Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 55
SB 10 55.1
श्री-शुक उवाच कामस् तु वासुदेवांशो दग्धः प्राग् रुद्र-मन्युना देहोपपत्तये भूयस् तम् एव प्रत्यपद्यत
śrī-śuka uvāca kāmas tu vāsudevāṃśo dagdhaḥ prāg rudra-manyunā dehopapattaye bhūyas tam eva pratyapadyata
Śrī Śuka said: But Kāma, a portion of Vāsudeva, formerly burned up by Rudra's wrath, in order to obtain a body once again resorted to that very one (Kṛṣṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.2
स एव जातो वैदर्भ्यां कृष्ण-वीर्य-समुद्भवः प्रद्युम्न इति विख्यातः सर्वतो ऽनवमः पितुः
sa eva jāto vaidarbhyāṃ kṛṣṇa-vīrya-samudbhavaḥ pradyumna iti vikhyātaḥ sarvato 'navamaḥ pituḥ
He indeed was born of the Vaidarbhī princess, sprung from Kṛṣṇa's potency, and was renowned as Pradyumna, in no way inferior to his father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.3
तं शम्बरः काम-रूपी हृत्वा तोकम् अनिर्दशम् स विदित्वात्मनः शत्रुं प्रास्योदन्वत्य् अगाद् गृहम्
taṃ śambaraḥ kāma-rūpī hṛtvā tokam anirdaśam sa viditvātmanaḥ śatruṃ prāsyodanvaty agād gṛham
Śambara, who could take any form he wished, stole that infant, not yet ten days old; knowing him to be his own enemy, he threw (him) into the ocean and went home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.4
तं निर्जगार बलवान् मीनः सो ऽप्य् अपरैः सह वृतो जालेन महता गृहीतो मत्स्य-जीविभिः
taṃ nirjagāra balavān mīnaḥ so 'py aparaiḥ saha vṛto jālena mahatā gṛhīto matsya-jīvibhiḥ
A powerful fish swallowed him; and that (fish) too, along with others, was caught, enclosed in a great net by men who live by fishing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.5
तं शम्बराय कैवर्ता उपाजह्रुर् उपायनम् सूदा महानसं नीत्वा- वद्यन् सुधितिनाद्भुतम्
taṃ śambarāya kaivartā upājahrur upāyanam sūdā mahānasaṃ nītvā- vadyan sudhitinādbhutam
The fishermen presented that (fish) to Śambara as a gift; the cooks, having taken it to the kitchen, cut up that wonderful (fish) with a cleaver.
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SB 10 55.6
दृष्ट्वा तद्-उदरे बालम् मायावत्यै न्यवेदयन् नारदो ऽकथयत् सर्वं तस्याः शङ्कित-चेतसः बालस्य तत्त्वम् उत्पत्तिं मत्स्योदर-निवेशनम्
dṛṣṭvā tad-udare bālam māyāvatyai nyavedayan nārado 'kathayat sarvaṃ tasyāḥ śaṅkita-cetasaḥ bālasya tattvam utpattiṃ matsyodara-niveśanam
Seeing the child in its belly, they reported (it) to Māyāvatī; and Nārada told her—her mind full of doubt—everything: the truth about the boy, his birth, and his lodging in the fish's belly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.7
सा च कामस्य वै पत्नी रतिर् नाम यशस्विनी पत्युर् निर्दग्ध-देहस्य देहोत्पत्तिम् प्रतीक्षती
sā ca kāmasya vai patnī ratir nāma yaśasvinī patyur nirdagdha-dehasya dehotpattim pratīkṣatī
And she was in fact the wife of Kāma, the illustrious one named Rati, awaiting the rebirth of the body of her husband, whose body had been burned away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.8
निरूपिता शम्बरेण सा सूदौदन-साधने कामदेवं शिशुं बुद्ध्वा चक्रे स्नेहं तदार्भके
nirūpitā śambareṇa sā sūdaudana-sādhane kāmadevaṃ śiśuṃ buddhvā cakre snehaṃ tadārbhake
She had been appointed by Śambara to the cooking of the rice; recognizing the infant as Kāmadeva, she then felt affection for the child.
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SB 10 55.9
नाति-दीर्घेण कालेन स कार्ष्णि रूढ-यौवनः जनयाम् आस नारीणां वीक्षन्तीनां च विभ्रमम्
nāti-dīrgheṇa kālena sa kārṣṇi rūḍha-yauvanaḥ janayām āsa nārīṇāṃ vīkṣantīnāṃ ca vibhramam
In no long time that son of Kṛṣṇa reached full youth, and he aroused bewilderment in the women who looked at him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.10
सा तम् पतिं पद्म-दलायतेक्षणं प्रलम्ब-बाहुं नर-लोक-सुन्दरम् स-व्रीड-हासोत्तभित-भ्रुवेक्षती प्रीत्योपतस्थे रतिर् अङ्ग सौरतैः
sā tam patiṃ padma-dalāyatekṣaṇaṃ pralamba-bāhuṃ nara-loka-sundaram sa-vrīḍa-hāsottabhita-bhruvekṣatī prītyopatasthe ratir aṅga saurataiḥ
She, Rati, gazing at him—her husband, whose eyes were long as lotus petals, with long arms, the handsomest in the world of men—with a bashful smile and raised brows, waited upon him lovingly with amorous approaches, dear one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.11
ताम् अह भगवान् कार्ष्णिर् मातस् ते मतिर् अन्यथा मातृ-भावम् अतिक्रम्य वर्तसे कामिनी यथा
tām aha bhagavān kārṣṇir mātas te matir anyathā mātṛ-bhāvam atikramya vartase kāminī yathā
The lord, Kṛṣṇa's son, said to her: "Mother, your mind is turned otherwise; overstepping the feeling of a mother, you behave like a lover."
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SB 10 55.12
रतिर् उवाच भवान् नारायण-सुतः शम्बरेण हृतो गृहात् अहं ते ऽधिकृता पत्नी रतिः कामो भवान् प्रभो
ratir uvāca bhavān nārāyaṇa-sutaḥ śambareṇa hṛto gṛhāt ahaṃ te 'dhikṛtā patnī ratiḥ kāmo bhavān prabho
Rati said: "You are the son of Nārāyaṇa, carried off from home by Śambara. I am your rightful wife, Rati; you, my lord, are Kāma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.13
एष त्वानिर्दशं सिन्धाव् अक्षिपच् छम्बरो ऽसुरः मत्स्यो ऽग्रसीत् तद्-उदराद् इतः प्राप्तो भवान् प्रभो
eṣa tvānirdaśaṃ sindhāv akṣipac chambaro 'suraḥ matsyo 'grasīt tad-udarād itaḥ prāpto bhavān prabho
"This demon Śambara threw you, not yet ten days old, into the sea; a fish swallowed (you); from its belly you came here, my lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.14
तम् इमं जहि दुर्धर्षं दुर्जयं शत्रुम् आत्मनः माया-शत-विदं तं च मायाभिर् मोहनादिभिः
tam imaṃ jahi durdharṣaṃ durjayaṃ śatrum ātmanaḥ māyā-śata-vidaṃ taṃ ca māyābhir mohanādibhiḥ
"Kill this very one, your own enemy, hard to assail and hard to conquer, a knower of a hundred illusions—kill him with the illusions (I give you), those beginning with mohana (bewilderment)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.15
परीशोचति ते माता कुररीव गत-प्रजा पुत्र-स्नेहाकुला दीना विवत्सा गौर् इवातुरा
parīśocati te mātā kurarīva gata-prajā putra-snehākulā dīnā vivatsā gaur ivāturā
"Your mother grieves for you like an osprey bereft of its young, wretched, overcome with love for her son, distressed like a cow without her calf."
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SB 10 55.16
प्रभाष्यैवं ददौ विद्यां प्रद्युम्नाय महात्मने मायावती महा-मायां सर्व-माया-विनाशिनीम्
prabhāṣyaivaṃ dadau vidyāṃ pradyumnāya mahātmane māyāvatī mahā-māyāṃ sarva-māyā-vināśinīm
Having spoken thus, Māyāvatī gave to the great-souled Pradyumna the knowledge (called) Mahāmāyā, destroyer of all illusions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.17
स च शम्बरम् अभ्येत्य संयुगाय समाह्वयत् अविषह्यैस् तम् आक्षेपैः क्षिपन् सञ्जनयन् कलिम्
sa ca śambaram abhyetya saṃyugāya samāhvayat aviṣahyais tam ākṣepaiḥ kṣipan sañjanayan kalim
And he, approaching Śambara, challenged him to battle, taunting him with unbearable insults and provoking a quarrel.
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SB 10 55.18
सो ऽधिक्षिप्तो दुर्वाचोभिः पदाहत इवोरगः निश्चक्राम गदा-पाणिर् अमर्षात् ताम्र-लोचनः
so 'dhikṣipto durvācobhiḥ padāhata ivoragaḥ niścakrāma gadā-pāṇir amarṣāt tāmra-locanaḥ
Reviled by (those) harsh words, like a snake trodden underfoot, he came out club in hand, his eyes coppery with rage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.19
गदाम् आविध्य तरसा प्रद्युम्नाय महात्मने प्रक्षिप्य व्यनदन् नादं वज्र-निष्पेष-निष्ठुरम्
gadām āvidhya tarasā pradyumnāya mahātmane prakṣipya vyanadan nādaṃ vajra-niṣpeṣa-niṣṭhuram
Whirling his club and hurling it swiftly at the great soul Pradyumna, he roared a roar harsh as the crash of a thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.20
ताम् आपतन्तीं भगवान् प्रद्युम्नो गदया गदाम् अपास्य शत्रवे क्रुद्धः प्राहिणोत् स्व-गदां नृप
tām āpatantīṃ bhagavān pradyumno gadayā gadām apāsya śatrave kruddhaḥ prāhiṇot sva-gadāṃ nṛpa
As that club came flying at him, O King, Lord Pradyumna warded off the club with his own club and, enraged, hurled his club at the enemy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.21
स च मायां समाश्रित्य दैतेयीं मय-दर्शितम् मुमुचे ऽस्त्र-मयं वर्षं कार्ष्णौ वैहायसो ऽसुरः
sa ca māyāṃ samāśritya daiteyīṃ maya-darśitam mumuce 'stra-mayaṃ varṣaṃ kārṣṇau vaihāyaso 'suraḥ
And he, the demon, taking recourse to demonic magic taught by Maya, moving through the sky, released upon the son of Kṛṣṇa a rain consisting of weapons.
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SB 10 55.22
बाध्यमानो ऽस्त्र-वर्षेण रौक्मिणेयो महा-रथः सत्त्वात्मिकां महा-विद्यां सर्व-मायोपमर्दिनीम्
bādhyamāno 'stra-varṣeṇa raukmiṇeyo mahā-rathaḥ sattvātmikāṃ mahā-vidyāṃ sarva-māyopamardinīm
Harassed by that rain of weapons, Rukmiṇī's son, the great chariot-warrior, (employed) the great science made of goodness, which crushes all magic.
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SB 10 55.23
ततो गौह्यक-गान्धर्व- पैशाचोरग-राक्षसीः प्रायुङ्क्त शतशो दैत्यः कार्ष्णिर् व्यधमयत् स ताः
tato gauhyaka-gāndharva- paiśācoraga-rākṣasīḥ prāyuṅkta śataśo daityaḥ kārṣṇir vyadhamayat sa tāḥ
Then the demon deployed by the hundreds the magical (weapons) of the Guhyakas, Gandharvas, Piśācas, serpents and Rākṣasas, but the son of Kṛṣṇa blew them away.
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SB 10 55.24
निशातम् असिम् उद्यम्य स-किरीटं स-कुण्डलम् शम्बरस्य शिरः कायात् ताम्र-श्मश्र्व् ओजसाहरत्
niśātam asim udyamya sa-kirīṭaṃ sa-kuṇḍalam śambarasya śiraḥ kāyāt tāmra-śmaśrv ojasāharat
Raising his sharpened sword, with force he took off from the body Śambara's head, with its crown and earrings and copper-red moustache and beard.
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SB 10 55.25
आकीर्यमाणो दिवि-जैः स्तुवद्भिः कुसुमोत्करैः भार्ययाम्बर-चारिण्या पुरं नीतो विहायसा
ākīryamāṇo divi-jaiḥ stuvadbhiḥ kusumotkaraiḥ bhāryayāmbara-cāriṇyā puraṃ nīto vihāyasā
Being showered by the heaven-born ones, who praised him with heaps of flowers, he was carried through the sky to the city by his wife, who travelled through the air.
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SB 10 55.26
अन्तः-पुर-वरं राजन् ललना-शत-सङ्कुलम् विवेश पत्न्या गगनाद् विद्युतेव बलाहकः
antaḥ-pura-varaṃ rājan lalanā-śata-saṅkulam viveśa patnyā gaganād vidyuteva balāhakaḥ
He entered, O King, the finest of inner apartments, crowded with hundreds of women, together with his wife, as a cloud with lightning (comes) from the sky.
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SB 10 55.27
तं दृष्ट्वा जलद-श्यामं पीत-कौशेय-वाससम् प्रलम्ब-बाहुं ताम्राक्षं सु-स्मितं रुचिराननम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā jalada-śyāmaṃ pīta-kauśeya-vāsasam pralamba-bāhuṃ tāmrākṣaṃ su-smitaṃ rucirānanam
Seeing him, dark as a rain cloud, clad in yellow silk, with long arms, copper-red eyes, smiling sweetly, with a lovely face,
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SB 10 55.28
स्व्-अलङ्कृत-मुखाम्भोजं नील-वक्रालकालिभिः कृष्णं मत्वा स्त्रियो ह्रीता निलिल्युस् तत्र तत्र ह
sv-alaṅkṛta-mukhāmbhojaṃ nīla-vakrālakālibhiḥ kṛṣṇaṃ matvā striyo hrītā nililyus tatra tatra ha
his lotus face well adorned with rows of dark curling locks—the women, taking him for Kṛṣṇa, grew bashful and hid themselves here and there.
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SB 10 55.29
अवधार्य शनैर् ईषद् वैलक्षण्येन योषितः उपजग्मुः प्रमुदिताः स-स्त्री रत्नं सु-विस्मिताः
avadhārya śanair īṣad vailakṣaṇyena yoṣitaḥ upajagmuḥ pramuditāḥ sa-strī ratnaṃ su-vismitāḥ
Gradually perceiving, from the slight differences, (that he was not Kṛṣṇa), the women approached, delighted and greatly amazed, together with that jewel of a woman.
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SB 10 55.30
अथ तत्रासितापाङ्गी वैदर्भी वल्गु-भाषिणी अस्मरत् स्व-सुतं नष्टं स्नेह-स्नुत-पयोधरा
atha tatrāsitāpāṅgī vaidarbhī valgu-bhāṣiṇī asmarat sva-sutaṃ naṣṭaṃ sneha-snuta-payodharā
Then the Vidarbha princess there, dark-cornered of eye and sweet of speech, remembered her own lost son, her breasts moist with affection.
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SB 10 55.31
को न्व् अयम् नर-वैदूर्यः कस्य वा कमलेक्षणः धृतः कया वा जठरे केयं लब्धा त्व् अनेन वा
ko nv ayam nara-vaidūryaḥ kasya vā kamalekṣaṇaḥ dhṛtaḥ kayā vā jaṭhare keyaṃ labdhā tv anena vā
"Who indeed is this gem among men, the lotus-eyed one, and whose is he? By which woman was he carried in the womb, and who is this woman he has won?"
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SB 10 55.32
मम चाप्य् आत्मजो नष्टो नीतो यः सूतिका-गृहात् एतत्-तुल्य-वयो-रूपो यदि जीवति कुत्रचित्
mama cāpy ātmajo naṣṭo nīto yaḥ sūtikā-gṛhāt etat-tulya-vayo-rūpo yadi jīvati kutracit
"My own son too was lost, who was carried off from the birth chamber; if he is living somewhere, he would be of an age and appearance equal to this one's."
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SB 10 55.33
कथं त्व् अनेन सम्प्राप्तं सारूप्यं शार्ङ्ग-धन्वनः आकृत्यावयवैर् गत्या स्वर-हासावलोकनैः
kathaṃ tv anena samprāptaṃ sārūpyaṃ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ ākṛtyāvayavair gatyā svara-hāsāvalokanaiḥ
"But how has this one come to possess such a likeness to the wielder of the Śārṅga bow—in form, in limbs, in gait, in voice, in laughter and in glances?"
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SB 10 55.34
स एव वा भवेन् नूनं यो मे गर्भे धृतो ऽर्भकः अमुष्मिन् प्रीतिर् अधिका वामः स्फुरति मे भुजः
sa eva vā bhaven nūnaṃ yo me garbhe dhṛto 'rbhakaḥ amuṣmin prītir adhikā vāmaḥ sphurati me bhujaḥ
"Or surely he may be that very one, the child that was borne in my womb—my affection for him is excessive, and my left arm is throbbing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.35
एवं मीमांसमणायां वैदर्भ्यां देवकी-सुतः देवक्य्-आनकदुन्दुभ्याम् उत्तमः-श्लोक आगमत्
evaṃ mīmāṃsamaṇāyāṃ vaidarbhyāṃ devakī-sutaḥ devaky-ānakadundubhyām uttamaḥ-śloka āgamat
While the Vidarbha princess was thus pondering, the son of Devakī, of highest renown, arrived with Devakī and Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva).
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SB 10 55.36
विज्ञातार्थो ऽपि भगवांस् तूष्णीम् आस जनार्दनः नारदो ऽकथयत् सर्वं शम्बराहरणादिकम्
vijñātārtho 'pi bhagavāṃs tūṣṇīm āsa janārdanaḥ nārado 'kathayat sarvaṃ śambarāharaṇādikam
Though he knew the matter, the Lord Janārdana remained silent; Nārada told everything, beginning with the abduction by Śambara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.37
तच् छ्रुत्वा महद् आश्चर्यं कृष्णान्तः-पुर-योषितः अभ्यनन्दन् बहून् अब्दान् नष्टं मृतम् इवागतम्
tac chrutvā mahad āścaryaṃ kṛṣṇāntaḥ-pura-yoṣitaḥ abhyanandan bahūn abdān naṣṭaṃ mṛtam ivāgatam
Hearing that great wonder, the women of Kṛṣṇa's inner apartments welcomed him, lost for many years, as one come back from the dead.
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SB 10 55.38
देवकी वसुदेवश् च कृष्ण-रामौ तथा स्त्रियः दम्पती तौ परिष्वज्य रुक्मिणी च ययुर् मुदम्
devakī vasudevaś ca kṛṣṇa-rāmau tathā striyaḥ dampatī tau pariṣvajya rukmiṇī ca yayur mudam
Devakī and Vasudeva, and Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, and likewise the women, and Rukmiṇī, embracing that couple, went into joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.39
नष्टं प्रद्युम्नम् आयातम् आकर्ण्य द्वारकौकसः अहो मृत इवायातो बालो दिष्ट्येति हाब्रुवन्
naṣṭaṃ pradyumnam āyātam ākarṇya dvārakaukasaḥ aho mṛta ivāyāto bālo diṣṭyeti hābruvan
Hearing that the lost Pradyumna had returned, the residents of Dvārakā said, "Ah, the boy has come back as though from the dead — how fortunate!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 55.40
यं वै मुहुः पितृ-सरूप-निजेश-भावास् तन्-मातरो यद् अभजन् रह-रूढ-भावाः अम्प्;चित्रं न तत् खलु रमास्पद-बिम्ब-बिम्बे कामे स्मरे ऽक्ष-विषये किम् उतान्य-नार्यः
yaṃ vai muhuḥ pitṛ-sarūpa-nijeśa-bhāvās tan-mātaro yad abhajan raha-rūḍha-bhāvāḥ citraṃ na tat khalu ramāspada-bimba-bimbe kāme smare 'kṣa-viṣaye kim utānya-nāryaḥ
That his own mothers repeatedly served him with the feelings (a wife has) for her own lord, taking him for one identical in form with his father, their emotions swelling in private — that indeed is no wonder, since he, the reflected image of the abode of Ramā (Kṛṣṇa), was Kāma, Smara himself, present before their eyes: how much more (would this be so) for other women?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain