Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 144

GaP 1 144.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४४ ब्रह्मोवाच । हरिवंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि कृष्णमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । वसुदेवात्तु देवक्यां वासुदेवो बलो ऽभवत्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 144 brahmovāca / harivaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi kṛṣṇamāhātmyamuttamam / vasudevāttu devakyāṃ vāsudevo balo 'bhavat

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 144. Brahmā said: I shall declare the lineage of Hari, the excellent greatness of Kṛṣṇa. From Vasudeva, in Devakī, were born Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) and Bala (Balarāma).

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GaP 1 144.2

धर्मादिरक्षणार्थाय ह्यधर्मादिविनष्टये । कृष्णः पीत्वा स्तनौ गाढं पूतनामनयत्क्षयम्

dharmādirakṣaṇārthāya hyadharmādivinaṣṭaye / kṛṣṇaḥ pītvā stanau gāḍhaṃ pūtanāmanayatkṣayam

For the sake of protecting dharma and the rest, and for the destruction of adharma and the rest, Kṛṣṇa, sucking her breasts hard, brought Pūtanā to her end.

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GaP 1 144.3

शकटः परिवृत्तो ऽथ भग्नौ च यमलार्जुनौ । दमितः कालियो नागो धेनुको विनिपातितः

śakaṭaḥ parivṛtto 'tha bhagnau ca yamalārjunau / damitaḥ kāliyo nāgo dhenuko vinipātitaḥ

Then the cart was overturned, and the twin arjuna trees were broken; the serpent Kāliya was subdued, and Dhenuka was struck down.

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GaP 1 144.4

धृतो गोवर्धनः शैल इन्द्रेण परिपूजितः । भारावतरणं चक्रे प्रतिज्ञां कृतवान्हरिः

dhṛto govardhanaḥ śaila indreṇa paripūjitaḥ / bhārāvataraṇaṃ cakre pratijñāṃ kṛtavānhariḥ

Mount Govardhana was held up, (and Kṛṣṇa) was worshipped by Indra; Hari carried out the removal of (the earth's) burden and fulfilled his vow.

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GaP 1 144.5

रक्षणायार्जुनादेश्च ह्यरिष्टादिर्निपातितः । केशी विनिहतो दैत्यो गोपाद्याः परितोषिताः

rakṣaṇāyārjunādeśca hyariṣṭādirnipātitaḥ / keśī vinihato daityo gopādyāḥ paritoṣitāḥ

And for the protection of Arjuna and the rest, Ariṣṭa and the others were struck down; the demon Keśin was slain, and the cowherds and the rest were well gratified.

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GaP 1 144.6

चाणूरो मुष्टिको मल्लः कंसो मञ्चान्निपातितः । रुक्मिणीसत्यभामाद्याः ह्यष्टौ पत्न्यो हरेः पराः

cāṇūro muṣṭiko mallaḥ kaṃso mañcānnipātitaḥ / rukmiṇīsatyabhāmādyāḥ hyaṣṭau patnyo hareḥ parāḥ

Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika the wrestler, and Kaṃsa were hurled down from the platform. Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā and the rest — the eight foremost wives of Hari.

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GaP 1 144.7

षोढश स्त्रीसहस्राणि ह्यन्यान्यास महात्मनः । तासां पुत्राश्च पौत्राद्याः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः

ṣoḍhaśa strīsahasrāṇi hyanyānyāsa mahātmanaḥ / tāsāṃ putrāśca pautrādyāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

And there were sixteen thousand other women of that great-souled one; their sons and grandsons and the rest (numbered) by hundreds and by thousands.

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GaP 1 144.8

रुक्मिण्याञ्चैव प्रद्युम्नो न्यवधीच्छंबरञ्च यः । तस्य पुत्रो ऽनिरुद्धो ऽभूदुषाबाणसुतापतिः

rukmiṇyāñcaiva pradyumno nyavadhīcchaṃbarañca yaḥ / tasya putro 'niruddho 'bhūduṣābāṇasutāpatiḥ

And in Rukmiṇī (was born) Pradyumna, who slew Śambara; his son was Aniruddha, husband of Uṣā, the daughter of Bāṇa.

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GaP 1 144.9

हरिशकरयोर्यत्र महायुद्धं बभूव ह । बाणबाहुसहस्रञ्च च्छिन्नं बाहुद्वयं ह्यभूत्

hariśakarayoryatra mahāyuddhaṃ babhūva ha / bāṇabāhusahasrañca cchinnaṃ bāhudvayaṃ hyabhūt

Whereupon there came about a great battle between Hari and Śaṅkara, and Bāṇa's thousand arms were cut off, and (only) two arms remained.

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GaP 1 144.10

नरको निहतो येन पारिजातं जहार यः । बलश्च शिसुपालश्च हतश्च द्विविदः कपिः

narako nihato yena pārijātaṃ jahāra yaḥ / balaśca śisupālaśca hataśca dvividaḥ kapiḥ

By whom Naraka was slain, who carried off the pārijāta (tree); and Bala and Śiśupāla, and the monkey Dvivida, were killed.

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GaP 1 144.11

अनिरुद्धादभूद्वज्रः स च राजा गते हरौ । सन्दीपनिं गुरुञ्चक्रे सपुत्रञ्च चकार सः । मथुरायां चोग्रसेनं पालनं च दिवौकसाम्

aniruddhādabhūdvajraḥ sa ca rājā gate harau / sandīpaniṃ guruñcakre saputrañca cakāra saḥ / mathurāyāṃ cograsenaṃ pālanaṃ ca divaukasām

From Aniruddha came Vajra, and he became king when Hari had departed. He made Sandīpani his teacher, and made him together with his son; and (he set) Ugrasena in Mathurā, and (undertook) the protection of the dwellers in heaven.

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