S'rî
S'uka said: 'Then [after Nârada had left] did
lord Brahmâ surrounded by his sons, the gods and the
lords of man, arrive [in Dvârakâ] together
with Lord Bhava
[S'iva], for all living beings the controller
favorable, who was accompanied by a host of ghostly
beings.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Then [after Nârada had left] did
lord Brahmâ surrounded by his sons, the gods and the
lords of man, arrive [in Dvârakâ]
together with lord Bhava [S'iva], for all living
beings the controller favorable, who was accompanied by a
host of ghostly beings. (Vedabase)
Text
2-4
Indra the
powerful controller and his gods [the Maruts],
the sons of Aditi, the good of clarity [the
Vasus],
the protectors of health [the As'vins],
the artists [the Ribhus],
the descendants of Angirâ,
the expansions of S'iva [the Rudras],
the gods of the intellect [the Vis'vedevas],
and the gods of commerce [the Sâdhyas],
and other demigods; the singers and dancing girls of heaven
[Gandharvas
and Apsaras],
the ones of excel [the Nâgas],
the perfected [Siddhas]
and the venerable [Câranas],
the treasure keepers [Guhyakas],
the seers [the Rishis],
the forefathers [Pitas]
as also the scientists [Vidyâdharas]
and the ones of special talents [the Kinnaras]
all together arrived in Dvârakâ eager to see
Krishna, the Supreme Lord who removes the impurities everywhere
in the universe and who with His transcendental form enchanting
the entire human society spreads His fame throughout all the
worlds.
Indra
the powerful controller and his gods [the maruts],
the sons of Aditi, the good of clarity [the vasus],
the protectors of the health [the as'vins], the
artists [the ribhus], the descendants of
Angirâ, the expansions of S'iva [the rudras],
the gods of the intellect [the vis'vedevas], and the
gods of commerce [the sâdhyas], and other
demigods; the singers and dancing girls of heaven
[ghandharvas and apsaras], the ones of excel
[the nâgas], the perfected [siddhas]
and the venerable [câranas], the treasure
keepers [guhyakas], the seers [the rishis],
the forefathers [pitas] as also the scientists
[vidyâdharas] and the ones of special talents
[the kinnaras] all together arrived in
Dvârakâ eager to see Krishna, the Supreme Lord
eradicating the impurities of all places who by His
transcendental form enchanting the entire human society
spread His fame through all the worlds.
(Vedabase)
Text
5
In
that resplendent city rich with a great abundance saw they with
their hungry eyes Lord Krishna who is so wonderful to
behold.
In
that resplendent city rich in a great abundance saw they
with their hungry eyes Lord Krishna so wonderful to behold.
(Vedabase)
Text6
With
covering Him, the best of the Yadus, with flower garlands
brought from the gardens of heaven praised they Him, the Lord
of the Living Being, expressing themselves in ideas and words
of charm.
With
covering Him, the best of the Yadus, with flower garlands
brought from the gardens of heaven praised they Him, the
Lord of the Living Being, expressing themselves in ideas and
words of charm. (Vedabase)
Text
7
The gods said:
'We with our intelligence, senses, vital air, mind and words
bow down to Your lotus feet, o Lord, which are meditated upon
within the heart by those who united in the love of striving
for liberation from the powerful bondage to karmic
reactions.
The
gods said: 'We with our intelligence, senses, vital air,
mind and words do bow down to Your lotusfeet, o Lord, which
are meditated upon within the heart by those united in the
love of striving for liberation from the great bondage of
karmic reactions. (Vedabase)
Text
8
You, who by the
material energy consisting of three modes, protects and
destroys the manifestation with the inconceivable of Yourself,
are situated within the modes of that material nature, but You
are by these modes not entangled in karmic activities at all, o
You Unconquerable One, since You, the Unimpeded and
Unimpeachable One, are always absorbed in Your happiness
[see also B.G. 3:
22].
You,
by the material energy made up of the three modes, protect
and destroy with the inconceivable of Yourself the
manifestation, but situated within the modes of that
material nature are You by these modes not entangled in
karmic activities at all, o You Unconquerable One, since
You, the Unimpeded and Unimpeachable One, are always
absorbed in Your happiness [see also B.G. 3.22].
(Vedabase)
Text
9
O
Worshipable One, the purification of those persons who have a
contaminated consciousness is not as much brought about by
incantations, respecting injunctions, study of the scriptures,
charity, penances and rituals, as by the faithful listening to
the greatest of
souls who situated in goodness have fully matured in Your
transcendental glories [see also 4.29:
36-38].
O
Worshipable One, the purification of those persons who have
a contaminated consciousness is by incantations, obeying the
injunctions, studying the s'âstras, charity, penances
and rituals not as effected as by the faithful listening to
the greatest of those situated in goodness who are fully
matured in the transcendental glories of You [see also
4.29: 36-38]. (Vedabase)
Text
10
May there for
us be the lotus feet, the fire that annihilates our
inauspicious mentality and by the sages desiring the real
benefit is carried in their appeased hearts, the fire that by
the truthful of self-control is carried for gaining a likewise
opulence; it is by worshiping three times a day Your forms
[of soul, ego, mind and intelligence, the
catur-vyûha]
that one reaches beyond the heavens [see also
11.5:
34].
May
there for us be the lotus feet, the fire annihilating our
inauspicious mentality which by the sages desiring the real
benefit is carried in hearts appeased, which by the truthful
of self-control is carried for gaining a likewise opulence;
it is of worshiping three times a day the inciting of You
[the catur-vyûha] that one reaches beyond the
heavens [see also 11.5: 34].
(Vedabase)
Text
11
They [Your
feet] are meditated upon by the ones who, having folded
their hands, pour the ghee into the fire of sacrifice in the
[nirukta]
process of understanding the three Vedas; they are meditated
upon by the yogapracticioners who, inquisitive about Your
[yoga-]mâyâ,
are united in the realization of the True Self and [even
more] perfectly are they worshiped by the elderly,
exemplary devotees [see uttama
and 11.2:
45-47].
They
are meditated upon by the ones who, having folded their
hands, take the ghee into the fire of sacrifice by the
[nirukta] process of understanding the three Veda's;
they are meditated upon by the yogapracticioners who,
inquisitive about Your [yoga-]mâyâ, are
united in realizing the True Self and [even more]
perfectly are they worshiped by the most elevated of the
devotees [see uttama and 11.2: 45-47 ].
(Vedabase)
Text
12
S'rî,
Your Lordship's consort, is with our withered flower garland
for You, o Almighty One, in this feeling as challenged as a
jealous co-wife because You accept
our offering as being properly brought [see also B.G.
9:
26]; may
there
always be the lotus feet, the fire of the destruction of our
impure desires!
S'rî,
Your Lordship's consort, does with the withered flower
garland of You, o Almighty One, in this feel as competitive
as a jealous co-wife because You accept our offering as
being properly brought [see also B.G. 9: 26]; may
there always be the lotusfeet, the fire of the destruction
of our impure desires!
(Vedabase)
Text
13
Your feet that
like a flag decorating a flagpole with three mighty steps
[defeat the possessiveness and bring down the water of the
Ganges] in each of the three worlds [see
8.20]
create fear and fearlessness among the Asuras and the godly
their respective armies. For the saintly are they there for the
attainment of heaven and for the envious are they there for
just the opposite, o Most Powerful One. May these feet, o
Supreme Lord, free us who worship You from our
sins.
Your
feet with three mighty steps falling [with the water of
the Ganges] in each of the three worlds [see
8.20] and as a flag adorning a pole creating fear and
fearlessness among the asuras and the godly their respective
armies, are there to the saintly for the attainment of
heaven and for the envious there for just the opposite, o
Most Powerful One; may these feet, o Supreme Lord, purify
us, who are worshiping You, from our sins.
(Vedabase)
Text
14
As oxen bound
[by the rope] through the nose do Brahmâ and all
the other embodied beings have their existence, in which they
being controlled by the Time struggle with each other. May the
lotus feet of You, the Supreme Personality in the beyond of
both the material nature ànd the individual person, for
us spread the transcendental fortune [compare
1.13:
42,
6.3:
12].
As
oxen bound through the nose do Brahmâ and all the
other embodied beings exist, struggling among each other
under the control of the Time; may the lotus feet of You,
the Supreme Personality in the beyond of both the material
nature ànd the individual person, for us spread the
transcendental fortune [compare 1.13: 42, 6.3: 12].
(Vedabase)
Text
15
You
are the cause of this creation, maintenance and annihilation,
the cause of the unseen, the individual soul and the greater of
the manifest reality. They say that You, this very same
personality, are the factor of time controlling all who appears
as a threefold wheel, that You are the Supreme Personality who
in the form of Time uninterrupted in Your flow effects the
diminution of everything [*].
You
are the cause of this creation, maintenance and
annihilation, the cause of the unseen, the individual soul
and the greater of the manifest reality; You, this same
personality, are said to be the controlling factor of time
appearing as a wheel in three, who, as the Time
uninterrupted in its flow effecting the diminution of
everything, is the Supreme Personality [*].
(Vedabase)
Text
16
The masculine
[of Mahâ-Vishnu] that from You [as father
Time] acquires the potent seed of this creation,
impregnates the greater of matter
[mahat-tattva]. Therefrom generates He whose
semen is never wasted, joined with that same nature from the
Self - just as an ordinary fetus is produced - the golden
primeval egg of the universe endowed with its [seven]
outer layers [see kosha].
The
masculine [of Mahâvishnu] from You [as the
Time] acquiring the potential seed of this creation,
impregnates the greater of matter of which He, whose semen
is never wasted, joined with that same nature generated from
the Self, like an ordinary fetus is produced brought forth
the golden primeval egg of the universe endowed with its
[seven, see kosha] outer layers.
(Vedabase)
Text
17
With
that are You of everything mobile and stationary the original
Controller, because You Yourself o Master of the Senses, in
Your activities are never affected by the objects of the senses
that manifested because of the operating modes of nature, while
others, acting on their own account, live in fear because of
them [see also B.G. 16:
23-24].
You
are therefore of everything mobile and stationary the
original Controller, for even though You o Master of Each
His Senses engaging with the sense objects Yourself are
never touched by them, are others, on their own account
being of control, in fear because of these objects who,
raised from the transformation of the modes of that material
nature, did accumulate [see also B.G. 16: 23-24].
(Vedabase)
Text
18
The sixteen
thousand [of Your wives] were so enchanting the moments
when they, showing their feelings with their eyebrows, smiles
and glances, launched the arrows of Cupid. But with their
messages and advances of conjugal love, were they by all their
devices not able to perplex Your senses [see also
1.11:
36].
The
sixteen thousand [of Your wives] so enchanting in
the moments of their displays of feeling as they with their
eyebrows, smiles and glances launched the arrows of Cupid,
were with their messages and advances of conjugal love, by
all their devices not able to perplex Your senses [see
also 1.11: 36]. (Vedabase)
Text
19
The full rivers
of Your nectarean topics and the rivers resulting from the
bathing of Your feet are able to destroy all contamination of
the three worlds. Those who strive for purification and want to
find association approach [You therefore] in two ways,
namely by making their ears listen to the stories offered by
the tradition and by bringing their bodies in contact with
[the waters] that flow from Your feet.'
The
full rivers of Your nectarean topics and the rivers flowing
from bathing Your feet are able to destroy all contamination
of the three worlds; it is of the hearing with the ears to
the tradition and the being in physical contact taking to
[the waters of] Your feet that those who strive for
purification approach to associate with these two aims of
pilgrimage of You.'
(Vedabase)
Text
20
The
honorable son of Vyâsa [S'uka] said: 'Along with
S'iva and the demigods thus praising Govinda, the Lord, offered
he who commands the hundreds [of sages, Brahmâ],
from his position in the sky, his obeisances.
The
honorable son of Vyâsa [S'uka] said: 'Along
with S'iva and the demigods thus praising Govinda, the Lord,
offered he commanding the hundreds [Brahmâ],
from his position in the sky, his obeisances.
(Vedabase)
Text
21
S'rî
Brahmâ said: 'O Lord, we requested You previously to
diminish the burden of the earth. O Unlimited Soul, You have
fulfilled that request the way we asked it.
S'rî
Brahmâ said: 'You o Lord, o Unlimited Soul, by us for
the sake of diminishing the burden of the earth being
requested previously, have fulfilled that request as it was
expressed. (Vedabase)
Text
22
Having
established the principles of dharma among the pious and among
the seekers of truth is it indeed Your glory by You spread in
all directions, which removes the contamination of all the
worlds.
Having
established the principles of dharma among the pious and
among the seekers of truth are it indeed the glories of You,
thus by You disseminated in all directions, which remove the
contamination of all worlds. (Vedabase)
Text
23
Descending
in the Yadu dynasty have You, for the benefit of the universe
assuming a form, with magnanimous deeds performed incomparable
activities.
Descending
in the Yadu-dynasty have You, for the benefit of the
universe assuming a form, with magnanimous deeds performed
incomparable activities. (Vedabase)
Text
24
O
Lord, those saintly souls who in the age of Kali hear and chant
about Your activities, will easily cross over the darkness
[see also 10.14].
O
Lord, those saintly humans who in the age of Kali hear and
chant about Your activities, will easily cross over the
darkness [see also 10.14].
(Vedabase)
Text
25
O
Supreme Personality, since Your descent in the Yadu-vams'a have
one hundred and twenty-five autumns passed, o
Master.
O
Supreme Personality, having descended in the Yadu-vams'a
have one hundred and twenty-five autumns passed, o Master.
(Vedabase)
Text
26-27
O You
Foundation of Everything, for You there is no longer an
obligation to the godly, and the remaining part of the dynasty
has virtually been annihilated by this curse of the brahmins
[see 11.1].
Therefore we ask You whether You intend to leave for Your
Supreme Abode and if You please want to continue with us, the
protectors of all worlds and their inhabitants, to protect the
servants of Vaikunthha [of Lord
Vishnu].'
O
You Foundation of Everything, for You there is no longer a
duty to the godly, and the remaining part of the dynasty has
virtually been annihilated by this curse of the brahmins
[see 11.1]. Therefore we ask You, if You mind, to
enter Your Supreme Abode, and please to continue with us,
the protectors of all worlds and their inhabitants, to
protect the servants of Vaikunthha [Lord Vishnu].'
(Vedabase)
Text
28
The
Supreme Lord said: 'I understand what you've said, o controller
of the demigods; in your favor has all the work been done to
remove the burden of the earth.
The
Supreme Lord said: 'That what you've said is understood by
Me, o controller of the demigods; to your favor has all the
work been done to remove the burden of the earth.
(Vedabase)
Text
29
This
very Yadu family has, because it threatened to devour the
entire world in having expanded in its power, courage and
opulence, been checked by Me just as an ocean is by its
shore.
This
very Yadu-family has, threatening to devour the whole world
in having expanded in its power, courage and opulence, been
checked by Me just as an ocean is with a shore.
(Vedabase)
Text
30
If
I were to leave without withdrawing the vast dynasty of overly
proud Yadus, would for that reason the entire world be
destroyed by this flood.
