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- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/28यद्यत्र नः स्वर्गसुखावशेषितं स्विष्टस्य सूक्तस्य कृतस्य शोभनम् । तेनाजनाभे स्मृतिमज्जन्म नः स्याद्वर्षे हरिर्यद्भजतां शं तनोति ॥ ५-१९-२८ ॥yadyatra naH svargasukhAvazeSitaM sviSTasya sUktasya kRtasya zobhanam । tenAjanAbhe smRtimajjanma naH syAdvarSe hariryadbhajatAM zaM tanoti ॥ 5-19-28 ॥We are now living in the heavenly planets, undoubtedly as a result of our having performed ritualistic ceremonies, pious activities and yajñas and having studied the Vedas. However, our lives here will one day be finished. We pray that at that time, if any merit remains from our pious activities, we may again take birth in Bhārata-varṣa as human beings able to remember the lotus feet of the Lord. The Lord is so kind that He personally comes to the land of Bhārata-varṣa and expands the good fortune of its people. ॥ 5-19-28 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/22/4तमेतमिह पुरुषास्त्रय्या विद्यया वर्णाश्रमाचारानुपथा उच्चावचैः कर्मभिराम्नातैर्योगवितानैश्च श्रद्धया यजन्तोऽञ्जसा श्रेयः समधिगच्छन्ति ॥ ५-२२-४ ॥tametamiha puruSAstrayyA vidyayA varNAzramAcArAnupathA uccAvacaiH karmabhirAmnAtairyogavitAnaizca zraddhayA yajanto'JjasA zreyaH samadhigacchanti ॥ 5-22-4 ॥According to the system of four varṇas and four āśramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, who is situated as the sun-god. With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the three Vedas, such as agnihotra and similar higher and lower fruitive acts, and according to the process of mystic yoga. In this way they very easily attain the ultimate goal of life. ॥ 5-22-4 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/27सत्यं दिशत्यर्थितमर्थितो नृणां नैवार्थदो यत्पुनरर्थिता यतः । स्वयं विधत्ते भजतामनिच्छतामिच्छापिधानं निजपादपल्लवम् ॥ ५-१९-२७ ॥satyaM dizatyarthitamarthito nRNAM naivArthado yatpunararthitA yataH । svayaM vidhatte bhajatAmanicchatAmicchApidhAnaM nijapAdapallavam ॥ 5-19-27 ॥The Supreme Personality of Godhead fulfills the material desires of a devotee who approaches Him with such motives, but He does not bestow benedictions upon the devotee that will cause him to demand more benedictions again. However, the Lord willingly gives the devotee shelter at His own lotus feet, even though such a person does not aspire for it, and that shelter satisfies all his desires. That is the Supreme Personality’s special mercy. ।। 5-19-27 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/26यैः श्रद्धया बर्हिषि भागशो हवि र्निरुप्तमिष्टं विधिमन्त्रवस्तुतः । एकः पृथङ् नामभिराहुतो मुदा गृह्णाति पूर्णः स्वयमाशिषां प्रभुः ॥ ५-१९-२६ ॥yaiH zraddhayA barhiSi bhAgazo havi rniruptamiSTaM vidhimantravastutaH । ekaH pRthaG nAmabhirAhuto mudA gRhNAti pUrNaH svayamAziSAM prabhuH ॥ 5-19-26 ॥In India ॥ Bhārata-varṣa॥, there are many worshipers of the demigods, the various officials appointed by the Supreme Lord, such as Indra, Candra and Sūrya, all of whom are worshiped differently. The worshipers offer the demigods their oblations, considering the demigods part and parcel of the whole, the Supreme Lord. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts these offerings and gradually raises the worshipers to the real standard of devotional service by fulfilling their desires and aspirations. Because the Lord is complete, He offers the worshipers the benedictions they desire even if they worship only part of His transcendental body. ॥ 5-19-26 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/22/2स होवाच यथा कुलालचक्रेण भ्रमता सह भ्रमतां तदाश्रयाणां पिपीलिकादीनां गतिरन्यैव प्रदेशान्तरेष्वप्युपलभ्यमानत्वादेवं नक्षत्रराशिभिरुपलक्षितेन कालचक्रेण ध्रुवं मेरुं च प्रदक्षिणेन परिधावता सह परिधावमानानां तदाश्रयाणां सूर्यादीनां ग्रहाणां गतिरन्यैव नक्षत्रान्तरे राश्यन्तरे चोपलभ्यमानत्वात् ॥ ५-२२-२ ॥sa hovAca yathA kulAlacakreNa bhramatA saha bhramatAM tadAzrayANAM pipIlikAdInAM gatiranyaiva pradezAntareSvapyupalabhyamAnatvAdevaM nakSatrarAzibhirupalakSitena kAlacakreNa dhruvaM meruM ca pradakSiNena paridhAvatA saha paridhAvamAnAnAM tadAzrayANAM sUryAdInAM grahANAM gatiranyaiva nakSatrAntare rAzyantare copalabhyamAnatvAt ॥ 5-22-2 ॥Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī clearly answered: When a potter’s wheel is moving and small ants located on that big wheel are moving with it, one can see that their motion is different from that of the wheel because they appear sometimes on one part of the wheel and sometimes on another. Similarly, the signs and constellations, with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on their right, move with the wheel of time, and the antlike sun and other planets move with them. The sun and planets, however, are seen in different signs and constellations at different times. This indicates that their motion is different from that of the zodiac and the wheel of time itself. ॥ 5-22-2 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/25प्राप्ता नृजातिं त्विह ये च जन्तवो ज्ञानक्रियाद्रव्यकलापसम्भृताम् । न वै यतेरन्नपुनर्भवाय ते भूयो वनौका इव यान्ति बन्धनम् ॥ ५-१९-२५ ॥prAptA nRjAtiM tviha ye ca jantavo jJAnakriyAdravyakalApasambhRtAm । na vai yaterannapunarbhavAya te bhUyo vanaukA iva yAnti bandhanam ॥ 5-19-25 ॥Bhārata-varṣa offers the proper land and circumstances in which to execute devotional service, which can free one from the results of jñāna and karma. If one obtains a human body in the land of Bhārata-varṣa, with clear sensory organs with which to execute the saṅkīrtana-yajña, but in spite of this opportunity he does not take to devotional service, he is certainly like liberated forest animals and birds that are careless and are therefore again bound by a hunter. ॥ 5-19-25 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/21/15रथनीडस्तु षट्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायतस्तत्तुरीयभागविशालस्तावान् रविरथयुगो यत्र हयाश्छन्दो नामानः सप्तारुणयोजिता वहन्ति देवमादित्यम् ॥ ५-२१-१५ ॥rathanIDastu SaTtriMzallakSayojanAyatastatturIyabhAgavizAlastAvAn ravirathayugo yatra hayAzchando nAmAnaH saptAruNayojitA vahanti devamAdityam ॥ 5-21-15 ॥My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god’s chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas ॥ 28,800,000 miles॥ long and one-fourth as wide ॥ 900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles॥. The chariot’s horses, which are named after Gāyatrī and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Aruṇadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god. ॥ 5-21-15 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/24न यत्र वैकुण्ठकथासुधापगा न साधवो भागवतास्तदाश्रयाः । न यत्र यज्ञेशमखा महोत्सवाः सुरेशलोकोऽपि न वै स सेव्यताम् ॥ ५-१९-२४ ॥na yatra vaikuNThakathAsudhApagA na sAdhavo bhAgavatAstadAzrayAH । na yatra yajJezamakhA mahotsavAH surezaloko'pi na vai sa sevyatAm ॥ 5-19-24 ॥An intelligent person does not take interest in a place, even in the topmost planetary system, if the pure Ganges of topics concerning the Supreme Lord’s activities does not flow there, if there are not devotees engaged in service on the banks of such a river of piety, or if there are no festivals of saṅkīrtana-yajña to satisfy the Lord ॥ especially since saṅkīrtana-yajña is recommended in this age॥. ॥ 5-19-24 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/23कल्पायुषां स्थानजयात्पुनर्भवात् क्षणायुषां भारतभूजयो वरम् । क्षणेन मर्त्येन कृतं मनस्विनः सन्न्यस्य संयान्त्यभयं पदं हरेः ॥ ५-१९-२३ ॥kalpAyuSAM sthAnajayAtpunarbhavAt kSaNAyuSAM bhAratabhUjayo varam । kSaNena martyena kRtaM manasvinaH sannyasya saMyAntyabhayaM padaM hareH ॥ 5-19-23 ॥A short life in the land of Bharata-varṣa is preferable to a life achieved in Brahmaloka for millions and billions of years because even if one is elevated to Brahmaloka, he must return to repeated birth and death. Although life in Bhārata-varṣa, in a lower planetary system, is very short, one who lives there can elevate himself to full Kṛṣṇa consciousness and achieve the highest perfection, even in this short life, by fully surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Lord. Thus one attains Vaikuṇṭhaloka, where there is neither anxiety nor repeated birth in a material body. ॥ 5-19-23 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/21/14तस्मिन्नक्षे कृतमूलो द्वितीयोऽक्षस्तुर्यमानेन सम्मितस्तैलयन्त्राक्षवद्ध्रुवे कृतोपरिभागः ॥ ५-२१-१४ ॥tasminnakSe kRtamUlo dvitIyo'kSasturyamAnena sammitastailayantrAkSavaddhruve kRtoparibhAgaH ॥ 5-21-14 ॥As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long ॥ 3,937,500 yojanas, or 31,500,000 miles॥. The upper end of this second axle is attached to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind. ॥ 5-21-14 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/28यद्यत्र नः स्वर्गसुखावशेषितं स्विष्टस्य सूक्तस्य कृतस्य शोभनम् । तेनाजनाभे स्मृतिमज्जन्म नः स्याद्वर्षे हरिर्यद्भजतां शं तनोति ॥ ५-१९-२८ ॥yadyatra naH svargasukhAvazeSitaM sviSTasya sUktasya kRtasya zobhanam । tenAjanAbhe smRtimajjanma naH syAdvarSe hariryadbhajatAM zaM tanoti ॥ 5-19-28 ॥We are now living in the heavenly planets, undoubtedly as a result of our having performed ritualistic ceremonies, pious activities and yajñas and having studied the Vedas. However, our lives here will one day be finished. We pray that at that time, if any merit remains from our pious activities, we may again take birth in Bhārata-varṣa as human beings able to remember the lotus feet of the Lord. The Lord is so kind that He personally comes to the land of Bhārata-varṣa and expands the good fortune of its people. ॥ 5-19-28 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/22/4तमेतमिह पुरुषास्त्रय्या विद्यया वर्णाश्रमाचारानुपथा उच्चावचैः कर्मभिराम्नातैर्योगवितानैश्च श्रद्धया यजन्तोऽञ्जसा श्रेयः समधिगच्छन्ति ॥ ५-२२-४ ॥tametamiha puruSAstrayyA vidyayA varNAzramAcArAnupathA uccAvacaiH karmabhirAmnAtairyogavitAnaizca zraddhayA yajanto'JjasA zreyaH samadhigacchanti ॥ 5-22-4 ॥According to the system of four varṇas and four āśramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, who is situated as the sun-god. With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the three Vedas, such as agnihotra and similar higher and lower fruitive acts, and according to the process of mystic yoga. In this way they very easily attain the ultimate goal of life. ॥ 