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The demon named Vṛka, a son of Śakuni’s, once met Nārada on the road. The wicked fellow asked him which of the three chief gods could be pleased most quickly.
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- The Sages’ Teachings at Kuruksetra
- The Supreme Lord said: Now our lives are indeed successful, for we have obtained life’s ultimate goal: the audience of great yoga masters, which even demigods only rarely obtain.
- Seeing that they were about to leave, the renowned Vasudeva approached the sages. After bowing down to them and touching their feet, he spoke to them with carefully chosen words.
- In this world familiarity breeds contempt. For example, one who lives on the banks of the Ganges might travel to some other body of water to be purified.
- ukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] The sages then spoke again, O King, addressing Vasudeva while all the kings, along with Lord Acyuta and Lord Rāma, listened.
- This is the most auspicious path for a religious householder of the twice-born orders—to selflessly worship the Personality of Godhead with wealth honestly obtained.
- O most respectful one, may a person who wants the highest benefit in life never gain kingly opulence, for it leaves him blind to the needs of his own family and friends.
- Unable to withdraw their minds from Lord Govinda’s lotus feet, where they had surrendered them, Nanda and the cowherd men and women returned to Mathurā.
- Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees
- One day Lord Balarāma brought him to His home as His invited dinner guest, and Arjuna ate the food the Lord respectfully offered him.
- There he saw the wonderful maiden Subhadrā, who was enchanting to heroes. His eyes opened wide with delight, and his mind became agitated and absorbed in thoughts of her.
- Lord Balarāma then happily sent the bride and groom very valuable wedding gifts consisting of elephants, chariots, horses and male and female servants.
- By the will of Providence he obtained each day just what he needed for his maintenance, and no more. Satisfied with this much, he properly executed his religious duties.
- Hearing that Lord Acyuta had arrived, O King, the residents of the cities and villages of Videha joyfully came forth to receive Him with offerings in their hands.
- Both the King of Mithilā and Śrutadeva fell at the Lord’s feet, each thinking that the spiritual master of the universe had come there just to show him mercy.
- What person who knows this truth would ever abandon Your lotus feet, when You are ready to give Your very self to peaceful sages who call nothing their own?
- Appearing in the Yadu dynasty, You have spread Your glories, which can remove all the sins of the three worlds, just to deliver those entrapped in the cycle of birth and death.
- Please stay a few days in our house, along with these brāhmaṇas, O all-pervading one, and with the dust of Your feet sanctify this dynasty of Nimi.
- With the wash water, the virtuous Śrutadeva copiously sprinkled himself, his house and his family. Overjoyed, he felt that all his desires had now been fulfilled.
- The Lord is like a sleeping person who creates a separate world in his imagination and then enters his own dream and sees himself within it.
- O Lord, You are that Supreme Soul, and we are Your servants. How shall we serve You? My Lord, simply seeing You puts an end to all the troubles of human life.
- Prayers by the Personified Vedas
- Thus the ancient saints who travel in the upper heavens distilled this nectarean and confidential essence of all the Vedas and Purāṇas.
- Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura
- When he becomes frustrated in his attempts to make money and instead befriends My devotees, I bestow My special mercy upon him.
- The demon named Vṛka, a son of Śakuni’s, once met Nārada on the road. The wicked fellow asked him which of the three chief gods could be pleased most quickly.
- To test Lord Śambhu’s benediction, the demon then tried to put his hand on the Lord’s head. Thus Śiva was frightened because of what he himself had done.
- O mighty one, please tell Us what you intend to do, if We are qualified to hear it. Usually one accomplishes his purposes by taking help from others.
- O best of the demons, if you have any faith in him because he is the spiritual master of the universe, then without delay put your hand on your head and see what happens.
- The celestial sages, Pitās and Gandharvas rained down flowers to celebrate the killing of sinful Vṛkāsura. Now Lord Śiva was out of danger.
- Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa’s Sons
- Bhṛgu then went to Mount Kailāsa. There Lord Śiva stood up and happily came forward to embrace his brother.
- O King, Bhṛgu then returned to the sacrificial arena of the wise Vedic authorities and described his entire experience to them.
- The brāhmaṇa took the corpse and placed it at the door of King Ugrasena’s court. Then, agitated and lamenting miserably, he spoke the following.
- Citizens serving such a wicked king, who takes pleasure in violence and cannot control his senses, are doomed to suffer poverty and constant misery.
- The rulers of a kingdom in which brāhmaṇas lament over lost wealth, wives and children are merely imposters playing the role of kings just to earn their livelihood.
- Thus convinced by Arjuna, O tormentor of enemies, the brāhmaṇa went home, satisfied by having heard Arjuna’s declaration of his prowess.
