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2024-04-26, 3:12 AM |
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Chapter
17: The
Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son
(1) S'rî S'uka said: 'Aditi, thus being
advised by her husband Kas'yapa oh King, faithful to his words
unrelentingly executed this vow for twelve days. (2-3) With undivided attention and fortitude being
conscientious unto the Controller, the Supreme Personality, in full
control of the senses that are as strong as horses, with the mind as
the charioteer of intelligence and with the intelligence one-pointed
unto the Supreme Lord [see also B.G. 3:
42], the Soul of the
Complete, she thus fully
concentrated on Vâsudeva performed
[the
ceremony]
according
to
the
payo-vrata vow of fasting. (4) My best one, the Supreme Lord, the Original
Person, then appeared before
her, dressed in yellow and with
His four arms, carrying the conch,
the cakra, the club [and the lotus flower]. (5) When she saw Him she got up immediately and offered, with an enraptured mind, with the
greatest respect her obeisances prostrating herself before Him. (6) Rising
to
her
feet
and
prepared
to
worship
with
her
hands folded, she because
of her blissful enrapture could not proceed. Overwhelmed with her hair
standing on end and the entire frame of her body trembling because of
the utter pleasure of enjoying His vision [darshan], she
remained silent with the tears that filled her eyes. (7)
With a voice that constantly faltered because of the love she felt oh
best of the Kurus, it was as if Aditi Devî, as she was staring at
the Lord, through her eyes was drinking the Husband of Ramâ [see 8.8: 8], the Enjoyer of all Sacrifices and the
Master of the Universe. (8)
S'rî Aditi said: 'Oh
Lord of the Sacrifices, Personality of all Offers, oh Infallible One to
whose feet we are pilgriming, You are known as the ultimate shelter, as
the One
about whom to hear and sing is so auspicious. You are the original One
who
has appeared to diminish the dangers of the material existence of
the souls of surrender. Oh Controller, oh Supreme Lord, be so good and
grant us the [divine] happiness, You are the refuge of the downtrodden. (9)
I offer You
my
obeisances who are the all-pervading Soul of the universe, the fully
independent One, the Greatest One who by the power of the modes accepts
the full responsibility for
the creation, maintenance and annihilation of the universe. My respects
for You, the Lord who from His original position eternally
promotes the
knowledge of the complete whole by which the darkness of the self is
dispersed completely.
(10) With You being
satisfied, oh Complete and Unlimited One, all things become possible: a
life as long as that of Brahmâ, a certain body, a lover,
unlimited material opulences in the higher, the lower and the
intermediate worlds, all the [eight] yogic qualities, the three goals
of kâma, artha and dharma [the purushârthas] and exclusive spiritual
knowledge, not to mention benedictions like the defeat of human
competitors and such!'
(11) S'rî S'uka said: 'Thus hailed by Aditi oh King, the
Supreme Lord with the lotus eyes, the knower of the field [B.G. 13:
1-4] of all living
entities, gave the following reply, oh son of Bharata. (12) The
Supreme Lord said: 'Oh mother of gods, I have understanding for your
long standing desire
in relation to your homeless sons who were vanquished by their rivals. (13) What you desire is to defeat in
battle
those mad
Asura leaders who are so proud of their strength, regain
the
victory of your opulence and
reunite with your sons in devotional service. (14) You would
like to see the tears of the grieving wives of the enemies when they
find them killed in battle by your sons under the lead of Indra. (15)
The
restoration of the full glory, reputation and opulence of your
offspring, the joy of their lives and a place for them in heaven is
what you want to see. (16) At
present
all
those Asura masters of war are as good
as invincible oh Devî [goddess]. It is My opinion that no form of using force will bring you
the happiness, for they are all protected by the brahmins who
enjoy My favor. (17) Nevertheless I
must
think of something to help you out, for I am very pleased with the vow
you have observed. Someone who worships Me never deserves it that his
belief and devotion would lead to another result. (18)
Because you in faithful austerity with
the son of Marîci [Kas'yapa Muni]
for the sake of your sons have worshiped
Me with the payo-vrata vow and to the best of your ability have
prayed as should, I will become your son with
a
plenary
portion
of
Myself
and thus
protect your other sons. (19) Oh sweet woman,
thinking of Me as also being present within the form of your husband,
lay with him, the spotless Prajâpati [see
also B.G. 9:
29]. (20) Do not disclose
this to outsiders, not to
anyone, not even when asked oh lady. It will all be successful if that
what is confidential with the gods is carefully concealed [see B.G. 18:
67-68].'
(21) S'rî S'uka said: 'The Supreme Lord this
way having addressed her disappeared from the spot. Aditi, with the
very rare
accomplishment of having achieved that the Lord would be born from
her, considered herself a success and went full of devotion straight to
her husband. (22) Kas'yapa in the trance of his yoga with his infallible vision could understand that the
Lord had entered him with a part of Himself. (23) Like
the
wind kindling fire in firewood oh King, Kas'yapa then managed with his
mind in trance to deposit in Aditi the semen that he in his penance had restrained for so long
[see also B.G. 7: 11].
(24) Hiranyagarbha
[Lord Brahmâ] understanding that the Supreme Lord was now
situated in
the womb of Aditi, offered prayers in the form of His mystical
names. (25) Lord
Brahmâ
prayed: 'All glories unto Him, the Supreme Lord of the Glorious Deeds.
I offer You, the Lord of the Transcendentalists my obeisances. You the
Controller of
the Modes of Nature I worship again and again. (26)
My allegiance to You who,
previously born from
Pris'ni [a previous life of Aditi, compare 6.18:
1,
the sons of Aditi], are
always found in the Vedas, You who are full of knowledge, You From
Whose Navel the Three Worlds Rose You are transcendental to and You as the All-pervading One present within the
hearts of all living beings. (27)
You as the original cause, the dissolution and the maintenance of the
universe, are the reservoir of endless potencies that one calls the
Original Person. You are
the Lordship, the Controller who is the Time that holds the entire
universe in its grip, the way
waves drag someone along who fell into them. (28) You
indeed are of all living beings, whether
they move about or not, the one who gave them that life. From You all
the
founding fathers originated,
You are the Supreme Shelter of all who live the
higher life oh Godhead. For all the godly ones who fell down, You are
the lifeboat that saves them from drowning.'
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