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munigana nRupavarya sankule anta:sadasi yudhishThira raajasooya yeshaam
arhaNam upapeda IkshaNIyo mama dRusi gocara esha aaviraatmaa 1.9.41
(Oh! kRushNa you received the (agrya) pooja in YudhisThira's raajasooya sadas, which was filled with great kings and munis. It was worth seeing. Now that form has appeared in front of me and am able to see you with my physical eyes.)
tam iham ajam sarIrabhaajaam hRudi hRudi dhisThitam aatma kalpitaanaam
pratidRusamiva naikadhaarkkam evam samadhi gatosmi vidhoota bheda moha" 1.9.43
(Oh! kRushna you are never born. You create EACH AND EVERY BEING and dwell in their heart. We can see/feel the sun in various ways but, there is only one sun. Like that, I am free of bhedabhaavam (I have realised THE SUPREME) and have attained the paramaatma beyond any doubts.)
kRushNa evam bhagavati mano vaak dRusThi vRuttibhi:
aatmani aatmaanam aavesya sontha:swaasam upaaramat 1.9.44
(Like this Bheeshma united his soul through, words and actions in the supreme Lord kRushNa at his last breath and reached HIM.)
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This is also very touching.
Lord Krishna accepts the arrows of Bhishma as offering to him in prayer!!!
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sa vai kilaayam purusha: puraatana: ya eka asIt avisesha aatmani
agre guNebhyo jagadaatmani Isware nimIlitaatman nisi supta saktishu 1.10.21
(This (kRsuhNa) is the same puraaNa purushaa who was the soul of the universe before creating guNaas. He is the same Jeeva who is covered by his maaya. He is the same one who takes everything into him during praLaya. There is nothing other than HIM before, during or after the universe.)
KrushNa seen by uttara's baby in her womb-
angusThamaatram amalam sphurat puraTa moulinam
apeecya darSanam syaamam taDIt vaasasam acytam 1.12.8
Sreemad deergha caturbaahum tapta kaancana kuNDalam
kshatajaaksham gadaa paaNim aatmana: sarvato diSam
paribhramantam ulkaabhaam bhraamayantam gadaam muhu: 1.12.9
(Lord blessed uttara and decided to give a child to the family of paaNDavaas. He took a form as big as a thumb. He was spotless bright, wearing shiny gold crown, blue in color, wearing a dress that will put lightining to shame and extremely beautiful. With four long and strong hands, wearing shining gold ear drops, with reddened eyes, he was going round round (the baby) swirling the buring gada (again and again) in all directions (to ward off from brahmaastram).
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paanDavaas who heard kRushNa's vaikuNTa aarohaNam from arnjuna went back to their abode, handing over the kingdon to parIkshit. The day kRushNa did vaikuntha aarohaNam, kalipurusha started showing his power.
yadaa parIkshit kurujaangale vasan kalim pravaishTam nija cakravarttite
niSamya vaarttam anatipriyaam tata: Saraasanam samyuga sounDi: aadade 1.16.11
(When parIkshit was in kurujaangalam, he heard about Kali's entrance into his kingdom. The damaging and hurting informations woke up the warrior in him. He picked up him bows and arrows and got ready to smack kali. He started on hid digvijayam.)
(He saw Dharma in the form of a bull struggling with one leg and standing with the support of bhoomidevi, in the form of a cow. (out of tapas, soucam, daya, satyam - the 4 legs, dharma is left with just satyam and kali was ready to cut off that too. parIkshit chased kali out (did not kill him as 1. kali fell at his feet and 2. kali has the great quality of uniting people with the supreme just with naamasankeerttanam) )
When kali begged for a place to saty -
abhyrthidaa tasmai sthaanaani kalaye dadou
dyootam paanam, striya: soonaa yatra adharmma: caturvidha: 1.17.38
punasca yaacamaanaaya jaataroppam adaat prabhu:
tata: anRutam madam kaamam rajo vairam ca pancamam 1.17.39
(When kali begged for a place to saty parIkshit said, 'Ok stay wherever there is gambling, drinking alcohol, brothels and killing of beings. When kali begged for more, parIkshit let him stay in wealth amassed the wrong way and used the wrong way. Thes five lead to anRutam (lie), ego, greed, cruelty and enemity.))
vRushasya nashTaam treen paadaan tapa: soucam dayaam iti
pratisandadha aaSwaasya mahIm ca samavardhayat 1.17.42
(parIkshit joined the 3 legs of dharmma (he converted kali to kRuta yugam) and cosoled and nourished mother earth too.)
