Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 17:51-61

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Çri Våndävana-nagara-varnana

Description of Çri Våndävana

Chapter 17: Verse 51-61

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 51. . . . in a secluded forest by the western ocean, in a garden of the Malaya valleys, in a forest by the Kaveri's shore, . . . 52. . . . on beautiful mountain after beautiful mountain, by river after river, by stream after stream, and on island after island, in many differed secluded places he enjoyed pastimes with his beautiful wife. 53. As he enjoyed with her, he did not know whether it was day or night. In this way a thousand years passed like a single moment. 54.After enjoying these pastimes for a very long time, he finally became renounced. Taking her with him, he went to the Vindhyä Hills to perform austerities. 55. In Pulaha Muni's famous äçrama there the king performed austerities for a thousand celestial years. 56.Yearning for liberation and nothing else, he meditated on Lord Kåñna's lotus feet. Not eating, he became emaciated and eventually fell unconscious. 57.One day his saintly wife pushed away a swarm of ants that completely covered his body. 58.-59.Seeing her husband lying motionless, now abandoned by the five life-airs, and his body only skin and bones, Kalävati became filled with grief. In that secluded place she wept loudly. Crying out, O master! O master!", she clutched the corpse to her breast. 60.-61.The terrified poor woman, completely devoted to her husband, lamented again and again. Then Lord Brahmä, who was born from a lotus flower, who is the creator of the universe, and who is an ocean of compassion, saw the emaciated corpse and heard her loud wailing. Impelled by feelings of compassion, he appeared before her.