Vṛndāvana-khaṇḍa · Chapter 10
Sourceश्रीनारद उवाच - गोपेच्छया रामकृष्णौ गोपालौ तौ बभूवतुः । गाश्चारयन्तौ गोपालैः वयस्यैश्चेरतुर्वने ॥ १ ॥ अग्रे पृष्ठे तदा गावः चरन्त्यः पार्श्वयोर्द्वयोः । श्रीकृष्णस्य बलस्यापि पश्यन्त्यः सुंदरं मुखम् ॥ २ ॥ घंटामंजीरझंकारं कुर्वन्त्यस्ता इतस्ततः । किंकिणीजालसंयुक्ता हेममालालसद्गलाः ॥ ३ ॥ मुक्तागुच्छैर्बर्हिपिच्छैः लसत्पुच्छाच्छकेसराः । स्फुरतां नवरत्नानां मालाजालैर्विराजिताः ॥ ४ ॥ शृङ्गयोरन्तरे राजन् शिरोमणिमनोहराः । हेमरश्मिप्रभास्फूर्ज्जत् शृङ्गपार्श्वप्रवेष्टनाः ॥ ५ ॥ आरक्ततिलकाः काश्चित्पीतपुच्छारुणांघ्रयः । कैलासगिरिसंकाशाः शीलरूपमहागुणाः ॥ ६ ॥ सवत्सा मन्दगामिन्य ऊधोभारेण मैथिल । कुंडोध्न्यः पाटलाः काश्चित् लक्षन्त्यो भव्यमूर्तयः ॥ ७ ॥ काश्चित्पीता विचित्राश्च श्यामाश्च हरितास्तथा । ताम्रा धूम्रा घनश्यामा घनश्यामे गतेक्षणाः ॥ ८ ॥ लघुशृङ्ग्यो दीर्घशृङ्ग्य उच्चशृङ्ग्यो वृषैः सह । मृगशृङ्ग्यो वक्रशृङ्ग्यः कपिला मंगलायनाः ॥ ९ ॥ शाद्वलं कोमलं कान्तं वीक्षन्त्योऽपि वने वने । कोटिशः कोटिशो गावश्चरन्त्यः कृष्णपार्श्वयोः ॥ १० ॥ पुण्यं श्रीयमुनातीरं तमालैः श्यामलैर्वनम् । नीपैर्निम्बैः कदम्बैश्च प्रवालैः पनसैर्द्रुमैः ॥ ११ ॥ कदलीकोविदाराम्रैः जम्बुबिल्वैर्मनोहरैः । अश्वत्थैश्च कपित्थैश्च माधवीभिश्च मंडितम् ॥ १२ ॥ बभौ वृन्दावनं दिव्यं वसन्तर्तुमनोहरम् । नन्दनं सर्वतोभद्रं क्षिपच्चैत्ररथं वनम् ॥ १३ ॥ यत्र गोवर्धनो नाम सुनिर्झरदरीयुतः । रत्नधातुमयः श्रीमान् मन्दारवनसंकुलः ॥ १४ ॥ श्रीखंडबदरीरंभा देवदारुवटैर्वृतः । पलाशप्लक्षाशोकैश्चारिष्टार्जुनकदम्बकैः ॥ १५ ॥ पारिजातैः पाटलैश्च चंपकैः परिशोभितः । करंजजालकुञ्जाढ्यः श्यामैरिन्द्रयवैर्वृतः ॥ १६ ॥ कलकंठैः कोकिलैश्च पुंस्कोकिलमयूरभृत् । गाश्चारयन् तत्र कृष्णो विचचार वने वने ॥ १७ ॥ वृन्दावने मधुवने पार्श्वे तालवनस्य च । कुमुद्वने बाहुले च दिव्यकामवने परे ॥ १८ ॥ बृहत्सानुगिरेः पार्श्वे गिरेर्नन्दीश्वरस्य च । सुंदरे कोकिलवने कोकिलध्वनिसंकुले ॥ १९ ॥ रम्ये कुशवने सौम्ये लताजालसमन्विते । महापुण्ये भद्रवने भांडीरोपवने नृप ॥ २० ॥ लोहार्गले च यमुनातीरे तीरे वने वने । पीतवासःपरिकरो नटवेषो मनोहरः ॥ २१ ॥ वेत्रभृद्वादयन्वंशीं गोपीनां प्रीतिमावहन् । मयूरपिच्छभृन्मौली स्रग्वी कृष्णो बभौ नृप ॥ २२ ॥ अग्रे कृत्वा गवां वृन्दं सायंकाले हरिः स्वयम् । रागैः समीरयन्वंशीं श्रीनन्दव्रजमाविशत् ॥ २३ ॥ वेणुवंशीध्वनिं श्रुत्वा श्रीवंशीवटमार्गतः । गोरजोभिर्नभो व्याप्तं वीक्ष्य गेहाद्विनिर्गताः ॥ २४ ॥ दूरीकर्तुं ह्याधिबाधामाहर्तुं सुखमुत्तमम् । विस्मर्तुं न समर्थास्तं द्रष्टुं गोप्यः समाययुः ॥ २५ ॥ संकोचवीथीषु न संगृहीतः शनैश्चलन् गोगणसंकुलासु । सिंहावलोको गजबाललीलै- र्वधूजनैः पंकजपत्रनेत्रः ॥ २६ ॥ सुमंडितं मैथिलगोरजोभि- र्नीलं परं कुन्तलमादधानः हेमाङ्गदी मौलिविराजमान आकर्णवक्रीकृतदृष्टिबाणः ॥ २७ ॥ गोधूलिभिर्मंडितकुन्दहारः कर्णोपरि स्फूर्जितकर्णिकारः । पीतांबरो वेणुनिनादकारः पातु प्रभुर्वो हृतभूरिभारः ॥ २८ ॥
śrīnārada uvāca - gopecchayā rāmakṛṣṇau gopālau tau babhūvatuḥ | gāścārayantau gopālaiḥ vayasyaiśceraturvane || 1 || agre pṛṣṭhe tadā gāvaḥ carantyaḥ pārśvayordvayoḥ | śrīkṛṣṇasya balasyāpi paśyantyaḥ suṃdaraṃ mukham || 2 || ghaṃṭāmaṃjīrajhaṃkāraṃ kurvantyastā itastataḥ | kiṃkiṇījālasaṃyuktā hemamālālasadgalāḥ || 3 || muktāgucchairbarhipicchaiḥ lasatpucchācchakesarāḥ | sphuratāṃ navaratnānāṃ mālājālairvirājitāḥ || 4 || śṛṅgayorantare rājan śiromaṇimanoharāḥ | hemaraśmiprabhāsphūrjjat śṛṅgapārśvapraveṣṭanāḥ || 5 || āraktatilakāḥ kāścitpītapucchāruṇāṃghrayaḥ | kailāsagirisaṃkāśāḥ śīlarūpamahāguṇāḥ || 6 || savatsā mandagāminya ūdhobhāreṇa maithila | kuṃḍodhnyaḥ pāṭalāḥ kāścit lakṣantyo bhavyamūrtayaḥ || 7 || kāścitpītā vicitrāśca śyāmāśca haritāstathā | tāmrā dhūmrā ghanaśyāmā ghanaśyāme gatekṣaṇāḥ || 8 || laghuśṛṅgyo dīrghaśṛṅgya uccaśṛṅgyo vṛṣaiḥ saha | mṛgaśṛṅgyo vakraśṛṅgyaḥ kapilā maṃgalāyanāḥ || 9 || śādvalaṃ komalaṃ kāntaṃ vīkṣantyo'pi vane vane | koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo gāvaścarantyaḥ kṛṣṇapārśvayoḥ || 10 || puṇyaṃ śrīyamunātīraṃ tamālaiḥ śyāmalairvanam | nīpairnimbaiḥ kadambaiśca pravālaiḥ panasairdrumaiḥ || 11 || kadalīkovidārāmraiḥ jambubilvairmanoharaiḥ | aśvatthaiśca kapitthaiśca mādhavībhiśca maṃḍitam || 12 || babhau vṛndāvanaṃ divyaṃ vasantartumanoharam | nandanaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ kṣipaccaitrarathaṃ vanam || 13 || yatra govardhano nāma sunirjharadarīyutaḥ | ratnadhātumayaḥ śrīmān mandāravanasaṃkulaḥ || 14 || śrīkhaṃḍabadarīraṃbhā devadāruvaṭairvṛtaḥ | palāśaplakṣāśokaiścāriṣṭārjunakadambakaiḥ || 15 || pārijātaiḥ pāṭalaiśca caṃpakaiḥ pariśobhitaḥ | karaṃjajālakuñjāḍhyaḥ śyāmairindrayavairvṛtaḥ || 16 || kalakaṃṭhaiḥ kokilaiśca puṃskokilamayūrabhṛt | gāścārayan tatra kṛṣṇo vicacāra vane vane || 17 || vṛndāvane madhuvane pārśve tālavanasya ca | kumudvane bāhule ca divyakāmavane pare || 18 || bṛhatsānugireḥ pārśve girernandīśvarasya ca | suṃdare kokilavane kokiladhvanisaṃkule || 19 || ramye kuśavane saumye latājālasamanvite | mahāpuṇye bhadravane bhāṃḍīropavane nṛpa || 20 || lohārgale ca yamunātīre tīre vane vane | pītavāsaḥparikaro naṭaveṣo manoharaḥ || 21 || vetrabhṛdvādayanvaṃśīṃ gopīnāṃ prītimāvahan | mayūrapicchabhṛnmaulī sragvī kṛṣṇo babhau nṛpa || 22 || agre kṛtvā gavāṃ vṛndaṃ sāyaṃkāle hariḥ svayam | rāgaiḥ samīrayanvaṃśīṃ śrīnandavrajamāviśat || 23 || veṇuvaṃśīdhvaniṃ śrutvā śrīvaṃśīvaṭamārgataḥ | gorajobhirnabho vyāptaṃ vīkṣya gehādvinirgatāḥ || 24 || dūrīkartuṃ hyādhibādhāmāhartuṃ sukhamuttamam | vismartuṃ na samarthāstaṃ draṣṭuṃ gopyaḥ samāyayuḥ || 25 || saṃkocavīthīṣu na saṃgṛhītaḥ śanaiścalan gogaṇasaṃkulāsu | siṃhāvaloko gajabālalīlai- rvadhūjanaiḥ paṃkajapatranetraḥ || 26 || sumaṃḍitaṃ maithilagorajobhi- rnīlaṃ paraṃ kuntalamādadhānaḥ hemāṅgadī maulivirājamāna ākarṇavakrīkṛtadṛṣṭibāṇaḥ || 27 || godhūlibhirmaṃḍitakundahāraḥ karṇopari sphūrjitakarṇikāraḥ | pītāṃbaro veṇuninādakāraḥ pātu prabhurvo hṛtabhūribhāraḥ || 28 ||
English translation
Yashodaji's concern; assuring by Nanda and giving various kinds of donations to Brahmins; grazing of Shri Balarama and Shri Krishna
Naradji says, "By the curse of Ashtavakra, Aghasura became a serpent and by his boon-force attained the supreme salvation, which is rare even for the gods." Yashodaji was horrified to hear that Krishna had somehow escaped from the face of Vatsasura, Vakasura, and then Aghasura, and within a few days all these troubles had come upon him. He summoned Kalavati, Rohini, the elder Gopa, Vrishabhanuvara, Vrajesvara Nandaraja, the nine Nandas, the nine Upanandas, and the six Vrishabhanus, the lords of the subjects, and spoke to them all. 1 - 4.
Nandji looked at Yashoda, crying incessantly, and began to say something, "says Srinardji. At first, Nandan, the knower of dharma and artha and the best of dharmasatmas, patiently reminded Gargaji of his words, then said as follows. . 10. .
Nandraj said, "Yashode! Did you forget all that Garga had said? What Brahmins say is always true, it is never untrue. Therefore, you should keep on giving to ward off all evil. There has never been, and will never be, a greater act of welfare than charity. . 11-12 |
Naradji says - Nareshwar. Yashoda then gave the Brahmins precious jewels and his ornaments for the well-being of Balarama and Krishna. Nandaji donated ten thousand bulls, one lakh beautiful cows and two lakh loads of food grains at that time. . 13-14. . (Vrindavan Khand Chapter 6 to 10)
Srinardji says it again - Rajan! Now Balarama and Krishna became Gopalaka by the will of the Gopas. The brothers roamed the forest, grazing cows with their cowherd friends. At that time, cows used to roam in front of and next to Lord Krishna and Balarama, looking at their beautiful faces. A garland of miniature clocks was worn around his neck. The garlands of gold also adorned his neck. They had anklets tied around their legs. Their tails were adorned with peacock feathers and beads in clean hair. They grazed here and there, spreading the sweet rustle of bells and cymbals. All those cows had a lot of grace in a bunch of shiny new rosary garlands. The king! The cows were adorned with jewelled ornaments on their heads between their horns, adding to their charm. The golden rays continued to shine on their horns and lateral entry (the swing on the back). Some of the cows had some red tilak on their spears. Their tails were painted yellow, and the soles of their feet were painted red. Many cows were white like Mount Kailash, shushila, surupa, and endowed with excellent qualities. Mithileshwar! Calf cows moved slowly with the weight of their breasts. The number of thunders was equal to the number of pots. Many of the cows were red in color. All of them looked like magnificent statues. Some lived in yellow, some in grey, some in green, some in copper, some in grey, and some in dark blue. Some cows and oxen had short horns, some were large, and some were tall. Many of the horns were from deer and some were crooked. All those cows were abodes of Kapila and Mangal. Hundreds of cows roamed on either side of Lord Krishna, grazing in search of soft, charming grasses in the forest. . 15-24 |
The sacred pool of the Yamuna and nearby Vrindavan adorned with dark tamarind was adorned with trees such as neep, kadamba, neem, asoka, coral, jackfruit, banana, kachnar, mango, manohara jamun, bael, peepal, and kath, as well as Madhavi vines. The divine splendor of the enchanting Vrindavan was being brought about by the auspiciousness of spring. He seemed as blissful as the Nandanvan of the gods and auspicious as the Sarvabhadra Van on all sides. He (Kubera) had despised the beauty of the forest of Chaitra Ratha. There, the gemstone Shriman Govardhan Parvat combined with waterfalls and tubers adorned itself. The forest there was covered with Parijat or Mandar trees. He was adorned with sandalwood, ber, banana, deodar, banyan, palas, pakar, asoka, arishta (reetha), arjuna, kadamba, parijata, patal, and champake trees. Surrounded by dark-colored trees called Indrayavas, the forest was rich in coniferous groves. There were sweet-throated cuckoos and peacocks chirping. In that forest, while grazing cows, Lord Krishna wandered from one forest to another. O Lord! In Vrindavan and Madhuban, in the region surrounding the Talavana called Kumudavana, Bahula-Vana, Kamavana, Brihatsanu, and Nandishvara, in the beautiful Kokilavana surrounded by cuckoos, in the gentle and delightful Kush-Vana adorned with lotus flowers, in the most sacred Bhadravana, Bhandir grove, Lohargal Tirtha, and in the valleys along the banks and banks of the Yamuna, in Pitambara attire, in bandha-parikara, Natavesha, Manohar Shrikrishna, in cane, playing the Vamsi, and in the love of the Gopanganas, there was great splendor. She was adorned with a beautiful crown of Shikhipichcha on her head and Vyjayanthimala around her neck. 25-36 | (Vrindavan Khand Chapter 6 to 10)
At dusk, Srihari Krishna appeared directly in the Nandavrajam, playing the flute in the numerous ragas that preceded the choir. Seeing the sky enveloped by clouds, the gopis, eager to hear the sound of the Vamsi coming from the path of Srivanshivata, came out of their houses to have a darshan of Shyamsundara. She had come out of the house for a darshan of Gopasundariya Sri Krishna to relieve her mental agony and attain supreme bliss. They did not have the power to forget Krishna. Sreenandan looked back like a lion. He walked at a leisurely slow pace like Gajakishore. His eyes were as beautiful as a bright lotus. At that time, cowherds could not see Shyamsundar well as he walked slowly through the narrow lanes occupied by the cow community. Mithileshwar! May Lord Krishna protect you all, clothed in the finest blue hair from twilight, adorned with a golden bracelet, crowned and striking the eyes with a curved expression by pulling the earrings, adorned with gorges, adorned with a kundamala, illuminated by the effigy of flowers piercing the ears, pitambar-wearing, flute-wielding, and carrying the weight of the ground floor. 37-42 |
Thus was completed the tenth chapter under the Sri Vrindavan Khanda in the Srigarghasamhita, titled 'Yashodaji's Concerns, Nanda's Assurances and Donations, Description of Shri Krishna's Gocharan-Leela'. 10.
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