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Chapter
12: Lord S'iva Prays to See
Mohinî Mûrti, Gets Bewildered and Restores
(1-2) The son of Vyâsa said: 'When the one
riding the bull [S'iva] heard how Lord Hari had assumed the form of a
woman [8.9]
in order to enchant the Dânavas and had caused the Suras to drink
the nectar, he mounted his bull and went together with his goddess [Umâ] and surrounded by his ghosts to the abode of
Madhusûdana [Vishnu] to see Him. (3)
The Supreme Personality welcomed him cordially with all due respect and
when Lord Bhava and Umâ were comfortably seated, S'iva offered Lord Hari his obeisances and with a smile spoke the following words.
(4) S'rî Mahâdeva
[S'iva] said: 'Oh God of Gods, oh All-pervading Lord and Master of the
Universe who are the universe, for all forms of existence You are the
true self, the soul and therefore You are the Supreme Controller. (5) Of
what exists in the beginning, in the
middle and
the end of this creation, of the 'I' and of the rest [of the world of
'mine'] outside of it, You my Lord, are the Inexhaustible Truth of
Brahman, the Absolute Spirit free from these differences. (6) Those who are wise and free from personal
objectives
desire the supreme welfare, worship Your lotus feet and forsake their
attachments in both respects [concerning this life and a life
hereafter]. (7) You as the cosmic complete of eternal
life beyond the [influence of the] modes, as the One free from grief
perpetually residing in bliss, are changeless and exist apart from all
in existence while You are everything that exists. You as the cause of
the rise and
maintenance of this universe, are the Self and Master of all
self control, the Independent One upon whom all others depend [see
also B.G. 9: 15]. (8) You
the One present
as a temporal as also an eternal manifestation, are Yourself without
that duality because You in this world do not differ as for substance,
just as gold does not differ from the gold in the different forms it
may have. Out of ignorance people have different notions about You,
differences that are created by the
modes whereas You do not depend on those physical inessentials [see
also B.G. 7: 4-5]. (9) Some think of You as the Supreme Spirit, some consider You
to be dharma, some say that you are the Original Person, the Supreme Controller beyond cause and effect while others think of You
as the Transcendence endowed with nine potencies [see 7.5: 23-24]. Still others think of You as the independent and imperishable Supreme Personality. (10) Neither
me
nor
the
man
endlessly
living
in
the
beyond [Brahmâ], nor the sages
headed by Marîci really know the one [You] who has created this
universe, even though we [know that we] generated from goodness.
And what to say about the Daityas and the other mortal beings oh Lord
whose hearts constantly being bewildered by mâyâ
are moved by the lower
[motives of passion and ignorance, see B.G. 2: 45]. (11) As the air that enters us as also is present in the
sky, You are involved and free at the same time, and do, from Your
presence as
the all-pervading one, know everything about the creation, maintenance
and resolution of this world in its entirety, about the living beings
and their endeavors and about everything that moves and not moves. (12) I have seen all kinds of avatâras
of You in various pastimes displaying Your qualities. I, S'iva, would
like to see the incarnation of You in which You assume the body of a
woman. (13) We
have come here very eager to see with our own eyes the form of the
incarnation that captivated the Daityas and fed the Suras with the
nectar.'
(14) S'rî S'uka said: 'Vishnu, the Supreme Lord thus
being asked by the one holding
the
trident
in
his
hand, smiled
and gave Giris'a ['the man of the
mountain'] a reply of deep significance. (15) The
Supreme Lord said: 'In the interest of the Suras I deemed it necessary to
bewilder the Daityas who had taken away the vessel filled with nectar and assumed thereto the form of a
beautiful woman. (16) I
shall now oh best of the
enlightened ones, show you who
long to see it, this object of adoration that is so very much
appreciated by those who are lead by lust.'
(17) S'rî S'uka continued: 'Having said this
Lord Vishnu immediately disappeared from the sight of His company,
leaving S'iva and Umâ with their eyes spying
everywhere. (18)
Thereupon they saw on a beautiful spot in
the forest a delightful woman who, wearing a shining sari with a belt
around
Her hips, in the midst of pink leafed trees and all sorts of flowers
was engaged in playing with a ball. (19) With her bouncing the ball Her beautiful breasts and Her
garlands vibrated
along that because of their weight waved to Her fragile waist with
every step She
made here and there with Her feet as red as
coral. (20) Her
eyes anxiously followed the ball
that was restlessly moving in all directions, She had glittering
earrings on Her ears and gleaming bluish hair that decorated the cheeks
of Her radiating face. (21) Striking
the
ball with Her right hand Her hair slackened while She with Her left
hand charmingly tried to keep Her loosening sari together. The spiritual potency [of
the Lord] thus captivated
everyone in the universe [compare B.G. 7: 14]. (22) Seeing
Her thus playing with the
ball and sending a hardly
noticeable bashful smile, the god was
bedazzled
by
the
glances
of
the
ravishing
beauty. Under Her spell not
being able to
keep his eyes off Her, he could no longer think of himself nor of the
nearby Umâ or his associates [compare 5.5:
8]. (23) When
the ball once jumped far away from Her hand in Her pursuit,
directly before the eagerly following eyes of S'iva, the fine dress and belt blew away that covered the woman. (24) Thus
seeing the complete of Her well-formed glory
so pleasing to the eye, S'iva thought that She thereupon giving him a look, indeed would fancy him. (25) Because of Her actions and smiles he, bereft
of good sense, was perturbed and shamelessly went after Her, despite of the fact that Bhavânî witnessed what happened. (26) The completely
naked
woman saw him coming and
most
embarrassed with a smile ran here and there to hide behind the trees. (27) Lord
S'iva, Bhava, distracted by his senses, fell victim to lust like he was
a male
elephant running after a she-elephant. (28) Speeding
after
Her he caught Her by the braid of Her hair and pulled Her close against Her will to embrace Her. (29-30) She,
the
she-elephant,
with
Her hair scattered being captured by him, the bull that
was the Lord's devotee, squirming like a snake managed to free
Herself oh King. Having escaped from the tight grip of the Lord
of the
demigods She
ran quickly away, with Her heavy hips so expressively exhibiting the
illusory potency of the Lord. (31) Like
being
haunted by the devil Rudra engaged in the pursuit of Him whose
acts so wondrously were taking place in front of him. (32) Chasing Her like a mad bull going for a
female, the semen was discharged of him who never
spills his semen in vain. (33) Each
and every place where his semen fell on the earth oh great ruler, those places became
mines for silver and gold. (34) At
the shores
of the rivers and lakes, in the mountains and in the forests, in the
gardens and wherever the sages were living, Lord S'iva was present. (35) With
his semen
discharged he oh best of kings, understood that he personally had been fooled
by the illusory
potency of the Lord and therefore he refrained from chasing the
illusion any longer. (36)
Thus convinced of his own greatness and the greatness of the Soul of
the Universe who is of an unlimited potency, he did not consider what
had happened that surprising. (37) Seeing that
he was not perturbed or ashamed about it, Madhusûdana very
pleased with that assumed
His male form
again and
spoke.
(38) The Supreme Lord said: 'I wish you all
good fortune oh best
of the demigods. With Me appearing as a woman, you were spontaneously
enchanted by My external potency, yet you remain firmly fixed in your
self. (39) Once
being
drawn
by
the
senses, which
person other than you can surmount My mâyâ?
Those
who are unable to control their senses have great difficulty to overcome the
material reactions that overwhelm them. (40) The moment one
[living] with the time and all its different elements, is joined with
Me in the form
of Eternal Time [or the pure Time Spirit], that illusory energy of the
modes of
nature [the goddess Durgâ in sum*] will no longer be able to bewilder you.'
(41) S'rî S'uka said: 'Thus complimented by
the
Supreme Personality of Godhead with the S'rîvatsa-mark
on His chest oh King, S'iva circumambulating Him took leave of Him and
together with his associates turned back to His abode. (42) Oh
descendant of Bharata, the mighty Lord Bhava then in jubilation
addressed his wife Bhavânî who by the sages is accepted as
an integral part of the illusory potency of the Lord: (43) 'Oh, did you see how I myself, against
my
will,
despite
of
being
the best of all His portions, got
bewildered by Her, the illusory energy of the Unborn Supreme Person of
the Demigods? Do I have to speak of others then who totally depend on
the
material illusion? (44) When I
ceased
with a yoga practice that took a thousand years, I was approached by
you to
inquire after Him [upon whom I was meditating]. He indeed is the One
who is now personally present here as the Original
Personality beyond the grasp of the Vedas and the grip of time.'
(45) S'rî
S'uka concluded: 'I thus spoke to you
my best one, about the prowess of S'ârnga-dhanvâ [Vishnu
with His
bow] who [as Kûrma] held the great mountain on His back for
churning the
ocean. (46) He who takes time to recite
or to listen to this [story], will never be disappointed
in his endeavor because the description of the qualities of
Uttamas'loka, the One Praised in the Scriptures, puts an end to the
misery of one's material existence.
(47) For
the One who is not
understood by the godless ones, for the feet that are known by the
devotees of
surrender, for Him who only allowed the immortals to drink from the
nectar that was produced from the ocean, for Him who appearing in the
disguise
of a young girl captivated the enemies of the gods, for Him who
fulfills the desires of the devotees, I bow myself down [compare B.G. 9:
29-34].'
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