Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 6:181-190

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Sri Radha-Krsna-samvada

A Conversation of Sri Radha and Sri Krsna

Chapter 6: Verse 181-190

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 181.Kali will partially incarnate as Duryodhana. Varuna will partially incarnate as Santanu. Siva will partially incarnate as Asvatthama. Agni will partially incarnate as Dronacarya. 182.Candra will partially incarnate as Abhimanyu. Vasu will partially incarnate as Bhisma. Kasyapa will partially incarnate as Vasudeva. Aditi will partially incarnate as Devaki. 183.Vasu will partially incarnate as Nanda-gopa. Vasu’s wife will partially incarnate as Yasoda. Laksmi will partially incarnate as Draupadi, who was born from a yajna pond. 184.Agni will partially incarnate as noble and powerful Dhrstadyumna. Satarupa will partially incarnate as Subhadra, born from Devaki’s womb. 185.In this way the demigods must go, by their partial expansions, to the earth and help to remove its burden. The demigods’ wives must also go, by their partial expansions, to the earth. 186.At that point Lord Krsna stopped speaking. O Narada, Brahma stood there, listening. 187.Sarasvati was at Lord Krsna’s left and Laksmi at His right. Parvati and all the demigods were before Him. 188.The gopis and gopas were before Him. Sri Radha rested on His chest. At that moment Sri Radha, the queen of Vraja spoke to Lord Krsna. 189.Sri Radha said: O Lord, please hear the words of Your maidservant. My life has become a blazing fire that burns without stop. My mind trembles, swinging to and fro. 190.When I look at You I cannot even blink. O Lord, how can I go to the earth without You?