5-22-4 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/27सत्यं दिशत्यर्थितमर्थितो नृणां नैवार्थदो यत्पुनरर्थिता यतः । स्वयं विधत्ते भजतामनिच्छतामिच्छापिधानं निजपादपल्लवम् ॥ ५-१९-२७ ॥satyaM dizatyarthitamarthito nRNAM naivArthado yatpunararthitA yataH । svayaM vidhatte bhajatAmanicchatAmicchApidhAnaM nijapAdapallavam ॥ 5-19-27 ॥The Supreme Personality of Godhead fulfills the material desires of a devotee who approaches Him with such motives, but He does not bestow benedictions upon the devotee that will cause him to demand more benedictions again. However, the Lord willingly gives the devotee shelter at His own lotus feet, even though such a person does not aspire for it, and that shelter satisfies all his desires. That is the Supreme Personality’s special mercy. ।। 5-19-27 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/26यैः श्रद्धया बर्हिषि भागशो हवि र्निरुप्तमिष्टं विधिमन्त्रवस्तुतः । एकः पृथङ् नामभिराहुतो मुदा गृह्णाति पूर्णः स्वयमाशिषां प्रभुः ॥ ५-१९-२६ ॥yaiH zraddhayA barhiSi bhAgazo havi rniruptamiSTaM vidhimantravastutaH । ekaH pRthaG nAmabhirAhuto mudA gRhNAti pUrNaH svayamAziSAM prabhuH ॥ 5-19-26 ॥In India ॥ Bhārata-varṣa॥, there are many worshipers of the demigods, the various officials appointed by the Supreme Lord, such as Indra, Candra and Sūrya, all of whom are worshiped differently. The worshipers offer the demigods their oblations, considering the demigods part and parcel of the whole, the Supreme Lord. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts these offerings and gradually raises the worshipers to the real standard of devotional service by fulfilling their desires and aspirations. Because the Lord is complete, He offers the worshipers the benedictions they desire even if they worship only part of His transcendental body. ॥ 5-19-26 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/22/2स होवाच यथा कुलालचक्रेण भ्रमता सह भ्रमतां तदाश्रयाणां पिपीलिकादीनां गतिरन्यैव प्रदेशान्तरेष्वप्युपलभ्यमानत्वादेवं नक्षत्रराशिभिरुपलक्षितेन कालचक्रेण ध्रुवं मेरुं च प्रदक्षिणेन परिधावता सह परिधावमानानां तदाश्रयाणां सूर्यादीनां ग्रहाणां गतिरन्यैव नक्षत्रान्तरे राश्यन्तरे चोपलभ्यमानत्वात् ॥ ५-२२-२ ॥sa hovAca yathA kulAlacakreNa bhramatA saha bhramatAM tadAzrayANAM pipIlikAdInAM gatiranyaiva pradezAntareSvapyupalabhyamAnatvAdevaM nakSatrarAzibhirupalakSitena kAlacakreNa dhruvaM meruM ca pradakSiNena paridhAvatA saha paridhAvamAnAnAM tadAzrayANAM sUryAdInAM grahANAM gatiranyaiva nakSatrAntare rAzyantare copalabhyamAnatvAt ॥ 5-22-2 ॥Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī clearly answered: When a potter’s wheel is moving and small ants located on that big wheel are moving with it, one can see that their motion is different from that of the wheel because they appear sometimes on one part of the wheel and sometimes on another. Similarly, the signs and constellations, with Sumeru and Dhruvaloka on their right, move with the wheel of time, and the antlike sun and other planets move with them. The sun and planets, however, are seen in different signs and constellations at different times. This indicates that their motion is different from that of the zodiac and the wheel of time itself. ॥ 5-22-2 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/25प्राप्ता नृजातिं त्विह ये च जन्तवो ज्ञानक्रियाद्रव्यकलापसम्भृताम् । न वै यतेरन्नपुनर्भवाय ते भूयो वनौका इव यान्ति बन्धनम् ॥ ५-१९-२५ ॥prAptA nRjAtiM tviha ye ca jantavo jJAnakriyAdravyakalApasambhRtAm । na vai yaterannapunarbhavAya te bhUyo vanaukA iva yAnti bandhanam ॥ 5-19-25 ॥