Harivamsha — Chapter 111

HV 111.1

मृत इत्य् अभिविज्ञाय ज्वरं शत्रुनिषूदनः कृष्णो भुजबलाभ्यां तं चिक्षेपाथ महीतले

mṛta ity abhivijñāya jvaraṃ śatruniṣūdanaḥ kṛṣṇo bhujabalābhyāṃ taṃ cikṣepātha mahītale

Recognizing that Fever was dead, Kṛṣṇa, slayer of foes, then hurled him to the ground with the strength of his arms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 111.3

मुक्तमात्रस् तु बाहुभ्यां कृष्णदेहं विवेश सः अमुक्त्वा विग्रहं तस्य कृष्णस्याप्रतिमौजसः ॥ ह्व्_१११।२ प्रविश्य हृदयं तस्य बबाधे यदुसत्तमम् । स ह्य् आविष्टस् तदा तेन ज्वरेणाप्रतिमौजसा कृष्णः स्खलन्न् इव मुहुः क्षितौ समभिवर्तत

muktamātras tu bāhubhyāṃ kṛṣṇadehaṃ viveśa saḥ amuktvā vigrahaṃ tasya kṛṣṇasyāpratimaujasaḥ // HV_111.2 praviśya hṛdayaṃ tasya babādhe yadusattamam | sa hy āviṣṭas tadā tena jvareṇāpratimaujasā kṛṣṇaḥ skhalann iva muhuḥ kṣitau samabhivartata

But the instant he was released from the arms, he entered Kṛṣṇa's body, not letting go of the frame of that Kṛṣṇa of unequalled might. Entering his heart, he afflicted the best of the Yadus; for Kṛṣṇa, possessed then by that Fever of unequalled might, kept stumbling, as it were, again and again toward the ground.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 111.6

जृम्भते च तदा कृष्णः पुनश् च स्खलते भृशम् रोमाञ् चोत्थितगात्रस् तु निद्रया चाभिभूयते ॥ ह्व्_१११।४ तस्य स्थैर्यं समालम्ब्य कृष्णः परपुरंजयः । विकुर्वति महायोगी जृम्भमाणः पुनः पुनः । ज्वराभिमृष्टम् आत्मानं विज्ञाय पुरुषोत्तमः सो ऽसृजज् ज्वरम् अन्यं तु पूर्वज्वरविनाशनम् ॥ ह्व्_१११।५ स वैष्णवज्वरो गृह्य तं च वै ज्वरम् ओजसा । कृष्णाय न (?) संप्रयच्छंस् तं जग्राह पुनर् हरिः । घोरं वैष्णवम् अत्युग्रं सर्वप्राणिभयंकरं । सृष्टवान् अथ तेजस्वी बलवान् भीमविक्रमः । ज्वरः कृष्णविसृष्टस् तु गृहीत्वा तं ज्वरं बलात् । कृष्णाय हृष्टः प्रायच्छत् तं जग्राह ततो हरिः ॥ ततस् तं परमक्रुद्धो वासुदेवो महाबलः । स्वगात्रात् स्वज्वरेणैव निष्क्रामयत वीर्यवान् ॥ आविध्य भूतले चैनं शतधा कर्तुम् उद्यतः । व्याघोषयज् ज्वरस् तत्र भोः परित्रातुम् अर्हसि । माहेश्वरो वैष्णवश् च युयुधाते ज्वराव् उभौ । माहेश्वरः समाक्रन्दन् वैष्णवेन बलार्दितः । कृष्णज्वरो ज्वरं पूर्वं गृहीत्वा स्वेन तेजसा । ननाद सुमहानादं वैष्णवः स महाबलः । चतुर्भुजश् चतुर्वक्त्रः सर्वप्रहरणोद्यतः ॥ तयोस् तु तुमुलं युद्धं ज्वरयोर् बाहुशालिनोः ॥ ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा दिविस्था युद्धलालसाः । ददृशुश् च महद् युद्धं भूतानि च समन्ततः । ततो माहेश्वरो युद्धे ताडयाम् आस वैष्णवम् । बाहुना ताडितस् तेन ननाद बहुविस्तरम् ॥ स गतो वैष्णवं राजन् रौद्रं भस्मायुधं रणे । द्वाभ्याम् अथ च बाहुभ्यां गृहीत्वाताडयद् बली ॥ इतराभ्यां समाहत्य बाहुभ्यां वैष्णवो ज्वरः । ननाद सुमहानादं सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः ॥ ततो रौद्रो ज्वरो राजन् मुष्टिनाथ जघान तम् । ददंश दन्तैर् बहुधा ज्वरं केशवम् आहवे ॥ बाहुभ्याम् एव तौ राजन् युयुधाते महागदौ । अन्योन्यं ताडयन्तौ च मुष्टिभिर् ज्वरसत्तमौ ॥ चक्रतुश् च महानादं ज्वरौ तौ लोकविश्रुतौ । वैष्णवो ऽथ ज्वरो राजन् ग्रहीतुं रौद्रसंज्ञितम् ॥ यतते बहुधा तत्र मुष्टिनाथ जघान तम् । आहत्य बाहुना भूयो निष्पिपेष पुनः पुनः ॥ निष्पिष्टहृदयस् तूर्णं शूलिनो ज्वरसत्तमः । ननाद बहुधा नादं भूमौ विपरिवर्तते ॥ गृहीत्वा तु बलाद् रौद्रम् आकृष्य च पुनः पुनः । कृष्नाय हृष्तः प्रायच्छत् किं करिष्याम्य् अतः परम् ॥ हनिष्ये देवदेवेश भक्षयिष्ये ऽथ वा पुनः । इत्य् उक्त्वा सुमहानादं चकार रणमूर्धनि ॥ उत्थाय च हृषीकेशो ज्वरं माहेश्वरं रणे । हन्तुम् ऐच्छत् तदा लोको निर्ज्वरो ऽस्त्व् इति केशवः । व्याविध्यमाने तु तदा ज्वरे तेनामितौजसा अशरीरा ततो वाणी तम् उवाचान्तरिक्षगा

jṛmbhate ca tadā kṛṣṇaḥ punaś ca skhalate bhṛśam romāñ cotthitagātras tu nidrayā cābhibhūyate // HV_111.4 tasya sthairyaṃ samālambya kṛṣṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | vikurvati mahāyogī jṛmbhamāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | jvarābhimṛṣṭam ātmānaṃ vijñāya puruṣottamaḥ so 'sṛjaj jvaram anyaṃ tu pūrvajvaravināśanam // HV_111.5 sa vaiṣṇavajvaro gṛhya taṃ ca vai jvaram ojasā | kṛṣṇāya na (?) saṃprayacchaṃs taṃ jagrāha punar hariḥ | ghoraṃ vaiṣṇavam atyugraṃ sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkaraṃ | sṛṣṭavān atha tejasvī balavān bhīmavikramaḥ | jvaraḥ kṛṣṇavisṛṣṭas tu gṛhītvā taṃ jvaraṃ balāt | kṛṣṇāya hṛṣṭaḥ prāyacchat taṃ jagrāha tato hariḥ || tatas taṃ paramakruddho vāsudevo mahābalaḥ | svagātrāt svajvareṇaiva niṣkrāmayata vīryavān || āvidhya bhūtale cainaṃ śatadhā kartum udyataḥ | vyāghoṣayaj jvaras tatra bhoḥ paritrātum arhasi | māheśvaro vaiṣṇavaś ca yuyudhāte jvarāv ubhau | māheśvaraḥ samākrandan vaiṣṇavena balārditaḥ | kṛṣṇajvaro jvaraṃ pūrvaṃ gṛhītvā svena tejasā | nanāda sumahānādaṃ vaiṣṇavaḥ sa mahābalaḥ | caturbhujaś caturvaktraḥ sarvapraharaṇodyataḥ || tayos tu tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ jvarayor bāhuśālinoḥ || tato devāḥ sagandharvā divisthā yuddhalālasāḥ | dadṛśuś ca mahad yuddhaṃ bhūtāni ca samantataḥ | tato māheśvaro yuddhe tāḍayām āsa vaiṣṇavam | bāhunā tāḍitas tena nanāda bahuvistaram || sa gato vaiṣṇavaṃ rājan raudraṃ bhasmāyudhaṃ raṇe | dvābhyām atha ca bāhubhyāṃ gṛhītvātāḍayad balī || itarābhyāṃ samāhatya bāhubhyāṃ vaiṣṇavo jvaraḥ | nanāda sumahānādaṃ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ || tato raudro jvaro rājan muṣṭinātha jaghāna tam | dadaṃśa dantair bahudhā jvaraṃ keśavam āhave || bāhubhyām eva tau rājan yuyudhāte mahāgadau | anyonyaṃ tāḍayantau ca muṣṭibhir jvarasattamau || cakratuś ca mahānādaṃ jvarau tau lokaviśrutau | vaiṣṇavo 'tha jvaro rājan grahītuṃ raudrasaṃjñitam || yatate bahudhā tatra muṣṭinātha jaghāna tam | āhatya bāhunā bhūyo niṣpipeṣa punaḥ punaḥ || niṣpiṣṭahṛdayas tūrṇaṃ śūlino jvarasattamaḥ | nanāda bahudhā nādaṃ bhūmau viparivartate || gṛhītvā tu balād raudram ākṛṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ | kṛṣnāya hṛṣtaḥ prāyacchat kiṃ kariṣyāmy ataḥ param || haniṣye devadeveśa bhakṣayiṣye 'tha vā punaḥ | ity uktvā sumahānādaṃ cakāra raṇamūrdhani || utthāya ca hṛṣīkeśo jvaraṃ māheśvaraṃ raṇe | hantum aicchat tadā loko nirjvaro 'stv iti keśavaḥ | vyāvidhyamāne tu tadā jvare tenāmitaujasā aśarīrā tato vāṇī tam uvācāntarikṣagā

