Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Dec 16, CANADA (SUN) —
Chapter Two
Sri-Goloka-dhama-nivarnanam
Description of the Abode of Sri Goloka
Text 1
jihvam labdhvapi yah krishnam
kirtaniyam na kirtayet
labdhvapi moksha-nisrenim
sa narohati durmatih
A person who has a tongue but does not glorify glorious
Sri Krishna is a fool. Even if he somehow approaches the staircase to
liberation, he cannot climb it.
Text 2
atha te sampravakshyami
sri-krishnagamanam bhuvi
asmin varaha-kalpe vai
yad bhutam tac chrinu prabho
Now I will describe to you Sri Krishna's coming to this earth
during the Varaha-kalpa. O lord, please hear what happened.
Texts 3 and 4
pura danava-daityanam
naranam khalu bhubhujam
bhuri-bhara-samakranta
prithvi go-rupa-dharini
anathavad rudantiva
vedayanti nija-vyatham
kampayanti nijam gatram
brahmanam saranam gata
In ancient times the earth, overcome with a burden of many
daityas, danavas, and human kings, assumed the form of a cow and,
helplessly crying, trembling, and describing her troubles, took
shelter of the demigod Brahma.
Text 5
brahmathasvasya tam sadyah
sarva-deva-ganair vritah
sankarena samam pragad
vaikuntham mandiram hareh
Brahma comforted her and then, accompanied by Siva and the
demigods, went to Lord Hari's palace in Vaikuntha.
Text 6
natva catur-bhujam vishnum
svabhiprayam jagada ha
athodvignam deva-ganam
sri-nathah praha tam vidhim
Brahma bowed down before four-armed Lord Vishnu and explained
why he had come. Then He who is the husband of the goddess of
fortune spoke to Brahma and the troubled demigods.
Text 7
sri-bhagavan uvaca
krishnam svayam viganitanda-patim paresam
s_kshad akhandam atidevam ativa-lilam
karyam kadapi na bhavishyati yam vina hi
gacchasu tasya vishadam padam avyayam tvam
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Without Krishna, who
is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of countless
universes, perfect, above the demigods, and the enjoyer of
transcendental pastimes, this problem will not be solved. You
should go to His eternal and effulgent abode at once.
Text 8
sri-brahmovaca
tvattah param na janami
paripurnatamam svayam
yadi yo 'nyas tasya s_kshal
lokam darsaya nah prabho
Sri Brahma said: I do not know anyone greater and more
perfect than You. If there is such a person, please show Him to
us, O Lord.
Texts 9 and 10
sri-narada uvaca
ity ukto 'pi harih purnah
sarvair deva-ganaih saha
padavim darsayam asa
brahmanda-sikharopari
vama-padangushtha-nakha-
bhinna-brahmanda-mashtake
sri-vamanasya vivare
brahma-drava-samakule
Sri Narada said: When this was said, perfect Lord Hari showed all the demigods a spiritual river path flowing through
the hole Sri Vamana made in the universe with His toenail.
Text 11
jala-yanena margena
bahis te niryayuh surah
kalinga-bimba-vac cedam
brahmandam dadrisus tv adhah
Going by boat on this path, the demigods left the universe.
They saw the universe was like a round kutaja fruit far below.
Text 12
indrayana-phalaniva
luthanty anyani vai jale
vilokya vismitah sarve
babhuvus cakita iva
When the saw the other universes were like many kutaja
fruits bobbing in the water (of the Karana Ocean), they all
became frightened and surprised.
Text 13
kotiso yojanordhvam vai
puranam ashtakam gatah
V
divya-prakara-ratnadi-
druma-vrinda-manoharam
Millions of yojanas higher they came to eight cities charming
with glistening jewel-forest groves.
Text 14
tad-urdhvam dadrisur deva
virajayas tatam subham
tarangitam kshauma-subhram
sopanair bhaskaram param
Higher still the demigods saw the Viraja river's splendid
shore, which was splashed by waves white as silk and glorious
with many staircases.
Text 15
tam drishtva pracalantas te
tat puram jagmur uttamam
asankhya-koti-martanda-
jyotisham mandalam mahat
After seeing this, they entered a city splendid as countless
millions of suns.
Text 16
drishtva prataditakshas te
tejasa dharshitah sthitah
namaskritvatha tat-tejo
dadhyau vishnv-ajnaya vidhih
As they looked at its splendor they became overpowered, their eyes
struck by the light. By Lord Vishnu's order, Brahma offered
obeisances to that light and meditated on it.
Text 17
taj-jyotir-mandale 'pasyat
sakaram dhama santidam
tasmin mahadbhutam dirgham
mrinala-dhavalam param
sahasra-vadanam sesham
drishtva nemuh suras tatah
In that circle of light he saw the form of a peaceful
transcendental realm. When the demigods saw in that realm the very
wonderful white lotus stem of thousand-faced Lord Sesha, they
bowed down to offer respects to Him.
Texts 18 and 19
tasyotsange maha-loko
goloko loka-vanditah
yatra kalah kalayatam
isvaro dhama-maninam
rajan na prabhaven maya
manas cittam matir hy aham
na vikaro visaty eva
na mahams ca gunah kutah
On His head was the transcendental realm of Goloka, which is
worshiped by all the worlds, and which is a realm where time, the
conqueror of the proud, does not prevail, and where illusion, the
material mind, heart, intelligence, and ego, material
transformations and the mahat-tattva do enter. How can the modes
of nature enter there?
Text 20
tatra kandarpa-lavanyah
syamasundara-vigrahah
dvari gantum cabhyudita
nyashedhan krishna-parshadah
Their forms very beautiful, more beautiful than Kamadeva
himself, Sri Krishna's associates stood at the entrance.
Text 21
sri-deva ucuh
loka-pala vayam sarve
brahma-vishnu-mahesvarah
sri-krishna-darsanarthaya
sakradya agata iha
The demigods said: We, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, all
the protectors of the planets, and the demigods headed by Indra,
have come here to see Sri Krishna.
Text 22
sri-narada uvaca
tac chrutva tad-abhiprayam
sri-krishnaya sakhi-janah
ucur deva-pratiharah
gatva cantah-puram param
Sri Narada said: Having heard this, the doorkeepers, girls
who were the Lord's friends, went inside the palace and told Sri
Krishna of (the visitors') wish.
Text 23
tada vinirgata kacic
chatacandranana sakhi
pitambara vetra-hasta
sapricchad vanhitam suran
Then a girl named Satacandranana, who was dressed in yellow
garments, who held a stick in her hand, and who was Sri Krishna's
friend, came from inside and asked the demigods what they wished.
Text 24
sri-satacandrananovaca
kasyandasyadhipa deva
yuyam sarve samagatah
vadatasu gamishyami
tasmai bhagavate hy aham
Sri Satacandranana said: All you demigods who have come
here, of what universe are you the kings? Tell me and I shall go
to the Lord at once.
Text 25
sri-deva ucuh
aho andany utanyani
nasmabhir darsitani ca
ekam andam prajanimo
'tho 'param nasti nah subhe
The demigods said: We have not seen any other universes. We
know only one universe. O beautiful one, there is no universe
beyond ours.
Text 26
sri-satacandrananovaca
brahmadeva luthantiha
kotiso hy anda-rasayah
tesham yuyam yatha devas
tathande 'nde prithak prithak
Sri Satacandranana said: O demigod Brahma, millions of
universes bob up and down (in the Karana ocean). As you are
demigods in one universe, so in each each universe there are many
demigods.
Text 27
nama-gramam na janitha
kada vatra samagatah
jada-buddhya prahrishyadhve
grihan napi vinirgatah
You do not even know their names. When did you even meet
them? Never leaving your own homes, you remain happy with stunted
minds.
Text 28
brahmandam ekam jananti
yatra jatas tatha janah
mashaka ca yathantah-stha
audumbara-phaleshu vai
You know one universe. Living entities are born in many
universes, like mosquitoes in many udumbara fruits.
Text 29
sri-narada uvaca
upahasyam gata deva
ittham tushnim sthitah punah
cakitan iva tan drishtva
vishnur vacanam abravit
Sri Narada said: Mocked in this way, the demigods were
silent. Seeing them intimidated, Lord Vishnu spoke some
words.
Text 30
sri-vishnur uvaca
yasminn ande prishnigarbho
'vataro 'bhut sanatanah
trivikrama-nakhodbhinne
tasminn ande sthita vayam
Sri Vishnu said: We stay in the universe where eternal Lord
Prisnigarbha descended, the universe broken by Lord Trivikrama's
toenail.
Text 31
sri-narada uvaca
tac chrutva tam ca samslaghya
sighram antah-puram gata
punar agatya devebhyo
'py ajnam dattva gatah puram
Sri Narada said: Hearing this, she praised Him for a long
time, again entered the palace, returned, and gave the demigods
permission (to enter. Then the demigods) entered the palace.
Texts 32-34
atha deva-ganah sarve
golokam dadrisuh param
tatra govardhano nama
giri-rajo virajate
vasanta-malinibhis ca
gopibhir go-ganair vritah
kalpa-vriksha-lata-sanghai
rasa-mandala-manditah
yatra krishna nadi syama
tolika-koti-mandita
vaidurya-krita-sopana
svacchanda-gatir uttama
Then the demigods saw Goloka, where the king of mountains,
named Govardhana, which was filled with many cows and with gopis
garlanded with forest flowers, and which was decorated with rasa-
dance circles, is splendidly manifest, where the dark Yamuna
river meandered as it wished, (its shores) made with lapis
lazuli steps and decorated with millions of gazebos, . . .
Text 35
vrindavanam bhrajamanam
divya-druma-latakulam
citra-pakshi-madhuvratair
vamsi-vata-virajitam
. . . where the forest of Vrindavana, filled with splendid trees
and vines, and glorious with bees, colorful birds, and the
banyan tree where (Krishna) played the flute, was splendidly
manifested, . . .
Text 36
puline sitalo vayur
manda-gami vahaty alam
sahasra-dala-padmanam
rajo vikshepayan muhuh
. . . where, carrying the pollen of many thousand-petal lotuses, a cool
breeze gently blew to the shore, . . .
Text 37
madhye nija-nikunjo 'sti
dva-trimsad-vana-samyutah
prakara-parikha-yuto
'runakshaya-vatajirah
. . . where in the middle is the Lord's personal woodland of 32 forests,
which is surrounded by walls and moats and endowed with a reddish
courtyard of eternal banyan trees, . . .
Text 38
saptadha padmaragagra-
jira-kudya-vibhushitah
kotindu-mandalakarair
vitanair gulika-dyutih
. . . a courtyard decorated with seven walls made of rubies
and with a glory of pearls from awnings like many millions of
moons, . . .
Text 39
patat-patakair divyabhaih
pushpa-mandira-vartmabhih
jata-bhramara-sangito
matta-barhi-pika-svanah
. . . .where there were splendid flags moving (in the breeze),
pathways that were flower palaces, and the singing of many bees
and many maddened peacocks and cuckoos, . . .
Text 40
balarka-kundala-dharah
sata-candra-prabhah striyah
svacchanda-gatayo ratnaih
pasyantyah sundaram mukham
ratnajireshu dhavantyo
hara-keyura-bhushitah
kvanan-nupura-kinkinyas
cuda-mani-virajitah
. . . where there were many women effulgent as a hundred moons, wearing
sunrise earrings, walking about as they wished, noticing their
beautiful faces reflected in the jewels, running in the jewel
courtyard, decorated with necklaces, bracelets, and tinkling
ankle-bells, and splendid with jewels in their hair, . . .
Text 42
kotisah kotiso gavo
dvari dvari manoharah
sveta-parvata-sankasa
divya-bhushana-bhushitah
. . . where at door after door there were millions of millions of
beautiful cows glorious as white mountains, decorated with
glittering ornaments, . . .
Text 43
payasvinyas tarunyas ca
sila-rupa-gunair yutah
sa-vatsah pita-pucchas ca
vrajantyo bhavya-murtikah
. . . young, full of milk, endowed with good character, virtues,
and beauty, their tails yellow, personifications of happiness as
they walked about with their calves, . . .
Text 44
ghanta-manjira-samravah
kinkini-jala-manditah
hema-sringyo hema-tulya-
hara-mala-sphurat-prabhah
. . . decorated with a network of tiny bells, their bells and
anklets tinkling, splendid with golden necklaces and flower
garlands, their horns of gold, . . .
Text 45
patala haritas tamrah
pitah syama vicitritah
dhumrah kokila-varnas ca
yatra gavas tv anekadha
. . . many different wonderful colors, some pink, some green,
some red, some yellow, some black, some smokey, and some the
color of cuckoos, . . .
Text 46
samudravad-dugdhadas ca
taruni-kara-cihnikah
kurangavad-vilanghadbhir
govatsair manditah subhah
. . . giving oceans of milk, marked with the signs of youth,
leaping like deer, beautiful, decorated with many calves, . . .
Text 47
itas tatas calantas ca
go-ganeshu maha-vrishah
dirgha-kandhara-sringadhya
yatra dharma-dhurandharah
. . . where, wandering among the cows were many great bulls
opulent with long horns and necks and very pious, . . .
Text 48
gopala vetra-hastas ca
syama vamsi-dharah parah
krishna-lilam pragayanto
ragair madana-mohanaih
. . . where were many handsome cowherd boys, carrying flutes,
holding sticks in their hands, and with charming melodies singing
of Krishna's pastimes.
Text 49
ittham nija-nikunjam tam
natva madhye gatah surah
jyotisham mandalam padmam
sahasra-dala-sobhitam
Bowing down to offer respects, the demigods entered the
Lord's personal forest grove, which was a thousand-petal lotus
that was a great circle of light.
Text 50
tad-urdhvam shodasa-dalam
tato 'shta-dala-pankajam
tasyopari sphurad dirgham
sopana-traya-manditam
Above that was a sixteen-petal lotus, above that an
eight-petal lotus, and above that a long path decorated with
three stairways.
Text 51
simhasanam param divyam
kaustubhaih khacitam subhaih
dadrisur devatah sarvah
sri-krishnam radhaya yutam
There all the demigods saw, sitting on a splendid throne
studded with beautiful kaustubha jewels, and accompanied by Sri
Radha, Sri Krishna, . . .
Text 52
divyair ashta-sakhi-sanghair
mohiny-adibhir anvitam
sridamadyaih sevyamanam
ashta-gopala-mandalaih
. . . who was accompanied by eight splendid gopi friends headed
by Mohini and served by eight gopas headed by Sridama, . . .
Text 53
hamsabhair vyajanandola-
camarair vajra-mushtibhih
koti-candra-pratikasaih
sevitam chatra-kotibhih
. . . who was served with diamond-handled camaras glorious as swans and millions of parasols like millions of moons, . . .
Text 54
sri-radhikalankrita-vama-bahum
svacchanda-vakri-krita-dakshinanghrim
vamsi-dharam sundara-manda-hasam
bhru-mandalamohita-kama-rasim
. . . whose left arm was decorated by Sri Radhika, whose right
foot was bent as He wished, who held a flute, who smiled
gently and gracefully, whose eyebrows enchanted hosts of
Kamadevas, . . .
Text 55
ghana-prabham padma-dalayutekshanam
pralamba-bahum bahu-pita-vasasam
vrindavanonmatta-milinda-sabdair
virajitam sri-vana-malaya harim
. . . who was splendid as a raincloud, whose large eyes were
lotus petals, whose arms were long, who wore great yellow
garments, who was splendid with a beautiful forest garland filled
with the sounds of intoxicated bees.
Text 56
kani-kala-kankana-nupura-dyutim
lasan-manohari-mahojjvala-smitam
srivatsa-ratnottama-kuntala-sriyam
kirita-harangada-kundala-tvisham
. . . who was splendid with bracekets, anklets, and a belt, who had a glittering, charming, very glorious smile, who was handsome
with the mark of Srivatsa and with a jewel placed in His curly
locks of hair, and who was glorious with a crown, necklace,
armlets, and earrings.
Text 57
drishtva tam ananda-samudra-magna-vat
praharshitas casru-kalakulekshanah
tatah surah pranjalayo natanana
nemur murarim purusham parayanam
Very happy, as if plunged in an ocean of bliss, by seeing
Him, and their eyes now filled with tears, with folded hands and
bowed heads the demigods offered their respectful obeisances to
Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