Bhārata-varṣa offers the proper land and circumstances in which to execute devotional service, which can free one from the results of jñāna and karma. If one obtains a human body in the land of Bhārata-varṣa, with clear sensory organs with which to execute the saṅkīrtana-yajña, but in spite of this opportunity he does not take to devotional service, he is certainly like liberated forest animals and birds that are careless and are therefore again bound by a hunter. ॥ 5-19-25 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/21/15रथनीडस्तु षट्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायतस्तत्तुरीयभागविशालस्तावान् रविरथयुगो यत्र हयाश्छन्दो नामानः सप्तारुणयोजिता वहन्ति देवमादित्यम् ॥ ५-२१-१५ ॥rathanIDastu SaTtriMzallakSayojanAyatastatturIyabhAgavizAlastAvAn ravirathayugo yatra hayAzchando nAmAnaH saptAruNayojitA vahanti devamAdityam ॥ 5-21-15 ॥My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god’s chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas ॥ 28,800,000 miles॥ long and one-fourth as wide ॥ 900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles॥. The chariot’s horses, which are named after Gāyatrī and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Aruṇadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god. ॥ 5-21-15 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/24न यत्र वैकुण्ठकथासुधापगा न साधवो भागवतास्तदाश्रयाः । न यत्र यज्ञेशमखा महोत्सवाः सुरेशलोकोऽपि न वै स सेव्यताम् ॥ ५-१९-२४ ॥na yatra vaikuNThakathAsudhApagA na sAdhavo bhAgavatAstadAzrayAH । na yatra yajJezamakhA mahotsavAH surezaloko'pi na vai sa sevyatAm ॥ 5-19-24 ॥An intelligent person does not take interest in a place, even in the topmost planetary system, if the pure Ganges of topics concerning the Supreme Lord’s activities does not flow there, if there are not devotees engaged in service on the banks of such a river of piety, or if there are no festivals of saṅkīrtana-yajña to satisfy the Lord ॥ especially since saṅkīrtana-yajña is recommended in this age॥. ॥ 5-19-24 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/23कल्पायुषां स्थानजयात्पुनर्भवात् क्षणायुषां भारतभूजयो वरम् । क्षणेन मर्त्येन कृतं मनस्विनः सन्न्यस्य संयान्त्यभयं पदं हरेः ॥ ५-१९-२३ ॥kalpAyuSAM sthAnajayAtpunarbhavAt kSaNAyuSAM bhAratabhUjayo varam । kSaNena martyena kRtaM manasvinaH sannyasya saMyAntyabhayaM padaM hareH ॥ 5-19-23 ॥A short life in the land of Bharata-varṣa is preferable to a life achieved in Brahmaloka for millions and billions of years because even if one is elevated to Brahmaloka, he must return to repeated birth and death. Although life in Bhārata-varṣa, in a lower planetary system, is very short, one who lives there can elevate himself to full Kṛṣṇa consciousness and achieve the highest perfection, even in this short life, by fully surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Lord. Thus one attains Vaikuṇṭhaloka, where there is neither anxiety nor repeated birth in a material body. ॥ 5-19-23 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/21/14तस्मिन्नक्षे कृतमूलो द्वितीयोऽक्षस्तुर्यमानेन सम्मितस्तैलयन्त्राक्षवद्ध्रुवे कृतोपरिभागः ॥ ५-२१-१४ ॥tasminnakSe kRtamUlo dvitIyo'kSasturyamAnena sammitastailayantrAkSavaddhruve kRtoparibhAgaH ॥ 5-21-14 ॥As in an oil-pressing machine, this first axle is attached to a second axle, which is one-fourth as long ॥ 3,937,500 yojanas, or 31,500,000 miles॥. The upper end of this second axle is attached to Dhruvaloka by a rope of wind. ॥ 5-21-14 ॥