67 - Description of Spiritual Yoga 

Narayana said- Krishna the lord of passion, finding his beloved becoming conscious due to the idea of separation from him, embraced her and moved towards the lake of water-sport. О sage, at that point of time, the great goddess Radha appearing in the lap of Krishna as the clouds appear in the sky and the lightning appearing in the clouds. 

All merciful Krishna gracefully enjoyed the company of Radha, Sri Krishna looked in both of them as an emerald in a heap of gems. There was a bed made of the best of the gems and a lamp made of gems was burning. All the ascetics of the divine dance were made of the gems including the ornaments. Lord Krishna was then adorned with the gem-studded ornaments and in the company of Radha, who was also adorned with gem-studded ornament were engrossed in the ocean of love-sport. 

Getting disinterested in the love-sport without getting her mind detached from the same, Radha the goddess of the divine dance, spoke to Krishna the lord of the divine dance. 

Radhika said- О lord, I always remain delighted with you and without you I feel like a dead person and get faded, like the bunch of great medicinal plants blossoms in the morning and getting faded with the sunshine.

I shine with you like the light of the lamp at the night. Without you my lustre goes on decreasing like the lustre of the moon in the black fortnight. I always illumined like the full moon placing my head on your chest and getting deprived of you. I get destroyed at once like the moon rays in the moonless night. 

With you I remain like the flames of fire in which ghee is poured and without you I get faded like the lotus flower in the winter season.

When you leave me get myself drowned in the worries as the sun or the moon cover the earth with darkness after they set. 

Without you my costumes, beauty, youthfulness, consciousness gets destroyed in the same way as the stars get destroyed at dawn. 

You are the soul of all but you happen to be the only lord of mind. Without you I remain like the body without the soul. 

You are my five pranas and as such without you I feel like a dead person, like the eyes which become useless without the eye-balls. 

With you I glitter like a painted surface and without you I look like the earth grown with wild vegetation.

О Krishna, I remain with you like the painted image of gold and without you, I look like an image of clay filled with dust and water. You are the lord of the divine dance and as such all the cowherdesses appear before you as the crystal gems appear in the garland of gold. 

О lord of Vraja, the group of kings illumine with you as the constellation surround the moon in the sky. 

О son of Nanda, as the fruits and branches decorate the trees similarly you decorate or glorify Yashoda and Nanda.

О lord of Gokula, with you the people of Gokula appear so graceful as the great king is surrounded by his people. 

О great king, with you the divine dance also looks pleasant as the city of Amaravati looks glorious in the heaven of Devaraja Indra.

You are the lustre of the trees of Vrundavana, their lord and the sun, as the lion is considered to be quite glorious in the forest among the wild animals. 

Without you, the mother Yashoda is engrossed in grief like the cow who cries without her calf.

Without you Nanda feels restless and his mind is reduced to ashes as the paddy gets fried in the heated vase. 

Thus, speaking Radhika infatuated with love held the feet of Krishna. Thereafter lord Krishna again enlightened her with spiritual knowledge.

О Narada, the spiritual knowledge removes the illusion in the same way as a sharp-edged axe cuts the trees. 

Narada said- О best of those well-versed in the Vedas, you enlighten us on the spiritual Mahayoga which destroys the grief of the people. I am quite anxious to hear about it. Narayana said- Even the yogis are not quite aware of the spiritual Mahayoga which is of various kinds and is known to lord Hari completely. 

О sage, Sri Krishna the lord of Radha, had narrated a few parts of the divine Mahayoga to Shiva getting extremely delighted. 

Shiva performed tapas up to a thousand Indras. He happened to be the best of Vaishnavas and quite senior and the best among the mendicants.

In the Padmakalpa Brahma performed severe austerities in the Pushkara-kshetra. Finding him there, lord Krishna revealed a little of the Mahayoga to Brahma. Brahma performed tapas for a period of a hundred Indras, when he was reduced to only a skeleton. Thereafter the compassionate lord gracefully spoke to him.

In the earlier times my father who was quite a religious one, performed tapas in the Simhakshetra which prolonged to fourteen Indras and was rendered quite weak. Thereafter, the lord becoming merciful bestowed the knowledge of the spiritual Mahayoga. Thereafter, the same knowledge was imparted to Sanatkumara who performed tapas for a hundred Indras. He was also imparted with a bit of the knowledge. Thereafter, О Narada, after performing severe tapas for a long time, the same knowledge, in part, was given to Ananta.

Thereafter Kapila performed severe tapas for a long time on Himalaya and to Bhaskara, who performed hard tapas in the Pushkara region, the part of the same divine knowledge was imparted to them. Thereafter the lord who is graceful on his devotees, parted with no part of the same knowledge to Prahlada, Durvasa, Bhrugu and Nigudha. 

Thereafter lord Krishna had imparted knowledge of the same to Radhika on the charming bank of the lake of the water sport. I am going to speak out the same to you which you please listen to. 

Finding his beloved quite sad, the lord, who happens to be the teacher of the yogis, embraced her and started narrating to him the spiritual yoga. 

Sri Krishna said- О beloved, you remember the happening of the past birth, you recollect the past happening. Why do you forget yourself? You remember the curse of Sudama pronounced by him in the Goloka. 

O goddess of humility, we shall be separated from each other for some time because of the curse of Sudama. О virtuous one, we shall meet again. 

We shall again visit Goloka and enjoy the company of the cowherds and cowherdesses there. 

Listen, presently I am going to speak about the spiritual yoga to you which removes grief, bestows pleasure, is the form of tattva and provides solace to the mind. 

I happen to be the inner soul of everyone, am involved in all the actions, omnipresent and pervade everywhere in invisible form.

As the wind pervades everywhere but is not involved similar is my case. I am the witness of all the deeds.

I am present in all the bodies in the form of Jiva (soul) which happens to be my reflection. The Jiva has to face the reward of good and bad deeds and is also the creator of actions. 

As the pitchers filled with water get the reflection of the sun and the moon, but when the pitcher is broken, the reflection of the sun and the moon disappear. Similarly, the soul merges in me. The soul disappears from the body at the appropriate time. Both of us always remain in all the creatures.

О beautiful one, I am the base and the universe are lodged on the base. Without the base the structure cannot remain in the same way as no task can be established without a reason. О beloved, all things are perishable whether they are produced in large numbers or in small numbers. Some of the gods happen to be my amsha but some of the gods represent my rays, some of them are the part of my rays and some of them are the amshas of my amsha. Prakruti also happens to be my amsha which has the form of atom and which can take to five forms. Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Durga, yourself and Savitri represent the five forms of Prakruti. All the gods having invisible or visible forms are also the forms of Prakruti. I happen to be the soul of all and with the demand of my devotees I take to various forms. О Radha, all the things of nature which are born or destroyed in due course of time, I myself alone remain present at the beginning and at the end of the creation. As the sun-shine cannot be separated from the sun rays, the whiteness cannot be separated from the milk, similarly both of us cannot be separated from each other. There is absolutely no difference between both of us; this is certain. In the universe I happen to be Mahavirat in whose hair-pits, innumerable globes are enshrined. At that time from your own amsha, you become Mahati the wife of Mahavirat. In the universe, I remain as a junior Virat, out of the navel of whom the universe emerged. О chaste lady, in the hair-pits of Vishnu, my amsha always resides. At that point of time you appear as Bruhati the wife of Vishnu. In every globe, we find Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and other gods. All the three Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva happen to be my amshas and the rest are my rays. 

O goddess, then the whole movable and immovable universe happens to be particle Goloka. You reside in Vaikuntha as Mahalakshmi, where I reside as Vishnu having four arms. Like Goloka it is lodged above Brahmanda where you happen to be Sarasvati. In the Satyaloka you happen to be the beloved Savitri of Brahma.

In the abode of Shiva, you become Shiva. You are Ishvari and the Mulaprakruti. You are the one who destroyed the demon named Durga and destroyed all the evil forces. Therefore, you are given the name of Durga. The same Durga happened to be the Sati, the daughter of Daksha and then became the daughter of Himavan. This is the reason why the virtuous Parvati always remains in the heart of Shiva the lord of Kailasa. 

In the ocean of milk, you happen to be the beloved of Vishnu in the form of Sindhukanya (Lakshmi) who emerged out of your amsha. At the time of creation, I remain present with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva - and you represent Lakshmi, Parvati, Sarasvati, Savitri, separately. In the Goloka you appear as Radha and in the divine dance you are known as Raseshvari 

In the pleasant Vrundavana you are known as Vrunda and on the bank of Viraja river you appear as the cowherdess Viraja. You were cursed by Sudama at that very place as a result of which you arrived in Bharata. О beautiful one, in order to purify Bharata and Vrundavana you are present here and all the women of the world appear from your amsha.

You happen to be the form of all the women in the universe. With my amsha, I become the fire and you with your amsha appear as the power of burning as Svaha the beloved of Agni. I am in a position to bum and destroy only when you are with me, but without you I feel helpless. By my own rays I shine as the sun in the sky and you happen to be my lustre.

You happen to be Sanjna the beloved of Surya and I shine only when you are with me and without you, I cannot shine from my rays. I become the moon and you accordingly become Rohini. By your remaining with me, I am always pleasant and without you I don't have the lustre by my own rays. I conduct myself as Indra and you happen to be Sachi the Lakshmi of the heaven with you I happen to be the lord of the gods and without you I happen to be lustreless. By my rays, I happen to be Dharma and you happen to be Dharmini, the spouse of Dharma. I perform all the function of Dharma with you and without you I feel helpless. I am the form of yajna and from my rays and with your amsha you appear as dakshina the spouse of yajna.

With you I bestow the reward and without you I am helpless. With my own rays I represent the abode of manes and from your amsha you conduct yourself as chaste Svadha. With you on my side I am in a position to accept the offering of Pindas and without you I am helpless. If I am Purusha you happen to be Prakruti and as such I am unable to create the universe without you.

You represent all the riches and therefore with you remaining on my side, I become the lord. With your remaining with me I am known as the lord of Lakshmi and without you I am devoid of all my glory as the potter is unable to make a vase without the clay. Similarly, without you, the universe cannot be created. With my rays I happen to be Sesha and from your amsha you happen to be the goddess earth. О beautiful one, being the place of all the cereals and the gems I hold you always over my head. You are the lustre, peace, fortune, absolutely chaste, satisfaction, growth, forgiveness, shyness, hunger, lust, compassion, sleep, faith, drowsiness, unconsciousness, adoration, the form of all, the form of devotion and the bodies of all, those who possess the body. You are always my base and I happen to be your soul. Therefore, as you are, so am I. Both Prakruti and Purusha have the same form. О goddess, the universe cannot survive without either of them. 

О Narada, thus speaking lord Krishna embraced his beloved Radha and getting filled with passion, he took the passionate Radha in to the house of gems and enjoyed her company there.