Srimad Bhagavatam

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HARE KRSNA.PAMHO.AGTSP.AGTGM.

Srimad Bhagavatam canto 1 ch 15 txt 20.

 

Trananslation & purport By HDG SP

 

Translation:

O Emperor,now I am separated from my friend and dear most wellwisher,the

Supreme Personality of Godhead,and thereforemy heart appears to be void of

everything.In His absence I have been defeated by a number of infidel

cowherd men while I was guarding the bodies of all the wives of Krsna.

 

Purport:

The important point in this verse is how it was possible that Arjuna could

be defeated by a gang of ignoble cowherd men and how such mundane cowherd

men could touch the bodies of the wives of Lord Krsna,who were under the

protection of Arjuna.Srila Visvanatha Cakravarati Thakura has justified the

contradiction by research in the Visnu Purana and Brahma Purana.In these

Puranas it is said that once the fair denizens of heaven pleased Astavakra

Muni by their service and were blessed by the Muni to have the Supreme Lord

as their husband.Astavakra Muni was curved in eight joints of his body,and

thus he used to move in a peculiar curved manner.The daughters of the

demigods could not check their laughter upon seeing the movements of the

muni,and the muni, being angry at them, cursed them that they would be

kidnapped by rogues,even if they would get the Lord as their husband.Later

on,the girls again satisfied the muni by their prayers,and the muni blessed

them that they would re gain their husband even after being robbed by the

rogues.So,in order to keep the words of the great muni,the Lord Himself

kidnapped His wives from the protection of Arjuna,otherwise they would have

at once vanished from the scene as soon as they were touched by the

rogues.Besides that,some of the gopies who prayed to become wives of the

Lord returned to their respective positions after their desire was

fulfilled. After the departure of Lord Krsna,He wanted all His entourage

back to Godhead,and they were called back under different conditions only

 

ALL Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to Guru Maharaja.

Yhs Ramananda Gaura Das

Krsna Premavati dd