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tam vilokyAgatam preshTham prIti utphulla dRuSo abalA:
uttasthur yugapat sarvAs tanva: prANam ivAgatam 10.32.3
(When the gopis saw that their dear most Krishna had returned to them, they all stood up at once, and out of their intense longing for Him they stared at Him with wide open eyes. It was as if their very life had returned back to their bodies (since they were as good as dead without Krishna).)
kAcit karAmbujam Saurer jagRuhe anjalinA mudA
kAcid dadhAra tat bAhum amse candana rUShitam 10.32.4
(One gopi joyfully placed Krishna's hand between her folded palms, and another placed His arm, anointed with sweet smelling sandalwood paste, on her shoulder. LORD lets His devotees do anything as per their wish.)
ekA bhrukuTim Abadhya prema samrambha vihvalA
ghnatI iva aikshat kaTAkshepai: sandashTa daSana cchadA 10.32.6
(One gopi, who was in fact full of love for her Master pretended to besides herself with anger, and down upon her lips and stared at Him with frowning eyebrows - as if to wound Him with her harsh glances.)
aparAnimishat dRugbhyAm jushANA tan mukhAmbujam
ApItam api nAtRupyat santa: tat caraNam yathA 10.32.7
(Another gopi looked at Him with unblinking eyes upon His lotus face, but even after deeply relishing its sweetness She did not feel satiated, just as mystic saints are never satiated when meditating upon the Lord's feet.)
tam kAcin netra randhreNa hRudi kRutyA nimIlya ca
pulakAngi upaguhyAste yogIvAnanda samplutA 10.32.8
(One gopi absorbed the Lord through her eyes and placed Him within her heart. Then, with her eyes closed, she embraced Him from within. Her body hairs stood erect as she was meditating upon the Lord. Thus immersed in ecstasy, she resembled a yogi meditating upon the Lord.
Oh! kRushNa, please give us the strength to enjoy the gopIs.)
sarvA: tA: keSavAloka paramotsava nirvRutA:
jahur virahajam tApam prAjnam prApya yathA janA: 10.32.9
(All the gopis enjoyed immensely when they saw their beloved Keshava again. They finally gave up the distress of separation, just as people forget their sorrow when they are with some great soul. All their viraham disappeared in seconds. Blessed are the gopIs kRushNa.)
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tAbhi: vidhUta SokAbhir bhagavAn acyuto vRuta:
vyarocatAdhikam tAta purusha: Saktibhir yathA 10.32.10
(By the appearance of Krishna, Gopis were now relieved of their distress. They encircled Lord Acyuta and he was shining radiantly. Sree Sukar compares Krishna encircled by the Gopis as the supreme purusha encircled by His various shakti’s.)
tA: samAdAya kAlindyA nirviSya pulinam vibhu:
vikasat kunda mandAra surabhi anila shaT padam 10.32.11
(The almighty Lord then took the gopis with Him to the bank of the Kalindi. In that auspicious place the breeze, bearing the fragrance of blooming kunda and mandara flowers, attracted many bees.)
Sarat candrAmSu sandoha dhvasta dosshA tama: Sivam
kRushNAyA hasta taralA cita komala vAlukam 10.32.12
(The rays from autumn moon dispelled the darkness of night. The banks of river Yamuna were filled with soft sand due the waves from the river.)
tat darSana AhlAda vidhUta hRud rujo manorathAntam Srutayo yathA yayu:
svair uttarIyai: kuca kunkumAnkitair acIklupann Asanam Atma bandhave 10.32.13
(The very sight of Lord kRushNa removed all the stress that they had. They had the bhagavat sAkhAtkAram and they appeared like the Sruti DevatAs. They removed their uttarIyams smeared with their kunkum on their chest and made a nice cushion for their 'Atmabandhu' to sit. They gave the best of what they had to their Lord.)
tatropavishtho bhagavAn sa ISvaro yogeSvarAntar hRudi kalpitAsana:
cakAsa gopI pariShad gato arcitas trailokya lakshmi eka padam vapur dadhat 10.13.14
(Lord Krishna, the Supreme Lord, the same Lord for whom the great masters of yoga have a special place within their hearts, took His seat in the assembly of gopis. Here, the Gopis have surrendered their hearts to the Lord. He showed His divine form to the Gopis accepting their hospitality.)
