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Thus you spent twelve thousand celestial years performing difficult activities of tapasya in consciousness of Me [Kṛṣṇa consciousness].
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- 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.
- When mother Yaśodā saw the whole universe within the mouth of her child, her heart began to throb, and in astonishment she wanted to close her restless eyes.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth
- For many reasons, this beautiful son of yours sometimes appeared previously as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore, those who are learned sometimes call this child Vāsudeva.
- For this son of yours there are many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to me, but people in general do not understand them.
- Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
- Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
- Having thus spoken, Kṛṣṇa soon entered between the two arjuna trees, and thus the big mortar to which He was bound turned crosswise and stuck between them.
TRANSLATION
My dear father and mother, you endured rain, wind, strong sun, scorching heat and severe cold, suffering all sorts of inconvenience according to different seasons. By practicing prāṇāyāma to control the air within the body through yoga, and by eating only air and dry leaves fallen from the trees, you cleansed from your minds all dirty things. In this way, desiring a benediction from Me, you worshiped Me with peaceful minds.
COMMENTARY
ātapaḥ: means intense burning due to the sun’s rays and gharma means heat.
|| 10.3.36 ||
evaṁ vāṁ tapyatos tīvraṁ tapaḥ parama-duṣkaram
divya-varṣa-sahasrāṇi dvādaśeyur mad-ātmanoḥ
TRANSLATION
Thus you spent twelve thousand celestial years performing difficult activities of tapasya in consciousness of Me [Kṛṣṇa consciousness].
commentary
mad-ātmanoḥ: means “absorbing your minds in Me.”
|| 10.3.37-38 ||
tadā vāṁ parituṣṭo ’ham amunā vapuṣānaghe
tapasā śraddhayā nityaṁ bhaktyā ca hṛdi bhāvitaḥ
prādurāsaṁ varada-rāḍ yuvayoḥ kāma-ditsayā
vriyatāṁ vara ity ukte mādṛśo vāṁ vṛtaḥ sutaḥ
TRANSLATION
O sinless mother Devakī, after the expiry of twelve thousand celestial years, in which you constantly contemplated Me within the core of your heart with great faith, devotion and austerity, I was very much satisfied with you. Since I am the best of all bestowers of benediction, I appeared in this same form as Kṛṣṇa to ask you to take from Me the benediction you desired. You then expressed your desire to have a son exactly like Me.
COMMENTARY
“Because of your austerities and meditation on Me, I became very pleased to appear in that form (four handed).”
The austerity performed was constant meditation on the Lord with devotion and faith. The use of the three words, śraddhayā,nityaṁ and bhaktyā indicates that the devotion of Pṛśni and Sutapā was not merely a form of yoga practice. Rather their devotion shows total absorption in the Lord, which by itself leads to perfection and prema. However, the bhakti, devotion, of Pṛśni and Sutapā was mixed with jñāna and aiśvarya because of they practiced yoga and severe austerities.
Some also reason that since the nitya siddha parikaras (eternal associates of the Lord) Vasudeva and Devakī had nitya siddha aiśvarya-jñāna mixed bhakti, their aṁśās Pṛśni and Sutapā also had mixed bhakti. Their austerities and yoga practice were therefore incidental.
bhāvitaḥ: fixed in determination; This word is used instead of cintata. The meditation of Pṛśni and Sutapā was filled with bhāva, transcendental love. In other words, they had genuine pure devotion for the Lord.
|| 10.3.39 ||
ajuṣṭa-grāmya-viṣayāv anapatyau ca dam-patī
na vavrāthe ’pavargaṁ me mohitau deva-māyayā
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