Srimad Bhagavatam 07.10.67-70 - Hear From Right Source (download mp3)
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SB 7.10.67
saram dhanusi sandhaya
muhurte 'bhijitisvarah
dadaha tena durbhedya
haro 'tha tripuro nrpa
Translation:
My dear King Yudhisthira, the most powerful Lord Siva joined the arrows to his bow, and at noon he set fire to all three residences of the demons and thus destroyed them.
SB 7.10.68
divi dundubhayo nedur
vimana-sata-sankulah
devarsi-pitr-siddhesa
jayeti kusumotkaraih
avakirañ jagur hrsta
nanrtus capsaro-ganah
Translation:
Seated in their airplanes in the sky, the inhabitants of the higher planetary systems beat many kettledrums. The demigods, saints, Pitas, Siddhas and various great personalities showered flowers on the head of Lord Siva, wishing him all victory, and the Apsaras began to chant and dance with great pleasure.
SB 7.10.69
evam dagdhva puras tisro
bhagavan pura-ha nrpa
brahmadibhih stuyamanah
svam dhama pratyapadyata
Translation:
O King Yudhisthira, thus Lord Siva is known as Tripurari, the annihilator of the three dwellings of the demons, because he burnt these dwellings to ashes. Being worshiped by the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, Lord Siva returned to his own abode.
SB 7.10.70
evam vidhany asya hareh sva-mayaya
vidambamanasya nr-lokam atmanah
viryani gitany rsibhir jagad-guror
lokam punanany aparam vadami kim
Translation:
The Lord, Sri Krsna, appeared as a human being, yet He performed many uncommon and wonderful pastimes by His own potency. How can I say more about His activities than what has already been said by great saintly persons? Everyone can be purified by His activities, simply by hearing about them from the right source.
Bhagavad-gita and all the Vedic literatures fully explain that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, appears in human society as an ordinary human being but acts very uncommonly for the well-being of the entire world. One should not be influenced by the illusory energy and think Lord Krsna to be an ordinary human being. Those who really seek the Absolute Truth come to the understanding that Krsna is everything (vasudevah sarvam iti). Such great souls are very rare. Nonetheless, if one studies the entire Bhagavad-gita as it is, Krsna is very easy to understand. The Krsna consciousness movement is just trying to make Krsna known all over the world as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]). If people take this movement seriously, their lives as human beings will be successful.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees."
