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Chapter 5

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श्रीवेदव्यास उवाच - वत्साघधेनुकबकीबककेशिकाला- रिष्टप्रलंब-कपिबल्वल-शङ्खशाल्वाः ॥ वैरेण यं किमुत भक्तियुता नरेन्द्र प्रापुः परं प्रकृतिपूरुषयोः पुमांसम् ॥१॥ पूर्वासुरावतिबलौ मधुकैटभाख्यौ स्वर्णाक्षहेमकशिपू च तथापरौ च ॥ वैरं विधाय नृप रावणकुंभकर्णौ विष्णोः किलापतुरलं परमं पदं हि ॥२॥ के के न विष्णूपदमागतवंत आदौ प्रह्लाद-बाण-बलि-यक्षविभीषणाद्याः ॥ सत्संगसंगनिरता बहुमानपात्र- श्रीमत्पदाब्ज-मकरंदरजोविलुब्धाः ॥३॥ देवर्षिगीष्पतिवसिष्ठ-पराशराद्याः सांख्यायनासितशुकाः सनकादयश्च ॥ निष्कारणा भुवि चरंत्यरविंदनेत्र- पादारविंदमकरंद-मिलिन्दमुख्याः ॥४॥ यत्युत्कालांग-भरतार्जुनमैथिलाश्च गाधिप्रियव्रत-यदुप्रमुखांबरीषा ॥ निष्कारणाः परमहंसवराश्चारन्ति श्रीकृष्णचन्द्रचरितामृतपानमत्ताः ॥५॥ मंदोदरी च शबरी च मतंगशिष्या- स्तारा तथात्रिवनिता निपुणा त्वहल्या ॥ कुन्ती तथा द्रुपदराजसुता सुभक्ता एताः परं परमहंससमाः प्रसिद्धाः ॥६॥ सुग्रीववालिसुतवातसुतर्क्षराज- नागारिगृध्रवरकाकभुशुण्डिमुख्याः ॥ कुब्जादिवायक-सुदामगुहादायोऽन्ये तत्संगमेत्य हरिभक्तवरा बभूवुः ॥७॥ कृष्णं न रोधयति धर्म तपो न योगः सांख्यं न यज्ञ उत तीर्थयमव्रतानि ॥ छन्दांसि पूर्तनियमावथ दक्षिणा च नेष्टं न दानमथ भक्तिमृते न कश्चित् ॥८॥ यज्ञव्रताध्ययन-तीर्थतपोनियोगै- रिष्टस्वधर्मनियमादिक-सांख्ययोगैः ॥ यत्प्राप्यते तदखिलं भवतीह भक्त्या भक्तेःपदं हि कर्हिचिन्न भवेत्किलैभिः ॥९॥ उद्धारिणी यमपुरस्य च विश्वरूपा- दुत्तारिणी भवमहार्णववारिवेगात् ॥ संहारिणी विषयसंचितकर्मणा च सत्कारिणी हरिपदस्य परात्परस्य ॥१०॥ श्रीकृष्णदर्शन-रसोत्सुकभावराज- दुद्यद्‌वसंतपरमोत्सवपंचमीयम् ॥ दिव्या लतातिफल-पल्लवभारनम्रा संराजते हि सततं कुसुमाकरस्य ॥११॥ संमोहकालघनमध्य-तडित्स्फुरन्ती शास्त्रार्थदर्शवचसां पददीपिकेयम् ॥ दीपावलिर्विजयते जयकार्तिकस्य जेतुं गुणान् विजयिनो दशमी जयस्य ॥१२॥ सांख्यं च योग इति पार्श्वगते हि दंडे कीलानि चात्र शतशो गुणभावभेदाः ॥ अस्या क्रमान्नवकथाश्रवणादयश्च श्रेणीयमस्ति सरला भगवत्पदस्य ॥१३॥

śrīvedavyāsa uvāca - vatsāghadhenukabakībakakeśikālā- riṣṭapralaṃba-kapibalvala-śaṅkhaśālvāḥ || vaireṇa yaṃ kimuta bhaktiyutā narendra prāpuḥ paraṃ prakṛtipūruṣayoḥ pumāṃsam ||1|| pūrvāsurāvatibalau madhukaiṭabhākhyau svarṇākṣahemakaśipū ca tathāparau ca || vairaṃ vidhāya nṛpa rāvaṇakuṃbhakarṇau viṣṇoḥ kilāpaturalaṃ paramaṃ padaṃ hi ||2|| ke ke na viṣṇūpadamāgatavaṃta ādau prahlāda-bāṇa-bali-yakṣavibhīṣaṇādyāḥ || satsaṃgasaṃganiratā bahumānapātra- śrīmatpadābja-makaraṃdarajovilubdhāḥ ||3|| devarṣigīṣpativasiṣṭha-parāśarādyāḥ sāṃkhyāyanāsitaśukāḥ sanakādayaśca || niṣkāraṇā bhuvi caraṃtyaraviṃdanetra- pādāraviṃdamakaraṃda-milindamukhyāḥ ||4|| yatyutkālāṃga-bharatārjunamaithilāśca gādhipriyavrata-yadupramukhāṃbarīṣā || niṣkāraṇāḥ paramahaṃsavarāścāranti śrīkṛṣṇacandracaritāmṛtapānamattāḥ ||5|| maṃdodarī ca śabarī ca mataṃgaśiṣyā- stārā tathātrivanitā nipuṇā tvahalyā || kuntī tathā drupadarājasutā subhaktā etāḥ paraṃ paramahaṃsasamāḥ prasiddhāḥ ||6|| sugrīvavālisutavātasutarkṣarāja- nāgārigṛdhravarakākabhuśuṇḍimukhyāḥ || kubjādivāyaka-sudāmaguhādāyo'nye tatsaṃgametya haribhaktavarā babhūvuḥ ||7|| kṛṣṇaṃ na rodhayati dharma tapo na yogaḥ sāṃkhyaṃ na yajña uta tīrthayamavratāni || chandāṃsi pūrtaniyamāvatha dakṣiṇā ca neṣṭaṃ na dānamatha bhaktimṛte na kaścit ||8|| yajñavratādhyayana-tīrthataponiyogai- riṣṭasvadharmaniyamādika-sāṃkhyayogaiḥ || yatprāpyate tadakhilaṃ bhavatīha bhaktyā bhakteḥpadaṃ hi karhicinna bhavetkilaibhiḥ ||9|| uddhāriṇī yamapurasya ca viśvarūpā- duttāriṇī bhavamahārṇavavārivegāt || saṃhāriṇī viṣayasaṃcitakarmaṇā ca satkāriṇī haripadasya parātparasya ||10|| śrīkṛṣṇadarśana-rasotsukabhāvarāja- dudyad‌vasaṃtaparamotsavapaṃcamīyam || divyā latātiphala-pallavabhāranamrā saṃrājate hi satataṃ kusumākarasya ||11|| saṃmohakālaghanamadhya-taḍitsphurantī śāstrārthadarśavacasāṃ padadīpikeyam || dīpāvalirvijayate jayakārtikasya jetuṃ guṇān vijayino daśamī jayasya ||12|| sāṃkhyaṃ ca yoga iti pārśvagate hi daṃḍe kīlāni cātra śataśo guṇabhāvabhedāḥ || asyā kramānnavakathāśravaṇādayaśca śreṇīyamasti saralā bhagavatpadasya ||13||

English translation

Description of the Glory of Devotion

Srivyasji said, "Rajan! Vatsasura, Aghasura, Dhenukasura, Vakasura, Putana, Keshi, Kaal-Yavana, Arishtasura, Prahlambasura, the monkey named Dwivida, Balvala, Shankha, and Shalva - all of them, when they have attained the Lord beyond nature and man, then those who have the spirit of devotion should attain them, that is to say. The king! In the past, the extremely powerful Madhu and the demon Kaitabha, likewise Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu, and Ravana and Kumbhakarna also came into enmity with Lord Vishnu and attained his supreme position. Then who did not attain the abode of Lord Vishnu like Prahlada, Banasura, Raja Bali, Shankhachuda and Vibhishana, who always loved Satsang and whose hearts were captivated by the graceful lotus petals and pollen of the highly revered God? Devarshi Narada, Brihaspati, Vasistha, Parashara, etc., and Nishkama devotees like Sankhyayana, Asita, Shukadeva, and Sanaka - who are said to be the principal illusionaries of the lotus-lochan god's lotus-footed lotus nectar - roam the earth selflessly. Yati, Utkala, Anga, Bharata, Arjuna, Janakji, Gadhi, Priyavrata, Yadu, etc., Ambarisha and other nishkama devotees and the superior Paramahamsa Ganas roam around enjoying the Amritamayi story of Lord Krishna. Mandodari, Matangmuniki disciple Bhaktimati Shabari, Tara, Atrimuniki Priya Sadhvi Anasuya, Ahalya, Kunti and Drupadarajakumari Draupadi - all of them have been admirable devotee-women. They are as famous as the Paramahamsa. The saints of the Triyaka Yonis, such as Sugriva, Angada, Hanuman, Jambavan, Garuda, Jatayu, Kakabhushundi, Kubja, Vayaka, Sudama Mali, and Guha also became great devotees of Sriharika. No one can subjugate Lord Krishna without Dharma, Tapas, Yoga, Samkhya, Yajna, Pilgrimage, Yama-Niyama, Chandrayana, etc. Yajna, vrata, swadhyaya, tapa, tirtha, yoga, puja, niyama, and samkhya yoga - all the fruits that come from them - are accessible in this world through devotion. Moreover, the medal achieved through devotion can never be obtained through these means. This devotion is the salvation of the wicked from the sins of the whole world, the deliverance from the world, the salvation from the flow of the ocean of the world, the destruction of the accumulated karmas by the service of the matter, and the conferment of the office of the Most High Lord God. This devotion is akin to Vasant Panchami to celebrate the ultimate celebration of Lord Krishna's darshan-like rasa, adorned with curiosity. At the same time, it always adorns itself like a spring-time divine vine, leaning on the plentiful fruits and the weight of the Pallavas. Like lightning that shines through a black cloud in the form of a seal, it is like a light that reveals the words of the mysteries hidden in the Bhakti scriptures. It can also be called Diwali of the victorious Kartika and Vijayadashami for the victory over all-conquering qualities. Samkhya and yoga, which have sticks attached to each other, hundreds of qualities and differences of emotions, which have keys, nine differences of Navadha Bhakti's Shravanakirtan, etc., are the only ones in between which the danda (the foot that can stand) is, this is such a simple ladder that reaches the Lord. 1-13 | (Shri VigyanKhand Chapter 1 to 5)

Thus was completed the fifth chapter titled 'Description of the Glory of Bhakti' in the Narada Bahulashva-Samvad under the Sri Vigyan Khanda in the Sri Garga Samhita. 5.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 24638, revision 92790 (2016-11-29T13:00:44Z). English was rendered from the complete Hindi chapter at https://www.mahakavya.com/shri-vigyankhand-chapter-1-to-5/ as a transparent machine-assisted translation using the pinned IndicTrans2 Indic–English Distilled 200M model and retained without claiming verse-by-verse alignment.