Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 74
Sourceअथ चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णः परमानन्दः परिपूर्णतमः प्रभुः । परमात्मा च परमो भक्तानुग्रहकारकः ।। १ ।। भुवो भारावतरणो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः । परात्पनस्तु भगवान्ब्रह्मेशशेषवन्दितः ।। २ ।। तुष्टो नन्दस्तवं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच जगत्पतिः । आगच्छन्तं गोकुलाच्च विरहज्वरकातरम् ।। ३ ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच गच्छ नन्दव्रजं नन्द त्यज शोकं भ्रमं भुवि । शृणु सत्यं परं ज्ञानं शोकग्रन्थिनिकृन्तनम् ।। ४ ।। वायुश्च भूमिराकाशो जलं तेजश्च पञ्चमम् । उक्तः श्रुतिगणैरेतैः पञ्चभूतैश्च नित्यशः ।। ५ ।। सर्वैषां देहिनां तात देहश्च पाञ्चभौतिकः । मिथ्याभ्रमः कृत्रिमश्च स्वप्नवन्माययाऽन्वितः ।। ६ ।। देहं गृह्णन्ति सर्वैषां पञ्चभूतानि नित्यशः । मायासंकेतरूपं तदभिज्ञानं भ्रमात्मकम् ।। ७ ।। को वा कस्य सुनस्तात का स्त्री कस्य पतिस्तु वा । कर्मणा भ्रमणं शश्वत्सर्वेषां भूरिजन्मनि ।। ८ ।। कर्मणा जायन्ते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते । सुखं दुःखं भयं शोकं कर्मणा च प्रपद्यते ।। ९ ।। केषां वा जन्म स्वर्गेषु केषां वा ब्रह्मणो गृहे । केषां विप्रेषु क्षत्रेषु केषां वा बैश्यशूद्रयोः ।। १० ।। अतिनीचेषु केषां वा केषां कृमिषु विट्सु च । पशुपक्षिषु केषां वा केषां वा क्षुद्रजन्तुषु ।। ११ ।। पुनः पुनर्भ्रमन्त्येव सर्वे तात स्वकर्मणा । करोति कर्म निर्मूलं मद्भक्तो मत्पियः सदा ।। १२ ।। सत्यं त्रेता द्वापरश्च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । पञ्चविंशत्सहस्राणां युगान्ते निधनं मनोः ।। १३ ।। मनोः समं महेन्द्रस्य परमायुर्विनिर्मितम् । चतुर्दशेन्द्रविच्छित्तौ ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते ।। १४ ।। एवं परिमिता रात्रिः कालविद्भर्विनिर्मिता । एवं परिमिता मासा वर्षं च परिनिश्चितम् ।। १५ ।। ब्रह्मणश्च वर्षशतं परमायुर्विनिर्मितम् । निमेषमात्रं कालोऽयं ब्रह्मणो निधने मम ।। १६ ।। ब्रह्मादितृणपर्यन्तं सर्वं विश्वे विनिर्मितम् । सत्योऽहं परमात्मा च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः ।। १७ ।। मन्मन्त्रोपासकः सत्यो देहं त्यक्त्वा धरासु च । यास्यत्येव हि गोलोकं छित्वा कर्म पुरातनम् ।। १८ ।। असंख्यब्रह्मणां पाते न भवेत्तस्य पातनम् । गृह्णति नित्यं स्वं देहं जन्ममृत्युजरापहम् ।। १९ ।। न नन्द मम भक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् । नित्यं सुदर्शनं तं च परिरक्षति मर्वतः ।। २० ।। मत्तो हि बलवान्भक्तश्चिन्तितोऽहं न चिन्तितः । अहं स्वामी च तस्यैव न मे स्वामी पिता प्रसूः ।। २१ ।। पुत्रबुद्धिं परित्यज्य भज मां ब्रह्मरूपिणम् । छित्तवा च ब्रह्मनिगडं गोलोकं तद्व्रज स्वयम् ।। २२ ।। कथयस्व यशोदां च गोपीं गोपगणां व्रज । तैश्च सर्वैर्जनैः शोकं त्यज स्वमन्दिरं व्रज ।। २३ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्विरराम च संसदि । पप्रच्छ पुनरेवं तं नन्दश्चाऽऽनन्दसंप्लुतः ।। २४ ।। नन्द उवाच वद सांसारिकं ज्ञानं येन यास्यामि त्वत्पदम् । मूढोऽहं परमानन्द श्रुतीनां जनको भवान् ।। २५ ।। नन्दस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वज्ञो भगवान्स्वयम् । आह्निकं कथयायास श्रुतिभिर्न श्रुतं हि यत् ।। २६ ।। इतिo श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारादनाo भगवन्नन्दसंवादे चतुः सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ।। ७४ ।।
