Harivamsha — Chapter 107
HV 107.1
क्रीडाविहारोपगतः कदाचिद् अभवद् भवः देव्या सह नदीतीरे रम्ये श्रीमति स प्रभुः
krīḍāvihāropagataḥ kadācid abhavad bhavaḥ devyā saha nadītīre ramye śrīmati sa prabhuḥ
Once upon a time Bhava came to play and sport together with the goddess on the bank of a river, delightful and lovely — he, the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.2
शतानि तत्राप्सरसां चिक्रीडुश् च समन्ततः सर्वर्तुकवने रम्ये गन्धर्वपतयस् तथा
śatāni tatrāpsarasāṃ cikrīḍuś ca samantataḥ sarvartukavane ramye gandharvapatayas tathā
And there hundreds of Apsarases sported all about, and likewise the lords of the Gandharvas, in the delightful wood that bore all seasons' (blossoms).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.3
कुसुमैः पारिजातस्य पुष्पैः संतानकस्य च गन्धोद्दामम् इवाकाशं नदीतीरं च सर्वशः
kusumaiḥ pārijātasya puṣpaiḥ saṃtānakasya ca gandhoddāmam ivākāśaṃ nadītīraṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
With the blossoms of the pārijāta and the flowers of the saṃtānaka the sky, as it were, was overpowering with fragrance, and the riverbank too on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.4
वेणुवीणामृदङ्गैश् च पणवैश् च सहस्रशः वाद्यमानैः स शुश्राव गीतम् अप्सरसां तदा
veṇuvīṇāmṛdaṅgaiś ca paṇavaiś ca sahasraśaḥ vādyamānaiḥ sa śuśrāva gītam apsarasāṃ tadā
And then he heard the song of the Apsarases, to the accompaniment of flutes, lutes, mṛdaṅgas and paṇavas being played by the thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.7
सूतमागधकल्पैश् चाप्य् अस्तुवन्न् अप्सरोगणाः देवदेवं सुवपुषं स्रग्विणं रक्तवाससम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।५ हरं सहोमं वरदं रमयन्ति मनोरमाः । ततस् तु देव्या रूपेण विक्रलेखा वराप्सराः भवं प्रसादयाम् आस देवी च प्राहसत् तदा ॥ ह्व्_१०७।६ प्रसादयन्तीम् ईशानं प्रहसन्त्य् अप्सरोगनाः । भवस्य पार्षदा दिव्या नानारूपा महौजसः ॥ देव्या ह्य् अनुज्ञया सर्वे क्रीडन्ते तत्र तत्र ह ॥ अथ ते पार्षदास् तत्र रहस्ये सुविपश्चितः । महादेवस्य रूपेण तच् चिह्नं रूपम् आस्थिताः । ननृतुर् भूतपतयो विचित्राभिनयान्विताः । ततो देव्यास् तु रूपेण लीलया वदनेन च देवी प्रहासं मुमुचे ताश् चैवाप्सरसस् तदा
sūtamāgadhakalpaiś cāpy astuvann apsarogaṇāḥ devadevaṃ suvapuṣaṃ sragviṇaṃ raktavāsasam // HV_107.5 haraṃ sahomaṃ varadaṃ ramayanti manoramāḥ | tatas tu devyā rūpeṇa vikralekhā varāpsarāḥ bhavaṃ prasādayām āsa devī ca prāhasat tadā // HV_107.6 prasādayantīm īśānaṃ prahasanty apsaroganāḥ | bhavasya pārṣadā divyā nānārūpā mahaujasaḥ || devyā hy anujñayā sarve krīḍante tatra tatra ha || atha te pārṣadās tatra rahasye suvipaścitaḥ | mahādevasya rūpeṇa tac cihnaṃ rūpam āsthitāḥ | nanṛtur bhūtapatayo vicitrābhinayānvitāḥ | tato devyās tu rūpeṇa līlayā vadanena ca devī prahāsaṃ mumuce tāś caivāpsarasas tadā
And the hosts of Apsarases praised him in the manner of bards and panegyrists — the god of gods, fair of form, garlanded, clad in red; charming, they delighted Hara, the giver of boons, together with Umā. Then the finest Apsaras, having taken on the goddess's form, propitiated Bhava, and the goddess laughed aloud. And as she propitiated Īśāna the hosts of Apsarases laughed, (and) Bhava's divine attendants of many forms and great might; with the goddess's permission all of them sported here and there. Then those attendants there, most skilled, in secret took on that form with its marks, in the likeness of Mahādeva; and the lords of the Bhūtas danced with manifold gestures. Then, (some taking on) the goddess's form with her playfulness and her face, the goddess burst out laughing, and so did those Apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.8
ततः किलिकिलाशब्दः प्रादुर्भूतः समन्ततः प्रहर्षम् अतुलं चापि लेभे प्रीतमना भवः
tataḥ kilikilāśabdaḥ prādurbhūtaḥ samantataḥ praharṣam atulaṃ cāpi lebhe prītamanā bhavaḥ
Then a sound of "kilikili" arose on all sides, and Bhava, his mind pleased, felt matchless delight.
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HV 107.11
बाणस्य दुहिता कन्या तत्रोषा नाम भामिनी देवं प्रक्रीडितं दृष्ट्वा देव्या सह नदीगतम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।९ दीप्यमानं महादेवं द्वादशादित्यतेजसम् । नानारूपं वपुः कृत्वा देव्याः प्रियचिकीर्षया । उषा मनोरथं चक्रे पार्वत्याः संनिधौ तदा धन्या हि भर्तृसहिता रम्यन्त्य् एवं समागताः ॥ ह्व्_१०७।१० मनसा त्व् अथ संकल्पम् उषया भाषितं तथा । विज्ञाय तम् अभिप्रायम् उषायाः पर्वतात्मजा प्राह देवी ततो वाक्यम् उषां हर्षयती शनैः
bāṇasya duhitā kanyā tatroṣā nāma bhāminī devaṃ prakrīḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā devyā saha nadīgatam // HV_107.9 dīpyamānaṃ mahādevaṃ dvādaśādityatejasam | nānārūpaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā | uṣā manorathaṃ cakre pārvatyāḥ saṃnidhau tadā dhanyā hi bhartṛsahitā ramyanty evaṃ samāgatāḥ // HV_107.10 manasā tv atha saṃkalpam uṣayā bhāṣitaṃ tathā | vijñāya tam abhiprāyam uṣāyāḥ parvatātmajā prāha devī tato vākyam uṣāṃ harṣayatī śanaiḥ
There (was) Bāṇa's daughter, the maiden named Uṣā, a lovely woman. Seeing the god at play with the goddess, gone to the river — Mahādeva blazing with the splendour of twelve suns, having assumed bodies of many forms out of a wish to please the goddess — Uṣā then formed a longing in the presence of Pārvatī: "Blessed indeed are those who, united with a husband, thus take their pleasure." Then the daughter of the mountain, knowing that resolve formed in her mind and so spoken by Uṣā, that intention of Uṣā's, the goddess spoke a word softly gladdening Uṣā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.12
उषे शीघ्रं त्वम् अप्य् एवं भर्त्रा सह रमिष्यसि यथा देवो मया सार्धं शंकरः शत्रुसूदनः
uṣe śīghraṃ tvam apy evaṃ bhartrā saha ramiṣyasi yathā devo mayā sārdhaṃ śaṃkaraḥ śatrusūdanaḥ
"Uṣā, you too shall soon take your pleasure thus together with a husband, just as the god Śaṃkara, slayer of foes, (does) with me."
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HV 107.13
एवम् उक्ते तदा देव्या वाक्ये चिन्ताविलेक्षणा उषा भावं हृदा चक्रे भर्त्रा रंस्ये कदा सह
evam ukte tadā devyā vākye cintāvilekṣaṇā uṣā bhāvaṃ hṛdā cakre bhartrā raṃsye kadā saha
When the goddess had spoken this word, Uṣā, her eyes clouded with anxious thought, formed the feeling in her heart: "When shall I take my pleasure with a husband?"
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HV 107.14
ततो हैमवती वाक्यं संप्रहस्येदम् अब्रवीत् उषे शृणुष्व कल्याणि यदा संयोगम् एष्यसि
tato haimavatī vākyaṃ saṃprahasyedam abravīt uṣe śṛṇuṣva kalyāṇi yadā saṃyogam eṣyasi
Then Haimavatī, laughing, spoke this word: "Listen, Uṣā, auspicious one, as to when you will come to union.
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HV 107.15
वैशाखे मासि हर्म्यस्थां द्वादश्यां त्वां दिनक्षये धर्षयिष्यति यः स्वप्ने स ते भर्ता भविष्यति
vaiśākhe māsi harmyasthāṃ dvādaśyāṃ tvāṃ dinakṣaye dharṣayiṣyati yaḥ svapne sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati
In the month of Vaiśākha, on the twelfth day, at the close of day, as you lie in your palace — he who in a dream shall ravish you, he will be your husband."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.18
एवम् उक्ता दैत्यसुता कन्यागणसमावृता अपाक्रामत हर्षेण रममाणा यथासुखम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।१६ ततः सखीभिर् हास्यन्ती हर्षेणोत्फुल्ललोचना । तालिकासंनिपातैश् च अन्योन्यं जघ्नुर् ऊर्जिताः ॥ किंनर्यो यक्षकन्याश् च नागदैत्येशकन्यकाः । अप्सरोगणकन्याश् च उषायाः सखितां गतः ॥ उक्ता च तत्र ताभिः सा भर्ता तव वरानने । भविष्यत्य् अचिरेणैव देव्या वचनकल्पितः ॥ न हि देव्या वचो मिथ्या भविष्यति कदाचन । रूपाभिजनसंपन्नः पतिः संकल्पितस् तया ॥ उषा सखीनां तद् वाक्यं प्रतिपूज्य यथाविधि । दत्तं मनोरथं देव्या भावयन्ती व्यतिष्ठत । ततः क्रीडाविहारं तम् अनुभूय सहोमया जगाम भगवान् देवः स्वपुरं त्रिपुरान्तकृत् । देवदेवो जगन्नाथ उपारंसीत् ततो हरः । गते ऽहनि पुनः सर्वास् ता नार्यो जग्मुर् अद्भुताः ॥ ह्व्_१०७।१७ ययुः स्वान् आलयान् सर्वा देवी चादर्शणं गता । काश् चिद् अश्वैस् तथा यानैर् गजैर् अन्यास् तथा रथैः पुरं प्रविविशुर् हृष्टाः काश्चिद् आकाशम् आस्थिताः
evam uktā daityasutā kanyāgaṇasamāvṛtā apākrāmata harṣeṇa ramamāṇā yathāsukham // HV_107.16 tataḥ sakhībhir hāsyantī harṣeṇotphullalocanā | tālikāsaṃnipātaiś ca anyonyaṃ jaghnur ūrjitāḥ || kiṃnaryo yakṣakanyāś ca nāgadaityeśakanyakāḥ | apsarogaṇakanyāś ca uṣāyāḥ sakhitāṃ gataḥ || uktā ca tatra tābhiḥ sā bhartā tava varānane | bhaviṣyaty acireṇaiva devyā vacanakalpitaḥ || na hi devyā vaco mithyā bhaviṣyati kadācana | rūpābhijanasaṃpannaḥ patiḥ saṃkalpitas tayā || uṣā sakhīnāṃ tad vākyaṃ pratipūjya yathāvidhi | dattaṃ manorathaṃ devyā bhāvayantī vyatiṣṭhata | tataḥ krīḍāvihāraṃ tam anubhūya sahomayā jagāma bhagavān devaḥ svapuraṃ tripurāntakṛt | devadevo jagannātha upāraṃsīt tato haraḥ | gate 'hani punaḥ sarvās tā nāryo jagmur adbhutāḥ // HV_107.17 yayuḥ svān ālayān sarvā devī cādarśaṇaṃ gatā | kāś cid aśvais tathā yānair gajair anyās tathā rathaiḥ puraṃ praviviśur hṛṣṭāḥ kāścid ākāśam āsthitāḥ
Thus addressed, the Daitya's daughter, surrounded by her band of maidens, withdrew with joy, enjoying herself at her ease. Then, laughing with her friends, her eyes wide with delight, they struck one another vigorously with clapping of hands: Kiṃnara women, Yakṣa maidens, the daughters of the Nāgas and the Daitya lords, and the maiden Apsarases who had become Uṣā's friends. And there they said to her: "Fair-faced one, your husband will come before long, as fashioned by the goddess's word. For never will the goddess's word prove false; a husband endowed with beauty and good birth has been ordained by her." Uṣā, honouring duly that speech of her friends, remained dwelling on the longing granted by the goddess. Then, having enjoyed that play and sport with Umā, the lord god, the ender of Tripura, went to his own city; the god of gods, lord of the world, Hara, thereupon ceased. When the day had gone, all those wondrous women went again; all went to their own dwellings, and the goddess passed out of sight. Some by horses, and by carriages, others by elephants and by chariots, entered the city rejoicing; and some stationed themselves in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.19
ततो हर्म्ये शयानां तु वैशाखे मासि भामिनीम् द्वादश्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य सखीगणवृतां तदा
tato harmye śayānāṃ tu vaiśākhe māsi bhāminīm dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya sakhīgaṇavṛtāṃ tadā
Then, as that lovely woman lay in her palace in the month of Vaiśākha, on the twelfth of the bright fortnight, surrounded by her band of friends —
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HV 107.20
यथोक्तः पुरुषः स्वप्ने धर्षयाम् आस ताम् उषाम् विवेष्टमानां रुदतीं देव्या वचनचोदितः
yathoktaḥ puruṣaḥ svapne dharṣayām āsa tām uṣām viveṣṭamānāṃ rudatīṃ devyā vacanacoditaḥ
The man (who had been) spoken of, urged on by the goddess's word, in a dream forced himself upon that Uṣā, who writhed and wept.
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HV 107.21
सा स्वप्ने धर्षिता तेन स्त्रीभावं चापि लम्भिता शोणिताक्ता प्ररुदती सहसैवोत्थिता निशि
sā svapne dharṣitā tena strībhāvaṃ cāpi lambhitā śoṇitāktā prarudatī sahasaivotthitā niśi
Violated by him in the dream, and also brought to womanhood, smeared with blood and weeping, she rose up all at once in the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.22
तां तथा रुदतीं दृष्ट्वा सखी भयसमन्विताम् चित्रलेखा वचः स्निग्धम् उवाच परम् आद्भुतम्
tāṃ tathā rudatīṃ dṛṣṭvā sakhī bhayasamanvitām citralekhā vacaḥ snigdham uvāca param ādbhutam
Seeing her weeping thus and filled with fear, her friend Citralekhā spoke a tender word, most wondrous:
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HV 107.23
उषे मा भैः किम् एवं त्वं रुदती परितप्यसे बलेः सुतसुता च त्वं प्रख्याता किं भयान्विता
uṣe mā bhaiḥ kim evaṃ tvaṃ rudatī paritapyase baleḥ sutasutā ca tvaṃ prakhyātā kiṃ bhayānvitā
"Uṣā, do not fear! Why do you torment yourself, weeping like this? You are known as the daughter of Bali's son — why are you afraid?
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HV 107.24
न भयं विद्यते लोके तव सुभ्रु विशेषतः भयदस् तव वामोरु पिता देवान्तको रणे
na bhayaṃ vidyate loke tava subhru viśeṣataḥ bhayadas tava vāmoru pitā devāntako raṇe
There is no fear for you in the world, fair-browed one, least of all; it is your father, fair-thighed one, who deals fear (to others), the destroyer of the gods in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.25
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते विषादं मा कृथाः शुभे नैवंविधेषु वासेषु भयम् अस्ति वरानने
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te viṣādaṃ mā kṛthāḥ śubhe naivaṃvidheṣu vāseṣu bhayam asti varānane
Rise, rise, blessings on you! Do not grieve, auspicious one. In dwellings of this sort there is no fear, lovely-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.27
असकृद् देवसहितः शचीभर्ता सुरेश्वरः अप्राप्त एव नगरं पित्रा ते मृदितो रणे अयं देवसमूहस्य भयदस् ते पिता रणे ॥ ह्व्_१०७।२६ ऐरावतः स मृदितो गदया चास्य भामिनि । निराशो जीविते सो ऽभूद् वज्रपाणिः सहामरैः । महासुरवरः श्रीमान् बलेः पुत्रो महाबलः ॥ एवं साभिहिता सख्या बाणपुत्री यशस्विनी । स्वप्नरूपं यथा दृष्त्वं न्यवेदयद् अनिन्दिता । एवं संदूषिता साध्वी कथं जीवितुम् उत्सहे पितरं किं नु वक्ष्यामि देवशत्रुम् अरिंदमम्
asakṛd devasahitaḥ śacībhartā sureśvaraḥ aprāpta eva nagaraṃ pitrā te mṛdito raṇe ayaṃ devasamūhasya bhayadas te pitā raṇe // HV_107.26 airāvataḥ sa mṛdito gadayā cāsya bhāmini | nirāśo jīvite so 'bhūd vajrapāṇiḥ sahāmaraiḥ | mahāsuravaraḥ śrīmān baleḥ putro mahābalaḥ || evaṃ sābhihitā sakhyā bāṇaputrī yaśasvinī | svapnarūpaṃ yathā dṛṣtvaṃ nyavedayad aninditā | evaṃ saṃdūṣitā sādhvī kathaṃ jīvitum utsahe pitaraṃ kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi devaśatrum ariṃdamam
More than once the lord of the gods, Śacī's husband, together with the gods, was crushed in battle by your father before he even reached the city; this father of yours deals fear to the host of the gods in battle. // (107.26) And Airāvata was crushed by his mace, O beautiful one; the wielder of the thunderbolt, along with the immortals, despaired of his life — (such is) the great chief of the asuras, the glorious, mightily strong son of Bali. // Thus addressed by her friend, the illustrious daughter of Bāṇa, blameless, reported the dream just as she had seen it: "Defiled in this way, how can I, a chaste woman, bear to live? What indeed shall I say to my father, the foe of the gods, the subduer of enemies?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.29
एवं संदूषणकरी वंशस्यास्य महौजसः श्रेयो हि मरणं मन्ये न मे श्रेयो ऽद्य जीवितम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।२८ ईप्सितो वा यथ को ऽपि पुरुषो ऽधिगतो हि मे । जाग्रतीव यथाहं स्याम् अवस्थेयं कृता मम । निशायां जाग्रती वाहं नीता केन दशाम् इमाम् । कथम् एवं कृता नाम कन्या जीवितुम् उत्सहे कुलोपक्रोशनकरी कुलाङ्गारा निराश्रेया जीवितुं स्पृहयेन् नारी साध्वीनाम् अग्रतः स्थिता
evaṃ saṃdūṣaṇakarī vaṃśasyāsya mahaujasaḥ śreyo hi maraṇaṃ manye na me śreyo 'dya jīvitam // HV_107.28 īpsito vā yatha ko 'pi puruṣo 'dhigato hi me | jāgratīva yathāhaṃ syām avastheyaṃ kṛtā mama | niśāyāṃ jāgratī vāhaṃ nītā kena daśām imām | katham evaṃ kṛtā nāma kanyā jīvitum utsahe kulopakrośanakarī kulāṅgārā nirāśreyā jīvituṃ spṛhayen nārī sādhvīnām agrataḥ sthitā
"Bringing such defilement upon this family of great vigour — I think death is better; living is no good for me today. // (107.28) Or was some man, desired (by me), actually obtained by me? As if awake, so was I, and this condition was made mine. Or was I awake in the night and brought by someone to this state? How can a girl so treated bear to live? Bringing reproach on her family, a firebrand to her family, without refuge — would a woman wish to live, standing before chaste women?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.30
इत्य् एवं बाष्पपूर्णाक्षी सखीजनवृता तदा विललाप चिरं कालम् उषा कमललोचना
ity evaṃ bāṣpapūrṇākṣī sakhījanavṛtā tadā vilalāpa ciraṃ kālam uṣā kamalalocanā
Thus, with eyes full of tears, surrounded by her companions, lotus-eyed Uṣā lamented for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.31
अनाथवत्तां रुदतीं सख्यः सर्वा विचेतसः ऊचुर् अश्रुपरीताक्ष्य उषां सर्वाः समागताः
anāthavattāṃ rudatīṃ sakhyaḥ sarvā vicetasaḥ ūcur aśruparītākṣya uṣāṃ sarvāḥ samāgatāḥ
All her companions, bewildered, their eyes brimming with tears, all gathered together and spoke to Uṣā, who was weeping like one without a protector:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.34
दुष्टेन मनसा देवि शुभं यदि वासुभम् क्रियते न च ते सुभ्रु कच्चिद् दुष्टं मनस् तव ॥ ह्व्_१०७।३२ प्रसभं देवि संयोगाद् यदि भुक्तासि भामिनि । स्वप्नयोगेन कल्याणि व्रतलोपो न विद्यते व्यभिचारेण ते देवि नास्ति कश्चिद् व्यतिक्रमः ॥ ह्व्_१०७।३३ न च स्वप्नकृतो दोषो मर्त्यलोके ऽस्ति सुन्दरि । एवं विप्रर्षयो देवि धर्मज्ञाः कथयन्ति वै । मनसा चैव वाचा च कर्मणा च विशेषतः दुष्टा या त्रिभिर् एतैस् तु पापा सा प्रोच्यते भुवि
duṣṭena manasā devi śubhaṃ yadi vāsubham kriyate na ca te subhru kaccid duṣṭaṃ manas tava // HV_107.32 prasabhaṃ devi saṃyogād yadi bhuktāsi bhāmini | svapnayogena kalyāṇi vratalopo na vidyate vyabhicāreṇa te devi nāsti kaścid vyatikramaḥ // HV_107.33 na ca svapnakṛto doṣo martyaloke 'sti sundari | evaṃ viprarṣayo devi dharmajñāḥ kathayanti vai | manasā caiva vācā ca karmaṇā ca viśeṣataḥ duṣṭā yā tribhir etais tu pāpā sā procyate bhuvi
"If, goddess, something good or bad is done with a corrupt mind — but there is nothing at all corrupt in your mind, fair-browed one. // (107.32) If, goddess, you were enjoyed by force through union, O beautiful one — by a union in a dream, auspicious one, there is no breaking of a vow; by (such) an infidelity, goddess, there is no transgression for you. // (107.33) And no fault arising from a dream exists in the world of mortals, lovely one; thus, goddess, the brahmin seers who know dharma declare. She who is corrupt by these three especially — by mind, by speech, and by act — she is called sinful on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.35
न व ते दुष्यते भीरु मनः प्रजवितं सदा कथं त्वं दोषदुष्टा वै नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी
na va te duṣyate bhīru manaḥ prajavitaṃ sadā kathaṃ tvaṃ doṣaduṣṭā vai niyatā brahmacāriṇī
Your mind, timid one, ever restrained, is not corrupted; how then could you, disciplined and living chastely, be tainted by fault?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.36
यदि सुप्ता सती साध्वी शुद्धभावा मनस्विनी इमाम् अवस्थां नीता त्वं नैव धर्मो विलुप्यते
yadi suptā satī sādhvī śuddhabhāvā manasvinī imām avasthāṃ nītā tvaṃ naiva dharmo vilupyate
If, while asleep, you — chaste, virtuous, of pure disposition, high-minded — were brought to this condition, dharma is in no way destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.37
यस्या दुष्टं मनः पूर्वं कर्मणा चोपपादितम् ताम् आहुर् असतीं नाम सती त्वम् असि भामिनि
yasyā duṣṭaṃ manaḥ pūrvaṃ karmaṇā copapāditam tām āhur asatīṃ nāma satī tvam asi bhāmini
She whose mind was first corrupted and (whose intent) was then carried out by act — her they call unchaste; but you are chaste, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.38
कुलजा रूपसंपन्ना नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी इमाम् अवस्थां नीतासि कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः
kulajā rūpasaṃpannā niyatā brahmacāriṇī imām avasthāṃ nītāsi kālo hi duratikramaḥ
Born of a good family, endowed with beauty, disciplined, living chastely, you have been brought to this condition — for time is hard to overcome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.40
इत्य् एवं उक्तां रुदतीं बाष्पेणावृतलोचनाम् कुम्भाण्डदुहिता वाक्यं परमं त्व् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।३९ त्यज शोकं विशालाक्षि अपापा त्वं वरानने । स्मृतं मे यद् इदं वाक्यं याथातथ्येन तच् छृणु । उषे यद् उक्ता देव्यासि भर्तारं ध्यायती तदा समीपे देवदेवस्य स्मर भामिनि तद् वचः
ity evaṃ uktāṃ rudatīṃ bāṣpeṇāvṛtalocanām kumbhāṇḍaduhitā vākyaṃ paramaṃ tv idam abravīt // HV_107.39 tyaja śokaṃ viśālākṣi apāpā tvaṃ varānane | smṛtaṃ me yad idaṃ vākyaṃ yāthātathyena tac chṛṇu | uṣe yad uktā devyāsi bhartāraṃ dhyāyatī tadā samīpe devadevasya smara bhāmini tad vacaḥ
To her, thus addressed, weeping, her eyes covered with tears, Kumbhāṇḍa's daughter spoke this supreme word: // (107.39) "Give up your grief, wide-eyed one; you are without sin, lovely-faced one. This saying has come back to me; hear it as it truly is. Uṣā, what the goddess said to you then, when you were meditating on a husband in the presence of the god of gods — remember that word, O beautiful one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.41
द्वादश्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य वैशाखे मासि यो निशि हर्म्ये शयानां रुदतीं स्त्रीभावम् उपनेष्यति
dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya vaiśākhe māsi yo niśi harmye śayānāṃ rudatīṃ strībhāvam upaneṣyati
'He who, on the twelfth of the bright fortnight, in the month of Vaiśākha, at night, will bring you to womanhood as you lie weeping in the palace —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.42
भविता स हि ते भर्ता शूरः शत्रुनिबर्हणः इत्य् उवाच ततो हृष्टा देवी तव मनोगतम्
bhavitā sa hi te bhartā śūraḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ity uvāca tato hṛṣṭā devī tava manogatam
'he indeed will be your husband, a hero, a crusher of foes.' Thus, pleased, the goddess spoke what was in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.43
न हि तद् वचनं मिथ्या पार्वत्या यद् उदाहृतम् तत्त्वं किम् इदम् अत्यर्थं रोदिषीन्दुनिभानने
na hi tad vacanaṃ mithyā pārvatyā yad udāhṛtam tattvaṃ kim idam atyarthaṃ rodiṣīndunibhānane
For that word which was uttered by Pārvatī is not false. This is the truth — why do you weep so excessively, moon-faced one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.45
इत्य् एवम् उक्ता वचनं स्मृत्वा देवीवचस् ततः अभवन् नष्टशोका सा बाणपुत्री शुभेक्षणा ॥ ह्व्_१०७।४४ स्मृत्वा तु वचनं देव्याः प्रत्युवाच सखीं तदा । स्मरामि भामिनि वचो देव्याः क्रीडागते भवे यथोक्तं सर्वम् अखिलं प्राप्तं हर्म्यतले मया
ity evam uktā vacanaṃ smṛtvā devīvacas tataḥ abhavan naṣṭaśokā sā bāṇaputrī śubhekṣaṇā // HV_107.44 smṛtvā tu vacanaṃ devyāḥ pratyuvāca sakhīṃ tadā | smarāmi bhāmini vaco devyāḥ krīḍāgate bhave yathoktaṃ sarvam akhilaṃ prāptaṃ harmyatale mayā
Thus addressed, recalling the word, then the goddess's speech, that daughter of Bāṇa of auspicious eyes became free of grief. // (107.44) And recalling the goddess's word, she then replied to her friend: "I remember, O beautiful one, the goddess's word when Bhava had gone to his play; all that was spoken, entirely, has come to me on the palace terrace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.46
भर्ता तु मम यद्य् एष लोकनाथस्य भार्यया व्यादिष्टः स कथं ज्ञेयस् तत्र कार्यं विधीयताम्
bhartā tu mama yady eṣa lokanāthasya bhāryayā vyādiṣṭaḥ sa kathaṃ jñeyas tatra kāryaṃ vidhīyatām
"But if this husband of mine has been dispatched (to me) by the wife of the Lord of the World, how is he to be identified? Let some course of action be devised in that matter."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.47
इत्य् एवम् उक्ते वचने कुम्भाण्डदुहिता पुनः व्याजहार यथान्यायम् अर्थतत्त्वविशारदा
ity evam ukte vacane kumbhāṇḍaduhitā punaḥ vyājahāra yathānyāyam arthatattvaviśāradā
When this speech had been thus spoken, Kumbhāṇḍa's daughter, skilled in the true nature of matters, spoke again as was fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.48
न हि तस्य कुलं देवि न कीर्तिर् नापि पौरुषम् कश्चिज् जानाति तत्त्वेन किम् इदं त्वं विहन्यसे
na hi tasya kulaṃ devi na kīrtir nāpi pauruṣam kaścij jānāti tattvena kim idaṃ tvaṃ vihanyase
"For no one knows in truth his family, O queen, nor his fame, nor his manliness. Why do you torment yourself with this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.49
अदृष्टश् चाश्रुतश् चैव दृष्टः स्वप्ने त्वयानघे कथं ज्ञेयो भवेद् भीरु सो ऽस्माभी रतितस्करः
adṛṣṭaś cāśrutaś caiva dṛṣṭaḥ svapne tvayānaghe kathaṃ jñeyo bhaved bhīru so 'smābhī ratitaskaraḥ
"Unseen and unheard of, and seen by you only in a dream, O faultless one — how, O timid girl, could that thief of your pleasure be identified by us?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.50
येन त्वम् असितापाङ्गे मत्तकाशिनि विक्रमात् रुदती प्रसभं भुक्ता प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं सखि
yena tvam asitāpāṅge mattakāśini vikramāt rudatī prasabhaṃ bhuktā praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ sakhi
"(He) by whom you, dark-cornered-eyed, intoxicated-glancing one, were forcibly enjoyed by main strength, weeping, after he had entered the inner apartments, O friend—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.51
न ह्य् अयं प्राकृतः कश्चिद् यः प्रविष्टः प्रसह्य नः नगरं लोकविख्यातम् एकः शत्रुनिबर्हणः
na hy ayaṃ prākṛtaḥ kaścid yaḥ praviṣṭaḥ prasahya naḥ nagaraṃ lokavikhyātam ekaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
"For he is no ordinary person, who forced his way into our city, famed throughout the world — alone, a crusher of enemies."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.54
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च महौजसौ न शक्ताः शोणितपुरं प्रवेष्टुं भीमविक्रमाः ॥ ह्व्_१०७।५२ पुरीं शासति बाणे तु जित्वा शक्रं शचीपतिम् । सो ऽयम् एतैः शतगुणो विशिष्टः शत्रुसूदनः प्रविष्टः शोणितपुरं बाणम् आक्रम्य मूर्धनि ॥ ह्व्_१०७।५३ को नु नाम जगत्य् अस्मिन् मनः कर्तुं महासुरे । शासत्य् एतत् पुरं देवि मनुष्यो जीवितस्पृहः । प्रविशेत् तम् अवज्ञाय बाणं किं वापि धर्षणम् । यस्या नैवंविधो भर्ता भवेद् युद्धविशारदः कस् तस्या जीवितेनार्थो भोगैर् वा स्याच् छुभेक्षणे
ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca mahaujasau na śaktāḥ śoṇitapuraṃ praveṣṭuṃ bhīmavikramāḥ // HV_107.52 purīṃ śāsati bāṇe tu jitvā śakraṃ śacīpatim | so 'yam etaiḥ śataguṇo viśiṣṭaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ praviṣṭaḥ śoṇitapuraṃ bāṇam ākramya mūrdhani // HV_107.53 ko nu nāma jagaty asmin manaḥ kartuṃ mahāsure | śāsaty etat puraṃ devi manuṣyo jīvitaspṛhaḥ | praviśet tam avajñāya bāṇaṃ kiṃ vāpi dharṣaṇam | yasyā naivaṃvidho bhartā bhaved yuddhaviśāradaḥ kas tasyā jīvitenārtho bhogair vā syāc chubhekṣaṇe
"The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the two mighty Aśvins, of terrible valour, are not able to enter Śoṇitapura, while Bāṇa rules the city, having conquered Śakra, Śacī's lord. Yet this slayer of foes, a hundred times superior to them, distinguished, has entered Śoṇitapura, treading upon Bāṇa's head. Who indeed in this world would set his mind (upon such a thing), while the great Asura rules this city, O queen? What man who desires to live would enter it, disregarding Bāṇa — or (commit) an outrage? She who has no such husband, skilled in battle — what use has she for life or for pleasures, O fair-eyed one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.55
धन्यास्य् अनुगृहीतासि यस्यास् ते पतिर् ईदृशः प्राप्तो देव्याः प्रसादेन पार्वत्या मत्तकाशिनि
dhanyāsy anugṛhītāsi yasyās te patir īdṛśaḥ prāpto devyāḥ prasādena pārvatyā mattakāśini
"You are fortunate, you are favoured, you whose husband is such a one, obtained by the grace of the goddess Pārvatī, O intoxicated-glancing one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.56
इदं तु ते कार्यतमं शृणु त्वं वै मयेरितम् विज्ञेयो यस्य पुत्रस् तु यन् नामा यत् कुलश् च सः
idaṃ tu te kāryatamaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ vai mayeritam vijñeyo yasya putras tu yan nāmā yat kulaś ca saḥ
"But hear from me this most urgent thing to be done, as declared by me: it must be found out whose son he is, what his name is, and of what family."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.58
इत्य् एवम् उक्ते वचने तत्रोषा काममोहिता तच्छरैश् च समाविद्धा भ्रान्तलोचनविक्लवा । दशाम् अन्त्यां समास्थाय निद्रासुखविमोहिता । उवाच कुम्भाण्डसुतां कथं ज्ञास्यामहे सखि ॥ ह्व्_१०७।५७ त्वम् एव चिन्तय सखि नोत्तरं प्रतिभाति मे । स्वकार्ये मुह्यते लोको यथा जीवं लभाम्य् अहम् ॥ उषाया वचनं श्रुत्वा रामा वाक्यम् इदं पुनः । उवाच रुदतीं चैव कुभाण्डतनया सखीम् ॥ कुशला ते विशालाक्षि सर्वथा संधिविग्रहे । अप्सरा चित्रलेखा वै क्षिप्रं विज्ञाप्यतां सखि ॥ अस्याः सर्वम् अशेषेण त्रैलोक्यं विदितं सदा ॥ एवम् उक्ता तदैवोषा हर्षेणागतविस्मया । ताम् अप्सरसम् आनाय्य चित्रलेखां सखीं प्रियाम् । कृताञ्जलिपुटा दीना उषा वचनम् अब्रवीत् । सा तच् छ्रुत्वा तु वचनम् उषायाः परिकीर्तितम् । आश्वासयाम् आस सखीं बाणपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम् । ततः सा चिन्तयाविष्टा वचनं प्राह दुर्वचः चित्रलेखाम् अप्सरसं प्रणयात् तां सखीं सखी
ity evam ukte vacane tatroṣā kāmamohitā taccharaiś ca samāviddhā bhrāntalocanaviklavā | daśām antyāṃ samāsthāya nidrāsukhavimohitā | uvāca kumbhāṇḍasutāṃ kathaṃ jñāsyāmahe sakhi // HV_107.57 tvam eva cintaya sakhi nottaraṃ pratibhāti me | svakārye muhyate loko yathā jīvaṃ labhāmy aham || uṣāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmā vākyam idaṃ punaḥ | uvāca rudatīṃ caiva kubhāṇḍatanayā sakhīm || kuśalā te viśālākṣi sarvathā saṃdhivigrahe | apsarā citralekhā vai kṣipraṃ vijñāpyatāṃ sakhi || asyāḥ sarvam aśeṣeṇa trailokyaṃ viditaṃ sadā || evam uktā tadaivoṣā harṣeṇāgatavismayā | tām apsarasam ānāyya citralekhāṃ sakhīṃ priyām | kṛtāñjalipuṭā dīnā uṣā vacanam abravīt | sā tac chrutvā tu vacanam uṣāyāḥ parikīrtitam | āśvāsayām āsa sakhīṃ bāṇaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm | tataḥ sā cintayāviṣṭā vacanaṃ prāha durvacaḥ citralekhām apsarasaṃ praṇayāt tāṃ sakhīṃ sakhī
When this speech had been thus spoken, Uṣā there, deluded by desire and pierced through by his (Kāma's) arrows, distraught with wandering eyes, having reached the last stage (of love-sickness), bewildered by the pleasure of sleep, said to Kumbhāṇḍa's daughter: "How shall we find out, friend? You yourself must think it over, friend; no answer occurs to me. In one's own affair a person is bewildered — (think) how I may keep my life." Hearing Uṣā's words, that woman, Kumbhāṇḍa's daughter, again spoke this speech to her weeping friend: "Your (friend), O wide-eyed one, is thoroughly skilled in conciliation and in conflict: the apsaras Citralekhā — let her be informed at once, friend. To her the whole triple world is always known without remainder." Being thus addressed, Uṣā, at once filled with joyful astonishment, had that apsaras Citralekhā, her dear friend, brought, and with cupped palms joined, wretched, Uṣā spoke these words. And she, hearing that speech uttered by Uṣā, consoled her friend, the glorious daughter of Bāṇa. Then she, seized with brooding, spoke a word hard to speak — friend to friend, to Citralekhā the apsaras, out of affection.
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HV 107.59
परमं शृणु मे वाक्यं यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि भामिनि भर्तारं यदि मे ऽद्य त्वं नानयिष्यसि मत्प्रियम्
paramaṃ śṛṇu me vākyaṃ yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi bhāmini bhartāraṃ yadi me 'dya tvaṃ nānayiṣyasi matpriyam
"Hear my utmost word, what I shall say to you, O lovely one: if today you do not bring me my husband, my beloved—"
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HV 107.60
कान्तं पद्मपलाशाक्षं मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमम् त्यक्ष्याम्य् अहं प्रियान् प्राणांस् ततः कमललोचने
kāntaṃ padmapalāśākṣaṃ mattamātaṅgavikramam tyakṣyāmy ahaṃ priyān prāṇāṃs tataḥ kamalalocane
"—the handsome one, with eyes like lotus petals, with the stride of a maddened elephant — then I shall give up my dear life, O lotus-eyed one."
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HV 107.63
विक्रलेखाब्रवीद् वाक्यम् उषां तां हसती शनैः नैषो ऽर्थः शक्यते ऽस्माभिर् वेत्तुं भामिनि सुव्रते ॥ ह्व्_१०७।६१ न कुलेन न वर्णेन न शीलेन न रूपतः । न देशतश् च विज्ञातः स हि चोरो मया सखि । किं तु शक्यम् इदं कार्यं बुद्धिपूर्वं मया सखि प्राप्तुं तच् छृणु मे वाक्यं यथा कामम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥ ह्व्_१०७।६२ उषां हर्षयती शनैः ।यथा च शक्यते ऽस्माभिर् । देवदानवयक्षाणां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् ये विशिष्टाः प्रभावेन रूपेणाभिजनेन च
vikralekhābravīd vākyam uṣāṃ tāṃ hasatī śanaiḥ naiṣo 'rthaḥ śakyate 'smābhir vettuṃ bhāmini suvrate // HV_107.61 na kulena na varṇena na śīlena na rūpataḥ | na deśataś ca vijñātaḥ sa hi coro mayā sakhi | kiṃ tu śakyam idaṃ kāryaṃ buddhipūrvaṃ mayā sakhi prāptuṃ tac chṛṇu me vākyaṃ yathā kāmam avāpsyasi // HV_107.62 uṣāṃ harṣayatī śanaiḥ |yathā ca śakyate 'smābhir | devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām ye viśiṣṭāḥ prabhāvena rūpeṇābhijanena ca
Citralekhā, laughing softly, spoke these words to Uṣā: "This matter cannot be known by us, O lovely, virtuous one. Not by family, not by class, not by character, not by appearance, nor by region is that thief known to me, friend. Still, this task can be accomplished by me by using intelligence, friend — hear my plan, by which you will obtain your desire," — gently gladdening Uṣā — "and how it can be done by us. Among gods, dānavas and yakṣas, gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas, those who are distinguished by power, by beauty and by birth—"
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HV 107.64
यथाप्रधानांस् तान् सर्वान् आलिखिष्याम्य् अहं सखि मनुष्यलोके ये चापि प्रवरा लोकविश्रुताः
yathāpradhānāṃs tān sarvān ālikhiṣyāmy ahaṃ sakhi manuṣyaloke ye cāpi pravarā lokaviśrutāḥ
"—all those, according to rank, I shall draw, friend, and also those in the world of men who are foremost and renowned in the world."
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HV 107.66
सप्तरात्रेण ते भीरु दर्शयिष्यामि तान् अहम् ततो विज्ञाय पट्टस्थं भर्तारं प्रतिलप्स्यसे ॥ ह्व्_१०७।६५ न दर्शये यदि सखि तर्हि वह्निम् अहं विशे । सा चित्रलेखया प्रोक्ता उषाहितचिकीर्षया । क्रियताम् एवम् इत्य् आह चित्रलेखां सखीं प्रियाम् ॥ ततः कुशलहस्तत्वाद् यथालेख्यं समन्ततः । इत्य् उक्त्वा सप्तरात्रेण कृत्वालेख्यगतांस् तु तान् चित्रपट्टगतान् मुख्यान् आनयाम् आस शोभना
saptarātreṇa te bhīru darśayiṣyāmi tān aham tato vijñāya paṭṭasthaṃ bhartāraṃ pratilapsyase // HV_107.65 na darśaye yadi sakhi tarhi vahnim ahaṃ viśe | sā citralekhayā proktā uṣāhitacikīrṣayā | kriyatām evam ity āha citralekhāṃ sakhīṃ priyām || tataḥ kuśalahastatvād yathālekhyaṃ samantataḥ | ity uktvā saptarātreṇa kṛtvālekhyagatāṃs tu tān citrapaṭṭagatān mukhyān ānayām āsa śobhanā
"In seven nights, O timid one, I shall show them to you; then, recognizing your husband as (depicted) on the cloth, you will win him. If I do not show him, friend, then I shall enter the fire." So spoke Citralekhā, wishing to do Uṣā good; and she said, "Let it be done so," to Citralekhā, her dear friend. Then, by her skill of hand, in a painting all around — having said this, in seven nights the fair one, having rendered them into painting, brought those chief ones as figures on the painted cloth.
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HV 107.67
ततः प्रास्तीर्य पट्टं सा चित्रलेखा स्वयंकृतम् अत्युज्ज्वलं महाचित्रं पिङ्गवर्णविभूसितम् । उषाया दर्शयाम् आस सखीनां च विशेषतः
tataḥ prāstīrya paṭṭaṃ sā citralekhā svayaṃkṛtam atyujjvalaṃ mahācitraṃ piṅgavarṇavibhūsitam | uṣāyā darśayām āsa sakhīnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Then Citralekhā, having spread out the cloth made by herself, exceedingly bright, a great painting adorned with tawny colour, showed it to Uṣā and especially to her friends.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.69
एते देवेषु ये मुख्यास् तथा दानववंशजाः किं नरोरगयक्षाणां राक्षसानां च सर्वशः ॥ ह्व्_१०७।६८ गन्धर्वासुरदैत्यानां ये चान्ये भोगिनः स्मृताः । मनुष्याणां च सर्वेषां ये विशिष्टतमा नराः तद् एतान् पश्य सर्वांस् त्वं यथाभिलिखितान् मया
ete deveṣu ye mukhyās tathā dānavavaṃśajāḥ kiṃ naroragayakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // HV_107.68 gandharvāsuradaityānāṃ ye cānye bhoginaḥ smṛtāḥ | manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ ye viśiṣṭatamā narāḥ tad etān paśya sarvāṃs tvaṃ yathābhilikhitān mayā
"These are they who are chief among the gods, and those born in the lineage of the dānavas; how much more (those) of men, serpents and yakṣas and rākṣasas, entirely — of gandharvas, asuras and daityas, and the others reckoned as enjoyers of pleasure, and among all men those men who are the most distinguished. So look at all these, as they have been drawn by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.70
यस् ते भर्ता यथारूपो यथाभिलषितः सखि तं त्वं प्रत्यभिजानीहि स्वप्ने यं दृष्टवत्य् असि
yas te bhartā yathārūpo yathābhilaṣitaḥ sakhi taṃ tvaṃ pratyabhijānīhi svapne yaṃ dṛṣṭavaty asi
"Whichever is your husband, according to his form, according to your longing, friend — recognize him, the one you saw in the dream."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.72
ततः क्रमेण सर्वांस् तान् दृष्ट्वा सा मत्तकाशिनी देवदानवगन्धर्व विद्याधरगणान् अथ । अतीत्य च यदून् सर्वान् ददर्श यदुनन्दनम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।७१ बलभद्रम् अथो दृष्ट्वा प्रद्युम्नम् अथ सात्यकिम् । ददर्श यदुसिंहं तं पौत्रं विष्णोर् महात्मनः । अनिरुद्धं रणे रुद्धं पञ्चबाणम् इव स्थितम् ॥ पटे स्थितं ततो दृष्ट्वा वीरं चित्रात्मना यदुम् । तत्रानिरुद्धं दृष्ट्वा सा विस्मयोत् फुल्ललोचना अब्रवीच् चित्रलेखां ताम् अयं चोरः स वै सखि
tataḥ krameṇa sarvāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā sā mattakāśinī devadānavagandharva vidyādharagaṇān atha | atītya ca yadūn sarvān dadarśa yadunandanam // HV_107.71 balabhadram atho dṛṣṭvā pradyumnam atha sātyakim | dadarśa yadusiṃhaṃ taṃ pautraṃ viṣṇor mahātmanaḥ | aniruddhaṃ raṇe ruddhaṃ pañcabāṇam iva sthitam || paṭe sthitaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā vīraṃ citrātmanā yadum | tatrāniruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sā vismayot phullalocanā abravīc citralekhāṃ tām ayaṃ coraḥ sa vai sakhi
Then that intoxicated-glancing woman, looking in order at all of them — the hosts of gods, dānavas, gandharvas and vidyādharas — and passing beyond all the Yadus, saw the joy of the Yadus. Then, having seen Balabhadra, and Pradyumna, and Sātyaki, she saw that lion of the Yadus, the grandson of the great-souled Viṣṇu: Aniruddha, checked in battle, standing like the Five-Arrowed One (Kāma). Then, seeing that Yadu hero standing on the cloth in painted form — seeing Aniruddha there, her eyes wide open with astonishment, she said to Citralekhā: "This, friend, is that very thief—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.73
येनाहं दूषिता पूर्वं स्वप्ने हर्म्यगता सती सो ऽयं विज्ञातरूपो मे कुतस्त्यस् तस्करः शुभे
yenāhaṃ dūṣitā pūrvaṃ svapne harmyagatā satī so 'yaṃ vijñātarūpo me kutastyas taskaraḥ śubhe
"—by whom I was violated before in a dream while I was in the palace. This is he, whose form I now know: where does the thief come from, O fair one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.75
चित्रलेखे वदस्वैनं तत्त्वतो मम शोभने गुणशीलाभिजनतो नाम किं चास्य भामिनि ॥ ह्व्_१०७।७४ ततः पश्चाद् विधास्यामि कार्यस्यास्य विनिश्चयम् । अयं त्रिलोक्यनाथस्य नप्ता कृष्णस्य धीमतः देवदेवो जगन्नाथः साक्षाच् चक्रगदाधरः । दानवानां रणे हन्ता विष्णुर् जिष्णुर् जगत्पतिः ॥ यो विक्रमं जगन्नाथस् त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । निजैकपदपद्मे यो निलीनम् अकरोद् विभुः । तस्यायं देवदेवस्य शङ्खचक्रगदाभृतः । पौत्रः कृष्णस्य विख्यातः सर्वलोकेषु भामिनि । भर्ता तव विशालाक्षि प्राद्युम्निर् भीमविक्रमः
citralekhe vadasvainaṃ tattvato mama śobhane guṇaśīlābhijanato nāma kiṃ cāsya bhāmini // HV_107.74 tataḥ paścād vidhāsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam | ayaṃ trilokyanāthasya naptā kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ devadevo jagannāthaḥ sākṣāc cakragadādharaḥ | dānavānāṃ raṇe hantā viṣṇur jiṣṇur jagatpatiḥ || yo vikramaṃ jagannāthas trailokyaṃ sacarācaram | nijaikapadapadme yo nilīnam akarod vibhuḥ | tasyāyaṃ devadevasya śaṅkhacakragadābhṛtaḥ | pautraḥ kṛṣṇasya vikhyātaḥ sarvalokeṣu bhāmini | bhartā tava viśālākṣi prādyumnir bhīmavikramaḥ
"Citralekhā, tell me about him truly, my lovely one — his virtues, his character, his family, and what his name is, O radiant one. Afterwards I shall decide what is to be done in this matter." "He is the grandson of the lord of the three worlds, of wise Kṛṣṇa — the god of gods, lord of the world, the very bearer of discus and mace, slayer of the Dānavas in battle, Viṣṇu, the victorious, master of the universe; the lord of the world who by his valour, being all-pervading, made the three worlds with all that moves and does not move rest within the lotus of his single foot. Of that god of gods, bearer of conch, discus and mace, of Kṛṣṇa, this one is the grandson, famed in all the worlds, O radiant one: he is your husband, wide-eyed girl — Pradyumna's son, of terrible valour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.76
न ह्य् अस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु सदृशो ऽस्ति पराक्रमे उत्पाट्य पर्वतान् एष पर्वतैर् एव शातयेत्
na hy asya triṣu lokeṣu sadṛśo 'sti parākrame utpāṭya parvatān eṣa parvatair eva śātayet
For in the three worlds there is none equal to him in prowess; uprooting mountains, he could shatter them with mountains themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.77
धन्यास्य् अनुगृहीतासि यस्यास् ते यदुपुंगवः त्र्यक्षपत्न्या समादिष्टः सदृशः सज्जनः पतिः
dhanyāsy anugṛhītāsi yasyās te yadupuṃgavaḥ tryakṣapatnyā samādiṣṭaḥ sadṛśaḥ sajjanaḥ patiḥ
You are fortunate, you have been favoured — you whose husband is this bull of the Yadus, a worthy and good man, appointed (for you) by the wife of the three-eyed god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.78
यद्य् एनं मे विशालाक्षि भर्तारम् अमरोपमम् त्वम् एवात्र विशालाक्षि योग्या भव वरानने । अशक्या हि गतिश् चान्या अगत्या मे गतिर् भव ॥ अन्तरिक्षचरा च त्वं योगिनी कामरूपिणी । उपायशिल्पकुशला क्षिप्रम् आनय मे प्रियम् ॥ उपायश् चिन्त्यतां भीरु अप्रतर्क्यं प्रिये सुखम् । सिद्धार्था संनिवर्तस्व येनोपायेन सुन्दरि ॥ भवेद् आपत्सु यन् मित्रं तन् मित्रं शस्यते बुधैः । कामार्ता चास्मि सुश्रोणि भव मे प्राणधारिणी । अद्य नानयसि क्षिप्रं प्राणांस् त्यक्ष्याम्य् अहं शुभे
yady enaṃ me viśālākṣi bhartāram amaropamam tvam evātra viśālākṣi yogyā bhava varānane | aśakyā hi gatiś cānyā agatyā me gatir bhava || antarikṣacarā ca tvaṃ yoginī kāmarūpiṇī | upāyaśilpakuśalā kṣipram ānaya me priyam || upāyaś cintyatāṃ bhīru apratarkyaṃ priye sukham | siddhārthā saṃnivartasva yenopāyena sundari || bhaved āpatsu yan mitraṃ tan mitraṃ śasyate budhaiḥ | kāmārtā cāsmi suśroṇi bhava me prāṇadhāriṇī | adya nānayasi kṣipraṃ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmy ahaṃ śubhe
"If (you would bring) him to me as my husband, wide-eyed one, one like the immortals — then you yourself, wide-eyed one, be the fit (agent) in this, O fair-faced one; for no other course is possible: having no recourse, be my recourse. You move through the air, you are a yoginī who can take any form at will, skilled in the craft of stratagems — bring my beloved quickly. Let a stratagem be devised, timid one; the happiness (I seek), dear one, is beyond reasoning. Come back with your purpose accomplished, by whatever means, beautiful one. The friend who stands by in calamities — that friend the wise commend. I am stricken with desire, fair-hipped one; be the sustainer of my life. If you do not bring him quickly today, I shall give up my life, O lovely one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.79
उषाया वचनं श्रुत्वा चित्रलेखाब्रवीद् वचः श्रोतुम् अर्हसि कल्याणि वचनं मे शुचिस्मिते
uṣāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā citralekhābravīd vacaḥ śrotum arhasi kalyāṇi vacanaṃ me śucismite
Having heard Uṣā's words, Citralekhā spoke: "You should listen to my words, blessed one, O you of bright smile."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.81
यथा बाणस्य नगरं रक्ष्यते देवि सर्वतः द्वारकापि तथा भीरु दुराधर्षा विशेषतः ॥ ह्व्_१०७।८० अयस्मयप्रतिच्छन्ना गुप्तद्वारा च सा पुरी । गुप्तावृष्णिकुमारैश् च तथा द्वारकवासिभिः ॥ प्रान्ते सलिलसंयुक्ता विहिता विश्वकर्मणा । रक्ष्यते पुरुषैर् घोरैः पद्मनाभस्य शासनात् ॥ शैलप्राकारपरिखा दुर्गमार्गप्रवेशिनी । सप्तप्राकाररचिता पर्वतैर् धातुमण्डितैः । न च शक्यम् अविज्ञातैः प्रवेष्टुं द्वारकां पुरीम् नानुयोक्ष्यसि मां देवि साहसे ऽस्मिंस् तु कर्मणि । ततो विरम बुद्धिं त्वं दुःप्रापात् स्वप्नवस्तुनः । आत्मानं मां च रक्षस्व पितरं च विशेषतः
yathā bāṇasya nagaraṃ rakṣyate devi sarvataḥ dvārakāpi tathā bhīru durādharṣā viśeṣataḥ // HV_107.80 ayasmayapraticchannā guptadvārā ca sā purī | guptāvṛṣṇikumāraiś ca tathā dvārakavāsibhiḥ || prānte salilasaṃyuktā vihitā viśvakarmaṇā | rakṣyate puruṣair ghoraiḥ padmanābhasya śāsanāt || śailaprākāraparikhā durgamārgapraveśinī | saptaprākāraracitā parvatair dhātumaṇḍitaiḥ | na ca śakyam avijñātaiḥ praveṣṭuṃ dvārakāṃ purīm nānuyokṣyasi māṃ devi sāhase 'smiṃs tu karmaṇi | tato virama buddhiṃ tvaṃ duḥprāpāt svapnavastunaḥ | ātmānaṃ māṃ ca rakṣasva pitaraṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
"Just as Bāṇa's city is guarded on all sides, O queen, so too, timid one, is Dvārakā — and even more unassailable. That city is sheathed in iron and its gates are guarded, guarded by the Vṛṣṇi princes and by the dwellers of Dvārakā. It was built by Viśvakarman, joined to the water at its edge, and guarded by fearsome men at Padmanābha's command. It has mountains for ramparts and moats, its ways of entry are hard to pass, made with seven ramparts of mountains adorned with minerals. It is not possible for the unrecognised to enter the city of Dvārakā. You must not press me, O queen, to this reckless deed. So turn your mind away from a dream-object that cannot be had; protect yourself, and me, and above all your father."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 107.86
अनिरुद्धस्य वदनं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभं सखि तव योगप्रभावेण शक्यं तत्र प्रवेशनम् । किं मे बहुविलापेन श्रूयतां सखि कारणम् । यद्य् अहं तं न पश्यामि यास्यामि यमसादनम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।८२ दूतम् आसाद्य कार्याणां सिद्धिर् भवति भामिनि । तस्माद् दौत्येन मे गच्छ जीवन्तीं मां यदीच्छसि । यदि त्वं मे विजानासि सख्यं प्रेम्णा च भाषितम् क्षिप्रम् आनय मे कान्तं प्राणांस् त्यक्ष्यामि वा प्रियान् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।८३ जीवितस्य हि संदेहं क्षयं चैव कुलस्य च । कामार्ता हि न पश्यन्ति दूषणं वै कुलस्य च ॥ प्रयत्नो युज्यते कार्ये ष्विति शास्त्रनिदर्शनम् ॥ त्वं च शक्ता विशालाक्षि द्वारकायाः प्रवेशने । संस्तुतासि मया भीरु कुरु मे प्रियदर्शनम् । एषा गच्छाम्य् अहं भीरु प्रविश्य द्वारकां पुरीम् सर्वथा संस्तुता ते ऽहं वाक्यैर् अमृतकल्पकैः । कारिता च समुद्योगं प्रियैः कान्तैश् च भाषितैः । भर्तारम् आनयाम्य् अद्य तव वृष्णिकुलोद्वहम् ॥ ह्व्_१०७।८४ अनिरुद्धं महाबाहुं प्रविश्य द्वारकां पुरीम् । सा वचस् तथ्यम् अशिवं दानवानां भयावहम् यादवानां तथैवाहं कुलोद्भूतसमुद्भवम् । उक्त्वा चान्तर्हिता क्षिप्रं चित्रलेखा मनोजवा ॥ ह्व्_१०७।८५ सखीभिः सहिता ह्य् ऊषा चिन्तयन्ती स्थिता तु सा । तृतीये तु मुहूर्ते सा नष्टा बाणपुरात् तदा सखीप्रियं चिकीर्षन्ती पूजयन्ती तपोधनान् । क्षणेन समनुप्राप्ता द्वारकां कृष्णपालिताम्
aniruddhasya vadanaṃ pūrṇacandranibhaṃ sakhi tava yogaprabhāveṇa śakyaṃ tatra praveśanam | kiṃ me bahuvilāpena śrūyatāṃ sakhi kāraṇam | yady ahaṃ taṃ na paśyāmi yāsyāmi yamasādanam // HV_107.82 dūtam āsādya kāryāṇāṃ siddhir bhavati bhāmini | tasmād dautyena me gaccha jīvantīṃ māṃ yadīcchasi | yadi tvaṃ me vijānāsi sakhyaṃ premṇā ca bhāṣitam kṣipram ānaya me kāntaṃ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi vā priyān // HV_107.83 jīvitasya hi saṃdehaṃ kṣayaṃ caiva kulasya ca | kāmārtā hi na paśyanti dūṣaṇaṃ vai kulasya ca || prayatno yujyate kārye ṣviti śāstranidarśanam || tvaṃ ca śaktā viśālākṣi dvārakāyāḥ praveśane | saṃstutāsi mayā bhīru kuru me priyadarśanam | eṣā gacchāmy ahaṃ bhīru praviśya dvārakāṃ purīm sarvathā saṃstutā te 'haṃ vākyair amṛtakalpakaiḥ | kāritā ca samudyogaṃ priyaiḥ kāntaiś ca bhāṣitaiḥ | bhartāram ānayāmy adya tava vṛṣṇikulodvaham // HV_107.84 aniruddhaṃ mahābāhuṃ praviśya dvārakāṃ purīm | sā vacas tathyam aśivaṃ dānavānāṃ bhayāvaham yādavānāṃ tathaivāhaṃ kulodbhūtasamudbhavam | uktvā cāntarhitā kṣipraṃ citralekhā manojavā // HV_107.85 sakhībhiḥ sahitā hy ūṣā cintayantī sthitā tu sā | tṛtīye tu muhūrte sā naṣṭā bāṇapurāt tadā sakhīpriyaṃ cikīrṣantī pūjayantī tapodhanān | kṣaṇena samanuprāptā dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇapālitām
"(But) Aniruddha's face, friend, is like the full moon. By the power of your yoga entry there is possible. Why should I lament at length — hear the reason, friend: if I do not see him, I shall go to Yama's abode. By securing a messenger, O radiant one, one's aims succeed; therefore go for me as an envoy, if you wish me to live. If you acknowledge friendship with me and words spoken in love, bring my beloved quickly, or I shall give up my dear life. Women stricken with desire do not see the risk to life, nor the ruin of the family, nor indeed the disgrace of the family. 'Effort is to be applied to what must be done' — such is the teaching of the treatises. And you are able, wide-eyed one, to enter Dvārakā. I have praised you, timid one: grant me the sight of my beloved." "Here I go, timid one, entering the city of Dvārakā. I have been praised by you in every way with words like nectar, and stirred to action by your dear and lovely speech. Today I shall bring your husband, the upholder of the Vṛṣṇi line, great-armed Aniruddha, having entered the city of Dvārakā." That speech, true (but) inauspicious, bringing fear to the Dānavas and likewise to the Yādavas — (and) I, sprung from the family's line — having said it, Citralekhā, swift as thought, at once vanished. Uṣā, together with her companions, remained brooding. In the third watch she vanished from Bāṇa's city, wishing to do her friend a kindness and honouring the ascetics rich in penance, and in an instant reached Dvārakā, protected by Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 107.87
कैलासशिखराकारैः प्रासादैर् उपशोभिताम् ददर्श द्वारकां चैव दिवि तारेव संस्थिताम्
kailāsaśikharākāraiḥ prāsādair upaśobhitām dadarśa dvārakāṃ caiva divi tāreva saṃsthitām
She saw Dvārakā, adorned with palaces shaped like the peaks of Kailāsa, standing (there) like a star in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition