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Those who don't bother of religion can atleast get rid of this major problem.
salute u buddy!! 8-) thats very true!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by viggop
would like to know...is there any script in hinduism mentioning about other religions??
Then those who bother of religion will be after their neck! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Bebeto
Many, some about religious conficts too....Quote:
Originally Posted by dinesh2002
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---- Thiruvasagam - pORRi thiru agaval 4.42-61
Translation by G U Pope:
Then wondrous thought of the Divine, so-called, arose.
Soon as I knew that BEING, free from hate, unique,
Delusive powers in ever-changing millions
Began beguiling varied play. (45)
Relations, neighbours, came around,
With fluent tongue they urged their 'atheism'
Friends around (such herds of cattle old !)-
Seiz'd me, call'd, hurried to and fro;
The BrAhman said 'the way of penance is supreme'; (50)
And others showed the law of trusting love !
Sectarian disputants complacently
Discordant tenets shouted loud and fought.
Then haughty VedAnt creed unreal came,
Whirled, dashed, and roared like furious hurricane. (55)
LOkAyathan a glistening mighty snake
Brought cruel poisoned heresies.
Whilst these delusions, endless, girt me round,
Lest I should go astray, He laid His hand on me !
As wax before the unwearied fire (60)
With melting soul I worshipt, wept, and bent myself,
Idiappam Sir
Many of verses of gnanasampandhar,appar,manickavasagar with relation to other religions like Jainism and Buddhism ,other school of thoughts, do not necessary follow the secular tenets of modern times.Secularism as a concept became strong only with democracy.Monarchy , as a system of governance, did not follow concept like secularism.This was true not only in India but also in other countries.
SO, we should not blame these olden day saints that they used harsh words against other schools of thought.If anyone talks like this in modern days,abuses other religions, then he can be arrested for spreading communal violence.
Anyway, let us continue Srimad Bhagwatham in this thread. :-)
mathRu vaatsalyam tied HIM up and pitRu vaatsalyam released HIM!
Hearing the crash the villagers led by Nanda Gopa came looking for the source of the sound. However they found two huge arjuna trees fallen on the sides of baby Krishna.
ulUkhalam vikarShantam dAmnA baddham ca bAlakam
kasya idam kuta AScaryam utpAta iti kAtarA: 10.11.3
(They found Krishna who was bound by the rope to the ulukhala, the mortar, which He was dragging. But they wondered how he could have pulled down the trees! Who had actually done it? Where was the source for this incident? They were alarmed to think that this was caused by some evil force and were very worried. (Such are the wonderful leela’s of Krishna. The Gopa’s could not see the reality)
na te tad uktam jagRuhu: na ghaTeta iti tasya tat
bAlasya utpAthanam tarvo: kecit sandigdha cetasa: 10.11.5
(Some of the other boys who watched the incident said that it was kirishna who broke the two arjuna trees. However most of the Gopa’s could not believe that such a tiny and sweet little baby could destroy not one but two huge arjuna trees!! So they did not lend much credence to what other boys had to say. However there were a few who remembered how Krishna had killed Putana, and how Garga muni had compared Krishna with Lord Narayana and they started wondering about the true identity of Krishna.)
ulUkhalam vikarshantam dAmnA baddham svam Atmajam
vilokya nanda: prahasad vadano vimumoca ha 10.11.6
(When Nanda Gopa saw his own son bound with ropes to the wooden mortar and dragging it, he smiled and released Krishna from His bonds. (What a wonderful sight this must have been! He who releases us from the bonds of this life-death cycle was now being freed! KRishNa would have given His appa a big hug and a kiss.))
darSayan tad vidAm loka Atmano bhRutya vaSyatAm
vrajasya uvAha vai harsham bhagavAn bAla ceShTitaih 10.11.9
(To His pure devotees throughout the world who could understand His activities, Krishna exhibited how much He cares for his devotees. For the sake of His devotees He becomes their servant. With his childhood pranks he added more pleasure to the people pf Vraj everyday.)
krINIhi bho: phalAnIti SrutvA satvaram acyuta:
phalArthI dhAnyam AdAya yayau sarva phala prada: 10.11.10
(Once a woman was selling fruit was calling, "O inhabitants of Vraja, if you want to purchase some fruits, come here!" Upon hearing this, Krishna immediately took some grains and went to barter as if He needed some fruits. The same Krishna who is responsible for giving us the fruits now pretended as if he was desirous of the fruits! One cannot help singing the glories of this wonderful child Krishna.)
Phala vikrayiNI tasya cyuta dhAnyam kara dvayam
phalair apUrayad ratnai: phala bhAndam apUri ca 10.11.11
(While Krishna was going in a hurry to the fruit vendor (an old lady), most of the grains He was holding in his little palm fell. Nonetheless, the fruit vendor filled Krishna's hands with fruits. Her fruit basket was immediately filled with jewels and gold. (Such is the greatness of Lord Krishna. He blesses even those who enjoy him without realsiing the divinity. Imagine the bliss of one who sees the divinity everywhere! If we take one step towards Him and he will take countless steps towards us. Oh! No, No! All we need is the desire to take one step!))
kRushNa, we don’t even no how to achieve THAT desire. Break this inertia and teach us how to make THAT desire for the first step so that YOU WILL DO THE REST.
Let us enjoy the love filled calling of rohiNi devi and yaSOdamma. Get ready as we ready to leave for bRunDaavan! The word itself is so sweet. this is where bhakti got revived.
Na upeyAtAm yadA AhUtau krIdA sangena putrakau
yaSodAm preShayAmAsa rohiNI putra vatsalAm 10.11.13
(One day when Rohini called the two boys (Krishna and Balarama) to return home back. But they did not even hear as they were having too much fun playing. Therefore Rohini sent mother Yashoda to fetch them. RohiNi devi knew the putra vaatsalyam (affection to a child) that mother Yashoda pours on Krishna and Balarama.)
he rAma Agaccha tAta ASu sAnuja: kula nandana
prAtar eva kRutAhAra: tad bhavAn bhoktum arhati 10.11.16
(YaSoda’s affection was overflowing as milk. She called for them many times. Oh! kRushNa, darling, come and drink milk or you will wither because of hunger and thirst. Naturally mothers are worried about only that! How do they know that kids are hungry to play as well? Yashoda then said “My dear Baladeva, please come immediately with Your younger brother, Krishna; the most dear one in the family! You both ate in the morning, and now You ought to eat something more.” The more the mom scream, the more they play! Otherwise how ill know the real strength of affection. Well, Krishna always has the habit making people cry before he comes!)
dhUli dhUsarita anga: tvam putra majjanam Avaha
janmarksham adya bhavato viprebhyo dehi gA: Suci: 10.11.18
(Mother Yashoda further told Krishna: “My dear son, because of playing all day, Your body has become covered with dust and sand. Therefore, come back, take Your bath and cleanse Yourself.
paSya paSya vayasyAn te mAtRu mRuShTAn svalankRutAn
tvam ca snAta: kRutAhAro viharasva svalankRuta: 10.11.19
(Just see how all Your playmates of Your own age have been cleansed and decorated with beautiful ornaments by their mothers. You should come here, and after You have taken Your bath, eaten Your lunch and been decorated with ornaments, You may play with Your friends again. Please kRUshNa, what is this? Won’t you listen to me kaNNa?)
One day cowherd men led by Nanda Gopa met to discuss the various attacks made on Krishna’s life. Upananda a senior gopa reminded everyone about the incidents of Pootana, Tranavarta as well as the two arjuna trees. (The reason the two were born was to protect Gokul, and of course needed no protection from the Gopa’s. But this is just another illustration of the pure love exhibited by the Gopa’s. )
yAvad autpAtiko arishTo vrajam na abhibhaved ita:
tAvad bAlAn upAdAya yAsyAmo anyatra sAnugA: 10.11.27
(He continued: “All these incidents are being caused by some unknown evil demon. Before he comes here to create another disturbance, it is our duty to go somewhere else with the boys until there are no more disturbances.”)
vanam vRundAvanam nAma paSavyam nava kAnanam
gopa gopI gavAm sevyam puNyAdri tRuna vIrudham 10.11.28
(There is a place named Vrindavana. This place is very suitable because it is lush with grass, plants and creepers for the cows and other animals. It has nice forests and sacred mountais and is the perfect place for all the gopas and gopis as well as our animals. ARE WE NOT EXCITED THAT KRISHNA IS ENTERIGN BRINDAAVAN?)
yamunaa tIra vihArI bRundAvana sancAri
govarddhanoddhAri gopAla kRushNa murAri
“Move to another place devils won’t come.” We all know that this is true even today, not only during kRushNa's days!. Devils will follow until they become extinct!
godhanaani puruskRutya SrungaaNi aapoorya sarvata:
tooryaghosheNa mahataa yayu: saha purohitaa: 10.11.32
(Cows are their wealth. They collected all those and played musical instruments. The purohitaas chanted Veda to make the trip auspicious. They started tehir trip. Ladies dressed up nicely got a into one cart to enjoy kRushNa's pranks. yaSOda, rohIni along with kRUshNa and Balarama aslo enoyed the ride with them.)
Let us be with them and we will settle down in Brundavanam in the evening.
Upananda’s words struck cord with everyone and it was decided to relocate to Vridavan. Of course we all now know that it was just another part of Krishna’s grand plan!
vRuddhAn bAlAn striyo rAjan sarva upakaraNAni ca
anassu Aropya gopAlA yattA Atta SarAsanA: 10.11.31
(Keeping all the old men, women, children and household paraphernalia on the bullock carts and keeping all the cows in front, the cowherd men picked up their bows and arrows with great care and began their journey. (What devotion!, for the sake of Krishna the entire villagers in one voice without a moments hesitation left their safe secure homes to the forest Vridavan to start a new life. Krishna, please grant us a tiny fraction of such Bhakti.)
As they were moving; the Gopis who were very beautifully dressed and very happy started to sing about the various activities of Krishna.
tathA yaSodA rohinyav ekam SakaTam Asthite
rejatu: kRushNa rAmAbhyAm tat kathA Sravanotsuke 10.11.34
(Mother Yashoda and Rohini who did not want to be separated from Krishna and Balarâma for even a moment, got up with Them on one bullock cart. They listened to the various past times of the two divine boys with great pleasure. This made the trip even more divine and enjoyable!
vRundAvanam govardhanam yamunA pulinAni ca
vIkshya AsId uttamA prItI rAma mAdhavayor nRupa 10.11.36
(Sri Sukar noticed the excitement in Balarama and kRushNa and addresses parIkshit, ‘Oh! King, At the sight of Vridavan, Govardhan mountain and the beautiful sandy banks of Yumana, the hearts of Krishna and Balarama was filled with intense happiness’)
evam vrajaukasAm prItim yacchantau bAla ceShTitai:
kala vAkyai: sva kAlena vatsa pAlau babhUvatu: 10.11.37
(In this way, Krishna and Balarama, with their infantile gestures and sweet expressions and talking in half broken language, gave immense pleasure to all the inhabitants of Vraja. In due course of time, They became old enough to take care of the calves. (Krishna was now in full flow, besides take care of evil forces; his main reason for even appearing on earth was to please his devotees so that they could enjoy him. Thus kRushNa became ‘GOPAALA’.)
kvacid vAdayato veNum kshepaNai: kshipata: kvacit
kvacit pAdai: kinkinIbhi: kvacit kRutrima go vRushai: 10.11.39
(Sometimes Krishna and Balarama would play on Their flutes. Sometimes They would throw stones using slings for getting fruits from the trees Yet other times They would throw only stones. With their legs they made the melodious sounds with Their tinkling ankle bells. Sometimes They would dress up and imitate cows & bulls. Just a naughty boy to capture others!)
vRuShAyamAnau nardantau yuyudhAte parasparam
anukRutya rutair jantUn ceratu: prAkRutau yathA 10.11.40
(Krishna and Balarama would join other cowherd boys in playing by making sounds like the animals, sometimes playfully fighting and loudly roaring. In this way they played just as any normal human children. What a lucky birth! As Gopa baalaas in bRundaavan.)
Devi's words to Daksha who hrut Lord Siva.
na AScaryam etat Asatsu sarvadaa mahat vinindaa kuNapa aatmavaadishu
sershyam mahaapurusha paada paamsubhi: nirasta tejassu tadeva Sobhanam 4.4.13
(Oh! A perosn like you, think that this material, perishable body is the real aatma. So, it is not surprising that you have this hatred for mahaans. You insulting them does not surprise me! But, the mahaan is never going to curse people like you. The power of the dust from their feet will reduce your power and glory to mere dirt.)
yadyaksharam naama giraa Iritam nRuNaam sakRUt prasangAt agham aaSu hanti tat
pavitra kIrttim tam alanghya Saasanam bhavaan aho dweshTi Sivam Sivetara: 4.4.14
(Just by chance if one says the two syllabled 'siva' it removes all the sin from a person. What a shame that you hate that kind of Siva who has nothing but pure fame and whom no one dares to question?)
yat paada padma mahataam mano alibhi: nishevitam brahma rasaasava aarthibhi:
lokasya yat varshati ca aaSisha: arthina: tasmai bhavaan dRuhyati viswa bhandhave 4.4.15
(The hearts of great souls are like bees that crave for the nectar flowing from the lotus feet of the LORD. That lotus feet pours it compassion and grants all the wishes. You hurt that LORD who is the wellwisher of the wholeuniverse!!)
Let us all merge with DEVI and join her prayer now.
kadAcid yamunA tIre vatsAn cArayato: svakai:
vayasyai; kRushNa balayor jighAmsur daitya Agamat 10.11.41
(One day while Balarama and Krishna, along with other boys, were tending the calves on the bank of the River Yamuna. A demon arrived there, with a desire to kill them. Kamsa would never give up, until his time ends! Evils certainly are more persistent in torturing and insulting. Sadhus are persistent in spreading the divine love and knowledge.)
tam vatsa rUpiNam vIkshya vatsa yUtha gatam hari:
darSayan baladevAya Sanair mugdha iva Asadat 10.11.42
(The demon disguised himself as a calf. Krishna of course realized this and pointed this to his brother Balarama. The two divine boys then slowly made their way towards the demon as if they had no clue about the presence of a demon.)
gRuhItvA apara pAdAbhyAm saha lAngUlam accyuta:
bhrAmayitvA kapitthAgre prAhiNod gata jIvitam
sa kapitthair mahA kAya: pAtyamAnai: papAta ha 10.11.43
(Thereafter, Sri Krishna quickly caught the demon by the hind legs and tail, twirled the demon's whole body very strongly until the demon was dead, and threw him into the top of a kapittha tree. The tree then fell down, along with the body of the dead demon, which now revealed its true nature and appeared in a demonic form. So how elegantly he did it? The byproduct is plenty of yummy yummy kapittha fruits! Look at the end. We don’t know how much trouble and preparations the demon to took to arrive here!! )
tam vIkshya vismitA bAlA: SaSamsu: sAdhu sAdhviti
devAS ca parisantuShTA babhUvu: pushpa varshiNa: 10.11.44
(Upon seeing the dead body of the demon, all the cowherd boys exclaimed, "Well done, Krishna! Very good, very good! Thank You." The gods too were pleased, and therefore they showered flowers on Krishna.)
tau vatsa pAlakau bhUtvA sarva lokaika pAlakau
saprAtar ASau go vatsAn cArayantau viceratu: 10.11.45
(After the killing of the demon, Krishna and Balarama finished Their breakfast. They continued taking care of the calves. They wandered around in the woods. Krishna and Balarama, who maintain the entire universe, now took charge of the calves as if they were mere cowherd boys.)
Sri Sukar annouces,
swarge satye ca kailaase vaikunThe na asti ayam rasa:
ata: pibata sadbhaagyaa: maa maa muncata karhicit B M 6.86
(Oh! great lucky ones, you won't get this nectar in heaven, satyalokam, kailaasam or vaikuTham. So, please come and drink it. Never miss it. WHile He announced this LORD HARI ENTERED THERE surrounded by prahLaada, bali, uddhava, arjuna, all the suraRshis etc. shree haraye nama: sree haraye nama: sree haraye nama:)
kRushNa priyam sakala kalmasha naaSanam ca
muktaika hetum iha bhakti vilaasakaarI
santa: kathaanakamidam pibata aadareNa
loke ahitaartha pariSIlana sevayaa kim B M 6.101
(Oh! Saadhus, please enjoy this story. This nourishes bhakti and grants mukti. It removes all the sin. More than that it will generate love for kRushNa and will make you kRushNa's priyaa too. What is the point in amassing material wealth? So, enjoy this?)
kham vaayum agnim salilam mahIm ca
jyotImshi sattwaani diSo drumaadIn
sarit samudraan ca hare: SarIram
yat kinca bUtam praNamet ananya: 11.2.41
(Don't think anything is other than Lord Hari. The sky, air, fire, water, earth, light sources, beings, directions, tress, rivers, ocean anything that is made of elements - anything is form of Hari and with that feeling, do praNaam to everything. If you continue doing bhakti to Hari like this, you will be blessed with bhakti, virakthi and jnaanam. They become the bhaagavatottama and enjoy the supreme bliss.)
visRujati hRudayam na yasya saakshaat
hari: avaSa abhihita: api aghougha naaSa:
praNaya raSanayaa dhRUta anghri padma:
sa bhavati bhaagavata pradhaana ukta: 11.2.55
(Oh! What a power! Who is a top most bhaagavata uttama? Hari refuses to go away from his heart. He ties his lotus feet with the unbreakable thread of 'prema' and stays in the devotees heart for ever. Just reciting his name removes all sins and now HE is refusing to go away even if he has lost his freedom. This bhakta is very rare. Put all the wealth in this world in front of them - their mind will not waver. They won't see anything other than the LORD.)
More of dushta vadhams. No, kRushNa did not go looking for them, they came to HIM, prompted by TIME. Now it is Bakaasura’s turn, an emissary of Kamsa.
One day while Krishna and Balarama were grazing the calves with their friends near a lake. They all quenched their thirst and saw a huge creature near the water, which looked like the peak of a mountain.
sa vai bako nAma mahAn asuro baka rUpa dhRuk
Agatya sahasA kRushNam tIkshNa tunDo agrasad balI 10.11.48
(It was a very powerful demon known as Bakasura. He had assumed the body of a huge Heron with a very sharp beak. Having come there, he immediately swallowed Krishna.)
kRushNam mahA baka grastam dRushTvA rAmAdayo arbhakA:
babhUvur indriyANIva vinA prANam vicetasa: 10.11.49
(When Balarama and the other boys saw that Krishna had been devoured by the gigantic bird, they became stupefied, like senses and body without life.)
tam tAlu mUlam pradahantam agnivad gopAla sUnum pitaram jagad guro:
caccharda sadyo atirushA akShatam baka: tundena hantum punar abhyapadyata 10.11.50
(Krishna, who is the father of Lord Brahma(jagad guro:) himself. Now He has incarnated as the son of a cowherd man. He became hot like fire, burnt the root of the demon's throat, and the demon Bakasura was unable to bear the pain. He immediately disgorged Him. When the demon saw that Krishna, although having been swallowed, was unharmed, he immediately rushed towards Krishna with a great rage and fury. He again ran to attack Krishna with his sharp beak. Well, sometimes a bit of show is needed, though everything is just a child’ s play for kRushNa.)
tam Apatantam sa nigRuhya tundayor dorbhyAm bakam kamsavsakham satAm pati:
paSyatsu bAleShu dadAra lIlayA mudAvaho vIraNavad divaukasAm 10.11.51
(Krishna, the protector of the righteous, saw that the demon Bakasura, the friend of Kamsa, ready to charge Him. Krishna then captured the demon by the two halves of the beak and easily tore him into two pieces just as a child splits a blade of vIraNa grass. Krishna very much pleased the denizens of heaven as well as the other boys who were watching him. Another example of digging holes!)
tadA bakArim sura loka vAsina: samAkiran nandana mallikAdibhi:
samIDire ca Anaka Sankha samstavai: tad vIkShya gopAla sutA visismire 10.11.52
(At that time, the Devas showered jasmine (mallika) and other flowers grown in Nandana (Indra’s garden), upon Krishna, the slayer of Bakasura. They also congratulated Him by beating of the drums, blowing of the conch shells and by singing praises. Seeing this, the cowherd boys were filled with wonder.)
DaakshaayaNi Devi continued her arguements
karNNou pidhaaya nirayaat yat akalpa ISe
dharma avitari asRuNibhi: nRubhi: asyamaane
chindyaat prasahya ruSatIm asatIm prabhu: cet
jihvaam asoon api tata: visRujet sa dharmma: 4.4.17
(When the LORD who protects the dharma is getting abused by ruthless people , one can react in three ways ONLY. If you are helpless, close your ears and walk away. If you are capable, cut the tongue of the person who mentioned sinful words. Even if you are capable, if something else is preventing you from doing it, give up your life. Any of these three fall under these categories.)
SrutvA tad vismitA gopA gopyaS cAtipriyAdRutA:
Pretya Agatam iva outsukyAd aikShanta tRuShitekShaNA: 10.11.54
(When the cowherd men and women heard about the killing of Bakasura in the forest, they were very much astonished and very happy. Upon seeing Krishna and hearing the story, they received Krishna very eagerly, thinking that Krishna and the other boys had returned from the mouth of death. Thus they looked upon Krishna and the boys with great happiness, not wanting to turn their eyes aside now that the boys were safe.)
athApi abhibhavanti enam naiva te ghora darSanA:
jighAmsaya enam AsAdya naSyanty agnau patangavat 10.11.56
(nanda Gopa and other Gopas began to wonder how Krishna survived even though he had been attacked so many times. Although the demons were very fierce, they could not kill this boy Krishna. Rather, because they came to kill innocent boys, as soon as they approached they themselves were killed, exactly like flies attacking a fire. They attributed their sin to be the destroyer!
One day Krishna decided to have a meal in the forest. He blew his bugle which made a very beautiful sound and woke up all the other Gopa’s. At that time, hundreds and thousands of cowherd boys came out of their respective homes and joined Krishna, keeping before them their hundreds and thousands of groups of calves. The boys looked very beautiful, and they were equipped with lunch bags, bugles, flutes, and sticks for controlling the calves. Although all these boys were already decorated by their mothers with ornaments of pearls and gold, when they went into the forest they further decorated themselves with fruits, green leaves, bunches of flowers, peacock feathers.
muShNanto anyonya SikyAdIn jnAtAn ArAc ca cikShipu:
tatratyAS ca punar dUrAd hasantaS ca punar dadu: 10.12.5
(The cowherd boys playfully stole one another's lunch bags and other belongings. When a boy came to understand that his bag had been taken away, the other boys would throw it farther away, to a more distant place, and those standing there would throw it still farther. When the owner of the bag became disappointed, the other boys would laugh, when the owner would cry or become very annoyed, and then his bag would be returned. What a fun!)
kecid venUn vAdayanto dhmAnta: SRungANi kecana
kecid SRungai: pragAyanta: kUjanta: kokilai: pare 10.12.7
(All the boys would be differently engaged. Some boys blew their flutes, and others blew bugles made of horn. Some imitated the buzzing of the bumblebees, and others imitated the voice of the cuckoo. Imitating the nature was their best game. Imitating monkeys, walking under the umbrella of clouds, and what not? Well, kRushNa was also imitating the same! ‘getting rid of dushTaas and protecting the saadhUs’)
ittham satAm brahma sukhAnubhUtyA dAsyam gatAnAm para daivatena
mAyASritAnAm nara dArakeNa sAkam vijahru: kRuta puNya punjA: 10.12.11
(In this way, all the cowherd boys used to play with Krishna, who is the source of the eternal bliss (brahma sukha). He is the Supreme Lord for devotees who have accepted his service, and who for ordinary persons is but another ordinary child. The cowherd boys, having accumulated the results of pious activities for many lives, were able to associate in this way with the Supreme Lord Narayana. A brahmaanubhoota, Sri Sukar, is explaining the play of brahmam and hence it is a brahma anubhooti for us too.)
Yat pAda pAmsur bahu janma kRucchrato dhRutAtmabhi: yogibhi: api alabhya:
sa eva yad dRug viShaya: svayam sthita: kim varNyate diShTam ato vrajaukasAm 10.12.12
(Yogis may undergo severe austerities and penances for many births none of which are easily performable. Yet in due course of time, when these yogis attain the perfection of controlling the mind, they will still be unable to taste even a particle of dust from the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Narayana. What then can we describe about the great fortune of the inhabitants of Vrindavana, with whom He personally lived and who saw the Lord face to face?)
While the boys were playing and having great fun, a demon named Agha came there to kill Krishna. He was so powerful that even the Devas were scared of him!
dRushthvA arbhakAn kRushNa mukhAn aghAsura: kamsAnuSishtha: sa bakI bakAnuja:
ayam tu me sodara nASa kRut tayor dvayor mamainam sabalam haniShye 10.12.14
(Aghasura, who had been sent by Kamsa, was the younger brother of Putana and Bakaasura. Therefore when he came and saw Krishna, he thought, "This Krishna has killed my sister and brother, Putana and Bakasura. Therefore, in order to avenge their deaths, I shall kill this Krishna, along with other cowherd boys.")
iti vyavasya ajagaram bRuhad vapu: sa yojanAyAma mahAdri pIvaram
dhRutvA adbhutam vyAtta guhAnanam tadA pathi vyaSeta grasanASayA khala: 10.12.16
(Aghasura then assumed the form of a huge python(Ajagaram), as thick as a big mountain and as long as eight miles(yojanA). Having assumed this fearful python's body, he spread open his mouth like a big cave in the mountains and lay down on the path, expecting to swallow Krishna and His friends. His lower lips touched the ground and the upper lips touched the clouds it seems! His breathing came out like storm!)
aho mitrANi gadata sattva kUtham pura: sthitam
asmat sangrasana vyAtta vyAla tundAyate na vA 10.12.19
(They though that it is a great thing in Brindavan and as part of the game, they wondered about it! Presently the boys came across this huge snake and said: “Dear friends, is this creature dead, or is it actually a living python with its mouth spread wide just to swallow us all?” They compared the teeth of aghasura to mountain peaks.)
dAvoshNa khara vAtoyam SvAsavad bhAti paSyata
tad dagdha sattva durgandho api antarAmiSha gandhavat 10.12.23
(“Breath coming out of his mouth seems to be as hot as the fire itself, and is giving off foul smell of burning flesh because of all the animals it has eaten.”)
asmAn kim atra grasitA niviShTAn ayam tathA ched bakavad vinankShyati
kShaNAd aneneti bakAri uSan mukham vIkshya uddhasanta: kara tAdanair yayu: 10.12.24
(Then the boys said, "Has this living creature come to swallow us? If he does so, he will immediately be killed like Bakasura, without delay." Thus they looked at the beautiful face of Krishna, the slayer of Bakasura, and, laughing loudly and clapping their hands (to chase the snake away while they are inside!), they entered the mouth of the python.
ittham mitho atathyam atajjna bhAShitam SrutvA vicintyeti amRuShA mRuShAyate
raksho viditvAkhila bhUta hRut sthita: svAnAm niroddhum bhagavAn mano dadhe 10.12.25
(Krishna heard the innocent cowherd boys talk among themselves that this was merely a statue of a huge python as they walked into the mouth of Aghasura. Krishna who is an Avatar Purusha of course knew what was in store for his friends and decided to warn his friends about the true identity of this demon.)
In the great Bhagavata family of Dhruva, there was a great king by name Anga. Because he did not have any children, he performed putrkaameshTi yaaga and got a son named Vena. Vena was so wicked that the father got virakti and left for the forest. Vena was crowned as the king.
sa aarooDha nRupasthaana unnadha: ashTa vibhootibhi:
avamene mahaabhaagaan sambhaavita: swata: 4.14.4
(Vena is very proud by nature! Now that he is crowned, and have all the riches inherited, his 'garvam' (vanity) knew no bounds! He started insulting all great souls.
evam madaandha utsikta: nirankusa: iva dwipa:
paryaTan rathamaasthaaya kampayan iva rodasI 4.14.5
(He was blind with big-headedness. He crossed all the boudaries of decency. He was like an inotxicated elephant that escaped from its control! Sitting in his chariot he made the earth and sky tremble.
aho ubhayata: praaptam lokasya vyasanam mahat
daaruNi upayata: dIpte iva taskara paalayo: 4.14.8
(Sadhus said, 'Ah! What a sad a state. We are like the log that is getting burned from both sides. The world is suffering from thieves as well as the rulers! We are bombarded from both sides. Those sadhus sitting in vaikunTham will sympathise for us even more!)
Saying these to themselves the munis approached Vena, blessed him for a long life and put forth their plead.
sa te maa vinaSet vIra prajaanaam kshema lakshaNa:
yasmin vinashTe nRupati: aiswaryaat avarohati 4.14.16
(Oh! King, your dharma is to protect the people. Please stay on that dharma. If you lose that you will lose all the greatness and fall down. A king who helps everyone to stay in their dharma facilitates a smooth society and will be celebrated in all worlds. BUT FOOLS CARE FOR WHAT THEY ENJOY FOR A SHORT WHILE! THEY SELDOM WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW. THEN WHY BOTHER ABOUT OTHER WORLDS?)
baaliSaa bata yooyam vai adharmme dahrmma maanina:
ye vRuttidam patim hittwaa jaaram patim upaasate 4.14.23
(Vena laughed and said, "you are all fools and childish! You mistook adharma for dharmaa You want to leave me,the protector (pati) and go after fake (jaaram) one, the vishNu? A person who neglects the King who is the LORD personified and worship others will neither enjoy happiness here nor in other worlds (so watch out!!)!
The munis talked to themselves and decided to destroy the bad king who talks ill of Hari! They did a humkaaram and burned Vena to ashes.
Let us not forget that kRushNa is constantly thinking about how to save his devotees. Our efforts will be futile if we donot have the faith in HIM. If there are no efforts and prayers from our side, how will the antaryaami (one who dwells inside) even know that we are suffering?.
tAn vIkShya kRushNa: sakalAbhaya prado hi ananya nAthAn svakarAd avaccyutAn
dInAmSca mRutyor jaTharAgni ghAsAn ghRunArdito diShtha kRutena vismita: 10.12.27
(Krishna saw that all the cowherd boys, who did not know anyone but Him as their Lord, were now helpless. They have entered like straws into the fire of the abdomen of Aghasura, who was death personified. It was intolerable for Krishna to be separated from His friend. Krishna who is mercy personified was himself surprised to find the boys under his protection now falling into mortal danger due to his own maya! He wondered how they escaped from his grip of protection! This only shows how much concern HE has for his devotees. Anything happens after sankalpam and HE is a SATYASANKLPAN)
kRutyam kim atra asya khalasya jIvanam na vA amIshAm ca satAm vihimsanam
dvayam katham syAd iti samvicintya tat jnAtvA aviSat tundam aSesha dRug ghari: 10.12.28
(Krishna of course could not let any harm come to his devotees while at the same time he had to kill this wicked demon. Now, what was to be done? How could both the killing of this demon and the saving of the devotees (inside) be performed simultaneously? Krishna then thought about a plan and then He entered the mouth of Aghasura.)
tato atikAyasya niruddha mArgiNo hi udgIrna drishTer bhramata: tu itas tata:
pUrno antar ange pavano niruddho mUrdhan viniSpATya vinirgato bahi: 10.12.31
(When Devas saw this they screamed in fear. People like kamsa were delighted (asuras also have divya dRushTi!). Krishna reached the demons throat and started to increase his size. Because Krishna had increased the size of His body, demon found his air passage ways getting blocked. His breathing stopped, he suffocated, and his eyes rolled here and there and popped out. The demon's life air, however, could not pass through any outlet, and therefore it finally burst out through a hole in the top of the demon's head. See how smart kRishNa is, if the killing were done form outside, it will harm his friends. Any action the divinity adopts is the best. If only we understand…… Now the killing happening while the amruta varsham is on his fans.)
tenaiva sarveShu bahir gateshu prANeshu vatsAn suhRuda: paretAn
dRushthyA svayA utthApya tad anvita: punar vaktrAn mukundo bhagavAn viniryayau 10.12.32
(When the entire demon's life air had passed away through that hole in the top of his head, Krishna glanced over the dead calves and cowherd boys and brought them back to life. Then Mukunda, who can give one liberation, came out from the demon's mouth with His friends and the calves.)
pInAhi bhoga utthitam adbhutam mahat jyoti: sva dhAmnA jvalayad diSo daSa
pratIkShya khe avasthitam ISa nirgamam viveSa tasmin mishatAm divaukasAm 10.12.33
(From the body of the Aghasura, a bright column of light came out, illuminating all directions, and hovered in the sky until Krishna came out from the corpse's mouth. Then, as all while Devas were watching, this light entered Krishna's body. Moksham for Aghaasura. What else will you get when the divinity shines in one at the time of death?)
tato atihRuShTA: sva kRuto akRutArhaNam pushpai: sugA apsarasa: ca nartanai:
gItaih surA vAdya dharASca vAdyakai: stavaiSca viprA jaya nihsvanair gaNA: 10.12.34
(Everyone was extremely happy to see the end of evil Aghasura who had tormented the Devas and all good people. Being pleased, Devas began to shower flowers, the Apsaras began to dance, and the Gandharvas, who are famous for singing, offered songs of prayer. The vidyadharas and other great musicians began to play on their instruments, and the brahmanas offered Vedic hymns while his bhaktas were singing songs of his glory. In this way, both in the heavens and on earth, everyone began to glorify the Lord.
(This incident of Krishna killing Aghasura happened when Krishna was just 5 years. If that is not surprising enough what was even more surprising was that the gopa boys recounted this incident to the other villagers a year later as if it had just yesterday. This prompted King Parikchit to ask clarification on how this could have happened)
ittham sma pRuShTha: sa tu bAdarAyaNi: tat smAritAnanta hRutAkhilendriya:
kRucchrAt punar labdha bahir dRuSi: Sanai: pratyAha tam bhAgavat uttamottama 10.12.44
(soothar said: O Saunaka, greatest of saints and devotees, when Maharaja Parikshit inquired with Sri Sukar in this way he immediately disconnected himself from all his external senses and delved deep into his heart to gather information of Krishna’s actions. Thereafter, with great difficulty, he revived his external sensory perception and began to speak to Maharaja Parikshit about krishna. We will continue.)
The Munis' churned the body of Vena and came the nishaadaas. Then they churned his arms and there appeared pRuthu and Archi, incarnation of Sri Hari and Sri Lakshmi. All Devas offered their gifts and pRuthu was crowned . He sat in the throne gifted by Kubera, wearing the crown given by Devendra. Dance and music contiued to add festivity.
sindhava: parvataa: nadya: ratha vIthi: mahaatmana:
soota: atha maagadha: vandI tam stotum upatasthire 4.15.20
(All the rivers, mountains and oceans offered to give way to his chariot. The Sootaas, maagadhaas and vandhIs (the professional singers, who compose music, praise them to cheer them up etc. this is their profession and the king will bestow them with gifts. got ready to sing the glories of the king.)
staavakaan taan abhipretya pRuthu: vainya: prataapavaan
megha nirhraadyaa vaacaa prahasan idam abravIt 4.15.21
(The great pRuthu, who was born from Vena, realized that they are going to praise him. With a smile, in a thundering voice he annouced like this-")
bho soota he maagadha soumya vandin loke adhunaa aspashTa guNasya me syaat
kim aaSraya: me stava esha yojyataam maa mayi bhoovan vitathaa giro va: 4.15.22
(Oh! Soota-maagadha-vandhIs, my qualities are yet to be known to the world. I am just crowned. Don't sing my praise and waste the value of your words as I am not yet established! What is the basis for your praise? So, don't do it. Use those wonderful words and talents only to praise the Supreme LORD who is always Pure. Sabhyaa: (people who deserve respect on stage) will not use their words to glorify anything that does not deserve it.)
prabhava: api aatmana: stotram jugupsanti api visrutaa:
hrImanta: paramodaaraa: pourusham vaa vigarhitam 4.15.25
(People who have gained fame with their own efforts will not accept praising them, if they are shy and virtuous. They are averse to taking it and treat it like a misdeed that is hateful.)
Finally they predicted the future of this avataaram and left.
Sree Sukar was very pleased with Parikshit’s question. He then continued saying:
tathA agha vadanAn mRutyo rakShitvA vatsa pAlakAn
sarit pulinam AnIya bhagavAn idam abravIt 10.13.4
(Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghasura, who was death personified, Lord Krishna, brought them all to the bank of the river and spoke the following words).
aho atiramyam pulinam vayasyA: sva keli sampan mRudulAcchavAlukam
sphuTthat sarogandha hrUtAli patrika dhvani pratidhvAna lasad drumAkulam 10.13.5
(My dear friends, Wow! look at this beautiful shore! just see how this riverbank is extremely beautiful because of its pleasing atmosphere. And just see how the blooming lotuses are attracting bees and birds by their aroma. The humming and chirping of the bees and birds is echoing throughout the beautiful trees in the forest. Also, here the sands are clean and soft. Therefore, this must be considered the best place for our sporting and pastimes.)
atra bhoktavyam asmAbhir diva Arudham kshudhArditA:
vatsA: samIpe Apa: pItvA carantu Sanakai: trUnam 10.13.6
(I think we should take our lunch here, since we are already hungry because it is very late. Here the calves may drink water and go slowly here and there and feed upon the green grass. Now, Devas are watcing everymove of kRushNa. Every step is a leela! They all self appointed themselves as 'kRushNa watchers'! Soon we are going to see Brahma who miss all the leelas becasue of his hectic job - THE CREATION!)
kRushNasya vishvak puru rAji mandalair abhyAnanA: phulla dRuSo vrajArbhakA:
sahopavishTA vipine vireju: chadA yathA ambhoruha karNikAyA: 10.13.8
(Like the whorl of a lotus flower surrounded by its petals and leaves, Krishna sat in the center, encircled by His friends, who all looked very radiant because they were in bliss and enjoying Krishna. Their eyes wide opened and glowed. Every one of them was trying to look forward toward Krishna, thinking that Krishna might look toward him. And indeed, Krishna was showering his blessing spreading his smile all around.)
sarve mitho darSayanta: sva sva bhojya rucim pRuthak
hasanto hAsayantaScA bhyavajahru: saheSvarA: 10.13.10
(All the cowherd boys enjoyed their lunch with Krishna, showing one another the different tastes of the different varieties of preparations they had brought from home. Tasting one another's preparations, they began to laugh and make one another laugh. Instead of doing naivedyam, they are sharing. Though all of them were hungry, all were feeding kRushNa! Imagine the luck of the vraj baalaas.)
bibhrad veNum jaThhara pathayo: SRunga vetre ca kakshe vAme pANau masRuNa kavalam tat phalAni angulIshu
tiShThan madhye sva parisuhRudo hAsayan narmabhi: svai: svarge loke miShati bubhuje yajna bhug bAla keli: 10.13.11
(Krishna is yajna-bhuk - that is, He eats only offerings of yajna (where all sorts of discipline are expected) – but now he is eating things that are devoid of everything but love! He now sat with His flute tucked between His waist and His loin-cloth. He held His horn bugle and cane under His left arm pit. He is having a very nice preparation of yogurt and rice ball in the right hand. Pieces of vegetables (those suitable to be eaten with rice) are inserted between His fingers. He sat like the whorl of a lotus flower, looking forward toward all His friends, personally joking with them and creating jubilant laughter among them as He ate. At that time, Devas from the sky wondered at how the yajna-bhuk, is now eating with His friends in the forest – a child among other children.) Meditating upon this itself will fill our hearts and stomachs.
In the family of pRuthu (a descendant of Dhruva) came PraacInabarhis. He was a ritualistic and filled the earth with darbhas doing one yaga after the other. His children are called pracetasas. Father asked them to get married and continue the family tree. They went towards the sea to do tapas. Rudra, who was very pleased became the GURU for them and adviced the rudra gItam - a praise of Lord narayaNa.
darSanam na: didRukshUNaam dehi bhaagavata arccitaam
rUpam priyatamam swaanaam sarvendriya guNaanjanam 4.24.44
(oh! Lord, please show us that form that you reveal to your devotees. Please show that dearest form that will nurture all the indryaas. A cry like this deep from the heart, under the guidance of a GURU is what one can crave for.)
How beautiful is it? No explanation can be adequate here.
snigdha prAvRUD ghanaSyAmam sarva soundarya vigraham
cArvAyata caturbAhum sujATa rucirAnanam 4.24.45
(oh! kRushNa, You are so soft and delicate. You are as dark as the rainy season clouds. Ha! You are the net total of all the beauty, with beautiful four long hands and round and attrctive face. The beauty just flows from you LORD)
padmakoSa palASa aksham sundara bhrU sunAsikam
sudwijam sukapola Asyam sama kaRNa vibhUshaNa 4.24.46
(Those eyes are like the lotus petals. The face captivates because of the lovely eyebrows, nose, teeth and cheeks. The ears are so symmetric.)
prIti prahasita apAngam aLakai: upaSobhitam
lasat pankaj akinjalka dukUlam mRushTa kuNDalam 4.24.47
(Lord has that beautiful smile that expresses his love for his devotees and that refelcts in his looks. The face is decorated with curly dangling hair locks. He is wearing a beautiful yellow silk that matches with the lotus pollen in color and glow. He is wearing shiny ear drops.)
sphurat kirITa valaya hAra nUpura mekhalam
Sankha cakra gadA padma mAlA maNi uttama Rudhimat 4.24.48
(He is wearing shiny diadem, bracelets, garlands, anklets and waist band.
His hands are decorated with conch, discus, mace and lotus. He is wearing vanamaala and necklace made of precious gems.)
simha skandha twishaa bibhrat soubhaga grIva koustubham
Sriyaa anapaayinyaa aakshipta nikashASma urasA ullasat 4.24.49
(HIS shoulders and majestic like that of a lion. Kaustubha gem decorates his beautiful neck. The beauty of the chest gets lifted becasue of the presence of his inseparable consort mahalaskhmi.)
pUra recaka samvigna valivalgu daLa udaram
prati samkraamayat viSwam naabhyaa aavartta gabhIrayA 4.24.50
(His tender leaf like stomach decorated by three lines and a deep naval moves up and down because of the breathing.)
SyAma SroNi adhirocishNu dukUla swarNa mekhalam
samacaaru anghRi jangha Uru nimna jAnu sudarSanam 4.24.51
(His waist is so dark and beautiful. The shiny yellow silk is tied there and a gold band is tied over it. His feets, leg and thigh are perfectly symmetrical and attractive. His knees are perfect and very beautiful to look at.)
padaa sarat padma palASa rocishA nakha dyubhi: na: antaragham vidhunwatA
pradarSaya swIyam apAsta sAdhwasam padam guro: mArga guru: tamojushAm 4.24.52
(Lord, the glow from your toe nails will remove all the internal stress from us. Your feet are like the petals of a lotus that bloomed in the Sarat season. Oh! Guru, with the radiance from those feet, you show path to the ignorant. With that light you remove the samsAra fear of your devotees. Oh! Guru, please show that form to us.)
etat rUpam anudhyeyam AtmaSuddhim abhIpsatAm
yat bhakti yoga abhayada: swadharmmam anutishTatAm 4.24.53
(This form of the lord is worth meditating upon by the one who desires to purify the soul. The practice of this bhakti yoga gives refuge for a devotee.)
kshaNArdhena api tulaye na swraggam na apunarbhavam
bhagavat sangi sangasya marttyAnAm kimuta ASisha: 4.24.57
(Heaven or moksham can't be compared with even a fraction of a second of contact with a bhaagavta. Then what can we say about the perishable desires of human beings? The best thing one can crave for is satsangham.)
Rudra at the end blesses pracetasas saying anyone who recites rudra gItam in the morning will be released from the bondage of karma and pleased NarayaNa will grant them all the desires. (as they are free of all desires by then and they are ready to do everything with no attachment but with full devotion.)
Brahma trying to witness an 'exclusive leela'
bhArata evam vatsapeShu bhunjAneshu acchyutAtmasu
vatsA: tu antar vane dUram viviSu: tRuna lobhitA: 10.13.12
(Sree Sukar says to Maharaja Parikshit that while the cowherd boys were thus enjoying their lunch in the forest with Krishna who showered his grace on all of them. Meanwhile the calves went far away, deep into the forest, being allured by green grass.)
iti uktvAdri darI kunja gahvareshu Atma vatsakAn
vichinvan bhagavAn kRushNa: sapANi kavalo yayau 10.13.14
(When Krishna noticed that the other cowherd were a little worried about the cows, he said "Let Me go and search for the calves. Don't disturb your enjoyment." Then, carrying His yogurt and rice in His hand, Krishna, immediately went out to search for the calves of His friends. To please His friends, He began searching in all the mountains, mountain caves, bushes and narrow passages calling, ‘Oh! vatsaa, please come’. Well the one who wanted them to go is calling and they could not come back!.)
ambhojanma janis tad antara gato mAya arbhakasya ISitur
draShTum manju mahitvam anyad api tad vatsAn ito vatsapAn
nItvA anyatra kurUdvaha antaradadhAt khe avasthito ya: purA
dRushthvA aghAsura mokShaNam prabhavata: prApta: param vismayam 10.13.15
(Brahma who was born from a lotus flower was watching with keen interest all the activities of Krishna such as the deliverance of Aghasura and luncheon with other gopa’s. Now that same Brahma wanted to show some of his own power and see the power of Krishna, who was engaged in His childhood pastimes, playing as if he was a cowherd boy. Therefore, in Krishna's absence, Brahma took all the boys and calves to another place. Thus Brahma now became entangled in this issue because Krishna never forsakes any of his devotees. Brahma wanted to see a special leela performed for him!)
tato vatsAn adRushthva etya puline api ca vatsapAn
ubhAv api vane kRushNo vicikAya samantata: 10.13.16
(Thereafter, when Krishna was unable to find the calves, He returned to the bank of the river, but there He did not see the cowherd boys either!. Thus He began to search for both the calves and the boys, as if He could not understand what had happened. Well, HE did not want to disappoint his first born brahma!)
kvApi adRushthvA antar vipine vatsAn pAlAmSca viSvavit
sarvam vidhi kRutam kRushNa: sahasA avjagAma ha 10.13.17
(When Krishna who is aware of everything in this universe was unable to find the calves the cowherd boys, anywhere in the forest, He could understood that this was the work of Lord Brahma.)
How did kRushNa manage? We will see soon. HE satisfies everyone.
BTW, Balarama did not go with them on the day of aghAsura vadham. So, he missed the vana bhojanam, brahma’s action etc. Let us keep watchign the Leela.
yAvad vatsapa vatsakAlpaka vapur yAvat karAnghri Adikam
yAvad yaShTi viShANa veNu dala Sig yAvad vibhUShAmbaram
yAvat SIla guNAbhidhAkRuti vayo yAvad vihArAdikam
sarvam vishNumayam giro angavad aja: sarva svarUpo babhau 10.13.19
(Maya that will put the Maya to shame! Krishna simply expanded Himself into the exact number of missing cowherd boys and calves, with the exact same physical features as the missing boys/cows. But Krishna also ensured that the clones also had with them their own like sticks, bugles and flutes, their lunch bags, their particular types of dress and ornaments placed in various ways, as well their own individual behavior (All these are kRushNa). In fact they were so similar to the missing boys that it was impossible for anyone to tell the difference. By expanding Himself in this way, beautiful Krishna proved the statement "Everything consists of Vishnu." While that is the reality, here it is a leela! At the ene of the day, kRushNa tok everyone to their individual homes – like any other day.)
Tan mAtaro veNu rava tvara utthitA utthApya dorbhi: parirabhya nirbharam
Sneha snuta stanya paya: sudhAsavam matvA param brahma sutAn apAyayan 10.13.22
(Imagine the luck of mothers who are going to pampaer the paramaatma. The mothers of the boys, upon hearing the sounds of the flutes and bugles being played by their sons, immediately rose from their household tasks. They rushed out and lifted their boys onto their laps, embraced them with both arms. Now these mothers had the good fortune of having Krishna as their son. Krishna accepted their offerings which were made with such immense love.)
tato nripa unmarddana majja lepana alankAra rakshA tilakam aSanAdibhi:
samlAlita: svAcaritai: praharShayan sAyam gato yAma yamena mAdhava: 10.13.23
(Krishna thus entered into the house of all boys who were stolen and in this way he provided the mothers an opportunity to serve him personally. The mothers took care of the boys by massaging them with oil, bathing them, smearing their bodies with sandalwood pulp, decorating them with ornaments, chanting protective mantras, decorating their bodies with tilaka and serving them delicious food. This way, the mothers served Krishna personally. By serving Krishna in this manner all the mothers were in a state of bliss. Though they had no clue about the reason for their joy.)
Go gopInAm mAtRutAsmin AsIt snehardhikAm vinA
purovad Asu api hare: tokatA mAyayA vinA 10.13.25
(From the very beginning, the gopis had great motherly affection for Krishna. Infact, their affection for Krishna exceeded even their affection for their own sons. But Krishna who is always above the maya loves everyone equally. Now, their love for their own children grew beyond normalcy.)
vrajaukasAm sva tokeShu sneha vally Abdam anvaham
Sanai: ni:sIma vavRudhe yathA kRushNe tu apUrvavat10.13.26
(Although the inhabitants of Vraja, the gopa’s and the gopi’s, previously had more affection for Krishna than for their own children, now, for one year, their affection for their own sons continuously increased, for Krishna had now become their sons. There seemed to be no limit to their affection for their sons, who were now Krishna.)
No wonder poontaanam sang 'uNNikRushNan manassil kaLikkumbol'. Here it is kRushNa is acting as you child! What all won't he do make plunge his devotees in bliss!
kRushNasya AsIt sakhA kaScit brAhmaNo brahmavittama:
virakta indriya artheshu praSanta AtmA jitendriya: 10.80.6
(The moment Sri Sukar thought about this friend of kRushNa, his heart melted and started narrating. kRushNa had a Kuchela as his friend. He is the best among the knowers of brahmam. He was absolutely detached, with no needs and wants and was very much at peace with himself. He had absolute control over his indriyaas.)
yadRucchayaa upapannena varttamaano gRuhASramI
tasya bhaaryA kucelasya kshutkshAma ca tathAvidhA 1.80.7
(He lead his life with whatever he gets without much effort (He would spend all his time in bhagavat smaraNam). But, he was a gRUhastha. HE IS KUCELA, whose dress is worn out. His wife was also just like him and has grown thin because of hunger. The poverty never bothered them as 'nirdhanaa: te api dhanyaa:')
One day she approched her pati and prayed to him to go and see the Lord Sriya: pati, who is his sakha. As he did not want to go empty handed (take something to offer the amrk of prema), she went and begged for 3 hand full of rice and made flattened rice and packed it in a torn piece of cloth and handed it over for offering. The great devotee started with so much devotion and reached Dwaraka. All through the way he was dreaming about his great friend. There kRushNa demonstarted his true friendship and treated him like his own brother. kRushNa himself did all the service to Sudaama along with his consorts. saakshaat rugmiNi Devi did the fanning for Kucela.
ya: asou triloka guruNaa SrInivAsena sambhRuta:
paryankasthaam Sriyam hittwaa parishwakta: agrajo yathA 10.80.26
(Devis were talking that this kRUshNa who is the GURU fro all the three worlds is making this poor man sit on his bed! Leaving SrIdevi he is hugging this bhikshu as if he were his own brother! What puNya has he done to win his heart like that? Simple prema, devotion, ananya diavattwam.)
They shared all chilhood stories. kRushNa was eagerly waiting for 'something'!. As it did not come out on its own, kRushNa asked for it -
kim upaayanam anItam brahman me bahvataa gRuhaat
aNu api upaahRutam bhaktai: premNaa bhoori eva me bhavet
bhoori api abhakta upahRutam na me toshAya kalpate 10.81.3
(Oh! Great friend, what did you bring for me from home? Even the littlest thing brought to me by my devotee with prema is the greatest for me. I am NOT pleased with even the biggest thing brought to me if he/she is not a devotee.)
patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktyaa prayacchati
tat aham bhakty upahRutam aSnaami prayata aatmana: 10.81.4
(When a devotee offer me a leaf (tuLasi), flower, fruit or water with devotion, I enjoy it as it is given to me filled with devotion.)
kRushNa ate one handful of pRuthukam and Devi stopped him when tried the second handful saying, 'one handful is enough to satisfy you for Sudama's this life as well as life in all worlds'. Kucela took leave of his dear friend the next day. Nothing was asked, given or offered to Kucela. Kucela still hadn't got out the pleasure shock that he had with kRushNa. With tears he said -
kwaaham daridra: pApIyAn kwa kRushNa: SrIniketana:
brahmabandhu: iti sma aham baahubhyaam parirambhita: 10.81.16
(Where is this poor sinner and where is the kRushNa lord of SrI? What have I done to deserve this love and respect from the lord? Oh! with those great hands he hugged me. Why? (If kucela thinks like that where are we?)
Finally Kucela reached his town and was shocked to see a palace there. His Devi, who was dressed like RugmiNI devi narrated the whole incidence. Kucela realised how silenlty the lord blessed him, just with a smile on his eyes. He prayed -
tasya eva me souhRuda sakhya maitrI daasyam puna: janamani janmani syaat
mahaanubhaavena guNaalayena vishajjata: tat purusha prasanga: 10.81.36
(I am HIS only. Life after life may HE bless me with his prema, friendship and make me to be his servant. I have a special relation with this reservoir of all guNas. May HE bless me with company of HIS devotees for ever.)
In this way Krishna entertained the entire inhabitants of Vraja with his child-like past times. The Gopa’s and Gopi’s and teh cows were now lucky enough to have Krishna as their sons. About 5-6 days before a year was complete Sri Krishna and Balarama entered the forest while grazing the cows.
ato vidUrAt carato gAvo vatsAn upavrajam
govardhanAdri Sirasi carantyo dadRuSu: tRuNam 10.13.29
(Cows which were pasturing on top of Govardhana Hill, looked down to find some green grass and saw their calves pasturing near Vrindavana far away from the summit.)
dRushthvA atha tat sneha vaSo asmRutAtmA sa go vrajo atyAtmapa durga mArga:
dvipAt kakud grIva udAsya puccho agAt hunkRutair Asru payA: javena 10.13.30
(When the cows saw their own calves from the top of Govardhana Hill, their hearts were filled with such affection that they even forgot themselves. Although the path was very rough, they ran toward their calves with great anxiety, each running as if with one pair of legs. Their udders started flowing with milk (because of love), their heads and tails raised, and their humps moving with their necks, they ran forcefully until they reached their calves to feed them.)
sametya gAvo adho vatsAn vatsavatyo apy apAyayan
gilantya iva cAngAni lihantya: svaudhasam paya: 10.13.31
(Though the cows had very young calves they still allowed the older calves also to suck them for milk. They were filled with so much love that they showered the older calves with more love than what was given to the new born ones. They licked the calves all over their body to show their affection. This behavior was so unnatural.
gopA: tad rodhanAyAsa maughya lajjoru manyunA
durgAdhva kRucchrato abhyetya go vatsair dadRuSu: sutAn 10.13.32
(The cowherd men were angry and ashamed at the same time. They felt ashamed and angry because they were not able to control the cows. They walked down the difficult terrain to reach the cows. They saw that their children, grazing the older calves are the cause for all these. They ran to them with anger.)
tadIkShaNot prema rasAplutASayA jAtAnurAgA gata manyavo arbhakAn
uduhya dorbhi: parirabhya mUrdhani ghrAnair avApu: paramAm mudam te 10.13.33
(The moment they approached their own children, all their anger and exhaustion was gone. They were filled with extreme joy just from the mere sight of their children. They lifted their sons, embraced them in their arms and enjoyed the highest pleasure by smelling their son’s heads (as a token of love)).
Brahma being on top (nArAyaNam, padmabhuvam (brahma)....) it takes longer for him to get trapped in the maya and it takes even longer for him to get out as he is going to do the longest stuti soon.....!
vrajasya rAmah premardhe: vIkShya outkanThyam anukShaNam
mukta staneshu apatyeshu api ahetuvid acintayat 10.13.35
(It seemed that there was exponentially increased love every where. The cows were behaving uncharacteristically by showering great love even towards the older calves which had stopped sucking the mother’s milk a long time ago, and the Gopa’s and the Gopi’s were ecstatically kissing and hugging their children. Seeing all this Balarama thought as follows:)
kim etad adbhutam iva vAsudeve akhilAtmani
vrajasya sa atmana: tokeshu apUrvam prema vardhate 10.13.36
(What is this wonderful phenomenon? The affection of all the inhabitants of Vraja, including Me, toward these boys and calves is increasing as never before, just like it does for Lord Krishna.)
iti sancintya dASArho vatsAn sa vayasAn api
sarvAn AcaShtha vaikunTham cakShuShA vayunena sa: 10.13.38
(Thinking in this way, Balarama (dASArha:) was able to see, with the divine eye of transcendental knowledge, that all these calves and Krishna's friends were merely various form of Krishna. Sarvam kRushNa mayam was witnessed by Balarama. Balarama got the answer for his head breaking puzzle. If only we know this real reality, how can anyone have any hatred towards anyone else?)
tAvad etya Atma bhUr Atma mAnena truthinehasA
purovad Abdam krIdantam dadRuSe sa kalam harim 10.13.40
(At the same time (according to Brahma’s own measurement, it was a tRuTi but on earth it was a year!), Braham saw that Lord Krishna was engaged just as before in playing with the boys and calves. Imagine Brahma’s confusion as he is seeing the kids & calves locked up by him playing here! Should he suspect his security or the Lord’s maya?)
ita ete atra kutratyA man mAyA mohitetare
tAvanta eva tatrAbdam krIdanto viShNunA samam 10.13.42
(Brahma knew that all the boys and calves that he had stolen were still sleeping under the influence of Maya and had not awakened yet. Yet he could see the exact same boys and calves here in Vraja playing with Krishna. He asked himself: “Who are they? Where did they come from?” He forgot that he was dealing with a maayaadhItan!)
evam sammohayan viShNum vimoham viSva mohanam
svayaiva mAyayAjo sapi svayam eva vimohita: 10.13.44
(Thus Lord Brahma, thinking and thinking for a long time, tried to distinguish between those two sets of boys. He tried to understand who was real and who was not real, but he couldn't understand at all. Thus Lord Brahma who wanted to seea leela tried to mystify the all-pervading Lord Krishna. But kRushNa is many step ahead of anyone! He is the 'pUrNam brhama sanAtanam' the one who in fact mystifies the entire universe! Found himself completely in bewilderment by Krishna’s maya shakti.)
Oh! Krushna if Brahma gets trapped in your maya, where are we? Sata koTi namaskaarams at your lotus feet.
tAvat sarve vatsa pAlA: paSyato ajasya tat kShaNAt
vyadRuSyanta ghana SyAmA: pIta kauSeya vAsasa: 10.13.46
(Brahma was trying to understand the current situation. While he was watching the calves and the boys tending them and everything immediately appeared to have the color of dark rain clouds and to be dressed in beautiful yellow silk garments.)
catur bhujA: Sankha cakra gadA rAjIva pANaya:
kirITina: kunDalino hAriNo vana mAlina: 10.13.47
(Each of them had four arms, holding conch shell, disc, mace and a lotus flower. They wore beautiful crowns on Their heads, earrings on Their ears and garlands of forest flowers around their necks.)
SrIvatsa angada do ratna kambu kankaNa pANaya:
nUpurai: kaTakair bhAtA: kaTi sUtra angulIyakai: 10.13.48
(On the upper portion of the right side of Their chests was the emblem of the goddess of fortune. They wore armlets on Their arms, bangles which were marked with three lines like a conch shell, anklets on Their ankles, ornaments on Their feet, and girdles around Their waists and thus They all appeared very beautiful in naaraayaNa roopam.)
Anghri mastakam ApUrNAs tulasI nava dAmabhi:
Komalai: sarva gAtreShu bhUri puNyavad arpitai: 10.13.49
(Every part of Their bodies, from Their feet to the top of Their heads, was fully decorated with fresh, tender garlands of tulasi leaves offered by devotees engaged in worshiping the Lord. All the nitya soorIs and bhaagavataas were worshipping that Vaikuntha naathan.)
Satya jnAna ananta Ananda mAtraika rasa mUrtaya:
aspRuShtha bhUri mAhAtmyA api hi upanishad dRuSAm 10.13.54
(The Vishnu murtis all had eternal, unlimited forms. They were knowledge personifieed and were in bliss. They were above the influence of time. Their great glory was not even to be touched by the jnanis engaged in constantly studying the Upanishads.)
iti IreSe atarkye nija mahimani sva pramitike paratra ajAto atan nirasana mukha brahmakaa itau
anISe api draShTum kim idam iti vA muhyati sati cacchAda ajo jnAtvA sapadi paramo ajA javanikAm 10.13.57
(Even Lord Brahma who is the spouse of Saraswati devi (goddess of knowledge) got caught in the web of Maya and could not understand the true identity of the cowherd boys. The true nature of this Lord cannot be understood by means of logic or by understanding the prakruti (world around us), his energies are not given to him by anyone but created by Himself. The Upanishads, the crown of the Vedas talk about him by stating what he is not this not this etc. No one can really put it in words what He is. Sri Krishna who is the form of the same Lord, perceived the difficulty in Brahma’s mind and removed the cloak of Maya. Brahma woke up from his state and saw the world around him. Only that? That divine Narayana was not there. A little blue boy dressed in yellow, holding a ball of rice was crying and searching for his friends and calves! The climax of Brahma mohanam! He got down from his hamsa vaahanam and fell at the feet of that 5 year old boy again and again.)
gurvarthe tyakta rAjyo vyacarat anuvanam padma padbhyaam priyaayaa:
pANi sparSa akshamAbhyAm mRujita patharujo yo harIndra anujaAbhyAm
vaitUpyA SUrppaNakhyA priya viraha rushA Aropita bhrU vijRumbha
trastAbdhi: badha setu: khala dava dahana kosalendro avatAnna: 9.10.4
(For a prime reason (for the sake of his Guru-father) Rama gave up his country and roamed in the forest. His lotus feet feet are so delicate that even the touch of his priya would irritate it. LakhmaNa and hanumAn would clean up the path so as to make it comfortable for Rama and he would walk on that. Becasue they disfigured SUrppaNakha, he had to suffere separation from his priya. This furiated Rama and twisted hsi eyebrows. The ocean gave way, they built the bridge across an burned the forest of wickeds. He returned to kosalam and may that Rama protect us.) Sri Sukar narrats ramayanam in one slokam.)
He is kaalaagni sadRuSa kopa: kshamayA pRuthivI sama: May that Rama save us in this time of crisis.
rAma rAghava rAma rAghava rAma rAghava rakshamAm
kRushNa keSava kRushNa keSava kRushNa keSava pAhimAm
Brahma Stuti. Brahma did not praise the brahmam, the absolute but he praised and prostrated to the cowherd boy. Either he is still intrans or the first child of that brahmam is waiting for the brahmam to say, ‘Don’t you know that I am brahmam poorNa sanAtanam?’ Well, HE will say that to HIS dear Arjuna, Dear Uddhava, but not to Brahma Ji. Why would HE when he separated his dear friends who say 'taavakaa: kRushNa'? (HE is bhagavaan and not a bhAgavata. HE WILL NOT TAKE ANY BHAGAVATA APACARAM)
noumIdya te abhra vapuShe taTid ambarAya gunja avatamsa paripiccha lasan mukhAya
vanya sraje kavala vetra viShANa veNu lakShma Sriye mRudu pade paSupAngajAya 10.14.1
(Lord Brahma said: Dear one, who is worth praising, I offer my humble obeisance’s and prayers. Your body is dark blue like a dark cloud, Your garment is brilliant like lightning, and the beauty of Your face is enhanced by Your gunja (some kind of seed - kuntumaNi) earrings and the peacock feather on Your head. Wearing garlands of various forest flowers and leaves, and equipped with a herding stick, a buffalo horn and a flute, You stand beautifully with ball of rice in Your hand. I offer my prayers to you, O Son of Nanda. Brhama was praising kRushNa who trapped him at the end – the crying little boy! Where is the naaraayaNa roopam and where is this little cute captivating kRushNa!)
asyApi deva vapuSho mad anugrahasya svecchA mayasya na tu bhUta mayasya ko api
neSe mahi tu avasitum manasAntareNa sAkShAt tavaiva kim utAtma sukhAnubhUte: 10.14.2
(My dear Lord, how can I praise you when I don’t understand your greatness. You have appeared in this form just to please your bhakatas. Your body isn’t made of panch bhootas and you can only be enjoyed through Bhakti. When this is Brahma's state how can others even attempt to do that? ) In reality, if you can enjoy kRushNa that is enough, why worry about the rest?
jnAne prayAsam udapAsya namanta eva jIvanti san mukharitAm bhavadIya vArtAm
sthAne sthitA: Sruti gatAm tanu vAng manobhirye prAyaSo ajita jito apyasi tai: trilokyAm 10.14.3
(Those who have given up all desires even to achieve spiritual enlightenment but instead spend all their efforts simply to describe and chant the stories and your glories easily conquer you; but other wise there is no one in all three worlds who can challenge you. If one knows how to enjoy you, oh! gopaala, they are yours.)
tathApi bhUman mahima aguNasya te viboddhum arhati amalAntara Atmabhi:
avikriyAt svAnubhavAd arUpato hi ananya bodhyAtmatayA na cAnyathA 10.14.6
(O Limitless Lord, You are without any gunas and its very difficult to truly understand You. However it is possible to attain you by inwardly introspecting ones inner self. One who purifies his heart and maintain no material attachments to anything crave to attain you and understand you. Only they deserve you vrajanATha.)
tat te anukampAm su samIkshamANo bhunjAna evAtma kRutam vipAkam
hRud vAk vapurbhi: vidadhan namaste jIveta yo muktipade sa dAyabhAk 10.14.8
(My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past actions (good or bad done by all Indriyas including mind) in a completely detached manner and offering prayers with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for moksha. THAT IS WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DO NOW. kRushNa one day, we are sure that your kRupa will drench us.)
paSya ISa me anAryam ananta Adye parAtmani tvayi api mAyi mAyini
mAyAm vitatyekshitum Atma vaibhavam hi aham kiyAn aiccham ivArcir agnau 10.14.9
(My Lord, in my moment of weakness I tried to test Your power by trying to cover you around with maya. But You are the master of even the maya, you delude the deluders! What am I compared to You? I am just like a small spark in the presence of a great fire.)
kRushNa, while you are the doer, you make us do something. Without your grace, nothing happens. Please make us your tools.
Brahma realises his mistake and apologises. Gopaala stuti has been elevated to parabrahmastuti. (In previous avataara Brahma's parabrahma stuti was turned into dasaratha nandana by Rama!)
ata: kShamasva acyuta me rajo bhuvo hi ajAnata: tvat pRuthag ISa mAnina:
ajau Alepa andha tamo andha cakShusha esho anukampyo mayi nAthavAn iti 10.14.10
(I have been foolish in presuming myself as controller of this universe. My eyes are blinded by the darkness of ignorance, which causes me to think of myself as different from you, I am the creator of the universe etc. That is because of the rajo guna in me. Since I Consider you as my lord, please consider that I am Your servant and therefore I am worthy of Your compassion. Therefore, O achyuta, kindly excuse my offenses.)
kvAham tamo mahad aham kha cara agni vAr bhU samveShTita anDa ghatha sapta vitasti kAya:
kva IdRug vidha avigaNita anDa parANu caryA vAtAdhva roma vivarasya ca te mahitvam 10.14.11
(What am I, a small creature measuring seven spans of my own hand? I am presiding over a universe composed of material nature (prakrti), maha tattva, false ego, ether, air, water and earth. And what is Your glory? Unlimited universes pass through the pores at the root of your each hair of Your body. Why did I even try to show off my power?)
utkShepaNam garbha gatasya pAdayo: kim kalpate mAtur adhokShaja Agase
kim asti nAsti vyapadeSa bhUshitam tavAsti kukShe: kiyad api ananta: 10.14.12
(O Lord Adhokshaja (who can be seen only by internalizing the senses), does a mother take offense when the child within her womb kicks with his legs? And is there anything in existence - whether deemed as real or as unreal - that is actually outside You? So, oh! Compassionate Lord, bless me as I am a child in your womb who misbehaved.)
jagat traya anta udadhi samplavode nArAyanasya udara nAbhi nAlAt
vinirgato aja: tu iti vAng na vai mRushA kin tu ISvara tvan na vinirgato asmi 10.14.13
(My dear Lord, it is said that when the three planetary systems (Heavens, Earth and the nether worlds) are merged into the water at the time of dissolution, Lord Narayana (and you are none other than Lord Narayana) lies down on the water. Gradually a lotus flower grows from His navel, and Brahma takes birth upon that lotus flower. Certainly, these words are not false. Thus am I not born from You? So, please forgive this child’s behavior.)
nArAyana: tvam na hi sarva dehinAm AtmA asi adhISa akhila loka sAkShI
nArAyano angam nara bhU jalAyanAt tat cApi satyam na tavaiva mAyA 10.14.14
(Are You not same as Lord Narayana, O supreme controller, since You are the Soul of every living being and the eternal witness of all lokas? You are NarayaNa (one who is the refuge for all beings) you lie in kaaraNa jalam (nara bhU jalAyanAt). You are all pervading. NarayaNa appears to be confined and that is only because of your maya but you are the amsam of the Supreme and I am your child.)
sureShu RuShiShu ISa tathaiva nRuShu api tiryakshu yAdassu api te ajanasya
janmAsatAm durmada nigrahAya prabho vidhAta: sad anugrahAya ca 10.14.20
(O Lord, You have no material birth, yet to defeat the false pride of the wicked and to show mercy to Your devotees, You take birth among the gods, sages, human beings, animals and even the fishes. Your incarnate in the appropriate form to bring balance in the universe.)
agre paSyaami tejo nibiDatara kaLaaya aavaLI lobhanIyam
pIyUsha aplAvita: aham tadanu tadudare divya kaiSora vesham
tARuNya Arambha ramyam parama sukha rasa AswAda romAncita angai:
AvItam nAradAdyair vilasat upanishat sundarI maNDalaiSca Nara 100.1
(Oh! kRushNa! I see a dark blue glow just in front of me. I am already sunk in the amRUtam! Look! In the middle of that I see the most beautiful form that is just entering the youth. See, he is surrounded by Narada etc whose hair stand up as they are enjoying the divine nectar. He is surrounded by those BEAUTIFUL LADIES. My kRUshNa is right in the middle! How lucky are those gopIs and how lucky are those Bhaagavataas? How blessed I am to witness all these.)
yogIndrANAm tvat angeshu adhika sumadhuram muktibhAjAm nivAso
bhaktAnAm kAmavarsha dyutaru kisalayam nAtha te pAda mUlam
nityam citta sthitam me pavana pura pate kRushNa! kAruNya sindho!
hRuttwA niSSesha tApAn pradiSatu paramAnada sandoha lakshmIm Nara 100.10
(Oh! kRushNa! Your lotus feet is the tender leaf of kalpaka vRuskham. (the beauty here is it will grant all the wish but will generate only those wishes that are perfect which the real kalpaka vRUksha is not capable of!)
YogIs consider as as the sweetest part of you kRushNa. That is the abode of realized souls. Oh! kRushNa, Guruvaayoorappa, ocean of compassion, may that lotus feet stay in my heart for ever and irradicate all the worries and nourish the 'parama Anandam' Please bless me with that Guruvaayoorappa.)
ko vetti bhUman bhagavan parAtman yogeSvara UtI: bhavata: trilokyAm
kva vA katham vA kati vA kadeti vistArayan krIdasi yoga mAyAm 10.14.21
(O Supreme one! O paratman (the greatest atman) Your pastimes are taking place continuously in these three worlds, but who can estimate where, how and when You are employing maya shakti and performing these innumerable pastimes? No one can understand the mystery of how Your maya shakti acts.)
eka: tvam AtmA puruSha: purANa: satya: svayam jyotir ananta Adya:
nityo akSharo ajasra sukho niranjana: pUrna: advayo mukta: upAdhito amRuta: 10.14.23
(You are the unique Supreme Soul, You are the Supreme Purusha, the Absolute Truth - self-manifested, endless and beginning less. You are eternal and infallible, perfect and complete, without any rival and free from all bondage. Your happiness can never be obstructed, You are perfectly pure (i.e. not contaminated by maya) and death does not affect You. Indeed, You are the nectar of immortality.)
AtmAnam evAtmatayA vijAnatAm tenaiva jAtam nikhilam prapancitam
jnAnena bhUyo api ca tat pralIyate rajjvAm aher bhoga bhavAbhavau yathA 10.14.25
(One has to see you as the soul of the soul with knowledge. A person who mistakes a rope for a snake becomes fearful, but he then gives up his fear upon realizing that it was only a rope. Similarly, for those who fail to understand You, there exists this universe. But once they realize you; this universe disappears and one realizes that there is in fact nothing other than You. Sarvam vishNumayam jagat.)
ajnAna samjnau bhava bandha mokshau dvau nAma nAnyau sta Rutajna bhAvAt
ajasra citi Atmani kevale pare vicAryamANe taraNAu ivAhanI 10.14.26
(The concept of material bondage and the concept of liberation are both manifestations of ignorance. They cease to exist when one correctly understands that the atma (soul) is unique, free from nature (nature changes and aatma is eternal) and is perfectly pure and always fully conscious. At that time bondage and liberation no longer have any significance, just as day and night have no significance from the perspective of the sun.)
tvAm AtmAnam param matvA param AtmAnam eva ca
AtmA punar bahir mRugya aho ajna janatAjnatA 10.14.27
(Just see the foolishness of those ignorant people who consider ‘aatma’ to be the physical body and the physical body to be the self ‘aatma’. In fact you are the atma in every being. The ignorant people identify themselves with their physical body and thus differentiate between them selves and You. Such fools conclude that You are to be searched for somewhere outside, when in fact all they have to do is to look inward. What a sad state!)
athApi te deva padAmbuja dvaya prasAda leSAnu gRuhIta eva hi
jAnAti tattvam bhagavan mahimno na cAnya eko api ciram vicinvan 10.14.29
(My Lord, if one is blessed with an iota of grace of Your lotus feet, he can understand You and thus reach the truth. But without your grace; even those who strive very hard to attain you are unable to know You. O Lord! Please shower some of your mercy on us.)
tad astu me nAtha sa bhUri bhAgo bhave atra vA anyatra tu vA tiraScAm
yenAham eko api bhavat janAnAm bhUtvA niSheve tava pAda pallavam 10.14.30
(My dear Lord, I therefore pray to be so fortunate that either in this life as Brahma or in another life, wherever I take my birth, that I may be counted as one of Your devotees. I pray that wherever I may be, even if I am born as a lowly animal; I be given the opportunity to tend to your lotus feet. May I take life in the midst of your devotees.)
aho ati dhanyA vraja go ramaNya: stanyAmRutam pItam atIva te mudA
yAsAm vibho vatsatarAtmaja AtmanA yat tRuptaye adyApi na ca alam adhvarA: 10.14.31
(O almighty Lord, how greatly fortunate are the cows and ladies of Vrindavana, for You have happily drunk the milk from their udders and their breasts (Krishna had taken the form of calves and gopaalas when Brahma has snatched them, and thus all the gopi’s and the cows had a divine opportunity to enjoy Krishna as their own sons/calves.) All the Vedic sacrifices performed from time immemorial up to the present day have not given You this much satisfaction. (The Lord is extremely pleased from this simple act because it was given with such pure unadulterated love.)
aho bhAgyam aho bhAgyam nanda gopa vrajaukasAm
yan mitram paramAnandam pUrNam brahma sanAtanam 10.14.32
(How greatly fortunate are Nanda Gopa and all the other inhabitants of Vraja! There is no limit to their good fortune, because the Absolute Truth, the source of bliss, the all perfect eternal Brahman, has become their near and dear one.)
eshAm tu bhAgya mahimA acyuta tAvad AstAm ekAdaSaiva hi vayam bata bhUri bhAgA:
etad hRushIka cashakair asakRut pibAma: SarvAdayo anghri udaja madhu amRutAsavam te 10.14.33
(The greatness and the good fortune of the inhabitants of Vraja cannot be conceived of; but even we the eleven presiding deities (headed by Shiva) over the indriya’s are constantly blessed. The senses of these Gopa’s and Gopi’s are the cups through which we enjoy the amRutam flowing from your Lotus feet. (We Indriya Devatas enjoy a part of your beauty the fragrance, taste etc; through the respective senses and organs of the inhabitants of Vraja. But, imagine how much more lucky are the inhabitants of Vraja who enjoy You through all their senses and organs at the once.)
tad bhUri bhAgyam iha janma kim api aTavyAm yad gokule api katamAnghri rajo abhiShekam
yat jIvitam tu nikhilam bhagavAn mukunda: tu adyApi yat pada raja: Sruti mRugyam eva 10.14.34
(My greatest possible good fortune would be to take birth in any form in this forest of Gokula and have my head bathed by the dust falling from the lotus feet of any of its residents. Their entire life and soul is dedicated to You, O Mukunda. Vedas and Vedic scholars search for the dust from your lotus feet and they have not found it yet. (This is from Brahma who is Veda personified.) So, he wishes to achieve it by being a grass in Brandaavan.
eshAm ghosha nivAsinAm uta bhavAn kim deva rAteti na: ceto viSva phalAt phalam tvad aparam kutrApi ayan muhyati
sad veshAdiva pUtanApi sakulA tvAm eva devApitA yad dhAmArtha suhRut priyAtma tanaya prANASayA: tvat kRute 10.14.35
(My mind becomes bewildered just trying to think of what reward other than You could be found anywhere? You are the very embodiment of all rewards, which You bestow upon Gopa’s and Gopi’s of Vrindavana. You were generous enough to give moksha to Putana and her family members (Bakasura and Aghasura) because she disguised herself as a devotee. So what can you give to these devotees of Vrindavana, whose homes, wealth, friends, dear relations, bodies, children and very lives and hearts are all dedicated only to You? Oh! kRushNa you offered yourself to them That is why they are going to cry later, ‘vismarttum naiva Saknuma:’ (Oh! Uddhava, we are not able to forget HIM!) - The peak of bhakti which makes one forget everything else other than the LORD!
prapancam nishprapanco api vidambayasi bhUtale
prapanna janatAnanda sandoham prathitum prabho 10.14.37
(My dear master, although You have nothing to do with material existence, You come to this earth and take part in the worldly affairs only to give joy to your true devotees. What else can be the reson? DushTa nigraham can be done with your sankalpam itself, sitting in Vaikuntham. It does not ask for an incarnation.)
jAnanta eva jAnantu kim bahUkatyA na me prabho
manaso vapusho vAco vaibhavam tava gocara: 10.14.38
(There are people who claim that know all about You. Let them think that way. What is to be gained by talking about such people or their words? O my Lord, let me say this: As far as Your glories are concerned, they are all beyond the reach of my mind, body and words. If Brahma says so, where are we?)
anujAnIhi mAm kRushNa sarvam tvam vetsi sarva dRuk
tvam eva jagatAm nAtha: jagat etat tavArpitam 10.14.39
(My dear Krishna, I now humbly request permission to leave. Actually, You know everything; O omniscient one! You are the Lord of all the universes, and yet I offer this one universe unto You. So, should be our prayers. We are not doing anything. Whatever is given to us by HIM,we are offering. As Adi Sankara saysa in Soundarya lahari – twadIpai: vaagbhi: tava janani vAcAm stutiriyam)
SrI kRushNa vRushni kula puShkara joshadAyin kshmA nirjara dvija paSUdadhi vRuddhikArin
uddharma SArvara hara kShiti rAkShasa dhrug Akalpam Arkam arhan bhagavan namaste 10.14.40
(My dear SrI kRushNa, You bestow happiness (like the sun) upon the lotus like Vrishni dynasty and swell the great oceans consisting of the earth, the gods, the cows. You dispel the darkness of atheism and oppose the demons (like Kamsa) that have appeared on this earth. O You Supreme Lord, whom everyone including the sun worships, as long as this universe exists (brahma’s life span), I will offer my prayers unto You. All we have to do is keep HIM in our heart and enjoy everything that HE has made for us, offer that to HIM and that is the way to worship HIM.)
iti abhishthUya bhUmAnam tri: parikramya pAdayo:
natvA abhIshTam jagat dhAtA svadhAma pratyapadyata 10.14.41
(Having thus offered his prayers, Brahma went around Krishna three times (as a mark of respect) and then bowed down at His lotus feet. He then retuned back to his abode which is the Brahma lokam.)
After Brahma’s departure Krishna brought back all the missing cows and Gopa children who were stolen by Brahma. Even though a year had passed by on earth; the missing children did not realize this at all. This was of course due to His maya shakti. Krishna took his meal with other children and then returned to the vraj as usual. They saw the dead snake skin of aghAsura and played with it.
barha prasUna vana dhAtu vicitritAnga: proddAma veNu dala SRunga ravotsavADhya:
vatsAn gRunan anuga gIta pavitra kIrti: gopI dRug utsava dRuSi: praviveSa goShTham 10.14.47
(What a beautiful sight! The gopIs had been waiting for yugas (in fact morning till evening which is yuga for them! One who is craving will know what this means!) Lord Krishna's body was decorated with peacock feathers and flowers and painted with forest minerals; He played divine tunes with his flute and lovingly called out His calves by name. His cowherd boyfriends purified the whole world by chanting His glories. Thus Lord Krishna entered the Vraja, and the very sight of Him at once produced a great joy in the heart of all the gopi’s.)
Adya anena mahA vyAlo yaSodA nanda sUnunA
hato avitA vayam ca asmAt iti bAlA vraje jagu: 10.14.48
(As the cowherd boys reached the village of Vraja, they sang, "Today Krishna the son of Yashoda and Nanda Gopa saved us by killing a great serpent!" Of course the snake had been killed an year before, but the boys remembered nothing about their captivity by Brahma and furthermore Krishna had showed them the corpse of the dead Aghasura and therefore they had no reason to believe other wise.)
King Parikshit asks a very pertinent question “Why did the inhabitants of Vraja love Krishna more than their own sons?” To the question Sree Sukar responds as follows:
sarveshAm api bhUtAnAm nRupa svAtmaiva vallabha:
itare apatya vittAdyA: tat vallabhatayaiva hi 10.14.50
(O King, for every creature, their own self is more valuable than anything else. In fact every other kind of love; love towards money, children etc is only because of ones selfish needs and it’s not an unconditional love.)
tat rAjendra yathA sneha: sva svakAtmani dehinAm
na tathA mamatAlambi putra vitta gRuhAdiShu 10.14.51
(For this reason, O kings, most people are self-centered; they are more attached to their own bodies and self than to their so-called possessions like children, wealth and home.)
dehAtma vAdinAm pumsAm api rAjanya sattama
yathA deha: priyatama: tathA na hi anu ye ca tam 10.14.52
(Thus for people who identify themselves with their physical body, O best of kings, their body is always more valuable than every thing else. (Sree Sukar is perhaps repeating this point just to stress the fact that we the dearest is whatever we see as aatma. Oh! Parikshit, see the kRushNa in everthing and enjoy the prema.)
tasmAt priyatama: svAtmA sarveShAm api dehinAm
tat artham eva sakalam jagat etat carAcaram 10.14.54
(Therefore it is his own self that is most dear to every living being, and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self that the whole material creation of moving and nonmoving entities exists.)
kRUshNam enam avehi tvam AtmAnam akhila AtmanAm
jagat hitAya sa: api atra dehi iva AbhAti mAyayA 10.14.55
(Oh! Parikshit, realize that kRushNa is the Atma every being. For the welfare of the universe HE has taken a physical form. He being the Atma of each being in vRaj, they love him dearer than anyone else and anything else.)
samASritA ye pada pallava plavam mahat padam puNya yaSo murAre:
bhavAmbudhi: vatsa padam param padam padam padam yad vipadAm na teShAm 10.14.58
(For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print (vatsa padam). Their goal is Vaikunthha (param padam), the place where there are no material miseries and they no longer have to face obstacles at every step (padam padam). They enjoy the eternal bliss.)
When Krishna and Balarama attained the age of pauganda [six to ten] they were allowed to take up the task of tending the cows. Engaging thus in the company of Their friends, the two boys rendered the land of Vrindavana most auspicious by imprinting upon it the marks of Their lotus feet.
tan mAdhavo veNum udIrayan vRuto gopair gRuNadbhi: sva yaSo balAnvita:
paSUn puraskRutya paSavyam AviSad vihartukAma: kusumAkaram vanam 10.15.2
(Sree Sukar describes the scene of Lord Krishna entering the forest to allow cows to graze: Lord Madhava is playing on His flute, surrounded by cowherd boys who are chanting His glories. He is accompanied by Baladeva. He kept the cows before Him and entered the Vrindavana forest, which was full of flowers and rich with nourishment for the animals. He wanted to sport with his friends in that rich forest. The forest was so divinely beautiful. Various sounds of birds and animals and humming of bees added a natural music. Smell of lotus flower was intoxicating. kRushNa started conversing his brother as if He was really surprised!)
Sree Bhagavan Krishna says to his elder brother as follows:
aho amI devavara amara arcitam pAdAmbujam te sumana: phalArhaNam
namanti upAdAya SikhAbhir Atmana: tamo apahatyai taru janma yatkRutam 10.15.5
(O greatest of Lords, just see how these trees are bowing their heads at Your lotus feet, which are worshipped even by the immortal devas.. The trees are offering You their fruits and flowers to eradicate their ignorance that has caused their birth as trees. Of course Balarama is the incarnation of AdiSesha. kRushNa is reminding him that now and sure enough, there is a master plan behind it!)
ete alina: tava yaSo akhila loka tIrtham gAyanta Adi puruSha anupadam bhajante
prAyo amI muni gaNA bhavadIya mukhyA gUDham vane api na jahati anagha Atm daivam 10.15.6
(O Adi Purusha! these all bees must be great sages and most elevated devotees of Yours, for they are worshiping You by following You along the path and chanting Your glories. Though You have disguised Yourself within this forest, O sinless one, they refuse to abandon You.)
nrityanti amI Sikhina IDya mudA hariNya: kurvanti gopya iva te priyam IkshaNena
sUktaiSca kokila gaNA gRuham AgatAya dhanyA vanaukasa iyAn hi satAm nisarga: 10.15.7
(O Lord, respectable one, these peacocks are dancing before You out of joy, these doe’s just like the Gopi’s are pleasing You with their affectionate glances. These cuckoos are honoring You with their sweet songs. All these residents of the forest are most fortunate that you have blessed them. Being great souls, they act the way they should.)
dhanya iyam adya dharaNI tRuna vIrudha: tvat pAda spRuSo druma latA: karajAbhi mRushThA:
nadyo adraya: khaga mRugA: sadaya avalokair gopyo antareNa bhujayo: api yat spRuhA SrI: 10.15.8
(This earth has now become most fortunate, because You have touched her grass and bushes with Your feet and her trees and creepers with Your fingernails, and because You have graced her rivers, mountains, birds and animals with Your merciful glances. But above all, You have embraced the young cowherd women between Your two arms - a favor hankered after by the goddess of fortune herself.)
That is kRushNa’s bRAtRu bhakti. He attributes everything to the greatness of His brother and the poor brother does not do anything other than admiring his dear little brother! Later Uddhava is going to sing glory to the dust from the gopIs and their songs–
vande nada vraja stRINAm pAdareNum abhIkshNaSa
yAsAm harikatha udgItam punAti bhuvana trayam 10.47.63
Only kRushNa knows the truth as HE IS THE TRUTH INCARNATE. Let us join the bhaagavata and sing -
dhanya dhanya vraja nAri dhanya ho
dhanya bRundAvan kunja dhanya ho
Sree Sukar continues saying that in this fashion Sree Krishna along with Balarama and his friends continue to enjoy the beautiful forest around Vridavan while pasturing the cows on the river banks in the vicinity of the mighty Govardhana mountains.
kvacid gAyati gAyatsu madAndha Alishu anuvratai:
upagIyamAna carita: sragvI sankarShaNa anvita: 10.15.10
(The honeybees in Vrindavana become so mad with ecstasy (from the honey - both) that they hum the glories of the Lord; while the boys would sing the glories of our Lord Krishna. Sri Krishna who would be adorned by a beautiful garland, would be accompanied by his elder brother continued to enjoy and provide enjoyment to entire Vraja.)
megha gambhIrayA vAcA nAmabhi: dUragAn paSUn
kvacid Ahvayati prItyA gogopAla manojnayA 10.15.12
(Krishna would sometimes respond to this by making a voice as deep as the rumbling of clouds; He would call out with great affection the names of the cows who had wandered far from the herd, thus enchanting both the cows and the cowherd boys.)
nrityato gAyata: kvApi valgato yudhyato mitha:
gRuhIta hastau gopAlAn hasantau praSaSamsatu: 10.15.15
(Sometimes, as the cowherd boys danced, sang, moved about and playfully fought with each other, Krishna and Balarama, would laugh and applaud their activities.)
evam nigUDha Atma gati: sva mAyayA gopAtmajatvam caritai: vidambayan
reme ramA lAlita pAda pallavo grAmyai: samam grAmya vad ISa ceShTita: 10.15.19
In this way the Supreme Lord, whose soft lotus feet are personally attended by the goddess of fortune, concealed true self by maya shakti and acted like the son of a cowherd. Yet even while enjoying like a village boy in the company of other village residents, He often exhibited feats only a supreme would perform.
Once, some of the cowherd boys - Sridama, the very close friend of Balrama and Krishna, along with Subala, Stokakrishna and others - lovingly spoke the following words. “O Lords! Not far from here is a very great forest filled with rows of palm trees.”) WHEREELSE CAN ONE POUR THEIR DESIRES? TO THEIR DEAR (ATMA), RIGHT?
phalAni tatra bhUrINi patanti patitAni ca
santi kintu avaruddhAni dhenukena durAtmanA 10.15.22
(They continued: In that forest many fruits are falling from the trees, and many are already lying on the ground. But all the fruits are being guarded by the evil Dhenuka.) See, how the lord makes it so natural. Killing Dhenuka has become gopAlA’s wish now!
so ati vIryo asuro rAma he kRushNa khara rUpa dhRuk
Atma tulya balair anyai: jnAtibhi: bahubhi: vRuta: 10.15.23
(O Rama, O Krishna! Dhenuka is a most powerful demon and has assumed the form of a donkey. He is surrounded by many of his evil friends who have also assumed a similar shape and are just as powerful. For the boys, Rama and kRushNa are their dear friends. ‘Know the strength of your enemies before attacking them. We need the fruits.’)
How lucky are these boys to enjoy the lord like this!
vidyante abhukta pUrvANi phalAni surabhINi ca
esha vai surabhir gandho viShUcIno avagRuhyate 10.15.25
(The boys continued by saying to Krishna & Balaram as follows: In the forest are sweet-smelling and delicious fruits that no one has ever tasted. In fact their sweet smell can be perceived even here. They wanted Krishna and Balarama to help them reach those wonderful tasting fruits. And of course Krishna cannot say no to his true devotees.)
evam suhRut vaca: SrutvA suhRut priya cikIrShayA
prahasya jagmatur gopair vRutau tAlavanam prabhU 10.15.27
(Hearing the words of Their dear companions, Krishna and Balarama heartily laughed and, desiring to please them, set off for the Talavana followed by Their cowherd dear friends.) Please don’t compare any human friendship with this. This is DIVINITY playing to get rid of the evil, the asura in the form of donkey.
Bala: praviSya bAhubhyAm tAlAn samparikampayan
phalAni pAtayAm Asa matangaja iva ojasA 10.15.28
(Krishna looked at Balarama. Lord Balarama entered the tAla forest first. Then with His two arms He began shook the trees with the power of a maddened elephant and caused the fruits to fall to the ground. This created such a big noise.)
phalAnAm patatAm Sabdam niSamya asura rAsabha:
abhyadhAvat kShiti talam sanagam parikampayan 10.15.29
(Hearing the sound of the falling fruits, the demon Dhenuka in the form of a donkey charged forward to attack, making the earth and trees tremble due to his might. Who dares to enter my zone? He charged on Rama and screamed like a donkey. Kicked with his hind legs.)
sa tam gRuhItvA prapador bhrAmayitva ka pANinA
cikShepa tRuna rAjAgre bhrAmaNa tyakta jIvitam 10.15.32
(But he stood no chance against the might of Lord Balarama, who carries the whole universe on his hood. He easily seized Dhenuka by his hooves, whirled him about with one hand and threw him into the top of a palm tree. The violent wheeling motion itself killed the demon! Such was the power of Lord Balarama.)
balasya lIlaya utsRuShTa khara deha hatAhatA:
tAlAS cakampire sarve mahA vAteritA iva 10.15.34
(Lord Balarama threw the demon onto the top of the tallest palm tree with such force that all the trees began shaking and striking against one another as if blown about by powerful winds.)
DhenukA’s kith and kins attacked Balarama and kRushNa. Like a child’s play, they got rid off them. Devas rejoice and showered flower. The whole land looked so colorful with palm tree tops, colorful heavenly flowers and the dead bodies of the asuras. The people vraj enjoyed the sweet tAla fruits (nongu) from that day onwards.
Oh! kRushNa, please accept our prayers too.
Offering this at the lotus feet.
tam gorajaS churita kuntala baddha barha vanya prasUna rucirekshaNa cAru hAsam
veNum kvaNantam anugair anugIta kIrtim gopyo didRukshita dRuSo abhyagaman sametA: 10.15.42
(Lord Krishna's hair, colored with the dust raised by the cows, was decorated with a peacock feather and forest flowers. The Lord glanced charmingly and smiled beautifully, playing upon His flute while His companions chanted His glories. The Gopis were waiting to have a glance of kRushNa all day doing nothing. Suddenly they heard the sound of madana gopAl’s flute! The Gopis rushed forward to meet Him, their eyes very eager to see Him. Don’t they have to do their house chores? Well after kRushNa’s arrival, the only chore that gets done is GOSSIP about kRushNa!)
pItvA mukunda mukha sAragham akShi bhRungais tApam jahur virahajam vrajayoshita: ahni
tat sat kRutim samadhigamya viveSa goShTham savrIda hAsa vinayam yat apAnga mokSham 10.15.43
(With their beelike eyes, the women of Vrindavana drank the honey of the beautiful face of Lord Mukunda, and thus they gave up the distress they had felt during the day because of separation from Him. They cast sidelong glances at the Lord - glances filled with humilty and devotion - and Krishna completely accepted these glances as a proper offering of respect and entered the village. Each one read, “Oh! Gopi, I was just waiting for this.” In kRushNa’s smile.)
gata adhvAna Sramau tatra majjan unmarddana adibhi:
nIvIm vasitvA rucirAm divya srag gandha manditau 10.15.45
(By being bathed and massaged, the two young Lords were relieved of the weariness caused by walking to and from the forest. Then They were dressed in beautiful robes and decorated with exquisite garlands and pleasant smelling sandal-paste.)
janani upahRutam prASya svAdu annam upalAlitau
samviSya vara SayyAyAm sukham sushupatur vraje 10.15.46
(After dining sumptuously on the delicious food given to Them by Their mothers and being pampered in various ways, the two brothers lay down upon Their beds and happily went to sleep in the village of Vraja. Ha! The creator of the universe finally got to sleep peacefully.)
One day while Krishna was wandering about in near the Yamuna river without his elder brother. At that time the cows and cowherd boys were feeling acute distress from the blazing summer sun. Afflicted by thirst, they drank the water from the nearer loop of the Yamuna River. But it had been contaminated with poison from kALiya.
viShAmbha: tat upaspRuSya daivopahata cetasa:
nipetur vyasava: sarve salilAnte kurUdvaha 10.15.49
(Oh! greatest among the Kurus, as soon as they sipped the water all the cows and the gopAlA’s fell down life less by the side of the water. They were forced by the destiny/Lord. What else can I say?)
However Krishna the master of all Yoga’s felt great compassion for them (dead gopa’s & cows) for they had completely surrendered onto Him. He revived them back as before by His mere loving glance.
anvamamsata tat rAjan govinda anugraha IkShitam
pItvA viSham paretasya punar utthAnam Atmana: 10.15.52
(The boys realized that although they had died from the poison; they had come back to life only due to the loving grace of Sri Krishna. May this merciful Lord continue shower His grace on all His devotees!)
Oh! kRushNa, today we are also dead poisoned by various things, though we look alive. Please awake us.
Sri Sukar said that kRushNa chased kALiya out when he realized that kALiya has made water in that loop unusable. (The LORD wanted to get rid of all the negativities from bRundAvan.. Sri Parikshit was not happy with this one line narration and so asked for the details and Sri Sukar continued.)
kAlindyAm kAliyasya AsIt hrada: kaScid vishAgninA
SrapyamANa payA yasmin patanti uparigA: khagA: 10.16.4
(Within the river kalindi [Yamuna] was a lake (loop) inhabited by the serpent Kaliya, whose fiery poison constantly heated and boiled its waters. The vapors thus created were so poisonous that birds flying over the contaminated lake would fall down into it.)
tam canda vega viSha vIryam avekShya tena duShTAm nadIm ca khala samyamana avatAra:
kRushNa: kadambam adhiruhya tato ati tungam AsphoTya gADha raSano nyapatad viShode 10.16.6
(Lord Krishna saw how the wicked Kaliya serpent had polluted the Yamuna River with it’s poison. Since the very purpose of Krishna avatar to rid this world of evil, the Lord immediately climbed to the top of a very high kadamba tree and prepared Himself for battle. He tightened the cloth around his waist, slapped His arms (as if preparing for the battle) and then jumped into the poisonous water from that great height.. Because of that force, the water in that loop rose so high – the one who carries all the three worlds has jumped in and so simple Archimedes princilple !)
tasya hrade viharato bhuja danDa ghUrNa vArghoSham anga vara vAraNa vikramasya
ASrutya tat sva sadanAbhibhavam nirIkShya cakshu: SravA: samasarat tat amRuShyamANa: 10.16.8
(Krishna began sporting in Kaliya's lake like an elephant - swirling His mighty arms and thus making various kinds of sounds due to the water splashing about. When Kaliya heard these sounds, he understood that someone was trespassing in his lake. The serpent could not tolerate this and immediately came forward to attack the Lord.)
tam prekShaNIya sukumAra ghanAvadAtam SrIvatsa pIta vasanam smita sundarAsyam
krIdantam apratibhayam kamala udarAnghrim sandaSya marmasu ruShA bhujayA cachAda 10.16.9
(Kaliya saw that Sree Krishna, who wore yellow silken garments, was very delicate, His attractive body was shining like a glowing dark cloud (ready to pour)..There was the mark of Srivatsa on that beautiful boy’s chest. His face smiling beautifully and His feet resembling the whorl of a lotus flower attracted and infuriated kALiya. The Lord was playing fearlessly in the water. Despite His wonderful appearance, the enraged Kaliya furiously bit Him on the chest and then completely enwrapped Him in his coils. (kALiya is expressing his devotion in his own way!)
tam nAga bhoga parivItam adRuShTa ceShTam Alokya tat priya sakhA: paSupA bhRuSArtA:
krishne arpitAtma suhRut artha kalatra kAmA duhkhAnuSoka bhaya mUdha dhiyo nipetu: 10.16.10
(When his friends the other Gopa’s, who had accepted Krishna as their everything, saw Him enveloped in the snake's coils, motionless, they were greatly disturbed. They had offered Krishna everything - their very selves, their families, their wealth, wives and all pleasures. At the sight of the Lord in the clutches of the Kaliya snake, they were overcome with grief and fear, screamed and thus they fell to the ground senseless.)