Text 7] Appearance of Sukadeva Gosvami 993
appears to be more accurate because of the geographical situation.
Maharaja Pariksit resided in his capital Hastinapura, situated near present
Delhi, and the River Yamuna flows down past the city. Naturally the King
would take shelter of the River Yamuna because she was flowing past his
palace door. And as far as sanctity is concerned, the River Yamuna is more
directly connected with Lord Krsna than the Ganges. The Lord sanctified
the River Yamuna from the beginning of His transcendental pastimes in
the world. While His father Vasudeva was crossing the Yamuna with the
baby Lord Krsna for a safe place at Gokula on the other bank of the river
from Mathura, the Lord fell down in the nver, and by the dust of His
lotus feet the river at once became sanctified. It is especially mentioned
herein that Maharaja Pariksit took shelter of that particular river which is
beautifully flowing, carrying the dust of the lotus feet of Lord Krsna,
mixed with tulasi leaves. Lord Krsna’s lotus feet are always besmeared with
the tulasi leaves, and thus as soon as His lotus feet are contacted with the
water of the Ganges and the Yamuna, the rivers become at once sanctified.
The Lord, however, contacted the River Yamuna more than the Ganges.
According to the Varaha Purana, as quoted by Srila Jiva Gosvami, there is
no difference between the water of the Ganges and the Yamuna, but when
the water of the Ganges is sanctified one hundred times, it is called the
Yamuna. Similarly, it is said in the scriptures that one thousand names of
Visnu are equal to one name of Rama, and three names of Lord Rama are
equal to one name of Krsna.
TEXT 7
fa aafea a WET:
spires osfe | freyvary |
am gece
afr = AHAARTAH: 19 II
iti vyavacchidya sa pandaveyah
prayopavesam prati visnu-padyam
dadhau mukundanghrim ananya-bhavo
muni-vrato mukta-samasta-sangah

iti_thus; vyavacchidya—having decided; sah—the King; pandaveyah—
worthy descendant of the Pandavas; praya-upavesam—for fasting until
death; prati—towards; visnu-padyam—on the bank of the Ganges (emanat-
