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Chapter 7

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श्रीबहुलाश्व उवाच - कति मुख्यानि तीर्थानि गिरिराजे महात्मनि । एतद्‍ब्रूहि महायोगिन् साक्षात्त्वं दिव्यदर्शनः ॥ १ ॥ श्रीनारद उवाच - राजन् गोवर्धनः सर्वः सर्वतीर्थवरः स्मृतः । वृन्दावनं च गोलोकमुकुटोऽद्रिः प्रपूजितः ॥ २ ॥ गोपगोपीगवां रक्षाप्रदः कृष्णप्रियो महान् । पूर्णब्रह्मातपत्रो यः यस्मात्तीर्थवरस्तु कः ॥ ३ ॥ इन्द्रयागं विनिर्भर्स्त्य सर्वैर्निजजनैः सह । यत्पूजनं समारेभे भगवान् भुवनेश्वरः ॥ ४ ॥ परिपूर्णतमः साक्षाच्छ्रीकृष्णो भगवान्स्वयम् । असंख्यब्रह्माण्डपतिर्गोलोकेशः परात्परः ॥ ५ ॥ यस्मिन्स्थितः सदा क्रीडामर्भकैः सह मैथिल । करोति तस्य माहात्म्यं वक्तुं नालं चतुर्मुखः ॥ ६ ॥ यत्र वै मानसी गंगा महापापौघनाशिनी । गोविन्दकुण्डं विशदं शुभं चन्द्रसरोवरम् ॥ ७ ॥ राधाकुण्डः कृष्णकुण्डो ललिताकुण्ड एव च । गोपालकुंडस्तत्रैव कुसुमाकर एव च ॥ ८ ॥ श्रीकृष्णमौलिसंस्पर्शान्मौलिचिह्ना शिलाऽभवत् । तस्या दर्शनमात्रेण देवमौलिर्भवेज्जनः ॥ ९ ॥ यस्यां शिलायां कृष्णेन चित्राणि लिखितानि च । अद्यापि चित्रिता पुण्या नाम्ना चित्रशिला गिरौ ॥ १० ॥ यां शिलामर्भकैः कृष्णो वादयन् क्रीडने रतः । वादनी सा शिला जाता महापापौघनाशिनी ॥ ११ ॥ यत्र श्रीकृष्णचन्द्रेण गोपालैः सह मैथिल । कृता वै कंदुकक्रीडा तत्क्षेत्रं कंदुकं स्मृतम् ॥ १२ ॥ दृष्ट्वा शक्रपदं याति नत्वा ब्रह्मपदं च तत् । विलुंठन् यस्य रजसा साक्षाद्‌विष्णुपदं व्रजेत् ॥ १३ ॥ गोपानामुष्णिषाण्यत्र चोरयामास माधवः । औष्णिषं नाम तत्तीर्थं महापापहरं गिरौ ॥ १४ ॥ तत्रैकदा वै दधिविक्रयार्थं विनिर्गतो गोपवधूसमूहः । श्रुत्वा क्वणन्नूपुरशब्दमारा- द्रुरोध तन्मार्गमनंगमोही ॥ १५ ॥ वंशीधरो वेत्रवरेण गोपैः पुरश्च तासां विनिधाय पादम् । मह्यं करादानधनाय दानं देहीति गोपीर्निजगाद मार्गे ॥ १६ ॥ गोप्य ऊचुः - वक्रस्त्वमेवासि समास्थितः पथि गोपार्भकैर्गोरसलम्पटो भृशम् । मात्रा च पित्रा सह कारयामो बलाद्‌भवन्तं किल कंसबन्धने ॥ १७ ॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच - कंसं हनिष्यामि महोग्रदण्डं सबांधवं मे शपथो गवां च । एवं करिष्यामि यदोः पुरे बला- न्नेष्ये सदाहं गिरिराजभूमेः ॥ १८ ॥ श्रीनारद उवाच - इत्युक्त्वा दधिपात्राणि बालैर्नीत्वा पृथक् पृथक् । भूपृष्ठे पोथयामास सानन्दं नन्दनन्दनः ॥ १९ ॥ अहो एष परं धृष्टो निर्भयो नन्दनन्दनः । निरंकुशो भाषणीयो वने वीरः पुरेऽबलः ॥ २० ॥ ब्रुवामहे यशोदायै नन्दाय च किलाद्य वै । एवं वदन्त्यस्ता गोप्यः सस्मिताः प्रययुर्गृहान् ॥ २१ ॥ नीपपालाशपत्राणां कृत्वा द्रोणानि माधवः । जघास बालकैः सार्द्धं पिच्छलानि दधीनि च ॥ २२ ॥ द्रोणाकाराणि पत्राणि बभूवुः शाखिनां तदा । तत्क्षेत्रं च महापुण्यं द्रोणं नाम नृपेश्वर ॥ २३ ॥ दधिदानं तत्र कृत्वा पीत्वा पत्रधृतं दधि । नमस्कुर्यान्नरस्तस्य गोलोकान्न च्युतिर्भवेत् ॥ २४ ॥ नेत्रे त्वाच्छाद्य यत्रैव लीनोऽभून्माधवोऽर्भकैः । तत्र तीर्थं लौकिकं च जातं पापप्रणाशनम् ॥ २५ ॥ कदम्बखण्डतीर्थं च लीलायुक्तं हरेः सदा । तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण नरो नारायणो भवेत् ॥ २६ ॥ यत्र वै राधया रासे शृङ्गारोऽकारि मैथिल । तत्र गोवर्धने जातं स्थले शृङ्गारमण्डलम् ॥ २७ ॥ येन रूपेण कृष्णेन धृतो गोवर्धनो गिरिः । तद्‌रूपं विद्यते तत्र नृप शृङ्गारमण्डलम् ॥ २८ ॥ अब्दाश्चतुःसहस्राणि तथा चाष्टौ शतानि च । गतास्तत्र कलेरादौ क्षेत्रे शृङ्गारमण्डले ॥ २९ ॥ गिरिराजगुहामध्यात्सर्वेषां पश्यतां नृप । स्वतः सिद्धं च तद्‌रूपं हरेः प्रादुर्भविष्यति ॥ ३० ॥ श्रीनाथं देवदमनं तं वदिष्यन्ति सज्जनाः । गोवर्धने गिरौ राजन् सदा लीलां करोति यः ॥ ३१ ॥ ये करिष्यन्ति नेत्राभ्यां तस्य रूपस्य दर्शनम् । ते कृतार्था भविष्यन्ति मैथिलेन्द्र कलौ जनाः ॥ ३२ ॥ जगन्नाथो रंगनाथो द्वारकानाथ एव च । बद्रीनाथश्चतुष्कोणे भारतस्यापि पर्वते ॥ ३३ ॥ मध्ये गोवर्धनस्यापि नाथोऽयं वर्तते नृप । पवित्रे भारते वर्षे पंच नाथाः सुरेश्वराः ॥ ३४ ॥ सद्धर्ममण्डपस्तम्बा आर्तत्राणपरायणाः । तेषां तु दर्शनं कृत्वा नरो नारायणो भवेत् ॥ ३५ ॥ चतुर्णां भुवि नाथानां कृत्वा यात्रां नरः सुधीः । न पश्येद्देवदमनं स न यात्राफलं लभेत् ॥ ३६ ॥ श्रीनाथं देवदमनं पश्येद्‌गोवर्धने गिरौ । चतुर्णां भुवि नाथानां यात्रायाः फलमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३७ ॥ ऐरावतस्य सुरभेः पादचिह्नानि यत्र वै । तत्र नत्वा नरः पापी वैकुण्ठं याति मैथिल ॥ ३८ ॥ हस्तचिह्नं पादचिह्नं श्रीकृष्णस्य महात्मनः । दृष्ट्वा नत्वा नरः कश्चित्साक्षात्कृष्णपदं व्रजेत् ॥ ३९ ॥ एतानि नृप तीर्थानि कुंडाद्यायतनानि च । अंगानि गिरिराजस्य किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ ४० ॥ इति श्रीगर्गसंहितायां गिरिराजखण्डे श्रीनारदबहुलाश्वसंवादे गिरिराजतीर्थवर्णनं नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७ ॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सच्छ्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥

śrībahulāśva uvāca - kati mukhyāni tīrthāni girirāje mahātmani | etad‍brūhi mahāyogin sākṣāttvaṃ divyadarśanaḥ || 1 || śrīnārada uvāca - rājan govardhanaḥ sarvaḥ sarvatīrthavaraḥ smṛtaḥ | vṛndāvanaṃ ca golokamukuṭo'driḥ prapūjitaḥ || 2 || gopagopīgavāṃ rakṣāpradaḥ kṛṣṇapriyo mahān | pūrṇabrahmātapatro yaḥ yasmāttīrthavarastu kaḥ || 3 || indrayāgaṃ vinirbharstya sarvairnijajanaiḥ saha | yatpūjanaṃ samārebhe bhagavān bhuvaneśvaraḥ || 4 || paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇo bhagavānsvayam | asaṃkhyabrahmāṇḍapatirgolokeśaḥ parātparaḥ || 5 || yasminsthitaḥ sadā krīḍāmarbhakaiḥ saha maithila | karoti tasya māhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ nālaṃ caturmukhaḥ || 6 || yatra vai mānasī gaṃgā mahāpāpaughanāśinī | govindakuṇḍaṃ viśadaṃ śubhaṃ candrasarovaram || 7 || rādhākuṇḍaḥ kṛṣṇakuṇḍo lalitākuṇḍa eva ca | gopālakuṃḍastatraiva kusumākara eva ca || 8 || śrīkṛṣṇamaulisaṃsparśānmaulicihnā śilā'bhavat | tasyā darśanamātreṇa devamaulirbhavejjanaḥ || 9 || yasyāṃ śilāyāṃ kṛṣṇena citrāṇi likhitāni ca | adyāpi citritā puṇyā nāmnā citraśilā girau || 10 || yāṃ śilāmarbhakaiḥ kṛṣṇo vādayan krīḍane rataḥ | vādanī sā śilā jātā mahāpāpaughanāśinī || 11 || yatra śrīkṛṣṇacandreṇa gopālaiḥ saha maithila | kṛtā vai kaṃdukakrīḍā tatkṣetraṃ kaṃdukaṃ smṛtam || 12 || dṛṣṭvā śakrapadaṃ yāti natvā brahmapadaṃ ca tat | viluṃṭhan yasya rajasā sākṣād‌viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet || 13 || gopānāmuṣṇiṣāṇyatra corayāmāsa mādhavaḥ | auṣṇiṣaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ girau || 14 || tatraikadā vai dadhivikrayārthaṃ vinirgato gopavadhūsamūhaḥ | śrutvā kvaṇannūpuraśabdamārā- drurodha tanmārgamanaṃgamohī || 15 || vaṃśīdharo vetravareṇa gopaiḥ puraśca tāsāṃ vinidhāya pādam | mahyaṃ karādānadhanāya dānaṃ dehīti gopīrnijagāda mārge || 16 || gopya ūcuḥ - vakrastvamevāsi samāsthitaḥ pathi gopārbhakairgorasalampaṭo bhṛśam | mātrā ca pitrā saha kārayāmo balād‌bhavantaṃ kila kaṃsabandhane || 17 || śrībhagavānuvāca - kaṃsaṃ haniṣyāmi mahogradaṇḍaṃ sabāṃdhavaṃ me śapatho gavāṃ ca | evaṃ kariṣyāmi yadoḥ pure balā- nneṣye sadāhaṃ girirājabhūmeḥ || 18 || śrīnārada uvāca - ityuktvā dadhipātrāṇi bālairnītvā pṛthak pṛthak | bhūpṛṣṭhe pothayāmāsa sānandaṃ nandanandanaḥ || 19 || aho eṣa paraṃ dhṛṣṭo nirbhayo nandanandanaḥ | niraṃkuśo bhāṣaṇīyo vane vīraḥ pure'balaḥ || 20 || bruvāmahe yaśodāyai nandāya ca kilādya vai | evaṃ vadantyastā gopyaḥ sasmitāḥ prayayurgṛhān || 21 || nīpapālāśapatrāṇāṃ kṛtvā droṇāni mādhavaḥ | jaghāsa bālakaiḥ sārddhaṃ picchalāni dadhīni ca || 22 || droṇākārāṇi patrāṇi babhūvuḥ śākhināṃ tadā | tatkṣetraṃ ca mahāpuṇyaṃ droṇaṃ nāma nṛpeśvara || 23 || dadhidānaṃ tatra kṛtvā pītvā patradhṛtaṃ dadhi | namaskuryānnarastasya golokānna cyutirbhavet || 24 || netre tvācchādya yatraiva līno'bhūnmādhavo'rbhakaiḥ | tatra tīrthaṃ laukikaṃ ca jātaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam || 25 || kadambakhaṇḍatīrthaṃ ca līlāyuktaṃ hareḥ sadā | tasya darśanamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet || 26 || yatra vai rādhayā rāse śṛṅgāro'kāri maithila | tatra govardhane jātaṃ sthale śṛṅgāramaṇḍalam || 27 || yena rūpeṇa kṛṣṇena dhṛto govardhano giriḥ | tad‌rūpaṃ vidyate tatra nṛpa śṛṅgāramaṇḍalam || 28 || abdāścatuḥsahasrāṇi tathā cāṣṭau śatāni ca | gatāstatra kalerādau kṣetre śṛṅgāramaṇḍale || 29 || girirājaguhāmadhyātsarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ nṛpa | svataḥ siddhaṃ ca tad‌rūpaṃ hareḥ prādurbhaviṣyati || 30 || śrīnāthaṃ devadamanaṃ taṃ vadiṣyanti sajjanāḥ | govardhane girau rājan sadā līlāṃ karoti yaḥ || 31 || ye kariṣyanti netrābhyāṃ tasya rūpasya darśanam | te kṛtārthā bhaviṣyanti maithilendra kalau janāḥ || 32 || jagannātho raṃganātho dvārakānātha eva ca | badrīnāthaścatuṣkoṇe bhāratasyāpi parvate || 33 || madhye govardhanasyāpi nātho'yaṃ vartate nṛpa | pavitre bhārate varṣe paṃca nāthāḥ sureśvarāḥ || 34 || saddharmamaṇḍapastambā ārtatrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ | teṣāṃ tu darśanaṃ kṛtvā naro nārāyaṇo bhavet || 35 || caturṇāṃ bhuvi nāthānāṃ kṛtvā yātrāṃ naraḥ sudhīḥ | na paśyeddevadamanaṃ sa na yātrāphalaṃ labhet || 36 || śrīnāthaṃ devadamanaṃ paśyed‌govardhane girau | caturṇāṃ bhuvi nāthānāṃ yātrāyāḥ phalamāpnuyāt || 37 || airāvatasya surabheḥ pādacihnāni yatra vai | tatra natvā naraḥ pāpī vaikuṇṭhaṃ yāti maithila || 38 || hastacihnaṃ pādacihnaṃ śrīkṛṣṇasya mahātmanaḥ | dṛṣṭvā natvā naraḥ kaścitsākṣātkṛṣṇapadaṃ vrajet || 39 || etāni nṛpa tīrthāni kuṃḍādyāyatanāni ca | aṃgāni girirājasya kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || 40 || iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ girirājakhaṇḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde girirājatīrthavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || 7 || hariḥ oṃ tatsacchrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||

English translation

Description of the pilgrimages related to Giriraj Govardhan

Bahulashva asked - "Mahayogini! You are directly endowed with divine vision; so tell me how many main shrines are around or on Mahatma Giriraj? . 1.

Shrinarada said, "Rajan! The entire Govardhan mountain is considered superior to all the pilgrimages. Vrindavan is directly Goloka and Giriraja is honored by being described as his crown. He is the protector of the mountain gopas, gopis, and cows, and the great Krishna-priya. Who is a better tirtha than the one that became the umbrella of the Absolute Brahman. Who would be more fortunate than the Giriraja who started the worship of Lord Krishna, the Lord of the innumerable universes, the Lord of the universe and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with all his people, by denouncing Indrayaga. Maithil! Even the four-faced Brahma is not able to describe the glory of the mountain on which Lord Krishna always plays with his hair. Who can describe the glory of Govardhan, where the great sins of the zodiac-destroying Manasi Ganga are present, the glittering Govindkund and the magnificent Chandra Sarovar, where the Radhakunda, Krishnakunda, Lalitakunda, Gopala-Kunda and Kusum Sarovar are adorned. Upon touching the crown of Lord Krishna, the stone becomes adorned with the emblem of the crown, and the person becomes Devashiramani by simply seeing the stone. The rock on which Krishna painted the paintings, the painted and sacred 'Chitrashila', is still visible on the peak of Giriraj. The stone played by Krishna, who was engaged in sports with children, became famous as' Vadini Shila '(Playing Stone), a stone that destroyed the great sin. Maithil! The place where Lord Krishna performed Kanduk-Krida with his hair is called 'Kandukakshetra'. There are shrines called 'shakrapada' and 'brahmapada', which are visited and to which a person goes to Indraloka and Brahmaloka. What rolls into the dust there is received directly by Vishnupad. Mahapahari Tirtha, where Madhava stole the turban of the Gopas, is famous as' Aushnish 'on that mountain. 2-14 |

