Harivamsha — Chapter 57
HV 57.1
दमिते सर्पराजे तु कृष्णेन यमुनाह्रदे तम् एव चेरतुर् देशम् सहितौ रामकेशवौ
damite sarparāje tu kṛṣṇena yamunāhrade tam eva ceratur deśam sahitau rāmakeśavau
When the serpent king had been subdued by Kṛṣṇa in the Yamunā's pool, Rāma and Keśava together roamed about in that very region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.2
जग्मतुस् तौ तु संरक्तौ गोधनैः सह गामिनौ गिरिं गोवर्धनं रम्यं वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ
jagmatus tau tu saṃraktau godhanaiḥ saha gāminau giriṃ govardhanaṃ ramyaṃ vasudevasutāv ubhau
Delighted, the two sons of Vasudeva went along together with the herds of cattle to the lovely mountain Govardhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.3
गोवर्धनस्योत्तरतो यमुनातीरम् आश्रितम् ददृशाते ऽथ तौ वीरौ रम्यं तालवनं महत्
govardhanasyottarato yamunātīram āśritam dadṛśāte 'tha tau vīrau ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ mahat
Then, north of Govardhana, the two heroes saw a great, lovely palm grove lying along the bank of the Yamunā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.4
तौ तालपर्णप्रतते रम्ये तालवने रतौ चेरतुः परमप्रीतौ वृषपोताव् इवोद्गतौ
tau tālaparṇapratate ramye tālavane ratau ceratuḥ paramaprītau vṛṣapotāv ivodgatau
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 57.5
स तु देशः समः स्निग्धो लोष्टपाषाणवर्जितः दर्भप्रायस्थलीभूतः सुमहान् कृष्णमृत्तिकः
sa tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdho loṣṭapāṣāṇavarjitaḥ darbhaprāyasthalībhūtaḥ sumahān kṛṣṇamṛttikaḥ
That place was level and smooth, free of clods and stones, a great expanse of ground covered mostly with darbha grass, with black soil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.6
तालैस् तैर् विपुलस्कन्धैर् उच्छ्रितैः श्यामपर्वभिः फलाग्रशाखिभिर् भाति नागहस्तैर् इवोच्छ्रितैः
tālais tair vipulaskandhair ucchritaiḥ śyāmaparvabhiḥ phalāgraśākhibhir bhāti nāgahastair ivocchritaiḥ
(The place) shines with those palm trees — broad-trunked, towering, with dark joints, their branches bearing fruit at their tips — raised up like the trunks of elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.7
तत्र दामोदरो वाक्यम् उवाच वदतां वरः अहो तालफलैः पक्वैर् वासितेयं वनस्थली
tatra dāmodaro vākyam uvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ aho tālaphalaiḥ pakvair vāsiteyaṃ vanasthalī
There Dāmodara, the best of speakers, spoke these words: "Ah, this woodland glade is made fragrant by the ripened palm fruits!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.8
स्वादून्य् आर्य सुगन्धीनि श्यामानि रसवन्ति च तालपक्वानि सहितौ पातयावो लघुक्रमौ
svādūny ārya sugandhīni śyāmāni rasavanti ca tālapakvāni sahitau pātayāvo laghukramau
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 57.9
यद्य् एषाम् ईदृशो गन्धो मधुरो घ्रानसंमतः रसेनामृतकल्पेन भविष्यन्तीति मे मतिः
yady eṣām īdṛśo gandho madhuro ghrānasaṃmataḥ rasenāmṛtakalpena bhaviṣyantīti me matiḥ
If their fragrance is like this — sweet and agreeable to the nose — then, in my opinion, they will be (endowed) with a juice like nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.10
दामोदरवचः श्रुत्वा रौहिणेयो हसन्न् इव पातयंस् तालपक्वानि चालयाम् आस तांस् तरून्
dāmodaravacaḥ śrutvā rauhiṇeyo hasann iva pātayaṃs tālapakvāni cālayām āsa tāṃs tarūn
Having heard Dāmodara's words, the son of Rohiṇī, as if laughing, shook those trees, bringing down the ripe palm fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.12
तत् तु तालवनं नॄणाम् असेव्यं दुरतिक्रमम् निर्माणभूतम् इरिणं पुरुषादालयोपमम् ॥ ह्व्_५७।११ पाषाणैर् अथ राजेन्द्र बहुभिः पर्वतोपमैः । पक्वानि चैव राजेन्द्र पातयाम् आस कामतः । दारुणो धेनुको नाम दैत्यो गर्दभरूपवान् खरयूथेन महता वृतः समुपसेवते
tat tu tālavanaṃ nṝṇām asevyaṃ duratikramam nirmāṇabhūtam iriṇaṃ puruṣādālayopamam // HV_57.11 pāṣāṇair atha rājendra bahubhiḥ parvatopamaiḥ | pakvāni caiva rājendra pātayām āsa kāmataḥ | dāruṇo dhenuko nāma daityo gardabharūpavān kharayūthena mahatā vṛtaḥ samupasevate
But that palm grove was not to be frequented by men and hard to pass through, a barren salt waste become desolate, like the dwelling of a man-eater. And then, O lord of kings, with many stones like mountains — indeed, O lord of kings, he brought down the ripe fruits at will. A cruel demon named Dhenuka, having the form of an ass, surrounded by a great herd of donkeys, haunts (that place).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 57.13
स तत् तलवनं घोरं गर्दभः परिरक्षति नृपक्षिश्वापदगणांस् त्रासयानः स दुर्मतिः
sa tat talavanaṃ ghoraṃ gardabhaḥ parirakṣati nṛpakṣiśvāpadagaṇāṃs trāsayānaḥ sa durmatiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 57.14
तालशब्दं स तं श्रुत्वा संघुष्टं फलपातने नामर्षयत संक्रुद्धस् तालस्वनम् इव द्विपः
tālaśabdaṃ sa taṃ śrutvā saṃghuṣṭaṃ phalapātane nāmarṣayata saṃkruddhas tālasvanam iva dvipaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 57.15
शब्दानुसारी संक्रुद्धो दर्पाविद्धसटाननः स्तब्धाक्षो हेषितपटुः खुरैर् निर्दारयन् महीम्
śabdānusārī saṃkruddho darpāviddhasaṭānanaḥ stabdhākṣo heṣitapaṭuḥ khurair nirdārayan mahīm
Following the sound, in fury, his mane and face tossed about with arrogance, his eyes rigid, loud in neighing, tearing up the earth with his hooves —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.16
आविद्धपुच्छो हृषितो व्यात्तानन इवान्तकः आपतन्न् एव ददृशे रौहिणेयम् अवस्थितम्
āviddhapuccho hṛṣito vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ āpatann eva dadṛśe rauhiṇeyam avasthitam
his tail whipping about, bristling with excitement, his mouth gaping like Death — even as he charged on, he caught sight of Rohiṇī's son standing there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.17
तालानां तम् अधो दृष्ट्वा स ध्वजाकारम् अव्ययम् रौहिणेयं खरो दुष्टः सो ऽदशद् दशनायुधः
tālānāṃ tam adho dṛṣṭvā sa dhvajākāram avyayam rauhiṇeyaṃ kharo duṣṭaḥ so 'daśad daśanāyudhaḥ
Seeing him below the palm trees, standing like a flagstaff and unshaken, that wicked ass, whose weapon is his teeth, bit Rohiṇī's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.18
पद्भ्याम् उभाभ्यां च पुनः पश्चिमाभ्यां पराङ्मुखः जघानोरसि दैत्यः स रौहिणेयं निरायुधम्
padbhyām ubhābhyāṃ ca punaḥ paścimābhyāṃ parāṅmukhaḥ jaghānorasi daityaḥ sa rauhiṇeyaṃ nirāyudham
And again, turning his face away, with both his two hind feet the demon struck Rohiṇī's son, who was without a weapon, on the chest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.19
ताभ्याम् एव स जग्राह पद्भ्यां तं दैत्यगर्दभम् आवर्जितमुखस्कन्धं प्रैरयत् तालमूर्धनि
tābhyām eva sa jagrāha padbhyāṃ taṃ daityagardabham āvarjitamukhaskandhaṃ prairayat tālamūrdhani
By those very two feet he seized that demon-ass and, its face and shoulders wrenched round, flung it to the top of a palm tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.20
स भग्नोरुकटिग्नीवो भग्नपृष्ठो दुराकृतिः खरस् तालफलैः सार्धं पपात धरणीतले
sa bhagnorukaṭignīvo bhagnapṛṣṭho durākṛtiḥ kharas tālaphalaiḥ sārdhaṃ papāta dharaṇītale
With thighs, hips and neck broken and back broken, misshapen, the ass fell to the surface of the earth together with the palm fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.22
तं गतासुं गतश्रीकं पतितं वीक्ष्य गर्दभम् ज्ञातींस् तथापरांस् तस्य चिक्षेप तृणराजनि ॥ ह्व्_५७।२१ ते सर्वे तालपक्वैश् च निपेतुर् धरणीतले । सा भूर् गर्दभदेहैश् च तालपक्वैश् च पातितैः बभासे छन्नजलदा द्यौर् इवाव्यक्तशारदी
taṃ gatāsuṃ gataśrīkaṃ patitaṃ vīkṣya gardabham jñātīṃs tathāparāṃs tasya cikṣepa tṛṇarājani // HV_57.21 te sarve tālapakvaiś ca nipetur dharaṇītale | sā bhūr gardabhadehaiś ca tālapakvaiś ca pātitaiḥ babhāse channajaladā dyaur ivāvyaktaśāradī
Seeing that ass fallen, its breath gone and its splendour gone, he hurled its kinsmen and the others as well against the king of grasses (the palm). All of them fell to the ground along with the ripe palm fruits. That earth, with the bodies of asses and the ripe palm fruits brought down upon it, looked like a sky covered over with clouds, its autumn character indistinct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.23
तस्मिन् गर्दभदैतेय तु सानुगे विनिपातिते रम्यं तालवनं तद्द् हि भूयो रम्यतरं बभौ
tasmin gardabhadaiteya tu sānuge vinipātite ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ tadd hi bhūyo ramyataraṃ babhau
But when that ass-demon had been struck down together with his followers, that lovely palm grove shone lovelier still.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.24
विप्रमुक्तभयं शुभ्रं विविक्ताकारदर्शनम् चरन्ति स्म सुखं गावस् तत्तालवनम् उत्तमम्
vipramuktabhayaṃ śubhraṃ viviktākāradarśanam caranti sma sukhaṃ gāvas tattālavanam uttamam
Free of fear, bright, presenting an appearance of open clearings, the cows grazed happily in that finest of palm groves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.25
ततः प्रव्याहृताः सर्वे गोपा वननिवासिनः वीतशोका वनं सर्वे चञ्चूर्यन्ते स्म ते सुखम्
tataḥ pravyāhṛtāḥ sarve gopā vananivāsinaḥ vītaśokā vanaṃ sarve cañcūryante sma te sukham
Then all the cowherds who dwelt in the forest, being called, freed of grief, all roamed about the forest happily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 57.26
ततः सुखं प्रकीर्णासु गोषु नागेन्द्रविक्रमौ द्रुमपर्णासने कृत्वा तौ यथार्हं निषिदतुः
tataḥ sukhaṃ prakīrṇāsu goṣu nāgendravikramau drumaparṇāsane kṛtvā tau yathārhaṃ niṣidatuḥ
Then, when the cows had spread out at ease, the two of elephant-lord valour made a seat of tree leaves and sat down as befitted them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition