Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 24
DB 4 24.1
देव्या कृष्णशोकायनोदनम् व्यास उवाच प्रातर्नन्दगृहे जातः पुत्रजन्ममहोत्सवः । किंवदन्त्यथ कंसेन श्रुता चारमुखादपि
devyā kṛṣṇaśokāyanodanam vyāsa uvāca prātarnandagṛhe jātaḥ putrajanmamahotsavaḥ | kiṃvadantyatha kaṃsena śrutā cāramukhādapi
[The Goddess's Removal of the Grief for Kṛṣṇa] Vyāsa said: In the morning, in Nanda's house there was a great festival for the birth of a son. Then the rumour was heard by Kaṃsa, from the mouth of a spy as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.2
जानाति वसुदेवस्य दारास्तत्र वसन्ति हि । पशवो दासवर्गश्च सर्वे ते नन्दगोकुले
jānāti vasudevasya dārāstatra vasanti hi | paśavo dāsavargaśca sarve te nandagokule
He knows: "Vasudeva's wives dwell there indeed; his cattle and his troop of servants are all in Nanda's cowherd station."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.3
तेन शङ्कासमाविष्टो गोकुलं प्रति भारत । नारदेनापि तत्सर्वं कथितं कारणं पुरा
tena śaṅkāsamāviṣṭo gokulaṃ prati bhārata | nāradenāpi tatsarvaṃ kathitaṃ kāraṇaṃ purā
For that reason he was filled with suspicion toward the cowherd station, O Bhārata; and the whole cause of it had been told earlier by Nārada too:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.4
गोकुले ये च नन्दाद्यास्तत्पत्न्यश्च सुरांशजाः । देवकीवसुदेवाद्याः सर्वे ते शत्रवः किल
gokule ye ca nandādyāstatpatnyaśca surāṃśajāḥ | devakīvasudevādyāḥ sarve te śatravaḥ kila
"And in Gokula those who are Nanda and the rest, and their wives, born of portions of the gods, and Devakī, Vasudeva and the others — all these are indeed (your) enemies."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.5
इति नारदवाक्येन बोधितोऽसौ कुलाधमः । जातः कोपमना राजन् कंसः परमपापकृत्
iti nāradavākyena bodhito'sau kulādhamaḥ | jātaḥ kopamanā rājan kaṃsaḥ paramapāpakṛt
Thus informed by Nārada's speech, that lowest of his lineage, Kaṃsa, the doer of extreme evil, became enraged in mind, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.6
पूतना निहता तत्र कृष्णेनामिततेजसा । बको वत्सासुरश्चापि धेनुकश्च महाबलः
pūtanā nihatā tatra kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā | bako vatsāsuraścāpi dhenukaśca mahābalaḥ
There Pūtanā was slain by Kṛṣṇa of measureless splendour, and Baka too, and Vatsāsura, and Dhenuka of great strength.
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DB 4 24.7
प्रलम्बो निहतस्तेन तथा गोवर्धनो धृतः । श्रुत्वैतत्कर्म कंसस्तु मेने मरणमात्मनः
pralambo nihatastena tathā govardhano dhṛtaḥ | śrutvaitatkarma kaṃsastu mene maraṇamātmanaḥ
Pralamba was slain by him, and likewise Govardhana was held up. Hearing of this deed, Kaṃsa considered his own death (at hand).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.8
तथा विनिहतः केशी ज्ञात्वा कंसोऽतिदुर्मनाः । धनुर्यागमिषेणाशु तावानेतुं प्रचक्रमे
tathā vinihataḥ keśī jñātvā kaṃso'tidurmanāḥ | dhanuryāgamiṣeṇāśu tāvānetuṃ pracakrame
Likewise Keśī was killed; learning this, Kaṃsa, greatly downcast in mind, at once set about bringing those two (there) on the pretext of a bow-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.9
अक्रूरं प्रेषयामास क्रूरः पापमतिस्तदा । आनेतुं रामकृष्णौ च वधायामितविक्रमौ
akrūraṃ preṣayāmāsa krūraḥ pāpamatistadā | ānetuṃ rāmakṛṣṇau ca vadhāyāmitavikramau
Then the cruel one of evil mind sent Akrūra to bring Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, of measureless valour, in order to kill them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.10
रथमारोप्य गोपालौ गोकुलाद् गान्दिनीसुतः । आगतो मथुरायां तु कंसादेशे स्थितः किल
rathamāropya gopālau gokulād gāndinīsutaḥ | āgato mathurāyāṃ tu kaṃsādeśe sthitaḥ kila
Having mounted the two cowherds on his chariot, the son of Gāndinī came from Gokula to Mathurā, standing (as he was) under Kaṃsa's command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.11
तावागत्य तदा तत्र धनुर्भङ्गञ्च चक्रतुः । हत्वाथ रजकं कामं गजं चाणूरमुष्टिकम्
tāvāgatya tadā tatra dhanurbhaṅgañca cakratuḥ | hatvātha rajakaṃ kāmaṃ gajaṃ cāṇūramuṣṭikam
Then those two, having arrived there, accomplished the breaking of the bow; and then, having slain at will the washerman, the elephant, Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika —
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DB 4 24.12
शलं च तोशलं चैव निजघान हरिस्तदा । जघान कंसं देवेशः केशेष्वाकृष्य लीलया
śalaṃ ca tośalaṃ caiva nijaghāna haristadā | jaghāna kaṃsaṃ deveśaḥ keśeṣvākṛṣya līlayā
— then Hari struck down Śala and also Tośala; and the lord of the gods slew Kaṃsa, dragging him by the hair in sport.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.13
पितरौ मोचयित्वाथ गतदुःखौ चकार ह । उग्रसेनाय राज्यं तद्ददावरिनिषूदनः
pitarau mocayitvātha gataduḥkhau cakāra ha | ugrasenāya rājyaṃ taddadāvariniṣūdanaḥ
Then, having freed his parents, he made them free of sorrow; and that slayer of foes gave the kingdom to Ugrasena.
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DB 4 24.14
वसुदेवस्तयोस्तत्र मौञ्जीबन्धनपूर्वकम् । कारयामास विधिवद् व्रतबन्धं महामनाः
vasudevastayostatra mauñjībandhanapūrvakam | kārayāmāsa vidhivad vratabandhaṃ mahāmanāḥ
There Vasudeva, of great mind, had the binding of the vow performed for the two of them according to rule, preceded by the tying of the muñja-girdle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.15
उपनीतौ तदा तौ तु गतौ सान्दीपनालयम् । विद्याः सर्वाः समभ्यस्य मथुरामागतौ पुनः
upanītau tadā tau tu gatau sāndīpanālayam | vidyāḥ sarvāḥ samabhyasya mathurāmāgatau punaḥ
Then those two, initiated, went to Sāndīpani's dwelling; and having studied all the branches of knowledge, they came back to Mathurā.
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DB 4 24.16
जातौ द्वादशवर्षीयौ कृतविद्यौ महाबलौ । मथुरायां स्थितौ वीरौ सुतावानकदुन्दुभेः
jātau dvādaśavarṣīyau kṛtavidyau mahābalau | mathurāyāṃ sthitau vīrau sutāvānakadundubheḥ
Twelve years of age, accomplished in learning, of great strength, the two heroes, the sons of Ānakadundubhi, dwelt in Mathurā.
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DB 4 24.17
मागधस्तु जरासन्धो जामातृवधदुःखितः । कृत्वा सैन्यसमाजं स मथुरामागतः पुरीम्
māgadhastu jarāsandho jāmātṛvadhaduḥkhitaḥ | kṛtvā sainyasamājaṃ sa mathurāmāgataḥ purīm
But Jarāsandha of Magadha, grieved at the killing of his son-in-law, having assembled his army, came to the city of Mathurā.
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DB 4 24.18
स सप्तदशवारं तु कृष्णेन कृतबुद्धिना । जितः संग्राममासाद्य मधुपुर्यां निवासिना
sa saptadaśavāraṃ tu kṛṣṇena kṛtabuddhinā | jitaḥ saṃgrāmamāsādya madhupuryāṃ nivāsinā
Seventeen times he was defeated in battle by Kṛṣṇa of resolved mind, who dwelt in Madhupurī.
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DB 4 24.19
पश्चाच्च प्रेरितस्तेन स कालयवनाभिधः । सर्वम्लेच्छाधिपः शूरो यादवानां भयङ्करः
paścācca preritastena sa kālayavanābhidhaḥ | sarvamlecchādhipaḥ śūro yādavānāṃ bhayaṅkaraḥ
And afterwards he was incited by him — that one named Kālayavana, the overlord of all the Mlecchas, a hero, a terror to the Yādavas.
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DB 4 24.20
श्रुत्वा यवनमायान्तं कृष्णः सर्वान् यदूत्तमान् । आनाय्य च तथा राममुवाच मधुसूदनः
śrutvā yavanamāyāntaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvān yadūttamān | ānāyya ca tathā rāmamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ
Hearing that the Yavana was coming, Kṛṣṇa, the slayer of Madhu, had all the foremost Yadus and Rāma brought together and spoke:
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DB 4 24.21
भयं नोऽत्र समुत्पन्नं जरासन्धान्महाबलात् । किं कर्तव्यं महाभाग यवनः समुपैति वै
bhayaṃ no'tra samutpannaṃ jarāsandhānmahābalāt | kiṃ kartavyaṃ mahābhāga yavanaḥ samupaiti vai
"A danger has arisen for us here from Jarāsandha of great strength. What is to be done, O greatly fortunate one? Indeed the Yavana is approaching.
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DB 4 24.22
प्राणत्राणं प्रकर्तव्यं त्यक्त्वा गेहं बलं धनम् । सुखेन स्थीयते यत्र स देशः खलु पैतृकः
prāṇatrāṇaṃ prakartavyaṃ tyaktvā gehaṃ balaṃ dhanam | sukhena sthīyate yatra sa deśaḥ khalu paitṛkaḥ
The saving of life must be effected, abandoning house, army, and wealth. Where one dwells in comfort — that, surely, is one's ancestral land.
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DB 4 24.23
सदोद्वेगकरः कामं किं कर्तव्यः कुलोचितः । शैलसागरसान्निध्ये स्थातव्यं सुखमिच्छता
sadodvegakaraḥ kāmaṃ kiṃ kartavyaḥ kulocitaḥ | śailasāgarasānnidhye sthātavyaṃ sukhamicchatā
(A place) that always causes agitation — why should it be kept, even if it be proper to the family? One who desires comfort should dwell in the neighbourhood of mountain and sea.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 24.24
यत्र वैरिभयं न स्यात्स्थातव्यं तत्र पण्डितैः । शेषशय्यां समाश्रित्य हरिः स्वपिति सागरे चतुर्थस्कन्धे देव्या कृष्णशोकापनोदनं नाम चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः
yatra vairibhayaṃ na syātsthātavyaṃ tatra paṇḍitaiḥ | śeṣaśayyāṃ samāśritya hariḥ svapiti sāgare caturthaskandhe devyā kṛṣṇaśokāpanodanaṃ nāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Where there would be no fear of enemies, there the wise should stay; Hari, having resorted to the couch of Śeṣa, sleeps in the ocean. — In the fourth book, the twenty-fourth chapter, called "The Goddess's Removal of Kṛṣṇa's Grief."
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DB 4 24.25
तथैव च भयाद्भीतः कैलासे त्रिपुरार्दनः । तस्मान्नात्रैव स्थातव्यमस्माभिः शत्रुतापितैः
tathaiva ca bhayādbhītaḥ kailāse tripurārdanaḥ | tasmānnātraiva sthātavyamasmābhiḥ śatrutāpitaiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
DB 4 24.26
द्वारवत्यां गमिष्यामः सहिताः सर्व एव वै । कथिता गरुडेनाद्य रम्या द्वारवती पुरी
dvāravatyāṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ sahitāḥ sarva eva vai | kathitā garuḍenādya ramyā dvāravatī purī
"We shall go to Dvāravatī, all of us together indeed; the delightful city Dvāravatī has been described today by Garuḍa,
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DB 4 24.27
रैवताचलसानिध्ये सिन्धुकूले मनोहरा । व्यास उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तथ्यं सर्वे यादवपुङ्गवाः
raivatācalasānidhye sindhukūle manoharā | vyāsa uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tathyaṃ sarve yādavapuṅgavāḥ
(It is) delightful, near Mount Raivataka, on the shore of the sea. Vyāsa said: Having heard that true speech, all the bulls among the Yādavas
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DB 4 24.28
गमनाय मतिं चक्रुः सकुटुम्बाः सवाहनाः । शकटानि तथोष्ट्राश्च वाम्यश्च महिषास्तथा
gamanāya matiṃ cakruḥ sakuṭumbāḥ savāhanāḥ | śakaṭāni tathoṣṭrāśca vāmyaśca mahiṣāstathā
They made up their minds to go, with their families and their conveyances — carts, and camels, and mares, and buffaloes as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.29
धनपूर्णानि कृत्वा ते निर्ययुर्नगराद्बहिः । रामकृष्णौ पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे ते सपरिच्छदाः
dhanapūrṇāni kṛtvā te niryayurnagarādbahiḥ | rāmakṛṣṇau puraskṛtya sarve te saparicchadāḥ
Having filled them with wealth, they went forth out of the city, all of them with their belongings, placing Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in front.
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DB 4 24.30
अग्रे कृत्वा प्रजाः सर्वाश्चेलुः सर्वे यदूत्तमाः । कतिचिद्दिवसैः प्रापुः पुरीं द्वारवतीं किल
agre kṛtvā prajāḥ sarvāśceluḥ sarve yadūttamāḥ | katiciddivasaiḥ prāpuḥ purīṃ dvāravatīṃ kila
Putting all the people in front, all the best of the Yadus set out; in a few days they reached the city Dvāravatī, indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.31
शिल्पिभिः कारयामास जीर्णोद्धारं हि माधवः । संस्थाप्य यादवांस्तत्र तावेतौ बलकेशवौ
śilpibhiḥ kārayāmāsa jīrṇoddhāraṃ hi mādhavaḥ | saṃsthāpya yādavāṃstatra tāvetau balakeśavau
Mādhava had the repair of what had decayed carried out by craftsmen; and having settled the Yādavas there, those two, Bala and Keśava,
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DB 4 24.32
तरसा मथुरामेत्य संस्थितौ निर्जनां पुरीम् । तदा तत्रैव सम्प्राप्तो बलवान् यवनाधिपः
tarasā mathurāmetya saṃsthitau nirjanāṃ purīm | tadā tatraiva samprāpto balavān yavanādhipaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
DB 4 24.33
ज्ञात्वैनमागतं कृष्णो निर्ययौ नगराद्बहिः । पदातिरग्रे तस्याभूद्यवनस्य जनार्दनः
jñātvainamāgataṃ kṛṣṇo niryayau nagarādbahiḥ | padātiragre tasyābhūdyavanasya janārdanaḥ
Knowing that he had come, Kṛṣṇa went out of the city; Janārdana went on foot before that Yavana (king).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.34
पीताम्बरधरः श्रीमान्प्राहसन्मधुसूदनः । तं दृष्ट्वा पुरतो यान्तं कृष्णं कमललोचनम्
pītāmbaradharaḥ śrīmānprāhasanmadhusūdanaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā purato yāntaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam
Wearing yellow garments, glorious, Madhusūdana laughed. Seeing that lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa going before (him) —
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DB 4 24.35
यवनोऽपि पदातिः सन्पृष्ठतोऽनुगतः खलः । प्रसुप्तो यत्र राजर्षिर्मुचुकुन्दो महाबलः
yavano'pi padātiḥ sanpṛṣṭhato'nugataḥ khalaḥ | prasupto yatra rājarṣirmucukundo mahābalaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
DB 4 24.36
प्रययौ भगवांस्तत्र सकालयवनो हरिः । तत्रैवान्तर्दधे विष्णुर्मुचुकुन्दं समीक्ष्य च
prayayau bhagavāṃstatra sakālayavano hariḥ | tatraivāntardadhe viṣṇurmucukundaṃ samīkṣya ca
The Lord Hari went there, with Kālayavana (behind him); and there Viṣṇu, having caught sight of Mucukunda, vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.37
तत्रैव यवनः प्राप्तः सुप्तभूतमपश्यत । मत्वा तं वासुदेवं स पादेनाताडयन्नृपम्
tatraiva yavanaḥ prāptaḥ suptabhūtamapaśyata | matvā taṃ vāsudevaṃ sa pādenātāḍayannṛpam
The Yavana arrived at that very place and saw (a man) who had fallen asleep; thinking him to be Vāsudeva, he kicked the king with his foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.38
प्रबुद्धः क्रोधरक्ताक्षस्तं ददाह महाबलः । तं दग्ध्वा मुचुकुन्दोऽथ ददर्श कमलेक्षणम्
prabuddhaḥ krodharaktākṣastaṃ dadāha mahābalaḥ | taṃ dagdhvā mucukundo'tha dadarśa kamalekṣaṇam
Awakened, his eyes red with anger, that mighty one burned him up; and having burned him, Mucukunda then beheld the lotus-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.39
वासुदेवं सुदेवेशं प्रणम्य प्रस्थितो वनम् । जगाम द्वारकां कृष्णो बलदेवसमन्वितः
vāsudevaṃ sudeveśaṃ praṇamya prasthito vanam | jagāma dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇo baladevasamanvitaḥ
Having bowed to Vāsudeva, the lord of the good gods, he set out for the forest; and Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Baladeva, went to Dvārakā.
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DB 4 24.40
उग्रसेनं नृपं कृत्वा विजहार यथारुचि । अहरद्रुक्मिणी कामं शिशुपालस्वयंवरात्
ugrasenaṃ nṛpaṃ kṛtvā vijahāra yathāruci | aharadrukmiṇī kāmaṃ śiśupālasvayaṃvarāt
Having made Ugrasena king, he roamed about as he pleased; he carried off Rukmiṇī at will from Śiśupāla's bridal choosing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.41
राक्षसेन विवाहेन चक्रे दारविधिं हरिः । ततो जाम्बवतीं सत्यां मित्रविन्दाञ्च भामिनीम्
rākṣasena vivāhena cakre dāravidhiṃ hariḥ | tato jāmbavatīṃ satyāṃ mitravindāñca bhāminīm
By the rākṣasa form of marriage Hari performed the rite of taking a wife; then Jāmbavatī, Satyā, and the lovely Mitravindā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.42
कालिन्दीं लक्षणां भद्रां तथा नाग्नजितीं शुभाम् । पृथक्पृथक्समानीयाप्युपयेमे जनार्दनः
kālindīṃ lakṣaṇāṃ bhadrāṃ tathā nāgnajitīṃ śubhām | pṛthakpṛthaksamānīyāpyupayeme janārdanaḥ
Kālindī, Lakṣaṇā, Bhadrā, and also the fair Nāgnajitī — having brought (them) each separately, Janārdana married (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.43
अष्टावेव महीपाल पत्न्यः परमशोभनाः । प्रासूत रुक्मिणी पुत्रं प्रद्युम्नं चारुदर्शनम्
aṣṭāveva mahīpāla patnyaḥ paramaśobhanāḥ | prāsūta rukmiṇī putraṃ pradyumnaṃ cārudarśanam
Just eight wives (he had), O protector of the earth, all supremely beautiful. Rukmiṇī bore a son, Pradyumna, fair to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.44
जातकर्मादिकं तस्य चकार मधुसूदनः । हृतोऽसौ सूतिकागेहाच्छम्बरेण बलीयसा
jātakarmādikaṃ tasya cakāra madhusūdanaḥ | hṛto'sau sūtikāgehācchambareṇa balīyasā
Madhusūdana performed for him the birth-rite and the rest; (but) he was carried off from the birth-chamber by the mighty Śambara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.45
नीतश्च स्वपुरीं बालो मायावत्यै समर्पितः । वासुदेवो हृतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं शोकसमन्वितः
nītaśca svapurīṃ bālo māyāvatyai samarpitaḥ | vāsudevo hṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā putraṃ śokasamanvitaḥ
And the boy, taken to his own city, was handed over to Māyāvatī. Vāsudeva, seeing his son carried off, was filled with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.46
जगाम शरणं देवीं भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा । वृत्रासुरादयो दैत्या लीलयैव यया हताः
jagāma śaraṇaṃ devīṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā | vṛtrāsurādayo daityā līlayaiva yayā hatāḥ
With a mind full of devotion he went for refuge to the Goddess, by whom Vṛtra and the other demons were slain as if in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.47
ततोऽसौ योगमायायाश्चकार परमां स्मृतिम् । वचोभिः परमोदारैरक्षरैः स्तवनैः शुभैः
tato'sau yogamāyāyāścakāra paramāṃ smṛtim | vacobhiḥ paramodārairakṣaraiḥ stavanaiḥ śubhaiḥ
Then he made supreme remembrance of Yogamāyā, with most noble words, with imperishable (syllables), with auspicious hymns of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.48
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच मातर्मयातितपसा परितोषिता त्वं प्राग्जन्मनि प्रसुमनादिभिरर्चितासि । धर्मात्मजेन बदरीवनखण्डमध्ये किं विस्मृतो जननि ते त्वयि भक्तिभावः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca mātarmayātitapasā paritoṣitā tvaṃ prāgjanmani prasumanādibhirarcitāsi | dharmātmajena badarīvanakhaṇḍamadhye kiṃ vismṛto janani te tvayi bhaktibhāvaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Mother, in a former birth you were fully pleased by me through extreme austerity, and worshipped with fine flowers and the rest by Dharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira) in the midst of the Badarī forest — O mother, has your devotion toward you (i.e. my devotion to you) been forgotten?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 24.49
सूतीगृहादपहृतः किमु बालको मे केनापि दुष्टमनसाप्यथ कौतुकाद्वा । मानापहारकरणाय ममाद्य नूनं लज्जा तवाम्ब खलु भक्तजनस्य युक्ता
sūtīgṛhādapahṛtaḥ kimu bālako me kenāpi duṣṭamanasāpyatha kautukādvā | mānāpahārakaraṇāya mamādya nūnaṃ lajjā tavāmba khalu bhaktajanasya yuktā
Has my boy been carried off from the birth-chamber by someone of evil mind, or else out of mere sport? Surely today it is to take away my honour; shame, O mother, is indeed fitting for your devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 24.50
दुर्गो महानतितरां नगरी सुगुप्ता तत्रापि मेऽस्ति सदनं किल मध्यभागे । अन्तःपुरे च पिहितं ननु सूतिगेहं बालो हृतः खलु तथापि ममैव दोषात्
durgo mahānatitarāṃ nagarī suguptā tatrāpi me'sti sadanaṃ kila madhyabhāge | antaḥpure ca pihitaṃ nanu sūtigehaṃ bālo hṛtaḥ khalu tathāpi mamaiva doṣāt
The fortress is great and very well guarded, the city well protected, and within it, indeed, is my house in the central part; and inside the inner apartments the birth-chamber was shut fast — yet the boy was carried off, surely through my own fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.51
नाहं गतः परपुरं न च यादवाश्च रक्षावतीव नगरी किल वीरवर्यैः । माया तवैव जननि प्रकटप्रभावा मे बालकः परिहृतः कुहकेन केन
nāhaṃ gataḥ parapuraṃ na ca yādavāśca rakṣāvatīva nagarī kila vīravaryaiḥ | māyā tavaiva janani prakaṭaprabhāvā me bālakaḥ parihṛtaḥ kuhakena kena
I did not go to another city, nor did the Yādavas; the city is well guarded by the foremost heroes. It is your own māyā, mother, whose power is manifest — by what trickster was my child taken away?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.52
नो वेद्म्यहं जननि ते चरितं सुगुप्तं को वेद मन्दमतिरल्पविदेव देही । क्वासौ गतो मम भटैर्न च वीक्षितो वा हर्ताम्बिके जवनिका तव कल्पितेयम्
no vedmyahaṃ janani te caritaṃ suguptaṃ ko veda mandamatiralpavideva dehī | kvāsau gato mama bhaṭairna ca vīkṣito vā hartāmbike javanikā tava kalpiteyam
I do not know your well-hidden doings, mother; who can know them — an embodied being, dull of mind and of little knowledge? Where has he gone, and (why) was the thief not even seen by my guards? O mother, this curtain has been contrived by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.53
चित्रं न तेऽत्र पुरतो मम मातृगर्भो नीतस्त्वयार्धसमये किल माययासौ । यं रोहिणी हलधरं सुषुवे प्रसिद्धं दूरे स्थिता पतिपरा मिथुनं विनापि
citraṃ na te'tra purato mama mātṛgarbho nītastvayārdhasamaye kila māyayāsau | yaṃ rohiṇī haladharaṃ suṣuve prasiddhaṃ dūre sthitā patiparā mithunaṃ vināpi
It is no wonder to you here, before me: my mother's foetus was carried off by you with māyā at the half-term, indeed — the well-known plough-bearer whom Rohiṇī, dwelling far away, devoted to her husband, brought forth, even without union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.54
सृष्टिं करोषि जगतामनुपालनं च नाशं तथैव पुनरप्यनिशं गुणैस्त्वम् । को वेद तेऽम्ब चरितं दुरितान्तकारि प्रायेण सर्वमखिलं विहितं त्वयैतत्
sṛṣṭiṃ karoṣi jagatāmanupālanaṃ ca nāśaṃ tathaiva punarapyaniśaṃ guṇaistvam | ko veda te'mba caritaṃ duritāntakāri prāyeṇa sarvamakhilaṃ vihitaṃ tvayaitat
You perform the creation of the worlds, and their preservation, and likewise their destruction, again and again without cease, by means of the guṇas. Who knows, O mother, your conduct that puts an end to evils? Practically all this, entire, has been ordained by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.55
उत्पाद्य पुत्रजननप्रभवं प्रमोदं दत्त्वा पुनर्विरहजं किल दुःखभारम् । त्वं क्रीडसे सुललितैः खलु तैर्विहारै- र्नो चेत्कथं मम सुताप्तिरतिर्वृथा स्यात्
utpādya putrajananaprabhavaṃ pramodaṃ dattvā punarvirahajaṃ kila duḥkhabhāram | tvaṃ krīḍase sulalitaiḥ khalu tairvihārai- rno cetkathaṃ mama sutāptiratirvṛthā syāt
Having produced the joy that arises from a son's birth, and then given the burden of sorrow born of separation, you play with those most charming sports of yours; if not, how could my delight in gaining a son be in vain?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.56
मातास्य रोदिति भृशं कुररीव बाला दुःखं तनोति मम सन्निधिगा सदैव । कष्टं न वेत्सि ललितेऽप्रमितप्रभावे मातस्त्वमेव शरणं भवपीडितानाम्
mātāsya roditi bhṛśaṃ kurarīva bālā duḥkhaṃ tanoti mama sannidhigā sadaiva | kaṣṭaṃ na vetsi lalite'pramitaprabhāve mātastvameva śaraṇaṃ bhavapīḍitānām
His young mother weeps bitterly like an osprey; being ever near me, she extends my grief. Do you not know the pain, O charming one of measureless power? Mother, you alone are the refuge of those tormented by existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.57
सीमा सुखस्य सुतजन्म तदीयनाशो दुःखस्य देवि भवने विबुधा वदन्ति । तत्किं करोमि जननि प्रथमे प्रनष्टे पुत्रे ममाद्य हृदयं स्फुटतीव मातः
sīmā sukhasya sutajanma tadīyanāśo duḥkhasya devi bhavane vibudhā vadanti | tatkiṃ karomi janani prathame pranaṣṭe putre mamādya hṛdayaṃ sphuṭatīva mātaḥ
The wise say that in a household the limit of happiness is the birth of a son, and (the limit) of sorrow is his loss, O Goddess. So what shall I do, mother, when my first-born son is lost? Today my heart seems to burst, O mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.58
यज्ञं करोमि तव तुष्टिकरं व्रतं वा दैवं च पूजनमथाखिलदुःखहा त्वम् । मातः सुतोऽत्र यदि जीवति दर्शयाशु त्वं वै क्षमा सकलशोकविनाशनाय
yajñaṃ karomi tava tuṣṭikaraṃ vrataṃ vā daivaṃ ca pūjanamathākhiladuḥkhahā tvam | mātaḥ suto'tra yadi jīvati darśayāśu tvaṃ vai kṣamā sakalaśokavināśanāya
I will perform a sacrifice that pleases you, or a vow, and divine worship — and you are the remover of all sorrow. Mother, if the son is alive here, show (him) quickly; you indeed are able to destroy all grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.59
व्यास उवाच एवं स्तुता तदा देवी कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । प्रत्यक्षदर्शना भूत्वा तमुवाच जगद्गुरुम्
vyāsa uvāca evaṃ stutā tadā devī kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | pratyakṣadarśanā bhūtvā tamuvāca jagadgurum
Vyāsa said: Thus praised then by Kṛṣṇa of untiring deeds, the Goddess, becoming visible to the eye, spoke to him, the teacher of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.60
श्रीदेव्युवाच शोकं मा कुरु देवेश शापोऽयं ते पुरातनः । तस्य योगेन पुत्रस्ते शम्बरेण हृतो बलात्
śrīdevyuvāca śokaṃ mā kuru deveśa śāpo'yaṃ te purātanaḥ | tasya yogena putraste śambareṇa hṛto balāt
The Goddess said: Do not grieve, lord of the gods; this is an old curse upon you. By its working your son has been carried off by force by Śambara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.61
अतस्ते षोडशे वर्षे हत्वा तं शम्बरं बलात् । आगमिष्यति पुत्रस्ते मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः
ataste ṣoḍaśe varṣe hatvā taṃ śambaraṃ balāt | āgamiṣyati putraste matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ
Therefore in your sixteenth year, having slain that Śambara by force, your son will return by my grace — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 24.62
व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवी चण्डिका चण्डविक्रमा । भगवानपि पुत्रस्य शोकं त्यक्त्वाभवत्सुखी
vyāsa uvāca ityuktvāntardadhe devī caṇḍikā caṇḍavikramā | bhagavānapi putrasya śokaṃ tyaktvābhavatsukhī
Vyāsa said: Having said this, the Goddess Caṇḍikā of fierce valour vanished; and the Lord too, abandoning grief for his son, became happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition