॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥
Sunday, 23 April 2023 - X a.27- Indra and Kamadhenu come and pray to Bhagavan Sri Krishna.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
गोवर्धने धृते शैले आसाराद्रक्षिते व्रजे । गोलोकादाव्रजत्कृष्णं सुरभिः शक्र एव च ॥
विविक्त उपसङ्गम्य व्रीडीतः कृतहेलनः । पस्पर्श पादयोरेनं किरीटेनार्कवर्चसा ॥
दृष्टश्रुतानुभावोऽस्य कृष्णस्यामिततेजसः । नष्टत्रिलोकेशमद इन्द्र आह कृताञ्जलिः ॥
T: Sri Shuka spoke: While the Vraja Gopas clarified to themselves who Sri Krishna was, the truth dawned on Indra too with full force. Indra came at once with the divine wish fulfilling cow, Kamadhenu, to Vraja immediately after Sri Krishna had protected the entire Gokula, with all its people and animal stock, by lifting the Govardhana. Indra was ashamed of himself for having slighted Bhagavan. He placed his head with the divine crown dazzling like the sun at Sri Krishna's holy feet. Having heard before, and now having directly experienced Bhagavan Sri Krishna's full glory, Indra had been disabused of the notion that he, Indra, was the lord of the three worlds. He said with bowed head and folded hands:
इन्द्र उवाच
विशुद्धसत्त्वं तव धाम शान्तं तपोमयं ध्वस्तरजस्तमस्कम् । मायामयोऽयं गुणसम्प्रवाहो न विद्यते तेऽग्रहणानुबन्धः ॥
ये मद्विधाज्ञा जगदीश मानिनस्त्वां वीक्ष्य कालेऽभयमाशु तन्मदम् ।
हित्वाऽऽर्यमार्गं प्रभजन्त्यपस्मया ईहा खलानामपि तेऽनुशासनम् ॥
स त्वं ममैश्वर्यमदप्लुतस्य कृतागसस्तेऽविदुषः प्रभावम् ।
क्षन्तुं प्रभोऽथार्हसि मूढचेतसो मैवं पुनर्भून्मतिरीश मेऽसती ॥
नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते पुरुषाय महात्मने । वासुदेवाय कृष्णाय सात्वतां पतये नमः ॥
स्वच्छन्दोपात्तदेहाय विशुद्धज्ञानमूर्तये । सर्वस्मै सर्वबीजाय सर्वभूतात्मने नमः ॥
T: Indra prayed:
"Maya makes us blind oh, Lord, to Your divinity without any trace of Rajas and Tamas, the purest Sattva, the embodiment of true Knowledge. Deluded by Maya, we begin to assume you too are a physical being subject to the limitations of Guna modifications and birth and death. After all, You are incarnating Yourself only out of infinite compassion to help the good souls and to punish the bad ones and in the process give them also liberation! You rule with the firm hand of Time, and You are absolute in authority. Therefore, kindly excuse my transgressions and misdemeanours caused by my pride and arrogance! Your breaking our arrogance is entirely for our good because then we become Your devotees. Every act of Yours is to school the derelict and ill-meaning beings. This incarnation of Yours, Bhagavan, is for the protection and upliftment of Your devotees!
Bhagavan, I pray to You, the Supreme Soul, the Lord of all. You are Vasudeva, Sri Krishna (वासुदेवाय कृष्णाय) and the endearing Lord of devotees and pure souls. You have incarnated out of Your own sweet will, and are visible and accessible to the pure devotees as the personification of Sattvic divinity. You are the Seed of all creation, and the Indweller of all!
I feel wretched for showing rage at not being worshipped and for having brought down terrorisng rain and wind, trying to destroy the Vraja people and their cattle. I feel ashamed. Kindly forgive me as I am surrendered to You as the Supreme Master of the universe."
Bhagavan gave a beatific smile. He spoke in a voice of extreme gravity like the rumble of a cloud:
मामैश्वर्यश्रीमदान्धो दण्डपाणिं न पश्यति । तं भ्रंशयामि सम्पद्भ्यो यस्य चेच्छाम्यनुग्रहम् ॥
गम्यतां शक्र भद्रं वः क्रियतां मेऽनुशासनम् । स्थीयतां स्वाधिकारेषु युक्तैर्वः स्तम्भवर्जितैः ॥
T: "Indra, My sole intention was to burst the bubble of your inflated ego and reform you once and for all. Those arrogant owing to their power and position forget their Overlord holding the staff of Time and ruling over them, i.e. Me. So when I want to shower my grace on them, I withdraw their prosperity and power as a shock treatment. May you be well and good. Go back to Amaravati and rule as I have ordered. Rule without an arrogant misappropriated sense of lordship."
सुरभिरुवाच
कृष्ण कृष्ण महायोगिन् विश्वात्मन् विश्वसम्भव । भवता लोकनाथेन सनाथा वयमच्युत ॥
त्वं नः परमकं दैवं त्वं न इन्द्रो जगत्पते । भवाय भव गोविप्रदेवानां ये च साधवः ॥
इन्द्रं नस्त्वाभिषेक्ष्यामो ब्रह्मणा नोदिता वयम् । अवतीर्णोऽसि विश्वात्मन् भूमेर्भारापनुत्तये ॥
t: Now Surabhi, the Kamadhenu, the mother of all cattle livestock (as we have read before), bowed low and spoke.
"Oh, Sri Krishna, the Supreme Yogi, the inner soul of all, and the creator of this whole universe! All of us, cattle, worship You as our dear God. Indra may think he is the lord but You shall always be our only Succour and God. We shall crown You, Sri Krishna, as advised by Brahma himself to us. We know Your incarnation is for world welfare."
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं कृष्णमुपामन्त्र्य सुरभिः पयसाऽऽत्मनः । जलैराकाशगङ्गाया ऐरावतकरोद्धृतैः ॥ २२॥
इन्द्रः सुरर्षिभिः साकं नोदितो देवमातृभिः । अभ्यषिञ्चत दाशार्हं गोविन्द इति चाभ्यधात् ॥
इति गोगोकुलपतिं गोविन्दमभिषिच्य सः ।अनुज्ञातो ययौ शक्रो वृतो देवादिभिर्दिवम् ॥
T: Shuka continued: Having thus worshipped Bhagavan, Surabhi with her ambrosial milk, and Indra with the waters of the celestial Ganga, performed the ritual anointing ceremony of their Lord, Sri Krishna, addressing Him as Govinda. The celestial sages like Narada and Tumburu and all the gods from the heavens came and showered their offerings on Bhagavan and sang and danced in His worship.
The earth was bathed in these divine offerings and outpourings of the gods and Kamadhenu.
The moment was so auspicious that even cruel predators became Sattvic. The forests produced the greatest of flowers and fruits and grain, and the mountains conferred their rarest gems and diamonds. After worshipping Bhagavan Govinda Sri Krishna, the gods, Indra and Kamadhenu departed.
॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥
