Shree Hari celebrates Sharadpurnima and grants the saints vision of their previous incarnations.
Shree Hari celebrates Sharadpurnima and grants the saints vision of their previous incarnations.
Shri Hari worships Shri Krishna with fervour.
O king, at the rise of the full moon that night, Narayan having taken bath, erected a grand golden throne in the Chandrashala hall at the top of the mansion to watch the moon. 1.
Having seated Shri Krishna in that throne, He worshipped Him ritualistically. Then He offered parched and rice flakes, made of fresh paddy from the fields, mixed in milk and sugar to the Lord. 2.
Waving lighted lamps before the Lord, He sang beautiful songs from Raslila melodies to the accompaniment of instruments. 3.
Singing through the night were the sages on flute, mudang, tal (bell metal) zanj and other instruments. As a third of the night had passed, Shri Hari fell asleep. 4.
Men and women who had come there in thousands to see Him, thereafter paid obeisance to the Lord and returned to their homes. 5.
Shri Hari converses with sages and advises.
The king with his son and daughter went back to his palace after taking leave of Shri Hari. Only sages remained there with the son of Dharma. 6.
Pleased with them, the Lord compassionately revealed facts about their past births to those sages whose sights were fixed on His face. 7.
O devout sages who belong in the twice-born class of Brahmins and those of the other two castes, all of you listen to my word. You are all sages, indeed like Brahma himself (Equal to him in knowledge and austerities). 8.
You have taken birth as humans on this earth by sage Durvas’s curse. Know this secret of yours within yourself. 9.
By the will of the Lord, speaking like this, at that moment, all of them saw in their inner selves their previous births, through transcendental trance. 10.
Having visited their inner self on being endowed with the faculties of penance, yoga, & meditation, the accomplished sages of the likes of Marichi were overwhelmed with delight. 11.
Having known that ascetic Narayan Himself as the Lord, sages became exceedingly pleased. They having saluted Him said to Shri Hari thus: 12.
O Lord of the virtuous, ‘Let this knowledge be with us forever by your grace. Thus we desire from within.” 13.
Then the master told them, ‘O sages, get to know this. What you aspire to always be with you always, though virtuous, is not good for you.’ 14.
This is Kali age, an awful age wherein most men are sinners, prone as they are to become victims of demoniacal trends. 15.
When those men, not knowing your greatness, insult you or pain you, you will not be able to tolerate it, having known of your own strengths and powers.16.
When the mind endowed with felicities are assailed by bad influences, it would assuredly cause destruction of mankind. As in the past, owing to Indra’s fault the three worlds suffered, likewise, one person’s crime will indeed harm many associated with that event. 17-18.
On account of this sort of perdition, though you all being saintly, your austerities might be lost on the advent of animosity. 19.
Hence always having the knowledge of your (original) self and that of the past is not recommended for you. Sporadically you may experience it in you during meditation. 20.
O king, while the Lord of all spoke thus, their faulty perception vanished. 21.
Shri Hari completes Chaturmasya and wishes to move.
When it was dawn, the master went to the gushing Ganga to perform his daily rituals. Other Brahmins followed Him to take bath. 22.
Thus, O king, always in every way favours are done to the devotees by the Lord, like a sire doing good to his sons out of
love. 23.
ence the all-merciful Lord thoughtfully desired to send sages to this land for bestowing auspiciousness and to reward them with emancipation. 24.
O king, devotees from different regions and towns visited Him often and begged of him to grace their town by his visit. 25.
‘I will come to your town,’ He assured them all. He meant it forhe aspired and was determined to establish religion everywhere. 26.
Moreover, keeping His promise made to the king, He stayed there along with the sages (Brahmins) till the completion of Chaturmasya vow. 27.
Having performed the great festival on Prabodhini Ekadasi, the son of Bhakti, Shri Hari, while sitting in the assembly, said to King Abhay. 28.
‘To your content, I have asked all these sages to stay here up to this Chaturmasya period, whose company is very rare to get even to the sovereign kings. 29.
‘Now I will be sending these saints to travel around the villages for the seekers of liberation, for these saintly men are protectors of people from their worldly desires. 30.
‘O Sinless one, people in various places will be anticipating my visit. I am first leaving for the land of Souvir now. 31.
‘You engage yourself in devotion to Krishna and lead your people along ceaselessly following the principles of nonviolence, etc., and adhering to moral codes as well. 32.
Abhay pleads Shri Hari not to go.
Suvrat spoke:-
Having heard the words of Shri Hari, the king, his son and others began to weep and prayed to Him by saluting repeatedly. 33.
‘O ocean of compassion, how can you leave us? You are our life. In your absence our vital breaths will no longer stay in our body. 34.
If it is inevitable for you to go, then please take us along with you, O Lord, to Souvir. Else, you stay back here. 35.
‘O Lord of the virtuous, we cannot bear your separation. We will follow you wherever you go.’ 36.
‘I am not worried about the kingdom, for it is at your disposal. You are the guardian of the whole universe and you will nevertheless provide us with food. 37.
Listening to the guileless speech of the king along with his followers, the Lord was pleased and moved by their devotion, He said thus. 38.
Shri Hari assures king Abhay.
‘O king, be free from worry. I have been moved by your words. Please know for that I am very much delighted at your intent devotion’. 39.
‘I shall live here always for certain’. For other devotees’ emancipation, I go to other places. I will come back to you time and again.’ 40.
O king you should protect this state upon my behest. On account of my stay here, sages also will come to this place often from everywhere. 41.
‘I am won over by you and your kith and kin’s intense and unpretentious devotion. Hence you have my word: I stay here, O king!’ 42.
Suvrat said:-
The king and his attendants blessed with the boon were overwhelmed with joy. Shri Hari, who bestows happiness, lived cozily in his place whose fame spread far and wide. 43.
In the vicinity of the king’s palace, in a marvelous temple, Lord Shri Hari installed idols of Shri Vasudev with Radhika according to rituals, and celebrated a great festival befitting the occasion. 44.
O king, to serve god, the king had appointed a deserved noble Brahmin of good temperament and in turn he also served with commitment. 45.
Thus ends the thirty second chapter entitled ‘Shri Hari keeping His promise of staying in Durgapattana’ in the second Prakarana of Satsangijivan, the life story of Lord Narayan, also titled as ‘Dharmashastra’ (the rules of the code of conduct). 32
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