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Código del Artículo: IDJ647

por Sri Garga Muni

Hardcover (Edición: 2001)

Rasbihari Lal & Sons
ISBN 8187812982

Tamaño: 9.3" X 6.3"
Páginas: 648

Precio: Euro 45.74

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"The original Vedic srutis and their derivative smrtis mostly reflect the general interests of human beings, who strive for material progress, rarely inquiring philosophically into the purpose of life. The confidential science of pure devotional service is taught explicitly only in a few Vedic scriptures little known to the public. Among these rare texts are the Gopala tapani Upanisad, the Narada Pancaratra, the Garga Samhita, the Visnu Purana, the Hari-vamsa Upapurana, the Uttara-khanda of the Padma Purana, and the Bhagavata Maha-purana."

Garga Muni appears in the pastimes of Lord Krsna, as we read in the book, KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead: After this incident, Vasudeva asked him family priest, Garga Muni, to visit the place of Nanda Maharaja in order to astrologically calculate the future life of Krsna. Garga Muni was a great saintly sage who had undergone many austerities and penances and been appointed priest of the Yadu dynasty.

There was a king named Pratibahu, the son of Vajra, who resided at Mathura, the abode of Lord Krsna. His wife was named Malini. He performed some difficult vows in the hopes of receiving a son. And yet, in spite of all his endeavors, the king did not receive a son and so he became quite morose. No one could console him because it was his belief that the life of a man without a son is completely useless.

One day, after the king had become old and grey, the sage, Sandilya, came to him. Seeing how the king appeared morose, the sage inquired about his welfare. In reply, King Pratibahu revealed to him is misfortune of having no son. The sage then spoke to the king for his welfare.

Sandilya Muni said, "O King, after trying so many means for fulfilling your desire, without success, you should now listen to the Garga Samhita, along with your wife. In this Kali-yuga, Lord Visnu bestows riches and sons upon those who relish this divine literature. And, at the end of life, such persons proceed to the abode of the Lord, Goloka. There are no hard and fast rules for listening to the Garga Samhitait can be heard at all times and at all places. However, those who are not devoted to their spiritual master, who have no faith in the existence of God, who are sinful, and who do not follow the life of a Vaisnava, will achieve no good result while listening to the Garga Samhita."

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Narada Muni said, "O sage, I have narrated the glories of Lord Krsna briefly and so it would be good if you compose them in a more elaborate form. Previously, I had inspired Srila Vyasadeva to compose the Srimad-Bhagavatam for this same purpose. The Samhita composed by you should be in the format of me narrating it to King Bahulasva."

Garga Muni cheerfully accepted this most difficult task put before him by Narada Muni. Thereafter, Narada Muni ascended into the sky, holding his vina in his hand, and went to Brahmaloka. And, Gargacarya composed the Garga Samhita, which bestows devotion to Lord Krsna upon the hearer.

Introduction

The Garga Samhita was never mentioned by Srila Prabhupada in his books, although there is one mention of it by his disciple, Gopiparanadhana Dasa: "The original Vedic srutis and their derivative smrtis mostly reflect the general interests of human beings, who strive for material progress, rarely inquiring philosophically into the purpose of life. The confidential science of pure devotional service is taught explicitly only in a few Vedic scriptures little known to the public. Among these rare texts are the Gopala-tapani Upanisad, the Narada Pancaratra, the Garga Samhita, the Visnu Purana, the Hari-vamsa Upapurana, the Uttara-khanda of the Padma Purana, and the Bhagavata Maha-purana."

Garga Muni appears in the pastimes of Lord Krsna, as we read in the book, KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead: After this incident, Vasudeva asked his family priest, Garga Muni, to visit the place of Nanda Maharaja in order to astrologically calculate the future of life of Krsna. Garga Muni was a great saintly sage who had undergone many austerities and penances and been appointed priest of the Yadu dynasty.

To give some more background to this transcendental literature, here is a summary of Sri Garga Samhita Mahatmya:

Saunaka Rsi said, "I have heard from you in detail glorification of the Puranas, which is very pleasing to the ears. Now, kindly tell me about the Garge Samhita, which is filled with narrations of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. In this Samhita, there is wonderful glorification of Sri Radha and Madhava."

Suta Gosvami said, "O Saunaka, the glories of the Garga Samhita were revealed to me by Narada Muni. Thereafter, Lord Siva had spoken it to Parvati, along with the Sammohana-tantra. Lord Siva resides underneath an eternal banyan tree on Mount Kailash."

"One day, as she sat along with her husband, surrounded by numerous Siddhas, Parvati requested him to narrate the pastimes of Lord Krsna."

Lord Siva replied, "O goddess, listen now as I recite to you the life of Lord Krsna when He had incarnated on the earth, which is the remover of all kinds of sins. Long ago, Lord Krsna had Himself narrated His pastimes to Radha, and then later on, to Sesa, who thereafter recited them to Dharma. Dharma then recited the story of Lord Krsna's earthly pastimes to his sons, Nara and Narayana and Narayana narrated it to Narada Muni. Later on, Narada Muni narrated the pastimes of Lord Krsna to Garga Muni, whereby he attained the platform of realized transcendental knowledge. At that time, Narada Muni said to Garga Muni."

In this regard, the following history is cited: There was a king named Pratibahu, the son of Vajra, who resided at Mathura, the abode of Lord Krsna. His wife was named Malini. He performed some difficult vows in the hopes of receiving a son. And yet, in spite of all his endeavours, the king did not receive a son and so he became quite morose. No one could him because it was his belief that the life of a man without a son is completely useless.

Sandilya Muni said, "O King, after trying so many means for fulfilling your desire, without success, you should now listen to the Garga Samhita, along with your wife. In his Kali-yuga, Lord Visnu bestows riches and sons upon those who relish this divine literature. And at the end of life, such persons proceed to the abode of the Lord, Goloka. There are no hard and fast rules for listening to the Garga Samhita- it can be heard at all times and at all places. However, those who are not devoted to their spiritual master, who have no faith in the existence of God, who are sinful, and who do not follow the life of a Vaisnava, will achieve no good result while listening to the Garga Samhita."

"The speaker of the Garga Samhita should be selected with great care. He should not be an envious person who continually criticizes others. He should be devoted to Lord Krsna and well-versed in the devotional literature. After the recitation of the Garga Samhita, there should be the performance of hari-name-sankirtana. The bona-fide speaker of the Garga Samhita should be treated with all due respect and he should be awarded gifts in charity in consideration of his highly meritorious service rendered."

King Pratibahu became very pleased while listening to the words of the sage, Sandilya. He said, "O sage, I take shelter of you. Please recite the Garga Samhita to me and in this way, bestow upon me a son."

Thereafter, a nice pandal was erected by the side of the Yamuna and all the people of Mathura came to listen. After the conclusion of the recitation, the sage, Sandilya, was given a great deal of wealth in charity by the king. Then, by the mercy of the great sage, Radha and Krsna appeared before the king. Everyone stood up and then bowed down to offer obeisances to the Supreme Lord and His consort. The king and his queen offered prayers, as did the sage, Sandilya, and the citizens appealed to the Lord to forgive their sins, benedict the king with a son, and award them all devotion at His lotus feet.

Lord Krsna then said, "Whatever ever has been spoken by all of you will certainly come to pass. The Samhita composed by sage Garga fulfills all aspiration of those who respectfully hear it."

After saying this, Radha and Krsna disappeared from the vision of the onlookers. Thereafter, whatever the sage, Sandilya, had received as remuneration for his recitation of the Garga Samhita, he distributed to the brahmanas of Mathura. He then departed, after giving the king all assurances. In due course of time, a son was born to the virtuous king and queen. The son was named Subahu.

After hearing this story, Parvati requested her husband to recite the entire Garga Samhita, and Lord Siva compiled.

I am confident that all devotees will find this book to be extremely interesting, especially because it adds many details to already known stories. Especially fascinating are the previous lives of many known personalities that are described in this book. It's something like filling in some pieces of a great puzzle.

CONTENTS Canto One
Goloka Khand.


Chapter One	Description of Sri Krsna's glories	36
Chapter Two	Description of the abode of Sri Goloka	40
Chapter Three	Description of the Lord's appearance	45
Chapter Four	Questions concerning the Lord's appearance	49
Chapter Five	The Lord's appearance	55
Chapter Six	Description of Kamsa's strength	59
Chapter Seven	Description of the conquest of all directions	64
Chapter Eight	Description of Sri Radhika's birth	68
Chapter Nine	Description of Vasudeva's wedding	71
Chapter Ten	Description of Lord Balarama's appearance	74
Chapter Eleven	Description of Sri Krsnacandra's appearance	78
Chapter Twelve	Description of Sri Nanda's festival	85
Chapter Thirteen	The liberation of Putana	90
Chapter Fourteen	The liberation of Sakatasura and Trnavarta	93
Chapter Fifteen	Revelation of the universal form to Nanda's wife	99
Chapter Sixteen	Description of Sri Radhika's wedding	106
Chapter Seventeen	Description of the yogurt theft	112
Chapter Eighteen	Vision of the universal form	116
Chapter Nineteen	Breaking of the twin arjuna trees	118
Chapter Twenty	Description of Durvasa Muni's vision fo the maya potency and offering of prayers to Nanda's son	121
	Canto Two Vrndavana-Khanda
Chapter One	Description of the entrance in Vrndavana	126
Chapter Two	Description of Giriraja Govardhana's birth	131
Chapter Three	Description of the Yamuna's arrival	135
Chapter Four	The liberation of Vatsasura	138
Chapter Five	The liberation of Bakasura	141
Chapter Six	The liberation of Aghasura	145
Chapter Seven	Kidnapping of the calves and cowherd boys	148
Chapter Eight	Description of seeing Lord Krsna	151
Chapter Nine	Brahma's prayers	155
Chapter Ten	Description of Sri Krsna's herding the cows	162
Chapter Eleven	The liberation of Dhenukasura	165
Chapter Twelve	The story of Sesa	171
Chapter Thirteen	Narration of Kaliya's story	174
Chapter Fourteen	Description of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna's falling in love	177
Chapter Fifteen	The worship of tulasi	181
Chapter Sixteen	The meeting of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna	184
Chapter Seventeen	The sight of Sri Krsnacandra	188
Chapter Eighteen	The rasa dance pastime	192
Chapter Nineteen	The rasa dance pastime	196
Chapter Twenty	The rasa dance pastime	199
Chapter Twenty-one	The rasa dance pastime	202
Chapter Twenty-two	The killing of Sankhacuda during the rasa dance pastime	206
Chapter Twenty-three	The story of Asuri Muni in the rasa dance pastime	210
Chapter Twenty-four	The rasa dance pastime	214
Chapter Twenty-five	The Story of Sankhacuda	218
	Canto Three Giriraja-Khanda
Chapter One	The worship of Sri Giriraja	223
Chapter Two	The great festival of Sri Giriraja	226
Chapter Three	The lifting of Sri Govardhana	229
Chapter Four	The bathing of Sri Krsna	232
Chapter Five	The dispute among the gopas	235
Chapter Six	The test of Sri Krsna	239
Chapter Seven	The holy places of Sri Giriraja	242
Chapter Eight	The opulence of Sri Giriraja	246
Chapter Nine	The birth of Sri Giriraja	248
Chapter Ten	The glory of Sri Giriraja	252
Chapter Eleven	The prowess of Sri Giriraja	256
	Canto Four Madhurya-khanda
Chapter One	The story of the Personified Vedas	260
Chapter Two	The story of the gopis that had been sages	265
Chapter Three	The story of the Mithila women	267
Chapter Four	The story of the Kausala women	269
Chapter Five	The story of the Ayodhya women	271
Chapter Six	The story of the Ayodhya women	273
Chapter Seven	The story of the Ayodhya women
Chapter Eight	In the story of the Yajna-sitas, the glories of Ekadasi	279
Chapter Nine	The glories of Sri Ekadasi	284
Chapter Ten	The story of the Pulinda women	286
Chapter Eleven	The story of the gopis who were residents of Rama-vaikuntha, Svetadvipa, Urdhva-vaikuntha, Ajita-pada, and Sri Lokacala	288
Chapter Twelve	The story of the gopis who during the Holi festival displayed three transcendental virtues	291
Chapter Thirteen	The story of the demigoddesses	293
Chapter Fourteen	The story of the Jalandharis	295
Chapter Fifteen	The story of the women of Barhismati-pura, the Apsaras, and the women of Sutala and Nagendra	298
Chapter Sixteen	The Sri Yamuna armor	300
Chapter Seventeen	Prayers to Sri Yamuna	302
Chapter Eighteen	The names and worship of Sri Yamuna	304
Chapter Nineteen	The thousand names of Sri Yamuna	306
Chapter Twenty	The killing of Pralamba	325
Chapter Twenty-one	Lord Krsna extinguishes the forest fire and reveals Himself to the brahmanas wives	328
Chapter Twenty-two	Nanda and the gopas see the realm of Vaikuntha	331
Chapter Twenty-three	The story of Sudarsana	333
Chapter Twenty-four	The killing of Vyomasura and Aristasura	335
	Canto Five Mathura-Khanda
Chapter One	Advice to Kamsa	339
Chapter Two	The killing of Kesi	342
Chapter Three	Akrura's arrival	344
Chapter Four	The journey to Sri Mathura	347
Chapter Five	Sri Krsna's entrance into Mathura	351
Chapter Six	Seeing Sri Mathura	355
Chapter Seven	The killing of Kuvalayapida	360
Chapter Eight	The killing of Kamsa	365
Chapter Nine	The happiness of the Yadus	369
Chapter Ten	The stories of the washer man, weaver, and florist	374
Chapter Eleven	The stories of Kubja and Kuvalayapida	377
Chapter Twelve	Pancajana's previous birth	380
Chapter Thirteen	The arrival of Sri Uddhava	383
Chapter Fourteen	The meeting of King Nanda and Uddhava	387
Chapter Fifteen	Seeing Sri Radha	391
Chapter Sixteen	Comforting Sri Radha and the gopis	395
Chapter Seventeen	The gopis describe their remembrance of Sri Krsna	398
Chapter Eighteen	Uddhava hears the gopis words and returns to Mathura	403
Chapter Nineteen	The festival on Sri Krsna's return	406
Chapter Twenty	The liberation of Rbhu Muni during the rasa dance festival	409
Chapter Twenty-one	The story of Sri Narada	415
Chapter Twenty-two	The story of Sri Narada	420
Chapter Twenty-three	The killing of the Kola demon	424
Chapter Twenty-four	The gories of Sri Mathura	432
	Canto Six Dvaraka-Khanda
Chapter One	Jarasandha's defeat	437
Chapter Two	Residence in Sri Dvaraka	441
Chapter Three	Lord Balarama's wedding	445
Chapter Four	Journey to the city of Kundina	448
Chapter Five	The kidnapping of Sri Rukmini	452
Chapter Six	The Yadavas victory when Sri Rukmini is kidnapped	455
Chapter Seven	The Marriage of Sri Rukmini	459
Chapter Eight	The marriages of all the queens	463
Chapter Nine	The arrival of Sri Dvaraka	466
Chapter Ten	In the description of the Gomati River, the glories of Cakra-tirtha	469
Chapter Eleven	In the creation of Cakra-tirtha, the liberation of the elephant and the crocodile	473
Chapter Twelve	The glories of Sankhoddhara-tirtha	476
Chapter Thirteen	The Glories of Prabhasa-tirtha, the sarasvati River, Bodhapippala, and the place where the Gomati River meets the ocean.	479
Chapter Fourteen	The glories of Ratnakara, Raivata, and Kacala	486
Chapter Fifteen	The glories of Nrga-kupa and Gopi-bhumi	486
Chapter Sixteen	Seeing Sri Radha's form	490
Chapter Seventeen	Sri Sri Radha and Krsna meet at Siddhasrama and the nature of Sri Radha's love is revealed.	494
Chapter Eighteen	In the course of describing the glories of Siddhasrama, a description of the rasa dance festival.	498
Chapter Nineteen	In the first fortress of Dvaraka, the glories of Lila-sarovara, Hari-mandira, Jnana-tirtha, Krsna-kunda, Balabhadra-sarah, Ganesa-tirtha, Dana-sthala, and Maya-tirtha.	502
Chapter Twenty	In the description of the second fort, the glories of Indratirtha, Brahma-tirtha, Surya-kunda, Nailalohita-tirtha, and Saptasamudra-tirtha are described.	505
Chapter Twenty-one	In the description of the third fort, the glories of Pindaraka-tirtha.	507
Chapter Twenty-two	The story of Sri Sudama-vipra	510
	Canto Seven Visvajit-Khanda
Chapter One.	The story of Marutta.	518
Chapter Two	Consecration of Pradyumna for victory	521
Chapters Three through Fifty	The victory march of the army of Yadavas and King Ugrasena's Rajasuya sacrifice.	523
	Canto Eight Balabhadra-Khanda
Chapter One	The purpose for the Lord's incarnation upon the earth	553
Chapter Two	The incarnation of Lord Balarama.	555
Chapter Three	The story of Jyotismati	557
Chapter Four	The story of Revati	559
Chapter Five	The appearance of Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama.	562
Chapterr Six	The pastimes of Lord Krsna and Balarama I Vrndavana.	564
Chapter Seven	Pastimes of Krsna and Balarama at Mathura	566
Chapter Eight	The pastimes of Krsna and Balarama at Dvaraka	568
Chapter Nine	Lord Balaram's rasa dance	570
Chapter Ten	The paddhati and patala of Lord Balarama.	573
Chapter Eleven	The king of prayers to Lord Balarama	578
Chapter Twelve	The prayer and armor of Lord Balarama	580
Chapter Thirteen	One thousand names of Lord Balarama	582
	Canto Nine Vijnana-Khanda
Chapter One	Arrival of Srila Vyasadeva at Dvaraka	605
Chapter Two	Teachings of Srila Vyasadeva	607
Chapter Three	A description of selfish and selfless bhakti-yoga	609
Chapter Four	The glories of the devotees of the Lord	611
Chapter Five and Six	The glories of devotional service to the Lord. Constructing temples and installing Deities.	613
Chapter Seven through Ten	The daily activities of a devotee of the Lord and worship of the Deity, including the offering of prayers.	615
	Canto Ten Asvamedha-Khanda(summarized)
	Asvamedha-khanda	619

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