Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 42

SB 10 42.1

श्री-शुक उवाच अथ व्रजन् राज-पथेन माधवः स्त्रियं गृहीताङ्ग-विलेप-भाजनाम् विलोक्य कुब्जां युवतीं वराननां पप्रच्छ यान्तीं प्रहसन् रस-प्रदः

śrī-śuka uvāca atha vrajan rāja-pathena mādhavaḥ striyaṃ gṛhītāṅga-vilepa-bhājanām vilokya kubjāṃ yuvatīṃ varānanāṃ papraccha yāntīṃ prahasan rasa-pradaḥ

Śrī Śuka said: Then Mādhava, walking along the royal road, saw a woman carrying a vessel of body-ointment, a hunchbacked young woman with a lovely face; and as she went along, he, the giver of delight, laughing, asked her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 42.2

का त्वं वरोर्व् एतद् उ हानुलेपनं कस्याङ्गने वा कथयस्व साधु नः देह्य् आवयोर् अङ्ग-विलेपम् उत्तमं श्रेयस् ततस् ते न चिराद् भविष्यति

kā tvaṃ varorv etad u hānulepanaṃ kasyāṅgane vā kathayasva sādhu naḥ dehy āvayor aṅga-vilepam uttamaṃ śreyas tatas te na cirād bhaviṣyati

"Who are you, O fair-thighed one? And whose is this ointment? Tell us truly, good lady. Give the two of us this excellent body-ointment, and from that your welfare will come before long."

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SB 10 42.3

सैरन्ध्र्य् उवाच दास्य् अस्म्य् अहं सुन्दर कंस-सम्मता त्रिवक्र-नामा ह्य् अनुलेप-कर्मणि दास्य् अस्म्य् अहं सुन्दर कंस-सम्मता त्रिवक्र-नामा ह्य् अनुलेप-कर्मणि मद्-भावितं भोज-पतेर् अति-प्रियं विना युवां को ऽन्यतमस् तद् अर्हति

sairandhry uvāca dāsy asmy ahaṃ sundara kaṃsa-sammatā trivakra-nāmā hy anulepa-karmaṇi dāsy asmy ahaṃ sundara kaṃsa-sammatā trivakra-nāmā hy anulepa-karmaṇi mad-bhāvitaṃ bhoja-pater ati-priyaṃ vinā yuvāṃ ko 'nyatamas tad arhati

The serving-woman said: "I am a servant, O handsome one, favoured by Kaṃsa, named Trivakrā, in the work of applying ointment. What made by me is very dear to the lord of the Bhojas; other than you two, who else deserves it?"

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SB 10 42.4

रूप-पेशल-माधुर्य हसितालाप-वीक्षितैः धर्षितात्मा ददौ सान्द्रम् उभयोर् अनुलेपनम्

rūpa-peśala-mādhurya hasitālāpa-vīkṣitaiḥ dharṣitātmā dadau sāndram ubhayor anulepanam

Her mind overcome by (his) beauty, gracefulness and sweetness, by his laughter, his words and his glances, she gave to both of them a thick ointment.

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SB 10 42.5

ततस् ताव् अङ्ग-रागेण स्व-वर्णेतर-शोभिना सम्प्राप्त-पर-भागेन शुशुभाते ऽनुरञ्जितौ

tatas tāv aṅga-rāgeṇa sva-varṇetara-śobhinā samprāpta-para-bhāgena śuśubhāte 'nurañjitau

Then the two of them, tinted with that body-paint, which shone in a color other than their own and had attained the highest excellence, shone forth.

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SB 10 42.6

प्रसन्नो भगवान् कुब्जां त्रिवक्रां रुचिराननाम् ऋज्वीं कर्तुं मनश् चक्रे दर्शयन् दर्शने फलम्

prasanno bhagavān kubjāṃ trivakrāṃ rucirānanām ṛjvīṃ kartuṃ manaś cakre darśayan darśane phalam

Pleased, the Lord made up his mind to make the hunchbacked woman, Trivakrā (the thrice-bent one), straight and lovely-faced, showing (thereby) the fruit of seeing him.

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SB 10 42.7

पद्भ्याम् आक्रम्य प्रपदे द्र्य्-अङ्गुल्य्-उत्तान-पाणिना प्रगृह्य चिबुके ऽध्यात्मम् उदनीनमद् अच्युतः

padbhyām ākramya prapade dry-aṅguly-uttāna-pāṇinā pragṛhya cibuke 'dhyātmam udanīnamad acyutaḥ

Pressing down with his two feet on the fronts of her feet, and taking hold of her at the chin with his upturned hand of two fingers, Acyuta raised her body upward.

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

SB 10 42.8

सा तदर्जु-समानाङ्गी बृहच्-छ्रोणि-पयोधरा मुकुन्द-स्पर्शनात् सद्यो बभूव प्रमदोत्तमा

sā tadarju-samānāṅgī bṛhac-chroṇi-payodharā mukunda-sparśanāt sadyo babhūva pramadottamā

She then, her limbs straight and even, with broad hips and full breasts, became at once, from Mukunda's touch, the finest of women.

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SB 10 42.9

ततो रूप-गुणौदार्य- सम्पन्ना प्राह केशवम् उत्तरीयान्तम् अकृष्य स्मयन्ती जात-हृच्-छया

tato rūpa-guṇaudārya- sampannā prāha keśavam uttarīyāntam akṛṣya smayantī jāta-hṛc-chayā

Then, endowed with beauty, good qualities and largeness (of form), she spoke to Keśava, pulling at the end of his upper garment, smiling, with desire arisen in her heart.

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SB 10 42.10

एहि वीर गृहं यामो न त्वां त्यक्तुम् इहोत्सहे त्वयोन्मथित-चित्तायाः प्रसीद पुरुषर्षभ

ehi vīra gṛhaṃ yāmo na tvāṃ tyaktum ihotsahe tvayonmathita-cittāyāḥ prasīda puruṣarṣabha

"Come, hero, let us go to (my) house; I cannot bear to leave you here. Be gracious to me, whose mind you have churned up, O bull among men."

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SB 10 42.11

एवं स्त्रिया याच्यमानः कृष्णो रामस्य पश्यतः मुखं वीक्ष्यानु गोपानां प्रहसंस् ताम् उवाच ह

evaṃ striyā yācyamānaḥ kṛṣṇo rāmasya paśyataḥ mukhaṃ vīkṣyānu gopānāṃ prahasaṃs tām uvāca ha

Thus entreated by the woman, Kṛṣṇa, looking at the face of Rāma, who was watching, and then at (the faces) of the cowherds, laughed and said to her:

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SB 10 42.12

एष्यामि ते गृहं सु-भ्रु पुंसाम् आधि-विकर्शनम् साधितार्थो ऽगृहाणां नः पान्थानां त्वं परायणम्

eṣyāmi te gṛhaṃ su-bhru puṃsām ādhi-vikarśanam sādhitārtho 'gṛhāṇāṃ naḥ pānthānāṃ tvaṃ parāyaṇam

"I shall come to your house, fair-browed one—(the house) that draws away the anguish of men—once my purpose is accomplished; you are the (final) resort for us wayfarers, who have no home."

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SB 10 42.13

विसृज्य माध्व्या वाण्या ताम् व्रजन् मार्गे वणिक्-पथैः नानोपायन-ताम्बूल- स्रग्-गन्धैः साग्रजो ऽर्चितः

visṛjya mādhvyā vāṇyā tām vrajan mārge vaṇik-pathaiḥ nānopāyana-tāmbūla- srag-gandhaiḥ sāgrajo 'rcitaḥ

Dismissing her with honeyed words, as he went along the road with the merchants' streets, he was honored, together with his elder brother, with various presents, betel, garlands and perfumes.

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SB 10 42.14

तद्-दर्शन-स्मर-क्षोभाद् आत्मानं नाविदन् स्त्रियः विस्रस्त-वासः-कवर वलया लेख्य-मूर्तयः

tad-darśana-smara-kṣobhād ātmānaṃ nāvidan striyaḥ visrasta-vāsaḥ-kavara valayā lekhya-mūrtayaḥ

From the agitation of love at seeing him, the women did not know themselves; their garments, braids and bracelets slipping loose, they were like figures in a painting.

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SB 10 42.15

ततः पौरान् पृच्छमानो धनुषः स्थानम् अच्युतः तस्मिन् प्रविष्टो ददृशे धनुर् ऐन्द्रम् इवाद्भुतम्

tataḥ paurān pṛcchamāno dhanuṣaḥ sthānam acyutaḥ tasmin praviṣṭo dadṛśe dhanur aindram ivādbhutam

Then Acyuta, asking the citizens for the place of the bow, entered it and saw the bow, wondrous, like Indra's (own).

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SB 10 42.16

पुरुषैर् बहुभिर् गुप्तम् अर्चितं परमर्द्धिमत् वार्यमाणो नृभिः कृष्णः प्रसह्य धनुर् आददे

puruṣair bahubhir guptam arcitaṃ paramarddhimat vāryamāṇo nṛbhiḥ kṛṣṇaḥ prasahya dhanur ādade

Though it was guarded by many men, worshiped, and of the greatest opulence, and though the men forbade him, Kṛṣṇa forcibly took up the bow.

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SB 10 42.17

करेण वामेन स-लीलम् उद्धृतं सज्यं च कृत्वा निमिषेण पश्यताम् नृणां विकृष्य प्रबभञ्ज मध्यतो यथेक्षु-दण्डं मद-कर्य् उरुक्रमः

kareṇa vāmena sa-līlam uddhṛtaṃ sajyaṃ ca kṛtvā nimiṣeṇa paśyatām nṛṇāṃ vikṛṣya prababhañja madhyato yathekṣu-daṇḍaṃ mada-kary urukramaḥ

Having lifted it playfully with his left hand and strung it, then drawing it, in the blink of an eye, while the men looked on, the far-striding one broke it in the middle, as a maddened elephant (breaks) a stalk of sugarcane.

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SB 10 42.18

धनुषो भज्यमानस्य शब्दः खं रोदसी दिशः पूरयाम् आस यं श्रुत्वा कंसस् त्रासम् उपागमत्

dhanuṣo bhajyamānasya śabdaḥ khaṃ rodasī diśaḥ pūrayām āsa yaṃ śrutvā kaṃsas trāsam upāgamat

The sound of the bow being broken filled the sky, heaven and earth, and the directions; hearing it, Kaṃsa was seized with terror.

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SB 10 42.19

तद्-रक्षिणः सानुचरं कुपिता आततायिनः गृहीतु-कामा आवव्रुर् गृह्यतां वध्यताम् इति

tad-rakṣiṇaḥ sānucaraṃ kupitā ātatāyinaḥ gṛhītu-kāmā āvavrur gṛhyatāṃ vadhyatām iti

Its guards, enraged and with weapons raised, wanting to seize him along with his companions, surrounded (them, crying) "Seize him! Kill him!"

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SB 10 42.20

अथ तान् दुरभिप्रायान् विलोक्य बल-केशवौ क्रुद्धौ धन्वन आदाय शकले तांश् च जघ्नतुः

atha tān durabhiprāyān vilokya bala-keśavau kruddhau dhanvana ādāya śakale tāṃś ca jaghnatuḥ

Then Bala and Keśava, seeing that they had evil intent, grew angry, took up the two pieces of the bow, and struck them down.

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SB 10 42.21

बलं च कंस-प्रहितं हत्वा शाला-मुखात् ततः निष्क्रम्य चेरतुर् हृष्टौ निरीक्ष्य पुर-सम्पदः

balaṃ ca kaṃsa-prahitaṃ hatvā śālā-mukhāt tataḥ niṣkramya ceratur hṛṣṭau nirīkṣya pura-sampadaḥ

And having killed the troop sent by Kaṃsa, they came out from the gate of the hall and roamed about, delighted, viewing the riches of the city.

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SB 10 42.22

तयोस् तद् अद्भुतं वीर्यं निशाम्य पुर-वासिनः तेजः प्रागल्भ्यं रूपं च मेनिरे विबुधोत्तमौ

tayos tad adbhutaṃ vīryaṃ niśāmya pura-vāsinaḥ tejaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ rūpaṃ ca menire vibudhottamau

Witnessing that wondrous prowess of the two, and their brilliance, boldness and beauty, the city's residents considered them to be the best of the gods.

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SB 10 42.23

तयोर् विचरतोः स्वैरम् आदित्यो ऽस्तम् उपेयिवान् कृष्ण-रामौ वृतौ गोपैः पुराच् छकटम् ईयतुः

tayor vicaratoḥ svairam ādityo 'stam upeyivān kṛṣṇa-rāmau vṛtau gopaiḥ purāc chakaṭam īyatuḥ

While the two were roaming at will, the sun went to its setting; Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, surrounded by the cowherds, went from the city to their wagon.

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SB 10 42.24

गोप्यो मुकुन्द-विगमे विरहातुरा या आशासताशिष ऋता मधु-पुर्य् अभूवन् सम्पश्यतां पुरुष-भूषण-गात्र-लक्ष्मीं हित्वेतरान् नु भजतश् चकमे ऽयनं श्रीः

gopyo mukunda-vigame virahāturā yā āśāsatāśiṣa ṛtā madhu-pury abhūvan sampaśyatāṃ puruṣa-bhūṣaṇa-gātra-lakṣmīṃ hitvetarān nu bhajataś cakame 'yanaṃ śrīḥ

The blessings which the gopīs, stricken with the pain of separation at Mukunda's departure, had pronounced came true in Madhupurī (Mathurā): for as (its women) gazed upon the beauty of the limbs of him who is the ornament of men, Śrī herself, forsaking others though they worship her, longed for a place with him.

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

SB 10 42.25

अवनिक्ताङ्घ्रि-युगलौ भुक्त्वा क्षीरोपसेचनम् ऊषतुस् तां सुखं रात्रिं ज्ञात्वा कंस-चिकीर्षितम्

avaniktāṅghri-yugalau bhuktvā kṣīropasecanam ūṣatus tāṃ sukhaṃ rātriṃ jñātvā kaṃsa-cikīrṣitam

With their feet washed, and having eaten rice served with milk, the two passed that night pleasantly, knowing what Kaṃsa intended to do.

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SB 10 42.26

कंसस् तु धनुषो भङ्गं रक्षिणां स्व-बलस्य च वधं निशम्य गोविन्द- राम-विक्रीडितं परम्

kaṃsas tu dhanuṣo bhaṅgaṃ rakṣiṇāṃ sva-balasya ca vadhaṃ niśamya govinda- rāma-vikrīḍitaṃ param

But Kaṃsa, having heard of the breaking of the bow and of the killing of the guards and of his own force — the extraordinary sport of Govinda and Rāma —

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SB 10 42.27

दीर्घ-प्रजागरो भीतो दुर्निमित्तानि दुर्मतिः बहून्य् अचष्टोभयथा मृत्योर् दौत्य-कराणि च

dīrgha-prajāgaro bhīto durnimittāni durmatiḥ bahūny acaṣṭobhayathā mṛtyor dautya-karāṇi ca

That evil-minded one, long sleepless and afraid, observed many ill omens, in both states (waking and dreaming), which acted as messengers of death.

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SB 10 42.28

अदर्शनं स्व-शिरसः प्रतिरूपे च सत्य् अपि असत्य् अपि द्वितीये च द्वै-रूप्यं ज्योतिषां तथा

adarśanaṃ sva-śirasaḥ pratirūpe ca saty api asaty api dvitīye ca dvai-rūpyaṃ jyotiṣāṃ tathā

Not seeing his own head although a reflecting surface was present; seeing a second (image) although there was no second object; and likewise a double appearance of the luminaries;

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SB 10 42.29

छिद्र-प्रतीतिश् छायायां प्राण-घोषानुपश्रुतिः स्वर्ण-प्रतीतिर् वृक्षेषु स्व-पदानाम् अदर्शनम्

chidra-pratītiś chāyāyāṃ prāṇa-ghoṣānupaśrutiḥ svarṇa-pratītir vṛkṣeṣu sva-padānām adarśanam

The appearance of a hole in his shadow; not hearing the sound of his own breath; the appearance of gold in the trees; and not seeing his own footprints;

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SB 10 42.30

स्वप्ने प्रेत-परिष्वङ्गः खर-यानं विषादनम् यायान् नलद-माल्य् एकस् तैलाभ्यक्तो दिग्-अम्बरः

svapne preta-pariṣvaṅgaḥ khara-yānaṃ viṣādanam yāyān nalada-māly ekas tailābhyakto dig-ambaraḥ

In dreams, being embraced by ghosts, riding on a donkey, drinking poison; going along alone, garlanded with spikenard, smeared with oil and naked;

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SB 10 42.31

अन्यानि चेत्थं-भूतानि स्वप्न-जागरितानि च पश्यन् मरण-सन्त्रस्तो निद्रां लेभे न चिन्तया

anyāni cetthaṃ-bhūtāni svapna-jāgaritāni ca paśyan maraṇa-santrasto nidrāṃ lebhe na cintayā

Seeing these and other such things in dream and in waking, terrified of death he got no sleep for worrying.

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SB 10 42.32

व्युष्टायां निशि कौरव्य सूर्ये चाद्भ्यः समुत्थिते कारयाम् आस वै कंसो मल्ल-क्रीडा-महोत्सवम्

vyuṣṭāyāṃ niśi kauravya sūrye cādbhyaḥ samutthite kārayām āsa vai kaṃso malla-krīḍā-mahotsavam

When the night had passed, O descendant of Kuru, and the sun had risen from the waters, Kaṃsa had the great festival of the wrestling matches arranged.

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SB 10 42.33

आनर्चुः पुरुषा रङ्गं तूर्य-भेर्यश् च जघ्निरे मञ्चाश् चालङ्कृताः स्रग्भिः पताका-चैल-तोरणैः

ānarcuḥ puruṣā raṅgaṃ tūrya-bheryaś ca jaghnire mañcāś cālaṅkṛtāḥ sragbhiḥ patākā-caila-toraṇaiḥ

The men consecrated the arena, and drums and kettledrums were beaten; and the viewing platforms were decorated with garlands, flags, cloths and arches.

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SB 10 42.34

तेषु पौरा जानपदा ब्रह्म-क्षत्र-पुरोगमाः यथोपजोषं विविशू राजानश् च कृतासनाः

teṣu paurā jānapadā brahma-kṣatra-purogamāḥ yathopajoṣaṃ viviśū rājānaś ca kṛtāsanāḥ

On these the townsfolk and country people, led by the brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas, took their places as they pleased, and the kings were given seats.

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SB 10 42.35

कंसः परिवृतो ऽमात्यै राज-मञ्च उपाविशत् मण्डलेश्वर-मध्य-स्थो हृदयेन विदूयता

kaṃsaḥ parivṛto 'mātyai rāja-mañca upāviśat maṇḍaleśvara-madhya-stho hṛdayena vidūyatā

Kaṃsa, surrounded by his ministers, sat down on the royal platform, placed in the midst of the provincial rulers, with an aching heart.

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SB 10 42.36

वाद्यमानेसु तूर्येषु मल्ल-तालोत्तरेषु च मल्लाः स्व्-अलङ्कृताः दृप्ताः सोपाध्यायाः समासत

vādyamānesu tūryeṣu malla-tālottareṣu ca mallāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ dṛptāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ samāsata

While the drums were being played, with the wrestlers' rhythms predominating, the wrestlers, well adorned and proud, sat down together with their trainers.

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SB 10 42.37

चाणूरो मुष्टिकः कूतः शलस् तोशल एव च त आसेदुर् उपस्थानं वल्गु-वाद्य-प्रहर्षिताः

cāṇūro muṣṭikaḥ kūtaḥ śalas tośala eva ca ta āsedur upasthānaṃ valgu-vādya-praharṣitāḥ

Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, Kūṭa, Śala and Tośala took their places in the assembly, thrilled by the charming music.

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SB 10 42.38

नन्द-गोपादयो गोपा भोज-राज-समाहुताः निवेदितोपायनास् त एकस्मिन् मञ्च आविशन्

nanda-gopādayo gopā bhoja-rāja-samāhutāḥ niveditopāyanās ta ekasmin mañca āviśan

Nanda the cowherd and the other cowherds, summoned by the Bhoja king, presented their gifts and took their seats on one of the platforms.

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