Harivamsha — Chapter 61
HV 61.1
कृष्णो ऽपि गोपस्थितो विवेश व्रजम् एव ह गिरियज्ञप्रवृत्तेन तेनाश्चर्येण विस्मितः ॥ ह्व्_६०।३५ गोपाः सबालवृद्धा वै तुष्टुवुर् मुधुसूदनम् (सिच्) । नृत्यं गीतं प्रकुर्वाणाः सहकृष्णा व्रजं ययुः । महे प्रतिहते शक्रः सक्रोधस् त्रिदशेश्वरः संवर्तकं नाम गणं तोयदानाम् अथाब्रवीत्
kṛṣṇo 'pi gopasthito viveśa vrajam eva ha giriyajñapravṛttena tenāścaryeṇa vismitaḥ // HV_60.35 gopāḥ sabālavṛddhā vai tuṣṭuvur mudhusūdanam (sic) | nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ prakurvāṇāḥ sahakṛṣṇā vrajaṃ yayuḥ | mahe pratihate śakraḥ sakrodhas tridaśeśvaraḥ saṃvartakaṃ nāma gaṇaṃ toyadānām athābravīt
And Kṛṣṇa, standing among the cowherds, entered the cow-station, amazed at that marvel that had come about from the mountain-sacrifice. (60.35) The cowherds, with children and elders, praised the Slayer of Madhu; making dance and song, they went with Kṛṣṇa to the cow-station. But when his festival had been thwarted, Śakra, lord of the thirty (gods), in anger then spoke to the host of the rain-clouds called Saṃvartaka.
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HV 61.2
भो बलाहकमातङ्गाः श्रूयतां मम भाषितम् यदि वो मत्प्रियं कार्यं राजभक्तिपुरस्कृतम्
bho balāhakamātaṅgāḥ śrūyatāṃ mama bhāṣitam yadi vo matpriyaṃ kāryaṃ rājabhaktipuraskṛtam
"Ho, you cloud-elephants, let my speech be heard, if a deed pleasing to me, prompted by loyalty to your king, is to be done by you.
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HV 61.3
एते वृन्दावन गता दामोदरपरायणाः नन्दगोपादयो गोपा विद्विषन्ति ममोत्सवम्
ete vṛndāvana gatā dāmodaraparāyaṇāḥ nandagopādayo gopā vidviṣanti mamotsavam
These cowherds gone to Vṛndāvana, Nanda the cowherd and the rest, devoted wholly to Dāmodara, hate my festival.
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HV 61.4
आजीवो यः परस् तेषां गोपत्वं च यतः स्मृतम् ता गावः सप्तरात्रेण पीड्यन्तां वृष्टिमारुतैः
ājīvo yaḥ paras teṣāṃ gopatvaṃ ca yataḥ smṛtam tā gāvaḥ saptarātreṇa pīḍyantāṃ vṛṣṭimārutaiḥ
Those cows, which are their supreme livelihood and from which their cowherdship is reckoned—let them be afflicted for seven nights with rain and winds.
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HV 61.5
ऐरावतगतश् चाहम् स्वयम् एवाम्बु दारुणम् स्रक्ष्यामि वृष्टिं वातं च वज्राशनिसमप्रभम्
airāvatagataś cāham svayam evāmbu dāruṇam srakṣyāmi vṛṣṭiṃ vātaṃ ca vajrāśanisamaprabham
And I myself, mounted on Airāvata, will release dreadful water, rain and wind, with a radiance like that of the lightning-bolt.
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HV 61.6
भवद्भिश् चण्डवर्षेण चरता मारुतेन च हतास् ताः सव्रजा गावस् त्यक्ष्यन्ति भुवि जीवितम्
bhavadbhiś caṇḍavarṣeṇa caratā mārutena ca hatās tāḥ savrajā gāvas tyakṣyanti bhuvi jīvitam
Struck by you with fierce rain and by the wind that ranges (abroad), those cows together with the cow-station will give up their life on the earth."
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HV 61.8
एवम् आज्ञापयाम् आस स सर्वाञ् जलदान् प्रभुः प्रत्याहते वै कृष्णेन शासने पाकशासनः ॥ ह्व्_६१।७ महे प्रतिहते विष्णोः शासनात् पाकशासनः । ततस् ते जलदाः कृष्णा घोरनादा भयावहाः आकाशं छादयामासुः सर्वतः पर्वतोपमाः
evam ājñāpayām āsa sa sarvāñ jaladān prabhuḥ pratyāhate vai kṛṣṇena śāsane pākaśāsanaḥ // HV_61.7 mahe pratihate viṣṇoḥ śāsanāt pākaśāsanaḥ | tatas te jaladāḥ kṛṣṇā ghoranādā bhayāvahāḥ ākāśaṃ chādayāmāsuḥ sarvataḥ parvatopamāḥ
Thus that lord commanded all the rain-clouds—the Chastiser of Paka, when his ordinance had been thwarted by Kṛṣṇa. (61.7) When his festival was thwarted by Viṣṇu's ordinance, the Chastiser of Paka (acted); then those black clouds, roaring terribly, bringing fear, like mountains, covered the sky on all sides.
