Chapter
79: Lord
Balarāma Slays Balvala
and Visits the Holy Places
(33) There are countless other [pastimes] like this of the mighty,
unlimited and unfathomable Balarāma, who through
His illusory power appears as a human being.
Chapter
80: An
Old Brahmin Friend Visits Krishna
(12-13) The brahmin, who thus
repeatedly in various ways was entreated by his
wife, then thought: 'The sight of Uttamas'loka
is indeed
the highest
attainment.' He took the decision to visit Him
and asked her: 'If there is anything in the
house that I can bring as a gift, my good woman,
please give it to me!'
(16-17) Together with a couple
of local brahmins the scholar passed three gates
and guard stations, and walked between the
houses of Acyuta's faithful followers, the
Andhakas and Vrishnis. One normally could not go
there and so he felt as if he had attained the
bliss of the Pure Spirit. He next entered one of
the opulent sixteen thousand residences of the
Lord's queens [*]. (18) Acyuta, who sat on His
consort's bed, saw him from a distance,
immediately rose and came forward to close him
gladly in His arms.
Chapter
81: The
Brahmin Honored:
Lord Krishna the Godhead of the Brahmins
(8) With that in mind He
Himself from
under the garment of the twice-born soul snatched away the rice grains
that were tied in a bundle, and said: 'What is
this? (9) Have you brought this
for Me, My dear friend? That gives Me the
greatest pleasure! These rice grains satiate Me
and the whole universe [that I am]!
(21-23) Thus lost in thought he
arrived at the vicinity of his home. There he
found himself placed before high rising palaces
rivaling the sun, the fire and the moon. On all
sides they were surrounded by wonderful
courtyards and gardens swarming with hordes of
cooing birds, ponds full of lilies and day and
night blooming white lotuses. There were well
adorned and ornamented men and women with
deer-like eyes. 'What is this, whose place is
this, how could this come about?'
Chapter
82: All
Kings and the Inhabitants of Vrindāvana
on Pilgrimage Reunite with Krishna
(16) Thereupon they paid
their respects to the elders and received
obeisances from their younger relatives. Having
inquired after their well-being and having
discussed the comfort of their journey, they
next started to talk with each other about
Krishna.
Chapter
83: Draupadī Meets the
Queens of Krishna
(25-26) After
the kings were defeated in their pride and had
given up, the Supreme Lord playfully took up the
bow and managed to string
it. At the moment the sun was situated in
Abhijit [in 'victory', or at noon] He
fixed an arrow on it and pierced, with a single
look in the water, the fish with His arrow so
that it fell down.
Chapter
84: Vasudeva
of Sacrifice to the Sages
at Kurukshetra Explaining the Path of
Success
(16) The honorable sages said: 'Just see
how we, the best knowers of the truth and
chief creators of the universe, are bewildered
by the power of the material illusion created
by the activities of the Supreme Lord, who so
amazingly covert in His operations pretends to
be the one controlled.
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