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Part One · Chapter 7

Pūrṇa — The Pinnacle of Excellent Devotees

Unit 7 of 141.7.11.7.160132 source entries

1.7.1

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— इत्थꣳ स-परिवारस्य मातस् तस्याति-रोदनैः । ब्रह्माण्डꣳ व्याप्य सञ्जातो महोत्पात-चयः क्षणात्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— itthaṁ sa-parivārasya mātas tasyāti-rodanaiḥ | brahmāṇḍaṁ vyāpya sañjāto mahotpāta-cayaḥ kṣaṇāt

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O mother, when Śrī Kṛṣṇa and his family began to cry pitifully in this way, then the sound of their weeping instantly engulfed the entire brahmāṇḍa. Subsequently, various kinds of foreboding calamities such as shooting stars began to appear.

1.7.2

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तत्रान्य-बोधकाभावात् स्वयम् आगाच् चतुर्मुखः । वृतो वेद-पुराणाद्यैः परिवारैः सुरैर् अपि

tatrānya-bodhakābhāvāt svayam āgāc caturmukhaḥ | vṛto veda-purāṇādyaiḥ parivāraiḥ surair api

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There was no recipient for solace—all became bewildered themselves! Therefore, four-headed Brahmā himself appeared, encircled by his own associates, the Vedas, Purāṇas and demigods.

1.7.3-4

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तम् अपूर्व-दशा-भाजꣳ प्रेष्ठ-प्राणाय-कातरम् । निगूढ-निज-माहात्म्य- भर-प्रकटनोद्धतम् महा-नारायणꣳ ब्रह्मा पितरꣳ गुरुम् आत्मनः । स-चमत्कारम् आलोक्य ध्वस्त-धैर्यो’रुदत् क्षणम्

tam apūrva-daśā-bhājaṁ preṣṭha-prāṇāya-kātaram | nigūḍha-nija-māhātmya- bhara-prakaṭanoddhatam mahā-nārāyaṇaṁ brahmā pitaraṁ gurum ātmanaḥ | sa-camatkāram ālokya dhvasta-dhairyo’rudat kṣaṇam

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Śrī Brahmā saw that his father and original guru, Mahā-Nārāyaṇa Śrī Kṛṣṇa, had fallen into a state of bewilderment. Thus, he became unable to maintain his composure, seeing his Lord and master tormented with prema for His beloved devotees as He readied to show the sweetness of his most confidential prema.

1.7.5

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सꣳस्तभ्य यत्नाद् आत्मानꣳ स्वस्थ्यꣳ जनयितुꣳ प्रभोः । उपायꣳ चिन्तयाम् आस प्राप चानन्तरꣳ हृदि

saṁstabhya yatnād ātmānaṁ svasthyaṁ janayituṁ prabhoḥ | upāyaṁ cintayām āsa prāpa cānantaraṁ hṛdi

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Śrī Brahmā, composing himself with some effort, began to think of a way to restore his Lord and master’s health and almost at once decided upon a means.

1.7.6

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तत्रैव भगवत्-पार्श्वे रुदन्तꣳ विनटा-सुतम् । उच्चैः सम्बोध्य यत्नेन सबोधी-कृत्य सो’वदत्

tatraiva bhagavat-pārśve rudantaṁ vinaṭā-sutam | uccaiḥ sambodhya yatnena sabodhī-kṛtya so’vadat

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The son of Vinatā, Śrī Garuḍa, standing nearby Bhagavān, was also weeping at that place. Śrī Brahmā loudly addressed him and began to speak cautiously in order to bring him to his senses.

1.7.7-9

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श्री-ब्रह्मोवाच— यच् छ्री-वृन्दावनꣳ मध्ये रैवताद्रि-समुद्रयोः । श्रीमन्-नन्द-यशोदादि- प्रतिमालङ्कृतान्तरम् गो-यूथैस् तादृशैर् युक्तꣳ रचितꣳ विश्वकर्मणा । राजते माथुरꣳ सक्षाद् वृन्दावनम् इवागतम् तत्रेमꣳ साग्रजꣳ यत्नाद् यथावस्थाꣳ शनैर् नय । केवलꣳ यातु तत्रैषा रोहिण्य् अन्यो न कश्चन

śrī-brahmovāca— yac chrī-vṛndāvanaṁ madhye raivatādri-samudrayoḥ | śrīman-nanda-yaśodādi- pratimālaṅkṛtāntaram go-yūthais tādṛśair yuktaṁ racitaṁ viśvakarmaṇā | rājate māthuraṁ sakṣād vṛndāvanam ivāgatam tatremaṁ sāgrajaṁ yatnād yathāvasthāṁ śanair naya | kevalaṁ yātu tatraiṣā rohiṇy anyo na kaścana

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Śrī Brahmā said: Between the ocean and the Raivataka mountain, Viśvakarma created another place called Vṛndāvana, adorned with the pratimās of Śrī Nanda, Śrī Yaśodā and the cowherds. It is present just like the actual Śrī Vṛndāvana within Mathurā-maṇḍala. Therefore, you should bring Śrī Kṛṣṇa with His elder brother gradually to that Vṛndāvana carefully in that same condition. Only Śrī Rohinī-devī alone should go there and no one else.

1.7.10

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— प्रयत्नात् स्वस्थताꣳ नीतो ब्रह्मणा स खगेश्वरः । विशारद-वरः पृष्ठे मन्दꣳ मन्दꣳ न्यधत्त तौ

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— prayatnāt svasthatāṁ nīto brahmaṇā sa khageśvaraḥ | viśārada-varaḥ pṛṣṭhe mandaṁ mandaṁ nyadhatta tau

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Śrī Parīkṣit said: Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Balarāma began to regain their composure by the efforts of Śrī Brahmā. Then Garuḍa, the king of birds, slowly and carefully placed them upon his back.

1.7.11

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स्व-स्थानꣳ भेजिरे सर्वे चतुर्वक्त्रेण बोधिताः । सꣳज्ञाम् इवाप्तो रामस् तु नियमानो गरुत्मता

sva-sthānaṁ bhejire sarve caturvaktreṇa bodhitāḥ | saṁjñām ivāpto rāmas tu niyamāno garutmatā

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Śrī Vasudeva and the other Yādavas, being consoled by Śrī Brahmā, went back to their respective abodes. When Śrī Garuḍa began to take both brothers there, Śrī Balarāma became slightly conscious.

1.7.12

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श्री-नन्द-नन्दनस् तत्र पर्यङ्के स्थापितः शनैः । साक्षाद् इवावतिष्ठस् ते यत्र तद्-गोप-गोपिकाः

śrī-nanda-nandanas tatra paryaṅke sthāpitaḥ śanaiḥ | sākṣād ivāvatiṣṭhas te yatra tad-gopa-gopikāḥ

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Śrī Garuḍa slowly removed Śrī Nanda-nandana from his back in that freshly constructed Vṛndāvana where the pratimās of gopas and gopīs were present, and then lay Him down upon a bed.

1.7.13-14

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उद्धवेन सहागत्य देवकी पुत्र-वत्सला । रुक्मिणी-सत्यभामाद्य देव्यः पद्मवती च सा तादृग्-दशागतꣳ कृष्णम् अशक्तस् त्यक्तुम् अञ्जसा । दूराद् दृष्टि-पथे’तिष्ठन् निलीय ब्रह्म-याच्ञया

uddhavena sahāgatya devakī putra-vatsalā | rukmiṇī-satyabhāmādya devyaḥ padmavatī ca sā tādṛg-daśāgataṁ kṛṣṇam aśaktas tyaktum añjasā | dūrād dṛṣṭi-pathe’tiṣṭhan nilīya brahma-yācñayā

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A motherly Devakī, queens such as Rukmiṇi and Satyabhāmā, as well as Padmāvatī, seeing Śrī Kṛṣṇa in that condition, were unable to easily leave Him, and thus came to that Nava-Vṛndāvana with Śrī Uddhava. However, on the request of Brahmā, they hid themselves at some distant to watch the happenings.

1.7.15-16

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नारदस् तु कृतागस्कम् इवात्मानम् अमान्यत । देवानाꣳ यादवानाꣳ च सङ्गे’गन् न कुतूहलात् वियत्य् अन्तर् हृतो भूत्वा बद्धैकꣳ योग-पट्टकम् । निविष्टो भगवच्-चेष्टा- माधुर्यानुभवाय सः

nāradas tu kṛtāgaskam ivātmānam amānyata | devānāṁ yādavānāṁ ca saṅge’gan na kutūhalāt viyaty antar hṛto bhūtvā baddhaikaṁ yoga-paṭṭakam | niviṣṭo bhagavac-ceṣṭā- mādhuryānubhavāya saḥ

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Śrī Nārada, as if considering himself an offender, as well as the demigods and the Yādavas, did not go there either. However, out of curi­osity to experience the sweetness of the pastimes and activities of Bhagavān, they positioned themselves unseen in the sky in a yoga posture.

1.7.17

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गरुडश् चोपरि व्योम्नः स्थित्वा प्रत्यक्षम् आत्मनः । पक्षाभ्याम् आचरꣳश् छायाम् अन्ववर्तत तꣳ प्रभुम्

garuḍaś copari vyomnaḥ sthitvā pratyakṣam ātmanaḥ | pakṣābhyām ācaraṁś chāyām anvavartata taṁ prabhum

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Śrī Garuḍa also remained out of sight in the sky and began to serve the Lord by providing shade from his outspread wings.

1.7.18-20

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अथ कृष्णाग्रजः प्राप्तः क्षणेन स्वस्थतम् इव । तꣳ सर्वार्थम् अभिप्रेत्य विचक्षण-शिरोमणिः क्षिप्रꣳ स्वस्यानुजस्यापि सम्मर्ज्य वदनाम्बुजम् । वस्त्रोदरान्तरे वꣳशी शृङ्ग-वेत्रे च कक्षयोः कण्ठे कदम्ब-मालाꣳ च बर्हापीडꣳ च मूर्धनि । नवꣳ गुञ्जावतꣳसꣳ च कर्णयोर् निदधे शनैः

atha kṛṣṇāgrajaḥ prāptaḥ kṣaṇena svasthatam iva | taṁ sarvārtham abhipretya vicakṣaṇa-śiromaṇiḥ kṣipraṁ svasyānujasyāpi sammarjya vadanāmbujam | vastrodarāntare vaṁśī śṛṅga-vetre ca kakṣayoḥ kaṇṭhe kadamba-mālāṁ ca barhāpīḍaṁ ca mūrdhani | navaṁ guñjāvataṁsaṁ ca karṇayor nidadhe śanaiḥ

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Then as Śrī Balarāma, the crest-jewel of perceptive personalities, nearly regained consciousness, he instantly understood the inten­ tions of Brahmā. First, he washed his own lotus face hastily and then washed the lotus face of his younger brother, Kṛṣṇa. Thereafter, he gently thrust a flute in the belt-cloth wrap around Kṛṣṇa’s waist, placed a buglehorn and stick in His right and left hands respectively, a garland of Kadamba flowers round His neck, a crown of peacock feathers on His head and finally offered earrings adorned with fresh guñjā berries on both His ears.

1.7.21

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रचयित्वा वन्य-वेषाꣳ त्वष्टृ-कल्पित-वस्तुभिः । बलाद् उत्थापयन् धृत्वा- ब्रवीद् उच्चतर-स्वरैः

racayitvā vanya-veṣāṁ tvaṣṭṛ-kalpita-vastubhiḥ | balād utthāpayan dhṛtvā- bravīd uccatara-svaraiḥ

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In this way, Śrī Balarāma garbed Kṛṣṇa in forest attire fabricated from the items Viśvakarmā provided and forcibly aroused Him by addressing Him with a piercing loud voice.

1.7.22

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श्री-बलदेव उवाच— श्री-कृष्ण कृष्ण भो भ्रातर् उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ जग्रिहि । पश्याद्य वेलातिक्रान्ता विशन्ति पशवो वनम्

śrī-baladeva uvāca— śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa bho bhrātar uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha jagrihi | paśyādya velātikrāntā viśanti paśavo vanam

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Śrī Baladeva shouted out, “Śrī Kṛṣṇa! O Bhaiyā, Kṛṣṇa! Get up, get up, wake up and just see! Today has become so late that all the cows have gone into the forest.”

1.7.23

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श्रीदामाद्या वयस्याश् च स्थिता भवद्-अपेक्षया । स्नेहेन पितरौ किञ्चिन् न शक्तौ भाषितुꣳ त्वयि

śrīdāmādyā vayasyāś ca sthitā bhavad-apekṣayā | snehena pitarau kiñcin na śaktau bhāṣituṁ tvayi

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“All the sakhās led by Śrīdāma are waiting for You. Out of affection, even Your mother and father are unable to say anything to You.”

1.7.24

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पश्यन्त्यस् ते मुखाम्भोजम् इमा गोप्यः परस्परम् । कर्णाकर्णितया किञ्चिद् वदन्त्यस् त्वाꣳ हसन्ति हि

paśyantyas te mukhāmbhojam imā gopyaḥ parasparam | karṇākarṇitayā kiñcid vadantyas tvāṁ hasanti hi

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Translation

Moreover, just see, these gopīs are also staring at Your lotus face. Who knows what they are secretly whispering in each other’s ears. Surely, they must be ridiculing You.

1.7.25-26

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— इत्थꣳ प्रजल्पताभीक्ष्णꣳ नामभिश् च स-लालनम् । आहूयमानो हस्ताभ्याम् चल्यमानो बलेन च रामेणोत्थाप्यमानो’सौ सꣳज्ञाम् इव चिराद् गतः । वदन् शिव-शिवेति द्राग् उदतिष्ठत् स-विस्मयम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— itthaṁ prajalpatābhīkṣṇaṁ nāmabhiś ca sa-lālanam | āhūyamāno hastābhyām calyamāno balena ca rāmeṇotthāpyamāno’sau saṁjñām iva cirād gataḥ | vadan śiva-śiveti drāg udatiṣṭhat sa-vismayam

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Mahārāja Śrī Parīkṣit said: In this way, Śrī Baladeva began to call out affectionately and repeatedly Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s name. Next, he forcibly

lifted Kṛṣṇa up by his lotus hands and made Him sit down. Aroused by Śrī Balarāma like this, Kṛṣṇa regained consciousness after some time and arose from bed uttering “Śiva, Śiva!” out of great wonder.

1.7.27

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उन्मील्य नेत्र-कमले सम्पश्यन् परितो भृशाम् । स्मयमानः पुरो नन्दꣳ दृष्ट्वा ह्रीणो ननाम तम्

unmīlya netra-kamale sampaśyan parito bhṛśām | smayamānaḥ puro nandaṁ dṛṣṭvā hrīṇo nanāma tam

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Śrī Kṛṣṇa opened His lotus eyes and began to gaze in all directions continuously. Thus seeing Śrī Nanda in front of Him, He offered praṇāma to him without any airs.

1.7.28

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अब्रवीत् पार्श्वतो वीक्ष्य यशोदाꣳ च हसन् मुदा । स्नेहात् तद्-आनन-न्यस्त- निर्णिमेषेक्षणम् इव

abravīt pārśvato vīkṣya yaśodāṁ ca hasan mudā | snehāt tad-ānana-nyasta- nirṇimeṣekṣaṇam iva

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Standing nearby, Yaśodā mātā was gazing upon the lotus face of Kṛṣṇa as if possessed by an unyielding stare. Seeing her, Śrī Kṛṣṇa began smiling and speaking vigorously.

1.7.29

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— अद्य प्रभातो भो मातर् अस्मिन्न् एव क्षणे मया । चित्रा कति कति स्वप्ना जाग्रतेव न वीक्षिताः

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— adya prabhāto bho mātar asminn eva kṣaṇe mayā | citrā kati kati svapnā jāgrateva na vīkṣitāḥ

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Translation

Śrī Bhagavān said, “O mother, today in the early morning, I saw so many strange dreams that seemed so much like being awake.”

1.7.30

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मधु-पुर्याम् इतो गत्वा दृष्टाः कꣳसादयो हताः । जरसन्धादयो भूपा निर्जिताः सुखिताः सुराः

madhu-puryām ito gatvā dṛṣṭāḥ kaṁsādayo hatāḥ | jarasandhādayo bhūpā nirjitāḥ sukhitāḥ surāḥ

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Translation

“I saw in a dream that after going to Madhupurī from here, I slew cruel Kaṁsā and so forth. Conquering such kings as Jarāsandha, I also killed Narakāsura and thus made the demigods joyful.”

1.7.31

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निर्मिताम्भोनिधेस् तीरे द्वारकाख्या महा-पुरी । नान्य-वृत्तानि शक्यन्ते’धुना कथयितुꣳ जवात्

nirmitāmbhonidhes tīre dvārakākhyā mahā-purī | nānya-vṛttāni śakyante’dhunā kathayituṁ javāt

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“Moreover, I constructed the massive Dvārakā city on the shore of the ocean. I saw so many things in a dream. I cannot explain all these things while rushing out to tend the cows.”

1.7.32

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अनेन स्वप्न-विघ्नेन दीर्घेन स्वान्त-हारिणा । अन्य-वासरवत् काले शयनान् नोत्थितꣳ मया

anena svapna-vighnena dīrghena svānta-hāriṇā | anya-vāsaravat kāle śayanān notthitaṁ mayā

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Translation

“Like this, before long this enchanting dream became a hindrance. Thus I could not get up from bed at the proper time like any other day.”

1.7.33

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भो आर्य तन् महाश्चर्यम् असम्भव्यꣳ न मान्यते । भवता चेत् तद्-आरण्ये गत्वा वक्ष्यामि विस्तरात्

bho ārya tan mahāścaryam asambhavyaṁ na mānyate | bhavatā cet tad-āraṇye gatvā vakṣyāmi vistarāt

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Translation

“O noble Śrī Balarāma, if You do not think this tale of this most astonishing dream to be impossible, then after going into the forest I shall elaborately describe it to You.”

1.7.34

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— एवꣳ सम्भाष्य जननीम् अभिवन्द्य स सादरम् । वन-भोग्येप्सुर् आलक्ष्य रोहिण्योक्तो’त्य्-अभिज्ञया

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— evaṁ sambhāṣya jananīm abhivandya sa sādaram | vana-bhogyepsur ālakṣya rohiṇyokto’ty-abhijñayā

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Translation

Mahārāja Śrī Parīkṣit said: In such a way, Śrī Kṛṣṇa conversed respectfully with His brother Baladeva and offered courteous greetings to his mother. Afterwards Śrī Kṛṣṇa stuck out His eager hand to receive the edibles suitable for the forest lunch, whereupon the clever Śrī Rohiṇī-devī began to speak.

1.7.35

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श्री-रोहिण्य् उवाच— भो वत्स तव माताद्य त्वन्-निद्राधिक्य-चिन्तया । त्वद्-एक-पुत्रा दुःस्थेव तद् अलꣳ बहु-वार्तया

śrī-rohiṇy uvāca— bho vatsa tava mātādya tvan-nidrādhikya-cintayā | tvad-eka-putrā duḥstheva tad alaṁ bahu-vārtayā

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Translation

Śrī Rohiṇī-devī said: “O Son, today Your mother became nearly ill worrying about Your excessive sleep, since You are her only son. Therefore, there is no need for any further chat.”

1.7.36

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अग्रतो निःसृता गास् त्वꣳ गोपाꣳश् चानुसर द्रुतम् । मयोपस्कृत्य सम्भोग्यꣳ वन-मध्ये प्रहेष्यते

agrato niḥsṛtā gās tvaṁ gopāṁś cānusara drutam | mayopaskṛtya sambhogyaṁ vana-madhye praheṣyate

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Translation

“The cows and cowherd boys have already gone out. You should follow them too. I will prepare first-class treats and send them off to the forest.”

1.7.37-38

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— तथा वदन्तीꣳ सुस्निग्धाꣳ रोहिणीꣳ चाभिवाद्य सः । स्थिताꣳ कर-तले मातुर् नवनीतꣳ शनैर् हसन् चौर्येणैव समादाय निज-ज्येष्ठꣳ समाह्वयन् । अप्राप्याग्रे गवाꣳ सङ्गे गतꣳ न बुभुजे घृणी

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tathā vadantīṁ susnigdhāṁ rohiṇīṁ cābhivādya saḥ | sthitāṁ kara-tale mātur navanītaṁ śanair hasan cauryeṇaiva samādāya nija-jyeṣṭhaṁ samāhvayan | aprāpyāgre gavāṁ saṅge gataṁ na bubhuje ghṛṇī

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Translation

Mahārāja Śrī Parīkṣit said: Hearing these words from the most affectionate Śrī Rohiṇī-devī, Śrī Kṛṣṇa offered praṇāma to his mother and gently smiling, stole the butter from the hands of the figurine of Mother Yaśodā. Then He began to call out for his elder brother Baladeva. However, he had already gone ahead with the cows, thus not seeing him, soft-hearted Śrī Kṛṣṇa also did not eat the butter.

1.7.39-40

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भोग्यꣳ मध्याह्निकꣳ चाटु- पाटवेन स्व-मातरौ । सम्प्रार्थ्य पुरतो गत्वा गोपीः सम्भाष्य नर्मभिः रुन्धानो वेणु-नादैर् गा वर्तमानाꣳ सहालिभिः । राधिकाम् अग्रतो लब्ध्वा स-नर्म-स्मितम् अब्रवीत्

bhogyaṁ madhyāhnikaṁ cāṭu- pāṭavena sva-mātarau | samprārthya purato gatvā gopīḥ sambhāṣya narmabhiḥ rundhāno veṇu-nādair gā vartamānāṁ sahālibhiḥ | rādhikām agrato labdhvā sa-narma-smitam abravīt

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Translation

Suchlike, Śrī Kṛṣṇa begged politely from His mothers the foodstuffs for lunch and went on ahead, while beginning to jokingly converse with the gopīs. Having stopped all the cows by the flute sound, He espied Śrīmatī Rādhikā present a little ahead with her sakhīs and began to speak jokingly with a mild smile.

1.7.41

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श्री-नन्द-नन्दन उवाच— प्राणेश्वरि रहः प्राप्तꣳ भक्तम् एकान्तिनाꣳ च माम् । सम्भाषसे कथꣳ नाद्य तत् किꣳ वृत्तासि मानिनी

śrī-nanda-nandana uvāca— prāṇeśvari rahaḥ prāptaṁ bhaktam ekāntināṁ ca mām | sambhāṣase kathaṁ nādya tat kiṁ vṛttāsi māninī

English translation

Translation

Śrī Nanda-nandana said: “O Praneśvarī, O Supreme Goddess of my life! I am solely your devotee. Despite seeing me in this secluded place, why are you not speaking with me today? Have you become angry out of jealousy?”

1.7.42

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अपरद्धꣳ मया किꣳ ते नूनꣳ ज्ञातम् अहो त्वया । सर्वज्ञे’द्यतन-स्वप्न- वृत्तꣳ तत् तन् ममाखिलम्

aparaddhaṁ mayā kiṁ te nūnaṁ jñātam aho tvayā | sarvajñe’dyatana-svapna- vṛttaṁ tat tan mamākhilam

English translation

Translation

“What fault have I done to you? Yes, indeed, I understand. You know everything. Therefore you have understood without even knowing my dream.”

1.7.43

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त्वाꣳ विहायान्यतो गत्वा विवाहा बहवः कृताः । तासाꣳ क्षितिप-पुत्रीणाम् उद्यन्तीनाꣳ मृतिꣳ प्रति । पुत्र-पौत्रादयस् तत्र जनिता दूर-वार्तिना

tvāṁ vihāyānyato gatvā vivāhā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ | tāsāṁ kṣitipa-putrīṇām udyantīnāṁ mṛtiṁ prati | putra-pautrādayas tatra janitā dūra-vārtinā

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Translation

“O Most beloved, I saw in my dream that I had abandoned you, went to faraway Dvārakā and underwent so many marriages. Listen to the reason for those marriages: Those princesses were ready to die for me, so I married them and begot many sons and many more grandsons from them.”

1.7.44

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अस्तु तावद् इदानीꣳ तद् गम्यते त्वरया वने । सन्तोषदे प्रदोषे’द्य मया त्वꣳ मोदयिष्यसे

astu tāvad idānīṁ tad gamyate tvarayā vane | santoṣade pradoṣe’dya mayā tvaṁ modayiṣyase

English translation

Translation

“Now, let all these things be set aside, I am going to the forest soon. O dear one, today I shall please you in the evening.”

1.7.45

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— इत्थꣳ स-पुष्प-विक्षेपꣳ वदन् दृष्ट्वा दिशो’खिलाः । तꣳ स-चुम्बनम् आलिङ्ग्य गो-गोपैः सङ्गतो’ग्रतः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— itthaṁ sa-puṣpa-vikṣepaṁ vadan dṛṣṭvā diśo’khilāḥ | taṁ sa-cumbanam āliṅgya go-gopaiḥ saṅgato’grataḥ

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Translation

Śrī Parikṣit Mahārāja said: Thus, after narrating the incidence of the dream, Śrī Nanda-nandana threw flowers on the divine limbs of Śrīmatī Rādhikā and after glancing in different directions, embraced and kissed her, then met with the cows and cowherd boys who were going ahead.

1.7.46

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अदृष्ट-पूर्वꣳ व्रज-वेषम् अद्भुतꣳ महा-मनोज्ञꣳ मुरली-रवान्वितम् । यदान्वभूत् स्नेह-भरेण देवकी तदैव वृद्धाप्य् अजनि स्नुत-स्तनी

adṛṣṭa-pūrvaṁ vraja-veṣam adbhutaṁ mahā-manojñaṁ muralī-ravānvitam | yadānvabhūt sneha-bhareṇa devakī tadaiva vṛddhāpy ajani snuta-stanī

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Translation

When Śrī Devakī saw the wonderful vraja-attired Śrī Kṛṣṇa playing His flute in such a charming fashion, so extraordinary and

wonderful, and although she was elderly, still milk began to flow from her breasts out of affection.

1.7.47

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रुक्मिणी-जम्बवत्य्-आद्यः पुरानुत्थेन कर्हिचित् । महा-प्रेम्णागता मोहꣳ धैर्य-हन्यापतन् क्षितौ

rukmiṇī-jambavaty-ādyaḥ purānutthena karhicit | mahā-premṇāgatā mohaṁ dhairya-hanyāpatan kṣitau

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Translation

Some queens such as Śrī Rukmiṇī and Jāmbavatī lost composure due to the rise of intense prema and fell to the ground in a swoon.

1.7.48

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वृद्धा च मत्ता सह सत्यभामया कामस्य वेगाद् अनुकुर्वती मुहुः । आलिङ्गनꣳ चुम्बनम् अप्य् अधावत् धर्तुꣳ हरिꣳ बाहु-युगꣳ प्रसार्य

vṛddhā ca mattā saha satyabhāmayā kāmasya vegād anukurvatī muhuḥ | āliṅganaṁ cumbanam apy adhāvat dhartuṁ hariṁ bāhu-yugaṁ prasārya

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Translation

Elderly Padmāvatī along with Śrī Satyabhāmā, impelled by the upsurge of lusty desires, began to act out movements of embracing and kissing while moving their lips and so on, while running to grasp Śrī Hari with open arms.

1.7.49

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पुरा तद्-अर्थानुभवाद् इवासौ कथञ्चिद् आदित्य-सुतावलम्ब्य । शमꣳ समꣳ प्रज्ञा-वरोद्धवेन बलाद् विकृष्यावरुरोध ते द्वे

purā tad-arthānubhavād ivāsau kathañcid āditya-sutāvalambya | śamaṁ samaṁ prajñā-varoddhavena balād vikṛṣyāvarurodha te dve

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Translation

Having previously seen the forest garb and activities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Vraja-bhūmi, the wise daughter of Sūrya the sungod, Kalindī-devī, maintained her own composure with great difficulty, and with the help of Śrī Uddhava, forcibly caught both of them, arresting them along the way.

1.7.50

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गोविन्द-देवस् त्व् अनुचारयन् गा गताः पुरस्ताद् उदधिꣳ निरीक्ष्य । तꣳ मान्यमानो यमुनाꣳ प्रमोदात् सखीन् विहाराय समाजुहाव

govinda-devas tv anucārayan gā gatāḥ purastād udadhiṁ nirīkṣya | taṁ mānyamāno yamunāṁ pramodāt sakhīn vihārāya samājuhāva

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Translation

In the meantime, Śrī Govinda-deva, tending the cows and seeing the ocean in front of Him from afar, mistook it to be the Yamunā and excitedly began to call His friends to sport in the water.

1.7.51-53

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गताः कुत्र वयस्याः स्थ श्रीदामन् सुबलार्जुन । सर्वे भवन्तो धावन्तो वेगेनायꣳ तु हर्षतः कृष्णायाꣳ पाययित्वा गा विहाराम यथा-सुखम् । मधुरामल-शीताम्बु- वाहिन्याम् अवगाह्य च एवम् अग्रे सरन् गोभिर् अम्बुधे निकटे गतः । महा-कल्लोल-मालाभिः कोलाहलवतो’च्युतः

gatāḥ kutra vayasyāḥ stha śrīdāman subalārjuna | sarve bhavanto dhāvanto vegenāyaṁ tu harṣataḥ kṛṣṇāyāṁ pāyayitvā gā vihārāma yathā-sukham | madhurāmala-śītāmbu- vāhinyām avagāhya ca evam agre saran gobhir ambudhe nikaṭe gataḥ | mahā-kallola-mālābhiḥ kolāhalavato’cyutaḥ

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Translation

“O Śrīdāma, O Subala, O Arjuna, O Sakhās! Where have you all gone? You should all happily come here. Come quickly! All of us should first let the cows drink the water, then let us bathe in Śrī Yamunā, the carrier of this sweet, clean and cooling water, afterwards happily sporting in her.” In this way, Śrī Acyuta moved forward with all the cows and came near the uproarious ocean with its grand waves.

1.7.54

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सर्वतो वीक्ष्य तत्-तीरे प्रकटाꣳ स्वाꣳ महा-पुरीम् । आलक्ष्य किम् इदꣳ क्वाहꣳ को’हम् इत्य् आह विस्मितः

sarvato vīkṣya tat-tīre prakaṭāṁ svāṁ mahā-purīm | ālakṣya kim idaṁ kvāhaṁ ko’ham ity āha vismitaḥ

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Translation

Then Śrī Kṛṣṇa began to look in all directions and after seeing His embellished city of Dvārakā near the great ocean shore, He became extremely amazed and began to exclaim, “Aho, what is this? Where am I? Who am I?”

1.7.55

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इत्य् एवꣳ स-चमत्कारꣳ मुहुर् जल्पन् महार्णवम् । पुरीꣳ चालोचयन् प्रोक्तः श्रीमत्-सङ्कर्षणेन सः

ity evaṁ sa-camatkāraṁ muhur jalpan mahārṇavam | purīṁ cālocayan proktaḥ śrīmat-saṅkarṣaṇena saḥ

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Translation

In this way, as Śrī Kṛṣṇa began to talk incoherently out of wonder and repeatedly look upon Dvārakā-purī and the ocean, then Śrī Saṅkarṣana (Śrī Baladeva) spoke.

1.7.56-57

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श्री-बलदेव उवाच— आत्मानम् अनुसन्धेहि वैकुण्ठेश्वर मत्-प्रभो । अवतीर्णो’सि भू-भार- हाराय ज्ञापितो’मरैः दुष्टान् सꣳहर तच्-छिष्टान् परिपालय सम्प्रति । यज्ञꣳ पैतृ-स्वसेयस्य धर्म-राजस्य सन्तनु

śrī-baladeva uvāca— ātmānam anusandhehi vaikuṇṭheśvara mat-prabho | avatīrṇo’si bhū-bhāra- hārāya jñāpito’maraiḥ duṣṭān saṁhara tac-chiṣṭān paripālaya samprati | yajñaṁ paitṛ-svaseyasya dharma-rājasya santanu

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Translation

Śrī Baladeva said: O Lord Vaikuṇṭheśvara, know this about Yourself. Your advent on this earthly abode is to remove its burden on the request of the demigods. Therefore, destroy the wicked and protect the gentle populace at once, as well as enhance the sacrifice of Your paternal aunt’s son, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira.

1.7.58

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प्रतिष्ठितस् त्वयैवासौ चक्रवर्ती युधिष्ठिरः । अनुशाल्वादि-दुष्टानाꣳ बिभेति वर-विक्रमात्

pratiṣṭhitas tvayaivāsau cakravartī yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | anuśālvādi-duṣṭānāṁ bibheti vara-vikramāt

English translation

Translation

You established Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira in the post of a cakravartī rājā, emperor of the entire world. However, right now he is dismayed to see the power and strength of wicked personalities like Anuśālva and so on.

1.7.59

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तत् तत्र गत्वा तन् हन्तुम् यतस्व यदुभिः सह । तवैव वैरतस् ते हि तावकान् पीडयन्ति तान्

tat tatra gatvā tan hantum yatasva yadubhiḥ saha | tavaiva vairatas te hi tāvakān pīḍayanti tān

English translation

Translation

Therefore, please go there now with the support of the Yādavas and kill all the wicked who are against Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira. Their feeling of enmity to You is the distinct reason to trouble Your beloved Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira.

1.7.60

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— एवꣳ रसान्तरꣳ नीत्वा- नुजꣳ स्व-स्थयितुꣳ वचः । यद् उक्तꣳ बलरामेन श्रुत्वा भावान्तरꣳ गतः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— evaṁ rasāntaraṁ nītvā- nujaṁ sva-sthayituṁ vacaḥ | yad uktaṁ balarāmena śrutvā bhāvāntaraṁ gataḥ

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Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Whatever Śrī Balarāma told Śrī Kṛṣṇa to pacify Him in His present state, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mood changed into another state upon hearing it.

1.7.61

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जगाद भगवान् क्रुद्धो भ्रातः शाल्वानुजादयः । ते के वराका हन्तव्या गत्वैकेन मयाधुना

jagāda bhagavān kruddho bhrātaḥ śālvānujādayaḥ | te ke varākā hantavyā gatvaikena mayādhunā

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Translation

Bhagavān became angry and said: O Bhaiyā, who are Śālva’s younger brother and the others? They are so inconsequential; I will go alone and slay them…

1.7.62

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भवान् प्रत्येतु सत्यꣳ मे सम्प्रतिज्ञाम् इदꣳ वचः । इत्थꣳ प्रसङ्ग-सङ्गत्या मुग्ध-भावꣳ जहौ प्रभुः

bhavān pratyetu satyaṁ me sampratijñām idaṁ vacaḥ | itthaṁ prasaṅga-saṅgatyā mugdha-bhāvaṁ jahau prabhuḥ

English translation

Translation

“You should have full faith in the genuineness of My promise.” In this way, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa gradually, through the sequence of these incidents, abandoned His divine mood of bewilderment.

1.7.63

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परितो मुहुर् आलोक्य श्रीमद्-द्वारवतीश्वरम् । श्री-यादवेन्द्रम् आत्मानꣳ प्रत्यभिज्ञातवाꣳस् तदा

parito muhur ālokya śrīmad-dvāravatīśvaram | śrī-yādavendram ātmānaṁ pratyabhijñātavāṁs tadā

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Translation

Again, Śrī Kṛṣṇa looked around everywhere, and thus He saw Himself as the master of Dvārakā and the Supreme King of the Yādavas.

