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S'rî
S'uka said: 'Then Brahmâ with his consort
Bhavânî arrived there, along with S'iva and the
demigods led by Indra and the sages with the lords of the
people.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Then came there Brahmâ with his consort
Bhavânî, along with S'iva and the demigods led
by Indra and the sages with the lords of the people.
(Vedabase)
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2-3
The
forefathers, the perfected and divine singers, the scientists
and the great egos, the venerable, the treasure keepers and the
wild men, the ones of superpower and the dancing girls of
heaven and all the ones of Garuda [the dvijâs]
desirous to witness the passing away of the Supreme Lord,
eagerly chanted and praised the birth and activities of
S'auri.
The
forefathers, the perfected and divine singers, the
scientists and the great egos, the venerable, the treasure
keepers and the wild men, the ones of superpower and the
dancing girls of heaven and all the ones of Garuda [the
dvijâs] desirous to witness the passing away of
the Supreme Lord, eagerly chanted and praised the birth and
activities of S'auri. (Vedabase)
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4
They, crowding
the sky in a great number of vimânas,
o King, joined in transcendental devotion showering flowers.
They,
crowding the sky in a great number of vimânas, o King,
showered, joined in transcendental devotion, flowers.
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5
The Supreme
Lord seeing the great father and his powerful expansions before
Him, fixed His consciousness within Himself, the Almighty One,
and closed His lotus eyes.
The
Supreme Lord seeing the great father and his powerful
expansions, fixed His consciousness within Himself, the
Almighty One, and closed His lotus eyes.
(Vedabase)
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6
Without burning
in a mystic trance the object auspicious to all trance and
meditation, viz. His own body that is most attractive in all
the worlds, He entered His own abode [compare
4.4].
Without
burning in a mystic trance the object auspicious to all
trance and meditation - His own body most attractive to all
the worlds - entered He His own abode [compare 4.4].
(Vedabase)
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7
And while in
heaven kettledrums resounded and flowers fell from the sky, He
was, as He left the earth, followed by Truth, Righteousness,
Constancy, Fame and Beauty [see also 10.39:
53-55].
With
in heaven the kettledrums sounded and the flowers falling
from the sky followed Him, as He left the earth, Truth,
Righteousness, Constancy, Fame and Beauty [see also
10.39: 53-55]. (Vedabase)
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8
The demigods
and others headed by Brahmâ, not [quite] knowing
what Krishna had done, didn't all see Him entering His abode,
but those who did were most amazed.
The
demigods and others headed by Brahmâ saw, [most of
them] not known with Krishna's movements, Him not
entering His abode, but those who did were most amazed.
(Vedabase)
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9
Just as mortals
cannot ascertain the path lightning describes in the sky as it
finds its way through the clouds, the gods likewise couldn't
trace the path of Krishna.
Just
as the movement of lightning, from the clouds traveling
through the sky, by mortals cannot be ascertained, could
likewise the gods not trace the path of Krishna.
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10
But
Brahmâ, S'iva and the others witnessing, in astonishment
glorified the yogic power of the Lord, after which each of them
returned to his own world.
Brahmâ,
S'iva and the others though, witnessing, astonished
glorified the yogic power of the Lord, after which each went
to his own world. (Vedabase)
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11
O King, you
should understand that the appearance, the actions of His
illusory potency, and the disappearance of the Supreme One,
just as it happens with normal embodied beings, constitutes a
performance. It is a show in which He just like an actor by
means of Himself sets in motion this universe by entering it,
acting in it and in the end winding it up. After having ceased
He then remains in the greatness of the Supreme
Self.
O
King, you should understand the appearance, the actions of
His illusory potency, and the disappearance of the Supreme
One, resembling that of embodied beings, as a representation
[a show], by which He just like an actor by Himself
sets up this universe, enters it, plays in it and in the end
winds it up again, after having ceased [thereto]
remaining in the greatness of the Supreme Self.
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12
He who brought
His guru's son in his selfsame body back after he had been
taken to the world of Yamarâja [10.45],
He who also offered protection against the superior weapon that
burned you [1.12];
He who even conquered S'iva, who is the death of the agents of
death [10.63],
why would He, who brought the deerhunter [Jarâ]
body and all to the spiritual world, be incapable of preserving
Himself?
He
who brought His guru's son in his selfsame body back from
being taken to the world of Yamarâja [10.45],
and who also offered protection against the superior weapon
that burned you [1.12]; He who even conquered S'iva,
the death to the agents of death [10.63], how would
He who brought the deerhunter body and all to the spiritual
world, be incapable of preserving Himself?
(Vedabase)
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13
Despite of the
fact that He as the One Possessing Unlimited Potencies
constitutes the exclusive cause of the maintenance, creation
and annihilation of all created beings, He did not desire to
keep His physical frame here in the mortal world. Why would He,
who is the destination for those who fixed themselves upon Him,
keep up appearances [see also 3.2:
10-11]?
Despite
of, as the One Possessing Unlimited Potencies, being the
exclusive cause in the maintenance, creation and
annihilation of all created beings, did He not desire to
keep His frame remaining here in the mortal world; why
[would He] keep to the show for those [who
are] fixed in Him, the destination [beyond the body,
see also 3.2: 10-11]? (Vedabase)
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14
Anyone who,
rising early in the morning, with care glorifies this supreme
destination of Krishna, will with the devotion undoubtedly
reach that unsurpassable destination [see also B.G.
8:
6].
Anyone
who getting up early in the morning with care glorifies this
supreme destination of Krishna, will, with the devotion, for
sure obtain that unsurpassable destination [see also
B.G. 8: 6]. (Vedabase)
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15
Dâruka
deprived of Krishna arriving in Dvârakâ, wet with
his tears the feet of Vasudeva and Ugrasena he fell down
to.
Dâruka
deprived of Krishna arriving in Dvârakâ, wet
with his tears the feet of Vasudeva and Ugrasena he fell
down to. (Vedabase)
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16-17
He related the
destruction of the entirety of the Vrishnis, o ruler of man,
and hearing that the people, with their hearts full of sorrow,
were rendered senseless. They, overwhelmed by the separation
from Krishna, struck their faces, and quickly went to the place
where their relatives were laying lifeless.
He
related the destruction of the complete of the Vrishnis, o
ruler of man, and hearing that were the people, with their
hearts agitated by sorrow, rendered senseless. They,
overwhelmed by the separation from Krishna striking their
faces, swiftly went there where their relatives were laying
lifeless. (Vedabase)
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18
When
Devakî, Rohinî and Vasudeva thereupon couldn't find
their sons, they pained in tears lost their
consciousness.
When
Devakî, Rohinî and Vasudeva so couldn't find
their sons, lost they, pained in tears, their consciousness.
(Vedabase)
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19
Tormented by
being separated from the Supreme Lord they gave up their lives
on the spot. Embracing their [dead] husbands my
dearest, the wives climbed upon the funeral
pyre.
Tormented
by being separated from the Supreme Lord they then gave up
their lives there and did the wives embracing their
[dead] husbands, my dearest, climb upon the funeral
pyre. (Vedabase)
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20
The same way
the wives of Balarâma embraced His body and entered the
fire, the wives of Vasudeva joined his body in the fire and the
Lord His daughters-in-law to Pradyumna and the others stepped
into the fire. Also the wives of Krishna led by Rukminî,
His first queen, fully absorbed in Him followed that
course.
And
so did the wives of Balarâma embracing His body enter
the fire, and was the fire as well entered by the wives of
Vasudeva together with his body, the Lord His
daughters-in-law to Pradyumna and the others, and the wives
of Krishna led by Rukminî, the first queen, fully
absorbed in Him. (Vedabase)
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21
Arjuna
distressed because of his separation from Krishna, his dear
friend, consoled himself with the transcendental words of
Krishna's song [like 2:
11-12 ,
2:
20-21,
2:
27,
4:
7,
4:
6,
7:
25 and
14:
27 of the
Bhagavad
Gîtâ].
Arjuna
distressed because of the separation from Krishna, his dear
friend, consoled himself with the transcendental words of
Krishna's song [like 2: 11-12 , 2: 20-21, 2: 27, 4: 7,
4: 6, 7: 25 and 14: 27 of the Bhagavad
Gîtâ]. (Vedabase)
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22
As is
prescribed Arjuna saw to it that for the relatives who had died
and who had no remaining family members, the funeral rites were
executed in order of the seniority of the
deceased.
Of
the relatives, who had no remaining family members, had
Arjuna as prescribed, in order of the seniority of the
deceased, the funeral rites for the ones killed executed.
(Vedabase)
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23
Dvârakâ,
once it was abandoned by the Lord, was immediately flooded by
the ocean except, o King, for the residence of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead [see archeology pictures
1,
2
& 3
of the site].
Dvârakâ
abandoned by the Lord, was immediately overflooded by the
ocean except, o King, for the residence of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead [see archeology pictures 1,2
& 3 of the site]. (Vedabase)
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24
In that very
place Madhusûdana,
the Supreme Lord, is eternally present. As the most auspicious
of all auspicious places, its remembrance takes away everything
inauspicious.
Right
there is Madhusûdana, the Supreme Lord, eternally
present; the very remembrance, as the most auspicious of all
auspicious things, takes away everything inauspicious.
(Vedabase)
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25
Arjuna,
resettling the survivors - the women, the children and elders
of the ones killed - in Indraprastha, placed there Vajra
[Aniruddha's son] on the throne.
Arjuna,
resettling the survivors - the women, the children and
elders of the ones killed - in Indraprastha, placed there
Vajra [Aniruddha's son] on the throne.
(Vedabase)
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26
From Arjuna
hearing of the death of their friend, o King, left all your
grandfathers to make the great journey, after first installing
you as the maintainer of the dynasty [they went northwards,
see also 1.15:
34-51].
From
Arjuna hearing of the death of their friend, o King, did all
your grandfathers, making you the maintainer of the dynasty,
leave for the great journey [northwards, see also 1.15:
34-51]. (Vedabase)
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27
Any conditioned
soul who with faith sings about the birth and activities of
Vishnu, the God of Gods, will be completely freed from all sins
[see S'rî
Das'âvatâra
Stotra].
The
mortal one who with faith sings about the birth and
activities of Vishnu, the God of Gods, will be completely
liberated from all sins [see das'âvatâra
stotra]. (Vedabase)
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28
The attractive
and most auspicious exploits and childhood pastimes of the
incarnation of the Supreme Lord Hari [with all His
expansions, see 10.1:
62-63],
have now been described here [in this Story of the
Fortunate One] as also elsewhere [in other
scriptures]. A person singing them will attain the
transcendental devotional service which is the destination of
all the perfect sages [the
paramahamsas].'
Thus
were the attractive and most auspicious exploits and
childhood pastimes of the incarnation [with all His
expansions, see 10.1: 62-63] of the Supreme Lord Hari
here described as also elsewhere; a person singing
[about them] will attain to the transcendental
devotional service of the perfect sages [the
paramahamsas] for the
destination.(Vedabase)
