Govardhana Puja From Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Shri Brahma-vaivarta Purana Canto Four Chapter Twenty-one

Shri Indra Yaaga Bhanjana Breaking the Fire Sacriifice of Indra

Text 1 

shri-narayana uvaca 

ekadananda-yuktash ca
   nanda-gopo vraje mune
dundubhim vadayam asa
   shakra-yaga-kritodyamah

   shr�-narayana uvaca - Shri Naaraayana Rishi said; ekada - one day; ananda-yuktah - happily; ca - and; nanda-gopo - Nanda-gopa; vraje - in Vraja; mune - O sage; dundubhim - dundubhi drum; vadayam asa - had sounded; shakra-yaga-kritodyamah - about to perform a yajna for the demigod Indra.


   Shri NaaraayaNa Rishi said: One day the gopa Nanda, intending to offer a yajna to the demigod Indra, had a drummer sound a dundubhi drum.


Texts 2 and 3


dadhi ksh�ram ghritam takram
   navan�tam guDam madhu
etany adaya shakrasya
   pujam kurvantv iti bruvan

ye ye santy atra nagare
   gopa gopyash ca balakah
balikash ca dvija bhupa
   vaishyah shudrash ca bhaktitah

   dadhi - yogurt; ksh�ram - milk; ghritam - ghee; takram - buttermilk; navan�tam - better; guDam - molasses; madhu - honey; etani - they; adaya - taking; shakrasya - of Indra; pujam - worship; kurvantv - should do; iti - thus; bruvan - saying; ye ye - whoever; santi - are; atra - in this; nagare - village; gopa - gopas; gopyah - gopis; ca - and; balakah - boys; balikah - girls; ca - abd; dvija - braahmanas; bhupa - ksatriyas;
vaishyah - vaisyas; shudrah - sudras; ca - and; bhaktitah - with devotion.

   Nanda proclaimed: All the braahmaNas, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shUdras in this village must devotedly worship the demigod Indra with offerings of yogurt, milk, ghee, buttermilk, butter, molasses, and honey.


Text 4


ity evam shravayitva ca
   svayam eva mudanvitah
yashtim aropayam asa
   ramya-sthane su-vistrite

   ity evam - thus; shravayitva - proclaiming; ca - and; svayam - personally; eva - indeed; mudanvitah - happy; yashtim - staff; aropayam asa - lifting; ramya-sthane - in a beautiful place; su-vistrite - broad.


   After saying this, cheerful Nanda placed a great pole in a beautiful and broad place.


Text 5


dadau tatra kshauma-vastram
   mala-jalam manoharam
candanaguru-kastur�-
   kunkuma-dravam eva ca

   dadau - gave; tatra - there; kshauma-vastram - silken cloth; mala-jalam - flower garlands; manoharam - beautiful; candanaguru-kastur�-kunkuma-dravam - anointed with sandal, aguru, musk, and kunkuma; eva - indeed; ca - and.


   There he erected a beautiful silken tent decorated with flowers and anointed with sandal, aguru, musk, and kunkuma.


Text 6


snatah kritahniko bhaktya
   dhritva dhaute ca vasas�
uvasa svarna-p�the sa
   prakshalita-padambujah

   snatah - bathed; kritahniko - performed daily duties; bhaktya - with devotion; dhritva - placing; dhaute - clean; ca - and; vasas� - garments; uvasa - sat; svarNa-p�the - on a golden throne; sa - he; prakshalita - washed padambujah - lotus feet.


   Then performed his daily duties, bathed, dressed in clean garments, washed his lotus feet, and sat on a golden throne.


Texts 7 and 8


nana-prakara-patraish ca
   brahmanaish ca purohitaih
gopalair gopikabhish ca
   balabhih saha balakaih

etasminn antare tatra-
   jagmur nagara-vasinah
mahat-sambhrita-sambhara
   nanopayana-samyutah

   nana-prakara-patrais - with many kinds of jars; ca - and; brahmanaih - with braahmanas; ca - and; purohitaih - priests; gopalair - with gopas; gopikabhis - with gopis; ca - and; balabhih - boys; saha - with; balakaih - girls; etasmin antare - then; tatra - there; ajagmur - came; nagara-vasinah - the people of the village; mahat-sambhrita- sambhara - bringing many offerings; nanopayana-samyutah - with
many gifts.

   Accompanied by many braahmana priests, gopas, gopis, boys, and girls, and bringing many cups, ritual ingredients, and offerings, the village people came to that place.


Text 9


ajagmur munayah sarve
   jvalanto brahma-tejasa
shantah shishya-ganaih sardham
   veda-vedanga-paragah

   ajagmur - came; munayah - sages; sarve - all; jvalanto - shining; brahma-tejasa - with spiritual splendor; shantah - peaceful; shishya-gaNaih - disciples; sardham - with; veda-vedanga-paragah - traveled to the farther shore of the Vedas and Vedaangas.


   Many great sages shining with spiritual splendor, who had traveled to the farther shore of the Vedas and Vedaangas, came with their disciples.


Text 10


gargash ca galavash caiva
   sakalyah shakatayanah
gautamah karathah kanvo
   vatsyah katyayanas tatha

   gargas - Garga; ca - and; galavah - Galava; ca - and; eva - indeed; sakalyah - sakalya; shakatayanah - Sakatayana; gautamah - Gautama; karathah - Karatha; kanvo - Kanva; vatsyah - Vatsya; katyayanas - Katyayana; tatha - so.


   Garga, Galava, Sakalya, Shakatayana, Gautama, Karatha, Kanva, Vatsya, Katyayana, ...


Text 11


shaubharir vamadevash ca
   yajnavalkyash ca paninih
rishyashringo gauramukho
   bharadvajash ca vamanah

   shaubharir - Saurabhi; vamadevah - Vamadeva; ca - and; yajnavalkyas - Yajnavalkya; ca - and; paninih - Panini; rishyashringo - Rasyasrnga; gauramukho - Gauramukha; bharadvajah - Bharadvaja; ca - and; vamanah - Vamana.

. . . Shaubhari, Vamadeva, Yajnavalkya, Panini, Rishyashringa, Gauramukha, Bharadvaja, Vamana, . . .


Text 12


krishna-dvaipayanah shring�
   sumantur jaiminih kathah
parasharash ca maitreyo
   vaishampayana eva ca

   krishna-dvaipayanah - Krishna-dvaipayana; shring� - Srngi; sumantur - Sumantu; jaiminih - Jaimini; kathah - Katha; parasharas - Parasara; ca - and; maitreyo - Maitreya;
vaishampayana - Vaisampayana; eva - indeed; ca - and.

. . . KrishNa-dvaipayana, Shring�, Sumantu, Jaimini, Katha, Parashara, Maitreya, Vaishampayana, . . .


Text 13


brahmaNash ca kati-vidha
   bh�kshuka vandinas tatha
bhupa vaishyash ca shudrash ca
   samajagmur mahotsave

   brahmanas - braahmaNas; ca - and; kati-vidha - many kinds; bh�kshuka - sannyas�s; vandinas - poets; tatha - so; bhupa - kings; vaishyas - avisyas; ca - and; shudrah - sudras; ca - and; samajagmur - came; mahotsave - to the great festival.


. . . as well as many braahmaNas, sannyaas�s, poets, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shUdras came to that festive ceremony.


Text 14


drishtva mun�ndran nandash ca
   brahmaNan bhumipamsh tatha
svarNa-p�that samuttasthau
   vrajash cottasthur eva ca

   drishtva - seeing; mun�ndran - the kings of sages; nandah - Nanda; ca - and; brahmaNan - braahmaNas; bhumipamh - kings; tatha - so; svarNa-p�that - from his golden throne; samuttasthau - rose; vrajah - the people of Vraja; ca - and; uttasthur - rose; eva - indeed; ca - and.


   Seeing the great sages, braahmaNas, and kings, Nanda rose from his golden throne, and the people of Vraja also rose.


Text 15


praNamya vasayam asa
   mun�ndra-vipra-bhumipan
tesham anumatim prapya
   tatrovasa punar muda

   praNamya - bowing; vasayam asa - had sit down; mun�ndra-vipra-bhumipan - the great sages, braahmaNas, and kings; tesham - of them; anumatim - consent; prapya - attaining; tatra - there; uvasa - sat; punar - again; muda - happily.


   Nanda bowed before the great sages, braahmaNas, and kings, gave them comfortable sitting places, and, with their permission, happily sat down himself.


Text 16


pakam ca yashti-nikate
   kartum ajnam cakara ha
paka-prajna-brahmananam
   shatam an�ya sadarat

   pakam - cooking; ca - and; yashti-nikate - under the tent; kartum - to do; ajnam - the order; cakara - gave; ha - inded; paka-prajna-brahmaNanam - of braahmanas expert in cooking; shatam - a hundred; an�ya - bring; sadarat - respectfully.


   Then Nanda respectfully asked a hundred expert braahmaNa cooks to begin cooking under the tent.


Text 17


tatra ratna-prad�pash ca
   jajvaluh paritah sada
andh�-bhutam ca dhupena
   sthanam tat surabh�-kritam

   tatra - there; ratna-prad�pah - jewel lamps; ca - and; jajvaluh - shone; paritah - everywhere; sada - always; andh�-bhutam - blinded; ca - and; dhupena - with incense; sthanam - place; tat - that; surabh�-kritam - scented.


   In that place jewel lamps shone always and everywhere, a blinding cloud of incense smoke scented every place, . . .


Text 18


nana-vidhani pushpani
   malyani vividhani ca
naivedyam ca bahu-vidham
   apurvam su-manoharam

   nana-vidhani - many kinds; pushpani - flowers; malyani - garlands; vividhani - many kinds; ca - and; naivedyam - foods; ca - and; bahu-vidham - many kinds; apurvam - unprecedented; su-manoharam - very beautiful.


. . . there were many flowers and flower garlands, many beautiful and unprecedented offerings of food, . . .


Text 19


tila-laDDuka-purnam ca
   Dallakanam sahasrakam
svastikaih paripurnam ca
   bhallakanam sahasrakam
kalasanam sahasram ca
   purnam sharkaraya mune
   tila-laDDuka-purnam - filled with sesame laDDus; ca - and; Dallakanam - Dallakas; sahasrakam - a thousand; svastikaih - with svastikas; paripurNam - filled; ca - and; bhallakanam - of bhallakas; sahasrakam - a thousand; kalasanam - of waterpots; sahasram - a thousand; ca - and; purNam - filled; sharkaraya - with sugar; mune - O sage.


. . . thousands of sesame laDDus, Dallakas, svastikas, bhallakas, jars of sugar, . . .


Text 20


yava-godhuma-curnanam
   laDDukair madhurair varaih
ghrita-pakvair vipra-kritaih
   purNani kalasani ca

   yava - barley; godhuma - and wheat; curNanam - flour; laDDukair - laDDus; madhurair - sweet; varaih - excellent; ghrita - in ghee; pakvair - cooked; vipra-kritaih - done by braahmaNas; purNani - filled; kalasani - pots; ca - and.


. . . many jars of delicious barley-wheat laDDus the braahmaNas fried in ghee, . . .


Text 21


vriksha-pakvani ramyani
   caru-rambha-phalani ca
phalani paripakvani
   kala-deshodbhavani ca

   vriksha-pakvani - tree-ripened; ramyani - delicious; caru-rambha-phalani - beautiful bananas; ca - and; phalani - fruits; paripakvani - very ripe; kala-deshodbhavani - locally grown and in season; ca - and.

. . . many delicious tree-ripened bananas and other ripe fruits in season, . . .


Text 22


ksh�ranam kumbha-lakshani
   dadhnam tavanti narada
madhunam kumbha-shatakam
   sarpih-kumbha-sahasrakam

   ksh�ranam - of milk; kumbha-lakshani - a hundred thousant pots; dadhnam - of yogurt; tavanti - as many; narada - O Naarada; madhunam - of honey; kumbha-shatakam - a hundret post; sarpih-kumbha-sahasrakam - a thousand pots of ghee.


. . . O Naarada, a thousand pots of milk, a thousand pots of yogurt, a hundred pots of honey, a thousand pots of ghee, . . .


Text 23


kalasanam ca shatakam
   purnam ca navan�takaih
kalasanam tri-lakshani
   takra-purnani nishcitam

   kalasanam-of pots; ca - and; shatakam - a hundred; purNam - filled; ca - and; navan�takaih - with butter; kalasanam - of pots; tri-lakshaNi - three hundred thousand; takra-purNani - filled with butrtermilk; nishcitam - indeed.


. . . a hundred pots of butter, three hundred thousand pots of buttermilk, . . .


Text 24


ghatanam panca-lakshani
   guDa-purnani nishcitam
vishn_u-tailena purnam ca
   kalasanam sahasrakam

   ghatanam - of pots; panca-lakshaNi - five hundred thousand; guDa-purNani - filled with molasses; nishcitam - indeed; vishNu-tailena - with VishNu-oil; purNam - filled; ca - and; kalasanam - of pots; sahasrakam - a thousand.


. . . five hundred thousand pots of molasses, and a hundred pots of VishNu-oil.


Texts 25 and 26


vrishendrash ca bahu-vidha
   bhogarha-dravya-vahakah
nanabodhani vadyani
   caruni madhurani ca

vadakah svarna-yantrani
   vadayam asur utsave
nana-vidhani patrani
   sauvarna-rajatani ca

   vrishendras - the kings of bulls; ca - and; bahu-vidha - many kinds; bhogarha-dravya-vahakah - carrying the foods; nanabodhani - many kinds; vadyani - musical instruments; caruni - beautiful; madhuraNi - sweet; ca - and; vadakah - musicaians;
svarNa-yantraNi - golden instruments; vadayam asur - played; utsave - in the festival; nana-vidhani - many kinds; patraNi - pots; sauvarNa-rajatani - of gold and silver; ca - and.


   Regal bulls carried the many cooking ingredients. There were many pots of gold and silver. Many musicians melodiously played on golden instruments.


Text 27


vastrani varanarhani
   caruni bhushanani ca
svarna-p�thani ca brahmann
   ajagmur yashti-sannidhim

   vastraNi - garments; varaNarhani - exquisite; caruNi - beautiful; bhushaNani - ornaments; ca - and; svarNa-p�thani - golden sitting places; ca - and; brahmann - O braahmaNa; ajagmur - came; yashti-sannidhim - to the tent.


   O braahmaNa, many beautiful and exquisite garments, ornaments, and golden thrones were brought to the tent.


Text 28


chagalanam sahasraNi
   mahishanam shatani ca
meshakanam ca lakshani
   hy anayam asa tatra vai

   chagalanam - of goats; sahasraNi - a thousand; mahishaNam - of buffaloes; shatani - a hundred; ca - and; meshakanam - of sheep; ca - and; lakshaNi - a hundred thousand; hi - indeed; anayam asa - brought; tatra - there; va - indeed.


   A thousand goats, a hundred buffaloes, and a hundred thousand sheep were also brought.


Text 29


shatany eva ganDakanam
   ajagmur yashti-sannidhim
prokshitani ca sarvaNi
   rakshitani ca rakshakaih

   shatani - a hundred; eva - and; gaNDakanam - of rhinoceroses; ajagmur - came; yashti-sannidhim - to the tent; prokshitani - sprinkled; ca - and; sarvaNi - all; rakshitani - protected; ca - and; rakshakaih - by guards.


   A hundred rhinoceroses were also brought. The animals were sprinkled with water and protected by guards.


Text 30


balakanam balikanam
   vrikshanam vriksha-yoshitam
yunam ca yuvat�nam ca
   sankhyam kartum ca kah kshamah

   balakanam - of boys; balikanam - and girls; vrikshanam - of trees; vriksha-yoshitam - of the wives of trees; yunam - of youths; ca - and; yuvat�nam - of young girls; ca - and; sankhyam - the number; kartum - to do; ca - and; kah - who?; kshamah - is able.


   Who is able to count the trees and flowering vines in that place, or the boys, girls, and young men and women that came there?


Text 31


gayakanam ca sang�tam
   nartakanam ca nartanam
shrutva drishtva janah sarve
   mumuhuh su-mahotsave

   gayakanam - of the singers; ca - and; sang�tam - the song; nartakanam - of dancers; ca - and; nartanam - the dance; shrutva - hearing; drishtva - seeing; janah - people; sarve - all; mumuhuh - were charmed; su-mahotsave - at the beautiful festival.


   Hearing the singers' singing and seeing the dancers' dancing, everyone became pleased at that beautiful festival.


Text 32


rambhorvash� menaka ca
   ghritac� mohin� rat�
prabhavat� bhanumat�
   vipracitt� tilottama

   rambha - Rambhaa; urvash� - Urvasi; menaka - Menaka; ca - and; ghritac� - Ghrtaci; mohin� - Mohini; rat� - Rati; prabhavat� - Prabhavati; bhanumat� - Bhanumati;
vipracitt� - Vipracitti; tilottama - Tilottama.

   O braahmana, the apsaraas Rambhaa, Urvash�, Menaka, Ghritaaci, Mohini, Rati, Prabhavat�, Bhanumat�, Vipracitt�, Tilottama, . . .


Text 33


candraprabha suprabha ca
   ratnamala madalasa
renuka raman� brahmann
   eta ajagmur utasave

   candraprabha - Candraprabha; suprabha - Suprabha; ca - and; ratnamala - ratnamala; madalasa - Madalasa; renuka - Renuka; ramaN� - Ramani; brahman - O braahmaNa; eta - they; ajagmur - came; utasave - to the festival.


. . . Candraprabha, Suprabha, Ratnamala, Madalasa, ReNuka, and RamaN� also came to the festival.


Text 34


tasam nrityena g�tena
   stanasya-shroNi-darshanat
rupena vakra-drishtya ca
   murcham apush ca manavah

   tasam - of them; nrityena - by the dancing; g�tena - singing; stanasya-shroNi-darshanat - by seeing the breasts, hips, and faces; rupeNa - by the beauty; vakra-drishtya - by crooked glances; ca - and; murcham - enchantment; apuh - attained; ca - and; manavah - the men.


   The men at once became enchanted by their singing, dancing, and crooked sidelong glances, and by seeing the beauty of their faces, breasts, and hips.


Text 35


etasminn antare sh�ghram
   ajagama harih svayam
gopala-balakaih sardham
   balena bala-shalina

   etasmin antare - then; sh�ghram - quickly; ajagama - came; harih - Lord Krishna; svayam - personally; gopala-balakaih - with the gopa boys; sardham - with braahmana; balena - powerful; bala-shalina - with His plow.

   Then Lord KrishNa personally came, accompanied by the gopa boys and by powerful Lord Balaraama, who carried His plow.


Text 36


drishtva tam ca janah sarve
   sambhrama harsha-vihvalah
uttasthur arad bh�tash ca
   pulakancita-vigrahah

   drishtva - seeing; tam - Him; ca - and; janah - the people; sarve - all; sambhrama - respectful; harsha-vihvalah - filled with happiness; uttasthur - stood; arad - near; bh�tah - awed; ca - and; pulakancita-vigrahah - their bodily hairs erect.

   The people, the hairs standing up on their bodies, stood up, happy and filled with awe when they saw Lord KrishNa, . . .


Text 37


kr�Da-sthanat samayantam
   shantam sundara-vigraham
vinoda-mural�-veNu-
   shankha-shabda-samanvitam

   kr�Da-sthanam - the abode of transcendental pastimes; samayantam - coming; shantam - peaceful; sundara-vigraham - handsome; vinoda - of pastimes; mural�-veNu - murali and venu flutes; shankha - conchshells; shabda - sounds; samanvitam - with.


. . . who had just come from His place of pastimes, who was handsome and peaceful, who was playing a flute and a conchshell, . . .


Text 38


sad-ratna-sara-bhushabhir
   bhushitam kaustubhena ca
candanaguru-pankena
   carcitam shyama-vigraham

   sad-ratna-sara-bhushabhir - with jewel ornaments; bhushitam - decorated; kaustubhena - with the Kaustubha jewel; ca - and; candanaguru-pankena - with sandal and aguru paste; carcitam - anointed; shyama-vigraham - dark form.


. . . who was decorated with jewel ornaments and a Kaustbha jewel, whose dark form was anointed with sandal and aguru, . . .


Text 39


sharan-madhyahna-padmasyam
   pashyantam ratna-darpanaih
caru-candana-candrena
   kastur�-binduna saha
shashankena yatha-kasham
   bhala-madhye virajitam

   sharan-madhyahna-padma - a midday autumn lotus; asyam - face; pashyantam - seeing; ratna-darpaNaih - with jewel mirrors; caru - beautiful; candana-candreNa - with a moon of sandal paste; kastur�-binduna - with a musk dot; saha - with; shashankena - with a moon; yatha - as; akasham - the sky; bhala-madhye - in the middle of His forehead; virajitam - shining.


. . . whose face was splendid like a midday autumn lotus flower, who was looking in a jewel mirror, whose forehead was splendid with a sandal-paste moon and a musk dot, who was like a splendid moon in the sky, . . .


Text 40


malat�-malaya shyama-
   kantha-vakshah-sthalojjvalam
baka-panktya yathakasham
   sharad�yam su-nirmalam

   malat�-malaya - with a garland of malati flowers; shyama - dark; kantha - neck; vakshah-sthala - and chest; ujjvalam - splendor; baka-panktya - with a row of ducks; yatha - as; akasham - the sky; sharad�yam - autumn; su-nirmalam - splendid.


. . . whose dark neck and chest, splendid with a garland of maalati flowers, were like an autumn sky splendid with a line of white ducks, . . .


Text 41


caruna p�ta-vastrena
   shobhita-shyama-vigraham
vibhantam vidyuta shashvan
   nav�na-n�radam yatha

   caruNa - beautiful; p�ta-vastreNa - with yellow garments; shobhita-shyama-vigraham - splendid dark form; vibhantam - shining; vidyuta - with lightning; shashvan - always; nav�na-n�radam - a new monsoon cloud; yatha - as.


. . . whose handsome dark form, splendid with beautiful yellow garments, was like a monsoon cloud and glittering lightning, . . .


Text 42


kunda-prasunair gunjabhir
   baddha-vankima-cuDakam
yathendra-dhanusha bhata
   vibhantam bhaganair nabhah

   kunda-prasunair - with kunda flowers; gunjabhir - with gunja; baddha-vankima-cuDakam - crowned; yatha - as; indra-dhanusha - with a rainbow; bhata - shining; vibhantam - shining; bhagaNair - with stars; nabhah - the sky.


. . . whose topknot, tied with gunjaa and kunda flowers, was like a rainbow shining with many stars in the sky, . . .


Text 43


ratna-kunDala-d�ptya ca
   smita-vaktram su-shobhitam
sharat-praphulla-padmam ca
   dyumaNeh kiraNair yatha

   ratna-kuNDala-d�ptya - with the splendor of jewel earrings; ca - and; smita-vaktram - a crooked smile; su-shobhitam - splendid; sharat-praphulla-padmam - a blossoming autumn lotus; ca - and; dyumaNeh - of the moon; kiraNair - with light; yatha - as.


. . . and whose splendid smile, shining with jewel earrings, was like a autumn lotus blossoming in the moonlight.


Text 44


vipra-kshatriya-vaishyash ca
   munayo ballava muda
pranamya vasayam asu
   ratna-simhasane vibhum

   vipra-kshatriya-vaishyas - braahmaNa, ksatriyas, and vaisyas; ca - and; munayo - sages; ballava - gopas; muda - happily; praNamya - bowing; vasayam asus - had sit down; ratna-simhasane - on a jewel throne; vibhum - the Lord.


   Then the braahmaNas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, sages, and gopas happily bowed down before the Lord and gave Him a seat on a jewel throne.


Text 45


uvasa svarNa-p�the sa
   tesham madhye jagat-patih
yatha babhau sharac-candro
   jyotisham antare ca khe

   uvasa - sat; svarNa-p�the - on the golden throne; sa - and; tesham - of them; madhye - in the midst; jagat-patih - the master of the universes; yatha - as; babhau - shone; sharac-candro - an autumn moon; jyotisham - of stars; antare - in; ca - an; khe - the sky.


   Then Lord KrishNa, the master of the universes sat on the golden throne. He was like an autumn moon shining in the midst of many splendid stars.


Text 46


stutva tam ushus te sarve
   jagatam �shvaram param
svecchamayam gunat�tam
   jyot�-rupam sanatanam

   stutva - offering prayers; tam - to Him; ushus - stayed; te - they; sarve - all; jagatam - of the universes; �shvaram - the master; param - supreme; svecchamayam - independent; guNat�tam - beyond the modes of nature; jyot�-rupam - splendid; sanatanam - eternal.


   Everyone stood up and offered prayers to Lord KrishNa, the splendid and eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose desires are all fulfilled and who is beyond the modes of nature.


Text 47


drishtva mahotsavam sh�ghram
   uvaca pitaram harih
vidusham durlabham n�tim
   n�ti-shastra-visharadah

   drishtva - seeing; mahotsavam - the great festival; sh�ghram - quickly; uvaca - said; pitaram - to His father; harih - Lord Krishna; vidusham - of the wise; durlabham - difficult to attain; n�tim - wise conduct; n�ti-shastra-visharadah - expoert in the Niti-sastras.


   Seeing the great festival, Lord KrishNa, the most learned scholar of the Niti-shaastras, spoke of the philosophy of right conduct, His words beyond the reach of even the greatest philosophers.


Text 48


shr�-krishNa uvaca

bho bho ballava-rajendra
   kim karosh�ha suvrata
aradhyah kash ca ka puja
   kim phalam pujane bhavet

   shr�-krishna uvaca - Shri Krishna said; bho - O; bho - O; ballava- rajendra - king of the gopas; kim - what?; karoshi - are you doing; iha - here; suvrata - O saintly one; aradhyah - to be worshiped; kah - who?; ca - and; ka - what?; puja - worship; kim - what; phalam - result; pujane - in the worship; bhavet - is.


   Shri KrishNa said: O king of the gopas, O saintly one, what are you doing here? Who is being worshiped? How are you worshiping him? What is the result of this worship?


Text 49


phalena sadhanam kim va
   kah sadhyah sadhanena ca
deve rushte bhavet kim va
   pujayah pratibandhake

   phalena - with the result; sadhanam - method; kim - what?; va - or; kah - what; sadhyah - to be attained; sadhanena - by the method; ca - and; deve - when the demigod; rushte - is angry; bhavet - may be; kim - what?; va - or; pujayah - of the worship; pratibandhake - in the impediment.


   What is the method employed to attain the result? What is the result attained by employing this method? If the object of worship is displeased how will he punish the worshiper?


Text 50


tushto devah kim dadati
   phalam atra paratra kim
kacid dadaty atra phalam
   paratra neha kacana

   tushto - if; devah - the demigod; kim - pleased; dadati - gives; phalam - result; atra - here; paratra - in the next life; kim - what?; kacid - something; dadati - gives; atra - here; phalam - result; paratra - in the next life; na - not; iha - here; kacana - something.


   If the object of worship is pleased what result will he give in this life and the next? Some worship brings results in this life but not in the next, and other worship brings results not in this but only in the next life.


Text 51


kacic ca nobhayatrapi
   cobhayatrapi kacana
aveda-vihita puja
   sarva-hani-karanDika

   kacic - some; ca - and; na - not; ubhayatra - in both; api - even; ca - and; ubhayatra - in both; api - also; kacana - some; aveda-vihita - not prescribed in the Vedas; puja - worship; sarva-haNi-karaNDika - a box of troubles.


   Some worship brings results in both this life and the next. Some worship does not bring any results in either this life or the next. Worship that is not ordered by the Vedas is a box of sufferings and calamities.


Text 52


pujeyam adhuna va te
   kim u va purusha-kramat
drishto devas tvaya kimsvit
   puja yad-anusarin�

   puja - worship; iyam - this; adhuna - now; va - or; te - of you; kim - what?; u - indeed; va - or; purusha-kramat - from a series of people; drishto - seen; devas - the god; tvaya - by you; kimsvit - somehow; puja - the worship; yad-anusariN� - following which.


   Is this worship a recent invention or an ancient tradition passed down through many generations? Have you seen the demigod worshiped, or is the worship performed without seeing him?


Text 53


sakshat khadati devas te
   sakshat kim va na khadati
sakshad bhunkte ca yo devah
   suprashastam tad-arcanam

   sakshat - directly; khadati - eats; devas - the demigod; te - of you; sakshat - directly; kim - whether?; va - or; na - not; khadati - eats; sakshad - directly; bhunkte - eats; ca - and; yo - who; devah - demigod; suprashastam - better; tad-arcanam - that worship.


   Does the demigods directly eat the offerings or not? The worship is better when the demigod directly eats.


Text 54


prithivya brahmana deva
   iti vedair nirupitam
sarvesham pujanat tata
   su-prashastam dvijarcanam

   prithivyas - of the earth; brahmana - the braahmanas; deva - the demigods; iti - thus; vedair - by the Vedas; nirupitam - said; sarvesham - of all; pujanat - than the worship; tata - O father; su-prashastam - better; dvijarcanam - worship of the braahmaNas.


   The Vedas declare that the braahmaNas are the demigods of the earth. Worship of the braahmaNas is better than all other kinds of worship.


Text 55


sakshat khadati naivedyam
   vipra-rup� janardanah
brahmaNe paritushte ca
   santushtah sarva-devatah

   sakshat - directly; khadati - eats; naivedyam - the offering; vipra-rup� - in the form of a braahmana; janardanah - Lord Vishnu; brahmane - when a braahmaNa; paritushte - is pleased; ca - and; santushtah - is pleased; sarva-devatah - all the demigods.


   The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord VishNu, enters the braahmaNas and eats through them. When a braahmaNa is pleased, then all the demigods are pleased also.


Text 56


kim tasya deva-pujayam
   yo niyukto dvijarcane
pujita brahmaNa yena
   pujitah sarva-devatah

   kim - whether?; tasya - of this; deva-pujayam - in the worship of ythe demigods; yo - who; niyukto - engaged; dvijarcane - in the worship of the braahmana; pujita - worshiped; brahmana - the braahmanas; yena - by whom; pujitah - worshiped; sarva-devatah - all the demigods.


   Why would a person engaged in worshiping the braahmanas worship the demigods? When the braahmanas are worshiped then all the demigods are worshiped automatically.


Text 57


devaya dattva naivedyam
   na dattam brahmanaya cet
bhasm�-bhutam ca tad-dravyam
   pujanam nishphalam bhavet

   devaya - to a demigod; dattva - giving; naivedyam - food; na - not; dattam - given; brahmaNaya - to the braahmaNas; cet - if; bhasm�-bhutam - burned to ashes; ca - and; tad-dravyam - that thing; pujanam - worship; nishphalam - useless; bhavet - becomes.


   If a person offers food to a demigod and then does not offer it also to a braahmaNa, then his property becomes burned to ashes and his worship becomes fruitless.


Text 58


vipraya deva-naivedyam
   danam dhruvam anantakam
tushto devo varam dattva
   prayati ca sva-mandiram

   vipraya - to a braahmana; deva-naivedyam - food offered to the demigods; danam - charity; dhruvam - indeed; anantakam - limitless; tushto - pleased; devo - the demigod; varam - blessing; dattva - giving; prayati - goes; ca - and; sva-mandiram - to his abode.


   If one gives in charity to a braahmaNa the foods offered to a demigod, the demigod becomes pleased and offers limitless blessings. The donor goes to the world of the demigods.


Text 59


dattva devaya naivedyam
   muDho bhunkte svayam yadi
dattapahar� devasvam
   bhuktva ca narakam vrajet

   dattva - giving; devaya - to a demigod; naivedyam - food; muDho - fool; bhunkte - eats; svayam - himself; yadi - if; datta - given; apahar� - taking away; devasvam - the property of a demigod; bhuktva - eating; ca - and; narakam - to hell; vrajet - goes.


   If one offers food to a demigod and then eats the remnants himself, he robs the demigod's property. Such a person goes to hell.


Text 60


deva-dattam na bhoktavyam
   naivedyam ca vina hareh
prashastam sarva-deveshu
   vishnor naivedya-bhojanam

   deva-dattam - given to a demigod; na - not; bhoktavyam - to be eaten; naivedyam - offering of food; ca - and; vina - without; hareh - of Lord Hari; prashastam - glorious; sarva-deveshu - in all the demigods; vishNor - of Lord VishNu; naivedya-bhojanam - the eating of food.


   The remnants of offerings to the demigods may not be eaten. Only the remnants of offerings to Lord VishNu may be eaten. Offerings to Lord VishNu are much better than offerings to the demigods.


Text 61


annam vishtha jalam mutram
   yad vishNor aniveditam
sarvesham ca kramam idam
   brahmananam visheshatah

   annam - food; vishtha - stool; jalam - water; mutram - urine; yad - what; vishNor - of Lord VishNu; aniveditam - not offered; sarvesham - of all; ca - and; kramam - sequence; idam - this; brahmaNanam - of the braahmaNas; visheshatah - specifically.


   Food not offered to Lord VishNu is stool. Water not offered to Lord VishNu is urine. This is true for everyone, but it is especially true for the braahmaNas.


Text 62


na dattva vastu devaya
   dattam vipraya cet su-dh�h
bhuktva vipra-mukhe devas
   tushtah svargam prayati ca

   na - not; dattva - giving; vastu - thing; devaya - to a demigod; dattam - given; vipraya - to a braahmana; cet - if; su-dh�h - an intelligent person; bhuktva - eating; vipra-mukhe - in the braahmaNa's mouth; devas - the demigod; tushtah - pleased; svargam - to Svarga; prayati - goes; ca - and.


   If, not offering it first to a demigod, a person offers food to a braahmaNa, the demigod becomes pleased and eats through the braahmaNa's mouth. The donor then goes to Svargaloka.


Text 63


tasmat sarva-prayatnena
   vipranam arcanam kuru
prashasta-phala-datrinam
   iha loke paratra ca

   tasmat - therefore; sarva-prayatnena - very carefully; vipraNam - of the braahmaNa; arcanam - worship; kuru - please do; prashasta - - best; phala - results; datriNam - the givers; iha - in this; loke - world; paratra - in the next; ca - and.


   Therefore, with all carefulness please worship the braahmaNas, who give the best results both in this life and the next.


Text 64


japas tapash ca puja va
   yajna-danam mahotsavah
sarvesham karmanam saro
   vipra-tushtish ca dakshina

   japas - chanting; tapah - austerities; ca - and; puja - worship; va - or; yajna - yajnas; danam - charity; mahotsavah - a great festival; sarvesham - of all; karmaNam - deeds; saro - the best; vipra-tushtih - satisfaction of the braahmaNas; ca - and; dakshiNa - gift.


   Better than chanting mantras, performing austerities, worship, and yajnas, giving charity, and celebrating great festivals, is pleasing the braahmaNas and giving gifts to
them. Pleasing the braahmaNas is the best of all pious deeds.


Text 65


brahmananam shar�reshu
   tishthanti sarva-devatah
padeshu sarva-t�rthani
   punyani pada-dhulishu

   brahmaNanam - of the braahmaNas; shar�reshu - in the bodies; tishthanti - stay; sarva-devatah - all the demigods; padeshu - in the feet; sarva-t�rthani - all holy places; puNyani - pious deeds; pada-dhulishu - in the dust of their feet.


   All demigods stay in the braahmaNas' bodies. All holy places stay in the braahmanas' feet. All pious deeds stay in the dust from the braahmaNas' feet.


Text 66


padodakeshu vipranam
   t�rtha-toyani santi ca
tat-sparshat sarva-t�rtheshu
   snana-janya-phalam bhavet

   padodakeshu - in the water that washed the feet; vipranam - of the braahmanas; t�rtha-toyani - the water of holy places; santi - are; ca - and; tat-sparshat - by touching it; sarva-t�rtheshu - in all holy places; snana-janya-phalam - the result of bathing; bhavet - is.


   The waters of all holy places stay in water that has washed the braahmaNas' feet. By touching that water one attains the result of bathing in all holy places.


Text 67


nashyanti bhakshaNad roga
   bhakti-bhavena ballava
sapta-janma-kritat papan
   mucyate natra samshayah

   nashyanti - perish; bhakshaNad - from eating; roga - diseases; bhakti-bhavena - by the power of devotion; ballava - O gopa; sapta - seven; janma - births; kritat - performed; papan - sins; mucyate - is released; na - not; atra - here; samshayah - doubt.


   O gopa, by devotedly drinking that water one becomes cured of disease and freed from the sins of seven births. Of this there is no doubt.


Text 68


papam panca-vidham kritva
   yo vipram pranamed dvijam
sa snatah sarva-t�rtheshu
   sarva-papat pramucyate

   papam - sin; panca-vidham - five kinds; kritva - doing; yo - who; vipram - a braahmana; pranamed - offers obeisances; dvijam - a braahmaNa; sa - he; snatah - bathed; sarva-t�rtheshu - in all holy places; sarva-papat - from all sins; pramucyate - is freed.


   If he bows down before a braahmaNa, a sinner who has committed the five kinds of sins becomes free of all sins. He attains the result of bathing at all holy places.


Text 69


brahmaNa-sparsha-matrena
   mukto bhavati patak�
darshanan mucyate papad
   iti vede nirupitam

   brahmaNa-sparsha-matreNa - simply by touching a braahmaNa; mukto - liberated; bhavati - becomes; patak� - a resident of hell; darshanan - from seeing; mucyate - is freed; papad - from sin; iti - thus; vede - in the Vedas; nirupitam - is described.


   Simply by touching a braahmaNa, a resident of hell becomes released. Simply by seeing a braahmana, one becomes free from sins. This is said in the Vedas.


Text 70


aprajno vatha prajno va
   brahmaNo vishnu-vigrahah
viprah pranadhika vishnor
   ye vipra hari-sevinah

   aprajno - a fool; va - or; atha - then; prajno - a wise man; va - or; brahmaNo - a braahmaNa; vishNu - of Lord VishNu; vigrahah - the form; viprah - a braahmaNa; praNadhika - more dear than life; vishNor - of Lord VishNu; ye - who; vipra - braahmaNas; hari- sevinah - servants of Lord VishNu.


   Intelligent or not, a braahmaNa is the form of Lord Vishnu. The braahmanas that serve Lord Vishnu are more dear than life to Him.


Text 71


dvijanam hari-bhaktanam
   prabhavo durlabhah shrutau
yesham padabja-rajasa
   sadyah puta vasundhara

   dvijanam - of the braahmanas; hari-bhaktanam - devoteews of Lord Vishnu; prabhavo - the power; durlabhah - rare; shrutau - in the ear; yesham - of whom; padabja-rajasa - by the dust of the lotus feet; sadyah - at once; puta - purified; vasundhara - the earth.


   The Vedas declare that braahmaNa devotees of Lord VishNu are extremely powerful. The dust of their lotus feet at once purifies the earth.


Text 72


tesham ca pada-cihnam yat
   t�rtham tat parik�rtitam
tesham ca sparsha-matreNa
   t�rtha-papam praNashyati

   tesham - of them; ca - and; pada-cihnam - the footprint; yat - what; t�rtham - a holy place; tat - that; parik�rtitam - said; tesham - of them; ca - and; sparsha-matreNa - simply by the touch; t�rtha-papam - the sins in the holy places; pranashyati - are destroyed.


   Their footprints are holy places. Their touch destroys the sins that sinners leave behind at the holy places.


Text 73


alinganat sadalapat
   tesham ucchishta-bhojanat
darshanat sparshanac caiva
   sarva-papat pramucyate

   alinganat - by their embrace; sadalapat - conversation; tesham - of them; ucchishta-bhojanat - from eating the remnants of food; darshanat - by seeing; sparshanat - by touching; caiva - and; sarva-papat - from all sins; pramucyate - is freed.


   By embracing them, conversing with them, eating the remnants of their food, seeing them, or touching them, one becomes freed from all sins.


Text 74


bhramane sarva-t�rthanam
   yat punyam snanato bhavet
hari-dasasya viprasya
   tat punyam darshanal labhet

   bhramaNe - in traveling; sarva-t�rthanam - of all holy places; yat - what; puNyam - piety; snanato - from bathing; bhavet - may be; hari-dasasya - of service to Lord Hari; viprasya - of a braahmaNa; tat - that; puNyam - piety; darshanal - by seeing; labhet - attains.


   Simply by seeing a braahmaNa-servant of Lord Hari one attains the same purification attained by traveling to all holy places and bathing in all holy rivers.


Text 75


ye vipra haraye dattva
   nityam annam ca bhunjate
ucchishta-bhojanat tesham
   harer dasyam labhen narah

   ye - who; vipra - braahmanas; haraye - to Lord Hari; dattva - giving; nityam - regularly; annam - food; ca - and; bhunjate - eats; ucchishta-bhojanat - the remnants of food; tesham - of them; harer - of Lord Hari; dasyam - service; labhet - attains; narah - a person.


   By eating the remnants of food eaten by braahmaNas who regularly offer food to Lord Hari and then eat His remnants, one attains direct service to Lord Hari.


Text 76


na dattva haraye bhaktya
   bhunjate ca bhramad api
pur�sha-sadrisham vastu
   jalam mutra-samam bhavet

   na - not; dattva - giving; haraye - to Lord Hari; bhaktya - with devotion; bhunjate - eats; ca - qand; bhramad - by mistake; api - even; pur�sha - stool; sadrisham - like; vastu - thing; jalam - water; mutra-samam - like urine; bhavet - is.


   When a person foolishly eats what is not offered to Lord Hari, his food is like stool and the water he drinks is like urine.


Text 77


bhakta-hasta-gatam vastu
   tad vishnor eva ballava
adattva haraye bhuktva
   devasva-bhojako bhavet

   bhakta - of a devotee; hasta - in the hand; gatam - gone; vastu - thing; tad - that; vishnor - of Lord Vishnu; eva - indeed; ballava - O gopa; adattva - not offering; haraye - to Lord Hari; bhuktva - eating; devasva-bhojako - eating what belongs to the Lord; bhavet - becomes.


   O gopa, what is in a devotee's hand is automatically the property of Lord VishNu. If someone accepts food from a devotee's hand and then eats it without it being offered to Lord Hari, he is thief of the Supreme Lord's property.


Text 78


shudrash ced dhari-bhaktash ca
   naivedya-bhojanotsukah
amannam haraye dattva
   pakam kritva ca khadati

   shudras - a sudra; ced - if; dhari-bhaktah - a devotee of Lord Hari; ca - and; naivedya-bhojanotsukah - eager to eat the offered food; amannam - uncooked food; haraye - tom Lord Hari; dattva - giving; pakam - cooking; kritva - doing; ca - and; khadati - eats.


If he is a devotee of Lord Hari, a shUdra should cook food, offer it to Lord Hari, and then eat the remnants.


Text 79


vipra-kshatriya-vaishyanam
   shalagrama-shilarcane
adhikaro na shudranam
   harer evarcane tatha

   vipra-kshatriya-vaishyanam - of braahmaNas, kshatriyas, and vaishyas; shalagrama-shilarcane - in worship of Shaalagraama-shilaa; adhikaro - qualification; na - not; shudraNam - of shUdras; harer - of Lord Hari; eva - indeed; arcane - in the worship; tatha - so.


   Only braahmaNa, kshatriyas, and vaishyas are qualified to worship the Shaalagraama-shilaa. The shUdras are not qualified to worship Lord Hari in that way.


Text 80


dravyany etani gopendra
   viprebhyash cen na dasyasi
bhasm�-bhutani sarvani
   bhavishynti na samshayah

   dravyani - things; etani - these; gopendra - O king of the gopas; viprebhyah - to the braahmaNas; cet - if; na - not; dasyasi - you will give; bhasm�-bhutani - burned to ashes; sarvaNi - all; bhavishynti - will be; na - not; samshayah - doubt.


   O king of the gopas, if you do not offer all these things to the braahmaNas, then everything you possess will be burned to ashes. Of this there is no doubt.


Text 81


annam ca sarva-j�vebhyah
   puNyartham datum arhasi
dattva vishishta-j�vebhyo
   vishishtam phalam apnuyat

   annam - food; ca - and; sarva-j�vebhyah - to all living entities; punyartham - for piety; datum - to give; arhasi - is worthy; dattva - giving; vishishta-j�vebhyo - to the best living entities; vishishtam - the best; phalam - result; apnuyat - attains.


   To attain purification one should give food to all living entities. Still, by giving to exalted living entities one attains a better result.


Text 82


ato dattva manushebhyo
   labhate 'shta-gunam phalam
tato vishishtam shudrebhyo
   dattva tad dvi-guNam phalam

   ato - therefore; dattva - giving; manushebhyo - to human beings; labhate - attains; ashta-guNam - eight times; phalam - result; tato - than that; vishishtam - better; shudrebhyo - to shUdras; dattva - giving; tad - that; dvi-guNam - twice; phalam - result.


   By giving to human beings one attains a result eight times better than by giving to lower species. By giving to a shUdra one attains a result two times better than that.


Text 83


dattvannam vaishya-jatibhyas
   tatash cashta-gunam phalam
kshatriyebhyo 'pi vaishyanam
   dattvannam dvi-guNam bhavet

   dattva - giving; annam - food; vaishya-jatibhyas - to vaishyas; tatah - than that; ca - and; ashta-guNam - eight times; phalam - result; kshatriyebhyo - to ksatriyas; api - also; vaishyanam - of vaishyas; dattva - giving; annam - food; dvi-guNam - twice; bhavet - is.


   By giving food to vaishyas one attains a result eight times better than that, and by giving food to kshatriyas one attains a result two times better still.


Text 84


kshatriyanam shata-gunam
   viprebhyo 'nnam pradaya ca
vipranam ca shata-gunam
   shastra-jne brahmane phalam

   kshatriyanam - of ksatriyas; shata-guNam - a hundred times; viprebhyo - to braahmaNas; annam - food; pradaya - giving; ca - and; vipraNam - ofg braahmaNas; ca - and; shata-guNam - a hundred times; shastra-jne - learned in the scriptures; brahmaNe - to a braahmaNa; phalam - the result.


   By giving food to braahmaNas one attains a result a hundred times better than by giving to kshatriyas. By giving food to a braahmana learned in the scriptures one attains a result a hundred times better than by giving to ordinary braahmanas.


Text 85


shastra-jnanat shata-gunam
   bhakte vipre labhed dhruvam
sa cannam haraye dattva
   bhunkte bhaktya ca sadaram

   shastra-jnanam - learned in the scriptures; shata-guNam - a hundred times; bhakte - to a devotee; vipre - braahmaNa; labhed - attains; dhruvam - indeed; sas - he; ca - and; annam - food; haraye - to Lord Hari; dattva - giving; bhunkte - eats; bhaktya - with devotion; ca - and; sadaram - with respect.


   By giving food to a braahmaNa devotee of the Lord one attains a result a hundred times better than be giving to a braahmana learned in the scriptures. A devotee braahmana offers the food to Lord Hari and then eats the remnants with respect and devotion.


Text 86


vishnave bhakta-vipraya
   dattva datush ca yat phalam
tat phalam labhate nunam
   bhakta-brahmana-bhojane

   vishnave - to Lord Vishnu; bhakta-vipraya - to a devotee-braahmaNa; dattva - giving; datuh - of a giver; ca - and; yat - what; phalam - result; tat - that; phalam - result; labhate - obtains; nunam - indeed; bhakta-brahmaNa-bhojane - feeding a devotee-braahmaNa.


   By feeding a devotee-braahmaNa one attains the result of giving charity to a devotee-braahmaNa and to Lord VishNu.


Text 87


bhakte tushte haris tushto
   harau tushte ca devatah
bhavanti siktah sakhash ca
   yatha mula-nisecanat

   bhakte - when a devotee; tushte - is pleased; haris - Lord Hari; tushto - is pleased; harau - when Lord Hari; tushte - is pleased; ca - and; devatah - the demigods; bhavanti - become; siktah - watered; sakhah - the branches; ca - and; yatha - as; mula-nisecanat - by watering the root.


   When a devotee is pleased, then Lord Hari is pleased. When Lord Hari is pleased then all the demigods become pleased, as by watering the root all of a tree's branches are also watered.


Text 88


dravyany etani devaya
   yady ekasmai prayacchati
sarve deva vitushtash ced
   devaikah kim karishyati

   dravyani - things; etani - these; devaya - to one demigod; yadi - if; ekasmai - to one; prayacchati - gives; sarve - all; deva - the demigods; vitushtas - are displeased; ced - if; devaikah - one demigods; kim - what?; karishyati - will do.


   If by offering all these things to one demigod the others are displeased, what good result will this one demigod grant?


Text 89


athava tvam ca vastuni
   dehi govardhanaya ca
ga vardhayati yo nityam
   tena govardhanah smritah

   athava - or; tvam - you; ca - and; vastuni - the things; dehi - you should give; govardhanaya - to Govardhana Hill; ca - and; ga - the cows; vardhayati - nourishes; yo - who; nityam - always; tena - by that; govardhanah - Govardhana; smritah - is considered.


   Instead, you should offer all these things to the hill that because it nourishes (vardhana) the cows (go) is called Govardhana.


Text 90


govardhana-samas tata
   punyavan na hi bhu-tale
nityam dadati gobhyo ye
   nav�nani trinani ca

   govardhana - to Govardhana; samas - equal; tata - O father; puNyavan - pious; na - not; hi - indeed; bhu-tale - on the earth; nityam - always; dadati - gives; gobhyo - to the cows; ye - who; nav�nani - new; triNani - grasses; ca - and.


   O father, on this earth no one is pious and saintly like Govardhana Hill, which every day gives new grasses to the cows.


Text 91


t�rtha-snaneshu yat punyam
   yat punyam vipra-bhojane
yat puNyam ca maha-dane
   yat puNyam hari-sevane

   t�rtha-snaneshu - bathing in holy places; yat - what; puNyam - piety; yat - what; puNyam - piety; vipra-bhojane - in feeding a braahmaNa; yat - what; puNyam - piety; ca - and; maha-dane - in great charity; yat - what; puNyam - piety; hari-sevane - in serving Lord Hari.


   The piety that comes from bathing at holy places, the piety that comes from feeding braahmaNas, the piety that comes from giving generous charity, the piety that comes from serving Lord Hari, . . .


Text 92


sarva-vratopavaseshu
   sarveshv eva tapahsu ca
bhuvah paryatane yat tu
   satya-vakyeshu yad bhavet

   sarva-vrata - all cows; upavaseshu - and fasts; sarveshu - all; eva - indeed; tapahsu - austerities; ca - and; bhuvah - of the earth; paryatane - in circumambulation; yat - what; tu - indeed; satya-vakyeshu - in speaking the truth; yad - what; bhavet - may be.


. . . and the piety that comes from all vows and fasts, all austerities, circumambulating the earth, and speaking truthfully, . . .


Text 93


sarve deva gavam ange
   t�rthani tat-padeshu ca
tad-guhyeshu svayam lakshm�s
   tishthaty eva sada pitah

   sarve - all; deva - the demigods; gavam - of the cows; ange - in the limbs; t�rthani - the holy places; tat-padeshu - in their feet; ca - and; tad-guhyeshu - in their hearts; svayam - personally; lakshm�s - Goddess Lakshmi; tishthati - stay; eva - indeed; sada - always; pitah - O father.


. . . as well as all the demigods, always stay in the bodies of the cows. The holy places always stay in the cows' hooves. O father, Goddess Lakshmi always stays in the cows' hearts.


Text 94


gosh-padakta-mrida yo hi
   tilakam kurute narah
t�rtha-snato bhavet sadyo
   'bhayam tasya pade pade

   gosh-pada - the cows' hooves; akta - anointed; mrida - with the mud; yo - who; hi - indeed; tilakam - tilaka; kurute - makes; narah - a person; t�rtha-snato - bathing in a holy place; bhavet - does; sadyo - at once; abhayam - fearlessness; tasya - of him; pade - step; pade - by step.


   A person that wears tilaka of mud that touched a cow's hoof attains the result of bathing in a holy place. He is fearless at every step.


Text 95


gavas tishthanti yatraiva
   tat t�rtham parik�rtitam
pranams tyaktva naras tatra
   sadyo mukto bhaved dhruvam

   gavas - the cows; tishthanti - stay; yatra - where; eva - indeed; tat - that; t�rtham - holy place; parik�rtitam - is glorified; praNams - life breath; tyaktva - abandoning; naras - a person; tatra - there; sadyo - at once; mukto - liberated; bhaved - becomes;
dhruvam - indeed.


   A place where cows stay is holy. One who dies there is at once liberated.


Text 96


brahmananam gavam angam
   yo hanti manavadhamah
brahma-hatya-samam papam
   bhavet tasya na samshayah

   brahmaNanam - of the braahmaNas; gavam - of cows; angam - the body; yo - one who; hanti - harms; manavadhamah - the lowest of men; brahma-hatya - killing a braahmaNa; samam - equal; papam - sin; bhavet - is; tasya - of him; na - not; samshayah - doubt.


   One who harms a braahmaNa or a cow is the lowest of men. he commits a great sin, as if he had killed a braahmana. Of this there is no doubt.


Text 97


narayanamshan vipramsh ca
   gash ca ye ghnanti manavah
kalasutram ca te yanti
   yavac candra-divakarau

   narayaNamshan - the limbs of Lord NaaraayaNa; vipramh - the braahmaNas; ca - and; gah - the cows; ca - and; ye - who; ghnanti - harms; manavah - people; kalasutram - to hell; ca - and; te - they; yanti - go; yavac - as; candra-divakarau - the sun and the moon.


   A person who harms the cows or the braahmaNas, who are the limbs of Lord Naaraayana, goes to hell for as long as the sun and moon shine in the sky.


Text 98


ity evam uktva shr�-krishNo
   virarama ca narada
ananda-yukto nandash ca
   tam uvaca smitananah

   ity evam - thus; uktva - speaking; shr�-krishno - Lord Krishna; virarama - stopped; ca - and; narada - O Naarada; ananda-yukto - blissful; nandas - Nanda; ca - and; tam - to Him; uvaca - said; smitananah - smiling.

   O Naarada, after speaking these words, Lord Krishna became silent. Happily smiling Nanda then spoke to Him.


Text 99


shr�-nanda uvaca

paurvapar�yam pujeti
   mahendrasya mahatmanah
su-vrishti-sadhan� sadhyam
   sarva-shasyam manoharam
shasyani j�vinam pranah
   shasyaj j�vanti j�vinah

   shr�-nanda uvaca - Shri Nanda said; paurva - previous; apar� - others; iyam - this; puja - worship; iti - thus; mahendrasya - of King Indra; mahatmanah - the great soul; su-vrishti- sadhan� - giving good rain; sadhyam - attainable; sarva-shasyam - all
vegetation; manoharam - beautiful; shasyani - from vegetation; j�vinam - of the living entities; pranah - the lives; shasyaj - from vegetation; j�vanti - live; j�vinah - the living entities.


   Shri Nanda said: This worship of noble-hearted King Indra is a tradition in our family. Indra gives good rains. From rain come crops. Crops are life for the living beings. Because of crops everyone lives.


Text 100


pujayanti vraja-sthash ca
   mahendram purusha-kramat
mahotsavam vatsarante
   nirvighnaya shivaya ca

   pujayanti - worship; vraja-sthah - the people of Vraja; ca - asnd; mahendram - Indra; purusha-kramat - from the ancestors; mahotsavam - great festival; vatsara - of a year; ante - at the end; nirvighnaya - for freedom from impediments; shivaya - for auspiciousness; ca - and.


   To attain auspiciousness and protection from troubles and obstacles, the people of Vraja traditionally worship King Indra at the end of each year.


Text 101


ity evam vacanam shrutva
   balena saha madhavah
uccair jahasa ca punar
   uvaca pitaram muda

   ity evam - thus; vacanam - words; shrutva - hearing; balena - Balaraama; saha - with; madhavah - Krishna; uccair - loudly; jahasa - laughed; ca - and; punar - again; uvaca - said; pitaram - to His father; muda - happily.

   Hearing these words, Krishna and Balaraama burst out laughing. Happy Krishna then spoke to His father.


Text 102


shr�-krishna uvaca

aho shrutam vicitram te
   vacanam paramadbhutam
upahasyam loka-shastre
   deveshv eva vigarhitam

   shr�-krishNa uvaca - Lord KrishNa said; aho - Oh!; shrutam - heard; vicitram - wonder; te - of you; vacanam - the words; paramadbhutam - a great wonder; upahasyam - ridiculous; loka-shastre - in both the scriptures and the common-sense og the world; deveshv - in the demigods; eva - indeed; vigarhitam - condemned.


   Lord KrishNa said: Ah! What strange words have We heard from you! Both the scriptures and the common-sense of this world laugh at these words. The demigods condemn these words.


Text 103


nirupanam nasti kutra
   shakrad vrishtih prajayate
apurvam n�ti-vacanam
   shrutam adya mukhat tava

   nirupanam - description; na - not; asti - is; kutra - where?; shakrad - from Indra; vrishtih - rain; prajayate - is born; apurvam - unprecedented; n�ti-vacanam - the statement of scripture; shrutam - heard; adya - today; mukhat - from the mouth; tava - of you.


   No one talks like that. Who talks like that? The scriptures don't say that. Only today and only from your mouth has anyone heard words like that.


Text 104


shrutam n�tim shrutavatam
   he tata nanayam vada
vacanam sama-vedoktam
   santo jananti sarvatah

   shrutam - heard; n�tim - the conclusion of scripture; shrutavatam - of they who have heard; he - O; tata - father; na - not; anayam - improper; vada - say; vacanam - words; sama-veda - in the Saama Veda; uktam - spoken; santo - saintky devotees; jananti - know; sarvatah - in all respects.


   O father, please don't talk this nonsense. Say what the Vedic scholars say. The saintly devotees know what the Saama Veda says about this.


Text 105


prashnam kurushva mantramsh ca
   vibudhan api samsadi
bruvanti paramartham ca
   kim indrad vrishtir eva ca

   prashnam - a question; kurushva - please ask; mantramh - advice; ca - and; vibudhan - the wise; api - also; samsadi - in the assembly; bruvanti - say; paramartham - the final conclusion; ca - and; kim - what?; indrad - from Indra; vrishtir - rain; eva - indeed; ca - and.


   Ask the philosophers what they think. They will answer,  How can rain come from Indra?"


Text 106


suryad dhi jayate toyam
   toyac chasyani shakhinah
tebhyo 'nnani phalany eva
   tebhyo j�vanti j�vinah

   suryad - from the sun; hi - indeed; jayate - is produced; toyam - water; toyac - from water; shasyani - plants; shakhinah - trees; tebhyo - from them; annani - grains; phalani - fruits; eva - indeed; tebhyo - from them; j�vanti - live; j�vinah - the living beings.


   From the sun comes water. From water come trees and plants. From trees and plants come fruits and grains. With fruits and grains the living entities are able to live.


Text 107


surya-grastam ca n�ram ca
   kale tasmat samudbhavah
suryo meghadayah sarve
   vidhatra te nirupitah

   surya-grastam - taken by the sun; ca - and; niram - water; ca - and; kale - at the proper time; tasmat - from it; samudbhavah - released; suryo - the sun; meghadayah - beginning with the clouds; sarve - all; vidhatra - by destiny; te - the; nirupitah - described.


   The sun absorbs water and in time releases it. The sun, the clouds, and everything else are under the control of destiny. That is the right explanation.


Text 108


toya-yukto jaladharo
   gajash ca sagaro marut
shasyadhipo nripo mantr�
   vidhatra te nirupitah

   toya-yukto - filled with water; jaladharo - a cloud; gajah - an elephant; ca - and; sagaro - the ocean; marut - the air; shasyadhipo - the farmer; nripo - the king; mantr� - the king's minister; vidhatra - by destiny; te - they; nirupitah - described.


   The water-laden clouds, ocean, wind, elephants, farmers, kings, and royal counselors are all under the control of destiny. That is the right explanation.


Text 109


jaladakanam shasyanam
   trinanam ca nirupitam
sarve 'bde 'sty eva tat sarvam
   kalpe kalpe yuge yuge

   jaladakanam - of the clouds; shasyanam - of the plants; triNanam - of the grass; ca - and; nirupitam - described; sarve - every; abde - year; asti - is; eva - indeed; tat - that; sarvam - all; kalpe - kalpa; kalpe - after kalpa; yuge - yuga; yuge - after yuga.


   Year after year, yuga after yuga, and kalpa after kalpa, the clouds, plants, and grass remain under the control of destiny.


Text 110


hast� samudrad adaya
   karena jalam �psitam
dadyad ghanaya tad dadydad
   vatena prerito ghanah

   hasti - the elephant; samudrad - from the ocean; adaya - taking; kareNa - with its trunk; jalam - water; �psitam - desired; dadyad - gives; ghanaya - to the cloud; tad - that; dadydad - gives; vatena - by the wind; prerito - sent; ghanah - cloud.


   The elephant takes the water it wishes from the ocean and gives it to the clouds. The clouds are then carried by the wind.


Text 111


sthane sthane prithivyam ca
   kale kale yathocitam
�shecchayavirbhutam ca
   na bhutam pratibandhakam

   sthane - in place; sthane - after place; prithivyam - on the earth; ca - and; kale - in time; kale - after time; yatha - as; ucitam - appropriate; �sha - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; icchaya - by the desire;virbhutam ca - and; na - not; bhutam - manifested; pratibandhakam - obstacle.


   In place after place and in time after time, rain is manifest on the earth by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nothing stops His will.


Text 112


bhutam bhavyam bhavishyam ca
   mahat kshudram ca madhyamam
dhatra nirupitam karma
   kena tata nivaryate

   bhutam - was; bhavyam - is; bhavishyam - will be; ca - and; mahat - great; kshudram - small; ca - and; madhyamam - middle; dhatra - by fate; nirupitam - described; karma - karma; kena - by what; tata - O father; nivaryate - is stopped.


   Past, present, future, great, middling, and small are all manifested by destiny. What can stop destiny?


Text 113


jagac caracaram sarvam
   kritam teneshvarajnaya
adau vinirmito bhakshyah
   pashcaj j�va iti smritam

   jagat - universe; caracaram - moving an inert; sarvam - all; kritam - done; tena - by Him; �shvarajnaya - by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adau - in the beginning; vinirmito - made; bhakshyah - to be eaten; pashcat - then; j�va - living
entity; iti - thus; smritam - considered.


   The entire universe of moving and unmoving beings was created by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. First food was created, and then the living entities.


Text 114


abhyasac ca sva-bhavo hi
   sva-bhavat karma eva ca
jayate karmana bhogo
   j�vinam sukha-duhkhayoh

   abhyasat - by repetition; ca - and; sva-bhavo - own nature; hi - indeed; sva-bhavat - from own nature; karma - karma; eva - indeed; ca - and; jayate - is manifest; karmaNa - by karma; bhogo - experience; j�vinam - of the living entities; sukha-duhkhayoh - of pleasure and pain.


   From repeated action the living entities' own nature is manifest. From their own nature karma is manifest. From karma their pleasures and pains are manifest.


Texts 115 and 116


yatana-janma-maranam
   roga-shoka-bhayani ca
samutpatti-vipad divya
   kavita va yasho 'yashah

punyam ca svarga-vasam ca
   papam naraka-samsthitih
muktir bhaktir harer dasyam
   karmana ghatate nrinam

   yatana - suffering; janma - birth; maraNam - death; roga - disease; shoka - lamentation; bhayani - fear; ca - and; samutpatti - good fortune; vipad - calamity; divya - spelndid; kavita - poetry; va - or; yasho - fame; ayashah - infamy; puNyam - piety; ca - and; svarga-vasam - residence in Svargaloka; ca - and; papam - curse; naraka-samsthitih - residence in hell; muktir - liberation; bhaktir - devotion; harer - for Lord Hari; dasyam - service; karmaNa - by karma; ghatate - is; nriNam - of human beings.


   Birth, death, suffering, disease, lamentation, fear, good fortune, calamity, splendid learning, fame, infamy, piety, residence in Svargaloka, sin, residence in hell, liberation, devotion to Lord Hari, and service to Lord Hari, are all created in human beings by karma.

Text 117


sarvesham janako h�shash
   cabhyasa-sh�la-karmanam
dhatush ca phala-data ca
   sarvam tasyecchaya bhavet

   sarvesham - of all; janako - the father; hi - indeed; �shaN - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca - and; abhyasa - repetition; sh�la - own nature; karmaNam - andf karma; dhatus - of the creator; ca - and; phala-data - the giver of results; ca - and; sarvam - all;
tasya - of Him; icchaya - by the desire; bhavet - is.


   The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the father of all. He is the father of repeated action, own nature, karma, and destiny. He is the giver of results. Everything is manifest by His wish.


Texts 118-122


vinirmito viraD yena
   tattvani prakritir jagat
kurmah sheshash ca dharan�
   cabrahma-stamba eva ca

yasyajnaya marut kurmam
   kurmah shesham bibharti ca
shesho vasundharam murdhna
   sa ca sarvam caracaram

yasyajnaya sada vati
   jagat-prano jagat-traye
tapati bhramanam kritva
   bhur-lokam su-prabhakarah

dahaty agnih sancarate
   mrityush ca sarva-jantushu
bibhrati shakhinah kale
   pushpani ca phalani ca

sva-sva-sthane samudrash ca
   turnam majjanty adho 'dhuna
tam �sham bhaja bhaktya ca
   ko va kim kartum �shvarah

   vinirmito - created; viraD - the universal form; yena - by whom; tattvani - the tattvas; prakritir - matter; jagat - the universe; kurmah - the tortoise; sheshah - Lord Shesha; ca - and; dharan� - the earth; ca - and; a - from; brahma - Brahmaa; stamba - to the immobile living entities; eva - indeed; ca - and; yasya - of whom; ajnaya - by the order; marut - the wind; kurmam - the tortoise; kurmah - the tortoise; shesham - Lord Shesha; bibharti - holds; ca - and; shesho - Lord Shesha; vasundharam - the earth; murdhna - by His head; sa - He; ca - and; sarvam - all; cara - moving; acaram - and unmoving; yasya - of whom; ajnaya - by the order; sada - always; vati - blows; jagat- prano - the life of the universe; jagat - worlds; traye - in the three; tapati - burns; bhramanam - wandering; kritva - doing; bhur-lokam - the worlds; su-prabhakarah - the sun; dahati - burns; agnih - fire; sancarate - moves; mrityuh - death; ca - and; sarva- antushu - among all living entities; bibhrati - hold; shakhinah - tree; kale - in time; pushpani - flowers; ca - and; phalani - fruits; ca - and; sva-sva-sthane - in their own places; samudrah - the oceans; ca - and; turnam - at once; majjanti - floods; adho - below; adhuna - now; tam - Him; �sham - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhaja - please worship; bhaktya - with devotion; ca - and; ko - who?; va - or; kim - what?; kartum - to do; �shvarah - is able.


   Please devotedly worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created the universal form, the tattvas, material nature, the material universe, the great tortoise, Lord Shesha, the earth, and the living entities from Brahmaa to the smallest immobile creature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead by whose command the great wind holds up the great tortoise, the great tortoise holds up Lord Shesha, and Lord Shesha holds the earth on His head, the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifest in all moving and unmoving beings, the Supreme Personality of Godhead by whose command the life of the universe breathes, the sun shines as it wanders the three worlds, fire burns, death travels here and there among all living beings, trees give flowers and fruits in season, and the deep oceans stay, unmoving, in their places. Who can do anything without His sanction?

Texts 123 and 124


brahmanDam ca kati-vidham
   avirbhutam tirohitam
vidhayash ca kati-vidha
   yasya bhru-bhanga-l�laya

mrityor mrityuh kala-kalo
   vidhatur vidhir eva ca
vraja tam sharanam tata
   sa te raksham karishyati

   brahmanDam - the universe; ca - and; kati-vidham - how many kinds?; avirbhutam - manifested; tirohitam - disappeared; vidhayah - Brahmas; ca - and; kati-vidha - how many?; yasya - of whom; bhru-bhanga- l�laya - by the playful movement of His eyebrow; mrityor - of death; mrityuh - the death; kala-kalo - the time of time; vidhatur - of the creator; vidhir - the creator; eva - indeed; ca - and; vraja - go; tam - to Him;
sharanam - the shelter; tata - O father; sa - He; te - of you; raksham - protection; karishyati - will do.


   How many universes and how many Brahmaas are manifested and unmanifested by the playful movement of His eyebrows? He is the death of death. He is the time that ends time. He is the creator of the creator Brahmaa. O father, please take shelter of Him. He will protect you.


Text 125


aho 'shta-vimshat�ndranam
   patane yad ahar-nisham
vidhatur eva jagatam
   ashtottara-shatayushah

nimeshad yasya patanam
   nirgunasyatmanah prabhoh
evam-bhute tishthat�she
   shakrah pujyo viDambanam

   aho - Oh; ashta-vimshati - 28; indraNam - of Indras; patane - in the fall; yad - which; ahar-nisham - day and night; vidhatur - of Brahmaa; eva - indeed; jagatam - of the universe; ashtottara-shata - 108; ayushah - a life; nimeshad - from the eyblink; yasya - of whom; patanam - the fall; nirguNasya - beyond the modes of natyre; atmanah - of
ther Lord; prabhoh - of the Lord; evam-bhute - like this; tishthati - stands; �she - the Lord; shakrah - Indra; pujyo - worshipable; viDambanam - ridiculous.


   In one of Brahmaa's days and nights 28 Indras live out their lives and die, one after another. Brahmaa lives for 108 years of such days and nights. Still, Brahmaa's entire life is hardly an eyeblink for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the modes of material nature. This is a grotesque joke: to worship Indra instead of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


Text 127


ity evam uktva shr�-krishno
   virarama ca narada
prashashamsush ca munayo
   bhagavantam sabha-sadah

   ity evam - thus; uktva - speaking; shr�-krishno - Shri Krishna; virarama - stopped; ca - and; narada - O Naarada; prashashamsuh - praised; ca - and; munayo - the sages; bhagavantam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sabha-sadah - in the assembly.


   O Naarada, after speaking these words, Lord KrishNa became silent. Then the assembled sages praised Him in many words.


Text 128


nandah sa-pulako hrishtah
   sabhayam sashru-locanah
ananda-yukta manuja
   yadi putraih parajitah

   nandah - Nanda; sa-pulako - the hairs erect; hrishtah - happy; sabhayam - in the assembly; sashru-locanah - his eyes filled with tears; ananda - bliss; yukta - with; manuja - the people; yadi - if; putraih - with sons; parajitah - defeated.


   Nanda was very happy. The hairs of his body stood up. His eyes were filled with tears. A father is pleased to be defeated by his powerful son.


Text 129


shr�-krishnajnam samadaya
   cakara svasti-vacanam
kramena varanam tatra
   sarvesham sa cakara ha

   shr�-krishna-ajnam - Shri KrishNa's order; samadaya - taking; cakara - did; svasti-vacanam - blessing; krameNa - gradually; varaNam - description; tatra - there; sarvesham - of all; sa - he; cakara - did; ha - indeed.


   Saying, So be it," Nanda accepted Lord KrishNa's command and did everything KrishNa had said.


Text 130


parvatasya mun�ndranam
   cakara pujanam muda
budhanam brahmananam ca
   gavam vahnesh ca sadaram

   parvatasya - of the hill; mun�ndranim - of the kings of sages; cakara - did; pujanam - worship; muda - happily; budhanam - of the learned; brahmaNanam - braahmaNas; ca - and; gavam - of the cows; vahneh - of the fire; ca - and; sadaram - respectfully.


   Respectfully and happily, Nanda worshiped Govardhana Hill, the great sages, the learned braahmaNas, the cows, and the sacred fire.


Text 131


tatra puja-samaptau ca
   mangale ca mahotsave
nana-prakara-vadyanam
   babhuva shabdam ulbanam

   tatra - there; puja-samaptau - at the completion of the worship; ca - and; mangaleshu - auspicious; mahotsave - in the great festival; nana-prakara - many kinds; vadyanam - of isntruments; babhuva - was; shabdam - sound; ulbaNam - great.


   When the worship came to an end there was a great festival and a tumult of many musical instruments.


Text 132


jaya-shabdah shankha-shabdo
   hari-shabdo babhuva ha
veda-mangala-canD�m ca
   papatha muni-pungavah

   jaya-shabdah - sounds of Glory!"; shankha-shabdo - sounds of conchshells; hari-shabdo - sounds of Hari!"; babhuva - were; ha - indeed; veda-mangala-caND�m - auspicious verse from the Vedas; ca - and; papatha - recited; muni-pungavah - great sage.


   There were sounds of conchshells and calls of  Glory!" and Hari!" A great sage recited auspicious verses from the Vedas.


Text 133


vandinam pravaro dinD�
   kamsasya shaciva-priyah
uccaih papatha purato
   mangalam mangalashtakam

   vandinam - of poets; pravaro - the best; dinD� - DinDi; kamsasya - of Kamsa; shaciva-priyah - the favorite minister; uccaih - loudly; papatha - recited; purato - in teh presence; mangalam - auspicious; mangalashtakam - eight verses.


   DiNDi, who was Kamsa's chief minister and the best of poets, recited eight auspicious verses.


Text 134


krishNah shailantikam gatva
   divyam murtim vidhaya ca
vastu khadami shailo 'smi
   varam vriNv ity uvaca ha

   krishNah - Lord KrishNa; shailantikam - near the hill; gatva - going; divyam - splendid; murtim - form; vidhaya - manifesting; ca - and; vastu - thing; khadami - I eat; shailo - the hill; asmi - I am; varam - boon; vriNv - choose; iti - thus; uvaca - said; ha - indeed.


   Approaching the hill, Lord Krishna manifested a splendid gigantic form and proclaimed, I am the hill. I shall eat these offerings. You may ask for a boon."


Text 135


uvaca nandam shr�-krishnah
   pashya shailam pitah purah
varam prarthaya bhadram te
   bhavita cety uvaca ha

   uvaca - said; nandam - to Nanda; shr�-krishNah - Shri KrishNa; pashya - look; shailam - the hill; pitah - O father; purah - in the presence; varam - boon; prarthaya - ask; bhadram - auspiciousness; te - to you; bhavita - will be; ca - and; iti - thus; uvaca - said; ha - indeed.


   Then Lord KrishNa said to Nanda, Father, look! The hill has come before Us. Ask for a boon and you will attain it."


Text 136


harer dasyam harer bhaktim
   varam vavre sa ballavah
dravyam bhuktva varam dattva
   so 'ntardhanam cakara ha

   harer - to Lord Hari; dasyam - service; harer - of Lord Hari; bhaktim - devotion; varam - boon; vavre - chose; sa - he; ballavah - the gopa; dravyam - things; bhuktva - enjoying; varam - boon; dattva - giving; so - He; antardhanam cakara - disappeared; ha - indeed.


   The gopa Nanda asked for the boon of devotional service to Lord Hari. The gigantic form granted the boon, ate the offerings, and then disappeared.


Text 137


mun�ndran brahmanamsh caiva
   bhojayitva ca gopapah
vandibhyo brahmanebhyash ca
   munibhyash ca dhanam dadau

   mun�ndran - the great sages; brahmanamh - the braahmanas; ca - and; eva - indeed; bhojayitva - feeding; ca - and; gopapah - the king of the gopas; vandibhyo - to the poets; brahmaNebhyas - to the braahmaNas; ca - and; munibhyah - to the sages; ca - and; dhanam - wealth; dadau - gave.


   Then Nanda, the king of the gopas, fed the braahmaNas and sages and gave charity to the braahmaNas, sages, and poets.


Text 138


munibhyo brahmanebhyash ca
   natva nando mudanvitah
rama-krishnau puraskritya
   sa-ganah svalayam yayau

   munibhyo - to the sages; brahmaNebhyah - to the braahmaNas; ca - and; natva - bowing; nando - Nanda; mudanvitah - happy; rama - Balaraama; krishNau - and KrishNa; puraskritya - placing in front; sa-gaNah - with his associates; svalayam - to his own abode; yayau - went.


   After bowing down before the braahmaNas and sages, Joyful Nanda, placing KrishNa and Balaraama in front, returned home with his associates.


Text 139


raupyam vastram suvarNam ca
   varam ashvam manim tatha
bhakshya-dravyam bahu-vidham
   vandine diNDine dadau

   raupyam - silver; vastram - garments; suvarNam - gold; ca - and; varam - gifts; ashvam - horses; maNim - jewels; tatha - so; bhakshya-dravyam - foods; bahu-vidham - many kinds; vandine - to a poet; diNDine - DiNDi; dadau - gave.


   Then Nanda gave to the poet DiNDi gold, silver, jewels, garments, horses, and many kinds of food.


Text 140


stutva natva rama-krishnau
   munayo brahmana yayuh
yayur apsarasah sarva
   gandharvah kinnaras tatha

   stutva - praying; natva - bowing down; rama-krishnau - to Krishna and Balaraama; munayo - the sages; brahmana - and braahmanas; yayuh - went; yayur - went; apsarasah - teh apsaras; sarva - all; gandharvah - the gandharvas; kinnaras - the kinnaras; tatha - so.


   Bowing down before Lord KrishNa, and offering many prayers, the sages, braahmaNas, apasaraas, gandharvas, and kinnaras all departed.


Text 141


rajano ballavah sarve
   cagata ye mahotsave
sarve praNamya shr�-krishNam
   yayur adara-purvakam

   rajano - the kings; ballavah - the gopas; sarve - all; ca - and; agata - come; ye - who; mahotsave - to ther great festival; sarve - all; praNamya - bowing; shr�-krishNam - to Lord KrishNa; yayur - went; adara-purvakam - respectfully.


   All the kings and gopas that had come to the festival respectfully bowed down before Lord KrishNa and departed.


Texts 142 and 143


etasminn antare shakrah
   kopa-prasphuritadharah
makha-bhangam bahu-vidham
   nindam shrutva sureshvarah

marudbhir varidaih sardham
   ratham aruhya sa-tvaram
jagama nanda-nagaram
   vrindaranyam manoharam

   etasminn antare - then; shakrah - Indra; kopa- prasphuritadharah - his lips trembling in rage; makha- bhangam - breaking of the yajna; bahu-vidham - many kinds; nindam - offense; shrutva - hearing; sureshvarah - the king of the demigods; marudbhir - with winds; varidaih - with clouds; sardham - with; ratham - chariot; aruhya - mounting; sa-tvaram - quickly; jagama - went; nanda-nagaram - to Nanda's village; vrindaraNyam - Vrindaavana; manoharam - beautiful.


   Hearing how his yajna was stopped and he was insulted in many ways, Indra, the king of the demigods, his lips trembling with rage, mounted his chariot and, accompanied by many great winds and rainclouds, hurried to Nanda's beautiful city of Vrindaavana.


Text 144


sarve deva yayuh pashcad
   yuddha-shastra-visharadah
shastrastra-panayah kopad
   ratham aruhya narada

   sarve - all; deva - the demigods; yayuh - came; pashcad - behind; yuddha-shastra-visharadah - expert at fighting with weapons; shastrastra-paNayah - with weapons in hand; kopad - angrily; ratham - chariot; aruhya - mounting; narada - O Naarada.


   O Naarada, angrily taking up weapons and mounting their chariots, all the warrior demigods followed behind.


Text 145


vayu-shabdair megha-shabdaih
   sainya-shabdair bhayanakaih
cakampe nagaram sarvam
   nando bhayam avapa ha

   vayu-shabdair - with sounds of winds; megha-shabdaih - with sounds of clouds; sainya-shabdair - with sounds of armies; bhayanakaih - fearful; cakampe - trembled; nagaram - the city; sarvam - all; nando - Nanda; bhayam - fear; avapa - attained; ha - indeed.


   The terrible sounds of the winds, clouds, and armies made the entire city of Vrindaavana tremble. Nanda was afraid.


Text 146


bharyam sambodhya sva-ganam
   uvaca shoka-katarah
rahah-sthalam saman�ya
   n�ti-shastra-visharadah

   bharyam - wife; sambodhya - calling; sva-gaNam - with associates; uvaca - said; shoka-katarah - griefstricken; rahah-sthalam - to a secluded place; saman�ya - taking; n�ti-shastra-visharadah - expert in the scriptures of right conduct.


   Griefstricken Nanda, expert in the scriptures of right conduct, called his wife and associates, took them to a secluded place, and spoke to them.


Text 147


shr�-nanda uvaca

he yashode samagaccha
   vacanam shrinu rohini
rama-krishnau samadaya
   vraja duram vrajat priye

   shr�-nanda uvaca - Shri Nanda said; he - O; yashode - Yashodaa; samagaccha - come near; vacanam - words; shrinu - hear; rohini - O Rohini; rama-krishnau - Krishna and Balaraama; samadaya - taking; vraja - go; duram - far; vrajat - from Vraja; priye - O beloved.


   Shri Nanda said: O Yashodaa, O Rohini, come near. Hear my words. O beloved, take Krishna and Balaraama and flee Vraja.


Text 148


balaka balika naryo
   yantu duram bhayakulah
balavantash ca gopalas
   tishthantu mat-sam�patah

   balaka - boys; balika - girls; naryo - women; yantu - should go; duram - far; bhayakulah - frightened; balavantah - powerful; ca - and; gopalas - gopas; tishthantu - should stay; mat-sam�patah - with me.

   The frightened women, boys, and girls should flee. The strong gopas should stay here with me.


Text 149


pashcac ca nirgamishyamo
   vayam ca prana-sankatat
ity uktva ballava-shreshthah
   sasmara shr�-harim bhiya

   pashcat - then; ca - and; nirgamishyamo - we will go; vayam - we; ca - and; praNa-sankatat - from the danger; iti - thus; uktva - saying; ballava-shreshthah - the best of the gopas; sasmara - remembered; shr�-harim - Lord Hari; bhiya - with fear.


   Then we will follow you, fleeing from this great danger.

   After speaking these words, the frightened gopa-king Nanda placed his thoughts on Lord Hari.


Text 150


putanjali-yuto bhutva
   bhakti-namratma-kandharah
kanva-shakhokta-stotrena
   tushtava shr�-shac�-patim

   putanjali-yuto - with folded hands; bhutva - becoming; bhakti-namratma-kandharah - with humbly bowed heads; kanva-shakhokta-stotreNa - with prayers from the KaNva recension of the Vedas; tushtava - prayed; shr�-shac�-patim - to Indra.


   With folded hands and humbly bowed head, Nanda then recited prayers from the KaNva-shaakha Veda glorifying King Indra.


Text 151


indrah sura-patih shakro
   'ditijah pavanagrajah
sahasraksho bhagangash ca
   kashyapatmaja eva ca


   Shri Nanda said: Indra is known as Sura-pati, Shakra, Aditija, Pavanagraja, Sahasraksha, Bhaganga, Kashyapatmaja, . . .


Text 152


viDaujash ca sunash�ro
   marutvan paka-shasanah
sarvesham janakah shr�man
   shash�sho daitya-sudanah


. . . ViDauja, Sunash�ra, Marutvan, Paka-shasana, Sarvesham Janaka, Shriman, Shash�, Isha, Daitya-sudana, . . .


Text 153


vajra-hastah kama-sakha
   gautam�-vrata-nashanah
vritraha vasavash caiva
   dadh�ci-deha-bhikshukah


. . . Vajra-hasta, Kama-sakha, Gautam�-vrata-nashana, Vritraha, Vasava, Dadh�ci-deha-bhikshuka, . . .


Text 154


jishnush ca vamana-bhrata
   puruhutah purandarah
divaspatih shatamakhah
   sutrama gotrabhid vibhuh


. . . Jishnu, Vamana-bhrata, Puruhuta, Purandara, Divaspati, Shatamakha, Sutrama, Gotrabhit, Vibhu, . . .


Text 155


lekharshabho balaratir
   jambha-bhed� svarat svayam
sankrandano dushcyavanas
   turasan megha-vahanah


. . . Lekharshabha, Balarati, Jambha-bhed�, Svarat, Sankrandana, Dushcyavana, Turasat, Megha-vahana, . . .


Text 156


akhanDalo hariharo
   namuci-prana-nashanah
vriddhashrava vrishash caiva
   daitya-darpa-nisudanah


. . . AkhanDala, Harihara, Namuci-prana-nashana, Vriddhashrava, Vrisha, and Daitya-darpa-nisudana.


Text 157


shat-catvarimshan-namani
   papa-dagdhani nishcitam
stotram etat kauthumoktam
   nityam yadi pathen narah
maha-vipattau shakras tam
   vajra-hastash ca rakshati

   shat-catvarimshat - 46; namani - names; papa-dagdhani - burning up sins; nishcitam - indeed; stotram - prayer; etat - this; kauthumoktam - spoken by Kautuma Muni; nityam - regularly; yadi - if; pathet - reads; narah - a person; maha-vipattau - in greta calamity; shakras - Indra; tam - him; vajra-hastah - the thunderbolt in hand; ca - and;
rakshati - protects.


   If a person regularly recites these 46 names of Indra, names that burn up sins, names that were spoken by Kauthuma Muni, then, when he is in great trouble, Indra, thunderbolt in hand, will protect him.


Text 158


ati-vrishtaih shila-vrishtair
   vajra-patac ca darunat
kadapi na bhayam tasya
   rakshita vasavah svayam

   ati-vrishtaih - with great rains; shila-vrishtair - with hailstones; vajra-patac - with thunderbolts; ca - and; daruNat - terrible; kadapi - at a certain time; na - not; bhayam - fear; tasya - of him; rakshita - will protect; vasavah - Indra; svayam - personally.


   He need never fear great rains, hailstones, or terrible lightning bolts. Indra will personally protect him.


Text 159


yatra gehe stotram idam
yo va janati punyvan
na tatra vajra-patanam
   shila-vrishtish ca narada

   yatra - where; gehe - in the home; stotram - prayer; idam - this; yo - one who; va - or; janati - knows; puNyavan - pious; na - not; tatra - there; vajra-patanam - thunderbolts; shila-vrishtih - hail; ca - and; narada - O Naarada.


   A person who knows this prayer is pious. Lightning and hail will not fall on his house.


Text 160


stotram nanda-mukhac chrutva
   cukopa madhusudanah
uvaca pitaram n�tim
   prajvalan brahma-tejasa

   stotram - prayer; nanda-mukhat - from Nanda's mouth; shrutva - hearing; cukopa - became angry; madhusudanah - Krishna; uvaca - said; pitaram - to His father; n�tim - right conduct; prajvalan - shining; brahma-tejasa - with spiritual splendor.


   Hearing this prayer from Nanda's mouth, Lord KrishNa became angry. Shining with spiritual splendor, He instructed to his father.


Text 161


kam staushi bhiro ko vendras
   tyaja bh�tim mamantike
kshaNardhe bhasmasat kartum
   kshamo 'ham aval�laya

   kam - whom?; staushi - do you praise; bhiro - frightened; ko - who?; va - or; indras - Indra; tyaja - abandon; bh�tim - fear; mama - Me; antike - near; kshaNardhe - in half a moment; bhasmasat - to ashes; kartum - to do; kshamo - able; aham - I; aval�laya - with ease.


   Lord KrishNa said: Whom do you, so anxious, praise? Who is this Indra? Abandon your fears. I am here. In half a moment I can easily burn Indra to ashes.


Text 162


gash ca vatsamsh ca balamsh ca
   yoshito va bhayaturah
govardhanasya kuhare
   samsthapya tishtha nirbhayam

   gas - cows; ca - and; vatsamh - calves; ca - and; balamh - boys; ca - and; yoshito - women; va - or; bhayaturah - frightened; govardhanasya - of Govardhana Hill; kuhare - in the cavity; samsthapya - placing; tishtha - stay; nirbhayam - without fear.


   Place the frightened cows, calves, boys, and women under Govardhana Hill. Abandon your fears.


Text 163


balasya vacanam shrutva
   tac cakara mudanvitah
harir dadhara shailam tam
   vama-hastena danDavat

   balasya - of the boy; vacanam - the words; shrutva - hearing; tat - that; cakara - did; mudanvitah - happy; harir - Lord KrishNa; dadhara - lifted; shailam - hill; tam - that; vama-hastena - with His left hand; daNDavat - like a stick.


   Then Lord KrishNa lifted Govardhana Hill as if it were a twig. Nanda did what he heard KrishNa say.


Text 164


etasminn antare tatra
   d�pto 'pi ratna-tejasa
andh�-bhutam ca sahasa
   babhuva rajasavritam

   etasmin antare - then; tatra - there; d�pto - shining; api - even; ratna-tejasa - with the splendor of jewels; andh�-bhutam - blinded; ca - and; sahasa - suddenly; babhuva - became; rajasa - with dust; avritam - filled.


   The sky was suddenly effulgent with jewel-light and the next moment a dust storm brought blinding darkness.


Text 165


sa-vata-megha-nikarash
   cacchada gaganam mune
vrindavane babhuvati-
   vrishtir eva nirantaram

   sa-vata - with winds; megha-nikarah - and clouds; cacchada - covered; gaganam - the sky; mune - O sage; vrindavane - in Vrindaavana; babhuva - became; ati-vrishtir - great rain; eva - indeed; nirantaram - ceaseless.


   O sage, clouds and winds covered the sky in Vrindaavana. Then came a great rain that would not stop.


Text 166


shila-vrishtir vajra-vrishtir
   ulka-patah su-darunah
samastam parvata-sparshat
   patitam duratas tatah

   shila-vrishtir - hail; vajra-vrishtir - lightning; ulka-patah - meteors; su-daruNah - fearful; shamsatam - all; parvata-sparshat - from touching the hill; patitam - fallen; duratas - far;
tatah - then.

   Hail, lightning, and fearful fiery comets fell on the hill and ricocheted far away.


Text 167


nishphalas tat-samarambho
   yathan�shodyamo mune
drishtva mogham ca tat sarvam
   sadyah shakrash cukopa ha

   nishphalas - useless; tat-samarambho - that action; yatha - as; an�sha - of an atheist; udyamo - the efforts; mune - O sage; drishtva - seeing; mogham - useless; ca - and; tat - that; sarvam - all; sadyah - at once; shakrah - Indra; cukopa - became angry; ha - indeed.


   O sage, everything was a failure, like the efforts of an atheist. Seeing his failure, Indra became angry.


Text 168


jagrahamogha-kulisham
   dadh�cer asthi-nirmitam
drishtva tam vajra-hastam ca
   jahasa madhusudanah

   jagraha - grasping; amogha - infallible; kulisham - thunderbolt; dadh�cer - of Dadhjici; asthi-nirmitam - made from the bones; drishtva - seeing; tam - that; vajra-hastam - thunderbolt in hand; ca - and; jahasa - laughed; madhusudanah - Lord KrishNa.


   Then Indra picked up his infallible lightning bolt. Seeing Indra, lightning bolt in hand, Lord KrishNa laughed.


Text 169


sa-hastam stambhayam asa
   vajram evati-daruNam
maha-marud-ganam megham
   cakara stambhanam vibhuh

   sa-hastam - with the hand; stambhayam asa - making stunned; vajram - thunderbolt; eva - indeed; ati-daruNam - very terrible; maha-marud-gaNam - great winds; megham - cloud; cakara - did; stambhanam - stunned; vibhuh - the Lord.


   Then Lord KrishNa stunned the terrible lightning-bolt and the hand holding it, making them numb and motionless. He also stunned the clouds and the winds.


Text 170


sarve tasthur nishcalas te
   bhittau puttalika yatha
harina jrimbhitah shakrah
   sadyas tandram avapa ha

   sarve - all; tasthur - stood; nishcalas - motionless; te - they; bhittau - on a wall; puttalika - wooden dolls; yatha - as; hariNa - by Lord KrishNa; jrimbhitah - yawned; shakrah - Indra; sadyas - suddenly; tandram - sleepiness; avapa - attained; ha - indeed.


   Everything stood motionless, like a line of wooden puppets leaning against a wall. Then Lord KrishNa made Indra very sleepy. Indra yawned.


Text 171


dadarsha sarvam tandrayam
   tatra krishNamayam jagat
dvi-bhujam mural�-hastam
   ratnalankara-bhushitam

   dadarsha - saw; sarvam - everything; tandrayam - in sleepiness; tatra - there; krishnamayam - consisting of Krishna; jagat - the universe; dvi-bhujam - two hands; mural�-hastam - flute in hand; ratnalankara-bhushitam - decorated with jewel ornaments.


   In his sleepy trance Indra saw KrishNa everywhere. Everywhere was two-handed KrishNa, holding a flute, decorated with jewel ornaments, . . .


Text 172


p�ta-vastra-par�dhanam
   ratna-simhasana-sthitam
�shad-dhasya-prasannasyam
   bhaktanugraha-kataram

   p�ta-vastra-par�dhanam - wearting yellow garments; ratna-simhasana-sthitam - sitting ona jewel throne; �shad-dhasya-prasannasyam - gently smiling; bhaktanugraha-kataram - overcome with kindness to His devotees.


. . . dressed in yellow garments, siting on a jewel throne, gently smiling, filled with kindness for His devotees, . . .


Text 173


candanokshita-sarvangam
   evam-bhutam caracaram
drishtvadbhutatamam tatra
   sadyo murcham avapa ha

   candana - sandal; ukshita - anointed; sarva - all; angam - limbs; evam-bhutam - thus; caracaram - the moving and unmoving; drishtva - seeing; adbhutatamam - most wonderful; tatra - there; sadyo - at once; murcham - unconsciousness; avapa - attained; ha - indeed.


. . . and all His limbs anointed with sandal paste. Gazing at this great wonder everywhere in the universe filled with moving and unmoving beings, Indra fell into a deep trance.


Texts 174-177


jajapa paramam mantram
   pradattam guruna pura
sahasra-dala-padma-stham
   dadarsha jyotir-ujjvalam

tatrantare divya-rupam
   at�va-su-manoharam
nav�na-jaladotkarsha-
   shyamasundara-vigraham

sad-ratna-sara-nirmana-
   jvalan-makara-kunDalam
man�ndra-sara-racita-
   kir�tojjvala-vigraham

jvalata kaushtubhendrena
   kantha-vakshah-sthalojjvalam
mani-keyura-valaya-
   mani-manj�ra-ranjitam
antar bahih samam drishtva
   tushtava parameshvaram

   jajapa - chanted; paramam - transcendental; mantram - mantra; pradattam - given; guruna - by his guru; pura - before; sahasra-dala- padma-stham - sitting on thousand-petal lotus; dadarsha - saw; jyotir- ujjvalam - a great light; tatra - there; antare - within; divya-rupam - a splendid form; at�va-su-manoharam - very charming; nav�na-jalada - a new cloud; utkarsha - more glorious; shyama - dark; sundara - handsome; vigraham - form; sad-ratna-sara - of precious jewels; nirmana - made; jvalat - glistening; makara - shark; kunDalam - earrings; man�ndra-sara-racita - made of the kings of jewels; kir�ta - crown; ujjvala - splendid; vigraham - form; jvalata - shining; kaushtubhendreNa - with the king of kaustubha jewels; kaNtha-vakshah - neck and chest; sthal - place; ujjvalam - splendid; maNi-keyura-valaya - jewel bracelts and armlets; maNi-manj�ra-ranjitam - jewel anklets; antar - within; bahih - outside; samam - the same; drishtva - seeing; tushtava - offered prayers; parameshvaram - to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

   Then Indra chanted a transcendental mantra long ago received from his guru. He saw a great light within a thousand-petal lotus. Penetrating the light to its source, he saw a very handsome and splendid person, dark and glorious like a monsoon cloud, wearing glittering, jewel, shark-shaped earrings, wearing a splendid crown of the kings of jewels, His neck and chest splendid with the splendid king of kaustubha jewels, and His limbs decorated with jewel bracelets, armlets, and anklets. Indra
saw this person inside his heart and he also saw the same person outside, standing before him. Then Indra offered prayers to Him, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead.


Text 178


shr�-indra uvaca

aksharam paramam brahma
   jyot�-rupam sanatanam
gunat�tam nirakaram
   svecchamayam anantakam

   shr�-indra uvaca - Shri Indra said; aksharam - imperishable; paramam - supreme; brahma - Brahman; jyot�-rupam - splendid form; sanatanam - eternal; gunat�tam - beyond the modes of nature; nirakaram - with no material form; svecchamayam - whose desires are all fulfilled; anantakam - limitless.


   To the imperishable Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is eternal, whose form is splendid, who is beyond the modes of material nature, who has no material form, whose desires are all fulfilled, who is limitless, . . .


Text 179


bhakta-dhyanaya sevayai
   nana-rupa-dharam param
shukla-rakta-p�ta-shyamam
   yuganukramam eva ca

   bhakta - of the devotees; dhyanaya - for meditaion; sevayai - for service; nana-rupa-dharam - manifesting many forms; param - supreme; shukla - white; rakta - red; p�ta - yellow; shyamam - black; yuga-anukramam - in each yiga; eva - indeed; ca - and.


. . . who to give the devotees a chance to meditate on Him and serve Him appears in each yuga in forms that are either white, red, yellow, or black, . . .


Text 180


shuklam tejah-svarupam ca
   satye satya-svarupinam
tretayam kunkumakaram
   jvalantam brahma-tejasa

   shuklam - white; tejah-svarupam - splendid; ca - and; satye - in Satya-yuga; satya-svarupiNam - form of goodness; tretayam - in Treta-yuga; kunkumakaram - a form red like kunkuma; jvalantam - shining; brahma-tejasa - with spiritual effulgence.


. . . who in Satya-yuga, appears in a form suitable for the Satya-yuga, a splendid white form, who in Tretaa-yuga appears in a form red like kunkuma, a form shining with spiritual splendor, . . .


Text 181


dvapare p�ta-varnam ca
   shobhitam p�ta-vasasa
krishna-varnat kalau krishNam
   paripurNatamam vibhum

   dvapare - in Dvapara-yuga; p�ta-varNam - a yellow form; ca - and; shobhitam - splendid; p�ta-vasasa - with yellow garments; krishNa-varNat - because of a black color; kalau - in Kali-yuga; krishNam - KrishNa; paripurNatamam - the perfect Supreme Personality of Godhead; vibhum - the almighty Lord.


. . . who in Dvaapara-yuga appears in a yellow form splendid with yellow garments, and who in Kali-yuga appears in a black form, the most perfect of all His forms, the form of the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances.


Text 182


nava-n�radharotkrishta-
   shyamasundara-vigraham
nandaika-nandanam vande
   yashoda-j�vanam prabhum

   nava-n�radharotkrishta - the best opf new monsoon clouds; shyama - dark; sundara - handsome; vigraham - form; nanda - of Nanda; eka - only; nandanam - son; vande - I bow down; yashoda-j�vanam - to the life of Yashodaa; prabhum - the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


   I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is handsome and dark like the most glorious of new monsoon clouds, who is Nanda's only child, who is Yashodaa's very life, . . .


Text 183


gopika-cetana-haram
   radha-pranadhikam param
vinoda-mural�-shabdam
   kurvantam kautukena ca

   gopika - gopis; cetana - hearts; haram - stolen; radha-pranadhikam - of Raadhaa more dear than life; param - supreme; vinoda-mural� - pastime flute; shabdam - sound; kurvantam - doing; kautukena - happily; ca - and.


. . . who stole the gopis' hearts, who considers Shri Raadhaa more dear than life, whom Shri Raadhaa considers more dear than life, who happily plays playful music on His pastime flute, . . .


Text 184


rupenapratimenaiva
   ratna-bhushana-bhushitam
kandarpa-koti-saundaryam
   bibhratam shantam �shvaram

   rupeNa - with a form; apratimena - peerless; eva - indeed; ratna-bhushaNa-bhushitam - decorated with jewle ornaments; kandarpa-koti - millions of Kaamadevas; saundaryam - handsomeness; bibhratam - manifesting; shantam - peaceful; �shvaram - Supreme
Personality of Godhead.


. . . whose form is peerless, who is decorated with jewel ornaments, who is more handsome than millions of Kaamadevas, who is peaceful, who is the supreme controller, . . .


Text 185


kr�Dantam radhaya sardham
   vrindaranye ca kutracit
kutracin nirjane ramye
   radha-vakshah-sthala-sthitam

   kr�Dantam - playing; radhaya - Raadhaa; sardham - with; vrindaraNye - in Vrindaavana forest; ca - and; kutracit - somewhere; kutracin - somewhere; nirjane - in a secluded place; ramye - beautiful; radha-vakshah-sthala-sthitam - resting on Raadhaa's breast.


. . . who somewhere in Vrindaavana forest enjoys pastimes with Raadhaa, who sometimes in a secluded place rests on Raadhaa's breast, . . .


Text 186


jala-kr�Dam prakurvantam
   radhaya saha kutracit
radhika-kavar�-bharam
   kurvantam kutracin muda

   jala - water; kr�Dam - pastimes; prakurvantam - doing; radhaya - Raadhaa; saha - with; kutracit - somewhere; radhika - of Raadhaa; kavar�-bharam - braids; kurvantam - doing; kutracin - somewhere; muda - happily.


. . . who sometimes enjoys water pastimes with Raadhaa, who sometimes happily braids Raadhaa's hair, . . .


Text 187


kutracid radhika-pade
   dattavantam alaktakam
radha-carvita-tambulam
   grihnantam kutracin muda

   kutracid - sometimes; radhika-pade - at Raadhaa's feet; dattavantam - placed; alaktakam - red lac; radha-carvita - chewed by Raadhaa; tambulam - betelnuts; grihNantam - taking; kutracin - sometimes; muda - happily.


. . . who sometimes anoints Raadhaa's feet with red lac, who sometimes happily takes the betelnuts chewed by Raadhaa, . . .


Text 188


pashyantam kutracid radham
   pashyant�m vakra-cakshusha
dattavantam ca radhayai
   kritva malam ca kutracit
kutracid radhaya sardham
   gacchantam rasa-manDalam

   pashyantam - looking; kutracid - sometimes; radham - at Raadhaa; pashyant�m - looking; vakra-cakshusha - with crooked eyes; dattavantam - placed; ca - and; radhayai - for Raadhaa; kritva - doing; malam - garland; ca - and; kutracit - sometimes; kutracid - sometimes; radhaya - Raadhaa; sardham - with; gacchantam - going; rasa-maNDalam - to
the rasa-dance circle.


. . . who sometimes gazes at Raadhaa as She gazes with crooked eyes at Him, who sometimes gives Raadhaa a garland, who sometimes goes with Raadhaa to the raasa-dance circle, . . .


Text 189


radha-dattam gale malam
   dattavantam ca kutracit
sardham gopalikabhish ca
   viharantam ca kutracit

   radha-dattam - give by Raadhaa; gale - on the neck; malam - the garland; dattavantam - gave; ca - and; kutracit - sometimes; sardham - with; gopalikabhis - the gopis; ca - and; viharantam - enjoying pastimes; ca - and; kutracit - sometimes.


. . . who sometimes gives to Raadhaa the same garland She placed around His neck, who sometimes enjoys pastimes with many gopis, . . .


Text 190


radham grih�tva gacchantam
   vihaya tash ca kutracit
vipra-patn�-dattam annam
   bhuktavantam ca kutracit

   radham - Raadhaa; grih�tva - taking; gacchantam - going; vihaya - abandoning; tah - therm; ca - and; kutracit - sometimes; vipra-patn�-dattam - given by the braahmaNas' wives; annam - food; bhuktavantam - eating; ca - and; kutracit - sometimes.


. . . who sometimes goes with Raadhaa and leaves the other gopis behind, who sometimes eats the food offered by the braahmaNas' wives, . . .


Text 191


bhuktavantam tala-phalam
   balakaih saha kutracit
vastram gopalikanam ca
   harantam kutracin muda

   bhuktavantam - ate; tala-phalam - tala fruits; balakaih - boys; saha - with; kutracit - sometimes; vastram - garments; gopalikanam - of the gopis; ca - and; harantam - took;
kutracin - sometimes; muda - happily.

. . . who sometimes eats taala fruits with the boys, who sometimes happily steals the gopis' garments, . . .


Text 192


gayantam ramya-sang�tam
   kutracid balakaih saha
kaliya-murdhni padabjam
   dattavantam ca kutracit

   gayantam - sings; ramya-sang�tam - beautiful songs; kutracid - sometimes; balakaih - boys; saha - with; kaliya - of Kaaliya; murdhni - on the head; padabjam - lotus feet; dattavantam - placed; ca - and; kutracit - sometimes.


. . . who sometimes sings melodious songs with the boys, who sometimes places His lotus feet on Kaaliya's head, . . .


Text 193


gavam ganam vyaharantam
   kutracid balakaih saha
vinoda-mural�-shabdam
   kurvantam kutracin muda

   gavam gaNam - the cows; vyaharantam - tending; kutracid - sometimes; balakaih - boys; saha - with; vinoda - pastime; mural� - flute; shabdam - sound; kurvantam - does; kutracin - sometimes; muda - happily.


. . . who sometimes with the boys herds the cows, and who sometimes happily plays His pastime flute.


Text 194


stutvanena stavenendrah
   prananama harim bhiya
pura dattena guruna
   rane vritrasuraih saha

   stutva - praying; anena - with this; stavena - prayer; indrah - Indra; praNanama - bowed; harim - to Lord KrishNa; bhiya - with awe; pura - before; dattena - given; guruNa - by the guru; raNe - in battle; vritrasuraih - Vritraasura; saha - with.


   After reciting this prayer, which his guru gave him for the battle with Vritraasura, Indra bowed to Lord KrishNa with great awe and reverence.


Text 195


krishNena dattam kripaya
   brahmane ca tapasyate
ekadashaksharo mantrah
   kavacam sarva-lakshaNam

   krishNena - by Lord KrishNa; dattam - given; kripaya - kindly; brahmaNe - to Brahmaa; ca - and; tapasyate - performing austerities; ekadashaksharo - eleven-syllable; mantrah - mantra; kavacam - kavaca; sarva-lakshaNam - all-glorious.


   When Brahmaa performed great austerities, Lord KrishNa gave to him this prayer, the eleven-syllable mantra, and the all-glorious kavaca.


Text 196


dattam etat kumaraya
   pushkare brahmana pura
kumaro 'ngirase datto
   gurave 'ngirasa mune

   dattam - given; etat - this; kumaraya - to the Kumaras; pushkare - at pushkara-tirtha; brahmaNa - by Brahmaa; pura - before; kumaro - Kumaara; angirase - to Angiraa Muni; datto - given; gurave - to the guru; angirasa - by Angiraa; mune - O sage.


   In ancient times Brahmaa gave this prayer to Kumaara at Pushkara-tirtha. Kumaara gave to Angiraa Muni. Angiraa Muni gave it to Indra's guru.


Text 197


idam indra-kritam stotram
   nityam bhaktya ca yah pathet
iha prapya driDham bhaktim
   ante dasyam labhed dhruvam

   idam - this; indra-kritam - done by Indra; stotram - prayer; nityam - regularly; bhaktya - with devotion; ca - and; yah - one who; pathet - recites; iha - here; prapya - attaining; driDham - firm; bhaktim - devotion; ante - at the end; dasyam - service; labhed - attains; dhruvam - indeed.


   A person who regularly recites this prayer spoken by Indra attains firm devotion in this life, and at the end of this life he attains direct service to Lord KrishNa.


Text 198


janma-mrityu-jara-vyadhi-
   shokebhyo mucyate narah
na hi pashyati svapnena
   yama-dutam yamalayam

   janma-mrityu-jara-vyadhi-shokebhyo - from birth, death, old-age, disease, and lamentation; mucyate - is released; narah - a person; na - not; hi - indeed; pashyati - sees; svapnena - in dream; yama-dutam - the messengers of Yamaraaja; yamalayam - the abode of Yamaraaja.


   He is freed from birth, death, old-age, disease, and lamentation. Even in dreams he does not see Yamaraaja's messengers or Yamaraaja's abode.


Text 199


shr�-narayana uvaca

indrasya vacanam shrutva
   prasannah shr�-niketanah
pr�tya tasmai varam dattva
   sthapayam asa parvatam

   shr�-narayana uvaca - Shri Naaraayana Rishi said; indrasya - of Indra; vacanam - teh words; shrutva - hearing; prasannah - pleased; shr�- niketanah - the home of the goddess of fortune; pr�tya - with affection and happiness; tasmai - to him; varam - boon; dattva - giving; sthapayam asa - put down; parvatam - the hill.


   Shri NaaraayaNa Rishi said: hearing Indra's words, Lord KrishNa became pleased. Happily and affectionately, He offered Indra a boon. He put Govardhana Hill back in its place.


Text 200


praNamya shr�-harim shakrah
   prayayau sva-gaNaih saha
gahvara-stha janah sarve
   prajagmur gahvarad griham

   praNamya - bowing; shr�-harim - to Lord KrishNa; shakrah - Indra; prayayau - went; sva-gaNaih - his associates; saha - with; gahvara-sthas - under the hill; janah - the people; sarve - all; prajagmur - went; gahvarad - from the hill; griham - home.


   Bowing to Lord KrishNa, Indra departed with his associates. All the people that had stayed under the hill returned to their homes.


Text 201


te sarve menire krishNam
   paripurNatamam vibhum
puraskritya vraja-stham ca
   prayayau svalayam harih

   te - they; sarve - all; menire - considered; krishNam - Shri KrishNa; paripurNatamam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vibhum - powerful; puraskritya - placing in front; vraja-sthamin Vraja; ca - and; prayayau - went; svalayam - to His own home; harih - Lord KrishNa.


   Everyone thought that KrishNa must be the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then Lord KrishNa returned to His own home.


Text 202


tushtava nandah putram tam
   purNa-brahma sanatanam
pulakancita-sarvango
   bhakti-purnashru-locanah

   tushtava - prayed; nandah - Nanda; putram - son; tam - to Him; purNa-brahma - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sanatanam - eternal; pulakancita-sarvango - the hairs of his bpdy erect; bhakti-purNashru-locanah - his eyes filled with tears of devotion.


   Then, the hairs of his body erect and his eyes filled with tears of devotion, Nanda offered prayers to his son, the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead.


Text 203


shr�-nanda uvaca

namo brahmanya-devaya
   go-brahmana-hitaya ca
jagad-dhitaya krishnaya
   govindaya namo namah

   shr�-nanda uvaca - Shri Nanda said; namo - all obeisances; brahmanya-devaya - to the Lord worshipable by persons in brahminical culture; go-brahmaNa - for cows and braahmaNas; hitaya - beneficial; ca - also; jagad-dhitaya - to one who always is
benefiting the whole world; krishNaya - unto KrishNa; govindaya - unto Govinda; namah namah - repeated obeisances.


   Shri Nanda said: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord KrishNa, who is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who is the well-wisher of cows and braahmanas, and who is always benefiting the whole world. I offer my repeated obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, known as Krishna and Govinda.*


Text 204


namo brahmanya-devaya
   go-brahmana-paratmane
ananta-koti-brahmaNDa-
   dhama-namne namo 'stu te

   namo - all obeisances; brahmaNya-devaya - to the Lord worshipable by persons in brahminical culture; go-brahmaNa - for cows and braahmaNas; paratmane - to the Supreme Lord; ca - also; ananta-koti - numberless millions; brahmaNDa - of universes; dhama - the abode; namne - named; namo - obeisances; astu - may be; te - to You.


   Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who are the Supreme Lord of the cows and braahmaNas, and who are the resting place of numberless millions of universes.


Text 205


namo matsyadi-rupanam
   b�ja-rupaya sakshine
nirliptaya nirgunaya
   nirakaraya te namah

   namo - obeisances; matsyadi-rupanam - of the forms beginning with Lord Matsya; b�ja-rupaya - the seed; sakshiNe - the witness; nirliptaya - untouched; nirguNaya - beyond the modes; nirakaraya - without a material form; te - to You; namah - obeisances.


   Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are the seed from which Lord Matsya and the other divine incarnations have grown, who are the supreme witness, who are not touched by matter, who are free from the modes of material nature, and whose form is not material.


Text 206


ati-sukshma-svarupaya
   dhyanasadhyaya yoginam
brahma-vishnu-maheshanam
   vandyaya nitya-rupine

   ati-sukshma-svarupaya - whose form is spiritual; dhyanasadhyaya - who is not attainable by the meditation; yoginam - of the yogis; brahma-vishNu-maheshanam - by Brahmaa, VishNu, and Shiva; vandyaya - offered obeisances; nitya-rupiNe - whose form is eternal.


   Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You, whose form is spiritual and eternal, who cannot be seen in the meditations of the yogis, who are the Supreme Lord to whom Brahmaa, VishNu and Shiva bow down to offer respects, . . .


Text 207


dhamne caturNam varnanam
   yugeshv eva caturshu ca
shukla-rakta-p�ta-shyama-
   bhidhana-guNa-shaline

   dhamne - the abode; caturNam - of the four; varNaNam - varnas; yugeshv - in the yugas; eva - indeed; caturshu - four; ca - and; shukla-rakta-p�ta-shyama - white, red, yellow, and black; abhidhana - names; guNa - and qualities; shaline - endowed.


. . . who are the abode of the four varNas, who appear in the four yugas in white, red, yellow, and black forms with many names and transcendental qualities, . . .


Text 208


yogine yoga-rupaya
   gurave yoginam api
siddheshvaraya siddhaya
   siddhanam gurave namah

   yogine - yogi; yoga-rupaya - the form of yoga; gurave - the guru; yoginam - of the yogis; api - and; siddheshvaraya - the master of the perfect beings; siddhaya - perfect; siddhanam - of the perfect beings; gurave - the guru; namah - obeisances.


. . . who are the supreme yogi, the form of yoga, and the guru of the yogis, who are perfect, and who are the master and guru of the perfect beings.


Texts 209-212


yam stotum akshamo brahma
   vishNur yam stotum akshamah
yam stotum akshamo rudrah
   shesho yam stotum akshamah

yam stotum akshamo dharmo
   yam stotum akshamo vidhih
yam stotum akshamo lambo-
   darash capi shaD-ananah

yam stotum akshama brahma-
rshayah sanakadayah
kapilo na kshamah stotum
   siddhendranam guror guruh

na shaktau stavanam kartum
   nara-narayanav rish�
anye jaDa-dhiyah ke va
   stotum shaktah parat param

   yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamo - unable; brahma - Brahmaa; vishNur - VishNu; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamah - unable; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamo - unable; rudrah - Shiva; shesho - Shesha; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamah - unable; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamo - unable; dharmo - Yama; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamo - unable; vidhih - Vidhi; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshamo - unable; lambodaras - GaNesha; ca - and; api - and; shaD-
ananah - Kaarttikeya; yam - whom; stotum - to praise; akshama - unable; brahmarshayah - the braahmaNa sages; sanakadayah - headed by Sanaka; kapilo - kapila; na - not; kshamah - able; stotum - to praise; siddhendraNam - of the kings of the perfect beings; guror - of the guru; guruh - the guru; na - not; shaktau - able; stavanam - praise; kartum - to do; nara-narayaNau rish� - Nara-NaaraayaNa Rishi; anye - others; jaDa - stunted; dhiyah - intelligence; ke - who?; va - or; stotum - to praise; shaktah - able; parat - than the greatest; param - greater.


   How can the unintelligent people of this world properly glorify You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who are greater than the greatest, and whom even Brahmaa, VishNu, Shiva, Shesha, Yama, Vidhi, GaNesha, Kaarttikeya, Sanaka, the braahmaNa sages,
and Kapila, the guru of the guru of the kings of the perfect beings, cannot properly glorify?


Text 213


veda na shakta no vaN�
   na ca lakshm�h sarasvat�
na radha stavane shakta
   kim stuvanti vipashcitah

   veda - the Vedas; na - not; shakta - able; no - not; van� - Vani; na - not; ca - and; lakshm�h - Lakshmi; sarasvat� - Sarasvati; na - not; radha - Raadhaa; stavane - in praise; shakta - able; kim - how?; stuvanti - praise; vipashcitah - the wise.


   Neither the Vedas, nor Goddess Vaani, nor Lakshmi, nor Sarasvati, nor Raadhaa can properly glorify You. How can the wise men of this world properly glorify You?


Text 214


kshamasva nilkhilam brahmann
   aparadham kshane kshane
raksha mam karuna-sindho
   d�na-bandho bhavarnave

   kshamasva - please forgive; nilkhilam - all; brahmann - O Supreme Personality of Godhead; aparadham - offenses; kshaNe - moment; kshaNe - after moment; raksha - please protect; mam - me; karuNa - of mercy; sindho - O ocean; d�na - of the poor; bandho - O friend; bhavarNave - in the ocean of repeated birth and death.


   O Supreme Personality of Godhead, please forgive all my offenses committed moment after moment. O ocean of mercy, O friend of the poor, please rescue me from this ocean of repeated birth and death.


Text 215


pura t�rthe tapas taptva
   praptah putrah sanatanah
svak�ya-caranambhoje
   bhaktim dasyam ca dehi me

   pura - previously; t�rthe - in the holy place; tapas - austerities; taptva - performing; praptah - attained; putrah - son; sanatanah - eternal; svak�ya - own; caraNambhoje - at the lotus feet; bhaktim - devotion; dasyam - service; ca - and; dehi - please give; me - to me.


   In ancient times I performed austerities at a holy place and I now I have a son who is the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead. O Lord, please give me devotion and service to Your lotus feet.


Text 216


brahmatvam amaratvam va
   salokyadi-catushtayam
tvat-padambuja-dasyasya
   kalam narhanti shoDash�m

   brahmatvam - being a Brahmaa; amaratvam - being a demigods; va - or; salokyadi-catushtayam - attaining the four kinds of liberation beginning with salokya; tvat-padambuja-dasyasya - of service to Your lotus feet; kalam - a part; na - not; arhanti - are worthy; shoDash�m - sixteenth.


   Being a Brahmaa, being a demigod, or attaining the four kinds of liberation beginning with saalokya, are not equal to even one sixteenth the value of service to Your lotus feet.


Text 217


indratvam va suratvam va
   sampraptih svarga-siddhayoh
rajatvam cira-j�vitvam
   sudhiyo ganayanti kim

   indratvam - being an Indra; va - or; suratvam - being a demigod; va - or; sampraptih - attainment; svarga-siddhayoh - of Svargaloka or Siddhaloka; rajatvam - being a king; cira-j�vitvam - living for a long time; sudhiyo - the wise; gaNayanti - count; kim - how?.

   How can the wise think being an Indra, a demigod, or a king, or residing in Svargaloka or Siddhaloka, or living for a long time are very important attainments?


Text 218


etad yat kathitam sarvam
   brahmatvadikam �shvara
bhakta-sanga-kshanardhasya
   nopamam te kim arhati

   etad - that; yat - what; kathitam - spoken; sarvam - all; brahmatvadikam - beginning with being a Brahmaa; �shvara - O Lord; bhakta - of devotees; sanga - association; kshaNa - moment; ardhasya - half; na - not; upamam - equal; te - of You; kim - how?; arhati - is worthy.


   O Lord, the post of Brahmaa and the other benefits I have just described are not equal to even half a moment's association with Your devotee. How can they be equal to that?


Text 219


tvad-bhaktas tu tvat-sadrishah
   kas tam tarkitum �shvarah
kshanardhalapa-matreNa
   param kartum sa ceshvarah

   tvad-bhaktas - Your devotee; tu - indeed; tvat-sadrishah - equal to You; kas - who?; tam - that; tarkitum - to guess; �shvarah - able; kshaNardha - half a moment; alapa-matreNa - simply by conversation; param - to best; kartum - to do; sas - he; ca - and; �shvarah - able.


   Your devotee is like You. Who can understand Your devotee? By speaking for half a moment a devotee can give the greatest benefit.


Text 220


bhakta-sangad bhavaty eva
   bhakty-ankuram anashvaram
tvad-bhakta-jaladalapa-
   jala-sekena vardhate

   bhakta-sangad - from association with the devotee; bhavati - is; eva - indeed; bhakty-ankuram - the sprout of devotional service; anashvaram - imperishable; tvad - of You; bhakta - of the devotee; jalada - of the cloud; alapa - of the words; jala-sekena - by sprinkling of water; vardhate - increases.


   Association with Your devotee plants the imperishable seedling of devotional service to You. The raincloud of Your devotee's words waters that seedling and makes it grow.


Text 221


abhaktalapa-tapac ca
   shushkatam yati tat kshanam
tvad-guna-smriti-sekac ca
   sarvam tat tat kshane sphutam

   abhakta - of the non-devotees; alapa - of the words; tapat - from the heart; ca - and; shushkatam - dried-up; yati - attains; tat - that; kshaNam - moment; tvad - of You; guNa - the qualities; smriti - memory; sekat - from the watering; ca - and; sarvam - everything;
tat - that; tat - that; kshaNe - moment; sphutam - manifested.


   The burning sun of a non-devotee's words makes that plant wither and dry. The water of remembering Your transcendental qualities brings it back to life.


Text 222


tvad-bhakty-ankuram adbhutam
   sph�tam manasajam param
na nashyam vardhan�yam tan
   nityam nityam kshane kshane

   tvad-bhakty-ankuram - the seedling of devotion to You; adbhutam - wonderful; sph�tam - grown; manasajam - born from the heart; param - great; na - and; nashyam - destroyed; vardhan�yam - growing; tan - that; nityam - always; nityam - always; kshaNe - moment; kshaNe - after moment.


   The heart's wonderful plant of devotional service to You grows at every moment. It can never be destroyed.


Text 223


tatah samprapya brahmatvam
   bhaktasya j�vanavadhi
dadaty eva phalam tasmai
   hari-dasyam anuttamam

   tatah - then; samprapya - attaining; brahmatvam - fulness; bhaktasya - of the devotee; j�vanavadhi - in his life; dadati - gives; eva - indeed; phalam - the fruit; tasmai - to him; hari-dasyam - service to Lord KrishNa; anuttamam - incomparable.


   Growing during the devotee's life, the plant finally bears its peerless fruit: direct service to Lord Hari.


Text 224


samprapya durlabham dasyam
   yadi daso babhuva ha
su-nisprihena tenaiva
   jitam sarvam bhayadikam

   samprapya - attaining; durlabham - rare; dasyam - service; yadi - if; daso - servant; babhuva - became; ha - indeed; su-nispriheNa - without desire; tena - by him; eva - indeed; jitam - conquered; sarvam - all; bhayadikam - beginning with fear.


   If one attains that rare direct service and becomes Your servant, he becomes free of all material desires. He conquers fear and a host of troubles.


Text 225


ity evam uktva bhaktya ca
   nandas tasthau hareh purah
prasanna-vadanah krishno
   dadau tasmai tad-�psitam

   ity evam - thus; uktva - speaking; bhaktya - with devotion; ca - and; nandas - Nanda; tasthau - stood; hareh - of Lord KrishNa; purah - in the presence; prasanna - happy; vadanah-face; krishNo - KrishNa; dadau - gave; tasmai - to him; tad-�psitam - what he desired.


   After speaking these words with great devotion, Nanda stood before Lord KrishNa. Lord KrishNa smiled and fulfilled Nanda's desire.


Text 226


evam nanda-kritam stotram
   nityam bhaktya ca yah pathet
su-driDham bhaktim apnoti
   sadyo dasyam labhed dhareh

   evam - thus; nanda-kritam - done by Nanda; stotram - prayer; nityam - regularly; bhaktya - with devotion; ca - and; yah - one who; pathet - recites; su-driDham - firm; bhaktim - devotion; apnoti - attains; sadyo - at once; dasyam - service; labhed - attains; hareh - of Lord KrishNa.


   A person who with devotion regularly recites these prayer of Nanda attains very firm devotion to Lord KrishNa. He quickly attains direct service to Lord KrishNa.


Texts 227-229


tapas taptam yada droNas
   t�rthe ca dharaya saha
stotram tasmai pura dattam
   brahmana tat su-durlabham

hareh shaD-aksharo mantrah
   kavacam sarva-lakshanam
iha saubharina dattam
   tasmai tushtena pushkare

tad eva kavacam stotram
   sa ca mantrah su-durlabhah
brahmano 'mshena munina
   nandaya ca tapasyate

   tapas - austerities; taptam - performed; yada - when; dronas - Drona; t�rthe - at the holy place; ca - and; dharaya - with Dharaa; saha - with; stotram - to praise; tasmai - to him; pura - before; dattam - given; brahmana - by Brahmaa; tat - that; su-durlabham - rare; hareh - of Lord KrishNa; shaD-aksharo - six syylable; mantrah - mantra; kavacam - kavaca; sarva-lakshaNam - all-glorious; iha - here; saubhariNa - by Saubhari; dattam - given; tasmai - to him; tushtena - pleased; pushkare - at Pushkara- tirtha; tad - that; eva - indeed; kavacam - kavaca; stotram - prayer; sa - that; ca - and; mantrah - mantra; su-durlabhah - very rare; brahmaNo - of Brahmaa; amshena - by the partial expansion; munina - by the sage; nandaya - to Nanda; ca - and; tapasyate - performing austerities.


   When, accompanied by Dharaa, DroNa performed austerities at a holy place, Brahmaa gave him this difficult to attain prayer, the six-syllable KrishNa-mantra, and the glorious Krishna-kavaca. On this earth Saubhari Muni, who is a partial expansion of Brahmaa, again gave the same prayer, mantra, and kavaca to Nanda, who was
performing austerities.


Text 230


mantram stotram ca kavacam
   ishta-devo gurus tatha
ya yasya vidya prac�na
   na tam tyajati nishcitam

   mantram - mantra; stotram - prayer; ca - and; kavacam - kavaca; ishta-devo - worshipable Deity; gurus - guru; tatha - so; ya - which; yasya - of whom; vidya - knowledge; prac�na - ancient; na - not; tam - that; tyajati - abandons; nishcitam - indeed.


   One who attains this prayer, mantra, and kavaca, a bona-fide guru, and Lord KrishNa as his worshipable Deity, attains spiritual knowledge that is never lost.


Text 231


ity evam kathitam stotram
   shr�-krishNakhyanam adbhutam
sukhadam mokshadam saram
   bhava-bandhana-mocanam

   iti - thus; evam - in this way; kathitam - spoken; stotram - prayer; shr�-krishNakhyanam - glorifying Lord KrishNa; adbhutam - wonderful; sukhadam - giving happiness; mokshadam - giving liberation; saram - the best; bhava-bandhana-mocanam - release from the bonds of repeated birth and death.


   Thus I have spoken to you this wonderful transcendental prayer glorifying Lord KrishNa, a prayer that brings both happiness and liberation from the bonds of repeated birth and death.

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