Harivamsha — Chapter 103

HV 103.1

ततः पर्वतजालानि सरितश् च सरांसि च अपश्यं समतिक्रम्य सागरं मकरालयम्

tataḥ parvatajālāni saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca apaśyaṃ samatikramya sāgaraṃ makarālayam

Then, having passed beyond networks of mountains, rivers and lakes, I saw the ocean, the abode of sea-monsters.

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HV 103.2

ततो ऽर्घ्यम् उदधिः साकाद् उपनिन्ये जनार्दने प्राञ्जलिः समुपस्थाय किं करोमीति चाब्रवीत्

tato 'rghyam udadhiḥ sākād upaninye janārdane prāñjaliḥ samupasthāya kiṃ karomīti cābravīt

Then the ocean in visible form brought a guest-offering to Janārdana, and standing before him with joined palms said, "What shall I do?"

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HV 103.3

प्रतिगृह्य तु तां पूजां तम् उवाच जनार्दनः रथपन्थानम् इच्छामि दत्तं नदनदीपते

pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ tam uvāca janārdanaḥ rathapanthānam icchāmi dattaṃ nadanadīpate

Accepting that homage, Janārdana said to him: "I wish a path for the chariot to be given, O lord of streams and rivers."

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HV 103.4

अथाब्रवीत् समुद्रस् तं प्राञ्जलिर् गरुडध्वजम् प्रसीद भगवन् मैवम् अन्यो ऽप्य् एवं गमिष्यति

athābravīt samudras taṃ prāñjalir garuḍadhvajam prasīda bhagavan maivam anyo 'py evaṃ gamiṣyati

Then the ocean, with joined palms, said to him whose banner is Garuḍa: "Be gracious, Lord; not so — another too will go this way (then)."

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HV 103.5

त्वयैव स्थापितः पूर्वम् अगाधो ऽस्मि जनार्दन त्वया प्रवर्तिते गाधे यास्यामि गमनीयताम्

tvayaiva sthāpitaḥ pūrvam agādho 'smi janārdana tvayā pravartite gādhe yāsyāmi gamanīyatām

"It was by you yourself that I was formerly established as fathomless, Janārdana; if a ford is made passable by you, I shall become traversable."

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HV 103.6

अन्ये ऽप्य् एवं गमिष्यन्ति राजानो दर्पमोहिताः एवं निश्चित्य गोविन्द यत् क्षमं तत् समाचर

anye 'py evaṃ gamiṣyanti rājāno darpamohitāḥ evaṃ niścitya govinda yat kṣamaṃ tat samācara

"Others too, kings deluded by pride, will go this way. Having considered this, Govinda, do what is fitting."

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HV 103.7

ब्राह्मणार्थे मदर्थे च कुरु सागर मद्वचः माम् ऋते न पुमान् कश्चिद् अन्यस् त्वां धर्षयिष्यति

brāhmaṇārthe madarthe ca kuru sāgara madvacaḥ mām ṛte na pumān kaścid anyas tvāṃ dharṣayiṣyati

"For the brahmin's sake and for my sake, ocean, do my bidding. Except for me, no other man will violate you."

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HV 103.8

अथाब्रवीत् समुद्रस् तु पुनर् एव जनार्दनम् अभिशापभयाद् भीतो बाढम् एवं भविष्यति

athābravīt samudras tu punar eva janārdanam abhiśāpabhayād bhīto bāḍham evaṃ bhaviṣyati

Then the ocean, frightened by fear of a curse, spoke once more to Janārdana: "Very well, so shall it be."

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HV 103.9

शोषयाम्य् एष मार्गं ते येन त्वं तात यास्यसि रथेन सहसूतेन सध्वजेन च केशव

śoṣayāmy eṣa mārgaṃ te yena tvaṃ tāta yāsyasi rathena sahasūtena sadhvajena ca keśava

"I shall dry up this path of yours, by which you, sir, will go with the chariot together with its driver and its banner, Keśava."

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HV 103.10

मया दत्तवरः पूर्वं न शोषं त्वम् इहार्हसि मानुषास् ते न जानीयुर् विविधान् रत्नसंचयान्

mayā dattavaraḥ pūrvaṃ na śoṣaṃ tvam ihārhasi mānuṣās te na jānīyur vividhān ratnasaṃcayān

"A boon was formerly granted to me by you: you ought not (make) me dry up here; men must not come to know your various hoards of jewels."

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HV 103.11

जलं स्तम्भय साधो त्वं ततो यास्याम्य् अहं रथी न हि कश्चित् प्रमाणं ते रत्नानां वेत्स्यते नरः

jalaṃ stambhaya sādho tvaṃ tato yāsyāmy ahaṃ rathī na hi kaścit pramāṇaṃ te ratnānāṃ vetsyate naraḥ

"Do you, good sir, make the water firm; then I shall go as a charioteer. For no man will come to know the extent of your jewels."

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HV 103.12

सागरेण तथेत्य् उक्ते प्रस्थिताः स्म जलेन वै स्तम्भितेन यथा भूमौ मणिवर्णेन भास्वता

sāgareṇa tathety ukte prasthitāḥ sma jalena vai stambhitena yathā bhūmau maṇivarṇena bhāsvatā

When the ocean had said "so be it," we set out over the water, made firm as if upon ground, gleaming with the colour of gems.

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HV 103.13

ततो ऽर्णवं समुत्तीर्य कुरून् अप्य् उत्तरान् वयम् क्षणेन समतिक्रान्ता गन्धमादनम् एव च

tato 'rṇavaṃ samuttīrya kurūn apy uttarān vayam kṣaṇena samatikrāntā gandhamādanam eva ca

Then, having crossed over the sea, we passed in an instant beyond the Northern Kurus and Gandhamādana as well.

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HV 103.14

ततस् तु पर्वताः सप्त केशवं समुपस्थिताः जयन्तो वैजयन्तश् च नीलो रजतपर्वतः

tatas tu parvatāḥ sapta keśavaṃ samupasthitāḥ jayanto vaijayantaś ca nīlo rajataparvataḥ

Then seven mountains presented themselves before Keśava: Jayanta and Vaijayanta, Nīla, the Silver Mountain,

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HV 103.15

महामेरुः सकैलास इन्द्रकूटश् च नामतः वर्णरूपाणि बिभ्रन्तो विविधान्य् अद्भुतानि च

mahāmeruḥ sakailāsa indrakūṭaś ca nāmataḥ varṇarūpāṇi bibhranto vividhāny adbhutāni ca

Mahāmeru together with Kailāsa, and Indrakūṭa by name, bearing colours and forms various and wondrous.

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HV 103.16

उपस्थाय च गोविन्दं किं कुर्मेत्य ब्रवंस् तदा तांश् चापि प्रतिजग्राह विधिवन् मधुसूदनः

upasthāya ca govindaṃ kiṃ kurmetya bravaṃs tadā tāṃś cāpi pratijagrāha vidhivan madhusūdanaḥ

and having attended upon Govinda they said then, "What shall we do?"; and Madhusūdana received them too, according to rule.

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HV 103.17

तान् उवाच हृषीकेशः प्रणामावनतान् स्थितान् विवरं गच्छतो मे ऽद्य रथमार्गः प्रदीयताम्

tān uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ praṇāmāvanatān sthitān vivaraṃ gacchato me 'dya rathamārgaḥ pradīyatām

Hṛṣīkeśa said to them, who stood bowed down in salutation: "Let a chariot-road be given today to me as I go to the opening."

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HV 103.18

ते कृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रतिगृह्य च पर्वताः प्रददुः कामतो मार्गं गच्छतो भरतर्षभ

te kṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā pratigṛhya ca parvatāḥ pradaduḥ kāmato mārgaṃ gacchato bharatarṣabha

Those mountains, having heard Kṛṣṇa's word and received (him with honour), gave a road at will to him as he went, O bull of the Bharatas.

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HV 103.20

तत्रैवान्तर्हितास् ते च तद् आश्चर्यतरं मम असक्तं च रथो याति मेघजालेष्व् इवांशुमान् ॥ ह्व्_१०३।१९ सप्त द्वीपान् ससिन्धूंश् च सप्त सप्त गिरीन् अथ । लोकालोकं तथातीत्य विवेश सुमहत् तमः । ततः कदा चिद् दुःखेन रथम् ऊहुस् तुरंगमाः पङ्कभूतं हि तिमिरं स्पर्शाद् विज्ञायते ऽनघ

tatraivāntarhitās te ca tad āścaryataraṃ mama asaktaṃ ca ratho yāti meghajāleṣv ivāṃśumān // HV_103.19 sapta dvīpān sasindhūṃś ca sapta sapta girīn atha | lokālokaṃ tathātītya viveśa sumahat tamaḥ | tataḥ kadā cid duḥkhena ratham ūhus turaṃgamāḥ paṅkabhūtaṃ hi timiraṃ sparśād vijñāyate 'nagha

And right there they vanished — that was still more of a marvel to me — and the chariot goes on unobstructed, like the sun among masses of cloud. Passing the seven continents with their oceans, and the seven and seven mountains, and Lokāloka as well, it entered a very great darkness. Then at some point the horses drew the chariot with difficulty, for the darkness had become like mud — it was known by touch, O sinless one.

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HV 103.21

अथ पर्वतभूतं तत् तिमिरं समपद्यत अश्वा नाशक्नुवन् गन्तुं ततोऽहं संभ्रमान्वितः । तद् आसाद्य हया राजन् निष्प्रयत्नास् ततः स्थिताः

atha parvatabhūtaṃ tat timiraṃ samapadyata aśvā nāśaknuvan gantuṃ tato'haṃ saṃbhramānvitaḥ | tad āsādya hayā rājan niṣprayatnās tataḥ sthitāḥ

Then that darkness became like a mountain; the horses were unable to go on, and thereupon I was seized with alarm. Having come up against it, O king, the horses then stood there, their effort useless.

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HV 103.22

ततश् चक्रेण गोविन्दः पाटयित्वा तु तत् तमः आकाशं दर्शयाम् आस रथपन्थानम् ऊत्तमम्

tataś cakreṇa govindaḥ pāṭayitvā tu tat tamaḥ ākāśaṃ darśayām āsa rathapanthānam ūttamam

Then Govinda, splitting that darkness with his discus, revealed the open sky, an excellent road for the chariot.

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HV 103.23

निष्क्रम्य तमसस् तस्माद् आकाशे दर्शिते तदा भविष्यामीति संज्ञा मे भयं च विगतं मम

niṣkramya tamasas tasmād ākāśe darśite tadā bhaviṣyāmīti saṃjñā me bhayaṃ ca vigataṃ mama

Having come out from that darkness, when the sky was then revealed, the awareness "I shall live" came to me, and my fear was gone.

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HV 103.24

ततस् तेजः प्रज्वलितम् अपश्यं वदतां वर सर्वलोकं समाविश्य स्थितं पुरुषविग्रहम्

tatas tejaḥ prajvalitam apaśyaṃ vadatāṃ vara sarvalokaṃ samāviśya sthitaṃ puruṣavigraham

Then, best of speakers, I saw a blazing radiance, having entered into all the worlds and standing there in the form of a man.

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HV 103.25

तं प्रविष्टो हृषीकेशो दीप्तं तेजोनिधिं तदा रथ एव स्थितश् चाहं स च ब्राह्मणसत्तमः

taṃ praviṣṭo hṛṣīkeśo dīptaṃ tejonidhiṃ tadā ratha eva sthitaś cāhaṃ sa ca brāhmaṇasattamaḥ

Hṛṣīkeśa then entered that blazing store of radiance, while I remained right on the chariot, and so did that best of brāhmaṇas.

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HV 103.26

स मुहूर्तात् ततः कृष्णो निश्चक्राम तदा प्रभुः चतुरो बालकान् गृह्य ब्राह्मणस्यात्मजांस् तदा

sa muhūrtāt tataḥ kṛṣṇo niścakrāma tadā prabhuḥ caturo bālakān gṛhya brāhmaṇasyātmajāṃs tadā

Then after a moment the lord Kṛṣṇa came out, taking the four boys, the brāhmaṇa's own sons.

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HV 103.27

प्रददौ ब्राह्मणायाथ पुत्रान् सर्वाञ् जनार्दनः त्रयः पूर्वं हृता ये च सद्योजातश् च बालकः

pradadau brāhmaṇāyātha putrān sarvāñ janārdanaḥ trayaḥ pūrvaṃ hṛtā ye ca sadyojātaś ca bālakaḥ

Then Janārdana gave the brāhmaṇa all his sons — the three who had been carried off before, and the boy just born.

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HV 103.28

प्रहृष्टो ब्राह्मणस् तात पुत्रान् दृष्ट्वा पुनः प्रभो अहं च परमप्रीतो विस्मितश् चाभवं नृप

prahṛṣṭo brāhmaṇas tāta putrān dṛṣṭvā punaḥ prabho ahaṃ ca paramaprīto vismitaś cābhavaṃ nṛpa

The brāhmaṇa was delighted, my dear lord, at seeing his sons again; and I too became exceedingly glad and astonished, O king.

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HV 103.29

ततो वयं पुनः सर्वे ब्राह्मणस्य च ते सुताः यथागता निवृत्ताः स्म तथैव भरतर्षभ

tato vayaṃ punaḥ sarve brāhmaṇasya ca te sutāḥ yathāgatā nivṛttāḥ sma tathaiva bharatarṣabha

Then all of us, and those sons of the brahmin, returned just as we had come, O bull of the Bharatas.

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HV 103.30

ततः स्म द्वारकां प्राप्ताः क्षणेन नृपसत्तम असंप्राप्ते ऽर्धदिवसे विस्मितो ऽहं ततः पुनः

tataḥ sma dvārakāṃ prāptāḥ kṣaṇena nṛpasattama asaṃprāpte 'rdhadivase vismito 'haṃ tataḥ punaḥ

Then in a moment we reached Dvārakā, O best of kings, before half the day had passed; and at that I was amazed again.

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HV 103.31

सपुत्रं भोजयित्वा तं द्विजं कृष्णो महायशाः धनेन तर्पयित्वा च गृहं प्रास्थापयत् तदा

saputraṃ bhojayitvā taṃ dvijaṃ kṛṣṇo mahāyaśāḥ dhanena tarpayitvā ca gṛhaṃ prāsthāpayat tadā

Having fed that twice-born man together with his sons, Kṛṣṇa of great fame satisfied him with wealth and then sent him home.

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