceshthitam--activities; vibhoh--of the Lord.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Supreme Lord is unlimited. Only a very expert personality, retired from the activities of material happiness, deserves to understand this knowledge of spiritual values. Therefore those who are not so well situated, due to material attachment, should be shown the ways of transcendental realization, by Your Goodness, through descriptions of the transcendental activities of the Supreme Lord.

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> > TEXT 17

> > tyaktvâ sva-dharmam caranâmbujam harer

> > bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi

> > yatr kva vâbhadram abhûd amushya kim

> > ko vârtha âpto 'bhajatâm sva-dharmatah

> > tvaktvâ--having forsaken; sva-dharmam--one's own occupational engagement; carana-ambujam--the lotus feet; hareh--of Hari (the Lord); bhajan--in the course of devotional service; apakvah--immature; atha--for the matter of; patet--falls down; tatah--from that place; yadi--if; yatra--whereupon; kva--what sort of; vâ--or (used sarcastically); abhadram--unfavorable; abhût--shall happen; amushya--of him; kim--nothing; kah vâ arthah--what interest; âptah--obtained; abhajatâm--of the nondevotee; sva-dharmatah--being engaged in occupational service.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything.

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> > TEXT 18

> > tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovido

> > na labhyate yad bhramatâm upary adhah

> > tal labhyate duhkhavad anyatah sukham

> > kâlena sarvatra gabhîra-ramhasâ

> > tasya--for that purpose; eva--only; hetoh--reason; prayateta--should endeavor; kovidah--one who is philosophically inclined; na--not; labhyate--is not obtained; yat--what; bhramatâm--wandering; upari adhah--from top to bottom; tat--that; labhyate--can be obtained; duhkhavat--like the miseries; anyatah--as a result of previous work; sukham--sense enjoyment; kâlena--in course of time; sarvatra--everywhere; gabhîra--subtle; ramhasâ--progress.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Persons who are actually intelligent and philosophically inclined should endeavor only for that purposeful end which is not obtainable even by wandering from the topmost planet [Brahmaloka] down to the lowest planet [Pâtâla]. As far as happiness derived from sense enjoyment is concerned, it can be obtained automatically in course of time, just as in course of time we obtain miseries even though we do not desire them.

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> > TEXT 19

> > na vai jano jâtu kathan'canâvrajen

> > mukunda-sevy anyavad anga samsritim

> > smaran mukundânghry-upagûhanam punar

> > vihâtum icchen na rasa-graho janah

> > na--never; vai--certainly; janah--a person; jâtu--at any time; kathan'cana--somehow or other; âvrajet--does not undergo; mukunda-sevî--the devotee of the Lord; anyavat--like others; anga--O my dear; samsritim--material existence; smaran--remembering; mukunda-anghri--the lotus feet of the Lord; upagûhanam--embracing; punah--again; vihâtum--willing to give up; icchet--desire; na--never; rasa-grahah--one who has relished the mellow; janah--person.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear Vyâsa, even though a devotee of Lord Krishna sometimes falls down somehow or other, he certainly does not undergo material existence like others [fruitive workers, etc.] because a person who has once relished the taste of the lotus feet of the Lord can do nothing but remember that ecstasy again and again.

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> > TEXT 20

> > idam hi vis'vam bhagavân ivetaro

> > yato jagat-sthâna-nirodha-sambhavâh

> > tad dhi svayam veda bhavâms tathâpi te

> > prâdes'a-mâtram bhavatah pradars'itam

> > idam--this; hi--all; vis'vam--cosmos; bhagavân--the Supreme Lord; iva--almost the same; itarah--different from; yatah--from whom; jagat--the worlds; sthâna--exist; nirodha--annihilation; sambhavâh--creation; tat hi--all about; svayam--personally; veda--know; bhavân--your good self; tathâ api--still; te--unto you; prâdes'a-mâtram--a synopsis only; bhavatah--unto you; pradars'itam--explained.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is Himself this cosmos, and still He is aloof from it. From Him only has this cosmic manifestation emanated, in Him it rests, and unto Him it enters after annihilation. Your good self knows all about this. I have given only a synopsis.

