Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.001
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
narakaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā tathodvāhaṃ ca yoṣitām / kṛṣṇenaikena bahvīnāṃ tad-didṛkṣuḥ sma nāradaḥ
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Hearing that Naraka had been killed and that Kṛṣṇa alone had married many women, Nārada became eager to see the marvel.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.002
citraṃ bataitad ekena vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak / gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṃ striya eka udāvahat
English translation
'How astonishing that with one body He simultaneously married sixteen thousand women in separate homes!'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.003
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
ity utsuko dvāravatīṃ devarṣir draṣṭum āgamat / puṣpitopavanārāma-dvijāli-kula-nāditām
English translation
Eager to see, the divine sage came to Dvārakā, where flowering parks and gardens resounded with flocks of birds and swarms of bees.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.004
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
utphullendīvarāmbhoja-kahlāra-kumudotpalaiḥ / churiteṣu saraḥsūccaiḥ kūjitāṃ haṃsa-sārasaiḥ
English translation
Its lakes were covered with blooming blue lotuses, red lotuses, white water lilies, night lilies, and other lotuses, and loud with the calls of swans and cranes.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.005
prāsāda-lakṣair navabhir juṣṭāṃ sphāṭika-rājataiḥ / mahā-marakata-prakhyaiḥ svarṇa-ratna-paricchadaiḥ
English translation
The city contained nine hundred thousand palaces built of crystal and silver, gleaming like immense emeralds and furnished with gold and jewels.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.006
vibhakta-rathyā-patha-catvarāpaṇaiḥ śālā-sabhābhī rucirāṃ surālayaiḥ / saṃsikta-mārgāṅgana-vīthi-dehalīṃ patat-patāka-dhvaja-vāritātapām
English translation
It was beautiful with well-planned roads, streets, squares, markets, halls, assembly houses, and temples. Its roads, courtyards, lanes, and thresholds were sprinkled with water, while waving banners and flags shaded them from the sun.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.007
tasyām antaḥ-puraṃ śrīmad arcitaṃ sarva-dhiṣṇya-paiḥ / hareḥ sva-kauśalaṃ yatra tvaṣṭrā kārtsnyena darśitam
English translation
Within the city stood Hari's splendid inner quarters, honored by all planetary rulers, where Tvaṣṭā had displayed the fullness of his skill.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.008
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tatra ṣoḍaśabhiḥ sadma-sahasraiḥ samalaṅkṛtam / viveśaikatamaṃ śaureḥ patnīnāṃ bhavanaṃ mahat
English translation
Among the sixteen thousand residences adorning that precinct, Nārada entered one magnificent palace belonging to Śauri's wives.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.009
viṣṭabdhaṃ vidruma-stambhair vaidūrya-phalakottamaiḥ / indranīla-mayaiḥ kuḍyair jagatyā cāhata-tviṣā
English translation
It rested upon coral pillars, with excellent vaidūrya floors, sapphire walls, and a pavement of undiminished brilliance.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.010
vitānair nirmitais tvaṣṭrā muktā-dāma-vilambibhiḥ / dāntair āsana-paryaṅkair maṇy-uttama-pariṣkṛtaiḥ
English translation
Tvaṣṭā had fashioned canopies hung with strings of pearls, and ivory seats and couches ornamented with the finest jewels.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.011
dāsībhir niṣka-kaṇṭhībhiḥ su-vāsobhir alaṅkṛtam / pumbhiḥ sa-kañcukoṣṇīṣa su-vastra-maṇi-kuṇḍalaiḥ
English translation
The palace was adorned with maidservants wearing gold necklaces and fine clothes, and with male attendants in jackets and turbans, dressed in excellent garments with jeweled earrings.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.012
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
ratna-pradīpa-nikara-dyutibhir nirasta-dhvāntaṃ vicitra-valabhīṣu śikhaṇḍino 'ṅga / nṛtyanti yatra vihitāguru-dhūpam akṣair niryāntam īkṣya ghana-buddhaya unnadantaḥ
English translation
My dear king, clusters of jeweled lamps dispelled the darkness. On ornate balconies peacocks saw the aloe incense rising through the lattices, mistook it for clouds, cried aloud, and danced.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.013*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
tasmin samāna-guṇa-rūpa-vayaḥ-su-veṣa- / dāsī-sahasra-yutayānusavaṃ gṛhiṇyā vipro dadarśa camara-vyajanena rukma- / daṇḍena sātvata-patiṃ parivījayantyā
English translation
There the brāhmaṇa saw the mistress of the house, attended at every moment by a thousand maidservants equal in qualities, beauty, age, and fine dress, personally fanning the Lord of the Sātvatas with a yak-tail fan whose handle was gold.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.014*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
taṃ sannirīkṣya bhagavān sahasotthita-śrī- / paryaṅkataḥ sakala-dharma-bhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ & / ānamya pāda-yugalaṃ śirasā kirīṭa- / juṣṭena sāñjalir avīviśad āsane sve
English translation
Seeing him, the Supreme Lord, foremost of all upholders of dharma, immediately rose from Śrī's couch, bowed His crowned head to Nārada's feet, and with folded hands seated him upon His own seat.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.015*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tasyāvanijya caraṇau tad-apaḥ sva-mūrdhnā / bibhraj jagad-gurutamo 'pi satāṃ patir hi & / brahmaṇya-deva iti yad guṇa-nāma yuktaṃ / tasyaiva yac-caraṇa-śaucam aśeṣa-tīrtham
English translation
The Lord washed Nārada's feet and bore that water upon His head. Though supreme teacher of the universe and master of the saints, He rightly bears the name Brahmaṇya-deva, for the water washing His own feet sanctifies every holy place.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.016*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
sampūjya deva-ṛṣi-varyam ṛṣiḥ purāṇo / nārāyaṇo nara-sakho vidhinoditena & / vāṇyābhibhāṣya mitayāmṛta-miṣṭayā taṃ / prāha prabho bhagavate karavāma he kim
English translation
Having worshiped the foremost divine sage according to rule, ancient Nārāyaṇa, friend of Nara, addressed him with measured, sweet, nectar-like words: 'Venerable lord, what may We do for you?'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.017*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: śrī-nārada uvāca
naivādbhutaṃ tvayi vibho 'khila-loka-nāthe / maitrī janeṣu sakaleṣu damaḥ khalānām & / niḥśreyasāya hi jagat-sthiti-rakṣaṇābhyāṃ / svairāvatāra urugāya vidāma suṣṭhu
English translation
Śrī Nārada said: Almighty Lord of all worlds, it is no wonder that You show friendship to every being and restrain the wicked. We know well that You descend freely to grant the highest good by maintaining and protecting the universe.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.018*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
dṛṣṭaṃ tavāṅghri-yugalaṃ janatāpavargaṃ / brahmādibhir hṛdi vicintyam agādha-bodhaiḥ & / saṃsāra-kūpa-patitottaraṇāvalambaṃ / dhyāyaṃś carāmy anugṛhāṇa yathā smṛtiḥ syāt
English translation
I have seen Your two feet, which liberate humanity, which Brahmā and other sages of unfathomable wisdom contemplate within their hearts, and which support those climbing from the well of worldly existence. May I wander meditating upon them; bless me so that I may always remember.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.019
tato 'nyad āviśad gehaṃ kṛṣṇa-patnyāḥ sa nāradaḥ / yogeśvareśvarasyāṅga yoga-māyā-vivitsayā
English translation
Nārada then entered another palace of Kṛṣṇa's wife, eager to understand the yoga-māyā of the master of all masters of yoga.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.020
dīvyantam akṣais tatrāpi priyayā coddhavena ca / pūjitaḥ parayā bhaktyā pratyutthānāsanādibhiḥ
English translation
There too he saw Kṛṣṇa, playing dice with His beloved and Uddhava. The Lord rose, offered him a seat, and worshiped him with supreme devotion.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.021
pṛṣṭaś cāviduṣevāsau kadāyāto bhavān iti / kriyate kiṃ nu pūrṇānām apūrṇair asmad-ādibhiḥ
English translation
As if unaware, the Lord asked, 'When did you arrive? What can incomplete persons like Us do for one who is complete?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.022
athāpi brūhi no brahman janmaitac chobhanaṃ kuru / sa tu vismita utthāya tūṣṇīm anyad agād gṛham
English translation
'Still, brāhmaṇa, tell Us how We may make this birth auspicious.' Astonished, Nārada silently rose and went to another palace.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.023
tatrāpy acaṣṭa govindaṃ lālayantaṃ sutān śiśūn / tato 'nyasmin gṛhe 'paśyan majjanāya kṛtodyamam
English translation
There he saw Govinda fondling His infant sons, and in another residence he saw Him preparing to bathe.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.024
juhvantaṃ ca vitānāgnīn yajantaṃ pañcabhir makhaiḥ / bhojayantaṃ dvijān kvāpi bhuñjānam avaśeṣitam
English translation
Elsewhere He offered oblations in the prescribed fires and worshiped through the five daily sacrifices; elsewhere He fed brāhmaṇas and ate their remnants.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.025
kvāpi sandhyām upāsīnaṃ japantaṃ brahma vāg-yatam / ekatra cāsi-carmābhyāṃ carantam asi-vartmasu
English translation
In one place He performed evening worship and silently recited the Veda; elsewhere He practiced swordsmanship with sword and shield.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.026
aśvair gajai rathaiḥ kvāpi vicarantaṃ gadāgrajam / kvacic chayānaṃ paryaṅke stūyamānaṃ ca vandibhiḥ
English translation
In one place Gadāgraja rode horses, elephants, and chariots; elsewhere He reclined upon a bed while court poets praised Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.027
mantrayantaṃ ca kasmiṃścin mantribhiś coddhavādibhiḥ / jala-krīḍā-rataṃ kvāpi vāramukhyābalāvṛtam
English translation
Somewhere He consulted with ministers headed by Uddhava; elsewhere He enjoyed water sports surrounded by courtesans and young women.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.028
kutracid dvija-mukhyebhyo dadataṃ gāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ / itihāsa-purāṇāni śṛṇvantaṃ maṅgalāni ca
English translation
In one place He gave finely adorned cows to eminent brāhmaṇas; elsewhere He listened to histories, Purāṇas, and auspicious accounts.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.029
hasantaṃ hāsa-kathayā kadācit priyayā gṛhe / kvāpi dharmaṃ sevamānam artha-kāmau ca kutracit
English translation
Sometimes He laughed with a beloved wife over a humorous story. In one place He practiced dharma, elsewhere material prosperity, and elsewhere enjoyment.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.030
dhyāyantam ekam āsīnaṃ puruṣaṃ prakṛteḥ param / śuśrūṣantaṃ gurūn kvāpi kāmair bhogaiḥ saparyayā
English translation
In one residence He sat alone meditating upon the Supreme Person beyond material nature; elsewhere He served His elders with desirable enjoyments and worship.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.031
kurvantaṃ vigrahaṃ kaiścit sandhiṃ cānyatra keśavam / kutrāpi saha rāmeṇa cintayantaṃ satāṃ śivam
English translation
Keśava made war with some and peace with others. Somewhere He joined Balarāma in considering the welfare of the virtuous.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.032
putrāṇāṃ duhitṝṇāṃ ca kāle vidhy-upayāpanam / dārair varais tat-sadṛśaiḥ kalpayantaṃ vibhūtibhiḥ
English translation
At the proper times He arranged the marriages of His sons and daughters to brides and bridegrooms equal to them, with fitting magnificence.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.033
prasthāpanopanayanair apatyānāṃ mahotsavān / vīkṣya yogeśvareśasya yeṣāṃ lokā visismire
English translation
Nārada saw grand festivals for sending away the newly married and for the initiations of children, events that astonished even the worlds of the master of yoga masters.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.034
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
yajantaṃ sakalān devān kvāpi kratubhir ūrjitaiḥ / pūrtayantaṃ kvacid dharmaṃ kūpārāma-maṭhādibhiḥ
English translation
Somewhere He worshiped all the gods through splendid sacrifices; elsewhere He fulfilled public dharma by constructing wells, gardens, monasteries, and similar works.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.035
carantaṃ mṛgayāṃ kvāpi hayam āruhya saindhavam / ghnantaṃ tatra paśūn medhyān parītaṃ yadu-puṅgavaiḥ
English translation
Elsewhere He mounted a Sindhu horse and went hunting, surrounded by foremost Yadus, killing animals permitted for sacrifice.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.036
avyakta-lingaṃ prakṛtiṣv antaḥ-pura-gṛhādiṣu / kvacic carantaṃ yogeśaṃ tat-tad-bhāva-bubhutsayā
English translation
Sometimes the Lord of yoga moved unrecognized among ministers and through the inner quarters and other residences, wishing to learn each person's disposition.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.037
athovāca hṛṣīkeśaṃ nāradaḥ prahasann iva / yoga-māyodayaṃ vīkṣya mānuṣīm īyuṣo gatim
English translation
Having witnessed the manifestation of the Lord's yoga-māyā while He followed a human way of life, Nārada addressed Hṛṣīkeśa with a smile.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.038
vidāma yoga-māyās te durdarśā api māyinām / yogeśvarātman nirbhātā bhavat-pāda-niṣevayā
English translation
Master of yoga and Self of all, through serving Your feet we now understand Your yoga-māyā, difficult to behold even for great mystics, yet manifested by You.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.039
anujānīhi māṃ deva lokāṃs te yaśasāplutān / paryaṭāmi tavodgāyan līlā bhuvana-pāvanīḥ
English translation
God, permit me to travel through the worlds flooded with Your fame, singing Your pastimes that purify the universe.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.040
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
brahman dharmasya vaktāhaṃ kartā tad-anumoditā / tac chikṣayan lokam imam āsthitaḥ putra mā khidaḥ
English translation
The Supreme Lord said: Brāhmaṇa, I speak dharma, practice it, and approve those who do so. I have assumed this life to teach the world. My son, do not be disturbed.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.041
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
ity ācarantaṃ sad-dharmān pāvanān gṛha-medhinām / tam eva sarva-geheṣu santam ekaṃ dadarśa ha
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Nārada saw that one same Lord present in every residence, practicing the pure duties of householders.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.042
kṛṣṇasyānanta-vīryasya yoga-māyā-mahodayam / muhur dṛṣṭvā ṛṣir abhūd vismito jāta-kautukaḥ
English translation
Repeatedly beholding the majestic yoga-māyā of infinitely powerful Kṛṣṇa, the sage became astonished and filled with wonder.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.043
ity artha-kāma-dharmeṣu kṛṣṇena śraddhitātmanā / samyak sabhājitaḥ prītas tam evānusmaran yayau
English translation
Thus properly honored by Kṛṣṇa, whose faithful life embraced dharma, prosperity, and enjoyment, Nārada departed pleased, continually remembering Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.044
evaṃ manuṣya-padavīm anuvartamāno nārāyaṇo 'khila-bhavāya gṛhīta-śaktiḥ / reme 'ṇga ṣoḍaśa-sahasra-varāṅganānāṃ sa-vrīḍa-sauhṛda-nirīkṣaṇa-hāsa-juṣṭaḥ
English translation
Thus Nārāyaṇa, assuming His power for the welfare of all and following the human path, enjoyed, dear king, amid the bashful, affectionate glances and smiles of sixteen thousand beautiful women.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.69.045*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
yānīha viśva-vilayodbhava-vṛtti-hetuḥ / karmāṇy ananya-viṣayāṇi harīś cakāra yas tv aṅga gāyati śṛṇoty anumodate vā / bhaktir bhaved bhagavati hy apavarga-mārge
English translation
Hari alone performs the deeds that cause the universe's creation, maintenance, and dissolution. One who sings, hears, or approves these deeds develops devotion to the Supreme Lord, the path of liberation.