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naama sankeerttanam yasya sarva paapa praNaasanam
praNaamo du:kha samana: tam namaami harim parm 12.13.23
(Snging the names of the Lord Hari removes all the sins and doing namaskaarams to him washes away all the sorrows. This purifies one and takes one to the Lord.)
na yat vaca: citrapadam hare: yasa: jagat pavitram pragrunIta karhicit
tat vaayasam tIrttamusanti maanasaa na yatra hamsaa niramanti usikshayaa: 1.5.10
(A wonderful speech with no praise of Lord - the purifier, is like a pot of water for crows and (parama) hamsaas will never enjoy it.)
tyaktvaa swadharmmam caraNaambhujam hare: bhajan apakvotha patet tata: yadi
yatra kva vaa abhadram abhoot amushya kim kovaartha aapto abhajataam swadharmmata: 1.5.17
(One who is totally immersed in worshipping the lotus feet of Lord Hari, giving up all his swadharmmas, even if he falls down before he ripens, what wrong is going to happen to him (The Lod will take care of him because of his devotion)? On the otherhand if one is adhering to swadharmma with no bhakti (if naaraayanaayeti samarppayaami is not done), what is the benefit he is going to get (other than 'punarapi jananam punarapi maranam?)
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nisIthe tama udbhoote jaayamaane janaarddane devakyaam devaroopinyaam vishNu: sarva guhaasaya:
aaviraasIt yathaa praacyaam disi induriva pushkala: 10.3.8
(When the world was sunk in darkness (ignorance as well as night), MahaavishNu who dwells in each and every heart, incarnated in his full form (poorNam brahma sanaatanam) like the moon in the east.)
tam adbhutam baalakam ambujekshaNam caturbhujam sankha gadaa aryuada aayudham
srIvatsa lakshmam gaLa sobhi kaustubham pItaambaram saandra payoda saubhagam 10.3.9
(That most wonderful magical child was there is splendor with his lotus eyes, four hands with sankham, cakram, gada and padmam, chest decorated with srIvatsam and Kaustubhamani beautifying the neck. That thick dark cloud colored Lord with unparallelled beauty was wearing bringht yellow silk.)
mahaarha vaiDhoorya kirITa kuNDala twishaa parishvakta sahasra kuntaLam
uddaama kanchi angada kankaNaadibhi: virocamaanam vasudeva aikshata 10.3 10
(He was wearing crown and ear drops that are studded with most precious gems and that added beauty to the dark thick curls and hair. He was adorned with kaanci (in the waist), shoulder bangles and bangles. Vasudeva saw this wonderful babay glowing in slpendor.)
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na kevalam me bhavatasca raajan sa vai balam balinaam ca apareshaam
pare avare amee sthirajangamaa ye brahmaadaya: yane vasam praNItaa: 7.8.8
(Prahlaada to Hiranyakasipu - Oh! King, everything and everybody is under the control of HIM. He is the source of strength for me. Not only for me but for you and others as well.)
yastvayaa mandabhaagya ukta: madanya: jagadeeswara: kvaasau yadi sa sarvatra kasmaat stambhe na dRusyate 7.8.13
(Oh! Prahlaada unlucky one! Are you saying that THERE IS A LORD OTHER THAN ME? Where is HE then? If he is every where why isn't HE here in this pillar?)
soham vikathamaanasya sira: kaayaat haraami te
gopaayate hari: tvaa adya yaste saraNam Ipsitam 7.8.14
(You are talking nonsense to me my son! I am going cut off your head. Hari is your favorite right? You have taken refuge in him right? May he come and save you!)
evam duruktai: muhu: arddayan rushaa sutam mahaabhaagavatam mahaasura:
khaDgam pragRuhya utpatita: varaasanaat stambham tataaDa atibala: swamushtinaa 7.8.15
(Raging with anger, verbally abusing, Hiranyakasipu tortured the great Bhaagavata Prahlaada. He took his sword out, jumped out of his magnificient throne and hit the pillar with his fist!)
tada eva tasmin ninada: atibheeshaNa: babhoova yena aNDakaTaaham asphuTat
yam vai swadhishNya upagatam tu ajaadaya: sruttvaa swadhaamaapyayam anga menire 7.8.16
(Oh! King (YudhishThira) It made such a thundering sound and it reverberated even in satyalokam. Everywhere the inhabitants thought there world is coming to an end!)
satyam vidhaatum nija bhRutya bhaashitam vyaaptim ca bhooteshu akhileshu caatmana:
adRusyata atyadbhuta roopam udvahan stambhe sabhaayaam na mRugam na maanusham 7.8.18
(Oh! What a divine sight! There stood the Narasimha!! To make the words of HIS trure devotee come true and also to show that HE is dweller in all, he incarnated as a divine, most wonderful form. That wonderful Narasimha appeared roaring from the pillar that was knowcked down.
No 1 devotee Prahlaada who did not move even a bit from the truth even after all the threat and torture! Oh! Father, Hari is there everywhere! In that pillar too! - TO MAKE THAT COME TRUE
No 2 devotee Brahma who granted all the boon - TO MAKE THAT COME TRUE
No 3 devotee Sanatkumaaras who have requested the satgati for the cursed Jaya and Vijaya - TO MAKE THAT COME TRUE
No 4 Hiranyakasipu's demand to Brahma! - TO MAKE THAT COME TRUE
No 5 Mahaavishnu's own words to protect his attendants jaya & Vijaya) - TO MAKE THAT COME TRUE!
Hiranyakasipu was taken care of in that dual. Prahlaada praised the LORD (who is his friend!) and requested for his father's satgati. Prahlaada got crowned as 'bhaagavata cakravartti'.
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aatmaaraamaasca munaya: nirgranthaa api urukrame
kurvanti ahaitukIm bhaktim itham bhootaguna: hari: 1.7.10
(Munis have burned all the ego and they enjoy the self/supreme. Hari's Guna's are such that he attracts even those who have detached from everything. Their bhakti is the purest as they do bhakti with/for no reason.)
arjuna uvaaca
krishna hrishna mahaabhaaga, bhaktaanaam abhayamkara
tvameka: dahyamaanaanaam apavargosi samsRute: 1.7.22
(oh! Krishna, Mahaabhaaga, you protect your devotees from everything. You save them from this burning samsaaram itself. (so, saving us from this brahmatejas is nothing for you))
tvam aadya: purusha: saakshaat Iswara: prakRute: para:
maayaam vyudasya cit saktyaa kaivalye sthita aatmani 1.7.23
(Oh! Krishna, you are the aadi purusha and the supreme lord. You are above Maaya. With your pure jnaana you keep away from Maaya and stay in pure aatma.)
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paahi paahi mahaayogin deva deva jagatpate
na anyam tvat abhayam pasye yatra mRutyu: parasparam 1.8.9
(Uttara Devi, the widow of Abhimanyu, came running towards the savior. Oh! Jagat pate, please save me. I do not see any other refuge than you. All are under the control of death and are afraid of each other.)
abhidravati maam Isa sara: taptaayasa: vibho
kaamam dahatu maam naatha maa me garbho nipaatyataam 1.8.10
(Oh! lord, look at this buring arrow approaching me! Let it burn me as much as it wants. But, let it not destroy my womb. (Please save it and give a child to the family.))
vyasanam veekshya tat teshaam ananya vishayaatmanaam
sudarsanena swaastrena swaanaam rakshaam vyadhaat vibhu: 1.8.13
antastha: sarvabhootaanaam aatmaa yogeswaro hari:
swamaayayaa aavRuNot garbham vairaaTyaa: kurutantave 1.8.14
(The LORD saw the stress on his people who do not know anything other than Krishna. He saved the paaNDavaas with his sudarsanam from the Brahmaastram that sent by aswathaama to get rid of paaNdavaa family. The LORD yogeswara, WHO DWELLS in every being, entered the womb of the viraaT princess (Uttara) and covered it and protected the baby (most gifted Parikshit). This baby is the only thread to continue the kuru dynasty.)
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There enters Mother Kunti to offer herself at the lotus feet of Lord (nephew disappeared!) who saved her children and greatgrandchild.
namasye purusham tu aadyam ISwaram prakRute: param
alakshyam sarva bhootaanaam anta: bahi: avasthitam 1.8.18
(oh! aadipurasha, Iswara, one who is above prakRuti, beyond physical eyes, dwelling inside and outside of everything, I offer myself to you.)
maayaa javanikaa aachannam ajnaa adhokshajm avyayam
na lakshyase mooDha dRuSaa naTo naaTyadharo yathaa 1.8.19
(Oh! Lord, there is a screen of Maaya between you and the jeevaatma and so you can't be seen by sensory organs. You are beyond any definition. An observer can't identify the real actor because of the makeup, dressing etc. Similarly, people who are ignorant of you can't see you. Oh! Iswara, I belong to that category.)
tathaa parama hamsaanaam mumInaam amalaatmanaam
bhaktiyoga vidhaanaartham katham paSyema hi striya: 1.8.20
(Even paramahamsaas (who can deifferentiate aatma from non-aatma) and munis who are pure at heat, can't see your real form. So, how can I see you Lord? This avataaram of yours is to teach us the path of prema bhakti. (krishna - one who attracts))
kRushnaaya vaasudevaaya devakI nandanaaya ca
nandagopa kumaaraaya govindaaya namao nama: 1.8.21
nama: pankaja naabhaaya nama: pankaja maaline
nama: pankaja netraaya namaste pankaja anghrye1.8.22
(KrsuhNa, vaasudeva, devakIsuta, nandakumaara, govinda, namaskaarams to you again and again. namaskaarasm to pankajanaabhan, namaskaarams to one with lotus garland, namaskaarams to one with lotus eyes and namaskaarams to one with lotus feet.)
yathaa hRUsheekesa khalena devakI kamsena rudhaa aticiram sucaarppitaa
vimocitaaham ca sahaatmajaa vibho twaya eva naathena muhu: vipat gaNaat 1.8.23
(Oh! Hrusheekesa (lord of Indriyas), you saved your mother who was getting tortured for years by the wicked Kamsa. Oh! naatha, prabho, you have saved me and my children too. (there is no kunti or paanDavAs without you KrishNa!)
vishhat mahaagne: purushaadadarSanaat asat sabhaaya vanavaasa kRuchrata:
mRudhe mRudhe aneka mahaaratha astrata: draunyastrata: ca aasma hare: abhirakshitaa: 1.8.24
(From poison (Bheema was poisoned), wild fire (burning of wax palace), man eaters (ekacakrapuram and bakaasura), valueless court (pancaali's disrobing), throughout 12 years of vanavaasam and 1 year of ajnaatavaasam, in each and every war from the powerful arrows of great warriors and now finally from the brahmaastram of aswathaama... Krishna, the list is never ending mahaabhaaratam! All I can do is namaskaaram..)
vipada: santu: na: Saswat tatra tatra jagat guro
bhavata: darSanam yat syaat apunarbhava darSanam 1.8.26
(Krishna having said that, I am not asking you to ward off the problems! Please give us more and more problems because you come instantaneously to save us, oh! jagat guru! We get to see you who gives us moksham. So, I am not afraid of dangers at all!!) (kunti said this because the hazards were for herself and her family and not for her jagat guru)
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The last paragraph is really moving.
Kunti asks for more troubles(!!!) just because every trouble makes the jagatguru Krishna come near them and they can see him one more time!!!
very moving and what bhakthi!
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tathaapi ekaanta bhakteshu pasya bhoopa anukampanam
yanme asoon tyajata: saakshaat kRushNa: darSanam aagata: 1.9.22
(Bheeshma says, Oh! YudhisThira, it is true that all are equal for him. Even then look at his compassion on his focused devotees! I am going to give up my life and kRushna has come here to give me HIS darSan.)
iti mati: upakalpitaa vitRushNaa bhagavati saattwata pungave vibhoomni
swasukham upagate kwacit vihaRttum prakRutim upeyushi yat bhava pravaaha: 1.9.32
(Oh! Supreme you enjoy the brahmaanandam. Whenever you decide to do your leela, you accept your prakRuti that is the reason for creation-destruction. Now, you have incarnated as the best among the yaadavas. My intellect, which is free of all attachment has merged with you.)
tribhuvana kamanam tamaala varNam ravikara gauravara ambaram dadhaane
vapu: alakakula aavRuta aanana abjam vijasakhe rati: astu me anavadyaa 1.9.33
(oh! the one who is the most attractive in the three worlds, one who appears as shiny blue, one who wears yellow silk, one whose has lotus face with the beautiful curls on the forehead, oh! friend of Arjuna, may I have blemishless love for you always.)
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yudhi turaga rajo vidhoomra vishwakkaca luLita Srama vaari alankRutaasye
mama niSitaSarai: vibhidyamaana twaci vilasat kavace astu kRushNa aatmma 1.9.34
(Oh! paarthasaarathe, you were sweating (for the sake of your devotee arjjuna in that hot sun). The dust raised from the hoofs of the horses fell on your beautiful curls and gave a nice shade. Those colorful curls and pearly sweat were decorating your face. My sharp arrows pierced your kavacam here and there. (kRushna took each arrow from his bhakta-Bheeshma as a form of pooja) Oh! That kRushNa, may mind stay on HIM for ever.)
sapadi sakhi vaco niSamya madhye nija parayor balayo ratham niveSya
sthitavati parasainikaayu: akshNaa hRutavati paarthasakhe ratir mama astu 1.9.35
(Oh! Friend of paartha! your friend said, 'take the chariot to the front. Let me see who is my equal and with whom should I fight'. Immediately (what a compassion?) you took the chariot to the middle of the two armies. You stayed there and with your eyes you took the life of the enemies! Oh! paarthasakhe, let me have supreme love for you. (kRushna was controlling horses with one hand and whip in the other. Addressing arjjuna kRushNa rolled his eyes from one to the other introducing each one by name. 'arjjuna, there is Bheeshma, there is Drona....' With that look he already killed the enemies and Bheeshma is acknowledging what kRushNa paramaatma said in gIta.)
vyavahita pRutanaa mukham nirIkshya swajana vadhaat vimukhasya dosha budhyaa
kumatim aharat aatma vidyayaa ya: caraNa rati: paramasya tasya me astu 1.9.36
(looking at the front of the army ahead, arjjuna's wrong buddhi (as per bheeshma too) kicked in 'how can I kill my own people?' Oh! kRushNa to remove that bad thoughts, you provided the aatmavidyaa (bhagavat gIta). Oh! Great bhagavaan, may the dust from your feet come to me. (accept me as a desciple too).)
swanigamam apahaaya mat pratijnaam Rutam adhikarttum avapLuto rathastha:
dRuta ratha caraNa: abhyayaat caladgu: haririva hantum ibham gata uttareeya: 1.9.37
(Oh! kRushna, to make my words come absolutely true, you gave up your word (that I will not take weapon in the kurukshetra war)! (Oh! Dayaalo what all won't you go through to make your bhakta happy?) Oh! you jumped out, pulled the wheel of the chariot and as a cakrapaaNi came running towards me, without even realising that your uttareeyam fell off in the teru itself (pretending to be so much in anger!) (uttareeyam was left as kRushNa's rep. to protect arjjuna), shaking the earth under you feet! It was like a lion lion charging to kill an elephant! Oh! kRushNa, may my mind stay in that LORD for ever.)
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sita visikha hata: visIrNNa damsa: kshataja paripLuta aatataayino me
prasabham abhisasaara mat vadhaartham sa bhavatu me bhagavaan gatir mukunda: 1.9.38
(Oh! Mukunda, may you be the refuge for me. You came running towards me, one who was armed to kill you. Your kavacam was torn by my sharp arrows and was covered with blood. Oh! Bhagavaan, be there for me. (Oh! Krishna how else could I worship my LORD in the battlefield?))
vijaya ratha kuDumba aatta tottre dhRuta haya rasmini tat sriyekshaNIye
bhagavati ratirastu me mumoorsho: yamiha nirIkshya hataa gataa saroopam 1.9.39
(Oh! kRushNa, you treat arjuna's chariot as your family (HE would pamper arjuna's horses as they belong to arjuna!). Holding the reign in one hand and whip in the other, oh! kRushna your sight is so magnificent. It attracts and anchors the observer. I am in my beath bed and I pray that I should have extreme prema bhakti to that paarthasaarthy. All who died in the Krurkshetra looking at you attained Moksham, kRushNa. (I was not lucky then. But, you are here now and please wait till my end!))
laLita gati vilaasa valguhaasa praNaya nirIkshaNa kalpita urumaanaa:
kRutam anukRutavatya unmadaandhaa: prakRutimagan kila yasya gopavadhwa: 1.9.40
(Oh! kRushNa, look at that gopIs (how can communicate with you without mentioning gopIs?). Their delicate walking, acting, beautiful smile, love filled look, everything adds their respect for you. All they do is just copy you. (Krishna, even their prema is what they copied from you!) you. They were totally blind because of their premabhaavam. They attained you through that. (Unfortunately I could not do that kind of pooja for you, kRushNa. Because of my adherence to brahmacaryam, may be ready to become a gopi now))
