Harivamsha — Chapter 59

HV 59.1

तयोः प्रवृत्तयोर् एवं कृष्णस्य च बलस्य च वने विचरतोर् मासौ व्यतियातौ स्म वार्षिकौ

tayoḥ pravṛttayor evaṃ kṛṣṇasya ca balasya ca vane vicarator māsau vyatiyātau sma vārṣikau

While the two of them, Kṛṣṇa and Bala, were thus occupied and roaming in the forest, the two months of the rains passed by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 59.2

व्रजम् आजग्मतुस् तौ तु व्रजे शुश्रुवतुस् तदा प्राप्तं शक्रमहं वीरौ गोपांश् चोत्सवलालसान्

vrajam ājagmatus tau tu vraje śuśruvatus tadā prāptaṃ śakramahaṃ vīrau gopāṃś cotsavalālasān

The two came to the cow-station, and there in the station the two heroes heard that Indra's festival had arrived and that the cowherds were eager for the celebration.

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HV 59.3

कौतूहलाद् इदं वाक्यं कृष्णः प्रोवाच तत्र वै को ऽयं शक्रमहो नाम येन वो हर्ष आगतः

kautūhalād idaṃ vākyaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ provāca tatra vai ko 'yaṃ śakramaho nāma yena vo harṣa āgataḥ

Out of curiosity Kṛṣṇa spoke these words there: "What is this so-called festival of Śakra, by which joy has come to you?"

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HV 59.4

तत्र वृद्धतमस् त्व् एको गोपो वाक्यम् उवाच ह श्रूयतां तात शक्रस्य यदर्थं मह इष्यते

tatra vṛddhatamas tv eko gopo vākyam uvāca ha śrūyatāṃ tāta śakrasya yadarthaṃ maha iṣyate

Thereupon one cowherd, the oldest, spoke these words: "Listen, dear boy, for what purpose the festival of Śakra is desired."

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HV 59.5

देवानाम् ईश्वरः शक्रो मेघानां चारिसूदन तस्य चायं क्रतुः कृष्ण लोकपालस्य शाश्वतः

devānām īśvaraḥ śakro meghānāṃ cārisūdana tasya cāyaṃ kratuḥ kṛṣṇa lokapālasya śāśvataḥ

"Śakra is the lord of the gods and of the clouds, O slayer of foes; and this, Kṛṣṇa, is the perpetual rite of him, the guardian of the world.

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HV 59.6

तेन संचोदिता मेघास् तस्यायुधविभूषिताः तस्यैवाज्ञाकराः सस्यं जनयन्ति नवाम्बुभिः

tena saṃcoditā meghās tasyāyudhavibhūṣitāḥ tasyaivājñākarāḥ sasyaṃ janayanti navāmbubhiḥ

Urged on by him, the clouds, adorned with his weapon (the rainbow / lightning), acting only at his command, bring forth the crops with fresh waters.

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HV 59.7

मेघस्य पयसो दाता पुरुहूतः पुरंदरः संप्रहृष्टः स भगवान् प्रीणयत्य् अखिलं जगत्

meghasya payaso dātā puruhūtaḥ puraṃdaraḥ saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ sa bhagavān prīṇayaty akhilaṃ jagat

The giver of the cloud's water, the much-invoked breaker of citadels (Indra), when he is well pleased, that lord gladdens the whole world.

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HV 59.8

तेन संपादितं सस्यं वयम् अन्ये च मानवाः वर्तयामोपभुज्जानास् तर्पयामश् च देवताः

tena saṃpāditaṃ sasyaṃ vayam anye ca mānavāḥ vartayāmopabhujjānās tarpayāmaś ca devatāḥ

The crop produced by him we, and other men, live on, consuming it, and with it we gratify the gods.

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HV 59.9

देवो वर्षति लोकेषु ततः सस्यं प्रवर्तते पृथिव्यां तर्पितायां च सामृतं लक्ष्यते जगत्

devo varṣati lokeṣu tataḥ sasyaṃ pravartate pṛthivyāṃ tarpitāyāṃ ca sāmṛtaṃ lakṣyate jagat

The god rains upon the worlds, and thence the crop springs up; and when the earth is satisfied, the world is seen (to be) full of nectar.

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HV 59.10

क्षीरवत्य इमा गावो वत्सवत्यश् च निर्वृताः तेन संवर्धिता गावस् तृणैः पुष्टाः सपुंगवाः

kṣīravatya imā gāvo vatsavatyaś ca nirvṛtāḥ tena saṃvardhitā gāvas tṛṇaiḥ puṣṭāḥ sapuṃgavāḥ

These cows are rich in milk and have calves and are content; by him the cows, with their bulls, have been made to thrive, fattened on grasses.

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HV 59.11

नासस्या नातृणा गावो न बुभुक्षार्दितो जनः दृश्यते यत्र दृश्यन्ते वृष्टिमन्तो बलाहकाः

nāsasyā nātṛṇā gāvo na bubhukṣārdito janaḥ dṛśyate yatra dṛśyante vṛṣṭimanto balāhakāḥ

Wherever rain-bearing clouds are seen, there the cows are not without crops or without grass, and no man is seen afflicted by hunger.

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HV 59.12

दुदोह सवितुर् गा वै शक्रो दिव्याः पयस्वलाः ताः क्षरन्ति नवं क्षीरं मेध्यं मेघौघधारितम्

dudoha savitur gā vai śakro divyāḥ payasvalāḥ tāḥ kṣaranti navaṃ kṣīraṃ medhyaṃ meghaughadhāritam

Śakra has milked the heavenly, milk-rich cows of the sun; those (cows) pour out fresh, pure milk, held in the mass of clouds.

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HV 59.13

वाय्वीरितं तु मेघेषु करोति निनदं महत् जवेनावर्जितं चैव गर्जतीति जना विदुः

vāyvīritaṃ tu megheṣu karoti ninadaṃ mahat javenāvarjitaṃ caiva garjatīti janā viduḥ

Driven by the wind among the clouds, it makes a great roaring; and men know that it is (this,) hurled along by speed, that thunders.

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HV 59.15

तस्य चैवोह्यमानस्य वातयुक्तैर् बलाहकैः वज्राशनिसमाः शब्दा भवन्त्य् अगमभेदिनः ॥ ह्व्_५९।१४ वज्राशनिसमाञ् शब्दान् गर्जन्तो गगने स्थिताः । तज् जलं वज्रनिष्पेषैर् विमुञ्चति नभोगतम् बहुभिः कामगैर् मेघैः शक्रो भृत्यैर् इवेश्वरः

tasya caivohyamānasya vātayuktair balāhakaiḥ vajrāśanisamāḥ śabdā bhavanty agamabhedinaḥ // HV_59.14 vajrāśanisamāñ śabdān garjanto gagane sthitāḥ | taj jalaṃ vajraniṣpeṣair vimuñcati nabhogatam bahubhiḥ kāmagair meghaiḥ śakro bhṛtyair iveśvaraḥ

And of that (water), as it is carried along by the wind-driven clouds, there arise sounds like the thunderbolt and the lightning-bolt, splitting the mountains. Standing in the sky and roaring with sounds like thunderbolt and lightning, (the clouds) release that water, which has gone to the sky, by the crushing blows of the thunderbolt; Śakra (does this) by means of his many clouds that go where he wills, as a master by his servants.

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HV 59.18

क्वचिद् दुर्दिनसंकाशैः क्वचिच् छन्नाभ्रसंस्थितैः क्वचिच् छीकरमुक्ताभं कुर्वद्भिर् गगनं घनैः ॥ ह्व्_५९।१६ क्वचिद्भिन्नाञ्जनाकारैः क्वचिच्छीकरवर्षिभिः । मण्डयत्य् एव देवेन्द्रो विश्वम् एव नभो घनैः । एवम् एतत् पयो दुग्धं गोभिः सूर्यस्य वारिदः पर्जन्यः सर्वलोकानां भवाय भुवि वर्षति ॥ ह्व्_५९।१७ यस्मात् प्रावृड् इयं कृष्ण शक्रस्य भुवि भाविनी । तस्मात् प्रावृषि राजानः सर्वे शक्रं मुदा युताः महैः सुरेशम् अर्चन्ति वयम् अन्ये च मानवाः

kvacid durdinasaṃkāśaiḥ kvacic channābhrasaṃsthitaiḥ kvacic chīkaramuktābhaṃ kurvadbhir gaganaṃ ghanaiḥ // HV_59.16 kvacidbhinnāñjanākāraiḥ kvacicchīkaravarṣibhiḥ | maṇḍayaty eva devendro viśvam eva nabho ghanaiḥ | evam etat payo dugdhaṃ gobhiḥ sūryasya vāridaḥ parjanyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ bhavāya bhuvi varṣati // HV_59.17 yasmāt prāvṛḍ iyaṃ kṛṣṇa śakrasya bhuvi bhāvinī | tasmāt prāvṛṣi rājānaḥ sarve śakraṃ mudā yutāḥ mahaiḥ sureśam arcanti vayam anye ca mānavāḥ

In one place with clouds resembling an overcast day, in another with (clouds) settled as a covering mass, in another with clouds making the sky look like pearls of fine spray; in one place with (clouds) shaped like broken collyrium, in another with (clouds) raining fine drizzle — thus does the lord of the gods adorn the whole sky with clouds. Thus this water, milked from the cows of the sun, the water-giving rain-god, rains upon the earth for the welfare of all the worlds. Since this rainy season on earth is Śakra's doing, Kṛṣṇa, therefore in the rains all kings, filled with joy, honour the lord of the gods with festivals — and so do we and other men."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 59.19

गोपवृद्धस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा शक्रपरिग्रहे प्रभावज्ञो ऽपि शक्रस्य वाक्यं दामोदरो ऽब्रवीत्

gopavṛddhasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śakraparigrahe prabhāvajño 'pi śakrasya vākyaṃ dāmodaro 'bravīt

Having heard the old cowherd's speech in support of Śakra, Dāmodara, though he knew Śakra's power, spoke these words:

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HV 59.20

वयं वनचरा गोप गोपा गोधनजीविनः गावो ऽस्मद्दैवतं विद्धि गिरयश् च वनानि च

vayaṃ vanacarā gopa gopā godhanajīvinaḥ gāvo 'smaddaivataṃ viddhi girayaś ca vanāni ca

"We are forest-dwellers, cowherd; we are cowherds who live by wealth in cattle. Know that our deity is the cows, and the mountains and the woods.

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HV 59.22

कर्षकाणां कृषिर् वृत्तिः पण्यं विपणिजीविनाम् अस्माकं गौः परा वृत्तिर् एतत् त्रैविध्यम् उच्यते विद्यया यो यया युक्तस् तस्य सा दैवतं परम् ॥ ह्व्_५९।२१ सैव पूज्यार्चनीया च सैव तस्योपकारिणी । यो ऽन्यस्य फलम् अश्नानः करोत्य् अन्यस्य सत्क्रियाम् द्वाव् अनर्थौ स लभते प्रेत्य चेह च मानवः

karṣakāṇāṃ kṛṣir vṛttiḥ paṇyaṃ vipaṇijīvinām asmākaṃ gauḥ parā vṛttir etat traividhyam ucyate vidyayā yo yayā yuktas tasya sā daivataṃ param // HV_59.21 saiva pūjyārcanīyā ca saiva tasyopakāriṇī | yo 'nyasya phalam aśnānaḥ karoty anyasya satkriyām dvāv anarthau sa labhate pretya ceha ca mānavaḥ

Ploughing is the livelihood of farmers, merchandise of those who live by trade; for us the cow is the highest livelihood — this is called the threefold (division). Whatever craft a man is joined to, that is his highest deity; that alone is to be worshipped and honoured, and that alone does him good. A man who, enjoying the fruit of one thing, performs the rites of honour to another, gains two misfortunes, hereafter and here.

