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93. Not only Bharati and her companions such as SacI, etc., but also all the rest who were born of him were married to their partners.

94-95. His daughter named Mati was also called Anyaga (one who has relations with another than her partner). She was born together with SacI, etc., at the end of Treta, O lord of birds. Born of Anala, she is known as Indrasena. As she delighted Nala, she is called the delighter of Nala.

96-97. She was separated from her lord, since in her previous birth she had illicit relations with Vayu inhuman form.

In her previous birth Mati had died as a maiden together with Sac! and others.

98. She was born out of the sacrifice conducted by Drupada and was named Draupadl. She married Bhimasena.

The sin of illicit copulation with a person in her previous life did not visit her in the next birth. Hence, she had no separation from her husband.

99. Bharati, the daughter of Kaslraja known by her popular name Kali became the mistress of Bhimasena.

100. Draupadl, the daughter of Drupada, gave up her body together with her maidens. O lord of birds, she will be born in the Kali age in the house of Sankara in the village of Karatl.

101. She died as a maiden to become the mistress of Vayu in her third birth.

102. O good one, such are the mistresses of Vayu and Brahma. O lord of birds, they are inferior to their husbands in hundreds of merits.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.

Forms of Bharati in different births.

Garuda said:

1-2. You have said, O lord, that Bharati, SacI, etc., had the self-same bodies in all their four births. O cherisher of good vows, please tell me the reason thereof. Asked by Garuda thus, lord Krsna, the destroyer of asura Madhu, answered him thus.

Lord Krfna said:

3. O lord of birds, O noble one, I shall tell you the reason thereof. Please listen.

4-5. O lord of birds, in the Krta age, formerly, Parvatl the mistress of Rudra, Saci, the mistress of Indra, Syamala, the mistress of Yama, Usa, the mistress of Asvins, went to the region of Brahma.

6. In the presence of Brahma, they displayed their amorous feelings. O best of birds, on seeing that they were excited by love, Brahma cursed all the four.

7. “Since you are excited by love, you will be born as mortals and will marry the mortals. ”

8-9. After they were cursed by Brahma they came to the mountain Meru 1 where they saw Brahma again. They practised deception on Brahma while the latter stood silent.

They deceived him thrice.

10-11. When lord Brahma had been deceived again, he cursed the ladies in the following way.

Since you have practised deception on me four times, you will have four births in human form.

In the first birth, you will be born as normal human beings.

12. In the second birth, you will be born as human beings but turn unchaste. In the third birth you will be born as human beings and married to men with whom you will remain for life.

i. Meru — a mountain round which all the planets are said to revolve; it is also said to consist of gold and gems. The Sun and Moon go round this mountain, every day.

13. In the fourth birth, as in the first, you will not turn unchaste and you will not be separated from your husbands.

14. Thus cursed by Brahma, the four ladies discussed the matter among themselves on the peak of Meru. They said:

15. “The curse of Brahma cannot be nullified, though we make hundreds of attempts. Association of the divine with the human is not commendable. It brings misfortune.

16-17. Association with the noble brings wealth and prosperity. Of all the gods, Vayu is the best. We can associate with him in human form without degrading ourselves.

With this unanimous decision they began to worship Bharati.

Pleased with their worship, at the end of one thousand years, Bharati said.

18. “O ladies of good vow, wherefore do you worship me? ” Being devoted to her, they expressed their woes thus.

19-20. “O madam, Brahma has, in fury, cursed us thus —

“In the first birth, you will be born as human beings, in the second too as such, but will turn unchaste. In the third, you will marry and live with your mates for life. In the fourth, as in the first, you will not turn unchaste. ”

21. Now, that we shall be united with human beings we shall not incur the sin of unchastity if we unite ourselves with Vayu. O Bharati, we desire to be identical with you in these births.

22. Thus urged by the ladies, O best of birds, Bharati agreed to their request and descended to the earth together with those ladies.

23. She was born to a Brahmin named Siva. She practised penance for the fulfilment of her object.

24-25. The great lord Visnu named Siva was pleased with her penance and conferred a boon to all those women. O ladies, you will enjoy in the company of a suitable person in the form of Krsna even without having an intercourse.

26. Since urged by Parvati you have displayed amours to lord Brahma, Parvati will be considered to be the best amongst you all.

27. Even though she remains in the company of lord Krsna, she will not be sexually united with him.

In the second birth, you will be stained with a scandal for having illicit intercourse with a person other than your husband.

28. Thus, lord Hari, stationed in the heart of Rudra, conferred boon to the ladies and disappeared.

29. When the lord had left for his celestial abode, the ladies gave up their physical bodies and were born as daughters to king Nala and were named Indrasena and others.

30. They went to forest (for living an ascetic's life) but fell in love with Sage Mudgala at first sight.

31. At the same time, Vayu intervened and overpowered Mudgala. Vayu copulated with Bharat! and her companions.

32. When Bharat! left her present body she was born as Draupadl. She was so called as she was the daughter of Drupada.

33. Since she was born of sacrifice she was known as one not born of a womb. As she was dark-complexioned she was known as Krsna.

34. While she lived as Krsna she had the recollection that she was in fact Bharat!. Sac! and others too recollected their original Self but only sometimes.

35. Bharat! alone had the memory of her previous life during the intercourse, not others.

36. When Parvat! indulged in intercourse with her husband she had no such idea. She thought she was indulging in love-sport in a dream.

37-38. When Draupadi copulated with Arjuna, she felt she was Bharat!. Sac!, Uma and Syamala thought they were sporting in dream.

39-40. In fact, Vayu had entered into the bodies of Arjuna, Yudhisthira, Nakula and Sahadeva. When the latter were copulating with Bharat!, Syamala, Usa and Draupadl, it was Vayu who in fact had the intercourse.

41-42. In the form of Draupadl, Sac! and the rest had their intercourse with Vayu in the body of Arjuna and others, hence, their union with Arjuna and others was not illegal.

43. Similarly, Bharat! had no intercourse with Yudhisthira, Arjuna and others, since they could not copulate with a mortal.

44-46. As they have realized Self, even if they transgress norms they cannot invite scandal.

O lord of birds, once upon a time, Dharma and Vayu copulated with Krsna jointly. Even then Krsna cannot be accused of unchastity.

47. The gods know some peculiar ways of copulation, of which the mortals are quite ignorant.

48. It is the swan alone who can distinguish water from the milk.

49. When Bharatl, etc. in the form of Draupadi are copulating, their male partners are divine beings, not human ones. Hence, their copulation with human beings such as Arjuna is not untenable.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.

Incarnations of Rudra and after.

Lord Kr^na said:

1. I shall now tell you about the subsidiary creation for your knowledge. Please, hear attentively and retain the same in your memory, O lord of birds.

2. After Virinca, was born the powerful Sesa. When Lord Visnu and LaksmI rested in the ocean.

3. Sesa served as a couch, though lord Hari did not need it.

(When the lord moved) Sesa was replaced by Garuda, (Here is the praise of Hari by Garuda).

Garuda said:

“I always remain as your slave, O Hari. I always worship you.

4. I am always your devotee. I shall remain so in each and every birth of mine”.

5. Thus, Garuda served as the Vehicle of lord Hari.

Garuda was the son of Vayu called Sutra. Born of Vinata he was popularly known as Vainateya.

6. O lord of birds, identical with ego, you were born of Virifica identical with intellect. The propitiation of Hari has been the mission of your life.

7. O lord, the three are at par with one another but are superior to Gayatri and Bharati in respect of virtues.

8. Sesa, the devotee of Narayana, was possessed of three amfas of Visnu, Vayu and Ananta.

9. O lord, born of Sumitra and Dasaratha, Laksmana was the incarnation of Sesa having certain amsas of Vayu and Ananta.

10. O lord of birds, Sita was born of Earth in order to propitiate Rama. Balabhadra was born ofVasudeva and Rohini 1 having the amsas of both.

11-12. He, the son of Rohini, was pervaded by Hari of white and dark complexion.

The three — Sesa, Laksmana and Baladeva — are the incarnations of lord Visnu.

Lord Visnu has ordained that the three should not be counted among his incarnations.

13. I shall now tell you the incarnations of Rudra.

Hear attentively, O lord of birds.

14. Rudra identical with ego obtained the title ‘everinauspicious’ and was assigned the task of destruction.

He became the presiding deity of tamas. Being not auspicious he was called ever-inauspicious (Sada-asivah).

15. As he ever wore the inauspicious garland of skulls, he was called ever-inauspicious. He should be ever distinguished from Siva, the devotee of Visnu.

16-17. As he wore the unholy hide of an elephant, destroyed the sinful wicked people and with the consent of lord Visnu made the worldly people averse to the lord, he was called ever-inauspicious.

18. Sometimes, influenced by the Asuras, he acted contrary to the wishes of the lord, he was called everinauspicious.

As such, he should be distinguished from Siva, the devotee of lord Visnu.

i Rohini — Vasudeva had two wives Devaki and Rohini. Sri Krsna was born from Devaki and Balabhadra from Rohini.

19. As he liked to abide in the cemetery he was called inauspicious. As such, he should be distinguished from Siva, the devotee of lord Visnu.

20. To practise penance, he remained in the salt-ocean for ten divine years. Hence, he obtained the title tapas, O lord of birds.

21. Suka, the son of Vyasa, who had been influenced by Vayu was the incarnation of Rudra. He was born for the spread of knowledge in the world.

22. Rudra was born as the great ascetic Durvasas of Sage Atri and Anasuya, humiliation of Ksatriyas being the mission of his life.

23. Born of Drona, Asvatthaman was Rudra himself. He was born to reap the fruits of the seeds of his actions sown in the former birth and to illumine (by contrast) the virtues of his enemy.

24. Stationed in the north-eastern direction, Rudra obtained the title of Vamadeva. Stationed to the left of Vayu, he is propitiated by him, his worthy disciple.

25. Hence, Rudra got the title of Vamadeva. Further, on the strength of his lordship and nobility he obtained the titles of Kala and Bala and not by the virtue of his handsome features.

26. To slay the Asuras of Tripura 1 who were inimical to Visnu, Rudra assumed the form of Aghora. Hence, he is called Aghora.

27. To confer boon to the daityas who had followed the path of service and practised penance, Rudra was born in a trice and was called Sadyojata.

28. Aurva, the son of Oru, was called Rudra. Oru was so called because he was given to loud weeping (uru).

i. Tripura — the three r. ities of gold, silver and iron in the sky, air and earth built for the asuras by Maya. These cities were burnt down, along with the asuras inhabiting them, by Siva at the request of gods.

According to another version the three cities or castles of the Asuras Taraka, Vidyunmali and Maya were received as gifts from Brahma pleased by their penance. These were destroyed with a single shaft by Siva who was annoyed at their savage activities. Prof V. S. Agrawal considers the burning of Tripura as historical event.

29. The son of Oru was called Aurva. Rudra was called Aurva since he wanted to revive the cult of weeping (in devotion).

Garuda said:

30. O lord, please tell me why Sage Oru wept in devotion and why his son Aurva tried to revive the cult of weeping.

31. O lord of good vow, I, your grandson, desire to hear all this in detail. Being addressed by Garuda, the compassionate lord spoke in reply.

Lord Krfna said:

32. Rudra saw his own self reflected in Sankarsana who was possessed of good qualities, whose lotus-feet were bowed to by Brahma, Sesa and others desirous of gaining victory (over the senses), as well as by Bharat! and Svastipas.

33-34 On seeing Hari, Rudra was extremely delighted.

His eyes were brimful of tears. His throat was choked with emotion. He was beside himself with joy. He said:

O lord, during the enumerable Kalpas of Brahma that have passed so far, I have never remembered your name. O Lord, then, by what virtue have I seen your lotus feet adorned with beautiful nails?

On seeing, over and over again, the lotus feet of the lord, Garuda was choked in throat.

35. With his body shivering with fear Rudra wept and spoke to the lord again.

“O Mukunda, Narayana and omniformed lord, how shall I praise you with my tongue.

36. My very sight is productive of sin. My very speech is attended by sin. My very eyes are set on women, instead of being set on you.

37. I have been attached to my children, wife and other members of my family. I have no ability to offer praise. My tongue is not free to eulogize you. By what merit have I seen you O lord?

38. O lord of many ears, I did not hear your narrative with attention. Conversely, I have been indulging in gossip with the lay people. By what merit have I seen you, O lord?

39. Seeing the footstool whereon the lord had put his feet, Rudra had his throat choked with emotion. He wept while his body shivered with fear, thinking how could he hear the narrative of the lord.

40-42. O lord Vaikuntha, known as Vayu, I have not offered any scent or flower to you. I have applied these to my arms. Mixed with perspiration from my breast, arm-pits, hair of the head and other parts of my body, the flowers and scents have acquired the impurity of urine and faeces. O lord, I have not offered any cloth or scent to you. By what merit have I seen you, O lord.

Breathing in the scent of flowers that had been left after they were offered to the deity, Rudra’s throat was choked and he wept while his body shivered with fear.

Rudra said-.

43. O lord! how could I touch your body. O man-lion stationed at the tip of nose, O lord of nose, I have not smelt the fragrance of fresh lotuses. If I have smelt, I have not offered the same to you.

44. By what merits, O lord, have I seen your face with lovely nose and shining teeth.

Breathing out the scent of flowers that were left after they had been offered to the deity, he had his throat choked again and again.

45. With his body shivering with fear, Rudra wept and said: O lord, how do I breathe out the smell of flowers that had been left after they were offered to you?

46. O lord Jihva, as you always sit on the tongue (of the faithful), if a person in the presence of your image takes bath every day in the water containing the remains of the eatables that had been mixed with Tulasi leaf offered to you, that has been sprinkled over with the water wherewiih your feet have been washed, though the offering of the eatable has been made just by word of mouth, obtains the merit of performing ten thousand crores of sacrifices.

47. Such remains of eatables, as luminous as the Sun, I have neither eaten nor offered to you. I have taken meals but not offered the same to you.

48. I have not offered any eatable at your lotus-feet. By what merit have I seen you, O lord?

While eating the remains of the eatables, after they had been offered to you, I saw your face tended by Laksmi.

49. I saw your head adorned with diadem and curly hair being the support of heaven and earth. I have seen your face by the aggregate of merit accumulated in my several previous births, in the company of noble people.

50. Alas! O lord, it will disappear again by the aggregate of sins accumulated in my several previous births.

Thus, at the sight of Hari adorned by all merits Rudra wept out of devotion.

51. O omniformed lord, your lotus-feet kept in' the heart by the great Yogins, have been seen by me out of compassion. O Vasudeva, how shall I see them again. Thus Rudra wept again.

52. I saw your belly in the field of battle containing three worlds. I saw your body adorned with discus, conch, etc., which could stop the recurrence of birth. O lord of Laksmi, how could I see it over and over again.

53-54. O lord, full of bliss, equipped with good nails, hair and nose and abounding in virtues, your chest wide and shining with brilliant Kaustubha gem with bright ornaments and the company of Laksmi, tender and adorned with the leaves of Tulasi and flowers of various sorts and anointed with sandal paste — such a wide and beautiful chest I have seen by your compassion alone.

55. How shall I see you again and again? Thus, out of devotion, Rudra wept and wept again. Thus Rudra obtained the title Cru and his son obtained the title Aurva.

56. Since he made Rudra fertile, the son of Rudra was named Aurva. Aurva saw people worthy of liberation as well as engrossed in the objects of senses.

57. Aurva praised the lotus-feet of Visnu, remembered them again and again and felt choked in the throat. These sinners employ their senses to evil objects every day.

58-59. How shall I shun them and remain unattached.

I do not know this, O lord. Thus he wept bitterly.

These stupid people are addicted to the objects of senses just for attaining pleasure. Addicted to the objects and for satisfying their desire they spend their wealth. They are deluded by your Maya. They lose their power of discernment. O omniformed lord when will you relieve them of delusion.

60. Aurva, with his body shivering with fear remembered Maya of the lord and wept.

6 1. These men of wicked nature accumulate wealth with great effort. These animals (in the garb of human beings) earn with great toil without any return.

62. Deluded by the Maya of Visnu, these wealthy people do not part with their wealth in favour of a worthy person who can be equated with the lord. The noble have declared their life to be a wastage. Thus sorrowful at their loss Rudra cried aloud.

63. Their life is lived in vain. Their youth too is spent in vain. Death that remains ever close to a man laughs at them. But these deluded people know it not.

64. Let my family live for hundred years. Let my sons live for hundred years. Let me also live in comfort for hundred years. Let my auspicious wife too live for hundred years.

65. Let my cows always yield milk. Let me give my son to my daughter-in-law and my daughter to my son-in-law.

66. I shall marry my daughter in a noble and rich family.

I shall give wealth to them on their marriage. Taking note of these people who are devoid of discernment, lord Vamadeva laughs at their folly.

6 7. [The stupid person speaks thus: ]

“I shall not hear the narrative of the lord lest it should destroy my good fortune. I shall not worship the lord, lest it should cause destruction of my sons and prosperity. ”

68. Lord Vasudeva, designated as fortune confers fruits of acts to all and sundry, at the opportune time. Solely devoted to Vasudeva, Aurva saw these stupid people and wept.

69-70. O lord of birds, Aurva is Rudra who has been rightly instructed by lord Krsna himself. When Satl, the daughter of Daksa abandoned her body in Daksa’s sacrifice, O lord of birds, she was reborn as the daughter of Himadri and Menaka. Rudra was designated as Aurva.

Be celibate, asked by Brahma thus Rudra remained celibate.

71. But when Rudra married the daughter of Himadri he became attached to her. Hence, he got the designation Para.

72. Rudra had ten brothers. Among these, the three, viz.

Sadasiva Saumitreya and Rauhineya — were inferior to Rudra and his consort by one hundred merits.

Garuda said:

73. O compassionate lord, please tell me about the Eternal Bliss ( ananda ), explaining its nature to satisfy my curiosity and for enlightening the seekers after truth.

74. O lord, please tell me, since I am your disciple, just for lifting me up, and out of compassion forme. Since you are fully satiated, you have no desire to be fulfilled.

75. Thus addressed by the lord of birds, the lotus-eyed lord was pleased and spoke with compassion.

Lord Krfna said:

76-77. Satananda was born of Gayatrl, Ekananda of Brahma. Satananda belonged to Brahma, Sesa and Sarasvatl, O best of birds, while Ekananda belonged to Bharati, O son of Vinata.

78. O bird, such is the information about Ananda. I have told you all. What more do you desire to know?

CHAPTER NINETEEN.

The Episode of Nila.

Garuda said:

1. O lord Krsna, Govinda, you have said that BrahmanI and Bharati are superior to Rudra by hundred merits, O best of gods.

2-3. O lord of gods, I have heard all what Brahma has said of the gods and goddesses ending with Uma, about the aihSas of Ananda found missing to the extent of a thousand.

4-5. O all-pervasive, supreme lord, please tell me your ideas on Knowledge, Bliss, Strength, etc., including Vayu at the last and the proportion of amsas in them reaching a thousand.

Considering the views of your predecessors on this topic, you proclaim your judgment, O Govinda, since you are omniscient, O lord.

Thus accosted by Garuda, Vasudeva said in reply.

Lord Krfna said:

6-7. O lord of birds, by the degrees of Ananda present in each, I have explained to you the superiority and inferiority of jnana, bhakti, etc. Brahma has declared that if hundred per cent Ananda is felt, there would be endless gunas. 8-11. Accordingly, Ananda is thousandfold in jnana, hundredfold in Bhakti, of the same proportion in Bharati, Maruti and Vayu.

12-15. Just as the flame of fire hundredfold more powerful than the earthen lamp is not so illuminating as the lamp itself or just as the wide-spread fire is not so refulgent as the Sun, just as the moon, twice as large as the Sun is not so refulgent as the Sun, in the same way, O lord, know the relative gradation of Ananda in jnana, bhakti, etc. I know my qualities, O lord of birds, which are endowed with many specialities and which possess subtle forms. There is nothing which remains unknown to me.

16. Goddess LaksmI too knows me in all my incarnations.

17. She knows my indivisible subtle qualities endowed with many specialities, through Brahma or by my grace.

18. Goddess LaksmI knows her own subtle form endowed by special traits.

19. Brahma too perceives the all-pervading Vasudeva endowed with noble qualities proportionately larger than those of Vayu. Ears do not know the qualities of the lord which are subtle and special.

20. Except lord Brahma even the gods, until and unless they are released, are ignorant. Brahma and Vayu know their Self and the Supreme Self endowed with special traits.

21. Sarasvatl perceives my special qualities who am a sell born lord but not beyond my form as Krsna constituted of three gunas.

22. O lord of birds, Sesa and Rudra perceive me stationed in the tamoguna. But they do not know my other gunas and their special traits. O dear, I have told you the truth.

23. Uma, Suparna and Varuni — the three know me very well as I am stationed (in their heart). But, O lord ofbirds, my special traits perceived by Rudra are not known to them at any place or time.

24. O lord of birds, Indra and other gods know me as pervading the Ego; Daksa and other Prajapatis as pervading the intellect. So also Soma and Surya.

25-26. Others know me pervading the elements; Others know me as pervading the Cosmic Egg; others as present in the heart of devotees like yourself, others as existing (in the form of Atman) in the heart of all.

O lord of birds, you should realize me as such. Now hear what I tell you about my six wives.

27. Rukmini, etc. are my six principal queens. O lord of birds, amongst them Nila was the daughter of Agni in the previous creation. I make no distinction in sexual enjoyment with them.

28. As a maiden she cherished to wed Krsna (my form), She relished what she conceived in mind. O lord ofbirds, Agni tried his best to marry her with one of the pitrs.

29. But the maiden did not agree to any proposal, her mind being extremely set on Krsna.

30. Then, the fire-god spoke to his daughter. O silly one, why don’t you marry? Thereupon, the maiden spoke to her father thus.

O father, in this life, accompanied by all facilities, there can be no husband without Hari. He alone can be my husband.

31-33. In this world, there are several women who though married are always widows. Those who do not regard Hari as their husband — Hari who is beginningless, eternal, the quintessence of the universe, beautiful, bestower of liberation and accomplisher of desires — are always widows.

O father, leaving Krsna, I shall not seek for the hand of any person, though forced by misfortune. He may be only an apparent cause (of producing children). As he is devoid of devotion for the lord, as he is impure, pouring forth impurities from nine doors, 1 emitting bad smell and contemptible, he is not acceptable to me. For such a despicable person I have no love, O my father, when as an option lord Krsna is there.

34. The celestial women abandon their husbands and enjoy intercourse with the lord who stays with them (in heaven). As these women find their husbands in the lord, they are honoured by the people. There can be no second thinking in this respect.

35. If they get husbands devoted to Visnu, their life becomes fruitful. They can get husbar. ds devoted to Visnu by the aggregate of merits accumulated in several births.

36-37. Those who have husbands not devoted to Visnu should immediately cast off their bodies. If at the time of giving up their bodies they remember lord Visnu in the form of Krsna as their husband, they do not incur the sin of committing suicide — this is the statement of the Sastras.

The women should desert their husbands if they are averse to Visnu.

38. If they have stored merit accruing from their pious acts performed in previous lives, their husbands can be devoted to Visnu.

39. Rare are the devotees of Visnu in Kali age. Rare is a devotion for the lord. Rare is the narrative of the lord to be heard in the mortal world. Initiation in the cult of Visnu is rare, very rare. Rare is the company of the devotees ofHari.

40. Rare is the chance for circumambulating the lord or for homage to Hari. Rare is the means for maintaining his devotees. Rare is the gift of food to them.

41. Rare is the tantric worship conducted for the lord.

Rare is the recitation of his name. Rare is the worship of his devotees. Rare is the dialogue with him.

42. Rare is the touch of Salagrama stone, 2 or the sight of the pious Vaisnavas. Rare is the holy touch of the cow or the singing of holy chants. Rare is the noble and good preceptor.

1. Nine doors — apertures of human body, are nine: two eyes, one mouth, two ears, two nostrils, the organ of excretion and the generating organ.

2. A stone emblem of Visnu. There are about nineteen classes of Salagrama. See P. E. under Salagrama.

43. Rare are the people with faithful wives and worthy sons. Rare is the sight of the lord on the mountain Sesa. Rare is the sight of Ranganatha 1 on the Kaveri. 2 Rare is the sight of the Ganges. 3

44. Rare is the worship of Varadaraja 4 in Kanci. 5

Rare is the sight of Rama’s bridge. 6 Rare is the ability to understand Madhva philosophy. 7 45-46. Rare is the sight of Visnu on Bhlma, 8 Reva 9

(Narmada), Gaya 10 or Badari.

On the Sesa mountain, or the holy hermitage of Srinivasa, the ascetics are very rare on the mortal soil.

47. At Prayaga, 11 rare is the sight of Madhava.

40. Hence, I do not desire a husband other than lord Krsna. Having uttered such words to her father she went to the mountain Sesa.

49-50. At the sacred place Kapila, she ascended the great mountain. She saw Srinivasa therein. She paid homage, abstained from food for three days, went to the holy spot — the destroyer of sin. In order to secure a worthy husband she went to a solitary place for meditation.

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