1.1.1
Sourceजयति निज-पदाब्ज-प्रेम-दानावतीर्णो विविध-मधुरिमाब्धिः को’पि कैशोर-गन्धिः । गत-परम-दशान्तꣳ यस्य चैतन्य-रूपाद् अनुभव-पदम् आप्तꣳ प्रेम गोपीषु नित्यम्
jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ | gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam
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All glories to the Supreme Personality, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is ever-youthful and full of all excellent qualities. He is an ocean of variegated sweetness, and His divine prema reaches the point of highest development in the beautiful cowherd damsels of Vraja. The prema of the gopīs has become the object and support of everyone in His original form as Śrī Caitanya, who descended to bestow that sweetest service to His own lotus feet.
1.1.2
Sourceश्री-राधिका-प्रभृतयो नितराꣳ जयन्ति गोप्यो नितन्त-भगवत्-प्रियता-प्रसिद्धः । यासाꣳ हरौ परम-सौहृद-माधुरीणाꣳ निर्वक्तुꣳ ईषद् अपि जातु न को’पि शक्तः
śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti gopyo nitanta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhaḥ | yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ nirvaktuṁ īṣad api jātu na ko’pi śaktaḥ
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The Vraja gopīs are especially celebrated as the dearmost of Śrī Bhagavān. No one has ever come close to ascertaining the sweetness of their supreme affection towards Śrī Hari. All these celebrated, eternally beloved gopīs of Śrī Kṛṣṇa such as Śrī Rādhikā are shining forth with all types of super-excellence. All glories unto them!
1.1.3
Sourceस्व-दयित-निज-भावꣳ यो विभव्य स्व-भावात् सुमधुरम् अवतीर्णो भक्त-रूपेण लोभात् । जयति कनक-धामा कृष्ण-चैतन्य-नामा हरिर् इह यति-वेषः श्री-शची-सूनुर् एषः
sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhavya sva-bhāvāt sumadhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpeṇa lobhāt | jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā harir iha yati-veṣaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ
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As Śrī Kṛṣṇa thought, ‘the pure devotion which My devotees possess towards Me is sweeter than My love for them,’ He descended in Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma, in Gauḍadeśa, out of greed to taste the sweet prema of His devotees. Śrī Gaurahari, who has accepted the golden effulgent dress of a renunciant with the divine name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, is radiantly present in all excellence!
1.1.4
Sourceजयति मथुरा-देवी श्रेष्ठा पुरीषु मनोरमा परम-दयिता कꣳसारातेर् जनि-स्थिति-रञ्जिता । दुरित-हरणान् मुक्तेर् भक्तेर् अपि प्रतिपादनाज् जगति महिता तत्-तत्-क्रीडा-कथास् तु विदूरतः
jayati mathurā-devī śreṣṭhā purīṣu manoramā parama-dayitā kaṁsārāter jani-sthiti-rañjitā | durita-haraṇān mukter bhakter api pratipādanāj jagati mahitā tat-tat-krīḍā-kathās tu vidūrataḥ
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Śrī Mathurā-devī is best among all holy cities and is renowned as “manoramā,” because she steals away the hearts and minds of everyone. Not to speak of all other enchanting pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Kaṁsāri) performed here, she is decorated by His divine birth and residence. She destroys all sins, bestows liberation and devotion upon everyone, and is therefore revered by the entire world. Glories to Śrī Mathurā-devī, the most beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is present in topmost excellence!
1.1.5
Sourceजयति जयति वृन्दारण्यम् एतन् मुरारेः प्रियतमम् अति-साधु-स्वान्त-वैकुण्ठ-वासात् । रमयति स सदा गाः पालयन् यत्र गोपीः स्वरित-मधुर-वेणुर् वर्धयन् प्रेम रासे
jayati jayati vṛndāraṇyam etan murāreḥ priyatamam ati-sādhu-svānta-vaikuṇṭha-vāsāt | ramayati sa sadā gāḥ pālayan yatra gopīḥ svarita-madhura-veṇur vardhayan prema rāse
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Śrī Vṛndāvana is the abode of residence dearer to Śrī Murāri than the lotus hearts of saintly persons, or Śrī Vaikuṇṭha. Here, Śrī Kṛṣṇa personally watches over and grazes every cow, resonating sweet melodies on His flute and forever increasing the love of all the gopīs with pastimes like rāsa-līlā. All glories to this Śrī Vṛndāvana in all her excellence!
1.1.6
Sourceजयति तरणि-पुत्री धर्म-राज-स्वसा या कलयति मथुरायाः साख्यम् अत्येति गङ्गाम् । मुरहर-दयिता तत्-पाद-पद्म-प्रसूतꣳ वहति च मकरन्दꣳ नीर-पूर-च्छलेन
jayati taraṇi-putrī dharma-rāja-svasā yā kalayati mathurāyāḥ sākhyam atyeti gaṅgām | murahara-dayitā tat-pāda-padma-prasūtaṁ vahati ca makarandaṁ nīra-pūra-cchalena
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Śrī Yamunā, being a friend of Śrī Mathurā, excels the glories of even Śrī Gaṅgā. Assuming the guise of a flowing river, she becomes the carrier of sweet nectar that emanates from the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She is the beloved of the “Slayer of the Mura demon” (Śrī Kṛṣṇa-priyā), daughter of Sūrya the sungod and sister of Dharmarāja. Glories to Śrī Yamunā who is splendidly present in all excellence!
