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Being addressed and questioned by the king with sweet words, the great son of Vyāsa, knower of dharma, began to answer.
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- It is certain that the course of the Lord’s māyā is beyond the thought and words of the living entities.
- Pacifying dharma and earth in this way, Parīkṣit took his sharp sword for killing Kali, the cause of adharma.
- Seeing the king intending to kill him he gave up the markings of a king in great fear and bowed his head to Parīkṣit’s feet.
- When you become situated in devatās and men, all sorts of irreligion follow: greed, untruth, theft, vulgarity, giving up dharma, poverty, deceit, quarrel and pride.
- Directed in this way by Parīkṣit, trembling Kali spoke to Parīkṣit who had his sword raised, appearing like Yama ready to kill him.
- When implored again, the king gave the place where there was gold. In that place there will be untruthfulness, intoxication, illicit sex, pride, and enmity.
- This king, the son of Abhimanyu, who, by protecting the earth, has allowed you to be consecrated for performing sacrifice, had such authority.
- vipra-śāpopalambhanaṁ nāma
- On the day that the Lord left the earth, at that very instant, Kali, the source of irreligion, entered the world.
- Kali was an attentive tiger among inattentive men. But what could powerful Kali do to the innocent people since he was afraid of the devotees?
- One day while taking his bow and hunting in the forest, after pursuing animals he became tired, hungry and very thirsty.
- Not seeing water anywhere, he entered the hermitage of a sage, and saw the peaceful sage sitting with closed eyes.
- In anger he placed a dead snake on the shoulder of the sage using the tip of his bow, left the hermitage and returned to his city.
- This is the sin of kings who are like fat crows! It is a sin committed by servants or door-keepers, who are like dogs, acting against their masters.
- By my order Takṣaka will bite this black sheep of his family, offender of my father, trespasser of boundaries.
- O child! When this king, representative of Viṣṇu, disappears, the people, suffering from thieves, like unprotected sheep, will be destroyed in an instant.
- The Lord, the soul of all beings, should forgive the sin committed to your innocent devotee by this boy of immature intelligence.
- The great sage was sorry for the sin committed by his son, but did not think at all that the king had committed an offense when he (the sage) was treated badly.
- Other exalted sages among the devatās, sages of great penance, sages among kings and Aruṇas also came. Welcoming the best of sages, the king bowed his head.
- Having decided in this way the wise king, entrusting the country to his son, sat down facing north on kuśa grass with tips facing east, on the right bank of the river.
- When the best of the kings sat fasting, the devatās in the sky showered the earth with flowers in praise and continually drums sounded in joy.
- We will all remain here until the king, the best of the devotees, gives up his body and attains the supreme planet which is without grief and passion.
- When his guest arrived, Parīkṣit worshipped him with bowed head. The ignorant women and children disappeared. In the worship, Śukadeva sat on a huge seat.
- Otherwise how is it possible that explicitly dying men like us can see a perfected being like you, whose movements are unknown, and is most munificent?
- I ask the supreme guru of the yogīs what is complete perfection and what is to be done at all times for attaining that perfection for a man about to die.
- Being addressed and questioned by the king with sweet words, the great son of Vyāsa, knower of dharma, began to answer.
- O King! There are thousands of topics that can be heard by those who do not inquire about the goal of life, those who are attached to the house and commit five types of violence.
- Deeply attached to his body, children and wife, who are like an army giving protection, though they are false, he sees their destruction but does not see it.
- For persons fixed in jñāna, yoga and karma, gaining such a birth, with remembrance of Nārāyaṇa while rejecting the other processes, is the best.
- O descendent of the Kurus! But you have seven days remaining in your life. Make all necessary arrangements in this time for your destination after death.
- The body of the universal form is more solid than the solid. Within that form, the past, present and future of the universe, the products of the Lord, are seen.
- Pātala are his soles, Rasātala is his heels, Mahātala is his ankles and Talātala is his calves.
- O best of the Kurus! The clouds are his hair. Twilight is his clothing. Avaykta-prakṛti is his intelligence. The moon is his mind, the shelter of all change.
- They say that mahat-tattva is his citta. Rudra is his false ego. Horses, mules, camels and elephants are his nails. All animals are his hips.
- Meditating on the Puruṣa in the Heart
- He is decorated with valuable belt, rings, anklets, and bracelets. His attractive, smiling face is surrounded by spotless, glossy, curly black locks of hair.
- The unchanging Lord reviewed three times the Vedas completely with his intelligence, and determined that process which produces prema in the self.
- Auspiciousness arises for the worshippers of devatās if firm devotion for the Lord arises from association with devotees.
- aunaka said: Hearing the explanations, what else did the King, best of the Bharata lineage, ask the wise sage Śukadeva?
- O learned Sūta! You should tell that to us, who desire to hear. Topics which conclude in discussion of the Lord will certainly appear in the assembly of great devotees.
- Both by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics of the Supreme Lord.
- Do not the trees live long life? Do not the bellows breathe? Do not the village animals and animal-like men eat and mate?
- He completely gave up attachment to body, wife, sons, house, animals, wealth, friends, kingdom, which is constant and strong in others.
- O great devotees! The intelligent Parīkṣit, full of faith in hearing Kṛṣṇa’s activities, asked this question to Śukadeva which you have asked me.
- Sūta said: Being thus requested by the King to speak about the qualities of the Lord, Śukadeva, remembering the Lord of the senses, prepared to answer.
- I offer continual respects to the Lord with all auspicious qualities, whose glorification, remembrance, deity form, topics and worship immediately destroy the impurities of man.
- O King! Brahmā, filled with the Vedas, taught this knowledge, which the Lord had directly spoke to him, to Nārada who asked about it.
- Nārada said: O lord of lords! O creator of the living beings! O first born! You know that knowledge which reveals the truth about the ātmā and Paramātmā.
- Situated in your own energy like a spider creating his web, without fatigue, you protect the living beings within yourself, without being destroyed.
- Though you are like this, you performed great austerities. By this you bewilder us. You produce a doubt that there is some other Lord.
TRANSLATION
Sūta said:
Being addressed and questioned by the king with sweet words, the great son of Vyāsa, knower of dharma, began to answer.
COMMENTARY
Ślakṣṇayā giṛā means “by sweet words.”
END OF ONE CANTO
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CANTO 2
Chapter One
Description of the Universal Form
|| 2.1.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa |
ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ ||
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva said: O King! Your question is most excellent. Your question which is the highest among all such questions is beneficial for the people, and approved by the assembly of sages.
COMMENTARY
Offering respects to guru and Kṛṣṇa, the ocean of mercy, I take shelter of Śrī-Śukadeva the eye of the universe, and master of the worlds. I offer myself and everything I possess to he who is the life of the gopīs, the controller, for service to his dear devotees.
In the ten chapters of the Second Canto, Śukadeva begins by describing, in three chapters, how this scripture originates from Nārāyaṇa. In one chapter the excellence of bhakti is described. Three chapters describe the conversation between Brahmā and the Lord. One chapter describes the questions of Parīkṣit and one chapter describes the instructions of the Lord to Brahmā. One chapter describes the ten characteristics of the Purāṇa and the Canto is summarized. In the first chapter the process of meditation on the parts of the universal form such as the feet, practiced in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, is described.
At the end of the previous Canto Parīkṣit asked what is perfection and the means to perfection, and what is to be heard, chanted remembered and worshipped, as well as what is not be heard, chanted, remembered and worshipped. Śukadeva rejoiced at this question. This is the best (varīyān). The questions asked by you are beneficial to the people. This is not a material question. This is approved by the sages present in your assembly who are knowers of ātmā, because they have come here for that purpose alone. Even the questions asked by devotees should be heard, chanted and remembered. Among the questions about what is to be heard, chanted and remembered, this is the best question, the ultimate, because there is nothing higher. That question alone if heard, chanted and remembered will make people completely successful. Furthermore, by hearing the answer given by me to that question, you will be come successful. Thus later it will be said:
vāsudeva-kathā-praśnaḥ puruṣāṁs trīn punāti hi
vaktāraṁ pracchakaṁ śrotṝṁs tat-pāda-salilaṁ yathā
The Ganges, emanating from the toe of Lord Viṣṇu, purifies the three worlds, the upper, middle and lower planetary systems. Similarly, when one asks questions about the pastimes and characteristics of Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, three varieties of men are purified: the speaker or preacher, he who inquires, and the people in general who listen. SB 10.1.16
|| 2.1.2 ||
śrotavyādīni rājendra nṝṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ |
apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām ||
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