Harivamsha — Chapter 25
HV 25.2
पौरवी रोहिणी नाम बाह्लिकस्यात्मजा नृप ज्येष्ठा पत्नी महाराज दयितानकदुन्दुभेः ॥ ह्व्_२५।१ याः पत्न्यो वसुदेवस्य चतुर्दश वराङ्गनाः । पौरवी रोहिणी नाम मदिरापि तथापरा । वैशाखी च तथा भद्रा सुनाम्नी चैव पञ्चमी ॥ सहदेवा शान्तिदेवा श्रीदेवा देवरक्षिता । वृकदेव्य् उपदेवी च देवकी चैव सप्तमी ॥ सुतनुर् वडवा चैव द्वे एते परिचारिके । लेभे ज्येष्ठं सुतं रामं शारणं शठम् एव च दुर्दमं दमनं श्वभ्रं पिण्डारककुशीनरौ
pauravī rohiṇī nāma bāhlikasyātmajā nṛpa jyeṣṭhā patnī mahārāja dayitānakadundubheḥ // HV_25.1 yāḥ patnyo vasudevasya caturdaśa varāṅganāḥ | pauravī rohiṇī nāma madirāpi tathāparā | vaiśākhī ca tathā bhadrā sunāmnī caiva pañcamī || sahadevā śāntidevā śrīdevā devarakṣitā | vṛkadevy upadevī ca devakī caiva saptamī || sutanur vaḍavā caiva dve ete paricārike | lebhe jyeṣṭhaṃ sutaṃ rāmaṃ śāraṇaṃ śaṭham eva ca durdamaṃ damanaṃ śvabhraṃ piṇḍārakakuśīnarau
Pauravī named Rohiṇī, the daughter of Bāhlika, O king, was the eldest wife, O great king, of the beloved Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva). Those who were Vasudeva's wives, fourteen fair women: Pauravī named Rohiṇī, and Madirā the next, and Vaiśākhī, and Bhadrā, and Sunāmnī the fifth; Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevā, Devarakṣitā, Vṛkadevī and Upadevī, and Devakī the seventh; and Sutanu and Vaḍavā — these two were attendants. (Rohiṇī) obtained as eldest son Rāma, and Śāraṇa and Śaṭha, Durdama, Damana, Śvabhra, Piṇḍāraka and Kuśīnara.
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HV 25.3
चित्रां नाम कुमारीं च रोहिणीतनया नव चित्रा सुभद्रेति पुनर् विख्याता कुरुनन्दन
citrāṃ nāma kumārīṃ ca rohiṇītanayā nava citrā subhadreti punar vikhyātā kurunandana
And a maiden named Citrā: (these were) the nine children of Rohiṇī. Citrā is again known as Subhadrā, O joy of the Kurus.
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HV 25.4
वसुदेवाच् च देवक्यां जज्ञे शौरिर् महायशाः कीर्तिमन्तं सुषेणं च भद्रसेनम् उदारधी । मृत्युं समर्दनं भद्रं संकर्षणम् अहीश्वरम् । विपुलं तेष्व् अष्टतमो स्वयम् एव हरिः किल । रामाच् च निशठो जज्ञे रेवत्यां दयितः सुतः
vasudevāc ca devakyāṃ jajñe śaurir mahāyaśāḥ kīrtimantaṃ suṣeṇaṃ ca bhadrasenam udāradhī | mṛtyuṃ samardanaṃ bhadraṃ saṃkarṣaṇam ahīśvaram | vipulaṃ teṣv aṣṭatamo svayam eva hariḥ kila | rāmāc ca niśaṭho jajñe revatyāṃ dayitaḥ sutaḥ
And of Vasudeva by Devakī was born the greatly renowned Śauri; and the noble-minded (Vasudeva begot) Kīrtimant, Suṣeṇa and Bhadrasena, Mṛtyu, Samardana, Bhadra, and Saṃkarṣaṇa the lord of serpents, and Vipula; among them the eighth was Hari himself, so they say. And of Rāma by Revatī was born a beloved son, Niśaṭha.
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HV 25.5
सुभद्रायां रथी पार्थाद् अभिमन्युर् अजायत अक्रूरात् काशिकन्यायां सत्यकेतुर् अजायत
subhadrāyāṃ rathī pārthād abhimanyur ajāyata akrūrāt kāśikanyāyāṃ satyaketur ajāyata
Of Subhadrā by Pārtha was born the chariot-fighter Abhimanyu; of Akrūra by the Kāśi princess was born Satyaketu.
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HV 25.6
वसुदेवस्य भार्यासु महाभागासु सप्तसु ये पुत्रा जज्ञिरे शूरा नमतस् तान् निबोधत
vasudevasya bhāryāsu mahābhāgāsu saptasu ye putrā jajñire śūrā namatas tān nibodhata
Learn the names of the heroic sons who were born to Vasudeva among his seven greatly fortunate wives.
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HV 25.9
भोजश् च विजयश् चैव शान्तिदेवासुताव् उभौ उपासङ्गं वरं लेभे तनयंदेवरक्षिता । वृकदेवः सुनामायां गदश् चास्याः सुताव् उभौ अगावहं महात्मानं वृकदेवी व्यजायत ॥ ह्व्_२५।७ विजयं लोमपादं च वर्धमानं च देवकी ॥ एते स्वयं महात्मना उपदेव्यां च जज्ञिरे । सुतनू च नरावी च शौरेर् आस्तां परिग्रहः ॥ पौण्ड्रश् च कपिलश् चैव वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ । नराख्यां कपिलो जज्ञे पौण्ड्रश् च सुतनूसुतः । तयोर् नृपो ऽभवत् पौण्ड्रः कपिलस् तु वनं ययौ ॥ पूर्व्यां समभवद् द्वीपो वसुदेवान् महाबलः । जरा नाम निषादानां प्रभुः सर्वधनुष्मताम् । कन्या त्रिगर्तराजस्य भर्ता वै शिशिरायणः जिज्ञासां पौरुषे चक्रे न चस्कन्दे ऽथ पौरुषम् ॥ ह्व्_२५।८ कृष्णायससमाचख्यो न पुमांस्त्वं नपुंसकः । कृष्णायससमप्रख्यो वर्षे द्वादशमे तदा मिथ्याभिशप्तो गार्ग्यस् तु मन्युनाभिसमीरितः घोषकन्याम् उपादाय मैथुनायोपचक्रमे
bhojaś ca vijayaś caiva śāntidevāsutāv ubhau upāsaṅgaṃ varaṃ lebhe tanayaṃdevarakṣitā | vṛkadevaḥ sunāmāyāṃ gadaś cāsyāḥ sutāv ubhau agāvahaṃ mahātmānaṃ vṛkadevī vyajāyata // HV_25.7 vijayaṃ lomapādaṃ ca vardhamānaṃ ca devakī || ete svayaṃ mahātmanā upadevyāṃ ca jajñire | sutanū ca narāvī ca śaurer āstāṃ parigrahaḥ || pauṇḍraś ca kapilaś caiva vasudevasutāv ubhau | narākhyāṃ kapilo jajñe pauṇḍraś ca sutanūsutaḥ | tayor nṛpo 'bhavat pauṇḍraḥ kapilas tu vanaṃ yayau || pūrvyāṃ samabhavad dvīpo vasudevān mahābalaḥ | jarā nāma niṣādānāṃ prabhuḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām | kanyā trigartarājasya bhartā vai śiśirāyaṇaḥ jijñāsāṃ pauruṣe cakre na caskande 'tha pauruṣam // HV_25.8 kṛṣṇāyasasamācakhyo na pumāṃstvaṃ napuṃsakaḥ | kṛṣṇāyasasamaprakhyo varṣe dvādaśame tadā mithyābhiśapto gārgyas tu manyunābhisamīritaḥ ghoṣakanyām upādāya maithunāyopacakrame
Bhoja and Vijaya, both sons of Śāntidevā; Devarakṣitā obtained as her son the excellent Upāsaṅga. Vṛkadeva and Gada, both her sons, (were born) of Sunāmā; Vṛkadevī gave birth to the great-souled Agāvaha. (25.7) Devakī (bore) Vijaya, Lomapāda and Vardhamāna. These were themselves born of the great-souled one by Upadevī; and Sutanū and Narāvī were Śauri's wives. Pauṇḍra and Kapila, both sons of Vasudeva: Kapila was born of the one named Narā, and Pauṇḍra was Sutanū's son. Of the two, Pauṇḍra became a king, while Kapila went to the forest. Of Pūrvī there was born from Vasudeva the mighty Dvīpa, named Jarā, lord of the Niṣādas, of all the bowmen. The daughter of the king of Trigarta—her husband was indeed Śiśirāyaṇa; she made a test of his virility, and he did not emit his seed. (25.8) He was declared to be like black iron: 'You are not a man, you are a eunuch.' Like black iron, then, in the twelfth year, Gārgya, falsely accused, driven by rage, took a cowherd girl and set about intercourse with her.
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HV 25.10
गोपाली त्व् अप्सरास् तस्य गोपस्त्रीवेषधारिणी धारयाम् आस गार्ग्यस्य गर्भं दुर्धरम् अच्युतम्
gopālī tv apsarās tasya gopastrīveṣadhāriṇī dhārayām āsa gārgyasya garbhaṃ durdharam acyutam
But the apsaras Gopālī, wearing the guise of a cowherd woman, bore that hard-to-bear, unfailing embryo of Gārgya.
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HV 25.11
मानुष्यां गर्ग्यभार्यायां नियोगाच् छूलपाणिनः स कालयवनो नाम जज्ञे राजा महाबलः वृषपूर्वार्धकायास् तम् अवहन् वाजिनो रणे
mānuṣyāṃ gargyabhāryāyāṃ niyogāc chūlapāṇinaḥ sa kālayavano nāma jajñe rājā mahābalaḥ vṛṣapūrvārdhakāyās tam avahan vājino raṇe
In a human woman, the wife of Gargya, by the command of the trident-bearer (Śiva), was born he named Kālayavana, a king of great might; horses with the forequarters of a bull carried him in battle.
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HV 25.12
अपुत्रस्य स राज्ञस् तु ववृधे ऽन्तःपुरे शिशुः यवनस्य महाराज स कालयवनो ऽभवत्
aputrasya sa rājñas tu vavṛdhe 'ntaḥpure śiśuḥ yavanasya mahārāja sa kālayavano 'bhavat
That child grew up in the inner apartments of a sonless king, the Yavana, great king; he became Kālayavana.
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HV 25.13
स युद्धकामो नृपतिः पर्यपृच्छद् द्विजोत्तमान् वृष्ण्यन्धककुलं तस्य नारदो ऽकथयद् विभुः
sa yuddhakāmo nṛpatiḥ paryapṛcchad dvijottamān vṛṣṇyandhakakulaṃ tasya nārado 'kathayad vibhuḥ
That king, eager for battle, questioned the best of the twice-born (about his foes); and the mighty Nārada told him of the Vṛṣṇi-Andhaka clan.
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HV 25.14
अक्षौहिण्या तु सैन्यस्य मथुराम् अभ्ययात् तदा दूतं च प्रेषयाम् आस वृष्ण्यन्धकनिवेशने
akṣauhiṇyā tu sainyasya mathurām abhyayāt tadā dūtaṃ ca preṣayām āsa vṛṣṇyandhakaniveśane
Then with an akṣauhiṇī of troops he marched upon Mathurā, and he sent a messenger to the dwelling of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas.
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HV 25.15
ततो वृष्ण्यन्धकाः कृष्णं पुरस्कृत्य महामतिम् समेता मन्त्रयाम् आसुर् जरासंधभयेन च
tato vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ puraskṛtya mahāmatim sametā mantrayām āsur jarāsaṃdhabhayena ca
Then the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, putting the greatly wise Kṛṣṇa at their head, assembled and took counsel, also out of fear of Jarāsaṃdha.
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HV 25.17
कृत्वा च निश्चयं सर्वे पलायनम् अरोचयन् त्यक्त्वा गृहान् धनं सर्वे पलायन्त मनोरथम् । विहाय मथुरां रम्यां मानयन्तः पिनाकिनम् कुशस्थलीं द्वारवतीं निवेशयितुम् ईप्सवः ॥ ह्व्_२५।१६ एवं देवो महाबाहुः पूर्वं कृष्णःप्रजापतिः । विहारार्थं मनुष्यांशो मानुषेष्व् अभ्यजायत । इति कृष्णस्य जन्मेदं यः शुचिर् नियतेन्द्रियः पर्वसु श्रावयेद् विद्वान् निरृणः स सुखी भवेत्
kṛtvā ca niścayaṃ sarve palāyanam arocayan tyaktvā gṛhān dhanaṃ sarve palāyanta manoratham | vihāya mathurāṃ ramyāṃ mānayantaḥ pinākinam kuśasthalīṃ dvāravatīṃ niveśayitum īpsavaḥ // HV_25.16 evaṃ devo mahābāhuḥ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇaḥprajāpatiḥ | vihārārthaṃ manuṣyāṃśo mānuṣeṣv abhyajāyata | iti kṛṣṇasya janmedaṃ yaḥ śucir niyatendriyaḥ parvasu śrāvayed vidvān nirṛṇaḥ sa sukhī bhavet
And having made their decision, they all approved of flight; abandoning their homes and their wealth, they all fled (as if fleeing) a mere wish. Leaving lovely Mathurā, honouring the Bearer of the Pināka (Śiva), they wished to settle in Kuśasthalī, Dvāravatī. // Thus the mighty-armed god Kṛṣṇa, formerly Prajāpati, for the sake of sport was born among men with a human portion. Whoever, pure and with senses restrained, learned, recites this birth of Kṛṣṇa on the parvan days, becomes free of debt and happy.
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