The Opening of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

0:00[Govindam prayers playing; Prabhupāda singing along] [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani]

0:00Prabhupāda: Thank you very much.

Opening prayers and altar ceremonies

4:54Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! [devotees offer obeisances]

5:26Prabhupāda: Huh?

5:26Devotee: Shall we put Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda on the altar at this time?

5:26Prabhupāda: Yes, after bathing.

5:27Devotee: After bathing.

5:38Prabhupāda: Read it from the very beginning. Read it.

5:41Devotee (2): Start reading.

Recitation of Isopanisad and Bhagavatam

5:56ISO 0.2ईशोपनिषद्ॐ पूर्णं अदः पूर्णं इदंपूर्णात् पूर्णं उदच्यतेपूर्णस्य पूर्णं आदायपूर्णं एव अवशिष्यतेoṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁpūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyatepūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāyapūrṇam evāvaśiṣyateThe Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.[Īśo Invocation]

6:03Devotee: "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him..."

6:03Prabhupāda: No, the verses, the original verse you cannot read?

6:10Devotee: Sanskrit?

6:12Prabhupāda: Yes, Sanskrit. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvācadharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre...Original verse read. Anyone who can the original verse? [aside:] Sit down. You can read. You can sit down and read. Original verse.

6:43oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁpūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyatepūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya...

6:43No translation; simply original verse.

6:43Devotee: ...pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate [Īśo Invocation] "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete..." ISO 1ईशावास्यं इदं सर्वंयत् किञ्च जगत्यां जगत्तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथामा गृधः कस्य स्वित् धनम् || 1 ||īśāvāsyam idam sarvaṁyat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagattena tyaktena bhuñjīthāmā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanamEverything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.[recitation of both verses goes on simultaneously]

11:05Prabhupāda: [recites prayers SB 1.1.1through SB 1.3.44

11:07SB 1.1.1जन्माद्यस्य यथोऽन्वयाद् इतरतश्चार्थेषु अभिज्ञः स्वराट्तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यत्सूरय: ।तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयो यत्र त्रिसर्गोऽमृषाधाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परम् धीमहि ॥ १ ॥oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāyajanmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭtene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥtejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mṛṣādhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahiO my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmājī, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth.

13:32SB 1.1.2धर्म: प्रोज्झितकैतवोऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणाम् सतामंवेध्यं वास्तवमत्र वस्तु शिवतं तापत्रयोन्मूलनं ।श्रीमद्भागवते महामुनिकॄते किम् वा परैरीश्वर:सद्यो ह्रुद्यवरुध्य़तेऽत्र कृतिभि: शुश्रूषुभिस्तत्क्षणात् ॥ २ ॥dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁvedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanamśrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥsadyo hṛdy avarudhyate 'tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇātCompletely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhāgavata Purāṇa propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are fully pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries. This beautiful Bhāgavatam, compiled by the great sage Vyāsadeva [in his maturity], is sufficient in itself for God realization. What is the need of any other scripture? As soon as one attentively and submissively hears the message of Bhāgavatam, by this culture of knowledge the Supreme Lord is established within his heart.

13:39SB 1.1.3निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितम् फलं शुकमुखात् अमृतद्रवसंयुतम् ।पिबत भागवतं रसमालयं मुहुरहो रसिका: भुवि भावुका: ॥ ३ ॥nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁśuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutampibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayaṁmuhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥO expert and thoughtful men, relish Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from the lips of Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Therefore this fruit has become even more tasteful, although its nectarean juice was already relishable for all, including liberated souls.

Inquiries of the sages at Naimisaranya

13:45SB 1.1.4नैमिषेऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे ऋषय: शौनकादय: ।सत्रं स्वर्गाय लोकाय सहस्रसममासत ॥ ४ ॥naimiṣe 'nimiṣa-kṣetreṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥsatraṁ svargāya lokāyasahasra-samam āsataOnce, in a holy place in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya, great sages headed by the sage Śaunaka assembled to perform a great thousand-year sacrifice for the satisfaction of the Lord and His devotees.SB 1.1.5त एकदा तु मुनय: प्रातर्हुतहुताग्नय: ।सत्कृतं सूतमासीनं पप्रच्छुरिदमादरात् ॥ ५ ॥ta ekadā tu munayaḥprātar huta-hutāgnayaḥsat-kṛtaṁ sūtam āsīnaṁpapracchur idam ādarātOne day, after finishing their morning duties by burning a sacrificial fire and offering a seat of esteem to Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī, the great sages made inquiries, with great respect, about the following matters.

13:53SB 1.1.6ऋषय ऊचु:त्वया खलुपुराणानि सेतिहासानि चानघ ।आख्यातान्यप्यधीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि यान्युत ॥ ६ ॥ ॥ṛṣaya ūcuḥtvayā khalu purāṇānisetihāsāni cānaghaākhyātāny apy adhītānidharma-śāstrāṇi yāny utaThe sages said: Respected Sūta Gosvāmī, you are completely free from all vice. You are well versed in all the scriptures famous for religious life, and in the Purāṇas and the histories as well, for you have gone through them under proper guidance and have also explained them.SB 1.1.7यानि वेदविदां श्रेष्ठो भगवान् बादरायण: ।अन्ये च मुनय: सूत परावरविदो विदु: ॥ ७ ॥yāni veda-vidāṁ śreṣṭhobhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥanye ca munayaḥ sūtaparāvara-vido viduḥBeing the eldest learned Vedāntist, O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are acquainted with the knowledge of Vyāsadeva, who is the incarnation of Godhead, and you also know other sages who are fully versed in all kinds of physical and metaphysical knowledge.

14:10SB 1.1.8वेत्थ त्वं सौम्य तत्सर्वं तत्त्वतस्तदनुग्रहात् ।ब्रूयु: स्निग्धस्य शिष्यस्य गुरवो गुह्यमप्युत ॥ ८ ॥vettha tvaṁ saumya tat sarvaṁtattvatas tad-anugrahātbrūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasyaguravo guhyam apy utaAnd because you are submissive, your spiritual masters have endowed you with all the favors bestowed upon a gentle disciple. Therefore you can tell us all that you have scientifically learned from them.SB 1.1.9तत्र तत्राञ्जसाऽऽयुष्मन् भवता यद्विनिश्चितम् ।पुंसामेकान्तत: श्रेयस्तन्न: शंसितुमर्हसि ॥ ९ ॥tatra tatrāñjasāyuṣmanbhavatā yad viniścitampuṁsām ekāntataḥ śreyastan naḥ śaṁsitum arhasiPlease, therefore, being blessed with many years, explain to us, in an easily understandable way, what you have ascertained to be the absolute and ultimate good for the people in general.

14:29SB 1.1.10प्रायेणाल्पायुष: सभ्य कलावस्मिन् युगे जना: ।मन्दा: सुमन्दमतयो मन्दभाग्या ह्युपद्रुता: ॥ १० ॥prāyeṇālpāyuṣaḥ sabhyakalāv asmin yuge janāḥmandāḥ sumanda-matayomanda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥO learned one, in this iron Age of Kali men almost always have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed.

14:38SB 1.1.11भूरीणि भूरिकर्माणि श्रोतव्यानि विभागश: ।अत: साधोऽत्र यत्सारं समुद्ध्रुत्य मनीषया ॥भ्रूहि न: स्रद्दधानानां येनात्मा सम्प्रसीदति ॥ ११ ॥bhūrīṇi bhūri-karmāṇiśrotavyāni vibhāgaśaḥataḥ sādho 'tra yat sāraṁsamuddhṛtya manīṣayābrūhi bhadrāya bhūtānāṁyenātmā suprasīdatiThere are many varieties of scriptures, and in all of them there are many prescribed duties, which can be learned only after many years of study in their various divisions. Therefore, O sage, please select the essence of all these scriptures and explain it for the good of all living beings, that by such instruction their hearts may be fully satisfied.

14:43SB 1.1.12सूत जानासि भद्रं ते भगवान् सात्वताम् पति: ।देवक्याम् वसुदेवस्य जातो यस्य चिकीर्षया ॥ १२ ॥sūta jānāsi bhadraṁ tebhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥdevakyāṁ vasudevasyajāto yasya cikīrṣayāAll blessings upon you, O Sūta Gosvāmī. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeared in the womb of Devakī as the son of Vasudeva.SB 1.1.13तन्न: शुश्रूषमाणानामर्हस्यङ्गानुवर्णितुम् ।यस्यावतारो भूतानां क्षेमाय च भवाय च ॥ १३ ॥tan naḥ śuśrūṣamāṇānāmarhasy aṅgānuvarṇitumyasyāvatāro bhūtānāṁkṣemāya ca bhavāya caO Sūta Gosvāmī, we are eager to learn about the Personality of Godhead and His incarnations. Please explain to us those teachings imparted by previous masters [ācāryas], for one is uplifted both by speaking them and by hearing them.

14:43SB 1.1.14आपन्न: संसृतिं घोरां यन्नाम विवशो गृणन् ।तत: सध्यो विमुच्येत यद्बिभेति स्वयं भयम् ॥ १४ ॥āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁyan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇantataḥ sadyo vimucyetayad bibheti svayaṁ bhayamLiving beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, which is feared by fear personified.SB 1.1.16को वा भगवतस्तस्य पुण्यश्लोकेड्यकर्मण: ।शुद्धिकामो न श्रुणुयाध्यश: कलिमलापहम् ॥ १६ ॥ko vā bhagavatas tasyapuṇya-ślokeḍya-karmaṇaḥśuddhi-kāmo na śṛṇuyādyaśaḥ kali-malāpahamWho is there, desiring deliverance from the vices of the age of quarrel, who is not willing to hear the virtuous glories of the Lord?

14:43SB 1.1.17तस्य कर्माण्युदाराणि परिगीतानि सूरिभि: ।ब्रूहि न: श्रद्धधानानां लीलया दधत: कला: ॥ १७ ॥tasya karmāṇy udārāṇiparigītāni sūribhiḥbrūhi naḥ śraddadhānānāṁlīlayā dadhataḥ kalāḥHis transcendental acts are magnificent and gracious, and great learned sages like Nārada sing of them. Please, therefore, speak to us, who are eager to hear, about the adventures He performs in His various incarnations.SB 1.1.18अथाख्याहि हरेर्धीमन्नवतारकथा शुभा: ।लीला विदधत: स्वैरमीश्वरस्यात्म मायया ॥ १८ ॥athākhyāhi harer dhīmannavatāra-kathāḥ śubhāḥlīlā vidadhataḥ svairamīśvarasyātma-māyayāO wise Sūta, please narrate to us the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Godhead’s multi-incarnations. Such auspicious adventures and pastimes of the Lord, the supreme controller, are performed by His internal powers.

14:43SB 1.1.19वयं तु न वितृप्याम उत्तमश्लोकविक्रमे ।यच्छृण्वताम् रसज्ञानां स्वादु स्वादु पदे पदे॥ १९ ॥vayaṁ tu na vitṛpyāmauttama-śloka-vikrameyac-chṛṇvatāṁ rasa-jñānāṁsvādu svādu pade padeWe never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is glorified by hymns and prayers. Those who have developed a taste for transcendental relationships with Him relish hearing of His pastimes at every moment.SB 1.1.20कृतवान् किल वीर्याणि सह रामेण केशव: ।अतिमर्त्यानि भगवन् गूढ: कपटमानुष: ॥ २० ॥kṛtavān kila karmāṇisaha rāmeṇa keśavaḥatimartyāni bhagavāngūḍhaḥ kapaṭa-mānuṣaḥLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, along with Balarāma, played like a human being, and so masked He performed many superhuman acts.

14:43SB 1.1.21कलिमागतमाज्ञाय क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन् वैष्णवे वयम् ।आसीना दीर्घसत्रेण कथायां सक्षणा हरे: ॥ २१ ॥kalim āgatam ājñāyakṣetre 'smin vaiṣṇave vayamāsīnā dīrgha-satreṇakathāyāṁ sakṣaṇā hareḥKnowing well that the Age of Kali has already begun, we are assembled here in this holy place to hear at great length the transcendental message of Godhead and in this way perform sacrifice.SB 1.1.22त्वं न: संदर्शितो धात्रा दुस्तरं निस्तितीर्षताम् ।कलिं सत्त्वहरं पुंसां कर्णधार इवार्णवम् ॥ २२ ॥tvaṁ naḥ sandarśito dhātrādustaraṁ nistitīrṣatāmkaliṁ sattva-haraṁ puṁsāṁkarṇa-dhāra ivārṇavamWe think that we have met Your Goodness by the will of providence, just so that we may accept you as captain of the ship for those who desire to cross the difficult ocean of Kali, which deteriorates all the good qualities of a human being.

14:43SB 1.1.23ब्रूहि योगेश्वरे कृष्णे ब्रह्मण्ये धर्मवर्मणि ।स्वां काष्टामधुनोपेते धर्म: कं शरणं गत: ॥ २३ ॥brūhi yogeśvare kṛṣṇebrahmaṇye dharma-varmaṇisvāṁ kāṣṭhām adhunopetedharmaḥ kaṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥSince Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His own abode, please tell us to whom the religious principles have now gone for shelter.SB 1.2.1व्यास उवाचइति सम्प्रश्नसंहृष्टो विप्राणां रौमहर्षिणि: ।प्रतिपूज्य वचस्तेशां प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥ १vyāsa uvācaiti sampraśna-saṁhṛṣṭoviprāṇāṁ raumaharṣaṇiḥpratipūjya vacas teṣāṁpravaktum upacakrameUgraśravā [Sūta Gosvāmī], the son of Romaharṣaṇa, being fully satisfied by the perfect questions of the brāhmaṇas, thanked them and thus attempted to reply.

14:43yaṁ pravrajantam anupetam apeta-kṛtyaṁdvaipāyano viraha-kātara ājuhāvaputreti tan-mayatayā...

14:43This door should be closed and after dressing the door... yes, they're closing that's all.

17:56SB 1.2.2सूत उवाचयं प्रव्रजन्तमनुपेतमपेतकृत्यंद्वैपायनो विरहकातर आजुहाव ।पुत्रेति तन्मयतया तरवोऽभिनेदुस्तंसर्वभूतह्रदयं मुनिमानथोऽस्मि ॥ २sūta uvācayaṁ pravrajantam anupetam apeta-kṛtyaṁdvaipāyano viraha-kātara ājuhāvaputreti tan-mayatayā taravo 'bhinedustaṁ sarva-bhūta-hṛdayaṁ munim ānato 'smiŚrīla Sūta Gosvāmī said: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that great sage [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] who can enter the hearts of all. When he went away to take up the renounced order of life [sannyāsa], leaving home without undergoing reformation by the sacred thread or the ceremonies observed by the higher castes, his father, Vyāsadeva, fearing separation from him, cried out, “O my son!” Indeed, only the trees, which were absorbed in the same feelings of separation, echoed in response to the begrieved father.

18:22SB 1.2.3य: स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तम् व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥ ३yaḥ svānubhāvam akhila-śruti-sāram ekamadhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatāṁ tamo 'ndhamsaṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayāha purāṇa-guhyaṁtaṁ vyāsa-sūnum upayāmi guruṁ munīnāmLet me offer my respectful obeisances unto him [Śuka], the spiritual master of all sages, the son of Vyāsadeva, who, out of his great compassion for those gross materialists who struggle to cross over the darkest regions of material existence, spoke this most confidential supplement to the cream of Vedic knowledge, after having personally assimilated it by experience.

22:15SB 1.2.4नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ ४nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtyanaraṁ caiva narottamamdevīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁtato jayam udīrayetBefore reciting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, unto Nara-nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, and unto Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the author.SB 1.2.5मुनय: साधु पृष्टोऽहं भवद्भिर्लोकमङ्गलम् ।यत्कृत: कृष्णसम्प्रश्नो येनात्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ ५munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo 'haṁbhavadbhir loka-maṅgalamyat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśnoyenātmā suprasīdatiO sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they relate to Lord Kṛṣṇa and so are of relevance to the world’s welfare. Only questions of this sort are capable of completely satisfying the self.

27:36SB 1.2.6स वै पुंसां परो धर्मो यतो भक्तिरधोक्षजे ।अहैतुक्यप्रतिहता ययाऽत्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ ६sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmoyato bhaktir adhokṣajeahaituky apratihatāyayātmā suprasīdatiThe supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.

Process of devotional service and realization

29:55SB 1.2.7वासुदेवे भगवति भक्तियोग: प्रयोजित: ।जनयत्याशु वैराग्यं ज्ञानं च यदहैतुकम् ॥ (७)vāsudeve bhagavatibhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥjanayaty āśu vairāgyaṁjñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukamBy rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world.SB 1.2.8धर्म: स्वनुष्टित: पुंसां विष्वक्सेनकथासु य: ।नोत्पादयेद्यदि रतिं श्रम एव हि केवलम् ॥ ८dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁviṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥnotpādayed yadi ratiṁśrama eva hi kevalamThe occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead.

30:00SB 1.2.9धर्मस्य ह्यापवर्ग्यस्य नार्थोऽथायोपकल्पते ।नार्थस्य धर्मैकान्तस्य कामो लाभाय हि स्मृत: ॥ (९)dharmasya hy āpavargyasyanārtho 'rthāyopakalpatenārthasya dharmaikāntasyakāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥAll occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification.SB 1.2.10कामस्य नेन्द्रियप्रीतिर्लाभो जीवेत यावता।जीवस्य तत्वजिज्ञासा नार्थो यश्चेह कर्मभि: ॥ (१०)kāmasya nendriya-prītirlābho jīveta yāvatājīvasya tattva-jijñāsānārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥLife’s desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one’s works.

30:02SB 1.2.11वदन्ति तत्तत्वविदस्तत्वम् यज्ज्ञानमद्वयम् ।ब्रह्मेति परमात्मेति भगवानिति शब्द्द्यते ॥ (११)vadanti tat tattva-vidastattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayambrahmeti paramātmetibhagavān iti śabdyateLearned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.SB 1.2.12तच्छ्रद्दधाना मुनयो ज्ञानवैराग्ययुक्तया ।पश्यन्तयात्मनि चात्मानं भक्त्या श्रुतगृहीतया ॥ (१२)tac chraddadhānā munayojñāna-vairāgya-yuktayāpaśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁbhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayāThe seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowledge and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devotional service in terms of what he has heard from the Vedānta-śruti.

30:03SB 1.2.13अत: पुम्भिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठा वर्णाश्रमविभागश: ।स्वनुष्ठितस्य धर्मस्य सम्सिद्धिर्हरितोषणम् ॥ १३ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhāvarṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥsvanuṣṭhitasya dharmasyasaṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇamO best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one’s own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to please the Personality of Godhead.SB 1.2.14तस्मादेकेन मनसा भगवान् सात्वतां पति: ।श्रोतव्य: कीर्तितव्यश्च ध्येय: पूज्यश्च नित्यदा ॥ १४ ॥tasmād ekena manasābhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥśrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś cadhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadāTherefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees.

30:04SB 1.2.15यदनुध्यासिना युक्ता: कर्मग्रन्थिनिबन्धनम् ।छिन्दन्ति कोविदास्तस्य को न कुर्यात्कथारतिम् ॥ १५ ॥yad-anudhyāsinā yuktāḥkarma-granthi-nibandhanamchindanti kovidās tasyako na kuryāt kathā-ratimWith sword in hand, intelligent men cut through the binding knots of reactionary work [karma] by remembering the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, who will not pay attention to His message?SB 1.2.16शुश्रूषो: श्रद्धधानस्य वासुदेवकथारुचि: ।स्यान्महत्सेवया विप्रा: पुण्यतीर्थनिषेवणात् ॥ (१६)śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasyavāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥsyān mahat-sevayā viprāḥpuṇya-tīrtha-niṣevaṇātO twice-born sages, by serving those devotees who are completely freed from all vice, great service is done. By such service, one gains affinity for hearing the messages of Vāsudeva.

30:05SB 1.2.17श्रुण्वतां स्वकथां कृष्ण: पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तन: ।ह्रुद्यन्त: स्थो ह्यभद्राणि विधुनोति सुहृत्सताम् ॥ १७ ॥śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥpuṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥhṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇividhunoti suhṛt satāmŚrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.SB 1.2.18नष्टप्रायेष्वभद्रेषु नित्यं भागवतसेवया ।भगवत्युत्तमश्लोके भक्तिर्भवति नैष्ठिकी ॥ १८ ॥naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣunityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayābhagavaty uttama-ślokebhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikīBy regular attendance in classes on the Bhāgavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.

30:07SB 1.2.19तदा रजस्तमोभावा: कामलोभादयश्च ये ।चेत एतैरनाविद्धं स्थितं सत्त्वे प्रसीदति ॥ १९ ॥tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥkāma-lobhādayaś ca yeceta etair anāviddhaṁsthitaṁ sattve prasīdatiAs soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature’s modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely happy.SB 1.2.20एवं प्रसन्नमनसो भगवद्भक्तियोगत: ।भगवत्तत्त्वविज्ञानं मुक्तसङ्गस्य जायते ॥ २० ॥evaṁ prasanna-manasobhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥbhagavat-tattva-vijñānaṁmukta-saṅgasya jāyateThus established in the mode of unalloyed goodness, the man whose mind has been enlivened by contact with devotional service to the Lord gains positive scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead in the stage of liberation from all material association.

30:09SB 1.2.21भिद्यते हृदयग्रान्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशया: ।क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि दृष्ट एवात्मनीश्वरे ॥ २१॥bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiśchidyante sarva-samśayāḥkṣīyante cāsya karmāṇidṛṣṭa evātmanīśvareThus the knot in the heart is pierced, and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive actions is terminated when one sees the self as master.SB 1.2.22अतो वै कवयो नित्यं भक्तिं परमया मुदा ।वासुदेवे भगवति कुर्वन्त्यात्मप्रसादनीम् ॥ २२ ॥ato vai kavayo nityaṁbhaktiṁ paramayā mudāvāsudeve bhagavatikurvanty ātma-prasādanīmCertainly, therefore, since time immemorial, all transcendentalists have been rendering devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, with great delight, because such devotional service is enlivening to the self.

30:10SB 1.2.23सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति प्रकृतेर्गुणास्तैर्युक्त: पर: पुरुष एक इहास्य धत्ते ।स्थित्यादये हरिविरिञ्चिहरेति संज्ञा:श्रेयांसि तत्र खलु सत्त्वतनोर्नृणां स्यु : ॥ २३॥sattvaṁ rajas tama iti prakṛter guṇās tairyuktaḥ paraḥ puruṣa eka ihāsya dhattesthity-ādaye hari-viriñci-hareti saṁjñāḥśreyāṁsi tatra khalu sattva-tanor nṛṇāṁ syuḥThe transcendental Personality of Godhead is indirectly associated with the three modes of material nature, namely passion, goodness and ignorance, and just for the material world’s creation, maintenance and destruction He accepts the three qualitative forms of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Of these three, all human beings can derive ultimate benefit from Viṣṇu, the form of the quality of goodness.

30:11SB 1.2.24पार्थिवाद्दारुणो धूमस्तस्मादग्निस्त्रयीमय: ।तमसस्तु रजस्तस्मात्सत्त्वं यद्ब्रह्मदर्शनम् ॥ २४॥pārthivād dāruṇo dhūmastasmād agnis trayīmayaḥtamasas tu rajas tasmātsattvaṁ yad brahma-darśanamFirewood is a transformation of earth, but smoke is better than the raw wood. And fire is still better, for by fire we can derive the benefits of superior knowledge [through Vedic sacrifices]. Similarly, passion [rajas] is better than ignorance [tamas], but goodness [sattva] is best because by goodness one can come to realize the Absolute Truth.SB 1.2.25भेजिरे मुनयोऽथाग्रे भगवन्तमधोक्षजम् ।सत्त्वं विशुद्धं क्षेमाय कल्पन्ते येऽनु तानिह ॥ २५ ॥bhejire munayo 'thāgrebhagavantam adhokṣajamsattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ kṣemāyakalpante ye 'nu tān ihaPreviously all the great sages rendered service unto the Personality of Godhead due to His existence above the three modes of material nature. They worshiped Him to become free from material conditions and thus derive the ultimate benefit. Whoever follows such great authorities is also eligible for liberation from the material world.

30:13SB 1.2.26मुमुक्षवो घोररूपान् हित्वा भूतपतीनथ ।नारायणकला: शान्ता भजन्ति ह्यनसूयव: ॥ २६ ॥mumukṣavo ghora-rūpānhitvā bhūta-patīn athanārāyaṇa-kalāḥ śāntābhajanti hy anasūyavaḥThose who are serious about liberation are certainly nonenvious, and they respect all. Yet they reject the horrible and ghastly forms of the demigods and worship only the all-blissful forms of Lord Viṣṇu and His plenary portions.SB 1.2.27रजस्तम: प्रकृतय: समशीला भजन्ति वै ।पितृभूतप्रजेशादीन् श्रियैश्वर्यप्रजेप्सव: ॥ २७ ॥rajas-tamaḥ-prakṛtayaḥsama-śīlā bhajanti vaipitṛ-bhūta-prajeśādīnśriyaiśvarya-prajepsavaḥThose who are in the modes of passion and ignorance worship those in the same category — namely the forefathers, other living beings and the demigods who are in charge of cosmic activities — for they are urged by a desire to be materially benefited with women, wealth, power and progeny.

30:14vāsudeva-parā vedāvāsudeva-parā makhāḥvāsudeva-parā yogāvāsudeva-parāḥ kriyāḥvāsudeva-paraṁ jñānaṁvāsudeva-paraṁ tapaḥvāsudeva-paro dharmo

30:22In the revealed scriptures, the ultimate object of knowledge is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. The purpose of performing sacrifice is to please Him. Yoga is for realizing Him. All fruitive activities are ultimately rewarded by Him only. He is supreme knowledge, and all severe austerities are performed to know Him. Religion [dharma] is rendering loving service unto Him. He is the supreme goal of life.

30:23SB 1.2.30स एवेदं ससर्जाग्रे भगवानात्ममायया ।सदसद्रूपया चासौ गुणमय्यागुणो विभु: ॥ ३० ॥sa evedaṁ sasarjāgrebhagavān ātma-māyayāsad-asad-rūpayā cāsauguṇamayāguṇo vibhuḥIn the beginning of the material creation, that Absolute Personality of Godhead [Vāsudeva], in His transcendental position, created the energies of cause and effect by His own internal energy.SB 1.2.31तया विलसितेष्वेषु गुणेषु गुणवानिव ।अन्त: प्रविष्ट आभाति विज्ञानेन विजृम्भित: ।। ३१ ॥tayā vilasiteṣv eṣuguṇeṣu guṇavān ivaantaḥ-praviṣṭa ābhātivijñānena vijṛmbhitaḥAfter creating the material substance, the Lord [Vāsudeva] expands Himself and enters into it. And although He is within the material modes of nature and appears to be one of the created beings, He is always fully enlightened in His transcendental position.

30:24SB 1.2.32यथा ह्यवहितो वह्निर्दारुष्वेक: स्वयोनिषु ।नानेव भाति विश्वात्मा भूतेषु च तथा पुमान् ॥ ३२ ॥yathā hy avahito vahnirdāruṣv ekaḥ sva-yoniṣunāneva bhāti viśvātmābhūteṣu ca tathā pumānThe Lord, as Supersoul, pervades all things, just as fire permeates wood, and so He appears to be of many varieties, though He is the absolute one without a second.SB 1.2.33असौ गुणमयैर्भावैर्भूतसूक्ष्मेन्द्रियात्मभि: ।स्वनिर्मितेषु निर्विष्टो भुङ्क्ते भूतेषु तद्गुणान् ॥ ३३ ॥asau guṇamayair bhāvairbhūta-sūkṣmendriyātmabhiḥsva-nirmiteṣu nirviṣṭobhuṅkte bhūteṣu tad-guṇānThe Supersoul enters into the bodies of the created beings who are influenced by the modes of material nature and causes them to enjoy the effects of these modes by the subtle mind.

Incarnations of the Supreme Lord

30:26SB 1.2.34भावयत्येष सत्त्वेन लोकान् वै लोकभावन: ।लीलावतारानुरतो देवतिर्यङ्नरादिषु ॥ ३४ ॥bhāvayaty eṣa sattvenalokān vai loka-bhāvanaḥlīlāvatārānuratodeva-tiryaṅ-narādiṣuThus the Lord of the universes maintains all planets inhabited by demigods, men and lower animals. Assuming the roles of incarnations, He performs pastimes to reclaim those in the mode of pure goodness.SB 1.3.1सूत उवाचजगृहे पौरुषं रूपं भगवान्महदादिभि: ।सम्भूतं षोडशकलमादौ लोकसिसृक्षया ॥ १।sūta uvācajagṛhe pauruṣaṁ rūpaṁbhagavān mahad-ādibhiḥsambhūtaṁ ṣoḍaśa-kalamādau loka-sisṛkṣayāSūta said: In the beginning of the creation, the Lord first expanded Himself in the universal form of the puruṣa incarnation and manifested all the ingredients for the material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was for the purpose of creating the material universes.

30:27Why? They're not performing yajña? Let them perform yajña. Go on go on reading. Begin reading SB 1.3.1सूत उवाचजगृहे पौरुषं रूपं भगवान्महदादिभि: ।सम्भूतं षोडशकलमादौ लोकसिसृक्षया ॥ १।sūta uvācajagṛhe pauruṣaṁ rūpaṁbhagavān mahad-ādibhiḥsambhūtaṁ ṣoḍaśa-kalamādau loka-sisṛkṣayāSūta said: In the beginning of the creation, the Lord first expanded Himself in the universal form of the puruṣa incarnation and manifested all the ingredients for the material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was for the purpose of creating the material universes.

30:29SB 1.3.2यस्याम्भसि शयानस्य योगनिद्रां वितन्वत: ।नाभिह्रदाम्बुजादासीद् ब्रह्मा विश्वसृजां पति: ॥२ ॥yasyāmbhasi śayānasyayoga-nidrāṁ vitanvataḥnābhi-hradāmbujād āsīdbrahmā viśva-sṛjāṁ patiḥA part of the puruṣa lies down within the water of the universe, from the navel lake of His body sprouts a lotus stem, and from the lotus flower atop this stem, Brahmā, the master of all engineers in the universe, becomes manifest.SB 1.3.3यस्यावयवसंस्थानै: कल्पितो लोकविस्तर: ।तद्वै भगवतो रूपं विशुद्धं सत्त्वमूर्जितम् ॥ ३ ॥yasyāvayava-saṁsthānaiḥkalpito loka-vistaraḥtad vai bhagavato rūpaṁviśuddhaṁ sattvam ūrjitamIt is believed that all the universal planetary systems are situated on the extensive body of the puruṣa, but He has nothing to do with the created material ingredients. His body is eternally in spiritual existence par excellence.

30:31SB 1.3.4पश्यन्त्यदो रूपमदभ्रचक्षुषासहस्रपादोरुभुजाननाद्भुतं।सहस्रमूर्धश्रवणाक्षिनासिकंसहस्रमौल्यम्बरकुण्डलोल्लसत् ॥ ४॥paśyanty ado rūpam adabhra-cakṣuṣāsahasra-pādoru-bhujānanādbhutamsahasra-mūrdha-śravaṇākṣi-nāsikaṁsahasra-mauly-ambara-kuṇḍalollasatThe devotees, with their perfect eyes, see the transcendental form of the puruṣa who has thousands of legs, thighs, arms and faces — all extraordinary. In that body there are thousands of heads, ears, eyes and noses. They are decorated with thousands of helmets and glowing earrings and are adorned with garlands.

30:32SB 1.3.5एतन्नानावताराणां निधानं बीजमव्ययं ।यस्यांशांशेन सृज्यन्ते देवतिर्यङ्नरादय ॥ ५॥etan nānāvatārāṇāṁnidhānaṁ bījam avyayamyasyāmśāmśena sṛjyantedeva-tiryaṅ-narādayaḥThis form [the second manifestation of the puruṣa] is the source and indestructible seed of multifarious incarnations within the universe. From the particles and portions of this form, different living entities, like demigods, men and others, are created.SB 1.3.6स एव प्रथमं देव: कौमारं सर्गमास्थित: ।चचार दुश्चरं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मचर्यमखण्डितम् ॥ ६ ॥sa eva prathamaṁ devaḥkaumāraṁ sargam āśritaḥcacāra duścaraṁ brahmābrahmacaryam akhaṇḍitamFirst of all, in the beginning of creation, there were the four unmarried sons of Brahmā [the Kumāras], who, being situated in a vow of celibacy, underwent severe austerities for realization of the Absolute Truth.

30:33SB 1.3.7द्वितीयं तु भवायास्य रसातलगतां महीम् ।उद्धरिष्यनुपादत्त यज्ञेश: सौकरं वपु: ॥ ७॥dvitīyaṁ tu bhavāyāsyarasātala-gatāṁ mahīmuddhariṣyann upādattayajñeśaḥ saukaraṁ vapuḥThe supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices accepted the incarnation of a boar [the second incarnation], and for the welfare of the earth He lifted the earth from the nether regions of the universe.SB 1.3.8तृतीयमृषिसर्गं च देवर्षित्वमुपेत्य स: ।तन्त्रं सात्वतमाचष्ट नैष्कर्म्यं कर्मणां यत: ॥ ८ ॥tṛtīyam ṛṣi-sargaṁ vaidevarṣitvam upetya saḥtantraṁ sātvatam ācaṣṭanaiṣkarmyaṁ karmaṇāṁ yataḥIn the millennium of the ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead accepted the third empowered incarnation in the form of Devarṣi Nārada, who is a great sage among the demigods. He collected expositions of the Vedas which deal with devotional service and which inspire nonfruitive action.

30:35SB 1.3.9तुर्ये धर्मकलासर्गे नरनारायणावृषी ।भूत्वाऽऽत्मोपशमोपेतमकरोद् दुश्चरं तप: ॥ ९॥turye dharma-kalā-sargenara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣībhūtvātmopaśamopetamakarod duścaraṁ tapaḥIn the fourth incarnation, the Lord became Nara and Nārāyaṇa, the twin sons of the wife of King Dharma. Thus He undertook severe and exemplary penances to control the senses.SB 1.3.10पञ्चम: कपिलो नाम सिद्धेश: कालविप्लुतम् ।प्रोवाचासुरये सांख्यं तत्त्वग्रामविनिर्णयम् ॥ १०॥pañcamaḥ kapilo nāmasiddheśaḥ kāla-viplutamprovācāsuraye sāṅkhyaṁtattva-grāma-vinirṇayamThe fifth incarnation, named Lord Kapila, is foremost among perfected beings. He gave an exposition of the creative elements and metaphysics to Āsuri Brāhmaṇa, for in course of time this knowledge had been lost.

30:36SB 1.3.11षष्ठे अत्रेरपत्यत्वं वृत: प्राप्तोऽनसूयया ।आन्वीक्षिकीमलर्काय प्रह्लादादिभ्य ऊचिवान् ॥ ११ ॥ṣaṣṭham atrer apatyatvaṁvṛtaḥ prāpto 'nasūyayāānvīkṣikīm alarkāyaprahlādādibhya ūcivānThe sixth incarnation of the puruṣa was the son of the sage Atri. He was born from the womb of Anasūyā, who prayed for an incarnation. He spoke on the subject of transcendence to Alarka, Prahlāda and others [Yadu, Haihaya, etc.].SB 1.3.12तत: सप्तम आकूत्यां रूचेर्यज्ञ्योऽभ्यजायत।स यामाद्यै: सुरगणौरपात्स्वायम्भुवान्तरम् ॥ १२॥tataḥ saptama ākūtyāṁrucer yajño 'bhyajāyatasa yāmādyaiḥ sura-gaṇairapāt svāyambhuvāntaramThe seventh incarnation was Yajña, the son of Prajāpati Ruci and his wife Ākūti. He controlled the period during the change of the Svāyambhuva Manu and was assisted by demigods such as His son Yāma.

31:12SB 1.3.13अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरुक्रम: ।दर्शयन् वर्त्म धीराणां सर्वाश्रमनमस्कृतं ॥ १३॥aṣṭame merudevyāṁ tunābher jāta urukramaḥdarśayan vartma dhīrāṇāṁsarvāśrama-namaskṛtamThe eighth incarnation was King Ṛṣabha, son of King Nābhi and his wife Merudevī. In this incarnation the Lord showed the path of perfection, which is followed by those who have fully controlled their senses and who are honored by all orders of life.SB 1.3.14ऋषिभिर्याचितो भेजे नवमं पार्थिवं वपु: ।दुग्धेमामोषधीर्विप्रास्तेनायं स उशत्तम: ॥ १४॥ṛṣibhir yācito bhejenavamaṁ pārthivaṁ vapuḥdugdhemām oṣadhīr viprāstenāyaṁ sa uśattamaḥO brāhmaṇas, in the ninth incarnation, the Lord, prayed for by sages, accepted the body of a king [Pṛthu] who cultivated the land to yield various produce, and for that reason the earth was beautiful and attractive.

31:12SB 1.3.15रुपं स जगृहे मात्स्यं चाक्षुषोदधिसंप्लवे ।नाव्यारोप्य महीमय्यामपाद्वैवस्वतं मनुं ॥ १५॥rūpaṁ sa jagṛhe mātsyaṁcākṣuṣodadhi-samplavenāvy āropya mahī-mayyāmapād vaivasvataṁ manumWhen there was a complete inundation after the period of the Cākṣuṣa Manu and the whole world was deep within water, the Lord accepted the form of a fish and protected Vaivasvata Manu, keeping him up on a boat.SB 1.3.16सुरासुराणामुदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् ।दध्रे कमठरूपेण पृष्ठ एकादशे विभु: ॥ १६ ॥surāsurāṇām udadhiṁmathnatāṁ mandarācalamdadhre kamaṭha-rūpeṇapṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥThe eleventh incarnation of the Lord took the form of a tortoise whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandarācala Hill, which was being used as a churning rod by the theists and atheists of the universe.

31:12SB 1.3.17धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशममेव च ।अपाययत्सुरानन्यान्मोहिन्या मोहयन् स्त्रिया ॥ १७ ॥dhānvantaraṁ dvādaśamaṁtrayodaśamam eva caapāyayat surān anyānmohinyā mohayan striyāIn the twelfth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth He allured the atheists by the charming beauty of a woman and gave nectar to the demigods to drink.SB 1.3.18चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् ।ददार करजैर्वक्षस्येरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥१८॥caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁbibhrad daityendram ūrjitamdadāra karajair ūrāverakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathāIn the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.

31:12SB 1.3.19पञ्चदशं वामनकं कृत्वागादध्वरं बले: ।पदत्रयं याचमान: प्रत्यादित्सुस्त्रिविष्टपम् ॥१९॥pañcadaśaṁ vāmanakaṁkṛtvāgād adhvaraṁ baleḥpada-trayaṁ yācamānaḥpratyāditsus tri-piṣṭapamIn the fifteenth incarnation, the Lord assumed the form of a dwarf brāhmaṇa [Vāmana] and visited the arena of sacrifice arranged by Mahārāja Bali. Although at heart He was willing to regain the kingdom of the three planetary systems, He simply asked for a donation of three steps of land.SB 1.3.20अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन् ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् ।त्रि:सप्तकृत्व: कुपितो नि:क्षत्रामकरोन्महीम् ॥२०॥avatāre ṣoḍaśamepaśyan brahma-druho nṛpāntriḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ kupitoniḥ-kṣatrām akaron mahīmIn the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord [as Bhṛgupati] annihilated the administrative class [kṣatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brāhmaṇas [the intelligent class].

31:12SB 1.3.21तत: सप्तदशे जात: सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् ।चक्रे वेदतरो: शाखा दृष्ट्वा पुंसोऽल्पमेधस: ॥२१॥tataḥ saptadaśe jātaḥsatyavatyāṁ parāśarātcakre veda-taroḥ śākhādṛṣṭvā puṁso 'lpa-medhasaḥThereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Śrī Vyāsadeva appeared in the womb of Satyavatī through Parāśara Muni, and he divided the one Veda into several branches and subbranches, seeing that the people in general were less intelligent.SB 1.3.22नरदेवत्वमापन्न: सुरकार्यचिकीर्षया ।समुद्रनिग्रहादीनि चक्रे वीर्याण्यत: परम् ॥२२॥nara-devatvam āpannaḥsura-kārya-cikīrṣayāsamudra-nigrahādīnicakre vīryāṇy ataḥ paramIn the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rāma. In order to perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist King Rāvaṇa, who was on the other side of the sea.

31:12SB 1.3.23एकोनविंशे विंशतिमे वृष्णिषु प्राप्य जन्मनी ।रामकृष्णाविति भुवो भगवानहद्भरम् || २३ ||ekonavimśe vimśatimevṛṣṇiṣu prāpya janmanīrāma-kṛṣṇāv iti bhuvobhagavān aharad bharamIn the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa in the family of Vṛṣṇi [the Yadu dynasty], and by so doing He removed the burden of the world.SB 1.3.24तत: कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सम्मोहाय सुरद्विषाम् ।बुद्धो नाम्नाजनसुत: कीकटेषु भविष्यति ॥ २४॥tataḥ kalau sampravṛttesammohāya sura-dviṣāmbuddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥkīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyatiThen, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.

31:12SB 1.3.25अथासौ युगसन्ध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु ।जनिता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्किर्जगत्पति: || २५||athāsau yuga-sandhyāyāṁdasyu-prāyeṣu rājasujanitā viṣṇu-yaśasonāmnā kalkir jagat-patiḥThereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas, the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Viṣṇu Yaśā. At this time almost all the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.SB 1.3.26अवतारा ह्यसंख्येया: हरे: सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजा: ।यताविदासिन: कुल्या: सरस: स्यु: सहस्रश: || २६||avatārā hy asaṅkhyeyāhareḥ sattva-nidher dvijāḥyathāvidāsinaḥ kulyāḥsarasaḥ syuḥ sahasraśaḥO brāhmaṇas, the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water.

31:12SB 1.3.27ऋषयो मनवो देवा मनुपुत्रा महौजस: ।कला: सर्वे हरेरेव सप्रजापतयस्तथा: ॥२७॥ṛṣayo manavo devāmanu-putrā mahaujasaḥkalāḥ sarve harer evasaprajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥAll the ṛṣis, Manus, demigods and descendants of Manu, who are especially powerful, are plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord. This also includes the Prajāpatis.ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam...

31:26Karandhara: Should we recite all the prayers first and then have the fire sacrifice with all the prayers like we do with initiations, or we start the fire...

31:35Prabhupāda: Initiation?

31:35Karandhara: Well... during the initiation we say all the prayers once and then have the fire sacrifice and say the prayers again.

31:39Prabhupāda: No simply fire sacrifice.

Self realization and the literary incarnation

33:08SB 1.3.28एते चांशकला: पुंस: कृष्णस्तु भगवान् स्वयम् ।इन्द्रारिव्याकुलं लोकं मृडयन्ति युगे युगे ॥२८॥ete cāmśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayamindrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁmṛḍayanti yuge yugeAll of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.SB 1.3.29जन्म गुह्यं भगवतो य एतत्प्रयतो नर: ।सायं प्रातर्गृणन् भक्त्या दु:खग्रामाद्विमुच्यते ॥२९॥janma guhyaṁ bhagavatoya etat prayato naraḥsāyaṁ prātar gṛṇan bhaktyāduḥkha-grāmād vimucyateWhoever carefully recites the mysterious appearances of the Lord, with devotion in the morning and in the evening, gets relief from all miseries of life.

33:19SB 1.3.30एतद्रूपं भगवतो ह्यरूपस्य चिदात्मन: ।मायागुणैर्विरचितं महदादिभिरात्मनि ॥३०॥etad rūpaṁ bhagavatohy arūpasya cid-ātmanaḥmāyā-guṇair viracitaṁmahadādibhir ātmaniThe conception of the virāṭ universal form of the Lord, as appearing in the material world, is imaginary. It is to enable the less intelligent [and neophytes] to adjust to the idea of the Lord’s having form. But factually the Lord has no material form.SB 1.3.31यथा नभसि मेघौघो रेणुर्वा पार्थिवोऽनिले ।एवं द्रष्टरि दृश्यत्वमारोपितमबुद्धिभि: ॥३१॥yathā nabhasi meghaughoreṇur vā pārthivo 'nileevaṁ draṣṭari dṛśyatvamāropitam abuddhibhiḥClouds and dust are carried by the air, but less intelligent persons say that the sky is cloudy and the air is dirty. Similarly, they also implant material bodily conceptions on the spirit self.

33:31SB 1.3.32अत: परं यदव्यक्तमव्यूढगुणव्यूहितम् ।अदृष्टाश्रुतवस्तुत्वात्स जीवो यत्पुनर्भव: ॥३२॥ataḥ paraṁ yad avyaktamavyūḍha-guṇa-bṛṁhitamadṛṣṭāśruta-vastutvātsa jīvo yat punar-bhavaḥBeyond this gross conception of form is another, subtle conception of form which is without formal shape and is unseen, unheard and unmanifest. The living being has his form beyond this subtlety, otherwise he could not have repeated births.SB 1.3.33यत्रेमे सदसद्रूपे प्रतिषिद्धे स्वसंविदा ।अविद्ययाऽऽत्मनि कृते इति तद्ब्रह्मदर्शनम् ॥३३॥yatreme sad-asad-rūpepratiṣiddhe sva-saṁvidāavidyayātmani kṛteiti tad brahma-darśanamWhenever a person experiences, by self-realization, that both the gross and subtle bodies have nothing to do with the pure self, at that time he sees himself as well as the Lord.

33:43SB 1.3.34यद्येषोपरता देवी माया वैशारदी मति: ।सम्पन्न एवेति विदुर्महिम्नि स्वे महीयते ।।३४॥yady eṣoparatā devīmāyā vaiśāradī matiḥsampanna eveti vidurmahimni sve mahīyateIf the illusory energy subsides and the living entity becomes fully enriched with knowledge by the grace of the Lord, then he becomes at once enlightened with self-realization and thus becomes situated in his own glory.SB 1.3.35एवं जन्मानि कर्माणि ह्यकर्तुरजनस्य च ।वर्णयन्ति स्म कवयो वेदगुह्यानि हृत्पते: ॥३५॥evaṁ janmāni karmāṇihy akartur ajanasya cavarṇayanti sma kavayoveda-guhyāni hṛt-pateḥThus learned men describe the births and activities of the unborn and inactive, which is undiscoverable even in the Vedic literatures. He is the Lord of the heart.

33:55SB 1.3.36स वा इदं विश्वममोघलील:सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न सज्जतेऽस्मिन् ।भूतेषु चान्तर्हित आत्मतन्त्र:षाड्वर्गिकं जिघ्रति षड्गुणेश: ॥३६॥sa vā idaṁ viśvam amogha-līlaḥsṛjaty avaty atti na sajjate 'sminbhūteṣu cāntarhita ātma-tantraḥṣāḍ-vargikaṁ jighrati ṣaḍ-guṇeśaḥThe Lord, whose activities are always spotless, is the master of the six senses and is fully omnipotent with six opulences. He creates the manifested universes, maintains them and annihilates them without being in the least affected. He is within every living being and is always independent.

34:03SB 1.3.37न चास्य कश्चिन्निपुणेन धातु-रवैति जन्तु: कुमनीष ऊती: ।नामानि रूपाणि मनोवचोभि:सन्तन्वतो नटचर्यामिवाज्ञ: ॥ ३७ ॥na cāsya kaścin nipuṇena dhāturavaiti jantuḥ kumanīṣa ūtīḥnāmāni rūpāṇi mano-vacobhiḥsantanvato naṭa-caryām ivājñaḥThe foolish with a poor fund of knowledge cannot know the transcendental nature of the forms, names and activities of the Lord, who is playing like an actor in a drama. Nor can they express such things, neither in their speculations nor in their words.

34:15SB 1.3.38स वेद धातु: पदवीं परस्यदुरन्तवीर्यस्य रथाङ्गपाणे: ।योऽमायया संततयानुवृत्त्याभजेत तत्पादसरोजगन्धम् ॥ ३८ ॥sa veda dhātuḥ padavīṁ parasyaduranta-vīryasya rathāṅga-pāṇeḥyo 'māyayā santatayānuvṛttyābhajeta tat-pāda-saroja-gandhamOnly those who render unreserved, uninterrupted, favorable service unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who carries the wheel of the chariot in His hand, can know the creator of the universe in His full glory, power and transcendence.

