Arrival of Bhagwan Shri Dwarikadhis in Vadtalpur along with Dwarikatirth, Gomtitirth, Chradichhapo, etc., and importance of Vadtal equal to Dwarikatirth, as explained by Shri Hari.
Arrival of Bhagwan Shri Dwarikadhis in Vadtalpur along with Dwarikatirth, Gomtitirth, Chradichhapo, etc., and importance of Vadtal equal to Dwarikatirth, as explained by Shri Hari.
Suvrat said:-
When that Lord, the sea of kindness, arrived there, all his retainers also joined him there. 1.
Dwarika went there in the form of the town (Vrittalay), the (river) Gomati was present there in the form of the lake, and the group of the centers of pilgrimage stood in its periphery. 2.
Then assuming a human form as his exploit (lila), Krishna, the Lord of Dwarika, with all his followers came and described (the greatness of the place). 3.
He starts giving all Dwarika services like the tapta mudra free .
He described at length the fruit of going there and started giving Tapta mudras to all his devotees at Vrittalay as in Dwarika. 4.
And those ascetics, having seen the Lord of Dwarika, and having offered him worship in a befitting manner, had the satisfaction of having their wishes fulfilled. 5.
They bathed in the lake (which was the river) Gomati and received Tapta mudra and experienced (there) the entire pilgrimage of Dwarika by the kindness of the Lord. 6.
The Lord explained the greatness of Vrittalay as a centre of pilgrimage.
That night there was a meeting in the Krishna temple; in it were present in a large number devotees both men and women. 7.
Occupying a high seat in it, the Lord addressed them in a loud voice, ‘You all people listen to my speech which is for your good.’ 8.
Here the Lord of Dwarika, Krishna himself, has arrived; this is understood by all on the basis of having perceived him. 9.
Know that wherever he stays, there his followers and retainers also stay; it is as the retainers wait where their king lodges. 10.
Therefore, know this town to be Dwarika which is His town; know the Lake to be the Gomati and in it there are all the holy places. 11.
Those who will perform ablution here will be freed from clusters of sins. Those who offer Shraddha (offerings to the diseased) of forefathers will experience great satisfaction. 12.
The rites of tonsure, fasting, Shraddha, feeding of Brahmins, celibacy, non-violence can be performed here as well. 13.
Men should perform Shraddha accompanied with the offering of Pinda (ball of cooked rice) here; by virtue of that their manes (forefathers) will experience eternal satisfaction. 14.
Those who will regularly take bath in the Gomati in the Chaturmasa months or in the month of Kartika or Margashirsh or Magha will have their desires fulfilled. 15.
Those who will perform Japa (continuous uttering of the name of God) in the Krishna temple here will soon achieve success. 16.
Those Brahmins and others (Dvijas) who will undertake the perusal of the Bhagavata and other holy texts here will attain the desired enjoyment and emancipation. 17.
The Brahmin who undertakes the perusal of the Bhagavata while observing fast will surely obtain the desired result by a single reading. 18.
Those people who will offer a great worship (Mahapuja) of Lakshmi-Narayan and other deities will attain the highest bliss in Goloka. 19.
Those poor people who will offer a shortened worship of Krishna will get eternal religious merit and will attain to the abode of Krishna. 20.
Those who will feed holy men and Brahmins as per their means will obtain highest bliss in this world and in the next world. 21.
Those individuals who will bathe in the Gomati in this city and take a Tapta mudra will have no fear from Yama. 22.
Those people who, coming to this city, will perform the rituals at the holy place as per their means will have (the merit of) the completion of the pilgrimage of Dwarika. 23.
Conclusion of the visit to Vrittalay.
Suvrat said:-
Addressed in this way by the Lord, all those people were exceedingly pleased and bowed to him, ‘O king. 24.
Taking bath in the Gomati in the morning and receiving Tapta mudras, people came in hordes for his vision and returned (happy). 25.
The Lord was greatly pleased to see their devotion and he lived there for one month with them. 26.
On the day of Ramnavami, he celebrated the worship of Krishna and then he directed all the devotees to return to their respective native places. 27.
All those devotees, Nandaram and others, who had come from different countries, returned to their places, singing his spotless reputations. 28.
Lord Swaminarayan himself, after having broken fast on the twelfth day and having bowed to the Lord of Dwarika, departed for Durgapur in the company of those who had come from the west. 29.
In this way the Lord of Dwarika went to Vrittalay for the satisfaction of his devotees from the Dhatri Ekadashi (of the month of Phalguna). 30.
From that day on was established the reputation of Vrittalay as a pilgrim spot as great and as at par with Dwarika and it remains auspicious, ‘O king. 31.
The sequel of learning this history.
He who reads or hears this life-story of the highest being gets happiness and fame in this world and then attains to his abode sacred even to the gods. 32.
Thus ends the thirty third chapter entitled ‘The Lord’s arrival at Vrittalay and the events there from’ in the fourth Prakaran of Satsangijivan, the life story of Lord Narayan, also titled as ‘Dharmashastra’ (the rules of the code of conduct). 33
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