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Aśvamedha-khaṇḍa · Chapter 60

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अश्वमेधखण्डः - षष्टितमोऽध्यायः राधा कृष्णस्य गोलोकारोहण - श्रीगर्ग उवाच - इति श्रुत्वा व्यासमुखात्कृष्णनाम्नां सहस्रकम् । संपूज्य तं यादवेन्द्रो भक्त्या कृष्णे मनो दधे ॥ १ ॥ ततः स मिथिलायां च बहुलाश्वश्रुतदेवयोः । दत्त्वा स्वदर्शनं कृष्ण आययौ द्वारकां पुरीम् ॥ २ ॥ ततश्च पांडवाः सर्वे द्रौपद्या सह भार्यया । द्वारकाया विनिर्गत्य विचेरुस्ते वने वने ॥ ३ ॥ भुक्त्वा च वनवासं तेऽज्ञातवासं तथैव च । विराटनगरे सर्वे ससैन्यास्तेऽभवन्नृप ॥ ४ ॥ ततश्च कौरवाः सर्वे श्रीकृष्णेनापि प्रार्थिताः । न तेषां प्रददू राज्यमर्धार्धं च तदर्धकम् ॥ ५ ॥ पांडवानां कौरवाणां ज्ञात्वा युद्धं जनार्दनः । निरायुधोऽभूद्‌यात्रायां बलोऽहन्सूतबल्वलौ ॥ ६ ॥ ततः सर्वे कुरुक्षेत्रे धर्मक्षेत्रे प्रविश्य च । कौरवाः पांडवाश्चैव युद्धं चक्रुः परस्परम् ॥ ७ ॥ जयः कृष्णस्य कृपया पांडवानां बभूव ह । भारते च मृताः सर्वे कौरवाः कृतकिल्बिषाः ॥ ८ ॥ ततश्च नव वर्षाणि धर्मो राज्यं चकार ह । हयमेधत्रयं चक्रे तेन शुद्धोऽभवन्नृपः ॥ ९ ॥ ततः कृष्णेच्छया राजन्द्वारकायां किलैकदा । यादवेभ्यश्च सर्वेभ्यो विप्रशापोऽभवन्महान् ॥ १० ॥ ततः कृष्णस्तु भगवान्प्रपन्नायोद्धवाय च । अश्वत्थे कथयामास श्रीमद्‌भागवतं परम् ॥ ११ ॥ ततो बभूव संग्रामो यादवानां परस्परम् । निहतास्ते प्रभासे वै शस्त्रैर्नानाविधैरपि ॥ १२ ॥ बलः शरीरं मानुष्यं त्यक्त्वा धाम जगाम ह । देवाँस्तत्रागतान्दृष्ट्वा हरिरंतरधीयत ॥ १३ ॥ व्रजे गत्वा हरिर्नंदं यशोदां राधिकां तथा । गोपान्गोपीर्मिलित्वाऽऽह प्रेम्णा प्रेमी प्रियान्स्वकान् ॥ १४ ॥ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच - गच्छ नंद यशोदे त्वं पुत्रबुद्धिं विहाय च । गोलोकं परमं धाम सार्धं गोकुलवासिभिः ॥ १५ ॥ अग्रे कलियुगो घोरश्चागमिष्यति दुःखदः । यस्मिन्वै पापिनो मर्त्या भविष्यंति न संशयः ॥ १६ ॥ स्त्रीपुंसोर्नियमो नास्ति वर्णानां च तथैव च । तस्माद्‌गच्छाशु मद्धाम जरामृत्युहरं परम् ॥ १७ ॥ इति ब्रुवति श्रीकृष्णे रथं च परमाद्‌भुतम् । पञ्चयोजनविस्तीर्णं पञ्चयोजनमूर्ध्वगम् ॥ १८ ॥ वज्रनिर्मलसंकाशं मुक्तारत्‍नविभूषितम् । मन्दिरैर्नवलक्षैश्च दीपैर्मणिमयैर्युतम् ॥ १९ ॥ सहस्रद्वयचक्रं च सहस्रद्वयघोटकम् । सूक्ष्मवस्त्राच्छादितं च सखीकोटिभिरावृतम् ॥ २० ॥ गोलोकादागतं गोपा ददृशुस्ते मुदान्विताः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र कृष्णदेहाद्विनिर्गतः ॥ २१ ॥ देवश्चतुर्भुजो राजन्कोटिमन्मथसन्निभः । शंखचक्रधरः श्रीमाँल्लक्ष्म्या सार्धं जगत्पतिः ॥ २२ ॥ क्षीरोदं प्रययौ शीघ्रं रथमारुह्य सुंदरम् । तथा च विष्णुरूपेण श्रीकृष्णो भगवान् हरिः ॥ २३ ॥ लक्ष्म्या गरुडमारुह्य वैकुण्ठं प्रययौ नृप । ततो भूत्वा हरिः कृष्णो नरनारायणावृषी ॥ २४ ॥ कल्याणार्थं नराणां च प्रययौ बद्रिकाश्रमम् । परिपूर्णतमः साक्षाच्छ्रीकृष्णो राधया युतः ॥ २५ ॥ गोलोकादागतं यानमारुरोह जगत्पतिः । सर्वे गोपाश्च नन्दाद्या यशोदाद्या व्रजस्त्रियः ॥ २६ ॥ त्यक्त्वा तत्र शरीराणि दिव्यदेहाश्च तेऽभवन् । स्थापयित्वा रथे दिव्ये नंदादीन्भगवान्हरिः ॥ २७ ॥ गोलोकं प्रययौ शीघ्रं गोपालो गोकुलान्वितः । ब्रह्मांडेभ्यो बहिर्गत्वा ददर्श विरजां नदीम् ॥ २८ ॥ शेषोत्संगे महालोकं सुखदं दुःखनाशनम् । दृष्ट्वा रथात्समुत्तीर्य सार्धं गोकुलवासिभिः ॥ २९ ॥ विवेश राधया कृष्णः पश्यन्न्यग्रोधमक्षयम् । शतशृङ्गं गिरिवरं तथा श्रीरासमण्डलम् ॥ ३० ॥ ततो ययौ कियद्‌दूरं श्रीमद्‌वृन्दावनं वनम् । वनैर्द्वादशभिर्युक्तं द्रुमैः कामदुघैर्वृतम् ॥ ३१ ॥ नद्या यमुनया युक्तं वसंतानिलमंडितम् । पुष्पकुञ्जनिकुञ्जं च गोपीगोपजनैर्वृतम् ॥ ३२ ॥ तदा जयजयारावः श्रीगोलोके बभूव ह । शून्यीभूते पुरा धाम्नि श्रीकृष्णे च समागते ॥ ३३ ॥ ततश्च यदुपत्‍न्यश्च चितामारुह्य दुःखतः । पतिलोकं ययुः सर्वा देवक्याद्याश्च योषितः ॥ ३४ ॥ बंधूनां नष्टगोत्राणां चकार सांपरायिकम् । गीताज्ञानेन स्वात्मानं शांतयित्वा स दुःखतः ॥ ३५ ॥ अर्जुनः स्वपुरं गत्वा तमुवाच युधिष्ठिरम् । स राजा भ्रातृभिः सार्धं ययौ स्वर्गं च भार्यया ॥ ३६ ॥ प्लावयद्‌द्वारकां सिन्धू रैवतेन समन्विताम् । विहाय नृपशार्दूल गेहं श्रीरुक्मणीपतेः ॥ ३७ ॥ अद्यापि श्रूयते घोषो द्वार्वत्यामर्णवे हरेः । अविद्यो वा सविद्यो वा ब्राह्मणो मामकी तनुः ॥ ३८ ॥ विष्णुस्वामी रवेरंशः कलेरादौ महार्णवे । गत्वा नीत्वा हरेरर्चां द्वार्वत्यां स्थापयिष्यति ॥ ३९ ॥ तं द्वारकेशं पश्यंति मनुजा ये कलौ युगे । सर्वे कृतार्थतां यांति तत्र गत्वा नृपेश्वरः ॥ ४० ॥ यः शृणोति चरित्रं वै गोलोकारोहणं हरेः । मुक्तिं यदूनां गोपानां सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ ४१ ॥ इति श्रीमद्‌गर्गसंहितायामश्वमेधखण्डे राधाकृष्णयोर्गोलोकारोहणं नाम षष्टितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ६० ॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सत् श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥

aśvamedhakhaṇḍaḥ - ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ rādhā kṛṣṇasya golokārohaṇa - śrīgarga uvāca - iti śrutvā vyāsamukhātkṛṣṇanāmnāṃ sahasrakam | saṃpūjya taṃ yādavendro bhaktyā kṛṣṇe mano dadhe || 1 || tataḥ sa mithilāyāṃ ca bahulāśvaśrutadevayoḥ | dattvā svadarśanaṃ kṛṣṇa āyayau dvārakāṃ purīm || 2 || tataśca pāṃḍavāḥ sarve draupadyā saha bhāryayā | dvārakāyā vinirgatya viceruste vane vane || 3 || bhuktvā ca vanavāsaṃ te'jñātavāsaṃ tathaiva ca | virāṭanagare sarve sasainyāste'bhavannṛpa || 4 || tataśca kauravāḥ sarve śrīkṛṣṇenāpi prārthitāḥ | na teṣāṃ pradadū rājyamardhārdhaṃ ca tadardhakam || 5 || pāṃḍavānāṃ kauravāṇāṃ jñātvā yuddhaṃ janārdanaḥ | nirāyudho'bhūd‌yātrāyāṃ balo'hansūtabalvalau || 6 || tataḥ sarve kurukṣetre dharmakṣetre praviśya ca | kauravāḥ pāṃḍavāścaiva yuddhaṃ cakruḥ parasparam || 7 || jayaḥ kṛṣṇasya kṛpayā pāṃḍavānāṃ babhūva ha | bhārate ca mṛtāḥ sarve kauravāḥ kṛtakilbiṣāḥ || 8 || tataśca nava varṣāṇi dharmo rājyaṃ cakāra ha | hayamedhatrayaṃ cakre tena śuddho'bhavannṛpaḥ || 9 || tataḥ kṛṣṇecchayā rājandvārakāyāṃ kilaikadā | yādavebhyaśca sarvebhyo vipraśāpo'bhavanmahān || 10 || tataḥ kṛṣṇastu bhagavānprapannāyoddhavāya ca | aśvatthe kathayāmāsa śrīmad‌bhāgavataṃ param || 11 || tato babhūva saṃgrāmo yādavānāṃ parasparam | nihatāste prabhāse vai śastrairnānāvidhairapi || 12 || balaḥ śarīraṃ mānuṣyaṃ tyaktvā dhāma jagāma ha | devā~statrāgatāndṛṣṭvā hariraṃtaradhīyata || 13 || vraje gatvā harirnaṃdaṃ yaśodāṃ rādhikāṃ tathā | gopāngopīrmilitvā''ha premṇā premī priyānsvakān || 14 || śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca - gaccha naṃda yaśode tvaṃ putrabuddhiṃ vihāya ca | golokaṃ paramaṃ dhāma sārdhaṃ gokulavāsibhiḥ || 15 || agre kaliyugo ghoraścāgamiṣyati duḥkhadaḥ | yasminvai pāpino martyā bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ || 16 || strīpuṃsorniyamo nāsti varṇānāṃ ca tathaiva ca | tasmād‌gacchāśu maddhāma jarāmṛtyuharaṃ param || 17 || iti bruvati śrīkṛṣṇe rathaṃ ca paramād‌bhutam | pañcayojanavistīrṇaṃ pañcayojanamūrdhvagam || 18 || vajranirmalasaṃkāśaṃ muktārat‍navibhūṣitam | mandirairnavalakṣaiśca dīpairmaṇimayairyutam || 19 || sahasradvayacakraṃ ca sahasradvayaghoṭakam | sūkṣmavastrācchāditaṃ ca sakhīkoṭibhirāvṛtam || 20 || golokādāgataṃ gopā dadṛśuste mudānvitāḥ | etasminnaṃtare tatra kṛṣṇadehādvinirgataḥ || 21 || devaścaturbhujo rājankoṭimanmathasannibhaḥ | śaṃkhacakradharaḥ śrīmā~llakṣmyā sārdhaṃ jagatpatiḥ || 22 || kṣīrodaṃ prayayau śīghraṃ rathamāruhya suṃdaram | tathā ca viṣṇurūpeṇa śrīkṛṣṇo bhagavān hariḥ || 23 || lakṣmyā garuḍamāruhya vaikuṇṭhaṃ prayayau nṛpa | tato bhūtvā hariḥ kṛṣṇo naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī || 24 || kalyāṇārthaṃ narāṇāṃ ca prayayau badrikāśramam | paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇo rādhayā yutaḥ || 25 || golokādāgataṃ yānamāruroha jagatpatiḥ | sarve gopāśca nandādyā yaśodādyā vrajastriyaḥ || 26 || tyaktvā tatra śarīrāṇi divyadehāśca te'bhavan | sthāpayitvā rathe divye naṃdādīnbhagavānhariḥ || 27 || golokaṃ prayayau śīghraṃ gopālo gokulānvitaḥ | brahmāṃḍebhyo bahirgatvā dadarśa virajāṃ nadīm || 28 || śeṣotsaṃge mahālokaṃ sukhadaṃ duḥkhanāśanam | dṛṣṭvā rathātsamuttīrya sārdhaṃ gokulavāsibhiḥ || 29 || viveśa rādhayā kṛṣṇaḥ paśyannyagrodhamakṣayam | śataśṛṅgaṃ girivaraṃ tathā śrīrāsamaṇḍalam || 30 || tato yayau kiyad‌dūraṃ śrīmad‌vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | vanairdvādaśabhiryuktaṃ drumaiḥ kāmadughairvṛtam || 31 || nadyā yamunayā yuktaṃ vasaṃtānilamaṃḍitam | puṣpakuñjanikuñjaṃ ca gopīgopajanairvṛtam || 32 || tadā jayajayārāvaḥ śrīgoloke babhūva ha | śūnyībhūte purā dhāmni śrīkṛṣṇe ca samāgate || 33 || tataśca yadupat‍nyaśca citāmāruhya duḥkhataḥ | patilokaṃ yayuḥ sarvā devakyādyāśca yoṣitaḥ || 34 || baṃdhūnāṃ naṣṭagotrāṇāṃ cakāra sāṃparāyikam | gītājñānena svātmānaṃ śāṃtayitvā sa duḥkhataḥ || 35 || arjunaḥ svapuraṃ gatvā tamuvāca yudhiṣṭhiram | sa rājā bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yayau svargaṃ ca bhāryayā || 36 || plāvayad‌dvārakāṃ sindhū raivatena samanvitām | vihāya nṛpaśārdūla gehaṃ śrīrukmaṇīpateḥ || 37 || adyāpi śrūyate ghoṣo dvārvatyāmarṇave hareḥ | avidyo vā savidyo vā brāhmaṇo māmakī tanuḥ || 38 || viṣṇusvāmī raveraṃśaḥ kalerādau mahārṇave | gatvā nītvā harerarcāṃ dvārvatyāṃ sthāpayiṣyati || 39 || taṃ dvārakeśaṃ paśyaṃti manujā ye kalau yuge | sarve kṛtārthatāṃ yāṃti tatra gatvā nṛpeśvaraḥ || 40 || yaḥ śṛṇoti caritraṃ vai golokārohaṇaṃ hareḥ | muktiṃ yadūnāṃ gopānāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 41 || iti śrīmad‌gargasaṃhitāyāmaśvamedhakhaṇḍe rādhākṛṣṇayorgolokārohaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 60 || hariḥ oṃ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||

English translation

A brief account of the annihilation of the Kauravas, the ascension of the Pandavas, and the extermination of the Yadavas: The journey of Lord Krishna to Golokdham, including Sriradha and the Vrajas.

Srigarji says - Rajan. Yadavendra Ugrasena, upon hearing this depiction of Sri Krishna's Sahasranama from Vyasa's mouth, worshipped him and devoted himself to Lord Krishna. 1.

Subsequently, Lord Krishna visited Mithila and had visions of King Bahulashka and Shrutadeva. He then returned to Dwarkapuri. All the Pandavas then set out from Dwarka with their wife Draupadi and wandered through the forest. Nareshwar. Suffering from exile and incognito, they gathered in the city of Virata with an army. Here all the Kauravas did not even give half of their kingdom to the Pandavas even after praying to Lord Krishna. Then a war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas became inevitable. Knowing this, Lord Krishna vowed not to take up arms and Balramji went on a pilgrimage. On the same trip, they killed Romaharshana Suta and Balwal. After this, all the Kauravas and the Pandavas entered the Kurukshetra Dharmakshetra and started fighting each other. By the grace of Lord Krishna, the Pandavas were victorious and all the sinners and criminals were killed in the Kaurava Mahabharata war. 2 - 8. (Ashwamedhkhanda Chapter 59 to 62)

Nareshwar. Dharmaraja Yudhishthira then ruled for nine years. In the meantime, he performed three Ashwamedha yajnas, purifying him of the guilt of killing his kinsmen. The king! Then one day at Dwarakama, by the will of Lord Krishna, the great curse of the Brahmarshi fell upon all the Yadavas. After the curse, Lord Krishna preached the supreme Srimad Bhagavatadharma under the Ashwatthavriksha to the surrendered devotee Udhava. A few days later, a war broke out between the Yadavas. They struck and killed each other with various weapons in the Prabhas Kshetra. Balramji left the human body and went to his abode. Seeing the gods there, Krishna disappeared. Going to Vraja, Srihari met the Gopas, including Nanda, Yashoda, Radhika, and the Gopis, and the beloved Bhagavan lovingly said so to his loved ones. 9-14 |

Krishna said, "Nanda and Yashoda! Now leave me, my son, and go to Goloka, my paradise, with all the people of Gokul. Now comes the great Kali Yuga that will bring misery to all, in which men will often become sinners; there is no doubt about it. At that time, there would no longer be any gender and race rules for interpersonal contact. Go quickly, then, to my good world, which accepts death. 15-17 |

Krishna was thus saying that a most wonderful chariot descended from Gaul, which the Gopas watched with great delight. Its width was five yojanas and its height was the same. He was adorned with Nirmal and Mukta gems similar to Vajramani (diamond). There were nine hundred thousand temples in it, and the houses were lit with diyas. The chariot had two thousand wheels and two thousand horses in it. The chariot was covered with a thin cloth curtain. Millions of sakhis surrounded him. 18-20 |

The king! It was at this time that Lord Krishna's body was revealed to be four-armed 'Shrivishnu', who was holding a conch and a chakra, as beautiful as the millions of Kamadevas. He embarked on a beautiful chariot with Jagadishwara Shriman Vishnu Lakshmi and soon left for Kshirsagar. Similarly, Lord Krishna in the form of 'Narayana' went to Vaikuntha Dham sitting on Garuda with Hari Mahalakshmi. Nareshwar. After this, Shri Krishna Hari manifested as' Nara and Narayana '- two sages who went to Badarikashrama for the welfare of humans. 21-24 |

Thereafter, Lord Krishna, the Supreme Being, ascended the chariot from Goloka, accompanied by Shri Radha. All the gopas, such as Nanda, and all the vrajanganas, such as Yashoda, renounced their physical bodies and became divine. Gopala then mounted the divine chariot of Lord Srihari Nanda, etc., and soon accompanied Gokula to Golokdham. Going out of the universe, they all saw the Viraja River. At the same time, in the godown of Sheshnag, appeared the great world Goloka, the destroyer of sorrows and the best of pleasures. 25-28 | (Ashwamedhkhanda Chapter 59 to 62)

On seeing him, Krishna along with the people of Gokul got down from that chariot and entered that supreme abode with Shri Radha having darshan of Akshaya Vata. Observing the Girivara Shatshringa and the Srirasamandala, he went to the Srimavrindavan, adorned with several gates, which was filled with trees, united and complemented by twelve forests. It was touched by the river Yamuna. Spring and Malayan were adding to the splendor of the forest. There were many kunjas and parks full of flowers. It was full of forest gopis and gopis. The sound of cheering echoed when Lord Krishna arrived at the Srigolokadham, which seemed sunny at first. 29-33 |

Subsequently, all the wives of Yadukula - Devaki, etc. - of the Dwarakams ascended the pyre, distraught by grief, and went to Patalok. Arjuna performed the miraculous deeds of the Yadava brothers whose gotras were destroyed. With the knowledge of the Gita, he was able to calm his mind and perform the last rites with great sadness. When Arjuna went to his abode Hastinapur and told King Yudhishthira all this news, he went to heaven with his wife and brothers. 34-36 |

Oh dear Lord! Here, the sea absorbed all of Dwarkapuri except the abode of Sri Rukmini Vallabha Krishna, including the Raivataka mountain, by submerging it in its waters. Even today, in the sea of Dwarka, the Sriharika slogan is heard: 'Be a Brahmin learned or without learning, he is my body' (Avidyo Va Savidyo Va Brahmano Mamki Tanu:). 37-38 | (Ashwamedhkhanda Chapter 59 to 62)

In the early Kali Yuga, Vishnuswamy, an incarnation of Sriharika, would go to the ocean, chant the image of Srihariki, and install it in Dwarkapuri. Oh dear God! In the Kali Yuga, people who visit Dwarkanath and have a darshan there become grateful. Those who hear the character of Sriharika reaching Golokdham and read the Muktika chronicle of the Yadavas and Gopas are freed from all sins. 39-41 |

Thus was completed the sixtieth chapter in the Ashvamedha Khanda under the Srigargha Samhita, the 'Golokarohanas of Shri Radha and Shri Krishna'. 60.

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