atha catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyaṇa uvāca śrīkṛṣṇaḥ paramānandaḥ paripūrṇatamaḥ prabhuḥ | paramātmā ca paramo bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ || 1 || bhuvo bhārāvataraṇo nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | parātpanastu bhagavānbrahmeśaśeṣavanditaḥ || 2 || tuṣṭo nandastavaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca jagatpatiḥ | āgacchantaṃ gokulācca virahajvarakātaram || 3 || śrībhagavānuvāca gaccha nandavrajaṃ nanda tyaja śokaṃ bhramaṃ bhuvi | śṛṇu satyaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ śokagranthinikṛntanam || 4 || vāyuśca bhūmirākāśo jalaṃ tejaśca pañcamam | uktaḥ śrutigaṇairetaiḥ pañcabhūtaiśca nityaśaḥ || 5 || sarvaiṣāṃ dehināṃ tāta dehaśca pāñcabhautikaḥ | mithyābhramaḥ kṛtrimaśca svapnavanmāyayā'nvitaḥ || 6 || dehaṃ gṛhṇanti sarvaiṣāṃ pañcabhūtāni nityaśaḥ | māyāsaṃketarūpaṃ tadabhijñānaṃ bhramātmakam || 7 || ko vā kasya sunastāta kā strī kasya patistu vā | karmaṇā bhramaṇaṃ śaśvatsarveṣāṃ bhūrijanmani || 8 || karmaṇā jāyante jantuḥ karmaṇaiva pralīyate | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ karmaṇā ca prapadyate || 9 || keṣāṃ vā janma svargeṣu keṣāṃ vā brahmaṇo gṛhe | keṣāṃ vipreṣu kṣatreṣu keṣāṃ vā baiśyaśūdrayoḥ || 10 || atinīceṣu keṣāṃ vā keṣāṃ kṛmiṣu viṭsu ca | paśupakṣiṣu keṣāṃ vā keṣāṃ vā kṣudrajantuṣu || 11 || punaḥ punarbhramantyeva sarve tāta svakarmaṇā | karoti karma nirmūlaṃ madbhakto matpiyaḥ sadā || 12 || satyaṃ tretā dvāparaśca kaliśceti caturyugam | pañcaviṃśatsahasrāṇāṃ yugānte nidhanaṃ manoḥ || 13 || manoḥ samaṃ mahendrasya paramāyurvinirmitam | caturdaśendravicchittau brahmaṇo dinamucyate || 14 || evaṃ parimitā rātriḥ kālavidbharvinirmitā | evaṃ parimitā māsā varṣaṃ ca pariniścitam || 15 || brahmaṇaśca varṣaśataṃ paramāyurvinirmitam | nimeṣamātraṃ kālo'yaṃ brahmaṇo nidhane mama || 16 || brahmāditṛṇaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ viśve vinirmitam | satyo'haṃ paramātmā ca bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ || 17 || manmantropāsakaḥ satyo dehaṃ tyaktvā dharāsu ca | yāsyatyeva hi golokaṃ chitvā karma purātanam || 18 || asaṃkhyabrahmaṇāṃ pāte na bhavettasya pātanam | gṛhṇati nityaṃ svaṃ dehaṃ janmamṛtyujarāpaham || 19 || na nanda mama bhaktānāmaśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit | nityaṃ sudarśanaṃ taṃ ca parirakṣati marvataḥ || 20 || matto hi balavānbhaktaścintito'haṃ na cintitaḥ | ahaṃ svāmī ca tasyaiva na me svāmī pitā prasūḥ || 21 || putrabuddhiṃ parityajya bhaja māṃ brahmarūpiṇam | chittavā ca brahmanigaḍaṃ golokaṃ tadvraja svayam || 22 || kathayasva yaśodāṃ ca gopīṃ gopagaṇāṃ vraja | taiśca sarvairjanaiḥ śokaṃ tyaja svamandiraṃ vraja || 23 || ityevamuktvā bhagavānvirarāma ca saṃsadi | papraccha punarevaṃ taṃ nandaścā''nandasaṃplutaḥ || 24 || nanda uvāca vada sāṃsārikaṃ jñānaṃ yena yāsyāmi tvatpadam | mūḍho'haṃ paramānanda śrutīnāṃ janako bhavān || 25 || nandasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sarvajño bhagavānsvayam | āhnikaṃ kathayāyāsa śrutibhirna śrutaṃ hi yat || 26 || itio śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nārādanāo bhagavannandasaṃvāde catuḥ saptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 74 ||
English translation
Talk between Nanda and Kp^ita Narayana said- Lord Krsna who is blissful, complete in all respects the lord, the great soul, extremely devoted to his devotees, who appears on earth to rid of her burden, who is formless, beyond Prakrti, beyond all and Brahma, adored by Siva, Sesa and is the lord of the universe, was pleased with the prayer of Nanda and spoke to him delightfully who was suffering from the pain Krsna said- You go to Vraja and get yourself relieved of the grief and illusion on the earth. I am speaking to you the truthful and the best of the knowledge which removes the knot of grief.
