Srimad Bhagavatam

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Canto1 Chapter 10

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter 10

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead

The Departure of Lord Krishna for Dvrak SB 1.10.1

S'aunaka Muni asked: "How did King Yudhishthhira, the great ascetic,with his brothers ,rule , surely they were restrained, right ?

SB 1.10.2
Sta said: "After quelling the forest fire of the Kuru dynasty, the Lord, of Creation And its Maintainer , was contented in reinstalling rulership to Yudhishthhiras own

SB 1.10.3
Hearing Bhshma and the Absolute , Yudhishthira from his bewilderment purified, ruled, by his brothers, over the earth and the seas like Indra, protected by the Lord .

SB 1.10.4
All the rain that was needed showered and the land produced everything wanted to which the cows out of sheer joy moistened the pastures with their udders filled.

SB 1.10.5
. The rivers, oceans n hills gave him of all necessary vegetables, medicinal herbs and all the greenery .

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Never, by themselves, or by nature or others, was any living being troubled by anxieties, diseases or extreme temperatures, as always happens with a king who has no enemies.

SB 1.10.7
To appease His family and please His sister Subhadr, married to Arjuna, the Lord stayed with Pandavas for a few months in the city of Hastinpura.

SB 1.10.8
Duly bidding farewell and after embracing and bowing to King in coridiality He boarded the chariot receiving from others the intense adoration and amity

SB 1.10.9-10
His sister, Subhadra, Draupad, mother Kunt, Uttar , Gndhr with Dhritarshthra , their son Yuyutsu, the priest Kripcrya, ,the younger Pandavas Nakula and Sahadeva together with Bhma Dhaumya , ladies of the palace stepmother Satyavat of Bhshma, couldn't bear the separation from the Lord of and almost fainted as he left for Dwaraka.

SB 1.10.11-12
The one who discerns Lords glory and fame, liberated from attachments by now In right company, having only heard it once the pleasing, will never give it up, how could then Pndavas who gave Him their mind then tolerate separation from Him having seen Him face to face, touching, sleeping, sitting and eating together with Him?

SB 1.10.13
All of them, melted for Him looking at Him with eyes wide open, moved jostling,restlessly, bound as they were by pure affection.

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The ladies of the palace, had difficulty checking their tears welling in their eyes to ward off inauspicious things that might happen to son of Devak,otherwise

SB 1.10.15
At that time mridangas conch shells, horns, strings, flutes were sounded as well as drums, bells and other instruments.

SB 1.10.16
For vantage, the ladies of the Kuru Clan climbed on to the roof of the palace, from where they showered flowers upon Krishna with love and shy smiles.

SB 1.10.17
For the most beloved Arjuna the conqueror of sleep took up an embroidered sunshade decorated with pearls and lace that had a handle with jewels inlaid.

SB 1.10.18
Uddhava, Lords cousin brother , driver Styaki fanning Him while He, as the master of Madhu, sitting on flowers scattered all around, commanded them on the road afore.

SB 1.10.19
It was being heard here and there from the twice born Brahmins then that the obeisance were befitting nor otherwise as it was for the Absolute in the form of total humanness.

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The ladies of the Kuru capital were engrossed in talking about the Supreme, of the scriptures, so much so that it indeed sounded far more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas themselves

SB 1.10.21
'He, is the original one who existed as His own Self before creation, in the form unmanifest of the modes of nature -,and with that Supersoul, the living beings merge as if during the night.

SB 1.10.22
By His potency, in the manifestation of living beings,He, entrusts them ,to Nature
as the compiler of the revealed scriptures, with names , forms and defined structure

SB 1.10.23
He is the Godhead whose great devotees with controlled senses and life and , by the grace of their devotion, can develop a pure mind and certainly by this , deserve a purified existence.

SB 1.10.24
O friends, this is He , spoken of and discreetly described in the Vedas and by the devotees, as the Soul of the cosmos, by his manifestation maintains and destroys, with neutrality

SB 1.10.25
Whenever rulers go against the divine principles, He manifests, sure out of goodness, His supreme power in various forms, for the sake of harmony at all periods and ages.

SB 1.10.26
Oh, how blest is the dynasty of King Yadu, and the land of Mathur, where the supreme leader of all beings, , has taken birth and spent His childhoodas the consort of Lakshmi

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How wonderful is Dvrak , that defeats heaven, enjoins virtues in all and whose denizens see the soul of the world bestowing His grace with the benediction of his smiling glance.

SB 1.10.28
His consorts longed to relish His lips , and they , by vow, bath, fire-sacrifice and such had devotion to the Controller, o friend; often the damsels of Vraja s for their hero wooned

SB 1.10.29
Children Of the ladies of Dvrak taken by Him as the price paid by the routed kings as S'is'uplan, or wedded after the killing of myriad wicked ones include Pradyumna, Smba, Amba, and so on.

SB 1.10.30
These ladies ennobled , despite lack of individuality ,while their consort, lotus-eyed one, Krishna, pleased them by making valuable presentations, not leaving them at home alone

SB 1.10.31
While the ladies of the Kuru capital were praying and talking this way about Him, He granted them the grace of His glance, and greeting them with a smile on His face, the Lord departed.

Yudhishthira who was without enemies, out of affection and being anxious engaged four divisions of defence for honouring the enemy of the atheists.

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Lord affectionately persuaded the Pndavas, who accompanied him for long, overtaken by fear of separation bid adieu and then proceeded for Dvrak with His companions.

SB 1.10.34-35

O aunaka, the Lord then proceeded towards Kurujgala, Pcl, rasen, the land on the bank of the river Yamun, Brahmvarta, Kuruketra, Matsya, Srasvata, the province of the desert and the land of scanty water. After crossing these provinces He gradually reached the Sauvra and bhra provinces, then, west of these, reached Dvrak at last.

SB 1.10.36
In several places it the Lord was received and served in different ways And He homed in the evening after the sun had set down its beaming rays"