Harivamsha — Chapter 56

HV 56.1

एतं कदम्बम् आरुह्य तद् एष शिशुलीलया विनिपत्य ह्रदे घोरे दमयिष्यामि कालियम् ॥ ह्व्_५५।५७ एवं कृते बाहुवीर्यं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति । मम ज्पादतलस्पर्शाद् दीर्घजीवी भवेद् अयम् । कदम्बः पुष्पफलवान् समाराध्यश् च मत्प्रियैः ॥ सो ऽयं कदम्बशिखरः सर्वप्राणिसुखावहः । अद्यापि भ्राजते विष्णोः पादसंस्पर्शशोभया । सोपसृत्य नदीतीरं बद्ध्वा परिकरं दृढम् आरोहच् चपलः कृष्णः कदम्बशिखरं युवा

etaṃ kadambam āruhya tad eṣa śiśulīlayā vinipatya hrade ghore damayiṣyāmi kāliyam // HV_55.57 evaṃ kṛte bāhuvīryaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati | mama jpādatalasparśād dīrghajīvī bhaved ayam | kadambaḥ puṣpaphalavān samārādhyaś ca matpriyaiḥ || so 'yaṃ kadambaśikharaḥ sarvaprāṇisukhāvahaḥ | adyāpi bhrājate viṣṇoḥ pādasaṃsparśaśobhayā | sopasṛtya nadītīraṃ baddhvā parikaraṃ dṛḍham ārohac capalaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kadambaśikharaṃ yuvā

So, climbing this kadamba tree, falling from it into the terrible pool in a boy's play, I shall subdue Kāliya. When this is done, the strength of my arms will win fame in the world. And by the touch of the sole of my foot this kadamba will become long-lived, bearing flowers and fruit, and worshipped by those dear to me." That very kadamba-top, bringing happiness to all living beings, shines even today with the beauty of the touch of Viṣṇu's foot. Approaching the river bank and binding his garment firmly about him, the nimble young Kṛṣṇa climbed to the top of the kadamba.

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HV 56.3

कृष्णः कदम्बशिखराल् लम्बमानो ऽम्बुदाकृतिः ह्रदमध्ये ऽकरोच् छब्दं निपतन्न् अम्बुजेक्षणः ॥ ह्व्_५६।२ नीलोत्पलदलश्यामो ह्रदे तस्मिन् पपात ह । स कृष्णेनावपतता क्षोभितः स महाह्रदः संप्राशिच्यत वेगेन भिद्यमान इवार्णवः

kṛṣṇaḥ kadambaśikharāl lambamāno 'mbudākṛtiḥ hradamadhye 'karoc chabdaṃ nipatann ambujekṣaṇaḥ // HV_56.2 nīlotpaladalaśyāmo hrade tasmin papāta ha | sa kṛṣṇenāvapatatā kṣobhitaḥ sa mahāhradaḥ saṃprāśicyata vegena bhidyamāna ivārṇavaḥ

Kṛṣṇa, hanging from the top of the kadamba, cloud-shaped, lotus-eyed, made a sound in the middle of the pool as he fell; dark as the petal of a blue lotus, he fell into that pool. Stirred by Kṛṣṇa falling into it, that great pool was violently splashed out, as though the ocean were being split apart.

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HV 56.4

तेन शब्देन संक्षुब्धं तत्सर्पभवनं महत् उत्तिष्ठद् उदकात् सर्पो रोषपर्याकुलेक्षणः

tena śabdena saṃkṣubdhaṃ tatsarpabhavanaṃ mahat uttiṣṭhad udakāt sarpo roṣaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ

By that sound the great dwelling of that serpent was shaken, and the serpent rose up out of the water, his eyes rolling with rage.

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HV 56.5

स चोरगपतिः क्रुद्धो मेघराशिसमप्रभः ततो रक्तान्तनयनः कालियः समदृश्यत

sa coragapatiḥ kruddho megharāśisamaprabhaḥ tato raktāntanayanaḥ kāliyaḥ samadṛśyata

Then that lord of snakes, enraged, with the sheen of a mass of clouds, red-cornered eyes—Kāliya—became visible.

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HV 56.6

पञ्चास्यः पावकोच्छ्वासश् चलज्जिह्वो ऽनलाननः पृतुभिः पञ्चभिर् घोरैः शिरोभिः परिवारितः

pañcāsyaḥ pāvakocchvāsaś calajjihvo 'nalānanaḥ pṛtubhiḥ pañcabhir ghoraiḥ śirobhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Five-faced, breathing fire, his tongues flickering, his mouths aflame, ringed about with five broad, dreadful heads,

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HV 56.7

पूरयित्वा ह्रदं सर्वं भोगेनानलवर्चसा स्फुरन्न् इव स रोषेण ज्वलन्न् इव च तेजसा

pūrayitvā hradaṃ sarvaṃ bhogenānalavarcasā sphurann iva sa roṣeṇa jvalann iva ca tejasā

having filled the whole pool with his coil that shone like fire, quivering as it were with rage and blazing as it were with fiery power,

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HV 56.8

क्रोधेन तज्जलं तस्य सर्वं शृतम् इवाभवत् प्रतिश्रोताश् च भीतेव जगाम यमुना नदी तस्य क्रोधाग्निपूर्णेन वक्त्रेणाभूच् च मारुतः

krodhena tajjalaṃ tasya sarvaṃ śṛtam ivābhavat pratiśrotāś ca bhīteva jagāma yamunā nadī tasya krodhāgnipūrṇena vaktreṇābhūc ca mārutaḥ

By his rage all that water of his became as if boiled; and the river Yamunā, as though afraid, flowed back upstream; and from his mouth, filled with the fire of anger, a wind arose.

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HV 56.9

दृष्ट्वा कृष्णं ह्रदगतं क्रीडन्तं शिशुलीलया सधूमाः पन्नगेन्द्रस्य मुखान् निश्चेरुर् अर्चिषः

dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ hradagataṃ krīḍantaṃ śiśulīlayā sadhūmāḥ pannagendrasya mukhān niścerur arciṣaḥ

Seeing Kṛṣṇa in the pool, playing with a child's sport, smoky flames issued from the mouth of the lord of serpents.

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HV 56.10

सृजता तेन रोषाग्निं समीपे तीरजा द्रुमाः क्षणेन भस्मसान् नीता युगान्तप्रतिमेन वै

sṛjatā tena roṣāgniṃ samīpe tīrajā drumāḥ kṣaṇena bhasmasān nītā yugāntapratimena vai

As he let loose the fire of his rage, being like the end of an age, the trees growing on the bank nearby were in an instant reduced to ashes.

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HV 56.11

तस्य पुत्राश् च दाराश् च भृत्याश् चान्ये महोरगाः वमन्तः पावकं घोरं वक्त्रेभ्यो विषसंभवम् सधूमाः पन्नगेन्द्रास् ते निपेतुर् अमितौजसः

tasya putrāś ca dārāś ca bhṛtyāś cānye mahoragāḥ vamantaḥ pāvakaṃ ghoraṃ vaktrebhyo viṣasaṃbhavam sadhūmāḥ pannagendrās te nipetur amitaujasaḥ

And his sons and his wives and his servants and other great serpents, vomiting from their mouths dreadful fire born of their venom—those lords of snakes, of boundless might, fell upon (him) with smoke.

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HV 56.12

प्रवेशितश् च तैः सर्पैः स कृष्णो भोगबन्धनम् निर्यत्नचरणाकारस् तस्थौ गिरिर् इवाचलः

praveśitaś ca taiḥ sarpaiḥ sa kṛṣṇo bhogabandhanam niryatnacaraṇākāras tasthau girir ivācalaḥ

And Kṛṣṇa, drawn by those serpents into the bondage of their coils, his feet appearing to make no effort, stood unmoving like a mountain.

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HV 56.14

ददंशुर् दशनैस् तीक्ष्णैर् विषोत्पीडजलाविलैः ते कृष्णं सर्पपतयो न ममार च वीर्यवान् ॥ ह्व्_५६।१३ संदश्यमानो दशनैर् न चचाल स केशवः । व्यचरत् सुचिरं कालं कृष्णो वै कालिये ह्रदे । एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे भीता गोपालाः सर्व एव ते क्रन्दमाना व्रजं जग्मुर् बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा

dadaṃśur daśanais tīkṣṇair viṣotpīḍajalāvilaiḥ te kṛṣṇaṃ sarpapatayo na mamāra ca vīryavān // HV_56.13 saṃdaśyamāno daśanair na cacāla sa keśavaḥ | vyacarat suciraṃ kālaṃ kṛṣṇo vai kāliye hrade | etasminn antare bhītā gopālāḥ sarva eva te krandamānā vrajaṃ jagmur bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā

Those serpent lords bit Kṛṣṇa with sharp fangs muddied with the fluid oozing out of their venom, yet the mighty one did not die. // Though bitten by the fangs, Keśava did not stir; Kṛṣṇa moved about for a long time in Kāliya's pool. Meanwhile all the cowherds, terrified, went crying to the settlement with voices choked by tears:

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HV 56.15

एष मोहं गतः कृष्णो मग्नो वै कालियह्रदे भक्ष्यते सर्पराजेन तद् आगच्छत माचिरम्

eṣa mohaṃ gataḥ kṛṣṇo magno vai kāliyahrade bhakṣyate sarparājena tad āgacchata māciram

"Kṛṣṇa here has fallen unconscious, sunk in Kāliya's pool; he is being devoured by the king of snakes—so come, without delay!"

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HV 56.16

नन्दगोपाय वै क्षिप्रं बल्लवाय निवेद्यताम् एष ते कृष्यते पुत्रः सर्पेणेति महाह्रदे

nandagopāya vai kṣipraṃ ballavāya nivedyatām eṣa te kṛṣyate putraḥ sarpeṇeti mahāhrade

"Let it be reported at once to Nanda the cowherd, the herdsman: 'This son of yours is being dragged off by a serpent in the great pool.'"

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HV 56.17

नन्दगोपस् तु तच् छ्रुत्वा वज्रपातोपमं वचः आर्तः स्खलितविक्रान्तस् तं जगाम ह्रदोत्तमम्

nandagopas tu tac chrutvā vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ ārtaḥ skhalitavikrāntas taṃ jagāma hradottamam

But Nanda the cowherd, hearing that speech which was like a thunderbolt falling, stricken, his stride faltering, went to that finest of pools.

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HV 56.18

सबालयुवतीवृद्धः स च संकर्षणो युवा आक्रीडं पन्नगेन्द्रस्य जनस् तं समुपागमत्

sabālayuvatīvṛddhaḥ sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā ākrīḍaṃ pannagendrasya janas taṃ samupāgamat

With children, young women, and old people, and Saṃkarṣaṇa the youth—the people came up to that playground of the lord of serpents.

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HV 56.19

नन्दगोपमुखा गोपास् ते सर्वे साश्रुलोचनाः इदं किं त्व् इति संभ्रान्ताः कस्येदं कर्म चेति वै । हाहाकारं प्रकुर्वन्तस् तस्थुस् तीरे ह्रदस्य वै

nandagopamukhā gopās te sarve sāśrulocanāḥ idaṃ kiṃ tv iti saṃbhrāntāḥ kasyedaṃ karma ceti vai | hāhākāraṃ prakurvantas tasthus tīre hradasya vai

Those cowherds, with Nanda the cowherd at their head, all with tearful eyes, bewildered—"What is this? Whose deed is this?"—crying out "Alas! Alas!" stood on the bank of the pool.

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HV 56.20

व्रीडिता विस्मिताश् चैव शोकार्ताश् च पुनः पुनः केचित् तु कृष्ण हा हेति हा धिग् इत्य् अपरे पुनः अपरे हा हताः स्मेति रुरुदुर् भृशदुःखिताः

vrīḍitā vismitāś caiva śokārtāś ca punaḥ punaḥ kecit tu kṛṣṇa hā heti hā dhig ity apare punaḥ apare hā hatāḥ smeti rurudur bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ

Ashamed and amazed and pierced with grief again and again, some cried "Kṛṣṇa, alas, alas!", others again "Shame!", and others, in extreme sorrow, wept, "Alas, we are undone!"

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HV 56.21

स्त्रियश् चैव यशोदां ताम् हा हतासीति चुक्रुशुः या पश्यसि प्रियं पुत्रं सर्पराजवशंगतं संदितं सर्पभोगेन कृष्यमाणं यथा मृगम्

striyaś caiva yaśodāṃ tām hā hatāsīti cukruśuḥ yā paśyasi priyaṃ putraṃ sarparājavaśaṃgataṃ saṃditaṃ sarpabhogena kṛṣyamāṇaṃ yathā mṛgam

And the women cried out to Yaśodā, "Alas, you are undone—you who see your dear son fallen into the power of the king of snakes, bound by the serpent's coil, dragged like a deer!"

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HV 56.22

अश्मसारमयं नूनं हृदयं ते ऽभिलक्ष्यते पुत्रं कथम् इमं दृष्ट्वा यशोदे नावदीर्यते

aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ te 'bhilakṣyate putraṃ katham imaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaśode nāvadīryate

"Surely your heart is seen to be made of stone, Yaśodā, since on seeing this son of yours it does not burst apart."

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HV 56.23

दुःखितं बत पश्यामो नन्दगोपं ह्रदान्तिके न्यस्य पुत्रमुखे दृष्टिं निश्चेतनम् अवस्थितम्

duḥkhitaṃ bata paśyāmo nandagopaṃ hradāntike nyasya putramukhe dṛṣṭiṃ niścetanam avasthitam

"Ah, we see Nanda the cowherd in grief at the edge of the pool, standing senseless, his gaze fixed on his son's face."

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HV 56.24

यशोदाम् अनुगच्छन्त्यः सर्पावासम् इमं ह्रदम् प्रविशामो न यास्यामः सर्वा दामोदरं विना

yaśodām anugacchantyaḥ sarpāvāsam imaṃ hradam praviśāmo na yāsyāmaḥ sarvā dāmodaraṃ vinā

"Following Yaśodā, we shall enter this pool, the serpent's dwelling; we shall not go away, none of us, without Dāmodara."

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HV 56.25

दिवसः को विना सूर्यं विना चन्द्रेण का निशा विना वृषेण का गावो विना कृष्णेन को व्रजः विना कृष्णं न यास्यामो विवत्सा इव धेनवः

divasaḥ ko vinā sūryaṃ vinā candreṇa kā niśā vinā vṛṣeṇa kā gāvo vinā kṛṣṇena ko vrajaḥ vinā kṛṣṇaṃ na yāsyāmo vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ

What is a day without the sun, what is a night without the moon, what are cows without a bull, what is Vraja without Kṛṣṇa? Without Kṛṣṇa we will not go, like cows deprived of their calves.

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HV 56.26

तासां विलपितं श्रुत्वा तेषाम् च व्रजवासिनाम् विलापं नन्दगोपस्य यशोदां रुदतीं तथा । एकभावशरीरज्ञ एकदेहो द्विधाकृतः संकर्षणस् तु संक्रुद्धो बभाषे कृष्णम् अव्ययम्

tāsāṃ vilapitaṃ śrutvā teṣām ca vrajavāsinām vilāpaṃ nandagopasya yaśodāṃ rudatīṃ tathā | ekabhāvaśarīrajña ekadeho dvidhākṛtaḥ saṃkarṣaṇas tu saṃkruddho babhāṣe kṛṣṇam avyayam

Hearing their lamentation, and the wailing of those dwellers of Vraja and of Nanda the cowherd, and (seeing) Yaśodā weeping, Saṃkarṣaṇa — who knew that (they two) were of one being and one body, one body made twofold — grew angry and spoke to the imperishable Kṛṣṇa.

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HV 56.27

कृष्ण कृष्ण महाबाहो गोपानां नन्दिवर्धन दम्यताम् एष वै क्षिप्रं सर्पराजो विषायुधः

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho gopānāṃ nandivardhana damyatām eṣa vai kṣipraṃ sarparājo viṣāyudhaḥ

"Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, mighty-armed one, increaser of the cowherds' joy! Let this serpent king, whose weapon is poison, be subdued at once."

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HV 56.28

इमे नो बान्धवास् तात त्वां मत्वा मानुषं प्रभो परिदेवन्ति करुणम् सर्वे मानुषबुद्धयः

ime no bāndhavās tāta tvāṃ matvā mānuṣaṃ prabho paridevanti karuṇam sarve mānuṣabuddhayaḥ

"These kinsmen of ours, dear one, O lord, taking you for a human being, all lament pitifully, their minds being human."

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HV 56.29

तच् छ्रुत्वा रौहिणेयस्य वाक्यं संज्ञासमीरितम् विक्रीड्यास्फोटयद् बाहू तद् भित्त्वा भोगबन्धनम्

tac chrutvā rauhiṇeyasya vākyaṃ saṃjñāsamīritam vikrīḍyāsphoṭayad bāhū tad bhittvā bhogabandhanam

Hearing that speech of Rohiṇī's son, uttered as a sign (to him), he sported and slapped his arms, and broke that binding of the (serpent's) coils.

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HV 56.30

तस्य पद्भ्यां अथाक्रम्य भोगराशिं जलोक्षितम् शिरो ऽस्य कृष्णो जग्राह स्वहस्तेनावनाम्य च

tasya padbhyāṃ athākramya bhogarāśiṃ jalokṣitam śiro 'sya kṛṣṇo jagrāha svahastenāvanāmya ca

Then, treading with both feet upon his mass of coils drenched with water, Kṛṣṇa seized his head and bent it down with his own hand.

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HV 56.32

तस्यारुरोह सहसा मध्यमं तन् महच् छिरः सो ऽस्य मूर्ध्नि स्थितः कृष्णो ननर्त रुचिराङ्गदः ॥ ह्व्_५६।३१ लास्यं बहुविधं कृष्णो विदधे तस्य मूर्धनि ॥ तस्य नृत्तं स्मरन् विष्णोर् हर्षो ऽद्य मम जायते । रोम्णां सर्वेषु गात्रेषु राजन्न् उद्गमयन् सदा । मृद्यमानः स कृष्णेन श्रान्तमूर्धा भुजंगमः अस्यैः सरुधिरोद्गारैः कातरं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत्

tasyāruroha sahasā madhyamaṃ tan mahac chiraḥ so 'sya mūrdhni sthitaḥ kṛṣṇo nanarta rucirāṅgadaḥ // HV_56.31 lāsyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kṛṣṇo vidadhe tasya mūrdhani || tasya nṛttaṃ smaran viṣṇor harṣo 'dya mama jāyate | romṇāṃ sarveṣu gātreṣu rājann udgamayan sadā | mṛdyamānaḥ sa kṛṣṇena śrāntamūrdhā bhujaṃgamaḥ asyaiḥ sarudhirodgāraiḥ kātaraṃ vākyam abravīt

He suddenly mounted that great middle head of his; standing on his crown, Kṛṣṇa, with gleaming armlets, danced. Kṛṣṇa performed many kinds of dance upon his head. Remembering that dance of Viṣṇu, joy arises in me today, O king, ever making the hairs on all my limbs stand up. Crushed by Kṛṣṇa, his heads exhausted, the serpent, with bloody discharges from his mouths, spoke a piteous word.

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HV 56.33

अविज्ञानान् मया कृष्ण रोषो ऽयं संप्रदर्शितः दमितो ऽहं हतविषो वशगस् ते वरानन

avijñānān mayā kṛṣṇa roṣo 'yaṃ saṃpradarśitaḥ damito 'haṃ hataviṣo vaśagas te varānana

"Out of ignorance, Kṛṣṇa, was this anger of mine displayed. I am subdued, my poison destroyed, in your power, O fair-faced one."

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HV 56.35

तदाज्ञापय किं कुर्यां सदारापत्यबान्धवः कस्य वा वशतां यामि जीवितं मे प्रदीयताम् ॥ ह्व्_५६।३४ नमस् ते ब्रह्मरुद्रेन्द्र+ +सुरासुरनमस्कृत । शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि जीवितं मे प्रदीयताम् ॥ अपराधं कृतं यत् तु मूढेनाकृतबुद्धिना । दर्पान्वितेन च मया न तत् संस्मर्तुम् अर्हसि ॥ प्रसन्ने त्वयि देवेश वैनतेयो न मां हरेत् । तस्माद् विधत्स्व यत् कार्यं मया कर्तव्यम् ईश्वर । इत्य् उक्त्वा स शिरोभिस् तु कृष्णपादाव् अपूजयत् । पञ्चमूर्धानतं दृष्ट्वा सर्पं सर्पारिकेतनः अक्रुद्ध एव भगवान् प्रत्युवाचोरगेश्वरम्

tadājñāpaya kiṃ kuryāṃ sadārāpatyabāndhavaḥ kasya vā vaśatāṃ yāmi jīvitaṃ me pradīyatām // HV_56.34 namas te brahmarudrendra+ +surāsuranamaskṛta | śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapanno 'smi jīvitaṃ me pradīyatām || aparādhaṃ kṛtaṃ yat tu mūḍhenākṛtabuddhinā | darpānvitena ca mayā na tat saṃsmartum arhasi || prasanne tvayi deveśa vainateyo na māṃ haret | tasmād vidhatsva yat kāryaṃ mayā kartavyam īśvara | ity uktvā sa śirobhis tu kṛṣṇapādāv apūjayat | pañcamūrdhānataṃ dṛṣṭvā sarpaṃ sarpāriketanaḥ akruddha eva bhagavān pratyuvācorageśvaram

"So command: what shall I do, with my wives, offspring and kinsmen? Or into whose subjection shall I go? Let my life be granted me. Homage to you, O Brahmā-Rudra-Indra, saluted by gods and demons; I have come to you for refuge — let my life be granted me. The offence that was committed by me, a fool of unformed mind, filled with pride — you should not remember it. If you are gracious, O lord of gods, Vinatā's son will not carry me off. Therefore ordain what task is to be done by me, O lord." Having spoken thus, he honoured Kṛṣṇa's feet with his heads. Seeing the serpent bowed down with his five heads, the Lord whose emblem is the serpents' foe, no longer angry, replied to the lord of snakes.

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HV 56.36

तवास्मिन् यमुनातोये नैव स्थानं ददाम्य् अहम् गच्छार्णवजलं सर्प सपुत्रः सहबान्धवः

tavāsmin yamunātoye naiva sthānaṃ dadāmy aham gacchārṇavajalaṃ sarpa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ

"I do not grant you a place here in this water of the Yamunā. Go to the water of the ocean, serpent, with your sons and your kinsmen."

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HV 56.37

यश् चेह भूयो दृश्येत स्थले वा यदि वा जले तव भृत्यस् तनूजो वा क्षिप्रं वध्यः स मे भवेत्

yaś ceha bhūyo dṛśyeta sthale vā yadi vā jale tava bhṛtyas tanūjo vā kṣipraṃ vadhyaḥ sa me bhavet

"And whoever of yours is seen here again, on land or in water, your servant or your offspring — he shall be quickly slain by me."

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HV 56.38

शिवं चास्य जलस्यास्तु त्वं च गच्छ महार्णवम् स्थाने त्व् इह भवेद् दोषस् तवान्तकरणो महान्

śivaṃ cāsya jalasyāstu tvaṃ ca gaccha mahārṇavam sthāne tv iha bhaved doṣas tavāntakaraṇo mahān

"Let there be well-being for this water; and you, go to the great ocean. If you stay here there would be great harm, causing your end."

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HV 56.40

मत्पदानि च ते सर्प दृष्ट्वा मूर्धनि सागरे गरुदः पन्नगरिपुस् त्वयि न प्रहरिष्यति ॥ ह्व्_५६।३९ एवम् उक्तस् तु कृष्णेन पतत्रिवरकेतुना । गृह्य मूर्ध्ना तु चरणौ कृष्णस्योरगपुंगवः पश्यताम् एव गोपानां जगामादर्शनं ह्रदात्

matpadāni ca te sarpa dṛṣṭvā mūrdhani sāgare garudaḥ pannagaripus tvayi na prahariṣyati // HV_56.39 evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena patatrivaraketunā | gṛhya mūrdhnā tu caraṇau kṛṣṇasyoragapuṃgavaḥ paśyatām eva gopānāṃ jagāmādarśanaṃ hradāt

"And seeing my footprints on your head, serpent, in the ocean, Garuḍa, the enemy of snakes, will not strike at you." Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, whose banner is the best of birds, the bull among serpents took Kṛṣṇa's feet upon his head and, while the cowherds looked on, passed out of sight from the pool.

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HV 56.41

निर्जिते तु गते सर्पे कृष्णम् उत्तीर्य विष्ठितम् विस्मितास् तुष्टुवुर् गोपाश् चक्रुश् चैव प्रदक्षिणम्

nirjite tu gate sarpe kṛṣṇam uttīrya viṣṭhitam vismitās tuṣṭuvur gopāś cakruś caiva pradakṣiṇam

When the serpent had been conquered and had gone, the cowherds, amazed, praised Kṛṣṇa, who had come out (of the water) and stood there, and circumambulated him.

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HV 56.42

ऊचुः सर्वे सुसंप्रीता नन्दगोपं वनेचराः धन्यो ऽस्य् अनुगृहीतो ऽसि यस्य ते पुत्र ईदृशः

ūcuḥ sarve susaṃprītā nandagopaṃ vanecarāḥ dhanyo 'sy anugṛhīto 'si yasya te putra īdṛśaḥ

All the forest-dwellers, greatly delighted, said to Nanda the cowherd: "You are blessed, you are favoured, you whose son is such as this."

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HV 56.43

अद्यप्रभृति गोपानां गवां घोषस्य चानघ आपत्सु शरणं कृष्णः प्रभुश् चायतलोचनः

adyaprabhṛti gopānāṃ gavāṃ ghoṣasya cānagha āpatsu śaraṇaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prabhuś cāyatalocanaḥ

"From today on, sinless one, Kṛṣṇa, the long-eyed lord, is the refuge in calamities of the cowherds, the cows, and the settlement."

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HV 56.44

जाता शिवजला सर्वा यमुना मुनिसेविता सर्वैस् तीर्थैः सुखं गावो विचरिष्यन्ति नः सदा

jātā śivajalā sarvā yamunā munisevitā sarvais tīrthaiḥ sukhaṃ gāvo vicariṣyanti naḥ sadā

"The whole Yamunā, frequented by sages, has become one of auspicious water; with all its fords our cows will always roam happily."

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HV 56.45

व्यक्तम् एव वयं गोपा वने यत् कृष्णम् ईदृशम् महद्भूतं न जानीमश् छन्नम् अग्निम् इव व्रजे

vyaktam eva vayaṃ gopā vane yat kṛṣṇam īdṛśam mahadbhūtaṃ na jānīmaś channam agnim iva vraje

"It is plain indeed that we cowherds in the forest do not know Kṛṣṇa, who is such a great being, hidden in Vraja like a covered fire."

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HV 56.46

एवं ते विस्मिताः सर्वे स्तुवन्तः कृष्णम् अव्ययम् जग्मुर् गोपगणा घोषं देवाश् चैत्ररथं यथा

evaṃ te vismitāḥ sarve stuvantaḥ kṛṣṇam avyayam jagmur gopagaṇā ghoṣaṃ devāś caitrarathaṃ yathā

Thus all the throngs of cowherds, amazed, praising the imperishable Kṛṣṇa, went to the settlement, as the gods go to (the grove) Caitraratha.

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