Garga Bhagavatham : Maadhurya khanda - Chapter 10

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Description of the good fortune of the maidens of Pulinda who reincarnated as Gopis

Sri Narada says:- Now I will describe the women of 'Pulind' caste (tribals and hunters) who attained the Gopi-bhava. This narration will steal all the sins, will give sanctity, and increase the feeling of devotion. 

         In the forest of Vindhyachal, some people of Pulind caste were living. They were fierce warriors and stole only the king's wealth. They never stole anything belonging to the poor. The powerful king of Vindhyadesh, being enraged encircled all the Pulindas with an akshouhini army (army consisting of more than two lakh soldiers). Those Pulindas also waged war with the King's army for many days using weapons such as swords, spears, forks, and shooting arrows. Sensing defeat, they sent a letter to the king of Yadavas, Kamsa. Then, by the order of Kamsa, the powerful demon Pralamb came there. His body was two yojanas tall. The color of his body was black like that of the clouds. That demon had a crown on his head and was wearing ear drops and a garland of snakes around his neck. He had golden chainlets on his legs and carrying mace that demon was looking similar to Kaal (Death). His tongue was hanging out of his mouth and the sight of him was extremely terrifying. He was throwing huge mountains of rocks, pulling out large trees, and throwing them at the enemies. The whole earth was trembling by the stamping of the feet of that war-mongering demon. Being scared at the very sight of that demon, the king of Vindhya was defeated and he fled away from the battleground just like an elephant that runs away at the sight of a lion. Then demon Pralamb accompanied by all the Pulinds returned to Mathura.

       All the Pulinds became slaves of Kamsa. Lord of Kings! They lived on Kamagiri along with their families. By the sublime boon of Bhagawan Sri Rama, those women attained the form of divine girls who were looking like the beautiful Lakshmi Devi herself and became worthy of praise and worship. By the darshan of Sri Krishna, the intense pain of love awakened in their hearts. Those Pulind girls aching for love wore the rich dust of Bhagawan's feet on their heads and were immersed in praying and thinking of Him, day and night. They also by the grace of Bhagawan, came to Raas and permanently attained the Lord of Golok, the all-pervading, paripoonatam, God of Gods Sri Krishna. 

Oho! How fortunate are these Pulind girls to attain the Lotus feet of Sri Krishna, in an exceptional manner which are unattainable even by the Devatas. Those who have unshakeable devotion towards the nectar of the lotus feet of Bhagawan, they will not desire the position of Brahma or Mahendra or the permanent position of an emperor, or the lordship of paatal-lok, or yogasidhi or moksha. In reality, the only source of happiness, that is devoid of expectations is the devotion of the great sages, who possess deep humility, who are detached from the fruits of their deeds, and who are eternally dwelling in intense devotion towards the lotus feet of Sri Hari, and who are the Lord's very own kin. Everything else that is deemed by others as happiness is not devoid of expectations. 

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