Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.01-05 - Demystifying the Disappearance of Lord Sri Krishna (download mp3)
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SB 11.31.01
śrī-śuka uvāca
atha tatrāgamad brahmā
bhavānyā ca samaṁ bhavaḥ
mahendra-pramukhā devā
munayaḥ sa-prajeśvarāḥ
Translation:
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Then Lord Brahmā arrived at Prabhāsa along with Lord Śiva and his consort, the sages, the Prajāpatis and all the demigods, headed by Indra.
SB 11.31.02-03
pitaraḥ siddha-gandharvā
vidyādhara-mahoragāḥ
cāraṇā yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi
kinnarāpsaraso dvijāḥ
draṣṭu-kāmā bhagavato
niryāṇaṁ paramotsukāḥ
gāyantaś ca gṛṇantaś ca
śaureḥ karmāṇi janma ca
Translation:
The forefathers, Siddhas, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas and great serpents also came, along with the Cāraṇas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Kinnaras, Apsarās and relatives of Garuḍa, greatly eager to witness the departure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As they were coming, all these personalities variously chanted and glorified the birth and activities of Lord Śauri [Kṛṣṇa].
SB 11.31.04
vavṛṣuḥ puṣpa-varṣāṇi
vimānāvalibhir nabhaḥ
kurvantaḥ saṅkulaṁ rājan
bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ
Translation:
O King, crowding the sky with their many airplanes, they showered down flowers with great devotion.
SB 11.31.05
bhagavān pitāmahaṁ vīkṣya
vibhūtīr ātmano vibhuḥ
saṁyojyātmani cātmānaṁ
padma-netre nyamīlayat
Translation:
Seeing before Him Brahmā, the grandfather of the universe, along with the other demigods, who are all His personal and powerful expansions, the Almighty Lord closed His lotus eyes, fixing His mind within Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Purport:
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, Lord Kṛṣṇa had previously answered the prayers of Lord Brahmā and the other demigods, who had requested the Lord to descend within this universe for the protection of His servants, the demigods. Now the demigods arrived before the Lord, each one desiring to take the Lord to his own planet. To avoid these innumerable social obligations, the Lord closed His eyes as if absorbed in samādhi.
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī adds that Lord Kṛṣṇa closed His eyes to instruct the yogīs how to leave this mortal world without attachment to one’s mystic opulences. All the demigods, including Brahmā, are mystic expansions of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and yet the Lord closed His eyes to emphasize that one should fix one’s mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead when departing from this world.
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