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Discourse LXXIII
Śrī Kṛṣṇa and others return to Indraprastha (Preamble)
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श्रीशुक उवाच ।
अयुते द्वे शतान्यष्टौ लीलया युधि निर्जिताः ।
ते निर्गता गिरिद्रोण्यां मलिना मलवाससः ॥ १॥
क्षुत्क्षामाः शुष्कवदनाः संरोधपरिकर्शिताः ।
ददृशुस्ते घनश्यामं पीतकौशेयवाससम् ॥ २॥
श्रीवत्साङ्कं चतुर्बाहुं पद्मगर्भारुणेक्षणम् ।
चारुप्रसन्नवदनं स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम् ॥ ३॥
पद्महस्तं गदाशङ्खरथाङ्गैरुपलक्षितम् ।
किरीटहारकटककटिसूत्राङ्गदाञ्चितम् ॥ ४॥
भ्राजद्वरमणिग्रीवं निवीतं वनमालया ।
पिबन्त इव चक्षुर्भ्यां लिहन्त इव जिह्वया ॥ ५॥
जिघ्रन्त इव नासाभ्यां रम्भन्त इव बाहुभिः ।
प्रणेमुर्हतपाप्मानो मूर्धभिः पादयोर्हरेः ॥ ६॥
कृष्णसन्दर्शनाह्लादध्वस्तसंरोधनक्लमाः ।
प्रशशंसुर्हृषीकेशं गीर्भिः प्राञ्जलयो नृपाः ॥ ७॥
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Śrī Śuka began again : Parikṣit, Jarāsandha had subdued in battle without much effort twenty thousand and eight hundred Kṣatriya princes and had confined them in a place surrounded by mountains on all sides. Released by Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, they came out of their captivity with unclean bodies and dirty clothes. (1)
They had been emaciated with hunger and their faces were lank. The long confinement had considerably reduced their weight. Coming out of the prison, they saw Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa standing before them. Having a complexion dark as the cloud, clad in yellow silken robes and possessed of four arms, holding a lotus in one hand and wielding the mace, conch and discus with others, bearing the mark of Śrīvatsa (a curl of hair) on the breast, with eyes reddish like the interior of a lotus, with a lovely and cheerful face, adorned with glowing ear-rings shaped like the alligator, and decked with a crown, a necklace of pearls, bracelets and girdle and a pair of armlets, the jewel Kaustubha shining in His neck and a garland of sylvan flowers hanging on His breast, the sight of the Lord kept them spellbound. They seemed to drink Him with their eyes, lick Him with their tongues, inhale Him with their nose and embrace Him with their arms. All their sins were washed away at His very sight. They bowed to the Lord, touching. His blessed feet with their heads. (2—6)
The joy derived through Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa's sight removed the languor caused by their confinement. With joined palms, they offered their praises to the Lord in the following words. (7) (1-7)
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राजान ऊचुः ।
नमस्ते देवदेवेश प्रपन्नार्तिहराव्यय ।
प्रपन्नान् पाहि नः कृष्ण निर्विण्णान् घोरसंसृतेः ॥ ८॥
नैनं नाथान्वसूयामो मागधं मधुसूदन ।
अनुग्रहो यद्भवतो राज्ञां राज्यच्युतिर्विभो ॥ ९॥
राज्यैश्वर्यमदोन्नद्धो न श्रेयो विन्दते नृपः ।
त्वन्मायामोहितोऽनित्या मन्यते सम्पदोऽचलाः ॥ १०॥
मृगतृष्णां यथा बाला मन्यन्त उदकाशयम् ।
एवं वैकारिकीं मायामयुक्ता वस्तु चक्षते ॥ ११॥
वयं पुरा श्रीमदनष्टदृष्टयो
जिगीषयास्या इतरेतरस्पृधः ।
घ्नन्तः प्रजाः स्वा अतिनिर्घृणाः प्रभो
मृत्युं पुरस्त्वाविगणय्य दुर्मदाः ॥ १२॥
त एव कृष्णाद्य गभीररंहसा
दुरन्तवीर्येण विचालिताः श्रियः ।
कालेन तन्वा भवतोऽनुकम्पया
विनष्टदर्पाश्चरणौ स्मराम ते ॥ १३॥
अथो न राज्यं मृगतृष्णिरूपितं
देहेन शश्वत्पतता रुजां भुवा ।
उपासितव्यं स्पृहयामहे विभो
क्रियाफलं प्रेत्य च कर्णरोचनम् ॥ १४॥
तं नः समादिशोपायं येन ते चरणाब्जयोः ।
स्मृतिर्यथा न विरमेदपि संसरतामिह ॥ १५॥
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने ।
प्रणतक्लेशनाशाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥ १६॥(२)
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The kings prayed : O God of gods, remover of the distress of those who take refuge in You, O Imperishable Lord, we offer our salutations to You. Disgusted with the bitter experience of this fearful scourge of transmigration, we seek refuge in You; pray protect us.(8)
Kṛṣṇa, we have no grudge against Jarāsandha; in fact, it was through Your grace that we were deprived of our kingdoms. (9)
Puffed up with the pride of sovereignty and power, a king is generally deprived of true happiness; for, deluded by Your Māyā, he comes to regard worldly fortune as permanent. (10)
Just as the ignorant take the mirage for a sheet of water, even so the unwise attached to the senses regard the ever changing Māyā as reality. (11)
Lord, blinded by the intoxication of wealth and power, at one time we vied with one another in our lust for conquering the world and mercilessly brought about the destruction of our own people in pursuing our mad projects. We were so arrogant that we took no notice of You standing before us as Death itself. (12)
Kṛṣṇa, mysterious are the ways of Time. Its potency is unfathomable; for it is one of Your many forms. It has deprived us of our fortune, and our pride has been shattered through Your grace. We now contemplate on Your sacred feet. (13)
Lord, we no longer seek the boon of sovereignty enjoyable through this ever decaying body, the nursery of ailments. We have realized that the pleasures of sovereignty are like a mirage. Nor do we crave for the posthumous enjoyments of heaven which sound attractive only to the ear. (14)
Pray tell us now the means whereby we may constantly remember You lotus-like feet, even though we may have to undergo a series of births. (15)
Kṛṣṇa, You have descended on this earth through the agency of Vasudeva. You destroy the sins of those who come in contact with You and bring them deliverance. You are the Supreme Spirit. You exterminate the sufferings of those who bend low before You. O Govinda, the protector of cows, we offer our obeisances to You. (16) (8-16)
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श्रीशुक उवाच ।
संस्तूयमानो भगवान् राजभिर्मुक्तबन्धनैः ।
तानाह करुणस्तात शरण्यः श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥ १७॥
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Śrī Śuka resumed : Parikṣit, when the kings now released from captivity praised in those words the merciful Lord, who affords shelter to those who seek it, He replied to them in sweet accents as below. (17) (17)
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श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
अद्य प्रभृति वो भूपा मय्यात्मन्यखिलेश्वरे ।
सुदृढा जायते भक्तिर्बाढमाशंसितं तथा ॥ १८॥
दिष्ट्या व्यवसितं भूपा भवन्त ऋतभाषिणः ।
श्रियैश्वर्यमदोन्नाहं पश्य उन्मादकं नृणाम् ॥ १९॥
हैहयो नहुषो वेनो रावणो नरकोऽपरे ।
श्रीमदाद्भ्रंशिताः स्थानाद्देवदैत्यनरेश्वराः ॥ २०॥
भवन्त एतद्विज्ञाय देहाद्युत्पाद्यमन्तवत् ।
मां यजन्तोऽध्वरैर्युक्ताः प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षथ ॥ २१॥
सन्तन्वन्तः प्रजातन्तून् सुखं दुःखं भवाभवौ ।
प्राप्तं प्राप्तं च सेवन्तो मच्चित्ता विचरिष्यथ ॥ २२॥
उदासीनाश्च देहादावात्मारामा धृतव्रताः ।
मय्यावेश्य मनः सम्यङ् मामन्ते ब्रह्म यास्यथ ॥ २३॥
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Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa said : As desired by you, O kings, you will henceforth entertain unwavering devotion to Me, the Universal Lord, who am the very Self of all. (18)
You deserve congratulation, O kings, for your resolution, and what you say is certainly true. For I have seen that excess of pride of wealth and power makes people mad. (19)
Haihaya, Nahuṣa, Vena, Rāvaṇa, Narakāsura and many other gods, demons and kings fell from their position through the intoxication of wealth and power. (20)
Know that the body and everything connected with it is perishable inasmuch as it is subject to birth. Therefore, do not get attached to them. Carefully controlling your mind and senses, worship Me through sacrifices and protect your subjects in the righteous way. (21)
Beget children for the continuity of the family line, and not for enjoyment, and accepting with an equable mind, as a boon from Me, whatever experiences come to your lot in the shape of birth and death, pleasure and pain, gain and loss etc., live in the world with your mind devoted to Me. (22)
Remain indifferent to the body and everything connected therewith, take delight in the Self, practise Bhajana and observe religious vows. Thus fixing your mind steadily on Me, you will in the end attain to me, the Supreme Spirit. (23) (18-23)
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श्रीशुक उवाच ।
इत्यादिश्य नृपान् कृष्णो भगवान् भुवनेश्वरः ।
तेषां न्ययुङ्क्त पुरुषान् स्त्रियो मज्जनकर्मणि ॥ २४॥
सपर्यां कारयामास सहदेवेन भारत ।
नरदेवोचितैर्वस्त्रैर्भूषणैः स्रग्विलेपनैः ॥ २५॥
भोजयित्वा वरान्नेन सुस्नातान् समलङ्कृतान् ।
भोगैश्च विविधैर्युक्तांस्ताम्बूलाद्यैर्नृपोचितैः ॥ २६॥
ते पूजिता मुकुन्देन राजानो मृष्टकुण्डलाः ।
विरेजुर्मोचिताः क्लेशात्प्रावृडन्ते यथा ग्रहाः ॥ २७॥
रथान् सदश्वानारोप्य मणिकाञ्चनभूषितान् ।
प्रीणय्य सूनृतैर्वाक्यैः स्वदेशान् प्रत्ययापयत् ॥ २८॥
त एवं मोचिताः कृच्छ्रात्कृष्णेन सुमहात्मना ।
ययुस्तमेव ध्यायन्तः कृतानि च जगत्पतेः ॥ २९॥
जगदुः प्रकृतिभ्यस्ते महापुरुषचेष्टितम् ।
यथान्वशासद्भगवांस्तथा चक्रुरतन्द्रिताः ॥ ३०॥
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Śrī Śuka went on : Parikṣit, thus instructing the kings, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the almighty Lord of the universe, detailed a number of attendants, men and women, to give them a bath.(24)
He then got Sahadeva, son of Jarāsandha, to honour the kings by offering them wearing apparel, ornaments, garlands, sandal-paste and other things worthy of royal use.(25)
After they had finished their bath and adorned themselves they were entertained with excellent dishes and other luxuries—such as betel leaves etc.,—worthy of kings. (26)
Thus treated with due honour by Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa and rid of their suffering, the kings shone with their brilliant ear-rings like the planets at the end of the rainy season. (27)
The Lord then provided them all with chariots adorned with jewels and gold and drawn by good horses, cheered them with sweet words and sent them away to their respective territories. (28)
Thus delivered from their calamity by the high-souled Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the kings left for their capitals, contemplating on the Lord, His virtues and noble deeds. (29)
Reaching their kingdoms, they related to their subjects the benevolent doings of the Supreme Person and diligently followed His injunctions in their daily lives. (30) (24-30)
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जरासन्धं घातयित्वा भीमसेनेन केशवः ।
पार्थाभ्यां संयुतः प्रायात्सहदेवेन पूजितः ॥ ३१॥
गत्वा ते खाण्डवप्रस्थं शङ्खान् दध्मुर्जितारयः ।
हर्षयन्तः स्वसुहृदो दुर्हृदां चासुखावहाः ॥ ३२॥
तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रीतमनस इन्द्रप्रस्थनिवासिनः ।
मेनिरे मागधं शान्तं राजा चाप्तमनोरथः ॥ ३३॥
अभिवन्द्याथ राजानं भीमार्जुनजनार्दनाः ।
सर्वमाश्रावयाञ्चक्रुरात्मना यदनुष्ठितम् ॥ ३४॥
निशम्य धर्मराजस्तत्केशवेनानुकम्पितम् ।
आनन्दाश्रुकलां मुञ्चन् प्रेम्णा नोवाच किञ्चन ॥ ३५॥
इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां
संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे उत्तरार्धे कृष्णाद्यागमने
त्रिसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७३॥
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Parikṣit, thus having Jarāsandha killed by Bhimasena, and being duly honoured by Jarāsandha's son, Sahadeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Bhīma and Arjuna, departed (for Indraprastha). (31)
On reaching the outskirts of the city, the three victorious heroes blew their respective conchs, bringing joy to their friends and sorrow to their enemies. (32)
The people of Indraprastha were extremely delighted at heart to hear the sound and concluded at once that Jarāsandha had been killed and that King Yudhiṣṭhira had well-nigh achieved his object. (33)
There Bhimasena, Arjuna and Śrī Kṛṣṇa bowed to King Yudhiṣṭhira and related to him all that they had done. (34)
Overwhelmed with emotion at the exceptional favour shown to him by Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, King Yudhiṣṭhira shed tears of joy and could not speak a word. (35)
Thus ends the seventy-third discourse, bearing on the return of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and others (to Indraprastha), in the latter half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, otherwise known as the Paramahārnsa-Sarhhitā. (31-35)
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