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Even if one has collected all the strength by tapas, touching a devotee marks the end.
yadaa deveshu vedeshu goshu vipreshu saadhushu
dharmme mayi ca vidvesha: sa vaa aaSu vinasyati 7.4.28
(Devas led by Brahma prayed to NaaraayNa to take care of HiraNyakasipu who was torturing the universe. The lord answered thus- when one develops hatred towards devas, vedas, cows, vipras, saadhus, dharmas and myself he will meet his end very soon.)
nirvairaaya praSaantaaya swasutaaya mahaatmane
prahLaadaaya yadaa druhyet hanishye api vara oorjjitam 7.4.29
(Oh! devas, his son prahlaada is a mahaatma. He is free of enemity and one in absolute tranquil. When he tortures Prahlaada, even if he is strengthened with all the boons from Brahma, I will get rid off him.)
Little prahlaada getting tortured by teachers at school because he mentioned 'Hari'.
iti tam vividha upaayai: bhIshayan tarjjanaadibhi:
prahLaadam graahayaamaasa trivarggasya upapaadanam 7.5.18
(The teachers used different techniques to scare and scold prahLaada. They taught him sastras about dharma, artha and kaama. (prahLaada obediently heard all those, while his mind was dwelling in naaraayaNa-the lesson he learned from Naarada while he was in the womb.))
SravaNam kIrttanam vishNo: smaraNam paada sevanam
archanam vandanam daasaym sakhyam aatma nivedanam 7.5.23
iti pumsaarppitaa vishnau bhaktiscet navalakshaNaa
kriyate bhagavati addhaa tanmanye adheetam uttamam 7.5.24
(hiraNyakasipu wanted to know what prahLaada leanred so far from his teachers. prahLaada confidently answered what he learned from Naarada when he was in his mothers womb as what he learned from current teachers was not worth mentioning. Oh! Father, listen to the praise of the lord, sing the glories of Vishnu, think about the form of the Lord, serve the feet of the Lord, worship the lord, be his servant, trust in him as he is the best friend and total surrender to the lord are the best things that I understood. Offering the devotion, that has this 9 lakshaNas to the LORD is the best of what I understood, dad."
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I think Hiranyakashipu was the most evil, megalomaniacal demon in our puranas.Even though Ravana was very powerful, he did not say that he is God! though he abused the trimurthis a lot, he prayed to Shiva before the final battle with Rama.
But Hiranyakashipu was so arrogant and blinded by power that he even ordered that "Narayana" be removed from the Smrithis and Sruthis and wanted it replaced by his name!!! He could go to the extent of killing his own son(a little kid) who did not comply with his orders.More an animal type of character.A real rakshasha.
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prahLaada is not praying to me when I am the super power!
prahLaada is praising my enemy!
prahLaada's devotion to naaraayaNa is a cause of danger for me!
na mat praNItam na parapraNItam suto vadati esha tava indraSatro
naisarggikeeyam matirasya raajan niyaccha manyum kat adaa: sma maa na: 7.5.28
(hiraNyakasipu accussed prahLaada's teachers for teaching vishnubhakti to the child! They said, 'Oh! King, I did not teach him this, nor anyone else. Whatever your son is saying is because of his natural tendency/buddhi. Please control your anger and don't blame us for something that we did not do.')
guruNaa evam pratiprokta: bhooya aaha asura: sutam
na cet gurumukhIyam te kuta: abhadra asatI mati: 7.5.29
(Hearing such a reply from the Gurus, the asura roared at his son again. Hey abhadra, how did you get this wrong buddhi/idea if it was not taught by your gurus?) (Here guru only means vidyaa guru. prhLaada's atmavidyaa guru is Sri naaradji)
matirna kRushNe parata: swato vaa mitho abhipadyeta gRuhavrataanaam
adaantagobhi: viSataam tamisram puna: puna: carvita carvaNaanaam 7.5.30
(People who think that there is nothing other than taking care of the family (for happiness) and who have no control over their indriyaas fall into hell and will keep on chewing the chewed again and again. (will keep going round and round in the samsaaram). These kind of people will never get devotion/prema bahkhti towards kRushna - not on their own, not through others and not among themselves. (This comes only with the blessings of GURUs.))
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na te vidu: swaarthagatim hi vishNum duraasayaa ye bahirartha maanina:
andhaa yathaa andhai: upanIyamaanaa: te api Isatantiaamm urudaamni baddhaa: 7.5.31
(People's minds are spoiled and they look outward and believe that that is real. They cannot understand the one who can be seen inside. These blinds will depend on other blinds, who are tightly bound by the strong thread of the lord (maaya), to lead them. They can't escape from this samsaara!)
na eshaam mati: taavat urukramaangrim spRuSati anarthaapagama: yadartha:
mahIyasaam paada raja: abhishekam nishkincanaanaam na vRuNIta yaavat 7.5.32
(Until one takes refuge in bathing oneself in the dust from the feet of a saadhu (paadadhooli of sadguru), their brain will not even touch the feet of the LORD. Attaining the LORD's feet will put an end to all disaster.)
iti ukta: uparatam putram hiraNyakasipoo rushaa
andhIkRutaatmaa swa utsangaat nirasyata mahItale 7.5.33
(prahLaada said that much and kept quite. That is it. HiraNyakasipu was furious. That anger blinded him. He pushed his son down from his lap. (sarvam vaasudevamayam made prahLaada keep smiling.))
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hiraNyakasipu continued with his tortures. 'sarvam vaasudevamayam' prahLaada took everything with a cool. Look at the poilitical crookedness in hiraNyakasipu! What all tortures did he do to bhakta prahLaada!
aaha amarsha rushaa aavisTha: kashaayI bhoota locana:
vadhyataam aasu ayam vadhya: ni:saarayata nairRutaa: 7.5.34
(Overwhelmed by anger, his eyes reddened and ordered his raakashasaa attendants to take him far away and kill him. This enemy of mine need to be fixed. (Tapas gives immeasurable power. Bhakti gives humility and love))
para: api apatyam hitakRut yathoushadham swadehaja: api aamayavat suto ahita:
chindyaat tadangam yadutaatmana: ahitam sesham sukham jIvati yat vivarjjanaat 7.5.37
(An outsider who does good is like a medicine. Even if he is own son by brith, he is a disease if not favorable! If some part of the body has some problem, amputate it so that one can live comfortably with the rest!)
nairRutaa: te samaadishTaa: bhartraa vai soolapaaNaya:
tigma damshTra karaaLasya taamra smasru siroruhaa: 7.5.39
nadanta: bhairavaan naadaan chindhi bhindhIti vaadina:
aasInam ca ahanan soolai: prahLaadam sarva marmmasu 7.5.40
(Those people had scary faces with sharp canine teeth, reddish hair and facial hair. As per the orders of their boss, they carried trident in their hands, screamed 'cut', 'chop' and poked the sharp tridents on prahLaada, in all sensitive parts.)
pare brahmaNi anirddeSye bhagavati akhilaatmani
yukta aatmani aphalaa: aasan apuNyasya iva satkriyaa:7.5.41
(prahLaada had united himself with the supreme brahmam, the Bhagavaan who is beyond words and who is the soul of everything. Their efforts were futile like the good acts of virtueless people. NO ONE CAN HURT A BHAKTA AS THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIS LOVE. HE RUSHES TO SAVE THEM.)
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As the above punishments turned futile hiraNyakasipu tried other methods! When the so called protector turns to be the punisher none other than the supreme can save the situation. Fear of self destruction blinds one, but not the bhakta.
diggajai: dandasookaisca abhicaara avapaatanai:
maayaabhi: sannirodhaisca garadaanai: abhojanai: 7.5.43
hima vaayu agni salilai: parvata akramanai: api
na sasaaka yadaa hantum apaapam asura: sutam
cintaam dIrghatamaam praapta: tat karttum na abhipadyata 7.5.44
(hiraNyakasipu tortured prahLaada with wild elephants. He charged poisonous snakes on prahLaada, tried various evil magics, threw him down from mountians, tried various tricks, pushed him into deep holes, fed him poison and starved him. He tortured him with cold, air, fire, water and throwing mountains on his body. Nothing would hurt that pure prahLaada. hiraNyakasipu became desparate to find a solution to get rid of prahLaada.)
aprameya anubhaavoyam akutascit bayo amara:
noonam etat virodhena mRutyurme bhavitaa na vaa 7.5.47
(My goodness, his gretaness is unlimitted. Nothing seems to scare him. So, he is beyond death. Hatred towards him is going to bring death to me. I don't have death from anywhere else.)
imam tu paasai: varuNasya baddhvaa nidhehi bhIto na palaayate yathaa
budhisca pumso vayasaa aaryasevayaa yaavat guru: bhaarggava: aagamishyati 7.5.50
(saying thus he ordered Sukracaarya's children to take care of prahLaada. They told hiraNyaksipu that prahLaada had to be tied up by varuNa paasa so that he won't run away out of fear! Oh! king, we will take care of him until our father Bhaarggava (Sukraacarya) arrives, who prepared you!. In the mean time age/time and company of good people might change him too! (Good depends on the definition of framework!))
