Srimad Bhagavatam

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कर्त्रावित्रा प्रवक्त्रा च भवता मधुसूदन । त्यक्ते महीतले देव विनष्टं कः प्रवक्ष्यति ।। ११-१७-६ ।।

sanskrit

Thus, my dear Lord Madhusūdana, when You, who are the very creator, protector and speaker of spiritual knowledge, abandon the earth, who will again speak this lost knowledge? ।। 11-17-6 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

kartrAvitrA pravaktrA ca bhavatA madhusUdana | tyakte mahItale deva vinaSTaM kaH pravakSyati || 11-17-6 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/7

तत्त्वं नः सर्वधर्मज्ञ धर्मस्त्वद्भक्तिलक्षणः । यथा यस्य विधीयेत तथा वर्णय मे प्रभो ।। ११-१७-७ ।।

sanskrit

Therefore, my Lord, since You are the knower of all religious principles, please describe to me the human beings who may execute the path of loving service to You and how such service is to be rendered. ।। 11-17-7 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

tattvaM naH sarvadharmajJa dharmastvadbhaktilakSaNaH | yathA yasya vidhIyeta tathA varNaya me prabho || 11-17-7 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/8

श्रीशुक उवाच इत्थं स्वभृत्यमुख्येन पृष्टः स भगवान् हरिः । प्रीतः क्षेमाय मर्त्यानां धर्मानाह सनातनान् ।। ११-१७-८ ।।

sanskrit

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Śrī Uddhava, the best of devotees, thus inquired from the Lord. Hearing his question, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, was pleased and for the welfare of all conditioned souls spoke those religious principles that are eternal. ।। 11-17-8 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

zrIzuka uvAca itthaM svabhRtyamukhyena pRSTaH sa bhagavAn hariH | prItaH kSemAya martyAnAM dharmAnAha sanAtanAn || 11-17-8 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/9

श्रीभगवानुवाच धर्म्य एष तव प्रश्नो नैःश्रेयसकरो नृणाम् । वर्णाश्रमाचारवतां तमुद्धव निबोध मे ।। ११-१७-९ ।।

sanskrit

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, your question is faithful to religious principles and thus gives rise to the highest perfection in life, pure devotional service, for both ordinary human beings and the followers of the varṇāśrama system. Now please learn from Me those supreme religious principles. ।। 11-18-9 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

zrIbhagavAnuvAca dharmya eSa tava prazno naiHzreyasakaro nRNAm | varNAzramAcAravatAM tamuddhava nibodha me || 11-17-9 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/10

आदौ कृतयुगे वर्णो नृणां हंस इति स्मृतः । कृतकृत्याः प्रजा जात्या तस्मात्कृतयुगं विदुः ।। ११-१७-१० ।।

sanskrit

In the beginning, in Satya-yuga, there is only one social class, called haṁsa, to which all human beings belong. In that age all people are unalloyed devotees of the Lord from birth, and thus learned scholars call this first age Kṛta-yuga, or the age in which all religious duties are perfectly fulfilled. ।। 11-18-10 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

Adau kRtayuge varNo nRNAM haMsa iti smRtaH | kRtakRtyAH prajA jAtyA tasmAtkRtayugaM viduH || 11-17-10 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/6

कर्त्रावित्रा प्रवक्त्रा च भवता मधुसूदन । त्यक्ते महीतले देव विनष्टं कः प्रवक्ष्यति ।। ११-१७-६ ।।

sanskrit

Thus, my dear Lord Madhusūdana, when You, who are the very creator, protector and speaker of spiritual knowledge, abandon the earth, who will again speak this lost knowledge? ।। 11-17-6 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

kartrAvitrA pravaktrA ca bhavatA madhusUdana | tyakte mahItale deva vinaSTaM kaH pravakSyati || 11-17-6 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/7

तत्त्वं नः सर्वधर्मज्ञ धर्मस्त्वद्भक्तिलक्षणः । यथा यस्य विधीयेत तथा वर्णय मे प्रभो ।। ११-१७-७ ।।

sanskrit

Therefore, my Lord, since You are the knower of all religious principles, please describe to me the human beings who may execute the path of loving service to You and how such service is to be rendered. ।। 11-17-7 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

tattvaM naH sarvadharmajJa dharmastvadbhaktilakSaNaH | yathA yasya vidhIyeta tathA varNaya me prabho || 11-17-7 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/8

श्रीशुक उवाच इत्थं स्वभृत्यमुख्येन पृष्टः स भगवान् हरिः । प्रीतः क्षेमाय मर्त्यानां धर्मानाह सनातनान् ।। ११-१७-८ ।।

sanskrit

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Śrī Uddhava, the best of devotees, thus inquired from the Lord. Hearing his question, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, was pleased and for the welfare of all conditioned souls spoke those religious principles that are eternal. ।। 11-17-8 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

zrIzuka uvAca itthaM svabhRtyamukhyena pRSTaH sa bhagavAn hariH | prItaH kSemAya martyAnAM dharmAnAha sanAtanAn || 11-17-8 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/9

श्रीभगवानुवाच धर्म्य एष तव प्रश्नो नैःश्रेयसकरो नृणाम् । वर्णाश्रमाचारवतां तमुद्धव निबोध मे ।। ११-१७-९ ।।

sanskrit

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, your question is faithful to religious principles and thus gives rise to the highest perfection in life, pure devotional service, for both ordinary human beings and the followers of the varṇāśrama system. Now please learn from Me those supreme religious principles. ।। 11-18-9 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

zrIbhagavAnuvAca dharmya eSa tava prazno naiHzreyasakaro nRNAm | varNAzramAcAravatAM tamuddhava nibodha me || 11-17-9 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-11/17/10

आदौ कृतयुगे वर्णो नृणां हंस इति स्मृतः । कृतकृत्याः प्रजा जात्या तस्मात्कृतयुगं विदुः ।। ११-१७-१० ।।

sanskrit

In the beginning, in Satya-yuga, there is only one social class, called haṁsa, to which all human beings belong. In that age all people are unalloyed devotees of the Lord from birth, and thus learned scholars call this first age Kṛta-yuga, or the age in which all religious duties are perfectly fulfilled. ।। 11-18-10 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

Adau kRtayuge varNo nRNAM haMsa iti smRtaH | kRtakRtyAH prajA jAtyA tasmAtkRtayugaM viduH || 11-17-10 ||

hk transliteration