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- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/5पराभवस्तावदबोधजातो यावन्न जिज्ञासत आत्मतत्त्वम् । यावत्क्रियास्तावदिदं मनो वै कर्मात्मकं येन शरीरबन्धः ॥ ५-५-५ ॥parAbhavastAvadabodhajAto yAvanna jijJAsata Atmatattvam । yAvatkriyAstAvadidaM mano vai karmAtmakaM yena zarIrabandhaH ॥ 5-5-5 ॥As long as one does not inquire about the spiritual values of life, one is defeated and subjected to miseries arising from ignorance. Be it sinful or pious, karma has its resultant actions. If a person is engaged in any kind of karma, his mind is called karmātmaka, colored with fruitive activity. As long as the mind is impure, consciousness is unclear, and as long as one is absorbed in fruitive activity, he has to accept a material body. ॥ 5-5-5 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/4नूनं प्रमत्तः कुरुते विकर्म यदिन्द्रियप्रीतय आपृणोति । न साधु मन्ये यत आत्मनोऽयमसन्नपि क्लेशद आस देहः ॥ ५-५-४ ॥nUnaM pramattaH kurute vikarma yadindriyaprItaya ApRNoti । na sAdhu manye yata Atmano'yamasannapi klezada Asa dehaH ॥ 5-5-4 ॥When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he certainly becomes mad after materialistic living and engages in all kinds of sinful activity. He does not know that due to his past misdeeds he has already received a body which, although temporary, is the cause of his misery. Actually the living entity should not have taken on a material body, but he has been awarded the material body for sense gratification. Therefore I think it not befitting an intelligent man to involve himself again in the activities of sense gratification by which he perpetually gets material bodies one after another. ॥ 5-5-4 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/3ये वा मयीशे कृतसौहृदार्था जनेषु देहम्भरवार्तिकेषु । गृहेषु जायाऽऽत्मजरातिमत्सु न प्रीतियुक्ता यावदर्थाश्च लोके ॥ ५-५-३ ॥ye vA mayIze kRtasauhRdArthA janeSu dehambharavArtikeSu । gRheSu jAyA''tmajarAtimatsu na prItiyuktA yAvadarthAzca loke ॥ 5-5-3 ॥Those who are interested in reviving Kṛṣṇa consciousness and increasing their love of Godhead do not like to do anything that is not related to Kṛṣṇa. They are not interested in mingling with people who are busy maintaining their bodies, eating, sleeping, mating and defending. They are not attached to their homes, although they may be householders. Nor are they attached to wives, children, friends or wealth. At the same time, they are not indifferent to the execution of their duties. Such people are interested in collecting only enough money to keep the body and soul together. ॥ 5-5-3 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/2महत्सेवां द्वारमाहुर्विमुक्ते- स्तमोद्वारं योषितां सङ्गिसङ्गम् । महान्तस्ते समचित्ताः प्रशान्ता विमन्यवः सुहृदः साधवो ये ॥ ५-५-२ ॥mahatsevAM dvAramAhurvimukte- stamodvAraM yoSitAM saGgisaGgam । mahAntaste samacittAH prazAntA vimanyavaH suhRdaH sAdhavo ye ॥ 5-5-2 ॥One can attain the path of liberation from material bondage only by rendering service to highly advanced spiritual personalities. These personalities are impersonalists and devotees. Whether one wants to merge into the Lord’s existence or wants to associate with the Personality of Godhead, one should render service to the mahātmās. For those who are not interested in such activities, who associate with people fond of women and sex, the path to hell is wide open. The mahātmās are equipoised. They do not see any difference between one living entity and another. They are very peaceful and are fully engaged in devotional service. They are devoid of anger, and they work for the benefit of everyone. They do not behave in any abominable way. Such people are known as mahātmās. ॥ 5-5-2 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/1ऋषभ उवाच नायं देहो देहभाजां नृलोके कष्टान् कामानर्हते विड्भुजां ये । तपो दिव्यं पुत्रका येन सत्त्वं शुद्ध्येद्यस्माद्ब्रह्मसौख्यं त्वनन्तम् ॥ ५-५-१ ॥RSabha uvAca nAyaM deho dehabhAjAM nRloke kaSTAn kAmAnarhate viDbhujAM ye । tapo divyaM putrakA yena sattvaM zuddhyedyasmAdbrahmasaukhyaM tvanantam ॥ 5-5-1 ॥Lord Ṛṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one’s heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever. ॥ 