Sri Garga Samhita

BY: SUN STAFF


Jan 06, CANADA (SUN) —

Canto One, Volume Three
Chapter Eighteen

Brahmanda-darsanam
Vision of the Universal Form

Text 1

sri-narada uvaca

gopi-griheshu vicaran navanita-caurah
syamo manohara-vapur nava-kanja-netrah
sri-bala-candra iva vriddhi-gato naranam
cittam harann iva cakara vraje ca sobham

Sri Narada said: Wandering from one to another of the gopis' homes and stealing the hearts of the cowherd people, that charming, handsome, blossoming-lotus-eyed dark butter-thief, like a rising full moon, brought great beauty to Vraja.

Text 2

sri-nanda-nandanam ativa calam grihitva
geham nidhaya mumuhur nava-nanda-gopah
sat-kandukais ca satatam paripalayanto
gayanta urjita-sukha na jagat smarantah

Taking Nanda's restless ball-playing son into their homes, protecting Him, feeding Him, singing His glories, and so happy they did not remember anything else in the world, the nine Nanda- gopas were completely enchanted.

Text 3

sri-rajovaca

navopananda-namani
vada deva-rishe mama
aho bhagyam tu yesham vai
te purvam ke ihagatah

tatha shad-vrishabhanunam
karmani mangalani ca

The king said: Who were the fortunate nine Upanandas in their previous birth? What were the auspicious deeds of the six Vrishabhanus? O sage of the demigods, please tell me.

Texts 4 and 5

sri-narada uvaca

gayas ca vimalah srisah
sridharo mangalayanah

mangalo rangavalliso
rangojir devanayakah
nanda-nandas ca kathita
babhuvur gokule vraje

Sri Narada said: Gaya, Vimala, Srisa, Sridhara, Mangalayana, Mangala, Rangavallisa, Rangoji, and Devanayaka were the nine Nandas in Gokula Vraja.

Text 6

vitihotro 'gni-bhuk sambah
srikaro gopatih srutah
vrajesah pavanah santa
upanandah prakirtitah

Vitihotra, Agnibhuk, Samba, Srikara, Gopati, Sruta, Vrajesa, Pavana, and Santa were called the Upanandas.

Text 7

nitivin margadah suklah
patango divyavahanah
gopeshtas ca vraje rajan
jatah shad-vrishabhanavah

Nitivin, Margada, Sukla, Patanga, Divyavahana, and Gopeshta were the six Vrishabhanus in Vraja, O king.

Text 8

goloke krishnacandrasya
nikunja-dvaram asritah
vetra-hastah syamalanga
nava-nandas ca te smritah

Smriti-sastra explains that the nine Nandas, who have dark complexions and hold sticks in their hands, reside in two forest- groves in Lord Krishnacandra's Goloka.

Text 9

nikunje kotiso gavas
tasam palana-tat-parah
vamsi-mayura-pakshadhya
upanandas ca te smritah

Smriti-sastra explains that the nine Nandas, wealthy in flutes and peacock feathers, are devoted to protecting the millions of cows in their forest grove.

Text 10

nikunja-durga-rakshayam
danda-pasa-dharah sthitah
shad-dvaram asthitah shad vai
kathita vrishabhavanah

The men who, holding sticks and nooses, stand at six gates to protect the fortress of this forest grove are called the six Vrishabhanus.

Text 11

sri-krishnasyecchaya sarvam
golokad agata bhuvi
tesham prabhavam vaktum hi
na samarthas catur-mukhah

By Lord Krishna's wish they all went from Goloka to this earth. Even the demigod Brahma is not able to describe their glories.

Text 12

aham kim u vadishyami
tesham bhagyam mahodayam
yesham aroham asthaya
bala-kelir babhau harih

How can I describe their good fortune? As He manifested His childhood pastimes, Lord Hari treated them with great respect.

Text 13

ekada yamuna-tire
mrit krishnenavalidhita
yasodam balakah prahur
atti balo mridam tava

One day Krishna ate clay on the Yamuna's bank. The boys said to Yasoda, "Your boy ate clay."

Text 14

balabhadre ca vadati
tada sa nanda-gehini
kare grihitva sva-sutam
bhiru-netram uvaca ha

When Balarama also said it, Nanda's wife took her frightened-eyed son by the hand and spoke to Him.

Text 15

sri-yasodovaca

kasman mridam bhakshitavan rasajno
bhavan vayasyas ca vadanti sakshat
jyayan balo 'yam vadati prasiddham
ma evam artham na jahati neshtum

Sri Yasoda said: Why did You, who know what is good to eat, eat clay? Your friends say You did. Your elder brother Balarama said, "O mother, it is true. He would not leave the clay."

Text 16

sri-bhagavan uvaca

sarve mrisha-vada-rata vrajarbhaka
matar maya kvapi na mrit prabhakshita
yada samicinam anena vak-patham
tada mukham pasya madiyam anjasa

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The boys of Vraja are all lying. I never ate clay. I speak the truth. Look in My mouth.

Text 17

sri-narada uvaca

atha gopi balakasya
pasyanti sundaram mukham
prasaritam ca dadrise
brahmandam racitam gunaih

Sri Narada said: When the gopi looked in her boy's handsome mouth she saw the entire material universe created by the modes of nature.

Texts 18 and 19

sapta-dvipan sapta-sindhun
sa-khandan sa-girin dridhan
a-brahmalokal lokams trin
svatmabhih sa-vrajaih saha

drishtva nimilitakshi sa
bhutva sri-yamuna-tate
balo 'yam me harih sakshad
iti jnanamayi hy abhut

Seeing there the seven continents, seven oceans, the many countries and great mountain ranges, the three planetary systems up to Brahmaloka, her own relatives, and the people of Vraja, she closed her eyes as she stood by the Yamuna's shore. Then she understood, "My boy is Lord Hari Himself!"

Text 20

tada jahasa sri-krishno
mohayann iva mayaya
yasoda vaibhavam drishtam
na sasmara gata-smritih

Then, as if He were casting a spell on her with His Yogamaya potency, Sri Krishna smiled. From that moment Yasoda could not remember the glory and opulence she had seen. She forgot everything.



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