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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 90: Verses 47-50
Pariksit ! the Ganga which washes the feet of Bhagavan Sri Krsna, is (certainly) very sacred. But, when the same Lord (the holiest of the holy) descended in the race of Yadu, the glory of the Ganga naturally diminished as compared to the glory of His incomparable fame.(How great, indeed, is the glory of the Lord's Form that) those who loved Him and those who hated Him, both attained His state. Goddess Laksmi, who is sought after by other gods, keeps Herself (constantly) engaged in His service. His (auspicious) Name (once) heard or uttered destroys (all) evil. Of all forms of Dharma preached and practised by the descendants of (various) Rsis, Bhagavan Sri Krsna is the founder (and fountain-head). He holds in His hand the discus (which is a symbol of the ever rotating wheel of Time, the all-destroyer). Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that He should relieve the burden of the earth (from time to time). Bhagavan Sri Krsna is the (sole) asylum of (all) beings. (He is constantly present everywhere, and yet) they say He manifested Himself from the womb of Devaki. The Yadava heroes (always) waited on Him (with joined palms). By (the strength of) His arms He put down (all) unrighteousness. (By His very nature, 0 king,) the Lord wipes out the sufferings of all mobile and immobile creatures. By His charming countenance full of winning smiles He kindled love into the hearts of (the women) of Vraja as well as of the towns, He is the one conqueror of the whole world.
(Victory to Him and Him alone !) (Pariksit !) the Supreme Person (who is beyond the realm of Prakrti) sportively assumed a (transcendental) Form with intent to vindicate the path of virtue chalked out by Himself, and enacted (many wonderful) sports appropriate to that Form. Everyone of His acts is capable of cutting asunder the bonds of Karma (of those who contemplate on it). He who-seeks to gain the privilege of serving the (lotus) feet of Bhagavan Sri Krsna, the crown-jewel of Yadus, should (make it a point to) listen to the stories of His sports. By listening to, chanting and contemplating on the charming stories of Bhagavan Sri Krsna every moment, man develops the devotion which leads him to the (supreme) sphere of the Lord. (True,) it is (most) difficult to reach beyond the jurisdiction of Time; but in the Lord's realm Time has no sway. Even rulers of the earth have left their kingdom and retired to the forest for (the performance of austerities with the object of) gaining that eternal realm. (Therefore, one should constantly engage oneself in hearing the stories of the Lord.)
Thus ends the ninetieth discourse entitled "The Story of (the amorous sports of) Sri Krsna narrated," in the latter half of Book ten of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita, composed by the sage Vedavyasa and consisting of eighteen thousand Slokas.
END OF THE SECOND HALF OF BOOK TEN
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