Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Bheeshma Stuti, Remaining Part

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. 

|| Hari Om ||

Om Krishnaya Namah

कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।

नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥

Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.

Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.

नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।

नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥

My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.

My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।

हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥

Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.

यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।

संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥

This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.

यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषु

ज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।

सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशे

धीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥

The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.

Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.

Continuing to sing the glory of Lord, Sri Bheeshmacharya says,

युधि तुरगरजोविधूम्रविष्वक्कचलुलितश्रमवार्यलङ्कृतास्ये।

मम निशितशरैर्विभिद्यमानत्वचि विलसत्कवचेऽस्तु कृष्ण आत्मा ॥ ३४॥

My Lord! Please bless me with Dharana yoga of another form of you. The form where you were the charioteer of Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. You exhibited your excellent skills of negotiating with the enemy attack, their rain of arrows and other arms. Your movements on the battlefield were smart. Always you positioned the chariot in the most advantageous position to Arjuna for an attack.
Lord! The galloping of Horses, Camels & Elephants, the drive of chariots and the movement of foot soldiers had kicked up dust on the battlefield. The beads of sweat on your nose and forehead mixed with dust made you appear tired. The curly hairs dangling on your forehead appeared as if you were exerting yourself for success. This form of yours exhibiting outstanding gallantry is very attractive to the valorous Kshatriyas. 
Lord! Bless me, so that this form of your’s imprints on my memory strongly. And forever.
When my grandson Arjuna was attacking me, you brought the chariot right in front of me. I thought that if there is a charioteer, then the chariot would come attacking towards us. Hence, I attacked you with all my might. I distinctly remember, when one of my arrows broke your armor, pierced through,  injuring your body. The arrow had cut your body bleeding. 
Lord! Bless me this form of you being injured be imprinted on my memory strongly. And forever.

Here, it is important for us to note that the Lord does not have confluence with any other substance or beings. Like the dust of Prakriti and does not stick to him influencing his skin. Also, no blemishes can touch him nor anguish or pain. No one can injure him nor control him. He will not get dried up as we see in other plants & animals nor his strength will reduce. Hence, he is called as Niranjana, not being touched and Achyutha having no decline. 
Yet, he appeared in the heat and dust of the battleground; as if suffering from pain & agony of injury; bleeding; subject to control through arms. This he does with a reason to give progress for three types of people in their own following three different ways:

1. To the evil Asuras and infernals, the Lord creates confusion through Moha or illusions. They feel deluded and believe that Sri Krishna is subject to injury, pain like any ordinary. Hence, he can be fought and won over;
2. To the divine Gods, Lord exhibits Lela, the charm of the sport. He mesmerizes the Gods. While for a moment they get deluded. But quickly realize that the Lord does so to exhibit his sports charm. Hence, the Gods propitiate the Lord in that special form through which he has created delusion and accomplish perfection. Like Sri Bheeshmacharya though thought for a moment that he could injure the Lord, he quickly realized that it is otherwise. Hence, he did special sadhana, practiced repeatedly thinking the attributes of Niranjana, Achyuta, Satchidanand having the body of pure knowledge & bliss that would not get sheared nor injured, and
3. To the mortal human beings, the Lord creates both belief and disbelief. Hence, making one think that Lord appearing on earth, he exhibits like other ordinary and gets dirty due to dust, feels stressed due to heat or even gets hurt & injured. But, they also believe that since he is Lord nothing would happen to him when he returns to his abode. This way, the Lord bestows mediocrity in ordinary beings.

सपदि सखिवचो निशम्य मध्ये निजपरयोर्बलयो रथं निवेश्य ।

स्थितवति परसैनिकायुरक्ष्णा हृतवति पार्थसखे रतिर्ममास्तु ॥ ३५॥

Lord! When we all assembled at the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Duryodhana declared me as the commander in chief. I took the lead position for the entire eleven Akshauhini. On the enemy line, I saw the chariot having the saffron flag carrying the image of Hanuman in which you were driving Arjuna. Seeing the enemy line, Arjuna asked you if he had to kill his grandfather, acharyas, and relatives. He became deluded. In fact, he asked you to move the chariot to the center of both the armies to decide whom to kill and whom not. 
Sri Krishna! I was closely observing all this. You brought the chariot at the center. While Arjuna was seeing both sides of enemies, you too saw each one with your charming face. In that very specific glimpse, you had taken away the Life spans of all those who later died in the war of Kurukshetra. 
Oh! Lord of Time! Bless me with bhakti in that form of you. Let that form of you be imprinted on my memory. I too have a lot of enemies within me. Let this form of you destroy all of them.

In the metaphysical meaning of Mahabharata, the soldiers are the Merits and Sins. All that yields happiness & comfort in our day to day life are Merits and are the soldiers of Pandavas. And those that bring sorrow & grief are Sins. They are the soldiers of Kauravas. The war of Kurukshetra is happening continuously in each one of us. Let Arjuna, the great archer in us having arrows of Sravana, Adhyayana & Sankeertana asks Sri Krishna to stand between the enemies. Let Sri Krishna, the dear friend of Arjun, with his glimpse, take away the lifespan of all those soldiers of Kauravas called Sins.

व्यवहितपृतनामुखं निरीक्ष्य स्वजनवधाद्विमुखस्य दोषबुद्ध्या ।

कुमतिमहरदात्मविद्यया यश्चरणरतिः परमस्य तस्य मेऽस्तु ॥ ३६॥

Arjuna seeing all of us in the enemy line thought that killing one's own Acharyas and relatives is a sin. Though, each one had consciously taken sides with full responsibility and went to war. While the eleven Akshoini representing several kingdoms took the side of Duryodhana. They had no issues with his misdeeds nor his evil acts. 
Also, the seven Akshoini took the side of Dharmaraja. They wanted good governance by following a righteous path. In fact, the soldiers on both sides had decided to fight to the death to establish their way of life. 
The Lord who has the form of Knowledge, unfurled Bhagavad Gita having the divine knowledge of Atma. He initiated Arjuna into Tattva Jnana and destroyed Arjuna’s कुमति or delusion. 
Lord Sri Krishna! Bless me with bhakti in that form of yours initiating Tattva Jnana. Let that form of you initiating Tattva Jnana to Arjuna be imprinted on my memory. And forever.

 स्वनियममपहाय मत्प्रतिज्ञां ऋतमधिकर्तुमवप्लुतो रथस्थः ।

धृतरथचरणोऽभ्ययाच्चलद्गुर्हरिरिव हन्तुमिभं गतोत्तरीयः ॥ ३७॥

The compassionate Lord, Sri Krishna! You had स्वनियम, put up your own rule to yourself that you would not take up any weapon to fight in the whole war of Kurukshetra. While I took a contrary vow that I will make sure that you would hold a weapon in your hand. Bhaktavatsala! to you, your devotee is dearest and hence you broke your own rules. You appeared with your weapon Sudarshana Chakra, only to uphold your devotee's words. When you jumped from the chariot, even the earth quacked. You appeared like a roaring Lion heading towards an intoxicated elephant destroying the forest to govern and maintain the order in the forest. As you approached me, your steel armor had broken by my arrows injuring your body to bleed. The उत्तरीयः, the upper garment on your shoulder was slipping as if the Goddess Lakshmi in the form of garment influencing Prakriti was not approving your act of giving up your vows. Her Lord’s vow. 
Such Lord! Please solidify my bhakti in you.    

Sri Krishna

शितविशिखहतो विशीर्णदंशः क्षतजपरिप्लुत आततायिनो मे ।

प्रसभमभिससार मद्वधार्थं स भवतु मे भगवान् गतिर्मुकुन्दः ॥ ३८॥

Lord! I too am a आतताय or Ataataayi for having stood with evil Duryodhana who was an Ataataayi. Also, I have broken your armor and injured you with sharp steel arrows. Yet did not heed to Arjuna who tried to stop you to fight me & kill me. My compassionate Lord! Carrying Sudarshana, you came towards me roaring that you would kill me. But, this was only to bless me. 
Such compassionate Lord Sri Krishna, bless me with progress, happiness and be always supportive to me. 

विजयरथकुटुम्ब आत्ततोत्रे धृतहयरश्मिनि तच्छ्रियेक्षणीये ।

भगवति रतिरस्तु मे मुमूर्षोर्यमिह निरीक्ष्य हता गताः सरूपम् ॥ ३९॥

Lord! विजयरथकुटुम्ब, Arjuna’s chariot itself had become your household during the war. You protected it as if your own house. Holding the आत्ततोत्रे, the reins of the हय, horses you appeared attractive with the power of charm. Let there be रति, affection and love in your Lotus feet as मुमूर्ष, I desire to die seeing your form of Parthasarathy. With this form bestow me with सरूपम्, view of my original form of Atma, lead me to Moksha.     

ललितगतिविलासवल्गुहासप्रणयनिरीक्षणकल्पितोरुमानाः ।

कृतमनुकृतवत्य उन्मदान्धाः प्रकृतिमगन् किल यस्य गोपवध्वः ॥ ४०॥

Your वल्गुहास, attractive face wearing a pleasant smile charmed the Gopikas. Always कृतम् expressing their gratitude to you for your ललित, fragile acts with the subtle approach. The Gopis were lost अनुकृत repeating their gratitude by remembering their experiences of – 
How you Sri Krishna sat; the pose with which you stood; the gait while you walked; the way you saw them from the edge of the eye; the way you held & embraced them; the way your eyes met their eye holding them captivated; their view of your lips that aroused them a taste surpassing the taste of their most liked fruit; The manifold increase in the pleasure of being in your arms.
The Gopikas lived in उन्मद, intoxication, they had taken only your refuge and accomplished to see their original form of Atma leading to Moksha.     

मुनिगणनृपवर्यसङ्कुलेऽन्तःसदसियुधिष्ठिरराजसूय एषाम् ।

अर्हणमुपपेद ईक्षणीयो मम दृशिगोचर एष आविरात्मा ॥ ४१॥

King Yudhishthira had conducted the Rajasuya Yagna in the presence of great saints and munis. अग्रपूजा,  the highest honor, and reverence were received by Sri Krishna as suggested by me. Let such supreme Sri Krishna be present right in front of me during this moment of death. Also, let there be my deep devotion to him.    

तमिममहमजं शरीरभाजां हृदि हृदि धिष्ठितमात्मकल्पितानाम् ।

प्रतिदृशमिव नैकधार्कमेकंसमधिगतोऽस्मि विधूतभेदमोहः ॥ ४२॥

Like the way Sun is present in the eyes and powering each of the immeasurable living beings with a view. The same very Sun, lights the three worlds in the universe appearing as one. Similarly, you are the Paramatma, the Indweller of all living beings starting from a blade of grass to God Brahma. Though being as the indweller in immeasurable living beings, you are the only one, Lord. 
Lord, you are विधूतभेदमोहः. There is no difference between your attributes, forms, actions and yourself. Nor there is a difference between you and your body. Knowing this I am prostrating at your Lotus feet.

क्षितिभरमवरोपितं कुरूणां श्वसन इवासृजक्षवंशवह्निम्।

तमिममहमजमनुव्रतार्तिहाङ्घ्रिं हृदि परिरभ्य जहामि मर्त्यनीडम् ॥ ५० ॥

To reduce the weight of sin on mother earth you lit a fire called gambling between the cousins of Kuru family. By taking away the lifespan of evil including those through your glimpse in the middle battleground, you relieved the pain of mother earth. The one who destroys the pain of all who fall at his Lotus feet taking refuge, Sriman Narayana! holding & embracing your Lotus feet firmly in my heart, I am dying.

Saying so, holding Lord Sri Krishna’s Lotus feet through his interior organs of Atma, Sri Bheeshmacharya closes his eyes. The same Lord Krishna appears in his Lotus of Heart.

  || Hari Om ||

|| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||