Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 78
Sourceअथाष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः नन्द उवाच श्रीक़ष्ण जगतां नाथ सुस्वप्नश्च श्रुतो मया । वेदसारो नीतिसारो लौकिको वैदिकस्तथा ।। १ ।। अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि पापं येषां च दर्शने । यस्मिन्कर्मणि वा वत्स तन्मां कथितुमर्हसि ।। २ ।। वचनं वेदशाश्रोक्तं तथा वेदानुयायिनः । श्रोतुमिच्छन्ति संतप्ता लोकास्त्वन्मुखतस्तथा ।। ३ ।। वेदानां जनकस्त्वं च वैदिकानां सतामपि । प्रह्मादीनां सुराणां च मुनीनां जगतामपि ।। ४ ।। श्रुतं यत्त्वन्मुखाम्भोजात्प्रमाणं वचनामृतम् । तेन देहोऽभिषिक्तो मे वत्सविच्छेददाहनः ।। ५ ।। स्वप्ने यच्छरणाम्भोजं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । ब्रह्मादयो न पश्यन्ति तदद्य दृष्टिगोचरम् ।। ६ ।। अतः परं त्वत्पदाब्जं क्व पश्यामि च पातकी । विण्मूत्रधारी देहो मे निबद्धश्च स्वकर्मणा ।। ७ ।। ईदृशं च दिनं वत्स कदा मम भविष्यति । त्वया ब्रह्मादिनाथेन संवादो मम पापिनः ।। ८ ।। कृपां कुरु कृपानाथ मम दोषं क्षमस्व च । वत्सबुद्ध्या च दुर्नीतं यत्कृतं च महेश्वर ।। ९ ।। ब्रह्मेशशेषमुनयो ध्यायन्ते त्वत्पदाम्बुजम् । सरस्वती श्रुतिर्यस्य स्तवने जडतां व्रजेत् ।। १० ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा नन्दश्च निरानन्दः शुचाऽऽकुलः । मूर्च्छामाप रुदित्वा च पुत्रविच्छेदविह्वलः ।। ११ ।। संत्रस्तो भगवान्कृष्णो बोधयामास यत्नतः । परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानं ददौ तस्मै जगत्पतिः ।। १२ ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच हे नन्द जनकश्रेष्ठ सर्वश्रेष्ठ व्रजेश्वर । चेतनं कुरु कल्याम ज्ञानं च परमं श्रृणु ।। १३ ।। परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनां च सुदुल्रभम् । वेदशास्त्रे गोपनीयं तुभ्यमेव ददाम्यहम् ।। १४ ।। निबोध श्रूयतां नन्द सानन्दः सुसमाहितः । जन्ममृत्युचराव्याधिर्यदभ्यासान्न जायते ।। १५ ।। स्थिरो भव महाराज व्रजनाथ व्रजं व्रज । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा सदानन्दः शोकमोहविवर्जितः ।। १६ ।। जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं संसारं सचराचरम् । प्रभाते स्वप्नवन्मिथ्या मोहकारणमेव च ।। १७ ।। मिथ्याकृत्रिमनिर्माणहेतुश्च पाञ्चभौतिकः । मायया सत्यबुद्ध्या च प्रतीतिं जायते नरः ।। १८ ।। कामक्रोधरोभमोहैर्वेष्टितः सर्वकर्मसु । मायया मोहितः शश्वज्ज्ञानहीनश्च दुर्बलः ।। १९ ।। निद्रातन्द्राक्षुत्पिपासाक्षमाश्रद्धादयादिभिः । लज्जा शान्तिर्धृतिः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिश्चाऽऽभिश्च वेष्टितः ।। २० ।। मनोबुद्धिचेतनाभिः प्राणज्ञानात्मभिः सह । संसक्तः सर्वदेवैश्च यथा वृक्षश्च वायसैः ।। २१ ।। अहमात्मा च सर्वेशः सर्वज्ञानात्मकः स्मृतः । मनो ब्रह्मा च प्रकृतिर्बुद्धिरुपा सनातनी ।। २२ ।। प्राणा विष्णुश्चेतना सा पद्मा तु चाधिदेवता । मयि स्थिते स्थिताः सर्वे गतास्तेऽपिगते मयि ।। २३ ।। अस्माभिश्च विना देहः सद्यः पतति निश्चितम् । पाञ्चभूतो विलीनश्च पञ्चभूतेषु तत्क्षणम् ।। २४ ।। नामसंकेतरूपं च निष्फलं मोहकारणम् । शोकश्चाज्ञानिनां तात ज्ञानितां नास्ति किंचन ।। २५ ।। निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृते कलाः । लोभादयो ह्यधर्माशास्तथाऽहंकारपञ्चमः ।। २६ ।। ते ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राशा गुणाः सत्त्वादयस्त्रयः । ज्ञानात्मकः शिवो ज्योतिरहमात्मा च निर्गुणः ।। २७ ।। यदा विशामि प्रकृतौ तदाऽहं सगुणः स्मृतः । सगुणा विषया विष्णुप्रह्मरुद्रादयस्तथा ।। २८ ।। धर्मो मदंशो विषयी शोषः सूर्यः कलानिधिः । एवं सर्वे सत्कलांशा मुनिमन्वादयःसुराः ।। २९ ।। सर्वदेहे प्रविष्टोऽहं न लिप्तः सर्वकर्मसु । जीवन्मुक्तश्च मद्भक्तो जन्ममृत्युजराहरः ।। ३० ।। सर्वसिद्धेश्वरः श्रीमान्कीर्तिमान्पण़्डितः कविः । चतुर्स्त्रिशद्विधः सिद्धः सर्वकर्मोपहारकः ।। ३१ ।। तमुपैमि स्वयं सिद्धं भक्तस्त्वन्यन्न वाञ्छति । द्वाविंशतिविधं सिद्धं सिद्धिसाधनकारणम् ।। ३२ ।। मन्मुखाच्छूयतां नन्द सिद्धमन्त्रं गृहाण च । अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यं महिमा तथा ।। ३३ ।। ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च तथा कामावसायिता । दूरश्रवणमेवेति परकायप्रवेशनम् ।। ३४ ।। मनोयायित्वमेवेति सर्वज्ञत्वमभीप्सितम् । वह्निस्तम्भं जलस्तम्भं चिरंजीवित्वमेव च ।। ३५ ।। वायुस्तम्भं क्षुत्पिपासानिद्रास्तम्भनमेव च । कायव्यूहं च वाक्सिद्धिं मृतानयनमौप्सितम् ।। ३६ ।। सृष्टीनां करणं चैव प्राणाकर्षणमेव च । ॐ सर्वेश्वरेश्वराय सर्वदिघ्नविनाशिने मधुसूदनाय स्वाहेति ।। ३७ ।। अयं सन्त्रो महागूढः सर्वेषां कल्पपादपः । सामवेदे च कथितः मिद्धानां सर्वमिद्धिदः ।। ३८ ।। अनेन योगिनः सिद्धा मुनीन्द्राश्च सुरास्तथा । शतलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेत्सताम् ।। ३९ ।। यदि नारायणक्षेत्रे हविष्यान्नरतो जपेत् । गत्वा कुरु जपं तातकाशिकां मणिकर्णिकाम् ।। ४० ।। श्रृशु नारायणक्षेत्रै जलाधस्तच्चतुष्टयम् । अत्र नारायणः स्वामी नान्यः स्वामी कदाचन ।। ४१ ।। ज्ञानं चात्र मृते लोके मूर्तिर्भवति तस्य वै । व्रतं विनाऽपि मन्त्रेण जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः ।। ४२ ।। व्रजं कुरु पवित्रं च व्रजनाथ व्रजं व्रज । पापं यद्दर्शने तात कथयामि निशामय ।। ४३ ।। दुःस्वप्नं पापबौजं च केवलं विघ्नकारणम् । गोघ्नं च ब्राह्मणघ्नं वा कृतघ्नं कृटिलं तथा ।। ४४ ।। देवघ्नं पितृमातृघ्नं पापं विश्ववासघातिनम् । मिथ्यासाक्षिप्रदातारं यं चाऽऽतिथ्यविवञ्चनम् ।। ४५ ।। ग्रामयाजिनमेवेति देवविप्रस्वहारिणम् । अश्वत्थघातिनं दुष्टं शिवविष्णुविनिन्दकम् ।। ४६ ।। अदीक्षितमनाचारं संध्याहीनं द्विजं तथा । देवलं वृषवाहं च शूद्राणां सूपकारकम् ।। ४७ ।। शवदाहं च शूद्राणां शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजिनम् । अवीरां छिन्ननासां च देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकाम् ।। ४८ ।। पदिभक्तिविङीनां च विष्णुभक्तिविहीनकाम् । शूद्राणां विधवां चैव चाण्डालीं व्यभिचारिणीम् ।। ४९ ।। शश्वत्कोपयुतं दुष्टमृणग्रस्तं च जारजम् । चौरं मिथ्यावादिनं च शरणागतयायिनम् ।। ५० ।। मांसापहारिणं चैव ब्रह्मणं वृषलीपतिम् । ब्राह्मणीगामिरं शूद्र द्विजं वाधुर्षिकं तथा ।। ५१ ।। अगम्यामामिनं दुष्टं चतुर्वणं नराधमम् । माता सपत्नीमाता च श्वश्रूश्च भगिनी सुता ।। ५२ ।। गुरुपत्नी पुत्रपत्नी सोदरस्य प्रिया सती । मातृष्वसा पितृष्वसा भामिनेयप्रिया तथा ।। ५३ ।। मातुलानी नवोढा य पितृव्यस्त्री रजस्वला । पितृमातृप्रसूश्चैव चागम्याष्टादश स्मृताः ।। ५४ ।। कीर्तिताः सामवेदे च परिपाल्याः सतां व्रज । एता दृष्ट्वा च स्पृष्ट्वा च ब्रह्महत्यां लभेन्नरः ।। ५५ ।। तस्माद्दैवेन ता दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं दृष्ट्वा हरिं स्मरेत् । कामतो यदि पश्यन्ति विनिन्द्यास्ते भवन्ति वै ।। ५६ ।। तस्मात्सन्तो न पश्यन्ति शापभीता व्रजेश्वर । राहुग्रस्तं रविं सोभं न पश्यन्ति विपश्चितः ।। ५७ ।। जन्माष्टसप्तरिः फाङ्कदशमस्थे दिवाकरे । जन्मर्क्षे निधने चापि चतुर्थेऽपि कलानिधौ ।। ५८ ।। सर्वैरंशैर्न पश्यन्ति कम्पितं चन्द्रभास्करम् । नेष्टचन्द्रो न दृश्यश्य भाद्रे मासि सितासिते ।। ५९ ।। चतुर्थ्यामुदितश्चन्द्रः परित्यक्तो मनीषिमिः । चन्द्रस्तारापहरणं कलङ्गमतिदुष्करम् ।। ६० ।। तस्मै ददाति हे नन्द कामतो दि पश्यति । अकामतो नरो दृष्ट्वा मन्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत् ।। ६१ ।। तदा शुद्धो भवेत्सद्यो निष्कलङ्की महीतले । सिंहः प्रसेनमवधीत्सिंहो जाम्बवता हतः ।। ६२ ।। सुकुमारक मा रोदीस्तव ह्येष स्यमन्तकः । इति मन्त्रेण पूतं च जलं साधुः पिबेद्ध्रुवम् ।। इति ते कथितं सर्वमपरं कथयामि ते ।। ६३ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo अष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ।। 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athāṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ nanda uvāca śrīqaṣṇa jagatāṃ nātha susvapnaśca śruto mayā | vedasāro nītisāro laukiko vaidikastathā || 1 || adhunā śrotumicchāmi pāpaṃ yeṣāṃ ca darśane | yasminkarmaṇi vā vatsa tanmāṃ kathitumarhasi || 2 || vacanaṃ vedaśāśroktaṃ tathā vedānuyāyinaḥ | śrotumicchanti saṃtaptā lokāstvanmukhatastathā || 3 || vedānāṃ janakastvaṃ ca vaidikānāṃ satāmapi | prahmādīnāṃ surāṇāṃ ca munīnāṃ jagatāmapi || 4 || śrutaṃ yattvanmukhāmbhojātpramāṇaṃ vacanāmṛtam | tena deho'bhiṣikto me vatsavicchedadāhanaḥ || 5 || svapne yaccharaṇāmbhojaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam | brahmādayo na paśyanti tadadya dṛṣṭigocaram || 6 || ataḥ paraṃ tvatpadābjaṃ kva paśyāmi ca pātakī | viṇmūtradhārī deho me nibaddhaśca svakarmaṇā || 7 || īdṛśaṃ ca dinaṃ vatsa kadā mama bhaviṣyati | tvayā brahmādināthena saṃvādo mama pāpinaḥ || 8 || kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpānātha mama doṣaṃ kṣamasva ca | vatsabuddhyā ca durnītaṃ yatkṛtaṃ ca maheśvara || 9 || brahmeśaśeṣamunayo dhyāyante tvatpadāmbujam | sarasvatī śrutiryasya stavane jaḍatāṃ vrajet || 10 || ityevamuktvā nandaśca nirānandaḥ śucā''kulaḥ | mūrcchāmāpa ruditvā ca putravicchedavihvalaḥ || 11 || saṃtrasto bhagavānkṛṣṇo bodhayāmāsa yatnataḥ | paramādhyātmikaṃ jñānaṃ dadau tasmai jagatpatiḥ || 12 || śrībhagavānuvāca he nanda janakaśreṣṭha sarvaśreṣṭha vrajeśvara | cetanaṃ kuru kalyāma jñānaṃ ca paramaṃ śrṛṇu || 13 || paramādhyātmikaṃ jñānaṃ jñānināṃ ca sudulrabham | vedaśāstre gopanīyaṃ tubhyameva dadāmyaham || 14 || nibodha śrūyatāṃ nanda sānandaḥ susamāhitaḥ | janmamṛtyucarāvyādhiryadabhyāsānna jāyate || 15 || sthiro bhava mahārāja vrajanātha vrajaṃ vraja | jñānaṃ labdhvā sadānandaḥ śokamohavivarjitaḥ || 16 || jalabudbudavatsarvaṃ saṃsāraṃ sacarācaram | prabhāte svapnavanmithyā mohakāraṇameva ca || 17 || mithyākṛtrimanirmāṇahetuśca pāñcabhautikaḥ | māyayā satyabuddhyā ca pratītiṃ jāyate naraḥ || 18 || kāmakrodharobhamohairveṣṭitaḥ sarvakarmasu | māyayā mohitaḥ śaśvajjñānahīnaśca durbalaḥ || 19 || nidrātandrākṣutpipāsākṣamāśraddhādayādibhiḥ | lajjā śāntirdhṛtiḥ puṣṭistuṣṭiścā''bhiśca veṣṭitaḥ || 20 || manobuddhicetanābhiḥ prāṇajñānātmabhiḥ saha | saṃsaktaḥ sarvadevaiśca yathā vṛkṣaśca vāyasaiḥ || 21 || ahamātmā ca sarveśaḥ sarvajñānātmakaḥ smṛtaḥ | mano brahmā ca prakṛtirbuddhirupā sanātanī || 22 || prāṇā viṣṇuścetanā sā padmā tu cādhidevatā | mayi sthite sthitāḥ sarve gatāste'pigate mayi || 23 || asmābhiśca vinā dehaḥ sadyaḥ patati niścitam | pāñcabhūto vilīnaśca pañcabhūteṣu tatkṣaṇam || 24 || nāmasaṃketarūpaṃ ca niṣphalaṃ mohakāraṇam | śokaścājñānināṃ tāta jñānitāṃ nāsti kiṃcana || 25 || nidrādayaḥ śaktayaśca tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛte kalāḥ | lobhādayo hyadharmāśāstathā'haṃkārapañcamaḥ || 26 || te brahmaviṣṇurudrāśā guṇāḥ sattvādayastrayaḥ | jñānātmakaḥ śivo jyotirahamātmā ca nirguṇaḥ || 27 || yadā viśāmi prakṛtau tadā'haṃ saguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ | saguṇā viṣayā viṣṇuprahmarudrādayastathā || 28 || dharmo madaṃśo viṣayī śoṣaḥ sūryaḥ kalānidhiḥ | evaṃ sarve satkalāṃśā munimanvādayaḥsurāḥ || 29 || sarvadehe praviṣṭo'haṃ na liptaḥ sarvakarmasu | jīvanmuktaśca madbhakto janmamṛtyujarāharaḥ || 30 || sarvasiddheśvaraḥ śrīmānkīrtimānpaṇa़ḍitaḥ kaviḥ | caturstriśadvidhaḥ siddhaḥ sarvakarmopahārakaḥ || 31 || tamupaimi svayaṃ siddhaṃ bhaktastvanyanna vāñchati | dvāviṃśatividhaṃ siddhaṃ siddhisādhanakāraṇam || 32 || manmukhācchūyatāṃ nanda siddhamantraṃ gṛhāṇa ca | aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā || 33 || īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca tathā kāmāvasāyitā | dūraśravaṇameveti parakāyapraveśanam || 34 || manoyāyitvameveti sarvajñatvamabhīpsitam | vahnistambhaṃ jalastambhaṃ ciraṃjīvitvameva ca || 35 || vāyustambhaṃ kṣutpipāsānidrāstambhanameva ca | kāyavyūhaṃ ca vāksiddhiṃ mṛtānayanamaupsitam || 36 || sṛṣṭīnāṃ karaṇaṃ caiva prāṇākarṣaṇameva ca | oṃ sarveśvareśvarāya sarvadighnavināśine madhusūdanāya svāheti || 37 || ayaṃ santro mahāgūḍhaḥ sarveṣāṃ kalpapādapaḥ | sāmavede ca kathitaḥ middhānāṃ sarvamiddhidaḥ || 38 || anena yoginaḥ siddhā munīndrāśca surāstathā | śatalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhirbhavetsatām || 39 || yadi nārāyaṇakṣetre haviṣyānnarato japet | gatvā kuru japaṃ tātakāśikāṃ maṇikarṇikām || 40 || śrṛśu nārāyaṇakṣetrai jalādhastaccatuṣṭayam | atra nārāyaṇaḥ svāmī nānyaḥ svāmī kadācana || 41 || jñānaṃ cātra mṛte loke mūrtirbhavati tasya vai | vrataṃ vinā'pi mantreṇa jīvanmukto na saṃśayaḥ || 42 || vrajaṃ kuru pavitraṃ ca vrajanātha vrajaṃ vraja | pāpaṃ yaddarśane tāta kathayāmi niśāmaya || 43 || duḥsvapnaṃ pāpabaujaṃ ca kevalaṃ vighnakāraṇam | goghnaṃ ca brāhmaṇaghnaṃ vā kṛtaghnaṃ kṛṭilaṃ tathā || 44 || devaghnaṃ pitṛmātṛghnaṃ pāpaṃ viśvavāsaghātinam | mithyāsākṣipradātāraṃ yaṃ cā''tithyavivañcanam || 45 || grāmayājinameveti devaviprasvahāriṇam | aśvatthaghātinaṃ duṣṭaṃ śivaviṣṇuvinindakam || 46 || adīkṣitamanācāraṃ saṃdhyāhīnaṃ dvijaṃ tathā | devalaṃ vṛṣavāhaṃ ca śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakārakam || 47 || śavadāhaṃ ca śūdrāṇāṃ śūdraśrāddhānnabhojinam | avīrāṃ chinnanāsāṃ ca devabrāhmaṇanindakām || 48 || padibhaktiviṅīnāṃ ca viṣṇubhaktivihīnakām | śūdrāṇāṃ vidhavāṃ caiva cāṇḍālīṃ vyabhicāriṇīm || 49 || śaśvatkopayutaṃ duṣṭamṛṇagrastaṃ ca jārajam | cauraṃ mithyāvādinaṃ ca śaraṇāgatayāyinam || 50 || māṃsāpahāriṇaṃ caiva brahmaṇaṃ vṛṣalīpatim | brāhmaṇīgāmiraṃ śūdra dvijaṃ vādhurṣikaṃ tathā || 51 || agamyāmāminaṃ duṣṭaṃ caturvaṇaṃ narādhamam | mātā sapatnīmātā ca śvaśrūśca bhaginī sutā || 52 || gurupatnī putrapatnī sodarasya priyā satī | mātṛṣvasā pitṛṣvasā bhāmineyapriyā tathā || 53 || mātulānī navoḍhā ya pitṛvyastrī rajasvalā | pitṛmātṛprasūścaiva cāgamyāṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ || 54 || kīrtitāḥ sāmavede ca paripālyāḥ satāṃ vraja | etā dṛṣṭvā ca spṛṣṭvā ca brahmahatyāṃ labhennaraḥ || 55 || tasmāddaivena tā dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ dṛṣṭvā hariṃ smaret | kāmato yadi paśyanti vinindyāste bhavanti vai || 56 || tasmātsanto na paśyanti śāpabhītā vrajeśvara | rāhugrastaṃ raviṃ sobhaṃ na paśyanti vipaścitaḥ || 57 || janmāṣṭasaptariḥ phāṅkadaśamasthe divākare | janmarkṣe nidhane cāpi caturthe'pi kalānidhau || 58 || sarvairaṃśairna paśyanti kampitaṃ candrabhāskaram | neṣṭacandro na dṛśyaśya bhādre māsi sitāsite || 59 || caturthyāmuditaścandraḥ parityakto manīṣimiḥ | candrastārāpaharaṇaṃ kalaṅgamatiduṣkaram || 60 || tasmai dadāti he nanda kāmato di paśyati | akāmato naro dṛṣṭvā mantrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet || 61 || tadā śuddho bhavetsadyo niṣkalaṅkī mahītale | siṃhaḥ prasenamavadhītsiṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ || 62 || sukumāraka mā rodīstava hyeṣa syamantakaḥ | iti mantreṇa pūtaṃ ca jalaṃ sādhuḥ pibeddhruvam || iti te kathitaṃ sarvamaparaṃ kathayāmi te || 63 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo aṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 78 ||
English translation
Discourse to Nanda on Spiritualism Nanda said- O Krsna, O lord of the universe, I have listened to your discourse on good dreams quite carefully which is the gist of the Vedas and is a part of worldly practices.
O son, by witnessing dreams and by performing deeds one earns sins. I would like to listen to them from you at present; you kindly tell me about the same.
Thus, the followers of the Vedas listen to the provisions of the Vedas and other scriptures, with devotion. Similarly the people of the world remain anxious to listen to your nectar-like words because you happen to be the creator of the Vedas. The Vedic people, the intellectuals, Brahma and other gods besides the sages also preserve them.
Therefore, O son, whatever nectar-like words I have listened to from your lotus-like mouth, have made my body burning with the fire of separation, quite cool and calm, your lotus-like feet fulfil all the desires and even BrahmS and other gods are unable to have a look at your lotus-like feet even in dream. Fortunately I am looking at them with my own eyes.
After this where can sinners like me have a glance at your lotus-like feet? My body is filled with refuse and urine and is entangled and is bound with the fetters of my deeds. O son, when shall the day come when I would be able to talk again to a person like you, who are the lord of the Brahma and other gods.
Therefore, O merciful one, 0 son, you kindly forgive me for the same. The gods Brahma, Siva, Sesa, the sages, always meditate upon your lotus¬ like feet and Sarasvati and sruti are unable to recite your glory becoming dumb before you, Thus speaking Nanda who was deprived of pleasure and filled with grief, because of the separation from his son fainted while crying.
Finding him in such a condition Visnu felt panicky and started convincing him variously, bestowing the extremely spiritual knowledge on Krsna said- O Nanda, O best of the kings, best of the lord of Vraja, you regain consciousness and listen to my words which are beneficial and spiritual. This spiritual knowledge is even beyond the reach of the great yogis, quite secretive in the Vedas and other scriptures, which is being bestowed by me on you.
O Nanda, you delightfully listen to it with apt attention and follow it, because by doing so one is relieved of birth, death, old age and ailments.
Therefore, O lord of Vraja, O great king, be composed and receiving the divine knowledge.be relieved of grief and illusion and blissfully move to Vraja.
I c iq g fi q gzn utrefiRtn^g rni^vall This entire movable and immovable universe is of no consequence like a water bubble, it is like a morning dream and leads only to illusion.
The human body of five elements which is the cause of the building of the universe, also falls and is perishable. A human considers the illusion as truthful and in all his actions he is overpowered by desire anger, greed and illusion.
He is over-powered by sleep, drowsiness, hunger, thirst, forgiveness, devotion, mercy, shyness, peace, belief, support, satisfaction and other elements. He 's involved in the worldly affairs with his mind, intelligence, consciousness, breathing, knowledge, soul, the lord of all and the supreme knowledge. Brahma is my mind, the eternal Prakrti is the wisdom, Vis nu is the breathing and consciousness is the great goddess Laksmi. Till such time as I remain in the body everything moves. When I leave the body, the same is deserted by everyone; without me the body falls in no time. All the five elements of the body that is earth, water, fire, wind and sky are merged in the five elements.
O father, that is why the whole universe is the cause of illusion alone, in which the wise people do not attract grief and the intellectuals never indulge in the same. All the saktis like sleep, etc., are the rays of Prakrti. Desire, anger, greed, illusion and arrogance are the arhsa of adharma The athsas of Brahma, Visnu and Siva are reflected with sattva, lamas and rajas. The all knowledgeable Siva and myself whom the form of the soul, when I enter into the Prakrti then I become saguna. Brahma, Visnu and Siva are all saguna, in other words in these forms, I take up the task of reconstruction. Dharma, Sesa, Surya, the moon are all my ams'as\ similarly all the sages, the ascetics are also part of my amsas. I pervade in all the bodies in the worlds but I never get involved in anyone of them. My devotee always gets relieved of birth, death and old age.
He becomes the great Siddha, virtuous, glorious, intellectual, poetic, achieves such four types of siddhis and can destroy the deeds. I always remain present in my devotees, my devotees do not want anything else. He is engaged in achieving siddhis which are known to have twenty two types.
