S'rî
Sûta said: "The Supreme Lord Nârâyana, Nara's
Friend, this way by Mârkandeya, the intelligent sage,
properly respected, spoke satisfied to the eminent descendant
of Bhrigu.
S'rî
Sûta said: "The Supreme Lord Nârâyana,
Nara's Friend, this way by Mârkandeya, the intelligent
sage, properly respected, spoke satisfied to the eminent
descendant of Bhrigu. (Vedabase)
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The
Supreme Lord said: 'O My pleasure, you, perfect in your
fixation upon the soul, are the best of all brahmin seers; not
deviating in your devotional service, austerities, recitations
and concentration you are directed towards Me.
The
Supreme Lord said: 'O My pleasure, you, perfect in your
fixation upon the soul, are the best of all brahmin seers;
not deviating in your devotional service, austerities,
recitations and concentration you are directed toward Me.
(Vedabase)
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3
We
have become perfectly satisfied with you in your keeping to a
vow of lifelong celibacy; please choose a benediction to your
desire, for I am the Giver of All Benedictions wishing you the
best'.
We
have become perfectly satisfied with you in your keeping to
a vow of lifelong celibacy; please choose a benediction to
your desire, for I am the Giver of All Benedictions wishing
you the best'. (Vedabase)
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The
honorable rishi said: 'You o Lord of Lords, o Infallible One,
are victorious as the Remover of the Distress of the One
Surrendered and with as much as the benediction of us having
seen Your good Self we are satisfied.
The
honorable rishi said: 'You o Lord of Lords, o Infallible
One, are victorious as the Remover of the Distress of the
One Surrendered and with as much as the benediction of us
having seen Your good Self we have enough.
(Vedabase)
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Brahmâ
and others with a mind matured in yoga all acquired the sight
of Your omnipotent lotus feet and now You in person are visible
before my eyes.
Brahmâ
and others with a mind matured in yoga all received the
sight of the all-opulent of Your lotusfeet and He, You
Yourself, are now perceptible to my eyes.
(Vedabase)
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Nonetheless
o Lotus-eyed Crest Jewel of Fame, I would like to witness the
illusory potency because of which the entire world along with
its rulers is of respect for the material differentiation of
the absolute.'
[compare B.G. 11:
3-4]
Nonetheless
do I, o Crest Jewel of Fame with the Lotus Eyes, desire to
witness the illusory potency by which the entire world along
with its rulers considers the material differentiation of
the absolute [compare B.G. 11: 3-4].'
(Vedabase)
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Sûta
said: 'By the rishi glorified with these words He, the
Supreme Lord, to His satisfaction being worshiped said smiling,
'So be it'. Thereupon the Lord departed for
Badarikâs'rama.
Sûta
said: Glorified in these words by the rishi said He, the
Supreme Lord, to His satisfaction being worshiped smiling,
'So be it'. Thereupon the Lord departed for
Badarikâs'rama. (Vedabase)
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The
rishi keeping only that [desire to witness the
energy of the Lord] in mind thus remained at his hermitage
to meditate under all circumstances upon the Lord with all that
he had: the fire, the sun, the moon, the water, the earth, the
wind, the lightning as well as his own heart. Thus being of
worship he sometimes forgot to prove his respect at the moments
he drowned in the flood of pure love of Godhead
[prema].
The
rishi thus thinking of that goal just remaining at his own
hermitage meditated in all circumstances upon the Lord with
all that he had: the fire, the sun, the moon, the water, the
earth, the wind, the lightning as well as his own heart- and
thus offering worship he sometimes forgot the proof of his
respect as he drowned in the flood of the pure love of
Godhead [prema]. (Vedabase)
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10
One
day, o best of Bhrigu, when the sage was performing his evening
worship on the bank of the Pushpabhadrâ o brahmin, a
great wind arose.
While
the sage one day, o best of Bhrigu, was performing his
evening worship on the bank of the Pushpabhadrâ, o
brahmin, arose a great wind. (Vedabase)
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11
It
created a terrible sound followed by the appearance of
threatening clouds as solid as wagon wheels that resounding
loudly with lightning showered torrents of rain
everywhere.
It
created a terrible sound followed by the appearance of
threatening clouds as solid as wagon wheels that resounding
loudly with lightning showered torrents of rain everywhere.
(Vedabase)
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Then
from all sides the four oceans appeared swallowing up the
surface of the earth with wind-tossed waves in which, along
with ominous sounds, there were terrible sea monsters and
fearful whirlpools.
Then
from all sides appeared the four oceans swallowing up the
surface of the earth with wind-tossed waves in which, along
with ominous sounds, there were terrible sea monsters and
fearful whirlpools. (Vedabase)
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13
Perplexed
the sage got afraid seeing how the earth flooded and all the
four types of inhabitants of the universe [as born from
moist, seed, embryos and eggs] including himself innerly
and materially were plagued by the water rising higher than the
sky, the fierce winds, the bolts of lightning, and the great
waves towering higher than heaven.
Perplexed
got the sage afraid seeing how the earth flooded and all the
four types of inhabitants of the universe [from moist,
seed, embryos and eggs] including himself innerly and
materially were plagued by the water rising higher than the
sky, the fierce winds, the bolts of lightning, and the great
waves rising higher than heaven.
(Vedabase)
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As
he was looking on the waters of the great ocean were by
hurricanes swirled around in frightening waves as they swelled
with the rain from the clouds that covered the entirety of the
earth with its continents, islands and
mountains.
As
he was looking on were the waters of the great ocean by
hurricanes swirled around in frightening waves as they
swelled with the rain from the clouds that covered the
entirety of the earth with its continents, islands and
mountains. (Vedabase)
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With
the three worlds, the earth, outer space, the celestial bodies
and heavenly places flooded in all directions the great sage,
as the only one remaining, wandered about like a dumb and blind
person, with his matted locks scattered.
With
the three worlds, the earth, outer space, the celestial
bodies and heavenly places flooded in all directions did the
great sage, as the only one remaining, wander about like a
person dumb and blind, with His matted locks scattered.
(Vedabase)
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In
the grip of hunger and thirst, attacked by monsterous
crocodiles and whale-eaters and plagued by the winds he,
tormented by the waves, moved overcome by fatigue and not
knowing which direction of the sky or the earth he went,
through the infinite darkness he had fallen
into.
In
the grip of hunger and thirst, attacked by monster
crocodiles and whale-eaters and plagued by the winds he,
tormented by the waves, moved overcome by fatigue and not
knowing which direction of the sky or the earth he went,
through the infinite darkness he had fallen into.
(Vedabase)
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Sometimes
drowning in a great whirlpool and then beaten by the waves he
was at times threatened by monsters who wanted to eat him and
at other times were attacking each other. He in distress
sometimes felt sick and suffered pains with occasional
depressions and bewilderment, misery, incidental happiness and
fear of death at other times.
Sometimes
drowning in a great whirlpool and then beaten by the waves
was he at times threatened with being eaten by the monsters
which then again attacked each other, and experienced he in
distress sometimes disease and pains with occasional
depressions and bewilderment, misery, incidental happiness
and fear of death at other times.
(Vedabase)
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Countless
and countless, hundreds and thousands of years passed while he
with a clouded mind wandered around in that
mâyâ, that deluding material energy of
Vishnu.
Countless
and countless, hundreds and thousands of years passed by as
he with his mind covered wandered in that mâyâ,
that deluding material energy of Vishnu.
(Vedabase)
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Once,
as he roamed out there, the twice-born one saw upon a raised
mound of earth a beautiful young banyan tree with fruits and
blossoms.
At
one occasion, as he roamed out there, saw the twiceborn one
upon a raised mound of earth a beautiful young banyan tree
with fruits and blossoms. (Vedabase)
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Upon
a branch of that tree toward the northeast he in addition saw
an infant boy lying within the fold of a leaf swallowing the
darkness with His effulgence [see
also 3.33:
4].
Upon
a branch of that tree toward the northeast he even more saw
an infant boy lying within the fold of a leaf swallowing the
darkness with His effulgence [see also 3.33: 4].
(Vedabase)
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Amazed
the king among the scholars drank with his eyes from the sight
of His complexion that was as dark blue as a great emerald, His
beautiful lotus face, His conchshell striped throat, His broad
chest, fine nose and beautiful eyebrows. He relished His
splendid hair which trembled to His breath, His beautiful
shell-shaped ears
resembling pomegranate flowers, His coral lips that by their
effulgence slightly reddened His nectarean smile, His
countenance with a charming smile and with the corners of His
eyes like the reddish whorl of a lotus, the by His breath moved
lines of His abdomen contorted by His deep leaf like navel, and
also... how the infant with the graceful fingers of His two
hands grabbed one of His lotus feet and placed it in His mouth
[*].
Amazed
did that king of the scholars drank with his eyes in the
sight of its complexion as dark-blue as a great gemstone,
its beautiful lotus face, its conchshell striped throat, its
broad chest, fine nose and beautiful eyebrows; its splendid
hair trembling to its breath, its beautiful shell-shaped
ears resembling pomegranate flowers, its coral lips that by
their effulgence slightly reddened its nectarean smile; its
countenance with a charming with the corners of its eyes
like the reddish whorl of a lotus, the by its breath moved
lines of its abdomen contorted by its deep leaf like navel,
and also... how the infant with the graceful fingers of its
two hands grabbed one of its lotus feet and placed it in its
mouth [*]. (Vedabase)
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The moment he
saw the baby his weariness was dispelled and out of pleasure
the lotus of his heart and his lotus eyes spread wide open.
Confused about the identity of that wonderful appearance he,
with his hair standing on end, approached the child from the
front to find an answer.
Seeing
it was his weariness dispelled and expanded out of pleasure
wide the lotus of his heart and his lotus eyes. Confused
about the identity of that wonderful appearance approached
he, with his hair standing on end, the child from the front
in order to inquire. (Vedabase)
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That
very moment the man of Bhrigu with a breath of the infant was
drawn into His body like a mosquito whereupon he utterly
surprised stood perplexed to see from that position the entire
universe the way it was before.
Right
then was with the breathing of the infant the man of Bhrigu
like a mosquito drawn in to its body and saw he in that
position there the entire universe as it was before, upon
which he utterly surprised stood perplexed.
(Vedabase)
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He
saw the entire expanse of all the stars, the mountains and
oceans, and the directions of the great islands and continents,
the ones enlightened
and unenlightened, the forests, countries, rivers, cities and
mines, the peasant villages, the cow pastures and the various
engagements of the varnâs'rama
society. He saw the basic elements of nature and all their
gross manifestations, as also the Time itself of the different
yugas
and kalpas
and whatever other object of material use in the universe that
was manifested as if it was real.
He
saw the entire expanse of all the stars, the mountains and
oceans, and the directions of the great islands and the
continents, the ones enlightened and unenlightened, the
forests, countries, rivers, cities and mines, the peasant
villages, the cow pastures and the various engagements of
the varnâs'rama society. He saw the basic
elements of nature and all their gross manifestations, as
also the Time itself of the different yugas and
kalpas and whatever other object of material use in
the universe that was manifested as if real.
(Vedabase)
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Seeing
the Himâlayas, the Pushpabhadrâ River and his
hermitage where he had seen the rishis [Nara and
Nârâyana], he, thus observing the universe, was
by the breath of the infant again thrown outside to fall back
into the ocean of dissolution.
As
he of the universe observed the Himâlayas, the
Pushpabhadrâ River and his hermitage where he had seen
the rishis [Nara and Nârâyana],
was he by the breath of the infant again thrown outside to
fall back into the ocean of dissolution.
(Vedabase)
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On
the raised stretch of land in the water where the banyan grew,
there, lying in the fold of its leaf, was the child again,
glancing at him with a nectarean smile of love from the corner
of His eyes. Placing the infant by that vison within his heart
he ran greatly excited to embrace the Lord of the
Beyond.
On
the raised stretch of land in the water where the banyan
grew, was there, lying in the fold of its leaf, the child
again, glancing at him with a nectarean smile of love from
the corner of its eyes. Placing that infant by his looking
eyes within his heart ran he greatly excited to embrace the
Lord of the Beyond. (Vedabase)
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33
That
moment He, the Supreme Lord, the Original One of Yoga who is
hidden in the heart of all living beings in person, suddenly
became invisible for the rishi, the same way as that
what by an incompetent person is made suddenly may fail to
serve.
That
moment became He the Supreme Lord, directly the Original One
of Yoga hidden in the heart of all living beings, suddenly
invisible before the rishi, the same way as that what by an
incompetent person is made suddenly may fail to serve.
(Vedabase)
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O
brahmin, after Him next the banyan disappeared as well as the
waters of the annihilation of the world, and the next moment he
found himself as before in front of his own
âs'rama.
O
brahmin, following Him next the banyan disappeared as well
as the waters of the annihilation of the world, and the next
moment he found himself as before in front of his own
âs'rama." (Vedabase)
*
The infant putting its foot into its mouth is by
S'rîla Vis'vanâtha Cakravartî Thhâkura
interpreted as the Lord saying, 'see how sweet my feet are to
the taste of the devotee'.