Mādhurya-khaṇḍa · Chapter 4
Sourceश्रीनारद उवाच - कौशलानां गोपिकानां वर्णनं शृणु मैथिल । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं श्रीकृष्णचरितामृतम् ॥ १ ॥ नवोपनन्दगेहेषु जाता रामवराद्व्रजे । परिणीता गोपजनै रत्नरभूषणभूषिताः ॥ २ ॥ पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतीकाशा नवयौवनसंयुताः । पद्मिन्यो हंसगमनाः पद्मपत्रविलोचनाः ॥ ३ ॥ जारधर्मेण सुस्नेहं सुदृढं सर्वतोऽधिकम् । चक्रुः कृष्णे नन्दसुते कमनीये महात्मनि ॥ ४ ॥ ताभिः सार्द्धं सदा हास्यं व्रजवीथीषु माधवः । स्मितैः पीतपटादानैः कर्षणैः स चकार ह ॥ ५ ॥ दधिविक्रयार्थं यान्त्यस्ताः कृष्ण कृष्णेति चाब्रुवन् । कृष्णे हि प्रेमसंयुक्ता भ्रमंत्यः कुंजमडले ॥ ६ ॥ खे वायौ चाग्निजलयोर्मह्यां ज्योतिर्दिशासु च । द्रुमेषु जनवृन्देषु तासां कृष्णो हि लक्ष्यते ॥ ७ ॥ प्रेमलक्षणसंयुक्ताः श्रीकृष्णहृतमानसाः । अष्टभिः सात्त्विकैर्भावैः संपन्नास्ताश्च योषितः ॥ ८ ॥ प्रेम्णा परमहंसानां पदवीं समुपागताः । कृष्णनन्दाः प्रधावन्त्यो व्रजवीथीषु ता नृप ॥ ९ ॥ जडा जडं न जानंत्यो जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत् । अब्रुवन्त्यो ब्रुवन्त्यो वा गतलज्जा गतव्यथाः ॥ १० ॥ एवं कृतार्थतां प्राप्प्तास्तन्मया याश्च गोपिकाः । बलादाकृष्य कृष्णस्य चुचुंबुर्मुखपंकजम् ॥ ११ ॥ तासां तपः किं कथयामि राजन् पूर्णे परे ब्रह्मणि वासुदेवे । याश्चक्रिरे प्रेम हृदिंद्रियाद्यै- र्विसृज्य लोकव्यवहारमार्गम् ॥ १२ ॥ या रासरंगे विनिधाय बाहुं कृष्णांसयोः प्रेमविभिन्नचित्ताः । चक्रुर्वशे कृष्णमलं तपस्त- द्वक्तुं न शक्तो वदनैः फणीन्द्रः ॥ १३ ॥ योगेन सांख्येन शुभेन कर्मणा न्यायादिवैशेषिकतत्त्ववित्तमैः । यत्प्राप्यते तच्च पदं वेदेहराट् संप्राप्यते केवलभक्तिभावतः ॥ १४ ॥ भक्त्यैव वश्यो हरिरादिदेवः सदा प्रमाणं किल चात्र गोप्यः । सांख्यं च योगं न कृतं कदापि प्रेम्णैव यस्य प्रकृतिं गताः स्युः ॥ १५ ॥ इति श्रीगर्गसंहितायां माधुर्यखण्डे श्रीनारदबहुलाश्वसंवादे कौशलोपाख्यानं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ॥ ४ ॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सच्छ्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥
śrīnārada uvāca - kauśalānāṃ gopikānāṃ varṇanaṃ śṛṇu maithila | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīkṛṣṇacaritāmṛtam || 1 || navopanandageheṣu jātā rāmavarādvraje | pariṇītā gopajanai ratnarabhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ || 2 || pūrṇacandrapratīkāśā navayauvanasaṃyutāḥ | padminyo haṃsagamanāḥ padmapatravilocanāḥ || 3 || jāradharmeṇa susnehaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ sarvato'dhikam | cakruḥ kṛṣṇe nandasute kamanīye mahātmani || 4 || tābhiḥ sārddhaṃ sadā hāsyaṃ vrajavīthīṣu mādhavaḥ | smitaiḥ pītapaṭādānaiḥ karṣaṇaiḥ sa cakāra ha || 5 || dadhivikrayārthaṃ yāntyastāḥ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti cābruvan | kṛṣṇe hi premasaṃyuktā bhramaṃtyaḥ kuṃjamaḍale || 6 || khe vāyau cāgnijalayormahyāṃ jyotirdiśāsu ca | drumeṣu janavṛndeṣu tāsāṃ kṛṣṇo hi lakṣyate || 7 || premalakṣaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śrīkṛṣṇahṛtamānasāḥ | aṣṭabhiḥ sāttvikairbhāvaiḥ saṃpannāstāśca yoṣitaḥ || 8 || premṇā paramahaṃsānāṃ padavīṃ samupāgatāḥ | kṛṣṇanandāḥ pradhāvantyo vrajavīthīṣu tā nṛpa || 9 || jaḍā jaḍaṃ na jānaṃtyo jaḍonmattapiśācavat | abruvantyo bruvantyo vā gatalajjā gatavyathāḥ || 10 || evaṃ kṛtārthatāṃ prāpptāstanmayā yāśca gopikāḥ | balādākṛṣya kṛṣṇasya cucuṃburmukhapaṃkajam || 11 || tāsāṃ tapaḥ kiṃ kathayāmi rājan pūrṇe pare brahmaṇi vāsudeve | yāścakrire prema hṛdiṃdriyādyai- rvisṛjya lokavyavahāramārgam || 12 || yā rāsaraṃge vinidhāya bāhuṃ kṛṣṇāṃsayoḥ premavibhinnacittāḥ | cakrurvaśe kṛṣṇamalaṃ tapasta- dvaktuṃ na śakto vadanaiḥ phaṇīndraḥ || 13 || yogena sāṃkhyena śubhena karmaṇā nyāyādivaiśeṣikatattvavittamaiḥ | yatprāpyate tacca padaṃ vedeharāṭ saṃprāpyate kevalabhaktibhāvataḥ || 14 || bhaktyaiva vaśyo harirādidevaḥ sadā pramāṇaṃ kila cātra gopyaḥ | sāṃkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ na kṛtaṃ kadāpi premṇaiva yasya prakṛtiṃ gatāḥ syuḥ || 15 || iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ mādhuryakhaṇḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde kauśalopākhyānaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ || 4 || hariḥ oṃ tatsacchrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||
English translation
The exclusive love of the Kosala women for Lord Krishna by becoming a Gopi in Vrajam.
Shrinaradji says - Mithileshwar! Now listen to the description of the gopikas of the Kosala region. This Sri Krishna-Charitamrita is the destroyer of all sins and the creator of virtue. The women of the Kosala region were born in the Varasa Vraja of Sri Rama in nine subhandaka households and were married to the Gopajans of the Vraja. They were adorned with all sorts of jewelled ornaments. His penis was the same size as a full moon. She was full of newfound youth. His gait was like that of a swan, and his eyes were as vast as that of a cheerful lotus. They were women of the Padmini caste. He showed the best, strongest and the greatest affection according to Zardharma to the charming Mahatma Nanda-Nandan Shri Krishna. 1 - 4.
In the streets of Vrajki, Madhav would always laugh and make fun of Pitambar by smiling and pulling his anklets. When the cowherd girls went out to sell curd, they forgot to say 'take curd, take curd' and started saying 'take Krishna, take Krishna'. Fascinated by Krishna, she used to visit Kunjamandala. Even in the heavens, the air, the fire, the water, the earth, the constellations, the whole direction, the trees, and the masses, they saw only Krishna. All the signs of love were evident in him. Krishna had taken away their hearts. All those Vrajangas were endowed with eight sattvic emotions. 5-8 | (Madhurikand Chapter 1 to 5)
Love had brought them all to the state of Paramahamsa (celibate Mahatmas). O Lord! Those Kantimati Gopangas used to roam the streets of Bhraj in the joy of Lord Krishna. They were no longer in a state of consciousness. She was rooty, maniacal, and like vampires, sometimes silent and sometimes very talkative. She had given way to shame and anxiety. In this way, those who were grateful to Lord Krishna would forcefully pull the gopanganas and kiss Lord Krishna's foreheads. The king. What am I going to describe to them? All those who, paying obeisance to folk conduct and the path of dignity, made unwavering love to the Supreme Brahman, Vasudeva, by heart and senses, etc., who had placed her arms on the shoulders of Shri Krishna in the Rasa-Krida, having completely subdued Shri Krishna out of love; even Nagaraja Sesha is not able to describe his penance to his thousand faces. Woe to you! Among the philosophers of Nyaya-Vaisheshika and other philosophies, the highest Mahatmya attains through Yoga-Sankhya and Shubha-Karma, which is attained only through devotion. Adidev Srihari is only subjugated by devotion, of course, the gopis are always the proof in this regard. He never practiced Samkhya and yoga, yet it was only through love that he attained Bhagavata-like nature. 9-15 |
Thus was completed the fourth chapter in the Narada Bahulashva-Samvad under Madhuryakanda in the Srigarghasamhita, the 'Narrative of the Kosalapradeshiya Gopikas'. 4.
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