Harivamsha — Chapter 29

HV 29.1

यत् तत् सत्राजिते कृष्णो मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम् अदात् तद् धारयद् बभ्रुर् भोजेन शतधन्वना

yat tat satrājite kṛṣṇo maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam adāt tad dhārayad babhrur bhojena śatadhanvanā

That jewel-gem Syamantaka which Kṛṣṇa gave to Satrājit — Babhru wore it, together with the Bhoja Śatadhanvan.

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HV 29.2

सदा हि प्रार्थयाम् आस सत्यभामाम् अनिन्दिताम् अक्रूरो ऽन्तरम् अन्विच्छन् मणिं चैव स्यमन्तकम्

sadā hi prārthayām āsa satyabhāmām aninditām akrūro 'ntaram anvicchan maṇiṃ caiva syamantakam

For Akrūra constantly sought the blameless Satyabhāmā and the jewel Syamantaka, watching for an opening.

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HV 29.3

सत्राजितं ततो हत्वा शतधन्वा महाबलः रात्रौ तं मणिम् आदाय ततो ऽक्रूराय दत्तवान्

satrājitaṃ tato hatvā śatadhanvā mahābalaḥ rātrau taṃ maṇim ādāya tato 'krūrāya dattavān

Then the mighty Śatadhanvan, having killed Satrājit, took that jewel by night and thereupon gave it to Akrūra.

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HV 29.4

अक्रूरस् तु तदा रत्नम् आदाय भरतर्षभ समयं कारयां चक्रे नावेद्यो ऽहं त्वयाच्युते

akrūras tu tadā ratnam ādāya bharatarṣabha samayaṃ kārayāṃ cakre nāvedyo 'haṃ tvayācyute

But Akrūra then, having taken the gem, O bull of the Bharatas, made an agreement: 'I am not to be disclosed by you to Acyuta.'

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HV 29.5

वयम् अभ्युपपत्स्यामः कृष्णेन त्वां प्रधर्षितम् ममाद्य द्वारका सर्वा वशे तिष्ठत्य् असंशयम्

vayam abhyupapatsyāmaḥ kṛṣṇena tvāṃ pradharṣitam mamādya dvārakā sarvā vaśe tiṣṭhaty asaṃśayam

'We shall come to your aid if you are assailed by Kṛṣṇa; today all Dvārakā stands under my control, without a doubt.'

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HV 29.6

हते पितरे दुःखार्ता सत्यभामा यशस्विनी प्रययौ रथम् आरुह्य नगरं वारणावतम्

hate pitare duḥkhārtā satyabhāmā yaśasvinī prayayau ratham āruhya nagaraṃ vāraṇāvatam

When her father had been killed, the illustrious Satyabhāmā, stricken with grief, mounted a chariot and set out for the city of Vāraṇāvata.

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HV 29.7

सत्यभामा तु तद् वृत्तं भोजस्य शतधन्वनः भर्तुर् निवेद्य दुःखार्ता पार्श्वस्थाश्रूण्य् अवर्तयत्

satyabhāmā tu tad vṛttaṃ bhojasya śatadhanvanaḥ bhartur nivedya duḥkhārtā pārśvasthāśrūṇy avartayat

And Satyabhāmā, having reported that deed of Śatadhanvan the Bhoja to her husband, stricken with grief, standing at his side, shed tears.

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HV 29.8

पाण्डवाणां तु दग्धानां हरिः कृत्वोदकं तदा कुल्यार्थे च स भ्रातॄणां न्ययोजयत सात्यकिम्

pāṇḍavāṇāṃ tu dagdhānāṃ hariḥ kṛtvodakaṃ tadā kulyārthe ca sa bhrātṝṇāṃ nyayojayata sātyakim

Then Hari, having made the water-offering for the Pāṇḍavas who had been burned, appointed Sātyaki to the family duties for those brothers.

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HV 29.9

ततस् त्वरितम् आगम्य द्वारकां मधुसूदनः पूर्वजं हलिनं श्रीमान् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत्

tatas tvaritam āgamya dvārakāṃ madhusūdanaḥ pūrvajaṃ halinaṃ śrīmān idaṃ vacanam abravīt

Then the illustrious slayer of Madhu, coming swiftly to Dvārakā, spoke these words to his elder brother, the plough-bearer:

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HV 29.10

हतः प्रसेनः सिंहेन सत्राजिच् छतधन्वना स्यमन्तकः स मद्गामी तस्य प्रभुर् अहं विभो

hataḥ prasenaḥ siṃhena satrājic chatadhanvanā syamantakaḥ sa madgāmī tasya prabhur ahaṃ vibho

'Prasena was killed by a lion, Satrājit by Śatadhanvan; that Syamantaka is to come to me—I am its master, O lord.'

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HV 29.12

तदारोह रथं शीघ्रं भोजं हत्वा महाबलम् स्यमन्तको महाबाहो सह नौ स भविष्यति ॥ ह्व्_२९।११ ततो रथं समारुह्य रामकृष्णौ महाबलौ । शतधन्वविनाशाय नगराद् वारणावताद् । शतधन्वा ततो भीतो विज्ञायाच्युतम् आगतम् । ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं भोजकृष्णयोः शतधन्वा ततो ऽक्रूरम् अवैक्षत् सर्वतोदिशम्

tadāroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ bhojaṃ hatvā mahābalam syamantako mahābāho saha nau sa bhaviṣyati // HV_29.11 tato rathaṃ samāruhya rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau | śatadhanvavināśāya nagarād vāraṇāvatād | śatadhanvā tato bhīto vijñāyācyutam āgatam | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ bhojakṛṣṇayoḥ śatadhanvā tato 'krūram avaikṣat sarvatodiśam

'So mount the chariot quickly; when the mighty Bhoja has been slain, the Syamantaka, O great-armed one, will belong to us both.' (29.11) Then the two mighty ones, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, mounting a chariot (set out) from the city of Vāraṇāvata for the destruction of Śatadhanvan. Then Śatadhanvan, frightened, learning that Acyuta had come—then a tumultuous battle broke out between the Bhoja and Kṛṣṇa; then Śatadhanvan looked around in every direction for Akrūra.

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HV 29.13

अनाप्तौ च वधार्हौ च कृत्वा भोजजनार्दनौ शक्तो ऽपि शाठ्याद् धार्दिक्यं नाक्रूरो ऽभ्युपपद्यत

anāptau ca vadhārhau ca kṛtvā bhojajanārdanau śakto 'pi śāṭhyād dhārdikyaṃ nākrūro 'bhyupapadyata

Judging both the Bhoja and Janārdana to be no friends of his and deserving of death, Akrūra, though able, out of guile did not come to the aid of Hārdikya.

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HV 29.14

अपयाने ततो बुद्धिं भोजश् चक्रे भयार्दितः योजनानां शतं साग्रं हयया प्रत्यपद्यत

apayāne tato buddhiṃ bhojaś cakre bhayārditaḥ yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ hayayā pratyapadyata

Then the Bhoja, tormented by fear, set his mind on flight, and he covered a full hundred yojanas by means of his mare.

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HV 29.16

विख्याता हृदया नाम शतयोजनगामिनी भोजस्य वडवा राजन् यया कृष्णम् अयोधयत् ॥ ह्व्_२९।१५ ततः क्रुद्धौ भोजकृष्णौ त्वरितौ तु महाबलौ । वञ्चयित्वा ततः कृष्णं शतधन्वातिबुद्धिमान् । पूर्वां दिशं जगामाशु हयया वातवेगया । अथ द्रुतम् अगात् कृष्णो रथेन रथिनां वरः । बलेन सहितो राजन् प्रययौ तस्य मार्गणे । क्षीणां जवेन हृदयाम् अध्वनः शतयोजने दृष्ट्वा रथस्य स्वां वृद्धिं शतधन्वानम् आर्दयत्

vikhyātā hṛdayā nāma śatayojanagāminī bhojasya vaḍavā rājan yayā kṛṣṇam ayodhayat // HV_29.15 tataḥ kruddhau bhojakṛṣṇau tvaritau tu mahābalau | vañcayitvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śatadhanvātibuddhimān | pūrvāṃ diśaṃ jagāmāśu hayayā vātavegayā | atha drutam agāt kṛṣṇo rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | balena sahito rājan prayayau tasya mārgaṇe | kṣīṇāṃ javena hṛdayām adhvanaḥ śatayojane dṛṣṭvā rathasya svāṃ vṛddhiṃ śatadhanvānam ārdayat

There was a famous mare named Hṛdayā, able to travel a hundred yojanas, the Bhoja's mare, O king, with which he fought Kṛṣṇa. (29.15) Then the Bhoja and Kṛṣṇa, both mighty, were enraged and swift; then the exceedingly clever Śatadhanvan, having eluded Kṛṣṇa, went quickly to the eastern quarter on his mare that had the speed of the wind. Then Kṛṣṇa, best of chariot-warriors, went swiftly with his chariot; accompanied by Bala, O king, he set out in pursuit of him. Seeing the mare Hṛdayā spent by her speed over a road of a hundred yojanas, and the (unimpaired) strength of his own chariot, he assailed Śatadhanvan.

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HV 29.17

ततस् तस्या हयायास् तु श्रमात् खेदाच् च भारत खम् उत्पेतुर् अथ प्राणाः कृष्णो रामम् अथाब्रवीत्

tatas tasyā hayāyās tu śramāt khedāc ca bhārata kham utpetur atha prāṇāḥ kṛṣṇo rāmam athābravīt

Then, from exhaustion and distress, O Bhārata, the life-breaths of that mare flew up to the sky; and Kṛṣṇa said to Rāma:

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HV 29.18

तिष्ठस्वेह महाबाहो दृष्टदोषा हया मया पद्भ्यां गत्वा हरिष्यामि मणिरत्नं स्यमन्तकम्

tiṣṭhasveha mahābāho dṛṣṭadoṣā hayā mayā padbhyāṃ gatvā hariṣyāmi maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam

"Stay here, mighty-armed one; the horses have been found faulty by me. Going on foot, I shall recover the jewel-gem Syamantaka."

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HV 29.19

पद्भ्याम् एव ततो गत्वा शतधन्वानम् अच्युतः मिथिलाम् अभितो राजञ् जघान परमास्त्रवित्

padbhyām eva tato gatvā śatadhanvānam acyutaḥ mithilām abhito rājañ jaghāna paramāstravit

Then, going on foot alone, Acyuta, knower of the supreme weapons, slew Śatadhanvan near Mithilā, O king.

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HV 29.20

स्यमन्तकं च नापश्यद् धत्वा भोजं महाबलम् निवृत्तं चाब्रवीत् कृष्णं रत्नं देहीति लाङ्गली

syamantakaṃ ca nāpaśyad dhatvā bhojaṃ mahābalam nivṛttaṃ cābravīt kṛṣṇaṃ ratnaṃ dehīti lāṅgalī

But having killed the mighty Bhoja, he did not see the Syamantaka; and when (Kṛṣṇa) returned, the plough-bearer said to him: "Give me the gem."

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HV 29.21

नास्तीति कृष्णश् चोवाच ततो रामो रुषान्वितः धिक्शब्दपूर्वम् असकृत् प्रत्युवाच जनार्दनम्

nāstīti kṛṣṇaś covāca tato rāmo ruṣānvitaḥ dhikśabdapūrvam asakṛt pratyuvāca janārdanam

And Kṛṣṇa said, "It is not (with me)." Then Rāma, filled with anger, repeatedly answered Janārdana with the word "Shame!" before (his speech).

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HV 29.22

भ्रातृत्वान् मर्षयाम्य् एष स्वस्ति ते ऽस्तु व्रजाम्य् अहम् कृत्यं न मे द्वारकया न त्वया न च वृष्णिभिः

bhrātṛtvān marṣayāmy eṣa svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham kṛtyaṃ na me dvārakayā na tvayā na ca vṛṣṇibhiḥ

"Because of brotherhood I forgive this; may it be well with you—I am going. I have no business with Dvārakā, nor with you, nor with the Vṛṣṇis."

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HV 29.23

प्रविवेश ततो रामो मिथिलाम् अरिमर्दनः सर्वकामैर् उपचितैर् मैथिलेनाभिपूजितः

praviveśa tato rāmo mithilām arimardanaḥ sarvakāmair upacitair maithilenābhipūjitaḥ

Then Rāma, the crusher of foes, entered Mithilā, and was honored by the king of Mithilā with abundant objects of every desire.

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HV 29.24

एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु बभ्रुर् मतिमतां वरः नानारूपान् क्रतून् सर्वान् आजहार निरर्गलान्

etasminn eva kāle tu babhrur matimatāṃ varaḥ nānārūpān kratūn sarvān ājahāra nirargalān

But at this very time Babhru, best of the wise, performed all manner of sacrifices, unimpeded.

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HV 29.25

दीक्षामयं स कवचं रक्षार्थं प्रविवेश ह स्यमन्तककृते प्राज्ञो गांदीपुत्रो महायशाः

dīkṣāmayaṃ sa kavacaṃ rakṣārthaṃ praviveśa ha syamantakakṛte prājño gāṃdīputro mahāyaśāḥ

For the sake of the Syamantaka he entered upon the armour made of consecration for his protection — the wise son of Gāndinī, of great fame.

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HV 29.26

अर्थान् रत्नानि चाग्र्याणि द्रव्याणि विविधानि च षष्टिं वर्षाणि धर्मात्मा यज्ञेषु विनियोजयत्

arthān ratnāni cāgryāṇi dravyāṇi vividhāni ca ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣāṇi dharmātmā yajñeṣu viniyojayat

For sixty years that righteous one employed in sacrifices wealth, the finest gems, and goods of various kinds.

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HV 29.27

अक्रूरयज्ञा इति ते ख्यातास् तस्य महात्मनः बह्वन्नदक्षिणाः सर्वे सर्वकामप्रदायिनः

akrūrayajñā iti te khyātās tasya mahātmanaḥ bahvannadakṣiṇāḥ sarve sarvakāmapradāyinaḥ

Those (sacrifices) of that great-souled one became famed as "the Akrūra sacrifices," all of them with abundant food and sacrificial fees, granting every desire.

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HV 29.28

अथ दुर्योधनो राजा गत्वा स मिथिलां प्रभुः गदाशिक्षां ततो दिव्यां बलभद्राद् अवाप्तवान्

atha duryodhano rājā gatvā sa mithilāṃ prabhuḥ gadāśikṣāṃ tato divyāṃ balabhadrād avāptavān

Then King Duryodhana, the lord, having gone to Mithilā, obtained from Balabhadra the divine training in the mace.

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HV 29.29

प्रसाद्य तु ततो रामो वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथैः आनीतो द्वारकाम् एव कृष्णेन च महात्मना

prasādya tu tato rāmo vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathaiḥ ānīto dvārakām eva kṛṣṇena ca mahātmanā

Then Rāma (Balarāma), conciliated by the great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, was brought back to Dvārakā by the great-souled Kṛṣṇa.

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HV 29.31

अक्रूरस् त्व् अन्धकैः सार्धम् अपायाद् भरतर्षभ हत्वा सत्राजितं युद्धे सहबन्धुं महाबली ॥ ह्व्_२९।३० श्वफल्कतनयायां तु तारायां नरसत्तमौ । भङ्गकारस्य तनयौ विश्रुतौ च महाबलौ । जज्ञाते ऽन्धकमुख्यस्य शत्रुघ्नो बन्धुमांश् च तौ । वरात् तु भङ्गकारस्य स कृष्णप्रतिमो ऽभवत् । ज्ञातिभेदभयात् कृष्णस् तम् उपेक्षितवान् अथ अपयाते तदाक्रूरे नावर्षत् पाकशासनः

akrūras tv andhakaiḥ sārdham apāyād bharatarṣabha hatvā satrājitaṃ yuddhe sahabandhuṃ mahābalī // HV_29.30 śvaphalkatanayāyāṃ tu tārāyāṃ narasattamau | bhaṅgakārasya tanayau viśrutau ca mahābalau | jajñāte 'ndhakamukhyasya śatrughno bandhumāṃś ca tau | varāt tu bhaṅgakārasya sa kṛṣṇapratimo 'bhavat | jñātibhedabhayāt kṛṣṇas tam upekṣitavān atha apayāte tadākrūre nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ

But Akrūra, the very mighty one, departed together with the Andhakas, O bull of the Bharatas, having slain Satrājit in battle along with his kinsman. // And on Tārā, the daughter of Śvaphalka, two best of men were born, the sons of Bhaṅgakāra, renowned and of great strength — Śatrughna and Bandhumat, the two (sons) of the chief of the Andhakas. And by a boon of Bhaṅgakāra he became the equal of Kṛṣṇa. From fear of a split among the kinsmen Kṛṣṇa then overlooked him. When Akrūra had gone away at that time, the Chastiser of Pāka (Indra) did not rain.

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HV 29.32

अनावृष्ट्या तदा राष्ट्रम् अभवद् बहुधा कृशम् ततः प्रसादयाम् आसुर् अक्रूरं कुकुरान्धकाः

anāvṛṣṭyā tadā rāṣṭram abhavad bahudhā kṛśam tataḥ prasādayām āsur akrūraṃ kukurāndhakāḥ

Then, through the drought, the kingdom became in many ways emaciated; thereupon the Kukuras and Andhakas conciliated Akrūra.

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HV 29.33

पुनर् द्वारवतीं प्राप्ते तस्मिन् दानपतौ ततः प्रववर्ष सहस्राक्षः कच्छे जलनिधेस् तदा

punar dvāravatīṃ prāpte tasmin dānapatau tataḥ pravavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ kacche jalanidhes tadā

Then, when that lord of gifts had reached Dvāravatī again, the Thousand-eyed one rained on the shore-land of the ocean.

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HV 29.34

कन्यां च वासुदेवाय स्वसारं शीलसंमताम् अक्रूरः प्रददौ धीमान् प्रीत्यर्थं कुरुनन्दन

kanyāṃ ca vāsudevāya svasāraṃ śīlasaṃmatām akrūraḥ pradadau dhīmān prītyarthaṃ kurunandana

And wise Akrūra gave his sister, a maiden esteemed for her character, to Vāsudeva, to gain his favour, O delight of the Kurus.

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HV 29.35

अथ विज्ञाय योगेन कृष्णो बभ्रुगतं मणिम् सभामध्यगतं प्राह तम् अक्रूरं जनार्दनः

atha vijñāya yogena kṛṣṇo babhrugataṃ maṇim sabhāmadhyagataṃ prāha tam akrūraṃ janārdanaḥ

Then Kṛṣṇa, knowing by his yogic power that the jewel was with Babhru, Janārdana spoke to that Akrūra, who was seated in the midst of the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 29.36

यत् तद् रत्नं मणिवरं तव हस्तगतं विभो तत् प्रयच्छस्व मानार्ह मयि मानार्यकं कृथाः

yat tad ratnaṃ maṇivaraṃ tava hastagataṃ vibho tat prayacchasva mānārha mayi mānāryakaṃ kṛthāḥ

"That gem, the best of jewels, which is in your hand, O lord — give it over, O you who deserve honour; do not act dishonourably toward me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 29.37

षष्टिवर्षगते काले यद् रोषो ऽभूत् तदा मम स संरूढो ऽसकृत्प्राप्तस् ततः कालात्ययो महान्

ṣaṣṭivarṣagate kāle yad roṣo 'bhūt tadā mama sa saṃrūḍho 'sakṛtprāptas tataḥ kālātyayo mahān

"When a period of sixty years had passed, the anger that then arose in me has grown, having recurred more than once; and thereupon a great lapse of time has gone by."

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

HV 29.38

ततः कृष्णस्य वचनात् सर्वसात्वतसंसदि प्रददौ तं मणिं बभ्रुर् अक्लेशेन महामतिः

tataḥ kṛṣṇasya vacanāt sarvasātvatasaṃsadi pradadau taṃ maṇiṃ babhrur akleśena mahāmatiḥ

Then, at Kṛṣṇa's word, in the assembly of all the Sātvatas, the greatly wise Babhru gave over that jewel without difficulty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 29.39

ततस् तम् आर्यवत्प्राप्तं बभ्रोर् हस्ताद् अरिंदमः ददौ हृष्टमनाः कृष्णस् तं मणिं बभ्रवे पुनः

tatas tam āryavatprāptaṃ babhror hastād ariṃdamaḥ dadau hṛṣṭamanāḥ kṛṣṇas taṃ maṇiṃ babhrave punaḥ

Then Kṛṣṇa, the subduer of foes, glad in mind, gave back that jewel to Babhru, received in a noble manner from Babhru's own hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition