Harivamsha — Chapter 112
HV 112.1
कृष्ण कृष्ण महाबाहो यदूनां नन्दिवर्धन मा वधीर् ज्वरम् एतं वै रक्षणीयस् त्वयानघ इत्य् एवम् उक्ते वचने तं मुमोच हरिः स्वयम् ॥ ह्व्_१११।७ भूतभव्यभविष्यस्य जगतः परमो गुरुः ॥ एवम् उक्तो हृषीकेशं ज्वरो वाक्यम् अथाब्रवीत् । कृष्णस्य पादयोर् मूर्ध्ना शरणं सो ऽगमज् ज्वरः ॥ शृणुष्व मम गोविन्द विज्ञाप्यं यदुनन्दन । यो मे मनोरथा देव तं त्वं कुरु महाभुज । तम् उवाच ज्वरो भूयः साक्षाद् विष्णुर् इव स्वयम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिपुटः स्थितः ॥ नमः कृष्णाय हरये विष्णवे प्रभविष्णवे । आदिदेवाय देवाय पुराणाय गदाभृते ॥ नमः सहस्रशिरसे सहस्रचरणाय च । सहस्राक्ष नमो नित्यं लोकानाम् अभयंकर । उद्गीथाय नमो देव यज्ञाधिपतये नमः ॥ नमस् ते चक्रिणे नित्यम् असिहस्ताय ते नमः ॥ अनन्ताय विरूपाय नमस् ते मधुसूदन । नमस् ते देवदेवेश तुभ्यं देव कपर्दिने ॥ नमस् ते राक्षसघ्नाय नमो राघवरूपिणे । ज्ञानज्ञेयाय देवाय नम आद्याय विष्णवे ॥ नमस् ते नरसिंहाय दैत्यराजविहारिणे । नमस् तुभ्यं वराहाय दंष्ट्रोद्धृतवसुंधर ॥ त्रिविक्रम नमस् तुभ्यं बलियज्ञविनाशन । वासुदेवाय देवाय नमः कंसविनाशन ॥ नमः सर्वात्मने देव सर्वकर्त्रे नमो नमः ॥ प्रसीद देवदेवेश भीतानाम् अभयंकर ॥ नमामि देवदेवेशं वरेण्यम् अभयप्रदम् । विष्णो त्वां सकलेशेश त्वां गदाधरम् अव्ययम् ॥ नमस् ते देवदेवेश भीतो ऽहं भवनाशन । इति स्तुत्वा जगन्नाथं नृत्यन्न् इव तदा ज्वरः । पपात पादयोर् विष्णोर् निःश्वसन् भीतभीतवत् ॥ प्रसीद विष्णो देवेश पीडितो ऽस्मि जनार्दन । तम् उवाच ज्वरो भूयस् त्व् अहम् एको ज्वरो भुवि अहम् एको ज्वरस् तात नान्यो लोके ज्वरो भवेत् । तव प्रसादान् नान्यः स्याज् ज्वरः समितिशोभन ॥ ह्व्_१११।८ एवं भवतु भद्रं ते यथा त्वं ज्वर काङ्क्षसे । वरार्थिनां वरो देयो भवांश् च शरणं गतः । एक एव ज्वरो लोके भवान् अस्तु यथासुखम् ततस् तुष्टो हृषीकेशः स्तोत्रेणानेन केशवः । प्रीतिमांश् चाभवत् कृष्णो रौद्रज्वरम् उवाच ह । अन्तकाले मनुष्याणां भूयाद् भोगाय मामकः । यो ऽयं मया ज्वरो सृष्टो मय्य् एवैष प्रलीयताम् ॥ ह्व्_१११।९ एवम् उक्ते तु वचने ज्वरं प्रति महायशाः । कृष्णः प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठः पुनर् वाक्यम् उवाच ह ॥ शृणुष्व ज्वर संदेशं यथा लोके चरिष्यसि । सर्वजातिषु विन्यस्तस् तथा स्थावरजङ्गमे ॥ त्रिधा विभज्य चात्मानं मत्प्रियं यदि काङ्क्षसे । चतुष्पादान् भजैकेन द्वितीयेन च स्थावरान् ॥ तृतीयो यश् च ते भागो मानुषेषूपपत्स्यते । त्रिधाभूतं वपुः कृत्वा पक्षिषु त्वं भव ज्वर ॥ चतुर्धा यस् तृतीयस्य भविष्यति च ते ध्रुवम् । एकान्तरश् चतुर्भागः खोरकश् च चतुर्थकः ॥ मानुषेष्व् अथ भेदने वस त्वं प्रविभज्य वै । जातिष्व् अथावशेषासु निवस त्वं शृणुष्व मे ॥ वृक्षेषु कीटरूपेण तथा संकोचपत्रकः । पाण्डुपत्रश् च विख्यातः फलेष्व् आतुर्यम् एव च ॥ अपां तु नीलिकां विद्याच् छिखोद्भेदश् च बर्हिणाम् । पद्मिनीषु हिमो भूत्वा पृथिव्याम् अपि चोषरः ॥ गौरिकः पर्वतेष्व् एव मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यसि । गोष्व् अपस्मारको भूत्वा खोरकश् च भविष्यसि ॥ एवं विविधरूपेण भविष्यसि महीतले ॥ दर्शनात् स्पर्शनाच् चापि प्राणिनां वधम् एष्यसि । ऋते देवमनुष्येभ्यो नान्यस् त्वां विसहिष्यति ॥ कृष्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्वरो हृष्टमना ह्य् अभूत् । प्रोवाच वचनं किंचित् प्रणमित्वा कृताञ्जलिः ॥ सर्वजातिप्रभुत्वेन कृतो धन्यो ऽस्मि माधव । भूयश् च ते वचः कर्तुम् इच्छामि पुरुषर्षभ । तद् आज्ञापय गोविन्द किं करोमि महाभुज । एवं भवतु भद्रं ते यथा त्वं ज्वर काक्षसे । अहम् असुरकुलप्रमाथिना ।त्रिपुरहरेण हरेण निर्मितः ।रणशिरसि विनिर्जितस् त्वया ।प्रभुर् असि मे ऽद्य तवास्मि किंकरः ॥ज्वरस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा वासुदेवो ऽब्रवीद् वचः । अभिसंधिं शृणुष्वाद्य यत् त्वा वक्ष्यामि निश्चयात् । युवां ज्वरौ च भवतां पीडायां मरणे तथा । पीडायां च भवान् स्वामी मरणे मामकस् तथा ॥ इहैव लीयतां तावज् ज्वरो मामक एव हि । धन्यो ऽस्म्य् अनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि यत् त्वया मत्प्रियं क्र्टं आज्ञापय प्रिअं किं ते चक्रायुध करोम्य् अहम् ॥ ह्व्_१११।१० स्तुवन् मां भक्तियुक्तेन स्तोत्रेणानेन मानवः । ज्वरदेवावयोः सम्यक् चिन्तयन् युद्धम् अद्भुतम् । न तस्य ज्वरसंजाता पीडा भुवि भविष्यति । महामृधे तव मम च द्वयोर् इमं पराक्रमं भुजबलकेवलास्त्रयोः प्रणम्य माम् एकमनाः पठेत् तु यः स वै भवेज् ज्वर विगतज्वरो नरः ॥ ह्व्_१११।११ त्रिपाद् भस्मप्रहरणस् त्रिशिरा रक्तलोचनः । स मे प्रीतः सुखं दद्यात् सर्वामयपतिर् ज्वरः ॥ आद्यन्तवन्तः कवयः पुराणाः ।सूक्ष्मा बृहन्तो ऽप्य् अनुशासितारः ।सर्वाञ् ज्वरान् घ्नन्तु ममानिरुद्ध+ ।+प्रद्युम्नसंकर्षणवासुदेवाः । एवम् उक्तस् तु कृष्णेन ज्वरः साक्षान् महात्मना प्रोवाच यदुशार्दूलम् एवम् एतद् भविष्यति ॥ वरं लब्ध्वा ज्वरो हृष्टः कृष्णाच् च समयं पुनः । एवम् अस्त्व् इति गोविन्दं बभाषे केशवं तदा । प्रणम्य शिरसा कृष्णम् अपक्रान्तस् ततो रणात् ॥ ह्व्_१११।१२ भक्तानाम् अभयंकरम् ।वासुदेवं महात्मानं । ततस् ते सहिताः सर्वे त्रयस्त्रय इवाग्नयः वैनतेयं समारुह्य युध्यमाना रणे स्थिताः
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho yadūnāṃ nandivardhana mā vadhīr jvaram etaṃ vai rakṣaṇīyas tvayānagha ity evam ukte vacane taṃ mumoca hariḥ svayam // HV_111.7 bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasya jagataḥ paramo guruḥ || evam ukto hṛṣīkeśaṃ jvaro vākyam athābravīt | kṛṣṇasya pādayor mūrdhnā śaraṇaṃ so 'gamaj jvaraḥ || śṛṇuṣva mama govinda vijñāpyaṃ yadunandana | yo me manorathā deva taṃ tvaṃ kuru mahābhuja | tam uvāca jvaro bhūyaḥ sākṣād viṣṇur iva svayam | praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ || namaḥ kṛṣṇāya haraye viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave | ādidevāya devāya purāṇāya gadābhṛte || namaḥ sahasraśirase sahasracaraṇāya ca | sahasrākṣa namo nityaṃ lokānām abhayaṃkara | udgīthāya namo deva yajñādhipataye namaḥ || namas te cakriṇe nityam asihastāya te namaḥ || anantāya virūpāya namas te madhusūdana | namas te devadeveśa tubhyaṃ deva kapardine || namas te rākṣasaghnāya namo rāghavarūpiṇe | jñānajñeyāya devāya nama ādyāya viṣṇave || namas te narasiṃhāya daityarājavihāriṇe | namas tubhyaṃ varāhāya daṃṣṭroddhṛtavasuṃdhara || trivikrama namas tubhyaṃ baliyajñavināśana | vāsudevāya devāya namaḥ kaṃsavināśana || namaḥ sarvātmane deva sarvakartre namo namaḥ || prasīda devadeveśa bhītānām abhayaṃkara || namāmi devadeveśaṃ vareṇyam abhayapradam | viṣṇo tvāṃ sakaleśeśa tvāṃ gadādharam avyayam || namas te devadeveśa bhīto 'haṃ bhavanāśana | iti stutvā jagannāthaṃ nṛtyann iva tadā jvaraḥ | papāta pādayor viṣṇor niḥśvasan bhītabhītavat || prasīda viṣṇo deveśa pīḍito 'smi janārdana | tam uvāca jvaro bhūyas tv aham eko jvaro bhuvi aham eko jvaras tāta nānyo loke jvaro bhavet | tava prasādān nānyaḥ syāj jvaraḥ samitiśobhana // HV_111.8 evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te yathā tvaṃ jvara kāṅkṣase | varārthināṃ varo deyo bhavāṃś ca śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | eka eva jvaro loke bhavān astu yathāsukham tatas tuṣṭo hṛṣīkeśaḥ stotreṇānena keśavaḥ | prītimāṃś cābhavat kṛṣṇo raudrajvaram uvāca ha | antakāle manuṣyāṇāṃ bhūyād bhogāya māmakaḥ | yo 'yaṃ mayā jvaro sṛṣṭo mayy evaiṣa pralīyatām // HV_111.9 evam ukte tu vacane jvaraṃ prati mahāyaśāḥ | kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ punar vākyam uvāca ha || śṛṇuṣva jvara saṃdeśaṃ yathā loke cariṣyasi | sarvajātiṣu vinyastas tathā sthāvarajaṅgame || tridhā vibhajya cātmānaṃ matpriyaṃ yadi kāṅkṣase | catuṣpādān bhajaikena dvitīyena ca sthāvarān || tṛtīyo yaś ca te bhāgo mānuṣeṣūpapatsyate | tridhābhūtaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā pakṣiṣu tvaṃ bhava jvara || caturdhā yas tṛtīyasya bhaviṣyati ca te dhruvam | ekāntaraś caturbhāgaḥ khorakaś ca caturthakaḥ || mānuṣeṣv atha bhedane vasa tvaṃ pravibhajya vai | jātiṣv athāvaśeṣāsu nivasa tvaṃ śṛṇuṣva me || vṛkṣeṣu kīṭarūpeṇa tathā saṃkocapatrakaḥ | pāṇḍupatraś ca vikhyātaḥ phaleṣv āturyam eva ca || apāṃ tu nīlikāṃ vidyāc chikhodbhedaś ca barhiṇām | padminīṣu himo bhūtvā pṛthivyām api coṣaraḥ || gaurikaḥ parvateṣv eva matprasādād bhaviṣyasi | goṣv apasmārako bhūtvā khorakaś ca bhaviṣyasi || evaṃ vividharūpeṇa bhaviṣyasi mahītale || darśanāt sparśanāc cāpi prāṇināṃ vadham eṣyasi | ṛte devamanuṣyebhyo nānyas tvāṃ visahiṣyati || kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jvaro hṛṣṭamanā hy abhūt | provāca vacanaṃ kiṃcit praṇamitvā kṛtāñjaliḥ || sarvajātiprabhutvena kṛto dhanyo 'smi mādhava | bhūyaś ca te vacaḥ kartum icchāmi puruṣarṣabha | tad ājñāpaya govinda kiṃ karomi mahābhuja | evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te yathā tvaṃ jvara kākṣase | aham asurakulapramāthinā |tripurahareṇa hareṇa nirmitaḥ |raṇaśirasi vinirjitas tvayā |prabhur asi me 'dya tavāsmi kiṃkaraḥ ||jvarasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vāsudevo 'bravīd vacaḥ | abhisaṃdhiṃ śṛṇuṣvādya yat tvā vakṣyāmi niścayāt | yuvāṃ jvarau ca bhavatāṃ pīḍāyāṃ maraṇe tathā | pīḍāyāṃ ca bhavān svāmī maraṇe māmakas tathā || ihaiva līyatāṃ tāvaj jvaro māmaka eva hi | dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yat tvayā matpriyaṃ krṭaṃ ājñāpaya priaṃ kiṃ te cakrāyudha karomy aham // HV_111.10 stuvan māṃ bhaktiyuktena stotreṇānena mānavaḥ | jvaradevāvayoḥ samyak cintayan yuddham adbhutam | na tasya jvarasaṃjātā pīḍā bhuvi bhaviṣyati | mahāmṛdhe tava mama ca dvayor imaṃ parākramaṃ bhujabalakevalāstrayoḥ praṇamya mām ekamanāḥ paṭhet tu yaḥ sa vai bhavej jvara vigatajvaro naraḥ // HV_111.11 tripād bhasmapraharaṇas triśirā raktalocanaḥ | sa me prītaḥ sukhaṃ dadyāt sarvāmayapatir jvaraḥ || ādyantavantaḥ kavayaḥ purāṇāḥ |sūkṣmā bṛhanto 'py anuśāsitāraḥ |sarvāñ jvarān ghnantu mamāniruddha+ |+pradyumnasaṃkarṣaṇavāsudevāḥ | evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena jvaraḥ sākṣān mahātmanā provāca yaduśārdūlam evam etad bhaviṣyati || varaṃ labdhvā jvaro hṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇāc ca samayaṃ punaḥ | evam astv iti govindaṃ babhāṣe keśavaṃ tadā | praṇamya śirasā kṛṣṇam apakrāntas tato raṇāt // HV_111.12 bhaktānām abhayaṃkaram |vāsudevaṃ mahātmānaṃ | tatas te sahitāḥ sarve trayastraya ivāgnayaḥ vainateyaṃ samāruhya yudhyamānā raṇe sthitāḥ
"Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, mighty-armed one, increaser of the joy of the Yadus, do not kill this Fever; he is to be protected by you, O sinless one." When these words had been spoken, Hari himself released him — he, the supreme teacher of the world, of past, present and future. Thus addressed, Fever then spoke a speech to Hṛṣīkeśa; that Fever went for refuge with his head to Kṛṣṇa's feet: "Hear my petition, Govinda, son of the Yadus; whatever is my heart's wish, O god, do that, mighty-armed one." Again Fever spoke to him, who was Viṣṇu himself in visible form, bowing with his head to the god and standing with palms joined: "Homage to Kṛṣṇa, to Hari, to Viṣṇu, to the mighty Viṣṇu; to the primal god, to the god, to the ancient one, to the bearer of the mace. Homage to the thousand-headed and thousand-footed one; O thousand-eyed one, homage always, giver of safety to the worlds; homage to the Udgītha, O god; homage to the lord of sacrifices. Homage to you always, the discus-bearer; homage to you, sword in hand. Homage to you, the endless, the formless, O Madhusūdana; homage to you, lord of the gods of gods, to you, O god with braided hair. Homage to you, slayer of Rākṣasas; homage to you in the form of Rāghava; homage to the god who is knowledge and the object of knowledge, homage to the primal Viṣṇu. Homage to you, Narasiṃha, who sported with the Daitya king; homage to you, the Boar, who lifted the earth on your tusk. Homage to you, Trivikrama, destroyer of Bali's sacrifice; homage to Vāsudeva the god, O destroyer of Kaṃsa. Homage, O god, to the Self of all; homage, homage to the maker of all. Be gracious, lord of the gods of gods, giver of safety to the frightened. I bow to the lord of the gods of gods, the choicest, the giver of fearlessness; you, Viṣṇu, lord of all lords, you the imperishable mace-bearer. Homage to you, lord of gods of gods; I am afraid, O destroyer of existence." Having thus praised the lord of the world, Fever, as if dancing, fell at Viṣṇu's feet, sighing, in great fear: "Be gracious, Viṣṇu, lord of gods; I am afflicted, Janārdana." And Fever spoke to him again: "May I be the only fever on earth; I alone am fever, sir — let there be no other fever in the world. By your grace let there be no other fever, O ornament of assemblies." "So let it be; good fortune to you, Fever, as you desire. A boon must be given to those who ask a boon, and you have come for refuge; let your worship be the one and only fever in the world, as you please." Then Hṛṣīkeśa Keśava, pleased by this hymn, and Kṛṣṇa, become affectionate, said to the Raudra fever: "Let mine be for the enjoyment (?) of men at the time of their end; and this fever that was created by me, let it dissolve into me alone." When these words had been spoken concerning Fever, the greatly glorious Kṛṣṇa, best of strikers, spoke again: "Hear, Fever, the instruction, how you shall move in the world, distributed among all kinds (of beings), among the immobile and the moving. Divide yourself in three, if you desire what is dear to me: with one part take the four-footed, with the second the immobile; and the third part of yours will fall upon men. Making your body threefold, be also in the birds, O Fever. And of that third part of yours there will assuredly be four kinds: the alternate-day (fever), the four-part one, the khoraka, and the quartan. Dividing yourself, dwell then in men in their divisions. And among the remaining kinds dwell — hear me: in trees in the form of insects, and as the leaf-shrivelling one, and as the one known as the pale-leaf, and as sickness in fruits. In waters one should know you as the blue-green scum, and as the crest-splitting in peacocks; becoming frost in the lotus-ponds, and saltness in the earth. On the mountains you will become, by my grace, the red chalk (gaurika); among cattle you will become the falling-sickness and the khoraka. Thus in manifold forms will you be upon the earth; by being seen and by being touched you will bring the death of living beings. Except for gods and men, no other will endure you." Hearing Kṛṣṇa's words, Fever became glad at heart, and, bowing with palms joined, spoke a few words: "I am blessed, Mādhava, being made lord over all kinds of beings. And I wish to carry out your word further, O bull among men; so command me, Govinda — what shall I do, mighty-armed one?" "So let it be; good fortune to you, Fever, as you desire. I was created by Hara, the crusher of the Asura clans, the destroyer of Tripura; I have been conquered by you at the head of the battle. You are my lord today; I am your servant." Hearing Fever's words, Vāsudeva spoke: "Hear now the compact, what I shall tell you with certainty. You two shall be fevers, in affliction and in death: in affliction your worship shall be the master, and in death mine shall be. And let my fever dissolve right here." "I am blessed, I am favoured, in that you have done what is dear to me. Command what is dear to you, discus-armed one — what shall I do?" "The man who praises me with this hymn, joined with devotion, rightly meditating on the wondrous battle of us two, the god and Fever — for him no affliction born of fever shall arise on earth. Whoever, bowing to me with single mind, recites this exploit of us two in the great battle, of us who used only the strength of our arms as weapons — that man, O Fever, shall become free of fever. Three-footed, ash-weaponed, three-headed, red-eyed — may that Fever, lord of all diseases, be pleased and give me happiness. Having beginning and end, wise, ancient, subtle yet vast, and ruling — may Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Saṃkarṣaṇa and Vāsudeva destroy all my fevers." Thus addressed by great-souled Kṛṣṇa himself, Fever said to the tiger of the Yadus: "Thus shall it be." Having received the boon and again the compact from Kṛṣṇa, the glad Fever said to Govinda Keśava, "So be it," and bowing his head to Kṛṣṇa, departed from the battle... the giver of safety to devotees, the great-souled Vāsudeva. Then all of them together, like three fires, mounting the son of Vinatā, stood fighting in the battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.2
ततः सर्वाण्य् अनीकानि बाणवर्षैर् महाबलाः अर्दयन् वैनतेयस्था नदन्तो ऽतिबला रणे
tataḥ sarvāṇy anīkāni bāṇavarṣair mahābalāḥ ardayan vainateyasthā nadanto 'tibalā raṇe
Then those exceedingly mighty ones, mounted on the son of Vinatā, roaring in the battle, tormented all the (enemy) divisions with showers of arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.3
चक्रलाङ्गलपातैश् च बाणवर्षैश् च पीडितम् संचुकोप महानीकं दानवानां महात्मनाम्
cakralāṅgalapātaiś ca bāṇavarṣaiś ca pīḍitam saṃcukopa mahānīkaṃ dānavānāṃ mahātmanām
Afflicted by the falling of the discus and the plough and by showers of arrows, the great host of the high-souled Dānavas grew enraged.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.4
कक्षे ऽग्निर् इव संवृद्धः शुष्केन्धनसमीरिताः कृष्णबाणाग्निर् उद्भूतो विवृद्धिम् उपगच्छति
kakṣe 'gnir iva saṃvṛddhaḥ śuṣkendhanasamīritāḥ kṛṣṇabāṇāgnir udbhūto vivṛddhim upagacchati
Like a fire grown great in dry brushwood, fanned by dry fuel, the fire of Kṛṣṇa's arrows, once arisen, goes on increasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.6
स दानवसहस्राणि तस्मिन् समरमूर्धनि युगान्ताग्निर् इवार्चिष्मान् दहमानो व्यराजत ॥ ह्व्_११२।५ तत्राशीतिसहस्राणि नागानां निहतानि च । लक्षं च रथवृन्दं तु हतं केशवसायकैः ॥ अश्वानां शतसाहस्रम् अयुतं पत्तिनां तथा । निःशेषिताथ सा सेना पलायनपराभवत् । तां दीर्यमाणां महतीं नानाप्रहरणोद्यताम् सेनां बाणः समासाद्य वारयन् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत्
sa dānavasahasrāṇi tasmin samaramūrdhani yugāntāgnir ivārciṣmān dahamāno vyarājata // HV_112.5 tatrāśītisahasrāṇi nāgānāṃ nihatāni ca | lakṣaṃ ca rathavṛndaṃ tu hataṃ keśavasāyakaiḥ || aśvānāṃ śatasāhasram ayutaṃ pattināṃ tathā | niḥśeṣitātha sā senā palāyanaparābhavat | tāṃ dīryamāṇāṃ mahatīṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatām senāṃ bāṇaḥ samāsādya vārayan vākyam abravīt
At the head of that battle he shone, burning thousands of Dānavas like the blazing fire at the end of an age. [112.5] There eighty thousand elephants were slain, and a mass of a hundred thousand chariots was killed by Keśava's arrows; a hundred thousand horses and ten thousand foot-soldiers likewise. That army, wiped out, was overcome and took to flight. That great army, being torn apart, with its many raised weapons — Bāṇa came up to it and, holding it back, spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.7
लाघवं समुपागम्य किम् एवं भयविक्लवाः दैत्यवंशसमुत्पन्नाः पलायध्य्वं महामृधे
lāghavaṃ samupāgamya kim evaṃ bhayaviklavāḥ daityavaṃśasamutpannāḥ palāyadhyvaṃ mahāmṛdhe
"Having taken to nimbleness (in flight), why, thus unnerved by fear, do you, born in the lineage of the Daityas, flee in the great battle?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.8
कवचासिगदाप्रासान् खड्गचर्मपरश्वधान् उत्सृज्योत्सृज्य गच्छन्ति किं भवन्तो ऽन्तरिक्षगाः
kavacāsigadāprāsān khaḍgacarmaparaśvadhān utsṛjyotsṛjya gacchanti kiṃ bhavanto 'ntarikṣagāḥ
Casting away again and again armour, swords, maces, javelins, blades, shields and axes, are you gentlemen going off through the air?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.9
स्वजातिं चैव वासं च हरसंसर्गम् एव च मानयद्भिर् न गन्तव्यम् एषो ह्य् अहम् अवस्थितः
svajātiṃ caiva vāsaṃ ca harasaṃsargam eva ca mānayadbhir na gantavyam eṣo hy aham avasthitaḥ
By those who honour their own race, their dwelling, and their association with Hara, there should be no going away — for here I stand!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.10
एवम् उच्चारितां वाचं शृण्वन्तस् ताम् अचिन्त्य वै अपक्रामन्त ते सर्वे दानवा भयपीडिताः
evam uccāritāṃ vācaṃ śṛṇvantas tām acintya vai apakrāmanta te sarve dānavā bhayapīḍitāḥ
Hearing that speech so uttered, and paying it no heed, all those Dānavas, oppressed by fear, withdrew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.11
प्रमाथगणशेषं तु तदनीकपुरःसरम् भग्नावशेषं युद्धाय मनश् चक्रे पुनस् तदा
pramāthagaṇaśeṣaṃ tu tadanīkapuraḥsaram bhagnāvaśeṣaṃ yuddhāya manaś cakre punas tadā
But the remnant of the Pramātha troop, which marched at the head of that army — the remainder of the broken force — then set its mind on battle again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.12
कुम्भाण्डो नाम बाणस्थ सखामात्यश् च वीर्यवान् बलं भग्नं समालोक्य वचनं चेदम् अब्रवीत्
kumbhāṇḍo nāma bāṇastha sakhāmātyaś ca vīryavān balaṃ bhagnaṃ samālokya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt
And one named Kumbhāṇḍa, a valiant friend and minister in Bāṇa's service, seeing the army broken, spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.16
एष बाणः स्थितो युद्धे शंकरो ऽयं गुहस् तथा किमर्थं युद्धम् उत्सृज्य भवन्तो भयमोहिताः ॥ ह्व्_११२।१३ प्राणांस् त्यक्त्वा च युध्यध्वं सर्वे दानवपुंगवाः । एवं संस्तूयमानास् ते कुम्भाण्डेन महात्मना । नैव तस्तम्भिरे दैत्याः पलायन्त समन्ततः । एवं कुम्भाण्डवाक्यं ते शृण्वन्तो भयविह्लवाः । चक्राग्निभयवित्रस्ताः सर्वे यान्ति दिशो दश ॥ भग्नं बलं ततो दृष्ट्वा कृष्णेनामिततेजसा । संरक्तनयनः स्थाणुर् युद्धाय पर्यवर्तत ॥ बाणसंरक्षणं कर्तुं रथम् आस्थाय सुप्रभम् । देवः कुमारश् च तथा रथेनाग्निनिभेन वै । ततः क्रुद्धो हरः साक्षाद् नदी खङ्गी परश्वधी । शूली निषङ्गी कवची बाणी कार्मुकवाञ् शिवः । नन्दीश्वरसमायुक्तं रथम् आस्थाय वीर्यवान् संदष्टौष्ठपुटो रुद्रः प्रधावति यतो हरिः ॥ ह्व्_११२।१४ तस्यानुयाता वेताऌआः पिशाचाश् चन्द्रमालिनः । पिबन्तः शोणितं भूयः कराला निर्णतोदराः । पिबन्न् इव तदाकाशं सिंहयुक्तो महास्वनः रथो भाति घनोन्मुक्तः पौर्णमास्यां यथा शशी ॥ ह्व्_११२।१५ ततो गणसहस्रैस् तु नानारूपैर् भयावहैः । नदद्भिर् विविधान् नादान् रथो देवस्य सो ऽभयात् ॥ के चित् सिंहमुखास् तत्र तथा व्याघ्रमुखाश् च ह । नागाश्वोष्ट्रमुखास् तत्र प्रावेपन्न् अभिपीडिताः । व्यालयज्ञोपवीताश् च के चित् तत्र महाबलाः ॥ खरोष्ट्रगजवक्त्राश् च अश्वग्रीवाश् च संस्थिताः ॥ छागमार्जारवक्त्राश् च मेषवक्त्रास् तथा परे । चीरिणः शिखिनश् चान्ये जटिलोर्ध्वशिरोरुहाः ॥ भग्नाः परिपतन्ति स्म शङ्खदुंदुभिनिस्वनैः । के चित् सौम्यमुखास् तत्र दिव्यैः शस्त्रैर् अलंकृताः ॥ नानापुष्पकृतापीडा नानाप्रहरणायुधाः । वामना विकटाश् चैव सिंहव्याघ्रपरिच्छदाः । रुधिरार्द्रमहादंष्ट्रा महामांसबलिप्रियाः ॥ देवं संपरिवार्याथ महाशत्रुप्रमर्दनम् । लीलायमानास् तिष्ठन्ति संग्रामाभिमुखोन्मुखाः ॥ ततो दिव्यं रथं दृष्ट्वा रुद्रस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः । कृष्णो गरुडम् आस्थाय ययौ रुद्राय संयुगे । वैनतेयस्थम् अस्यन्तम् आयान्तम् अग्रणीर् हरः तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चोवाच क्रुद्धो ऽहंकारगर्वितः ॥ भगवान् अपि गोविन्दः स्मयन्न् इव च संस्थितः । स्थितो ऽस्मि तव संग्रामे यथेष्टं क्रियताम् इति । हरिं विव्याध कुपितो नाराचानां शतेन सः
eṣa bāṇaḥ sthito yuddhe śaṃkaro 'yaṃ guhas tathā kimarthaṃ yuddham utsṛjya bhavanto bhayamohitāḥ // HV_112.13 prāṇāṃs tyaktvā ca yudhyadhvaṃ sarve dānavapuṃgavāḥ | evaṃ saṃstūyamānās te kumbhāṇḍena mahātmanā | naiva tastambhire daityāḥ palāyanta samantataḥ | evaṃ kumbhāṇḍavākyaṃ te śṛṇvanto bhayavihlavāḥ | cakrāgnibhayavitrastāḥ sarve yānti diśo daśa || bhagnaṃ balaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā | saṃraktanayanaḥ sthāṇur yuddhāya paryavartata || bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ kartuṃ ratham āsthāya suprabham | devaḥ kumāraś ca tathā rathenāgninibhena vai | tataḥ kruddho haraḥ sākṣād nadī khaṅgī paraśvadhī | śūlī niṣaṅgī kavacī bāṇī kārmukavāñ śivaḥ | nandīśvarasamāyuktaṃ ratham āsthāya vīryavān saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭo rudraḥ pradhāvati yato hariḥ // HV_112.14 tasyānuyātā vetāḷāḥ piśācāś candramālinaḥ | pibantaḥ śoṇitaṃ bhūyaḥ karālā nirṇatodarāḥ | pibann iva tadākāśaṃ siṃhayukto mahāsvanaḥ ratho bhāti ghanonmuktaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ yathā śaśī // HV_112.15 tato gaṇasahasrais tu nānārūpair bhayāvahaiḥ | nadadbhir vividhān nādān ratho devasya so 'bhayāt || ke cit siṃhamukhās tatra tathā vyāghramukhāś ca ha | nāgāśvoṣṭramukhās tatra prāvepann abhipīḍitāḥ | vyālayajñopavītāś ca ke cit tatra mahābalāḥ || kharoṣṭragajavaktrāś ca aśvagrīvāś ca saṃsthitāḥ || chāgamārjāravaktrāś ca meṣavaktrās tathā pare | cīriṇaḥ śikhinaś cānye jaṭilordhvaśiroruhāḥ || bhagnāḥ paripatanti sma śaṅkhaduṃdubhinisvanaiḥ | ke cit saumyamukhās tatra divyaiḥ śastrair alaṃkṛtāḥ || nānāpuṣpakṛtāpīḍā nānāpraharaṇāyudhāḥ | vāmanā vikaṭāś caiva siṃhavyāghraparicchadāḥ | rudhirārdramahādaṃṣṭrā mahāmāṃsabalipriyāḥ || devaṃ saṃparivāryātha mahāśatrupramardanam | līlāyamānās tiṣṭhanti saṃgrāmābhimukhonmukhāḥ || tato divyaṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā rudrasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | kṛṣṇo garuḍam āsthāya yayau rudrāya saṃyuge | vainateyastham asyantam āyāntam agraṇīr haraḥ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti covāca kruddho 'haṃkāragarvitaḥ || bhagavān api govindaḥ smayann iva ca saṃsthitaḥ | sthito 'smi tava saṃgrāme yatheṣṭaṃ kriyatām iti | hariṃ vivyādha kupito nārācānāṃ śatena saḥ
"Here stands Bāṇa in the battle, here Śaṃkara, and Guha too: why, abandoning the fight, are you gentlemen bewildered by fear? [112.13] Give up your lives and fight, all you bulls among Dānavas!" Though thus exhorted by the great-souled Kumbhāṇḍa, the Daityas did not stand firm at all; they fled in every direction. Hearing Kumbhāṇḍa's words thus, unnerved by fear, terrified by the peril of the discus and the fire, they all went off to the ten directions. Then, seeing the army broken by Kṛṣṇa of measureless splendour, Sthāṇu, his eyes red, turned back to fight, mounting his brilliant chariot to protect Bāṇa; and so did the god Kumāra, on a chariot like fire. Then Hara, angry, in his own person, roaring, bearing sword and axe, Śiva with trident, quiver, armour, arrows and bow, the valiant Rudra, mounting the chariot yoked with Nandīśvara, biting his lips, rushes to where Hari is. [112.14] Following him are Vetālas and Piśācas wearing moon-garlands, drinking blood again and again, gaping-mouthed and hollow-bellied. As if drinking up the sky, yoked with lions, loud-sounding, his chariot shines like the moon freed of clouds on the full-moon night. [112.15] Then, with thousands of troops of many shapes, terrifying, roaring various roars, the god's chariot had no fear. Some there were lion-faced, and some tiger-faced; some elephant-, horse- and camel-faced trembled there, being hard pressed; and some there, mighty ones, wore serpents for sacred threads; some stood with the faces of asses, camels and elephants, and horses' necks; others had the faces of goats and cats, and others of rams; some were clad in bark, some crested, others matted-haired with hair standing up. Broken, they fall about amid the sounds of conches and drums. Some there were of gentle countenance, adorned with divine weapons, wearing crests made of many flowers, armed with many kinds of weapons; some dwarfish, some misshapen, clothed in lion- and tiger-skins, with great tusks wet with blood, fond of offerings of great gobbets of flesh. Surrounding the god, the crusher of great foes, they stand sporting, facing eagerly towards the battle. Then, seeing the divine chariot of Rudra of untiring deeds, Kṛṣṇa, mounted on Garuḍa, went against Rudra in the fight. As he came, seated on Vinatā's son and shooting, Hara, foremost, angry and puffed with pride, said to him "Stand, stand!" And the Lord Govinda too, as if smiling, remained where he was: "I stand in battle with you; let it be done as you wish." Then he in anger pierced Hari with a hundred iron shafts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.18
स शरैर् अर्दितस् तेन हरेणामित्रघातिना हरिर् जग्राह कुपितो ह्य् आस्त्रं पार्जन्यम् उत्तमम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१७ प्रचचाल ततो भूमिर् विष्णुरुद्रप्रपीडिता ॥ नागाश् चोर्ध्वमुखास् तत्र विचेलुर् अभिपीडिताः । पर्वताः प्रस्तुतास् तत्र जलधाराभिर् आप्लुताः ॥ के चिन् मुमुचिरे तत्र शिखराणि समन्ततः । दिशश् च विदिशश् चैव भूमिर् आकाशम् एव च ॥ प्रदीप्तानीव दृश्यन्ते स्थाणुकृष्णसमागमे । समन्ततश् च निर्घाताः पतन्ति धरणीतले ॥ शिवाश् चैवाशिवान् नादान् नदन्ते भीमदर्शनाः । वासवश् चानदद् घोरं रुधिरं चाप्य् अवर्षत ॥ उल्का च बाणसैन्यस्य मुखान्य् आवृत्य तिष्ठति । न ववौ मारुतश् चापि ज्योतींष्य् आकुलताम् इयुः । प्रभाहीनाश् च ओषध्यो न चरन्त्य् अन्तरिक्षगाः ॥ एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे ब्रह्मा सर्वैर् देवगणैर् वृतः । त्रिपुरान्तकम् उद्यन्तं ज्ञात्वा रुद्रम् उपागमत् ॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव यक्षा विद्याधरास् तथा । सिद्धचारणसंघाश् च पश्यन्तो ऽथ दिवि स्थिताः ॥ ततः पार्जन्यम् अस्त्रं तत् क्षिप्तं रुद्राय विष्णुना । ययौ ज्वलन्न् अथ तदा यतो रुद्रो रथे स्थितः । ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम् निष्पेतुः सर्वतो दिग्भ्यो यतो हरतनुस् ततः
sa śarair arditas tena hareṇāmitraghātinā harir jagrāha kupito hy āstraṃ pārjanyam uttamam // HV_112.17 pracacāla tato bhūmir viṣṇurudraprapīḍitā || nāgāś cordhvamukhās tatra vicelur abhipīḍitāḥ | parvatāḥ prastutās tatra jaladhārābhir āplutāḥ || ke cin mumucire tatra śikharāṇi samantataḥ | diśaś ca vidiśaś caiva bhūmir ākāśam eva ca || pradīptānīva dṛśyante sthāṇukṛṣṇasamāgame | samantataś ca nirghātāḥ patanti dharaṇītale || śivāś caivāśivān nādān nadante bhīmadarśanāḥ | vāsavaś cānadad ghoraṃ rudhiraṃ cāpy avarṣata || ulkā ca bāṇasainyasya mukhāny āvṛtya tiṣṭhati | na vavau mārutaś cāpi jyotīṃṣy ākulatām iyuḥ | prabhāhīnāś ca oṣadhyo na caranty antarikṣagāḥ || etasminn antare brahmā sarvair devagaṇair vṛtaḥ | tripurāntakam udyantaṃ jñātvā rudram upāgamat || gandharvāpsarasaś caiva yakṣā vidyādharās tathā | siddhacāraṇasaṃghāś ca paśyanto 'tha divi sthitāḥ || tataḥ pārjanyam astraṃ tat kṣiptaṃ rudrāya viṣṇunā | yayau jvalann atha tadā yato rudro rathe sthitaḥ | tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām niṣpetuḥ sarvato digbhyo yato haratanus tataḥ
Tormented by those arrows of Hara, the slayer of foes, Hari in anger took up the supreme Pārjanya weapon. [112.17] Then the earth shook, pressed hard by Viṣṇu and Rudra; the serpents there, faces upturned, quivered, sorely afflicted; the mountains there streamed, flooded with torrents of water; some let loose their peaks on every side. The directions and the intermediate directions, the earth and the sky too, appeared as if ablaze at the meeting of Sthāṇu and Kṛṣṇa. All around, thunderbolts fell on the surface of the earth; jackals of dreadful aspect howled inauspicious howls; Vāsava thundered horribly and rained blood down; and a meteor stood covering the faces of Bāṇa's army; the wind did not blow, the heavenly lights fell into disorder, the herbs lost their potency, and the sky-goers did not move. Meanwhile Brahmā, surrounded by all the hosts of gods, knowing that Rudra, the ender of Tripura, had risen up, came to him. Gandharvas and Apsarases, Yakṣas and Vidyādharas, and throngs of Siddhas and Cāraṇas stood in the sky, watching. Then that Pārjanya weapon, hurled by Viṣṇu at Rudra, went blazing to where Rudra stood on his chariot. Then hundreds of thousands of arrows with bent joints flew from all the directions to where Hara's body was.
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HV 112.21
अथाग्नेयं महारौद्रम् अस्त्रम् अस्त्रविदां वरः मुमोच रुषितो रुद्रस् तद् अद्भुतम् इवाभवत् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१९ ततो विशीर्णदेहास् ते चत्वारो ऽपि समन्ततः । ततो विशीर्णदेहास् ते चत्वारो ऽपि समन्ततः नादृश्यन्त शरैश् छन्ना दह्यमानाश् च वह्निना ॥ ह्व्_११२।२० ततो भूतानि वित्रेसुर् देवाश् च भयविक्लवाः । सिंहनादं ततश् चक्रुः सर्व एवासुरोत्तमाः हतो ऽयम् इति विज्ञाय आग्नेयान्तर्हिते हरौ
athāgneyaṃ mahāraudram astram astravidāṃ varaḥ mumoca ruṣito rudras tad adbhutam ivābhavat // HV_112.19 tato viśīrṇadehās te catvāro 'pi samantataḥ | tato viśīrṇadehās te catvāro 'pi samantataḥ nādṛśyanta śaraiś channā dahyamānāś ca vahninā // HV_112.20 tato bhūtāni vitresur devāś ca bhayaviklavāḥ | siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakruḥ sarva evāsurottamāḥ hato 'yam iti vijñāya āgneyāntarhite harau
Then Rudra, best of those who know weapons, enraged, released the Āgneya weapon, most terrible; that was like a marvel. [112.19] Then those four too, their bodies shattered on every side, were not seen, hidden by arrows and burnt by the fire. [112.20] Then the beings trembled and the gods were unnerved by fear; and all the foremost Asuras raised a lion-roar, thinking "he is slain," when Hari had vanished within the Āgneya weapon.
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HV 112.22
ततस् तद् विषहित्वाजौ ह्य् अस्त्रम् अस्त्रविदां वरः ततः क्रुद्धो हृषीकेशः प्रतिषिध्याग्निसंचयं । जग्राह वारुणं सो ऽस्त्रं वासुदेवः प्रतापवान्
tatas tad viṣahitvājau hy astram astravidāṃ varaḥ tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśaḥ pratiṣidhyāgnisaṃcayaṃ | jagrāha vāruṇaṃ so 'straṃ vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān
Then, having withstood that weapon in the fight, the best of those who know weapons — then Hṛṣīkeśa, angered, checking the mass of fire, that mighty Vāsudeva took up the Vāruṇa weapon.
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HV 112.25
उद्यते वारुणास्त्रे तु वासुदेवेन धीमता प्रयुक्ते वासुदेवेन वारुणास्त्रे ऽतितेजसि । आग्नेयं प्रशमं यातम् अस्त्रं वारुणतेजसा ॥ ह्व्_११२।२३ तस्मिन् प्रतिहते ह्य् अस्त्रे वासुदेवेन संयुगे । पैशाचं राक्षसं चैव रौद्रम् आङ्गिरसं भवः मुमोचास्त्राणि चत्वारि युगान्ताग्निनिभानि सः ॥ ह्व्_११२।२४ वासुदेवो ऽपि चास्त्राणि दृष्ट्वा विप्रहितानि वै । वायव्यम् अथ सावित्रं वासवं मोहनं तथा अत्राणां वारुणार्थाय वासुदेवो मुमोच ह
udyate vāruṇāstre tu vāsudevena dhīmatā prayukte vāsudevena vāruṇāstre 'titejasi | āgneyaṃ praśamaṃ yātam astraṃ vāruṇatejasā // HV_112.23 tasmin pratihate hy astre vāsudevena saṃyuge | paiśācaṃ rākṣasaṃ caiva raudram āṅgirasaṃ bhavaḥ mumocāstrāṇi catvāri yugāntāgninibhāni saḥ // HV_112.24 vāsudevo 'pi cāstrāṇi dṛṣṭvā viprahitāni vai | vāyavyam atha sāvitraṃ vāsavaṃ mohanaṃ tathā atrāṇāṃ vāruṇārthāya vāsudevo mumoca ha
When the Vāruṇa weapon was raised by the wise Vāsudeva — when the Vāruṇa weapon of surpassing brilliance was employed by Vāsudeva, the Āgneya weapon was quenched by the power of Vāruṇa. [112.23] When that weapon had been countered by Vāsudeva in the fight, Bhava released four weapons like the fire at the end of an age: the Paiśāca, the Rākṣasa, the Raudra and the Āṅgirasa. [112.24] And Vāsudeva, seeing the weapons hurled, released the Vāyavya, the Sāvitra, the Vāsava and the Mohana, in place of the Vāruṇa, against those weapons.
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HV 112.26
अस्त्रैश् चतुर्भिश् चत्वारि वारयित्वा च केशवः जग्राह वैष्णवं सो ऽस्त्रं व्यादितास्यान्तकोपमम्
astraiś caturbhiś catvāri vārayitvā ca keśavaḥ jagrāha vaiṣṇavaṃ so 'straṃ vyāditāsyāntakopamam
And Keśava, having warded off the four with his four weapons, took up that Vaiṣṇava weapon, like Death with jaws agape.
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HV 112.28
वैष्णवास्त्रे विमुक्ते तु सर्व एवासुरोत्तमाः भूतयक्षगणाश् चैव बाणानीकं च सर्वशः । दिशः प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे भयमोहितलोचनाः ॥ ह्व्_११२।२७ प्रमाथगणभूयिष्ठे सैन्ये दीर्णे महासुरः । निर्जगाम ततो बाणो युद्धायभिमुखस् त्वरन् ॥ भीमप्रहरणैर् घोरैर् दैत्येन्द्रैः सुमहाबलैः । वृतो महारथैर् वीरैर् वज्रीव सुरसत्तमैः ॥ जप्यैश् च मन्त्रैश् च तथोषधीभिर् ।महात्मनः स्वस्त्ययनं प्रचक्रुः ।स तत्र वस्त्राणि शुभाश् च गावः ।फलानि पुष्पाणि तथैव निष्कान् ॥बलेः सुतो ब्राह्मणसत्तमेभ्यो ।ददौ धनान्य् आशु यथा धनेशः ।सहस्रसूर्यो बहुकिंकिणीकः ।परार्ध्यजाम्बुनदहेम्चित्रः ॥सहस्रचन्द्रायुततारकश् च ।रथो महान् अग्निर् इवावभाति ।तम् आस्थितो दानवसंगृहीतं ।महाध्वजः कार्मुकधृक् स बाणः ॥उद्वर्तयिष्यन् यदुपुंगवानाम् ।अतीव रौद्रं स बिभर्ति रूपं ।स वेगवान् वीररथौघसंकुलो ।विनिर्ययौ तान् प्रति दैत्यसागरः ॥महार्णवोद्भूततरंगसंकुलो ।यथार्णवो लोकविनाशनाय ।भीमानि संत्रासकरैर् वपुर्भिस् ।तान्य् अग्रतो भान्ति बलानि तस्य ॥महारथान्य् उच्छ्रितकार्मुकाणि ।सपर्वतानीव वनानि राजन् ।विनिःसृतः सागरतोयवासाद् ।अत्यद्भुतं चाहवं द्रष्टुकामः ॥ अन्धकारीकृते लोके प्रदीप्ते त्र्यम्बके तदा न नन्दी नापि च रथो न रुद्रः प्रत्यदृश्यत
vaiṣṇavāstre vimukte tu sarva evāsurottamāḥ bhūtayakṣagaṇāś caiva bāṇānīkaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | diśaḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve bhayamohitalocanāḥ // HV_112.27 pramāthagaṇabhūyiṣṭhe sainye dīrṇe mahāsuraḥ | nirjagāma tato bāṇo yuddhāyabhimukhas tvaran || bhīmapraharaṇair ghorair daityendraiḥ sumahābalaiḥ | vṛto mahārathair vīrair vajrīva surasattamaiḥ || japyaiś ca mantraiś ca tathoṣadhībhir |mahātmanaḥ svastyayanaṃ pracakruḥ |sa tatra vastrāṇi śubhāś ca gāvaḥ |phalāni puṣpāṇi tathaiva niṣkān ||baleḥ suto brāhmaṇasattamebhyo |dadau dhanāny āśu yathā dhaneśaḥ |sahasrasūryo bahukiṃkiṇīkaḥ |parārdhyajāmbunadahemcitraḥ ||sahasracandrāyutatārakaś ca |ratho mahān agnir ivāvabhāti |tam āsthito dānavasaṃgṛhītaṃ |mahādhvajaḥ kārmukadhṛk sa bāṇaḥ ||udvartayiṣyan yadupuṃgavānām |atīva raudraṃ sa bibharti rūpaṃ |sa vegavān vīrarathaughasaṃkulo |viniryayau tān prati daityasāgaraḥ ||mahārṇavodbhūtataraṃgasaṃkulo |yathārṇavo lokavināśanāya |bhīmāni saṃtrāsakarair vapurbhis |tāny agrato bhānti balāni tasya ||mahārathāny ucchritakārmukāṇi |saparvatānīva vanāni rājan |viniḥsṛtaḥ sāgaratoyavāsād |atyadbhutaṃ cāhavaṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ || andhakārīkṛte loke pradīpte tryambake tadā na nandī nāpi ca ratho na rudraḥ pratyadṛśyata
When the Vaiṣṇava weapon was released, all the foremost Asuras, and the hosts of Bhūtas and Yakṣas, and Bāṇa's army entirely — all fled to the directions, their eyes clouded with fear. [112.27] When the army, mostly Pramātha troops, had been shattered, the great Asura Bāṇa then came forth, hastening, facing the battle, surrounded by dreadful Daitya lords of great might with terrible weapons, great warriors and heroes, as the wielder of the thunderbolt is surrounded by the best of the gods. With recitations, with mantras and with herbs they performed the rite of blessing for the great one. There the son of Bali swiftly gave to the best of Brahmins garments and fine cows, fruits, flowers and gold coins, and wealth, as does the lord of riches. With a thousand suns, with many little bells, gleaming with priceless refined gold, with a thousand moons and ten thousand stars, his great chariot shone like fire. Mounted on it, drawn by Dānavas, with his great banner and holding his bow, that Bāṇa — intending to uproot the bulls of the Yadus — bore an exceedingly dreadful form. Swift, thronged with floods of heroes' chariots, that Daitya-ocean went forth against them, as the ocean, thronged with waves risen from the great sea, goes to the destruction of the world. Those forces of his shine in front, dreadful with terror-causing bodies, great chariots with bows upraised, like forests with their mountains, O king — come forth from their dwelling in the ocean's waters, eager to see the most wondrous battle. When the world had been made dark and the three-eyed one blazed, then neither Nandin nor the chariot nor Rudra could be seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.34
द्विगुणं दीप्तदेहस् तु रोषेण च बलेन च अस्त्रं नारायणं नाम नारायणजिघांसया । जग्राह शूली भूतात्मा देवानाम् अथ पश्यताम् ॥ मुमोच च यथाशक्ति रुद्रो ब्रह्मात्मसंभवः । विमुक्तं तेन तच् चास्त्रं जगाम च समीपतः ॥ शंकरस्य तद् अस्त्रं तु प्रहसन् केशवस् तदा । जग्राह लीलया विष्णुस् तूणौ तच् च व्यनिक्षिपत् ॥ कुपितो रुद्ररूपेण रुद्रः संहारमूर्तिमान् ॥ ततः शूलं समादाय सर्वशत्रुविदारणम् । देवदानवगन्धर्व+ +यक्षपन्नगरक्षसाम् । भयंकरं मुमोचाथ कृष्णम् उद्दिश्य शंकरः ॥ तच् च शूलं हरिर् दृष्ट्वा निजशक्त्या न्यवारयत् ॥ ततस् त्रिलोचनः क्रुद्धः कालान्तकयमोपमः । अस्त्रं पाशुपतं यत् तु लोके ख्यातं स्ववीर्यवत् । जग्राहात्मसमं साक्षाद् धन्तुं केशवम् ओजसा ॥ विज्ञायाथ तदा विष्णुस् तद् एवास्त्रं समाददे ॥ द्वे ह्य् अस्त्रे प्रशमं याते द्वाभ्यां संधारिते तदा । त्रिपुरान्तकरं बाणं जग्राह च चतुर्मुखः ॥ ह्व्_११२।२९ अग्निमारुतसोमानां विष्णोस् तेजः समुत्थितम् । अनेनाहं हनिष्यामि सबन्धुं ससुतं रणे ॥ इति मत्वा विरूपाक्षो दक्षयज्ञविनाशनः । संदधत्कार्मुके चैव क्षेप्तुकामस् त्रिलोचनः विज्ञातो वासुदेवेन चित्तज्ञेन महात्मना ॥ ह्व्_११२।३० बाणेनानेन भूतेशो मां हन्तुं किल निश्चितः । इति मत्वा तदा कृष्णः प्रतिकारं समारभत् । जृम्भणं नाम् सो ऽप्य् अस्त्रं जग्राह पुरुषोत्तमः तेनास्त्रेण तदा कृष्णो मन्त्रपूतेन केशवः । हरं संजृम्भयाम् आस क्षिप्रकारी महाबलः ॥ ह्व्_११२।३१ विजृम्भणं नाम ततः सो ऽस्त्रं जग्राह केशवः । विजृम्भयाम् आस हरं तेनास्त्रेण महाबलः । सशरः सधनुश् चैव हरस् तेनाशु जृम्भितः । संज्ञां न लेभे भगवान् विजेतासुररक्षसाम् ॥ सशरं सधनुष्कं च दृष्त्वात्मानं विजृम्भितम् । बलोन्मत्तो ऽथ बाणो ऽसौ शर्वं चोदयते ऽसकृत् । सृष्टिम् अन्यां सृजस्वेति तदा दर्पविवृद्धये ॥ शक्तिम् अन्यां सृजन्न् एव तदा दर्पविवृद्धये । ततो ननाद भूतात्मा स्निग्धगम्भीरनिस्वनः । प्रध्मापयाम् आस तदा कृष्णः शङ्खं महाबलः । जृम्भिते च हरे तस्मिञ् शङ्खं दध्मौ स केशवः । शार्ङ्गं च कूजयाम् आस सिंहनादं व्यनीनदत् ॥ पारवश्यं समायातः शूली जृम्भणतेजसा । पाञ्चजन्यस्य घोषेण शार्ङ्गविस्फूर्जितेन च देवं विजृम्भितं दृष्ट्वा सर्वभूतानि तत्रसुः ॥ ह्व्_११२।३२ दानवाश् च तथा यान्ति दिशो ऽथ विदिशो ऽपि च । बाणश् चापि तदा राजन् भीतभीतः समाश्वसत् ॥ ततो हाहाकृतं सैन्यं पश्यतः शूलिनस् तदा । किं कुर्मः क्व गमिष्याम इति दानवसत्तमाः । स्थिताश् च विमुखा राजन् कर्तव्ये मूढचेतसः ॥ अथ रुद्रो ऽपि सहसा जृम्भणास्त्रेण मोहितः । कृत्याकृत्यविमूढात्मा न किं चिद् प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ध्याथाथो मनसा तातं भक्तिग्राह्यम् अतीन्द्रियम् । परात् परतरं विष्णुं सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरम् । नारायणं प्रभुं कृष्णम् अनन्तं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ यदि धर्मो भवेज् ज्यायान् युक्तं मदपसर्पणम् । इति ध्यात्वा हरः शीघ्रं तस्माद् देशाद् अपाक्रमत् । अपयाते ततो देवे कृष्णे चैव महात्मनि । पुनश् चासीत् कथं युद्धं परेषां लोमहर्षणम् । कुम्भाण्डसंगृहीताश्वे रथे तिष्ठन् गुहस् तदा अभिदुद्राव कृष्णं च बलं प्रद्युम्नम् एव च ॥ ह्व्_११२।३३ ततः शरशतैर् उग्रैस् तान् विव्याध रणे गुहः । अमर्षरोषसंक्रुद्धः कुमारप्रवरो नदन् । शराणां शतसाहस्रैर् विव्याध समरे गुहः । वासुदेवं सहस्रेण शतेन बलम् एव च । प्रद्युम्नं बाणसाहस्रैर् जघान समरे गुहः । शरौघाचितगात्रास् ते त्रयस्त्रय इवाग्नयः शोणितौघप्लुतैर् गात्रैः प्रत्ययुध्यन् गुहं तदा
dviguṇaṃ dīptadehas tu roṣeṇa ca balena ca astraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nāma nārāyaṇajighāṃsayā | jagrāha śūlī bhūtātmā devānām atha paśyatām || mumoca ca yathāśakti rudro brahmātmasaṃbhavaḥ | vimuktaṃ tena tac cāstraṃ jagāma ca samīpataḥ || śaṃkarasya tad astraṃ tu prahasan keśavas tadā | jagrāha līlayā viṣṇus tūṇau tac ca vyanikṣipat || kupito rudrarūpeṇa rudraḥ saṃhāramūrtimān || tataḥ śūlaṃ samādāya sarvaśatruvidāraṇam | devadānavagandharva+ +yakṣapannagarakṣasām | bhayaṃkaraṃ mumocātha kṛṣṇam uddiśya śaṃkaraḥ || tac ca śūlaṃ harir dṛṣṭvā nijaśaktyā nyavārayat || tatas trilocanaḥ kruddhaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ | astraṃ pāśupataṃ yat tu loke khyātaṃ svavīryavat | jagrāhātmasamaṃ sākṣād dhantuṃ keśavam ojasā || vijñāyātha tadā viṣṇus tad evāstraṃ samādade || dve hy astre praśamaṃ yāte dvābhyāṃ saṃdhārite tadā | tripurāntakaraṃ bāṇaṃ jagrāha ca caturmukhaḥ // HV_112.29 agnimārutasomānāṃ viṣṇos tejaḥ samutthitam | anenāhaṃ haniṣyāmi sabandhuṃ sasutaṃ raṇe || iti matvā virūpākṣo dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ | saṃdadhatkārmuke caiva kṣeptukāmas trilocanaḥ vijñāto vāsudevena cittajñena mahātmanā // HV_112.30 bāṇenānena bhūteśo māṃ hantuṃ kila niścitaḥ | iti matvā tadā kṛṣṇaḥ pratikāraṃ samārabhat | jṛmbhaṇaṃ nām so 'py astraṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ tenāstreṇa tadā kṛṣṇo mantrapūtena keśavaḥ | haraṃ saṃjṛmbhayām āsa kṣiprakārī mahābalaḥ // HV_112.31 vijṛmbhaṇaṃ nāma tataḥ so 'straṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ | vijṛmbhayām āsa haraṃ tenāstreṇa mahābalaḥ | saśaraḥ sadhanuś caiva haras tenāśu jṛmbhitaḥ | saṃjñāṃ na lebhe bhagavān vijetāsurarakṣasām || saśaraṃ sadhanuṣkaṃ ca dṛṣtvātmānaṃ vijṛmbhitam | balonmatto 'tha bāṇo 'sau śarvaṃ codayate 'sakṛt | sṛṣṭim anyāṃ sṛjasveti tadā darpavivṛddhaye || śaktim anyāṃ sṛjann eva tadā darpavivṛddhaye | tato nanāda bhūtātmā snigdhagambhīranisvanaḥ | pradhmāpayām āsa tadā kṛṣṇaḥ śaṅkhaṃ mahābalaḥ | jṛmbhite ca hare tasmiñ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau sa keśavaḥ | śārṅgaṃ ca kūjayām āsa siṃhanādaṃ vyanīnadat || pāravaśyaṃ samāyātaḥ śūlī jṛmbhaṇatejasā | pāñcajanyasya ghoṣeṇa śārṅgavisphūrjitena ca devaṃ vijṛmbhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni tatrasuḥ // HV_112.32 dānavāś ca tathā yānti diśo 'tha vidiśo 'pi ca | bāṇaś cāpi tadā rājan bhītabhītaḥ samāśvasat || tato hāhākṛtaṃ sainyaṃ paśyataḥ śūlinas tadā | kiṃ kurmaḥ kva gamiṣyāma iti dānavasattamāḥ | sthitāś ca vimukhā rājan kartavye mūḍhacetasaḥ || atha rudro 'pi sahasā jṛmbhaṇāstreṇa mohitaḥ | kṛtyākṛtyavimūḍhātmā na kiṃ cid pratyapadyata || dhyāthātho manasā tātaṃ bhaktigrāhyam atīndriyam | parāt parataraṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram | nārāyaṇaṃ prabhuṃ kṛṣṇam anantaṃ puruṣottamam || yadi dharmo bhavej jyāyān yuktaṃ madapasarpaṇam | iti dhyātvā haraḥ śīghraṃ tasmād deśād apākramat | apayāte tato deve kṛṣṇe caiva mahātmani | punaś cāsīt kathaṃ yuddhaṃ pareṣāṃ lomaharṣaṇam | kumbhāṇḍasaṃgṛhītāśve rathe tiṣṭhan guhas tadā abhidudrāva kṛṣṇaṃ ca balaṃ pradyumnam eva ca // HV_112.33 tataḥ śaraśatair ugrais tān vivyādha raṇe guhaḥ | amarṣaroṣasaṃkruddhaḥ kumārapravaro nadan | śarāṇāṃ śatasāhasrair vivyādha samare guhaḥ | vāsudevaṃ sahasreṇa śatena balam eva ca | pradyumnaṃ bāṇasāhasrair jaghāna samare guhaḥ | śaraughācitagātrās te trayastraya ivāgnayaḥ śoṇitaughaplutair gātraiḥ pratyayudhyan guhaṃ tadā
His body blazing twice over with rage and with strength, the trident-bearer, the Self of beings, took up the weapon called Nārāyaṇa with the wish to slay Nārāyaṇa, while the gods looked on; and Rudra, sprung from Brahmā's self, released it with all his might. Released by him, that weapon went close by. But Keśava, laughing then, took Śaṃkara's weapon in play, and Viṣṇu cast it into his quivers. Then Rudra, angered, in Rudra's own form, the very embodiment of destruction, took up the trident that rends all foes, terrifying to gods, Dānavas, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Nāgas and Rākṣasas, and Śaṃkara hurled it, aiming at Kṛṣṇa. And Hari, seeing that trident, warded it off with his own power. Then the three-eyed one, angry, like Yama the ender at the time of doom, took up in person, with all his force, the Pāśupata weapon, famed in the world as full of his own valour, equal to himself, to slay Keśava. But Viṣṇu, knowing it, then took up that very same weapon. Two weapons had been quenched, two were held in check; and then the four-faced one took up the arrow that made an end of Tripura. [112.29] "The splendour of fire, wind and moon, and of Viṣṇu, has arisen from this; with it I shall slay him in battle, together with his kinsmen and his son" — thinking thus, the misshapen-eyed one, the destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice, the three-eyed one, fitting it to his bow and wishing to loose it, was understood by the great-souled Vāsudeva, who knows the mind. [112.30] "With this arrow the lord of beings is resolved to kill me" — thinking thus, Kṛṣṇa then began the counter-measure: the Supreme Person took up the weapon called Jṛmbhaṇa. With that weapon, purified with mantras, Kṛṣṇa, Keśava, swift in action and of great might, made Hara yawn. [112.31] Then Keśava took up the weapon called Vijṛmbhaṇa, and with that weapon the mighty one made Hara yawn. With his arrow and his bow, Hara was quickly made to yawn by it; the Lord, conqueror of Asuras and Rākṣasas, did not regain his senses. Seeing himself, with arrow and bow, overcome with yawning, that Bāṇa, mad with strength, urges Śarva again and again: "Create another creation!" — then, for the increase of his own pride. Creating yet another power then, for the increase of pride — then the Self of beings roared with a smooth deep sound; and then the mighty Kṛṣṇa caused his conch to be blown. When Hara had been made to yawn, Keśava blew the conch, made the Śārṅga bow twang, and let out a lion-roar. The trident-bearer was brought under another's power by the force of the yawning-weapon. At the sound of the Pāñcajanya and the thundering of the Śārṅga, seeing the god overcome with yawning, all beings were terrified. [112.32] And the Dānavas likewise go off to the directions and the intermediate directions; and Bāṇa too then, O king, thoroughly frightened, took breath. Then the army raised a cry of woe while the trident-bearer looked on: "What shall we do? Where shall we go?" said the foremost Dānavas, and they stood with faces averted, O king, their minds bewildered as to what should be done. And Rudra too, suddenly stupefied by the yawning-weapon, his mind confused as to what should and should not be done, achieved nothing at all. Then, meditating in his mind on the Father, who is grasped by devotion, beyond the senses, on Viṣṇu, higher than the highest, lord of the lords of all worlds, on Nārāyaṇa, the Lord Kṛṣṇa, the endless Supreme Person — "if dharma is the greater, then it is right that I withdraw" — having thus reflected, Hara quickly departed from that place. When the god had gone away, and the great-souled Kṛṣṇa too, how did the battle of the others, that makes the hair bristle, arise again? Guha, standing then on the chariot whose horses were driven by Kumbhāṇḍa, rushed upon Kṛṣṇa and Bala and Pradyumna. [112.33] Then Guha pierced them in battle with hundreds of fierce arrows; the foremost of youths, enraged with indignation and fury, roaring, Guha pierced them in the fight with hundreds of thousands of arrows: Vāsudeva with a thousand, Bala with a hundred, and Pradyumna with thousands of arrows did Guha strike in battle. Their limbs thick with floods of arrows, the three of them like three fires, with limbs bathed in streams of blood, they then fought back against Guha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.37
ततस् ते युद्धमार्गज्ञास् त्रयस् त्रिभिर् अनुत्तमैः वायव्याग्नेयपार्जन्यैर् बिभिदुर् दीप्ततेजसः ॥ ह्व्_११२।३५ तान् अस्त्रांस् त्रिभिर् एवास्त्रैर् विनिवार्य स पावकिः । शैलवारुणसावित्रैस् तान् स विव्याध सायकैः । तस्य दीप्तशरौघस्य दीप्तचापधरस्य च शरौघान् अस्त्रमायाभिर् ग्रसन्ति स्म महात्मनः ॥ ह्व्_११२।३६ बाणौघे विवृते तस्मिन् परमक्रोधदीपितः । यदा तदा गुहः क्रुद्धः प्रज्वलन्न् इव तेजसा । अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरो नाम कालकल्पं दुरासदम् संदष्टौष्ठपुटः संख्ये जग्राह स गुहस् तदा
tatas te yuddhamārgajñās trayas tribhir anuttamaiḥ vāyavyāgneyapārjanyair bibhidur dīptatejasaḥ // HV_112.35 tān astrāṃs tribhir evāstrair vinivārya sa pāvakiḥ | śailavāruṇasāvitrais tān sa vivyādha sāyakaiḥ | tasya dīptaśaraughasya dīptacāpadharasya ca śaraughān astramāyābhir grasanti sma mahātmanaḥ // HV_112.36 bāṇaughe vivṛte tasmin paramakrodhadīpitaḥ | yadā tadā guhaḥ kruddhaḥ prajvalann iva tejasā | astraṃ brahmaśiro nāma kālakalpaṃ durāsadam saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaḥ saṃkhye jagrāha sa guhas tadā
Then those three, knowing the ways of war, of blazing splendour, pierced (him) with three surpassing weapons, the Vāyavya, the Āgneya and the Pārjanya. [112.35] Warding off those weapons with just three weapons, that son of Fire pierced them with the Śaila, Vāruṇa and Sāvitra arrows. And of him, with his blazing flood of arrows and holding his blazing bow, the great ones were swallowing up the floods of arrows by the magic of their weapons. [112.36] When that flood of arrows was checked, then Guha, enraged, kindled with utmost wrath, as if blazing with fiery energy, biting his lips, took up in the battle the weapon named Brahmaśiras, like Time itself, hard to withstand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.39
प्रयुक्ते ब्रह्मशिरसि सहस्रांशुसमप्रभे उग्रे परमदुर्धर्षे लोकक्षयकरे तदा ॥ ह्व्_११२।३८ प्रधावन् सर्वभूतानि दह्यमानानि सर्वतः । महाभूतेषु सर्वेषु प्रधावत्सु ततस्ततः अस्त्रतेजःप्रमूढे तु विषण्णे जगति प्रभुः । केशवः केशिमथनश् चक्रं जग्राह वीर्यवान्
prayukte brahmaśirasi sahasrāṃśusamaprabhe ugre paramadurdharṣe lokakṣayakare tadā // HV_112.38 pradhāvan sarvabhūtāni dahyamānāni sarvataḥ | mahābhūteṣu sarveṣu pradhāvatsu tatastataḥ astratejaḥpramūḍhe tu viṣaṇṇe jagati prabhuḥ | keśavaḥ keśimathanaś cakraṃ jagrāha vīryavān
When the Brahmaśiras, of splendour equal to the thousand-rayed sun, fierce, utterly irresistible, destroyer of worlds, was then employed — [112.38] all beings running about, burning on every side, and all the great elements rushing here and there, and the world stupefied by the weapon's blaze and downcast, then the mighty Lord Keśava, crusher of Keśin, took up his discus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.40
सर्वेषाम् अस्त्रवीर्याणां वारणे घातने तथा चक्रम् अप्रतिचक्रस्य लोके ख्यातं महात्मनः
sarveṣām astravīryāṇāṃ vāraṇe ghātane tathā cakram apraticakrasya loke khyātaṃ mahātmanaḥ
the discus of that great-souled one whom no discus can match, famed in the world for warding off and for destroying the power of all weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.41
अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरस् तेन निष्प्रभं कृतम् ओजसा मेघैर् इवातपापाये सवितुर् मण्डलं महत्
astraṃ brahmaśiras tena niṣprabhaṃ kṛtam ojasā meghair ivātapāpāye savitur maṇḍalaṃ mahat
The Brahmaśiras weapon was by his might made lustreless, like the great disc of the sun (dimmed) by clouds when the heat departs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.45
ततो निष्प्रभतां याते नष्टवीर्ये महौजसि तस्मिन् ब्रह्मशिरस्य् अस्त्रे शक्तिं जग्राह काञ्चनीम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।४२ क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ।गुहः प्रजज्वाल रणे हविषेवाग्निर् उल्बणः ॥ शत्रुघीं ज्वलितां दिव्यां ।अमोघां दयितां घोरां सर्वलोकभयावहाम् । महोल्काम् इव तां दीप्तां युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभाम् घण्टामालाकुलां शक्तिं चिक्षेप रुषितो गुहः ॥ ह्व्_११२।४३ ननाद बलवच् चापि नादं शत्रुभयंकरम् ॥ सा च क्षिप्ता तदा तेन ब्रह्मण्येन महात्मना । जृम्भमाणेव गगने संप्रदीप्तमुखी ततः आघावन्ती महाशक्तिः कृष्णस्य वधकाङ्क्षिणी ॥ ह्व्_११२।४४ ततो विद्याधराः सर्वे गन्धर्वा ऋषयस् तथा । भृशं विषण्णाः सेन्द्राश् च सर्वामरपुरोगमाः शक्तिं प्रज्वलितां दृष्ट्वा दग्धः कृष्ण इति ब्रुवन्
tato niṣprabhatāṃ yāte naṣṭavīrye mahaujasi tasmin brahmaśirasy astre śaktiṃ jagrāha kāñcanīm // HV_112.42 krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ |guhaḥ prajajvāla raṇe haviṣevāgnir ulbaṇaḥ || śatrughīṃ jvalitāṃ divyāṃ |amoghāṃ dayitāṃ ghorāṃ sarvalokabhayāvahām | maholkām iva tāṃ dīptāṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabhām ghaṇṭāmālākulāṃ śaktiṃ cikṣepa ruṣito guhaḥ // HV_112.43 nanāda balavac cāpi nādaṃ śatrubhayaṃkaram || sā ca kṣiptā tadā tena brahmaṇyena mahātmanā | jṛmbhamāṇeva gagane saṃpradīptamukhī tataḥ āghāvantī mahāśaktiḥ kṛṣṇasya vadhakāṅkṣiṇī // HV_112.44 tato vidyādharāḥ sarve gandharvā ṛṣayas tathā | bhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇāḥ sendrāś ca sarvāmarapurogamāḥ śaktiṃ prajvalitāṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhaḥ kṛṣṇa iti bruvan
Then, when that Brahmaśiras weapon of great might had become lustreless and its power destroyed, (Guha) took up a golden spear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.46
अभ्याशमागतां तां तु महाशक्तिं महामृधे हुंकारेणैव निर्भर्त्स्य पातयाम् आस भूतले
abhyāśamāgatāṃ tāṃ tu mahāśaktiṃ mahāmṛdhe huṃkāreṇaiva nirbhartsya pātayām āsa bhūtale
But that great spear, as it came near in the great battle, he rebuked with a mere "Hum!" and made it fall to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.47
पातितायां महाशक्त्यां साधु साध्व् इति सर्वशः सिंहनादं ततश् चक्रुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
pātitāyāṃ mahāśaktyāṃ sādhu sādhv iti sarvaśaḥ siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakruḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
When the great spear had been felled, then on every side all the gods together with Vāsava (Indra) cried "Well done! Well done!" and made a lion's roar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.52
ततो देवेषु नर्दत्सु वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् पुनश् चक्रं स जग्राह भूतान्तकरणं तदा ॥ ह्व्_११२।४८ मुसलं लाङ्गलं चैव जग्राह रुषितो बलः । ततो भीमो गुहो देवः कर्तव्ये विस्मृतो ऽभवत् । व्याविध्यमाने चक्रे तु कृष्णेनामिततेजसा कुमाररक्षणार्थाय विभज्य स्वतनुं तदा । तं दृष्ट्वा प्रमुखे तस्य व्यतिष्ठित च कौटवी दिग्वासा देववचनात् प्रातिष्ठत् तत्र कौटवी । लम्बा नाम महाभागा भागो देव्यास् तथाष्टमः । चित्रा कनकशक्तिस् तु सा च नग्ना स्थितान्तरे ॥ अथान्तरा कुमारस्य देवीं दृष्ट्वा महाभुजः । पराङ्मुखस् ततो वाक्यम् उवाच मधुसूदनः । दिग्वासा विकटा धूम्रा कराऌआ निर्णतोदरी । बाहू प्रसार्य सहसा ग्रसन्तीवाम्बरं महत् । अपगच्छापगच्छ त्वं धिग्धिग् इत्य् एव सो ऽब्रवीत् ॥ ह्व्_११२।४९ किम् एवं कुरुषे विघ्नं निश्चितस्य वधं प्रति ॥ श्रुत्वैव वचनं तस्य कौटवी तु तदा विभो । नैव वासः समाधत्ते कुमारपरिरक्षणात् । अपवाह्य गुहं शीघ्रम् अपयाहि रणाजिरात् । स्वस्ति ह्य् एवं भवेद् अद्य मोक्ष्यसे योत्स्यता मया ॥ तां च दृष्ट्वा स्थितां देवो हरिः संग्राममूर्धनि । संजहार ततश् चक्रं भगवान् वासवानुजः ॥ एवम् उक्ते तु वचने देवदेवेन धीमता । अपवाह्य गुहं देवी हरसांनिध्यम् आगता ॥ एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे चैव वर्तमाने महाभये । कुमारे रक्षिते देव्या बाणस् तं देशम् आययौ ॥ अपयातं गुहं दृष्ट्वा मुक्तं कृष्णेन संयुगात् । बाणस् चिन्तयते तत्र स्वयं योत्स्यामि माधवम् । तस्माद् वक्त्राक्षि गछ त्वं यतः स्कन्दोपगछति । एतद् एव परं तस्य भविष्यति न संशयः । भूतक्षयगणास् तत्र बाणानीकं च सर्वशः । दिशः प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे भयमोहितलोचनाः ॥ प्रमाथगणभूयिष्ठे सैन्ये दीर्णे महासुरः । निर्जगाम ततो बाणो युद्धायाभिमुखस् त्वरन् ॥ भीमप्रहरणैर् घोरैर् दैत्येन्द्रैः सुमहारथैः । महाबलैर् महावीरैर् वज्रीव सुरसत्तमैः ॥ पुरोहिताः शत्रुवधं वदन्तस् ।तथैव चान्ये श्रुतशीलवृद्धाः ।जपैश् च मन्त्रैश् च तथौषधीभिर् ।महात्मनः स्वस्त्ययनं प्रचक्रुः ।शशाप चैनां रुषितो यश् च मां भक्तिसंयुतः । द्वादशाब्दं नमस् कुर्यात् तेनाभूद् यत् फलं महत् ॥ तदा संदर्शनात् तस्य तत् फलं नश्यतां महत् । सदा दिगम्बरा भूयस् तिष्ठ वा त्वं यथेष्टतः ॥ इत्य् उक्त्वा देवदेवो ऽपि विहाय गुहम् अच्युतः । परावृत्य स्थितस् तूर्णं सबलः ससुतस् तदा । तदाप्रभृति राजेन्द्र दिग्वासाः साभवत् तदा । अपाक्रामद् गुहो युद्धाद् युद्धायैव च केशवः । रामप्रद्युम्नसंयुक्तो गरुडे गरुडध्वजः ॥ निर्जिते च ज्वरे तस्मिन् हरे चैव गुहे तदा । ततस् तूर्यप्रणादैश् च भेरीणां च महास्वनैः सिंहनादैश् च दैत्यानां बाणः कृष्णम् अभिद्रवत् ॥ ह्व्_११२।५० शक्तीश् चैव गदाश् चैव चापानि विविधानि च । परिघांश् च महाघोरांश् चक्राणि च बहूनि च । बाणानां धारयाम् आस सहस्रम् अमितौजसाम् । दृष्ट्वा बाणं तु निर्यातं युद्धायैव व्यवस्थितम् । आरुह्य गरुडं कृष्णो बाणायाभिमुखो ययौ । आयान्तम् अथ तं दृष्ट्वा यदूनाम् ऋषभं रणे गत्वाथ किं चिद् दृष्ट्वैव स्वबलं केशवं तदा । वैनतेयसमारूढं कृष्णम् अप्रतिमौजसम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।५१ अथ नाणस् तु तं दृष्ट्वा प्रमुखे प्रत्युपस्थितम् । उवाच वचनं क्रुद्धो वासुदेवं तरस्विनम् । तिष्ठ तिष्ठ न मे ऽद्य त्वं जीवन् प्रतिगमिष्यसि द्वारकां द्वारकास्थान् वा सुहृदो द्रक्ष्यसे न च
tato deveṣu nardatsu vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān punaś cakraṃ sa jagrāha bhūtāntakaraṇaṃ tadā // HV_112.48 musalaṃ lāṅgalaṃ caiva jagrāha ruṣito balaḥ | tato bhīmo guho devaḥ kartavye vismṛto 'bhavat | vyāvidhyamāne cakre tu kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā kumārarakṣaṇārthāya vibhajya svatanuṃ tadā | taṃ dṛṣṭvā pramukhe tasya vyatiṣṭhita ca kauṭavī digvāsā devavacanāt prātiṣṭhat tatra kauṭavī | lambā nāma mahābhāgā bhāgo devyās tathāṣṭamaḥ | citrā kanakaśaktis tu sā ca nagnā sthitāntare || athāntarā kumārasya devīṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābhujaḥ | parāṅmukhas tato vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ | digvāsā vikaṭā dhūmrā karāḷā nirṇatodarī | bāhū prasārya sahasā grasantīvāmbaraṃ mahat | apagacchāpagaccha tvaṃ dhigdhig ity eva so 'bravīt // HV_112.49 kim evaṃ kuruṣe vighnaṃ niścitasya vadhaṃ prati || śrutvaiva vacanaṃ tasya kauṭavī tu tadā vibho | naiva vāsaḥ samādhatte kumāraparirakṣaṇāt | apavāhya guhaṃ śīghram apayāhi raṇājirāt | svasti hy evaṃ bhaved adya mokṣyase yotsyatā mayā || tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sthitāṃ devo hariḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani | saṃjahāra tataś cakraṃ bhagavān vāsavānujaḥ || evam ukte tu vacane devadevena dhīmatā | apavāhya guhaṃ devī harasāṃnidhyam āgatā || etasminn antare caiva vartamāne mahābhaye | kumāre rakṣite devyā bāṇas taṃ deśam āyayau || apayātaṃ guhaṃ dṛṣṭvā muktaṃ kṛṣṇena saṃyugāt | bāṇas cintayate tatra svayaṃ yotsyāmi mādhavam | tasmād vaktrākṣi gacha tvaṃ yataḥ skandopagachati | etad eva paraṃ tasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | bhūtakṣayagaṇās tatra bāṇānīkaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | diśaḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve bhayamohitalocanāḥ || pramāthagaṇabhūyiṣṭhe sainye dīrṇe mahāsuraḥ | nirjagāma tato bāṇo yuddhāyābhimukhas tvaran || bhīmapraharaṇair ghorair daityendraiḥ sumahārathaiḥ | mahābalair mahāvīrair vajrīva surasattamaiḥ || purohitāḥ śatruvadhaṃ vadantas |tathaiva cānye śrutaśīlavṛddhāḥ |japaiś ca mantraiś ca tathauṣadhībhir |mahātmanaḥ svastyayanaṃ pracakruḥ |śaśāpa caināṃ ruṣito yaś ca māṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ | dvādaśābdaṃ namas kuryāt tenābhūd yat phalaṃ mahat || tadā saṃdarśanāt tasya tat phalaṃ naśyatāṃ mahat | sadā digambarā bhūyas tiṣṭha vā tvaṃ yatheṣṭataḥ || ity uktvā devadevo 'pi vihāya guham acyutaḥ | parāvṛtya sthitas tūrṇaṃ sabalaḥ sasutas tadā | tadāprabhṛti rājendra digvāsāḥ sābhavat tadā | apākrāmad guho yuddhād yuddhāyaiva ca keśavaḥ | rāmapradyumnasaṃyukto garuḍe garuḍadhvajaḥ || nirjite ca jvare tasmin hare caiva guhe tadā | tatas tūryapraṇādaiś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ siṃhanādaiś ca daityānāṃ bāṇaḥ kṛṣṇam abhidravat // HV_112.50 śaktīś caiva gadāś caiva cāpāni vividhāni ca | parighāṃś ca mahāghorāṃś cakrāṇi ca bahūni ca | bāṇānāṃ dhārayām āsa sahasram amitaujasām | dṛṣṭvā bāṇaṃ tu niryātaṃ yuddhāyaiva vyavasthitam | āruhya garuḍaṃ kṛṣṇo bāṇāyābhimukho yayau | āyāntam atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā yadūnām ṛṣabhaṃ raṇe gatvātha kiṃ cid dṛṣṭvaiva svabalaṃ keśavaṃ tadā | vainateyasamārūḍhaṃ kṛṣṇam apratimaujasam // HV_112.51 atha nāṇas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā pramukhe pratyupasthitam | uvāca vacanaṃ kruddho vāsudevaṃ tarasvinam | tiṣṭha tiṣṭha na me 'dya tvaṃ jīvan pratigamiṣyasi dvārakāṃ dvārakāsthān vā suhṛdo drakṣyase na ca
Then, while the gods were roaring, the glorious Vāsudeva again took up the discus, the destroyer of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.53
सुवर्णवर्णान् वृक्षाग्रान् अद्य द्रक्ष्यसि माधव त्वम् अद्याष्टभुजः संख्ये कथं बाहुसहस्रिणा । मयाभिभूतः समरे मुहूर्षुः कालचोदितः
suvarṇavarṇān vṛkṣāgrān adya drakṣyasi mādhava tvam adyāṣṭabhujaḥ saṃkhye kathaṃ bāhusahasriṇā | mayābhibhūtaḥ samare muhūrṣuḥ kālacoditaḥ
Today, Mādhava, you shall see the treetops turned gold-coloured. How will you today, eight-armed, in battle (stand) against one with a thousand arms — overcome by me in the fight, wishing to die, driven by Time?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.54
अद्य बाहुसहस्रेण कथम् अष्टभुजो रणे मया सह समागम्य योत्स्यसे गरुडध्वज
adya bāhusahasreṇa katham aṣṭabhujo raṇe mayā saha samāgamya yotsyase garuḍadhvaja
How today, being eight-armed, will you, bearer of the Garuḍa banner, meet with me in battle and fight against a thousand arms?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.55
अद्य हि त्वं मया युद्धे निर्जितः सह बान्धवैः द्वारकां शोणितपुरे निहतः संस्मरिष्यसि
adya hi tvaṃ mayā yuddhe nirjitaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ dvārakāṃ śoṇitapure nihataḥ saṃsmariṣyasi
For today, conquered by me in battle along with your kinsmen, slain in Śoṇitapura, you will remember Dvārakā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.57
नानाप्रहरणोपेतं नानाङ्गदविभूषितम् अद्य बाहुसहस्रं मे कोटिभूतं निशामय ॥ ह्व्_११२।५६ नाहं गुहो न च हरो न ज्वरो नापि चाग्नयः । बलिपुत्रं तु मां विद्धि बाणम् अप्रतिमं रणे । गर्जतस् तस्य वाक्यौघाः समुद्राद् इव सिन्धवः पराक्रमरसोपेता मत्तेभाद् इव शीकराः । निश्चरन्ति महाघोरा वातोद्धूता इवोर्मयः
nānāpraharaṇopetaṃ nānāṅgadavibhūṣitam adya bāhusahasraṃ me koṭibhūtaṃ niśāmaya // HV_112.56 nāhaṃ guho na ca haro na jvaro nāpi cāgnayaḥ | baliputraṃ tu māṃ viddhi bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe | garjatas tasya vākyaughāḥ samudrād iva sindhavaḥ parākramarasopetā mattebhād iva śīkarāḥ | niścaranti mahāghorā vātoddhūtā ivormayaḥ
Behold today my thousand arms, become ten million, equipped with various weapons and adorned with various armlets. I am not Guha, nor Hara, nor Fever, nor the fires: know me to be Bāṇa, the son of Bali, unmatched in battle. As he roared, the floods of his words (came forth) like rivers from the ocean, filled with the flavour of valour, like spray from a maddened elephant; they issued forth most terrible, like waves tossed up by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.59
रोषपर्याकुले चैव नेत्रे तस्य बभूवतुः जगद् दिधक्षन्न् इव खे महासूर्य इवोदितौ ॥ ह्व्_११२।५८ अपिबन् मृत्युनाविष्टः कृष्णो बाणम् अभिद्रवत् ॥ क्षोभविस्फूर्जिते तस्य रक्तनेत्रे बभूवतुः । जगद् दिधक्षू युगपन् महासूर्याविवोदितौ । बाण किं गर्जसे शूरा न गर्जन्ति रणे स्थिताः एह्य् एहि युध्यस्व रणे किं मिथ्यागर्जितेन ते
roṣaparyākule caiva netre tasya babhūvatuḥ jagad didhakṣann iva khe mahāsūrya ivoditau // HV_112.58 apiban mṛtyunāviṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇo bāṇam abhidravat || kṣobhavisphūrjite tasya raktanetre babhūvatuḥ | jagad didhakṣū yugapan mahāsūryāvivoditau | bāṇa kiṃ garjase śūrā na garjanti raṇe sthitāḥ ehy ehi yudhyasva raṇe kiṃ mithyāgarjitena te
And his two eyes became filled with fury, as if they would burn up the world, like two great suns risen in the sky. Not drinking (?), possessed by death, Kṛṣṇa (?) rushed at Bāṇa. His red eyes flashed with agitation, as if two great suns had risen together to burn up the world. "Bāṇa, why do you roar? Heroes stationed in battle do not roar. Come, come, fight in battle — what use is your false roaring to you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.60
यदि युद्धानि वचनैः सिध्यन्ति दितिनन्दन भवान् एव जयेन् नित्यं बह्वबद्धं प्रभाषसे
yadi yuddhāni vacanaiḥ sidhyanti ditinandana bhavān eva jayen nityaṃ bahvabaddhaṃ prabhāṣase
If battles were won by words, son of Diti, you alone would always be victorious; you talk much that is incoherent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.63
एह्य् एहि जय मां बाण जितो वा वसुधातले चिरायावाङ्मुखो दीनः पतितः शेष्यसे ऽसुर ॥ ह्व्_११२।६१ काकगृध्रबऌऐश् चैव सर्वतः पाटितो ऽथ वा । इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा वचनं मर्मभेदिभिर् आशुगैः निर्बिभेद रणे कृष्णस् त्व् अमोघैर् दीप्ततेजसैः ॥ ह्व्_११२।६२ विनिर्भिन्नस् तु कृष्णेन मार्गणैर्मर्मभेदिभिः । स्मयन् बाणस् ततः कृष्णं शरवर्षैर् अवाकिरत् ज्वलद्भिर् इव संसक्तैस् तस्मिन् युद्धे सुदारुणे
ehy ehi jaya māṃ bāṇa jito vā vasudhātale cirāyāvāṅmukho dīnaḥ patitaḥ śeṣyase 'sura // HV_112.61 kākagṛdhrabaḷaiś caiva sarvataḥ pāṭito 'tha vā | ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ marmabhedibhir āśugaiḥ nirbibheda raṇe kṛṣṇas tv amoghair dīptatejasaiḥ // HV_112.62 vinirbhinnas tu kṛṣṇena mārgaṇairmarmabhedibhiḥ | smayan bāṇas tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat jvaladbhir iva saṃsaktais tasmin yuddhe sudāruṇe
"Come, come, conquer me, Bāṇa — or, conquered, you shall lie long on the surface of the earth, face down, wretched, fallen, O demon, torn apart on every side by crows, vultures and herons." Having spoken thus, Kṛṣṇa pierced (him) in battle with swift, unfailing, blazing arrows that cut to the vitals. Pierced through by Kṛṣṇa with the vital-piercing shafts, Bāṇa, smiling, then covered Kṛṣṇa with showers of arrows, as if blazing and joined together, in that most dreadful fight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.64
तौ ततः शरनिस्त्रिंशैर् गदापरिघतोमरैः ततः परिघनिस्त्रिंशैर् गदातोमरशक्तिभिः । विनिन्दमानौ संयत्तौ युद्धे चेरतुर् ओजसा
tau tataḥ śaranistriṃśair gadāparighatomaraiḥ tataḥ parighanistriṃśair gadātomaraśaktibhiḥ | vinindamānau saṃyattau yuddhe ceratur ojasā
Then the two of them, with arrows and swords, with maces, iron bars and lances — and again with iron bars, swords, maces, lances and spears — reviling each other and fully engaged, moved about in the fight with all their strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.65
मुसलैः पट्टिसैश् चापि छादयाम् आस केशवम्
musalaiḥ paṭṭisaiś cāpi chādayām āsa keśavam
And with clubs and with paṭṭisa-blades he covered Keśava over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.67
अष्टबाहुः सहस्रेण बाहूनां समयुध्यत योधयाम् आस समरे द्विबाहुम् अथ लीलया । ततस् तु समरे हन्तुं हिरण्यकशिपोर् यथा । सहस्रबाहुना सार्धम् अष्टबाहुर् अयुध्यत । बाणेन सह संगम्य शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥ ह्व्_११२।६६ लाघवं वीक्ष्य कृष्णस्य बलिसूनू रुषान्वितः । मुमोचास्त्रं तदा युद्धे कृष्णो बाणः प्रतापवान् । यद् अस्त्रं परमं दिव्यं तपसा निर्मितं महत् तद् अप्रतिहितं युद्धे सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणम् ब्रह्मणा विहितं पूर्वं तन् मुमोच बलेः सुतः
aṣṭabāhuḥ sahasreṇa bāhūnāṃ samayudhyata yodhayām āsa samare dvibāhum atha līlayā | tatas tu samare hantuṃ hiraṇyakaśipor yathā | sahasrabāhunā sārdham aṣṭabāhur ayudhyata | bāṇena saha saṃgamya śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ // HV_112.66 lāghavaṃ vīkṣya kṛṣṇasya balisūnū ruṣānvitaḥ | mumocāstraṃ tadā yuddhe kṛṣṇo bāṇaḥ pratāpavān | yad astraṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ tapasā nirmitaṃ mahat tad apratihitaṃ yuddhe sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam brahmaṇā vihitaṃ pūrvaṃ tan mumoca baleḥ sutaḥ
The eight-armed one fought with the thousand-armed one; and (Bāṇa) made the two-armed one fight in battle as if in play. Then, to slay (him) in battle, as (Viṣṇu slew) Hiraṇyakaśipu, the eight-armed one fought against the thousand-armed one; the bearer of conch, discus and mace engaged with Bāṇa. Seeing Kṛṣṇa's dexterity, the son of Bali, filled with rage — the mighty Bāṇa then released a weapon in the fight against Kṛṣṇa: that supreme, divine, great weapon fashioned by austerity, unobstructed in battle, destroyer of all enemies, formerly ordained by Brahmā — that the son of Bali released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.69
तस्मिन् मुक्ते दिशः सर्वास् तमोपहतमण्डलाः प्रादुर् आसंस् ततो रौद्रा न प्राज्ञायत किं चन ॥ ह्व्_११२।६८ ॥। सुघोराणि च सर्वशः । तमसा संवृते लोके ॥। । साधु साध्व् इति बाणं तु पूजयन्ति स्म दानवाः अहो धिग् इति देवानां चरते वाग् उदीरिता
tasmin mukte diśaḥ sarvās tamopahatamaṇḍalāḥ prādur āsaṃs tato raudrā na prājñāyata kiṃ cana // HV_112.68 ... sughorāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ | tamasā saṃvṛte loke ... | sādhu sādhv iti bāṇaṃ tu pūjayanti sma dānavāḥ aho dhig iti devānāṃ carate vāg udīritā
When that was released, all the quarters appeared terrible, their circles overwhelmed by darkness, and nothing at all could be discerned. ... and most dreadful things on all sides. The world being enveloped by darkness ... the Dānavas honoured Bāṇa with cries of "Well done! Well done!", while among the gods the utterance "Alas! Shame!" went round.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.70
ततो ऽस्त्रबलवेगेन सार्चिष्मत्यः सुदारुणाः घोररूपा महावेगा निष्पेतुर् बाणवृष्टयः
tato 'strabalavegena sārciṣmatyaḥ sudāruṇāḥ ghorarūpā mahāvegā niṣpetur bāṇavṛṣṭayaḥ
Then, by the force of the weapon's power, showers of arrows fell, blazing, most cruel, dreadful in appearance and of great speed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.71
नाकम्पत तदा वायुर् न मेघाः संचरन्ति च अस्त्रे विमुक्ते बाणेन दह्यमाने च केशवे
nākampata tadā vāyur na meghāḥ saṃcaranti ca astre vimukte bāṇena dahyamāne ca keśave
Then the wind did not stir, nor did the clouds move, when the weapon had been released by Bāṇa and Keśava was being burned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.73
ततो ऽस्त्रं सुमहावेगं जग्राह मधुसूदनः पार्जन्यं नाम भगवान् यमान्तकनिभं रणे ॥ ह्व्_११२।७२ ततो वितिमिरे लोके स चाग्निः प्रशमं गतः । दानवा मोघसंकल्पाः सर्वे ऽभुवंस् तदा भृशम् । दानवास्त्रं प्रशान्तं तु पर्जन्यास्त्रे ऽभिमन्त्रिते ततो देवगणाः सर्वे प्रणेदुर् जहृषुस् तदा
tato 'straṃ sumahāvegaṃ jagrāha madhusūdanaḥ pārjanyaṃ nāma bhagavān yamāntakanibhaṃ raṇe // HV_112.72 tato vitimire loke sa cāgniḥ praśamaṃ gataḥ | dānavā moghasaṃkalpāḥ sarve 'bhuvaṃs tadā bhṛśam | dānavāstraṃ praśāntaṃ tu parjanyāstre 'bhimantrite tato devagaṇāḥ sarve praṇedur jahṛṣus tadā
Then the slayer of Madhu, the Lord, took up in battle a weapon of very great speed named Pārjanya, resembling Yama the ender. Then the world became free of darkness and that fire was quenched; all the Dānavas' purposes were then utterly frustrated. When the Dānava weapon was quelled by the consecration of the Parjanya weapon, then all the hosts of gods shouted and rejoiced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.74
हते शस्त्रे महाराज दैतेयः क्रोधमूर्छितः भूयः संछादयाम् आस केशवं गरुडे स्थितम् मुसलैः पट्टिसैश् चैव शूलम् उद्गरकस्मरैः
hate śastre mahārāja daiteyaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ bhūyaḥ saṃchādayām āsa keśavaṃ garuḍe sthitam musalaiḥ paṭṭisaiś caiva śūlam udgarakasmaraiḥ
When his weapon was destroyed, great king, the son of Diti, senseless with rage, again covered over Keśava as he sat on Garuḍa — with clubs, with paṭṭisa-blades, with spear, mallets and ... .
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.76
तस्य तां तरसा सर्वां बाणवृष्टिं समुद्यताम् पुनः संवारयाम् आस केशवः शत्रुसूदनः ॥ ह्व्_११२।७५ केशवस्य तु बाणेन वर्तमाने महाहवे ॥ तस्य शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैः शरैर् अशनिसंनिभैः । तिलशस् तद् रथं चक्रे साश्वध्वजपताकिनम् ॥ चिच्छेद कवचं कायान् मुकुटं च महाप्रभम् । कार्मुकं च महातेजा हस्ताच् चापं च केशवः ॥ विव्याध चैनम् उरसि नाराचेन स्मयन्न् इव ॥ स मर्माभिहतः संख्ये प्रमुमोहाल्पचेतनः ॥ तं दृष्ट्वा मूर्छितं बाणं प्रहारपरिपीडितम् । प्रासादवरशृङ्गस्थो नारदो मुनिपुंगवः ॥ उत्थायापश्यत तदा कक्षास्फोटनतत्परः । वादयानो नखांश् चैव दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्येति चाब्रवीत् ॥ अहो मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं च सुजीवितम् । दृष्टं मे यद् इदं चित्रं दामोदरपराक्रमम् ॥ जय बाणं महाबाहो दैतेयं देवपूजित । यद् अर्थम् अवतीर्णो ऽसि तत् कर्म सफलं कुरु ॥ एवं स्तुत्वा तदा देवं बाणैः खं द्योतयञ् शितैः । इतस् ततः संपतद्भिर् नारदो व्यचरद् रणे ॥ प्रायुध्येतां ध्वजौ तत्र ताव् अन्योन्यम् अभिद्रुतौ । युद्धं चाभूद् वाहनयोर् उभयोर् देवदैत्ययोः गरुडस्य च संग्रामे मयूरस्य च युध्यतः
tasya tāṃ tarasā sarvāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ samudyatām punaḥ saṃvārayām āsa keśavaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ // HV_112.75 keśavasya tu bāṇena vartamāne mahāhave || tasya śārṅgavinirmuktaiḥ śarair aśanisaṃnibhaiḥ | tilaśas tad rathaṃ cakre sāśvadhvajapatākinam || ciccheda kavacaṃ kāyān mukuṭaṃ ca mahāprabham | kārmukaṃ ca mahātejā hastāc cāpaṃ ca keśavaḥ || vivyādha cainam urasi nārācena smayann iva || sa marmābhihataḥ saṃkhye pramumohālpacetanaḥ || taṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrchitaṃ bāṇaṃ prahāraparipīḍitam | prāsādavaraśṛṅgastho nārado munipuṃgavaḥ || utthāyāpaśyata tadā kakṣāsphoṭanatatparaḥ | vādayāno nakhāṃś caiva diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti cābravīt || aho me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam | dṛṣṭaṃ me yad idaṃ citraṃ dāmodaraparākramam || jaya bāṇaṃ mahābāho daiteyaṃ devapūjita | yad artham avatīrṇo 'si tat karma saphalaṃ kuru || evaṃ stutvā tadā devaṃ bāṇaiḥ khaṃ dyotayañ śitaiḥ | itas tataḥ saṃpatadbhir nārado vyacarad raṇe || prāyudhyetāṃ dhvajau tatra tāv anyonyam abhidrutau | yuddhaṃ cābhūd vāhanayor ubhayor devadaityayoḥ garuḍasya ca saṃgrāme mayūrasya ca yudhyataḥ
Keśava, the slayer of foes, once again swiftly turned back that whole shower of arrows launched by him. While the great battle between Keśava and Bāṇa was going on, with arrows loosed from the Śārṅga bow, like thunderbolts, he reduced that chariot of his, together with its horses, standard and banners, to sesame-sized bits. He cut the armour from (Bāṇa's) body, and his brilliantly shining diadem, and — Keśava of great blazing power — the bow from his hand; and, as though smiling, he pierced him in the chest with an iron shaft. Struck in a vital part, he swooned on the field, his awareness dimmed. Seeing Bāṇa fainted and sore afflicted by the blows, Nārada, the bull among sages, standing on the topmost turret of the palace, rose up and looked on, eagerly slapping his armpits; sounding his fingernails, he cried, "What luck! What luck! Ah, my birth has borne fruit, and my life is well lived, since I have seen this marvel, the prowess of Dāmodara! Conquer Bāṇa the Daitya, O mighty-armed one, honoured by the gods; accomplish the work for the sake of which you have descended." Having thus praised the god, Nārada then moved about in the battle, lighting up the sky with sharp arrows falling this way and that. There the two standards, rushing at each other, fought together; and there was a fight between the two mounts of the god and the demon, Garuḍa and the peacock battling in the encounter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.77
पक्षतुण्डप्रहारैस् तौ चरणाग्रनखैस् तथा अन्योन्यं जघ्नतुः क्रोधान् मयूर्गरुडाव् उभौ
pakṣatuṇḍaprahārais tau caraṇāgranakhais tathā anyonyaṃ jaghnatuḥ krodhān mayūrgaruḍāv ubhau
With blows of wings and beaks, and with the claws at the tips of their feet, both the peacock and Garuḍa struck each other in fury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.78
वैनतेयस् ततः क्रुद्धो मयूरं दीप्ततेजसम् जग्राह शिरसि क्रुद्धस् तुण्डेनाभ्यहनत् तदा
vainateyas tataḥ kruddho mayūraṃ dīptatejasam jagrāha śirasi kruddhas tuṇḍenābhyahanat tadā
Then the son of Vinatā, enraged, seized the peacock of blazing splendour by the head and, in his rage, struck it with his beak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.79
दक्षिणेन च पक्षेण निजघान महाबलः पद्भ्यां पार्श्वाभिघातांश् च दत्त्वा घोरान् अनेकशः
dakṣiṇena ca pakṣeṇa nijaghāna mahābalaḥ padbhyāṃ pārśvābhighātāṃś ca dattvā ghorān anekaśaḥ
And the greatly strong one struck it with his right wing, and dealt it many terrible blows on the flanks with his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.80
आकृष्य चैनं तरसा विकृष्य च महाबलः निःसंज्ञं पातयाम् आस गगनाद् इव पर्वतम्
ākṛṣya cainaṃ tarasā vikṛṣya ca mahābalaḥ niḥsaṃjñaṃ pātayām āsa gaganād iva parvatam
And the greatly strong one, dragging it and hauling it about by force, made it fall senseless, like a mountain (falling) from the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.82
मयूरे पातिते तस्मिन् गरुडेनाथ पक्षिणा पपात तस्मात् सहसा वेगेन महता बली । बाणः परमसंविग्नश् चिन्तयन् कार्यम् आत्मनः ॥ ह्व्_११२।८१ मयातिबलमत्तेन न कृतं सुहृदां वचः । पश्यतां देवदैत्यानां प्राप्तो ऽस्म्य् आपदम् उत्तमाम् । तं दीनमनसं ज्ञात्वा रणे बाणं सुविक्लवम् चिन्तयद् भगवान् रुद्रो बाणरक्षणम् आतुरः
mayūre pātite tasmin garuḍenātha pakṣiṇā papāta tasmāt sahasā vegena mahatā balī | bāṇaḥ paramasaṃvignaś cintayan kāryam ātmanaḥ // HV_112.81 mayātibalamattena na kṛtaṃ suhṛdāṃ vacaḥ | paśyatāṃ devadaityānāṃ prāpto 'smy āpadam uttamām | taṃ dīnamanasaṃ jñātvā raṇe bāṇaṃ suviklavam cintayad bhagavān rudro bāṇarakṣaṇam āturaḥ
When that peacock had been brought down by Garuḍa the bird, the strong Bāṇa fell suddenly from it with great violence, deeply distressed and pondering what he should do: "Drunk with excess of strength, I did not heed the words of my well-wishers; before the eyes of gods and Daityas I have come to the utmost calamity." Knowing Bāṇa to be downcast in mind and utterly dismayed in the battle, the lord Rudra, in distress, thought about the protection of Bāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.84
ततो नन्दिं महादेवः प्राह गम्भीरया गिरा नन्दिकेश्वर संयाहि यतो बाणस् ततो रथम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।८३ रथेनानेन दिव्येन सिंहयुक्तेन भास्वता । बाणं संयोजयाशु त्वम् अलं युद्धाय चानघ । प्रमाथगणपार्श्वे हि न हि मे स्थास्यते मनः याहि प्रभवसे तात बाणं संरक्ष गम्यताम्
tato nandiṃ mahādevaḥ prāha gambhīrayā girā nandikeśvara saṃyāhi yato bāṇas tato ratham // HV_112.83 rathenānena divyena siṃhayuktena bhāsvatā | bāṇaṃ saṃyojayāśu tvam alaṃ yuddhāya cānagha | pramāthagaṇapārśve hi na hi me sthāsyate manaḥ yāhi prabhavase tāta bāṇaṃ saṃrakṣa gamyatām
Then Mahādeva spoke to Nandin in a deep voice: "Nandikeśvara, drive the chariot there where Bāṇa is. With this divine, shining chariot yoked with lions, quickly join Bāṇa (to it), for he is (still) fit for battle, O sinless one. For my mind will not stay still here at the side of the host of Pramāthas. Go, you are able, my dear; guard Bāṇa — let it be done."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.85
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा पुनर् नन्दी रथेन रथिनां वरः यतो बाणस् ततो गत्वा बाणम् आह शनैर् इदम्
tathety uktvā punar nandī rathena rathināṃ varaḥ yato bāṇas tato gatvā bāṇam āha śanair idam
Saying "So be it," Nandin, the best of chariot-warriors, went with the chariot to where Bāṇa was, and softly said this to Bāṇa:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.87
दैत्येमं रथम् आतिष्ठ शीघ्रम् एहि महाबल मया सारथिना वीर एहि युध्यस्व माचिरम् । स नन्दिना तथोक्तः सन् बाणः परबलार्दनः । ततो युध्यस्व कृष्णं वै दानवान्तकरं रणे । आरूढः स तथेत्य् उक्त्वा महादेवस्य तं रथम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।८६ तथेत्य् उक्त्वा भवरथम् आरुरोह स दानवः । आरुढस्य तु बाणस्य तं रथं ब्रह्मनिर्मितम् । शुशुभे रूपम् अत्यर्थम् आदित्यस्येव चाम्बरे । रूपम् आसीत् पुरा यद्वत् त्रिपुरं वै दिधक्षतः । तं स्यन्दनम् अधिष्ठाय भवस्यामिततेजसः प्रादुश् चक्रे तदा रौद्रम् अस्त्रम् अस्त्रविदां वरः दीप्तं ब्रह्मशिरो नाम बाणः क्रुद्धो ऽतिवीर्यवान्
daityemaṃ ratham ātiṣṭha śīghram ehi mahābala mayā sārathinā vīra ehi yudhyasva māciram | sa nandinā tathoktaḥ san bāṇaḥ parabalārdanaḥ | tato yudhyasva kṛṣṇaṃ vai dānavāntakaraṃ raṇe | ārūḍhaḥ sa tathety uktvā mahādevasya taṃ ratham // HV_112.86 tathety uktvā bhavaratham āruroha sa dānavaḥ | āruḍhasya tu bāṇasya taṃ rathaṃ brahmanirmitam | śuśubhe rūpam atyartham ādityasyeva cāmbare | rūpam āsīt purā yadvat tripuraṃ vai didhakṣataḥ | taṃ syandanam adhiṣṭhāya bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ prāduś cakre tadā raudram astram astravidāṃ varaḥ dīptaṃ brahmaśiro nāma bāṇaḥ kruddho 'tivīryavān
"O Daitya, mount this chariot, come quickly, greatly strong one; with me as your charioteer, hero, come and fight without delay." So addressed by Nandin, Bāṇa, the crusher of enemy forces — "then fight Kṛṣṇa, the maker of the Dānavas' end, in battle" — saying "So be it," mounted that chariot of Mahādeva. Saying "So be it," that Dānava mounted Bhava's chariot; and when Bāṇa had mounted that chariot fashioned by Brahmā, his form shone exceedingly, like the sun's in the sky — such a form as (Śiva) had of old when he was about to burn up Tripura. Standing on that car of Bhava of measureless splendour, Bāṇa, enraged and of surpassing valour, best of those who know weapons, then brought forth the terrible blazing weapon called Brahmaśiras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.88
प्रदीप्ते ब्रह्मशिरसि लोकः क्षोभम् उपागमत् लोकसंरक्षणार्थं हि तत् सृष्टं पद्मयोनिना
pradīpte brahmaśirasi lokaḥ kṣobham upāgamat lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ hi tat sṛṣṭaṃ padmayoninā
When the Brahmaśiras blazed forth, the world fell into agitation; for it had been created by the lotus-born (Brahmā) for the protection of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.89
तच् चक्रेण निहत्यास्त्रं प्राह कृष्णः प्रतापवान् लोके प्रख्यातयशसं बाणम् अप्रतिमं रणे
tac cakreṇa nihatyāstraṃ prāha kṛṣṇaḥ pratāpavān loke prakhyātayaśasaṃ bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe
Striking down that weapon with his discus, the majestic Kṛṣṇa spoke to Bāṇa, whose fame was renowned in the world and who was unmatched in battle:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.90
कत्थितानि क्व ते बाण तानि किं न विकत्थसे अयम् अस्मि स्थितो युद्धे युध्यस्व पुरुषो भव
katthitāni kva te bāṇa tāni kiṃ na vikatthase ayam asmi sthito yuddhe yudhyasva puruṣo bhava
"Where are those boasts of yours, Bāṇa? Why do you not boast now? Here I stand in the fight: fight, be a man!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.92
कार्तवीर्यार्जुनो नाम पूर्वम् आसीन् महाबलः सहस्रबाहू रामेण द्विबाहुः समरे कृतः ॥ ह्व्_११२।९१ ॥। पूर्वं बाहुसहस्रवान् । महाबलः स रामेण ॥। । तथा तवापि दर्पो ऽयं बाहूनां वीर्यसंभवः चक्रं ते दर्पशमनं करोति रणमूर्धनि
kārtavīryārjuno nāma pūrvam āsīn mahābalaḥ sahasrabāhū rāmeṇa dvibāhuḥ samare kṛtaḥ // HV_112.91 ... pūrvaṃ bāhusahasravān | mahābalaḥ sa rāmeṇa ... | tathā tavāpi darpo 'yaṃ bāhūnāṃ vīryasaṃbhavaḥ cakraṃ te darpaśamanaṃ karoti raṇamūrdhani
"There was of old a mighty one named Kārtavīrya Arjuna, thousand-armed; by Rāma he was made two-armed in battle. ... formerly he had a thousand arms, greatly strong; he, by Rāma ... So too this pride of yours, born of the valour of your arms — the discus shall quell your pride at the head of the battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.94
दर्पसंजननान् यावन् नाशयिष्यामि ते भुजान् यावत् ते दर्पशमनं करोम्य् अद्य स्वबाहुना । तिष्ठेदानीं न मे ऽद्य त्वं मोक्ष्यसे रणमूर्धनि ॥ ह्व्_११२।९३ अथ तद् दुर्लभं दृष्ट्वा युद्धं परमदारुणम् । तथा देवासुरसमं हर्षान् नृत्यति नारदः ॥ निर्जिताश् च गणाः सर्वे प्रद्युम्नेन महात्मना । निक्षिप्तवादा युध्यस्व देवदेवं गताः पुनः । ततश् चक्रं सहस्रारं नदन् मेघ इवोष्णगे जग्राह पुरुषव्याघ्रो बाणबाहुप्रशान्तये
darpasaṃjananān yāvan nāśayiṣyāmi te bhujān yāvat te darpaśamanaṃ karomy adya svabāhunā | tiṣṭhedānīṃ na me 'dya tvaṃ mokṣyase raṇamūrdhani // HV_112.93 atha tad durlabhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ paramadāruṇam | tathā devāsurasamaṃ harṣān nṛtyati nāradaḥ || nirjitāś ca gaṇāḥ sarve pradyumnena mahātmanā | nikṣiptavādā yudhyasva devadevaṃ gatāḥ punaḥ | tataś cakraṃ sahasrāraṃ nadan megha ivoṣṇage jagrāha puruṣavyāghro bāṇabāhupraśāntaye
"I shall destroy those arms of yours that beget your pride; this very day I shall quell your pride with my own arm. Stand now! Today you shall not escape me at the head of the battle." Then, seeing that hard-won, utterly terrible battle, like one between gods and asuras, Nārada danced for joy. And all the (Śiva-)troops were vanquished by the great-souled Pradyumna; having thrown off their talk (of "fight!"), they went back again to the god of gods. Then the tiger among men, roaring like a cloud in the hot season, took up the thousand-spoked discus in order to quiet Bāṇa's arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.98
ज्योतिष्मतः पतंगस्य शशिनश् चैव यत् तथा तेजो यज् ज्योतिषां चैव तेजो वज्राशनेस् तथा । प्राजापत्यं च यत् तेजस् तच् चक्रे पर्यवस्थितम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।९५ त्रेताग्नेश् चैव यत् तेजो यच् चाग्नेर् ब्रह्मचारिणः । ऋषीणां च तपो ज्ञानं तच् चक्रे पर्यवस्थितम् ॥ पतिव्रतानां यत् तेजः प्राणं च मृगपक्षिणाम् । यच् च चक्रधरेष्व् अस्ति तच् चक्रे संनिवेशितम् ॥ नागराक्षसयक्षाणां गन्धर्वाप्सरसाम् अपि । त्रैलोक्यस्य च यत् तेजः सर्वं चक्रे व्यवस्थितम् । यच् च तेजस् तथा शंभोर् यमस्य वरुणस्य च । तेजसा तेन संयुक्तं भास्वता प्रज्वलभृशम् वपुषा तेज आदत्ते बाणस्य प्रमुखे स्थितम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।९६ ज्ञात्वातितेजसं चक्रं कृष्णेनाभ्युद्यतं रणे । अप्रमेयं ह्य् अविहितं रुद्राणीम् अब्रवीच् छिवः ॥ अजेयम् एतत् त्रैलोक्ये चक्रं कृष्णेन धार्यते । बाणं त्रायस्व देवि त्वं यावच् चक्रं न मुञ्चति ॥ ततस् त्र्यक्षवचः श्रुत्वा देवी लम्बाम् अथाब्रवीत् । गछैहि लम्बे त्वं शीघ्रं बाणसंरक्षणं प्रति ॥ ततो योगं समाधाय अदृश्या हिमवत्सुता । कृष्णस्यैकस्य तद् रूपं दर्शयन्त्य् आगतान्तिकम् । चक्रोद्यतकरं दृष्ट्वा भगवन्तं रणाजिरे प्रमुखे वासुदेवस्य दिग्वासाः कोटवी स्थिता ॥ ह्व्_११२।९७ तां दृष्ट्वाथ पुनः प्राप्तां देवीं रुद्रस्य संगताम् । लम्बाद्वितीयां तिष्ठन्तीं कृष्णो वचनम् अब्रवीत् । अन्तर्घानम् उपागम्य त्यक्त्वा सा वाससी पुनः परित्राणाय बाणस्य विजयाधिष्ठिता ततः भूयः सामर्षताम्राक्षी विवस्त्रावस्थिता रणे
jyotiṣmataḥ pataṃgasya śaśinaś caiva yat tathā tejo yaj jyotiṣāṃ caiva tejo vajrāśanes tathā | prājāpatyaṃ ca yat tejas tac cakre paryavasthitam // HV_112.95 tretāgneś caiva yat tejo yac cāgner brahmacāriṇaḥ | ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tapo jñānaṃ tac cakre paryavasthitam || pativratānāṃ yat tejaḥ prāṇaṃ ca mṛgapakṣiṇām | yac ca cakradhareṣv asti tac cakre saṃniveśitam || nāgarākṣasayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāpsarasām api | trailokyasya ca yat tejaḥ sarvaṃ cakre vyavasthitam | yac ca tejas tathā śaṃbhor yamasya varuṇasya ca | tejasā tena saṃyuktaṃ bhāsvatā prajvalabhṛśam vapuṣā teja ādatte bāṇasya pramukhe sthitam // HV_112.96 jñātvātitejasaṃ cakraṃ kṛṣṇenābhyudyataṃ raṇe | aprameyaṃ hy avihitaṃ rudrāṇīm abravīc chivaḥ || ajeyam etat trailokye cakraṃ kṛṣṇena dhāryate | bāṇaṃ trāyasva devi tvaṃ yāvac cakraṃ na muñcati || tatas tryakṣavacaḥ śrutvā devī lambām athābravīt | gachaihi lambe tvaṃ śīghraṃ bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ prati || tato yogaṃ samādhāya adṛśyā himavatsutā | kṛṣṇasyaikasya tad rūpaṃ darśayanty āgatāntikam | cakrodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavantaṃ raṇājire pramukhe vāsudevasya digvāsāḥ koṭavī sthitā // HV_112.97 tāṃ dṛṣṭvātha punaḥ prāptāṃ devīṃ rudrasya saṃgatām | lambādvitīyāṃ tiṣṭhantīṃ kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt | antarghānam upāgamya tyaktvā sā vāsasī punaḥ paritrāṇāya bāṇasya vijayādhiṣṭhitā tataḥ bhūyaḥ sāmarṣatāmrākṣī vivastrāvasthitā raṇe
Whatever splendour there is of the shining sun and of the moon, whatever splendour of the luminaries, and that of the thunderbolt and lightning, and whatever splendour belongs to Prajāpati — that was established in the discus. Whatever splendour there is of the threefold fire and of the fire of the celibate student, and the austerity and knowledge of the seers — that was established in the discus. Whatever splendour belongs to wives devoted to their husbands, and the life-breath of beasts and birds, and whatever is in the bearers of the discus — that was set within the discus. Whatever splendour is of Nāgas, Rākṣasas and Yakṣas, of Gandharvas and Apsarases, and whatever splendour is of the three worlds — all was set in the discus; and whatever splendour is of Śaṃbhu, of Yama and of Varuṇa. Joined with that radiant, fiercely blazing splendour, with its body it takes up the splendour (of all), standing before Bāṇa. Knowing that the discus of surpassing splendour, immeasurable and irresistible, had been raised by Kṛṣṇa in the battle, Śiva said to Rudrāṇī: "This discus wielded by Kṛṣṇa is unconquerable in the three worlds. Save Bāṇa, O goddess, before he releases the discus." Then, hearing the words of the three-eyed one, the goddess said to Lambā: "Go, Lambā, go quickly for the protection of Bāṇa." Then the daughter of Himavat, composing herself in yoga, unseen, showing that form to Kṛṣṇa alone, came near him; seeing the Lord with the discus raised in his hand on the field of battle, Koṭavī stood, clad in the (bare) directions, before Vāsudeva. Seeing her come again, the goddess united with Rudra, standing with Lambā as her second, Kṛṣṇa spoke a word; and she, becoming invisible, again casting off her two garments, then took her stand upon victory for the deliverance of Bāṇa, and once more, her eyes coppery with wrath, stood naked in the battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.101
बाणसंरक्षणपरा वाक्यम् एतद् उवाच ह हन्मि बाणं न संशयः । एवम् उक्ता तु बाणेन । बाणसंरक्षणार्थिनी । गिरा मधुरया देवी । जाने त्वां सर्वभूतानां स्रष्टारं पुरुषोत्तमम् । महाभागं महादेवम् अनन्तं नीलम् अव्ययम् । पद्मनाभं हृषीकेश लोकानाम् आदिसंभवम् । देवदेव जगन्नाथ विष्णो जिष्णो जगत्पते । नार्हसे देव हन्तुं वै बाणम् अप्रतिमं रणे ॥ ह्व्_११२।९९ प्रयच्छ ह्य् अभयं बाणे जीवपुत्रीत्वम् एव च ॥ मया दत्तवरो ह्य् एष भूयश् च परिरक्ष्यते । न मे मिथ्या समुद्योगं कर्तुम् अर्हसि माधव ॥ एवम् उक्ते तु वचने कृष्णः परपुरंजयः । क्रुद्धः प्रभाषते वाक्यं शृणु सत्यं तु भामिनी ॥ बाणो बाहुसहस्रेण नर्दते दर्पम् आश्रितः । एतेषां छेदनं त्व् अद्य कर्तव्यं नात्र संशयः ॥ द्विबाहुना च बाणेन जीवपुत्री भविष्यसि । संत्यज्य चासुरं दर्पं न च मां संश्रयिष्यति ॥ एवम् उक्ते तु वचने कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । प्रोवाच देवी बाणो ऽयं देवदेवो भवेद् इति ॥ अथ तां कार्त्तिकेयस्य मातरं सो ऽभिभाष्य वै । धिग् धिग् इत्य् अब्रवीत् तां तु दुष्टे ध्वंसेति केशवः । ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुः कृष्णः प्रहरतां वरः प्रोवाच बाणं समरे भ्रामयंश् चक्रम् उत्तमम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०० ततः प्रोवाच वचनं बाणं कंसारिसूदनः । युध्यतां युध्यतां संख्ये भवतां कोटवी स्थिता अशक्तानाम् इव रणे धिग्बाण तव पौरुषम्
bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaparā vākyam etad uvāca ha hanmi bāṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | evam uktā tu bāṇena | bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇārthinī | girā madhurayā devī | jāne tvāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ puruṣottamam | mahābhāgaṃ mahādevam anantaṃ nīlam avyayam | padmanābhaṃ hṛṣīkeśa lokānām ādisaṃbhavam | devadeva jagannātha viṣṇo jiṣṇo jagatpate | nārhase deva hantuṃ vai bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe // HV_112.99 prayaccha hy abhayaṃ bāṇe jīvaputrītvam eva ca || mayā dattavaro hy eṣa bhūyaś ca parirakṣyate | na me mithyā samudyogaṃ kartum arhasi mādhava || evam ukte tu vacane kṛṣṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | kruddhaḥ prabhāṣate vākyaṃ śṛṇu satyaṃ tu bhāminī || bāṇo bāhusahasreṇa nardate darpam āśritaḥ | eteṣāṃ chedanaṃ tv adya kartavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || dvibāhunā ca bāṇena jīvaputrī bhaviṣyasi | saṃtyajya cāsuraṃ darpaṃ na ca māṃ saṃśrayiṣyati || evam ukte tu vacane kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | provāca devī bāṇo 'yaṃ devadevo bhaved iti || atha tāṃ kārttikeyasya mātaraṃ so 'bhibhāṣya vai | dhig dhig ity abravīt tāṃ tu duṣṭe dhvaṃseti keśavaḥ | tataḥ kruddho mahābāhuḥ kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ provāca bāṇaṃ samare bhrāmayaṃś cakram uttamam // HV_112.100 tataḥ provāca vacanaṃ bāṇaṃ kaṃsārisūdanaḥ | yudhyatāṃ yudhyatāṃ saṃkhye bhavatāṃ koṭavī sthitā aśaktānām iva raṇe dhigbāṇa tava pauruṣam
Intent on protecting Bāṇa, she spoke this word. "I shall slay Bāṇa, no doubt of it." Thus addressed concerning Bāṇa, the goddess, seeking the protection of Bāṇa, (said) with sweet speech: "I know you as the creator of all beings, the highest Person, the greatly blessed, the great god, endless, dark, imperishable, lotus-navelled, O Hṛṣīkeśa, the first origin of the worlds. O god of gods, lord of the world, Viṣṇu, victorious one, lord of the universe — you ought not, O god, to slay Bāṇa, unmatched in battle. Grant safety to Bāṇa, and to me the state of having a living son. For a boon was given by me to him, and he is protected by me again; you ought not, Mādhava, to make my effort false." When this was said, Kṛṣṇa, conqueror of enemies' cities, angered, spoke these words: "Hear the truth, lady. Bāṇa, relying on his pride, roars with his thousand arms; today the cutting off of these must be done — no doubt of that. With Bāṇa two-armed you shall (still) have a living son; and, abandoning his asura pride, he will not (again) come against me." When this was said by Kṛṣṇa of untiring deeds, the goddess declared, "This Bāṇa shall be (as) a god of gods." Then addressing her, the mother of Kārttikeya, Keśava said to her, "Shame, shame! Perish, wicked one!" Then the mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa, best of strikers, enraged, whirling his supreme discus, spoke to Bāṇa in the battle. Then the slayer of Kaṃsa's foes spoke this word to Bāṇa: "Fight, fight in the battle! Koṭavī stands before you both as if you were powerless in the fight — shame, Bāṇa, on your manhood!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.103
एवम् उक्त्वा ततः कृष्णस् तच् चक्रं परमास्त्रवित् निमीलिताक्षो व्यसृजद् बाणं प्रति महाबलः ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०२ क्षेपणाद् यस्य मुह्यन्ति लोकाः सस्थाणुजङ्गमाः । क्रव्यादानि च भूतानि तृप्तिं यान्ति महामृधे ॥ तमप्रतिमकर्माणं समानं सूर्यवर्चसा । चक्रम् उद्यम्य समरे कोपदीप्तो गदाधरः ॥ स मुष्णन् दानवं तेजः समरे स्वेन तेजसा । चिच्छेद बाहूंश् चक्रेण श्रीधरः परमौजसा । अलातचक्रवत् तूर्णं भ्रममाणं रणाजिरे क्षिप्तं तु वासुदेवेन बाणस्य रणमूर्धनि । बाणस्य रथमार्गे च द्वितीय इव भास्करः । विष्णोर् अस्त्रं सुनाभं वै शैघ्र्ययोगान् न दृश्यते
evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇas tac cakraṃ paramāstravit nimīlitākṣo vyasṛjad bāṇaṃ prati mahābalaḥ // HV_112.102 kṣepaṇād yasya muhyanti lokāḥ sasthāṇujaṅgamāḥ | kravyādāni ca bhūtāni tṛptiṃ yānti mahāmṛdhe || tamapratimakarmāṇaṃ samānaṃ sūryavarcasā | cakram udyamya samare kopadīpto gadādharaḥ || sa muṣṇan dānavaṃ tejaḥ samare svena tejasā | ciccheda bāhūṃś cakreṇa śrīdharaḥ paramaujasā | alātacakravat tūrṇaṃ bhramamāṇaṃ raṇājire kṣiptaṃ tu vāsudevena bāṇasya raṇamūrdhani | bāṇasya rathamārge ca dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ | viṣṇor astraṃ sunābhaṃ vai śaighryayogān na dṛśyate
Having said this, Kṛṣṇa, knower of the highest weapons, greatly strong, released that discus against Bāṇa with his eyes closed — at whose hurling the worlds, with all that stands and moves, are bewildered, and flesh-eating creatures find satisfaction in the great fray. Raising in battle that discus of unmatched deeds, equal to the brilliance of the sun, the mace-bearer, blazing with anger — he, robbing the Dānava of his splendour by his own splendour in the fight, Śrīdhara with supreme might cut off the arms with the discus; swiftly whirling on the battlefield like a firebrand-wheel, hurled by Vāsudeva at the head of Bāṇa's battle, and on the path of Bāṇa's chariot like a second sun, Viṣṇu's weapon, the fair-navelled one, could not be seen because of its speed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.112
तस्य बाहुसहस्रस्य पर्यायेण पुनः पुनः बाणस्य छेदनं चक्रे तच् चक्रं रणमूर्धनि ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०४ कृत्वा द्विबाहुं तं बाणं छिन्नशाखम् इव द्रुमम् । पुनः कराग्रं कृष्णस्य चक्रं प्राप्तं सुदर्शनम् ॥ कृतकृते तु संप्राप्ते चक्रे दैत्ये विपातिते । शरीरेण प्रस्रवता रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतः अभवत् पर्वताकारश् छिन्नबाहुर् महासुरः ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०५ छिन्नशाखो यथा वृक्षश् छिन्नपक्षो यथा खगः ॥ छित्त्वा बाहुसहस्रं तु बाणस्य च सुदर्शनम् । जगाम देवदेवस्य पार्श्वं रिपुनिघातिनः ॥ प्रोवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठं चक्रो मेदःसमाकुलः । आज्ञापय जगन्नाथ शिरश् छेत्तुं दुरात्मनः ॥ ततः कृष्णो हृषीकेशस् तद् आदत्ते सुदर्शनम् । असृङ्मत्तश् च विविधान् नादान् मुञ्चन् यथा घनः ॥ तस्य नादेन महता केशवो रिपुसूदनः । व्याविध्य सहसा कृष्णः शिरश् छेत्तुं समारभत् । चक्रं भूयः क्षेप्तुकामं बाणनाशार्थम् अच्युतम् चक्रं भूयः क्षेप्तुकामो नाणनाशार्थम् अच्युतः । तम् उपेत्य महादेवः कुमारसहितो ऽब्रवीत् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०६ सहोमया हरो देवो ज्वरेण च समन्वितः । कृष्ण कृष्ण महादेव जाने त्वां पुरुषोत्तमम् न ह्य् एनं वधकामस् त्वं यद् इच्छेत् पार्वतीहितम् ॥ हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्राश् चत्वारो लोकविश्रुताः । ह्रादः प्रह्रादः संह्रादः अनुह्रादश् चतुर्थकः ॥ प्रह्रादाय वरो दत्तश् चैषां मध्ये वराथिने । अव्यध्यस् तव वंशो ऽस्तु दैत्यौघाः सततं मया ॥ इति प्रतिश्रुतं पूर्वम् अपराघपराय च । मधुकैटभहन्तारं देवदेवं सनातनम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०७ आदिदेवम् अजं विष्णुं सुराध्यक्षं पुरातनम् । लोकानां त्वं गतिर् देव त्वत्प्रसूतम् इदं जगत् अजेयस् त्वं त्रिभिर् लोकैः सदेवासुरमानुषैः ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०८ तव प्रसादजो ब्रह्मा तथाहं क्रोधसंभवः । वन्दे ऽहं त्वां जगन्नाथं जगताम् ईश्वरं हरिम् ॥ नमामि निर्गुणं विष्णो त्वाम् आद्यम् अखिलं रणे । निष्कलं त्वां हरे देवं नमामि पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ त्रयीमूर्ते पुराणात्मन्न् नमामि त्वां जनार्दनम् । अजेयो ऽसि सदा विष्णो याचे त्वां नित्यम् अव्ययम् । तस्मात् संहर दिव्यं त्वम् इदं चक्रं समुद्यतम् अनिवार्यम् असंहार्यं रणे शत्रुभयंकरम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१०९ ये त्वा देव प्रपद्यन्ते न ते सुव्यक्तिमानवाः । भये महति मग्नानां त्राता नित्यं जनार्दनः ॥ ये चाप्य् अस्मत्कृतं स्तोत्रम् अभिधास्यन्ति भक्तितः । ते सर्वभयनिर्मुक्ता भविष्यन्ति निरामयाः ॥ नाथस् त्वं सर्वलोकानां विशेषेण मम प्रभो । क्षम्यतां देव बाणस्य मत्कृते पुरुषोत्तम । बाणस्यास्याभयं दत्तं मया केशिनिषूदन तन् मे न स्यान् मृषा वाक्यम् अतस् त्वां क्षमयाम्य् अहम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।११० न ह्य् एनं वधकामस्य यदीच्छेत् पार्वतीहितम् । क्षन्तव्यं भवता भूयो यत् कृतं भक्तवत्सल । जीवतां देव बाणो ऽयम् एतच् चक्रं निवर्तितम् मान्यस् त्वं देव देवानाम् असुराणां च सर्वशः ॥ ह्व्_११२।१११ अन्यथा छेदनं कुर्यां बाणस्यास्य दुरात्मनः । यस्मान् मान्यः सदा देव तस्माज् जीवतु बाणकः । नमस् ते ऽस्तु गमिष्यामि यत् कार्यं तन् महेश्वर न तावत् क्रियते तस्मान् माम् अनुज्ञातुम् अर्हसि
tasya bāhusahasrasya paryāyeṇa punaḥ punaḥ bāṇasya chedanaṃ cakre tac cakraṃ raṇamūrdhani // HV_112.104 kṛtvā dvibāhuṃ taṃ bāṇaṃ chinnaśākham iva drumam | punaḥ karāgraṃ kṛṣṇasya cakraṃ prāptaṃ sudarśanam || kṛtakṛte tu saṃprāpte cakre daitye vipātite | śarīreṇa prasravatā rudhiraughapariplutaḥ abhavat parvatākāraś chinnabāhur mahāsuraḥ // HV_112.105 chinnaśākho yathā vṛkṣaś chinnapakṣo yathā khagaḥ || chittvā bāhusahasraṃ tu bāṇasya ca sudarśanam | jagāma devadevasya pārśvaṃ ripunighātinaḥ || provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ cakro medaḥsamākulaḥ | ājñāpaya jagannātha śiraś chettuṃ durātmanaḥ || tataḥ kṛṣṇo hṛṣīkeśas tad ādatte sudarśanam | asṛṅmattaś ca vividhān nādān muñcan yathā ghanaḥ || tasya nādena mahatā keśavo ripusūdanaḥ | vyāvidhya sahasā kṛṣṇaḥ śiraś chettuṃ samārabhat | cakraṃ bhūyaḥ kṣeptukāmaṃ bāṇanāśārtham acyutam cakraṃ bhūyaḥ kṣeptukāmo nāṇanāśārtham acyutaḥ | tam upetya mahādevaḥ kumārasahito 'bravīt // HV_112.106 sahomayā haro devo jvareṇa ca samanvitaḥ | kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahādeva jāne tvāṃ puruṣottamam na hy enaṃ vadhakāmas tvaṃ yad icchet pārvatīhitam || hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāro lokaviśrutāḥ | hrādaḥ prahrādaḥ saṃhrādaḥ anuhrādaś caturthakaḥ || prahrādāya varo dattaś caiṣāṃ madhye varāthine | avyadhyas tava vaṃśo 'stu daityaughāḥ satataṃ mayā || iti pratiśrutaṃ pūrvam aparāghaparāya ca | madhukaiṭabhahantāraṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam // HV_112.107 ādidevam ajaṃ viṣṇuṃ surādhyakṣaṃ purātanam | lokānāṃ tvaṃ gatir deva tvatprasūtam idaṃ jagat ajeyas tvaṃ tribhir lokaiḥ sadevāsuramānuṣaiḥ // HV_112.108 tava prasādajo brahmā tathāhaṃ krodhasaṃbhavaḥ | vande 'haṃ tvāṃ jagannāthaṃ jagatām īśvaraṃ harim || namāmi nirguṇaṃ viṣṇo tvām ādyam akhilaṃ raṇe | niṣkalaṃ tvāṃ hare devaṃ namāmi puruṣottamam || trayīmūrte purāṇātmann namāmi tvāṃ janārdanam | ajeyo 'si sadā viṣṇo yāce tvāṃ nityam avyayam | tasmāt saṃhara divyaṃ tvam idaṃ cakraṃ samudyatam anivāryam asaṃhāryaṃ raṇe śatrubhayaṃkaram // HV_112.109 ye tvā deva prapadyante na te suvyaktimānavāḥ | bhaye mahati magnānāṃ trātā nityaṃ janārdanaḥ || ye cāpy asmatkṛtaṃ stotram abhidhāsyanti bhaktitaḥ | te sarvabhayanirmuktā bhaviṣyanti nirāmayāḥ || nāthas tvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ viśeṣeṇa mama prabho | kṣamyatāṃ deva bāṇasya matkṛte puruṣottama | bāṇasyāsyābhayaṃ dattaṃ mayā keśiniṣūdana tan me na syān mṛṣā vākyam atas tvāṃ kṣamayāmy aham // HV_112.110 na hy enaṃ vadhakāmasya yadīcchet pārvatīhitam | kṣantavyaṃ bhavatā bhūyo yat kṛtaṃ bhaktavatsala | jīvatāṃ deva bāṇo 'yam etac cakraṃ nivartitam mānyas tvaṃ deva devānām asurāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // HV_112.111 anyathā chedanaṃ kuryāṃ bāṇasyāsya durātmanaḥ | yasmān mānyaḥ sadā deva tasmāj jīvatu bāṇakaḥ | namas te 'stu gamiṣyāmi yat kāryaṃ tan maheśvara na tāvat kriyate tasmān mām anujñātum arhasi
That discus, in turn, again and again, cut through that thousand arms of Bāṇa at the head of the battle. Having made Bāṇa two-armed, like a tree with its branches lopped off, the discus Sudarśana came back to Kṛṣṇa's hand. When its work was done and the Daitya struck down, the discus returned; and with his body streaming, drenched in floods of blood, the great asura, his arms cut off, became like a mountain — like a tree with branches lopped, like a bird with wings cut off. Having cut off Bāṇa's thousand arms, Sudarśana went to the side of the god of gods, the destroyer of foes; smeared with fat, the discus spoke to the best of speakers: "Command me, lord of the world, to cut off the head of the evil one." Then Kṛṣṇa Hṛṣīkeśa took up that Sudarśana, drunk with blood and giving forth various sounds like a cloud. At its great sound Keśava, the slayer of foes, swiftly whirling it, set about cutting off (Bāṇa's) head; the undying one wished to hurl the discus again for Bāṇa's destruction. As he wished to hurl the discus again for Bāṇa's destruction, Mahādeva approached him, together with Kumāra, and spoke — the god Hara with Umā, and accompanied by Fever: "Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, great god, I know you as the highest Person; surely you do not desire to slay him, in what Pārvatī's welfare would wish. Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons famed in the world: Hrāda, Prahrāda, Saṃhrāda, and Anuhrāda the fourth. To Prahrāda, who among these sought a boon, a boon was given: 'Let your line be unassailable, and the hosts of Daityas, always, by me' — so it was promised of old, even to one bent on offence. (I bow to) the slayer of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, the eternal god of gods, the primal god, unborn Viṣṇu, the ancient overseer of the gods. You are the refuge of the worlds, O god; this universe is born of you; you are unconquerable by the three worlds with their gods, asuras and men. Brahmā is born of your grace, and I of your wrath. I praise you, lord of the world, Hari, the lord of the universes. I bow to you, O Viṣṇu, free of qualities, the primal, the entire, in battle; I bow to you, partless, Hari, god, highest Person. O form of the three Vedas, ancient Self, I bow to you, Janārdana. You are ever unconquerable, Viṣṇu; I entreat you, eternal, imperishable. Therefore withdraw this divine discus you have raised, unstoppable, unrepellable, terrifying to foes in battle. Those who resort to you, O god, are not (merely) manifest men; Janārdana is always the saviour of those sunk in great fear. And those who recite with devotion the hymn made by us shall be freed from all fear and become free of ill. You are the lord of all worlds, and of me especially, O master. Forgive Bāṇa, O god, for my sake, highest Person. Safety was granted to this Bāṇa by me, O slayer of Keśin; let that word of mine not be false — for this I ask your pardon. Surely you do not desire to slay him, in what Pārvatī's welfare would wish. Let what has been done be forgiven by you once more, O you fond of your devotees. Let this Bāṇa live, O god; let this discus be turned back. You are to be honoured, O god, by gods and asuras altogether; otherwise I myself would cut down this evil-souled Bāṇa. Since, O god, you are ever to be honoured, therefore let little Bāṇa live. Homage to you; I shall go, since what work there is, O Maheśvara, is not being done meanwhile — therefore you should give me leave."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.113
एवम् उक्त्वा महादेवं कृष्णस् तूर्णं गरुत्मता जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते प्राद्युम्निः सायकैश् चितः
evam uktvā mahādevaṃ kṛṣṇas tūrṇaṃ garutmatā jagāma tatra yatrāste prādyumniḥ sāyakaiś citaḥ
Having said this to Mahādeva, Kṛṣṇa went swiftly on Garuḍa to where Pradyumna's son stood, covered with arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.118
गते कृष्णे ततो नन्दी बाणम् आह शुभं वचः गच्छ बाण क्षतेनैव देवदेवस्य चाग्रतः ॥ तच् छ्रुत्वा नन्दिवाक्यं तु बाणो ऽगच्छत शीघ्रगः । छिन्नबाहुं ततो बाणं दृष्ट्वा नन्दी प्रतापवान् । अपवाह्य रथेनैव यतो देवस् ततो ययौ ॥ ततो नन्दी पुनर् बाणं प्राग् उवाचोत्तरं वचः । बाण बाण प्रनृत्यस्व श्रेयस् तव भविष्यति ॥ ह्व्_११२।११४ कृत्तबाण महादैत्य ततः श्रेयस् त्वम् आप्स्यसि । एष देवो महादेवः प्रसादसुमुखस् तव । शोणितौघप्लुतैर् गात्रैर् नन्दिवाक्यप्रचोदितः जीवितार्थी ततो बाणः प्रमुखे शंकरस्य वै ॥ ह्व्_११२।११५ एतच् छ्रुत्वा वचो नन्देः शोणिताङ्गः स दानवः । प्रवृत्तो जीवितार्थाय शंकरं प्रमुखे स्थितः । प्रानृत्यत भये जाते दानवः स विचेतनः जय देव जगन्नाथ जयाजेय हराव्यय । जय भक्तिप्रिय सदा जय भूतगणार्चितः ॥ जय भस्मप्रदिग्धाङ्ग जय नग्नविदां मुख । उमापते विश्वपते जयाजेयाव्यय प्रभो ॥ एवमादि तदा बाणो विलपन् भवतुष्टये । अवस्थां कृपणां प्राप्तो भयविक्लवलोचनः ॥ ह्व्_११२।११६ ततः प्रनृत्तं बाणं च चक्रम् अप्रतिमं रणे । बाणं द्विबाहुं कृत्वा तु स्वाम् एव प्रकृतिं गतम् । तं दृष्ट्वा च प्रनृत्यन्तं भयोद्विग्नं पुनः पुनः । नन्दिवाक्यप्रजवितं भक्तानुग्रहकृद् भवः । करुणावशम् आपन्नो महादेवो ऽब्रवीद् वचः । प्रानृत्यद् बहुशो राजन् यथा प्रीतो भवेद् भव । ततः प्रीतो ऽभवद् राजन् बाणस्यास्य स लीलया । वरं वृणीष्व बाण त्वं यत् ते मनसि वर्तते प्रसादसुमुखो ऽहं ते वरकालो ऽयम् आगतः ॥ ह्व्_११२।११७ यत् प्रार्थ्यसे वरं बाण चिराय मनसेप्सितम् । तत् ते ऽहं त्वां प्रदास्यामि त्रिदशैर् अपि दुर्लभम् । रुद्रवाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा बाणो मनसि हर्षितः । वरान् मनसि संधार्य प्रवक्तुम् उपचक्रमे । अजरश् चामरश् चैव भवेयं सततं विभो एष मे प्रथमो देव वरो ऽस्तु यदि मन्यसे
gate kṛṣṇe tato nandī bāṇam āha śubhaṃ vacaḥ gaccha bāṇa kṣatenaiva devadevasya cāgrataḥ || tac chrutvā nandivākyaṃ tu bāṇo 'gacchata śīghragaḥ | chinnabāhuṃ tato bāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā nandī pratāpavān | apavāhya rathenaiva yato devas tato yayau || tato nandī punar bāṇaṃ prāg uvācottaraṃ vacaḥ | bāṇa bāṇa pranṛtyasva śreyas tava bhaviṣyati // HV_112.114 kṛttabāṇa mahādaitya tataḥ śreyas tvam āpsyasi | eṣa devo mahādevaḥ prasādasumukhas tava | śoṇitaughaplutair gātrair nandivākyapracoditaḥ jīvitārthī tato bāṇaḥ pramukhe śaṃkarasya vai // HV_112.115 etac chrutvā vaco nandeḥ śoṇitāṅgaḥ sa dānavaḥ | pravṛtto jīvitārthāya śaṃkaraṃ pramukhe sthitaḥ | prānṛtyata bhaye jāte dānavaḥ sa vicetanaḥ jaya deva jagannātha jayājeya harāvyaya | jaya bhaktipriya sadā jaya bhūtagaṇārcitaḥ || jaya bhasmapradigdhāṅga jaya nagnavidāṃ mukha | umāpate viśvapate jayājeyāvyaya prabho || evamādi tadā bāṇo vilapan bhavatuṣṭaye | avasthāṃ kṛpaṇāṃ prāpto bhayaviklavalocanaḥ // HV_112.116 tataḥ pranṛttaṃ bāṇaṃ ca cakram apratimaṃ raṇe | bāṇaṃ dvibāhuṃ kṛtvā tu svām eva prakṛtiṃ gatam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pranṛtyantaṃ bhayodvignaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | nandivākyaprajavitaṃ bhaktānugrahakṛd bhavaḥ | karuṇāvaśam āpanno mahādevo 'bravīd vacaḥ | prānṛtyad bahuśo rājan yathā prīto bhaved bhava | tataḥ prīto 'bhavad rājan bāṇasyāsya sa līlayā | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bāṇa tvaṃ yat te manasi vartate prasādasumukho 'haṃ te varakālo 'yam āgataḥ // HV_112.117 yat prārthyase varaṃ bāṇa cirāya manasepsitam | tat te 'haṃ tvāṃ pradāsyāmi tridaśair api durlabham | rudravākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā bāṇo manasi harṣitaḥ | varān manasi saṃdhārya pravaktum upacakrame | ajaraś cāmaraś caiva bhaveyaṃ satataṃ vibho eṣa me prathamo deva varo 'stu yadi manyase
When Kṛṣṇa had gone, Nandin then spoke auspicious words to Bāṇa: "Go, Bāṇa, wounded as you are, into the presence of the god of gods." Hearing those words of Nandin, Bāṇa went swiftly; then the majestic Nandin, seeing Bāṇa with his arms cut off, carried him away by chariot and went where the god was. Then Nandin again spoke a further word to Bāṇa: "Bāṇa, Bāṇa, dance! Good will come to you. O great Daitya with arms cut off, thereby you will obtain good; this god Mahādeva is gracious-faced toward you." With limbs bathed in floods of blood, urged on by Nandin's words, Bāṇa, desiring life, then (came) before Śaṃkara. Hearing this speech of Nandin, that Dānava, his body bloodied, set about (dancing) for the sake of his life, standing before Śaṃkara; in his fear that Dānava, out of his senses, danced: "Victory to you, god, lord of the world; victory, unconquerable, imperishable Hara! Victory, ever fond of devotion; victory, worshipped by the hosts of beings! Victory, you whose limbs are smeared with ashes; victory, foremost of those who know nakedness! Lord of Umā, lord of all, victory, unconquerable, imperishable master!" Lamenting in this and like manner to please Bhava, Bāṇa came to a wretched state, his eyes distraught with fear. Then the discus, unmatched in battle, having made the dancing Bāṇa two-armed, went back to its own nature. And seeing him dancing, agitated with fear again and again, driven on by Nandin's words, Bhava, who shows favour to his devotees, overcome by compassion, Mahādeva spoke a word. He danced much, O king, so that Bhava might be pleased; and then, O king, he was pleased by this Bāṇa's performance: "Choose a boon, Bāṇa, whatever is in your mind; I am gracious-faced toward you, and this is the time for a boon. Whatever boon you ask, Bāṇa, long desired in your heart, that I shall give you, hard to obtain even for the thirty gods." Then, hearing Rudra's words, Bāṇa, glad at heart, holding the boons in his mind, began to speak: "May I be ever ageless and undying, O pervading lord — let this be my first boon, O god, if you approve."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.119
तुल्यो ऽसि दैवतैर् बाण न मृत्युस् तव विद्यते अन्यं वरं वृणीष्वाद्य अनुग्राह्यो ऽसि मे सदा
tulyo 'si daivatair bāṇa na mṛtyus tava vidyate anyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣvādya anugrāhyo 'si me sadā
"You are equal to the gods, Bāṇa; no death exists for you. Choose another boon now — you are always one to receive my favour."
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HV 112.120
यथाहं शोणितादिग्धो भृशार्तो व्रणपीडितः भक्तानां नृत्यताम् एवं पुत्रजन्म भेवेद् भव
yathāhaṃ śoṇitādigdho bhṛśārto vraṇapīḍitaḥ bhaktānāṃ nṛtyatām evaṃ putrajanma bheved bhava
"As I am smeared with blood, sorely afflicted and tormented by wounds — let a son's birth come thus to your devotees who dance, O Bhava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 112.122
निराहाराः क्षमायुक्ताः सत्यार्जवपरायणाः मद्भक्ता ये हि नृत्यन्ति तेषाम् एवं भविष्यति ॥ ह्व्_११२।१२१ तृतीयं त्वम् अथो बाण वरं वर मनोगतम् । तद् विधास्यामि ते पुत्र सफलो ऽस्तु भवान् इह । चक्रपाटनजा घोरा रुजा तीव्रा हि या मम वरेण सा तृतीयेन शान्तिं गच्छतु मे भव
nirāhārāḥ kṣamāyuktāḥ satyārjavaparāyaṇāḥ madbhaktā ye hi nṛtyanti teṣām evaṃ bhaviṣyati // HV_112.121 tṛtīyaṃ tvam atho bāṇa varaṃ vara manogatam | tad vidhāsyāmi te putra saphalo 'stu bhavān iha | cakrapāṭanajā ghorā rujā tīvrā hi yā mama vareṇa sā tṛtīyena śāntiṃ gacchatu me bhava
"Those devotees of mine who dance, fasting, endowed with patience, devoted to truth and uprightness — for them it shall be so. (121) Now, Bāṇa, choose a third boon, whatever is in your mind; that I shall grant you, my son — may you be fulfilled here." "The dreadful, sharp pain of mine that arose from the cutting by the discus — by this third boon let it come to rest, O Bhava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.124
एवं भवतु भद्रं ते न रुजा प्रभविष्यति अक्षतं तव गात्रं च स्वस्थावस्थं भविष्यति ॥ ह्व्_११२।१२३ चक्रपाटनजा घोरा रुजा ते सुरसत्तम । न भविष्यति गात्रेषु बलवांश् च भविष्यसि । चतुर्थं ते वरं दद्मि वृणीष्वासुर काङ्क्षितं न ते ऽहं विमुखस् तात प्रसादसुमुखो ह्य् अहम्
evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te na rujā prabhaviṣyati akṣataṃ tava gātraṃ ca svasthāvasthaṃ bhaviṣyati // HV_112.123 cakrapāṭanajā ghorā rujā te surasattama | na bhaviṣyati gātreṣu balavāṃś ca bhaviṣyasi | caturthaṃ te varaṃ dadmi vṛṇīṣvāsura kāṅkṣitaṃ na te 'haṃ vimukhas tāta prasādasumukho hy aham
"So be it; blessings on you: the pain shall have no power. Your body shall be unwounded and shall be in a healthy state. (123) The dreadful pain born of the cutting by the discus, O best of gods (i.e. best of beings), shall not be in your limbs, and you shall be strong. I give you a fourth boon: choose, O Asura, what you desire; I am not averse to you, my dear, for my face is bright with favour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.126
प्रमाथगणवंशस्य प्रथमः स्याम् अहं विभो महाकाल इति ख्यातः ख्यातिं गच्छेयम् ईश्वर ॥ ह्व्_११२।१२५ एवं भविष्यतीत्य् आह देवो बाणं महाद्युतिः । दिव्यरूपो ऽक्षतो गात्रैर् नीरुजस् त्वं ममाश्रयात् ॥ ममातिसर्गाद् बाण त्वं भव चैवाकुतोब्यहः । भूयो ऽपि ते वरं दद्मि प्रख्यातबलपौरुष एवं भविष्यत्य् अवश्यं यं वरं त्वम् इहेच्छसि । तं तं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यद् इच्छसि महासुर
pramāthagaṇavaṃśasya prathamaḥ syām ahaṃ vibho mahākāla iti khyātaḥ khyātiṃ gaccheyam īśvara // HV_112.125 evaṃ bhaviṣyatīty āha devo bāṇaṃ mahādyutiḥ | divyarūpo 'kṣato gātrair nīrujas tvaṃ mamāśrayāt || mamātisargād bāṇa tvaṃ bhava caivākutobyahaḥ | bhūyo 'pi te varaṃ dadmi prakhyātabalapauruṣa evaṃ bhaviṣyaty avaśyaṃ yaṃ varaṃ tvam ihecchasi | taṃ taṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yad icchasi mahāsura
"May I be the first of the lineage of the Pramātha hosts, O lord; may I attain fame, renowned as Mahākāla, O Īśvara." (125) "It shall be so," said the god of great splendour to Bāṇa; "of divine form, unwounded in your limbs, free of pain shall you be by taking refuge in me. By my bestowal, Bāṇa, be you one who fears nothing from any quarter. Yet again I give you a boon, O you whose strength and manhood are renowned. It shall assuredly be so; whatever boon you wish for here, that choose — blessings on you — whatever you wish, great Asura."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 112.129
वैरूप्यम् अङ्गजं किं चिन् मा भून् मे देवसत्तम द्विबाहुत्वे ऽपि मे देहो न विरूपो भवेद् भव ॥ ह्व्_११२।१२७ भविता सर्वम् एतत् ते यथेच्छसि महासुर । भक्तस् त्वं मे न चादेयं भक्तानां विद्यते मम । ततो ऽब्रवीन् महादेवो बाणं स्थितम् अथान्तिके एवं भविष्यते बाण यत् त्वया समुदाहृतम् ॥ ह्व्_११२।१२८ त्यज मूढां मतिं बाण मा मोहवशगो भव । एतावद् उक्त्वा भगवांस् त्रिनेत्रो गणसंवृतः पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां तत्रैवान्तर् अधीयत
vairūpyam aṅgajaṃ kiṃ cin mā bhūn me devasattama dvibāhutve 'pi me deho na virūpo bhaved bhava // HV_112.127 bhavitā sarvam etat te yathecchasi mahāsura | bhaktas tvaṃ me na cādeyaṃ bhaktānāṃ vidyate mama | tato 'bravīn mahādevo bāṇaṃ sthitam athāntike evaṃ bhaviṣyate bāṇa yat tvayā samudāhṛtam // HV_112.128 tyaja mūḍhāṃ matiṃ bāṇa mā mohavaśago bhava | etāvad uktvā bhagavāṃs trinetro gaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tatraivāntar adhīyata
"Let there be no disfigurement of my body whatsoever, O best of gods; even with (only) two arms, let my body not become misshapen, O Bhava." (127) "All this shall be for you as you wish, great Asura. You are my devotee, and there is nothing that I would not give to my devotees." Then Mahādeva said to Bāṇa, who was standing near, (128) "It shall be thus, Bāṇa, as you have declared. Abandon your deluded mind, Bāṇa; do not fall under the sway of delusion." Having said only this much, the three-eyed Lord, surrounded by his hosts, vanished then and there while all beings looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition