Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna before Mahā-Viṣṇu — exact verses
Follow the complete lila: Kṛṣṇa’s promise, the path behind Sudarśana, the spiritual ocean, Ananta Śeṣa, Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the children’s return.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.45
दर्शये द्विजसूनूंस्ते मावज्ञात्मानमात्मना ।
ये ते न: कीर्तिं विमलां मनुष्या: स्थापयिष्यन्ति ॥ ४५ ॥
darśaye dvija-sūnūṁs te
māvajñātmānam ātmanā
ye te naḥ kīrtiṁ vimalāṁ
manuṣyāḥ sthāpayiṣyanti
[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] I will show you the brāhmaṇa’s sons, so please don’t despise yourself like this. These same men who now criticize us will soon establish our spotless fame.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.46
इति सम्भाष्य भगवानर्जुनेन सहेश्वर: ।
दिव्यं स्वरथमास्थाय प्रतीचीं दिशमाविशत् ॥ ४६ ॥
iti sambhāṣya bhagavān
arjunena saheśvaraḥ
divyaṁ sva-ratham āsthāya
pratīcīṁ diśam āviśat
Having thus advised Arjuna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead had Arjuna join Him on His divine chariot, and together they set off toward the west.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.47
सप्त द्वीपान् ससिन्धूंश्च सप्तसप्तगिरीनथ ।
लोकालोकं तथातीत्य विवेश सुमहत्तम: ॥ ४७ ॥
sapta dvīpān sa-sindhūṁś ca
sapta sapta girīn atha
lokālokaṁ tathātītya
viveśa su-mahat tamaḥ
The Lord’s chariot passed over the seven islands of the middle universe, each with its ocean and its seven principal mountains. Then it crossed the Lokāloka boundary and entered the vast region of total darkness.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.50
तम: सुघोरं गहनं कृतं महद्
विदारयद् भूरितरेण रोचिषा ।
मनोजवं निर्विविशे सुदर्शनं
गुणच्युतो रामशरो यथा चमू: ॥ ५० ॥
tamaḥ su-ghoraṁ gahanaṁ kṛtaṁ mahad
vidārayad bhūri-tareṇa rociṣā
mano-javaṁ nirviviśe sudarśanaṁ
guṇa-cyuto rāma-śaro yathā camūḥ
The Lord’s Sudarśana disc penetrated the darkness with its blazing effulgence. Racing forward with the speed of the mind, it cut through the fearsome, dense oblivion expanded from primeval matter, as an arrow shot from Lord Rāma’s bow cuts through His enemy’s army.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.51
द्वारेण चक्रानुपथेन तत्तम:
परं परं ज्योतिरनन्तपारम् ।
समश्नुवानं प्रसमीक्ष्य फाल्गुन:
प्रताडिताक्षो पिदधेऽक्षिणी उभे ॥ ५१ ॥
dvāreṇa cakrānupathena tat tamaḥ
paraṁ paraṁ jyotir ananta-pāram
samaśnuvānaṁ prasamīkṣya phālgunaḥ
pratāḍitākṣo pidadhe ’kṣiṇī ubhe
Following the Sudarśana disc, the chariot went beyond the darkness and reached the endless spiritual light of the all pervasive brahmajyoti. As Arjuna beheld this glaring effulgence, his eyes hurt, and so he shut them.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.52
तत: प्रविष्ट: सलिलं नभस्वता
बलीयसैजद् बृहदूर्मिभूषणम् ।
तत्राद्भुतं वै भवनं द्युमत्तमं
भ्राजन्मणिस्तम्भसहस्रशोभितम् ॥ ५२ ॥
tataḥ praviṣṭaḥ salilaṁ nabhasvatā
balīyasaijad-bṛhad-ūrmi-bhūṣaṇam
tatrādbhutaṁ vai bhavanaṁ dyumat-tamaṁ bhrājan-maṇi-stambha-sahasra-śobhitam
From that region they entered a body of water resplendent with huge waves being churned by a mighty wind. Within that ocean Arjuna saw an amazing palace more radiant than anything he had ever seen before. Its beauty was enhanced by thousands of ornamental pillars bedecked with brilliant gems.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.53
तस्मिन् महाभोगमनन्तमद्भुतं
सहस्रमूर्धन्यफणामणिद्युभि: ।
विभ्राजमानं द्विगुणेक्षणोल्बणं
सिताचलाभं शितिकण्ठजिह्वम् ॥ ५३ ॥
tasmin mahā-bhogam anantam adbhutaṁ
sahasra-mūrdhanya-phaṇā-maṇi-dyubhiḥ
vibhrājamānaṁ dvi-guṇekṣaṇolbaṇaṁ
sitācalābhaṁ śiti-kaṇṭha-jihvam
In that palace was the huge, awe-inspiring serpent Ananta Śeṣa. He shone brilliantly with the radiance emanating from the gems on His thousands of hoods and reflecting from twice as many fearsome eyes. He resembled white Mount Kailāsa, and His necks and tongues were dark blue.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.54-56
ददर्श तद्भोगसुखासनं विभुं
महानुभावं पुरुषोत्तमोत्तमम् ।
सान्द्राम्बुदाभं सुपिशङ्गवाससं
प्रसन्नवक्त्रं रुचिरायतेक्षणम् ॥ ५४ ॥
महामणिव्रातकिरीटकुण्डल-
प्रभापरिक्षिप्तसहस्रकुन्तलम् ।
प्रलम्बचार्वष्टभुजं सकौस्तुभं
श्रीवत्सलक्ष्मं वनमालया वृतम् ॥ ५५ ॥
सुनन्दनन्दप्रमुखै: स्वपार्षदै-
श्चक्रादिभिर्मूर्तिधरैर्निजायुधै: ।
पुष्ट्या श्रिया कीर्त्यजयाखिलर्धिभि-
र्निषेव्यमानं परमेष्ठिनां पतिम् ॥ ५६ ॥
dadarśa tad-bhoga-sukhāsanaṁ vibhuṁ
mahānubhāvaṁ puruṣottamottamam
sāndrāmbudābhaṁ su-piśaṅga-vāsasaṁ
prasanna-vaktraṁ rucirāyatekṣaṇam
mahā-maṇi-vrāta-kirīṭa-kuṇḍala
prabhā-parikṣipta-sahasra-kuntalam
pralamba-cārv-aṣṭa-bhujaṁ sa-kaustubhaṁ
śrīvatsa-lakṣmaṁ vana-mālayāvṛtam
sunanda-nanda-pramukhaiḥ sva-pārṣadaiś
cakrādibhir mūrti-dharair nijāyudhaiḥ
puṣṭyā śrīyā kīrty-ajayākhilardhibhir
niṣevyamānaṁ parameṣṭhināṁ patim
Arjuna then saw the omnipresent and omnipotent Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mahā-Viṣṇu, sitting at ease on the serpent bed. His bluish complexion was the color of a dense rain cloud, He wore a beautiful yellow garment, His face looked charming, His broad eyes were most attractive, and He had eight long, handsome arms. His profuse locks of hair were bathed on all sides in the brilliance reflected from the clusters of precious jewels decorating His crown and earrings. He wore the Kaustubha gem, the mark of Śrīvatsa and a garland of forest flowers. Serving that topmost of all Lords were His personal attendants, headed by Sunanda and Nanda; His cakra and other weapons in their personified forms; His consort potencies Puṣṭi, Śrī, Kīrti and Ajā; and all His various mystic powers.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.57
ववन्द आत्मानमनन्तमच्युतो
जिष्णुश्च तद्दर्शनजातसाध्वस: ।
तावाह भूमा परमेष्ठिनां प्रभु-
र्बद्धाञ्जली सस्मितमूर्जया गिरा ॥ ५७ ॥
vavanda ātmānam anantam acyuto
jiṣṇuś ca tad-darśana-jāta-sādhvasaḥ
tāv āha bhūmā parameṣṭhināṁ prabhur
beddhāñjalī sa-smitam ūrjayā girā
Lord Kṛṣṇa offered homage to Himself in this boundless form, and Arjuna, astonished at the sight of Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, bowed down as well. Then, as the two of them stood before Him with joined palms, the almighty Mahā-Viṣṇu, supreme master of all rulers of the universe, smiled and spoke to them in a voice full of solemn authority.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.58
द्विजात्मजा मे युवयोर्दिदृक्षुणा
मयोपनीता भुवि धर्मगुप्तये ।
कलावतीर्णाववनेर्भरासुरान्
हत्वेह भूयस्त्वरयेतमन्ति मे ॥ ५८ ॥
dvijātmajā me yuvayor didṛkṣuṇā
mayopanītā bhuvi dharma-guptaye
kalāvatīrṇāv avaner bharāsurān
hatveha bhūyas tvarayetam anti me
[Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu said:] I brought the brāhmaṇa’s sons here because I wanted to see the two of you, My expansions, who have descended to the earth to save the principles of religion. As soon as you finish killing the demons who burden the earth, quickly come back here to Me.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.60-61
इत्यादिष्टौ भगवता तौ कृष्णौ परमेष्ठिना ।
ॐ इत्यानम्य भूमानमादाय द्विजदारकान् ॥ ६० ॥
न्यवर्तेतां स्वकं धाम सम्प्रहृष्टौ यथागतम् ।
विप्राय ददतु: पुत्रान् यथारूपं यथावय: ॥ ६१ ॥
ity ādiṣṭau bhagavatā
tau kṛṣṇau parame-ṣṭhinā
om ity ānamya bhūmānam
ādāya dvija-dārakān
nyavartetāṁ svakaṁ dhāma
samprahṛṣṭau yathā-gatam
viprāya dadatuḥ putrān
yathā-rūpaṁ yathā-vayaḥ
Thus instructed by the Supreme Lord of the topmost planet, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna assented by chanting om, and then they bowed down to almighty Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu. Taking the brāhmaṇa’s sons with them, they returned with great delight to Dvārakā by the same path along which they had come. There they presented the brāhmaṇa with his sons, who were in the same infant bodies in which they had been lost.