Srimad Bhagavatam

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सूत उवाच अथ तं सुखमासीन उपासीनं बृहच्छ्रवाः । देवर्षिः प्राह विप्रर्षिं वीणापाणिः स्मयन्निव ।। १-५-१ ।।

sanskrit

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Thus the sage amongst the gods [Nārada], comfortably seated and apparently smiling, addressed the ṛṣi amongst the brāhmaṇas [Vedavyāsa]. ।। 1-5-1 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

sUta uvAca atha taM sukhamAsIna upAsInaM bRhacchravAH | devarSiH prAha viprarSiM vINApANiH smayanniva || 1-5-1 ||

hk transliteration

नारद उवाच पाराशर्य महाभाग भवतः कच्चिदात्मना । परितुष्यति शारीर आत्मा मानस एव वा ।। १-५-२ ।।

sanskrit

Addressing Vyāsadeva, the son of Parāśara, Nārada inquired: Are you satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-realization? ।। 1-5-2 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

nArada uvAca pArAzarya mahAbhAga bhavataH kaccidAtmanA | parituSyati zArIra AtmA mAnasa eva vA || 1-5-2 ||

hk transliteration

जिज्ञासितं सुसम्पन्नमपि ते महदद्भुतम् । कृतवान् भारतं यस्त्वं सर्वार्थपरिबृंहितम् ।। १-५-३ ।।

sanskrit

Your inquiries were full and your studies were also well fulfilled, and there is no doubt that you have prepared a great and wonderful work, the Mahābhārata, which is full of all kinds of Vedic sequences elaborately explained. ।। 1-5-3 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

jijJAsitaM susampannamapi te mahadadbhutam | kRtavAn bhArataM yastvaM sarvArthaparibRMhitam || 1-5-3 ||

hk transliteration

जिज्ञासितमधीतं च यत्तद्ब्रह्म सनातनम् । अथापि शोचस्यात्मानमकृतार्थ इव प्रभो ।। १-५-४ ।।

sanskrit

You have fully delineated the subject of impersonal Brahman as well as the knowledge derived therefrom. Why should you be despondent in spite of all this, thinking that you are undone, my dear prabhu? ।। 1-5-4 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

jijJAsitamadhItaM ca yattadbrahma sanAtanam | athApi zocasyAtmAnamakRtArtha iva prabho || 1-5-4 ||

hk transliteration

व्यास उवाच अस्त्येव मे सर्वमिदं त्वयोक्तं तथापि नात्मा परितुष्यते मे । तन्मूलमव्यक्तमगाधबोधं पृच्छामहे त्वात्मभवात्मभूतम् ।। १-५-५ ।।

sanskrit

Śrī Vyāsadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct. Despite all this, I am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due to your being the offspring of one [Brahmā] who is self-born [without mundane father and mother]. ।। 1-5-5 ।।

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hindi translation

vyAsa uvAca astyeva me sarvamidaM tvayoktaM tathApi nAtmA parituSyate me | tanmUlamavyaktamagAdhabodhaM pRcchAmahe tvAtmabhavAtmabhUtam || 1-5-5 ||

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