Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta – Page 3

prabho sunirṇītam idaṁ pratīhi

prabho sunirṇītam idaṁ pratīhi
tvadīya-pādābja-yugasya tatra |
śubha-prayāṇaṁ na vināsya jīved
vrajaḥ kathañcin na ca kiñcid icchet ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.6.98)

“[Śrī Uddhava to Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā:] O Prabhu, please recognize this which has been rightly determined [by me]: Vraja [i.e., the people of Vraja] cannot live [any longer] without an auspicious journey of this pair of lotus feet of yours there, and they shall never desire anything else [i.e., they will never be satisfied by receiving messages of love, representatives, gifts, or anything else from you, or by your presence within them in the form of the Inner Regulator (Antaryāmī)].”

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kim api kim api brūte rātrau svapann api nāmabhir

kim api kim api brūte rātrau svapann api nāmabhir
madhura-madhuraṁ prītyā dhenūr ivāhvayati kvacit |
uta sakhi-gaṇān kāṁścid gopān ivātha manoharāṁ
samabhinayate vaṁśī-vaktrāṁ tribhaṅgi-parākṛtim ||
kadācin mātar me vitara navanītaṁ tv iti vadet
kadācic chrī-rādhe lalite iti sambodhayati mām |
kadāpīdaṁ candrāvali kim iti me karṣati paṭaṁ
kadāpy asrāsārair mṛdulayati tūlīṁ śayanataḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.6.51–52)

“[Rukmiṇī Devī of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā:] Sometimes even while sleeping at night he says all sorts of things, [sometimes] in the sweetest of sweet ways with love and by name he as though calls his cows, his girlfriends, or some cowherds, and [sometimes] as though with his flute at his mouth he fully enacts his charming thrice-bent posture [that he customarily assumes when playing the flute]. Sometimes he can say, ‘O Mother, give me some fresh butter.’ Sometimes he addresses me, ‘O Śrī Rādha!’ or ‘O Lalitā!’ Sometimes he pulls my garment [and says], ‘O Candrāvalī, what is this [act of yours in deceiving me]’? And sometimes he wets the pillow on his bed with torrents of tears.”

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na rāja-rājeśvaratā-vibhūtīr

na rāja-rājeśvaratā-vibhūtīr
na divya-vastūni ca te bhavattaḥ |
na kāmayante’nyad apīha kiñcid
amutra ca prāpyam ṛte bhavantam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.6.79)

“[Śrī Uddhava to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] From you, they [viz., the people of Vraja] desire neither the splendors of being a king or an emperor, nor heavenly objects, nor anything else attainable in this world or the next except you [i.e., they desire you alone and will never be satisfied by anything else].”

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idam ākarṇya bhagavān utthāya śayyanād drutam

idam ākarṇya bhagavān utthāya śayyanād drutam |
priya-prema-parādhīno rudann uccair bahir gataḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.6.63)

“Hearing this [statement of Balarāma], Bhagavān [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa], he who is captivated by the prema of dear ones, quickly arose from bed and went outside, weeping loudly.”

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mama pratyakṣam evedaṁ yadā kṛṣṇo vraje’vrajat

mama pratyakṣam evedaṁ yadā kṛṣṇo vraje’vrajat |
tato hi pūtanādibhyaḥ keśy-antebhyo muhur muhuḥ ||
daityebhyo varuṇendrādi-devebhyo’jagarāditaḥ |
tathā cirantana-svīya-śakaṭārjuna-bhaṅgataḥ |
ko vā nopadravas tatra jāto vraja-vināśakaḥ ||
tatratyās tu janāḥ kiñcit te’nusandadhate na tat ||
mohitā iva kṛṣṇasya maṅgalaṁ tatra tatra hi |
icchanti sarvadā svīyaṁ nāpekṣante ca karhicit ||
svabhāva-sauhṛdenaiva yat kiñcit sarvam ātmanaḥ |
asyopakalpayante sma nanda-sūnoḥ sukhāya tat ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.6.39–40)

“[Rohiṇī Devī to Devarṣi Nārada:] This is verily my experience: when Kṛṣṇa went to Vraja, from right then on, and again and again, what calamity devastating to Vraja—starting from Pūtanā and ending with Keśī—[coming] from asuras, from devas like Varuṇa and Indra, from pythons and so on [i.e., and other fearsome creatures], and from [even] the breaking of a cart and arjuna trees that had long been our own—did not arise? Still, the people situated there [viz., the Vraja-vāsīs] did not consider any of that [i.e., still, their love for Kṛṣṇa did not wane, and rather, only increased (Vraja-janānāṁ Kṛṣṇe prītir na jātu kṣīṇā, api tu vivṛddhaiva, DDT)]. As if beguiled, in all those cases [i.e., calamities], they [viz., the Vraja-vāsīs] always desired Kṛṣṇa’s well-being, and they never considered their own [well-being]. Purely out of natural cordiality, they offered everything that was their own for his—the Son of Nanda’s—pleasure.”

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uddhavo’tyanta-sambhrānto drutam utthāya tat-padau

uddhavo’tyanta-sambhrānto drutam utthāya tat-padau |
vidhāyāṅke samāliṅgya tasyābhipretya hṛd-gatam ||
hṛt-prāpta-bhagavat-tat-tat-prasāda-bhara-bhāg-janaḥ |
tadīya-prema-sampatti-vibhava-smṛti-yantritaḥ ||
rodanair vivaśo dīno yatnād dhairyaṁ śrito munim |
avadhāpyāha mātsaryāt sāttvikāt pramudaṁ gataḥ ||
śrīmad-uddhava uvāca—
sarvajña satyavāk-śreṣṭha mahāmuni-vara prabho |
bhagavad-bhakti-mārgādi-gurunoktaṁ tvayeha yat ||
tat sarvam adhikaṁ cāsmāt satyam eva mayi sphuṭam |
varteteti mayā jñātam āsīd anyair api dhruvam ||
idānīṁ yad vraje gatvā kim apy anvabhavaṁ tataḥ |
mahāsaubhāgyamāno me sa sadyaś cūrṇatāṁ gataḥ ||
tata eva hi kṛṣṇasya tat-prasādasya cādbhutā |
tat-premṇo’pi mayā jñātā mādhurī tadvatāṁ tathā ||
tad-darśanenaiva gato’tidhanyatāṁ
tarhy eva samyak prabhuṇānukampitam |
tasya prasādātiśayāspadaṁ tathā
matvā svam ānanda-bharāpluto’bhavam ||
gāyaṁ gāyaṁ yad abhilaṣatā yat tato’nuṣṭhitaṁ yat
tat sarveṣāṁ suviditam itaḥ śakyate’nyan na vaktum |
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.6.19–27)

“Becoming greatly perfervid, Uddhava quickly arose, placed his [viz., Nārada’s] feet upon his own chest, fully embraced them, and, inferring that which was present in his [viz., Nārada’s] heart, holding in his own heart those persons [viz., the Vraja-vāsīs] possessed of an abundance of that particular [ineffable] grace of Bhagavān, becoming pained by remembrance of the greatness of the attainment of prema of they [so possessed of his grace] who are his own [alt., of the appearance—in the form of distress, weeping, and so on—of the fortune of prema of those so possessed of his grace who are his own], overwhelmed with tears, [thus] humble, [thereafter] with effort [from Nārada or Balarāma and others] reposed with composure, and given over to great delight out of sāttvika jealousy, he addressed the sage [viz., Nārada] and spoke. Blessed Uddhava said, ‘O all-knowing one, O best of truth-speakers, O foremost of great sages, O master, everything which was stated by you, the original guru of the path of bhakti to Bhagavān, and more than that, is verily true and clearly evident to me. Thus, it was certainly [already] known to me and to others. That pride in my great fortune [which you have described, which was known to me, and which was as big as Mount Sumeru] was immediately pulverized as a result of that [wonder] which I experienced recently after going to Vraja. Specifically from that [experience], the astonishing sweetness of Kṛṣṇa, of his grace, of prema for him, and of those possessed of that has become known to me. I have become greatly fortunate only by the sight of them [viz., the Vraja-vāsīs, alt., only by that experience]. Considering myself fully blessed by Prabhu and a recipient a profusion of his grace only then [i.e., after I had that experience], I have became submerged in an abundance of bliss. That which thus [i.e., because of my being so blissful] was sung [by me] repeatedly [in etāḥ paraṁ tanubhṛto … (SB 10.47.58) …], which was desired [by me in āsām aho caraṇa-reṇu-juṣām … (SB 10.47.61) …], and which was done [by me i.e., the obeisance I offered in vande nanda-vraja-strīṇāṁ … (SB 10.47.63)] is well known to everyone. Anything more than this is not able to be spoken [by me here now].’”

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sthānaṁ gopī-gaṇa-kuca-taṭī-kuṅkuma-śrī-bharārdra

sthānaṁ gopī-gaṇa-kuca-taṭī-kuṅkuma-śrī-bharārdra-
śrīmat-padāmbuja-yuga-sadā-prīti-saṅga-prādāyi |
jijñāsos te janani kathito’śeṣa-sandeha-ghāṭī
goloko’yaṁ madhura-gahana-praśna-bhāvānusārāt ||
vaikuṇṭhasyāpy upari nitarāṁ rājate yo nitānta-
śrīmad-gopī-ramaṇa-caraṇa-prema-pūraika-labhyaḥ |
vāñchā-vāñchopari-guru-phala-prāpti-bhūmir yadīyā
lokā dhyātā dadhati paramāṁ prema-sampatti-niṣṭhām ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.7.77–78)

“O Mother,
In accord with the sweet and deep mood (bhāva)
Of the inquiry of you who are desirous to know
The place which is a bestower
Of eternal loving connection
With the two blessed lotus feet [of Śrī Kṛṣṇa]
Moistened by a beautiful mass of kumkum
From the slopes of the gopīs’ breasts,
And which is a destroyer of all doubts,
This [place, known as] Goloka—
Which shines profoundly beyond even Vaikuṇṭha,
Which is attainable
Only by means of an extraordinary abundance of prema
For the feet of blessed gopīs’ Beloved,
Which is the land of the attainment
Of the great aim
Of our desires and [that is] beyond our desires,
And the people belonging to which,
As they are meditated upon,
Grant paramount fixity in the wealth of prema—
Has been described [by me to you].”

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apamānaṁ puraskṛtya kṛtvā mānaṁ tu pṛṣṭhataḥ

apamānaṁ puraskṛtya kṛtvā mānaṁ tu pṛṣṭhataḥ |
sva-kāryam uddharet prājñaḥ kārya-dhvaṁsena mūrkhatā ||
(Pañcatantra: 3.237; cited the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.4.244)
“Putting disrespect ahead and respect behind [i.e., accepting and learning from disrespect and not becoming conceived by receiving respect], a wise person shall accomplish one’s aim. Foolishness occurs by spoiling one’s aim [i.e., it is foolish to become preoccupied with the disrespect or respect one receives such that one fails to accomplish one’s aim].”

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paraṁ bhagavatā sākaṁ sākṣāt-krīḍā-paramparāḥ

paraṁ bhagavatā sākaṁ sākṣāt-krīḍā-paramparāḥ |
sadānubhavituṁ tair hi vaikuṇṭho’pekṣyate kvacit ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.3.62)
“Vaikuṇṭha is sometimes desired by them [i.e., bhaktas sometimes desire to enter Vaikuṇṭha] only specifically to continuously and directly experience a succession of play with Bhagavān.”

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nāradāham idaṁ manye tādṛśānāṁ yataḥ sthitiḥ

nāradāham idaṁ manye tādṛśānāṁ yataḥ sthitiḥ |
bhavet sa eva vaikuṇṭho loko nātra vicāraṇā ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.3.60)
“O Nārada, this I consider: wherever there is the presence of those who are such [i.e., who are bhaktas of Śrī Bhagavān as described earlier in BB 1.3.55–58], that itself shall be Vaikuṇṭha-loka. There is no [need of] deliberation in this regard [i.e., there is no doubt about it].”

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