S'rî
S'uka said: 'He, Bhagavân Krishna, the True Goal of the
Devotees, the Lord Knowing Perfectly the Minds of All Beings,
in this manner conversing with this best one among the
brahmins, then, in His dedication to the ones of learning,
spoke to His dear friend, with a loving glance looking at him,
smiling and laughing.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'He, Bhagavân Krishna, the True Goal of
the Devotees, the Lord Knowing Perfectly the Minds of All
Beings, in this manner conversing with the best of brahmins,
then spoke, in His dedication to the brahmins with a loving
glance looking, smiling and laughing at His dear friend, to
the brahmin. (Vedabase)
Text
3
The
Supreme Lord said: 'What gift have you brought for Me from
home, o brahmin? Even the slightest thing offered by devotees
in pure love turns into something immense for Me, whereas not
even the greatest being presented by non-devotees may please
Me.
The
Supreme Lord said: 'What gift did You bring Me from your
home, o brahmin; even the slightest thing offered by
devotees in pure love turns into something immense to Me,
whereas not even the hugest presented by non-devotees is
capable to serve My satisfaction.
(Vedabase)
Text
4
Whoever
offers Me a leaf, a flower,
a fruit and water with devotion, that offer brought from the
heart by a soul of good habits I accept [same as in
B.G.
9: 26].'
Whoever
offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit and water with devotion,
that offer brought from the heart by a soul of good habits I
accept [same as in B.G. 9.26].'
(Vedabase)
Text
5
The
one twice-born though, thus being addressed, was, bowing down
his head, too embarrassed with Him, the Husband of the Goddess
of Fortune, and didn't offer the few hands of rice grains, o
King.
The
twice one born though, thus being addressed, was, bowing
down his head, too embarrassed with Him, the Husband of the
Goddess of Fortune, and didn't offer the few hands of
ricegrains, o King. (Vedabase)
Text
6-7
As
the direct Witness in the heart of all living beings fully
cognizant of the reason why he came thought He to Himselves:
'He worshiped Me in the past and never desired the opulence,
but because he, My friend, to keep his chaste and devoted wife
happy, now came to Me, will I give him riches that are
[even] out of reach for the immortals [see also
B.G.
9: 22 ].
As
the direct Witness in the heart of all living beings fully
cognizant of the reason why he had come thought He: 'He,
worshiping Me in the past, never desired the opulence;
however since he, My friend, for securing the satisfaction
of his chastely to her husband devoted wife, now came to Me,
will I give him riches unobtainable [even] for the
immortals [see also B.G. 9.22 ].'
(Vedabase)
Text
8
With
this in mind snatched He Himself from under the garment of the
twice-born one away the ricegrains that were tied up in a
bundle, and said He: 'What is this?
Thinking
like this snatched He Himself from the garment of the twice
born one away the ricegrains tied up in a bundle, saying:
'What is this? (Vedabase)
Text
9
Have
you brought this to My pleasure My dear friend? These
ricegrains satiate Me and the whole universe that I
am!'
Have
you brought this to My pleasure My dear friend? These
ricegrains satiate Me and the whole universe [that I
am]!' (Vedabase)
Text
10
Thus
speaking took He a handful to eat and a second one, whereupon
S'rî [Rukminî devî] devoted to Him,
the One Supreme, seized His hand [for the beaten grains
were hard to
digest].
Thus
speaking took He a handful to eat and a second one,
whereupon S'rî [Rukminî devî]
devoted to Him, the One Supreme, seized His hand [as the
grains were hard to
digest].
(Vedabase)
Text
11
'That,
o Soul of the Universe, is enough to make a person who is after
Your satisfaction prosper in this world and the next with all
opulence available.'
'That,
o Soul of the Universe, is enough for a person after Your
satisfaction to prosper with all opulence in this world or
else a next one.'
(Vedabase)
Text
12
The
brahmin the night thereafter residing in Acyuta's palace,
having drunken and eaten to his fill felt as if he had attained
heaven.
The
brahmin following that night, residing in Acyuta's palace
eating and drinking to his fill, felt as if he had attained
heaven. (Vedabase)
Text
13
The
next day went he who was honored by Him, the Self-satisfied
Maintainer of the Universe, back to his own residence my dear,
feeling delighted as he walked the road.
The
next day went he honored by Him, the Self-satisfied
Maintainer of the Universe, off to his own residence, my
dear, all in delight walking the
road.
(Vedabase)
Text
14
Even
though he had received no wealth from Krishna and had been too
embarrassed to beg for it on his own accord, was he on his way
home filled with joy about the audience he had with the Great
One.
Though
he, embarrassed on his own accord not begging for it, had
received no wealth from Krishna, was he on his way home
filled with joy of the audience with the Great One.
(Vedabase)
Text
15
'Ah, what a
privilege it is to have witnessed the extend of the devotion to
the twice-born of the Godhead of the Brahmins; He who carries
Lakshmî on His chest embraced the poorest
man!
'Ah,
to have seen the extend of the devotion to the brahmins
òf the Godhead of the Brahmins; He who carries
Lakshmî on His chest embraced the poorest man!
(Vedabase)
Text
16
Who am I?
Someone poor and sinful! And who is Krishna? The temple of
S'rî! And He, this friend of the brahmins, closed me
unblinking in His arms!
Who
am I? Someone poor and sinful! And who is Krishna? The
temple of S'rî! And I, this brahmin's friend, was just
like that closed in His arms! (Vedabase)
Text
17
Like one of His
brothers having me seated on the bed of His beloved, was I,
tired as I was, by His queen fanned with a hair-fan she
held.
Just
as brothers being seated on the bed used by His love, was I,
fatigued, fanned by His queen with a hair-fan in her hand.
(Vedabase)
Text
18
With sincerity
served and with my feet massaged and such was I like a demigod
worshiped by the God of Gods, the Godhead of the
Learned!
With
sincerity served and with the feet massaged and such was I
like a demigod worshiped by the God of Gods, the Godhead of
the Learned! (Vedabase)
Text
19
The worship of
His feet is the root cause of all perfections and opulence a
person may find in heaven, in his emancipation, in the lower
regions and on earth.
The
worship of His feet is the root cause of all perfections and
opulence that a person may find in heaven, in emancipation,
in the lower regions and on earth.
(Vedabase)
Text
20
If this poor
one obtains riches will he, delighting in excess, not remember
Me', He must have thought, in His grace not to grant me the
slightest amount of wealth.'
If
this poor one obtains riches will he, delighting in excess,
not remember Me', He must have thought, compassionately not
giving me the slightest of
wealth.'
(Vedabase)
Text
21-23
Thus
innerly occupied with these thoughts arrived he in the vicinity
of his home. There he found himself placed before high rising
palaces, rivaling the sun, the fire and the moon, that on all
sides were surrounded by wonderful courtyards and gardens
swarming with hordes of cooing birds, ponds full of lilies and
night and day blooming white lotuses and well adorned and
ornamented men and women with deer-like eyes. 'What is this,
whose place is this, how could this come about?'
Thus
innerly occupied with these thoughts arriving at the
vicinity of his home was he confronted with high rising
palaces, rivaling the sun, the fire and the moon, on all
sides surrounded by wonderful courtyards and gardens
swarming with hordes of cooing birds, reservoirs of water
full of lilies and night- and daytime blooming lotuses white
and fully open, and well adorned and ornamented men and
women with deer-like eyes. 'What is this, whose place is
this, how could this come about?'
(Vedabase)
Text
24
That
way paining his mind was he welcomed by the men and women with
complexions effulgent like the demigods, who most fortunately
loudly sang with instrumental music.
That
way paining his mind was he welcomed by the men and women
with complexions effulgent like the demigods, who most
fortunately loudly sang with instrumental
music.
(Vedabase)
Text
25
Hearing
that her husband had arrived, came his excited wife extremely
jubilant, quickly out of the house like it was the goddess of
fortune manifesting herself from her abode.
Hearing
that her husband had arrived, came his excited wife
extremely jubilant, quickly out of the house like the
Goddess of Fortune manifesting herself from her abode.
(Vedabase)
Text
26
Seeing
the husband she was so devoted to, bowed she with her eyes,
tearful with the spur of love, closed, solemnly her head down,
embracing him within her heart.
Seeing
the husband she was so devoted to, bowed she with her eyes,
tearful with the spur of love, closed, solemnly her head
down, embracing him within her
heart.
(Vedabase)
Text
27
Seeing his wife
appearing as effulgent as a goddess in a vimâna,
shining in the midst of maidservants with golden lockets around
their necks, was he stunned.
Seeing
his wife appearing as effulgent as a goddess in a vimana,
shining in the midst of maidservants with golden lockets
around their necks, was he stunned.
(Vedabase)
Text
28
Pleased
himself to be joined by her saw he, having entered his home,
how it with its hundreds of gem-studded pillars looked like the
palace of the great Indra.
Pleased
himself to be joined by her saw he, having entered, how his
home with its hundreds of gem-studded pillars looked like
the palace of the great Indra. (Vedabase)
Text
29-32
There
were ivory beds ornamented with gold [with bedding]
white as foam and couches with golden legs, yaktail fans,
golden chairs with soft cushions and canopies hung with strings
of pearls. Seeing the sparkling clear quartz walls inlaid with
precious emeralds as also the jeweled lamps and the women
decorated with jewels, reasoned the brahmin therewith, free
from agitation with all the flourishing opulence, about the
cause of the unexpected prosperity:
There
were ivory beds ornamented with gold [with bedding]
white as foam and couches with golden legs, yaktail-fans,
golden chairs with soft cushions and canopies hung with
strings of pearls. Seeing the sparkling clear quartz walls
inlaid with precious emeralds as also the jeweled lamps and
the women decorated with jewels, made the brahmin there,
free from agitation with all the flourishing opulence,
reason to himself about the unexpected prosperity:
(Vedabase)
Text
33
'It
must be so that the cause of my prosperity here, of me who
poverty stricken was always so unfortunate, can be nothing but
the glance upon me of Him, the Best of the Yadus, the One of
the Greatest Opulence.
'It
must be so that the cause of the prosperity of this one, me
who poverty stricken was always so unfortunate, can be
nothing else indeed but the glance of Him, the Best of the
Yadus, the One of the Greatest Opulence.
(Vedabase)
Text
34
After
all, gave He, my Friend, the most exalted among the Das'arhas,
with me being in the presence of Him, the Enjoyer of All
Wealth, as plentiful as a cloud having said nothing when He
took notice of my intention to beg.
After
all, gave He, my Friend, the most exalted among the
Das'arhas, with me being in the presence of Him, the Enjoyer
of All Wealth, saying nothing to my intention to beg, as
plentiful as a cloud when He took
notice.
(Vedabase)
Text
35
Contrary
to the little that He makes of the great that He Himself gives
is the insignificant given by a well-wishing friend by Him
turned into something great; that is how the Supreme Soul with
pleasure accepted the palmful of ricegrains brought by
me.
As
opposed to the little that He makes of the great that He
Himself gives is the insignificant given by a well-wishing
friend by Him turned into something great; that is how the
Supreme Soul with pleasure accepted the palmful of
ricegrains brought by me.
(Vedabase)
Text
36
Let
there indeed life after life repeatedly be my love
[sauhrida], friendship [sakhya],
sympathy [maitrî] and servitude
[dâsya] with Him, the Supremely
Compassionate Reservoir of Transcendental Qualities, and may I
become firmly attached to the valuable association of His
devotees.
Let
there indeed life after life repeatedly be my love
[sauhrida], friendship [sakhya], sympathy
[maitrî] and servitude [dâsya]
with Him, the Supremely Compassionate Reservoir of
Transcendental Qualities, and may I become firmly attached
to the valuable association of His devotees.
(Vedabase)
Text
37
Upon His
devotee does the Supreme Lord not bestow the wonderful
opulences - a kingdom and material assets - when he, not born
again [see 10.80:
32], fails
in understanding. In His wisdom He sees how the intoxication
[the mada]
leads to the downfall of the wealthy.
Upon
His devotee does the Supreme Lord not bestow the wonderful
opulences - a kingdom and material assets - when he, not
born again [see 10.80: 32], falls short in
understanding because He in His wisdom sees how the
intoxication [the mada] leads to the downfall of the
wealthy.'
(Vedabase)
Text
38
This
way firmly fixed in intelligence was he most devoted to
Janârdana and enjoyed he together with his wife free from
inordinate desire. Therewith kept he aways in mind that he
[time and again] had to renounce the objects of the
senses. '
This
way firmly fixed with intelligence most devoted to
Janârdana, enjoyed he together with his wife free from
inordinate desire, keeping in mind the renunciation of the
objects of the senses. (Vedabase)
Text
39
Because
of Him, the God of Gods, Hari, the Master and Lord of
Sacrifice are the
brahmins truly the masters; there is no higher deity to be
found than them [see also 7.11:
14,
7.14:
17-18,
10.24:
25,
10.45:
32].
Of
Him, the God of Gods, Hari, the Master and Lord of Sacrifice
are the brahmins truly the masters; there is no greater
deity to be found than them [see also 7.11: 14, 7.14:
17-18, 10.24: 25, 10.45: 32].
(Vedabase)
Text
40
Thus
seeing the Unconquerable One as
conquered by His
own servants [see also 9.4:
63] was
he, the learned friend of the Supreme Lord, by the momentum of
his meditation upon Him released from his bondage to the
[material] self and attained he soon
His
abode, the destination of the truthful.
Thus
seeing the Unconquerable One as conquered by His own
servants [see also 9.4: 63 and 10.9: 19] was he, the
learned friend of the Supreme Lord, by the momentum of his
meditation upon Him untied in his bondage to the
[material] self and attained he soon His abode, the
destination of the truthful. (Vedabase)
Text
41
A
man hearing of this sympathy for the twice-born of the Godhead
of the Brahmins, finds love for the Supreme Lord and is freed
from the bondage of fruitive
labor [see
also 7.11:
35].'
A
man hearing of this sympathy for the brahmins of the Godhead
of the brahmins, finds love for the Supreme Lord and becomes
freed from the bondage of fruitive labor [see also 7.11:
35].
(Vedabase)