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Bhagavatapurana 11.6

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The glorious Śuka said: / Then Brahmā arrived, surrounded by his sons, the gods, and the lords of creatures; / and Bhava, the lord of past and future beings, went surrounded by hosts of spirits.

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Lord Indra came with the Maruts, the Ādityas, Vasus, the two Aśvins, / the Ṛbhus, Aṅgirases, Rudras, Viśvedevas, and the Sādhya deities,

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Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Guhyakas, / sages, ancestors, along with Vidyādharas and Kinnaras.

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They all approached Dvārakā, eager to see Kṛṣṇa, / by whose form the Lord charmed the human world / and spread throughout the realms his fame, which removes the impurities of all the worlds.

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In that [city], resplendent and thriving with great opulence,
they beheld with insatiable eyes Kṛṣṇa of wondrous sight.

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Covering the best of the Yadus with garlands brought from celestial gardens,
they praised the Lord of the universe with words of varied meaning.

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The gods said:
We bow, O Lord, to Your lotus feet with our intellect, senses, breath, mind, and speech—
[feet] contemplated deep within the heart by those endowed with devotional emotion, seeking release from the mighty bonds of karma.

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By Your creative power composed of the three qualities, You create, protect, and destroy within Yourself this inconceivable manifest [universe], abiding within its qualities;

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yet You, O Unconquered One, are never tainted by these actions, because, flawless, You delight in Your own uninterrupted bliss.

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The purification of men of impure minds, O Praiseworthy One, is not accomplished by learning, scriptural study, charity, austerities, and ritual acts

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The purification of men of impure minds, O Praiseworthy One, is not accomplished by learning, scriptural study, charity, austerities, and ritual acts

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in the way it is achieved, O Foremost of pure beings, through ever-growing, true faith in Your renown, gathered by listening.

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May Your foot be a comet [destroying] our impure thoughts, for our well-being—borne by sages with hearts melted [with love],

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May Your foot be a comet [destroying] our impure thoughts, for our well-being—borne by sages with hearts melted [with love],

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and worshipped at every sacrificial offering by the Sātvatas, of equal glory and self-mastery, for transcending heaven through the manifestation [of Your forms].

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Which is contemplated with reverent hands by those holding the oblation in the sacrificial fire according to the method prescribed by the three Vedas, O Lord,

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Which is contemplated with reverent hands by those holding the oblation in the sacrificial fire according to the method prescribed by the three Vedas, O Lord,

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as spiritual yoga by yogins desiring to understand Your creative power, and fully worshipped by the foremost of Bhāgavatas.

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Vying, like a co-wife, with the withered garland of forest flowers upon You, O all-pervading Lord, the goddess Śrī

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Vying, like a co-wife, with the withered garland of forest flowers upon You, O all-pervading Lord, the goddess Śrī

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accepts that offering nicely offered by her—may Your foot ever be a comet [destroying] our impure thoughts.

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Which was a pillar advancing in three strides, with a banner falling in three streams, producing fear and fearlessness in the armies of the demons and the gods,

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Which was a pillar advancing in three strides, with a banner falling in three streams, producing fear and fearlessness in the armies of the demons and the gods,

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leading to heaven for the virtuous and the opposite for the wicked, O Infinite One—may that foot, O Lord, purify the sins of us who worship You.

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Under whose control, like oxen bound by a nose-rope, Brahmā and the other embodied beings remain, harassed by one another,

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Under whose control, like oxen bound by a nose-rope, Brahmā and the other embodied beings remain, harassed by one another,

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may the foot of You, Time, who are beyond primordial matter and the spirit, the Supreme Person, grant us peace.

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You are the cause of the creation, maintenance, and destruction of this [world]; You are also called Time, [the cause] of the unmanifest, the individual soul, and the cosmic intellect;

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You are the cause of the creation, maintenance, and destruction of this [world]; You are also called Time, [the cause] of the unmanifest, the individual soul, and the cosmic intellect;

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You, this very Time with three naves engaged in the diminution of all things, of deep momentum, are the Supreme Person.

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Receiving from You that seed, through which the active Puruṣa of unfailing potency conceives, as it were, the cosmic intellect as his embryo,

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Receiving from You that seed, through which the active Puruṣa of unfailing potency conceives, as it were, the cosmic intellect as his embryo,

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he, accompanied by her, created from himself the golden egg of the universe, surrounded by external coverings.

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Therefore You are the master of the stationary and the moving universe, since, O Lord of the senses, even while enjoying the objects

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Therefore You are the master of the stationary and the moving universe, since, O Lord of the senses, even while enjoying the objects

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brought forth by the transformations of the qualities arising from Your creative power, You are not tainted, whereas others fear even what they have personally abandoned.

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Even with charming eyebrows casting erotic incantations that revealed devotional emotion through fleeting, smiling glances,

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Even with charming eyebrows casting erotic incantations that revealed devotional emotion through fleeting, smiling glances,

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the sixteen thousand wives were unable to agitate Your sense[s] through arrows of love or feminine gestures.

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Potent are the rivers carrying the water of nectar-like narrations of You, and the river born from the washing of Your feet, to destroy the sins of the three worlds;

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Potent are the rivers carrying the water of nectar-like narrations of You, and the river born from the washing of Your feet, to destroy the sins of the three worlds;

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those residing in purity bathe in these two sacred waters—the scriptural tradition with their ears, and that born from Your feet with their bodies.

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Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said:
Having thus praised Hari together with the gods and Śiva, Brahmā,
bowing down while abiding in the sky, addressed Govinda:

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Śrī Brahmā said:
Formerly, O Lord, You were petitioned by us to relieve the burden of the earth,
O Universal Self, and that has been accomplished exactly so.

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Dharma has indeed been established by You among the virtuous whose vows are true,
and fame removing the taint of all the worlds has been broadcast across the quarters.

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Incarnating in the lineage of Yadu and assuming an unsurpassed form,
You performed deeds of unrestrained power for the welfare of the world.

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Hearing and glorifying those deeds of Yours, O Lord,
virtuous men in the Kali age will easily cross beyond darkness.

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Since You descended into the lineage of Yadu, O Supreme Person,
one hundred and twenty-five autumns have passed, O Lord.

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Now, O Support of All, no duty for the gods remains,
and this lineage has been practically destroyed by the curse of the brāhmaṇas.

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Therefore enter Your supreme realm, if You deem it fit;
protect us, the guardians of the worlds together with our realms, Your servants in Vaikuṇṭha.

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The Lord said:
I have considered that which you have said, O lord of the gods;
all your work has been done, the burden of the earth has been removed.

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Yet this family of the Yādavas, arrogant with power, valor, and fortune,
intent on seizing the world, has been restrained by Me as the great ocean is by the shore.

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If I depart without destroying this vast family of arrogant Yadus, / this world will perish, overwhelmed by them having broken their bounds.

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Right now the destruction of the family born of the Brāhmaṇas' curse has begun; / at its conclusion, O sinless Brahmā, I shall go to your abode.

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Śrī Śuka said: / Thus addressed by the Lord of the world, Brahmā bowed down to him / and went to his own abode along with the hosts of gods.

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Then, seeing great portents arisen in Dvārakā, / the Lord spoke to the elders of the Yadus who had assembled there.

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The Lord said: / Truly, these very great portents are rising up here on every side, / and insurmountable is the curse cast upon our family by the Brāhmaṇas.

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We who desire to live must not remain here, O elders; / this very day, without delay, we shall go to the extremely holy Prabhāsa.

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Bathing there, the lord of stars, seized by consumption through Dakṣa’s curse, / was immediately freed from sin and attained once more the waxing of his digits.

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And there, bathing, gratifying the ancestors and the gods, / and feeding the worthy Brāhmaṇas with food of manifold excellences,

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sowing great gifts with faith in those worthy recipients, / we shall cross beyond our misfortunes by means of those gifts, as if crossing an ocean with boats.

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Śrī Śuka said: / Directed thus by the Lord, O joy of the Kurus, / the Yādavas, having resolved to go to the holy place, yoked their chariots.

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Seeing that, O King, hearing what had been uttered by the Lord, / and observing the terrible omens, Uddhava, who was ever devoted to Kṛṣṇa,

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approached the Lord of the lords of the worlds in secret, / bowed with his head to his feet, and with joined palms spoke to him.

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Śrī Uddhava said: / O Lord of the gods of gods, O master of yoga, O You whose listening and glorification are purifying, / having destroyed this family, You will surely abandon this world, / since, though capable, as the Lord You did not avert the Brāhmaṇas' curse.

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I am not able, O Keśava, to leave Your lotus feet / for even half a moment, O master; take me also to Your own abode.

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Your divine play, O Kṛṣṇa, is the supreme auspiciousness for men; / having attained that nectar for the ears, people abandon longing for anything else.

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In lying down, sitting, walking, standing, / bathing, playing, eating, and the rest, how indeed could we, Your devotees, abandon You, our dear self?

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Adorned with the garlands, perfumes, garments, and ornaments enjoyed by You, / and eating the remnants of Your meals, we Your servants will surely conquer Your creative power.

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Those sages who are clad in the wind, ascetics who draw up their semen, / peaceful and stainless renunciants, go to the abode known as Brahman.

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We, however, O great Yogin, wandering here along the paths of action, / shall cross the insurmountable darkness together with Your devotees, through talks of You,

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remembering and glorifying Your deeds and words, / Your walk, smiles, glances, and sportive jests, which imitate the ways of mortal men.

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Śrī Śuka said: / Being thus petitioned, O King, the Lord, the son of Devakī, / addressed Uddhava, his dear, exclusively devoted servant.

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