Brahma Vaivarta Purana
The Sage Is Rescued
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
91.. . . who was accompanied by Sunanda, Nanda, Kumuda, Pracaëòa and other liberated souls, whose praises were sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments, whom everyone gazed at, and whom everyone yearned to serve. 92.Gazing at the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Durväsä bowed down, falling like a stick to the ground, and recited prayers from the Säma Veda. 93.Çri Durväsä said: O beloved of Lakñmi, please protect me! O ocean of mercy, O ocean of mercy, O friend of the poor, O master of the poor, O Lord, please protect me! 94.O father of the Vedas' and Vedäìgas' author, O death of death, O time of time, please rescue me from this ocean of dangers. 95.O destroyer of the destroyer, O master of all, O cause of all, O seed of the Mahä-Viñëu tree, please rescue me from this ocean of dangers. 96.O Lord who saves the surrendered souls from fear and grief and suffering, please protect frightened me. O Lord Näräyaëa, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. 97.You are the original Supreme Person described in the Vedas. Even the Vedas cannot properly glorify You. Even Goddess Sarasvati is speechless before You. How can the ordinary philosophers of this world glorify you with proper words? 98.Lord Çeña becomes speechless with His thousand mouths. Lord Çiva becomes speechless with his five mouths. Lord Brahmä becomes speechless with his four mouths. 99.The Vedas, the authors of the Vedas, and Goddess Sarasvati herself cannot praise You with proper words. Who am I? I am only a brähmaëa student of the Vedas. O glorious one, how can I praise You with proper words? 100.Many Manus are born and die in the life of Indra. Twenty- four Indras are born and die in one day of Brahmä. Brahma lives for 108 days and nights.
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