Sri Brahma-vaivarta Purana

Canto Four, Volume Eighteen

Chapter Sixty-two
ri Rma-carita
The Pastimes of Lord Rma
Text 1
r-narada uvaca
brahman kena prakarea
ramo daarathi svayam
cakara mokaa kutra
yuge gautama-yoita
r-narada uvaca - ri Nrada said; brahman - O brhmaa; kena in what; prakarea - way?; rama - Lord Rma; daarathi - the son of
Daaratha; svayam - personally; cakara - did; mokaam - the
liberation; kutra - in what?; yuge - yuga; gautama-yoita - of
Gautama Muni's wife.
ri Nrada said: O brhmaa, how and in what yuga did Lord
Rma, the son of Daaratha, grant liberation to Gautama Muni's wife?
Text 2
ramavatara sukhada
samasena manoharam
kathayasva maha-bhaga
rotu kautuhala mama
ramavataram - the incarnation of Lord Rma; sukhadam - giving
happiness; samasena - in summary; manoharam - beautiful;

kathayasva - please tell; maha-bhaga - O very fortunate one; rotum to hear; kautuhalam - eagerness; mama - of me.
O very fortunate one, please briefly tell me about the Lord's
handsome and pleasing incarnation as Lord Rma.
Text 3
r-narayaa uvaca
brahmaa prarthito viur
jato daarathat svayam
kaualyaya ca bhagavan
tretaya ca mudanvita
r-narayaa uvaca - ri Nryaa i said; brahmaa - by
Brahma; prarthita - requested; viu - Lord Viu; jata - born;
daarathat - from King Daaratha; svayam - personally; kaualyayam in Kaualy; ca - and; bhagavan - the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; tretayam - in Treta-yuga; ca - and; mudanvita - blissful.
ri Nryaa i said: On the demigod Brahm's request, Lord
Viu, the blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead, took birth as the
son of Daaratha and Kaualy.
Text 4
kaikeyya bharata caiva
rama-tulyo guena ca
lakmaa capi atrughna
sumitraya guarava
kaikeyyam - in Kaikaeyi; bharata - Bharata; ca - and; eva - indeed;
rama-tulya - equal to Rma; guena - in qualities; ca - and;
lakmaa - Lakmaa; ca - also; api - and; atrughna - atrughna;
sumitrayam - in Sumitr; guarava - an ocean of virtues.
Bharata, who was virtuous like Rma, became Kaikeyi's son.
Lakmaa and atrughna, who were oceans of virtue, became the
sons of Sumitr.

Text 5
vivamitra-preta ca
r-rama ca sa-lakmaa
prayayau mithila ramya
sta-grahaa-hetave
vivamitra-preta - sent by Vivammitra; ca - and; r- rama ri Rma; ca - and; sa-lakmaa - with Lakmaa; prayayau - went;
mithilam - to Mithil; ramyam - beautiful; sta-grahaa-hetave - to
bring Sit.
Sent by Vivammitra Muni, Lord Rma and Lakmaa went to
beautiful Mithil City to gain the hand of Sit.
Text 6
dva paaa-rupa ca
ramo vartmani kaminm
vivamitra ca papraccha
karaa jagad-vara
dva - seeing; paaa-rupam - a form of stone; ca - and; rama
- Lord Rma; vartmani - on the path; kaminm - beautiful woman;
vivamitram - Vivmitra; ca - and; papraccha - asked; karaam - the
reason; jagad-vara - the master of the universes.
Seeing a stone statue of a beautiful woman by the roadside, Lord
Rma, the master of the universes, asked Vivmitra about her.
Text 7
ramasya vacana rutva
vivamitro maha-tapa
uvaca tatra dharmiho
rahasya sarvam eva ca
ramasya - of Lord Rma; vacanam - the words; rutva - hearing;
vivamitra - Vivmitra; maha-tapa - very austere; uvaca - said;

tatra - there; dharmiha - saintly; rahasyam - sacret; sarvam - all;

eva - indeed; ca - and.
Hearing Lord Rma's words, the saintly and austere sage
Vivmitra told Him the secret of the statue.
Text 8
karaa tan-mukhac chrutva
ramo bhuvana-pavana
paspara padagulina
sa babhuva sa padmin
karaam - the reason; tan-mukhac - from his mouth; rutva hearing; rama - Lord Rma; bhuvana-pavana - the purifier of the
worlds; paspara - touched; padagulina - with His toe; sa - she;
babhuva - became; ca - and; padmin - a girl beautiful like a lotus
flower.
Hearing the story from the sage's mouth, Lord Rma, the purifier
of the worlds, touched the statue with His toe, and it suddenly
became a living woman beautiful like a lotus flower.
Text 9
sa ramam aia ktva
prayayau bhart-mandiram
ubhaia dadau tasmai
bharya samprapya gautama
sa - she; ramam - Lord Rma; aiam - blessing; ktva - doing;
prayayau - went; bhart-mandiram - to her husband's house;
ubhaiam - blessing; dadau - gave; tasmai - to Him; bharyam - wife;
samprapya - attaining; gautama - Gautama Muni.
Blessing Lord Rma, the woman returned to her husband's home.
Regaining his wife, Gautama Muni also blessed Him.
Text 10

rama ca mithila gatva

dhanur-bhaga ivasya ca
cakara pai-grahaa
staya caiva narada
rama - Lord Rma; ca - and; mithilam - to Mithil; gatva - going;
dhanur-bhagam - breaking the bow; ivasya - of Lord iva; ca - and;
cakara - did; pai-grahaam - takling the hand; staya - of Sit; ca and; eva - indeed; narada - O Nrada.
O Nrada, then Lord Rma went to Mithil, broke Lord iva's bow,
and gained Sit's hand.
Text 11
ktva vivaha rajendro
bhgu-darpa nihatya ca
ayodhya prayayau ramya
kra-kautuka-magalai
ktva - doing; vivaham - wedding; rajendra - the great king;
bhgu- darpam - the pride of Paraurma; nihatya - breaking; ca - and;
ayodhyam - to Ayodhy; prayayau - went; ramyam - beautiful; krakautuka- magalai - with auspicious pastimes.
After marrying Sit and destroying Paraurma's pride, the great
king Lord Rma returned to beautiful Ayodhy, where He enjoyed
many auspicious pastimes.
Text 12
raja putra npa kartu
iyea sa tu sadaram
sapta-trthodaka tura
anya muni-pugavan
raja - the king; putram - his son; npam - the king; kartum - to
make; iyea - went; sa - he; tu - indeed; sadaram - respectfully; sapta-

trthodakam - the waters of seven sacred rivers; turam - quickly;

anya - bringing; muni-pugavan - to the great sages.
Then, to prepare for his son's coronation, King Daaratha
respectfully gathered water from seven holy rivers and brought many
great sages to his city.
Text 13
ktadhivasa r-rama
sarva-magala-samyutam
dva bharata-mata ca
kaikey oka-vihvala
ktadhivasam - the adhivsa ceremony; r-ramam - Lord Rma;
sarva-magala-samyutam - with all auspiciousness; dva - seeing;
bharata-mata - Bharata's mother; ca - and; kaikey - Kaikeyi; okavihvala - overwhelmed with grief.
Then, to prepare for Lord Rma's coronation, King Daaratha
performed the all-auspicious adhivsa ceremony. Seeing this,
Bharata's mother, Kaikeyi, became filled with grief.
Text 14
varayam asa rajana
purvam ag-kta varam
ramasya vana-vasa ca
rajatva bharatasya ca
varayam asa - stopped; rajanam - the king; purvam - previous;
ag-ktam - accepted; varam - boon; ramasya - of Lord Rma; vana in the forest; vasam - residence; ca - and; rajatvam - kingship;
bharatasya - of Bharata; ca - and.
Kaikeyi stopped King Daaratha and, claiming a previously granted
boon, demanded that Lord Rma be exiled to the forest and Bharata
be crowned king.

Text 15
vara datu maha-rajo
neyea prema-mohita
dharma-satya-bhavenaivovaca ramo npa sudh
varam - boon; datum - to give; maha-raja - the great king; na not; iyea - went; prema - with love; mohita - fainted; dharma religon; satya - truthfulness; bhavena - with the nature; eva - indeed;
uvaca - spoke; rama - Lord Rma; npam - to the king;
sudh - intelligent.
Without granting the boon, King Daaratha fell unconscious out of
love for his son. Then intelligent Lord Rma told him about the
importance of truthfulness and the rules of religion.
Text 16
r-rama uvaca
taaga-ata-danena
yat puya labhate nara
tato 'dhika ca labhate
vap-danena nicitam
r-rama uvaca - Lord Rma said; taaganena - by giving a
hundred ponds; yat - what; puyam - piety; labhate - attains; nara a person; tata - than that; adhikam - greater; ca - and; labhate attains; vap-danena - by giving a lake;
nicitam - ascertained.
Lord Rma said: By building a great lake a person attains the same
piety as if he had built a hundred small ponds.
Text 17
daa-vap-pradanena
yat puya labhate nara
tato 'dhika ca labhate
puya kanya-pradanata

daa-vap-pradanena - by giving ten lakes; yat - what; puyam piety; labhate - attains; nara - a person; tata - than that; adhikam more; ca - and; labhate - attains; puyam - piety; kanya- pradanata by giving a daughter.
By giving a daughter to a worthy husband a person attains the
same piety as if he had built ten great lakes.
Text 18
daa-kanya-pradanena
yat puya labhate nara
tato 'dhika ca labhate
yajaikena naradhipa
daa-kanya-pradanena - by giving ten daughters; yat - what;
puyam - piety; labhate - attains; nara - a person; tata - than that;
adhikam - more; ca - and; labhate - attains; yaja-ekena - with one
yajna; naradhipa - O king.
By performing a single yaja a person attains the same piety as if
he had given ten daughters to worthy husbands.
Text 19
dasa-yajena yat puya
labhate puya-kj jana
tato 'dhika ca labhate
putrasya-daranena ca
dasa-yajena - with ten yajnas; yat - what; puyam - piety; labhate
- attains; puya-kj - pious; jana - person; tata - thna that; adhikam
- more; ca - and; labhate - attains; putra - of a son; asya - of the face;
daranena - by the sight; ca - and.
By gazing at the face of a pious son a person attains the same
piety as if he had performed ten yajas.

Text 20
darane ata-putraa
yat puya labhate nara
tat puya labhate nuna
puyavan satya-palanat
darane - in the sight; ata-putraam - of a hundred sons; yat what; puyam - piety; labhate - attains; nara - a person; tat - that;
puyam - piety; labhate - attains; nunam - indeed; puyavan - pious;
satya- palanat - by speaking the truth.
By always speaking the truth a person attains the same piety as if
he had gazed at a hundred pious sons.
Text 21
na hi satyat paro dharmo
nantat pataka param
na hi gaga-sama trtha
na deva kesvat para
na - not; hi - indeed; satyat - than truthfulness; para - better;
dharma - religion; na - not; antat - than lying; patakam - sin; param
- greater; na - not; hi - indeed; gaga - to the Gag; samam - equal;
trtham - holy place; na - not; deva - deity; kesvat - than Lord Ka;
para - better.
No religious principle is better than truthfulness. No sin is wore
than lying. No place is more sacred than the Gag. No deity is above
Lord Ka.
Text 22
nasti dharmat paro bandhur
nasti dharmat para dhanam
dharmat priya para ko va
sva-dharma raka yatnata

na - not; asti - is; dharmat - than religion; para - better; bandhu friend; na - not; asti - is; dharmat - than religon; param - better;
dhanam - wealth; dharmat - than religion; priya - dear; para - more;
ka - who?; va - or; sva-dharmam - own religious principles; raka protect; yatnata - carefully.
No friend more dear than righteousness. No wealth is more
precious than righteousness. What is more dear than righteousness?
Carefully stay on the path of righteousness.
Text 23
sva-dharme rakite tata
avat sarvatra magalam
yaasya su-pratiha ca
pratapa pujana param
sva-dharme - own religious principles; rakite - protected; tata - O
father; avat - always; sarvatra - everywhere; magalam auspiciousness; yaasyam - fame; su-pratiha - a high position; ca and; pratapa - power; pujanam - worship; param - great.
O father, when one follows, always and everywhere, the path of
righteousness, he attains auspiciousness, fame, an exalted post,
power, and respect from others.
Text 24
caturdaabda dharmea
tyaktva gha-sukha bhraman
vana-vasa kariyami
satyasya palanaya te
caturdaa - fourteen; abdam - years; dharmea - by religion; tyaktva
- renouncing; gha-sukham - the happiness of home; bhraman wandering; vana - in the forest; vasam - residence; kariyami - I will
do; satyasya - of truthfulness; palanaya - to protect; te - of you.
I will leave the happiness of My home. For fourteen years I will
wander in the forest to protect the truthfulness of your word.

Text 25
ktva satya ca apatha
icchayanicchayathava
na kuryat palana yo hi
bhasmanta tasya sutakam
ktva - doing; satyam - turthfulness; ca - and; apatham - promise;
icchaya - voluntarily; anicchaya - involuntarily; athava - or; na - not;
kuryat - may do; palanam - protection; ya - one who; hi - indeed;
bhasmantam - into ashes; tasya - of him; sutakam - the birth.
One who voluntarily or involuntarily breaks his promised Lord
burns his life to ashes.
Text 26
kumbhpake ca pacati
yavac candra-divakarau
tato muko bhavet kuh
manava sapta-janmasu
kumbhpake - in hell; ca - and; pacati - burns; yavac - as long as;
candra-divakarau - teh sun and the moon; tata - then; muka - a
dumb man; bhavet - becomes; kuh - a leper; manava - human;
sapta-janmasu - for seven births.
He burns in hell for as long as the sun and moon shine in the sky.
For seven births he is deaf and dumb. For seven births he is a leper.
Text 27
ity evam uktva r-ramo
vidhaya valkala jaam
prayayau ca maharaye
staya lakmaena ca

ity evam - thus; uktva - speaking; r-rama - Lord Rma; vidhaya

- placing; valkalam - a garment of tree-bark; jaam - matted hair;
prayayau - went; ca - and; maharaye - into the forest; staya - with
Sit; lakmaena - with Lakmaa; ca - and.
After speaking these words, Lord Rma dressed in tree bark,
matted His hair, and went deep into the forest with Sit and
Lakmaa.
Text 28
putra-okan maha-rajas
tatyaja sva-tanu mune
palanaya pitu satya
ramo babhrama kanane
putra - for his son; okat - out of grief; maha-raja - the great king;
tatyaja - abandoned; sva-tanum - his body; mune - O sage; palanaya for potection; pitu - of the father; satyam - of the truthfulness;
rama - Lord Rma; babhrama - wandered; kanane - in the forest.
O sage, King Daaratha died of grief for his son. Meanwhile Lord
Rma wandered in the forest to preserve the truthfulness of His
father's word.
Texts 29 and 30
kalantare maharaye
bhagin ravaasya ca
bhramant kanane ghore
bhratra sardha su-kautukat
dadara rama kulaa
kamarta rakas tada
pulakacita-sarvag
murcham apa smarea ca
kalantare - in the course of time; maharaye - in the great forest;
bhagin - the sister; ravaasya - of Ravaa; ca - and; bhramant -

wandering; kanane - in the forest; ghore - terrible; bhratra - her

brother; sardham - with; su-kautukat - happily;
dadara - saw; ramam - Lord Rma; kulaa - unchaste; kamarta tortured by lust; rakas - demonness; tada - then; pulakacitasarvag - her bodily hairs erect; murcham - the state of being
overcome; apa - arttained; smarea - with lust; ca - and.
Long after this, as she was wandering in the terrible forest with her
brother, Rvaa's sister, rpaakh, happily gazed on Lord Rma.
The unchaste demonness was at once tormented with lust. The hairs
of her body stood erect with excitement.
Text 31
r-rama-nikaa gatva
sa-smitovaca kamuk
avad-yauvana-samyuktati-prauha kama-durmada
r-rama-nikaam - the vicinity of Lord Rma; gatva - going; sasmita - smiling; uvaca - spoke; kamuk - lusty; avat - eternal;
yauvana - youth; samyukta - endowed; ati-prauha - bold; kamadurmada - overcome with lust.
Smiling with lust, always youthful rpaakh boldly approached
Lord Rma and spoke to Him.
Text 32
urpaakhovaca
he rama he ghana-yama
rupa-dhama guanvita
bhavanurakta vanita
ma ghaa su-nirjane
urpaakha uvaca - rpaakh said; he - O; rama - Lord Rma; he
- O; ghana-yama - dark like a monsoon cloud; rupa-dhama - O abode
of handsomeness; guanvita - O virtuous one; bhavanuraktam - filled
with love; vanitam - woman; mam - me; ghaa - please accept; sunirjane - in a secluded place.
rpaakh said: O Rma dark like a monsoon cloud, O abode of
handsomeness, O virtuous one, I have fallen in love with You. Please
take me to a secluded place and accept me.

Text 33
rutva urpaakha-vakya
dharma sasmtya dharmika
uvaca madhura vakya
apa-bhta ca narada
rutva - hearing; urpaakha-vakyam - rpaakh's words;
dharmam - piety; sasmtya - remembering; dharmika - pious; uvaca
- spoke; madhuram - sweet; vakyam - words; apa-bhta - afraid of
being cursed; ca - and; narada - O Nrada.
Hearing rpaakh's words, Lord Rma remembered the path of
righteousness. Afraid that she would curse Him, He spoke sweetly.
Text 34
r-rama uvaca
amba mata sa-bharyo 'ha
abharya gaccha me 'nujam
bhajet priya-jana dukham
itara ca sukhalayam
r-rama uvaca - Lord Rma said; amba - mother; mata - mother;
sa- bharya - with a wife; aham - I am; abharyam - without a wife;
gaccha - go; me - of Me; anujam - to the younger brother; bhajet may worship; priya-janam - beloved; dukham - suffering; itaram otherwise; ca - and; sukhalayam - the abode of happiness.
Lord Rma said: Mother, mother, I am a married man. Go to My
younger brother. He is not married. If you worship a married man you
will not find happiness, but if you worship a man who is not married
you will find him the abode of all happinesses.
Text 35
ramasya vacana rutva
prayayau lakmaa muda
dadara lakmaa anta
kanta ca lakaanvitam
ramasya - of Lord Rma; vacanam - the words; rutva - hearing;
prayayau - went; lakmaam - to Lakmaa; muda - happily; dadara

- saw; lakmaam - Lakmaa; antam - peaceful; kantam handsome; ca - and; lakaanvitam - filled with all virtues.
Hearing Lord Rma's words, rpaakh happily went to
Lakmaa. Gazing at Lakmaa, she could see that He was
handsome, peaceful, and filled with all virtues.
Text 36
ma bhajasva maha-bhagety
uvaca ca puna puna
lakmaas tad-vaca rutva
tam uvaca kutuhalat
mam - me; bhajasva - worship; maha-bhaga - O fortunate one; iti thus; uvaca - said; ca - and; puna - again; puna - and again;
lakmaa - Lakmaa; tad-vaca - her words; rutva - hearing; tam to her; uvaca - spoke; kutuhalat - happily.
Again and again rpaakh begged, O very fortunate one,
please worship me." Hearing her words, Lakmaa cheerfully spoke to
her.
Text 37
r-lakmaa uvaca
vihaya rama sarvea
he muhe dasam icchasi
sta-das ca mat-patn
sta-daso 'ham eva ca
r-lakmaa uvaca - ri Lakmaa said; vihaya - leaving; ramam
- Lord Rma; sarveam - the master of all; he - O; muhe - fool;
dasam - servant; icchasi - you desire; sta-das - a maidservant of
Sit; ca - and; mat-patn - My wife; sta-dasa - a servant of Sit;
aham - I; eva - indeed; ca - and.
ri Lakmaa said: Fool, I am only a servant. I am a servant of
Sit, and she who would be My wife will also serve Sit. Why do you
reject Lord Rma, who is the master of all, and place your desires
upon Me?

Text 38
bhava sta-sapatntva
gaccha rama mad-varam
tava putro bhaviyami
staya ca yatha sat
bhava - become; sta-sapatntvam - the co-wife of Sit; gaccha go; ramam - to Lord Rma; mad-varam - My master; tava - of you;
putra - the son; bhaviyami - I will be; staya - of Sit; ca - and;
yatha - as; sat - chaste.
Go to My master, Lord Rma, marry Him and become Sit's rival. O
saintly one, as I am Sit's son I will be your son also.
Text 39
lakmaasya vaca rutva
kamena hta-manasa
uvaca lakmaa muha
uka-kahoha-taluka
lakmaasya - of Lakmaa; vaca - the words; rutva - hearing;
kamena - with lust; hta-manasa - her heart overcome; uvaca - spoke;
lakmaam - to Lakmaa; muha - bewildered; uka-kahohataluka - her throat, lips, and palate dried-up.
Hearing Lakmaa's words, rpaakh became bewildered. Her
heart filled with lust and her throat, lips, and palate dry, she spoke to
Him.
Text 40
urpaakhovaca
yadi tyajasi ma muha
kamat svayam upasthitam
yuvayo ca vipatti ca
bhaviyati na saaya
urpaakhovaca - rpaakh said; yadi - if; tyajasi - You abandon;
mam - me; muha - O fool; kamat - out of desire; svayam - personally;
upasthitam - staying; yuvayo - of You both; ca - and; vipatti calamity; ca - and; bhaviyati - will be; na - no; saaya - doubt.

rpaakh said: I come to You of my own accord. Fool, if You

reject me, the two of You will suffer a great calamity. Of this there is
no doubt.
Text 41
brahma ca mohin tyaktva
vive 'pujyo babhuva sa
rambha-apena daka ca
chaga-muo babhuva sa
brahma - Brahm; ca - and; mohinm - Mohini; tyaktva abandoning; vive - in the world; apujya - not worshiped; babhuva bnecame; sa - he; rambha - of Rambh; apena - by the curse;
daka - Daka; ca - and; chaga-mua - the head of a goat;
babhuva - became; sa - he.
Brahm rejected Mohini. The result was that now no one in the
world worships Brahm. Rambh cursed Daka. The result was that
Daka had to lose his head and accept a goat's head in its place.
Text 42
svar-vaidya corva-apad
yaja-bhaga-vivarjita
rupa-hna kuvera ca
mena-apena lakmaa
svar-vaidya - the Advini-Kumaras; ca - and; urva-apat - by
Urvasi's curse; yaja-bhaga-vivarjita - bereft of a protion in the
yajnas; rupa-hna - ugly; kuvera - Kuvera; ca - and; mena-apena by Mena's curse; lakmaa - O Lakmaa.
O Lakmaa, it was Urvai's curse that took away the Avinikumra's portion of the yajas. It was Men's curse that made Kuvera
ugly.
Text 43
kamo ghtac-apena
babhuva bhasmasat ivat
balir madalasa-apad
bhraa-rajyo babhuva ha

kama - Kamadeva; ghtac-apena - by Ghrtaci's curse; babhuva

- became; bhasmasat - ashes; ivat - by Lord iva; bali - Bali;
madalasa-apat - by Madalasa's curse; bhraa-rajya - lost his
kingdom; babhuva - became; ha - indeed.
It was Ghtci's curse that made Lord iva burn Kmadeva to
ashes. It was Madlas's curse that made Bali Mahrja lose his
kingdom.
Text 44
apena mitrakeya ca
hta-bharyo bhaspati
mama apat tatha ramo
hta-bharyo bhaviyati
apena - by the curse; mitrakeya - of Mitrakesi; ca - and; htabharya - wife was abducted; bhaspati - Brhaspati; mama - of me;
apat - by the curse; tatha - so; rama - Lord Rma; hta-bharya abducted wife; bhaviyati - will be.
It was Mitrakei's curse that caused Bhaspati's wife to be
abducted. Now my curse will cause Rma's wife to be abducted also.
Text 45
kamatura yauvana-stha
bharya svayam upasthitam
na tyajed dharma-bhta ca
ruta madhyandine pura
iti tyaktva vipad-grasta
paratra naraka vrajet
kamaturam - totrmented by lust; yauvana-stham - young;
bharyam - wife; svayam - personally; upasthitam - approasched; na not; tyajet - should reject; dharma-bhta - afraid of religion; ca - and;
rutam - heard; madhyandine - in the Madhyandina-sruti; pura previously; iti - thus; tyaktva - rejecting; vipad-grasta - grabbed by
calamity; paratra - in another place; narakam - to hell; vrajet - may
go.
A person who fears to disobey the rules of religion should never
reject a passionate young woman who voluntarily approaches him.
This I have heard in the Madhyandina-ruti. If he rejects her, calamity
grabs him. In the next life he goes to hell.

Text 46
rutva urpaakha-vakya
ardha-candrea lakmaa
ciccheda nasika tasya
kura-dharea llaya
rutva - hearing; urpaakha-vakyam - rpaakh's words; ardhacandrea - with a half-moon arrow; lakmaa - Lakmaa; ciccheda cut; nasikam - the nose; tasya - of her; kura-dharea - with the
sharp edge; llaya - playfully.
Hearing rpaakh's words, Lakmaa took a half-moon arrow
and with its sharp blade playfully cut off her nose.
Text 47
tasya bhrata ca yuyudhe
balavan khara-duaa
sa-sainyo lakmaastrea
sa jagama yamalayam
tasya - of her; bhrata - the brother; ca - and; yuyudhe - fought;
balavan - powerful; khara-duaa - Kharadusana; sa-sainya - with
an army; lakmaastrea - by Lakmaa's weapon; sa - he; jagama went; yamalayam - to thwe abode of Yamarja.
Then rpaakh's powerful brother Kharadaa attacked
Lakmaa, and Lakmaa's weapons sent Kharadaa and his army
to the abode of Yamarja.
Text 48
caturdaa-sahasra ca
rakasan khara-duaam
mtan dva urpaakha
bhartsayam asa ravaam
caturdaa-sahasram - 14,000; ca - and; rakasan - raksasas; kharaduaam - of Kharadusana; mtan - dead; dva - seeing;
urpaakha - Surpanakha; bhartsayam asa - scolded; ravaam Rvaa.

When Kharadaa and fourteen thousand rkasa soldiers had

thus fallen dead, rpaakh went to Rvaa and bitterly described
everything.
Text 49
sarva nivedana ktva
jagama pukara tada
brahmaa ca vara prapa
ktva ca dukara tapa
sarvam - all; nivedanam - description; ktva - having done; jagama
- went; pukaram - to Puskara; tada - then; brahmaa - of Brahm;
ca - and; varam - boon; prapa - attaining; ktva - making; ca - and;
dukaram - difficult; tapa - austerities.
After describing everything, rpaakh went to Pukara- tirtha,
performed severe austerities, and attained a boon from the demigod
Brahm.
Text 50
uvaca tad dva
nirahara tapasvinm
sarvajas tan-mano matva
kpa-sindhu ca narada
uvaca - said; tadm - like this; dva - seeing; niraharam fasting; tapasvinm - austere; sarvaja - all-knowing; tan-mana - her
heart; matva - considering; kpa- sindhu - an ocean of mercvy; ca and; narada - O Narada.
O Nrada, seeing her fasting and austerities, and knowing her
heart, the demigod Brahm, who is an ocean of mercy, spoke to her.

Text 51
r-brahmovaca
aprapya rama duprapa

karoi dukara tapa

jitendriyana pravara
lakmaa dharma-lakaam
r-brahmovaca - ri Brahm said; aprapya - not attaining; ramam
- Lord Rma; duprapam - difficult to attaiun; karoi - you do;
dukaram - difficult; tapa - austerities; jitendriyanam - controlling
the senses; pravaram - excellent; lakmaam - Lakmaa; dharmalakaam - saintly.
ri Brahm said: It is because you could not attain either Lord
Rma or saintly Lakmaa, the best of they who control the senses,
that you perform these austerities.
Text 52
brahma-viu-ivadna
vara prakte param
janmantare ca bhartara
prapsyasi tva varanane
brahma-viu-ivadnam - headed by Brahma, Viu, and iva;
varam - the controller; prakte - matter; param - beyond;
janmantare - in another birth; ca - and; bhartaram - husband;
prapsyasi - you will attain; tvam - you; varanane - O girl with the
beautiful face.
O girl with the beautiful face, in another birth you will attain Him,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is beyond this world of
matter, who is the master of Brahm, Viu, and iva,
Text 53
ity evam uktva brahma ca
jagama svalaya muda
deha tatyaja sa vahnau
sa ca kubja babhuva ha
iti - thus; evam - in thus way; uktva - speaking; brahma - Brahma;
ca - and; jagama - went; svalayam - ot his own abode; muda - happily;
deham - body; tatyaja - abandoned; sa - she; vahnau - in the fire; sa she; ca - and; kubja - Kubj; babhuva - became; ha - indeed.
After speaking these words Brahm returned to his own
abode. Then rpaakh entered a fire, relinquished her present
body, and became the hunchback-girl Kubj.

Text 54
atha urpaakha-vakyat
kopat kampita-vigraha
jahara mayaya sta
mayav rakasevara
atha urpaakha-vakyat - rpaakh's words; kopat - from anger;
kampita-vigraha - trembling; jahara - left; mayaya - by maya; stam
- Sit; mayav - a magician; rakasevara - the king of raksasas.
Trembling with anger when he heard rpaakh's words, the
demon-king Rvaa abducted Sit with a magical trick.
Text 55
sta na dva rama ca
murcha prapa cira mune
cetana karayam asa
bhrata cadhyatmikena ca
stam - Sit; na - not; dva - seeing; rama - Lord Rma; ca and; murcham - fainting; prapa - attained; ciram - a long time; mune O sage; cetanam - consciousness; karayam asa - caused; bhrata brother; ca - and; adhyatmikena - with spiritual knowledge; ca - and.
O sage, not finding Sit, Lord Rma fainted for a long time.
Employing His spiritual powers, His brother Lakmaa revived Lord
Rma.
Text 56
tato babhrama gahana
aila ca kandara nadam
ahar-nia sa okarto
munnam arama mune
tata - then; babhrama - wandered; gahanam - in the forests;
ailam - mountains; ca - and; kandaram - caves; nadam - rivers; aharniam - day and night; sa - He; okarta - grief-stricken; munnam - of
the sages; aramam - to the asramas; mune - O sage.
O sage, day and night grieving Lord Rma wandered in many
forests, mountains, caves, riverbanks, and sages' ramas.

Text 57
ciram anveaa ktva
na dva janak vibhu
cakara mitrata rama
sugrvea svaya prabhu
ciram - for a long time; anveaam - searching; ktva - doing; na not; dva - seeing; janakm - Sit; vibhu - the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; cakara - did; mitratam - friendship; rama - Lord Rma;
sugrvea - with Sugriva; svayam - personally; prabhu - the Lord.
Searching for a long time and still not finding Sit, Lord Rma, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, made friendship with Sugriva.
Text 58
nihatya valina baair
dadau rajya ca llaya
sugrvaya ca mitraya
svkara-palanaya vai
nihatya - killing; valinam - Vali; baai - with arrows; dadau - gave;
rajyam - kingdom; ca - and; llaya - playfully; sugrvaya - to Sugrivqa;
ca - and; mitraya - friend; svkara-palanaya - to rpotect; vai - indeed.
After killing Vli with a volley of arrows, Lord Rma playfully gave
the kingdom to His friend Sugriva, whom He had promised to protect.
Text 59
dutan prasthapayam asa
sarvatra vanarevara
tasthau sugrva-bhavane
r-rama ca sa-lakmaa
dutan - messengers; prasthapayam asa - sent; sarvatra everywhere; vanarevara - the king of the monkeys; tasthau stayed; sugrva-bhavane - in Sugriva's home; r-rama - Lord Rma;
ca - and; sa-lakmaa - with Lakmaa.
While Lord Rma and Lakmaa stayed in his home, the monkeyking Sugriva sent messengers everywhere.

Text 60
hanumate vara dattva
ramya ratnagulyakam
stayai ubha-sandea
praa-dharaa-karaam
hanumate - to Hanuman; varam - a beautiful; dattva - giving;
ramyam - beautiful; ratnagulyakam - jewel ring; stayai - for Sit;
ubha-sandeam - with an auspicious message; praa-dharaakaraam - to preserve her life..
Later Lord Rma gave Hanumn a beautiful jewel-ring and an
auspicious message to protect Sit's life.
Text 61
ta ca prasthapayam asa
dakia diam uttamam
su-prtyaligana dattva
pada-reun su-durlabhan
tam - him; ca - and; prasthapayam asa - sent; dakiam - south;
diam - direction; uttamam - great; su-prtya - with great love;
aliganam - embrace; dattva - giving; pada-reun - the dust of His
feet; su-durlabhan - rare.
Affectionately embracing him and giving the rare dust of His own
feet, Lord Rma sent Hanumn to the south.
Text 62
hanuman prayayau laka
stanveaa-hetave
ramad adhta-sandeo
yayau rudra-kalodbhava
hanuman - Hanumn; prayayau - went; lakam - to Lak;
stanveaa-hetave - to search for Sit; ramat - from Lord Rma;
adhta-sandea - read the message; yayau - went; rudrakalodbhava - born from a partial expansion of iva.
Having memorized Lord Rma's message, Hanumn, who was the
son of a partial expansion of Lord iva, went to Lak to search for
Sit.

Text 63
aoka-kanane sta
dadara oka-karitam
niraharam ati-ka
kuhva candra-kalam iva
aoka-kanane - in a grove of aoka trees; stam - Sit; dadara saw; oka-karitam - emaciated with grief; niraharam - fasting; atikam - very thin; kuhvam candrakalam - the slenderest of crescent moons; iva - like.
In a grove of aoka trees he found Sit tortured with grief. Fasting,
she was slender like the most slender of crescent moons.
Text 64
satata rama rameti
japant bhakti-purvakam
bibhrat ca jaa-bhara
tapta-kacana-sannibham
satatam - alwasy; rama - Lord Rma; rama - Lord Rma; iti - thus;
japantm - chanting; bhakti-purvakam - with devotion; bibhratm holding; ca - and; jaa-bharam - matted locks; tapta- kacanasannibham - fair like molten gold.
Fair like molten gold and her hair matted, again and again she
chanted Rma! Rma!", with great devotion.
Text 65
dhyayamana padabja ca
r-ramasya diva-niam
uddha-ayya su-la ca
su-vrata ca pati-vratam
dhyayamanam - meditating; padabjam - on the lotus feet; ca - and;
r-ramasya - of Lord Rma; diva-niam - day and night; uddha pure; ayyam - heart; su-lam - virtuous; ca - and; su-vratam - pious;
ca - and; pati-vratam - chaste and devoted to her husband.
Virtuous, saintly, pure in heart, chaste, and devoted to her
husband, she meditated on Lord Rma's lotus feet day and night.

Text 66
maha-lakm-lakma-yukta
prajvalant sva-tejasa
puyada sarva-trthana
dya bhuvana-pavanm
maha-lakm-lakma-yuktam - with the marks of Goddess Mah
Lakmi; prajvalantm - shining; sva-tejasa - with her own splendor;
puyadam - giving piety; sarva-trthanam - of all holy places; dya
- with a glance; bhuvana-pavanm - purifying the worlds.
Effulgent, glorious with the features of Goddess Mah- Lakmi, and
sacred like all sacred places, with a glance she purified all the worlds.
Text 67
praamya matara dva
rudant vayu-nandana
ratnaagulya ramasya
dadau tasyai mudanvita
praamya - bowing; mataram - to his mother; dva - seeing;
rudantm - weeping; vayu-nandana - Hanumn, the son of Vyu;
ratnaagulyam - the jewel ribg; ramasya - of Lord Rma; dadau gave; tasyai - to her; mudanvita - happy.
Bowing before Mother Sit, and observing that she was weeping,
Hanumn, the son of Vyu, happily gave her Lord Rma's ring.
Text 68
ruroda dharm ta dva
dhtva tac-caraambujam
uvaca rama-sandea
sta-jvana-rakaam
ruroda - wept; dharm - the saintly person; tam - her; dva seeing; dhtva - holding; tac-caraambujam - lotus feet; uvaca spoke; rama-sandeam - Lord Rma's message; sta-jvanarakaam - to protect Sit's life.
Seeing her like this, saintly Hanumn also wept. He touched her
lotus feet and recited Lord Rma's message intended to save her life.

Text 69
r-hanuman uvaca
para samudre r-rama
sannaddha ca sa-lakmaa
babhuva rama-mantra ca
sugrvo balavan kapi
r-hanuman uvaca - ri Hanumn said; param - on the farther
shore; samudre - of the ocean; r-rama - Lord Rma; sannaddha prepared; ca - and; sa - with; lakmaa - Lakmaa; babhuva became; rama-mantra - Lord Rma's advisor; ca - and; sugrva Sugriva; balavan - powerful; kapi - monkey.
ri Hanumn said: On the farther shore of the ocean Lord Rma,
Lakmaa, and Rma's advisor, the powerful monkey Sugriva, are
preparing to rescue you.
Text 70
rama ca valina hatva
rajya nikaaka dadau
sugrvaya ca mitraya
tad-bharya valina htam
rama - Lord Rma; ca - and; valinam - Vali; hatva - killing; rajyam
- kingdom; nikaakam - untroubled; dadau - gave; sugrvaya - to
Sugriva; ca - and; mitraya - His friend; tad-bharyam - his wife; valina by Vali; htam - abducted.
Lord Rma killed Vli, gave Vli's kingdom to His friend Sugriva,
and returned Sugriva's wife, who was abducted by Vli.
Text 71
sugrva ca tavoddhara
sv-cakara ca dharmata
vanara ca yayu sarve
tavanveaa-karaat

sugrva - Sugriva; ca - and; tava - of you; uddharam - rescue; svcakara - accepted; ca - and; dharmata - by religion; vanara - the
monkeys; ca - and; yayu - went; sarve - all; tava - of you; anveaakaraat - searching.
Sugriva has vowed to rescue you. That is why the monkeys are
searching for you everywhere.
Text 72
prapya magala-varta ca
matto rajva-locana
gambhira sagara baddhva
so 'cireagamiyati
prapya - attaining; magala-vartam - the good news; ca - and;
matta - maddened; rajva-locana - lotus-eyed; gambhiram - deep;
sagaram - ocean; baddhva - binding; sa - He; acirea - soon;
agamiyati - will come.
When He hears the good news, Lord Rma will become mad with
happiness. He will quickly cross the deep ocean and come to this
place.
Text 73
nihatya ravaa papa
sa-putra ca sa-bandhavam
kariyaty acireaiva
he matas tava mokaam
nihatya - killing; ravaam - Ravana; papam - sinner; sa-putram with sons; ca - and; sa-bandhavam - with relatuves; kariyati - will do;
acirea - quickly; eva - indeed; he - O; mata - mother; tava - of you;
mokaam - the release.
O mother, He will kill sinful Rvaa and Rvaa's sons and
relatives. He will quickly rescue you.
Text 74
adya ratnamay laka
niakas tvat-prasadata
bhasm-bhuta kariyami
mata paya ca sa-smitam

adya - today; ratnamaym - jeweled; lakam - Lanka; niaka fearless; tvat-prasadata - by your mercy; bhasm- bhutam - into
ashes; kariyami - will do; mata - O mother; paya - look; ca - and;
sa-smitam - smiling.
Today, by your mercy, I will burn the jeweled city of Lak into
ashes. O mother, with a smile you will see this.
Text 75
marka-imbha-tulya ca
laka payami su-vrate
mutra-tulya samudra ca
aravam iva bhu-talam
marka-imbha-tulyam - like a baby monkey; ca - and; lakam Lanka; payami - I see; su-vrate - O saintly one; mutra- tulyam likeurine; samudram - the ocean; ca - and; aravam - a clay dish; iva like; bhu-talam - the earth.
O saintly one, I see the island of Lak to be like a baby monkey,
the ocean like a puddle of urine, and the planet earth like a clay dish.
Text 76
piplika-sagham iva
sa-sainya ravaa tatha
sahartu ca samartho 'ha
muhurtardhena llaya
piplika-sagham - a swarm of ants; iva - like; sa-sainyam - with the
army; ravaam - Ravana; tatha - so; sahartum - to crush; ca - and;
samartha - able; aham - I; muhurtardhena - in half a moment; llaya
- playfully.
In half a moment I can playfully crush Rvaa and his army as if
they were a swarm of ants.
Text 77
rama-pratija-rakartha
na haniyami sampratam
svastha bhava maha-bhage

tyaja bhti mad-vari

rama-pratija-rakartham - Lord Rma's promise; na - not;
haniyami - I will kill; sampratam - now; svastha - happy; bhava become; maha-bhage - O fortunate one; tyaja - abandon; bhtim fear; mad- vari - O my queen.
Because Lord Rma has vowed to kill them Himself, I will not kill
them today. O fortunate one, please be happy. O my queen, please
give up all your fears.
Text 78
vanarasya vaca rutva
rurodoccair muhur muhu
uvaca vacana bhta
sta rama-pati-vrata
vanarasya - of the monkey; vaca - the words; rutva - hearing;
ruroda - wept; uccai - aloud; muhu - again; muhu - and again;
uvaca - said; vacanam - words; bhta - frightened; sta - Sit; ramapati-vrata - devoted to her husband, Lord Rma.
Hearing the monkey's words, Sit loudly wept again and again.
Both frightened and devoted to her husband, Lord Rma, Sit spoke.
Text 79
r-stovaca
aye jvati me ramo
mac-chokarava-daruat
api me kual natha
kaualya-nandana prabhu
r-sta uvaca - ri Sit said; aye - Oh; jvati - lives; me - my;
rama - Lord Rma; mac-chokarava-daruat - from the terrible ocean
of my grief; api - whether?; me - of me; kual - auspicious; natha Lord; kaualya-nandana - the son of Kaualy; prabhu - the Lord.
ri Sit said: Does my Rma, plunged in an ocean of sorrow for my
sake, still live? Is my master, the son of Kaualy, well and happy?

Text 80
kda ca kaga ca
janaki-jvano 'dhuna
kim ahara ca ki bhukte
mama praadhika priya
kda - like what?; ca - and; kaga - emaciated; ca - and;
janaki-jvana - the live of Sit; adhuna - now; kim - whether?; ahara
- food; ca - and; kim - whether?; bhukte - eats; mama - of me;
praadhika - more than life; priya - dear.
How is Lord Rma, the life of Sit, these days? Has He become
emaciated? Does He eat? Is He who is more dear to me than life
happy?
Text 81
api pare samudrasya
satya sta-pati svayam
api satya sa-sannaddho
na okena hata prabhu
api - whether?; pare - on the other side; samudrasya - of the
ocean; satyam - in truth; sta-pati - the husband of Sit; svayam personally; api - whether?; satyam - in truth; sa- sannaddha prepared; na - not; okena - with grief; hata - killed;
prabhu - the Lord.
Is Sit's husband truly preparing a rescue from across the ocean?
Was my Lord truly not killed by grief?
Text 82
api smarati ma papa
svamino dukha-rupim
mad-arthe kati dukha va
samprapa sa mad-vara
api - whether?; smarati - remembers; mam - me; papam - sinner;
svamina - of the husband; dukha-rupim - the form of suffering;
mad- arthe - for my sake; kati - how many?; dukham - sufferings; va or; samprapa - attaining; sa - He; mad-vara - my master.

Does He remember me, the sinner who brought Him so much

grief? How much has my master suffered for my sake?
Text 83
haro naropita kahe
pura vyavahito ratau
adhunaivavayor madhye
samudra ata-yojana
hara - necklace; na - not; aropita - placed; kahe - on the neck;
pura - before; vyavahita - separated; ratau - in happiness; adhuna now; eva - indeed; avayo - of us; madhye - in the middle; samudra the ocean; ata-yojana - 800 miles.
In the past I would not even wear a necklace for that might stand
between Us. Now an ocean of eight-hundred miles stands between
Us.
Text 84
api drakyami ta rama
karua-sagara prabhum
kanta anta nitanta ca
dharmiha dharma-karmai
api - whether?; drakyami - I will see; tam - Him; ramam - Lord
Rma; karua-sagaram - an ocean of mercy; prabhum - master;
kantam - beloved; antam - peaceful; nitantam - exalted; ca - and;
dharmiham - saintly; dharma-karmai - in pious deeds.
Will I see my dear master, saintly, exalted, peaceful Lord Rma,
who is an ocean of mercy, who is devoted to pious deeds?
Text 85
api seva kariyami
pada-padme puna prabho
pati-seva-vihna ya
muha sa jvana vtha

api - whether?; sevam - service; kariyami - I will do; pada- padme to the lotus feet; puna - again; prabho - of the master; pati- seva service to the husband; vihna - without; ya - who; muha - fool; sa she; jvanam - lives; vtha - in vain.
Will I again serve my Lord's lotus feet? A woman that does not
serve her husband is a fool. She lives in vain.
Text 86
api me dharma-putra ca
satya jvati lakmaa
mac-choka-sagare magno
bhagna-darpo maya vina
api - whether; me - of me; dharma-putra - like a son; ca - and;
satyam - in truth; jvati - lives; lakmaa - Lakmaa; mat-okasagare - in the ocean of my grief; magna - plunged; bhagna- darpa broken rpide; maya - me; vina - without.
Does Lakmaa, who is like a son to me, live? Without me He must
have drowned in the ocean of my sufferings. His honor must have
been broken.
Text 87
vraa pravaro dharm
deva-kalpa ca devara
api satya ca sannaddho
mat-prabhor anuja sada
vraam - of heroes; pravara - the best; dharm - saintly; devakalpa - like a demigod; ca - and; devara - brither-in-law; api - also;
satyam - in truth; ca - and; sannaddha - prepared; mat-prabho - of
my Lord; anuja - the younger brother; sada - always.
Is my brother-in-law Lakmaa, my master's younger brother, who
is the best of heroes, who is saintly and pious, and who is like a
demigod, ready to rescue me?
Text 88
api drakyami satya ta

lakmaa dharma-lakaam
praanam adhika prema
dhanya puya-svarupiam
api - whether?; drakyami - I will see; satyam - in truth; tam - Him;
lakmaam - Lakmaa; dharma-lakaam - saintly; praanam - than
life; adhikam - more; prema - with love; dhanyam - fortunate; puyasvarupiam - piety personified.
Will I truly see saintly Lakmaa, who is religion personified, who is
rich in love and devotion?
Text 89
ity eva vacana rutva
dattva pratyuttara ubham
bhasm-bhuta ca laka ca
cakara llaya mune
iti - thus; evam - in this way; vacanam - words; rutva - hearing;
dattva - giving; pratyuttaram - reply; ubham - auspicious; bhasmbhutam - burned to ashes; ca - and; lakam - Lanka; ca - and; cakara did; llaya - playfully; mune - O sage.
After hearing Sit's words and replying with beautiful words of
encouragement, Hanumn playfully burned to ashes the city of Lak.
Text 90
puna prabodha tasyai ca
dattva vayu-suta kapi
prayayau llaya vegad
yatra rajva-locana
puna - again; prabodham - consolation; tasyai - to her; ca - and;
dattva - giving; vayu-suta - Hanumn; kapi - the monkey; prayayau
- went; llaya - plasyfully; vegat - quickly; yatra - where; rajvalocana - lotus- eyed Lord Rma.
After again consoling Sit, Hanumn playfully and quickly returned
to Lord Rma.
Text 91
sarva tat kathayam asa
vttanta matur eva ca

sta-magala-vttanta

rutva ramo ruroda ca

sarvam - all; tat - that; kathayam asa - told; vttantam - story;

matu - of the mother; eva - indeed; ca - and; sta - of Sit; magala auspicious; vttantam - story; rutva - hearing; rama - Lord Rma;
ruroda - wept; ca - and.
Hanumn told the whole story of Mother Sit. Hearing that Sit
was safe, Lord Rma wept.
Text 92
rurodoccair lakmaa ca
sugrva capi narada
vanara rurudu sarve
maha-bala-parakrama
ruroda - wept; uccai - aloud; lakmaa - Lakmaa; ca - and;
sugrva - Sugriva; ca - and; api - also; narada - O Nrada; vanara the monkeys; rurudu - wept; sarve - all; maha-bala-parakrama powerful.
O Nrada, Lakmaa and Sugriva wept. The powerful monkeys
also wept.
Text 93
nibadhya setu laka ca
prayayau raghu-nandana
sa-sainya sanuja ghra
sannaddha capi narada
nibadhya - building; setum - a bridge; lakam - top Lanka; ca - and;
prayayau - went; raghu-nandana - Lord Rma; sa-sainya - with an
army; sanuja - with His younger brother; ghram - quickly;
sannaddha - prepared; ca - and; api - also; narada - O Nrada.
O Nrada, after building a bridge, Lord Rma, Lakmaa, and a
great army crossed to Lak.
Text 94
nihatya ravaa ramo
raa ktva sa-bandhavam

cakara mokaa brahman

staya ca ubhe kae
nihatya - killing; ravaam - Ravana; rama - Lord Rma; raam battle; ktva - doing; sa-bandhavam - with relatives and associates;
cakara - did; mokaam - liberation; brahman - O brhmaa; staya
- of Sit; ca - and; ubhe - at an auspicious; kae - moment.
After killing Rvaa and defeating Rvaa's associates, at an
auspicious moment Lord Rma rescued Sit.
Text 95
ktva pupaka-yanena
sta satya-parayaam
ayodhya prayayau ghra
kra-kautuka-magalai
ktva - doing; pupaka-yanena - by flower-chariot; stam - Sit;
satya-parayaam - saintly; ayodhyam - to Ayodhy; prayayau - went;
ghram - quickly; kra-kautuka-magalai - with playful happiness.
Traveling in a flower chariot, saintly Sit and Lord Rma quickly
and happily returned to Ayodhy.
Text 96
kra cakara bhagavan
sta ktva ca vakasi
vijahau viraha-jvala
sta rama ca tat kaam
kram - pastimes; cakara - did; bhagavan - the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; stam - Sit; ktva - doing; ca - and; vakasi on His chest; vijahau - abandoned; viraha-jvalam - the fire of
separation; sta - Sit; rama - Lord Rma; ca - and; tat - that;
ksanam - moment.
With Sit reclining on His chest, Lord Rma, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead enjoyed many pastimes. In this way Sit and
Rma escaped the fire of suffering ignited by Their separation.
Text 97

sapta-dvpevaro ramo
babhuva pthiv-tale
babhuva nikhila pthv
adhi-vyadhi-vivarjita
sapta-dvpevara - the king of the seven continents; rama - Lord
Rma; babhuva - became; pthiv-tale - on the earth; babhuva became; nikhila - all; pthv - the earth; adhi-vyadhi-vivarjita - free of
mental and physical troubles.
Lord Rma became the emperor of the seven continents. The
entire earth became free from all sufferings of the body or the heart.
Text 98
babhuvatu rama-putrau
dharmikau ca kua-lavau
tayo putrai ca pautrai ca
surya-vaodbhava npa
babhuvatu - became; rama-putrau - two sons of Lord Rma;
dharmikau - saintly; ca - and; kua-lavau - Kua and Lava; tayo - of
them; putrai - sons; ca - and; pautrai - grandsons; ca - and; suryavaa - the Srya dynasty; udbhava - manifested; npa - kings.
Lord Rma had two sons, Lava and Kua, whose sons, grandsons,
and many descendants became the kings of the Srya dynasty.
Text 99
iti te kathita vatsa
r-rama-carita ubham
sukhada mokada sara
para-pota bhavarave
iti - thus; te - to you; kathitam - spoken; vatsa - O child; r-ramacaritam - the pastimes of Lord Rma; ubham - auspicious; sukhadam
- blissful; mokadam - giving liberation; saram - best; para- potam - a
bot to go to the farther shore; bhavarave - of the ocean of birth and
death.
Child, thus I have told you Lord Rma's blissful pastimes, pastimes
that bring liberation, pastimes that are a boat crossing the oceanf

Chapter Sixty-three
Kasa-dusvapna
Kasa's Nightmares
Text 1
r-narayaa uvaca
atha kaso vicintyaiva
dva dusvapnam eva ca
samudvigno maha-bhto
niraharo nirutsuka
r-narayaa uvacari Nryaa i said; atha - then; kasa Kasa; vicintya - considering; evam - thus; dva - seeing;
dusvapnam - a naightmare; eva - indeed; ca - and; samudvigna agitated; maha-bhta - very frightened; nirahara - fasting;
nirutsuka - dejected.
ri Nryaa i said: One night King Kasa saw a nightmare.
Frightened, agitated, and dejected, he stopped eating.
Text 2
putra mitra bandhu-gaa
bandhava ca purohitam
samanya sabha-madhye
tan uvaca su-dukhita
putram - son; mitram - friend; bandhu-gaam - relatives;
bandhavam - friend; ca - and; purohitam - priest; samanya - calling;
sabha-madhye - in the assembly; tan - to them; uvaca - spoke; sudukhita - unhappy.
Assembling his sons, relatives, friends, and priest, unhappy Kasa
spoke.
Text 3

kasa uvaca
maya do nihe yo
dusvapno hi bhaya-prada
nibodhata budha sarve
bandhava ca purohita
kasa uvaca - Kasa said; maya - by me; da - seen; nihe - at
night; ya - what; dusvapna - nightmare; hi - indeed; bhaya- prada
- frightening; nibodhata - please hear; budha - O wise ones; sarve all; bandhava - friends; ca - and; purohita - priests.
Kasa said: In the middle of the night I saw a fearful nightmare. O
friends and priests, O wise ones, please hear what I saw.
Texts 4 and 5
bibhrat rakta-pupana
mala sarakta-candanam
raktambara khaga-tkna
kharpara ca bhayakaram
praktyaaa-hasa ca
lola-jihva bhayakar
atva-vnda kag
nagare mama ntyati
bibhrat - wearing; rakta-pupanam - of red flowers; malam - a
garland; sarakta-candanam - with red sandal paste; raktambaram red garments; khaga-tknam - a sharp sword; kharparam - a skull;
ca - and; bhayakaram - fearful; praktya - by nature; aaa-hasam
- loud laughter; ca - and; lola-jihva - moving tongue; bhayakar fearful; atva- vnda - with many companions; kag - emaciated;
nagare - in the palace; mama - my; ntyati - dances.
In red garments and a red-flower garland, anointed with red
sandal, clutching a sharp sword and a fearful human skull, and her
tongue moving to and fro, a gruesome emaciated woman wildly
laughed and danced with many friends in my palace.
Text 6
mukta-ke chinna-nasa

ka kambarapi ya
vidhava sa maha-udr
mam aligitum icchati
mukta-ke - disheveled hair; chinna-nasa - broken nose; ka black; kambara - wearing black garments; api - also; ya - who;
vidhava - widow; sa - she; maha-udr - a greta sudri; mam - me;
aligitum - to embrace; icchati - desires.
A gigantic black dra widow with black garments, broken nose,
and disheveled hair, tried to embrace me.
Text 7
malina caila-khaa ca
bibhrat ruka-murdhajan
dadhat cura-tilaka
kapale mama vakasi
malinam - dirty; caila-khaam - rags; ca - and; bibhrati - wearing;
uka murdhajan - red hairs; dadhatm - wearing; cura-tilakam tilaka paste; kapale - on the head; mama - of me; vakasi - on the
chest.
A gruesome red-haired woman in dirty rags put tilaka marks on my
forehead and chest.
Text 8
ka-varani pakvani
chinna-bhinnani satyaka
patanti ktva abda ca
avat tala-palani ca
krsa-varani - black; pakvani - fruits; chinna-bhinnani - broken;
satyaka - O Satyaka; patanti - fell; ktva - taking; abdan - sounds; ca
- and; avat - always; tala-palani - tala fruits; ca - and.
O Satyaka, again and again she threw over-ripe black tla fruits,
smashing them with a great sound.
Text 9
kucailo vidhtakaro
mleccho hi ruka-murdhaja
dadati mahya bhuaya

chinna-bhinna-kapardakan
kucaila - wearign rags; vidhtakara - deformed; mleccha mleccha; hi - indeed; ruka-murdhaja - with red hair; dadati - places;
mahyam - on me; bhuayam - for ornaments; chinna-bhinnakapardakan - broken shells.
A deformed, ragged, red-haired mleccha decorated me with
broken shells.
Text 10
maha-rua ca divya str
pati-putravat sat
babhaja pura-kumbha ca
sabhiapya puna puna
maha-rua - very angry; ca - and; divya - splendid; str - woman;
pati-putravat - with husband and sons; sat - saintly; babhaja broke; pura-kumbham - a full pot; a - and; sa - she; abhiapya cursing; puna - again; puna - and again.
Accompanied by husband and sons, a splendid, saintly, angry
woman again and again broke clay pots and cursed me.
Text 11
amlanam uha-mala ca
rakta-candana-carcitam
dadati mahya vipra ca
maha-ruo 'ti-apya ca
amlanam - unfading; uha-malam - garland; ca - and; raktacandana-carcitam - anointed with red sandal paste; dadati - gives;
mahyam - to me; vipra - a brhmaa; ca - and; maha-rua - very
angry; ati-apya - cursing; ca - and.
Speaking curses, an angry brhmaa gave me a garland anointed
with red sandal.
Text 12
kaam agara-vi ca
bhasma-vi kaa kaam

kaa kaa rakta-vir

bhavec ca nagare mama
kaam - one moment; agara-vi - a shower of cinders; ca and; bhasma-vi - a shower of ashes; kaam - one moment;
kaam - one moment; kaam - one moment; kaam - one
moment; rakta-vi - shower of blood; bhavec - was; ca - and;
nagare - in the palace; mama - of me.
One moment there was a shower of burning cinders, another
moment a shower of ashes, and another moment a shower of blood in
my palace.
Text 13
vanara vayasa vana
bhalluka ukara kharam
payami vikatakara
abda kurvantam ulbaam
vanaram - monkey; vayasam - crow; vanam - dog; bhallukam bear; ukaram - boar; kharam - ass; payami - I see; vikatakaram deformed; abdam - sound; kurvantam - making; ulbaam - great.
I saw many deformed apes, crows, dogs, bears, boars, and mules,
all screaming terribly.
Text 14
payami uka-kahana
raim amlana-kajjalam
aruodaya-velaya
kapn chinna-nakhani ca
payami - I see; uka - dry; kahanam - of wood; raim - a
multitude; amlana-kajjalam - with unfading kajjala; aruodayavelayam - at sunrise; kapn - monkeys; chinna-nakhani - broken nails;
ca - and.
At sunrise I saw piles of coals and dry firewood, a troop of
monkeys, and many broken claws.
Texts 15 and 16
pta-vastra-paridhana

ukla-candana-carcita
bibhrat malat-mala
ratna-bhuaa-bhuita
kra-kamala-hasta sa
sindura-bindu-obhta
ktvabhiapa ma rua
yati man-mandirat sat
pta-vastra-paridhana - wearing yellow garments; ukla- candanacarcita - anointed with white sandal; bibhrat - wearing; malatmalam - a jasmine garland; ratna-bhuaa- bhuita - decorated with
jewel ornaments; kra-kamala-hasta - a toy lotus in her hand; sa she; sindura-bindu-obhta - decorated with red sindura dots; ktva doing; abhiapam - curse; mam - to me; rua - angry; yati - goes;
man-mandirat - from my palace; sat - saintly woman.
Dressed in yellow garments, anointed with white sandal, decorated
with jewel ornaments, a jasmine-garland, and red sindra dots,
holding a pastime-lotus in her hand, and filled with anger, a saintly
woman cursed me and left my palace.
Text 17
paa-hasta ca puruan
mukta-kean bhayakaran
ati-ruka ca payami
viato nagara mama
paa-hastan - ropes in hand; ca - and; puruan - men; muktakean - disheveled hair; bhayakaran - fearful; ati-rukan - harsh and
cruel; ca - and; payami - I see; viata - entering; nagaram - the
palace; mama - my.
I saw many fearful cruel men, their hair disheveled and ropes in
their hands, enter my palace.
Text 18
nagna-nar mukta-ke
ntyant ca ghe ghe
atva-viktakara
payami sa-smita sada
nagna-narm - naked woman; mukta-kem - disheveled hair;
ntyantm - dancing; ca - and; ghe - in room; ghe - after room;

atva-viktakaram - horribly deformed; payami - I see; sa-smitam smiling; sada - always.

In every room I saw horribly deformed disheveled women smiling
and dancing naked.
Text 19
chinna-nasa ca vidhava
maha-udr dig-ambar
sa tailabhyagita ma ca
karoty ati-bhayakar
chinna-nasa - broken nose; ca - and; vidhava - widow; maha-udr a great sudra; dig-ambar - decorated with the directions; sa - she;
tailabhyagitam - anointed with oil; mam - me; ca - and; karoti - does;
ati-bhayakar - very fearful.
A fearsome gigantic dra widow, her nose cut off and her body
clothed only by the four directions, anointed my body with
oil.
Text 20
nirvaagara-yukta ca
bhasma-pura dig-ambara
ati-prabhata-samaye
citra payami sa-smita
nirvaa - extinguished; agara-yukta - with coals; ca - and;
bhasma-pura - filled with ashes; dig-ambara - decorated with the
directions; ati- prabhata-samaye - at sunrise; citra - payami sasmita.
At sunrise I saw many surprising women, smiling, dressed only by
the four directions, and their bodies covered with ashes and coal dust.
Text 21
payami ca vivaha ca
ntya-gita-manoharam
rakta-vastra-paridhanan
puruan rakta-murdhajan
payami - I see; ca - and; vivaham - wedding; ca - and; ntya-gitamanoharam - with beautiful dancing and music; rakta-vastra - red

garments; paridhanan - wearing; puruan - men; rakta-murdhajan with red hair.

In a ceremony with beautiful singing and dancing I saw them
married to red-haired men dressed in red garments.
Text 22
rakta vamanta purua
ntyanta nagnam ulbaam
dhavanta ca ayana ca
payami sa-smita sada
raktam - blood; vamantam - vomiting; puruam - a man;
ntyantam - dancing; nagnam - naked; ulbaam - great; dhavantam running; ca - and; ayanam - sleeping; ca - and; payami - I see; sasmitam - smiling; sada - always.
I saw always-smiling men vomiting blood, dancing naked, running
to and fro, and sleeping.
Text 23
rahu-grasta ca gagane
maala candra-suryayo
eka-kale ca payami
sarva-grasa ca bandhava
rahu-grastam - grabbed by Rahu; ca - and; gagane - in the sky;
maalam - the circle; candra-suryayo - of the sun and the moon;
eka-kale - at once time; ca - and; payami - I see; sarva-grasam devouring everything; ca - and; bandhava - friends.
O friends, I saw the sun and moon eclipsed simultaneously.
Text 24
ulkapata dhumaketu
bhu-kampa rastra-viplavam
hajhavata mahotpata
payami ca purohita
ulkapatam - meteor; dhumaketum - comet; bhu-kampam earthquake; rastra-viplavam - chaos; jhajhavatam - thunder;
mahotpatam - calamities; payami - I see; ca - and; purohita - O priest.

O my priest, I saw many meteors, comets, earthquakes, and

thunderstorms, many kingdoms destroyed, and a host calamities.
Text 25
vayuna ghuramana ca
chinna-skandhan mahruhan
patitan parvata caiva
payami pthiv-tale
vayuna - by the wind; ghuramanan - whirled around; ca - and;
chinna-skandhan - broken trunks; mahruhan - trees; patitan - fallen;
parvatan - hills; ca - and; eva - indeed; payami - I see; pthiv-tale on the earth.
I saw a great cyclone uprooting trees and mountains and dashing
them to the ground.
Text 26
purua chinna-irasa
ntyanta nagnam ucchritam
mua-malakara ghora
payami ca ghe ghe
puruam - a man; chinna - cut; irasam - head; ntyantam dancing; nagnam - naked; ucchritam - raised; mua-malakaram with a necklace of skulls; ghoram - horrible; payami - I see; ca - and;
ghe - in room; ghe - after room.
In room after room of my palace I saw, decorated with necklaces of
skulls, gruesome headless men dancing naked.
Text 27
dagdha sarvarama bhasmapuram agara-sakulam
ha-ha-kara ca kurvanta
sarva payami sarvata
dagdham - burned; sarvaramam - all asramas; bhasma - ashes;
puram - filled; agara-sakulam - with coals; ha-ha-karam - sounds of
alas! alas!; ca - and; kurvantam - doing; sarvam - all; payami - I see;
sarvata - in all respects.

I saw every house burned to cinders and ashes, with screams of

Alas! Alas!" everywhere.
Text 28
ity evam uktva raja sa
virarama sabha-tale
rutva svapna bandhava ca
nata-vaktra nisasvasu
iti - thus; evam - in this way; uktva - speaking; raja - the king; sa he; virarama - stopped; sabha-tale - in the assmbly; rutva - hearing;
svapnam - dream; bandhava - the friends; ca - and; nata-vaktra bowed heads; nisasvasu - sighed.
After speaking these words in the assembly, King Kasa stopped
and became silent. Hearing of this dream, Kasa's friends bowed their
heads and sighed.
Text 29
jahara cetana sadya
satyaka ca purohita
matva vinaa kasasya
yajamanasya narada
jahara - took; cetanam - consciousness; sadya - at once; satyaka
- Satyaka; ca - and; purohita - the priest; matva - thinking; vinaam destruction; kasasya - of Kasa; yajamanasya - performing a yajna;
narada - O Nrada.
O Nrada, thinking that his disciple's death was now imminent, the
priest Satyaka fainted unconscious.
Text 30
ruroda nar-varga ca
pita mata ca okata
mene vinaa-kala ca
sadya svayam upasthitam
ruroda - wept; nar-varga - the women; ca - and; pita - father;

mata - mother; ca - and; okata - out of grief; mene - thought; vinaa

- death; kalam - time; ca - and; sadya - suddenly; svayam personally; upasthitam - had come.
Thinking that the time of death had suddenly come, Kasa's
father, mother, and wives wept with grief.

Chapter Sixty-four
Kasa-yaja
Kasa's Yaja
Text 1
r-narayaa uvaca
sarva ktva paramara
satyaka ca purohita
buddhiman ukra-iya ca
tam uvaca hita mune
r-narayaa uvaca - ri Nryaa i said; sarvam - all; ktva doing; paramaram - reflection; satyaka - Satyaka; ca - and;
purohita - the priest; buddhiman - intelligent; ukra-iya - a
disciple of ukrcrya; ca - and; tam - to him; uvaca - spoke; hitam auspicious; mune - O sage.
ri Nryaa i said: O sage, after some thought the intelligent
priest Satyaka, who was a disciple of ukrcrya, gave the following
advice to Kasa.
Text 2
satyaka uvaca
bhaya tyaja maha-bhagam
bhaya ki te mayi sthite
kuru yaga maheasya
sarvaria-vinaanam
satyaka uvaca - ri Satyaka said; bhayam - fear; tyaja - abandon;

maha-bhaga - O very fortunate one; bhayam - fear?; kim - what?; te of you;

mayi - in me; sthite - situated; kuru - do; yagam - a yajna; maheasya
- of
Lord iva; sarvaria-vinaanam - destroying all calamities.
Satyaka said: O very fortunate one, give up your fears.
Why should you fear while I am present? You should offer a
yaja to Lord iva, a yaja that will stop all
calamities.
Text 3
yago dhanur-makho nama
bahv-anno bahu-dakia
dusvapnana naa-kara
atru-bhti-vinaaka
yaga - a yajna; dhanur-makha - the yajna ofg the bow; nama named; bahv-anna - abundant food; bahu-dakia - abundant
charity; dusvapnanam - of nightmares; naa-kara - desrtoying;
atru-bhti-vinaaka - destroying fear of enemies.
The yaja called Dhanur-yaja (the yaja of the bow), where
abundant food and charity are distributed, ends all nightmares and
destroys the fears brought by enemies.
Text 4
adhyatmikam adhidaiva
adhibhautikam utkaam
ea trividhotpatana
khaano bhuti-vardhana
adhyatmikam - from one's own body; adhidaivam - from the
demigods; adhibhautikam - from the material elements; utkaam great; eam - of them; trividhotpatanam - three kinds of calamities;
khaana - breaking; bhuti-vardhana - increasing good fortune.
This yaja brings good fortune and breaks the calamities brought
by the demigods, the elements, or one's own self.
Text 5

yage samapte ambhu ca

jara-mtyu-hara varam
dadati sakad bhavati
data ca sarva-sampadam
yage - when the yajna; samapte - completed; ambhu - Lord iva;
ca - and; jara-mtyu-haram - removing old age and death; varam boon; dadati - gives; sakat - directly; bhavati - is; data - the giver; ca
- and; sarva-sampadam - of all good fortune.
When the yaja is completed, Lord iva will appear. He will give all
good fortune. He will give a boon that removes old age and death.
Text 6
cakarema ca yaga ca
pura bao maha-bala
nand paraurama ca
bhalla ca balina vara
cakara - do; imam - this; ca - and; yagam - yajna; ca - and; pura before; baa - baa; maha-bala - very powerful; nand - Nandi;
paraurama - Paraurma; ca - and; bhalla - Bhalla; ca - and;
balinam - of the strong; vara - the best.
In the past powerful Bsura, Nandi, Paraurma, and Bhalla, the
best of the strong, all performed this yaja.
Text 7
pura dadau dhanur ida
ivo nandvaraya ca
yagena bhutva siddha sa
dadau baaya dharmika
pura - in the past; dadau - gave; dhanu - bow; idam - this; iva Lord
iva; nandvaraya - to nandivara; ca - and; yagena - with the yajna;
bhutva - becoming; siddha - perfect; sa - he; dadau - gave; baaya to Ba; dharmika - pious.
In the past Lord iva gave this bow to Nandivara. Saintly
Nandivara performed the yaja, became perfect, and then gave the
bow to Bsura.

Text 8
ktva yaga maha-siddho
dadau ramaya pukare
tubhya dadau parurama
kpaya ca kpa-nidhi
ktva - performing; yagam - the yajna; maha-siddha - perfect;
dadau - gave; ramaya - to Paraurma; pukare - at Pukara-tirtha;
tubhyam - to you; dadau - gave;
parurama - Paraurma; kpaya - with kindness; ca - and; kpanidhi - an ocean of mercy.
Bsura performed the yaja, became perfect, and at Pukaratirtha gave the bow to Paraurma. Paraurma, who is an ocean of
mercy, kindly gave that bow to you.
Text 9
sahasra-hasta-parimita
dairghye 'ti-kahina npa
daa-hasta-praasta ca
akareccha-vinirmitam
sahasra-hasta-parimitam - as long as a thousand hands;
dairghye - long; ati-kahinam - very hard; npa - O kign; daa-hastapraastam - ten hands wide; ca - and; akara - of Lors iva; iccha - by
the desire; vinirmitam - built.
O king, that very strong bow is a thousand hands long and ten
hands thick. It was built according to Lord iva's wish.
Text 10
paupate paupata
yukta-yanena durvaham
sarve bhaktu na akta ca
deva narayaa vina
paupate - of Lord iva; paupatam - the pasupata weapon;
yukta-yanena - attacking together; durvaham - invicible; sarve - all;
bhaktum - to break;
na - not; akta - able; ca - and; devam - Lord; narayaam - Nryaa;
vina - except.

When placed in this bow, the pupata arrow becomes invincible.

Nothing can stop it. Only Lord Nryaa can stop it.
Text 11
yage ca dhanua puja
akarasya tu akare
kuru ghra ubharha ca
sarvan kuru nimantraam
yage - in the yajna; ca - and; dhanua - of the bow; pujam worship; akarasya - of Lord iva; tu - and; akare - in Lord iva; kuru
- do; ghram - at once; ubharham - for auspiciousness; ca - and;
sarvan - all; kuru - do; nimantraam - invitation.
In this yaja you should worship both Lord iva and his bow. You
should invite everyone and perform this yaja at once.

Text 12
asmin yage dhanur-bhago
bhaved yadi naradhipa
vinao yajamanasya
bhaviyati na saaya
asmin - in this; yage - yajna; dhanur-bhaga - breaking of the bow;
bhavet - is; yadi - if; naradhipa - O king; vinaa - destruction;
yajamanasya - of the person performing the yajna; bhaviyati - will be;
na - not; saaya - doubt.
O king, if in this yaja the bow is broken, then the performer of the
yaja will die. Of this there is no doubt.
Text 13
bhagne dhanui yaga ca
bhagno bhavati nicitam
phala dadati ko vatra
canipanne ca karmai

bhagne - broken; dhanui - the bow; yaga - the yajna; ca - and;

bhagna - broken; bhavati - is; nicitam - indeed; phalam - result;
dadati - gives; ka - who?; va - of; atra - here; ca - and; anipanne not manifested; ca - and; karmai - the deed.
If the bow is broken then the yaja cannot be completed. If the
yaja is incomplete, who will give the yaja's result?
Text 14
brahma ca dhanuo mule
madhye narayaa svayam
agre cogra-pratapa ca
maha-devo maha-mate
brahma - Brahm; ca - and; dhanua - of the bow; mule - at the
root; madhye - in the middle; narayaa - Lord Nryaa; svayam Himself; agre - at the tip; ca - and; ugra-pratapa - very powerful; ca and; maha-deva - Lord iva; maha-mate - O noble-hearted one.
The demigod Brahm resides at the root of this bow. Lord
Nryaa resides in its middle, and Lord iva resides in its tip.
Text 15
dhanur hi tri-vikara ca
a-ratna-khacita varam
grma-madhyahna-martaaprabha-pracchanna-karaam
dhanu - bow; hi - indeed; tri-vikaram - three changes; ca - and;
a-ratna-khacitam - studded with six kinds of jewels; varam excellent; grma-madhyahna-martaa - od the summer midday sun;
prabha - the splendor; pracchanna-karaam - eclipsing.
This bow is bent in three places. It is studded with six kinds of
jewels. It splendor eclipses the summer midday sun.
Text 16
aakta ca namayitu
ananta ca maha-bala
surya ca karttikeya ca
ka kathanyasya bhumipa

aakta - unable; ca - and; namayitum - to bend; ananta - Lord

ea; ca - and; maha-bala - very strong; surya - Srya; ca - and;
karttikeya - Karttikeya; ca - and; ka - what?; katha - words; anyasya of another; bhumipa - O king.
O king, even powerful Lord ea, Srya, and Krttikeya cannot
bend this bow. What then can be said of others?
Text 17
tripurari puraena
jaghana tripura muda
nirbhaya kuru svacchanda
magalarha mahotsave
tripurari - Lord iva; pura - in the pat; anena - with this; jaghana killed; tripuram - Tripura; muda - happily; nirbhayam - fearless; kuru do; svacchandavoluntarily; magalarham - auspicious; mahotsave - in
a great festival.
It was with this bow that Lord iva happily killed the demon
Tripura. Therefore, in a great festival, and without any fear, you
should perform this auspicious yaja of the bow.
Text 18
satyakasya vaca rutva
candra-vaa-vivardhana
uvaca kasa sarvarthe
satata ca hitaiaam
satyakasya - of Satyaka; vaca - the words; rutva - hearing;
candra-vaa-vivardhana - making the Candra dynasty prosperous;
uvaca - spoke; kasa - Kasa; sarvarthe - in all respects; satatam always; ca - and; hitaiaam - desiring others' welfare.
Hearing Satyaka's words intended for his benefit, Kasa, the great
king of the Candra dynasty, spoke.
Text 19
kasa uvaca
vasudeva-ghe yaje
mad-vadh kula-naana

svacchanda nanda-gehe ca
vardhate nanda-nandana
kasa uvaca - Kasa said; vasudeva-ghe - in Vasudeva's home;
yaje - in a yajna; mad-vadh - my killer; kula - family; naana destroying; svacchandam - voulntarily; nanda-gehe - in nanda's
home; ca - and; vardhate - grows up; nanda-nandana - the son of
Nanda.
The person that will kill both me and my family was born in
Vasudeva's home, and taken to Nanda's home. He has prospered as
Nanda's son.
Text 20
mad-bandhu-vargan ura ca
mantria su-viaradan
bhagin putana puta
jaghana balako bal
mad-bandhu-vargan - my relatuves; suran - heroic; ca - and;
mantria - counselors; su-viaradan - very expert; bhaginm - sister;
putanam - Putan; putam - saintly; jaghana - killed; balaka - boy;
bal - powerful.
Although only a boy, He is very powerful. He killed my
saintly sister Ptan and many of my wise and heroic relatives and
counselors.
Text 21
govardhana dadharaikakarea bala-vardhana
mahendrasya ca urasya
cakara ca parabhavam
govardhanam - Givardhana Hill; dadhara - held; eka-karea - with
one hand; bala-vardhana - powerful; mahendrasya - of Indra; ca and; urasya - powerful; cakara - did; ca - and; parabhavam - defeat.
He is very powerful. Holding Govardhana Hill aloft with one hand,
He defeated mighty King Indra.
Text 22
brahmaa darayam asa

brahma-rupa caracaram
nivaha bala-vatsana
cakara ktrima muda
brahmaam - to the dmeigod Brahm; darayam asa - showed;
brahma-rupam - spiritual forms; caracaram - moving and unmoving;
nivaham - multitude; bala - of boys; vatsanam - of calves; cakara - did;
ktrimam - artifical; muda - happily.
He happily expanded into the forms of many boys and calves. He
showed to the demigod Brahm the spiritual form of the universe of
moving and unmoving creatures.
Text 23
tam eva balina hantu
mantraa kuru satyaka
mama atrur vina tena
nastha dhara-tale
tam - Him; eva - indeed; balinam - powerful; hantum - to kill;
mantraam - counsel; kuru - please give; satyaka - O Satyaka; mama of me; atru - the enemy; vina - without; tena - by Him; na - not; asti
- is; iha - here; dhara-tale - on the surface of the earth.
O Satyaka, tell me how to kill this powerful boy. On this earth I
have no enemy greater than Him.
Text 24
na hi svarge na patale
triu lokeu nicitam
anti santa ca rajana
sarvatra mama bandhava
na - not; hi - indeed; svarge - in Svargaloka; na - not; patale - in
Patalaloka; triu - in the three ; lokeu - worlds; nicitam - indeed;
santi - are; santa - saintly devotees; ca - and; rajana - kings;
sarvatra - everywhere; mama - my; bandhava - friends.
In Svarga, Ptla, and in the three worlds there is no enemy to
challenge me. All the kings and saintly persons everywhere have
become my friends.
Text 25

maha-tapasv brahma ca
tapasv akara svayam
viu sarvatra sarvatma
sama-dari sanatana
maha-tapasv - a great ascetic; brahma - Brahm; ca - and;
tapasv - an ascetic; akara - iva; svayam - Himself; viu - Lord
Viu; sarvatra - everywhere; sarvatma - in everyone's heart; samadari - seeing equally; sanatana - eternal.
Brahm and iva are great ascetics. Eternal Lord Viu is impartial
and sees everyone equally. Indeed, He resides in everyone's heart.
Text 26
nanda-putra nihatyaha
triu lokeu pujita
sarvabhaumo bhaviyami
sapta-dvpevaro mahan
nanda - of Nanda; putram - the son; nihatya - killing; aham - I; triu
- in the three; lokeu - worlds; pujita - worshiped; sarvabhauma the king of all; bhaviyami - I will become; sapta-dvpevara - the
king of the seven continents; mahan - great.
When I kill Nanda's son I will be worshiped in the three worlds. I
will become the emperor of the seven continents.
Text 27
svarge nihatya akra ca
durbala daitya-nirjitam
bhaviyami mahendra ca
tatra nirjitya bhaskaram
svarge - in Svarga; nihatya - killing; akram - Indra; ca - and;
durbalam - weak; daitya-nirjitam - defeated by the demons;
bhaviyami - I will become; mahendra - Indra; ca - and; tatra - there;
nirjitya - defeating; bhaskaram - Srya.
I will defeat the weakling Indra, who was already once defeated by
the demons. I will become Indra. Then I will defeat Srya.

Text 28
yakma-grasta ca candra ca
mamaiva purva-puruam
vayu kuvera varua
yama jeyami nicitam
yakma-grastam - sick with consumption; ca - and; candram Candra; ca - and; mama - of me; eva - indeed; purva-puruam - first
person; vayum - vyu; kuveram - Kuvera; varuam - Varua; yamam Yama; jeyami - I will defeat; nicitam - indeed.
I will defeat my ancestor, sickly Candra. I will defeat Vyu, Kuvera,
Varua, and Yama.
Text 29
gaccha nanda-vraja ghra
nanda ca nanda-nandanam
tad-bhratara ca balina
balam anaya sampratam
gaccha - go; nanda-vrajam - to Nanda's gopa village; ghram - at
once; nandam - nanda; ca - and; nanda-nandanam - Nanda's son; tadbhrataram - His brother; ca - and; balinam - powerful; balam Balarma; anaya - bring; sampratam - now.
Go to Nanda's village at once. Bring me Nanda, Nanda's son, and
the son's brother, powerful Balarma.
Text 30
kasasya vacana rutva
tam uvaca sa satyaka
hita satya nti-sara
para samayika tatha
kasasya - of Kasa; vacanam - the statement; rutva - hearing;
tam - to him; uvaca - said; sa - he; satyaka - Satyaka; hitam auspicious; satyam - true; nti-saram - righteous; param - great;
samayikam - appropriate; tatha - so.
Hearing Kasa's words, Satyaka gave a proper, true, auspicious,
righteous reply.

Text 31
satyaka uvaca
kruram uddhava vapi
vasudevam athapi va
prasthapaya maha-bhaga
nanda-vrajam abhpsitam
satyaka uvaca - Satyaka said; akruram - to Akrra; uddhavam Uddhava; va - or; api - also; vasudevam - Vasudeva; atha - now; api also; va - or; prasthapaya - placing; maha-bhaga - O fortunate one;
nanda-vrajam - to Nanda's village; abhpsitam - desired.
Satyaka said: O fortunate one, to fulfill this desire you should send
Akrra or Uddhava or Vasudeva to Nanda's village.
Text 32
satyakasya vaca rutva
vasanta tatra sasadi
svara-sihasana-stha ca
vasudevam uvaca sa
satyakasya - of Satyaka; vaca - the words; rutva - hearing;
vasantam - staying; tatra - there; sasadi - in the assembly; svara golden; sihasana - throne; stham - sitting; ca - and; vasudevam Vasudeva; uvaca - spoke; sa - he.
Hearing Satyaka's words, Kasa spoke to Vasudeva, who was
sitting on a golden throne.
Text 33
rajendra uvaca
tattva-jo nti-astraa
tvam upaya-viarada
vraja nanda-vraja bandho
vasudeva-sutalayam
rajendra uvaca - King Kasa said; tattva-ja - aware of the truth;
nti-astraam - of the books of morality; tvam - you; upayaviarada - expert in knowing what should be done; vraja - go; nanda-

vrajam - to nanda's village; bandha - O friend; vasudeva- sutalayam to the home of Vasudeva's son.
King Kasa said: Friend, you are learned in the books of morality
and politics. Go to the home of Vasudeva's son in Nanda's village.
Text 34
vabhanu ca nanda ca
bala ca nanda-nandanam
ghram anaya yaje 'tra
sarva gokula-vasinam
vabhanum - Vabhnu; ca - and; nandam - Nanda; ca - and;
balam - Balarma; ca - and; nanda-nandanam - Nanda's son; ghram
- at once; anaya - bring; yaje - to the yajna; atra - here; sarvam - all;
gokula-vasinam - the people of Gokula.
Bring Vabhnu, Nanda, Balarma, Nanda's son, and all the
people of Gokula here to this yaja.
Text 35
ghtva patrika duta
gacchantu ca catur-diam
pan muni-gaan sarvan
kartu vijapana muda
ghtva - taking; patrikam - letter; duta - the messengers;
gacchantu - may go; ca - and; catur-diam - to the four directions;
npan - to the kings; muni-gaan - to the sages; sarvan - all; kartum to do; vijapanam - invitation; muda - happily.
Carrying a proclamation, the messengers should go in the four
directions to invite all the kings and sages.
Text 36
npasya vacana rutva
uka-kahoha-taluka
uvaca vacana brahman
hdayena viduyata
npasya - of the king; vacanam - the words; rutva - hearing;
uka-kahoha-taluka - his throat, lips, and palate dry; uvaca -

spoke; vacanam - words; brahman - O brhmaa; hdayena - with the

heart; viduyata - trembling.
O brhmaa, his throat, lips, and palate dry and his heart shaking
when he heard the king's words, Vasudeva spoke.
Text 37
r-vasudeva uvaca
na yuktam atra rajendra
gamana mama sampratam
vijapitu nanda-vraja
vasudevasya nandanam
r-vasudeva uvaca - ri Vasudeva said; na - not; yuktam - proper;
atra - here; rajendra - O king; gamanam - going; mama - of me;
sampratam - now; vijapitum - to inform; nanda-vrajam - Nanda's
village; vasudevasya - of Vasudeva; nandanam - the son.
ri Vasudeva said: O king of kings, it is not right for me to go to
Nanda's village and invite Vasudeva's son.
Text 38
yady ayato nanda-putro
yage te ca mahotsave
avaya tad-virodha ca
bhaviyati tvaya saha
yadi - if; ayata - comes; nanda-putra - Nanda's son; yage - in the
yajna; te - of you; ca - and; mahotsave - in the great festival; avayam
- inevitably; tat - that; virodha - stopping; ca - and; bhaviyati - will
be; tvaya - you; saha - with.
If he comes to this festive yaja, Nanda's son will fight with you.
Text 39
tam aha ca samanya
karayiyami samyugam
iti me na hi bhadra ca
vighnas tasya tavapi ca

tam - Him; aham - I; ca - and; samanya - bringing; karayiyami will go; samyugam - fight; iti - thus; me - of me; na - not; hi - indeed;
bhadram - good; ca - and; vighna - obstacle; tasya - of Him; tava - of
you; api - also; ca - and.
If I bring Him there will be a fight. I do not think it is not good that
He and you fight.
Text 40
pitranto mta ka
iti sarvo vadiyati
vasudeva suta-dvara
jaghana npam eva ca
pitra - by His father; anta - brought; mta - dead; ka Ka; iti - thus; sarva - all; vadiyati - will say; vasudeva Vasudeva; suta - son; dvara - by; jaghana - killed; npam - the king;
eva - indeed; ca - and.
Everyone will say, Ka died because His father brought Him
there." Or they will say, Vasudeva had his son kill the king."
Text 41
dvayor ekatarasyapi
sadyo mtyur bhaviyati
patiyanti ca ura ca
nasti yuddha niramayam
dvayo - of the two; ekatarasya - of one; api - also; sadya - at
once; mtyu - death; bhaviyati - will be; patiyanti - will fall; ca and; ura - warriors; ca - and; na - not; asti - is; yuddham - battle;
niramayam - without harm.
Of You two one must die. Many heroic warriors will also die. No
battle fails to bring harm.
Text 42
vasudeva-vaca rutva
rakta-pakaja-locana
khaga ghtva ta hantu
prayayau npatvara

vasudeva-vaca - Vasudeva's words; rutva - hearing; raktapakaja-locana - red lotus eyes; khagam - sword; ghtva grabbing; tam - him; hantum - to kill; prayayau - went; npatvara King Kasa.
Hearing Vasudeva's words, King Kasa, his eyes two red lotus
flowers, grabbed a sword and attacked Vasudeva.
Text 43
ha heti ktva putra ca
varayam asa tat kaam
ugraseno maha-raja
atva-balavan mune
ha ha - Ha! Ha!; iti - thus; ktva - doing; putram - son; ca - and;
varayam asa - stopped; tat - that; kaam - moment; ugrasena Ugrasena; maha-rajam - the king; atva-balavan - very powerful;
mune - O sage.
O sage, screaming, Ha! Ha!", very powerful Ugrasena stopped his
son King Kasa.
Text 44
sva-phad vasudeva ca
kopavio gha yayau
akrura prerayam asa
gantu nanda-vraja npa
sva-phat - from his place; vasudeva - Vasudeva; ca - and;
kopavia - filled with anger; gham - to his own home; yayau went; akruram - to Akurra; prerayam asa - sent; gantum - to go;
nanda-vrajam - to Nanda's village; npa - the king.
Filled with anger, Vasudeva went home. Then King Kasa sent
Akrra to Nanda's village.
Text 45
dutan prasthapayam asa
ghra prati-dia tatha
ayayur munaya sarve
npa ca sa-paricchada

dutan - messengers; prasthapayam asa - sent; ghram - at once;

prati-diam - in all directions; tatha - so; ayayu - came; munaya sages; sarve - all; npa - kings; ca - and; sa-paricchada - with their
entourage.
At once Kasa sent his messengers in all directions. Accompanied
by their followers, all the sages and kings came.
Text 46
dik-pala ca sura sarve
brahmaa ca tapasvina
sanaka ca sananda ca
vohu pacaikhas tatha
dik-pala - the protectors of the directions; ca - and; sura - the
demigods; sarve - all; brahmaa - the brhmaas; ca - and;
tapasvina - the ascetics; sanaka - Sanaka; ca - and; sananda Sananda; ca - and; vohu - Vodhu; pacaikha - Pancasikha; tatha so.
All the dikplas, demigods, brhmaas, and ascetics came,
including Sanaka, Sananda, Vohu, Pacaikh, . . .
Text 47
sanatkumaro bhagavan
prajvalan brahma-tejasa
kapila casuri paila
sumantu ca sanatana
sanatkumara - Sanatkumara; bhagavan - Lord; prajvalan splendid;
brahma-tejasa - with spiritual splendor; kapila - Kapila; ca - and;
asuri - Asuri; paila - Paila; sumantu - Sumantu; ca - and; sanatana
- Sanatana.
. . . Lord Sanatkumara shining with spiritual effulgence, Kapila, Asuri,
Paila, Sumantu, Sanatana, . . .
Text 48
pulaha ca pulastya ca

bhgu ca kratur agira

marci kayapa caiva
dako 'tri cyavanas tatha
pulaha - Pulaha; ca - and; pulastya - Pulastya; ca - and; bhgu Bhrgu; ca - and; kratu - Kratu; agira - Angira; marci - Marici;
kayapa - Kasyapa; ca - and; eva - certainly; daka - Daksa; atri Atri; cyavana - Cyavana; tatha - so.
. . . Pulaha, Pulastya, Bhgu, Kratur, Agira, Marci, Kayapa, Daka,
Atri, Cyavana, . . .
Text 49
bharadvaja ca vyasa ca
gautama ca paraara
praceta ca vaiha ca
samvarta ca bhaspati
bharadvaja - Bharadvaja; ca - and; vyasa - Vyasa; ca - and;
gautama - Gautama; ca - and; paraara - Parasara; praceta Praceta; ca - and; vaiha - Vasista; ca - and; samvarta - Samvarta;
ca - and; bhaspati - Brhaspati.
. . . Bharadvaja, Vyasa, Gautama, Paraara, Praceta, Vaiha,
Samvarta, Bhaspatih, . . .
Text 50
katyayano yajavalkyo
'py utathya saurabhis tatha
parvato devala caiva
jaigavya ca jaimini
katyayana - Katyayana; yajavalkya - Yajnavalkya; api - and;
utathya - Utathya; saurabhi - Saurabhi; tatha - so; parvata Parvata; devala - Devala; ca - and; eva - indeed; jaigavya Jaigisavya; ca - and; jaimini - Jaimini.
. . . Katyayana, Yajavalkya, Utathya, Saurabhi, Parvata, Devala,
Jaigavya, Jaimini, . . .
Text 51
vivamitra ca sutapa

pippala sakaayana
jabalir jagali caiva
piali ca ilalika
vivamitra - Visvamitra; ca - and; sutapa - DSutapa; pippala Pippala; sakaayana - Sakatayana; jabali - Jabali; jagali - Jangali;
ca - and; eva - indeed; piali - Pisali; ca - and; ilalika - Silalika.
. . . Vivamitra, Sutapa, Pippala. Sakaayana, Jabali, Jagali, Piali,
ilalika, . . .
Text 52
astika ca jarat-karus
tatha kalyaa-mitraka
durvasa vamadeva ca
yago vibhaaka
astika - Astika; ca - and; jarat-karu - Jarat-karu; tatha - so;
kalyaa-mitraka - kalyana-mitraka; durvasa - Durvasa; vamadeva Vamadeva; ca - and; yaga - Srsasringa; vibhaaka Vibhandaka.
. . . Astika, Jarat-karu, Kalyaa-mitraka, Durvasa, Vamadeva,
yaga, Vibhaaka, . . .
Text 53
karipatha kaada ca
kauika painis tatha
kautso 'ghamaraa caiva
valmkir lomaharaa
karipatha - Karipatha; kaada - Kanada; ca - and;
kauika - Kausika; paini - Panini; tatha - so; kautsa - Kautso;
aghamaraa - Sghamarsana; ca - and; eva - indeed; valmki Valmiki; lomaharaa - Lomaharsana.
. . . Karipatha, Kaada, Kauika, Paini, Kautsa, Aghamaraa,
Valmki, Lomaharaa, . . .
Text 54

markaeyo mkaa ca
parurama ca sakti
agastya ca tathava ca
tathanye munayo mune
markaeya - Markandeya; mkaa - Mrkanda; ca - and;
parurama - Parasurama; ca - and; sakti - Sankrti; agastya Agastya; ca - and; tatha - so; avam - us; ca - and; tatha - so; anye other; munaya - sages; mune - O sage.
. . . Markaeya, Mkaa, Parurama, Sakti, Agastya, the two of
us, O sage, many other sages, . . .
Text 55
sa-iya ca sa-putra ca
brahmaa ca tapasvina
jarasandho dantavakro
dambhiko draviadhipa
sa-iya - with disciples; ca - and; sa-putra - with sons; ca - and;
brahmaa - brhmaas; ca - and; tapasvina - ascetics; jarasandha
- Jarasandha; dantavakra - Dantavakra; dambhika - Dambika;
draviadhipa - the king of Dravida.
. . . many brhmaas and ascetics with their disciples and sons,
many kings including Jarasandha, Dantavakra, Dambhika, the king of
Dravia-dea, . . .
Text 56
iupalo bhmaka ca
bhagadatta ca mudgala
dhtararo dhumakeo
dhumaketu ca ambara
iupala - Sisupala; bhmaka - Bhismaka; ca - and;
bhagadatta - Bhagadfatta; ca - and; mudgala - Mudgala;
dhtarara - Dhrtarasta; dhumakea - Dhumakesa; dhumaketu Dhumaketu; ca - and; ambara - Sambara.

. . . iupala, Bhmaka, Bhagadatta, Mudgala, Dhtarara,

Dhumakea, Dhumaketu, ambara, . . .
Text 57
alya satrajita akur
npa canye maha-bala
bhmo droa kpacaryo
hy avatthama maha-bala
alya - Salya; satrajita - Satrajita; aku - Sanku;
npa - kings; ca - and; anye - - others; maha-bala - very powerful;
bhma - Bhisma; droa - Drona; kpacarya - Krpacarya; hi indeed; avatthama - Ascatthama; maha-bala - very powerful.
. . . alya, Satrajita, aku, Bhma, Droa, Kpacarya, very powerful
Avatthama, many other powerful kings, . . .
Text 58
bhurirava ca alva ca
kaikeya kaualas tatha
sarvan sambhaayam asa
maha-rajo yathocitam
bhurirava - Bhurisrava; ca - and; alva - Salva; ca - and;
kaikeya - Kaikeya; kauala - Kasuala; tatha - so; sarvan - all;
sambhaayam asa - spoke; maha-raja - the great king; yatha - as;
ucitam - appropriate.
. . . Bhurirava, alva, Kaikeya, and Kauala. King Kasa greeted
them all with appropriate words.
Text 59
satyako yaja-divasa
cakara ca ubha-kaam
satyaka - Satyaka; yaja - of the yajna; divasam - the day; cakara
- did; ca - and; ubha-kaam - an auspicious moment.
Then Satyaka set an auspicious day for the yaja.

Chapter Sixty-five
ri Akrra-harotkara
ri Akrra's Great Happiness
Text 1
kasasya vacana rutva
so 'kruro dharmia vara
uvaca coddhava anta
anta praha-manasa
kasasya - of Kasa; vacanam - the words; rutva - hearing; sa he;
akrura - Akrra; dharmiam - of saints; vara - the best; uvaca spoke; ca - and; uddhavam - to Uddhava; antam - peaceful; anta peaceful; praha-manasa - with a happy heart.
Hearing Kasa's words, saintly and peaceful Akrra, the best of
pious men, became happy at heart. He spoke to saintly and peaceful
Uddhava.
Text 2
r-akrura uvaca
suprabhatadya rajan
babhuva me ubha dina
tua ca guravo vipra
deva mam iti nicitam
r-akrura uvaca - ri Akrra said; suprabhata - dawn; adya today; rajan - night; babhuva - became; me - of me; ubham auspicious; dinam - day; tua - pleased; ca - and; gurava - gurus;
vipra - brhmaa; deva - demigods; mam - with me; iti - thus;
nicitam - indeed.
ri Akrra said: A very auspicious day has dawned for me. The
demigods, gurus, and brhmaas must be very pleased with me.
Text 3

koi-janmarjita puya
mama svayam upasthitam
babhuva me samutpanna
yad yat karma ubhaubham
koi-janma - in millions of births; arjitam - earned; puyam - piety;
mama - of me; svayam - personally; upasthitam - approached;
babhuva - became; me - me; samutpannam - manifested; yad yat whatever; karma - deeds; ubhaubham - good and bad.
The piety I earned in many millions of births now stands before
me.
Text 4
ciccheda bandha-nigaa
mama baddhasya karmaa
karagarac ca sasaran
mukto yami hare padam
ciccheda - broke; bandha-nigaam - the shackles; mama - of me;
baddhasya - bound; karmaa - by karma; karagarat - from the prison;
ca - and; sasarat - from repeated birth and death; mukta - freed;
yami - I go; hare - of Lord Ka; padam - to the abode.
The shackles of karma that bound me are broken. Now I am free
from the prison of repeated birth and death. Now I will go to Lord
Ka's world.
Text 5
suhd-arth kto 'ha ca
kasena vidua rua
varea tulyo devasya
krodho mama babhuva ha
suhd-arth - for the sake of a friend; kta - done; aham - I; ca and; kasena - by Kasa; vidua - wise; rua - angry; varea - great;
tulya - equal; devasya - of the Lord; krodha - anger; mama - of me;
babhuva - was; ha - indeed.
Wise and angry Kasa has become my true well-wisher. His anger
is a blessing, like the anger of the Supreme Lord Himself.

Text 6
vraja-raja samaharta
vraja yasyami sampratam
drakyami parama pujya
bhukti-mukti-pradayinam
vraja - of Vraja; rajam - the king; samahartam - to bring; vrajam - to
Vraja; yasyami - I will go; sampratam - now; drakyami - I will see;
paramam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pujyam - the
supreme object of worship; bhukti-mukti-pradayinam - the giver of
happiness and liberation.
Today I will go to Vraja and bring back Vraja's king. Today I will see
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme object of worship,
the giver of happiness and liberation.
Texts 7 and 8
navna-jalada-yama
nlendvara-locanam
pta-vastra-samayuktakoi-dea-virajitam
dhuli-dhusaritaga ca
ki va candana-carcitam
athava navantakta
aga drakyami sa-smitam
navna - new; jalada - cloud; yamam - dark; nlendvaralocanam - dark lotus eyes; pta-vastra - yellow garments; samayukta
- with; koi - millions; dea - countries;
virajitam - shining; dhuli-dhusaritagam - covered with dust; ca - and;
kim - what?; va - or; candana-carcitam - anointed with sandal paste;
athava - or; navantaktam - anointed with butter; agam - or;
drakyami - I will see; sa-smitam - with a smile.
I will see Him, His form a dark monsoon cloud, His eyes dark lotus
flowers, His garments yellow, His limbs anointed with dust, smiling,
splendidly manifest in millions of places at once, anointed with sandal
paste, or perhaps anointed with butter, . . .
Text 9
ki va vinoda-mural
vadayanta manoharam

ki va gava samuha ca
carayantam itas tata
ki va - or; vinoda-muralm - a pastime flute; vadayantam playing; manoharam - handsome; ki va - or; gavam - of the cows;
samuham - herd; ca - and; carayantam - herding; ita - here; tata nad there.
. . . or perhaps playing beautiful music on His flute, or perhaps taking
the cows here and there, . . .
Text 10
ki va vasanta gacchanta
ayana va su-nicitam
nidea kida cadya
su-dya ca ubhe kae
ki va - or; vasantam - sitting; gacchantam - walking; ayanam resting; va - or; su-nicitam - indeed; nideam - intsruction; kidam something; ca - and; adyam - transcendental; su-dya - with a
glance; ca - and; ubhe - at an ausoicious; kae - moment.
. . . or perhaps sitting down, or perhaps walking, or perhaps sleeping,
or perhaps speaking words of spiritual instruction, or perhaps looking
at me in an auspicious moment, . . .
Text 11
yat-pada-padma dhyayante
brahma-viu-ivadaya
na hi janati yasyanta
ananto 'nanta-vigraha
yat-pada-padmam - on whose lotus feet; dhyayante - meditate;
brahma-viu-ivadaya - Brahm, Viu, and iva; na - not; hi indeed; janati - understand; yasya - of whom; antam - the end;
ananta - Lord ea; ananta-vigraha - whose form has no end.
. . . Him, the Lord, on whose lotus feet Brahm, Viu, and iva
meditate, the end of whose glories even limitless Lord ea cannot
find, . . .
Text 12

yat-prabhava na jananti
deva santa ca santatam
yasya stotre ja-bhuta
bhta dev sarasvat
yat-prabhavam - whose power; na - not; jananti - know; deva - the
demigods; santa - the saints; ca - and; santatam - always; yasya - of
whom; stotre - in prayer; ja-bhuta - silent; bhta - frightened; dev the goddess; sarasvat - Sarasvati.
. . . whose power even the demigods and sages do not understand,
whose glories make Goddess Sarasvati frightened and unable to
speak any prayers, . . .
Text 13
das niyukta yad-dasye
maha-lakm ca lakita
gaga yasya padambhojan
nista sattva-rupi
das - servant; niyukta - engaged; yad-dasye - in whose service;
maha-lakm - Mah-Lakmi; ca - and; lakita - characterized; gaga
- Gag; yasya - of whom; padambhojat - from the lotus feet; nista flowing; sattva-rupi - transcendental forms.
. . . whose maidservant is Goddess Mah-Lakmi, from whose lotus
feet the spiritual Gag flows, . . .
Text 14
janma-mtyu-jara-vyadhihara tribhuvanat para
darana-sparanabhya ca
na pataka-nain
janma-mtyu - birth and death; jara - old age; vyadhi - disease;
hara - removing; tribhuvanat - the three worlds; para - great; darana seeing; sparanabhyam - and touching; ca - and; nam - of people;
pataka-nain - destroying sins.
. . . who removes birth, death, old age, and disease, who is beyond
the three worlds, whose touch and sight destroy the people's sins, . . .
Text 15

dhyayate yat-padambhoja
durga durgati-nain
trailokya-janan dev
mula-praktir var
dhyayate - meditate; yat-padambhojam - on whose lotus feet;
durga - Durg; durgati-nain - the destroyer of calamities; trailokya the three worlds;
janan - the mother; dev - goddess; mula-prakti - the root of
matter; var - the controller.
. . . on whose lotus feet splendid Goddess Durg, the goddess who is
the destroyer of calamities and the root of matter, meditates, . . .
Text 16
lomna kupeu vivani
maha-vio ca yasya ca
asakhyani vicitrai
sthulat sthulatarasya ca
lomnam - of the hairs; kupeu - in the wells; vivani - the universes;
maha-vio - of Lord Mah-Viu; ca - and; yasya - of whom; ca and; asakhyani - countless; vicitrai - variegated; sthulat - from the
great; sthulatarasya - greater; ca - and.
. . . who as Lord Mah-Viu manifests countless wonderful universes
from the pores of His body, who is larger than the
largest, . . .
Text 17
sa ca yat-oaaa ca
yasya sarvevarasya ca
ta drau yami he bandho
maya-manua-rupiam
sa - He; ca - and; yat-oaaa - a sixteenth part; ca - and; yasya
- of whom; sarvevarasya - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca
- and; tam - Him;
draum - to see; yami - I go; he - O; bandha - friend; maya-manuarupiam - pretending to be an ordinary human being.

. . . who is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and who

displays only one-sixteenth of His power as Lord Mah- Viu. O
friend, now I will go to see Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who is pretending to be an ordinary human
being, . . .
Text 18
sarva sarvantaratmana
sarvaja prakte param
brahma-jyoti-svarupa ca
bhaktanugraha-vigraham
sarvam - all; sarvantaratmanam - in everyone's heart; sarvajam all-knowing;prakte - matter; param - beyond; brahma-jyotisvarupam - whose form is effulgent; ca - and; bhaktanugrahavigraham - who is merciful to His devotees.
. . . the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is everything, who
resides in everyone's heart, who knows everything, who is beyond the
world of matter, whose spiritual form is effulgent, who is kind to His
devotees, . . .
Text 19
nirgua ca nirha ca
nirananda nirarayam
parama paramananda
sananda nanda-nandanam
nirguam - beyond the modes of nature; ca - and; nirham - with
no duty that He must perform; ca - and; niranandam - not taking
pleasure in material things; nirarayam - independent; paramam supreme; paramanandam - the highest bliss; sanandam - blissful;
nanda- nandanam - the son of Nanda.
. . . who is beyond the modes of material nature, who is not obliged
to perform any task, who takes no pleasure in dull matter, who is
independent, who is full of the highest transcendental bliss, who is
King Nanda's son, . . .
Text 20
svecchamaya sarva-para
sarva-bja sanatanam
vadanti yogina avad

dhyayante 'har-nia ium

svecchamayam - whose every desire is fulfilled; sarva-param - the
highest of all; sarva-bjam - the seed of all; sanatanam - eternal;
vadanti - say; yogina - the yogis; avat - always; dhyayante meditate; aha - day; niam - and night; ium - boy.
. . . whose every desire is at once fulfilled, who is the greatest of all,
whom the yogis proclaim to be the eternal seed of all, on whom the
yogis meditate day and night, who is a youth, . . .
Text 21
manvantara-sahasra ca
nirahara kodara
padme padma-tapas tepe
pura padme ca yat-kte
manvantara - manvantaras; sahasram - a thousand; ca - and;
nirahara - fasting; kodara - emaciated; padme - on a lotus;
padma-tapa - austerities; tepe - performed; pura - in ancient times;
padme - in the Padma-kalpa; ca - and; yat-kte - for whose sake.
. . . to attain whom the demigod Brahm, emaciated with long
fasting, performed austerities for a thousand manvantaras on a lotus
flower in the Padma-kalpa in ancient times, . . .
Text 22
puna kuru tapasya ca
tada drakyasi mam iti
sakc chabda ca surava
na dadara tathapi tam
puna - again; kuru - do; tapasyam - auserities; ca - and; tada then; drakyasi - you will see; mam - Me; iti - thus; sakt - once;
abdam - sound; ca - and; surava - heard; na - not; dadara - saw;
tathapi - nevertheless; tam - Him.
. . . whose words, Perform more austerities. Then you will see Me.",
Brahm heard although he could not see Him, . . .
Text 23
tavat kala punas taptva

vara prapa dadara tam

da paramea ca
drakyamy adya tam uddhava
tavat kalam - from that time; puna - again; taptva - performing
austerities; varam - boon; prapa - attaining; dadara - saw; tam - Him;
dam - like this; parameam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
ca - and; drakyami - I will see; adya - today; tam - Him; uddhava - O
Uddhava.
. . . for whose sake Brahm continued to perform austerities, from
whom Brahm received a boon, and whom Brahm eventually saw
directly. O Uddhava, today I will see Him, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the supreme master, . . .
Text 24
pura ambhus tapas tepe
yavad vai brahmao vaya
jyotir-maala-madhye ca
goloke ta dadara sa
pura - in ancient times; ambhu - Lord iva; tapa - austerities;
tepe - performed; yavat - while; vai - indeed; brahmaa - of Brahm;
vaya - the life; jyoti - of light; maala - a circle; madhye - in the
middle; ca - and; goloke - in Goloka; tam - Him; dadara - saw; sa he.
. . . for whose sake in ancient times the demigod iva performed
austerities for a lifetime of Brahm, whom iva saw in the world of
Goloka in the midst of a circle of light, . . .
Text 25
sarva-tattva sarva-siddha
mama tattva para varam
samprapa tat-padambhoje
bhakti ca nirmala param
sarva-tattvam - all truth; sarva-siddham - all perfection; mama - of
me; tattvam - the truth; param - supreme; varam - boon; samprapa attained; tat-padambhoje - His lotus feet; bhaktim - devotion; ca - and;
nirmalam - pure; param - great.

. . . at whose lotus feet iva attained the boon of all truth, all
perfection, and pure spiritual devotion, . . .
Text 26
cakaratma-sama ta ca
yo bhakto bhakta-vatsala
da paramea ca
drakyamy adya tam uddhava
cakara - did; atma - Himself; samam - like; tam - him; ca - and; ya
- who;
bhakta - devoted; bhakta-vatsala - who loves His devotees; dam
- like that; parameam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca and; drakyami - I will see; adya - today; tam - Him; uddhava - O
Uddhava.
. . . who made iva His equal, and who loves His devotees. O
Uddhava, today I will see Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
the supreme master, . . .
Text 27
sahasra-akra-patanta
nirahara kodara
yasyanantas tapas tepe
bhaktya ca paramatmana
sahasra-akra-patantam - for the lifetimes of a thousand Indras;
nirahara - fasting; kodara - emaciated; yasya - of whom; ananta
- Lord ea; tapa - austerities; tepe - - performed; bhaktya - with
devotion; ca - and; paramatmana - of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
. . . to attain whom Lord ea, emaciated with long fasting,
devotedly performed austerities for a thousand lifetimes of Indra, . . .
Text 28
tada catma-sama jana
dadau tasmai ya vara
da paramea ca
drakyamy adya tam uddhava

tada - then; ca - and; atma - Himself; samam - equal; janam knwoledge; dadau -gave; tasmai - to Him; ya - who; vara - the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; dam - like that; parameam - the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca - and; drakyami - I will see; adya
- today; tam - Him; uddhava - O Uddhava.
. . . who gave transcendental knowledge like His own to ea, and
who is the Supreme Controller. O Uddhava, today I will see Him, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme master, . . .
Text 29
sahasra-akra-patanta
dharmas tepe ca yat tapa
tada babhuva sak sa
dharmia sarva-karmiam
asta ca phala-data ca
yat-prasadan nam iha
sarveam dam aho
drakyamy adya tam uddhava
sahasra-akra-patantam - for the lifetimes of a thousand Indras;
dharma - Yamarja; tepe - performed; ca - and; yat - what; tapa austerities; tada - then; babhuva - became; sak - the witness; sa he; dharmiam - of the pious; sarva-karmiam - of all deeds; asta the punisher; ca - and; phala-data - the giver of results; ca - and; yatprasadan - by whose mercy; nam - of men; iha - here;
sarveam - the controller of all; dam - liek this; aha - Oh;
drakyami - O will see; adya - today; tam - Him; uddhava - O Uddhava.
. . . to attain whom Yamarja performed austerities for a thousand
lifetimes of Indra, by whose mercy Yamarja became the witness of all
pious deeds, the punisher, and the giver of results to the human
beings. O Uddhava, today I will see Him, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme master, . . .
Texts 31 and 32
aa-viatir indraa
patane yad diva-niam
eva kramea masabdai
atabda brahmao vaya
aho yasya nimeea

brahmaa patana bhavet

da paramatmana
drakyamy adya tam uddhava
aa-viati - twenty-eight; indraam - of Indras; patane - in the
falling; yat - what; diva-niam - day and night; evam - thus; kramea gradually; masabdai - with months and years; atabdam - a hundred
years; brahmaa - of Brahm; vaya - the life; aha - Oh; yasya - of
whom; nimeea - with an eyeblink; brahmaa - of Brahm; patanam
- the fall; bhavet - is; dam - like that; paramatmanam - the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; drakyami - O will see; adya today; tam - Him;
uddhava - O Uddhava.
. . . for whom the lifetime of Brahm, consisting of a hundred years
where each day equals the lifetimes of twenty-eight Indras, is barely a
single eyeblink. O Uddhava, today I will see Him, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the supreme master, . . .
Texts 33-35
nasti bhu-rajasa sakhya
yathaiva brahmaa tatha
tathaiva bandho vivana
tad-adharo maha-vira
vive vive ca praty-eka
brahma-viu-ivadaya
munayo manava siddha
manavadya caracara
yat-oaaa sa vira
so naa ca llaya
ida sarva-astara
drakyamy adya tam uddhava
na - not; asti - is; bhu-rajasa - grains of dust; sakhya - counting;
yatha - as; eva - - indeed; brahmaam - of Brahms; tatha - so; tatha
- so; eva - indeed; bandha - O friend; vivanam - of universes; tadadhara - the maintainer; maha-vira - Lord Mah-Viu; vive vive in universe after universe; ca - and; praty-ekam - in each one;
brahma-viu-ivadaya - beginning with Brahm, Viu, and iva;
munaya - sages; manava - manus; siddha - siddhas; manavadya

- beginning with human beings; caracara - moving and unmoving

beings; yat-oaaa - a sixteenth part of whom; sa - He; vira Mah-Viu; sa - created; naa - destroyed; ca - and; llaya -layfully; idam - like this; sarva-astaram - the controller of all;
drakyami - O will see; adya - today; tam - Him; uddhava - O
Uddhava.
. . . a sixteenth part of whom is Lord Mah-Viu, the playful creator
and destroyer of so many universes that they cannot be counted any
more than the number of Brahms or the number of grains of dust on
the earth can be counted, each universe
filled with demigods like Brahm, Viu, and iva, and many sages,
manus, siddhas, human beings, and other moving and unmoving
beings. O Uddhava, today I will see Him, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the supreme master, the supreme
controller.
Text 36
ity evam uktvakrura ca
pulakacita-vigraha
murcha prapa saru-netro
dadhyau tac-caraambujam
iti - thus; evam - in this way; uktva - speaking; akrura - Akrra; ca
- and; pulakacita-vigraha - his bodliy hairs erect; murcham - fainting;
prapa - atatined; saru-netra - tears in his eyes; dadhyau meditated; tac-caraambujam - on His lotus feet.
After speaking these words, Akrra, his eyes filled with tears and
the hairs of his body erect, fell unconscious. His thoughts were only of
Lord Ka's lotus feet.
Text 37
babhuva bhakti-pura ca
smara smara padambujam
ktva pradakia vapi
kasya paramatmana
babhuva - became; bhakti-pura - filled with devotion; ca - and;
smaram - remembering; smaram - and remembering; padambujam the lotus feet; ktva - doing; pradakiam - circumambulation; va - or;
api - also; kasya - of Lord Ka; paramatmana - the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.

Akrra remembered Lord Ka's lotus feet again and again. In his
thoughts he circumambulated Lord Ka's lotus feet again and
again. He became filled with love for Lord Ka's lotus feet.
Text 38
uddhava ca tam aliya
praaaa puna puna
sa ca ghra yayau geha
akruro 'pi sva-mandire
uddhava - Uddhava; ca - and; tam - him; aliya - embracing;
praaaa - praised; puna - again; puna - and again; sa - he; ca and; ghram - at once; yayau - went; geham - to the home; akrura Akrra; api - also; sva-mandire - to his own home.
Uddhava embraced Akrra and praised him again and again. Then
the two of them quickly returned to their own homes.

Chapter Sixty-six
ri Rdh-okpanodana
ri Rdh's Grief Is Removed
Text 1
r-narayaa uvaca
atha rasevar-yukto
rase rasevara svayam
sa ca reme taya sardha
atva-ramaotsuka
r-narayaa uvaca - ri Nryaa i said; atha - the; rasevaryukta - with the queen of the rsa dance; rase - in the rsa dance;
rasevara - the king of the rsa ance; svayam - personally; sa - He;
ca - and; reme - enjoyed; taya - Her; sardham - with; atvaramaotsuka - eager to enjoy.

ri Nryaa i said: The Lord Ka, the king of the rsa dance,
happily enjoyed a rsa dance with ri Rdh, the queen of the rsa
dance.
Text 2
ukha-sambhoga-matrea
yayau nidra ca radhika
dva svapna samutthaya
dnovaca priya dine
sukha-sambhoga-matrea - with enjoyment; yayau - went; nidram to sleep; ca - and; radhika - Rdh; dva - seeing; svapnam - dream;
samutthaya - rising; dna - distraught; uvaca - spoke; priyam - to Her
beloved; dine - in the day.
After enjoying many pastimes, ri Rdh fell asleep, saw
something in a dream, and awakened in the day. Distraught, She
spoke to Her lover.
Text 3
r-radhikovaca
aho svaminn ihagaccha
tva karomi sva-vakasi
pariame vidhata me
na jane ki kariyati
r-radhika uvaca - ri Rdh said; aha - O; svaminn - master; iha
- here; agaccha - please come; tvam - You; karomi - do; sva - own;
vakasi - on the chest; pariame - in change; vidhata - destiny; me - of
Me; na - not; jane - I understand; kim - what?; kariyati - will be.
ri Rdh said: O master, please come here. Let Me hold You to My
breast. A different future awaits Me. What will happen? I do not know.
Text 4
ity uktva sa maha-bhaga
priya ktva sva-vakasi
dusvapna kathayam asa
hdayena viduyata
iti - thus; uktva - speaking; sa - She; maha-bhaga - fortunate;
priyam - lover; ktva - doing; sva-vakasi - on Her breast;

dusvapnam - nightmare; kathayam asa - told; hdayena - with a

heart; viduyata - shaking.
Speaking these words, She held Her lover to Her breast. With a
trembling heart, very fortunate Rdh described a nightmare.
Text 5
r-radhikovaca
ratna-sihasane 'ha ca
ratna-cchatra ca bibhrati
tadatapatra jagraha
ruo vipra ca me prabho
r-radhika uvaca - ri Rdh said; ratna-sihasane - on a jewel
throne; aham - I; ca - and; ratna-cchatram - a jewel parasol; ca - and;
bibhrati - holds; tada - then; atapatram - the parasol; jagraha grabbed; rua - angry; vipra - a brhmaa; ca - and; me - of Me;
prabha - O master.
ri Rdh said: Sitting on a jewel throne, I held a jewel parasol. O
master, then an angry brhmaa suddenly snatched the parasol from
Me.
Text 6
sagare kajjalakare
maha-ghore ca duare
gabhre prerayam asa
mam eva durbala sa ca
sagare - in a an ocean; kajjalakare - like black kajjala; maha-ghore very terrible; ca - and; duare - impassable; gabhre - deep;
prerayam asa - sent; mam - me; eva - indeed; durbalam - weak; sa he; ca - and.
Then he threw Me, a weak woman, into a terrible, deep, impassable
ocean black like kajjala.
Text 7
tatra srotasi okarta
bhramami ca muhur muhu
mahorma ca vegena
vyakula nakra-sakulai

tatra - there; srotasi - in the currents; okarta - tormented with

grief; bhramami - I wander; ca - and; muhu - again; muhu - and
again; mahormam - of the great waves; ca - and; vegena - by the
force; vyakula - distressed; nakra-sakulai - by many sharks.
Again and again I was tossed about, tormented by great waves
and many sharks.
Text 8
trahi trahti he natha
tva vadami puna puna
tva na dva maha-bhta
karomi prarthana suram
trahi - save; trahi - save; iti - thus; he - O; natha - master; tvam You; vadami - I say; puna - again; puna - and again; tvam - You; na not; dva - seeing; maha-bhta - very frightened; karomi - I do;
prarthanam - prayer; suram - to the demigods.
Save Me! Save Me!" O master, with these words I called to You
again and again. I did not see You. Very afraid, I prayed to the
demigods.
Text 9
ka tatra nimajjant
payami candra-maalam
nipatanta ca gaganac
chata-khaa ca bhu-tale
ka - O Ka; tatra - there; nimajjant - drowning; payami - I
see; candra-maalam - the moon; nipatantam - falling; ca - and;
gaganat - from the sky; ata - a hundred; khaam - pieces; ca - and;
bhu-tale - to the earth.
O Ka, as I was drowning I saw the moon fall from the sky to the
earth and break into a hundred pieces.
Text 10
kaantare ca payami
gaganat surya-maalam
babhuva ca catu-khaa

nipatya dhara-tale
kaantare - another moment; ca - and; payami - I see; gaganat from the sky; surya-maalam - the sun; babhuva - was; ca - and;
catu-khaam - in four pieces; nipatya - falling; dhara-tale - to the
earth.
The next moment I saw the sun fall from the sky to the earth and
break into a four pieces.
Text 11
eka-kale ca gagane
maala candra-suryayo
atva-kajjalakara
sarva grasta ca rahuna
eka-kale - at one time; ca - and; gagane - in the sky; maalam the circle; candra-suryayo - of the sun and moo; atva - very; kajjala kajjala; akaram - form; sarvam - all; grastam - swallowed; ca - and;
rahuna - by Rahu.
The next moment, the sun and moon were both together in the
sky. Swallowed by Rhu, they became black like kajjala.
Text 12
kaantare ca payami
brahmao dptiman iti
mat-kroa-stha-sudha-kumbha
babhaja ca rueti ca
kaantare - the next moment; ca - and; payami - I saw;
brahmaa - a brhmaa; dptiman - effulgent; iti - thus; mat-kroa on My lap; stha - situated; sudha - of nectar; kumbham - a jar;
babhaja - broke; ca - and; rua - angrily; iti - thus; ca - and.
The next moment I saw an effulgent brhmaa angrily break the
cup of nectar I held in My lap.
Text 13
kaantare ca payami
maha-rua ca brahmaam

ghtva ca vrajanta ca
cakuo purua mama
kaantare - the next moment; ca - and; payami - I see; maharuam - very angry; ca - and; brahmaam - brhmaa; ghtva grabbing; ca - and; vrajantam - going; ca - and; cakuo - of the
eyes; puruam - a man; mama - of Me.
The next moment I saw a very angry brhmaa grab a man
walking by.
Text 14
kra-kamala-daa ca
hastad dhasta mama prabho
sahasa khaa-khaa ca
babhuva saha hetuna
kra-kamala-daam - the stalk of a pastime lotus; ca - and;
hastat - from one hand; hastam - to another hansd; mama - of Me;
prabha - O master; sahasa - suddenly; khaa-khaam - broken into
many pieces; ca - and; babhuva - became; saha - with; hetuna - cause.
O master, then a pastime lotus suddenly fell from My hand and
broke into many pieces.
Text 15
hastad dhasta ca sahasa
sad-ratna-sara-darpaa
nirmala kajjalakara
khaa-khao babhuva ha
hastat - from hand; hastam - to hand; ca - and; sahasa - suddenly;
sad-ratna-sara-darpaa - a jewle mirror; nirmala - splendid;
kajjalakara - black like kajjala; khaa-khaa - broken into many
pieces; babhuva - became; ha - indeed.
Then a splendid jewel mirror suddenly turned black like kajjala, fell
from My hand, and broke into many pieces.
Text 16
haro me ratna-saraa
chinno bhutva ca vakasa
tva-malina padma

papata dhara-tale
hara - necklace; me - of Me; ratna-saraam - of precious jewels;
chinna - broken; bhutva - becoming; ca - and; vakasa - of the
breast; atva - very; malinam - black; padmam - lotus; papata - fell;
dhara-tale - to the ground.
Then the precious jewel necklace on My breast broke apart. Then
My lotus flower became black and fell to the ground.
Text 17
saudha-puttalika sarva
ntyanti ca hasanti ca
asphotayanti gayanti
rudanti ca kaa kaam
saudha-puttalika - the deities in thr temple; sarva - all; ntyanti dance; ca - and; hasanti - laugh; ca - and; asphotayanti - clap hands;
gayanti - sing; rudanti - weep; ca - and; kaam - moment; kaam after moment.
Then the demigods' deities in the temple began to dance. One
moment laughed, another moment they clapped their hands and
sang, and the next moment they wept.
Text 18
ka-vara bhac cakra
khe bhramanta muhur muhu
nipatanta cotpatanta
payami ca bhayakaram
ka-varam - black; bhac - great; cakram - wheel; khe - in the
sky; bhramantam - turning; muhu - again; muhu - and again;
nipatantam - falling; ca - and; utpatantam - rising; payami - I see; ca and; bhayakaram - fearful.
Then I saw a fearful great black wheel rising and falling as it
turned in the sky.
Text 19
praadhideva puruo
nistyabhyantaran mama
radhe vidaya dehti

tato yamty uvaca ha

praadhideva - the master of life; purua - the man; nistya leaving; abhyantarat - from within; mama - of Me; radhe - O Rdh;
vidayam - farewell; dehi - please give; iti - thus; tata - then; yami - I
am going; iti - thus; uvaca - said; ha - indeed.
Then the man who is the master of My life suddenly left. He said,
O Rdh, bid Me farewell, for I must go."
Text 20
ka-vara ca pratima
mam aliyati cumbati
ka-vastra-paridhana
ceti payami sampratam
ka-vara - black; ca - and; pratima - diety; mam - Me; aliyati embraces; cumbati - kisses; ka-vastra - black garments; paridhana
- wearing; ca - and; iti - thus; payami - I see; sampratam - now.
Then I saw a black statue clad in black kiss and embrace Me.
Text 21
itda viparta ca
dva ca praa-vallabha
ntyanti dakia\gani
praa andolayanti me
iti - thus; idam - this; vipartam - reverse; ca - and; dva seeing; ca - and; praa-vallabha - O master more dear than life;
ntyanti - dance; dakia - right; agani - limbs; praa - life;
andolayanti - trembles; me - of Me.
O master more dear than life, I saw many eerie things. Now the
right side of My body performs a dance of shudders. My life breath
restlessly paces back and forth.
Text 22
rudanti okat karanti
samudvigna ca manasam
kim ida kim ida natha
vada veda-vida vara

rudanti - weep; okat - in grief; karant - pulling; samudvignam agitated; ca - and; manasam - mind; kim - what?; idam - this; kim what?; idam - this; natha - O master; vada - please tell; veda - of the
Vedas; vidam - of the knowers; vara - O best.
My life breath is weeping. My life breath is torturing My unhappy
heart. What is it? What is it? O master, O best of the knowers of the
Vedas, please tell Me.
Text 23
ity uktva radhika-dev
uka-kahoha-taluka
papata tat-padambhoje
bhta sa oka-vihvala
iti - thus; uktva - speaking; radhika-dev - Goddess Rdh; ukakahoha-taluka - Her lips, throat, and palate dry; papata - fell; tatpadambhoje - at His lotus feet; bhta - frightened; sa - She; okavihvala - overwhelmed with grief.
Frightened, overwhelmed with grief, and Her lips, throat, and
palate dry, Goddess Rdh spoke these words and fell at Lord Ka's
feet.
Text 24
rutva svapna jagannatho
dev ktva sva-vakasi
adhyatmikena yogena
bodhayam asa tat kaam
rutva - hearing; svapnam - the dream; jagannatha - the master
of the universes; devm - to the goddess; ktva - doing; sva-vakasi to His chest; adhyatmikena yogena - with the transcendental
knowledge of yoga; bodhayam asa - enlightened; tat - that; kaam moment.
Hearing of this dream, Lord Ka, the master of the universes,
held Goddess Rdh to His chest and taught Her the science of
spiritual enlightenment.

Text 25
tatyaja oka sa dev
jana samprapya nirmalam
anta ca bhagavanta ca
ktva kanta sva-vakasi
tatyaja - abandoned; okam - grief; sa - She; dev - the Goddess;
janam - knowledge; samprapya - attaining; nirmalam - pure; antam peaceful; ca - and; bhagavantam - the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; ca - and; ktva - doing; kantam - beloved; sva-vakasi - to
Her breast.
Enlightened by Lord Ka, Goddess Rdh became free of grief.
She held to Her chest Her beloved, the peaceful and saintly Supreme
Personality of Godhead.

Chapter Sixty-seven
Adhytmika-yoga-kathana
Description of Spiritual Enlightenment
Text 1
r-narayaa uvaca
viraha-vyakula dva
kamin kama-mohana
ktva vakasi ta ko
yayau kra-sarovaram
r-narayaa uvaca - ri Nryaa i said; viraha-vyakulam - the
anxiety of separation; dva - seeing; kaminm - beloved; kamamohana - overcome with love; ktva - doing; vakasi - on His chest;
tam - Her; ka - Lord Ka; yayau - went; kra-sarovaram - to a
pastime lake.

ri Nryaa i said: Seeing that beautiful and passionate Rdh

was troubled with the prospect of losing His company, Lord Ka
became filled with love for Her. He held Her to His chest and took Her
to a pastime lake.
Text 2
raja-rajevar radha
ka-vakasi rajate
saudaminva jalade
navne gagane mune
raja - of kings; raja - of the king; var - the queen; radha - ri
Rdh; ka-vakasi - pn Lord Ka's chest; rajate - shone;
saudamin - a lightning flash; iva - like; jalade - on a cloud; navne new; gagane - in the sky; mune - O sage.
ri Rdh, the queen of the king of kings, rested on Lord Ka's
chest. She shone like a lightning flash on a monsoon cloud.
Text 3
reme sa ramaya sardha
kpaya ca kpa-nidhi
vayor dvayor yatha svaramanyor marakato mai
reme - enjoyed; sa - He; ramaya - the goddess; sardham - with;
kpaya - with mercy; ca - and; kpa-nidhi - an ocean of mercy;
dvayo - of the two; dvayo - of the two; yatha - as; svara-mayo of topaz; marakata - sapphire; mai - jewel.
An ocean of mercy, Lord Ka mercifully enjoyed pastimes with
Goddess Rdh. They were like a sapphire and a topaz together.
Texts 4 and 5
ratna-nirmaa-paryake
ratnendra-sara-nirmite
ratna-pradpe jvalati
ratna-bhuaa-bhuita
ratna-bhua-bhuitaya
rasa-ratna ca kautukat

rasa-ratnakare ramye
nimagno rasikevara
ratna-nirmaa-paryake - on a jewel couch; ratnendra-sara- nirmite
- made with the best of jewels; ratna - jewel; pradpe - lamps; jvalati shining; ratna-bhuaa-bhuita - decorated with jewel ornaments;
ratna-bhua-bhuitaya - decorated with jewel ornaments; rasa-ratna
- the jewel of the rsa dance; ca - and; kautukat - happily; rasa - of
the rsa dance; ratnakare - in the jwel ocean; ramye - beautiful;
nimagna - plunged; rasikevara - the king of they who taste nectar.
In a jewel palace lit by jewel lamps, on a jewel couch, jeweldecorated Lord Ka happily enjoyed pastimes with jewel- decorated
Rdh. Lord Ka, the jewel of the rsa dance, the king of they who
taste nectar, dove into a beautiful jewel-ocean
of rsa dance pastimes.
Text 6
rase rasevar radha
rasevaram uvaca sa
suratau viratau satya
virate na manorathe
rase - in the rsa dance; rasevar - the queen of the rsa dance;
radha - ri Rdh; rasevaram - to the king of the rsa dance; uvaca spoke; sa - she; suratau - amorous pastimes; viratau - stopped;
satyam - truth; virate - stopped; na - not; manorathe - desire.
Then ri Rdh, the queen of the rsa dance, spoke to Lord Ka,
the king of the rsa dance. Although Their amorous pastimes had
stopped, ri Rdh's desires had not.
Text 7
r-radhikovaca
praphullaha tvaya natha
mta mlana ca tva vina
yatha mahauadhi-gaa
prabhate bhati bhaskare
r-radhika uvaca - ri Rdh said; praphulla - blossomed; aham I; tvaya - by You; natha - O master; mta - dead; mlana - wilting; ca and; tvam - You; vina - without; yatha - as; mahauadhi-gaa - a

great plant; prabhate - in the morning; bhati - shining; bhaskare - the

sun.
ri Rdh said: O master, when You are present I blossom with
happiness. When You are gone I wilt and die. When You are present I
am like a flower happy at the rising of the sun.
Text 8
nakta dpa-ikhevaha
tvaya sardha tvaya vina
dine dine yatha ka
ka-pake vidho kala
naktam - at night; dpa-ikha - a blazing lamp; iva - like; aham - I;
tvaya - with You; sardham - with; tvaya - You; vina - without; dine day; dine - after day; yatha - as; ka - wasted away; ka-pake in the dark fortnight; vidho - of the moon; kala - the crescent.
When You are present I am like a lamp shining at night. When You
are gone I am like a waning moon.
Text 9
tava vakasi me dpti
pura-candra-prabha-sama
sadyo mta tvaya tyakta
kuhva candra-kala yatha
tava - of You; vakasi - on the chest; me - of Me; dpti - the light;
pura-candra-prabha-sama - like a full moon; sadya - at once; mta dead; tvaya - by You; tyakta - abandoned; kuhvam - on the new moon
day; candra-kala - the crescent moon; yatha - as.
When You are present I am like a splendid full moon. When You are
gone I am like a dark new moon.
Text 10
jvalad-agni-ikhevaha
ghtahutya tvaya saha
tvaya vinaha nirvaa
iire padmin yatha

jvalad-agni-ikha - a blazing fire; iva - like; aham - I; ghta - of

ghee; ahutya - with oblations; tvaya - You; saha - with; tvaya - You;
vina - without; aham - I; nirvaa - desolate; iire - in the winter;
padmin - a lake of lotuses; yatha - like.
When You are present I am like a sacred fire fed with oblations of
ghee. When You are gone I am like a lotus-lake barren and empty in
the wintertime.
Text 11
cinta-jvara-jara-grasta
mattas tvayi gate 'py aham
asta gateravau candre
dhvanta-grasta dhara yatha
cinta - of anxiety; jvara - fever; jara - old age; grasta - grabbed;
matta - from Me; tvayi - You; gate - gone; api - even; aham - I; astam
- to the horizon; gateravau - gone; candre - the moon; dhvanta-grasta
- gripped by darkness; dhara - the earth; yatha - like.
When You are gone I am seized by a fever of despair. I am like the
earth when it is seized by darkness after both sun and moon have set.
Text 12
bhrao veas tva vina me
rupa yauvana-cetanam
taraval paribhraa
surya-sutodaye yatha
bhraa - broken; vea - appearance; tvam - You; vina - without;
me - of Me; rupam - beauty; yauvana-cetanam - youthfulness; taraval
- stars; paribhraa - fallen; surya-sutodaye - at sunrise; yatha - like.
When You are gone My youthful beauty perishes. I am like the
stars that fade at sunrise.
Text 13
tvam evatma ca sarvea
mama natho vieata
tanur yathatmana tyakta
tathaha ca tvaya vina

tvam - You; eva - indeed; atma - the Supersoul; ca - and; sarveam

- 0of all; mama - of Me; natha - the master; vieata - specifically;
tanu - the body; yatha - as; atmana - by the soul; tyakta abandoned; tatha - so; aham - I; ca - and; tvaya - You; vina - without.
You are the Supersoul present in everyone's heart. You are My
master. When You are gone I become like a body when the soul is
gone.
Text 14
paca-praatmakas tva me
mtaha ca tvaya vina
yatha di ca goloke
di-puttalika vina
paca-praatmaka - the five life airs; tvam - You; me - of Me; mta
- dead; aham - I; ca - and; tvaya - You; vina - without; yatha - as;
di - sight; ca - and; goloke - in the eyeball; di-puttalikam - the
matter; vina - without.
You are the five life-airs in My body. Without You I am dead.
Without You am like the eyes of the blind.
Text 15
sthala yatha citra-yukta
tvaya sardham aha tatha
asaskta tvaya hina
tacchanna yatha mah
sthalam - place; yatha - as; citra-yuktam - wonderfully decorated;
tvaya - You; sardham - with; aham - I; tatha - so; asaskta undecorated; tvaya - You; hina - without; tacchanna - covered with
grass; yatha - as; mah - the earth.
When You are present I am like a place wonderfully decorated for a
festival. When You are gone I am like an empty field covered with
grass.
Text 16
tvaya sardham aha ka
citra-yukteva mn-may
tva vina jala-dhautaha

virupa mn-mayva ca
tvaya - You; sardham - with; aham - I; ka - O Ka; citra-yukta with pictures; iva - like; mn-may - made of clay; tvam - You; vina without; jala-dhauta - washed with water; aham - I; virupa - formless;
mn-may - made of clay; iva - like; ca - and.
O Ka, when You are present I am like a clay cup decorated with
colorful pictures. When You are gone I am like a shapeless ball of clay
by a riverbank.
Text 17
gopaganana obha ca
tvaya rasevarea ca
hare svara-vikare ca
vetena maina saha
gopagananam - of the gopis; obha - the beauty; ca - and; tvaya You; rasevarea - the king of the rsa dance; ca - and; hare necklace; svara - gold; vikare - transfoirmation; ca - and; vetena with white; maina - jewel; saha - with.
When You, the king of the rsa dance, are present, the gopis
become beautiful. They become like a gold necklace set with a
glittering jewel.
Text 18
raja-raja tvaya sardha
rajante raja-rajaya
yatha candrea nabhasi
tara-rajir virajate
vraja-raja - O king of Vraja; tvaya - You; sardham - with; rajante shine; raja-rajaya - the many kings; yatha - as; candrea - with the
moon; nabhasi - in the sky; tara-raji - the many stars; virajate - shine.
O king of Vraja, when You are present the great kings shine with
great splendor. They become like many stars shining beside the moon
in the sky.
Text 19
tvaya obha yaodaya

nandasya nanda-nandana
yatha sakha phala-skandhais
taru-rajir virajate
tvaya - by You; obha - beauty; yaodaya - of Yaod; nandasya of Nanda; nanda-nandana - O son of Nanda; yatha - as; akha branches; phala-skandhai - with fruits; taru-raji - many trees;
virajate - shine.
O son of Nanda, when You are present Nanda and Yaod become
beautiful. They become like trees with fruit-laden branches.
Text 20
tvaya sardha gokulea
obha gokula-vasinam
yata sarva loka-raj
rajendrea virajate
tvaya - You; sardham - with; gokulea - O king of Gokula; obha beauty; gokula-vasinam - of the residents of Gokula; yata - from
which; sarva - all; loka-raj - worlds; rajendrea - with theking of thje
kings of the kings; virajate - shines.
O king of Gokula, when You are present the people of Gokula
become beautiful. They shine with happiness like loyal subjects in the
presence of their king.
Text 21
rasasyapi ca rasea
tvaya obha manohara
rajate deva-rajena
yatha svarge 'maravatau
rasasya - of the rsa dance; api - also; ca - and; rasea - O king of
the rsa dance; tvaya - by You; obha - beauty; manohara - charming;
rajate - shines; deva-rajena - by the king of the demigods; yatha - as;
svarge - in Svarga; amaravatau - in Amaravati.

O king of the rsa dance, when You are present the rsa dance
becomes beautiful and charming. It shines like Svargaloka's
Amarvati City in the presence of Indra.
Text 22
vndavanasya vkaa
tva ca obha patir gati
anyea ca vanana ca
balavan kear yatha
vndavanasya - of Vndvana; vkaam - of the trees; tvam - You;
ca - and; obha - beauty; pati - master; gati - goal; anyeam - of
others; ca - and; vananam - forests; ca - and; balavan - powerful;
kear - lion; yatha - like.
You are the master, the glory, and the goal of Vndvana's trees.
To them You are like a lion, the strongest of all who live in the forest.
Text 23
tvaya vina yaoda ca
nimagna oka-sagare
aprapya vatsa surabh
kroant vyakula yatha
tvaya - You; vina - without; yaoda - Yaod; ca - and;
nimagna - plunged; oka-sagare - in an ocean of grief; aprapya - not
attaining; vatsam - calf; surabh - a surabhi cow; kroant - weeps;
vyakula - distressed; yatha - as.
When You are gone Yaod is plunged in an ocean of grief. She
becomes like a cow weeping over a lost calf.
Text 24
andolayanti nandasya
praa dagdha ca manasam
tvaya vina tapta-patre
yatha dhanya-samuhaka
andolayanti - shakes; nandasya - of Nanda; praa - the life breath;
dagdham - burned; ca - and; manasam - the mind; tvaya - You; vina -

without; tapta-patre - in a pot on a fire; yatha - as; dhanya-samuhaka

- rice.
When You are gone Nanda's life trembles. His mind and heart
become like rice boiling in a pot.
Text 25
ity uktva parama-prema
sa patant hare pade
punar adhyatmikenaiva
bodhayam asa ta vibhu
iti - thus; uktva - speaking; parama-prema - with great love; sa She; patanti - falling; hare - of Lord Ka; pade - at the feet; puna again; adhyatmikena - with spiritual knowledge; eva - indeed;
bodhayam asa - enlightened; tam - Her; vibhu - the Lord.
Speaking these words, ri Rdh fell at Lord Ka's feet. Then allpowerful Lord Ka enlightened Her with spiritual knowledge.
Text 26
adhyatmiko maha-yogo
moha-saccheda-karaam
yata paraur vkaa
tkna-dhara ca narada
adhyatmiko maha-yoga - spiritual knowledge; moha bewilderment; saccheda - breaking; karaam - doing; yata - from
which; parau - an ax; vkaam - of trees; tkna-dhara - sharp;
ca - and; narada - O Nrada.
O Nrada, as a sharp ax cuts trees, so spiritual knowledge cuts
down all illusions.
Text 27
r-narada uvaca
adhyatmika maha-yoga
vada veda-vida vara
oka-ccheda ca lokana
rotu kautuhala mama

r-narada uvaca - ri Nrada said; adhyatmika maha- yogam spiritual knowledge; vada - please tell; veda-vidam - of knowers of the
Vedas; vara - O best; oka-cchedam - cutting grief; ca - and; lokanam
- of the people; rotum - to hear; kautuhalam - eagerness; mama - of
me.
ri Nrada said: O best of the knowers of the Vedas, please teach
me this spiritual knowledge, which cuts apart everyone's sufferings. I
am very eager to hear it.
Text 28
r-narayaa uvaca
adhyatmiko maha-yogo
na jato yoginam api
sa ca nana-prakara ca
sarva vetti hari svayam
r-narayaa uvaca - ri Nryaa i said; adhyatmiko mahayoga - spiritual knowledge; na - not; jata - known; yoginam - of the
yogis; api - even; sa - that; ca - and; nana-prakara - many kinds; ca and; sarvam - all; vetti - knows; hari - Lord Ka; svayam - Himself.
ri Nryaa i said: Even the yogis do not understand the
highest spiritual knowledge. There are many kinds of spiritual
knowledge. Lord Ka understands all of them.
Texts 29 and 30
kicid adhyatmika caiva
goloke radhikevara
su-prta kathayam asa
tripurari maha-mune
sahasrendra-nipatanta
tapa kurvantam varam
reha jyeha vaiavana
variha ca tapasvinam
kicit - something; adhyatmikam - spiritual knowledge; ca - and;
eva - certainly; goloke - in Goloka; radhikevara - the master of ri
Rdh; su-prta - happy; kathayam asa - spoke; tripurarim - to Lord
iva; maha-mune - O great sage; sahasrendra-nipatantam - the
lifetimes of a thousand Indras; tapa - austerities;

kurvantam - pefrforming; varam - the Lord; reham - the best;

jyeham - the eldest; vaiavanam - of the devotees; variham the best; ca - and; tapasvinam - austere.
In the world of Goloka Lord Ka, the master of Rdh, once
happily taught some of this knowledge to iva, the best of devotees
and ascetics, who had performed austerities for the lifetimes of a
thousand Indras.
Texts 31 and 32
pukare dukara taptva
padme padma ca padmaja
dva ta sadara ktva
uvaca kicid eva tam
atendra-pata-paryanta
kahorea kodaram
niceam asthi-sara ca
kpaya ca kpa-nidhi
pukare - at Puskara-tirtha; dukaram - difficult; taptva performing austerities; padme - in the padma-kalpa; padmam - a
lotus flower; ca - asnd; padmaja - Brahma; dva - seeing; tam him; sadaram - respectfully; ktva - doing; uvaca - spoke; kicit something; eva - indeed; tam - to him; atendra-pata- paryantam - for
the liofetime of a hundred Indras; kahorea - harsh; kodaram emaciated; niceam - motionless; asthi-saram - simply bones; ca and; kpaya - with mercy; ca - and; kpa-nidhi - an ocean of mercy.
At Pukara-tirtha, for a hundred lifetimes of Indra, during the
Padma-kalpa, the demigod Brahm performed severe austerities.
Seeing that Brahm was unable to move and was so emaciated that
his body was only bones, Lord Ka, who is an ocean of mercy,
mercifully and respectfully taught him part of this spiritual knowledge.
Texts 33-35
siha-ketre pura dharma
mat-tata dharmia varam
caturdaendravacchinna
tapas taptva kodaram

papahadhyatmika kicit
kpaya ca kpa-nidhi
kicic chatendravacchinna
atapantum uvaca sa
kicit sanat-kumara ca
tapanta su-cira param
su-tapantam ananta ca
kicic covaca narada
siha-ketre - at Simha-ksetra; pura - before; dharmam - Dharma;
mat - my; tatam - father; dharmiam - of saints; varam - the best
caturdaendravacchinnam - the lifetimes of fourteen Indras; tapa austerities; taptva - performing; kodaram - emaciated; papaha recited; adhyatmikam - spiritual knowledge; kicit - something; kpaya
- with mercy; ca - and; kpa - of mercy; nidhi - an ocean; kicit something;
atendravacchinnam - for the lifetimes of a hundred Indras;
atapantum - to perform austerities; uvaca - spoke; sa - He; kicit something; sanat-kumaram - to sanat- umra; ca - and; tapantam performing austerities; su-ciram - for a long time; param - great; sutapantam - severe austerities; anantam - Lord ea; ca - and; kicit something; ca - and; uvaca - spoke; narada - O Nrada.
When, at Siha-ketra, my father, the great saint Dharma Muni,
became emaciated by performing austerities for the lifetimes of
fourteen Indras, Lord Ka, who is an ocean of mercy, mercifully
taught him part of this spiritual knowledge.
O Nrada, when Sanat-kumra performed austerities for a hundred
lifetimes of Indra, Lord Ka taught him a part of this knowledge,
and when Lord ea performed severe austerities for a very long
time, Lord Ka taught Him a part of this knowledge also.
Text 36
cira tapanta kapila
hima-aile taspasvinam
pukare bhaskare kicit
tapanta dukara tapa
ciram - for a long time; tapantam - performing austerities; kapilam
- Kapila; hima-aile - in the Himalayas; taspasvinam - austere; pukare
- at Puskara-tirtha; bhaskare - - on the sun planet; kicit - something;
tapantam - performing austerities; dukaram - difficult; tapa austerities.

To Kapila Muni, who performed long and severe austerities in the

Himalayas, at Pukara-tirtha, and on the sun planet, Lord Ka
taught part of this knowledge.
Text 37
uvaca kicit prahlada
kicid durvasasa bhgum
eva niguha bhakta ca
kpaya bhakta-vatsala
uvaca - spoke; kicit - something; prahladam - to Prahlda; kicit something; durvasasam - to Dyrvs; bhgum - to Bhgu; evam thus; niguham - secret; bhaktam - devotee; ca - and; kpaya - with
mercy; bhakta-vatsala - who loves His devotees.
Lord Ka also spoke parts of this knowledge to Prahlda,
Durvs, and Bhgu. In this way Lord Ka, who loves His devotees,
taught them this secret knowledge.
Text 38
kra-sarovare ramye
yad uvaca kpa-nidhi
okarta radhika tac ca
kathayami niamaya
kra-sarovare - at the pastime lake; ramye - beautiful; yat - what;
uvaca - spoke; kpa-nidhi - an ocean of mercy; okartam - tormented
with grief; radhikam - to ri Rdh; tac - that; ca - and; kathayami - I
will tell; niamaya - please hear.
Please listen and I will tell you what Lord Ka, who is an ocean of
mercy, said to the grieving Rdh at that beautiful pastime-lake.
Text 39
virasa rasika dva
vasayitva ca vakasi
uvacadhyatmika kicid
yogin yogina guru

virasam - unhappy; rasikam - expert at tasting nectar; dva seeing; vasayitva - placing; ca - and; vakasi - on the chest; uvaca spoke; adhyatmikam - spiritual knowledge; kicit - something; yoginm
- of yoga; yoginam - of the yogis; guru - the guru.
Seeing that sweet Rdh was dejected, Lord Ka held Her to His
chest. Then Lord Ka, the guru of the yogis, taught Her something
of the spiritual science of yoga.
Text 40
r-ka uvaca
jati-smare smaratmana
katha vismarasi priye
sarva goloka-vttanta
rdamna apam eva ca
r-ka uvaca - ri Ka said; jati-smare - O You who have the
poower to remember Your past births; smara - remember; atmanam Yourself; katham - why?; vismarasi - You forget; priye - O beloved;
sarvam - all; goloka-vttantam - the story of Goloka; rdamna - of
ridm; apam - the curse; eva - indeed; ca - and.
Lord Ka said: O girl with the power to remember Your previous
life, please remember. O beloved, why do You forget how ridm
cursed You in the world of Goloka?
Text 41
apat kicid dina dne
tvad-vicchedo maya saha
bhaviyati maha-bhage
melana punar avayo
apat - because of the curse; kicit - some; dinam - day; dne - O
unhappy one; tvad-viccheda - separation from You; maya - Me; saha with; bhaviyati - will be; maha-bhage - O very fortunate one;
melanam - meeting; puna - again; avayo - of Us.
Because of that curse You and I must be separated. But, O very
fortunate one, We will meet again.
Text 42

punar eva gamiyami

goloka ta nijalayam
gatva gopaganabhi ca
gopair goloka-vasibhu
puna - again; eva - indeed; gamiyami - I will go; golokam - to
Goloka; tam - that; nijalayam - Your abode; gatva - going;
gopaganabhi - with the gopis; ca - ands; gopai - gopas; golokavasibhu - the residents of Goloka.
Taking with Me the gopas, gopis, and all the residents of Gokula, I
will return to Your home in the world of Goloka.
Text 43
adhunadhyatmika kicid
tva vadami niamaya
okaghna hara-da sara
sukhada manasasya ca
adhuna - now; adhyatmikam - spiritual knowledge; kicit something; tvam - toYou; vadami - I will speak; niamaya - please
listen; oka - grief; ghnam - destroying; hara-dam - giving happiness;
saram - the best; sukhadam - giving happiness; manasasya - of the
heart; ca - and.
Please listen. I will tell You some spiritual knowledge, knowledge
that destroys grief and brings happiness to the heart.
Text 44
aha sarvantaratma ca
nirlipta sarva-karmasu
vidyamana ca sarveu
sarvatrada eva ca
aham - I; sarvantaratma - in everyone's heart; ca - and; nirlipta untouched; sarva - in all; karmasu - actions; vidyamana - being so; ca
- and; sarveu - in all; sarvatra - everywhere; ada - invisible; eva indeed; ca - and.
I am present in everyone's heart. I am never touched by karmic
reaction. Although I am everywhere, I am invisible.

Text 45
vayu carati sarvatra
yathaiva sarva-vastuu
na ca liptas tathaivaha
sak ca sarva-karmaam
vayu - the wind; carati - goes; sarvatra - everywhere; yatha - as;
eva - indeed; sarva-vastuu - in everything; na - not; ca - and; lipta touched; tatha - so; eva - indeed; aham - I; sak - the witness; ca and; sarva-karmaam - of all actions.
As the wind goes everywhere but is never touched, so I am never
touched by karma. I am the witness of the karma of all conditioned
souls.
Text 46
jvo mat-pratibimba ca
sarva sarvatra jviu
bhokta ubhaubhana ca
karta ca karmaa sada
jva - the individual living entity; mat-pratibimba - My reflection;
ca - and; sarva - all; sarvatra - everywhere; jviu - in the living
entities; bhokta - the enjoyer; ubhaubhanam - of the good and band;
ca - and; karta - the doer; ca - and; karmaam - of karma; sada always.
The individual living entity is My reflection. I am everything. I am
present everywhere and in all living entities. I am the supreme
enjoyer. I give the karmic results of good and evil deeds.
Text 47
yata jala-ghaev eva
maala candra-suryayo
hagneu teu salias
tayor eva tatha mayi
yata - because; jala-ghaev - in eater pots; eva - indeed;
maalam - the circle; candra-suryayo - of the sun and the moon;
bhagneu - broken; teu - in them; salia - embraced; tayo - of
them; eva - indeed; tatha - so; mayi - in Me.

When the pot is broken, the reflection of the sun or the moon in a
pot of water is no longer seen. In the same way, when the karmic
reactions of the individual living entity are broken, he returns to Me.
Text 48
jva-lias tatha kale
mteu jviu priye
ava cavidyamanau ca
satata sarva-jantuu
jva-lia - the embraced living entity; tatha - so; kale - at the
time; mteu - dead; jviu - living entities; priye - O beloved; avam of Us; ca - and; avidyamanau - not being so; ca - and; satatam always; sarva-jantuu - in all living entites.
When a living entity becomes liberated he comes to Me at the time
of his death. O beloved, You and I are always present in the hearts of
all living beings.
Text 49
adhara caham adhey
karya ca karaa vina
aye sarvai dravyani
navarai ca sundari
adhara - the maintainer; ca - and; aham - I; adheym - the
maintained; karyam - the effect; ca - and; karaam - the cause; vina without; aye - Oh; sarvai - all things; dravyani - things; navarai temporary; ca - and; sundari - O beautiful one.
O beautiful one, I am the maintainer and the maintained, the
cause and the effect. Without Me everything perishes.
Text 50
avirbhavadhika kutra
kutracin nyunam eva ca

mamaa ke 'pi deva ca

kecid deva kalas tatha
avirbhava - manifestation; adhika - more; kutra - where?; kutracit
- somewhere; nyunam - less; eva - indeed; ca - and; mamaa - My
parts; ke - who?; api - even; deva - the demigods; ca - and; kecit some; deva - demigods; kala - parts of the parts; tatha - so.
In some places I am personally present in full and in other places I
am not present personally, but my part and parcel is present. The
demigods are either My parts and
parcels or else they are the parts of My parts and parcels.
Texts 51 and 52
kecit kala kalaasas
tad-aasa ca kecana
mad-aa prakti sukma
sa ca murtya ca pacadha
sarasvat ca kamala
durga tva capi vedasu
sarva-deva praktika
yavanto murti-dharia
kecit - some; kala - parts of the parts; kalaasa - parts opf the
parts of the parts of the parts; tad-aasa - the parts of those
parts; ca - and; kecana - some; mad-aa - directly My parts;
prakti - potency; sukma - subtle nature; sa - that; ca - and; murtya
- with form; ca - and; pacadha - five kinds; sarasvat - Sarasvati;
ca - and; kamala - Lakmi; durga - Durg; tvam - You; ca - and; api also; vedasu - Svitri; sarva-deva - all the demigods; praktika - the
internal potency; yavanta - as; murti-dharia - manifesting forms.
Some are the parts and parcels of My parts and parcels, others are
the parts and parcels of these parts and parcels, and still others are
the parts and parcels of those parts and parcels. My internal potency
is directly My part and parcel and has five forms: Sarasvati, Lakmi,
Durg, Svitri, and You. All the demigods, who have material forms in
the material world, are manifested from this internal potency.
Text 53
aham atma nitya-deh

bhakta-dhyananurodhata
ye ye praktika radhe
te naa prakte laye
aham - I; atma - the Supreme Soul; nitya-deh - whose form is
eternal; bhakta-dhyananurodhata - according to the devotees'
meditation; ye ye - whichever; praktika - having material bodys;
radhe - O Rdh; te - they; naa - destroyed; prakte - when matter;
laye - is destroyed.
I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. My form is eternal. The
devotees meditate on Me. O Rdh, when the universe is destroyed,
all that is made of matter perishes.
Text 54
aham evasam evagre
pacad apy aham eva ca
yathaha ca tatha tva ca
yatha dhavalya-dugdhayo
aham - I; eva - indeed; asam - was; eva - indeed; agre - before;
pacat - after; api - also; aham - I; eva - indeed; ca - and; yatha - as;
aham - I; ca - and; tatha - so; tvam - You; ca - and; yatha - as;
dhavalya - of whiteness; dugdhayo - and milk.
Before the material universe was manifest, I existed. After the
material universe is destroyed, I will continue to exist. As I am, so are
You. We are like milk and whiteness.
Texts 55 and 56
bheda kadapi na bhaven
nicita ca tathavayo
aha mahan vira sau
vivani yasya lomasu
aas tva tatra mahat
svamena tasya kamin
aha kudra-vira sau
viva yan-nabhi-padmata
bheda - separated; kadapi - sometimes; na - not; bhaven - may
be; nicitam - indeed; ca - and; tatha - so; avayo - of Us; aham - I;

mahan - great; vira - Mah-Viu; sau - in the creation; vivani the universes; yasya - of whom; lomasu - in the pores; aa - part;
tvam - You; tatra - there; mahat - great; svamena - by Your
part; tasya - of that; kamin - beautiful girl; aham - I; kudra- vira Lord Garbhodakayi Viu; sau - in the creation; vivam - the
universe; yan-nabhi-padmata - from whose lotus navel.
You and I are not different. When I become Lord Mah-Viu, from
whose pores the universes come in the beginning of creation, You
expand to become Goddess Mah-Lakmi. When I become Lord
Garbhodakayi Viu, from whose lotus navel the universe develops,
You expand to become Goddess Lakmi.
Text 57
aya vior loma-kupe
vaso me caata sati
tasya str tva ca bhat
svamena subhaga tatha
ayam - He; vio - Lord Viu; loma-kupe - in the pore;
vasa - residence; me - of Me; ca - and; aata - from a part; sati - O
saintly one; tasya - of Him; str - the consort; tvam - You; ca - and;
bhat - great; svamena - by a part; subhaga - beautiful; tatha - so.
O saintly one, when from a pore of Lord Garbhodakayi Viu I
expand as Lord Kirodakayi Viu, You expand to become beautiful
Goddess Lakmi, My consort.
Text 58
tasya vive ca pratyeka
brahma-viu-ivadaya
brahma-viu-iva aas
canya capi ca mat-kala
tasya - of Him; vive - universe; ca - and; pratyekam - in each;
brahma-viu-ivadaya - beginning with Brahm, Viu, and iva;
brahma-viu-iva - Brahm, Viu, and iva; aa - parts; ca - and;
anya - others; ca - also; api - and; ca - and; mat-kala - parts of My
parts.

In each universe are many demigods, beginning with Brahm,

Viu, and iva. Brahm, Viu, and iva are directly My parts and
parcels. The other demigods are parts of My parts and parcels.
Text 59
mat-kalaasa-kalaya
sarve devi caracara
vaikuhe tva maha-lakmr
aha tatra catur-bhuja
mat-kalaasa-kalaya - as the parts of the parts opf My parts;
sarve - all; devi - O goddess; caracara - moving and unmoving
beings; vaikuhe - in Vaikuha; tvam - You; maha-lakm - mahLakmi; aham - I; tatra - there; catur-bhuja - fourhanded Lord Nryaa.
The moving and unmoving living entities are parts and parcels of
the parts and parcels of My parts and parcels. In the spiritual world of
Vaikuha You are Goddess Mah-Lakmi, and I am four-handed Lord
Nryaa.
Text 60
sa ca vivad bahi cardha
yatha goloka eva ca
sarasvat tva satye ca
savitr brahmaa priya
sa - He; ca - and; vivat - the universe; bahi - outside; ca - and;
ardham - half; yatha - as; goloka - in Goloka; eva - indeed; ca - and;
sarasvat - Sarasvati; tvam - You; satye - in truth; ca - and; savitr Svitri; brahmaa - of Brahm; priya - the beloved.
As the world of Goloka is beyond the world of matter, so is
Vaikuha also beyond the world of matter. You expand as Goddess
Sarasvati and Goddess Svitri, who is dear to Lord Brahm.
Text 61
ivaloke iva tva ca
mula-praktir var
vinaya durga durga ca
sarva-durga-vinain

ivaloke - on ivaloka; iva - the consort of Lord iva; tvam - You;

ca - and; mula-prakti - the root of matter; var - thegoddess;
vinaya - killing; durgam - Durga; durga - Durg; ca - and; sarva-durgavinain - destoying all calamities.
In the world of ivaloka You expand as Lord iva's divine consort,
who is the root of matter. Because she killed a demon named Durga,
and because she destroys all calamities (durga), she is known there
as Durg.
Text 62
sa eva daka-kanya ca
sa eva aila-kanyaka
kailase parvat tena
saubhagya iva-vakasi
sa - she; eva - indeed; daka-kanya - the daughter of Daka; ca and; sa - She; eva - indeed; aila-kanyaka - the daughter of the
Himalayas; kailase - on Mount Kailsa; parvat - Prvati; tena - by this;
saubhagya - very fortunate; iva-vakasi - on Lord iva's chest.
She expands as Daka's daughter Sati and as Himlaya's
daughter, very fortunate Prvati, who rests on Lord iva's chest.
Text 63
svamena tva sindhu-kanya
krode viu-vakasi
aha svamena sau ca
brahma-viu-mahevara
svamena - by Your own part; tvam - You; sindhu-kanya - the
daughter
of the ocean; krode - in the ocean of milk; viu-vakasi - on the
chetsbof Lord Viu; aham - I; svamena - by a part; sau - in the
creation; ca - and; brahma-viumahevara - Brahm, Viu, and iva.

You expand as Goddess Lakmi, the daughter of the ocean, and on

the ocean of milk You rest on Lord Viu's chest. In the beginning of
creation I expand as Brahm, Viu, and iva.
Text 64
tva ca lakm iva dhatr
savitr ca pthak pthak
goloke ca svaya radha
rase rasevar sada
tvam - You; ca - and; lakm - Lakmi; iva - Prvati; dhatr Dhtri; savitr - Svitri; ca - and; pthak pthak - various; goloke - in
Goloka; ca - and; svayam - personally; radha - Rdh; rase - in the
rsa dance; rasevar - the queen of the rsa dance; sada - eternally.
You expand as Lakmi, Prvati, Dhtri, Svitri, and many other
goddesses. In the world of Goloka You personally appear in Your
original form as ri Rdh, the queen of the rsa dance. You stay
there, in the rsa-dance circle, eternally.
Text 65
vnda vndavane ramye
viraja viraja-tae
sa tva rdama-apena
bharata puyam agata
vnda - Vnd; vndavane - in Vndvana; ramye - beautiful; viraja
- Viraj; viraja-tae - on the shore of the Viraj river; sa - She; tvam You; rdama-apena - by ridm's curse; bharatam - to the earth;
puyam - sacred; agata - come.
In beautiful Vndvana Your expansion is Vnd. On the shore of
the Viraj river Your expansion is Viraj. Cursed by ridm, You have
come to the sacred realm of the earth.
Text 66
puta kartu bharata ca
vndaraya ca sundari
tvat-kala svaa-kalaya
viveu sarva-yoita

putam - purified; kartum - to make; bharatam - the earth; ca - and;

vndarayam - Vndvana forest; ca - and; sundari - O beautiful one;
tvat-kalam - Your expansion; svaa-kalaya - by a part of Your part;
viveu - in the universes; sarva-yoita - all women.
O beautiful one, You have come here to sanctify the earth. All
women in the many universes are parts and parcels of a part and
parcel of a part and parcel of You.
Text 67
ya yoit sa ca bhavat
ya puman so 'ham eva ca
aha ca kalaya vahnis
tva svaha dahika priya
ya - who; yoit - woman; sa - she; ca - and; bhavat - You; ya who; puman - a man; sa - he; aham - I; eva - indeed; ca - and; aham I; ca - and; kalaya - by a part of a part; vahni - Agni; tvam - You;
svaha - Svh; dahika - the consort of Agni; priya - dear.
Every woman is part and parcel of You, and every man is part and
parcel of Me. My part and parcel is the demigod Agni, and Your part
and parcel is his beloved Svh.
Text 68
tvaya saha samarto 'ha
nala dagdhu ca tva vina
aha dpitimata surya
kalaya tva prabhakar
tvaya - YTou; saha - with; samarta - able; aham - I; na - not; alam able; dagdhum - to burn; ca - and; tvam - You; vina - without; aham - I;
dpitimata - shining; surya - the sun; kalaya - by a part; tvam - You;
prabhakar - the consort of the sun.
With Your part and parcel present, My part and parcel Agni has the
power to burn. Without You He has no such power. My part and parcel
is the brilliant sun-god. Your part and parcel is his consort Prabhkari.
Text 69

samja tva ca tvaya bhami

tva vinaha na dptiman
aha ca kalaya candras
tva ca obha ca rohi
samja - Samjna; tvam - You; ca - and; tvaya - with You; bhami - I
shine; tvam - You; vinaham - without; na - not; dptiman - shining;
aham - I; ca - and; kalaya - by a part; candra - thje moon; tvam - You;
ca - and; obha - beautiful; ca - and; rohi - Rohii.
My part and parcel is the moon-god, and Your part and parcels are
Saj and beautiful Rohii. With Your part and parcel present the
moon shines brilliantly,
but without her he cannot shine.
Text 70
manoharas tvaya sardha
tva vina na ca sundara
aham indra ca kalaya
sarva-lakm ca tva sac
manohara - handsome; tvaya - You; sardham - with; tvam - You;
vina - without; na - not; ca - and; sundara - handsome; aham - I;
indra - Indra; ca - and; kalaya - as a part of a part; sarva-lakm all-beautiful; ca - and; tvam - You; sac - aci.
My part and parcel is Indra, and Your part and parcel is all-beautiful
aci. With Your part and parcel present Indra is glorious, but without
her he is not.
Text 71
tvaya sardha deva-rajo
hata-r ca tvaya vina
aha dharma ca kalaya
tva ca murti ca dharmi
tvaya - You; sardham - with; deva-raja - the king of the demigods;
hata-r - glory destroyed; ca - and; tvaya - You; vina - without; aham
- I; dharma - Dharma; ca - and; kalaya - by a part; tvam - You; ca and; murti - Mrti; ca - ansd; dharmi - saintly.

My part and parcel is Yamarja, and Your part and parcel is saintly
Mrti. With Your part and parcel present Yamarja is glorious, but
without her he is not.
Text 72
naha akto dharma-ktye
tva ca dharma-kriya vina
aha yaja ca kalaya
tva svahamena dakia
na - not; aham - I; akta - am able; dharma-ktye - in pious deeds;
tvam - You; ca - and; dharma-kriyam - pious deeds; vina - without;
aham - I; yaja - Yajna; ca - and; kalaya - by a part of a part; tvam You; svahamena - as a part of Svh; dakia - Daki.
My part and parcel is Yaja, and Your part and parcel is Daki,
who is expanded from Svh. With Your part and parcel present Yaja
has the power to be a pious deed, but without her he has no such
power.
Text 73
tvaya sardha ca phalado 'py
asamarthas tvaya vina
kalaya pitloko 'ha
svamena tva svadha sat
tvayala kavya-dane ca
sada nala tvaya vina
tvaya - You; sardham - with; ca - and; phalada - giving fruits; api also; asamartha - unable; tvaya - You; vina - without; kalaya - with a
part of a part; pitloka - Pitloka; aham - I; svamena - with Your
part; tvam - You; svadha - Svdh; sati - O saintly one; tvaya - with
You; alam - able; kavya-dane - in offering kavya; ca - and; sada always; na - not; alam - able; tvaya - You; vina - without.
My part and parcel is Pitloka, and Your part and parcel is Svadh.
With Your part and parcel present Pitloka has the power to reward
piety, but without her he has no such power. With her present he can
accept offerings of Kvya, but without her he cannot.
Text 74
aha pumas tva praktir
na raaha tvaya vina

aham - I; puman - a man; tvam - You; prakti - a woman; na - not;

raa - the creator; aham - I; tvaya - You; vina - without.
I am male and You are female. Without You I cannot create the
worlds.
Text 75
tva ca sampat-svarupaha
vara ca tvaya saha
lakm-yuktas tvaya lakmya
nirka ca tvaya vina
tvam - You; ca - and; sampat - of opulence; svarupa - the form;
aham - I; vara - the controller; ca - and; tvaya - You; saha - with;
lakm-yukta - possessing glory and opulence; tvaya - with You;
lakmya - the goddess of fortune; nirka - devoid of glory and
opulence; ca - and; tvaya - You; vina - without.
You are the goddess of glory and opulence and I am the supreme
controller. With You present I am filled with glory and opulence.
Without You I have no glory or opulence.
Texts 76 and 77
yatha nala kulala ca
ghaa kartu mda vina
aha ea ca kalaya
svamena tva vasundhara
tva aya-ratnadhara ca
bibharmi murdhni sundari
tva ca kanti ca anti ca
murtir murtimat sat
yatha - as; na - not; alam - able; kulala - a potter; ca - and;
ghatam - a pot; kartum - to make; mrda - clay; vina - without; aham I; ea - ea; ca - and; kalaya - with the part of a part; svamena by Your part; tvam - You; vasundhara - the earth; tvam - You; ayaratnadharam - the abode of crops and jewels; ca - and; bibharmi - I
hold; murdhni - on the head; sundari - O beautiful one; tvam - You; ca

- and; kanti - beauty; ca - and; anti - peace; ca - and; murti form; murtimat - havign a form;
sat - saintly.
As a potter cannot create a pot without clay, so I cannot create the
worlds without You. I expand as Lord ea and You expand as the
earth, the resting place of crops and jewels. Then I carry You, the
earth, on My head. O beautiful one, You are
beauty, peace, form, gracefulness, saintliness, . . .
Text 78
tui pui kama lajja
kudha ta para daya
nidra suddha ca tandra ca
murcha ca sannati kriya
tui - satisfaction; pui - nourishment; kama - tolerance; lajja
- shyness; kudha - hunger; ta - thirst; para - great; daya - mercy;
nidra - sleep; uddha - purity; ca - and; tandra - fatigue; ca - and;
murcha - fainting; ca - and; sannati - humility; kriya - religious rituals.
. . . satisfaction, prosperity, forgiveness, shyness, hunger, thirst,
mercy, sleep, purity, fatigue, unconsciousness, humility, religious
rituals, . . .
Text 79
murti-rupa bhakti-rupa
dehina deha-rupi
mamadhara sada tva ca
tavatmaha parasparam
murti-rupa - the form of beauty; bhakti-rupa - the form of devotion;
dehinam - of the emodied souls; deha-rupi - the form of the form;
mama - of Me; adhara - the resting place; sada - always; tvam - You;
ca - and; tava - of You; atma - the Self; aham - I; parasparam mutually.
. . . gracefulness, devotion, and form. You are My support. You are My
heart, and I am Yours.
Text 80

yatha tva ca tathaha ca

samau prakti-puruau
na hi sir bhaved dev
dvayor ekatara vina
yatha - as; tvam - You; ca - and; tatha - so; aham - I; ca - and;
samau - equal; prakti-puruau - male and female; na - not; hi indeed; si - creation; bhavet - may be; devi - O goddess; dvayo of both; ekataram - one; vina - without.
As am I, so are You. We are equal. I am male and You are female. O
goddess, unless We become one the world cannot be manifested.
Text 81
ity uktva paramatma ca
radha praadhika priyam
ktva vakasi su-prto
bodhayam asa narada
iti - thus; uktva - speaking; paramatma - the Supreme Personality

of
Godhead; ca - and; radham - to Rdh; praadhikam - more dear than
life; priyam - dear; ktva - doing; vakasi - on the chest; su-prta pleased; bodhayam asa - enlightened; narada - O Nrada.
O Nrada, in this way blissful Lord Ka, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, held to His chest ri Rdh, who is more dear to Him
than life, and enlightened Her with these words.
Text 82
sa ca kra-niyukta ca
babhbuva ratna-mandire
taya ca radhaya sardha
kamukya saha kamuka
sa - He; ca - and; kra-niyukta - engaged in pastimes; ca - and;
babhbuva - became; ratna-mandire - in the jewel palace; taya - Her; ca

- and; radhaya - ri Rdh; sardham - with; kamukya - passionare;

saha - with; kamuka - passionate.
Then amorous Lord Ka enjoyed pastimes with amorous ri
Rdh in that palace of jewels.

Chapter Sixty-eight
ri Rdh-oka-vimocana
ri Rdh's Grief Is Removed
Text 1
r-narayaa uvaca
ktva kra samutthaya
pupa-talpat puratana
nidrita praa-sad
bodhayam asa tat kaam
r-narayaa uvaca - ri Nryaa i said; ktva - doing; kram
- pastimes; samutthaya - rising; pupa-talpat - from the couch of
flowers; puratana - the ancient Supreme Personality of Godhead;
nidritam - asleep; praa-sadm - dear as life; bodhayam asa awakened; tat - that; kaam - moment.
ri Nryaa i said: When the pastimes came to an end, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead rose from the couch of flowers and
wakened His sleeping beloved, who is more dear to Him than life.
Text 2
vastracalena sasktya
ktva tan-nirmala mukham
uvaca madhura anta
anta ca madhusudana

vastracalena - with the corner of the garment; sasktya - making;

ktva - doing; tan-nirmalam - clean; mukham - face; uvaca - spoke;
madhuram - sweet; antam - peaceful; antam - peaceful; ca - and;
madhusudana - Lord Ka.
Wiping Her face with the edge of His garment, Lord Ka spoke
sweet and gentle words to gentle ri Rdh.
Text 3
r-ka uvaca
ayi tiha kaa rase
rasevari uci-smite
vraja vndavana vapi
vraja vraja vrajevari
r-ka uvaca - ri Ka said; ayi - O; tiha - stay; kaam - a
momwnt; rase - in the rsa dance; rasevari - O queen of the rsa
dance; uci-smite - O girl with the splendid smile; vraja - go;
vndavanam - to Vndvana; va - or; api - also; vrajam - Vraja; vraja go; vrajevari - O queen of Vraja.
Lord Ka said: O girl with the beautiful smile, O queen of the
rsa dance, please stay for a moment in the rsa dance circle, and
then, O queen of Vraja, You may go to Vraja or Vndvana.
Text 4
rasadhihat-dev tva
rasa rase kuru kaam
grame grame yatha santi
sarvatra grama-devata
rasadhihat-dev - the queen of the rsa dance; tvam - You;
rasam - the rsa dance; rase - in the rsa dance; kuru - please do;
kaam - a moment; grame - in village; grame - after village; yatha as; santi - are; sarvatra - everywhere; grama-devata - the village
deities.

You are the queen of the rsa dance. For a moment please preside
over a rsa dance in this place, as the local deities preside over the
activities in village after village.
Text 5
priyali-nivahai sardha
kaa candana-kananam
kaa va campaka-vana
gaccha va tiha sundari
priyali-nivahai - many dear friends; sardham - with; kaam - a
moment; candana-kananam - a sandal grove; kaam - a moment; va
- or; campaka-vanam - a campaka grove; gaccha - go; va - or; tiha stay; sundari - O beautiful one.

With Your dear friends go for a while to the sandalwood grove, or

the campaka grove, or stay here, O beautiful one.
Text 6
kaa gha ca yasyami
viia karyam asti me
virama dehi me prtya
kaa ma praa-vallabhe
kaam - for a moment; gham - home; ca - and; yasyami - I will
go; viiam - specific; karyam - duty; asti - is; me - of Me; viramam stop; dehi - please give; me - to Me; prtya - happily; kaam - a
moment; mam - to Me; praa-vallabhe - O girl more dear than life.
I must return home for a while. I have some urgent business there.
O girl more dear than life, please happily allow Me to go.
Text 7
praadhihat-dev tva
praa ca tvayi santi me
pra vihaya praa ca
kutra sthatu kama priye

praadhihat-dev - the ruler of My life; tvam - You;

praa - life; ca - and; tvayi - in You; santi - are; me - of Me; pra living; vihaya - abandoning; praan - life; ca - and; kutra - where?;
sthatum - to stay; kama - able; priye - O beloved.
You rule My life. My life stays in You. O dear one, if I relinquish My
life, how can I live?
Text 8
tvayi ma manasa avat
tva me sasara-vasana
tvatto mama priya nasti
tvam eva akarat priya
tvayi - in You; ma - My; manasam - heart and mind; avat - always;
tvam - You; me - of Me; sasara-vasana - the desire; tvatta - than You;
mama - of Me; priya - dear; na - not; asti - is; tvam - You; eva - indeed;
akarat - than Lord iva; priya - dear.
My heart and mind reside in You. You are My desire. No one is more
dear to Me than You. You are more dear to Me than even Lord iva
himself.
Text 9
praa me akara satya
tva ca praadhika sati
ity uktva ta samaliya
bhagavan gantum udyata
praa - life; me - of Me; akara - Lord iva; satyam - in truth;
tvam - You; ca - and; praadhika - more than life; sati - O saintly one;
iti - thus; uktva - speaking; tam - Her; samaliya - embracing;
bhagavan - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; gantum - to go;
udyata - prepared.
Lord iva is My very life, but You, O beautiful one, are more than
life to Me.
After speaking these words, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
embraced ri Rdh and then prepared to depart.

Text 10
akruragamana jatva
sarvaja sarva-sadhana
atma pata ca sarvea
sarvopakara-karaka
akrura - of Akrra; agamanam - the arrival; jatva - knowing;
sarvaja - all-knowing; sarva-sadhana - all-powerful; atma - the
Supreme Personality of Godhead;
pata - the protector; ca - and; sarveam - of all; sarvopakara-karaka the benefactor of all.
Lord Ka, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the all-powerful
and all-knowing protector and benefactor of all, understood that
Akrra had already come to Vndvana.
Text 11
dva tam eva gacchanta
utsuka bhinna-manasam
uvaca radhika dev
hdayena viduyata
dva - seeing; tam - Him; eva - indeed; gacchantam - coming;
utsukam - eager; bhinna-manasam - in His heart prepared to depart;
uvaca - spoke; radhika dev - Goddess Rdh; hdayena - with a
heart; viduyata - trembling.
Observing that Lord Ka had decided to depart, with a trembling
heart Goddess Rdh spoke.
Text 12
r-radhikovaca
he natha ramaa-reha

reha ca preyasa mama

he ka he rama-natha
vrajea ma vraja vrajam
r-radhika uvaca - ri Rdh said; he - O; natha - master; ramaareha - O best of lovers; reha - best; ca - and; preyasam - of
beloveds; mama - of Me; he - O; ka - Ka; he - O; rama-natha master of the goddess of fortune; vrajea - O king of Vraja; ma don't; vraja - go; vrajam - to Vraja.
ri Rdh said: O master, O best of lovers, You are most dear to
Me. O Ka, O master of the goddess of fortune, O king of Vraja,
please don't go to Vraja.
Text 13
adhuna tva praa-natha
payami bhinna-manasam
gate tvayi mama prema
gata saubhagyam eva ca
adhuna - now; tvam - You; praa-natha - O master of My life;
payami - I see; bhinna-manasam - decided to go; gate - gone; tvayi when You are; mama - of Me; prema - the love; gatam - gone;
saubhagyam - good fortune; eva - indeed; ca - and.
O master of My life, I see that You have decided to depart. When
You go You will no longer love Me. Then My good fortune will also be
gone.
Text 14
kva yasi ma vinikipya
gabhre oka-sagare
viraha-vyakula dna
tvayy eva \caraagatam
kva - where?; yasi - You go; mam - Me; vinikipya - leaving;
gabhre - deep; \coka-sagare - in an ocean of grief; viraha - by
absence; vyakulam - tormented; dnam - poor; tvayi - in You; eva indeed; \caraagatam - taken shelter.
Where must You go? You will throw Me into a deep ocean of grief.
Although I have taken shelter of You and surrendered to You, You will
torment Me by leaving.

Text 15
na yasyami punar geha
yasyami kananantaram
ka keti keti
gaya gaya diva-ni\cam
na - not; yasyami - I will go; puna - again; geham - home; yasyami
- I will go; kananantaram - to another forest; ka - O Ka; ka O Ka; iti - thus; ka - O Ka; iti - thus; gayam - singing; gayam
- and singing; diva-ni\cam - day and night.
I will not return home. I will go to another forest. Day and night I
will sing, Ka! Ka! Ka!"
Text 16
na yasyamy athavaraya
yasyami kama-sagare
tatra tvat-kamana ktva
tyakyami ca kalevaram
na - not; yasyami - I will go; athava - or; arayam - to a forest;
yasyami - I will go; kama-sagare - in the ocean of desires; tatra - there;
tvat - of You; kamanam - the desire; ktva - doing; tyakyami - I will
abandon; ca - and; kalevaram - this body.
Perhaps I will not go to another forest. Perhaps I will go to the
ocean of desires. There, desiring only You, I will give up this body.
Text 17
yathaka\co yathatma ca
yatha candro yatha ravi
tatha tva yasi mat-par\cve
nibaddho vasanacale
yatha - as; aka\ca - the sky; yatha - as; atma - the Self; ca - and;
yatha - as; candra - the moon; yatha - as; ravi - the sun; tatha - so;
tvam - You; yasi - go; mat-par\cve - to My side; nibaddha - bound;
vasana - by the garment; acale - to the corner.

As the sky, the sun, the moon, the air, and the Supersoul always
follow Me, may You always follow Me, always by My side, the corners
of Our garments tied together.
Text 18
adhuna yasi naira\cya
ktva me dna-vatsala
na yukta hi parityaktu
dna ma araagatam
adhuna - now; yasi - You go; nairayam - hopeless despair; ktva creating; me - of Me; dna-vatsala - O Lord affectionate to the poor
and suffering; na - not; yukta - right; hi - indeed; parityaktum - to
leave; dnam - poor; mam - Me; araagatam - taken shelter and
surrendered to You.
O master who loves the poor, You will push Me into despair and
then depart. It is not right for You abandon unhappy Me, who have
taken shelter of You and surrendered to You.
Text 19
yat-pada-padma dhyayante
brahma-viu-ivadaya
tva mayaya gopa-vea
katha janami matsar
yat-pada-padmam - whose lotus feet; dhyayante - meditate;
brahma-viu-ivadaya - headed by Brahm, Viu, and iva; tvam You; mayaya - with Your potency; gopa-veam - the appearance of a
gopa; katham - why?; janami - I know; matsar - envious.
How can I, an envious woman, understand You, whose Yogamy
potency makes You seem an ordinary gopa, You, on whose lotus feet
the demigods headed by Brahm, Viu, and iva meditate?
Text 20
kta yad deva durta
aparadha-sahasrakam
yad ukta pati-bhavena
cabhimanena tat kama

ktam - don; yat - what; deva - O Lord; durtam - sin; aparadhasahasrakam - a thousand offenses; yat - what; uktam - spoken; patibhavena - with the idea of being a lover; ca - and; abhimanena - with
pride; tat - that; kama - please forgive.
O master, please forgive the thousand offensive, arrogant words I
spoke, thinking You were only My lover.
Text 21
cur-bhuta ca mad-garvo
dur-bhuto manoratha
vijatam atma-saubhagya
kim anyat kathayami te
cur-bhuta - crushed into pieces; ca - and; mad-garva - My
pride; dur-bhuta - thrown far away; manoratha - desire; vijatam known; atma-saubhagyam - My own ood fortune; kim - what?; anyat other; kathayami - I say; te - to You.
Now My pride is crushed into pieces. Now desires are thrown far
away. Now I know how fortunate I was. What more can I say to You?
Text 22
jatva garga-mukhac chrutva
mohita tava mayaya
tva ca vaktu na aknomi
prema va bhakti-paata
jatva - understand; garga-mukhat - from Garga Muni's mouth;
rutva - hearing; mohita - bewildered; tava - of You; mayaya - by the
potency; tvam - You; ca - and; vaktum - 6to say; na - not; aknomi able; prema - with love; va - or; bhakti-paata - with ropes of love.
Overcome with love, bound with ropes of love, and bewildered by
Your Yogamy even though I had heard the truth from Garga Muni's
mouth, I had no power to speak to You in the right way.
Text 23
yasi cen ma parityajya
sa-kalako bhaviyasi
tvat-putra-pautra nayanti
brahma-kopanalena ca

yasi - You go; cet - if; mam - to Me; parityajya - leaving; sa-kalaka
- contaminated with sin; bhaviyasi - You will be; tvat-putra - Your
sons; pautra - and grandchildren; nayanti - will perish; brahmakopanalena - by the fire of brhmaa's anger; ca - and.
If You abandon Me You will become contaminated with sin. The fire
of a brhmaa's curse will kill Your children and grandchildren.
Text 24
kaa yuga-ata manye
tva vina praa-vallabham
katha atabda tva tyaktva
bibharmi jvana prabho
kaam - a moment; yuga-atam - a hundsred yugas; manye - I
think; tvam - You; vina - without; praa-vallabham - more dear than
life; katham - why?; atabdam - a hundred years; tvam - You; tyaktva leaving; bibharmi - I maintain; jvanam - live; prabha - O Lord.
You are more dear to Me than life. Without You I will think each
moment is a hundred yugas. O master, how can I stay alive without
You for a hundred years?
Text 25
ity uktva radhika kopat
papata dhara-tale
murcha samprapa sahasa
jahara cetana mune
iti - thus; uktva - saying; radhika - Rdh; kopat - angrily;
papata - fell; dhara-tale - to the ground; murcham - fainting;
samprapa - attained; sahasa - at once; jahara - lost; cetanam consciousness; mune - O sage.
After angrily speaking these words, ri Rdh suddenly fainted and
fell to the ground.
Text 26
kas ta murchita dva

kpaya ca kpa-nidhi
cetana karayitva ca
vasayam asa vakasi
ka - Lord Ka; tam - Her; murchitam - fainted; dva seeing; kpaya - with mercy; ca - and; kpa-nidhi - an ocean of
mercy; cetanam - consciousness; karayitva - causing; ca - and;
vasayam asa - held; vakasi - to His chest.
Seeing that Rdh had fallen unconscious, Lord Ka, who is an
ocean of mercy, mercifully revived Her and held Her to His chest.
Text 27
bodhayam asa vividha
yogai oka-vikhaalai
tathapi oka tyaktu ca
na aaka uci-smita
bodhayam asa - awakened; vividham - various; yogai - with yoga;
oka-vikhaalai - breaking grief; tathapi - still; okam - grief;
tyaktum - to abandon; ca - and; na - not; aaka - was able; uci-smita
- the girl with the beautiful smile.
Then Lord Ka enlightened Her with many spiritual teachings
meant to break grief. Still, Rdh with the beautiful smile could not
give up Her grief.
Text 28
samanya-vastu-vileo
na okaya kevalam
dehatmano ca viccheda
kva sukhaya prakalpate
samanya - general; vastu - things; vilea - absence; nam - of
people; okaya - for grief; kevalam - only; deha - of the body; atmano
- and soul; ca - and; viccheda - separation; kva - where>; sukhaya for happiness; prakalpate - is proper.
Even the loss of ordinary things makes people unhappy. How can
the soul's loss of the body bring happiness?

Text 29
na yayau tatra divase
vraja-rajo vraja prati
kra-sarovarabhyasa
prayayau radhaya saha
na - not; yayau - went; tatra - there; divase - day; vraja-raja - the
king of Vraja; vrajam - to Vraja; prati - to; kra - pastime; sarovara lake; abhyasam - effort; prayayau - went; radhaya - Rdh; saha with.
On that day Lord Ka, the king of Vraja, did not return to Vraja.
Instead He took Rdh to a pastime lake.
Text 30
tatra gatva puna kra
cakara ca taya saha
vijahau viraha-jvala
rase rasevar muda
tatra - there; gatva - going; puna - again; kram - pastimes;
cakara - did; ca - and; taya - Her; saha - with; vijahau - abandoned;
viraha - of separation; jvalam - the fire; rase - in the rsa dance;
rasevar - the queen of the Rdh; muda - happily.
There He again enjoyed pastimes with Her. Enjoying in the rsa
dance, ri Rdh, the queen of the rsa dance, escaped the flames of
her imminent separation from Lord Ka.
Text 31
radha sa svamina sardha
pupa-candana-carcita
pupa-candana-talpe ca
tasthau rahasi narada
radha - Rdh; sa - She; svamina - master; sardham - with; pupacandana-carcita - anounted with flowers and sandal paste; pupacandana-talpe - on a couch of flowers and sandal paste; ca - and;
tasthau - stayed; rahasi - in secluded place; narada - O Nrada.
O Nrada, in that secluded place ri Rdh, who was decorated
with flowers and anointed with sandal paste, stayed with Her lover,

Lord Ka, on a couch decorated with flowers and anointed with

sandal paste.