Srimad Bhagavatam

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निःश्रेयसाय लोकस्य धन्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् । तदिदं ग्राहयामास सुतमात्मवतां वरम् ।। १-३-४१ ।।

sanskrit

This story, which as the cream from all the Vedic literatures and histories was extracted by S'rîla Vyâsadeva, he delivered to his son who is the most respectable one among the self-realized souls. ।। 1-3-41 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

niHzreyasAya lokasya dhanyaM svastyayanaM mahat | tadidaM grAhayAmAsa sutamAtmavatAM varam || 1-3-41 ||

hk transliteration

सर्ववेदेतिहासानां सारं सारं समुद्धृतम् । स तु संश्रावयामास महाराजं परीक्षितम् ।। १-३-४२ ।।

sanskrit

Śukadeva 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. ।। 1-3-42 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

sarvavedetihAsAnAM sAraM sAraM samuddhRtam | sa tu saMzrAvayAmAsa mahArAjaM parIkSitam || 1-3-42 ||

hk transliteration

प्रायोपविष्टं गङ्गायां परीतं परमर्षिभिः । कृष्णे स्वधामोपगते धर्मज्ञानादिभिः सह ।। १-३-४३ ।।

sanskrit

This 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. ।। 1-3-43 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

prAyopaviSTaM gaGgAyAM parItaM paramarSibhiH | kRSNe svadhAmopagate dharmajJAnAdibhiH saha || 1-3-43 ||

hk transliteration

कलौ नष्टदृशामेष पुराणार्कोऽधुनोदितः । तत्र कीर्तयतो विप्रा विप्रर्षेर्भूरितेजसः ।। १-३-४४ ।।

sanskrit

O 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. ।। 1-3-44 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

kalau naSTadRzAmeSa purANArko'dhunoditaH | tatra kIrtayato viprA viprarSerbhUritejasaH || 1-3-44 ||

hk transliteration

अहं चाध्यगमं तत्र निविष्टस्तदनुग्रहात् । सोऽहं वः श्रावयिष्यामि यथाधीतं यथामति ।। १-३-४५ ।।

sanskrit

Now I shall try to make you hear the very same thing as I learned it from him and as I have realized it. ।। 1-3-45 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

ahaM cAdhyagamaM tatra niviSTastadanugrahAt | so'haM vaH zrAvayiSyAmi yathAdhItaM yathAmati || 1-3-45 ||

hk transliteration