O Nanda, you listen to me about them from my mouth and receive the siddhamantra. The names of the siddhis are animd Laghima, Pr Jpti, controlling of hunger, thirst and sleep, a Vaksiddhi, bringing up the dead body, the creation, pranayama. The relevant siddha mantra This mantra is quite secretive and is like kalpavrksa which has been prescribed in the Samaveda and provides all success to the All these yogis, the ascetics and the gods achieve success by reciting the mantras, by consuming the havisya food in the Narayana-ks etra; by reciting this mantra for a hundred lakhs of times, the intellectuals meet with success. O father, you go to KasI and recite this mantra over the Manikarnika ghata.
I am now talking to you about N^ayana-ks etra which you may please listen to. Up to the width of four hands of the flowing water in the river, the place has been described as Narayana- ksetra, only Narayana happens to be the lord of this place^ and none else.
A person who dies at that place, achieves salvation and divine knowledge. If anyone recites the mantras even without performing vrata, he is relieved of the cycle of birth and death; there is no doubt about it.
O lord of Vraja, you go to Vraja and purify the place. O father, now I am telling you about the person by looking at whom one earns a sin. You please listen to me. The bad dream is the result of sinful ways and is the result of many of our actions. One earns sins by looking at the killer of a cow, the killer of a Brahmana, an ungrateful person, a wicked person, a destroyer of the images of the gods, the killer of the parents, a betrayer of the faith, a giver of false witness, those who extend ill treatment to beggars, those who performed yajnas in villages, the one who snatches away the livelihood of the gods and the Brahmanas, the one who cuts the pTpala tree, the one who denounces Siva and Visnu, a person without Diksa, the Brahmana who falls in evil ways and those who are deprived of the sandhyas thrice a day. By looking at the pujari of a temple, the driver of the bulls, the store-keeper
of the Sudras, the one who bums the dead bodies of the Sudras and takes the food of sraddha with them, a woman having no son or a husband, women with severed nose, those who denounce Brahmanas and the gods, a lady who is not devoted to Visnu or her husband, a widow Sudra woman, a candala woman, a loose-woman and those who always remain in anger, the wicked person, the indebtors, varnasankaras, the thieves, those who always speak untruth, these who come to take refuge, the thieves of meat, a Brahmana having a Sudra as his wife, a Sudra cohabiting with a Brahmana woman, the money lender, the wicked person who cohabits with a Brahmana woman and a person who is denounced by all the varnas.
The eighteen types of women have been described as inaccessible. They include the mother, the step-mother, the mother-in-law, wife of the teacher, wife of son, wife of the brother, sister of the mother, sister of the father, wife of the nephew, brother's wife, newly wedded wife of others, aunt, the women in period, mother of the father and the mother of the mother. O lord of Vraja, the list of these has been provided in the Samaveda which is fully supported by the people of wisdom. If anyone looks at them with side glances or touches them with evil intentions he earns the sin of Brahmahatyd.
In case one accidentally looks at them with an evil eye, he should at once worship Hari.
Whosoever looks at them with passionate O lord of Vraja, therefore, the wise people never cast an evil eye on them. The intellectuals never look at the sun and the moon when they are eclipsed by Rahu.
In case the son is in the house of the birth, the eighth house, the seventh house, the twelfth house, ninth house and tenth house and in that case one should not look at the sun. In case the moon is in the constellation of birth and the fourth and eighth house, then one should not look at the moon. The moon rising in the bright fort-night in the month of BhMrapada is known as Na^tacandra. The intellectuals should not look at it.
O Nanda, in case someone intentionally looks at the moon, he earns a blemish like the kidnapping of Tara by moon; in case anyone looks at it, unconsciously then one should drink the sanctified water.
By doing so, a person is purified and is relieved of all sins on earth. The mantra which purifies the water is like this; O prince, don't cry, you take this Syamantaka gem because of which a lion had killed Prasena and the lion was killed by Jambavan. The water sanctified by this mantra should always be consumed. I have thus spoken all the essential things to you. What more shall I speak.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 122408 (2017-09-17T14:15:58Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1396–n1401: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1396/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.