Once upon a time, a community of cowherd women came there to sell milk. Hearing their shrieks, Madanmohan Krishna approached and blocked their path. Lord Krishna, dressed in a robe and a robe, surrounded them and placed his feet in front of them and said to the gopis on the way, "Taxes are collected from us on this path, so give us your alms." 15-16 |

The gopis said - You are very crooked, who stood in the way with curly hair? You are a very lazy person. Leave our way, we will force you, along with your parents, into the king's prison. 17. (Girirajkhand Chapter 6 to 11)

The Lord said, "O Lord! What do you fear about Kansaka? I swear by the cows, I will kill Kansa with his kinsman, who is wearing a great turban; or I will drag him from Mathura to the valley of Govardhan. 18.

Srinardji says - Rajan! Having said this, Nandanandan, after ordering all the yogurt pots separately through Balakonda, dropped them on the ground with great joy. The gopis began to say to one another - 'Ah! This Nandaka Lala is very stubborn and fearless, absolute. It should not even be talked about. He remains weak in the village and becomes a hero in the forest. We go and tell Yashodaji and Nandrayaji today itself. With a smile, the Gopis went back to their homes. 19-21 |

Here, Madhava made two pieces of Kadamb and Palash leaves and ate them along with the children by taking the smooth yogurt. Since then, the leaves of the trees there have become double-shaped. Oh dear God! He became famous by the name of 'Drona', the realm of supreme virtue. A person who offers yogurt there and drinks the yogurt kept in the leaves himself pays obeisance to that Tirtha, never losing sight of his Goloka. Where blindly blinded Madhava used to play hide-and-seek games with children, there was a Papanasan Tirtha called 'Lokamak'. There is a shrine called 'Kadambakhand' with Srihariki Leelas, where Lord Krishna always resides. Just by having darshan of this tirtha, a man becomes Narayana. Maithil! The place on Govardhan where Sriradhana wore the Sringara in the rasa became famous as' Sringaramandala '. O Lord! The form in which Lord Krishna held the Govardhan mountain is present in the Shringaramandala-Tirtha. When four thousand and eight hundred years of the Kali Yuga pass, Sriharika will automatically appear as Siddha, visible to all, from the center of the Girirajaki cave in the Sringaramandala region. O Lord! Gentlemen would invoke that form, which crushed the pride of the gods, by the name of 'Shrinathji'. The king. On Mount Govardhan, Shrinathji always performs lila. Maithilendra! Those who will see the form of Shrinathji with their eyes in the Kali Yuga will be grateful. 22-32 |

Lord Jagannath is famous in the four corners of India as Shriranganatha, Shridwarakanatha, and Shribadrinatha respectively. O Lord! They also exist in the central part of India under the name Govardhanath. Thus, in the holy Bharatavarsha, these five Naths are also the masters of the gods. They are the five pillars of the five-headed mandapa and are always ready to protect the people. After seeing all of them, Nara becomes Narayana. A learned man who does not visit the four Nathas on this ground floor to have a darshan of the intermediate Devadman Shri Govardhanath does not get the fruits of the journey. One who has a darshan of Devadman Shrinath on Govardhan mountain gets the fruits of the journey of the four Nathas on earth. 33-37 |

Maithil! While Airavata is the footprints of the elephant and Surabhi is the cow, a sinful person also goes to Vaikuntha Dham by offering Namaskar. Anyone who sees the handprints and footprints of Mahatma Krishna goes straight to the abode of Shri Krishna. O Lord! These shrines, ponds, and temples are part and parcel of Giriraj; tell him what else you want to hear. 38-40 | (Girirajkhand Chapter 6 to 11)

Thus was completed the seventh chapter under the Srigirirajakhanda in the Srigirajasamhita, the Srinarada Bahulashva-samvada, titled 'Description of the Tirths of the Srigirirajas'. 7.

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