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Part One · Chapter 6

Priyatama — The Most Beloved Devotees

Unit 6 of 141.6.11.6.125104 source entries

1.6.1

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तच् छ्रूत्वार्ये महा-प्रेम- रसावेषेण यन्त्रितः । महा-विष्णु-प्रियो वीणा- हस्तो’सौ विस्मृताखिलः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tac chrūtvārye mahā-prema- rasāveṣeṇa yantritaḥ | mahā-viṣṇu-priyo vīṇā- hasto’sau vismṛtākhilaḥ

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, after hearing Śrī Uddhava’s glories, Bhagavān’s dearmost Nārada Muni became absorbed in the transcendental mellows of prema. Having become oblivious to everything, he could not vibrate on his vīṇā, despite clutching it in his hand.

1.6.2

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सदा द्वारवतावासा- भ्यस्तान्तः-पुर-वर्त्मना । प्रभु-प्रासाद-देशान्तः- प्रवेशाश्चर्य-वाहिना

sadā dvāravatāvāsā- bhyastāntaḥ-pura-vartmanā | prabhu-prāsāda-deśāntaḥ- praveśāścarya-vāhinā

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Śrī Nārada habitually stayed in Dvārakā. Therefore, although the way to the palace was extremely private, he crossed the wonderful labyrinthine path and entered into the palace of Bhagavān based on his previous experience.

1.6.3

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पूर्वभसाद् इवाभ्यासꣳ प्रासादस्य गतो मुनिः । भूताविष्टो महोन्माद- गृहीतश् च यथेतरः

pūrvabhasād ivābhyāsaṁ prāsādasya gato muniḥ | bhūtāviṣṭo mahonmāda- gṛhītaś ca yathetaraḥ

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Although Śrī Nārada entered the palace due to previous experience, his condition at that time appeared like a person possessed by a ghost or a mad person.

1.6.4

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भूमौ क्वापि स्खलति पतति क्वापि तिष्ठत्य् अचेष्टः क्वाप्य् उत्कम्पꣳ भजति लुठति क्वापि रोदित्य् अथार्तः । क्वाप्य् अक्रोशन् प्लुतिभिर् अयते गायति क्वापि नृत्यन् सर्वꣳ क्वापि श्रयति युगपत् प्रेम-सम्पद्-विकारम्

bhūmau kvāpi skhalati patati kvāpi tiṣṭhaty aceṣṭaḥ kvāpy utkampaṁ bhajati luṭhati kvāpi rodity athārtaḥ | kvāpy akrośan plutibhir ayate gāyati kvāpi nṛtyan sarvaṁ kvāpi śrayati yugapat prema-sampad-vikāram

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Sometimes he stumbled, sometimes he fainted and collapsed to the ground, and sometimes he stood stunned and motionless. Sometimes he rolled on the ground, sometimes he cried out in a pathetic voice, and sometimes he yelled out. Sometimes he jumped up and ran madly about. Sometimes he sang and danced, while sometimes all the transformations of prema such as shivering, sweating, horripilations and crying manifested on his body simultaneously.

1.6.5

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हे मन्-मातर् इदानीꣳ त्वꣳ सावधानतरा भव । स्थिरताꣳ प्रापयन्ति माꣳ स-धैर्यꣳ शृण्व् इदꣳ स्वयम्

he man-mātar idānīṁ tvaṁ sāvadhānatarā bhava | sthiratāṁ prāpayanti māṁ sa-dhairyaṁ śṛṇv idaṁ svayam

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O my mother, be more vigilant now than ever before! If you see me waver, calm me and listen closely to what I will now disclose.

1.6.6-8

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तस्मिन्न् अहनि केनापि वैमनश्येन वेष्मनः । अन्तः-प्रकोष्ठे सुप्तस्य प्रभोः पार्श्वꣳ विहाय सः अदूराद् देहली-प्रान्ते निविष्टः श्रीमद्-उद्धवः । बलदेवो देवकी च रोहिणी रुक्मिणी तथा सत्यभामादयो’न्यश् च देव्यः पद्मवती सा च । प्रवृत्ति-हरिणी कꣳस- माता दासास् तथापराः

tasminn ahani kenāpi vaimanaśyena veṣmanaḥ | antaḥ-prakoṣṭhe suptasya prabhoḥ pārśvaṁ vihāya saḥ adūrād dehalī-prānte niviṣṭaḥ śrīmad-uddhavaḥ | baladevo devakī ca rohiṇī rukmiṇī tathā satyabhāmādayo’nyaś ca devyaḥ padmavatī sā ca | pravṛtti-hariṇī kaṁsa- mātā dāsās tathāparāḥ

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Dejected for some reason that day, Bhagavān lay asleep inside the compound of the palace. Śrī Uddhava left Him alone and came to sit on a raised terrace a little distance away. Along with him, Śrī Baladeva, Śrī Devakī, Śrī Rohiṇī, Śrī Rukmiṇī, Śrī Satyabhāmā and other queens, as well as Padmāvatī, the mother of Kaṁsa and spoiler of one’s tendency to serve Bhagavān, and other maidservants were also present there.

1.6.9

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तूष्णीꣳ भूताश् च ते सर्वे वर्तमानाः स-विस्मयम् । तत्र श्री-नारदꣳ प्राप्तꣳ ऐक्षन्तापूर्व-चेष्टितम्

tūṣṇīṁ bhūtāś ca te sarve vartamānāḥ sa-vismayam | tatra śrī-nāradaṁ prāptaṁ aikṣantāpūrva-ceṣṭitam

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All of them sat there in a dazed condition quietly. At that very moment, they saw Śrī Nārada arrive at the place, displaying various kinds of extraordinary loving gestures.

1.6.10

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उत्थाय यत्नाद् आनीय स्वास्थ्यꣳ नीत्वा क्षणेन तम् । प्रेमाश्रु-क्लिन्न-वदनꣳ प्रक्षल्याहुः शनैर् लघु

utthāya yatnād ānīya svāsthyaṁ nītvā kṣaṇena tam | premāśru-klinna-vadanaṁ prakṣalyāhuḥ śanair laghu

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Seeing Śrī Nārada in such a state, all of them rose and with great care and honor brought him to their side. Helping him soon regain his composure, they tenderly began to wipe away the profuse tears from his lotus face.

1.6.11

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अदृष्ट-पूर्वम् अस्माभिः कीदृशꣳ ते’द्य चेष्टितम् । अकास्मिकम् इदꣳ ब्रह्मꣳस् तूष्णीम् उपविश क्षणम्

adṛṣṭa-pūrvam asmābhiḥ kīdṛśaṁ te’dya ceṣṭitam | akāsmikam idaṁ brahmaṁs tūṣṇīm upaviśa kṣaṇam

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O brāhmaṇa, what wonderful behavior have we seen today in you? Never before have we seen such overwhelming behavior as this stumbling, via helplessness and divine love. Whatever the case may be, please sit down quietly.

1.6.12

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— स-गद्गदम् उवाचाश्रु- धारा-मीलित-लोचने । यत्नाद् उन्मीलयन् नत्वा स-कम्प-पुलकाचितः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— sa-gadgadam uvācāśru- dhārā-mīlita-locane | yatnād unmīlayan natvā sa-kampa-pulakācitaḥ

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Śrī Nārada opened his eyes that had become shut tightly by a flow of tears after great effort. After offering obeisances to all of them, he began to speak in a choked voice, his body trembling and hair standing on end.

1.6.13

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श्री-नारद उवाच— मनोज्ञा-सौभग्य-भरैक-भाजनꣳ मया समꣳ सङ्गमयाध्वय् उद्धवम् । तदीय-पादैक-रजो’थ वा भरेत् तदैव शान्तिर् बत मे’न्तरात्मनः

śrī-nārada uvāca— manojñā-saubhagya-bharaika-bhājanaṁ mayā samaṁ saṅgamayādhvay uddhavam | tadīya-pādaika-rajo’tha vā bharet tadaiva śāntir bata me’ntarātmanaḥ

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Śrī Nārada said: All of you please help me meet Śrī Uddhava, who is the charming recipient of extreme good fortune; bestow your mercy on me so that I may get his footdust. Only by obtaining his footdust may my soul find peace.

1.6.14

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पुरातनैर् आधुनिकैश् च सेवकैर् अलब्धम् आप्तो’लम् अनुग्रहꣳ प्रभोः । महत्तमो भागवतेषु यस् ततो महा-विभूतिः स्वयम् उच्यते च यः

purātanair ādhunikaiś ca sevakair alabdham āpto’lam anugrahaṁ prabhoḥ | mahattamo bhāgavateṣu yas tato mahā-vibhūtiḥ svayam ucyate ca yaḥ

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Śrī Uddhava had profusely obtained the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa that early or present-day devotees had never before attained. Therefore, Śrī Bhagavān Himself addressed him as His majesty and the best of the devotees of Bhagavān.

1.6.15

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पूर्वे परे च तनयाः कमलासनाद्याः सङ्कर्षणादि-सहजाः सुहृदः शिवाद्यः । भार्या रमादय उतानुपमा स्व-मूर्तिर् न स्युः प्रभोः प्रियतमा यद्-अपेक्षयाह

pūrve pare ca tanayāḥ kamalāsanādyāḥ saṅkarṣaṇādi-sahajāḥ suhṛdaḥ śivādyaḥ | bhāryā ramādaya utānupamā sva-mūrtir na syuḥ prabhoḥ priyatamā yad-apekṣayāha

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Alas, even His own son Brahmā and His next son Śrī Pradyumna, His brother Saṅkarṣaṇa and friends such as Śrī Śiva, wives such as Śrī Lakṣmī and His own matchless, providential body are not as dear to Śrī Kṛṣṇa as Uddhava is dear to Him.

1.6.16-18

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भगवद्-वचनान्य् एव प्रथितानि पुरातनः । तस्य सौभाग्य-सन्दोह- महिम-व्यञ्जकान्य् अलम् तस्मिन् प्रसाद-जातानि श्री-कृष्णस्याद्भुतान्य् अपि । जगद्-विलक्षणान्य् अद्य गीतानि यदु-पुङ्गवैः प्रविश्य कर्ण-द्वारेण समाक्रम्य हृद्-आलयम् । मदीयꣳ सकलꣳ धैर्य- धनꣳ लुन्ठन्ति ह हठात्

bhagavad-vacanāny eva prathitāni purātanaḥ | tasya saubhāgya-sandoha- mahima-vyañjakāny alam tasmin prasāda-jātāni śrī-kṛṣṇasyādbhutāny api | jagad-vilakṣaṇāny adya gītāni yadu-puṅgavaiḥ praviśya karṇa-dvāreṇa samākramya hṛd-ālayam | madīyaṁ sakalaṁ dhairya- dhanaṁ lunṭhanti ha haṭhāt

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The words emanating from the mouth of Śrī Bhagavān that reveal the outstanding merits of Śrī Uddhava are scattered throughout the Purāṇas. These words elucidate the wonderful mercy of Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa upon Śrī Uddhava. Today, the best of the Yādavas related to me this wonderful mercy. Alas, his merciful talks have penetrated my ears, have taken sanctuary in my heart and all of a sudden have forcibly stolen away the wealth of my patience.

1.6.19-21

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— उद्धवो’त्यन्त-सम्भ्रान्तो द्रुतम् उत्थाय तत्-पदौ । निधायाङ्के समालिङ्ग्य तस्याभिप्रेत्य हृद्-गतम् हृत्-प्राप्त-भगवत्-तत्-तत्- प्रसाद-भर-भाग्-जनः । तदीय-प्रेम-सम्पत्ति- विभव-स्मृति-यन्त्रितः रोदनैर् विवशो दीनो यत्नाद् धैर्यꣳ श्रितो मुनिम् । अवधाप्याह मात्सर्यात् सात्त्विकात् प्रमुदꣳ गतः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— uddhavo’tyanta-sambhrānto drutam utthāya tat-padau | nidhāyāṅke samāliṅgya tasyābhipretya hṛd-gatam hṛt-prāpta-bhagavat-tat-tat- prasāda-bhara-bhāg-janaḥ | tadīya-prema-sampatti- vibhava-smṛti-yantritaḥ rodanair vivaśo dīno yatnād dhairyaṁ śrito munim | avadhāpyāha mātsaryāt sāttvikāt pramudaṁ gataḥ

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, hearing the words of Śrī Nārada, Śrī Uddhava quickly arose and reverently took the lotus feet of Śrī Nārada on his lap and embraced them. Understanding the intent of his heart, he pitifully began to cry out of anxiety and loss of composure. He recalled the devotees who received Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s topmost mercy and wealth of prema from such devotees. Thereafter, he regained his composure with the help of Śrī Balarāma and others. Pleased by the high quality of jealous greed that arose from such prema, he caught Śrī Nārada’s attention and began to speak as follows.

1.6.22

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श्रीमद्-उद्धव उवाच— सर्वज्ञ सत्य-वाक्-श्रेष्ठ महा-मुनि-वर प्रभो । भगवद्-भक्ति-मार्गादि- गुरुणोक्तꣳ त्वयेह यत्

śrīmad-uddhava uvāca— sarvajña satya-vāk-śreṣṭha mahā-muni-vara prabho | bhagavad-bhakti-mārgādi- guruṇoktaṁ tvayeha yat

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Śrī Uddhava said: O all-knowing one, O best of the great sages, O truthful speaker, O Prabhu! You are the original guru on the path of devotional service to Bhagavān.

1.6.23

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तत् सर्वम् अधिकꣳ चास्मात् सत्यम् एव मयि स्फुटम् । वर्ततेति मया ज्ञातꣳ आसीद् अन्यैर् अपि ध्रुवम्

tat sarvam adhikaṁ cāsmāt satyam eva mayi sphuṭam | vartateti mayā jñātaṁ āsīd anyair api dhruvam

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Whatever you have spoken regarding me, and much more, is surely true. I firmly believe this as well as Śrī Ugrasena and others.

1.6.24

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इदानीꣳ यद् व्रजे गत्वा किम् अप्य् अन्वभवꣳ ततः । महा-सौभाग्य-मानो मे स सद्यश् चूर्णताꣳ गतः

idānīṁ yad vraje gatvā kim apy anvabhavaṁ tataḥ | mahā-saubhāgya-māno me sa sadyaś cūrṇatāṁ gataḥ

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Nevertheless, after going to Vraja, my ego as the most fortunate person has been shattered to pieces.

1.6.25

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तत एव हि कृष्णस्य तत्-प्रसादस्य चाद्भूता । तत्-प्रेम्णो’पि मया ज्ञाता माधुरी तद्वताꣳ तथा

tata eva hi kṛṣṇasya tat-prasādasya cādbhūtā | tat-premṇo’pi mayā jñātā mādhurī tadvatāṁ tathā

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I have come to know of the wonderful sweetness of Śrī Kṛṣṇa by that experience, His mercy, His affection and the recipients of His mercy.

1.6.26

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तद्-दर्शनेनैव गतो’तिधन्यताꣳ तर्ह्य् एव सम्यक् प्रभुनानुकम्पितम् । तस्य प्रसादातिशयास्पदꣳ तथा मत्वा स्वम् आनन्द-भराप्लुतो’भवम्

tad-darśanenaiva gato’tidhanyatāṁ tarhy eva samyak prabhunānukampitam | tasya prasādātiśayāspadaṁ tathā matvā svam ānanda-bharāpluto’bhavam

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Blessed by the darśana of those vraja-vāsīs, I feel Bhagavān has shown His complete mercy on me by sending me to Vraja. By considering me as a recipient of His divine mercy, he has drowned me in an ocean of bliss.

1.6.27

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गायꣳ गायꣳ यद्-अभिलषता यत् ततो’नुष्ठितꣳ यस् तत् सर्वेषाꣳ सुविदितम् इतः शक्यतेऽन्यन् न वक्तुम् । नत्वा नत्वा मुनि-वर मया प्रार्थ्यसे काकुभिस् त्वꣳ तत्-तद्-वृत्त-श्रवण-रसतः सꣳश्रयेथा विरामम्

gāyaṁ gāyaṁ yad-abhilaṣatā yat tato’nuṣṭhitaṁ yas tat sarveṣāṁ suviditam itaḥ śakyate'nyan na vaktum | natvā natvā muni-vara mayā prārthyase kākubhis tvaṁ tat-tad-vṛtta-śravaṇa-rasataḥ saṁśrayethā virāmam

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As soon as I went to Vraja, I sunk in an ocean of bliss. Everyone knows how I glorified such excellences, the high aspiration I made, and the superior conduct I followed at that time. O best of the sages, again I offer my praṇāmas and humbly pray that you give up your insistence on hearing this narration.

1.6.28

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तद्-वाक्य-तत्त्वꣳ विज्ञाय रोहिणी सास्रम् अब्रवीत् । चिर-गोकुल-वासेन तत्रत्य-जन-सम्मता

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tad-vākya-tattvaṁ vijñāya rohiṇī sāsram abravīt | cira-gokula-vāsena tatratya-jana-sammatā

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Understanding the claims of Śrī Uddhava, Śrī Rohiṇī, who was so dear to the residents of Gokula and who had resided there for a long time, began to speak as follows while shedding tears of prema.

1.6.29-30

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श्री-रोहिण्य् उवाच— अस्तान् श्री-हरि-दास त्वꣳ महा-दुर्दैव-मारितान् । सौभाग्य-गन्ध-रहितान् निमग्नान् दैन्य-सागरे तत्-तद्-वादव-वह्न्य्-अर्चिस्- तप्यमानान् विषाकुलान् । क्षणाचिन्ता सुखिन्या मे मा स्मृतेः पदवीꣳ नय

śrī-rohiṇy uvāca— astān śrī-hari-dāsa tvaṁ mahā-durdaiva-māritān | saubhāgya-gandha-rahitān nimagnān dainya-sāgare tat-tad-vādava-vahny-arcis- tapyamānān viṣākulān | kṣaṇācintā sukhinyā me mā smṛteḥ padavīṁ naya

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Śrī Rohiṇī-devī said: O best of Śrī Hari's servants, Uddhava, quiet! Without anxiety of these persons, I have become a bit happy. Don’t remind me of the trouble of these unfortunate vraja-vāsīs who sink in an ocean of esteem, lacking even a scent of success. They languish in the fiery flames of distress and poison of separation.

1.6.31-32

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अहꣳ श्री-वसुदेवेन समानीता ततो यदा । यशोदाया महार्तायास् तदानीन्तन-रोदनैः ग्रावो’पि रोदित्य् अशनेर् अप्य् अन्तैर् दलति ध्रुवम् । जीवन्-मृतानाम् अन्यासाꣳ वार्ताꣳ को’पि मुखꣳ नयेत्

ahaṁ śrī-vasudevena samānītā tato yadā | yaśodāyā mahārtāyās tadānīntana-rodanaiḥ grāvo’pi rodity aśaner apy antair dalati dhruvam | jīvan-mṛtānām anyāsāṁ vārtāṁ ko’pi mukhaṁ nayet

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When Śrī Vasudeva brought me to Vraja, I then heard of Śrī Yaśodā’s dreadful lament. At that time, firm stones began to weep and thunderbolts shattered to pieces. Who can explain in words whether the other gopīs were dead or alive?

