Saunaka Muni pleaded: "Oh Suta, tell more about Sri krishna whose stories make one rescued from the mortal life and tell how did the Pandavas, who followed the path of righteousness, rule over their kingdom after having killed the aggressors who wanted to usurp the legal inheritance.
Suta said…………..Rescuing the Pandavas and vanishing the Kuru dynasty with the fire of his eyes, Sri Krishna, The protector of the creation, pleased to see the peaceful ruling of King Yudhishthhira who keeping Krisna in his mind observed all the righteous sayings of Bhishma, being enlightened with perfect knowledge ruled over the earth with the path of righteousness… There was peace everywhere. All the rain that was needed showered, the earth yielded everything desired and the cows out of sheer joy milked abundantly. The rivers, oceans and hills assured him in every season of all necessary vegetables, greenery and medicinal herbs. Never was, any living being troubled by anxieties, diseases or extreme temperatures, under his protecting ruling.
In order to appease his friend Arjun and to please his sister Subhadraa, who was married with Arjuna, Krishna stayed for a few months in the Hastinaapura. After few months of his staying, Srikrishna, duly asked permission from all to leave for Dwarikaa. He embraced all one by one and then ascended his chariot, receiving from others the same respects and embraces. Draupadî, Kunti, Uttaraa and also Dhritaraashthra and Gaandhaari, the Pandavas and all others had great difficulty bearing the separation from their dearest Srikrishna. The ladies of the family who came out of the palace, had difficulty checking their tears from overflowing. At that time mridangas (drums used in devotional service), conchshells, horns, strings, flutes and more drums, bells and other rhythm-instruments were sounded. The ladies of the Kuru dynasty got on the roof of the palace, from where they showered flowers upon Krishna. Arjuna the dearest of his friends made him(Srikrishna) climb his chariot.................
From everywhere the truthful respects and sayings of the brahmins were heard which to the occasion were neither befitting or unbefitting considering the Absolute Truth present there in a form subjected to the modes of nature. The ladies of the capital of the king of the Kurus were with their hearts absorbed in talking amongst each other about Him hailed by the scriptures, in such a manner that it sounded more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas themselves: 'Him we will definitely remember as the Personality of Godhead, as the Original One who existed materially unmanifested in his own self before the creation of the modes of nature; he, that Super soul, that Supreme Lord, in whom the living beings merge, with their energies suspended, as if during the night all creatures forget everything and at the fall of the night start differentiating their very existence and get engaged in work of senses .
aatmaare aatmaa bhaaba bahe sakala shakti gheni rahe
dibasa ante praani dehe nidraa jesane sarbe mohe
puni uthanti raatri ante bisaya dhyaana abirate.....
He in the role of the compiler of the revealed scriptures thus, by the performance of his own personal potency, gave the individual soul time and again names and forms in the re-creation of the outer illusion of material nature. He assigns names to that what factually cannot be named. He happens to be the same Personality of Godhead as the one seen by those great devotees who managed to control their senses and life and who, by the grace of their devotion, may see the development of a pure mind. Oh friends, this is he, the one and only supreme controller and super soul of the complete creation, by the manifestation of His pastimes creates, maintains and destroys, without ever becoming attached to it as water can't touch the lotus leaf.
That Krishna resides in all the bodies in the form of Satwa. He manifested as human to give right path of salvation to the wondering souls. All the wives of Srikrishna were lucky enough to drink the nectar of his lotus face through their eyes. Due to devotion towards the eternal of many births they got Krishna as their husband. That was not any mundane relation rather union of soul and the supreme (Paramaatmaa).
While the ladies of the capital were praying and talking this way about him, Srikrishna granted them the grace of his glance. With greeting of a smile on his face the Lord departed. Yudhishthhira, the man without enemies, out of affection and being anxious, engaged four divisions of soldiers (on horseback, elephant, chariot and foot) for their protectionn. After thus having accompanied him for a long distance, the lord politely and with full of affection persuaded the determined Paandavas to return who were overtaken by the thought of their future separation.Then Srikrishna with His dear companions proceeded towards Dwaarakaa. Through Kurujaangala (the province of Delhi) and Paanchaala (part of Punjab) , S'uraasena and Brahmaavarta (Uttar Pradesh) and the districts along the Yamunaa river, He came along Kurukshetra where the battle was fought and the province of Matsya, Saarasvatan (another part of Punjab) and so on. Then through the land of deserts (Rajasthan) and the land where there is hardly any water (Madhya Pradesh), and after passing through the provinces of Sauvira (Saurastra) and Abhira (part of Gujarat), He, o S'aunaka, finally reached the western side of the province of Dwaarakaa with His horses slightly overtaken by fatigue of the long journey in the evening hour.
end of dashama adhyaaya
Suta said…………..Rescuing the Pandavas and vanishing the Kuru dynasty with the fire of his eyes, Sri Krishna, The protector of the creation, pleased to see the peaceful ruling of King Yudhishthhira who keeping Krisna in his mind observed all the righteous sayings of Bhishma, being enlightened with perfect knowledge ruled over the earth with the path of righteousness… There was peace everywhere. All the rain that was needed showered, the earth yielded everything desired and the cows out of sheer joy milked abundantly. The rivers, oceans and hills assured him in every season of all necessary vegetables, greenery and medicinal herbs. Never was, any living being troubled by anxieties, diseases or extreme temperatures, under his protecting ruling.
In order to appease his friend Arjun and to please his sister Subhadraa, who was married with Arjuna, Krishna stayed for a few months in the Hastinaapura. After few months of his staying, Srikrishna, duly asked permission from all to leave for Dwarikaa. He embraced all one by one and then ascended his chariot, receiving from others the same respects and embraces. Draupadî, Kunti, Uttaraa and also Dhritaraashthra and Gaandhaari, the Pandavas and all others had great difficulty bearing the separation from their dearest Srikrishna. The ladies of the family who came out of the palace, had difficulty checking their tears from overflowing. At that time mridangas (drums used in devotional service), conchshells, horns, strings, flutes and more drums, bells and other rhythm-instruments were sounded. The ladies of the Kuru dynasty got on the roof of the palace, from where they showered flowers upon Krishna. Arjuna the dearest of his friends made him(Srikrishna) climb his chariot.................
From everywhere the truthful respects and sayings of the brahmins were heard which to the occasion were neither befitting or unbefitting considering the Absolute Truth present there in a form subjected to the modes of nature. The ladies of the capital of the king of the Kurus were with their hearts absorbed in talking amongst each other about Him hailed by the scriptures, in such a manner that it sounded more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas themselves: 'Him we will definitely remember as the Personality of Godhead, as the Original One who existed materially unmanifested in his own self before the creation of the modes of nature; he, that Super soul, that Supreme Lord, in whom the living beings merge, with their energies suspended, as if during the night all creatures forget everything and at the fall of the night start differentiating their very existence and get engaged in work of senses .
aatmaare aatmaa bhaaba bahe sakala shakti gheni rahe
dibasa ante praani dehe nidraa jesane sarbe mohe
puni uthanti raatri ante bisaya dhyaana abirate.....
He in the role of the compiler of the revealed scriptures thus, by the performance of his own personal potency, gave the individual soul time and again names and forms in the re-creation of the outer illusion of material nature. He assigns names to that what factually cannot be named. He happens to be the same Personality of Godhead as the one seen by those great devotees who managed to control their senses and life and who, by the grace of their devotion, may see the development of a pure mind. Oh friends, this is he, the one and only supreme controller and super soul of the complete creation, by the manifestation of His pastimes creates, maintains and destroys, without ever becoming attached to it as water can't touch the lotus leaf.
That Krishna resides in all the bodies in the form of Satwa. He manifested as human to give right path of salvation to the wondering souls. All the wives of Srikrishna were lucky enough to drink the nectar of his lotus face through their eyes. Due to devotion towards the eternal of many births they got Krishna as their husband. That was not any mundane relation rather union of soul and the supreme (Paramaatmaa).
While the ladies of the capital were praying and talking this way about him, Srikrishna granted them the grace of his glance. With greeting of a smile on his face the Lord departed. Yudhishthhira, the man without enemies, out of affection and being anxious, engaged four divisions of soldiers (on horseback, elephant, chariot and foot) for their protectionn. After thus having accompanied him for a long distance, the lord politely and with full of affection persuaded the determined Paandavas to return who were overtaken by the thought of their future separation.Then Srikrishna with His dear companions proceeded towards Dwaarakaa. Through Kurujaangala (the province of Delhi) and Paanchaala (part of Punjab) , S'uraasena and Brahmaavarta (Uttar Pradesh) and the districts along the Yamunaa river, He came along Kurukshetra where the battle was fought and the province of Matsya, Saarasvatan (another part of Punjab) and so on. Then through the land of deserts (Rajasthan) and the land where there is hardly any water (Madhya Pradesh), and after passing through the provinces of Sauvira (Saurastra) and Abhira (part of Gujarat), He, o S'aunaka, finally reached the western side of the province of Dwaarakaa with His horses slightly overtaken by fatigue of the long journey in the evening hour.
end of dashama adhyaaya
2 comments:
This is a unique attempt by the author to expose the cultural root of Orissa to the people of the world. The narration is wonderful with intermittent and relevant quote of the original text. Keep it up.
absolutely true, Ray Sir[:)]
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