The
honorable king [Nimi] said: 'O you perfect in the
knowledge of the soul, what is the destination of those who, as
good as never worshiping the Supreme Personality of Hari
[see also 11.3:
*4], with
their lusts not at peace are out of control with
themselves?'
King
Nimi further inquired: My dear Yogendras, all of you are
most perfect in knowledge of the science of the self.
Therefore, kindly explain to me the destination of those who
for the most part never worship the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Hari, who are unable to quench their material
desires and who are not in control of their own selves.
(Vedabase)
Text
2
S'rî
Camasa said: 'From the
face, arms, thighs and feet of the Original Person were by the
modes of nature [in different combinations
*]
the four spiritual orders [or âs'ramas]
and vocations [or varnas] headed by the brahmins
generated [see also B.G. 4:
13].
S'rî
Camasa said: Each of the four social orders, headed by the
brâhmanas, was born through different combinations of
the modes of nature, from the face, arms, thighs and feet of
the Supreme Lord in His universal form. Thus the four
spiritual orders were also generated. (Vedabase)
Text
3
Any
member of them who, not of worship,
has a low opinion
of the Original Person who is the very best of their soul and
the Supreme Controller, will, having strayed from his position,
fall down [see B.G. 16:
23].
If
any of the members of the four varnas and four
âs'ramas fail to worship or intentionally
disrespect the Personality of Godhead, who is the source of
their own creation, they will fall down from their position
into a hellish state of life. (Vedabase)
Text
4
There
are many people who are far removed from the talks about the
Destroyer [of
the sin; the Lord] and never think of the glories of the
Infallible One; they, falling in the category of the women
[compare 5.17:
15] and
s'ûdras and such, are the ones deserving the mercy
of personalities like you.
There
are many persons who have little opportunity to take part in
discussions about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari,
and thus it is difficult for them to chant His infallible
glories. Persons such as women, s'ûdras and other
fallen classes always deserve the mercy of great
personalities like yourself. (Vedabase)
Text
5
Even then do
also the intellectuals, the nobles and the traders, who [by
initiation] got access to the Lord His lotus feet, get
bewildered in being committed to [all kinds of]
philosophies [see also 5.6:
11, B.G.
2:
42-43].
On
the other hand, brâhmanas, members of the royal order
and vais'yas, even after being allowed to approach the lotus
feet of the Supreme Lord, Hari, by receiving the second
birth of Vedic initiation, can become bewildered and adopt
various materialistic philosophies. (Vedabase)
Text
6
Ignorant
about the matters of karma do they who factually lack in
experience but arrogantly consider themselves very learned,
enchanted by the beauty of language express themselves
in flattering
entreaties [to the demigods] by which they get
bewildered [see also B.G. 9:
3].
Ignorant
of the art of work, such arrogantly proud fools, enchanted
and enlivened by the sweet words of the Vedas, pose as
learned authorities and offer flattering entreaties to the
demigods. (Vedabase)
Text
7
Full of passion
and perverted in their desires are they angry like snakes,
deceitful and conceited and do they sinfully make fun of those
dear to Acyuta.
Due
to the influence of the mode of passion, the materialistic
followers of the Vedas become subject to violent desires and
are excessively lusty. Their anger is like that of a snake.
Deceitful, overly proud, and sinful in their behavior, they
mock the devotees who are dear to Lord Acyuta.
(Vedabase)
Text
8
As worshipers
of women they speak amongst each other in their homes
encouraging and worshiping sex as the very best thing; without
any regard for the distribution of food and gifts in gratitude
[to the spiritual leaders and their following], think
they of their own livelihood only and kill they, oblivious to
the consequences, the animals [see also B.G.
16].
The
materialistic followers of Vedic rituals, giving up the
worship of the Lord, instead practically worship their
wives, and thus their homes become dedicated to sex life.
Such materialistic householders encourage one another in
such whimsical behavior. Understanding ritualistic sacrifice
as a necessary item for bodily maintenance, they perform
unauthorized ceremonies in which there is no distribution of
foodstuffs or charity to the brâhmanas and other
respectable persons. Instead, they cruelly slaughter animals
such as goats without any understanding of the dark
consequences of their activities. (Vedabase)
Text
9
With
their intelligence
blinded by the pride based on their opulence, special
abilities, lineage, education, renunciation, beauty, strength
and performance of rituals, do they hard-hearted deride the
saintly dear to the Lord, nor do they respect the Controller
Himself [see also e.g. 1.8:
26,
4.2:
24,
4.31:
21,
5.1:
12,
7.15:
19,
8.22:
26 and also
B.G. 2:
42-43].
The
intelligence of cruel-minded persons is blinded by false
pride based on great wealth, opulence, prestigious family
connections, education, renunciation, personal beauty,
physical strength and successful performance of Vedic
rituals. Being intoxicated with this false pride, such cruel
persons blaspheme the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His
devotees. (Vedabase)
Text
10
The Soul of the
most worshipable Controller who alike the ether is eternally
situated in all embodied beings, is the Ultimate Controller
glorified by the Vedas, but the unintelligent don't take heed;
they rather go on discussing the topics of their whimsical
pleasures.
The
Personality of Godhead is eternally situated within the
heart of every embodied being; still the Lord remains
situated apart, just as the sky, which is all-pervading,
does not mix with any material object. Thus the Lord is the
supreme worshipable object and the absolute controller of
everything. He is elaborately glorified in the Vedic
literature, but those who are bereft of intelligence do not
like to hear about Him. They prefer to waste their time
discussing their own mental concoctions, which inevitably
deal with gross material sense gratification such as sex
life and meat-eating. (Vedabase)
Text
11
The indulgence
in sex and the consumption of meat and alcohol one always finds
in the conditioned living being and are verily by no command of
scripture endorsed; what in regard of these is prescribed for
[respectively] the marriage, the sacrifice and the
ritual use of wine, is there to the end of their cessation
[see also 1.17:
38-39].
In
this material world the conditioned soul is always inclined
to sex, meat-eating and intoxication. Therefore religious
scriptures never actually encourage such activities.
Although the scriptural injunctions provide for sex through
sacred marriage, for meat-eating through sacrificial
offerings and for intoxication through the acceptance of
ritual cups of wine, such ceremonies are meant for the
ultimate purpose of renunciation. (Vedabase)
Text
12
The
only wealth that matters is to reap the fruit of one's dharma
[the righteousness with nature, the religiosity] from
which there is the knowledge combined with the wisdom and the
subsequent liberation. But from ones family life has one no eye
for the insurmountable power of death over one's
body [see also
3.30:
7,
7.6:
8,
4.29:
52-55 but also
4.22:
10].
The
only proper fruit of acquired wealth is religiosity, on the
basis of which one can acquire a philosophical understanding
of life that eventually matures into direct perception of
the Absolute Truth and thus liberation from all suffering.
Materialistic persons, however, utilize their wealth simply
for the advancement of their family situation. They fail to
see that insurmountable death will soon destroy the frail
material body. (Vedabase)
Text
13
It
is enjoined that wine should be taken by smelling it and that
likewise an animal
should be killed as prescribed and not in wanton violence
[with large-scale animal slaughter]; the same way is
sexual intercourse there for conquering [the urges of
procreation, like with defecating] and not so much for the
sensual pleasure [B.G.
7: 11];
for this purest notion of one's proper duty, do they [the
unintelligent] have no understanding [see also
7.15].
According
to the Vedic injunctions, when wine is offered in
sacrificial ceremonies it is later to be consumed by
smelling, and not by drinking. Similarly, the sacrificial
offering of animals is permitted, but there is no provision
for wide-scale animal slaughter. Religious sex life is also
permitted, but only in marriage for begetting children, and
not for sensuous exploitation of the body. Unfortunately,
however, the less intelligent materialists cannot understand
that their duties in life should be performed purely on the
spiritual platform. (Vedabase)
Text
14
Those who have
no knowledge of these facts and very unholy presumptuously
consider themselves saintly, do harm to innocently trusting
animals; upon leaving their bodies will those animals eat them
[compare 5.26:
11-13 and
4.25:
7-8].
Those
sinful persons who are ignorant of actual religious
principles, yet consider themselves to be completely pious,
without compunction commit violence against innocent animals
who are fully trusting in them. In their next lives, such
sinful persons will be eaten by the same creatures they have
killed in this world. (Vedabase)
Text
15
Envying
their own True Self, their Lord and Controller living [in
their own body and] in the bodies of others, do they, who
in their affection are fixed on their own mortal frame and all
its relations, fall down.
The
conditioned souls become completely bound in affection to
their own corpselike material bodies and their relatives and
paraphernalia. In such a proud and foolish condition, the
conditioned souls envy other living entities as well as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who resides in the
heart of all beings. Thus enviously offending others, the
conditioned souls gradually fall down into hell.
(Vedabase)
Text
16
Those
who [thus] have not achieved the
emancipation
[of moksha] but did transcend the gross
foolishness, are dedicated to the three goals of pious living
[the ritual, an income and regulated desires], but are,
not for a moment being of reflection [working too
hard], factually [on the way of] killing themselves
[see also the purushârthas,
10.2:
32].
Those
who have not achieved knowledge of the Absolute Truth, yet
who are still beyond the darkness of complete ignorance,
generally follow the threefold path of pious material life,
namely religiosity, economic development and sense
gratification. Not having time to reflect on any higher
purpose, they become the killers of their own soul.
(Vedabase)
Text
17
These
murderers of their own self who miss the peace, in their
ignorance think to know but do, failing to perform their duty,
suffer the destruction of all their hopes and dreams by
time.
The
killers of the soul are never peaceful, because they
consider that human intelligence is ultimately meant for
expanding material life. Thus neglecting their real,
spiritual duties, they are always in distress. They are
filled with great hopes and dreams, but unfortunately these
are always destroyed by the inevitable march of time.
(Vedabase)
Text
18
Those who
turned their face away from Vâsudeva enter, as is
arranged by the illusory energy of the Supreme Soul,
unwillingly the darkness leaving behind their homes, children,
friends and wives.'
Those
who have turned away from the Supreme Lord, Vâsudeva,
being under the spell of the Lord's illusory energy, are
eventually forced to give up their so-called homes,
children, friends, wives and lovers, which were all created
by the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord, and enter
against their will into the darkest regions of the universe.
(Vedabase)
Text
19
The honorable
king said: 'In what time did the Supreme Lord have what color
and what form and by what names and what processes is He
worshiped; please speak about it in our
presence.'
King
Nimi inquired - In what colors and forms does the Supreme
Personality of Godhead appear in each of the different ages,
and with what names and by what types of regulative
principles is the Lord worshiped in human society?
(Vedabase)
Text
20
S'rî
Karabhâjana replied: 'In these [yugas]
named Krita [or Satya], Tretâ, Dvâpara and
Kali is the Lord, having different complexions
[see also
10.26:
16],
names and forms, similarly by various processes
worshiped.
S'rî
Karabhâjana replied - In each of the four yugas, or
ages - Krita, Tretâ, Dvâpara and Kali - Lord
Kes'ava appears with various complexions, names and forms
and is thus worshiped by various processes.
(Vedabase)
Text
21
In Satya-yuga
is He white, has He four arms, matted locks, a tree bark
garment, a black deerskin, a sacred thread, aksha-seed prayer
beads and carries He a rod and a waterpot.
In
Satya-yuga the Lord is white and four-armed, has matted
locks and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black
deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and the rod and
waterpot of a brahmacârî. (Vedabase)
Text
22
The human
beings then are peaceful, free from envy, kind to all,
equipoised and as well of austerity as of mind and sense
control in their worship of the Lord.
People
in Satya-yuga are peaceful, nonenvious, friendly to every
creature and steady in all situations. They worship the
Supreme Personality by austere meditation and by internal
and external sense control. (Vedabase)
Text
23
Thus
is He variously celebrated as Hamsa ['the Swan'],
Suparna ['Beautiful Wings'], Vaikunthha ['the Lord
of the Kingdom of Heaven'], Dharma ['the Maintainer of
the Religion'], Yoges'vara ['the Controller of the
Yoga'], Amala ['the Immaculate One'], Îs'vara
['the Supreme Controller'], Purusha ['the Original
Person'], Avyakta ['the One Unmanifest'] and
Paramâtmâ ['the Supersoul'].
In
Satya-yuga the Lord is glorified by the names Hamsa,
Suparna, Vaikunthha, Dharma, Yoges'vara, Amala,
Îs'vara, Purusha, Avyakta and Paramâtmâ.
(Vedabase)
Text
24
In
Tretâ-yuga has He a red complexion, four arms, wears He
three belts [according the initiations for the first three
varnas], has He golden locks and has He, as the
personification of the three Vedas, the sacrificial
laddles
[**]
and such as His symbols.
In
Tretâ-yuga the Lord appears with a red complexion. He
has four arms, golden hair, and wears a triple belt
representing initiation into each of the three Vedas.
Embodying the knowledge of worship by sacrificial
performance, which is contained in the Rig, Sâma and
Yajur Vedas, His symbols are the ladle, spoon and other
implements of sacrifice. (Vedabase)
Text
25
In
that time do the human beings
who as seekers of
the Absolute Truth are fixed in their religiosity, worship Him,
Hari, the Godhead within all the Gods, with the rituals of
sacrifice of the three Vedas [see also 1.16:
20].
In
Tretâ-yuga, those members of human society who are
fixed in religiosity and are sincerely interested in
achieving the Absolute Truth worship Lord Hari, who contains
within Himself all the demigods. The Lord is worshiped by
the rituals of sacrifice taught in the three Vedas.
(Vedabase)
Text
26
In
Tretâ-yuga the Lord is
glorified by the
names of Vishnu ['the All-pervading One'], Yajña
['the Lord of Sacrifice'], Pris'nigarbha [the son
of Pris'ni, 10.3:
32],
Sarvadeva ['God of All Gods'], Urukrama ['He of
Transcendental Feats'], Vrishâkapi [the Memorable
One Rewarding who Dispels the Distress'], Jayanta ['the
All-victorious'] and Urugâya ['the Most
Glorified'].
In
Tretâ-yuga the Lord is glorified by the names Vishnu,
Yajña, Pris'nigarbha, Sarvadeva, Urukrama,
Vrishâkapi, Jayanta and Urugâya.
(Vedabase)
Text
27
In
Dvâpara-yuga is the Supreme Lord gray blue, wears He
yellow garments and carries He His implements [the disc,
club, lotus and conch] together with the bodily marks of
the S'rîvatsa and so on and His ornaments [like the
peacock feather and the Kaustubha
gem].
In
Dvâpara-yuga the Supreme Personality of Godhead
appears with a dark blue complexion, wearing yellow
garments. The Lord's transcendental body is marked in this
incarnation with S'rîvatsa and other distinctive
ornaments, and He manifests His personal weapons.
(Vedabase)
Text
28
In
that age, o King, do the
mortals who want
to gain knowledge of the Supreme worship Him, the Original
Personality playing the role of a great king, according the
Vedas and Tantras [like e.g. in 1.10:
16-18 and
10.4:
17-24 and
***]
with:
My
dear King, in Dvâpara-yuga men who desire to know the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme enjoyer,
worship Him in the mood of honoring a great king, following
the prescriptions of both the Vedas and tantras.
(Vedabase)
Text
29-30
'Our
obeisances to Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and You,
Vâsudeva;
You Nârâyana Rishi, the Original One and Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the Greater Soul, the Controller of the
Creation, the Very Form of the Universe and the True Self of
all Living Beings [see catur-vyûha].'
'Obeisances
to You, O Supreme Lord Vâsudeva, and to Your forms of
Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. O Supreme Personality
of Godhead, all obeisances unto You. O Lord
Nârâyana Rishi, O creator of the universe, best
of personalities, master of this cosmos and original form of
the universe, O Supersoul of all created entities, all
homage unto You.' (Vedabase)
Text
31
O
King, thus they praise in Dvâpara-yuga the Lord of
the Universe;
please hear in which manner one in respect of the scriptural
regulations also is of worship in Kali-yuga [see also
7.9:
38].
O
King, in this way people in Dvâpara-yuga glorified the
Lord of the universe. In Kali-yuga also people worship the
Supreme Personality of Godhead by following various
regulations of the revealed scriptures. Now kindly hear of
this from me. (Vedabase)
Text
32
The
intelligent [then] do worship [Him who] with a
bright [not-dark or golden] luster along with
[His] associates, servitors, weapons and attendants, by
the sacrifice of mainly congregational chanting [is]
praising [speaks, spreads or is colored by] Krishna
with:
In
the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational
chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who
constantly sings the names of Krishna. Although His
complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is
accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and
confidential companions. (Vedabase)
Text
33
'O
Supreme Personality let me praise Your lotus feet. I always
meditate upon them for they put an end to the humiliation we
suffer as a consequence of the material influence. They, amply
rewarding the true desire of the soul, are the abode and the
place of pilgrimage to which S'iva and Brahmâ bow down.
They, relieving the distress of Your servants, are the most
worthy shelter, they are the boat for the ocean of birth and
death.
My
dear Lord, You are the Mahâ-purusha, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and I worship Your lotus feet, which
are the only eternal object of meditation. Those feet
destroy the embarrassing conditions of material life and
freely award the greatest desire of the soul, the attainment
of pure love of Godhead. My dear Lord, Your lotus feet are
the shelter of all holy places and of all saintly
authorities in the line of devotional service and are
honored by powerful demigods like Lord S'iva and Lord
Brahmâ. My Lord, You are so kind that You willingly
protect all those who simply bow down to You with respect,
and thus You mercifully relieve all the distress of Your
servants. In conclusion, my Lord, Your lotus feet are
actually the suitable boat for crossing over the ocean of
birth and death, and therefore even Lord Brahmâ and
Lord S'iva seek shelter at Your lotus feet.'
(Vedabase)
Text
34
O
Supreme Personality let me pay homage to the lotus feet of You
who upon the words of a brahmin
[like
Akrûra,
S'rî Advaita
or John the Babtist], as the Most Religious One abandoning
the so hard to forsake opulence of S'rî that is so
anxiously desired by the godly, being of mercy for the ones who
are caught in animal nature, [as Râma, Krishna, the
Buddha, as Jesus, as Caitanya etc.] went to the distant
land [India, the wilderness, the forest, the desert, into
sannyâsa] in pursuance of the object of Your
desire [Your mission, Your dharma, Your presence as the
Lord of the devotees, 4*].'
O
Mahâ-purusha, I worship Your lotus feet. You gave up
the association of the goddess of fortune and all her
opulence, which is most difficult to renounce and is
hankered after by even the great demigods. Being the most
faithful follower of the path of religion, You thus left for
the forest in obedience to a brâhmana's curse. Out of
sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned
souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of
illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your
own desired object, Lord S'yâmasundara.
(Vedabase)
Text
35
O
King, thus is the Supreme Lord Hari, the Controller of All
Felicity, with His names and forms as belonging to each
yuga worshiped by the people of that age.
Thus,
O King, the Supreme Lord Hari is the giver of all desirable
benefits of life. Intelligent human beings worship the
particular forms and names that the Lord manifests in
different ages. (Vedabase)
Text
36
The
faithful ones [of spiritual progress] knowing of the
value of the age of Kali praise it by pointing out that it's
essence implies that by [mere] congregational chanting
[sankîrtana] as good as all one's goals
can be attained.
Those
who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to
appreciate the essential value of this age of Kali. Such
enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen
age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the
performance of sankîrtana. (Vedabase)
Text
37
Indeed,
for the embodied wandering
around in this
universe, there is no greater gain than this
[sankîrtana] from which one obtains the
Supreme Peace and of which the cycle of birth and death is
broken [see also 2.1:
11,
3.33:
7,
8.23:
16 and
8.23*].
Indeed,
there is no higher possible gain for embodied souls forced
to wander throughout the material world than the Supreme
Lord's sankîrtana movement, by which one can
attain the supreme peace and free oneself from the cycle of
repeated birth and death. (Vedabase)
Text
38-40
The
inhabitants of Satya- and the other yugas, o King, want
to take birth in Kali-yuga because one in that time o great
monarch, in various places finds the devotees who are dedicated
to Nârâyana. Especially finds one them in great
numbers in the provinces of South India. The human beings there
who drink from the water of the rivers the
Tâmraparnî, the Kritamâlâ, the
Payasvinî, the extremely pious Kâverî, the
Mahânadî and the Pratîcî, o lord of
men, are mostly pure-hearted devotees of the Supreme Lord
Vâsudeva.
My
dear King, the inhabitants of Satya-yuga and other ages
eagerly desire to take birth in this age of Kali, since in
this age there will be many devotees of the Supreme Lord,
Nârâyana. These devotees will appear in various
places but will be especially numerous in South India. O
master of men, in the age of Kali those persons who drink
the waters of the holy rivers of Dravida-des'a, such as the
Tâmraparnî, Kritamâlâ,
Payasvinî, the extremely pious Kâverî and
the Pratîcî Mahânadî, will almost
all be purehearted devotees of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Vâsudeva. (Vedabase)
Text
41
O
King, a person who, giving up on the material duties, in full
surrender approached the shelter
of Mukunda, the One Affording Shelter, is not the servant nor
the debtor of the gods, the sages, the ordinary living beings,
of friends and relatives or of the forefathers [see also
B.G. 3:
9].
O
King, one who has given up all material duties and has taken
full shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, who offers
shelter to all, is not indebted to the demigods, great
sages, ordinary living beings, relatives, friends, mankind
or even one's forefathers who have passed away. Since all
such classes of living entities are part and parcel of the
Supreme Lord, one who has surrendered to the Lord's service
has no need to serve such persons separately.
(Vedabase)
Text
42
From
the one who fixed at His feet is engaged in worship and thus is
dear to Lord Hari,
the Supreme Controller who entered the heart the moment one
gave up on other engagements, are whatever irregularities that
somehow occurred all removed [see 8.23:
16 and B.G.
9:
22,
9:
30,
18:
56].'
One
who has thus given up all other engagements and has taken
full shelter at the lotus feet of Hari, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, is very dear to the Lord. Indeed, if
such a surrendered soul accidentally commits some sinful
activity, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated
within everyone's heart, immediately takes away the reaction
to such sin. (Vedabase)
Text
43
S'rî
Nârada said: 'After he thus had heard about the
science of
devotional service felt the master of Mithilâ satisfied
indeed and offered he next together with the priests the
sagacious sons of Jayantî [the Yogendras
5.4:
8]
worship.
Nârada
Muni said: Having thus heard the science of devotional
service, Nimi, the King of Mithilâ, felt extremely
satisfied and, along with the sacrificial priests, offered
respectful worship to the sagacious sons of Jayantî.
(Vedabase)
Text
44
Next,
with all present watching, disappeared the ones of perfection.
The king, faithfully following this dharma, achieved the
supreme destination.
The
perfect sages then disappeared before the eyes of everyone
present. King Nimi faithfully practiced the principles of
spiritual life he had learned from them, and thus he
achieved the supreme goal of life. (Vedabase)
Text
45
You
[Vasudeva], o most fortunate soul, will also, endowed
with faith in these principles of devotional service that you
heard of, after having abandoned all material concerns, go to
the Supreme.
O
greatly fortunate Vasudeva, simply apply with faith these
principles of devotional service which you have heard, and
thus, being free from material association, you will attain
the Supreme. (Vedabase)
Text
46
The
earth was fulfilled indeed by the glories of the two of you
being husband and wife, because the Supreme Lord, the
Controller Hari assumed the position of your
son.
Indeed,
the whole world has become filled with the glories of you
and your good wife because the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Lord Hari, has taken the position of your son.
(Vedabase)
Text
47
When
you for Krishna proved your love of seeing, embracing and
conversing, taking rest, sitting and eating with Him as a son,
have the hearts of the two of you become
purified.
My
dear Vasudeva, you and your good wife Devakî have
manifested great transcendental love for Krishna, accepting
Him as your son. Indeed, you are always seeing the Lord,
embracing Him, speaking with Him, resting with Him, sitting
together with Him and taking your meals with Him. By such
affectionate and intimate association with the Lord,
undoubtedly both of you have completely purified your
hearts. In other words, you are already perfect.
(Vedabase)
Text
48
Kings like
S'is'upâla,
Paundraka
and S'âlva
who in competition enviously related to His movements,
glances and so on, and thus meditating fixed their minds upon
Him as they layed down, sat etc., have achieved a position at
the same level; what then may one expect from those who were
favorably minded [see mukti
and also Jaya
& Vijaya]?
Inimical
kings like S'is'upâla, Paundraka and S'âlva were
always thinking about Lord Krishna. Even while they were
lying down, sitting or engaging in other activities, they
enviously meditated upon the bodily movements of the Lord,
His sporting pastimes, His loving glances upon His devotees,
and other attractive features displayed by the Lord. Being
thus always absorbed in Krishna, they achieved spiritual
liberation in the Lord's own abode. What then can be said of
the benedictions offered to those who constantly fix their
minds on Lord Krishna in a favorable, loving mood?
(Vedabase)
Text
49
Do
not deign to impose upon Krishna, the Supreme
Soul and
Controller of All, the idea that He would be your son; by the
power of His illusory potency He appeared as a normal human
being in concealing His opulence as the Supreme One Infallible
[see also B.G. 4:
6].
Do
not think of Krishna as an ordinary child, because He is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, inexhaustible and the Soul
of all beings. The Lord has concealed His inconceivable
opulences and is thus outwardly appearing to be an ordinary
human being. (Vedabase)
Text
50
Of
Him who descended in order to kill the asura members of
the noble class who burdened the earth and to award [the
devotees] liberation,
has the fame spread wide in the world [see also B.G.
4:
7].'
The
Supreme Personality of Godhead descended to kill the
demoniac kings who were the burden of the earth and to
protect the saintly devotees. However, both the demons and
the devotees are awarded liberation by the Lord's mercy.
Thus, His transcendental fame has spread throughout the
universe. (Vedabase)
Text
51
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Having heard this were the greatly fortunate
Vasudeva and Devakî most amazed and gave they up the
folly they had cherished.
S'rî
S'ukadeva Gosvâmî continued: Having heard this
narration, the greatly fortunate Vasudeva was completely
struck with wonder. Thus he and his most blessed wife
Devakî gave up all illusion and anxiety that had
entered their hearts. (Vedabase)
Text
52
He
who one-pointed of attention meditates upon this pious,
historical account, will in this very life cleanse away the
contamination and achieve spiritual perfection.'
Anyone
who meditates on this pious historical narration with fixed
attention will purify himself of all contamination in this
very life and thus achieve the highest spiritual perfection.
(Vedabase)
*:
With the Rik-samhitâ (8.4: 19), the S'ukla-yajur
Veda (34: 11) and the Atharva Veda (19: 66) all saying
'The brâhmana appeared as His face, the king as
His arms, the vais'ya as His thighs, and the
s'ûdra was born from His feet' are, according to
S'rîdhara Svâmî, the brahmins considered to
be born of the mode of goodness, the kshatriyas of a
combination of goodness and passion, the vais'yas of a
combination of passion and ignorance and the s'ûdras
of the mode of ignorance.
**:
Mentioned here are the vikankata wooden sruk and
the khadira wooden sruvâ that serves the
sruk for pouring ghee into the fire.
***:
The paramparâ, as to remind us of the degradation
of devotion through the yugas [see also
1.16:
20]
elucidates: 'The inhabitants of Satya-yuga were described as
s'ântâh, nirvairâh, suhridah and
samâh, or peaceful, free from envy, the
well-wishers of every living entity, and fixed on the spiritual
platform beyond the modes of material nature. Similarly the
inhabitants of Tretâ-yuga were described as
dharmishthhâh and brahma-vâdinah, or
thoroughly religious, and expert followers of the Vedic
injunctions. In the present verse, the inhabitants of
Dvâpara-yuga are said to be simply
jijñâsavah, desiring to know the Absolute
Truth. Otherwise they are described as martyâh, or
subject to the weakness of mortal beings.' One after the other
age is one thus worshiping by meditation, sacrifices, temple
worship and congregational chanting.
4*:
The paramparâ adds to this: 'Corroborating the
explanation of this verse, the followers of Caitanya
Mahâprabhu also worship Him in His six-armed form of
shad-bhuja. Two arms carry the waterpot and danda
of the sannyâsî Caitanya Mahâprabhu,
two arms carry the flute of Lord Krishna, and two arms carry
the bow and arrow of S'rî Râmacandra. This
shad-bhuja form is the actual purport of this verse of
the
S'rîmad-Bhâgavatam'.