Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 20, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Four, Volume Two
Chapter Four
Kausalopakhyana
The Story of the Kausala Women
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
kausalanam gopikanam
varnanam srinu maithila
sarva-papa-haram punyam
sri-krishna-caritamritam
Sri Narada said: O king of Mithila, please hear the story of
the Kausala womwn that became gopis, a sacred story that removes
all sins and is filled with the nectar of Lord Krishna's pastimes.
Text 2
navopananda-geheshu
jata rama-varad vraje
parinita gopa-janaih
ratna-bhushana-bhushitah
By Lord Ramacandra's blessing they were born in the homes of
the nine Upanandas. Decorated with jewel ornaments, they were
married to various gopas.
Text 3
purna-candra-pratikasa
nava-yauvana-samyutah
padminyo hamsa-gamanah
padma-patra-vilocanah
They were young, glorious as full moons, delicate as lotus
flowers, and graceful as swans. Their eyes were like lotus
petals.
Text 4
jara-dharmena su-sneham
su-dridham sarvato 'dhikam
cakruh krishne nanda-sute
kamaniye mahatmani
They had fallen passionately in love with Nanda's handsome
son Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They loved Him as
a paramour.
Text 5
tabhih sardham sada hasyam
vraja-vithishu madhavah
smitaih pita-patadanaih
karshanaih sa cakara ha
Smiling, and tugging at their yellow garments, Krishna teased
them and joked with them on the pathways of Vraja.
Text 6
dadhi-vikrayartham yantyas tah
krishna krishneti cabruvan
krishne hi prema-samyukta
bhramantyah kunja-mandale
In the market selling yogurt, they did not call out,
Yogurt! Yogurt!" Instead they called "Krishna! Krishna!"
Overcome with love for Krishna, they wandered the forests searching
for Him.
Text 7
khe vayau cagni-jalayor
mahyam jyotir disasu ca
drumeshu jana-vrindeshu
tasam krishno hi lakshyate
When they looked at the different objects of the creation
made of ether, air, fire, and water, when they looked in the
different directions, when they looked at the luminaries in the
sky, when they looked at trees, and when they looked at people,
they did not see them. They only saw Krishna.
Text 8
prema-lakshana-samyuktah
sri-krishna-hrita-manasah
ashtabhih sattvikair bhavaih
sampannas tas ca yoshitah
They were filled with love for Krishna. Krishna had stolen their
hearts. They could not help but display many symptoms of love for
Him.
Text 9
premna paramahamsanam
padavim samupagatah
krishnanandah pradhavantyo
vraja-vithishu ta nripa
Filled with love, they followed the path of the
paramahamsas. Filled with bliss, they ran along Vraja's pathways.
Text 10
jada jadam na janantyo
jadonmatta-pisaca-vat
abruvantyo bruvantyo va
gata-lajja gata-vyathah
Sometimes they were stunned, sometimes they could not
understand that inanimate objects were actually not alive,
sometimes they were silent, and sometimes they spoke on and on
without care or shyness.
Text 11
evam kritarthatam praptas
tan-maya yas ca gopikah
balad akrishya krishnasya
cucumbur mukha-pankajam
Rapt in thinking of Krishna, they attained the highest goal of
life. Irresistibly attracted to Krishna, they could not help but
kiss His lotus lips.
Text 12
tasam tapah kim kathayami rajan
purne pare brahmani vasudeve
yas cakrire prema hrid-indriyadyair
visrijya loka-vyavahara-margam
O king, how can I describe the austerities they must have
performed? Abandoning the path of what is ordinarily thought
desireable in this world, with all their heart and senses they
loved Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Text 13
ya rasa-range vinidhaya bahum
krishnamsayoh prema-vibhinna-cittah
cakrur vase krishnam alam tapas tad
vaktum na sakto vadanaih phanindrah
Overcome with love, and placing an arm around His shoulders
in the rasa dance, they made Krishna their surrendered servant.
Even Lord Sesha with His many mouths cannot describe the
auterities they must have performed.
Text 14
yogena sankhyena subhena karmana
nyayadi-vaiseshika-tattva-vittamaih
yat prapyate tac ca padam videha-rat
samprapyate kevala-bhakti-bhavatah
O king of Videha, whatever good result may be attained by
yoga, sankhya, good deeds, or the study of logic and philosophy,
is at once attained simply by loving Lord Krishna.
Text 15
bhaktyaiva vasyi harir adi-devah
sada pramanam kila catra gopyah
sankhyam ca yogam na kritam kadapi
premnaiva yasya prakritim gatah syuh
Love and devotion make Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, into one's surrendered servant. The gopis are the
proof. They followed neither sankhya nor yoga. Only because they
loved Him did they gain His company.