1.7.64

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प्रसादाभ्यन्तरे सुप्तꣳ सस्माराथ करे स्थितम् । वꣳशीꣳ स्वस्याग्रजस्यापि वन्य-वेषꣳ च दृष्टवान्

prasādābhyantare suptaṁ sasmārātha kare sthitam | vaṁśīṁ svasyāgrajasyāpi vanya-veṣaṁ ca dṛṣṭavān

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Translation

He also recalled that He was sleeping within the interior compound of the royal palace. However, afterwards, He saw the flute in His hand and the forest garb of Śrī Balarāma.

1.7.65

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पुर्या बहिः प्रयानेन गो-पालनम् अवेक्ष्य च । विस्मयꣳ सꣳशयꣳ चाप्तो जहास हृदि भावयन्

puryā bahiḥ prayānena go-pālanam avekṣya ca | vismayaṁ saṁśayaṁ cāpto jahāsa hṛdi bhāvayan

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Translation

He also saw that He was grazing the cows on the outside boundary of the city of Dvārakā on the shore of the ocean. In this way, while meditating on the matter at hand, He became astonished and began doubtfully smiling.

1.7.66

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ततो हलधरः स्मित्वा तदीय-हृदयाङ्गमः । सर्वꣳ ब्रह्म-कृतꣳ तस्या- कथयत् तत् स-हेतुकम्

tato haladharaḥ smitvā tadīya-hṛdayāṅgamaḥ | sarvaṁ brahma-kṛtaṁ tasyā- kathayat tat sa-hetukam

English translation

Translation

Seeing Śrī Kṛṣṇa laugh softly, Śrī Haladhara understood His heart and smiled. Then Śrī Haladhara began to reveal the entire event originated by Śrī Brahmā.

1.7.67

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ततो ह्रीणा इव ज्येष्ठ- मुखꣳ पश्यन् स्मितꣳ श्रितः । रामेणोद्वर्त्य तत्राब्धौ स्नापितो धूलि-धुषरः

tato hrīṇā iva jyeṣṭha- mukhaṁ paśyan smitaṁ śritaḥ | rāmeṇodvartya tatrābdhau snāpito dhūli-dhuṣaraḥ

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Translation

Overhearing this, Śrī Kṛṣṇa glanced at the face of His elder brother as if slightly ashamed and began to laugh softly. Afterwards Śrī Baladeva said nothing more, but wiped the dust off Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s bodily limbs and bathed Him in the ocean.

1.7.68

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तदानीम् एव सम्प्राप्तꣳ भगवद्-भाव-कोविदम् । आरुह्यालक्षितस् तार्क्ष्यꣳ निज-प्रासादम् आगतः

tadānīm eva samprāptaṁ bhagavad-bhāva-kovidam | āruhyālakṣitas tārkṣyaṁ nija-prāsādam āgataḥ

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Translation

At this moment Śrī Garuḍa, who is expert in knowing the mind or moods of Bhagavān, also appeared there, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, mounting his back, arrived at His palace in an undetected way.

1.7.69

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सर्वज्ञेनोद्धवेनाथ देवकी-रुक्मिणी-मुखाः । प्रबोध्यान्तः-पुरे देव्यो भगवत्-पार्श्वम् आपिताः

sarvajñenoddhavenātha devakī-rukmiṇī-mukhāḥ | prabodhyāntaḥ-pure devyo bhagavat-pārśvam āpitāḥ

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Thereafter, all-knowing Śrī Uddhava consoled Śrī Devakī mātā and the prominent queens headed by Śrī Rukmiṇī, dispatching them to Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s side within the palace compound.

1.7.70

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माता च देवकी पुत्रम् आशिर्भिर् अभिनन्द्य तम् । भोग-सम्पादनायास्य कालाभिज्ञा द्रुतꣳ गता

mātā ca devakī putram āśirbhir abhinandya tam | bhoga-sampādanāyāsya kālābhijñā drutaṁ gatā

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Accordingly, Śrī Devakī mātā greeted Her son with wholehearted blessings, then she hastily departed to prepare a meal for Him.

1.7.71

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स्तम्भाद्य्-अन्तरिताः सत्यो देव्यो’तिष्ठन् प्रभु-प्रियाः । सत्यभामा न तत्रागत् ताꣳ कृष्णो’पृच्छद् उद्धवम्

stambhādy-antaritāḥ satyo devyo’tiṣṭhan prabhu-priyāḥ | satyabhāmā na tatrāgat tāṁ kṛṣṇo’pṛcchad uddhavam

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The beloved mahiṣīs of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, such as Śrī Rukmiṇī and the other queens, hid behind pillars and columns right from the very beginning. Only Śrī Satyabhāmā had not come to this place; therefore, Śrī Kṛṣṇa inquired from Śrī Uddhava about her.

1.7.72-73

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श्री-हरि-दास उवाच— वृन्दावने यदा जातो विजयो रैवतार्चिते । प्रभोस् तदातनꣳ भावम् अबुध-भ्रमकꣳ परम् कम् अप्य् आलोक्य देवीभिः सह तत्रैव दूरतः । स्थिता निलीय दुर्बुद्धिर् ऊचे पद्मवती खला

śrī-hari-dāsa uvāca— vṛndāvane yadā jāto vijayo raivatārcite | prabhos tadātanaṁ bhāvam abudha-bhramakaṁ param kam apy ālokya devībhiḥ saha tatraiva dūrataḥ | sthitā nilīya durbuddhir ūce padmavatī khalā

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Śrī Haridāsa (Uddhava) said: O Prabhu, when you entered Nava-vṛndāvana in the midst of the Raivataka Mountain, at that time the mother of Kaṁsā, wicked Padmāvatī, was also standing along with the mahiṣīs, far away from that place and unnoticeable. She wanted to see the variegated sentiments and ecstasies that bewilder the ignorant people. That foolish Padmā, after seeing those unprecedented ecstasies, began to speak to the mahiṣīs.

1.7.74-75

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देवक्य् अरे पुण्य-हीने रे रे रुक्मिणि दुर्भगे । सत्यभामे’वरे हन्त जाम्बवत्य्-आदयो’वराः पश्यतेदम् इतो’र्वक् स्वꣳ अभिमानꣳ विमुञ्चत । अभिरीणाꣳ हि दास्याय तपस्यꣳ कुरुतोत्तमम्

devaky are puṇya-hīne re re rukmiṇi durbhage | satyabhāme’vare hanta jāmbavaty-ādayo’varāḥ paśyatedam ito’rvak svaṁ abhimānaṁ vimuñcata | abhirīṇāṁ hi dāsyāya tapasyaṁ kurutottamam

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Impertinent Devakī! Unlucky Rukmiṇī! O poor Satyabhāmā! Alas, O fallen queens led by Jāmbavatī! Can you not see these pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa? Give up your ego now and try to do intense austerities to become maidservants of the ābhīrīs.

1.7.76

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तद्-दुर्वाचो निशाम्यादाउ देवक्योक्तम् अभिज्ञया । समस्त-जगद्-आधार- भवद्-आधार-भूतया

tad-durvāco niśāmyādāu devakyoktam abhijñayā | samasta-jagad-ādhāra- bhavad-ādhāra-bhūtayā

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The wise and most judicious mother Devakī, the support of the entire world and the bearer of even Yourself, spoke after hearing these cruel words of Padmāvatī.

1.7.77-78

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आश्चर्यम् अत्र किꣳ मूर्खे पूर्व-जन्मनि यत् तपः । समꣳ श्री-वसुदेवेन मयाकारि सुताय तत् अतो’यम् अवयोः प्राप्तः पुत्रताꣳ वरदेश्वरः । तस्मिन् नन्द-यशोदाभ्याꣳ भक्तिः सम्प्रार्थिता विधिम्

āścaryam atra kiṁ mūrkhe pūrva-janmani yat tapaḥ | samaṁ śrī-vasudevena mayākāri sutāya tat ato’yam avayoḥ prāptaḥ putratāṁ varadeśvaraḥ | tasmin nanda-yaśodābhyāṁ bhaktiḥ samprārthitā vidhim

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Foolish woman, what wonder is this? I performed tapasyā with Śrī Vasudeva in my past life to obtain Śrī Kṛṣṇa as my son and as a result, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the highest bestower of benedictions, agreed to become our son. However, Śrī Nanda and Śrī Yaśodā prayed only to Śrī Brahmā for devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

1.7.79

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तस्यैतद्-भक्त-वर्यस्य तादृशेन वरेण तौ । अवाभ्याम् अपि माहात्म्यꣳ प्राप्तौ स-परिवारकौ

tasyaitad-bhakta-varyasya tādṛśena vareṇa tau | avābhyām api māhātmyaṁ prāptau sa-parivārakau

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Therefore, by a boon of Brahmā, Śrī Nanda and Śrī Yaśodā received bhakti, because Śrī Brahmā is a great devotee of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. So, by the influence of that devotional service, Śrī Nanda and Śrī Yaśodā have become more glorious within the entire family.

1.7.80

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ताभ्याꣳ स्नेह-भरेणास्य पालनꣳ तत्-तद्-ईहितम् । अतो’स्यैतादृशो भावस् तयोर् युक्तो हि मे प्रियः

tābhyāṁ sneha-bhareṇāsya pālanaṁ tat-tad-īhitam | ato’syaitādṛśo bhāvas tayor yukto hi me priyaḥ

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Just as Śrī Nanda and Śrī Yaśodā affectionately raised Śrī Kṛṣṇa, that particular affectionate mood of Śrī Kṛṣṇā towards them is certainly mutual. I also love their sentiment.

1.7.81

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अथ श्री-रुक्मिणी-देवी स-हर्षम् इदम् अब्रवीत् । यद्-वाक्य-श्रवणात् सर्व- भक्तानाꣳ प्रेम वर्धते

atha śrī-rukmiṇī-devī sa-harṣam idam abravīt | yad-vākya-śravaṇāt sarva- bhaktānāṁ prema vardhate

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Afterwards, Śrī Rukmiṇī-devī happily spoke some words. The love of all the devotees towards Bhagavān will increase on hearing those words.

1.7.82

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या भर्तृ-पुत्रादि विहाय सर्वꣳ लोक-द्वयार्थान् अनपेक्षमानः । रसादिभिस् तादृश-विभ्रमैस् तद्- रीत्याभजꣳस् तत्र तम् एनम् आर्ताः

yā bhartṛ-putrādi vihāya sarvaṁ loka-dvayārthān anapekṣamānaḥ | rasādibhis tādṛśa-vibhramais tad- rītyābhajaṁs tatra tam enam ārtāḥ

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Śrī Rukmiṇī spoke as follows: These gopīs abandoned all ways and means of achieving mundane pleasures and those related to the next world, renouncing such relatives as husband and sons, serving Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the most confidential manner, overwhelmed by prema, although ensuing pleasant sports such as the rāsa-līlā in Śrī Vṛndāvana.

1.7.83

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अतो हि या नो बहु-साधनोत्तमैः साध्यस्य चिन्त्यस्य च भाव-योगतः । महा-प्रभोः प्रेम-विशेष-पालिभिः सत्-साधन-ध्यान-पदत्वम् आगताः

ato hi yā no bahu-sādhanottamaiḥ sādhyasya cintyasya ca bhāva-yogataḥ | mahā-prabhoḥ prema-viśeṣa-pālibhiḥ sat-sādhana-dhyāna-padatvam āgatāḥ

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So we try to obtain Śrī Kṛṣṇa by various types of superb sādhanas and by meditating upon Him by controlling our states of mind (citta-vrtti) through various ways. However, the gopīs obtained that selfsame Śrī Kṛṣṇa by their special prema, thus the excellent sādhana of the gopīs is our topmost goal.

1.7.84

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तास्व् एतस्य हि धर्म-कर्म-सुत-पौत्रागार-कृतादिषु व्यग्रभ्यो’स्मद् अथादरैः पतितया सेवा-करिभ्यो’धिकः । युक्तो भाव-वरो न मत्सर-पदꣳ चोद्वाह-भाग्भ्यो भवेत् सꣳस्लाघ्यो’थ च मत्-प्रभोः प्रिय-जनाधीनत्व-माहात्म्य-कृत्

tāsv etasya hi dharma-karma-suta-pautrāgāra-kṛtādiṣu vyagrabhyo’smad athādaraiḥ patitayā sevā-karibhyo’dhikaḥ | yukto bhāva-varo na matsara-padaṁ codvāha-bhāgbhyo bhavet saṁslāghyo’tha ca mat-prabhoḥ priya-janādhīnatva-māhātmya-kṛt

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It is befitting that Śrī Kṛṣṇa displays more love towards the gopīs than to us, because we are the married wives of our lord and master, and are always engaged in religious rites, fruitive acts like begetting sons and grandsons, performing household affairs and so forth. Moreover, we serve our Lord out of reverential respect towards a husband. However, the gopīs serve the Lord with a pure heart without any desires for previously mentioned piety or fruitive acts.

Therefore, it is reasonable that Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s sentiments for the gopīs must be greater and superior to ours. Still, this sentiment of the gopīs is not the object of our envy; rather, it is worthy of our glorification, because only such sentiment is dear to our Lord. It proves the glories of the Lord, concerning His acceptance of the subjugation by His beloved devotees.

1.7.85

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ततो’न्याभिश् च देवीभिर् एतद् एवानुमोदितम् । सात्राजिती परꣳ मान- गेहꣳ तद् असहाविशत्

tato’nyābhiś ca devībhir etad evānumoditam | sātrājitī paraṁ māna- gehaṁ tad asahāviśat

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Later on, other queens such as Śrī Jāmbavatī also gave approval of the words of Śrī Rukmiṇī-devī. Nevertheless, the daughter of Satrājit, Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī, being unable to tolerate this, went off to her quarters of jealous anger (māna-gṛha).

1.7.86

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— श्रीमद्-गोपीजन-प्राण- नाथः स-क्रोधम् आदिशत् । ससमादीयताम् अत्र मूर्ख-राज-सुता द्रुतम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— śrīmad-gopījana-prāṇa- nāthaḥ sa-krodham ādiśat | sasamādīyatām atra mūrkha-rāja-sutā drutam

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Hearing the words of Śrī Uddhava, the blessed Lord and life of the gopīs angrily demanded to quickly bring the daughter of that most foolish Satrājit, Satyabhāmā, there.

1.7.87-88

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श्रेष्ठा विदग्धास्व् अभिमान-सेवा- चातुर्यतो नन्दयितुꣳ प्रवृत्ता । गोपाल-नारी-रति-लम्पटꣳ तꣳ भर्तारम् अत्यन्त-विदग्ध-तत्यम् दासीभ्यस् तादृशीम् आज्ञाꣳ तस्याकर्ण्य विचक्षणा । उत्थाय मर्जयन्त्य् अङ्गꣳ त्वरया तत्र सा गता

śreṣṭhā vidagdhāsv abhimāna-sevā- cāturyato nandayituṁ pravṛttā | gopāla-nārī-rati-lampaṭaṁ taṁ bhartāram atyanta-vidagdha-tatyam dāsībhyas tādṛśīm ājñāṁ tasyākarṇya vicakṣaṇā | utthāya marjayanty aṅgaṁ tvarayā tatra sā gatā

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Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī was the most expert of artistic, beautiful women, so she began to please her husband, the crest-jewel of expert, witty persons who ardently desire amorous sports with the gopīs, by cunningly displaying her wrath in the name of service. Nevertheless, when she heard the order of Śrī Kṛṣṇa from the lips of the maidservants, she gave up her earthen bed (bhūmi-sāyyā), cleansed her body, and quickly approached her Lord.

1.7.89

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स्तम्भे’न्तर्धाप्य देहꣳ स्वꣳ स्थिता लज्जा-भयान्विता । सꣳलक्ष्य प्रभुना प्रोक्ता सम्रम्भावेषतः स्फुटम्

stambhe’ntardhāpya dehaṁ svaṁ sthitā lajjā-bhayānvitā | saṁlakṣya prabhunā proktā samrambhāveṣataḥ sphuṭam

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She became ashamed by becoming sulky untimely and fearful due to the anger of Bhagavān. Therefore, she hid herself behind a pillar; however, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, sensing her arrival from such things as the fragrance of her body, began to speak frankly with anger.

1.7.90-91

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— अरे सात्राजिति क्षिण- चित्ते मानो यथा त्वया । क्रियते रुक्मिणी-प्राप्त- पारिजतादि-हेतुकः तथा व्रज-जनेष्व् अस्मिन् निर्भर-प्रणयाद् अपि । अवरे किꣳ न जानासि माꣳ तद्-इच्छानुसारिणम्

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— are sātrājiti kṣiṇa- citte māno yathā tvayā | kriyate rukmiṇī-prāpta- pārijatādi-hetukaḥ tathā vraja-janeṣv asmin nirbhara-praṇayād api | avare kiṁ na jānāsi māṁ tad-icchānusāriṇam

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Śrī Bhagavān said: O feeble-minded Sātrājitī (daughter of Satrājit), you exhibited sulky anger in the past when Rukmiṇī received the Pārijāta flower! Today, are you also displaying that same māna upon seeing our topmost prema towards the vraja-vāsis? O shallow woman, I am subordinate to the desires of the vraja-vāsīs! Are you not aware of this?

1.7.92

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कृते सर्व-परित्यागे तैर् भद्रꣳ यदि मान्यते । शपे ते’स्मिन् क्षणे सत्यꣳ तथैव क्रियते मया

kṛte sarva-parityāge tair bhadraṁ yadi mānyate | śape te’smin kṣaṇe satyaṁ tathaiva kriyate mayā

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If the Vraja-vāsīs thought their good fortune would come by My abandoning all of you, then I swear that I would do it at this very moment.

1.7.93

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स्तुवता ब्रह्मणोक्तꣳ यद् वृद्ध-वाक्यꣳ न तन् मृशा । तेषाꣳ प्रत्युपकारे’हम् अशक्तो’तो महा-ऋणी

stuvatā brahmaṇoktaṁ yad vṛddha-vākyaṁ na tan mṛśā | teṣāṁ pratyupakāre’ham aśakto’to mahā-ṛṇī

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What Śrī Brahmā said while offering prayers cannot be a falsehood. His words are authoritative. Truthfully, I can never repay the goodwill of the vraja-vāsīs; I am a great debtor to them.

1.7.94

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यदि च प्रीतये तेषाꣳ तत्र यामि वसामि च । तथापि किम् अपि स्वस्थ्यꣳ भाव्यꣳ नालोचयाम्य् अहम्

yadi ca prītaye teṣāṁ tatra yāmi vasāmi ca | tathāpi kim api svasthyaṁ bhāvyaṁ nālocayāmy aham

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Even if I went and resided in Vraja out of love for them, it still would not be to their welfare or satisfaction.

1.7.95

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मद्-ईक्षणाद् एव विगाढ-भावो- दयेन लब्ध्वा विकला विमोहम् । न दैहिकꣳ किञ्चन ते न देहꣳ विदुर् न चात्मानम् अहो किम् अन्यत्

mad-īkṣaṇād eva vigāḍha-bhāvo- dayena labdhvā vikalā vimoham | na daihikaṁ kiñcana te na dehaṁ vidur na cātmānam aho kim anyat

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Simply by My darśana, they became helpless and bewildered due to the upheaval of deep feelings within them, and thus forgot all about gross body necessities. Moreover, they could not even recognize their own selves in that state, what to speak of any other matters.

1.7.96

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दृष्टे’पि शाम्येन् मयि तन् न दुःखꣳ विच्छेद-चिन्ताकुलितात्मनाꣳ वै । हर्षाय तेषाꣳ क्रियते विधिर् यो दुःखꣳ न सद्यो द्वि-गुणी-करोति

dṛṣṭe’pi śāmyen mayi tan na duḥkhaṁ viccheda-cintākulitātmanāṁ vai | harṣāya teṣāṁ kriyate vidhir yo duḥkhaṁ na sadyo dvi-guṇī-karoti

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Therefore, in spite of seeing me, their distress of separation can never go away. Even if I perform sweet, playful pastimes with them for their pleasure, still they would become anxious of impending separation. Such enjoyable pastimes only double their distress.

1.7.97

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अदृश्यमाने च मयि प्रदीप्त- वियोग-वह्नेर् विकलाः कदाचित् । मृता इवोन्माद-हताः कदाचिद् विचित्र-भावꣳ मधुरꣳ भजन्ते

adṛśyamāne ca mayi pradīpta- viyoga-vahner vikalāḥ kadācit | mṛtā ivonmāda-hatāḥ kadācid vicitra-bhāvaṁ madhuraṁ bhajante

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Not having My darśana, sometimes they become restless by the blazing fire of separation. Sometimes they become almost lifeless

and take refuge of the many sweet moods of multifaceted, maddened states.

1.7.98

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तमिस्र-पुञ्जादि यद् एव किञ्चिन् मदीय-वर्णोपमम् ईक्ष्यते तैः । स-चुम्बनः तत् परिरभ्यते मद्- धिया परꣳ तत् क्व नु वर्णनीयम्

tamisra-puñjādi yad eva kiñcin madīya-varṇopamam īkṣyate taiḥ | sa-cumbanaḥ tat parirabhyate mad- dhiyā paraṁ tat kva nu varṇanīyam

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Upon seeing a mass of dense dark clouds as well as a Tamāla tree, or anything resembling my bodily complexion of syāma, the vraja- vāsīs caress and embrace it, considering them my actual form. To whom can I relate all of this?

1.7.99

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अत एव मया स्वस्य स्थितिम् अप्य् अस्थितेः समम् । दृष्ट्वा न गम्यते तत्र शृण्व् अर्थꣳ युष्माद् उद्वहे

ata eva mayā svasya sthitim apy asthiteḥ samam | dṛṣṭvā na gamyate tatra śṛṇv arthaṁ yuṣmād udvahe

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Therefore, I do not go to Vraja, considering it the same whether I reside or do not reside there. Nevertheless, I have married all of you. I am explaining the reason for doing so—please listen.

1.7.100

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तासाम् अभावे पूर्वꣳ मे वसतो मथुरा-पुरे । विवाह-करणे काचिद् इच्छाप्य् आसीन् न मानिनि

tāsām abhāve pūrvaṁ me vasato mathurā-pure | vivāha-karaṇe kācid icchāpy āsīn na mānini

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Translation

O Proud and haughty woman, while separated from the gopīs, I was staying in Mathurā. While there, I had no desire whatsoever to marry.

1.7.101-102

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मदनाप्त्या तु रुक्मिण्या वञ्छन्त्याः प्राण-मोचनम् । श्रुत्वास्या विप्र-वदनाद् आर्ति-विज्ञाप्ति-पात्रिकम् महा-दुष्ट-नृप-श्रेणि- दर्प-सꣳहरता मया । पाणिर् गृहीतः सङ्ग्रामे हृत्वा राज्ञाꣳ प्रापश्यताम्

madanāptyā tu rukmiṇyā vañchantyāḥ prāṇa-mocanam | śrutvāsyā vipra-vadanād ārti-vijñāpti-pātrikam mahā-duṣṭa-nṛpa-śreṇi- darpa-saṁharatā mayā | pāṇir gṛhītaḥ saṅgrāme hṛtvā rājñāṁ prāpaśyatām

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Śrī Rukmiṇī-devī had taken a vow to give up her life if she did not get Me; therefore, she sent me news via a letter of distress. After hearing the news from the lips of the brāhmaṇa who brought the letter, I smashed the false pride of those wicked kings, abducted Śrī Rukmiṇī right in front of those besieged kings and accepted her hand in marriage.

1.7.103

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अस्याः सन्दर्शनात् तासाम् आधिक्येन स्मृतेर् भवात् । महा-शोकार्ति-जनकात् परमाकुलताम् अगात्

asyāḥ sandarśanāt tāsām ādhikyena smṛter bhavāt | mahā-śokārti-janakāt paramākulatām agāt

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Nevertheless, by directly seeing Śrī Rukmiṇī, My remembrance of the gopīs increased even more and by that recollection, filled with great sorrow and pain, I became exceedingly agitated.

1.7.104-106

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षोडशानाꣳ सहस्राणाꣳ स-शतानाꣳ मद्-आप्तये । कृत-कात्यायनी-पूजा- व्रतानाꣳ गोप-योषिताम् निदर्शनाद् इव स्वीयꣳ किञ्चित् स्वस्थयितुꣳ मनः । तवत्य एव यूयꣳ वै मयात्रैत विवाहितः अहो भामिनि जानीहि तत् तन् मम महा-सुखम् । महिमापि स माꣳ हित्वा तस्थौ तत्रोचितास्पदे

ṣoḍaśānāṁ sahasrāṇāṁ sa-śatānāṁ mad-āptaye | kṛta-kātyāyanī-pūjā- vratānāṁ gopa-yoṣitām nidarśanād iva svīyaṁ kiñcit svasthayituṁ manaḥ | tavatya eva yūyaṁ vai mayātraita vivāhitaḥ aho bhāmini jānīhi tat tan mama mahā-sukham | mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā tasthau tatrocitāspade

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I noticed all of you here who were eager to obtain Me and who performed the Kātyāyanī-vrata similar to those sixteen thousand, one hundred cowherd girls, therefore I married all of you simply to pacify My mind somewhat by your darśana. Alas, impassioned lady, surely you should understand that all those divine pleasures and glories of Mine have forsakened Me, left behind in Vraja, that place alone being actually fit for those pleasures and glories.

1.7.107

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अहो भामिनि जानीहि तत् तन् मम महा-सुखम् । महिमापि स माꣳ हित्वा तस्थौ तत्रोचितास्पदम् ॥१०६ । चित्रातिचित्रै रुचिरैर् विहारैर् आनन्द-पाथोधित-रङ्ग-मग्नः । नाज्ञासिषाꣳ रात्रि-दिनानि तानि तत्-तन्-महा-मोहन-लोक-सङ्गात्

aho bhāmini jānīhi tat tan mama mahā-sukham | mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā tasthau tatrocitāspadam ||106 | citrāticitrai rucirair vihārair ānanda-pāthodhita-raṅga-magnaḥ | nājñāsiṣāṁ rātri-dināni tāni tat-tan-mahā-mohana-loka-saṅgāt

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Translation

I could not tell whether it was day or night while immersed in the waves of that blissful ocean of charming, variegated pastimes with those most enchanting residents of Vraja.

1.7.108

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बाल्य-क्रीडा-कौतुकेनैव ते ते दैत्य-श्रेष्ठा मारिताः कालियो’पि । दुष्टो निर्दम्याशु निःसरितो’सौ पाणौ सव्ये’धरी गोवर्धनः सः

bālya-krīḍā-kautukenaiva te te daitya-śreṣṭhā māritāḥ kāliyo’pi | duṣṭo nirdamyāśu niḥsarito’sau pāṇau savye’dharī govardhanaḥ saḥ

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I killed many big demons in Vraja in playful childhood pastimes. I sent Kāliya far away from Vraja after subduing him and lifted Girirāja Govardhana by the left hand.

1.7.109

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तादृक् सन्तोषार्णवे’हꣳ निमग्नो येन स्तोत्रꣳ कुर्वताꣳ वन्दनꣳ च । ब्रह्मादीनाꣳ भाषणे दर्शने च मन्वानो’घꣳ व्यस्मरꣳ देव-कृत्यम्

tādṛk santoṣārṇave’haṁ nimagno yena stotraṁ kurvatāṁ vandanaṁ ca | brahmādīnāṁ bhāṣaṇe darśane ca manvāno’ghaṁ vyasmaraṁ deva-kṛtyam

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While immersed in such an ocean of ecstasy in Vraja, though Brahmā and other demigods offered prayers and glorifications to Me, I neglected all duties to the demigods, considering even their sight and conversation with them bothersome.

1.7.110

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रुपेण वेषेण रवामृतेन वꣳस्याश् च पूर्वानुदितेन विश्वम् । सम्मोहितꣳ प्रेम-भरेण कृत्स्नꣳ तिष्ठन्तु दूरे व्रज-वासिनस् ते

rupeṇa veṣeṇa ravāmṛtena vaṁsyāś ca pūrvānuditena viśvam | sammohitaṁ prema-bhareṇa kṛtsnaṁ tiṣṭhantu dūre vraja-vāsinas te

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Translation

What to speak of the vraja-vāsīs, I captivated the entire creation of moving and non-moving living entities at that time with prema by My extraordinary beauty, elegant attire and nectarean sound of the flute.

1.7.111-112

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आकाश-याना विधि-रुद्र-शक्राः सिद्धाः शशि देव-गणास् तथान्ये । गावो वृशा वत्स-गणा मृगाश् च व्र्क्षाः खगा गुल्म-लतास् तृणानि नद्यो’थ मेघाः सचराः स्थिराश् च स-चेतनाचेतनकाः प्रापञ्चाः । प्रेम-प्रवाहोत्थ-विकार-रुद्धाः स्व-स्व-स्वभावात् परिवृत्तिम् आपुः

ākāśa-yānā vidhi-rudra-śakrāḥ siddhāḥ śaśi deva-gaṇās tathānye | gāvo vṛśā vatsa-gaṇā mṛgāś ca vrkṣāḥ khagā gulma-latās tṛṇāni nadyo’tha meghāḥ sacarāḥ sthirāś ca sa-cetanācetanakāḥ prāpañcāḥ | prema-pravāhottha-vikāra-ruddhāḥ sva-sva-svabhāvāt parivṛttim āpuḥ

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Brahmā, Rudra, Indra, Candra and all demigods, the Siddhas and others situated in their aerial transports, as well as cows, bulls, calves, deer, all the trees, birds, grass, shrub and creepers, rivers, clouds, movable and immovable, conscious and unconscious— the entire universe—filled up with flowing prema and ecstatic transformations, and began performing activities contrary to their respective natures.

1.7.113

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एतत् सत्यम् असत्यꣳ वा कालिन्दी पृच्छ्यताम् इयम् । य तद् व्रज-जन-स्वैर- विहारानन्द-साक्षिणी

etat satyam asatyaṁ vā kālindī pṛcchyatām iyam | ya tad vraja-jana-svaira- vihārānanda-sākṣiṇī

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Translation

Please ask this Kālindī whether all this is true or not, because this very Kālindī is the witness of My spontaneous pastimes with the vraja-vāsīs. She has seen everything directly.

1.7.114

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अधुना तु स एवाहꣳ स्व-ज्ञातीन् यादवान् अपि । नेतुꣳ नार्हामि तꣳ भावꣳ नर्म-क्रीडा-कुतूहलैः

adhunā tu sa evāhaṁ sva-jñātīn yādavān api | netuṁ nārhāmi taṁ bhāvaṁ narma-krīḍā-kutūhalaiḥ

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Translation

Nevertheless, I cannot obtain that ecstasy at this time, despite engaging in playful sports and pastimes with the Yādavas who are My relatives.

1.7.115

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दुष्करꣳ मे बभूवात्र त्वादृशꣳ मान-भञ्जनम् । अतो’त्र मुरली त्यक्ता लज्जयैव मया प्रिया

duṣkaraṁ me babhūvātra tvādṛśaṁ māna-bhañjanam | ato’tra muralī tyaktā lajjayaiva mayā priyā

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Translation

O Satyabhāmā, you became so full of sulky pride that it became difficult for Me even to break the jealous anger of queens like your­ self, so at this time and place I shamefully abandoned My dear flute.

1.7.116

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अहो बत मया तत्र कृतꣳ यादृक् स्थितꣳ यथा । तद् अस्तु किल दूरे’त्र निर्वक्तुꣳ च न शक्यते

aho bata mayā tatra kṛtaṁ yādṛk sthitaṁ yathā | tad astu kila dūre’tra nirvaktuṁ ca na śakyate

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Translation

Alas, this is a matter of great distress! What to speak of enacting the pastimes I performed in Vraja, I am even unable to describe them.

1.7.117

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एकः स मे तद्-व्रज-लोकवत् प्रियस् तादृङ्-महा-प्रेम-भर-प्रभावतः । वक्ष्यत्य् अदः किञ्चन बादरायनिर् मज्-जीविते शिष्य-वरे स्व-सन्निभे

ekaḥ sa me tad-vraja-lokavat priyas tādṛṅ-mahā-prema-bhara-prabhāvataḥ | vakṣyaty adaḥ kiñcana bādarāyanir maj-jīvite śiṣya-vare sva-sannibhe

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Only Śrī Śukadeva is as dear to me as the vraja-vāsīs, because only he has such magnificent prema as them. By the power of his great love, he shall narrate a little of those pastimes in Vraja to his beloved disciple Parīkṣit, who is just as admirable (as Śrī Śukadeva) and who I protected.

1.7.118-119

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— एतादृशꣳ तद् व्रज-भाग्य-वैभवꣳ सम्रम्भतः कीर्तयतो महा-प्रभोः । पुनस् तथा भाव-निवेश-शङ्कया ताः प्रेरिता मन्त्रि-वरेण सꣳज्ञया सर्वा महिष्यः सह सत्यभामया भैष्मादयो द्राग् अभिसृत्य मधुभिः । पादौ गृहीत्वा रुदितार्द्र-काकुभिः सꣳस्तुत्य भर्तारम् अशीषमꣳश् छनैः

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— etādṛśaṁ tad vraja-bhāgya-vaibhavaṁ samrambhataḥ kīrtayato mahā-prabhoḥ | punas tathā bhāva-niveśa-śaṅkayā tāḥ preritā mantri-vareṇa saṁjñayā sarvā mahiṣyaḥ saha satyabhāmayā bhaiṣmādayo drāg abhisṛtya madhubhiḥ | pādau gṛhītvā ruditārdra-kākubhiḥ saṁstutya bhartāram aśīṣamaṁś chanaiḥ

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Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Fearing that Śrī Kṛṣṇa may again become absorbed in ecstasy while passionately glorifying the majesty of Vraja, prime minister Śrī Uddhava sent the queens in front of the Lord to stop Him from speaking such topics.

All the queens, such as Satyabhāmā and Rukmiṇī, surrounded their husband and began to bow at His feet. Offering their prayers with pathetic cries, they finally became pacified.

1.7.120

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भोजनार्थꣳ च तेनैव देवकी रोहिणी तथा । अन्न-पानादि-सहिते तत्र शीघ्रꣳ प्रवेषिते

bhojanārthaṁ ca tenaiva devakī rohiṇī tathā | anna-pānādi-sahite tatra śīghraṁ praveṣite

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Translation

Thereafter, in order to feed Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Uddhava hurried Śrī Devakī-mātā and Śrī Rohiṇī-devī to enter with food, drinks and other articles.

1.7.121

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बलरामꣳ कृत-स्नानꣳ प्रवेश्य कृतिना तदा । द्वारान्ते नारदस् तिष्ठेद् इति विज्ञापितो विभुः

balarāmaṁ kṛta-snānaṁ praveśya kṛtinā tadā | dvārānte nāradas tiṣṭhed iti vijñāpito vibhuḥ

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Translation

After this, the highly clever minister Śrī Uddhava got Śrī Baladeva, who had freshly bathed, to enter there to convey the news of Śrī Nārada’s arrival to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

1.7.122

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सर्वान्तरात्म-दृक् प्राह स-स्मितꣳ नन्द-नन्दनः । अद्य केन निरुद्धो’सौ यन् नायात्य् अत्र पूर्ववत्

sarvāntarātma-dṛk prāha sa-smitaṁ nanda-nandanaḥ | adya kena niruddho’sau yan nāyāty atra pūrvavat

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Translation

Hearing all this, Śrī Nanda-nandana, who is the Supersoul in everyone’s hearts, smilingly spoke, “Why does Śrī Nārada not come as before? Today, who has stopped him from coming here?”

1.7.123

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प्रत्युवाचोद्धवः स्मित्वा प्रभो भीत्यापि लज्जया । ततो ब्रह्मण्य-देवेन स्वयम् उक्तः प्रवेश्य सः

pratyuvācoddhavaḥ smitvā prabho bhītyāpi lajjayā | tato brahmaṇya-devena svayam uktaḥ praveśya saḥ

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Translation

Śrī Uddhava smiled and replied: “O Lord, his own shame and fear prevented him.” Then brahmaṇya-deva, the Lord who favors the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Kṛṣṇa got up, brought Śrī Nārada into the house and spoke.

1.7.124

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— मत्-प्रीत्य्-उत्पादन-व्यग्र श्री-नारद-सुहृत्तम । हितम् एवाकृतत्यन्तꣳ भवान् मे रसिकोत्तम

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra śrī-nārada-suhṛttama | hitam evākṛtatyantaṁ bhavān me rasikottama

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Translation

Śrī Bhagavān said: O dear friend, Śrī Nārada, you are always intent upon pleasing Me. Therefore, O best among the rasika bhaktas, you have greatly favored me.

1.7.125

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प्राग् यद्यपि प्रेम-कृतात् प्रियाणाꣳ विच्छेद-दावानल-वेगतो’न्तः । सन्ताप-जातेन दुरन्त-शोक- वेशेण गाढꣳ भवतीव दुःखम्

prāg yadyapi prema-kṛtāt priyāṇāṁ viccheda-dāvānala-vegato’ntaḥ | santāpa-jātena duranta-śoka- veśeṇa gāḍhaṁ bhavatīva duḥkham

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Translation

Though initially, an intense anguish arises in the heart from the blazing fire of separation from the beloved devotees, an endless sadness appears from that, and because of that sadness, the heart seems even more deeply distressed.

1.7.126

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तथापि सम्भोग-सुखाद् अपि स्तुतः स को’पि निर्वच्यतमो मनोरमः । प्रेमोद-राशिः परिणामतो ध्रुवꣳ तत्र स्फुरेत् तद् रसिकैक-वेद्यः

tathāpi sambhoga-sukhād api stutaḥ sa ko’pi nirvacyatamo manoramaḥ | premoda-rāśiḥ pariṇāmato dhruvaṁ tatra sphuret tad rasikaika-vedyaḥ

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Translation

Nevertheless, the effect of that sorrow of separation is far more praiseworthy than the happiness of meeting, because one experiences an indescribable impression of charming bliss.

1.7.127

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तच्-छोक-दुःखोपरमस्य पश्चाच् चित्तꣳ यतः पूर्णतया प्रसन्नम् । सम्प्राप्त-सम्भोग-महा-सुखेन सम्पन्नवत् तिष्ठति सर्वदैव

tac-choka-duḥkhoparamasya paścāc cittaṁ yataḥ pūrṇatayā prasannam | samprāpta-sambhoga-mahā-sukhena sampannavat tiṣṭhati sarvadaiva

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Translation

The reason is that the mind becomes fully blissful when distress and affliction that arise from separation calm down, so the mind becomes completely content as if it received the happiness of union.

1.7.128

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इच्छेत् पुनस् तादृशम् एव भावꣳ क्लिष्टꣳ कथञ्चित् तद्-अभावतः स्यात् । येषाꣳ न भातीति मते’पि तेषाꣳ गाढोपकारि स्मृतिदः प्रियाणाम्

icchet punas tādṛśam eva bhāvaṁ kliṣṭaṁ kathañcit tad-abhāvataḥ syāt | yeṣāṁ na bhātīti mate’pi teṣāṁ gāḍhopakāri smṛtidaḥ priyāṇām

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Translation

Therefore, the mind confounded by separation from the beloved again desires that same emotion and becomes extremely unhappy if there is a lack of that separation. Those who opine that the subject matter of separation is not tasteful also accept that it is most beneficial because it creates a remembrance of that beloved person.

1.7.129

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कथञ्चन स्मरणम् एव तेषाꣳ अवेहि तज्-जीवन-दानम् एव । तेषाꣳ यतो विस्मरणꣳ कदाचित् प्राणाधिकानाꣳ मरणाच् च निन्द्यम्

kathañcana smaraṇam eva teṣāṁ avehi taj-jīvana-dānam eva | teṣāṁ yato vismaraṇaṁ kadācit prāṇādhikānāṁ maraṇāc ca nindyam

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Translation

Somehow or other remembering one’s beloved is like the gift of life itself for loving devotees (premī bhaktas); the same as if one forgets that person who is dearer than life is even more despicable than death.

1.7.130

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न सम्भवेद् अस्मरणꣳ कदापि स्व-जीवनानाꣳ यद् अपि प्रियाणाम् । तथापि केनापि विशेषणेन स्मृतिः प्रहर्षाय यथा सुजीवितम्

na sambhaved asmaraṇaṁ kadāpi sva-jīvanānāṁ yad api priyāṇām | tathāpi kenāpi viśeṣaṇena smṛtiḥ praharṣāya yathā sujīvitam

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Translation

Although it is impossible to forget one’s beloved who is as dear as one’s own life, still somehow or other if any distinct remembrance of them comes, then it is as joyful as the gift of life itself.

1.7.131

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इत्य् एवम् उपकारो’द्य भवताकारि मे महान् । तत् ते’स्मि परम-प्रीतो निजाभिष्टान् वरान् वृणु

ity evam upakāro’dya bhavatākāri me mahān | tat te’smi parama-prīto nijābhiṣṭān varān vṛṇu

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Translation

O sage among the demigods, you have greatly benefited me, I am very pleased with you; therefore, you may ask for your desired boon.

1.7.132

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— मुनिर् जय-जयोद्घोषैः स-वीणा-गीतम् ऐडत । व्रज-क्रीडोत्थ-नामाढ्यः कीर्तनैश् च वर-प्रदम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— munir jaya-jayodghoṣaiḥ sa-vīṇā-gītam aiḍata | vraja-krīḍottha-nāmāḍhyaḥ kīrtanaiś ca vara-pradam

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Hearing this, Śrī Nārada Muni began to shout out, “Jaya, jaya!” and glorify Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the grantor of boons, while playing on his viṇā and performing the kīrtana of His names that manifested from the pastimes of Vraja.

1.7.133-134

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स्वयꣳ प्रयागस्य दशाश्वमेध- तीर्थादिके द्वारवती-परान्ते । सम्भाषितानाꣳ विषये भ्रमित्वा पूर्णार्थताꣳ श्रीमद्-अनुग्रहेण विप्रादीनाꣳ श्रोतु-कामो मुनीन्द्रो हर्षात् कृष्णस्याननाद् एव सक्षात् । एतान् मातः प्रार्थयाम् आस हृद्यꣳ तस्मिन् रम्योदार-सिꣳहे वरꣳ प्राक्

svayaṁ prayāgasya daśāśvamedha- tīrthādike dvāravatī-parānte | sambhāṣitānāṁ viṣaye bhramitvā pūrṇārthatāṁ śrīmad-anugraheṇa viprādīnāṁ śrotu-kāmo munīndro harṣāt kṛṣṇasyānanād eva sakṣāt | etān mātaḥ prārthayām āsa hṛdyaṁ tasmin ramyodāra-siṁhe varaṁ prāk

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Translation

O Mātā, the best of sages himself, having traveled from the holy place of Daśāśvamedha in Prayāga to Dvārakā-purī, had spoken with all the devotees such as the vipra. All those devotees have received the fulfillment of their desires by the mercy of Bhagavān. Although Śrī Nārada knows this, still, to hear blissfully from the lips of Śrī Kṛṣṇa directly, he began to pray for the first desired boon from Bhagavān who is the best among benevolent personalities.

1.7.135

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श्री-कृष्णचन्द्रकस्यापि तृप्तिर् अस्तु कदापि न । भवतो’नुग्रहे भक्तौ प्रेम्णि चानन्द-भाजने

śrī-kṛṣṇacandrakasyāpi tṛptir astu kadāpi na | bhavato’nugrahe bhaktau premṇi cānanda-bhājane

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Translation

O Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra, embodiment of bliss, I am asking this boon from You that no one may ever be satisfied by Your divine mercy, bhakti and prema.

1.7.136

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— विदग्ध-निकराचार्य को नामायꣳ वरो मातः । स्वभावो मत्-कृपा-भक्ति- प्रेम्णाꣳ व्यक्तो’यम् एव यत्

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— vidagdha-nikarācārya ko nāmāyaṁ varo mātaḥ | svabhāvo mat-kṛpā-bhakti- premṇāṁ vyakto’yam eva yat

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Translation

Śrī Bhagavān said: O Śrī Nārada, O crest jewel of cunning fellows! What type of boon have you asked for? Everyone is familiar with the nature of My mercy, bhakti and prema.

1.7.137-138

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प्रयाग-तीर्थम् आरभ्य भ्रामꣳ भ्रामम् इतस् ततः । अत्रागत्य च ये दृष्टाः श्रुताश् च भवता मुने सर्वे समाप्त-सर्वार्था जगन्-निष्टारकाश् च ते । मत्-कृपा-विषयाः किञ्चित् तारतम्यꣳ श्रिताः परम्

prayāga-tīrtham ārabhya bhrāmaṁ bhrāmam itas tataḥ | atrāgatya ca ye dṛṣṭāḥ śrutāś ca bhavatā mune sarve samāpta-sarvārthā jagan-niṣṭārakāś ca te | mat-kṛpā-viṣayāḥ kiñcit tāratamyaṁ śritāḥ param

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Translation

O best of sages, all the devotees you saw and heard from while wandering from Prayāga-tīrtha to here have attained complete perfection. All are recipients of My mercy and are capable of delivering the entire world. Nevertheless, there are degrees of gradation and nuances of perfection amongst them.

1.7.139

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तथापि तेषाम् एको’पि न तृप्यति कथञ्चन । तद् गृहाण वरान् अन्यान् मत्तो’भिष्ट-वरान् वरान्

tathāpi teṣām eko’pi na tṛpyati kathañcana | tad gṛhāṇa varān anyān matto’bhiṣṭa-varān varān

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Translation

Still, not a single devotee among them is satiable by any means. Therefore, you should ask some other desired boon from Me.

1.7.140

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— नर्तित्वा नारदो हर्षाद् भैक्ष्यवत् सद्-वर-द्वयम् । याचमानो जगादेदꣳ तꣳ वादान्य-शिरो-मणिम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— nartitvā nārado harṣād bhaikṣyavat sad-vara-dvayam | yācamāno jagādedaṁ taṁ vādānya-śiro-maṇim

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Translation

Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Then Śrī Nārada, while blissfully dancing, prayed to the most munificent (topmost among philanthropists) Śrī Kṛṣṇa for two excellent boons as charity.

1.7.141

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श्री-नारद उवाच— स्व-दानातृप्त वृत्तो’हम् इदानीꣳ स-फल-श्रमः । त्वन्-महा-करुणा-पात्र- जन-विज्ञानम् आप्तवान्

śrī-nārada uvāca— sva-dānātṛpta vṛtto’ham idānīṁ sa-phala-śramaḥ | tvan-mahā-karuṇā-pātra- jana-vijñānam āptavān

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Translation

Śrī Nārada said: O Bhagavān, You who are never satisfied despite giving Yourself to others! Today, all my labor has become successful, because now I especially appreciate all the recipients of Your infinite mercy.

1.7.142

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अयम् एव वरः प्राप्तो’नुग्रहश् चोत्तमो मतः । याचे तथाप्य् उदारेन्द्र हार्दꣳ किञ्चिच् चिरन्तनम्

ayam eva varaḥ prāpto’nugrahaś cottamo mataḥ | yāce tathāpy udārendra hārdaṁ kiñcic cirantanam

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Translation

Although this incidence is like a great boon that appears to be Your extraordinary grace upon me, nonetheless, O most munificent one, for a long while I have harbored a desire in my heart to ask something from You.

1.7.143

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पायꣳ पायꣳ व्रज-जन-गण-प्रेम-वापि-मराल श्रीमन्-नामामृतम् अविरतꣳ गोकुलाब्ध्य्-उत्थितꣳ ते । तत्-तद्-वेष-चरित-निकरोज्जृम्भितꣳ मिष्टम् इष्टꣳ सर्वान् लोकान् जगति रमयन् मत्त-चेष्टो भ्रमाणि

pāyaṁ pāyaṁ vraja-jana-gaṇa-prema-vāpi-marāla śrīman-nāmāmṛtam avirataṁ gokulābdhy-utthitaṁ te | tat-tad-veṣa-carita-nikarojjṛmbhitaṁ miṣṭam iṣṭaṁ sarvān lokān jagati ramayan matta-ceṣṭo bhramāṇi

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Translation

O Rāja-haṁsa, who swims in the lake of divine love of the vraja- vāsīs, may I wander everywhere, making the whole world happy, always blissfully drinking the nectar of Your sweeter than sweet holy names that originate from the Ocean of Gokula that manifest from Your indescribably divine pastimes in the dress of a cowherd boy. (This is my first reqest for a boon.)

1.7.144

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त्वदीयास् ताः क्रीडाः सकृद् अपि भुवो वापि वचसा दृशा श्रुत्याङ्गैर् वा स्पृशति कृत-धीः कश्चिद् अपि यः । स नित्यꣳ श्री-गोपी-कुच-कलस-कश्मीर-विलसत्- त्वदीयाङ्घ्रि-द्वन्द्वे कलयतुतरꣳ प्रेम-भजनम्

tvadīyās tāḥ krīḍāḥ sakṛd api bhuvo vāpi vacasā dṛśā śrutyāṅgair vā spṛśati kṛta-dhīḥ kaścid api yaḥ | sa nityaṁ śrī-gopī-kuca-kalasa-kaśmīra-vilasat- tvadīyāṅghri-dvandve kalayatutaraṁ prema-bhajanam

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May any person who faithfully describes Your Vraja-līlā by his mouth, hears them by ear, grasps them in his heart, or even once touches Your pastimes or pastime places by any bodily limb or secondary limb, then may that person obtain eternal devotional service to Your lotus feet which are decorated by the kuṁkuma from the bosom of the gopīs. (This is my second request for a boon.)

1.7.145

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श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— ततः श्री-हस्त-कमलꣳ प्रसार्य परमादारात् । एवम् अस्त्व् इति सानन्दꣳ गोपीनाथेन भाषितम्

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— tataḥ śrī-hasta-kamalaṁ prasārya paramādārāt | evam astv iti sānandaṁ gopīnāthena bhāṣitam

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Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Thereafter Śrī Gopīnātha stretched out His lotus hand with great respect in a gesture to give benediction and said cheerfully—So be it!

1.7.146

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ततो महा-परानन्दार्- णवे मग्नो मुनिर् भृशाम् । गायन् नृत्यन् बहु-विधꣳ कृष्णꣳ चक्रे सुनिर्वृतम्

tato mahā-parānandār- ṇave magno munir bhṛśām | gāyan nṛtyan bahu-vidhaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ cakre sunirvṛtam

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Translation

Hearing this, Śrī Nārada Muni immersed himself in an ocean of infinite bliss and began to give enormous pleasure to Śrī Kṛṣṇa by repeatedly dancing and singing.

1.7.147

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बुभुजे भगवद्भ्याꣳ स परमान्नꣳ स-पानकम् । देवकी-रोहिणी-दृष्टꣳ रुक्मिण्या परिवेषितम्

bubhuje bhagavadbhyāṁ sa paramānnaṁ sa-pānakam | devakī-rohiṇī-dṛṣṭaṁ rukmiṇyā pariveṣitam

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Translation

Thereafter, Śrī Nārada relished many kinds of drinks and sweet rice, along with Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Balarāma. While honoring, Śrī

Rukmiṇī began to serve all the preparations after showing them to Śrī Devakī mātā and Śrī Rohiṇī.

1.7.148

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उद्धवेन स्मर्यमानꣳ विजितꣳ सत्यभामया । अन्याभिर् महिषीभिश् च रञ्जितꣳ तत्-तद्-ईहया

uddhavena smaryamānaṁ vijitaṁ satyabhāmayā | anyābhir mahiṣībhiś ca rañjitaṁ tat-tad-īhayā

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Translation

Śrī Uddhava began to recall every item at that time. Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī was fanning. Śrī Jāmbavatī and an assortment of queens began pleasing Them by performing timely services.

1.7.149

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आचान्तो लेपितो गन्धैर् मालाभिर् मण्डितो मुनिः । अलङ्कारैर् बहु-विधैर् अर्चितश् च मुरारिणा

ācānto lepito gandhair mālābhir maṇḍito muniḥ | alaṅkārair bahu-vidhair arcitaś ca murāriṇā

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Translation

In this way, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself applied the sandalwood paste on the limbs of Śrī Nārada, performing ācamana for purification after

the meal, and worshipping him by decorating him with various types of ornaments such as a garland.

1.7.150-151

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अथ प्रयागे गत्वा तान् मद्-अपेक्षा-विलम्बितान् । मुनीन् कृतार्थयानीति समनुज्ञाप्य माधवम् स्वयꣳ यद्-भक्ति-माहात्म्यम् अनुभूतम् इतस् ततः । सानन्दꣳ वीणया गायन् स ययौ भक्ति-लम्पटः

atha prayāge gatvā tān mad-apekṣā-vilambitān | munīn kṛtārthayānīti samanujñāpya mādhavam svayaṁ yad-bhakti-māhātmyam anubhūtam itas tataḥ | sānandaṁ vīṇayā gāyan sa yayau bhakti-lampaṭaḥ

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Translation

Thereafter Śrī Nārada, eager to serve and please the sages who were waiting for him in Prayāga, got permission from Śrī Mādhava and went away, blissfully singing the glories of the bhakti he had experienced while wandering to different places.

1.7.152

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ते’पि तन्-मुखतः सर्वꣳ श्रुत्वा तत्-तन्-महाद्भुतम् । सार-सङ्ग्राहिनो’शेषम् अन्यत् सद्यो जुहुर् दृढम्

te’pi tan-mukhataḥ sarvaṁ śrutvā tat-tan-mahādbhutam | sāra-saṅgrāhino’śeṣam anyat sadyo juhur dṛḍham

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Translation

All those sages, who only extract the essence, completely gave up at once their fruitive practices and speculation after hearing the glories of devotional service from the lips of Śrī Nārada.

1.7.153

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केवलꣳ परम-दैन्यम् अवलम्ब्यास्य शिक्षया । श्रीमन्-मदन-गोपाल- चरणाब्जम् उपासते

kevalaṁ parama-dainyam avalambyāsya śikṣayā | śrīman-madana-gopāla- caraṇābjam upāsate

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Translation

According to the advice of Śrī Nārada, the sages began to worship the lotus feet of Śrī Madana-Gopāla with divine, complete humility.

1.7.154-155

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मातर् गोप-किशोरꣳ तꣳ त्वꣳ च रास-रसाम्बुधिम् । तत्-प्रेम-मोहिताभिः श्री- गोपीभिर् अभितो वृतम् अमूषाꣳ दास्यम् इच्छन्ती तादृश-प्रेम-भङ्गिभिः । नित्यꣳ भजस्व तन्-नाम- सङ्कीर्तन-परायण

mātar gopa-kiśoraṁ taṁ tvaṁ ca rāsa-rasāmbudhim | tat-prema-mohitābhiḥ śrī- gopībhir abhito vṛtam amūṣāṁ dāsyam icchantī tādṛśa-prema-bhaṅgibhiḥ | nityaṁ bhajasva tan-nāma- saṅkīrtana-parāyaṇa

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Translation

O mother, you should also do bhajana daily of Gopa-kiśora, that youthful cowherd boy who is enchanted by the prema of the gopīs, who is the ocean of nectar of rāsa-līlā, and who the gopīs all surround. You should also engage in nama-saṅkīrtana with loving devotion while desiring the service of the gopīs.

1.7.156

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गोपीनाꣳ महिमा कश्चित् तासाम् एको’पि शक्यते । न मया स्व-मुखे कर्तुꣳ मेरुर् माक्षिकया यथा

gopīnāṁ mahimā kaścit tāsām eko’pi śakyate | na mayā sva-mukhe kartuṁ merur mākṣikayā yathā

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Translation

Just as bees cannot lift Mount Sumeru with their heads, similarly I cannot vocalize the glories of even one gopī among all those gopīs.

1.7.157-158

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अहो कृष्ण-रसाविष्टः सदा नामानि कीर्तयेत् । कृष्णस्य तत्-प्रियाणाꣳ च भैष्म्यादीनाꣳ गुरुर् मम गोपीनꣳ वितताद्भुत-स्फुटतर-प्रेमानलार्चिस्-छटा- दग्धानाꣳ किल नाम-कीर्तन-कृतात् तासाꣳ विशेषात् स्मृतेः । तत्-तीक्ष्ण-ज्वलनोच्छिखाग्र-कणिका-स्पर्शेन सद्यो महा- वैकल्यꣳ स भजन् कदापि न मुखे नामानि कर्तुꣳ प्रभुः

aho kṛṣṇa-rasāviṣṭaḥ sadā nāmāni kīrtayet | kṛṣṇasya tat-priyāṇāṁ ca bhaiṣmyādīnāṁ gurur mama gopīnaṁ vitatādbhuta-sphuṭatara-premānalārcis-chaṭā- dagdhānāṁ kila nāma-kīrtana-kṛtāt tāsāṁ viśeṣāt smṛteḥ | tat-tīkṣṇa-jvalanocchikhāgra-kaṇikā-sparśena sadyo mahā- vaikalyaṁ sa bhajan kadāpi na mukhe nāmāni kartuṁ prabhuḥ

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Translation

Alas, although my Gurudeva is deeply absorbed in the mellows of constantly chanting and singing Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s names, of beloved Śrī

Rukmiṇī and so forth, nonetheless, he is unable to utter the names of the Vraja gopīs. The reason is that the gopīs are always smoldering in the blazing fire of an unreserved and remarkable form of prema that has reached its utmost limit. Thus in the process of glorifying the gopīs, a special remembrance awakens, and Gurudeva becomes agitated by a mere touch of a spark of the poignant blazing hearts of the gopīs, so much so that he cannot even chant the gopīs’ names.

1.7.159

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तासाꣳ नाथꣳ बल्लवीनाꣳ समेतꣳ ताभिः प्रेम्णा सꣳश्रयन्ती यथोक्तम् । मातः मत्यꣳ तत्-प्रसादान् महत्त्वꣳ तासाꣳ ज्ञातुꣳ शक्ष्यसि त्वꣳ च किञ्चित्

tāsāṁ nāthaṁ ballavīnāṁ sametaṁ tābhiḥ premṇā saṁśrayantī yathoktam | mātaḥ matyaṁ tat-prasādān mahattvaṁ tāsāṁ jñātuṁ śakṣyasi tvaṁ ca kiñcit

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Translation

O mother, if you do bhajana of Śrī Gopīnātha with the affection and prema encountered in such pastimes as the rāsa-līlā of the gopīs, then by His mercy you will genuinely be able to understand some of the glories of the gopīs too.

1.7.160

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एतन् महाख्यान-वरꣳ महा-हरेः कारुण्य-सारालय-निश्चयार्थकम् । यः श्रद्धया सꣳश्रयते कथञ्चन प्राप्नोति तत्-प्रेम तथैव सो’प्य् अरम्

etan mahākhyāna-varaṁ mahā-hareḥ kāruṇya-sārālaya-niścayārthakam | yaḥ śraddhayā saṁśrayate kathañcana prāpnoti tat-prema tathaiva so’py aram

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Translation

Whoever faithfully hears, chants or somehow or other nicely accepts shelter of this supremely divine narration (in which the recipients of the essence of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy is ascertained) shall also quickly obtain that same (gopī) prema towards Śrī Kṛṣṇa.