Srimad Bhagavatam

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सूत उवाच प्रश्नस्त्वया महर्षेऽयं कृतो लोकभ्रमापहः । नारायणकथा यत्र गीता कलिमलापहा ।। १२-८-६ ।।

sanskrit

Sūta Gosvāmī said: O great sage Śaunaka, your very question will help remove everyone’s illusion, for it leads to the topics of Lord Nārāyaṇa, which cleanse away the contamination of this Kali age. ।। 12-8-6 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

sUta uvAca praznastvayA maharSe'yaM kRto lokabhramApahaH | nArAyaNakathA yatra gItA kalimalApahA || 12-8-6 ||

hk transliteration

प्राप्तद्विजातिसंस्कारो मार्कण्डेयः पितुः क्रमात् । छन्दांस्यधीत्य धर्मेण तपःस्वाध्यायसंयुतः ।। १२-८-७ ।।

sanskrit

After being purified by his father’s performance of the prescribed rituals leading to Mārkaṇḍeya’s brahminical initiation, Mārkaṇḍeya studied the Vedic hymns and strictly observed the regulative principles. He became advanced in austerity and Vedic knowledge and remained a lifelong celibate. ।। 12-8-7 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

prAptadvijAtisaMskAro mArkaNDeyaH pituH kramAt | chandAMsyadhItya dharmeNa tapaHsvAdhyAyasaMyutaH || 12-8-7 ||

hk transliteration

बृहद्व्रतधरः शान्तो जटिलो वल्कलाम्बरः । बिभ्रत्कमण्डलुं दण्डमुपवीतं समेखलम् ।। १२-८-८ ।।

sanskrit

Appearing most peaceful with his matted hair and his clothing made of bark, he furthered his spiritual progress by carrying the mendicant’s waterpot, staff, sacred thread, brahmacārī belt, black deerskin, lotus-seed prayer beads and bundles of kuśa grass. ।। 12-8-8 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

bRhadvratadharaH zAnto jaTilo valkalAmbaraH | bibhratkamaNDaluM daNDamupavItaM samekhalam || 12-8-8 ||

hk transliteration

कृष्णाजिनं साक्षसूत्रं कुशांश्च नियमर्द्धये । अग्न्यर्कगुरुविप्रात्मस्वर्चयन् सन्ध्ययोर्हरिम् ।। १२-८-९ ।।

sanskrit

At the sacred junctures of the day he regularly worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead in five forms — the sacrificial fire, the sun, his spiritual master, the brāhmaṇas and the Supersoul within his heart. ।। 12-8-9 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

kRSNAjinaM sAkSasUtraM kuzAMzca niyamarddhaye | agnyarkaguruviprAtmasvarcayan sandhyayorharim || 12-8-9 ||

hk transliteration

सायं प्रातः स गुरवे भैक्ष्यमाहृत्य वाग्यतः । बुभुजे गुर्वनुज्ञातः सकृन्नो चेदुपोषितः ।। १२-८-१० ।।

sanskrit

Morning and evening he would go out begging, and upon returning he would present all the food he had collected to his spiritual master. Only when his spiritual master invited him would he silently take his one meal of the day; otherwise he would fast. ।। 12-8-10 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

sAyaM prAtaH sa gurave bhaikSyamAhRtya vAgyataH | bubhuje gurvanujJAtaH sakRnno cedupoSitaH || 12-8-10 ||

hk transliteration