kālena yāvad gatavān prabhāsam
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- Though you are like this, you performed great austerities. By this you bewilder us. You produce a doubt that there is some other Lord.
- O son! What you say about me is not untrue, because people, not knowing the difference between me and the Lord say that I have that power.
- I meditate on the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, by whose insurmountable māyā people call me the guru of the universe.
- I am created by him. Inspired by the Lord’s glance, I create what is already created by the Lord -- the witness, the soul situated in all beings.
- Second Description of the Universal Form: Vibhūtis of the Lord
- From his body hairs arose all trees by which sacrifice is performed. From his hair and beard arose clouds and from his nails arose lightning, minerals and metals.
- brahma-nārada-saṁvādaḥ
- Parīkṣit’s Questions
- Please describe the various yugas, their durations, their dharmas, and the astonishing activities of the yugāvatāras of the Lord.
- O Brahmā! All auspiciousness to you! Please ask your desired benediction from me, who can award all benedictions. Endeavors in the process of bhakti end in seeing me.
- Brahmā said: O Supreme Lord! You, the controller of all beings, are situated in their intelligence. You know what all beings desire to do by unimpaired intelligence.
- Follow my instructions in detail, with extreme concentration. You will not be bewildered at any time during your lifetime and its subdivisions.
- Ten Characteristics of a Purāṇa
- a-kathā refers to descriptions of the Lord’s avatāras and their devotees, filled with various stories.
- When the pure puruṣa, separating himself from the universe, remained outside, desiring a place to lie down in the universe, he created the pure waters of the Garbhodaka.
- The wise do not accept these two forms of the Lord described by me since they are composed of matter.
- The Lord has been described in many scriptures as the creator of the universe. Some pure devotees however do not see him only as the creator of the universe.
- Sūta said: I will explain to you what the great sage Śukadeva spoke in response to Parīkṣit when asked by Parīkṣit. Please listen.
- evam etat purā pṛṣṭo maitreyo bhagavān kila
- yad vā ayaṁ mantra-kṛd vo bhagavān akhileśvaraḥ
- yadā tu rājā sva-sutān asādhūn
- jagad-gurur yāni jagāda kṛṣṇaḥ
- sa eṣa doṣaḥ puruṣa-dviḍ āste
- ka enam atropajuhāva jihmaṁ
- sa nirgataḥ kaurava-puṇya-labdho
- kālena yāvad gatavān prabhāsam
- tatas tv ativrajya surāṣṭram ṛddhaṁ
- bhāmaḥ sa āste sukham aṅga śauriḥ
- dāśārhakāṇām adhipaḥ sa āste
- kaccid budhaḥ svasty anamīva āste
- apisvid anye ca nijātma-daivam
- alakṣito yac-chara-kūṭa-gūḍho
- saumyānuśoce tam adhaḥ-patantaṁ
- nūnaṁ nṛpāṇāṁ tri-madotpathānāṁ
- tasya prapannākhila-lokapānām
- sa kathaṁ sevayā tasya
- pulakodbhinna-sarvāṅgo
- kṛṣṇa-dyumaṇi nimloce. gīrṇeṣv ajagareṇa ha. kiṁ nu naḥ kuśalaṁ brūyāṁ. gata-śrīṣu gṛheṣv aham. Uddhava said: Since Kṛṣṇa h
- yadavo nitarām api. ye saṁvasanto na vidur. hariṁ mīnā ivoḍupam. The inhabitants of Dvārakā and the Yādavas more so, who live together with the Lord, having a close relationship with the Lord since they do n
- iṅgita-jñāḥ puru-prauḍhā
- pradarśyātapta-tapasām
- māyā-balaṁ darśayatā gṛhītam
- yad dharma-sūnor bata rājasūye
- sva-śānta-rūpeṣv itaraiḥ sva-rūpair
- māṁ khedayaty etad ajasya janma-
- dunoti cetaḥ smarato mamaitad
- yogena kas tad-virahaṁ saheta
- tat tasya kaiṅkaryam alaṁ bhṛtān no
- vasudevasya devakyāṁ
- sa eva go-dhanaṁ lakṣmyā
kālena yāvad gatavān prabhāsam
tāvac chaśāsa kṣitim eka cakrām
ekātapatrām ajitena pārthaḥ
Wandering in this way over the land of Bḥārata, when in time Vidura arrived at Prabhāsa, Yudhiṣṭhira had gained control of the earth, under one army and one king, with the help of Kṛṣṇa.
Yudhiṣṭhira (pārthaḥ) gained control of the earth which then had one army (eka-cakrām) and one white umbrella, symbolizing one king (ekātapatrām).
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tatrātha śuśrāva suhṛd-vinaṣṭiṁ
vanaṁ yathā veṇuja-vahni-saṁśrayam
saṁspardhayā dagdham athānuśocan
sarasvatīṁ pratyag iyāya tūṣṇīm
In Prabhāsa he heard about the destruction of his friends by rivalry, just as a forest is burned up by fire generated by friction of bamboos. In grief he proceeded silently to the Sarasvatī River flowing west.
In Prabhāsa (tatra) he heard about the destruction of his friends, the Kauravas. Because he was not friends with Duryodhana and others, some explain that destruction of friends means the destruction of the Yadus, which he heard on meeting Uddhava. This was just like a forest burning up. Pratyak means flowing west.
|| 3.1.22 ||
tasyāṁ tritasyośanaso manoś ca
pṛthor athāgner asitasya vāyoḥ
tīrthaṁ sudāsasya gavāṁ guhasya
yac chrāddhadevasya sa āsiṣeve
In that holy place he served other holy spots of Trita, Uśanas, Manu, Pṛthu, Agni, Asita, Vāyu, Sudāsa, Go, Guha, and Śraddhadeva.
This is a list of holy spots.
|| 3.1.23 ||
anyāni ceha dvija-deva-devaiḥ
kṛtāni nānāyatanāni viṣṇoḥ
pratyaṅga-mukhyāṅkita-mandirāṇi
yad-darśanāt kṛṣṇam anusmaranti
He also served other holy places of Viṣṇu built by Ṛṣabha and other great men, and temples marked with Viṣṇu’s cakra, by seeing which men remember Kṛṣṇa.
He served temples marked with the chief weapon of Viṣṇu, the cakra. Pratyaṅga means “that which is held in each of his hands.”
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