मम चोत्कीर्तनं नास्ति एतदन्ते कलौ व्रज । एकवर्णा भविष्यन्तिकिराता बलिनःशठाः
At the end of this period in Kali, there will be no praise of me; Kiratas, strong and deceitful, will become of one class.
पित्रोः सेवा गुरोः सेवा सेवा च देवविप्रयोः । विवर्जिता नराः सर्वे चातिथीनां तथैव च
Service to parents, to teachers, to gods and Brahmins, and to guests—all these will be abandoned by all men.
सस्यहीना भवेत्पृथ्वी साऽनावृष्ट्या निरन्तरम् । फलहीनोऽपि वृक्षश्च जलहीना सरित्तथा
The earth will be without crops, always afflicted by drought; trees will bear no fruit, and rivers will lack water.
वेदहीनो ब्राह्मणश्च बलहीनश्च भूपतिः। जातिहीनाजनाःसर्वे म्लेच्छोभूपोभविष्यति
Brahmins will be without the Veda, kings without strength; all people will be without caste, and the rulers will be barbarians.
भृत्यवत्ताडयेत्तातं पुत्रः शिष्यस्तथा गुरुम् । कान्तं च ताडयेत्कान्ता लुब्धकुक्कुटवद्गृही
A son beats his father like a servant, a disciple likewise beats his teacher; a wife beats her husband, and the householder is struck like a greedy rooster.
नश्यन्ति सकला लोकाः कलौ शेषे च पापिनः। सूर्याणामातपात्केचिज्जलौघेनापि केचन
All the worlds perish in the Kali age and at the end, only the sinful remain; some are destroyed by the heat of the suns, others by floods of water.
हे गोपेन्द्र प्रतिकलौ न नश्यति वसुंधरा । पुनःसृष्टौ भवेत्सत्यं सत्यबीजं निरन्तरम्
O king of the cowherds, in every age but the Kali, the earth does not perish; in the new creation, truth alone prevails, and the seed of truth endures without interruption.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्र रथमेव मनोहरम् । चतुर्योजनविस्तीर्णमूर्ध्वे च पञ्चयोजनम्
Meanwhile, O Brahmin, a wondrous chariot appeared, four yojanas wide and five yojanas high.
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्मितम्। अम्लानपारिजातानां मालाजालविराजितम्
It shone like pure crystal, made from the finest jewels, adorned with garlands of unfading pārijāta flowers.
मणीनां कौस्तुभानां च भूषणेन विभूषितम् । अमूल्यरत्नकलशं हीरहारविलम्बितम्
It was decorated with ornaments of gems and kaustubha stones, with priceless jewel vases and strings of diamond necklaces hanging down.
मनोहरैः परिष्वक्तं सहस्रकोटिमन्दिरैः । सहस्रद्वयचक्रं च सहस्रद्वयघोटकम्
It was surrounded by enchanting mansions numbering billions, had two thousand wheels, and was drawn by two thousand horses.
सूक्ष्मवस्त्राच्छादितं च गोपीकोटीभिरावृतम् । गोलोकादागतं तूर्णं ददृशुः सहसा व्रजे
Covered with fine cloth and encircled by millions of gopīs, it swiftly arrived in Vraja, coming from Goloka.
कृष्णाज्ञया तमारुह्य ययुर्गोलोकमुत्तमम् । राधा कलावती देवीधन्या चायोनिसंभवा
By Krishna’s command, Rādhā, Kalāvatī, the blessed goddess, and those not born from a womb, ascended it and went to the supreme Goloka.
गोलोकाद गता गोप्यश्चायोनिसंभवाश्च ताः । श्रुतिपत्न्यश्च ताः सर्वाः स्वशरीरेण नारद
Those gopīs who came from Goloka and those not born from a womb, as well as all the wives of the Vedas, O Nārada, went there in their own bodies.
सर्वे त्यक्त्वा शरीराणि नश्वराणि सुनिश्चितम् । गोलोकं च ययौ राधा सार्घं गोकुलवासिभिः
All of them certainly abandoned their perishable bodies, and Rādhā went to Goloka together with the residents of Gokula.
ददर्श विरजातीर्र नानारत्नविभूषितम् । तदुत्तीर्य ययौ विप्र शतशृङ्गं च पर्वतम्
She saw the banks of the Virajā river, adorned with various jewels; crossing it, O Brahmin, she went to the mountain of a hundred peaks.
नानामणिगणाकीर्णं रासमण्डलमण्डितम् । ततो ययौ कियद्दूरं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम्
It was covered with many kinds of gems and adorned with the circle of the rāsa dance; from there, she went a certain distance to the sacred forest of Vṛndāvana.
सा ददर्शाक्षयवटमूर्ध्वे त्रिशतयोजनम् । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं शाखाकोटिसमावृतम्
There she saw the imperishable banyan tree, three hundred yojanas high and a hundred yojanas wide, its branches numbering in the millions.
रक्तवर्णैः फलौघैश्च स्थूलैरपि विभूषितम् । गोपीकोटिसहस्रैश्च सार्धं वृन्दा मनोहरा
It was adorned with clusters of large, red fruits and surrounded by thousands upon thousands of gopīs, along with the enchanting Vṛndā.
अनुव्रजं सादरं च सस्मिता सा समाययौ । अवरुङ्य रथात्तूर्णं राधां सा प्रणनाम च
Following behind with devotion and a smile, she quickly descended from the chariot and bowed to Rādhā.
रासेश्वरीं तां संभाष्य प्रविवेश स्वमालयम् । रत्नसिंहासने रम्ये हीरहारसमन्विते
After speaking with the queen of the rāsa dance, she entered her own abode, where a beautiful jeweled throne adorned with diamond necklaces awaited.
वृन्दा तां वासयामास पादसेवनतत्परा । सप्तभिश्च सखीभिश्च सेवितां श्वेतचामरैः
Vṛndā offered her hospitality, devoted to serving her feet, and with seven companions, she attended her with white fans.
आययुर्गोपिकाः सर्वा द्रष्टुं तां परमेश्वरीम् । नन्दादिकं प्रकल्प्यैतद्राधा वासं पृथकपृथक्
All the gopīs came to see that Supreme Goddess, each arranging a separate dwelling for Rādhā, along with Nanda and the others.
परमानन्दरूपा सा परमानन्दपूर्वकम् । स्ववेश्मनि महारम्ये प्रतस्थे गोपिका सह
She, whose form is supreme bliss and who is preceded by supreme bliss, set out with the gopīs from her own exceedingly beautiful abode.
_____________________________ इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त महापुराण श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्ड उत्तरार्द्ध नारदनारायणो संवाद भांडीरवने व्रजजनसमक्षं नन्दं बोधयता कृष्णेन कलिदोषाणां निरूपणम्, अकस्मात्प्राप्तेनाद्भुतरथेन राधादिसर्वगोपीनां गोलोके गमनं च अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-eighth chapter in the Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma section, latter half, of the dialogue between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa in the Śrī Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, describing Kṛṣṇa's explanation of the faults of Kali, the sudden arrival of a wondrous chariot, and the ascent of Rādhā and all the gopīs to Goloka in the presence of the people of Vraja at Bhāṇḍīravaṇa.
अथैकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णो भगवांस्तत्र परिपूर्णतमः प्रभुः । दृष्ट्वा सारोक्यमोक्षं च सद्यो गोकुलवासिनाम्
Nārāyaṇa said: There, the blessed Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the most complete and perfect Master, saw the immediate liberation to His own realm granted to the residents of Gokula.
उवास पञ्चभिर्गोपैर्भाण्डीरे वटमूलके । ददर्श गोकुलं सर्व गोकुलं व्याकुलं तथा
He stayed beneath the banyan tree at Bhāṇḍīra with five cowherds, and beheld all of Gokula, which was greatly agitated.
अरक्षकं च व्यस्तं च शून्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् । योगेनामृतवृष्ट्या च कृपया च कृपानिधिः
He saw Vṛndāvana forest unprotected, scattered, and empty; then, by the rain of nectar through his yoga and by his compassion, the ocean of mercy—
गोपीभिश्च तथा गोपैः परिपूर्णं चकार सः । तथा वृन्दावनं चैव सुरम्यं च मनोहरम्
—He filled it again with gopīs and cowherds, and likewise made Vṛndāvana supremely beautiful and enchanting.
गोकुलस्थाश्च गोपाश्च समाश्वासं चकार सः । उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं हितं नीतं च दुर्लभम्
He reassured the cowherds who remained in Gokula, and spoke sweet words, beneficial and rare.