Parva 2 Chapter 114: gūḍhodghāṭanam - kṛṣṇa divulges divine secret

arjuna said: (O yudhiṣthira!) Then kṛṣṇa fed many hundreds of sages and brāhmins as required and became satisfied by doing what is to be done. tataḥ saha mayā bhuktvā vṛṣṇibhojaiścha sarvaśaḥ | vicitrāścha kathā divyāḥ kathayāmāsa bhārata ||2-114-2 Then, O the one of bharata race (O yudhiṣṭhira)! Then along with me, all those vṛṣṇi-s and bhoja-s had food. We narrated wonderful as well as divine stories. tataḥ kathānte tatrāhamabhigamya janārdanam | apṛccaṁ tadyathāvṛttaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ yaddṛṣṭavānaham ||2-114-3 At the end of the narration of stories, I approached the one who agitates men (kṛṣṇa) directly. I asked kṛṣṇa about the incidents which took place. kathaṁ samudraḥ stabdhodaḥ kṛtastu kamalekṣaṇa | parvatānāṁ ca vivaraṁ kṛtaṁ tatkathamachyuta ||2-114-4 (arjuna said) O the one with eyes as beautiful as lotus (kṛṣṇa)! How did you freeze the ocean? O the one who does not suffer any fall! How did you gain access through the mountains? tamastaccha kathaṁ ghoraṁ ghanaṁ cakreṇa pāṭitam | taccha yatparamaṁ tejaḥ praviṣṭo'si kathaṁ ca tat ||2-114-5 How did you break the terrible, solid darkness with your cakra? How did you enter the most supreme splendor? kimarthaṁ tena te bālāstadā cāpahṛtāḥ prabho | yaccha te dīrghamadhvānaṁ saṅkṣiptaṁ tatkathaṁ punaḥ ||2-114-6 O lord! Why did that supreme splendor take away the boys? Afterwards, how did you again shorten the long way? kathaṁ cālpena kālena kṛtaṁ tattadgatāgatam | etatsarvaṁ yathāvṛttamācakṣva mama keshava ||2-114-7 How could we accomplish the going and coming in such a short time? O keshava (kṛṣṇa)! Please tell me all this in detail. vāsudeva uvāca yaddarśanārthaṁ te bālā hṛtāstena mahātmanā | viprārthameṣyate kṛṣṇo nāgacchedanyatheti ha ||2-114-8 The son of vasudeva (kṛṣṇa) said: That great soul took away the boys to see me. He knew that kṛṣṇa will come for the sake of the one who trembles (brāhmaṇa), otherwise he will not come. brahmatejomayaṁ divyaṁ mahadyaddṛṣṭavānasi | ahaṁ sa bharataśreṣṭha mattejastatsanātanam ||2-114-9 O the best among bharatas (arjuna!) The great and most superior brahma splendor you saw, is me. That is my eternal splendor. prakṛtiḥ sā mama parā vyaktāvyaktā sanātanī | yāṁ pravishya bhavantīha muktā yogaviduttamaḥ ||2-114-10 That is my true nature, my prime eternal nature, both explicit and implicit. Upon entering this, the best among those who practice yoga, will attain the supreme release. sa sāṅkhyānāṁ gatiḥ pārtha yogināṁ ca tapasvinām | tatpadaṁ paramaṁ brahma sarvaṁ vibhajate jagat ||2-114-11 O the son of pṛtha (arjuna!) That is the ultimate refuge of those who practice sāṅkhya, yoga and those who do penance. That supreme state of brahma makes this universe in large numbers. māmeva taddhanaṁ tejo jṣātumarhasi bhārata | samudraḥ stabdhatoyo'hamahaṁ stambhayitā jalam 2-114-12 O the one of bharata race (arjuna)! You should understand that I am that wealth of splendor. I am the ocean and the frozen water. The one who froze water is me. ahaṁ te parvatāḥ sapta ye dṛṣṭā vividhāstvayā | paṅkabhūtaṁ hi timiraṁ dṛṣṭavānasi yaddhi tat ||2-114-13 I am the seven mountains which you saw in different forms. You also saw the darkness appearing like full of dirt. ahaṁ tamo ghanībhūtamahameva ca pāṭakaḥ | ahaṁ ca kālo bhūtānāṁ dharmaścāhaṁ sanātanaḥ ||2-114-14 I am that solid darkness. I am the one who broke it. I am the death of all beings. I am the eternal dharma. candrādityau mahāśailāḥ saritashcha sarāṁsi ca | catasraśca diśaḥ sarvā mamaivātmā caturvidhaḥ ||2-114-15 The moon, the sun, the great mountains, the rivers and also the ocean - all are me. The four directions all around are me in four different forms. cāturvarṇyaṁ matprasūtaṁ cāturāśramyameva ca | cāturviddhyasya kartāhamiti buddhyasva bhārata ||2-114-16 The four castes were born from me. The four stages of life (student, house holder, anchorite and abandoner) came from me. O the one of bharata race! Also realize that I am the one who creates the four kinds of creations (jarāyuja - viviparous, aṇḍaja - egg born, svedaja - sweat born and udbhija - earth born - gītā press commentary) arjuna uvāca bhagavansarvabhūteśa vettumicchāmi te prabho | pṛchcāmi tvāṁ prapanno'haṁ namaste puruṣottama ||2-114-17 arjuna said: O lord! O the lord of all beings! O lord! O the best among men! I bow to you. I wish to understand the splendor of your forms. I am asking about it and I have come to your refuge. vāsudeva uvāca brahma ca brāhmaṇāścaiva tapaḥ satyaṁ ca bhārata | ugraṁ bṛhattamaṁ caiva mattastadviddhi pāṇḍava ||2-114-18 The son of vasudeva said: O the one of bharata race (arjuna)! O the son of pāṇḍu! Understand that brahma, brāhmin, as also penance, truth, the terrible and the huge - all have come from me. priyaste'haṁ mahābāho priyo me'si dhanaṣjaya | tena te kathayiṣyāmi nānyathā vaktumutsahe | O the one who achieves victory with bow (arjuna)! I am dear to you. O the one with powerful arms! Since I am dear to you and you are dear to me, I am telling you this. Otherwise, I will not tell you. ahaṁ yajūṁṣi sāmāni ṛchaścātharvaṇāni ca ||2-114-19 I am yajus, sāma, ṛk and atharvaṇa - the four vedas. ṛṣayo devatā yajṣā mattejo bharatarṣabha | pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotishcha paṣchamam ||2-114-20 O the best of bharata race (arjuna)! The sages, deva-s and sacrifices are my splendor. The earth, wind, sky, water and the light - all the five are me. candrādityāvahorātraṁ pakṣā māsāstathārtavaḥ | muhūrtāścha kalāścaiva kṣaṇāḥ saṁvatsarāstathā ||2-114-21 The moon, sun, day, night, week, month and the seasons, the minute, time and second and the year are me. mantrāścha vividhāḥ pārtha yāni śāstrāṇi kānicit | vidyāścha veditavyaṁ ca mattaḥ prādurbhavanti hi ||2-114-22 O the son of pṛtha! The many sacred hymns and all treatises, all the knowledge and all that is to be known have come from me. manmayaṁ viddhi kaunteya kṣayaṁ sṛṣṭiṁ ca bhārata | sachcāsaccha mamaivātmā sadasachcaiva yatparam ||2-114-23 O the one of bharata race! O the son of kunti! Understand that the creation and destruction are also my forms. The existing, non-existing, being and not-being - all are my soul. arjuna uvāca evamukto'smi kṛṣṇena prīyamāṇena vai tadā | tathaiva ca mano nityamabhavanme janārdana ||2-114-24 arjuna said: Being pleased with me, kṛṣṇa then told me all this. Thus my mind is always fixed on the one who agitates people (kṛṣṇa). etacchrutaṁ ca dṛṣṭaṁ ca māhātmyaṁ keshavasya me | yanmāṁ pṛcchasi rājendra bhūyāṁścāto janārdanaḥ ||2-114-25 I heard and saw the greatness of keshava (kṛṣṇa)! O great king! The one who agitates men (kṛṣṇa) is above what you asked me. vaiśampāyna uvāca etacchrutvā kuruśreṣṭho dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | pūjayāmāsa dharmātmā govindaṁ puruṣottamam ||2-114-26 vaiśampāyana said: (O janamejaya!) The best among the kuru-s, the dharma king yudhiṣṭhira heard this. The dharma soul (yudhiṣṭhira) worshipped the best among men, govinda (kṛṣṇa). vismitaścābhavadrājā saha sarvaiḥ sahodaraiḥ | rājabhiścha samāsīnairye tatrāsansamāgatāḥ ||2-114-27 The king, along with his brothers and also all the kings who assembled there wondered (by hearing about the splendor of kṛṣṇa). iti śrīmahābhārate khileshu harivaṁśe viṣṇuparvaṇi vāsudevamāhātmye kṛṣṇārjunabhāṣaṇe caturdaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ Thus this is the one hundred and fourteenth chapter of viṣṇuparva, harivaṁśa, khila of mahābhārata, kṛṣṇa divulges divine secret. nīlakaṇṭha commentary · 2-114-1 tata kṛṣṇa iti || · 2-114-5 taccheti | tat prasiddhaṁ tat jagatkartṛ tejaḥ taditi vā etasya mahato bhūtasva nāma bhavati iti śrutestādityevābhidham || · 2-114-6 āgamanakāle || · 2-114-8 mahat jagadrakṣāṅkurabhūtaṁ tejaḥ tadabhimānichetanena mama phalopamasya darśanārthaṁ te bālā hṛtāḥ || · 2-114-9 sa mahānahameva yaccha mahattejastanmamaiva tejaḥ | etena mahato aṅkurasya kāraṇabījopamaḥ īśvaraḥ tādṛśānāmanekeṣāmīśvarāṇāmāśrayo'haṁ phalamivānekeṣāṁ bījānāmityarthaḥ || · 2-114-10 sā mahattatvākhyā prakṛtiḥ parā || ahaṁkārādibhyaḥ śreṣṭhā jyeṣṭhatvāt || sā ca vyaktā dṛśyāṁśena vyaktā avyaktā dṛśyāṁśena dṛgaṁśena tāṁ pravishyeti tatraiva gatvā | chijjaḍayorvivekaḥ sattvapuruṣānyatākhyātirnāma bhavati atastatsākṣātkāraṇameva muktisādhanam | vibhajate jagat chidamśājjaḍāṁśam pṛthakkarotityarthaḥ || · 2-114-12 yathā tanmam rūpaṁ tathā'nyadapi dṛśyamityāha * māmevetyādinā || · 2-114-15 chandreti | tejaḥ pṛthvījalākāśātmanā caturvidhaḥ | etaccha vāyorapyupalakṣaṇam || paṣcāpi bhūtāni ahamevetyarthaḥ || · 2-114-17 te tvāṁ || · 2-114-18 ugraṁ samsaraṇaṁ nānākleśakartvāt | bṛhattamaṁ vaikalyam | akhaṇḍānandarūpatvāt matta udbhūtaṁ brahmādi mattaḥ prāpyaṁ rudrādi || · 2-114- 23 sat kāryaṁ asatkāraṇaṁ sadasacchetyubhayaviśeṣaṇaṁ kāryaṁ kāraṇagaṁ sat chidaṁśena asat dṛśyāṁśena tābhyāṁ paraṁ tu sadeva tatparaṁ śuddhaṁ brahmāhameva || iti śrīmahābharate khileṣu harvaṁśe viṣṇuparvaṇi ṭīkāyāṁ caturdaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyayaḥ ||