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Chapter 113

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Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 113

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अथ त्रयोदशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच सशिष्यश्चापि दुर्वासास्त्यक्त्वा च द्वारकां पुरीम् । कैलासं प्रययौ भक्त्या शंकरं द्रष्टुमीश्वरम् ।। १ ।। गत्वा मुनिश्च कैलासं प्रणनाम शिवं शिवाम् । तुष्टाव परया भक्त्या सशिष्यः प्रणतः शुचिः ।। २ ।। तत्सर्वं कथयामास वृत्तान्तं श्रीहरेरपि । आत्मनस्तपसस्तत्त्वं स्ववैराग्यं च चेतमः ।। ३ ।। मुनेश्च वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य पार्वती सती। तमुवाच हितं सत्यं साक्षाच्छंकरमंनिधौ ।। ४ ।। पार्वत्युवाच धर्मतत्त्वं न जानासि धर्मिष्ठं मन्यसे स्वयम् । अनपत्यां परित्यज्य वव यासि तपसे मुने ।। ५ ।। अनपत्यां च युवतीं कुलजां च पतिव्रताम् । त्यक्त्वा भवेयुः संन्यासी ब्रह्मचारी यतीति वा ।। ६ ।। वाणिज्ये वा प्रवासे वा चिरं दूरं प्रयाति यः । तीर्थे वा तपसे वाऽपि मोक्षार्थं जन्म खण्डितुम् ।। ७ ।। न मोक्षस्तस्य भवति धर्मस्य स्खलनं ध्रुवम् । अभिशापेन भार्याया नरकं च परत्र य ।। ८ ।। इहैव च यशोनाश इत्याह कमलोद्भवः । द्वारकां गच्छ हे विप्र स्वधर्म रक्ष सांप्रतम् ।। ९ ।। एकानंशां मदंशां च धर्मतः परिपालय । पादपद्मार्जितं पादपद्मं सर्वसुदुर्लभम् ।। १० ।। संततं शंभुना गीतं मुनीन्द्रैः सनकादिभिः । परित्यज सुरतरोः कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। ११ ।। क्व यासि तपसे वत्स सुधां त्यक्त्वा मनोहराम् । श्रीकृष्णपादपद्मं च स्वप्ने जपति यो मुने ।। १२ ।। शतजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । यद्बाल्ये यच्च कौमारे वार्धके यच्च यौवने ।। १३ ।। कामतोऽकामतो वाऽपि भस्मीभूतं च पातकम् । साक्षाद्यो भारते वर्षे श्रीकृष्णचरणाम्बुजम् ।। १४ ।। दृष्ट्वा सद्यो भवेत्पूज्यो जीवन्मुक्तो भवेद्ध्रुवम् । कोटिजन्मार्जितात्सद्यः कृतपापाद्विमुच्यते ।। १५ ।। सर्वाण्येव हि तीर्थानि यतःपूतानि नित्यशः । तद्व्रतं तत्तपः सत्यं तत्पुण्यं तच्च पूजनम् ।। १६ ।। सफलं कृष्णसंबन्धि स्वजन्मखण्डनं यतः । कृष्णभक्तिविहीनश्च ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ।। १७ ।। तत्सङ्गाच्च तदालापा द्भक्तभक्तिः प्रणश्यति । कृष्णस्योच्छिष्टभोजी यः कुष्णभक्तश्च ब्राह्मणः ।। १८ ।। आवह्निपवनात्पूतः पूतं कर्तुं जगत्क्षमः । श्रीकृष्णं च परित्यज्य क्वयासि तपसे द्विज ।। १९ ।। तपसां फलमाप्नोति श्रीकृष्णस्मरणेन च । यतो भक्तिर्न च भवेच्छ्रीकृष्णे परमात्मनि ।। २० ।। स गुरुः परमो वैरी करोति जन्म निष्फलम् । पार्वतीवचनं श्रुत्वा शंकरः प्रेमविह्वलः ।। २१ ।। पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गस्तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम् । दुर्वासाः प्रणतिं कृत्वा शिवदुर्गापदाम्बुजे ।। २२ ।। स्मारं स्मारं कृष्णपदं पुनष्च द्वारकां ययौ । तत्र गत्वा हरिं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम् ।। २३ ।। एकानंशालयं गत्वा स च रेमे तया सह । कृष्णो युधिष्ठिरध्यानात्प्रययौ हस्तिनापुरम् ।। २४ ।। कुन्तीं सभाष्य भूपं च भ्रातॄं श्चप्रमुदाऽन्वितः । उपायेन जरासंधं निहत्य शाल्वमेव च ।। २५ ।। कालयामास यज्ञं च विधिबोधितदक्षिणम् । मुनीन्द्रैश्च नृपेन्द्रैश्च राजसूयमभीप्सितम् ।। २६ ।। शिशुपालं दन्तवक्त्रं तत्र यज्ञे जघान सः । अतीव निन्दां कुर्वन्तं सभायां सुरभूपयोः ।। २७ ।। पपात तच्छरीरं च जीवो गत्वा हरेः पद्म् । तं दृष्ट्वा तत्र सर्वेशं तुष्टावाऽऽगात्य माधवम् ।। २८ ।। शिशुपाल उवाच वेदानां जनकोऽसि त्वं वेदाङ्गानां च माधव । सुराणामसुराणां च प्राकृतानां च देहिनाम् ।। २९ ।। सूक्ष्मां विधाय सृष्टिं च कल्पभेदं करोषि च । मायया च स्वयं ब्रह्मा शंकरः शेष एव च ।। ३० ।। मनवो मुनयश्चैव देवाश्च सृष्टिपालकाः । कलांशेनापि कलया दिक्पालाश्च ग्रहादयः ।। ३१ ।। स्वयं पुमान्स्वयं स्त्री च स्वयमेव नपुंसकः । कारणं च स्वयं कार्यं जन्यश्च जनकः स्वयम् ।। ३२ ।। यन्त्रस्य च गुणो दोषो यन्त्रिणश्च श्रुतौश्रुतम् । सर्वे यन्त्रा भवान्यन्त्री त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।। ३३ ।। मम क्षमस्वापराधं मूढस्य द्वारिणस्तव । ब्रह्मशापात्कुबुद्धेश्च रक्ष रक्ष जगद्गुरो ।। ३४ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा क्रमतो जयो विजय एव च । मुदा तौ ययतुः शीघ्रं वैकुण्ठद्वारमीप्सितम् ।। ३५ ।। शिशुपालस्य स्तोत्रेण सर्वे ते विस्मयं ययुः । परिपूर्णतमं कृत्वा मेनिरे कृष्णमीश्वरम् ।। ३६ ।। कारयित्वा राजसूयं भोजयामास ब्राह्मणान् । कुरुपाण्डवयुद्धं च कारयामास भेदतः ।। ३७ ।। भुवो भारावतरणं चकार स कृपानिधिः । पुनर्ययौ द्वारकां च चिरं स्थित्वा नृपाज्ञया ।। ३८ ।। विप्राया मृतवत्साया जीवयामास पुत्रकान् । मृतस्थानात्समानीय तन्मात्रे प्रददौ सुतान् ।। ३९ ।। तद्दृष्ट्वा देवकी तुष्टा ययाचे मृतपुत्रकान् । मृतस्थानात्समानीय ददौ मात्रे सहोदरान् ।। ४० ।। सद्यो जहार दारिद्र्यं सुदाम्नो ब्राह्मणस्य च । समागतस्य स्वगृहाद्द्वारकां शरणार्थिनः ।। ४१ ।। तस्मै ददौ राजलक्ष्मीं निश्चलां साप्तपौरुषीम् । पृथुकानां कणं भुक्त्वा भक्तस्य भक्तवत्सलः ।। ४२ ।। बभूव तस्य राज्यं च यथेन्द्रस्यामरावती । यथा धनेश्वरो देवो धनाढ्यः स बभुव ह ।। ४३ ।। निश्चलां हरिभक्तिं च ददौ दास्यं सृदुर्लभम् । अविनाशिनि गोलोके यथेष्टं पदमुत्तमम् ।। ४४ ।। जहार पारिजातं च शक्राहंकारमेव च । सत्यां च कारयामास पुण्यकं व्रतमीप्सितम् ।। १३३.४५ ।। वर्धयामास सर्वत्र नित्यं नैमित्तिकं मुने । तत्र व्रते कुमाराय स्वात्मानं दक्षिणां ददौ ।। १३३.४६ ।। ब्रह्माणान्भोजयामास तेभ्यो रत्नं ददौ मुदा । सत्यभामातिमानं च वर्धयामास सर्वतः ।। १३३.४७ ।। रुक्मिण्या अतिसौभाग्यमन्यासां च नवं नवम् । वैष्णवानां सुराणां च विप्रणामपि पूजनम् ।। १३३.४८ ।। वर्धयामास सर्वत्र नित्यं नैमित्तिकं मुने । परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानमुद्धवाय ददौ प्रभुः ।। १३३.४९ ।। अर्जुनं कथयामास गीतां च रणमूर्धनि । कृत्वा निष्कण्टकं चैव कृपया च कृपानिधिः ।। १३३.५० ।। युधिष्ठिराय पृथिवीराज्यलक्ष्मीं ददौ प्रभुः । दुर्गां च पूजयामास वैष्मवीं ग्रामदेवताम् ।। ५१ ।। यज्ञं च कारयामास कोटिहोमान्वितं शुफम् । नानाप्रकारनैवेद्यैर्द्यूपदीपैर्मनोहरैः ।। ५२ ।। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास पार्वतीप्रीतये तथा । रैवते पर्वते रम्ये चामूल्यरत्नमन्दिरे ।। ५३ ।। गणेशं पूजयामास देवानामीश्वरं परम् । लड्डुकानां तिलानां च सुस्वादुसुमनोहरम् ।। ५४ ।। परिपुष्टं पञ्चलक्षं नैवेद्यं च ददौ मुदा । लड्डुकं स्वस्तिकानां च सप्तलक्षं सुधोपमम् ।। ५५ ।। गणेश्वराय प्रददौ शर्कराशतराशिकम् । पक्वरम्भाफलानां च दशलक्षमपूपकम् ।। ५६ ।। मिष्टान्नं पायसं रम्यं स्वादु स्वस्तिकपिष्टकम् । घृतं च नवनीतं च दधि दुग्धं सुधोपमम् ।। ५७ ।। धूपं दीपं पारिजातपुष्पमाल्यमभीप्सितम् । सुगन्धि चन्दनं गन्धं वह्निशुद्धाशुके ददौ ।। ५८ ।। यज्ञं च कारयामास कोटिहोमान्वितं शुभम् । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास तुष्टाव स गणेश्वरम् ।। ५९ ।। वाद्यं दशविधं चैव वादयामास तत्र वै । सूर्यं च पूजयामास साम्बः कुष्ठक्षयाय च ।। ६० ।। हविष्यं कारयामास तं च साम्बंसमातरम् । परिबूर्ण वत्सरं चाप्युपहारैरनुत्त्मैः वरं ददौ च साम्बाय स्तोत्रं च भास्करः स्वयम् ।। ६१ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तं नारदनाo गणेशपूजा नाम त्रयोदशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ।। ११३ ।।

atha trayodaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyaṇa uvāca saśiṣyaścāpi durvāsāstyaktvā ca dvārakāṃ purīm | kailāsaṃ prayayau bhaktyā śaṃkaraṃ draṣṭumīśvaram || 1 || gatvā muniśca kailāsaṃ praṇanāma śivaṃ śivām | tuṣṭāva parayā bhaktyā saśiṣyaḥ praṇataḥ śuciḥ || 2 || tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa vṛttāntaṃ śrīharerapi | ātmanastapasastattvaṃ svavairāgyaṃ ca cetamaḥ || 3 || muneśca vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya pārvatī satī| tamuvāca hitaṃ satyaṃ sākṣācchaṃkaramaṃnidhau || 4 || pārvatyuvāca dharmatattvaṃ na jānāsi dharmiṣṭhaṃ manyase svayam | anapatyāṃ parityajya vava yāsi tapase mune || 5 || anapatyāṃ ca yuvatīṃ kulajāṃ ca pativratām | tyaktvā bhaveyuḥ saṃnyāsī brahmacārī yatīti vā || 6 || vāṇijye vā pravāse vā ciraṃ dūraṃ prayāti yaḥ | tīrthe vā tapase vā'pi mokṣārthaṃ janma khaṇḍitum || 7 || na mokṣastasya bhavati dharmasya skhalanaṃ dhruvam | abhiśāpena bhāryāyā narakaṃ ca paratra ya || 8 || ihaiva ca yaśonāśa ityāha kamalodbhavaḥ | dvārakāṃ gaccha he vipra svadharma rakṣa sāṃpratam || 9 || ekānaṃśāṃ madaṃśāṃ ca dharmataḥ paripālaya | pādapadmārjitaṃ pādapadmaṃ sarvasudurlabham || 10 || saṃtataṃ śaṃbhunā gītaṃ munīndraiḥ sanakādibhiḥ | parityaja surataroḥ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || 11 || kva yāsi tapase vatsa sudhāṃ tyaktvā manoharām | śrīkṛṣṇapādapadmaṃ ca svapne japati yo mune || 12 || śatajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | yadbālye yacca kaumāre vārdhake yacca yauvane || 13 || kāmato'kāmato vā'pi bhasmībhūtaṃ ca pātakam | sākṣādyo bhārate varṣe śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāmbujam || 14 || dṛṣṭvā sadyo bhavetpūjyo jīvanmukto bhaveddhruvam | koṭijanmārjitātsadyaḥ kṛtapāpādvimucyate || 15 || sarvāṇyeva hi tīrthāni yataḥpūtāni nityaśaḥ | tadvrataṃ tattapaḥ satyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ tacca pūjanam || 16 || saphalaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃbandhi svajanmakhaṇḍanaṃ yataḥ | kṛṣṇabhaktivihīnaśca brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ || 17 || tatsaṅgācca tadālāpā dbhaktabhaktiḥ praṇaśyati | kṛṣṇasyocchiṣṭabhojī yaḥ kuṣṇabhaktaśca brāhmaṇaḥ || 18 || āvahnipavanātpūtaḥ pūtaṃ kartuṃ jagatkṣamaḥ | śrīkṛṣṇaṃ ca parityajya kvayāsi tapase dvija || 19 || tapasāṃ phalamāpnoti śrīkṛṣṇasmaraṇena ca | yato bhaktirna ca bhavecchrīkṛṣṇe paramātmani || 20 || sa guruḥ paramo vairī karoti janma niṣphalam | pārvatīvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṃkaraḥ premavihvalaḥ || 21 || pulakāñcitasarvāṅgastuṣṭāva parameśvarīm | durvāsāḥ praṇatiṃ kṛtvā śivadurgāpadāmbuje || 22 || smāraṃ smāraṃ kṛṣṇapadaṃ punaṣca dvārakāṃ yayau | tatra gatvā hariṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭāva parameśvaram || 23 || ekānaṃśālayaṃ gatvā sa ca reme tayā saha | kṛṣṇo yudhiṣṭhiradhyānātprayayau hastināpuram || 24 || kuntīṃ sabhāṣya bhūpaṃ ca bhrātṝṃ ścapramudā'nvitaḥ | upāyena jarāsaṃdhaṃ nihatya śālvameva ca || 25 || kālayāmāsa yajñaṃ ca vidhibodhitadakṣiṇam | munīndraiśca nṛpendraiśca rājasūyamabhīpsitam || 26 || śiśupālaṃ dantavaktraṃ tatra yajñe jaghāna saḥ | atīva nindāṃ kurvantaṃ sabhāyāṃ surabhūpayoḥ || 27 || papāta taccharīraṃ ca jīvo gatvā hareḥ padm | taṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra sarveśaṃ tuṣṭāvā''gātya mādhavam || 28 || śiśupāla uvāca vedānāṃ janako'si tvaṃ vedāṅgānāṃ ca mādhava | surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca prākṛtānāṃ ca dehinām || 29 || sūkṣmāṃ vidhāya sṛṣṭiṃ ca kalpabhedaṃ karoṣi ca | māyayā ca svayaṃ brahmā śaṃkaraḥ śeṣa eva ca || 30 || manavo munayaścaiva devāśca sṛṣṭipālakāḥ | kalāṃśenāpi kalayā dikpālāśca grahādayaḥ || 31 || svayaṃ pumānsvayaṃ strī ca svayameva napuṃsakaḥ | kāraṇaṃ ca svayaṃ kāryaṃ janyaśca janakaḥ svayam || 32 || yantrasya ca guṇo doṣo yantriṇaśca śrutauśrutam | sarve yantrā bhavānyantrī tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam || 33 || mama kṣamasvāparādhaṃ mūḍhasya dvāriṇastava | brahmaśāpātkubuddheśca rakṣa rakṣa jagadguro || 34 || ityevamuktvā kramato jayo vijaya eva ca | mudā tau yayatuḥ śīghraṃ vaikuṇṭhadvāramīpsitam || 35 || śiśupālasya stotreṇa sarve te vismayaṃ yayuḥ | paripūrṇatamaṃ kṛtvā menire kṛṣṇamīśvaram || 36 || kārayitvā rājasūyaṃ bhojayāmāsa brāhmaṇān | kurupāṇḍavayuddhaṃ ca kārayāmāsa bhedataḥ || 37 || bhuvo bhārāvataraṇaṃ cakāra sa kṛpānidhiḥ | punaryayau dvārakāṃ ca ciraṃ sthitvā nṛpājñayā || 38 || viprāyā mṛtavatsāyā jīvayāmāsa putrakān | mṛtasthānātsamānīya tanmātre pradadau sutān || 39 || taddṛṣṭvā devakī tuṣṭā yayāce mṛtaputrakān | mṛtasthānātsamānīya dadau mātre sahodarān || 40 || sadyo jahāra dāridryaṃ sudāmno brāhmaṇasya ca | samāgatasya svagṛhāddvārakāṃ śaraṇārthinaḥ || 41 || tasmai dadau rājalakṣmīṃ niścalāṃ sāptapauruṣīm | pṛthukānāṃ kaṇaṃ bhuktvā bhaktasya bhaktavatsalaḥ || 42 || babhūva tasya rājyaṃ ca yathendrasyāmarāvatī | yathā dhaneśvaro devo dhanāḍhyaḥ sa babhuva ha || 43 || niścalāṃ haribhaktiṃ ca dadau dāsyaṃ sṛdurlabham | avināśini goloke yatheṣṭaṃ padamuttamam || 44 || jahāra pārijātaṃ ca śakrāhaṃkārameva ca | satyāṃ ca kārayāmāsa puṇyakaṃ vratamīpsitam || 133.45 || vardhayāmāsa sarvatra nityaṃ naimittikaṃ mune | tatra vrate kumārāya svātmānaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadau || 133.46 || brahmāṇānbhojayāmāsa tebhyo ratnaṃ dadau mudā | satyabhāmātimānaṃ ca vardhayāmāsa sarvataḥ || 133.47 || rukmiṇyā atisaubhāgyamanyāsāṃ ca navaṃ navam | vaiṣṇavānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca vipraṇāmapi pūjanam || 133.48 || vardhayāmāsa sarvatra nityaṃ naimittikaṃ mune | paramādhyātmikaṃ jñānamuddhavāya dadau prabhuḥ || 133.49 || arjunaṃ kathayāmāsa gītāṃ ca raṇamūrdhani | kṛtvā niṣkaṇṭakaṃ caiva kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ || 133.50 || yudhiṣṭhirāya pṛthivīrājyalakṣmīṃ dadau prabhuḥ | durgāṃ ca pūjayāmāsa vaiṣmavīṃ grāmadevatām || 51 || yajñaṃ ca kārayāmāsa koṭihomānvitaṃ śupham | nānāprakāranaivedyairdyūpadīpairmanoharaiḥ || 52 || brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa pārvatīprītaye tathā | raivate parvate ramye cāmūlyaratnamandire || 53 || gaṇeśaṃ pūjayāmāsa devānāmīśvaraṃ param | laḍḍukānāṃ tilānāṃ ca susvādusumanoharam || 54 || paripuṣṭaṃ pañcalakṣaṃ naivedyaṃ ca dadau mudā | laḍḍukaṃ svastikānāṃ ca saptalakṣaṃ sudhopamam || 55 || gaṇeśvarāya pradadau śarkarāśatarāśikam | pakvarambhāphalānāṃ ca daśalakṣamapūpakam || 56 || miṣṭānnaṃ pāyasaṃ ramyaṃ svādu svastikapiṣṭakam | ghṛtaṃ ca navanītaṃ ca dadhi dugdhaṃ sudhopamam || 57 || dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ pārijātapuṣpamālyamabhīpsitam | sugandhi candanaṃ gandhaṃ vahniśuddhāśuke dadau || 58 || yajñaṃ ca kārayāmāsa koṭihomānvitaṃ śubham | brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa tuṣṭāva sa gaṇeśvaram || 59 || vādyaṃ daśavidhaṃ caiva vādayāmāsa tatra vai | sūryaṃ ca pūjayāmāsa sāmbaḥ kuṣṭhakṣayāya ca || 60 || haviṣyaṃ kārayāmāsa taṃ ca sāmbaṃsamātaram | paribūrṇa vatsaraṃ cāpyupahārairanuttmaiḥ varaṃ dadau ca sāmbāya stotraṃ ca bhāskaraḥ svayam || 61 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttaṃ nāradanāo gaṇeśapūjā nāma trayodaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 113 ||

English translation

Durvasa enlightened by Parvatl Narayana said- Durvasa accompanied with his pupils went to meet Siva with his mind filled with devotion, leaving the city of Dvaraka. He proceeded towards Kailasa. On reaching Kailasa, the sage together with his pupils purified 1 themselves and started adoring;§iva and Parvatl.

Thereafter he spoke all the details about Sri Ki§ na and the tattva of his tapas and the detachment of his mind from them. On hearing the words of the sage, the chaste Parvatl smiled and in the presence of Siva spoke truthful words which were quite beneficial.

fcTilt 5 51^551 H.I Parvatl said- O sage, you are unaware of the tattva of dharma and still you consider yourself to be quite religious. Where are you moving leaving your childless wife. The one who disowns a youthful wife having no son who is quite chaste and devoted towards her husband becoming an ascetic, Brahmacarl or Yati or goes to a distant place for carrying out business or becomes a mendicant or a wandering ascetic in order to rid himself of the cycle of birth and death, he can never get redemption. He surely becomes responsible for the destruction of his dharma. Because with the curse of the wife, he has to fall in the hell after death his glory in this world is lost. This has been ordained by Brahma.

O BrShmana, therefore you go back to Dvaraka and protect your dharma.

Ekanamsa was bom out of my amsa and therefore maintain her with devotion, O son, the water of the feet of lord Krsna is blissful like kalpavrksa which is adored by LaksmI and is inaccessible by all. The gods like Siva, Sanaka and other sages recite the glory of lord Kfsna whose name is like the charming nectar. Where are you going leaving him? O sage, the one who recites the name of the lord at his lotus-like feet, he is relieved of the sin committed by him up to a hundred births. There is no doubt about it. By reciting his name, all his sins committed during childhood, boyhood, in youthful age as well as in old age, knowingly or unknowingly, gets destroyed. The one who looks at the lotus-like feet of Sri Krsna,. he becomes always adorable.

This is the total tmth, such a person is relieved of all the sins performed by him during the crores of All the holy places get sanctified with such a type of devotee of lord Krsna. Those who are connected with lord Krsna only that vrata^ tapas, truth, merit and -adoration become successful because by doing so one is relieved of the cycle of the birth. In case Brahmana well-versed in the Vedas is deprived of the devotion of lord Krsna even a devotee of the lord becomes degraded by talking to such a person. The Brahmana who consume the left-over or is devoted to him, such an auspicious soul, is competent enough to purify the fire and the wind besides the entire universe.

O Brahmana, living lord Krsna where are you going to perform tapas.

The devotees achieve the fruit of their tapas by merely recitmg the name of 6rl Krs^a. A teacher who is deprived of the devotion of the lord Krsna he happens to be a great enemy and renders the life of his pupil infructuous. On hearing the words of Parvatl, l^iva was overwhelmed with love and his limbs felt emotional. Thereafter he prayed to goddess Parvatl. The sage Durvasa offering his salutation at the feet of Siva and PSrvatl, devoting his mind at the lotus-like feet of Sri Krspa went back to Dvaraka. Reaching there he started offering prayer to lord Krsna.

