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Chapter 65

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Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 65

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अथ पञ्चषष्टितमोऽध्यायः नारायम उवाच कंसस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सोऽक्रूरो धर्मिणां वरः । उवाच चौद्धवं शान्तं शान्तः प्रहृष्टमानसः ।। १ ।। अक्रूर उवाच सुप्रभाताऽद्य रजनी बभूव मे शुभं दिनम् । तुष्टाश्च गुरवो विब्रा देवा मामिति निश्चितम् ।। २ ।। कोटिजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं मम स्वयमुपस्थितम् । बभूव मे समुत्पन्नं यद्यत्कर्म शुभाशुभम् ।। ३ ।। चिच्छेद बन्धनिगडं मम बद्धस्य कर्मणा । कारागाराश्च संसारान्मुक्तो यामि हरेःपदम् ।। ४ ।। सुहृदर्थो कृतोऽहं च कंसेन विदुषा रुषा । वरेण तुल्यो देवस्य क्रोधो मम बभूव ह ।। ५ ।। व्रजराज समाहर्तुं व्रजं यास्यामि सांप्रतम् । द्रक्ष्यामि परमं पूज्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनम् ।। ६ ।। नवीनजलदश्यामं नीलेन्दीवरनोचनम् । पीतवस्त्रसमायुक्तकटिदेशविराजितम् ।। ७ ।। धूलिधूसरिताङ्गं च किंवा चन्दनचर्चितम् । अथाव नवनीताक्तमङ्गं द्रक्ष्यामि सस्मितम् ।। ८ ।। किंवा विनोदमुरलीं वादयन्तं मनोहरम् । किंवा गवां समूहं च चारजन्तमितस्ततः ।। ९ ।। किंवा वसन्तं गच्छन्तं शयानं वा सुनिश्चितम् । निद्रेशं कीदृशं चाद्य सुदृष्ट्वा च शुभे क्षणो ।। १० ।। यत्पादपद्मं ध्यायन्ते ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । न हि जानाति यस्यान्तमनन्तोऽनन्तविग्रहः ।। ११ ।। यत्प्रभावं न जानन्ति देवाः सन्तश्च संततम् । स्य स्तोत्रे जडीभूता भीता देवी सरस्वती ।। १२ ।। दासीनियुक्ता यद्दास्यो महालक्षमीश्च लक्षीता । गङ्मा यस्य पदाम्भोजान्निःसृता सत्तव रूमिणी ।। १३ ।। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिहरा त्रिभुवनात्परा । दर्शनस्पर्शनाभ्यां च नृणां पातकनाशिनी ।। १४ ।। ध्यायते यत्पदाम्भोजं दुर्गा दुर्गविनाशिनी । त्रेलोक्यजननी देवी मुलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। १५ ।। लोम्नां कूपेषु विश्वानि महाविष्णोश्च यस्य च । असंख्यानि विचित्राणि स्थूलात्स्थूलतरस्य च ।। १६ ।। स च यत्षोडशांशश्च यस्य सर्वेश्वरस्य च । तं द्रष्टुं यामि हे बन्धो मायामानुषरूपिणम् ।। १७ ।। सर्व सर्वान्तरात्मानं सर्वज्ञं प्रकृतेः परम् । ब्रह्मज्योतिःस्वरूपं च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् ।। १८ ।। निर्गुणं च निरीहं च निरानन्दं निराश्रयम् । परमं परमानन्दं सानन्दं नन्दनन्दनम् ।। १९ ।। स्वेच्छामयं सर्वपरं सर्वबीजं सनातनम् । वदन्ति योगिनः शश्वद्ध्यायन्तेऽहर्निशं शिशुम् ।। २० ।। मन्वन्तरसहस्रं च निराहारः कृशोदरः । पद्मे पाद्मस्तपस्तेपे पुरा पाद्मं तु यत्कृते ।। २१ ।। पुनः कुरु तपस्यां च तदा द्रक्ष्यसि मामिति । सकृच्छब्दं च शुश्राव न ददर्श तथाऽपि तम् ।। २२ ।। तावत्कालं पुनस्तप्त्वा वरं प्राप ददर्श तम् । ईदृशं परमेशं च द्रक्ष्याम्यद्य तमुद्धव ।। २३ ।। पुरा शंभुस्तपस्तेपे यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः । ज्योतिर्मण्डलमध्ये च गोलोके तं ददर्श सः ।। २४ ।। सर्वतत्तवं सर्वसिद्धं ममतत्वं परं वरम् । संप्राप तत्पदाम्भोजे भक्तिं च निर्मलां पराम् ।। २५ ।। चकाराऽत्मसमं तं च यो भक्तो(क्तं)भक्तवत्सलः । ईदृशं परमेशं च द्रक्ष्याम्यद्य तमुद्धव ।। २६ ।। सहस्रशक्रपातान्तं निराहारः कृशोदरः । यस्यानन्तस्तपस्तेपे भक्त्या च परमात्मनः ।। २७ ।। तदा चाऽऽत्मसमं ज्ञानंददौ तस्मै य ईश्वाः । ईदृशं परमेशं च द्रक्ष्याo ।। २८ ।। सहस्रशक्रपातान्तं धर्मस्तेपे च यत्तपः । तदा बभूव साक्षी स धर्मिणां सर्वकर्मिणाम् ।। २९ ।। शास्ता च फलदाता च यत्प्रसादान्नृणामिह । सर्वेशमीदृशमहो द्रक्ष्याo ।। ३० ।। अष्टाविंशतिरिन्द्राणां पतने यद्दिवानिशम् । एवं क्रमेण मासाब्दैः शताब्दं ब्रह्मणो वयः ।। ३१ ।। अहो यस्य निमेषेण ब्रह्मणः पतनं भवेत् । ईदृशं परमात्मानं द्रक्ष्याo ।। ३२ ।। नास्ति भूरजसा संख्या यथैव ब्रह्मणां तथा । तथैव बन्धो विश्वानां तदाधारो महाविराट् ।। ३३ ।। विशवे विश्वे च प्रत्येकं ब्रह्म विष्णुशिवादयः । मुनयो मनवः मिद्धा मानवाद्याश्चराचराः ।। ३४ ।। यत्षोडशांशः स विराट् सृष्टो नष्टश्च लीलया । ईदृशं सर्वशास्तारं द्रक्ष्याo ।। ३५ ।। इत्योवमुक्त्वाऽक्रूरश्च पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहः । मूर्च्छां प्राप साश्रुनेत्रोदध्यो तच्चरणाम्बुजम् ।। ३६ ।। बभूव भक्तिपूर्णश्च स्मारं स्मारं पदाम्बुजम् । कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं वाऽपि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। ३७ ।। उद्धवश्च तमाश्लिष्य प्रशशंक पुनः पुनः । स च शीघ्रं ययौ गेहमकूरोऽपि स्वमन्दिरम् ।। ३८ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo अक्रूरहर्षोत्कर्षकथनं नाम पञ्चषष्टि,मोऽध्यायः ।। ६५ ।।

atha pañcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyama uvāca kaṃsasya vacanaṃ śrutvā so'krūro dharmiṇāṃ varaḥ | uvāca cauddhavaṃ śāntaṃ śāntaḥ prahṛṣṭamānasaḥ || 1 || akrūra uvāca suprabhātā'dya rajanī babhūva me śubhaṃ dinam | tuṣṭāśca guravo vibrā devā māmiti niścitam || 2 || koṭijanmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ mama svayamupasthitam | babhūva me samutpannaṃ yadyatkarma śubhāśubham || 3 || ciccheda bandhanigaḍaṃ mama baddhasya karmaṇā | kārāgārāśca saṃsārānmukto yāmi hareḥpadam || 4 || suhṛdartho kṛto'haṃ ca kaṃsena viduṣā ruṣā | vareṇa tulyo devasya krodho mama babhūva ha || 5 || vrajarāja samāhartuṃ vrajaṃ yāsyāmi sāṃpratam | drakṣyāmi paramaṃ pūjyaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinam || 6 || navīnajaladaśyāmaṃ nīlendīvaranocanam | pītavastrasamāyuktakaṭideśavirājitam || 7 || dhūlidhūsaritāṅgaṃ ca kiṃvā candanacarcitam | athāva navanītāktamaṅgaṃ drakṣyāmi sasmitam || 8 || kiṃvā vinodamuralīṃ vādayantaṃ manoharam | kiṃvā gavāṃ samūhaṃ ca cārajantamitastataḥ || 9 || kiṃvā vasantaṃ gacchantaṃ śayānaṃ vā suniścitam | nidreśaṃ kīdṛśaṃ cādya sudṛṣṭvā ca śubhe kṣaṇo || 10 || yatpādapadmaṃ dhyāyante brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | na hi jānāti yasyāntamananto'nantavigrahaḥ || 11 || yatprabhāvaṃ na jānanti devāḥ santaśca saṃtatam | sya stotre jaḍībhūtā bhītā devī sarasvatī || 12 || dāsīniyuktā yaddāsyo mahālakṣamīśca lakṣītā | gaṅmā yasya padāmbhojānniḥsṛtā sattava rūmiṇī || 13 || janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiharā tribhuvanātparā | darśanasparśanābhyāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ pātakanāśinī || 14 || dhyāyate yatpadāmbhojaṃ durgā durgavināśinī | trelokyajananī devī mulaprakṛtirīśvarī || 15 || lomnāṃ kūpeṣu viśvāni mahāviṣṇośca yasya ca | asaṃkhyāni vicitrāṇi sthūlātsthūlatarasya ca || 16 || sa ca yatṣoḍaśāṃśaśca yasya sarveśvarasya ca | taṃ draṣṭuṃ yāmi he bandho māyāmānuṣarūpiṇam || 17 || sarva sarvāntarātmānaṃ sarvajñaṃ prakṛteḥ param | brahmajyotiḥsvarūpaṃ ca bhaktānugrahavigraham || 18 || nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca nirānandaṃ nirāśrayam | paramaṃ paramānandaṃ sānandaṃ nandanandanam || 19 || svecchāmayaṃ sarvaparaṃ sarvabījaṃ sanātanam | vadanti yoginaḥ śaśvaddhyāyante'harniśaṃ śiśum || 20 || manvantarasahasraṃ ca nirāhāraḥ kṛśodaraḥ | padme pādmastapastepe purā pādmaṃ tu yatkṛte || 21 || punaḥ kuru tapasyāṃ ca tadā drakṣyasi māmiti | sakṛcchabdaṃ ca śuśrāva na dadarśa tathā'pi tam || 22 || tāvatkālaṃ punastaptvā varaṃ prāpa dadarśa tam | īdṛśaṃ parameśaṃ ca drakṣyāmyadya tamuddhava || 23 || purā śaṃbhustapastepe yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ | jyotirmaṇḍalamadhye ca goloke taṃ dadarśa saḥ || 24 || sarvatattavaṃ sarvasiddhaṃ mamatatvaṃ paraṃ varam | saṃprāpa tatpadāmbhoje bhaktiṃ ca nirmalāṃ parām || 25 || cakārā'tmasamaṃ taṃ ca yo bhakto(ktaṃ)bhaktavatsalaḥ | īdṛśaṃ parameśaṃ ca drakṣyāmyadya tamuddhava || 26 || sahasraśakrapātāntaṃ nirāhāraḥ kṛśodaraḥ | yasyānantastapastepe bhaktyā ca paramātmanaḥ || 27 || tadā cā''tmasamaṃ jñānaṃdadau tasmai ya īśvāḥ | īdṛśaṃ parameśaṃ ca drakṣyāo || 28 || sahasraśakrapātāntaṃ dharmastepe ca yattapaḥ | tadā babhūva sākṣī sa dharmiṇāṃ sarvakarmiṇām || 29 || śāstā ca phaladātā ca yatprasādānnṛṇāmiha | sarveśamīdṛśamaho drakṣyāo || 30 || aṣṭāviṃśatirindrāṇāṃ patane yaddivāniśam | evaṃ krameṇa māsābdaiḥ śatābdaṃ brahmaṇo vayaḥ || 31 || aho yasya nimeṣeṇa brahmaṇaḥ patanaṃ bhavet | īdṛśaṃ paramātmānaṃ drakṣyāo || 32 || nāsti bhūrajasā saṃkhyā yathaiva brahmaṇāṃ tathā | tathaiva bandho viśvānāṃ tadādhāro mahāvirāṭ || 33 || viśave viśve ca pratyekaṃ brahma viṣṇuśivādayaḥ | munayo manavaḥ middhā mānavādyāścarācarāḥ || 34 || yatṣoḍaśāṃśaḥ sa virāṭ sṛṣṭo naṣṭaśca līlayā | īdṛśaṃ sarvaśāstāraṃ drakṣyāo || 35 || ityovamuktvā'krūraśca pulakāñcitavigrahaḥ | mūrcchāṃ prāpa sāśrunetrodadhyo taccaraṇāmbujam || 36 || babhūva bhaktipūrṇaśca smāraṃ smāraṃ padāmbujam | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ vā'pi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || 37 || uddhavaśca tamāśliṣya praśaśaṃka punaḥ punaḥ | sa ca śīghraṃ yayau gehamakūro'pi svamandiram || 38 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo akrūraharṣotkarṣakathanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭi,mo'dhyāyaḥ || 65 ||

English translation

Festivities of Akrura Narayana said- On hearing the words of Karhsa, Akrura who was the best of the religious people, quite peaceful and who always remained happy in his heart, calmly said to Uddhava.

Akrura said- "Today, our night has been turned into a dawn. The day is quite auspicious.

The teacher, the Brahmanas and the gods are indeed happy with me, the merit I had earned during the crores of last births has appeared before me. Akrura who was held in bondage because of his actions, the same have been destroyed today. Getting relieved of the prison of the universe, I am proceeding to the abode of The intelligent Kaihsa has made me to seek for a friend. Therefore, the anger of the king has turned into a boon for me.

I shall immediately move to Vraja in order to bring Sri Krsna here. Krsna who happens to be the bestower of enjoyment of pleasures and moks a will meet me there.

He has a complexion of new clouds, the eyes like blue lotus flowers he is clad in pMmbam on his entire body, would be covered with dust or applied with the sandal-paste. He would otherwise have the butter rubbed on his limbs and would be smiling; I shall look at him in this Or playfully he would be playing on the flute and would be running after the cows grazing here and there.

Otherwise either seated or walking, either sleeping or awake, I would be in a position to look at the lord. After looking at him in the auspicious moment I shall achieve great pleasure.

Brahma, Visnu, Siva and all the gods meditate upon his lotus-like feet and the serpent Ananta having the vast body is unable to know about his The influence of whom is unknown to the gods and the ascetics, the one whose glory is beyond the recitation of Sarasvatl and while doing so she becomes dumb.

For serving whom MahSlaksml is deputed like a slave girl and the auspicious Gahga emerged out of his feet which removes birth, death, old age and ailment, is the best in the three worlds and destroys the sins of others to just have a glance at her.

At whose lotus-like feet Durga meditated who happens to be the destroyer of all the misfortunes, is the mother of the three lokas, is the great goddess besides being MQla-prakrti.

Lord Visnu in whose hair-pits, innumerable globes are enshrined and who happens to be harder than the hardest and who happens to be the sixteenth Goloka of lord Krsna. O brother, I am going to have a look at him; he has an illusory form, is the inner soul of all, all knowledgeable beyond Prakrti, the form of eternal light, who takes to a definite form in order to grace his devotees, is beyond qualities, unattached, devoid of bliss, devoid of shelter, the great lord, all blissful, bestower of bliss, the one who delights Nanda, who moves at will, is beyond everyone, the cause of all and is believed to be eternal. All the ascetics meditate upon his child-like form throughout the day and night.

In the initial Padmakalpa, Brahma who emerged from the lotus, performed tapas seated on a lotus for a thousand rnanvantaras in which because of his remaining without food, his belly shrank. He then heard the words, ''Perfonn the tapas again and you will find me". But in spite of performing such a long tapas he was unable to have an audience with the lord.

O Uddhava, in the meantime he performed tapas again and then he had an audience with the lord who also bestowed on him a boon. I would be able to have an audience with such a great In the earlier times Siva had performed tapas up to the length of the sage of Brahma and then he could look at the lord in the Jyotirmandala in He then achieved the best of his devotion besides the knowledge of all the tattvas, all the success and the best of the tattvas. The lord who is graceful to his devotees, made Siva like him.

O Uddhava, I shall have an opportunity to meet with such a lord today.

O Uddhava, Ananta had adored the lord for the life of a thousand Indras with devotion, remaining without food and only after that he could achieve the lord who bestowed all the knowledge on him. I am going to meet such a great lord today.

Dharma also meditated upon him up to the life of a thousand Indras and as a result of the same he became the witness of the deeds of all and by the grace of the same he became the ruler on the humans and the bestower of the reward for their deeds. O Uddhava, I shall have a chance of meeting with such a great lord today, whose one day and night is counted after the destruction of twenty-eight Indras. In this order with the passage of months and years, Brahma lives for a hundred years and after the spending of the age of Brahma, whose one second is counted. I am going to meet with such a great lord.

O brother, as the particles of dust on earth are beyond counting, similarly the number of Brahmandas also is beyond counting the base of which happens to be Mahavirat. In every globe there are separate Brahma, Visnu, Siva and other gods besides the sages, the ascetics, siddhas, human beings and other movable and immovable creatures. The one whose sixteenth Goloka is Virat, who is playfully bom and is destroyed such a great lord who is a ruler will be met my me today.

Thus speaking Akrura felt overwhelmed and his eyes started shedding tears of joy. He fainted at that time. He then started adoring the lotus-like feet of the lord.

Remembering the lotus-like feet of the lord Krsna again and again with devotion, he circumambulated lord Krsna. Thereafter Uddhava embraced Akrura again and again and praised him. Thereafter, he immediately left for his abode and Akrura also went back to his

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