Destruction by Friction Within

2020-06-18
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.30.38-46 - Destruction by Friction Within (download mp3)
by Braj Raj Priya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 11.30.38

yasyātma-yoga-racitaṁ na vidur viriñco

rudrādayo ’sya tanayāḥ patayo girāṁ ye

tvan-māyayā pihita-dṛṣṭaya etad añjaḥ

kiṁ tasya te vayam asad-gatayo gṛṇīmaḥ

Translation:

Neither Brahmā nor his sons, headed by Rudra, nor any of the great sages who are masters of the Vedic mantras can understand the function of Your mystic power. Because Your illusory potency has covered their sight, they remain ignorant of how Your mystic power works. Therefore, what can I, such a low-born person, possibly say?

SB 11.30.39

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

mā bhair jare tvam uttiṣṭha

kāma eṣa kṛto hi me

yāhi tvaṁ mad-anujñātaḥ

svargaṁ su-kṛtināṁ padam

Translation:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Jarā, do not fear. Please get up. What has been done is actually My own desire. With My permission, go now to the abode of the pious, the spiritual world.

SB 11.30.40

ity ādiṣṭo bhagavatā

kṛṣṇenecchā-śarīriṇā

triḥ parikramya taṁ natvā

vimānena divaṁ yayau

Translation:

So instructed by the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, who assumes His transcendental body by His own will, the hunter circumambulated the Lord three times and bowed down to Him. Then the hunter departed in an airplane that had appeared just to carry him to the spiritual sky.

SB 11.30.41

dārukaḥ kṛṣṇa-padavīm

anvicchann adhigamya tām

vāyuṁ tulasikāmodam

āghrāyābhimukhaṁ yayau

Translation:

At that time Dāruka was searching for his master, Kṛṣṇa. As he neared the place where the Lord was sitting, he perceived the aroma of tulasī flowers in the breeze and went in its direction.

SB 11.30.42

taṁ tatra tigma-dyubhir āyudhair vṛtaṁ

hy aśvattha-mūle kṛta-ketanaṁ patim

sneha-plutātmā nipapāta pādayo

rathād avaplutya sa-bāṣpa-locanaḥ

Translation:

Upon seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa resting at the foot of a banyan tree, surrounded by His shining weapons, Dāruka could not control the affection he felt in his heart. His eyes filled with tears as he rushed down from the chariot and fell at the Lord’s feet.

SB 11.30.43

apaśyatas tvac-caraṇāmbujaṁ prabho

dṛṣṭiḥ praṇaṣṭā tamasi praviṣṭā

diśo na jāne na labhe ca śāntiṁ

yathā niśāyām uḍupe praṇaṣṭe

Translation:

Dāruka said: Just as on a moonless night people are merged into darkness and cannot find their way, now that I have lost sight of Your lotus feet, my Lord, I have lost my vision and am wandering blindly in darkness. I cannot tell my direction, nor can I find any peace.

SB 11.30.44

iti bruvati sūte vai

ratho garuḍa-lāñchanaḥ

kham utpapāta rājendra

sāśva-dhvaja udīkṣataḥ

Translation:

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O foremost of kings, while the chariot driver was still speaking, before his very eyes the Lord’s chariot rose up into the sky along with its horses and its flag, which was marked with the emblem of Garuḍa.

SB 11.30.45

tam anvagacchan divyāni

viṣṇu-praharaṇāni ca

tenāti-vismitātmānaṁ

sūtam āha janārdanaḥ

Translation:

All the divine weapons of Viṣṇu rose up and followed the chariot. The Lord, Janārdana, then spoke to His chariot driver, who was most astonished to see all this.

SB 11.30.46

gaccha dvāravatīṁ sūta

jñātīnāṁ nidhanaṁ mithaḥ

saṅkarṣaṇasya niryāṇaṁ

bandhubhyo brūhi mad-daśām

Translation:

O driver, go to Dvārakā and tell Our family members how their loved ones destroyed one another. Also tell them of the disappearance of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa and of My present condition.

Purport:

Lord Kṛṣṇa sent His chariot driverless back to Vaikuṇṭha, along with the horses and weapons, because the chariot driver, Dāruka, had some final service to do on earth.