1.1.7
Sourceगोवर्धनो जयति शैल-कुलाधिराजो यो गोपिकाभिरुदितो हरि-दास-वार्यः । कृष्णेन शक्र-मख-भङ्ग-कृतार्चितो यः सप्ताहम् अस्य कर-पद्म-तले’प्य् अवत्सीत्
govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo yo gopikābhirudito hari-dāsa-vāryaḥ | kṛṣṇena śakra-makha-bhaṅga-kṛtārcito yaḥ saptāham asya kara-padma-tale’py avatsīt
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Glories to Girirāja Govardhana, whom the gopīs proclaim as Haridāsa-varya, the superexcellent servant of Śrī Hari, who is present in all splendor! By worshipping Śrī Govardhana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa spoiled the yajña of Indra. And having a sovereignty more than Mount Sumeru and other mountains, Śrī Govardhana has been graced with the good fortune of resting continuously on Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus hand for an entire week.
1.1.8
Sourceजयति जयति कृष्ण-प्रेम-भक्तिर् यद्-अङ्घ्रिꣳ निखिल-निगम-तत्त्वꣳ गूढम् आज्ञाय मुक्तिः । भजति शरण-कम्का वैष्णवैस् त्यज्यमाना जप-यजन-तपस्य-न्यास-निष्ठाꣳ विहाय
jayati jayati kṛṣṇa-prema-bhaktir yad-aṅghriṁ nikhila-nigama-tattvaṁ gūḍham ājñāya muktiḥ | bhajati śaraṇa-kamkā vaiṣṇavais tyajyamānā japa-yajana-tapasya-nyāsa-niṣṭhāṁ vihāya
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Despite being forsaken by the Vaiṣṇavas, liberation herself, who aptly researched all Vedic truths, has given up her firm deter mination on the duties of the four āśramas of spiritual life, in the chanting of japa, performance of tapasyā, yajña and acceptance of sannyāsa, in order to eagerly glorify the one-pointed shelter at the lotus feet of prema-bhakti for Śrī Kṛṣṇa. All glories to the prema- bhakti to Śrī Kṛṣṇa that stands graciously before you.
1.1.9
Sourceजयति जयति नामानन्द-रूपꣳ मुरारेर् विरमित-निज-धर्म-ध्यान-पूजादि-यत्नम् । कथम् अपि सकृद् आत्तꣳ मुक्तिदꣳ प्राणिनाꣳ यत् परमम् अमृतम् एकꣳ जीवनꣳ भूषणꣳ मे
jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpaṁ murārer viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam | katham api sakṛd āttaṁ muktidaṁ prāṇināṁ yat paramam amṛtam ekaṁ jīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ me
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All glories repeatedly to that blissful Śrī Harināma that frees one from the practices of varṇāśrama, dhyāna (meditation), pūjā (deity worship) and so on. It relieves one from the distressful impedi ments involved in the endeavors of varṇāśrama-dharma, the mental restraint involved in dhyāna, the accumulation of paraphernalia while engaged in daily pūjā and so on. Just once accepting Śrī Harināma grants liberation to the living entities. It is the only ornament and immortal nectar for the life and soul of Sanātana himself.
1.1.10
Sourceनमः श्री-कृष्ण-चन्द्रय निरुपाधि-कृपा कृते । यः श्री-चैतन्य-रूपो’भूत् तन्वन् प्रेम-रसꣳ कलौ
namaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-candraya nirupādhi-kṛpā kṛte | yaḥ śrī-caitanya-rūpo’bhūt tanvan prema-rasaṁ kalau
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I offer my obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa-candra, that causelessly merciful spiritual master who descended in the form of Śrī Caitanya to spread the mellow of divine love in this age of Kali-yuga.
1.1.11
Sourceभगवद्-भक्ति-शास्त्राणाम् अयꣳ सारस्य सङ्ग्रहः । अनुभूतस्य चैतन्य-देवे तत्-प्रिय-रूपतः
bhagavad-bhakti-śāstrāṇām ayaṁ sārasya saṅgrahaḥ | anubhūtasya caitanya-deve tat-priya-rūpataḥ
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This book is the collective essence of śāstras relating to pure devotional service to Śrī Bhagavān and realized by service to Śrī Caitanya-deva. It has been first tasted and experienced by His dearmost Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, and for this reason, a treasure posited by him alone.
1.1.12
Sourceअथ कथा-प्रारम्भः— शृण्वन्तु वैष्णवाः शास्त्रम् इदꣳ भागवतामृतम् । सुगोप्यꣳ प्राह यत् प्रेम्णा जैमिनिर् जनमेजयम्
atha kathā-prārambhaḥ— śṛṇvantu vaiṣṇavāḥ śāstram idaṁ bhāgavatāmṛtam | sugopyaṁ prāha yat premṇā jaiminir janamejayam
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O Vaiṣṇavas, please hear this scripture known as Śrī Bhāgavatāmṛtam. Although this book is extremely confidential, the sage Jaimini related it to King Janamejaya with deep affection and tenderness.
1.1.13
Sourceमुनीन्द्राज् जैमिनेः श्रुत्वा भारताख्यानम् अद्भुतम् । परीक्षिन्-नन्दनो’पृच्छत् तत्-खिलꣳ श्रवणोत्सुकः
munīndrāj jaimineḥ śrutvā bhāratākhyānam adbhutam | parīkṣin-nandano’pṛcchat tat-khilaṁ śravaṇotsukaḥ
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After hearing the wonderful tale of Mahābhārata from Śrī Jaimini Muni, Śrī Janamejaya, the son of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, became eager to hear its final installment. Thus he inquired about that supplement.
1.1.14
Sourceश्री-जनमेजय उवाच— न वैशम्पायनात् प्राप्तो ब्रह्मन् यो भारते रसः । त्वत्तो लब्धः स तच्-छेषाꣳ मधुरेण समापय
śrī-janamejaya uvāca— na vaiśampāyanāt prāpto brahman yo bhārate rasaḥ | tvatto labdhaḥ sa tac-cheṣāṁ madhureṇa samāpaya
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Śrī Janamejaya said: O brāhmaṇa, even after hearing the narration of Mahābhārata, I never achieved that sweet mellow emanating from the lips of the great sage Vaiśampāyana. Therefore, please bring that Mahābhārata to its climax with its sweet mellow.
1.1.15-17
Sourceश्री-जमिनिर् उवाच— शुकदेवोपदेशेन निहताशेष-साध्वसम् । सम्यक्-प्राप्त-समस्तार्थꣳ श्री-कृष्ण-प्रेम-सम्प्लुतम् सन्निकृष्ट-निजाभिष्ट- पादारोहन-कालकम् । श्रीमत्-परीक्षितꣳ माता तस्यार्ता कृष्ण-तत्-परा विराट-तनयैकान्ते’पृच्छद् एतन् नृपोत्तमम् । प्रबोध्यानन्दिता तेन पुत्रेण स्नेह-सम्प्लुता
śrī-jaminir uvāca— śukadevopadeśena nihatāśeṣa-sādhvasam | samyak-prāpta-samastārthaṁ śrī-kṛṣṇa-prema-samplutam sannikṛṣṭa-nijābhiṣṭa- pādārohana-kālakam | śrīmat-parīkṣitaṁ mātā tasyārtā kṛṣṇa-tat-parā virāṭa-tanayaikānte’pṛcchad etan nṛpottamam | prabodhyānanditā tena putreṇa sneha-samplutā
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Śrī Jaimini said: O best of kings, the instructions of Śrī Śukadeva eradicated all the fears of Śrī Parīkṣit. Having reaped all the fruits of the four mundane goals of human life (piety, wealth, desire and eman cipation), he absorbed himself in the loving mellows of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. As the time came to ascend to his desired destination of Śrī Goloka, the daughter of King Virāta and fond mother, Śrī Uttarā- devī, cried out in grief to her son Parīkṣit. Even so, being consoled and pleased by her son, she anxiously asked about hearing related topics of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.1.18
Sourceश्रीमद्-उत्तरोवाच— यत् शुकेनोपदिष्टꣳ ते वत्स निष्कृष्य तस्य मे । सारꣳ प्रकाशय क्षिप्रꣳ क्षीराम्भोधेर् इवामृतम्
śrīmad-uttarovāca— yat śukenopadiṣṭaṁ te vatsa niṣkṛṣya tasya me | sāraṁ prakāśaya kṣipraṁ kṣīrāmbhodher ivāmṛtam
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Śrī Uttarā-devī said: O son, you received advice from the lotus mouth of Śrī Śukadeva. You should wisely extract the essence of those truths and relate them to me as if extracting nectar from the Ocean of Milk.
1.1.19
Sourceश्री-जैमिनिर् उवाच— उवाच सादरꣳ राजा परीक्षिन् मातृ-वत्सलः । श्रुतात्य्-अद्भुत-गोविन्द- कथाख्यान-रसोत्सुकः
śrī-jaiminir uvāca— uvāca sādaraṁ rājā parīkṣin mātṛ-vatsalaḥ | śrutāty-adbhuta-govinda- kathākhyāna-rasotsukaḥ
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Śrī Jaimini said: King Parīkṣit, who was affectionate to his mother, became immersed in the nectar of divine love. Then he began to respectfully speak to his mother about the wonderful narration of Śrī Govinda that had emanated from the lotus mouth of his guru, Śrī Śukadeva.
1.1.20-23
Sourceश्री-विष्णुरात उवाच— मातर् यद्यपि काले’स्मिम्स् चिकीर्षित-मुनि-व्रतः । तथाप्य् अहꣳ तव प्रश्न- माधुरी-मुखरी-कृतः गुरोः प्रसादतस् तस्य श्रीमतो बदरायनेः । प्रणम्य ते स-पुत्रायाः प्राणदꣳ प्रभुम् अच्युतम् तत्-कारुण्य-प्रभावेन श्रीमद्-भागवतामृतम् । समुद्धृतꣳ प्रयत्नेन श्रीमद्-भागवतोत्तमैः मुनीन्द्र-मण्डली-मध्ये निश्चितꣳ महताꣳ मतम् । महा-गुह्यम् अयꣳ सम्यक् कथयाम्य् अवधारय
śrī-viṣṇurāta uvāca— mātar yadyapi kāle’smims cikīrṣita-muni-vrataḥ | tathāpy ahaṁ tava praśna- mādhurī-mukharī-kṛtaḥ guroḥ prasādatas tasya śrīmato badarāyaneḥ | praṇamya te sa-putrāyāḥ prāṇadaṁ prabhum acyutam tat-kāruṇya-prabhāvena śrīmad-bhāgavatāmṛtam | samuddhṛtaṁ prayatnena śrīmad-bhāgavatottamaiḥ munīndra-maṇḍalī-madhye niścitaṁ mahatāṁ matam | mahā-guhyam ayaṁ samyak kathayāmy avadhāraya
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Śrī Parīkṣit said: “O Mother, though my time of departure is near and I would like to spend this brief time by accepting a vow of silence, your sweet-natured question entreats me to speak out. “Therefore, offering praṇāmas to the Savior of your life and mine, Bhagavān Śrī Acyuta, by His mercy and by the mercy of my venerable guru, Śrī Śukadeva, I am answering your question by personally describing this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatāmṛta. Please listen. “This Śrī Bhāgavatāmṛta is the extracted essence from such uttama-bhāgavatas as Śrīmad Śuka and Nārada. An assembly of grand sages listened to this narration with the greatest respect and such mahājanas as Parāśura approved of it. Therefore, it is the most confidential of all transcendental mellows (mahā-rasa- maya).”
1.1.24-25
Sourceएकदा तीर्थ-मूर्धन्ये प्रयागे मुनि-पुङ्गवाः । माघे प्रातः कृत-स्नानः श्री-माधव-समीपतः उपविष्टा मुदाविष्टा मन्यमानाः कृतार्थताम् । कृष्णस्य दयितो’सीति श्लाघन्ते स्म परस्परम्
ekadā tīrtha-mūrdhanye prayāge muni-puṅgavāḥ | māghe prātaḥ kṛta-snānaḥ śrī-mādhava-samīpataḥ upaviṣṭā mudāviṣṭā manyamānāḥ kṛtārthatām | kṛṣṇasya dayito’sīti ślāghante sma parasparam
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Once in the month of Māgha at Prayāga, the crown-jewel of pilgrimage places, a gathering of grand sages finished their morning bath and sat down before Śrī Mādhava. Considering themselves fortunate, they began happily praising one another by proclaiming, “You are Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s favored recipient.” In this way, they mutually gave respect to each other.
1.1.26-29
Sourceमातस् तदानीꣳ तत्रैव विप्र-वरः समागतः । दशाश्वमेधिके तीर्थे भगवद्-भक्ति-तत्-परः सेवितो’शेष-सम्पद्भिस् तद्-देशस्याधिकारवान् । वृतः परिजनैर् विप्र- भोजनार्थꣳ कृतोद्यमः विचित्रोत्कृष्ट-वस्तूनि स निष्पाद्य महा-मनाः । अवश्यकꣳ समाप्यादौ सꣳस्कृत्य महतीꣳ स्थलीम् सत्वरꣳ चत्वरꣳ तत्र मध्ये निर्माय सुन्दरम् । उपलिप्य स्व-हस्तेन वितानान्य् उदतानयत्
mātas tadānīṁ tatraiva vipra-varaḥ samāgataḥ | daśāśvamedhike tīrthe bhagavad-bhakti-tat-paraḥ sevito’śeṣa-sampadbhis tad-deśasyādhikāravān | vṛtaḥ parijanair vipra- bhojanārthaṁ kṛtodyamaḥ vicitrotkṛṣṭa-vastūni sa niṣpādya mahā-manāḥ | avaśyakaṁ samāpyādau saṁskṛtya mahatīṁ sthalīm satvaraṁ catvaraṁ tatra madhye nirmāya sundaram | upalipya sva-hastena vitānāny udatānayat
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O Mother, at that time in Prayāga at Daśāśvamedha ghāt, one high- class brāhmaṇa who was intent on devotional service of Bhagavān who was also a ruler of that region and possessing fabulous wealth arrived there with his associates, wishing to feed the brāhmaṇas. That magnanimous, first-class brāhmaṇa prepared various kinds of excellent tasty items. First of all, he performed his daily duties such as his morning bath. Thereafter, in the middle of a large open court yard he prepared one beautiful vedī or dais. Then, by his own hands, using a broom, he sanctified the place by smearing it with cow dung, and to protect it from the sunshine, he covered it with a small canopy.
1.1.30-31
Sourceशालग्राम-शिला-रूपꣳ कृष्णꣳ स्वर्णासने शुभे । निवेष्य भक्त्या सम्पूज्य यथा-विधि मुदा भृतः भोगाम्बरादि-सामग्रीम् अर्पयित्वाग्रतो हरेः । स्वयꣳ नृत्यन् गीत-वाद्यादिभिश् चक्रे महोत्सवम्
śālagrāma-śilā-rūpaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ svarṇāsane śubhe | niveṣya bhaktyā sampūjya yathā-vidhi mudā bhṛtaḥ bhogāmbarādi-sāmagrīm arpayitvāgrato hareḥ | svayaṁ nṛtyan gīta-vādyādibhiś cakre mahotsavam
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In the middle of that vedī, or dais, on an extremely beautiful, golden siṁhāsana he established Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the form of Śrī Śālagrāma. Then, with a joyful heart, he performed proper arcanā with devotion to His Prabhu with various assembled upacāra such as food and dress. Thereafter, he personally danced continuously in front of Śrī Hari to the accompaniment of songs and musical instruments in grand festivity.
1.1.32-34
Sourceततो वेद-पुराणादि- व्याख्याभिर् वाद-कोविदान् । विप्रान् प्रणम्य यतिनो गृहिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः वैष्णवाꣳश् च सदा कृष्ण- कीर्तनानन्द-लम्पटान् । सुबहून् मधुरैर् वाक्यैर् व्यवहारैश् च हर्षयन् पाद-शौच-जलꣳ तेषाꣳ धारयन् शिरसि स्वयम् । भगवत्य् अर्पितैस् तद्वद् अन्नादिभिर् अपूजयत्
tato veda-purāṇādi- vyākhyābhir vāda-kovidān | viprān praṇamya yatino gṛhino brahmacāriṇaḥ vaiṣṇavāṁś ca sadā kṛṣṇa- kīrtanānanda-lampaṭān | subahūn madhurair vākyair vyavahāraiś ca harṣayan pāda-śauca-jalaṁ teṣāṁ dhārayan śirasi svayam | bhagavaty arpitais tadvad annādibhir apūjayat
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Afterwards, that brāhmaṇa offered praṇāmas to many sannyāsīs, brahmacārīs and gṛhastha brāhmaṇas who were knowers of the Vedas, Purāṇas and other śāstras and who were expert in debating. He then greeted and honored all the Vaiṣṇavas who were always eagerly desirous for the bliss of śrī-kṛṣṇa-kīrtana with gentle words, daṇḍavat praṇāmas and various cordial dealings.
Finally, placing the sanctified footbath water from all the great souls on his head, he worshipped them just like Śrī Bhagavān by offering them the remnants of Bhagavān.
1.1.35
Sourceभोजयित्वा ततो दीनान् अन्त्यजान् अपि सादरम् । अतोषयद् यथा-न्यायꣳ श्व-शृगालान् खग-क्रिमीन्
bhojayitvā tato dīnān antyajān api sādaram | atoṣayad yathā-nyāyaṁ śva-śṛgālān khaga-krimīn
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Thereafter, the brāhmaṇa pleased all the destitute, wretched
and famished folk with sufficient foodstuffs. Then he fully satisfied the dogs, jackals, birds and all other surrounding living entities with suitable meals.
1.1.36
Sourceएवꣳ सन्तर्पिताशेषः समादिष्टो’थ साधुभिः । पारीवारैः समꣳ शेषाꣳ स-हर्षꣳ बुभुजे’मृतम्
evaṁ santarpitāśeṣaḥ samādiṣṭo’tha sādhubhiḥ | pārīvāraiḥ samaṁ śeṣāṁ sa-harṣaṁ bubhuje’mṛtam
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In this way, satisfying all living entities and accepting the order of the sādhus on his head, the brāhmaṇa then blissfully honored the remnants of nectarean prasāda along with his family members. He considered all the remnants of prasāda he partook to be just like drops of pure nectar.
1.1.37
Sourceततो’भिमुखम् आगत्य कृष्णस्य रचिताञ्जलिः । तस्मिन्न् एवार्पयाम् आस सर्वꣳ तत्-फल-सञ्चयम्
tato’bhimukham āgatya kṛṣṇasya racitāñjaliḥ | tasminn evārpayām āsa sarvaṁ tat-phala-sañcayam
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Following this, he appeared before his śālagrāma deity of Śrī Kṛṣṇa with folded hands and offered all his karma-phala, or fruits of his present actions, at the lotus feet of his Prabhu.
1.1.38-39
Sourceसुखꣳ सꣳवेष्य देवꣳ तꣳ स्व-गृहꣳ गन्तुम् उद्यतम् । दूराच् छ्री-नारदो दृष्ट्वोत्- थितो मुनि-समाजतः अयम् एव महा-विष्णोः प्रेयान् इति मुहुर् ब्रुवन् । धावन् गत्वान्तिके तस्य विप्रेन्द्रस्येदम् अब्रवीत्
sukhaṁ saṁveṣya devaṁ taṁ sva-gṛhaṁ gantum udyatam | dūrāc chrī-nārado dṛṣṭvot- thito muni-samājataḥ ayam eva mahā-viṣṇoḥ preyān iti muhur bruvan | dhāvan gatvāntike tasya viprendrasyedam abravīt
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Then the brāhmaṇa gracefully placed the śālagrāma deity of Bhagavān on the siṁhāsana to rest and began to ready himself to return home. At that time Śrī Nārada saw the brāhmaṇa from a distance and all of a sudden began to rise from the assembly of sages. Over and again he kept repeating, “This mahāśaya alone is indeed dear to Mahāviṣṇu!” Speaking like this, he approached the brāhmaṇa.
1.1.40
Sourceश्री-कृष्ण-परमोत्कृष्ट- कृपया भजनꣳ जनम् । लोके विख्यापयन् व्यक्तꣳ भगवद्-भक्ति-लम्पटः
śrī-kṛṣṇa-paramotkṛṣṭa- kṛpayā bhajanaṁ janam | loke vikhyāpayan vyaktaṁ bhagavad-bhakti-lampaṭaḥ
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Śrī Nārada, always eager for bhagavad-bhakti, approached the exalted brāhmaṇa and began speaking to him, just to make the most excellent recipients of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy renowned throughout the world.
1.1.41-42
Sourceश्री-नारद उवाच— भवान् विप्रेन्द्र कृष्णस्य महानुग्रह-भाजनम् । यस्येदृशꣳ धनꣳ द्रव्यम् औदर्यꣳ वैभवꣳ तथा सार्धम् आपदकꣳ तच् च सर्वम् एव महा-मते । दृष्टꣳ हि साक्षाद् अस्माभिर् अस्मिꣳस् तीर्थ-वरे’धुना
śrī-nārada uvāca— bhavān viprendra kṛṣṇasya mahānugraha-bhājanam | yasyedṛśaṁ dhanaṁ dravyam audaryaṁ vaibhavaṁ tathā sārdham āpadakaṁ tac ca sarvam eva mahā-mate | dṛṣṭaṁ hi sākṣād asmābhir asmiṁs tīrtha-vare’dhunā
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Śrī Nārada said: O monarch of brāhmaṇas, you are the supreme recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. At this tīrtha-rāja of Prayāga, I am directly seeing your tremendous wealth, property, opulence, paraphernalia and generosity. Moreover, I am also personally experiencing that all this wealth of yours is indeed being spent for the undertaking of sad-dharma, true religious purposes.
1.1.43-44
Sourceविद्वद्-वरेण तेनोक्तो न त्व् इदꣳ स महा-मुनिः । स्वामिन् किꣳ मयि कृष्णस्य कृपा-लक्षणꣳ ईक्षितम् अहꣳ वराकः को नु स्याꣳ दातुꣳ शक्नोमि वा कियत् । वैभवꣳ वर्तते किꣳ मे भगवद्-भजनꣳ कुतः
vidvad-vareṇa tenokto na tv idaṁ sa mahā-muniḥ | svāmin kiṁ mayi kṛṣṇasya kṛpā-lakṣaṇaṁ īkṣitam ahaṁ varākaḥ ko nu syāṁ dātuṁ śaknomi vā kiyat | vaibhavaṁ vartate kiṁ me bhagavad-bhajanaṁ kutaḥ
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Having heard the words of Śrī Nārada, the exalted brāhmaṇa felt ashamed and said: O Prabhu, what are you saying? What symptoms of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy have you seen in me? Whatever you say about me, I am certainly not that fit recipient. Moreover, regarding charity, what can I give? What opulence is mine? And where is the devotion to Śrī Bhagavān in me?
1.1.45-46
Sourceकिन्तु दक्षिण-देशे यो महा-राजो विराजते । स हि कृष्ण-कृपा-पात्रꣳ यस्य देशे सुरालयः सर्वतो भिक्षवो यत्र तैर्थिकाभ्यागतादयः । कृष्णार्पितान्नꣳ भुञ्जाना भ्रमन्ति सुखिनः सदा
kintu dakṣiṇa-deśe yo mahā-rājo virājate | sa hi kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-pātraṁ yasya deśe surālayaḥ sarvato bhikṣavo yatra tairthikābhyāgatādayaḥ | kṛṣṇārpitānnaṁ bhuñjānā bhramanti sukhinaḥ sadā
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However, there is a Mahārāja who is present in the southern region. He is the actual recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. There
are so many temples of Śrī Bhagavān within his kingdom. All the renunciants, pilgrims or any others who travel through his kingdom do so happily by honoring the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.1.47
Sourceराजधानी-समीपे च सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-विग्रहः । साक्षाद् इवास्ते भगवान् कारुण्यात् स्थिरताꣳ गतः
rājadhānī-samīpe ca sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ | sākṣād ivāste bhagavān kāruṇyāt sthiratāṁ gataḥ
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There gracefully exists an installed sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha of Śrī Bhagavān in the royal capital of that Mahārāja. Grand new festivals pay homage and make offerings to Śrī Bhagavān daily with worshipful paraphernalia in everfresh, charming new ways.
1.1.48
Sourceनित्यꣳ नव-नवस् तत्र जायते परमोत्सवः । पूजा-द्रव्यानि चेष्टानि नूतनानि प्रतिक्षणम्
nityaṁ nava-navas tatra jāyate paramotsavaḥ | pūjā-dravyāni ceṣṭāni nūtanāni pratikṣaṇam
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Every day, newer and newer grand festivals are celebrated there. Fresh ingredients along with the paraphernalia for worship are also offered to Śrī Bhagavān in a beautiful manner daily.
1.1.49
Sourceविष्णोर् निवेदितैस् तैस् तु सर्वे तद्-देश-वासिनः । वैदेशिकश् च बहवो भोज्यन्ते तेन सादरम्
viṣṇor niveditais tais tu sarve tad-deśa-vāsinaḥ | vaideśikaś ca bahavo bhojyante tena sādaram
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That Mahārāja feeds the mahāprasāda that is offered to Śrī Viṣṇu to the residents of his own country, as well as persons who have come from many other regions.
1.1.50-51
Sourceपुण्डरीकाक्ष-देवस्य तस्य दर्शन-लोभतः । महा-प्रसाद-रूपान्नाद् उपभोग-सुखाप्तितः साधु-सङ्गाति-लाभाच् च नाना-देशत् समागतः । निवसन्ति सदा तत्र सन्तो विष्णु-परायणाः
puṇḍarīkākṣa-devasya tasya darśana-lobhataḥ | mahā-prasāda-rūpānnād upabhoga-sukhāptitaḥ sādhu-saṅgāti-lābhāc ca nānā-deśat samāgataḥ | nivasanti sadā tatra santo viṣṇu-parāyaṇāḥ
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Eager to receive the darśana of Bhagavān Śrī Puṇḍarīkākṣa, to obtain happiness by honoring the ecstatic remnants of mahāprasāda, and to associate with the many sādhus and Vaiṣṇavas from various regions without difficulty, many Vaiṣṇavas from various countries have come to reside there.
1.1.52
Sourceदेशश् च देव-विप्रेभ्यो राज्ञा दत्तो विभज्य सः । नोपद्रवो’स्ति तद्-देशे को’पि शोको’थवा भयम्
deśaś ca deva-viprebhyo rājñā datto vibhajya saḥ | nopadravo’sti tad-deśe ko’pi śoko’thavā bhayam
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Although the Mahārāja himself donated and portioned out his kingdom to Bhagavān and the brāhmaṇas, nevertheless, the Mahārāja rules without any visible disturbance, distress or anxiety in that country.
1.1.53-54
Sourceअकृष्ट-पाच्या सा भूमिर् वृष्टिस् तत्र यथा-सुखम् । इष्टानि फल-मूलानि सुलभान्य् अम्बरानि च स्व-स्वधर्म-कृतः सर्वाः सुखिन्यः कृष्ण-तत्-पराः । प्रजास् तम् अनुवर्तन्ते महाराजꣳ यथा सुताः
akṛṣṭa-pācyā sā bhūmir vṛṣṭis tatra yathā-sukham | iṣṭāni phala-mūlāni sulabhāny ambarāni ca sva-svadharma-kṛtaḥ sarvāḥ sukhinyaḥ kṛṣṇa-tat-parāḥ | prajās tam anuvartante mahārājaṁ yathā sutāḥ
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The land of that kingdom is full of vast water and beautiful flowers and fruits. Without cultivating the land an abundant quantity of crops are flourishing. Therefore, the kingdom’s fruits, vegetable roots, and necessities such as clothing are easily accessible. Moreover, everyone in the locality also engages in their occupational duties, and all the populace receives happiness by eagerly performing devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Everyone follows the orders of the king just like his own children.
1.1.55
Sourceस चागर्वाः सदा नीच- योग-सेवाभिर् अच्युतम् । भजमानो’खिलान् लोकान् रमयत्य् अच्युत-प्रियः
sa cāgarvāḥ sadā nīca- yoga-sevābhir acyutam | bhajamāno’khilān lokān ramayaty acyuta-priyaḥ
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That king who is attached to the devotional service of Bhagavān, being prideless, performs himself the most insignificant services of Bhagavān, and this behavior of the king instills happiness in everyone.
1.1.56-57
Sourceतस्याग्रे विविधैर् नाम- गथा-सङ्कीर्तनैः स्वयम् । नृत्यन् दिव्यानि गीतानि गायन् वाद्यानि वादयन् भ्रातृ-भर्या-सुतैः पौत्रैर् भृत्यामात्य-पुरोहितैः । अन्यैश् च स्वजनैः साकꣳ प्रभुꣳ तꣳ तोषयत् सदा
tasyāgre vividhair nāma- gathā-saṅkīrtanaiḥ svayam | nṛtyan divyāni gītāni gāyan vādyāni vādayan bhrātṛ-bharyā-sutaiḥ pautrair bhṛtyāmātya-purohitaiḥ | anyaiś ca svajanaiḥ sākaṁ prabhuṁ taṁ toṣayat sadā
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The king himself, along with his brothers, wives, sons, grandsons, servants, ministers, priests and other attendants dance in front of Bhagavān. Singing various beautiful songs, playing varieties of instruments with great ecstasy and glorifying his Prabhu with nāma-sankīrtana, he makes the Lord extremely joyful.
1.1.58
Sourceते ते तस्य गुण-व्रताः कृष्ण-भक्त्य्-अनुवर्तिनः । सङ्ख्यतुꣳ कति कथ्यन्ते ज्ञायन्ते कति वा मया
te te tasya guṇa-vratāḥ kṛṣṇa-bhakty-anuvartinaḥ | saṅkhyatuṁ kati kathyante jñāyante kati vā mayā
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Actually, all the qualities of the king are favorable for the devotional service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. How can I count and describe his unlimited qualities? It is beyond my power.
1.1.59
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— ततो नृप-वरꣳ द्रष्टुꣳ तद्-देशे नारदो व्रजन् । देव-पूजोत्सवासक्तस् तत्र तरैक्षत प्रजाः
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tato nṛpa-varaṁ draṣṭuṁ tad-deśe nārado vrajan | deva-pūjotsavāsaktas tatra taraikṣata prajāḥ
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Śrī Parīkṣit said: Hearing this account, Śrī Nārada made his way to the country to the south to see the king. In every place in the kingdom, he saw the citizens engaged in devotional service to Śrī Bhagavān.
1.1.60
Sourceहर्षेन वादयन् वीणाꣳ राजधानीꣳ गतो’धिकम् । विप्रोक्ताद् अपि सम्पश्यन् सङ्गम्योवाच तꣳ नृपम्
harṣena vādayan vīṇāṁ rājadhānīṁ gato’dhikam | viproktād api sampaśyan saṅgamyovāca taṁ nṛpam
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Then Śrī Nārada, while playing on his vīṇā with a joyful heart, entered the capital. He saw more opulence there than he had even heard from the mouth of the brāhmaṇa in Prayāga. Approaching the king nearby, he began to speak.
1.1.61
Sourceश्री-नारद उवाच— त्वꣳ श्री-कृष्ण-कृपा-पात्रम् यस्येदृग् राज्य-वैभवम् । सल्-लोक-गुण-धर्मार्थ- ज्ञान-भक्तिभिर् अन्वितम्
śrī-nārada uvāca— tvaṁ śrī-kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-pātram yasyedṛg rājya-vaibhavam | sal-loka-guṇa-dharmārtha- jñāna-bhaktibhir anvitam
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Śrī Nārada said: O King, you are surely the recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, because you possess the opulence of such a vast kingdom where your citizens engage with natural dispositions, while decorated by religious principles, wealth, knowledge and bhakti.
1.1.62
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तत् तद् विस्तार्य कथयन्न् आश्लिष्यन् भूपतिꣳ मुहुः । प्रससꣳश गुणान् गायन् वीणया वैष्णवोत्तमः
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tat tad vistārya kathayann āśliṣyan bhūpatiṁ muhuḥ | prasasaṁśa guṇān gāyan vīṇayā vaiṣṇavottamaḥ
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Śrī Parīkṣit said: That most excellent of Vaiṣṇavas, Śrī Nārada, then began to elaborately describe all the qualities of the king, repeatedly embracing him, singing and glorifying his virtues on his vīṇā.
1.1.63
Sourceसार्वभौमो मुनि-वरꣳ सम्पूज्य प्राश्रितो’ब्रवीत् । निज-श्लाघ-भराज् जात- लज्जा-नमित-मस्तकः
sārvabhaumo muni-varaṁ sampūjya prāśrito’bravīt | nija-ślāgha-bharāj jāta- lajjā-namita-mastakaḥ
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The sārvabhauma king and best of wise sages became ashamed upon hearing such excessive praise, humbly bowed his head and gave suitable worship to Śrī Nārada.
1.1.64-65
Sourceदेवर्षे’ल्पायुषꣳ स्वल्पैश्वर्यम् अल्प-प्रदꣳ नरम् । अस्वतन्त्रꣳ भयाक्रन्तꣳ ताप-त्रय-नियन्त्रितम् कृष्णानुग्रह-वाक्यस्याप्य् अयोग्यम् अविचारतः । तदीय-करुणा-पात्रꣳ कथꣳ माꣳ मन्यते भवान्
devarṣe’lpāyuṣaṁ svalpaiśvaryam alpa-pradaṁ naram | asvatantraṁ bhayākrantaṁ tāpa-traya-niyantritam kṛṣṇānugraha-vākyasyāpy ayogyam avicārataḥ | tadīya-karuṇā-pātraṁ kathaṁ māṁ manyate bhavān
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O Devarṣi Nārada, why do you assume this lowly person to be the fit recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy? I am a mere mortal. My lifespan is short, my opulence limited and only infrequently do I offer meager donations. Particularly, I cannot do just anything and everything. I always suffer from fear and the threefold miseries of this world. Therefore, this kind of talk that I am the recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy does not apply to me.
