Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 18

SB 10 18.1

श्री-शुक उवाच अथ कृष्णः परिवृतो ज्ञातिभिर् मुदितात्मभिः अनुगीयमानो न्यविशद् व्रजं गोकुल-मण्डितम्

śrī-śuka uvāca atha kṛṣṇaḥ parivṛto jñātibhir muditātmabhiḥ anugīyamāno nyaviśad vrajaṃ gokula-maṇḍitam

Śrī Śuka said: Then Kṛṣṇa, surrounded by his kinsmen whose hearts were delighted, and being praised in song, entered Vraja, which was adorned by Gokula.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 18.2

व्रजे विक्रीडतोर् एवं गोपाल-च्छद्म-मायया ग्रीष्मो नामर्तुर् अभवन् नाति-प्रेयाञ् छरीरिणाम्

vraje vikrīḍator evaṃ gopāla-cchadma-māyayā grīṣmo nāmartur abhavan nāti-preyāñ charīriṇām

While the two thus played in Vraja by the illusion of their disguise as cowherds, the season named summer came on, which is not very dear to embodied beings.

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SB 10 18.3

स च वृन्दावन-गुणैर् वसन्त इव लक्षितः यत्रास्ते भगवान् साक्षाद् रामेण सह केशवः

sa ca vṛndāvana-guṇair vasanta iva lakṣitaḥ yatrāste bhagavān sākṣād rāmeṇa saha keśavaḥ

Yet by the qualities of Vṛndāvana it appeared like spring, since there the Lord Keśava himself dwelt together with Rāma.

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SB 10 18.4

यत्र निर्झर-निर्ह्राद- निवृत्त-स्वन-झिल्लिकम् शश्वत् तच्-छीकरर्जीष- द्रुम-मण्डल-मण्डितम्

yatra nirjhara-nirhrāda- nivṛtta-svana-jhillikam śaśvat tac-chīkararjīṣa- druma-maṇḍala-maṇḍitam

There the chirping of the crickets was drowned out by the roar of the waterfalls, and (the place) was constantly adorned with clusters of trees drenched by their spray.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 10 18.5

सरित्-सरः-प्रस्रवणोर्मि-वायुना कह्लार-कञ्जोत्पल-रेणु-हारिणा न विद्यते यत्र वनौकसां दवो निदाघ-वह्न्य्-अर्क-भवो ऽति-शाद्वले

sarit-saraḥ-prasravaṇormi-vāyunā kahlāra-kañjotpala-reṇu-hāriṇā na vidyate yatra vanaukasāṃ davo nidāgha-vahny-arka-bhavo 'ti-śādvale

There, on that richly grassy ground, no heat arising from the summer's fire and the sun was known to the forest-dwellers, because of the wind off the waves of rivers, lakes and springs, which carried the pollen of kahlāra, kañja and utpala lotuses.

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SB 10 18.6

अगाध-तोय-ह्रदिनी-तटोर्मिभिर् द्रवत्-पुरीष्याः पुलिनैः समन्ततः न यत्र चण्डांशु-करा विषोल्बणा भुवो रसं शाद्वलितं च गृह्णते

agādha-toya-hradinī-taṭormibhir dravat-purīṣyāḥ pulinaiḥ samantataḥ na yatra caṇḍāṃśu-karā viṣolbaṇā bhuvo rasaṃ śādvalitaṃ ca gṛhṇate

With the waves on the banks of the deep-watered streams, and with the sandbanks all around whose soil was moist, there the rays of the fierce-rayed sun, virulent as poison, did not take away the sap of the earth or its green grass.

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SB 10 18.7

वनं कुसुमितं श्रीमन् नदच्-चित्र-मृग-द्विजम् गायन् मयूर-भ्रमरं कूजत्-कोकिल-सारसम्

vanaṃ kusumitaṃ śrīman nadac-citra-mṛga-dvijam gāyan mayūra-bhramaraṃ kūjat-kokila-sārasam

The forest was in flower and beautiful, with varied deer and birds calling, with peacocks and bees singing, with cuckoos and cranes crying out.

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SB 10 18.8

क्रीडिष्यमाणस् तत् क्र्ष्णो भगवान् बल-संयुतः वेणुं विरणयन् गोपैर् गो-धनैः संवृतो ऽविशत्

krīḍiṣyamāṇas tat krṣṇo bhagavān bala-saṃyutaḥ veṇuṃ viraṇayan gopair go-dhanaiḥ saṃvṛto 'viśat

Intending to play there, Lord Kṛṣṇa, together with Bala, sounding his flute, surrounded by the cowherd boys and by the herds of cows, entered (that forest).

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SB 10 18.9

प्रवाल-बर्ह-स्तबक- स्रग्-धातु-कृत-भूषणाः राम-कृष्णादयो गोपा ननृतुर् युयुधुर् जगुः

pravāla-barha-stabaka- srag-dhātu-kṛta-bhūṣaṇāḥ rāma-kṛṣṇādayo gopā nanṛtur yuyudhur jaguḥ

Wearing ornaments made of new shoots, peacock feathers, flower clusters, garlands and mineral pigments, the cowherd boys with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa at their head danced, wrestled and sang.

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SB 10 18.10

कृष्णस्य नृत्यतः केचिज् जगुः केचिद् अवादयन् वेणु-पाणितलैः शृङ्गैः प्रशशंसुर् अथापरे

kṛṣṇasya nṛtyataḥ kecij jaguḥ kecid avādayan veṇu-pāṇitalaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ praśaśaṃsur athāpare

While Kṛṣṇa danced, some sang, some played on flutes and with the palms of their hands and on horns, and others praised him.

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SB 10 18.11

गोप-जाति-प्रतिच्छन्ना देवा गोपाल-रूपिणौ ईडिरे कृष्ण-रामौ च नटा इव नटं नृप

gopa-jāti-praticchannā devā gopāla-rūpiṇau īḍire kṛṣṇa-rāmau ca naṭā iva naṭaṃ nṛpa

The gods, disguised in the guise of the cowherd caste, praised Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, who had taken the forms of cowherds, as actors praise an actor, O king.

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SB 10 18.12

भ्रमणैर् लङ्घनैः क्षेपैर् आस्फोटन-विकर्षणैः चिक्रीडतुर् नियुद्धेन काक-पक्ष-धरौ क्वचित्

bhramaṇair laṅghanaiḥ kṣepair āsphoṭana-vikarṣaṇaiḥ cikrīḍatur niyuddhena kāka-pakṣa-dharau kvacit

Sometimes the two, wearing their hair in side-locks, played at wrestling with whirlings, leapings, hurlings, slappings of the arms and draggings.

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SB 10 18.13

क्वचिन् नृत्यत्सु चान्येषु गायकौ वादकौ स्वयम् शशंसतुर् महा-राज साधु साध्व् इति वादिनौ

kvacin nṛtyatsu cānyeṣu gāyakau vādakau svayam śaśaṃsatur mahā-rāja sādhu sādhv iti vādinau

Sometimes, while the others danced, the two themselves were the singers and players, and they applauded, O great king, saying "Well done, well done!"

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SB 10 18.14

क्वचिद् बिल्वैः क्वचित् कुम्भैः क्वचामलक-मुष्टिभिः अस्पृश्य-नेत्र-बन्धाद्यैः क्वचिन् मृग-खगेहया

kvacid bilvaiḥ kvacit kumbhaiḥ kvacāmalaka-muṣṭibhiḥ aspṛśya-netra-bandhādyaiḥ kvacin mṛga-khagehayā

Sometimes (they played) with bilva fruits, sometimes with kumbha fruits, sometimes with handfuls of āmalaka fruits, with games of tag and blindman's buff and the like, and sometimes by imitating animals and birds.

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SB 10 18.15

क्वचिच् च दर्दुर-प्लावैर् विविधैर् उपहासकैः कदाचित् स्यन्दोलिकया कर्हिचिन् नृप-चेष्टया

kvacic ca dardura-plāvair vividhair upahāsakaiḥ kadācit syandolikayā karhicin nṛpa-ceṣṭayā

And sometimes with frog-like leaps, with various mockeries, sometimes with a swing, and at other times by acting out (the part of) a king.

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SB 10 18.16

एवं तौ लोक-सिद्धाभिः क्रीडाभिश् चेरतुर् वने नद्य्-अद्रि-द्रोणि-कुञ्जेषु काननेषु सरःसु च

evaṃ tau loka-siddhābhiḥ krīḍābhiś ceratur vane nady-adri-droṇi-kuñjeṣu kānaneṣu saraḥsu ca

Thus the two of them roamed in the forest with games known among people, among rivers, hills, valleys and thickets, in the woods and by the lakes.

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SB 10 18.17

पशूंश् चारयतोर् गोपैस् तद्-वने राम-कृष्णयोः गोप-रूपी प्रलम्बो ऽगाद् असुरस् तज्-जिहीर्षया

paśūṃś cārayator gopais tad-vane rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ gopa-rūpī pralambo 'gād asuras taj-jihīrṣayā

While Rāma and Kṛṣṇa were pasturing the animals in that forest along with the cowherd boys, the demon Pralamba came, disguised as a cowherd, wishing to carry them off.

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SB 10 18.18

तं विद्वान् अपि दाशार्हो भगवान् सर्व-दर्शनः अन्वमोदत तत्-सख्यं वधं तस्य विचिन्तयन्

taṃ vidvān api dāśārho bhagavān sarva-darśanaḥ anvamodata tat-sakhyaṃ vadhaṃ tasya vicintayan

Though the Lord, the descendant of Daśārha, who sees everything, knew him, he consented to friendship with him, while considering his killing.

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SB 10 18.19

तत्रोपाहूय गोपालान् कृष्णः प्राह विहार-वित् हे गोपा विहरिष्यामो द्वन्द्वी-भूय यथा-यथम्

tatropāhūya gopālān kṛṣṇaḥ prāha vihāra-vit he gopā vihariṣyāmo dvandvī-bhūya yathā-yatham

There Kṛṣṇa, who knows how to play, called the cowherd boys together and said: "Hey cowherds, we shall play, forming ourselves into pairs, each as is fitting."

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SB 10 18.20

तत्र चक्रुः परिवृढौ गोपा राम-जनार्दनौ कृष्ण-सङ्घट्टिनः केचिद् आसन् रामस्य चापरे

tatra cakruḥ parivṛḍhau gopā rāma-janārdanau kṛṣṇa-saṅghaṭṭinaḥ kecid āsan rāmasya cāpare

There the cowherds made Rāma and Janārdana the two leaders; some became Kṛṣṇa's partisans, and others Rāma's.

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SB 10 18.21

आचेरुर् विविधाः क्रीडा वाह्य-वाहक-लक्षणाः यत्रारोहन्ति जेतारो वहन्ति च पराजिताः

ācerur vividhāḥ krīḍā vāhya-vāhaka-lakṣaṇāḥ yatrārohanti jetāro vahanti ca parājitāḥ

They played various games marked by 'carried' and 'carrier', in which the winners mount and the defeated carry (them).

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SB 10 18.22

वहन्तो वाह्यमानाश् च चारयन्तश् च गो-धनम् भाण्डीरकं नाम वटं जग्मुः कृष्ण-पुरोगमाः

vahanto vāhyamānāś ca cārayantaś ca go-dhanam bhāṇḍīrakaṃ nāma vaṭaṃ jagmuḥ kṛṣṇa-purogamāḥ

Carrying and being carried, and grazing the wealth of cows, they went, with Kṛṣṇa at their head, to the banyan tree named Bhāṇḍīraka.

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SB 10 18.23

राम-सङ्घट्टिनो यर्हि श्रीदाम-वृषभादयः क्रीडायां जयिनस् तांस् तान् ऊहुः कृष्णादयो नृप

rāma-saṅghaṭṭino yarhi śrīdāma-vṛṣabhādayaḥ krīḍāyāṃ jayinas tāṃs tān ūhuḥ kṛṣṇādayo nṛpa

When Rāma's partisans—Śrīdāma, Vṛṣabha and the others—were the winners in the game, Kṛṣṇa and the rest carried each of them, O king.

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SB 10 18.24

उवाह कृष्णो भगवान् श्रीदामानं पराजितः वृषभं भद्रसेनस् तु प्रलम्बो रोहिणी-सुतम्

uvāha kṛṣṇo bhagavān śrīdāmānaṃ parājitaḥ vṛṣabhaṃ bhadrasenas tu pralambo rohiṇī-sutam

Lord Kṛṣṇa, being defeated, carried Śrīdāma; Bhadrasena carried Vṛṣabha, and Pralamba the son of Rohiṇī.

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SB 10 18.25

अविषह्यं मन्यमानः कृष्णं दानव-पुङ्गवः वहन् द्रुततरं प्रागाद् अवरोहणतः परम्

aviṣahyaṃ manyamānaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ dānava-puṅgavaḥ vahan drutataraṃ prāgād avarohaṇataḥ param

Thinking Kṛṣṇa unbearable, that bull among Dānavas, while carrying (Balarāma), went off very swiftly, beyond the point of setting (him) down.

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SB 10 18.26

तम् उद्वहन् धरणि-धरेन्द्र-गौरवं महासुरो विगत-रयो निजं वपुः अम्प्;स आस्थितः पुरट-परिच्छदो बभौ तडिद्-द्युमान् उडुपति-वाड् इवाम्बुदः

tam udvahan dharaṇi-dharendra-gauravaṃ mahāsuro vigata-rayo nijaṃ vapuḥ sa āsthitaḥ puraṭa-paricchado babhau taḍid-dyumān uḍupati-vāḍ ivāmbudaḥ

Carrying him, who had the weight of the great lord of mountains, the great demon lost his speed and took on his own body; and standing there with golden ornaments he shone like a rain-cloud bearing lightning, carrying the lord of stars (the moon).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 10 18.27

निरीक्ष्य तद्-वपुर् अलम् अम्बरे चरत् प्रदीप्त-दृग् भ्रु-कुटि-तटोग्र-दंष्ट्रकम् निरीक्ष्य तद्-वपुर् अलम् अम्बरे चरत् प्रदीप्त-दृग् भ्रु-कुटि-तटोग्र-दंष्ट्रकम् ज्वलच्-छिखं कटक-किरीट-कुण्डल- त्विषाद्भुतं हलधर ईषद् अत्रसत्

nirīkṣya tad-vapur alam ambare carat pradīpta-dṛg bhru-kuṭi-taṭogra-daṃṣṭrakam nirīkṣya tad-vapur alam ambare carat pradīpta-dṛg bhru-kuṭi-taṭogra-daṃṣṭrakam jvalac-chikhaṃ kaṭaka-kirīṭa-kuṇḍala- tviṣādbhutaṃ haladhara īṣad atrasat

Seeing that body moving about widely in the sky, with blazing eyes, with fierce fangs at the slope of its knitted brows, with flaming hair, astonishing with the glitter of bracelets, crown and earrings, the bearer of the plough was slightly afraid.

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SB 10 18.28

अथागत-स्मृतिर् अभयो रिपुं बलो विहाय सार्थम् इव हरन्तम् आत्मनः रुषाहनच् छिरसि दृढेन मुष्टिना सुराधिपो गिरिम् इव वज्र-रंहसा

athāgata-smṛtir abhayo ripuṃ balo vihāya sārtham iva harantam ātmanaḥ ruṣāhanac chirasi dṛḍhena muṣṭinā surādhipo girim iva vajra-raṃhasā

Then Bala, his memory returned and free of fear, struck the enemy—who was carrying him off as if (a robber) carrying off a merchant caravan—in anger on the head with a hard fist, as the lord of the gods (struck) a mountain with the force of his thunderbolt.

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SB 10 18.29

स आहतः सपदि विशीर्ण-मस्तको मुखाद् वमन् रुधिरम् अपस्मृतो ऽसुरः महा-रवं व्यसुर् अपतत् समीरयन् गिरिर् यथा मघवत आयुधाहतः

sa āhataḥ sapadi viśīrṇa-mastako mukhād vaman rudhiram apasmṛto 'suraḥ mahā-ravaṃ vyasur apatat samīrayan girir yathā maghavata āyudhāhataḥ

Struck, the demon at once, his skull shattered, vomiting blood from his mouth and senseless, fell down lifeless, emitting a great roar, like a mountain struck by Maghavan's weapon.

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SB 10 18.30

दृष्ट्वा प्रलम्बं निहतं बलेन बल-शालिना गोपाः सु-विस्मिता आसन् साधु साध्व् इति वादिनः

dṛṣṭvā pralambaṃ nihataṃ balena bala-śālinā gopāḥ su-vismitā āsan sādhu sādhv iti vādinaḥ

Seeing Pralamba slain by the powerful Bala, the cowherds were greatly astonished, exclaiming "Well done! Well done!"

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SB 10 18.31

आशिषो ऽभिगृणन्तस् तं प्रशशंसुस् तद्-अर्हणम् प्रेत्यागतम् इवालिङ्ग्य प्रेम-विह्वल-चेतसः

āśiṣo 'bhigṛṇantas taṃ praśaśaṃsus tad-arhaṇam pretyāgatam ivāliṅgya prema-vihvala-cetasaḥ

Uttering blessings upon him, they praised him as he deserved, and embraced him as one returned from death, their minds overwhelmed with love.

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SB 10 18.32

पापे प्रलम्बे निहते देवाः परम-निर्वृताः अभ्यवर्षन् बलं माल्यैः शशंसुः साधु साध्व् इति

pāpe pralambe nihate devāḥ parama-nirvṛtāḥ abhyavarṣan balaṃ mālyaiḥ śaśaṃsuḥ sādhu sādhv iti

When the sinful Pralamba was slain, the gods, supremely delighted, rained garlands upon Bala and praised him, saying "Well done! Well done!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition