Harivamsha — Chapter 60
HV 60.1
दामोदरवचः श्रुत्वा हृष्टास् ते गोषु जीविनः तद्वाग् अमृतम् आख्यातं प्रत्यूचुर् अविशङ्कया
dāmodaravacaḥ śrutvā hṛṣṭās te goṣu jīvinaḥ tadvāg amṛtam ākhyātaṃ pratyūcur aviśaṅkayā
Hearing Dāmodara's speech, those who lived by cows were delighted; and that speech of his, declared to be nectar, they answered without hesitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.2
तवैषा बाल महती गोपानां हर्षवर्धिनी प्रीणयत्य् एव नः सर्वान् बुद्धिर् वृद्धिकरी नृणाम्
tavaiṣā bāla mahatī gopānāṃ harṣavardhinī prīṇayaty eva naḥ sarvān buddhir vṛddhikarī nṛṇām
This great thought of yours, boy, increasing the joy of the cowherds, gladdens us all—a thought that brings increase to men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.3
त्वं गतिस् त्वं रतिश् चैव त्वं वेत्ता त्वं परायणम् भयेष्व् अभयदस् त्वं नस् त्वं चैव सुहृदां सुहृत्
tvaṃ gatis tvaṃ ratiś caiva tvaṃ vettā tvaṃ parāyaṇam bhayeṣv abhayadas tvaṃ nas tvaṃ caiva suhṛdāṃ suhṛt
You are the refuge, you are the delight, you are the knower, you are the highest resort; you are the giver of safety to us in dangers, and you are the friend of friends.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.4
त्वत्कृते कृष्ण घोषो ऽयं क्षेमो मुदितगोकुलः कृत्स्नो वसति शान्तारिर् यथा स्वर्गगतस् तथा
tvatkṛte kṛṣṇa ghoṣo 'yaṃ kṣemo muditagokulaḥ kṛtsno vasati śāntārir yathā svargagatas tathā
Because of you, Kṛṣṇa, this whole settlement dwells secure, its cow-village joyful, its enemies stilled, as though it had gone to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.5
जन्मप्रभृति दिव्यैस् तैर् विक्रान्तैर् भुवि दुष्करैः बोद्धव्याच् चाभिमानाच् च विस्मितानि मनांसि नः
janmaprabhṛti divyais tair vikrāntair bhuvi duṣkaraiḥ boddhavyāc cābhimānāc ca vismitāni manāṃsi naḥ
Our minds are amazed at those divine feats, hard to do on earth, (performed) from your birth onward, and at (your) understanding and self-assurance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 60.7
बलेन च परार्ध्येन यशसा विक्रमेण च उत्तमस् त्वं च मर्त्येषु देवेष्व् इव पुरंदरः ॥ ह्व्_६०।६ प्रतापेन च तीक्ष्णेन दीप्त्या पूर्णतयापि च । उत्तमस् त्वं च मर्त्येषु देवेष्व् इव दिवाकरः । कान्त्या लक्ष्म्या प्रसादेन वदनेन स्मितेन च उत्तमस् त्वं च मर्त्येषु देवेष्व् इव निशाकरः
balena ca parārdhyena yaśasā vikrameṇa ca uttamas tvaṃ ca martyeṣu deveṣv iva puraṃdaraḥ // HV_60.6 pratāpena ca tīkṣṇena dīptyā pūrṇatayāpi ca | uttamas tvaṃ ca martyeṣu deveṣv iva divākaraḥ | kāntyā lakṣmyā prasādena vadanena smitena ca uttamas tvaṃ ca martyeṣu deveṣv iva niśākaraḥ
In supreme strength, in fame, and in valour you are the highest among mortals, as Indra is among the gods. In fierce majesty, in brilliance, and in fullness too, you are the highest among mortals, as the sun is among the gods. In loveliness, in beauty, in graciousness, in face and in smile, you are the highest among mortals, as the moon is among the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.8
वेषेण वपुषा चैव बाल्येन चरितेन च स्यात् ते शक्तिधरस् तुल्यो न तु कश्चन मानुषः
veṣeṇa vapuṣā caiva bālyena caritena ca syāt te śaktidharas tulyo na tu kaścana mānuṣaḥ
In dress and in body, in childhood and in conduct, the bearer of the spear (Skanda) might be your equal, but no human being at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.9
यत् त्वयाभिहितं वाक्यं गिरियज्ञं प्रति प्रभो कस् तल् लङ्घयितुं शक्तो वेलाम् इव महोदधेः
yat tvayābhihitaṃ vākyaṃ giriyajñaṃ prati prabho kas tal laṅghayituṃ śakto velām iva mahodadheḥ
The word you have spoken concerning the mountain-sacrifice, O lord—who is able to transgress it, as (none can) the shore-line of the great ocean?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.10
स्थितः शक्रमहस् तात श्रीमान् गिरिमहस् त्व् अयम् त्वत्प्रणीतो ऽद्य गोपानां गवां हेतोः प्रवर्तताम्
sthitaḥ śakramahas tāta śrīmān girimahas tv ayam tvatpraṇīto 'dya gopānāṃ gavāṃ hetoḥ pravartatām
Indra's festival is set aside, dear one; this glorious festival of the mountain, instituted by you, let it now proceed for the sake of the cowherds and the cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.11
भोजनान्य् उपकल्प्यन्तां पयसः पेशलानि च कुम्भाश् च विनिवेश्यन्ताम् उदपानेषु शोभनाः लेह्यस्य पायसस्यार्थे द्रोण्यश् च विपुलायताः
bhojanāny upakalpyantāṃ payasaḥ peśalāni ca kumbhāś ca viniveśyantām udapāneṣu śobhanāḥ lehyasya pāyasasyārthe droṇyaś ca vipulāyatāḥ
Let foods be prepared, and the delicate things made of milk; let fine pots be set down at the watering places, and broad, capacious troughs for the porridge and the thick milk-pudding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.12
भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च पेयं च तत् सर्वम् उपनीयताम् भाजनानि च मांसस्य न्यस्यन्ताम् ओदनस्य च त्रिरात्रं चैव संदोहः सर्वघोषस्य गृह्यताम्
bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca tat sarvam upanīyatām bhājanāni ca māṃsasya nyasyantām odanasya ca trirātraṃ caiva saṃdohaḥ sarvaghoṣasya gṛhyatām
Let all of it be brought up — what is to be chewed, what is to be eaten, and what is to be drunk; and let vessels of meat and of boiled rice be set out; and let the milking of the whole settlement for three nights be collected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.13
विशस्यन्तां च पशवो भोज्या ये महिषादयः प्रवर्ततां च यज्ञो ऽयं सर्वगोपसुसंकुलः
viśasyantāṃ ca paśavo bhojyā ye mahiṣādayaḥ pravartatāṃ ca yajño 'yaṃ sarvagopasusaṃkulaḥ
And let the animals fit for eating be slaughtered — buffaloes and the rest; and let this sacrifice, thronged with all the cowherds, go forward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.14
आनन्दजननो घोषो महान् मुदितगोकुलः तूर्यप्रणादघोषैश् च वृषभाणां च गर्जितैः
ānandajanano ghoṣo mahān muditagokulaḥ tūryapraṇādaghoṣaiś ca vṛṣabhāṇāṃ ca garjitaiḥ
(Let there be) a great clamour that generates joy, with the cattle-fold delighted, with the sounds of blown instruments and with the bellowing of the bulls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.15
हम्भारवैश् च वत्सानां गोपानां हर्षवर्धनः दधिह्रदो घृतावर्तः पयःकुल्यासमाकुलः
hambhāravaiś ca vatsānāṃ gopānāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ dadhihrado ghṛtāvartaḥ payaḥkulyāsamākulaḥ
and with the lowing of the calves — (a festival) increasing the cowherds' delight, with a pool of curds, whirlpools of ghee, crowded with streams of milk,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.17
मांसराशिप्रक्लृप्ताढ्यः प्रकाशौदनपर्वतः संप्रावर्तत यज्ञः स गिरेर् गोभिः समाकुलः तुष्टगोपजनाकीर्णो गोपनारीमनोहरः ॥ ह्व्_६०।१६ भक्ष्याणां राशयस् तत्र शतशश् चोपकल्पिताः । गन्धमाल्यैश् च विविधैर् धूपैर् उच्चावचैस् तथा । अथाधिश्रितपर्यन्ते पर्याप्ते यज्ञसंविधौ यज्ञं गिरेस् तिथौ सौम्ये चक्रुर् गोपा द्विजैः सह
māṃsarāśipraklṛptāḍhyaḥ prakāśaudanaparvataḥ saṃprāvartata yajñaḥ sa girer gobhiḥ samākulaḥ tuṣṭagopajanākīrṇo gopanārīmanoharaḥ // HV_60.16 bhakṣyāṇāṃ rāśayas tatra śataśaś copakalpitāḥ | gandhamālyaiś ca vividhair dhūpair uccāvacais tathā | athādhiśritaparyante paryāpte yajñasaṃvidhau yajñaṃ gires tithau saumye cakrur gopā dvijaiḥ saha
rich with heaps of meat laid out, with a shining mountain of boiled rice: that sacrifice of the mountain got under way, thronged with cows, crowded with contented cowherd folk, delighting the hearts of the cowherd women. And there heaps of edibles were prepared by the hundreds, with scents and garlands of many kinds and with incenses high and low. Then, when the cooking was at its end and the arrangement of the sacrifice complete, the cowherds together with the brahmins performed the sacrifice to the mountain on an auspicious lunar day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 60.19
यजनान्ते तद् अन्नं तु तत् पयो दधि चोत्तमम् मांसं च मायया कृष्णो गिरिर् भूत्वा समश्नुते ॥ ह्व्_६०।१८ ईदृशं ह्य् अभवत् तत्र गोपानां भरतर्षभ । तर्पिताश् चापि विप्राग्र्यास् तुष्टाः संपूर्णभोजनाः उत्तस्थुः प्रीतमनसः स्वस्ति वाच्य यथासुखम्
yajanānte tad annaṃ tu tat payo dadhi cottamam māṃsaṃ ca māyayā kṛṣṇo girir bhūtvā samaśnute // HV_60.18 īdṛśaṃ hy abhavat tatra gopānāṃ bharatarṣabha | tarpitāś cāpi viprāgryās tuṣṭāḥ saṃpūrṇabhojanāḥ uttasthuḥ prītamanasaḥ svasti vācya yathāsukham
At the end of the sacrifice Kṛṣṇa, by his magic power, becoming the mountain, consumed that food, that milk and excellent curd, and the meat. Such was what happened there among the cowherds, O bull of the Bharatas. And the foremost brahmins too were satisfied, contented, fully fed; they rose up with glad minds, having pronounced the blessing, at their ease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.21
भुक्त्वा चावभृते कृष्णः पयः पीत्वा च कामतः संतृप्तो ऽस्मीति दिव्येन रूपेण प्रजहास वै ॥ ह्व्_६०।२० प्रजहास गिरेर् मूर्ध्नि स्थितः कमललोचनः । तं गोपाः पर्वताकारं दिव्यस्रगनुलेपनम् गिरिमूर्ध्नि स्थितं दृष्ट्वा कृष्णं जग्मुः प्रधानतः
bhuktvā cāvabhṛte kṛṣṇaḥ payaḥ pītvā ca kāmataḥ saṃtṛpto 'smīti divyena rūpeṇa prajahāsa vai // HV_60.20 prajahāsa girer mūrdhni sthitaḥ kamalalocanaḥ | taṃ gopāḥ parvatākāraṃ divyasraganulepanam girimūrdhni sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ jagmuḥ pradhānataḥ
And having eaten at the concluding bath, and having drunk milk at will, Kṛṣṇa laughed out in a divine form, saying "I am satisfied." He laughed, the lotus-eyed one, standing on the mountain's summit. Seeing that Kṛṣṇa, mountain-shaped, with divine garland and unguent, standing on the mountain's summit, the cowherds approached him as the chief one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 60.22
भगवान् अपि तेनैव रूपेणाच् छादितः प्रभुः सह तैः प्रणतो गोपैर् ववन्दात्मानम् आत्मना
bhagavān api tenaiva rūpeṇāc chāditaḥ prabhuḥ saha taiḥ praṇato gopair vavandātmānam ātmanā
And the Lord too, veiled in that very form, bowing along with the cowherds, worshipped himself by himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.23
तम् ऊचुर् विस्मिता गोपा देवं गिरिवरे स्थितम् भगवंस् त्वद्वशे युक्ता दासाः किं कुर्म किंकराः
tam ūcur vismitā gopā devaṃ girivare sthitam bhagavaṃs tvadvaśe yuktā dāsāḥ kiṃ kurma kiṃkarāḥ
Amazed, the cowherds said to that god standing on the best of mountains: "Lord, bound to your will, your slaves and servants — what shall we do?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.24
स उवाच ततो गोपान् गिरिः सुप्रभया गिरा अद्यप्रभृति याज्यो ऽहं गोषु यद्य् अस्ति वो दया
sa uvāca tato gopān giriḥ suprabhayā girā adyaprabhṛti yājyo 'haṃ goṣu yady asti vo dayā
Then the mountain spoke to the cowherds in a bright voice: "From today onward I am the one to be worshipped with sacrifice, if you have any care for the cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.25
अहं वः प्रथमो देवः सर्वकामकरः शिवः मम प्रभावाच् च गवाम् अयुतान्य् एव भोक्ष्यथ
ahaṃ vaḥ prathamo devaḥ sarvakāmakaraḥ śivaḥ mama prabhāvāc ca gavām ayutāny eva bhokṣyatha
I am your foremost god, granter of all desires, benign; and by my power you will enjoy cows by the tens of thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.26
शिवस् च वो भविष्यामि मद्भक्तानां वने वने रंस्ये च सह युष्माभिर् यथा दिविगतस् तथा
śivas ca vo bhaviṣyāmi madbhaktānāṃ vane vane raṃsye ca saha yuṣmābhir yathā divigatas tathā
And I shall be benign to you who are devoted to me, in forest after forest; and I shall take my pleasure together with you, just as if I were gone to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.27
ये चेमे प्रथिता गोपा नन्दगोपादयः स्थिताः एषां प्रीतः प्रयच्छामि गोपानां विपुलं धनम्
ye ceme prathitā gopā nandagopādayaḥ sthitāḥ eṣāṃ prītaḥ prayacchāmi gopānāṃ vipulaṃ dhanam
And these renowned cowherds who stand here, Nandagopa and the rest — pleased with them, I bestow abundant wealth on these cowherds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.28
पर्याप्नुवन्तु मां क्षिप्रं गावो वत्ससमाकुलाः एवं मम परा प्रीतिर् भविष्यति न संशयः
paryāpnuvantu māṃ kṣipraṃ gāvo vatsasamākulāḥ evaṃ mama parā prītir bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Let the cows, thronged with their calves, quickly go around me; thus will my highest delight come about, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.29
ततो नीराजनार्थं वै वृन्दशो गोकुलानि च परिवव्रुर् गिरिवरं सवृषाणि सहस्रशः
tato nīrājanārthaṃ vai vṛndaśo gokulāni ca parivavrur girivaraṃ savṛṣāṇi sahasraśaḥ
Then, for the sake of the lustration, the herds of cattle in throngs, together with their bulls, by the thousands, encircled the best of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.30
ता गावः प्रस्नुता वत्सैः सापीडस्तबकाङ्गदाः सस्रगापीडशृङ्गाग्राः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
tā gāvaḥ prasnutā vatsaiḥ sāpīḍastabakāṅgadāḥ sasragāpīḍaśṛṅgāgrāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
Those cows, flowing with milk for their calves, with wreaths, clusters and armlets, with garlands and chaplets on the tips of their horns, by hundreds and by thousands —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.31
अनुजग्मुश् च गोपालाः कालयन्तो धनानि च भक्तिच्छेदानुलिप्ताङ्गा रक्तपीतासिताम्बराः
anujagmuś ca gopālāḥ kālayanto dhanāni ca bhakticchedānuliptāṅgā raktapītāsitāmbarāḥ
and the cowherds followed, driving their wealth along, their limbs smeared with streaks of coloured designs, in red, yellow and dark garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.32
मयूरचित्राङ्गदिनो भुजैः प्रहरणावृतैः मयूरपत्रवृन्तानां केशबन्धैः सुयोजितैः बभ्राजुर् अधिकं गोपाः समवाये तदाद्भुते
mayūracitrāṅgadino bhujaiḥ praharaṇāvṛtaiḥ mayūrapatravṛntānāṃ keśabandhaiḥ suyojitaiḥ babhrājur adhikaṃ gopāḥ samavāye tadādbhute
wearing bright armlets of peacock feathers, with their arms covered with weapons, with well-arranged hair-knots of peacock-feather stalks — the cowherds shone exceedingly at that wondrous gathering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 60.33
अन्ये वृषान् आरुरुहुर् नृत्यन्ति स्मापरे मुदा गोपालास् त्व् अपरे गाश् च जगृहुर् वेगगामिनः
anye vṛṣān āruruhur nṛtyanti smāpare mudā gopālās tv apare gāś ca jagṛhur vegagāminaḥ
Others climbed up on the bulls, and others danced with joy, while other cowherds, moving swiftly, took hold of the cows.
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HV 60.34
तस्मिन् पर्यायनिर्वृत्ते गवां नीराजनोत्सवे अन्तर्धानं जगामाशु तेन देहेन सो गिरिः
tasmin paryāyanirvṛtte gavāṃ nīrājanotsave antardhānaṃ jagāmāśu tena dehena so giriḥ
When that festival of the lustration of the cows, held in its turn, was finished, that mountain (form) at once vanished away with that body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition