Bhagavatapurana 10.48
English (machine translation) 10.48
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- 10.48.6 — 1 part
- 10.48.7 — 1 part
- 10.48.23 — 1 part
- 10.48.24 — 3 parts
- 10.48.25 — 3 parts
- 10.48.26 — 3 parts
- 10.48.27 — 1 part
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Śrī Śuka said: / Then the Lord, the Self of all, who sees all, / wishing to please the maidservant who was tormented by desire, went to her house,
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which was rich with costly furnishings, enhanced with accessories for love, / decorated with strings of pearls, banners, canopies, beds, and seats, / and adorned with fragrant incenses, lamps, garlands, and scents.
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Seeing him arrive at the house, she immediately rose from her seat in fluster; / approaching him together with her female friends, she honored Acyuta with fine seats and other offerings.
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Uddhava, likewise worshipped with propriety, touched the seat and sat on the floor; / and Kṛṣṇa quickly entered the luxurious bed, following worldly customs.
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Having adorned herself with bathing, ointments, fine silk, ornaments, / garlands, perfumes, betel nut, and nectar-like wine, she approached Mādhava with bashful, playful smiles and coquettish glances.
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Calling the lovely woman who hesitated out of shyness at their first union, / taking her bracelet-adorned hand, and drawing her to the bed, he sported with the charming woman in return for a fraction of the merit of her offering of ointment.
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Smelling his lotus feet and wiping away the torment of her breasts, chest, and eyes / inflamed by the god of love, with the feet of the Infinite One,
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and embracing with her arms her beloved, the embodiment of bliss, held between her breasts, / she cast away her long-lasting anguish.
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Having attained that Lord, the master of absolute liberation, who is so difficult to attain, / merely by offering body ointment, alas, the unfortunate woman made this request:
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“Stay here with me for a few days, O dearest one! / Sport with me; I cannot bear to leave your company, O lotus-eyed one.”
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Granting her the boon she desired and honoring her, he who bestows honor, / the Lord of all, went with Uddhava to his own opulent abode.
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Having thoroughly worshipped Viṣṇu, the Lord of all lords, who is difficult to worship, / he who chooses what merely charms the senses is of poor intellect due to lack of goodness.
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The Lord Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Rāma and Uddhava, / went to the house of Akrūra, wishing to accomplish a purpose and desiring to please Akrūra.
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Seeing those best of men and his own kinsmen approaching, / he rose in delight, embraced them, and greeted them warmly.
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He bowed to Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, and, being greeted in return by them, / he properly worshipped them once they had accepted their seats.
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Bearing on his head the water used to wash their feet, O king, / and honoring them with divine garments, scents, garlands, and exquisite ornaments,
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having worshipped them, bowing his head and massaging their feet placed on his lap, / Akrūra, bent low with reverence, addressed Kṛṣṇa and Rāma:
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By good fortune the wicked Kaṃsa has been slain along with his followers, and this dynasty of yours, / rescued by the two of you from endless distress, has been made to prosper.
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You two are the primal matter and the cosmic person, the causes of the universe, consisting of the universe; / apart from you two, there is nothing higher or lower.
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Having entered this universe created by yourself through your own powers, / you are perceived in many forms, O Brahman, within the realm of what is heard and seen.
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Just as earth and the other [elements] appear diverse in living beings moving and unmoving, according to their wombs, / so you, the one, absolute, and self-reliant Self, shine forth in diverse ways within the wombs created by yourself.
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You create, dissolve, and protect the universe through the qualities of passion, darkness, and purity by your own powers; / yet you are not bound by their qualities or actions, for where could there be a cause of bondage for you whose nature is knowledge?
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Because adjuncts such as the body are ultimately unprovable, for the self there can be no actual cycle of birth nor division; / therefore there can be neither bondage nor liberation for you—our notion of them in you is completely born of lack of discrimination.
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Whenever this ancient path of the Vedas, spoken by you for the welfare of the world, / is obstructed by the wicked ways of heretics, you assume the quality of purity.
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That very Lord, descended today into the house of Vasudeva by your partial manifestation, are here to remove the burden of the earth,
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by slaying hundreds of military divisions of kings who are portions of demons, and spreading the renown of this family.
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Today, O Lord, our dwellings have indeed become greatly fortunate, into which you, the embodiment of all gods, ancestors, beings, and kings,
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today, O Lord, our dwellings have indeed become greatly fortunate, into which you, the embodiment of all gods, ancestors, beings, and kings,
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whose foot-washing water purifies the three worlds, you, the teacher of the universe, Adhokṣaja, have entered.
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What wise person would approach anyone other than you for refuge—[you who are] dear to your devotees, truthful of speech, a friend, and grateful?
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What wise person would approach anyone other than you for refuge—[you who are] dear to your devotees, truthful of speech, a friend, and grateful?
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You give all desired things to the friend who worships you, even yourself, you who have neither increase nor decrease.
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By good fortune, O Janārdana, you whose path is difficult to attain even for masters of yoga and chiefs of gods, have appeared here to us.
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By good fortune, O Janārdana, you whose path is difficult to attain even for masters of yoga and chiefs of gods, have appeared here to us.
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Sever swiftly our tether of delusion—consisting of sons, wife, wealth, kin, house, body, and the like—which is your own creative power.
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Thus worshipped and praised by his devotee, the Lord Hari / spoke to Akrūra with a smile, as if charming him with his words:
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The Lord said:
You are always our elder, our uncle, and our praiseworthy relative; / we are indeed your subjects to be protected, nourished, and treated with compassion.
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Exalted, highly fortunate persons like you, the most virtuous of the venerable, / must always be served by people seeking welfare; the gods are self-interested, but virtuous devotees are not.
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For holy places composed of water and deities made of clay or stone / purify only after a long time, but virtuous devotees do so merely by sight.
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As you are the best among our friends, out of a desire to promote welfare / and to learn the news of the Pāṇḍavas, go to Gajāsahvaya.
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We hear that after their father passed away, the boys, deeply grieving along with their mother, / were brought to his own city by the king and are living there.
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Toward those sons of his brother, the king, the son of Ambikā, whose mind is wretched, / surely does not act impartially, being blind of vision and subject to the control of his wicked son.
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Go, find out their situation now, whether good or bad; / having learned that, we shall arrange matters so that there may be well-being for our friends.
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Having thus instructed Akrūra, the Lord Hari, the sovereign ruler, / went with Saṅkarṣaṇa and Uddhava to his own palace.
Translations (1)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
Linked texts (1)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit