Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Jan 10, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto One, Volume Four
Chapter One - Part Two
Vrindavanagamanodyoga-varnana
Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana
Text 28
jitva sankham deva-varaih
sardham vishnur vrajesvara
prayagam etya sa harir
vedams tan brahmane dadau
O king of Vraja, after defeating the conch demon, Lord
Vishnu, accompanied by the great demigods, went to Prayaga and
returned the Vedas to Brahma.
Text 29
yajnam cakara vidhi-vat
sarva-veda-ganaih saha
prayagam ca samahuya
tirtha-rajam cakara ha
Accompanied by all the Vedas, Brahma performed a Vedic
yajna. Then, calling Prayaga, he crowned it king of the
holy places.
Text 30
tat sakshad akshaya-vatah
krito lilatapatravat
muni-bhanu-sute 'thormi-
camarais tam virejatuh
As if it were a toy parasol, an eternal banyan tree shaded
Prayaga. The Ganges and Yamuna fanned it with camaras.
Text 31
tadaiva sarva-tirthani
jambudvipa-sthitani ca
nitva balim samajagmus
tirtha-rajaya dhimate
Then all the holy places in Jambudvipa came, bringing
offerings to Prayag, the wise king of holy places.
Text 32
tirtha-rajam ca sampujya
natva tirthani sarvatah
sva-dhamani yayur nanda
harau devair gate sati
Bowing down, the holy places worshiped Prayaga, the king of
holy places. O Nanda, when Lord Hari and the demigods departed,
the holy places returned to their own abodes.
Text 33
tadaiva naradah prapto
munindrah kalaha-priyah
simhasane bhrajamanam
tirtha-rajam uvaca ha
Then Narada, the king of sages, who is fond of a quarrel,
approached and spoke to Prayaga, the king of holy places, as it
gloriously sat on its throne.
Text 34
sri-narada uvaca
tirthaih prapujitas tvam vai
tirtha-raja maha-tapah
tubhyam ca sarva-tirthani
mukhyaniha balim daduh
Sri Narada said: O very austere king of holy places, all the
important holy places worshiped you and gave offerings to you.
Text 35
vrajad vrindavanadini
nagataniha te purah
tirthanam raja-rajas tvam
pramattais tais tiras-kritah
The holy places headed by Vrindavana did not come to you from
Vraja. You who are the king of the kings of holy places were
insulted by these madly proud places.
Text 36
sri-sannanda uvaca
iti prabhashya tam sakshad
gate devarshi-sattame
tirtha-rajas tada kruddho
hari-lokam jagama ha
Sri Sannanda said: After speaking these words, the great
sage of the demigods left. Angry, the king of holy places went to
the realm of Lord Hari.
Text 37
natva harim parikramya
purah sthitva kritanjalih
sarva-tirthaih parivritah
sri-natham praha tirtha-rat
Bowing down before Lord Hari, the master of the goddess of
fortune, circumambulating Him, and with folded hands standing
before Him, in the company of all the holy places, Prayaga, the
king of holy places, spoke.
Text 38
sri-tirtha-raja uvaca
he deva-deva prapto 'ham
tirtha-rajas tvaya kritah
balim dadur me tirthani
mathura-mandalam vina
The king of holy places said: O Lord of lords, You made me
king of holy places. Except for Mathura-mandala, all holy places
have brought offerings to me.
Text 39
pramattair vraja-tirthais ca
tair aham tu tiraskritah
tasmat tubhyam ca kathitum
prapto 'ham tava mandire
The holy places of Vraja have insulted me. I have come to
Your palace to tell You.
Text 40
sri-bhagavan uvaca
dharayam sarva-tirthanam
tvam kritas tirtha-ran maya
kintu svasya grihasyapi
na krito rat tvam eva hi
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: I made you king of
all holy places on earth, but I did not make you king of My own
home.
Text 41
kim tvam me mandiram lipsur
mattavad bhashase vacah
tirtha-raja griham gaccha
srinu vakyam subham ca me
Why, as if you wish to become the place where I live, do you
speak in this mad way? O king of holy places, hear My auspicious
words, and then return to your home.
Text 42
mathura-mandalam sakshan
mandiram me parat param
loka-trayat param divyam
pralaye 'pi na samhritam
Mathura-mandala is My home. It is My transcendental abode
above the three worlds. At the time of cosmic devastation it is
not destroyed.
Text 43
sri-sannanda uvaca
iti srutva tirtha-rajo
vismito 'bhud gata-smayah
agatya natva sampujya
mathuram vraja-mandalam
Sri Sannanda said: Hearing this, the king of holy places was
very surprised. His pride gone, he approached the Vraja-mandala
of Mathura, bowed before it, and worshiped it.
Text 44
tatah pradakshini-kritya
sva-dhama gatavan punah
dharaya mana-bhangartham
purvam me tat-pradarsitam
maya tavagre kathitam
kim bhuyah srotum icchasi
He circumambulated it, and then returned to his own abode. I
have now told you about Mathura Vraja-mandala, which I personally
saw break the earth's pride. What more do you wish to hear?
Text 45
sri-nanda uvaca
dharaya mana-bhangartham
kena purvam pradarsitam
etan me vada gopesa
mathuram vraja-mandalam
Sri Nanda said: Why did Mathura Vraja-mandala break the
earth's pride. O king of the gopas, please tell me.
Text 46
sri-sannanda uvaca
adau varaha-kalpe 'smin
harir varaha-rupa-dhrik
rasatalat samuddhritya
gam babhau damstraya prabhuh
Sri Sannanda said: In the beginning of this Varaha-kalpa,
Lord Hari assumed the form of a boar. With His tusk lifting the
earth from the realm of Rasatala, He shone with great splendor.
Text 47
gacchantam vari-vrindesu
bhagavantam ramesvaram
damstragre sobhita prithvi
praha devam janardanam
Glorious on the tip of His tusk, the earth spoke to the
Supreme Person, the goddess of fortune's husband and the
deliverer from sufferings, as He traveled through the waters.
Text 48
sri-dharovaca deva
kutra sthale tvam vai
sthapanam me karishyasi
jala-purnam jagat-sarvam
drisyate vada he prabho
The earth-goddess said: Where will You put me down? Please
tell me, O Lord. I see the entire universe is flooded with water.
Text 49
sri-varaha uvaca
yada vrikshah pradrishta hi
bhavanty udvegata jale
tada te sthapana bhuyat
pasyanti gaccha bhuruhan
Sri Varaha said: When you see trees standing up from the
water I will put you down. Look for trees.
Text 50
sri-dharovaca
sthavaranam tu racana
mamopari samasthita
anyasti kim va dharani
tv aham hi dharanamayi
The earth-goddess said: All immovable things rest on me.
What other thing is their steady resting-place? It is I on which
all things rest.
Text 51
sri-sannanda uvaca
vadantittham dadarsagre
jale vrikshan manoharan
vikshya prithvi harim praha
sarvato vigata-smaya
Sri Sannanda said: As she spoke in this way she saw some
beautiful trees just ahead. Her pride now gone, the earth-goddes
glanced at Lord Hari and spoke.
Text 52
sri-dharovaca
deva kasmin sthale vrikshah
santi hy ete sa-pallavah
idam manasi me citram
vada yajna-pate prabho
The earth-goddess said: Lord, in what place do these trees
with twigs and leaves grow? They fill my heart with wonder. O
Lord of yajnas, O master, please tell me.
Text 53
sri-varaha uvaca
mathuram mandalam divyam
drisyate 'gre nitambini
goloka-bbumi-samyuktam
pralaye 'pi na samhritam
Sri Varaha said: O beautiful one, you see transcendental
Mathura-mandala, which is part of the realm of Goloka, and is not
destroyed at the time of cosmic devastation.
Text 54
sri-sannanda uvaca
tac chrutva vismita prithvi
gata-mana babhuva ha
tasman nanda maha-baho
vrajo 'yam sarvato 'dhikah
Sri Sannanda said: Hearing this the earth-goddess became
both astonished and prideless. O great-armed Nanda, for this
reason Vraja is the best of all places.
Text 55
srutvedam vraja-mahatmyam
jivan mukto bhaven narah
tirtha-rajat param viddhi
mathuram vraja-mandalam
A person who hears this description of Vraja's glories
becomes liberated even as he continues to live in this world.
Please know that Mathura Vraja-mandala is more exalted than
Prayaga, the king of holy places.
