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O Great Brahman, it is not fit indeed that Jivas like him destitute of attachment should thus take to the house-holder’s life. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.3) mahatāṃ khalu viprarṣe uttamaśloka-pādayoḥ / chāyā-nirvṛta-cittānāṃ na kuṭumbe spṛhā-matiḥ // > 3. O Brahmin sage, great souls whose mind is serene and happy under the shelter of the glorious Lord’s feet do not indeed entertain a wish for the worldly life. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.4) saṃśayo 'yaṃ mahān brahman dārāgāra-sutādiṣu / saktasya yat siddhir abhūt kṛṣṇe ca matir acyutā // > 4. Here is a great doubt, O Sage, how, though attached to his wife, house, children and the like, he attained wisdom and uninterrupted devotion to Krishna. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.5) /0 śrī-śuka uvāca bāḍham uktaṃ bhagavata uttamaślokasya śrīmac-caraṇāravinda-makaranda-rasa āveśita-cetaso bhāgavata-paramahaṃsa-dayita-kathāṃ kiñcid antarāya-vihatāṃ svāṃ śivatamāṃ padavīṃ na prāyeṇa hinvanti // > 5. Sri Suka said:— Well said. Those whose heart is (by nature) taken up with the charm of honey in the lotus of the splendid feet of the Lord of glorious name, do not, in spite of some > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > obstacles, mostly abandon the most happy, and their own, path of discoursing on Vasudeva, the beloved Lord of Paramahamsas. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.6) \_\* yarhi vāva ha rājan sa rāja-putraḥ priyavrataḥ parama-bhāgavato nāradasya caraṇopasevayāñjasāvagata-paramārtha-satattvo brahma-satreṇa dīkṣiṣyamāṇo 'vani-tala-paripālanāyāmnāta-pravara-guṇa-gaṇaikānta-bhājanatayā sva-pitropāmantrito bhagavati vāsudeva evāvyavadhāna-samādhi-yogena samāveśita-sakala-kāraka-kriyā-kalāpo naivābhyanandad yadyapi tad apratyāmnātavyaṃ tad-adhikaraṇa ātmano 'nyasmād asato 'pi parābhavam anvīkṣamāṇaḥ // > 6. When indeed that prince, Priyavrata, foremost among the devout, had obtained full light of truth by worshipping Narada's feet, and was intent on devoting his life to the contemplation of the Supreme Being; and when, as the sole abode of all the world he was called upon by his father (to assume the reins of government), he could not refuse it, though he did not welcome it; for he had directed all his senses and resigned their functions to the glorious Vasudeva in uninterrupted meditation and saw that in that office there would be serious interruption to his course even from the baseless world. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.7) \_\* atha ha bhagavān ādi-deva etasya guṇa-visargasya paribṛṃhaṇānudhyāna-vyavasita-sakala-jagad-abhiprāya ātma-yonir akhila-nigama-nija-gaṇa-pariveṣṭitaḥ sva-bhavanād avatatāra // > 7. Thereupon the worshipful Brahma, born of Atman (Vishnu) and first among the gods, conclusively comprehended the idea of the whole world by virtue of his meditation how to make the creation of gunas full and complete, came down from his region, waited upon by all the Vedas and his own sons and attendants. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.8) \_\* sa tatra tatra gagana-tala uḍu-patir iva vimānāvalibhir anupatham amara-parivṛḍhair abhipūjyamānaḥ pathi pathi ca varūthaśaḥ siddha-gandharva-sādhya-cāraṇa-muni-gaṇair upagīyamāno gandha-mādana-droṇīm avabhāsayann upasasarpa // > 8. At different points through his heavenly passage in the sky, he (\_Chaturmukha Brahma\_), who shone like the moon, was worshipped by the great gods who rode in their celestial cars and appeared in several groups; being panegyrised by \_Siddhas\_, \_Gandharvas\_, \_Sadhyas\_, \_Charanas\_ and \_Rishis\_, he descended into the valley of Mount \_Gandhamadana\_ which he illuminated with his lustre. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.9) \_\* tatra ha vā enaṃ devarṣir haṃsa-yānena pitaraṃ bhagavantaṃ hiraṇya-garbham upalabhamānaḥ sahasaivotthāyārhaṇena saha pitā-putrābhyām avahitāñjalir upatasthe // > 9. There indeed recognising by his vehicle of the swan, the worshipful Brahma as his father, the divine sage Narada rose in haste, went forth with articles of worship, along with the father and son (Manu and his son Priyavrata), and with folded hands offered his prayer. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.10) \_\* bhagavān api bhārata tad-upanītārhaṇaḥ sūkta-vākenātitarām udita-guṇa-gaṇāvatāra-sujayaḥ priyavratam ādi-puruṣas taṃ sadaya-hāsāvaloka iti hovāca // > 10. O Bharata, the glorious Brahma also accepted the offering brought to him by Narada and being panegyrised in befitting language for his various attributes, Avataras, and victories, the First Person, with words full of compassion, smilingly spoke thus. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.11) \_\* /0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca nibodha tātedam ṛtaṃ bravīmi māsūyituṃ devam arhasy aprameyam / vayaṃ bhavas te tata eṣa maharṣir vahāma sarve vivaśā yasya diṣṭam // > 11. Brahma said:—Know thou, dear child, I tell thee this piece of truth. It is not fit that thou findest fault with the true unlimited God; ourselves (myself), God Siva, and thy father, all these as well as this great sage, all powerlessly under His influence, bear his command. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.12) na tasya kaścit tapasā vidyayā vā na yoga-vīryeṇa manīṣayā vā / naivārtha-dharmaiḥ parataḥ svato vā kṛtaṃ vihantuṃ tanu-bhṛd vibhūyāt // > 12. Could any person undo or alter what He has done, either by his power, tapas, or knowledge, or by dint of yogic or intellectual power, or by force of wealth, or righteous acts, or by himself, or through others. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.13) bhavāya nāśāya ca karma kartuṃ śokāya mohāya sadā bhayāya / sukhāya duḥkhāya ca deha-yogam avyakta-diṣṭaṃ janatāṅga dhatte // > 13. As a means leading to birth, death, performances of karma, grief, delusion, constant fear, pleasure and pain, people (beings) bear, O beloved Priyavrata, this bodily relation, instituted by the unmanifest Lord. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.14) yad-vāci tantyāṃ guṇa-karma-dāmabhiḥ sudustarair vatsa vayaṃ suyojitāḥ / sarve vahāmo balim īśvarāya protā nasīva dvi-pade catuṣ-padaḥ // > 14. Being linked together by the wire of His word with the inextricable knots of guna and karma, we all bear our offering to the supreme Ruler even as the four-footed animals that are governed by the strings run through their nostrils do the will of man (the bifooted). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.15) īśābhisṛṣṭaṃ hy avarundhmahe 'ṅga duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vā guṇa-karma-saṅgāt / āsthāya tat tad yad ayuṅkta nāthaś cakṣuṣmatāndhā iva nīyamānāḥ // > 15. O beloved one, like the blind led by one that has the power of sight, we (inevitably) enjoy only whatever is bestowed upon us by the Lord, pleasurable or painful, abiding in the various bodies which the Lord is pleased to appoint on account of our attachment to guna and karma. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.16) mukto 'pi tāvad bibhṛyāt sva-deham ārabdham aśnann abhimāna-śūnyaḥ / yathānubhūtaṃ pratiyāta-nidraḥ kiṃ tv anya-dehāya guṇān na vṛṅkte // > 16. Though realised (intellectually) he should continue to live in his body experiencing (the fruit of his Prarabdha Karma) till it remains, but without any attachment, like one who has risen from sleep and feels no attachment to what he experienced in a dream. However he does not acquire or add to Karma and Vasana leading to other bodies (another body). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.17) bhayaṃ pramattasya vaneṣv api syād yataḥ sa āste saha-ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ / jitendriyasyātma-rater budhasya gṛhāśramaḥ kiṃ nu karoty avadyam // > 17. There might be fear (of falling into Samsara) for one who, having escaped to the forest from the house, still continues to be careless, \*i. e.\*, who has no control over his senses and mind; for he is even there beset by the six enemies (of passions). On the other hand what harm could the householder's life do to the wise man who has subdued his senses and finds delight in Atman? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.18) yaḥ ṣaṭ sapatnān vijigīṣamāṇo gṛheṣu nirviśya yateta pūrvam / atyeti durgāśrita ūrjitārīn kṣīṇeṣu kāmaṃ vicared vipaścit // > 18. He, who, while in the house, would at the outset intently try to conquer the six enemies can, ike one in a stronghold, overcome them, deep-rooted as they be; and when they grow weak the wise man may freely proceed (with his devout work in or out of house). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.19) tvaṃ tv abja-nābhāṅghri-saroja-kośa- durgāśrito nirjita-ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ / bhuṅkṣveha bhogān puruṣātidiṣṭān vimukta-saṅgaḥ prakṛtiṃ bhajasva // > 19. But thou hast already taken shelter in the stronghold of the lotus-like feet of Hari and subdued the six enemies: now thou mayest enjoy the blessings showered on thee by the Supreme Person and then, having renounced all attachment, return to thy essential nature. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.20) /0 śrī-śuka uvāca iti samabhihito mahā-bhāgavato bhagavatas tri-bhuvana-guror anuśāsanam ātmano laghutayāvanata-śirodharo bāḍham iti sabahu-mānam uvāha // > 20. Sri Suka said:— Thus spoken to, the great devotee (of the Lord) felt his own littleness, bent his head \[or felt the weighty character of the demand\]; and respectfully accepted the command of Brahma, the worshipful father of the three worlds with the words, "I will do it". > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.21) \_\* bhagavān api manunā yathāvad upakalpitāpacitiḥ priyavrata-nāradayor aviṣamam abhisamīkṣamāṇayor ātmasam avasthānam avāṅ-manasaṃ kṣayam avyavahṛtaṃ pravartayann agamat // > 21. And the worshipful Brahma accepted the worship duly offered by Manu. While Priyavrata and Narada were looking on with unperturbed eyes he retired to his abode which lies beyond the > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > range of word and thought, so that he may indulge himself in (the contemplation of) Brahman who is beyond the range of ordinary perception. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.22) \_\* manur api pareṇaivaṃ pratisandhita-manorathaḥ surarṣi-varānumatenātmajam akhila-dharā-maṇḍala-sthiti-guptaya āsthāpya svayam ati-viṣama-viṣaya-viṣa-jalāśayāśāyā upararāma // > 22. Manu too, with the same wish inculcated into him by the four-faced Brahma and with the permission of the great divine sage, appointed his son as the protector of the world as made by Him and he turned away from the direction of the poisonous waters of the most troublesome worldly objects (from the householder's life). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.23) \_\* iti ha vāva sa jagatī-patir īśvarecchayādhiniveśita-karmādhikāro 'khila-jagad-bandha-dhvaṃsana-parānubhāvasya bhagavata ādi-puruṣasyāṅghri-yugalānavarata-dhyānānubhāvena parirandhita-kaṣāyāśayo 'vadāto 'pi māna-vardhano mahatāṃ mahītalam anuśaśāsa // > 23. Thus, indeed, being appointed by God's will to do active duty, that lord of the earth, by virtue of the First and Supreme Person, the glorious Lord whose glory consists in destroying the bondage of all beings, got rid of all the impurities of heart and mind (likes, dislikes, etc.,) and cherished great regard for the greatness of the great like Brahma and others while he ruled the earth. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.24) \_\* atha ca duhitaraṃ prajāpater viśvakarmaṇa upayeme barhiṣmatīṃ nāma tasyām u ha vāva ātmajān ātma-samāna-śīla-guṇa-karma-rūpa-vīryodārān daśa bhāvayām babhūva kanyāṃ ca yavīyasīm ūrjasvatīṃ nāma // > 24. Accordingly he married the daugbter, by name, Barhishmati, of Visvakarman, the Prajapati. Wonderful is the Lord's will! And as is well-known, he had by her ten sons who were all like him great in character, qualities, capacity for work, beauty of form and energy and also a daughter, youngest of all, by name, Urjasvati. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.25) \_\* āgnīdhredhmajihva-yajñabāhu-mahāvīra-hiraṇyareto-ghṛtapṛṣṭha-savana-medhātithi-vītihotra-kavaya iti sarva evāgni-nāmānaḥ // > 25 Agnidhra, Idmajihva, Yajnabahu, Mahavira, Hiranyaretas, Ghritaprishta—thus all these bore the (different) names of Agni. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.26) \_\* eteṣāṃ kavir mahāvīraḥ savana iti traya āsann ūrdhva-retasas ta ātma-vidyāyām arbha-bhāvād ārabhya kṛta-paricayāḥ pāramahaṃsyam evāśramam abhajan // > 26. Of these Kavi, Mahavira, Savana—these three were bachelors throughout life; they from their infancy cultivated acquaintance with the science of Self-knowledge and adopted only the strictest and highest form of ascetic life. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.27) \_\* tasminn u ha vā upaśama-śīlāḥ paramarṣayaḥ sakala-jīva-nikāyāvāsasya bhagavato vāsudevasya bhītānāṃ śaraṇa-bhūtasya śrīmac-caraṇāravindāvirata-smaraṇāvigalita-parama-bhakti-yogānu-bhāvena paribhāvitāntar-hṛdayādhigate bhagavati sarveṣāṃ bhūtānām ātma-bhūte pratyag-ātmany evātmanas tādātmyam aviśeṣeṇa samīyuḥ // > 27. In that (life) they indeed in a wonderful degree secured tranquility and became the best of Rishis (wise men) by virtue of their intense and uninterrupted devotion developed by the constant remembrance of the glorious lotus-like feet of the Almighty Lord Vasudeva, who is the asylum of those that are in fear (of Samsara), > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > and who dwells in the body of every being; and having, in their heart purified by devotion, realised the Lord, the Atman of all beings as distinct from gross existences and having become free from all gross environments of body and other things they attained to the state of being one with Atman. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.28) \_\* anyasyām api jāyāyāṃ trayaḥ putrā āsann uttamas tāmaso raivata iti manvantarādhipatayaḥ // > 28. Also by another wife he had three other sons, named Uttama, Tamasa and Raivata who became the rulers of Manvantaras. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.29) \_\* evam upaśamāyaneṣu sva-tanayeṣv atha jagatī-patir jagatīm arbudāny ekādaśa parivatsarāṇām avyāhatākhila-puruṣa-kāra-sāra-sambhṛta-dor-daṇḍa-yugalāpīḍita-maurvī-guṇa-stanita-viramita-dharma-pratipakṣo barhiṣmatyāś cānudinam edhamāna-pramoda-prasaraṇa-yauṣiṇya-vrīḍā-pramuṣita-hāsāvaloka-rucira-kṣvely-ādibhiḥ parābhūyamāna-viveka ivānavabudhyamāna iva mahāmanā bubhuje // > 29. Thus, his sons being given to practising habits of tranquility, the Lord of the earth ruled the world for eleven Arbuda years, and subdued all that rose against righteousness by the mere twang of the bow-string which he drew with his (two) stout arms, full of that strength by which all his efforts were fruitful without any obstruction; and the king of spacious mind enjoyed the pleasures of life as if his discretion were clouded, or, as if he failed to realise his true self, in the midst of the daily growing delights through respectful attentions of his wife Burhishmati who went forth to meet him in her womanly graces, of hesitating smiles and looks checked by bashfulness and entertaining jokes and conversations. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.30) \_\* yāvad avabhāsayati sura-girim anuparikrāman bhagavān ādityo vasudhā-talam ardhenaiva pratapaty ardhenāvacchādayati tadā hi bhagavad-upāsanopacitāti-puruṣa-prabhāvas tad anabhinandan samajavena rathena jyotirmayena rajanīm api dinaṃ kariṣyāmīti sapta-kṛt vastaraṇim anuparyakrāmad dvitīya iva pataṅgaḥ // > 30. Of the extent of the world (up to the Lokaloka mountains) which is lighted by the sun in his circuit round the Mount Meru, he makes at a time one half bright with his light and leaves the other half enveloped in darkness. Then (during his reign) the emperor Priyavrata, like another sun, not being pleased with the division of time into day and night and being possessed of superhuman glory that had developed by the contemplation of the Almighty Lord, made seven circuits following the sun, determined to make night also day as he rode in his luminous chariot, which ran as fast as the chariot of the great luminary. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.31) \_\* ye vā u ha tad-ratha-caraṇa-nemi-kṛta-parikhātās te sapta sindhava āsan yata eva kṛtāḥ sapta bhuvo dvīpāḥ // > 31 & 32. The hollows (moats), wonderful as they are, caused by the tyres of the wheels of his chariot, became the seven seas and by those seas seven Dwipas of land are enclosed; they are called Plaksha, Salmali, Kusa, Krouncha, Saka, Jambu and Pushkara. Listen to my description of their dimensions. Every two of the > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.32) \_\* jambū-plakṣa-śālmali-kuśa-krauñca-śāka-puṣkara-saṃjñās teṣāṃ parimāṇaṃ pūrvasmāt pūrvasmād uttara uttaro yathā-saṅkhyaṃ dvi-guṇa-mānena bahiḥ samantata upakḷptāḥ // > Dwipas is separated by a sea and every Dwipa is in area double that of the one that is interior to it. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > 33. Of salt, juice, sugarcane, nectar, clarified butter, curd, milk and pure water are the seven seas which are the moats of the seven Dwipas and equal in extent to the Dwipas they severally enclose; every one of the seas in the given order is the outer boundary of the Dwipa enclosed by it; in those Dwipas Barhishmati's Lord appointed as rulers his dutiful sons, namely, Agnidhra, Idhmajihva, Yajnabahu, Hiranyaretas, Ghritaprishta, Medhatithi and Veetihotra: and in the said order they severally ruled their Dwipas. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.33) \_\* duhitaraṃ corjasvatīṃ nāmośanase prāyacchad yasyām āsīd devayānī nāma kāvya-sutā // > 34. He bestowed his daughter Urjasvati upon Usanas and of her was born the famous daughter of Sukra called Devayani. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.34) \_\* naivaṃ-vidhaḥ puruṣa-kāra urukramasya $ puṃsāṃ tad-aṅghri-rajasā jita-ṣaḍ-guṇānām & naivaṃ-vidhaḥ puruṣa-kāra urukramasya $ puṃsāṃ tad-aṅghri-rajasā jita-ṣaḍ-guṇānām & citraṃ vidūra-vigataḥ sakṛd ādadīta % yan-nāmadheyam adhunā sa jahāti bandham // > 35. In the case of persons who, by virtue of the dust on the feet of the Lord, have controlled the six enemies, it is no wonder that human effort is capable of such results; for he, who, though standing very low in the social scale, utters but once the name of the Omnipotent Lord, shakes off the mortal bondage. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.35) \* // sa evam aparimita-bala-parākrama ekadā tu devarṣi-caraṇānuśayanānu-patita-guṇa-visarga-saṃsargeṇānirvṛtam ivātmānaṃ manyamāna ātma-nirveda idam āha // > 36. He who was thus possessed of incalculable strength and prowess and who had been brought in contact with the product of the three gunas (viz., the rulership of the world), after he sat as a disciple under the feet of the divine sage Narada—he regarded himself to be one devoid of happiness (had a strong feeling of disgust towards every worldly object) and observed to himself thus:— > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.36) \_\* aho asādhv anuṣṭhitaṃ yad abhiniveśito 'ham indriyair avidyā-racita-viṣama-viṣayāndha-kūpe tad alam alam amuṣyā vanitāyā vinoda-mṛgaṃ māṃ dhig dhig iti garhayāṃ cakāra // > 37. "Oh, what a wrong thing has been done! Enough with this fall brought on by the senses into the well of obnoxious objects produced by Avidya; fie upon me, the animal (beast) kept for the recreation of this woman"—thus he condemned himself. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.37) \_\* para-devatā-prasādādhigatātma-pratyavamarśenānupravṛttebhyaḥ putrebhya imāṃ yathā-dāyaṃ vibhajya bhukta-bhogāṃ ca mahiṣīṃ mṛtakam iva saha mahā-vibhūtim apahāya svayaṃ nihita-nirvedo hṛdi gṛhīta-hari-vihārānubhāvo bhagavato nāradasya padavīṃ punar evānusasāra // > 38. Recovering his clear thoughts of self through the grace of the Supreme Deity, he divided the earth, according to law, among his dutiful sons and abandoned like a dead body his queen with whom he had enough of enjoyment, as also his great wealth; and with his heart full of disgust for worldly things and with a mind > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > full of fortitude arising from a true sense of Lord's presence, he again followed the footsteps of the worshipful Narada. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.38) \_\* /0 tasya ha vā ete ślokāḥ priyavrata-kṛtaṃ karma ko nu kuryād vineśvaram / yo nemi-nimnair akaroc chāyāṃ ghnan sapta vāridhīn // > These are the verses sung of old in praise of Priyavrata. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > 39. Who else than the supreme Ruler could do the work of Priyavrata (what Priyavrata did), who dispelled darkness and caused hollows to be formed by the wheels of his chariot which became the seven oceans? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.39) bhū-saṃsthānaṃ kṛtaṃ yena sarid-giri-vanādibhiḥ / sīmā ca bhūta-nirvṛtyai dvīpe dvīpe vibhāgaśaḥ // > 40. By him the classification was made of land, fixing rivers, mountains and forests as boundaries for the convenience of beings and that in every Dwipa distinctly. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [5.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1.40) bhaumaṃ divyaṃ mānuṣaṃ ca mahitvaṃ karma-yogajam / yaś cakre nirayaupamyaṃ puruṣānujana-priyaḥ // > 41. He who loved the followers of (the devotees of) the Supreme and Perfect Person, regarded as hell the glories acquired in the \*Patala\*, \*Swarga\* and mortal worlds (the three worlds) by means of Karmayoga. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.5.1.p2) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.5.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.1) · Pramāṇa