If
I were to leave without withdrawing the vast dynasty of
overly proud Yadus, would for that reason the whole world be
destroyed by this flood. (Vedabase)
Text
31
Right
now has because of the brahmins' curse the annihilation of the
family begun. After that has taken place will I, o sinless
Brahmâ, pay a visit to your abode.'
Right
now has because of the brahmins' curse the annihilation of
the family begun; after that will I, o sinless Brahmâ,
pay a visit to your abode.' (Vedabase)
Text
32
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Thus being addressed by the Lord of the World,
fell the selfborn one down at His feet to offer Him his
obeisances together with the different gods and returned the
godhead to his abode.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Thus being addressed by the Lord of the World,
fell the selfborn one down at His feet to offer Him his
obeisances along with the different gods and returned the
godhead to his abode. (Vedabase)
Text
33
Following,
when the Supreme Lord observed the development of serious
disturbances in the city of Dvârakâ, spoke He to
the assembled Yadu elders.
Thereafter,
when the Supreme Lord observed the development of serious
disturbances in the city of Dvârakâ, spoke He to
the assembled Yadu-elders. (Vedabase)
Text
34
The
Supreme Lord said: 'These indeed very great disturbances
appearing everywhere are a consequence of the curse that was
expressed by the brahmins against our family; it is impossible
to counteract.
The
Supreme Lord said: 'These indeed very great disturbances
rising here on all sides follow the curse that there of the
brahmins was against our family; it is impossible to
counteract.
(Vedabase)
Text
35
We
should not stay here if we want to continue with our lives,
let's not delay and this very
day go to Prabhâsa, that so very pious place
[**].
We
should not desire to live residing here, o venerable ones;
let's not delay and this very day go to Prabhâsa, that
so very holy place of piety [**].
(Vedabase)
Text
36
The
king of the stars [the moon god] seized by consumption
because of a curse of
Daksha,
once took a bath there and was immediately freed from the
reaction to his sin and resumed the waxing with his
phases.
The
king of the stars [the moon god] seized by
consumption because of a curse of Daksha, once took a bath
there and was immediately freed from the reaction to his sin
and resumed the waxing with his phases.
(Vedabase)
Text
37-38
When
we also bathe over there to the satisfaction of the forefathers
and offer different kinds of foodstuff to the demigods and the
venerable ones of learning and as well distribute gifts with
our faith in them as being suitable candidates for the charity,
will we overcome the danger, just as one with boats crosses
over the ocean.'
We
also bathing at that place to the satisfaction of the
forefathers, feeding the godly and the worshipable ones of
learning by offerings of foodstuffs of different tastes and
as well distributing gifts with faith in them as suitable
candidates of charity, will by our charity, as with boats
over an ocean, get across the
danger.'
(Vedabase)
Text
39
S'rî
S'uka said: 'O child of the Kurus, the Yâdavas, who thus
by the Fortunate One were instructed, made up their minds and
yoked their horses to their chariots to head for the holy
site.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'O child of the Kurus, the Yâdavas, thus
by the Fortunate One instructed, having made up their minds
yoked their horses to their chariots to head for the holy
site.
(Vedabase)
Text
40-41
O
King, Uddhava [see
also 3.2
and 10.46
& 47],
who as an ever faithful follower of Krishna came to hear what
by the Lord was said, approached, in respect of the fearful
evil omens
[see also 1.14:
2-5], in
private
the Lord of the lords of the entire living universe and
adressed Him with folded hands bowing down his head at His
feet.
O
King, Uddhava [see also 3.2 and 10.46 & 47], as
an ever faithful follower of Krishna hearing that what by
the Lord had been said, approached, observing the fearful
evil omens [see also 1.14: 2-5], in private the one
Controller of the Controllers of All the Living Universe
and, at His feet bowing down his head, addressed Him with
folded hands. (Vedabase)
Text
42
S'rî
Uddhava said: 'O Lord and God of Gods, o Master of Yoga, o
Piety of Hearing and Singing, withdrawing this family from this
world, You say that, even though You as the all-pervading,
benevolent Controller are capable of revoking the curse of the
brahmins, You're unable to do so!
S'rî
Uddhava said: 'O Lord and God of Gods, o Master of Yoga, o
Piety by Hearing and Singing, withdrawing this family from
this world, do You say that, although as the all-pervading
benevolent Controller being capable of revoking the curse of
the learned ones, You're unable to do so!
(Vedabase)
Text
43
I'm
not even capable to tolerate it but for half a moment
to give up on Your
lotus feet, o Kes'ava; please take me along to Your abode o
Master [see also 3.29:
13].
I'm
not even capable to tolerate for half a moment to give up on
Your lotusfeet, o Kes'ava; please take me to Your abode as
well o Master [see also 3.29: 13].
(Vedabase)
Text
44
Your
pastimes supremely auspicious, o Krishna, are nectar to the
human ear. Once they have the taste will people relinquish
their desires for other things.
Your
pastimes supremely auspicious, o Krishna, are nectar for the
ears of men; once they have the taste will people relinquish
their desires for other things.
(Vedabase)
Text
45
How
can we, who were always devoted to You when we were laying
down, sitting, walking, standing, bathing, recreating and
eating and such, ever abandon You, our dear most
Self?
How
can we, the devotees of You, the dearmost Self, in our lying
down, sitting, walking, standing, bathing, recreating and
eating and such, ever abandon
You?
(Vedabase)
Text
46
Eating
the food remnants and adorned with the garlands, fragrances,
garments and ornaments that You enjoyed, will we, Your
servants, for sure conquer the illusory energy.
Eating
the food remnants and adorned with the garlands, fragrances,
garments and ornaments already enjoyed by You, will we, Your
servants, for sure conquer the illusory energy.
(Vedabase)
Text
47
The but in air
clad
sinless members of the renounced order
who as sages of
strict observance keep their seed going upwards, go to the
abode known as Brahman
[see ûrdhva
retah and
also 10.2:
32].
The
but in air clad sinless members of the renounced order who
as sages of strict observance keep their seed going upwards,
go to the abode known as brahman [see ûrdhva retah
and also 10.2: 32]. (Vedabase)
Text
48-49
We
on the other hand, o Greatest of Yogis, who in this world
wander on the paths of fruitive labor will, along with Your
devotees, cross beyond the hard to conquer darkness by
discussing the topics with which we remember and glorify Your
deeds, words, movements, broad smiles, glances and the amorous
sports You have in imitation of the human world.
We
on the other hand, o Greatest of Yogîs, wandering in
this world on the paths of fruitive labor will, along with
Your devotees, cross over the hard to conquer darkness by
discussing the topics with which we remember and glorify
Your deeds, words, movements, broad smiles, glances and
amorous sports in imitation of the human
world.'
(Vedabase)
Text
50
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Thus being informed, o King, spoke the Supreme
Lord, the son of Devakî, privately for a long time with
His dear servant Uddhava.'
S'rî
S'uka said: 'This way being requested, o King, spoke the
Supreme Lord, the son of Devakî, in private at length
to the dear servant Uddhava.' (Vedabase)
*:
Time in three can be regarded as the three types of seasons,
summer winter and spring/autumn or as the three to the order,
the cakra,
of the sun, moon and the stars or the past, the present and the
future and as the time of nature, culture and the psychological
experience [see also tri-kâlika,
5.22:
2,
time-quotes
and B.G. 10:
30
& 33,
11:
32].
**:
Prabhâsa is a famous holy place located near the Veraval
railway station, within the region of Junagarah. At the base of
the same pippala tree under which Lord Krishna was reported to
have reposed there is now a temple. One mile away from the
tree, on the seashore, is the Vîra-prabhañjana
Mathha, and it is said that from this point the hunter
Jarâ fired the arrow which marked the end of His earthly
presence [as described in the last two chapters of this
Canto].