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SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM PRAYERS CANTO 3 CHAPTER 33 TEXT 3-8 PRAYERS BY DEVAHUTI ŚB 3.33.2 devahūtir uvāca athāpy ajo ’ntaḥ-salile śayānaṁ bhūtendriyārthātma-mayaṁ vapus te guṇa-pravāhaṁ sad-aśeṣa-bījaṁ dadhyau svayaṁ yaj-jaṭharābja-jātaḥ Translation Devahūti said: Brahmā is said to be unborn because he takes birth from the lotus flower which grows from Your abdomen while You lie in the ocean at the bottom of the universe. But even Brahmā simply meditated upon You, whose body is the source of unlimited universes.   ŚB 3.33.3 sa eva viśvasya bhavān vidhatte guṇa-pravāheṇa vibhakta-vīryaḥ sargādy anīho ’vitathābhisandhir ātmeśvaro ’tarkya-sahasra-śaktiḥ Translation My dear Lord, although personally You have nothing to do, You have distributed Your energies in the interactions of the material modes of nature, and for that reason the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation take place. My dear Lord, You are self-determined and are the Supreme Personalit...

  SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM PRAYERS BY CHITRAKETU CANTO 6 / CHAPTER 16 / TEXT 34 TO 48 TEXT 34 citraketur uvāca ajita jitaḥ sama-matibhiḥ sādhubhir bhavān jitātmabhir bhavatā vijitās te ’pi ca bhajatām akāmātmanāṁ ya ātmado ’ti-karuṇaḥ Citraketu said: O unconquerable Lord, although You cannot be conquered by anyone, You are certainly conquered by devotees who have control of the mind and senses. They can keep You under their control because You are causelessly merciful to devotees who desire no material profit from You. Indeed, You give Yourself to them, and because of this You also have full control over Your devotees. TEXT 35 tava vibhavaḥ khalu bhagavan jagad-udaya-sthiti-layādīni viśva-sṛjas te ’ṁśāṁśās tatra mṛṣā spardhanti pṛthag abhimatyā My dear Lord, this cosmic manifestation and its creation, maintenance and annihilation are all but Your opulences. Since Lord Brahmā and the other creators are nothing but small portions of a portion of You, their partial power to create does not ...

  SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM PRAYERS PRAYER BY VRITRASURA CANTO 6 CHAPTER 10 TEXT 23-27 Text 23 trai-vargikāyāsa-vighātam asmat- patir vidhatte puruṣasya śakra tato 'numeyo bhagavat-prasādo yo durlabho 'kiñcana-gocaro 'nyaiḥ TRANSLATION: Our Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, forbids His devotees to endeavor uselessly for religion, economic development and sense gratification. O Indra, one can thus infer how kind the Lord is. Such mercy is obtainable only by unalloyed devotees, not by persons who aspire for material gains. Text 24 ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla- dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi bhūyaḥ manaḥ smaretāsu-pater guṇāṁs te gṛṇīta vāk karma karotu kāyaḥ TRANSLATION: O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, will I again be able to be a servant of Your eternal servants who find shelter only at Your lotus feet? O Lord of my life, may I again become their servant so that my mind may always think of Your transcendental attributes, my words always glorify those attributes, and my bo...