Pictures Canto 10 part 2 - page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Chapter
41
- 42 - 43 - 44 - 45
Chapter 41: The Lords'
Arrival in Mathurā
(19) Later
in the afternoon Krishna, together with
Sankarshana [Rāma]
and the gopas, entered Mathurā
to take a look around.
(41) Krishna and Rāma
with each His own
specific high quality outfit and nice
decorations,
looked as resplendent as a pair of young
elephants, one light and one dark, adorned for a
festival..
(49) S'uka said: 'Thus understanding what
to do, oh best of kings, Sudāmā, steeped in
love,
presented garlands made of fresh and fragrant
flowers.
Chapter 42: The Breaking
of the Sacrificial Bow
(3) The maidservant said: 'Oh
handsome One, I am a servant of Kamsa known
as Trivakrā ['three-bend'] respected indeed
for my work with ointments. Prepared by me
they are very dear to the chief of the
Bhojas. But okay, who else but the two of
You would deserve them?' (4) With her mind
overwhelmed by the beauty, charm and
sweetness of Their talks, smiles and
glances, she gave Them plenty of ointment.
Chapter 43: Krishna
Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīda
(13) The Supreme Lord, the killer
of Madhu, confronting him in his attack, with
His hand seized him by his trunk and made him
fall to the ground. (14) With
the ease of a lion jumping on the fallen
giant, the Lord yanked out a
tusk and killed the elephant as also his
keepers with it.
Chapter 44: The
Wrestling Match and
the Killing of Kamsa
(2) They seized each other's
hands, blocked each other's legs with
their legs,
and then pulled and pushed with force to
attain the victory.
(37) He grabbed him by the
hair and knocked the crown off his head. The Lord with the
Lotus Navel then hurled him from the high
platform down into the wrestling arena, whereupon
He, the Independent Support of the Entire
Universe, threw Himself on top of him [to kill
him].
Chapter 45: Krishna
Rescues His Teacher's Son
(10) S'rī S'uka
said: 'Thus bewildered by the words of Him,
the Lord and Soul of the Universe who through
His māyā appeared as a human being,
they raised
Them upon
their laps to experience the joy of closing
Them in their arms. (11) Bound by the rope of
affection crying a river they, with their throats
full of tears being overwhelmed, could not say a word,
oh King. (12) The Supreme Lord,
the son of Devakī, who thus comforted His
parents, then made His maternal grandfather
Ugrasena, King over the Yadus.
(30-31) The Lords of the Universe
who are the source of any form of knowledge,
concealed in Their human activities the perfection
of Their omniscience not founded on any knowledge
from the outside. They [nevertheless] then desired
to reside in the school of the guru and
approached Sāndīpani,
a native of
Kāsī [Benares], who
dwelt in the city of Avantī [Ujjain]. (32) Thus obtaining [the
company of] these self-controlled souls, he was by
Them respected as if he was the Lord Himself.
Doing this They in Their devotion formed an
irreproachable example of service to the teacher.
(33) That best of the
twice-born souls as Their guru, taught Them, contented as he was with
Their pure love and submissive acts, all the Vedas
with their corollary literatures and philosophical
treatises [Upanishads], [**] (34) the Dhanur-veda [military
science, archery] along with all its secrets [the
mantras], the dharma [the codes of human conduct,
the laws] and the nyāya [the methods of
logic] as also the ānvīkshikīm [the knowledge of
philosophical debate or tarka] and the six
aspects of the rāja-nītim
[political science, see ***].
For
copyright notices concerning the
individual images
please look at the bottom of the
chapter they belong to.
|