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HV 61.9
विद्युत्संपातजननाः शक्रचापविभूषिताः तिमिरावृतम् आकाशं चक्रुस् ते जलदास् तदा
vidyutsaṃpātajananāḥ śakracāpavibhūṣitāḥ timirāvṛtam ākāśaṃ cakrus te jaladās tadā
Producing bursts of lightning, adorned with Indra's bow (the rainbow), those rain-clouds then made the sky covered with darkness.
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HV 61.10
गजा इवान्ये संसक्ताः केचिन् मकरवर्चसः नागा इवान्ये गगने चेरुर् जलदपुंगवाः
gajā ivānye saṃsaktāḥ kecin makaravarcasaḥ nāgā ivānye gagane cerur jaladapuṃgavāḥ
Some, packed together, were like elephants, some had the sheen of sea-monsters; others, those bull-like rain-clouds, moved in the sky like serpents.
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HV 61.11
ते ऽन्योन्यवपुषा बद्धा नागयूथायुतोपमाः दुर्दिनं विपुलं चक्रुश् छादयन्तो नभस् तलम्
te 'nyonyavapuṣā baddhā nāgayūthāyutopamāḥ durdinaṃ vipulaṃ cakruś chādayanto nabhas talam
Bound to one another body to body, resembling myriad herds of serpents, they made a vast overcast gloom, covering the surface of the sky.
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HV 61.12
नृहस्तनागहस्तानां वेणूनां चैव सर्वशः स्थूलनागोरुहस्तानां सततं सर्वतोदिशम् । धाराभिस् तुल्यरूपाभिर् ववृषुस् ते बलाहकाः
nṛhastanāgahastānāṃ veṇūnāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ sthūlanāgoruhastānāṃ satataṃ sarvatodiśam | dhārābhis tulyarūpābhir vavṛṣus te balāhakāḥ
With streams shaped like men's arms and elephants' trunks, and like bamboos, everywhere, and like the thick trunk-arms of great serpents, continually and in every direction, those clouds rained with streams of equal form.
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HV 61.13
समुद्रं मेनिरे तं हि खम् आरूढं नृचक्षुषः दुर्विगाह्यम् अपर्यन्तम् अगाधं दुर्दिनं महत्
samudraṃ menire taṃ hi kham ārūḍhaṃ nṛcakṣuṣaḥ durvigāhyam aparyantam agādhaṃ durdinaṃ mahat
Human eyes took it for an ocean risen into the sky—that great overcast, hard to traverse, boundless, unfathomable.
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HV 61.14
न संपतन्ति खगमा दुद्रुवुर् मृगजातयः पर्वताभेषु मेघेषु खे नदत्सु समन्ततः
na saṃpatanti khagamā dudruvur mṛgajātayaḥ parvatābheṣu megheṣu khe nadatsu samantataḥ
The birds did not fly, the kinds of deer fled, while the mountain-like clouds thundered in the sky on every side.
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HV 61.15
सुप्तसूर्येन्दुसदृशे मेघैर् नभसि दारुणैह् अतिवृष्टेन लोकस्य विरूपम् अभवद् वपुः
suptasūryendusadṛśe meghair nabhasi dāruṇaih ativṛṣṭena lokasya virūpam abhavad vapuḥ
In the sky, dreadful with clouds, as though sun and moon had gone to sleep, the world's form became disfigured by the excessive rain.
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HV 61.16
मेघौघैर् निष्प्रभाकारम् अदृश्यग्रहतारकम् चन्द्रसूर्यांशुरहितं खं बभूवातिनिष्प्रभम्
meghaughair niṣprabhākāram adṛśyagrahatārakam candrasūryāṃśurahitaṃ khaṃ babhūvātiniṣprabham
Its shape lightless with masses of clouds, its planets and stars unseen, deprived of the rays of moon and sun, the sky became utterly lightless.
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HV 61.17
वारिणा मेघमुक्तेन मुच्यमानेन चासकृत् मेघयुक्तेन वातेन घूर्णितम् विश्वतोमुखम् । आबभौ सर्वतस् तत्र भूमिस् तोयमयी यथा
vāriṇā meghamuktena mucyamānena cāsakṛt meghayuktena vātena ghūrṇitam viśvatomukham | ābabhau sarvatas tatra bhūmis toyamayī yathā
With the water released by the clouds and let loose again and again, and with the wind joined to the clouds, everything facing every way was set whirling; and there it appeared on all sides as though the earth were made of water.
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HV 61.18
विनेदुर् बर्हिणस् तत्र स्तोककाल्परुताः खगाः विवृद्धिं निम्नगा याताः प्लवगाः संप्लवं गताः
vinedur barhiṇas tatra stokakālparutāḥ khagāḥ vivṛddhiṃ nimnagā yātāḥ plavagāḥ saṃplavaṃ gatāḥ
There the peacocks cried out, and the birds—the cātaka-birds—shrieked; the rivers swelled, and the frogs took to swimming about.
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HV 61.19
गर्जितेन च मेघानां पर्जन्यनिनदेन च तर्जितानीव कम्पन्ते तृणानि तरुभिः सह
garjitena ca meghānāṃ parjanyaninadena ca tarjitānīva kampante tṛṇāni tarubhiḥ saha
At the thundering of the clouds and at the roar of the rain-god, the grasses along with the trees tremble as if terrified.
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HV 61.21
प्राप्तो ऽन्तकालो लोकानां प्राप्ता चैकार्णवा मही इति गोपगणा वाक्यं व्याहरन्ति भयार्दिताः ॥ ह्व्_६१।२० तेनोत्पाताम्बुवर्षेण गावो विप्रहता भृशम् । हम्भारवैः क्रन्दमाना न चेलुः स्तम्भितोपमाः निष्कम्पसक्थिश्रवणा निष्प्रयत्नखुराननाः हृष्टलोमार्द्रतनवः क्षामकुक्षिपयोधराः
prāpto 'ntakālo lokānāṃ prāptā caikārṇavā mahī iti gopagaṇā vākyaṃ vyāharanti bhayārditāḥ // HV_61.20 tenotpātāmbuvarṣeṇa gāvo viprahatā bhṛśam | hambhāravaiḥ krandamānā na celuḥ stambhitopamāḥ niṣkampasakthiśravaṇā niṣprayatnakhurānanāḥ hṛṣṭalomārdratanavaḥ kṣāmakukṣipayodharāḥ
"The end-time of the worlds has come, and the earth has become one single ocean!" — such words the herds of cowherds uttered, tormented by fear. // By that portentous downpour of water the cows were struck down utterly; bellowing with lowing cries they did not move, like things frozen in place, their thighs and ears unmoving, their hooves and mouths making no effort, their hair bristling and their bodies drenched, their bellies and udders shrunken.
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HV 61.22
काश्चित् प्राणान् जहुः श्रान्ता निपेतुः काश्चिद् आतुराः काश्चित् सवत्साः पतिता गावः शीकरवेजिताः
kāścit prāṇān jahuḥ śrāntā nipetuḥ kāścid āturāḥ kāścit savatsāḥ patitā gāvaḥ śīkaravejitāḥ
Some, exhausted, gave up their lives; some, stricken, fell down; some cows fell together with their calves, shaken by the driving spray.
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HV 61.23
काश्चिद् आक्रम्य क्रोडेन वत्सांश् तिष्ठन्ति मातरः विमुखाः श्रान्तसक्थ्यश् च निराहाराः कृशोदराः
kāścid ākramya kroḍena vatsāṃś tiṣṭhanti mātaraḥ vimukhāḥ śrāntasakthyaś ca nirāhārāḥ kṛśodarāḥ
Some mothers stand having covered their calves with their breasts (i.e. sheltering them against their chests), turned away, their thighs weary, without food, their bellies lean.
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HV 61.26
पेतुर् आर्ता वेपमाना गावो वर्षपराजिताः वत्साश् चोन्मुखका बाला दामोदर मुखाः स्थिताः त्राहीति वदनैर् दीनैः कृष्णम् ऊचुर् इवार्तवत् ॥ ह्व्_६१।२४ गवां पश्य महाबाहो वेदनां परमातुराः । गवां तत्कदनं दृष्ट्वा दुर्दिनागमजं भयम् गोपांश् चासन्नवदनान् कोपं कृष्णः समादधे ॥ ह्व्_६१।२५ गाश् चापि परमातुराः ।रोषताम्रेक्षणः श्रीमान् ।अहो धार्ष्ट्यं सुरपतेर् माम् अनादृत्य संप्रति । गवां वधः कृतस् तस्य गोपानां च तथा कृतः । स चिन्तयित्वा संरब्धो दृष्टो योगो गवाम् इति आत्मानम् आत्मना वाक्यम् इदम् आह प्रियंवदः
petur ārtā vepamānā gāvo varṣaparājitāḥ vatsāś conmukhakā bālā dāmodara mukhāḥ sthitāḥ trāhīti vadanair dīnaiḥ kṛṣṇam ūcur ivārtavat // HV_61.24 gavāṃ paśya mahābāho vedanāṃ paramāturāḥ | gavāṃ tatkadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā durdināgamajaṃ bhayam gopāṃś cāsannavadanān kopaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ samādadhe // HV_61.25 gāś cāpi paramāturāḥ |roṣatāmrekṣaṇaḥ śrīmān |aho dhārṣṭyaṃ surapater mām anādṛtya saṃprati | gavāṃ vadhaḥ kṛtas tasya gopānāṃ ca tathā kṛtaḥ | sa cintayitvā saṃrabdho dṛṣṭo yogo gavām iti ātmānam ātmanā vākyam idam āha priyaṃvadaḥ
The cows fell, afflicted and trembling, overcome by the rain; and the young calves stood with faces lifted up, facing Dāmodara, and with their piteous mouths seemed to say to Kṛṣṇa, as if in distress, "Save us!" // "See, O mighty-armed one, the pain of the cows, who are utterly stricken." Seeing that destruction of the cows, that terror born of the coming of the foul weather, and the cowherds with downcast faces, Kṛṣṇa gathered up his anger — and the cows too utterly stricken; the glorious one, his eyes coppery with rage: "Ah, the insolence of the lord of the gods, that now, disregarding me, he has wrought this slaughter of cows, and likewise of the cowherds!" Having reflected thus, in fury — "a means for the cows has been seen" — he of pleasant speech spoke this word to himself, by himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 61.27
अद्याहम् इमम् उत्पाट्य सकाननवनं गिरिम् कल्पयेयं गवां स्थानं वर्षत्राणाय दुर्धरम्
adyāham imam utpāṭya sakānanavanaṃ girim kalpayeyaṃ gavāṃ sthānaṃ varṣatrāṇāya durdharam
"Today, uprooting this mountain along with its forests and groves, I shall make of it a shelter for the cows, hard to shake, for protection from the rain.
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HV 61.28
अयं धृतो मया शैलो भूमीगृहनिभोपमः त्रास्यन्ते सव्रजा गावो मद्वश्यश् च भविष्यति
ayaṃ dhṛto mayā śailo bhūmīgṛhanibhopamaḥ trāsyante savrajā gāvo madvaśyaś ca bhaviṣyati
"This mountain, held up by me, will be like a house upon the earth; the cows together with the cow-pen will be sheltered, and it will be under my control."
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HV 61.30
एवं स चिन्तयित्वा तु विष्णुः सत्यपराक्रमः इत्य् उक्त्वैकेन हस्तेन कृत्वा गोवर्धनाचलम् । दधार लीलया कृष्णश् छत्राकम् इव बालकः । बाह्वोर् बलं दर्शयिष्यन् समीपं तं महीधरम् दोर्भ्यां उत्पाटयामास कृष्णो गिरिर् इवापरः ॥ ह्व्_६१।२९ समूलविटपस्कन्धश् चचाल स महागिरिः । घणाघणकृतः शैलः सप्राण इव निःश्वसन् । स धृतः संगतो मेघैर् गिरिः सव्येन पाणिना गृहभावं गतस् तत्र गृहाकारेण वर्चसा
evaṃ sa cintayitvā tu viṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ ity uktvaikena hastena kṛtvā govardhanācalam | dadhāra līlayā kṛṣṇaś chatrākam iva bālakaḥ | bāhvor balaṃ darśayiṣyan samīpaṃ taṃ mahīdharam dorbhyāṃ utpāṭayāmāsa kṛṣṇo girir ivāparaḥ // HV_61.29 samūlaviṭapaskandhaś cacāla sa mahāgiriḥ | ghaṇāghaṇakṛtaḥ śailaḥ saprāṇa iva niḥśvasan | sa dhṛtaḥ saṃgato meghair giriḥ savyena pāṇinā gṛhabhāvaṃ gatas tatra gṛhākāreṇa varcasā
Having reflected thus, Viṣṇu of true valour — saying this, and having taken up the Govardhana mountain with one hand — Kṛṣṇa held it in play, as a boy holds a mushroom; wishing to display the strength of his arms, Kṛṣṇa uprooted that upholder of the earth close by with his two arms, like a second mountain. // That great mountain shook, with its roots, boughs and trunks; the mountain, sounding heavily, seemed to breathe as though alive. Held up by his left hand, that mountain, joined with the clouds, there took on the character of a house, with a splendour in the form of a house.
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HV 61.32
भूमेर् उत्पाट्यमानस्य तस्य शैलस्य सानुषु शिलाः प्रशिथिलाश् चेलुर् निष्पेतुश् च सपादपाः ॥ ह्व्_६१।३१ रक्षिष्यन् गोधनं विष्णुर् गोपानां गोपतिर् हरिः । गोमध्यस्थितगोविन्दो गोपान् रक्षन् सगोकुलान् ॥ दधार गोधनं विष्णुर् गोधरं च विलम्बयन् । गोपान् विस्मापयन् गोपो गोमार्गे संस्थितो हरिः । आद्यं वपुश् च गृह्णानो लोकानाम् ईश्वरेश्वरः ॥ व्यर्थं चकार गोविन्दो गोधरस्य समीहितम् । गोवर्धनस्यास्य गिरेः खे खणायितविग्रहः । शिखरैर् घूणमानैश् च सीदमानैश् च सर्वतः विधृतैश् चोच्छ्रितैः शृङ्गैर् अगमः खगमो ऽभवत्
bhūmer utpāṭyamānasya tasya śailasya sānuṣu śilāḥ praśithilāś celur niṣpetuś ca sapādapāḥ // HV_61.31 rakṣiṣyan godhanaṃ viṣṇur gopānāṃ gopatir hariḥ | gomadhyasthitagovindo gopān rakṣan sagokulān || dadhāra godhanaṃ viṣṇur godharaṃ ca vilambayan | gopān vismāpayan gopo gomārge saṃsthito hariḥ | ādyaṃ vapuś ca gṛhṇāno lokānām īśvareśvaraḥ || vyarthaṃ cakāra govindo godharasya samīhitam | govardhanasyāsya gireḥ khe khaṇāyitavigrahaḥ | śikharair ghūṇamānaiś ca sīdamānaiś ca sarvataḥ vidhṛtaiś cocchritaiḥ śṛṅgair agamaḥ khagamo 'bhavat
As that mountain was being torn from the earth, on its ridges the loosened rocks shifted and fell down together with the trees. // Viṣṇu, Hari, the lord of cows and of the cowherds, intending to protect the wealth of cows — Govinda standing in the midst of the cows, protecting the cowherds together with the cow-herds' families — Viṣṇu upheld the cattle-wealth, holding up the cow-sustainer (mountain) suspended; the cowherd Hari, amazing the cowherds, stood on the cows' path, and, taking on his primal body, the lord of the lords of the worlds — Govinda made vain the design of the cow-sustainer (or: of Indra against the cows); of this mountain Govardhana, its body poised in the sky, with its peaks whirling and sinking on all sides, and with its crests held up on high, the immovable one became a mover in the sky.
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HV 61.33
चलत्प्रस्रवणैः पार्श्वैर् मेघौघैर् एकतां गतैः भिद्यमानाश्मनिचयश् चचाल धरणीधरः
calatprasravaṇaiḥ pārśvair meghaughair ekatāṃ gataiḥ bhidyamānāśmanicayaś cacāla dharaṇīdharaḥ
With its slopes streaming with moving waterfalls, its masses of rock split apart by the throngs of clouds merged into one, the upholder of the earth shook.
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HV 61.34
न मेघानां प्रवृष्टानां न शैलस्याश्मवर्षिणः वायोश् च घूर्णमानस्य विद्युतां भ्रमताम् अपि । विष्णुतेजोभिभूतानाम् अदृश्यन्त वपूंषि च । विविदुस् ते जना रूपं वायोस् तस्य च गर्जतः
na meghānāṃ pravṛṣṭānāṃ na śailasyāśmavarṣiṇaḥ vāyoś ca ghūrṇamānasya vidyutāṃ bhramatām api | viṣṇutejobhibhūtānām adṛśyanta vapūṃṣi ca | vividus te janā rūpaṃ vāyos tasya ca garjataḥ
Neither of the pouring clouds, nor of the mountain raining stones, nor of the whirling wind, nor of the darting lightnings — their bodies were not seen, overpowered by Viṣṇu's splendour; yet those people recognised the form of that roaring wind.
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HV 61.35
मेघैः शिखरसंधानैर् जलप्रस्रवणान्वितैः मिश्रीकृत इवाभाति गिरिर् उद्दामबर्हिणः
meghaiḥ śikharasaṃdhānair jalaprasravaṇānvitaiḥ miśrīkṛta ivābhāti girir uddāmabarhiṇaḥ
With the clouds fastened to its peaks and joined with its cascading waters, the mountain, with its peacocks unrestrained, appears as if mingled (with them).
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HV 61.36
आप्लुतो ऽयं गिरिः पक्षैर् इति विद्याधरोरगाः गन्धर्वऋषयश् चैव वाचो मुञ्चन्ति सुस्वराः
āpluto 'yaṃ giriḥ pakṣair iti vidyādharoragāḥ gandharvaṛṣayaś caiva vāco muñcanti susvarāḥ
"This mountain has been flooded by the clouds!" — so the Vidyādharas and serpents, and the Gandharvas and seers too, utter cries in sweet voices.
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HV 61.37
स कृष्णतलविन्यस्तो मुक्तमूलः क्षितेस् तलात् रीतीर् निर्वर्तयामास काञ्चनाञ् जनराजतीः
sa kṛṣṇatalavinyasto muktamūlaḥ kṣites talāt rītīr nirvartayāmāsa kāñcanāñ janarājatīḥ
Set upon Kṛṣṇa's palm, its roots freed from the surface of the earth, it let flow streams of golden, black-antimony and silver ore.
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HV 61.38
कानिचिच् छादितानीव संकीर्णार्धानि कानिचित् गिरेर् मेघं प्रविष्टानि तस्य शृङ्गाणि चाभवन्
kānicic chāditānīva saṃkīrṇārdhāni kānicit girer meghaṃ praviṣṭāni tasya śṛṅgāṇi cābhavan
Some of the mountain's peaks became as if covered over, some half strewn about, and some entered into the cloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.39
गिरिणा कम्प्यमानेन कम्पितानां तु शाखिनाम् पुष्पम् उच्चावचं भूमौ व्यशीर्यत समन्ततः
giriṇā kampyamānena kampitānāṃ tu śākhinām puṣpam uccāvacaṃ bhūmau vyaśīryata samantataḥ
As the mountain was shaken, from the trees that were shaken with it blossoms of all sorts scattered to the ground on every side.
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HV 61.40
निःसृताः पृथुमूर्धानः स्वस्तिकार्धविभूषिताः द्विजिह्वपतयः क्रुद्धाः खेचराः खे समन्ततः
niḥsṛtāḥ pṛthumūrdhānaḥ svastikārdhavibhūṣitāḥ dvijihvapatayaḥ kruddhāḥ khecarāḥ khe samantataḥ
Broad-headed, adorned with half-svastika marks, the lords of the two-tongued ones (serpents) came out angrily, moving through the air, all about in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.41
आर्तिं जग्मुः खगगणा वर्षेण च भयेन च उत्पत्योत्पत्य गगनात् पुनः पेतुर् अवाङ्मुखाः
ārtiṃ jagmuḥ khagagaṇā varṣeṇa ca bhayena ca utpatyotpatya gaganāt punaḥ petur avāṅmukhāḥ
The flocks of birds came to distress, both from the rain and from fear; flying up again and again from the sky they fell back down, heads downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.42
रेजुश् चारोषिताः सिंहाः सजला इव तोयदाः गर्गरा इव मथ्यन्तो नेदुः शार्दूलपुंगवाः
rejuś cāroṣitāḥ siṃhāḥ sajalā iva toyadāḥ gargarā iva mathyanto neduḥ śārdūlapuṃgavāḥ
And the enraged lions shone like rain-laden clouds; the tiger-bulls roared like churns being churned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 61.43
विषमैश् च समीभूतैः समैश् चात्यन्तदुर्गमैः व्यावृत्तदेहः स गिरी रम्य एवोपलक्ष्यते
viṣamaiś ca samībhūtaiḥ samaiś cātyantadurgamaiḥ vyāvṛttadehaḥ sa girī ramya evopalakṣyate
With its rough places made level and its level places become utterly impassable, that mountain, its body turned about, is seen as delightful even so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 61.44
अभिवृष्टस्य तैर् मेघैस् तस्य रूपं बभूव ह स्तम्भितस्येव रुद्रेण त्रिपुरस्य विहायसि
abhivṛṣṭasya tair meghais tasya rūpaṃ babhūva ha stambhitasyeva rudreṇa tripurasya vihāyasi
As it was rained upon by those clouds, its appearance became like that of Tripura frozen in mid-air by Rudra.
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HV 61.45
बाहुदण्डेन कृष्णस्य विधृतं सुमहत् तदा नीलाभ्रपटलच् छन्नं तद्गिरिच्छत्रम् आबभौ
bāhudaṇḍena kṛṣṇasya vidhṛtaṃ sumahat tadā nīlābhrapaṭalac channaṃ tadgiricchatram ābabhau
Held up then by the staff-like arm of Kṛṣṇa, that huge mountain-parasol, covered over by a layer of dark clouds, shone forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.46
स्वप्नायमानो जलदैर् निमीलितगुहामुखः बाहूपधाने कृष्णस्य प्रसुप्त इव खे गिरिः
svapnāyamāno jaladair nimīlitaguhāmukhaḥ bāhūpadhāne kṛṣṇasya prasupta iva khe giriḥ
As if dreaming because of the rain-clouds, with the mouths of its caves shut, the mountain (lay) in the sky as if fast asleep, with Kṛṣṇa's arm for a pillow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.47
निर्विहंगरुतैर् वृक्षैर् निर्मयूररुतैर् वनैः निरालम्ब इवाभाति गिरिः स शिखरैर् वृतः
nirvihaṃgarutair vṛkṣair nirmayūrarutair vanaiḥ nirālamba ivābhāti giriḥ sa śikharair vṛtaḥ
With its trees empty of birdsong and its woods empty of the cries of peacocks, that mountain, ringed about with its peaks, looked as though it had no support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.48
पर्यस्तैर् घूर्णमानैश् च प्रचलद्भिश् च सानुभिः सज्वराणीव शैलस्य वनानि शिखराणि च
paryastair ghūrṇamānaiś ca pracaladbhiś ca sānubhiḥ sajvarāṇīva śailasya vanāni śikharāṇi ca
With their slopes overturned, whirling and shaking, the mountain's forests and peaks were as if stricken with fever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.49
उत्तमाङ्गगतास् तस्य मेघाः पवनवाहनाः त्वर्यमाणा महेन्द्रेण तोयं मुमुचुर् अक्षयम्
uttamāṅgagatās tasya meghāḥ pavanavāhanāḥ tvaryamāṇā mahendreṇa toyaṃ mumucur akṣayam
The clouds that had gone to its topmost part, carried by the wind and urged on by great Indra, released water without end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.50
स लम्बमानः कृष्णस्य भुजाग्रे सघनो गिरिः चक्रारूढ इवाभाति देशो नृपतिपीडितः
sa lambamānaḥ kṛṣṇasya bhujāgre saghano giriḥ cakrārūḍha ivābhāti deśo nṛpatipīḍitaḥ
That mountain, thick with cloud, hanging from the tip of Kṛṣṇa's arm, looks like a district set upon a wheel and oppressed by its king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 61.51
स मेघनिचयस् तस्थौ गिरिं तं परिवार्य ह पुरं पुरस्कृत्य यथा स्फीतो जनपदो महान्
sa meghanicayas tasthau giriṃ taṃ parivārya ha puraṃ puraskṛtya yathā sphīto janapado mahān
That mass of clouds stood encircling that mountain, as a great and thriving country (stands) with its city placed in front.
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HV 61.52
निवेश्य तं करे शैलं तुलयित्वा च सस्मितम् प्रोवाच गोप्ता गोपानां प्रजापतिर् इव स्थितः
niveśya taṃ kare śailaṃ tulayitvā ca sasmitam provāca goptā gopānāṃ prajāpatir iva sthitaḥ
Having set that mountain on his hand and weighed it, the protector of the cowherds spoke with a smile, standing there like Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.54
एतद् देवैर् असंभाव्यं दिव्येन विधिना मया कृतं गिरिगृहं गोपा निवातशरणं गवाम् ॥ ह्व्_६१।५३ न त्रास इह वः कार्यो मद्धस्ताद् धि निपातने । वातवर्षभयेनालं तत्त्राणं विहितं हि वः । क्षिप्रं विशन्तु यूथानि गवाम् इह हि शान्तये निवातेषु च देशेषु निवसन्तु यथासुखम् यथाव्रजं यथायूथं यथासारं च वै सुखम्
etad devair asaṃbhāvyaṃ divyena vidhinā mayā kṛtaṃ girigṛhaṃ gopā nivātaśaraṇaṃ gavām // HV_61.53 na trāsa iha vaḥ kāryo maddhastād dhi nipātane | vātavarṣabhayenālaṃ tattrāṇaṃ vihitaṃ hi vaḥ | kṣipraṃ viśantu yūthāni gavām iha hi śāntaye nivāteṣu ca deśeṣu nivasantu yathāsukham yathāvrajaṃ yathāyūthaṃ yathāsāraṃ ca vai sukham
"Cowherds, this mountain-house, a shelter from the wind for the cows, has been made by me by a divine method, a thing not to be conceived of even by the gods. (53) You need feel no fear here that it will fall from my hand; enough of your fear of wind and rain, for protection from it has been arranged for you. Let the herds of cows enter quickly here, for their calming, and let them dwell at ease in the wind-free places — each according to its pen, its herd, and its strength, comfortably."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.55
विभज्यताम् अयं देशः कृतो वर्षनिवारणः शैलोत्पाटनभूर् एषा महती निर्मिता मया युथशश् च विभज्याथ वसध्वं गोपसत्तमाः । पञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणेन क्रौशैकं विस्तरो महान् । त्रैलोक्यम् अप्य् उत्सहते ग्रसितुं किं पुनर् व्रजम्
vibhajyatām ayaṃ deśaḥ kṛto varṣanivāraṇaḥ śailotpāṭanabhūr eṣā mahatī nirmitā mayā yuthaśaś ca vibhajyātha vasadhvaṃ gopasattamāḥ | pañcakrośapramāṇena krauśaikaṃ vistaro mahān | trailokyam apy utsahate grasituṃ kiṃ punar vrajam
"Let this place, made a shelter from the rain, be divided up; this great expanse, the ground (bared) by the uprooting of the mountain, has been fashioned by me. So divide yourselves herd by herd and dwell here, best of cowherds. Its great extent is one krośa (broad) by a measure of five krośas. It can hold even the three worlds — how much more the cow-station!"
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HV 61.56
ततः किलकिलाशब्दो गवां हम्भारवाश्रितः गोपानां तुमुलो जज्ञे मेघनादश् च बाह्यतः
tataḥ kilakilāśabdo gavāṃ hambhāravāśritaḥ gopānāṃ tumulo jajñe meghanādaś ca bāhyataḥ
Then there arose a shrill clamour, mingled with the lowing of the cows, a tumult of the cowherds — and outside, the roar of the clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.57
प्रविशन्ति ततो गावो गोपैर् यूथप्रकल्पिताः तस्य शैलस्य विपुलं प्रदरं गह्वरोदरम्
praviśanti tato gāvo gopair yūthaprakalpitāḥ tasya śailasya vipulaṃ pradaraṃ gahvarodaram
Then the cows, arranged into herds by the cowherds, entered the wide cleft of that mountain, its cavernous interior.
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HV 61.58
कृष्णो ऽपि मूले शैलस्य शैलस्तम्भ इवोच्छ्रितः दधारैकेन हस्तेन शैलं प्रियम् इवातिथिम्
kṛṣṇo 'pi mūle śailasya śailastambha ivocchritaḥ dadhāraikena hastena śailaṃ priyam ivātithim
And Kṛṣṇa, at the foot of the mountain, raised up like a pillar of rock, held the mountain with one hand as though it were a beloved guest.
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HV 61.59
ततो व्रजस्य भाण्डानि युक्तानि शकटानि च विविशुर् वर्षभीतानि तद् गृहं गिरिनिर्मितम्
tato vrajasya bhāṇḍāni yuktāni śakaṭāni ca viviśur varṣabhītāni tad gṛhaṃ girinirmitam
Then the vessels of the cow-station and the yoked carts, in fear of the rain, entered that house made of the mountain.
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HV 61.60
अतिदैवं तु कृष्णस्य दृष्ट्वा तत् कर्म वज्रभृत् मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञो जलदान् वारयामास वै विभुः
atidaivaṃ tu kṛṣṇasya dṛṣṭvā tat karma vajrabhṛt mithyāpratijño jaladān vārayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ
But the wielder of the thunderbolt, seeing that more-than-divine deed of Kṛṣṇa, his vow made false, the lord then held back the rain-clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.61
सप्तरात्रे तु निर्वृत्ते धरण्यां विगतोत्सवे जगाम संवृतो मेघैर् वृत्रहा स्वर्गम् उत्तमम्
saptarātre tu nirvṛtte dharaṇyāṃ vigatotsave jagāma saṃvṛto meghair vṛtrahā svargam uttamam
And when the seven nights had passed and the festival on earth was over, the slayer of Vṛtra, surrounded by the clouds, went to highest heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 61.62
निवृत्ते सप्तरात्रे तु तिष्ये स्कन्ने शतक्रतौ गताभ्रे विमले व्योम्नि दिवसे दीप्तभास्करे
nivṛtte saptarātre tu tiṣye skanne śatakratau gatābhre vimale vyomni divase dīptabhāskare
When the seven nights had ended, when Tiṣya (was in place) and the hundred-sacrificer had gone, the clouds departed, the sky clear, the day with the sun blazing —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 61.63
गावस् तेनैव मार्गेण परिजग्मुर् गतश्रमाः खं च स्थानं ततो घोषः प्रत्ययात् पुनर् एव सः
gāvas tenaiva mārgeṇa parijagmur gataśramāḥ khaṃ ca sthānaṃ tato ghoṣaḥ pratyayāt punar eva saḥ
the cows went about by that same road, their weariness gone, and (they went) to the open ground and their standing-place; and so that cow-settlement was, by (this) confirmation, once more as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 61.64
कृष्णो ऽपि तं गिरिश्रेष्ठं स्वस्थाने स्थावरात्मवान् प्रीतो निवेशयामास ध्रुवाय वरदो विभुः
kṛṣṇo 'pi taṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ svasthāne sthāvarātmavān prīto niveśayāmāsa dhruvāya varado vibhuḥ
And Kṛṣṇa, himself firm as a fixed thing, gladly set that best of mountains back in its own place — the lord, giver of boons, for its permanence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition