Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 05, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Two, Volume Three
Chapter Twenty-six
Sankhacudopakhyanam
The Story of Sankhacuda
Text 1
sri-bahulasva uvaca
aghasuradi-daityanam
jyotih krishne samavisat
sridamni sakhacudasya
kasmal linam babhuva ha
The spiritual sparks that emerged from Aghasura and the other demons entered Lord Krishna. Why did the spark of light from Sankhacuda enter Sridama?
Text 2
etad vada maha-buddhe
tvam paravara-vittama
aho sri-krishnacandrasya
caritam paramadbhutam
O intelligent one, O best of they who know everything, please describe to me this very wonderful pastime of Lord Krishnacandra.
Text 3
sri-narada uvaca
pura goloka-vrittantam
narayana-mukhac chrutam
sarva-papa-haram punyam
srinu rajan maha-mate
Sri Narada said: O noble-hearted king, please hear this story, which describes pastimes that happened in Goloka, and which I heard from the mouth of Narayana Rishi.
Text 4
radha srir viraja bhus ca
tisro patnyo 'bhavan hareh
tasam radha priyativa
sri-krishnasya mahatmanah
Radha, Sri, Viraja, and Bhu were the four wives of Lord Krishna. Of them Radha was most dear to Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Text 5
radhika-samaya rajan
koti-candra-prakasaya
kunje virajaya reme
ekante caikadha prabhuh
O king, one day in a secluded forest grove the Lord enjoyed pastimes with Viraja, who was splendid as ten million moons and very much like Radha.
Text 6
sapatni-sahitam krishnam
radha srutva sakhi-mukhat
ativa vimana jata
sapatni-saukhya-duhkhita
When from a friend's mouth She heard that Krishna had enjoyed pastimes with Her rival, Radha, unhappy at Her rival's happiness, became filled with jealous anger.
Texts 7-9
sata-yojana-vistaram
sata-yojanam urdhva-gam
koty-asvini-samayuktam
koti-surya-sama-prabham
vicitra-ratna-sauvarna-
mukta-dama-vilambitam
pataka-hema-kalasaih
kotibhir manditam ratham
samaruhya sakhinam sa
vetra-hastair dasarbudaih
harim drashtum jagamasu
sri-radha bhagavat-priya
Ascending a chariot made of wonderful jewels, gold, and pearls, and decorated with ten million flags and golden domes, clutching a stick, and accompanied by a billion gopi friends, the Lord's beloved, Sri Radha, rushed to see Lord Krishna.
Text 10
tan-nikunje dvara-palam
sridamanam maha-balam
hari-nyastam samalokya
tam nibhartsya sakhi-janaih
Seeing powerful Sridama guarding the entrance by Krishna's order, Radha and Her friends rebuked him with many words.
Text 11
vetraih santadya sahasa
dvari gantum samudyata
sakhi-kolahalam srutva
harir antaradhiyata
Eager to enter, Radha and Her friends began to hit Sridama with sticks. Hearing the great commotion the gopis were making, Lord Krishna disappeared.
Text 12
radha-bhayac ca viraja
nadi bhutvavahat tada
koti-yojana-mayayam
goloke sahasa nadi
Out of fear of Radha, Viraja transformed herself into a river that flowed for eighty-million miles around Gokula.
Text 13
sahasa kundali-kritva
susubhe 'bdhir ivavanim
ratna-pushpair vicitranga
yathoshnin-mudrita tatha
She then encircled Goloka as an ocean encircles a continent. She was glorious as if she were decorated with flowers and jewels and decorated with a crown.
Text 14
harim gatam tam vijnaya
nadi-bhutam ca tam tatha
alokya tan-nikunjam ca
sva-kunjam radhika yayau
Looking at the forest there and the river (that Viaraja had become), and thinking that Lord Krishna had gone, Sri Radha went to Her own forest grove.
Text 15
atha krishno nadi-bhutam
virajam virajambaram
sa-vigraham cakarasu
sva-varena nripesvara
O king of kings, then Lord Krishna transformed Viraja from being a river to being a girl dressed in glittering garments.
Text 16
punar virajaya sardham
viraja-tiraje vane
nikunja-vrindakaranye
cakre rasam harih svayam
Then Lord Krishna again enjoyed a rasa dance with Viraja in the forest by the Viraja river.
Text 17
virajayam sapta suta
babhuvuh krishna-tejasa
nikunjam te hy alancakruh
sisavo bala-lilaya
By Lord's Krishna's power seven sons were born to Viraja. With their childhood games they decorated the forest there.
Text 18
ekada taih kalir abhul
laghur jyeshthais ca taditah
palayamano bhaya-bhrin
matuh krode jagama ha
One day they quarreled. Hit by his elders, the youngest boy fled to his mother's lap.
Text 19
tal-lalanam samarebhe
samasvasya sutam sati
tada vai bhagavan sakshat
tatraivantaradhiyata
As the pious lady hugged and consoled her son, Lord Krishna suddenly disappeared.
Text 20
rusha sutam sasapeyam
sri-krishna-virahatura
tvam jalam bhava durbuddhe
krishna-viccheda-karakah
Grieving over her separation from Krishna, she cursed her son, "Fool that separated me from Krishna, become water!"
Text 21
kadapi taj-jalam martya
na pibantu kadacana
jyeshthan chasapa vrajata
medinim kali-karakah
"The people will never drink your water." The older sons she cursed with the words, "Quarrelsome children, go to the earth!
Text 22
jala-rupah prithag-yana
na sameta bhavishyatha
naimittikam ca bhavatam
melanam syat sada laye
"You will become bodies of water, each in his own place. You will not meet. Only at the time of cosmic devastation will you meet."
Text 23
sri-narada uvaca
ittham te matri-sapena
dharanim vai samagatah
priyavrata-rathanganam
parikhasu samasthitah
Sri Narada said: In this way, by their mother's curse, they went to the earth. They lived in the ruts left by the wheels of King Priyavrata's chariot.
Text 24
lavanekshu-sura-sarpir-
dadhi-dugdha-jalarnavah
babhuvuh sapta te rajann
akshobhyas ca duratyayah
The seven boys became seven peaceful and impaasable oceans of salt-water, sugarcane juice, liquor, ghee, yogurt, milk, and fresh-water.
Text 25
durvigahyas ca gambhira
ayamam laksha-yojanat
dvi-gunam dvi-gunam jatam
dvipe dvipe prithak prithak
They were deep and impassable. The first ocean was a eight-hundred-thousand miles across, the next one was double that size, and each succeeding one was double the size of the one before.
Text 26
atha putreshu yateshu
putra-snehati-vihvala
sva-priyam tam virahinim
etya krishno varam dadau
After her sons had departed, she became filled with love for them. Then Lord Krishna approached His beloved Viraja, who was unhappy to be separated from her sons. The Lord gave her a benediction.
Text 27
kada na te me vicchedo
mayi bhiru bhavishyati
sva-tejasa sva-putranam
sada raksham karishyasi
"O frightened one, you will never be separated from Me. Still, with your own power you will always protect your sons."
Text 28
atha radham virahinim
jnatva krishno harih svayam
sridamna saha vaideha
tan-nikunjam samayayau
O king of Videha, aware that Radha was suffering in His separation, Lord Krishna went with Sridama to Her forest.
Text 29
nikunja-dvari sampraptam
sa-sakham prana-vallabham
vikshya manavati bhutva
radha praha harim vacah
Seeing that Krishna, who is more to hear than Her own life, had come with His friend to to door of Her forest grove, Radha became filled with jealous anger. She spoke the following words to Lord Krishna.
Text 30
sri-radhovaca
tatraiva gaccha yatrabhut
snehas te nutano hare
nadi-bhuta hi viraja
nado bhavitum arhasi
kuru vasam tan-nikunje
maya te kim prayojanam
Sri Radha said: O Krishna, go where Your love is. Viraja has become a river. You become a river also. Why would You want to stay with Me in this forest?
Text 31
sri-narada uvaca
iti srutvatha bhagavams
tan-nikunjam jagama ha
sri-krishna-mitrah sridama
radham praha rusha vacah
Sri Narada said: Hearing these words, Lord Krishna went to Viraja's forest. Then Krishna's friend Sridama angrily spoke to Radha.
Text 32
sri-sridamovaca
paripurnatamah sakshac
chri-krishno bhagavan svayam
asankhya-brahmanda-patir
golokeso virajate
Sri Sridama said: Sri Krishna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the master of countless universes. He is the master of Goloka.
Text 33
tvadrisih kotisah saktih
kartum saktah parat parah
na vinindasi radhe tvam
manam ma kuru ma kuru
He has many millions of transcendental potencies. He can do whatever He likes. He is greater than the greatest. O Radha, please don't, don't criticize Him.
Text 34
sri-radhovaca
he mudha pitaram stutva
mataram mam vinindasi
rakshaso bhava durbuddhe
golokac ca bahir bhava
Sri Radha said: O fool, you praise your father and criticize Me, your mother. Fool, leave Goloka and become a demon!
Texts 35 and 36
sri-sridamovaca
anukulena krishnena
jatam manam subhe tava
tasmad bhuvi parat krishnat
paripurnatamat prabhoh
sata-varsham te viyogo
bhavishyati na samsayah
Sri Sridama said: O beautiful one, even though Lord Krishna was kind to You, still You were angry and jealous. Therefore You will go to the earth and for a hundred years be separated from Sri Krishna, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Of this there is no doubt.
Text 37
sri-narada uvaca
evam parasparam sapat
sva-kritad bhaya-bhitayoh
ativa cintam gatayor
avirasit svayam prabhuh
Sri Narada said: When they had thus cursed each other they became anxious and frightened. At that moment the Lord appeared there.
Text 38
sri-bhagavan uvaca
vacanam vai sva-nigamam
duri-kartum kshamo 'smy aham
bhaktanam vacanam radhe
duri-kartum na ca kshamah
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Radha, I have the power to negate My own words and throw them far away, but I do not have the power to negate and throw away the words of My devotees.
Text 39
ma socam kuru kalyani
varam me srinu radhike
masam masam viyogante
darsanam me bhavishyati
O beautiful one, don't lament. O Radha, please hear the blessing I give to You: After many months, when the period of Our separation is over, You will see Me again.
Text 40
bhuvo bharavataraya
kalpe varaha-samjnake
bhaktanam darsanam datum
gamishyami tvaya saha
At the time of the Varaha-kalpa, I will go with You to the earth to relieve the earth's burden and allow the devotees to see Me.
Text 41
sridaman chrinu me vakyam
amsena tv asuro bhava
vaivasvatantare rase
helanam me karishyasi
O Sridama, hear My words. By a partial expansion of yourself you will become a demon. During the Vaivasvata-manvantara you will fight with Me.
Text 42
mad-dhastena ca te mrityur
bhavishyati na samsayah
punah sva-vigraham purvam
prapsyasi tvam varan mama
You will then die by My hand. Of this there is no doubt. By My blessings You will again attain the form you had before.
Text 43
sri-narada uvaca
evam sapena sridama
pura punyajanalaye
sudhanasya grihe janma
lebhe rajan maha-tapah
Sri Narada said: O austere king, because of this curse Sridama took birth among the yakshas in the home of Sudhana.
Text 44
sankhacuda iti khyato
dhanadanucaro 'bhavat
tasmac chridamni taj-jyotir
linam jatam videha-rat
He was named Sankhacuda and he became a follower of Kuvera. O king of Videha that is why the spark of light from Sankhacuda entered the body of Sridama.
Text 45
svatmaramo lilaya sarva-karyam
svasmin dhamni hy advitiyah karoti
yah sarvesah sarva-rupo mahatma
citram nedam naumi krishnaya tasmai
I glorify Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is one without a second, for whom nothing is surprising, who has the power to assume any form, who is self-satisfied, who enjoys transcendental pastimes, and who stays in His own abode.
Text 46
idam maya te kathitam manoharam
vaideha vrindavana-khandam agratah
srinoti caitac caritam naro varah
param padam punyatamam prayati sah
O king of Videha, thus I have spoken to you the beautiful Vrindavana-khanda. A person who hears these pastimes attains the most pure and sacred supreme transcendental abode.
