Guest guest Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 The Glories of Gopi-chandana TilakaFrom Sri Garga Samhita, Canto Six, Chapter FifteenTranslation by Kusakratha DasText 15yasya sravana-matrenakarma-bandhat pramucyategopinam yatra vaso 'bhut tena gopi-bhuvah smrtahSimply by hearing about Gopi-bhumi, which is so named because the gopis resided there, one become free from the bondage of karma.Text 16gopy-angaraga-sambhutamgopi-candanam uttamam gopi-candana-liptangoganga-snana-phalam labhetIn Gopi-bhumi gopi-candana was manifested from the gopis' cosmetics. A person who marks his limbs with gopi-candana tilaka attains the result of bathing in the Ganga. Text 17maha-nadinam snanasyapunyam tasya dine dinegopi-candana-mudrabhirmudrito yah sada bhavetA person who daily wears gopi-candana tilaka attains the pious result of daily bathing in all sacred rivers. Text 18asvamedha-sahasranirajasuya-satani casarvani tirtha-dananivratani ca tathaiva cakrtani tena nityam vaisa krtartho na samsayahA person who daily wears gopi-candana tilaka attains the result of performing a thousand asvamedha-yajnas and a hundred rajasuya-yajnas. He attains the result of giving charity and following vows at all holy places. He attains the goal of life. Of this there is no doubt. Text 19ganga-mrd-dvi-gunam punyamcitrakuta-rajah smrtamtasmad dasa-gunam punyamrajah pancavati-bhavamTwice as sacred as the mud of the Ganga is the dust of Citrakuta. Ten times more sacred than that is the dust of Pancavati-tirtha. Text 20tasmac chata-gunam punyamgopi-candanakam rajahgopi-candanakam viddhivrndavana-rajah-samamA hundred times more sacred is the dust of gopi-candana. Please know that gopi-candana is equal to the dust of Vrndavana. Text 21gopi-candana-liptangamyadi papa-satair yutamtam netum na yamah saktoyama-dutah kutah punahEven if in the past he has committed hundreds of sins, if a person wears gopi-candana tilaka, then Yamaraja cannot take him away. How, then, can Yamaraja's messengers touch him? Text 22nityam karoti yah papigopi-candana-dharanamsa prayati harer dhamagolokam prakrteh paramA sinner who daily wears gopi-candana tilaka goes to Lord Krsna supreme abode, Goloka, which is beyond the world of matter. Text 23sindhu-desasya rajabhuddirghabahur iti srutahanyaya-varti dustatmavesya-sanga-ratah sadaIn Sindhu-desa there was a king named Dirghabahu. He was cruel and sinful and he was addicted to visiting prostitutes. Text 24tena vai bharate varsebrahma-hatya-satam krtamdasa garbhavati-hatyahkrtas tena duratmanaWhile he was on the earth this cruel sinner murdered a hundred brahmanas and ten pregnant women.Text 25 mrgayayam tu banaughaihkapila-go-vadhah krtahsaindhavam hayam aruhyamrgayarthi gato 'bhavatOne day he mounted a sindhu horse and went hunting. With a flood of arrows he accidentally killed a brown cow in that hunt. Text 26ekada rajya-lobhenamantri kruddho maha-khalamjaghanaranya-dese tamtiksna-dharena casinaOne day, greedy to get his kingdom, with a sharp sword his angry minister killed him in the forest.Text 27 bhu-tale patitam mrtyu-gatam viksya yamanugahbaddhva yama-purim ninyurharsayantah parasparamSeeing him fallen to the ground and dead, the Yamadutas came, bound him, and, joking as they went, took him to the city of Yamaraja. Text 28sammukhe 'vasthitam viksyapapinam yama-rad balicitraguptam praha turnamka yogya yanatasya vaiSeeing this sinner brought before him, powerful Yamaraja said to his scribe Citragupta, " What is the proper punishment for him? " Text 29sri-citragupta uvacacatur-asiti-laksesunarakesu nipatyatamnihsandeham maha-rajayavac candra-divakarauSri Citragupta said: O great king, he should be thrown into eight million four hundred thousand hells for as long as the sun and the moon shine in the sky. Text 30anena bharate varseksanam na su-krtam krtamdasa-garbhavati-ghatahkapila-go-vadhah krtahOn the earth he did not perform a single pious deed. He killed ten pregnant women. He killed a brown cow. Text 31tatha vana-mrganam cakrtva hatyah sahasrasahtasmad ayam maha-papidevata-dvija-nindakahHe killed thousands of deer in the forest. He offended the demigods and the brahmanas. He is a great sinner. Texts 32 and 33sri-narada uvacatada yamajnaya dutanitva tam papa-rupinamsahasra-yojanayametapta-taile maha-khalesphurad aty-ucchalat-phenekumbhipake nyapatayanpralayagni-samo vahnihsadyah sitalatam gatah Sri Narada said: Then, by Yamaraja's order, the Yamadutas took that sinner and threw him into a terrible, eight-thousand mile wide cauldron of bubbling boiling oil in the hell of Kumbhipaka. The moment that sinner came to it, the boiling oil, which was as hot as the great fires at the time of cosmic devastation, suddenly became cool. Text 34vaideha tan-nipatanatprahlada-ksepanad yathatadaiva citram acakhyuryama-duta mahatmaneO king of Videha, as Prahlada was unhurt in the same situation, that sinner was not hurt by the boiling oil. Then the Yamadutas described that great wonder to noble-hearted Yamaraja. Text 35anena su-krtam bhumauksanavan na krtam kvacitcitraguptena satatamdharma-rajo vyacintayatYamaraja and Citragupta carefully reviewed the sinner's case and concluded that while he was on the earth the sinner had not for a moment performed even a single pious deed. Text 36sabhayam agatam vyasamsampujya vidhivan nrpanatva papraccha dharmatmadharma-rajo maha-matihThen Vyasadeva arrived in that assembly. Bowing down before Him, and carefully worshiping Him, saintly and noble-hearted Yamaraja asked Vyasadeva the following question. Text 37sri-yama uvacaanena papina purvamna krtam su-krtam kvacitsphurad-agny-ucchalat-phenekumbhipake maha-khaleasya ksepanato vahnihsadyah sitalatam gatahiti sandehatas cetahkhidyate me na samsayah Sri Yamaraja said: When a certain sinner, who had never performed even a single pious deed, was thrown into the terrible boiling oil of Kumbhipaka, the oil suddenly became cool. Because of this my mind is now tortured with doubts. Text 39sri-vyasa uvacasuksma gatir maha-rajavidita papa-punyayohtatha brahma-gatih prajnaihsarva-sastra-vidam varaihSri Vyasadeva said: O great king, the intelligent sages, who have studied all the scriptures, know that the ways of piety, sin, and spiritual progress are very subtle and difficult to understand. Text 40daiva-yogad asya punyampraptam vai svayam arthavatyena punyena suddho 'sautac chrnu tvam maha-mateSomehow or other, by destiny, this sinner did perform a pious deed, and by that deed he became purified. O noble-hearted one, please hear the story of this. Text 41kasyapi hastato yatrapatita dvaraka-mrdahtatraivayam mrtah papisuddho 'bhut tat-prabhavatahThat sinner died in a place where from someone's hand some gopi-candana from Dvaraka had accidentally fallen. Dying in gopi-candana, that sinner became purified. Text 42gopi-candana-liptangonaro narayano bhavetetasya darsanat sadyobrahma-hatya pramucyateA person who wears gopi-candana tilaka attains a spiritual form like that of Lord Narayana. Simply by seeing him one becomes free of the sin of killing a brahmana. Texts 43 and 44sri-narada uvacaiti srutva dharma-rajastam aniya visesatahvimane kama-ge sthapyavaikuntham prakrteh parampresayam asa sahasagopi-candana-kirti-vitevam te kathitam rajangopi-candanakam yasah Sri Narada said: Hearing this, Yamaraja, who understands the glories of gopi-candana, took the sinner, placed him on an airplane that goes anywhere one wishes, and sent him to Vaikuntha, which is above the worlds of matter. O king, thus I have described to you the glories of gopi-candana. Text 45gopi-candana-mahatmyamyah srnoti narottamahsa yati paramam dhamasri-krsnasya mahatmanahOne who hears this account of gopi-candana's glories becomes exalted. He goes to the supreme abode of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Take advantage of this rare opportunity of this human form of life. There are 8,400,000 different species of life through which we are rotating lifetime after lifetime. So getting a human body is not an every day affair. This most auspicious opportunity only comes after many millions of lifetimes in the lower species. Anyone who does not utilize their human life for self-realization is making the greatest mistake. When this happens it is the greatest tragedy, and unfortunately today this neglect of the human form has become the standard behavior for the entire human society. What can be done? We must first ourselves become solidly situated in Krishna consciousness and then do the highest welfare activity of spreading to everyone else all over the world. Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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