And then Kṛṣṇa yawned, and again stumbled badly, and his body's hair stood up, and he was overcome by sleep. Recovering his steadiness, Kṛṣṇa, conqueror of enemy cities, the great yogin, transformed himself, yawning again and again; and understanding himself to be touched by Fever, the Supreme Person emitted another fever, one that would destroy the earlier fever. That Vaiṣṇava Fever, seizing that (other) fever by force, handed him over to Kṛṣṇa (?), and Hari seized him again. The splendid, mighty, dreadfully valorous one then created the dreadful, most fierce Vaiṣṇava (fever), terrifying to all living beings. And the fever emitted by Kṛṣṇa, having seized that fever by force, gladly handed him to Kṛṣṇa, and Hari then seized him. Then the exceedingly wrathful, mighty, valorous Vāsudeva made him go out of his own body by means of his own fever. Whirling him about, and about to dash him a hundredfold on the ground, the fever cried out there: "Sir, you ought to save (me)!" The two fevers, the Māheśvara and the Vaiṣṇava, fought; the Māheśvara cried out, tormented by the Vaiṣṇava's strength. Kṛṣṇa's fever, having seized the former fever by his own energy, roared a very great roar — that mighty Vaiṣṇava, four-armed, four-faced, wielding every weapon. Tumultuous was the fight of those two strong-armed fevers. Then the gods with the Gandharvas, standing in heaven, eager for battle, and the beings all around, watched that great fight. Then the Māheśvara in the fight struck the Vaiṣṇava; struck by his arm, he roared long and wide. He came at the Vaiṣṇava, O king — (or rather) the strong one, seizing the Raudra whose weapon is ashes in the battle with two arms, struck him. Striking with his other two arms, the Vaiṣṇava fever roared a very great roar, while all the world looked on. Then the Raudra fever, O king, struck him with his fist, and bit the fever of Keśava many times with his teeth in the battle. With their arms alone those two great-maced ones fought, O king, those two best of fevers striking each other with their fists. And those two fevers famed in the world made a great roar. Then the Vaiṣṇava fever, O king, in order to seize the one named Raudra, strove in many ways there, and struck him with his fist; striking him again with his arm, he crushed him again and again. His heart crushed at once, the best of fevers, (that) of the trident-bearer, roared many a roar and rolled about on the ground. Seizing the Raudra by force and dragging him again and again, he gladly presented him to Kṛṣṇa: "What shall I do further? Shall I kill him, O lord of the gods of gods, or shall I devour him?" So saying, he made a very great roar at the head of the battle. And Hṛṣīkeśa, rising, then wished to kill the Māheśvara fever in the battle — Keśava (thinking) "Let the world be free of fever." But as the fever was being whirled about by him of measureless might, a bodiless voice then spoke to him from the sky.

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