Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 21, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Four, Volume Two
Chapter Five
Ayodhya-pura-vasiny-upakhyana
The Story of the Ayodhya Women
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
ayodhya-vasininam tu
gopinam varnanam srinu
catushpadartha-dam sakshat
krishna-prapti-karam param
Sri Narada said: Please hear the story of the Ayaodhya women
that became gopis, a story that grants the four goals of life and
brings the company of Lord Krishna.
Text 2
sindhu-deseshu nagari
campaka nama maithila
babhuva tasyam vimalo
raja dharma-parayanah
O king of Mithila, in Sindhu-desa there was a city named
Campaka. The saintly king there was Vimala.
Text 3
kuvera iva kosadhyo
manasvi mrigarad iva
vishnu-bhaktah prasantatma
prahlada iva murtiman
Like Kuvera he was wealthy. Like a lion he was noble and
chivalrous. Like Prahlada he was a peaceful-hearted devotee of
Lord Vishnu.
Text 4
bharyanam shat-sahasrani
babhuvus tasya bhu-pateh
rupavatyah kanja-netra
vandhyatvam tah samagatah
However, King Vimala's six thousand beautiful, lotus-eyed
wives were all barren.
Text 5
apatyam kena punyena
bhuyan me 'tra subham nripa
evam cintayatas tasya
bahavo vatsara gatah
He spent many years wondering, "What pious deed with
bring me a child?"
Text 6
ekada yajnavalkyas tu
munindras tam upagatah
tam natvabhyarcya vidhivan
nripas tat-sammukhe sthitah
One day Yajnavalkya, the king of sages, visited. The
king bowed down, worshiped him, and stood respectfully before
him.
Text 7
cintakulam nripam vikshya
yajnavalkyo maha-munih
sarva-jnah sarva-vic chantah
pratyuvaca nripottamam
Seeing the king was very anxious, the peaceful and all-
knowing sage Yajnavalkya spoke.
Text 8
sri-yajnavalkya uvaca
rajan kriso 'si kasmat tvam
ka cinta te hridi sthita
saptasv angeshu kusalam
drisyate sampratam tava
Sri Yajnavalkya said: O king, why are you
distraught? What is the worry in your heart? I can see the seven
limbs of your body are marked with all auspiciousness.
Text 9
sri-vimala uvaca
brahmams tvam kim na janasi
tapasa divya-cakshusha
tathapy aham vadishyami
bhavato vakya-gocarat
Sri Vimala said: O brahmana, what do you not know? Because
you have spiritual eyes attained by great austerities, you know
everything. Still I will tell you my worry.
Text 10
anapatyena duhkhena
vyapto 'ham muni-sattama
kim karomi tapo danam
vada yena bhavet praja
Because I have no child I am filled with grief. O best of
sages, please describe the austerity or charity that will bring
me a child.
Text 11
sri-narada uvaca
iti srutva yajnavalkyo
dhyana-stimita-locanah
dirgham dadhyau muni-sreshtho
bhutam bhavyam vicintayan
Sri Narada said: Hearing this, the great sage Yaj 24avalkya for a long time closed his eyes. Meditating in
trance, he looked into the past and future.
Text 12
sri-yajnavalkya uvaca
asmin janmani rajendra
putro naiva ca naiva ca
putryas tava bhavishyanti
kotiso nripa-sattama
Sri Yajnavalkya said: O best of kings, in this birth
you have no son. No son at all. You will have ten million
daughters.
Text 13
sri-rajovaca
putram vina purva-rinan na ko 'pi
pramucyate bhumi-tale munindra
sada hy aputrasya grihe vyatha syat
param tv ihamutra sukham na kincit
The king said: O king of sages, without a son no one in this
world can become free of his many debts (to the sages, demigods,
and forefathers) and become liberated. Without a son there is
always trouble at home. Without a son there can be no happiness
in either this life or the next.
Text 14
sri-yajnavalkya uvaca
ma khedam kuru rajendra
putryo deyas tvaya khalu
sri-krishnaya bhavishyaya
param dayadikaih saha
Sri Yajnavalkya said: O king, don't be unhappy. With
a great dowry you will give all your daughters in marriage to
Lord Krishna.
Text 15
tenaiva karmana tvam vai
devarshi-pitrinam rinat
vimukto nripa-sardula
param moksham avapsyasi
O tiger of kings, by doing that you will be free of your
debts to the demigods, sages, and ancestors, and you will attain
liberation.
Text 16
sri-narada uvaca
tadati-harshito raja
srutva vakyam maha-muneh
punah papraccha sandeham
yajnavalkyam maha-munim
Sri Narada said: Very happy to hear these words, the king
asked Yajnavalkya Muni the following question.
Text 17
sri-rajovaca
kasmin kule kutra dese
bhavishyah sri-harih svayam
kidrig rupas ca kim varno
varshais ca katibhir gataih
The king said: In what country will Lord Krishna appear? In
what family? What will be His form? What will be His caste? How
many years hence will He come?
Texts 18-21
sri-yajnavalkya uvaca
dvaparasya yugasyasya
tava rajyan maha-bhuja
avaseshe varsha-sate
tatha panca-dase nripa
tasmin varshe yadu-kule
mathurayam yadoh pure
bhadre budhe krishna-pakshe
dhatrarkshe harshane vrishe
vave 'shtamyam ardha-ratre
nakshatresa-mahodaye
andhakaravrite kale
devakyam sauri-mandire
bhavishyati harih sakshad
aranyam adhvare 'gni-vat
srivatsanko ghana-syamo
vana-maly-ati-sundarah
Sri Yajnavalkya said: O mighty-armed king, in the
Dvapara-yuga, when you have reigned for 115 years, in this
(Bharata) varsha, in Mathura, the city of the Yadus, in the Yadu
family, during the month of Bhadra (August-September), on a
Monday that is the eighth-day of the dark-moon, in the middle of
a very dark night, just as the moon is rising, when Taurus and
the star Rohini are prominent, and when the stars are in harshana-
yoga, in Vasudeva's palace, handsome Lord Krishna, dark as a
monsoon cloud, decorated with a forest garland, and marked with
Srivatsa, will appear in Devaki's womb as fire appears in a
yajna's arani sticks.
Text 22
pitambarah padma-netro
bhavishyati catur-bhujah
tasmai deya tvaya kanya
ayus te 'sti na samsayah
You will give your daughters in marriage to Lord Krishna, who
has four arms, lotus eyes, and yellow garments. In this way you
will attain the supreme goal of life. Of this there is no doubt.
