The Fruit of Pilgrimage to Purushottama Kshetra

Vasu said:

1. Thus, then O daughter of Brahma, the highly blessed <O\shes filled with joy eulogise Krishna in the company of Rama.and Subhadra..Devas prayed:

2. "Hail, Hail to you, O protector of the worlds, be victorious, O Padmanabha, O supporter of the earth. Be victo­rious, be victorious, O primordial Lord, the cause of the universe.

3. Hail, Hail to you O Vasudeva, Be victorious, O Sacca al).a (one whose feet are auspicious), O SatakaraJ).a (one whose activities are good). Be victorious, be victorious, O •divine Fish. Be victorious, O excellent one among the Devas.

4. Victory to you, O Jaladhisayana (one who lies down to sleep in the ocean). Hail, Hail to you, O lord of Yogins. Be victorious, O redeemer of the Vedas. Be victorious, be victm:}ous O Visvamiirti (one whose body is the universe); be victorious O Cakradhara (O wielder of discus).

5. Victory, Victory to you, O lord of living beings, be victorious, O Srinivasa. Hail, Hail to you, O excellent Yogin.. Be victorious, be victorious, O Siiryanetra (one who has the sun as one of his eyes); be victorious O lord V araha (Divine Boar).

6. Be victorious, be victorious, O enemy of Kaitabha; be victorious, be victorious, O excellent one (mentioned in or known through) the Vedas. Victory, victory to you O Kiirma­riipa (one who has assumed the form of the divine Tortoise); be victorious, O excellent Yajiia.

7. Be victorious, be victorious O Kamalanabha (one with the lotus in the umbilicus); Victory to the uplifter of the mountain Govardhana. Be victorious, be victorious, O holder of Velocity.

*This chapter has many verses common to the Brahma P. Ch. 65.48ff. to Ch. 66.

8. Be victorious, be victorious, O Visvamurti (who are the embodiment of the universe); be victorious, O wielder of discus. Be victorious, be victorious, O lord of living beings, victory to you, O uplifter of the earth.

9. Be victorious, be victorious, O Seshasayin (you who lie on the serpent Sesha); be victorious, O yellow-robed one. Be victorious O Somakanta (you that shine like the moon). Be victorious, O abode of Yoga; be victorious, be victorious. I 0. O Dahanacakra (you whose discus blazes like fire) be victorious. Hail, victory to you, O abode of Dharma, be victorious, be victorious, O receptacle of attributes. Be vic­torious, O Srinivasa, be victorious, be victorious. II. O Garu9asana (you who are seated on Garuc;l.a) be victorious. Hail to you, O abode of happiness. Be victorious, be victorious O lover of Dharma. Victory, victory to you O abode of intellect.

12. Be victorious, be victorious, O Gahanagehanivasa (one whose abode is mysterious). Be victorious, be victorious O Yogigamya (one who are knowable to the Yogins); Hail to you, O abode of sacrifices.

13. Be victorious, be victorious O Vedavedya (one who can be known only through the Vedas); be victorious, O Santi­kara (0 cause of peace and quiescence). Be victorious, be victorious, O Yogicintya (you who are to be contemplated by the Y ogins) be victorious, O PuHikara (cause of Grace or nourishment).

24. Be victorious, be victorious, O embodiment of knowledge; be victorious, O mine of good fortune. Be victor­ious, be victorious, O Bhavavedya (one who can be compre­hended through devotion); be victorious, be victorious, O cause of liberation.

15. Be victorious, O deity whose body is free from impurities; be victorious, be victorious, O abode of Sattvic qualities. Hail, Hail to you, O GuQasamuha (you who are endowed with a multitude of attributes). Be victorious, be victorious O Yajiiakara the cause of sacrifice.

16. Be victorious, be victorious, O deity devoid of attributes. Be victorious, be victorious, O cause of liberation. Be victorious, be victorious, O Bhiihiral).ya (you who possess lands and gold); be victorious, be victorious, O Kantiyuta who are endowed with shining splendour).

17. Be victorious, O refuge of the worlds. Be victorious, be victorious, O lord of Lakshmi, Be victorious O lotus-eyed one; be victorious, be victorious, O cause of creation.

18. Hail to you, O Yogayuta (one endowed with Yoga); be victorious O Atasikusuma-Syama-Deha, (one whose body is dark-complexioned like the flower of Atasi). Glory, glory to you O Samudravishtadeha (you whose body has penetrated the ocean). Be victorious, O god whose lotus-like body accords pleasure unto Lakshmi.

19. Glory, glory to you O Bhaktibhavana (0 efficient cause of Devotion), O loka-geya (one worthy of being sung about by the world). Be victorious, O lover of the worlds: Be victorious O extremely quiescent one.

20. Be victorious, be victorious, O the highest essence; be victorious, O wielder of the discus; be victorious, O one resting on the serpent; be victorious, O bluerobed one.

21-22. Be victorious, be victorious, O deity with eyes like the petals of the lotus, Be victorious, O bestower of the desired benefit. Glory to the Deity whose chest is covered with garlands, Be victorious, O wielder of discus and iron club.

23a. Be victorious, O lord of Lakshmi, be victorious O Vishnu; obeisance be to you.

23b-24. After eulogising thus, Sakra and other Devas were delighted in their minds. The Siddhas, Caral).as, Gandharvas and other heaven-dwellers visited, eulogised and made obeisance to Krishna, Rama and Subhadra with their mind fully turned towards them. Then they went back to their respective residences.

25-26a. By visiting Krishna seated on the cushioned sofa in the company of Halayudha (Balarama), one attains that benefit which is derived by making a gift of a hundred cows, tawny-coloured variety in the holy centre of Pushkara.

1. VV. 43-67 present a synthesis of Sankhya and the Purapic concept of evolution of universe. It is obviously the theistic Sankhya with Kr?na as the God.

26b-27a. By visiting Krishna seated on the cushioned couch a man obtains that benefit which is cited to result from the gift of a hundred virgins.

27b-31. By visiting Rama and Krishna along with Subhadra seated in the cushioned sofa, one obtains the following benefits viz. the gift of a hundred gold coins; the gift of lands; the gift of cooked rice; hospitability extended to every one; the rite of duly discharging the Vrsa (Bull); the gift of water during the summer; the gift of Tiladhenu (replica of cow in gingelly seeds); the gift of elephants, horses and chariots; the rite of CaNarayana; observance of fast for a month; pilgrimage to all holy centres and holy rites and religious gifts. Hence a man or a woman must visit Purusottama. О MohinI, when duly bathed with the water that remains after Krishna has been duly bathed, the barren woman, the lady whose progeny is dead, unfortunate wretched persons, those who are affected by evil planets, those who arc possessed by Raksasas and others and those who are affected by ailments attain purity imme­diately. They attain desired benefits. О lady of good lustre they attain other things they desire, if they perform ablutions as per injunctions.

32. All other sacred waters on the earth do not deserve even the sixteenth part of the remainder of water after the ablution of Krishna.

33. Hence the devotee should sprinkle limbs (of his body) with the sacred water that is left over after the ablu­tion of the deity lying down in the waters. It is the sacred water that bestows all desired benefits.

34. There is no doubt about this that those who visit Krishna who goes towards the south after ablution, are liberated from even the murder of a Brahmana and other sins.

35. By visiting Krishna facing the south, a man obtains that benefit which is mentioned in the scriptures as the result of circumambulating the earth three times.

36. By visiting Krishna proceeding to the south, one attains the benefit cited as the result of pilgrimages in the whole of the earth.

37-41. By visiting Krishna proceeding to the south one attains that benefit which is derivable from the holy bath at Gangadvara, Kubjamra, Kurukshetra during the solar eclipse, at Puskara and other sacred waters. Of what avail is much talk? By visiting Subhadra, Balarama and Keshava facing the south, one attains the benefit mentioned in the Vedas, scrip­tures, Puranas, Mahabharata, Samhitas and other works, as the fruits of meritorious rites.

42. Those who see Krishna seated in the chariot along with Subhadra and Balarama and proceed to Gundica1 Mandapa go to the abode of Hari.

43. By undertaking pilgrimage even once, at the time of journey to Gundica, at the time of equinox in the month of Phalguna, a man goes to the world of Vishnu.

44. It is certain that a man will stay in the world of Vishnu for as many Kalpas as the number of pilgrimages he undertakes to Shripurusottama.

45. О daughter of Brahma, when twelve pilgrimages are completed, the devotee shall perform the rite of installation in accordance with the injunctions. It will be destructive of sins.

46. On the eleventh day in the bright half of the month of Jyestha, the devotee should go to the sacred waters, pure in mind and body. He should perform the rite of Acamana therein.

47. After invoking the holy Tirthas and meditating on Narayana, he should take holy bath in the manner indicated in the sacred precepts.

48. After the bath in a decent manner, the devotee should perform Tarpana rite for the Devas, sages, and Pitrs with the due utterance of their names and Gotras.

49-50. After coming out of the water he should wear two pure clothes and perform the Acamana rite as well as the due worship of Bhaskara the sun. He should then repeat Gayatri, the holy Mantra, the mother of the Vedas, one hundred and eight times: and also other Mantras pertaining to the sun. He should circumambulate three times and then bow to the sun.

1. Gun<^icsh (Gui?diva in the BM. P.) is the summer palace' of Jaganndtha (Purufottama). It is at a distance of about 1 mile from the Jagannatha temple at Puri.

51-53. The procedure for the holy dip and the repetition of Japas is, in regard to the three castes, the same as men­tioned in the Vedas. О fair lady, in regard to the Shudras and the women the repetition of the Vedic texts is to be avoided. Thereafter, he should, with devotion, go to Shri Purusottama installed in the temple. According to the injunctions, he should wash his hands and feet and perform the Acamanarite. He should bathe the lord with ghee and thereafter with milk.

54. He should then bathe deity with honey, fragrant water and the water from theTirtha mixed with the sandal paste. Thereafter, the devotee should clothe the deity with excellent pair of clothes.

55 He should smear deity with sandal paste, agallo- chum, camphor and saffron. He should worship Purusottama by means of lotuses, with great devotion.

56-57. After thus worshipping Hari, the lord of the uni­verse the bestower of worldly pleasures and salvation, the devotee should burn incense mixed with agallochum. He should burn Guggula (aromatic resin) of the pure variety along with ghee. With devotion he should light the lamp with ghee in accordance with his capacity.

58. With great concentration, he should light twelve other lamps, О goddess, with cow’s ghee or with gingelly oil.

59-60. The devotee then offers the following as Naived- yas viz; milk-pudding, friend pie, coiled baked pie, circular fried coils, sweet meats, molasses and fruits. After completing the worship of Purusottama by means of the fivefold services, the devotee should perform hundred and eight times the Japa of the Mantra — “Ош obeisance to Purusottama”.

61. Thereafter, he should propitiate the lord by bowing down and prostrating before him like a staff. Thereafter, he should honour the preceptor with devotion, with flowers, gar­ments and unguents.

62-63. О daughter of Brahma, (the preceptor should be honoured) since there is no difference between these two (i.e, the preceptor and the lord).

With concentration and purity of mind, the devotee should erect the ceremonial hall (МагмДара) over the lord. The zone in front should be brilliant and variegated with flowers. After making an emphatic determination at the outset, the devotee should keep awake at night.

64. The learned devotee should cause the discourse on Vasudeva conducted and songs sung about him. He should spend the night meditating, reading and eulogising the lord.

65-66a. Then, after the DvadasI has dawned splendidly, the devotee should invite twelve Brahmanas who are life-long students of the Vedas, who have taken a holy bath after holy rites, are well conversant with the Itihasa and the Puranas, have learned the Vedas and have restrained their sense-organs.

66b-68. After duly completing holy bath, the devotee should wear washed cloth and restrain and conquer the sense- organs. He should then bathe Purusottama who is stationed there, with devotion as before. He shall propitiate the lord of the universe with scents, fragrant flowers, presents, offerings of food, lamps, many kinds of reverential services, salutations, circum- ambulations, Japas, eulogies, prostrations, pleasant songs and instrumental music.

69-70a. Then he should honour the Brahmanas, He should give them twelve cows, gold, an umbrella, a pair of sandals and bellmetal vessel with devotion.

70b-73. He should, thereafter, feed the Brahmanas with milkpudding at the outset. Afterwards different edibles and foodstuffs, cooked rice with jaggery and sugarcandy shall be offered to them. When the Brahmanas are satisfied after the meal and have had their rest mentally (and physically), he should offer them twelve water pots along with sweets. О daughter of Brahma, he should give them monetary gifts too according to his capacity. The learned devotee should worship them on a par with Vishnu by means of gold, clothes, cows, food- grains, and other articles. After making obeisance to them, he should repeat this Mantra.

74. (Mantra) “May the omnipresent lord who is the master of the universe, who wields conch, discus and iron club, may Purusottama, the lord devoid of beginning and death, be pleased”.

75. After uttering this and respectfully circumambulating the Brahmanas three times, the devotee should bow down his head and bid them farewell with the preceptor.

76-78. He should follow the Brahmanas upto boundary line of his village with devotion. After following the Brahma­nas, he should bow to them once again and return. Having returned home, he should silently take food in the company of his kins and relatives. By doing thus, the man or the woman devotee shall derive the benefit of a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred Rajasuyas. The excellent man shall uplift a hundred previous ancestors.

79-82. О gentle lady, he will uplift a hundred successors as well. He will be assuming the divine unchanging form. He will be endowed with all auspicious characteristics. He will be bedecked in all ornaments. He will be flourishing with all desir­es in the mind realized. He will be blessed with good attributes, comeliness and youthful age (or longevity). He will be eulogis­ed by Gandharvas and Apsaras all round. He will be going to the world of Vishnu by means of an aerial chariot that has the brilliance of the sun, which can go as he pleases, is steady, fitted with flags and banners and which has the lustre of a hundred suns. He will be brightening all the quarters thereby in the firmament. He will be devoid of exhaustion. He will become a youth of great strength and intelligence. Thus he will go to the world of Vishnu.

83. There he enjoys desired pleasures for the period of a hundred Kalpas. О gentle lady, he will stay there eulogised by excellent sages. He will be devoid of ailments.

84. О gentle lady, just as the lord of the universe, the wielder of the conch, discus and iron club rejoices after assum­ing the four-armed form, so this devotee will be rejoicing in that form.

85. О chaste lady, after enjoying excellent pleasures there and after sporting there for a long time, at the end thereof, he goes to the abode of Brahma that yields all desires.

86. It is the abode that is rendered splendid by the Siddhas, Vidyadharas, Devas and Kinnaras.

87. After enjoying happiness there for the period of ninety Kalpas, the man goes to the world of Rudra that best­ows happiness and that is resorted to by Devas, Siddhas, Vidyadharas and Yaksas. It is adorned by Daityas and Danavas.

88. After enjoying happiness there for the period of eighty Kalpas, the man at the end of that period, goes to Goloka equipped with all means of pleasures.

89-91. It is a place rendered splendid by Devas, Siddhas and Apsaras. It is charming. He enjoys desired pleasures there for the period of seventy Kalpas. Thereafter, he goes to the ex­cellent world of Prajapati. Joyously he experiences different kinds of happiness there for the period of sixty kalpas. At the end of that period, he shall go to Sakra’s abode containing different kinds of wonderful features. There the man enjoys happiness for the period of fifty Kalpas. He then goes to the abode of immortal ones, embellished with aerial chariots.

92-96. He enjoys rare pleasures there for the period of forty Kalpas. Then he goes to the stellar world equipped with different kinds of happiness and enjoys there excellent pleasures as desired, for the period of thirty Kalpas. О daughter of Brahma, from there he goes to the lunar world where stays the moon adorned by the Devas. After enjoying rare pleasures for the period of twenty Kalpas, he goes over to the world of the sun god worshipped by Devas. After enjoying splendid pleasures there for the period of ten Kalpas, he becomes contented and delighted; thence he goes to the abode of Gandharvas that is very inaccessible.

97. There he enjoys all kinds of pleasures upto satiety for the period of a Kalpa. Then he comes over to the earth and is born as a righteous king.

98. He becomes an emperor of great prowess. He is bedeck­ed in all attributes. He rules over the kingdom righteously and performs Yajfias with liberal monetary gifts.

99. At the end of that period, he goes to the world of yogin that is auspicious and that bestows salvation. As long as all living beings are not dissolved, he enjoys excellent pleasures there.

100-101. Coming therefrom he is born in the family of Yogins, in an excellent family of devotees of Vishnu, difficult of access and received with approbation by the good. О chaste lady, he becomes an excellent Brahmana, a master of four Vedas, devoted to the performance of Brahmayajfia.

102-103. By adopting Yoga pertaining to Vishnu, he shall attain liberation. Thus the benefit of the pilgrimage to Purusottama has been recounted to you. It yields both worldly pleasures and salvation unto men. What else do you wish to hear?

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