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SraddhA amRuta kathAyAm me SaSwat madanukIrttanam
parinishThA ca pUjAyAm stutibhi: stavanam mama 11.19.20
(Uddhava, becasue I am so pleased with you, I will explain bhakti yoga to you. Everlasting attraction to my nectar like story (tava kathAmRutam kRushNa tapta jIvanam - says gopikAs) in listening as well as explaining. Strict descipline in worshipping me and always singing my names and glories will take one to pure bhakti yoga, Uddhava.)
Adara: paricaryAyAm sarvAngai: abhivandanam
madbhakta pUjA abhyadhikA sarva bhUteshu manmati: 11.19.21
(Extreme happiness in service (like serving temple, devotees and needy), sAshTAnga namaskArams in front of divinity, above all respect offered to my devotees and the thought that I dwell in every being leads to bhaktiyogam uddhava.)
madartheshu angaceshTA ca vacasA madguNa IraNam
mayi arppaNanca manasa: sarva kAma vivarjjanam 11.19.22
(All physical activities for my sake, words always for singing my glories, offering the mind to me (entertaining nothing but the Lord mentally) and giving up all desires will grow as you keep progressing in Bhaktiyoga, Uddhava. If only we consider all our actions for nothing but pleasing the Lord, how wonderful the world would be! Oh! kRushNa why do you think you need only one Uddhava? And were are you hiding when an Uddhava is insulted? Does Uddhava have to come and tell you? Will He care to tell you, kRushNa? You have always shown your rays of blessings kRushNa. We fail to notice it many times.)
madarthe artha parityAga: bhogasya ca sukhasya ca
ishTam dattam hutam japtam madartham yat vratam tapa: 11.19.23
(Spending wealth for my sake (for dharmam, temple etc.), staying away from luxury and comfort, performing Yaga, charity, homa and mantra japam, observing vratAs, tolerance (suffering to take care of sAdhus) all these for my sake leads one to bhakti yoga, Uddhava. The Lord does not need our wealth. But, helping temples etc. nourishes bhakti in all and becomes His service. )
evam dharmmai: manushyANAm uddhava Atma nivedanam
mayi snajAyate bhakti: ka: anya: artha: asya avaSishyate 11.19.24
(Oh! Uddhava, one who offers himself to me like this through these kind of dharmmas, will be blessed with supreme prema bhakti towards me. What more they need in life? Very true. No more fishing for anything.)
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sabhajayitva tam ananga dIpanam sahasa lIlekshaNa vibhrama bhruva
samsparSanena anka kRutanghri hastayo: samstutya Ishat kupita babhashire 10.32.15
(This sudden appearance of Sri Krishna when all had seem lost, Gopi’s were filled with great joy in their hearts. They honored Him by glancing at Him with playful smiles, gesturing playfully with their eyebrows, and massaging His hands and feet as they held them in their laps. Even while worshiping Him, however, they felt somewhat angry, and thus they addressed Him as follows. They know that kRushNa knows everything. Still they wanted to say it with their own mouth, which kRushNa is waiting to hear.)
bhajato anubhajanti eka eka etad viparyayam
na ubhayAn ca bhajanti eka etan na: brUhi sadhu bho: 10.32.16
(The gopis asked: Some people reciprocate the love only to those who in turn love them, while others show affection even to those who are indifferent or inimical. And then are others who do not show love toward anyone. Dear Krishna, please properly explain this matter to us. They were indirectly asking kRushNa which category He belongs to as He left them in the middle of the night, leaving them to cry for Him.)
Ask kRushNa anything. HE HAS THE PERFECT, STRAIGHT ANSWER.
mitho bhajanti ye sakhya: svarthaikanta udyamA hi te
na tatra sauhRudam dharma: svarthartham tat hi na anyatha 10.32.17
(The Lord Krishna replied: Those who love others for some kind of benefit do not truly love anyone but themselves. Their behavior is completely guided by self interest. They have no true friendship, nor are they following the principles of dharma. Neither good will nor virtue plays any part in this, for such love has a purely selfish motive. kRushNa, please save us from this list.)
bhajanti abhajato ye vai karuNa: pitarau yatha
dharmo nirapavado atra sauhRudam ca sumadhyama: 10.32.18
(Those people who love others without receiving anything is return are the people who are truly following their dharma, just like the parents who love their children and the sAdhUs who love their devotees - without any expectation. O dear gopi’s their love is pure and faultless and they are our true well-wishers.)
bhajato api na vai kecid bhajanti abhajata: kuta:
AtmArAma hi apta kama akRutajna guru druha: 10.32.19
(Then there are some who do not love even those who love them, much less those who do not love them. These people are either sages who are reveling in their own self and have no knowledge of the external world or those who are materially fulfilled and free from all craving or by nature ungrateful or dullards who are simply incapable of appreciating a good turn done to them (gurudrohi!). For a second gopIs delighted as He Himslef classified in the last category! But, wait a second says the Lord. I always have a special category for myself!)
na aham tu sakhyo bhajato api jantUn bhajami amIshAm anuvRutti vRuttaye
yathA adhano labdha dhane vinashTe tat cintayanyan nibhRuto na veda 10.32.20
(O dear gopi’s I for my part do not come under any of these categories! I am supremely compassionate but I may not immediately reciprocate the love shown by those who worship me. But this is only because that I want to intensify their loving devotion. They then become like a poor man who has gained a treasure and then lost it, and who thus becomes so anxious about it that he can think of nothing else.)
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yadA Atmani arppitam cittam SAntam sattwa upabRumhitam
dharmmam jnAnam savairAgyam aiSwaryam ca abhipadyate 11.19.25
(Uddhava, when the sattwaguNa keeps progressing, mind reaches a very calm stage. When that mind is in harmony with Atma, it attains dharma, and detachment filled knowledge and merges with the divinity.)
yat arppitam tat vikalpe indriyai: paridhaVati
raja:swalam ca asannishTham cittam viddhi viparyayam 11.19.26
(Uddhava, when the mind is stuck on body and individuality, when it is roaming outside with other indriyAs, it is predominant in rajoguNa and more interested in 'not so good activities', understand that the same mind leads one to down fall. So, mind is the reason for everything.)
dharma: mat bhaktikRut prokta: jnAnam ca eka Atma darSanam
guNeshu asanga: vairAgyam aiswaryam ca aNimAdaya: 11.19.27
(Uddhava let me tell you the dharma that I was referring to. Anything that will increase the devotion to me is 'dharma' Uddhava. Realising that Atman is the dweller in everything that exist as individual is the knowledge. Staying aloof from guNAs is detachment. aNimA etc. ashTa mahAsidhIs are Iswaryam. All these can be attained if one can keep their mind steady in me, as I am the sarvAtma.)
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Yesterday I was reading Vamana Avatar in Shrimad Bhagavatham.
I got 1 doubt.
Vamana Avatar starts like this in that book
Mahabali was very upset after being defeated by Indhra…
(After that only he did penance and got weapons from god and defeated Indra and Vamana Avatar goes like this we all know)
My doubt is, when/How Mahabali was defeated by Indra?
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Lord kRushNa appeared in the rAsamaNDali.
tava vilokanAt gopikA janA: pramada sankulA: pankajekshaNa
amRuta dhArayA sampLutA iva stimitatAm dadhu: tvatpurogatA: N 68.1
(KrushNa, seeing you again was a delight for gopikAs. Oh! Guruvayurappa, it was like getting drenched in a amRuta downpour.)
tadanu kAcana tvat karAmbujam sapadi gRuhNatI nirviSankitam
ghana payodhare samvidhAya sA pulaka samvRutA tasthushI ciram N 68.2
(Oh! kRushNa, there after one GopikA suddenly caught hold of your hand and with no hesitation held it on her heavy bosom. She stool still for a long time, her hairs standing on end.)
tava vibho aparA komalam bhujam nija galAntare paryaveshTayat
gala samudgatam prANa mArutam pratinirundhatI iva ati harshulA N 68.3
(Oh! Omnipresent, another Gopi who was very happy took your hand and entwined it around her neck. It looked as she was trying to block her life from getting out. )
apagata trapA kApi kAmini tava mukhAmbujAt pUga carvitam
pratigRuhayya tat vaktra pankaje nidadhatI gatA pUrNakAmadAm N.68.4
(Krushna, another beloved Gopi, who was free of shame, removed the betel that you were chewing from your lotus mouth and placed it in her lotus mouth. She reached a state where all her desires have been fulfilled.)
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evam madarthojjhita loka veda svAnAm hi vo mayi anuvrittaye abalA:
mayA paroksham bhajatA tirohitam mAsUyitum mArhatha tat priyam priyA: 10.32.21
(My dear Gopi’s, I know that it’s only for My sake you have completly disregarded the opinion of the rest of the world, of the Vedas and of your relatives. I acted as I did only to increase your attachment to Me. Even when I removed Myself from your sight by suddenly disappearing, I never stopped loving you. Therefore, My beloved gopis, please do not harbor any bad feelings toward Me!)
na pAraye aham niravadya samyujAm sva sAdhu kRutyam vibudhAyushApi va:
yA mAbhajan durjara geha SRunkhalA: samvRuScya tad va: pratiyAtu sAdhunA 10.32.22
(I will not be able to repay My debt for your spotless service, even within a lifetime of Brahma. Your connection with Me is free from all blemish. You have worshiped Me, completely surrendered by cutting off all domestic ties, which are extremely hard to break. Therefore please let your own glorious deeds be your compensation.)
ittham bhagavato gopya: SrutvA vAcah supeSalA:
jahur virahajam tApam tat anga upacita ASisha: 10.33.1
(Sree Sukar said: When the gopi’s heard the Supreme Lord speak these most charming words, they forgot their distress caused by separation from Him. They felt all their desires fulfilled as they touched His divine body (embodiment of bliss).)
tatrArabhata govindo rAsa krIdAm anuvratai:
strI ratnair anvita: prItair anyonyAbaddha bAhubhi: 10.33.2
(There on the sandy banks of Yamuna Lord Govinda then began the pastime of the rasa dance in the company of those jewels among women, the faithful gopis, who joyfully linked their arms together.)
rAsotsava: sampravRutto gopI manDala maNDita:
yogeSvareNa kRushNena tAsAm madhye dvayor dvayo:
pravishTena gRuhItAnAm svanikaTam stiya:10.33.3
(The great rasa dance thus began, with the gopis arranged in a circle. Lord Krishna cloned Himself and entered between each pair of gopis, and as that master of all Yoga’s placed His arms around their necks, each girl thought He was standing next to her alone! The various gods and their wives were overwhelmed with eagerness to witness the rasa dance, and they soon crowded the sky with their hundreds of celestial airplanes. What divine sight.)
valayAnAm nUpurANAm kinkiNInAm ca yoshitAm
sa priyANAm abhUt Sabdas tumulo rAsa maNDale 10.33.6
(A large sound arose from the armlets, anaklets, and waist bells of the gopis as they sported with their beloved Krishna in the circle of the rasa dance.)
pAda nyAsair bhuja vidhutibhi: sasmitair bhrU vilAsair bhajyan madhyaiS cala kuca paTai: kundalair ganda lolai:
svidyan mukhya: kabara raSanAgranthaya: kRushNa vadhvo gAyantyas tam taDita iva tA megha cakre vireju: 10.33.8
(The gopis sang in praise of Krishna, their feet danced, their hands made graceful motions and gestures, and their eyebrows moved with playful smiles. With their braids and belts tied tight, their waists bending, their faces perspiring, the garments swaying from end to another , and their earrings swinging on their cheeks, Lord Krishna and his gopi’s shone like streaks of lightning in a mass of dark clouds.)
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uccair jagur nRutyamAnA rakta kaNThyo rati priyA:
kRushNAbhimarSa muditA yad gItenedam AvRutam 10.33.9
(Gopi’s whose throats were so sweet and musical like that of cuckoo and sang loudly and danced. They were overjoyed by Krishna's touch, and they sang songs that filled the entire universe.)
kAcit samam mukundena svara jAtIr amiSritA:
unninye pUjitA tena prIyatA sAdhu sAdhviti
tat eva dhruvam unninye tasyai mAnam ca bahvadat 10.33.10
(One gopi (Vishakha), joined Lord Mukunda in His singing, sang pure melodious tones that rose harmoniously above His. Krishna was pleased and showed great appreciation for her performance, saying "Well Done! Bravo!" Then another gopi (Lalita) repeated the same melody, but in a special musical pattern (Druvapada), and Krishna praised her also too.)
kAcid rAsa pariSrAntA pArSva sthasya gadA bhRuta:
jagrAha bAhunA skandham Slathad valaya mallikA 10.33.11
(When one gopi (Sri Radha) grew tired from the rasa dance, She turned to Krishna, standing at Her and grasped His shoulder with Her arm. The dancing had loosened Her bracelets and the flowers in Her hair.)
tatra aka amsagatam bAhum kRuahNasya utpala saurabham
candanAliptam AghrAya hRushTa romA cucumba ha 10.33.12
(Krishna placed His arm upon the shoulder of one gopi, whose natural blue- lotus fragrance was mixed with that of the sandal paste. As the gopi relished that fragrance, her bodily hair stood on end in bliss, and she kissed His arm. brahma sparSam)
kasyAScin nATya vikshipta kuNDala tvisha maNDitam
gaNDam gaNDe sandadhatyA adAt tAmbUla carvitam 10.33.13
(Another gopi who was wearing beautiful ear rings danced with Krishna. She was dancing so close to he kRushNa and Krishna then gave her the betel nut as a prasadam..)
nRutyatI gAyatI kAcit kUjan nUpura mekhalA
pArSvastha ata hastAbjam SrAntAdhAt stanayo: Sivam 10.33.14
(Another gopi became so tired as she danced and sang while the bells on her ankles and waist were jingling. She placed upon her chest the soothing lotus-like hands of Lord Acyuta, who was standing by beside her.)
Thus each gopi danced in ecstacy with her kRushNa (as there is one for each). Nothing other than kRushNa existede for them.
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keSa pASa dhRuta pinchikAvitati sancalan makara kuNDalam
hArajAla vanamAlikA laLitam angarAga ghana sourabham
pItaceladhRuta kAncikAncitam udancadamSu maNi nUpuram
rAsakeLi paribhUshitam tava hi rUpam ISa kalayAmahe N 69.1
(Oh! kRushNa, I meditate upon your form that is ready for rAsam - Your hair locks are nicely tucked and decorated with peacock feather. Your makara kuNDalams are dngling on your ears. You look so divinely beautiful with all those pearl necklaces and vanamAla. The fragrance of the sandal paste smeared all over you is so intoxicating. What a shiny yellow silk dress that you are wearing! The beautiful waist band with bells is tied up on that. Look at your anklets. Rays emanate from them. Oh! kRushNa you are perfectly dressed for the rAsam. It attracts my mind too.)
tAvat eva kRuta maNDane kalita kancuLIka kuca maNDale
gaNDalola maNikuNDale yuvati maNDale atha parimaNDale
antarA sakaLa sundarI yugaLam indirA ramaNa sancaran
manjuLAm tadanu rAsakeLimayi kanjanAbha samupAdadhA:N 69.2
(Now, kRushNa, look at these GopikAs. Immediately, they did a quick make up and dressed properly (they came in a hurry with all wrogn ornalemts in wrong places!). They wore very pretty tops. Their ear drops were dangling on their cheeks. They formed a nice circle. Oh! PadmanAbhA, LakshmI nAthA, you made sure that entered through each pair of gopIs and perfomed a beautiful rAsam.
