Harivamsha — Chapter 105

HV 105.1

भूय एव द्विजश्रेष्ठ यदुसिंहस्य धीमतः कर्माण्य् अपरिमेयानि श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वतः

bhūya eva dvijaśreṣṭha yadusiṃhasya dhīmataḥ karmāṇy aparimeyāni śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ

Once more, O best of the twice-born, I wish to hear truly of the immeasurable deeds of the wise lion of the Yadus.

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HV 105.2

श्रूयन्ते विविधानि स्म अद्भुतानि महाद्युते असंख्येयानि दिव्यानि प्राकृतान्य् अपि सर्वशः

śrūyante vividhāni sma adbhutāni mahādyute asaṃkhyeyāni divyāni prākṛtāny api sarvaśaḥ

Various wondrous (deeds) of his are heard of, O greatly radiant one — countless, divine, and also worldly ones of every kind.

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HV 105.3

। यान्य् अहं विविधान्य् अस्य श्रुत्वा प्रीये महामुने प्रब्रूयाः सर्वशस् तात तानि मे वक्तुम् अर्हसि

. yāny ahaṃ vividhāny asya śrutvā prīye mahāmune prabrūyāḥ sarvaśas tāta tāni me vaktum arhasi

Those various (deeds) of his which I delight to hear, O great sage — pray tell them all, dear sir; you should recount them to me.

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HV 105.4

बहून्य् आश्चर्यभूतानि केशवस्य महात्मनः कर्माण्य् उक्तानि वै राजन् भूयश् चैव श्रुतानि ते

bahūny āścaryabhūtāni keśavasya mahātmanaḥ karmāṇy uktāni vai rājan bhūyaś caiva śrutāni te

Many marvellous deeds of the great-souled Keśava have indeed been told, O king, and yet more have been heard by you.

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HV 105.5

कथितानि मया साधो नान्तं शक्यं हि कर्मणाम् गन्तुं भरतशार्दूल विस्तरस्य महात्मनः

kathitāni mayā sādho nāntaṃ śakyaṃ hi karmaṇām gantuṃ bharataśārdūla vistarasya mahātmanaḥ

(These) have been told by me, O good man; but it is not possible to reach the end of the deeds, O tiger of the Bharatas, of the great-souled one in their full extent.

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

HV 105.6

अवश्यं तु मया वाच्यं लेशमात्रेण भारत विष्णोर् अतुलवीर्यस्य प्रथितोदारकर्मणः आनुपूर्व्या प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमना नृप

avaśyaṃ tu mayā vācyaṃ leśamātreṇa bhārata viṣṇor atulavīryasya prathitodārakarmaṇaḥ ānupūrvyā pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa

But it must certainly be spoken by me, if only in a fragment, O Bhārata—(the deeds) of Viṣṇu of unequalled valour, whose noble deeds are renowned. I shall recount them in order; listen with a single mind, O king.

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HV 105.7

द्वारवत्यां निवसता यदुसिंहेन धीमता राष्ट्राणि नृपमुख्यानां क्षोभितानि महीक्षिताम्

dvāravatyāṃ nivasatā yadusiṃhena dhīmatā rāṣṭrāṇi nṛpamukhyānāṃ kṣobhitāni mahīkṣitām

By the wise lion of the Yadus, dwelling in Dvāravatī, the realms of the foremost kings, the rulers of the earth, were shaken.

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HV 105.8

यदूनाम् अन्तरप्रेप्सुर् विचक्रो दानवो हतः

yadūnām antaraprepsur vicakro dānavo hataḥ

The dānava Vicakra, who sought an opening among the Yadus, was slain.

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HV 105.9

पुरं प्राग्ज्योतिषं गत्वा पुनस् तेन महात्मना समुद्रमध्ये दुष्टात्मा नरको दानवो हतः

puraṃ prāgjyotiṣaṃ gatvā punas tena mahātmanā samudramadhye duṣṭātmā narako dānavo hataḥ

And again, having gone to the city Prāgjyotiṣa, by that great-souled one the evil-souled dānava Naraka was slain in the midst of the ocean.

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HV 105.10

वासवं च रणे जित्वा पारिजातो हृतो बलात् निर्जितश् चैव भगवान् वरुणो लोहितह्रदे

vāsavaṃ ca raṇe jitvā pārijāto hṛto balāt nirjitaś caiva bhagavān varuṇo lohitahrade

And having conquered Vāsava in battle, the pārijāta (tree) was carried off by force; and the lord Varuṇa too was vanquished at the Lohita lake.

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HV 105.11

दन्तवक्रश् च कारूषो निहतो दक्षिणापथे शिशुपालश् च संपूर्णे किल्बिषैकशते हतः

dantavakraś ca kārūṣo nihato dakṣiṇāpathe śiśupālaś ca saṃpūrṇe kilbiṣaikaśate hataḥ

And Dantavakra the Kārūṣa was struck down in the southern country; and Śiśupāla was slain when his hundred offences were complete.

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HV 105.12

गत्वा च शोणितपुरं शंकरेणाभिरक्षितः बलेः सुतो महावीर्यो बाणो बाहुसहस्रवान् महामृधे महाराज जित्वा जीवन् विसर्जितः

gatvā ca śoṇitapuraṃ śaṃkareṇābhirakṣitaḥ baleḥ suto mahāvīryo bāṇo bāhusahasravān mahāmṛdhe mahārāja jitvā jīvan visarjitaḥ

And going to Śoṇitapura, Bali's son of great valour, Bāṇa possessed of a thousand arms, who was guarded by Śaṃkara, was conquered in a great battle, O great king, and released alive.

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HV 105.13

निर्जिताः पावकाश् चैव गिरिमध्ये महात्मना साल्वश् च विजितः संख्ये सौभश् च विनिपातितः

nirjitāḥ pāvakāś caiva girimadhye mahātmanā sālvaś ca vijitaḥ saṃkhye saubhaś ca vinipātitaḥ

And the fires were vanquished by the great-souled one in the midst of the mountain; and Sālva was conquered in battle, and (his city) Saubha was brought down.

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HV 105.14

विक्षोभ्य सागरं सर्वं पाञ्चजन्यो वशीकृतः हयग्रीवश् च निहतो नृपाश् चान्ये महाबलाः

vikṣobhya sāgaraṃ sarvaṃ pāñcajanyo vaśīkṛtaḥ hayagrīvaś ca nihato nṛpāś cānye mahābalāḥ

Having churned up the whole ocean, Pāñcajanya was brought under control; and Hayagrīva was slain, and other kings of great strength.

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HV 105.15

जरासंधस्य निधने मोक्षिताः सर्वपार्थिवाः रथेन जित्वा नृपतीन् गान्धारतनया हृता

jarāsaṃdhasya nidhane mokṣitāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ rathena jitvā nṛpatīn gāndhāratanayā hṛtā

At the slaying of Jarāsaṃdha all the kings were set free; and, having conquered kings with his chariot, the daughter of the Gāndhāra (king) was carried off.

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HV 105.16

भ्रष्टराज्याश् च शोकार्ताः पाण्डवाः परिरक्षिताः दाहितं च वनं घोरं पुरुहूतस्य खाण्डवम्

bhraṣṭarājyāś ca śokārtāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ parirakṣitāḥ dāhitaṃ ca vanaṃ ghoraṃ puruhūtasya khāṇḍavam

And the Pāṇḍavas, fallen from their kingdom and afflicted with grief, were protected; and the terrible Khāṇḍava forest of Puruhūta was burned.

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HV 105.17

गाण्डीवं चाग्निना दत्तम् अर्जुनायोपपादितम् दौत्यं च तत्कृतं घोरं विग्रहे जनमेजय

gāṇḍīvaṃ cāgninā dattam arjunāyopapāditam dautyaṃ ca tatkṛtaṃ ghoraṃ vigrahe janamejaya

And the Gāṇḍīva, given by Agni, was procured for Arjuna; and the terrible embassy was performed by him in the quarrel, O Janamejaya.

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HV 105.19

अनेन यदुमुख्येन यदुवंशश् च वर्धितः कुन्त्याश् च प्रमुखे प्रोक्ता प्रतिज्ञा पाण्डवान् प्रति निवृत्ते भारते युद्धे प्रतिदास्यामि ते सुतान् ॥ ह्व्_१०५।१८ अपि सत्यं च कृतवान् कुन्त्या निर्यात्य पाण्डवान् । मोक्षितश् च महातेजा नृगः शापात् सुदारुणात् यवनश् च हतः संख्ये काल इत्य् अभिविश्रुतः

anena yadumukhyena yaduvaṃśaś ca vardhitaḥ kuntyāś ca pramukhe proktā pratijñā pāṇḍavān prati nivṛtte bhārate yuddhe pratidāsyāmi te sutān // HV_105.18 api satyaṃ ca kṛtavān kuntyā niryātya pāṇḍavān | mokṣitaś ca mahātejā nṛgaḥ śāpāt sudāruṇāt yavanaś ca hataḥ saṃkhye kāla ity abhiviśrutaḥ

And by this chief of the Yadus the lineage of Yadu was increased; and in the presence of Kuntī a promise was declared concerning the Pāṇḍavas: "When the Bhārata war has ended, I shall give your sons back to you." And he made it come true, delivering the Pāṇḍavas to Kuntī. And the greatly blazing Nṛga was released from a most terrible curse; and the yavana widely known as Kāla was slain in battle.

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HV 105.20

वानरौ च महावीर्यौ मैन्दो द्विविद एव च विजितौ युधि दुर्धर्षौ जाम्बवांश् च पराजितः

vānarau ca mahāvīryau maindo dvivida eva ca vijitau yudhi durdharṣau jāmbavāṃś ca parājitaḥ

And the two monkeys of great valour, Mainda and Dvivida, hard to withstand, were conquered in fight, and Jāmbavān was defeated.

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HV 105.22

सांदीपनेस् तथा पुत्रस् तव चैव पिता नृप गतौ वैवस्वतवशं जीवितौ तस्य तेजसा ॥ ह्व्_१०५।२१ निर्जितौ हंसडिभकौ हिडिम्बश् चैव राक्षसः । संग्रामा बहवश् चैव घोरा नरवरक्षयाः निहताश् च नृपाः सर्वे कृत्वा तद् रूपम् अद्भुतम् जनमेजय युद्धेषु यथा ते कथितं पुरा

sāṃdīpanes tathā putras tava caiva pitā nṛpa gatau vaivasvatavaśaṃ jīvitau tasya tejasā // HV_105.21 nirjitau haṃsaḍibhakau hiḍimbaś caiva rākṣasaḥ | saṃgrāmā bahavaś caiva ghorā naravarakṣayāḥ nihatāś ca nṛpāḥ sarve kṛtvā tad rūpam adbhutam janamejaya yuddheṣu yathā te kathitaṃ purā

So too the son of Sāndīpani, and your own father, O king, who had gone into the power of the son of Vivasvat (Yama), were brought back to life by his fiery power. Haṃsa and Ḍibhaka were vanquished, and the rākṣasa Hiḍimba; and (there were) many terrible battles that destroyed the best of men; and all the kings were slain, when he had assumed that marvellous form, O Janamejaya, in the battles, as was told to you before.

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