Sri Garga Samhita

BY: SUN STAFF

Jan 07, CANADA (SUN) —

Canto One, Volume Three
Chapter Nineteen

Yamalarjuna-bhanga
Breaking of the Two Arjuna Trees

Text 1

sri-narada uvaca ekada gokule gopyo
mamanthur dadhi sarvatah
grihe grihe pragayantyo
gopala-caritam param

Sri Narada said: Churning yogurt in their Gokula homes, the gopis sang of Lord Gopala's transcendental pastimes,

Text 2

yasodapi samutthaya
pratah sri-nanda-mandire
bhande gavyam vinikshipya
mamantha dadhi sundari

Rising early in Nanda's palace, beautiful Yasoda put yogurt in a jug and churned it.

Text 3

manjira-ravam sankurvan
balah sri-nanda-nandanah
nanarta navanitartham
gavyadana-kutuhalat

His anklets jingling, Nanda's son eagerly danced to get some butter.

Text 4

bala-kelir babhau nrityan
matuh parsvam anubhraman
sunadi-kinkini-sangha-
jhankaram karayan muhuh

Dancing, following His mother, and making His ornaments jingle sweetly, He played as a child.

Text 5

haiyangavinam satatam navinam
yacan sa matur madhuram bruvan sah
adaya haste 'smasutam rusha su-dhir
bibheda krishno dadhi-mantha-patram

After again and again begging His mother for some fresh butter, intelligent Krishna finally took an emerald in His hand and angrily broke the yogurt-churn.

Text 6

palayamanam sva-sutam yasoda
prabhavati prapa na hasta-matrat
yogisvaranam api yo durapah
katham sa matur grahane prayati

Beautiful Yasoda could not catch her fleeing son, for He was always a hand's length away. Even the kings of the yogis cannot attain Him. Why should He fall in His mother's grip?

Text 7

tathapi bhakteshu ca bhakta-vasyata
pradarsita sri-harina nripesvara
balam grihitva sva-sutam yasomati
babandha rajjvatha rusha hy ulukhale

O king of kings, then Lord Hari showed that He places Himself under the control of His devotees. Yasoda caught her son and angrily tied Him with rope to the grinding mortar.

Text 8

adaya yad yad bahu dama tat tat
sv-alpam prabhutam sva-sute yasoda
gunair na baddhah prakriteh paro yah
katham sa baddho bhavatiha damna

The ropes all became very small on her son. He who is beyond the material world cannot be bound with rope. How can He be bound with rope?

Text 9

yada yasoda gata-bandhaneccha
khinna nishanna nripa khinna-manasa
asit tadayam kripaya sva-bandhe
svacchanda-yanah sva-vaso 'pi krishnah

When, frustrated and depressed, Yasoda stopped trying, then independent Krishna kindly allowed her to bind Him.

Text 10

esha prasado na hi vita-karmanam
na jnaninam karma-dhiyam kutah punah
matur yathabhun nripa esha tasman
muktim vyadhad bhaktim alam na madhavah

O king, the mercy He gave His mother He never gave to the renunciants and philosophers, what to speak of the fruitive workers. Lord Krishna gives them liberation, not devotional service.

Text 11

tadaiva gopyas tu samagatas tvaram
drishtvatha bhagnam dadhi-mantha-bhajanam
ulukhale baddham ativa damabhir
bhitam sisum vikshya jagur ghrinaturah

The gopis quickly came. Seeing the broken yogurt-churn and the frightened child tightly bound with ropes to the grinding mortar, they became filled with compassion and spoke.

Text 12

sri-gopya ucuh asmad-griheshu patrani
bhinatti satatam sisuh
tad apy enam no vadamah
karunyan nanda-gehini

The gopis said: In our homes the children break these clay jugs all the time. O wife of Nanda, we say that you are not kind.

Text 13

gata-vyathe hy akarune
yasode he vrajesvari
yashtya nirbhartsito balas
tvaya baddho ghata-kshayat

O cold, merciless Yasoda, O queen of Vraja, you beat this boy with a stick and tied Him up only because He broke a clay jug.

Text 14

sri-narada uvaca

ity uktayam yasodayam
vyagrayam griha-karmasu
karshann ulukhalam krishno
balaih sri-yamunam yayau

Sri Narada said: After this was spoken and Yasoda became absorbed in her housework, Krishna, dragging the mortar along, went with the boys to the Yamuna.

Text 15

tat-tate ca maha-vrikshau
puranau yamalarjunau
tayor madhye gatah krishno
hasan damodarah prabhuh

His belly bound with a rope, smiling Lord Krishna wandered between two great old arjuna trees by the Yamuna's shore.

Text 16

cakarsha sahasa krishnas
tiryag-gatam ulukhalam
karshanena sa-mulau dvau
petatur bhumi-mandale

Krishna tugged at the sideways grinding mortar. By His tug the two trees were uprooted and fell to the ground.

Text 17

patatenapi sabdo 'bhut
pracando vajra-patavat
vinirgatau ca vrikshabhyam
devau dvav edhaso 'gni-vat

The violent sound of their falling was like thunder. From the two trees emerged two demigods splendid as fire.

Text 18

damodaram parikramya
padau sprishtau sva-maulina
kritanjali harim natva
tau tu tat-sammukhe sthitau

Circumambulating Lord Damodara, touching His feet with their helmets, and offering obeisances to Him, the two demigods stood before Him with folded hands.

Text 19

sri-devav ucatuh

avam muktau brahma-dandat
sadyas te 'cyuta darsanat
mabhut te nija-bhaktanam
helanam hy avayor hare

The two demigods said: O infallible Lord, by seeing You we are now free from a brahmana's punishment. We should not have offended Your devotees.

Text 20

karuna-nidhaye tubhyam
jagan-mangala-siline
damodaraya krishnaya
govindaya namo namah

Obeisances, obeisances to You, Lord Krishna, the pleasure of the cows, land, and senses, the auspiciousness of the worlds, an ocean of mercy, the Lord whose belly is bound with a rope!

Text 21

sri-narada uvaca

iti natva harim tau dvau
udicim ca disam gatau
tadaiva hy agatah sarve
nandadya bhaya-katarah

Sri Narada said: Bowing down to Lord Hari, the two demigods left for the north. Then, headed by Nanda Maharaja, the frightened cowherd people arrived.

Text 22

katham vrikshau prapatitau
vina vatam vrajarbhakah
vadatasu tada bala
ucuh sarve vrajaukasah

When they were asked, "How did these two trees fall down without any wind? O children of Vraja, please tell us," the children of Vraja spoke.

Text 23

sri-bala ucuh

anena patitau vrikshau
tabhyam dvau purushau sthitau
enam natva gatav adya
tav udicyam sphurat-prabhau

The children said: Krishna made the two trees fall. From the trees two effulgent men came. They bowed down to Krishna and then went to the north.

Text 24

sri-narada uvaca

iti srutva vacas tesham
na te sraddadhire tatah
mumoca nandah svam balam
damna baddham ulukhale

Sri Narada said: The gopas did not believe what they heard from the boys. Then Nanda untied His boy bound to the grinding mortar with ropes.

Text 25

samlalayan svanka-dese
samaghraya sisum nripa
nirbhartsya bhaminim nando
viprebhyo go-satam dadau

Then Nanda placed his boy on his lap, embraced Him, smelled Him, rebuked his wife, and gave a hundred cows in charity to the brahmanas.

Text 26

sri-bahulasva uvaca

kav imau purushau divyau
vada devarshi-sattama
kena doshena vrikshatvam
prapitau yamalarjunau

Sri Bahulasva said: Who were those two effulgent men? O best of the demigod sages, please tell me. Because of what sin did they become two arjuna trees?

Text 27

sri-narada uvaca

nalakuvara-manigrivau
raja-raja-sutau parau
jagmatur nandana-vanam
mandakinyas tate sthitau

Sri Narada said: They were the two demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva, the two demigod sons of the great king (Kuvera). (One day) they both went to the Nandana forest by the shore of the celestial Ganges.

Text 28

apsarobhir giyamanau
ceratur gata-vasasau
varuni-madira-mattau
yuvanau dravya-darpitau

Drunk on varuni wine and proud of their possesions, they walked naked as many apsaras sang to them.

Text 29

kadacid devalo nama
munindro veda-paragah
nagnau drishtva ca tav aha
dushta-silau gata-smriti

One day the great sage named Devala, who had gone to the farther shore of the Vedas, saw the two degenerate, naked, forgetful men and spoke to them.

Text 30

sri-devala uvaca

yuvam vriksha-samau drishtau
nirlajjau dravya-darpitau
tasmad vrikshau tu bhuyas tam
varshanam satakam bhuvi

Sri Devala Muni said: I see You two shameless and proud men have become like trees. For this reason you will now be trees for a hundred years on the earth.

Text 31-32

dvaparante bharate ca
mathure vraja-mandale
kalinda-nandini-tire
mahavana-samipatah

paripurnatamam sakshat
krishnam damodaram harim
goloka-natham tam drishtva
purva-rupau bhavishyathah

At the end of Dvapara-yuga, in Bharata-varsha, in Mathura district, in the circle of Vraja, on the Yamuna's shore near Mahavana forest, you will see the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, who is the master of Goloka, and who is known as Damodara and Hari. When you see Him, you will regain your original forms.

Text 33

ittham devala-sapena
vrikshatvam prapitau nripa
nalakuvara-manigrivau
sri-krishnena vimocitau

In this way, by Devala Muni's curse, Nalakuvara and Manigriva became trees and were liberated by Lord Krishna.

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