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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 incarnated as Daasharathi, Dasharatha’s son Raama and killed him. Raavana thought that Raama was only a man, an ordinary human, and never recognized Him as Achyuta. He thought Him as just a manushya. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 10: पुनरिप अ�ुत िविनपात मात्र फलम् अ�खल भूम�ल �ा� चेिदराज कुले ज� अ�ाहत ऐ�य� िशशुपाल�े अिप अवाप ॥ १० ॥ Because he was killed by saakshaat Bhagavaan, the Chedi kingdom was a great one, the Chedi raaja’s vamsha was praised in the entire earth, he was born in that vamsha, with unending wealth, he obtained all of this, born as Shishupaala. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 11: तत्र तु अ�खलानाम् एव सः भगवन् ना�ां �ंकारकारणम् अभवत् ॥ ११ ॥ Shishupaala kept blaming Him taking all these names - " Tvam, tvam", pointing fingers at Him, as “You are like this, You are like that”, developing great hatred towards Him. He took every name of Bhagavaan. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: तत्र तु इित | �ंकरणनािन करोित इित �ंकारकं त� कारणं तत् प्रवृि� िनिम�म् | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 12: ततः च तत् काल कृतानां तेषां अशेषाणाम् एव अ�ुत ना�ाम् अनवरतम् अनेक ज� सुविध�त िव�ेष अनुब�� िच�ः िविन�न संतज�न आिदषु उ�ारणम् अकरोत् ॥ १२ ॥ During that avataara kaala, Bhagavaan had taken all the names. Shishupaala kept on repeating all those names. Shishupaala had developed so much of hatred over many births that he kept on repeating those names without any break. Shishupaala kept on blaming and ridiculing, and threatening Him. But he kept on repeating the various names of Bhagavaan. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ततः च इित | ऋिषप्रो�मामिनव�चनात् अनादरेण िन�नाथ� उपे�या च भगवन् ना�ाम् उ�ारणम् अकरोत् इित संकीत�न उ��ः | For every Naama of Bhagavaan, there is a Rishi prokta naama nirvachana, which is the meaning of the name as told by a Rishi. Shishupaala never gave attention to that. Shishupaala only ridiculed and blamed Him. Gopaala means “One who protects the Vedaas”, “One who protects all worlds”, these are the nirvachanas. But, Shishupaala took it as an ordinary cowherd, and started finding defects in Him. But, he kept on repeating Bhagavaan’s naama.
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 13: तत् च �पम् उ�ु� प� दलामला�मित उ�ल पीत व� धाय�म् अ�खल िकरीट केयूर हार कटक आिद शोिभतम् उदार (पीवर) चतुबा�� शंख चक्र गदाधरम् अित प्र�ढ वैरानुभावात् अटन भोजन �ान आसन शयन आिदषु अशेष अवस्था�रेषु न अ�त्र उपययाव� चेतसः ॥ १३ ॥ Bhagavaan’s form was coming to him at every stage, when he was roaming around, when he was eating, when he was sitting, when he was sleeping, lying down, Shishupaala was always thinking of Bhagavaan’s wonderful form. Bhagavaan’s form was with eyes like just bloomed lotus petals, very bright and shiny peetaambara, He was radiant with all the great aabharanaas, keyoora, kataka, haara. He had four arms wearing the wonderful discus, conch and aayudhaas. Because of the hatred developed, all the time, he was thinking of Bhagavaan’s form only. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: तत् च इित | तत् च इित मूित� �ान उ��ः | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 14: ततः तम् एव आक्रोशेषु उ�ारयन् तमेव �दयेन धारयन् आ�वधाय यावत् भगवत् ह� चक्र अंशुमाल उ�लम् अ�यतेजस् ��पं ब्र� भूतम् अपगत �ेष आिद दोषं भगव�ं अद्रा�ीत् ॥ १४ ॥ When he was blaming Him, Shishupaala kept on repeating His names only, and was also thinking in his mind of Bhagavaan’s wonderful form only, till the Sudarshana Chakra of Bhagavaan was shining forth very radiantly, like a burning fire, with unparalleled radiance, at that time, when he saw the discus of Bhagavaan coming, all his hatred went away, and he saw saakshaat Bhagavaan at that moment. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 15: तावत् च भगवत् चक्रेण आशु �ापािदतः तत् �रण अ�खल द� स�यः भगवता अ�म् उपनीतः त��न् एव लयम् उपययौ ॥ १५ ॥ Immediately, Shishupaala was killed by the Sudarshana Chakra of Bhagavaan, and because of remembering Him, he had all his sins destroyed completely. He was killed by Bhagavaan and went and united with Bhagavaan Himself. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: तावत् इित | लयं सायु�म् | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 16: एतत् तव अ�खलं मया अिभिहतम् ॥ १६ ॥ [[183]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 O Maitreyar, you asked the doubt about why during Shishupaala’s birth itself, he went and attained Saayujya with Bhagavaan. I have told that. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 17: अयं िह भगवान् कीित�तः च सं�ृतः च �ेष अनुब�ेन अिप अ�खल सुर असुरािद दुल�भं फलं प्रय�ित, िकमुत स�क् भ��मताम् इित ॥ १७ ॥ Paraasharar says - When someone does the keertana, or samsmruti of Bhagavaan, chanting His name, remembrance of Bhagavaan, or even developing hatred, He gives the fruits which cannot be attained by all the suraas and asuraas by any other means. Those who are highly devoted to Him, what to say about them? Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 18: वसुदेव� तु आनकदुन्दुभेः पौरवी रोिहणी मिदरा भद्रा देवकी प्रौमुखाः बह्�ः प�ो अभवन् ॥ १८ ॥ Vasudeva who was also known as Aanakadundubhi had many wives - Pouravee, Rohinee, Madiraa, Bhadraa, Devakee - these are prominent. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 19: बलभद्र शठ सारण दुम�द आदीन् पुत्रान् रोिह�ाम् अनकदुन्दुिभः उ�ादयामास ॥ १९ ॥ Rohinee had these sons - Balabhadra, Shatha, Saarana, Durmada and others. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 20: बलदेवः अिप रेव�ां िवशठ उ�ुकौ पुत्रौ अजनयत् ॥ २० ॥ Baladeva married Revati, and he had two sons - Vishatha and Ulmukha. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 21: साि� माि� िशशु स� स�धृित प्रमुखाः सारण आ�जाः ॥ २१ ॥ Saaranaa gave birth to Saarshti, Maarshti, Shishu, Satya, Satyadhruti - these are the prominent ones. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 22: भद्रा� भद्रबा� दुद�म भूत आ�ाः रोिह�ाः कुलजाः ॥ २२ ॥ These are all belonging to the vamsha of *Rohini - Bhadraashva, **Bhadrabaahu, Durdama, Bhoota. *Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 23: न� उपन� कृतक आ�ाः मिदरायाः तनयाः ॥ २३ ॥ Madiraa’s children were Nanda, Upananda, Krutaka and others. [[184]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 24: भद्रायाः च उपिनिध गद आ�ाः ॥ २४ ॥ Bhadra had Upanidhi, Gada and others as sons. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 25: वैशा�ां च कौिशकम् एकम् एव अजनयत् ॥ २५ ॥ Through Vaishaalee, Vasudeva had only one son Koushika. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 26: आनकदुन्दुभेः देव�ाम् अिप कीित�मत् सुषेण उदायु भद्रसेन ऋजुदास भद्रदेवा�ाः षट् पुत्राः जि�रे ॥ २६ ॥ In Devaki, Aanakadundubhi had six sons - *Keertimaan, Sushena, Udaayu, **Bhadrasena, Rujudaasa, Bhadradeva. *Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 27: तान् च सवा�न् एव कंसो घािततवान् ॥ २७ ॥ Kamsa killed all of them. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 28: अन�रं च स�मं गभ�म् अध�रात्रे भगवत् प्रिहता योगिनद्रा रोिह�ा जठरम् आकृ� नीतवती ॥ २८ ॥ For the seventh garbha, in the middle of the night, due to the directions of Bhagavaan, Yoganidraa snatched it from her womb and placed it to Rohinee. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 29: कष�णात् च असौ अिप संकष�णा�ाम् अगमत् ॥ २९ ॥ Because she did karshana, which is that she attracted or snatched it, he became known as Sankarshana. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 30: ततः च सकल जग�हा त� मूल भूतो भूत भिव�त् आिद सकल सुर असुर मुिनजन मनसाम् अिप अगोचरो अ� भव प्रमुखैः अनल मुखैः प्रण� अविन भार हरणाय प्रसािदतो भगवान् अनािद म� िनधनो देवकी गभ�म् अवततार वासुदेवः ॥ ३० ॥ Now, Paraasharar is telling about Krishna avataara. He is like the source tree of the entire world. All the suraas, asuraas, munis, those who are there earlier, or those in the future, none of them can know Him completely through their minds. Chaturmukha Brahma and all the *devaas, *Agni, Vaayu and others - they all prostrated to Him, and requested Him to come, to incarnate in this world to destroy the evil. Bhagavaan who is [[185]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 without beginning, middle or end, He was born as Vaasudeva, Sri Krishna, in Devaki. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 31: तत् प्रसाद िववध�मान ऊ�मिहमा च योगिनद्रा न�गोप प�ा यशोदायाः गभ�म् अिधि�तवती ॥ ३१ ॥ Yoganidraa, whose mahimaa increased due to the grace of Sri Krishna, who was born, entered into Yashoda’s garbha, Yashoda who was Nandagopa’s wife. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 32: सुप्रस� आिद� च� आिद ग्रहम् अ�ालािदभवं �स्थ मानसम् अ�खलम् एव एतत् जगत् अपा� अधम�म् अभवत् त��न् च पु�रीक नयने जायमाने ॥ ३२ ॥ In Bhaagavata it comes as Jaayamaane Janaardane. Krishna when He was born, when He incarnated, the soorya, chandra and the grahaas were all extremely pleasant, there was no fear of serpents and such, and everyone’s mind was extremely pleasant and very joyous. And adharma was completely destroyed in this entire world. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 33: जातेन च तेन अ�खलम् एव एतत् स�ाग�वित� जगत् अिक्रयत ॥ ३३ ॥ As soon as He incarnated, the jagat started moving towards the right path, sanmaarga. Means that all the people in this world became dharmishthaas. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 34: भगवतः अिप अत्र म� लोके अवतीण�� षोडश सहस्रािण एको�र शत अिधकािन भाया�णाम् अभवन् ॥ ३४ ॥ When Bhagavaan incarnated here, in this world, He had 16101 and more wives. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 35: तासां च ��णी स�भामा जांबवती चा�हािसनी प्रमुखा िह अ�ौ प�यः प्रधाना बभूवुः ॥ ३५ ॥ He had eight prominent wives among them - *Rukmani, Satyabhaamaa, *Jaambavatee, Chaaruhaasinee and others. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 36: तासां च अ�ौ अयुतािन ल�ं च पुत्राणां भगवान् अ�खल मूित�ः अनािदमान् अजनयत् ॥ ३६ ॥ In them, He had one lakh and eighty crore sons in all these wives. [[186]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 For those sons, the gruhaachaaryaas were three crore and eighty-eight lakhs. These aachaaryaas were teaching archery to all the sons of Yadu vamsha. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 46: सं�ानं यादवानां कः क�र�ित महा�नाम् | यत्र अयुतानाम् अयुत ल�ेणाः ते सदा�कः ॥ ४६ ॥ This being the case, who can even count the number of Yaadavaas? Ugrasena is living with lakhs of crores of Yadus. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 47: देवासुरे हता ये तु दैतेयाः सुर बहाबलाः | उ��ाः ते मनु�ेषु जन उपद्रव का�रणः ॥ ४७ ॥ Daiteyaas, Diti’s sons, who were killed in the Deva asura yuddha, were all born among humans in order to ill treat all of the humans, and cause upadrava, to torture them. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: देवासुरे इित | देवासुरे यु�े |
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Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 48: तेषाम् उ�ादनाथा�य भुिव देवाः यदोः कुले | अवतीणा�ः कुलशतं यत्र एका�ािधकं ि�ज ॥ ४८ ॥ In order to kill those daiteyaas who were born among humans, the devaas were also born here, in the Yadukula. Their kulaas themselves are a hundred and more. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 49: िव�ुः तेषां प्रमाणे च प्रभु�े च �व�स्थतः | िनदेश स्थाियनः त� ववृधुः सव� यादवाः ॥ ४९ ॥ Vishnu was established as controlling them, ruling them. He was the Lord. Following His orders, all the Yaadavaas prospered a lot. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: िव�ुः इित | प्रमाणे प्रितकाय� िनण�ये | Pramaana is told as what all everyone should do. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 15, Shloka 50: इित प्रसूितं वृ�ीनाम् यः श्रुणोित नरः सदा | स सव�ः पातकैः मु�ो िव�ुलोकं प्रपप�ते ॥ ५० ॥ [[188]] of 249
www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 One who reads about and listens to this Vrushni vamsha, all his sins will be destroyed, and he will attain Vishnu Loka. This is the phala told for listening to this particular chapter, the vamsha anucharita of this *Vrushni **vamsha. This concludes Chapter 15. ॥ इित श्री िव�ु पुराणे चतुथ� अंशे प�दशो अ�ायः ॥ ** ॥ इित श्री िव�ु पुराणे िव�ुिच�ीय �ा�ाने चतुथ� अंशे प�दशो अ�ायः ॥ *॥ अथ षोडशो अ�ायः ॥
Durvasu’s Vamsha
Now, Chapter 16.