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सौतिरुवाच ।। बभूव काले बालश्च क्रमेण पञ्चहायनः ।। जातिस्मरो ज्ञानयुक्तः पूर्वमन्त्रस्मृतः सदा ।।१ ।। गीयते सततं कृष्णयशोनामगुणादिकम् ।। क्षणं रोदिति नृत्येन पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहः ।। २ ।। कृष्णसम्बन्धिनीं गाथां शृणोति यत्र तत्र वै ।। तत्सम्बन्धि पुराणं च तत्र तिष्ठति बालकः ।। ३ ।। धूलिधूसरसर्वाङ्गो धूलिनैवेद्यमीप्सितम् ।। धूलिषु प्रतिमां कृत्वा धूलिना पूजयेद्धरिम् ।। ४ ।। पुत्रमाह्वयते माता प्रातराशाय चेन्मुने ।। हरिं संपूजयामीति मातरं संवदेत्पुनः।। ५ ।। शौनक उवाच ।। किं नाम बालकस्यास्य जन्मन्यत्र बभूव ह ।। व्युत्पत्त्या संज्ञया वाऽपि तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ।। ६ ।। सौतिरुवाच ।। अनावृष्ट्यवशेषे च काले बालो बभूव ह ।। नारं ददौ जन्मकाले तेनायं नारदाभिधः ।।७।। ददाति नारं ज्ञानं च बालकेभ्यश्च बालकः ।। जातिस्मरो महाज्ञानी तेनायं नारदाभिधः ।। ८ ।। वीर्येण नारदस्यैव बभूव बालको मुने ।। मुनीन्द्रस्य वरेणैव तेनायं नारदाभिधः ।। ९ ।। शौनक उवाच ।। शिशुनाम च विज्ञातं व्युत्पत्त्या च यथोचितम् ।। मुनीन्द्रस्य कथं नाम नारदश्चेति मंगलम् ।। 1.21.१० ।। सौतिरुवाच ।। अपुत्रकाय विप्राय धर्मपुत्रो नरो मुनिः ।। ददौ पुत्र कश्यपाय तेनायं नारदाभिधः ।। ११ ।। शौनक उवाच ।। अधुना नामव्युत्पत्तिः श्रुता सौते शिशोरपि ।। शूद्रयोनौ ब्रह्मपुत्रः कथं स नारदाभिधः ।। १२ ।। सौतिरुवाच ।। कल्पान्तरे ब्रह्मकण्ठाद्बभूवुर्बहवो नराः ।। नरान्ददौ तत्कण्ठं च तेन तन्नारदं स्मृतम् ।।१३।। ततो बभूव बालश्च नारदात्कण्ठदेशतः ।। अतो ब्रह्मा नाम चक्रे नारदश्चेति मङ्गलम् ।। १४ ।। साम्प्रतं शिशुवृत्तान्तं सावधानं निशामय ।। उपालम्भरहस्येन विशिष्टं किं प्रयोजनम् ।। १५ ।। ववृधे गोपिकाबालो विप्रगेहे दिनेदिने ।। सपुत्रां पालितां चक्रे ब्राह्मणः स्वसुतां यथा ।।१६ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्रा आययुर्विप्रमन्दिरम् ।। शिशवः पञ्चवर्षीया महातेजस्विनो यथा ।। १७ ।। प्रच्छन्नं हृतवन्तश्च ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नभास्करम् ।। मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा तान्ननाम गृही द्विज ।। १८ ।। फलमूलादिकं काले चत्वारो मुनिपुङ्गवाः ।। विप्रदत्तं बुभुजिरे तच्छेशं बुभुजे शिशुः ।। १९ ।। चतुर्थको मुनिस्तस्मै कृष्णमन्त्रं ददौ मुदा ।। तेषां बभूव दासः स द्विजस्य मातुराज्ञया ।।1.21.२०।। एकदा शिशुमाता च गच्छन्ती निशि वर्त्मनि ।। ममार सर्पदष्टा च तत्क्षणं स्मरती हरिम् ।। २१ ।। सद्यो जगाम वैकुण्ठं विष्णुयानेन सा सती ।। विष्णुपार्षदसंयुक्ता सद्रत्ननिर्मितेन च ।। २२ ।। प्रातर्बालो द्विजैः सार्धं प्रययौ विप्रमन्दिरात् ।। तत्त्वज्ञानं ददुस्तस्मै ब्राह्मणाश्च कृपालवः ।। २३ ।। ब्रह्मपुत्राः शिशुं त्यक्त्वा स्वस्थानं प्रययुः किल ।। महाज्ञानी शिशुस्तस्थौ गङ्गातीरे मनोहरे ।।२४ ।। तत्र स्नात्वा विप्रदत्तं विष्णुमन्त्रं जजाप सः ।। क्षुत्पिपासारोगशोकहरं वेदेषु दुर्लभम् ।। २५ ।। महारण्ये च घोरे च अश्वत्थमूलसन्निधौ ।। कृत्वा योगासनं तस्थौ सुचिरं तत्र बालकः ।। २६ ।। शौनक उवाच ।। कं मन्त्रं बालकः प्राप कुमारेण च धीमता ।। दत्तं परं श्रींहरेश्च तद्भवान्वक्तु मर्हति ।। २७ ।। सौतिरुवाच ।। कृष्णेन दत्तो गोलोके कृपया ब्रह्मणे पुरा ।। द्वाविंशत्यक्षरो मन्त्रो वेदेषु च सुदुर्लभः ।। २८ ।। तं च ब्रह्मा ददौ भक्त्या कुमाराय च धीमते ।। कुमारेण स दत्तश्च मन्त्रश्च शिशवे द्विज ।। २९ ।। ॐ श्रीं नमो भगवते रास मण्डलेश्वराय ।। श्रीकृष्णाय स्वाहेति च मन्त्रोऽयं कल्पपादपः ।। 1.21.३० ।। महापुरुषस्तोत्रं च पूर्वोक्तं कवचं च यत् ।। अस्यौपयौगिकं ध्यानं सामवेदोक्तमेव च ।। ३१ ।। तेजोमण्डलरूपे च सूर्य्यकोटिसमप्रभे ।। योगिभिर्वाञ्छितं ध्याने योगैः सिद्धगणैः सुरैः ।। ३२ ।। ध्यायन्ते वैष्णवा रूपं तदभ्यन्तरसन्निधौ ।। अतीव कमनीयानिर्वचनीयं मनोहरम् ।। ३३ ।। नवीनजलदश्यामं शरत्पङ्कजलोचनम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं पक्वबिम्बाधिकाधरम् ।। ३४ ।। मुक्तापङ्क्तिविनिन्दैकदन्तपंक्तिमनोहरम् ।। सस्मितं मुरलीन्यस्तहस्तावलम्बनेन च ।। ३५ ।। कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यं लीलाधाम मनोहरम् ।। चन्द्रलक्षप्रभाजुष्टं पुष्टश्रीयुक्तविग्रहम् ।। ३६ ।। त्रिभङ्गसङ्गि वा युक्तं द्विभुजं पीतवाससम् ।। रत्नकेयूरवलयरत्ननूपुरभूषि तम् ।। ३७ ।। रत्नकुण्डलयुग्मेन गण्डस्थलविराजितम् ।। मयूरपुच्छचूडं च रत्नमालाविभूषितम् ।। ३८ ।। शोभितं जानुपर्य्यन्तं मालतीवनमालया ।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम् ।।३९ ।। मणिना कौस्तुभेन्द्रेण वक्षस्थलसमुज्ज्वलम् ।। वीक्षितं गोपिकाभिश्च शश्वद्व्रीडितलोचनैः ।।1.21.४०।। स्थिरयौवनयुक्ताभिर्वेष्टिताभिश्च सन्ततम् ।। भूषणैर्भूषिताभिश्च राधावक्षःस्थलस्थितम् ।। ।। ४१ ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्यैश्च पूजितं वन्दितं स्तुतम् ।। किशोरं राधिकाकान्तं शान्तरूपं परात्परम् ।। ४२ ।। निर्लिप्तं साक्षिरूपं च निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम् ।। ध्यायेत्सर्वेश्वरं तं च परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। ४३ ।। इदं ते कथितं ध्यानं स्तोत्रं च कवचं मुने ।। मन्त्रोपयौगिकं सत्यं मन्त्रश्च कल्पपादपः।।४४।। साम्प्रतं बालकस्तस्थौ ध्यानस्थस्तत्र शौनक ।। दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च निराहारः कृशोदरः।। ।।४५।। शक्तिमान्परिपुष्टश्च सिद्धमन्त्रप्रभावत।। ददर्श बालको ध्याने दिव्यं लोकं च बालकम्।।४६।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च रत्नभूषणभूषितम् ।। किशोरवयसं श्यामं गोपवेषं च सस्मितम् ।। ४७ ।। गोपैर्गोपाङ्गनाभिश्च वेष्टितं पीतवाससम् ।। द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं चन्दनेन विचर्चितम्।।४८।। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्यैश्च स्तूयमानं परात्परम् ।। दृष्ट्वा च सुचिरं शान्तं शान्तश्च गोपिकासुतः।।४९।। विरराम च शोकार्तो यदा तद्द्रष्टुमक्षमः ।। रुरोदाश्वत्थमूले च न दृष्ट्वा बालकं शिशुः ।। 1.21.५० ।। बभूवाकाशवाणीति रुदन्तं बालकं प्रति ।। सत्यं प्रबोधयुक्तं च हितमेव मिताक्षरम् ।। ५१ ।। सकृद्यद्दर्शितं रूपं तदेव नाधुना पुनः ।। अपि पक्वकषायाणां दुर्दर्शं च कुयोगिनाम् ।। ५२ ।। एतस्मिन्विग्रहेऽतीते संप्राप्ते दिव्यविग्रहे ।। पुनर्द्रक्ष्यसि गोविन्दं जन्ममृत्युहरं हरिम् ।। ५३ ।। इति श्रुत्वा बालकश्च विरराम मुदाऽन्वितः ।। काले तत्याज तीर्थे च तनुं कृष्णं हृदि स्मरन् ।। ५४ ।। नेदुर्दुन्दुभयः स्वर्गे पुष्पवृष्टिर्बभूव ह ।। बभूव शापमुक्तश्च नारदश्च महामुनिः।।५५।। तनुं त्वक्वा स जीवश्च विलीनो ब्रह्मविग्रहे ।। बभूव प्राक्तनान्नित्यः कालभेदे तिरोहितः ।। ५६ ।। आविर्भावस्तिरोभावः स्वेच्छया नित्यदेहिनाम् ।। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिर्भक्तानां नास्ति शौनक ।। ५७ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे सौतिशौनकसंवादे नारदशापविमोचनं नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः ।। २१ ।।

sautiruvāca || babhūva kāle bālaśca krameṇa pañcahāyanaḥ || jātismaro jñānayuktaḥ pūrvamantrasmṛtaḥ sadā ||1 || gīyate satataṃ kṛṣṇayaśonāmaguṇādikam || kṣaṇaṃ roditi nṛtyena pulakāñcitavigrahaḥ || 2 || kṛṣṇasambandhinīṃ gāthāṃ śṛṇoti yatra tatra vai || tatsambandhi purāṇaṃ ca tatra tiṣṭhati bālakaḥ || 3 || dhūlidhūsarasarvāṅgo dhūlinaivedyamīpsitam || dhūliṣu pratimāṃ kṛtvā dhūlinā pūjayeddharim || 4 || putramāhvayate mātā prātarāśāya cenmune || hariṃ saṃpūjayāmīti mātaraṃ saṃvadetpunaḥ|| 5 || śaunaka uvāca || kiṃ nāma bālakasyāsya janmanyatra babhūva ha || vyutpattyā saṃjñayā vā'pi tadbhavānvaktumarhati || 6 || sautiruvāca || anāvṛṣṭyavaśeṣe ca kāle bālo babhūva ha || nāraṃ dadau janmakāle tenāyaṃ nāradābhidhaḥ ||7|| dadāti nāraṃ jñānaṃ ca bālakebhyaśca bālakaḥ || jātismaro mahājñānī tenāyaṃ nāradābhidhaḥ || 8 || vīryeṇa nāradasyaiva babhūva bālako mune || munīndrasya vareṇaiva tenāyaṃ nāradābhidhaḥ || 9 || śaunaka uvāca || śiśunāma ca vijñātaṃ vyutpattyā ca yathocitam || munīndrasya kathaṃ nāma nāradaśceti maṃgalam || 1.21.10 || sautiruvāca || aputrakāya viprāya dharmaputro naro muniḥ || dadau putra kaśyapāya tenāyaṃ nāradābhidhaḥ || 11 || śaunaka uvāca || adhunā nāmavyutpattiḥ śrutā saute śiśorapi || śūdrayonau brahmaputraḥ kathaṃ sa nāradābhidhaḥ || 12 || sautiruvāca || kalpāntare brahmakaṇṭhādbabhūvurbahavo narāḥ || narāndadau tatkaṇṭhaṃ ca tena tannāradaṃ smṛtam ||13|| tato babhūva bālaśca nāradātkaṇṭhadeśataḥ || ato brahmā nāma cakre nāradaśceti maṅgalam || 14 || sāmprataṃ śiśuvṛttāntaṃ sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya || upālambharahasyena viśiṣṭaṃ kiṃ prayojanam || 15 || vavṛdhe gopikābālo vipragehe dinedine || saputrāṃ pālitāṃ cakre brāhmaṇaḥ svasutāṃ yathā ||16 || etasminnantare viprā āyayurvipramandiram || śiśavaḥ pañcavarṣīyā mahātejasvino yathā || 17 || pracchannaṃ hṛtavantaśca grīṣmamadhyāhnabhāskaram || madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā tānnanāma gṛhī dvija || 18 || phalamūlādikaṃ kāle catvāro munipuṅgavāḥ || vipradattaṃ bubhujire taccheśaṃ bubhuje śiśuḥ || 19 || caturthako munistasmai kṛṣṇamantraṃ dadau mudā || teṣāṃ babhūva dāsaḥ sa dvijasya māturājñayā ||1.21.20|| ekadā śiśumātā ca gacchantī niśi vartmani || mamāra sarpadaṣṭā ca tatkṣaṇaṃ smaratī harim || 21 || sadyo jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ viṣṇuyānena sā satī || viṣṇupārṣadasaṃyuktā sadratnanirmitena ca || 22 || prātarbālo dvijaiḥ sārdhaṃ prayayau vipramandirāt || tattvajñānaṃ dadustasmai brāhmaṇāśca kṛpālavaḥ || 23 || brahmaputrāḥ śiśuṃ tyaktvā svasthānaṃ prayayuḥ kila || mahājñānī śiśustasthau gaṅgātīre manohare ||24 || tatra snātvā vipradattaṃ viṣṇumantraṃ jajāpa saḥ || kṣutpipāsārogaśokaharaṃ vedeṣu durlabham || 25 || mahāraṇye ca ghore ca aśvatthamūlasannidhau || kṛtvā yogāsanaṃ tasthau suciraṃ tatra bālakaḥ || 26 || śaunaka uvāca || kaṃ mantraṃ bālakaḥ prāpa kumāreṇa ca dhīmatā || dattaṃ paraṃ śrīṃhareśca tadbhavānvaktu marhati || 27 || sautiruvāca || kṛṣṇena datto goloke kṛpayā brahmaṇe purā || dvāviṃśatyakṣaro mantro vedeṣu ca sudurlabhaḥ || 28 || taṃ ca brahmā dadau bhaktyā kumārāya ca dhīmate || kumāreṇa sa dattaśca mantraśca śiśave dvija || 29 || oṃ śrīṃ namo bhagavate rāsa maṇḍaleśvarāya || śrīkṛṣṇāya svāheti ca mantro'yaṃ kalpapādapaḥ || 1.21.30 || mahāpuruṣastotraṃ ca pūrvoktaṃ kavacaṃ ca yat || asyaupayaugikaṃ dhyānaṃ sāmavedoktameva ca || 31 || tejomaṇḍalarūpe ca sūryyakoṭisamaprabhe || yogibhirvāñchitaṃ dhyāne yogaiḥ siddhagaṇaiḥ suraiḥ || 32 || dhyāyante vaiṣṇavā rūpaṃ tadabhyantarasannidhau || atīva kamanīyānirvacanīyaṃ manoharam || 33 || navīnajaladaśyāmaṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanam || śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ pakvabimbādhikādharam || 34 || muktāpaṅktivinindaikadantapaṃktimanoharam || sasmitaṃ muralīnyastahastāvalambanena ca || 35 || koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ līlādhāma manoharam || candralakṣaprabhājuṣṭaṃ puṣṭaśrīyuktavigraham || 36 || tribhaṅgasaṅgi vā yuktaṃ dvibhujaṃ pītavāsasam || ratnakeyūravalayaratnanūpurabhūṣi tam || 37 || ratnakuṇḍalayugmena gaṇḍasthalavirājitam || mayūrapucchacūḍaṃ ca ratnamālāvibhūṣitam || 38 || śobhitaṃ jānuparyyantaṃ mālatīvanamālayā || candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam ||39 || maṇinā kaustubhendreṇa vakṣasthalasamujjvalam || vīkṣitaṃ gopikābhiśca śaśvadvrīḍitalocanaiḥ ||1.21.40|| sthirayauvanayuktābhirveṣṭitābhiśca santatam || bhūṣaṇairbhūṣitābhiśca rādhāvakṣaḥsthalasthitam || || 41 || brahmaviṣṇuśivādyaiśca pūjitaṃ vanditaṃ stutam || kiśoraṃ rādhikākāntaṃ śāntarūpaṃ parātparam || 42 || nirliptaṃ sākṣirūpaṃ ca nirguṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param || dhyāyetsarveśvaraṃ taṃ ca paramātmānamīśvaram || 43 || idaṃ te kathitaṃ dhyānaṃ stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ mune || mantropayaugikaṃ satyaṃ mantraśca kalpapādapaḥ||44|| sāmprataṃ bālakastasthau dhyānasthastatra śaunaka || divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca nirāhāraḥ kṛśodaraḥ|| ||45|| śaktimānparipuṣṭaśca siddhamantraprabhāvata|| dadarśa bālako dhyāne divyaṃ lokaṃ ca bālakam||46|| ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam || kiśoravayasaṃ śyāmaṃ gopaveṣaṃ ca sasmitam || 47 || gopairgopāṅganābhiśca veṣṭitaṃ pītavāsasam || dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ candanena vicarcitam||48|| brahmaviṣṇuśivādyaiśca stūyamānaṃ parātparam || dṛṣṭvā ca suciraṃ śāntaṃ śāntaśca gopikāsutaḥ||49|| virarāma ca śokārto yadā taddraṣṭumakṣamaḥ || rurodāśvatthamūle ca na dṛṣṭvā bālakaṃ śiśuḥ || 1.21.50 || babhūvākāśavāṇīti rudantaṃ bālakaṃ prati || satyaṃ prabodhayuktaṃ ca hitameva mitākṣaram || 51 || sakṛdyaddarśitaṃ rūpaṃ tadeva nādhunā punaḥ || api pakvakaṣāyāṇāṃ durdarśaṃ ca kuyoginām || 52 || etasminvigrahe'tīte saṃprāpte divyavigrahe || punardrakṣyasi govindaṃ janmamṛtyuharaṃ harim || 53 || iti śrutvā bālakaśca virarāma mudā'nvitaḥ || kāle tatyāja tīrthe ca tanuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ hṛdi smaran || 54 || nedurdundubhayaḥ svarge puṣpavṛṣṭirbabhūva ha || babhūva śāpamuktaśca nāradaśca mahāmuniḥ||55|| tanuṃ tvakvā sa jīvaśca vilīno brahmavigrahe || babhūva prāktanānnityaḥ kālabhede tirohitaḥ || 56 || āvirbhāvastirobhāvaḥ svecchayā nityadehinām || janmamṛtyujarāvyādhirbhaktānāṃ nāsti śaunaka || 57 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde nāradaśāpavimocanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 21 ||

English translation

The daily routine of the child born in the Sauti said—In due course of time the child became five years old and he always remembered the happenings of the past births and started the reciting of the mantras.

He continued reciting the glory of the lord Kfs na. Sometimes, he cried and sometimes he became emotional.

f SHimatruHi ' TTrat ^ M ti He used to stop at any place wherever there was the recitation of the glory of lord Krsna.

With his entire body covered with dust he used to make the images of the lord in mud and offered him the Naivedya also of the dust perfonning his pujd.

O sage, when the mother called him in the morning for eating, he used to reply to her that he was busy with the adoration of the lord.

Saunaka said—What was the name given to the child in his new birth? You kindly tell us all that in detail.

Sauti said—It was a time of draught when this boy was bom. With his birth the rain fell on earth and because of the rains he was given the name That child was illustrious, intellectual and used to impart knowledge to the other boys of the place; therefore he was given the name of Narada. O sage, he was also given the name of Narada because he was bom from the semen of the great sage.

Saunaka said—I have come to know of the appropriate name of the boy but how did his father also came to be known by the name of Sauti said—Sage Nara who was the son of Dharma gave to Kas'yapa a son who had no son and was childless. Therefore, because a son was given to him by Nara, he was also known by the name of Narada.

Saunaka said—O son of Suta, I have now come to know the genesis of the name of that child. Now you tell me how he was known as Narada when he was the combination of a Brahmana and a Sudra.

Sauti said —At the end of kalpa many Naras were bom out of the neck of Brahma; his neck gave charity to Narayana and that is why he was called Narada.

The same child was bom out of the neck and as such Brahma gave him the name of Narada.

I am now speaking about the story of that child, you listen to me attentively. By knowing the secret about the birth of Narada what purpose is going to be served, you listen to me”?

The son of the Gopika went on growing in the house of a Brahmana, who took good care of him together with his daughter and the Gopika.

In the meantime some glorious Brahmanas arrived in the house of that Brahmana who looked like children of five years age.

They wore a lustre on their body which excelled the lustre of the sun of the summer season at noon. The house-holder Brahmana welcomed them offering curd with honey.

Thereafter all the four Brahmana boys accepted the offering of fruits, roots and other eatables by the house holder. The left-overs were consumed by that child.

The fourth Brahmana was pleased with the boy and gave him the mantra of Krsna. With the permission of his mother, they took up the boy to serve them as an attendant.

Once the mother of that boy was leaguing the house at midnight and was bitten by a snake on the way, as a result of which she left for heavenly abode, reciting the name of the lord.

The chaste cowherdesses mounted on the divine chariot of lord Visnu, reached his place called Vaikuntha in an instant.

TTRfecTt femf%q;i In the morning the child came out of the house of Brahmana and accompanied the Brahmana ascetics. The compassionate Brahmana imparted the knowledge of tattvas to the child.

Thereafter those Brahmana-ascetics left the child and went for a bath and the intelligent child started residing at the bank of the Gahga.

Taking a bath there, he started reciting the mantra given to him by the Brahmana ascetics, which relieves one of hunger thirst, ailments and grief and was difficult to get pronounced in the In the thick and dangerous forest the boy sat in meditation under a Plpala tree for a long time.

Saunaka said—What was the mantra given to the boy by the intelligent Sanat Kumaras, you kindly tell us?

Sauti said—In the ancient times, lord Krsna had given to Brahmt in the Goloka a mantra of twenty two letters which is difficult to get even in the Vedas. The same mantra was given by Brahma to the intelligent Sanat Kumaras taking into consideration their devotion. O Brahmana Sanat-kumaras gave away the mantra to a This is the wish- fulfilling-tree and should be accompanied by the kavaca and the stotra of Mahapurusa, which would be quite useful.

The yogis meditate upon him who is having the glory of crores of Stiryas and is illustrious in outlook who is beyond description having the eternal shine. The siddhas and the gods adore him who could get their desire fulfilled. The Vais nava people adore him in their heart with great devotion. He is extremely beautiful, beyond description and quite charming. He has the complexion of the new clouds, his eyes are like the lotuses of winter season. His face bears the lustre of the full moon of the winter season. The lips resembles the ripe bimba fruit; he has beautifully shining teeth which look like lines of gems. He wears a serene smile on his face and holds a flute in his hands. His beauty excels crores of gods of love he has a fine glory and his lustre exceeds lakhs of moons. He has a well- developed body.

He appears in tribhanga pose, he has two arms. His arms are adorned with armlets. He is clad in yellow garments and also wears wristlets and anklets studded with gems. He has gems- studded Kundalas adorning the ears, while a feather of the peacock serves as a mukufa. The gems-studded necklaces are worn around the neck. He wears a long garland of forest flowers; his entire body is plastered with sandal-wood paste. He is the one who is compassionate to his The beautiful kaustubha gem appear on his chest. The cowherdesses look at him in shyness The youthful cowherdesses adorned with all the ornaments surround him always. He is enshrined in the heart of Radha.

The gods like Brahma, Visnu and Siva adore him, offer prayers to him, praising him at the same time. He is of tender age and is the lord of Radha, is quite peaceful and is beyond the reach of all. He remains uninvolved and has a definite form, he is beyond the invisible nature. One should always adore the great soul who is the lord of all.

O sage, I have explained to you the Dhydnam, stotra, kavaca and the mantra which is like the O Saunaka, that child continued his meditation for a thousand divine years while tasting. He became quite lean and thin in meditation. Inspite of that, but because of the influence of the said mantra, he remain quite hail and hearty. While in meditation, the boy visualised a small child seated over a gems-studded lion-throne. He was adorned with all the ornaments studded with gems and was of tender age, dark complexioned and was clad in the garments of cowherd. He had a smiling face. He was surrounded by the cowherds and cowherdesses and was wearing a yellow lower garment, having two hands and a flute held in both of them. All his limbs were plastered with the sandal-paste; he was being adored by the gods like Brahma, Visnu and Siva.

Looking at such a cowherd the peaceful child kept on meditating. After the meditation was over when he could not find him there, he was upset with grief. When he could not find the boy after finishing his meditation, the child started crying under the shade of the tree.

Finding him constantly weeping, there was a divine voice from the sky addressed to him. The beneficial truth and knowledge was enshrined in these words. “The form which appeared before you just now would never appear before you again, because it is difficult for the sinful people to have an audience with the divine person.

After you leave this body you will achieve divine form and you will achieve the place of lord Govinda which is free from birth and death.

You will find that form there again.

On hearing this the child stopped making efforts for search for the divine form. After sometime reciting the name of Krsna in his mind, he went to a holy place and ended his life. At that point of time, the drums were beaten in the heaven and there was a showering of flowers from the sky. This way the great sage Narada was freed from the curse.

After leaving his human body, the soul entered the divine body of the Brahman. He became eternal as compared to his earlier life and ultimately he vanished. O Saunaka, the devotees are bom on the earth at their own sweet-will and also disappear in the same way. They are not affected by birth, death, old age and illness.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400043 (2023-12-26T21:53:41Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n117–n122: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n117/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.