He then went to the abode of Ekanaihsa and then enjoyed her company. At the command of Yudhisthira, Krsna went to Hastinapura.

He then talked to KuntI, the king Yudhisthira and his brothers delightfully and with great efforts he killed Jarasandha and Salva; he then made Yudhisthira to perform the Rdjasuya- yajitay through the sages and the kings gave away suitable amount of daksina.

In that yajna he killed l^isupala and Dantavaktra, With the fall of Sisupala, he went to Vaikuntha at once but finding Vispu absent from that place he returned and started adoring Sisupala said- O Medhava, you are the creator of the Vedas, the post-Vedic literature, the gods, the demons and all other creatures.

You are the creator of the smaller creatures of the universe and go on through the kalpas. You illusion, the Manus, the sages, the gods, Dikpalas, represents your form in ones way or the other.

You are Purusa as well as Prakyti and the eunuchs; you are the cause as will as the deed beside being the producer and the produce.

The good or bad qualities of a machine depend upon the machine man. This has been ordained in the Vedas. All the humans are machines while you happen to be the machine man. Therefore everything is established in you.

O teacher of the universe, I am your wicked gate-keeper, therefore you forgive my sins and save me from the curse of Brahma.

Thus speaking both Jaya and Vijaya (Sisupala and Dantavaktra) reached the gate of Vaikuntha.

All were surprised with the reciting of the stotra of Sisupala. All of them considered Kfspa to be the lord, in all respect.

Thereafter Rajasuya-yajm was performed and creating dissension's, made the Kaiuavas but fight with Pan^avas. The merciful lord went back to Mathura in order to relieve the earth of her burden where he stayed for a long time and brought back to life the son of a Brahmana woman; who was brought back from the place of the dead and restored to his parents.

DevakI was extremely pleased at this. She also demanded back her dead sons; the lord brought back her dead son from the place of the dead and entrusted them to the care of DevakI.

Thereafter he removed the poverty of Sudama who had come take to refuge with him.

Consuming the fried paddy of Sudama, the lord who is always graceful to his devotees, blessed him to be graced by the goddess of riches for seven generations.

His kingdom equated the city of Amaravatl and he becomes as rich as Kubera himself.

He achieved in fallible devotion of lord Hari, the inaccessible slavehood and infallible place of He than stole away the Pdrijata tree from the place of Indra shattering his pride and made Satya to perform Punyaka vrata. He encouraged the performing of the auspicious deeds, he presented himself as daksina to Sanatkumara that He served food to the Brahmana and also offered the gems to them; he increased his prestige before Satyabhama.

O sage, he promoted the popularity of RukminI and other spouses among the Vais navas, the gods and the Brahmanas besides other religions. The lord then bestowed to Uddhava the divine knowledge. He imparted the knowledge of Gita to Arjuna in the fare-front of the battle-field.

The merciful lord relieved the earth of her burden and bestowed the RajalaksmI on earth to Yudhusthira. He made Durga to be adored as the village deity, everywhere to whom several types of naivedya and the pleasant incense, lamps etc.

were offered performing the homas. The Brahmanas were served with the food and in order to please Parvatl; he built a beautiful palace of Parvatl and Ganes'a studded with invaluable several gems on the Raivata mountain. For the pleasure of Parvatl, he also built a palace for Ganesa on the Raivata mountain. At that point of time five lakhs of sweet balls of sesamum seeds were made and seven lakhs of modakas, hundreds of heaps of sugar, the ripe banana fruit, ten lakhs of sweet dishes, charming pdyasam, fried, ghee, butter, curd, milk, incense, lamps, garland of Pdrijdta flowers, fragrant sandal- paste, fragrance and the costumes sanctified by fire were distributed.

He performed a yajha comprising of crores of homas, served the Brahmanas the food and offer prayer to Ganapati. At that point of time, ten types of musical instruments were sounded Samba then adored SQrya to get rid of the leprosy, he had attracted for a year. Samba continue to consume the havisya food together with his mother. He adored Surya with several types of offerings. SQrya then himself appeared before Samba and bestowed to him several blessing and his stotra.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 308234 (2021-04-27T11:00:15Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1599–n1604: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1599/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.