The Prem sagurCaturbhujamisra, active 17th century
Religion
The Prem sagur
Caturbhujamisra, active 17th century
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Shree Shookdeo, the sage, said,--O great king! Kesee and Byomasoor
were killed on the eleventh of the dark part of the month of Kartik;
and early in the morning of the thirteenth, Akroor obtained permission
from Kuns to set out, and when he had ascended his chariot, these
thoughts passed in his mind on his road to Brindabun: “What prayers,
devotion, sacrifice, offering, pilgrimage or fast have I performed, by
virtue of which I have obtained this great benefit? To my knowledge I
have not once during my present birth mentioned the name of Huri, but
have constantly remained in the retinue of Kuns; how shall I obtain a
knowledge of the mysteries of his adoration? (of the manner in which I
am to offer adoration to him) I must certainly have performed some
very virtuous act in a former birth, the excellence and glory of which
have procured me this very great advantage, that Kuns has sent me to
bring Shree Krishnù Chund, the root of joy. By going and obtaining a
sight of him, I shall obtain the greatest happiness my present birth
can afford; (literally, I shall make my birth fruitful.) I will fall
at his feet with joined hands; and afterwards put the dust of his feet
on my head. The feet, which have come to destroy crime! and which
Shree Bruhmù and the other gods worship. The feet, which fell on
Kalee’s head; and which are filled with the milk of the breast, and
the perfume of sandal, which danced beautifully amidst the
festivities, and the assemblage of the cowherdesses; and after which
the cows roamed. The feet, by the dust of which the wife of Guotumù
was saved, from which the Ganges issued forth, having deceived the
Raja Buli, they performed an important act for Indrù. Those feet I
shall see to-day: the omens are propitious to me, herds of deer are
running on the right.” O great king! with these thoughts in his mind,
Akroor said again to himself, “I hope they will not any of them look
upon me as the ambassador of Kuns.” Again it occurred to him, “That
he, whose name is acquainted with the secrets of the heart, requires
the true affection of the mind, and can recognize friends and
enemies--he will never look upon me as Kuns’ ambassador; moreover on
seeing me, he will embrace me with kindness, and place his soft,
lotus-like hand on my head, then by gazing fixedly on his moon-like
body, on which body Bruhmù, Roodrù, Indrù and all the gods
constantly meditate, I will feast my eyes, in the way the red
partridge is delighted by gazing at the moon.”
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