Listen to me attentively, there are five mahdbhutas on earth known as the wind, the earth, the sky, the water and the tejas. O father, the srutis testify that the bodies of all the creatures on earth comprise of these five mahdbhutas, that is why this^ body is called Pdhcabhautika. It comprises of false illusion, artificiality and is full of illusion like the dream.
At the time of death the entire body pancabhiita merges in them. Its indication, its form and identity are filled with illusion.
Therefore, O fathers, who is the son of whom, who is the wife of whom and who is the husband of whom Jiva wanders in various forms for several births in various ways. Because the Jiva takes new birth because of his deeds and because of the karma it also merges into the great soul and it achieves pleasure, pain, fear and grief because of the past deeds. Someone is bom in the heaven because of his deeds, someone is bom in the house of Brahma, someone is bom in the house of Brahmanas or Ksatriyas. Someone is bom in the house of Vaisyas and someone is the bom in the house of Stidras.
Similarly, it sometimes is bom in the house of some degraded person, sometimes as an insect of the refuse, sometimes as an animal or bird and sometimes as a petty creature.
Therefore, O father, all the people are bom in their respective yonis again and again wandering here and there. But my devotee always remains engrossed in the uprooting of all the actions.
There are four yugas known as Satya, Treta, Dvdpara, Kaliyuga. Thus after the completion of twenty five thousand yugas. Manu, meets it with his end and the life of Indra has been equated with Manu, after the death of fourteen Indras continuously a day of Brahma is counted.
His night is of similar duration. This has been pronounced by those well-versed in the calculation of time. Thus they have the month and the year. The age of Brahma has been calculated to be hundred years and after the death of Brahma, a single moment of mine is counted.
Similarly, all the things right from Brahma to the blade of grass are perishable. I alone am the truth who take to human form to bestow grace on the great soul and the devotees. He who adores me reciting my mantra on earth, he, after death, destroying his past deeds, proceeds to Goloka.
He does not fall from Goloka even after the fall of innumerable BrahmSs, he achieves the eternal body which is devoid of death. O Nanda, my devotees never meet with any misfortune at any time. Apart fi*om that my Sudarsana-cakra always protects them.
Therefore my devotee is more powerful than myself, but still I remain anxious; for him being a lord, I don't have any lord, father or mother therefore instead of taking me as your son, you adore me as a complete Brahma as a result of which you will be relieved of the fetters of karmas and shall proceed to Goloka. O lord of Vraja, the cowherdess Yasoda, the group of cowherds should be told about the reality and leaving aside the grief, you go back to your house. After thus speaking in the assembly lord Krsna kept quiet; thereafter, Nanda getting overwhelmed with bliss asked him.
Nanda said- O blissful one, you bestow worldly knowledge on me by means of which I should be able to achieve your loka. Because I
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 122404 (2017-09-17T14:11:14Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1374–n1375: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1374/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.