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Having thus killed the bull demon Ariṣṭa, He who is a festival for the gopīs’ eyes entered the cowherd village with Balarāma.
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- The gopīs again came to the bank of the Kālindī. Meditating on Kṛṣṇa and eagerly hoping He would come, they sat down together to sing of Him.
- The Gopīs Songs of Separation (Gopī-gītā)
- One gopī joyfully took Kṛṣṇa’s hand between her folded palms, and another placed His arm, anointed with sandalwood paste, on her shoulder.
- A slender gopī respectfully took in her joined hands the betel nut He had chewed, and another gopī, burning with desire, put His lotus feet on her breasts.
- One gopī, beside herself with loving anger, bit her lips and stared at Him with frowning eyebrows, as if to wound Him with her harsh glances.
- Kettledrums then resounded in the sky while flowers rained down and the chief Gandharvas and their wives sang Lord Kṛṣṇa’s spotless glories.
- In the midst of the dancing gopīs, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared most brilliant, like an exquisite sapphire in the midst of golden ornaments.
- Expanding Himself us many times as there were cowherd women to associate with, the Supreme Lord, though self-satisfied, playfully enjoyed their company.
- Seeing that the gopīs were fatigued from conjugal enjoyment, my dear King, merciful Kṛṣṇa lovingly wiped their faces with His comforting hand.
- O faithful upholder of vows, please destroy our doubt by explaining to us what purpose the self-satisfied Lord of the Yadus had in mind when He behaved so contemptibly.
- How, then, could the Lord of all created beings—animals, men and demigods—have any connection with the piety and impiety that affect His subject creatures?
- When the Lord assumes a humanlike body to show mercy to His devotees, He engages in such pastimes as will attract those who hear about them to become dedicated to Him.
- Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śaṅkhacūḍa Slain
- ukadeva Gosvāmī said: One day the cowherd men, eager to take a trip to worship Lord Śiva, traveled by bullock carts to the Ambikā forest.
- Nanda, Sunanda and the other greatly fortunate cowherds spent that night on the bank of the Sarasvatī, strictly observing their vows. They fasted, taking only water.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] My dear sir, you appear so wonderful, glowing with such great beauty. Who are you? And who forced you to assume this terrible body of a snake?
- O master of mystic power, O great personality, O Lord of the devotees, I surrender to You. Please command me as You will, O supreme God, Lord of all lords of the universe.
- Once Lord Govinda and Lord Rāma, the performers of wonderful feats, were playing in the forest at night with the young girls of Vraja.
- The Lords called out in reply, “Do not fear!” Then They picked up logs of the śala tree and quickly pursued that lowest of Guhyakas, who swiftly ran away.
- Lord Govinda chased the demon wherever he ran, eager to take his crest jewel. Meanwhile Lord Balarāma stayed with the women to protect them.
- The Gopīs Sing of Kṛṣṇa as He Wanders in the Forest (Yugala-gītā)
- The Slaying of Ariṣṭa, the Bull Demon
- When the Supreme Lord saw the cowherd community distraught and fleeing in fear, He calmed them, saying, “Don’t be afraid.” Then He called out to the bull demon as follows.
- You fool! What do you think you’re doing, you wicked rascal, frightening the cowherd community and their animals when I am here just to punish corrupt miscreants like you!
- Thus repulsed by the Supreme Lord, the bull demon got up and, breathing hard and sweating all over his body, again charged Him in a mindless rage.
- Having thus killed the bull demon Ariṣṭa, He who is a festival for the gopīs’ eyes entered the cowherd village with Balarāma.
- Upon hearing this, the master of the Bhojas became furious and lost control of his senses. He picked up a sharp sword to kill Vasudeva.
- Erect a wrestling ring with many surrounding viewing stands, and bring all the residents of the city and the outlying districts to see the open competition.
- You, elephant-keeper, my good man, should position the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa at the entrance to the wrestling arena and have him kill my two enemies.
- Please go to Nanda’s village, where the two sons of Ānakadundubhi are living, and without delay bring Them here on this chariot.
- When these two have been killed, I will kill Vasudeva and all Their lamenting relatives—the Vṛṣṇis, Bhojas and Daśārhas.
- ukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus instructed Akrūra, King Kaṁsa dismissed his ministers and retired to his quarters, and Akrūra returned home.
- The Killing of the Demons Keśī and Vyoma
- The horse demon was so terrifying that his neighing frightened the demigods into leaving their heavenly kingdom. But by our good fortune You have enjoyed the sport of killing him.
- Subsequently I will see You appear as time personified, serving as Arjuna’s chariot driver and destroying entire armies of soldiers to rid the earth of her burden.
- One day the cowherd boys, while grazing their animals on the mountain slopes, played the game of stealing and hiding, acting out the roles of rival thieves and herders.
- In that game, O King, some acted as thieves, others as shepherds and others as sheep. They played their game happily, without fear of danger.
- Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana
- As he traveled on the road, the great soul Akrūra felt tremendous devotion for the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead, and thus he began to consider as follows.
- Akrūra, overwhelmed with affection, quickly jumped down from his chariot and fell at the feet of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma like a rod.
- Honored by Nanda Mahārāja with these true and pleasing words of inquiry, Akrūra forgot the fatigue of his journey.
- Just see how much suffering I have caused My offenseless parents! Because of Me their sons were killed and they themselves imprisoned.
- By good fortune We have today fulfilled Our desire to see you, Our dear relative. O gentle uncle, please tell Us why you have come.
- When the young gopīs heard that Akrūra had come to Vraja to take Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to the city, they became extremely distressed.
- But even as the gopīs cried out in this way, Akrūra, having at sunrise performed His morning worship and other duties, began to drive the chariot.
- While immersing himself in the water and reciting eternal mantras from the Vedas, Akrūra suddenly saw Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa before him.
- There are still others, who worship You, the Supreme Lord, in the form of Lord Śiva. They follow the path described by him and interpreted in various ways by many teachers.
- As rivers born from the mountains and filled by the rain flow from all sides into the sea, so do all these paths in the end reach You, O master.
- Goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of Your material nature, entangle all conditioned living beings, from Brahmā down to the nonmoving creatures.
- Obeisances to You, the amazing lion [Lord Nṛsiṁha], who remove Your saintly devotees’ fear, and to the dwarf Vāmana, who stepped over the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
Having thus killed the bull demon Ariṣṭa, He who is a festival for the gopīs’ eyes entered the cowherd village with Balarāma.
COMMENTARY
Nayana-utsavaḥ means a personified festival for the eyes.
|| 10.36.16 ||
ariṣṭe nihate daitye kṛṣṇenādbhuta-karmaṇā
kaṁsāyāthāha bhagavān nārado deva-darśanaḥ
TRANSLATION
After Ariṣṭāsura had been killed by Kṛṣṇa, who acts wonderfully, Nārada Muni went to speak to King Kaṁsa. That powerful sage of godly vision addressed the King as follows.
COMMENTARY
The term deva-darśana, a name for Nārada Muni, indicates that Nārada has attained the perfection of seeing God, and that he knows or sees the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa. Knowing that Kṛṣṇa’s vraja-līlā was ending, Nārada spoke to Kaṁsa to induce him to bring Kṛṣṇa to Mathurā.
In twenty verses the Purāṇas describe how Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Śyāma-kuṇḍa appeared after the killing of Ariṣṭāsura as a result of a joking conversation between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
Rādhā said, “O sinful killer of a bull! Do not touch Me today.”
Kṛṣṇa replied, “O foolish woman! This is not a bull, but a terrible demon disguised as a bull.”
Rādhā: “O Kṛṣṇa that may be true. But even though Ariṣṭa was a terrible demon, still he was a male cow, so You will have to undergo atonement, just as Lord Indra did after killing the demon Vṛtrāsura, who was a brāhmaṇa.”
Kṛṣṇa: “O Rādhā! What should I do to atone for this act?”
Rādhā: “You can purify Yourself by bathing in every single holy place in the three worlds.”
Kṛṣṇa: “Why should I have to wander throughout the entire universe? I will at once bring all the countless pilgrimage places here and take My bath in them. Just watch!”
Saying that, Mukunda struck His heel on the ground to make a hole and said, “Come here.” Then all the holy waters in the universe and their presiding deities came there along with the Bhogavatī River, coming from the Pātāla region.
Kṛṣṇa: “Hey sakhīs! Behold all the holy waters!”
But the gopīs did not believe Kṛṣṇa’s words. Then those best of holy places, joining their palms in supplication, came forward and introduced themselves.
“I am the salt ocean. I am the ocean of milk. I am the Amara-dīrghikā. I am the river Sona. I am the Sindhu. I am the Tāmraparnī. I am the holy place Puṣkara. I am the river Sarasvatī. We are the Godāvarī, Yamunā and Revā rivers and the confluence of rivers at Prayāga. Just see our waters!”
After purifying Himself by bathing, Kṛṣṇa became quite arrogant and said, “I have made one lake containing all the various holy places, but none of you have performed such pious work.”
Hearing this, Rādhā said to her friends, “I must create an even more beautiful lake. Go to work and construct one with great care.” West of Kṛṣṇa’s kuṇḍa, where Ariṣṭa’s hooves had made a hole, the gopīs began digging up lumps of soft mud with their hands, and in the short span of an hour (ghaṭikā-dvayena) made a beautiful, divine kuṇḍa.
Astonished to see the lake the gopīs produced, Kṛṣṇa thought of enjoying rāsa and said, “O lotus-eyed Rādhā, please take some of the holy water from My kuṇḍa and fill up Your kuṇḍa.”
Rādhā said, “No, no, no, no! This is impossible, since the water of Your lake is contaminated by Your terrible sin of killing a cow. My countless sakhīs will bring billions of pots of pure water from Mānasa-gaṅgā to fill up My kuṇḍa. By this My fame will be spread throughout the universe.”
At that time Śrī Kṛṣṇa gestured to a heavenly personality who was an intimate associate of all the holy places. Suddenly that person rose up out of Kṛṣṇa’s kuṇḍa and bowed down to Vṛsabhānunandinī. Then, with folded hands and tears in her eyes, she began to offer praises.
“O goddess, even Lord Brahmā himself, the knower of all scriptures, cannot understand Your glories, nor can Lord Śiva or Laksmī. Only Kṛṣṇa, the best of men, can understand them, and thus He feels obliged to personally wipe the perspiration from Your limbs when You are fatigued. Kṛṣṇa is always anointing Your lotus feet with nectarean cāru and yāvaka and decorating them with ankle bells. Kṛṣṇa rejoices and feels most fortunate simply by serving Your lotus feet. On Kṛṣṇa’s order we have immediately come here to live in this most excellent lake, which He created by one stroke of His heel. But only if You now feel satisfied with us and bestow upon us Your merciful glance will the tree of our desire bear fruit.”
Being satisfied with the praises spoken by the representative of all the holy places, Rādhā said, “So, kindly tell Me your desire.”
The holy places clearly stated their desire: “Our lives will be successful if we can enter Your kuṇḍa. This is the boon we pray for.”
Glancing at Her beloved from the corners of Her eyes, Vṛsabhānunandinī replied with a smile, “Please come.”
Rādhā’s sakhīs all agreed with Her decision and became immersed in the ocean of happiness. Indeed, all the moving and non-moving creatures became enlivened. Thus gaining the mercy of Rādhā, the holy rivers and lakes in Śrī Kṛṣṇa-kuṇḍa forcibly broke through its boundary walls and swiftly filled Rādhā-kuṇḍa with their waters.
Kṛṣṇa said, “O most beloved! May Your kuṇḍa become more famous in the world than Mine. I will come here daily to bathe and to enjoy My water pastimes. Indeed, Your kuṇḍa is as dear to Me as You are.”
Rādhā replied, “I will bathe daily in Your kunda as well, even though You may kill hundreds of Ariṣṭa demons here. In the future, anyone who has intense devotion for this kuṇḍa, which is on the spot where You chastised Ariṣṭāsura, and who bathes or resides here is sure to become very dear to Me (snāyād vasen mama sa eva mahā-priyo ’stu).”
That night a brilliant flash of beautiful lightning in the form of Śrī Rādhikā, whose glory is spread throughout the three worlds, caused a shower of blissful rasa to fall from the Kṛṣṇa cloud by performing a rāsa dance on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa.
|| 10.36.17 ||
yaśodāyāḥ sutāṁ kanyāṁ devakyāḥ kṛṣṇam eva ca
rāmaṁ ca rohiṇī-putraṁ vasudevena bibhyatā
nyastau sva-mitre nande vai yābhyāṁ te puruṣā hatāḥ
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