> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam - Canto 10
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda his pupils his pupils
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 10: 'Summum Bonum'

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> > Chapter Twenty-six: Wonderful Krishna

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> > TEXT 1

> > s'rî-s'uka uvâca

> > evam-vidhâni karmâni

> > gopâh krishnasya vîkshya te

> > atad-vîrya-vidah procuh

> > samabhyetya su-vismitâh

> > s'rî-s'ukah uvâca - S'rî S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said; evam-vidhâni - like this; karmâni - activities; gopâh - the cowherd men; krishnasya - of Lord Krishna; vîkshya - seeing; te - they; atat-vîrya-vidah - unable to understand His power; procuh - they spoke; samabhyetya - approaching (Nanda Mahârâja); su- vismitâh - very astonished.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said: The cowherd men were astonished when they saw Krishna's activities, such as lifting Govardhana Hill. Unable to understand His transcendental potency, they approached Nanda Mahârâja and spoke as follows.

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> > TEXT 2

> > bâlakasya yad etâni

> > karmâny aty-adbhutâni vai

> > katham arhaty asau janma

> > grâmyeshv âtma-jugupsitam

> > bâlakasya - of the boy; yat - because; etâni - these; karmâni - activities; ati- adbhutâni - most amazing; vai - certainly; katham - how; arhati - should deserve; asau - He; janma - birth; grâmyeshu - among worldly men; âtma - for Himself; jugupsitam - contemptible.

> > TRANSLATION

> > [The cowherd men said:] Since this boy performs such extraordinary activities, how could He warrant a birth among worldly men like us - a birth that for Him would seem contemptible?

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> > TEXT 3

> > yah sapta-hâyano bâlah

> > karenaikena lîlayâ

> > katham bibhrad giri-varam

> > pushkaram gaja-râd iva

> > yah - who; sapta-hâyanah - seven years of age; bâlah - a boy; karena - with a hand; ekena - one; lîlayâ - playfully; katham - how; bibhrat - He held up; giri-varam - the best of mountains, Govardhana; pushkaram - a lotus flower; gaja-râth - a mighty elephant; iva - as.

> > TRANSLATION

> > How could this seven-year-old boy playfully hold up the great hill Govardhana with one hand, just as a mighty elephant holds up a lotus flower?

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> > TEXT 4

> > tokenâmîlitâkshena

> > pûtanâyâ mahaujasah

> > pîtah stanah saha prânaih

> > kâleneva vayas tanoh

> > tokena - by the young child; â-mîlita - almost closed; akshena - whose eyes; pûtanâyâh - of the witch Pûtanâ; mahâ-ojasah - whose power was very great; pîtah - drunk; stanah - the breast; saha - along with; prânaih - her life air; kâlena - by the force of time; iva - as; vayah - the life span; tanoh - of a material body.

> > TRANSLATION

> > As a mere infant who had hardly yet opened His eyes, He drank the breast milk of the powerful demoness Pûtanâ and then sucked out her very life air as well, just as the force of time sucks out the youth of one's body.

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> > TEXT 5

> > hinvato 'dhah s'ayânasya

> > mâsyasya caranâv udak

> > ano 'patad viparyastam

> > rudatah prapadâhatam

> > hinvatah - moving; adhah - beneath; s'ayânasya - of Him who was lying; mâsyasya - the child only a few months old; caranau - His two feet; udak - upwards; anah - the cart; apatat - fell; viparyastam - turned upside-down; rudatah - of Him who was crying; prapada - by the tip of the foot; âhatam - struck.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Once, when only three months old, little Krishna was crying and kicking up His feet as He lay beneath a huge cart. Then the cart fell and turned upside-down simply because it was struck by the tip of His toe.

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> > TEXT 6

> > eka-hâyana âsîno

> > hriyamâno vihâyasâ

> > daityena yas trinâvartam

> > ahan kanthha-grahâturam

> > eka-hâyanah - one year old; âsînah - sitting; hriyamânah - being taken away; vihâyasâ - in the sky; daityena - by the demon; yah - who; trinâvartam - named Trinâvarta; ahan - killed; kanthha - his neck; graha - by being seized; âturam - tormented.

> > TRANSLATION

> > At the age of one, while sitting peacefully He was taken up into the sky by the demon Trinâvarta. But baby Krishna grabbed the demon's neck, causing him great pain, and thus killed him.

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> > TEXT 7

> > kvacid dhaiyangava-stainye

> > mâtrâ baddha udûkhale

> > gacchann arjunayor madhye

> > bâhubhyâm tâv apâtayat

> > kvacit - once; haiyangava - butter; stainye - engaged in stealing; mâtrâ - by His mother; baddhah - bound up; udûkhale - to a large mortar; gacchan - moving; arjunayoh - the twin arjuna trees; madhye - between; bâhubhyâm - by His hands; tau apâtayat - He made them fall.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Once, His mother tied Him with ropes to a mortar because she had caught Him stealing butter. Then, crawling on His hands, He dragged the mortar between a pair of arjuna trees and pulled them down.

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> > TEXT 8

> > vane san'cârayan vatsân

> > sa-râmo bâlakair vritah

> > hantu-kâmam bakam dorbhyâm

> > mukhato 'rim apâthayat

> > vane - in the forest; san'cârayan - grazing; vatsân - the calves; sarâmah - together with Lord Balarâma; bâlakaih - by the cowherd boys; vritah - surrounded; hantu- kâmam - desiring to kill; bakam - the demon Baka; dorbhyâm - with His arms; mukhatah - from the mouth; arim - the enemy; apâthayat - tore apart.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Another time, when Krishna was tending the calves in the forest together with Balarâma and the cowherd boys, the demon Bakâsura came with the intention of killing Krishna. But Krishna seized this inimical demon by the mouth and tore him apart.

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> > TEXT 9

> > vatseshu vatsa-rûpena

> > pravis'antam jighâmsayâ

> > hatvâ nyapâtayat tena

> > kapitthâni ca lîlayâ

> > vatseshu - among the calves; vatsa-rûpena - appearing as if another calf; pravis'antam - who had entered; jighâmsayâ - wanting to kill; hatvâ - killing him; nyapâtayat - He made to fall; tena - by him; kapitthâni - the kapittha fruits; ca - and; lîlayâ - as a sport.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Desiring to kill Krishna, the demon Vatsa disguised himself as a calf and entered among Krishna's calves. But Krishna killed the demon and, using his body, enjoyed the sport of knocking kapittha fruits down from the trees.

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> > TEXT 10

> > hatvâ râsabha-daiteyam

> > tad-bandhûms' ca balânvitah

> > cakre tâla-vanam kshemam

> > paripakva-phalânvitam

> > hatvâ - killing; râsabha - who appeared as a jackass; daiteyam - the descendant of Diti; tat-bandhûn - the demon's companions; ca - and; bala- anvitah - accompanied by Balarâma; cakre - He made; tâla-vanam - the Tâlavana forest; kshemam - auspicious; paripakva - fully ripened; phala - with fruits; anvitam - filled.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Together with Lord Balarâma, Krishna killed the jackass demon and all his friends, thereby securing the safety of the Tâlavana forest, which abounded with fully ripened palm fruits.

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> > TEXT 11

> > pralambam ghâtayitvogram

> > balena bala-s'âlinâ

> > amocayad vraja-pas'ûn

> > gopâms' câranya-vahnitah

> > pralambam - the demon named Pralamba; ghâyayitvâ - arranging to be killed; ugram - terrible; balena - by Lord Balarâma; bala-s'âlinâ - who is very powerful; amocayat - He liberated; vraja-pas'ûn - the animals of Vraja; gopân - the cowherd boys; ca - and; âranya - of the forest; vahnitah - from the fire.

> > TRANSLATION

> > After arranging for the mighty Lord Balarâma to kill the terrible demon Pralamba, Krishna saved Vraja's cowherd boys and their animals from a forest fire.

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> > TEXT 12

> > âs'î-vishatamâhîndram

> > damitvâ vimadam hradât

> > prasahyodvâsya yamunâm

> > cakre 'sau nirvishodakâm

> > âs'î - of his fangs; visha-tama - having the most powerful poison; ahi - of the snakes; indram - the chief; damitvâ - subduing; vimadam - whose pride was removed; hradât - from the lake; prasahya - by force; udvâsya - sending him away; yamunâm - the river Yamunâ; cakre - made; asau - He; nirvisha - free from poison; udakâm - its water.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Krishna chastised the most poisonous serpent, Kâliya, and after humbling him He drove him forcibly from the lake of the Yamunâ. In this way the Lord made the water of that river free of the snake's powerful poison.

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> > TEXT 13

> > dustyajas' cânurâgo 'smin

> > sarveshâm no vrajaukasâm

> > nanda te tanaye 'smâsu

> > tasyâpy autpattikah katham

> > dustyajah - impossible to give up; ca - and; anurâgah - loving affection; asmin - for Him; sarveshâm - on the part of all; nah - us; vraja-okasâm - the residents of Vraja; nanda - dear Nanda Mahârâja; te - your; tanaye - for the son; asmâsu - toward us; tasya - on His part; api - also; autpattikah - natural; katham - how.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dear Nanda, how is it that we and all the other residents of Vraja cannot give up our constant affection for your son? And how is it that He is so spontaneously attracted to us?

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> > TEXT 14

> > kva sapta-hâyano bâlah

> > kva mahâdri-vidhâranam

> > tato no jâyate s'ankâ

> > vraja-nâtha tavâtmaje

> > kva - where, in comparison; sapta-hâyanah - seven years old; bâlah - this boy; kva - where; mahâ-adri - of the great mountain; vidhâranam - the lifting; tatah - thus; nah - for us; jâyate - arises; s'ankâ - doubt; vraja-nâtha - O master of Vraja; tava - your; âtmaje - concerning the son.

> > TRANSLATION

> > On the one hand this boy is only seven years old, and on the other we see that He has lifted the great hill Govardhana. Therefore, O King of Vraja, a doubt about your son arises within us.

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> > TEXT 15

> > s'rî-nanda uvâca

> > s'rûyatâm me vaco gopâ

> > vyetu s'ankâ ca vo 'rbhake

> > enam kumâram uddis'ya

> > gargo me yad uvâca ha

> > s'rî-nandah uvâca - S'rî Nanda Mahârâja said; s'rûyatâm - please hear; me - my; vacah - words; gopâh - my dear cowherd men; vyetu - let it go away; s'ankâ - the doubt; ca - and; vah - your; arbhake - concerning the boy; enam - this; kumâram - to the child; uddis'ya - referring; gargah - the sage Garga; me - to me; yat - which; uvâca - spoke; ha - in the past.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Nanda Mahârâja replied: O cowherd men, just hear my words and let all your doubts concerning my son be gone. Some time ago Garga Muni spoke to me as follows about this boy.

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> > TEXT 16

> > varnâs trayah kilâsyâsan

> > grihnato 'nu-yugam tanûh

> > s'uklo raktas tathâ pîta

> > idânîm krishnatâm gatah

> > varnâh trayah - three colors; kila - indeed; asya - by your son Krishna; âsan - were assumed; grihnatah - accepting; anu-yugam tanûh - transcendental bodies according to the different yugas; s'uklah - sometimes white; raktah - sometimes red; tathâ - as well as; pîtah - sometimes yellow; idânîm krishnatâm gatah - at the present moment He has assumed a blackish color.

> > TRANSLATION

> > [Garga Muni had said:] Your son Krishna appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past He assumed three different colors - white, red and yellow - and now He has appeared in a blackish color.

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> > TEXT 17

> > prâgayam vasudevasya

> > kvacij jâtas tavâtmajah

> > vâsudeva iti s'rîmân

> > abhijn'âh sampracakshate

> > prâk - before; ayam - this child; vasudevasya - of Vasudeva; kvacit - sometimes; jâtah - was born; tava - your; âtmajah - Krishna, who has taken birth as your child; vâsudevah - therefore He may be given the name Vâsudeva; iti - thus; s'rîmân - very beautiful; abhijn'âh - those who are learned; sampracakshate - also say that Krishna is Vâsudeva.

> > TRANSLATION

> > For many reasons, this beautiful son of yours sometimes appeared previously as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore, those who are learned sometimes call this child Vâsudeva.

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> > TEXT 18

> > bahûni santi nâmâni

> > rûpâni ca sutasya te

> > guna -karmânurûpâni

> > tâny aham veda no janâh

> > bahûni - various; santi - there are; nâmâni - names; rûpâni - forms; ca - also; sutasya - of the son; te - your; guna-karma-anurûpâni - according to His attributes and activities; tâni - them; aham - I; veda - know; na u janâh - not ordinary persons.

> > TRANSLATION

> > For this son of yours there are many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to me, but people in general do not understand them.

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> > TEXT 19

> > esha vah s'reya âdhâsyad

> > gopa-gokula-nandanah

> > anena sarva-durgâni

> > yûyam an'jas tarishyatha

> > eshah - this child; vah - for all of you people; s'reyah âdhâsyat - will act all- auspiciously; gopa-gokula-nandanah - just like a cowherd boy born in a family of cowherd men as the son of the estate of Gokula; anena - by Him; sarva- durgâni - all kinds of miserable conditions; yûyam - all of you; an'jah - easily; tarishyatha - will overcome.

> > TRANSLATION

> > To increase the transcendental bliss of the cowherd men of Gokula, this child will always act auspiciously for you. And by His grace only, you will surpass all difficulties.

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> > TEXT 20

> > purânena vraja-pate

> > sâdhavo dasyu-pîditâh

> > arâjake rakshyamânâ

> > jigyur dasyûn samedhitâh

> > purâ - formerly; anena - by Krishna; vraja-pate - O King of Vraja; sâdhavah - those who were honest; dasyu-pîditâh - being disturbed by rogues and thieves; arâjake - when there was an irregular government; rakshyamânâh - were protected; jigyuh - conquered; dasyûn - the rogues and thieves; samedhitâh - flourished.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Nanda Mahârâja, as recorded in history, when there was an irregular, incapable government, Indra having been dethroned, and when honest people were being harassed and disturbed by thieves, this child appeared in order to curb the rogues and to protect the people and enable them to flourish.

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> > TEXT 21

> > ya etasmin mahâ-bhâge

> > prîtim kurvanti mânavâh

> > nârayo 'bhibhavanty etân

> > vishnu-pakshân ivâsurâh

> > ye - those persons who; etasmin - unto this child; mahâ-bhâge - most auspicious; prîtim - affection; kurvanti - execute; mânavâh - such persons; na - not; arayah - their enemies; abhibhavanti - do overcome; etân - those who are attached to Krishna; vishnu-pakshân - the demigods, who always have Lord Vishnu on their side; iva - like; asurâh - the demons.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Demons cannot harm the demigods, who always have Lord Vishnu on their side. Similarly, any person or group attached to all-auspicious Krishna cannot be defeated by enemies

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> > TEXT 22

> > tasmân nanda kumâro 'yam

> > nârâyana-samo gunaih

> > s'riyâ kîrtyânubhâvena

> > tat-karmasu na vismayah

> > tasmât - therefore; nanda - O Nanda Mahârâja; kumârah - child; ayam - this; nârâyana-samah - is as good as Nârâyana; gunaih - by His qualities; s'riyâ - by His opulence; kîrtyâ - especially by His name and fame; anubhâvena - and by His influence; tat - His; karmasu - concerning the activities; na - there is no; vismayah - surprise.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Therefore, O Nanda Mahârâja, this child of yours is as good as Nârâyana. In His transcendental qualities, opulence, name, fame and influence, He is exactly like Nârâyana. Thus you should not be astonished hy His activities.

> > PURPORT

> > Nanda here reports to the cowherd men the concluding remarks of Garga Muni, who spoke at the secret birth ceremony of Lord Krishna.

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> > TEXT 23

> > ity addhâ mâm samâdis'ya

> > garge ca sva-griham gate

> > manye nârâyanasyâms'am

> > krishnam aklishtha-kârinam

> > iti - thus speaking; addhâ - directly; mâm - me; samâdis'ya - advising; garge - Gargâcârya; ca - and; sva-griham - to his home; gate - going; manye - I consider; nârâyanasya - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nârâyana; ams'am - an empowered expansion; krishnam - Krishna; aklishtha-kârinam - who keeps us free from misery.

> > TRANSLATION

> > [Nanda Mahârâja continued:] After Garga Rishi spoke these words to me and returned home, I began to consider that Krishna, who keeps us free from trouble, is actually an expansion of Lord Nârâyana.

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> > TEXT 24

> > iti nanda-vacah s'rutvâ

> > garga-gîtam tam vrajaukasah

> > muditâ nandam ânarcuh

> > krishnam ca gata-vismayâh

> > iti - thus; nanda-vacah - the words of Nanda Mahârâja; s'rutvâ - hearing; garga- gîtam - the statements of Garga Rishi; vraja-okasah - the residents of Vraja; muditâh - enlivened; nandam - Nanda Mahârâja; ânarcuh - they honored; krishnam - Lord Krishna; ca - and; gata - gone; vismayâh - their perplexity.

> > TRANSLATION

> > [S'ukadeva Gosvâmî continued:] Having heard Nanda Mahârâja relate the statements of Garga Muni, the residents of Vrindâvana became enlivened. Their perplexity was gone, and they worshiped Nanda and Lord Krishna with great respect.

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> > TEXT 25

> > deve varshati yajn'a-viplava-rushâ vajrâsma-varshânilaih

> > sîdat-pâla-pas'u-striy âtma-s'aranam drishthvânukampy

> > utsmayan utpâthyaika-karena s'ailam abalo lîlocchilîndhram yathâ

> > bibhrad goshthham apân mahendra-mada-bhit prîyân na indro gavâm

> > deve - when the demigod Indra; varshati - caused rain; yajn'a - of his sacrifice; viplava - due to the disturbances; rushâ - out of anger; vajra - with lightning bolts; as'ma-varsha - hail; anilaih - and winds; sîdat - suffering; pâla - the cowherds; pas'u - animals; stri - and women; âtma - Himself; s'aranam - being their only shelter; drishthvâ - seeing; anukampî - very compassionate by nature; utsmayan - smiling broadly; utpâthya - picking up; eka-karena - in one hand; s'ailam - the hill, Govardhana; abalah - a small child; lîlâ - in play; ucchilîndhram - a mushroom; yathâ - just as; bibhrat - He held; goshthham - the cowherd community; apât - He protected; mahâ-indra - of King Indra; mada - of the false pride; bhit - the destroyer; prîyât - may He be satisfied; nah - with us; indrah - the Lord; gavâm - of the cows.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Indra became angry when his sacrifice was disrupted, and thus he caused rain and hail to fall on Gokula, accompanied by lightning and powerful winds, all of which brought great suffering to the cowherds, animals and women there. When Lord Krishna, who is by nature always compassionate, saw the condition of those who had only Him as their shelter, He smiled broadly and lifted Govardhana Hill with one hand, just as a small child picks up a mushroom to play with it. Holding up the hill, He protected the cowherd community. May He, Govinda, the Lord of the cows and the destroyer of Indra's false pride, be pleased with us.

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