34:30SB 1.3.39अथेह धन्या भगवन्त इत्थंयद्वासुदेवेऽखिललोकनाथे ।कुर्वन्ति सर्वात्मकमात्मभावंन यत्र भूय: परिवर्त उग्र: ॥ ३९॥atheha dhanyā bhagavanta itthaṁyad vāsudeve 'khila-loka-nāthekurvanti sarvātmakam ātma-bhāvaṁna yatra bhūyaḥ parivarta ugraḥOnly by making such inquiries in this world can one be successful and perfectly cognizant, for such inquiries invoke transcendental ecstatic love unto the Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of all the universes, and guarantee cent-percent immunity from the dreadful repetition of birth and death.

37:36SB 1.3.40इदं भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् ।उत्तमश्लोकचरितं चकार भगवानृषि: ।नि:श्रेयसाय लोकस्य धन्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥ ४०॥idaṁ bhāgavataṁ nāmapurāṇaṁ brahma-sammitamuttama-śloka-caritaṁcakāra bhagavān ṛṣiḥniḥśreyasāya lokasyadhanyaṁ svasty-ayanaṁ mahatThis Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the literary incarnation of God, and it is compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the incarnation of God. It is meant for the ultimate good of all people, and it is all-successful, all-blissful and all-perfect.

37:42SB 1.3.41तदिदं ग्राहयामास सुतमात्मवतां वरम् ।सर्ववेदेतिहासानां सारं सारं समुद्धृतम् ॥ ४१॥tad idaṁ grāhayām āsasutam ātmavatāṁ varamsarva-vedetihāsānāṁsāraṁ sāraṁ samuddhṛtamŚrī Vyāsadeva delivered it to his son, who is the most respected among the self-realized, after extracting the cream of all Vedic literatures and histories of the universe.SB 1.3.42स तु संश्रावयामास महाराजं परीक्षितं ।प्रायोपविष्टं गङ्गायां परीतं परमर्षिभि ॥ ४२॥sa tu samśrāvayām āsamahārājaṁ parīkṣitamprāyopaviṣṭaṁ gaṅgāyāṁparītaṁ paramarṣibhiḥŚukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, in his turn delivered the Bhāgavatam to the great Emperor Parīkṣit, who sat surrounded by sages on the bank of the Ganges, awaiting death without taking food or drink.

38:12SB 1.3.43कृष्णे स्वधामोपगते धर्मज्ञानादिभि: सह ।कलौ नष्टदृशामेष पुराणार्कोऽधुनोदित: ॥४३ ॥kṛṣṇe sva-dhāmopagatedharma-jñānādibhiḥ sahakalau naṣṭa-dṛśām eṣapurāṇārko 'dhunoditaḥThis Bhāgavata Purāṇa is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali shall get light from this Purāṇa.

38:18SB 1.3.44तत्र कीर्तयतो विप्रा विप्रर्षेर्भूरितेजस: ।अहं चाध्यगमं तत्र निविष्टस्तदनुग्रहात् ।सोऽहं व: श्रावयिष्यामि यथाधीतं यथामति॥४४ ॥tatra kīrtayato viprāviprarṣer bhūri-tejasaḥahaṁ cādhyagamaṁ tatraniviṣṭas tad-anugrahātso 'haṁ vaḥ śrāvayiṣyāmiyathādhītaṁ yathā-matiO learned brāhmaṇas, when Śukadeva Gosvāmī recited Bhāgavatam there [in the presence of Emperor Parīkṣit], I heard him with rapt attention, and thus, by his mercy, I learned the Bhāgavatam from that great and powerful sage. Now I shall try to make you hear the very same thing as I learned it from him and as I have realized it.

Prayers to the disciplic succession

38:24[leads chanting of prayers for fire sacrifice] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

38:24vande ahaṁ śrī-guru śrī-yuta-padakamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś caśrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvamsa advaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁśrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca

39:13Pradyumna: Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasyajñānāñjana-śalākayācakṣur unmīlitaṁ yenatasmai śrī-gurave namaḥSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-taleśrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine

40:52Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇenirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇeSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-taleśrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-svāmin iti nāmine

43:26Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇenirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇeSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-taleśrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

43:29Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. śrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhayekṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

43:32mādhuryojjvala-premāḍhya-śrī-rūpānuga-bhaktidaśrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo 'stu te

43:33Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. namas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-mūrtaye dīna-tāriṇerūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇeSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. namo gaura-kiśorāya sākṣād-vairāgya-mūrtayevipralambha-rasāmbhode pādāmbujāya te namaḥ

43:37Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. namo bhaktivinodāya sac-cid-ānanda-nāminegaura-śakti-svarūpāya rūpānuga-varāya teSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

43:39gaurāvirbhāva-bhūmes tvaṁ nirdeṣṭā saj-jana-priyaḥvaiṣṇava-sārvabhaumaḥṣrī-jagannāthāya te namaḥ

43:41Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva capatitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

43:43CC Madhya 19.53নমো মহাবদান্যায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেমপ্রদায় তে ।কৃষ্ণায় কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যনাম্নে গৌরত্বিষে নমঃ ॥ ৫৩ ॥namo mahā-vadānyāyakṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya tekṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ“O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

43:50Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. CC Adi 1.14পঞ্চতত্ত্বাত্মকং কৃষ্ণং ভক্তরূপস্বরূপকম্‌ ।ভক্তাবতারং ভক্তাখ্যং নমামি ভক্তশক্তিকম্‌ ॥ ১৪ ॥pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁbhakta-rūpa-svarūpakambhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁnamāmi bhakta-śaktikamI offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation, pure devotee and devotional energy.Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

45:08he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pategopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te

45:14Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. jayatāṁ suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gatemat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanauSvāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

45:29dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥśrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthauśrī-śrī-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devaupreṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

46:05Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. CC Adi 1.17শ্রীমান্‌ রাসরসারম্ভী বংশীবটতটস্থিতঃ ।কর্ষন্‌ বেণুস্বনৈর্গোপীর্গোপীনাথঃ শ্রিয়েঽস্তু নঃ ॥ ১৭ ॥śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhīvamśīvaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥkarṣan veṇu-svanair gopīrgopī-nāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥŚrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore in Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction.Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

47:02tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi rādhe vṛndāvaneśvarivṛṣabhānu-sute devī praṇamāmi hari-priye

47:08Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā. CC Madhya 13.77নমো ব্রহ্মণ্যদেবায় গোব্রাহ্মণহিতায় চ ।জগদ্ধিতায় কৃষ্ণায় গোবিন্দায় নমো নমঃ ॥ ৭৭ ॥namo brahmaṇya-devāyago-brāhmaṇa-hitāya cajagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāyagovindāya namo namaḥ“ ‘Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who is the well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas, and who is always benefiting the whole world. I offer my repeated obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.’

47:49Prabhupāda: That's all. Arāti? [indistinct] Yes. Kīrtana. Begin kīrtana.

Closing kirtana and final glories

1:07:35[kīrtana] [prema-dvani]

1:07:35Thank you very much.

1:07:36Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]