Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Sri Bhagavatam - Canto 10 (Skandha 10 ) Chapter 88 - Sloka 27 to 40








































































































VedaVyasa
Praneetha

The Mad Bhagavatam


 
10.88.27-28
bhagavān vṛjinārdanaḥ
dūrāt pratyudiyād bhūtvā
baṭuko yoga-māyayā
mekhalājina-daṇḍākṣais
tejasāgnir iva jvalan
kuśa-pāṇir vinīta-vat

 (27-28) The Supreme Lord, the Eradicator of Distress, who from a distance saw the danger, came before him having turned Himself by the power of His yogamâyâ into a young brahmin student. Complete with a belt, deerskin, rod and prayer beads had He an effulgence that glowed like fire. He respectfully greeted him humbly with kus'a grass in His hands.
Lord Nārāyaṇa as saying, "For Us seers of the Absolute Truth, all created beings are worthy of respect. And since you are the son of Śakuni, a wise man and performer of great austerities, you certainly deserve the respectful greeting of a young brahmacārī like Myself."

10.88.29
ātmāyaḿ sarva-kāma-dhuk

(29) The Supreme Lord said: 'Dear son of S'akuni, you seem to be tired, for what reason have you come from so far? Please rest a while, shouldn't this personal body be the fulfillment of all desires?
In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, "Before the demon could argue that he had no time to take rest, the Lord began to inform him about the importance of the body, and the demon was convinced. Any man, especially a demon, takes his body to be very important."
10.88.30
yadi naḥ śravaṇāyālaḿ

(30) If suitable to Our ear, o mighty one, please tell Us what you have in mind. One usually accomplishes one's purposes with the help of others isn't it?'
10.88.31
evaḿ bhagavatā pṛṣṭo
vacasāmṛta-varṣiṇā
gata-klamo 'bravīt tasmai


(31) S'rî S'uka said: 'Thus questioned by the Supreme Lord with words that rained like nectar, vanished all his fatigue and told he Him what he had done.
10.88.32


 (32) The Supreme Lord said [then to Vrika]: 'That being the case, We can't put faith in his statements. For he's the one cursed by Daksha to become diabolical as the king of the ghosts and devils [see 4.2: 9-16].
10.88.33
yadi vas tatra viśrambho
dānavendra jagad-gurau
tarhy ańgāśu sva-śirasi


(33) If you put faith in him as the 'spiritual master of the universe', then dear friend, just see right now what happens if you place your hand on your own head!
10.88.34
kathañcid dānavarṣabha
tadainaḿ jahy asad-vācaḿ
na yad vaktānṛtaḿ punaḥ


(34) If S'ambhu's words this way - or another - prove to be false, o best of the Dânavas, then please kill him who's been fooling you, so that he never lies again.'
10.88.35
itthaḿ bhagavataś citrair


(35) He this manner bewildered by the o so clever words of the Supreme Lord, thought no longer and foolishly placed his hand on his own head.
10.88.36
athāpatad bhinna-śirāḥ
vrajāhata iva kṣaṇāt
sādhu-śabdo 'bhavad divi


(36) Like being hit by lightening was it instantly shattered. He fell down whereupon from the sky could be heard the sounds of 'Victory!', 'Hail!' and 'Right so!'
10.88.37
hate pāpe vṛkāsure
mocitaḥ sańkaṭāc chivaḥ

 (37) With S'iva freed from the danger now the sinful Asura Vrika was killed, released the celestial sages, the ancestors and the singers of heaven a rain of flowers.

10.88.38-39
bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ
hataḥ ko nu mahatsv īśa
kṣemī syāt kim u viśveśe
kṛtāgasko jagad-gurau

 (38-39) Bhagavân, the Supreme Personality, then addressed the delivered Giris'a: 'Ah, dear Mahâdeva, see how this sinner was killed by his own sinfulness! What fortune indeed o master, can there be for a living being who was of offense with the elevated saints, not to mention having been in offense with the Lord of the Universe, the Spiritual Master of the Living Being [see also 1.18: 42, 7.4: 20 and B.G. 16: 23].
10.88.40
giritra-mokṣaḿ kathayec chṛṇoti
vimucyate saḿsṛtibhis tathāribhiḥ

(40) Whoever hears of or recites this rescuing of lord S'iva by the Lord of the Supersoul, the Inconceivable Personal Manifestation of the Ocean of All Energies, is freed from as well enemies as from the repetition of birth and death.  
   Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī concludes this chapter with the following statement:
bhakta-sańkaṭam ālokya
mokṣayām āsa keśavaḥ
"When Lord Keśava saw the danger confronting His devotee, His lotuslike heart became filled with sympathy. Thus He delivered Lord Śiva from the consequences of his own eloquent words."
Thus end of  the Tenth Canto, Eighty-eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura."


(My humble salutations to the lotus feet of Swamyjis, Philosophers, Scholars and Knowledge Seekers for the collection)



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