Bhagavata Purana

सत्त्वैकनिष्ठे मनसि भगवत्पार्श्ववर्तिनि । तमश्चन्द्रमसीवेदं उपरज्यावभासते

When the mind is fixed solely in sattva, dwelling near the Lord, then darkness, like the moon's shadow, is dispelled and this is illuminated.

नाहं ममेति भावोऽयं पुरुषे व्यवधीयते । यावद्‍बुद्धिमनोऽक्षार्थ गुणव्यूहो ह्यनादिमान्

The notion 'I' and 'mine' is interrupted in the person, as long as the arrangement of intellect, mind, senses, and qualities, which is beginningless, persists.

सुप्तिमूर्च्छोपतापेषु प्राणायनविघाततः । नेहतेऽहमिति ज्ञानं मृत्युप्रज्वारयोरपि

During sleep, fainting, and suffering, due to disruption of breath, the awareness 'I am' does not arise—even in the burning of death.

गर्भे बाल्येऽप्यपौष्कल्याद् एकादशविधं तदा । लिङ्‌गं न दृश्यते यूनः कुह्वां चन्द्रमसो यथा

In the womb and in childhood, due to immaturity, the elevenfold subtle body is not manifest, just as the moon is hidden in the new phase.

अर्थे हि अविद्यमानेऽपि संसृतिर्न निवर्तते । ध्यायतो विषयानस्य स्वप्नेऽनर्थागमो यथा

Even when the object is absent, the cycle does not cease; as one contemplates objects, misfortune comes in dreams, though they are unreal.

एवं पञ्चविधं लिङ्‌गं त्रिवृत्षोडश विस्तृतम् । एष चेतनया युक्तो जीव इत्यभिधीयते

Thus, the fivefold subtle body, expanded in three and sixteen ways, when joined with consciousness, is called the living being.

अनेन पुरुषो देहान् उपादत्ते विमुञ्चति । हर्षं शोकं भयं दुःखं सुखं चानेन विन्दति

By this, the person takes up and abandons bodies, and through this experiences joy, sorrow, fear, pain, and happiness.

यथा तृणजलूकेयं नापयात्यपयाति च । न त्यजेन्म्रियमाणोऽपि प्राग्देहाभिमतिं जनः

Just as a leech on grass and water neither departs nor remains, so a person does not abandon identification with the body, even at the time of death.

अदृष्टं दृष्टवन्नङ्‌क्षेद्‍भूतं स्वप्नवदन्यथा । भूतं भवद्‍भविष्यच्च सुप्तं सर्वरहोरहः

The unseen does not perish like the seen, but exists otherwise, like a dream; what has been, what is, and what will be, all sleep day and night.

यदाक्षैश्चरितान् ध्यायन् कर्माण्याचिनुतेऽसकृत् । सति कर्मण्यविद्यायां बन्धः कर्मण्यनात्मनः

When one repeatedly contemplates actions performed by the senses, as long as ignorance persists in action, bondage arises for the non-self.

अतस्तद् अपवादार्थं भज सर्वात्मना हरिम् । पश्यन् तदात्मकं विश्वं स्थित्युत्पत्त्यप्यया यतः

Therefore, for the sake of liberation from that, worship Hari with all your being, seeing the universe as his own, from whom arise creation, maintenance, and dissolution.

मैत्रेय उवाच - भागवतमुख्यो भगवान् नारदो हंसयोर्गतिम् । प्रदर्श्य ह्यमुमामन्त्र्य सिद्धलोकं ततोऽगमत्

Maitreya said: The foremost devotee, the Lord Nārada, having shown the path of the swans and bidding them farewell, then went to Siddhaloka.

प्राचीनबर्ही राजर्षिः प्रजासर्गाभिरक्षणे । आदिश्य पुत्रानगमत् तपसे कपिलाश्रमम्

King Prācīnabarhī, the royal sage, after instructing his sons in the protection of creation, went to the hermitage of Kapila for austerity.

तत्रैकाग्रमना धीरो गोविन्द चरणाम्बुजम् । विमुक्तसङ्‌गोऽनुभजन् भक्त्या तत्साम्यतामगात्

There, with a mind fixed in one-pointed concentration, the steadfast one worshipped Govinda's lotus feet; freed from all attachment, he attained likeness with Him through devotion.

एतदध्यात्मपारोक्ष्यं गीतं देवर्षिणानघ । यः श्रावयेत् यः श्रृणुयात् स लिङ्‌गेन विमुच्यते

O sinless one, this teaching on the transcendental Self was sung by the divine sage; whoever recites it or hears it is liberated from material bondage.

एतन्मुकुन्दयशसा भुवनं पुनानं देवर्षिवर्यमुखनिःसृतमात्मशौचम् । यः कीर्त्यमानमधिगच्छति पारमेष्ठ्यं नास्मिन् भवे भ्रमति मुक्तसमस्तबन्धः

This purifying glory of Mukunda, which sanctifies the world, has flowed from the mouth of the foremost divine sage, embodying the purity of the Self; whoever hears it being recited attains the supreme state and, freed from all bonds, no longer wanders in this existence.

(अनुष्टुप्) अध्यात्मपारोक्ष्यमिदं मयाधिगतमद्‍भुतम् । एवं स्त्रियाऽऽश्रमः पुंसश्छिन्नोऽमुत्र च संशयः

This wondrous transcendental teaching, which I have now obtained, resolves all doubts regarding the duties of women and men, both here and hereafter.

श्रीशुक उवाच अन्तर्हिते भगवति सहसैव व्रजाङ्गनाः । अतप्यंस्तमचक्षाणाः करिण्य इव यूथपम् ॥ 10.30.

Śuka said: When the Lord suddenly disappeared, the women of Vraja, unable to see Him, were tormented, just like female elephants separated from their leader.

गत्यानुरागस्मितविभ्रमेक्षितैर्मनोरमालापविहारविभ्रमैः । आक्षिप्तचित्ताः प्रमदा रमापतेस्तास्ता विचेष्टा जगृहुस्तदात्मिकाः ॥ 10.30.

Absorbed in His movements, affection, smiles, playful glances, charming speech, and delightful pastimes, the women, their minds captivated by the Lord of Lakṣmī, began to imitate His actions, each identifying herself with Him.

गतिस्मितप्रेक्षणभाषणादिषु प्रियाः प्रियस्य प्रतिरूढमूर्तयः । असावहं त्वित्यबलास्तदात्मिका न्यवेदिषुः कृष्णविहारविभ्रमाः ॥ 10.30.

In walking, smiling, glancing, speaking, and other acts, the beloveds of the Beloved, embodying His very form, imitated Kṛṣṇa's playful ways, saying, 'I am He,' each convinced in her heart.

गायन्त्य उच्चैरमुमेव संहता विचिक्युरुन्मत्तकवद्वनाद्वनम् । पप्रच्छुराकाशवदन्तरं बहिर्भूतेषु सन्तं पुरुषं वनस्पतीन् ॥ 10.30.

Gathered together, they sang of Him loudly and wandered from forest to forest like those possessed, searching for Him; they questioned the trees, who, though standing apart, contain the Supreme Person within, as if asking the sky.

दृष्टो वः कच्चिदश्वत्थ प्लक्ष न्यग्रोध नो मनः । नन्दसूनुर्गतो हृत्वा प्रेमहासावलोकनैः ॥ 10.30.

O Aśvattha, Plakṣa, Nyagrodha trees, have you seen the son of Nanda pass this way, stealing our minds with His loving glances and radiant smiles?

कच्चित्कुरबकाशोक नागपुन्नागचम्पकाः । रामानुजो मानिनीनामितो दर्पहरस्मितः ॥ 10.30.

O Kurabaka, Aśoka, Nāga, Punnāga, Campaka trees, has Rāma's younger brother, whose smile humbles the proud, passed this way among the haughty maidens?

कच्चित्तुलसि कल्याणि गोविन्दचरणप्रिये । सह त्वालिकुलैर्बिभ्रद्दृष्टस्तेऽतिप्रियोऽच्युतः ॥ 10.30.

O blessed Tulasī, dear to Govinda's feet, surrounded by swarms of bees, have you seen the beloved Acyuta pass by, adorned with you?

मालत्यदर्शि वः कच्चिन्मल्लिके जातियूथिके । प्रीतिं वो जनयन् यातः करस्पर्शेन माधवः ॥ 10.30.

O Mālatī, O Mallikā, O Jāti, O Yūthikā, have you seen Mādhava pass by, delighting you with His touch?

चूतप्रियालपनसासनकोविदार जम्ब्वर्कबिल्वबकुलाम्रकदम्बनीपाः । येऽन्ये परार्थभवका यमुनोपकूलाः शंसन्तु कृष्णपदवीं रहितात्मनां नः ॥ 10.30.

O Cūta, Priyāla, Panasa, Āsana, Kovida, Jambu, Arka, Bilva, Bakula, Āmra, Kadamba, Nīpa, and all other trees on the banks of Yamunā, please reveal to us, whose hearts are empty, the path Kṛṣṇa has taken.

किं ते कृतं क्षिति तपो बत केशवाङ्घ्रि स्पर्शोत्सवोत्पुलकिताङ्गनहैर्विभासि । अप्यङ्घ्रिसम्भव उरुक्रमविक्रमाद्वा आहो वराहवपुषः परिरम्भणेन ॥ 10.30.

O Earth, what austerity have you performed, that you shine, your hairs standing on end with joy from the festival of Keśava's feet touching you? Is it from the touch of His feet, His mighty deeds, or the embrace of His Boar form?

* अप्येणपत्न्युपगतः प्रिययेह गात्रैस् तन्वन् दृशां सखि सुनिर्वृतिमच्युतो वः । कान्ताङ्गसङ्गकुचकुङ्कुमरञ्जितायाः कुन्दस्रजः कुलपतेरिह वाति गन्धः ॥ 10.30.

Or has Acyuta come here to His beloved, O friend, delighting her senses with His body and gaze? The fragrance of the garland on the chief of the clan, stained with the kuṅkuma from His beloved's breasts, is wafting here.

* बाहुं प्रियांस उपधाय गृहीतपद्मो रामानुजस्तुलसिकालिकुलैर्मदान्धैः । अन्वीयमान इह वस्तरवः प्रणामं किं वाभिनन्दति चरन् प्रणयावलोकैः ॥ 10.30.

With His lotus hand placed on the shoulder of His beloved, Rāma's younger brother, followed by intoxicated bees and Tulasī, is wandering here; do the trees bow to Him as He passes, glancing at them with affection?