5-5-1 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/12इति भागवतधर्मदर्शना नव महाभागवतास्तेषां सुचरितं भगवन् महिमोपबृंहितं वसुदेवनारदसंवादमुपशमायनमुपरिष्टाद्वर्णयिष्यामः ॥ ५-४-१२ ॥iti bhAgavatadharmadarzanA nava mahAbhAgavatAsteSAM sucaritaM bhagavan mahimopabRMhitaM vasudevanAradasaMvAdamupazamAyanamupariSTAdvarNayiSyAmaH ॥ 5-4-12 ॥These were all very exalted, advanced devotees and authorized preachers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. These devotees were glorified due to their strong devotion to Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore they were very exalted. To satisfy the mind perfectly, I ॥ Śukadeva Gosvāmī॥ shall hereafter describe the characteristics of these nine devotees when I discuss the conversation between Nārada and Vasudeva. ॥ 5-4-12 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/19स कदाचिदटमानो भगवान् ऋषभो ब्रह्मावर्तगतो ब्रह्मर्षिप्रवरसभायां प्रजानां निशामयन्तीनामात्मजानवहितात्मनः प्रश्रयप्रणयभरसुयन्त्रितानप्युपशिक्षयन्निति होवाच ॥ ५-४-१९ ॥sa kadAcidaTamAno bhagavAn RSabho brahmAvartagato brahmarSipravarasabhAyAM prajAnAM nizAmayantInAmAtmajAnavahitAtmanaH prazrayapraNayabharasuyantritAnapyupazikSayanniti hovAca ॥ 5-4-19 ॥Once while touring the world, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Lord, reached a place known as Brahmāvarta. There was a great conference of learned brāhmaṇas at that place, and all the King’s sons attentively heard the instructions of the brāhmaṇas there. At that assembly, within the hearing of the citizens, Ṛṣabhadeva instructed His sons, although they were already very well-behaved, devoted and qualified. He instructed them so that in the future they could rule the world very perfectly. Thus he spoke as follows. ॥ 5-4-19 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/18भगवतर्षभेण परिरक्ष्यमाण एतस्मिन् वर्षे न कश्चन पुरुषो वाञ्छत्यविद्यमानमिवात्मनोऽन्यस्मात् कथञ्चन किमपि कर्हिचिदवेक्षते भर्तर्यनुसवनं विजृम्भितस्नेहातिशयमन्तरेण ॥ ५-४-१८ ॥bhagavatarSabheNa parirakSyamANa etasmin varSe na kazcana puruSo vAJchatyavidyamAnamivAtmano'nyasmAt kathaJcana kimapi karhicidavekSate bhartaryanusavanaM vijRmbhitasnehAtizayamantareNa ॥ 5-4-18 ॥No one likes to possess anything that is like a will-o’-the-wisp or a flower in the sky, for everyone knows very well that such things do not exist. When Lord Ṛṣabhadeva ruled this planet of Bhāratavarṣa, even common men did not want to ask for anything, at any time or by any means. No one ever asks for a will-o’-the-wisp. In other words, everyone was completely satisfied, and therefore there was no chance of anyone’s asking for anything. The people were absorbed in great affection for the King. Since this affection was always expanding, they were not inclined to ask for anything. ॥ 5-4-18 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/17द्रव्यदेशकालवयःश्रद्धर्त्विग्विविधोद्देशोपचितैः सर्वैरपि क्रतुभिर्यथोपदेशं शतकृत्व इयाज ॥ ५-१४-१७ ॥dravyadezakAlavayaHzraddhartvigvividhoddezopacitaiH sarvairapi kratubhiryathopadezaM zatakRtva iyAja ॥ 5-14-17 ॥Lord Ṛṣabhadeva performed all kinds of sacrifices one hundred times according to the instructions of the Vedic literatures. Thus He satisfied Lord Viṣṇu in every respect. All the rituals were enriched by first-class ingredients. They were executed in holy places according to the proper time by priests who were all young and faithful. In this way Lord Viṣṇu was worshiped, and the prasāda was offered to all the demigods. Thus the functions and festivals were all successful. ॥ 5-4-17 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/16यद्यपि स्वविदितं सकलधर्मं ब्राह्मं गुह्यं ब्राह्मणैर्दर्शितमार्गेण सामादिभिरुपायैर्जनतामनुशशास ॥ ५-१४-१६ ॥yadyapi svaviditaM sakaladharmaM brAhmaM guhyaM brAhmaNairdarzitamArgeNa sAmAdibhirupAyairjanatAmanuzazAsa ॥ 5-14-16 ॥Although Lord Ṛṣabhadeva knew everything about confidential Vedic knowledge, which includes information about all types of occupational duties, He still maintained Himself as a kṣatriya and followed the instructions of the brāhmaṇas as they related to mind control, sense control, tolerance and so forth. Thus He ruled the people according to the system of varṇāśrama-dharma, which enjoins that the brāhmaṇas instruct the kṣatriyas and the kṣatriyas administer to the state through the vaiśyas and śūdras. ॥ 5-4-16 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/5पराभवस्तावदबोधजातो यावन्न जिज्ञासत आत्मतत्त्वम् । यावत्क्रियास्तावदिदं मनो वै कर्मात्मकं येन शरीरबन्धः ॥ ५-५-५ ॥parAbhavastAvadabodhajAto yAvanna jijJAsata Atmatattvam । yAvatkriyAstAvadidaM mano vai karmAtmakaM yena zarIrabandhaH ॥ 5-5-5 ॥As long as one does not inquire about the spiritual values of life, one is defeated and subjected to miseries arising from ignorance. Be it sinful or pious, karma has its resultant actions. If a person is engaged in any kind of karma, his mind is called karmātmaka, colored with fruitive activity. As long as the mind is impure, consciousness is unclear, and as long as one is absorbed in fruitive activity, he has to accept a material body. ॥ 5-5-5 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/4नूनं प्रमत्तः कुरुते विकर्म यदिन्द्रियप्रीतय आपृणोति । न साधु मन्ये यत आत्मनोऽयमसन्नपि क्लेशद आस देहः ॥ ५-५-४ ॥nUnaM pramattaH kurute vikarma yadindriyaprItaya ApRNoti । na sAdhu manye yata Atmano'yamasannapi klezada Asa dehaH ॥ 5-5-4 ॥When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he certainly becomes mad after materialistic living and engages in all kinds of sinful activity. He does not know that due to his past misdeeds he has already received a body which, although temporary, is the cause of his misery. Actually the living entity should not have taken on a material body, but he has been awarded the material body for sense gratification. Therefore I think it not befitting an intelligent man to involve himself again in the activities of sense gratification by which he perpetually gets material bodies one after another. ॥ 5-5-4 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/3ये वा मयीशे कृतसौहृदार्था जनेषु देहम्भरवार्तिकेषु । गृहेषु जायाऽऽत्मजरातिमत्सु न प्रीतियुक्ता यावदर्थाश्च लोके ॥ ५-५-३ ॥ye vA mayIze kRtasauhRdArthA janeSu dehambharavArtikeSu । gRheSu jAyA''tmajarAtimatsu na prItiyuktA yAvadarthAzca loke ॥ 5-5-3 ॥Those who are interested in reviving Kṛṣṇa consciousness and increasing their love of Godhead do not like to do anything that is not related to Kṛṣṇa. They are not interested in mingling with people who are busy maintaining their bodies, eating, sleeping, mating and defending. They are not attached to their homes, although they may be householders. Nor are they attached to wives, children, friends or wealth. At the same time, they are not indifferent to the execution of their duties. Such people are interested in collecting only enough money to keep the body and soul together. ॥ 5-5-3 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/2महत्सेवां द्वारमाहुर्विमुक्ते- स्तमोद्वारं योषितां सङ्गिसङ्गम् । महान्तस्ते समचित्ताः प्रशान्ता विमन्यवः सुहृदः साधवो ये ॥ ५-५-२ ॥mahatsevAM dvAramAhurvimukte- stamodvAraM yoSitAM saGgisaGgam । mahAntaste samacittAH prazAntA vimanyavaH suhRdaH sAdhavo ye ॥ 5-5-2 ॥One can attain the path of liberation from material bondage only by rendering service to highly advanced spiritual personalities. These personalities are impersonalists and devotees. Whether one wants to merge into the Lord’s existence or wants to associate with the Personality of Godhead, one should render service to the mahātmās. For those who are not interested in such activities, who associate with people fond of women and sex, the path to hell is wide open. The mahātmās are equipoised. They do not see any difference between one living entity and another. They are very peaceful and are fully engaged in devotional service. They are devoid of anger, and they work for the benefit of everyone. They do not behave in any abominable way. Such people are known as mahātmās. ॥ 5-5-2 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/5/1ऋषभ उवाच नायं देहो देहभाजां नृलोके कष्टान् कामानर्हते विड्भुजां ये । तपो दिव्यं पुत्रका येन सत्त्वं शुद्ध्येद्यस्माद्ब्रह्मसौख्यं त्वनन्तम् ॥ ५-५-१ ॥RSabha uvAca nAyaM deho dehabhAjAM nRloke kaSTAn kAmAnarhate viDbhujAM ye । tapo divyaM putrakA yena sattvaM zuddhyedyasmAdbrahmasaukhyaM tvanantam ॥ 5-5-1 ॥Lord Ṛṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one’s heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever. ॥ 5-5-1 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/12इति भागवतधर्मदर्शना नव महाभागवतास्तेषां सुचरितं भगवन् महिमोपबृंहितं वसुदेवनारदसंवादमुपशमायनमुपरिष्टाद्वर्णयिष्यामः ॥ ५-४-१२ ॥iti bhAgavatadharmadarzanA nava mahAbhAgavatAsteSAM sucaritaM bhagavan mahimopabRMhitaM vasudevanAradasaMvAdamupazamAyanamupariSTAdvarNayiSyAmaH ॥ 5-4-12 ॥These were all very exalted, advanced devotees and authorized preachers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. These devotees were glorified due to their strong devotion to Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore they were very exalted. To satisfy the mind perfectly, I ॥ Śukadeva Gosvāmī॥ shall hereafter describe the characteristics of these nine devotees when I discuss the conversation between Nārada and Vasudeva. ॥ 5-4-12 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/19स कदाचिदटमानो भगवान् ऋषभो ब्रह्मावर्तगतो ब्रह्मर्षिप्रवरसभायां प्रजानां निशामयन्तीनामात्मजानवहितात्मनः प्रश्रयप्रणयभरसुयन्त्रितानप्युपशिक्षयन्निति होवाच ॥ ५-४-१९ ॥sa kadAcidaTamAno bhagavAn RSabho brahmAvartagato brahmarSipravarasabhAyAM prajAnAM nizAmayantInAmAtmajAnavahitAtmanaH prazrayapraNayabharasuyantritAnapyupazikSayanniti hovAca ॥ 5-4-19 ॥Once while touring the world, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Lord, reached a place known as Brahmāvarta. There was a great conference of learned brāhmaṇas at that place, and all the King’s sons attentively heard the instructions of the brāhmaṇas there. At that assembly, within the hearing of the citizens, Ṛṣabhadeva instructed His sons, although they were already very well-behaved, devoted and qualified. He instructed them so that in the future they could rule the world very perfectly. Thus he spoke as follows. ॥ 5-4-19 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/18भगवतर्षभेण परिरक्ष्यमाण एतस्मिन् वर्षे न कश्चन पुरुषो वाञ्छत्यविद्यमानमिवात्मनोऽन्यस्मात् कथञ्चन किमपि कर्हिचिदवेक्षते भर्तर्यनुसवनं विजृम्भितस्नेहातिशयमन्तरेण ॥ ५-४-१८ ॥bhagavatarSabheNa parirakSyamANa etasmin varSe na kazcana puruSo vAJchatyavidyamAnamivAtmano'nyasmAt kathaJcana kimapi karhicidavekSate bhartaryanusavanaM vijRmbhitasnehAtizayamantareNa ॥ 5-4-18 ॥No one likes to possess anything that is like a will-o’-the-wisp or a flower in the sky, for everyone knows very well that such things do not exist. When Lord Ṛṣabhadeva ruled this planet of Bhāratavarṣa, even common men did not want to ask for anything, at any time or by any means. No one ever asks for a will-o’-the-wisp. In other words, everyone was completely satisfied, and therefore there was no chance of anyone’s asking for anything. The people were absorbed in great affection for the King. Since this affection was always expanding, they were not inclined to ask for anything. ॥ 5-4-18 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/17द्रव्यदेशकालवयःश्रद्धर्त्विग्विविधोद्देशोपचितैः सर्वैरपि क्रतुभिर्यथोपदेशं शतकृत्व इयाज ॥ ५-१४-१७ ॥dravyadezakAlavayaHzraddhartvigvividhoddezopacitaiH sarvairapi kratubhiryathopadezaM zatakRtva iyAja ॥ 5-14-17 ॥Lord Ṛṣabhadeva performed all kinds of sacrifices one hundred times according to the instructions of the Vedic literatures. Thus He satisfied Lord Viṣṇu in every respect. All the rituals were enriched by first-class ingredients. They were executed in holy places according to the proper time by priests who were all young and faithful. In this way Lord Viṣṇu was worshiped, and the prasāda was offered to all the demigods. Thus the functions and festivals were all successful. ॥ 5-4-17 ॥
- siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/4/16यद्यपि स्वविदितं सकलधर्मं ब्राह्मं गुह्यं ब्राह्मणैर्दर्शितमार्गेण सामादिभिरुपायैर्जनतामनुशशास ॥ ५-१४-१६ ॥yadyapi svaviditaM sakaladharmaM brAhmaM guhyaM brAhmaNairdarzitamArgeNa sAmAdibhirupAyairjanatAmanuzazAsa ॥ 5-14-16 ॥Although Lord Ṛṣabhadeva knew everything about confidential Vedic knowledge, which includes information about all types of occupational duties, He still maintained Himself as a kṣatriya and followed the instructions of the brāhmaṇas as they related to mind control, sense control, tolerance and so forth. Thus He ruled the people according to the system of varṇāśrama-dharma, which enjoins that the brāhmaṇas instruct the kṣatriyas and the kṣatriyas administer to the state through the vaiśyas and śūdras. ॥ 5-4-16 ॥