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HV 59.23

कृष्यन्ताः प्रथिताः सीमाः सीमान्तं श्रूयते वनम् वनान्ता गिरयः सर्वे सा चास्माकं गतिर् ध्रुवा

kṛṣyantāḥ prathitāḥ sīmāḥ sīmāntaṃ śrūyate vanam vanāntā girayaḥ sarve sā cāsmākaṃ gatir dhruvā

The bounds (of the fields) are marked out by ploughing; the forest is said to be the boundary's limit; the mountains are all the ends of the forest — and that is our sure resort.

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HV 59.24

श्रूयन्ते गिरयश् चापि वने ऽस्मिन् कामरूपिणः प्रविश्य तास् तास् तनवो रमन्ते स्वेषु सानुषु

śrūyante girayaś cāpi vane 'smin kāmarūpiṇaḥ praviśya tās tās tanavo ramante sveṣu sānuṣu

And the mountains too in this forest are said to take any form at will; entering into this or that body, they take their pleasure on their own slopes.

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HV 59.25

भूत्वा केसरिणः सिंहा व्याघ्राश् च नखिनां वराः वनानि स्वानि रक्षन्ति त्रासयन्तो द्रुमच्छिदः

bhūtvā kesariṇaḥ siṃhā vyāghrāś ca nakhināṃ varāḥ vanāni svāni rakṣanti trāsayanto drumacchidaḥ

Becoming maned lions and tigers, the best of clawed beasts, they guard their own woods, terrifying those who cut the trees.

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HV 59.26

यदा चैषां विकुर्वन्ति ते वनालयजीविनः घ्नन्ति तान् एव दुर्वृत्तान् पौरुषादेन कर्मणा

yadā caiṣāṃ vikurvanti te vanālayajīvinaḥ ghnanti tān eva durvṛttān pauruṣādena karmaṇā

And when those who live by dwelling in the forest do them wrong, they kill just those ill-behaved men by the deed of man-eating.

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HV 59.27

मन्त्रयज्ञपरा विप्राः सीतायज्ञाश् च कर्षकाः गिरियज्ञा वयं गोपा इज्यो ऽस्माभिर् गिरिर् वने

mantrayajñaparā viprāḥ sītāyajñāś ca karṣakāḥ giriyajñā vayaṃ gopā ijyo 'smābhir girir vane

Brahmins are devoted to sacrifice with mantras, and farmers have the sacrifice of the furrow; we cowherds have the sacrifice to the mountain — the mountain in the forest is to be worshipped by us.

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HV 59.28

तन् मह्यं रोचते गोपा गिरियज्ञं वयं वने कुर्मः कृत्वा सुखं स्थानं पादपे वाथ वा गिरौ

tan mahyaṃ rocate gopā giriyajñaṃ vayaṃ vane kurmaḥ kṛtvā sukhaṃ sthānaṃ pādape vātha vā girau

So it pleases me, cowherds: let us perform the mountain-sacrifice here in the forest, having made a comfortable place, either at a tree or on the mountain.

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HV 59.29

तत्र हत्वा पशून् मेध्यान् वितत्यायतने कृते सर्वघोषस्य संदोहः क्रियतां किं विचार्यते

tatra hatvā paśūn medhyān vitatyāyatane kṛte sarvaghoṣasya saṃdohaḥ kriyatāṃ kiṃ vicāryate

There, having slain animals fit for sacrifice, once a sanctuary has been laid out and made, let the milk-yield of the whole cow-station be gathered — why deliberate about it?

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HV 59.30

तं शरत्कुसुमापीडाः परिवार्य प्रदक्षिणम् गावो गिरिवरं सर्वास् ततो यान्तु वनं पुनः

taṃ śaratkusumāpīḍāḥ parivārya pradakṣiṇam gāvo girivaraṃ sarvās tato yāntu vanaṃ punaḥ

Then let all the cows, wearing garlands of autumn flowers, go around that best of mountains keeping it to their right, and go back to the forest.

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HV 59.31

प्राप्ता किलेयं हि गवां स्वादुवीर्यतृणा गुणैः शरत्प्रमुदिता रम्या गतमेघजलाशया

prāptā kileyaṃ hi gavāṃ svāduvīryatṛṇā guṇaiḥ śaratpramuditā ramyā gatameghajalāśayā

For surely this (season) of the cows has come, its grass sweet and strong, delightful in its qualities, gladdened by autumn, its pools with the clouds gone from them.

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HV 59.32

प्रियकैः पुष्पितैर् गौरं श्यामं बाणवनैः क्वचित् कठोरतृणम् आभाति निर्मयूररुतं वनम्

priyakaiḥ puṣpitair gauraṃ śyāmaṃ bāṇavanaiḥ kvacit kaṭhoratṛṇam ābhāti nirmayūrarutaṃ vanam

Pale-gold with flowering priyaka trees, dark here and there with thickets of bāṇa, its grass grown coarse, the forest shines, with no cries of peacocks in it.

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HV 59.33

विमला विजला व्योम्नि विबलाका विविद्युतः विवर्तन्ते जलधरा विमदा इव कुञ्जराः

vimalā vijalā vyomni vibalākā vividyutaḥ vivartante jaladharā vimadā iva kuñjarāḥ

Cloudless of stain and drained of water, without cranes and without lightning, the rain-clouds move about in the sky like elephants whose rut has passed.

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HV 59.35

पटुना मेघवातेन वार्षिकेणावकम्पिताः पर्णोत्करघनाः सर्वे प्रसादं यान्ति पादपाः ॥ ह्व्_५९।३४ विना च मेघनादेन निर्मयूररुतं वनम् । नद्यो बहुविधाकारा जलं स्वच्छं वहन्ति च । सितवर्णाम्बुदोष्णीषं हंसचामरवीजितम् पूर्णचन्द्रामलच्छत्रं साभिषेकम् इवाम्बरम्

paṭunā meghavātena vārṣikeṇāvakampitāḥ parṇotkaraghanāḥ sarve prasādaṃ yānti pādapāḥ // HV_59.34 vinā ca meghanādena nirmayūrarutaṃ vanam | nadyo bahuvidhākārā jalaṃ svacchaṃ vahanti ca | sitavarṇāmbudoṣṇīṣaṃ haṃsacāmaravījitam pūrṇacandrāmalacchatraṃ sābhiṣekam ivāmbaram

Shaken by the sharp rain-season wind of the clouds, all the trees, thick with masses of leaves, come to clearness. And with no thunder of clouds, the forest is without the cry of peacocks; the rivers, of many shapes, carry clear water; the sky is like (a king) at his consecration, turbaned in white-hued cloud, fanned with the chowries of geese, with the spotless full moon for its parasol.

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

HV 59.36

हंसैर् विहसितानीव सुमुत्कुष्टानि सारसैः सर्वाणि तनुतां यान्ति जलानि जलदक्षये

haṃsair vihasitānīva sumutkuṣṭāni sārasaiḥ sarvāṇi tanutāṃ yānti jalāni jaladakṣaye

As if laughed at by the geese and loudly cried over by the sārasa cranes, all the waters grow thin as the clouds come to an end.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 59.37

चक्रवाकस्तनतटाः पुलिनश्रोणिमण्डलाः हंसलक्षणहासिन्यः पतिं यान्ति समुद्रगाः

cakravākastanataṭāḥ pulinaśroṇimaṇḍalāḥ haṃsalakṣaṇahāsinyaḥ patiṃ yānti samudragāḥ

With cakravāka birds for the breasts on their banks, with sandbanks for the circle of their hips, smiling with the geese for their marks, the rivers go to their lord the sea.

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HV 59.38

कुमुदोत्फुल्लम् उदकं ताराभिश् चत्रम् अम्बरम् समम् अभ्युत्स्मयन्तीव शर्वरीष्व् इतरेतरम्

kumudotphullam udakaṃ tārābhiś catram ambaram samam abhyutsmayantīva śarvarīṣv itaretaram

The water opened wide with white lotuses, the sky spread over with stars, alike seem to smile up at each other during the nights.

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HV 59.39

मत्तक्रौञ्चावघुष्टेषु कलमापक्वपाण्डुषु निर्विष्टरमणीयेषु वनेषु रमते मनः

mattakrauñcāvaghuṣṭeṣu kalamāpakvapāṇḍuṣu nirviṣṭaramaṇīyeṣu vaneṣu ramate manaḥ

In the forests, loud with the calls of excited krauñca birds, pale with ripened kalama rice, delightful once entered, the mind takes pleasure.

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HV 59.40

पुष्करिण्यस् तडागानि वाप्यश् च विकचोत्पलाः केदाराः सरितश् चैव सरांसि च श्रियाज्वलन्

puṣkariṇyas taḍāgāni vāpyaś ca vikacotpalāḥ kedārāḥ saritaś caiva sarāṃsi ca śriyājvalan

Lotus ponds, tanks and step-wells with their water lilies open, the paddy fields and the rivers and the lakes, blazed with beauty.

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HV 59.41

पङ्कजानि च पद्मानि तथान्यानि सितानि च श्रिया ज्वलत्पङ्कजानि ताम्राणि च सितानि च । उत्पलानि च नीलानि भेजिरे वारिजां श्रियम्

paṅkajāni ca padmāni tathānyāni sitāni ca śriyā jvalatpaṅkajāni tāmrāṇi ca sitāni ca | utpalāni ca nīlāni bhejire vārijāṃ śriyam

The mud-born lotuses and the padmas, and others that were white; lotuses blazing with beauty, coppery ones and white ones; and the blue water lilies — they all took on the splendour of things born in water.

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HV 59.42

मदं जहुः सितापाङ्गा मन्दं ववृधिरे ऽनिलाः अभवद् व्यभ्रमाकाशम् अभूच् च निभृतो र्णवः

madaṃ jahuḥ sitāpāṅgā mandaṃ vavṛdhire 'nilāḥ abhavad vyabhramākāśam abhūc ca nibhṛto rṇavaḥ

The white-cornered-eyed (women? / the elephants) lost their rut; the winds grew gentle; the sky became cloudless, and the ocean became still.

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HV 59.43

ऋतुपर्यायशिथिलैर् वृत्तनृत्तसमुज्झितैः मयूराङ्गरुहैर् भूमिर् बहुनेत्रेव लक्ष्यते

ṛtuparyāyaśithilair vṛttanṛttasamujjhitaiḥ mayūrāṅgaruhair bhūmir bahunetreva lakṣyate

With peacock feathers loosened by the turn of the season and cast off when their dancing was over, the earth looks as though it had many eyes.

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HV 59.44

स्वपङ्कमलिनैस् तीरैः काशपुष्पलताकुलैः हंससारसविन्यासैर् यमुना याति संयता

svapaṅkamalinais tīraiḥ kāśapuṣpalatākulaiḥ haṃsasārasavinyāsair yamunā yāti saṃyatā

With its banks muddied by its own silt and thick with kāśa flowers and creepers, the Yamunā flows, held in by the ranks of geese and cranes.

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HV 59.45

कलमापक्वसस्येषु केदारेषु वनेषु च सस्यादा जलजादाश् च मत्ता विरुरुवुः खगाः

kalamāpakvasasyeṣu kedāreṣu vaneṣu ca sasyādā jalajādāś ca mattā viruruvuḥ khagāḥ

In the paddy-fields with their ripe kalama rice and in the woods, the birds that eat grain and those that eat water-creatures cried out, excited.

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HV 59.46

सिषिचुर् यानि जलदा जलेन जलदागमे तानि शष्पाण्य् अबालानि कठिनत्वं गतानि वै

siṣicur yāni jaladā jalena jaladāgame tāni śaṣpāṇy abālāni kaṭhinatvaṃ gatāni vai

Those young grasses which the clouds watered with rain at the onset of the rainy season are now no longer tender and have grown hard.

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HV 59.47

त्यक्त्वा मेघमयं वासः शरद्गुणविदीपितः एष वीतमले व्योम्नि हृष्टो वसति चन्द्रमाः

tyaktvā meghamayaṃ vāsaḥ śaradguṇavidīpitaḥ eṣa vītamale vyomni hṛṣṭo vasati candramāḥ

Having cast off its garment made of cloud, lit up by the qualities of autumn, this moon dwells joyfully in the stainless sky.

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HV 59.48

क्षीरिण्यो द्विगुणं गावः प्रमत्ता द्विगुणं वृषाः वनानां द्विगुणा लक्ष्मीः सस्यैर् गुणवती मही

kṣīriṇyo dviguṇaṃ gāvaḥ pramattā dviguṇaṃ vṛṣāḥ vanānāṃ dviguṇā lakṣmīḥ sasyair guṇavatī mahī

The cows are twice as full of milk, the bulls twice as rut-maddened, the beauty of the forests is doubled, and the earth is rich with crops.

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HV 59.49

ज्योतींषि घनमुक्तानि पद्मवन्ति जलानि च मनांसि च मनुष्याणां प्रसादम् उपयान्ति वै

jyotīṃṣi ghanamuktāni padmavanti jalāni ca manāṃsi ca manuṣyāṇāṃ prasādam upayānti vai

The stars, freed of cloud, and the waters, full of lotuses, and the minds of men too, come to clearness.

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HV 59.50

असृजत् सविता व्योम्नि निर्मुक्तजलदे भृशम् शरत्प्रज्वलितं तेजस् तीक्ष्णरश्मिर् विशोषयन्

asṛjat savitā vyomni nirmuktajalade bhṛśam śaratprajvalitaṃ tejas tīkṣṇaraśmir viśoṣayan

The sun, with sharp rays, drying (all) up, poured out intensely into the sky, now freed of clouds, the autumn-blazing heat.

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HV 59.51

नीराजयित्वा सैन्यानि निर्यान्ति विजिगीषवः अन्योन्यराष्ट्राभिमुखाः पार्थिवाः पृथिवीक्षितः

nīrājayitvā sainyāni niryānti vijigīṣavaḥ anyonyarāṣṭrābhimukhāḥ pārthivāḥ pṛthivīkṣitaḥ

Having performed the lustration of their armies, the kings, rulers of the earth, march out desiring victory, each facing the other's realm.

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HV 59.52

बन्धुजीवाभिताम्रासु बद्धपङ्कवतीषु च मनस् तिष्ठति कान्तासु चित्रासु वनराजिषु

bandhujīvābhitāmrāsu baddhapaṅkavatīṣu ca manas tiṣṭhati kāntāsu citrāsu vanarājiṣu

The mind rests upon the lovely, variegated rows of forest trees, coppery-red with bandhujīva flowers and where the mud has set firm.

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HV 59.53

वनेषु च विराजन्ते पादपा वनशोभिनः असनाह् सप्तपर्णाश् च कोविदाराश् च पुष्पिताः

vaneṣu ca virājante pādapā vanaśobhinaḥ asanāh saptaparṇāś ca kovidārāś ca puṣpitāḥ

And in the woods the trees that adorn the forest shine forth: the asanas, the saptaparṇas, and the kovidāras in bloom.

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HV 59.54

इषुसाह्वा निकुम्भाश् च प्रियकाः स्वर्णकास् तथा इक्षुसस्या निकुप्याश् च प्रियङ्गुश् च विशेषतः । सृमराः पिचुकाश् चैव केतक्यश् च समन्ततः

iṣusāhvā nikumbhāś ca priyakāḥ svarṇakās tathā ikṣusasyā nikupyāś ca priyaṅguś ca viśeṣataḥ | sṛmarāḥ picukāś caiva ketakyaś ca samantataḥ

The iṣusāhvas (arrow-named), the nikumbhas, the priyakas and the svarṇakas likewise, the sugarcane crops, the nikupyas, and especially the priyaṅgu; and the sṛmaras and picukas and ketakīs on every side.

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HV 59.55

व्रजेपु च विशेषेण गर्गरोद्गारहासिषु शरत्प्रकाशयोषेव गोष्ठेष्व् अटति रूपिणी

vrajepu ca viśeṣeṇa gargarodgārahāsiṣu śaratprakāśayoṣeva goṣṭheṣv aṭati rūpiṇī

And especially in the cattle-pens, loud with the laughter-like gurgling of churns, Autumn, taking form like a radiant woman, roams about the cow-stations.

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HV 59.56

नूनं त्रिदशलोकस्थं मेघकालसुखोषितम् पतत्रिकेतनं देवं बोधयन्ति दिवौकसः

nūnaṃ tridaśalokasthaṃ meghakālasukhoṣitam patatriketanaṃ devaṃ bodhayanti divaukasaḥ

Surely the dwellers in heaven are now waking the god whose banner is a bird (Viṣṇu), who abides in the world of the thirty and has slept pleasantly through the season of clouds.

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HV 59.57

शरद्य् एवं सुसस्यायां प्राप्तायां प्रावृषः क्षये नीलचन्द्रार्कवर्णैश् च रचितं बहुभिर् द्विजैः । फलैः प्रवालैश् च घनम् इन्द्रचापघनोपमम् । भवनाकारविटपं लतापरम् अमण्डितम् । विशालमूलावनतं पवनाभोगमण्डितम् । अर्चयाम गिरिं देवं गाश् चैव सविशेषतः

śarady evaṃ susasyāyāṃ prāptāyāṃ prāvṛṣaḥ kṣaye nīlacandrārkavarṇaiś ca racitaṃ bahubhir dvijaiḥ | phalaiḥ pravālaiś ca ghanam indracāpaghanopamam | bhavanākāraviṭapaṃ latāparam amaṇḍitam | viśālamūlāvanataṃ pavanābhogamaṇḍitam | arcayāma giriṃ devaṃ gāś caiva saviśeṣataḥ

Now that autumn, rich in crops, has come with the ending of the rains, let us worship the mountain as a god, and the cows especially—(the mountain) adorned by many birds of the colour of blue, moon and sun, dense with fruits and shoots, like a thick rainbow, with boughs shaped like mansions, unadorned but for creepers, bent down with broad roots, decked by the sweep of the wind.

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HV 59.58

सावतंसैर् विषाणैश् च बर्हापीडैश् च दंशितैः घण्टाभिश् च प्रलम्बाभिः पुष्पैः शारदिकैस् तथा

sāvataṃsair viṣāṇaiś ca barhāpīḍaiś ca daṃśitaiḥ ghaṇṭābhiś ca pralambābhiḥ puṣpaiḥ śāradikais tathā

—with horns having ornaments, with peacock-feather crests fastened on, with hanging bells, and with autumn flowers.

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HV 59.59

शिवाय गावः पूज्यन्तां गिरियज्ञः प्रवर्तताम् पूज्यन्तां त्रिदशैः शक्रो गिरिर् अस्माभिर् इज्यताम्

śivāya gāvaḥ pūjyantāṃ giriyajñaḥ pravartatām pūjyantāṃ tridaśaiḥ śakro girir asmābhir ijyatām

Let the cows be worshipped for well-being, let the sacrifice to the mountain proceed; let Śakra be worshipped by the thirty gods, but let the mountain be worshipped by us.

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HV 59.60

कारिष्यामि गोयज्ञं बलाद् अपि न संशयः यदास्ति मयि वः प्रीतिर् यदि वा सुहृदो वयम्

kāriṣyāmi goyajñaṃ balād api na saṃśayaḥ yadāsti mayi vaḥ prītir yadi vā suhṛdo vayam

I will have the cow-sacrifice performed, even by force, no doubt of it—if you have affection for me, or if we are friends.

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HV 59.61

गावो हि पूज्याः सततं सर्वेषां नात्र संशयः स्यात् तु साम्ना भवेत् प्रीतिर् भवतां वैभवाय च तत एतन् मम वचः क्रियताम् अविचारितम्

gāvo hi pūjyāḥ satataṃ sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ syāt tu sāmnā bhavet prītir bhavatāṃ vaibhavāya ca tata etan mama vacaḥ kriyatām avicāritam

For cows are ever to be honoured by all—no doubt of that. Yet let there be goodwill through gentle persuasion, and for your prosperity; so let this word of mine be carried out without deliberation.

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