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1
The son of
Vyâsa said: 'Then, one day, visited Sankarshana and
Acyuta, the two sons of Vasudeva, Their father who, after They
had honored his feet, welcomed Them affectionately and spoke to
Them.
The
son of Vyâsa said: 'Then, one day, came Sankarshana
and Acyuta, the two sons of Vasudeva, to him who, after They
had honored his feet, greeting Them spoke affectionately.
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2
Having
heard the words of the sages referring to the powers of his two
sons, got he also in regard of their valorous deeds convinced
of Them and said he, addressing Them by name:
Having
heard the words of the sages referring to the powers of his
two sons, had with him in regard of their valorous deeds the
conviction developed and said he, addressing Them by
name:
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Text
3
'Krishna,
o Krishna, o greatest yogi, o eternal Sankarshana, I know You
two are the direct representatives of the primary
nature [or
pradhâna]
and male principle [the purusha
or person] out here.
'Krishna,
o Krishna, o greatest yogî, o eternal Sankarshana, I
know You two are directly the primary nature [or
pradhâna] and male principle [the purusha or
person] out here. (Vedabase)
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4
Whatever,
however or whenever, in, by, from, of or unto this
[universe] comes into existence, all represents
directly the One who Predominates, the Supreme Lord, the
primary nature and person.
Whatever,
however or whenever, in, by, from, of or unto this
[universe] comes into existence, is all directly the
Predominator, the Supreme Lord, the primary nature and
person, (Vedabase)
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5
This
variegated universe that You created from Yourself, o Lord of
the Beyond, do You, o Unborn One, entering it by Yourself,
maintain as the Supreme Soul and principle of vitality and
individuality.
This
variegated universe created from Yourself, o Lord of the
Beyond, do You, o Unborn One, entering it by Yourself,
maintain as the Supreme Soul and principle of vitality and
individuality. (Vedabase)
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6
Of
both [the animate, and inanimate] entities which,
different as they are and all belonging to the Supreme, are
thus dependent, are You the One
who constitutes
the creative potency of the life air and the other basic
elements of the universe [see also 2.5:
32-33].
Of
both [the animate, and inanimate] entities which,
different as they are, all belonging to the Supreme are thus
dependent, are You the One that sets into motion the
creative factors and potencies of the life air and that all
in the universe [see also 2.5:
32-33].
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7
The glow,
brilliance, luminosity, the particular of the moon, the fire,
the sun, the stars and the lightning [B.G.
15: 12],
the permanence of the mountains and the fragrance and
sustaining power of the earth, are all You in
fact.
The
glow, brilliance, luminosity, the particular of the moon,
the fire, the sun, the stars and the lightning [B.G. 15:
12], the permanence of the mountains and the fragrance
and sustaining power of the earth, are all in truth You
Yourself. (Vedabase)
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8
The
quenching, the vitalizing capacity of water as also the water
itself and its taste are You o Lord. O Controller, of You is
there on the basis of the
air [so one says] the body heat, the mental and
physical vigor, the endeavor and the movement [see also
B.G.
11: 39].
The
quenching, the life-giving of water as also the water itself
and its taste are You o Lord; o Controller, Yours is the
body heat, the vigor mental and physical, the endeavor and
the movement [that are all said to be] of the air
[see also B.G. 11: 39].
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9
You
are the directions and the spaces they describe, the
omnipresent ether and the elemental sound belonging thereto.
You are the primeval vibration that is the syllable AUM and its
differentiation in particular
forms [of
language, see also B.G.
7: 8].
You
are the directions their spaces, the ether all around, the
elemental sound there based, the primeval vibration that is
the syllable of AUM and its differentiation in particular
forms [of language, see also B.G. 7: 8].
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10
You
are of the senses the power to perceive, You are their gods
[see also see also 3.12:
26] and of
them are You the mercy;
You are of the intelligence
the power to decide and of the living being the power to
remember the things as they are [B.G.
7: 10 &
15:
15].
You
are of the senses the power to sense, their gods [3.12:
26] and of them the mercy; You are of the intelligence
the power to decide and of the living being the power to
correctly recall [B.G. 7: 10 15: 15].
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11
You, the
primeval Cause of all Causes, are the source of the physical
elements [tamas], the passions of the senses
[rajas] and the stream of consciousness of the
creative gods [sattva, see also B.G.
14].
You,
the Originator before All, are the source of the physical
elements [tamas], the passions of the senses
[rajas] and the emotions changing with the choice of
gods [sattva, see also B.G. 14].
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12
Of the entities
that are subject to destruction in this world are You the
indestructible being, the way the substance itself is relative
to its transformations.
Among
the entities that are subject to destruction in this world
are You the indestructible, just as the substance itself is,
relative to its
transformations.
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13
The modes of
goodness, passion and ignorance and their functions are this
way within You, within the Supreme Absolute Truth, regulated by
the internal potency [the yogamâyâ of
Your pastimes].
The
modes of goodness, passion and ignorance and their functions
are this way within You, within the Supreme Absolute Truth,
regulated by the internal potency [the
yogamâyâ of Your pastimes].
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14
On
that account are these entities not [really] destroyed
when they - at other times indeed being nonmaterial -
conditioned within You as products of creation, also have You
within them [as
a believer, as the life force or caitanya,
as a nitya-mukta,
eternally liberated, conscious soul or a jîvâtmâ,
see B.G
2: 12,
9:
4-5 &
8:
19].
On
that account are these entities not [really]
destroyed when they - at other times indeed being
nonmaterial - conditioned within You as products of
creation, also have You within them [as a believer, as
caitanya, a nitya-mukta conscious soul or
jivâtmâ, see B.G 2: 12, 9: 4-5 & 8: 19].
(Vedabase)
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15
Those
then in this world are ignorant who, failing in understanding
the destination that is the Soul of Everything, by their karma
are impelled to move around in the flow of the material
ocean.
Those
then in this world are ignorant who, failing in
understanding the destination of the Soul of Everything,
impelled by their karma move around in the flow of the
material ocean. (Vedabase)
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16
Somehow
or other with this life having obtained the most desirable
status of a human being - a status that is so difficult to
achieve -, may someone deluded by the material energy [like
me], o Controller, [still] have spent his entire
life in confusion about his own best interest.
Somehow
or other in this life having obtained the most suitable of
the human stature so difficult to achieve, may someone
deluded by the material energy [like Me], o
Controller, [still] have spent his entire life in
confusion about his own best interest.
(Vedabase)
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17
With
You who in this world ties everyone together with the ropes of
affection is there with the body and the progeny and other
relations the 'this I am' and 'these are mine' to it
[see also e.g.
2.9:
2,
4.28:
17,
4.29:
5,
5.5:
8 and
6.16:
41].
With
You tying up all in this world with the ropes of affection
is there to the body and the progeny and other relations the
'this I am' and 'these are mine' to it. [see also e.g.
2.9: 2, 4.28: 17, 4.29: 5, 5.5: 8 and 6.16: 41].
(Vedabase)
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18
The two of You
are not our sons but evidently the Controllers of
pradhâna and purusha that descended to
remove the burden of rulers from the earth, as You Yourselves
have said [10.50:
7-10].
The
two of You are not our sons but evidently the Controllers of
pradhâna and purusha that descended to remove the
burden of rulers of the earth, as You Yourselves have said
[10.50: 7-10]. (Vedabase)
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19
Therefore do I
today seek Your shelter, Your lotus feet that, from the
surrendered, the distressed, take away the fear of being
entangled, o Friend, and that is all. Enough, I have enough of
that hankering for sense enjoyment which binds me to the mortal
frame and makes me think of You, the One Supreme, as being my
child.
Therefore
do I today come for Your shelter, to the lotusfeet which,
with the surrendered, the distressed, take away the fear of
being entangled, o Friend, and that is all; enough, enough
of that hankering for sense-enjoyment which makes me see
myself as being mortal and think of You, the One Supreme, as
being my child. (Vedabase)
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20
In
the maternity room You indeed said [see
10.3:
44]
that You, taking birth with us, were the Unborn One who that
way age after age operates in defense of Your dharma and as a
cloud therewith assume and relinquish various bodies [see
B.G. 4:
8];
o, who can understand the mystic potency and manifold of You,
the all-pervading, most glorified Lord?'
In
the maternity room You indeed said [see 10.3: 44]
that You, taking birth with us, were the Unborn One and thus
so age after age operate in defense of Your dharma, like a
cloud assuming and effacing various bodies [see B.G. 4:
8]; o, who can understand the mystic potency and
manifold of You, all-pervading, so greatly glorified?'
(Vedabase)
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21
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Having heard what His father thus said replied the
Supreme Lord, the best of the Sâtvatas, broadly smiling
with a gentle voice after with humility having bowed down.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'This way hearing the statements of His father
replied the Supreme Lord, the best of the sâtvatas
with humility bowing, broadly smiling with a gentle voice.
(Vedabase)
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22
The Supreme
Lord said: 'I consider these words of you appropriate, o
father, since by referring to Us, your Sons, you have expressed
the complete of reality.
The
Supreme Lord said: 'I consider these words of You
appropriate, o father, since by referring to Us, your Sons,
you expressed the total reality.
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23
I,
you, He, My brother, and these residents of
Dvârakâ, must together with everything that moves
and not moves, all be considered the same way [as
expansions of Me], o best of the Yadus [B.G.
9:
5
& 15
and the siddhânta].
I,
you, He, My brother, and these residents of
Dvârakâ even, are all to be considered the same
way (as expansions of Me), o best of the Yadus, along with
everything that moves and not moves [B.G. 9: 5 & 15
and the siddhânta]. (Vedabase)
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24
The
Supreme Soul indeed is one, self-luminous, eternal and
distinct; being free from the modes is He seen as many, in His
by the modes from Himself having created the material entities
that belong to those modes.
The
Supreme Soul indeed is one, self-luminous, eternal and
distinct; being free from the modes is it by the modes from
itself having created the material entities as their
products, seen as many. (Vedabase)
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25
It
is as with the ether, the
air, the fire, the water and the earth that, being single
elements, depending their locations, in their products, whether
they are manifest or unmanifest, small or large, appear as many
[see also B.G. 13:
31].'
It
is as with the ether, the air, the fire, the water and the
earth that, being one, depending their locations, in their
products, manifest or unmanifest, small or large, appear as
being many [see also B.G. 13: 31].'
(Vedabase)
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26
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Vasudeva who thus was addressed by the Supreme
Lord, o King, was freed from his thinking in opposites and
became silent, being satisfied within.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Of Vasudeva thus addressed by the Supreme Lord,
o King, was the thinking in separateness destroyed and was
he silent satisfied within. (Vedabase)
Text
27-28
Then
at that place, o best of the Kurus, asked loudly and clear
Devakî, the worshipable goddess of all who to her utter
amazement had heard of [the retrieval of] the son of
Their guru
[10.45],
Krishna and Râma to bring back her own sons who were
murdered by Kamsa; and looking back with that in mind she was
sad and spoke she distraught with tears in her
eyes.
Then
at that place, o best of the Kurus, asked loud and clear
Devakî, the worshipable goddess of all, from Krishna
and Râma that, as she to her utter amazement had heard
of [Their retrieving] the son of Their guru
[10.45], that her own sons murdered by Kamsa be
brought back; to the memory of which she sadly remembering,
distraught spoke with tears in her eyes.
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29
S'rî
Devakî said: 'Râma, o Râma, o Immeasurable
Soul; o Krishna, Master of the Yoga Masters, I know You both
are the Original Personalities, the Lords of the Creators of
the Universe [see also catur-vyûha].
S'rî
Devakî said: 'Râma, o Râma, o Immeasurable
Soul; o Krishna, Master of the Yogamasters, I know You both
are the Original Personalities, the Lords of the Creators of
the Universe [see also catur-vyûha].
(Vedabase)
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30
You
have now descended taking birth from me because of the kings
who, living in defiance of the scriptures and with their good
qualities destroyed by the time [of Kali-yuga],
became a burden to the earth.
You
now indeed descended to me for the kings who, living outside
of the scriptures with their good qualities destroyed by the
time [of kaliyuga], became a burden to the earth.
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31
O Soul of All
that Be, today came I for my shelter to Him, to You, who by a
partial expansion [the modes] of an expansion [the
material energy] of an expansion
[Nârâyana] gives rise to the generation,
prospering and dissolution of the universe [see also
2.5].
O
Soul of All that Be, today came I for shelter to Him, You,
who by a partial expansion [the modes] of an
expansion [the material energy] of an expansion
[Nârâyana] gives rise to the generation,
prospering and dissolution of the universe [see also
2.5]. (Vedabase)
Text
32-33
One
says that Your guru ordered You to retrieve his son wo had died
a long time ago. You brought him from the place of the
forefathers to Your spiritual master as a gift of gratitude to
the teacher. Please, o You two Masters of the Yoga Masters,
fulfill the same way my desire: I'd like to see my sons brought
back who were killed by Kamsa
[see
10.4].'
It
is heard that ordered by Your guru to retrieve his for a
long time dead son, You brought him from the place of the
forefathers to Your spiritual master as a gift of gratitude
to the teacher. Please, o You two Masters of the Yoga
Masters, fulfill the same way my desire: I'd like to see
brought back my sons that were killed by Kamsa' [see
10.4].
(Vedabase)
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34
The
rishi [S'uka] said: 'Thus entreated by Their
mother, o descendant of Bharata entered Râma and Krishna
utilizing Their internal potency the nether world of Sutala
[see 5.24:
18].
The
rishi [S'uka] said: 'Thus entreated by their mother,
o descendant of Bharata entered Râma and Krishna
utilizing their internal potency the nether world of
Sûtala [see 5.24: 18].
(Vedabase)
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35
Having
entered there stood the daitya king [Bali]
immediately up to bow to Them together with his entourage. He
was overwhelmed by the joy of seeing Them, the Supreme Soul and
Godhead of the Universe who were his favorite divinity of
worship.
Having
entered there stood the daitya king [Bali]
immediately up to bow to Them together with his entourage.
being overwhelmed with joy of seeing Them, the Supreme Soul
and Godhead of the Universe and especially himself.
(Vedabase)
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36
Bringing
Them royal seats, was he, as They sat, happy to wash the two
Great Souls Their feet, and together with his followers took he
the water [upon their heads] that purifies up to
Brahmâ.
Bringing
them royal seats, was he, as they sat, happy to take, of the
two Great Souls of Them, the feet to wash, of which he
together with his followers up to Brahmâ took the
purifying water [on their heads].
(Vedabase)
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37
He,
worshipping with all the wealth
of himself and his family, thus offered Them the most valuable
riches, garments, ornaments, fragrant pastes, bethel nut,
lamps, nectarean food and so on [*].
He,
with offering the wealth of himself and his family, thus
worshiped Them with the most valuable riches, garments,
ornaments, fragrant pastes, betel nut, lamps, nectarean food
and so on [*]. (Vedabase)
Text
38
He
who had conquered Indra [see 8.15]
then spoke, over and over taking hold of the Supreme Lord's
feet, with a heart melting of love, with tears in his eyes of
ecstasy and with his hair standing on end o King, with a choked
up voice.
He
who had conquered Indra [see 8.15], over and over
taking hold of the Supreme Lord's feet, spoke, with a heart
melting of love, tears in his eyes of ecstasy and his hairs
erect, o King, choked up in his words.
(Vedabase)
Text
39
Bali
said: 'My respects for Ananta, the Greatest Being; my
obeisances for Krishna, the Absolute Truth, the Supersoul, the
Disseminator and Creator of the
analytical
knowledge [sânkhya,
see 3.25-32]
and science of [bhakti-]yoga.
Bali
said: 'My respects for Ananta, the Greatest Being; my
obeisances to Krishna, the Absolute Truth, the Supersoul,
the Disseminator and Creator of the analytical knowledge
[sânkhya, see 3.25-32] and science of
[bhakti-] yoga. (Vedabase)
Text
40
The
vision of You indeed is, though by the living beings rarely
achieved, yet still for people like us, whose natures are in
passion and ignorance, not difficult to obtain with You
endeavoring to reach us on Your own accord
[see B.G.
3:
21-23].
The
vision of You indeed is, though by the living beings rarely
achieved, yet still for people like us, whose natures are in
passion and ignorance, not difficult to obtain with You
endeavoring to reach us on Your own accord [see B.G. 3:
21-23].
