Govardhana Giri Poojaa Now, Chapter Ten.

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॥ अथ दशमो अध्यायः ॥

The Govardhana Uddharana instance will be narrated here.

Initially, there is a description of the Aatma vidyaa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 1:

Sri Paraasharar – When they were having a nice time, enjoying, Balaraama and Krishna, in Vraja, the rainy season passed, and the autumn came, with all the lotuses blooming.

Raama and Krishna both were wandering around, sporting around in the forest; at that time, the rainy season just passed, and the lotuses bloomed, and autumn set in.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 2:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Each of these descriptions will have some comparison with the Aatma vidyaa. Shapharya is a type of fish. In the waters, these fish started to experience a lot of heat. When a gruhasta is having this feeling of mamatva, idea of possession, because of the attachment to children, land, etc., the idea of possession tortures a gruhasta. The fish suffered just like that.

While describing the wonderful autumn season, Paraasharar is also telling the details of Aatma vidyaa, the upaasanaa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 3:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The peacocks became very quiet. They gave up all passion and became quiet. It was as though, when yogis, when they realize that samsaara is asaara, having got dejected from the cycle of births and deaths, they become mounis; they start to meditate on the Supreme Lord. Just like that, the peacocks became quiet, just like the yogis.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 4:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The clouds became very clear, and were very white. Having rained completely, the rainy season passed, and they had no more waters in them. All the dark clouds left the sky. It was as though the wise ones, who have realized, they leave their houses and go for meditation.

Just as the rain clouds give up all the water, the yogis gave up all the ahamkaara, and mamakaara. Clouds gave up the blackness because there was no more water, the yogis who have realized, got rid of the defects like raaga, dvesha, etc., they became pure. The clouds became white and clear, and like this, the yogis became pure, their minds became very pure. The jnyaanis give up all the virodha.

Each shloka is giving a description of the sharat kaala, with many of the words having the meaning of aatma vidyaa also. This is being explained further. There are many more wonderful shlokaas like this. Which we see next.

Having given up all the waters, through rain, the sky became very clear. The clouds gave up all water through rain. The sky became clear without any clouds. It was as though the wise ones, knowledgeable ones, the enlightened ones, they leave their houses and go for meditation, tapas.

Having given up the ahamkaara, their minds became pure. The blackness with respect to the clouds; the rain bearing clouds are black, and when they pour down the rain, the waters are no more there, they become clear. With respect to yogis, they gave up the raaga, dvesha, etc., and their minds became clean. The skies became clear, and with respect to yogis, their mind became pure.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 5:

Burnt by the fierce rays of the Sun, during autumn, the pools dried up. It was as though, having attachment, or the idea of possession in many many kinds of things, that this is mine, that is mine, the devotion, bhakti, dries up in the minds of the embodied ones.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 6:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The waters of the ponds in autumns become clean, the water lilies started to sprout there. They were the resort to the lilies. It was just like the minds of the pure minded ones, yogis, with the jnyaana, knowledge or enlightenment which they get; their mind becomes clear. With enlightenment, they attain samatva, "Samatvam yoga uchyate" is from the Gita. They see everything as equal. They see aatman everywhere.

The pools started to have all the lilies in the waters. The pure minded ones.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 7:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The full moon was shining brightly, in the clear sky, which was filled with stars. It was as though a yogi shines forth in his last body, his last life. After that, he attains liberation. Among the saadhus, if a yogi is there, who has attained the yoga saturation, just as he shines forth, the full moon was shining forth in the sky full of stars.

On the full moon day.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 8:

All the ponds and rivers started receding, from their banks slowly. It was as though the wise ones, slowly give up the idea of possession, or attachment, in children, land, etc.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 9:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The hamsaas started associating again with the waters of the ponds, which they had left earlier. As though they are hit by the obstructions of samshaya, pramaada, aalasya – those who are not doing yoga properly, get associated again with various kinds of kleshaas, grief, difficulties. Specifically the kleshaas told in yoga are avidyaa, asmitaa, raaga, dvesha, abhinivesha, etc.

In Yoga, it is explained – klesha, antaraaya. Antaraaya is samshaya, pramaada, aalasya, etc.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 10:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The waters of the ocean, were undisturbed, it attained tranquility. It was as though a yogi, who has a firm mind, attains mahaa yogaa, after four kinds of yoga – mantra, sparsha, bhaava, abhaava. Step by step, the yogi attains mahaa yoga. The waters of the ocean became very still and tranquil.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 11:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Everywhere, the waters were very pure and clear. As though the great devotees, those who are devoted to Vishnu, when they realize Bhagavaan Vishnu who is all pervading, then their minds become so pure and clear.

Sarvatra means at all places, and towards all kinds of people, friends or enemies. Their minds become very clear. The clear waters are compared to the clear minds of the saadhus.

This is also told in Srimad Raamaayana as Prasannaambu. Ramaneeyam prasannambu sanmanuyashya mano yathaa. The mind of a noble person is like the clear waters.

Sarvatra is also told as friends, enemies, etc. This is also told as the sign of a Vishnu devotee, which we studied earlier in Vishnu Puraana. He is equally disposed towards himself, friends or enemies.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 12:

When the autumn came and all the clouds were dispersed, and the sky became very clear, it was as though all the kleshaas – avidyaa, asmita, raaga, dvesha, abhinivesha – all are burnt in the fire of yoga, causing their minds to become very clear. The autumn sky was looking just like that, very clear.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 13:

All the heat generated by the fierce rays of the Sun, was cooled down by the moon. It was as though the grief that arises out of the egotism, is cleared by viveka. The discriminatory knowledge that one gets, through yoga, samatva, that viveka eliminates all the egotism and the grief that arises due to egotism.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 14:

The autumn removed the sky of the clouds. The sky was made clear. The dust of the earth got removed. The dirt in the waters was removed. Waters became pure and the earth became clear and dust free. The sky also became clear without clouds. In yoga, pratyaahaara is told – withdrawing all the senses from the sense objects. Just as the pratyaahaara detaches the senses from the sense objects, in the same way, the Sharat kaala cleared the sky, the earth and the waters.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 15:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The pools collected the waters, and this is told as similar to pooraka of a yogi who is practicing praanaayaama everyday. A yogi practicing praanaayaama first takes in the air (pooraka), then keeps it still for some time (kumbhaka), and then leaves it (rechaka). The ponds were taking water from the canal, collecting it, storing for some time, and then giving them for all the plants. It was as though they were practicing praanaayaama like the yogis.

Pooraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka are explained. The ponds themselves are in the place of yogis. From the canals, they collect water as a yogi does pooraka in praanaayaama. After that, they collect the waters, similar to the air that is taken in by the yogis during praanaayaama; they store it and give it back for the plants to grow. It is as though they are practicing praanaayaama.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 16:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

From now, Paraasharar starts to tells about the Govardhana giri episode. Before that the wonderful description of Sharat kaala, and Aatma vidyaa was told. During Sharat kaala, when the skies became clear, with all the stars seen, Krishna sees all those who are living in Vraja, the gopaas, starting to get ready for the utsava to worship Indra. They were getting ready, and started working towards that. He saw them do that.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 17:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

When Krishna saw all those people, getting ready and working towards that, in order to carry out the utsava of worshipping Indra, they were very much interested in that utsava. They were all with great joy and interest for that. With great curiosity, Krishna asked the elderly gopaas like this –

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 18:

What is this Indra utsava? You are all feeling happy and joyous, and starting with great desire to perform this, what is this utsava of Indra. Nandagopa and others told him the details.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 19:

Nandagopa – The lord of all the waters and clouds, is none other than Devaraaja, the King of the gods, who is Shatakratu, Indra. Being ordained by him, they pour down the waters, which is the essence for us.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 20:

With all the rains that come, because of that, the plants and all grow here, and all of us who are living here, we are living based on that, and we use all those plants, and worship the devataas with all the things that we grow here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 21:

All the cows here give us a lot of milk. They also have their calves. All this prosperity is happening due to the rains. The cows consume all these plants, and grass, and grow fat and healthy. They give us a lot of milk.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 22:

Where there are rain bearing clouds, which bring down a lot of rain, there will be no place there are no plants, or no grass. People will never be hungry there.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

People never suffer from hunger. All are very happy, and there is all kind of prosperity.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 23:

Whatever water is there on the earth in the ponds, the Sun rays suck it up, and they deposit in the clouds, and the clouds again, bring them down in the form of rains, for the good of the world.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 24:

All the kings, they worship with great joy, Indra during the rainy season. And they perform a yaaga, and worship Indra. We are also like that only, we also do the same thing.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

After the rainy season passes, and autumn comes, they do this yaaga. Because already the Sharat kaala has been told. Gargaachaarya and others have told that in the Shraavana-Bhaadrapada months, the Varshaa kaala, on the Dvaadashi day, they start the yaaga of worshipping Indra, this has to be taken as the time after the Govardhana Uddharana. Garga and others have told Varshaa kaala, but this is Sharat kaala. For this, some pramaanaas are given here from Harivamsha – in the four months, I will give You half, so Krishna takes away two months. So, two months become rainy season, and two months become autumn.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 25:

Sri Paraasharar –

When Krishna heard from Nandagopa that they are all starting a great yaaga for worshipping Indra, Daamodara Krishna told like this, which will actually make Indra very angry.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 26:

Krishna – We are all people living in the forest like nomads. We are not farmers.

We don't do trading and such. Cows only are gods for us, we only live with them.

We keep moving around in the forest.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 27:

There are four vidyaas told – Aanveekshikee, Trayee, Vaartaa, Dandaneeti. Aanveekshikee is the tarka shaastra. Trayee is the Vedaas – Poorva kaanda, yajnya, yaaga. etc. Vaartaa is vaanijya – trading, farming, etc. Dandaneeti is political science of the kings. Out of these four, I am going to tell you about Vaartaa – trading, farming, etc. Do listen to me.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 28:

This vidyaa which is called Vaartaa, has three kinds of occupation – farming, trading, and rearing cows.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 29:

In these three kinds of occupations in Vaartaa, farmers are the ones who do farming. Traders do the buying and selling, trading. For us, raising cattle is our occupation. This is how it is divided.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Raising cattle is our occupation. Vaartaa has three kinds as told.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 30:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Those who are associated with a particular vidyaa, for them, they have to respect and follow that only. That vidyaa with which they are associated, becomes god for them. That is the one they resort to for living. One has to worship or respect that only. That is only useful to that person.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 31:

Those who reap the benefits of one occupation, and respect some other occupation, they will not get anything while living here, or in other worlds. They don't get any prosperity. If one is doing trading, but respects farming, then that person is neither respected as a trader or a farmer. They won't get anything good while living here, and after death also. They won't prosper.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 32:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The land is known as long as it is good for cultivation. That much of land, is only good for cultivation. That is the limit of the farmers. After that land, the forest starts. There is some land, good for cultivation, and after that, the forest starts. At the end of the forest, the mountains are there. That is the ultimate resort for us. Our limit extends that far only, up to the forest.

The limit of the land is when various kinds of occupation happen. Certain portions of the land are good for cultivation. After that, the forests start. Then the mountains are there. Our limit extends that far only.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 33:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

We are not limited to four walls. We are not limited to house or fields.

Those who live inside villages, live inside a house, inside four walls. We are not people like that, who live inside four walls. We are also not traders who stay in a place like that. The lands which they cultivate, the farmers, are limited to house and land. We are happy living everywhere. As people move around in the carts, just like that, we move around everywhere. We are happy in all the places. We are not limited to staying within four walls. We take a cart, put all our things there, and keep going, moving to a place where there is water and grass, available, taking our cattle. We are not limited to living with land and house.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 34:

It is heard that all the mountains here take different forms, they can take any form they want. In their peaks, they sport taking desired forms.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 35:

These mountains which take different forms, which are sporting around in their peaks, when they are offended by someone, these mountains take the form of lions, and kill them. Krishna tells this to the gopaas, in order to create fear in them, and make them believe to worship the Govardhana giri.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 36:

Because of this, let us worship the mountain. Let us perform the yaaga for giri, mountain, worshipping the giri through a yajnya. Let us also do go yajnya, worshipping the cows. What have we to do with Mahendra? Our gods are cows and mountains only.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 37:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The Brahmins perform yaagaas, through mantraas, to the devataas known through those mantraas. They worship the devataas through the mantraas. The farmers do the yaaga with the plough. We are living in forest, and mountain, so, we have to do giri-yajnya and go-yajnya only.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 38:

Therefore, Govardhana only has to be worshipped by all of you, by offering various things which are good for offering to Govardhana. Let us offer pashu bali also, and things which are fit to be offered as bali in yajnya. Let us perform the giri yajnya to Govardhana giri, as ordained in the scriptures.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 39:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

For this, let us collect all the milk, from all the go-shaalaas, the places where cows are living, in this Vraja. You don't have to think twice in this matter. Let us feed all the Brahmins, with that, and also the beggars and others who are seeking food.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 40:

Having fed all the Brahmins and having performed the homa, having worshipped the Govardhana, let the heads of the cows be decorated with the flowers which are found during this autumn, Sharat kaala. Let the cows go around the Govardhana in circumambulation, pradakshina to Govardhana giri.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 41:

O Gopaas, this is what I think is right, and this is My view. If we do this with great love, then all the mountains and cows will be extremely pleased, and I will also be pleased.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 42:

Sri Paraasharar – With these words, when Krishna explained in all this detail, Nandagopa and others were extremely pleased, and showing great joy in their faces, and being very happy, they said "You told the right thing, You told the right thing, this is what we should do".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 43:

"O son, what You are telling is extremely good, and pleasing to us, let us do the same thing. Let us start preparing for Giri yajnya".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 44:

Having performed the Giri yajnya, the worshipping of Govardhana, all the people of Vraja, with curd, paayasa, maamsa, they gave bali to the Govardhana mountain.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 45:

They also fed all the Brahmins in hundreds and thousands. They felt extremely pleased and happy.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 46:

All the cows being decorated by the flowers, of the autumn, Sharat kaala, they did a pradakshina of the Govardhana parvata. The bulls roared loudly, as though the thunders of water bearing clouds.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 47:

Krishna sat on top of the mountain, Govardhana giri, and said "I am only the Govardhana mountain", and He ate a lot of food, various kinds of food, offered by the gopaas.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 48:

With His own form, He also, along with all the gopaas, he climbed over the Govardhana, and started to worship, with a second form of His own.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 10, Shloka 49:

The gopaas returned back from Govardhana, to their places, and did the Giri yajnya.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

This is the Govardhana pooja. What is the result of this, what happens, with Indra bringing down continuous severe rains, and heavy winds, Indra's anger, and how Krishna controls all those things, how Krishna protects them by lifting the Govardhana giri, this wonderful act of Krishna, is going to be explained in the next chapter, which we see next.

This completes Chapter Ten.

We just concluded Chapter 10 of Amsha 5. Where, after listening to the explanation and justification given by Krishna, Nandagopa and others decided to perform the worship of Govardhana giri, instead of Indra. They performed it with great pomp and gaiety.

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