Restoring Upabarhana back to life
Sauti said—All the gods were influenced by the illusion of Visnu including Brahma and Siva who reached before Malavatl together with the Brahmana boy.
Brahma then sprinkled water out of his Kamandalu over the dead body of Upbarhana, as a result of which, life came back in his body and he became extremely active.
Siva who is the lord of all knowledge bestowed his knowledge on him. Dharma, on the other hand, educated him in Dharma.
At the sight of Agni, the fire was kindled in his body. At the sight of the god of love, all the desires flourished in his body.
The wind god who happens to be the life of all, inserted wind into the body.
With the rays of the sun falling on the body his eye sight was revived. With the graceful look of Sarasvatl at the body, his strength of speech was revived and he could see the glory of the lord everywhere. Inspite of all this, that body remained lying on earth because without self- consciousness one cannot revive.
Thereafter at the instance of Brahma, the chaste lady washed the body with the water of the sacred river and made him wear the divine garments. Thereafter both of them started offering prayer to the lord.
Malavati said—I bow in reverence to the great soul who happens to be the cause of all the causes. Without whom all the people of the world are lifeless.
He is uninvolved and he remains witness to all the deeds of all the people at the times but all the people cannot see him.
The same Brahman has created prakrti (nature), who is the base of all the creatures of the universe and also happens to be the creator of Brahma, Visnu, Siva and others.
Brahma himself, who is the creator of this world always serves him with devotion. Visnu and the lord Siva who are the destroyers of all, also serve him. he is beyond prakrti and the god is always adored by all the gods, ascetics, Manu, siddhas, yogis and other mendicants.
Не is visible, invisible and is the best. He moves according to his own sweet-will. He pervades everywhere; he is the best of all; granter of boons; cause of boons and giver of the fruits of tap as. He is the seed of tapas, grants results of tapas and he is himself the form of tapas.
He is the base of everyone, the seed of everyone, the reward of all the deeds of the people. He grants the fruits and is the destroyer of the seed of karma. He himself is the form of lustre, is compassionate to his devotees and to grace them he takes to human form. Because without the bodies how shall the devotees be able to serve him.
He has a disk of lustre, which could be compared with crores of the SOryas. He is quite beautiful and charming to look at.
He has the dark complexion comparable to the dark clouds; the eyes are like the lotus flowers; he wears a smile resembling the grace of the full moon and holds the beauty which could put crores of gods of love to shame. These are his normal qualities. The sandal-paste is applied over all the limbs of his body. All the limbs of the body are adorned with gems studded ornaments. He has two arms and he holds a flute in his hands. He is clad in the yellow lower garment and always appears in the tender age. He is peaceful and is the lord of Radha. He is quite blissful and is surrounded by cowherdesses in lonely forests. Sometimes he is engaged in Rasalila with Radha.
Sometimes taking to the form of a cowherd, he is accompanied by cowherd boys in the Vrindavana garden having a mount Govardhan with a hundred high peaks. Sometimes he is found grazing the Kamadhenu cows. The same Krishna sometimes roams about in the Goloka accompanied by Lakshmi and entering the forest of Parijata flowers, prepares the garlands, adorning the heads of cowherdesses with them. Sometimes he appears in the Vaikuntha, having four arms.
Sometimes taking to the fonn of the lord of LaksmI, having four arms, is surrounded by his attendants. Sometimes in order to preserve the three lokas he appears in the Sveta-dvipa in the form of a Visnu and is served by Kamala or Lakshmi.
Sometime, he roams about in the form of a Brahmana in the universe. Sometimes with the application of his sixteenth rays he influences Lord Siva and takes to his universal form.
The entire universe is lodged in his body appropriately. Sometimes, displaying his illusion, he incarnates on earth, of which, he happens to be the eternal seed. Sometime, he resides in the hearts of the virtuous yogis.
He is the invisible one and how can a helpless lady like me, offer prayers to him? The limitless Sesanaga is unable to recite his glory with thousands of his hoods.
Influenced by the illusion of whom the five faced Siva and the four headed Brahma and the six headed Karttikeya are unable to recite his glory.
His glory cannot be recited by LaksmI or Sarasvatl who stand quietly before him. The Vedas are unable to sing his glory. Then how could one of the intellectuals do so? How can a helpless woman like me recite the glory of lord Krsna?” Saying this the Gandharva damsel started speaking and tears started flowing from her eyes.
In panic she bowed in reverence to her lord again. Then lord Krsna, the great soul, rejuvenated the heart of her husband. The body of the Gandharva was suddenly activated and he got up at once. Thereafter he took his lute and was clad in a couple of garments.
He saluted the group of gods which was headed by lord Brahma. Thereafter the gods started plying on trumpets and showered flowers on him.
The gods then blessed them variously. Gandharva then danced before the gods for a while besides singing and he got a new life. Thereafter the Gandharva left the place and went to his abode accompanied by his parents and wife.
His wife Malavati gave away in charity crores of gems and riches to the Brahmanas feeding them at the same time.
He also made them to recite the Vedas and performed other welfare activities; many types of festivities were organised and the reciting of the name of Hari dominated all the welfare ceremony. Thereafter the Gods and the Lord who had appeared in the form of a Brahmana went back to their own abodes.
О Saunaka, I have narrated this story to you with Stavaraja. Whosoever will recite this auspicious stotra at the time of piija, will achieve the grace of Visnu, his devotion and the wish to serve him. Whosoever will recite it with a belief in the lord or the one who will recite this stotra with devotion, he will achieve Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksa undoubtedly. Similarly a student will achieve his learnings, riches by the desirous person, wife to the wife-seeker, son to the son-seeker and dharma to the religious people.
The kings who are dethroned and have become wanderers will get back their kingdoms. The sick will be relieved of their sickness. Those who are in bondages will be relieved of them.
The terrified persons would be relieved of the terror and the people who have lost their riches will get them back. When one is surrounded by wild animals or robbers in the forest, the reciting of this stotra would relieve them of the danger. If a person is surrounded by a forest fire or is about to drown in the ocean, he can be saved with the reciting of the stotra.
