Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 31, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Five, Volume Two
Chapter Twenty
Sri Rasotsave Ribhu-moksha
The Liberation of Ribhu Muni During the Rasa-dance Festival
Text 1
sri-bahulasva uvaca
agre cakara kim sakshad
bhagavan vraja-mandale
radhayai gopikabhyas ca
kathamsvid darsanam dadau
Sri Bahulasva said: What did the Supreme Lord do in the
circle of Vraja? How did He meet with Radha and the gopis?
Text 2
gopi-manoratham kritva
mathuram ajagama ha
etan me bruhi viprendra
tvam paravara-vittamah
The Lord fulfilled the gopis' desires and then returned to
Mathura. You are the best of the wise. O king of the brahmanas,
please tell me this.
Text 3
sri-narada uvaca
sandhyayam radhayahutah
sri-krishno bhagavan svayam
ekante sitalam sasvaj
jagama kadali-vanam
Sri Narada said: Called there by Radha, Sri Krishna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, went at sunset to a secluded and
always pleasantly cool banana-tree forest.
Text 4
sphara-sphuran-megha-griham
rambha-candana-carcitam
krishna-marut-sikaram ca
sudharasmi-galat-sudham
That forest was like a palace that had great splendid clouds
for a roof and banana trees for sandal-anointed walls. A breeze
filled that place with mist from the Yamuna and the moonlight
filled it with the sweetest nectar.
Text 5
etadrisam vanam radha
viyoganala-varcasa
bhasmi-bhutam hi satatam
krishnasa tam hi rakshati
Radha would many times have burned that forest to ashes with
the flames of Her distress in Lord Krishna's absence. It was only
the hope that She would again meet Krishna that prevented Her.
Text 6
tatraiva sarve gopinam
sata-yuthah samagatah
tasyai nivedanam cakrur
madhavagamanasya hi
Then a hundred groups of gopis came there and informed Her
that Krishna had come.
Text 7
utthaya sahasa sakshad
vrishabhanu-varatmaja
anetum ayayau krishnam
sakhibhih parivarita
Sri Radha, the daughter of King Vrishabhanu, stood up at once.
Accompanied by Her friends, She went to meet Krishna.
Text 8
dadav asana-padyarghan
upacaran manoharan
vadanti sadaram vakyam
kusalam kusaladhika
Speaking sweet and reverential words, sublimely beautiful
Radha gave Him a seat and offered Him padya, arghya, and many
kinds of beautiful offerings.
Text 9
yuva-kandarpa-kotinam
madhurya-harinam harim
drishtva radha jahau duhkham
brahma jnatva gunam yatha
Gazing at Lord Krishna, who eclipses the charms of many millions of youthful Kamadevas, Radha became free of all
distress. She was like a yogi who, at last understanding the
nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, becomes free from
the influence of the the material modes of nature.
Text 10
prasanna tatra sringaram
akarot kirti-nandini
taya no 'kari sringarah
panthe krishne gate sati
Sri Radha, the daughter of Kirti-devi, was very happy. She
had nicely decorated Herself. She had not decorated Herself since
Krishna left, traveling on the road to Mathura.
Text 11
na candanam ca tambulam
bhojanam ca sudha-samam
na kritam divya-sayanam
hasyam va na kritam kvacit
In Lord Krishna's absence She never anointed Herself with
sandal paste, chewed betelnuts, ate food sweet as nectar, slept
on a comfortable bed, or joked and laughed.
Text 12
paripurnatamam krishnam
paripurnatama-priya
anandasruni muncanti
praha gadgadaya gira
Shedding tears of bliss, Sri Radha, the beloved of the
perfect Supreme Personality of Godhead, spoke words choked with emotion to Lord Krishna, the perfect Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
Text 13
sri-radhovaca
kiyad dure yadu-puri
nagatam kim karoshi hi
kim vande 'ham raho duhkham
bhavato 'sesha-sakshinah
Sri Radha said: Why did You stay so long in the city of the
Yadavas? Why did You not come sooner? Why again and again in a
secluded place did I have to bow down before You and pray to You,
who are the witness that sees everything?
Text 14
saudasa-raja-mahishi
damayanti ca maithili
nasty atra kam puraskritya
vade 'ham viraham ripum
Neither Sita-devi, Damayanti, nor Saudasa-rajni
suffered as I suffered. What words can I speak to describe the
implacable enemy that was My separation from You?
Text 15
mat-samanasraya gopyo
gaditum na kshamah kvacit
sarac-candra-cakoriva
mayuriva ghanam navam
The other gopis, like Me, also could not describe that enemy
of separation. I was like a cakori bird yearning for the moon, or
a peahen yearning for the new monsoon cloud.
Text 16
sri-vrindavana-candram tvam
ghana-syamam samutsahe
tava sakhyoddhavenasu
dhanyena tvam pradarsitah
anyah ko 'pi vraje nasti
yasya premna tvam agatah
I yearned to see You, splendid as a dark cloud, the moon of
beautiful Vrindavana forest, and Your saintly friend Uddhava
showed You to Me. No one in Vraja is his equal. His love brought
You back.
Text 17
sri-narada uvaca
evam vadantim satatam rudantim
param priyam vikshya ghrinaturangah
asvasayam asa nayena sadyah
pragrihya dorbhyam sravad-ambu-netrah
Sri Narada said: As Radha spoke in this way and wept, Lord
Krishna gazed at Her, His dearest beloved. Every limb of His body
filled with compassion for Her, He comforted Her with eloquent
words. Tears streaming from His eyes, He embraced Her with both
arms.
Text 18
sri-bhagavan uvaca
ma sokam kuru radhe tvam
tvat-prityaham samagatah
avayor bheda-rahitam
tejas caikam dvidha janaih
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Radha, don't
lament. Out of love for You, I have come. You and I are not
different. We are a single fire the people mistake for two
different flames.
Text 19
yatha hi dugdha-dhavalye
tathavam sarvada subhe
yatraham tvam sada tatra
vislesho na hi cavayoh
O beautiful one, as milk and its whiteness are always
together, so are We always together. Wherever I am, You are also
there. We can never be separated.
Text 20
purnam brahma param caham
tata-stha tvam jagat-prasuh
vislesha avayor madhye
mrisha jnanena pasya sat
I am the perfect Supreme Personality of Godhead and You are
My potency. What seems to be Our separation is a lie. Please see
the truth.
Texts 21-23
yathakasa-sthito nityam
vayuh sarvatra-go mahan
tatha jalam sukshma-rupam
tejo vyaptam yathaidhashi
antar bahir yatha prithvi
prithag-bhuta varanane
tatha vikara-rahito
malavat tri-gunair aham
tatha tvam pasya mad-bhavam
sadanando bhavet tatah
aham mameti bhavena
dvitiyo 'sti varanane
O girl with the beautiful face, as the mighty wind is
present everywhere in ethereal space, as water is present
everywhere in mist, as fire is present everywhere in firewood, as
atoms are present everywhere in earth, and as the modes of nature
are present everywhere in the material world, so I, the
unchanging Supreme Personality of Godhead, am present everywhere.
Look at My real nature and You will be blissful always. O girl
with the beautiful face, if You think of "I" and
Mine", then We will be separated.
Text 24
yavad ghano madhya-gatas tad utthitah
svam rupam arkam na hi drik prapasyati
tavat paratmanam asau pradhana-jair
gunais tatha teshu gateshu pasyati
As one cannot see the sun when there are clouds in the sky,
so one cannot see the all-pervading Supreme Personality of
Godhead when one stands among the three modes of material nature.
Text 25
guneshu saktam kila bandhanaya
raktam manah pumsi ca muktaye syat
mano dvayoh karanam ahur araj
jitvatha tat kau vicared asangah
The mind's attraction to the modes of material nature leads
to bondage. The mind's attraction to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead leads to liberation. In this way the mind is the source
of both bondage and liberation. Therefore one should defeat the
attraction to matter and live aloof from material things.
Text 26
sarvam hi bhavam manasah parasparam
na hy ekato bhamini jayate tatah
premaiva kartavyam aho mayi svatah
premna samanam bhuvi nasti kincit
O beautiful one, love does not exist by itself. It must have
an object. One should love Me. In this world nothing is equal to
love for Me.
Text 27
sri-narada uvaca
iti vakyam hareh srutva
prasanna kirti-nandini
gopikabhih samam krishnam
pujayam asa madhavam
Sri Narada said: Happy to hear these words, Sri Radha and
the gopis worshiped Lord Krishna, the husband of the goddess of
fortune.
Text 28
atha ratryam harih sakshat
karttikyam rasa-mandale
gatva nanada muralim
gopibhi radhaya saha
During the month of Karttika entering the rasa-dance circle
with Radha and the gopis, Lord Krishna played His flute.
Text 29
yamuna-nikate rajan
radhaya radhika-patih
ramabhih sundaribhis ca
rasa-range raraja ha
O king, in the rasa-dance circle by the Yamuna's shore, Lord
Krishna, the master of Sri Radha, appeared very splendid and
glorious in the company of Sri Radha and the beautiful gopis.
Text 30
yavatir gopika rase
tavad rupa-dharo harih
reme vrindavane divye
harir vrindavanesvarah
Expanding Himself into as many forms as there were gopis,
Lord Krishna, the master of Vrindavana, enjoyed pastimes in the
splendid and transcendental forest of Vrindavana.
Text 31
kvanan-nupura-manjiro
vana-mala-virajitah
pitambarah padma-dhari
prabhatarka-kirita-dhrik
Wearing tinkling anklets and ornaments, yellow garments, a
splendid forest garland, and a crown glorious as the rising sun,
Lord Krishna held a lotus in His hand.
Text 32
vidyul-lata-sphurat-prodyad-
dhema-kundala-manditah
vetra-bhrid vadayan vamsim
nata-vesho ghana-dyutih
Dark as a monsoon cloud, decorated with golden earrings
splendid as vines of lightning, dressed as a dancer, and holding
a stick, Lord Krishna played His flute.
Text 33
sphurat-kaustubha-ratnadhyah
pracalat-snigdha-kundalah
raraja radhaya rase
yatha ratya ratisvarah
Glorious with a glistening Kaustubha jewel and moving
glistening locks of hair, Lord Krishna was splendidly manifest in
the rasa dance, as Kamadeva is splendidly manifest with Rati.
Text 34
sacya sakro yatha svarge
ghanas cancalaya yatha
vrindaya vrindakaranye
tatha vrindavanesvarah
As in Svargaloka Indra is manifest with Saci, and as a cloud
is manifest with a lightning flash, so in Vrindavana forest Lord
Krishna was splendidly manifest with Sri Radha.
Text 35
vrindavanam ca pulinam
vanany upavanani ca
pasyan gopi-ganaih sardham
girim govardhanam yayau
Gazing at Vrindavana forest, the Yamuna's shore, and many
forests and gardens as They went, Sri Krishna and the gopis came to
Govardhana Hill.
Text 36
gopinam sata-yuthanam
manam vikshya vrajesvarah
bhagavan radhaya sakam
tatraivantaradhiyata
When He saw that the hundred groups of gopis had become
proud, taking Sri Radha with Him, Lord Krishna suddenly
disappeared.
Text 37
atha govardhanad dure
sundaram yojana-trayam
srikhanda-gandha-samyuktam
sa yayau rohitacalam
Then Lord Krishna went to beautiful Mount Rohita, which was
fragrant with sandal trees and was thirty-four miles away from
Govardhana Hill.
Text 38
lata-kunja-nikunjas ca
pasyan jalpams taya saha
vicacara girau ramye
kancani-latikalaye
Gazing at forest gardens of flowering vines, and conversing
as they went, Radha and Krishna came to a place of golden vines on
that beautiful mountain.
Text 39
tatra deva-saro ramyam
badri-nathena nirmitam
pathina-kurma-nakradi-
hamsa-sarasa-sankulam
At that place was Deva-sarovara, a lake created by Narayana
Rishi, which was filled with pathinas, turtles, crocodiles, swans,
cranes, and many other creatures.
Text 40
sahasra-dala-padmais ca
manditam tad itas tatah
bhramara-dhvani-samyuktam
pums-kokila-ruta-vratam
It was decorated with many thousand-petal lotuses. Here and
there were the sounds of humming bees and cooing cuckoos.
Text 41
vikasat-padma-gandhadhyam
tat-tiram manda-marutam
ramaya radhaya sardham
madhavo nishasada ha
On the lakeshore filled with the scent of blossoming lotuses
and cooled by a gentle breeze, Lord Krishna sat down with the
goddess of fortune, Sri Radha.
Text 42
tat-tiram pratapasyantam
ribhum nama maha-munim
padaikena sthitam sasvac
chri-krishna-dhyana-tat-param
On that lakeshore was a great sage named Ribhu, who for a
long time had been performing austerities, standing there on one
foot, his thoughts rapt in meditation on Lord Krishna.
Text 43
shashti-varsha-sahasrani
shashti-varsha-satani ca
nirannam nirjalam santam
sri-krishnas tam dadarsa ha
Then Lord Krishna glanced at that sage, who had peacefully
stood there without food or water for sixty-six thousand years.
Text 44
papraccha vikshya tam radha
hasanti praha madhavam
mahatmyam kuru bhakto 'yam
pasya bhaktim maha-muneh
Looking at the sage, Sri Radha smiled and said to Lord
Krishna, "Please describe the glories of this sage. He is
Your devotee. Look at the devotion of this great sage."
Text 45
he ribho iti krishnena
proktam uccair vacah subham
na srutam tena kincid va
caramam prapitena vai
When in a loud a sonorous voice, Lord Krishna called,
O Ribhu!" the sage could not hear anything, for he was on the
verge of death.
Text 46
haris tada tad-dhridayad
babhuvasu tirohitah
dhyanad gatam harim vikshya
munindras cati-vismitah
Then Lord Krishna suddenly left the sage's heart. When he saw
that Lord Krishna had suddenly left his meditation, the sage was
astonished.
Text 47
netre unmilya dadrise
sri-krishnam radhayagatam
ghanam cancalayevadhyam
ranjayantam diso dasa
Opening his eyes, the sage saw that, glorious as a monsoon
cloud and a lightning flash, and filling the ten directions with
light, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna had come before him.
Text 48
utthaya sadyo hari-bhakti-tat-parah
pradakshini-kritya harim sa-radhikam
pranamya murdhna nipapata padayor
uvaca krishnam bahu-gadgadaksharah
At once standing up, the devotee-sage circumambulated Sri
Sri Radha and Krishna, bowed his head before them, and fell at
Their feet. Then, with faltering words he spoke to Lord Krishna.
Text 49
sri-ribhur uvaca
namah krishnaya krishnayai
radhayai madhavaya ca
paripurnatamayai ca
paripurnatamaya ca
Sri Ribhu said: I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Krishna
and to Sri Krishna's beloved. I offer my respectful obeisances to
Sri Radha and Sri Radha's lover. I offer my respectful obeisances
to the Supreme Goddess and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Text 50
ghana-syamaya devaya
syamayai satatam namah
rasesvaraya satatam
rasesvaryai namo namah
Eternally I offer my respectful obeisances to beautiful Sri
Radha and to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna dark
as a monsoon cloud. Eternally I offer my respectful obeisances to
the queen of the rasa-dance. Eternally I offer my respectful
obeisances to the king of the rasa-dance.
Text 51
golokatita-lilaya
lilavatyai namo namah
asankhyandadhidevyai ca-
sankhyanda-nidhaye namah
Obeisances to Lord Krishna, who enjoys transcendental pastimes
in the realm of Goloka! Obeisances to playful Radha! Obeisances
to the goddess that rules countless universes! Obeisances to the
master that rules countless universes!
Text 52
bhu-bhara-haraya bhuvam gatabhyam
mac-chantaye catra samagatabhyam
parasparam sandhita-vigrahabhyam
namo yuvabhyam hari-radhikabhyam
Obeisances to youthful Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, whose forms
are transcendental, who came to the earth to remove it's burden,
and who came to this place to make me peaceful.
Text 53
sri-narada uvaca
ity uktva krishna-padabje
praksharad-bashpa-locanah
premananda-samayukto
jahau pranan maha-munih
Sri Narada said: After speaking these words the sage, filled
with the bliss of love, and tears streaming from His eyes, fell
at Lord Krishna's feet and at once gave up his life.
Text 54
tadaiva nirgata-jyotir
dasa-surya-sama-prabham
paribhramad dasa-disah
sri-krishne linatam gatah
Then a spark of light splendid as ten suns left the sage's
body and, after wandering the ten directions, finally merged into
Lord Krishna.
Text 55
bhaktasya bhaktim sri-krishno
vikshya vai prema-lakshanam
anandasru-kulam muncan
premna tam cajuhava ha
Seeing the sage's great love and devotion for Him, Lord
Krishna, shedding tears of bliss, loving called to him.
Text 56
punah sri-krishna-padabjat
krishna-sarupyavan munih
nirgatah koti-kandarpa-
sannibho 'ti-natananah
Then the sage suddenly emerged from Lord Krishna's lotus feet.
Now having a transcendental form like Lord Krishna's, a form
handsome as millions of Kamadevas, the sage bowed his head.
Text 57
dorbhyam pragrihya hridaye
tam nidhaya kripakarah
asvasya kalyana-karam
karam divyam dadhara ha
With both arms merciful Lord Krishna embraced him, holding him
to His chest. Lord Krishna comforted him and touched him with His
auspicious hand.
Text 58
pradakshini-kritya harim ca radhikam
pranamya caruhya ratham manoharam
goloka-lokam prayayav ribhur munir
viranjayan maithila mandalam disam
After circumambulating Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, Ribhu Muni
entered a beautiful chariot and went to the realm of Goloka,
filling the circle of the directions with light as he went.
Text 59
sri-radhika vismayam agata bhrisam
drishtva param muktim ribhor maha-muneh
ananda-varini vimuncati ciram
jagada krishnam vrishabhanu-nandini
Sri Radha was filled with wonder when She saw the liberation
of the great sage Ribhu Muni. Again and again shedding tears of
joy, Sri Radha, the daughter of King Vrishabhanu, spoke to Lord
Krishna.
