95 - Lord Krishna marries sixteen thousand and one hundred virgins

Vyāsa said:      

1. O excellent brahmins, eulogised thus by the king of Devas, lord Krishna laughed and spoke in an emotionally majestic manner. 

The lord said: 

2. You are Indra, the king of Devas. O lord of the universe, we are mortals. The crime committed by me should be excused by you. 

3. May this Pārijāta tree be taken to its proper site. O Indra, it was at the instance of Satya that it was taken by me, 

4. Take back this thunderbolt which had been hurled at me by you, O Indra, it is your own weapon that pierces enemies. 

Indra said: 

5. O Lord, why do you try to delude me by saying "I am a mortal". We know you; we are conversant with the infinite happiness. 

6. As you are, so you are, O lord of the universe. O lord, you are firmly fixed in your work. O slayer of Asuras, you remove thorns of the universe. 

7. O Krishna, may this Pärijäta tree be taken to Dvåravati. Except with you this will not remain anywhere else in the mortal world. 

Vyāsa said: 

8. After saying "So be it” to the lord of Devas Sri Krishņa came to the Earth, eulogised by the liberated Siddhas, Gandharvas and sages. 

9. Taking the excellent tree with him, Krishna hastened. He then reached the aerial space over Dväraka and blew the conch. 

10. O brahmins, getting down from Garuda in the company of Satyabhāmā he delighted the residents of Dvaraka. 

11. He fixed the great tree Parijata in his garden. People who approached it were able to remember their previous birth. 

12-18. The ground three Yojanas all round it was rendered fragrant by the sweet scent of its flowers. Coming and looking at it, the Yadavas saw divine and superhnman scents on that tree. 

Krişhņa took possession of elephants, horses, and other wealth brought by the servants from the collection of Naraka. Krishna, on an auspicious day married damsels brought from Naraka's residence. 

O excellent brahmins, with a separate body for each of these, Krişhņa married them in accordance with piety. There were sixteen thousand and one hundred women or even more. Lord Krishna took up as many forms. But those virgins considered him as their solc lord individually, thinking, "Krishna married me alone." 

During the nights, O brahmins, Krişhņa the creator of the universe, Krishna of universal forms, stayed in the abodes of all of them.