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> > TEXT 21

> > tvam âtmanâtmânam avehy amogha-drik

> > parasya pumsah paramâtmanah kalâm

> > ajam prajâtam jagatah s'ivâya tan

> > mahânubhâvâbhyudayo 'dhiganyatâm

> > tvam--yourself; âtmanâ--by your own self; âtmânam--the Supersoul; avehi--search out; amogha-drik--one who has perfect vision; parasya--of the Transcendence; pumsah--the Personality of Godhead; paramâtmanah--of the Supreme Lord; kalâm--plenary part; ajam--birthless; prajâtam--have taken birth; jagatah--of the world; s'ivâya--for the well-being; tat--that; mahâ-anubhâva--of the Supreme Personality of Godhead S'rî Krishna; abhyudayah--pastimes; adhiganyatâm--describe most vividly.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Your Goodness has perfect vision. You yourself can know the Supersoul Personality of Godhead because you are present as the plenary portion of the Lord. Although you are birthless, you have appeared on this earth for the well-being of all people. Please, therefore, describe the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead S'rî Krishna more vividly.

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> > TEXT 22

> > idam hi pumsas tapasah s'rutasya vâ

> > svishthasya sûktasya ca buddhi-dattayoh

> > avicyuto 'rthah kavibhir nirûpito

> > yad-uttama-s'loka-gunânuvarnanam

> > idam--this; hi--certainly; pumsah--of everyone; tapasah--by dint of austerities; s'rutasya--by dint of study of the Vedas; vâ--or; svishthasya--sacrifice; sûktasya--spiritual education; ca--and; buddhi--culture of knowledge; dattayoh--charity; avicyutah--infallible; arthah--interest; kavibhih--by the recognized learned person; nirûpitah--concluded; yat--what; uttama-s'loka--the Lord, who is described by choice poetry; guna-anuvarnanam--description of the transcendental qualities of.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Learned circles have positively concluded that the infallible purpose of the advancement of knowledge, namely austerities, study of the Vedas, sacrifice, chanting of hymns and charity, culminates in the transcendental descriptions of the Lord, who is defined in choice poetry.

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> > TEXT 23

> > aham purâtîta-bhave 'bhavam mune

> > dâsyâstu kasyâs'cana veda-vâdinâm

> > nirûpito bâlaka eva yoginâm

> > s'us'rûshane prâvrishi nirvivikshatâm

> > aham--I; purâ--formerly; atîta-bhave--in the previous millennium; abhavam--became; mune--O muni; dâsyâh--of the maidservant; tu--but; kasyâs'cana--certain; veda-vâdinâm--of the followers of Vedânta; nirûpitah--engaged; bâlakah--boy servant; eva--only; yaginâm--of the devotees; s'us'rûsane--in the service of; prâvrishi--during the four months of the rainy season; nirvivikshatâm--living together.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O muni, in the last millennium I was born as the son of a certain maidservant engaged in the service of brâhmanas who were following the principles of Vedânta. When they were living together during the four months of the rainy season, I was engaged in their personal service.

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> > TEXT 24

> > te mayy apetâkhila-câpale 'rbhake

> > dânte 'dhrita-krîdanake 'nuvartini

> > cakruh kripâm yadyapi tulya-dars'anâh

> > s'us'rûshamâne munayo 'lpa-bhâshini

> > te--they; mayi--unto me; apeta--not having undergone; akhila--all kinds of; câpale--proclivities; arbhake--unto a boy; dânte--having controlled the senses; adhrita-krîdanake--without being accustomed to sporting habits; anuvartini--obedient; cakruh--did bestow; kripâm--causeless mercy; yadyapi--although; tulya-dars'anâh--impartial by nature; s'us'râsamâne--unto the faithful; munayah--the muni followers of the Vedânta; alpa-bhâshini--one who does not speak more than required.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Although they were impartial by nature, those followers of the Vedânta blessed me with their causeless mercy. As far as I was concerned, I was self-controlled and had no attachment for sports, even though I was a boy. In addition, I was not naughty, and I did not speak more than required.

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> > TEXT 25

> > ucchishtha-lepân anumodito dvijaih

> > sakrit sma bhun'je tad-apâsta-kilbishah

> > evam pravrittasya vis'uddha-cetasas

> > tad-dharma evâtma-rucih prajâyate

> > ucchishtha-lepân--the remnants of foodstuff; anumoditah--being permitted; dvijaih--by the Vedântist brâhmanas; sakrit--once upon a time; sma--in the past; bhun'je--took; tat--by that action; apâsta--eliminated; kilbishah--all sins; evam--thus; pravrittasya--being engaged; vis'uddha-cetasah--of one whose mind is purified; tat--that particular; dharmah--nature; eva--certainly; âtma-rucih--transcendental attraction; prajâyate--was manifested.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Once only, by their permission, I took the remnants of their food, and by so doing all my sins were at once eradicated. Thus being engaged, I became purified in heart, and at that time the very nature of the transcendentalist became attractive to me.

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> > TEXT 26

> > tatrânvaham krishna-kathâh pragâyatâm

> > anugrahenâs'rinavam mano-harâh

> > tâh s'raddhayâ me 'nupadam vishrinvatah

> > priyas'ravasy anga mamâbhavad rucih

> > tatra--thereupon; anu--every day; aham--I; krishna-kathâh--narration of Lord Krishna's activities; pragâyatâm--describing; anugrahena--by causeless mercy; as'rinavam--giving aural reception; manah-harâh--attractive; tâh--those; s'raddhayâ--respectfully; me--unto me; anupadam--every step; vis'rinvatah--hearing attentively; priyas'ravasi--of the Personality of Godhead; anga--O Vyâsadeva; mama--mine; abhavat--it so became; rucih--taste.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Vyâsadeva, in that association and by the mercy of those great Vedântists, I could hear them describe the attractive activities of Lord Krishna. And thus listening attentively, my taste for hearing of the Personality of Godhead increased at every step.

> > ******

> > TEXT 27

> > tasmims tadâ labdha-rucer mahâmate

> > priyas'ravasy askhalitâ matir mama

> > yayâham etat sad-asat sva-mâyayâ

> > pas'ye mayi brahmani kalpitam pare

> > tasmin--it being so; tadâ--at that time; labdha--achieved; ruceh--taste; mahâ-mate--O great sage; priyas'ravasi--upon the Lord; askhalitâ matih--uninterrupted attention; mama--mine; yayâ--by which; aham--I; etat--all these; sat-asat--gross and subtle; sva-mâyayâ--one's own ignorance; pas'ye--see; mayi--in me; brahmani--the Supreme; kalpitam--is accepted; pare--in the Transcendence.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O great sage, as soon as I got a taste for the Personality of Godhead, my attention to hear of the Lord was unflinching. And as my taste developed, I could realize that it was only in my ignorance that I had accepted gross and subtle coverings, for both the Lord and I are transcendental.

> > ******

> > TEXT 28

> > ittham s'arat-prâvrishikâv ritû harer

> > vis'rinvato me 'nusavam yas'o 'malam

> > sankîrtyamânam munibhir mahâtmabhir

> > bhaktih pravrittâtma-rajas-tamopahâ

> > ittham--thus; s'arat--autumn; prâvrishikau--rainy season; ritû--two seasons; hareh--of the Lord; vis'rinvatah--continuously hearing; me--myself; anusavam--constantly; yas'ah amalam--unadulterated glories; sankîrtyamânam--chanted by; munibhih--the great sages; mahâtmabhih--great souls; bhaktih--devotional service; pravrittâ--began to flow; âtma--living being; rajah--mode of passion; tama--mode of ignorance; upahâ--vanishing.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus during two seasons--the rainy season and autumn--I had the opportunity to hear these great-souled sages constantly chant the unadulterated glories of the Lord Hari. As the flow of my devotional service began, the coverings of the modes of passion and ignorance vanished.

> > ******

> > TEXT 29

> > tasyaivam me 'nuraktasya

> > pras'ritasya hatainasah

> > s'raddadhânasya bâlasya

> > dântasyânucarasya ca

> > tasya--his; evam--thus; me--mine; anuraktasya--attached to them; pras'ritasya--obediently; hata--freed from; enasah--sins; s'raddadhânasya--of the faithful; bâlasya--of the boy; dântasya--subjugated; anucarasya--strictly fellowing the instructions; ca--and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I was very much attached to those sages. I was gentle in behavior, and all my sins were eradicated in their service. In my heart I had strong faith in them. I had subjugated the senses, and I was strictly following them with body and mind.

> > ******

> > TEXT 30

> > jn'ânam guhyatamam yat tat

> > sâkshâd bhagavatoditam

> > anvavocan gamishyantah

> > kripayâ dîna-vatsalâh

> > jn'ânam--knowledge; guhyatamam--most confidential; yat--what is; tat--that; sâkshât--directly; bhagavatâ uditam--propounded by the Lord Himself; anvavocan--gave instruction; gamishyantah--while departing from; kripayâ--by causeless mercy; dîna-vatsalâh--those who are very kind to the poor and meek.

> > TRANSLATION

> > As they were leaving, those bhakti-vedântas, who are very kind to poor-hearted souls, instructed me in that most confidential subject which is instructed by the Personality of Godhead Himself.

> > ******

> > TEXT 31

> > yenaivâham bhagavato

> > vâsudevasya vedhasah

> > mâyânubhâvam avidam

> > yena gacchanti tat-padam

> > yena--by which; eva--certainly; aham--I; bhagavatah--of the Personality of Godhead; vâsudevasya--of Lord S'rî Krishna; vedhasah--of the supreme creator; mâyâ--energy; anubhâvam--influence; avidam--easily understood; yena--by which; gacchanti--they go; tat-padam--at the lotus feet of the Lord.

> > TRANSLATION

> > By that confidential knowledge, I could understand clearly the influence of the energy of Lord S'rî Krishna, the creator, maintainer and annihilator of everything. By knowing that, one can return to Him and personally meet Him.

> > ******

> > TEXT 32

> > etat samsûcitam brahmams

> > tâpa-traya-cikitsitam

> > yad îs'vare bhagavati

> > karma brahmani bhâvitam

> > etat--this much; samsûcitam--decided by the learned; brahman--O brâhmana Vyâsa; tâpa-traya--three kinds of miseries; cikitsitam--remedial measures; yat--what; îs'vare--the supreme controller; bhagavati--unto the Personality of Godhead; karma--one's prescribed activities; brahmani--unto the great; bhâvitam--dedicated.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Brâhmana Vyâsadeva, it is decided by the learned that the best remedial measure for removing all troubles and miseries is to dedicate one's activities to the service of the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead [S'rî Krishna].

> > ******

> > TEXT 33

> > âmayo yas'ca bhûtânâm

> > jâyate yena suvrata

> > tadeva hy âmayam dravyam

> > na punâti cikitsitam

> > âmayah--diseases; yah ca--whatever; bhutânâm--of the living being; jâyate--become possible; yena--by the agency; suvrata--O good soul; tat--that; eva--very; hi--certainly; âmayam--disease; dravyam--thing; na--does it not; punâti--cure; cikitsitam--treated with.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O good soul, does not a thing, applied therapeutically, cure a disease which was caused by that very same thing?

> > ******

> > TEXT 34

> > evam nrinâm kriyâ-yogâh

> > sarve samsriti-hetavah

> > ta evâtma-vinâs'âya

> > kalpante kalpitâh pare

> > evam--thus; nrinâm--of the human being; kriyâ-yogâh--all activities; sarve--everything; samsriti--material existence; hetavah--causes; te--that; eva--certainly; âtma--the tree of work; vinâsâya--killing; kalpante--become competent; kalpitâh--dedicated; pare--unto the Transcendence.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus when all a man's activities are dedicated to the service of the Lord, those very activities which caused his perpetual bondage become the destroyer of the tree of work.

> > ******

> > TEXT 35

> > yad atra kriyate karma

> > bhagavat-paritoshanam

> > jn'ânam yat tad adhînam hi

> > bhakti-yoga-samanvitam

> > yat--whatever; atra--in this life or world; kriyate--does perform; karma--work; bhagavat--unto the Personality of Godhead; paritoshanam--satisfaction of; jn'ânam--knowledge; yat tat--what is so called; adhînam--dependent; hi--certainly; bhakti-yoga--devotional; samanvitam--dovetailed with bhakti-yoga.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Whatever work is done here in this life for the satisfaction of the mission of the Lord is called bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service to the Lord, and what is called knowledge becomes a concomitant factor.

> > ******

> > TEXT 36

> > kurvânâ yatra karmâni

> > bhagavac-chikshayâsakrit

> > grinanti guna-nâmâni

> > krishnasyânusmaranti ca

> > kurvânâh--while performing; yatra--thereupon; karmâni--duties; bhagavat--the Personality of Godhead; s'ikshayâ--by the will of; asakrit--constantly; grinanti--takes on; guna--qualities; nâmâni--names; krishnasya--of Krishna; anusmaranti--constantly remembers; ca--and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > While performing duties according to the order of S'rî Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one constantly remembers Him, His names and His qualities.

> > ******

> > TEXT 37

> > om namo bhagavate tubhyam

> > vâsudevâya dhîmahi

> > pradyumnâyâniruddhâya

> > namah sankarshanâya ca

> > om--the sign of chanting the transcendental glory of the Lord; namah--offering obeisances unto the Lord; bhagavate--unto the Personality of Godhead; tubhyam--unto You; vâsudevâya--unto the Lord, the son of Vasudeva; dhîmahi--let us chant; pradyumnâya, aniruddhâya and sankarshanâya--all plenary expansions of Vâsudeva; namah--respectful obeisances; ca--and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Let us all chant the glories of Vâsudeva along with His plenary expansions Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Sankarshana.

> > ******

> > TEXT 38

> > iti mûrty-abhidhânena

> > mantra-mûrtim amûrtikam

> > yajate yajn'a-purusham

> > sa samyag dars'anah pumân

> > iti--thus; mûrti--representation; abhidhânena--in sound; mantra-mûrtim--form representation of transcendental sound; amûrtikam--the Lord, who has no material form; yajate--worship; yajn'a--Vishnu; purusham--the Personality of Godhead; sah--he alone; samyak--perfectly; darshanah--one who has seen; pumân--person.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus he is the actual seer who worships, in the form of transcendental sound representation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, who has no material form.

> > ******

> > TEXT 39

> > imam sva-nigamam brahmann

> > avetya mad-anushthhitam

> > adân me jn'ânam ais'varyam

> > svasmin bhâvam ca kes'avah

> > imam--thus; sva-nigamam--confidential knowledge of the Vedas in respect to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; brahman--O brâhmana (Vyâsadeva); avetya--knowing it well; mat--by me; anushthhitam--executed; adât--bestowed upon me; me--me; jn'ânam--transcendental knowledge; ais'varyam--opulence; svasmin--personal; bhâvam--intimate affection and love; ca--and; kes'avah--Lord Krishna.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O brâhmana, thus by the Supreme Lord Krishna I was endowed first with the transcendental knowledge of the Lord as inculcated in the confidential parts of the Vedas, then with the spiritual opulences, and then with His intimate loving service.

> > ******

> > TEXT 40

> > tvam apy adabhras'ruta vis'rutam vibhoh

> > samâpyate yena vidâm bubhutsitam

> > prakhyâhi duhkhair muhur arditâtmanâm

> > sankles'a-nirvânam us'anti nânyathâ

> > tvam--your good soul; api--also; adabhra--vast; s'ruta--Vedic literatures; vis'rutam--have heard also; vibhoh--of the Almighty; samâpyate--satisfied; yena--by which; vidâm--of the learned; bubhutsitam--who always desire to learn transcendental knowledge; prakhyâhi--describe; duhkhaih--by miseries; muhuh--always; ardita-âtmanâm--suffering mass of people; s'ankles'a--sufferings; nirvânam--mitigation; us'anti na--do not get out of; anyathâ--by other means.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Please, therefore, describe the Almighty Lord's activities which you have learned by your vast knowledge of the Vedas, for that will satisfy the hankerings of great learned men and at the same time mitigate the miseries of the masses of common people who are always suffering from material pangs. Indeed, there is no other way to get out of such miseries.

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