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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 4: Chapter 30: Verses 16-31
Bhagavan Visnu confers a boon on the Pracetas, who then return to their city and marry the foster-daughter of the trees
Let that girl with a lovely (slender) waist be a wife, (equally) devoted to you all, who are observing the same vows and are possessed of a similar disposition; and she too (I am sure) will observe the same vows as you all and is possessed of a similar disposition (so that there will be no fear of conflict either between yourselves or between you and her and you married life will be quite happy). For a million celestial years with undiminished strength of body you will enjoy by My grace earthly as well as heavenly pleasures. Thereafter, with the impurities of your heart (in the shape of lust. anger and soon) burnt through unceasing devotion to Me, and recoiling in disgust from those hell-like pleasures, you will ascend to My (divine) Abode. In the case of those whose actions are dedicated to Me and whose hours are spent in talks relating to Me, even though they have entered the life of a householder, home life is not recognized to be a source of bondage. For, through the aforesaid talks, given by the expositors of the Vedas. I. the all-knowing Lord, enter the heart of such devotees as if in an ever new aspect. This (manifestation of Mine in the heart) is (the same as the realization of) Brahma as (is evident from the fact that) those who attain to Me never given way to infatuation, grief or joy. Maitreya continued : Even as Lord Visnu (He who is supplicated by men), the Bestower of (all) the objects of human pursuit and the greatest friend (of all), spoke thus, the Pracetas, who had been rid of all impurities in the shape of Rajas (passion) and Tamas (ignorance) by H. (very) sight, addressed Him (as follows) with joined palms in a voice choked with emotion. (
The Pracetas said : Hail, hail to You, who relieve Your devotees of (all) afflictions, whose excellent virtues and names have been declared(by the Vedas) as the source of all blessings and who surpass in quickness both mind and speech ! Hail again to You, the way of whose approach lies beyond the range of all the senses ! Hail to You who are unconditioned and serene by virtue of Your being (ever) established in Your essential nature, and in whom duality falsely appears due to (the existence of) the mind ! Hail to You, who for the purposes of creation, preservation and dissolution of the universe assume various forms (the forms of Brahma. Visnu and Siva) through the attributes (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas) of Maya ! Hail to You, known by the name of Sri Han and consisting of Sattva unmixed with Rajas and Tamas, whose realization puts an end to (the cycle of) transmigration ! Hail to Sri Krsna, son of Vasudeva, the lord of (all) devotees ! Obeisance to You who have a lotus sprung from Your navel ! Obeisance to You who are adorned with a wreath of lotuses ! Obeisance to you, whose feet resemble a pair of lotuses ! And obeisance to You, O Lord with lotus-like eyes Salutations to You, who are clad in stainless robes yellow as the filaments of a lotus ! (Once more) we offer our obeisance to You, the abode of all creatures as well as their Seer. To us, who are afflicted (with threefold agonies), You have revealed Your form, which puts an end to all miseries ! What other favour could be bestowed (on us)? nly this much should be done by masters who are fond of the poor that they remember the latter at the opportune moment as their own. 0 Destroyer of all that is inauspicious; for such remembrance brings solace to those who are thus remembered. Seated within the heart even of the most insignificant creatures as their Inner Controller, how could You fail to know that which is sought by us (Your votaries) hankering after some object ? To us, that have won the pleasure of the Lord (Yourself)-who is not only the teacher showing us (the way to) final beatitude but (our) goal too-that (Your pleasure) alone is the desired boon, O Lord of the universe ! Yet, O Lord, we do seek one boon from You-who are beyond (even) Prakrti (the ultimate cause of the world). And indeed there is no limit to Your glories: that is why You are extolled under the name of Ananta (the Infinite) !
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