Harivamsha — Chapter 58
HV 58.1
अथ तौ जातहर्षौ तु वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ तत्तालवनम् उत्सृज्य भूयो भाण्डीरं आगतौ
atha tau jātaharṣau tu vasudevasutāv ubhau tattālavanam utsṛjya bhūyo bhāṇḍīraṃ āgatau
Then the two sons of Vasudeva, both filled with joy, left that palm grove and came again to Bhāṇḍīra.
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HV 58.2
चारयन्तौ विवृद्धानि गोधनानि शुभाननौ स्फीतसस्यप्ररूढानि वीक्षमाणौ वनानि च
cārayantau vivṛddhāni godhanāni śubhānanau sphītasasyaprarūḍhāni vīkṣamāṇau vanāni ca
The two fair-faced ones, pasturing the grown herds of cattle, and gazing at the woods overgrown with abundant crops.
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HV 58.3
क्ष्वेदयन्तौ प्रगायन्तौ प्रचिन्वन्तौ च पादपान् नामभिर् व्याहरन्तौ च सवत्सा गाः परंतपौ
kṣvedayantau pragāyantau pracinvantau ca pādapān nāmabhir vyāharantau ca savatsā gāḥ paraṃtapau
Whistling, singing aloud, gathering (fruit from) the trees, and calling the cows with their calves by name — the two scorchers of foes.
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HV 58.4
निर्योगपाशैर् आसक्तौ स्कन्धाभ्याम् शुभलक्षणौ वनमालाकृतोरस्कौ बालशृङ्गाव् इवर्षभौ
niryogapāśair āsaktau skandhābhyām śubhalakṣaṇau vanamālākṛtoraskau bālaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau
With yoking-ropes slung over their shoulders, the two of auspicious marks, their chests decked with forest garlands, like two bulls with young horns.
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HV 58.5
सुवर्णाञ्जनवर्णाभाव् अन्योन्यसदृशाम्बरौ महेन्द्रायुधसंसक्तौ शुक्लकृष्णाव् इवाम्बुदौ
suvarṇāñjanavarṇābhāv anyonyasadṛśāmbarau mahendrāyudhasaṃsaktau śuklakṛṣṇāv ivāmbudau
The two having the hues of gold and of collyrium, wearing garments matching each other, like a white and a dark cloud joined with Great Indra's bow.
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HV 58.6
कुशाग्रकुसुमानां च कर्णपूरमनोरमौ वनमार्गेषु कुर्वाणौ वन्यवेषधराव् उभौ
kuśāgrakusumānāṃ ca karṇapūramanoramau vanamārgeṣu kurvāṇau vanyaveṣadharāv ubhau
And both, wearing forest dress, making on the woodland paths delightful ear-ornaments out of the blossoms at the tips of kuśa grass.
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HV 58.7
गोवर्धनस्यानुचरौ वने सानुचरौ च तौ चेरतुर् लोकसिद्धाभिः क्रीडाभिर् अपराजितौ
govardhanasyānucarau vane sānucarau ca tau ceratur lokasiddhābhiḥ krīḍābhir aparājitau
Those two, attendants of Govardhana, themselves attended by companions, roamed in the forest, unconquered, with the games known among men.
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HV 58.8
ताव् एनं मानुषीं दीक्षां वहन्तौ सुरपूजितौ तज्जातिगुणयुक्ताभिः क्रीडाभिश् चेरतुर् वनम्
tāv enaṃ mānuṣīṃ dīkṣāṃ vahantau surapūjitau tajjātiguṇayuktābhiḥ krīḍābhiś ceratur vanam
Those two, honoured by the gods, bearing this human consecration, roamed the forest with games suited to the qualities of that (human) birth.
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HV 58.9
तौ तु भाण्डीरम् उचिते काले क्रीडानुवर्तिनौ प्राप्तौ परमशाखाढ्यं न्यग्रोधं शाखिनां वरम्
tau tu bhāṇḍīram ucite kāle krīḍānuvartinau prāptau paramaśākhāḍhyaṃ nyagrodhaṃ śākhināṃ varam
And the two, following their play, came at a fitting time to Bhāṇḍīra, the banyan rich in mighty branches, the best of trees.
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HV 58.10
तत्र स्पन्दोलिकाभिश् च युद्धमार्गैश् च दंशितौ अश्मभिः क्षेपणीयैश् च तौ व्यायामम् अकुर्वताम्
tatra spandolikābhiś ca yuddhamārgaiś ca daṃśitau aśmabhiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca tau vyāyāmam akurvatām
There the two, girded for it, took their exercise with swings, with modes of wrestling, and with stones to be hurled.
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HV 58.11
युद्धमार्गैश् च विविधैर् गोपालैः सहिताव् उभौ मुदितौ सिंहविक्रान्तौ यथाकामं विचेरतुः
yuddhamārgaiś ca vividhair gopālaiḥ sahitāv ubhau muditau siṃhavikrāntau yathākāmaṃ viceratuḥ
And both, joined with the cowherds in various forms of wrestling, delighted, striding like lions, roamed about as they pleased.
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HV 58.12
तयो रमयतोर् एवं तल्लिप्सुर् असुरोत्तमः प्रलम्बो ऽभ्यागमत् तेषां छिद्रान्वेषी तयोस् तदा
tayo ramayator evaṃ tallipsur asurottamaḥ pralambo 'bhyāgamat teṣāṃ chidrānveṣī tayos tadā
While the two were thus enjoying themselves, the foremost of demons, Pralamba, desiring to seize (them), then came up to them, watching for a weak point in those two.
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HV 58.13
गोपालवेषम् आस्थाय वन्यपुष्पविभूषितः लोभयानः स तौ वीरौ हास्यैः क्रीडनकैस् तथा
gopālaveṣam āsthāya vanyapuṣpavibhūṣitaḥ lobhayānaḥ sa tau vīrau hāsyaiḥ krīḍanakais tathā
Taking on the guise of a cowherd, adorned with wild flowers, enticing those two heroes with jests and with playthings —
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HV 58.14
सो ऽवगाहत निःशङ्कस् तेषां मध्यम् अमानुषः मानुषं वपुर् आस्थाय प्रलम्बो दानवोत्तमः
so 'vagāhata niḥśaṅkas teṣāṃ madhyam amānuṣaḥ mānuṣaṃ vapur āsthāya pralambo dānavottamaḥ
He, no human, plunged unhesitating into their midst, Pralamba, the foremost of Dānavas, having assumed a human body.
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HV 58.15
प्रक्रीडिताश् च ते सर्वे सह तेनामरारिणा गोपालवपुषं गोपा मन्यमानाः स्वबान्धवम्
prakrīḍitāś ca te sarve saha tenāmarāriṇā gopālavapuṣaṃ gopā manyamānāḥ svabāndhavam
And all of them played together with that enemy of the gods, the cowherds thinking the one with a cowherd's body to be their own kinsman.
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HV 58.16
स तु छिद्रान्तरप्रेप्सुः प्रलम्बो गोपतां गतः दृष्टिं परिदधे कृष्णे रौहिणेये च दारुणाम्
sa tu chidrāntaraprepsuḥ pralambo gopatāṃ gataḥ dṛṣṭiṃ paridadhe kṛṣṇe rauhiṇeye ca dāruṇām
But Pralamba, who had taken cowherd form, seeking an opening, fixed a cruel gaze upon Kṛṣṇa and upon the son of Rohiṇī.
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HV 58.17
अविषह्यं ततो मत्वा कृष्णम् अद्भुतविक्रमम्ः रौहिणेयवधे यत्नम् अकरोद् दानवोत्तमः
aviṣahyaṃ tato matvā kṛṣṇam adbhutavikramamḥ rauhiṇeyavadhe yatnam akarod dānavottamaḥ
Then, judging Kṛṣṇa of wondrous prowess to be unassailable, the foremost of Dānavas made his effort at killing the son of Rohiṇī.
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HV 58.18
हरिणाक्रीडनं नाम बालक्रीडनकं ततः प्रक्रीडिताश् च ते सर्वे द्वौ द्वौ युगपद् उत्पतन्
hariṇākrīḍanaṃ nāma bālakrīḍanakaṃ tataḥ prakrīḍitāś ca te sarve dvau dvau yugapad utpatan
Then (they played) a children's game called "the deer-play," and all of them played, leaping up two by two at once.
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HV 58.19
कृष्णः श्रीदामसहितः पुप्लुवे गोपसूनुना संकर्षणस् तु प्लुतवान् प्रलम्बेन सहानघः
kṛṣṇaḥ śrīdāmasahitaḥ pupluve gopasūnunā saṃkarṣaṇas tu plutavān pralambena sahānaghaḥ
Kṛṣṇa leapt together with Śrīdāman, the cowherd's son, while the sinless Saṃkarṣaṇa leapt with Pralamba.
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HV 58.20
गोपालास् त्व् अपरे द्वंद्वं गोपालैर् अपरैः सह प्रद्रुता लङ्घयन्तो वै ते ऽन्योन्यं लघुविक्रमाः
gopālās tv apare dvaṃdvaṃ gopālair aparaiḥ saha pradrutā laṅghayanto vai te 'nyonyaṃ laghuvikramāḥ
And the other cowherd boys, pair by pair with other cowherd boys, ran off, leaping over one another, nimble in their bounding.
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HV 58.21
श्रीदामम् अजयत् कृष्णः प्रलम्बं रोहिणीसुतः गोपालैः कृष्णपक्षीयैर् गोपालास् त्व् अपरे जिताः
śrīdāmam ajayat kṛṣṇaḥ pralambaṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ gopālaiḥ kṛṣṇapakṣīyair gopālās tv apare jitāḥ
Kṛṣṇa defeated Śrīdāman, and Rohiṇī's son defeated Pralamba; and by the cowherds of Kṛṣṇa's side the other cowherds were beaten.
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HV 58.22
ते वाहयन्तस् त्व् अन्योन्यम् संहर्षात् सहसा द्रुताः भाण्डीरस्कन्धम् उद्दिश्य मर्यादां पुनर् आगमन्
te vāhayantas tv anyonyam saṃharṣāt sahasā drutāḥ bhāṇḍīraskandham uddiśya maryādāṃ punar āgaman
Then, carrying one another (as mounts), rushing suddenly in their excitement, they made for the trunk of the Bhāṇḍīra (fig tree) and came back again to the boundary line.
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HV 58.24
संकर्षणं तु स्कन्धेन शीघ्रम् उत्क्षिप्य दानवः द्रुतं जगाम विमुखः सचन्द्र इव तोयदः ॥ ह्व्_५८।२३ अविषह्यं मन्यमानः कृष्णं दानवपुंगवः । वहन् द्रुततरं प्रागाद् अवरोहणतः परम् । स भारम् असहंस् तस्य रौहिणेयस्य धीमतः ववृधे सुमहाकायश् चन्द्राक्रान्त इवाम्बुदः
saṃkarṣaṇaṃ tu skandhena śīghram utkṣipya dānavaḥ drutaṃ jagāma vimukhaḥ sacandra iva toyadaḥ // HV_58.23 aviṣahyaṃ manyamānaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ dānavapuṃgavaḥ | vahan drutataraṃ prāgād avarohaṇataḥ param | sa bhāram asahaṃs tasya rauhiṇeyasya dhīmataḥ vavṛdhe sumahākāyaś candrākrānta ivāmbudaḥ
But the Dānava, swiftly hoisting Saṃkarṣaṇa onto his shoulder, went off quickly, turning away, like a rain-cloud with the moon (upon it). Thinking Kṛṣṇa not to be withstood, the bull among Dānavas, carrying (Balarāma), went on ever faster, past the point of setting him down. Unable to bear the weight of that wise son of Rohiṇī, he grew, immense of body, like a cloud overtaken by the moon.
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HV 58.25
स भाण्डीरवटप्रख्यं दग्धाञ्जनगिरिप्रभम् स्वं वपुर् दर्शयाम् आस प्रलम्बो दानवोत्तमः
sa bhāṇḍīravaṭaprakhyaṃ dagdhāñjanagiriprabham svaṃ vapur darśayām āsa pralambo dānavottamaḥ
That Pralamba, best of the Dānavas, displayed his own body, huge as the Bhāṇḍīra fig tree, gleaming like a mountain of burnt collyrium.
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HV 58.26
पञ्चस्तबकयुक्तेन मुकुटेनार्कवर्चसा दीप्यमानाननो दैत्यः सूर्याक्रान्त इवाम्बुदः
pañcastabakayuktena mukuṭenārkavarcasā dīpyamānānano daityaḥ sūryākrānta ivāmbudaḥ
With a crown fitted with five clusters (of gems), blazing like the sun, the Daitya's face shone, like a cloud overtaken by the sun.
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HV 58.27
महाननो महाग्रीवः उमहान् अन्तकोपमः रौद्रः शकटचक्राक्षो नामयंस् चरणैः क्षितिम्
mahānano mahāgrīvaḥ umahān antakopamaḥ raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo nāmayaṃs caraṇaiḥ kṣitim
With a huge mouth, a huge neck, huge, resembling Death, terrible, his eyes like cart-wheels, making the earth bend under his feet—
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HV 58.28
स्रग्दामलम्बाभरणः प्रलम्बाम्बरभूषणः धीरः प्रलम्बः प्रययौ तोयलम्ब इवाम्बुदः
sragdāmalambābharaṇaḥ pralambāmbarabhūṣaṇaḥ dhīraḥ pralambaḥ prayayau toyalamba ivāmbudaḥ
his ornaments hanging like garland-strings, adorned with flowing robes, steady Pralamba went on, like a rain-cloud heavy with water.
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HV 58.29
स जहारैव वेगेन रौहिणेयं महासुरः सागरोपप्लवगतं कृत्स्नं लोकम् इवान्तकः
sa jahāraiva vegena rauhiṇeyaṃ mahāsuraḥ sāgaropaplavagataṃ kṛtsnaṃ lokam ivāntakaḥ
That great Asura simply carried off Rohiṇī's son by force, as Death carries off the whole world when it is overwhelmed by the ocean.
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HV 58.30
ह्रियमाणः प्रलम्बेन स तु संकर्षणो युवा उह्यमान इवैकेन कालमेघेन चन्द्रमाः
hriyamāṇaḥ pralambena sa tu saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā uhyamāna ivaikena kālameghena candramāḥ
But young Saṃkarṣaṇa, being carried off by Pralamba, was like the moon borne along by a single cloud of the doomsday.
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HV 58.31
स संदिग्धम् इवात्मानं मेने संकर्षणस् तदा दैत्यस्कन्धगतः श्रीमान् कृष्णं चेदम् उवाच ह
sa saṃdigdham ivātmānaṃ mene saṃkarṣaṇas tadā daityaskandhagataḥ śrīmān kṛṣṇaṃ cedam uvāca ha
Then the glorious Saṃkarṣaṇa, set on the Daitya's shoulder, thought himself as if in danger, and said this to Kṛṣṇa:
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HV 58.32
ह्रिये ऽहं कृष्ण दैत्येन पर्वतोदग्रवर्चसा प्रदर्शयित्वा महतीम् मायां मानुषरूपिणीम्
hriye 'haṃ kṛṣṇa daityena parvatodagravarcasā pradarśayitvā mahatīm māyāṃ mānuṣarūpiṇīm
"Kṛṣṇa, I am being carried off by a Daitya whose splendour is as lofty as a mountain, after he displayed a great illusion in human form.
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HV 58.33
कथम् अस्य मया कार्यं शासनं दुष्टचेतसः प्रलम्बस्य प्रवृद्धस्य दर्पाद् द्विगुणवर्चसः
katham asya mayā kāryaṃ śāsanaṃ duṣṭacetasaḥ pralambasya pravṛddhasya darpād dviguṇavarcasaḥ
How is the chastisement of this evil-minded Pralamba to be carried out by me, when he has grown and his power is doubled by pride?"
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HV 58.34
तम् आह सस्मितं कृष्णः साम्ना हर्षकलेन वै अभिज्ञो रौहिणेयस्य वृत्तस्य च बलस्य च
tam āha sasmitaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sāmnā harṣakalena vai abhijño rauhiṇeyasya vṛttasya ca balasya ca
Kṛṣṇa, who knew the conduct and the strength of Rohiṇī's son, said to him with a smile, gently, in a voice broken with delight:
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HV 58.35
अहो ऽयं मानुषो भावो व्यक्तम् एवानुगृह्यते यस् त्वं जगन्मयं गुह्यं गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं गतः
aho 'yaṃ mānuṣo bhāvo vyaktam evānugṛhyate yas tvaṃ jaganmayaṃ guhyaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ gataḥ
"Ah, this human state (of yours) is plainly being indulged, in that you, who are the world-pervading mystery, more secret than the secret, have come to this.
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HV 58.36
स्मरार्य तनुम् आत्मानम् लोकानां त्वं विपर्यये अवगच्छात्मनात्मानम् समुद्राणां समागमे
smarārya tanum ātmānam lokānāṃ tvaṃ viparyaye avagacchātmanātmānam samudrāṇāṃ samāgame
Remember, noble one, your own body at the overturning of the worlds; know yourself by yourself, at the coming together of the oceans.
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HV 58.37
पुरातनानां देवानां ब्रह्मणः सलिलस्य च आत्मवृत्तप्रवृत्तानि संस्मराद्यं च वै वपुः
purātanānāṃ devānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ salilasya ca ātmavṛttapravṛttāni saṃsmarādyaṃ ca vai vapuḥ
Recall the doings that proceeded from your own self, of the ancient gods, of Brahmā and of the waters, and recall too your primal form.
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HV 58.38
शिरः खं ते जलं मूर्तिः क्षमा भूर् दहनो मुखम् वायुर् लोकायुर् उच्छ्वासो मनःस्रष्टा मनुस् तव
śiraḥ khaṃ te jalaṃ mūrtiḥ kṣamā bhūr dahano mukham vāyur lokāyur ucchvāso manaḥsraṣṭā manus tava
The sky is your head, water your form, the earth your patience, fire your mouth, the wind the world's life-breath and your exhalation, and Manu, the creator, your mind.
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HV 58.39
सहस्रास्यः सहस्राङ्गः सहस्रचरणेक्षणः सहस्रशीर्षो विश्वात्मा शतजिह्वः शतोदरः । सहस्रपत्रनाभस् त्वं सहस्रांशुधरो ऽरिहा
sahasrāsyaḥ sahasrāṅgaḥ sahasracaraṇekṣaṇaḥ sahasraśīrṣo viśvātmā śatajihvaḥ śatodaraḥ | sahasrapatranābhas tvaṃ sahasrāṃśudharo 'rihā
(You are) thousand-mouthed, thousand-limbed, with a thousand feet and eyes, thousand-headed, the Self of all, hundred-tongued, hundred-bellied; you have a navel of a thousand petals, you bear a thousand rays, you are the slayer of foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.40
यत् त्वया दर्शितं लोके तत् पश्यन्ति दिवौकसः यत् त्वया नोक्तपूर्वं हि कस् तद् अन्वेष्टुम् अर्हति
yat tvayā darśitaṃ loke tat paśyanti divaukasaḥ yat tvayā noktapūrvaṃ hi kas tad anveṣṭum arhati
What has been shown by you in the world, that the dwellers of heaven see; but what has not been spoken by you beforehand — who is fit to search that out?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.41
यद् वेदितव्यं लोके ऽस्मिंस् तत् त्वया समुदाहृतम् विदितं यत् तवैकस्य देवा अपि न तद् विदुः
yad veditavyaṃ loke 'smiṃs tat tvayā samudāhṛtam viditaṃ yat tavaikasya devā api na tad viduḥ
What is to be known in this world, that has been fully declared by you; what is known to you alone, that not even the gods know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.43
आत्मजं ते वपुर् व्योम्नि न पश्यन्त्य् आत्मसंभवम् यत् तु ते कृत्रिमं रूपं तद् अर्चन्ति दिवौकसः ॥ ह्व्_५८।४२ यस्य चैवंविधं रूपं पश्यन्ति त्रिदिवौकसः । दवैर् न दृष्टश् चान्तस् ते तेनानन्त इति स्मृत त्वं हि सूक्ष्मो महान् एकः सूक्ष्मैर् अपि दुरासदः
ātmajaṃ te vapur vyomni na paśyanty ātmasaṃbhavam yat tu te kṛtrimaṃ rūpaṃ tad arcanti divaukasaḥ // HV_58.42 yasya caivaṃvidhaṃ rūpaṃ paśyanti tridivaukasaḥ | davair na dṛṣṭaś cāntas te tenānanta iti smṛta tvaṃ hi sūkṣmo mahān ekaḥ sūkṣmair api durāsadaḥ
They do not see your self-born body in the sky, arisen from itself; but that form of yours which is fashioned, that the dwellers of heaven worship. // And he whose form of such a kind the dwellers of the triple heaven behold — your end has not been seen by the gods, and therefore you are called Endless. For you are subtle, great, one, hard to reach even by the subtle ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 58.44
त्वय्य् एव पर्वतस्तम्भा शाश्वती जगती स्थिता अचला प्राणिनां योनिर् धारयत्य् अखिलं जगत्
tvayy eva parvatastambhā śāśvatī jagatī sthitā acalā prāṇināṃ yonir dhārayaty akhilaṃ jagat
In you alone stands the everlasting earth, whose pillars are the mountains; unmoving, the womb of living beings, it upholds the whole world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.45
चतुःसागरभोगस् त्वं चातुर्वर्ण्यविभागवित् चतुर्युगेशो लोकानां चातुर्होत्रफलाशनः
catuḥsāgarabhogas tvaṃ cāturvarṇyavibhāgavit caturyugeśo lokānāṃ cāturhotraphalāśanaḥ
You have the four oceans for your enjoyment, you know the division into the four classes, you are lord of the four ages for the worlds, you consume the fruit of the fourfold priestly office.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.47
यथा त्वम् असि लोकानां तथाहं तच् च मे मतम् उभाव् एकशरीरौ स्वो जगदर्थे द्विधा कृतौ ॥ ह्व्_५८।४६ अहं वा शाश्वतः कृष्णस् त्वं वा शेषः पुरातनः । लोकानां शाश्वतो देवस् त्वं हि शेषः सनातनः आवयोर् देहमात्रेण द्विधेदं धार्यते जगत्
yathā tvam asi lokānāṃ tathāhaṃ tac ca me matam ubhāv ekaśarīrau svo jagadarthe dvidhā kṛtau // HV_58.46 ahaṃ vā śāśvataḥ kṛṣṇas tvaṃ vā śeṣaḥ purātanaḥ | lokānāṃ śāśvato devas tvaṃ hi śeṣaḥ sanātanaḥ āvayor dehamātreṇa dvidhedaṃ dhāryate jagat
As you are to the worlds, so am I — such is my conviction; we two, of one body, were made twofold for the sake of the world. // Either I am the everlasting Kṛṣṇa, or you are the ancient Śeṣa; the everlasting god of the worlds — you indeed are the primeval Śeṣa. By us two, in body alone, this world is upheld in a twofold manner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.48
अहं यः स भवान् एव यस् त्वं सो ऽहं सनातनः द्वाव् एव विहितौ ह्य् आवाम् एकदेहौ महाबलौ
ahaṃ yaḥ sa bhavān eva yas tvaṃ so 'haṃ sanātanaḥ dvāv eva vihitau hy āvām ekadehau mahābalau
He who am I is your very self; he who are you, that eternal one am I. We two, mighty in strength, of one body, were appointed as two only.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.49
तदास्से मूढवत् किं त्वं प्राग् एनं जहि दानवम् मूर्ध्नि देवरिपुं देव वज्रकल्पेन मुष्टिना
tadāsse mūḍhavat kiṃ tvaṃ prāg enaṃ jahi dānavam mūrdhni devaripuṃ deva vajrakalpena muṣṭinā
Then why do you sit like one bewildered? First slay this Dānava — the foe of the gods — O god, on the head, with your fist that is like the thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.51
संस्मारितः स कृष्णेन रौहिणेयः पुरातनम् स बलेन तदा पूर्णस् त्रैलोक्यान्तरचारिणा ॥ ह्व्_५८।५० बलेनायुज्यत तदा महतान्येन दीप्तिमान् । ततः प्रलम्बं दुर्वृत्तं सुबद्धेन महाभुजः मुष्टिना वज्रकल्पेन मूर्ध्नि वीरः समाहनत्
saṃsmāritaḥ sa kṛṣṇena rauhiṇeyaḥ purātanam sa balena tadā pūrṇas trailokyāntaracāriṇā // HV_58.50 balenāyujyata tadā mahatānyena dīptimān | tataḥ pralambaṃ durvṛttaṃ subaddhena mahābhujaḥ muṣṭinā vajrakalpena mūrdhni vīraḥ samāhanat
Reminded by Kṛṣṇa of his ancient (nature), the son of Rohiṇī was then filled with the power that moves within the three worlds; // then, radiant, he was joined with another, great power. Then the mighty-armed hero struck the ill-conducted Pralamba on the head with a well-clenched fist like the thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 58.52
तस्योत्तमाङ्गं स्वे काये विकपालं विवेश ह तेन मुष्टिप्रहारेण कपालं तद् द्विधाभवत् । जानुद्भ्यां जगतीं चैव गतासुः स जगाम ह
tasyottamāṅgaṃ sve kāye vikapālaṃ viveśa ha tena muṣṭiprahāreṇa kapālaṃ tad dvidhābhavat | jānudbhyāṃ jagatīṃ caiva gatāsuḥ sa jagāma ha
His head, its skull broken apart, sank into his own body; by that blow of the fist that skull was split in two; and, lifeless, he went down to the ground upon his knees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.53
जगत्यां विनिकीर्णस्य तस्य रूपम् अभूत् तदा प्रलम्बस्याम्बरस्थस्य मेघस्येव विदीर्यतः
jagatyāṃ vinikīrṇasya tasya rūpam abhūt tadā pralambasyāmbarasthasya meghasyeva vidīryataḥ
Then the appearance of Pralamba, scattered upon the ground, was like that of a cloud standing in the sky and breaking apart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.54
तस्य भग्नोत्तमाङ्गस्य देहात् सुस्राव शोणितम् बहुगैरिकसंयुक्तं शैलशृङ्गाद् इवोदकम्
tasya bhagnottamāṅgasya dehāt susrāva śoṇitam bahugairikasaṃyuktaṃ śailaśṛṅgād ivodakam
From the body of him whose head was shattered blood flowed out, mixed with much red ochre, like water from a mountain peak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.55
स निहत्य प्रलम्बं तु संहृत्य बलम् आत्मनः पर्यष्वजत कृष्णं वै रौहिणेयः प्रतापवान्
sa nihatya pralambaṃ tu saṃhṛtya balam ātmanaḥ paryaṣvajata kṛṣṇaṃ vai rauhiṇeyaḥ pratāpavān
And having slain Pralamba and withdrawn his own power, the majestic son of Rohiṇī embraced Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.56
तं तु कृष्णश् च गोपाश् च दिविस्थाश् च दिवौकसः तुष्टुवुर् निहते दैत्ये जयाशीर्भिर् महाबलम्
taṃ tu kṛṣṇaś ca gopāś ca divisthāś ca divaukasaḥ tuṣṭuvur nihate daitye jayāśīrbhir mahābalam
But Kṛṣṇa and the cowherds and the heaven-dwellers stationed in the sky praised him of great strength with benedictions of victory, the demon having been slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 58.57
बलेनायं हतो दैत्यो बालेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा विचरन्त्य् अशरीरिण्यो वाचः सुरसमीरिताः । बलदेवेति नामस्य देवैश् चोक्तं दिवि स्थितैः
balenāyaṃ hato daityo bālenākliṣṭakarmaṇā vicaranty aśarīriṇyo vācaḥ surasamīritāḥ | baladeveti nāmasya devaiś coktaṃ divi sthitaiḥ
"This demon was slain by strength (by Bala), by a boy of untiring deeds" — bodiless voices uttered by the gods went about; and the name "Baladeva" was spoken for him by the gods standing in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition