Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §112 · English §117
Source[११२] तत् तात गच्छ भद्रं ते यमुनायास् तटं शुचि । पुण्यं मधु-वनं यत्र सान्निध्यं नित्यदा हरेः ॥ [भ्प् ४.८.४२] स्पष्टम् ॥ ४.८ ॥ श्री-नारदो ध्रुवम् ॥ ११२ ॥
[112] tat tāta gaccha bhadraṃ te yamunāyās taṭaṃ śuci | puṇyaṃ madhu-vanaṃ yatra sānnidhyaṃ nityadā hareḥ || [BhP 4.8.42] spaṣṭam || 4.8 || śrī-nārado dhruvam || 112 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 117
Anuccheda 117
1 Having decisively proven that Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka are the eternal abodes of Lord Krsna, we shall now begin our discussion of the Lord’s liberated associates. Who are the Lord’s associates in these three abodes? In the two cities of Mathura and Dvaraka, the Lord’s associates are headed by the members of the Yadu dynasty, and in Vrndavana the gopas, gopis and others are the associates of the Lord. There is no description in the Vedic literatures of any other associates of the Lord. The exalted status of the Lord’s associates is described by Lord Krsna in the following verse from the Karttika-mahatmya of the Padma Purana: 2 “My dear Queen Satyabhama, the members of the Yadu dynasty are very dear to Me. They are all My intimate associates, and their transcendental qualities are equal to My own.” We may note that by using the ‘eva’ (certainly) it is emphasised that this description applies only to the Yadavas and not to the demigods or anyone else. 3 That the members of the Yadu dynasty are more exalted than the demigods is confirmed by Akrura in the Aniruddhanvesana chapter of the Hari-vamsa: “In order to benefit the demigods, we members of the Yadu dynasty are present on this earth, appearing as ordinary mortals.” 4 The same pastimes the Lord enjoyed at Mathura during His manifest presence are secretly enjoyed by Him there even today. This is described in Gopala-tapani Upanisad (2.40): “Lord Krsna accompanied by His three potencies, and by Balarama, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Rukmini, eternally stays in delightful Mathura-puri.” 5 That Sri Krsna eternally enjoys pastimes in Vrndavana accompanied by His associates is confirmed by the following statement of Padma Purana, Patala-khanda, where the Yamuna’s glories are described: “How unfortunate are they who have never drunk the waters of the Yamuna where, accompanied by the cows, gopas, and gopis, Sri Krsna enjoys pastimes eternally!” 6 This is also confirmed by the following statement of the Skanda Purana: “Accompanied by Balarama, the cowherd boys, and the calves, Sri Krsna enjoys pastimes in the forest of Vrndavana eternally.” 7 The Lord’s associates in His manifest pastimes are not different from His eternal associates. This is described in the Lord’s words to Satyabhama: “All the members of the Yadu dynasty are My eternal associates.” This is also described in the Padma Purana, Nirmana-khanda, where Lord Krsna says: “Know that My Mathura is eternal. So also is Vrndavana. So also are the Yamuna, to gopis and the gopa boys. This incarnation of Mine is eternal. Do not doubt.” 8 The Lord’s aprakata (unmanifested) pastimes in the spiritual world are described in the Rg Veda (1.154.6): “O Krsna and Balarama, we desire to attain You transcendental abode full of splendid surabhi cows with beautiful horns. This spiritual realm is the abode of Lord Krsna, who is glorified by liberated souls and whose lotus feet fulfil all the devotees’ desires.” 9 An explanation of this verse follows: In this verse the word ‘tam’ means ‘them’, ‘vam’ means ‘of You two’ and refers to Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama, ‘vastuni’ means ‘places of pastimes’, ‘ga-madhye’ means ‘to go to’ or ‘to attain’, and ‘usmasi’ means ‘we desire’. 10 How is this transcendental abode described? The description is found in the phrase that follows the word ‘yatra’. Synonyms for difficult words follows: ‘yatra’ means ‘upon the surabhi cows’; ‘bhuri-srngah’ means ‘there are beautiful horns’ (‘bhuri’ means ‘beautiful’ as well as ‘many’. We see a similar second usage of the word ‘bhuman’ which is used in the Upanisads not to express plurality, but to mean ‘great’). “Ayasah’ means ‘splendid’, ‘atra’ means ‘in the earthly Goloka Vrndavana, which is famous both in the world and in the Vedas’, ‘urugayasya’ means ‘of the Original Personality of Godhead’, ‘vrsnah’ means ‘of Him whose lotus feet fulfil all desires’, ‘paramam’ means ‘beyond the reach of material energy’, ‘padam’ means ‘abode’, ‘bhuri’ means ‘in many ways’; and ‘avabhati’ means ‘manifested’. This description of Goloka Vrndavana is found in the Rg Veda. 11 The transcendental abodes of the Lord are also described in the Madhyandina-sruti of the Yajur Veda in the following words: “We desire to attain the many transcendental abodes of Lord Visnu.” 12 In the Uttara-khanda of the Padma Purana, Goloka Vrndavana is described as one of the spiritual Vaikuntha planets. Goloka Vrndavana, the abode of many surabhi cows, is also glorified in the brahma-samhita, Hari-vamsa,Moksa-dharma, and other Vedic literatures. 13 It is described in the Atharva Veda (Gopala-tapani Upanisad 2.27) in these words: “Krsna, who is free from birth and death, who is unchanging, who cannot be cut, who stays by the Yamuna, who stays among the surabhi cows, and who protects the surabhi cows, stays among the cowherd boys.” 14 Although we have proved that the cowherd residents of Gokula and the members of the Yadu dynasty are the eternal associates of Sri Krsna, some unintelligent people may think that these great devotees are simply ordinary human beings like themselves. They may quote the following pastimes to prove the ordinariness of these great devotees: 1. The Pandavas and Yadavas were wounded by weapons in their fighting pastimes as ksatriyas; 2. The cowherd boys fell unconscious after drinking the Yamuna’s water that had been poisoned by Kaliya; and 3. Maharaja Vasudeva asked about the nature of the Absolute Truth and the way to become free from the cycle of birth and death (Vasudeva asked these questions to Narada Muni at the time of the eclipse at Kuruksetra). These pastimes of the devotees appear like the activities of ordinary persons, just as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself displays pastimes that appear like the activities of an ordinary living entity. 15 Another example of an eternal associate of Sri Krsna acting like an ordinary conditioned soul is Sri Rukmini-devi, who lamented for the distresses suffered by her unworthy brother, Rukmi. Lord Balarama rebuked her in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.54.42): “My dear Rukmini, your affection for your brother Rukmi, who has created enmity with so many persons is a perverse consideration befitting an ordinary materialistic person. Your brother’s character is not at all adorable, considering his treatment toward other friends, and yet, as an ordinary woman, you are so affectionate to him. He is not fit to be your brother, and still you are lenient to him.”* 16 Another example of the so-called ordinariness of the Lord’s eternal associates is Uddhava, who appeared to grow old, just as an ordinary conditioned soul. This is described in the following verse from the Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.2.3): “Uddhava thus serve the Lord continually from childhood, and in his old age that attitude of service never slackened. As soon as he was asked about the message of the Lord, he at once remembered all about Him.”* 17 Another example of the so-called ordinary nature of the devotees is the description that the residents of Mathura were subject to the affliction of old-age, just an any ordinary conditioned souls. This is described in Srimad Bhagavatam (10.45.19): “Even the old-men of Mathura became fully invigorated with youthful energy and strength by regularly seeing Lord Krsna.”* 18 Because the manifest pastimes of the Lord and His devotees are displayed within the material world, it is sometimes proper for these pastimes to appear like those of ordinary persons. An example of this is Krsna’s seemingly cruel and vengeful killing of Satadhanva, the murderer of the Lord’s father-in-law. 19 That the confidential associates of the Lord are almost equal to the Lord Himself is confirmed in the following statements from Vedic literature: “Although I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the members of the Yadu dynasty possess transcendental qualities equal to My own.” “The cowherd boys are equal to Lord Krsna Himself in their qualities, character, age, pastimes and appearance.” “All these cowherd boys are great devotees and they possess transcendental blissful forms, equal to the spiritual form of Lord Krsna Himself.” -Padma Purana, Nirmana-khanda 20 In this last quote the word ‘vaikuntha’ is a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the compound word ‘vaikunthananda-murtayah’ means that the cowherd boys had transcendental blissful forms, just like the form of Lord Vaikuntha Himself. The word ‘munayah’ used in this last quote means that the cowherd boys are great devotees. It should not be taken to mean that the cowherd boys are incarnations of various sages. This is confirmed by the following statement of Lord Balarama (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.13.39): “O Supreme Controller! These boys are not great demigods, as I previously thought. Nor are these calves great sages like Narada. Now I can see that You alone are manifesting Yourself in all varieties of difference. Although one, You are existing in the different forms of the calves and boys.”* When Brahma has stolen the cowherd boys and calves, Krsna manifested Himself as so many boys and calves to replace His friends who were stolen by Brahma. Bewildered by this manifestation of Krsna’s potency, Balarama exclaimed: “Who is this mystic power, and where has she come from? Is she a demigod or a demoness? She must be the illusory potency of My master Lord Krsna, for who else can bewilder Me?”* Someone may say that the cowherd boys, who had been stolen by Brahma and were sleeping under the spell of his mystic potency, were great sages and demigods, and it is only the visnu-tattva expansion of Krsna whom Lord Balarama is declaring are not sages or demigods. Even though some may speak in that way, it should be understood that as intimate associates of Lord Krsna, the demigods should be understood to be much more than demigods or sages. 21 The exalted position of the liberated devotees, who have the same qualities and powers as the Lord Himself is described by Yamaraja (Srimad Bhagavatam 6.3.17): “The Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-sufficient and fully independent. He is the master of everyone and everything, including the illusory energy. He has His form, qualities and features; and similarly His order carriers, the Vaisnavas, who are very beautiful, possess bodily features, transcendental qualities and a transcendental nature almost like His. They always wander within this world with full independence.”* 22 That the associates of the Lord are almost His equals is also described in the following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam (1.11.12): “As Bhogavati, the capital of Nagaloka, is protected by Nagas, so was Dvaraka protected by the descendants of Vrsni-Bhoja, Madhu, Dasarha, Arha, Kukura, Andhaka, etc. - who were as strong as Lord Krsna.”* 23 The equality of Lord Krsna and His intimate associates is also described in the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.18.11): “The cowherd boys, who were almost equal to Krsna, were encouraging Krsna in His dancing, just as one artist encourages another with praise.”* 24 In this verse the word ‘devah’ does not mean that Sridama and the other cowherd boys were incarnations of demigods, but rather that they were on the same level as Sri Krsna, the Supreme Lord (deva), and therefore they are also called ‘deva’. That the cowherd boys are as worshipable as Lord Krsna Himself is confirmed by the Lord in the following statement (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.19.21): “More important than the worship of Me is the worship of My pure devotees.” Krsna and Balarama were equal to the other cowherd boys and therefore Krsna and Balarama were described as ‘gopala-rupinam’. If Krsna and Balarama could be described as cowherd boys because of Their equality with Their companions, by the same token the cowherd boys may also be described as ‘deva’ because they are as great as their great friend. Because the cowherd boys are equal to Krsna in nature, qualities, and appearance, they were able to praise Krsna’s singing and dancing (nata iva natam). 25 Lord Krsna personally tells Maharaja Vasudeva that the members of the Yadu dynasty are His confidential associates in the following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.85.23): “My dear father, everyone, including Myself and My worshipable brother Balarama, as well as the inhabitants of the city of Dvaraka, and the whole cosmic manifestation, is exactly as you have explained. Balarama and I are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and everything that exists is the manifestation of Our spiritual and material potencies. You and the members of the Yadu dynasty are our confidential associates.”* 26 In this verse the word ‘yuyam vimrgyah’ means ‘My dear Maharaja Vasudeva and all members of the Yadu dynasty. You have all searched for the supreme goal of life with great diligence.’ Maharaja Vasudeva, and all the inhabitants of Dvaraka (dvarakaukasah) including all moving and non-moving living entities (sacaracaram) have accepted as the supreme goal of life and the dearmost associate: Lord Krsna, the Original Personality of Godhead, whose form is like that of a human being.’ Sri Krsna was previously described by Maharaja Vasudeva as the Supreme Lord in the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.85.13): “My dear Krsna, You are the supreme cause of all causes, the eternal principle. Everything is, in fact, a manifestation of Your one energy. The three qualities of material nature - sattva, rajas and tamas - and the result of their interaction, are linked up with You by Your agency of yogamaya. They are supposed to be independent, but actually the total material energy is resting upon You, the Supersoul. Since You are the supreme cause of everything, the interactions of material manifestation - birth, existence, growth, transformation, deterioration and annihilation - are all absent in Yourself.”* Because Sri Krsna is always (in past, present and future) free from the influence of the three modes of material nature, His devotees are also free in the same way.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §113 · English §118–119
Source[११३] तस्य हरेः श्री-कृष्णत्वम् एव व्यनक्ति - इत्य् उक्तस् तं परिक्रम्य प्रणम्य च नृपार्भकः । ययौ मधु-वनं पुण्यं हरेश् चरण-चर्चितम् ॥ [भ्प् ४.८.६२] [वृ. हेरे रेअद्स्: पाद्म-कल्पारम्भ-कथने प्रथम-स्वायम्भुव- मन्वन्तरे तस्मिन् हरेश् चरण-चर्चितवं श्री-मथुरायास् तन्-नित्यत्वात् श्री- कृष्णावतारस्य । तथा हरि-शब्देनाप्य् अत्र श्री-कृष्ण एव विवक्षितः श्रुत्य्- आदौ तद्-अवस्थिति-प्रसिद्धेः । एन्द् अद्दितिओन्.] प्रतिकल्पम् आविर्भावात् तस्यैव चरणाभ्यां चर्चितम् इति श्री-कृष्णस्यैव नित्य-सान्निध्यत्वं गम्यते । अतएव द्वादशाक्षर-विद्या-दैवतस्य श्री- ध्रुवाराध्यस्य त्व् अन्यत एव तत्रागमनम् अभिहितम् इति मधोर् वनं भृत्य-दिदृक्षया गतः [भ्प् ४.९.१] इत्य् अनेनेति । ॥ ४.८ ॥ श्री-मैत्रेयः ॥ ११३ ॥
[113] tasya hareḥ śrī-kṛṣṇatvam eva vyanakti - ity uktas taṃ parikramya praṇamya ca nṛpārbhakaḥ | yayau madhu-vanaṃ puṇyaṃ hareś caraṇa-carcitam || [BhP 4.8.62] [Vṛ. here reads: pādma-kalpārambha-kathane prathama-svāyambhuva- manvantare tasmin hareś caraṇa-carcitavaṃ śrī-mathurāyās tan-nityatvāt śrī- kṛṣṇāvatārasya | tathā hari-śabdenāpy atra śrī-kṛṣṇa eva vivakṣitaḥ śruty- ādau tad-avasthiti-prasiddheḥ | End addition.] pratikalpam āvirbhāvāt tasyaiva caraṇābhyāṃ carcitam iti śrī-kṛṣṇasyaiva nitya-sānnidhyatvaṃ gamyate | ataeva dvādaśākṣara-vidyā-daivatasya śrī- dhruvārādhyasya tv anyata eva tatrāgamanam abhihitam iti madhor vanaṃ bhṛtya-didṛkṣayā gataḥ [BhP 4.9.1] ity aneneti | || 4.8 || śrī-maitreyaḥ || 113 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 118–119
Anuccheda 118
1 In the next verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.85.24), Sri Krsna describes His expansion as the Supersoul, present in every atom of the material creation: “The Supersoul is one and undivided. He is self-effulgent, eternal, non-material, and beyond the jurisdiction of the three modes of material nature. He is indeed the original creator of these modes of nature, from which the material bodies of the conditioned living entities are fashioned. Appearing simultaneously in many forms, He is manifested in the hearts of these conditioned souls.”* 2 On the surface this verse appears to be a description of Lord Krsna’s expansion as the all-pervading Supersoul. However, another interpretation of this verse may also be given: describing the Lord’s appearance in many forms within the city of Dvaraka. According to this second interpretation, this verse may be translated in the following way: “Lord Sri Krsna is the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, spiritual and beyond the influence of the three modes of material nature. Displaying His own splendid transcendental qualities, by His own wish He has simultaneously appeared in many different forms in many different places within the city of Dvaraka.” The following synonyms may be given for this verse ‘atma-srstaih’ means ‘of His own transcendental forms’, ‘gunaih’ means ‘the splendid qualities reproduced from the potencies of His transcendental forms’; ‘tat-krtesu’ means ‘in those transcendental forms’; ‘bhutesu’ means ‘those forms of the Absolute Truth, who is the Supreme Goal of life and who is manifested in Dvaraka’ (we may note that the commentator on the Visnu-sahasra-nama-stotra has explained the word ‘bhuta’ as ‘the Absolute Truth who is the Supreme Goal of life’); ‘bahudha’ means ‘in many forms’; ‘iyate’ means ‘is manifested’; ‘svayam-jyotih’ means ‘who appears by His own wish’, (this word does not mean that the Lord is without qualities, He retains all the splendid qualities of His own transcendental form); ‘nityah’ means ‘eternal’; ‘anyah’ means that ‘although He appears within this material world, He Himself is purely spiritual, and not a product of material energy’; and ‘nirgunah’ means ‘free from the influence of the three modes of material nature’ or, it may also mean ‘without any material qualities.’
Anuccheda 119
1 At this point someone may object: If this unusual interpretation of the verse is to be accepted, then how should we interpret the next verse, which clearly describes Lord Krsna’s oneness and difference from the material elements, and thus supports the first interpretation of the verse. In this next verse (10.85.23) Sri Krsna says: “”Just as the five material elements, ether, air, fire, water, and earth are manifested in the great and small material manifestations, and just as these elements are manifested to appear as homogenous units or complicated varieties, and just as these elements are sometimes visible, and sometimes their presence is unnoticed, in the same way the all-pervading Supersoul is present in all the variety of this material world. Sometimes He may be seen, and sometimes He remains invisible.” 2 This verse should be interpreted in the following way: “The elements are manifested from one another. For example, at first ether is manifested, and from ether, air is manifested. From air, fire is manifested, and so forth. By nature, ether carries sound, and therefore air and all the other elements can also carry sound, for the are manifested from ether. In the same way the nature of fire is to contain the sensation of touch. All the elements manifested from fire (water and earth) can carry the sensation of touch. In the same way, whatever is present within the city of Dvaraka is manifested from the Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and therefore He is present everywhere in that city, just as sound is naturally present in all the elements manifested from ether, or touch is present in the elements manifested from fire.”
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §114 · English §120
Source[११४] अथ श्री-वृन्दावनस्य - पुण्या बत व्रज-भुवो यद् अयं नृ-लिङ्ग- गूढः पुराण-पुरुषो वन-चित्र-माल्यः । गाः पालयन् सह-बलः क्वणयंश् च वेणुं विक्रीडयाञ्चति गिरित्र-रमार्चिताङ्घ्रिः ॥ [भ्प् १०.४४.१२] अत्र पूर्वोदाहृत-श्रुत्य्-आद्य्-अवष्टम्भेन तिष्ठन्ति पर्वता इतिवद् अञ्चति सदैव विहरतीति मथुरा-स्त्रीणां श्री-भगवत्-प्रसादजा यथावद् भारती- निःसृतिर् इयम् इति व्याख्येयम् । (पगे ५९) ॥ १०.४४ ॥ पुर-स्त्रियः परस्परम् ॥ ११४ ॥ [वृ. रेअद्स् फ़ोर् थिस् सेच्तिओन्: स च वृन्दावन-गुणैर् वसन्त इव लक्षितः । यत्रास्ते भगवान् साक्षाद् रामेण सह केशवः ॥ [भ्प् १०.१८.३] अत्र यत्रासीद् इत्य् अप्रोच्य यत्रास्ते इत्य् उक्त्या नित्य-स्थितित्वम् एव व्यक्तीकृतम् ॥ ॥ १०.१८ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ११४ ॥ एन्द् अल्तेर्नतिवे रेअदिन्ग्.]
[114] atha śrī-vṛndāvanasya - puṇyā bata vraja-bhuvo yad ayaṃ nṛ-liṅga- gūḍhaḥ purāṇa-puruṣo vana-citra-mālyaḥ | gāḥ pālayan saha-balaḥ kvaṇayaṃś ca veṇuṃ vikrīḍayāñcati giritra-ramārcitāṅghriḥ || [BhP 10.44.12] atra pūrvodāhṛta-śruty-ādy-avaṣṭambhena tiṣṭhanti parvatā itivad añcati sadaiva viharatīti mathurā-strīṇāṃ śrī-bhagavat-prasādajā yathāvad bhāratī- niḥsṛtir iyam iti vyākhyeyam | (page 59) || 10.44 || pura-striyaḥ parasparam || 114 || [Vṛ. reads for this section: sa ca vṛndāvana-guṇair vasanta iva lakṣitaḥ | yatrāste bhagavān sākṣād rāmeṇa saha keśavaḥ || [BhP 10.18.3] atra yatrāsīd ity aprocya yatrāste ity uktyā nitya-sthititvam eva vyaktīkṛtam || || 10.18 || śrī-śukaḥ || 114 || End alternative reading.]
English translation
English witness · section(s) 120
Anuccheda 120
1 The exalted position of the members of the Yadu dynasty, who associated with Lord Krsna as equals, is described in the following statement spoken by an assembly of Kings to Maharaja Ugrasena (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.82.30): “Your majesty, King of the Bhojas, you are related with the Yadu dynasty by matrimonial relationship and by blood relationship also. As a result You are constantly in touch with Lord Krsna, and You have no difficulty in seeing Him at any time. Lord Krsna moves with You, talks with you, sits with you, rests with you, and dines with you. The Yadus appear to be always engaged in worldly affairs, which are considered to lead to the royal road to hell, but due to the presence of Lord Krsna, the Original Personality of Godhead in the Visnu category, who is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, all of You are factually relieved from all material contamination, and are situated in the transcendental position of liberation and Brahman existence.”* 2 In this verse the words ‘yesam vah’ mean ‘of you members of the Vrsni dynasty’; ‘visnuh’ means ‘the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna’; ‘svayam’ means ‘personally’; ‘asa’ means ‘resides’. The homes of the members of the Yadu dynasty are described by the word ‘aniraya-vartmani’ which means ‘beyond the sphere of material existence.’ 3 How is Lord Krsna described in this verse? He is described by the word ‘svargapavarga-virama’, which means that He does not give His devotees either elevation to the higher material planets, or impersonal liberation. Residence in the higher material planets makes one uninterested in spiritual life, or Krsna consciousness, and impersonal liberation removes one from the sphere of loving devotional service to Lord Krsna. For this reason these inferior benedictions are not given by the Lord. Instead He gives to His devotees shelter under the protection of His own lotus feet. 4 Lord Krsna resides in the same house with the members of the Yadu dynasty. They have no difficulty in seeing Him (tad-darsanam). They move with Him (anupatha), talk with Him (prajalpa), rest with Him (sayya), sit with Him (asana), and dine with Him (asana). They are related with Him by matrimonial relationship (sayauna), and by blood relationship (sapinda-bandhah). In this sentence we may note the use of madhya-pada-lopi-samasa, and bahuvrihi-samasa.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §115 · English §121
Source[११५] अथवा त्रिष्व् अप्य् एतद् एवोधारणीयम् - जयति जन-निवासो देवकी-जन्म-वादो यदु-वर-परिषत् स्वैर् दोर्भिर् अस्यन्न् अधर्मम् । स्थिर-चर-वृजिन-घ्नः सु-स्मित- श्री-मुखेन व्रज-पुर-वनितानां वर्धयन् काम-देवम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.९०.४८] यदु-वराः परिषत् सभ्य-रूपा यस्य सः । देवकी-जन्म-वादस् तज्- जन्मत्वेन लब्ध-ख्यातिः । देवक्यां जन्मेति वादस् तत्त्व-बुभुत्सु-कथा यस्य स इति वा । श्री-कृष्णो जयति पर्मोत्कर्षेण सदैव विराजते । लोहितोष्णीषाः प्रचरन्तीतिवत् यदु-वर-सभ्य-विशिष्टतयैव जयाभिधानम् । अत्र यदुवर-शब्देन श्री-व्रजेश्वर-तद्-भ्रातरोऽपि गृह्यन्ते तेषाम् अपि यदु-वंशोत्पन्नत्वेन प्रसिद्धत्वात् । तथा च भारत- तात्पर्ये श्री-मध्वाचार्यैर् एवं ब्रह्म-वाक्यत्वेन लिखितम् - तस्मै वरः स मया सन्निसृष्टः स चास नान्दाख्य उतास्य भार्या । नाम्ना यशोदा स च शूर-तात- सुतस्य वैश्या-प्रभवस्य गोपः ॥ इति । शूर-तात-सुतस्य शूर-सपत्नी-मातृजस्य वैश्यायां तृतीय-वर्णायां जातस्य सकाशात् आस बभूव इत्य् अर्थः । अतएव श्रीमद्-आनकदुन्दुभिना तस्मिन् भ्रातर् इति मुहुः सम्बोधनम् अक्लिष्टार्थं भवति भ्रातरं नन्दम् आगतम् [भ्प् १०.५.२०] इति श्रीमन्-मुनीन्द्र-वचनं च । तद् एतद् अप्य् उपलक्षणं तद्-भ्रातॄणाम् । [वृ. अद्द्स् हेरे : यथा स्कान्दे मथुरा-खण्डे - रक्षिता यादवाः सर्वे इन्द्र- वृष्टि-निवारणात् इति । यत्राभिषिक्तो भगवान् मघोना यदु-वैरिणा इति च, यादवानां हितार्थाय धृतो गिरि-वरो मया इति चान्यत्र । वृ. अद्दितिओन् एन्द्स्.] यथा च यादव-मध्य-पातितत्वेनैव तेषु निर्धारण-मयं श्री-राम- वचनं श्री-हरिवंशे यादवेष्व् अपि सर्वेषु भवन्तो मम बान्धवाः [ह्व् ८३.१५] इति । सप्तम्या ह्य् अस्य जाताव् एव निर्धारणम् उच्यते पुरुषेषु क्षत्रियः शूर इतिवत् । विजातीयत्वे तु श्रोघ्नेभ्यो मथुरा ह्य् आढ्यतमा इतिवत् यादवेभ्योऽपि सर्वेभ्यो इत्य् एवोच्यतेति ज्ञेयम् । अत्र जयतीत्य् अत्र लोड्-अर्थत्वं न सङ्गच्छते सदैवोत्कर्षानन्त्यम् इति तस्मिन्न् आसीर्वादानवकाशात् । तद्- अवकाशो वा आशीर्वाद-विषयस्य तदानीम् आशीर्वादक-कृतानुवाद-विशेष- विशिष्टतयैव स्थितेर् अवगमात् प्रतिपिपादयिषितं तादृशत्वेनैव तात्कालिकत्वम् आगच्छत्य् एव । यथा धार्मिक-सभ्योऽयं राजा वर्धताम् इति । तद् एवं पतिर् गतिश् चान्धक-वृष्णि-सात्वताम् [भ्प् २.४.२०] इत्य् अत्राप्य् अनुसन्धेयम् । अनेन यदु-वराणाम् अपि तथैव जयो विवक्षितः । नन्व् एवं तथा विहरण-शीलश् चेत् पुनः कथम् इव देवकी-जन्म- वादोऽभूत् । तत्राह स्वैर् दोर्भिर् दोर्भ्यां चतुर्भिश् चतुर्भुजैर् अधर्मं तद्-बहुलम् असुर-राज-वृन्दम् अस्यन् निहन्तुम् । तद् अर्थम् एव लोकेऽपि तथा प्रकटीभूत इत्य् अर्थः । किं वा किं कुर्वन् जयति ? स्वैः काल-त्रय-गतैर् अपि [पगे ६०] भक्तैर् एव दोर्भिस् तद्-द्वारा अधर्मं जगद्-गत-पाप्मानम् अस्यन् नाशयन्न् एव । तद् उक्तम् - मद्-भक्ति-युक्तो भुवनं पुनाति [भ्प् १०.१४.२४] इति । पुनः किम् अर्थं देवकी-जन्म-वादः ? तत्राह -- स्थिर-चर-वृजिन-घ्नः निजाभिव्यक्त्या निखिल-जीवानां संसार-हन्ता तद्-अर्थम् एवेत्य् अर्थः । तद् उक्तं यत एतद् विमुच्यते [भ्प् १०.२९.१६] इति । किं वा कथम्भूतो जयति ? व्रज-यदु-पुर-वासिनां स्थावर-जङ्गमानां निज-चरण-वियोग-दुःख-हन्ता सन् । नित्य-विहारे प्रमाणम् आह जन- निवासः । जन-शब्दोऽत्र स्वजन-वाचकः । सालोक्येत्य् [भ्प् ३.२९.१३] आदि-पद्ये जना इतिवत् । स्वजन-हृदये तत्-तद्-विहारत्वेन सर्व-देवावभासमान इत्य् अर्थः । सर्व-प्रमाण-चय-चूडामणि-भूतो विद्वद्-अनुभव एवात्र प्रमाणम् इति भावः । स्वयं तु किं कुर्वन् जयति ? व्रज-वनितानां मथुरा-द्वारका-पुर- वनितानां च काम-लक्षणो यो देवः स्वयम् एव तद्-रूपस् तं वर्धयन् सदैवोद्दीपयन् । अत्र तदीय-हृदय-स्थ-काम-तद्-अधिदेवयोर् अभेद- विवक्षा तादृश-तद्-भावस्य तद्वद् एव परमार्थता-बोधनाय श्री-कृष्ण- स्फूर्ति-मयस्य तादृश-भावस्याप्राकृतत्वात् परमानन्द-पराकाष्ठा- रूपत्वाच् च । श्री-कृष्णस्य काम-रूपोपासना चागमे व्यक्तास्ति । वनिता जनितात्यर्थानुरागायां च योषिति इति नाम-लिङ्गानुशासनम् । व्रजेति श्रैष्ठ्येन पूर्व-निपातः । अतएव पूर्वं मेरु-देव्यां सुदेवीति संज्ञावत् देवकी-शब्देन श्री-यशोदा च व्याख्येया - द्वे नाम्नी नन्द-भार्याया यशोदा देवकीति च । अतः सख्यम् अभूत् तस्या देवक्या शौरि-जायया ॥ इति पुराणान्तर-वचनम् । तद् एवं त्रिष्व् अपि नित्य-विहारित्वं सिद्धम् । ॥ १०.९० ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ११५ ॥
[115] athavā triṣv apy etad evodhāraṇīyam - jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam | sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ su-smita- śrī-mukhena vraja-pura-vanitānāṃ vardhayan kāma-devam || [BhP 10.90.48] yadu-varāḥ pariṣat sabhya-rūpā yasya saḥ | devakī-janma-vādas taj- janmatvena labdha-khyātiḥ | devakyāṃ janmeti vādas tattva-bubhutsu-kathā yasya sa iti vā | śrī-kṛṣṇo jayati parmotkarṣeṇa sadaiva virājate | lohitoṣṇīṣāḥ pracarantītivat yadu-vara-sabhya-viśiṣṭatayaiva jayābhidhānam | atra yaduvara-śabdena śrī-vrajeśvara-tad-bhrātaro'pi gṛhyante teṣām api yadu-vaṃśotpannatvena prasiddhatvāt | tathā ca bhārata- tātparye śrī-madhvācāryair evaṃ brahma-vākyatvena likhitam - tasmai varaḥ sa mayā sannisṛṣṭaḥ sa cāsa nāndākhya utāsya bhāryā | nāmnā yaśodā sa ca śūra-tāta- sutasya vaiśyā-prabhavasya gopaḥ || iti | śūra-tāta-sutasya śūra-sapatnī-mātṛjasya vaiśyāyāṃ tṛtīya-varṇāyāṃ jātasya sakāśāt āsa babhūva ity arthaḥ | ataeva śrīmad-ānakadundubhinā tasmin bhrātar iti muhuḥ sambodhanam akliṣṭārthaṃ bhavati bhrātaraṃ nandam āgatam [BhP 10.5.20] iti śrīman-munīndra-vacanaṃ ca | tad etad apy upalakṣaṇaṃ tad-bhrātṝṇām | [Vṛ. adds here : yathā skānde mathurā-khaṇḍe - rakṣitā yādavāḥ sarve indra- vṛṣṭi-nivāraṇāt iti | yatrābhiṣikto bhagavān maghonā yadu-vairiṇā iti ca, yādavānāṃ hitārthāya dhṛto giri-varo mayā iti cānyatra | Vṛ. addition ends.] yathā ca yādava-madhya-pātitatvenaiva teṣu nirdhāraṇa-mayaṃ śrī-rāma- vacanaṃ śrī-harivaṃśe yādaveṣv api sarveṣu bhavanto mama bāndhavāḥ [HV 83.15] iti | saptamyā hy asya jātāv eva nirdhāraṇam ucyate puruṣeṣu kṣatriyaḥ śūra itivat | vijātīyatve tu śroghnebhyo mathurā hy āḍhyatamā itivat yādavebhyo'pi sarvebhyo ity evocyateti jñeyam | atra jayatīty atra loḍ-arthatvaṃ na saṅgacchate sadaivotkarṣānantyam iti tasminn āsīrvādānavakāśāt | tad- avakāśo vā āśīrvāda-viṣayasya tadānīm āśīrvādaka-kṛtānuvāda-viśeṣa- viśiṣṭatayaiva sthiter avagamāt pratipipādayiṣitaṃ tādṛśatvenaiva tātkālikatvam āgacchaty eva | yathā dhārmika-sabhyo'yaṃ rājā vardhatām iti | tad evaṃ patir gatiś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇi-sātvatām [BhP 2.4.20] ity atrāpy anusandheyam | anena yadu-varāṇām api tathaiva jayo vivakṣitaḥ | nanv evaṃ tathā viharaṇa-śīlaś cet punaḥ katham iva devakī-janma- vādo'bhūt | tatrāha svair dorbhir dorbhyāṃ caturbhiś caturbhujair adharmaṃ tad-bahulam asura-rāja-vṛndam asyan nihantum | tad artham eva loke'pi tathā prakaṭībhūta ity arthaḥ | kiṃ vā kiṃ kurvan jayati ? svaiḥ kāla-traya-gatair api [page 60] bhaktair eva dorbhis tad-dvārā adharmaṃ jagad-gata-pāpmānam asyan nāśayann eva | tad uktam - mad-bhakti-yukto bhuvanaṃ punāti [BhP 10.14.24] iti | punaḥ kim arthaṃ devakī-janma-vādaḥ ? tatrāha -- sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ nijābhivyaktyā nikhila-jīvānāṃ saṃsāra-hantā tad-artham evety arthaḥ | tad uktaṃ yata etad vimucyate [BhP 10.29.16] iti | kiṃ vā kathambhūto jayati ? vraja-yadu-pura-vāsināṃ sthāvara-jaṅgamānāṃ nija-caraṇa-viyoga-duḥkha-hantā san | nitya-vihāre pramāṇam āha jana- nivāsaḥ | jana-śabdo'tra svajana-vācakaḥ | sālokyety [BhP 3.29.13] ādi-padye janā itivat | svajana-hṛdaye tat-tad-vihāratvena sarva-devāvabhāsamāna ity arthaḥ | sarva-pramāṇa-caya-cūḍāmaṇi-bhūto vidvad-anubhava evātra pramāṇam iti bhāvaḥ | svayaṃ tu kiṃ kurvan jayati ? vraja-vanitānāṃ mathurā-dvārakā-pura- vanitānāṃ ca kāma-lakṣaṇo yo devaḥ svayam eva tad-rūpas taṃ vardhayan sadaivoddīpayan | atra tadīya-hṛdaya-stha-kāma-tad-adhidevayor abheda- vivakṣā tādṛśa-tad-bhāvasya tadvad eva paramārthatā-bodhanāya śrī-kṛṣṇa- sphūrti-mayasya tādṛśa-bhāvasyāprākṛtatvāt paramānanda-parākāṣṭhā- rūpatvāc ca | śrī-kṛṣṇasya kāma-rūpopāsanā cāgame vyaktāsti | vanitā janitātyarthānurāgāyāṃ ca yoṣiti iti nāma-liṅgānuśāsanam | vrajeti śraiṣṭhyena pūrva-nipātaḥ | ataeva pūrvaṃ meru-devyāṃ sudevīti saṃjñāvat devakī-śabdena śrī-yaśodā ca vyākhyeyā - dve nāmnī nanda-bhāryāyā yaśodā devakīti ca | ataḥ sakhyam abhūt tasyā devakyā śauri-jāyayā || iti purāṇāntara-vacanam | tad evaṃ triṣv api nitya-vihāritvaṃ siddham | || 10.90 || śrī-śukaḥ || 115 ||
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English witness · section(s) 121
Anuccheda 121
That the members of the Yadu dynast are eternal associates of Lord Krsna is confirmed in the following statement of Sukadeva Gosvami (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.90.42) where the use of the present tense (‘aste’) indicates ‘eternally’. “Who will be able to count the great souls who are members of the Yadu dynasty. There numbers are certainly beyond counting. Eternally remaining among them, King Ugrasena alone has ten quadrillion soldiers as personal bodyguards.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §116 · English §122
Source[११६] अथ यद् उक्तं श्री-वृन्दावनस्यैव प्रकाश-विशेषे गोलोकत्वं । तत्र प्रापञ्चिक-लोक-प्रकट-लीलावकाशत्वेनावभासमान-प्रकाशो गोलोक इति समर्थनीयम् । प्रकट-लीलायां तस्मिंस् तच्-छब्द-प्रयोगादर्शनात् भेदांश-श्रवणाच् च । प्रकटाप्रकटतया लीला-भेदश् चाग्रे दर्शयितव्यः । तद् एवं वृन्दावन एव तस्य गोलोकाख्य-प्रकाशस्य दर्शनेनाभिव्यनक्ति - नन्दस् त्व् अतीन्द्रियं दृष्ट्वा लोक-पाल-महोदयम् । कृष्णे च सन्नतिं तेषां ज्ञातिभ्यो विस्मितो ऽब्रवीत् ॥ ते चौत्सुक्य-धियो राजन् मत्वा गोपास् तम् ईश्वरम् । अपि नः स्वगतिं सूक्ष्माम् उपाधास्यद् अधीश्वरम् ॥ इति स्वानां स भगवान् विज्ञायाखिल-दृक् स्वयम् । सङ्कल्प-सिद्धये तेषां कृपयैतद् अचिन्तयत् ॥ जनो वै लोक एतस्मिन्न् अविद्या-काम-कर्मभिः । उच्चावचासु गतिषु न वेद स्वां गतिं भ्रमन् ॥ इति सञ्चिन्त्य भगवान् महा-कारुणिको हरिः । दर्शयामास लोकं स्वं गोपानां तमसः परम् ॥ सत्यं ज्ञानम् अनन्तं यद् ब्रह्म-ज्योतिः सनातनम् । यद् धि पश्यन्ति मुनयो गुणापाये समाहिताः ॥ ते तु ब्रह्म-ह्रदं नीता मग्नाः कृष्णेन चोद्धृताः । ददृशुर् ब्रह्मणो लोकं यत्राक्रूरो ऽध्यगात् पुरा ॥ नन्दादयस् तु तं दृष्ट्वा परमानन्द-निर्वृताः । कृष्णं च तत्र च्छन्दोभिः स्तूयमानं सुविस्मिताः ॥ [भ्प् १०.२८.१०-१७] अतीन्द्रियम् अदृष्ट-पूर्वम् । लोक-पालः वरुणः । स्व-गतिं स्व-धाम । (पगे ६१) सूक्ष्मां दुर्ज्ञेयाम् । उपाधास्यन् उपधास्यति नोऽस्मान् प्रति प्रापयिष्यतीति सङ्कल्पितवन्त इत्य् अर्थः । जन इति । [वृ. रेअद्स् हेरे:] जन-शब्देन तदीय-स्वजन एवोच्यते । सालोक्य-सार्ष्टि इत्य् आदि पद्ये जना इतिवत् । अत्रैते मत्-सेवनं विना प्राप्यमाणा सालोक्यादि- परित्यागेन तत्-सेवैक-वाञ्छा-व्रताः साधका एवेति लभ्यते । न वेद स्वां गतिं इत्य् अत्र तु श्री-भगवता तस्मिन् लोके स्वीयत्व-तदीयत्वयोर् एकत्वम् अनेन स्वाभेद एव प्रतिपादित इति परम एवासौ तदीय-स्वजनः । अतएव तस्मान् मच्-छरणं गोष्ठं मन्-नाथं मत्-परिग्रहम् । गोपाये स्वात्म-योगेन सोऽयं मे व्रत आहितः ॥ [भ्प् १०.२५.१८] इति स्वयम् एव भगवता मत्-परिग्रहम् इत्य् अनेन स्वस्मिंस् तत्-परिकरता- मच्-छरणम् इत्य् आदि-क्रम-प्राप्त-बहुव्रीहिणा दर्शिता । सोऽयं मे व्रतः इत्य् अनेन स्वस्य तद्-गोपन-व्रतता च तद् एवं व्रजवासि-जन एव लब्धे तं प्रत्य् एव करुणया दर्शितवान् । न त्व् अन्यान् स्वां गतिम् इति सामानाधिकरण्ये एव व्यक्ते । न तु ताभ्यां पदाभ्यां वस्तु-द्वयम् उच्यते । स्व-गतिं सूक्ष्माम् इति पूर्वोक्तम् अपि तथा । तस्मात् तल्-लोक- दर्शनम् एवोभयत्र विवक्षितम् । विवक्षिते च तल्-लोके स तु जन-मात्रस्य स्व-गतिर् न भवतीति च जन-शब्देन तद्-विशेष एव व्याख्यातः । तद् एवं सत्य् अयम् अर्थः । [वृ. अद्दितिओन् एन्द्स्.] [जनोऽसौ व्रज-वासी मम स्वजनः ।] एतस्मिन् प्रापञ्चिक-लोके । अविद्यादिभिः कृता या उच्चावचा गतयो देव-तिर्यग्-आदयः । तासु स्वां गतिं भ्रमन् ताभ्यो निर्विशेषतया जानन् ताम् एव स्वां गतिं न वेदेत्य् अर्थः । [थे वृ. एदितिओन् अद्द्स् हेरे: ततो माम् अपि सर्वोत्तमतया प्रेम-भक्त्या सर्वोत्तमतया द्रष्टुर् एतस्य यद्यपि तत्-तल्-लीला-रस-पोषाय मदीय-लीला- शक्त्यैव भ्रमादिकं कल्पितम् । न पुनर् अविद्यादिभिः । इति नन्दादयो गोपाः कृष्ण-राम-कथां मुदा । कुर्वन्तो रममाणाश् च नाविन्दन् भव-वेदनाम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.११.५८] इति । यद्-धामार्थ-सुहृत्-प्रियात्म-तनय-प्राणाशयास् त्वत्-कृते [भ्प् १०.१४.२५] इत्य् आदि । तथाप्य् एतस्येच्छानुसारेण क्षण-कतिपयम् एतदीयाम् । [एन्द् वृ. एद्.] ततोऽयं भ्रमो यद्यपि तत्-तल्-लीला-पोषायैव मदीय-लीला-शक्त्या कल्पितस् तथापि तद्-इच्छानुसारेण क्षण-कतिपयं तदीयां सर्व-विलक्षणां स्वां गतिं दर्शयन् तम् अपनेष्यामीति भावः । वैलक्षण्यं चाग्रे व्यञ्जनीयम् । गोपानां स्वं लोकं श्री-गोलोकं । यः खलु [वृ. एदितिओन् ओन्ल्य्:] गोपी-गोपैर् असङ्ख्यातैः सर्वतः समलङ्कृतम् इति मृत्यु-सञ्जय-तन्त्रे वर्णितः । तथा पद्माकृति-पुरोद्वारि लक्ष-मण्डल-नायिकाः । रामादयस् तु गोपालाश् चतुर्-दिक्षु महेश्वराः ॥ इति नारद-पञ्चरात्रे विजयाख्याने वर्णितः । [एन्द् वृ. अद्दितिओन्] चिन्तामणि- प्रकर-सद्मसु इत्य् आदिभिर् बहु-वर्णित-व्यक्त-वैभवातिक्रान्त-प्रपञ्च- लोक-महोदयस् तम् । तमसः प्रकृतेः परं प्रपञ्चानभिव्यक्तत्वेन तदीयेनाप्य् असङ्करम् । अतएव सच्चिदानन्द-रूप एवासौ लोक इत्य् आह सत्यम् इति । सत्यादि-रूपं यद् ब्रह्म यच् च गुणात्यये पश्यन्ति तद् एव स्वरूप-शक्ति-वृत्ति-विशेष- प्राकट्येन सत्यादि-रूपाव्यभिचारिणं गोलोकं सन्तं दर्शयामासेति पूर्वेनान्वयः । यथान्यत्रापि वैकुण्ठे भगवत्-सन्दर्भोदाहृतं पाद्मादि-वचनं ब्रह्माभिन्नता-वाचित्वेन दर्शितं तद्वत् । अथ श्री-वृन्दावने च तादृश-दर्शनं कतम-देश-स्थितानां तेषां जातम् इत्य् अपेक्षायाम् आह ब्रह्म-ह्रदम् अक्रूर-तीर्थं कृष्णेन नीताः पुनश् च तद्-आज्ञयैव मग्नाः, पुनश् च तस्मात् तीर्थात् श्री-कृष्णेनैवोद्धृताः । उद्धृत्य वृन्दावन-मध्य-देशम् आनीतास् तस्मिन्न् एव नराकृति-पर- ब्रह्मणः श्री-कृष्णस्य लोकं गोलोकाख्यं ददृशुः । [व् एदितिओन् अद्द्स्:] कोऽसौ ब्रह्म-ह्रदः ? तत्राह यत्रेति । पुरेत्य् एतत्- प्रसङ्गाद् भावि-काल इत्य् अर्थः । पुरा पुराणे निकटे प्रबन्धातीत- भाविषु इति कोष-काराः । [एन्द् व्. अद्दितिओन्] यत्र च ब्रह्म-ह्रदेऽध्यगाद् (पगे ६२) अस्तौत अधिगतवान् इति वा । सर्वत्रैव श्री-वृन्दावने यद्यपि तत्-प्रकाश-विशेषोऽसौ गोलोकः दर्शयितुं शक्यः स्यात् तथापि तत्-तीर्थ-माहात्म्य-ज्ञापनार्थम् एव वा विनोदार्थम् एव वा तस्मिन् मज्जनम् इति ज्ञेयम् । [थे वृ. एदितिओन् हेरे रेअद्स्: नन्दादय इति कर्त्र्-अन्तरा-निर्देशाच् छन्दोभिर् एव मूर्तैः कर्तृभिः । तद्-अभिज्ञापनार्थं तज्-जन्मादि-लीलया स्तूयमानम् । अन्तरङ्गाः परिकरास् तु पूर्व-दर्शित-रीत्या गो-गोपादय एव । अतएव कृष्णं यथा ददृशुस् तथा तत्-परिकरान्तराणां दर्शनानुक्तेस् तत्र क एव तत्र परिकरा इत्य् अभिव्यज्यते । त एव च पूर्व-दर्शित-मृत्यु- सञ्जयादि-तन्त्र-हरि-वंशादि-वचनानुसारेण प्रकटाप्रकट-प्रकाश- गततया द्विधा-भूताः सम्प्रत्य् अप्रकट-प्रकाश-प्रवेशे सत्य् एक-रूपा एव जाता इति पृथग्-दृष्टाः । यदा तत्-प्रकाश-भेदो भवति, तदा तत्-तल्-लीला-रस-पोषाय तेषु प्रकाशेषु तत्-तल्-लीला-शक्तिर् एवाभिमान-भेदं परस्परम् अनुसन्धानं च प्रायः सम्पादयतीति गम्यते । उदाहरिष्यते चाग्रे । अतएवोक्तं न वेद स्वां गतिं भ्रमन् इति । तथा च सतीदानीं श्री-व्रज-वासिनां कथञ्चिज् जातया तादृशेच्छया तेभ्यस् तेषाम् एव तादृश-लोक-प्रकाश-विशेषादिकं दर्शितम् इति गम्यते । न च प्रकाशान्तर-सम्भावनीयम् । परमेश्वरत्वेन तच् च श्री-विग्रह-परिकर-धाम-लीलादीनां युगपद् एकत्राप्य् अनन्त-विध- वैभव-प्रकाश-शीलत्वात् । एन्द् ओफ़् वृ. अद्दितिओन्.] अत्र स्वां गतिम् इति तदीयता-निर्देशो गोपानां स्वं लोकम् इति षष्ठी-स्व- शब्दयोर् निर्देशः । कृष्णम् इति साक्षात् तन्-निर्देशश् च वैकुण्ठान्तरं व्यवच्छिद्य श्री-गोलोकम् एव प्रतिपादयति । अतएव तेषां तद्-दर्शनात् परमानन्द-निर्वृतत्वं सुविस्मितत्वम् अपि युक्तम् उक्तम् । तस्यैव पूर्णत्वात् । तथापि तेषां पुत्रादि-रूपेणैवोदयाच् च ।[*एन्द्नोते #३] तथा तत्र कृष्णं यथा ददृशुस् तथा तत्-परिकराणाम् अन्येषां दर्शनानुक्तेस् त एक एव तत्र परिकरा इत्य् अभिव्यज्यते । ततश् च लीला-द्वये कृष्णवत् तेषाम् एव प्रकाश-भेदः । यदा च प्रकाश-भेदो भवति तदा तत्-तल्-लीला-रस- पोषाय तेषु प्रकाशेषु तत्-तल्-लीला-शक्तिर् एवाभिमान-भेदं परस्परम् अननुसन्धानं च प्रायः सम्पादयतीति गम्यते । उदाहरिष्यते चाग्रे । अतएवोक्तं न वेद स्वां गतिं भ्रमन् इति । तथा च सतीदानीं श्री-व्रज- वासिनां कथञ्चिज् जातया तादृशेच्छया तेभ्यस् तेषाम् एव तादृशं प्रकाश- विशेषादिकं दर्शितम् इति गम्यते । न च प्रकाशान्तरम् असम्भावनीयम् । परमेश्वरत्वेन तत् श्री-विग्रह-परिकर-धाम-लीलादीनां युगपद् एकत्राप्य् अनन्त-विध-वैभव-प्रकाश-शीलत्वात् । तद् एवम् उक्तोऽर्थः समञ्जस एव । ॥ १०.२८ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ११६ ॥
[116] atha yad uktaṃ śrī-vṛndāvanasyaiva prakāśa-viśeṣe golokatvaṃ | tatra prāpañcika-loka-prakaṭa-līlāvakāśatvenāvabhāsamāna-prakāśo goloka iti samarthanīyam | prakaṭa-līlāyāṃ tasmiṃs tac-chabda-prayogādarśanāt bhedāṃśa-śravaṇāc ca | prakaṭāprakaṭatayā līlā-bhedaś cāgre darśayitavyaḥ | tad evaṃ vṛndāvana eva tasya golokākhya-prakāśasya darśanenābhivyanakti - nandas tv atīndriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā loka-pāla-mahodayam | kṛṣṇe ca sannatiṃ teṣāṃ jñātibhyo vismito 'bravīt || te cautsukya-dhiyo rājan matvā gopās tam īśvaram | api naḥ svagatiṃ sūkṣmām upādhāsyad adhīśvaram || iti svānāṃ sa bhagavān vijñāyākhila-dṛk svayam | saṅkalpa-siddhaye teṣāṃ kṛpayaitad acintayat || jano vai loka etasminn avidyā-kāma-karmabhiḥ | uccāvacāsu gatiṣu na veda svāṃ gatiṃ bhraman || iti sañcintya bhagavān mahā-kāruṇiko hariḥ | darśayāmāsa lokaṃ svaṃ gopānāṃ tamasaḥ param || satyaṃ jñānam anantaṃ yad brahma-jyotiḥ sanātanam | yad dhi paśyanti munayo guṇāpāye samāhitāḥ || te tu brahma-hradaṃ nītā magnāḥ kṛṣṇena coddhṛtāḥ | dadṛśur brahmaṇo lokaṃ yatrākrūro 'dhyagāt purā || nandādayas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramānanda-nirvṛtāḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ ca tatra cchandobhiḥ stūyamānaṃ suvismitāḥ || [BhP 10.28.10-17] atīndriyam adṛṣṭa-pūrvam | loka-pālaḥ varuṇaḥ | sva-gatiṃ sva-dhāma | (page 61) sūkṣmāṃ durjñeyām | upādhāsyan upadhāsyati no'smān prati prāpayiṣyatīti saṅkalpitavanta ity arthaḥ | jana iti | [Vṛ. reads here:] jana-śabdena tadīya-svajana evocyate | sālokya-sārṣṭi ity ādi padye janā itivat | atraite mat-sevanaṃ vinā prāpyamāṇā sālokyādi- parityāgena tat-sevaika-vāñchā-vratāḥ sādhakā eveti labhyate | na veda svāṃ gatiṃ ity atra tu śrī-bhagavatā tasmin loke svīyatva-tadīyatvayor ekatvam anena svābheda eva pratipādita iti parama evāsau tadīya-svajanaḥ | ataeva tasmān mac-charaṇaṃ goṣṭhaṃ man-nāthaṃ mat-parigraham | gopāye svātma-yogena so'yaṃ me vrata āhitaḥ || [BhP 10.25.18] iti svayam eva bhagavatā mat-parigraham ity anena svasmiṃs tat-parikaratā- mac-charaṇam ity ādi-krama-prāpta-bahuvrīhiṇā darśitā | so'yaṃ me vrataḥ ity anena svasya tad-gopana-vratatā ca tad evaṃ vrajavāsi-jana eva labdhe taṃ praty eva karuṇayā darśitavān | na tv anyān svāṃ gatim iti sāmānādhikaraṇye eva vyakte | na tu tābhyāṃ padābhyāṃ vastu-dvayam ucyate | sva-gatiṃ sūkṣmām iti pūrvoktam api tathā | tasmāt tal-loka- darśanam evobhayatra vivakṣitam | vivakṣite ca tal-loke sa tu jana-mātrasya sva-gatir na bhavatīti ca jana-śabdena tad-viśeṣa eva vyākhyātaḥ | tad evaṃ saty ayam arthaḥ | [Vṛ. addition ends.] [jano'sau vraja-vāsī mama svajanaḥ |] etasmin prāpañcika-loke | avidyādibhiḥ kṛtā yā uccāvacā gatayo deva-tiryag-ādayaḥ | tāsu svāṃ gatiṃ bhraman tābhyo nirviśeṣatayā jānan tām eva svāṃ gatiṃ na vedety arthaḥ | [The Vṛ. edition adds here: tato mām api sarvottamatayā prema-bhaktyā sarvottamatayā draṣṭur etasya yadyapi tat-tal-līlā-rasa-poṣāya madīya-līlā- śaktyaiva bhramādikaṃ kalpitam | na punar avidyādibhiḥ | iti nandādayo gopāḥ kṛṣṇa-rāma-kathāṃ mudā | kurvanto ramamāṇāś ca nāvindan bhava-vedanām || [BhP 10.11.58] iti | yad-dhāmārtha-suhṛt-priyātma-tanaya-prāṇāśayās tvat-kṛte [BhP 10.14.25] ity ādi | tathāpy etasyecchānusāreṇa kṣaṇa-katipayam etadīyām | [End Vṛ. ed.] tato'yaṃ bhramo yadyapi tat-tal-līlā-poṣāyaiva madīya-līlā-śaktyā kalpitas tathāpi tad-icchānusāreṇa kṣaṇa-katipayaṃ tadīyāṃ sarva-vilakṣaṇāṃ svāṃ gatiṃ darśayan tam apaneṣyāmīti bhāvaḥ | vailakṣaṇyaṃ cāgre vyañjanīyam | gopānāṃ svaṃ lokaṃ śrī-golokaṃ | yaḥ khalu [Vṛ. edition only:] gopī-gopair asaṅkhyātaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṅkṛtam iti mṛtyu-sañjaya-tantre varṇitaḥ | tathā padmākṛti-purodvāri lakṣa-maṇḍala-nāyikāḥ | rāmādayas tu gopālāś catur-dikṣu maheśvarāḥ || iti nārada-pañcarātre vijayākhyāne varṇitaḥ | [end Vṛ. addition] cintāmaṇi- prakara-sadmasu ity ādibhir bahu-varṇita-vyakta-vaibhavātikrānta-prapañca- loka-mahodayas tam | tamasaḥ prakṛteḥ paraṃ prapañcānabhivyaktatvena tadīyenāpy asaṅkaram | ataeva saccidānanda-rūpa evāsau loka ity āha satyam iti | satyādi-rūpaṃ yad brahma yac ca guṇātyaye paśyanti tad eva svarūpa-śakti-vṛtti-viśeṣa- prākaṭyena satyādi-rūpāvyabhicāriṇaṃ golokaṃ santaṃ darśayāmāseti pūrvenānvayaḥ | yathānyatrāpi vaikuṇṭhe bhagavat-sandarbhodāhṛtaṃ pādmādi-vacanaṃ brahmābhinnatā-vācitvena darśitaṃ tadvat | atha śrī-vṛndāvane ca tādṛśa-darśanaṃ katama-deśa-sthitānāṃ teṣāṃ jātam ity apekṣāyām āha brahma-hradam akrūra-tīrthaṃ kṛṣṇena nītāḥ punaś ca tad-ājñayaiva magnāḥ, punaś ca tasmāt tīrthāt śrī-kṛṣṇenaivoddhṛtāḥ | uddhṛtya vṛndāvana-madhya-deśam ānītās tasminn eva narākṛti-para- brahmaṇaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇasya lokaṃ golokākhyaṃ dadṛśuḥ | [V edition adds:] ko'sau brahma-hradaḥ ? tatrāha yatreti | purety etat- prasaṅgād bhāvi-kāla ity arthaḥ | purā purāṇe nikaṭe prabandhātīta- bhāviṣu iti koṣa-kārāḥ | [end V. addition] yatra ca brahma-hrade'dhyagād (page 62) astauta adhigatavān iti vā | sarvatraiva śrī-vṛndāvane yadyapi tat-prakāśa-viśeṣo'sau golokaḥ darśayituṃ śakyaḥ syāt tathāpi tat-tīrtha-māhātmya-jñāpanārtham eva vā vinodārtham eva vā tasmin majjanam iti jñeyam | [The Vṛ. edition here reads: nandādaya iti kartr-antarā-nirdeśāc chandobhir eva mūrtaiḥ kartṛbhiḥ | tad-abhijñāpanārthaṃ taj-janmādi-līlayā stūyamānam | antaraṅgāḥ parikarās tu pūrva-darśita-rītyā go-gopādaya eva | ataeva kṛṣṇaṃ yathā dadṛśus tathā tat-parikarāntarāṇāṃ darśanānuktes tatra ka eva tatra parikarā ity abhivyajyate | ta eva ca pūrva-darśita-mṛtyu- sañjayādi-tantra-hari-vaṃśādi-vacanānusāreṇa prakaṭāprakaṭa-prakāśa- gatatayā dvidhā-bhūtāḥ sampraty aprakaṭa-prakāśa-praveśe saty eka-rūpā eva jātā iti pṛthag-dṛṣṭāḥ | yadā tat-prakāśa-bhedo bhavati, tadā tat-tal-līlā-rasa-poṣāya teṣu prakāśeṣu tat-tal-līlā-śaktir evābhimāna-bhedaṃ parasparam anusandhānaṃ ca prāyaḥ sampādayatīti gamyate | udāhariṣyate cāgre | ataevoktaṃ na veda svāṃ gatiṃ bhraman iti | tathā ca satīdānīṃ śrī-vraja-vāsināṃ kathañcij jātayā tādṛśecchayā tebhyas teṣām eva tādṛśa-loka-prakāśa-viśeṣādikaṃ darśitam iti gamyate | na ca prakāśāntara-sambhāvanīyam | parameśvaratvena tac ca śrī-vigraha-parikara-dhāma-līlādīnāṃ yugapad ekatrāpy ananta-vidha- vaibhava-prakāśa-śīlatvāt | End of Vṛ. addition.] atra svāṃ gatim iti tadīyatā-nirdeśo gopānāṃ svaṃ lokam iti ṣaṣṭhī-sva- śabdayor nirdeśaḥ | kṛṣṇam iti sākṣāt tan-nirdeśaś ca vaikuṇṭhāntaraṃ vyavacchidya śrī-golokam eva pratipādayati | ataeva teṣāṃ tad-darśanāt paramānanda-nirvṛtatvaṃ suvismitatvam api yuktam uktam | tasyaiva pūrṇatvāt | tathāpi teṣāṃ putrādi-rūpeṇaivodayāc ca |[*ENDNOTE #3] tathā tatra kṛṣṇaṃ yathā dadṛśus tathā tat-parikarāṇām anyeṣāṃ darśanānuktes ta eka eva tatra parikarā ity abhivyajyate | tataś ca līlā-dvaye kṛṣṇavat teṣām eva prakāśa-bhedaḥ | yadā ca prakāśa-bhedo bhavati tadā tat-tal-līlā-rasa- poṣāya teṣu prakāśeṣu tat-tal-līlā-śaktir evābhimāna-bhedaṃ parasparam ananusandhānaṃ ca prāyaḥ sampādayatīti gamyate | udāhariṣyate cāgre | ataevoktaṃ na veda svāṃ gatiṃ bhraman iti | tathā ca satīdānīṃ śrī-vraja- vāsināṃ kathañcij jātayā tādṛśecchayā tebhyas teṣām eva tādṛśaṃ prakāśa- viśeṣādikaṃ darśitam iti gamyate | na ca prakāśāntaram asambhāvanīyam | parameśvaratvena tat śrī-vigraha-parikara-dhāma-līlādīnāṃ yugapad ekatrāpy ananta-vidha-vaibhava-prakāśa-śīlatvāt | tad evam ukto'rthaḥ samañjasa eva | || 10.28 || śrī-śukaḥ || 116 ||
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English witness · section(s) 122
Anuccheda 122
That the members of the Yadu dynasty are eternal associates of Lord Krsna is also described in the following simile spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami in Srimad Bhagavatam (10.70.18): “After entering the Sudharma assembly house, Lord Krsna used to sit on the exalted royal throne and would be seen to emanate glaring rays of transcendental effulgence. In the midst of all the great heroes of the Yadu dynasty, Krsna resembled the full moon in the sky, surrounded by multi-luminaries.”* The eternal relationship between Lord Krsna and the Yadavas may also be seen by (Mahabharata, Udyama-parva) Lord Krsna’s revelation of His Universal Form to Duryodhana in order to protect the Yadavas and Pandavas.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §117 · English §123
Source[११७] एवं द्वारकादीनां तस्य नित्य-धामत्वं सिद्धम् । अथ तत्र के तावद् अस्य परिकराः । उच्यते - पूर्योर् यादवादयो वने श्री-गोपादयश् चेति । श्री- कृष्णस्य द्वारकादि-नित्य-धामत्वेन तेषां स्वतः-सिद्धेः । तद्-रूपत्वे परिकरान्तराणाम् अयुक्तत्वाद् अश्रवणत्वाच् च । तत्- परिकरत्वेनैवाराधनादि-वाक्यानि दर्शितानि दर्शयितव्यानि च । अतएवोक्तं पाद्मे कार्तिक-माहात्म्ये श्री-कृष्ण-सत्यभामा-संवादे - एते हि यादवाः सर्वे मद्-गणा एव भामिनि । सर्वदा मत्-प्रिया देव मत्-तुल्य-गुण-शालिनः ॥ [पद्मप् ६.८९.२२[*एन्द्नोते #४]] एव-कारान् न देवादयः । श्री-हरि-वंशेऽप्य् अनिरुद्धान्वेषणे तादृशत्वम् एवोक्तम् अक्रूरेण - देवानां च हितार्थाय वयं याता मनुष्यताम् [ह्व् २.१२१.५७][*एन्द्नोते #५] इति । श्री-मथुरायां त्व् अवतारावसरेणाभिव्यक्ता अपि निगूढतया केचित् तस्याम् एव वर्तमानाः श्रूयन्ते । यथा श्री- गोपालोत्तर-तापन्याम् - यत्रासौ संस्थितः कृष्णस् त्रिभिः शक्त्या समाहितः । रामानिरुद्ध-प्रद्युम्नै रुक्मिण्या सहितो विभुः ॥ [ग्तु २.३६] इति । श्री-वृन्दावने (पगे ६३) तैः सदा विहाराश् च । यथा पाद्म-पाताल-खण्डे श्री-यमुनाम् उद्दिश्य - अहो अभाग्यं लोकस्य न पीतं यमुना-जलम् । गो-वृन्द-गोपिका-सङ्गे यत्र क्रीडति कंस-हा ॥ इति । स्कान्दे च - वत्सैर् वत्सतरीभिश् च सदा क्रीडति माधवः । वृन्दावनान्तर-गतः स-रामो बालकैर् वृतः ॥ इति । न तु प्रकट-लीला-गतेभ्य एते भिन्नाः, एते हि यादवाः सर्वे इत्य् अनुसारात् । तथा हि पाद्म-निर्माण-खण्डे च श्री-भगवद्-वाक्यम् - नित्यां मे मथुरां विद्धि वनं वृन्दावनं तथा । यमुनां गोप-कन्याश् च तथा गोपाल-बालकान् ॥ ममावतारो नित्योऽयम् अत्र मा संशयं कृथाः ॥ इति । अतस् तान् एवोद्दिश्य श्रुतौ च तत्र ऋक्षु - तां वां वास्तून्य् उश्मसि गमध्यै यत्र गावो भूरि-शृङ्गा अयासः । अत्राह तद् उरुगायस्य वृष्णः परमं पदम् अवभाति भूरि ॥ इति । व्याख्यातं च - तां तानि वां युवयोः कृष्ण-रामयोर् वास्तूनि लीला-स्थानानि गमध्यै गन्तुं प्राप्तुं उश्मसि कामयामहे । तानि किं-विशिष्टानि ? यत्र येषु भूरि-शृङ्गा महा-शृङ्ग्यो गावो वसन्ति । यथोपनिषदि भूम-वाक्ये धर्मि-परेण भूम-शब्देन महिष्ठम् एवोच्यते न तु बहुतरम् इति । यूथ-दृष्ट्यैव वा भूरि-शृङ्गा बहु-शृङ्ग्यो बहु-शुभ-लक्षणा इति वा । अयासः शुभाः । अत्र भूमौ तल्-लोक-वेद-प्रसिद्धं श्री-गोलोकाख्यं उरुगायस्य स्वयं भगवतो वृष्णः सर्व-काम-दुघ-चरणारविन्दस्य परमं प्रपञ्चातीतं पदं स्थानं भूरि बहुधा अवभातीत्य् आह वेद इति । यजुःसु -- माध्यन्दिनीयास् तु या ते धामन्य् उश्मसि इत्य् आदौ । [याति धामन्य् उश्मसि इति वा पाठः] पाद्मोत्तर-खण्डे तु यत् त्व् इयं श्रुतिः परम-व्योम-प्रस्ताव उदाहृता तत् परम-व्योम-गोलोकयोर् एकतापत्त्य्-अपेक्षयेति मन्तव्यम् । गो-शब्दस्य सास्नादि-मत्य् एव प्रचुर-प्रयोगेण झटित्य् अर्थ-प्रतीतेः । श्री-गोलोकस्य ब्रह्म-संहिता-हरिवंश-मोक्षधर्मादिषु प्रसिद्धत्वाच् च । अथर्वणि च श्री-गोपाल-तापन्यां - जन्म-जराभ्यां भिन्नः स्थाणुर् अयम् अच्छेद्योऽयं योऽसौ सौर्ये तिष्ठति योऽसौ गोषु तिष्ठति योऽसौ गाः पालयति । योऽसौ गोपेषु तिष्ठति [ग्तु २.२२] इत्य् आदि । तद् एवम् उभयेषाम् अपि नित्य-पार्षदत्वे सिद्धे यत् तु शस्त्राघात-क्षत- विष-पान-मूर्च्छा-तत्त्व-बुभुत्सा-संसार-सार-निस्तारोपदेशास्पदत्वादिकं श्रूयते, तद् भगवत इव नर-लीलौपायिकतया प्रपञ्चितम् इति मन्तव्यम् । यथा तवेयं विषमा बुद्धिर् [भ्प् १०.५४.४२] इत्य् आदिकं साक्षात् श्री-रुक्मिणीं प्रति श्री-बलदेव-वाक्ये । यच् च श्रीमद्-उद्धवम् उद्दिश्य - स कथं सेवया तस्य कालेन जरसं गतः [भ्प् ३.२.३] इत्य् उक्तम् । तद् अपि चिर-काल-सेवा- तात्पर्यकम् एव । तत्र प्रवयसोऽप्य् आसन् युवानोऽ तिबलौजसः [भ्प् १०.४५.१९] इति विरोधात् । क्वचिच् च प्रकट-लीलायाः प्रापञ्चिक-लोक-मिश्रत्वात् यथार्थम् एव तद्- आदिकम् । यथा शतधन्व-वधादौ । अन्तरङ्गानां भगवत्-साधारण्यं तु यादवान् उद्दिश्योक्तम् - मत्-तुल्य-गुण-शालिनः इति । गोपान् उद्दिश्य च गोपैः समान-गुण-शील-वयो-विलास-वेश्यैश् च इति । पाद्म-निर्माण-खण्डे - गोपाला मुनयः सर्वे वैकुण्ठानन्द-मूर्तयः इति । यतो यो वैकुण्ठः श्री-भगवान् स इवानन्द-मूर्तयस् ते ततस् तत्-परम-भक्तत्वाद् एव मुनय इत्य् उच्यते । न तु मुन्य्-अवतारत्वाद् इति ज्ञेयम् । नैते सुरेशा ऋषयो न वैते इत्य् आदिकं श्री-बलदेव-वाक्यं च भगवद्-आविर्भाव-लक्षण- गोपादीनां केयं वा कुत आयाता दैवी वा नार्य् उतासुरी [भ्प् १०.१३.३७] इत्य् आदि- प्राप्तम् अन्यत्वम् एव निषेधति, न तु पूर्वेषां च तद् विदधाति कल्पना- गौरवाद् इति ज्ञेयम् । [ब् अद्दितिओन्: इत्थं सतां ब्रह्म-सुखानुभूत्या इत्य् आदेः तद् भूरि-भाग्यम् इत्य् आदेश् च । एन्द् वृ.] युक्तं चैषां तत्-सादृश्यं -- तस्यात्म-तन्त्रस्य हरेर् अधीशितुः (पगे ६४) परस्य मायाधिपतेर् महात्मनः । प्रायेण दूता इह वै मनोहराश् चरन्ति तद्-रूप-गुण-स्वभावाः ॥ [भ्प् ६.३.१८] इति श्री-यम- वाक्यानुगतत्वात् । दृष्टं च प्रथमे - प्राविशत् पुरम् [भ्प् १.११.११] इत्य् आरभ्य मधु-भोज- दशार्हार्ह-कुकुरान्धक-वृष्णिभिः आत्म-तुल्य-बलैर् गुप्ताम् [भ्प् १.११.१२] इत्य् आदि । अतएव - गोप-जाति-प्रतिच्छन्ना देवा गोपाल-रूपिणम् । ईडिरे कृष्णं रामं च नटा इव नटं नृपः ॥ [भ्प् १०.१८.११] इत्य् अत्र साम्यम् एव सूचितम् । अर्थश् च देवाः श्री-कृष्णावरणे मद्-भक्त- पूजाभ्यधिका इति न्यायेन तद्वद् एवोपास्या अपि श्रीदामादयो गोप-जात्या प्रतिच्छन्ना अन्य-गोप-सामान्य-भावेन प्रायस् तादृशाव् अपि तौ तद्-रूपिणौ तथा तेऽपीत्य् अर्थः (?) । अत्र देवा इत्य् अनेन गुण-साम्यं चाभिप्रेतम् इति ।
[117] evaṃ dvārakādīnāṃ tasya nitya-dhāmatvaṃ siddham | atha tatra ke tāvad asya parikarāḥ | ucyate - pūryor yādavādayo vane śrī-gopādayaś ceti | śrī- kṛṣṇasya dvārakādi-nitya-dhāmatvena teṣāṃ svataḥ-siddheḥ | tad-rūpatve parikarāntarāṇām ayuktatvād aśravaṇatvāc ca | tat- parikaratvenaivārādhanādi-vākyāni darśitāni darśayitavyāni ca | ataevoktaṃ pādme kārtika-māhātmye śrī-kṛṣṇa-satyabhāmā-saṃvāde - ete hi yādavāḥ sarve mad-gaṇā eva bhāmini | sarvadā mat-priyā deva mat-tulya-guṇa-śālinaḥ || [PadmaP 6.89.22[*ENDNOTE #4]] eva-kārān na devādayaḥ | śrī-hari-vaṃśe'py aniruddhānveṣaṇe tādṛśatvam evoktam akrūreṇa - devānāṃ ca hitārthāya vayaṃ yātā manuṣyatām [HV 2.121.57][*ENDNOTE #5] iti | śrī-mathurāyāṃ tv avatārāvasareṇābhivyaktā api nigūḍhatayā kecit tasyām eva vartamānāḥ śrūyante | yathā śrī- gopālottara-tāpanyām - yatrāsau saṃsthitaḥ kṛṣṇas tribhiḥ śaktyā samāhitaḥ | rāmāniruddha-pradyumnai rukmiṇyā sahito vibhuḥ || [GTU 2.36] iti | śrī-vṛndāvane (page 63) taiḥ sadā vihārāś ca | yathā pādma-pātāla-khaṇḍe śrī-yamunām uddiśya - aho abhāgyaṃ lokasya na pītaṃ yamunā-jalam | go-vṛnda-gopikā-saṅge yatra krīḍati kaṃsa-hā || iti | skānde ca - vatsair vatsatarībhiś ca sadā krīḍati mādhavaḥ | vṛndāvanāntara-gataḥ sa-rāmo bālakair vṛtaḥ || iti | na tu prakaṭa-līlā-gatebhya ete bhinnāḥ, ete hi yādavāḥ sarve ity anusārāt | tathā hi pādma-nirmāṇa-khaṇḍe ca śrī-bhagavad-vākyam - nityāṃ me mathurāṃ viddhi vanaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ tathā | yamunāṃ gopa-kanyāś ca tathā gopāla-bālakān || mamāvatāro nityo'yam atra mā saṃśayaṃ kṛthāḥ || iti | atas tān evoddiśya śrutau ca tatra ṛkṣu - tāṃ vāṃ vāstūny uśmasi gamadhyai yatra gāvo bhūri-śṛṅgā ayāsaḥ | atrāha tad urugāyasya vṛṣṇaḥ paramaṃ padam avabhāti bhūri || iti | vyākhyātaṃ ca - tāṃ tāni vāṃ yuvayoḥ kṛṣṇa-rāmayor vāstūni līlā-sthānāni gamadhyai gantuṃ prāptuṃ uśmasi kāmayāmahe | tāni kiṃ-viśiṣṭāni ? yatra yeṣu bhūri-śṛṅgā mahā-śṛṅgyo gāvo vasanti | yathopaniṣadi bhūma-vākye dharmi-pareṇa bhūma-śabdena mahiṣṭham evocyate na tu bahutaram iti | yūtha-dṛṣṭyaiva vā bhūri-śṛṅgā bahu-śṛṅgyo bahu-śubha-lakṣaṇā iti vā | ayāsaḥ śubhāḥ | atra bhūmau tal-loka-veda-prasiddhaṃ śrī-golokākhyaṃ urugāyasya svayaṃ bhagavato vṛṣṇaḥ sarva-kāma-dugha-caraṇāravindasya paramaṃ prapañcātītaṃ padaṃ sthānaṃ bhūri bahudhā avabhātīty āha veda iti | yajuḥsu -- mādhyandinīyās tu yā te dhāmany uśmasi ity ādau | [yāti dhāmany uśmasi iti vā pāṭhaḥ] pādmottara-khaṇḍe tu yat tv iyaṃ śrutiḥ parama-vyoma-prastāva udāhṛtā tat parama-vyoma-golokayor ekatāpatty-apekṣayeti mantavyam | go-śabdasya sāsnādi-maty eva pracura-prayogeṇa jhaṭity artha-pratīteḥ | śrī-golokasya brahma-saṃhitā-harivaṃśa-mokṣadharmādiṣu prasiddhatvāc ca | atharvaṇi ca śrī-gopāla-tāpanyāṃ - janma-jarābhyāṃ bhinnaḥ sthāṇur ayam acchedyo'yaṃ yo'sau saurye tiṣṭhati yo'sau goṣu tiṣṭhati yo'sau gāḥ pālayati | yo'sau gopeṣu tiṣṭhati [GTU 2.22] ity ādi | tad evam ubhayeṣām api nitya-pārṣadatve siddhe yat tu śastrāghāta-kṣata- viṣa-pāna-mūrcchā-tattva-bubhutsā-saṃsāra-sāra-nistāropadeśāspadatvādikaṃ śrūyate, tad bhagavata iva nara-līlaupāyikatayā prapañcitam iti mantavyam | yathā taveyaṃ viṣamā buddhir [BhP 10.54.42] ity ādikaṃ sākṣāt śrī-rukmiṇīṃ prati śrī-baladeva-vākye | yac ca śrīmad-uddhavam uddiśya - sa kathaṃ sevayā tasya kālena jarasaṃ gataḥ [BhP 3.2.3] ity uktam | tad api cira-kāla-sevā- tātparyakam eva | tatra pravayaso'py āsan yuvāno' tibalaujasaḥ [BhP 10.45.19] iti virodhāt | kvacic ca prakaṭa-līlāyāḥ prāpañcika-loka-miśratvāt yathārtham eva tad- ādikam | yathā śatadhanva-vadhādau | antaraṅgānāṃ bhagavat-sādhāraṇyaṃ tu yādavān uddiśyoktam - mat-tulya-guṇa-śālinaḥ iti | gopān uddiśya ca gopaiḥ samāna-guṇa-śīla-vayo-vilāsa-veśyaiś ca iti | pādma-nirmāṇa-khaṇḍe - gopālā munayaḥ sarve vaikuṇṭhānanda-mūrtayaḥ iti | yato yo vaikuṇṭhaḥ śrī-bhagavān sa ivānanda-mūrtayas te tatas tat-parama-bhaktatvād eva munaya ity ucyate | na tu muny-avatāratvād iti jñeyam | naite sureśā ṛṣayo na vaite ity ādikaṃ śrī-baladeva-vākyaṃ ca bhagavad-āvirbhāva-lakṣaṇa- gopādīnāṃ keyaṃ vā kuta āyātā daivī vā nāry utāsurī [BhP 10.13.37] ity ādi- prāptam anyatvam eva niṣedhati, na tu pūrveṣāṃ ca tad vidadhāti kalpanā- gauravād iti jñeyam | [B addition: itthaṃ satāṃ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā ity ādeḥ tad bhūri-bhāgyam ity ādeś ca | end Vṛ.] yuktaṃ caiṣāṃ tat-sādṛśyaṃ -- tasyātma-tantrasya harer adhīśituḥ (page 64) parasya māyādhipater mahātmanaḥ | prāyeṇa dūtā iha vai manoharāś caranti tad-rūpa-guṇa-svabhāvāḥ || [BhP 6.3.18] iti śrī-yama- vākyānugatatvāt | dṛṣṭaṃ ca prathame - prāviśat puram [BhP 1.11.11] ity ārabhya madhu-bhoja- daśārhārha-kukurāndhaka-vṛṣṇibhiḥ ātma-tulya-balair guptām [BhP 1.11.12] ity ādi | ataeva - gopa-jāti-praticchannā devā gopāla-rūpiṇam | īḍire kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ ca naṭā iva naṭaṃ nṛpaḥ || [BhP 10.18.11] ity atra sāmyam eva sūcitam | arthaś ca devāḥ śrī-kṛṣṇāvaraṇe mad-bhakta- pūjābhyadhikā iti nyāyena tadvad evopāsyā api śrīdāmādayo gopa-jātyā praticchannā anya-gopa-sāmānya-bhāvena prāyas tādṛśāv api tau tad-rūpiṇau tathā te'pīty arthaḥ (?) | atra devā ity anena guṇa-sāmyaṃ cābhipretam iti |
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English witness · section(s) 123
Anuccheda 123
1 Someone may object, saying that according to the description in the Eleventh Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam Arjuna was defeated by a band of infidel cowherdsmen, and the Yadu dynasty became cursed by a brahmana and in an intoxicated condition killed themselves in a fratricidal war. Our objector will protest that these are not actions befitting eternal associates of the Lord. To this objection I reply that Lord Krsna, who descended to this world for the benefit of the cows and brahmanas was unwilling to let the brahmana’s curse go in vain, and therefore the Yadus were destroyed in a fratricidal war. Actually, even more important than that is the nature of the Lord’s pastimes, where illusory things are sometimes acted out by the Lord’s internal potency. This magical jugglery of the Lord may be seen in many pastimes. For example: when Ravana attempted to steal Sita-devi, Lord Ramacandra created a false Sita-devi by His mystic potency. The illusory Sita was captured by Ravana, while the actual Sita was never taken by the demon. The defeat of Arjuna and the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty are similar magical feats performed by the Lord. This is specifically described by Lord Krsna Himself in the following statement spoken by Him to His chariot-driver Daruka (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.30.49): 2 “My dear Daruka, do not be unhappy because of the destruction of the Yadu dynasty or the disappearance of Lord Balarama. Become patient and fixed in actual knowledge. These calamities are simply an illusory show fabricated by My internal potency. There is no need to become agitated because of these so-called catastrophies.” 3 In this verse the words ‘tvam tu’ refer to Daruka; ‘jnana-nisthah’ means ‘understanding the truth about My transcendental pastimes’; ‘mad-dharmam’ means ‘My natural inclination to protect My devotees, such as yourself’, and ‘asthaya’ means ‘having faith’. Krsna tells Daruka that the present calamities, such as the destruction of the Yadu dynasty are like magical tricks performed by Him. Daruka should understand all this (vijnaya) and become free (upasamam vraja) from grief and agitation of the mind, which is produced by superficial understanding. By the word ‘tu’ (but), Sri Krsna tells Daruka: “Others may become bewildered by these pastimes of Mine, but you should not.” Daruka, a perfectly liberated devotee who had descended from the Lord from Vaikuntha understood this statement of the Lord. This is the proper explanation of the Lord’s final pastimes and the destruction of the Yadu dynasty.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §118 · English §124
Source[११८] तत्र यादवादीनां तत्-पार्षदत्वं योजयति - अहं यूयम् असाव् आर्य इमे च द्वारकौकसः । सर्वे ऽप्य् एवं यदु-श्रेष्ठ विमृग्याः स-चराचरम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.८५.२३] यूयं श्रीमद्-आनकदुन्दुभ्य्-आदयो विमृग्याः परमार्थ-रूपत्वाद् अन्वेषणीयाः । तथान्यद् अपि द्वारकौको जङ्गम-स्थावर-सहितं यत् किञ्चित् तद्-अन्वेष्यम् । अहं श्री-कृष्ण इति दृष्टान्तत्वेनोपन्यस्तम् । ततश् च नराकार-ब्रह्मणि स्वस्मिन्न् इव तन् नित्य-परिकरे सर्वत्रैव परम- पुरुषार्थत्वम् इति भावः । तस्माद् यथा पूर्वं सत्त्वं रजस् तमः इत्य् आदिना सत्त्वादि-गुणानां तद्-वृत्तीनां च ब्रह्मणि त्रैकालिक-स्पर्श- सम्भवान् माययैव तद्-अध्यासो भवता वर्णितस् तथा दृष्टिर् अत्र तु नकार्येति तात्पर्यम् । लौकिकाध्यात्म-गोष्ठीत्य् एवम् एवेत्य् आह द्वयेन - आत्मा ह्य् एकः स्वयं-ज्योतिर् नित्यो ऽन्यो निर्गुणो गुणैः । आत्म-सृष्टैस् तत्-कृतेषु भूतेषु बहुधेयते ॥ [भ्प् १०.८५.२४] अत्रानुगतार्थान्तरं च दृश्यते । द्वारकायाम् इति प्रकरणेन लभ्यते । हि यस्माद् एक एवात्मा भगवत्त्वम् आत्म-सृष्टैः स्वरूपाद् एवोल्लसितैर् गुणैः स्वरूप-शक्ति-वृत्ति-विशेषैः कर्तृभिस् तत्-कृतेषु तस्मिन् स्वरूपे एव प्रादुर्भावितेषु भूतेषु परमार्थ-सत्येषु द्वारकान्तर्वर्ति-वस्तुषु बहुधा तत्-तद्-रूपेण ईयते प्रकाशते । सहस्र-नाम-भाष्ये लोकनाथं महद्-भूतम् इत्य् अत्र च भूतं परमार्थ-सत्यम् इति व्याख्यातम् । तथा तथा च प्रकाशः स्वरूप-गुणापरित्यागेनैवेत्य् आह स्वयं ज्योतिः स्व- प्रकाश एव सन्, नित्य एव सन्, अन्यः प्रपञ्चेऽभिव्यक्तोऽपि तद्-विलक्षण एव सन्, निर्गुणः प्राकृत-गुण-रहित एव च सन्न् इति ।
[118] tatra yādavādīnāṃ tat-pārṣadatvaṃ yojayati - ahaṃ yūyam asāv ārya ime ca dvārakaukasaḥ | sarve 'py evaṃ yadu-śreṣṭha vimṛgyāḥ sa-carācaram || [BhP 10.85.23] yūyaṃ śrīmad-ānakadundubhy-ādayo vimṛgyāḥ paramārtha-rūpatvād anveṣaṇīyāḥ | tathānyad api dvārakauko jaṅgama-sthāvara-sahitaṃ yat kiñcit tad-anveṣyam | ahaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa iti dṛṣṭāntatvenopanyastam | tataś ca narākāra-brahmaṇi svasminn iva tan nitya-parikare sarvatraiva parama- puruṣārthatvam iti bhāvaḥ | tasmād yathā pūrvaṃ sattvaṃ rajas tamaḥ ity ādinā sattvādi-guṇānāṃ tad-vṛttīnāṃ ca brahmaṇi traikālika-sparśa- sambhavān māyayaiva tad-adhyāso bhavatā varṇitas tathā dṛṣṭir atra tu nakāryeti tātparyam | laukikādhyātma-goṣṭhīty evam evety āha dvayena - ātmā hy ekaḥ svayaṃ-jyotir nityo 'nyo nirguṇo guṇaiḥ | ātma-sṛṣṭais tat-kṛteṣu bhūteṣu bahudheyate || [BhP 10.85.24] atrānugatārthāntaraṃ ca dṛśyate | dvārakāyām iti prakaraṇena labhyate | hi yasmād eka evātmā bhagavattvam ātma-sṛṣṭaiḥ svarūpād evollasitair guṇaiḥ svarūpa-śakti-vṛtti-viśeṣaiḥ kartṛbhis tat-kṛteṣu tasmin svarūpe eva prādurbhāviteṣu bhūteṣu paramārtha-satyeṣu dvārakāntarvarti-vastuṣu bahudhā tat-tad-rūpeṇa īyate prakāśate | sahasra-nāma-bhāṣye lokanāthaṃ mahad-bhūtam ity atra ca bhūtaṃ paramārtha-satyam iti vyākhyātam | tathā tathā ca prakāśaḥ svarūpa-guṇāparityāgenaivety āha svayaṃ jyotiḥ sva- prakāśa eva san, nitya eva san, anyaḥ prapañce'bhivyakto'pi tad-vilakṣaṇa eva san, nirguṇaḥ prākṛta-guṇa-rahita eva ca sann iti |
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English witness · section(s) 124
Anuccheda 124
1 The transcendental nature of the appearance and disappearance of Lord Sri Krsna and His confidential associates is described in three verses from Srimad Bhagavatam (11.31.11-13). In the first of these verses (11) Sukadeva Gosvami says to Maharaja Pariksit: “O king, please try to understand that the appearance of Sri Krsna and His confidential associates (who have spiritual forms just like that of the Lord), their pastimes, and their disappearance from this earth are like a dramatic play enacted by Lord Krsna’s internal potency. Sri Krsna is not an ordinary living entity, but in truth He is the Supreme Person who has created this entire material world, who entered into every atom of that creation as the all-pervading Supersoul, and who will destroy the entire universe at the time of annihilation. He is the Supreme Lord, who sometimes comes to this material world to display His pastimes here, although He always remains free from the influence of the material energy, and situated in His own transcendental glory.”*** 2 In this verse the word ‘parasya’ (of the Supreme) refers to Sri Krsna. The word ‘tanu-bhrt’ means ‘with spiritual forms’. Both the Lord and His liberated devotees have spiritual forms. This is confirmed by Narada Muni (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.29) in the following words: “Having been awarded a transcendental body befitting an associate of the Personality of Godhead, I quit the body made of five material elements, and thus all acquired fruitive results of work (karma) stopped.”* For this reason the words ‘janana’ (appearance) ‘apyaya’ (disappearance) and ‘iha’ (activities) refer not only to the Lord but also to the Yadavas and other devotees who were the Lord’s intimate associates. Sukadeva Gosvami says in this verse ‘maya-vidambanam avehi’ (Please understand that the activities, disappearance, and appearance of both the Lord and His intimate associates appear superficially to be under the jurisdiction of the illusory potency maya, although actually they are not so). Just as a magician may make a show of burning Himself in a fire, and then re-appear again, alive and unburned before His audience, in the same way Lord Krsna makes a magical show of His own disappearance and the disappearance of His associates. That the Lord has such inconceivable potency to do wonderful things is confirmed in the second part of this verse where it is said that Sri Krsna creates and annihilates the entire material universe. If by His potency the Lord can create and destroy the universe, then it is not at all astonishing that He can make a magical show of His devotees’ and His own disappearance. 3 In the eyes of the foolish conditioned souls, the appearance, activities, and disappearance of Lord Balarama may appear to be material, just as those of a conditioned soul, although of course, His activities and disappearance are transcendental, just as those of Sri Krsna. In the Skanda Purana we find the description of the extraordinary disappearance of Lord Balarama’s expansion, Laksmana. Lord Balarama’s disappearance is similar to that of Laksmana. The eternal position of Lord Balarama’s expansion Ananta Sesa, His extraordinary potencies and His natural inclination to protect His devotees are all described in the scripture known as the Narayana-varma. 4 Even when the demon Jarasandha attempted to defame Lord Balarama with many insults, all his insults may be interpreted as praises. For example, Jarasandha said (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.50.18): “You Balarama! If you like You can fight along with Krsna, and if You have patience, then You can wait to be killed by my arrows. Thus you can be promoted to heaven. Come! Fight with me, and defeat me if You can.”* Sridhara Svami, in his commentary on this verse has explained the actual import of this statement of Jarasandha: “Lord Balarama’s body is spiritual, and thus cannot be cut by Jarasandha’s arrows or any other weapon. Therefore the only possible outcome of Jarasandha’s fight with Lord Balarama is explained by the words ‘mam jahi’ (Balarama will defeat Jarasandha). 5 In his comment on Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.5 Sridhara Svami explains that the phrase ‘adagdhva dhamavisat’ means that Lord Krsna left the material world and entered the spiritual world in His same transcendental body. In other words, He did not change His body. The same is also true for the Lord’s associates. They accompany Sri Krsna to the material world and eventually they return to the spiritual world without changing their bodies. In other words, the associates of the Lord never had material bodies, but they appeared in this world in their eternal spiritual forms, just as Sri Krsna Himself does.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §119 · English §125
Source[११९] अत्र चार्थान्तरं यथा तर्हि कथं भवत आत्यन्तिकं समम् एवात्र सर्वम् इत्य् आशङ्क्य तथापि मय्य् अस्ति वैशिष्ट्यम् इत्य् आह - खं वायुर् ज्योतिर् आपो भूस् तत्-कृतेषु यथाशयम् । आविस्-तिरो-ऽल्प-भूर्य् एको नानात्वं यात्य् असाव् अपि ॥ [भ्प् १०.८५.२५] सत्-कार्य-वादाभ्युपगमात् तस्य कारणानन्यत्वाभ्युपगमाच् च । यथा खादीनि भूतानि तत्-कृतेषु तत्-स्वरूपेणैव विकासितेषु वाय्व्-आदि-घटान्तेषु यथाशयं वाय्व्-आद्य्-आविर्भावाद्य्-अनुरूपम् एवाविर्भावादिकं यान्ति न तु तेष्व् अधिकम् । अत्र यावान् वायुर् गृह्यते तावान् एव तत्राकाश-धर्मः शब्दोऽपि गृह्यते । यावज् ज्योतिस् तावान् एव वायु-धर्मः स्पर्शोऽपीत्य् आदिकं ज्ञेयम् । तथा स्वरूपेणैव विकासितेषु द्वारका-वस्तुषु असौ भगवद्-आख्य आत्मापि । तस्माद् अहं तु तत्-सर्व-मयः सर्वस्मात् पृथक् परिपूर्णश् चेत्य् अस्ति वैशिष्ट्यम् इति भावः । अनेन दृष्टान्तेन (पगे ६५) मत्त एवोल्लसिता मद्-धर्मा एव ते भवितुम् अर्हन्ति न त्व् आकाशे धूसरत्वादिवन् मयि केवल-मध्य-स्था इति च ज्ञापितम् । अत्र यथा तथेति व्याख्यानम् अपि शब्देन द्योत्यते । ॥ १०.८५ ॥ श्री-भगवान् श्री-वसुदेवम् ॥ ११९ ॥
[119] atra cārthāntaraṃ yathā tarhi kathaṃ bhavata ātyantikaṃ samam evātra sarvam ity āśaṅkya tathāpi mayy asti vaiśiṣṭyam ity āha - khaṃ vāyur jyotir āpo bhūs tat-kṛteṣu yathāśayam | āvis-tiro-'lpa-bhūry eko nānātvaṃ yāty asāv api || [BhP 10.85.25] sat-kārya-vādābhyupagamāt tasya kāraṇānanyatvābhyupagamāc ca | yathā khādīni bhūtāni tat-kṛteṣu tat-svarūpeṇaiva vikāsiteṣu vāyv-ādi-ghaṭānteṣu yathāśayaṃ vāyv-ādy-āvirbhāvādy-anurūpam evāvirbhāvādikaṃ yānti na tu teṣv adhikam | atra yāvān vāyur gṛhyate tāvān eva tatrākāśa-dharmaḥ śabdo'pi gṛhyate | yāvaj jyotis tāvān eva vāyu-dharmaḥ sparśo'pīty ādikaṃ jñeyam | tathā svarūpeṇaiva vikāsiteṣu dvārakā-vastuṣu asau bhagavad-ākhya ātmāpi | tasmād ahaṃ tu tat-sarva-mayaḥ sarvasmāt pṛthak paripūrṇaś cety asti vaiśiṣṭyam iti bhāvaḥ | anena dṛṣṭāntena (page 65) matta evollasitā mad-dharmā eva te bhavitum arhanti na tv ākāśe dhūsaratvādivan mayi kevala-madhya-sthā iti ca jñāpitam | atra yathā tatheti vyākhyānam api śabdena dyotyate | || 10.85 || śrī-bhagavān śrī-vasudevam || 119 ||
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English witness · section(s) 125
Anuccheda 125
1 The bodies of Lord Krsna’s associates are not material. Because such great devotees are always protected by Sri Krsna, they do not die in the same way conditioned souls die, but rather they return to the spiritual world in their spiritual forms, for they had never accepted material bodies in the first place. That the Lord’s associates return to the spiritual world without having to change bodies is confirmed by the following statement of Sri Sukadeva Gosvami (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.12): “My dear Maharaja Pariksit, please know that Sri Krsna is always the protector of the surrendered souls. He protected you, when as an unborn child you were burned by the brahmastra weapon, and He delivered the son of His teacher from the planet of Yamaraja. His teacher’s son did not even change his body, but the Lord brought him before his parents in the very same body in which he had first appeared before them. Lord Krsna defeated Siva, who is victorious even over death himself, and He brought to Vaikuntha the hunter who shot Him in the heel with an arrow. This hunter also did not change his body, but entered Vaikuntha in the very same body. How is it possible for this omnipotent Lord Krsna to be weak and unable to protect Himself? It is not at all possible.”*** 2 In this verse the word ‘yah’ (who) refers to Sri Krsna; the word ‘guru-sutam’ means ‘the guru’s son (who had been swallowed by the demon Pancajana, and eventually taken to Yamaraja)’; and the word ‘martyena’ means ‘in the same body’. We may note in this connection that by rescuing His guru’s son, Sri Krsna displayed His great transcendental prowess. In other words, it was not merely ordinary brahmanical power that was used by Sri Krsna to accomplish this extraordinary task. In this verse Sukadeva Gosvami also mentions Maharaja Pariksit (tvam) who was first burned by a brahmastra weapon and then rescued by Sri Krsna. In this connection the word ‘anayat’ means ‘rescued’. In the battle fought with Banasura, Sri Krsna also defeated Lord Siva (isam), who is victorious even over death himself (antakantakam).. Krsna also delivered a hunter (mrgayum) named Jara, and enabled him to enter the spiritual world (svah) without having to change his body (sa-sariram). If Sri Krsna is this powerful, why should we think He is not able to protect (avane) His own confidential associates (sva), the members of the Yadu dynasty? Certainly any conception that Sri Krsna did not protect the members of the Yadu dynasty and enable them to enter the spiritual is not a factual understanding of Sri Krsna’s pastimes. The members of the Yadu dynasty certainly returned to their own abode in the spiritual world, without having to change bodies. This is the proper understanding.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §120 · English §126
Source[१२०] अतएवाह - तद्-दर्शन-स्पर्शनानुपथ-प्रजल्प- शय्यासनाशन-सयौन-सपिण्ड-बन्धः । येषां गृहे निरय-वर्त्मनि वर्ततां वः स्वर्गापवर्ग-विरमः स्वयम् आस विष्णुः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८२.२०] येषां वो युष्माकं वृष्णीनां गृहे विष्णुः श्री-कृष्णाख्यो भगवान् स्वयम् आत्मना स्वभावत एव आस निवासं चक्रे न त्व् अन्येन हेतुनेत्य् अर्थः । कथम्भूतेऽनिरय-वर्त्मनि निरयः संसारस् तद्-वर्त्म प्रपञ्चः ततोऽन्यस्मिन्, प्रपञ्चातीत इत्य् अर्थः । कीदृशानां वस् तस्मिन्न् एव वर्तमानानाम् । स्वयं कथम्भूतः स्वर्गापवर्ग-विरमः स्वर्गस्यापवर्गस्य च विरमो येन । यो निज-भक्तेभ्यस् तद्- बहिर्मुखताकरं स्वर्गं न ददाति तद्-भक्त्य्-उदासीनं केवलं मोक्षं च न ददाति किन्तु तान् स्व-चरणारविन्द-तल एव रक्षतीत्य् अर्थः । येषां युष्माकं तु गृहे स एवम्भूत एवासेत्य् आह तद्-दर्शनेति । तस्य युष्मत्- कर्तृकं दर्शनं च अनुपथोऽनुगतिश् च प्रजल्पो गोष्ठी च, तथा युष्मत्- संवलिता शय्या शयनं च आसनं च अशनं भोजनं च तैर् विशिष्टैश् चासौ स-यौन-स-पिण्ड-बन्धश् चेति शाक-पार्थिवादिवन् मध्य-पद-लोपी कर्म- धारयः । तत्र वृष्णिभिः सह यौन-बन्धो विवाह-सम्बन्धः, स-पिण्ड- बन्धो दैहिक-सम्बन्धस् ताभ्यां सह वर्तमानोऽसाव् इति बहुव्रीहि- गर्भता । ॥ १०.८२ ॥ राजानं श्रीमद्-उग्रसेनम् ॥ १२० ॥
[120] ataevāha - tad-darśana-sparśanānupatha-prajalpa- śayyāsanāśana-sayauna-sapiṇḍa-bandhaḥ | yeṣāṃ gṛhe niraya-vartmani vartatāṃ vaḥ svargāpavarga-viramaḥ svayam āsa viṣṇuḥ || [BhP 10.82.20] yeṣāṃ vo yuṣmākaṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ gṛhe viṣṇuḥ śrī-kṛṣṇākhyo bhagavān svayam ātmanā svabhāvata eva āsa nivāsaṃ cakre na tv anyena hetunety arthaḥ | kathambhūte'niraya-vartmani nirayaḥ saṃsāras tad-vartma prapañcaḥ tato'nyasmin, prapañcātīta ity arthaḥ | kīdṛśānāṃ vas tasminn eva vartamānānām | svayaṃ kathambhūtaḥ svargāpavarga-viramaḥ svargasyāpavargasya ca viramo yena | yo nija-bhaktebhyas tad- bahirmukhatākaraṃ svargaṃ na dadāti tad-bhakty-udāsīnaṃ kevalaṃ mokṣaṃ ca na dadāti kintu tān sva-caraṇāravinda-tala eva rakṣatīty arthaḥ | yeṣāṃ yuṣmākaṃ tu gṛhe sa evambhūta evāsety āha tad-darśaneti | tasya yuṣmat- kartṛkaṃ darśanaṃ ca anupatho'nugatiś ca prajalpo goṣṭhī ca, tathā yuṣmat- saṃvalitā śayyā śayanaṃ ca āsanaṃ ca aśanaṃ bhojanaṃ ca tair viśiṣṭaiś cāsau sa-yauna-sa-piṇḍa-bandhaś ceti śāka-pārthivādivan madhya-pada-lopī karma- dhārayaḥ | tatra vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha yauna-bandho vivāha-sambandhaḥ, sa-piṇḍa- bandho daihika-sambandhas tābhyāṃ saha vartamāno'sāv iti bahuvrīhi- garbhatā | || 10.82 || rājānaṃ śrīmad-ugrasenam || 120 ||
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English witness · section(s) 126
Anuccheda 126
1 Someone may raise the question: If the members of the Yadu dynasty had gone back to their own abode in the spiritual world, and if Sri Krsna, being self-sufficient, were not unhappy because of separation from them, then why did the Lord not stay within the material world for a time longer, and perform pastimes with His other associates in order to show mercy to the conditioned souls of this world? The conclusive answer to this question is found in the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.13), which reveals the unbreakable bond of intimate friendship between Lord Krsna and the members of the Yadu dynasty: 2 “Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all transcendental potencies, and the sole creator, maintainer, and destroyer of unlimited material universes. After the departure of the Yadu dynasty, He no longer desired to remain in the material world. He considered: ‘I have delivered My devotees to the spiritual world,, why should I stay in the material world surrounded by non-devotees?”*** 3 In this verse we may note Sri Krsna is described as the sole cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of unlimited material universes (asesa-sthiti-sambhavapyayesv ananya-hetuh). Even more significant than that, He is the master of all unlimited potencies (asesa-sakti-dhrk). Even though Sri Krsna is the omnipotent Godhead, after the departure of the Yadu dynasty, He did not desire (naicchat) to remain in His transcendental form within this material world (vapur atra sesitam pranetum). He decided to return to His own abode in the spiritual world. What is the reason for the Lord to decide in this way? The reason is that He considered: what is the use of this material world (martyena kim), for I have already brought My pure devotees to the spiritual world (svastha-gatim pradarsayan). This verse shows the great affection felt by the Lord for the members of the Yadu dynasty.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §121 · English §127
Source[१२१] किं च - सङ्ख्यानं यादवानां कः करिष्यति महात्मनाम् । यत्रायुतानाम् अयुत- लक्षेणास्ते सदाहुकः ॥ [भ्प् १०.९०.४२] आहुकः उग्रसेनः । यत्रास्त इति वर्तमान-प्रयोगेण तत्रापि सदेति नित्यता- वाचकाव्ययेन तेषां नित्य-पार्षदत्वं सुव्यक्तम् ॥ ॥ १०.९० ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १२१ ॥
[121] kiṃ ca - saṅkhyānaṃ yādavānāṃ kaḥ kariṣyati mahātmanām | yatrāyutānām ayuta- lakṣeṇāste sadāhukaḥ || [BhP 10.90.42] āhukaḥ ugrasenaḥ | yatrāsta iti vartamāna-prayogeṇa tatrāpi sadeti nityatā- vācakāvyayena teṣāṃ nitya-pārṣadatvaṃ suvyaktam || || 10.90 || śrī-śukaḥ || 121 ||
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English witness · section(s) 127
Anuccheda 127
1 The members of the Yadu dynasty left this material world in much the same way as Lord Krsna Himself left (by the agency of the Lord’s transcendental potency). The Lord’s plan for causing the disappearance of the Yadu dynasty is described in the following statement of Sri Krsna related by Uddhava to Vidura (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.15): “When they quarrel among themselves, influence by intoxication, with their eyes red like copper because of drinking (madhu), then only will they disappear, otherwise, it will not be possible. On My (Krsna’s) disappearance, this incident will take place.”* 2 In this verse Lord Krsna is considering: Anyone who fights with the members of the Yadu dynasty will be unable to kill them, and even if the Yadavas fight among themselves, they will still be unable to kill each other. In this way it will not be possible to effect the disappearance of the Yadu dynasty from this earth. What method of causing the Yadus to disappear exists: except for My own wish?” The Lord further thought: “Only if I wish it, will the Yadus leave this earth planet.” This decision of the Lord is confirmed by the use of the word ‘sma’, which means ‘certainly’. Another interpretation of this verse is that in truth there is no method that will succeed in the ‘vadha’ (killing) of the Yadu dynasty, for their disappearance from this earth is not at all like the death of the conditioned souls. The Yadavas returned to the spiritual world without changing their bodies, and therefore they did not at all die (vadha).