S'rî
S'uka said: 'The best adviser to the Vrishnis was Krishna's
beloved friend Uddhava [see also 3.2],
a direct disciple of Brihaspati
of the finest intelligence.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'The best adviser of the Vrishnis was Krishna's
beloved friend Uddhava [see also 3.2], a direct
disciple of Brihaspati of the finest
intelligence. (Vedabase)
Text
2
To
him, His dearmost, unique devotee spoke some day the Supreme
Lord Hari, who removes the distress of the surrendered, taking
his hand into His.
To
him, His dearmost unique devotee spoke some day the Supreme
Lord Hari, who removes the distress of the surrendered,
taking his hand into His.
(Vedabase)
Text
3
'Please
Uddhava, o gentle one, go for the satisfaction of My parents to
Vraja and relieve, by carrying My messages, the
gopîs from the mental pain of being separated from
Me.
'Please
Uddhava, o gentle one, go for the satisfaction of My parents
to Vraja and relieve, by carrying My messages, the
gopîs from the mental pain of being separated from
Me. (Vedabase)
Text
4
They
absorbed in Me, with their minds fixed on Me, made Me the
purpose of their lives abandoning everything physical [of
husband, home and children, see 10.29;
4].
Understanding those who for My sake left behind this world and
its moral obligations, I sustain them who have Me alone as
their beloved and dearmost Self.
They
absorbed in Me, with their minds fixed on Me, made Me the
purpose of their lives abandoning everything physical
[of husband, home and children, see 10.29: 4].
Understanding those who for My sake left behind this world
and its moral obligations, I sustain them who have Me alone
as their beloved and dearmost
Self.
(Vedabase)
Text
5
The women of
Gokula remembering Me, their dearest object of love being far
away, My best, become stunned being overwhelmed by the anxiety
of separation [see also B.G. 2:
62-64].
The
women of Gokula remembering Me, their dearest object of love
being far away, my best, become stunned being overwhelmed by
the anxiety of separation [see also B.G.
2.62-64]. (Vedabase)
Text
6
The
cowherd women fully dedicated to Me, with My promises to return
do with great difficulty hold on, somehow keeping their lives
going.'
The
cowherd women fully dedicated to Me, with My promises to
return do with great difficulty hold on, somehow keeping
their lives going.'
(Vedabase)
Text
7
S'rî
S'uka said: 'With Him thus having spoken o King, accepted
Uddhava respectfully the message of his Sustainer, mounted he
his chariot and set he off to the cowherd village of
Nanda.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'With Him thus having spoken, o King, did
Uddhava respectfully take the message of his Sustainer,
mounted he his chariot and set he off to the cowherd village
of Nanda. (Vedabase)
Text
8
Just
as the sun was setting reached the fortunate one Nanda's
pastures, passing unnoticed because of the dust of the hooves
of the animals that were coming home.
(8)
Just as the sun was setting reached the fortunate one
Nanda's pastures, passing unnoticed because of the dust of
the hooves of the animals that were
entering. (Vedabase)
Text
9-13
With the sounds
of the bulls in rut fighting one another for the fertile ones,
with the cows with filled udders running after their own
calves, with the beauty of the white calves capering here and
there and with the milking and the loud reverberation of
flutes, were the finely ornamented gopîs and
gopas, auspiciously singing about the deeds of
Balarâma and Krishna, resplendent. It all was most
attractive with the homes of the gopas filled with
incense, lamps and flowergarlands for the worship of the fire,
the sun, the guests, the cows, the brahmins, the forefathers
and the gods [see also 10.24:
25 ]. The
forest on all sides flowering echoed of the swarms of bees,
singing birds and the kârandava ducks and the swans
crowding around the adorning bowers of lotuses.
With
the sounds of the bulls in rut fighting one another for the
fertile ones, with the cows with filled udders running after
their own calves, with the adorn of white calves capering
here and there and with the milking and the loud
reverberation of flutes, were the finely ornamented
gopîs and gopas, auspiciously singing about the deeds
of Balarâma and Krishna, resplendent. It all was most
attractive with the homes of the gopas filled with incense,
lamps and flowergarlands for the worship of the fire, the
sun, the guests, the cows, the brahmins, the forefathers and
the gods [see also 10.24: 25 ]. The forest on all
sides flowering echoed of the swarms of bees, singing birds
and the kârandava ducks and the swans crowding around
the beautifying bowers of
lotuses.
(Vedabase)
Text
14
With him having
arrived approached Nanda the dear follower of Krishna and
embraced he him happy to be of reverence with Lord
Vâsudeva in his mind.
With
him arrived approached Nanda the dear follower of Krishna
and embraced he him happy to be of reverence with Lord
Vâsudeva in his
mind. (Vedabase)
Text
15
Having him fed
with the finest food, comfortably seated on a nice sofa to be
relieved of the fatigue and with his feet massaged and so on,
inquired he:
Having
him fed with the finest food, comfortably seated on a nice
sofa to be relieved of the fatigue and with his feet
massaged and so on, inquired
he:
(Vedabase)
Text
16
O dear and most
fortunate one, does our friend the son of S'ûra
[Vasudeva] who is so devoted to his well-wishers, fare
well now that he is released and has joined with his
children?
'O
dear and most fortunate one, does our friend the son of
S'ûra [Vasudeva] so devoted to his
well-wishers, now that he is freed and joined with his
children, fare well?
(Vedabase)
Text
17
What
a luck that the wicked Kamsa, who constantly hated the always
righteous and saintly Yadus, because of his sins together with
his followers has been killed!
What
a luck that the wicked Kamsa, who constantly hated the
always righteous and saintly Yadus, because of his sins
together with his followers has been
killed! (Vedabase)
Text
18
Is Krishna
still thinking of us, His mother, His well-wishers and friends,
the gopas of Vraja of whom He is the master, the cows,
Vrindâvana forest and the mountain?
Is
Krishna still thinking of us, His mother, His well-wishers
and friends, the gopas of Vraja of whom He is the master,
the cows, Vrindâvana forest and the mountain [see
10.24: 25]?
(Vedabase)
Text
19
Is
Govinda coming back to see once more His folk so that we may
glance upon His face, His beautiful nose, His nice smile and
eyes?
Is
Govinda coming back to see once more His folk so that we may
glance upon His face, His beautiful nose, His nice smile and
eyes?
(Vedabase)
Text
20
By
Krishna, that so very great Soul, were we protected against
insurmountable mortal dangers like a forest fire, the wind and
rain, as also against a bull and a serpent.
By
Krishna, that so very great Soul, were we protected against
insurmountable mortal dangers like a forest-fire, the wind
and rain, as also against a bull and a
serpent.
(Vedabase)
Text
21
The memory of
Krishna's valorous deeds, playful sidelong glances, smiles and
words, my dear, made us all forget our material
concerns.
The
memory of Krishna's valorous deeds, playful sidelong
glances, smiles and words, my dear, made us all forget our
material concerns. (Vedabase)
.
Text
22
With those who
see the locations where He played, the rivers, the hills and
the different parts of the forest that were decorated by His
feet, finds the mind total absorption in Him.
With
those who see the locations where he played, the rivers, the
hills and the different parts of the forest that were
decorated by His feet, finds the mind total absorption in
Him.
(Vedabase)
Text
23
I think that
Krishna and Râma are, as confirmed by Garga [see
10.8:
12], of
the demigods the two most elevated on this planet, present here
for a great and holy, divine cause.
I
think Krishna and Râma are, as confirmed by Garga
[see 10.8: 12], of the demigods the two most
elevated on this planet, there for a great and holy cause
divine. (Vedabase)
Text
24
After all, have
Kamsa, who had the strength of ten thousand elephants, the
wrestlers and the king of the elephants playfully been killed
by the both of Them, as easy as animals are by the lion
king.
After
all, have Kamsa, with the strength of a ten thousand
elephants, the wrestlers and the king of the elephants as in
a game been killed by Him and Râma, as simple as
animals by the lion king. (Vedabase)
Text
25
A bow as solid
as fifty centimeters thick [three tâlas]
was by Him royal as an elephant broken like a stick and for
seven days held He with one hand up a mountain!
A
bow as solid as fifty centimeters thick [three
tâlas] was by Him royal as an elephant broken like
a stick and for seven days held He with one hand up a
mountain!
(Vedabase)
Text
26
Pralamba,
Dhenuka, Arishtha, Trinâvarta, Baka and other demons who
had conquered both Sura and Asura were by Them out here killed
with ease.'
Pralamba,
Dhenuka, Arishtha, Trinâvarta, Baka and other demons
who had conquered both sura and asura were by Them here
killed with ease.'
(Vedabase)
Text
27
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Nanda thus remembering again and again, fully
immersed in Krishna became extremely anxious and fell silent
overcome by the force of his pure love.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Nanda thus remembering again and again, fully
immersed in Krishna became extremely anxious and fell silent
overcome by the force of his pure
love. (Vedabase)
Text
28
Mother
Yas'odâ overhearing the descriptions of her son's
activities gave way to her tears while her breasts got wet from
her love.
Mother
Yas'odâ overhearing the descriptions of her son's
activities gave way to her tears while her breasts got wet
from her love. (Vedabase)
Text
29
Seeing the two
of them in this condition of their supreme attraction of love
for the Supreme Lord spoke Uddhava ecstatically.
Seeing
the two of them in this condition of their supreme
attraction of love for the Supreme Lord spoke Uddhava
ecstatically.
(Vedabase)
Text
30
S'rî
Uddhava said: 'The two of you are for sure, in your having
developed a mentality like this for Nârâyana, the
spiritual master of all, the most praiseworthy of all embodied
beings in this world, o respectful one.
S'rî
Uddhava said: 'The two of you are for sure, in your having
developed a mentality like this for Nârâyana,
the spiritual master of all, the most praiseworthy of all
embodied beings in this world, o respectful
one.
(Vedabase)
Text
31
These two of
Râma and Mukunda, indeed are the seed and the womb of the
universe; They are the primeval Male Principle and His Creative
Energy who accompany the living beings [confused] in
all their diversity with knowledge and control.
These
two of Râma and Mukunda, indeed are the seed and the
womb of the universe; They are the primeval Male Principle
and His Creative Energy who accompany the living beings
[confused] in all their diversity with knowledge and
control.
(Vedabase)
Text
32-33
That person who
in his life divided within but for a moment immerses his mind
[in Him] will at that time immediately eradicate all
traces of karmic impurities and will head for the supreme
destination in a spiritual form with the color of the sun. With
your good selves giving Him, the Great Soul and Self that is
the reason of existence of all, giving Him,
Nârâyana, the Ultimate Cause in a mortal frame, by
all means the utmost purest love, what good deeds then would
there remain for you to perform?
That
person who in his life divided within but for a moment
immerses his mind [in Him] will at that time
immediately eradicate all traces of karmic impurities and
will head for the supreme destination in a spiritual form
with the color of the sun. With your good selves giving Him,
the Great Soul and Self that is the reason of existence of
all, giving Him, Nârâyana, the Ultimate Cause in
a mortal frame, by all means the utmost purest love, what
good deeds then would there remain for you to
perform?
(Vedabase)
Text
34
In not too long
a time will Acyuta, [as] the Lord Supreme, the Master
and Protector of the Devotees, to give satisfaction to His
parents, return to [the full vision within of the people
of] Vraja
In
not too long a time will Acyuta, [as] the Lord
Supreme, the Master and Protector of the Devotees, to give
satisfaction to His parents, return to [the full vision
within the people of]
Vraja.
(Vedabase)
Text
35
Having killed
Kamsa, the enemy of all Yadus, in the arena, [and all other
evil in the world...] will Krishna be true to that what He
told you of His turning back.
Having
killed Kamsa, the enemy of all Yadus, in the arena, [and
all other evil in the world...] will Krishna be true in
that what He told You of His turning
back. (Vedabase)
Text
36
Please
do not falter o most fortunate ones, you will see Krishna in
the near future; He is present within the hearts of all living
beings like fire in firewood.
Please
do not falter o most fortunate ones, you will see Krishna in
the near future; He is present within the hearts of all
living beings like fire in
firewood.
(Vedabase)
Text
37
In reality
there is no one especially dear or not dear to Him, nor does
He, free from false pride being of the same respect for all,
hold anyone superior or inferior [compare
S'rî
S'rî
S'ikshâshthaka
and B.G. 9:
29].
No
one indeed is specially dear or not dear to Him, nor does
He, free from false pride being of the same respect for all,
hold anyone superior or inferior [compare
S'ikshÂshthaka and B.G.
9.29,]. (Vedabase)
Text
38
For Him there
is no father and no mother, no wife, no children and so forth;
no one is related to Him, nor is anyone an outsider and there
is no [material] body or birth of Him either
[compare 10:
3].
For
Him there is no father and no mother, no wife, no children
and so forth; no one is related to Him, nor is anyone an
outsider and there is no [material] body or birth to
Him either [compare 10:
3].
(Vedabase)
Text
39
For Him there
is no karma in this world to appear in wombs pure or impure or
mixed and yet for the sake of pastimes He appears in order to
redeem His saintly devotees [see B.G. 3:
22;
4:
7;
13:
22].
For
Him there is no karma in this world to appear in wombs pure
or impure or mixed and yet for the sake of pastimes He
appears in order to redeem His saintly devotees [see
B.G. 3: 22; 4: 7; 13: 22].
(Vedabase)
Text
40
Though
being beyond the modes called goodness, passion and ignorance
accepts He it, being transcendental, to play by the modes, thus
is He, as the Unborn One, of creation, maintenance and
destruction.
Though
being beyond the modes called goodness, passion and
ignorance accepts He, being transcendental, to play by the
modes, thus as the Unborn One creating, maintaining and
destroying.
(Vedabase)
Text
41
Just
as in one's vision when one whirls around, the ground seems to
be whirling, so too seems, when one thinks of oneself as being
the body, the self to be the doer, while it is the mind that is
acting [compare
B.G.
3:
27].
Just
as in one's vision, when one whirls around, the ground seems
to be whirling, so too seems, when one thinks of oneself as
being the body, the self to be the doer, while it is the
mind that is acting [compare B.G. 3:
27].
(Vedabase)
Text
42
He
is not the son of the two of you alone, He is the Supreme Lord
Hari who is the son, the very self, the father ànd the
mother; He is the Lord of Control.
He
is not the son of the two of you alone, He is the Supreme
Lord Hari who is the son, the very self, the father
ànd the mother; He is the Lord of
Control. (Vedabase)
Text
43
What
is seen or heard, what is in the past, the present or in the
future; what is stationary, mobile, large or small can in no
way said to be a thing apart from Acyuta; He alone, manifesting
as the Supersoul, is everything.
What
is seen or heard, what is in the past, the present or in the
future; what is stationary, mobile, large or small can not
at all be said to be a thing apart from Acyuta; He alone,
manifesting as the Supersoul, is
everything.'
(Vedabase)
Text
44
As
Nanda and Krishna's servant were thus speaking ran the night to
an end, o King, lighted the women rising from sleep lamps in
worship before their deities and began they to churn the
butter.
As
Nanda and Krishna's servant were thus speaking came that
night to an end, o King, lighted the women rising from sleep
lamps in worship before their deities and started they
churning for butter.
(Vedabase)
Text
45
In
the light of the lamps pulling the ropes, with the rows of
bangles on their arms, with their jewels and with their faces
red of the kunkum glowing of their earrings and necklaces,
shone the women while their hips and breasts were
moving.
The
women illumined by the lamps pulling the ropes, with the
rows of bangles on their arms, with their jewels and with
their faces red of the kunkum glowing of their earrings and
necklaces, shone as their hips and breasts were
moving. (Vedabase)
Text
46
As
the women of Vraja with their eyes like lotuses with the
reverberation of their loud singing that was mixed with the
sounds of churning for the butter were touching the sky, was
all inauspiciousness in every direction
dispelled.
As
the women of Vraja with their eyes like lotuses with the
reverberation of their loud singing mixed with the sounds of
churning for the butter were touching the sky, was all
inauspiciousness in every direction
dispelled.
(Vedabase)
Text
47
When
the supreme master of the sun rose saw the residents of Gokula
the golden chariot outside the house of Nanda and wondered they
'To whom does it belong?
When
the supreme master of the sun rose saw the residents of
Gokula the golden chariot outside the house of Nanda and
asked they 'To whom does it
belong? (Vedabase)
Text
48
Maybe
Akrûra has come, that agent to the purpose of Kamsa by
whom Krishna with His lotus eyes was brought to
Mathurâ.
Maybe
Akrûra has come, that agent to the purpose of Kamsa by
whom Krishna with His lotus eyes was brought to
Mathurâ.
(Vedabase)
Text
49
Would
he then, with his master satisfied, be here to celebrate the
death rituals with us?' And while the women were thus speaking
came there Uddhava who had finished his morning
duties.'
Would
he then, with his master satisfied, be here to celebrate the
death rituals with us?' and as the women were thus speaking
came there Uddhava, having finished his morning
duties.
(Vedabase)