अध्याय ९७
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे षोडशो ऽध्यायः ]] अक्रूरो ऽपि विनिष्क्रम्य स्यन्दनेनाशुगामिना कृष्णसंदर्शनाकाङ्क्षी प्रययौ नन्दगोकुलम्
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] akrūro 'pi viniṣkramya syandanenāśugāminā kṛṣṇasaṃdarśanākāṅkṣī prayayau nandagokulam
हिन्दी अर्थ
टेढ़ी थी, परंतु अब सुन्दरी हो गयी थी, बलरामजीके मुखकी ओर देखकर हँसते हुए कहा--
English
L ARASARA said : — Having issued out of the house of Kansa, Akrura, being desirous of seeing Krishna, proceeded towards the house of Nanda in a swift-coursing car. He tnought within himself. " There is none more fortunate than I, for I shall behold the countenance of a portion of the holder of discus. To-day my life has borne fruit, my night is folfowed by the dawn of day, for I shall behold the counte- nance of Vishnu resembling full-blown lotuses. Blessed are my eyes and blessed are my words, for on beholding Vishnu a conversation shall take place between him and me. I shall behold the countenance of Vishnu having lotus eyes, which, when seen only in imagination, removes all siits. I shall behold to-day the mouth of Vishnu — the glory of glories, whence proceeded the Vedas and all tbeir divisionp. I shall behold the lord of the universe by whom the world is sustained, who is worshipped as the best Purusha and as the male of sacrifice in sacrificial rites. I shall behold Keseva, who is without beginning or end, by worshipping whom with a hundred sacrifkes, Indra obtained the sovereignty over the celestials. That Hari, whose nature is unknown to Brahmá, Indra, Rudra, the Aswins, the Vasus, the Adityas and Maruts, will this day touch my body He, who is the soul of all omni- scient, is identical with everything, omnipresent, permanertt, undecaying, all-pervading, sJialI converse with me. He, the unborn, who has preserved the world in diverse forms of a fisb, a tortoise, a boar, a horse, a lion, will this day talk with me. The lord of the universe, who assumes shapes at will, has taken upon Wm thé condátion of huroanity to satisfy some ebject of hif fceart. The endkss, who holds the