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Chapter 7

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नारद उवाच ॥ ॥ तस्यार्ततरेकं कृष्णस्य महत्पुण्यकरं परम् ॥ व्दू जन्म महाभाग जन्ममृत्युजरापहम् १ ॥ ॥ वसुदेवः कस्य पुत्रः कस्य कन्या च देवकी ॥ को वसुर्देवकी का वा विवाहं चोभयोर्वद ॥ २ ॥ कथं जघान कंसस्तत्पुत्रपदं च दारुणः । कस्मि न्दिने हरेर्जन्म श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ ॥ श्रीनारायण उवाच ॥ ॥ कश्यपो वसुदेवध देवमाता च देवकी । पूर्वपुण्यफलेनैव ॥ २२ ॥ च महादंष्टाः श्रीहरेर्जनकं च तम् ॥ संतः पुरातनास्तेन वदंत्यानकसुंदुभिम् । ॥ ६ ॥ आहुकस्य सुतः श्रीमान्यदुवंशसमुद्भवः ॥७॥ ॐ अ० ७ देवको ज्ञानसिंधुश्च तस्य कन्यो च देवकी ॥ ७॥ गगं यदुकुलाचार्यः संबंधं वसुना सह ॥ देवक्याः कारयामास विधिवच यथो ** छ दितम् ॥ ८॥ महासंभृतसंभारो वसुदेवः शुभे क्षणे ॥ उद्वाहे देवकीं तस्मै देवकः प्रददौ किल ॥ ९॥ अश्वानां च सहस्राणि गजानांझ झ च शतानि च ॥ सालंकृतानां दासीनां शतानि सुंदराणि च ।। १० ॥ नानाविधानि द्रव्याणि रत्नानि विविधानि च । मणिश्रेष्ठानिऊ वत्राणि स्वर्णपात्राणि नारद ।। ११ । सद्रत्नभूषितां कन्यां शतचंद्रसमप्रभाम् । त्रेलोक्यमोहिनीं धन्यां मान्यां श्रेष्ठां च योषिताम ४ ॐ १२रूपाधारां गुणाधारां सुस्मितां वकलोचनाम् । नवसंगमयोग्य च प्रोद्भिन्ननवद्यावनाम् ।१३॥ तां गृहीत्वा रथे कृत्वा प्रस्थान ४ ॐ समये तदा ॥ कंसो हृष्टःसहचरो भगिन्युद्वाहकर्मणि ॥१३॥ तस्या रथसमीपस्थे कंसे गच्छति तत्क्षणे ॥ कंसं संबोध्य गगने वाग्वङ् ऊवाशरीरिणी ॥ १५॥ कथं दृष्टोऽसि राजेंद्र शृणु सत्यं वचो हितम् ॥ देवक्या ह्यष्टमो गर्भों मृत्युहेतुस्तवैव हि ॥ १६ ॥ श्रुत्वैवं देव! छ क कंसः खङ्गहस्तो महाबलः ॥ देववाक्याद्यात्क्रोधात्पापिष्ठो हंतुमुद्यतः ॥ १७॥ तां हंतुमुद्यतं दृद्धा वसुदेवः सुपंडितः ॥ बोधयाश्च झ दोषनं शास्त्रोक्तं सम्योचितम् ॥ १९ ॥ अस्या एवृष्टमो गर्भों " मृत्युत्तव भूमिप । इमां च हत्वा दुष्कीत् िकरोषि वं नरःॐ मास नीतिज्ञो नीतिशास्त्रविशारदः ॥ १८॥ ॥ वसुदेव उवाच ॥ राजनीतिं न जानासि शृणु मे वचनं हितम् ॥ यशस्करं च कथम् ॥ २० ॥ वधे च सुहृजंतूनां हिंसानां च पंडितः। कार्षापणं समुत्सृज्य मृत्युकाले प्रमुच्यते ॥ २१॥ अहिंसकानां क्षुदणडु अवधः शतगुणं ध्रुवम् ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं मृत्युकाले कथितं पद्मयोनिना ॥ २२॥ वधे विशिष्टजंतूनां पश्वादीनां च कामतः । ततः शतगुणं छुपा निश्चितं मनुरब्रवीत् ॥ २३ ॥ नराणां म्लेच्छजातीनां वधे शतगुणं ततः ॥ म्लेच्छानां च शतानां च यत्पापं लभते वधे ॥२४॥ॐ ॥ । २२ ॥ ॐ सच्छूद्रेकस्य च वधे तत्पापं लभते पुमान् ॥ सच्छूद्राणां शतानां च यत्पापं लभते वधे ॥ २६ ॥ तत्पापं लभते नूनं सैं ॐ गोवधेकेन निश्चितम् । गवां दशगुणं पापं ब्राह्मणस्य वधे भवेत् ॥ २६ ॥ विप्रहत्यासमं पापं स्त्रीवधे लभते नरः । विशेषतो हि ४ भगिनी पोष्या च शरणागता ॥ २७ ॥ स्त्रीहत्याशतपापं च भवेदस्या वधे नृप ॥ तपो जपं च दानं च पूजनं तीर्थदर्शनम् ॥ २८ ॥४ छ विप्राणां भोजनं होमं स्वर्गार्थं कुरुते बुधः । जलबुदुदवत्सर्वं स्वमतुल्यसमं भवम् ॥ २९ ॥ पश्यंति सततं संतो धर्म कुर्वति यत्न कुतः ॥ भगिनीं त्यज धर्मिष्ठ स्त्रवंशापरेभास्कर ॥ ३ ॥ बुधाः कतिविधाः संति सभायां पृच्छयतां नृप । अस्याश्चैवाष्टमो गर्भा ङ्क ङ्यदपत्यं भविष्यति ॥ ३१ ॥ वंधो तुभ्यं प्रदास्यामि तेन मे किं प्रयोजनम् ॥ अथवा यान्यपत्यानि भवंति ज्ञानिनां वर ॥ ३२ ॥ ङ्क भूतानि सर्वाणि दास्यामि त्वत्तः को मे वरः प्रियः ॥ भगिनीं त्यज राजेंद्र कन्यातुल्यां प्रियां तव ॥ ३३ ॥ मिष्टान्नपानदानेन वर्धिता ॐ मनुजां सदा ॥ वसुदेववचः श्रुत्वा तत्याज भगिनीं नृपः ॥ ३४ ॥ वसुदेवः प्रियां नीत्वा जगाम निजमंदिरे ॥ क्रमादपत्यपदं ॐयद्यद्भुतं च नारदृ ॥ ३६ ॥ ददौ तस्मै वसुः सत्यास जघान क्रमेण तान् ॥ देवक्याः सप्तमे गर्भ कंसो रक्षां ददौ भिया ङ् झ ॥ ३६ ॥ रोहिणीजठरे माया तमाकृष्य ररक्ष च ॥ रक्षकाः कथयामासुर्गर्भस्रावो बभूव ह ॥ ३७ ॥ तस्माद्भूव भगवानात्मा संकञ्चै अर्पणः प्रभुः । तस्या एवाष्टमो गर्भों वायुपूणों बभूव ह ॥ ३८ ॥ गते च नवमे मासि दशमे समुपस्थिते ॥ दृष्टिं ददौ च गर्भच् भगश्च छै वान्सर्वदर्शनः॥ ३९॥ स्वयं रूपवती देवी सर्वासां योषितां वरा ॥ बभूव दर्शनात्सद्यः सुंदरी सा चतुर्गुणा ॥ ४२ ॥ दर्श देवकीं ४ अकंसः प्रफुल्लवदनेक्षणाम् । तेजसा प्रज्वलंत च मायामिव दिशो दश ॥ ४३ ॥" ज्योतिषं संहतिं चैव यथा मूर्तिमतीमिव ॥ दृझाडू ॐ तामसुरेंद्रश्च विस्मयं परमं ययौ ॥ ६२ ॥ अस्माद्वर्भादपत्यं च मृत्युबीजं ममैव च ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा कंसश्च ददौ रक्षां प्रयत्नतः ॥ डू ॐ देवकीं वसुदेवं च सप्तद्वारं ररक्ष च ॥ १३ ॥ पूर्णे च दशमे मासे गर्भः पूण वभूव ह ॥ बभूव सा चलस्पंदा जडरूपा चङ् त्र.वे. के. १ नारद ! १४ ॥ गमें च वायुना पूर्ण निर्लिप्तो भगवानजित् ॥ हृत्पद्मकोशे देवक्या अधिष्ठानं चकार ह ॥ १५६ ॥ सा विधै चै सं. . १ २: ) भरगभां च मंदिराभ्यंतरे सती ॥ उवास जडरूपा च केशयुक्तो बभूव ह । ॥ ४६ ॥ उवास च क्षणं देवी शणमुत्थाय तिष्ठ ४ ° = २ ति । क्षणं व्रजति पादेकं क्षणं स्वपिति तत्र वे ॥ ६७ ॥ दूङ्गा च देवकीं शेषं वसुदेवो महामनाः । प्रसूतिसमयं ज्ञात्वा सस्मार अ• ७ हरिमीश्वरम् ॥ ६८ ॥ रत्नप्रदीपसंयुक्ते मंदिरे सुमनोहरे ॥ स्थापयामास खङ्गं च लोहं तोयं हुताशनम् ॥ १९ ॥ मंत्री च नरं चेव बंधुपत्नीर्भयाकुलः । विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं चैव त्रस्तो बेधैश्च सादरम् ॥ ६० ॥ एतस्मिन्नंतरे तस्या रात्रेदं प्रहरौ गतौ ॥ व्याप्तं च गगनं मेघेः क्षणद्युतिसमन्वितैः ॥ ६१ ॥ ववुश्च वायवष्टा ययुर्निद्रां च रक्षकाः । अचेष्टिताश्च शयने मृता इव विचेतनाः ॥६२॥ एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र चाजग्मुत्रिदशेश्वराः । तुष्टुवुर्धर्मत्रलेशा गर्भस्थं परमेश्वरम् ॥ ५३ ॥ ॥ देवा ऊचुः ॥ ॥ जगद्योनिरयोनिस्त्रमनंती ऽव्यय एव च॥ ज्योतिःस्वरूपो ह्यनघः सगुणो निर्गुणो महान् ॥ ५४ ५ भक्तानुरोधात्साकारो निराकारो निरंकुशः । नि हो निखिलाधारो निःशंको निरुपद्रवः ॥ ९६॥ निरुपाधिश्च निर्लिप्तो निरीहो निधनांतकः ॥ स्वात्मारामः पूर्णकामो निमिपी नित्य एव च॥ ९६ ॥ स्वच्छामयः सर्वहेतुः सर्वः सर्वगुणाश्रयः ॥ सुखदो दुःखदो दुगों दुर्जनांतक एव च ।। १७ ' सुभगो दुर्भगो वाममी दुराराध्यो दुरत्ययः । वेदहेतुश्च वेदाश्च वेदांगो वेदविद्विभुः ॥ ६८ ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवाश्च प्रणेमुश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ हर्षा श्रुलोचनाः सर्वे ववृषुः कुसुमानि च ॥ ६९ ॥ द्विचत्वारिंशनामानि प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् ॥ दृढां भक्तिं हरेर्दास्यं लभते वांछित फलम् ॥ ६० ॥ इति श्रीत्रह्मवैवर्ते ब्रह्मादिकृतश्रीकृष्णस्तोत्रम् ॥ ॥ नारायण उवाच । इत्येवं स्तवनं कृत्वा देवास्ते स्वालयं ययुः ६१॥ धूञ्च जलवृष्टिश्च निश्रेष्ठा मधुपुरी। घोरांचकारनिव्डिा चूभूद् याम्नीि मुने ॥ ६२ ॥ मृते सप्तमुहूर्ते तु चाष्टमेछु समुपस्थिते ॥ वेदातिरिक्तदुर्जेये सर्वोत्कृष्टे शुभे क्षणे ॥ ६३ ॥ शुभग्रहे दृष्टियुक्तेप्यदृष्टे चाशुभग्रहे ॥ अर्धरात्रे समुत्पन्ने रोहिण्या २२ ॥ मष्टमीतिथौ॥ ६४ ॥ जयंतीयोगसंयुक्ते चार्धचंद्रोदये मुने ॥ दृष्टदृदा क्षणं लनं भीताः सूर्यादयस्तदा॥ ६५॥ गगने क्रममुलंब्याङ्क जग्मुर्मानं शुभावहाः ॥ सुप्रसन्ना ग्रहाः सर्वे बभूवुस्तत्र संस्थिताः६॥ एकादशास्ते प्रीत्या च मुहूर्ते धातुराज्ञया॥ ववर्थश्च जलधरा झ ववुर्वाताःसुशीतलाः ॥ ६७॥ सुप्रसन्ना च पृथिवी प्रसन्नाश्च दिशो दश ॥ऋषयो मनवश्चैव यक्षगंधर्वकिन्नराः ॥६८॥ देवा देव्यश्च मुदिता ननृतुप्सरोगणः। जघुगंधर्वपतयो विद्याधर्यश्च नारद ॥६९॥ सुखेन सुखुट्टनद्यो जज्वलुश्चाग्नयो मुदा । नेदुर्दादुभयो नाके चानकाश्च मनोहराः ॥ ७० ॥ पारिजातप्रसूतानां महावृष्टिर्बभूव ह ।जगाम सूतिकागेहं नारीरूपं विधाय भूः ॥ ७१ ॥ जयशब्दः शंखशब्दो हरिशब्दो बभूव ह । एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र पपात देवी सती ॥ ७२ ॥ निःससार च वायुश्च देवकीजठरात्ततः । तत्रेव भगवान्कृष्णो दिव्यरूपं विधाय च ॥ ७३ ॥ हृत्पद्म कोशाद्देवक्या हरिराविर्बभूव ह ।। अतीव कमनीयं च शरीरं सुमनोहरम् ॥ ७३॥ द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं स्फुरन्मुकुटकुंडलम् । 'ईयदस्यं प्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम् ।। ७९ ॥ मणिरत्नेंद्रसाराणां भूषणेश्च विभूषितम् नवीननीरदश्यामं शोभितं पीतवाससा ॥ ७६ ॥ चंदनागुरुकस्तूरीकुंकुमद्वचर्चितम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचंद्रस्थं बिंबधरमनो हरम् ॥७७॥ मृयूरपिच्छचूडं च सदुलमुकुयोज्ज्वलम् ॥ त्रिभंगचक्रमध्यं च वृनमालाविभूषितम् ॥ ७८ ॥ श्रीवत्सवक्षसं चारु कौस्तुभेन विराजितम् । किशोरवयसं शतं कांतं त्रयोः परम् ॥७९॥ ददर्श वपुत्रश्च देवीपुरतो मुने । तुष्टाव परया भक्त्या विस्मयं परमं ययौ ।। ८ ॥ कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरः ॥ साधुर्णः सपुल क्रो देवय च त्रिया सह ॥ ८१ वसुदेव उवाच ॥ ! त्वामद्युमव्यक्कमक्षरं निर्गुणं विभुम् ॥ ध्यानासाध्यं च सर्वेषां परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ॥ ८२ ॥ स्वेच्छामयंॐ सर्घरूपं स्वेच्छारूपधरं परम् निहितं परमं ब्रह्म बीजरूपं सनातनम् ॥ ८३ ॥ स्थूलात्स्थूलतरं व्याप्तमतिसूक्ष्मदर्शनम्। स्थितं ऊँ सर्वशरीरेषु साक्षिरूपमदृश्यकम् ॥ ८३ ॥ शरीरवं स भृणमशरं शुगोकरम् । प्रकृतं प्रतीयं च प्राकृतं प्रकृतेः परम् ॥ ८६ ॥ 3 न. वै. कु, ॥ २४ अ० ७ ' सर्वेशं सर्वरूपं च सतकरमव्ययम्॥ सर्वाधारं निराधारं निर्गुहं स्तौमि किं विभुम् ॥ ८६ ॥ अनंतः स्वनेऽशक्तोऽशक्ता देवी सं० ४ - सरस्वती ॥ यं वा स्तोतुमशक्तध पंचवः षडाननः ॥८७॥ चतुर्मुखो वेदकर्ता ये स्तोतुमक्षमः सदा ॥ गणेशो न समर्थश्च योगी द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः ॥ ८८ ॥ ऋषयो देवताश्रेव मुनींद्रमनुमानवाः ॥ स्वप्ने तेपामहश्यं च वामेवं किं स्तुवंति ते ॥ ८९ स्तवनेऽशक्ताः किं स्तुवंति विपश्चितः । विहायैवं शरीरं च वालो भवितुमर्हसि ॥ ९ वसुदेवकृतं स्तोत्रं त्रिसंध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ॥ भक्तिं दास्यमवाप्नोति श्रीकृष्णचरणांबुजे १ ॥ विशिष्टपुत्रं लभते हरिदासं गुणान्वितम् ॥ संकटं निस्तरेत्तृणं शत्रुभीत्या प्रमुच्यते ॥ ९२ ॥ इति श्रीत्रह्मवैवर्ते वसुदेवकृतं श्रीकृष्णस्तोत्रम् ॥ नारायण उवाच । वसुदेववचः श्रुत्वा तमुवाच हरिः स्वयम् ॥ प्रसन्नवदनः श्रीमान्भक्तानुग्रहकातरः ॥ ९३ ॥ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ॥ ॥ तपसां च फलेनेव पुत्रोऽहं तव सांप्रतम् । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ ९१ ॥ पुरा तपस्विनां श्रेष्ठः सुतपास्वं प्रजापतिः पत्नी ते पृश्रिनामी च तपसाराधितस्त्वया ९८॥ पुत्रो मत्सदृशस्तत्र दृष्ट्वा मां च वृतो बुधैः मया दत्तो वरस्तुभ्यं मत्समो भविता सुतः ॥ ९६ दत्त्वा तुभ्यं वरं तात मनसालोच्य चिंतितः । मत्समो नास्ति भुवने पुत्रोऽहं तेन हेतुना ॥ ९७ ॥ तपसां च प्रभावेण त्वमेव कश्यपः स्वयम् सुतपा देवमातेयमदितिश्च पतिव्रता ॥ ९८ ॥ अधुना कश्यपांशस्वं वसुदेवः पिता मम ॥ देवकी देवमातेयमदितेरंशसंभवा ॥ ९९ ॥ त्वत्तोदित्यां वामनोऽहं पुत्रस्तेंशेन संभवः । अधुना परिपूर्णाऽहं पुत्रस्ते तपसां फलात् ॥ १ मां वा वं पुत्रभावेन ब्रह्मभावेन वा पुनः ॥ मां प्राप्तोसि महाप्राज्ञ जीवन्मुक्तो भविष्यसि ॥१०१॥ यशोदाभवनं शीघ्र मां गृहीत्वा व्रजं व्रज ॥ संस्थाप्य तत्र मां तात मायामादाय स्थापय ॥ १०२॥ इत्युक्त्वा श्रीहरिस्तत्र बालरूपो बभूव ह ॥.नग्नं भूमौ शयानं च ददर्श श्यामलं सुतम् ॥ १०३ ॥ दृझा स बालकं तत्र मोहितो विष्णुमायया ॥ किं वा कूटं च तंद्रयामपूर्वं मृतिकागृहम् ॥१०८॥ इत्युक्त्वा वसुदे २४ ॥ ७ /9 ॥ ऊ वञ्च समालोच्य त्रिया सह ॥ गृहीत्वा बालकं क्रोडे जगाम नन्दगोकुलम् ॥ १०५॥ गत्वा नन्दव्रजं शीघं विवेश सूतिकागृहम् । ४॥ ॐददर्श शयनाविष्टां यशोदां निद्रयान्विताम् ॥ १०६ ॥ निदान्वितं च नन्दं च सर्वं त्त्र युद्रे स्थितम् ॥ ददर्श बालिकां नग्न तप्तकांचें छ चनसन्निभाम् ॥ १०७ ॥ ईपद्धस्यां प्रसन्नास्यां पश्यन्तीं गृहशेखरम् । तां दृष्ट्वा वसुदेवश्च विस्मयं परमं ययौ ॥ १०८ ॥ संस्थाप्यसै छ तत्र पुत्रं च कन्यामादाय सत्वरम् ॥ जगाम मथुरां हृष्टः स्वकांतासूतिकागृहम् ॥ १०९॥ स्थापयामास तत्रैव महामायां च बालि ४ ङकाम्॥ रोरूयमाणां तामेव दृष्टादृष्टा च देवकी॥११०रोदनेनैव सा बाला बोधयामास रक्षकान् ॥ उत्थाय रक्षकाः शीघं वालिकां ४ ॐजगृहुस्तदा ॥ १११ ॥ गृहीत्वा बालिकां ते च प्रजग्मुः कंससन्निधिम् ॥ जगाम देवकी पधाद्वसुदेवश्च शोकतः ॥११२॥ दृष्ट्या च बालिकों कंसो नातिहृष्टं महामुने ॥ रोरूयमाणां कल्याणीं तया न बभूव झ॥ ११३ ॥ तां गृहीत्वा च पापाणे हन्तं यांतं छे ॐ सुदारुणम् ॥ उवाच वसुदेवश्च देवकी परमादरम् ।११ भोभोः कंस नृपश्रेष्ठ नीतिशास्त्रविशारद ॥ निबोध वाक्यं सत्यं च नीतिसँ अयुक्तं मनोरमम् ॥१३५" हत्वूऽऽवयोः पुत्रुकं द्या ते नास्ति बांधव अधुना चाष्टमे गर्भ बाल्कािमबलां मम ॥ ११६ ॥ हत्वा ॐ छ त किमेध्यं भविष्यति महीतले ॥ स्त्रीमेव हंतुमवल. किं क्षमा रणमूर्धनि ! ११७ ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा तं वसुर्देवकी च सभां ऊँ तले॥ रुरोद पुरतस्तत्र कंसस्य च दुरात्मनः॥ कंसस्तयोर्वचः श्रुत्वा तामुवाच दुरात्मना ।११८। कंस उवाच ।"शृणु वाक्ये छु मदीयं च निबोध बोधयामि ते ॥ ११९ ॥ तृणेन पर्वतं हन्तुं शक्तो धाता च दैवतः । कीटेन सिंहशार्दूलं मशकेन गजं ४ ॐ तथा ॥ १२० ॥ शिशुना च महावीरं महांतं क्षुद्रजन्तुभिः । मूषकेन च मार्जारं मंडूकेन भुजंगमम् ।१२१। एवं जन्येन जनकं छे झ भक्ष्येणेव च भक्षकम् ॥ वह्निना च जलं नहुँ वाढू शुष्कतृणेन च ॥ १२२ ॥ पीताः सप्तसमुद्राश्च हिजेनेकेन जन्तुना धातुर्गतिर्विचित्रा तु दुर्जेया भुवनत्रये ॥ १२३ ॥ दैवेन बालिका नष्टं मां समर्था भविष्यति । बालिकां च वधिष्यामि नात्र छ कार्या विचारणा ।। १२७ ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा कंसश्च गृहीत्वा बालिकां तदा । हंतुमारब्धवान्कंसस्तमुवाच वसुस्तदा ॥ १२६॥ ५ २५ , ॥ चैिशरीरिणी । हे कंस इंसि कां मूढ न विज्ञाय हरेर्गतिम् ॥ १२७ ॥ कुत्रचित्त्वन्निहन्तास्ति काले व्यक्तो भविष्यति । श्रुत्वैत्रकं अ०८ देववाणीं च तत्याज बालिकं नृपः १२८ ॥ व्युर्देवो देवकी च तामादाय मुदान्वितौ ॥ जग्मतुः स्वगृहं त च कन्यां कृत्वाङ् स्ववक्षसि ॥ १२९ ॥ मृतामिव पुनः प्राप्य ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ धनम् । सा पूरा भगिनी विप्र कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः॥ ३३० ॥डू ॐ एकानंशेति विख्याता पार्वत्यंशसमुद्भवा ॥ वसुस्तां द्वारकायां तु रुक्मिण्युद्वाहकर्मणि ॥ १३१ ॥ ददौ दुर्वाससे ॥छु भत्त्या शंकरांशाय भक्तितः ॥ एवं निगदितं सर्वं कृष्णजन्मानुकीर्तनम् ॥ जन्ममृत्युजरातिग्नं सुखदं पुण्यदं मुने ॥ १३२॥ डू छु।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे कृष्णजन्मखंडे नारायणनारदसंवादे सप्तमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७ ॥

nārada uvāca || || tasyārtatarekaṃ kṛṣṇasya mahatpuṇyakaraṃ param || vdū janma mahābhāga janmamṛtyujarāpaham 1 || || vasudevaḥ kasya putraḥ kasya kanyā ca devakī || ko vasurdevakī kā vā vivāhaṃ cobhayorvada || 2 || kathaṃ jaghāna kaṃsastatputrapadaṃ ca dāruṇaḥ | kasmi ndine harerjanma śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || kaśyapo vasudevadha devamātā ca devakī | pūrvapuṇyaphalenaiva || 22 || ca mahādaṃṣṭāḥ śrīharerjanakaṃ ca tam || saṃtaḥ purātanāstena vadaṃtyānakasuṃdubhim | || 6 || āhukasya sutaḥ śrīmānyaduvaṃśasamudbhavaḥ ||7|| oṃ a0 7 devako jñānasiṃdhuśca tasya kanyo ca devakī || 7|| gagaṃ yadukulācāryaḥ saṃbaṃdhaṃ vasunā saha || devakyāḥ kārayāmāsa vidhivaca yatho ** cha ditam || 8|| mahāsaṃbhṛtasaṃbhāro vasudevaḥ śubhe kṣaṇe || udvāhe devakīṃ tasmai devakaḥ pradadau kila || 9|| aśvānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi gajānāṃjha jha ca śatāni ca || sālaṃkṛtānāṃ dāsīnāṃ śatāni suṃdarāṇi ca || 10 || nānāvidhāni dravyāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca | maṇiśreṣṭhāniū vatrāṇi svarṇapātrāṇi nārada || 11 | sadratnabhūṣitāṃ kanyāṃ śatacaṃdrasamaprabhām | trelokyamohinīṃ dhanyāṃ mānyāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ ca yoṣitāma 4 oṃ 12rūpādhārāṃ guṇādhārāṃ susmitāṃ vakalocanām | navasaṃgamayogya ca prodbhinnanavadyāvanām |13|| tāṃ gṛhītvā rathe kṛtvā prasthāna 4 oṃ samaye tadā || kaṃso hṛṣṭaḥsahacaro bhaginyudvāhakarmaṇi ||13|| tasyā rathasamīpasthe kaṃse gacchati tatkṣaṇe || kaṃsaṃ saṃbodhya gagane vāgvaṅ ūvāśarīriṇī || 15|| kathaṃ dṛṣṭo'si rājeṃdra śṛṇu satyaṃ vaco hitam || devakyā hyaṣṭamo garbhoṃ mṛtyuhetustavaiva hi || 16 || śrutvaivaṃ deva! cha ka kaṃsaḥ khaṅgahasto mahābalaḥ || devavākyādyātkrodhātpāpiṣṭho haṃtumudyataḥ || 17|| tāṃ haṃtumudyataṃ dṛddhā vasudevaḥ supaṃḍitaḥ || bodhayāśca jha doṣanaṃ śāstroktaṃ samyocitam || 19 || asyā evṛṣṭamo garbhoṃ " mṛtyuttava bhūmipa | imāṃ ca hatvā duṣkīt ikaroṣi vaṃ naraḥoṃ māsa nītijño nītiśāstraviśāradaḥ || 18|| || vasudeva uvāca || rājanītiṃ na jānāsi śṛṇu me vacanaṃ hitam || yaśaskaraṃ ca katham || 20 || vadhe ca suhṛjaṃtūnāṃ hiṃsānāṃ ca paṃḍitaḥ| kārṣāpaṇaṃ samutsṛjya mṛtyukāle pramucyate || 21|| ahiṃsakānāṃ kṣudaṇaḍu avadhaḥ śataguṇaṃ dhruvam || prāyaścittaṃ mṛtyukāle kathitaṃ padmayoninā || 22|| vadhe viśiṣṭajaṃtūnāṃ paśvādīnāṃ ca kāmataḥ | tataḥ śataguṇaṃ chupā niścitaṃ manurabravīt || 23 || narāṇāṃ mlecchajātīnāṃ vadhe śataguṇaṃ tataḥ || mlecchānāṃ ca śatānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ labhate vadhe ||24||oṃ || | 22 || oṃ sacchūdrekasya ca vadhe tatpāpaṃ labhate pumān || sacchūdrāṇāṃ śatānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ labhate vadhe || 26 || tatpāpaṃ labhate nūnaṃ saiṃ oṃ govadhekena niścitam | gavāṃ daśaguṇaṃ pāpaṃ brāhmaṇasya vadhe bhavet || 26 || viprahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ strīvadhe labhate naraḥ | viśeṣato hi 4 bhaginī poṣyā ca śaraṇāgatā || 27 || strīhatyāśatapāpaṃ ca bhavedasyā vadhe nṛpa || tapo japaṃ ca dānaṃ ca pūjanaṃ tīrthadarśanam || 28 ||4 cha viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ homaṃ svargārthaṃ kurute budhaḥ | jalabududavatsarvaṃ svamatulyasamaṃ bhavam || 29 || paśyaṃti satataṃ saṃto dharma kurvati yatna kutaḥ || bhaginīṃ tyaja dharmiṣṭha stravaṃśāparebhāskara || 3 || budhāḥ katividhāḥ saṃti sabhāyāṃ pṛcchayatāṃ nṛpa | asyāścaivāṣṭamo garbhā ṅka ṅyadapatyaṃ bhaviṣyati || 31 || vaṃdho tubhyaṃ pradāsyāmi tena me kiṃ prayojanam || athavā yānyapatyāni bhavaṃti jñānināṃ vara || 32 || ṅka bhūtāni sarvāṇi dāsyāmi tvattaḥ ko me varaḥ priyaḥ || bhaginīṃ tyaja rājeṃdra kanyātulyāṃ priyāṃ tava || 33 || miṣṭānnapānadānena vardhitā oṃ manujāṃ sadā || vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā tatyāja bhaginīṃ nṛpaḥ || 34 || vasudevaḥ priyāṃ nītvā jagāma nijamaṃdire || kramādapatyapadaṃ oṃyadyadbhutaṃ ca nāradṛ || 36 || dadau tasmai vasuḥ satyāsa jaghāna krameṇa tān || devakyāḥ saptame garbha kaṃso rakṣāṃ dadau bhiyā ṅ jha || 36 || rohiṇījaṭhare māyā tamākṛṣya rarakṣa ca || rakṣakāḥ kathayāmāsurgarbhasrāvo babhūva ha || 37 || tasmādbhūva bhagavānātmā saṃkañcai arpaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | tasyā evāṣṭamo garbhoṃ vāyupūṇoṃ babhūva ha || 38 || gate ca navame māsi daśame samupasthite || dṛṣṭiṃ dadau ca garbhac bhagaśca chai vānsarvadarśanaḥ|| 39|| svayaṃ rūpavatī devī sarvāsāṃ yoṣitāṃ varā || babhūva darśanātsadyaḥ suṃdarī sā caturguṇā || 42 || darśa devakīṃ 4 akaṃsaḥ praphullavadanekṣaṇām | tejasā prajvalaṃta ca māyāmiva diśo daśa || 43 ||" jyotiṣaṃ saṃhatiṃ caiva yathā mūrtimatīmiva || dṛjhāḍū oṃ tāmasureṃdraśca vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau || 62 || asmādvarbhādapatyaṃ ca mṛtyubījaṃ mamaiva ca || ityevamuktvā kaṃsaśca dadau rakṣāṃ prayatnataḥ || ḍū oṃ devakīṃ vasudevaṃ ca saptadvāraṃ rarakṣa ca || 13 || pūrṇe ca daśame māse garbhaḥ pūṇa vabhūva ha || babhūva sā calaspaṃdā jaḍarūpā caṅ tra.ve. ke. 1 nārada ! 14 || gameṃ ca vāyunā pūrṇa nirlipto bhagavānajit || hṛtpadmakośe devakyā adhiṣṭhānaṃ cakāra ha || 156 || sā vidhai cai saṃ. . 1 2: ) bharagabhāṃ ca maṃdirābhyaṃtare satī || uvāsa jaḍarūpā ca keśayukto babhūva ha | || 46 || uvāsa ca kṣaṇaṃ devī śaṇamutthāya tiṣṭha 4 ° = 2 ti | kṣaṇaṃ vrajati pādekaṃ kṣaṇaṃ svapiti tatra ve || 67 || dūṅgā ca devakīṃ śeṣaṃ vasudevo mahāmanāḥ | prasūtisamayaṃ jñātvā sasmāra a• 7 harimīśvaram || 68 || ratnapradīpasaṃyukte maṃdire sumanohare || sthāpayāmāsa khaṅgaṃ ca lohaṃ toyaṃ hutāśanam || 19 || maṃtrī ca naraṃ ceva baṃdhupatnīrbhayākulaḥ | vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ caiva trasto bedhaiśca sādaram || 60 || etasminnaṃtare tasyā rātredaṃ praharau gatau || vyāptaṃ ca gaganaṃ megheḥ kṣaṇadyutisamanvitaiḥ || 61 || vavuśca vāyavaṣṭā yayurnidrāṃ ca rakṣakāḥ | aceṣṭitāśca śayane mṛtā iva vicetanāḥ ||62|| etasminnaṃtare tatra cājagmutridaśeśvarāḥ | tuṣṭuvurdharmatraleśā garbhasthaṃ parameśvaram || 53 || || devā ūcuḥ || || jagadyonirayonistramanaṃtī 'vyaya eva ca|| jyotiḥsvarūpo hyanaghaḥ saguṇo nirguṇo mahān || 54 5 bhaktānurodhātsākāro nirākāro niraṃkuśaḥ | ni ho nikhilādhāro niḥśaṃko nirupadravaḥ || 96|| nirupādhiśca nirlipto nirīho nidhanāṃtakaḥ || svātmārāmaḥ pūrṇakāmo nimipī nitya eva ca|| 96 || svacchāmayaḥ sarvahetuḥ sarvaḥ sarvaguṇāśrayaḥ || sukhado duḥkhado dugoṃ durjanāṃtaka eva ca || 17 ' subhago durbhago vāmamī durārādhyo duratyayaḥ | vedahetuśca vedāśca vedāṃgo vedavidvibhuḥ || 68 || ityevamuktvā devāśca praṇemuśca muhurmuhuḥ || harṣā śrulocanāḥ sarve vavṛṣuḥ kusumāni ca || 69 || dvicatvāriṃśanāmāni prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet || dṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ harerdāsyaṃ labhate vāṃchita phalam || 60 || iti śrītrahmavaivarte brahmādikṛtaśrīkṛṣṇastotram || || nārāyaṇa uvāca | ityevaṃ stavanaṃ kṛtvā devāste svālayaṃ yayuḥ 61|| dhūñca jalavṛṣṭiśca niśreṣṭhā madhupurī| ghorāṃcakāranivḍiā cūbhūd yāmnīi mune || 62 || mṛte saptamuhūrte tu cāṣṭamechu samupasthite || vedātiriktadurjeye sarvotkṛṣṭe śubhe kṣaṇe || 63 || śubhagrahe dṛṣṭiyuktepyadṛṣṭe cāśubhagrahe || ardharātre samutpanne rohiṇyā 22 || maṣṭamītithau|| 64 || jayaṃtīyogasaṃyukte cārdhacaṃdrodaye mune || dṛṣṭadṛdā kṣaṇaṃ lanaṃ bhītāḥ sūryādayastadā|| 65|| gagane kramamulaṃbyāṅka jagmurmānaṃ śubhāvahāḥ || suprasannā grahāḥ sarve babhūvustatra saṃsthitāḥ6|| ekādaśāste prītyā ca muhūrte dhāturājñayā|| vavarthaśca jaladharā jha vavurvātāḥsuśītalāḥ || 67|| suprasannā ca pṛthivī prasannāśca diśo daśa ||ṛṣayo manavaścaiva yakṣagaṃdharvakinnarāḥ ||68|| devā devyaśca muditā nanṛtupsarogaṇaḥ| jaghugaṃdharvapatayo vidyādharyaśca nārada ||69|| sukhena sukhuṭṭanadyo jajvaluścāgnayo mudā | nedurdādubhayo nāke cānakāśca manoharāḥ || 70 || pārijātaprasūtānāṃ mahāvṛṣṭirbabhūva ha |jagāma sūtikāgehaṃ nārīrūpaṃ vidhāya bhūḥ || 71 || jayaśabdaḥ śaṃkhaśabdo hariśabdo babhūva ha | etasminnaṃtare tatra papāta devī satī || 72 || niḥsasāra ca vāyuśca devakījaṭharāttataḥ | tatreva bhagavānkṛṣṇo divyarūpaṃ vidhāya ca || 73 || hṛtpadma kośāddevakyā harirāvirbabhūva ha || atīva kamanīyaṃ ca śarīraṃ sumanoharam || 73|| dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ sphuranmukuṭakuṃḍalam | 'īyadasyaṃ prasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram || 79 || maṇiratneṃdrasārāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇeśca vibhūṣitam navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ śobhitaṃ pītavāsasā || 76 || caṃdanāgurukastūrīkuṃkumadvacarcitam || śaratpārvaṇacaṃdrasthaṃ biṃbadharamano haram ||77|| mṛyūrapicchacūḍaṃ ca sadulamukuyojjvalam || tribhaṃgacakramadhyaṃ ca vṛnamālāvibhūṣitam || 78 || śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ cāru kaustubhena virājitam | kiśoravayasaṃ śataṃ kāṃtaṃ trayoḥ param ||79|| dadarśa vaputraśca devīpurato mune | tuṣṭāva parayā bhaktyā vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau || 8 || kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharaḥ || sādhurṇaḥ sapula kro devaya ca triyā saha || 81 vasudeva uvāca || ! tvāmadyumavyakkamakṣaraṃ nirguṇaṃ vibhum || dhyānāsādhyaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ paramātmānamīśvaram || 82 || svecchāmayaṃoṃ sargharūpaṃ svecchārūpadharaṃ param nihitaṃ paramaṃ brahma bījarūpaṃ sanātanam || 83 || sthūlātsthūlataraṃ vyāptamatisūkṣmadarśanam| sthitaṃ ū~ sarvaśarīreṣu sākṣirūpamadṛśyakam || 83 || śarīravaṃ sa bhṛṇamaśaraṃ śugokaram | prakṛtaṃ pratīyaṃ ca prākṛtaṃ prakṛteḥ param || 86 || 3 na. vai. ku, || 24 a0 7 ' sarveśaṃ sarvarūpaṃ ca satakaramavyayam|| sarvādhāraṃ nirādhāraṃ nirguhaṃ staumi kiṃ vibhum || 86 || anaṃtaḥ svane'śakto'śaktā devī saṃ0 4 - sarasvatī || yaṃ vā stotumaśaktadha paṃcavaḥ ṣaḍānanaḥ ||87|| caturmukho vedakartā ye stotumakṣamaḥ sadā || gaṇeśo na samarthaśca yogī drāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ || 88 || ṛṣayo devatāśreva munīṃdramanumānavāḥ || svapne tepāmahaśyaṃ ca vāmevaṃ kiṃ stuvaṃti te || 89 stavane'śaktāḥ kiṃ stuvaṃti vipaścitaḥ | vihāyaivaṃ śarīraṃ ca vālo bhavitumarhasi || 9 vasudevakṛtaṃ stotraṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || bhaktiṃ dāsyamavāpnoti śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāṃbuje 1 || viśiṣṭaputraṃ labhate haridāsaṃ guṇānvitam || saṃkaṭaṃ nistarettṛṇaṃ śatrubhītyā pramucyate || 92 || iti śrītrahmavaivarte vasudevakṛtaṃ śrīkṛṣṇastotram || nārāyaṇa uvāca | vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā tamuvāca hariḥ svayam || prasannavadanaḥ śrīmānbhaktānugrahakātaraḥ || 93 || śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || || tapasāṃ ca phaleneva putro'haṃ tava sāṃpratam | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 91 || purā tapasvināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sutapāsvaṃ prajāpatiḥ patnī te pṛśrināmī ca tapasārādhitastvayā 98|| putro matsadṛśastatra dṛṣṭvā māṃ ca vṛto budhaiḥ mayā datto varastubhyaṃ matsamo bhavitā sutaḥ || 96 dattvā tubhyaṃ varaṃ tāta manasālocya ciṃtitaḥ | matsamo nāsti bhuvane putro'haṃ tena hetunā || 97 || tapasāṃ ca prabhāveṇa tvameva kaśyapaḥ svayam sutapā devamāteyamaditiśca pativratā || 98 || adhunā kaśyapāṃśasvaṃ vasudevaḥ pitā mama || devakī devamāteyamaditeraṃśasaṃbhavā || 99 || tvattodityāṃ vāmano'haṃ putrasteṃśena saṃbhavaḥ | adhunā paripūrṇā'haṃ putraste tapasāṃ phalāt || 1 māṃ vā vaṃ putrabhāvena brahmabhāvena vā punaḥ || māṃ prāptosi mahāprājña jīvanmukto bhaviṣyasi ||101|| yaśodābhavanaṃ śīghra māṃ gṛhītvā vrajaṃ vraja || saṃsthāpya tatra māṃ tāta māyāmādāya sthāpaya || 102|| ityuktvā śrīharistatra bālarūpo babhūva ha ||.nagnaṃ bhūmau śayānaṃ ca dadarśa śyāmalaṃ sutam || 103 || dṛjhā sa bālakaṃ tatra mohito viṣṇumāyayā || kiṃ vā kūṭaṃ ca taṃdrayāmapūrvaṃ mṛtikāgṛham ||108|| ityuktvā vasude 24 || 7 /9 || ū vañca samālocya triyā saha || gṛhītvā bālakaṃ kroḍe jagāma nandagokulam || 105|| gatvā nandavrajaṃ śīghaṃ viveśa sūtikāgṛham | 4|| oṃdadarśa śayanāviṣṭāṃ yaśodāṃ nidrayānvitām || 106 || nidānvitaṃ ca nandaṃ ca sarvaṃ ttra yudre sthitam || dadarśa bālikāṃ nagna taptakāṃceṃ cha canasannibhām || 107 || īpaddhasyāṃ prasannāsyāṃ paśyantīṃ gṛhaśekharam | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vasudevaśca vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau || 108 || saṃsthāpyasai cha tatra putraṃ ca kanyāmādāya satvaram || jagāma mathurāṃ hṛṣṭaḥ svakāṃtāsūtikāgṛham || 109|| sthāpayāmāsa tatraiva mahāmāyāṃ ca bāli 4 ṅakām|| rorūyamāṇāṃ tāmeva dṛṣṭādṛṣṭā ca devakī||110rodanenaiva sā bālā bodhayāmāsa rakṣakān || utthāya rakṣakāḥ śīghaṃ vālikāṃ 4 oṃjagṛhustadā || 111 || gṛhītvā bālikāṃ te ca prajagmuḥ kaṃsasannidhim || jagāma devakī padhādvasudevaśca śokataḥ ||112|| dṛṣṭyā ca bālikoṃ kaṃso nātihṛṣṭaṃ mahāmune || rorūyamāṇāṃ kalyāṇīṃ tayā na babhūva jha|| 113 || tāṃ gṛhītvā ca pāpāṇe hantaṃ yāṃtaṃ che oṃ sudāruṇam || uvāca vasudevaśca devakī paramādaram |11 bhobhoḥ kaṃsa nṛpaśreṣṭha nītiśāstraviśārada || nibodha vākyaṃ satyaṃ ca nītisa~ ayuktaṃ manoramam ||135" hatvū''vayoḥ putrukaṃ dyā te nāsti bāṃdhava adhunā cāṣṭame garbha bālkāimabalāṃ mama || 116 || hatvā oṃ cha ta kimedhyaṃ bhaviṣyati mahītale || strīmeva haṃtumavala. kiṃ kṣamā raṇamūrdhani ! 117 || ityevamuktvā taṃ vasurdevakī ca sabhāṃ ū~ tale|| ruroda puratastatra kaṃsasya ca durātmanaḥ|| kaṃsastayorvacaḥ śrutvā tāmuvāca durātmanā |118| kaṃsa uvāca |"śṛṇu vākye chu madīyaṃ ca nibodha bodhayāmi te || 119 || tṛṇena parvataṃ hantuṃ śakto dhātā ca daivataḥ | kīṭena siṃhaśārdūlaṃ maśakena gajaṃ 4 oṃ tathā || 120 || śiśunā ca mahāvīraṃ mahāṃtaṃ kṣudrajantubhiḥ | mūṣakena ca mārjāraṃ maṃḍūkena bhujaṃgamam |121| evaṃ janyena janakaṃ che jha bhakṣyeṇeva ca bhakṣakam || vahninā ca jalaṃ nahu~ vāḍhū śuṣkatṛṇena ca || 122 || pītāḥ saptasamudrāśca hijenekena jantunā dhāturgatirvicitrā tu durjeyā bhuvanatraye || 123 || daivena bālikā naṣṭaṃ māṃ samarthā bhaviṣyati | bālikāṃ ca vadhiṣyāmi nātra cha kāryā vicāraṇā || 127 || ityevamuktvā kaṃsaśca gṛhītvā bālikāṃ tadā | haṃtumārabdhavānkaṃsastamuvāca vasustadā || 126|| 5 25 , || caiiśarīriṇī | he kaṃsa iṃsi kāṃ mūḍha na vijñāya harergatim || 127 || kutracittvannihantāsti kāle vyakto bhaviṣyati | śrutvaitrakaṃ a08 devavāṇīṃ ca tatyāja bālikaṃ nṛpaḥ 128 || vyurdevo devakī ca tāmādāya mudānvitau || jagmatuḥ svagṛhaṃ ta ca kanyāṃ kṛtvāṅ svavakṣasi || 129 || mṛtāmiva punaḥ prāpya brāhmaṇebhyo dadau dhanam | sā pūrā bhaginī vipra kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ|| 330 ||ḍū oṃ ekānaṃśeti vikhyātā pārvatyaṃśasamudbhavā || vasustāṃ dvārakāyāṃ tu rukmiṇyudvāhakarmaṇi || 131 || dadau durvāsase ||chu bhattyā śaṃkarāṃśāya bhaktitaḥ || evaṃ nigaditaṃ sarvaṃ kṛṣṇajanmānukīrtanam || janmamṛtyujarātignaṃ sukhadaṃ puṇyadaṃ mune || 132|| ḍū chu|| iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe kṛṣṇajanmakhaṃḍe nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || 7 ||

English translation

Story of the birth of Kr;na NSrada said-0 lord, you kindly narrate to me the story relating to the birth of lord Kfsna which is quite auspicious, the best and destroys the birth, the death and the old age who was the father of Vasudeva and who was the father of DevakI? Who was DevakI and Vasudeva in their earlier births? You kindly tell me how were they married? How did the terrible Kathsa kill their six sons and when was lord Krsna bom? I would like to listen to it in detail.

Narayana said- Kasyapa appeared in the form of Vasudeve and Aditi, the mother of the gods was bom as Devaki. They got the lord as their son because of the merits of their earlier births, Vasudeva was bom from Devamidha as father and Marisa as the mother. At the time of their births, the gods were rejoiced who rounded Dundubhis and beating of dmms besides playing on other musical instmment. That is why in the ancient time Vasudeva the son of the lord was also known as Anakadunbubhi.

In the race of Yadus Sriman Deva happened to be the son of Anaka who was the ocean of knowledge. Devaki happened to be his daughter.

Garga the family priest of Yadus, married Devaki with Vasudeva, according to the At the time of marriage, Vasudeva was decorated with coat of arms. At the time of marriage her father gave away his daughter Devaki to Vasudeva.

O Narada, Devaka gave away in marriage to: Vasudeva thousands of horses, hundreds of elephants, hundreds of ornaments, beautiful slave girls and several typed of beverages, besides the gems, diamonds, jewels and vases of gold.

The girl who was adorned with all the ornaments had the lustre of hundreds of moons and could attract all the three worlds towards herself. She was quite graceful in the ladies and was the ocean of virtues, wearing a serene smile on her face and looking with side glances. She was best suited for love-sport and was quite youthful. After marriage she was made to sit in the chariot with Vasudeva. But when they were about to start, Kamsa also accompanied them delightfully, feeling joyful after the maniage of Devaki. When Kamsa was accompanying Devaki, at that very moment there was a divine voice from the sky, addressed to him "O best of the kings, why are your getting over-joyed? You listen to the truthful and beneficial words. The eighth child of Devaki would be the cause of On hearing this, the valorous Kamsa took out the divine word he felt panicky, getting enraged.

The sinful person got ready for the killing of Vasudeva on the other hand finding Kamsa getting ready to kill Devaki, spoke to him appropriate words which were well-suited to the times and since Vasudeva was well-versed in the Vasudeva said-You are unaware of the royal practices. You listen to my words which are beneficial, glorious, remover of the sins and are strictly according to the scriptures.

O king, in case Devakf s eight child is going to be the cause of your death then why to you indulge in undignified and sinful action of killing her and earning disgrace in the universe.

Because a killer when kills the insignificant creatures he gets relieved of the sin after giving away in charity, even a counter feet coin at the time of death.

By killing the non-ferocious animals, one has | to performed repentance, hundred times more ] then killing a terrific creatures. This has been!

ordained by Brahma. By killing special creatures; and the animals and or by deliberately killing!

them, one earns hundred times more sins. This | has been ordained by Manu. I wnt ^ vwjjui Bg:i I RctcT g4 grig: 11 ^ o 11 He earns hundred times more sins by killing a persons of mleccha race and the sin one earns by killing a mleccha, the same amount of sin is earned by him by killing a SUdra; the sin one earns by killing a Sudra. The sin one earns by killing a hundred Sudras is equal to killing of arrow. One earns ten times more sins by killing a cow; the sin earned by killing a Brahmana is equal to killing often cowl The sin of killing ten Brahmanas would be equal to killing of a women. The situation as further aggravated when the lady happens to be your own sister or the one who is dependent on you or the one who has taken refuge with you. O king, you are therefore sure to earn hundred times more the sins of killing a woman in case of killing Devakl. The intelligent persons performs tapas, recitation,

gives away charity, performing of puja, visiting holy places, offering food to Brahmana and performing of sacrifice for achieving heaven.

The noble people consider the entire universe to be like the bubble of the water or like i dream, having no essence and illusory and therefore move on the righteous path. O religious minded one. You are the son of your race like the lotus.

Therefore you free your sister, O king there are many types of intellectuals available in your Whatever child is bom from her womb on the eighth time I shall hand him over to you. He will be of no consequence to me. O best of the intellectuals, I shall hand over of the bom to Devakl you because there is no one else dearer to me then you. O best of the kings you kindly leave alone your sister who is quite dearer to you like your own daughter. You have brought her up offering sweet food, bets and various types of On hearing the words of Vasudeva, the king left Devakl. Thereafter Vasudeva went to his abode together with Devakl.

O Narada, One after the other six sons were bom to Vasudeva but as per his words Vasudeva handed over each one of them to Karhsa who killed them one after the other.

Thereafter Kariisa variously protected the seven conception of Devak! but Yogamaya with her illusion extracted the foetus from DevakI and transplanted it in the womb of Rohin!.

The gate-keeper informed Kariisa that DevakI had met with an abortion. A child was bom from the womb of RohinI who was given the name of Thereafter the eighth son of DevakI was bom when her womb was filled with the wind. After the completion of nine months, there arrived the tenth month and the lord had to appear from that womb. DevakI herself was the best of all the beautiful ladies and with the very look of the lord she became four times more beautiful than before. At that point of time DevakI with the developed face and the eyes looked at Kariisa, she was illumining all the ten directions with the lustre of YogamSya. She looked like the mass of lustre. Looking at DevakI, Kamsa the king of demons was totally surprised. He thought the child bom of her womb would be the cause of his death.

Thus speaking Karhsa carefully kept a watch over Vasudeva and DevakI. He lodged them in an abode having seven gates.

O Narada, after completion of the tenth month, the period of conception came to an end. She then walked slowly and became inactive.

The conception was completed with the wind and the lord resided in the heart of DevakI.

Rgm a iRT R Tgf ^ g a i yia H ' i m o 11 At the time of the arrival o^ the lord of the universe in the womb of DevakI, she felt suffering with pain and became inactive. In a moment she used to sit and next moment she got up. In a moment she walked and in another moment she went to sleep. At the same time Vasudeva looked at DevakI and finding that the time of delivery had arrived, he started reciting the name of the lord of the universe, in that beautiful abode having the lamp of gems. He immediately brought the sword, iron, water and the fire, getting terrified. He summoned the people well-versed in mantras, the wives of his borthers, learned Brahman as and other relatives.

command of the lord all the planets assembled in the eleventh house delightfully. It started raining and the cool wind started blowing, the goddess earth was quite happy together with all the ten directions, the sages, the Manuvmda, Yaksas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras, the gods, the goddesses were all delighted. The apsards started dancing while lord of the Gandharvas and the Vidyadharls started singing and playing on musical instruments. O Narada, all the rivers started flowing gleefully; the fire was ignited and the Dundubhis were sounded in the heaven with the other musical instrument. The rain of Pdrijdta flowers started falling. The earth taking to the form of a female reached the labour room.

The slogans of victory were shouted, the conches were blown and the name of Hari was recited.

At that point of time Devaki fell down on the ground and the wind fell from her womb.

Thereafter lord Krsna taking to the divine form appeared from the womb of Devaki. His body extremely beautiful and charming. He had two arms and was holding a flute in his hand, his ears, were adorned with makara-kundalas and he wore a serene smile over the face, bestowing his grace over the devotees. The gem-studded ornaments were adding to the beauty of his body and he was clad in yellow lower garments, having a complexion of new clouds. His body was plastered with sandal-paste, aguru, kasturl and saffron. His face resembled to that of the face of full moon of winter season and his lips resembled the ripe wood apple which added to his charming beauty. He had a peacock feather adoring his head together with the gem-studded kirita crown. The divine lustre of Srihari was illumining the place. He stood in TribhahgT pose and wore long garland of forest flowers round his neck. The Srivatsa mark appeared over his chest

which was emitting lustre. In the chest, there appeared a golden line over which the kaustubha gems was shining and looked quite beautiful. He was of tender age and quite peaceful, lord Hari was dear to Brahma as well as ^iva.

O sage, Vasudeva and Devaki looked at the lord and were surprised with the same. Vasudeva and Devaki started offering prayer to the lord with their eyes were filled with tears and the body felt emotional. They bowed in reverence to him and started offering prayer with folded Vasudeva said-You are beyond the organ of senses, invisible, beyond description, without qualities, pervading everywhere, beyond the reach of any one, the great soul, the great lord, moving at will, the form of all, the one who takes to any from at will, the great lord uninvolved eternal Brahman and the eternal form of the seed; you are harder then the hardest, pervading everywhere, smaller then the smallest, invisible one, dweller in all the bodies as a witness, invisible one, taking to human from, the treasine of virtues, the form of Prakrti and the lord of Prakrti beyond Prakrti and the form of all. What type of prayer can be offer to you?.

We are unable to offer prayer to you because even goddess Sarasvatl, ^iva with five faces, Karttikeya with six faces are unable to do so.

Even four faced Brahma and the creator of the Vedas is unable to recite your glory. Even lord Ganesa is unable to do so. You are the teacher of the teachers of yogis, R§is, the gods, sages, Manus and the human being. You do not appear evening their dreams. Therefore removing this form you appear in the form of a child.

Whosoever recites the stotra recited by Vasudeva, thrice a day, he achieves the slavehood and the devotion of the lotus-like feet of Kfsna. He achieves great merit and the devotion of lord Hari besides the son. All his miseries are over, without any difficulty and he is relieved of the terror of all his enemies.

Narayana said- On hearing the words of Vasudeva, lord Hari who bestows grace over his devotees then spoke to him.

jTT dqRcui -ggirog V'iimfd:i Sri Krsna said- I have become your son because of the result of your tapas. You will meet with all the welfare, there is no doubt about it. In earlier times you had been a great tapas and Prajapati named Sutapa. Prsni was the name of your wife, both of you adored me with your wife and having an audience with me you asked for a boon that you should get a son like me. I therefore bestowed a boon to you saying, "You will get a son like me.".

gt rlPT qrorSHtcq i O respectable one after bestowing the boon to you I thought in my mind that there is no one else comparable to me in the universe, therefore I became your son.

Because as a result of the tapas you become Kasyapa and she became Sutapa, the mother of Aditi. Now you have appeared as Vasudeva from the arhs'a of Kasyapa becoming my father and DevakI has appeared from the aths'a of Aditi, the goddes of the gods as my mother.

gpPTts? i From you, I was also bom as Vamana as your son and because of the result of your tapas presently I have appeared again as your son.

O virtuous one, you will be freed from the cycle of birth and death, by getting me as a son.

O respectable one, now you carry me to the abode of Yasoda immediately in Vraja. Keeping me there you bring Yogamaya here.

Thus speakijvg the lord turned himself into the form of a child; finding the son of dark complexion sleeping over the floor and getting influenced with the illusion of lord Vi§pu, Vasudeva spoke about the child who was the eternal Brahman, With his birth the laboiu-room was illumining.

Thus speaking after consulting his wife, he picked up the child in his lap he proceeded towards the city of Gokula.

Reaching in Vraja of Nanda he immediately entered the labour-room and found Yasoda sleeping on the bed.

Finding Nanda in sleep and ajl other members of the house also enjoying th# sl^'Cp, he looked at the girl who was without robes ^nd was having the lustre of molten gold. She had a smiling face and was starting of at the ceiling. Looking at her, Vasudeva was immensely surprised.

Leaving the male child there he picked up the girl and proceeded towards, Mathura. Thereafter he reached the labour-room delightfully before his wife.

He then placed the girl who was indeed Mahamaya on the bed and she started crying aloud. DevakT felt delighted on looking at her.

The girl child woke up the guards with her cries. All the people got up at once and picked up the child. They took her to Kaihsa and placed her before him. Thereafter, Vasudeva and DevakI followed them with painful hearts.

O great sage, Kaiser could not be happy at the sight of the girl but at the same time he could not be compassionate on her when she was crying.

grgg g?g g qrtgggg Tntw{^ii It He was going to strike her on the stone slabs.

Both Vasudeva and Devaki spoke to the terrible king at that time, ”0 best of the kings, O Karhsa, you are well aware of the scriptures you kindly listen to my truthful and appropriate words.”.

O brother, you never displayed compassion by killing six of our sons. Currently from the eight conception this daughter has been bom.

What type of fortunes would you achieve on earth by killing her. Can the helpless woman be able to snatch your royal treasures?.

d i ycfra Thus speaking both Vasudeva and DevakI started crying in the court of the wicked king Kaihsa. The wicked Kaihsa listened to the words of both of them then spoke.

Karhsa said- You listen to my words. I am going to make you understand, before you listen to me and accept them. The destiny can destroy a mountain with a small straw. Similarly it can get a powerful lion or a tiger killed through and an insect, a huge elephant could be got killed by it with a mosquito, a child could defeat a great warrior, a gigantic aquatic animal from a petty equatic animal, a cat could be killed by mouse and a frog could kill a serpent. It can get the father killed from the son, a huge devoured could be devoured by a petty devourer, fire from water, a dry straw could destroy the fire, it is surprising that a single Brahmana a Jahnu and drunk the water of the seven oceans.

Therefore, the moves of the destiny are quite astonishing and beyond comprehension in the three worlds. As the move of destiny this girl child could also be able to kill me. Therefore I will surely kill her. There is no need of further thought in this case. Thus speaking Kamsa caught hold of the girl child and as he was about to kill her, Vasudeva said, "O king up to now you have uselessly resorted to killing. O compassionate one, you give this girl child to O great sage on hearing this Kamsa was delighted. At that point of time a divine voice from the sky addressed Kamsa, "O foolish Kartisa, whom are you going to kill without coming to know about the moves of the lord. The one who is going to kill you has already be bom and who would appear at the appropriate time."

R R?RF 3 r stllH'cfii ^:l Listening to the divine voice the king spared the girl child. Both Vasudeva and DevakI delightfully carried her to their abode. Vasudeva on the other hand distributed riches among the Brahman as getting back the girl-child, who had been on the verge of death.

RT W RfR^ fPEOTRI RTR7IRR: I O Brahmapa, titat girl child happened to be the elder sister of K»§na who was bom of the amsa of Parvati. The girl was given in due course of time the name of Ekdnarhsd, Vasudeva gave away that girl in marriage to Durvasa who had appeared as the arhsa of Siva at the time of the marriage of Rukminl. O sage, I have narrated to you the story relating to the birth of Krsna which relieves one of birth, death and old age and makes one earn great merit.

Narayana said- On the Seventh day of the moon one should consume the left over of the yajna and with a disciplined mind and on the next day, the eighth day of the moon, one should get up early in the morning and take a bath.

Therefore he should take a vow for performing the vrata by fasting, he should take sarhkalpa, "I am performing the vrata and fasting for the pleasure of lord Kfsna”.

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