Balabhadra-khaṇḍa · Chapter 5
Sourceबलभद्रखण्डः - पञ्चमोऽध्यायः कृष्ण-बलरामजन्मोत्सवम् - दुर्योधन उवाच - मुनीन्द्राहो अहं धन्योऽस्मि पुरा संकर्षणस्य भक्तोऽस्मि त्वया स्मारितो भगवतो वासुदेवस्य सप्रभावं माहात्म्यं परमाद्भुतं श्रुतमत्रावतारौ भूत्वा भूम्यां रामकृष्णौ पितुः पुरात्कथं व्रजे गतवंतौ व्रजवासिभिर्न ज्ञातौ कथमभूतां च तदुच्यताम् ॥१॥ प्राड्विपाक उवाच - अथैकदा मथुरायां यदुपुर्य्यामुग्रसेनाग्रजो देवको देवकीं सुतां वसुदेवाय ददावथ वरवध्वोः प्रयाणकाले कंस उग्रसेनात्मजस्तयोः स्यंदनं नोदयामास ॥२॥ तदैव देववाणी कंसमाह ॥ रे यां वहसेऽस्याश्चाष्टमो गर्भो हि त्वां हनिष्यतीति श्रुत्वा स महासुरः कालनेमिसुतः कंसः खड्गपाणिर्भगिनीं हंतुं प्रवृत्तः ॥३॥ तदैव वसुदेवस्तं बोधयित्वा प्राहैनां मा मारयास्याः पुत्रान्समर्पयिष्ये यतस्ते भयं जातं ममापि ॥ इति श्रुत्वा तद्वाक्यसारवित्कंसस्तौ कारागारे कारयित्वा निश्चिन्तोऽप्यभवत् ॥४॥ अथ देवक्याः प्रथमं जातं पुत्र कंसाय वसुदेवः प्रददौ ॥ तं सत्यवादिनं ज्ञात्वा कंसोऽर्भकं न जघान ॥५॥ अंकानां वामतो गतिस्तथा देवानां तस्मादयं वा शत्रुः सर्वे यादवा देवाः संति तव वधमिच्छंतीति नारदवाक्यात्पुनर्जांतं जातमपि निर्जघान ॥६॥ अथ कंसभयात्पलायितानां यदूनां महान्कष्टो बभूव ॥ अथ सप्तमो गर्भो देवक्या भगवाननंतो ह्यभवत् ॥ तत्तेजः श्रीकृष्णाज्ञया योगमाया देवक्युदरात्संनिकृष्य वसुदेवस्य भार्यायां कंसभयाद्- गोकुलस्थितायां रोहिण्यामर्पयितुमाजगाम ॥७॥ तत्रैते श्लोकाः - देवक्या सप्तमे गर्भे हर्षशोकविवर्द्धने ॥ व्रजं प्रणीते रोहिण्यामनंते योगमायया ॥ अहो गर्भः क्व विगत इत्यूचुर्माथुरा जनाः ॥८॥ अथ व्रजे पंचदिनेषु भाद्रे स्वातौ च षष्ठ्यां च सिते बुधे च ॥ उच्चैर्ग्रहैः पंचभिरावृते च लग्ने तुलाऽऽख्ये दिनमध्यदेशे ॥९॥ सुरेषु वर्षत्सु च पुष्पवर्षं धनेषु मुंचत्सु च वारिबिंदून् ॥ बभूव देवो वसुदेवपत्न्यां विभासयन्नंदगृहं स्वभासा ॥१०॥ नंदोऽपि कुर्वञ्छिशुजातकर्म ददौ द्विजेभ्यो नियुतं गवां च ॥ गोपान्समाहूय सुगायकानां रावैर्महामंगलमाततान ॥११॥ अथाष्टमो देवक्याः परिपूर्णतमो भगवान् श्रीकृष्णचन्द्रोऽवततार ॥ तदैव तदाज्ञया निशीथे प्रेंखे निधाय नंदपत्न्यां जातायां योगनिद्रायां संसुप्ते जगति सति यमुनामुत्तीर्य महावनमेत्य यशोदाशयने सुतं निधाय तां सुतामादाय पुनर्वसुदेवो गृहानाययौ ॥१२॥ अथ कारागारे बालध्वनिं श्रुत्वा शत्रुभीतः कंसः समागत्य जातमात्रां कन्यां गृहीत्वा शिलापृष्ठे पातयामस ॥१३॥ तदैव तद्धस्तात्समुत्पत्त्यांबरे योगनिद्रा भूत्वा सिद्धचारणगंधर्वमुनिगणैः स्तूयमाना कंसमिदमाह - हे खल तव पूर्वशत्रुर्यत्र क्व वा जातो वृथा देवकीवसुदेवौ दीनौ दुनोषीत्युक्त्वा सा विंध्याचलं जगाम ॥१४॥ इत्युक्तो विस्मितः कंसो देवकीं वसुदेवं च विमुच्य पूतनादीन् दैत्यान्समाहूय चानिर्दशान्निर्दशा न्बालान्हंतुमाज्ञां चकार तेऽपि तथा चक्रुः ॥१५॥ अथ नंदोऽपि पुत्रजन्मोत्सवं श्रुत्वा महोत्सवं चकारैवं कंसभयमिषेण व्रजं प्राप्तौ रामकृष्णौ स्वमाययालक्षितौ व्रजवासिनां कृपां कर्तुं जातमात्रावद्भुतां बाललीलां चक्रतुः ॥ कौरवेन्द्र भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि किम् ॥१६॥ इति श्रीगर्गसंहितायां बलभद्रखण्डे श्रीबलभद्रश्रीकृष्णजन्मोत्सवो नाम पंचमोऽध्यायः ॥५॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सत् श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥
balabhadrakhaṇḍaḥ - pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ kṛṣṇa-balarāmajanmotsavam - duryodhana uvāca - munīndrāho ahaṃ dhanyo'smi purā saṃkarṣaṇasya bhakto'smi tvayā smārito bhagavato vāsudevasya saprabhāvaṃ māhātmyaṃ paramādbhutaṃ śrutamatrāvatārau bhūtvā bhūmyāṃ rāmakṛṣṇau pituḥ purātkathaṃ vraje gatavaṃtau vrajavāsibhirna jñātau kathamabhūtāṃ ca taducyatām ||1|| prāḍvipāka uvāca - athaikadā mathurāyāṃ yadupuryyāmugrasenāgrajo devako devakīṃ sutāṃ vasudevāya dadāvatha varavadhvoḥ prayāṇakāle kaṃsa ugrasenātmajastayoḥ syaṃdanaṃ nodayāmāsa ||2|| tadaiva devavāṇī kaṃsamāha || re yāṃ vahase'syāścāṣṭamo garbho hi tvāṃ haniṣyatīti śrutvā sa mahāsuraḥ kālanemisutaḥ kaṃsaḥ khaḍgapāṇirbhaginīṃ haṃtuṃ pravṛttaḥ ||3|| tadaiva vasudevastaṃ bodhayitvā prāhaināṃ mā mārayāsyāḥ putrānsamarpayiṣye yataste bhayaṃ jātaṃ mamāpi || iti śrutvā tadvākyasāravitkaṃsastau kārāgāre kārayitvā niścinto'pyabhavat ||4|| atha devakyāḥ prathamaṃ jātaṃ putra kaṃsāya vasudevaḥ pradadau || taṃ satyavādinaṃ jñātvā kaṃso'rbhakaṃ na jaghāna ||5|| aṃkānāṃ vāmato gatistathā devānāṃ tasmādayaṃ vā śatruḥ sarve yādavā devāḥ saṃti tava vadhamicchaṃtīti nāradavākyātpunarjāṃtaṃ jātamapi nirjaghāna ||6|| atha kaṃsabhayātpalāyitānāṃ yadūnāṃ mahānkaṣṭo babhūva || atha saptamo garbho devakyā bhagavānanaṃto hyabhavat || tattejaḥ śrīkṛṣṇājñayā yogamāyā devakyudarātsaṃnikṛṣya vasudevasya bhāryāyāṃ kaṃsabhayād- gokulasthitāyāṃ rohiṇyāmarpayitumājagāma ||7|| tatraite ślokāḥ - devakyā saptame garbhe harṣaśokavivarddhane || vrajaṃ praṇīte rohiṇyāmanaṃte yogamāyayā || aho garbhaḥ kva vigata ityūcurmāthurā janāḥ ||8|| atha vraje paṃcadineṣu bhādre svātau ca ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca site budhe ca || uccairgrahaiḥ paṃcabhirāvṛte ca lagne tulā''khye dinamadhyadeśe ||9|| sureṣu varṣatsu ca puṣpavarṣaṃ dhaneṣu muṃcatsu ca vāribiṃdūn || babhūva devo vasudevapatnyāṃ vibhāsayannaṃdagṛhaṃ svabhāsā ||10|| naṃdo'pi kurvañchiśujātakarma dadau dvijebhyo niyutaṃ gavāṃ ca || gopānsamāhūya sugāyakānāṃ rāvairmahāmaṃgalamātatāna ||11|| athāṣṭamo devakyāḥ paripūrṇatamo bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇacandro'vatatāra || tadaiva tadājñayā niśīthe preṃkhe nidhāya naṃdapatnyāṃ jātāyāṃ yoganidrāyāṃ saṃsupte jagati sati yamunāmuttīrya mahāvanametya yaśodāśayane sutaṃ nidhāya tāṃ sutāmādāya punarvasudevo gṛhānāyayau ||12|| atha kārāgāre bāladhvaniṃ śrutvā śatrubhītaḥ kaṃsaḥ samāgatya jātamātrāṃ kanyāṃ gṛhītvā śilāpṛṣṭhe pātayāmasa ||13|| tadaiva taddhastātsamutpattyāṃbare yoganidrā bhūtvā siddhacāraṇagaṃdharvamunigaṇaiḥ stūyamānā kaṃsamidamāha - he khala tava pūrvaśatruryatra kva vā jāto vṛthā devakīvasudevau dīnau dunoṣītyuktvā sā viṃdhyācalaṃ jagāma ||14|| ityukto vismitaḥ kaṃso devakīṃ vasudevaṃ ca vimucya pūtanādīn daityānsamāhūya cānirdaśānnirdaśā nbālānhaṃtumājñāṃ cakāra te'pi tathā cakruḥ ||15|| atha naṃdo'pi putrajanmotsavaṃ śrutvā mahotsavaṃ cakāraivaṃ kaṃsabhayamiṣeṇa vrajaṃ prāptau rāmakṛṣṇau svamāyayālakṣitau vrajavāsināṃ kṛpāṃ kartuṃ jātamātrāvadbhutāṃ bālalīlāṃ cakratuḥ || kauravendra bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi kim ||16|| iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ balabhadrakhaṇḍe śrībalabhadraśrīkṛṣṇajanmotsavo nāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ ||5|| hariḥ oṃ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||
English translation
The appearance of Sri Balarama and Sri Krishna
Duryodhana said, "Muniraja! In a previous life, I was a devotee of Lord Sankrishna, so I am blessed. You reminded me of this. At the same time, you heard the most wonderful glory of Lord Vasudeva with his influence. Now please explain how Lord Balarama and Srikrishna Chandra descended to earth and moved from their father's city Mathura to Vraj and how they lived in secret form with the Vrajas. 1.
There are these verses -
Devaki: The sevenfold exultation of joy. Vrajam pranite Rohinyamante Yogamaya. Aho Garbha: The people of Euthuchurmathura in the past. 8. It is the fifth day of the month of Bhadra and the sixth day of the month of Sita and Budha. Uchhaigraha: Panchabhiravritta takes place on a similar day in the middle of the day. 9. Sureshu Varshatsu and Pushpavarsha Ganena Munchatsu and Waribindu. It is called Devo Vasudevapatya or Vibhasayana Nanda Griha Swabhasa. 10. Give birth to a child by giving birth to a child without giving birth to a child. Gopan Samhaya Sugayikanam Ravairamhamangalmattan. 11.
Devaki's seventh womb was one of joy and sorrow. Yogamaya took her to Vrajma and placed her in Rohini's womb. Then the people of Mathura said, "Ah! Where did Devaki's womb go? It is a matter of great wonder. Five days after that, on the sixth day of the month of Bhadrapada in the month of Shukupaksha, which was associated with the Swati Nakshatra and Wednesday, at midday, in the Tula Laggram, when the five planets were located high, in the Vrajma, Mahatma Balaram appeared, revealing the Nanda-Bhavan through his radiance from the womb of Vasudeva's wife Rohini. At that time they showered water droplets and the gods showered flowers. Nandaji performed the jatakarma-samskara on the infant. A million cows were donated to the Brahmins, then the gopas were invited and the Mahamahotsav was celebrated with the music of good singers. 8-11 | (Shribalbhadrakhand chapter 1 to 6)
Thereafter, at the stroke of midnight, the most perfect Lord Srikrishna Chandra descended from Devaki's eighth womb. At the same time, Yogamaya appeared here as a maiden from the womb of Nandarani Yashodaji. The whole world had fallen asleep under the influence of Yogamaya. Then at the command of Lord Krishna, Vasudeva took Krishna Chandra and reached Vrindavan across the Yamuna and went to Yashoda's bedroom and put the child Krishna to sleep in Yashoda's barn and returned to his place with the bride. The child's cries were then heard in the prison. Kansa, terrified of the enemy, arrived immediately and picked up the young girl he had just born and pinned her to a rock. Just at that moment, the maiden, free from Kansa's hands, leaped with great force and went up into the sky and became the form of Yogamaya. The Siddhas, the Charanas, the Gandharvas, and the Munis were in praise of him. Yogamaya said to Kansa, "O wicked one! Your former enemy has been born somewhere. Why are you unnecessarily harassing these poor poor Vasudeva Devaki? Having said this, she went to Yogamaya Vindhyachal. Kansa was greatly astonished by these words of the goddess. Then he left Devaki and Vasudeva and called the demons Putana and others and ordered them to kill all the children born within ten days. 'According to Kansa, the demons began to kill children. Here Nandana also heard of the birth of a son and planned a grand celebration. O King of lords! Thus, on the pretext of fear of Kansa, Lord Balarama and Krishna came to Vraja. He lived there secretly out of desperation and began performing various miraculous child-reels as soon as he appeared in Braj to please the Brajas. What do you want to hear now? . 12-16 |
Thus the fifth chapter titled 'Prakatya of Sri Balarama and Sri Krishna' was completed in the dialogue of Sri Pradvipaka Muni and Duryodhana under the Sri Balabhadra Khanda in the Srigarghasamhita. 5.
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