Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 12, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Three
Chapter Seven
Sri Giriraja-tirtha
The Holy Places of Sri Giriraja
Text 1
sri-bahulasva uvaca
kati mukhyani tirthani
giriraje mahatmani
etad bruhi maha-yogin
sakshat tvam divya-darsanah
Sri Bahulasva said: How many holy places are on noble-hearted Govardhana Hill? O great yogi, you have transcendental vision. Please tell me this.
Text 2
sri-narada uvaca
rajan govardhanah sarvah
sarva-tirtha-varah smritah
vrindavanam ca goloka-
mukuto 'drih prapujitah
Sri Narada said: O king, Vrindavana forest and Govardhana Hill, which is the crown of Goloka, are both worshiped as the best of holy places.
Text 3
gopa-gopi-gavam raksha-
pradam krishna-priyo mahan
purna-brahmatapatro yas
tasmat tirtha-varas tu kah
Noble Govardhana Hill is dear to Lord Krishna. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead's parasol. It protects the cows, gopas, and gopis. What holy place is better than Govardhana Hill?
Text 4
indra-yagam vinirbhartsya
sarvair nija-janaih saha
yat-pujanam samarebhe
bhagavan bhuvanesvarah
Lord Krishna, the master of all the worlds, mocked the indra-yajna. Accompanied by His relatives, He worshiped Govardhana Hill.
Text 5
paripurnatamah sakshac
chri-krishno bhagavan svayam
asankhya-brahmanda-patir
golokesah parat parah
Sri Krishna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, greater than the greatest, the master of Goloka, the ruler of countless universes.
Text 6
yasmin sthitah sada kridam
arbhakaih saha maithila
karoti tasya mahatmyam
vaktum nalam catur-mukhah
O king of Mithila, even the demigod Brahma cannot properly glorify Govardhana Hill, where Lord Krishna eternally plays with the gopa boys, . . .
Text 7
yatra vai manasi ganga
maha-papaugha-nasini
govinda-kundam visadam
subham candra-sarovaram
. . . where are the Manasa-ganga, which destroys a flood of the greatest sins, pure Govinda-kunda, beautiful Candra-sarovara, . . .
Text 8
radha-kundah krishna-kundo
lalita-kunda eva ca
gopala-kundas tatraiva
kusumakara eva ca
. . . Radha-kunda, Syama-kunda, Lalita-kunda, Gopala-kunda, and Kusuma-sarovara.
Text 9
sri-krishna-mauli-samsparsan
mauli-cihna silabhavat
tasya darsana-matrena
deva-maulir bhavej janah
By the touch of Sri Krishna's crown a certain stone was marked with the sign of a crown. Anyone who sees that stone becomes the crown of the Supreme Lord.
Text 10
yasyam silayam krishnena
citrani likhitani ca
adyapi citrita punya
namna citra-sila girau
Even today on Govardhana Hill is a sacred stone marked with pictures originally drawn by Lord Krishna, and now named Citra-sila (the picture-stone).
Text 11
yam silam arbhakaih krishno
vadayan kridane ratah
vadani sa sila jata
maha-papaugha-nasini
When Krishna was intently playing with the boys, He played musical rhythms on a certain stone. That stone, named vadani-sila (the musical stone), destroys the greatest sins.
Text 12
yatra sri-krishnacandrena
gopalaih saha maithila
krita vai kanduka-krida
tat-kshetram kandukam smritam
The place where Krishnacandra played ball-games with the boys is called kanduka-kshetra (the ballgame-field).
Text 13
drishtva sakra-padam yati
natva brahma-padam ca tat
viluthan yasya rajasa
sakshad vishnu-padam vrajet
A person who sees the place Indra-pada on Govardhana Hill, bows down at the place Brahma-pada, or rolls about in the dust of these places, attains the abode of Lord Vishnu.
Text 14
gopanam ushnishany atra
corayam asa madhavah
aushnisham nama tat tirtham
maha-papa-haram girau
The place on Govardhana Hill where Lord Krishna stole the gopas' turbans is called Aushnisha-tirtha. It removes the greatest sins.
Text 15
tatraikada vai dadhi-vikrayartham
vinirgato gopa-vadhu-samuhah
srutva kvanan-nupura-sabdam arad
rorodha tan-margam ananga-mohi
One day, hearing tinkling anklets as the gopis walked nearby on their way to sell yogurt, Krishna, who is more charming than Kamadeva, stopped them on the path.
Text 16
vamsi-dharo vetra-varena gopaih
puras ca tasam vinidhaya padam
mahyam karadana-dhanaya danam
dehiti gopir nijagada marge
Holding a flute and a stick, and going ahead of the gopas, Krishna confronted the gopis on the path and demanded, "You must pay a toll to Me."
Text 17
sri-gopya ucuh
vakras tvam evasi samasthitah pathi
goparbhakair gorasa-lampato bhrisam
matra ca pitra saha karayamo
balad bhavantam kila kamsa-bandhane
The gopis said: You are crooked. You and Your gopa boys now block our path. You are greedy after yogurt. We will see to it that You, Your mother, and Your father are all locked up in Kamsa's prison.
Text 18
sri-bhagavan uvaca
kamsam hanishyami mahogra-dandam
sa-bandhavam me sapatho gavam ca
evam karishyami yadoh pure balan
neshye sadaham giriraja-bhumeh
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: I will kill ferocious Kamsa and all his friends. That is My solemn vow. Every day I will take the cows from Mathura to Govardhana Hill.
Text 19
sri-narada uvaca
ity uktva dadhi-patrani
balair nitva prithak prithak
bhu-prishthe pothayam asa
sanandam nanda-nandanah
Sri Narada said: After speaking these words, Krishna and the boys took the jars of yogurt and joyfully placed them on the ground.
Texts 20 and 21
aho esha param dhrishto
nirbhayo nanda-nandanah
nirankuso bhashaniyo
vane virah pure 'balah
bruvamahe yasodayai
nandaya ca kiladya vai
evam vadantyas ta gopyah
sa-smitah prayayur grihan
Saying "Krishna is a bold, fearless, ferocious, and talkative hero here in the secluded forest, but in the city, surrounded by many men, He is only a weakling. We will certainly tell Nanda and Yasoda what He has done," the smiling gopis went to their homes.
Text 22
nipa-palasa-patranam
kritva dronani madhavah
jaghasa balakaih sardham
picchalani dadhini ca
Then, making cups of nipa and palasa leaves, Krishna and the boys ate the yogurt and picchala.
Text 23
dronakarani patrani
babhuvuh sakhinam tada
tat-kshetram ca maha-punyam
dronam nama nripesvara
O king of kings, that very sacred place, where the trees' leaves became cups, is called Drona-tirtha.
Text 24
dadhi-danam tatra kritva
pitva patra-dhritam dadhi
namaskuryan naras tasya
golokan na cyutir bhavet
A person who at this place gives yogurt in charity, drinks yogurt from a leaf-cup, and then bows down to offer his respectful obeisances, never falls from Goloka.
Text 25
netre tv acchadya yatraiva
lino 'bhun madhavo 'rbhakaih
tatra tirtham laukikam ca
jatam papa-pranasanam
The place where Krishna and the boys played games of closing their eyes and hiding is called Laukika-tirtha. It destroys all sins.
Text 26
kadamba-khanda-tirtham ca
lila-yuktam hareh sada
tasya darsana-matrena
naro narayano bhavet
Simply by seeing Kadamba-khanda-tirtha, where Krishna enjoyed many pastimes, a person attains a form like that of Lord Narayana Himself.
Text 27
yatra vai radhaya rase
sringaro 'kari maithila
tatra govardhane jatam
sthale sringara-mandalam
O king of Mithila, the place on Govardhana Hill where Radha was decorated during the rasa dance is called Sringara-mandala (the decoration place).
Text 28
yena rupena krishnena
dhrito govardhano girih
tad rupam vidyate tatra
nripa sringara-mandalam
O king, the form Lord Krishna showed as He lifted Govardhana Hill is still present at Sringara-mandala.
Texts 29 and 30
abdas catuh-sahasrani
tatha cashtau satani ca
gatas tatra kaler adau
kshetre sringara-mandale
giriraja-guha-madhyat
sarvesham pasyatam nripa
svatah-siddham ca tad-rupam
hareh pradurbhavishyati
O king, 4,108 years after the beginning of Kali-yuga, as everyone watches, Lord Krishna will emerge from a cave on Govardhana Hill and reveal His transcendental form at Sringara-mandala.
Text 31
sri-natham deva-damanam
tam vadishyanti saj-janah
govardhane girau rajan
sada lilam karoti yah
O king, the saintly devotees will call this form of the Lord Srinatha. He will always enjoy pastimes on Govardhana Hill.
Text 32
ye karishyanti netrabhyam
tasya rupasya darsanam
te kritartha bhavishyanti
maithilendra kalau janah
O king of Mithila, the people in Kali-yuga who with their eyes see this form of the Lord will attain all spiritual success.
Text 33
jagan-natho ranga-natho
dvaraka-natha eva ca
badri-nathas catush-kone
bharatasyapi parvate
On the four corners of Govardhana Hill are the forms of Lord Jagannatha, Lord Ranganatha, Lord Dvarakanatha, and Lord Badrinatha.
Text 34
madhye govardhanasyapi
natho 'yam vartate nripa
pavitre bharate varshe
panca nathah suresvarah
Srinatha is in the middle of Govardhana Hill. O king, these five forms of the Lord are manifested in sacred Bharata-varsha.
Text 35
sad-dharma-mandapa-stambha
arta-trana-parayanah
tesham tu darsanam kritva
naro narayano bhavet
These four Deities are four pillars in the temple of eternal religion. They are determined to protect Their devotees from all troubles. A person who sees Them attains a transcendental form like that of Lord Narayana Himself.
Text 36
caturnam bhuvi nathanam
kritva yatram narah sudhih
na pasyed deva-damanam
sa na yatra-phalam labhet
An intelligent person who visits the places of these Deities but does not see the Lord there does not attain the real result of his visit.
Text 37
sri-natham deva-damanam
pasyed govardhane girau
caturnam bhuvi nathanam
yatrayah phalam apnuyat
A person who sees Lord Srinatha attains the result of seeing all four Deities on Govardhana Hill.
Text 38
airavatasya surabheh
pada-cihnani yatra vai
tatra natva narah papi
vaikuntham yati maithila
O king of Mithila, a sinner who bows down before the footprints of Airavata and Surabhi on Govardhana Hill goes to Vaikuntha.
Text 39
hasta-cihnam pada-cihnam
sri-krishnasya mahatmanah
drishtva natva narah kascit
sakshat krishna-padam vrajet
A person who sees the handprint and footprint of Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and bows down to offer respects to them, goes to Lord Krishna's transcendental abode.
Text 40
etani nripa tirthani
kundadyayatanani ca
angani girirajasya
kim bhuyah srotum icchasi
O king, these are the lakes and other holy places that are the limbs of Govardhana Hill. What more do you wish to hear?
