Text 5] The Lord’s Pastimes Out of Vrndavana 95

TEXT 5

hi same za fea
fairarst ga 4a

aad AT | Vay:
aterm | at TAT U4 II

priyam prabhur gramya iva priyaya
vidhitsur arcchad dyutarum yad-arthe

vajry adravat tam sagano rusandhah
krida-mrgo nunam ayam vadhunam

priyam—of the dear wife; prabhuh—the Lord; gramyah—ordinary living
being; iva—in the manner of; priyayah—just to please; vidhitsuh—wishing;
arcchat— brought about; dyutarum—the parijata flower tree; yat—for which;
arthe—in the matter of; vajri—Indra, the King of heaven; adravat tam—
went forward to fight with Him; sa-ganah—with full strength; rusa—in
anger; andhah—blind; krida-mrgah—henpecked; nunam—of course; ayam—
this; vadhunam—of the wives.

TRANSLATION

Just to please His dear wife, the Lord brought back the parijata tree
from heaven, just as an ordinary husband would do. But Indra, the King
of heaven, induced by his wives (henpecked as he was), ran after the Lord
with full force to fight Him.

PURPORT

The Lord once went to the heavenly planet to present an earring to
Aditi, the mother of the demigods, and His wife Satyabhama also went
with Him. There is a special flowering tree called the parijata which grows
only in the heavenly planets, and Satyabhama wanted this tree. Just to
please His wife, like an ordinary husband, the Lord brought back the tree,
and this enraged Vajri, or the controller of the thunderbolt. Indra’s wives
inspired him to run after the Lord to fight, and Indra, because he was a
henpecked husband and also a fool, listened to them and dared to fight
with Krsna. He was a fool on this occasion because he forgot that
everything belongs to the Lord.