(Vedabase)
Text
41-43
The
sons of Diti and Dâna, the singers of heaven, the
perfected, the scientific, the venerable, the wealthkeepers,
the wild, the carnivorous and the paranormal, the mystics, the
politicians, we and others like them are attracted to You
despite of constantly being fixed with a grudge against the
Direct Embodiment of Pure Goodness in the divine form of the
revealed scriptures; some are especially obstinate with hatred,
some are of devotion with ulterior motives, while the
enlightened and the rest of the ones lusting in goodness, are
not that attracted at all [compare: the
âtmârâma-verse
1.7:
10].
The
sons of Diti and Dâna, the singers of heaven, the
perfected, the scientific, the venerable, the wealthkeepers,
the wild, the carnivorous and the paranormal, the mystics,
the politicians, we and others like them are constantly
fixed with a grudge toward the Direct Embodiment of Pure
Goodness whose divine form comprises the revealed
scriptures; some are especially obstinate with hatred, some
are of devotion with ulterior motives, but the enlightened
and the rest, infatuated in the goodness, are not so
attracted [but still, compare: the atmarâma-verse
1.7: 1]. (Vedabase)
Text
44
O Controller
when not even the masters of yoga know Your bewildering power
of yoga that for the greater part is characterized in terms
like this [svarûpa
and vis'esha
game of identity], what then of us?
O
Controller when not even the masters of yoga know Your
illusional yoga for the greater part characterized in terms
like this [svarûpa and vis'esha game of
identity], what then of us?
(Vedabase)
Text
45
Therefore o
shelter of the lotus feet that are sought by the selfless, have
mercy with me and lead me out of the blind well of a household
life, so that I in peace may wander alone or else may wander
with the friends of all, those [saints, devotees,
Vaishnavas, desire
trees] who
are willing to help all in the world and at whose feet the
subsistence [the 'vritti']
is obtained.
Therefore
o shelter of the lotus feet, searched for by the selfless,
be merciful to us and lead us out of the blind well of
household life, so that I in peace may wander alone or else
with the friends of all, those [saints, devotees,
vaishnavas, desire trees] helpful to all the world at
whose feet the subsistence [the 'vritti'] is
obtained. (Vedabase)
Text
46
Please direct
us o Controller of the ones controlled, make us sinless o
Master, turn us into a person who executes with faith and thus
is freed from [scriptural] fixations.'
Please
direct us o Controller of the ones controlled, make us
sinless o master, make us a person executing with faith that
becomes free from [scriptural] fixations.'
(Vedabase)
Text
47
The Supreme
Lord said: 'Once, during the first Manu, were there of
Marîci six sons born from Ûrnâ, demigods, who
laughed when they saw how the one of love ['kam', or
Brahmâ in this case] wanted to copulate with his
daughter [called Vâk, see 3.12:
28-35, compare
3.20:
23].
The
Supreme Lord said: 'Once, during the first Manu, there were
of Marîci six sons born from Ûrnâ,
demigods, who laughed at seeing the yes [of 'kam', or
Brahmâ in this case] of preparing for copulation
with a daughter [called Vâk, see 3.12: 28-35,
compare 3.20: 23].
(Vedabase)
Text
48-49
Because of that
offense entered they immediately a womb to be born to
Hiranyakas'ipu. They were then by Yogamâyâ
transferred to be born from the womb of Devakî, o King,
and were murdered by Kamsa. She laments over them as being her
own sons; they, these same sons are living here with you
[see also **
and 10.2*].
By
that entered they, of the unenlightened of the improper act,
immediately a womb to be born to Hiranyakas'ipu, after which
they, brought over by Yogamâyâ, were born from
the womb of Devakî, o King, and by Kamsa were
murdered. She laments for them as her own sons; they, these
same sons are living here with you [see also ** and
10.2*]. (Vedabase)
Text
50
We want to take
them from here in order to dispel their mother's sadness; when
thereafter the curse is lifted will they being freed from the
misery go back to their own world.
We
want to take them from here in order to dispel their
mother's sadness; after that will they, with the curse
lifted, free from the fever go to their own world.
(Vedabase)
Text
51
By
My grace will these six - Smara [Kîrtimân, see
10.1:
57],
Udgîtha, Parishvanga, Patanga, Kshudrabhrit and
Ghrinî - return to the destination of the
saintly.'
By
My grace will these six - Smara [Kîrtimân,
see 10.1: 57], Udgîtha, Parishvanga, Patanga,
Kshudrabhrit and Ghrinî - return to the destination of
the saintly.'
(Vedabase)
Text
52
Thus having
spoken took They, both honored by Bali, them back to
Dvârakâ and presented They the sons to their
mother.
Thus
speaking took They, both honored by Bali, them back to
Dvârakâ and presented They the sons to their
mother. (Vedabase)
Text
53
Seeing the boys
made the breasts of the goddess out of her affection for her
sons flow, and placing them on her lap embraced she them, over
and over smelling their heads.
Seeing
the boys made the breasts of the goddess out of her
affection for her sons flow, and placing them on her lap
embraced she them, over and over smelling their heads.
(Vedabase)
Text
54
Bewildered by
Vishnu's illusory energy because of which the creation comes
into being, allowed she lovingly her sons to drink from her
breasts that were wet the moment they touched
them.
Bewildered
by Vishnu's illusory energy of which the creation comes into
being, allowed she lovingly her sons to drink from her
breasts wet on their touching
them.
(Vedabase)
Text
55-56
Having drunk
her nectarean milk, the remnants of what the Wielder of the
Club drank [before Vasudeva carried Him to Gokula],
regained they, because they came in touch with the body of
Nârâyana, the awareness of their original selves.
Bowing down to Govinda, Devakî, their father and
Balarâma went they, for everyone to see, to the abode
where the gods live.
Having
drunk her nectarean milk, the remnants of what the Wielder
of the Club drank [before Vasudeva carried Him to
Gokula], regained they by the touch of the body of
Nârâyana the perception of their original
selves. Bowing down to Govinda, Devakî, their father
and Balarâma went they, with all the people looking,
to the abode where the gods live.
(Vedabase)
Text
57
Seeing
this return and departure of the dead, thought devine
Devakî in great amazement about the magic that was
arranged by Krishna, o King.
Seeing
this return and departure of the dead, thought Devakî
divine in great amazement about the magic arranged by
Krishna, o King. (Vedabase)
Text
58
Of Krishna, the
Supreme Soul unlimited in His valor, are there a countless
number of feats like this, o descendant of
Bharata.'
Of
Krishna, the Supreme Soul unlimited in His valor, are there
a countless number of feats like this, o descendant of
Bharata. (Vedabase)
Text
59
S'rî
Sûta [at Naimishâranya, 1.1:
4] said:
'Whoever devoutly hears or recounts this pastime of
Murâri whose glories are unlimited, the way it is
described by Vyâsa's respected son, will, because this
true delight for His devotees' ears fully annihilates the sins
of the living being, with fixing his mind on the Supreme Lord,
go to His all-auspicious heavenly abode.
S'rî
Sûta [at Naimishâranya, 1.1: 4] said:
"Whoever devoutly hears or recounts this pastime of
Murâri to whose glories there is no end, as described
by Vyâsa's respected son, will, by this true delight
for His devotees' ears that totally destroys the sins of the
living being, fixing his mind on the Supreme Lord, go to His
all-auspicious heavenly abode."
(Vedabase)
*
The paramparâ adds here that there are nine
standard processes of devotional service as Prahlâda
points out in 7.5:
23-24,
and that the last, âtma-samarpanam, the handing
over of one's wealth as modeled by Bali Mahârâja
for the sake of the âtma-nivedanam of self
communication with the Lord, is the culmination toward which
every endeavor should aim. If one tries to impress the Lord
with wealth, power, intelligence and so on but fails to humbly
understand oneself to be His servant, one's so-called devotion
is only a presumptuous show. The paramparâ thus
warns here against the false religion of pompous ceremony
without regard for the yogic retreat as of Daksha in
4.2.
See also B.G
2: 42-43.
**
The paramparâ explains with the
âcâryas S'rîdhara Svâmî
and Vis'vanâtha Cakravartî that after taking
Marîci's six sons from Hiranyakas'ipu, Lord Krishna's
Yogamâyâ first made them pass through one more life
as children of another great demon, Kâlanemi [the
previous incarnation of Kamsa, see 10.1:
68],
and then she finally transferred them to the womb of
Devakî. For the full story see footnote 10.1***.