1.6.33

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अथागतꣳ गुरु-गृहात् त्वत्-प्रभुꣳ प्रति किञ्चन । सङ्क्षेपेणैव तद्-वृत्तꣳ दुःखाद् अकथयꣳ कु-धीः

athāgataṁ guru-gṛhāt tvat-prabhuṁ prati kiñcana | saṅkṣepeṇaiva tad-vṛttaṁ duḥkhād akathayaṁ ku-dhīḥ

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Translation

O Śrīman Uddhava, after Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa completed His studies and returned to Mathurā from the home of Śrī Sāndīpani Muni, I slowly narrated these bleak accounts of Vraja to Him out of distress.

1.6.34

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न हि कोमलितꣳ चित्तꣳ तेनाप्य् अस्य यतो भवान् । सन्देश-चातुरी-विद्या- प्रगल्भः प्रेषितः परम्

na hi komalitaṁ cittaṁ tenāpy asya yato bhavān | sandeśa-cāturī-vidyā- pragalbhaḥ preṣitaḥ param

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Translation

However, after hearing my words, your Lord’s heart surely did not melt, because He did not go to Vraja Himself. Instead, He cleverly sent you to Vraja because you are expert in conveying a message.

1.6.35

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अयम् एव हि किꣳ तेषु त्वत्-प्रभोः परमो महान् । अनुग्रह-प्रसादो यस् तात्पर्येणोच्यते त्वया

ayam eva hi kiṁ teṣu tvat-prabhoḥ paramo mahān | anugraha-prasādo yas tātparyeṇocyate tvayā

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Translation

You are reassuring us about the super-excellent mercy of our Lord to the Vraja-vāsīs. Is this the unique quality of that mercy?

1.6.36-38

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मम प्रत्येक्षम् एवेदꣳ यदा कृष्णो व्रजे’व्रजत् । ततो हि पूतनादिभ्यः केश्य्-अन्तेभ्यो मुहुर् मुहुः दैत्येभ्यो वरुणेन्द्रादि- देवेभ्यो’जगरादितः । तथा चिरन्तन-स्वीय- शकटार्जुन-भङ्गतः को वा नोपद्रवस् तत्र जातो व्रज-विनाशकः । तत्रत्यस् तु जनः किञ्चित् ते’नुसन्दधते न तत्

mama pratyekṣam evedaṁ yadā kṛṣṇo vraje’vrajat | tato hi pūtanādibhyaḥ keśy-antebhyo muhur muhuḥ daityebhyo varuṇendrādi- devebhyo’jagarāditaḥ | tathā cirantana-svīya- śakaṭārjuna-bhaṅgataḥ ko vā nopadravas tatra jāto vraja-vināśakaḥ | tatratyas tu janaḥ kiñcit te’nusandadhate na tat

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Translation

Please, hear what I have personally witnessed. When our Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa came to Vraja, beginning with the pastimes of killing the Pūtanā witch to the demise of the demon Keśī, various demons repeatedly caused much turmoil. Sometimes demigods such as Varuna attempted to destroy Vraja, and sometimes pythons and others. Sometimes, due to the breaking of an old ox-cart, and the falling of twin Arjuna trees, there were disturbances to the body of our Lord. However, the vraja-vāsīs did not give much attention to these disturbances, nor did they attempt to avenge these distresses.

1.6.39

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मोहिता इव कृष्णस्य मङ्गलꣳ तत्र तत्र हि । इच्छन्ति सर्वदा स्वीयꣳ नापेक्षन्ते च कर्हिचित्

mohitā iva kṛṣṇasya maṅgalaṁ tatra tatra hi | icchanti sarvadā svīyaṁ nāpekṣante ca karhicit

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Translation

The vraja-vāsīs, enchanted by the sweetness of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, desired His welfare alone. They were never concerned about their own benefit.

1.6.40

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स्व-भाव-सौहृदेनैव यत् किञ्चित् सर्वम् आत्मनः । अस्योपकल्पयन्ते स्म नन्द-सूनोः सुखाय तत्

sva-bhāva-sauhṛdenaiva yat kiñcit sarvam ātmanaḥ | asyopakalpayante sma nanda-sūnoḥ sukhāya tat

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Translation

Those Vraja-vāsīs, by their natural loving prema, offered everything for the happiness of Nanda-nandana Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

1.6.41

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तदानीम् अपि नामिषꣳ किञ्चित् तत् प्रभुना कृतम् । इदानीम् साधित-स्वार्थो यच् चक्रे’यꣳ क्व वाच्मि तत्

tadānīm api nāmiṣaṁ kiñcit tat prabhunā kṛtam | idānīm sādhita-svārtho yac cakre’yaṁ kva vācmi tat

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Translation

When your Lord resided in Vraja for his own selfish interests, He did not do anything for the vraja-vāsīs. Now that all His selfish interests are complete, what is He doing? How can I comment on that subject?

1.6.42

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तच् छ्रूत्वा दुष्ट-कꣳसस्य जननी धृष्ट-चेष्टिता । जरा-हत-विचारा सा स-शिरः-कम्पम् अब्रवीत्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tac chrūtvā duṣṭa-kaṁsasya jananī dhṛṣṭa-ceṣṭitā | jarā-hata-vicārā sā sa-śiraḥ-kampam abravīt

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Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, after hearing the words of Śrī Rohiṇī-devī, the decrepit, shameless, wicked mother of Kaṁsa, Padmāvatī, shook her head and began to speak.

1.6.43

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श्री-पद्मवत्य् उवाच— अहो बताच्युतस् तेषाꣳ गोपानाम् अकृपावताम् । आबाल्यात् कण्टकारण्ये पालयाम् आस गो-गणान्

śrī-padmavaty uvāca— aho batācyutas teṣāṁ gopānām akṛpāvatām | ābālyāt kaṇṭakāraṇye pālayām āsa go-gaṇān

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Translation

Padmāvatī said: Alas, such a revolting thing, from childhood Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself remained to graze the cows of those heartless gopas in the thorny forests.

1.6.44

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पादुके न ददुस् तस्मै कदाचिच् च क्षुधातुरा । गो-रसꣳ भक्षयेत् किञ्चिद् इमꣳ बध्नन्ति तत् स्त्रियः

pāduke na dadus tasmai kadācic ca kṣudhāturā | go-rasaṁ bhakṣayet kiñcid imaṁ badhnanti tat striyaḥ

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Translation

While wandering in the forest full of thorns, they did not offer Śrī Kṛṣṇa even shoes to wear. Nevertheless, if anytime he drank a little milk due to hunger, then the gopīs used to bind him.

1.6.45

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आक्रोशन्ति च तद् दुःखꣳ काल-गत्यैव कृत्स्नशः । कृष्णेन सोढुम् अधुना किꣳ कर्तव्यꣳ बतापरम्

ākrośanti ca tad duḥkhaṁ kāla-gatyaiva kṛtsnaśaḥ | kṛṣṇena soḍhum adhunā kiṁ kartavyaṁ batāparam

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Translation

Those gopīs used to publicize this everywhere by shouting. However, Śrī Kṛṣṇa tolerated all this sorrow considering it to be the ways of time. Other than this, what else could He have done? You should tell only what He did for the vraja-vāsīs?

1.6.46

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— प्रज्ञा-गम्भीर्य-सम्पूर्णा रोहिणी व्रज-वल्लभा । तस्या वाक्यम् अनादृत्य प्रस्तुतꣳ सꣳवृणोति यत्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— prajñā-gambhīrya-sampūrṇā rohiṇī vraja-vallabhā | tasyā vākyam anādṛtya prastutaṁ saṁvṛṇoti yat

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Translation

Maharaja Śrī Parīkṣit said: Śrī Rohiṇī-devī was extremely intelligent and grave by nature, and she was extremely dear to all the residents of Vraja. Therefore, she pretended not to hear the words of Padmāvatī and continued to speak.

1.6.47

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श्री-रोहिण्य् उवाच— राजधानीꣳ यदूनाꣳ च प्राप्तः श्री-मथुराम् अयम् । हतारि-वर्गो विश्रान्तो राज-राजेश्वरो’भवत्

śrī-rohiṇy uvāca— rājadhānīṁ yadūnāṁ ca prāptaḥ śrī-mathurām ayam | hatāri-vargo viśrānto rāja-rājeśvaro’bhavat

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Translation

Śrī Rohiṇī-devī said: By destroying the demons, Śrī Kṛṣṇa obtained Mathurā, the capital of the Yādavas, and now He is enjoying the happiness of leisure as the King of kings.

1.6.48

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निर्जितोपकृताशेष- देवता-वृन्द-वन्दितः । अहो स्मरति चित्ते’पि न तेषाꣳ भवद्-ईश्वरः

nirjitopakṛtāśeṣa- devatā-vṛnda-vanditaḥ | aho smarati citte’pi na teṣāṁ bhavad-īśvaraḥ

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Translation

O respected Uddhava, your Lord has defeated all the demigods and has also shown favor to them, therefore the grateful demigods offer praṇāmas to His lotus feet. Alas, now He does not even remember the vraja-vāsīs!

1.6.49

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तद्-वचो’सहमानाह देवी कृष्णस्य वल्लभा । सदा कृत-निवासास्य हृदये भीष्म-नन्दिनी

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tad-vaco’sahamānāha devī kṛṣṇasya vallabhā | sadā kṛta-nivāsāsya hṛdaye bhīṣma-nandinī

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Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Being unable to tolerate Śrī Rohiṇī- devi’s words, Rukmiṇī-devī, the beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and daughter of Bhīṣmaka, who always resides in the heart of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, began to speak as follows.

1.6.50

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श्री-रुक्मिण्य् उवाच— भो मातर् नवनिताति- मृदु-स्वान्तस्य तस्य हि । अविज्ञायान्तरꣳ किञ्चित् कथम् एवꣳ त्वयोच्यते

śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca— bho mātar navanitāti- mṛdu-svāntasya tasya hi | avijñāyāntaraṁ kiñcit katham evaṁ tvayocyate

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Translation

Śrī Rukmiṇī-devī said: O mother, without the slightest knowledge of the deep feelings of the Lord whose heart is as soft as butter, why speak of such matters?

1.6.51

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किम् अपि किम् अपि ब्रूते रात्रौ स्वपन्न् अपि नामभिर् मधुर-मधुरꣳ प्रित्या धेनुर् इवाह्वयति क्वचित् । उत सखी-गणान् कꣳश्चिद् गोपान् इवाथ मनोहरान् समभिनयते वꣳसी- वक्त्रꣳ त्रि-भङ्ग-पराकृतिम्

kim api kim api brūte rātrau svapann api nāmabhir madhura-madhuraṁ prityā dhenur ivāhvayati kvacit | uta sakhī-gaṇān kaṁścid gopān ivātha manoharān samabhinayate vaṁsī- vaktraṁ tri-bhaṅga-parākṛtim

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Translation

Even in the dream state at night the Lord speaks of mysterious things about Vraja. Sometimes He calls out the names of the cows in a voice as sweet as honey. Sometimes He calls out for the sakhīs. Sometimes he calls other gopas and sometimes in that sleeping state only, he assumes the attractive threefold-bending form and acts as if He is playing His flute in a melodious tone.

1.6.52

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कदाचिन् मातर् मे वितर नवनीतꣳ त्व् इति वदेत् कदाचिद् छ्री-राधे ललिता इति सम्बोधयति माम् । कदापीदꣳ चन्द्रावलि किम् अपि मे कर्षति पटꣳ कदाप्य् अस्रासारैर् मृदुलयति तूलीꣳ शयनतः

kadācin mātar me vitara navanītaṁ tv iti vadet kadācid chrī-rādhe lalitā iti sambodhayati mām | kadāpīdaṁ candrāvali kim api me karṣati paṭaṁ kadāpy asrāsārair mṛdulayati tūlīṁ śayanataḥ

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Translation

Sometimes in that sleeping condition He says, “O maiyā, give me butter!” Sometimes He addresses me with “O Rādhe, O Lalite!” Sometimes He tugs at my clothes while saying, “O Candrāvali, what are you doing?” Sometimes while sleeping, he drenches His pillow with streams of loving tears.

1.6.53

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स्वप्नाद् उत्थाय सद्यो’थ रोदित्य् आर्त-स्वरैस् तथा । वयꣳ येन निमज्जमो दुःख-शोक-महार्णवे

svapnād utthāya sadyo’tha rodity ārta-svarais tathā | vayaṁ yena nimajjamo duḥkha-śoka-mahārṇave

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Translation

Sometimes when His sleep breaks, He suddenly gets up from His bed and begins to weep in a pathetic voice. All of us then submerge

in an ocean of sorrow and lamentation, hearing the sound of His weeping.

1.6.54

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अद्यापि दृष्ट्वा किम् अपि स्वपन् निशि क्रन्दन् शुचासौ विमनस्कतातुरः । दत्त्वाम्बरꣳ मूर्धनि सुप्तवत् स्थितो नित्यानि कृत्यान्य् अपि नाचरद् बत

adyāpi dṛṣṭvā kim api svapan niśi krandan śucāsau vimanaskatāturaḥ | dattvāmbaraṁ mūrdhani suptavat sthito nityāni kṛtyāny api nācarad bata

English translation

Translation

Even on this night, the Lord also experienced some dream while asleep. He became so restless while crying from the overwhelming distress that He covered His lotus face with His front uttarīya cloth, and from the time of broken sleep until now, He is lying on His bed as if asleep. Alas, He has not even performed His daily duties such as bathing.

1.6.55

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— स-सपत्नी-गणा सेर्ष्यꣳ सत्यभामाह भामिनि । हे श्री-रुक्मिणि निद्रायाꣳ इति किꣳ त्वꣳ प्रजल्पसि

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— sa-sapatnī-gaṇā serṣyaṁ satyabhāmāha bhāmini | he śrī-rukmiṇi nidrāyāṁ iti kiṁ tvaṁ prajalpasi

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Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Overhearing everything, Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī became jealous and began to speak to the other queens wrathfully, “O Rukmiṇī, why are you babbling on like this? Does the Lord do so only in dream?”

1.6.56

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किम् अपि किम् अपि कुर्वन् जाग्रद् अप्य् आत्म-चित्ते शायिता इव विधत्ते तादृशꣳ तादृशꣳ च । वयम् इह किल भार्या नामतो वस्तुतः स्युः पशुप-युवति-दास्यो’प्य् अस्माद् अस्य प्रियास् ताः

kim api kim api kurvan jāgrad apy ātma-citte śāyitā iva vidhatte tādṛśaṁ tādṛśaṁ ca | vayam iha kila bhāryā nāmato vastutaḥ syuḥ paśupa-yuvati-dāsyo’py asmād asya priyās tāḥ

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Translation

Even in a wakened condition, while keeping some matter in the mind, He acts as if He is sleeping. We are wives of the Lord in name only; in fact, even the maidservants of those Vraja damsels are more dear to the Lord than us.

1.6.57

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— असक्तस् तद्-वचः सोढुꣳ गोकुल-प्राण-बन्धवः । रोहिणी-नन्दनः श्रीमान् बलरामो रुषाब्रवीत्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— asaktas tad-vacaḥ soḍhuṁ gokula-prāṇa-bandhavaḥ | rohiṇī-nandanaḥ śrīmān balarāmo ruṣābravīt

English translation

Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Overhearing these words of the queens, the son of Rohiṇī, Śrīman Baladevajī, brother of the life of the Gokula-vāsīs, began to speak angrily.

1.6.58

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श्री-बलदेव उवाच— वध्वः सहज-तत्रत्य- दैन्य-वार्ता-कथापरान् । अस्मान् वञ्चयतो भ्रातुर् इदꣳ कपट-पाटवम्

śrī-baladeva uvāca— vadhvaḥ sahaja-tatratya- dainya-vārtā-kathāparān | asmān vañcayato bhrātur idaṁ kapaṭa-pāṭavam

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Translation

Śrī Baladevajī said: O young women, we are talking about this naturally distressful story of the Vraja-vāsīs, so my brother Kṛṣṇa displayed this clever concatenation of dreams just to trick us!

1.6.59

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तत्र मास-द्वयꣳ स्थिता तेषाꣳ स्वास्थ्यꣳ चिकीर्षता । तन् न शक्तꣳ मया कर्तुꣳ वाग्भिर् आचरितैर् अपि

tatra māsa-dvayaṁ sthitā teṣāṁ svāsthyaṁ cikīrṣatā | tan na śaktaṁ mayā kartuṁ vāgbhir ācaritair api

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Translation

I remained in Vraja for two months to console the residents of Vraja. However, I could please them only by pacifying words of various types, and by those types of activities.

1.6.60

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अनन्य-साध्यꣳ तद् वीक्ष्य विव्धैः शपथैः शतैः । तन् यत्नाद् ईषाद् आश्वस्य त्वरयात्रगतꣳ बलात्

ananya-sādhyaṁ tad vīkṣya vivdhaiḥ śapathaiḥ śataiḥ | tan yatnād īṣād āśvasya tvarayātragataṁ balāt

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Translation

Although I truly experienced that no one can please them other than Śrī Kṛṣṇa, still I took hundreds of vows of many types and with great effort gave them some consolation. Then, although I did

not have their approval, with great difficulty I quickly returned to Dvārakā.

1.6.61

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कातर्याद् गदितꣳ कृष्ण साकृद् गोष्ठꣳ कयापि तत् । गत्वा प्रसाङ्ग-सङ्गत्या रक्ष तत्रत्य-जीवनम्

kātaryād gaditaṁ kṛṣṇa sākṛd goṣṭhaṁ kayāpi tat | gatvā prasāṅga-saṅgatyā rakṣa tatratya-jīvanam

English translation

Translation

After returning here, troubled by their distress, I told Him, “O brother Kṛṣṇa, You should at once somehow go to Vraja and protect the lives of the vraja-vāsīs.”

1.6.62

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गन्तास्मीति मुखे ब्रूते हृदयꣳ च न तादृशम् । मानसस्य हि भावस्य भवेत् साक्षि-प्रयोजनम्

gantāsmīti mukhe brūte hṛdayaṁ ca na tādṛśam | mānasasya hi bhāvasya bhavet sākṣi-prayojanam

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Translation

Nonetheless, Śrī Kṛṣṇa said from His own mouth, “I shall go.” Still, that is not the intent of His heart, because only activities manifest the sentiments of the heart.

1.6.63

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— इदम् आकर्ण्य भगवान् उत्थाय शयनाद् द्रुतम् । प्रिय-प्रेम-पराधीनो रुदन्न् उच्चैर् बहिर् गतः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— idam ākarṇya bhagavān utthāya śayanād drutam | priya-prema-parādhīno rudann uccair bahir gataḥ

English translation

Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: After hearing this, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa quickly got up from His bed and being controlled by the love of his beloved devotees, while crying loudly, came out of His abode.

1.6.64

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प्राफुल्ल-पद्म-नेत्राभ्याꣳ वर्षन्न् अश्रूनि धारया । स-गद्गदꣳ जगादेदꣳ परानुग्रह-कातरः

prāphulla-padma-netrābhyāṁ varṣann aśrūni dhārayā | sa-gadgadaṁ jagādedaṁ parānugraha-kātaraḥ

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Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is always eager to show mercy, began to speak in a choked voice while shedding constant tears from eyes that resembled full-blown lotuses.

1.6.65

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— सत्यम् एव महा-वज्र- सारेण घटितꣳ मम । इदꣳ हृदयम् अद्यापि द्विधा यन् न विदीर्यते

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— satyam eva mahā-vajra- sāreṇa ghaṭitaṁ mama | idaṁ hṛdayam adyāpi dvidhā yan na vidīryate

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Śrī Bhagavān said: My heart has truly been welded by the essence of the great thunderbolt, because it has not broken into two pieces yet.

1.6.66

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बाल्याद् आरभ्य तैर् युक्तꣳ पालनꣳ विहितꣳ चिरम् । अप्य् असाधरणꣳ प्रेम सर्वꣳ तद् विस्मृतꣳ मया

bālyād ārabhya tair yuktaṁ pālanaṁ vihitaṁ ciram | apy asādharaṇaṁ prema sarvaṁ tad vismṛtaṁ mayā

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Translation

Since the long period of childhood those vraja-vāsīs raised and pampered Me. I had forgotten that uncommon prema of theirs.

1.6.67

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अस्तु तावद् धितꣳ तेषाꣳ कार्यꣳ किञ्चित् कथञ्चन । उतत्यन्तꣳ कृतꣳ दुःखꣳ क्रूरेण मृदुलात्मानम्

astu tāvad dhitaṁ teṣāṁ kāryaṁ kiñcit kathañcana | utatyantaṁ kṛtaṁ duḥkhaṁ krūreṇa mṛdulātmānam

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What to speak of doing even the slightest good to them, I became cruel and gave intense distress to those vraja-vāsīs, who are so tender-hearted.

1.6.68

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भ्रातर् उद्धव सर्वज्ञ प्रेष्ठ-श्रेष्ठ वद द्रुतम् । करवाणि किम् इत्य् अस्माच् छोकाब्धेर् माꣳ समुद्धर

bhrātar uddhava sarvajña preṣṭha-śreṣṭha vada drutam | karavāṇi kim ity asmāc chokābdher māṁ samuddhara

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Translation

O brother Uddhava, you know everything and are so precious to Me. Tell me at once, what should I do now? Save me from this ocean of sorrow.

1.6.69

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— नन्द-पत्नी-प्रिय-सखी देवकी पुत्र-वत्सला । आहेदꣳ दीयताꣳ यद् यद् इष्यते तैः सुहृत्तमैः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— nanda-patnī-priya-sakhī devakī putra-vatsalā | āhedaṁ dīyatāṁ yad yad iṣyate taiḥ suhṛttamaiḥ

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Then Śrī Devakī, who is so affectionate to her son and is the dear friend of Śrī Yasodā, wife of Śrī Nanda Mahārāja, said, “Whatever desires these tender-hearted vraja-vāsīs make, whatever they may be, You should fulfill all their desires; whatever they desire You should grant them.”

1.6.70-72

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ततः पद्मवती राज्य- दान-भीता विमूढ-धिः । महिषी यदु-राजस्य वृद्धा मातामही प्रभोः अप्य् उक्ताश्रवणात् पूर्वꣳ राम-मात्रावहेलिता । स्व-भार्तू रक्षितुꣳ राज्यꣳ चातुर्यात् परिहासवत् व्यहार-परिपात्यान्य- चित्ततापदानेन तम् । यदु-वꣳश्य्-एक-श्रवणꣳ विधातुꣳ स्वस्थम् अब्रवीत्

tataḥ padmavatī rājya- dāna-bhītā vimūḍha-dhiḥ | mahiṣī yadu-rājasya vṛddhā mātāmahī prabhoḥ apy uktāśravaṇāt pūrvaṁ rāma-mātrāvahelitā | sva-bhārtū rakṣituṁ rājyaṁ cāturyāt parihāsavat vyahāra-paripātyānya- cittatāpadānena tam | yadu-vaṁśy-eka-śravaṇaṁ vidhātuṁ svastham abravīt

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The queen of Śrī Ugrasena, the foolish old lady Padmāvatī and maternal grandmother of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, was at first ignored by the mother of Śrī Balarāma, Śrī Rohiṇī-devī. Still she had the fear that Śrī Kṛṣṇa may give away the entire kingdom to the residents of Vraja. She wanted to protect the kingdom of her husband Śrī Ugrasena. She thought that by her speech the heart of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the only shelter of the people of the Yadu dynasty, would be absorbed in some other matter and would feel composed. Therefore, she spoke cleverly in a joking manner as follows.

1.6.73-75

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श्री-पद्मवत्य् उवाच— त्वयानुतप्यते कृष्ण कथꣳ मन्-मन्त्रितꣳ शृणु । यद् एकादशाभिर् वर्षैर् नन्द-गोपस्य मन्दिरे द्वाभ्याꣳ भ्रातृभ्याꣳ उपभुक्तꣳ हि वर्तते । तत्र दद्यान् न दद्याद् वा गो-रक्षाजीवनꣳ स ते सर्वꣳ तद्-गर्ग-हस्तेन गणयित्वा कणानुसः । द्वि-गुणी-कृत्य मद्-भार्त्रा तस्मै देयꣳ शपे स्वयम्

śrī-padmavaty uvāca— tvayānutapyate kṛṣṇa kathaṁ man-mantritaṁ śṛṇu | yad ekādaśābhir varṣair nanda-gopasya mandire dvābhyāṁ bhrātṛbhyāṁ upabhuktaṁ hi vartate | tatra dadyān na dadyād vā go-rakṣājīvanaṁ sa te sarvaṁ tad-garga-hastena gaṇayitvā kaṇānusaḥ | dvi-guṇī-kṛtya mad-bhārtrā tasmai deyaṁ śape svayam

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Translation

Padmāvatī said: O Kṛṣṇa, why are You repenting? Listen to my advice. Whatever You two brothers have eaten, drunk, worn and enjoyed by remaining in the house of Nanda-gopa, whether they may or may not give you some remittance for grazing and protecting the cows, I am not concerned with that. Nevertheless, the king of the Yadus would have Śrī Gargācārya account for every single farthing of that remuneration and even double it. He would have Śrī Gargācārya grant it to the king of the gopas – I tell this by taking a vow.

1.6.76

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तच् च श्री-भगवान् कृत्वा श्रुतम् अप्य् अश्रुतꣳ यथा । अजानन्न् इव पप्रच्छ शोक-वेगाद् अथोद्धवम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tac ca śrī-bhagavān kṛtvā śrutam apy aśrutaṁ yathā | ajānann iva papraccha śoka-vegād athoddhavam

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: However, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, despite hearing these words, ignored them, and being pained by distress like an ignorant person, began to ask Śrī Uddhava, “What is My duty towards the residents of Vraja?”

1.6.77

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— भो विद्वद्-वर तत्रत्या- खिलाभिप्राय-विद् भवान् । तेषाम् अभिष्टꣳ किꣳ तन् मे कथयत्व् अविलम्बितम्

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— bho vidvad-vara tatratyā- khilābhiprāya-vid bhavān | teṣām abhiṣṭaṁ kiṁ tan me kathayatv avilambitam

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Translation

Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O best among the cultured, Śrī Uddhava. You know all the intentions of the vraja-vāsīs. What are the desires of those people? Please tell me at once.

1.6.78

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तच् छ्रूत्वा भगवद्-वाक्यम् उद्धवो हृदि दुःखितः । क्षणꣳ निश्वस्य विस्मेरः सानुतापꣳ जगाद तम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tac chrūtvā bhagavad-vākyam uddhavo hṛdi duḥkhitaḥ | kṣaṇaṁ niśvasya vismeraḥ sānutāpaṁ jagāda tam

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: After hearing the words of Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Uddhava became distressed and anxious in mind. However, after a moment, he spewed out a long sigh and began to speak regretfully.

1.6.79

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श्रीमद्-उद्धव उवाच— न राज-राजेश्वरता विभूतीर् न दिव्य-वस्तूनि च ते भवत्तः । न कामयन्ते’न्यद् अपीह किञ्चिद् अमूत्र च प्राप्यꣳ ऋते भवन्तम्

śrīmad-uddhava uvāca— na rāja-rājeśvaratā vibhūtīr na divya-vastūni ca te bhavattaḥ | na kāmayante’nyad apīha kiñcid amūtra ca prāpyaṁ ṛte bhavantam

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Śrī Uddhava said: These vraja-vāsīs desire neither the sovereign empire of the world nor the opulences of the world. They do not desire the wealth of heavenly planets and they do not maintain the desire to obtain any wealth in this world. They desire only You.

1.6.80

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अवधान-प्रसादो’त्र क्रियताꣳ ज्ञापयामि यत् । पश्चाद् विचर्य कर्तव्यꣳ स्वयम् एव यथोचितम्

avadhāna-prasādo’tra kriyatāṁ jñāpayāmi yat | paścād vicarya kartavyaṁ svayam eva yathocitam

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Translation

Please carefully listen to what I am narrating. You should think for Yourself and decide what is suitable, accept only that.

1.6.81

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पूर्वꣳ नन्दस्य सङ्गत्या भवता प्रेषितानि ते । भूषणादीनि दृष्ट्वोचुर् मिथो मग्नाः शुचाम्बुधौ

pūrvaṁ nandasya saṅgatyā bhavatā preṣitāni te | bhūṣaṇādīni dṛṣṭvocur mitho magnāḥ śucāmbudhau

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Translation

Before this, seeing the ornaments You sent through the medium of Śrī Nanda Mahārāja, the vraja-vāsīs became submerged in an ocean of sorrow, and began to speak to one another like this:

1.6.82

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अहो बत महत् कष्टाꣳ वयम् एतद् अभीप्सवः । एतत्-प्रसाद-योग्याश् च ज्ञाताः कृष्णेन सम्प्रति

aho bata mahat kaṣṭāṁ vayam etad abhīpsavaḥ | etat-prasāda-yogyāś ca jñātāḥ kṛṣṇena samprati

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Translation

Alas, this is a matter of great distress! Śrī Kṛṣṇa has thought that we only desire these things and we are suitable only for this type of mercy.

1.6.83

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तद् अस्मज्-जीवनꣳ धिग् धिक् तिष्ठेत् कण्ठे’धुनापि यत् । नन्द-गोपाꣳश् च धिग् धिग् ये तꣳ त्यक्त्वैतान्य् उपानयन्

tad asmaj-jīvanaṁ dhig dhik tiṣṭhet kaṇṭhe’dhunāpi yat | nanda-gopāṁś ca dhig dhig ye taṁ tyaktvaitāny upānayan

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Translation

Fie on our life, fie on our life! Why has our breath not left us? It is trapped in the throat only. Fie on our life-airs too! Fie on those gopas too like Nanda who abandoned Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Mathurā and brought back these clothes and ornaments as a gift! Fie on them!

1.6.84

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ततस् त्वद्-गमनाशाꣳ च हित्वा सह यशोदया । मृत-प्राया भवन्-मात्रा रेभिरे’नाशनꣳ महत्

tatas tvad-gamanāśāṁ ca hitvā saha yaśodayā | mṛta-prāyā bhavan-mātrā rebhire’nāśanaṁ mahat

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Translation

All the vraja-vāsis along with Your Śrī Yasodā have abandoned the expectation of Your returning to Vraja. Thus being almost dead, they have accepted the vow of great fasting.

1.6.85-86

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कृतापाराधवान् नन्दो वक्तुꣳ किञ्चिद् दिन-त्रयम् । अशक्तो’त्यन्त-सोकार्ता व्रज-प्राणान् अवन् गतान् भवतस् तत्र यानोक्तिꣳ ग्राहयन् शपथोत्करैः । दर्शयन् युक्ति-चातुर्यम् अमून् एवम् अशास् त्व् अयात्

kṛtāpārādhavān nando vaktuṁ kiñcid dina-trayam | aśakto’tyanta-sokārtā vraja-prāṇān avan gatān bhavatas tatra yānoktiṁ grāhayan śapathotkaraiḥ | darśayan yukti-cāturyam amūn evam aśās tv ayāt

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Translation

Śrī Nanda Mahārāja considered himself an offender and could not speak anything for three days. Then, seeing the lives of the Vraja- vāsīs diminishing from overwhelming distress, he took many types of vows, and gave them such confidence that “Kṛṣṇa would come back to Vraja” and by various types of clever tricks, He somehow pacified them.

1.6.87

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श्री-नन्द उवाच— द्रव्याण्य् आदौ प्रेम-चिह्नानि पुत्र एतान्य् अत्र प्रहिनोत् सत्य-वाक्यः । शीघ्रꣳ पश्चाद् अगमिष्यत्य् अवश्यꣳ तत्रत्यꣳ स्व-प्रस्तुतार्थꣳ समाप्य

śrī-nanda uvāca— dravyāṇy ādau prema-cihnāni putra etāny atra prahinot satya-vākyaḥ | śīghraṁ paścād agamiṣyaty avaśyaṁ tatratyaṁ sva-prastutārthaṁ samāpya

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Translation

Mahārāja Śrī Nanda said: My son Kṛṣṇa is truthful. Even before coming to Vraja, in the form of these signs of affection, he has sent

these objects. After finishing very soon the required duties of that place, he will certainly come back to Vraja.

1.6.88

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श्रीमद्-उद्धव उवाच— श्रुत्वा ते तत्र विश्वास्य सर्वे सरल-मानसः । भवत्-प्रीतिꣳ समालोच्या- लङ्करान् दधुर् आत्मसु

śrīmad-uddhava uvāca— śrutvā te tatra viśvāsya sarve sarala-mānasaḥ | bhavat-prītiṁ samālocyā- laṅkarān dadhur ātmasu

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Translation

Śrī Uddhava said: The simple-hearted vraja-vāsīs believed in the words of Śrī Nanda and considering the matter of Your prema, wore those ornaments on their bodies.

1.6.89

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श्री-कृष्णो’त्र समागत्य प्रसाद-द्रव्य-सङ्ग्रहात् । वीक्ष्याज्ञा-पालकान् अस्मान् नितराꣳ कृपायिष्यति

śrī-kṛṣṇo’tra samāgatya prasāda-dravya-saṅgrahāt | vīkṣyājñā-pālakān asmān nitarāṁ kṛpāyiṣyati

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Translation

They had faith that when Śrī Kṛṣṇa came to Vraja, upon seeing them wearing the clothes and ornaments sent by Him, He would consider them to be obedient and then would show more mercy.

1.6.90

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भवान् स्वयम् अगत्वा तु यः सन्देशꣳ समर्प्य माम् । प्रहिनोत् तेन ते सर्वे बभुवुर् निहता इव

bhavān svayam agatvā tu yaḥ sandeśaṁ samarpya mām | prahinot tena te sarve babhuvur nihatā iva

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Translation

However, You did not personally go there but sent a message through me. Therefore, all those Vraja-vāsīs have nearly passed away.

1.6.91

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तथा दृष्ट्या मया तत्र भवतो गमनꣳ ध्रुवम् । प्रतिज्ञाय प्रयत्नात् तन् जीवयित्वा समागतम्

tathā dṛṣṭyā mayā tatra bhavato gamanaṁ dhruvam | pratijñāya prayatnāt tan jīvayitvā samāgatam

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Translation

Seeing their despondency at that place by words such as ‘My Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa will surely return to Vraja…’ I made them aware of my endeavor, and after making this vow to them, I have come back here.

1.6.92

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त्वत्-प्राप्तये’थ सन्न्यस्त- समस्त-विषयाश्रयः । प्रापुर् यादृग् अवस्थाꣳ ते तꣳ पृच्छैतꣳ निजाग्रजम्

tvat-prāptaye’tha sannyasta- samasta-viṣayāśrayaḥ | prāpur yādṛg avasthāṁ te taṁ pṛcchaitaṁ nijāgrajam

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Translation

Those vraja-vāsīs have forsaken all pleasing objects to obtain You. You should ask Your elder brother, Śrī Baladevajī, about their pitiful condition.

1.6.93-94

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तद्-विच्छेद-महा-दुःख- सङ्कया ꣳलापितानि सः । देवकी-भीष्मजादीनाꣳ मुखान्य् अवनतान्य् अधः क्षरद्-अस्राणि स-स्नेहꣳ विलोक्य मृदुलाशयः । मासी-कर्पर-पत्राणि व्यग्रो’याचतः सꣳज्ञया

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tad-viccheda-mahā-duḥkha- saṅkayā ṁlāpitāni saḥ | devakī-bhīṣmajādīnāṁ mukhāny avanatāny adhaḥ kṣarad-asrāṇi sa-snehaṁ vilokya mṛdulāśayaḥ | māsī-karpara-patrāṇi vyagro’yācataḥ saṁjñayā

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Translation

Mahārāja Śrī Parīkṣit said: Due to the apprehension of great distress arising from the separation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the faces of Śrī Devakī, Śrī Rukmiṇī and others became morose, and they lowered their heads and began to shed tears from their eyes. Seeing this and being agitated by affection, soft-hearted Śrī Kṛṣṇa, ordered by a gesture for some ink and paper to write something.

1.6.95-96

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प्रस्तुतार्थꣳ समाधाया- त्रत्यान् आश्वास्य बान्धवान् । एषो’हम् आगत-प्राया इति जानीत मत्-प्रियाः एवम् आश्वासनꣳ प्रेम- पात्रꣳ प्रेषयितुꣳ व्रजे । स्व-हस्तेनैव लिखितꣳ तच् च गाढ-प्रतीतये

prastutārthaṁ samādhāyā- tratyān āśvāsya bāndhavān | eṣo’ham āgata-prāyā iti jānīta mat-priyāḥ evam āśvāsanaṁ prema- pātraṁ preṣayituṁ vraje | sva-hastenaiva likhitaṁ tac ca gāḍha-pratītaye

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Translation

Having intense prema towards the vraja-vāsīs, Śrī Kṛṣṇa wrote an assuring, affectionate letter to send to Vraja by His own lotus hand, “My dear vraja-vāsīs! Please, consider that I have all but returned to Vraja, having finished the work that I began here, and having given assurance to my brothers and friends.”

1.6.97

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तस्येहितम् अभिप्रेत्य प्राप्तो’त्यन्तार्तिम् उद्धवः । व्रज-वासि-मनो-ऽभिज्ञो’ब्रवीत् स-शपथꣳ रुदन्

tasyehitam abhipretya prāpto’tyantārtim uddhavaḥ | vraja-vāsi-mano-'bhijño’bravīt sa-śapathaṁ rudan

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Understanding the intent of Śrī Kṛṣṇa to send a letter to Vraja, Śrī Uddhava began to weep out of grave distress. He understood the sentiments of the hearts of the vraja-vāsīs, therefore with a show of confidence he thus began to speak.

1.6.98

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श्रीमद्-उद्धव उवाच— प्रभो सुनिर्णीतम् इदꣳ प्रतीहि त्वदीय-पादाब्ज-युगस्य तत्र । शुभ-प्रयानꣳ न विनास्य जीवेद् व्रजः कथञ्चिन् न च किञ्चिद् इच्छेत्

śrīmad-uddhava uvāca— prabho sunirṇītam idaṁ pratīhi tvadīya-pādābja-yugasya tatra | śubha-prayānaṁ na vināsya jīved vrajaḥ kathañcin na ca kiñcid icchet

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Śrī Uddhava said: O Lord, I discovered that if Your lotus feet do not come to Vraja, then these vraja-vāsīs would not be able to maintain their lives, because they do not desire any object other than You.

1.6.99

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— कुमतिः कꣳस-माताह स-हासꣳ धुन्वती शिरः । हुꣳ हुꣳ देवकी निर्बुद्धे बुद्धꣳ बुद्धꣳ मयाधुना

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— kumatiḥ kaṁsa-mātāha sa-hāsaṁ dhunvatī śiraḥ | huṁ huṁ devakī nirbuddhe buddhaṁ buddhaṁ mayādhunā

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Hearing this, Padmāvatī, the mother of Kaṁsa who possessed a wicked intelligence, shook her head, began to laugh and spoke thus, “Arey! Stupid Devakī! ‘Aha, Aha…’ I understand…I understand everything very well now!”

1.6.100-101

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चिरꣳ गो-रस-दानेन यन्त्रितस्योद्धवस्य ते । साहाय्यात् त्वत्-सुतꣳ गोपा नाययित्वा पुनर् वने भीषणे दुर्गमे दुष्ट-सत्त्व-जुष्टे स-कण्टके । सꣳरक्षयितुम् इच्छन्ति धूर्ताः पशु-गणान् निजान्

ciraṁ go-rasa-dānena yantritasyoddhavasya te | sāhāyyāt tvat-sutaṁ gopā nāyayitvā punar vane bhīṣaṇe durgame duṣṭa-sattva-juṣṭe sa-kaṇṭake | saṁrakṣayitum icchanti dhūrtāḥ paśu-gaṇān nijān

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Uddhava stayed in Vraja for many days and those clever vraja- vāsīs captivated him by giving him cow’s milk. Now they want to take your son back to Vraja with the help of Uddhava. They expect Him to guard their animals in the forest, which is fearsome, thorny, inaccessible and full of violent animals.

1.6.102

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तत् श्रुत्वा कुत्सितꣳ वाक्यम् अशक्ता सोढुम् अञ्जसा । यशोदायाः प्रिय-सखी राम-माताह कोपिता

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tat śrutvā kutsitaṁ vākyam aśaktā soḍhum añjasā | yaśodāyāḥ priya-sakhī rāma-mātāha kopitā

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Śrī Rohiṇī-devī, the mother of Śrī Balarāma, could not tolerate the revolting words of the mother of Kaṁsa and became angry and began to speak thus.

1.6.103

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श्री-रोहिण्य् उवाच— आः कꣳस-मातः किम् अयꣳ गो-रक्षायाꣳ नियुज्यते । क्षण-मात्रꣳ च तत्रत्यैर् अदृष्टो’स्मिन् न जीव्यते

śrī-rohiṇy uvāca— āḥ kaṁsa-mātaḥ kim ayaṁ go-rakṣāyāṁ niyujyate | kṣaṇa-mātraṁ ca tatratyair adṛṣṭo’smin na jīvyate

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Śrī Rohiṇī-devī said: Ugh, mother of Kaṁsa, can the vraja-vāsīs appoint Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the duty of grazing cows? They cannot maintain their lives even for a moment without glancing at Him.

1.6.104-105

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वृक्षादिभिस् त्व् अन्तरिते कदाचिद् अस्मिन् सति स्यात् सह-चारिणाꣳ भृशाम् । श्री-कृष्ण कृष्णेति महा-प्लुत-स्वरैर् आह्वान-भङ्ग्याकुलता स-रोदना व्रज-स्थितानाꣳ त्व् अहर् एव काल- रात्रिर् भवेद् एक-लवो युगꣳ च । रविꣳ रजो-वर्त्म स पश्यताꣳ मुहुर् दशा च काचिन् मुरलीꣳ च शृण्वताम्

vṛkṣādibhis tv antarite kadācid asmin sati syāt saha-cāriṇāṁ bhṛśām | śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti mahā-pluta-svarair āhvāna-bhaṅgyākulatā sa-rodanā vraja-sthitānāṁ tv ahar eva kāla- rātrir bhaved eka-lavo yugaṁ ca | raviṁ rajo-vartma sa paśyatāṁ muhur daśā ca kācin muralīṁ ca śṛṇvatām

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O chaste lady, when Śrī Kṛṣṇa enters the shadows of trees and cannot be seen by the sakhās, they begin to shout out, “O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, where are You? Please come quickly and give us Your darśana.” They call out loudly like this and anxiously cry. Without the darśana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, even one day seems like one night of the cosmic deluge. To know the time Kṛṣṇa is returning from tending the cows, they look intently at the sun at every moment, the go-dhūli and the path by which He returns. Furthermore, in the evening when they hear the sweet sound of His flute they become mad out of affection.

1.6.106

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अयꣳ हि तत्-तद्-विपिनेषु कौतुकाद् विहार्तु-कामः पशु-सङ्घ-सङ्गतः । वयस्य-वर्गैः सह सर्वतो’टितुꣳ प्रयति नित्यꣳ स्वयम् अग्रजान्वितः

ayaṁ hi tat-tad-vipineṣu kautukād vihārtu-kāmaḥ paśu-saṅgha-saṅgataḥ | vayasya-vargaiḥ saha sarvato’ṭituṁ prayati nityaṁ svayam agrajānvitaḥ

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In fact, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself goes daily to wander and sport in the most charming Vṛndāvana on the pretext of grazing the cows with His brother Balarāma and the cowherd boys.

1.6.107

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यत्राति-मत्ताम्बु-विहङ्ग-माला- कुली-कृताल्य्-आवलि-विभ्रमेण । विचालितानाꣳ कमलोत्पलानाꣳ सराꣳसि गन्धैर् विलसज्-जलानि

yatrāti-mattāmbu-vihaṅga-mālā- kulī-kṛtāly-āvali-vibhrameṇa | vicālitānāṁ kamalotpalānāṁ sarāṁsi gandhair vilasaj-jalāni

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In Vṛndāvana there are many ponds and the waters of the pond remain fragrant due to the scent of flowers such as water lilies and lotuses. Those flowers keep quivering due to the humming of bumblebees and play of intoxicated water birds.

1.6.108

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तथा महाश्चर्य-विचित्रता-मयी कलिन्दजा सा व्रज-भूमि-सङ्गिनी । तथा-विधा विन्ध्य-नगादि-सम्भवः पराश् च नद्यो विलसन्ति यत्र च

tathā mahāścarya-vicitratā-mayī kalindajā sā vraja-bhūmi-saṅginī | tathā-vidhā vindhya-nagādi-sambhavaḥ parāś ca nadyo vilasanti yatra ca

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Śrī Vṛndāvana’s sakhī, Śrī Yamunājī, gifted with such wonderful beauty, astonishes the heart. Not only this, even the small rivers that originate from such mountains as the Vindhyācala also further enhance the beauty of this Vṛndāvana.

1.6.109

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तत्-तत्-तटꣳ कोमल-बालुकाचितꣳ रम्यꣳ सदा नूतन-शद्वलावृतम् । स्वभाविक-द्वेष-विसर्जनोल्लसन्- मनोज्ञा-नाना-मृग-पक्षि-सङ्कुलम्

tat-tat-taṭaṁ komala-bālukācitaṁ ramyaṁ sadā nūtana-śadvalāvṛtam | svabhāvika-dveṣa-visarjanollasan- manojñā-nānā-mṛga-pakṣi-saṅkulam

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Both shores of these rivers are full of clean, soft sand and covered by supple grass. Due to being naturally free of envy, various types of deer and birds who are always happy and attractive sport on these shores.

1.6.110

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दिव्य-पुष्प-फल-पल्लवावली- भार-नम्रित-लता-तरु-गुल्मैः । भूषितꣳ मद-कलापि-कोकिल- श्रेणि-नादितम् अज-स्तुति-पात्रम्

divya-puṣpa-phala-pallavāvalī- bhāra-namrita-latā-taru-gulmaiḥ | bhūṣitaṁ mada-kalāpi-kokila- śreṇi-nāditam aja-stuti-pātram

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On those shores, the shrubs, creepers and trees are bowing down due to the burden of flowers, fruits and buds, and are enhancing the beauty of the Yamunā shores. Vṛndāvana is resonant with the sweet singing of maddened peacocks and cuckoo birds. So due to its enchanting beauty, in this way, even such demigods as Śrī Brahmā have also glorified Vṛndāvana.

1.6.111

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वृन्दारण्ये व्रज-भुवि गवाꣳ तत्र गोवर्धने वा नास्ति हिꣳसा-हरण-रहिते राक्षकस्याप्य् अपेक्षा । गावो गत्वोषसि विपिनतस् त महिष्य्-आदि-युक्तः स्वैरꣳ भुक्त्वा स-जल-यवसꣳ सायम् आयन्ति वासम्

vṛndāraṇye vraja-bhuvi gavāṁ tatra govardhane vā nāsti hiṁsā-haraṇa-rahite rākṣakasyāpy apekṣā | gāvo gatvoṣasi vipinatas ta mahiṣy-ādi-yuktaḥ svairaṁ bhuktvā sa-jala-yavasaṁ sāyam āyanti vāsam

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In Vṛndāvana and Govardhana within Vraja-mandala, there is no apprehension of injury or theft of animals. Therefore, in those places there is no need of any guard to protect the cows. The animals such as cows and buffaloes are free to go to the forest early in the morning and consume grass and water, and in the evening return to their own places.

1.6.112

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श्री-वृद्धोवाच— अरे बालेति वाचाले तत् कथꣳ ते गवादयः । अधुना रक्षकाभावान् नाष्टा इति निशम्यते

śrī-vṛddhovāca— are bāleti vācāle tat kathaṁ te gavādayaḥ | adhunā rakṣakābhāvān nāṣṭā iti niśamyate

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The old mother of Kaṁsa spoke, “Arey, chatterbox, you are babbling like a child! If that is the case, have we not heard that now in the absence of a guard all those cows and animals have nearly perished!

1.6.113-114

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— श्रीमद्-गोपालदेवस् तच् छ्रूत्वा सम्भ्रान्ति-यन्त्रितः । जातान्तस्-तपतः शुष्यन्- मुखाब्जः शङ्कयाकुलः प्रथमापर-कालीन- व्रज-वृत्तान्त-वेदिनः । मुखम् आलोकयाम् आस बलदेवस्य साश्रुकम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— śrīmad-gopāladevas tac chrūtvā sambhrānti-yantritaḥ | jātāntas-tapataḥ śuṣyan- mukhābjaḥ śaṅkayākulaḥ prathamāpara-kālīna- vraja-vṛttānta-vedinaḥ | mukham ālokayām āsa baladevasya sāśrukam

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Hearing the words of the old lady, Śrīmad Gopāla-deva became extremely worried and perturbed with apprehension. As a result, he became excessively pained, causing His happy lotus face to wither. He then began looking at the tear- filled face of Śrī Balarāma who knew all events of past and present in Vraja.

1.6.115

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रोहिणी-नन्दनो भ्रातुर् भावꣳ बुद्धः स्मरन् व्रजम् । स्व-धैर्य-रक्षणाशक्तः प्रारुदन्न् अब्रवीत् स्फुटम्

rohiṇī-nandano bhrātur bhāvaṁ buddhaḥ smaran vrajam | sva-dhairya-rakṣaṇāśaktaḥ prārudann abravīt sphuṭam

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Seeing this, Rohiṇī-nandana Śrī Baladeva understood the intention of His brother. Being unable to maintain His patience, due to the remembrance of the land of Vraja, He began to narrate all the incidents of Vraja in clear words as He wept aloud.

1.6.116-117

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श्री-बलदेव उवाच— गवाꣳ केव कथा कृष्ण ते ते’पि भवतः प्रियाः । मृगा विहङ्गा भाण्डीर- कदम्बाद्याश् च पादपाः लता-निकुञ्ज-कुञ्जानि शाद्वलान्य् अपि जीवनम् । भवत्य् एवार्पयाम् आसुः क्षीणश् च सरितो’द्रयः

śrī-baladeva uvāca— gavāṁ keva kathā kṛṣṇa te te’pi bhavataḥ priyāḥ | mṛgā vihaṅgā bhāṇḍīra- kadambādyāś ca pādapāḥ latā-nikuñja-kuñjāni śādvalāny api jīvanam | bhavaty evārpayām āsuḥ kṣīṇaś ca sarito’drayaḥ

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Śrī Baladeva said: O Kṛṣṇa, what to speak of the cows, even your beloved deer, birds, the kadamba and other trees of Bhandīravana, the creepers, groves and even the grounds covered with green grass, all have sacrificed their lives for You. The ponds have dried up and even the mountains are becoming lean and thin every day.

1.6.118

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मनुष्याः कतिचिद् भ्रातः परꣳ ते सत्य-वाक्यतः । जाताशयैव जीवन्ति नेच्छ श्रोतुम् अतः परम्

manuṣyāḥ katicid bhrātaḥ paraṁ te satya-vākyataḥ | jātāśayaiva jīvanti neccha śrotum ataḥ param

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Translation

O brother Kṛṣṇa, even some of the local folks there, having trust in Your words with the hope to have Your darśana, are somehow maintaining their lives. Therefore, do not crave to hear anything more than this.

1.6.119

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किन्त्व् इदानीम् अपि भवान् यदि तन् नो’नुकम्पते । यम एव तदा सर्वान् वेगेनानुग्रहिष्यति

kintv idānīm api bhavān yadi tan no’nukampate | yama eva tadā sarvān vegenānugrahiṣyati

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Translation

However, now if You do not show mercy to the present folks, then Yamarāja will quickly show mercy upon them, because only by his mercy will their distress and lamentation be alleviated, which has arisen from separation from friends and relatives.

1.6.120

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यत् तत्र च त्वयाकारि निविषः कालिय-ह्रदः । शोको’यꣳ विपुलस् तेषाꣳ शोके’न्यत् करणꣳ शृणु

yat tatra ca tvayākāri niviṣaḥ kāliya-hradaḥ | śoko’yaṁ vipulas teṣāṁ śoke’nyat karaṇaṁ śṛṇu

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Translation

What more is there to say about the horrid condition of Vraja? In Vraja, the poisoned lake of Kāliya that You once freed them from has become a cause of undue distress. There is also another reason for their distress, listen…

1.6.121

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तत्रत्या यमुना स्व्-अल्प- जला शुष्केव साजनि । गोवर्धनो’भून् नीचो’सौ स्वः प्राप्तो यो धृतस् त्वया

tatratyā yamunā sv-alpa- jalā śuṣkeva sājani | govardhano’bhūn nīco’sau svaḥ prāpto yo dhṛtas tvayā

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Translation

The present Śrī Yamunā has very little water left. She has almost dried up. Śrī Govardhana, which used to rise up to the heavens when mounted on Your lotus hand, now that same Girirāja is sinking down into the earth.

1.6.122

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न यान्त्य् अनशनात् प्राणस् त्वन्-नामामृत-सेविनाम् । परꣳ शुष्क-महारण्य- दावाग्निर् भविता गतिः

na yānty anaśanāt prāṇas tvan-nāmāmṛta-sevinām | paraṁ śuṣka-mahāraṇya- dāvāgnir bhavitā gatiḥ

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What more to say about the condition of Vraja? Even those who remain alive have also given up their bathing, drinking and eating. Their life-force is not leaving them due to the tasting of the nectar of Your holy names. Therefore, the forest fire of this parched Mahāvana would be their final shelter.

1.6.123

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— शृण्वन्न् असौ तत्-पर-दुःख-कातरः कण्ठे गृहीत्वा मृदुल-स्वभावकः । रामꣳ महा-दीन-वद् अश्रु-धारया धौताङ्ग-रागो’रुदद् उच्च-सुस्वरम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— śṛṇvann asau tat-para-duḥkha-kātaraḥ kaṇṭhe gṛhītvā mṛdula-svabhāvakaḥ | rāmaṁ mahā-dīna-vad aśru-dhārayā dhautāṅga-rāgo’rudad ucca-susvaram

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Hearing these agonizing words, the tender-hearted Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is troubled to hear the anxiety and distress of others, caught hold of Śrī Balarāma’s neck and began to wail out in a loud voice like a broken-hearted person. Streams of tears washed away His bodily ointments.

1.6.124

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पश्चाद् भूमि-तले लुलोठ स-बलो मातर् मुमोह क्षणात् तादृग् रोदन-दुःस्थतानुभवतश् चापूर्व-वृत्तꣳ तयोः । रोहिण्य्-उद्धव-देवकी-मदन-सुश्री-सत्यभामादयः सर्वे’न्तः-पुर-वासिनो विकलताꣳ भेजू रुदन्तो मुहुः

paścād bhūmi-tale luloṭha sa-balo mātar mumoha kṣaṇāt tādṛg rodana-duḥsthatānubhavataś cāpūrva-vṛttaṁ tayoḥ | rohiṇy-uddhava-devakī-madana-suśrī-satyabhāmādayaḥ sarve’ntaḥ-pura-vāsino vikalatāṁ bhejū rudanto muhuḥ

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O mother, then Śrī Kṛṣṇa along with Śrī Balarāma became faint momentarily and began to roll on the ground. Seeing and understanding Their distress, mother Rohiṇī, Śrī Uddhava, madana- jananī Śrī Rukmiṇī, Śrī Satyabhāmā and all the residents of the palace became overwhelmed with sorrow and began to wail out again and again.

1.6.125

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श्रूत्वान्तः-पुरतो’प्य् अपूर्व-कलिताक्रान्दꣳ महार्त-स्वरैर् धवन्तो यदवो जवेन वसुदेवेनोग्रसेणादयः तत्रागत्य तथा-विधꣳ प्रभु-वरꣳ दृष्ट्वारुदन् विह्वला विप्रा गर्ग-मुखास् तथा पुर-जनाश् चापूर्व-दृष्टेक्षया

śrūtvāntaḥ-purato’py apūrva-kalitākrāndaṁ mahārta-svarair dhavanto yadavo javena vasudevenograseṇādayaḥ tatrāgatya tathā-vidhaṁ prabhu-varaṁ dṛṣṭvārudan vihvalā viprā garga-mukhās tathā pura-janāś cāpūrva-dṛṣṭekṣayā

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Translation

Upon hearing the astonishing sound of weeping coming from the palace, Śrī Ugrasena and the other Yādavas quickly hurried to that mournful place, along with Śrī Vasudeva and saw the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in that condition. In this way, all the citizens and brāhmaṇas such as Garga were present there and never seeing this incident before, they became agitated and began to weep.