1.1.66-69
Sourceदेवा एव दया-पात्रꣳ विष्णोर् भगवतः किल । पूज्यमान नरैर् नित्यꣳ तेजोमय-शरीरिणः निष्पापाः सात्त्विका दुःख- रहिताः सुखिनः सदा । स्वच्छन्दाचार-गतयो भक्तेच्छ-वर-दायकाः येषाꣳ हि भोग्यम् अमृतꣳ मृत्यु-रोग-जरादि-हृत् । स्वेच्छयोपनतꣳ क्षुत्-तृद्- बाधाभावे’पि तुष्टिदम् वसन्ति भगवन् स्वर्गे महा-भाग्य-बलेन ये । यो नृभिर् भारते वर्षे सत्-पुण्यैर् लभ्यते कृतैः
devā eva dayā-pātraṁ viṣṇor bhagavataḥ kila | pūjyamāna narair nityaṁ tejomaya-śarīriṇaḥ niṣpāpāḥ sāttvikā duḥkha- rahitāḥ sukhinaḥ sadā | svacchandācāra-gatayo bhakteccha-vara-dāyakāḥ yeṣāṁ hi bhogyam amṛtaṁ mṛtyu-roga-jarādi-hṛt | svecchayopanataṁ kṣut-tṛd- bādhābhāve’pi tuṣṭidam vasanti bhagavan svarge mahā-bhāgya-balena ye | yo nṛbhir bhārate varṣe sat-puṇyair labhyate kṛtaiḥ
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Actually, the demigods in particular are the recipients of Bhagavān Śrī Viṣṇu’s mercy, because they are worshipable by humanity. Their bodies are effulgent. They are sinless, established in goodness, free from misery and always happy. Their behavior and movements are independent. They are especially capable of bestowing desired boons upon their devotees. Daily drinking amṛta, they have conquered over such conditions as death, old age and disease. They are not troubled by even hunger and thirst. Moreover, they remain satisfied accepting
portions of the sacrificial yajñas by their choice. O Bhagavan (O great sage), on the merits of their good fortune, they reside in Svarga, where the people of this Bhārata-varṣa are able to go only after performing profuse pious activities.
1.1.70-72
Sourceमुने विशिष्टस् तत्रापि तेषाम् इन्द्रः पुरन्दरः । निग्रहे’नुग्रहे’पीशो वृष्टिभिर् लोक-जीवनः त्रिलोकीश्वरता यस्य युगानाम् एक-सप्ततिम् । याश्वमेध-शतेनापि सर्वभौमस्य दुर्लभा हय उच्चैःश्रवा यस्य गज ऐरावतो महान् । कामधुग् गौर् उपवनꣳ नन्दनꣳ च विराजते
mune viśiṣṭas tatrāpi teṣām indraḥ purandaraḥ | nigrahe’nugrahe’pīśo vṛṣṭibhir loka-jīvanaḥ trilokīśvaratā yasya yugānām eka-saptatim | yāśvamedha-śatenāpi sarvabhaumasya durlabhā haya uccaiḥśravā yasya gaja airāvato mahān | kāmadhug gaur upavanaṁ nandanaṁ ca virājate
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O Sage, even among the demigods in Svarga, the Indra named Purandara is indeed most superior. He is the lord of the three worlds and is able to restrain or bestow his grace. Owing to the shower of his rains upon the earth, he is the very life of everyone. Just as lordship over the three worlds is so rarely attainable for a sārvabhauma king like me, despite performing a hundred aśvamedha yajñas, he enjoys that same lordship for seventy-one catur-yugas. He has the horse Uccaiḥśravā, the great elephant Airāvata, the Kāmadhenu cow, and the forest of Nandana-kānana under his supervision.
1.1.73-74
Sourceपारिजातादयो यत्र वर्तन्ते काम-पूरकाः । काम-रूप-धराः कल्प- द्रुमाः कल्प-लतन्विताः येषाम् एकेन पुष्पेन यथा-कामꣳ सुसिध्यति । विचित्र-गीत-वादित्र- नृत्य-वेषाशनादिकम्
pārijātādayo yatra vartante kāma-pūrakāḥ | kāma-rūpa-dharāḥ kalpa- drumāḥ kalpa-latanvitāḥ yeṣām ekena puṣpena yathā-kāmaṁ susidhyati | vicitra-gīta-vāditra- nṛtya-veṣāśanādikam
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Nandana-kānana in heaven is enchantingly ornate with desire trees such as the Pārijātā and Kāma-rūpa-dhara creepers that fulfill all desires and possess the power to assume any form they like. What more can be said? By the power of one flower from Nandana-kānana, enchanting songs with instruments, dance arrangements, ornate attire, ornaments, and variegated foodstuffs that are chewed, licked, swallowed and drunk are easily attainable. Everyone’s desires become fulfilled. Indra alone is the master of all this wonderful opulence.
1.1.75-76
Sourceअः किꣳ वच्यꣳ परꣳ तस्य सौभग्यꣳ भगवान् गतः । कनिष्ठ-भ्रातृताꣳ यस्य विष्णुर् वामन-रूप-धृक् आपद्भ्यो यम् असौ रक्षन् हर्षयन् येन विस्तृतम् । साक्षात् स्वी-कुरुते पूजाꣳ तद् वेत्सि त्वम् उतापरम्
aḥ kiṁ vacyaṁ paraṁ tasya saubhagyaṁ bhagavān gataḥ | kaniṣṭha-bhrātṛtāṁ yasya viṣṇur vāmana-rūpa-dhṛk āpadbhyo yam asau rakṣan harṣayan yena vistṛtam | sākṣāt svī-kurute pūjāṁ tad vetsi tvam utāparam
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Aho, what more can we describe of the great prosperity of Indra? Bhagavān Śrī Viṣṇu personally follows his orders by becoming his younger brother in the form of Vāmana. He has pleased Indra by guarding him from all dangers and directly accepts his worship. O Śrī Nārada, you yourself know all this all too well. What more can be said?