Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 13, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Four, Volume Two
Chapter Twenty-three
Sudarcanopakhyana
The Story of Sudarcana
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
ekada nrpa gopalah
cakatai ratna-puritaih
vrsabhanupanandadya
ajagmuc cambikavanam
One day the gopas, headed by Upananda and King Vrsabhanu,
took many carts filled with jewels to Ambikavana forest.
Text 2
bhadrakalim pacupatim
pujayitva vidhanatah
dadur danam dvijatibhyah
suptas tatra sarit-tate
After worshiping Lord Siva and goddess Durga, and after
giving charity to the brahmanas, they slept on by the riverbank
there.
Text 3
tatraiko nirgato ratrau
sarpo nandam pade 'grahit
krsna krsneti cukroca
nando 'ti-bhaya-vihvalah
In the middle of the night a snake came and grabbed Nanda's
feet. Terrified, Nanda cried out, "Krsna! Krsna!"
Text 4
tadolmukair gopa-balas
todur ajagaram nrpa
padam so 'pi na tatyaja
sarpo 'tha sva-manim yatha
The gopa boys beat the snake with torches, but it would not
leave Nanda any more than it would leave the jewel growing from
its head.
Text 5
tatada sva-pada sarpam
bhagaval loka-pavanah
tyaktva tadaiva sarpatvam
bhutva vidyadharah krti
natva krsnam parikramya
krtanjali-puto 'vadat
Then the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the purifier of the
worlds, kicked the snake. That soul at once left his snake body
and became a pious vidyadhara. With folded hands the vidyadhara
bowed before Lord Krsna, circumambulated Him, and then spoke.
Text 6
cri-sudarcana uvaca
aham sudarcano nama
vidyadhara-varah prabho
astavakram munim drstva
hasito 'smi maha-balah
Sri Sudarcana said: My name is Sudarcana. I am a great
vidyadhara. When I saw the sage Astavakra, I laughed at him.
Text 7
mahyam capam dadau so 'pi
tvam sarpo bhava durmate
tac-chapad adya mukto 'ham
krpaya tava madhava
He cursed me, "Fool! Now become a snake!" O Krsna,
by Your mercy I am today freed from that curse.
Text 8
tvat-pada-padma-makaranda-rajah-kananam
sparcena divya-padavim sahasagato 'smi
tasmai namo bhagavate bhuvanecvaraya
yo bhuri-bhara-haranaya bhuvo 'vatarah
The touch of the the nectar pollen of Your lotus feet has
made me a demigod again. I offer my respectful obeisances to You,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the worlds, who
has desceneded to this world to relieve the earth of its burden.
Text 9
cri-narada uvaca
iti natva harim krsnam
rajan vidyadharas tu sah
jagama vaisnavam lokam
sarvopadrava-varjitam
Sri Narada said: O king, after bowing down before Lord
Krsna, the vidyadhara departed for the spiritual world of
Visnuloka.
Text 10
nandadyah vismitah sarve
jnatva krsnam parecvaram
ambikavanatah cighram
ayayur vraja-mandalam
Astonished, and now acutely aware of Krsna's divinity, Nanda
and the gopas left Ambikavana and quickly returned to the circle
of Vraja.
Text 11
idam maya te kathitam
cri-krsna-caritam cubham
sarva-papa-haram punyam
kim bhuyah crotum icchasi
Now I have described to you Sri Krsna's beautiful and sacred
pastimes, which remove all sins. What more do you wish to hear?
Text 12
cri-bahulacva uvaca
aho cri-krsnacandrasya
caritam paramadbhutam
crutva mano me tac chrotum
atrptam punar icchati
Sri Bahulacva said: My heart never tires of hearing Lord
Krsnacandra's very wonderful pastimes. It yearns to hear them
again and again.
Text 13
agre cakara kam lilam
lilaya vraja-mandale
harir vrajecah paramo
vada devarsi-sattama
Before that what pastime did Lord Krsna, the king of Vraja,
enjoy in the circle of Vraja? O best of the divine sages, please
tell me that pastime.
