समागच्छ प्रिये कांते भक्त्या मां परिरंभय । रेमे वर्षप्रमाणेन तत्र चैव द्विजोत्तम
"Come, beloved, beautiful one, embrace me with devotion." There, O best of twice-born, he enjoyed with me for the measure of a year.
तदोक्तं रमणेशेन तां देवीं राधिकां प्रति । इयं मे प्रकृतिस्तत्र चासीन्नारदरूपधृक्
What was spoken by the Lord of Lovers to that goddess Radhika was this: "She is my own nature; there, I took the form of Narada."
नीत्वामृतसरो रम्यं स्नानार्थं संनियोजय । तया मे रमणस्यांते गदितं प्रियभाषितम्
"Take her to the beautiful nectar-lake for bathing." At the end of our enjoyment, she spoke to me with loving words.
अहं च ललितादेवी राधिकाया च गीयते । अहं च वासुदेवाख्यो नित्यं कामकलात्मकः
"I am also called Lalita Devi, and I am sung as Radhika; I am also known as Vasudeva, always of the nature of the power of desire."
सत्यं योषित्स्वरूपोऽहं योषिच्चाहं सनातनी । अहं च ललितादेवी पुंरूपा कृष्णविग्रहा
"Truly, I am the very form of woman, and I am the eternal feminine; I am also Lalita Devi, and in male form, I am Krishna."
आवयोरंतरं नास्ति सत्यंसत्यं हि नारद । एवं यो वेत्ति मे तत्त्वं समयं च तथा मनुम्
"There is no difference between us, truly, truly, O Narada. Whoever knows this truth of mine, and also the mantra and the practice—"
स समाचारसंकेतं ललिता वत्स मे प्रियः । इदं वृंदावनं नाम रहस्यं मम वै गृहम्
"That one, O dear child, is my beloved, knowing the code of conduct of Lalita. This place called Vrindavana is my secret home."
न प्रकाश्यं कदा कुत्र वक्तव्यं न पशौ क्वचित् । ततोऽनुराधिकादेवी मां नीत्वा तत्सरोवरे
"It must never be revealed, nor spoken of anywhere at any time; then Anuradhika Devi took me to that lake."
स्थित्वा सा कृष्णचंद्रस्य चरणांते गता पुनः । ततो निमज्जनादेव नारदोऽहमुपागतः
There she stood at the feet of Krishna Chandra, and after immersing me, I, Narada, returned.
वीणाहस्तो गानपरस्तद्रहस्यं मुहुर्मुदा । स्वयंभुवं नमस्कृत्य तत्रागां विष्णुपार्षदम्
Holding my vina, intent on singing, I joyfully recited that secret again and again; bowing to Svayambhu, I went to the assembly of Vishnu's attendants.
स्वयंभुवा तथा दृष्टं नोक्तं किंचित्तदा पुनः । इति ते कथितं वत्स सुगोप्यं च मया त्वयि
Svayambhu saw me, but said nothing further at that time. Thus, O child, I have told you this most secret matter.
त्वयापि कृष्णचंद्रस्य केवलं धामचित्कलम् । गोपनीयं प्रयत्नेन मातुर्जारइव प्रियम्
You too must carefully conceal the pure, conscious glory of Krishna Chandra, just as a lover's secret is kept from the mother.
यथा प्रोक्तं मया शिष्ये गौतमे सरहस्यकम् । तथा भवत्सु कार्त्स्न्येन कथितं चातिगोपितम्
Just as I have told all these secrets to my disciple Gautama, so also, among worthy ones, it has been told in full and kept most hidden.
यत्र कुत्र कदाचित्तु प्रकाश्यं मुनिपुंगवाः । तदा शापो भवेद्विप्राः कृष्णचंद्रस्य निश्चितम्
O best of sages, it must never be revealed anywhere or at any time; otherwise, O Brahmins, a curse from Krishna Chandra is certain.
इमं कृष्णस्य लीलाभिर्युतमध्यायमुत्तमम् । यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स याति परमं पदम्
Whoever reads or hears this excellent chapter, filled with Krishna's pastimes, attains the supreme abode.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वृंदावनमाहात्म्ये नारदीयानुनये पंचसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter in the section on the greatness of Vrindavan, in the Narada supplement, within the Patalakhanda of the glorious Padma Purana.
ईश्वर उवाच-। अत्र शिशुपालं निहतं श्रुत्वा दंतवक्त्रः कृष्णेन योद्धुं मथुरामाजगाम
Ishvara said: Hearing that Shishupala was slain, Dantavaktra came to Mathura to fight with Krishna.
कृष्णस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा रथमारुह्य तेन सह मथुरामाययौ
But Krishna, upon hearing this, mounted his chariot and went to Mathura with him.
अथ तं हत्वा यमुनामुत्तीर्य नंदव्रजं गत्वा पितरावभिवाद्याश्वास्य ताभ्यामालिंगितः सकल गोपवृद्धान्परिष्वज्य तानाश्वास्य बहुवस्त्राभरणादिभिस्तत्रस्थान्सर्वान्संतर्पयामास
Then, after killing him, crossing the Yamuna, going to Nanda's settlement, Krishna bowed to and comforted his parents, was embraced by them, embraced all the elder cowherds, consoled them, and satisfied all those present there with many garments, ornaments, and other gifts.
कालिंद्याः पुलिने रम्ये पुण्यवृक्षसमाकीर्णे गोपस्त्रीभिरहर्निशं क्रीडासुखेन त्रिरात्रं तत्र समुवास
On the beautiful bank of the Kalindi, adorned with sacred trees, Krishna stayed there for three nights, day and night, enjoying playful happiness with the cowherd women.
तत्र स्थले नंदगोपादयः सर्वे जनाः पुत्रदारसहिताः पशुपक्षिमृगादयोऽपि वासुदेवप्रसादेन दिव्यरूपधरा विमानसमारूढाः परमं लोकं वैकुंठमवापुः
There, all the people—Nanda, the cowherds, their sons and wives, even the cattle, birds, and wild animals—by Vasudeva's grace, attained divine forms, ascended aerial chariots, and reached the supreme world, Vaikuntha.
श्रीकृष्णस्तु नंदगोपव्रजौकसां सर्वेषां निरामयं स्वपदं दत्वा देवगणैः स्तूयमानः। श्रीमतीं द्वारावतीं विवेश
But Shri Krishna, having granted all the residents of Nanda's cowherd village his flawless abode, and praised by the hosts of gods, entered the glorious city of Dvaraka.
तत्र वसुदेवोग्रसेनसंकर्षणप्रद्युम्नानिरुद्धाक्रूरादिभिः प्रत्यहं संपूजितः षोडशसहस्राष्टाधिकमहिषीभिश्च विश्वरूपधरो दिव्यरत्नमय लतागृहांतरे-। षु सुरतरुकुसुमार्चितश्लक्ष्णतरपर्यंकेषु रमयामास
There, Vasudeva, Ugrasena, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Akrura, and others worshipped him daily; and, surrounded by his sixteen thousand and eight queens, assuming universal forms, he delighted in divine jewel-studded vine-houses, on soft couches adorned with flowers from celestial trees.
एवं हितार्थाय सर्वदेवानां समस्तभूभारविनाशाय यदुवंशेऽवतीर्य सकलराक्षसविनाशं कृतमहांतमुर्वीभारं नाशयित्वा नंदव्रजद्वारिकावासिनः स्थावरजंगमान्भवबंधनान्मोचयित्वा परमे शाश्वते योगिध्येये रम्ये धाम्नि संस्थाप्य नित्यं दिव्यमहिष्यादिभिः संसेव्यमानो वासुदेवोऽखिलेषूवाच
Thus, for the welfare of all the gods and the destruction of the entire burden of the earth, descending in the Yadu line, having destroyed all the demons and removed the great weight from the world, having freed the moving and unmoving beings of Nanda's settlement and Dvaraka from the bonds of birth, establishing them in the supreme, eternal, delightful abode—worthy of yogic meditation—Vasudeva, always served by his divine queens and others, spoke to all.
असीदव्याकृतं ब्रह्मकरकाघृतयोरिव । प्रकृतिस्थो गुणान्मुक्तो द्रवीभूत्वा दिवं गतः
There was the unmanifest, like clarified butter in the hands of Brahma, situated in nature, freed from qualities, having become fluid, it ascended to heaven.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वृंदावनमहात्म्ये पार्वती-शिवसंवादे षट्सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-sixth chapter in the dialogue of Parvati and Shiva, on the greatness of Vrindavan, in the Patalakhanda of the glorious Padma Purana.
पार्वत्युवाच- विस्तरेण समाचक्ष्व नामार्थपदगौरवम् । ईश्वरस्य स्वरूपं च तत्स्थानानां विभूतयः
Parvati said: Tell me in detail the greatness of the names, meanings, and words, and the true nature of Ishvara, and the glories of those places.
तद्विष्णोः परमं धाम व्यूहभेदास्तथा हरेः । निर्वाणाख्याहि तत्त्वेन मम सर्वं सुरेश्वर
O Lord of the gods, explain to me in truth the supreme abode of Vishnu, the different manifestations of Hari, and the state called liberation.
ईश्वर उवाच- सारे वृंदावने कृष्णं गोपीकोटिभिरावृतम् । तत्र गंगा पराशक्तिस्तत्स्थमानंदकाननम्
Ishvara said: In the essence of Vrindavan, Krishna is surrounded by millions of gopis; there is the Ganga, the supreme power, and the blissful forest there.
नाना सुकुसुमामोदसमीरसुरभीकृतम् । कलिंदतनया दिव्यतरंगरागशीतलम्
Made fragrant by breezes carrying the scents of many beautiful flowers, cooled by the divine, colorful waves of the daughter of Kalinda.