Harivamsha — Chapter 54

HV 54.1

तास् तु गावः स घोषश् च स च संकर्षणो युवा कृष्णेन विहितं वासं तम् अध्यासन्त निर्वृताः ॥ ह्व्_५३।३५ यत्र तिष्ठति देवेशो देवदेवो जनार्दनः । न तत्र प्राणिनां दुःखं स च सर्वसुखावहः । तौ तु वृन्दावनं प्राप्तौ वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ चेरतुर् वत्सयूथानि चारयन्तौ सुनिर्वृत्तौ

tās tu gāvaḥ sa ghoṣaś ca sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā kṛṣṇena vihitaṃ vāsaṃ tam adhyāsanta nirvṛtāḥ // HV_53.35 yatra tiṣṭhati deveśo devadevo janārdanaḥ | na tatra prāṇināṃ duḥkhaṃ sa ca sarvasukhāvahaḥ | tau tu vṛndāvanaṃ prāptau vasudevasutāv ubhau ceratur vatsayūthāni cārayantau sunirvṛttau

Those cows, and that cowherd settlement, and the youthful Saṃkarṣaṇa, contented, took up that dwelling arranged by Kṛṣṇa. [53.35] Where the lord of gods, the god of gods, Janārdana, abides, there is no suffering for living beings, and he is the bringer of every happiness. And the two sons of Vasudeva, both having reached Vṛndāvana, roamed about, well content, pasturing the herds of calves.

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HV 54.3

पूर्णस् तु घर्मसमयस् तयोस् तत्र वने सुखम् क्रीडतोः सह गोपालैर् यमुनां चावगाहतोः ॥ ह्व्_५४।२ गते तस्मिन् महाघर्मे रजःपूरैस् तिरोहितैः । ततः प्रावृद् अनुप्राप्ता मनसः कामदीपनी प्रववर्षुर् महाघोराः शक्रचापाङ्क्तितोदराः बभूवादर्शनः सूर्यो भूमिश् चादर्शयत् तृणम्

pūrṇas tu gharmasamayas tayos tatra vane sukham krīḍatoḥ saha gopālair yamunāṃ cāvagāhatoḥ // HV_54.2 gate tasmin mahāgharme rajaḥpūrais tirohitaiḥ | tataḥ prāvṛd anuprāptā manasaḥ kāmadīpanī pravavarṣur mahāghorāḥ śakracāpāṅktitodarāḥ babhūvādarśanaḥ sūryo bhūmiś cādarśayat tṛṇam

The hot season passed for those two while they sported happily there in the wood with the cowherds and plunged into the Yamunā. [54.2] When that great heat had gone, hidden away by floods of dust, then the rains came on, kindling desire in the mind. Most terrible (clouds) poured down, their bellies pierced by rows of Indra's bow (rainbows); the sun became invisible, and the earth showed forth grass.

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HV 54.4

पतता मेघवातेन नवतोयानुकर्षिणा संमार्जिततला भूमिर् यौवनस्थेव लक्ष्यते

patatā meghavātena navatoyānukarṣiṇā saṃmārjitatalā bhūmir yauvanastheva lakṣyate

With its surface swept clean by the falling wind of the clouds that draws along fresh water, the earth is seen as though standing in her youth.

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HV 54.5

नववर्षावसिक्तानि शक्रगोपकुलानि च नष्टदावाग्निधूमानि ववानि प्रचकाशिरे

navavarṣāvasiktāni śakragopakulāni ca naṣṭadāvāgnidhūmāni vavāni pracakāśire

Drenched by the new rains, with their swarms of cochineal insects and the smoke of forest fires extinguished, the woods shone forth.

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HV 54.6

नृत्तव्यापारकालश् च मयूराणां कलापिनाम् मदरक्ताः प्रवृत्ताश् च केकाः पटुरवाः कृताः

nṛttavyāpārakālaś ca mayūrāṇāṃ kalāpinām madaraktāḥ pravṛttāś ca kekāḥ paṭuravāḥ kṛtāḥ

And (it was) the season for the business of dancing for the crested peacocks; reddened with rut, their cries began, made shrill and loud.

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HV 54.7

नवप्रावृषि कान्तानां षट्पदाहारदायिनाम् यौवनस्थं कदम्बानां नवाभ्रैर् भ्राजते वपुः

navaprāvṛṣi kāntānāṃ ṣaṭpadāhāradāyinām yauvanasthaṃ kadambānāṃ navābhrair bhrājate vapuḥ

In the new rains the youthful body of the kadambas — lovely trees that give food to the bees — shines with the fresh clouds.

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HV 54.8

हासितं कुटजैः फुल्लैः कदम्बैर् वासितं वनम् त्रासितं जलदैर् उष्णं तोषिता वसुधा जलैः

hāsitaṃ kuṭajaiḥ phullaiḥ kadambair vāsitaṃ vanam trāsitaṃ jaladair uṣṇaṃ toṣitā vasudhā jalaiḥ

The wood is made to laugh by the blossoming kuṭajas, made fragrant by the kadambas; the heat is driven off by the rain-clouds, and the earth is satisfied by the waters.

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HV 54.9

संतप्ता भास्करजलैर् अभितप्ता देवाग्निभिः जलैर् बलाहकोत्सृष्टैर् उच्छ्वसन्तीव पर्वताः

saṃtaptā bhāskarajalair abhitaptā devāgnibhiḥ jalair balāhakotsṛṣṭair ucchvasantīva parvatāḥ

Scorched by the sun's rays and burnt all round by the fires of the gods, the mountains seem to breathe out again with the waters released by the clouds.

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HV 54.10

महावातसमुद्धूतं महामेघगणार्पितम् महीमहारजःपूरैस् तुल्यम् आपद्यते नभः

mahāvātasamuddhūtaṃ mahāmeghagaṇārpitam mahīmahārajaḥpūrais tulyam āpadyate nabhaḥ

Tossed up by the great wind and filled with masses of great clouds, the sky becomes like the earth with its floods of great dust.

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HV 54.11

क्वचित् कदम्बहासाढ्यं सिलिन्ध्राभरणं क्वचित् संप्रदीप्तं इवाभाति फुल्लनीपद्रुमं वनम्

kvacit kadambahāsāḍhyaṃ silindhrābharaṇaṃ kvacit saṃpradīptaṃ ivābhāti phullanīpadrumaṃ vanam

In one place rich with the laughter of the kadambas, in another adorned with silindhra blossoms, the wood, with its nīpa trees in flower, appears as if ablaze.

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HV 54.12

ऐन्द्रेण पयसा सिक्तं मारुतेन नवीकृतम् पार्थिवं गन्धम् आघ्राय लोकः क्षुभितमानसः

aindreṇa payasā siktaṃ mārutena navīkṛtam pārthivaṃ gandham āghrāya lokaḥ kṣubhitamānasaḥ

Smelling the earthy scent, moistened by Indra's water and made new by the wind, the people are stirred in mind.

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HV 54.13

दृप्तसारङ्गनिनदैर् दर्दुर् अव्याहृतेन च नवैश् च शिखिविक्रुष्टैर् एकवर्णा वसुंधरा

dṛptasāraṅganinadair dardur avyāhṛtena ca navaiś ca śikhivikruṣṭair ekavarṇā vasuṃdharā

With the calls of the excited deer, with the croaking of the frogs, and with the fresh cries of the peacocks, the earth is (as though) all of one hue.

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HV 54.14

भ्रमत्तूर्णमहावेगा वर्षप्राप्तमहारयाः हर्यन्तस् तीरजान् वृक्सान् विस्तरां यान्ति निम्नगाः

bhramattūrṇamahāvegā varṣaprāptamahārayāḥ haryantas tīrajān vṛksān vistarāṃ yānti nimnagāḥ

Whirling with swift great speed, having gained great impetus from the rain, the rivers go on widening, carrying away the trees grown on their banks.

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HV 54.15

संततासारनिर्यत्नाः क्लिन्नपत्रोत्तरच्छदाः न त्यजन्त्य् अगमाग्राणि श्रान्ता इव पतत्रिणः

saṃtatāsāraniryatnāḥ klinnapatrottaracchadāḥ na tyajanty agamāgrāṇi śrāntā iva patatriṇaḥ

Drenched by the continuous downpour, their upper covering of leaves soaked through, the birds do not leave the treetops, as if exhausted.

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HV 54.16

तोयगम्भीरलम्बेषु प्रस्रवत्सु नदत्सु च उदरेषु नवाभ्राणां मज्जतीव दिवाकरः

toyagambhīralambeṣu prasravatsu nadatsu ca udareṣu navābhrāṇāṃ majjatīva divākaraḥ

In the bellies of the new clouds — deep with water, hanging low, streaming and thundering — the sun seems to sink.

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HV 54.17

तनूरुहैर् उत्पतितैः सलिलोत्पीडसंकुला अन्वेष्यमार्गा वसुधा भाति शाड्वलमालिनी

tanūruhair utpatitaiḥ salilotpīḍasaṃkulā anveṣyamārgā vasudhā bhāti śāḍvalamālinī

With its hair (grass) sprung up, crowded with gushes of water, its paths (now) to be searched for, the earth shines, garlanded with green turf.

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HV 54.18

वज्रेणेवावरुग्नानां नगानां नगशालिनाम् स्रोतोभिः परिकृत्तानि पतन्ति शिखराणि च

vajreṇevāvarugnānāṃ nagānāṃ nagaśālinām srotobhiḥ parikṛttāni patanti śikharāṇi ca

And the peaks of the mountains, tree-covered and as if shattered by a thunderbolt, cut away by the torrents, fall down.

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HV 54.19

पतता मेघवर्षेण यथानिम्नानुसारिणा पल्वलोद्गीर्णरक्तेन पूर्यन्ते वनराजयः

patatā meghavarṣeṇa yathānimnānusāriṇā palvalodgīrṇaraktena pūryante vanarājayaḥ

By the falling rain from the clouds, which runs along wherever the ground is low, red with (mud) disgorged from the ponds, the rows of forests are filled.

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HV 54.20

हस्तोच्छ्रितमुखा वन्या मेघनादानुसारिणः भान्त्यातिवृष्ट्या मातङ्गा गां गता इव तोयदाः

hastocchritamukhā vanyā meghanādānusāriṇaḥ bhāntyātivṛṣṭyā mātaṅgā gāṃ gatā iva toyadāḥ

The wild elephants, with trunks raised aloft, following the thunder of the clouds, shine in the excessive rain like rain-clouds come down to earth.

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HV 54.21

प्रावृट्प्रवृत्तिं संदृश्य दृष्ट्वा चाम्बुधरान् घनान् रौहिणेयो मिथः काले कृष्णं वचनम् अब्रवीत्

prāvṛṭpravṛttiṃ saṃdṛśya dṛṣṭvā cāmbudharān ghanān rauhiṇeyo mithaḥ kāle kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt

Seeing the onset of the rains and beholding the thick rain-clouds, the son of Rohiṇī spoke these words to Kṛṣṇa in private at that time.

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HV 54.23

पश्य कृष्ण घनान् कृष्णान् बलाकोत्पातभूषणान् गगने तव गात्राणां वर्णचोरान् समुत्थितान् ॥ ह्व्_५४।२२ कामिनां हृदयस्याशु निघ्नतस् तान् समन्ततः (सिच्) । तव निद्राकरः कालस् तव गात्रोपमम् नभः त्वम् इवाज्ञातवसतिं चन्द्रो वसति वार्षिकीम्

paśya kṛṣṇa ghanān kṛṣṇān balākotpātabhūṣaṇān gagane tava gātrāṇāṃ varṇacorān samutthitān // HV_54.22 kāmināṃ hṛdayasyāśu nighnatas tān samantataḥ (sic) | tava nidrākaraḥ kālas tava gātropamam nabhaḥ tvam ivājñātavasatiṃ candro vasati vārṣikīm

Look, Kṛṣṇa, at the black clouds, adorned by the flight of cranes, risen in the sky, thieves of the colour of your limbs — (clouds) that at once strike the hearts of lovers on every side. The season is a bringer of sleep for you; the sky resembles your body; like you, the moon dwells in the rainy season in a dwelling unknown (to others).

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HV 54.24

एतन् नीलोत्पलश्यामं नीलोत्पलदलप्रभम् नीलोत्पलदले काले भाति वृन्दावनं वनम् । संप्राप्ते दुर्दिने काले दुर्दिनं भाति वै नभः

etan nīlotpalaśyāmaṃ nīlotpaladalaprabham nīlotpaladale kāle bhāti vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | saṃprāpte durdine kāle durdinaṃ bhāti vai nabhaḥ

This Vṛndāvana forest, dark as a blue lotus, gleaming like the petal of a blue lotus, shines in the season (dark as) a blue lotus petal; and when the cloudy days have come, the sky too is overcast.

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HV 54.25

पश्य कृष्ण जलोदग्रैः कृष्णैर् उद्ग्रथितैर् घनैः गोवर्धनो यथा रम्यो भाति गोवर्धनो गिरिः

paśya kṛṣṇa jalodagraiḥ kṛṣṇair udgrathitair ghanaiḥ govardhano yathā ramyo bhāti govardhano giriḥ

Look, Kṛṣṇa, how lovely Govardhana mountain looks with the black clouds swollen with water massed upon it.

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HV 54.26

पतितेनाम्भसा ह्य् एते समन्तान् मदतर्पिताः भ्राजन्ते कृष्णसारङ्गाः काननेषु मुदान्विताः

patitenāmbhasā hy ete samantān madatarpitāḥ bhrājante kṛṣṇasāraṅgāḥ kānaneṣu mudānvitāḥ

For these black antelopes, sated with the rut (aroused) by the fallen water on all sides, shine in the forests, filled with joy.

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HV 54.27

एतान्य् अम्बुप्रहृष्टानि हरितानि मृदूनि च तृणानि शतपत्राक्ष पत्रैर् गूहन्ति मेदिनीम्

etāny ambuprahṛṣṭāni haritāni mṛdūni ca tṛṇāni śatapatrākṣa patrair gūhanti medinīm

These grasses, gladdened by the water, green and soft, O lotus-eyed one, hide the earth with their blades.

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HV 54.28

क्षरज्जलानां शैलानां वनानां च जलागमे ससस्यानां च सीमानां न लक्ष्मीर् व्यतिरिच्यते

kṣarajjalānāṃ śailānāṃ vanānāṃ ca jalāgame sasasyānāṃ ca sīmānāṃ na lakṣmīr vyatiricyate

At the coming of the rains, the beauty of the water-streaming mountains, of the forests, and of the crop-bearing fields is not to be surpassed.

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HV 54.29

शीघ्रवातसमुद्धूताः प्रोषितौत्सुक्यकारिणः दामोदरोद्दामरवाः प्रागल्भ्यं यान्ति तोयदाः

śīghravātasamuddhūtāḥ proṣitautsukyakāriṇaḥ dāmodaroddāmaravāḥ prāgalbhyaṃ yānti toyadāḥ

Tossed up by swift winds, causing longing in those who are away from home, the rain-clouds, thundering unrestrainedly, O Dāmodara, grow bold.

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HV 54.30

हरे हर्यश्वचापेन त्रिवर्णेन त्रिविक्रम विबाणज्येन धनुषा तवेदं मध्यमं पदम्

hare haryaśvacāpena trivarṇena trivikrama vibāṇajyena dhanuṣā tavedaṃ madhyamaṃ padam

O Hari, O Trivikrama, with the three-coloured bow of Indra, a bow without arrow or string — this is your middle step.

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HV 54.31

नभस्य च नभश् चक्षुर् न भात्य् एष नभश्चरः मेघैः शीतातपकरो विरश्मिर् इव रश्मिमान्

nabhasya ca nabhaś cakṣur na bhāty eṣa nabhaścaraḥ meghaiḥ śītātapakaro viraśmir iva raśmimān

In the month of Nabhasya the sky's eye, this sky-goer, does not shine: made cool-rayed by the clouds, the ray-bearer is as if rayless.

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HV 54.32

द्यावापृथिव्योः संसर्गः सततं विततैः कृतः अव्यवच्छिन्नधारौघैः समुद्रौघनिभैर् घनैः

dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ saṃsargaḥ satataṃ vitataiḥ kṛtaḥ avyavacchinnadhāraughaiḥ samudraughanibhair ghanaiḥ

A continuous joining of heaven and earth has been made by the outspread clouds, with their unbroken floods of rain, resembling the flood of the ocean.

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HV 54.33

नीपार्जुनकदम्बानां पृथिव्यां चाभिवृष्तयः गन्धैः कोलाहला वान्ति वाता मदनदीपनाः

nīpārjunakadambānāṃ pṛthivyāṃ cābhivṛṣtayaḥ gandhaiḥ kolāhalā vānti vātā madanadīpanāḥ

There are downpours of nīpa, arjuna and kadamba (blossoms) upon the earth; with their scents the winds blow noisily, kindling desire.

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HV 54.34

संप्रवृत्तमहावर्षं लम्बमानमहाम्बुदम् भात्य् अगाधम् अपर्यन्तं ससागरम् इवाम्बरम्

saṃpravṛttamahāvarṣaṃ lambamānamahāmbudam bhāty agādham aparyantaṃ sasāgaram ivāmbaram

With its great rain set flowing and its great clouds hanging low, the sky shines fathomless and boundless, as if it held the ocean.

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HV 54.35

धारानिर्मलनाराचं विद्युत् कवचनिर्मलम् शक्रचापायुधधरं युद्धसज्जम् इवाम्बरम्

dhārānirmalanārācaṃ vidyut kavacanirmalam śakracāpāyudhadharaṃ yuddhasajjam ivāmbaram

With rain-streams for polished iron arrows, lightning for a bright cuirass, bearing Indra's bow for weapon, the sky seems ready for battle.

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HV 54.36

शैलानां च वनानां च द्रुमाणां च वरानन प्रतिच्छन्नानि भासन्ते शिखराणि घनैर् घनैः

śailānāṃ ca vanānāṃ ca drumāṇāṃ ca varānana praticchannāni bhāsante śikharāṇi ghanair ghanaiḥ

And of the mountains, and of the forests, and of the trees, O fair-faced one, the peaks shine, covered over by thick clouds.

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HV 54.37

गजानीकैर् इवाकीर्णं सलिलोद्गारिभिर् घनैः वर्णसारूप्यतां याति गगनं सागरस्य वै

gajānīkair ivākīrṇaṃ salilodgāribhir ghanaiḥ varṇasārūpyatāṃ yāti gaganaṃ sāgarasya vai

Strewn, as it were, with troops of elephants — with clouds that pour out water — the sky comes to a likeness of colour with the ocean.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 54.38

समुद्रोद्धूतजनिता लोलशाड्वलकम्पिनः शीताह् सपृषतोद्गाराः कर्कशा वान्ति मारुताः

samudroddhūtajanitā lolaśāḍvalakampinaḥ śītāh sapṛṣatodgārāḥ karkaśā vānti mārutāḥ

Winds blow, born of the churning of the sea, shaking the swaying grasslands, cold, harsh, bearing bursts of raindrops.

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HV 54.40

निशासु सुप्तचन्द्रासु मुक्ततोयासु तोयदैः मग्नसूर्यस्य नभसो नाभिभान्ति दिशो दश ॥ ह्व्_५४।३९ चेतनं पुष्करं कोशैः क्षुधाध्मातैः समन्ततः । न घृणीनां न रम्याणां विवेकं यान्ति कृष्टयः । संहतानां द्विरेफानां निवेशं यान्ति पङ्कयः । घर्मदोषपरित्यक्तं मेघतोयविभूषितम् पश्य वृन्दावनं कृष्ण वनं चैत्ररथं यथा

niśāsu suptacandrāsu muktatoyāsu toyadaiḥ magnasūryasya nabhaso nābhibhānti diśo daśa // HV_54.39 cetanaṃ puṣkaraṃ kośaiḥ kṣudhādhmātaiḥ samantataḥ | na ghṛṇīnāṃ na ramyāṇāṃ vivekaṃ yānti kṛṣṭayaḥ | saṃhatānāṃ dvirephānāṃ niveśaṃ yānti paṅkayaḥ | gharmadoṣaparityaktaṃ meghatoyavibhūṣitam paśya vṛndāvanaṃ kṛṣṇa vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ yathā

On nights whose moon has gone to sleep, when the waters have been released by the rain-clouds, the ten directions do not shine at all in a sky whose sun has sunk. [39] The lotus is quickened all around by buds swollen as if with hunger; men make no distinction between what is loathsome and what is lovely; the rows (of lotuses) become the settling-place of clustered bees. Look, Kṛṣṇa, at Vṛndāvana, freed from the fault of heat, adorned with the water of the clouds, like the Caitraratha wood.

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

HV 54.41

एवं प्रावृङ्गुनान् सर्वाञ् श्रीमान् कृष्णस्य पूर्वजः कथयन्न् एव बलवान् व्रजम् एव जगाम ह

evaṃ prāvṛṅgunān sarvāñ śrīmān kṛṣṇasya pūrvajaḥ kathayann eva balavān vrajam eva jagāma ha

Thus recounting all the virtues of the rainy season, the illustrious and strong elder brother of Kṛṣṇa went on to Vraja itself.

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HV 54.42

तौ रामयन्ताव् अन्योन्यं कृष्णसंकर्षणाव् उभौ तत्कालं ज्ञातिभिः सार्धं चेरतुस् तौ महद् वनम्

tau rāmayantāv anyonyaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau tatkālaṃ jñātibhiḥ sārdhaṃ ceratus tau mahad vanam

The two, Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa, delighting each other, roamed that great forest at that season together with their kinsmen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition