Harivamsha — Chapter 113
HV 113.1
ततो दृष्ट्वैव गरुडम् अनिरुद्धशरीरगाः एवं वरान् बहूंल् लब्ध्वा बाणः प्रीतिमान् अभवत् । जगाम सह रुद्रेण महाकालत्वम् आगतः । वासुदेवो ऽपि बहुधा नारदं पर्यपृच्छत । क्वानिरुद्धस् तु भगवान् संयतो नागबन्धनैः । श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वेन स्नेहक्लिन्नं हि मे मनः ॥ अनिरुद्धे हृते वीरे क्षुभिता द्वारका पुरी । शीघ्रं तं मोक्षयिष्यामि यद् अर्थं वयम् आगताः ॥ अद्य तं नष्टशत्रुं वै द्रष्टुम् इच्छामहे वयम् । स प्रदेशस् तु भगवन् विदितस् तव सुव्रत ॥ एवम् उक्तस् तु कृष्णेन नारदः प्रत्यभाषत । कन्यापुरे कुमारो ऽसौ बद्धो नागैश् च माधव ॥ एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे शीघ्रं चित्रलेखा ह्य् उपस्थिता । बाणस्योत्तमसत्त्वस्य दैत्येन्द्रस्य महात्मनः । इदम् अन्तःपुरं देव प्रविशस्व यथासुखम् ॥ ततः प्रविष्टास् ते सर्वे अनिरुद्धस्य मोक्षणे । बलः सुपर्णः कृष्णश् च प्रद्युम्नो नारदस् तथा । वासुदेवो ऽपि सहसा विवेशान्तःपुरे रिपोः । शररूपा महासर्पा वेष्टयित्वा तनुं स्थिताः
tato dṛṣṭvaiva garuḍam aniruddhaśarīragāḥ evaṃ varān bahūṃl labdhvā bāṇaḥ prītimān abhavat | jagāma saha rudreṇa mahākālatvam āgataḥ | vāsudevo 'pi bahudhā nāradaṃ paryapṛcchata | kvāniruddhas tu bhagavān saṃyato nāgabandhanaiḥ | śrotum icchāmi tattvena snehaklinnaṃ hi me manaḥ || aniruddhe hṛte vīre kṣubhitā dvārakā purī | śīghraṃ taṃ mokṣayiṣyāmi yad arthaṃ vayam āgatāḥ || adya taṃ naṣṭaśatruṃ vai draṣṭum icchāmahe vayam | sa pradeśas tu bhagavan viditas tava suvrata || evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena nāradaḥ pratyabhāṣata | kanyāpure kumāro 'sau baddho nāgaiś ca mādhava || etasminn antare śīghraṃ citralekhā hy upasthitā | bāṇasyottamasattvasya daityendrasya mahātmanaḥ | idam antaḥpuraṃ deva praviśasva yathāsukham || tataḥ praviṣṭās te sarve aniruddhasya mokṣaṇe | balaḥ suparṇaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca pradyumno nāradas tathā | vāsudevo 'pi sahasā viveśāntaḥpure ripoḥ | śararūpā mahāsarpā veṣṭayitvā tanuṃ sthitāḥ
Then, the moment they saw Garuḍa, (the snakes) that had gone into Aniruddha's body... Thus, having obtained many boons, Bāṇa became glad; he went with Rudra, having attained the state of Mahākāla. Vāsudeva too questioned Nārada again and again: "Where is Aniruddha, revered one, bound with fetters of serpents? I wish to hear the truth, for my mind is melting with affection. With the hero Aniruddha carried off, the city of Dvārakā is in turmoil; I shall quickly free him — that is the purpose for which we have come. Today we wish to see him, his enemies destroyed; the place, O blessed one of good vows, is known to you." Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, Nārada replied: "That youth is bound with serpents in the maidens' quarters, Mādhava." At that very moment Citralekhā quickly presented herself: "This is the inner apartment of Bāṇa, the great-souled lord of the Daityas of highest being; enter, O god, at your ease." Then they all entered, to release Aniruddha: Bala, Suparṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Pradyumna and Nārada; Vāsudeva too at once entered the inner quarters of the foe. Great serpents in the form of arrows lay coiled about his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.2
ते सर्वे सहसा देहात् तस्य निःसृत्य भोगिनः क्षितिं सर्वे ऽभ्यधावन्त प्रकृत्यावस्थिताः शराः
te sarve sahasā dehāt tasya niḥsṛtya bhoginaḥ kṣitiṃ sarve 'bhyadhāvanta prakṛtyāvasthitāḥ śarāḥ
All those serpents, issuing at once from his body, all rushed to the ground, the arrows standing in their natural form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.3
दृष्टः स्पृष्टश् च कृष्णेन सो ऽनिरुद्धो महात्मना स्थितिः प्रीतिमना भूत्वा प्राञ्जलिर् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭaś ca kṛṣṇena so 'niruddho mahātmanā sthitiḥ prītimanā bhūtvā prāñjalir vākyam abravīt
Seen and touched by the great-souled Kṛṣṇa, that Aniruddha, standing (there), became glad at heart and with joined palms spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.4
देवदेव सदा युधे जेता त्वम् असि कस् तव शक्तो वै प्रमुखे स्थातुं साक्षाद् अपि शतक्रतुः
devadeva sadā yudhe jetā tvam asi kas tava śakto vai pramukhe sthātuṃ sākṣād api śatakratuḥ
"God of gods, you are always the victor in battle; who is able to stand before you — even Śatakratu (Indra) himself?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.6
आरोह गरुडं तूर्णं गच्छाम द्वारकां पुरीम् इत्युक्तः सो ऽधिरूढस् तु सह दानवकन्यया ॥ ह्व्_११३।५ गुरुभिः समनुज्ञातास् ततस् ते प्रययुस् तदा । चित्रलेखासमायुक्तो या प्रिया तस्य नित्यशः । ततस् ते दीर्घम् अध्वानं प्रययुः पुरुषर्षभाः चक्रायुधो गृह्य तदानिरुद्धं । निघ्नं चक्रे बाणम् उदीर्णचक्रम् । छित्त्वा तु बाणस्य स बाहुचक्रं । चक्रायुधो गृह्य तदानिरुद्धम् । पुरो महाबाणम् उदीर्णचक्र+ । +निपातिते बाहुविशीर्णगात्रे । आरुह्य गरुडं सर्वे जित्वा बाणं महासुरम्
āroha garuḍaṃ tūrṇaṃ gacchāma dvārakāṃ purīm ityuktaḥ so 'dhirūḍhas tu saha dānavakanyayā // HV_113.5 gurubhiḥ samanujñātās tatas te prayayus tadā | citralekhāsamāyukto yā priyā tasya nityaśaḥ | tatas te dīrgham adhvānaṃ prayayuḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ cakrāyudho gṛhya tadāniruddhaṃ | nighnaṃ cakre bāṇam udīrṇacakram | chittvā tu bāṇasya sa bāhucakraṃ | cakrāyudho gṛhya tadāniruddham | puro mahābāṇam udīrṇacakra+ | +nipātite bāhuviśīrṇagātre | āruhya garuḍaṃ sarve jitvā bāṇaṃ mahāsuram
"Mount Garuḍa quickly; let us go to the city of Dvārakā." So addressed, he mounted, together with the Dānava maiden. (5) Then, permitted by their elders, they set out, (Aniruddha) joined with Citralekhā, who was ever dear to him. Then those bulls among men travelled the long road. The discus-armed one, taking up Aniruddha... he made Bāṇa, whose discus was raised, one to be slain; having cut off the circle of Bāṇa's arms, the discus-armed one, taking up Aniruddha — before him great Bāṇa with raised discus — when he had been felled, his body shattered of arms, they all mounted Garuḍa, having conquered Bāṇa the great Asura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 113.11
ततो ऽम्बरतलस्थास् ते वारुणीं दिशम् आश्रिताः अपश्यन्त महात्मानो गावो दिव्यपयःप्रदाः । वेलावनविचारिण्यो नानावर्णाः सहस्रशः ॥ ह्व्_११३।७ अभिज्ञाय तदा रूपं कुम्भाण्डवचनश्रवात् । कृष्णः प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठस् तत्त्वतो ऽर्थविशारदः । निशम्य बाणगावस् तु तासु चक्रे मनस् तदा आस्थितो गरुडं देवः सर्वलोकादिर् अव्ययः ॥ ह्व्_११३।८ गरुड प्रयाहि तत्र त्वं यत्र बाणस्य गोधनम् । यासां पीत्वा किल क्षीरम् अमृतत्वम् अवाप्नुयात् । आह मां सत्यभामा च बाणगावो ममानय यासां पीत्वा किल क्षीरं न जीर्यन्ति महासुराः ॥ ह्व्_११३।९ विजराश् च जरां त्यक्त्वा भवन्ति किल जन्तवः । ता ममानय भद्रं ते यदि कार्यं न लुप्यते अथ कार्यनिरोधः स्यान् नैव तासु मनः कृथाः ॥ ह्व्_११३।१० इति माम् अब्रवीत् सत्या ताश् चैता विदिता मम । दृश्यन्ते गाव एतास् ता मां दृष्ट्वा वरुणालयम् विशन्ति सहिताः सर्वाः कार्यम् अत्र विधीयताम्
tato 'mbaratalasthās te vāruṇīṃ diśam āśritāḥ apaśyanta mahātmāno gāvo divyapayaḥpradāḥ | velāvanavicāriṇyo nānāvarṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ // HV_113.7 abhijñāya tadā rūpaṃ kumbhāṇḍavacanaśravāt | kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhas tattvato 'rthaviśāradaḥ | niśamya bāṇagāvas tu tāsu cakre manas tadā āsthito garuḍaṃ devaḥ sarvalokādir avyayaḥ // HV_113.8 garuḍa prayāhi tatra tvaṃ yatra bāṇasya godhanam | yāsāṃ pītvā kila kṣīram amṛtatvam avāpnuyāt | āha māṃ satyabhāmā ca bāṇagāvo mamānaya yāsāṃ pītvā kila kṣīraṃ na jīryanti mahāsurāḥ // HV_113.9 vijarāś ca jarāṃ tyaktvā bhavanti kila jantavaḥ | tā mamānaya bhadraṃ te yadi kāryaṃ na lupyate atha kāryanirodhaḥ syān naiva tāsu manaḥ kṛthāḥ // HV_113.10 iti mām abravīt satyā tāś caitā viditā mama | dṛśyante gāva etās tā māṃ dṛṣṭvā varuṇālayam viśanti sahitāḥ sarvāḥ kāryam atra vidhīyatām
Then, standing in the vault of the sky, having taken to the western quarter, those great-souled ones saw cows that yielded divine milk, roaming the groves of the shore, of many colours, by the thousand. (7) Recognising then their form from having heard Kumbhāṇḍa's words, Kṛṣṇa, best of strikers, truly skilled in matters, and learning that they were Bāṇa's cows, then set his mind on them. Seated on Garuḍa, the god, imperishable origin of all worlds, (said): (8) "Garuḍa, go there where Bāṇa's cattle-wealth is, by drinking whose milk one is said to attain immortality. And Satyabhāmā said to me: 'Bring me Bāṇa's cows, by drinking whose milk the great Asuras do not decay, (9) and creatures, casting off old age, are said to become free of aging. Bring them to me — blessings on you — if the task be not spoiled; but if there be an obstruction to the task, then do not set your mind on them.' (10) So Satyā said to me, and here they are, known to me. These cows are seen; but on seeing me they all enter together the abode of Varuṇa. Let what is to be done here be arranged."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.14
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा तु गरुडः पक्षवातेन सागरम् सो ऽवगाढो हि सहसा वरुणालयम् अन्तिकात् ॥ ह्व्_११३।१२ दृष्ट्वा जवेन गरुडं प्राप्तं वै वरुणालयम् । वारुणाश् च गणाः सर्वे विभ्रान्ताः प्राचलंस् तदा । ततस् तु वारुणं सैन्यम् अभियातं सुदारुणम् प्रमुखे वासुदेवस्य नानाप्रहरणोद्यतम् ॥ ह्व्_११३।१३ तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं वारुणैः पन्नगारिणा । ततस् तु तस्य प्रमुखे वासुदेवस्य धीमतः । तेषाम् आपततां संख्ये वारुणानां सहस्रशः देहा विद्योतयन्ति स्म कृत्स्नं वै वरुणालयम् । चक्रेण भगवाञ् शौरिश् चकार कदनं महत् । भग्नं बलम् अनाधृष्यं केशवेन महात्मना । ते भग्नाः सहसा यान्ति तम् एव वरुणालयम्
tathety uktvā tu garuḍaḥ pakṣavātena sāgaram so 'vagāḍho hi sahasā varuṇālayam antikāt // HV_113.12 dṛṣṭvā javena garuḍaṃ prāptaṃ vai varuṇālayam | vāruṇāś ca gaṇāḥ sarve vibhrāntāḥ prācalaṃs tadā | tatas tu vāruṇaṃ sainyam abhiyātaṃ sudāruṇam pramukhe vāsudevasya nānāpraharaṇodyatam // HV_113.13 tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ vāruṇaiḥ pannagāriṇā | tatas tu tasya pramukhe vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ | teṣām āpatatāṃ saṃkhye vāruṇānāṃ sahasraśaḥ dehā vidyotayanti sma kṛtsnaṃ vai varuṇālayam | cakreṇa bhagavāñ śauriś cakāra kadanaṃ mahat | bhagnaṃ balam anādhṛṣyaṃ keśavena mahātmanā | te bhagnāḥ sahasā yānti tam eva varuṇālayam
Saying "so be it," Garuḍa, (parting) the ocean with the wind of his wings, plunged suddenly close to Varuṇa's abode. (12) Seeing Garuḍa arrived with speed at Varuṇa's abode, all Varuṇa's hosts, bewildered, then stirred. Then Varuṇa's most terrible army advanced before Vāsudeva, raising manifold weapons. (13) That battle between Varuṇa's folk and the enemy of serpents was dreadful. Then, before that wise Vāsudeva, as those Vāruṇas fell upon him in battle by the thousands, their bodies lit up the whole abode of Varuṇa. With his discus the blessed Śauri wrought great slaughter; the unassailable force was broken by great-souled Keśava. Broken, they fled at once to that very abode of Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.17
षष्टिं रथसहस्राणि षष्टिं रथशतानि च वरुणेन प्रयुक्तानि दीप्तशस्त्राणि संयुगे ॥ ह्व्_११३।१५ तान्य् अयुध्यन्त कृष्णेन प्रद्युम्नेन बलेन च । तानि सर्वाणि सहसा निजघान रणे हरिः । तद् बलं कृष्णबाणौघैर् दह्यमानं समन्ततः भग्नं वरुणम् आश्रित्य नैव स्थानम् अविन्दत ॥ ह्व्_११३।१६ तद् बलं बलिभिः शूरैर् बलदेवजनार्दनैः । प्रद्युमेनानिरुद्धेन गरुडेन च सर्वशः । शरौघैर् विविधैस् तीक्ष्णैर् वध्यमानं समन्ततः ॥ ततो भग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । वरुणस् त्व् अथ संक्रुद्धो निर्ययौ यत्र केशवः । ऋषिभिर् देवगन्धर्वैस् तथैवाप्सरसां गणैः संस्तूयमानो बहुधा वरुणः पर्यवस्थितः
ṣaṣṭiṃ rathasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ rathaśatāni ca varuṇena prayuktāni dīptaśastrāṇi saṃyuge // HV_113.15 tāny ayudhyanta kṛṣṇena pradyumnena balena ca | tāni sarvāṇi sahasā nijaghāna raṇe hariḥ | tad balaṃ kṛṣṇabāṇaughair dahyamānaṃ samantataḥ bhagnaṃ varuṇam āśritya naiva sthānam avindata // HV_113.16 tad balaṃ balibhiḥ śūrair baladevajanārdanaiḥ | pradyumenāniruddhena garuḍena ca sarvaśaḥ | śaraughair vividhais tīkṣṇair vadhyamānaṃ samantataḥ || tato bhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | varuṇas tv atha saṃkruddho niryayau yatra keśavaḥ | ṛṣibhir devagandharvais tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno bahudhā varuṇaḥ paryavasthitaḥ
Sixty thousand chariots and sixty hundred chariots were deployed by Varuṇa in the battle, with blazing weapons. (15) They fought with Kṛṣṇa, with Pradyumna and with Bala; all of them Hari slew at once in the fight. That force, burning on all sides under the floods of Kṛṣṇa's arrows, broken, though it took refuge with Varuṇa, found no standing-place. (16) That force was slain on every side, by the mighty heroes Baladeva and Janārdana, by Pradyumna, by Aniruddha and by Garuḍa, with floods of various sharp arrows. Then, seeing the army broken by Kṛṣṇa of untiring deeds, Varuṇa, enraged, marched out to where Keśava was; hymned in many ways by seers, gods and Gandharvas and by the hosts of Apsarases, Varuṇa took his stand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.18
छत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन पाण्डुरेण वपुष्मता सलिलस्राविणा श्रेष्ठं चापम् उद्यम्य विष्ठितः
chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena pāṇḍureṇa vapuṣmatā salilasrāviṇā śreṣṭhaṃ cāpam udyamya viṣṭhitaḥ
With a white, handsome parasol held over him, dripping water, he stood there, raising his excellent bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.19
अपां पतिर् अभिक्रुद्धः पुत्रपौत्रबलान्वितः आह्वयन्न् इव युद्धे स विस्फारितमहाधनुः
apāṃ patir abhikruddhaḥ putrapautrabalānvitaḥ āhvayann iva yuddhe sa visphāritamahādhanuḥ
The lord of the waters, greatly enraged, attended by the force of his sons and grandsons, as though challenging to battle, with his great bow drawn taut —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.20
स तु प्रध्मापयञ् शङ्खं वरुणः समधावत हरिं हर इव क्रोधाद् बाणजालैः समावृणोत्
sa tu pradhmāpayañ śaṅkhaṃ varuṇaḥ samadhāvata hariṃ hara iva krodhād bāṇajālaiḥ samāvṛṇot
And Varuṇa, blowing his conch, rushed upon Hari like Hara, and out of anger enveloped him in nets of arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.21
ततः प्रध्माय जलजं पाञ्चजन्यं महाबलः बाणवर्षाकुलाः सर्वा दिशश् चक्रे जनार्दनः
tataḥ pradhmāya jalajaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ mahābalaḥ bāṇavarṣākulāḥ sarvā diśaś cakre janārdanaḥ
Then the mighty Janārdana, blowing the water-born conch Pāñcajanya, made all the quarters thick with a rain of arrows.
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HV 113.22
ततः शरौघैर् बहुधा वरुणः पीडितो रणे स्मयन्न् इव तदा कृष्णं वरुणः प्रत्ययुध्यत
tataḥ śaraughair bahudhā varuṇaḥ pīḍito raṇe smayann iva tadā kṛṣṇaṃ varuṇaḥ pratyayudhyata
Then Varuṇa, sorely pressed in battle by the floods of arrows, as though smiling, fought back then against Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.23
ततो ऽस्त्रं वैष्णवं घोरम् अभिमन्त्र्याहवे स्थितः वासुदेवो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं प्रमुखे तस्य संस्थितः
tato 'straṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ghoram abhimantryāhave sthitaḥ vāsudevo 'bravīd vākyaṃ pramukhe tasya saṃsthitaḥ
Then, standing in the fight, having consecrated with spells the dreadful Vaiṣṇava weapon, Vāsudeva, stationed before him, spoke these words:
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HV 113.24
इदम् अस्त्रं महाघोरं वैष्णवं शत्रुमर्दनम् मयोद्यतं वधार्थं ते तिष्ठेदानीं स्थिरो भव
idam astraṃ mahāghoraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śatrumardanam mayodyataṃ vadhārthaṃ te tiṣṭhedānīṃ sthiro bhava
"This most terrible Vaiṣṇava weapon, the crusher of enemies, has been raised by me for the purpose of killing you; stand fast now, be steady."
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HV 113.25
ततस् तद् वरुणो देवो ह्य् अस्त्रं वैष्णवम् उद्यतम् वारुणास्त्रेण संयोज्य ननाद स महाबलः
tatas tad varuṇo devo hy astraṃ vaiṣṇavam udyatam vāruṇāstreṇa saṃyojya nanāda sa mahābalaḥ
Then the god Varuṇa, joining the raised Vaiṣṇava weapon with the Vāruṇa weapon, roared, he of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.27
तस्यास्त्रवितता ह्य् आपो वरुणास्याभिनिःसृताः वैष्णवास्त्रस्य शमने वर्तन्ते समितिंजय ॥ ह्व्_११३।२६ आपस् तु वारुणास् तत्र क्षिप्ताः क्षिप्ता ज्वलन्ति वै । ततश् चक्रं समादाय ज्वालामालासमाकुलम् । मोक्तुकामो जगन्नाथो वारुणे प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥ ततः प्रज्वलिताः सर्वे वारुणाश् चक्रतेजसा । दह्यन्ते वारुणाः सर्वे ततो ऽस्त्रे ज्वलिते पुनः वैष्णवे तु महावीर्ये दिशो भीताः प्रदुद्रुवुः
tasyāstravitatā hy āpo varuṇāsyābhiniḥsṛtāḥ vaiṣṇavāstrasya śamane vartante samitiṃjaya // HV_113.26 āpas tu vāruṇās tatra kṣiptāḥ kṣiptā jvalanti vai | tataś cakraṃ samādāya jvālāmālāsamākulam | moktukāmo jagannātho vāruṇe pratyadṛśyata || tataḥ prajvalitāḥ sarve vāruṇāś cakratejasā | dahyante vāruṇāḥ sarve tato 'stre jvalite punaḥ vaiṣṇave tu mahāvīrye diśo bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ
The waters spread out by his weapon, issuing forth from Varuṇa's mouth, worked to quench the Vaiṣṇava weapon, O conqueror in battle. // But the Vāruṇa waters, once cast there, cast, blazed up. Then, taking up the discus wreathed in garlands of flame, the Lord of the world appeared before Varuṇa, wishing to release it. Then all the Vāruṇa (waters/beings) were set ablaze by the discus's fiery power; all the Vāruṇas were burned; and then, when the Vaiṣṇava weapon of great might blazed again, they fled in terror in all directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 113.28
तांस् तु प्रज्वलतो दृष्ट्वा वरुणो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् स्मर तां प्रकृतिं पूर्वाम् अव्यक्तां व्यक्तलक्षणां तमो जहि महाभाग रजसा मुह्यसे कथम्
tāṃs tu prajvalato dṛṣṭvā varuṇo vākyam abravīt smara tāṃ prakṛtiṃ pūrvām avyaktāṃ vyaktalakṣaṇāṃ tamo jahi mahābhāga rajasā muhyase katham
Seeing them blazing, Varuṇa spoke these words: "Remember that primordial nature, unmanifest yet marked by the manifest; slay darkness (tamas), O greatly fortunate one — how is it that you are deluded by rajas?"
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HV 113.29
सत्त्वस्थो नित्यम् आसीत् त्वं योगीश्वर महामते पञ्चभूताश्रयान् दोषान् अहंकारं च संत्यज
sattvastho nityam āsīt tvaṃ yogīśvara mahāmate pañcabhūtāśrayān doṣān ahaṃkāraṃ ca saṃtyaja
"You were always established in sattva, O lord of yogins, O great-minded one; abandon the faults that rest upon the five elements, and egoism too."
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HV 113.30
येयं ते वैष्णवी मूर्तिस् तस्या ज्येष्ठो ह्य् अहं तव ज्येष्ठभावेन मान्यस् ते किं मां दग्धुम् इच्छसि
yeyaṃ te vaiṣṇavī mūrtis tasyā jyeṣṭho hy ahaṃ tava jyeṣṭhabhāvena mānyas te kiṃ māṃ dagdhum icchasi
"This Vaiṣṇava form of yours — of it I am the elder; being your elder, I am to be honoured by you: why do you wish to burn me?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.31
नाग्निर् विक्रमते ह्य् अग्नौ त्यज कोपं युधां वर त्वयि न प्रभविष्यन्ति जगतः प्रभवो ह्य् असि
nāgnir vikramate hy agnau tyaja kopaṃ yudhāṃ vara tvayi na prabhaviṣyanti jagataḥ prabhavo hy asi
"Fire does not overpower fire; give up your anger, O best of fighters. They will have no power over you, for you are the origin of the world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.32
पूर्वं हि या त्वया सृष्टा प्रकृतिर् विकृतात्मिका धर्मिणी बीजभावेन पूर्वधर्मसमाश्रिता
pūrvaṃ hi yā tvayā sṛṣṭā prakṛtir vikṛtātmikā dharmiṇī bījabhāvena pūrvadharmasamāśritā
"For the nature (prakṛti) formerly created by you, whose essence is modification, upholding dharma, existing in the condition of a seed, resting on the former dharma —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.33
आग्नेयं चैव सौम्यं च प्रकृत्यैवेदम् आदितः त्वया सृष्टं जगद् इदं स कथं मन्यसे मयि
āgneyaṃ caiva saumyaṃ ca prakṛtyaivedam āditaḥ tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagad idaṃ sa kathaṃ manyase mayi
"This world, both fiery and lunar (soma-like), was created by you from the very beginning through nature itself; how then do you hold it (to be) in me?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 113.34
अजेयः शाश्वतो नित्यं स्वयंभूर् भूतभावनः अक्षयश् चाव्ययश् चैव भवान् एव महाद्युते
ajeyaḥ śāśvato nityaṃ svayaṃbhūr bhūtabhāvanaḥ akṣayaś cāvyayaś caiva bhavān eva mahādyute
"Unconquerable, everlasting, eternal, self-born, the creator of beings, imperishable and undecaying — that is you yourself, O greatly radiant one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.35
रक्ष मां रक्षणीयो ऽहं त्वयानघ नमो ऽस्तु ते आदिकर्तासि लोकस्य त्वयैव बहुलीकृतम्
rakṣa māṃ rakṣaṇīyo 'haṃ tvayānagha namo 'stu te ādikartāsi lokasya tvayaiva bahulīkṛtam
"Protect me; I am one to be protected by you, O sinless one; homage be to you. You are the first maker of the world; by you alone has it been made manifold."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.36
किं क्रीडसि महादेव बालः क्रीडनकैर् इव न ह्य् अहं प्रकृतिद्वेषी नाहं प्रकृतिदूषकः
kiṃ krīḍasi mahādeva bālaḥ krīḍanakair iva na hy ahaṃ prakṛtidveṣī nāhaṃ prakṛtidūṣakaḥ
"Why do you play, O great god, like a child with toys? For I am no hater of nature, nor am I a corrupter of nature."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.37
प्रकृतिर् या विकारेषु वर्तते पुरुषोत्तम तस्या विकारशमने वर्तसे त्वं यथाविधि
prakṛtir yā vikāreṣu vartate puruṣottama tasyā vikāraśamane vartase tvaṃ yathāvidhi
"That nature which operates among the modifications, O best of men — you engage duly in the quelling of its modifications."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.38
विकारो ऽसि विकाराणां विकारायतने ऽनघ तान् अधर्मविदो मन्दान् भवान् विकुरुते सदा
vikāro 'si vikārāṇāṃ vikārāyatane 'nagha tān adharmavido mandān bhavān vikurute sadā
"You are the modification of the modifications, in the seat of modification, O sinless one; you constantly transform those dull ones who do not know dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 113.39
इयं हि प्रकृतिर् दोषैस् तमसा युज्यते सदा रजसा वापि संदुष्टा ततो मोहः प्रवर्तते
iyaṃ hi prakṛtir doṣais tamasā yujyate sadā rajasā vāpi saṃduṣṭā tato mohaḥ pravartate
"For this nature is always joined with the faults, with tamas; or being corrupted by rajas, from that delusion arises."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.45
परावरज्ञः सर्वज्ञ ऐश्वर्यविधिम् आस्थितः किं मोहयसि नः सर्वान् प्रजापतिर् इव स्वयम् ॥ ह्व्_११३।४० वरुणेनैवम् उक्तस् तु कृष्णो लोकपरायणः । भावज्ञः सर्वविद्वीरस् ततः प्रीतिमना ह्य् अभूत् । इत्येवमुक्तः प्रहसन् कृष्णो वचनम् अब्रवीत् गाः संप्रयच्छ मे देव शान्त्यर्थं भीमविक्रम ॥ ह्व्_११३।४१ इत्येवम् उक्तः कृष्णेन वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः । वरुणो ह्य् अब्रवीद् बूयः शृणु मे मधुसूदन । बाणेन सार्धं समयो मया देव पुरा कृतः कथं च समयं कृत्वा कुर्यां विफलम् अन्यथा ॥ ह्व्_११३।४२ त्वम् एव देव सर्वस्य यथा समयभेदकः । चारित्रं दुष्यते तात न च सद्भिः प्रशस्यते ॥ धर्मभाग् ईश्वरो नित्यं वर्जते मधुसूदन । न च लोकान् अवाप्नोति पापः समयभेदकः ॥ प्रसीद धर्मलोपश् च मा भून् मे मधुसूदन । न मां समयभेदेन योक्तुम् अर्हसि माधव । जीवन् नाहं प्रदास्यामि गावो वै वृषभेक्षण हत्वा मां नय गावस् त्वम् एष मे समयः कृतः ॥ ह्व्_११३।४३ एतच् च मे समाख्यातं समयं मधुसूदन । सत्यम् एव महाबाहो न मिथ्या तु सुरेश्वर ॥ यद्य् एवाहम् अनुग्राह्यो रक्ष मां मधुसूदन । अथ वा गोषु निर्बन्धो हत्वा नय महाभुज । संभावयामि धर्मज्ञं मत्तो ऽभीष्टो भवान् असि । सत्यं प्रभाषसे यत् त्वं तस्मान् मद्भावभावितः ॥ इति विज्ञापितस् तेन कृष्णः परपुरंजयः । बाणवृत्तान्तम् अखिलं श्रावयित्वा तु पा।ने ॥ बाणासुरं पुरस्कृत्य दत्तं कृष्नाय गोधनम् । वरुणेन गृहीत्वा तु ययौ द्वारवतीं हरिः । उपायाद् द्वारकां कृष्णः श्रीमान् गरुडवाहनः । अवसद् वृष्णिभिः सार्धं स्तूयमानः समागतैः ॥ एष ते बाणविषयः प्रोक्तस् ते जनमेजय । पृच्छतो भवतो राजन् किं भूयः श्रोतुम् इच्छसि । वरुणेनैवम् उक्तस् तु मुक्त्वा गा वै महायशाः एवम् उक्तो ऽथ बाणस्य गावो मुक्त्वा महायशाः । अभेद्यं समयं मत्वा न्यस्तवादो गवां प्रति । प्रहस्य वरुणं देवं मानयाम् आस माधवः संप्रहस्य ततो वाक्यं व्याजहारार्थकोविदः । मानयन् वरुणं देवो गा बाणस्य व्यमुञ्चत । तस्मान् मुक्तो ऽसि यद्य् एवं बाणेन समयः कृतः । प्रसृतैर् मधुरैर् वाक्यैस् तत्त्वार्थम् अनुभाषितैः ॥ कथं पापं करिष्यामि वरुण त्वय्य् अहं प्रभो । गच्छ मुक्तो ऽसि वरुण सत्यसंधो ऽस्तु नो भवान् । त्वत्प्रियार्थं मया मुक्ता बाणगावो न संशयः ॥ ततस् तूर्यनिनादैश् च भेरीणां च महास्वनैः । अर्घम् आदाय वरुणः केशवं प्रत्यपूजयत् ॥ केशवो ऽर्धं तदा गृह्य वरुणाद्यदुनन्दनः । बलं पूजयते देवः कुशली च समाहितः ॥ वरुणायाभयं दत्त्वा वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् । त्वदर्थं धेनवो मुक्ता बाणस्य तु दुरात्मनः । इत्य् उक्त्वा वरुणं देवो गा बाणस्य विमुञ्चत । प्रययौ द्वारकां चापि शक्राद्यैर् अमरैर् वृतः ॥ ह्व्_११३।४४ द्वारकां प्रस्थितो देवः शचीपतिसहायवान् । तत्र देवाः समरुतः ससाध्याः समितिंजय गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव किंनराश् चान्तरिक्षगाः । ऋषयो नारदमुखा वसिष्टाद्या तपोधनाः । अनुगच्छन्ति विश्वेशं सर्वभूतादिम् अव्ययम्
parāvarajñaḥ sarvajña aiśvaryavidhim āsthitaḥ kiṃ mohayasi naḥ sarvān prajāpatir iva svayam // HV_113.40 varuṇenaivam uktas tu kṛṣṇo lokaparāyaṇaḥ | bhāvajñaḥ sarvavidvīras tataḥ prītimanā hy abhūt | ityevamuktaḥ prahasan kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt gāḥ saṃprayaccha me deva śāntyarthaṃ bhīmavikrama // HV_113.41 ityevam uktaḥ kṛṣṇena vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ | varuṇo hy abravīd būyaḥ śṛṇu me madhusūdana | bāṇena sārdhaṃ samayo mayā deva purā kṛtaḥ kathaṃ ca samayaṃ kṛtvā kuryāṃ viphalam anyathā // HV_113.42 tvam eva deva sarvasya yathā samayabhedakaḥ | cāritraṃ duṣyate tāta na ca sadbhiḥ praśasyate || dharmabhāg īśvaro nityaṃ varjate madhusūdana | na ca lokān avāpnoti pāpaḥ samayabhedakaḥ || prasīda dharmalopaś ca mā bhūn me madhusūdana | na māṃ samayabhedena yoktum arhasi mādhava | jīvan nāhaṃ pradāsyāmi gāvo vai vṛṣabhekṣaṇa hatvā māṃ naya gāvas tvam eṣa me samayaḥ kṛtaḥ // HV_113.43 etac ca me samākhyātaṃ samayaṃ madhusūdana | satyam eva mahābāho na mithyā tu sureśvara || yady evāham anugrāhyo rakṣa māṃ madhusūdana | atha vā goṣu nirbandho hatvā naya mahābhuja | saṃbhāvayāmi dharmajñaṃ matto 'bhīṣṭo bhavān asi | satyaṃ prabhāṣase yat tvaṃ tasmān madbhāvabhāvitaḥ || iti vijñāpitas tena kṛṣṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | bāṇavṛttāntam akhilaṃ śrāvayitvā tu pā.ne || bāṇāsuraṃ puraskṛtya dattaṃ kṛṣnāya godhanam | varuṇena gṛhītvā tu yayau dvāravatīṃ hariḥ | upāyād dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ śrīmān garuḍavāhanaḥ | avasad vṛṣṇibhiḥ sārdhaṃ stūyamānaḥ samāgataiḥ || eṣa te bāṇaviṣayaḥ proktas te janamejaya | pṛcchato bhavato rājan kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi | varuṇenaivam uktas tu muktvā gā vai mahāyaśāḥ evam ukto 'tha bāṇasya gāvo muktvā mahāyaśāḥ | abhedyaṃ samayaṃ matvā nyastavādo gavāṃ prati | prahasya varuṇaṃ devaṃ mānayām āsa mādhavaḥ saṃprahasya tato vākyaṃ vyājahārārthakovidaḥ | mānayan varuṇaṃ devo gā bāṇasya vyamuñcata | tasmān mukto 'si yady evaṃ bāṇena samayaḥ kṛtaḥ | prasṛtair madhurair vākyais tattvārtham anubhāṣitaiḥ || kathaṃ pāpaṃ kariṣyāmi varuṇa tvayy ahaṃ prabho | gaccha mukto 'si varuṇa satyasaṃdho 'stu no bhavān | tvatpriyārthaṃ mayā muktā bāṇagāvo na saṃśayaḥ || tatas tūryaninādaiś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ | argham ādāya varuṇaḥ keśavaṃ pratyapūjayat || keśavo 'rdhaṃ tadā gṛhya varuṇādyadunandanaḥ | balaṃ pūjayate devaḥ kuśalī ca samāhitaḥ || varuṇāyābhayaṃ dattvā vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | tvadarthaṃ dhenavo muktā bāṇasya tu durātmanaḥ | ity uktvā varuṇaṃ devo gā bāṇasya vimuñcata | prayayau dvārakāṃ cāpi śakrādyair amarair vṛtaḥ // HV_113.44 dvārakāṃ prasthito devaḥ śacīpatisahāyavān | tatra devāḥ samarutaḥ sasādhyāḥ samitiṃjaya gandharvāpsarasaś caiva kiṃnarāś cāntarikṣagāḥ | ṛṣayo nāradamukhā vasiṣṭādyā tapodhanāḥ | anugacchanti viśveśaṃ sarvabhūtādim avyayam
"Knowing the higher and the lower, all-knowing, established in the ordinance of lordship — why do you bewilder us all, like the Lord of creatures himself?" // 113.40 Thus addressed by Varuṇa, Kṛṣṇa, the refuge of the world, knower of intentions, the all-knowing hero, then became glad at heart. So addressed, laughing, Kṛṣṇa spoke these words: "Hand over the cows to me, O god, for the sake of peace, O you of terrible valour." // 113.41 Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, Varuṇa, skilled in speech, spoke again: "Hear me, O slayer of Madhu. A compact was made by me with Bāṇa long ago, O god; and having made a compact, how should I render it fruitless otherwise? // 113.42 You yourself, O god, (are the standard) for all, as (regards) a breaker of compacts; conduct is defiled, dear one, and is not praised by the good. The lord who shares in dharma always avoids (it), O slayer of Madhu; and the wicked breaker of compacts does not attain the (higher) worlds. Be gracious, and let there be no lapse of dharma for me, O slayer of Madhu; you should not join me to the breaking of a compact, O Mādhava. Living, I shall not give up the cows, O bull-eyed one; kill me and take the cows — this is the compact I have made. // 113.43 And this compact of mine has been declared to you, O slayer of Madhu; it is truth indeed, O mighty-armed one, not falsehood, O lord of gods. If then I am to be favoured, protect me, O slayer of Madhu; or else, if you are insistent about the cows, kill me and take them, O great-armed one. I honour you as one who knows dharma; you are dear to me. Because you speak the truth, you are (thereby) imbued with my own nature." Thus informed by him, Kṛṣṇa, conqueror of enemy cities, having caused the whole account of Bāṇa to be heard... Putting Bāṇa the asura in front, the wealth of cattle was given to Kṛṣṇa; and Hari, having taken it from Varuṇa, went to Dvāravatī. Kṛṣṇa the glorious, borne by Garuḍa, approached Dvārakā, and dwelt there together with the Vṛṣṇis, praised by those assembled. This account concerning Bāṇa has been told to you, O Janamejaya; since you ask, O king, what more do you wish to hear? Thus addressed by Varuṇa, the greatly renowned one released the cows. So addressed, the greatly renowned one, releasing Bāṇa's cows, and holding the compact to be unbreakable, gave up his claim regarding the cows; laughing, Mādhava honoured the god Varuṇa. Then, laughing, he who was skilled in meaning uttered these words; honouring Varuṇa, the god released Bāṇa's cows: "Therefore you are released, since such a compact was made with Bāṇa" — with flowing, sweet words that expressed the true meaning: "How shall I do a wrong to you, Varuṇa, O lord? Go, you are released, Varuṇa; be true to your word for us. For your pleasure the cows of Bāṇa have been released by me, no doubt." Then, with the sounds of trumpets and the great noise of kettledrums, Varuṇa, taking the guest-offering, honoured Keśava in return. Keśava, the delight of the Yadus, then receiving the offering from Varuṇa, the god honoured (Varuṇa's) strength, well and attentively. Having given safety to Varuṇa, the majestic Vāsudeva (said): "For your sake the cows of the evil-souled Bāṇa are released." Having said this to Varuṇa, the god released Bāṇa's cows, and set out for Dvārakā, surrounded by Śakra and the other immortals. // 113.44 The god set out for Dvārakā with the husband of Śacī as companion; there the gods with the Maruts and the Sādhyas, O conqueror in battle, and Gandharvas and Apsarases, and Kiṃnaras moving in the sky, and the sages headed by Nārada, Vasiṣṭha and the rest, rich in austerity, follow the Lord of all, the beginning of all beings, the imperishable one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 113.50
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च महाबलौ विद्याधरगणाश् चैव ये चान्ये सिद्धचारणाः । आयान्तम् अनुगच्छन्ति यशसा विजयेन च ॥ ह्व्_११३।४६ नारदश् च महाभागः प्रस्थितो द्वारकां प्रति । तुष्टो बाणजयं दृष्ट्वा वरुणं च कृतप्रियम् ॥ कैलासशिखरप्रख्यैर् नीलग्रीवधरैश् च तैः । दुराद् एव तु तां दृष्ट्वा द्वारकां द्वारमालिनीम् पाञ्चजन्यस्य निर्घोषं चक्रे चक्रगदाधरः ॥ ह्व्_११३।४७ संज्ञां प्रयच्छते देवो द्वारकापुरवासिनाम् । तेनाध्मातो महाशङ्खः पूरयाम् आस रोदसी । देवानुयात्रनिर्घोषं पाञ्चजन्यस्य निस्वनम् श्रुत्वा द्वारवती सर्वा प्रहर्षम् अतुलं गता ॥ ह्व्_११३।४८ पूर्णकुम्भैश् च लाजैश् च बहुविन्यस्तविस्तरैः । द्वारोपशोभितां कृत्वा सर्वां द्वारवतीं पुरीम् । सुश्लिष्टरथ्यां सुश्रीकां कृतरत्नोपशोभितां ॥ विप्राश् चार्घं समादाय तथैव कुलनैगमाः । जयशब्दैश् च विविधैः पूजयन्ति स्म माधवम् । वैनतेयसमासीनं नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् अवन्दन्यादवाः कृष्णं श्रिया परमया युतम् ॥ ह्व्_११३।४९ त्रयो ऽनुपूर्व्या वर्णाश् च पूजयन्ति महाबलम् । अनन्तं केशिहन्तारं श्रेष्ठिपूर्वाश् च श्रेणयः । ऋषिभिर् देवगन्धर्वैश् चारणैश् च समन्ततः संस्तूयमानो गोविन्दो द्वारकोपरि विष्ठितः
ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca mahābalau vidyādharagaṇāś caiva ye cānye siddhacāraṇāḥ | āyāntam anugacchanti yaśasā vijayena ca // HV_113.46 nāradaś ca mahābhāgaḥ prasthito dvārakāṃ prati | tuṣṭo bāṇajayaṃ dṛṣṭvā varuṇaṃ ca kṛtapriyam || kailāsaśikharaprakhyair nīlagrīvadharaiś ca taiḥ | durād eva tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dvārakāṃ dvāramālinīm pāñcajanyasya nirghoṣaṃ cakre cakragadādharaḥ // HV_113.47 saṃjñāṃ prayacchate devo dvārakāpuravāsinām | tenādhmāto mahāśaṅkhaḥ pūrayām āsa rodasī | devānuyātranirghoṣaṃ pāñcajanyasya nisvanam śrutvā dvāravatī sarvā praharṣam atulaṃ gatā // HV_113.48 pūrṇakumbhaiś ca lājaiś ca bahuvinyastavistaraiḥ | dvāropaśobhitāṃ kṛtvā sarvāṃ dvāravatīṃ purīm | suśliṣṭarathyāṃ suśrīkāṃ kṛtaratnopaśobhitāṃ || viprāś cārghaṃ samādāya tathaiva kulanaigamāḥ | jayaśabdaiś ca vividhaiḥ pūjayanti sma mādhavam | vainateyasamāsīnaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam avandanyādavāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śriyā paramayā yutam // HV_113.49 trayo 'nupūrvyā varṇāś ca pūjayanti mahābalam | anantaṃ keśihantāraṃ śreṣṭhipūrvāś ca śreṇayaḥ | ṛṣibhir devagandharvaiś cāraṇaiś ca samantataḥ saṃstūyamāno govindo dvārakopari viṣṭhitaḥ
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the two mighty Aśvins, and the hosts of Vidyādharas, and the other Siddhas and Cāraṇas — they follow him as he comes, with glory and with victory. // 113.46 And the greatly fortunate Nārada set out toward Dvārakā, pleased at seeing the victory over Bāṇa and Varuṇa, to whom a kindness had been done — together with those (attendants of Śiva) resembling the peaks of Kailāsa and wearing blue throats. Seeing Dvārakā, garlanded with gateways, from afar, the bearer of discus and mace sounded the blast of the Pāñcajanya. // 113.47 The god gives a signal to the dwellers of the city of Dvārakā; the great conch, blown by him, filled heaven and earth. Hearing the noise of the gods' procession and the sound of the Pāñcajanya, all Dvāravatī attained unequalled joy. // 113.48 With full jars and with parched grain laid out in abundance, having made the whole city of Dvāravatī adorned at its gates, with well-joined streets, lovely, made resplendent with jewels — and the brahmins, taking the guest-offering, and likewise the family townsmen, honoured Mādhava with various cries of "Victory!" The Yādavas saluted Kṛṣṇa, seated on the son of Vinatā, resembling a mass of dark collyrium, endowed with supreme splendour. // 113.49 And the three classes in due order honour the mighty one, the endless slayer of Keśin, and the guilds headed by their chiefs. Praised on all sides by sages, gods, Gandharvas and Cāraṇas, Govinda halted above Dvārakā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 113.51
तदाश्चर्यम् अपश्यन्त दाशार्हगणसत्तमाः प्रहर्षम् अतुलं प्राप्ता दृष्ट्वा कृष्णं महाभुजम् । बाणं जित्वा महादेवम् आयान्तं पुरुषोत्तमम्
tadāścaryam apaśyanta dāśārhagaṇasattamāḥ praharṣam atulaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ mahābhujam | bāṇaṃ jitvā mahādevam āyāntaṃ puruṣottamam
Then the best of the Dāśārha host beheld that marvel, and attained unequalled joy at seeing the mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person, coming after conquering Bāṇa and the Great God.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.53
द्वारकावासिनां वाचश् चरन्ति बहुधा तदा प्राप्ते कृष्णे महाभागे सात्वतानां महारथे ॥ ह्व्_११३।५२ गत्वा च दूरम् अध्वानं सुपर्णो द्रुतम् आगतः । धन्याः स्मो ऽनुगृहीताः स्मो येषां नो जगतः पतिः रक्षिता चापि गोप्ता च दीर्घबाहुर् जनार्दनः
dvārakāvāsināṃ vācaś caranti bahudhā tadā prāpte kṛṣṇe mahābhāge sātvatānāṃ mahārathe // HV_113.52 gatvā ca dūram adhvānaṃ suparṇo drutam āgataḥ | dhanyāḥ smo 'nugṛhītāḥ smo yeṣāṃ no jagataḥ patiḥ rakṣitā cāpi goptā ca dīrghabāhur janārdanaḥ
Then the talk of the inhabitants of Dvārakā ran in many ways, when the greatly fortunate Kṛṣṇa, the great chariot-warrior of the Sātvatas, had arrived. // 113.52 "Having gone a long road, Suparṇa has come back swiftly. We are fortunate, we are favoured, we whose protector and guardian is the long-armed Janārdana, the lord of the world."
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HV 113.54
वैनतेयं समारुह्य बाणं जित्वा सुदुर्जयम् प्राप्तो ऽयं पुण्डरीकाक्षो मनांस्य् आह्लादयन्न् इव
vainateyaṃ samāruhya bāṇaṃ jitvā sudurjayam prāpto 'yaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo manāṃsy āhlādayann iva
"Having mounted the son of Vinatā and conquered Bāṇa, so hard to conquer, this lotus-eyed one has arrived, as if gladdening our minds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.56
एवं कथयताम् एव द्वारकावासिनां तदा वासुदेवगृहं देवा विविशुस् ते महारथाः ॥ ह्व्_११३।५५ अवतीर्य सुपर्णात् तु वासुदेवो बलस् तदा । प्रद्युम्नश् चानिरुद्धश् च गृहान् प्रविविशुस् तदा । तानि तेषां विमानानि दिवि संचरतां तदा स्थितान्य् एव प्रदृश्यन्ते नानारूपाणि सर्वशः
evaṃ kathayatām eva dvārakāvāsināṃ tadā vāsudevagṛhaṃ devā viviśus te mahārathāḥ // HV_113.55 avatīrya suparṇāt tu vāsudevo balas tadā | pradyumnaś cāniruddhaś ca gṛhān praviviśus tadā | tāni teṣāṃ vimānāni divi saṃcaratāṃ tadā sthitāny eva pradṛśyante nānārūpāṇi sarvaśaḥ
While the residents of Dvārakā were speaking thus, the gods, those great chariot-warriors, entered Vāsudeva's house. Then Vāsudeva and Bala, having come down from Suparṇa, and Pradyumna and Aniruddha, entered the house; and those aerial cars of theirs, as they moved through the sky, were seen standing still on every side, of many shapes.
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HV 113.59
सिंहर्षभमृगैर् नागैर् वाजिसारसबर्हिणैः भास्वन्ति तानि दृश्यन्ते विमानानि सहस्रशः ॥ ह्व्_११३।५७ अथ कृष्णो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं कुमारांस् तान् सहस्रशः । प्रद्युम्नादीन् समस्तांस् तु श्लक्ष्णं मधुरया गिरा । एते रुद्रास् तथादित्या वसवो ऽथाश्विनाव् अपि साध्या देवास् तथान्ये चाप्य् अवन्दंस् तान् यथाक्रमम् ॥ ह्व्_११३।५८ सहस्राक्षं महाभागं दानवानां भयंकरम् । वन्दध्वं सहिताः शक्रं सगणं नागवाहनम् ॥ सप्तर्षयो महाभागा मत्प्रियार्थम् इहागताः । ऋषयश् च महात्मानो वन्दध्वं च यथासुखम् ॥ एते चक्रधराश् चैव एतान् वदन्त सर्वशः । सागराश् च ह्रदाश् चैव मत्प्रियार्थम् इहागताः । दिशश् च विदिशश् चैव वन्दध्वं च यथाक्रमम् ॥ वासुकिप्रमुखाश् चैव नागा वै सुमहाबलाः । गावश् च मत्प्रियार्थं वै वन्दध्वं च यथाक्रमम् ॥ ज्योतींषि सह नक्षत्रैर् यक्षराक्षसकिंनरैः । आगता मत्प्रियार्थं वै वन्दध्वं च यथाक्रमम् ॥ वासुदेववचः श्रुत्वा कुमाराः प्रणताः स्थिताः । यथाक्रमेण सर्वेषां देवतानां महात्मनाम् ॥ सर्वान् दिवौकसो दृष्ट्वा पौरा विस्मयम् आगताः । पूजार्थम् अथ संभारान् प्रगृह्य द्रुतम् आगताः । अहो वै महद् आश्चर्यं वासुदेवस्य संश्रयात् प्राप्यते यद् इहास्माभिर् इति वाचश् चरन्ति हि
siṃharṣabhamṛgair nāgair vājisārasabarhiṇaiḥ bhāsvanti tāni dṛśyante vimānāni sahasraśaḥ // HV_113.57 atha kṛṣṇo 'bravīd vākyaṃ kumārāṃs tān sahasraśaḥ | pradyumnādīn samastāṃs tu ślakṣṇaṃ madhurayā girā | ete rudrās tathādityā vasavo 'thāśvināv api sādhyā devās tathānye cāpy avandaṃs tān yathākramam // HV_113.58 sahasrākṣaṃ mahābhāgaṃ dānavānāṃ bhayaṃkaram | vandadhvaṃ sahitāḥ śakraṃ sagaṇaṃ nāgavāhanam || saptarṣayo mahābhāgā matpriyārtham ihāgatāḥ | ṛṣayaś ca mahātmāno vandadhvaṃ ca yathāsukham || ete cakradharāś caiva etān vadanta sarvaśaḥ | sāgarāś ca hradāś caiva matpriyārtham ihāgatāḥ | diśaś ca vidiśaś caiva vandadhvaṃ ca yathākramam || vāsukipramukhāś caiva nāgā vai sumahābalāḥ | gāvaś ca matpriyārthaṃ vai vandadhvaṃ ca yathākramam || jyotīṃṣi saha nakṣatrair yakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ | āgatā matpriyārthaṃ vai vandadhvaṃ ca yathākramam || vāsudevavacaḥ śrutvā kumārāḥ praṇatāḥ sthitāḥ | yathākrameṇa sarveṣāṃ devatānāṃ mahātmanām || sarvān divaukaso dṛṣṭvā paurā vismayam āgatāḥ | pūjārtham atha saṃbhārān pragṛhya drutam āgatāḥ | aho vai mahad āścaryaṃ vāsudevasya saṃśrayāt prāpyate yad ihāsmābhir iti vācaś caranti hi
Those aerial cars, shining with lions, bulls, deer, elephants, horses, cranes and peacocks, were seen by the thousand. Then Kṛṣṇa spoke words to those princes by the thousand, to Pradyumna and all the rest, gently, with a sweet voice: "These are the Rudras, and the Ādityas, the Vasus, and also the two Aśvins, the Sādhya gods, and the others too" — and they saluted them in due order. "Salute together the thousand-eyed, greatly blessed Śakra, the terror of the Dānavas, with his host, riding the elephant. The greatly blessed seven seers have come here for love of me, and the great-souled seers; salute them at your ease. And these are the wheel-bearers; speak to them all. The oceans too and the lakes have come here for love of me, and the directions and the intermediate directions; salute them in due order. And the serpents of very great strength, headed by Vāsuki, and the cows, are here for love of me; salute them in due order. The luminaries together with the constellations, with Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Kinnaras, have come for love of me; salute them in due order." Hearing Vāsudeva's words, the princes stood bowing in turn to all the great-souled deities. Seeing all the dwellers in heaven, the townspeople were filled with amazement, and taking up materials for worship they came in haste. "Oh, it is a great marvel, what we obtain here through relying on Vāsudeva!" — such words went about.
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HV 113.60
ततश् चन्दनचूर्णैश् च पुष्पवर्षैश् च सर्वशः किरन्ति पौराः सर्वांस् तान् पूजयन्तो दिवौकसः
tataś candanacūrṇaiś ca puṣpavarṣaiś ca sarvaśaḥ kiranti paurāḥ sarvāṃs tān pūjayanto divaukasaḥ
Then the townspeople scattered sandal-powder and showers of flowers on every side, honouring all those dwellers in heaven.
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HV 113.61
लाजैः प्रणामैर् धूपैश् च वाग्बुद्धिनियतास् तथा द्वारकावासिनः सर्वे पूजयन्ति दिवौकसः
lājaiḥ praṇāmair dhūpaiś ca vāgbuddhiniyatās tathā dvārakāvāsinaḥ sarve pūjayanti divaukasaḥ
With parched grain, with prostrations and with incense, restrained in speech and mind, all the inhabitants of Dvārakā honour the dwellers in heaven.
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HV 113.63
आहुकं वसुदेवं च साम्बं च यदुनन्दनम् सात्यकिं चोल्मुकं चैव विपृथुं च महाबलम् ॥ ह्व्_११३।६२ अक्रूरं च महाभागं तथा निषधम् एव च । एतान् परिष्वज्य तदा मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय वीर्यवान् अथ शक्रो महाभागः समक्षं यदुमण्डले । स्तुवन्तं केशिहन्तारं तत्रोवाचोत्तरं वचः । अन्धकं च शुभाक्षं च ततो वचनम् अब्रवीत्
āhukaṃ vasudevaṃ ca sāmbaṃ ca yadunandanam sātyakiṃ colmukaṃ caiva vipṛthuṃ ca mahābalam // HV_113.62 akrūraṃ ca mahābhāgaṃ tathā niṣadham eva ca | etān pariṣvajya tadā mūrdhni cāghrāya vīryavān atha śakro mahābhāgaḥ samakṣaṃ yadumaṇḍale | stuvantaṃ keśihantāraṃ tatrovācottaraṃ vacaḥ | andhakaṃ ca śubhākṣaṃ ca tato vacanam abravīt
Āhuka and Vasudeva, and Sāmba the delight of the Yadus, Sātyaki and Ulmuka, and Vipṛthu of great strength, and the greatly blessed Akrūra, and Niṣadha too — the valiant one embraced these and kissed them on the head. Then the greatly blessed Śakra, in the presence of the circle of Yadus, spoke there a further word to the slayer of Keśin, who was praising (him); and then he spoke a word to Andhaka and Śubhākṣa.
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HV 113.65
वासवः सात्वतान् सर्वान् एष वो यदुनन्दनः योजयित्वा रणे चैव यशसा पौरुषेण च ॥ ह्व्_११३।६४ रमयत्य् अतितेजस्वी दिवीव च दिवौकसः । महादेवस्य मिषतो गुहस्य च तथैव च एष बाणं रणे जित्वा द्वारकां पुनर् आगताः
vāsavaḥ sātvatān sarvān eṣa vo yadunandanaḥ yojayitvā raṇe caiva yaśasā pauruṣeṇa ca // HV_113.64 ramayaty atitejasvī divīva ca divaukasaḥ | mahādevasya miṣato guhasya ca tathaiva ca eṣa bāṇaṃ raṇe jitvā dvārakāṃ punar āgatāḥ
Vāsava (said): This son of the Yadus, having joined all the Sātvatas in battle, with glory and with manliness, exceedingly brilliant, gives them delight as (one delights) the dwellers in heaven in heaven itself. Before the very eyes of Mahādeva and of Guha likewise, he has conquered Bāṇa in battle, and you have come back to Dvārakā.
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HV 113.66
सहस्रबाहोर् बाहूनां कृत्वा क्षयम् अनुत्तमम् स्थापयित्वा द्विबाहुत्वे प्राप्तो ऽयं स्वपुरीं हरिः
sahasrabāhor bāhūnāṃ kṛtvā kṣayam anuttamam sthāpayitvā dvibāhutve prāpto 'yaṃ svapurīṃ hariḥ
Having wrought the utter destruction of the arms of the thousand-armed one, and having established him in the state of having two arms, this Hari has reached his own city.
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HV 113.67
यदर्थं जन्म कृष्णस्य मानुषेषु महात्मनः तद् अप्य् अवसितं कृत्स्नं नष्टशोका वयं कृताः
yadarthaṃ janma kṛṣṇasya mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ tad apy avasitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ naṣṭaśokā vayaṃ kṛtāḥ
That purpose for which the great-souled Kṛṣṇa was born among men — even that has been wholly accomplished; we have been made free of sorrow.
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HV 113.68
पिबन्तो मधुमाध्वीकं रंस्यामः प्रीतिसंयुताः कालो यास्यत्य् अविरतं विषयेष्व् एव सज्जताम्
pibanto madhumādhvīkaṃ raṃsyāmaḥ prītisaṃyutāḥ kālo yāsyaty avirataṃ viṣayeṣv eva sajjatām
Drinking honey-wine and mādhvīka, we shall enjoy ourselves, filled with delight; time will pass on unceasingly for those who cling to sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 113.69
बाहूनां संश्रयात् सर्वे वयम् अस्य महात्मनः प्रनष्टशोका रंस्यामः सर्व एवामराः सुखम्
bāhūnāṃ saṃśrayāt sarve vayam asya mahātmanaḥ pranaṣṭaśokā raṃsyāmaḥ sarva evāmarāḥ sukham
Through the shelter of the arms of this great-souled one, all of us, with our sorrow utterly gone — all the immortals indeed — shall enjoy ourselves at ease.
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HV 113.71
एवम् उक्त्वा परिष्वज्य कृष्णं कमललोचनम् एवं स्तुत्वा सहस्राक्षः केशवं दानवान्तकम् । आपृच्छ्य तं महाभागः सर्वैर् देवगणैर् वृतः ॥ ततः पुनः परिष्वज्य कृष्णं लोकनमस्कृतम् । इत्य् उक्त्वा यादवान् सर्वान् कृष्णं संपूज्य वासवः । पुरंदरो दिवं यातः सर्वामरगणैर् वृतः ऋषयश् च महात्मानो जयाशीर्भिर् महौजसम् । यथागतं पुनर् याता यक्षराक्षसकिंनराः ॥ पुरंदरे दिवं याते पद्मनाभो महाबलः । अपृच्छत महाभागः सर्वान् कुशलम् अव्ययम् ॥ ततः किलकिलाशब्दं निर्वमन्तः सहस्रशः । गच्छन्ति कौमुदीं द्रष्टुं सो ऽनघः प्रियया सह । द्वारकां प्राप्य कृष्णस् तु रेमे यदुगणैर् वृतः ॥ ह्व्_११३।७० विविधान् सर्वकामार्थाञ् श्रिया परमया युतः । एवम् एषो ऽवतीइर्णो वै पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते विष्णुर् यदुकुलश्रेष्ठो वासुदेवेति विश्रुतः
evam uktvā pariṣvajya kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam evaṃ stutvā sahasrākṣaḥ keśavaṃ dānavāntakam | āpṛcchya taṃ mahābhāgaḥ sarvair devagaṇair vṛtaḥ || tataḥ punaḥ pariṣvajya kṛṣṇaṃ lokanamaskṛtam | ity uktvā yādavān sarvān kṛṣṇaṃ saṃpūjya vāsavaḥ | puraṃdaro divaṃ yātaḥ sarvāmaragaṇair vṛtaḥ ṛṣayaś ca mahātmāno jayāśīrbhir mahaujasam | yathāgataṃ punar yātā yakṣarākṣasakiṃnarāḥ || puraṃdare divaṃ yāte padmanābho mahābalaḥ | apṛcchata mahābhāgaḥ sarvān kuśalam avyayam || tataḥ kilakilāśabdaṃ nirvamantaḥ sahasraśaḥ | gacchanti kaumudīṃ draṣṭuṃ so 'naghaḥ priyayā saha | dvārakāṃ prāpya kṛṣṇas tu reme yadugaṇair vṛtaḥ // HV_113.70 vividhān sarvakāmārthāñ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ | evam eṣo 'vatīirṇo vai pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate viṣṇur yadukulaśreṣṭho vāsudeveti viśrutaḥ
Having spoken thus, and embraced lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, and having thus praised Keśava, the destroyer of the Dānavas, the thousand-eyed, greatly blessed one took leave of him, surrounded by all the hosts of gods. Then, embracing again Kṛṣṇa, whom the world salutes — having said this to all the Yādavas and having worshipped Kṛṣṇa, Vāsava, the Breaker of Cities, went to heaven, surrounded by all the hosts of immortals; and the great-souled seers, (blessing) that greatly vigorous one with benedictions of victory, went back as they had come, as did the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Kinnaras. When the Breaker of Cities had gone to heaven, the lotus-navelled, greatly strong, greatly blessed one asked after the unfailing welfare of all. Then, uttering shouts of jubilation by the thousand, they go to see the moonlight; and he, the faultless one, with his beloved — Kṛṣṇa, having reached Dvārakā, took his pleasure surrounded by the hosts of Yadus, (enjoying) manifold objects of every desire, endowed with supreme splendour. Thus has this one descended upon the earth, O lord of the earth: Viṣṇu, best of the Yadu family, famed as Vāsudeva.
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HV 113.72
एतैश् च कारणैः श्रीमान् वसुदेवकुले प्रभुः जातो वृष्णिषु देवक्यां यन् मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
etaiś ca kāraṇaiḥ śrīmān vasudevakule prabhuḥ jāto vṛṣṇiṣu devakyāṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
And for these reasons the glorious Lord was born in the family of Vasudeva, among the Vṛṣṇis, of Devakī — which is what you ask me about.
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HV 113.73
निवृत्ते नारदप्रश्ने मयोक्तं ते समासतः उक्तास् ते विस्तराः सर्वे पूर्वं ये जनमेजय
nivṛtte nāradapraśne mayoktaṃ te samāsataḥ uktās te vistarāḥ sarve pūrvaṃ ye janamejaya
When Nārada's question was concluded, I told it to you in summary; and all those details were told you earlier, Janamejaya.
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HV 113.74
विष्णोस् तु माथुरे कल्पे यत्र ते संशयो महान् वासुदेवगतिश् चैव सा मया समुदाहृता
viṣṇos tu māthure kalpe yatra te saṃśayo mahān vāsudevagatiś caiva sā mayā samudāhṛtā
And as for Viṣṇu in the Māthura kalpa, wherein your great doubt lay, and the course of Vāsudeva — that too has been fully related by me.
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HV 113.75
आश्चर्यश् चैव नान्यो ऽस्ति कृष्णश् चाश्चर्यसंनिधिः सर्वेष्व् आश्चर्यकल्पेषु नास्त्य् आश्चर्यम् अवैष्णवम्
āścaryaś caiva nānyo 'sti kṛṣṇaś cāścaryasaṃnidhiḥ sarveṣv āścaryakalpeṣu nāsty āścaryam avaiṣṇavam
There is no other marvel, and Kṛṣṇa is the seat of all marvels; among all marvellous kalpas there is no marvel that is not of Viṣṇu.
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HV 113.76
स एव धन्यो धनिनां धन्यकृद् धन्यभावनः देवेष्व् अपि सदैत्येषु नास्ति धन्यतरो ऽच्युतात्
sa eva dhanyo dhanināṃ dhanyakṛd dhanyabhāvanaḥ deveṣv api sadaityeṣu nāsti dhanyataro 'cyutāt
He alone is blessed among the wealthy, the maker of blessedness, the producer of blessedness; among gods and among Daityas too there is none more blessed than Acyuta.
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HV 113.79
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ मरुतस् तथा गगनं भूर् दिशश् चैव सलिलं ज्योतिर् एव च ॥ ह्व्_११३।७७ सर्वम् एतज् जगद्धाता विष्णुर् एव न चापरः । एष धाता विधाता च संहर्ता काल एव च सत्यं धर्मस् तपश् चैव ब्रह्म चैव सनातनम् अनन्तश् चैव नागानां रुद्राणां शंकरः स्मृतः । जङ्गमाजङ्गमं चैव जगन्नारायणोद्भवं । एतस्माच् च जगत् सर्वं प्रसूयेत जनार्दनात् । जगच् च सर्वं देवेशस् तं नमस् कुरु भारत ॥ ह्व्_११३।७८ पूज्यश् च सततं सर्वैर् देवैर् एष सनातनः । पूज्यो ऽयं देवदेवेशः पूज्यैर् अपि सवासवैः । इज्यश् च देवदेवेशस् तं नमस्कुरु भारत ॥ आदिकर्ता च भोक्ता च भूतादिर् भूतिर् एव च । नमस्कुरु जगन्नाथं भूयो भूयः प्रभो नृप ॥ नमस्कुरु सदा विष्णुं यादवं भूतभावनम् । नमस्यामो जगन्नाथं देवकीं च हरिं सदा ॥ ध्याहि नित्यं जगन्नाथं प्रयत्नपरमो भव । श्रेयस् तव सदा विष्णुर् विधास्यति न संशयः ॥ नमस् तस्मिन् समाधत्स्व मनो ऽनुध्याहि तत् परम् । उपास्यश् च सदा विष्णुर् मनसा राजसत्तम । नमस्कुरु जगन्नाथं भूयो भूयो जगत्पते । वासुदेवं सदा ध्याहि केशवं केशिसूदनम् ॥ नारायणम् अणीयांसं ध्याहि यत्नेन सत्तमम् । ध्यातो हि सर्वपापानि नाशयिष्यत्य् असंशयम् । इत्युक्तं बाणयुद्धं ते माहात्म्यं केशवस्य च वंशप्रतिष्ठां अतुलां श्रवणादेव लप्स्यसे
ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau marutas tathā gaganaṃ bhūr diśaś caiva salilaṃ jyotir eva ca // HV_113.77 sarvam etaj jagaddhātā viṣṇur eva na cāparaḥ | eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca saṃhartā kāla eva ca satyaṃ dharmas tapaś caiva brahma caiva sanātanam anantaś caiva nāgānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ śaṃkaraḥ smṛtaḥ | jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ caiva jagannārāyaṇodbhavaṃ | etasmāc ca jagat sarvaṃ prasūyeta janārdanāt | jagac ca sarvaṃ deveśas taṃ namas kuru bhārata // HV_113.78 pūjyaś ca satataṃ sarvair devair eṣa sanātanaḥ | pūjyo 'yaṃ devadeveśaḥ pūjyair api savāsavaiḥ | ijyaś ca devadeveśas taṃ namaskuru bhārata || ādikartā ca bhoktā ca bhūtādir bhūtir eva ca | namaskuru jagannāthaṃ bhūyo bhūyaḥ prabho nṛpa || namaskuru sadā viṣṇuṃ yādavaṃ bhūtabhāvanam | namasyāmo jagannāthaṃ devakīṃ ca hariṃ sadā || dhyāhi nityaṃ jagannāthaṃ prayatnaparamo bhava | śreyas tava sadā viṣṇur vidhāsyati na saṃśayaḥ || namas tasmin samādhatsva mano 'nudhyāhi tat param | upāsyaś ca sadā viṣṇur manasā rājasattama | namaskuru jagannāthaṃ bhūyo bhūyo jagatpate | vāsudevaṃ sadā dhyāhi keśavaṃ keśisūdanam || nārāyaṇam aṇīyāṃsaṃ dhyāhi yatnena sattamam | dhyāto hi sarvapāpāni nāśayiṣyaty asaṃśayam | ityuktaṃ bāṇayuddhaṃ te māhātmyaṃ keśavasya ca vaṃśapratiṣṭhāṃ atulāṃ śravaṇādeva lapsyase
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Aśvins and the Maruts, the sky, the earth and the directions, water and light — all this is Viṣṇu, the maker of the world, and no other. He is the establisher and the ordainer, the destroyer, and Time itself; truth, dharma, austerity, and the eternal brahman; among serpents he is known as Ananta, among Rudras as Śaṃkara. Moving and unmoving, the world arises from Nārāyaṇa; from this Janārdana the whole world is brought forth; and the lord of gods is the whole world — bow to him, Bhārata. This eternal one is ever to be worshipped by all the gods; this lord of the gods of gods is to be worshipped even by those worthy of worship, Vāsava among them; the lord of the gods of gods is to be offered sacrifice — bow to him, Bhārata. He is the first maker and the enjoyer, the origin of beings and being itself; bow to the lord of the world again and again, O mighty king. Bow always to Viṣṇu, the Yādava, the creator of beings; we salute the lord of the world, and Devakī, and Hari, always. Meditate constantly on the lord of the world, be supremely diligent; Viṣṇu will always bring about your good, there is no doubt. Fix your mind in salutation upon him, meditate upon that supreme one; Viṣṇu is always to be worshipped with the mind, O best of kings. Bow to the lord of the world again and again, O lord of the earth. Meditate always on Vāsudeva, Keśava, the slayer of Keśin. Meditate with effort on Nārāyaṇa, the subtlest, the best; for when meditated upon he will destroy all sins, without doubt. Thus have I told you the battle with Bāṇa and the greatness of Keśava; by the mere hearing of it you will obtain an incomparable establishment of your lineage.
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HV 113.81
ये चेदं धारयिष्यन्ति बाणयुद्धम् अनुत्तमम् केशवस्य च माहात्म्यं नाधर्मस् तान् भजिष्यति ॥ ह्व्_११३।८० तेषां धर्मो भवेद् राजन् नात्र कार्या विचारणा । एषा ते वैष्णवी चर्या मया कार्त्स्न्येन कीर्तिता पृच्छतस् तात यज्ञे ऽस्मिन् निवृत्ते जनमेजय
ye cedaṃ dhārayiṣyanti bāṇayuddham anuttamam keśavasya ca māhātmyaṃ nādharmas tān bhajiṣyati // HV_113.80 teṣāṃ dharmo bhaved rājan nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | eṣā te vaiṣṇavī caryā mayā kārtsnyena kīrtitā pṛcchatas tāta yajñe 'smin nivṛtte janamejaya
And those who will retain this unsurpassed battle with Bāṇa and the greatness of Keśava — unrighteousness will not attach to them; righteousness will be theirs, O king: no deliberation is needed here. This Vaiṣṇava conduct has been proclaimed by me in full to you who asked, my son, at this sacrifice now concluded, Janamejaya.
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HV 113.83
आश्चर्यपर्वम् अखिलं यो हीदं धारयेन् नृप सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । कल्प उत्थाय यो नित्यं कीर्तयेत् सुसमाहितः । न तस्य दुर्लभं किं चिद् इह लोके परत्र च ॥ ब्राह्मणः सर्ववेदी स्यात् क्षत्रियो विजयी भवेत् । वैश्यो धनसमृद्धः स्याच् छूद्रो गच्छेच् च सद्गतिम् । नाशुभं प्राप्नुयात् किंचिद् दीर्घम् आयुर् अवाप्नुयात् ॥ ह्व्_११३।८२ हरिवंशम् इमं पुण्यं यः शृणोति महीपतिः । आयुर् आरोग्यम् ऐश्वर्यम् अतुलाम् ऋद्धिम् आप्नुयात् । अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रम् अधनो ऽपि धनं व्रजेत् । अरिष्टशमनं सर्वं प्राप्नोति शुभसंततिम् ॥ वासुदेवे परां भक्तिं भोगान् अप्य् अतुलान् भुवि । अव्याहतं प्रतापं च यशो विन्देत मानवः ॥ हरिवंशम् इमं शृण्वन् मण्डलाधिपतिर् भवेत् । आचन्द्रतारकं भूमा+ +वशेषाम् ऋद्धिम् आप्नुयात् । य इदं शृणुयान् नित्यं विष्णुभक्ताद् द्विजर्षभात् । सदा दिग्विजयी भूयाच् चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः ॥ वेदे रामायणे चैव हरिवंशे च भारत । आदौ मध्ये तथैवान्ते हरिः सर्वत्र गीयते ॥ तस्माद् धरिः सदा ध्येयः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । आदिकर्ता महीभर्ता श्रिया सार्धं जगत्पतिः ॥ तस्य वंशम् इमं पुण्यम् इतिहासं पुरातनम् । ये नराः कीर्तयिष्यन्ति नास्ति तेषां पराभवः । असकृत् पठ राजेन्द्र हरिवंशं महर्द्धिमत् । मनस् ते निश्चलं भूयात् प्रसन्नो ऽस्तु जनार्दनः । इति पारिक्षितो राजा वैशंपायनभाषितम् श्रुतवान् अमलो भूत्वा हरिवंशं द्विजर्षभाः
āścaryaparvam akhilaṃ yo hīdaṃ dhārayen nṛpa sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | kalpa utthāya yo nityaṃ kīrtayet susamāhitaḥ | na tasya durlabhaṃ kiṃ cid iha loke paratra ca || brāhmaṇaḥ sarvavedī syāt kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet | vaiśyo dhanasamṛddhaḥ syāc chūdro gacchec ca sadgatim | nāśubhaṃ prāpnuyāt kiṃcid dīrgham āyur avāpnuyāt // HV_113.82 harivaṃśam imaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti mahīpatiḥ | āyur ārogyam aiśvaryam atulām ṛddhim āpnuyāt | aputro labhate putram adhano 'pi dhanaṃ vrajet | ariṣṭaśamanaṃ sarvaṃ prāpnoti śubhasaṃtatim || vāsudeve parāṃ bhaktiṃ bhogān apy atulān bhuvi | avyāhataṃ pratāpaṃ ca yaśo vindeta mānavaḥ || harivaṃśam imaṃ śṛṇvan maṇḍalādhipatir bhavet | ācandratārakaṃ bhūmā+ +vaśeṣām ṛddhim āpnuyāt | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ viṣṇubhaktād dvijarṣabhāt | sadā digvijayī bhūyāc caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ || vede rāmāyaṇe caiva harivaṃśe ca bhārata | ādau madhye tathaivānte hariḥ sarvatra gīyate || tasmād dhariḥ sadā dhyeyaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ | ādikartā mahībhartā śriyā sārdhaṃ jagatpatiḥ || tasya vaṃśam imaṃ puṇyam itihāsaṃ purātanam | ye narāḥ kīrtayiṣyanti nāsti teṣāṃ parābhavaḥ | asakṛt paṭha rājendra harivaṃśaṃ maharddhimat | manas te niścalaṃ bhūyāt prasanno 'stu janārdanaḥ | iti pārikṣito rājā vaiśaṃpāyanabhāṣitam śrutavān amalo bhūtvā harivaṃśaṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ
Whoever, O king, retains this whole Marvel-section, he goes, freed from all sins, to Viṣṇu's world. He who, rising at dawn, recites it constantly with full concentration — for him nothing is hard to obtain, in this world or the next. A brahmin will become knower of all the Vedas; a kṣatriya will become victorious; a vaiśya will become rich in wealth; and a śūdra will attain a good goal; he will meet with nothing inauspicious and will obtain long life. The king who hears this holy Harivaṃśa will obtain long life, health, lordship and incomparable prosperity; the sonless gets a son, and even the poor man attains wealth; he obtains the quelling of all calamity and auspicious offspring. A man will find supreme devotion to Vāsudeva, and incomparable enjoyments on earth, and unimpeded majesty and fame. Hearing this Harivaṃśa one becomes ruler of a province; as long as moon and stars endure he will obtain (?) prosperity on earth. He who hears this constantly from a Viṣṇu-devoted bull among the twice-born will always be a conqueror of the directions, possessed of an army of four divisions. In the Veda, in the Rāmāyaṇa, in the Harivaṃśa and in the Bhārata, at the beginning, in the middle and likewise at the end, Hari is sung everywhere. Therefore Hari is always to be meditated upon, bearer of conch, discus and mace, the first maker, the sustainer of the earth, the lord of the world together with Śrī. Those men who will recite this holy lineage of his, this ancient narrative — for them there is no defeat. Recite the greatly prosperous Harivaṃśa again and again, O best of kings; may your mind become steady, may Janārdana be pleased. Thus the son of Parikṣit, the king, heard what Vaiśaṃpāyana spoke, and became pure, O bulls among the twice-born, (hearing) the Harivaṃśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain