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The demigods continue: After performing the very difficult tasks of executing Vedic ritualistic sacrifices, undergoing austerities, observing vows and giving …

A short life in the land of Bharata-varṣa is preferable to a life achieved in Brahmaloka for millions and billions …

An intelligent person does not take interest in a place, even in the topmost planetary system, if the pure Ganges …

Bhārata-varṣa offers the proper land and circumstances in which to execute devotional service, which can free one from the results …

In India [Bhārata-varṣa], there are many worshipers of the demigods, the various officials appointed by the Supreme Lord, such as …

The Supreme Personality of Godhead fulfills the material desires of a devotee who approaches Him with such motives, but He …

We are now living in the heavenly planets, undoubtedly as a result of our having performed ritualistic ceremonies, pious activities …

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, in the opinion of some learned scholars, eight smaller islands surround Jambūdvīpa. When …

My dear King Parīkṣit, O best of the descendants of Bharata Mahārāja, I have thus described to you, as I …

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; kimpuruṣe varṣe — the tract of land known as Kimpuruṣa; bhagavantam …

ārṣṭi-ṣeṇena — Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, the chief personality of Kimpuruṣa-varṣa; saha — with; gandharvaiḥ — by a company of Gandharvas; anugīyamānām — …

om — O my Lord; namaḥ — my respectful obeisances; bhagavate — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; uttama-ślokāya — …

yat — which; tat — to that supreme truth; viśuddha — transcendentally pure, without contamination by material nature; anubhava — …

martya — as a human being; avatāraḥ — whose incarnation; tu — however; iha — in the material world; martya-śikṣaṇam …

na — not; vai — indeed; saḥ — He; ātmā — the Supreme Soul; ātmavatām — of the self-realized souls; …

na — not; janma — birth in a very polished, aristocratic family; nūnam — indeed; mahataḥ — of the Supreme …

suraḥ — demigod; asuraḥ — demon; vā api — or; atha — therefore; vā — or; anaraḥ — other than …

bhārate — in Bhārata; api — also; varṣe — the tract of land; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; …

tam — Him (Nara-Nārāyaṇa); bhagavān — the most powerful saintly person; nāradaḥ — the great sage Nārada; varṇa-āśrama-vatībhiḥ — by …