Sri Balaräma-paddhati-patala(Krishna stotra.186)

Sri Balaräma-paddhati-patala(Krishna stotra.186)

Sri Balaräma-paddhati-patala
The Paddhati and Patala of Lord Balaräma

Text 1

     duryodhana uvächa bhagavan gargäcäryena gopi-yuthäya kathäm dattam balabhadra-pancängam tat-krpayä vadatät. tvam sarvajno 'si.

     Duryodhana said: O master, you know everything. Please kindly repeat to me what Garga Muni spoke to the gopis to tell them of the five-part worship of Lord Balaräma.

Text 2

     shri prädvipäka uvächa kauravendra ekadä gargäcäryah kalinda-nandinim snätum gargäcaläd vraja-mandalam cäjagäma. tatraikänte marul-liläijal-lalita-latä-taru-pallava-pushpa-gandha-matta-milinda-punje kälindi-kula-kalita-nikunje shri-räma-krishna-dhyäna-tat-param gargäcäryam pranamya nagendra-kanyäh sma iti jäti-smarä gopa-kanyäh shrimad-balabhadra-präpty-artham sevanam papracchus täsäm paramäm bhaktim vikshya paddhati-patala-stotra-kavacha-sahasra-nämäni gopi-yuthäya sa pradadau. kim bhuyas tvam tad-grahanam kartum icchasi vadatät.

       Shri Prädvipäka Muni said: O king of the Kauravas, one day Garga Muni left Mount Garga and went to Vraja to bathe in the Yamunä. In a certain forest grove by the Yamuna's shore, where gentle breezes moved the graceful trees, flowering vines, and new sprouts, and where the bees were maddened by the sweet scent of the flowers, some gopis bowed down before Garga Muni, who was rapt in meditation on Lord Krishna and Lord Balaräma. Remembering their previous birth as snake-princesses, the gopis asked him what kind of devotional service they should perform to attain the company of Lord Balaräma. Seeing their great devotion, Garga Muni gave these gopis the paddhati, patala, stotra, kavaca, and sahasra-näma of Lord Balaräma. What more do you wish to hear? You may ask.

Text 3

duryodhana uväca

rämasya paddhatim bruhi
     yayä siddhim vrajämy aham
tvam bhakta-vatsalo brahman
     guru-deva namo 'stu te

     Duryodhana said: Please describe the paddhati of Lord Balaräma, reciting which I may attain perfection. O brähmana, you are affectionate to the devotees. O gurudeva, I bow down before you.

Text 4

shri-prädvipäka uväca

räma-märgasya niyamam
     shrinu pärthiva-sattama
yena prasanno bhavati
     balabhadro mahä-prabhuh

     Shri Prädvipäka Muni said: O best of kings, please hear the regulative principles of the path to Lord Balaräma. When one follows these principles Lord Balaräma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, becomes pleased with him.

Text 5

sahasra-vadano devo
     bhagavän bhuvaneshvarah
na dänair na ca tirthaish cha
     bhaktyä labhyas tan ananyayä

        Lord Balaräma, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the worlds, and who is also thousand-headed Lord Ananta, is not attained by giving charity or going on pilgrimage. He is attained only by devotional service.

Text 6

sat-saìgam etyäshu shikshed
     bhaktim vai shri-harer guroh
sa siddhah kathito jätam
     yasya vai prema-lakshanam

        By associating with the devotees, one quickly learns the truth of devotion to Lord Krishna and to one's guru. A person who learns this is said to have attained perfection. He has attained love for Lord Krishna.

Text 7

brähme muhurte cotthäya
     räma-krishneti cha bruvan
natvä gurum bhuvam caiva
     tato bhumyäm padam nyaset

      One should rise at brähma-muhurta, chant the holy names of Lord Krishna and Lord Balaräma, and bow down before one's guru. Only then should one place his feet on the ground.

Text 8

väry upasparshya rahasi
     sthito bhutvä kushäsane
hastäv utsanga ädhäya
     sva-näsägra-nirnkshanah

        In a secluded place one should touch water, sit on a kusha-grass mat, place his hands on his lap, and gaze at the tip of his nose.

Text 9

dhyäyet param harim devam
     balabhadram sanätanam
gauram nilämbaram hy ädyam
     vana-mälä-vibhushitam

      Then one should meditate on Lord Balaräma, the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose complexion is fair, and who is dressed in blue garments and decorated with a forest garland.

Texts 10 and 11

evam dhyäna-paro nityam
     prity-artham halinah prabhoh
tri-käla-sandhyä-krich chuddho
     mauni krodha-vivarjitah

akämi gata-lobhaç cha
     nirmohah satya-väg bhavet
dvi-väram jala-pänärthi
     eka-bhukto jitendriyah

      Pure, silent, free from anger, lust, greed, and illusion, speaking truthfully, controlling the senses, drinking water twice in a day and eating only once, to please Lord Balaräma one should thus meditate on Him at sunrise, noon, and sunset.

Text 12

kshaumämbaro bhumi-shäyi
     bhutvä päyasa-bhojanah
evam nirjita-shad-vargo
     bhaved ekägra-mänasah

       Wearing simple cotton clothing, sleeping on the ground, and fasting from all but milk, one may conquer the material tendencies and meditate with single-pointed concentration.

Text 13

tasya prasanno bhavati
     sadä sankarshano harih
paripurnatamah säkshät
     sarva-kärana-käranah

         With such a person Lord Balaräma, the perfect and complete Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes, becomes pleased.

Text 14

ittham shri-balabhadrasya
     kathitä paddhatir mayä
kauravendra mahä-bäho
     kim bhuyah shrotum icchasi

        O mighty-armed Kaurava king, now I have described to you the paddhati of Lord Balaräma. What more do you wish to hear.

Text 15

duryodhana uväca

munindra deva-devasya
     patalam bruhi me prabhoh
yena seväm karisyämi
     tat-padämbujayoh sadä

       Duryodhana said: O king of sages, O master of the demigods, please describe to me the patala of Lord Balaräma, following which I will always serve Lord Balaräma's lotus feet.

Text 16

shri-prädvipäka uvächa

balasya patalam guhyam
     viddhi siddhi-pradäyakam
ekänte brahmanä dattam
     näradäya mahätmane

       Shri Prädvipäka Muni said: Now please understand Lord Balaräma's patala, which brings perfection, and which the demigod Brahma' gave to Närada Muni.

Text 17

pranavam purvam uddhritya
     käma-bijam tatah param
kälindi-bhedana-padam
     sankarshanam atah param

         First, speak the syllable Om. Then, speak the Käma-bija syllable (klim). Then recite the names Kalindi-bhedana (the breaker of the Yamuna, and Sankarshana.

Text 18

caturthyam tam dvayam kritva
     svähäm pashcad vidhäya cha
mantra-räjam imam räjan
     brahmoktam shodashäkshäram

          After speaking these two names, then recite the word svähä. O king, this sixteen-syllable king of mantras was spoken by the demigod Brahmä.

     Note: The mantra then is Om-klim-kälindi-bhedanäya sankarshanaya svähä.

Text 19

japel laksham vrati bhutvä
     sahasräni ca shodasha
ihämutra paräm siddhim
     sampräpnoti na samshayah

       Following this vow one should chant this mantra 116,000 times. Thus one will attain the supreme perfection in this life and the next. Of this there is no doubt.

Texts 20 and 21

atha japtasya mantrasya
     mahä-pujäm samäcaret
dvatrimshat-patra-samyuktam
     karnikä-kesharojjvalam

bhavyam kanjam panca-varnam
     likhitvä sthandile shubhe
tasyopari nyased räjan
     hema-simhäsanam shubham
tasmin shri-baladevasya
     paräm arcäm prapujayet

         Then the person who has chanted the mantra this number of times should perform the great worship of Lord Balaräma. On auspicious ground he should draw a thirty-two petal lotus of five colors and with a splendid whorl. O king, he should place there a beautiful golden throne, and on that throne He should place Lord Balaräma. Then he should perform the great worship of Lord Balaräma.

Text 22

     om-namo bhagavate purushottamäya väsudeväya sankarshanäya sahasra-vadanäya mahänantäya svähä. anena mantrena shikhä-bandhanam- kritvä sarvatas tam-pranamya tat-sammukho bhutvä svayam-nato bhavet. om-jaya jayänanta balabhadra käma-päla tälänka kälindi-bhanjana ävirävirbhüya mama sammukho bhaveti. anena mantrenävähanam-kuryät. om-namas te 'stu sira-päne hala-musala-dhara rauhineya nilämbara räma revati-ramana namo 'stu te. anena mantrenäsana-padyärghya-snäna-madhuparka-dhupa-dipa-yajnopavita-naivedya-vastra-bhushana-gandha-pushpäkshata-pushpänjali-niräjanädin upacärän prakalpayet. om-vishnave madhusudanäya vämanäya trivikramäya shridharäya hrishikeshäya padmanäbhäya dämodaräya sankarshanäya väsudeväya pradyumnäyäniruddhäyädhokshajäya purushottamäya shri-krishnäya namah. iti päda-gulpha-jänuru-katy-udara-pärshva-prishthi-bhuja-kandhara-netra-shirämsi prithak prithak pujayämiti mantrena sarvänga-pujäm- kuryät. atha shankha-chakra-gadä-padmäsi-dhanur-bäna-hala-musala-kaustubha-vanamälä-shrivatsa-pitämbara-nilämbara-vamshi-vetra-gadänka-tälänka-ratha-däruka-sumati-kumuda-kumudäksha-shridämädin pranava-purvena cäturthyam-tena namah samyuktena näma-mantrena prithak prithak sampujya. tathä vishvaksena-vedavyäsa-durgä-vinäyaka-dikpäla-grahädin kamale sarvatah sve sve sthäne sampujayet. punah parisamuhanädi-sthäli-päka-vidhänena vaishvänaram-sampujya purvoktena mula-mantrena panca-vimshati-sahasräny ähutir juhuyät. tathäshtau sahasräni dvädasäkshärena tathäshtau sahasräni catur-vyüha-mantrenähutir juhuyät. tato 'gnim-pradäkshini-kritya namaskrityächäryam-mahärha-vastra-suvarnäbharana-tämra-patra-savatsa-go-suvarna-dakshinäbhih sampujya tathä brahmanän bhojanädyaih sampujya nagara-janebhyo bhojanam-dattväcäryän pranamet. ittham-balas
ya patalänusärena yo 'nusmarati ihämutra siddhi-samriddhibhih samvrito bhavati. shri-räma-patalam-guhyam-mayä te hy anuvarnitam. sarva-siddhi-pradam- räjan kim-bhuyah shrotum icchasi.

   

     Chanting the mantra "om-namo bhagavate purushottamäya väsudeväya sankarshanäya sahasra-vadanäya mahänantäya svähä" (Obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Saìkarñana, who is thousand-headed Lord Ananta, and who is the son of Vasudeva), one should tie his shikha. Then one should bow down before the deity and in all directions.
     Then, chanting the mantra "om-jaya jayänanta balabhadra käma-päla tälänka kälindi-bhanjana ävirävirbhuya mama sammukho bhava" (Om. O Lord Balaräma, O Lord Ananta, O fulfiller of desires, O Lord who carries a palm-tree flag, O Lord who broke the Yamunä, all glories to You! O Lord, please appear before me.), one should request Lord Balaräma to appear.
     Then, chanting the mantra "om-namas te 'stu sira-päne hala-musala-dhara rauhineya nilämbara räma revati-ramana namo 'stu te" (O Lord who holds a plow in Your hand, O Lord who holds a plow and club, O son of Rohini, O Lord dressed in blue garments, O Balaräma, O husband of Revati, obeisances to You!), one should offer a throne, padya, arghya, bath, madhuparka, incense, lamp, sacred thread, food, garments, ornaments, fragrant flowers, unbroken grains of rice, handsful of flowers, ärati, and other services.
     Then, chanting the mantra, "om-vishnave madhusudanäya vämanäya trivikramäya shridharäya hrishikeshäya padmanäbhäya dämodaräya sankarshanäya väsudeväya pradyumnäyäniruddhäyädhokshajäya purushottamäya shri-krishnäya namah. (Om. Obeisances to Lord Vishnu, the killer of Madhu, the Lord who is the Vämana incarnation, the Lord who covered the universe in three steps, the Lord who maintains the goddess of fortune, the master of the senses, the Lord whose navel is a lotus flower, the Lord whose waist was bound by a rope, the Lord who was carried from Devaki's womb, the Lord who is the son of Vasudeva, the Lord who is Pradyumna, the Lord who is Aniruddha, the Lord who is beyond the material senses, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-attractive Shri Krishna!, and also the mantra "päda-gulpha-jänuru-katy-udara-pärshva-prishthi-bhuja-kandhara-netra-shirämsi prithak prithak pujayämi" (I worship the Lord's feet, ankles, knees, thighs, hips, belly, sides, back, arms, shoulders, eyes, and head.), one should worship all the limbs of Lord Balaräma.
     Then, chanting the word namah before each one, and putting each word in the dative case, one should worship Lord Balaräma's conchshell (with the mantra shankhäya namah), dish (cakräya namah), club (gadäyai namah), lotus (padmäya namah), sword (asaye namah), bow (dhanushe namah), arrows (bänebhyah namah), plow (haläya namah), club (musaläya namah), Kaustubha jewel (kaustubhäya namah), forest garland (vanamäläyai namah), Shrivatsa mark (shrivatsäya namah), yellow garments (pitämbaräya namah), blue garments (nilämbaräya namah), flute (vamshyai namah), stick (veträya namah), chariot marked with the flag of Garuda (garudänka-rathäya namah), chariot marked with the flag of a palm tree (tälänka-rathäya namah), and His associates Däruka (darukäya namah), Sumati (sumataye namah), Kumuda (kumudäya namah), Kumudäksha (kumudäkshäya namah), and Shridäma' (shridämäya namah).
     Then one should place Vishvaksena, Vedavyäsa, Durgä, Ganesha, the planets, and the protectors of the directions in their respective places in the lotus and then one should worship them. Then, sprinkling water and offering food cooked in an earthen pot, one should worship the sacred fire.
     Then, chanting the previously described mula-mantra (om- klim- kälindi-bhedanäya sankarshanäya svähä, one should offer 25,000 oblations. Then, chanting the twelve-syllable mantra (om-namo bhagavate väsudeväya), one should offer 8,000 oblations. Then, chanting the chatur-vyüha mantra (om-namo bhagavate tubhyam-väsudeväya säkshine, pradyumnäyäniruddhäya namah sankarshanäya cha), one should again offer 8,000 oblations.
     Then one should circumambulate the sacred fire, bow down before the guru, worship him with dakshina' of valuable garments, gold ornaments, copper vessels, cows with their newborn calves, and much gold, worship the brähmanas by offering them food and gifts, feed the people of the city, and bow down before the gurus. Meditating on Lord Balaräma by following this paddhati, one attains perfection in this life and the next. In this way I have described to you Lord Balaräma's confidential paddhati, which gives all perfection. O king, what more do you wish to hear?