Sri Garga-samhita

Sri Garga-samhita

Sri Garga-samhita

Chapter Twenty-one Dāvāgni-moksa-vipra-patni-darcana Lord Krsna Extinguishes the Forest Fire and Reveals Himself to the Brāhmana's Wives

Text 1

Verse text

cri-nārada uvāca
atha kriḍā-prasaktesu
gopesu sa-balesu ca
trna-lobhena vivicur
gāvaḥ sarvāḥ mahad vanam

Synonyms

cri-nārada uvāca — Sri Nārada said ; atha — then ; kriḍā-prasaktesu — intent on playing ; gopesu — when the gopas ; sa-balesu — with Balarāma ; ca — amd ; trna-lobhena — eager for grass ; vivicuḥ — entered ; gāvaḥ — the cows ; sarvāḥ — all ; mahat — the great ; vanam — forest.

Translation

Sri Nārada said: As Balarāma and the gopas intently played, all the cows, hungry for more grass, went far into the forest.
Text 2

Verse text

tā ānetum gopa-bālāḥ
prāpta munjātavim parām
sambhutas tatra dāvāgniḥ
pralayāgni-samo mahān

Synonyms

tāḥ — them ; ānetum — to bring back ; gopa-bālāḥ — the gopa boyas ; prāpta — attained ; mu 24jātavim — Munjatavi forest ; parām — great ; sambhutaḥ — manifested ; tatra — there ; dāvāgniḥ — a forest fire ; pralayāgni-samaḥ — like the fire at the time of cosmic anihilation ; mahān — great.

Translation

When to bring them back the gopa boys went to Mu 24jātavi forest, a great forest fire, like the fire at the end of the universe, suddenly flared up.
Text 3

Verse text

gobhir gopāḥ sametās te
cri-krsnam sa-balam harim
vadantaḥ pāhi pāhiti
bhayārtāḥ caranam gatāḥ

Synonyms

gobhiḥ — the cows ; gopāḥ — the gopas ; sametāḥ — with ; te — they ; cri-krsnam — to Sri Krsna ; sa-balam — and Balarāma ; harim — Lord Krsna ; vadantaḥ — saying ; pāhi — save! ; pāhiti — save! ; bhayārtāḥ — frightened ; caranam — shelter ; gatāh — went.

Translation

Followed by the cows, and calling out "Save us! Save us!", the frightened gopas took shelter of Krsna and Balarāma.
Text 4

Verse text

viksya vahni-bhayam svānām
krsno yogecvarecvaraḥ
nyamilayata mā bhaista
locananānity abhāsata

Synonyms

viksya — seeing ; vahni — of the fire ; bhayam — the fear ; svānām — of His devotees ; krsnaḥ — Krsna ; yogecvarecvaraḥ — the master of yoga ; nyamilayata — close ; mā — don't ; bhaista — fear ; locananāni — eyes ; iti — thus ; abhāsata — said.

Translation

Seeing that His friends were afraid of the fire, Krsna, the master of all yoga powers, said to them, "Close your eyes. Don't be afraid."
Text 5

Verse text

tathā-bhutesu gopesu
tam agnim bhaya-kārakam
apibad bhagavān devo
devānām pacyatām nrpa

Synonyms

tathā-bhutesu — doing that ; gopesu — the gopas ; tam — that ; agnim — fire ; bhaya-kārakam — terrifying ; apibat — drank ; bhagavān — the Lord ; devaḥ — the master ; devānām — of the dmeigods ; pacyatām — looking on ; nrpa — O king.

Translation

As the gopas closed their eyes and the demigods looked on, Lord Krsna drank up that terrifying fire.
Text 6

Verse text

evam pitvā mahā-vahnim
nitvā gopāla-go-ganam
prāpto 'bhud yamunā-pāre
cubhācoka-vane hariḥ

Synonyms

evam — thus ; pitvā — having drunk ; mahā-vahnim — the great fire ; nitvā — bringing ; gopāla-go-ganam — the gopsas and cows ; prāptaḥ — attained ; abhut — was ; yamunā-pāre — on the other shore of thr Yamunā ; cubha — beautiful ; acoka — of asoka trees ; vane — in the forest ; hariḥ — Lord Krsna.

Translation

After drinking up the great fire, Lord Krsna took the cows and gopas to a beautiful acoka forest on the Yamunā's farther shore.