Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 17, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Four, Volume One
Chapter Twelve
Sruti-rupopakhyana
The Story of the Personified Vedas
Text 1
asati-kusumopameya-kantir
yamuna-kula-kadamba-madhya-varti
nava-gopa-vadhu-vilasa-sali
vana-mali vitanotu mangalani
Glorious as an atasi flower, garlanded with forest flowers, and enjoying pastimes with the youthful gopis in a kadamba forest by the Yamuna's shore, may Lord Krishna grant auspiciousness to us.
Text 2
parikari-krita-pita-patam harim
sikhi-kirita-nati-krita-kandharam
lakuta-venu-karam cala-kundalam
patutaram nata-vesha-dharam bhaje
Dressed as a dancer, with a yellow sash, a peacock-feather
crown, swinging earrings, a graceful neck, and a stick and flute
in His hand, Lord Krishna is the object of my worship.
Text 3
sri-bahulasva uvaca
sruti-rupadayo gopyo
bhuta-purva varan mune
katham sri-krishnacandrena
jatah purna-manorathah
Sri Bahulasva said: O sage, how did Sri Krishnacandra fulfill
the desires of the personified Vedas that were blessed to take
birth as gopis?
Text 4
gopala-krishna-caritam
pavitram paramadbhutam
etad vada maha-buddhe
tvam paravara-vittamah
O wise one, you are the best of they who know everything.
Please tell this sacred and wonderful pastime of Lord Gopala
Krishna.
Text 5
sri-narada uvaca
sruti-rupas ca ya gopyo
gopanam su-kule vraje
lebhire janma vaideha
seshasayi-varac chrutat
Sri Narada said: O king of Videha, because of a benediction
given by Lord Seshasayi Vishnu, some personified Vedas took birth
as gopis in the sainty gopa families of Vraja.
Text 6
kamaniyam nanda-sutam
vikshya vrindavane ca tah
vrindavanesvarim vrindam
lebhire tad-varecchaya
In Vrindavana forest seeing handsome Krishna, and yearning to attain Him, they approached Vrinda-devi, the ruler of Vrindavana.
Text 7
vrinda-dattad varad asu
prasanno bhagavan harih
nityam tasam grihe yati
rasartham bhakta-vatsalah
Pleased with Vrinda's benediction, Lord Krishna, who is always kind to His devotees, every day entered the gopis homes to enjoy the rasa dance.
Text 8
ekada tu nisithinya
vyatite prahara-dvaye
rasartham bhagavan krishnah
praptavams tad-grihan nripa
O king, once, when six hours of the night had already
passsed, Lord Krishna came, very late, to their homes.
Text 9
tada utkanthita gopyah
kritva tat-pujanam param
papracchuh paraya bhaktya
gira madhuraya prabhum
The anxious gopis worshiped Him and with sweet words asked a
question.
Text 10
sri-gopya ucuh
katham na cagatah sighram
no grihan vrijinardana
utkanthitanam gopinam
tvayi candre cakora-vat
The gopis said: O savior from troubles, why did You not come
sooner? As cakora birds yearn to see the moon, we gopis always
yearn to see You.
Text 11
sri-bhagavan uvaca
yo yasya citte vasati
na sa dure kadacana
khe suryam kamalam bhumau
drishtvedam sphutati priyah
The Supreme Lord said: O My beloveds, a person who lives in
someone's heart is never far away. Gazing at the sun in the sky,
a lotus on the earth is inspired to blossom wide.
Text 12
bhandire me guruh sakshad
durvasa bhagavan munih
agato 'dya priyas tasya
sevartham gatavan aham
O My beloveds, today My spiritual master, Lord Durvasa Muni,
came to Bhandiravana forest, and I went to serve him.
Text 13
gurur brahma gurur vishnur
guru devo mahesvarah
guruh sakshat param brahma
tasmai sri-gurave namah
The spiritual master is like Lord Brahma. The spiritual master
is like Lord Vishnu. The spiritual master is like Lord Siva. The spiritual
master is like the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I offer my
respectful obeisances to my glorious spiritual master.
Text 14
ajnana-timirandhasya
jnananjana-salakaya
cakshur unmilitam yena
tasmai sri-gurave namah
I was born in the darkest ignorance, and My spiritual master
opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer My respectful
obeisances to him.*
Text 15
sva-gurum mam vijaniyan
navamanyeta karhicit
na martya-buddhya seveta
sarva-deva-mayo guruh
One should know the spiritual master as Myself and never
disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him
an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the
demigods.*
Text 16
tasmat tat-pujanam kritva
natva tat-pada-pankajam
agato 'ham vilambena
bhavatinam grihan priyah
O My beloveds, I worshiped him and offered respects to his
lotus feet. That is why I was late in coming to your homes.
Text 17
sri-narada uvaca
srutva tat paramam vakyam
gopyah sarvas tu vismitah
kritanjali-puta ucuh
sri-krishnam namra-kandharah
Sri Narada said: Filled with wonder to hear these words,
with bowed heads and folded hands the gopis spoke to Lord Krishna.
Text 18
sri-gopya ucuh
paripurnatamasyapi
durvasas te guruh smritah
aho tad-darsanam kartum
mano nas codyatam prabho
The gopis said: You are the perfect Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Durvasa Muni is Your spiritual master! O Lord, our
hearts yearn to see him.
Text 19
adya deva nisithinya
vyatite prahara-dvaye
katham tad-darsanam bhuyad
asmakam paramesvara
O Supreme Lord, how can we see him now that six hours of the
night have passed?
Text 20
tatha madhye dirgha-nadi
yamuna pratibandhika
katham tat-taranam navam
rite deva bhavishyati
The great Yamuna river is a great obstacle. O Lord, how can
we cross it without a boat?
Text 21
sri-bhagavan uvaca
avasyam eva gantavyam
bhavatibhir yada priyah
yamunam etya caitad vai
vaktavyam marga-hetave
The Supreme Lord said: O My beloveds, you must go to see
him. When you come to the Yamuna, speak these words:
Text 22
yadi krishno bala-yatih
sarva-dosha-vivarjitah
tarhi no dehi margam vai
kalindi saritam vare
O Yamuna, O best of rivers, if Krishna is a perfect and
faultess brahmacari, then please give us a path to cross you.
Text 23
ity ukte vacane krishna
margam vo dasyati svatah
sukhena tena vrajata
yuyam sarva vrajanganah
When you speak these words, the Yamuna will give you a path.
O girls of Vraja, then you may easily cross.
Text 24
sri-narada uvaca
iti srutvatha tad-vakyam
patrair dirghair vrajanganah
shat-pancasattaman bhogan
nitva sarvah prithak prithak
Hearing these words, the girls of Vraja filled fifty-six
great pots with many different kinds of foods.
Text 25
yamunam etya hary-uktam
jagur anata-kandharah
sadyah krishna dadau margam
gopibhyo maithilesvara
O king of Mithila, they went to the Yamuna and with bowed
heads repeated Krishna's words. The Yamuna at once gave a path to
the gopis.
Texts 26 and 27
tena gopyo gatah sarva
bhandiram cati-vismitah
tatah pradakshini-kritya
munim durvasasam ca tah
natva tad-darsanam cakruh
puro dhritvasanam bahu
me purvam capi me purvam
annam bhojyam tvaya mune
Filled with wonder, the gopis went to Bhandiravana forest.
where they saw Durvasa Muni, bowed down before him,
circumambulated him, and, each of them saying, "O sage,
the food I have brought should be tasted first," placed many
foods before him.
Text 28
evam vivadamananam
gopinam bhakti-lakshanam
vijnaya muni-sardulah
provaca vimalam vacah
Understanding the pure devotion of the quarreling gopis,
Durvasa, the tiger of sages, spoke sweetly to them.
Text 29
sri-munir uvaca
gopyah paramahamso 'ham
krita-krityo hi nishkriyah
tasman mukhe me datavyam
svam svam capy asanam karaih
The sage said: O gopis, I am a paramahamsa. I have attained
the highest goal in life. I never do any material action. For
this reason each of you should with her own hand place in my
mouth the food she has brought.
Text 30
sri-narada uvaca
evam vidarite tena
mukhe gopyo 'ti-harshitah
shat-pancasattaman bhogan
svan svan sarvah samakshipan
Sri Narada said: The jubilant gopis then placed in his wide-
open mouth all the fifty-six kinds of food they had brought.
Text 31
kshipantinam ca gopinam
pasyantinam munisvarah
jaghasa kotiso bharan
bhogan sarvan kshudaturah
As the gopis fed him and watched what he did, Durvasa, the
king of sages, ate thousands of bharas of food as if he were
tormented with hunger.
Text 32
vismitanam ca gopinam
pasyantinam parasparam
ittham sunyani patrani
babhuvur nripa-sattama
O best of kings, when all the pots were emptied the gopis
looked at each other with astonishment.
Text 33
atha gopyo munim santam
natva tam bhakta-vatsalam
vismitah pranatah prahuh
sarvah purna-manorathah
The astonished gopis. their desires now fulfilled, bowed
down before the peaceful sage, who was always kind to the
devotees, and spoke.
Text 34
sri-gopya ucuh
mune agamanat purvam
krishnokta-vacasa nadim
tirtvagatas tvat-samipam
darsanartham subhecchaya
The gopis said: O sage, when we came here to see you, we
were able to cross the river by repeating some words Krishna told
us.
Text 35
itah katham gamishyamah
sandeho 'yam mahan abhut
tad vidhehi namas tubhyam
yena pantha laghur bhavet
How will we return? Now we are filled with doubt. We offer
our respects to you. Please give us a way to cross the Yamuna.
Text 36
sri-munir uvaca
sukhenatah pragantavyam
bhavatibhir yada svatah
yamunam etya caitad vai
vaktavyam marga-hetave
The sage said: i will give you something to say that will
give you easy passage across the Yamuna.
Texts 37 and 38
yadi durvasasam pitva
durvasah kevalam kshitau
vrati niranno nirvari
vartate prithivi-tale
tarhi no dehi margam vai
kalindi saritam vare
ity ukte vacane krishna
margam vo dasyati svatah
O Yamuna, O best of rivers, if Durvasa Muni carefully
follows his vow of living only by drinking durva grass juice and
never eats or drinks anything else, then please give us a path to
cross you.
When you speak these words, the Yamuna will give you a path
to cross her.
Text 39
sri-narada uvaca
iti srutva vaco gopyo
natva tam muni-pungavam
yamunam etya muny-uktam
coktva tirtva nadim nripa
Sri Narada said: O king, hearing these words, the gopis
bowed down before the great sage, went to the Yamuna, repeated
the sage's words, and easily crossed the river.
Text 40
sri-krishna-parsvam ajagmur
vismita mangalayanah
Astonished, the saintly gopis approached Lord Krishna.
Text 41
atha rase gopa-vadhvah
sandeham manasotthitam
papracchuh sri-harim vikshya
rahah purna-manorathah
Then a doubt rose in the gopis' hearts. During the rasa
dance, in a secluded place, when their desires were all
fulfilled, the gopis asked a question of Sri Krishna.
Text 42
sri-gopya ucuh
durvasaso darsanam bhoh
kritam asmabhir agratah
yuvayor vakyatas catra
sandeho 'yam prajayate
The gopis said: We saw Durvasa Muni, but now a doubt about
what You and he told us has risen in our hearts.
Texts 43 and 44
yatha gurus tatha sishyo
mrisha-vadi na samsayah
jaras tvam asi gopinam
rasiko balyatah prabho
katham bala-yatis tvam vai
vada tad-vrijinardana
katham durvasasam pitva
durvasa bahu-bhun munih
no jata esha sandehah
pasyantinam vrajesvara
As the spiritual master acts, so the disciple follows. If
the spiritual master speaks lies, then the disciple will also
speak lies. O Lord, You are a rake. You are the gopis' lover.
Since childhood you have enjoyed nectar pastimes with the gopis.
How are You a brahmacari? O savior from troubles, please tell us.
How is Durvasa a sage that lives only by drinking durva-grass
juice? We personally saw him eat an enormous feast. O master of
Vraja, this is our doubt.
Text 45
sri-bhagavan uvaca
nirmamo nirahankarah
samanah sarvagah parah
sada vaishamya-rahito
nirguno 'ham na samsayah
The Supreme Lord said: I am the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. i am all-pervading, faultless, and equal to all. I am
free of the material defects of possessiveness and false-ego. I
am free of the modes of material nature.
Text 46
tathapi bhaktan bhajato
bhaje 'ham vai yatha tatha
tathaiva sadhur jnani vai
vaishamya-rahitah sada
As My devotees serve Me, I also serve them in reciprocation.
As I reciprocate in this way, so a wise and faultless devotee
also reciprocates.
Text 47
na buddhi-bhedam janayed
ajnanam karma-sanginam
joshayet sarva-karmani
vidvan yuktah samacaran
Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are
attached to fruitive action. They should not be encouraged to
refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of
devotion.*
Text 48
yasya sarve samarambhah
kama-sankalpa-varjitah
jnanagni-dagdha-karmanam
tam ahuh panditam budhah
One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every act is
devoid of desire for sense gratification. He is said by sages to
be a worker whose fruitive action is burned up by the fire of
perfect knowledge.*
Text 49
nirasir yata-cittatma
tyakta-sarva-parigrahah
sariram kevalam karma
kurvan napnoti kilbisham
Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence
perfectly controlled, gives up all sense of proprietorship over
his possessions and acts only for the bare necessities of life.
Thus working, he is not affected by sinful reactions.*
Text 50
na hi jnanena sadrisam
pavitram iha vidyate
tat svayam yoga-samsiddhah
kalenatmani vindati
In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as
transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of
all mysticsm. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self
within himself in due course of time.*
Text 51
brahmany adhaya karmani
sangam tyaktva karoti yah
lipyate na sa papena
padma-patram ivambhasa
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering
the results unto the Supreme God, is not affected by sinful
action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.*
Text 52
tasman munis tu durvasah
bahu-bhuk tvad-dhite ratah
na tasya bhojaneccha syad
durva-rasa-mitasanah
Durvasa Muni ate that great feast for your sake. He did not
desire to eat it. He lives by drinking a little durva-grass
juice.
Text 53
sri-narada uvaca
iti srutva vaco gopyah
sarvas tas chinna-samsayah
sruti-rupa jnana-mayyo
babhuvur maithilesvara
Sri Narada said: O king of Mithila, when they heard these
words, the gopis that had been personified Vedas became filled
with transcendental knowledge. Their doubt was broken.
