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Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §122 · English §128

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[१२२] अतस् तेषां श्री-भगवत्-पार्षदत्वे योग्यताम् अव्यभिचारित्वम् अपि दृष्टान्तेन स्पष्टयति -- तत्रोपविष्टः परमासने विभुर् बभौ स्व-भासा ककुभो ऽवभासयन् वृतो नृ-सिंहैर् यदुभिर् यदूत्तमो यथोडु-राजो दिवि तारका-गणैः ॥ [भ्प् १०.७०.१८] स्पष्टम् । एवम् एव दुर्योधनं प्रति स्वयं विश्व-रूपं दर्शयता श्री- भगवता तेषां यादवादीनां निजावरण-रूपत्वं दर्शितम् इत्य् उद्यम- पर्वणि प्रसिद्धिः ॥ ॥ १०.७० ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १२२ ॥

[122] atas teṣāṃ śrī-bhagavat-pārṣadatve yogyatām avyabhicāritvam api dṛṣṭāntena spaṣṭayati -- tatropaviṣṭaḥ paramāsane vibhur babhau sva-bhāsā kakubho 'vabhāsayan vṛto nṛ-siṃhair yadubhir yadūttamo yathoḍu-rājo divi tārakā-gaṇaiḥ || [BhP 10.70.18] spaṣṭam | evam eva duryodhanaṃ prati svayaṃ viśva-rūpaṃ darśayatā śrī- bhagavatā teṣāṃ yādavādīnāṃ nijāvaraṇa-rūpatvaṃ darśitam ity udyama- parvaṇi prasiddhiḥ || || 10.70 || śrī-śukaḥ || 122 ||

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English witness · section(s) 128

Anuccheda 128

1 After the departure of Sri Krsna and the Yadu dynasty, Uddhava spoke the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.2.8), using the word ‘viduh’ (present-tense) to indicate that even after their departure from this earth planet, the Yadavas still remained intimate associates of Sri Krsna, residing in the same place with Him. Uddhava said: “This universe with all its planets is most unfortunate. And even more unfortunate are the members of the Yadu dynasty because they cannot identify Lord Hari as the Personality of Godhead, any more than the fish could identify the moon.”* 2 In this verse the words ‘ayam lokah’ mean ‘the residents of Dvaraka, who are now remembers in my thoughts’; ‘ye samvasantah’ means ‘even though living together’; ‘na viduh’ means ‘do not understand’. Although not explicitly stated, Uddhava intends to lament for Himself also in this verse. It is as if he had said: “I have been cheated by Lord Krsna and by the Yadavas, for I am now bereft of the good-fortune of their association. I am also unfortunate for I also am unable to understand Lord Krsna. All these things are not at all surprising for I am certainly unworthy to attain the Lord’s association or qualified to understand Him. Still, somehow or other, in the past I did have Lord Krsna’s association, and if it were not for that, I would not know enough to speak in this way.”

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §123 · English §129

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[१२३] यश् चैषाम् एकादश-स्कन्धान्ते तद्-अन्यथा-भावः श्रूयते, स तु श्रीमद्- अर्जुन-पराजय-विमोह-पर्यन्तो मायिक एव । तथा-वचनं च ब्रह्म- शापानिवर्त्यता-ख्यापनायैव गो-ब्राह्मण-हितावतारिणा भगवता विहितम् इति ज्ञेयम् । दृश्यते च बृहद्-अग्नि-पुराणादौ रावण-हृतायाः (पगे ६६) सीताया मायिकत्वं यथा तद्वत्[*एन्द्नोते #६] । तथा हि तदानीम् एवाह - त्वं तु मद्-धर्मम् आस्थाय ज्ञान-निष्ठ उपेक्षकः । मन्-माया-रचिताम् एतां विज्ञायोपशमं व्रज ॥ [भ्प् ११.३०.४९] त्वं तु दारुको ज्ञान-निष्ठो मदीय-लीला-तत्त्वज्ञः, मद्-धर्मं मम स्वभक्त-प्रतिपालयितृत्व-रूपं स्व-तुल्य-परिकर-सङ्गित्व-रूपं च स्वभावम् आस्थाय विश्रभ्य एताम् अधुना प्रकाशितां सर्वाम् एव मौषलादि-लीलां मम इन्द्र-जालवद् रचितां विज्ञाय उपेक्षको बहिर् दृष्ट्या जातं शोकम् उपेक्षमाण उपशमं चित्त-क्षोभात् निवृत्तिं व्रज प्राप्नुहि । तु-शब्देनान्ये तावन् मुह्यन्तु तव तु तथा मोहो न युक्त एवेति ध्वनितम् । अत्र श्री-दारुकस्य स्वयं वैकुण्ठावतीर्णत्वेन सिद्धत्वाद् एताम् इत्य् अत्रातिसन्निहितार्थ-लाभाच् चान्यथाव्याख्यानम् एव प्रथम-प्रतीत्य- विषय इति विवेक्तव्यम् । ॥ ११.३० ॥ श्री-भगवान् दारुकम् ॥ १२३ ॥

[123] yaś caiṣām ekādaśa-skandhānte tad-anyathā-bhāvaḥ śrūyate, sa tu śrīmad- arjuna-parājaya-vimoha-paryanto māyika eva | tathā-vacanaṃ ca brahma- śāpānivartyatā-khyāpanāyaiva go-brāhmaṇa-hitāvatāriṇā bhagavatā vihitam iti jñeyam | dṛśyate ca bṛhad-agni-purāṇādau rāvaṇa-hṛtāyāḥ (page 66) sītāyā māyikatvaṃ yathā tadvat[*ENDNOTE #6] | tathā hi tadānīm evāha - tvaṃ tu mad-dharmam āsthāya jñāna-niṣṭha upekṣakaḥ | man-māyā-racitām etāṃ vijñāyopaśamaṃ vraja || [BhP 11.30.49] tvaṃ tu dāruko jñāna-niṣṭho madīya-līlā-tattvajñaḥ, mad-dharmaṃ mama svabhakta-pratipālayitṛtva-rūpaṃ sva-tulya-parikara-saṅgitva-rūpaṃ ca svabhāvam āsthāya viśrabhya etām adhunā prakāśitāṃ sarvām eva mauṣalādi-līlāṃ mama indra-jālavad racitāṃ vijñāya upekṣako bahir dṛṣṭyā jātaṃ śokam upekṣamāṇa upaśamaṃ citta-kṣobhāt nivṛttiṃ vraja prāpnuhi | tu-śabdenānye tāvan muhyantu tava tu tathā moho na yukta eveti dhvanitam | atra śrī-dārukasya svayaṃ vaikuṇṭhāvatīrṇatvena siddhatvād etām ity atrātisannihitārtha-lābhāc cānyathāvyākhyānam eva prathama-pratītya- viṣaya iti vivektavyam | || 11.30 || śrī-bhagavān dārukam || 123 ||

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English witness · section(s) 129

Anuccheda 129

1 At this point in their conversation, Vidura may object: ‘If the Yadavas do not understand Lord Krsna, even now, then how is it that you understand this much?” In order to remove Vidura’s doubt, Uddhava spoke the following verse, explaining that the Yadavas are able to understand Krsna to a certain extent. They know that He is the all-pervading Supersoul, but they are not aware that He is the Original Personality of Godhead, the origin of all expansion of Godhead. Uddhava said (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.2.9): “The Yadus were all experienced devotees, learned and expert in psychic study. Over and abode this,, they were always with the Lord in all kinds of relaxations, and still they were only able to know Him as the one Supreme who dwells everywhere.”* 2 In this verse the words ‘satvatam rsabham’ mean ‘the eternal leader of the family’. Even though Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of Godhead, the source of all incarnations, the Yadavas thought of Him (amamsata) as the all-pervading Supersoul (bhuta-vasam), who is one of the expansions (Ksirodakasayi Visnu) of Lord Krsna. The Supersoul is described in the following statement of Sruti-sastra: “The Supersoul resides in the hearts of all living entities.” That Sri Krsna is the leader of the Yadu dynasty is also described in the following statement of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.43.17): “Sri Krsna is the supreme Deity worshipped by the members of the Vrsni dynasty.”

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §124 · English §130

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[१२४] तथा च पद्य-त्रयम् - राजन् परस्य तनु-भृज्-जननाप्ययेहा माया-विडम्बनम् अवेहि यथा नटस्य । सृष्ट्वात्मनेदम् अनुविश्य विहृत्य चान्ते संहृत्य चात्म-महिनोपरतः स आस्ते ॥ [भ्प् ११.३१.११] परस्य श्री-कृष्णस्य ये तनु-भृतः प्रयुज्यमाने मयि तां शुद्धां भागवतीं तनुम् [भ्प् १.६.२९] इति श्री-नारदोक्त्य्-अनुसारेण तदीयां तनुम् एव धारयन्तस् तत्-पार्षदा यादवादयस् तेषां जननाप्यय-रूपा ईहाश् चेष्टाः केवलं परस्यैव मायया अनुकरणम् अवेहि यथा इन्द्रजाल-वेत्ता नटः कश्चिज् जीवत एव मारयित्वेव दग्ध्वेव पुनश् च तद्-देहं जनयित्वेव दर्शयति तस्येव । विश्व-सर्गादि-हेत्व्-अचिन्त्य-शक्तेस् तस्य तादृश- शक्तित्वं न च चित्रम् इत्य् आह सृष्ट्वेति । एवं सति श्री-सङ्कर्षणादौ मुग्धानाम् अन्यथाभान-हेतूदाहरणाभासः सुतराम् एव मायिक-लीला- वर्णने प्रवेशितो भवति । स्कान्दे श्री-लक्ष्मणस्याप्य् अन्यादृशत्वं न सम्प्रतिपन्नम् । नारायण-वर्मणि च शेषाद् विलक्षण-शक्तित्वेन नित्यम् एवोपासक-पालकत्वेन तथैवानुमतम् इति दर्शितम् । अतएव जरासन्ध- वाक्ये तव राम यदि श्रद्धा [भ्प् १०.५०.१८] इत्य् अत्र श्री-स्वामिभिर् अपीत्थं वास्तवार्थो व्यञ्जितः । अच्छेद्य-देहोऽसाव् इति स्वयम् एव मत्वा अपरितोषात् पक्षान्तरम् आह यद् वा मां जहीति । तद् एवं चानेन व्याख्यानेन लोकाभिरामां स्व-तनुं [भ्प् ११.३१.६] इत्य् आदि-पद्येषु योगि-जन-शक्ति-विलक्षण-भगवच्-छक्ति-व्यञ्जकक- श्री-स्वामि-चरणानाम् अदग्ध्वेत्य् आदि-पद-च्छेदादि-मय-व्याख्या- सौष्ठवं कैमुत्यातिशयेन सुष्ठ्व् एव स्थापितम् । यत एव दृश्यते चाद्याप्य् उपासकानाम् इत्य् आदिकं च तद्-उक्तं सुसङ्गतं भवति । तत्-तत्- परिकरेणैव सार्धं तेषु तत्-साक्षात्कार इति । अप्राकृत-देहानां तेषां तन् न सम्भवतीय् आस्ताम् ।

[124] tathā ca padya-trayam - rājan parasya tanu-bhṛj-jananāpyayehā māyā-viḍambanam avehi yathā naṭasya | sṛṣṭvātmanedam anuviśya vihṛtya cānte saṃhṛtya cātma-mahinoparataḥ sa āste || [BhP 11.31.11] parasya śrī-kṛṣṇasya ye tanu-bhṛtaḥ prayujyamāne mayi tāṃ śuddhāṃ bhāgavatīṃ tanum [BhP 1.6.29] iti śrī-nāradokty-anusāreṇa tadīyāṃ tanum eva dhārayantas tat-pārṣadā yādavādayas teṣāṃ jananāpyaya-rūpā īhāś ceṣṭāḥ kevalaṃ parasyaiva māyayā anukaraṇam avehi yathā indrajāla-vettā naṭaḥ kaścij jīvata eva mārayitveva dagdhveva punaś ca tad-dehaṃ janayitveva darśayati tasyeva | viśva-sargādi-hetv-acintya-śaktes tasya tādṛśa- śaktitvaṃ na ca citram ity āha sṛṣṭveti | evaṃ sati śrī-saṅkarṣaṇādau mugdhānām anyathābhāna-hetūdāharaṇābhāsaḥ sutarām eva māyika-līlā- varṇane praveśito bhavati | skānde śrī-lakṣmaṇasyāpy anyādṛśatvaṃ na sampratipannam | nārāyaṇa-varmaṇi ca śeṣād vilakṣaṇa-śaktitvena nityam evopāsaka-pālakatvena tathaivānumatam iti darśitam | ataeva jarāsandha- vākye tava rāma yadi śraddhā [BhP 10.50.18] ity atra śrī-svāmibhir apītthaṃ vāstavārtho vyañjitaḥ | acchedya-deho'sāv iti svayam eva matvā aparitoṣāt pakṣāntaram āha yad vā māṃ jahīti | tad evaṃ cānena vyākhyānena lokābhirāmāṃ sva-tanuṃ [BhP 11.31.6] ity ādi-padyeṣu yogi-jana-śakti-vilakṣaṇa-bhagavac-chakti-vyañjakaka- śrī-svāmi-caraṇānām adagdhvety ādi-pada-cchedādi-maya-vyākhyā- sauṣṭhavaṃ kaimutyātiśayena suṣṭhv eva sthāpitam | yata eva dṛśyate cādyāpy upāsakānām ity ādikaṃ ca tad-uktaṃ susaṅgataṃ bhavati | tat-tat- parikareṇaiva sārdhaṃ teṣu tat-sākṣātkāra iti | aprākṛta-dehānāṃ teṣāṃ tan na sambhavatīy āstām |

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English witness · section(s) 130

Anuccheda 130

1 After the departure of Lord Krsna and the Yadavas from the earth, Uddhava offered the following prayer, begging the Lord to enable him to regain their former association. Uddhava said (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.6.43): “O Lord Kesava, I am not willing to abandon Your lotus feet for even half a second. Please bring me to Your transcendental abode.”*** 2 In this verse the word ‘sva-dhama’ refers to the abode of Dvaraka in the spiritual world, beyond the view of the material world. Uddhava says in this verse: “O Lord, You have brought the other members of the Yadu dynasty to Your abode, You should also bring me.” Another meaning of the word ‘api’ is ‘even’. Interpreted in this way, Uddhava says “Please bring even me to Your abode.” In this way Uddhava humbly describes his own uselessness and lack of good qualities.

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §125 · English §131

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[१२५] श्री-कृष्ण-पाल्यत्वेनैव न सम्भवतीत्य् आह -- मर्त्येन यो गुरु-सुतं यम-लोक-नीतं त्वां चानयच् छरण-दः परमास्त्र-दग्धम् । जिग्ये ऽन्तकान्तकम् अपीशम् असाव् अनीशः किं स्वानने स्वर् अनयन् मृगयां स-देहम् ॥ [भ्प् ११.३१.१२] यः श्री-कृष्णः यम-लोकं गतम् अपि गुरु-सुतं गुरोर् जातेन पञ्चजन- भक्षितेन तेन मर्त्येन देहेनैवानयत् । न च ब्रह्म-तेजसो बलवत्त्वं मन्तव्यम् । त्वां च ब्रह्मास्त्र-दग्धं यस् तस्माद् ब्रह्मास्त्राद् आनयद् रक्षितवान् इत्य् अर्थः । किम् अन्यद् वक्तव्यम् ? यश् चान्तकानाम् अन्तकम् ईशं श्री-रुद्रम् अपि बाण-सङ्ग्रामे जितवान् । अहो यश् च तं जराख्यं मृगयुम् अपि स्वः स्वर्गं वैकुण्ठ-विशेषं स-शरीरम् एव प्रापितवान् । स कथं स्वानां यदूनाम् (पगे ६७) अवने ईशो न भवति ? तस्मात् तेष्व् अन्यथा-दर्शनं न तात्त्विक-लीलानुगतम् । स-शरीरं तु तेषां स्व-लोक- गमनम् अतीव युक्तम् इत्य् अर्थः ।

[125] śrī-kṛṣṇa-pālyatvenaiva na sambhavatīty āha -- martyena yo guru-sutaṃ yama-loka-nītaṃ tvāṃ cānayac charaṇa-daḥ paramāstra-dagdham | jigye 'ntakāntakam apīśam asāv anīśaḥ kiṃ svānane svar anayan mṛgayāṃ sa-deham || [BhP 11.31.12] yaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ yama-lokaṃ gatam api guru-sutaṃ guror jātena pañcajana- bhakṣitena tena martyena dehenaivānayat | na ca brahma-tejaso balavattvaṃ mantavyam | tvāṃ ca brahmāstra-dagdhaṃ yas tasmād brahmāstrād ānayad rakṣitavān ity arthaḥ | kim anyad vaktavyam ? yaś cāntakānām antakam īśaṃ śrī-rudram api bāṇa-saṅgrāme jitavān | aho yaś ca taṃ jarākhyaṃ mṛgayum api svaḥ svargaṃ vaikuṇṭha-viśeṣaṃ sa-śarīram eva prāpitavān | sa kathaṃ svānāṃ yadūnām (page 67) avane īśo na bhavati ? tasmāt teṣv anyathā-darśanaṃ na tāttvika-līlānugatam | sa-śarīraṃ tu teṣāṃ sva-loka- gamanam atīva yuktam ity arthaḥ |

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English witness · section(s) 131

Anuccheda 131

1 The appearance and activities of the Yadavas are transcendental, just as those of Sri Krsna. This is confirmed in the following statement of Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda: :Just as Laksmana and Bharata descend into the material world to accompany Lord Ramacandra, and just as Lord Balarama and others also descend to accompany Lord Krsna, in the same way the members of the Yadu dynasty descend from their own abodes in the spiritual sky and take birth in the material world to accompany Sri Krsna. When Lord Krsna again returns to the spiritual world, the members of the Yadu dynasty again accompany Him. They thus return to their original eternal abodes in the spiritual sky. The Yadavas and other great devotees, therefore, never take birth in the material world, as the conditioned souls do. Neither are they bound by the reactions of fruitive activities, as are the conditioned souls.” 2 In these verses the words ‘nija-lokat’ and ‘tat-padam’ refer to the planets of Lord Krsna and Lord Ramacandra in the spiritual world. According to this statement of Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, the incarnations of the Lord, (Such as Lord Matsya and others) each have Their own planet in the Vaikunthalokas. 3 The reason for the voluntary appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His associates in this material world is described by Vidura in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (3.1.44): “The appearance of the Lord is manifested for the annihilation of the upstarts. His activities are transcendental and are enacted for the understand of all persons. Otherwise, since the Lord is transcendental to all material modes, what purpose could He serve by coming to earth?”* 4 The word ‘kah’ in this verse is explained by Sridhara Svami: “In this verse the word ‘kah’ means ‘otherwise’. Now that we have proven that Maharaja Vasudeva and the other confidential associates of Lord Krsna are all the Lord’s eternal associates in the spiritual world, someone may protest, saying that there are many places in the Vedic literatures where it is described that the Lord’s associates were demigods or great devotees in their previous lives, and because of their great devotion they became eligible to become the Lord’s associates. To this objection I reply that in such cases it should be understand that such great devotees are empowered expansions of particular associates of the Lord. In other words, at the time of the Lord’s appearance in this world, some of the Lord’s eternal associates may empower certain great devotees to assume their roles in the Lord’s pastimes within the material world. Such empowerment is like the empowerment of Pradyumna, who was the demigod Cupid empowered by (visnu tattva) Lord Pradyumna of the catur-vyuha. 5 An example of one of the Lord’s associates who did not descend from the spiritual world to accompany the Lord in His pastimes is Uddhava. This is described by Sri Krsna to Uddhava, where the Lord described Uddhava’s previous birth as Vasu. Sri Krsna said (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.4.11): “O Vasu, I know from within your mind what you desired in the days of yore when the Vasus and other demigods responsible for expanding the universal affairs performed sacrifices. You particularly desired to achieve My association. This is very difficult to obtain for others, but I award it unto you.”* In this verse Lord Krsna addressed Uddhava as ‘vaso’ (in the vocative case) because in his previous birth he was the demigod Vasu. He was a partial expansion of the Lord’s associate Uddhava. Uddhava’s previous birth as Vasu should be understood in this way. 6 Devaki and Maharaja Vasudeva are described in the same way. Lord Krsna says to Devaki (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.32): “My dear mother, best of the chaste, in your previous birth, in the Svayambhuva millennium, you were known as Prsni, and Vasudeva, who was the most pious Prajapati, was named Sutapa.”* The Lord here says that Devaki became Prsni. He does not say that Prsni became Devaki.

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §126 · English §132

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[१२६] ननु गच्छन्तु ते स-शरीरा एव स्वं धाम तत्रापि स्वयं भगवान् विराजत एवेति न तेषां तद्-विरह-दुःखम् अपि । श्री-भगवांस् तु तथा-समर्थश् चेत् तर्हि कथम् अन्यांस् तादृशान् आविर्भाव्य तैः सह मर्त्य-लोकानुग्रहार्थम् अपरम् अपि कियन्तं कालं मर्त्य-लोकेऽपि प्रकटो नासीद् इत्य् अत्र सिद्धान्तयन् तेषां श्री-भगवतश् च सौहार्द-भरेणापि परस्परम् अव्यभिचारित्वम् आह तथाप्य् अशेष-स्थिति-सम्भवाप्ययेष्व् अनन्य-हेतुर् यद् अशेष-शक्ति-धृक् । नैच्छत् प्रणेतुं वपुर् अत्र शेषितं मर्त्येन किं स्व-स्थ-गतिं प्रदर्शयन् ॥ [भ्प् ११.३१.१३] यद्यप्य् उक्त-प्रकारेण अशेष-स्थिति-सम्भवाप्ययेषु अनन्य-हेतुः यत् यस्मात् तद्-ऊर्ध्वम् अप्य् अनन्त-तादृश-शक्ति-धृक्, तथापि यादवान् अन्तर्धाप्य निजं वपुर् अत्र शेषितं प्रणेतुं किञ्चित् कालं स्थापयितुं नैच्छत्, किन्तु स्वम् एव लोकम् अनयत् । तत्र हेतुः । तान् विना मर्त्येन लोकेन किं मम प्रयोजनम् इति स्व-स्थानां तद्-धाम-गतानां तेषां गतिम् एव स्वस्याभिमतत्वेन प्रकृष्टां दर्शयन्न् इति । ॥ ११.३१ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १२४-१२६ ॥

[126] nanu gacchantu te sa-śarīrā eva svaṃ dhāma tatrāpi svayaṃ bhagavān virājata eveti na teṣāṃ tad-viraha-duḥkham api | śrī-bhagavāṃs tu tathā-samarthaś cet tarhi katham anyāṃs tādṛśān āvirbhāvya taiḥ saha martya-lokānugrahārtham aparam api kiyantaṃ kālaṃ martya-loke'pi prakaṭo nāsīd ity atra siddhāntayan teṣāṃ śrī-bhagavataś ca sauhārda-bhareṇāpi parasparam avyabhicāritvam āha tathāpy aśeṣa-sthiti-sambhavāpyayeṣv ananya-hetur yad aśeṣa-śakti-dhṛk | naicchat praṇetuṃ vapur atra śeṣitaṃ martyena kiṃ sva-stha-gatiṃ pradarśayan || [BhP 11.31.13] yadyapy ukta-prakāreṇa aśeṣa-sthiti-sambhavāpyayeṣu ananya-hetuḥ yat yasmāt tad-ūrdhvam apy ananta-tādṛśa-śakti-dhṛk, tathāpi yādavān antardhāpya nijaṃ vapur atra śeṣitaṃ praṇetuṃ kiñcit kālaṃ sthāpayituṃ naicchat, kintu svam eva lokam anayat | tatra hetuḥ | tān vinā martyena lokena kiṃ mama prayojanam iti sva-sthānāṃ tad-dhāma-gatānāṃ teṣāṃ gatim eva svasyābhimatatvena prakṛṣṭāṃ darśayann iti | || 11.31 || śrī-śukaḥ || 124-126 ||

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English witness · section(s) 132

Anuccheda 132

That Maharaja Vasudeva is described in Srimad Bhagavatam: “The stage of pure goodness, where one is able to realise the Supreme Lord, is known as ‘vasudeva-sattva’.* “Because Anakadundubhi was situated in the platform of pure goodness (vasudeva-sattva), he became the place where the Supreme Personality of Godhead made His appearance within this world. This is described by the great sages.”* This means that the sages say that Anakadundubhi became famous as Vasudeva, the place of the Lord’s appearance. This verse was spoken by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami.

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §127 · English §133

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[१२७] अतस् तेषां श्री-भगवद्वद् अन्तर्धानम् एव न त्व् अन्यद् अस्तीति श्री- भगवद्-अभिप्राय-कथनेनाप्य् आह - मिथो यदैषां भविता विवादो मध्व्-आमदाताम्र-विलोचनानाम् । नैषां वधोपाय इयान् अतो ऽन्यो मय्य् उद्यते ऽन्तर्दधते स्वयं स्म ॥ [भ्प् ३.३.१५] एषां यदूनां यदा मिथो विवादस् तदाप्य् एषां पृथिवी-परित्याजने वध- रूप उपायो न विद्यते किम् उतान्येन विवादे स न स्याद् इति । तर्हि तेषां ममाभिलषिते पृथिवी-परित्याजने कतम उपायो भवेत् । तत्र पुनः परामृशति । अतो वधाद् अन्य एव इयान् एतावान् एव उपायो वर्तते । कोऽसौ मयि उद्यते ममेच्छया एते स्वयम् अन्तर्दधत इति यः । स्मेति निश्चये । यद् वा वधस्योपायो न विद्यत इत्य् एवं व्याख्याय अतो वधोपायाद् अन्य इयान् वधोपाय-तुल्य उपायो विद्यते इति व्याख्येयम् । अन्यत् समानम् । ॥ ३.३ ॥ श्रीमद् उद्धवो विदुरम् ॥ १२७ ॥

[127] atas teṣāṃ śrī-bhagavadvad antardhānam eva na tv anyad astīti śrī- bhagavad-abhiprāya-kathanenāpy āha - mitho yadaiṣāṃ bhavitā vivādo madhv-āmadātāmra-vilocanānām | naiṣāṃ vadhopāya iyān ato 'nyo mayy udyate 'ntardadhate svayaṃ sma || [BhP 3.3.15] eṣāṃ yadūnāṃ yadā mitho vivādas tadāpy eṣāṃ pṛthivī-parityājane vadha- rūpa upāyo na vidyate kim utānyena vivāde sa na syād iti | tarhi teṣāṃ mamābhilaṣite pṛthivī-parityājane katama upāyo bhavet | tatra punaḥ parāmṛśati | ato vadhād anya eva iyān etāvān eva upāyo vartate | ko'sau mayi udyate mamecchayā ete svayam antardadhata iti yaḥ | smeti niścaye | yad vā vadhasyopāyo na vidyata ity evaṃ vyākhyāya ato vadhopāyād anya iyān vadhopāya-tulya upāyo vidyate iti vyākhyeyam | anyat samānam | || 3.3 || śrīmad uddhavo viduram || 127 ||

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English witness · section(s) 133

Anuccheda 133

It is further explained (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.8): “Devaki appeared in a spiritual form.” The word ‘deva’ here means ‘of Lord Vasudeva’ and ‘deva-rupinyam’ means ‘a spiritual form of pure goodness.’ The spiritual form of Devaki-devi is also described in the Visnu Purana, where the demigods, offer the following offering prayers to her: “O Devaki, your form is transcendental.”

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §128 · English §134

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[१२८] अतएवान्तर्हिते भगवति श्रीमद्-उद्धवस्य विदुर् इति वर्तमान-प्रत्यय- निर्देश-वाक्येन तदानीम् अन्तर्हितस्यापि तद्-वर्गस्य इव श्री-भगवतैव सह संवासो व्यज्यते यथा - दुर्भगो बत लोको ऽयं यदवो नितराम् अपि । ये संवसन्तो न विदुर् हरिं मीना इवोडुपम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.२.८] अयं मम हृदये स्फुरन् द्वारका-वासी लोकः । ये संवसन्तः सह वसन्तोऽपि न विदुर् न जानन्ति । अहं तु संवास-भाग्य-हीनो न जानामीति नाश्चर्यम् इति भावः । अत्र तदानीं यदि संवासो नाभविष्यत् तदा नावेदिषुर् इत्य् एवावक्ष्यद् इति ज्ञेयम् ।

[128] ataevāntarhite bhagavati śrīmad-uddhavasya vidur iti vartamāna-pratyaya- nirdeśa-vākyena tadānīm antarhitasyāpi tad-vargasya iva śrī-bhagavataiva saha saṃvāso vyajyate yathā - durbhago bata loko 'yaṃ yadavo nitarām api | ye saṃvasanto na vidur hariṃ mīnā ivoḍupam || [BhP 3.2.8] ayaṃ mama hṛdaye sphuran dvārakā-vāsī lokaḥ | ye saṃvasantaḥ saha vasanto'pi na vidur na jānanti | ahaṃ tu saṃvāsa-bhāgya-hīno na jānāmīti nāścaryam iti bhāvaḥ | atra tadānīṃ yadi saṃvāso nābhaviṣyat tadā nāvediṣur ity evāvakṣyad iti jñeyam |

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English witness · section(s) 134

Anuccheda 134

Before Sri Krsna appeared in this material world, Vasudeva and Devaki were His parents in the aprakata-lila (unmanifest pastimes) of the spiritual world. These two parents entered this material world along with the Lord, and performed the manifest pastimes (prakata-lila) there. When Krsna would return to the spiritual world, Vasudeva and Devaki would automatically follow Him there, and again assume their parental roles there. It is with this understanding that Sri Krsna said to them (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.45): “Both of you, husband and wife, constantly think of Me as your son, but always know that I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By thus thinking of Me constantly with love and affection, you will achieve the highest perfection, returning home, back to Godhead.”* In this verse we many note that the word ‘brahma-bhavena’ means ‘with the understanding that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has appeared in a humanlike form’ and the words ‘mad-gatim param’ means ‘the unmanifest pastimes of the spiritual world, different from the manifest pastimes of the material world.”

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §129 · English §135

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[१२९] नन्व् अधुनापि न जानन्तीति कथं जानासीत्य् आशङ्क्य हेतुं प्राचीन- निजानुभवम् आह - इङ्गित-ज्ञाः पुरु-प्रौढा एकारामाश् च सात्वताः । सात्वताम् ऋषभं सर्वे भूतावासम् अमंसत ॥ [भ्प् ३.२.९] यं सात्वतां स्वेषाम् एव ऋषभं नित्य-कुल-पतित्वेन वर्तमानं स्वयं भगवन्तम् अपि भूतावासं तद्-अंश-रूपं भूतान्तर्यामिनम् एवामंसतेति । मे एको देव (पगे ६८) इत्य् आदौ सर्व-भूताधिवास [श्वेतु ६.१८] इत्य् अन्तर्यामि-श्रुतेः । उक्तं च वृष्णीनां पर-दैवता [भ्प् १०.४३.२७] इति । ॥ ३.२ ॥ श्रीमद्-उद्धवो श्री-विदुरम् ॥ १२८-१२९ ॥

[129] nanv adhunāpi na jānantīti kathaṃ jānāsīty āśaṅkya hetuṃ prācīna- nijānubhavam āha - iṅgita-jñāḥ puru-prauḍhā ekārāmāś ca sātvatāḥ | sātvatām ṛṣabhaṃ sarve bhūtāvāsam amaṃsata || [BhP 3.2.9] yaṃ sātvatāṃ sveṣām eva ṛṣabhaṃ nitya-kula-patitvena vartamānaṃ svayaṃ bhagavantam api bhūtāvāsaṃ tad-aṃśa-rūpaṃ bhūtāntaryāminam evāmaṃsateti | me eko deva (page 68) ity ādau sarva-bhūtādhivāsa [ŚvetU 6.18] ity antaryāmi-śruteḥ | uktaṃ ca vṛṣṇīnāṃ para-daivatā [BhP 10.43.27] iti | || 3.2 || śrīmad-uddhavo śrī-viduram || 128-129 ||

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English witness · section(s) 135

Anuccheda 135

1 Sri Krsna describes the great devotion and faith felt by Vasudeva and Devaki in their partial incarnation as Sutapa and Prsni in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.39): “Being husband and wife but always sonless, you were attracted by sexual desires, for by the influence of devamaya, transcendental love, you wanted to have Me as your son. Therefore you never desired to be liberated from this material world.”* 2 In this verse the word ‘mayaya’ means ‘by the Lord’s potency which inspires transcendental love for Him”. The word ‘maya’ is also used in this sense in the following quote from Srimad Bhagavatam (10.8.43), where Mother Yasoda’s love for Krsna is described in the following words: “Mother Yasoda, by the grace of the Lord, could understand the real truth. But then again, the supreme master, by the influence of the internal potency, yogamaya, inspired her to become absorbed in intense maternal affection for her son.”* The word ‘maya’ may also mean ‘My mercy, which is the cause of intense love for Me.” This interpretation is supported by the Visva-prakasa dictionary, which defines the word ‘maya’ in the following way: The word ‘maya’ means either ‘deceit’ or ‘mercy’. Although pure love of Krsna is the natural cause of liberation from material entanglement, it also eclipses that benediction of liberation and makes it seem very insignificant. For this reason, Vasudeva and Devaki were not very eager to attain liberation. We may also note that the phrase ‘ajusta-gramya-visayau’ does not mean that Vasudeva and Devaki were intent on material sense gratification as the conditioned souls are. Actually Vasudeva and Devaki were supremely renounced and free from all material desires.

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §130 · English §136

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[१३०] यम् एव संवासं पूर्वम् अपि प्रार्थयामास - नाहं तवाङ्घ्रि-कमलं क्षणार्धम् अपि केशव । त्यक्तुं समुत्सहे नाथ स्व-धाम नय माम् अपि ॥ [भ्प् ११.६.४३] स्व-धाम-द्वारकाया एव प्रापञ्चिका-प्रकट-प्रकाश-विशेषम् अपीति । यथा यादवान् अन्यान् नयसि तथा माम् अपि नयेत्य् अर्थः । अर्थान्तरे त्व् अपि- शब्द-वैयर्थ्यं स्यात् । ॥ ११.६ ॥ श्रीमान् उद्धवः ॥ १३० ॥

[130] yam eva saṃvāsaṃ pūrvam api prārthayāmāsa - nāhaṃ tavāṅghri-kamalaṃ kṣaṇārdham api keśava | tyaktuṃ samutsahe nātha sva-dhāma naya mām api || [BhP 11.6.43] sva-dhāma-dvārakāyā eva prāpañcikā-prakaṭa-prakāśa-viśeṣam apīti | yathā yādavān anyān nayasi tathā mām api nayety arthaḥ | arthāntare tv api- śabda-vaiyarthyaṃ syāt | || 11.6 || śrīmān uddhavaḥ || 130 ||

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English witness · section(s) 136

Anuccheda 136

That the residents of Gokula Vrndavana are also eternal associates of Sri Krsna is confirmed in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (10.90.48): “Lord Sri Krsna is He who is known as jana-nivasa, the resort of all living entities, and who is also known as Devaki-nandana or Yasoda-nandana, the son of Devaki and Yasoda. He is the guide of the Yadu dynasty, and with His mighty arms He kills everything inauspicious as well as every man who is impious. By His presence He destroys all things inauspicious for all living entities, moving and inert. His blissful smiling face always increases the lusty desires of the gopis of Vrndavana. May He be all glorious and happy.”* Sri Krsna also affirmed that the residents of Vrndavana are His eternal associates in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.25.18): “The residents of Vrndavana have completely taken shelter of Me. They consider Me their supreme master, and they are all My eternal associates. By expanding My own transcendental potency, I shall therefore protect them from Indra’s wrath, for I have vowed that I shall always protect My devotees.”*

Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §131 · English §137

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[१३१] पाद्मोत्तर-खण्डे कार्त्तिक-माहात्म्ये च यादवानां तदृशत्वं - यथा सौमित्रि-भरतौ यथा सङ्कर्षणादयः । तथा तेनैव जायन्ते निज-लोकाद् यदृच्छया ॥ पुनस् तेनैव गच्छन्ति तत्-पदं शाश्वतं परम् । न कर्म-बन्धनं जन्म वैष्णवानां च विद्यते ॥ [पद्मप् ६.२२९.५७-५८] इति । अत्र निज-लोकाद् इति तत्-पदम् इति च राम-कृष्णादि-वैकुण्ठं पाद्मोत्तर- खण्ड-मतम् । श्री-मत्स्याद्य्-अवताराणां पृथक् पृथक् वैकुण्ठावस्थितेस् तत्र साक्षाद् उक्तत्वात् । तादृशानां भगवत इव भगवद्-इच्छयैव जन्मादि-कारणं चोक्तं श्री-विदुरेण - अजस्य जन्मोत्पथ-नाशनाय कर्माण्य् अकर्तुर् ग्रहणाय पुंसाम् नन्व् अन्यथा को ऽर्हति देह-योगं परो गुणानाम् उत कर्म-तन्त्रम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.१.४४] इति । को वान्योऽपीति टीका च । तद् एवं तेषां श्री-कृष्ण-नित्य-परिकरत्वे सिद्धे साधिते श्री-वसुदेवादीनां प्राग्-जन्मनि साधकत्वादि-कथनं च भगवत इव भगवद्-इच्छयैव लोक-सङ्ग्रहाद्य्-अर्थम् अंशेनैवावतारात् क्वचिज्-जीवान्तरावेशात् सम्भवति । पुनश् च स्वयम् अवतरत्सु तेषु तद्-अंश- प्रवेश-कथा-रीत्या त्व् एकत्वेन कथनम् इति ज्ञेयम् । यथा प्रद्युम्नस्य व्याख्यातम् । एवं तृतीये वेदाहम् इत्य् आदि भगवद्-वाक्ये उद्धवं प्रति वस्व्-अंशत्वापेक्षयैव वसो इति सम्बोधनं तादृशांश- पर्यवसानास्पदांशि-रूपत्वेन चरम-जन्मतोक्तिश् च ज्ञेया । अतएवाह -- त्वम् एव पूर्व-सर्गे ऽभूः पृश्निः स्वायम्भुवे सति । तदायं सुतपा नाम प्रजापतिर् अकल्मषः ॥ [भ्प् १०.३.३२] त्वं श्री-देवकी-देव्य् एव पृश्निर् अभूः न तु पृश्निस् त्वम् अभूद् इति । एवं तदायम् अपीति । ॥ १०.३ ॥ श्री-भगवान् ॥ १३१ ॥

[131] pādmottara-khaṇḍe kārttika-māhātmye ca yādavānāṃ tadṛśatvaṃ - yathā saumitri-bharatau yathā saṅkarṣaṇādayaḥ | tathā tenaiva jāyante nija-lokād yadṛcchayā || punas tenaiva gacchanti tat-padaṃ śāśvataṃ param | na karma-bandhanaṃ janma vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca vidyate || [PadmaP 6.229.57-58] iti | atra nija-lokād iti tat-padam iti ca rāma-kṛṣṇādi-vaikuṇṭhaṃ pādmottara- khaṇḍa-matam | śrī-matsyādy-avatārāṇāṃ pṛthak pṛthak vaikuṇṭhāvasthites tatra sākṣād uktatvāt | tādṛśānāṃ bhagavata iva bhagavad-icchayaiva janmādi-kāraṇaṃ coktaṃ śrī-vidureṇa - ajasya janmotpatha-nāśanāya karmāṇy akartur grahaṇāya puṃsām nanv anyathā ko 'rhati deha-yogaṃ paro guṇānām uta karma-tantram || [BhP 3.1.44] iti | ko vānyo'pīti ṭīkā ca | tad evaṃ teṣāṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nitya-parikaratve siddhe sādhite śrī-vasudevādīnāṃ prāg-janmani sādhakatvādi-kathanaṃ ca bhagavata iva bhagavad-icchayaiva loka-saṅgrahādy-artham aṃśenaivāvatārāt kvacij-jīvāntarāveśāt sambhavati | punaś ca svayam avataratsu teṣu tad-aṃśa- praveśa-kathā-rītyā tv ekatvena kathanam iti jñeyam | yathā pradyumnasya vyākhyātam | evaṃ tṛtīye vedāham ity ādi bhagavad-vākye uddhavaṃ prati vasv-aṃśatvāpekṣayaiva vaso iti sambodhanaṃ tādṛśāṃśa- paryavasānāspadāṃśi-rūpatvena carama-janmatoktiś ca jñeyā | ataevāha -- tvam eva pūrva-sarge 'bhūḥ pṛśniḥ svāyambhuve sati | tadāyaṃ sutapā nāma prajāpatir akalmaṣaḥ || [BhP 10.3.32] tvaṃ śrī-devakī-devy eva pṛśnir abhūḥ na tu pṛśnis tvam abhūd iti | evaṃ tadāyam apīti | || 10.3 || śrī-bhagavān || 131 ||

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Anuccheda 137

1 That the gopis of Vrndavana are goddesses of fortune in the spiritual world is confirmed by the following statement of Srila Sukadeva Gosvami in Srimad Bhagavatam (10.5.18): “O Maharaja Pariksit, the home of Nanda Maharaja is eternally the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His transcendental qualities and is therefore always naturally endowed with the opulence of all wealth. Yet beginning from Lord Krsna’s appearance there, it became the place for the pastimes of the goddess of fortune.”* 2 In this verse Vrndavana-dhama, the home of Nanda Maharaja (nandasya vrajah) is described as eternally endowed with the opulence of all wealth (sarva-samrddhiman). When Sri Krsna appeared in Vrndavana with all His transcendental qualities (atma-gunaih), and enjoyed confidential pastimes there, the most exalted goddesses of fortune in the spiritual world came with Him to enjoy pastimes with the Lord. As long as the Lord stayed in the material world, these goddesses of fortune also stayed. In this way Vrndavana-dhama became the place of Sri Krsna’s pastimes, and also the residence of the greatest goddesses of fortune. That Vrndavana-dhama is the abode of pastimes for the goddesses of fortune (rama-kridam) is confirmed by the following verse from Brahma-samhita (5.29): “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.”*