Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 37
SB 10 37.1
श्री-शुक उवाच केशी तु कंस-प्रहितः खुरैर् महीं महा-हयो निर्जरयन् मनो-जवः केशी तु कंस-प्रहितः खुरैर् महीं महा-हयो निर्जरयन् मनो-जवः सटावधूताभ्र-विमान-सङ्कुलं कुर्वन् नभो हेषित-भीषिताखिलः
śrī-śuka uvāca keśī tu kaṃsa-prahitaḥ khurair mahīṃ mahā-hayo nirjarayan mano-javaḥ keśī tu kaṃsa-prahitaḥ khurair mahīṃ mahā-hayo nirjarayan mano-javaḥ saṭāvadhūtābhra-vimāna-saṅkulaṃ kurvan nabho heṣita-bhīṣitākhilaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: But Keśī, sent by Kaṃsa, a huge horse swift as thought, wearing down the earth with his hooves, filling the sky with the clouds and celestial chariots scattered by his mane, terrifying everyone with his neighing—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.2
तं त्रासयन्तं भगवान् स्व-गोकुलं तद्-धेषितैर् वाल-विघूर्णिताम्बुदम् तं त्रासयन्तं भगवान् स्व-गोकुलं तद्-धेषितैर् वाल-विघूर्णिताम्बुदम् आत्मानम् आजौ मृगयन्तम् अग्र-णीर् उपाह्वयत् स व्यनदन् मृगेन्द्र-वत्
taṃ trāsayantaṃ bhagavān sva-gokulaṃ tad-dheṣitair vāla-vighūrṇitāmbudam taṃ trāsayantaṃ bhagavān sva-gokulaṃ tad-dheṣitair vāla-vighūrṇitāmbudam ātmānam ājau mṛgayantam agra-ṇīr upāhvayat sa vyanadan mṛgendra-vat
—as he was terrifying (Kṛṣṇa's) own Gokula, the clouds whirled about by his tail, with his neighings, and was seeking out (Kṛṣṇa) himself for battle, the Lord, the foremost (of the Yadus), called him out, and he roared like a lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.3
स तं निशाम्याभिमुखो मखेन खं पिबन्न् इवाभ्यद्रवद् अत्य्-अमर्षणः स तं निशाम्याभिमुखो मखेन खं पिबन्न् इवाभ्यद्रवद् अत्य्-अमर्षणः जघान पद्भ्याम् अरविन्द-लोचनं दुरासदश् चण्ड-जवो दुरत्ययः
sa taṃ niśāmyābhimukho makhena khaṃ pibann ivābhyadravad aty-amarṣaṇaḥ sa taṃ niśāmyābhimukho makhena khaṃ pibann ivābhyadravad aty-amarṣaṇaḥ jaghāna padbhyām aravinda-locanaṃ durāsadaś caṇḍa-javo duratyayaḥ
Hearing him, he turned to face (him) and, exceedingly enraged, rushed at (him) as if drinking up the sky with his mouth; hard to approach, of fierce speed, hard to overcome, he struck the lotus-eyed one with his two hind legs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.4
तद् वञ्चयित्वा तम् अधोक्षजो रुषा प्रगृह्य दोर्भ्यां परिविध्य पादयोः सावज्ञम् उत्सृज्य धनुः-शतान्तरे यथोरगं तार्क्ष्य-सुतो व्यवस्थितः
tad vañcayitvā tam adhokṣajo ruṣā pragṛhya dorbhyāṃ parividhya pādayoḥ sāvajñam utsṛjya dhanuḥ-śatāntare yathoragaṃ tārkṣya-suto vyavasthitaḥ
Evading that (blow), Adhokṣaja in anger seized him by the two legs with his arms, whirled him about, and contemptuously flung him a hundred bow-lengths away, then stood firm, as Garuḍa (does) with a snake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.5
सः लब्ध-संज्ञः पुनर् उत्थितो रुषा व्यादाय केशी तरसापतद् धरिम् अम्प्;सो ऽप्य् अस्य वक्त्रे भुजम् उत्तरं स्मयन् प्रवेशयाम् आस यथोरगं बिले
saḥ labdha-saṃjñaḥ punar utthito ruṣā vyādāya keśī tarasāpatad dharim so 'py asya vaktre bhujam uttaraṃ smayan praveśayām āsa yathoragaṃ bile
Regaining consciousness, Keśī rose again and in fury, with mouth agape, rushed swiftly upon Hari; and he, smiling, thrust his left arm into his mouth, as a serpent (enters) a hole.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.6
दन्ता निपेतुर् भगवद्-भुज-स्पृशस् ते केशिनस् तप्त-मय-स्पृशो यथा दन्ता निपेतुर् भगवद्-भुज-स्पृशस् ते केशिनस् तप्त-मय-स्पृशो यथा बाहुश् च तद्-देह-गतो महात्मनो यथामयः संववृधे उपेक्षितः
dantā nipetur bhagavad-bhuja-spṛśas te keśinas tapta-maya-spṛśo yathā dantā nipetur bhagavad-bhuja-spṛśas te keśinas tapta-maya-spṛśo yathā bāhuś ca tad-deha-gato mahātmano yathāmayaḥ saṃvavṛdhe upekṣitaḥ
Keśī's teeth fell out at the touch of the Lord's arm, as (they would) at the touch of heated iron; and the arm of the great soul, once inside his body, grew and grew, like a neglected disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.7
समेधमानेन स कृष्ण-बाहुना निरुद्ध-वायुश् चरणांश् च विक्षिपन् प्रस्विन्न-गात्रः परिवृत्त-लोचनः पपात लण्डं विसृजन् क्षितौ व्यसुः
samedhamānena sa kṛṣṇa-bāhunā niruddha-vāyuś caraṇāṃś ca vikṣipan prasvinna-gātraḥ parivṛtta-locanaḥ papāta laṇḍaṃ visṛjan kṣitau vyasuḥ
With his breath blocked by Kṛṣṇa's swelling arm, kicking out his legs, his body drenched with sweat, his eyes rolling back, he fell dead on the ground, passing dung.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.8
तद्-देहतः कर्कटिका-फलोपमाद् व्यसोर् अपाकृष्य भुजं महा-भुजः अविस्मितो ऽयत्न-हतारिकः सुरैः प्रसून-वर्षैर् वर्षद्भिर् ईडितः
tad-dehataḥ karkaṭikā-phalopamād vyasor apākṛṣya bhujaṃ mahā-bhujaḥ avismito 'yatna-hatārikaḥ suraiḥ prasūna-varṣair varṣadbhir īḍitaḥ
The mighty-armed one drew his arm out of that lifeless body, which was like a cucumber fruit, and, unamazed at having killed his enemy without effort, was praised by the gods, who rained down showers of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.9
देवर्षिर् उपसङ्गम्य भागवत-प्रवरो नृप कृष्णम् अक्लिष्ट-कर्माणं रहस्य् एतद् अभाषत
devarṣir upasaṅgamya bhāgavata-pravaro nṛpa kṛṣṇam akliṣṭa-karmāṇaṃ rahasy etad abhāṣata
O king, the sage of the gods, foremost among devotees, approached Kṛṣṇa, whose deeds are effortless, and spoke this to him in private.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.10
कृष्ण कृष्णाप्रमेयात्मन् योगेश जगद्-ईश्वर वासुदेवाखिलावास सात्वतां प्रवर प्रभो
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇāprameyātman yogeśa jagad-īśvara vāsudevākhilāvāsa sātvatāṃ pravara prabho
Kṛṣṇa, O Kṛṣṇa, immeasurable Self, lord of yoga, ruler of the universe, Vāsudeva, dwelling-place of all, best of the Sātvatas, O master!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.11
त्वम् आत्मा सर्व-भूतानाम् एको ज्योतिर् इवैधसाम् गूढो गुहा-शयः साक्षी महा-पुरुष ईश्वरः
tvam ātmā sarva-bhūtānām eko jyotir ivaidhasām gūḍho guhā-śayaḥ sākṣī mahā-puruṣa īśvaraḥ
You are the Self of all beings, the one, like fire in firewood; hidden, lying in the cave (of the heart), the witness, the Supreme Person, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.12
आत्मनात्माश्रयः पूर्वं मायया ससृजे गुणान् तैर् इदं सत्य-सङ्कल्पः सृजस्य् अत्स्य् अवसीश्वरः
ātmanātmāśrayaḥ pūrvaṃ māyayā sasṛje guṇān tair idaṃ satya-saṅkalpaḥ sṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ
Self-dependent, by your own self you first created the modes (of nature) through your māyā; with them, your will being true, you as Lord create, devour, and sustain this (world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.13
स त्वं भूधर-भूतानां दैत्य-प्रमथ-रक्षसाम् अवतीर्णो विनाशाय साधुनां रक्षणाय च
sa tvaṃ bhūdhara-bhūtānāṃ daitya-pramatha-rakṣasām avatīrṇo vināśāya sādhunāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca
You, being such, have descended for the destruction of the Daityas, Pramathas and Rākṣasas who have become rulers of the earth, and for the protection of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.14
दिष्ट्या ते निहतो दैत्यो लीलयायं हयाकृतिः यस्य हेषित-सन्त्रस्तास् त्यजन्त्य् अनिमिषा दिवम्
diṣṭyā te nihato daityo līlayāyaṃ hayākṛtiḥ yasya heṣita-santrastās tyajanty animiṣā divam
By good fortune this Daitya in the form of a horse has been killed by you in play—the one at whose neighing the unblinking gods were terrified and abandoned heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.15
चाणूरं मुष्टिकं चैव मल्लान् अन्यांश् च हस्तिनम् कंसं च निहतं द्रक्ष्ये परश्वो ऽहनि ते विभो
cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ caiva mallān anyāṃś ca hastinam kaṃsaṃ ca nihataṃ drakṣye paraśvo 'hani te vibho
The day after tomorrow, O mighty one, I shall see Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika and the other wrestlers, and the elephant, and Kaṃsa too, slain by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.16
तस्यानु शङ्ख-यवन- मुराणां नरकस्य च पारिजातापहरणम् इन्द्रस्य च पराजयम्
tasyānu śaṅkha-yavana- murāṇāṃ narakasya ca pārijātāpaharaṇam indrasya ca parājayam
After that, (I shall see) the (killing) of Śaṅkha, Kālayavana and Mura, and of Naraka, and the carrying off of the pārijāta, and the defeat of Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.17
उद्वाहं वीर-कन्यानां वीर्य-शुल्कादि-लक्षणम् नृगस्य मोक्षणं शापाद् द्वारकायां जगत्-पते
udvāhaṃ vīra-kanyānāṃ vīrya-śulkādi-lakṣaṇam nṛgasya mokṣaṇaṃ śāpād dvārakāyāṃ jagat-pate
(I shall see) the marriage of the daughters of heroes, won by valour as the bride-price and the like, and Nṛga's release from his curse, in Dvārakā, O lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.18
स्यमन्तकस्य च मणेर् आदानं सह भार्यया मृत-पुत्र-प्रदानं च ब्राह्मणस्य स्व-धामतः
syamantakasya ca maṇer ādānaṃ saha bhāryayā mṛta-putra-pradānaṃ ca brāhmaṇasya sva-dhāmataḥ
And the taking of the Syamantaka jewel along with a wife, and the giving back to a brāhmaṇa of his dead sons from your own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.19
पौण्ड्रकस्य वधं पश्चात् काशि-पुर्याश् च दीपनम् दन्तवक्रस्य निधनं चैद्यस्य च महा-क्रतौ
pauṇḍrakasya vadhaṃ paścāt kāśi-puryāś ca dīpanam dantavakrasya nidhanaṃ caidyasya ca mahā-kratau
(And I shall see) afterwards the slaying of Pauṇḍraka and the burning of the city of Kāśī, the death of Dantavakra, and (the death) of the Cedi king at the great sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.20
यानि चान्यानि वीर्याणि द्वारकाम् आवसन् भवान् कर्ता द्रक्ष्याम्य् अहं तानि गेयानि कविभिर् भुवि
yāni cānyāni vīryāṇi dvārakām āvasan bhavān kartā drakṣyāmy ahaṃ tāni geyāni kavibhir bhuvi
And whatever other heroic deeds you will perform while dwelling in Dvārakā, those I shall see—(deeds) to be sung by poets on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.21
अथ ते काल-रूपस्य क्षपयिष्णोर् अमुष्य वै अक्षौहिणीनां निधनं द्रक्ष्याम्य् अर्जुन-सारथेः
atha te kāla-rūpasya kṣapayiṣṇor amuṣya vai akṣauhiṇīnāṃ nidhanaṃ drakṣyāmy arjuna-sāratheḥ
Then indeed I shall see the destruction of the akṣauhiṇīs by that same one, who has the form of Time, the destroyer, the charioteer of Arjuna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.22
विशुद्ध-विज्ञान-घनं स्व-संस्थया समाप्त-सर्वार्थम् अमोघ-वाञ्छितम् अम्प्;स्व-तेजसा नित्य-निवृत्त-माया- गुण-प्रवाहं भगवन्तम् ईमहि
viśuddha-vijñāna-ghanaṃ sva-saṃsthayā samāpta-sarvārtham amogha-vāñchitam sva-tejasā nitya-nivṛtta-māyā- guṇa-pravāhaṃ bhagavantam īmahi
We approach the Blessed One, who is a mass of wholly pure consciousness, all of whose purposes are accomplished by his own nature, whose wishes are never fruitless, and in whom, by his own splendor, the flow of the guṇas of māyā is eternally turned back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.23
त्वाम् ईश्वरं स्वाश्रयम् आत्म-मायया विनिर्मिताशेष-विशेष-कल्पनम् क्रीडार्थम् अद्यात्त-मनुष्य-विग्रहं नतो ऽस्मि धुर्यं यदु-वृष्णि-सात्वताम्
tvām īśvaraṃ svāśrayam ātma-māyayā vinirmitāśeṣa-viśeṣa-kalpanam krīḍārtham adyātta-manuṣya-vigrahaṃ nato 'smi dhuryaṃ yadu-vṛṣṇi-sātvatām
I bow to you, the Lord, whose support is yourself, by whose own māyā the whole array of particular forms has been fashioned, who have now assumed a human body for the sake of play, the foremost of the Yadus, Vṛṣṇis, and Sātvatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.24
श्री-शुक उवाच एवं यदु-पतिं कृष्णं भागवत-प्रवरो मुनिः प्रणिपत्याभ्यनुज्ञातो ययौ तद्-दर्शनोत्सवः
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṃ yadu-patiṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhāgavata-pravaro muniḥ praṇipatyābhyanujñāto yayau tad-darśanotsavaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Having thus bowed down to Kṛṣṇa, lord of the Yadus, the sage, the best of devotees, took his leave and departed, joyful at the sight of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.25
भगवान् अपि गोविन्दो हत्वा केशिनम् आहवे पशून् अपालयत् पालैः प्रीतैर् व्रज-सुखावहः
bhagavān api govindo hatvā keśinam āhave paśūn apālayat pālaiḥ prītair vraja-sukhāvahaḥ
And the Blessed Lord Govinda, having killed Keśin in battle, tended the animals together with the delighted cowherds, bringing happiness to Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.26
एकदा ते पशून् पालाश् चारयन्तो ऽद्रि-सानुषु चक्रुर् निलायन-क्रीडाश् चोर-पालापदेशतः
ekadā te paśūn pālāś cārayanto 'dri-sānuṣu cakrur nilāyana-krīḍāś cora-pālāpadeśataḥ
One day, while grazing the animals on the mountain slopes, those cowherds played games of hide-and-seek, taking on the roles of thieves and shepherds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.27
तत्रासन् कतिचिच् चोराः पालाश् च कतिचिन् नृप मेषायिताश् च तत्रैके विजह्रुर् अकुतो-भयाः
tatrāsan katicic corāḥ pālāś ca katicin nṛpa meṣāyitāś ca tatraike vijahrur akuto-bhayāḥ
There some of them were thieves and some were herdsmen, O king, and some there acted as sheep; they played without fear from any quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.28
मय-पुत्रो महा-मायो व्योमो गोपाल-वेष-धृक् मेषायितान् अपोवाह प्रायश् चोरायितो बहून्
maya-putro mahā-māyo vyomo gopāla-veṣa-dhṛk meṣāyitān apovāha prāyaś corāyito bahūn
The son of Maya, the great illusionist named Vyoma, disguised as a cowherd, mostly playing the thief, carried off many of those acting as sheep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.29
गिरि-दर्यां विनिक्षिप्य नीतं नीतं महासुरः शिलया पिदधे द्वारं चतुः-पञ्चावशेषिताः
giri-daryāṃ vinikṣipya nītaṃ nītaṃ mahāsuraḥ śilayā pidadhe dvāraṃ catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ
Throwing them into a mountain cave as he brought them one by one, the great demon closed the entrance with a boulder; four or five (of the boys) were left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.30
तस्य तत् कर्म विज्ञाय कृष्णः शरण-दः सताम् गोपान् नयन्तं जग्राह वृकं हरिर् इवौजसा
tasya tat karma vijñāya kṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇa-daḥ satām gopān nayantaṃ jagrāha vṛkaṃ harir ivaujasā
Perceiving that deed of his, Kṛṣṇa, giver of shelter to the good, seized him as he was carrying off the cowherd boys, with force, as a lion seizes a wolf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.31
स निजं रूपम् आस्थाय गिरीन्द्र-सदृशं बली इच्छन् विमोक्तुम् आत्मानं नाशक्नोद् ग्रहणातुरः
sa nijaṃ rūpam āsthāya girīndra-sadṛśaṃ balī icchan vimoktum ātmānaṃ nāśaknod grahaṇāturaḥ
Assuming his own form, huge as a great mountain, the strong one wished to free himself, but could not, distressed by that grip.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.32
तं निगृह्याच्युतो दोर्भ्यां पातयित्वा मही-तले पश्यतां दिवि देवानां पशु-मारम् अमारयत्
taṃ nigṛhyācyuto dorbhyāṃ pātayitvā mahī-tale paśyatāṃ divi devānāṃ paśu-māram amārayat
Having gripped him with his two arms and thrown him down on the surface of the earth, Acyuta killed him as one kills a sacrificial animal, while the gods in heaven looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 37.33
गुहा-पिधानं निर्भिद्य गोपान् निःसार्य कृच्छ्रतः स्तूयमानः सुरैर् गोपैः प्रविवेश स्व-गोकुलम्
guhā-pidhānaṃ nirbhidya gopān niḥsārya kṛcchrataḥ stūyamānaḥ surair gopaiḥ praviveśa sva-gokulam
Breaking open the cave's covering and bringing the cowherd boys out from their distress, praised by the gods and by the cowherds, he entered his own Gokula.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition