Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]

140,807 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavatapurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The extant edition contains 12 books originally written in 18,000 Sanskrit verses

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śrībhagavānuvāca |
yogasya lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye sabījasya nṛpātmaje |
mano yenaiva vidhinā prasannaṃ yāti satpatham || 1 ||
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svadharmācaraṇaṃ śaktyā vidharmācca nivartanam |
daivāllabdhena santoṣa ātmavit caraṇārcanam || 2 ||
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grāmyadharmanivṛttiśca mokṣadharmaratistathā |
mitamedhyādanaṃ śaśvad viviktakṣemasevanam || 3 ||
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ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ yāvadarthaparigrahaḥ |
brahmacaryaṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ svādhyāyaḥ puruṣārcanam || 4 ||
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maunaṃ sadā'sanajayaḥ sthairyaṃ prāṇajayaḥ śanaiḥ |
pratyāhāraścendriyāṇāṃ viṣayānmanasā hṛdi || 5 ||
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svadhiṣṇyānāṃ ekadeśe manasā prāṇadhāraṇam |
vaikuṇṭhalīlābhidhyānaṃ samādhānaṃ tathātmanaḥ || 6 ||
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etaiḥ anyaiśca pathibhiḥ mano duṣṭamasatpatham |
buddhyā yuñjīta śanakaiḥ jitaprāṇo hyatandritaḥ || 7 ||
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śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya vijitāsana āsanam |
tasmin svasti samāsīna ṛjukāyaḥ samabhyaset || 8 ||
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prāṇasya śodhayenmārgaṃ pūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ |
pratikūlena vā cittaṃ yathā sthiraṃ acañcalam || 9 ||
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mano'cirātsyād virajaṃ jitaśvāsasya yoginaḥ |
vāyvagnibhyāṃ yathā lohaṃ dhmātaṃ tyajati vai malam || 10 ||
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prāṇāyāmaiḥ dahed doṣān dhāraṇābhiśca kilbiṣān |
pratyāhāreṇa saṃsargān dhyānenānīśvarānguṇān || 11 ||
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yadā manaḥ svaṃ virajaṃ yogena susamāhitam |
kāṣṭhāṃ bhagavato dhyāyet svanāsāgrāvalokanaḥ || 12 ||
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prasannavadanāmbhojaṃ padmagarbhāruṇekṣaṇam |
nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam || 13 ||
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lasatpaṅkaja kiñjalka pītakauśeyavāsasam |
śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ bhrājat kaustubhāmuktakandharam || 14 ||
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mattadvirephakalayā parītaṃ vanamālayā |
parārdhyahāravalaya kirīṭāṅgadanūpuram || 15 ||
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kāñcīguṇollasat śroṇiṃ hṛdayāmbhojaviṣṭaram |
darśanīyatamaṃ śāntaṃ manonayana vardhanam || 16 ||
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apīcyadarśanaṃ śaśvat sarvalokanamaskṛtam |
santaṃ vayasi kaiśore bhṛtyānugrahakātaram || 17 ||
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kīrtanyatīrthayaśasaṃ puṇyaślokayaśaskaram |
dhyāyeddevaṃ samagrāṅgaṃ yāvanna cyavate manaḥ || 18 ||
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sthitaṃ vrajantamāsīnaṃ śayānaṃ vā guhāśayam |
prekṣaṇīyehitaṃ dhyāyet śuddhabhāvena cetasā || 19 ||
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tasminlabdhapadaṃ cittaṃ sarvāvayavasaṃsthitam |
vilakṣyaikatra saṃyujyād aṅge bhagavato muniḥ || 20 ||
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sañcintayed bhagavataścaraṇāravindaṃ |
vajrāṅkuśadhvaja saroruha lāñchanāḍhyam |
uttuṅgaraktavilasan nakhacakravāla |
jyotsnābhirāhatamahad hṛdayāndhakāram || 21 ||
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yacchaucaniḥsṛtasarit pravarodakena |
tīrthena mūrdhnyadhikṛtena śivaḥ śivo'bhūt |
dhyāturmanaḥśamalaśailanisṛṣṭavajraṃ |
dhyāyecciraṃ bhagavataścaraṇāravindam || 22 ||
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jānudvayaṃ jalajalocanayā jananyā |
lakṣmyākhilasya suravanditayā vidhātuḥ |
ūrvornidhāya karapallavarociṣā yat |
saṃlālitaṃ hṛdi vibhorabhavasya kuryāt || 23 ||
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ūrū suparṇabhujayoradhi śobhamānau |
ojonidhī atasikākusumāvabhāsau |
vyālambipītavaravāsasi vartamāna |
kāñcīkalāpaparirambhi nitambabimbam || 24 ||
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nābhihradaṃ bhuvanakośaguhodarasthaṃ |
yatrātmayonidhiṣaṇākhilalokapadmam |
vyūḍhaṃ harinmaṇivṛṣastanayoramuṣya |
dhyāyed dvayaṃ viśadahāramayūkhagauram || 25 ||
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vakṣo'dhivāsamṛṣabhasya mahāvibhūteḥ |
puṃsāṃ manonayananirvṛtimādadhānam |
kaṇṭhaṃ ca kaustubhamaṇeradhibhūṣaṇārthaṃ |
kuryānmanasyakhila lokanamaskṛtasya || 26 ||
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bāhūṃśca mandaragireḥ parivartanena |
nirṇiktabāhuvalayān adhilokapālān |
sañcintayed daśaśatāramasahyatejaḥ |
śaṅkhaṃ ca tatkarasaroruharājahaṃsam || 27 ||
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kaumodakīṃ bhagavato dayitāṃ smareta |
digdhāmarātibhaṭaśoṇitakardamena |
mālāṃ madhuvratavarūthagiropaghuṣṭāṃ |
caityasya tattvamamalaṃ maṇimasya kaṇṭhe || 28 ||
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bhṛtyānukampitadhiyeha gṛhītamūrteḥ |
sañcintayed bhagavato vadanāravindam |
yadvisphuran makarakuṇḍalavalgitena |
vidyotitāmalakapolamudāranāsam || 29 ||
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yacchrīniketamalibhiḥ parisevyamānaṃ |
bhūtyā svayā kuṭilakuntalavṛndajuṣṭam |
mīnadvayāśrayamadhikṣipadabjanetraṃ |
dhyāyen manomayamatandrita ullasad‍bhru || 30 ||
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tasyāvalokamadhikaṃ kṛpayātighora |
tāpatrayopaśamanāya nisṛṣṭamakṣṇoḥ |
snigdhasmitānuguṇitaṃ vipulaprasādaṃ |
dhyāyecciraṃ vipulabhāvanayā guhāyām || 31 ||
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hāsaṃ hareravanatākhilalokatīvra |
śokāśrusāgaraviśoṣaṇamatyudāram |
sammohanāya racitaṃ nijamāyayāsya |
bhrūmaṇḍalaṃ munikṛte makaradhvajasya || 32 ||
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dhyānāyanaṃ prahasitaṃ bahulādharoṣṭha |
bhāsāruṇāyitatanudvijakundapaṅkti |
dhyāyetsvadehakuhare'vasitasya viṣṇoḥ |
bhaktyārdrayārpitamanā na pṛthagdidṛkṣet || 33 ||
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evaṃ harau bhagavati pratilabdhabhāvo |
bhaktyā dravaddhṛdaya utpulakaḥ pramodāt |
autkaṇṭhyabāṣpakalayā muhurardyamānaḥ |
taccāpi cittabaḍiśaṃ śanakairviyuṅkte || 34 ||
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muktāśrayaṃ yarhi nirviṣayaṃ viraktaṃ |
nirvāṇamṛcchati manaḥ sahasā yathārciḥ |
ātmānamatra puruṣo'vyavadhānamekam |
anvīkṣate pratinivṛttaguṇapravāhaḥ || 35 ||
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so'pyetayā caramayā manaso nivṛttyā |
tasmin mahimnyavasitaḥ sukhaduḥkhabāhye |
hetutvamapyasati kartari duḥkhayoryat |
svātmanvidhatta upalabdhaparātmakāṣṭhaḥ || 36 ||
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dehaṃ ca taṃ na caramaḥ sthitamutthitaṃ vā |
siddho vipaśyati yato'dhyagamatsvarūpam |
daivādupetamatha daivavaśādapetaṃ |
vāso yathā parikṛtaṃ madirāmadāndhaḥ || 37 ||
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deho'pi daivavaśagaḥ khalu karma yāvat |
svārambhakaṃ pratisamīkṣata eva sāsuḥ |
taṃ saprapañcamadhirūḍhasamādhiyogaḥ |
svāpnaṃ punarna bhajate pratibuddhavastuḥ || 38 ||
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yathā putrācca vittācca pṛthaṅmartyaḥ pratīyate |
apyātmatvenābhimatād dehādeḥ puruṣastathā || 39 ||
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yatholmukād visphuliṅgād dhūmādvāpi svasambhavāt |
apyātmatvenābhimatād yathāgniḥ pṛthagulmukāt || 40 ||
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bhūtendriyāntaḥkaraṇāt pradhānāt jīvasaṃjñitāt |
ātmā tathā pṛthagdraṣṭā bhagavān brahmasaṃjñitaḥ || 41 ||
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sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani |
īkṣetān anyabhāvena bhūteṣviva tadātmatām || 42 ||
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svayoniṣu yathā jyotiḥ ekaṃ nānā pratīyate |
yonīnāṃ guṇavaiṣamyāt tathātmā prakṛtau sthitaḥ || 43 ||
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tasmād imāṃ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ daivīṃ sadasadātmikām |
durvibhāvyāṃ parābhāvya svarūpeṇāvatiṣṭhate || 44 ||
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iti śrīmadbhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ |
tṛtīyaskandhe aṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 28 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 28

Cover of edition (2012)

Shrimad Bhagavat Maha Puranam
by (2012)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 768 pages.

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Cover of edition (1999)

Bhagavata Purana: With the Commentary of Sridhara Svamin
by (1999)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 829 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri

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Cover of edition (2011)

The Bhagavata Purana (5 Volumes)
by G. P. Bhatt (2011)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 2241 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri

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Cover of edition (2013)

The Srimad Bhagavata Purana: Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (2013)

Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 17691 pages; 18 volumes; Sanskrit Text, Word-to-Word Meaning, Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation

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Cover of Bengali edition

Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana in Bengali
by (2018)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 2035 pages.

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