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Mother earth assumed the form of a cow. Very much distressed, with tears in her eyes, she appeared before Lord Brahmā and told him about her misfortune.
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- ye tv ihāsakta-manasaḥ
- pitṛ-lokaṁ vrajanti te
- janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ
- samagreṇeha yoginaḥ
- yad asaṅgas tu kṛtsnaśaḥ
- tri-vṛt pañca-vidhaḥ svarāṭ
- jñāna-yogaś ca man-niṣṭho
- yathendriyaiḥ pṛthag-dvārair
- kriyayā kratubhir dānais
- prāvocaṁ bhakti-yogasya
- na mad-bhakta-dviṣām api
- raddhayā puruṣaḥ sakṛt
- athāpy ajo 'ntaḥ-salile śayānaṁ
- kathaṁ nu yasyodara etad āsīt
- yan-nāmadheya-śravaṇānukīrtanād
- taṁ tvām ahaṁ brahma paraṁ pumāṁsaṁ
- iti pradarśya bhagavān
- ramyaṁ bahv-amara-drumaiḥ
- O Vidura! Meditating on her son Kapila, the Supreme Lord, she quickly became detached from that opulent house.
- nityārūḍha-samādhitvāt
- kṣetraṁ trailokya-viśrutam
- kapilasya ca saṁvādo
- Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura
- The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief.
- Mother earth assumed the form of a cow. Very much distressed, with tears in her eyes, she appeared before Lord Brahmā and told him about her misfortune.
- O great hero, one who takes birth is sure to die; for death is born with the body. One may die today or after hundreds of years, but death is sure for every living entity.
- After thus considering the matter as far as his knowledge would allow, Vasudeva submitted his proposal to the sinful Kaṁsa with great respect.
- Vasudeva agreed and took his child back home, but because Kaṁsa had no character and no self-control, Vasudeva knew that he could not rely on Kaṁsa’s word.
- By sacrifices of animals, ordinary human beings will worship you gorgeously, with various paraphernalia, because you are supreme in fulfilling the material desires of everyone.
- The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- When both of you were ordered by Lord Brahmā to create progeny, you first underwent severe austerities by controlling your senses.
- Thus you spent twelve thousand celestial years performing difficult activities of tapasya in consciousness of Me [Kṛṣṇa consciousness].
- After you received that benediction and I disappeared, you engaged yourselves in sex to have a son like Me, and I fulfilled your desire.
- O supremely chaste mother, I, the same personality, have now appeared of you both as your son for the third time. Take My words as the truth.
- Vasudeva placed the female child on the bed of Devakī, bound his legs with the iron shackles, and thus remained there as before.
- Exhausted by the labor of childbirth, Yaśodā was overwhelmed with sleep and unable to understand what kind of child had been born to her.
- The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa
- Alas, my sister! Alas, my brother-in-law! I am indeed so sinful that exactly like a man-eater [Rākṣasa] who eats his own child, I have killed so many sons born of you.
- Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister’s children.
- After hearing their master’s statement, the envious asuras, who were enemies of the demigods and were not very expert in their dealings, advised Kaṁsa as follows.
- The demigods always fear the sound of your bowstring. They are constantly in anxiety, afraid of fighting. Therefore, what can they do by their endeavors to harm you?
- My dear King, when a man persecutes great souls, all his benedictions of longevity, beauty, fame, religion, blessings and promotion to higher planets will be destroyed.
- The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
- My dear brother Nanda Mahārāja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.
- Killing the Demon Pūtanā
- While Nanda Mahārāja was returning to Gokula, the same fierce
- The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta
- For a moment, the whole pasturing ground was overcast with dense darkness from the dust storm, and mother Yaśodā was unable to find her son where she had placed Him.
- Because of the bits of sand thrown about by Tṛṇāvarta, people could not see themselves or anyone else, and thus they were illusioned and disturbed.
COMMENTARY
“Now hear the famous reason for Kṛṣṇa’s appearance.” Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks with this intention.
daityānīka: Due to being afflicted by the burden of the sins of countless soldiers of the daityās, demons, who though not born of Diti’s lineage, attained their demonic status by their actions, the earth personified approached Brahmā situated on the peak of Mount Meru.
brahmāṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau: This was not the Brahmā who usually stays on Satyaloka. In the Satya-yuga before the appearance of Kṛṣṇa, King Raivata went to Brahmā on Satyaloka along with his daughter Revatī to ask about his daughter’s marriage. In Brahmā’s assembly the Gandharvas Haha and Huhu were singing. During the length of their one song on Satyaloka (Brahmāloka), Satya and Tretā yugas on earth finished, and Dvāpara-yuga also passed. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were about to appear.
Brahmā said, “Please give your daughter in marriage to Balarāma, who has now appeared on the earth planet. He is a suitable groom.” Thus, situated on Satyaloka, Hiranyagarbha Brahmā was listening to the song while Satya, Tretā and Dvāpara yugas passed by on the earth planet until Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma’s appearance.
bhūmiḥ: The deity of the earth could not have approached that Brahmā on Satyaloka to make her request. Bhūmi, earth personified, went instead to Vairāja Brahmā living on Mount Meru. The great sage Parāśara Muni confirms this: jagama dharini meroh samaje tridivaukasam, “The goddess of the earth went along with the demigods to Mount Meru.”
||10.1.18||
gaur bhūtvāśru-mukhī khinnā krandantī karuṇaṁ vibhoḥ
upasthitāntike tasmai vyasanaṁ samavocata
TRANSLATION
||10.1.19||
brahmā tad-upadhāryātha saha devais tayā saha
jagāma sa-tri-nayanas tīraṁ kṣīra-payo-nidheḥ
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