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Who can bear to give up intimate talks with Lord Uttamaḥśloka? Although He shows no interest in her, Goddess Śrī never moves from her place on His chest.
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- The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa addressed the lord of the ocean: Let the son of My guru be presented at once—the one you seized here with your mighty waves.
- O heroes, now please return home. May Your fame sanctify the world, and may the Vedic hymns be ever fresh in Your minds, both in this life and the next.
- Thus receiving Their guru’s permission to leave, the two Lords returned to Their city on Their chariot, which moved as swiftly as the wind and resounded like a cloud.
- The Supreme Lord Hari, who relieves the distress of all who surrender to Him, once took the hand of His fully devoted, dearmost friend Uddhava and addressed him as follows.
- Simply because I have promised to return to them, My fully devoted cowherd girlfriends struggle to maintain their lives somehow or other.
- ukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus addressed, O King, Uddhava respectfully accepted his master’s message, mounted his chariot and set off for Nanda-gokula.
- After Uddhava had eaten first-class food, been seated comfortably on a bed and been relieved of his fatigue by a foot massage and other means, Nanda inquired from him as follows.
- Nanda Mahārāja said:] My dear most fortunate one, does the son of Śūra fare well, now that he is free and has rejoined his children and other relatives?
- Will Govinda return even once to see His family? If He ever does, we may then glance upon His beautiful face, with its beautiful eyes, nose and smile.
- We were saved from the forest fire, the wind and rain, the bull and serpent demons—from all such insurmountable, deadly dangers—by that very great soul, Kṛṣṇa.
- As mother Yaśodā heard the descriptions of her son’s activities, she poured out her tears, and milk flowed from her breasts out of love.
- Infallible Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the devotees, will soon return to Vraja to satisfy His parents.
- Having killed Kaṁsa, the enemy of all the Yadus, in the wrestling arena, Kṛṣṇa will now surely fulfill His promise to you by coming back.
- He has no mother, no father, no wife, children or other relatives. No one is related to Him, and yet no one is a stranger to Him. He has no material body and no birth.
- Just as a person who is whirling around perceives the ground to be turning, one who is affected by false ego thinks himself the doer, when actually only his mind is acting.
- The Supreme Lord Hari is certainly not your son alone. Rather, being the Lord, He is the son, Soul, father and mother of everyone.
- When the godly sun had risen, the people of Vraja noticed the golden chariot in front of Nanda Mahārāja’s doorway. “Who does this belong to?” they asked.
- The Song of the Bee (Bhramara-gītā)
- By your great fortune you have established an unexcelled standard of pure devotion for the Lord, Uttamaḥśloka—a standard even the sages can hardly attain.
- By your great fortune you have left your sons, husbands, bodily comforts, relatives and homes in favor of the supreme male, who is known as Kṛṣṇa.
- My good ladies, now please hear your beloved’s message, which I, the confidential servant of my master, have come here to bring you.
- By Myself I create, sustain and withdraw Myself within Myself by the power of My personal energy, which comprises the material elements, the senses and the modes of nature.
- When her lover is far away, a woman thinks of him more than when he is present before her.
- Because your minds are totally absorbed in Me and free from all other engagement, you remember Me always, and so you will very soon have Me again in your presence.
- O saintly one, does Govinda ever remember us during His conversations with the city women? Does He ever mention us village girls as He freely talks with them?
- Who can bear to give up intimate talks with Lord Uttamaḥśloka? Although He shows no interest in her, Goddess Śrī never moves from her place on His chest.
- Dear Uddhava Prabhu, when Kṛṣṇa was here in the company of Saṅkarṣaṇa, He enjoyed all these rivers, hills, forests, cows and flute sounds.
- All the days that Uddhava dwelled in Nanda’s cowherd village seemed like a single moment to the residents of Vraja, for Uddhava was always discussing Kṛṣṇa.
- As Uddhava was about to leave, Nanda and the others approached him bearing various items of worship. With tears in their eyes they addressed him as follows.
- Kṛṣṇa Pleases His Devotees
- Having thus gotten the hard-to-get Supreme Lord by the simple act of offering Him body ointment, unfortunate Trivakrā submitted to that Lord of freedom the following request.
- Trivakrā said:] O beloved, please stay here with me for a few days more and enjoy. I cannot bear to give up Your association, O lotus-eyed one!
- Then Lord Kṛṣṇa, wanting to have some things done, went to Akrūra’s house with Balarāma and Uddhava. The Lord also desired to please Akrūra.
- You both are the original Supreme Person, the cause of the universe and its very substance. Not the slightest subtle cause or manifest product of creation exists apart from You.
- You are indeed the best of Our friends, so please go to Hastināpura and, as the well-wisher of the Pāṇḍavas, find out how they are doing.
- Go and see whether Dhṛtarāṣṭra is acting properly or not. When We find out, We will make the necessary arrangements to help Our dear friends.
- Akrūra’s Mission in Hastināpura
- Kuntīdevī, taking advantage of her brother Akrūra’s visit, approached him confidentially. While remembering her birthplace, she spoke with tears in her eyes.
- Now that I am suffering in the midst of my enemies like a doe in the midst of wolves, will Kṛṣṇa come to console me and my fatherless sons with His words?
- By religiously protecting the earth, delighting your subjects with your noble character, and treating all your relatives equally, you will surely achieve success and glory.
- In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone else, O King. We cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of our wife, children and the rest.
- Who can defy the injunctions of the Supreme Lord, who has now descended in the Yadu dynasty to diminish the earth’s burden?
- Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā
- ukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Kaṁsa was killed, O heroic descendant of Bharata, his two queens, Asti and Prāpti, went to their father’s house in great distress.
- This is the purpose of My present incarnation—to relieve the earth of its burden, protect the pious and kill the impious.
- As the women of the city affectionately looked at the Lord, their eyes wide open with love, they scattered flower garlands, yogurt, parched rice and newly grown sprouts upon Him.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa then presented to the Yadu king all the wealth that had fallen on the battlefield—namely, the countless ornaments of the dead warriors.
- Just as the eighteenth battle was about to take place, a barbarian warrior named Kālayavana, sent by Nārada, appeared on the battlefield.
- Translation. Translation. Commentary. Translation. Translation. After thus discussing the matter with balarāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead had a fortress twelve yojanas in circumference built within the sea. Inside that fort he had a city bui
- Appearing virtually within reach of Kālayavana’s hands at every moment, Lord Hari led the King of the Yavanas far away to a mountain cave.
COMMENTARY
The gopīs said, “Surely Kṛṣṇa has abandoned us because we deserve to be abandoned. Indeed, we are the most insignificant women in the world and have been rejected after having been enjoyed. Still, do we sometimes enter into Kṛṣṇa’s memory on account of some good quality of ours, or even because of something we did wrong? Kṛṣṇa must speak very freely with the city women.”
“He and they must sing, joke, make riddles and talk about so many things. Does Kṛṣṇa ever say, ‘My dear city women, your sophisticated singing and speech is unknown to the gopīs in My home village. They couldn’t understand these things.’ Does He ever speak about us even in that way?”
|| 10.47.43 ||
tāḥ kiṁ niśāḥ smarati yāsu tadā priyābhir
vṛndāvane kumuda-kunda-śaśāṅka-ramye
reme kvaṇac-caraṇa-nūpura-rāsa-goṣṭhyām
asmābhir īḍita-manojña-kathaḥ kadācit
TRANSLATION
Does He recall those nights in the Vṛndāvana forest, lovely with lotus, jasmine and the bright moon? As we glorified His charming pastimes, He enjoyed with us, His beloved girlfriends, in the circle of the rāsa dance, which resounded with the music of ankle bells.
COMMENTARY
“O dear gopīs! What is the use of criticizing Kṛṣṇa and the women of Mathurā with crooked words? Why don’t you speak straight-forwardly? Due to the loving expertise of other women and our own misfortune Kṛṣṇa may indeed forget us, but how can He have forgotten His own place of residence?”
In this way some gopīs spoke while crying: “In the charming forest of Vṛndāvana along the Yamunā’s banks, which were splendorous with brilliant white lotuses, jasmines and moonlight, Kṛṣṇa enjoyed with us at the rāsa arena, which resounded with the sounds of ankle bells. Where is there such a river bank in Mathurā? Where else is the music, song and dance so pleasing to Kṛṣṇa? The intimate talks we had with Kṛṣṇa were praised by the heavenly women riding in their airplanes. Do the vile women of Mathurā know any such conversations with Him? Who in Mathurā knows how to make unguents, flower crowns, garlands, and betel-nut preparations for Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure?”
“By remaining in Mathurā, Kṛṣṇa’s happiness has completely disappeared. We will die in disappointment just thinking of Kṛṣṇa’s lack of bliss. If there were some woman in Mathurā like us who could please Kṛṣṇa, then He could enjoy dancing with her, playing His flute and other pastimes. If we heard that such a woman existed, then we could remain in Vṛndāvana happily, even though separate from Kṛṣṇa.”
|| 10.47.44 ||
apy eṣyatīha dāśārhas taptāḥ sva-kṛtayā śucā
sañjīvayan nu no gātrair yathendro vanam ambudaiḥ
TRANSLATION
Will that descendant of Daśārha return here and by the touch of His limbs bring back to life those who are now burning with the grief He Himself has caused? Will He save us in that way, just as Lord Indra brings a forest back to life with his water-bearing clouds?
COMMENTARY
One gopī said, “O sakhīs! Because Kṛṣṇa is unhappy, He will immediately return here.”
Believing this, another gopī said, “Will Kṛṣṇa really come to Vraja and bring us, who are burning up with grief because of Him, back to life with the touch of His beautiful hand?”
|| 10.47.45 ||
kasmāt kṛṣṇa ihāyāti prāpta-rājyo hatāhitaḥ
narendra-kanyā udvāhya prītaḥ sarva-suhṛd-vṛtaḥ
TRANSLATION
But why should Kṛṣṇa come here after winning a kingdom, killing His enemies and marrying the daughters of kings? He’s satisfied there, surrounded by all His friends and well-wishers.
COMMENTARY
Hearing this, one obstinate gopī of the “left-wing” (vāmya) nature spoke. “Hey sakhīs, foolish women! You do not know at all what happiness Kṛṣṇa gets during the rāsa dance. Hear from me what type of happiness He likes!”
Expressing herself in such crooked words, she speaks this verse: “Why will Kṛṣṇa return to Vraja? Here Kṛṣṇa has to undergo the hardships of tending the cows, and there in Mathurā He has obtained a kingdom. Here, Kṛṣṇa can only sport with women from the cowherd caste, and there He can enjoy with ladies of noble descent. So what happiness can Kṛṣṇa enjoy here? Here, Kṛṣṇa is cowherd boy, there Kṛṣṇa is a king. And after some time Kṛṣṇa will get married there.”
This refers to Kṛṣṇa’s marrying Rukmiṇī while living in Mathurā, which occurred during some other day of Brahmā, according to the Purāṇas. Further, the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad 2.48 says:
prāpya mathurāṁ pūriṁ ramyāṁ, sadā brahmadi sevitām
saṅkha-cakra-gadā-śārṇga-, rakṣitāṁ muṣalādibbhiḥ,
yatrāsau saṁsthitaḥ kṛṣṇas, tribhiḥ saktyā samāhitaḥ rāmāniruddha-pradyumnai, rukmiṇyā sahito vibhuḥ
“Śrī Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by His three potencies, and by Balarāma, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, and Rukmiṇī, stays in delightful Mathurā Puri, which is worshiped by Brahmā and the other demigods and protected by the conch, cakra, club, and śārṇga bow.”
|| 10.47.46 ||
kim asmābhir vanaukobhir anyābhir vā mahātmanaḥ
śrī-pater āpta-kāmasya kriyetārthaḥ kṛtātmanaḥ
TRANSLATION
The great soul Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of the goddess of fortune, and He automatically achieves whatever He desires. How can we forest-dwellers or any other women fulfill His purposes when He is already fulfilled within Himself?
COMMENTARY
“O sakhīs! Give up this jealousy and enmity toward Kṛṣṇa, who is completely devoid of love for us.” One gopī thus spoke about Kṛṣṇa’s indifference towards everything.
It may be questioned, “Since Kṛṣṇa is the master of the goddess of fortune, doesn’t He in fact have love for her?” No, because Kṛṣṇa is āpta-kāmasya (fulfilled in all desires) and kṛtātmanaḥ (self-complete); for Him who is complete by nature what need does He have for Lakṣmī? Therefore there is no princess in Mathurā suitable to marry Him.” This confidential truth is being subtly implied to Uddhava.
|| 10.47.47 ||
paraṁ saukhyaṁ hi nairāśyaṁ svairiṇy apy āha piṅgalā
taj jānatīnāṁ naḥ kṛṣṇe tathāpy āśā duratyayā
TRANSLATION
Indeed, the greatest happiness is to renounce all desires, as even the prostitute Piṅgalā has declared. Yet even though we know this, we cannot give up our hopes of attaining Kṛṣṇa.
COMMENTARY
One gopī replied, “Therefore you should give up all hopes of attaining Kṛṣṇa.”
Another gopī said, “But we cannot give Him up (duratyayā) under any circumstance.”
First gopī: “It is difficult for anyone to give up hope concerning Kṛṣṇa. Piṅgalā had desires for men other than Kṛṣṇa, and therefore she could give up those desires.”
|| 10.47.48 ||
ka utsaheta santyaktum uttamaḥśloka-saṁvidam
anicchato ’pi yasya śrīr aṅgān na cyavate kvacit
TRANSLATION
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