1.5.1
Sourceततः श्री-नारदो हर्ष- भराक्रान्तः स-नर्तनम् । कुरुदेशꣳ गतो धावन् राजधान्याꣳ प्रविष्टवान्
tataḥ śrī-nārado harṣa- bharākrāntaḥ sa-nartanam | kurudeśaṁ gato dhāvan rājadhānyāṁ praviṣṭavān
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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Then Śrī Nārada, dancing in rapture, appeared in Kurudeśa (the land of the Kurus) and quickly entered the capital of Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja.
1.5.2-3
Sourceतावत् कस्यापि यागस्य विपत्-पातस्य वा मिषात् । कृष्णम् आनय्य पश्याम इति मन्त्रयत स्वकैः धर्म-राजेन तꣳ द्वारि तथा प्राप्तꣳ महा-मुनिम् । निशाम्य भ्रातृभिर् मात्रा पत्नीभिश् च सहोत्थितम्
tāvat kasyāpi yāgasya vipat-pātasya vā miṣāt | kṛṣṇam ānayya paśyāma iti mantrayata svakaiḥ dharma-rājena taṁ dvāri tathā prāptaṁ mahā-munim | niśāmya bhrātṛbhir mātrā patnībhiś ca sahotthitam
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At that time, Dharmarāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira was consulting with his family members about how they could invite Śrī Kṛṣṇa for His darśana on the pretext of some yajña or ensuing catastrophe. However, at that very moment, he heard the news from the mouth of the doorkeeper about Śrī Nārada’s arrival. To welcome him, Dharmarāja himself arose along with his mother, his wife and brothers.
1.5.4-5
Sourceस-सम्भ्रमꣳ धावता तु सो’भिगम्य प्रणम्य च । सभाम् आनीय सत्-पीठे प्रयत्नाद् उपवेषितः रज्ञा पूजार्थम् आनीतैः पूर्ववद् द्रव्य-सञ्चयैः । मातस् त्वच्-छ्वासुरान् एव स-भृत्यान् अर्चयत् स तान्
sa-sambhramaṁ dhāvatā tu so’bhigamya praṇamya ca | sabhām ānīya sat-pīṭhe prayatnād upaveṣitaḥ rajñā pūjārtham ānītaiḥ pūrvavad dravya-sañcayaiḥ | mātas tvac-chvāsurān eva sa-bhṛtyān arcayat sa tān
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Dharmarāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira eagerly ran to offer praṇāma to Śrī Nārada, and with great effort and respect he brought him into the assembly and made him sit upon an elevated seat of honor. O mother, thereupon using the same paraphernalia Dharmarāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira brought for worship of Śrī Nārada, he began to worship your fathers-in-law, Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira and his servants.
1.5.6
Sourceहनुमद्-गदितꣳ तेषु कृष्णानुग्रह-वैभवम् । मुहुः सङ्कीर्तयाम् आस वीणा-गीता-विभूषितम्
hanumad-gaditaṁ teṣu kṛṣṇānugraha-vaibhavam | muhuḥ saṅkīrtayām āsa vīṇā-gītā-vibhūṣitam
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Just as Śrī Hanumān described the glories of the grace of Śrī Kṛṣṇa upon the Pāṇḍavas, Śrī Nārada began to repeatedly sing aloud in an extremely sweet voice those self-same glories, accompanied by the resonance of his vīṇā.
1.5.7
Sourceश्री-नारद उवाच— यूयꣳ नृ-लोके बत भूरि-भागा लोकꣳ पुनाना मुनयो’भियान्ति । येषाꣳ गृहान् आवसतीति साक्षाद् गूढꣳ परꣳ ब्रह्म मनुष्य-लिङ्गम्
śrī-nārada uvāca— yūyaṁ nṛ-loke bata bhūri-bhāgā lokaṁ punānā munayo’bhiyānti | yeṣāṁ gṛhān āvasatīti sākṣād gūḍhaṁ paraṁ brahma manuṣya-liṅgam
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Śrī Nārada said: On this earthly plane all of you are surely fortunate because the sovereign of universal lords, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is your beloved, your worshipful Deity, your preceptor, your maternal cousin among kinfolk, messenger, charioteer, friend and obedient servant.
1.5.8
Sourceयो ब्रह्म-रुद्रादि-समाधि-दुर्लभो वेदोक्ति-तात्पर्य-विशेष-गोचरः । श्रीमन्-नृसिꣳहः किल वामनश् च श्री-राघवेन्द्रो’पि यद्-अꣳश-रूपः
yo brahma-rudrādi-samādhi-durlabho vedokti-tātparya-viśeṣa-gocaraḥ | śrīman-nṛsiṁhaḥ kila vāmanaś ca śrī-rāghavendro’pi yad-aṁśa-rūpaḥ
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The darśana of Śrī Bhagavān is rarely attainable even in the samādhi of such demigods as Brahmā and Rudra. He is the object of all the purports of the Vedas, and such avatāras as Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrī Vāmana and Śrī Rāmacandra are His plenary portions also.
1.5.9
Sourceअन्ये’वताराश् च यद्-अꣳश-लेशतो ब्रह्मादयो यस्य विभूतयो मताः । माया च यस्येक्षण-वर्त्म-वर्तिनी दासी जगत्-सृष्ट्य्-अवनन्त-कारिणी
anye’vatārāś ca yad-aṁśa-leśato brahmādayo yasya vibhūtayo matāḥ | māyā ca yasyekṣaṇa-vartma-vartinī dāsī jagat-sṛṣṭy-avananta-kāriṇī
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All other avatāras are only portions of plenary portions of Śrī Devakī-nandana. Demigods such as Brahmā are His divine extensions. Māyā, which creates, maintains and annihilates this material world, follows His order according to His suggestion.
1.5.10
Sourceयस्य प्रसादꣳ धरणी-विलापतः क्षीरोद-तीरे व्रत-निष्ठया स्थिताः । ब्रह्मादयः कञ्चन नालभन्तस् स्तुत्वाप्य् उपस्थान-पराः समाहिताः
yasya prasādaṁ dharaṇī-vilāpataḥ kṣīroda-tīre vrata-niṣṭhayā sthitāḥ | brahmādayaḥ kañcana nālabhantas stutvāpy upasthāna-parāḥ samāhitāḥ
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Being disturbed by the lamentation of Dharaṇī, the goddess of Earth, demigods such as Brahmā appeared on the shore of the Milk Ocean and performed austerities with complete dedication. They worshipped and glorified one-pointedly, still they could not get the darśana or achieve any type of mercy from Him.
1.5.11
Sourceब्रह्मणैव समाधौ खे जातम् अधिगतꣳ हृदि । यस्य प्रकाश्यताम् आज्ञाꣳ सुखिता निखिलाः सुराः
brahmaṇaiva samādhau khe jātam adhigataṁ hṛdi | yasya prakāśyatām ājñāṁ sukhitā nikhilāḥ surāḥ
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Only Śrī Brahmā was aware of the order of the Lord which appeared in his heart in samādhi as a divine etherial voice and, by manifesting that prominent order, he satisfied the demigods.
1.5.12-13
Sourceकस्मिन्न् अपि प्राज्ञ-वरैर् विविक्ते गर्गादिभिर् यो निभृताꣳ प्रकाश्यते । नारायणो’सौ भगवान् अनेन सम्यꣳ कथञ्चिल् लभते न चापरः अतः श्री-मधु-पुर्याꣳ यो दीर्घ-विष्णुर् इति श्रुतः । महा-हरिर् महा-विष्णुर् महा-नारायणो’पि च
kasminn api prājña-varair vivikte gargādibhir yo nibhṛtāṁ prakāśyate | nārāyaṇo’sau bhagavān anena samyaṁ kathañcil labhate na cāparaḥ ataḥ śrī-madhu-puryāṁ yo dīrgha-viṣṇur iti śrutaḥ | mahā-harir mahā-viṣṇur mahā-nārāyaṇo’pi ca
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Somewhere Garga, the best among learned sages, revealed in confidence that Śrī Kṛṣṇa can be equated only with Bhagavān Śrī Nārāyaṇa to some degree, but not completely. He is also famous in Śrī Madhupuri (Mathurā) by such names as Dīrgha-viṣṇu, Mahā- hari, Mahā-viṣṇu and Mahā-nārāyaṇa.
1.5.14
Sourceयस्य प्रसादः सन् मौन- शान्ति-भक्त्य्-आदि-साधनैः । प्रार्थ्यो नः स स्वयꣳ वो’भूत् प्रसन्नो वश-वर्त्य् अपि
yasya prasādaḥ san mauna- śānti-bhakty-ādi-sādhanaiḥ | prārthyo naḥ sa svayaṁ vo’bhūt prasanno vaśa-varty api
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The mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa cannot be achieved by our devotional practices such as self-satisfaction, neutrality, devotion, or the association of saintly persons. Yet that same Śrī Kṛṣṇa who is pleased with you without any sādhana is under your dominance.
1.5.15
Sourceअहो शृणुत पूर्वꣳ तु केषञ्चिद् अधिकारिणाम् । अनेन दीयमानाभून् मोक्ष-स्थितिर् इयꣳ सदा
aho śṛṇuta pūrvaṁ tu keṣañcid adhikāriṇām | anena dīyamānābhūn mokṣa-sthitir iyaṁ sadā
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Aho, listen, in the past there was the opinion that Śrī Bhagavān would grant liberation only to a few exceptionally qualified persons.
1.5.16-17
Sourceकालनेमिर् हिरण्यक्षो हिरण्यकशिपुस् तथा । रावणः कुम्भकर्णश् च तथान्ये घटिताः स्वयम् मुक्तिꣳ न निता भक्तिर् न दत्ता कस्मैचिद् उत्तमा । प्रह्लादाय परꣳ दत्ता श्री-नृसिꣳहावतारतः
kālanemir hiraṇyakṣo hiraṇyakaśipus tathā | rāvaṇaḥ kumbhakarṇaś ca tathānye ghaṭitāḥ svayam muktiṁ na nitā bhaktir na dattā kasmaicid uttamā | prahlādāya paraṁ dattā śrī-nṛsiṁhāvatārataḥ
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Despite personally killing such demons as Kālanemi, Hiraṇyāksa, Hiraṇyakaśipu and the rākṣasas Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa, Śrī
Bhagavān did not grant them liberation. Therefore, what more can be said about the matter than He did not bestow that topmost devotional service on everyone. Still, in the avatāra of Śrī Nṛsiṁha alone He granted to Śrī Prahlāda a bhakti mixed with jñāna.
1.5.18
Sourceहनुमान् जाम्बवान् श्रीमान् सुग्रीवो’थ विभीषणः । गूहो दशरथो’प्य् एते नूनꣳ कतिपये जनाः
hanumān jāmbavān śrīmān sugrīvo’tha vibhīṣaṇaḥ | gūho daśaratho’py ete nūnaṁ katipaye janāḥ
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In the avatāra of Śrī Rāma, some personalities such as Śrīman Hanūmān, Jāmbuvān, Sugrīva, Vibhīṣaṇa, Guhaka and King Daśaratha obtained pure devotional service from Him.
1.5.19
Sourceरघुनाथावतारे’स्माच् छुद्धाꣳ भक्तिꣳ तु लेभिरे । विशुद्धस्य तु कस्यापि प्रेम्णो वार्तापि न स्थिता
raghunāthāvatāre’smāc chuddhāṁ bhaktiṁ tu lebhire | viśuddhasya tu kasyāpi premṇo vārtāpi na sthitā
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Although, in the avatāra of Śrī Rāma some great souls obtained pure devotional service (śuddhā-bhakti), still it is never heard of that pure prema was received.
1.5.20
Sourceइदानीꣳ भवदीयेन मातुलेयेन नो कृतः । मुक्ता भक्तास् तथा शुद्ध- प्रेम-सम्पूरिताः कति
idānīṁ bhavadīyena mātuleyena no kṛtaḥ | muktā bhaktās tathā śuddha- prema-sampūritāḥ kati
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However, at this time, did not your maternal uncle’s son, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, grant many persons liberation, devotional service and the pure mellow of prema?
1.5.21
Sourceआत्मना मारिता ये च घटिता वार्जुनादिभिः । नरकार्हश् च दैतेयास् तन्-महिम्नामृतꣳ गताः
ātmanā māritā ye ca ghaṭitā vārjunādibhiḥ | narakārhaś ca daiteyās tan-mahimnāmṛtaṁ gatāḥ
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All the demons who were killed by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, or those killed by Arjuna, were fit to suffer in hell, but due to the greatness of Śrī Kṛṣṇa became liberated.
1.5.22-23
Sourceतपो-जप-ज्ञान-पर मुनयो ये’र्थ-साधकाः । विश्वामित्रो गौतमश् च वशिष्ठो’पि तथा परे तꣳ कुरुक्षेत्र-यात्रायाꣳ गत्वा कृष्ण-प्रसादतः । भक्तितः प्रार्थ्यताꣳ प्राप्या- भावꣳस् तद्-भक्ति-तत्-पराः
tapo-japa-jñāna-para munayo ye’rtha-sādhakāḥ | viśvāmitro gautamaś ca vaśiṣṭho’pi tathā pare taṁ kurukṣetra-yātrāyāṁ gatvā kṛṣṇa-prasādataḥ | bhaktitaḥ prārthyatāṁ prāpyā- bhāvaṁs tad-bhakti-tat-parāḥ
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Though Viśvāmitra was intent on performing penance and austerities (tapa); Gautama intent on silent meditation of mantras (japa); Vaṣiṣṭha intent on the pursuit of knowledge (jñāna); as well as other munis who were practitioners of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa—at the time of pilgrimage to Kurukṣetra, all prayed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa for bhakti and ultimately obtained that dedication to bhakti by the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.5.24
Sourceस्थावराश् च तमो-योनि- गतास् तरु-लतादयः । शुद्ध-सात्त्विक-भावाप्त्या तत्-प्रेम-रस-वर्षिणः
sthāvarāś ca tamo-yoni- gatās taru-latādayaḥ | śuddha-sāttvika-bhāvāptyā tat-prema-rasa-varṣiṇaḥ
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By the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, immobile entities such as trees and creepers, despite being born into a species of ignorance, become enlightened by pure goodness and constantly shower streams of nectar of their divine love.
1.5.25
Sourceहे कृष्ण-भ्रातरस् तस्य किꣳ वर्ण्यो’पूर्व-दर्शितः । रूप-सौन्दर्य-लावण्य- माधुर्याश्चर्यता-भरः
he kṛṣṇa-bhrātaras tasya kiṁ varṇyo’pūrva-darśitaḥ | rūpa-saundarya-lāvaṇya- mādhuryāścaryatā-bharaḥ
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O brothers of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, how much more can I describe of the amazing glories of the divine form, beauty, loveliness and sweet character of Śrī Kṛṣṇa! All are unprecedented.
1.5.26
Sourceअपूर्वत्वेन तस्यैव यो विस्मय-विधायकः । तथा लीला गुणाः प्रेम महिमा केलि-भूर् अपि
apūrvatvena tasyaiva yo vismaya-vidhāyakaḥ | tathā līlā guṇāḥ prema mahimā keli-bhūr api
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s unprecedented form even astonished Him. Similarly, His pastimes, qualities, love, glories and land of pastimes are also unparalleled.
1.5.27
Sourceमान्ये’त्रावतरिष्यन् न स्वयम् एवम् असौ यदि । तदास्य भगवत्तैव- भविष्यत् प्रकटा न हि
mānye’trāvatariṣyan na svayam evam asau yadi | tadāsya bhagavattaiva- bhaviṣyat prakaṭā na hi
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I think that if Śrī Kṛṣṇa had not personally descended, then His supreme majesty, namely, the glories of being the Supreme Bhagavān would never have been revealed in this world.
1.5.28
Sourceइदानीꣳ परमाꣳ कष्ठाꣳ प्राप्ताभूत् सर्वतः स्फुटा । विशिष्ट-महिम-श्रेणि- माधुरी-चित्रिताचिता
idānīṁ paramāṁ kaṣṭhāṁ prāptābhūt sarvataḥ sphuṭā | viśiṣṭa-mahima-śreṇi- mādhurī-citritācitā
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Now the sweetness of variegated pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa pervades everywhere and has reached its topmost limits, thus that supreme majesty is fully visible everywhere.
1.5.29
Sourceकृष्णस्य करुणा-कथास् तु दूरे तस्य प्रकाश्यो बत निग्रहो’पि । कꣳसादयः कालिय-पूतनाद्या बल्य्-आदयः प्राग् अपि साक्षिणो’त्र
kṛṣṇasya karuṇā-kathās tu dūre tasya prakāśyo bata nigraho’pi | kaṁsādayaḥ kāliya-pūtanādyā baly-ādayaḥ prāg api sākṣiṇo’tra
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What to speak of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s compassion, even His chastisement is praiseworthy. Kaṁsa, Kāliya and Pūtanā were witness to this during the manifest form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In previous avatāras, demons such as Bali were witness.
1.5.30
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— इति प्रगायन् रसनाꣳ मुनिर् निजाम् अशिक्षयन् माधव-कीर्ति-लम्पटाम् । अहो प्रवृत्तासि महत्त्व-वर्णने प्रभोर् अपीति स्व-रदैर् विदश्य ताम्
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— iti pragāyan rasanāṁ munir nijām aśikṣayan mādhava-kīrti-lampaṭām | aho pravṛttāsi mahattva-varṇane prabhor apīti sva-radair vidaśya tām
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Mahārāja Parikṣit spoke to his mother: While glorifying Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa in this way, the topmost sage Śrī Nārada all of a sudden bit his tongue and spoke, “Aho, you are engaging me in narrating the glories of Śrī Kṛṣṇa?” Speaking like this, he chastised his tongue which was greedy to describe the glories of Mādhava.
1.5.31
Sourceरसने ते महद् भाग्यम् एतद् एव यद् ईहितम् । किञ्चिद् उच्चारयैवैषाꣳ तत्-प्रियाणाꣳ स्व-शक्तितः
rasane te mahad bhāgyam etad eva yad īhitam | kiñcid uccārayaivaiṣāṁ tat-priyāṇāṁ sva-śaktitaḥ
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O Tongue! if you can describe even slightly the glories of these beloved devotees of Bhagavān according to your own power, then I would consider it my great fortune.
1.5.32
Sourceश्री-नारद उवाच— महानुभावा भवताꣳ तु तस्मिन् प्रतिस्वकꣳ यः प्रियता-विशेषः । भवत्सु तस्यापि कृपा-विशेषो धृष्टेन नीयेत स केन जिह्वाम्
śrī-nārada uvāca— mahānubhāvā bhavatāṁ tu tasmin pratisvakaṁ yaḥ priyatā-viśeṣaḥ | bhavatsu tasyāpi kṛpā-viśeṣo dhṛṣṭena nīyeta sa kena jihvām
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Śrī Nārada said: O magnanimous ones, just as your love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa is apparent, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s special mercy unto you is easily apparent. Only some impudent person would dare to describe with his tongue the subject of this mercy.
1.5.33
Sourceमाता पृथेयꣳ यदु-नन्दनस्य स्नेहार्द्रम् आश्वासन-वाक्यम् एकम् । अक्रूर-वक्त्रात् प्रथमꣳ निशम्य प्रेम-प्रवाहे निममज्ज सद्यः
mātā pṛtheyaṁ yadu-nandanasya snehārdram āśvāsana-vākyam ekam | akrūra-vaktrāt prathamaṁ niśamya prema-pravāhe nimamajja sadyaḥ
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Your mother, Śrī Kuntīdevī, simply by hearing one sentence of affectionate assurance of Śrī Yadunandana from the mouth of Akrūra, became instantaneously submerged in a flow of prema.
1.5.34
Sourceविचित्र-वाक्यैर् बहुधा रुरोद स्फुटेन् नृणाꣳ यच्-छ्रवणेन वक्षः । भवत्स्व् अपि स्नेह-भरꣳ परꣳ सा ररक्ष कृष्ण-प्रियताम् अपेक्ष्य
vicitra-vākyair bahudhā ruroda sphuṭen nṛṇāṁ yac-chravaṇena vakṣaḥ | bhavatsv api sneha-bharaṁ paraṁ sā rarakṣa kṛṣṇa-priyatām apekṣya
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After hearing the appeasing words of Śrī Yadunandana, Śrī Kuntīdevī wept and lamented in various ways. Simply by hearing her lamentations the hearts of mankind would be rent asunder. She shows intense affection unto you only with the desire for obtaining Śrī Krṣṇa’s mercy.
1.5.35
Sourceचिरेण द्वारकाꣳ गन्तुम् उद्यतो यदु-जीवनः । काकु-स्तुतिभिर् आवृत्य स्व-गृहे रक्षतेऽनया
cireṇa dvārakāṁ gantum udyato yadu-jīvanaḥ | kāku-stutibhir āvṛtya sva-gṛhe rakṣate'nayā
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the very life of the Yādavas, after residing in your palace for a long time prepared to go to Dvārakā, then Śrī Kuntī-devī with humble, pleading words stopped Him and kept Him in the palace.
1.5.36
Sourceयुधिष्ठिरायापि महा-प्रतिष्ठा लोक-द्वयोत्कृष्टतरा प्रदत्ता । तथा जरसन्ध-वधादिना च भीमाय तेनात्मन एव कीर्तिः
yudhiṣṭhirāyāpi mahā-pratiṣṭhā loka-dvayotkṛṣṭatarā pradattā | tathā jarasandha-vadhādinā ca bhīmāya tenātmana eva kīrtiḥ
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Just as Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa bestowed immense fame upon Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira in this world and the next, similarly, by killing Jarāsandha, He bestowed such fame upon Bhīmasena as well.
1.5.37
Sourceभगवान् अयम् अर्जुनश् च तत्-प्रिय-सख्येन गतः प्रसिद्धताम् । न पुराण-शतैः परैर् अहो महिमा स्तोतुम् अमुष्य शक्यते
bhagavān ayam arjunaś ca tat-priya-sakhyena gataḥ prasiddhatām | na purāṇa-śataiḥ parair aho mahimā stotum amuṣya śakyate
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Arjuna, who is full of all kinds of opulences, has also gained fame as a beloved friend of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Aho, not even countless Purāṇas and great scriptures can describe his glories!
1.5.38
Sourceनकुलः सहदेवश् च यादृक्-प्रीति-परौ यमौ । अग्र-पूजा-विचारादौ सर्वैस् तद्-वृत्तम् ईक्षितम्
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca yādṛk-prīti-parau yamau | agra-pūjā-vicārādau sarvais tad-vṛttam īkṣitam
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(Twin brothers) Nakula and Sahadeva also completely displayed the kind of affection they have for Śrī Kṛṣṇa at the time of the Rājasūya sacrifice by proposing to worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa first. This was observed by everyone.
1.5.39
Sourceश्री-द्रौपदी च हरिणा स्वयम् एव राज- सूयादिषूत्सव-वरेष्व् अभिसिक्त-केशा । सम्बोध्यते प्रिय-सखीत्य् अवितात्रि-पुत्र- दुःशासनादि-भयतो हृत-सर्व-शोका
śrī-draupadī ca hariṇā svayam eva rāja- sūyādiṣūtsava-vareṣv abhisikta-keśā | sambodhyate priya-sakhīty avitātri-putra- duḥśāsanādi-bhayato hṛta-sarva-śokā
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa at the festivity of the Rājasūya yajña personally sanctified the hair of Draupadī. He would address Draupadī as priya-sakhī, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa removed all her distress and protected her from the fear of Durvāsā and Duḥśāsana.
1.5.40
Sourceआस्वादनꣳ श्री-विदुरौदनस्य श्री-भीष्म-निर्याण-महोत्सवश् च । तत्-तत्-कृत-त्वादृश-पक्ष-पात- स्यापेक्षयैवेति विचारयध्वाम्
āsvādanaṁ śrī-viduraudanasya śrī-bhīṣma-niryāṇa-mahotsavaś ca | tat-tat-kṛta-tvādṛśa-pakṣa-pāta- syāpekṣayaiveti vicārayadhvām
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa relished foodstuffs in the house of Vidura and celebrated the grand event of Bhīṣma’s passing away, namely, his departing for Vaikuṇṭha. Please bear in mind it was all done out of a soft spot of affection for them and no other reason.
1.5.41
Sourceअहो बत महाश्चर्यꣳ कवीनाꣳ गेयताꣳ गतः । भवदीय-पुर-स्त्रीणाꣳ ज्ञान-भक्त्य्-उक्तयो हरौ
aho bata mahāścaryaṁ kavīnāṁ geyatāṁ gataḥ | bhavadīya-pura-strīṇāṁ jñāna-bhakty-uktayo harau
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Aho, what a subject of great amazement! All the ladies of your city also confide about their knowledge and devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Such discussions have become the subject of narration for such poets as Śrī Vyāsa and others.
1.5.42
Sourceसहैक-पौत्रेण कयाधु-नन्दनो’ नुकम्पितो’नेन कपीन्द्र एकलः । स-सर्व-बन्धु-स्वजना भवादृशा महा-हरेः प्रेम-कृपा-भरास्पदम्
sahaika-pautreṇa kayādhu-nandano’ nukampito’nena kapīndra ekalaḥ | sa-sarva-bandhu-svajanā bhavādṛśā mahā-hareḥ prema-kṛpā-bharāspadam
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The son of Kayādhu, Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja, along with his grandson and monarch of the monkeys, Śrī Hanumān, obtained the mercy of Śrī Hari alone. However you devotees have become the recipient of Śrī Hari’s special mercy with all your brothers, friends, relatives and servants.
1.5.43
Sourceउद्दिश्य यान् कौरव-सम्पदꣳ गतः कृष्णः समक्षꣳ निजगाद मादृशम् । ये पाण्डवानाꣳ सुहृदो’थ वैरिनस् ते तादृशा मे’पि ममासवो हि ते
uddiśya yān kaurava-sampadaṁ gataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ samakṣaṁ nijagāda mādṛśam | ye pāṇḍavānāṁ suhṛdo’tha vairinas te tādṛśā me’pi mamāsavo hi te
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In the assembly of the Kauravas, Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Those who are the well-wishers of the Pāṇḍavas are also my well-wishers. Those who are their enemies are also My enemies, because the Pāṇḍavas are like the life-airs of My very soul.
1.5.44
Sourceधार्ष्त्यꣳ ममाहो भवताꣳ गुणान् किल ज्ञातुꣳ च वक्तुꣳ प्रभवेत् स एकलः । निर्णीतम् एतत् तु मया महा-प्रभुः सो’त्रावतीर्णो भवताꣳ कृते परम्
dhārṣtyaṁ mamāho bhavatāṁ guṇān kila jñātuṁ ca vaktuṁ prabhavet sa ekalaḥ | nirṇītam etat tu mayā mahā-prabhuḥ so’trāvatīrṇo bhavatāṁ kṛte param
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Alas, how impudent to describe your qualities! Only Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa knows well your qualities and alone can describe them. However, I have definitely decided that Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared in this world only for you people.
1.5.45
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— अथ क्षणꣳ लज्जयेव मौनꣳ कृत्वाथ निश्वासन् । धर्मराजो’ब्रवीन् मातृ- भ्रातृ-पत्नीभिर् अन्वितः
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— atha kṣaṇaṁ lajjayeva maunaṁ kṛtvātha niśvāsan | dharmarājo’bravīn mātṛ- bhrātṛ-patnībhir anvitaḥ
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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, remaining momentarily quiet and taking one long sigh out of shyness, Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira, while surrounded by his mother, brothers and wife, spoke.
1.5.46
Sourceवावदूक-शिरो-धार्या नैवास्मासु कृपा हरेः । विचर्याभीक्ष्णम् अस्माभिर् जातु काप्य् अवधार्यते
vāvadūka-śiro-dhāryā naivāsmāsu kṛpā hareḥ | vicaryābhīkṣṇam asmābhir jātu kāpy avadhāryate
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Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira said: O crown jewel of expert speakers, Śrī Nārada, after constant deliberation, we could never decide for sure about what special mercy Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa bestowed upon us.
1.5.47
Sourceप्राकृतानाꣳ जनानाꣳ हि मादृग्-आपद्-गणेक्षया । कृष्ण-भक्तौ प्रवृत्तिश् च विश्वासश् च ह्रसेद् इव
prākṛtānāṁ janānāṁ hi mādṛg-āpad-gaṇekṣayā | kṛṣṇa-bhaktau pravṛttiś ca viśvāsaś ca hrased iva
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After seeing all our calamities it appears as if the strong faith and tendency of common folk towards serving Śrī Kṛṣṇa with devotion will be utterly spoiled.
1.5.48
Sourceएतद् एवाति-कष्टाꣳ नस् तद् एक-प्रण-जीविनम् । विनान्नꣳ प्राणिनाꣳ यद्वान् मीनानाꣳ च विना जलम्
etad evāti-kaṣṭāṁ nas tad eka-praṇa-jīvinam | vinānnaṁ prāṇināṁ yadvān mīnānāṁ ca vinā jalam
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Just as animals without food and fish without water cannot sustain their life, similarly without Śrī Kṛṣṇa we cannot maintain our life. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is our very life. Therefore we are sustaining our life through Him alone.
1.5.49
Sourceततो’र्थितꣳ मया यज्ञ- सम्पादन-मिषाद् इदम् । निष्ठाꣳ दर्शय भक्तानाꣳ अभक्तानाम् अपि प्रभो
tato’rthitaṁ mayā yajña- sampādana-miṣād idam | niṣṭhāṁ darśaya bhaktānāṁ abhaktānām api prabho
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Therefore, on the excuse of completing the Rājasūya yajña I prayed to the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, “O Prabhu, You should shed some light upon the devotion of Your devotees and nondevotees.”
1.5.50-51
Sourceलोको’यꣳ तु यतो लोकाः सर्वे त्वद्-भक्त-सम्पदः । ऐहिकामुष्मिकाश् चित्राः शुद्धाः सर्व-विलक्षणाः भूत्वा परम-विश्वस्ता भजन्तस् त्वत्-पदाम्बुजꣳ । निर्दुःखा निर्भया नित्यꣳ सुखित्वꣳ यान्ति सर्वतः
loko’yaṁ tu yato lokāḥ sarve tvad-bhakta-sampadaḥ | aihikāmuṣmikāś citrāḥ śuddhāḥ sarva-vilakṣaṇāḥ bhūtvā parama-viśvastā bhajantas tvat-padāmbujaṁ | nirduḥkhā nirbhayā nityaṁ sukhitvaṁ yānti sarvataḥ
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Only when all living entities of this world see the pure, variegated and wonderful material and spiritual wealth of Your devotees, would they perform bhajana at Your lotus feet with serious, intense faith and achieve that lasting happiness, free from fear and distress.
1.5.52
Sourceसम्प्रत्य् अभक्तान् अस्माकꣳ विपक्षꣳस् तान् विनश्य च । राज्यꣳ प्रदत्तꣳ यत् तेन शोको’भूत् पूर्वतो’धिकः
sampraty abhaktān asmākaṁ vipakṣaṁs tān vinaśya ca | rājyaṁ pradattaṁ yat tena śoko’bhūt pūrvato’dhikaḥ
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Now that Śrī Kṛṣṇa has destroyed our opponents and granted us this kingdom, we have received more distress than ever before.
1.5.53
Sourceद्रोण-भीष्मादि-गुरवो’भिमन्यु-प्रमुखाः सुताः । परे’पि बहवः सन्तो’स्माद्-हेतोर् निधनꣳ गताः
droṇa-bhīṣmādi-guravo’bhimanyu-pramukhāḥ sutāḥ | pare’pi bahavaḥ santo’smād-hetor nidhanaṁ gatāḥ
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For this kingdom venerable elders and teachers such as Droṇa and Bhīṣma, and so many sons such as Abhimanyu, and many devoted righteous kings were killed.
1.5.54
Sourceस्व-जीवनाधिक-प्रार्थ्य- श्री-विष्णुजन-सङ्गतिः । विच्छेदेन क्षणꣳ चात्र न सुखाꣳशꣳ लभामहे
sva-jīvanādhika-prārthya- śrī-viṣṇujana-saṅgatiḥ | vicchedena kṣaṇaṁ cātra na sukhāṁśaṁ labhāmahe
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In fact, the association of devotees of Bhagavān Śrī Viṣṇu is more revered than our own life. On the other hand, due to separation of those very devotees in this world, now we cannot get a moment of happiness.
1.5.55
Sourceश्री-कृष्ण-वदनाम्भोज- सन्दर्शन-सुखꣳ च तत् । कदाचित् कार्य-योगेन केनचिज् जायते चिरात्
śrī-kṛṣṇa-vadanāmbhoja- sandarśana-sukhaṁ ca tat | kadācit kārya-yogena kenacij jāyate cirāt
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The bliss of seeing the indescribable lotus face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa has vanished for such a long time that only sometimes when such yajñas as the aśvamedha are performed do we obtain that happiness. Therefore, this is indeed a cause for great distress.
1.5.56
Sourceयादवान् एव सद्-बन्धून् द्वारकायाम् असौ वसन् । सदा परम-सद्-भाग्य- वतो रमयति प्रियान्
yādavān eva sad-bandhūn dvārakāyām asau vasan | sadā parama-sad-bhāgya- vato ramayati priyān
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At this time Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, while residing in Dvārakā, is granting unending happiness to His dear brothers and supremely devoted Yādavas.
1.5.57
Sourceअस्मासु यत् तस्य कदापि दौत्यꣳ सारथ्यम् अन्यच् च भवद्भिर् ईक्षते । तद् भूमि-भार-क्षपणाय पाप- नाशेन धर्मस्य च रक्षणाय
asmāsu yat tasya kadāpi dautyaṁ sārathyam anyac ca bhavadbhir īkṣate | tad bhūmi-bhāra-kṣapaṇāya pāpa- nāśena dharmasya ca rakṣaṇāya
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O Śrī Nārada, sometimes you see Śrī Kṛṣṇa performing such work for us as being our messenger, charioteer, or other activities! Indeed, all these activities are simply to remove the unwanted burden from the earth and for the protection of dharma by destroying sin.
1.5.58
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— अथ श्री-यादवेन्द्रस्य भीमो नर्म-सुहृत्तमः । विहस्योच्चैर् उवाचेदꣳ शृणु श्री-कृष्ण-शिष्य हे
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— atha śrī-yādavendrasya bhīmo narma-suhṛttamaḥ | vihasyoccair uvācedaṁ śṛṇu śrī-kṛṣṇa-śiṣya he
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Śrī Parīksit Mahārāja said: Then the jovial, well-wishing, intimate friend of Śrī Yādavendra, Bhīmasena, began to laugh aloud, “O votary of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, please listen to me closely."
1.5.59
Sourceअमुष्य दुर्बोध-चरित्र-वारिधेर् मायादि-हेतोश् चतुरावली-गुरोः । प्रवर्तते वाग्-व्यवहार-कौशलꣳ न कुत्र किꣳ तन् न वयꣳ प्रतीमः
amuṣya durbodha-caritra-vāridher māyādi-hetoś caturāvalī-guroḥ | pravartate vāg-vyavahāra-kauśalaṁ na kutra kiṁ tan na vayaṁ pratīmaḥ
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The pastimes of Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa are as deep and difficult to understand as the ocean. He is the source of illusory potency and the teacher of clever persons. Therefore, where would the expertise of His speech and champion dealings not show their effect? We know all truth, so we do not believe all these words.
1.5.60
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— स-शोकम् अवदन् मातस् ततो मम पितामहः । कृष्ण-प्राण-सखाः श्रीमान् अर्जुनो विश्वसन् मुहुः
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— sa-śokam avadan mātas tato mama pitāmahaḥ | kṛṣṇa-prāṇa-sakhāḥ śrīmān arjuno viśvasan muhuḥ
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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, again my grandfather Śrī Arjuna, who is Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s friend and more dear than life, began to speak with recurring heavy sighs and troubled heart.
1.5.61
Sourceश्री-भगवान् अर्जुन उवाच— भवत्-प्रियतमेशेन भगवन्न् अमुना कृतः । कृपा-भरो’पि दुःखाय किलास्माकꣳ बभूव सः
śrī-bhagavān arjuna uvāca— bhavat-priyatameśena bhagavann amunā kṛtaḥ | kṛpā-bharo’pi duḥkhāya kilāsmākaṁ babhūva saḥ
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Śrī Arjuna said: O Bhagavan Nārada, is not the mercy of our dearmost Śrī Kṛṣṇa upon us the reason for our distress?
1.5.62-63
Sourceस्व-धर्मैक-परैः शुद्ध-ज्ञानवद्भिः कृता रणे । भीश्मादिभिः प्रहरा ये वर्म- ।मर्म-भिदो दृढाः ते तस्याꣳ मत्-कृते स्वस्य श्री-मूर्तौ चक्रपाणिना । वार्यमानेन च मया सोढः स्वी-कृत्य वारशः
sva-dharmaika-paraiḥ śuddha-jñānavadbhiḥ kṛtā raṇe | bhīśmādibhiḥ praharā ye varma- |marma-bhido dṛḍhāḥ te tasyāṁ mat-kṛte svasya śrī-mūrtau cakrapāṇinā | vāryamānena ca mayā soḍhaḥ svī-kṛtya vāraśaḥ
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All the weapons that the dutifully engaged yet dry jñānī Grandfather Bhīṣma attacked me with were capable of piercing my invincible shield and ripping my heart to pieces. Nevertheless, Cakrapāṇi Śrī Kṛṣṇa took all those weapons on His beautiful divine limbs for my protection.
1.5.64
Sourceतन् मे चिन्तयतोऽद्यापि हृदयान् नापसर्पति । दुःख-शल्यम् अतो ब्रह्मन् सुखꣳ मे जायताꣳ कथम्
tan me cintayato'dyāpi hṛdayān nāpasarpati | duḥkha-śalyam ato brahman sukhaṁ me jāyatāṁ katham
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Translation
O Exalted brāhmaṇa, that distressful lance has not left my heart yet, due to remembering those attacks. So what is the chance of becoming happy?
1.5.65
Sourceतन् मे चिन्तयतो’द्यापि हृदयान् नापसर्पति । दुःख-शाल्यम् अतो ब्रह्मन् सुखꣳ मे जायताꣳ कथम्
tan me cintayato’dyāpi hṛdayān nāpasarpati | duḥkha-śālyam ato brahman sukhaṁ me jāyatāṁ katham
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Translation
It is not a sign of affectionate mercy to perform activities which cause one’s beloved to become distressful.
1.5.66
Sourceकर्मणा येन दुःखꣳ स्यान् निज-प्रिय-जनस्य हि । न तस्याचरणꣳ प्रीतेः कारुण्यस्यापि लक्षणम्
karmaṇā yena duḥkhaṁ syān nija-priya-janasya hi | na tasyācaraṇaṁ prīteḥ kāruṇyasyāpi lakṣaṇam
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Translation
When I withdrew from killing my superiors such as Bhīṣma and Droṇa, at that time, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the best among the wise, gave me instructions to inspire me to do such work.
1.5.67
Sourceयथा श्रुतार्थ-श्रवणाच् छुष्क-ज्ञानि-सुख-प्रदम् । महा-दुःख-कृद् अस्माकꣳ भक्ति-माहात्म्य-जीविनाम्
yathā śrutārtha-śravaṇāc chuṣka-jñāni-sukha-pradam | mahā-duḥkha-kṛd asmākaṁ bhakti-māhātmya-jīvinām
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Translation
The literal meanings or gist of the Gītā can give pleasure simply to dry scholars. That instruction is extremely painful for me for this does not give pleasure to devotees who maintain their lives by hearing the glories of bhakti.
1.5.68
Sourceतात्पर्यस्य विचारेण कृतेनापि न तत् सुखम् । किञ्चित् करोत्य् उतामुष्य वाञ्चनꣳ किल बोधयेत्
tātparyasya vicāreṇa kṛtenāpi na tat sukham | kiñcit karoty utāmuṣya vāñcanaṁ kila bodhayet
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Translation
Despite deliberating on the import of those instructions, they do not give us the slightest pleasure; instead, they remind us only of how Śrī Kṛṣṇa deceived us.
1.5.69-70
Sourceयत् सदा सर्वथा शुद्ध- निरुपाधि-कृपाकरे । तस्मिन् सत्य-प्रतिज्ञे सन् मित्र-वार्ये महा-प्रभौ विश्वास्तस्य दृढꣳ साक्षात् प्राप्तात् तस्मान् मम प्रियम् । महा-मनोहराकारान् न पर-ब्रह्मणः परम्
yat sadā sarvathā śuddha- nirupādhi-kṛpākare | tasmin satya-pratijñe san mitra-vārye mahā-prabhau viśvāstasya dṛḍhaṁ sākṣāt prāptāt tasmān mama priyam | mahā-manoharākārān na para-brahmaṇaḥ param
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We have firm faith alone in Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the ocean of causeless mercy who is always pure in everyway, whose vows always come true, and who is the best friend amongst all benefactors. We have no other object dearer to us than that most attractive, humanlike, divine form of Paramabrahman, who is obtained directly.
1.5.71
Sourceश्री-नकुल-सहदेवाव् ऊचतुः— यद् विपद्-गणतो धैर्यꣳ वैरि-वर्ग-विनाशनम् । अश्वमेधादि चास्माकꣳ श्री-कृष्णः समपादयत्
śrī-nakula-sahadevāv ūcatuḥ— yad vipad-gaṇato dhairyaṁ vairi-varga-vināśanam | aśvamedhādi cāsmākaṁ śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ samapādayat
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Śrī Nakula and Sahadeva said: O Exalted sage, Śrī Kṛṣṇa encouraged us in times of danger and calamities by destroying enemies and performing such sacrifices as the horse sacrifice (aśvamedha yajña).
1.5.72
Sourceयच् च तेन यशो राज्यꣳ पुण्याद् अप्य् अन्य-दुर्लभम् । व्यतनोद् भगवाꣳस् तेन नास्य मन्यामहे कृपाम्
yac ca tena yaśo rājyaṁ puṇyād apy anya-durlabham | vyatanod bhagavāṁs tena nāsya manyāmahe kṛpām
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Rather, He increased our fame, kingdom as well as our rare, difficult to attain pious merits. We do not consider this to be His special mercy.
1.5.73
Sourceकिन्त्व् अनेक-महा-यज्ञोत्- सवꣳ सम्पादयन्न् असौ । स्वी-करेणाग्र-पूजाया हार्षयन् नः कृपा हि सा
kintv aneka-mahā-yajñot- savaṁ sampādayann asau | svī-kareṇāgra-pūjāyā hārṣayan naḥ kṛpā hi sā
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Translation
Instead, having completed so many mahā-yajñas, He pleased us by accepting our request to Him for the honor of being the first to be worshipped (agra-pūjā). We consider this to be His mercy indeed.
1.5.74
Sourceअधुना वञ्चितस् तेन वयꣳ जीवाम तत् कथम् । तद्-दर्शनम् अपि ब्रह्मन् यन् नो’भूद् अति-दुर्घटम्
adhunā vañcitas tena vayaṁ jīvāma tat katham | tad-darśanam api brahman yan no’bhūd ati-durghaṭam
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Translation
O saintly brāhmaṇa (Śrī Nārada), how can we maintain our lives after being cheated by Him? Now, even His darśana has become extremely difficult to attain for us.
1.5.75
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तच् छ्रुत्वा वचनꣳ तेषाꣳ द्रौपदी शोक-विह्वला । सम्स्तभ्य यत्नाद् आत्मानꣳ क्रन्दन्त्य् आह स-गद्गदम्
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tac chrutvā vacanaṁ teṣāṁ draupadī śoka-vihvalā | samstabhya yatnād ātmānaṁ krandanty āha sa-gadgadam
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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, after hearing their conversation, Śrī Draupadī became overwhelmed with deep grief and began to weep. Regaining her composure, she endeavored to speak with a choked voice.
1.5.76-78
Sourceश्री-कृष्णोवाच— श्री-कृष्णेन मम प्राण- सखेन बहुधा त्रपा । निवरणीया दुष्टाश् च मरणीयाः किलेदृशः कर्तव्यो’नुग्रहस् तेन सदेत्य् आसीन् मतिर् मम । अधुना पतितास् तात- भ्रातृ-पुत्रादयो’खिलाः तत्रापि विदधे शोकꣳ न तद्-इच्छानुसारिणी । किꣳ चैच्छꣳ प्राप्तुꣳ आत्मेष्टꣳ किञ्चित् तत्-तच्-छलात् फलम्
śrī-kṛṣṇovāca— śrī-kṛṣṇena mama prāṇa- sakhena bahudhā trapā | nivaraṇīyā duṣṭāś ca maraṇīyāḥ kiledṛśaḥ kartavyo’nugrahas tena sadety āsīn matir mama | adhunā patitās tāta- bhrātṛ-putrādayo’khilāḥ tatrāpi vidadhe śokaṁ na tad-icchānusāriṇī | kiṁ caicchaṁ prāptuṁ ātmeṣṭaṁ kiñcit tat-tac-chalāt phalam
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Śrī Draupadī said: My dearmost confidant and prāṇa-sakhā Śrī Kṛṣṇa protected my modesty many times in the past and by vanquishing such wicked people as the sinful Duryodhana and Duḥśāsana He always displayed His mercy unto us. Henceforth, I hoped that He would continue to show such favor upon us as before. This is His duty also. Nevertheless, now that my father Drupada, brothers like Dṛṣṭadyumna, sons like Prativindhya have been killed one after another on the battlefield, I know that “this is all the will of Kṛṣṇa” and “most pleasing to have the desire of the beloved consummated.” So I never lamented, instead, on the pretext of all that distress, I kept nourishing hopes of some desirable result.
1.5.79-81
Sourceतेन सान्त्वायितव्याहꣳ हत-बन्धुजना स्वयम् । श्री-कृष्णेनोपविश्यात्र मत्-पार्श्वे युक्ति-पाटवैः तानि तानि ततस् तस्य पातव्यानि मया सदा । मधुराणि मनोज्ञानि स्मित-वाक्यामृतानि हि तद् अस्तु दूरे सौभाग्यान् मम पूर्ववद् अप्य् असौ । नयत्य् अतो दया कस्य मन्तव्या मायका मुने
tena sāntvāyitavyāhaṁ hata-bandhujanā svayam | śrī-kṛṣṇenopaviśyātra mat-pārśve yukti-pāṭavaiḥ tāni tāni tatas tasya pātavyāni mayā sadā | madhurāṇi manojñāni smita-vākyāmṛtāni hi tad astu dūre saubhāgyān mama pūrvavad apy asau | nayaty ato dayā kasya mantavyā māyakā mune
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Śrī Draupadī continued: I had a hope that Śrī Kṛṣṇa would stay with us, and sitting near me would please me with His clever, very sweet words, and would console me of my separation from my dear brother and relatives. Therefore, I had a hope that I would always
drink the nectar of His smiling words. Alas, what to speak of fulfilling that desire, it is alone my misfortune that He does not come to us as before. So Devaṛṣī Śrī Nārada, how can I understand this to be Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy?
1.5.82
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— शोकर्तेव तथा कुन्ती कृष्ण-दर्शन-जीवना । सास्रꣳ स-करुणꣳ प्राह स्मरन्ति तत्-कृपाकृपे
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— śokarteva tathā kuntī kṛṣṇa-darśana-jīvanā | sāsraṁ sa-karuṇaṁ prāha smaranti tat-kṛpākṛpe
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Sri Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Then Śrī Kunti devī who held her life only by taking darśana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, became overwhelmed with anxiety after remembering the mercy and neglect by Sri Kṛṣṇa. She began to speak in a pathetic voice while shedding tears.
1.5.83
Sourceश्री-पृथोवाच— अनाथायाः स-पुत्राया ममापद्-गणतो’सकृत् । त्वारया मोचनꣳ सम्याग् देवकी-मातृतो’पि यः
śrī-pṛthovāca— anāthāyāḥ sa-putrāyā mamāpad-gaṇato’sakṛt | tvārayā mocanaṁ samyāg devakī-mātṛto’pi yaḥ
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Śri Kuntī-devī said: Like a vulnerable widow with sons I became submerged in an ocean of calamities, still Śrī Kṛṣṇa repeatedly protected me throughout these misfortunes. So I concluded from this that Śrī Kṛṣṇa had shown special mercy on me, more than even His own mother, Śri Devakī.
1.5.84
Sourceकृपा-विशेषः कृष्णस्य स्वस्यम् अनुमितो मया । स चाधुनात्मनो’न्येषाम् अपि गेहेषु सर्वतः
kṛpā-viśeṣaḥ kṛṣṇasya svasyam anumito mayā | sa cādhunātmano’nyeṣām api geheṣu sarvataḥ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Gaudiya Grantha Mandira Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta mūla and Dig-darśinī authority
Translation
I inferred Kṛṣṇa’s special mercy toward me; now that same mercy is manifest everywhere, in my own home and in the homes of others.
1.5.85
Sourceस्त्रीणाꣳ निहत-बन्धूनाꣳ महा-रोदन-सꣳश्रुतेः । मनस्य् अपि पदꣳ जातु न प्राप्नोति कियान् मम
strīṇāṁ nihata-bandhūnāṁ mahā-rodana-saṁśruteḥ | manasy api padaṁ jātu na prāpnoti kiyān mama
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Translation
What to speak of receiving His special mercy, I cannot think that Śrī Kṛṣṇa has even a tinge of mercy on me now, because at present only the loud cries of lamentation, namely, the sound of women’s wailing is heard from the houses of ours and others due to the death of brothers and relatives.
1.5.86
Sourceअतस् तद्-दर्शन-त्यक्तः सम्पदः परिहृत्य वै । आपदः प्रार्थितास् तस्मिन् मया तद्-दर्शनापिकाः
atas tad-darśana-tyaktaḥ sampadaḥ parihṛtya vai | āpadaḥ prārthitās tasmin mayā tad-darśanāpikāḥ
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Translation
Thus have I become deprived of His darśana! Having abandoned the desire of any prosperity without His darśana, I prayed for only those calamities which grant His darśana.
1.5.87
Sourceदत्त्वा निष्कण्टकꣳ राज्यꣳ पाण्डवः सुखिता इति । मत्वाधुना विहायस्मान् द्वारकायाम् अवस्थितम्
dattvā niṣkaṇṭakaṁ rājyaṁ pāṇḍavaḥ sukhitā iti | matvādhunā vihāyasmān dvārakāyām avasthitam
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“I have granted the kingdom without any obstruction to the Pāṇḍavas, therefore they are living happily.” Thinking like this, Śrī Kṛṣṇa abandoned us and now resides in the city of Dvārakā.
1.5.88
Sourceअतो’त्र तस्यागमने’प्य् आशा मे’पगता बत । मान्ये’धुनात्मनः शीघ्रꣳ मरणꣳ तद्-अनुग्रहम्
ato’tra tasyāgamane’py āśā me’pagatā bata | mānye’dhunātmanaḥ śīghraṁ maraṇaṁ tad-anugraham
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Translation
Therefore, now I have given up hope of His return. However, if I quickly die now, then I shall consider it His special mercy.
1.5.89
Sourceबन्धु-वत्सल इत्य् आशा- तन्तुर् यश् चावलम्ब्यते । स त्रुट्येद् यदुभिस् तस्य गाढ-सम्बन्ध-मर्षणात्
bandhu-vatsala ity āśā- tantur yaś cāvalambyate | sa truṭyed yadubhis tasya gāḍha-sambandha-marṣaṇāt
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Translation
“Śrī Kṛṣṇa is merciful to His kinsfolk.” Thinking in this manner, I had taken shelter of hope. Now, by seeing His strong relationship with the Yādavas, that hope has also been shattered.
1.5.90
Sourceतद् याहि तस्य परम-प्रिय-वर्ग-मुख्यान् श्री-यादवान् निरुपम-प्रमदाब्धि-मग्नान् । तेषाꣳ महत्त्वम् अतुलꣳ भगवꣳस् त्वम् एव जानासि तद् वयम् अहो किम् उ वर्णयेम
tad yāhi tasya parama-priya-varga-mukhyān śrī-yādavān nirupama-pramadābdhi-magnān | teṣāṁ mahattvam atulaṁ bhagavaṁs tvam eva jānāsi tad vayam aho kim u varṇayema
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Translation
Therefore, O Bhagavan Śrī Nārada, approach the Yādavas because they are the object of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s greatest mercy and are completely absorbed in an ocean of inexpressible, unparalleled ecstasy. You know well the matchless glory of the Yādavas also. Oh, how can I possibly describe them more?
1.5.91
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— भो यादवेन्द्र-भगिनी-सुत-पत्नी मातः श्री-द्वारकाꣳ मुनि-वरस् त्वरया गतो’सौ । दण्ड-प्रणम-निकरैः प्रविशन् पुरान्तर् दूराद् ददर्श सुभगान् यदु-पुङ्गवाꣳस् तान्
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— bho yādavendra-bhaginī-suta-patnī mātaḥ śrī-dvārakāṁ muni-varas tvarayā gato’sau | daṇḍa-praṇama-nikaraiḥ praviśan purāntar dūrād dadarśa subhagān yadu-puṅgavāṁs tān
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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, you are also the wife of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s sister’s son, therefore you are so fortunate also. Following this, Devārṣī Śrī Nārada left at that exact moment for the city of Dvārakā. Upon very quickly reaching the city of Dvārakā, he repeatedly offered prostrated obeisances, falling like a stick, then entered the city and from afar saw the most fortunate Yādavas.
1.5.92
Sourceसभायाꣳ श्री-सुधर्मायाꣳ सुखासीनान् यथा-क्रमम् । निज-सौन्दर्य-भूषाढ्यान् पारिजात-स्रग्-आचितान्
sabhāyāṁ śrī-sudharmāyāṁ sukhāsīnān yathā-kramam | nija-saundarya-bhūṣāḍhyān pārijāta-srag-ācitān
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Śrī Nārada saw that the Yādavas had happily sat down on their own seats in the assembly named Śrī Sudharmā according to the proper succession. They were looking attractive due to being decorated by their own beauty, ornaments and garlands of Pārijāta flowers.
1.5.93
Sourceदिव्याति-दिव्य-सङ्गीत- नृत्यादि-परमोत्सवैः । सेव्यमानान् विचित्रोक्त्या स्तूयमानाꣳश् च वन्दिभिः
divyāti-divya-saṅgīta- nṛtyādi-paramotsavaiḥ | sevyamānān vicitroktyā stūyamānāṁś ca vandibhiḥ
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Translation
There the festival of divine music and dance was underway, and the bards were glorifying the Yādavas with multifarious prayers.
1.5.94
Sourceअन्योन्यꣳ चित्र-नर्मोक्ति- केलिभिर् हसतो मुदा । सूर्यम् आक्रमतः स्वाभिः प्रभाभिर् माधुरीमयन्
anyonyaṁ citra-narmokti- kelibhir hasato mudā | sūryam ākramataḥ svābhiḥ prabhābhir mādhurīmayan
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Translation
They were manifesting their happiness through joking con versation. The effulgence of the sun seemed insignificant in comparison to their bodily complexion, but due to the sweetness of agreeable splendor no one had pain in their eyes.
1.5.95
Sourceनाना-विध-महा-दिव्य- विभूषण-विचित्रितान् । काꣳश्चित् प्रवयसो’प्य् एषु नव-यौवनम् आपितन् । श्री-कृष्ण-वदनाम्भोज- सुधा-तृप्तान् अभीक्ष्णशः
nānā-vidha-mahā-divya- vibhūṣaṇa-vicitritān | kāṁścit pravayaso’py eṣu nava-yauvanam āpitan | śrī-kṛṣṇa-vadanāmbhoja- sudhā-tṛptān abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
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Translation
All those people were decorated with divine ornaments. Among them were the elderly who by drinking the nectar from the lotus face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa achieved a vibrant youth.
1.5.96
Sourceउग्रसेणꣳ महा-राजꣳ परिवृत्य चकासतः । प्रतीक्ष्यमानन् श्री-कृष्ण- देवगामनम् आदरात्
ugraseṇaṁ mahā-rājaṁ parivṛtya cakāsataḥ | pratīkṣyamānan śrī-kṛṣṇa- devagāmanam ādarāt
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Having beautifully decorated Mahārāja Ugrasena in every way, they awaited for the auspicious arrival of Śrī Kṛṣṇa with reverence.
1.5.97
Sourceतद्-अन्तः-पुर-वर्त्मेक्ष- व्यग्र-मानस-लोचनान् । तत्-कथा-कथनासक्तान् असङ्ख्यान् कोटि-कोटिशः
tad-antaḥ-pura-vartmekṣa- vyagra-mānasa-locanān | tat-kathā-kathanāsaktān asaṅkhyān koṭi-koṭiśaḥ
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In fact, the eyes and minds of everyone were extremely anxious, being fixed on the path towards Śrī Kṛṣṇa's palace. These countless Yādavas were absorbed in the narration, discussion and aural reception of the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.5.98
Sourceज्ञात्वा तꣳ यदवो’भ्येत्य धावन्तः सम्भ्रमाकुलाः । उत्थाप्य प्रसभꣳ पाणौ धृत्वा निन्युः सभान्तरम्
jñātvā taṁ yadavo’bhyetya dhāvantaḥ sambhramākulāḥ | utthāpya prasabhaṁ pāṇau dhṛtvā ninyuḥ sabhāntaram
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As soon as the Yādavas heard of Śrī Nārada’s arrival, they respectfully rushed to greet him at once. When Śrī Nārada fell flat on the ground with daṇḍavat praṇāma, the Yādavas quickly raised him up and while clutching his hand, brought him into the assembly.
1.5.99
Sourceमहा-दिव्यासने दत्ते’नुपविष्टꣳ तद्-इच्छया । भूमाव् एवोपवेश्यामुꣳ परितः स्वयम् आसतः
mahā-divyāsane datte’nupaviṣṭaṁ tad-icchayā | bhūmāv evopaveśyāmuṁ paritaḥ svayam āsataḥ
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However, Śrī Nārada did not sit on that sacred seat, instead by his own desire he sat down on the ground. Seeing him seated on the ground all the Yādavas also sat upon the ground, surrounding him on all sides.
1.5.100
Sourceदेवर्षि-प्रवरो’मीभिः पूजा-द्रव्यꣳ समाहृतम् । नत्वा साञ्जलिम् उत्थाय विनीतो मुहुर् आह तान्
devarṣi-pravaro’mībhiḥ pūjā-dravyaṁ samāhṛtam | natvā sāñjalim utthāya vinīto muhur āha tān
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Translation
The Yādavas brought a variety of articles for worshipping Śrī Nārada, but Śrī Nārada offered obeisances to them and arose humbly with folded palms and began to repeat once again.
1.5.101
Sourceभोः कृष्ण-पादाब्ज-महानुकम्पिता लोकोत्तरा माम् अधुना दयाध्वाम् । युष्माकम् एवाविरतꣳ यथाहꣳ कीर्तिम् प्रगायन् जगति भ्रमेयम्
bhoḥ kṛṣṇa-pādābja-mahānukampitā lokottarā mām adhunā dayādhvām | yuṣmākam evāvirataṁ yathāhaṁ kīrtim pragāyan jagati bhrameyam
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Śrī Nārada said: O Yādavas, being transcendental to this world, you have achieved the extraordinary mercy of the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Now bestow your mercy on me so I can constantly sing of your glories while roaming across the entire universe.
1.5.102
Sourceअहो अलꣳ श्लाघ्यतमꣳ यदोः कुलꣳ चकास्ति वैकुण्ठ-निवासितो’पि यत् । मनुष्य-लोको यद्-अनुग्रहाद् अयꣳ विलङ्घ्य वैकुण्ठम् अतीव राजते
aho alaṁ ślāghyatamaṁ yadoḥ kulaṁ cakāsti vaikuṇṭha-nivāsito’pi yat | manuṣya-loko yad-anugrahād ayaṁ vilaṅghya vaikuṇṭham atīva rājate
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Translation
O how praiseworthy is this Yadu dynasty! The splendor of this family line is greater than the Vaikuṇṭha pārṣadas. By your mercy this earthly planet has become more charming than Vaikuṇṭha.
1.5.103
Sourceवृत्ता धरित्री भवति सफल-प्रयासा यस्याꣳ जनुर्-वसति-केलि-चया किलैषम् । येषाꣳ महा-हरिर् अयꣳ निवसन् गृहेषु कुत्रापि पूर्वम् अकृतै रमते विहारैः
vṛttā dharitrī bhavati saphala-prayāsā yasyāṁ janur-vasati-keli-cayā kilaiṣam | yeṣāṁ mahā-harir ayaṁ nivasan gṛheṣu kutrāpi pūrvam akṛtai ramate vihāraiḥ
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Translation
O Pṛthvī, your labor has borne fruit because the Yādavas have taken birth in your lap. They reside and sport in various ways upon you. Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa also resides in the house of these Yādavas and enjoys various wonderful pastimes.
1.5.104-106
Sourceयेषाꣳ दर्शन-सम्भाषा- स्पर्षानुगमनासनैः । भोजनोद्वाह-शयनैस् तथान्यैर् दैहिकैर् दृढैः दुश्छेदैः प्रेम-सम्बन्धैर् आत्म-सम्बन्धतो’धिकैः । बद्धः स्वर्गापवर्गेच्छꣳ च्छित्त्वा भक्तिꣳ विवर्धयन् कृष्णो विस्मृत-वैकुण्ठो विलासैः स्वैर् अनुक्षणम् । नवꣳ नवम् अनिर्वाच्यꣳ वितनोति सुखꣳ महत्
yeṣāṁ darśana-sambhāṣā- sparṣānugamanāsanaiḥ | bhojanodvāha-śayanais tathānyair daihikair dṛḍhaiḥ duśchedaiḥ prema-sambandhair ātma-sambandhato’dhikaiḥ | baddhaḥ svargāpavargecchaṁ cchittvā bhaktiṁ vivardhayan kṛṣṇo vismṛta-vaikuṇṭho vilāsaiḥ svair anukṣaṇam | navaṁ navam anirvācyaṁ vitanoti sukhaṁ mahat
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Translation
You, O Yādavas, are bound to Śrī Kṛṣṇa with a bond of love that is stronger than various bodily relationships such as seeing, touching, conversing, following, sitting down, eating, sleeping and marriage. Therefore Śrī Kṛṣṇa, having forgotten His residence in Vaikuṇṭha, is granting the indescribable happiness to all people by constantly expanding devotional service through these various types of enjoyments.
1.5.107
Sourceशय्यासनातानालाप- क्रीडा-स्नानासनादिषु । वर्तमाना अपि स्वान् ये कृष्ण-प्रेम्णा स्मरन्ति न
śayyāsanātānālāpa- krīḍā-snānāsanādiṣu | vartamānā api svān ye kṛṣṇa-premṇā smaranti na
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Translation
You, also being bound by the love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through activities such as sleeping, eating, sitting down, wandering, mutual conversation, relaxation and bathing, have forgotten your family ties to your sons and wives.
1.5.108
Sourceमहा-राजाधिराजायꣳ उग्रसेण महाद्भुतः । महा-सौभाग्य-महिमान् भवतः केन वर्ण्यताम्
mahā-rājādhirājāyaṁ ugraseṇa mahādbhutaḥ | mahā-saubhāgya-mahimān bhavataḥ kena varṇyatām
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Translation
O King of kings, Ugrasena, you are also famous in the world as the recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. Who can describe the glories of your wonderful good fortune?
1.5.109
Sourceअहो महाश्चर्यतरꣳ चमत्कार-भराकरम् । पश्य प्रियजन-प्रीति- पर-वश्यꣳ महा-हरेः
aho mahāścaryataraṁ camatkāra-bharākaram | paśya priyajana-prīti- para-vaśyaṁ mahā-hareḥ
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Translation
Alas, such a wonderful thing. Now just see Śrī Hari’s subjugation by the wonderful affection from His beloved devotees.
1.5.110
Sourceयदु-राज भवन्तम् यन् निषण्णꣳ परमासने । अग्रे सेवकवत् तिष्ठन् सम्बोधयति सादरम्
yadu-rāja bhavantam yan niṣaṇṇaṁ paramāsane | agre sevakavat tiṣṭhan sambodhayati sādaram
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Translation
O Yadu-rāja, when you sat on the elevated throne appropriate for a king, Śrī Kṛṣṇa stood like a servant in front of you and respectfully spoke as follows:
1.5.111
Sourceभो निधारय देवेति भृत्यꣳ माम् आदिशेति च । तद् भवद्भ्यो नमो’भीक्ष्णꣳ भवत्-सम्बन्धिने नमः
bho nidhāraya deveti bhṛtyaṁ mām ādiśeti ca | tad bhavadbhyo namo’bhīkṣṇaṁ bhavat-sambandhine namaḥ
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Translation
“O Mahārāja Ugrasena, please hear Me. I am your humble servant, order Me accordingly.” Therefore, I am offering my repeated obeisances unto you and all your relations.
1.5.112
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— ततो ब्रह्मण्य-देवानु- वर्तिनो यदवो’खिलाः । स-पाद-ग्रहणꣳ नत्वा मातर् ऊचुर् महा-मुनिम्
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tato brahmaṇya-devānu- vartino yadavo’khilāḥ | sa-pāda-grahaṇaṁ natvā mātar ūcur mahā-munim
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Śrī Parīkṣit said: O mother, henceforth all these Yādavas who were followers of bramaṇya-deva Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the worshipful Lord of the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas, offered obeisances by touching the lotus feet of Śrī Nārada, then began to speak.
1.5.113
Sourceश्री-यादव उचुः— श्री-कृष्णस्यापि पूज्यास् त्वम् अस्मदीय-महा-प्रभोः । कथम् अस्मान् महा-नीचान् नीचवन् नमसि प्रभो
śrī-yādava ucuḥ— śrī-kṛṣṇasyāpi pūjyās tvam asmadīya-mahā-prabhoḥ | katham asmān mahā-nīcān nīcavan namasi prabho
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The Yādavas said: O most worshipable Devaṛṣi Śrī Nārada, you are respected by even our worshipful Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, why are you repeatedly offering obeisances to us who are the lowest of low persons?
1.5.114
Sourceजित-वाक्पति-नैपुण्य यद् इदꣳ नस् त्वयोदितम् । तद् असम्भवितꣳ न स्याद् यादवेन्द्र-प्रभावतः
jita-vākpati-naipuṇya yad idaṁ nas tvayoditam | tad asambhavitaṁ na syād yādavendra-prabhāvataḥ
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Translation
You conquered over the master of speech, Śrī Brahmā, with your expertise of speech! Therefore, our glories that you describe are impossible without the Lord of the Yādavas influence, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.5.115
Sourceतस्य केनापि गन्धेन किꣳ व कस्य न सिद्ध्यति । महा-दयाकरो यो’यꣳ निरुपाधि-सुहृत्तमः
tasya kenāpi gandhena kiṁ va kasya na siddhyati | mahā-dayākaro yo’yaṁ nirupādhi-suhṛttamaḥ
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Translation
If anyone has even the slightest connection with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, then he achieves all kinds of spiritual accomplishments, because He is the ocean of mercy and a causeless, magnanimous friend.
1.5.116
Sourceमहा-महिम-पाथोधिः स्मृत-मात्राखिलार्थदः । दीननाथैक-शरणꣳ हीनार्थाधिक-साधकः
mahā-mahima-pāthodhiḥ smṛta-mātrākhilārthadaḥ | dīnanāthaika-śaraṇaṁ hīnārthādhika-sādhakaḥ
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Translation
He is an ocean of boundless glories. Simply by remembering Him alone grants the greatest benefit. He is the master of the wretched, namely, the only shelter of the helpless. He bestows special mercy upon the poor, fallen souls.
1.5.117
Sourceकिन्त्व् अस्मासूद्धवः श्रीमान् परमानुग्रहास्पदम् । यादवेन्द्रस्य यो मन्त्री शिष्यो भृत्यः प्रियो महान्
kintv asmāsūddhavaḥ śrīmān paramānugrahāspadam | yādavendrasya yo mantrī śiṣyo bhṛtyaḥ priyo mahān
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Translation
O Śrī Nārada, this is completely true, but among us, Śrī Uddhava is the recipient of greatest mercy from Yādavendra Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He is minister, disciple, servant and most beloved of Him.
1.5.118
Sourceअस्मान् विहाय कुत्रापि यात्राꣳ स कुरुते प्रभुः । न हि तद् दुःखम् अस्माकꣳ दृष्टे’प्य् अस्मिन्न् अपव्रजेत्
asmān vihāya kutrāpi yātrāṁ sa kurute prabhuḥ | na hi tad duḥkham asmākaṁ dṛṣṭe’py asminn apavrajet
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Translation
If Śrī Kṛṣṇa abandons us and goes somewhere else, then our distress of separation from Him does not go away even when He returns.
1.5.119
Sourceन जानीमः कदा कुत्र पुनर् एष व्रजेद् इति । उद्धवो नित्यम् अभ्यर्णे निवसन् सेवते प्रभुम्
na jānīmaḥ kadā kutra punar eṣa vrajed iti | uddhavo nityam abhyarṇe nivasan sevate prabhum
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Translation
We do not know when our Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa will go away. With this worry our distress never goes away. Due to the fear of imminent separation we do not experience the full happiness, despite having the darśana of the Lord. However, Śrī Uddhava constantly remains near Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and receives happiness by serving Him.
1.5.120
Sourceस्व-गम्य एव विषये प्रेषयद् भगवान् अमुम् । कौरवावृत-साम्बीय- मोचनादि-कृते क्वचित्
sva-gamya eva viṣaye preṣayad bhagavān amum | kauravāvṛta-sāmbīya- mocanādi-kṛte kvacit
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Translation
To the places where Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa should go Himself for special duty, Śrī Uddhava is sent as His representative. For example, one time He sent Śrī Uddhava to liberate Sāmba from the Kauravas.
1.5.121
Sourceयस् तिष्ठन् भोजन-क्रीडा- कौतुकावसरे हरेः । महा-प्रसादम् उच्छिष्टꣳ लभते नित्यम् एकलः
yas tiṣṭhan bhojana-krīḍā- kautukāvasare hareḥ | mahā-prasādam ucchiṣṭaṁ labhate nityam ekalaḥ
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Translation
Śrī Uddhava remains with Him even at such times as eating, playing and sporting with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and he alone relishes the remnants of mahāprasāda from Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.5.122
Sourceपदारविन्द-द्वन्द्वꣳ यः प्रभोः सꣳवाहयन् मुदा । ततो निद्रा-सुखाविष्टः शेते स्वाङ्के निधाय तत्
padāravinda-dvandvaṁ yaḥ prabhoḥ saṁvāhayan mudā | tato nidrā-sukhāviṣṭaḥ śete svāṅke nidhāya tat
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Translation
Śrī Uddhava, who becomes overwhelmed with sleep while massaging the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, still keeps the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in his lap as he happily sleeps.
1.5.123
Sourceरहः-क्रीडायाꣳ च क्वचिद् अपि ससङ्गे भगवतः प्रयात्य् अत्रामत्यः परिषदि महान् मन्त्र-मणिभिः । विचित्रैर् नर्मोघैर् अपि हरि-कृत-श्लाघन-भवैर् मनोज्ञाइः सर्वान् नः सुखयति वरान् प्रापयति च
rahaḥ-krīḍāyāṁ ca kvacid api sasaṅge bhagavataḥ prayāty atrāmatyaḥ pariṣadi mahān mantra-maṇibhiḥ | vicitrair narmoghair api hari-kṛta-ślāghana-bhavair manojñāiḥ sarvān naḥ sukhayati varān prāpayati ca
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Translation
Sometimes at the time of Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s confidential pastimes (keli-krīḍā) Śrī Uddhava also accompanies Him. Śrī Uddhava is the Prime Minister in the great assembly. He provides us happiness by his charming advice and various ways of joking. Śrī Kṛṣṇa much appreciates these joking words also.
1.5.124
Sourceकिꣳ तस्य सौभाग्य-कुलꣳ हि वाच्यꣳ वातूलताꣳ प्राप किलायम् एवम् । आशैशवाद्यः प्रभु-पाद-पद्म- सेवा-रसाविष्टतयोच्यते’ज्ञैः
kiṁ tasya saubhāgya-kulaṁ hi vācyaṁ vātūlatāṁ prāpa kilāyam evam | āśaiśavādyaḥ prabhu-pāda-padma- sevā-rasāviṣṭatayocyate’jñaiḥ
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Translation
How much more can we describe the great fortune of Sri Uddhava? From childhood he remained absorbed in the service of the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Foolish people consider that absorption of his to be the creation of idle mundane talk.
1.5.125
Sourceअहो सदा-माधव-पाद-पद्मयोः प्रपत्ति-लाम्पट्य-महत्त्वम् अद्भुतम् । इहैव मानुष्य-वपुष्य् अवाप स्वरूपम् उत्सृज्य हरेः स्व-रूपताम्
aho sadā-mādhava-pāda-padmayoḥ prapatti-lāmpaṭya-mahattvam adbhutam | ihaiva mānuṣya-vapuṣy avāpa svarūpam utsṛjya hareḥ sva-rūpatām
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Translation
Alas, only Śrī Uddhava manifested in this word the glories and taste of the wonderful mellow of constant service of the lotus feet of Śrī Mādhava. What more can I say? He attained a form similar to Śrī
Kṛṣṇa even in this human form of life. He abandoned his natural fair complexion and received the same complexion as Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.5.126
Sourceप्रद्युम्नाद् रम्य-रूपः प्रभु-दयिततरो’प्य् एष कृष्णोपभुक्तैर् वन्य-स्राक्-पीत-पट्ट्याꣳशुक-मणि-मकरोत्ताꣳस-हारादिभिस् तैः । नेपथ्ये भूषितो’स्मान् सुखयति सततꣳ देवकी-नन्दनस्य भ्रान्त्या सन्दर्शनेन प्रिय-जन-हृदयाकर्षनोत्कर्ष-भाजा
pradyumnād ramya-rūpaḥ prabhu-dayitataro’py eṣa kṛṣṇopabhuktair vanya-srāk-pīta-paṭṭyāṁśuka-maṇi-makarottāṁsa-hārādibhis taiḥ | nepathye bhūṣito’smān sukhayati satataṁ devakī-nandanasya bhrāntyā sandarśanena priya-jana-hṛdayākarṣanotkarṣa-bhājā
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Translation
Śrī Uddhava is even more beautiful than Śrī Pradyumna and is very dear to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He provides constant happiness to us by decorating himself with the prasādī forest flower garland, yellow waist garment, jewels, shark-shaped earrings and jewelled garland. If by chance we glance at Him from a distance, it seems that He is our Śrī Devakī-nandana. In this way, by creating a false impression of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in our heart, he creates a special attraction in our heart.
1.5.127-128
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— मातर् इत्य् आदिकꣳ श्रूत्वा महा-सौभाग्यम् उत्तमम् । उद्धवस्य मुनिर् गेहꣳ गन्तुꣳ हर्ष-प्रकर्षतः उत्थाय तस्य दिग्-भाग- वर्त्म दातुꣳ समुद्यतः । ज्ञात्वोक्तो यदु-राजेन चित्र-प्रेम-विकार-भाक्
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— mātar ity ādikaṁ śrūtvā mahā-saubhāgyam uttamam | uddhavasya munir gehaṁ gantuṁ harṣa-prakarṣataḥ utthāya tasya dig-bhāga- vartma dātuṁ samudyataḥ | jñātvokto yadu-rājena citra-prema-vikāra-bhāk
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Mahārāja Śrī Parīkṣit said: O Mother, after hearing the topic this way, of the great fortune of Śrī Uddhava, Śrī Nārada became extremely happy, becoming overwhelmed with various transformations of prema, then got up to go to the abode of Śrī Uddhava. Upon seeing this, the king of Yadus, Śrī Ugrasena, began to speak.
1.5.129
Sourceश्री-उग्रसेण उवाच— भगवान् उक्तम् एवासौ क्षणम् एकम् अपि क्वचित् । नान्यत्र तिष्ठतीशस्य कृष्णस्यादेशतो विना
śrī-ugraseṇa uvāca— bhagavān uktam evāsau kṣaṇam ekam api kvacit | nānyatra tiṣṭhatīśasya kṛṣṇasyādeśato vinā
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Mahārāja Śrī Ugrasena said: O Bhagavān, I said before that only Śrī Uddhava does not go to any other place, even for a moment, without the order of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
1.5.130
Sourceयथाहꣳ प्रार्थ्य तत्-सङ्ग- स्थितिꣳ नाप्नोमि कर्हिचित् । तन्-महा-लभतो हीनो’सत्यया राज्य-रक्षया
yathāhaṁ prārthya tat-saṅga- sthitiṁ nāpnomi karhicit | tan-mahā-labhato hīno’satyayā rājya-rakṣayā
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However, I cannot get the association of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in spite of praying. Due to these trivial royal duties, I have become void of the great benefit of the Lord’s divine association.
1.5.131
Sourceअज्ञा-पालन-मात्रैक- सेवादर-कृतोत्सवः । यथा च वञ्चितो नित्वा मिथ्या-गौरव-यन्त्रणम्
ajñā-pālana-mātraika- sevādara-kṛtotsavaḥ | yathā ca vañcito nitvā mithyā-gaurava-yantraṇam
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Although I am performing this royal duty to follow the order of the Lord only, and respectfully consider this to be His service, I am obtaining only slight happiness. However, due to the anguish from the honor He granted me, it seems that he has cheated me.
1.5.132
Sourceकृष्णेन च तथा कश्चिद् उद्धवश् च महा-सुखि । तत्-पार्श्व-सेवा-सौभग्याद् वञ्चितः स्यात् कदापि न
kṛṣṇena ca tathā kaścid uddhavaś ca mahā-sukhi | tat-pārśva-sevā-saubhagyād vañcitaḥ syāt kadāpi na
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Actually, Śrī Kṛṣṇa has never cheated anyone like me. Śrī Uddhava is so jubilant because Bhagavān always keeps him next to His side, grants him the joy of service and never cheats him of the good fortune of service.
1.5.133
Sourceतत् तत्र गत्वा भवताशु मादृशꣳ सन्देशम् एतꣳ स निवेदनीयः । अद्यात्यगद् आगमनस्य वेला स्व-नाथम् आदाय सभाꣳ सनाथय
tat tatra gatvā bhavatāśu mādṛśaṁ sandeśam etaṁ sa nivedanīyaḥ | adyātyagad āgamanasya velā sva-nātham ādāya sabhāṁ sanāthaya
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Therefore you should go to the inner palace compound of Bhagavān and receive darśana of Śrī Uddhava. Also make this request for us: Today the time for Bhagavān’s arrival in the assembly has long passed, thus Śrī Uddhava should quickly bring the Lord to the assembly hall and again secure it with our Lord.