Prayers By Ladies of Hastinapura

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto 1: Creation.

Chapter 10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā.

Text 21 - Text 25

Text 21

sa vai kilāyaṁ puruṣaḥ purātano

ya eka āsīd aviśeṣa ātmani

agre guṇebhyo jagad-ātmanīśvare

nimīlitātman niśi supta-śaktiṣu

They said: Here He is, the original Personality of Godhead as we definitely remember Him. He alone existed before the manifested creation of the modes of nature, and in Him only, because He is the Supreme Lord, all living beings merge, as if sleeping at night, their energy suspended.

Text 22

sa eva bhūyo nija-vīrya-coditāṁ

sva-jīva-māyāṁ prakṛtiṁ sisṛkṣatīm

anāma-rūpātmani rūpa-nāmanī

vidhitsamāno ’nusasāra śāstra-kṛt

The Personality of Godhead, again desiring to give names and forms to His parts and parcels, the living entities, placed them under the guidance of material nature. By His own potency, material nature is empowered to re-create.

Text 23

sa vā ayaṁ yat padam atra sūrayo

jitendriyā nirjita-mātariśvanaḥ

paśyanti bhakty-utkalitāmalātmanā

nanv eṣa sattvaṁ parimārṣṭum arhati

Here is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead whose transcendental form is experienced by the great devotees who are completely cleansed of material consciousness by dint of rigid devotional service and full control of life and the senses. And that is the only way to purify existence.

Text 24

sa vā ayaṁ sakhy anugīta-sat-katho

vedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhya-vādibhiḥ

ya eka īśo jagad-ātma-līlayā

sṛjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate

O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates, maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected.

Text 25

yadā hy adharmeṇa tamo-dhiyo nṛpā

jīvanti tatraiṣa hi sattvataḥ kila

dhatte bhagaṁ satyam ṛtaṁ dayāṁ yaśo

bhavāya rūpāṇi dadhad yuge yuge

Whenever there are kings and administrators living like animals in the lowest modes of existence, the Lord in His transcendental form manifests His supreme power, the Truth Positive, shows special mercy to the faithful, performs wonderful activities and manifests various transcendental forms as is necessary in different periods and ages.