na de oorlog (iii)

SB 1.10
Krishna, who was Purusha-avatar...
who manifested for maintaining Dharma 

(19) From all sides the truthful respects and sayings of the brahmins could be heard that to the occasion were neither befitting or unbefitting, considering the fact that the Absolute Truth was present there in a form subjected to the modes of nature.

(20) The ladies of the capital of the king of the Kurus, were with their hearts absorbed in together talking about Him hailed in the scriptures, in such a manner that it sounded more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas themselves:

(21) 'We will definitely remember Him as the Personality of Godhead, as the Original Person who, materially not manifested, existed in His own Self before the creation of the modes of nature. He is the Lord, the Soul of the Universe, in whom the living beings merge with their energies suspended like going asleep at night.

(22) He who puts the revealed scriptures into practice wishes thereby - in manifesting His personal potency, when He engages the illusion of material nature [in the form of an avatara] - to assign to His in fact unnamable individual nature, time and again names and forms.

(23) He here happens to be the same refuge as the one of the great devotees who managed to get their senses and life under control, and who by the grace of their devotion could witness the development of a pure mind. It is by their devotion only, that they deserve a purified existence.

(24) Oh friends, it is He who for His excellent pastimes, that are confidentially described in the Vedas as also are discussed by the intimate devotees, is respected as the one and only Supreme Controller and Supersoul of the complete creation. He who by the manifestation of His pastimes, creates, maintains and destroys without ever becoming attached to it.

(25) Whenever there are rulers who ignorantly like animals wage against the divine principles, He at that moment manifests - for certain out of goodness - His supreme power and positive truth, mercy, and wonderful activities in various forms, for the sake of maintaining [the dharma] in different periods and ages.

(26) Oh, how most praiseworthy is the dynasty of King Yadu, how most deserving the land of Mathura, for He who has appeared and roamed here is the Supreme Leader of all living beings, as also the husband of the Goddess of Fortune.

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(27) How wonderful Dvaraka is [the island where Krishna resides], the place that, adding to the virtue and fame of the earth, defeats the glory of the heavenly worlds, the place the inhabitants of which are used to constantly see the soul of the living being [Krishna] who bestows His grace with the benediction of His smiling glance.

(28) In order to relish [genieten van] His lips again and again, the wives He married no doubt - by vow, bath, fire sacrifice and such - must have been of perfect worship for the Lord, oh friends. Often the damsels of Vraja fainted with that in their minds!

(29) Of the lady of Dvaraka [Rukmini, Krishna's first wife] - who with great valor was taken away by Him from the open selection of the bridegroom as the price that had to be paid by the harassing powerful kings headed by Shishupala...

and of the other ladies - that similarly were brought home after the killing of Bhaumasura and thousands of his men - there are children like Pradyumna, Samba and Amba. (30) All these so very fine women who alas were bereft of their individuality, purity and virtue, were touched to be drawn into the heart of their lotus-eyed husband, who never left them alone in their homes.'

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(31) With the ladies of the capital expressing themselves this way, He granted them the grace of His glance. The Lord then greeted them with a smile and departed.