Vayu Purana

शिखिपारावतशुकपिककोलाहलाकुले। निरोधार्थं गवामेव धावमानमितस्ततः ।। ४२.

Filled with the clamor of peacocks, doves, parrots, and cuckoos, he ran here and there only to restrain the cows.

राधाविलासरसिकं कृष्णाख्यं पुरुषं परम्। श्रुतवानस्मि वेदेभ्यो यतस्तद्गोचरोऽभवत् ।। ४२.

I have heard from the Vedas of that supreme person named Krishna, the connoisseur of Rādhā’s delights, for he became accessible through them.

एवं ब्रह्मणि चिन्मात्रे निर्गुणे भेदवर्जिते। गोलोकसंज्ञिके कृष्णो दीव्यतीति श्रुतं मया ।। ४२.

Thus, I have heard that Krishna shines forth in Goloka, which is called by that name, in the pure, undivided, attributeless, consciousness that is Brahman.

नातः परतरं किञ्चिन्निगमागमयोरपि। तथापि निगमो वक्ति ह्यक्षरात् परतः परः ।। ४२.

There is nothing higher than this, not even in the Vedas or Āgamas; yet the Veda declares that there is one who is higher than the imperishable.

गोलोकवासी भगवानक्षरात्पर उच्यते। तस्मादपि परः कोऽसौ गीयते श्रुतिभिः सदा ।। ४२.

The Lord dwelling in Goloka is said to be higher than the imperishable; who, then, is proclaimed by the scriptures as higher even than that?

उद्दिष्टो वेद वचनैर्विशेषो ज्ञायते कथम्। श्रुतेर्वार्थोऽन्यथा बोध्यः परतस्त्वक्षरादिति ।। ४२.

How is the distinction indicated by the words of the Veda to be known? The meaning of the scripture must be understood otherwise: there is one higher than the imperishable.

श्रुत्यर्थे संशयापन्नो व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः। विचारयामास चिरं न प्रपेदे यथातथम् ।। ४२.

Vyāsa, son of Satyavatī, fell into doubt about the meaning of the scripture; he pondered for a long time but did not reach the truth as it is.

सूत उवाच।। विचारयन्नपि मुनिर्नाप वेदार्थनिश्चयम्। वेदो नारायणः साक्षाद्यत्र मुह्यन्ति सूरयः ।। ४२.

Sūta said: Even though the sage pondered, he did not arrive at certainty about the meaning of the Veda; the Veda is directly Nārāyaṇa, in which even the wise are bewildered.

तथापि महतीमार्त्तिं सतां हृदयतापिनीम्। पुनर्विचारयामास कं व्रजामि करोमि किम् ।। ४२.

Yet, afflicted by great distress that pained the hearts of the virtuous, he pondered again: 'To whom shall I go? What shall I do?'

पश्यामि न जगत्यस्मिन्सर्वज्ञं सर्वदर्शनम्। अज्ञात्वाऽन्यतमं लोके सन्देहविनिवर्त्तकम् ।। ४२.

I do not see in this world anyone who is all-knowing and all-seeing, nor anyone who can dispel doubt without knowing another in the world.

मेरोः कुहरिणीं गत्वा चचार परमं तपः। यत्र कार्त्तस्वरक्फूर्जज्ज्योत्स्नाजालैर्निरन्तरम् ।। ४२.

He went to a cave on Mount Meru and performed supreme austerity there, where the golden palm trees are ever illuminated by streams of moonlight.

सदा प्रबाधते विष्वक्तमःस्तोमं दृशन्तुदम्। चकास्ते यत्र परमं कान्तारमतिसुन्दरम् ।। ४२.

There, the light always dispels the mass of darkness in every direction, and there shines a supremely beautiful forest.

नानाद्रुमलत ---त्पक्षिनिनादितम्। क्षुत्पिपासाभयक्रोधतापग्लानिविवर्जितम् ।। ४२.

Resounding with the cries of many kinds of birds among various trees and creepers, it is free from hunger, thirst, fear, anger, fatigue, and exhaustion.

जलाशयैर्बहुविधैः पद्मिनीखण्डमण्डितैः । जातरूपशिलानद्धतटसञ्चारपाक्ष ।। ४२.

Adorned with many kinds of lakes, filled with clusters of lotuses, its banks lined with golden stones.

युक्तमम्भोज पवनैः सेव्यमानं समन्ततः। शिवैरध्यासितम्भावैर्हिंस्रैः सत्त्वैः समुज्झितम् ।। ४२.

Filled everywhere with breezes from lotuses, attended on all sides, inhabited by auspicious beings, and devoid of violent creatures.

निर्जनं दिव्यलतिकाप्रियखण्डवराजितम्। शूकैः पारावतै र्हृद्यैरुन्मदन्मत्तकोकिलम् ।। ४२.

A secluded place, adorned with beloved clusters of divine creepers, delightful with the calls of partridges and pigeons, and intoxicated, maddened cuckoos.

उत्पतत्पद्मरजसां पटलामोददिङ्‌मुखम्। तत्रापि काञ्चिनी दिव्या गुहा परमशोभना ।। ४२.

The quarters there were fragrant with layers of rising lotus pollen; in that place too was a certain wondrous cave, supremely beautiful.

तां प्रविश्य जिता हारो जितचित्तो जितासनः। सस्मार वेदांश्चतुरस्तदेकाग्रमना मुनिः ।। ४२.

Entering that cave, the sage—master of his senses, mind, and posture—recollected the four Vedas with one-pointed mind.

त्रयी जगाम शरदां शतस्य स्मरतोऽस्य हि । प्रादुरासंस्ततो वेदाश्चत्वारश्चारुदर्शनाः ।। ४२.

As he meditated thus, a hundred autumns passed; then, the four Vedas, of charming appearance, became manifest before him.

स्फुरत्पद्मपलाशाक्षा जटामुकुटधारिणः। कुशमुष्टिकराम्भोजा मृगत्वङ्मण्डितांसकाः ।। ४२.

Their eyes shone like lotus petals, their hair matted in crowns, holding lotus-like hands with sacred grass, and their shoulders adorned with deer skins.

स्वरैः षोडशभिः क्लृप्त वदनाः प्रणवान्तराः। कचवर्गोद्भवैर्वर्णैः पञ्चावयवपाणयः ।। ४२.

Their faces were formed with sixteen notes, containing the sacred syllable Om; their hands had five parts, arising from the guttural group of sounds.

पवर्गदक्षचरणा वामपादास्तवर्गतः। आतरन्त्यन्तवर्णाश्च येषां कुक्षिद्वयात्मकौ ।। ४२.

Their right feet were from the labial group, their left from the dental group; their bodies were composed of the final letters, and their two sides formed the abdomen.

नाभिनिद्राः कान्तपृष्ठा मोदरा यरलवोत्कचाः। अग्निदक्षांशरुचिरा धराग्रीवा भृतासकाः ।। ४२.

Their navels were the nasal sounds, their backs the palatal group, their bellies the semi-vowels, their necks radiant with the fire and lunar groups, and their shoulders well-formed.

अन्तस्थसन्धिसंस्थाना वैखरीवाग्विजृम्भिताः। अपश्यन्मथुरामेषां हृदयाम्भोजकल्पिताम् ।। ४२.

With their inner joints and articulations, their speech unfolded as articulated words; they saw Mathurā established in the lotus of their hearts.

हरेर्भगवतः साक्षादाविर्भावस्थली हि सा। काशीमपश्यद्भ्रूमध्ये मायामाधारसंस्थिताम् ।। ४२.

For that is truly the manifest place of Hari, the Blessed Lord; in the space between the brows, he saw Kāśī, established as the support of Māyā.

लिङ्गदेशे ततः काञ्चीमवन्तीं नाभिमण्डले । कण्ठस्थां द्वारकामेषां प्रयागं प्राणगं तथा ।। ४२.

Then, in the region of the liṅga, he saw Kāñcī; Avantī at the navel; Dvārakā at the throat; and Prayāga at the place of the breath.

सव्यापसव्ययोस्तेषां गड्गाऽपि यमुना नदी । मध्ये सरस्वती साक्षाद्गयाक्षेत्रं तथानने ।। ४२.

On their right and left sides were the Gaṅgā and Yamunā rivers; in the middle, Sarasvatī herself, and Gayā-kshetra at the mouth.

हनुग्रीवामध्यगतं प्रभासक्षेत्रमुत्तमम्। बदर्य्याश्रममेतेषां ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे ददर्श ह ।। ४२.

At the junction of the chin and neck was the supreme holy place Prabhāsa; at the crown of the head, he saw the hermitage of Badarī.

पौण्ड्रवर्धननेपालपीठं नयनयोर्युगे। पीठं पूर्णगिरिंनाम ललाटे समदृश्यत ।। ४२.

At the pair of eyes was the seat of Pauṇḍravardhana and Nepāla; on the forehead appeared the seat called Pūrṇagiri.