Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhāgavatam 11.6

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11, Chapter 6 — The Gods Ask Kṛṣṇa to Return in English (IAST))

Vyasa

Also known as atha brahmatmajai devai prajesairavrto bhyagat

The Gods Ask Kṛṣṇa to Return. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 11, Chapter 6 (Kṛṣṇa's Last Teaching to Uddhava), 50 verses in Sanskrit with transliteration in 9 scripts.

śrī-śuka uvāca
atha brahmātma-jaiḥ devaiḥ
prajeśair āvṛto ’bhyagāt
bhavaś ca bhūta-bhavyeśo
yayau bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ
indro marudbhir bhagavān
ādityā vasavo ’śvinau
ṛbhavo ’ṅgiraso rudrā
viśve sādhyāś ca devatāḥ
gandharvāpsaraso nāgāḥ
siddha-cāraṇa-guhyakāḥ
ṛṣayaḥ pitaraś caiva
sa-vidyādhara-kinnarāḥ
dvārakām upasañjagmuḥ
sarve kṛṣṇa-didṛkṣavaḥ
vapuṣā yena bhagavān
nara-loka-manoramaḥ
yaśo vitene lokeṣu
sarva-loka-malāpaham
tasyāṁ vibhrājamānāyāṁ
samṛddhāyāṁ maharddhibhiḥ
vyacakṣatāvitṛptākṣāḥ
kṛṣṇam adbhuta-darśanam
svargodyānopagair mālyaiś
chādayanto yudūttamam
gīrbhiś citra-padārthābhis
tuṣṭuvur jagad-īśvaram
śrī-devā ūcuḥ
natāḥ sma te nātha padāravindaṁ
buddhīndriya-prāṇa-mano-vacobhiḥ
yac cintyate ’ntar hṛdi bhāva-yuktair
mumukṣubhiḥ karma-mayoru-pāśāt
tvaṁ māyayā tri-guṇayātmani durvibhāvyaṁ
vyaktaṁ sṛjasy avasi lumpasi tad-guṇa-sthaḥ
naitair bhavān ajita karmabhir ajyate vai
yat sve sukhe ’vyavahite ’bhirato ’navadyaḥ
śuddhir nṛṇāṁ na tu tatheḍya durāśayānāṁ
vidyā-śrutādhyayana-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyābhiḥ
sattvātmanām ṛṣabha te yaśasi pravṛddha-
sac-chraddhayā śravaṇa-sambhṛtayā yathā syāt
syān nas tavāṅghrir aśubhāśaya-dhūmaketuḥ
kṣemāya yo munibhir ārdra-hṛdohyamānaḥ
yaḥ sātvataiḥ sama-vibhūtaya ātmavadbhir
vyūhe ’rcitaḥ savanaśaḥ svar-atikramāya
yaś cintyate prayata-pāṇibhir adhvarāgnau
trayyā nirukta-vidhineśa havir gṛhītvā
adhyātma-yoga uta yogibhir ātma-māyāṁ
jijñāsubhiḥ parama-bhāgavataiḥ parīṣṭaḥ
paryuṣṭayā tava vibho vana-mālayeyaṁ
saṁspārdhinī bhagavatī pratipatnī-vac chrīḥ
yaḥ su-praṇītam amuyārhaṇam ādadan no
bhūyāt sadāṅghrir aśubhāśaya-dhūmaketuḥ
ketus tri-vikrama-yutas tri-patat-patāko
yas te bhayābhaya-karo ’sura-deva-camvoḥ
svargāya sādhuṣu khaleṣv itarāya bhūman
padaḥ punātu bhagavan bhajatām aghaṁ naḥ
nasy ota-gāva iva yasya vaśe bhavanti
brahmādayas tanu-bhṛto mithur ardyamānāḥ
kālasya te prakṛti-pūruṣayoḥ parasya
śaṁ nas tanotu caraṇaḥ puruṣottamasya
asyāsi hetur udaya-sthiti-saṁyamānām
avyakta-jīva-mahatām api kālam āhuḥ
so ’yaṁ tri-ṇābhir akhilāpacaye pravṛttaḥ
kālo gabhīra-raya uttama-pūruṣas tvam
tvattaḥ pumān samadhigamya yayāsya vīryaṁ
dhatte mahāntam iva garbham amogha-vīryaḥ
so ’yaṁ tayānugata ātmana āṇḍa-kośaṁ
haimaṁ sasarja bahir āvaraṇair upetam
tat tasthūṣaś ca jagataś ca bhavān adhīśo
yan māyayottha-guṇa-vikriyayopanītān
arthāñ juṣann api hṛṣīka-pate na lipto
ye ’nye svataḥ parihṛtād api bibhyati sma
smāyāvaloka-lava-darśita-bhāva-hāri-
bhrū-maṇḍala-prahita-saurata-mantra-śauṇḍaiḥ
patnyas tu ṣoḍaśa-sahasram anaṅga-bāṇair
yasyendriyaṁ vimathituṁ karaṇair na vibhvyaḥ
vibhvyas tavāmṛta-kathoda-vahās tri-lokyāḥ
pādāvane-ja-saritaḥ śamalāni hantum
ānuśravaṁ śrutibhir aṅghri-jam aṅga-saṅgais
tīrtha-dvayaṁ śuci-ṣadas ta upaspṛśanti
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
ity abhiṣṭūya vibudhaiḥ
seśaḥ śata-dhṛtir harim
abhyabhāṣata govindaṁ
praṇamyāmbaram āśritaḥ
śrī-brahmovāca
bhūmer bhārāvatārāya
purā vijñāpitaḥ prabho
tvam asmābhir aśeṣātman
tat tathaivopapāditam
dharmaś ca sthāpitaḥ satsu
satya-sandheṣu vai tvayā
kīrtiś ca dikṣu vikṣiptā
sarva-loka-malāpahā
avatīrya yador vaṁśe
bibhrad rūpam anuttamam
karmāṇy uddāma-vṛttāni
hitāya jagato ’kṛthāḥ
yāni te caritānīśa
manuṣyāḥ sādhavaḥ kalau
śṛṇvantaḥ kīrtayantaś ca
tariṣyanty añjasā tamaḥ
yadu-vaṁśe ’vatīrṇasya
bhavataḥ puruṣottama
śarac-chataṁ vyatīyāya
pañca-viṁśādhikaṁ prabho
nādhunā te ’khilādhāra
deva-kāryāvaśeṣitam
kulaṁ ca vipra-śāpena
naṣṭa-prāyam abhūd idam
tataḥ sva-dhāma paramaṁ
viśasva yadi manyase
sa-lokāl loka-pālān naḥ
pāhi vaikuṇṭha-kiṅkarān
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
avadhāritam etan me
yad āttha vibudheśvara
kṛtaṁ vaḥ kāryam akhilaṁ
bhūmer bhāro ’vatāritaḥ
tad idaṁ yādava-kulaṁ
vīrya-śaurya-śriyoddhatam
lokaṁ jighṛkṣad ruddhaṁ me
velayeva mahārṇavaḥ
yady asaṁhṛtya dṛptānāṁ
yadūnāṁ vipulaṁ kulam
gantāsmy anena loko ’yam
udvelena vinaṅkṣyati
idānīṁ nāśa ārabdhaḥ
kulasya dvija-śāpa-jaḥ
yāsyāmi bhavanaṁ brahmann
etad-ante tavānagha
śrī-śuka uvāca
ity ukto loka-nāthena
svayam-bhūḥ praṇipatya tam
saha deva-gaṇair devaḥ
sva-dhāma samapadyata
atha tasyāṁ mahotpātān
dvāravatyāṁ samutthitān
vilokya bhagavān āha
yadu-vṛddhān samāgatān
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
ete vai su-mahotpātā
vyuttiṣṭhantīha sarvataḥ
śāpaś ca naḥ kulasyāsīd
brāhmaṇebhyo duratyayaḥ
na vastavyam ihāsmābhir
jijīviṣubhir āryakāḥ
prabhāsaṁ su-mahat-puṇyaṁ
yāsyāmo ’dyaiva mā ciram
yatra snātvā dakṣa-śāpād
gṛhīto yakṣmaṇodu-rāṭ
vimuktaḥ kilbiṣāt sadyo
bheje bhūyaḥ kalodayam
vayaṁ ca tasminn āplutya
tarpayitvā pitṝn surān
bhojayitvoṣijo viprān
nānā-guṇavatāndhasā
teṣu dānāni pātreṣu
śraddhayoptvā mahānti vai
vṛjināni tariṣyāmo
dānair naubhir ivārṇavam
śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ bhagavatādiṣṭā
yādavāḥ kuru-nandana
gantuṁ kṛta-dhiyas tīrthaṁ
syandanān samayūyujan
tan nirīkṣyoddhavo rājan
śrutvā bhagavatoditam
dṛṣṭvāriṣṭāni ghorāṇi
nityaṁ kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ
vivikta upasaṅgamya
jagatām īśvareśvaram
praṇamya śirasā pādau
prāñjalis tam abhāṣata
śrī-uddhava uvāca
deva-deveśa yogeśa
puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtana
saṁhṛtyaitat kulaṁ nūnaṁ
lokaṁ santyakṣyate bhavān
vipra-śāpaṁ samartho ’pi
pratyahan na yad īśvaraḥ
nāhaṁ tavāṅghri-kamalaṁ
kṣaṇārdham api keśava
tyaktuṁ samutsahe nātha
sva-dhāma naya mām api
tava vikrīḍitaṁ kṛṣṇa
nṛṇāṁ parama-maṅgalam
karṇa-pīyūṣam āsādya
tyajanty anya-spṛhāṁ janāḥ
śayyāsanāṭana-sthāna-
snāna-krīḍāśanādiṣu
kathaṁ tvāṁ priyam ātmānaṁ
vayaṁ bhaktās tyajema hi
tvayopabhukta-srag-gandha-
vāso-’laṅkāra-carcitāḥ
ucchiṣṭa-bhojino dāsās
tava māyāṁ jayema hi
vāta-vasanā ya ṛṣayaḥ
śramaṇā ūrdhra-manthinaḥ
brahmākhyaṁ dhāma te yānti
śāntāḥ sannyāsino ’malāḥ
vayaṁ tv iha mahā-yogin
bhramantaḥ karma-vartmasu
tvad-vārtayā tariṣyāmas
tāvakair dustaraṁ tamaḥ
smarantaḥ kīrtayantas te
kṛtāni gaditāni ca
gaty-utsmitekṣaṇa-kṣveli
yan nṛ-loka-viḍambanam
śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ vijñāpito rājan
bhagavān devakī-sutaḥ
ekāntinaṁ priyaṁ bhṛtyam
uddhavaṁ samabhāṣata

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