Chapter
1
Dharma
and Adharma: the Life of Ajâmîla
(31) As the messengers
of Yâma were snatching the husband of the maid away
from within the heart, did the Vishnudûtâ's
with resounding voices forbade it.
(58-60) Once did this
brahmin, following the orders of his father, go to the
forest to collect from there fruits and flowers and samit
and kusa [types of grass]. Returning, he saw some
sûdra very lusty together with a public woman that
drunken of maireya nectar [a drink made from the
somaflower] rolled her eyes to and fro of the
intoxication. Under the influence had her dress slackened
and unashamed having fallen from proper behavior was he
close by singing and laughing, having a good time with
her.
Chapter
2: Ajâmila
Delivered by the Visnudûtas: the motivation for the
Holy Name
(44) Going to heaven
where the husband of the Goddess of Fortune
[Vishnu] resides, did the one of learning along
with the servants of the Lord board a celestial chariot
[vimâna] made of gold.
Chapter
3:
Yamarâja
Instructs His Messengers
(3) Srî Suka
said: 'The servants of Death, o King, whose plans had
been frustrated by the men of the Supreme Lord, informed
their master Yamarâja, the ruler of the city of
Samyamani.
Chapter
4:
The
Hamsa-guhya Prayers Offered to the Lord by
Prajâpati Daksa
(35-39) Srî Suka
said: 'Thus being praised by the prayers offered did He,
the Supreme Lord, the caretaker of the devotees, appear
there in Aghamarsana, o best among the Kuru's. With His
feet on Garuda's shoulders held He with His long and
mighty eight arms, the disc, the conchshell, the sword,
the shield, the arrow, the bow, the rope and the club.
His intense black-blue form was clad in yellow garments,
His face and glance were very cheerful and His whole body
was adorned from top to bottom; decorated with the
shining kausthubha jewel, the srivatsa mark, a large full
circle helmet, glittering shark-earrings, a belt,
finger-rings, bracelets around His wrists and upper-arms
and with His ankle bells, captivated His appearance the
three worlds. As the brilliance of the lower, the higher
and the middle spheres was the Controller surrounded by
Nârada, Nanda and other eternal associates as well
as by the leaders of the godly and was He glorified by
the perfect, the heavenly singers, and the venerable ones
of the Veda, who sang for Him.
(24) The friend of
whose friendship the person has no knowledge just like
sense objects that have no knowledge of the sense-organ
that oversees them; that friend one lives with in this
body, unto Him I offer my obeisances.
Chapter
5:
Nârada
Muni Cursed by Prajâpati Daksa
(10) Srî Suka
said: 'After the Haryasva's had heard those enigmatic
words of the Devarishi, pondered they over them with the
full of their intelligence and awakened their power of
discrimination.
(35) He in lamentation
about his children became very angry with Nârada.
When he saw the devarishi spoke he, almost fainting,
furious with trembling lips.
Chapter
6:
The
Progeny of the Daughters of Daksa
(24-26) Again pacifying
him had Soma to time managed to remove the decay [in
the dark fortnight]. Now please take notice of all
the names of the mothers, the wives of Kasyapa from whose
places thus set right, this whole universe was
born:
Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kâsthâ, Aristâ,
Surasâ, Ilâ, Muni, Krodhavasâ,
Tâmrâ, Surabhi, Saramâ and Timi. From
Timi appeared the aquatics while the ferocious animals
were the children of Saramâ.
