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51. To the north of it, at the distance of two Krosas at Mahatala, she commenced a great penance in a solitary pit.

52. She meditated upon Narayana for one thousand divine years. At the end of this period, she began to praise the lord.

1. Raiiganatha — a tutelary deity.

2. Kaveri — a river, rises in the western -; hats, flows south-east through Mysore and falls into the Bay of Bengal.

3. Ganges — a famous river of Northern India.

4. Varadaraja — a tutelary deity.

5. Kahci — modern Conjeeveram in Madras.

6. Rama’s bridge.

7. Madhva philosophy — Unqualified Dualism.

8. Bhima — A river in Southern India.

9. Reva — Narmada river.

10. Gaya — a famous city in Bihar, a place of pilgrimage.

11. Prayaga — a celebrated place of pilgrimage at the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna near Allahabad.

7 'he maiden said:

53-54. You are my mother, father, husband, friend, son, preceptor, brother, sister and my darling. Throughout this vast universe, O lord, I have been trying to know Reality but have not succeeded in my attempt. Father, mother, etc. are just artificial relations. You are the sole true relation, my lord.

55. Hence, I shall be your wife. This is my vow. O you of attractive form, I pray, I may not be united with a person I do not desire.

56. O lord, ward off from my sight the people who have offended you, who have tried to fmstrate my desire to become your devotee, who bear malice to their preceptors and your worshippers.

57. O lord, you ward off my talk with those who hate you. You establish my contact with your lotus feet. Homage to you, O lord who inhabit Sri Saila 1 and who are the abode of Laksmi, your loving consort.

58. O lord of Laksmi, the superior and inferior, the primary cause of creation, I have not seen you since long. Of you, the four-armed god, the vision is possibleonly by the aggregate of merits accumulated in several previous lives.

59. Polluted by all sorts of sins, O lord, how can I have your vision. O lord of birds, I am your devotee, the devotee of your devotees. O abode of the universe, be pleased with me.

60. Thus praised, the compassionate lord Varadaraja was pleased by her devotion. He appeared before her and said:

61. O good lady, express your desire. I have come to you to fulfil the same.

On hearing the words of Visnu, her face was brightened with smile.

62. She spoke to Hari, the abode of Laksmi and the lord of the universe with great devotion. O lord with a lovely face, may I become your wife.

:. Sriiaila: A hill to the south of Krsna river.

63. On hearing her words, the lord spoke to her in gentle words.

T he lord said:

“O blessed maiden, I shall become your husband when I incarnate as Krsna on earth. ”

64-66. Thus addressed by the lord, the maiden who wasextremely pleased spoke to Hari, the depository of merits, in the joyously faltering voice.

The maiden said:

May I become your wife when you incarnate on earth asKrsna, on the day previous to our marriage. May I precede other women in enjoying intercourse with you:

The lord agreed and spoke to her again.

The Lord Said:

67. Since you as a maiden have sought for my favour which I bestowed upon you, O pretty maid, as a result of it, the other maidens will also reap the fruit of their cherished desire.

68-69 Thus after bestowing the boon on the maiden the lord disappeared all at once. The maiden gave up her body there and then and was born in the house of Kumbhaka and was called Nila. Kumbhaka was the brother-in-law of Nandasobha.

70-71. He was the first who carried Kavya to the pitrs.

He was abiding on the mount Vrsabha, at that time. I went to his house, O best of birds. Being unconquerable, by the boon conferred by lord Siva, I killed him and was married to Nila.

72-74. In her second birth, Nila was born as the daughter of Nagnijit, Kavyavaha. In the Svayamvara of Nila, I controlled seven bulls who by the favour of lord Siva were uncontrollable by gods and mortals. I conquered kings who had assembled at the ceremony. 1 married her.

75. Thus Nila was born twice on earth and married to me.

I shall now tell you the birth ofBhadra. Please hear the narrative, O lord of birds. I. Kavva — oblations meant for Pitis.

CHAPTER TWENTY.

The Episode of Bhadra.

Lord Krfna said:

1. O lord of birds, Bhadra, the daughter ofNala, desired lord Visnu to be her husband. As she, who was auspicious by merit, worshipped and circumambulated the lord she was called Bhadra.

2. To Bhadra the maiden, the father Nala spoke thus. O Bhadra, why do you trouble your body (by worshipping the lord). What is the fruit of this suffering, tell me, O daughter.

Bhadra said:

3. Dear father, now hear. None can declare the gain derivable from paying homage to lord Visnu.

4. Even then, I shall tell you something, as far as I can, just for the welfare of the world. The compassionate lord Visnu is alone my guide. I am a slave of his slaves. May he protect me. I bow to his feet. Saying so, she prostrated at the feet of the lord.

5. The wise declare that homage to Hari, if it is not accompanied by the prescribed worship, is fruitless. O father, now, hear details. “One should bow to lord Visnu by reciting the formula: O lord of Rama, O lord of Madhu, O lord of Sarasvati, homage to thee. ”

[Bhadra continued]

6. (O father) the lord of lords is pleased not so much by worship as by offering homage to him or by reciting his name.

7. O father, people attain health and prosperity by offering homage to him. But such prosperity and good health are valueless. They occasion suffering in hell.

8-9. Yama puts such people in the mortar and crushes them with pestle. If there be people who do not

circumambulate the lord Yama crushes their feet in the talay antra. If there be people who do not utter the name of Hari and Kr? na, Yama extracts their tongue which he grinds in the mortar.

10-12. What avails residence in Kasi or death at Prayaga or in the battlefield or performance of a sacrifice or visit to holy shrine or deep study with sharp intellect, if the name of lord Hari is not uttered or if homage is not paid to him.

If there be people who do not circumambulate the lord, their activities come to nothing. Thus say the learned people.

13. Offering homage to the lord and uttering his name are superior to the worship rendered unto him. Hence, one should pay homage to Visnu as well as utter his name, O father.

14. Rare is to attain human life which is mortal and evanescent as the bubble in waters. O father, do not trust your body, make no distinction between your own and other people.

15. So far you have not rendered homage to the lord, not uttered his name. The hour of death is quite uncertain. Do not trust your body, O lord.

16. O lord of lords, Nala heard her speech simple and straightforward. He paid homage and at his best circumambulated the lord. She too did likewise.

17-19. Continuing the tradition for long and meditating on lord Narayana she gave up her body at last. As she meditated on Hari at the hour of death she was born to the sister of my father Vasudeva. She was named Kaikeyl and was also called Bhadra as she was possessed of auspiciousness.

20. Her five brothers Kaikeyas gave her to me in marriage, O best of birds.

21. I am going to tell you about the circumstances how Mitravinda was married. O noble lord of birds, now hear attentively.

22. In the previous creation Mitravinda performed at will several sacrifices, Agnisoma and others for attaining Hari as friend.

23. There being many ways to attain her purpose, Matravinda thought of a sure one. She found that the hearing of the Sattvika Puranas 1 was the best way.

i. The Sattvika Puranas constitute Visnu, Narada, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha.

24. That Purana alone is worthy of hearing which narrates the merits of Visnu and Vayu. One should hear that Purana out of faith and devotion for Visnu. There could be no better way of attaining the lord.

25. If they hear a Purana which contains no reference to Visnu, their life becomes miserable. Their baths of

purification, their repetition of lord’s name, their five great sacrifices, their observance of vows, their performance of Istapurta 1 and Krcchra Candrayana 2 are rendered useless. All such performances are fruitless including the ceremony of initiation in the Vaisnava cult, though it may have been properly performed, if it is devoid of Hari’s narrative.

26. The wise declare that the life of such people is rendered fruitless as have not heard the Bhagavata or the Brahmakanda of the present Purana, in the company of their preceptor or the ‘followers’ of the Bhagavata sect.

Such is the efficacy of the illustrious narrative of the glorious lord.

27. One should not linger even for a moment where there is no stream in the form of lord’s narrative, no resort at the feet of Narayana, and no talk about the lord.

28-29. In the village, where there is no recital of the Bhagavata Purana, no follower of the Bhagavata cult who can taste the flavour of the Bhagavata verses, where there is no exegesis or commentary on the supreme songs of the lord or his one thousand names, where there are no people who understand the substance thereof, one should not live even for a moment.

30. The day is wasted if there is no talk of lord Visnu, no narrative of his divine tale. Though he has human form, which is rare to attain, his life is wasted.

3 1. The ear adorned with the divine flowers looks not so beautiful as the one adorned by the ornaments in the form of Visnu’s tale.

1. Isfdpurta — a technical term for performing sacrifices and digging wells and doing other acts of charity.

2. Krcchra Candrayana — a religious observance or expiatory penance regulated by the period of the moon’s waxing and waning.

32. Fruitful is the life of the people who narrate or listen to the tale of the lord as told in the Bhagavata Purana.

33. Those who clad in head dress and bodice hear or recite the narrative of the lord are alone worthy of respect in the world, not those who are addicted to vicious objects of senses.

34. Those who recite the Bhagavata Purana out of greed for riches or those who know but do not reveal the secret cf the Bhagavata go to Yama’s abode.

35-37. Those who create interest in Dharma and Karma Kandas but not in the Brahma Kanda and those who recite the Purana by accepting fee go to Yama’s abode. Those alone are worthy of recital who remain satisfied with whatever money is offered willingly by devotees.

38. Those who are extremely greedy of wealth have no right to recite this Purana.

39. For the well-being of the people who regard lord Visnu and none else to be all-pervading, lord alone undertakes the charge.

The pious followers of lord Visnu fear no misfortune or calamity.

40. The lord bestows the fruits of auspicious and inauspicious Karmans. One should never endeavour for the accumulation of wealth, rather one should fix one’s mind in devotion for Visnu.

41. One should take bath for purification, recite sacred mantra, dispose articles of worship. Being purified thus, he who is well versed in the Puranas should recite regularly the Bhagavata Purana every day.

42. Acquisition of wealth, knowledge of the Vedas and Sastras and the narrative of Visnu come as a result of previous auspicious activities. Of these listening to Hari is very rare.

43. One should enjoy the essence of the Bhagavata Purana — a rare thing in this mortal world. One should enjoy the essence so that tears of joy may trickle down the eye — a phenomenon very rare to occur.

44-46. Listening to the essence of the Bhagavata Purana and then retaining the same in memory is an act hard to accomplish. Rare is the achieving of desire and indignation, absorption in meditation, association with the pious Vaisnavas. The omission of such occurrences makes even the wise as the target of doubt.

47-48. Therefore, I remained always engaged in listening to the auspicious tale of Hari. I recited his name, heard his tale so long as I lived. After death, I was born on earth from the womb of Sumitra, the sister of Vasudeva.

49. Since she obtained Hari as Mitra (as friend) I was named Mitravinda.

50. In the Svayamvara, Mitravinda discarded all candidates who had come to woo her and put garland around my neck as a token of acceptance. I then conquered all the kings and reached home with her. O lord of birds.

CHAPTER TWENTYONE.

The Episode of Kalindi.

Lord Krfna said:

1-2. O lord of birds, now I shall tell you the birth of Kalindi too.

A daughter was born to Vivasvat of the solar race. O lord of birds, she was Kalindi known also as Yamuna, the daughter of the sun. She practiced penance with a desire to obtain lord Krsna for her husband..

3. Penance, they say, is a self-reflection, whereby reality is sought to be determined or it is a way of repentance for the sins of previous life.

4. Praya is a penance wherein the mind is controlled.

Hence, Prayascitta (expiation) is a way of self-control. It is not the tonsure of head which they do while entering penance.

5. This penance has its root in remorse. O lord of birds, you may hear in detail.

O lord, I have not uttered the sacred mantra. I have thrown myself in the forest conflagration in the form of Klesas ( i. e. worldly afflictions).

6. I have not remembered the ambrosial name of Hari.

Rather, I have remembered his faults. I have not thought upon the ambrosial essence of Hari’s teachings. Rather, I have indulged in gossips with the common people.

7. I have not worshipped the lotus-feet of Hari. On the other hand, I worshipped my sons and friends. I did not bow at the lotus feet of Hari. On the other hand, I worshipped the feet of my friends.

8. I have not seen the face of Hari covered with tresses grey as the incense smoke. I have fondled with my sons with affection and not caressed your loving face.

9. I have adorned my sons and friends with ornaments but not the face of my lord who can eschew the effects of my sins which I committed in my previous life.

10. I did not partake of the remanent of food offered to you but I partook of six varieties of food at the house of my friends. I did not offer you flowers and fragrances but did the same to my sons and friends. I am now tired of my sons and friends. When shall I see your face, O lord?

11. I have polluted my tongue by consuming the prohibited vegetables not sanctified by mantras, a part of which has not been offered to you, which are not permitted in the coteries of your devotees and which are forbidden in the codes that prescribe rules of conduct. When shall I see your face, O lord?

12. I have not purified my body by worshipping you with the eight-syllabled mantra or by visiting holy places or by blowing conches in front of your idol. When shall I see your face, O lord?

13. I have incurred sin by not offering perfumes and flowers, ornaments or clothes. My body is polluted by anointing it with the perfumes prepared by those who are not the devotees of Visnu. When shall I see your face, O lord?

14. O Vasudeva, my feet are burnt since they have not ixaversed the shrines of Visnu. My eyes are burnt since they have not sighted your charming face.

15. My hands are burnt since they did not perform your worship. I have incurred sin by indulging in sinful activities.

When shall I see your face, O lord?

16-17. O lord, do not mind my faults, have pity on me.

I have sincerely placed myself at your service. O lord, as many hair do I have on my body so many sins do I have on my head. When shall I see your face, O lord?

18. I have not attained even the slightest pleasure since I gave up your worship, in spite of the fact that I have my husband, sons, friends, servants, buildings, cattle and wealth. Henceforth, I shall not visit my kins and friends. I shall ever remain your devotee, nay a slave.

19. Those who regard their kins and friends as the sources of joy have their faces filled with urine and faeces. This is what I know.

20. Wealth spent on friends is a mere waste. It turns into filth, dirt and impure matter. Given to the devotees of Hari it becomes the cause of attaining Hari.

21. Whatever has passed so far, I have suffered utterly thereby. Please, favour me with the company of the noble by your grace and not with the company of the wicked by your indifference.

22. O lord, my body is tarnished by association with the wicked. It is not detached from worldly pleasures. Without you, what course shall I adopt, O lord, have mercy on me and favour me with protection.

23. Thus the daughter of Surya repented. And she set her mind on Hari after repentance.

24. Lord Hari is the best of all gods. He embodies all merits. Everything in the Universe emanates from him. Hence, he contains all qualities.

25. He is the first and foremost of the gods as the letter a is in the series of alphabet. Brahma and other gods do not possess all merits. But somehow, by the favour of Laksmi or the aggregate of virtues accumulated in previous lives Brahma has come to embody all virtues.

26. But Brahma is not so complete in merits as Laksmi.

Laksmi is not so complete in virtue as Visnu. Bharatl is not so complete as Vayu. Varunl is not so complete as Sesa.

27. Parvatl is not so complete as Rudra. Others too are not complete either.

Brooding over the matter in her mind, she practiced penance on the bank of Yamuna river.

28. At that time, I had gone ahunting on the bank of Yamuna. 1 I saw her there practicing penance. I spoke to my friend Arjuna.

29. O friend, approach the maiden immediately and ask her about the purpose of her penance.

30. Thus asked, Arjuna approached her and asked her the purpose of her penance. After knowing her purpose, he returned and told me all that he had learnt of her. Then, at the auspicious hour, I married her.

31. I did so, for I was moved by her penance. I had no personal motive, O lord of birds. I always remain in full bliss otherwise. What more joy or comfort could I derive from this alliance.

32. I married just to favour her, but not for my pleasure, I shall now tell you the story of Laksmana and the reason why I married her.

33. Listen, I am going to tell you a great secret. There is nothing that the preceptor will not disclose to his disciple.

CHAPTER TWENTYTWO.

Marriage of Lakfmana with SriKrfna.

Lord Krfna said:

1. O lord of birds, in her previous birth Laksmana was the daughter of a learned Brahmana Vahnideva. Since she possessed auspicious marks, she was called Sulaksmana.

i. Yamuna — a celebrated river, said to be the sister of Yama.

2-3. Like Laksmi, Hari, Vayu, Gayatri, Rudra, Laksmana was possessed of good qualities. She drew her name from three sources, viz., her traits, activities and devotion.

4. Narayana, the lord of Laksmi is possessed of thirty two auspicious traits. O lord of birds, I tell them serially. The person who hears the same obtains a quick deliverance.

5-17. The lord has seven feet, ninetysix fingers, four hands, sharp teeth. These four combined constitute the first trait. A loving, round and blooming face is the second trait. An unelevated chin is the third. Sharp and small teeth the fourth.

Red lips the fifth. Blood-red hands the sixth. Red and bright nails the seventh. Red cheeks the eighth. Marks of conch and disc the ninth. Thin but developed belly marked with three wrinkles the tenth. The deep navel the eleventh. The plump pair of thighs the twelfth. Long, extensive waist the thirteenth. Well set scrotum the fourteenth. Straight and elevated penis the fifteenth. The red soles the sixteenth. Depressed ankles the seventeenth. Lovely neck the eighteenth. Lotus eyes the nineteenth. Red arms and knees the twentieth. The wide breast the twentyfirst. Lion-like shoulders the twentysecond.

Small mouth the twentythird. Extended eyes the twenty-fourth.

Small and tender penis the twentyfifth. Even feet, even waist, even knee, even thighs the twentysixth. Even legs, even hands and even ears from twenty-seven to thirty-second. Thus, the lord possesses thirty two traits. The same number of traits exist in his consort Laksmi.

18. Brahma too has thirtytwo marks. So has Bharati.

The same number of marks characterize Visnu. I shall tell you my decisive thought on this point.

19. My consort Laksmi is ignorant of the value of even my single mark. Those who know Hari say that Hari is possessed of many marks.

20. O lord of birds, Laksmi knows the additional marks as compared with her own in the Vayu form of Visnu. Bharati has one hundred additional marks in comparison with her own.

21-22. O lord of birds, do not think, therefore, that such forms of the lord as Visva have the same qualities as those of Visnu. Gods, like Rudra, have twenty-eight marks as they have no marks of eyes and brows. But the absence of these marks should not be regarded as defect.

23. In the absence of marks of eyes and brows, lord Hari contains anger; his penis and belly are somewhat larger in proportion.

24-27. The ladies of the lord, Laksmana, etc., have twenty seven marks. Varuni, etc., have twentysix. Candrama contains twentyfive; Kubera twentyfour; the nose and breath twentytwo;

Saci the same number; Pravahas nineteen; Yaraa the same number; Varuna eighteen; the air seventeen; Vaivasvata sixteen; Mitra fifteen, Kubera twentyfour; Fire thirteen;

Ganga twelve; Budha eleven; Sani ten; Puskara nine.

28-30. I have sixteen thousand women who are my beloveds, possessed of eight marks. Pitrs have seven marks;

Devas and Gandharvas six, their successors five; Kings four and others three.

31. A slight arrangement of the belly, small feet, short ears, long tuf ts, except in a Brahmana lady and in the consort of Siva, are regarded as great defects.

32-33. Laksmana has five defects, except those of the head and the ankle. There are eight other defects in the body, such as the enlargement of the navel, legs, etc. These defects are present in Sac!, O lord of birds, such defects should be marked by the seeker.

34-44. O lord of birds, one should know the following defects well known to the learned.

Enlarged belly, long navel, fierce prolonged teeth like a pole or a plough, eyes deep like the hidden well, long ears, lips and nose, long ankle, curved feet, bad navel, dark brown teeth, long legs, long penis, single scrotum, single nose, red beards, red hair, curved mouth, body scorched as a hill, red back —

these are the bad signs in Kali. Shoulders and ears without hair, red cheeks, pale forehead, pale shoulders, pale hands, fierce look, fierce glance, indistinct sound, excessive eating and excessive drinking, breasts as dry fruits, hairy thighs, hairy back, hairy forehead with three long parallel lines, penis marked with the snake-like fish, tip of the tongue marked with the shoelike fish, the anus marked with penis-like fish, feet marked with scorpion-like fish, the mouth marked with a dog-like fish, hands marked with many lines, nose hairy, thumb and little finger overlong. Suchlike bad marks abound in the Kali age.

Several good marks are present in me, O lord of birds.

45. Thirtytwo marks of Visnu, Brahma has already explained with reference to himself.

46. Those stated by me or by Brahma are not contradictory to each other. Whatever I had stated I repeat succinctly.

47. I have stated these by collecting the scattered material together. As it is evident, there is no contradiction in what I have stated at other places in the text.

48. Lady Laksmana and others possess twenty-seven marks. In comparison to Bharat! she is short of five marks in pudendum, ears, hands, breast and belly.

49. O lord of birds, she has neither the additional marks of gods, nor the additional marks of Rudra. She is possessed of twenty six marks minus six marks of Varuna, plus additional marks in ears, belly, nose, hair, ankle and pudendum.

50-54. Indra possesses twenty-five marks, devoid of seven marks (of Varuna), with additional marks in hands, feet, belly, ears, penis, ankle and lips. Sac! contains twentythree marks and nine defects, with additional marks in pudendum, hair, lips, ears, legs, cheeks, breasts, ankles and lips.

55-56. The wind pravaha contains twentytwo marks of merit and ten marks of defects. There are some additional marks on her thumb. The Sun contains twenty marks of merit and eleven defects. Fire contains nineteen marks of merit and thirteen defects.

57-70. Vaivasvata contains eighteen marks and fourteen defects; Mitra seventeen marks of merit and fifteen defects;

Kubera sixteen marks of merit and sixteen defects. My eldest son contains fifteen marks and seventeen defects; Ganga fourteen marks of merit and eighteen defects; Bud ha (Mercury)

thirteen marks and nineteen defects; Sani (Saturn) twenty marks and twenty defects; Puskara eleven marks and twenty one defects; Pitrs ten marks and twentythree defects. Devas, Gandharvas eight marks and twentyfour defects; Gandharvas in human forms seven marks and twentyfive defects; Kings six marks and twentysix defects. Some others possess four or five marks and three defects. This is the lower limit for the number of marks, merits and defects.

If a common man or a royal person possesses some additional marks ( and no defect) he is neither a man nor a god. Each and every person cannot be wholly whole or perfectly perfect. Devas and Daityas possess twenty seven marks of merits and twenty seven marks of defects. None but the supreme god has thirtytwo marks and no defects.

71-72. Thus, Sulaksana grew up in her father’s house.

Once when her father was distributing food among his friends and relatives, for the prosperity of his family she said to her father: O father, gif ts should be made over to those who have realized the lord in their self. If they are made to an unworthy person who has not realized the Self, the food and the drink go waste.

73-74. Now, I shall tell you about lord Hari, where he stays, what he eats and what he drinks. Please hear attentively.

Hari in the form of child Krsna drinks milk, eats butter, and wears fresh dress and ornaments. Gifts should be made, thus, for the pleasure of Visnu.

75. Hari eats and drinks in the company of his friends.

Therefore, a householder should gift sumptuous food and tasteful drink in favour of the lord and receive his blessing. Otherwise, all that food and drink go in vain.

76. The donor should be conscious that the lord receives his gift with pleasure. He should confer gifts to a worthy person.

If knowing thus, he donates gifts every day. Visnu is pleased thereby. Otherwise, gifts of the donor are rendered waste.

77. One should keep one’s house decorated with the articles of precious metal knowing that lord always likes them.

78. Lord Govinda abides with his sons in the house of the devotees of Visnu. The lord by the name ofMukunda abides in the abode of Mitra. By the name of Aniruddha he abides in the public rest house. By the name of Narayana he abides in the house of a Brahmana.

79. By the name of Hari he abides in the cowpen. By the name of Vamanahe abides in the stable. By the name of Samkarsana he abides in Sudra. By the name of Pradyumna he abides in Vaisya.

80. By the name of Janardana he abides in Ksatra. By the name of Mahidasa he abides in the fisherman. By the name of Upendra he abides in the earth.

81. By the name of Cakrapani he abides in the elephant.

By the name of Visva he abides in the heart. By the name of Bhutabhavana he abides in dogs.

82. By the name of Trivikrama he abides in the ant. By the name of Hari he abides in the firmament. By the name of Ananta and Hari he abides in all castes The multi-formed Hari has no class, no family, no race.

83. Knowing all this, Laksmana set herself to propitiate the lord. ‘‘May lord be pleased with my worship and become my husband”.

84. Desiring Visnu to be her lord she gave up her body and was born in the country of Madras.

85. In the Svayarhvara of Laksmana I hit the target, conquered the rival wooers and married Laksmana, brought her home and gratified her desire.

Now, I shall giue details of my marriage with Jambavatl and explain why I married her.

CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE.

The Anecdote of Jambavatl the consort of Srikrfna.

Lord Krsna said:

1. Jambavatl, the daughter oi Soma, in her previous birth became my wife. She became superior to all the ladies, of my harem.

2-3. When I am deep in love with Laksmi, my passion for Jambavatl subsides. When I am less in love with Laksmi I have equal passion for all. But among these I have more love for Jambavati.

GaruQa said:

4. O omniformed lord, what sort of worship was performed by Jambavati that she became superior to all others.

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