Bhagavatapurana 10.65
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Śrī Śuka said: / O best of the Kurus, the Lord Balabhadra mounted his chariot, / yearning and eager to see his friends, and departed for Nanda's Gokula.
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Embraced by the cowherds and cowherdesses, who had long longed [for him], / Rāma greeted his parents and was welcomed with blessings.
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"Protect us for a long time, O descendant of Daśārha, Lord of the universe together with your younger brother!" / Thus having raised him onto their laps and embraced him, they moistened him with the waters of their eyes.
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And duly [honoring] the elder cowherds, he was greeted by the younger ones / according to their age, according to their friendship, and according to their relationship with himself.
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Then, having approached the cowherds with smiles, handclasps, and other [gestures], / as he sat comfortably rested, they gathered around and inquired of him.
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And they were asked about the welfare of their loved ones with voices choked with love, / having surrendered all their possessions to Kṛṣṇa, whose eyes are like lotus petals.
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“Do our kinsmen, O Rāma, all live happily? / Do you remember us, O Rāma, along with your wives and sons?
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By good fortune sinful Kaṃsa was slain, by good fortune our kinsmen were freed; / having killed and subdued your enemies, by good fortune you have taken refuge in a fortress.”
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Laughing, the gopīs, showing honor at the sight of Rāma, asked: / “Does Kṛṣṇa live happily, the darling of the city women?
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Does he remember his relatives, his father, and his mother? / Will he ever come, even once, to see his mother? / Or does the mighty-armed one remember our constant service?
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Mother, father, brothers, husbands, sons, and even sisters— / for his sake we abandoned them, O Dāśārha, our own kin so hard to abandon, O Lord!
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He suddenly abandoned us and departed, cutting off our friendship; / how indeed could his words not be believed by women?
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How indeed do the clever city women accept the word / of one whose mind is unsteady and who is ungrateful?
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They certainly accept it, their passion stirred by the wonderful tales, / charming smiles, and glances of him whose stories are wondrous.”
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“What is the use of our talking of him, O gopīs? Speak of other matters! / If his time passes without us, so too does ours.”
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Remembering Śauri's laughter, sweet talk, beautiful glances, / gait, and affectionate embrace, the women wept.
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Saṅkarṣaṇa, the Lord, skilled in various forms of conciliation, / comforted them with Kṛṣṇa's heartfelt messages.
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The Lord Rāma lived there for two months, Madhu and Mādhava, / bringing joy to the gopīs during the nights.
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In the garden beside the Yamunā, touched by the rays of the full moon and cooled by a breeze fragrant with water lilies, / surrounded by hosts of women, he sported.
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The goddess Vāruṇī, sent by Varuṇa, flowing from the hollow of a tree, / scented that entire forest with her fragrance.
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Smelling that fragrance of the stream of wine borne by the wind, / Bala approached there and drank together with the women.
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Being sung to by Gandharvas in a circle adorned by women, / he sported like the great Indra's elephant, leader of a herd of female elephants.
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Kettledrums sounded in the sky, they joyfully rained down flowers; / the Gandharvas and sages then praised Rāma for his heroic deeds.
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His deeds being sung by the women, the plow-armed one / wandered intoxicated in the forests, his eyes rolling with drunkenness.
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Wearing a garland, a single earring, and the vaijayantī garland, intoxicated, / he bore a smiling lotus-face adorned with dew-like beads of sweat.
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The Lord Bala called the Yamunā river to sport in the water, / but disregarding his word, thinking, ‘He is drunk,’ the river [did not come].
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Because she did not come, he became angry and dragged her with the tip of his plow: / ‘O wicked one, disregarding me, since you do not come when called by me, / I will split you, going wherever you will, into a hundred streams with the tip of my plow!’
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Thus rebuked, the frightened Yamunā fell at the feet / of the delight of the Yadus, O king, and trembling, spoke these words:
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‘Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one! I did not know your prowess, / by a single portion of whom the earth is sustained, O Lord of the universe!
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You ought to pardon me, O Supreme Self, who did not recognize the supreme majesty / of the Lord, O Lord, surrendered to you, O you who are affectionate to your devotees!’
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Then the Lord Bala, being beseeched, released the Yamunā / and plunged into the water with the women, like a king of elephants with female elephants.
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Having sported to his heart's content, to him as he emerged from the water, Splendor gave two blue garments, / costly ornaments, and a splendid garland.
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Putting on the two blue garments and wearing a golden garland, / he shone, well-adorned and anointed, like the great Indra's elephant.
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Even today, O king, the Yamunā is seen flowing along the furrow he dragged, / as if pointing out the power of Bala, whose prowess is infinite.
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Thus all the nights passed as if they were just one for Rāma, sporting in Vraja, / his mind captivated by the charms of the women of Vraja.
Translations (1)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
Linked texts (1)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit