2.6.1
Sourceश्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— ताꣳ नारदीयाम् अनुसृत्य शिक्षाꣳ श्री-कृष्ण-नामानि निज-प्रियाणि । सङ्कीर्तयन् सुस्वरम् अत्र लीलास् तस्य प्रगायन्न् अनुचिन्तयꣳश् च
śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— tāṁ nāradīyām anusṛtya śikṣāṁ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmāni nija-priyāṇi | saṅkīrtayan susvaram atra līlās tasya pragāyann anucintayaṁś ca
English translation
Translation
Sri Gopa-kumara said: Following Narada's instruction, in a sweet voice I chanted Lord Krsna's dear holy names and I sang of and meditated on His pastimes here.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that "here" means "in Vrndavana".
2.6.2
Sourceतादीय-लीला-स्थल-जातम् एतद् विलोकयन् भाव-दशे गतो ये । तयोः स्व-चित्ते करणेन लज्जे कथꣳ परस्मिन्न् कथयान्य् अहꣳ ते
tādīya-līlā-sthala-jātam etad vilokayan bhāva-daśe gato ye | tayoḥ sva-citte karaṇena lajje kathaṁ parasminn kathayāny ahaṁ te
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Translation
When I saw the places of the Lord's pastimes my heart became filled with love and my body displayed the symptoms of ecstasy. In my heart I am embarrassed. How can I tell this to others?
2.6.3
Sourceसदा महार्त्या करुणा-स्वरै रुदन् नयामि रात्रीर् दिवसाꣳश् च कातरः । न वेद्मि यद् यत् सुचिराद् अनुष्ठितꣳ सुखाय वा तत् तद् उताति-सिन्धवे
sadā mahārtyā karuṇā-svarai rudan nayāmi rātrīr divasāṁś ca kātaraḥ | na vedmi yad yat sucirād anuṣṭhitaṁ sukhāya vā tat tad utāti-sindhave
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Translation
Tormented, I passed my days and nights pitiably crying in pain. Soon I did not know whether I was filled with bliss or drowning in an ocean of pain.
2.6.4
Sourceकथञ्चिद् अप्य् अकलयामि नैतद् किम् एष दावाग्नि-शिखान्तरे’हम् । वसामि किꣳ वा परमामृताच्छ- सुशीतल-श्री-यमुना-जलान्तः
kathañcid apy akalayāmi naitad kim eṣa dāvāgni-śikhāntare’ham | vasāmi kiṁ vā paramāmṛtāccha- suśītala-śrī-yamunā-jalāntaḥ
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Translation
I did not know whether I was in the flames of a forest fire or in the cooling nectar waters of Sri Yamuna.
2.6.5
Sourceकदाचिद् एवꣳ किल निश्चिनोम्य् अहꣳ शठस्य हस्ते पतितो’स्मि कस्यचित् । सदा न्यमञ्जꣳ बहु-दुःख-सागरे सुखस्य गन्धो’पि न माꣳ स्पृशेत् क्वचित्
kadācid evaṁ kila niścinomy ahaṁ śaṭhasya haste patito’smi kasyacit | sadā nyamañjaṁ bahu-duḥkha-sāgare sukhasya gandho’pi na māṁ spṛśet kvacit
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Translation
Sometimes I thought I must have fallen into the hand of a demon. I was always drowning in an ocean of pain. Even the slightest fragrance of happiness would not touch me.
2.6.6
Sourceइत्थꣳ वसन् निकुञ्जे’स्मिन् वृन्दावन-विभूषणे । एकदा रोदनाम्भोधौ निमग्नो मोहम् अव्रजम्
itthaṁ vasan nikuñje’smin vṛndāvana-vibhūṣaṇe | ekadā rodanāmbhodhau nimagno moham avrajam
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Translation
Thus I lived in this grove that decorated Vrndavana forest. One day, as I was drowning in an ocean of weeping, I fainted.
2.6.7-8
Sourceदयालु-चूडामणिनामुनैव स्वयꣳ समागत्य कराम्बुजेन । वꣳशी-रतेनामृत-शीतलेन मद्-गात्रतो मर्जयता रजꣳसि नीतो’स्मि सञ्चल्य मुहुः स-लीलाꣳ सꣳज्ञाꣳ महा-धूर्त-वरेण यत्नात् । नासाग्र-विष्टैर् अपूर्वानुभूतैर् आपूर्य सौरभ्य-भरैः स्वकीयैः
dayālu-cūḍāmaṇināmunaiva svayaṁ samāgatya karāmbujena | vaṁśī-ratenāmṛta-śītalena mad-gātrato marjayatā rajaṁsi nīto’smi sañcalya muhuḥ sa-līlāṁ saṁjñāṁ mahā-dhūrta-vareṇa yatnāt | nāsāgra-viṣṭair apūrvānubhūtair āpūrya saurabhya-bharaiḥ svakīyaiḥ
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Translation
Then I met the crown jewel of all merciful persons. With a hand holding a flute He wiped the dust from my limbs. Again and again this most wise person playfully shook me. He flooded my nostrils with His unprecedented sweet fragrance.
2.6.9
Sourceतादीय-वक्त्राब्जम् अथावलोक्य स-सम्भ्रमꣳ सत्वरम् उत्थितो’हम् । अमुꣳ विधर्तुꣳ वर-पीत-वस्त्रे समुद्यतो हर्ष-भराचितात्मा
tādīya-vaktrābjam athāvalokya sa-sambhramaṁ satvaram utthito’ham | amuṁ vidhartuṁ vara-pīta-vastre samudyato harṣa-bharācitātmā
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Translation
I reverently gazed at His lotus face. I quickly got up. My heart filled with joy, I tried to touch His exquisite yellow garment.
2.6.10
Sourceस नागरेन्द्रो’पससार पृष्ठतो निनादयꣳस् ताꣳ मुरलीꣳ स्व-लीलया । अभूच् च कुञ्जान्तरितः सपद्य् असौ मया न लब्धो बत धावताप्य् अलम्
sa nāgarendro’pasasāra pṛṣṭhato ninādayaṁs tāṁ muralīṁ sva-līlayā | abhūc ca kuñjāntaritaḥ sapady asau mayā na labdho bata dhāvatāpy alam
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Translation
Making playful melodies on His flute, that best of heroes moved behind me and then fled into the forest. I ran after Him, but I could not catch Him.
2.6.11
Sourceअन्तर्हितꣳ तꣳ त्व् अविलोक्य मूर्च्छाꣳ प्राप्तो’पतꣳ श्री-यमुना-प्रवाहे । एतस्य वेगेन समुह्यमानो लब्ध्वेव सꣳज्ञाम् व्यकिरꣳ स्व-दृष्टी
antarhitaṁ taṁ tv avilokya mūrcchāṁ prāpto’pataṁ śrī-yamunā-pravāhe | etasya vegena samuhyamāno labdhveva saṁjñām vyakiraṁ sva-dṛṣṭī
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Translation
He disappeared. Not seeing Him, I fainted and fell into the current of the Yamuna. As I was carried along I became unconscious and I opened my eyes.
2.6.12
Sourceपश्याम्य् अतिक्रान्त-मनो-जवेन यानेन केनापि महोर्ध्वगेन । केनापि मार्गेण महाद्भुतेन दोषान्तरे कुत्रचिद् आगतो’स्मि
paśyāmy atikrānta-mano-javena yānena kenāpi mahordhvagena | kenāpi mārgeṇa mahādbhutena doṣāntare kutracid āgato’smi
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Translation
I saw that, carried by a vehicle rising faster than the mind and travelling along a very wonderful path, I had arrived at a very splendid, flawless place.
2.6.13
Sourceचित्तꣳ समाधाय मृषामि यावद् वैकुण्ठ--लोकꣳ तम् इतो’स्मि तावत् । तꣳ विस्मितो वीक्ष्य वहन् प्रहर्षꣳ पश्यन्न् अयोध्यादिकम् अत्यगꣳ तत्
cittaṁ samādhāya mṛṣāmi yāvad vaikuṇṭha--lokaṁ tam ito’smi tāvat | taṁ vismito vīkṣya vahan praharṣaṁ paśyann ayodhyādikam atyagaṁ tat
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Translation
Collecting my thoughts, I happily saw Vaikunthaloka, within where were Ayodhya and many other places, and I became filled with wonder. Then, carried along, I left them all behind.
2.6.14
Sourceश्री-गोलोकꣳ तꣳ चिराशावलम्बꣳ प्राप्तो भान्तꣳ सर्व-लोकोपरिष्टात् । अन्ते श्रीमन्-माथुरे मण्डले’स्मिन् यादृक् सर्वꣳ तत्र वै तादृग् एव
śrī-golokaṁ taṁ cirāśāvalambaṁ prāpto bhāntaṁ sarva-lokopariṣṭāt | ante śrīman-māthure maṇḍale’smin yādṛk sarvaṁ tatra vai tādṛg eva
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Translation
Then I came to effulgent Goloka, which was above all the worlds, and which I had long desired. Here was the circle of Mathura. Everything was as it had been on the earth.
2.6.15
Sourceतस्मिन् श्री-मथुरा-रूपे गत्वा मधु-पुरीम् अहम् । अत्रत्याम् इव ताꣳ दृष्ट्वा विस्मयꣳ हर्षम् अप्य् अगम्
tasmin śrī-mathurā-rūpe gatvā madhu-purīm aham | atratyām iva tāṁ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṁ harṣam apy agam
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Translation
In the circle of Mathura I went to Mathura City. Gazing at it I became filled with joy and wonder.
2.6.16
Sourceतस्याम् अशृणसꣳ चेदꣳ निगृह्य पितरꣳ स्वयम् । देवकीꣳ वसुदेवꣳ च कꣳसो राज्यꣳ करोति सः
tasyām aśṛṇasaṁ cedaṁ nigṛhya pitaraṁ svayam | devakīṁ vasudevaṁ ca kaṁso rājyaṁ karoti saḥ
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Translation
There I heard that, imprisoning Devaki, Vasudeva, and his own father, Kamsa had usurped the kingdom.
2.6.17
Sourceतस्य प्रिय-सुरामित्र- परिवारस्य शङ्कया । नोत्सहन्ते यथा-कामꣳ विहर्तुꣳ यादवाः सुखम्
tasya priya-surāmitra- parivārasya śaṅkayā | notsahante yathā-kāmaṁ vihartuṁ yādavāḥ sukham
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Translation
Afraid of the demons, the Yadavas could not be happy or act as they wished.
2.6.18
Sourceतस्माद् बहु-विधाꣳ बाधाꣳ अपि विन्दन्ति ते’निशम् । कुत्राप्य् अपसृताः केचित् सन्ति के’पि तम् आश्रिताः
tasmād bahu-vidhāṁ bādhāṁ api vindanti te’niśam | kutrāpy apasṛtāḥ kecit santi ke’pi tam āśritāḥ
English translation
Translation
They found themselves troubled by Kamsa day and night. Some fled, and some took shelter of him.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that this is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.2.1-4.
2.6.19
Sourceततो’हम् अपि भीतः सन् कृत-विश्रान्ति-मज्जनः । निःसृत्य त्वरयागच्छꣳ श्रीमद्-वृन्दावनꣳ ततः
tato’ham api bhītaḥ san kṛta-viśrānti-majjanaḥ | niḥsṛtya tvarayāgacchaṁ śrīmad-vṛndāvanaṁ tataḥ
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Translation
Being also afraid of him, I left, bathed in Visranti-tirtha, and quickly went to beautiful Vrndavana.
2.6.20-21
Sourceतस्मिन्न् अगम्यो’खिल-देवतानाꣳ लोकेश्वरानाम् अपि पार्षदानाम् । एतस्य तु भारत-वर्षकीयार्- य-वार्त-देशस्य निरूप्य रीतिम् दिव्याꣳ दिनेशोद्गमनादिनैताꣳ भौमिꣳ नृभाषा-चरितादिनापि । महा-चमत्कार-भरेण रुद्धो न्यमज्जम् आनन्द-रसाम्बु-राशौ
tasminn agamyo’khila-devatānāṁ lokeśvarānām api pārṣadānām | etasya tu bhārata-varṣakīyār- ya-vārta-deśasya nirūpya rītim divyāṁ dineśodgamanādinaitāṁ bhaumiṁ nṛbhāṣā-caritādināpi | mahā-camatkāra-bhareṇa ruddho nyamajjam ānanda-rasāmbu-rāśau
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Translation
There, in Goloka, which the demigods, kings of the planets, and their associates could not approach, seeing a country glorious as the sunrise, where there were the ways and customs and human language of Bharata-varsa's Arya-varta, I became filled with wonder and I plunged in an ocean of bliss.
2.6.22
Sourceक्षणाद् अपश्यꣳ भ्रमतो गोपान् इव वने नरान् । पुष्पानि चिन्वतीर् वृद्धा गोपी-वेशवतीस् तथा
kṣaṇād apaśyaṁ bhramato gopān iva vane narān | puṣpāni cinvatīr vṛddhā gopī-veśavatīs tathā
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Translation
In a moment I saw cowherd men going here and there and elderly gopis picking flowers.
2.6.23
Sourceते च सर्वे जनाः पूर्व- दृष्ट-सर्व-विलक्षणाः । केनापि हृत-हृद्-वित्तास् तद्-भाव-व्याकुला इव
te ca sarve janāḥ pūrva- dṛṣṭa-sarva-vilakṣaṇāḥ | kenāpi hṛta-hṛd-vittās tad-bhāva-vyākulā iva
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Translation
Everyone there was extraordinary, different from any people I had seen before. It seemed that someone had stolen the treasure of their hearts.
2.6.24
Sourceतेषाꣳ दर्शन-मात्रेण तादृशꣳ भावम् आप्नुवन् । यत्नाद् धैर्यम् इवासृत्या- पृच्छꣳ तान् इदम् आदरात्
teṣāṁ darśana-mātreṇa tādṛśaṁ bhāvam āpnuvan | yatnād dhairyam ivāsṛtyā- pṛcchaṁ tān idam ādarāt
English translation
Translation
Simply by seeing them I became like them. Carefully composing myself, I approached them and asked them this question.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the words "became like them" means that Gopa-kumara also became very agitated.
2.6.25-26
Sourceपरमहꣳस-मनोरथ-दुर्लभैः परम-हर्ष-भरैः परिषेवितः । प्रणय-भक्त-जनैः कमला-पते परम-याच्य-तादीय-दयालयः परम-दीनम् इमꣳ सारणागतꣳ करुणया बत पश्यत पश्यत । कथयतास्य नृपो विषयस्य को गृहम् अमृष्य कुतो’स्य च वर्त्म किम्
paramahaṁsa-manoratha-durlabhaiḥ parama-harṣa-bharaiḥ pariṣevitaḥ | praṇaya-bhakta-janaiḥ kamalā-pate parama-yācya-tādīya-dayālayaḥ parama-dīnam imaṁ sāraṇāgataṁ karuṇayā bata paśyata paśyata | kathayatāsya nṛpo viṣayasya ko gṛham amṛṣya kuto’sya ca vartma kim
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Translation
O people served by great bliss beyond what the great paramahamsas can desire, O people to whom the loving devotees of the goddess of fortune's husband pray for mercy, please look, look with kindness on this poor person come to you for shelter. Tell him: Who is the king of this place? Where is His palace? By what path (does one go to Him)?
2.6.27
Sourceभोः भोः स-काकु पृच्छन्तꣳ धन्याः कृपयातत्र माम् । दत्त प्रत्युत्तरꣳ किञ्चित् सङ्केतेनापि सुव्रताः
bhoḥ bhoḥ sa-kāku pṛcchantaṁ dhanyāḥ kṛpayātatra mām | datta pratyuttaraṁ kiñcit saṅketenāpi suvratāḥ
English translation
Translation
O fortunate ones, please be kind to me, who with plaintive words asks: O saintly ones, please give me a sign in answer.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that they did not answer Gopa-kumara's questions. He thinks they may be observing a vow of silence, so he asks that with a gesture of their hands they somehow answer his questions.
2.6.28
Sourceअहो बत महार्तस्य शृणुतापि वचाꣳसि मे । नूनꣳ तस्यैव धूर्तस्य यूयꣳ भावेन मोहिताः
aho bata mahārtasya śṛṇutāpi vacāṁsi me | nūnaṁ tasyaiva dhūrtasya yūyaṁ bhāvena mohitāḥ
English translation
Translation
Please hear the words of troubled me. You must be overcome with love for that charming person.
2.6.29
Sourceइत्थꣳ मुहुः स-कातर्यꣳ सम्पृच्छꣳस् तान् इतस् ततः । दृश्यमानान् पुरो भूत्वा व्रज-स्थानान्य् अवाप्नुवम्
itthaṁ muhuḥ sa-kātaryaṁ sampṛcchaṁs tān itas tataḥ | dṛśyamānān puro bhūtvā vraja-sthānāny avāpnuvam
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Translation
Again and Again with plaintive words asking everyone I saw, I went to the different places in Vraja.
2.6.30
Sourceपरितश् चलयꣳश् चक्षुः पुरीम् एकाꣳ विदूरतः । अद्रक्षꣳ माधुरी-सार- परिपाकेन सेवितम्
paritaś calayaṁś cakṣuḥ purīm ekāṁ vidūrataḥ | adrakṣaṁ mādhurī-sāra- paripākena sevitam
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Translation
Moving my eyes in all directions, far away I saw a palace filled with great sweetness.
2.6.31
Sourceतत्-पार्श्वे चाभितो’श्रौषꣳ गोपीनाꣳ गीतम् अद्भुतम् । दध्नाꣳ मथन-घोषाढ्यꣳ कान्तꣳ भूषण-सिञ्जितैः
tat-pārśve cābhito’śrauṣaṁ gopīnāṁ gītam adbhutam | dadhnāṁ mathana-ghoṣāḍhyaṁ kāntaṁ bhūṣaṇa-siñjitaiḥ
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Translation
On that side, and also everywhere, I heard the beautiful singing of gopis, the sounds of them churning yoghurt, and the tinkling of their ornaments.
2.6.32-33
Sourceप्रहर्षाकुलम् आत्मानꣳ विष्टभ्य पुरतो व्रजन् । प्राप्नुवꣳ कृष्ण कृष्णेति स-वैयग्र्यꣳ निरन्तरम् कीर्तयन्तꣳ रुदन्तꣳ च निविष्टः वृद्धम् एकलम् । तस्मात् प्रयत्न-चातुर्यैर् अश्रौषꣳ गद्गदाक्षरात्
praharṣākulam ātmānaṁ viṣṭabhya purato vrajan | prāpnuvaṁ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti sa-vaiyagryaṁ nirantaram kīrtayantaṁ rudantaṁ ca niviṣṭaḥ vṛddham ekalam | tasmāt prayatna-cāturyair aśrauṣaṁ gadgadākṣarāt
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Translation
Suppressing the bliss I felt in my heart, I approached an elderly man who was emotionally singing "Krsna! Krsna!" and crying. I carefully listened to the broken words he spoke.
2.6.34
Sourceगोप-राजस्य नन्दस्य तच् छ्री-कृष्ण-पितुः पुरम् । तच्-छब्द-श्रुति-मात्रेण व्यमुह्यꣳ हर्ष-वेगतः
gopa-rājasya nandasya tac chrī-kṛṣṇa-pituḥ puram | tac-chabda-śruti-mātreṇa vyamuhyaṁ harṣa-vegataḥ
English translation
Translation
Simply by hearing the words "This is the palace of Krsna's father, the gopa-king Nanda" I fainted, overcome with happiness.
2.6.35
Sourceक्षणात् तेनैव वृद्धेन चेतितो’हꣳ दयालुना । धावन्न् अग्रे’भिसृत्यस्य न्यासीदꣳ गो-पुरे पुरः
kṣaṇāt tenaiva vṛddhena cetito’haṁ dayālunā | dhāvann agre’bhisṛtyasya nyāsīdaṁ go-pure puraḥ
English translation
Translation
In a moment brought to consciousness by the kind elderly man, I ran ahead and came to the palace gate.
2.6.36
Sourceआदृष्टम् अश्रुतꣳ चान्यैर् असम्भव्यꣳ व्यलोकयम् । बहु-प्रकारम् आश्चर्यꣳ लक्षशस् तत्र कोटिशः
ādṛṣṭam aśrutaṁ cānyair asambhavyaṁ vyalokayam | bahu-prakāram āścaryaṁ lakṣaśas tatra koṭiśaḥ
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Translation
There I saw millions and millions of wonders never seen, heard of, or imagined by anyone.
2.6.37
Sourceनिश्चेतुꣳ नाशकꣳ किꣳ ते परमानन्द-निर्वृताः । किꣳ वा दुःख-भर-ग्रस्ता जनाः सर्वे द्विजोत्तम
niścetuṁ nāśakaṁ kiṁ te paramānanda-nirvṛtāḥ | kiṁ vā duḥkha-bhara-grastā janāḥ sarve dvijottama
English translation
Translation
O best of the brahmanas, I could not understand whether all the people were filled with bliss or overcome with sorrow.
2.6.38
Sourceगोपिकानाꣳ च यद्-गीतꣳ श्रूयते रोदनान्वितम् । तत् तोषस्य शुचो वान्त्य- कष्ठयेति न बुद्ध्यते
gopikānāṁ ca yad-gītaṁ śrūyate rodanānvitam | tat toṣasya śuco vāntya- kaṣṭhayeti na buddhyate
English translation
Translation
Whether I heard the gopis songs I did not know whether they cried in the greatest happiness or the greatest sorrow.
2.6.39
Sourceपदꣳ तत् पश्यत मर्त्य- लोके’स्मीत्य् एव मन्यते । यदा तु पूर्व-पूर्वानु- सन्धानꣳ क्रियते बहु
padaṁ tat paśyata martya- loke’smīty eva manyate | yadā tu pūrva-pūrvānu- sandhānaṁ kriyate bahu
English translation
Translation
As I looked at this place, which I had ascended higher and higher to reach, I thought "I am in the material world".
2.6.40
Sourceतद् अखिलानाꣳ लोकानाम् अलोकानाम् उपर्य् अपि । तथा लोकाति-लोकानाꣳ वार्तेयेत्य् अवगम्यते
tad akhilānāṁ lokānām alokānām upary api | tathā lokāti-lokānāṁ vārteyety avagamyate
English translation
Translation
Then I understood: "I am above all material and spiritual worlds. I am above the material and spiritual worlds".
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the word "loka" here means "the fourteen material worlds" and the words "aloka" and "ati-loka" mean "what is beyond the fourteen material worlds".
2.6.41
Sourceअथ तत्रागतम् एकाꣳ वृद्धाꣳ नत्वाति-काकुभिः । अपृच्छꣳ विरहत्य् अद्य क्वासौ श्री-नन्द-नन्दनः
atha tatrāgatam ekāṁ vṛddhāṁ natvāti-kākubhiḥ | apṛcchaṁ virahaty adya kvāsau śrī-nanda-nandanaḥ
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Translation
An elderly lady came. I bowed down before her and with sweet words asked: "Where does the son of Nanda enjoy pastimes today?" Srila Sanatana Gosvami reminds us that this conversation was at the entrance to Nanda's palace.
2.6.42
Sourceश्री-वृद्धोवाच— प्रातर् विहर्तुꣳ गहनꣳ प्रविष्टो गोभिर् वयस्यैश् च महाग्रजेन । प्राण-प्रदाता व्रज-वासिनाꣳ नः सायꣳ समायास्यति सो’धुनैव
śrī-vṛddhovāca— prātar vihartuṁ gahanaṁ praviṣṭo gobhir vayasyaiś ca mahāgrajena | prāṇa-pradātā vraja-vāsināṁ naḥ sāyaṁ samāyāsyati so’dhunaiva
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Translation
The elderly lady said: He who gives life to us people of Vraja, in the morning went to the forest with His cows, friends, and elder brother to enjoy pastimes. Now, in the evening, He will return.
2.6.43
Sourceतिष्ठन्ति यस्मिन् व्रज-वासिनो जना न्यस्तेक्षणा वर्त्मनि यामुने’खिलाः । एते नगा यस्य तद्-ईक्षणोन्मुखाः सन्त्य् अच्छदैर् एष्यति नन्व् अनेन सः
tiṣṭhanti yasmin vraja-vāsino janā nyastekṣaṇā vartmani yāmune’khilāḥ | ete nagā yasya tad-īkṣaṇonmukhāḥ santy acchadair eṣyati nanv anena saḥ
English translation
Translation
Their eyes fixed on the path, all the people of Vraja now stand by the Yamuna's shore. Even the trees, eager to see Him, stretch their leaves and branches high. He will come by this path.
2.6.44
Sourceश्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— परमामृत-धाराभिर् अभिषिक्त इवाभवम् । तया तꣳ दर्शितꣳ मार्गम् एक-दृष्ट्या व्यलोकयम्
śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— paramāmṛta-dhārābhir abhiṣikta ivābhavam | tayā taṁ darśitaṁ mārgam eka-dṛṣṭyā vyalokayam
English translation
Translation
Sri Gopa-kumara said: It was as if I was suddenly bathed with great streams of nectar. With a single glance I saw the path she showed.
2.6.45
Sourceपरमानन्द-भारेण स्तम्भितोरुः कथञ्चन । यत्नेनाग्रे भवन् दूरे’शृणवꣳ कम् अपि ध्वनिम्
paramānanda-bhāreṇa stambhitoruḥ kathañcana | yatnenāgre bhavan dūre’śṛṇavaṁ kam api dhvanim
English translation
Translation
I was stunned with bliss. My legs could no longer move. With a great effort from far away I could hear the sound...
2.6.46
Sourceगवाꣳ हाꣳवा-रावैः सुललिततरꣳ मोह-मुरली- कलꣳ लीला-गीत-स्वर-मधुर-रागेण कलितम् । जगद्-वैलक्षण्याचित-विविध-भङ्गि-विलसितꣳ व्रज-स्थानाꣳ तेषाꣳ सपदि परमाकर्ष-वलितम्
gavāṁ hāṁvā-rāvaiḥ sulalitataraṁ moha-muralī- kalaṁ līlā-gīta-svara-madhura-rāgeṇa kalitam | jagad-vailakṣaṇyācita-vividha-bhaṅgi-vilasitaṁ vraja-sthānāṁ teṣāṁ sapadi paramākarṣa-valitam
English translation
Translation
of cows mooing, and playful, sweet flute melodies filled with many charming waves of sound, that enchanted the people of Vraja...
2.6.47
Sourceयस्मात् साश्रुस् तरु-विततितो दीर्घ-धारा रसानाꣳ घोष-स्थानम् अपि तनु-भृताꣳ नेत्रतो’श्रु-प्रवाहः । तन्-मातृणाम् अपि विवयसाꣳ क्षीर-पूरः स्तनेभ्यः कालिन्द्याश् च प्रचल-पयसाꣳ ते न्यवर्तन्त वेगाः
yasmāt sāśrus taru-vitatito dīrgha-dhārā rasānāṁ ghoṣa-sthānam api tanu-bhṛtāṁ netrato’śru-pravāhaḥ | tan-mātṛṇām api vivayasāṁ kṣīra-pūraḥ stanebhyaḥ kālindyāś ca pracala-payasāṁ te nyavartanta vegāḥ
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Translation
made the trees shed tears that were a great flood of nectar, made the people of Vraja shed stream of tears from their eyes, made milk flow from the breasts of the elderly mothers, and made the swiftly moving Yamuna become motionless.
2.6.48
Sourceन जाने सा वꣳश्य् उद्गिरति गरलꣳ वामृत-रसꣳ न जाने तन्-नादो’प्य् अशणि-परुषो वाम्बु-मृदुलः । न जाने चात्य्-उष्णो ज्वलित-दहनाद् वेन्दु-शिशिरो यतो जातोन्मादा मुमुहुर् अखिलास् ते व्रज-जनाः
na jāne sā vaṁśy udgirati garalaṁ vāmṛta-rasaṁ na jāne tan-nādo’py aśaṇi-paruṣo vāmbu-mṛdulaḥ | na jāne cāty-uṣṇo jvalita-dahanād vendu-śiśiro yato jātonmādā mumuhur akhilās te vraja-janāḥ
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Translation
Whether this flute flows with poison or nectar I do no know. Whether this sound is harder than a thunderbolt or softer than nectar I do not know. Whether it is hotter than fire or cooler than the moon I do not know. Because of it everyone in Vraja has become mad. Now they have fainted unconscious.
2.6.49
Sourceअथानुपश्यामि गृहाद् विनिःसृतस् तादीय-नीराजन-वस्तु-पाणयः । प्रयान्ति काश्चिद् व्रज-योषितो’पराः शिरो-ऽर्पितालङ्करणोपभोग्यकाः
athānupaśyāmi gṛhād viniḥsṛtas tādīya-nīrājana-vastu-pāṇayaḥ | prayānti kāścid vraja-yoṣito’parāḥ śiro-'rpitālaṅkaraṇopabhogyakāḥ
English translation
Translation
Then I saw some of the women of Vraja coming from the palace carrying in their hands articles for offering arati. Others carried on their heads ornaments and delicious foods.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that in their hands they carried lamps, and other things, and on their heads they carried garlands, ointments, fresh butter, sweet rice and other things.
2.6.50
Sourceकिञ्चिच् च काश्चित् त्व् अनपेक्षमानाः सम्भ्रान्ति-विघ्नाकलिताः स्खलन्त्यः । धावन्ति तस्याꣳ दिशि यत्र धेनु- हम्बा-रव वेणु-निनाद-मिश्राः
kiñcic ca kāścit tv anapekṣamānāḥ sambhrānti-vighnākalitāḥ skhalantyaḥ | dhāvanti tasyāṁ diśi yatra dhenu- hambā-rava veṇu-nināda-miśrāḥ
English translation
Translation
As they hastily and confusedly ran in the direction of the cows' mooing and the flute's music, some of the women stumbled and fell.
2.6.51
Sourceकाश्चिद् विपर्यग्-धृत-भूषणा ययुः काश्चिच् च नीवि-कच-बन्धनाकुलाः । अन्या गृहान्तस् तरु-भाव-मिश्रिताः काश्चिच् च भूमौ न्यपतन् विमोहिताः
kāścid viparyag-dhṛta-bhūṣaṇā yayuḥ kāścic ca nīvi-kaca-bandhanākulāḥ | anyā gṛhāntas taru-bhāva-miśritāḥ kāścic ca bhūmau nyapatan vimohitāḥ
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Translation
Some had put their ornaments in the wrong places, some had forgotten to tie their belts and hair, some, stunned as trees, stayed in their homes, and some fainted and fell to the ground.
2.6.52
Sourceमोहꣳ गताः कश्चन नीयमाना धृत्वाश्रु-लालार्द्र-मुखाः सखीभिः । यान्तीतराः प्रेम-भराकुलास् तꣳ पश्यैतम् इत्य् अलीभिर् उच्यमानाः
mohaṁ gatāḥ kaścana nīyamānā dhṛtvāśru-lālārdra-mukhāḥ sakhībhiḥ | yāntītarāḥ prema-bharākulās taṁ paśyaitam ity alībhir ucyamānāḥ
English translation
Translation
Some, their faces wet with tears, had fainted and were being carried by their friends. Others, overcome with love, came there and said to their friends: "Look! It is He!"
2.6.53-54
Sourceतादीय-नामेहित-गान-तत्-परा विचित्र-वेशाम्बर-कान्ति-भूषिताः । रमाति-सौभग्य-मद-प्रहारिका जावेन कृष्णा-तटम् आश्रयन्त ताः ततो’हम् अपि केनाप्य् आ- कृष्यमाना इवाग्रताः । धावन्तीभिः समान्ताभिर् धावन्न् अभ्यासरꣳ रयात्
tādīya-nāmehita-gāna-tat-parā vicitra-veśāmbara-kānti-bhūṣitāḥ | ramāti-saubhagya-mada-prahārikā jāvena kṛṣṇā-taṭam āśrayanta tāḥ tato’ham api kenāpy ā- kṛṣyamānā ivāgratāḥ | dhāvantībhiḥ samāntābhir dhāvann abhyāsaraṁ rayāt
English translation
Translation
Continually singing His names and pastimes, decorated with wonderful beauty and colourful garments, and their good fortune robbing Goddess Laksmi of her pride in being fortunate, they ran to the Yamuna's shore. As if pulled by someone, I ran behind.
2.6.55
Sourceअथापश्यꣳ दूरान् मधुर-मुरली-राजित-करो जवान् निःसृत्यासौ सखि-पशु-गणाद् धावन-पराः । अये श्रीदामꣳस् त्वत्-कुल-कमल-भास्वान् अयम् इतः सरूपः प्राप्तो मे सुहृद् इति वदन्न् एति ललितम्
athāpaśyaṁ dūrān madhura-muralī-rājita-karo javān niḥsṛtyāsau sakhi-paśu-gaṇād dhāvana-parāḥ | aye śrīdāmaṁs tvat-kula-kamala-bhāsvān ayam itaḥ sarūpaḥ prāpto me suhṛd iti vadann eti lalitam
English translation
Translation
Then from far away I saw Him. His hand was glorious with the sweet flute. He quickly ran from His friends and cows, said "O Sridama, now I have found my friend Sarupa, who is a brilliant sun shinning on the lotus flower of your family", and gracefully continued walking.
2.6.56
Sourceआरण्य-वेशो विचलत्-कदम्ब- मालावतꣳ साम्बर-बर्ह-मौलिः । सौरभ्य-सꣳवासित-दिक्-ततान्तो लीला-स्मित-श्री-विकसन्-मुखाब्जः
āraṇya-veśo vicalat-kadamba- mālāvataṁ sāmbara-barha-mauliḥ | saurabhya-saṁvāsita-dik-tatānto līlā-smita-śrī-vikasan-mukhābjaḥ
English translation
Translation
He was decorated with forest ornaments, a moving kadamba garland, and a peacock-feather turban. His fragrance filled the directions. His blossoming lotus face was handsome with a playful smile.
2.6.57
Sourceकृपावलोकोल्लसद्-ईक्षणाम्बुजो विचित्र-सौन्दर्य-भरैक-भूषणः । गो-धूलिकालङ्कृत-चञ्चलालक- श्रेण्य्-आवृति-व्यग्र-कराम्बुजाङ्गुलिः
kṛpāvalokollasad-īkṣaṇāmbujo vicitra-saundarya-bharaika-bhūṣaṇaḥ | go-dhūlikālaṅkṛta-cañcalālaka- śreṇy-āvṛti-vyagra-karāmbujāṅguliḥ
English translation
Translation
His lotus eyes glistened with merciful glances. His only real ornament was His own wonderful handsomeness. The fingers of His lotus hand pushed back the moving locks of His hair decorated with dust raised by the cows.
2.6.58
Sourceधरा-तल-श्री-भर-दान-हेतुना भूमि-स्पृशोर् नृत्य-विलास-गामिनोः । सुजातयोः श्री-पद-पद्मयोर् जवद्- उच्चालनोल्लास-भरैर् मनोहरः
dharā-tala-śrī-bhara-dāna-hetunā bhūmi-spṛśor nṛtya-vilāsa-gāminoḥ | sujātayoḥ śrī-pada-padmayor javad- uccālanollāsa-bharair manoharaḥ
English translation
Translation
To beautify the surface of the earth, He touched it with His soft lotus feet as He danced gracefully.
2.6.59
Sourceकैशोर-माधुर्य-भरोल्लसच्-छ्री- गात्राभ्र-कान्त्य्-उज्ज्वलिताखिलाशः । तत्रत्य-नित्य-प्रिय-लोक-चित्त- ग्रह्याद्भुतानेक-महत्त्व-सिन्धुः
kaiśora-mādhurya-bharollasac-chrī- gātrābhra-kānty-ujjvalitākhilāśaḥ | tatratya-nitya-priya-loka-citta- grahyādbhutāneka-mahattva-sindhuḥ
English translation
Translation
Splendid with the sweetness of youth, His handsomeness made all the directions glorious. The ocean of His many glories charmed the hearts of His eternal dear friends there.
2.6.60
Sourceस्व-दीन-लोक-प्रियता-नियन्त्रितो बलाद् अथोत्प्लुत्य समीपम् आगतः । तद्-ईक्षण-प्रेम-विमोहितꣳ हि माꣳ गले गृहित्वा सहसापतद् भुवि
sva-dīna-loka-priyatā-niyantrito balād athotplutya samīpam āgataḥ | tad-īkṣaṇa-prema-vimohitaṁ hi māṁ gale gṛhitvā sahasāpatad bhuvi
English translation
Translation
Controlled by the love of His helpless devotees, He ran to me. I fainted with love by seeing Him. He embraced my neck, and then suddenly fell to the ground.
2.6.61
Sourceक्षणेन सꣳज्ञाम् अहम् एत्य तस्माद् विमोच्य यत्नाद् गलम् उत्थितः सन् । पश्यामि भूमौ पतितो विमुह्य वर्त्मार्द्रयन्न् अस्ति रजो-ऽमयꣳ सः
kṣaṇena saṁjñām aham etya tasmād vimocya yatnād galam utthitaḥ san | paśyāmi bhūmau patito vimuhya vartmārdrayann asti rajo-'mayaṁ saḥ
English translation
Translation
In a moment I became conscious. I carefully freed my neck from His embrace. I saw Him fallen to the ground, unconscious, covered with dust, and muddying the path.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the Lord was muddying the ground with streams of tears.
2.6.62
Sourceगोप्यः समेत्याहुर् अहो बतायꣳ को’त्रागतो वा किम् इदꣳ चकार । एताꣳ दशाꣳ नो’सुगतिꣳ निनाय हा हा हताः स्मो व्रज-वासि-लोकाः
gopyaḥ sametyāhur aho batāyaṁ ko’trāgato vā kim idaṁ cakāra | etāṁ daśāṁ no’sugatiṁ nināya hā hā hatāḥ smo vraja-vāsi-lokāḥ
English translation
Translation
The gopis came there and said: "Who has come here? What has he done to the goal of our lives? Alas! Alas! Now we people of Vraja are all dead!"
2.6.63
Sourceकꣳसस्य माया-विवरस्य भृत्यः कश्चिद् भविष्यत्य् अयम् अत्र नूनम् । एवꣳ विलापꣳ विविधꣳ चरन्त्यस् तम् उद्रुदत्यः परिवव्रुर् आर्ताः
kaṁsasya māyā-vivarasya bhṛtyaḥ kaścid bhaviṣyaty ayam atra nūnam | evaṁ vilāpaṁ vividhaṁ carantyas tam udrudatyaḥ parivavrur ārtāḥ
English translation
Translation
Crying and lamenting in many ways, and saying, "Perhaps he is a servant of the magician Kamsa", they gathered around Krsna.
2.6.64
Sourceअथास्य पृष्ठतो वेगाद् गोप-सङ्घः समागतः । दृष्ट्वा तादृग् अवष्ठꣳ तꣳ रुरुदुः करुण-स्वरैः
athāsya pṛṣṭhato vegād gopa-saṅghaḥ samāgataḥ | dṛṣṭvā tādṛg avaṣṭhaṁ taṁ ruruduḥ karuṇa-svaraiḥ
English translation
Translation
The gopas quickly came. Seeing the situation, they cried pitifully.
2.6.65-66
Sourceतम् आक्रन्द-ध्वनिꣳ घोरꣳ दूराच् छ्रुत्वा व्रज-स्थिताः । वृद्धा नन्दादयो गोपा यशोदा पुत्र-वत्सला जरत्यो’न्यास् तथा दास्यः सर्वे तत्र समागताः । धावन्तः प्रस्खलत्-पादा मुग्धा हा-हेति-रोदिनः
tam ākranda-dhvaniṁ ghoraṁ dūrāc chrutvā vraja-sthitāḥ | vṛddhā nandādayo gopā yaśodā putra-vatsalā jaratyo’nyās tathā dāsyaḥ sarve tatra samāgatāḥ | dhāvantaḥ praskhalat-pādā mugdhā hā-heti-rodinaḥ
English translation
Translation
Hearing the sound of crying, the people of Vraja: Nanda and the gopa men, Yasoda, who dearly loved her son, the other women, and the maidservants, fainting and stumbling as they came, all ran there, crying out "Alas! Alas!"
2.6.67
Sourceततो गवो वृष वत्साः कृष्णसारादयो मृगाः । आगतास् तꣳ दशाꣳ तस्य दृष्ट्वा रोदन-कातराः
tato gavo vṛṣa vatsāḥ kṛṣṇasārādayo mṛgāḥ | āgatās taṁ daśāṁ tasya dṛṣṭvā rodana-kātarāḥ
English translation
Translation
Then the cows, bulls, calves, black deer, and other animals all came there and, seeing what had happened to Krsna, cried in agony.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the animals all considered Krsna the Lord of their life.
2.6.68
Sourceअश्रु-धाराभिर् धौतास्या नदन्तः स्नेहतो मृदु । आगत्यागत्य जिघ्रन्तो लिहन्त्य् एतꣳ मुहुर् मुहुः
aśru-dhārābhir dhautāsyā nadantaḥ snehato mṛdu | āgatyāgatya jighranto lihanty etaṁ muhur muhuḥ
English translation
Translation
Gently making sounds of love, their faces bathed with tears, approaching Him again and again, and smelling Him, they licked Him again and again.
2.6.69
Sourceखगास् तस्योपरिष्टाच् च भ्रमन्तो व्योम्नि दुःखिताः । रुदन्त इव कुर्वन्ति कोलाहलम् अनेकशः
khagās tasyopariṣṭāc ca bhramanto vyomni duḥkhitāḥ | rudanta iva kurvanti kolāhalam anekaśaḥ
English translation
Translation
Crying as they flew in the sky above, many grieving birds made a great sound.
2.6.70
Sourceस्थवराश् चान्तर्-उत्ताप्ताः सद्यः शुष्का इवाभवन् । बहुनोक्तेन किꣳ सर्वे मृता इव चराचराः
sthavarāś cāntar-uttāptāḥ sadyaḥ śuṣkā ivābhavan | bahunoktena kiṁ sarve mṛtā iva carācarāḥ
English translation
Translation
Their hearts filled with pain, the unmoving trees and plants suddenly became withered and dry. How can I say it in words? All moving and unmoving beings became as if they were dead.
2.6.71
Sourceअहꣳ महा-शोक-समुद्र-मग्नः स्व-कृत्य-मूढः परमार्तिम् आप्तः । निधाय तत्-पाद-युगꣳ स्व-मस्ते रुदन् प्रवृत्तो बहुधा विलापे
ahaṁ mahā-śoka-samudra-magnaḥ sva-kṛtya-mūḍhaḥ paramārtim āptaḥ | nidhāya tat-pāda-yugaṁ sva-maste rudan pravṛtto bahudhā vilāpe
English translation
Translation
Tormented, drowning in an ocean of sorrow, confused about what I had done, placing my head at His feet, and crying, I lamented again and again.
2.6.72
Sourceविदूर-वार्ती बलभद्रदेवो’नुजोपमाकल्प-वयो’भिरामः । नीलाम्बरालङ्कृत-गौर-कान्तिस् ततः समायात् स-भयꣳ स-वेगम्
vidūra-vārtī balabhadradevo’nujopamākalpa-vayo’bhirāmaḥ | nīlāmbarālaṅkṛta-gaura-kāntis tataḥ samāyāt sa-bhayaṁ sa-vegam
English translation
Translation
Handsome Balarama, whose fair complexion was decorated with blue garments, who was dressed and decorated as His younger brother was, and who was only slightly older than He, with great fear quickly came from far away.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Lord Balarama's complexion is the colour of a white lotus flower.
2.6.73
Sourceविशारदेन्द्रः परितो विलोक्य रुदन् क्षणाद् धैर्यम् इवावलम्ब्य । मादीय-दोर्भ्याम् अनुजस्य कण्ठꣳ सङ्ग्राहयाम् आस निज-प्रयत्नात्
viśāradendraḥ parito vilokya rudan kṣaṇād dhairyam ivāvalambya | mādīya-dorbhyām anujasya kaṇṭhaṁ saṅgrāhayām āsa nija-prayatnāt
English translation
Translation
Balarama, the leader of the wise, cried at first, but then He became peaceful at heart. He looked about. He took my arms and carefully placed them around the neck of His younger brother.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Lord Balarama looked about to find the cause of His brother's fainting.
2.6.74
Sourceसम्मर्जयाम् आस मादीय-पाणिना श्रीमत्-तद्-अङ्गानि तथा तम् उच्चकैः । आह्वाययाम् आस विचित्र-काकुभिः प्रोत्थापयाम् आस मयैव भू-तलात्
sammarjayām āsa mādīya-pāṇinā śrīmat-tad-aṅgāni tathā tam uccakaiḥ | āhvāyayām āsa vicitra-kākubhiḥ protthāpayām āsa mayaiva bhū-talāt
English translation
Translation
He made my hand stroke Krsna's handsome limbs. He made me call out to Him with wonderfully sweet words. He made me lift Him from the ground.
2.6.75
Sourceसद्यो’श्रु-धारा-परिमुद्रिते ते श्री-नेत्र-पद्मे उदमीलयत् सः । माꣳ वीक्ष्य हर्षात् परिरभ्य चुम्बन् लज्जाम् अगच्छत् परितो’वलोक्य
sadyo’śru-dhārā-parimudrite te śrī-netra-padme udamīlayat saḥ | māṁ vīkṣya harṣāt parirabhya cumban lajjām agacchat parito’valokya
English translation
Translation
At once He opened the charming lotus eyes that had been sealed by streams of tears. Seeing me, He happily embraced and kissed me, but then, looking around, He became embarrassed.
2.6.76
Sourceचिरादृष्ट-प्राण-प्रिय-सखम् इवावाप्य स तु माꣳ करे धृत्वा वाम-स्व-कर-कमलेन प्रभु-वरः । विचित्रꣳ सम्प्रश्नꣳ विदधद् अखिलाꣳस् तान् व्रज-जनान् समानन्द्य श्रीमान् अविशद् ।इभ-गामि व्रज-वरम्
cirādṛṣṭa-prāṇa-priya-sakham ivāvāpya sa tu māṁ kare dhṛtvā vāma-sva-kara-kamalena prabhu-varaḥ | vicitraṁ sampraśnaṁ vidadhad akhilāṁs tān vraja-janān samānandya śrīmān aviśad |ibha-gāmi vraja-varam
English translation
Translation
Having attained me, a friend more dear than life He had not seen for a long time, taking my hand in His left lotus hand, asking me wonderful questions, bringing happiness to all the people of Vraja, and walking as gracefully as an elephant, the handsome Lord entered the village of Vraja. Srila Sanatana Gosvami gives "O dear friend, are you well? Are you happy?" as an example of Krsna's questions.
2.6.77
Sourceवन्या मृगास् तस्य वियोग-दीना गन्तुꣳ विना तꣳ हि कुतो’प्य् अशक्ताः । प्रातर् भविष्यत् प्रभु-दर्शनाशास् तष्ठुर् व्रज-द्वारि निशाꣳ नियान्तः
vanyā mṛgās tasya viyoga-dīnā gantuṁ vinā taṁ hi kuto’py aśaktāḥ | prātar bhaviṣyat prabhu-darśanāśās taṣṭhur vraja-dvāri niśāṁ niyāntaḥ
English translation
Translation
Unhappy in his absence, unable to go anywhere without Him, and hoping to see the Lord in the morning, the forest deer passed the night at the entrance to Vraja village.
2.6.78
Sourceउड्डीयोड्डीय पश्यन्तो विहगास् तꣳ व्रजान्तरे । रात्राव् आदृष्ट्वा क्रोशन्तो रुदन्त इव निर्ययुः
uḍḍīyoḍḍīya paśyanto vihagās taṁ vrajāntare | rātrāv ādṛṣṭvā krośanto rudanta iva niryayuḥ
English translation
Translation
Again and again flying over Vraja, the birds gazed at Krsna. Unable to see Him at night, weeping and crying out, they left.
2.6.79
Sourceगो-दोहननान्तरम् आग्रहेण नन्दस्य पुत्र-प्रणयाकुलस्य । सम्भालनꣳ साधु गवाम् अकृत्वा तौ भ्रातरौ जग्मतुर् आत्म-गेहम्
go-dohananāntaram āgraheṇa nandasya putra-praṇayākulasya | sambhālanaṁ sādhu gavām akṛtvā tau bhrātarau jagmatur ātma-geham
English translation
Translation
At the insistence of Nanda, who was full of love for His sons, the two brothers did not stay to talk to the cows after they were milked, but went directly home.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Nanda said, "Son, you must be tired from wandering in the forest. Go home with Your older brother. Bathe and perform Your other duties. I will stay and talk to the cows. Don't delay. Your mother is lamenting. She will rebuke me. Please honour the promise I made her. Go home at once."
2.6.80
Sourceस्नेहस्नुवत्-स्तन्य-दृग्-अश्रु-धारया धौताम्बराङ्ग्या त्वरया यशोदया । भूत्वा पुरो’कारि स-रोहिणीकया प्रत्यङ्ग-नीराजनम् एतयोर् मुहुः
snehasnuvat-stanya-dṛg-aśru-dhārayā dhautāmbarāṅgyā tvarayā yaśodayā | bhūtvā puro’kāri sa-rohiṇīkayā pratyaṅga-nīrājanam etayor muhuḥ
English translation
Translation
Their limbs and garments bathed in the streams flowing out of love from their eyes and breasts, again and again Yasoda and Rohini offered arati to each limb of the two boys.
2.6.81
Sourceनीराजयन्त्य् आत्म-शिरोरुहैः सुतꣳ सालिङ्गति स्नेह-भरेण चुम्बति । नो वेत्ति रक्षिष्यति शिऋष्णꣳ किꣳ निजे वक्षो-ऽन्तरे वा जठरान्तरे वा
nīrājayanty ātma-śiroruhaiḥ sutaṁ sāliṅgati sneha-bhareṇa cumbati | no vetti rakṣiṣyati śiṛṣṇaṁ kiṁ nije vakṣo-'ntare vā jaṭharāntare vā
English translation
Translation
With her hair she offers arati to her son. She embraces Him and lovingly kisses Him. Will she hold His head to her breast or her waist?
2.6.82
Sourceतत्रैव नीतꣳ प्रणयाकुलेन माꣳ तेन स्वयꣳ कारित-मातृ-वन्दनम् । सा लालयाम् आस मुद्रा स्व-पुत्रवद् दृष्ट्वा मयि प्रेम-भरꣳ सुतस्य तत्
tatraiva nītaṁ praṇayākulena māṁ tena svayaṁ kārita-mātṛ-vandanam | sā lālayām āsa mudrā sva-putravad dṛṣṭvā mayi prema-bharaṁ sutasya tat
English translation
Translation
Filled with love, He brought me to His mother and made me bow down before Her. Seeing that her son loved me, she was as affectionate to me as she was to Him.
2.6.83
Sourceतावद् आगत्य मिलिता युगपत् तत्र गोपिकाः । काश्चिद् व्याजेन केनापि काश्चित् सर्वान् अपेक्षया
tāvad āgatya militā yugapat tatra gopikāḥ | kāścid vyājena kenāpi kāścit sarvān apekṣayā
English translation
Translation
Then, ignoring all other duties, some gopis came there on a certain pretext.
2.6.84
Sourceमातृभ्याꣳ स्नपनारम्भꣳ स्वाभ्याꣳ भ्रत्रोर् द्वयोः कृतम् । आलक्ष्य भगवान् आह बल्लवीर् अति-लम्पटाः
mātṛbhyāṁ snapanārambhaṁ svābhyāṁ bhratror dvayoḥ kṛtam | ālakṣya bhagavān āha ballavīr ati-lampaṭāḥ
English translation
Translation
Seeing that the two mothers were making arrangements to bathe the two brothers, the mischievous Lord said to the gopis:
2.6.85
Sourceमातरौ भ्रातराव् आवाꣳ क्षुधार्तौ स्वस् तद्-ओदनम् । निष्पद्य भोजयेथाꣳ नौ तातम् आनय्य सत्वरम्
mātarau bhrātarāv āvāṁ kṣudhārtau svas tad-odanam | niṣpadya bhojayethāṁ nau tātam ānayya satvaram
English translation
Translation
"O mothers, We two brothers are tortured with hunger. Please quickly prepare our meal, bring father, and We will eat."
2.6.86
Sourceतच् छ्रुत्वाह प्रियꣳ गोप्यः श्री-यशोदे व्रजेश्वरी । देवी रोहिणी कर्तव्याद् अस्माद् विरमताꣳ युवाम्
tac chrutvāha priyaṁ gopyaḥ śrī-yaśode vrajeśvarī | devī rohiṇī kartavyād asmād viramatāṁ yuvām
English translation
Translation
Hearing these pleasant words, the gopis said: "O Sri Yasoda, queen of Vraja, O Queen Rohini, you need not do this. We will do this duty.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the duty here is the bathing of Krsna and Balarama.
2.6.87
Sourceशीघ्रꣳ भोजन-सामाग्रीꣳ सम्पादयताम् एतयोः । वयम् एव सुखꣳ सम्याक् स्नपयेमाचिराद् इमे
śīghraṁ bhojana-sāmāgrīṁ sampādayatām etayoḥ | vayam eva sukhaṁ samyāk snapayemācirād ime
English translation
Translation
"You two quickly prepare Their meal. We will nicely bathe Them at once."
2.6.88
Sourceश्री-यशोदोवाच— प्रथमꣳ त्वरया ज्येष्ठः स्नपयित्वा प्रहीयताम् । नन्दस्यानयनायात्र भोजनार्थाय बालिकाः
śrī-yaśodovāca— prathamaṁ tvarayā jyeṣṭhaḥ snapayitvā prahīyatām | nandasyānayanāyātra bhojanārthāya bālikāḥ
English translation
Translation
Sri Yasoda said: "Girls, quickly bathe the older boy first and send Him to fetch Nanda so he may also eat."
2.6.89
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— प्रासस्य तद्-वचो हृद्यꣳ रामꣳ ताः कतिचिद् द्रुतम् । आप्लव्य प्रेययाम् आसुस् तयोर् गेहꣳ प्रविष्टयोः
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— prāsasya tad-vaco hṛdyaṁ rāmaṁ tāḥ katicid drutam | āplavya preyayām āsus tayor gehaṁ praviṣṭayoḥ
English translation
Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Praising mother Yasoda's pleasing words, some gopis quickly bathed Balarama and sent Him (to get Nanda) as Yasoda and Rohini went into the kitchen.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Sarupa is Gopa-kumara's original name in the spiritual world. From now on he will be identified as Sarupa.
2.6.90
Sourceश्री-कृष्णस्य विचित्राणि भूषणानि विभागशः । क्रमेणोत्तार्य ताः स्वीयैर् वस्त्रैर् गात्राण्य् अमार्जयन्
śrī-kṛṣṇasya vicitrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni vibhāgaśaḥ | krameṇottārya tāḥ svīyair vastrair gātrāṇy amārjayan
English translation
Translation
One by one removing Sri Krsna's wonderful ornaments, they scrubbed His limbs with their own washcloths.
2.6.91
Sourceवꣳशीꣳ सपत्नीम् इव याच्यमानाꣳ ताभिः कराब्जाच् च जिघृक्ष्यमानाम् । सङ्केत-भङ्ग्या स तु माꣳ प्रबोध्य चिक्षेप दूरान् मम मुक्त-हस्ते
vaṁśīṁ sapatnīm iva yācyamānāṁ tābhiḥ karābjāc ca jighṛkṣyamānām | saṅketa-bhaṅgyā sa tu māṁ prabodhya cikṣepa dūrān mama mukta-haste
English translation
Translation
Alerting me with a signal, from far away He tossed into my open hand the flute, which was like the gopis' rival, for which they begged, and which they tried to grab from His lotus hand.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the signal was the Lord's dancing eyebrow. The gopis begged, "Give it to me! Give it to me!"
2.6.92
Sourceअभ्यज्योत्तम-तैलैस् ताः कर्तुम् उद्वर्तनꣳ शनैः । आरेभिरे स्व-हस्ताब्ज- कोमल-स्पर्श-पाटवैः
abhyajyottama-tailais tāḥ kartum udvartanaṁ śanaiḥ | ārebhire sva-hastābja- komala-sparśa-pāṭavaiḥ
English translation
Translation
Then they anointed Him with excellent oil and carefully and expertly massaged Him with the soft touch of their lotus hands.
2.6.93
Sourceतथापि सौकुमार्याद् वा लीला-कौतुकतो’पि वा । सा करोत्य् आर्ति-सीत्कारꣳ समꣳ श्री-मुख-भङ्गिभिः
tathāpi saukumāryād vā līlā-kautukato’pi vā | sā karoty ārti-sītkāraṁ samaṁ śrī-mukha-bhaṅgibhiḥ
English translation
Translation
Still, either because He was so very delicate and sensitive, or perhaps out of playfulness, He cried out with a pained expression on His face.
2.6.94
Sourceपुत्रैक-प्रणयाकर्ण्य तꣳ तदाति-स्वरꣳ तया । बहिर् भूयाशु किꣳ वृत्तꣳ किꣳ वृत्तम् इति पृच्छ्यते
putraika-praṇayākarṇya taṁ tadāti-svaraṁ tayā | bahir bhūyāśu kiṁ vṛttaṁ kiṁ vṛttam iti pṛcchyate
English translation
Translation
Hearing this cry of pain, and at once coming out, she who had placed all her love in her son alone asked, "What happened? What happened?"
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Mother Yasoda came out from the Kitchen.
2.6.95
Sourceसुतस्य स-स्मितꣳ वक्त्रꣳ वीक्ष्यथो विश्यते गृहम् । ताभिस् तु स-स्मित-त्रासꣳ गीतैर् निष्पद्यते’स्य तत्
sutasya sa-smitaṁ vaktraṁ vīkṣyatho viśyate gṛham | tābhis tu sa-smita-trāsaṁ gītair niṣpadyate’sya tat
English translation
Translation
Seeing Her son's smiling face, she went back to the kitchen. Afraid, smiling, and singing songs, the gopis finished massaging Him.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the gopis smiled because they knew that Krsna only pretended to cry in pain, but they were also afraid that Mother Yasoda would again come from the kitchen.
2.6.96
Sourceअथ कोष्णैः सुवासैस् तꣳ यामुनैर् निर्मलैर् जलैः । स-लीलाꣳ स्नापयाम् आस रत्न-कुम्भ-घटी-भृतैः
atha koṣṇaiḥ suvāsais taṁ yāmunair nirmalair jalaiḥ | sa-līlāṁ snāpayām āsa ratna-kumbha-ghaṭī-bhṛtaiḥ
English translation
Translation
Then, with clear, warm, and fragrant Yamuna-water from jewelled jars, they playfully bathed Him.
2.6.97
Sourceनीतैः स्व-स्व-गृहान् मला- लेपनाम्बर-भूषणैः । विचित्रैर् नट-वेशेना- भूययाꣳस् तꣳ यथा-रुचि
nītaiḥ sva-sva-gṛhān malā- lepanāmbara-bhūṣaṇaiḥ | vicitrair naṭa-veśenā- bhūyayāṁs taṁ yathā-ruci
English translation
Translation
Then, with wonderful garlands, scented ointments, garments, and many ornaments all brought from their own homes, according to their own liking they dressed Him as a dancer-actor.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the word "yatha-ruci" may also be interpreted to mean "according to Krsna's liking".
2.6.98
Sourceभोग्यꣳ च निभृतꣳ किञ्चित् भोजयित्वोक्त-वस्तुभिः । मुहुर् नीराजनꣳ कृत्वा दध्युस् तानि स्व-मूर्धसु
bhogyaṁ ca nibhṛtaṁ kiñcit bhojayitvokta-vastubhiḥ | muhur nīrājanaṁ kṛtvā dadhyus tāni sva-mūrdhasu
English translation
Translation
Then they fed Him some food they had hidden, and then, with the offerings that are said to be proper to give again and again offering arati to Him, they placed the offerings on their heads.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the gopis may have themselves brought the hidden food out of love for Krsna, or the hidden food may have been arranged by Mother Yasoda's own desire. The arati offerings include camphor and a lamp.
2.6.99
Sourceदिव्य-चन्दन-काश्मीर- कास्तुरी-पङ्क-मुद्रया । गल-भल-कपोलादौ चित्रयाम् आसुर् अद्भुतम्
divya-candana-kāśmīra- kāsturī-paṅka-mudrayā | gala-bhala-kapolādau citrayām āsur adbhutam
English translation
Translation
With paste of excellent sandalwood, kunkuma, and musk they drew wonderful pictures and designs on His neck, forehead, and cheeks, and in other places also.
2.6.100
Sourceस-भावꣳ वीक्ष्यमानास् ता हस्तꣳ सꣳस्तभ्य यत्नतः । प्रवृत्ता नेत्र-कमले तस्योज्ज्वलयितुꣳ मुदा
sa-bhāvaṁ vīkṣyamānās tā hastaṁ saṁstabhya yatnataḥ | pravṛttā netra-kamale tasyojjvalayituṁ mudā
English translation
Translation
As He lovingly gazed at them, they carefully steadied Him with their hands to decorate His eyes with black Kajjala.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that because Krsna's loving glances made their hands tremble, they could not do a very good job of decorating His eyes.
2.6.101
Sourceवन्य-क्रीडा-सुखꣳ कृष्णो भूरिशस् तासु भाषते । विचित्राणि च नर्माणि कञ्चिच् च तनुते रतिम्
vanya-krīḍā-sukhaṁ kṛṣṇo bhūriśas tāsu bhāṣate | vicitrāṇi ca narmāṇi kañcic ca tanute ratim
English translation
Translation
Again and again He spoke with them about the happiness of their pastimes in the forest, He said many wonderful joking words and He pleased them.
2.6.102
Sourceएवम् अन्योन्य-सौहर्द- भर-प्रकटनेन हि । वेशः समाप्तिꣳ नायाति लोप्यमानस् तथा मुहुः
evam anyonya-sauharda- bhara-prakaṭanena hi | veśaḥ samāptiṁ nāyāti lopyamānas tathā muhuḥ
English translation
Translation
Interrupted again and again by their mutual friendship, His decoration did not attain its completion.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that by saying, "This is not good. Take it away and do it again," Krsna interrupted the process of decoration again and again.
2.6.103
Sourceभूयो भूयो यशोदा च पुत्र-स्नेहातुरान्तरा । बहिर् निर्गत्य पश्यन्ति वदत्य् एवꣳ रुषेव ताः
bhūyo bhūyo yaśodā ca putra-snehāturāntarā | bahir nirgatya paśyanti vadaty evaṁ ruṣeva tāḥ
English translation
Translation
Her heart filled with love for her son, Yasoda left the kitchen again and again. Seeing what had happened she spoke the following words as if she were angry.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Mother Yasoda was not actually angry.
2.6.104
Sourceश्री-यशोदोवाच— लोल-प्रकृतया बाल्याद् अहो गोप-कुमारिकाः । स्नानालङ्करणꣳ नास्या- धुनापि समपद्यत
śrī-yaśodovāca— lola-prakṛtayā bālyād aho gopa-kumārikāḥ | snānālaṅkaraṇaṁ nāsyā- dhunāpi samapadyata
English translation
Translation
Sri Yasoda said: "O gopi girls, because of your fickleness and childishness His bathing and decoration is still not finished?"
2.6.105
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— तासाꣳ निरीक्ष्यमानानाꣳ परितः स्व-प्रियꣳ मुहुः । परिहासोत्सुकꣳ चित्तꣳ वृद्धाभिप्रेत्य साब्रवीत्
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— tāsāṁ nirīkṣyamānānāṁ paritaḥ sva-priyaṁ muhuḥ | parihāsotsukaṁ cittaṁ vṛddhābhipretya sābravīt
English translation
Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Understanding the playful hearts of the gopis, whose eyes were then fixed on their beloved, an elderly lady said:
2.6.106
Sourceअरे पुत्रि यशोदे’त्र हर्षाद् एत्य निरीक्ष्यताम् । भवत्याः श्यामलꣳ पुत्रꣳ निन्युः सुन्दरताम् इमाः
are putri yaśode’tra harṣād etya nirīkṣyatām | bhavatyāḥ śyāmalaṁ putraṁ ninyuḥ sundaratām imāḥ
English translation
Translation
"O daughter Yasoda, please happily see how these girls have brought handsomeness to your dark son."
2.6.107
Sourceस्व-धात्र्या वाक्यम् आकर्ण्य मुखरायाः पुनर् बहिः । भूत्वाभिप्रेत्य तन्-नर्म स-रोषम् इव साब्रवीत्
sva-dhātryā vākyam ākarṇya mukharāyāḥ punar bahiḥ | bhūtvābhipretya tan-narma sa-roṣam iva sābravīt
English translation
Translation
Hearing these words of her nurse Mukhara, she again left the kitchen. Understanding the joke her nurse had said, she spoke as if she were angry.
2.6.108
Sourceश्री-यशोदोवाच— सहजाशेष-सौन्दर्य- नीराजित-पदाम्बुजः । जगन्-मूर्ध्नि नरिनार्ति मादीय-श्याम-सुन्दरः
śrī-yaśodovāca— sahajāśeṣa-saundarya- nīrājita-padāmbujaḥ | jagan-mūrdhni narinārti mādīya-śyāma-sundaraḥ
English translation
Translation
Sri Yasoda said: "All handsomenesses offering arati to His lotus feet, my handsome dark boy dances again and again on the head of the entire world!
2.6.109
Sourceएतत्-पद-नखाग्रैक- सौन्दर्यस्यापि नार्हति । सौन्दर्य-भरः सर्वासाम् आसाꣳ नीराजनꣳ ध्रुवम्
etat-pada-nakhāgraika- saundaryasyāpi nārhati | saundarya-bharaḥ sarvāsām āsāṁ nīrājanaṁ dhruvam
English translation
Translation
"The beauty of all these girls together is not worthy to offer arati to the handsomeness in the tip of one of His toenails."
2.6.110
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— तत्-सौन्दर्यꣳ सा च लावण्य-लक्ष्मीस् तन्-माधुर्यꣳ तस्य किꣳ वर्णितꣳ स्यात् । द्रव्यैर् योग्या लौकिकैर् नोपमा स्यात् किꣳ वान्येन द्वारकेन्द्रेण नापि
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— tat-saundaryaṁ sā ca lāvaṇya-lakṣmīs tan-mādhuryaṁ tasya kiṁ varṇitaṁ syāt | dravyair yogyā laukikair nopamā syāt kiṁ vānyena dvārakendreṇa nāpi
English translation
Translation
Sri Sarupa said: How can His handsomeness, glory, and sweetness be described? It cannot be compared to anything in this world, nor anything beyond it, nor even the king of Dvaraka!
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that "handsomeness" here means "the handsomeness of His body", "glory" means "the glory of His dark complexion", and "sweetness" means "the sweetness of His smile and other features". That His handsomeness cannot be compared to anything in the material world means His eyes and the other parts of His body cannot be compared to lotus flowers or other things, and also that His handsomeness cannot be compared to that of the incarnations of Lord Visnu present in the material world. It cannot even be compared to that of the king of Vaikuntha, the king of Ayodhya, or the king of Dvaraka.
2.6.111
Sourceकृष्णो यथा नागर-शेखराग्र्यो राधा तथा नागरिका-वराग्र्या । राधा यथा नागरिका-वराग्र्या कृष्णो तथा नागर-शेखराग्र्यः
kṛṣṇo yathā nāgara-śekharāgryo rādhā tathā nāgarikā-varāgryā | rādhā yathā nāgarikā-varāgryā kṛṣṇo tathā nāgara-śekharāgryaḥ
English translation
Translation
As Krsna is the crest of heroes, so Radha is the greatest heroine. As Radha is the greatest heroine, so Krsna is the crest of heroes.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Radha, being like Krsna, cannot be compared to anyone else. They are both like each other and unlike all others.
2.6.112
Sourceस्नत्वागतꣳ गोप-राजꣳ बलरामेन सम्युतम् । सꣳलक्ष्य लीनास् ताः सर्वा द्रुतꣳ कृष्णो’ग्रतो’भवत्
snatvāgataṁ gopa-rājaṁ balarāmena samyutam | saṁlakṣya līnās tāḥ sarvā drutaṁ kṛṣṇo’grato’bhavat
English translation
Translation
Completing the bathing, and seeing that the gopa king had come with Balarama, all the girls hid, and Krsna at once came before him.
2.6.113
Sourceनन्दो भोजन-शालायाम् आसीनः कनकासने । भोजनꣳ कर्तुम् आरेभे तथा तौ तस्य पार्श्वयोः
nando bhojana-śālāyām āsīnaḥ kanakāsane | bhojanaṁ kartum ārebhe tathā tau tasya pārśvayoḥ
English translation
Translation
With the two boys at his sides, Nanda sat down on a golden throne in the dining room and began to eat.
2.6.114
Sourceयशोदा-नन्दनो वामे दक्षिणे रोहिणी-सुतः । तेषाम् अहꣳ तु महता- ग्रहेणाभिमुखे पृथक्
yaśodā-nandano vāme dakṣiṇe rohiṇī-sutaḥ | teṣām ahaṁ tu mahatā- graheṇābhimukhe pṛthak
English translation
Translation
Yasoda's son was at his left and Rohini's son was at his right. At Their insistence I faced Them.
2.6.115-116
Sourceश्री-रोहिण्या पुरस्कृत्य रत्न-सौवर्ण-राजतैः । विविधैर् भाजनैर् दिव्यैः प्रहितꣳ गृह-मध्यतः परिवेष्यमानꣳ स्नेहेन मात्रा भोग-पुरन्दरः । सर्व-सद्-गुण-सम्पन्नम् अन्नꣳ भुङ्क्ते चतुर्-विधम्
śrī-rohiṇyā puraskṛtya ratna-sauvarṇa-rājataiḥ | vividhair bhājanair divyaiḥ prahitaṁ gṛha-madhyataḥ pariveṣyamānaṁ snehena mātrā bhoga-purandaraḥ | sarva-sad-guṇa-sampannam annaṁ bhuṅkte catur-vidham
English translation
Translation
The king of enjoyers then ate a meal that had all good qualities, that had four kinds of food, that Sri Rohini brought from the kitchen in splendid jewelled, golden and silver pots and that His mother lovingly served Him.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the king of enjoyers is Krsna.
2.6.117
Sourceपृथक् पृथक् कचोलासु विचित्रासु प्रपूरितम् । विस्तीर्ण-कनक-स्थल्याꣳ नीत्वा कवलयान् भृशम्
pṛthak pṛthak kacolāsu vicitrāsu prapūritam | vistīrṇa-kanaka-sthalyāṁ nītvā kavalayān bhṛśam
English translation
Translation
His great golden plate filled with many cups of different kinds of food, He ate a great deal.
2.6.118
Sourceमात्रा कदाचित् पित्रा च भ्रात्रापि क्रमशो मुखे । समर्प्यमानꣳ यत्नेन कवलꣳ लीलयाददत्
mātrā kadācit pitrā ca bhrātrāpi kramaśo mukhe | samarpyamānaṁ yatnena kavalaṁ līlayādadat
English translation
Translation
Sometimes His mother, father, or brother would carefully place some food in His mouth and He would playfully and graciously accept it.
2.6.119
Sourceतथा पानक-जातꣳ च कचोला-भृतम् उत्तमम् । भृङ्गारिका-भृतश् चापो मध्ये मध्ये पिबन् शिवाः
tathā pānaka-jātaṁ ca kacolā-bhṛtam uttamam | bhṛṅgārikā-bhṛtaś cāpo madhye madhye piban śivāḥ
English translation
Translation
As He ate He drank excellent nectar from a golden cup and excellent water from another golden cup.
2.6.120-124
Sourceआदौ सुमृष्टम् उत्कृष्टꣳ कोष्णꣳ स-घृत-शर्करम् । पायसꣳ नाडिका-पूप- फेनिका-रोटिका-युतम् अन्यानि घृत-पक्वानि रसालासहितानि च । दधि-दुग्ध-विकारोत्थ- मिष्टान्नान्य् अपराणि अपि मध्ये सूक्ष्मꣳ सितꣳ भक्तꣳ कोष्णꣳ सुरभि-कोमलम् । वातकैः पर्पतैः शाकैः सूपैश् च व्यञ्जनैः परैः मधुराꣳल-रस-प्रायैः प्रायो गोरस-साधितैः । कटु-चूर्णान्वितैर् अꣳल- द्रव्यैः स-लवणैर् युतम् अन्ते पुनः शिखरिणीꣳ विकारान् दधि-सम्भवान् । हिङ्ग्वादि-सꣳस्कृतꣳ तक्रꣳ बुभुजे माꣳ च भोजयन्
ādau sumṛṣṭam utkṛṣṭaṁ koṣṇaṁ sa-ghṛta-śarkaram | pāyasaṁ nāḍikā-pūpa- phenikā-roṭikā-yutam anyāni ghṛta-pakvāni rasālāsahitāni ca | dadhi-dugdha-vikārottha- miṣṭānnāny aparāṇi api madhye sūkṣmaṁ sitaṁ bhaktaṁ koṣṇaṁ surabhi-komalam | vātakaiḥ parpataiḥ śākaiḥ sūpaiś ca vyañjanaiḥ paraiḥ madhurāṁla-rasa-prāyaiḥ prāyo gorasa-sādhitaiḥ | kaṭu-cūrṇānvitair aṁla- dravyaiḥ sa-lavaṇair yutam ante punaḥ śikhariṇīṁ vikārān dadhi-sambhavān | hiṅgvādi-saṁskṛtaṁ takraṁ bubhuje māṁ ca bhojayan
English translation
Translation
In the beginning He ate very sweet warm milk mixed with sugar and ghee, jallebis, pupa cakes, phenika sweets, capatis, many other delicious foods cooked in ghee, and many sweets made of milk and yoghurt, in the middle He ate many exquisite, sweet, cakes, fragrant soft foods, vataka cakes, parpata cakes, soup, spinach, other vegetables, many milk preparations of the sweet and bitter kinds, and many other spicy, bitter, and salty foods at the end He ate curds with sugar, many kinds of curd and yoghurt preparations, and buttermilk with hing, and He also fed me all these different foods.
2.6.125
Sourceसा चर्वाणोद्यद्-अरुणाधर-चारु-जिह्वा गण्डु-स्थलानन-सरोज-विलास-भङ्गी । भ्रू-चाप-लोचन-सरोरुह-नर्तन-श्री- विद्योतिता न वचसाꣳ मनसापि गम्या
sā carvāṇodyad-aruṇādhara-cāru-jihvā gaṇḍu-sthalānana-saroja-vilāsa-bhaṅgī | bhrū-cāpa-locana-saroruha-nartana-śrī- vidyotitā na vacasāṁ manasāpi gamyā
English translation
Translation
Glorious with the dancing of His lotus eyes and archer's bow eyebrows, the waves of pastimes of His lotus face, cheeks, charming tongue, red lips, and chewing teeth cannot be approached by words or the mind.
2.6.126
Sourceगोपिकाभिश् च मिष्टन्नम् आनीय स्व-स्व-गेहतः । क्षीराज्य-शर्करापक्वꣳ यशोदाग्रे धृतꣳ तदा
gopikābhiś ca miṣṭannam ānīya sva-sva-gehataḥ | kṣīrājya-śarkarāpakvaṁ yaśodāgre dhṛtaṁ tadā
English translation
Translation
From their own homes the gopis brought many sweets cooked with milk, butter and sugar and placed them before Mother Yasoda.
2.6.127
Sourceविचित्र-लीलया तत् तत् स-श्लाघꣳ बुभुजे’सकृत् । ताः सर्वाः रञ्जयन् किञ्चिद् भोजयन् स्व-करेण माम्
vicitra-līlayā tat tat sa-ślāghaṁ bubhuje’sakṛt | tāḥ sarvāḥ rañjayan kiñcid bhojayan sva-kareṇa mām
English translation
Translation
With wonderful playfulness He ate them again and again, praising all of them, delighting all the gopis, and with His own hand feeding me some of them.
2.6.128
Sourceअथ श्री-राधिकानीय स मनोहर-लड्डुकम् । कृष्णस्य वामतो दध्रे गूटिका-पूरितान्वितम्
atha śrī-rādhikānīya sa manohara-laḍḍukam | kṛṣṇasya vāmato dadhre gūṭikā-pūritānvitam
English translation
Translation
Then Sri Radhika brought a manohara-laddhu filled with sugar and placed it at Krsna's left.
2.6.129
Sourceनिष्कृष्य तन् नखाग्रेण तर्जन्य्-अङ्गुष्ठयोः कियत् । जिह्वाग्रे न्यस्य चक्रे’सौ निम्बरन्-मुख-विक्रियम्
niṣkṛṣya tan nakhāgreṇa tarjany-aṅguṣṭhayoḥ kiyat | jihvāgre nyasya cakre’sau nimbaran-mukha-vikriyam
English translation
Translation
Picking it up with the tips of His forefinger and thumb, and then lightly placing it on the tip of His tongue, He suddenly curled His mouth in an expression of distaste.
2.6.130
Sourceभ्रातः स्मितꣳ रुषा मातुस् तस्याꣳ तातस्य विस्मयम् । तन्वन् सखीनाꣳ मुग्धानाम् आधिꣳ तस्या द्विषꣳ मुदम्
bhrātaḥ smitaṁ ruṣā mātus tasyāṁ tātasya vismayam | tanvan sakhīnāṁ mugdhānām ādhiṁ tasyā dviṣaṁ mudam
English translation
Translation
His brother smiled, His mother became angry at Radha, His father was surprised, Radha's bewildered friends felt sick, and Her enemies rejoiced.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Krsna's brother Balarama appreciated the joke, and so He smiled. Radha's enemies are Her rivals.
2.6.131
Sourceतद् भ्रातृ-वꣳस-जातस्य मम चिक्षेप भाजने । तत् सर्वꣳ परम-स्वादु भुक्त्वाहꣳ विसिमितो’भवम्
tad bhrātṛ-vaṁsa-jātasya mama cikṣepa bhājane | tat sarvaṁ parama-svādu bhuktvāhaṁ visimito’bhavam
English translation
Translation
Then He threw it on the plate of me, who was born in Radha's brother's family. When I ate that sublimely delicious sweet I became filled with wonder.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Gopa-kumara was related to Radha's brother Sridama. The sweet was not actually bitter, but Krsna thought it appropriate that one of Radha's relatives eat it. It was actually the best of all the foods and out of love Krsna gave it to Gopa-kumara. Why did Gopa-kumara become filled with wonder? Because that sweet was the most delicious.
2.6.132
Sourceराधया निभृतꣳ कृष्णः स-भ्रू-भङ्गꣳ निरीक्षितः । मृदु-स्मितानतास्यस् ताꣳ कटाक्षेणान्वरञ्जयत्
rādhayā nibhṛtaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ sa-bhrū-bhaṅgaṁ nirīkṣitaḥ | mṛdu-smitānatāsyas tāṁ kaṭākṣeṇānvarañjayat
English translation
Translation
When with moving eyebrows Radha secretly glanced at Him, Krsna pleased Her with a gentle smile and a sidelong glance.
2.6.133
Sourceसद्यो बुद्धा मया लीला स विदग्ध-शिरोमणेः । निज-प्रेम-भरार्तानाꣳ परम-प्रीणनात्मिका
sadyo buddhā mayā līlā sa vidagdha-śiromaṇeḥ | nija-prema-bharārtānāṁ parama-prīṇanātmikā
English translation
Translation
Then I understood this pastime, by which He who is the crest jewel of the intelligent delights they who are overcome with love for Him.
2.6.134
Sourceअथाचम्य यथा-न्यायाꣳ ताम्बूलꣳ लीलयोत्तमम् । चर्वन् स राधिकाꣳ पश्यन् चकितꣳ सम्मुखे न्यधात्
athācamya yathā-nyāyāṁ tāmbūlaṁ līlayottamam | carvan sa rādhikāṁ paśyan cakitaṁ sammukhe nyadhāt
English translation
Translation
Then putting some betelnuts in His mouth, playfully chewing them, and glancing at Radhika, He timidly placed the betelnuts in my mouth.
2.6.135
Sourceमाता स्नेहातुरा मन्त्रान् पठन्ती भुक्त-जारकान् । वाम-पाणि-तलेनास्यो- दरꣳ मुहुर् अमर्जयत्
mātā snehāturā mantrān paṭhantī bhukta-jārakān | vāma-pāṇi-talenāsyo- daraṁ muhur amarjayat
English translation
Translation
Then, reciting mantras for good digestion, His affectionate mother again and again stroked His stomach with her left palm.
2.6.136
Sourceगो-व्रजान्तर्-गतो नन्दो रामः सुप्तो विचक्षणः । चङ्क्रम्यते स्म गीतानि गायन् कृष्णो व्रजाङ्गने
go-vrajāntar-gato nando rāmaḥ supto vicakṣaṇaḥ | caṅkramyate sma gītāni gāyan kṛṣṇo vrajāṅgane
English translation
Translation
Then, as Nanda was in the cow-barn, and as intelligent Balarama slept, Krsna, singing songs, wandered in the courtyard of Vraja.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that at this time Mother Yasoda was absorbed in her household duties.
2.6.137
Sourceक्षणꣳ विहृत्य व्रज-सुन्दरीर् अतः स मातुर् आकारण-गौरवाद् अरात् । सुखꣳ स्म शेते शयनालयꣳ गतस् तल्पे पयः-फेन-मनोज्ञ-तूलिके
kṣaṇaṁ vihṛtya vraja-sundarīr ataḥ sa mātur ākāraṇa-gauravād arāt | sukhaṁ sma śete śayanālayaṁ gatas talpe payaḥ-phena-manojña-tūlike
English translation
Translation
After enjoying for a moment pastimes with the beautiful girls of Vraja, out of respect for His mother's call, He went to His bedroom nearby and lay down on His soft bed beautiful as foam.
2.6.138
Sourceनिरङ्क-पूर्णेन्दु-समैस् तथा-परैर् मृदूपधानैर् युतम् अस्ति यत् ततम् । अनर्घ्य-रत्नाचित-कञ्चनोल्लसल्- ललाम-पल्यङ्क-वरे महा-प्रभे
niraṅka-pūrṇendu-samais tathā-parair mṛdūpadhānair yutam asti yat tatam | anarghya-ratnācita-kañcanollasal- lalāma-palyaṅka-vare mahā-prabhe
English translation
Translation
On that very splendid, golden, priceless, bejewelled bed were many soft pillows like spotless full moons.
2.6.139
Sourceयः शोभते मौक्तिका-मालिका-वृतैस् चित्रैर् वितानैर् उपशोभिते धृतः । प्रसाद-सिꣳहे’गुरु-धूप-वासिते रम्य-प्रकोष्ठे बहु-रत्न-निर्मिते
yaḥ śobhate mauktikā-mālikā-vṛtais citrair vitānair upaśobhite dhṛtaḥ | prasāda-siṁhe’guru-dhūpa-vāsite ramya-prakoṣṭhe bahu-ratna-nirmite
English translation
Translation
In the lion's part of the palace, in a beautiful bejewelled room fragrant with aguru incense, the bed, decorated with a canopy of pearls, was very beautiful.
2.6.140
Sourceराधार्पयत्य् अस्य मुखान्तरे सा सꣳस्कृत्य ताम्बूल-पुटꣳ विदग्धा । चन्द्रावली श्री-ललितापि पाद- पद्मे तु सꣳवायहतः स-लीलम्
rādhārpayaty asya mukhāntare sā saṁskṛtya tāmbūla-puṭaṁ vidagdhā | candrāvalī śrī-lalitāpi pāda- padme tu saṁvāyahataḥ sa-līlam
English translation
Translation
Intelligent Radha prepared some betelnuts and placed them in Krsna's mouth. Candravali and Sri Lalita playfully massaged His two lotus feet.
2.6.141
Sourceकाश्चिच् च बाल-व्यजनान्य् उपददुः काश्चिच् च ताम्बूल-समुद्गकावलीम् । काश्चित् पतद्-ग्राह-चयꣳ विभागशो भृङ्गारिकाः कश्चन सज्-जलैर् भृतः
kāścic ca bāla-vyajanāny upadaduḥ kāścic ca tāmbūla-samudgakāvalīm | kāścit patad-grāha-cayaṁ vibhāgaśo bhṛṅgārikāḥ kaścana saj-jalair bhṛtaḥ
English translation
Translation
Some gopis fan Him, some bring Him betelnuts, some a dish for betelnut-remnants, and some golden cups with excellent water.
2.6.142
Sourceअन्याश् च तच् छ्रोत्र-मनो-हराणि गायन्ति गीतानि सङ्कीर्तनानि । वाद्यानि कश्चिद् बहु वादयन्ति तन्वन्ति नर्माण्य् अमुना सहान्याः
anyāś ca tac chrotra-mano-harāṇi gāyanti gītāni saṅkīrtanāni | vādyāni kaścid bahu vādayanti tanvanti narmāṇy amunā sahānyāḥ
English translation
Translation
Some sing songs of glorification that please His ears and heart, some play musical instruments, and some joke with Him.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the word "sankirtana" here indicates that the gopis were chanting Krsna's names.
2.6.143
Sourceसर्वाभिर् एवꣳ परिसेव्यमानस् ताभिः स सौहर्द-भरार्द्रिताभिः । ताम्बूलिकꣳ चर्वितम् अत्य्-अभिष्टꣳ ताभ्यो ददे’न्योन्यम् अलक्ष्यमानम्
sarvābhir evaṁ parisevyamānas tābhiḥ sa sauharda-bharārdritābhiḥ | tāmbūlikaṁ carvitam aty-abhiṣṭaṁ tābhyo dade’nyonyam alakṣyamānam
English translation
Translation
Thus served by all the gopis, who were melting with feelings of great friendship, Krsna gave the chewed betelnuts they intensely desired, although each could not see the others receiving them.
2.6.144
Sourceएवꣳ महा-धूर्त-सदः-शिरोमणिः सर्वाः प्रियास् ता रमयन् स्व-चेष्टितैः । श्री-राधिका-प्रेम-कथा-सुनिर्वृतः प्रस्वाप-लीलाम् अभजत् क्षणाद् अयम्
evaṁ mahā-dhūrta-sadaḥ-śiromaṇiḥ sarvāḥ priyās tā ramayan sva-ceṣṭitaiḥ | śrī-rādhikā-prema-kathā-sunirvṛtaḥ prasvāpa-līlām abhajat kṣaṇād ayam
English translation
Translation
With these activities pleasing His beloveds, and delighted by Sri Radhika's words of love, Krsna, the crest jewel in the assembly of the most intelligent, at once began His pastimes of sleep.
2.6.145
Sourceकयापि सꣳज्ञया तास् तु तेन सङ्केतीताः किल । सर्वाः स्व-स्व-गृहꣳ जग्मुर् हर्ष-पूर-परिप्लुताः
kayāpi saṁjñayā tās tu tena saṅketītāḥ kila | sarvāḥ sva-sva-gṛhaṁ jagmur harṣa-pūra-pariplutāḥ
English translation
Translation
Receiving a hint from Him, all of them drowning in a flood of happiness, went to their own homes.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Krsna's hint was the dancing of His eyebrows.
2.6.146
Sourceश्रीदाम्नागत्य गेहꣳ स्वम् अहꣳ नीतः प्रयत्नतः । अन्यत् तस्य निशा-क्रीडा- वृत्तꣳ नार्हामि भाषितुम्
śrīdāmnāgatya gehaṁ svam ahaṁ nītaḥ prayatnataḥ | anyat tasya niśā-krīḍā- vṛttaṁ nārhāmi bhāṣitum
English translation
Translation
Then Sridama carefully took me to his own home. What other pastimes Krsna enjoyed that night I cannot say.
2.6.147
Sourceनीत्वा महार्त्या तꣳ रात्रिꣳ प्रातर् नन्द-गृहे गतः । अपश्यꣳ स हि सुप्तो’स्ति पर्यङ्के रति-चिह्न-भाक्
nītvā mahārtyā taṁ rātriṁ prātar nanda-gṛhe gataḥ | apaśyaṁ sa hi supto’sti paryaṅke rati-cihna-bhāk
English translation
Translation
With great difficulty I passed the night and in the morning I went to Nanda's home. I saw Krsna on the bed, sleeping and bearing the marks of amorous pastimes.
2.6.148
Sourceसरल-प्रकृतिर् माता निविष्टा तस्य पार्श्वतः । बहुधा लालयन्ती तꣳ किञ्चिद् आत्मन्य् अभाषत
sarala-prakṛtir mātā niviṣṭā tasya pārśvataḥ | bahudhā lālayantī taṁ kiñcid ātmany abhāṣata
English translation
Translation
Going to His side and showing Her affection for Him in many ways, His honest mother spoke some words to herself.
2.6.149
Sourceश्री-यशोदोवाच— हन्त बालो ममावित्वा गा वनेष्व् अखिलꣳ दिनम् । श्रान्तो निद्रा-सुखꣳ प्राप्तो न जगार्त्य् अधुनाप्य् अयम्
śrī-yaśodovāca— hanta bālo mamāvitvā gā vaneṣv akhilaṁ dinam | śrānto nidrā-sukhaṁ prāpto na jagārty adhunāpy ayam
English translation
Translation
Ah, exhausted from having spent all day protecting the cows in the forest, and finding the happiness of sleep, even now my boy does not wake up.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Mother Yasoda does not suspect that Krsna has spent the entire night enjoying the rasa-dance pastime.
2.6.150
Sourceआरण्य-कण्टकैर् दुष्टैः क्षतानीमानि सर्वतः । अक्रियन्तास्य गात्रेषु परितो धावतो मुहुः
āraṇya-kaṇṭakair duṣṭaiḥ kṣatānīmāni sarvataḥ | akriyantāsya gātreṣu parito dhāvato muhuḥ
English translation
Translation
Terrible thorns in the forest made these wounds everywhere on all His limbs when again and again He ran here and there.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that these wounds were made by the gopis' fingernails.
2.6.151
Sourceअहो कष्ठाꣳ न जानाति किञ्चिन् निद्रा-वशꣳ गतः । रक्षयाम् आस गात्रेषु स्वस्येदꣳ नेत्र-कज्जलम्
aho kaṣṭhāṁ na jānāti kiñcin nidrā-vaśaṁ gataḥ | rakṣayām āsa gātreṣu svasyedaṁ netra-kajjalam
English translation
Translation
Alas! The black kajjala from His eyes has anointed all His limbs. He is so overcome with sleep that He does not even know.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that these marks of black kajjala were left by the gopis.
2.6.152
Sourceतथात्माधर-ताम्बूल- रागꣳ चेतस् ततो’विदन् । चिच्छेद हार-मालादि- परिवृत्तिꣳ मुहुर् भजन्
tathātmādhara-tāmbūla- rāgaṁ cetas tato’vidan | ciccheda hāra-mālādi- parivṛttiṁ muhur bhajan
English translation
Translation
He does not even know that He is marked here and there with strains of red betelnuts from His lips. He must have broken His necklaces, garlands, and other ornaments as again and again He turned in His sleep.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the red betelnut stains actually came from the gopis lips and it was the gopis who broke Krsna's necklaces, garlands, and ornaments. Mother Yasoda thinks Krsna broke them as He turned in His sleep.
2.6.153
Sourceनूनꣳ काश्मीर-वर्णेयꣳ यमुना-तीर-मृत्तिका । न परित्यजिता हन्त स्नानेनापि वपुः-सखी
nūnaṁ kāśmīra-varṇeyaṁ yamunā-tīra-mṛttikā | na parityajitā hanta snānenāpi vapuḥ-sakhī
English translation
Translation
Even bathing did not wash away the kunkuma-coloured Yamuna-bank clay that is now the friend of His body.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the kunkuma actually came from the gopis' breasts. Mother Yasoda playfully calls the kunkuma the "friend" of Krsna's body because it clings there so tightly.
2.6.154
Sourceबालाभिश् चपलाभिर् ह्याः सन्ध्यायाम् अवधानतः । स्नानꣳ न करितꣳ सम्याङ् नाभ्यङ्गोद्वर्तने तथा
bālābhiś capalābhir hyāḥ sandhyāyām avadhānataḥ | snānaṁ na karitaṁ samyāṅ nābhyaṅgodvartane tathā
English translation
Translation
Yesterday at sunset the impatient girls did not bathe Him very carefully and thoroughly. They did not wash away all the dirt.
2.6.155
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— माता यशोदा मुहुर् एवम् आह तासाꣳ समक्षꣳ व्रज-कन्यकानाम् । तत्रागतानाꣳ भय-हास-लज्जा- विर्भाव-मुद्रा-विलसन्-मुखीनाम्
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— mātā yaśodā muhur evam āha tāsāṁ samakṣaṁ vraja-kanyakānām | tatrāgatānāṁ bhaya-hāsa-lajjā- virbhāva-mudrā-vilasan-mukhīnām
English translation
Translation
These same things Mother Yasoda spoke again and again before the girls of Vraja when they came, their faces shining with fear, smiles and embarrassment.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that gopis were afraid that Mother Yasoda had learned the truth of their pastimes with Krsna at night, they smiled when they heard her words explaining how thoroughly she misunderstood everything and they were embarrassed to see the marks they had left on Krsna's body. Their faces showed the signs of these different responses.
2.6.156
Sourceततो’सौ स्वाप-लीलाया विरतः स्नापितस् तया । भूषणैर् भूषितः साकꣳ बलरामेण भोजितः
tato’sau svāpa-līlāyā virataḥ snāpitas tayā | bhūṣaṇair bhūṣitaḥ sākaṁ balarāmeṇa bhojitaḥ
English translation
Translation
Then Krsna ended His pastimes of sleeping. Yasoda and Balarama bathed Him, decorated Him with ornaments, and ate breakfast with Him.
2.6.157
Sourceविश्रमय्य क्षणꣳ तꣳ च गोपीनाꣳ सुख-वार्तया । वने शुभ-प्रयानाय तस्य कृत्यानि साकरोत्
viśramayya kṣaṇaṁ taṁ ca gopīnāṁ sukha-vārtayā | vane śubha-prayānāya tasya kṛtyāni sākarot
English translation
Translation
The gopis waited a moment to wish Krsna a happy journey to the forest and Mother Yasoda performed her duties to make His journey auspicious.
2.6.158
Sourceतासाम् अप्य् अन्तरार्तानाꣳ भावि-विच्छेद-चिन्तया । दिव्य-मङ्गल-गीतेन पूर्ण-कुम्भादिकꣳ न्यधत्
tāsām apy antarārtānāṁ bhāvi-viccheda-cintayā | divya-maṅgala-gītena pūrṇa-kumbhādikaṁ nyadhat
English translation
Translation
Although their hearts were tortured with the thought of being separated from Him, they sang splendid and auspicious songs and they performed the purna-kumbha ritual.
2.6.159
Sourceनिवेश्य साग्रजꣳ पुत्रꣳ पीठे’रण्योचितानि सा । पर्यधापयद् अङ्गेषु भूषणान्य् औषधानि च
niveśya sāgrajaṁ putraṁ pīṭhe’raṇyocitāni sā | paryadhāpayad aṅgeṣu bhūṣaṇāny auṣadhāni ca
English translation
Translation
Then, at that place, Mother Yasoda placed on the limbs of both Her son and His elder brother both protective amulets and ornaments proper for the forest.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the amulets included emeralds and tiger's claws.
2.6.160
Sourceप्रयोज्य वृद्ध-विप्राभिर् अन्याभिश् च शुभाशिषः । बलाद् यात्रा-विधिꣳ तेन सर्वꣳ सा समपादयत्
prayojya vṛddha-viprābhir anyābhiś ca śubhāśiṣaḥ | balād yātrā-vidhiṁ tena sarvaṁ sā samapādayat
English translation
Translation
She arranged for elderly brahmana ladies and other ladies to offer blessings. She did everything to prepare for His journey.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the "other ladies" were the elderly gopis.
2.6.161
Sourceभोग्यꣳ मध्याह्निकाꣳ मात्रा- र्पितम् आदाय किञ्चन । तथाप्य् अगाः पुरः कुर्वन् प्रस्थितो वेणुम् ईरयान्
bhogyaṁ madhyāhnikāṁ mātrā- rpitam ādāya kiñcana | tathāpy agāḥ puraḥ kurvan prasthito veṇum īrayān
English translation
Translation
Taking the lunch His mother gave, putting the cows in front, and playing His flute, Krsna set out.
2.6.162
Sourceतावत् सहचराः सर्वे तस्याभ्यर्णे समागताः । निर्गत्य वर्गशो घोषात् तत्-सखोचितताꣳ गताः
tāvat sahacarāḥ sarve tasyābhyarṇe samāgatāḥ | nirgatya vargaśo ghoṣāt tat-sakhocitatāṁ gatāḥ
English translation
Translation
Then, each leaving his own home, all His companions came around Him and enjoyed friendly pastimes with Him.
2.6.163
Sourceकदाचित् तैः समꣳ वꣳशीः शृङ्गाणि च कदापि सः । कदाचित् पत्र-वाद्यानि बहुधा वादयन् बभौ
kadācit taiḥ samaṁ vaṁśīḥ śṛṅgāṇi ca kadāpi saḥ | kadācit patra-vādyāni bahudhā vādayan babhau
English translation
Translation
Together they played many melodies, sometimes on bamboo flutes, sometimes on horn-bugles, and sometimes on leaf-flutes.
2.6.164
Sourceसमꣳ भ्रात्रावतष्ठे’साव् अत्त-क्रीडा-परिच्छदैः । गायद्भिस् तैश् च नृत्यद्भिः स्तुवद्भिस् तꣳ प्रहर्षतः
samaṁ bhrātrāvataṣṭhe’sāv atta-krīḍā-paricchadaiḥ | gāyadbhis taiś ca nṛtyadbhiḥ stuvadbhis taṁ praharṣataḥ
English translation
Translation
In this way He stayed with His brother and with His friends, who carried paraphernalia for His pastimes and who happily sang, danced, and spoke words of praise.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the paraphernalia here includes flags, camaras, parasols, slippers, fans, snacks, nectar drinks, toy balls, cymbals, and mrdanga drums.
2.6.165
Sourceअग्रे ज्यायान् अहꣳ पृष्ठे ताश् चानुव्रजन-च्छलात् । आकृष्टाः प्रेम-पाशेन प्रस्थिता विरहासहाः
agre jyāyān ahaṁ pṛṣṭhe tāś cānuvrajana-cchalāt | ākṛṣṭāḥ prema-pāśena prasthitā virahāsahāḥ
English translation
Translation
The older boy was in the front and I was in the rear. Pulled by the rope of love and unable to bear separation from Krsna, the gopis, on some pretext, began to follow behind.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the older boy here is Balarama, and the "I" is Sarupa, who is speaking these words.
2.6.166
Sourceभावेन केनचित् स्विन्नꣳ पुत्रस्योद्वीक्ष्य सा मुखम् । सम्मर्ज्य प्रस्नुवत्-स्तन्या बहिर् द्वारान्तम् अन्वगात्
bhāvena kenacit svinnaṁ putrasyodvīkṣya sā mukham | sammarjya prasnuvat-stanyā bahir dvārāntam anvagāt
English translation
Translation
Seeing it was covered with perspiration, Mother Yasoda affectionately wiped her son's face. The milk flowing from her breasts, she followed Him outside the gates.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that first she wiped it with her hand and then again she wiped it with the edge of her sari. The phrase "outside the gates" here means "outside the gates of Vraja village".
2.6.167
Sourceतेनोक्तापि गृहꣳ यान्ती ग्रीवम् उद्वर्तयन्त्य् अहो । पदान्य् अतीत्य द्वि-त्राणि पुनर् व्यग्रा ययौ सुतम्
tenoktāpi gṛhaṁ yāntī grīvam udvartayanty aho | padāny atītya dvi-trāṇi punar vyagrā yayau sutam
English translation
Translation
Krsna spoke to her and she turned to go home. Craning her neck (to see Him), she took two or three steps and then, overcome, went again to her son.
2.6.168
Sourceउपस्कृत्यास्य ताम्बूलꣳ मुखे हस्ते समर्प्य च । पुनर् निवृत्य प्राग्वत् सा तꣳ वेगैर् आययौ पुनः
upaskṛtyāsya tāmbūlaṁ mukhe haste samarpya ca | punar nivṛtya prāgvat sā taṁ vegair āyayau punaḥ
English translation
Translation
She prepared some betelnuts and placed them in His hand and mouth. She turned to go and, as before, she quickly came to Him again.
2.6.169
Sourceमिष्टꣳ फलादिकꣳ किञ्चिद् भोजयित्वा सुतꣳ पथि । पाययित्वा च गेहाय यान्ति प्राग्वन् न्यवर्तत
miṣṭaṁ phalādikaṁ kiñcid bhojayitvā sutaṁ pathi | pāyayitvā ca gehāya yānti prāgvan nyavartata
English translation
Translation
In the middle of the road she fed her son sweets mixed with fruit and other ingredients and she also gave Him something to drink. Then she began to go home, but again she returned as before.
2.6.170
Sourceमुहुर् निरीक्ष्य वस्त्रादि सन्निवेश्य सुतस्य सा । पुनर् निवृत्याथागत्य दीना पुत्रम् अशिक्षायत्
muhur nirīkṣya vastrādi sanniveśya sutasya sā | punar nivṛtyāthāgatya dīnā putram aśikṣāyat
English translation
Translation
Carefully inspecting her son's garments and other things, she set everything neatly in order. Again she left, and again she returned. Then she instructed her son:
2.6.171-172
Sourceभो वत्स दुर्गमे’रण्ये न गन्तव्यꣳ विदूरतः । स-कण्टक-वनान्तश् च प्रवेष्टव्यꣳ कदापि न तद्-अर्थꣳ चात्म-शपथꣳ माता विस्तार्य काकुभिः । पुनर् निवृत्य कतिचित् पदानि पुनर् आययौ
bho vatsa durgame’raṇye na gantavyaṁ vidūrataḥ | sa-kaṇṭaka-vanāntaś ca praveṣṭavyaṁ kadāpi na tad-arthaṁ cātma-śapathaṁ mātā vistārya kākubhiḥ | punar nivṛtya katicit padāni punar āyayau
English translation
Translation
"Son, don't go far in this impassable forest, and never go where there are thorns". With many sweet words she made Him promise. Then she turned to go, took a few steps, and returned again.
2.6.173-174
Sourceभोस् तात राम स्थातव्यꣳ भवताग्रे’नुजस्य हि । त्वया च सख्युः श्रीदमन् स-सरूपेण पृष्ठतः अꣳशो’स्य दक्षिणे स्थेयꣳ वामे च सुबल त्वया । इत्य् आदिकम् असौ प्रार्थ्य स-तृणꣳ पुत्रम् ऐक्षत
bhos tāta rāma sthātavyaṁ bhavatāgre’nujasya hi | tvayā ca sakhyuḥ śrīdaman sa-sarūpeṇa pṛṣṭhataḥ aṁśo’sya dakṣiṇe stheyaṁ vāme ca subala tvayā | ity ādikam asau prārthya sa-tṛṇaṁ putram aikṣata
English translation
Translation
"Dear Balarama, You stay in front of Your younger brother. Sridama, you stay with Sarupa in the rear. Amsu, you stay at His right. Subala, you stay at His left." With a blade of grass she begged them. Then she gazed at her son.
2.6.175
Sourceएवꣳ व्यग्र-धिया याता- यातꣳ सा कुर्वती मुहुः । नव-प्रसूताम् अजयत् सुरभिꣳ वर-वत्सलाम्
evaṁ vyagra-dhiyā yātā- yātaṁ sā kurvatī muhuḥ | nava-prasūtām ajayat surabhiṁ vara-vatsalām
English translation
Translation
With an agitated heart coming and going again and again, she defeated a surabhi cow very affectionate to its new-born calf.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that this means that she was more affectionate to her son than even the most affectionate cow is to its calf.
2.6.176
Sourceताꣳ स-पाद-ग्रहꣳ नत्वा- श्लिष्य पुत्रः प्रयत्नतः । विविध-च्छलतः स्वीय- शपथैश् च न्यवर्तयत्
tāṁ sa-pāda-grahaṁ natvā- śliṣya putraḥ prayatnataḥ | vividha-cchalataḥ svīya- śapathaiś ca nyavartayat
English translation
Translation
Then, bowing down and grasping her feet, embracing her, presenting many different reasons, and speaking many promises, her son made her turn back.
2.6.177
Sourceतस्थौ तत्रैव स दूरात् पश्यन्ति तꣳ वनान्तिके । चित्रितेव स्नुत-स्तन्या साश्रोत्तुङ्ग-स्थलोपरि
tasthau tatraiva sa dūrāt paśyanti taṁ vanāntike | citriteva snuta-stanyā sāśrottuṅga-sthalopari
English translation
Translation
As a painted picture she stood there at the edge of the forest, gazing at her son, the milk flowing from her breasts, and above them many tears.
2.6.178-179
Sourceश्री-गोप्यस् त्व् अनुगच्छन्त्यो बाष्प-सम्रुद्ध-कण्ठिकाः । गानाशक्ताः स्खलत्-पादा अश्रु-धारास्त-दृष्टयः कर्तुꣳ वक्तुꣳ च ताः किञ्चिद् अशक्ता लज्जया भिया । महा-शोकार्णवे मग्नास् तत्-प्रतिकारणे’क्षमाः
śrī-gopyas tv anugacchantyo bāṣpa-samruddha-kaṇṭhikāḥ | gānāśaktāḥ skhalat-pādā aśru-dhārāsta-dṛṣṭayaḥ kartuṁ vaktuṁ ca tāḥ kiñcid aśaktā lajjayā bhiyā | mahā-śokārṇave magnās tat-pratikāraṇe’kṣamāḥ
English translation
Translation
With shyness and fear unable to say or do anything, their throats stopped with tears, their eyes flooded with streams of tears, their steps stumbling, and themselves drowning in an ocean of pain without any remedy, the beautiful gopis followed Him.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the gopis were afraid because their superiors were present.
2.6.180
Sourceव्रजाद् बहिर् दूरतरꣳ गतानाꣳ तद्-अङ्गनानाꣳ हृदयेक्षणानि । जहार यत्नेन निवर्तयꣳस् ता मुहुः परावृत्त्य निरीक्ष्यमाणाः
vrajād bahir dūrataraṁ gatānāṁ tad-aṅganānāṁ hṛdayekṣaṇāni | jahāra yatnena nivartayaṁs tā muhuḥ parāvṛttya nirīkṣyamāṇāḥ
English translation
Translation
He charmed the eyes and hearts of these girls, who had come very far from Vraja village. With a great effort He made them return home, although again and again He glanced at them as they left.
2.6.181-182
Sourceव्यग्रात्मनाथ तेनेष्ट- दूतेन स्वयम् एव च । ग्रीवम् उद्वर्त्य स-प्रेम- दृष्ट्य्-आश्वासयत मुहुः भ्रू-सङ्केतादिना लज्जा- भये जनतया बलात् । सꣳस्तम्भितास् तास् तन् मातुर् अग्रे तद्वद् अवस्थिताः
vyagrātmanātha teneṣṭa- dūtena svayam eva ca | grīvam udvartya sa-prema- dṛṣṭy-āśvāsayata muhuḥ bhrū-saṅketādinā lajjā- bhaye janatayā balāt | saṁstambhitās tās tan mātur agre tadvad avasthitāḥ
English translation
Translation
With an anxious heart He craned His neck and again and again comforted them with His glances of love. With the movements of His eyebrows, which carried the message of His love, He embarrassed and even frightened them. They stood, stunned, before His mother.
2.6.183-184
Sourceबल्लवेन्द्रश् च सुस्निग्धः स्वत एव विशेषतः । पत्नी-वत्सल्य-दृष्ट्या च स्नेहोद्रेकेन यन्त्रितः सर्व-व्रज-जन-स्नेह- भरꣳ पुत्रे विलोक्य तम् । वृद्धैः सहानुयातो’पि दूरꣳ त्यक्तुꣳ न चाशकत्
ballavendraś ca susnigdhaḥ svata eva viśeṣataḥ | patnī-vatsalya-dṛṣṭyā ca snehodrekena yantritaḥ sarva-vraja-jana-sneha- bharaṁ putre vilokya tam | vṛddhaiḥ sahānuyāto’pi dūraṁ tyaktuṁ na cāśakat
English translation
Translation
Seeing his wife's love for her son, the king of the gopas also became filled with love. Seeing the people of Vraja's great love for His son, he, accompanied by the adult gopas, followed Him for a long way and could not give Him up.
2.6.185-186
Sourceशुभानि शकुनान्य् उच्चैः पश्व्-आदीनाꣳ च हृष्टताम् । सꣳलक्ष्यान्तः-प्रहृष्टो’पि पुत्र-विच्छेद-कातरः साग्रजꣳ पृथग् आलिङ्ग्य युगपच् चात्मजꣳ मुहुः । शिरस्य् अघ्राय च स्नेह- भरार्तो’श्रूण्य् अवसृजत्
śubhāni śakunāny uccaiḥ paśv-ādīnāṁ ca hṛṣṭatām | saṁlakṣyāntaḥ-prahṛṣṭo’pi putra-viccheda-kātaraḥ sāgrajaṁ pṛthag āliṅgya yugapac cātmajaṁ muhuḥ | śirasy aghrāya ca sneha- bharārto’śrūṇy avasṛjat
English translation
Translation
Even though, seeing many auspicious omens, and seeing that the cows and every other creature were all very happy, he was happy at heart, he was also tormented by separation from his son. He embraced his older son, and then he embraced his younger son, and then he embraced them both again and again. He smelled Their heads and, overcome with love, he shed many tears.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Nanda embraced Balarama and then he embraced Krsna.
2.6.187
Sourceअथ प्रणम्य पुत्रेण कृत्यꣳ दार्शयता बहु । प्रस्थापितः परावृत्त्य तम् एवालोकयन् स्थितः
atha praṇamya putreṇa kṛtyaṁ dārśayatā bahu | prasthāpitaḥ parāvṛttya tam evālokayan sthitaḥ
English translation
Translation
His son bowed down before him and explained all the duties to be done. He turned to go, gazed at his son, and then stood still and motionless.
2.6.188-189
Sourceआरण्यान्तरितो दूरे गतौ पुत्रावलोकयन् । शब्दꣳ कञ्चिद् अशृण्वꣳश् च निववार्त व्रजꣳ प्रति नियुज्य जङ्घिकान् भृत्यान् तद्-वार्ता-हरणाय सः । गोपीभिर् अन्विताꣳ पत्नीꣳ सान्त्वयित्वानयद् गृहान्
āraṇyāntarito dūre gatau putrāvalokayan | śabdaṁ kañcid aśṛṇvaṁś ca nivavārta vrajaṁ prati niyujya jaṅghikān bhṛtyān tad-vārtā-haraṇāya saḥ | gopībhir anvitāṁ patnīṁ sāntvayitvānayad gṛhān
English translation
Translation
When he saw his two sons were deep in the forest and he could no longer hear any sounds from them, he turned towards Vraja village. Engaging some swift servant-messengers to bring news of the boys, he comforted his wife and the gopis and brought them all to their homes.
2.6.190
Sourceतास् तु तस्य विलासाꣳस् तान् गायन्त्यो विविशुर् व्रजम् । दिनम् आरेभिरे नेतुꣳ ध्यायन्त्यस् तस्य सङ्गमम्
tās tu tasya vilāsāṁs tān gāyantyo viviśur vrajam | dinam ārebhire netuṁ dhyāyantyas tasya saṅgamam
English translation
Translation
Singing of Krsna's pastimes, the gopis entered Vraja village. They spent the day thinking of Krsna's company.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that this is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.35.2.
2.6.191
Sourceतत्-तद्-विशेषो निर्वच्यो’नन्त-शक्त्यापि नापरः । महार्ति-जनके तस्मिन् को वा धीमान् प्रवर्तते
tat-tad-viśeṣo nirvacyo’nanta-śaktyāpi nāparaḥ | mahārti-janake tasmin ko vā dhīmān pravartate
English translation
Translation
Even Lord Ananta has no power to describe what they felt. What wise man can describe their suffering?
2.6.192-193
Sourceस तु प्रस्थाप्य ताः स्वान्तर् आर्तो’पि सखिभिर् बलात् । नीतो’ग्रे प्रविशत् तूर्णꣳ श्रीमद्-वृन्दावनान्तरम् सन्दर्श्यमानः सखिभिः स तु वृन्दावन-श्रियम् । स्वयꣳ च वर्णयन् युक्त्या निर्गताधिर् इवाभवत्
sa tu prasthāpya tāḥ svāntar ārto’pi sakhibhir balāt | nīto’gre praviśat tūrṇaṁ śrīmad-vṛndāvanāntaram sandarśyamānaḥ sakhibhiḥ sa tu vṛndāvana-śriyam | svayaṁ ca varṇayan yuktyā nirgatādhir ivābhavat
English translation
Translation
When He sent the gopis back, Krsna felt unhappy at heart, but when His friends at once made Him enter beautiful Vrndavana forest, showed Him the beauty of Vrndavana, and also described it in words, His unhappiness went away.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the beauty of Vrndavana forest is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.15.5.
2.6.194
Sourceततो’तनोद् यान् स तु गोप-विभ्रमान् अतो’भजन् यादृशताꣳ चराचराः । हृदा न तद्-वृत्तम् उपासितꣳ भवेत् कथꣳ परस्मिन् रसना निरूपयेत्
tato’tanod yān sa tu gopa-vibhramān ato’bhajan yādṛśatāṁ carācarāḥ | hṛdā na tad-vṛttam upāsitaṁ bhavet kathaṁ parasmin rasanā nirūpayet
English translation
Translation
Then Krsna enjoyed pastimes with the gopas, and even the moving and unmoving creatures there joined in these pastimes. My heart cannot understand these pastimes. How can my tongue describe them?
2.6.195
Sourceगोवर्धनाद्रि-निकटेषु स चारयन् गा रेमे कालिन्द-तनयाम्बुनि पाययꣳस् ताः । सायꣳ तथैव पुनर् एत्य निजꣳ व्रजꣳ तꣳ विक्रीडति व्रज-वधूभिर् असौ व्रजेशः
govardhanādri-nikaṭeṣu sa cārayan gā reme kālinda-tanayāmbuni pāyayaṁs tāḥ | sāyaṁ tathaiva punar etya nijaṁ vrajaṁ taṁ vikrīḍati vraja-vadhūbhir asau vrajeśaḥ
English translation
Translation
Herding the cows near Govardhana Hill, He made them drink the Yamuna's water. In the evening He, the master of Vraja, returned to His own Vraja village and enjoyed pastimes with the girls of Vraja.
2.6.196
Sourceश्री-गोप-राजस्य यद् अप्य् असौ पुरी नन्दीश्वराख्ये विषये विराजते । ते तस्य कृष्णस्य मतानुवार्तिनः कुञ्जादि-रासꣳ बहु मन्यते सदा
śrī-gopa-rājasya yad apy asau purī nandīśvarākhye viṣaye virājate | te tasya kṛṣṇasya matānuvārtinaḥ kuñjādi-rāsaṁ bahu manyate sadā
English translation
Translation
Although the palace of the king of the gopas is splendidly manifest in a place called Nandisvara, the followers of Krsna worship the rasa dance and other pastimes He enjoys in the forest groves.
2.6.197
Sourceतत्रैव वसता ब्रह्मन्न् आनन्दो यो’नुभूयते । सुखꣳ यच् च स वा तद् वा कीदृग् इत्य् उच्यताꣳ कथम्
tatraiva vasatā brahmann ānando yo’nubhūyate | sukhaṁ yac ca sa vā tad vā kīdṛg ity ucyatāṁ katham
English translation
Translation
O brahmana, to what may the bliss of living there be compared? How can it be described?
2.6.198
Sourceमुक्तानाꣳ सुखतो’त्यन्तꣳ महद्-वैकुण्ठ-वासिनाम् । भगवद्-भक्ति-माहात्म्याद् उक्तꣳ तद्-वेदिभिः सुखम्
muktānāṁ sukhato’tyantaṁ mahad-vaikuṇṭha-vāsinām | bhagavad-bhakti-māhātmyād uktaṁ tad-vedibhiḥ sukham
English translation
Translation
They who have experienced this bliss say that because it comes from the glory of pure devotional service to the Lord it is greater than the bliss they who have attained impersonal liberation and also greater than the bliss of the residents of Maha-Vaikuntha.
2.6.199
Sourceअयोध्या-द्वारवत्य्-आदि- वासिनाꣳ च ततो’पि तत् । उक्तꣳ रस-विशेषेन केनचित् केनचिन् महत्
ayodhyā-dvāravaty-ādi- vāsināṁ ca tato’pi tat | uktaṁ rasa-viśeṣena kenacit kenacin mahat
English translation
Translation
The bliss felt by the residents of Ayodhya and Dvaraka is greater than that in Vaikuntha. Each is sweeter than the one before.
2.6.200
Sourceगोलोक-वासिनाꣳ यत् तत् सर्वतो’प्य् अधिकाधिकम् । सुखꣳ तद्-युक्त्य्-अतिक्रान्तꣳ दध्याद् वाचि कथꣳ पदम्
goloka-vāsināṁ yat tat sarvato’py adhikādhikam | sukhaṁ tad-yukty-atikrāntaṁ dadhyād vāci kathaṁ padam
English translation
Translation
The bliss felt by the residents of Goloka is greater than all others. How can it be described in words?
2.6.201
Sourceतस्यानुभविनो नित्यꣳ तत्रत्या एव ते विदुः । तत्त्वꣳ ये हि प्रभोस् तस्य तादृक् सौहर्द-गोचराः
tasyānubhavino nityaṁ tatratyā eva te viduḥ | tattvaṁ ye hi prabhos tasya tādṛk sauharda-gocarāḥ
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Translation
They who are friends of the Lord in Goloka feel that bliss eternally. They can understand it.
2.6.202
Sourceएषाम् एवावतारास् ते नित्या वैकुण्ठ-पार्षदाः । प्रापञ्चान्तर्-गतास् तेषाम् प्रति-रूपाः सुराः यथा
eṣām evāvatārās te nityā vaikuṇṭha-pārṣadāḥ | prāpañcāntar-gatās teṣām prati-rūpāḥ surāḥ yathā
English translation
Translation
The residents of Goloka incarnate as eternal associates of the Lord in Vaikuntha. They also appear as reflections among the demigods in the material world.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the appearance of Nanda and Yasoda of Goloka as Drona and Dhara in the world of the demigods is an example of this:
2.6.203
Sourceयथा च तेषाꣳ देवानाम् अवतारा धरा-तले । क्रीडाꣳ चिकीर्षतो विष्णोर् भवन्ति प्रीतये मुहुः
yathā ca teṣāṁ devānām avatārā dharā-tale | krīḍāṁ cikīrṣato viṣṇor bhavanti prītaye muhuḥ
English translation
Translation
To please Lord Visnu when He wishes to enjoy pastimes there, these demigods descend to the surface of the earth again and again.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Lord Balarama, who appears in Goloka, incarnates inn Vaikuntha as Ananta Sesa. He again incarnates as Ananta Sesa among the demigods in the material world, and on earth He again appears as Balarama. The devotee Sridama, who appears in Goloka, appears in Vaikunthaloka as Garuda. He again appears as Garuda among the demigods in the material world, and on the earth he again appears as Sridama. Vasudeva and Devaki, who appear in Goloka, incarnate as Sutapa and Prsni in Vaikuntha and as Kasyapa and Aditi among the demigods in the material world. On the earth they again appear as Vasudeva and Devaki. These are some examples of how the residents of Goloka incarnate in different places in the spiritual and material worlds and how, as demigods in the higher material planets, they incarnate on the earth to please the Lord.
2.6.204
Sourceयथावताराः कृष्णस्या- भिन्नास् तेनावतारिणा । तथैषम् अवतारास् ते न स्युर् एतैः समꣳ पृथक्
yathāvatārāḥ kṛṣṇasyā- bhinnās tenāvatāriṇā | tathaiṣam avatārās te na syur etaiḥ samaṁ pṛthak
English translation
Translation
As Krsna, the origin of the incarnations of God, is not different from His many incarnations, so the residents of Goloka are also not different from their incarnations.
2.6.205
Sourceकदाप्य् अꣳशेन जायन्ते पूर्णत्वेन कदाचन । यथा-कालꣳ यथा-कार्यꣳ यथा-स्थानꣳ च कृष्णवत्
kadāpy aṁśena jāyante pūrṇatvena kadācana | yathā-kālaṁ yathā-kāryaṁ yathā-sthānaṁ ca kṛṣṇavat
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Translation
According to the time, place, and mission to be performed, the residents of Goloka appear, sometimes in partial forms and sometimes in fullness. They do this as Krsna Himself does. Srila Sanatana Gosvami gives Lord Varaha, who appeared in Satya-yuga to rescue the earth, as an example of a partial incarnation, and Lord Krsna, who appeared at the end of Dvapara-yuga to enjoy pastimes and reveal the nature of pure devotional love, as an example of the Lord appearing in fullness.
2.6.206-208
Sourceएवꣳ कदाचित् केनापि समाकृष्टा रसेन ते । निज-नाथेन सहिताः कुत्राप्य् अतितितीर्षवः अवतारैर् निजैः सर्वैः परमेश्वरवद् यदा । ऐक्यꣳ व्याजेन केनापि गताः प्रादुर्भवन्ति हि तद् एषाम् अवतारास् ते गच्छन्त्य् एतेषु वै लयम् । अतो’भवꣳस् त एवैते इति ते मुनयो’वदत्
evaṁ kadācit kenāpi samākṛṣṭā rasena te | nija-nāthena sahitāḥ kutrāpy atititīrṣavaḥ avatārair nijaiḥ sarvaiḥ parameśvaravad yadā | aikyaṁ vyājena kenāpi gatāḥ prādurbhavanti hi tad eṣām avatārās te gacchanty eteṣu vai layam | ato’bhavaṁs ta evaite iti te munayo’vadat
English translation
Translation
When the Lord incarnates, the residents of Goloka, each attracted by his own rasa with the Lord, also desire to appear, by some pretext, in their own incarnations, and then at the end their incarnations merge into them and become one with them again. This is what the sages say. Srila Sanatana Gosvami gives Brahma's benediction (to Drona and Dhara) as an example of the pretext mentioned here. When the Lord's pastimes are completed, the incarnation of Nanda Maharaja merges into the existence of the original Nanda Maharaja in Goloka, and the incarnations of the other residents of Goloka also merge into their sources in the same way.
2.6.209
Sourceकृत्स्नम् एतत् परꣳ चेत्थꣳ तत्रत्यꣳ विद्ध्य् असꣳशयम् । पूर्वोक्त-नारदोद्दिष्ट- सिद्धान्ताद्य्-अनुसारतः
kṛtsnam etat paraṁ cetthaṁ tatratyaṁ viddhy asaṁśayam | pūrvokta-nāradoddiṣṭa- siddhāntādy-anusārataḥ
English translation
Translation
Without doubting, please understand all this according to the explanations previously spoken by Narada. Srila Sanatana Gosvami gives the following doubts as examples: If Goloka is actually superior to Vaikuntha, then why do Kamsa and other demons live there? Why do carts and other objects made of wood and other materials, as well as grains of dust and other lifeless things exist in Goloka? Why do Nanda Maharaja and the other residents of Goloka incarnate as the Lord's associates in Vaikuntha? These doubts were already answered in the beginning of Chapter five, and they will be answered again later on in this book. The first doubt is specifically answered in the beginning of this book. The answer to the second doubt is given in Narada's explanation that everything in Vaikuntha is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. This is also true in Goloka. Therefore the carts and other objects in Goloka are not lifeless, but are eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. The answer to the third doubt is that in order to assist the Lord in His pastimes, Nanda and the other residents of Goloka incarnate in spiritual forms that are eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. In this way they are among the Lord's eternally dear associates in Vaikuntha.
2.6.210
Sourceमाथुरोत्तम तत्रत्यꣳ महाश्चर्यम् इदꣳ शृणु । कथ्यमानꣳ मया किञ्चित् श्री-कृष्णस्य प्रभावतः
māthurottama tatratyaṁ mahāścaryam idaṁ śṛṇu | kathyamānaṁ mayā kiñcit śrī-kṛṣṇasya prabhāvataḥ
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Translation
O best of the residents of Mathura, please listen and by Lord Krsna's power I will tell you something wonderful about Goloka. Sri Sanatana Gosvami explains that although the glory of Goloka is beyond the sphere of words and the mind, by Lord Krsna's mercy it can be described.
2.6.211
Sourceबालकास् तरुणा वृद्धा गोपास् ते कोटि-कोटिशः । सर्वे विदुर् महा-प्रेयान् अहꣳ कृष्णस्य नेतरः
bālakās taruṇā vṛddhā gopās te koṭi-koṭiśaḥ | sarve vidur mahā-preyān ahaṁ kṛṣṇasya netaraḥ
English translation
Translation
In Goloka there are millions and millions of young, adolescent, and old gopas. Each one thinks: "I, and no one else, am most dear to Krsna".
2.6.212
Sourceतथैव व्यवहारो’पि तेषाꣳ कृष्णे सदेक्ष्यते । प्रत्येकꣳ तेषु तस्यापि विशुद्धस् तादृग् एव सः
tathaiva vyavahāro’pi teṣāṁ kṛṣṇe sadekṣyate | pratyekaṁ teṣu tasyāpi viśuddhas tādṛg eva saḥ
English translation
Translation
In the course of their daily activities they constantly associate with Krsna. They are all very pure. Each one is like that.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the words "each one is like that" mean that each one, in truth, is most dear to Krsna.
2.6.213
Sourceतथापि तृप्तिः कस्यापि नैवोदेति कदाचन । प्रेम-तृष्णा च विविधा दैन्य-माता विवर्धते
tathāpi tṛptiḥ kasyāpi naivodeti kadācana | prema-tṛṣṇā ca vividhā dainya-mātā vivardhate
English translation
Translation
None of them is ever satisfied. The many varieties of the thirst of their love for Krsna, which is the mother of humbleness, always increase.
2.6.214
Sourceगोपीषु च सदा तासु प्रत्येकꣳ कोटि-कोटिषु । परा प्रीतिः कृपासक्तिर् अपि स तस्य वीक्ष्यते
gopīṣu ca sadā tāsu pratyekaṁ koṭi-koṭiṣu | parā prītiḥ kṛpāsaktir api sa tasya vīkṣyate
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Translation
Krsna's great kindness, love, and attachment are seen to be always placed in each of the millions and millions of gopis.
2.6.215
Sourceयया युक्ति-शतैर् व्यक्तꣳ मादृशैर् अनुमन्यते । आभिः समो न को’प्य् अन्य- त्रत्यो’प्य् अस्य प्रियो जनाः
yayā yukti-śatair vyaktaṁ mādṛśair anumanyate | ābhiḥ samo na ko’py anya- tratyo’py asya priyo janāḥ
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Translation
For these reasons and for hundreds of other reasons people like myself can understand that so one in any place is more dear to Krsna than they.
2.6.216
Sourceतत्रापि याꣳ प्रति प्रेम- विशेषो’स्य यदेक्ष्यते । तदा प्रतीयते कृष्णा- स्यैषैव नितराꣳ प्रिया
tatrāpi yāṁ prati prema- viśeṣo’sya yadekṣyate | tadā pratīyate kṛṣṇā- syaiṣaiva nitarāṁ priyā
English translation
Translation
When Krsna's special love to a certain gopi is seen, then it is understood that she is the most dear to Him.
2.6.217
Sourceसर्वास् तद्-उचितꣳ तास् तु क्रीडा-सुख-परस्परम् । सर्वदानुभवन्त्यो "पि मन्यन्ते प्रेम न प्रभोः
sarvās tad-ucitaṁ tās tu krīḍā-sukha-parasparam | sarvadānubhavantyo "pi manyante prema na prabhoḥ
English translation
Translation
Although each gopis is most dear to the Lord, and although they all experience the many blisses of enjoying pastimes with Him, the gopis do not think the Lord loves them.
2.6.218
Sourceप्रत्येकꣳ चिन्तयन्त्य् एवम् अहो किꣳ भविता कियत् । सौभग्यꣳ मम येन स्याꣳ कृष्णस्याधमदास्य् अपि
pratyekaṁ cintayanty evam aho kiṁ bhavitā kiyat | saubhagyaṁ mama yena syāṁ kṛṣṇasyādhamadāsy api
English translation
Translation
Each gopi thinks: "When will I be fortunate to be the least of Krsna's maidservants?'
2.6.219
Sourceअहो स्वामिन् गभीरो’यꣳ दुस्तर्को महताम् अपि । गाढ-प्रेम-रसावेश- स्वभाव-महिमाद्भुतः
aho svāmin gabhīro’yaṁ dustarko mahatām api | gāḍha-prema-rasāveśa- svabhāva-mahimādbhutaḥ
English translation
Translation
O Lord, even the great souls cannot understand the great wonder of their deep love.
2.6.220
Sourceएकदा यमुना-तीरे विहरन् नन्द-नन्दनः । शुश्रावात्म-ह्रदे तस्मिन् कालियꣳ पुनर् आगतम्
ekadā yamunā-tīre viharan nanda-nandanaḥ | śuśrāvātma-hrade tasmin kāliyaṁ punar āgatam
English translation
Translation
One day, as He was enjoying pastimes by the Yamuna's shore, Krsna, the son of Nanda, heard that Kaliya had again come to his lake.
2.6.221
Sourceएकाकी तत्र गत्वासु नीपम् आरुह्य वेगतः । कुर्दित्वा निपपातास्मिन् ह्रदे निःसारयन्न् अपः
ekākī tatra gatvāsu nīpam āruhya vegataḥ | kurditvā nipapātāsmin hrade niḥsārayann apaḥ
English translation
Translation
At once going there alone and climbing a kadamba tree, He dove into the lake, making the waters very turbulent.
2.6.222
Sourceविचित्र-सन्तार-वितार-लीलया जले लसꣳस् तद् बहुधा निनादयन् । खलेन भोगैर् अमुनैत्य वेष्टितः स कौतुकी कञ्चिद् अदर्शयद् दशाम्
vicitra-santāra-vitāra-līlayā jale lasaṁs tad bahudhā ninādayan | khalena bhogair amunaitya veṣṭitaḥ sa kautukī kañcid adarśayad daśām
English translation
Translation
Playing in the water by wonderfully swimming back and forth, and making many loud sounds, Krsna approached the demon, who at once wrapped his coils about the Lord. Playful Krsna then showed something.
2.6.223
Sourceतत्-सङ्गिनस् तꣳ सहसा प्रयातꣳ गोपास् त्व् अनालोक्य मृता इवाभवन् । सर्वे तद्-अन्वेषण-कातरा ययुस् तत्-पाद-चिह्नैर् ह्रदम् ईक्षितैर् अमुम्
tat-saṅginas taṁ sahasā prayātaṁ gopās tv anālokya mṛtā ivābhavan | sarve tad-anveṣaṇa-kātarā yayus tat-pāda-cihnair hradam īkṣitair amum
English translation
Translation
Not seeing Krsna, who had left their company, the gopa friends became as if they had died. Tormented by the desire to find Him, they saw His footprints, and followed them to the lake.
2.6.224
Sourceदृष्ट्वैव कृष्णꣳ समादृष्ट-चेष्टꣳ मोहꣳ गतास् ते’स्य वयस्य-सङ्घाः । आच्छादितꣳ यꣳ वन-वीथिभिर् ये’नालोकयन्तो न जिजीविषन्ति
dṛṣṭvaiva kṛṣṇaṁ samādṛṣṭa-ceṣṭaṁ mohaṁ gatās te’sya vayasya-saṅghāḥ | ācchāditaṁ yaṁ vana-vīthibhir ye’nālokayanto na jijīviṣanti
English translation
Translation
When they saw Krsna could not move, His friends fainted. When they could not see Him at all because He was covered by the waters, they no longer wished to live.
2.6.225
Sourceगवो वृषा वत्सतरास् तथान्ये ग्रम्याः समग्राः पशवो’थ वन्याः । तीरे स्थितास् तत्र महार्त-नादैः क्रन्दन्ति कृष्णानन-दत्त-नेत्राः
gavo vṛṣā vatsatarās tathānye gramyāḥ samagrāḥ paśavo’tha vanyāḥ | tīre sthitās tatra mahārta-nādaiḥ krandanti kṛṣṇānana-datta-netrāḥ
English translation
Translation
Standing by the shore, the cows, bulls, calves, and other domestic animals from the village, as well as the wild animals from the forest, all cried, fixing their eyes on Krsna's face and screaming in agony.
2.6.226
Sourceआक्रान्द-दीना विहगा ह्रदस्य तस्यान्तर् उड्डीय पतन्ति वेगात् । वृक्षादयस् तत् क्षणम् एव सोषꣳ प्राप्ता महोत्पात-चयाश् च जाताः
ākrānda-dīnā vihagā hradasya tasyāntar uḍḍīya patanti vegāt | vṛkṣādayas tat kṣaṇam eva soṣaṁ prāptā mahotpāta-cayāś ca jātāḥ
English translation
Translation
Crying pitifully, the birds flew over the lake and dived into the waters. The trees and other plants became dry and withered. May great calamities happened.
2.6.227
Sourceसम्प्रेरितो’न्तः प्रभुनैव तेन धावन् जगाम व्रजम् एक-वृद्धः हा-हा-महा-राव-गणैः सुघोरैः क्रन्दन् नुदन् तꣳ तम् अथाचचक्षे
samprerito’ntaḥ prabhunaiva tena dhāvan jagāma vrajam eka-vṛddhaḥ hā-hā-mahā-rāva-gaṇaiḥ sughoraiḥ krandan nudan taṁ tam athācacakṣe
English translation
Translation
Sent by the Lord, an old man ran to Vraja village. Crying, and terribly calling out "Alas! Alas!", he described what had happened.
2.6.228
Sourceप्राग् एव दृष्ट्वा महतो भयङ्करान् उत्पात-वारान् बहु-सम्भ्रमाकुलाः । अन्वेषणार्थꣳ व्रज-मङ्गलस्य ते घोष-स्थिताः सन्ति बहिर् विनिःसृताः
prāg eva dṛṣṭvā mahato bhayaṅkarān utpāta-vārān bahu-sambhramākulāḥ | anveṣaṇārthaṁ vraja-maṅgalasya te ghoṣa-sthitāḥ santi bahir viniḥsṛtāḥ
English translation
Translation
Seeing many fearful calamities, the people of Vraja left their homes and hurried to find Krsna.
2.6.229
Sourceपुनः प्रवायसस् तस्य भग्न-कण्ठ-वरस्य तु । तद्-वाक्यꣳ तेषु सहसा वज्र-पात इवाभवत्
punaḥ pravāyasas tasya bhagna-kaṇṭha-varasya tu | tad-vākyaṁ teṣu sahasā vajra-pāta ivābhavat
English translation
Translation
The old man's broken words were like a thunderbolt falling on them.
2.6.230-231
Sourceस गृहे’वस्थितो रामो मिथ्या मिथ्येति घोषयन् । सन्त्वायन् व्रज-लोकꣳस् तान् मृत-प्रायान् प्राधावतः मातरꣳ रोहिणीꣳ यत्नात् प्रबोध्य गृह-रक्षणे । नियुज्य पुरतो यातैर् धावित्वा तैः सहामिलत्
sa gṛhe’vasthito rāmo mithyā mithyeti ghoṣayan | santvāyan vraja-lokaṁs tān mṛta-prāyān prādhāvataḥ mātaraṁ rohiṇīṁ yatnāt prabodhya gṛha-rakṣaṇe | niyujya purato yātair dhāvitvā taiḥ sahāmilat
English translation
Translation
In His home Balarama called out "It's a lie! A lie!" consoling the people of Vraja, who had become like running corpses. He carefully convinced Mother Rohini to stay at home, and then He also ran with the others.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Balarama knew how powerful His younger brother was. Balarama gave Mother Rohini the task of cooking Krsna's meal, and in this way He kept her at home.
2.6.232
Sourceअचिरात् तꣳ ह्रदꣳ प्राप्तः सो’नुजꣳ वीक्ष्य तादृशम् । नाशक्नोद् रक्षितुꣳ धैर्यꣳ रुरोद प्रेम-कातरः
acirāt taṁ hradaṁ prāptaḥ so’nujaṁ vīkṣya tādṛśam | nāśaknod rakṣituṁ dhairyaṁ ruroda prema-kātaraḥ
English translation
Translation
He quickly came to the lake. Seeing His younger brother in that state, He could not remain peaceful, but He cried in the agony of love.
2.6.233
Sourceविलापꣳ विविधꣳ चक्रे कष्ठ-पाषाण-भेदकम् । क्षणान् मुर्च्छाम् अनुप्राप्तो यशोदा-नन्दवत् स तु
vilāpaṁ vividhaṁ cakre kaṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-bhedakam | kṣaṇān murcchām anuprāpto yaśodā-nandavat sa tu
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Translation
He lamented again and again, His cries breaking wood and stone. In a moment He fainted, as Nanda and Yasoda had already done.
2.6.234
Sourceततस् तेषाꣳ च सर्वेषाꣳ प्राणिनाम् आर्ति-पूरिताः । महा-क्रान्द-रवा घोरा बभूवुर् विश्व-रोदकाः
tatas teṣāṁ ca sarveṣāṁ prāṇinām ārti-pūritāḥ | mahā-krānda-ravā ghorā babhūvur viśva-rodakāḥ
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Translation
Then everyone let out a great, painful, terrible cry that made the entire world cry also.
2.6.235
Sourceतेन नादेन महाता बलरामः स चेतितः । आत्मानꣳ स्तम्भयाम् आस यत्नाद् धीर-शिरोमणिः
tena nādena mahātā balarāmaḥ sa cetitaḥ | ātmānaṁ stambhayām āsa yatnād dhīra-śiromaṇiḥ
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Translation
Awakened by this great sound, Balarama, the crest jewel of the sober, with a great effort regained His peaceful composure.
2.6.236
Sourceक्षणेन सꣳज्ञाꣳ पितरौ गतौ तौ दृष्ट्वा सुतꣳ तादृशम् उद्रुदन्तौ । वेगात् तम् एव ह्रदम् आविशन्तौ रुद्धौ बलाच् छ्री-बलिना कराभ्याम्
kṣaṇena saṁjñāṁ pitarau gatau tau dṛṣṭvā sutaṁ tādṛśam udrudantau | vegāt tam eva hradam āviśantau ruddhau balāc chrī-balinā karābhyām
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Translation
In a moment Krsna's parents became conscious again. Gazing at their son, and crying loudly, they began to enter the lake, but Sri Balarama forcibly stopped them with His hands.
2.6.237
Sourceमूर्च्छितान् मृत-तुल्याꣳस् तान् सर्वान् दृष्ट्वार्ति-यन्त्रितः । सुगद्गद-स्वरेणोच्चैः कृष्णꣳ सम्बोध्य सो’ब्रवीत्
mūrcchitān mṛta-tulyāṁs tān sarvān dṛṣṭvārti-yantritaḥ | sugadgada-svareṇoccaiḥ kṛṣṇaṁ sambodhya so’bravīt
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Translation
Seeing everyone fainted as if they were dead, Balarama became filled with pain. In a voice choked with emotion, He loudly called out to Krsna.
2.6.238
Sourceश्री-बलदेव उवाच— एते न वैकुण्ठ-निवासि-पार्षदा नो वानरास् ते न च यादवा अपि । गोलोक-लोका भवद्-एक-जीवना नश्यन्त्य् अशक्या भगवन् मयावितुम्
śrī-baladeva uvāca— ete na vaikuṇṭha-nivāsi-pārṣadā no vānarās te na ca yādavā api | goloka-lokā bhavad-eka-jīvanā naśyanty aśakyā bhagavan mayāvitum
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Sri Balarama said: These people are not Your associates in Vaikuntha! They are not Your monkey-associates! They are not the Yadavas! They are the people of Goloka! You are their only life and soul! They are dying now! Lord, I have no power to save them!
2.6.239
Sourceप्राणैर् वियुक्ता न भवन्ति यावत् तावद् विनोदꣳ करुण त्यजैतम् । कृष्णान्यथा गोष्ठ-जनैक-बन्धो गन्तासि शोकꣳ मृदुल-स्वभावः
prāṇair viyuktā na bhavanti yāvat tāvad vinodaṁ karuṇa tyajaitam | kṛṣṇānyathā goṣṭha-janaika-bandho gantāsi śokaṁ mṛdula-svabhāvaḥ
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Translation
They are now lifeless! Merciful Krsna! Only friend of the people of Vraja! Give up this pastime, or Your gentle heart will become filled with grief!
2.6.240
Sourceश्री-स्वरूप उवाच— गोप्यो विलापैर् विविधै रुदन्त्यो मोमुह्यमानाः परमार्त-गत्र्यः । पार्श्वे प्रभोर् गन्तुम् इव प्रविष्टास् तास् तꣳ ह्रदꣳ शोक-विनाष्ट-चित्ताः
śrī-svarūpa uvāca— gopyo vilāpair vividhai rudantyo momuhyamānāḥ paramārta-gatryaḥ | pārśve prabhor gantum iva praviṣṭās tās taṁ hradaṁ śoka-vināṣṭa-cittāḥ
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Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Crying with many words of lamentation, fainting, their bodies filled with pain, and their hearts destroyed by grief, the gopis entered the lake, as if to go by the Lord's side.
2.6.241
Sourceतावद् विहाय प्रभुर् आत्म-कौतुकꣳ निर्गत्य तत् कालिय-भोग-बन्धनात् । उत्तुङ्ग-विष्टीर्ण-सहस्र-तत्-फणेष्व् आरुह्य हस्ताब्ज-युगꣳ व्यसारयत्
tāvad vihāya prabhur ātma-kautukaṁ nirgatya tat kāliya-bhoga-bandhanāt | uttuṅga-viṣṭīrṇa-sahasra-tat-phaṇeṣv āruhya hastābja-yugaṁ vyasārayat
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Translation
Leaving that pastime, freeing Himself from the bondage of Kaliya's coils, and climbing on the serpent's thousands of raised, extended hoods, Krsna stretched out His two lotus hands.
2.6.242
Sourceतेष्व् एव नीत्वा युगपन् निज-प्रियास् ता गोपिका सत्वरम् अध्यरोहयत् । रत्न-स्थली-पङ्क्ति-समेषु सर्वतश् चित्राति-चित्र-भ्रमणाभिरामिषु
teṣv eva nītvā yugapan nija-priyās tā gopikā satvaram adhyarohayat | ratna-sthalī-paṅkti-sameṣu sarvataś citrāti-citra-bhramaṇābhirāmiṣu
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Translation
Then, bringing His gopi beloveds, Krsna climbed the very wonderful jewelled pastime place of Kaliya's hoods.
2.6.243
Sourceताभिः समꣳ तेषु महाद्भुतेषु रङ्गेषु दिव्यैर् बहु-गीत-वादनैः । नृत्यन् विचित्रꣳ स तु कौतुकार्णवो लेभे सुखꣳ रास-विलास-सम्भवम्
tābhiḥ samaṁ teṣu mahādbhuteṣu raṅgeṣu divyair bahu-gīta-vādanaiḥ | nṛtyan vicitraṁ sa tu kautukārṇavo lebhe sukhaṁ rāsa-vilāsa-sambhavam
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Translation
With splendid singing and instrumental music, dancing with the gopis on these very wonderful dancing-places, Krsna, who is an ocean of playfulness enjoyed the wonderful happiness of the rasa-dance pastime.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Nanda and the others could not see these pastimes.
2.6.244
Sourceरामेण प्रापितैर् बोधꣳ वर्तमानैस् तटोपरि । कृष्णꣳ नन्दादिभिर् दृष्ट्वा प्राप्तौ तैर् हर्ष-विस्मयौ
rāmeṇa prāpitair bodhaṁ vartamānais taṭopari | kṛṣṇaṁ nandādibhir dṛṣṭvā prāptau tair harṣa-vismayau
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Translation
Staying on the shore, and now brought by Balarama to consciousness, Nanda and the others gazed at Krsna and became filled with joy and wonder.
2.6.245
Sourceदमयित्वाहि-राजꣳ स स्तुवतीनाꣳ समाच्छिनत् । वस्त्राणि नाग-पत्नीनाम् उत्तरीयाणि स-स्मितम्
damayitvāhi-rājaṁ sa stuvatīnāṁ samācchinat | vastrāṇi nāga-patnīnām uttarīyāṇi sa-smitam
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Translation
After subduing the serpent-king Kaliya, smiling Krsna, forcibly took away the upper garments from the serpent's wives as they offered prayers.
2.6.246
Sourceतैर् एकꣳ प्रग्रहꣳ दीर्घꣳ विरचय्यास्य नाशिकम् । बिद्ध्वा प्रवेश्य वामेन पाणिणाधात् स कौतुकी
tair ekaṁ pragrahaṁ dīrghaṁ viracayyāsya nāśikam | biddhvā praveśya vāmena pāṇiṇādhāt sa kautukī
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Translation
Making of these garments a single long rope, piercing the serpent's nose, and threading it, playful Krsna held the rope in His left hand.
2.6.247
Sourceनागम् अश्वम् इवारूढस् चोदयाम् आस तꣳ हठात् । धृतꣳ दक्षिण-हस्तेन मुरलीꣳ वादयन् मुदा
nāgam aśvam ivārūḍhas codayām āsa taṁ haṭhāt | dhṛtaṁ dakṣiṇa-hastena muralīṁ vādayan mudā
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Translation
Then Krsna, playing the flute with His right hand, rode the serpent as one rides a horse, and made it go here and there.
2.6.248
Sourceकशयेव कदाचित् तम् तया सञ्चलयन् बलात् । निज-वहनतꣳ निन्ये प्रसाद-भरम् आचरन्
kaśayeva kadācit tam tayā sañcalayan balāt | nija-vahanataṁ ninye prasāda-bharam ācaran
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Translation
Sometimes prodding the serpent with His flute, He made the serpent His carrier, showing it great mercy.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the Lord's mercy to Kaliya is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.16.34.
2.6.249
Sourceतत्-पत्नीभिर् उपनीतम् अनर्घ्यꣳ रत्न-भूषणम् । वस्त्र-माल्यानुलेपꣳ च तत्-फणेष्व् एव सो’दधात्
tat-patnībhir upanītam anarghyaṁ ratna-bhūṣaṇam | vastra-mālyānulepaṁ ca tat-phaṇeṣv eva so’dadhāt
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Translation
Accepting the priceless jewel-ornament and the garments, garlands, and fragrant ointments the serpent's wives offered, Krsna placed them on Kaliya's hoods.
2.6.250
Sourceपद्मोत्पलादिभिः पुष्पैर् यामुनैस् ताभिर् अहृतैः । भूषणैस् तैश् च ता गोपीर् आत्मानꣳ च व्यभूषयत्
padmotpalādibhiḥ puṣpair yāmunais tābhir ahṛtaiḥ | bhūṣaṇais taiś ca tā gopīr ātmānaṁ ca vyabhūṣayat
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Translation
Then, with many lotuses, water lilies, and other flowers the serpent's wives brought from the Yamuna, Krsna decorated both Himself and the gopis.
2.6.251
Sourceस्तुयमानः फणीन्द्रेण तेनासङ्ख्य-मुखेन सः । निःससार ह्रदात् सर्वान् स्वीयान् हर्षेण नर्तयन्
stuyamānaḥ phaṇīndreṇa tenāsaṅkhya-mukhena saḥ | niḥsasāra hradāt sarvān svīyān harṣeṇa nartayan
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Translation
As the serpent king offered prayers with its countless mouths, Krsna emerged from the lake, making His friends and relatives dance with joy.
2.6.252
Sourceसुपर्ण-दुष्प्राप-महा-प्रसाद- वरावली-लाभ-महा-प्रहृष्टात् । स कालियाद् गोप-वधू-समूहैः समꣳ महाश्चर्य-वरो’वरूढः
suparṇa-duṣprāpa-mahā-prasāda- varāvalī-lābha-mahā-prahṛṣṭāt | sa kāliyād gopa-vadhū-samūhaiḥ samaṁ mahāścarya-varo’varūḍhaḥ
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Translation
Then, from Kaliya, who was very happy to have attained a very great mercy that even Garuda could not attain, very wonderful Krsna descended with the gopis.
2.6.253
Sourceनीराजनालिङ्गन-राजिकापरैर् नन्दादिभिर् हृष्ट-दृग्-अश्रु-धारया । आप्लावितो’सौ कृपयानुशिष्य तꣳ किञ्चित् फणीन्द्रꣳ निरसारयद् ध्रदात्
nīrājanāliṅgana-rājikāparair nandādibhir hṛṣṭa-dṛg-aśru-dhārayā | āplāvito’sau kṛpayānuśiṣya taṁ kiñcit phaṇīndraṁ nirasārayad dhradāt
English translation
Translation
Flooded with streams of tears from the happy eyes of Nanda and the others as again and again they embraced Him and offered arati to Him, Krsna, after mercifully giving some instructions, sent the serpent king out of the lake.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the Lord's instructions to Kaliya are given in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.16.60-61.
2.6.254
Sourceतैः गोप-गोपी-निवहैः प्रहृष्टैर् विस्तार्यमानेन मनोहरेण । वादित्र-गीतादि-महोत्सवेन सन्तोषितो’गाद् भगवान् स्व-घोषम्
taiḥ gopa-gopī-nivahaiḥ prahṛṣṭair vistāryamānena manohareṇa | vāditra-gītādi-mahotsavena santoṣito’gād bhagavān sva-ghoṣam
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Translation
Pleased by a great and beautiful festival of singing, instrumental music, and other festivities celebrated by the happy gopas and gopis, the Lord went to His own home.
2.6.255-257
Sourceकदाचित् तस्य दुष्टस्य कꣳसस्यानुचरौ प्रियौ । बहिश्चरासुरूपौ तौ केश्य्-अरिष्टौ महासुरौ आद्यो महा-हयाकारो द्वितीयस् तु वृषाकृतिः । गोपान् भिययमानौ तान् मर्दयन्तौ च गोकुलम् गगन-स्पृण्-महा-कायौ नादेन प्राणिनो’खिलान् । निपातयन्तौ भू-पृष्ठे युगपद् व्रजम् आगतौ
kadācit tasya duṣṭasya kaṁsasyānucarau priyau | bahiścarāsurūpau tau keśy-ariṣṭau mahāsurau ādyo mahā-hayākāro dvitīyas tu vṛṣākṛtiḥ | gopān bhiyayamānau tān mardayantau ca gokulam gagana-spṛṇ-mahā-kāyau nādena prāṇino’khilān | nipātayantau bhū-pṛṣṭhe yugapad vrajam āgatau
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Translation
Once, Kamsa's two great demon servants Kesi and Arista, the first assuming the form of a great horse, and the second assuming the form of a bull, both of them so tall their great bodies touched the sky, both of them like death personified, and both of them terrifying the gopas, wreaking havoc in Gokula, and with their roaring making every living entity fall to the ground, came to Vraja.
2.6.258
Sourceतयोर् भियाकृष्य बलेन कृष्णो निर्वार्यमानो’पि निजेष्ट-लोकैः । आश्वास्य तान् दर्शित-वीर-दर्पः स्व-पाणिनास्फोट्य भुजꣳ पुरो’भूत्
tayor bhiyākṛṣya balena kṛṣṇo nirvāryamāno’pi nijeṣṭa-lokaiḥ | āśvāsya tān darśita-vīra-darpaḥ sva-pāṇināsphoṭya bhujaṁ puro’bhūt
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Translation
Surrounded by His dear friends terrified of the two demons, Krsna, comforting them and showing them His heroic power, flexed His arm.
2.6.259
Sourceप्राग् आगतꣳ वेग-भरेण केशिनꣳ पाद-प्रहारेण निरस्य दूरतः । पश्चाद् वृषꣳ प्राप्य विभिद्य नासिकꣳ बद्ध्वाशु गोपीश्वर-सम्मुखे न्यधात्
prāg āgataṁ vega-bhareṇa keśinaṁ pāda-prahāreṇa nirasya dūrataḥ | paścād vṛṣaṁ prāpya vibhidya nāsikaṁ baddhvāśu gopīśvara-sammukhe nyadhāt
English translation
Translation
First the horse came running, and Krsna kicked it far away. Then Krsna went to the bull, pierced its nose, and brought it before the deity of Lord Siva.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Krsna tied a rope to the bull's nose and brought it before the Siva-linga in Vrndavana so Lord Siva could ride it.
2.6.260
Sourceपुनस् तम् आयातम् अमन्द-विक्रमो हयꣳ समुत्प्लुत्य महा-परक्रमः । बलात् समारुह्य गतिर् अनेकशो ’नुशिक्षायन् निर्दमयन् व्यराजत
punas tam āyātam amanda-vikramo hayaṁ samutplutya mahā-parakramaḥ | balāt samāruhya gatir anekaśo ’nuśikṣāyan nirdamayan vyarājata
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Translation
When the horse came again, very powerful Krsna, jumping on its back, subdued it and, ordering it to go here and there, was very splendid and glorious.
2.6.261
Sourceहयꣳ तम् आरुह्य निजान् वयस्यान् सुशीघ्र-हस्तेन सहस्रशस् तान् । विचित्र-तत्-कूर्दन-कौतुकेन भ्रमन् भुवि व्योम्नि च सो’भिरेमे
hayaṁ tam āruhya nijān vayasyān suśīghra-hastena sahasraśas tān | vicitra-tat-kūrdana-kautukena bhraman bhuvi vyomni ca so’bhireme
English translation
Translation
With his friends and relatives, Krsna enjoyed riding on the horse, as with pastimes of wonderful leaps of thousand of hands it wandered on the ground and in the sky.
2.6.262
Sourceक्षणान् नियम्य स्व-वशे निधाय निबध्य पाशैस् तम् अपि व्रजान्तः । अरक्षद् आरोहन-केलये’मुꣳ वृषꣳ तथानोगन-वाहनाय
kṣaṇān niyamya sva-vaśe nidhāya nibadhya pāśais tam api vrajāntaḥ | arakṣad ārohana-kelaye’muṁ vṛṣaṁ tathānogana-vāhanāya
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Translation
In a moment defeating it, bringing it under His control and bridling it, for pastimes of riding Krsna kept the horse in Vraja. In the same way He kept the bull for pulling carts.
2.6.263
Sourceनन्दीश्वर-पुरे तत्र वसन्तꣳ कृष्णम् एकदा । कꣳसाज्ञयागतो’क्रूरो नेतुꣳ मधु-पुरीꣳ व्रजात्
nandīśvara-pure tatra vasantaṁ kṛṣṇam ekadā | kaṁsājñayāgato’krūro netuṁ madhu-purīṁ vrajāt
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Translation
One day, as Krsna was living in the town of Nandisvara, Akrura came to bring Him from Vraja to Mathura city on Kamsa's order.
2.6.264
Sourceतस्मिꣳस् तदानिꣳ यद् वृत्तꣳ तच् छ्रुत्वान्यत्रिका अपि । शीला-कष्टादयो नूनꣳ रुदन्ति विदलन्ति च
tasmiṁs tadāniṁ yad vṛttaṁ tac chrutvānyatrikā api | śīlā-kaṣṭādayo nūnaṁ rudanti vidalanti ca
English translation
Translation
When they heard this news, even the people in other places, and even the stones, wood, and other inanimate objects cried and broke into pieces.
2.6.265
Sourceरात्राव् आकर्ण्य ताꣳ वार्ताꣳ लोक गोकुल-वासिनः । व्यलपन् बहुधा सर्वे रुदन्तो मुमुहुर् भृशम्
rātrāv ākarṇya tāṁ vārtāṁ loka gokula-vāsinaḥ | vyalapan bahudhā sarve rudanto mumuhur bhṛśam
English translation
Translation
At night hearing this news, all the people of Gokula lamented, crying and fainting again and again.
2.6.266
Sourceपुत्र-प्राणा यशोदा च बिभ्यती दुष्ट-कꣳसतः । जुगोप कृष्णम् एकान्ते निह्नुत्य शपथैर् निजैः
putra-prāṇā yaśodā ca bibhyatī duṣṭa-kaṁsataḥ | jugopa kṛṣṇam ekānte nihnutya śapathair nijaiḥ
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Translation
Yasoda, terrified of the demon Kamsa, and thinking her son her very life, with many loud complaints hid Krsna in a secluded place.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that she hid Krsna behind a curtain and other obstacles.
2.6.267
Sourceप्रातः प्रबोधितो नन्दो’क्रूरेण बहु-युक्तिभिः । प्रबोध्य रुदतीꣳ पत्नीꣳ स्व-पुत्रꣳ बहिर् आनयत्
prātaḥ prabodhito nando’krūreṇa bahu-yuktibhiḥ | prabodhya rudatīṁ patnīṁ sva-putraṁ bahir ānayat
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Translation
In the morning Akrura, with many arguments, convinced Nanda. Then Nanda convinced his crying wife and brought his son outside.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Akrura's arguments included a description of Kamsa's wickedness and Krsna's supreme strength.
2.6.268
Sourceहा-हेत्य्-अर्त-स्वरैर् उच्चै रुदतीनाम् अलज्जितम् । गोपीनाꣳ वीक्षमानानाꣳ प्रणान् इव समाच्छिनत्
hā-hety-arta-svarair uccai rudatīnām alajjitam | gopīnāṁ vīkṣamānānāṁ praṇān iva samācchinat
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Translation
It was as if Nanda had broken the lives of the gopis as they loudly called out "Alas! Alas!', shamelessly cried, and gazed on Krsna.
2.6.269
Sourceतदा यशोदा बहिर् एत्य दीना निजाश्रु-धाराः परिमर्जयन्ति । धृत्वा करे न्यासम् इवात्म-पुत्रम् श्वफल्क-पुत्रस्य करे न्यधत्त
tadā yaśodā bahir etya dīnā nijāśru-dhārāḥ parimarjayanti | dhṛtvā kare nyāsam ivātma-putram śvaphalka-putrasya kare nyadhatta
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Translation
Then poor Yasoda came outside. Wiping away the streams of her tears, she took her son's hand and as if making a gesture, placed it in the hand of Akrura.
2.6.270
Sourceप्रोवाच नन्दꣳ च तवापि हस्ते न्यस्तो मया प्राण-धनाधिको’यम् । कुत्राप्य् अविश्वस्य निधाय पार्श्वे ’त्रानीय देयो भवता करे मे
provāca nandaṁ ca tavāpi haste nyasto mayā prāṇa-dhanādhiko’yam | kutrāpy aviśvasya nidhāya pārśve ’trānīya deyo bhavatā kare me
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Translation
She said to Nanda: "I trust no one but you. He who is more dear than life I place in your hand. Keep Him by your side. Return Him here, and place Him again in my hand."
2.6.271
Sourceएवꣳ सुत-स्नेह-भरातुरा सती मोमुह्यमाना समयꣳ विधाय सा । कृष्णꣳ विनैकात्म-गृहꣳ यद् आगता- क्रन्दस् तद् आसीद् व्रज-योषिताꣳ महान्
evaṁ suta-sneha-bharāturā satī momuhyamānā samayaṁ vidhāya sā | kṛṣṇaṁ vinaikātma-gṛhaṁ yad āgatā- krandas tad āsīd vraja-yoṣitāṁ mahān
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Translation
When the pious lady, overcome with love for her son, and fainting again and again went, without Krsna, to her home, a great cry rose among the women of Vraja.
2.6.272
Sourceयस्मिन् स्मृते’द्यापि शिलापि रोदिति स्रवत्य् अपो दारुपविश् च दीर्यते । नूनꣳ जगन् मज्जति शोक-सागरे प्रणैर् वियुक्तꣳ न भवेद् यदि क्षणात्
yasmin smṛte’dyāpi śilāpi roditi sravaty apo dārupaviś ca dīryate | nūnaṁ jagan majjati śoka-sāgare praṇair viyuktaṁ na bhaved yadi kṣaṇāt
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Translation
When this is remembered, even today, the rocks cry out, dry wood sheds tears, thunderbolts break into pieces, and, if it has not already given up its life, the world is at once plunged in an ocean of sorrow.
2.6.273
Sourceयशोदया ता बहुधानुसान्त्विताः प्रबोध्यमानाः सरल-स्वभावया । महार्ति-शोकार्णव-मग्न-मानसाः स-कोपम् ऊचुर् बत ताꣳ व्रज-स्त्रियः
yaśodayā tā bahudhānusāntvitāḥ prabodhyamānāḥ sarala-svabhāvayā | mahārti-śokārṇava-magna-mānasāḥ sa-kopam ūcur bata tāṁ vraja-striyaḥ
English translation
Translation
Again and again comforted by honest, simple Yasoda, the women of Vraja, their hearts drowning in an ocean of pain and grief, angrily said to her:
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Mother Yasoda said to them: "I placed Krsna in the hand of Nanda and the hand of Akrura, who is the son of a great sage. Krsna will be returned. Because He was placed in the hands of good people there is no need to fear. They will quickly return Him to me." Mother Yasoda was simple and honest, and therefore she had faith in the words of crooked Akrura.
2.6.274
Sourceरे निर्दये रे धिषणाविहिने वत्सꣳ निजꣳ व्याघ्र-करे समर्प्य । शक्तासि दाहार्हम् इदꣳ प्रवेष्टुꣳ रिक्तꣳ गृहꣳ तेन कथꣳ त्वम् एका
re nirdaye re dhiṣaṇāvihine vatsaṁ nijaṁ vyāghra-kare samarpya | śaktāsi dāhārham idaṁ praveṣṭuṁ riktaṁ gṛhaṁ tena kathaṁ tvam ekā
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Translation
"O merciless one! O fool! How, after placing your own son in the paws of a tiger, can you, alone, enter your empty home, which should now be set in flames?"
2.6.275
Sourceताम् एवम् अन्याꣳश् च विगर्हयन्त्यो ’क्रूरꣳ शपन्त्यो’धिक-शोक-वेगात् । निर्गत्य गेहात् प्रभुम् आह्वयन्त्यो ’धावन् स-वेगꣳ करुणꣳ रुदत्यः
tām evam anyāṁś ca vigarhayantyo ’krūraṁ śapantyo’dhika-śoka-vegāt | nirgatya gehāt prabhum āhvayantyo ’dhāvan sa-vegaṁ karuṇaṁ rudatyaḥ
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Translation
Pushed by grief, rebuking her and the others, cursing Akrura, calling out to the Lord, and crying pitifully, they ran from their homes.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the "others" here are Nanda and the gopas.
2.6.276
Sourceतैस् तैर् महा-शोक-दृढार्ति-रोदनैर् अक्रूर-नन्दौ बल-बल्लवान्वितौ । यानाधिरूढꣳ प्रियम् अप्य् अरोदयन् व्यमोहयन्त व्रज-वासिनो’खिलान्
tais tair mahā-śoka-dṛḍhārti-rodanair akrūra-nandau bala-ballavānvitau | yānādhirūḍhaṁ priyam apy arodayan vyamohayanta vraja-vāsino’khilān
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Translation
With these cries of intense grief and pain they made Akrura, Nanda, the gopa boys accompanying them, and their beloved Krsna standing on the chariot, cry, and they made all the people of Vraja faint.
2.6.277
Sourceस्वस्थ्यꣳ क्षणात् प्राप्य स गोपिका-गतिस् ता वीक्ष्य लब्धान्त्य-दशा इव स्वयम् । सञ्जीवयन् यान-वराद् अवप्लुतस् ताभिर् वृतः कुञ्जम् अगाद् अलक्षितम्
svasthyaṁ kṣaṇāt prāpya sa gopikā-gatis tā vīkṣya labdhāntya-daśā iva svayam | sañjīvayan yāna-varād avaplutas tābhir vṛtaḥ kuñjam agād alakṣitam
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Translation
Composing Himself, and seeing that the gopis had become as if dead, He who is the gopis' goal brought them again to life, descended from the chariot, and, unseen by anyone, went with them to the forest.
2.6.278
Sourceकꣳस-दूतस् ततः स्वस्थो’पश्यन् कृष्णꣳ रथोपरि । अनुताप्य बलꣳ वाक्य- पाटवैर् अनुनीतवान्
kaṁsa-dūtas tataḥ svastho’paśyan kṛṣṇaṁ rathopari | anutāpya balaṁ vākya- pāṭavair anunītavān
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Translation
Composing himself, Kamsa's messenger Akrura, not seeing Krsna on the chariot, and feeling morose, convinced Balarama with many eloquent words.
2.6.279
Sourceदुःखꣳ च कथयाम् आस देवकी-वसुदेवयोः । यादवानाꣳ च सर्वेषाꣳ तच् च कृष्णैक-हेतुकम्
duḥkhaṁ ca kathayām āsa devakī-vasudevayoḥ | yādavānāṁ ca sarveṣāṁ tac ca kṛṣṇaika-hetukam
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Translation
He described how only for Krsna's sake Devaki, Vasudeva, and all the Yadavas had suffered.
2.6.280
Sourceततः श्री-रौहिनेयो’सौ वासुदेवो’मुना सह । पित्र्व्येनानुजꣳ मृग्यन् कुञ्जꣳ तत् प्राप लक्षणैः
tataḥ śrī-rauhineyo’sau vāsudevo’munā saha | pitrvyenānujaṁ mṛgyan kuñjaṁ tat prāpa lakṣaṇaiḥ
English translation
Translation
Then Balarama, who is the son of Vasudeva and Rohini, with His uncle Akrura searched for His younger brother Krsna. By following certain signs He came to the right forest grove.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the "signs" here were Krsna's footprints.
2.6.281
Sourceगोपीभिर् आवृतꣳ कृष्णम् आलक्ष्यारात् स्थितो’ग्रजः । अक्रूरस् त्व् अब्रवीत् कृष्णꣳ श्रावयन्न् इदम् उद्रुदन्
gopībhir āvṛtaṁ kṛṣṇam ālakṣyārāt sthito’grajaḥ | akrūras tv abravīt kṛṣṇaṁ śrāvayann idam udrudan
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Translation
When Balarama could see Krsna and the gopis from far away, Akrura called out so Krsna could hear his words.
2.6.282
Sourceश्रीमद्-अक्रूर उवाच— निर्भर्त्स्येते दुष्ट-कꣳसेन नित्यꣳ दीनौ वृद्धौ खड्गम् उद्यम्य हन्तुम् । ईश्येते च त्रास-शोकार्ति-मग्नौ भक्तौ युक्तौ जातु नोपेक्षितुꣳ तौ
śrīmad-akrūra uvāca— nirbhartsyete duṣṭa-kaṁsena nityaṁ dīnau vṛddhau khaḍgam udyamya hantum | īśyete ca trāsa-śokārti-magnau bhaktau yuktau jātu nopekṣituṁ tau
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Translation
Sriman Akrura said: Wicked Kamsa insults your poor, aged parents again and again! Again and again he raises his sword to kill them! They are plunged in fears, lamentations and pain! They are Your devotees! It is not right to ignore them!
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Vasudeva and Devaki, Krsna's parents, are afraid of Kamsa. They lament because they cannot see their son, and they suffer because they hear from Kamsa many lies about their son.
2.6.283
Sourceसर्वे’नन्यालम्बना यादवास् ते मद्-वर्त्मान्तर्-दत्त-नेत्रा महार्ताः । शोकोत्ताप्ता मा हताशा भवन्तु त्रास्ताः कꣳसाद् देव-विप्रादयश् च
sarve’nanyālambanā yādavās te mad-vartmāntar-datta-netrā mahārtāḥ | śokottāptā mā hatāśā bhavantu trāstāḥ kaṁsād deva-viprādayaś ca
English translation
Translation
All the Yadavas placed their eyes on my path! They suffer greatly! They have no other shelter! They are overcome with grief! Let not their hopes be destroyed! Let not the demigods, brahmanas, and others continue to fear Kamsa!
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the words "placed their eyes on my path" mean that the Yadavas know of Akrura's journey and mission and they are anxiously awaiting its outcome. The words "They have no other shelter" mean that Krsna is their only shelter.
2.6.284
Sourceस ष्लाघते बाहु-बलꣳ सदात्मनो नो मन्यते कञ्चन देव-मर्दनः । आत्मानुरूपैर् असुरैर् बलाबलैः कꣳसस् तथा राज-कुलैः सदार्चितः
sa ṣlāghate bāhu-balaṁ sadātmano no manyate kañcana deva-mardanaḥ | ātmānurūpair asurair balābalaiḥ kaṁsas tathā rāja-kulaiḥ sadārcitaḥ
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Translation
Again and again he praises the strength of his arms! He does not think the demigods have any power at all to crush him! He is always worshipped by demon-kings powerful as he!.
2.6.285
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— एवꣳ ब्रुवाणः स-तृणानि धृत्वा दन्तैर् महा-काकु-कुलꣳ चकार । एकैकशस् ताः प्रणमन् व्रज-स्त्रीर् अक्रूर-नामा परमोग्र-कर्मा
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— evaṁ bruvāṇaḥ sa-tṛṇāni dhṛtvā dantair mahā-kāku-kulaṁ cakāra | ekaikaśas tāḥ praṇaman vraja-strīr akrūra-nāmā paramogra-karmā
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Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Placing blades of grass in his teeth, he spoke many sweet words. He who is named Akrura, and whose actions are very terrible, bowed down before the women of Vraja, one by one.
2.6.286
Sourceश्रीमद्-अक्रूर उवाच— मा घाटयध्वꣳ यदु-वꣳस-जातान् शोकाꣳश् च कृत्स्नान् कृपयाद्ध्वम् एतान् । कृष्णस्य दीनौ पितरौ च देव्यः कꣳसेन रुद्धौ परिरक्षताम्
śrīmad-akrūra uvāca— mā ghāṭayadhvaṁ yadu-vaṁsa-jātān śokāṁś ca kṛtsnān kṛpayāddhvam etān | kṛṣṇasya dīnau pitarau ca devyaḥ kaṁsena ruddhau parirakṣatām
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Translation
Sriman Akrura said: Don't kill they who were born in the Yadu family! Be kind to them, for they are filled with grief! O goddesses, Krsna's poor parents, who are imprisoned by Kamsa, should be rescued!
2.6.287
Sourceश्री-गोपिका ऊचुः— हे हे महा-धूर्त मृष-प्रलापक कꣳसानुवार्तिन् पितरौ कुतो’स्य । पुत्रस्य वै नन्द-यशोदायोस् तौ मा गोकुलꣳ मारय मा जहि स्त्रीः
śrī-gopikā ūcuḥ— he he mahā-dhūrta mṛṣa-pralāpaka kaṁsānuvārtin pitarau kuto’sya | putrasya vai nanda-yaśodāyos tau mā gokulaṁ māraya mā jahi strīḥ
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Translation
The gopis said: O, O thief! Liar! Follower of Kamsa! Where are the parents of He who is the son of Nanda and Yasoda? Don't kill Gokula village! Don't crush women!
2.6.288
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— दुष्टस्य कꣳसस्य निशम्य चेष्टितꣳ दुःखꣳ निजानाꣳ च तद् आत्म-हेतुकम् । आश्वास्य गोपीर् निरगद् रुषा शुचा कुञ्जाद् बलस्यानुमतिꣳ विलक्ष्य च
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— duṣṭasya kaṁsasya niśamya ceṣṭitaṁ duḥkhaṁ nijānāṁ ca tad ātma-hetukam | āśvāsya gopīr niragad ruṣā śucā kuñjād balasyānumatiṁ vilakṣya ca
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Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Hearing of the wicked Kamsa's deeds and of how He Himself was the cause of His relatives' suffering, and seeing that Balarama agreed, Krsna comforted the gopis and, filled with rage and grief, left the forest grove.
2.6.289
Sourceततः प्रमुदितो’क्रूरो बलरामानुमोदितः । तत्रैव रथम् आनेतुꣳ धावन् वेगाद् बहिर् गतः
tataḥ pramudito’krūro balarāmānumoditaḥ | tatraiva ratham ānetuṁ dhāvan vegād bahir gataḥ
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Translation
Akrura was pleased. Encouraged by Balarama, he ran to bring the chariot.
2.6.290
Sourceनिर्णीय कृष्णस्य पुरे प्रयाणꣳ तस्याननाब्जꣳ मुहुर् ईक्षमाणाः । भीता वियोगानलतो रुदन्त्यो गोप्यः पदाब्जे पतितास् तम् आहुः
nirṇīya kṛṣṇasya pure prayāṇaṁ tasyānanābjaṁ muhur īkṣamāṇāḥ | bhītā viyogānalato rudantyo gopyaḥ padābje patitās tam āhuḥ
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Translation
Understanding that Krsna would now go to Mathura city, again and again gazing at His lotus face, frightened of the fire of separation from Him, crying, and falling at His feet, the gopis said to Krsna:
2.6.291
Sourceन शक्नुमो नाथ कदापि जीवितुꣳ विना भवन्तꣳ लवम् अप्य् अनाश्रयाः । न मुञ्च दासीस् तद् इम निजाः प्रभो न यस्य तत्रैव यतो गमिष्यसि
na śaknumo nātha kadāpi jīvituṁ vinā bhavantaṁ lavam apy anāśrayāḥ | na muñca dāsīs tad ima nijāḥ prabho na yasya tatraiva yato gamiṣyasi
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Translation
Lord, we cannot live without You! We have no shelter but You! Lord don't abandon Your maidservants! Please don't go!
2.6.292
Sourceवनꣳ गृहꣳ नो भवद्-आलयो वनꣳ द्विषत् सुहृद् बन्धु-गणश् च वैरिणः । विषꣳ च पीयूषम् उतामृतꣳ विषꣳ यद्-अर्थम् अस्मात् त्वाद् र्ते म्रियामहे
vanaṁ gṛhaṁ no bhavad-ālayo vanaṁ dviṣat suhṛd bandhu-gaṇaś ca vairiṇaḥ | viṣaṁ ca pīyūṣam utāmṛtaṁ viṣaṁ yad-artham asmāt tvād rte mriyāmahe
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Translation
For Your sake we made the forest our home and our homes a forest. We made enemies friends and friends enemies. We made poison nectar and nectar poison. without You we will die!
2.6.293
Sourceकथꣳ तद् एवꣳ स्मित-सुन्दराननꣳ मनोहरꣳ पाद-सरोरुह-द्वयम् । उरः-स्थलꣳ चाखिल-शोभयार्चितꣳ कुतो’प्य् अनालोक्य चिरꣳ मृयेमहि
kathaṁ tad evaṁ smita-sundarānanaṁ manoharaṁ pāda-saroruha-dvayam | uraḥ-sthalaṁ cākhila-śobhayārcitaṁ kuto’py anālokya ciraṁ mṛyemahi
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Translation
Not seeing Your handsome smiling face, Your charming lotus feet, and Your chest worshipped by all splendours, we will slowly die!
2.6.294
Sourceवृन्दावनꣳ गोप-विलास-लोभात् त्वयि प्रयाते सह मित्र-वृन्दैः । सायꣳ समायास्यसि खल्व् अवश्यम् इत्य् आशयाहर् गमयेम कृच्छ्रात्
vṛndāvanaṁ gopa-vilāsa-lobhāt tvayi prayāte saha mitra-vṛndaiḥ | sāyaṁ samāyāsyasi khalv avaśyam ity āśayāhar gamayema kṛcchrāt
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Translation
When, desiring to enjoy gopa pastimes, You go to Vrndavana Forest with Your friends, only by hoping that certainly You will return in the evening, can we somehow, painfully, pass the day.
2.6.295
Sourceदूरꣳ गते तत् पुरम् आज्ञया पुनः कꣳसस्य दुष्टस्य तद्-इष्ट-सङ्गतः । जीवेम नाना-विध-शङ्कयाकुलाः कथꣳ प्रवासार्ति-विचिन्तनेन च
dūraṁ gate tat puram ājñayā punaḥ kaṁsasya duṣṭasya tad-iṣṭa-saṅgataḥ | jīvema nānā-vidha-śaṅkayākulāḥ kathaṁ pravāsārti-vicintanena ca
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Translation
When, following Kamsa's order and in the company of Kamsa's dear friend, You have gone far away to that city, how, filled with many fears, and worrying that You will suffer in a far-away place, will we live?
2.6.296
Sourceन ज्ञायते सानुचरस्य तस्य कꣳसस्य घाटेन कियान् श्रमः स्यात् । कालश् च तत्रत्य-जनार्ति-हत्या स्याद् वा न वा तत्र बत स्मृतिर् नः
na jñāyate sānucarasya tasya kaṁsasya ghāṭena kiyān śramaḥ syāt | kālaś ca tatratya-janārti-hatyā syād vā na vā tatra bata smṛtir naḥ
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Translation
We don't know how hard it will be to kill Kamsa and his followers, or how long it will take to kill the sufferings of the people there, or whether You will remember us there?
2.6.297
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— इत्य् एवम् आदिकꣳ काकु- कुलꣳ ता विदधुस् तथा । येन तत्रत्यम् अखिलꣳ रुरोद च मुमोह च
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— ity evam ādikaṁ kāku- kulaṁ tā vidadhus tathā | yena tatratyam akhilaṁ ruroda ca mumoha ca
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Translation
When the gopis spoke these plaintive words everyone there wept and fainted.
2.6.298
Sourceकथञ्चिद् भगवान् धैर्यम् आलम्ब्याश्रूनि मर्जयन् । स्वस्य तासाꣳ च नेत्रेभ्यो’ब्रवीद् एतत् स-गद्गदम्
kathañcid bhagavān dhairyam ālambyāśrūni marjayan | svasya tāsāṁ ca netrebhyo’bravīd etat sa-gadgadam
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Translation
Somehow regaining His composure, and wiping the tears from His and the gopis' eyes, the Lord spoke the following words in a voice choked with emotion.
2.6.299
Sourceश्री-भगवान् उवाच— सताꣳ ममापि द्विषतो’ल्प-शक्तेर् विधाय कꣳसस्य शमꣳ स-हेलम् । माम् आगत-प्रायम् इदꣳ प्रतीता सख्यो रुदित्वा कुरुताशिवꣳ मा
śrī-bhagavān uvāca— satāṁ mamāpi dviṣato’lpa-śakter vidhāya kaṁsasya śamaṁ sa-helam | mām āgata-prāyam idaṁ pratītā sakhyo ruditvā kurutāśivaṁ mā
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Translation
The Lord said: I will very easily pacify this impotent Kamsa, who hates Me and My devotees. Have faith that I will soon return. O friends, do not cry and make things inauspicious.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that "pacify" here is a euphemism for "kill".
2.6.300
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— अथ तत्रैव नन्दाद्य गोपाः सर्वे गता ज्वरात् । रोहिणी श्री-यशोदा च परे’पि पशवस् तथा
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— atha tatraiva nandādya gopāḥ sarve gatā jvarāt | rohiṇī śrī-yaśodā ca pare’pi paśavas tathā
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Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Then Nanda, the gopas, Rohini, Sri Yasoda, the others, and the animals, all quickly came there.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the "others" included the brahmana priests, the servants, the maidservants, and many others. The animals included the cows, buffaloes, and many other animals.
2.6.301
Sourceअक्रूरेण द्रुतानीतम् आरुरोह रथꣳ हरिः । साग्रजो गोपिका-लग्नꣳ दृष्टिꣳ यत्नान् निवार्तयन्
akrūreṇa drutānītam āruroha rathaṁ hariḥ | sāgrajo gopikā-lagnaṁ dṛṣṭiṁ yatnān nivārtayan
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Translation
With a great effort turning His glance from the gopis, Lord Hari, with His elder brother, climbed the chariot Akrura had quickly brought.
2.6.302
Sourceयशोदा रुदतीर् दृष्ट्वा पतिता धूलि-पङ्किलाः । मुह्यतीर् विह्वला गोपीः प्रारुदत् करुण-स्वरम्
yaśodā rudatīr dṛṣṭvā patitā dhūli-paṅkilāḥ | muhyatīr vihvalā gopīḥ prārudat karuṇa-svaram
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Translation
Seeing the gopis crying, fainting, falling to the ground, and turning the dust to mud with their tears, Yasoda cried pitifully.
2.6.303
Sourceयत्नात् ताꣳ सान्त्वयन्न् आह नन्दो’न्तर्-दुःखितो’पि सन् । प्रस्तुतार्थ-समाधान- नैपुण्यꣳ दर्शयन्न् इव
yatnāt tāṁ sāntvayann āha nando’ntar-duḥkhito’pi san | prastutārtha-samādhāna- naipuṇyaṁ darśayann iva
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Translation
Even though he was also unhappy at heart, Nanda, showing his eloquence, spoke words to comfort her.
2.6.304
Sourceश्री-नन्द उवाच— मा विद्धि हर्षेन पुरीꣳ प्रयामि ताꣳ कृष्णꣳ कदाप्य् अन्य-सुतꣳ च वेद्म्य् अहम् । हित्वेमम् आयानि कथञ्चन व्रजꣳ तस्याꣳ विधास्ये च विलम्बम् उन्मनाः
śrī-nanda uvāca— mā viddhi harṣena purīṁ prayāmi tāṁ kṛṣṇaṁ kadāpy anya-sutaṁ ca vedmy aham | hitvemam āyāni kathañcana vrajaṁ tasyāṁ vidhāsye ca vilambam unmanāḥ
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Translation
Sri Nanda said: Don't think I go happily to that city, or that I believe Krsna is someone else's son, or that I will leave Krsna there and somehow return to Vraja without Him, or that I will be eager to stay long in that city.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Nanda here asserts that Akrura's claim that Krsna is Vasudeva's son is a lie.
2.6.305
Sourceजाने न किꣳ ते तनयꣳ विना क्षणꣳ जीवेम नेमे व्रज-वासिनो वयम् । तद् विद्धि माम् आशु स-पुत्रम् आगतꣳ श्री-देवकी-शूरसुतौ विमोच्य तौ
jāne na kiṁ te tanayaṁ vinā kṣaṇaṁ jīvema neme vraja-vāsino vayam | tad viddhi mām āśu sa-putram āgataṁ śrī-devakī-śūrasutau vimocya tau
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Translation
Do I not know that without your son we people of Vraja cannot live for a moment? Know that as soon as Vasudeva and Devaki are released I will return with your son.
2.6.306
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— इत्थꣳ स-शपथꣳ तेन यशोदाश्वासिता मुहुः । चित्ते शान्तिम् इवाधाय गोपीर् आश्वासयद् बहु
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— itthaṁ sa-śapathaṁ tena yaśodāśvāsitā muhuḥ | citte śāntim ivādhāya gopīr āśvāsayad bahu
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Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Comforted by him again and again with many promises, and now peaceful at heart, Yasoda comforted the gopis with many words.
2.6.307
Sourceयत्नात् सन्तर्प्य बहुधा ताः समुत्थापितास् तया । अनꣳस्य् आरुरुहुर् गोपाः सो’क्रूरो’चालयद् रथम्
yatnāt santarpya bahudhā tāḥ samutthāpitās tayā | anaṁsy āruruhur gopāḥ so’krūro’cālayad ratham
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Translation
Carefully pacifying them in many ways, she picked them up. The gopas climbed on their carts. Akrura made the chariot go.
2.6.308-309
Sourceप्रयान्तꣳ कृष्णम् आलोक्य किञ्चित् तद्-विरहासहाः । हा-हेत्य्-आक्रोश-शुष्कास्याः प्रस्खलत्-पाद-विक्रमाः भग्न-कण्ठ-स्वरैर् दीर्घैर् महार्त्या काकु-रोदनैः । पूरयन्त्यो दिशः सर्वा अन्वधावन् व्रज-स्त्रियः
prayāntaṁ kṛṣṇam ālokya kiñcit tad-virahāsahāḥ | hā-hety-ākrośa-śuṣkāsyāḥ praskhalat-pāda-vikramāḥ bhagna-kaṇṭha-svarair dīrghair mahārtyā kāku-rodanaiḥ | pūrayantyo diśaḥ sarvā anvadhāvan vraja-striyaḥ
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Translation
Seeing Krsna leaving, unable to bear His separation, their dried-up mouths crying "Alas! Alas!", their steps faltering and their pitiful wailing filling all directions, the women of Vraja, ran after the chariot.
2.6.310
Sourceकाश्चिद् रथꣳ दधुः काश्चिच् चक्राधो न्यपतन् जवात् । काश्चिन् मोहꣳ गताः काश्चिन् नाशकन् गन्तुम् अग्रतः
kāścid rathaṁ dadhuḥ kāścic cakrādho nyapatan javāt | kāścin mohaṁ gatāḥ kāścin nāśakan gantum agrataḥ
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Translation
Some grabbed the chariot. Some threw themselves under the wheels. Some fainted. Some could not move.
2.6.311
Sourceततो गावो वृषा वत्सा मृगाश् चान्ये’पि जन्तवः । आक्रोशन्तो’श्रु-धौतास्यास् तष्ठुर् आवृत्य तꣳ रथम्
tato gāvo vṛṣā vatsā mṛgāś cānye’pi jantavaḥ | ākrośanto’śru-dhautāsyās taṣṭhur āvṛtya taṁ ratham
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Translation
Then the cows, bulls, calves, deer, and other animals, crying, and their faces washed with tears, surrounded the chariot.
2.6.312
Sourceखगाश् च बभ्रमुस् तस्यो- परि कोलाहलाकुलाः । सपद्य् उद्भिज्ज-जातीनाꣳ अशुष्यन् पत्र-सञ्चयाः
khagāś ca babhramus tasyo- pari kolāhalākulāḥ | sapady udbhijja-jātīnāṁ aśuṣyan patra-sañcayāḥ
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Translation
Making a great sound, the birds flew in a circle above them. The leaves of the plants suddenly withered.
2.6.313
Sourceस्ख्लन्ति स्म महाद्रीनाꣳ स-वनस्पतिकाः शिलाः । नद्यश् च शुष्क-जलजाः क्षीणाः सस्रुः प्रतिस्रवम्
skhlanti sma mahādrīnāṁ sa-vanaspatikāḥ śilāḥ | nadyaś ca śuṣka-jalajāḥ kṣīṇāḥ sasruḥ pratisravam
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Translation
The trees and rocks fell from the great mountains, the lotuses withered, and the rivers, now very thin, flowed upstream.
2.6.314
Sourceतेषाꣳ दशाꣳ ताꣳ परम-प्रियाणाꣳ वीक्ष्यार्ति-शोकाकुल-मानसो’सौ । उद्रोदनꣳ रोद्धुम् अभूद् अशक्तो व्यग्रो’श्रु-धारा-परिमर्जनैश् च
teṣāṁ daśāṁ tāṁ parama-priyāṇāṁ vīkṣyārti-śokākula-mānaso’sau | udrodanaṁ roddhum abhūd aśakto vyagro’śru-dhārā-parimarjanaiś ca
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Translation
Seeing the condition of His most beloved gopis, Krsna became filled with pain and grief. Unable to stop their crying, He Himself became washed in tears.
2.6.315
Sourceरथाद् अवप्लुत्य पुनः प्रयाणꣳ प्रभोर् अथासङ्क्य स वृष्णि-वृद्धाः । दधार पृष्ठे प्रणयाद् इवामुꣳ कदापि मोहेन पतेत् किलेति
rathād avaplutya punaḥ prayāṇaṁ prabhor athāsaṅkya sa vṛṣṇi-vṛddhāḥ | dadhāra pṛṣṭhe praṇayād ivāmuṁ kadāpi mohena patet kileti
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Translation
Fearing that Krsna might again jump from the chariot, or faint unconscious and fall from it, Akrura, the elder of the Vrsnis, affectionately held Him from behind.
2.6.316
Sourceकृष्णꣳ मुग्धम् इवालक्ष्य कशाघाटैः प्रचोदिताः । राम-नन्दादि-सम्मत्या रथाश्वास् तेन वेगतः
kṛṣṇaṁ mugdham ivālakṣya kaśāghāṭaiḥ pracoditāḥ | rāma-nandādi-sammatyā rathāśvās tena vegataḥ
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Translation
Noticing that Krsna had fainted, Akrura, with the permission of Balarama, Nanda, and the others, with his whip made the chariot's horses, go very quickly.
2.6.317
Sourceइतस् ततो निपतिता गोप-नारीः पशूꣳश् च सः । वार्जयन् वक्र-गत्याशु रथꣳ तꣳ निरसारयत्
itas tato nipatitā gopa-nārīḥ paśūṁś ca saḥ | vārjayan vakra-gatyāśu rathaṁ taṁ nirasārayat
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Translation
Here and there the gopis would throw themselves before the horses, but Akrura would always make the chariot swerve and not hit them.
2.6.318
Sourceक्रोशन्तीनाꣳ च गोपीनाꣳ कुरारीणाम् इवोल्बणम् । पश्यन्तीनाꣳ प्रभुꣳ जह्रे’क्रूरः श्येन इवामिषाम्
krośantīnāṁ ca gopīnāṁ kurārīṇām ivolbaṇam | paśyantīnāṁ prabhuṁ jahre’krūraḥ śyena ivāmiṣām
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Translation
As the crying gopis looked on, Akrura stole the Lord from them as an eagle steals a piece of meat from kurari birds.
2.6.319
Sourceतथा सञ्चोदितास् तेन हयास् ते वेगवत्तराः । क्वासौ गतो न केनापि शक्तो लक्षयितुꣳ यथा
tathā sañcoditās tena hayās te vegavattarāḥ | kvāsau gato na kenāpi śakto lakṣayituṁ yathā
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Translation
Akrura drove the horses so fast that soon no one could even see the chariot.
2.6.320
Sourceस्वꣳ स्वꣳ शकटम् आरुधा महा-वृषभ-योजितम् । स-वेगम् अनुजग्मुस् तꣳ गोप नन्दादयो’खिलाः
svaṁ svaṁ śakaṭam ārudhā mahā-vṛṣabha-yojitam | sa-vegam anujagmus taṁ gopa nandādayo’khilāḥ
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Translation
Each climbing on his own cart yoked with great bulls, Nanda and all the gopas quickly followed the chariot.
2.6.321
Sourceनीत्वा ब्रह्म-ह्रदे’क्रूरः स्तुत्वा बहु-विधैः स्तवैः । प्रबोध्य न्याय-सन्तानैः कृष्णꣳ स्वस्थ्यम् इवानयत्
nītvā brahma-hrade’krūraḥ stutvā bahu-vidhaiḥ stavaiḥ | prabodhya nyāya-santānaiḥ kṛṣṇaṁ svasthyam ivānayat
English translation
Translation
Bringing Him to Brahma Lake, and speaking many eloquent prayers, Akrura woke Krsna and brought Him to His original consciousness.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Brahma Lake is also known as Akrura-tirtha.
2.6.322
Sourceतेषाꣳ व्रज-जनानाꣳ तु या दशाजनि दुःश्रवा । दलन्ति कथया तस्य हा हा वज्रादयो’प्य् अलम्
teṣāṁ vraja-janānāṁ tu yā daśājani duḥśravā | dalanti kathayā tasya hā hā vajrādayo’py alam
English translation
Translation
It is very difficult to hear what happened to the people of Vraja. Alas! Alas! Talk of it breaks thunderbolts and other hard things into pieces.
2.6.323
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— एवꣳ वदन्न् अये मातः सरूपः करुण-स्वरैः । रुदन्न् उच्चैः स-कातर्यꣳ मुमोह प्रेम-विह्वलः
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— evaṁ vadann aye mātaḥ sarūpaḥ karuṇa-svaraiḥ | rudann uccaiḥ sa-kātaryaṁ mumoha prema-vihvalaḥ
English translation
Translation
Sri Pariksit said: O mother, speaking these words in a pitiful voice, crying in pain, and overcome with love, Sarupa fainted.
2.6.324
Sourceतेन माथुर-वर्येण व्यग्रेण रुदता क्षणात् । प्रयासैर् विविधैः स्वस्थ्यꣳ नीतो’सौ पुनर् अब्रवीत्
tena māthura-varyeṇa vyagreṇa rudatā kṣaṇāt | prayāsair vividhaiḥ svasthyaṁ nīto’sau punar abravīt
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Translation
With many great efforts the agitated and crying Mathura-brahmana brought him back to consciousness in a moment, and again he spoke.
2.6.325
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— कृष्णो मधु-पुरीꣳ गत्वा तत्रत्यान् परितोष्य तान् । कꣳसꣳ सानुचरꣳ हत्वा पितरौ तौ व्यमोचयत्
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— kṛṣṇo madhu-purīṁ gatvā tatratyān paritoṣya tān | kaṁsaṁ sānucaraṁ hatvā pitarau tau vyamocayat
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Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Then Krsna went to Mathura city, delighted the people there, killed Kamsa and Kamsa's followers, and released His parents.
2.6.326
Sourceउग्रसेनꣳ च कꣳसस्य तातꣳ राज्ये’भ्यशेचयत् । आनिन्ये यादवान् दिग्भ्यः पौराꣳश् चाश्वासयज् जनान्
ugrasenaṁ ca kaṁsasya tātaṁ rājye’bhyaśecayat | āninye yādavān digbhyaḥ paurāṁś cāśvāsayaj janān
English translation
Translation
He crowned Kamsa's father, Ugrasena, ruler of the kingdom, brought the Yadavas there from all directions, and comforted the people of the city.
2.6.327-328
Sourceयदूनाꣳ परमार्तानाम् तद्-एक-गति-जीविनाम् । कꣳसेष्ट-नृप-भीतानाम् अग्रहद् भक्त-वत्सलः अत्रावत्सीत् सुखꣳ कर्तुꣳ साग्रजो गोकुले च तान् । नन्दादीन् प्रेषयाम् आस तत्रत्याश्वासनाय सः
yadūnāṁ paramārtānām tad-eka-gati-jīvinām | kaṁseṣṭa-nṛpa-bhītānām agrahad bhakta-vatsalaḥ atrāvatsīt sukhaṁ kartuṁ sāgrajo gokule ca tān | nandādīn preṣayām āsa tatratyāśvāsanāya saḥ
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Translation
To please the Yadavas, for whom He was the only goal of life, and who were very unhappy, frightened by the kings that had been Kamsa's friends, Krsna, who is affectionate to His devotees, stayed there with His elder brother. Then Krsna sent Nanda and the other gopas back to Gokula to comfort the people there.
2.6.329
Sourceपितर् आदौ भवान् या भू- गोप-वर्गैः सह द्रुतम् । यावन् न म्रियते को’पि तत्रत्यो’स्मान् विना जनः
pitar ādau bhavān yā bhū- gopa-vargaiḥ saha drutam | yāvan na mriyate ko’pi tatratyo’smān vinā janaḥ
English translation
Translation
(Krsna said:) "Father, with the gopas please go to Gokula at once, so the people there do not die in My absence."
2.6.330
Sourceअहꣳ च तव मित्राणाम् एषाम् उद्विग्न-चेतसाम् । अचिरात् सुखम् आधाय तम् एषो’स्म्य् अव्रजन् व्रजम्
ahaṁ ca tava mitrāṇām eṣām udvigna-cetasām | acirāt sukham ādhāya tam eṣo’smy avrajan vrajam
English translation
Translation
I will stay here briefly to please my friends so unhappy at heart, and then I will quickly return to Vraja.
2.6.331
Sourceश्री-नन्द उवाच— त्वम् अन्यदीयो’सि विहाय यादृशान् कुतो’पि वस्तुꣳ च परत्र शक्नुयाः । इति प्रतीतिर् न भवेत् कदापि मे ततः प्रतिज्ञाय तथा मयागतम्
śrī-nanda uvāca— tvam anyadīyo’si vihāya yādṛśān kuto’pi vastuṁ ca paratra śaknuyāḥ | iti pratītir na bhavet kadāpi me tataḥ pratijñāya tathā mayāgatam
English translation
Translation
Sri Nanda said: I will never believe that You are someone else's son and You will go to live somewhere else. When You say "I will return", I believe You.
2.6.332
Sourceतद् रक्ष रक्षात्म-समीपतो’स्मान् मा मुञ्च मा मुञ्च निजान् कथञ्चन । आत्मेच्छया तत्र यदा प्रयास्यसि त्वत्-सङ्गतो याम तदैव हा वयम्
tad rakṣa rakṣātma-samīpato’smān mā muñca mā muñca nijān kathañcana | ātmecchayā tatra yadā prayāsyasi tvat-saṅgato yāma tadaiva hā vayam
English translation
Translation
Save us! Save us! Don't leave us! Don't leave us! Go where You like. We will go with You.
2.6.333
Sourceमद्-आशया ते व्रज-वासिनो जना भवज्-जनन्या सह सन्ति शसवाः । गते विना त्वाꣳ मयि दारुणान्तरे ध्रुवꣳ विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति सपद्य् अमी पितः
mad-āśayā te vraja-vāsino janā bhavaj-jananyā saha santi śasavāḥ | gate vinā tvāṁ mayi dāruṇāntare dhruvaṁ vinaṅkṣyanti sapady amī pitaḥ
English translation
Translation
Because of my promise, Your mother and the people of Vraja are still alive. O dear one, if I am hear-hearted and return without You, they will die in a moment.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Nanda had promised the people of Vraja that he would not return without Krsna.
2.6.334
Sourceश्रीदामोवाच— गो-चारणेन लसति त्वयि गोष्ठ-भूम्याम् अच्छादिते तरु-लतादिभिर् एव यस्मिन् । जीवेम ये न वयम् ईश त्वाम् अन्तरा ते स्थातुꣳ चिरꣳ कथम् अमुत्र भवेम शक्ताः
śrīdāmovāca— go-cāraṇena lasati tvayi goṣṭha-bhūmyām acchādite taru-latādibhir eva yasmin | jīvema ye na vayam īśa tvām antarā te sthātuṁ ciraṁ katham amutra bhavema śaktāḥ
English translation
Translation
Sridama said: O Lord, how can we, who could barely stay alive when You hid for a moment behind a tree, a vine or something else in Your pastimes of herding the cows in the land of Vraja, survive if You stay for a long time in a far-away place.
2.6.335
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— एवꣳ विक्लवितꣳ तेषाꣳ श्रुत्वा तूष्णीꣳ स्थिते प्रभौ । व्रजꣳ जिगामिषाꣳ तस्या- सङ्क्या सुर-सुतो’ब्रवीत्
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— evaṁ viklavitaṁ teṣāṁ śrutvā tūṣṇīṁ sthite prabhau | vrajaṁ jigāmiṣāṁ tasyā- saṅkyā sura-suto’bravīt
English translation
Translation
Sri Sarupa said: When the Lord, hearing their unhappiness, became silent, Vasudeva, fearing the Lord would want to go to Vraja, spoke.
2.6.336
Sourceश्री-वसुदेव उवाच— भ्रातर् नन्द भवत्-सूनोः साग्रजस्यास्य निर्वृतिः । भवेत् तत्रैव वसतः सर्वथान्यत्र तु व्यथा
śrī-vasudeva uvāca— bhrātar nanda bhavat-sūnoḥ sāgrajasyāsya nirvṛtiḥ | bhavet tatraiva vasataḥ sarvathānyatra tu vyathā
English translation
Translation
Sri Vasudeva said: Brother Nanda, Your son will be perfectly happy staying in Vraja with His elder brother. He will not be happy anywhere else.
2.6.337
Sourceकिन्तूपनयनस्यायꣳ कालस् तद्-ब्रह्मचारिणौ । भूत्वा स्थानान्तरे गत्वा- धित्येमौ व्रजम् एष्यतः
kintūpanayanasyāyaṁ kālas tad-brahmacāriṇau | bhūtvā sthānāntare gatvā- dhityemau vrajam eṣyataḥ
English translation
Translation
However, this is the time for Them to accept the sacred-thread. Let Them become brahmacaris, go to another place, and study. Afterwards They will return to Vraja.
2.6.338
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— स-स्मितꣳ वसुदेवस्य वाक्ये स्वस्य त्व् अ-स-स्मितम् । कृष्णस्य नन्दः सꣳलक्ष्य प्रतस्थे रोदनाकुलः
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— sa-smitaṁ vasudevasya vākye svasya tv a-sa-smitam | kṛṣṇasya nandaḥ saṁlakṣya pratasthe rodanākulaḥ
English translation
Translation
Seeing Krsna smile at Vasudeva's words, Nanda filled with tears, and not smiling, left.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that with this smile Krsna hinted that He wanted to do as Vasudeva said. Nanda understood the hint, convinced that Krsna would certainly return to Vraja to be with them, left.
2.6.339
Sourceस यादव-कुलैर् देवो गोप-राजम् अनुव्रजन् । रुदद्भिः क्रमशो गोपैर् धृतः कण्ठे’रुदत्तरम्
sa yādava-kulair devo gopa-rājam anuvrajan | rudadbhiḥ kramaśo gopair dhṛtaḥ kaṇṭhe’rudattaram
English translation
Translation
Accompanied by the Yadavas, the Lord followed the king of the gopas. As the weeping gopas one by one held His neck, the Lord wept loudly.
2.6.340
Sourceव्याकुलꣳ कृष्णम् आलक्ष्य यियासुꣳ सन्न्यवर्तयन् । वसुदेवादयो धीरा यावदा युक्ति-पङ्क्तिभिः
vyākulaṁ kṛṣṇam ālakṣya yiyāsuṁ sannyavartayan | vasudevādayo dhīrā yāvadā yukti-paṅktibhiḥ
English translation
Translation
Seeing that Krsna was unhappy and wanted to go, Vasudeva and the other intelligent Yadavas turned Him back with many logical arguments.
2.6.341
Sourceकृष्णेच्छयैव ते सर्वे नन्दाद्याः प्रापिताः व्रजम् । श्रुत्वायान्तꣳ च नन्दꣳ ते मुदाभीयुर् व्रज-स्थिताः
kṛṣṇecchayaiva te sarve nandādyāḥ prāpitāḥ vrajam | śrutvāyāntaṁ ca nandaṁ te mudābhīyur vraja-sthitāḥ
English translation
Translation
By Krsna's desire Nanda and all the other gopas went to Vraja. Hearing that Nanda had come, the people of Vraja happily came to meet him.
2.6.342
Sourceनन्दस् तु शोक-लज्जाभ्याꣳ मुखम् आच्छाद्य वाससा । रुदन् गेहꣳ गतो’शेत भूमौ परम-दुःखितः
nandas tu śoka-lajjābhyāṁ mukham ācchādya vāsasā | rudan gehaṁ gato’śeta bhūmau parama-duḥkhitaḥ
English translation
Translation
Out of grief and embarrassment covering his face with a cloth, very morose, and crying, Nanda went to his home and lay down on the ground.
2.6.343
Sourceते चाविलोक्य प्रभुम् आर्ति-कातराः कार्तव्य-मूढा बहु-शङ्कयातुराः । शुष्काननाः प्रस्तुम् अनीश्वराः प्रभोर् वार्तम् अशृण्वन् बत वृद्ध-गोपतः
te cāvilokya prabhum ārti-kātarāḥ kārtavya-mūḍhā bahu-śaṅkayāturāḥ | śuṣkānanāḥ prastum anīśvarāḥ prabhor vārtam aśṛṇvan bata vṛddha-gopataḥ
English translation
Translation
Not seeing the Lord, the people of Vraja became filled with pain. Filled with many fears, they did not know what to do. Their mouths dried and withered, they could not even ask about Him. Then, from an elderly gopa they heard the news of the Lord.
2.6.344
Sourceहा हेति हा हेति महार्ति-नादैर् उच्चै रुदत्यः सह कृष्ण-मात्रा । प्रापुर् दशाꣳ याꣳ पुनर् अङ्गनास् ता हा हन्त हा हन्त कथꣳ ब्रुवे ताम्
hā heti hā heti mahārti-nādair uccai rudatyaḥ saha kṛṣṇa-mātrā | prāpur daśāṁ yāṁ punar aṅganās tā hā hanta hā hanta kathaṁ bruve tām
English translation
Translation
"Alas! Alas! Alas! Alas!" Krsna's mother and the other women cried in agony. Alas! Alas! Alas! Alas! How can I describe what they felt?
2.6.345
Sourceश्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच— एवꣳ मनस्य् आगत-तत्-प्रवृत्ति- प्रादुष्कृतात्यन्त-सुगग्नि-दग्धः । मुग्धो’भवद् गोप-कुमार-वर्यो मातः सरूपो नितराꣳ पुनः सः
śrī-parīkṣid uvāca— evaṁ manasy āgata-tat-pravṛtti- prāduṣkṛtātyanta-sugagni-dagdhaḥ | mugdho’bhavad gopa-kumāra-varyo mātaḥ sarūpo nitarāṁ punaḥ saḥ
English translation
Translation
Sri Pariksit said: O mother, his heart burned by these activities, Sarupa, the best of the cowherd boys, again fainted.
2.6.346
Sourceतेनैव विप्र-प्रवरेण यत्नतो नीतो मनाक् स्वस्थ्यम् इव स्व-युक्तिभिः । आशङ्क्य मोहꣳ पुनर् आत्मनो’धिकꣳ वार्ताꣳ विशेषेन न ताम् अवर्णयत्
tenaiva vipra-pravareṇa yatnato nīto manāk svasthyam iva sva-yuktibhiḥ | āśaṅkya mohaṁ punar ātmano’dhikaṁ vārtāṁ viśeṣena na tām avarṇayat
English translation
Translation
The great brahmana carefully brought Sarupa to consciousness again. Fearing he would faint again, Sarupa did not say anything more about this topic.
2.6.347
Sourceतत्-कथा-शेष-शुश्रूषा- व्यग्रꣳ तꣳ वीक्ष्य माथुरम् । यत्नात् सो’न्तर् अवष्टभ्य पुनर् आह महाशयः
tat-kathā-śeṣa-śuśrūṣā- vyagraṁ taṁ vīkṣya māthuram | yatnāt so’ntar avaṣṭabhya punar āha mahāśayaḥ
English translation
Translation
Seeing that the Mathura brahmana was very eager to hear the rest of the story, the great soul Sarupa, carefully pacifying his heart, spoke.
2.6.348
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— तेषाꣳ तु शोकार्ति-भरꣳ कदापि तꣳ परैः प्रकारैर् अनिवर्त्यम् आप्ततः । जनात् स विख्याप्य जनेषु सर्वतो व्रजꣳ प्रिय-प्रेम-वशो चिराद् गतः
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— teṣāṁ tu śokārti-bharaṁ kadāpi taṁ paraiḥ prakārair anivartyam āptataḥ | janāt sa vikhyāpya janeṣu sarvato vrajaṁ priya-prema-vaśo cirād gataḥ
English translation
Translation
Sri Sarupa said: Deciding that there was no other way to remove their grief, Krsna, who is conquered by His devotees' love, quickly returned to Vraja.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Krsna made this decision after hearing the words of Uddhava.
2.6.349
Sourceविदग्ध-मूर्धान्य-मणिः कृपाकुलो व्रज-स्थितानाꣳ स ददात् सपद्य् असून् । तथा समꣳ तैर् विजहार ते यथा विसस्मरुर् दुःखम् अदः स-मूलकम्
vidagdha-mūrdhānya-maṇiḥ kṛpākulo vraja-sthitānāṁ sa dadāt sapady asūn | tathā samaṁ tair vijahāra te yathā visasmarur duḥkham adaḥ sa-mūlakam
English translation
Translation
Merciful Krsna, who is the crest jewel of the wise, restored the lives of the people of Vraja. He enjoyed pastimes with them, and they forgot all their sufferings and the roots from which their sufferings grew.
2.6.350
Sourceयदि च को’पि कदाचिद् अनुस्मरेद् वदति तर्हि मया श्वपता बत । किम् अपि दुष्टम् अनन्वयम् ईक्षितꣳ स-रुदितꣳ च भयाद् बहु शोचति
yadi ca ko’pi kadācid anusmared vadati tarhi mayā śvapatā bata | kim api duṣṭam ananvayam īkṣitaṁ sa-ruditaṁ ca bhayād bahu śocati
English translation
Translation
If someone sometimes would remember or speak of the Lord's absence from Vraja, the person would think: "I was frightened and lamented greatly because I saw a very bad dream."
2.6.351
Sourceचिरेण गोपल-विहार-माधुरी- भरैः समाकृष्ट-विमोहितेन्द्रियाः । न सस्मरुः किञ्चिद् अतीतम् एष्यद् अप्य् अमी विदुर् न व्रज-वासिनो जनाः
cireṇa gopala-vihāra-mādhurī- bharaiḥ samākṛṣṭa-vimohitendriyāḥ | na sasmaruḥ kiñcid atītam eṣyad apy amī vidur na vraja-vāsino janāḥ
English translation
Translation
Their senses attracted and charmed by the sweetness of Gopala's pastimes, after a time the people of Vraja could not remember the Lord leaving them.
2.6.352
Sourceस हि कालान्तरे’क्रूरो’पूर्वागता इवागतः । तथैव रथम् आदाय पुनस् तस्मिन् व्रजे सखे
sa hi kālāntare’krūro’pūrvāgatā ivāgataḥ | tathaiva ratham ādāya punas tasmin vraje sakhe
English translation
Translation
O friend, after some time, as if he had never come before Akrura came again and took his chariot to Vraja.
2.6.353
Sourceनीयमाने पुनस् तेन तथैव व्रज-जीवने । तत्रत्यानाꣳ दशा कापि पूर्ववत् समजायत
nīyamāne punas tena tathaiva vraja-jīvane | tatratyānāṁ daśā kāpi pūrvavat samajāyata
English translation
Translation
Again he took away the life of Vraja. The people there attained the same condition as before.
2.6.354
Sourceमधु-पुर्याꣳ पुनर् गत्वा कꣳसꣳ हत्वा पुनर् व्रजम् । आगतः पूर्ववत् तत्र तथैव विहरत्य् असौ
madhu-puryāṁ punar gatvā kaṁsaṁ hatvā punar vrajam | āgataḥ pūrvavat tatra tathaiva viharaty asau
English translation
Translation
Again Krsna went to Mathura city, killed Kamsa, and returned to Vraja as before. In this way He enjoyed pastimes.
2.6.355
Sourceएवꣳ पुनः पुनर् याति तत्-पुरे पूर्व-पूर्ववत् । पुनः पुनः समायाति व्रजे क्रीडेत् तथैव सः
evaṁ punaḥ punar yāti tat-pure pūrva-pūrvavat | punaḥ punaḥ samāyāti vraje krīḍet tathaiva saḥ
English translation
Translation
Again and again He goes to Mathura city and, as before, again and again He returns and enjoys pastimes in Vraja.
2.6.356
Sourceतथैव कालिय-दमः पुनः पुनस् तथैव गोवर्धन-धरणꣳ मुहुः । परापि लीला विविधाद्भुतासकृत् प्रवर्तते भक्त-मनो-हरा प्रभोः
tathaiva kāliya-damaḥ punaḥ punas tathaiva govardhana-dharaṇaṁ muhuḥ | parāpi līlā vividhādbhutāsakṛt pravartate bhakta-mano-harā prabhoḥ
English translation
Translation
Again and again He subdues Kaliya. Again and again He lifts Govardhana Hill. Again and again the Lord enjoys many wonderful pastimes that enchant the devotees' hearts.
2.6.357
Sourceतत्रत्यास् ते तु तꣳ सर्वम् अपूर्वꣳ मन्यते सदा । श्री-कृष्ण-परम-प्रेम- कालकूट-विमोहिताः
tatratyās te tu taṁ sarvam apūrvaṁ manyate sadā | śrī-kṛṣṇa-parama-prema- kālakūṭa-vimohitāḥ
English translation
Translation
Poisoned by great love for Sri Krsna, the people of Vraja think these events never happened before.
2.6.358
Sourceअतस् तेषाꣳ हि नितराꣳ स वरीवृद्ध्यते महान् । वियोग-योगयोः प्रेम- वेशावेगो निरन्तरम्
atas teṣāṁ hi nitarāṁ sa varīvṛddhyate mahān | viyoga-yogayoḥ prema- veśāvego nirantaram
English translation
Translation
Separated from Him, and meeting Him again, their love for Krsna grows very great.
2.6.359
Sourceदूरे’स्तु तावद् वार्तेयꣳ तत्र नित्य-निवासिनाम् । न तिष्ठेद् अनुसन्धानꣳ नुत्नानाꣳ मादृशाम् अपि
dūre’stu tāvad vārteyaṁ tatra nitya-nivāsinām | na tiṣṭhed anusandhānaṁ nutnānāṁ mādṛśām api
English translation
Translation
For the eternal residents of Vraja the news of these pastimes is far away. Even newcomers like myself cannot remember them.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that by the Lord's mercy the eternal residents of Vraja forget these pastimes.
2.6.360
Sourceतादृङ्-महा-मोहन-माधुरी-सरिद्- धारा-समुद्रे सततꣳ निमज्जनात् । तादृक्-प्रिय-प्रेम-महा-धनावली- लाभोन्मदात् के हि न विस्मरन्ति किम्
tādṛṅ-mahā-mohana-mādhurī-sarid- dhārā-samudre satataṁ nimajjanāt | tādṛk-priya-prema-mahā-dhanāvalī- lābhonmadāt ke hi na vismaranti kim
English translation
Translation
How can they who are always plunged in a great ocean filled by streams of the Lord's charming sweetnesses and are unmaddened by attaining the great treasure of pure love for Him, not forget?
2.6.361
Sourceअहो महैश्वर्यम् असाव् अपि प्रभुर् निज-प्रिय-प्रेम-समुद्र-सम्प्लुतः । कृतꣳ च कार्यꣳ च न किञ्चिद् ईश्वरः सदानुसन्धातुम् अभिज्ञ-शेखरः
aho mahaiśvaryam asāv api prabhur nija-priya-prema-samudra-samplutaḥ | kṛtaṁ ca kāryaṁ ca na kiñcid īśvaraḥ sadānusandhātum abhijña-śekharaḥ
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Translation
Ah, plunged in an ocean of love for His dear devotees, even the Lord Himself, the crown of the wise, has not the power to understand His own opulences, what He has done, and what He will do.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that even Lord Krsna forgets that these pastimes have happened again and again.
2.6.362
Sourceलीलैव नित्या प्रभु-पाद-पद्मयोः स सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-मयी किल स्वयम् । आकृष्यमानेव तदीय-सेवया तत्-तत्-परीवार-युता प्रवर्तते
līlaiva nityā prabhu-pāda-padmayoḥ sa sac-cid-ānanda-mayī kila svayam | ākṛṣyamāneva tadīya-sevayā tat-tat-parīvāra-yutā pravartate
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Translation
These pastimes, where the Lord's lotus feet are served by His personal associates, are eternal, spiritual, and full of knowledge and bliss.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the Lord's pastimes appear like those of an ordinary human being. This is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.8.31. Sri Visnu Purana also explains: "By His own wish the Lord of the universes enjoys pastimes like those of a human being."
2.6.363
Sourceइयꣳ ते कथिता ब्रह्मन् गोलोकस्य विलक्षणा । महात्म्य-माधुरी-धारा प्रान्त-कष्ठा हि सर्वतः
iyaṁ te kathitā brahman golokasya vilakṣaṇā | mahātmya-mādhurī-dhārā prānta-kaṣṭhā hi sarvataḥ
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Translation
O brahmana, thus I have described to you the extraordinary and supremely exalted flood of sweetness that is Goloka's glory.
2.6.364
Sourceश्री-माथुर उवाच— कृष्णे मधु-पुरीꣳ याते वसेत् कुत्र भवान् कथम् । यश् चिरात् तत्-पदꣳ प्राप्तः प्रयत्नैस् तत्-तद्-आशया
śrī-māthura uvāca— kṛṣṇe madhu-purīṁ yāte vaset kutra bhavān katham | yaś cirāt tat-padaṁ prāptaḥ prayatnais tat-tad-āśayā
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Translation
The Mathura brahmana said: When Krsna went to Mathura city, where did you stay? How, attaining His feet after a long time and with great endeavour, could you wish to go somewhere else?
2.6.365
Sourceश्री-सरूप उवाच— आदेशेन प्रभोस् तस्य व्रजे नन्दादिभिः सह । वसन्ति मादृशाः सर्वे तत्र स्व-सादृशैस् तदा
śrī-sarūpa uvāca— ādeśena prabhos tasya vraje nandādibhiḥ saha | vasanti mādṛśāḥ sarve tatra sva-sādṛśais tadā
English translation
Translation
By the Lord's order everyone like me stays in Vraja with Nanda and the others who are like Him.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that Nanda and the others have the same nature as the Lord Himself.
2.6.366
Sourceतल्-लोकस्य स्वभावो’यम् कृष्ण-सङ्गꣳ विनापि यत् । भवेत् तत्रैव तिष्ठाशा न चिकीर्षा च कस्यचित्
tal-lokasya svabhāvo’yam kṛṣṇa-saṅgaṁ vināpi yat | bhavet tatraiva tiṣṭhāśā na cikīrṣā ca kasyacit
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Translation
It is the nature of Goloka that they who live there never wish to leave it, even if they cannot have Krsna's company there.
2.6.367
Sourceतत्रत्यꣳ यच् च तद्-दुःखꣳ तत् सर्व-सुख-मूर्धसु । स नरीणर्ति शोकश् च कृत्स्नानन्द-भरोपरि
tatratyaṁ yac ca tad-duḥkhaṁ tat sarva-sukha-mūrdhasu | sa narīṇarti śokaś ca kṛtsnānanda-bharopari
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Translation
Torment felt there dances again and again on the heads of all happinesses. Grief felt there is better than the greatest bliss.
2.6.368
Sourceइत्थꣳ वसꣳस् तत्र चिरेण वाञ्छितꣳ वाञ्छाधिकꣳ चाविरतꣳ परꣳ फलम् । चित्तानुपूर्त्यानुभवन्न् अपि ध्रुवꣳ वस्तु-स्वभावेन न तृप्तिम् आप्नुयम्
itthaṁ vasaṁs tatra cireṇa vāñchitaṁ vāñchādhikaṁ cāvirataṁ paraṁ phalam | cittānupūrtyānubhavann api dhruvaṁ vastu-svabhāvena na tṛptim āpnuyam
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Translation
Staying there always, attaining an eternal result beyond what I could desire, and my heart always feeling fulfilled, I never became satiated.
2.6.369
Sourceअतो व्रज-स्त्री-कुच-कुङ्कुमाचितꣳ मनोरमꣳ तत्-पद-पङ्कज-द्वयम् । कदापि केनापि निजेन्द्रियादिना न हातुम् ईशे लव-लेशम् अप्य् अहम्
ato vraja-strī-kuca-kuṅkumācitaṁ manoramaṁ tat-pada-paṅkaja-dvayam | kadāpi kenāpi nijendriyādinā na hātum īśe lava-leśam apy aham
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Translation
With my senses and limbs I cannot, for even a moment, leave Krsna's lotus feet, which are anointed with kunkuma from the Vraja-gopis' breasts.
2.6.370
Sourceतस्यापि यो दीनतरे जने’स्मिन् माधुर्य-निष्ठाप्त-कृपा-प्रसादः । अन्यैर् असम्भव्यतया न वक्तुꣳ कुत्रापि युज्येत तथाप्य् अनुक्तः
tasyāpi yo dīnatare jane’smin mādhurya-niṣṭhāpta-kṛpā-prasādaḥ | anyair asambhavyatayā na vaktuṁ kutrāpi yujyeta tathāpy anuktaḥ
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Translation
In this very poor person the Lord's mercy has placed faith in His sweetness. What by others cannot be spoken, I have somehow said.
2.6.371
Sourceएवꣳ तत्र चिरꣳ तिष्ठन् मर्त्य-लोक-स्थितꣳ त्व् इदम् । माथुर-मण्डलꣳ श्रीमद् अपश्यꣳ खलु तादृशम्
evaṁ tatra ciraṁ tiṣṭhan martya-loka-sthitaṁ tv idam | māthura-maṇḍalaṁ śrīmad apaśyaṁ khalu tādṛśam
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Translation
Staying for a long time in Goloka, I came to see that it was the same as beautiful Mathura-mandala in the material world.
2.6.372
Sourceतत्-तच्-छ्री-गोप-गोपीभिस् ताभिर् गोभिश् च तादृशैः । पशु-पक्षि-कृमि-क्ष्माभृत्- सरित्-तर्व्-आदिभिर् वृतम्
tat-tac-chrī-gopa-gopībhis tābhir gobhiś ca tādṛśaiḥ | paśu-pakṣi-kṛmi-kṣmābhṛt- sarit-tarv-ādibhir vṛtam
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Translation
Mathura-mandala is also filled with the same gopas, gopis, birds, worms, hills rivers, trees and everything else.
2.6.373
Sourceतथैवाविरतꣳ श्रीमत्- कृष्णचन्द्रेण तेन हि । विस्तार्यमाणया तादृक् क्रीडा-श्रेण्यापि मण्डितम्
tathaivāvirataṁ śrīmat- kṛṣṇacandreṇa tena hi | vistāryamāṇayā tādṛk krīḍā-śreṇyāpi maṇḍitam
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Translation
It is eternally decorated with the same pastimes of Sriman Krsnacandra.
2.6.374
Sourceतत् कदाचिद् इतस् तत्र कदापि विदधे स्थितिम् । भेदꣳ नोपलभे कञ्चित् पदयोर् अधुनैतयोः
tat kadācid itas tatra kadāpi vidadhe sthitim | bhedaṁ nopalabhe kañcit padayor adhunaitayoḥ
English translation
Translation
Sometimes I stay there and sometimes here. Now I do not see any difference between them.
Dig-darśinī commentary
Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that "there" and "here" refer to Goloka in the spiritual world and Mathura-mandala in the material world.
2.6.375
Sourceगमनागमानैर् भेदो यः प्रसज्जेत केवलम् । तꣳ चाहꣳ तत्-तद्-आसक्त्या न जानीयम् इव स्फुटम्
gamanāgamānair bhedo yaḥ prasajjeta kevalam | taṁ cāhaṁ tat-tad-āsaktyā na jānīyam iva sphuṭam
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Translation
Only when coming from one and going to the other may I see be a slight difference. Attached to both places, I do not know any difference between them.
2.6.376
Sourceअस्मात् स्थान-द्वयाद् अन्यत् पदꣳ किञ्चित् कथञ्चन । नैव स्पृशति मे दृष्टिः श्रवणꣳ वा मनो’पि वा
asmāt sthāna-dvayād anyat padaṁ kiñcit kathañcana | naiva spṛśati me dṛṣṭiḥ śravaṇaṁ vā mano’pi vā
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Translation
Neither my eyes, ears, nor mind touch any place other than these two abodes.
2.6.377
Sourceअन्यत्र वर्तते क्वापि श्री-कृष्णो भगवान् स्वयम् । तादृशास् तस्य भक्ता वा सन्तीति मनुते न हृत्
anyatra vartate kvāpi śrī-kṛṣṇo bhagavān svayam | tādṛśās tasya bhaktā vā santīti manute na hṛt
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Translation
My heart does not think: "Lord Sri Krsna also stays in other places, and His devotees also stay in other places."
2.6.378
Sourceकदाचिद् दर्शनꣳ वा स्याद् वैकुण्ठादि-निवासिनाम् । श्री-कृष्ण-विरहेणार्तान् इव पश्यामि तान् अपि
kadācid darśanaṁ vā syād vaikuṇṭhādi-nivāsinām | śrī-kṛṣṇa-viraheṇārtān iva paśyāmi tān api
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Translation
When sometimes I see the residents of Vaikuntha or other places, I see them as being tormented by separation from Sri Krsna.
2.6.379
Sourceकदापि तेषु व्रज-वासि-लोक- सादृश्य-भवान् अवलोकनान् मे । जातानुतापेन भवेत् ततो’पि प्रेम-प्रकाशात् परमꣳ सुखꣳ तत्
kadāpi teṣu vraja-vāsi-loka- sādṛśya-bhavān avalokanān me | jātānutāpena bhavet tato’pi prema-prakāśāt paramaṁ sukhaṁ tat
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Translation
Sometimes I see that their love is not like the love the people of Vraja feel. From that I feel distress, love, and then the highest happiness.
2.6.380
Sourceअहो गोलोकीयैर् निखिल-भुवन-वासि-महितैः सदा तैस् तैर् लोकैः ।समनुभवनीयस्य महतः । पदार्थस्याख्यातुꣳ कति विवरणानि प्रभुर् अहꣳ तद् आस्तꣳ तल्-लोकाखिल-परिकरेभ्यो मम नमः
aho golokīyair nikhila-bhuvana-vāsi-mahitaiḥ sadā tais tair lokaiḥ |samanubhavanīyasya mahataḥ | padārthasyākhyātuṁ kati vivaraṇāni prabhur ahaṁ tad āstaṁ tal-lokākhila-parikarebhyo mama namaḥ
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Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances to the people of Goloka, who eternally see the glories of that abode, and who are worshipped by the residents of all the worlds. How can I describe them in words?