Harivamsha — Chapter 28

HV 28.1

भजमानस्य पुत्रो ऽथ रथमुख्यो विदूरथः राजाधिदेवः शूरस् तु विदूरथसुतो ऽभवत्

bhajamānasya putro 'tha rathamukhyo vidūrathaḥ rājādhidevaḥ śūras tu vidūrathasuto 'bhavat

Now Bhajamāna's son was Vidūratha, foremost in chariots; and Śūra Rājādhideva was Vidūratha's son.

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HV 28.2

राजाधिदेवस्य सुता जज्ञिरे वीर्यवत्तराः दत्तातिदत्तौ बलिनौ शोणाश्वः श्वेतवाहनः

rājādhidevasya sutā jajñire vīryavattarāḥ dattātidattau balinau śoṇāśvaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

To Rājādhideva were born sons of surpassing valour: Datta and Atidatta, both strong, Śoṇāśva and Śvetavāhana.

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HV 28.3

शमी च दण्डशर्मा च दत्तशत्रुश् च शत्रुजित् श्रवणा च श्रविष्ठा च स्वसारौ संबभूवतुः

śamī ca daṇḍaśarmā ca dattaśatruś ca śatrujit śravaṇā ca śraviṣṭhā ca svasārau saṃbabhūvatuḥ

And Śamī, and Daṇḍaśarman, and Dattaśatru, and Śatrujit; and Śravaṇā and Śraviṣṭhā were the two sisters.

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HV 28.4

शमीपुत्रः प्रतिक्षत्रः प्रतिक्षत्रस्य चात्मजः स्वयंभोजः स्वयंभोजाद् धृदिकः संबभूव ह

śamīputraḥ pratikṣatraḥ pratikṣatrasya cātmajaḥ svayaṃbhojaḥ svayaṃbhojād dhṛdikaḥ saṃbabhūva ha

Śamī's son was Pratikṣatra, and Pratikṣatra's son was Svayaṃbhoja; from Svayaṃbhoja was born Hṛdika.

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HV 28.5

तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर् हि सर्वे भीमपराक्रमाः कृतवर्माग्रजस् तेषां शतधन्वा तु मध्यमः

tasya putrā babhūvur hi sarve bhīmaparākramāḥ kṛtavarmāgrajas teṣāṃ śatadhanvā tu madhyamaḥ

His sons were all of terrible prowess; Kṛtavarman was the eldest of them, and Śatadhanvan the middle one.

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HV 28.6

देवान्तश् च नरान्तश् च भिषग् वैतरणश् च यः सुदान्तश् चाधिदान्तश् च कीनाशो दामदम्भकौ

devāntaś ca narāntaś ca bhiṣag vaitaraṇaś ca yaḥ sudāntaś cādhidāntaś ca kīnāśo dāmadambhakau

And Devānta and Narānta, and Bhiṣaj and Vaitaraṇa, and Sudānta and Adhidānta, Kīnāśa, and Dāma and Dambhaka.

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HV 28.7

देवान्तस्याभवत् पुत्रो विद्वान् कम्बलबर्हिषः क्रोष्टोः पुत्रो ऽनमित्रस् तु तस्माद् वै देवमीढुषः । असमौजास् तथा वीरो नासमौजाश् च ताव् उभौ

devāntasyābhavat putro vidvān kambalabarhiṣaḥ kroṣṭoḥ putro 'namitras tu tasmād vai devamīḍhuṣaḥ | asamaujās tathā vīro nāsamaujāś ca tāv ubhau

Devānta's son was the learned Kambalabarhiṣa. Kroṣṭu's son was Anamitra, and from him (came) Devamīḍhus; also the hero Asamaujas and Nāsamaujas, those two.

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HV 28.9

अजातपुत्राय सुतान् प्रददाव् असमौजसे सुदंष्ट्रं च सुचारुं च कृष्णम् इत्य् अन्धकाः स्मृताः ॥ ह्व्_२८।८ एते चान्ये च बहवो अन्धकाः कथितास् तव । अन्धकानाम् इमं वंशं धारयेद् यस् तु नित्यशः । आत्मनो विपुलं वंशं लभते नात्र संशयः । गान्धारी चैव माद्री च क्रोष्टोर् भार्ये बभूवतुः गान्धारी जनयाम् आस सुमित्रं मित्रनन्दनम्

ajātaputrāya sutān pradadāv asamaujase sudaṃṣṭraṃ ca sucāruṃ ca kṛṣṇam ity andhakāḥ smṛtāḥ // HV_28.8 ete cānye ca bahavo andhakāḥ kathitās tava | andhakānām imaṃ vaṃśaṃ dhārayed yas tu nityaśaḥ | ātmano vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca kroṣṭor bhārye babhūvatuḥ gāndhārī janayām āsa sumitraṃ mitranandanam

(He) gave his sons to the sonless Asamaujas: Sudaṃṣṭra, Sucāru and Kṛṣṇa — these are known as the Andhakas. // These and many others have been declared to you as the Andhakas. Whoever constantly holds in mind this lineage of the Andhakas obtains for himself an abundant lineage; there is no doubt of this. Gāndhārī and Mādrī were the two wives of Kroṣṭu; Gāndhārī bore Sumitra, the delight of his friends.

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HV 28.10

माद्री युधाजितं पुत्रं ततो वै देवमीढुषम् अनमित्रम् अमित्राणां जेतारं च महाबलम्

mādrī yudhājitaṃ putraṃ tato vai devamīḍhuṣam anamitram amitrāṇāṃ jetāraṃ ca mahābalam

Mādrī (bore) a son Yudhājit, and then Devamīḍhus, and Anamitra, the conqueror of foes, of great strength.

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HV 28.11

अनमित्रसुतो निघ्नो निघ्नस्य द्वौ बभूवतुः प्रसेनश् चाथ सत्राजिच् छत्रुसेनाजिताव् उभौ

anamitrasuto nighno nighnasya dvau babhūvatuḥ prasenaś cātha satrājic chatrusenājitāv ubhau

Anamitra's son was Nighna; Nighna had two (sons), Prasena and Satrājit — both of them destroyers of the armies of foes.

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HV 28.13

प्रसेनो द्वारवत्यां तु निविशन्त्यां महामणिम् दिव्यं स्यमन्तकं नाम समुद्राद् उपलब्धवान् ॥ ह्व्_२८।१२ तस्य सत्राजितः सूर्यः सखा प्राणसमो ऽभवत् । स कदाचिन् निशापाये रथेन रथिनां वरः । अब्धिकूलम् उपस्प्रष्टुम् उपस्थातुं ययौ रविम् । तस्योपतिष्ठतः सूर्यं विवस्वान् अग्रतः स्थितः । अस्पष्टमूर्तिर् भगवांस् तेजोमण्डलवान् प्रभुः ॥ अथ राजा विवस्वन्तम् उवाच स्थितम् अग्रतः । यथैव व्योम्नि पश्यामि सदा त्वां ज्योतिषां पते । तेजोमण्डलिनं देवं तथैव पुरतः स्थितम् । को विशेषो ऽस्ति मे त्वत्तः सख्येनोपागतस्य वै । एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु भगवान् मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् ॥ स्वकण्ठाद् अवमुच्यैव एकान्ते न्यस्तवान् भुवि । ततो विग्रहवन्तं तं ददर्श नृपतिस् तदा । प्रीतिमान् अथ तं दृष्ट्वा मुहूर्तं कृतवान् कथाम् । तम् अभिप्रस्थितं भूयो विवस्वन्तं स सत्रजित् । लोकान् उद्भासयस्य् एतान् येन त्वं सततं प्रभो ॥ तद् एतन् मणिरत्नं मे भगवन् दातुम् अर्हसि । ततः स्यमन्तकमणिं दत्तवांस् तस्य भास्करः । स तम् आबध्य नगरीं प्रविवेश महीपतिः । तं जनाः पर्यधावन्त सूर्यो ऽयं गच्छतीति ह । पुरीं विस्मापयित्वा स राजा त्व् अन्तःपुरं ययौ ॥ तत् प्रसेनजिते दिव्यं मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् । ददौ भ्रात्रे नरपतिः प्रेम्णा सत्राजिद् उत्तमम् । सत्राजित् स्वगृहं श्रीमत् कृतकौतुकमङ्गलम् । प्रविश्य देवसदने मणिं विप्रैर् न्यवेदयत् ॥ दिने दिने स्वर्णभारान् अष्टौ स स्रवति प्रभो । अवतार्य गलात् तूर्णम् एकान्ते संन्यवेशयत् । ततः सत्राजितः सूर्यं ज्वलन्तं वपुषा तदा । प्रणिपत्य महात्मानं कृताञ्जलिर् अवस्थितः ॥ स्तुत्वा च विविधैः स्तोत्रैः प्रीणयाम् आस भास्करम् । ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान् वृणीष्व वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥ इत्य् उवाच स राजानं स च वव्रे मणिं तदा । स चापि तं मणिं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ सत्राजिच् च महाराज मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् । स मणिः स्यन्दते रुक्मं वृष्ण्यन्धकनिवेशने कालवर्षी च पर्जन्यो न च व्याधिभयं भवेत्

praseno dvāravatyāṃ tu niviśantyāṃ mahāmaṇim divyaṃ syamantakaṃ nāma samudrād upalabdhavān // HV_28.12 tasya satrājitaḥ sūryaḥ sakhā prāṇasamo 'bhavat | sa kadācin niśāpāye rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | abdhikūlam upaspraṣṭum upasthātuṃ yayau ravim | tasyopatiṣṭhataḥ sūryaṃ vivasvān agrataḥ sthitaḥ | aspaṣṭamūrtir bhagavāṃs tejomaṇḍalavān prabhuḥ || atha rājā vivasvantam uvāca sthitam agrataḥ | yathaiva vyomni paśyāmi sadā tvāṃ jyotiṣāṃ pate | tejomaṇḍalinaṃ devaṃ tathaiva purataḥ sthitam | ko viśeṣo 'sti me tvattaḥ sakhyenopāgatasya vai | etac chrutvā tu bhagavān maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam || svakaṇṭhād avamucyaiva ekānte nyastavān bhuvi | tato vigrahavantaṃ taṃ dadarśa nṛpatis tadā | prītimān atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā muhūrtaṃ kṛtavān kathām | tam abhiprasthitaṃ bhūyo vivasvantaṃ sa satrajit | lokān udbhāsayasy etān yena tvaṃ satataṃ prabho || tad etan maṇiratnaṃ me bhagavan dātum arhasi | tataḥ syamantakamaṇiṃ dattavāṃs tasya bhāskaraḥ | sa tam ābadhya nagarīṃ praviveśa mahīpatiḥ | taṃ janāḥ paryadhāvanta sūryo 'yaṃ gacchatīti ha | purīṃ vismāpayitvā sa rājā tv antaḥpuraṃ yayau || tat prasenajite divyaṃ maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam | dadau bhrātre narapatiḥ premṇā satrājid uttamam | satrājit svagṛhaṃ śrīmat kṛtakautukamaṅgalam | praviśya devasadane maṇiṃ viprair nyavedayat || dine dine svarṇabhārān aṣṭau sa sravati prabho | avatārya galāt tūrṇam ekānte saṃnyaveśayat | tataḥ satrājitaḥ sūryaṃ jvalantaṃ vapuṣā tadā | praṇipatya mahātmānaṃ kṛtāñjalir avasthitaḥ || stutvā ca vividhaiḥ stotraiḥ prīṇayām āsa bhāskaram | tataḥ prasanno bhagavān vṛṇīṣva varam īpsitam || ity uvāca sa rājānaṃ sa ca vavre maṇiṃ tadā | sa cāpi taṃ maṇiṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhīyata || satrājic ca mahārāja maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam | sa maṇiḥ syandate rukmaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakaniveśane kālavarṣī ca parjanyo na ca vyādhibhayaṃ bhavet

Now Prasena, when Dvāravatī was being settled, obtained from the ocean a great jewel, divine, named Syamantaka. // The Sun was a friend to that Satrājit, dear as his own life. Once at the end of night, that best of chariot-warriors went by chariot to the shore of the sea, to touch the water and to wait upon the Sun. As he stood attending upon the Sun, Vivasvat stood before him — the lord, of indistinct form, having a disc of radiance. Then the king said to Vivasvat, who stood before him: 'Just as I always see you in the sky, O lord of lights, so too the god with his disc of radiance stands before me now. What difference is there for me from you, when I have come to you in friendship?' Hearing this, the lord loosened the jewel-gem Syamantaka from his own neck and set it apart upon the ground. Then the king saw him possessed of a (visible) body, and, delighted at seeing him, conversed with him for a while. Then, as Vivasvat was setting out again, Satrājit (said): 'Since by this, O lord, you constantly illumine these worlds, this jewel-gem, O lord, you ought to give to me.' Then the Sun gave him the Syamantaka jewel. Binding it on, the king entered the city. People ran about him, saying, 'It is the Sun who is going!' Having astonished the city, the king went to his inner apartments. That divine jewel-gem Syamantaka, the finest, the king Satrājit gave out of affection to his brother Prasenajit. Satrājit, having entered his own splendid house where auspicious festivities had been made, deposited the jewel in the shrine of the gods with the brahmins. Day by day it yields eight loads of gold, O lord. Taking it quickly down from his neck, he set it apart. Then Satrājit, bowing to the Sun, who blazed with his body, the great one, stood with joined palms, and, praising him with various hymns, gratified the maker of light. Then the lord, being pleased, said to the king: 'Choose a desired boon' — and he then chose the jewel. And he too, having given the jewel, vanished right there. And Satrājit, O great king, (received) the jewel-gem Syamantaka. That jewel exudes gold in the dwelling of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, and the rain-god rains in season, and there is no fear of disease.

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HV 28.14

लिप्सां चक्रे प्रसेनात् तु मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् गोविन्दो न च तं लेभे शक्तो ऽपि न जहार सः

lipsāṃ cakre prasenāt tu maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam govindo na ca taṃ lebhe śakto 'pi na jahāra saḥ

He conceived a desire for the jewel-gem Syamantaka from Prasena; but Govinda did not obtain it, and though able, he did not take it by force.

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HV 28.15

कदाचिन् मृगयां यातः प्रसेनस् तेन भूषितः स्यमन्तककृते सिंहाद् वधं प्राप वनेचरात्

kadācin mṛgayāṃ yātaḥ prasenas tena bhūṣitaḥ syamantakakṛte siṃhād vadhaṃ prāpa vanecarāt

Once Prasena, adorned with it, went hunting, and on account of the Syamantaka met his death from a lion, a forest-dweller.

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HV 28.16

अथ सिंहं प्रधावन्तम् ऋक्षराजो महाबलः निहत्य मणिरत्नं तम् आदाय बिलम् आविशत्

atha siṃhaṃ pradhāvantam ṛkṣarājo mahābalaḥ nihatya maṇiratnaṃ tam ādāya bilam āviśat

Then the king of bears, of great strength, having killed the lion as it was running, took that jewel-gem and entered his cave.

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HV 28.17

ततो वृष्ण्यन्धकाः कृष्णं प्रसेनवधकारणात् प्रार्थनां तां मणेर् बुद्ध्वा सर्व एव शशङ्किरे

tato vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ prasenavadhakāraṇāt prārthanāṃ tāṃ maṇer buddhvā sarva eva śaśaṅkire

Then the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, knowing of that request for the jewel, all suspected Kṛṣṇa of being the cause of Prasena's death.

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HV 28.19

स शङ्क्यमानो धर्मात्मा नकारी तस्य कर्मणः आहरिष्ये मणिम् इति प्रतिज्ञाय वनं ययौ ॥ ह्व्_२८।१८ देवद्विजातिभक्तो ऽयं श्रियः सर्वेचरो ऽपि च । यत्र प्रसेनो भृगयाम् आचरत् तत्र चाप्य् अथ । प्रसेनस्य पदं गृह्य पुरुषैर् आप्तकारिभिः ऋक्षवन्तं गिरिवरं विन्ध्यं च गिरिम् उत्तमम्

sa śaṅkyamāno dharmātmā nakārī tasya karmaṇaḥ āhariṣye maṇim iti pratijñāya vanaṃ yayau // HV_28.18 devadvijātibhakto 'yaṃ śriyaḥ sarvecaro 'pi ca | yatra praseno bhṛgayām ācarat tatra cāpy atha | prasenasya padaṃ gṛhya puruṣair āptakāribhiḥ ṛkṣavantaṃ girivaraṃ vindhyaṃ ca girim uttamam

Being suspected, though righteous-minded and not the doer of that deed, he vowed, 'I shall bring back the jewel,' and went to the forest. // He is devoted to the gods and to the twice-born, and (is the) lord of all fortune. And where Prasena had hunted, there, taking up Prasena's track with men who did their work well, (he searched) the great mountain Ṛkṣavant and the excellent mountain Vindhya.

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HV 28.20

अन्वेषयन् परिश्रान्तः स ददर्श महामनाः साश्वं हतं प्रसेनं तु नाविन्दच् चैव तं मणिम्

anveṣayan pariśrāntaḥ sa dadarśa mahāmanāḥ sāśvaṃ hataṃ prasenaṃ tu nāvindac caiva taṃ maṇim

Searching, worn out, the great-minded one saw Prasena slain together with his horse, but he did not find that jewel.

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HV 28.21

अथ सिंहः प्रसेनस्य शरीरस्याविदूरतः ऋक्षेन निहतो दृष्टः पादैर् ऋक्षस्य सूचितः

atha siṃhaḥ prasenasya śarīrasyāvidūrataḥ ṛkṣena nihato dṛṣṭaḥ pādair ṛkṣasya sūcitaḥ

Then, not far from Prasena's body, a lion was seen slain by a bear, indicated by the bear's footprints.

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HV 28.22

पादैस् तैर् अन्वियायाथ गुहाम् ऋक्षस्य माधवः महत्य् ऋक्षबिले वाणीं शुश्राव प्रमदेरिताम्

pādais tair anviyāyātha guhām ṛkṣasya mādhavaḥ mahaty ṛkṣabile vāṇīṃ śuśrāva pramaderitām

Then Mādhava followed those footprints to the bear's cave, and in the great bear-hole he heard a voice uttered in delight.

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HV 28.23

धात्र्या कुमारम् आदाय सुतं जाम्बवतो नृप क्रीडापयन्त्या मणिना मा रोदीर् इत्य् अथेरिताम्

dhātryā kumāram ādāya sutaṃ jāmbavato nṛpa krīḍāpayantyā maṇinā mā rodīr ity atheritām

(It was) uttered, O king, by a nurse who, having taken up the boy, the son of Jāmbavat, was amusing him with the jewel, saying 'Do not cry.'

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HV 28.24

सिंहः प्रसेनम् अवधीत् सिंहो जाम्बवता हतः सुकुमारक मा रोदीस् तव ह्य् एष स्यमन्तकः

siṃhaḥ prasenam avadhīt siṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ sukumāraka mā rodīs tava hy eṣa syamantakaḥ

'The lion killed Prasena; the lion was killed by Jāmbavat. Do not cry, little child — this Syamantaka is yours.'

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HV 28.25

व्यक्तीकृतश् च शब्दः स तूर्णं चापि ययौ बिलम् प्रविश्य चापि भगवांस् तम् ऋक्षबिलम् अञ्जसा । स्थापयित्वा बिलद्वारि यदूंल् लाङ्गलिना सह । शार्ङ्गधन्वा बिलस्थं तु जाम्बवन्तं ददर्श ह

vyaktīkṛtaś ca śabdaḥ sa tūrṇaṃ cāpi yayau bilam praviśya cāpi bhagavāṃs tam ṛkṣabilam añjasā | sthāpayitvā biladvāri yadūṃl lāṅgalinā saha | śārṅgadhanvā bilasthaṃ tu jāmbavantaṃ dadarśa ha

And that sound was made out clearly, and (he) went at once to the cave; and the Lord, having entered that bear-cave straightway — having stationed the Yadus together with the plough-bearer at the cave's door — the wielder of the Śārṅga bow saw Jāmbavat, who was within the cave.

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HV 28.28

युयुधे वासुदेवस् तु बिले जाम्बवता सह बाहुभ्याम् एव गोविन्दो दिवसान् एकविंसतिम् ॥ ह्व्_२८।२६ स वै भगवतानेन युयुधे स्वामिनात्मनः । पुरुषं प्राकृतो मत्वा कुपितो नानुभाववित् । द्वंद्वयुद्धं सुतुमुलम् उभयोर् विजिगीषतोः । आयुधाश्मद्रुमैर् दोर्भिः क्रव्यार्थे श्येनयोर् इव । प्रविष्टे तु बिलं कृष्णे वसुदेवपुरःसराः अदृष्ट्वा निर्गमं शौरेः प्रविष्टस्य बिलं जनाः । प्रतीक्ष्य द्वादशाहानि दुःखिताः स्वपुरं ययुः । पुनर् द्वारवतीम् एत्य हतं कृष्णं न्यवेदयन् ॥ ह्व्_२८।२७ निशम्य देवकी राजन् रुक्मिण्य् आनकदुंदुभिः । सुहृदो ज्ञातयो ऽशोचन् बिलात् कृष्णम् अनिर्गतम् । वासुदेवस् तु निर्जित्य जाम्बवन्तं महाबलम् जाम्बवन्तं विनिर्जित्य वासुदेवो महाबलम् । लेभे जाम्बवतीं कन्याम् ऋक्षराजस्य संमताम्

yuyudhe vāsudevas tu bile jāmbavatā saha bāhubhyām eva govindo divasān ekaviṃsatim // HV_28.26 sa vai bhagavatānena yuyudhe svāminātmanaḥ | puruṣaṃ prākṛto matvā kupito nānubhāvavit | dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ sutumulam ubhayor vijigīṣatoḥ | āyudhāśmadrumair dorbhiḥ kravyārthe śyenayor iva | praviṣṭe tu bilaṃ kṛṣṇe vasudevapuraḥsarāḥ adṛṣṭvā nirgamaṃ śaureḥ praviṣṭasya bilaṃ janāḥ | pratīkṣya dvādaśāhāni duḥkhitāḥ svapuraṃ yayuḥ | punar dvāravatīm etya hataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ nyavedayan // HV_28.27 niśamya devakī rājan rukmiṇy ānakaduṃdubhiḥ | suhṛdo jñātayo 'śocan bilāt kṛṣṇam anirgatam | vāsudevas tu nirjitya jāmbavantaṃ mahābalam jāmbavantaṃ vinirjitya vāsudevo mahābalam | lebhe jāmbavatīṃ kanyām ṛkṣarājasya saṃmatām

Vāsudeva fought in the cave with Jāmbavat — Govinda, with his two arms alone, for twenty-one days. He (Jāmbavat) fought with this Lord, his own master, taking (him) for an ordinary man, enraged, not knowing (his) power. A most tumultuous single combat of the two, each wishing to win, with weapons, stones, trees and arms, like that of two hawks over a piece of flesh. But when Kṛṣṇa had entered the cave, the people with Vasudeva at their head, not seeing the coming-out of Śauri who had entered the cave, waited twelve days and, grieving, went to their own city. Coming again to Dvāravatī, they announced that Kṛṣṇa was slain. Hearing (this), O king, Devakī, Rukmiṇī, Ānakadundubhi, his friends and kinsmen mourned for Kṛṣṇa, who had not come out of the cave. But Vāsudeva, having vanquished the mighty Jāmbavat — Vāsudeva of great strength, having wholly vanquished Jāmbavat, obtained the maiden Jāmbavatī, granted with the bear-king's consent.

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HV 28.30

मणिं स्यमन्तकं चैव जग्राहात्मविशुद्धये अनुनीयर्क्षराजानं निर्ययौ च तदा बिलात् ॥ ह्व्_२८।२९ द्वारकाम् अगमत् कृष्णः श्रिया परमया युतः । एवं स मणिम् आहृत्य विशोध्यात्मानम् अच्युतः ददौ सत्राजिते तं वै सर्वसात्वतसंसदि

maṇiṃ syamantakaṃ caiva jagrāhātmaviśuddhaye anunīyarkṣarājānaṃ niryayau ca tadā bilāt // HV_28.29 dvārakām agamat kṛṣṇaḥ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ | evaṃ sa maṇim āhṛtya viśodhyātmānam acyutaḥ dadau satrājite taṃ vai sarvasātvatasaṃsadi

And he took the jewel Syamantaka for the clearing of himself, and, having conciliated the king of the bears, he then came out of the cave. Kṛṣṇa went to Dvārakā, endowed with the highest splendour. Thus Acyuta, having fetched the jewel and cleared himself, gave it to Satrājit in the assembly of all the Sātvatas.

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HV 28.31

एवं मिथ्याभिशस्तेन कृष्णेनामित्रघातिना आत्मा विशोधितः पापाद् विनिर्जित्य स्यमन्तकम्

evaṃ mithyābhiśastena kṛṣṇenāmitraghātinā ātmā viśodhitaḥ pāpād vinirjitya syamantakam

Thus by Kṛṣṇa, the slayer of foes, who had been falsely accused, was his own self cleared of the fault, by winning the Syamantaka.

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HV 28.32

सत्राजितो दश त्व् आसन् भार्यास् तासां शतं सुताः ख्यातिमन्तस् त्रयस् तेषां भङ्गकारस् तु पूर्वजः

satrājito daśa tv āsan bhāryās tāsāṃ śataṃ sutāḥ khyātimantas trayas teṣāṃ bhaṅgakāras tu pūrvajaḥ

Satrājit had ten wives, and of them a hundred sons; three of them were well known, and Bhaṅgakāra was the eldest.

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HV 28.33

वीरो वातपतिश् चैव उपस्वावांस् तथैव च कुमार्यश् चापि तिस्रो वै दिक्षु ख्याता नराधिप

vīro vātapatiś caiva upasvāvāṃs tathaiva ca kumāryaś cāpi tisro vai dikṣu khyātā narādhipa

Vīra and Vātapati, and likewise Upasvāvat; and also three maidens, famed in (all) the directions, O ruler of men.

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HV 28.34

सत्यभामोत्तमा स्त्रीणां व्रतिनी च दृढव्रता तथा पद्मावती चैव भार्याः कृष्णस्य ता ददौ

satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṃ vratinī ca dṛḍhavratā tathā padmāvatī caiva bhāryāḥ kṛṣṇasya tā dadau

Satyabhāmā, the best of women, and Vratinī of firm vows, and likewise Padmāvatī — these he gave as wives to Kṛṣṇa.

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HV 28.35

सभाक्षो भङ्गकारात् तु नारेयश् च नरोत्तमौ जज्ञाते गुणसंपन्नौ विश्रुतौ गुणसंपदा

sabhākṣo bhaṅgakārāt tu nāreyaś ca narottamau jajñāte guṇasaṃpannau viśrutau guṇasaṃpadā

From Bhaṅgakāra were born Sabhākṣa and Nāreya, best of men, both endowed with good qualities and renowned for their wealth of qualities.

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HV 28.36

मधोः पुत्रस्य जज्ञे ऽथ पृश्निः पुत्रो युधाजितः जज्ञाते तनयौ पृश्नेः श्वफल्कश् चित्रकस् तथा

madhoḥ putrasya jajñe 'tha pṛśniḥ putro yudhājitaḥ jajñāte tanayau pṛśneḥ śvaphalkaś citrakas tathā

Then to the son of Madhu was born Pṛśni, the son of Yudhājit; and two sons were born to Pṛśni, Śvaphalka and Citraka.

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

HV 28.37

श्वफल्कः काशिराजस्य सुतां भार्याम् अविन्दत गांदीं तस्यास् तु गांदीत्वं सदा गाः प्रददौ हि सा

śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryām avindata gāṃdīṃ tasyās tu gāṃdītvaṃ sadā gāḥ pradadau hi sā

Śvaphalka obtained as wife the daughter of the king of Kāśi, Gāndī; and her being called Gāndī (came about) because she constantly gave away cows.

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HV 28.38

तस्यां जज्ञे तदा वीरः श्रुतवान् इति भारत अक्रूरो ऽथ महाभागो यज्वा विपुलदक्षिणः

tasyāṃ jajñe tadā vīraḥ śrutavān iti bhārata akrūro 'tha mahābhāgo yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ

Of her was then born a hero, learned (in scripture), O Bhārata: Akrūra, the greatly fortunate, a performer of sacrifices with ample gifts to the priests.

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HV 28.39

उपासङ्गस् तथा मद्गुर् मृदुरश् चारिमर्दनः गिरिक्षिपस् तथोपेक्षः शत्रुहा चारिमेजयः

upāsaṅgas tathā madgur mṛduraś cārimardanaḥ girikṣipas tathopekṣaḥ śatruhā cārimejayaḥ

Upāsaṅga and Madgu, Mṛdura and Arimardana, Girikṣipa and Upekṣa, Śatruhan and Arimejaya,

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HV 28.40

चर्मभृच् चारिवर्मा च गृध्रम् ओजा नरस् तथा आवाहप्रतिवाहौ च सुन्दरा च वराङ्गना

carmabhṛc cārivarmā ca gṛdhram ojā naras tathā āvāhaprativāhau ca sundarā ca varāṅganā

Carmabhṛt and Arivarman, Gṛdhra, Ojas and Nara, and Āvāha and Prativāha, and Sundarā, a lovely woman —

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HV 28.41

विश्रुता साम्बमहिषी कन्या चास्य वसुंधरा रूपयौवनसंपन्ना सर्वसत्त्वमनोहरा

viśrutā sāmbamahiṣī kanyā cāsya vasuṃdharā rūpayauvanasaṃpannā sarvasattvamanoharā

— renowned as Sāmba's chief queen; and his daughter Vasundharā, endowed with beauty and youth, charming to the mind of all creatures.

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HV 28.42

अक्रूरेणौग्रसेन्यां तु सुगात्र्यां कुरुनन्दन सुदेवश् चोपदेवश् च जज्ञाते देववर्चसौ

akrūreṇaugrasenyāṃ tu sugātryāṃ kurunandana sudevaś copadevaś ca jajñāte devavarcasau

And by Akrūra on Sugātrī, the daughter of Ugrasena, O joy of the Kurus, were born Sudeva and Upadeva, both with the lustre of gods.

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HV 28.43

चित्रकस्याभवन् पुत्राः पृथुर् विपृथुर् एव च अश्वसेनो ऽश्वबाहुश् च सुपार्श्वकगवेषणौ

citrakasyābhavan putrāḥ pṛthur vipṛthur eva ca aśvaseno 'śvabāhuś ca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau

Citraka's sons were Pṛthu and Vipṛthu, Aśvasena and Aśvabāhu, and Supārśvaka and Gaveṣaṇa.

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HV 28.44

अरिष्टनेमेस् तु सुता धर्मो धर्मभृद् एव च सुबाहुर् बहुबाहुश् च श्रविष्ट्ःआश्रवणे स्त्रियौ

ariṣṭanemes tu sutā dharmo dharmabhṛd eva ca subāhur bahubāhuś ca śraviṣṭḥāśravaṇe striyau

Ariṣṭanemi's sons were Dharma and Dharmabhṛt, Subāhu and Bahubāhu; and the two women Śraviṣṭhā and Śravaṇā.

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HV 28.45

इमां मिथ्याभिशस्तिं यः कृष्णस्य समुदाहृताम् वेद मिथ्याभिशापास् तं न स्पृशन्ति कदाचन

imāṃ mithyābhiśastiṃ yaḥ kṛṣṇasya samudāhṛtām veda mithyābhiśāpās taṃ na spṛśanti kadācana

Whoever knows this false accusation of Kṛṣṇa, as it has been recounted, false accusations never touch him.

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