Brahma Purana — Chapter 17

BrP 17.1

यत् तु सत्राजिते कृष्णो मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् ददाव् अहारयद् बभ्रुर् भोजेन शतधन्वना ॥

yat tu satrājite kṛṣṇo maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam dadāv ahārayad babhrur bhojena śatadhanvanā //

But that jewel-gem Syamantaka which Kṛṣṇa gave to Satrājit — Babhru (Akrūra) had it carried off by Śatadhanvan the Bhoja.

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BrP 17.2

सदा हि प्रार्थयाम् आस सत्यभामाम् अनिन्दिताम् अक्रूरो ऽन्तरम् अन्विष्यन् मणिं चैव स्यमन्तकम् ॥

sadā hi prārthayām āsa satyabhāmām aninditām akrūro 'ntaram anviṣyan maṇiṃ caiva syamantakam //

For Akrūra always desired the blameless Satyabhāmā, and also the jewel Syamantaka, watching for an opportunity.

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BrP 17.3

सत्राजितं ततो हत्वा शतधन्वा महाबलः रात्रौ तं मणिम् आदाय ततो ऽक्रूराय दत्तवान् ॥

satrājitaṃ tato hatvā śatadhanvā mahābalaḥ rātrau taṃ maṇim ādāya tato 'krūrāya dattavān //

Then the mighty Śatadhanvan killed Satrājit, and taking that jewel by night, gave it to Akrūra.

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BrP 17.4

अक्रूरस् तु तदा विप्रा रत्नम् आदाय चोत्तमम् समयं कारयां चक्रे नावेद्यो ऽहं त्वयेत्य् उत ॥

akrūras tu tadā viprā ratnam ādāya cottamam samayaṃ kārayāṃ cakre nāvedyo 'haṃ tvayety uta //

But Akrūra then, O brahmins, taking the excellent gem, made an agreement: "I am not to be revealed by you."

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BrP 17.5

वयम् अभ्युत्प्रपत्स्यामः कृष्णेन त्वां प्रधर्षितम् ममाद्य द्वारका सर्वा वशे तिष्ठत्य् असंशयम् ॥

vayam abhyutprapatsyāmaḥ kṛṣṇena tvāṃ pradharṣitam mamādya dvārakā sarvā vaśe tiṣṭhaty asaṃśayam //

"We shall come to your aid if you are assailed by Kṛṣṇa; today all of Dvārakā stands under my control, without doubt."

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BrP 17.6

हते पितरि दुःखार्ता सत्यभामा मनस्विनी प्रययौ रथम् आरुह्य नगरं वारणावतम् ॥

hate pitari duḥkhārtā satyabhāmā manasvinī prayayau ratham āruhya nagaraṃ vāraṇāvatam //

When her father had been killed, the spirited Satyabhāmā, stricken with grief, mounted a chariot and went to the city Vāraṇāvata.

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BrP 17.7

सत्यभामा तु तद् वृत्तं भोजस्य शतधन्वनः भर्तुर् निवेद्य दुःखार्ता पार्श्वस्थाश्रूण्य् अवर्तयत् ॥

satyabhāmā tu tad vṛttaṃ bhojasya śatadhanvanaḥ bhartur nivedya duḥkhārtā pārśvasthāśrūṇy avartayat //

And Satyabhāmā, stricken with grief, having reported to her husband that deed of Śatadhanvan the Bhoja, standing at his side, shed tears.

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BrP 17.8

पाण्डवानां च दग्धानां हरिः कृत्वोदकक्रियाम् कुल्यार्थे चापि पाण्डूनां न्ययोजयत सात्यकिम् ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ ca dagdhānāṃ hariḥ kṛtvodakakriyām kulyārthe cāpi pāṇḍūnāṃ nyayojayata sātyakim //

And Hari, having performed the water-rite for the Pāṇḍavas who had been burned, appointed Sātyaki for the sake of the family (affairs) of the Pāṇḍus.

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BrP 17.9

ततस् त्वरितम् आगम्य द्वारकां मधुसूदनः पूर्वजं हलिनं श्रीमान् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tatas tvaritam āgamya dvārakāṃ madhusūdanaḥ pūrvajaṃ halinaṃ śrīmān idaṃ vacanam abravīt //

Then the illustrious slayer of Madhu, coming swiftly to Dvārakā, spoke this word to his elder brother, the plough-bearer:

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BrP 17.10

हतः प्रसेनः सिंहेन सत्राजिच् छतधन्वना स्यमन्तकस् तु मद्नामी तस्य प्रभुर् अहं विभो ॥

hataḥ prasenaḥ siṃhena satrājic chatadhanvanā syamantakas tu madnāmī tasya prabhur ahaṃ vibho //

"Prasena was killed by a lion, Satrājit by Śatadhanvan; but the Syamantaka is mine by name — I am its master, O mighty one.

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BrP 17.11

तद् आरोह रथं शीघ्रं भोजं हत्वा महारथम् स्यमन्तको महाबाहो अस्माकं स भविष्यति ॥

tad āroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ bhojaṃ hatvā mahāratham syamantako mahābāho asmākaṃ sa bhaviṣyati //

So mount the chariot quickly; when the great chariot-warrior, the Bhoja, is slain, the Syamantaka, O mighty-armed one, will be ours."

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BrP 17.12

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं भोजकृष्णयोः शतधन्वा ततो ऽक्रूरं सर्वतोदिशम् ऐक्षत ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ bhojakṛṣṇayoḥ śatadhanvā tato 'krūraṃ sarvatodiśam aikṣata //

Then a tumultuous battle began between the Bhoja and Kṛṣṇa; and Śatadhanvan looked in all directions for Akrūra.

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BrP 17.13

संरब्धौ ताव् उभौ तत्र दृष्ट्वा भोजजनार्दनौ शक्तो ऽपि शापाद् धार्दिक्यम् अक्रूरो नान्वपद्यत ॥

saṃrabdhau tāv ubhau tatra dṛṣṭvā bhojajanārdanau śakto 'pi śāpād dhārdikyam akrūro nānvapadyata //

But seeing those two, the Bhoja and Janārdana, enraged there, Akrūra, though able, did not, because of a curse, side with the son of Hṛdika.

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BrP 17.14

अपयाने ततो बुद्धिं भोजश् चक्रे भयार्दितः योजनानां शतं साग्रं हृदया प्रत्यपद्यत ॥

apayāne tato buddhiṃ bhojaś cakre bhayārditaḥ yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ hṛdayā pratyapadyata //

Then the Bhoja, tormented by fear, set his mind on flight; Hṛdayā covered a full hundred yojanas.

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BrP 17.15

विख्याता हृदया नाम शतयोजनगामिनी भोजस्य वडवा विप्रा यया कृष्णम् अयोधयत् ॥

vikhyātā hṛdayā nāma śatayojanagāminī bhojasya vaḍavā viprā yayā kṛṣṇam ayodhayat //

Famed was the mare of the Bhoja, named Hṛdayā, going a hundred yojanas, O brahmins, on which he fought Kṛṣṇa.

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BrP 17.16

क्षीणां जवेन हृदयाम् अध्वनः शतयोजने दृष्ट्वा रथस्य स्वां वृद्धिं शतधन्वानम् अर्दयत् ॥

kṣīṇāṃ javena hṛdayām adhvanaḥ śatayojane dṛṣṭvā rathasya svāṃ vṛddhiṃ śatadhanvānam ardayat //

Seeing Hṛdayā exhausted in speed at the hundredth yojana of the road, and (seeing) his own chariot's advantage, he assailed Śatadhanvan.

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BrP 17.17

ततस् तस्या हतायास् तु श्रमात् खेदाच् च भो द्विजाः खम् उत्पेतुर् अथ प्राणाः कृष्णो रामम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥

tatas tasyā hatāyās tu śramāt khedāc ca bho dvijāḥ kham utpetur atha prāṇāḥ kṛṣṇo rāmam athābravīt //

Then, O twice-born ones, when she had been struck down, from exhaustion and from distress her life-breaths flew up into the sky; then Kṛṣṇa said to Rāma:

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BrP 17.18

तिष्ठेह त्वं महाबाहो दृष्टदोषा हया मया पद्भ्यां गत्वा हरिष्यामि मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् ॥

tiṣṭheha tvaṃ mahābāho dṛṣṭadoṣā hayā mayā padbhyāṃ gatvā hariṣyāmi maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam //

"You stay here, mighty-armed one; the horses have been seen by me to be defective. Going on foot, I shall recover the jewel-gem Syamantaka."

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BrP 17.19

पद्भ्याम् एव ततो गत्वा शतधन्वानम् अच्युतः मिथिलाम् अभितो विप्रा जघान परमास्त्रवित् ॥

padbhyām eva tato gatvā śatadhanvānam acyutaḥ mithilām abhito viprā jaghāna paramāstravit //

Then, going on foot alone, Acyuta, knower of the supreme weapons, slew Śatadhanvan near Mithilā, O brahmins.

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BrP 17.20

स्यमन्तकं च नापश्यद् धत्वा भोजं महाबलम् निवृत्तं चाब्रवीत् कृष्णं मणिं देहीति लाङ्गली ॥

syamantakaṃ ca nāpaśyad dhatvā bhojaṃ mahābalam nivṛttaṃ cābravīt kṛṣṇaṃ maṇiṃ dehīti lāṅgalī //

But he did not find the Syamantaka, having killed the mighty Bhoja; and the plough-bearer said to Kṛṣṇa, who had returned, "Give me the jewel!"

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BrP 17.21

नास्तीति कृष्णश् चोवाच ततो रामो रुषान्वितः धिक्शब्दपूर्वम् असकृत् प्रत्युवाच जनार्दनम् ॥

nāstīti kṛṣṇaś covāca tato rāmo ruṣānvitaḥ dhikśabdapūrvam asakṛt pratyuvāca janārdanam //

And Kṛṣṇa said, "There is none." Then Rāma, filled with anger, answered Janārdana repeatedly, prefacing (his words) with the exclamation "Shame!"

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BrP 17.22

भ्रातृत्वान् मर्षयाम्य् एष स्वस्ति ते ऽस्तु व्रजाम्य् अहम् कृत्यं न मे द्वारकया न त्वया न च वृष्णिभिः ॥

bhrātṛtvān marṣayāmy eṣa svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham kṛtyaṃ na me dvārakayā na tvayā na ca vṛṣṇibhiḥ //

"Because of brotherhood I forbear this. May it be well with you; I am going. I have no business with Dvārakā, nor with you, nor with the Vṛṣṇis."

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BrP 17.23

प्रविवेश ततो रामो मिथिलाम् अरिमर्दनः सर्वकामैर् उपहृतैर् मिथिलेनाभिपूजितः ॥

praviveśa tato rāmo mithilām arimardanaḥ sarvakāmair upahṛtair mithilenābhipūjitaḥ //

Then Rāma, the crusher of foes, entered Mithilā, and was honoured by the king of Mithilā with all objects of desire presented (to him).

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BrP 17.24

एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु बभ्रुर् मतिमतां वरः नानारूपान् क्रतून् सर्वान् आजहार निरर्गलान् ॥

etasminn eva kāle tu babhrur matimatāṃ varaḥ nānārūpān kratūn sarvān ājahāra nirargalān //

But at just this time Babhru (Akrūra), best of the wise, performed all manner of sacrifices, unimpeded ones.

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BrP 17.25

दीक्षामयं स कवचं रक्षार्थं प्रविवेश ह स्यमन्तककृते प्राज्ञो गान्दीपुत्रो महायशाः ॥

dīkṣāmayaṃ sa kavacaṃ rakṣārthaṃ praviveśa ha syamantakakṛte prājño gāndīputro mahāyaśāḥ //

For the sake of protection he entered into an armour consisting of consecration—the wise, greatly renowned son of Gāndinī, on account of the Syamantaka.

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BrP 17.26

अथ रत्नानि चान्यानि धनानि विविधानि च षष्टिं वर्षाणि धर्मात्मा यज्ञेष्व् एव न्ययोजयत् ॥

atha ratnāni cānyāni dhanāni vividhāni ca ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣāṇi dharmātmā yajñeṣv eva nyayojayat //

Then that righteous one employed jewels and other wealth of various kinds in sacrifices alone for sixty years.

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BrP 17.27

अक्रूरयज्ञा इति ते ख्यातास् तस्य महात्मनः बह्वन्नदक्षिणाः सर्वे सर्वकामप्रदायिनः ॥

akrūrayajñā iti te khyātās tasya mahātmanaḥ bahvannadakṣiṇāḥ sarve sarvakāmapradāyinaḥ //

Those (rites) of that great-souled one are famed as "the sacrifices of Akrūra"; all of them (had) abundant food and priestly gifts, and granted every desire.

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BrP 17.28

अथ दुर्योधनो राजा गत्वा स मिथिलां प्रभुः गदाशिक्षां ततो दिव्यां बलदेवाद् अवाप्तवान् ॥

atha duryodhano rājā gatvā sa mithilāṃ prabhuḥ gadāśikṣāṃ tato divyāṃ baladevād avāptavān //

Then King Duryodhana, the lord, having gone to Mithilā, obtained there divine training in the mace from Baladeva.

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BrP 17.29

संप्रसाद्य ततो रामो वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथैः आनीतो द्वारकाम् एव कृष्णेन च महात्मना ॥

saṃprasādya tato rāmo vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathaiḥ ānīto dvārakām eva kṛṣṇena ca mahātmanā //

Then Rāma, conciliated by the great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas and by the great-souled Kṛṣṇa, was brought back to Dvārakā.

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BrP 17.30

अक्रूरश् चान्धकैः सार्धम् आयातः पुरुषर्षभः हत्वा सत्राजितं सुप्तं सहबन्धुं महाबलः ॥

akrūraś cāndhakaiḥ sārdham āyātaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ hatvā satrājitaṃ suptaṃ sahabandhuṃ mahābalaḥ //

And Akrūra, the bull among men, of great strength, came away together with the Andhakas, having killed Satrājit while he slept, along with his kinsmen.

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BrP 17.31

ज्ञातिभेदभयात् कृष्णस् तम् उपेक्षितवांस् तदा अपयाते तदाक्रूरे नावर्षत् पाकशासनः ॥

jñātibhedabhayāt kṛṣṇas tam upekṣitavāṃs tadā apayāte tadākrūre nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ //

Out of fear of a split among the kinsmen Kṛṣṇa then overlooked him; and when Akrūra had departed, the chastiser of Pāka (Indra) sent no rain.

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BrP 17.32

अनावृष्ट्या तदा राष्ट्रम् अभवद् बहुधा कृशम् ततः प्रसादयाम् आसुर् अक्रूरं कुकुरान्धकाः ॥

anāvṛṣṭyā tadā rāṣṭram abhavad bahudhā kṛśam tataḥ prasādayām āsur akrūraṃ kukurāndhakāḥ //

Then, through the drought, the realm became emaciated in many ways; thereupon the Kukuras and Andhakas conciliated Akrūra.

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BrP 17.33

पुनर् द्वारवतीं प्राप्ते तस्मिन् दानपतौ ततः प्रववर्ष सहस्राक्षः कक्षे जलनिधेस् तदा ॥

punar dvāravatīṃ prāpte tasmin dānapatau tataḥ pravavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ kakṣe jalanidhes tadā //

When that lord of giving had come again to Dvāravatī, then the thousand-eyed one rained upon the region of the ocean.

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BrP 17.34

कन्यां च वासुदेवाय स्वसारं शीलसंमताम् अक्रूरः प्रददौ धीमान् प्रीत्यर्थं मुनिसत्तमाः ॥

kanyāṃ ca vāsudevāya svasāraṃ śīlasaṃmatām akrūraḥ pradadau dhīmān prītyarthaṃ munisattamāḥ //

And wise Akrūra gave his sister, a maiden esteemed for her conduct, to Vāsudeva, to please him, O best of sages.

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BrP 17.35

अथ विज्ञाय योगेन कृष्णो बभ्रुगतं मणिम् सभामध्यगतः प्राह तम् अक्रूरं जनार्दनः ॥

atha vijñāya yogena kṛṣṇo babhrugataṃ maṇim sabhāmadhyagataḥ prāha tam akrūraṃ janārdanaḥ //

Then Kṛṣṇa, having learned by yogic power that the jewel was in Babhru's possession, Janārdana, standing in the midst of the assembly, said to that Akrūra:

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BrP 17.36

यत् तद् रत्नं मणिवरं तव हस्तगतं विभो तत् प्रयच्छ च मानार्ह मयि मानार्यकं कृथाः ॥

yat tad ratnaṃ maṇivaraṃ tava hastagataṃ vibho tat prayaccha ca mānārha mayi mānāryakaṃ kṛthāḥ //

"That gem, the best of jewels, which is in your hand, O lord—give it up, O you who deserve honour; do not act ignobly toward me."

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BrP 17.37

षष्टिवर्षगते काले यो रोषो ऽभून् ममानघ स संरूढो ऽसकृत् प्राप्तस् ततः कालात्ययो महान् ॥

ṣaṣṭivarṣagate kāle yo roṣo 'bhūn mamānagha sa saṃrūḍho 'sakṛt prāptas tataḥ kālātyayo mahān //

“When a time of sixty years had passed, the anger which arose in me, O sinless one, grew strong and came (upon me) again and again; and thereafter a great lapse of time (has gone by).”

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BrP 17.38

स ततः कृष्णवचनात् सर्वसात्वतसंसदि प्रददौ तं मणिं बभ्रुर् अक्लेशेन महामतिः ॥

sa tataḥ kṛṣṇavacanāt sarvasātvatasaṃsadi pradadau taṃ maṇiṃ babhrur akleśena mahāmatiḥ //

Then, at Kṛṣṇa's word, Babhru of great mind gave that jewel over without reluctance, in the assembly of all the Sātvatas.

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BrP 17.39

ततस् तम् आर्जवात् प्राप्तं बभ्रोर् हस्ताद् अरिंदमः ददौ हृष्टमनाः कृष्णस् तं मणिं बभ्रवे पुनः ॥

tatas tam ārjavāt prāptaṃ babhror hastād ariṃdamaḥ dadau hṛṣṭamanāḥ kṛṣṇas taṃ maṇiṃ babhrave punaḥ //

Then Kṛṣṇa, subduer of foes, glad at heart, gave that jewel—obtained from Babhru's hand through (Babhru's) uprightness—back again to Babhru.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 17.40

स कृष्णहस्तात् संप्राप्तं मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् आबध्य गान्दिनीपुत्रो विरराजांशुमान् इव ॥

sa kṛṣṇahastāt saṃprāptaṃ maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam ābadhya gāndinīputro virarājāṃśumān iva //

Having bound on the jewel-gem Syamantaka received from Kṛṣṇa's hand, the son of Gāndinī shone like the radiant sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition