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Akroora comes to see Krishna Now,

Chapter Seventeen.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 1:

Sri Paraasharar – Akroora left and came to Gokula, in a chariot which moves very fast, eagerly waiting to see Krishna, he comes to Nandagokula.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 2:

Akroora thought, while travelling, that "There is no one who is more fortunate than me, because I am going to see Chakri, saakshaat Amsha of Vishnu, who has incarnated here. I am going to see His wonderful face".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 3:

Today only, my janma has become fruitful. So long, it was like a night. Now, it is going to be like a dawn for me. He has wonderful eyes like the lotus. I am going to see His face, and this is dawn for me in my life.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 4:

Even if someone meditates on Him, and just remembers, that destroys all the sins. That form, that face of Bhagavaan, I am going to see.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The form of Krishna is out of His own sankalpa, that He has incarnated here. Aditi, Devaki worshipped Bhagavaan for many many years, and got a boon from Him that He will be born here, as their son. According to this, He takes the form of deva, manushya, as Upendra, Krishna. This is common to even vibhava avataaras. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says that "Whatever form one worships Me in, I will reveal Myself to them in the same form". Taam tathaa eva bhajaami, where bhajaami upaasanaa means darshayaami according to Bhaashyakaarar. Even in the, when one meditates upon Bhagavaan, in their hrudaya, He gives a similar experience to them. Or, He takes different forms out of His own will. In the meditation also, whatever form we see outside, we have to think of the same form inside also, inside our mind.

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

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

All the Vedaas came out of His face only, He only did upadesha to Chaturmukha Brahma. He does that in every srushti. The Bhagavaan's face is the resting house of all the Vedaangaas, the tejo padaarthaas. That face of Bhagavaan, I am going to see.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 6:

In yajnyaas, He is worshipped as yajnya purusha. By all the other purushaas, He is worshipped as Purushottama. He is the support of the entire world. That Supreme Lord of the world, I am going to see His face.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 7:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Having worshipped Him with a yaaga, ishti, Indra performed hundred yaagas worshipping Bhagavaan Vishnu, he is called Shatakratu. And he became the lord of the devaas. The beginningless and endless Bhagavaan, I am going to see that Keshava tomorrow.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 8:

Whose svaroopa, even Indra, Rudra, Ashvini devataas, Ashta Vasus, Aadityaas, Marut Ganaas – none of them can know or realize His form, is going to be perceived by me, directly by my eyes. This is going to be pratyaksya to me tomorrow.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 9:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

He is the inner self of everything, He knows everything. He is all pervading, inside and outside, without any gap. He is not like agni or vaayu, but like aakaasha. It is impossible to think of Him, to know His svaroopa fully. He is avayaya, and all pervading. He is going to converse with me tomorrow.

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

That One who incarnated as Matsya, Koorma, Varaaha, Hayagreeva, Narasimha, One who did wonderful acts to sustain this world, the beginningless one, is going to converse with me today.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 11:

That Supreme Lord of the world, in order to perform His wonderful acts during his avataara, according to His sankalpa, He has come here taking on the form of a human. He takes on whatever form He wants, as per His will.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 12:

That Ananta, who supports the entire earth on His head, the one who has incarnated on this earth for the good of the world, that Balaraama is going to address me as "Akroora".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 13:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The prakruti which is made of Sattva, Rajas, Tamas, which is modified in all the forms of father, son, friend, brother, mother, relative, etc. Different people think in different relationships. Nobody can understand all these, or cross over the maaya. For one who surrenders to Him, out of His own grace, one can cross over this maayaa. To that Supreme Lord, I pay obeisance to Him.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 14:

If one meditates upon Bhagavaan in their mind, they can cross over all this Avidyaa. He is only Yogamaayaa, He is only Ameya. I pay obeisance to Him.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Maayaa is told as Avidyaa here, because, what it does is – it hides the Bhagavat svaroopa from us, we will not be able to realize that He is there inside us, and it also creates wrong understanding; that is why it is told as Avidyaa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 15:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

By those who perform yaagaas, He is worshipped as Yajnya Purusha. By those who are established in performing the Bhagavat shaastraas, Aagamaas, Paancharaatra, He is worshipped as Vaasudeva. Those who are knowledgeable about Vedaanta, they worship Him as Vishnu. That is how He is eulogized by all, and I bow down to Him.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 16:

One who is supporting the whole world, everything is established in Him, He supports everything. That is the truth, and because of that truth, let Him be pleased with me.

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

On just remembering Him, one will be bestowed with all the auspicious things, that Purusha who is well known in the Purusha Sookta, I take refuge in that Hari.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

This is how Akroora is praying himself, in his mind, waiting eagerly to get the darshana of Sri Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 18:

Sri Paraasharar – Akroora's body, mind, was completely filled with devotion to Krishna. Sunset was about to happen. At that time, he reached Gokula, thinking about Bhagavaan and His wonderful svaroopa.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Just before sunset, when the Sun was just setting, at that time, Akroora reached Gokula, all the time thinking with great devotion, about Sri Krishna.

At Gokula, Akroora sees Krishna's wonderful form and eulogizes Him. How he sees this wonderful form of Krishna, and the darshana that he gets, and things which happen after that, are going to start from here, which we see next.

We are doing arthaanusandhaana of Chapter 17 of Amsha 5. Where Akroora has been sent by Kamsa, to bring Krishna and Balaraama to the Dhanuryajnya, with the wicked idea that he wants to eliminate Them. All the gopaas also bring in plenty of milk, butter, curd, etc., to offer to Kamsa. While coming, Akroora is thinking of the wonderful svaroopa of Bhagavaan Krishna, and is continuously meditating on this, and his entire janma has become saphala because he is going to behold Bhagavaan Sri Krishna, right in front of his eyes. He has just reached Gokula.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 19:

He then saw Krishna in a place where cows were milked, at the time of milking of the cows, in the evening. Krishna was among the calves. and had the wonderful radiance of the petal of a bloomed Neelotpala, blue lily.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 20:

His eyes were like the petals of a just bloomed lotus. Akroora saw the Srivatsa mark on His chest. Krishna had long arms. Akroora saw His broad and high chest, and high nose. All these wonderful features, Akroora saw in Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 21:

He saw His face, which was just like lotus, wearing a most wonderful and playful smile. He had dark red nails. He was standing on the ground firmly.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 22:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

He was wearing Peetaambara, yellow cloth. He had decorated Himself with all the flowers available in the forest. He was wearing ornaments like the white lotus, ornaments were all white, and He was of dark hue, like a Neelotpala; it was as though it was a combination of the moon and Neelaachala parvata, both were seen there together.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 23:

Standing next to Him, he saw Balaraama, who had the radiance of a swan, a jasmine and the moon, all together. He was wearing blackish blue clothes, and He was very fair. Whereas Krishna was of blackish blue hue, and was wearing Peetaambara.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 24:

He had very high and broad arms and shoulders, and His face was like a well bloomed lotus. He was looking as though it was another Kailaasa parvata, which was surrounded by a series of clouds wonderfully.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 25:

He saw both of them looking so wonderfully, as though both their faces were like full bloomed lotuses; Akroora saw them, and he had horripilation all over.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 26:

That supreme tejas, He is the supreme goal of attainment, because He was Para Vaasudeva's amsha. The two amshaas of Para Vaasudeva came down to incarnate as Krishna and Balaraama.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 27:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Akroora's pair of eyes attained saaphalya, ultimate satisfaction, ultimate truth inside, when he saw the supporter of the entire world. He felt that all parts of his body, also would attain the same thing, with the grace of Bhagavaan. If he embraces Him completely, all parts of his body will also attain saaphalya.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 28:

If He places His lotus hands on my back, just as friend hugs another friend, the touch of even a finger of Sri Krishna, means that all the sins are completely destroyed, and they will attain all the benefits.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Bhagavaan's lotus hands will cause complete purity, and eliminate all the sins of the person who gets His touch. This is explained in three shlokaas here. Shreemat is the attribute of hasta-padma, means that it is very shreshtha, shree yukta.

Three shlokaas are going to explain the mahimaa, or wonderful characteristics of His wonderful hands and palms.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 29:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

By which hands holding the Sudarshana Chakra, which is so fierce that it is like fire, lightning, and sunrays, all put together. The discus is like that, so fierce. When He uses that discus, chakra, all the entire army of the followers of the king of asuraas, daityaas, were killed, and all their wives who were wearing anjana, collyrium in their eyes, that got washed away, as they were crying for the loss of their husbands. This is all the acts that His hand has done.

This is being eulogized by Akroora, that He had such hands, which was bearing the Sudarshana Chakra, and when He used that earlier, He killed the entire army of the demons.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 30:

In which hand, by pouring water, during the daana, yajnya of Bali, Bali went to Paataala and enjoyed all the pleasures, when he gave everything in daana, his fame increased so much. When Bhagavaan's grace, he had all the enjoyments in Paataala. He also attained amaratva, and became Indra, got Indra pada in another manvantara. All his enemies were destroyed. That is the greatness of the lotus hands of Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 31:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

I have not committed any sins, and I do not have any defects, but because Kamsa has taken me as his assistant, I am subordinated to Kamsa, and am now subjected to all kinds of defects, being a part of Kamsa's group, and having all the doshaas, being very defective now. Will He neglect me, or ridicule me because I have been subordinated to Kamsa, and doing service to him. If that happens, then my birth itself is futile, and let nobody get this kind of birth, where all the saadhu janaas reject him.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 32:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

If Krishna is present in the heart of all the beings, who is without any defects, He always reveals Himself all the time. In the entire world, what is there which He does not know, because He is present in the hearts of every being.

Because He is sarvajnya, He knows that I do not have any sin, I am sinless, and He will definitely accept me. Amalasattva is sattva without any defects; because all the chetanaas, though in svaroopa are jnyaanaatmaka and are subjected to defects because of association with prakruti of the nature of rajas and tamas, but in nature they are all jnyaanaatmaka. But, Bhagavaan is not like that, he is amalasattva; He is pure sattva, without any doshaas; He is not having rajas and tamas. His svaroopa is never covered.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 17, Shloka 33:

With great devotion, and having the feeling of complete subordination, I am going to see Krishna. He is the Supreme Lord, Lord of lords. He is the very amsha of Purushottama. I am going to approach Bhagavaan Sri Krishna, Akroora thinks to himself.

This completes Chapter Seventeen.

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