Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 13:211-220

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Sri Krsnanna-prasana-nama-karana-prastava

Sri Krsna’s Anna-prasana and Nama-karana

Chapter 13: Verse 211-220

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 211.O Lord, as You are merciful to Indra and the demigods and Laksmi and the demigoddesses, please be merciful to me also. Your mercy is the same for all. 212.O Lord, I will not go home and I will not accept the wealth You have offered. Please protect me. Please make ma a servant of Your lotus feet. 213.After speaking these prayers, Garga Muni fell down before Lord Krsna’s feet. Tears in his eyes and the hairs of his body standing up, he wept. 214.Hearing Garga Muni’s words, Lord Krsna, who loves His devotees, smiled and said to him, “May you have love and devotion for Me.” 215.A person who at sunrise, noon and sunset recites these prayers of Garga Muni attains unwavering love and devotion for Lord Krsna. He serves and remembers Lord Krsna always. 216.A person who devotedly serves Lord Krsna leaves this world of birth, death, old-age, disease, lamentation, bewilderment, and a host of troubles, far behind. 217.At the appropriate time he goes to Lord Krsna’s abode and enjoys with Him. From then on he is never separated from Lord Krsna. 218.Sri Narayana Rsi said: After speaking these prayers and presenting the infant Krsna to King Nanda, Garga Muni said to him: O gopa, please give your permission, and then I will return home. 219.This world of birth and death is caught in a network of illusion. It is filled with surprises. In this world people meet, and then are quickly separated. They are like bubbles of foam in the ocean. 220.Hearing Garga Muni’s words, Nanda wept. Separation from great saints is worse than death.