- The brāhmaṇa’s wife then gave birth, but after the newborn infant had been crying for a short time, he suddenly vanished into the sky in his selfsame body.
- Having thus advised Arjuna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead had Arjuna join Him on His divine chariot, and together they set off toward the west.
- Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories
- O Malayan breeze, what have we done to displease you, so that you stir up lust in our hearts, which have already been shattered by Govinda’s sidelong glances?
- While fulfilling the highest standards of religious householder life, Lord Kṛṣṇa maintained more than 16,100 wives.
- Among these jewellike women were eight principal queens, headed by Rukmiṇī. I have already described them one after another, O King, along with their sons.
- The great warrior Pradyumna married Rukmī’s daughter [Rukmavatī], who gave birth to Aniruddha. He was as strong as ten thousand elephants.
- To subdue these demons, Lord Hari told the demigods to descend into the dynasty of Yadu. They comprised 101 clans, O King.
- Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura
- The Descendents of Manu’s Daughters
- prajāpatiḥ sa bhagavān
- Manu gave Devahūti the second daughter to Kardama. You have heard from me almost everything about them already.
- tmeśa-brahma-sambhavān
COMMENTARY
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said, “I will give My mercy (kariṣye mad-anugraham) to him. This is the second mercy. I will cause an extraordinary shower of sweet bhakti-rasa to rain down on My devotees. It was for this purpose that My first mercy bore the fruit of tormenting pain.” In this verse the statement kariṣye mad-anugraham, “I give My mercy” can be better stated that “I give mercy in the form of My very self.”
|| 10.88.10 ||
tad brahma paramaṁ sūkṣmaṁ cin-mātraṁ sad anantakam
vijñāyātmatayā dhīraḥ saṁsārāt parimucyate
TRANSLATION
A person who has thus become sober fully realizes the Absolute as the highest truth, the most subtle and perfect manifestation of spirit, the transcendental existence without end. In this way realizing that the Supreme Truth is the foundation of his own existence, he is freed from the cycle of material life.
COMMENTARY
In this verse, Śrī Kṛṣṇa explains how His special mercy is equal to Himself. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said, “My mercy is equal to Brahman, because it is supremely great and because it is imperceivable to persons with material vision. It is superexccllent (paramam) and subtle (sūkṣmam) in the sense it is inconceivable even to the devotee who is being shown mercy. It is purely spiritual (cin-mātraṁ) because of its ability to give experience of prema-rasa (the mellow of pure love), and because it is devoid of any material happiness. It exists through all time (sat), and because of it one has no fear of death (anantakam). As a secondary result, My mercy destroys the cycle of birth and death (samsārāt parimucyate).”
Sometimes the half-verse beginning vijñāyātmatayā is read as part of this verse, but that is against the opinion of our sampradāya, according to Śrī Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī of Sanatana Gosvāmī.
|| 10.88.11 ||
ato māṁ su-durārādhyaṁ hitvānyān bhajate janaḥ
tatas ta āśu-toṣebhyo labdha-rājya-śriyoddhatāḥ
mattāḥ pramattā vara-dān vismayanty avajānate
TRANSLATION
Because I am difficult to worship, people generally avoid Me and instead worship other deities, who are quickly satisfied. When people receive kingly opulences from these deities, they become arrogant, intoxicated with pride and neglectful of their duties. They dare to offend even the demigods who have bestowed benedictions upon them.
COMMENTARY
Kṛṣṇa is difficult to worship because He destroys the happiness of mundane interactions. The person who worships demigods lacks insight (pramattaḥ), becomes proud, and then offends those who bestow benedictions.
|| 10.88.12 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
śāpa-prasādayor īśā brahma-viṣṇu-śivādayaḥ
sadyaḥ śāpa-prasādo ’ṅga śivo brahmā na cācyutaḥ
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Brahmā, Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Śiva and others are able to curse or bless one. Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā are very quick to curse or bestow benedictions, my dear King, but the infallible Supreme Lord is not.
|| 10.88.13 ||
atra codāharantīmam itihāsaṁ purātanam
vṛkāsurāya giriśo varaṁ dattvāpa saṅkaṭam
TRANSLATION
In this connection, an ancient historical account is related concerning how the Lord of Kailāsa Mountain was put into danger by offering a choice of benedictions to the demon Vṛka.
|| 10.88.14 ||
vṛko nāmāsuraḥ putraḥ śakuneḥ pathi nāradam
dṛṣṭvāśu-toṣaṁ papraccha deveṣu triṣu durmatiḥ
TRANSLATION
|| 10.88.15 ||
sa āha devaṁ giriśam upādhāvāśu siddhyasi
yo ’lpābhyāṁ guṇa-doṣābhyām āśu tuṣyati kupyati
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