Srimad Bhagavatam

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राजोवाच परस्य विष्णोरीशस्य मायिनामपि मोहिनीम् । मायां वेदितुमिच्छामो भगवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु नः ।। ११-३-१ ।।

sanskrit

King Nimi said: Now we wish to learn about the illusory potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Viṣṇu, which bewilders even great mystics. My lords, please speak to us about this subject. ।। 11-3-1 ।।

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hindi translation

rAjovAca parasya viSNorIzasya mAyinAmapi mohinIm | mAyAM veditumicchAmo bhagavanto bruvantu naH || 11-3-1 ||

hk transliteration

नानुतृप्ये जुषन् युष्मद्वचो हरिकथामृतम् । संसारतापनिस्तप्तो मर्त्यस्तत्तापभेषजम् ।। ११-३-२ ।।

sanskrit

Although I am drinking the nectar of your statements about the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, my thirst is not yet satiated. Such nectarean descriptions of the Lord and His devotees are the actual medicine for conditioned souls like me, who are tormented by the threefold miseries of material existence. ।। 11-3-2 ।।

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hindi translation

nAnutRpye juSan yuSmadvaco harikathAmRtam | saMsAratApanistapto martyastattApabheSajam || 11-3-2 ||

hk transliteration

अन्तरिक्ष उवाच एभिर्भूतानि भूतात्मा महाभूतैर्महाभुज । ससर्जोच्चावचान्याद्यः स्वमात्रात्मप्रसिद्धये ।। ११-३-३ ।।

sanskrit

Śrī Antarīkṣa said: O mighty-armed King, by activating the material elements, the primeval Soul of all creation has sent forth all living beings in higher and lower species so that these conditioned souls can cultivate either sense gratification or ultimate liberation, according to their desire. ।। 11-3-3 ।।

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hindi translation

antarikSa uvAca ebhirbhUtAni bhUtAtmA mahAbhUtairmahAbhuja | sasarjoccAvacAnyAdyaH svamAtrAtmaprasiddhaye || 11-3-3 ||

hk transliteration

एवं सृष्टानि भूतानि प्रविष्टः पञ्चधातुभिः । एकधा दशधाऽऽत्मानं विभजन् जुषते गुणान् ।। ११-३-४ ।।

sanskrit

The Supersoul enters the material bodies of the created beings, activates the mind and senses, and thus causes the conditioned souls to approach the three modes of material nature for sense gratification. ।। 11-3-4 ।।

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hindi translation

evaM sRSTAni bhUtAni praviSTaH paJcadhAtubhiH | ekadhA dazadhA''tmAnaM vibhajan juSate guNAn || 11-3-4 ||

hk transliteration

गुणैर्गुणान् स भुञ्जान आत्मप्रद्योतितैः प्रभुः । मन्यमान इदं सृष्टमात्मानमिह सज्जते ।। ११-३-५ ।।

sanskrit

The individual living being, the master of the material body, uses his material senses, which have been activated by the Supersoul, to try to enjoy sense objects composed of the three modes of nature. Thus he misidentifies the created material body with the unborn eternal self and becomes entangled in the illusory energy of the Lord. ।। 11-3-5 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

guNairguNAn sa bhuJjAna AtmapradyotitaiH prabhuH | manyamAna idaM sRSTamAtmAnamiha sajjate || 11-3-5 ||

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