Sri Garga Samhita

BY: SUN STAFF


Jan 09, CANADA (SUN) —

Canto One, Volume Four
Chapter One

Vrindavanagamanodyoga-varnana
Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana

Text 1

krishna-tire kokila-keli-kire
gunja-punje deva-pushpadi-kunje
kambu-grivau kshipta-bahu calantau
radha-krishnau mangalam me bhavetam

May Sri Sri Radha-Krishna who, Their arms raised and their necks like conchshells, wander on the Yamuna's shore, where are many playful cuckoos and parrots, guna bushes, and groves of splendid flowers, grant auspiciousness to me.

Text 2

ajnana-timirandhasya
jnananjana-salakaya
cakshur unmilitam yena
tasmai sri-gurave namah

I was born in thr darkness of ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.*

Texts 3 and 4

sri-narada uvaca

ekadopadravam vikshya
nando nandan sahayakan
vrishabhanupanandams ca
vrishabhanu-varams tatha samahuya paran vriddhan
sabhayam tan uvaca ha sri-nanda uvaca

kim kartavyam tu vadatot-
patah santi maha-vane

Sri Narada said: One day, seeing that many great calamities had come, Nanda called his friends: the Vrishabhanus, the Upanandas, and other elders, and in the assembly he said to them, "Please tell what should be done. Many calamities have come to Mahavana."

Text 5

sri-narada uvaca

tesham srutvatha sannando
gopo vriddho 'ti-mantra-vit
anke nitva rama-krishnau
nanda-rajam uvaca ha

Sri Narada said: Hearing this, the elderly gopa Sannanda, who was expert at giving advice, placed Krishna and Balarama on his lap and spoke to King Nanda.

Text 6

sri-sannanda uvaca

utthatavyam ito 'smabhih
sarvaih parikaraih saha
gantavyam canya-deseshu
yatrotpata na santi hi

Sri Sannanda said: All of us and all our friends should leave this place and go to another place where there are no calamities.

Text 7

balas te pranavat krishno
jivanam vraja-vasinam
vraje dhanam kule dipo
mohano bala-lilaya

This boy Krishna is your very life. He is the life of the residents of Vraja. He is the wealth of Vraja. He is the shining lamp of your family. He is charming with His child's playing.

Text 8

ha bakya sakatenapi
trinavartena balakah
mukto 'yam druma-patena
hy utpatam kim atah param

This boy escaped Putana, an (overturned) cart, Trinavarta, and falling trees. What calamity will happen next?

Text 9

tasmad vrindavanam sarvair
gantavyam balakaih saha
utpateshu vyatiteshu
punar agamanam kuru

Therefore we and our children should go to Vrindavana. When the calamities have passed we will return.

Text 10

sri-nanda uvaca

kati-krosair vistritam tad
vanam vrindavanam vrajat
tal-lakshanam tat-sukham ca
vada buddhimatam vara

Nanda said: How many krosas is Vrindavana forest from Vraja? O best of the wise, tell me what it is like and how it is a happy place.

Text 11

sri-sannanda uvaca

prag udicyam barhishado
dakshinasyam yadoh purat
pascimayam sonapuran
mathuram mandalam viduh

Sri Sannanda said: The wise know that Mathura-mandala is northeast of the country of Barhishat, south of the Yadus' capitol city, and west of the city of Sona.

Text 12

vimsad-yojana-vistirnam
sardham yad yojanena vai
mathuram mandalam divyam
vrajam ahur manishinah

The wise say the splendid transcendental land of Vraja Mathura-mandala is 21 yojanas in circumference.

Text 13

mathurayam sauri-grihe
gargacarya-mukhac chrutam
mathuram mandalam divyam
tirtha-rajena pujitam

In Vasudeva's palace I heard from Garga Muni's mouth that even Prayaga, the king of holy places, worships splendid and transcendental Mathura-mandala.

Text 14

vanebhyas tatra sarvebhyo
vanam vrindavanam varam
paripurnatamasyapi
lila-kridam manoharam

In that place is Vrindavana forest, which is the best of all forests and beautiful with the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Text 15

vaikunthan naparo loko
na bhuto na bhavishyati
ekam vrindavanam nama
vaikunthac ca parat param

No place is better than Vaikuntha. There never was such a place, nor will there ever be. Still, better than Vaikuntha is the place named Vrindavana. . .

Text 16

yatra govardhano nama
giri-rajo virajate
kalindi-nikate yatra
pulinam mangalayanam

. . . where a mountain named Govardhana is splendidly manifest, where the shores of the Yamuna are the abode of auspiciousness, . . .

Text 17

brihat-sanur girir yatra
yatra nandisvaro girih
krosanam ca catur-vimsad-
vistritaih kananair vritam

. . . where is the mountain Brihatsanu, where is the mountain Nandisvara, and where there are great forests for 24 krosas.

Text 18

pasavyam gopa-gopinam
gavam sevyam manoharam
lata-kunjavritam tad vai
vanam vrindavanam smritam

Beautiful Vrindavana forest is known to be an ideal place for the cows, gopas, and gopis, a place filled with vines and groves.

Text 19

sri-nanda uvaca

kada vrajo 'yam sannanda
tirtha-rajena pujitah
etad veditum icchami
param kautuhalam hi me

Sri Nanda said: O Sannanda, when did the king of holy places worship Vraja? That I wish to know. I am very curious.

Text 20-21

sri-sannanda uvaca

sankhasuro maha-daityah
pura naimittike laye
svapato brahmanah so 'pi
veda-drug daitya-pungavah jitva devan brahmalokad
dhritva vedan gato 'rnave
gateshu teshu vedeshu
devanam ca gatam balam

Sri Sannanda said: As Brahma slept during a regularly scheduled period of cosmic devastation, the great conch demon Sankasura, a sworn enemy of the Vedas, defeated the demigods, stole the Vedas, and hid in the ocean. When the Vedas were gone the demigods' strength was also gone.

Text 22

tada sakshad dharih purno
dhritva matsyam vapuh param
naimittika-layambhodhau
yuyudhe tena yajna-rat

Then, assuming the form of a fish, perfect Lord Hari, the master of all yajnas, fought with him in the ocean of cosmic devastation.

Text 23

sulam cikshepa haraye
sankho daityo maha-balah
sva-cakrena harih sakshat
tac-chulam satadhakarot

The very powerful demon Sankhasura threw a trident at Lord Hari. With His cakra Lord Hari broke the trident in a hundred pieces.

Text 24

harim tatada sirasa
sankho vishnum urah-sthale
tasya murdha-praharena
na cacala parat parah

With his head Sankhasura struck Lord Vishnu on the chest. Although struck by his head, Lord Hari, who is greater than the greatest, did not waver.

Text 25

tada gadam samadaya
matsya-rupa-dharo harih
prishthe jaghana tam daityam
sankha-rupam maha-balam

Taking a club, Lord Hari in the form of a fish struck the powerful conch demon on the back.

Text 26

gada-prahara-vyathitah
kincid-vyakula-manasah
punar utthaya sarvesham
mushtina sa tatada ha

Wounded by the club, and now unhappy at heart, the demon rose again and with his fist struck the Lord.

Text 27

tada vishnuh sva-cakrena
sa-sringam tac-chiro dridham
jahara kupitah sakshad
bhagavan kamalekshanah

With His cakra angry lotus-eyed Lord Vishnu then severed the demon's hard horned head.



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