Harivamsha — Chapter 55
HV 55.1
कदाचित् तु तदा कृष्णो विना संकर्षणं गुरुम् चचार तद्वनवरं कामरूपी वराननः
kadācit tu tadā kṛṣṇo vinā saṃkarṣaṇaṃ gurum cacāra tadvanavaraṃ kāmarūpī varānanaḥ
But once at that time Kṛṣṇa, fair-faced and able to take on any form at will, roamed that best of forests without Saṃkarṣaṇa, his elder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 55.2
काकपक्षधरः श्रीमाञ् श्यामः पद्मदलेक्षणः श्रीवत्सेनोरसा युक्तः शशाङ्क इव लक्ष्मणा
kākapakṣadharaḥ śrīmāñ śyāmaḥ padmadalekṣaṇaḥ śrīvatsenorasā yuktaḥ śaśāṅka iva lakṣmaṇā
Wearing the side-locks (of boyhood), illustrious, dark, with eyes like lotus-petals, bearing the Śrīvatsa on his chest, like the moon with its mark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 55.3
साङ्गदेनाग्रपादेन पङ्कजोद्भिन्नवर्चसा सुकुमाराभिताम्रेण क्रान्तविक्रान्तगामिना
sāṅgadenāgrapādena paṅkajodbhinnavarcasā sukumārābhitāmreṇa krāntavikrāntagāminā
With the fore-part of his foot armleted, its splendour surpassing the lotus, very tender and reddish, with a stride that strode and overstrode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 55.4
पीते प्रीतिकरे नॄणां पद्मकिञ्जल्कसप्रभे सूक्ष्मे वसानो वसने ससंध्य इव तोयदः
pīte prītikare nṝṇāṃ padmakiñjalkasaprabhe sūkṣme vasāno vasane sasaṃdhya iva toyadaḥ
Wearing two fine yellow garments, pleasing to men, shining like the filaments of a lotus, he was like a rain-cloud at twilight.
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HV 55.5
वन्यव्यापारयुक्ताभ्यां व्यग्राभ्यां दण्डरज्जुभिः भुजाभ्यां साधुवृत्ताभ्यां पूजिताभ्यां दिवौकसैः
vanyavyāpārayuktābhyāṃ vyagrābhyāṃ daṇḍarajjubhiḥ bhujābhyāṃ sādhuvṛttābhyāṃ pūjitābhyāṃ divaukasaiḥ
With his two arms, engaged in forest business, busy with stick and ropes, of good conduct, honoured by the dwellers in heaven —
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HV 55.6
सदृशं पुण्डरीकस्य गन्धेन कमलस्य च रराज तस्य तद्बाल्ये रुचिरोष्ठपुटं मुखम्
sadṛśaṃ puṇḍarīkasya gandhena kamalasya ca rarāja tasya tadbālye ruciroṣṭhapuṭaṃ mukham
His face, with its lovely pair of lips, shone in that boyhood of his, like a white lotus in fragrance and like a lotus (in beauty).
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HV 55.7
शिखाभिस् तस्य मुक्ताभी रराज मुखपङ्कजम् वृत्तं षट्पदपङ्क्तीभिर् यथा स्यात् पद्ममण्डलम्
śikhābhis tasya muktābhī rarāja mukhapaṅkajam vṛttaṃ ṣaṭpadapaṅktībhir yathā syāt padmamaṇḍalam
His lotus-face shone with its loosened locks, as a round circle of lotus would with rows of bees.
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HV 55.8
तस्यार्जुनकदम्बाढ्या नीपकन्दलमालिनी रराज माला शिरसि नक्षत्राणां यथा दिवि
tasyārjunakadambāḍhyā nīpakandalamālinī rarāja mālā śirasi nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā divi
On his head a garland, rich with arjuna and kadamba, wreathed with nīpa blossoms and shoots, shone as the stars do in the sky.
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HV 55.9
स तया मालया वीरः शुशुभे सर्वपुष्पया मेघकालाम्बुदश्यामो नभस्य इव मूर्तिमान्
sa tayā mālayā vīraḥ śuśubhe sarvapuṣpayā meghakālāmbudaśyāmo nabhasya iva mūrtimān
With that garland of every flower the hero was resplendent, dark as a cloud dark as the rainy season, like the month Nabhasya embodied.
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HV 55.10
एकेनामलपत्रेण कण्ठसूत्रावलम्बिना रराज बर्हिपत्रेण मन्दमारुतकम्पिना
ekenāmalapatreṇa kaṇṭhasūtrāvalambinā rarāja barhipatreṇa mandamārutakampinā
He shone with a single spotless peacock feather hanging from the cord at his neck, quivering in the gentle breeze.
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HV 55.11
क्वचिद् गायन् क्वचित् क्रीडंश् चञ्चूर्यंश् च क्वचित् क्वचित् पर्णवाद्यं श्रुतिसुखं वादयानः क्वचिद् वने
kvacid gāyan kvacit krīḍaṃś cañcūryaṃś ca kvacit kvacit parṇavādyaṃ śrutisukhaṃ vādayānaḥ kvacid vane
Now singing, now playing, now wandering about, now sounding leaf-music sweet to the ear, now in the forest —
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HV 55.13
गोपवेणुं सुमधुरं कामात् तम् अपि वादयन् प्रह्लादनार्थं च गवां क्वचिद् वनगतो युवा गोकुले ऽम्बुधरश्यामश् चचार द्युतिमान् प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_५५।१२ गोवर्धनस्य च गिरेः पर्णवाद्यं श्रुतेः सुखम् । रेमे च तत्र रम्यासु चित्रासु वनराजिषु मयूररवघुष्टासु मदनोद्दीपनीषु च मेघनादप्रतिव्यूहैर् नादितासु समन्ततः
gopaveṇuṃ sumadhuraṃ kāmāt tam api vādayan prahlādanārthaṃ ca gavāṃ kvacid vanagato yuvā gokule 'mbudharaśyāmaś cacāra dyutimān prabhuḥ // HV_55.12 govardhanasya ca gireḥ parṇavādyaṃ śruteḥ sukham | reme ca tatra ramyāsu citrāsu vanarājiṣu mayūraravaghuṣṭāsu madanoddīpanīṣu ca meghanādaprativyūhair nāditāsu samantataḥ
And playing too, out of desire, the very sweet cowherd's flute, and to gladden the cows, the youth, gone sometimes into the forest, dark as a rain-cloud, the radiant lord, roamed in Gokula. [12] And on the hill Govardhana the leaf-music was sweet to the ear. And he took delight there in the lovely, variegated forest rows, resounding with the cries of peacocks and kindling passion, echoing on all sides with answering ranks of thunder.
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HV 55.14
शाड्वलच्छन्नमार्गासु शिलीन्ध्राभरणासु च कन्दलामलदन्तीषु स्रवन्तीषु नवं जलम्
śāḍvalacchannamārgāsu śilīndhrābharaṇāsu ca kandalāmaladantīṣu sravantīṣu navaṃ jalam
(Forest rows) whose paths were covered with fresh grass, adorned with mushrooms, with shoots and bright dantī plants, streaming with new water —
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HV 55.15
केसराणां नवैर् गन्धैर् मदनिःश्वसितोपमैः अभीक्ष्णं निःश्वसन्तीषु योषित्स्व् इव समन्ततः
kesarāṇāṃ navair gandhair madaniḥśvasitopamaiḥ abhīkṣṇaṃ niḥśvasantīṣu yoṣitsv iva samantataḥ
(Forest rows) breathing out constantly on every side with the fresh scents of their filaments, like the sighs of passion, as if they were women.
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HV 55.16
सेव्यमानो नवैर् वातैर् द्रुमसंघातनिःसृतैः तासु कृष्णो मुदं लेभे सौम्यासु वनराजिषु
sevyamāno navair vātair drumasaṃghātaniḥsṛtaiḥ tāsu kṛṣṇo mudaṃ lebhe saumyāsu vanarājiṣu
Fanned by fresh breezes issuing from the massed trees, Kṛṣṇa found delight there, in those pleasant forest groves.
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HV 55.17
स कदाचिद् वने तस्मिन् गोभिः सह परिव्रजन् ददर्श विपुलोदग्रं शाखिनं शाखिनां वरम्
sa kadācid vane tasmin gobhiḥ saha parivrajan dadarśa vipulodagraṃ śākhinaṃ śākhināṃ varam
Once, roaming about in that forest together with the cows, he saw a broad and lofty tree, the best of trees.
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HV 55.18
स्थितं धरण्यां मेघाभं निबिडं पत्रसंचयैः गगनार्धोच्छ्रिताकारं पवनाभोगकारिणं
sthitaṃ dharaṇyāṃ meghābhaṃ nibiḍaṃ patrasaṃcayaiḥ gaganārdhocchritākāraṃ pavanābhogakāriṇaṃ
(He saw it) standing upon the earth, cloud-like, dense with masses of leaves, its form rising up to half the sky, giving an ample sweep of breeze.
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HV 55.19
नीलचित्राङ्गवर्णैश् च सेवितं बहुभिर् द्विजैः फलैः प्रवालैश् च घनं सेन्द्रचापघनोपमम्
nīlacitrāṅgavarṇaiś ca sevitaṃ bahubhir dvijaiḥ phalaiḥ pravālaiś ca ghanaṃ sendracāpaghanopamam
frequented by many birds of dark and variegated body-colours, thick with fruits and fresh shoots, like a cloud with a rainbow in it,
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HV 55.20
भवनाकारविटपं लतापुष्पसुमण्डितम् विशालमूलावततं पवनाम्भोदधारिणम्
bhavanākāraviṭapaṃ latāpuṣpasumaṇḍitam viśālamūlāvatataṃ pavanāmbhodadhāriṇam
its boughs shaped like a mansion, well adorned with creepers and blossoms, spread out with broad roots, holding wind and water,
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HV 55.21
आधिपत्यम् इवान्येषां तस्य देशस्य शाखिनाम् कुर्वाणं शुभकर्माणं तिरो वर्षन्तम् अव्ययम्
ādhipatyam ivānyeṣāṃ tasya deśasya śākhinām kurvāṇaṃ śubhakarmāṇaṃ tiro varṣantam avyayam
as though exercising overlordship over the other trees of that region, performing auspicious work, raining down unseen, undecaying —
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HV 55.22
न्यग्रोधं पर्वताकारं भाण्डीरं नाम नामतः दृष्ट्वा तत्र मतिं चक्रे निवासाय दिवा प्रभुः
nyagrodhaṃ parvatākāraṃ bhāṇḍīraṃ nāma nāmataḥ dṛṣṭvā tatra matiṃ cakre nivāsāya divā prabhuḥ
seeing that banyan, mountain-shaped, Bhāṇḍīra by name, the Lord set his mind on dwelling there by day.
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HV 55.23
स तत्र वयसा तुल्यैर् वत्सपालैः सहानघः रेमे वै दिवसं कृष्णः पुरा स्वर्गगतो यथा
sa tatra vayasā tulyair vatsapālaiḥ sahānaghaḥ reme vai divasaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ purā svargagato yathā
There the blameless Kṛṣṇa spent the day in delight with the calf-herders who were his equals in age, as one who had of old gone to heaven.
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HV 55.24
तं क्रीडमाणं गोपालाः कृष्णं भाण्डीरवासिनम् रमयन्ति स्म बहवो वन्यैः क्रीडनकैस् तदा
taṃ krīḍamāṇaṃ gopālāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ bhāṇḍīravāsinam ramayanti sma bahavo vanyaiḥ krīḍanakais tadā
As Kṛṣṇa, the dweller at Bhāṇḍīra, played, many cowherd boys then entertained him with playthings from the woods.
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HV 55.25
अन्ये स्म परिगायन्ति गोपा मुदितमानसाः गोपालाः कृष्णम् एवान्ये गायन्ति स्म रतिप्रियाः
anye sma parigāyanti gopā muditamānasāḥ gopālāḥ kṛṣṇam evānye gāyanti sma ratipriyāḥ
Some cowherds, with gladdened minds, sang all around; other cowherd boys, fond of merriment, sang of Kṛṣṇa himself.
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HV 55.26
तेषां स गायताम् एव वादयामास वीर्यवान् पर्णवाद्यान्तरे वेणुं तुम्बीवीणां च तत्र ह
teṣāṃ sa gāyatām eva vādayāmāsa vīryavān parṇavādyāntare veṇuṃ tumbīvīṇāṃ ca tatra ha
While they were singing, the mighty one played there, between the leaf-music, upon the flute and the gourd-lute.
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HV 55.27
कदाचिच् चारयन्न् एव गाः स गोवृषभेक्षणः जगाम यमुनातीरं लतालंकृतपादपम्
kadācic cārayann eva gāḥ sa govṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ jagāma yamunātīraṃ latālaṃkṛtapādapam
Once, while grazing the cows, he of the bull's gaze went to the bank of the Yamunā, where the trees were adorned with creepers.
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HV 55.28
तरंगापाङ्गकुटिलां वारिस्पर्शसुखानिलाम् तां च पद्मोत्पलवतीं ददर्श यमुनां नदीम्
taraṃgāpāṅgakuṭilāṃ vārisparśasukhānilām tāṃ ca padmotpalavatīṃ dadarśa yamunāṃ nadīm
And he saw the river Yamunā, curving with waves as with the corners of eyes, its breezes made pleasant by the touch of the water, full of lotuses and blue lilies,
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HV 55.29
सुतीर्थां स्वादुसलिलां ह्रदिनीं वेगगामिनीम् तोयवातोद्धतैर् वेगैर् अवनामितपादपाम्
sutīrthāṃ svādusalilāṃ hradinīṃ vegagāminīm toyavātoddhatair vegair avanāmitapādapām
with fine fords, with sweet water, having deep pools, flowing swiftly, its trees bent down by the surges raised by water and wind,
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HV 55.30
हंसकारण्डवोद्घुष्टां सारसैश् च विनादिताम् अन्योन्यमिथुनैश् चैव सेवितां मिथुनेचरैः
haṃsakāraṇḍavodghuṣṭāṃ sārasaiś ca vināditām anyonyamithunaiś caiva sevitāṃ mithunecaraiḥ
loud with geese and kāraṇḍava ducks, made to resound with cranes, frequented by pairs mated with one another, moving in couples,
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HV 55.31
जलजैः प्राणिभिः कीर्णां जलजैर् भूषितां गुणैः जलजैः कुसुमैश् चित्रां जलजैर् हरितोदकाम्
jalajaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ kīrṇāṃ jalajair bhūṣitāṃ guṇaiḥ jalajaiḥ kusumaiś citrāṃ jalajair haritodakām
strewn with water-born creatures, adorned with water-born excellences, dappled with water-born flowers, its water made green by water-born (plants),
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HV 55.32
प्रस्थितस्रोतचरणां पुलिनश्रोणिमण्डलाम् आवर्तनाभिगम्भीरां पद्मलोमानुरञ्जिताम्
prasthitasrotacaraṇāṃ pulinaśroṇimaṇḍalām āvartanābhigambhīrāṃ padmalomānurañjitām
her feet the currents that go forth, her circle of hips the sandbanks, deep-naveled with eddies, tinged with lotuses for body-hair,
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HV 55.34
ह्रदशातोदराक्रान्तां त्रितरंगवलीधराम् चक्रवाकस्तनतटां तीरपार्श्वायताननाम् ॥ ह्व्_५५।३३ मीनाक्षिचपलां कान्तां कान्तशैवलमूर्धजाम् । फेनप्रहृष्टदशनां प्रसन्नां हंसहासिनीम् रुचिरोत्पलपत्राक्षीं नतभ्रूं जलजेक्षणाम्
hradaśātodarākrāntāṃ tritaraṃgavalīdharām cakravākastanataṭāṃ tīrapārśvāyatānanām // HV_55.33 mīnākṣicapalāṃ kāntāṃ kāntaśaivalamūrdhajām | phenaprahṛṣṭadaśanāṃ prasannāṃ haṃsahāsinīm rucirotpalapatrākṣīṃ natabhrūṃ jalajekṣaṇām
her slender belly overrun by pools, bearing three folds as waves, the cakravāka birds her breasts on the banks, her face stretched out along the shores; restless with fish for eyes, lovely, with lovely moss for her hair, her teeth bristling white as foam, clear, laughing with geese, her eyes bright lotus petals, her brows curved, her glances water-born,
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HV 55.35
ह्रददीर्घललाटान्तां कान्तां शैवलमूर्धजाम् दीर्घस्रोतायतभुजाम् आभोगश्रवणायताम्
hradadīrghalalāṭāntāṃ kāntāṃ śaivalamūrdhajām dīrghasrotāyatabhujām ābhogaśravaṇāyatām
the edge of her brow long as a pool, lovely, with moss for hair, her arms stretched out as long currents, her ears drawn out as her windings,
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HV 55.36
कारण्डवाकुण्डलिनीं श्रीमत्पङ्कजलोचनाम् काशचामीकरं वासो वसानां हंसलक्षणाम्
kāraṇḍavākuṇḍalinīṃ śrīmatpaṅkajalocanām kāśacāmīkaraṃ vāso vasānāṃ haṃsalakṣaṇām
with kāraṇḍava ducks for her earrings, with splendid lotuses for eyes, wearing a golden garment of kāśa reeds, marked with geese,
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HV 55.37
तटजाभरणोपेतां मीननिर्मलमखलाम् वारिप्लवप्लवक्षौमां सारसारावनूपुराम्
taṭajābharaṇopetāṃ mīnanirmalamakhalām vāriplavaplavakṣaumāṃ sārasārāvanūpurām
(Her) adorned with the ornaments of (her) banks, with a pure girdle of fish, with silk garments of the rippling of the water's flow, with anklets that are the cries of cranes,
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HV 55.39
झाषनक्रानुलिप्ताङ्गीं कूर्मलक्षणशोभिनीम् निपानश्वापदापीडां नृभिः पीतपयोधराम् श्वापदोच्छिष्टसलिलाम् आश्रमस्थानसंकुलाम् ॥ ह्व्_५५।३८ सिद्धाराध्यमहादेव+ +सिकतालिङ्गमण्डिताम् । मुनिमृत्कुण्डिकापूर+ +समूद्भूतमहारवाम् (सिच्) । सिद्धयोषित् कुचस्रस्त+ +कुङ्कुमक्षोदपिङ्गलाम् । सुतीर्थां सर्वपापघ्नीं नृणां तद्गतचेतसाम् । तां समुद्रस्य महिषीं वीक्षमाणः समन्ततः चचार रुचिरं कृष्णो यमुनाम् उपशोभयन्
jhāṣanakrānuliptāṅgīṃ kūrmalakṣaṇaśobhinīm nipānaśvāpadāpīḍāṃ nṛbhiḥ pītapayodharām śvāpadocchiṣṭasalilām āśramasthānasaṃkulām // HV_55.38 siddhārādhyamahādeva+ +sikatāliṅgamaṇḍitām | munimṛtkuṇḍikāpūra+ +samūdbhūtamahāravām (sic) | siddhayoṣit kucasrasta+ +kuṅkumakṣodapiṅgalām | sutīrthāṃ sarvapāpaghnīṃ nṛṇāṃ tadgatacetasām | tāṃ samudrasya mahiṣīṃ vīkṣamāṇaḥ samantataḥ cacāra ruciraṃ kṛṣṇo yamunām upaśobhayan
(Her) with limbs smeared with fish and crocodiles, resplendent with the mark of the tortoise, with the wild beasts at the watering-holes for her ornament, her breasts drunk from by men, her water left over by the beasts, crowded with the sites of hermitages; adorned with sand-liṅgas of the Great God worshipped by the Siddhas; making a great roar arisen from the filling of the sages' clay water-pots; tawny with the powder of saffron fallen from the breasts of the Siddha women; a good ford, destroying all the sins of men whose minds are fixed on her — gazing on all sides at her, the queen of the ocean, Kṛṣṇa roamed delightfully, gracing the Yamunā.
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HV 55.40
तां चरन् स नदीं श्रेष्ठां ददर्श ह्रदम् उत्तमम् दीर्घं योजनविस्तारं दुस्तरं त्रिदशैर् अपि
tāṃ caran sa nadīṃ śreṣṭhāṃ dadarśa hradam uttamam dīrghaṃ yojanavistāraṃ dustaraṃ tridaśair api
As he roamed along that best of rivers, he saw a great pool, long, a yojana in breadth, hard to cross even for the gods,
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HV 55.41
गम्भीरम् अक्षोभ्यजलं निष्कम्पम् इव सागरम् तोयपैः श्वापदैस् त्यक्तं शून्यं तोयचरैः खगैः
gambhīram akṣobhyajalaṃ niṣkampam iva sāgaram toyapaiḥ śvāpadais tyaktaṃ śūnyaṃ toyacaraiḥ khagaiḥ
deep, its water unstirrable, like a motionless sea, abandoned by the water-drinking wild beasts, empty of water-going birds,
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HV 55.42
अगाधेनाम्भसा पूर्णं मेघपूर्णम् इवाम्बरम् दुःखोपसर्प्यं तीरेषु ससर्पैर् विपुलैर् बिलैः
agādhenāmbhasā pūrṇaṃ meghapūrṇam ivāmbaram duḥkhopasarpyaṃ tīreṣu sasarpair vipulair bilaiḥ
filled with fathomless water like a sky filled with clouds, difficult to approach on its banks because of the wide holes with snakes in them,
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HV 55.43
विषारणिगतस्याग्नेर् धूमेन परिवेष्टितम्
viṣāraṇigatasyāgner dhūmena pariveṣṭitam
enveloped by the smoke of the fire that lay in the kindling-wood of the poison,
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HV 55.44
उपभोगैः परित्यक्तं सद्भिस् त्रिषवणार्थिभिः आकाशाद् अप्य् असंचार्यं खगैर् आकाशगोचरैः
upabhogaiḥ parityaktaṃ sadbhis triṣavaṇārthibhiḥ ākāśād apy asaṃcāryaṃ khagair ākāśagocaraiḥ
abandoned as a thing of use by the good men who seek the three daily ablutions, not to be traversed even from the sky by the birds that range the sky,
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HV 55.45
तृणेष्व् अपि पतत्स्व् अप्सु ज्वलन्तम् इव तेजसा समन्ताद् योजनंसाग्रं तीरेष्व् अपि दुरासदम्
tṛṇeṣv api patatsv apsu jvalantam iva tejasā samantād yojanaṃsāgraṃ tīreṣv api durāsadam
blazing as it were with fiery force even when blades of grass fell into the water, a yojana across on every side, unapproachable even at its banks—
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HV 55.46
विषानलेन घोरेण ज्वालाप्रज्वलितं ह्रदम् वज्रस्योत्तरतस् तस्य क्रोशमात्रे निरामये
viṣānalena ghoreṇa jvālāprajvalitaṃ hradam vajrasyottaratas tasya krośamātre nirāmaye
the pool set aflame with flames by the terrible fire of the venom — and to the north of that adamantine (spot), within just a krośa, (there was ground) free of harm.
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HV 55.47
तं दृष्ट्वा चिन्तयामास कृष्णो वै विपुलं ह्रदम् अगाधं द्योतमानं च कस्येदं सुमहद् ध्रदम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa kṛṣṇo vai vipulaṃ hradam agādhaṃ dyotamānaṃ ca kasyedaṃ sumahad dhradam
Seeing that wide pool, Kṛṣṇa reflected: "Whose is this very great pool, fathomless and glowing?
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HV 55.48
अस्मिन् स कालियो नाम कालाञ्जनचयोपमः उरगाधिपतिः साक्षाद् ध्रदे वसति दारुनः
asmin sa kāliyo nāma kālāñjanacayopamaḥ uragādhipatiḥ sākṣād dhrade vasati dārunaḥ
In this pool dwells that cruel one named Kāliya, like a heap of black collyrium, in person the lord of the serpents,
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HV 55.49
उत्सृज्य सागरे वासं यो मया वाहितः पुरा भयात् पतगराजस्य सुपर्णस्योरगाशिनः
utsṛjya sāgare vāsaṃ yo mayā vāhitaḥ purā bhayāt patagarājasya suparṇasyoragāśinaḥ
who long ago, abandoning his dwelling in the ocean, was driven off by me out of fear of the king of birds, Suparṇa, the eater of serpents.
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HV 55.50
तेनेयं दूषिता सर्वा यमुना सागरंगमा भयात् तस्योरगपतेर् नायं देशो निषेव्यते
teneyaṃ dūṣitā sarvā yamunā sāgaraṃgamā bhayāt tasyoragapater nāyaṃ deśo niṣevyate
By him this whole Yamunā, which goes to the sea, has been polluted; out of fear of that serpent lord this region is not frequented.
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HV 55.51
तद् इदं दारुणाकारम् अरण्यं रूढशाड्वलम् सावरोहद्रुमं घोरं कीर्णं नानालताद्रुमैः
tad idaṃ dāruṇākāram araṇyaṃ rūḍhaśāḍvalam sāvarohadrumaṃ ghoraṃ kīrṇaṃ nānālatādrumaiḥ
Hence this forest of dreadful aspect, with grass grown wild, with trees having aerial roots, fearful, strewn with various creepers and trees,
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HV 55.52
रक्षितं सर्पराजस्य सचिवैर् वनवासिभिः वनं निर्विषयाकारं विषान्नम् इव दुःस्पृशम् तैर् आप्तकारिभिर् नित्यं सर्वतः परिरक्षितम्
rakṣitaṃ sarparājasya sacivair vanavāsibhiḥ vanaṃ nirviṣayākāraṃ viṣānnam iva duḥspṛśam tair āptakāribhir nityaṃ sarvataḥ parirakṣitam
guarded by the forest-dwelling ministers of the serpent king — a wood with the look of a barren waste, untouchable like poisoned food, guarded on every side constantly by those who do his bidding.
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HV 55.53
शैवालमलिनैश् चापि वृक्षैः क्षुपलताकुलैः कर्तव्यमार्गौ भ्राजेते ह्रदस्यास्य तटाव् उभौ
śaivālamalinaiś cāpi vṛkṣaiḥ kṣupalatākulaiḥ kartavyamārgau bhrājete hradasyāsya taṭāv ubhau
Both banks of this pool shine with trees dark with algae and thick with bushes and creepers, so that a path must be made (through them).
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HV 55.55
तद् अस्य सर्पराजस्य कर्तव्यो निग्रहो मया यथेवं सरिदम्भोदा भवेच् छिवजलाशया ॥ ह्व्_५५।५४ अयं च सेव्यः कर्तव्यो ह्रदः शीतजलाश्रय । स संकर्षणं आमन्त्र्य केशवस् त्व् इदम् अब्रवीत् । आत्मानम् आत्मनो वाक्यं प्रोवाच स प्रियंवदः । इदं वनं नदी चेयं शरण्यम् इति मे मतिः । न निसर्पन्ति दृश्यन्ते सत्त्वानीह महीतले । व्रजोपभोग्या च शुभा नागे वै दमिते मया सर्वर्तुसुखसंचारा सर्वतीर्थसुखाश्रया
tad asya sarparājasya kartavyo nigraho mayā yathevaṃ saridambhodā bhavec chivajalāśayā // HV_55.54 ayaṃ ca sevyaḥ kartavyo hradaḥ śītajalāśraya | sa saṃkarṣaṇaṃ āmantrya keśavas tv idam abravīt | ātmānam ātmano vākyaṃ provāca sa priyaṃvadaḥ | idaṃ vanaṃ nadī ceyaṃ śaraṇyam iti me matiḥ | na nisarpanti dṛśyante sattvānīha mahītale | vrajopabhogyā ca śubhā nāge vai damite mayā sarvartusukhasaṃcārā sarvatīrthasukhāśrayā
Therefore this serpent king must be subdued by me, so that this river of the clouds may become one with auspicious waters; and this pool, with its cool waters, must be made fit to resort to." Having taken leave of Saṃkarṣaṇa, Keśava said this — sweet-spoken, he spoke his own word to himself: "This forest and this river are, in my judgement, a refuge; no creatures here are seen moving upon the ground. And once the serpent is tamed by me, (this place), auspicious, will be fit for the herd-station to enjoy, pleasant to move about in in every season, a pleasant resort with all its fords.
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HV 55.56
एतदर्थं च वासो ऽयम् व्रजे ऽस्मिन् गोपजन्म च अमीषाम् उत्पथस्थानां शासनार्थं दुरात्मनाम्
etadarthaṃ ca vāso 'yam vraje 'smin gopajanma ca amīṣām utpathasthānāṃ śāsanārthaṃ durātmanām
For this very purpose is this dwelling in the herd-station and this birth among the cowherds: to chastise these evil-souled ones who stand on the wrong path.
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