Brahma Purana — Chapter 195
BrP 195.1
जरासंधसुते कंस उपयेमे महाबलः अस्तिः प्राप्तिश् च भो विप्रास् तयोर् भर्तृहणं हरिम् ॥
jarāsaṃdhasute kaṃsa upayeme mahābalaḥ astiḥ prāptiś ca bho viprās tayor bhartṛhaṇaṃ harim //
The greatly powerful Kaṃsa had married the two daughters of Jarāsaṃdha, Asti and Prāpti; and, O brahmins, (they told) of Hari, the slayer of their husband —
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BrP 195.2
महाबलपरीवारो मागधाधिपतिर् बली हन्तुम् अभ्याययौ कोपाज् जरासंधः सयादवम् ॥
mahābalaparīvāro māgadhādhipatir balī hantum abhyāyayau kopāj jarāsaṃdhaḥ sayādavam //
Surrounded by a great force, the mighty lord of Magadha, Jarāsaṃdha, marched out in anger to kill him along with the Yādavas.
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BrP 195.3
उपेत्य मथुरां सो ऽथ रुरोध मगधेश्वरः अक्षौहिणीभिः सैन्यस्य त्रयोविंशतिभिर् वृतः ॥
upetya mathurāṃ so 'tha rurodha magadheśvaraḥ akṣauhiṇībhiḥ sainyasya trayoviṃśatibhir vṛtaḥ //
Then that lord of Magadha, having come up to Mathurā, besieged it, encompassed by twenty-three akṣauhiṇīs of army.
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BrP 195.4
निष्क्रम्याल्पपरीवाराव् उभौ रामजनार्दनौ युयुधाते समं तस्य बलिनौ बलिसैनिकैः ॥
niṣkramyālpaparīvārāv ubhau rāmajanārdanau yuyudhāte samaṃ tasya balinau balisainikaiḥ //
Coming out with a small retinue, the two mighty ones, Rāma and Janārdana, fought together against his powerful soldiers.
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BrP 195.5
ततो बलश् च कृष्णश् च मतिं चक्रे महाबलः आयुधानां पुराणानाम् आदाने मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
tato balaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca matiṃ cakre mahābalaḥ āyudhānāṃ purāṇānām ādāne munisattamāḥ //
Then Bala and Kṛṣṇa of great strength made up their minds to take up their ancient weapons, O best of sages.
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BrP 195.6
अनन्तरं चक्रशार्ङ्गे तूणौ चाप्य् अक्षयौ शरैः आकाशाद् आगतौ वीरौ तदा कौमोदकी गदा ॥
anantaraṃ cakraśārṅge tūṇau cāpy akṣayau śaraiḥ ākāśād āgatau vīrau tadā kaumodakī gadā //
Immediately the discus and the Śārṅga bow, and the two quivers inexhaustible in arrows, came from the sky to the two heroes, and then the mace Kaumodakī.
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BrP 195.7
हलं च बलभद्रस्य गगनाद् आगमत् करम् बलस्याभिमतं विप्राः सुनन्दं मुशलं तथा ॥
halaṃ ca balabhadrasya gaganād āgamat karam balasyābhimataṃ viprāḥ sunandaṃ muśalaṃ tathā //
And the plough came from the sky into Balabhadra's hand, and Bala's favourite, the pestle called Sunanda, O brahmins.
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BrP 195.8
ततो युद्धे पराजित्य स्वसैन्यं मगधाधिपम् पुरीं विविशतुर् वीराव् उभौ रामजनार्दनौ ॥
tato yuddhe parājitya svasainyaṃ magadhādhipam purīṃ viviśatur vīrāv ubhau rāmajanārdanau //
Then, having defeated in battle the lord of Magadha together with his army, the two heroes, Rāma and Janārdana, entered the city.
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BrP 195.9
जिते तस्मिन् सुदुर्वृत्ते जरासंधे द्विजोत्तमाः जीवमाने गते तत्र कृष्णो मेने न तं जितम् ॥
jite tasmin sudurvṛtte jarāsaṃdhe dvijottamāḥ jīvamāne gate tatra kṛṣṇo mene na taṃ jitam //
When that most evil-doing Jarāsaṃdha had been defeated, O best of the twice-born, but had gone off there alive, Kṛṣṇa did not consider him conquered.
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BrP 195.10
पुनर् अप्य् आजगामाथ जरासंधो बलान्वितः जितश् च रामकृष्णाभ्याम् अपकृत्य द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
punar apy ājagāmātha jarāsaṃdho balānvitaḥ jitaś ca rāmakṛṣṇābhyām apakṛtya dvijottamāḥ //
Then Jarāsaṃdha came again, attended by his army, and was defeated by Rāma and Kṛṣṇa after doing harm, O best of the twice-born.
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BrP 195.11
दश चाष्टौ च संग्रामान् एवम् अत्यन्तदुर्मदः यदुभिर् मागधो राजा चक्रे कृष्णपुरोगमैः ॥
daśa cāṣṭau ca saṃgrāmān evam atyantadurmadaḥ yadubhir māgadho rājā cakre kṛṣṇapurogamaiḥ //
Thus the exceedingly arrogant Māgadha king waged eighteen battles with the Yādavas, with Kṛṣṇa at their head.
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BrP 195.12
सर्वेष्व् एव च युद्धेषु यदुभिः स पराजितः अपक्रान्तो जरासंधः स्वल्पसैन्यैर् बलाधिकः ॥
sarveṣv eva ca yuddheṣu yadubhiḥ sa parājitaḥ apakrānto jarāsaṃdhaḥ svalpasainyair balādhikaḥ //
And in all those battles Jarāsaṃdha, superior in strength, was defeated by the Yādavas with their small forces and withdrew.
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BrP 195.13
तद् बलं यादवानां वै रक्षितं यद् अनेकशः तत् तु संनिधिमाहात्म्यं विष्णोर् अंशस्य चक्रिणः ॥
tad balaṃ yādavānāṃ vai rakṣitaṃ yad anekaśaḥ tat tu saṃnidhimāhātmyaṃ viṣṇor aṃśasya cakriṇaḥ //
That army of the Yādavas was indeed protected again and again — and that was the greatness of the nearness of the discus-bearer, the portion of Viṣṇu.
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BrP 195.14
मनुष्यधर्मशीलस्य लीला सा जगतः पतेः अस्त्राण्य् अनेकरूपाणि यद् अरातिषु मुञ्चति ॥
manuṣyadharmaśīlasya līlā sā jagataḥ pateḥ astrāṇy anekarūpāṇi yad arātiṣu muñcati //
That is the play of the Lord of the world, who conducts himself by the law of men: that he releases weapons of many forms against his foes.
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BrP 195.15
मनसैव जगत्सृष्टिसंहारं तु करोति यः तस्यारिपक्षक्षपणे कियान् उद्यमविस्तरः ॥
manasaiva jagatsṛṣṭisaṃhāraṃ tu karoti yaḥ tasyāripakṣakṣapaṇe kiyān udyamavistaraḥ //
For him who accomplishes the creation and destruction of the world by mere thought, how great an extent of effort is needed to destroy the party of his enemies?
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BrP 195.16
तथापि च मनुष्याणां धर्मस् तदनुवर्तनम् कुर्वन् बलवता संधिं हीनैर् युद्धं करोत्य् असौ ॥
tathāpi ca manuṣyāṇāṃ dharmas tadanuvartanam kurvan balavatā saṃdhiṃ hīnair yuddhaṃ karoty asau //
Yet the duty (dharma) of men is conformity to that: so he makes a treaty with the strong and wages war with the weak.
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BrP 195.17
साम चोपप्रदानं च तथा भेदं च दर्शयन् करोति दण्डपातं च क्वचिद् एव पलायनम् ॥
sāma copapradānaṃ ca tathā bhedaṃ ca darśayan karoti daṇḍapātaṃ ca kvacid eva palāyanam //
Displaying conciliation, and gifts, and likewise the sowing of dissension, he also inflicts punishment, and here and there even flees.
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BrP 195.18
मनुष्यदेहिनां चेष्टाम् इत्य् एवम् अनुवर्तते लीला जगत्पतेस् तस्य च्छन्दतः संप्रवर्तते ॥
manuṣyadehināṃ ceṣṭām ity evam anuvartate līlā jagatpates tasya cchandataḥ saṃpravartate //
Thus he conforms to the behavior of men in bodily human form; that play of the Lord of the world proceeds at his own will.
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