Harivamsha — Chapter 64

HV 64.1

प्रदोषार्धे कदाचित् तु कृष्णे रतिपरायणे त्रासयन् समदो गोष्ठान् अरिष्टः प्रत्यदृश्यत

pradoṣārdhe kadācit tu kṛṣṇe ratiparāyaṇe trāsayan samado goṣṭhān ariṣṭaḥ pratyadṛśyata

But once, at the middle of the first watch of the night, while Kṛṣṇa was intent on love-making, Ariṣṭa appeared, rutting, terrifying the cattle-pens.

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HV 64.2

निर्वाणाङ्गारमेघाभस् तीक्ष्णशृङ्गोऽर्कलोचनः क्षुरतीक्ष्णाग्रचरणः कालः काल इवापरः

nirvāṇāṅgārameghābhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo'rkalocanaḥ kṣuratīkṣṇāgracaraṇaḥ kālaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ

Like a cloud, or like extinguished coals (in colour), with sharp horns and eyes like the sun, with hooves whose tips were sharp as razors — a very Death, another Time.

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HV 64.3

लेलिहानः सनिष्पेषं जिह्वयौष्ठौ पुनः पुनः गर्विताविद्धलाङ्गूलः कठिनस्कन्धबन्धनः

lelihānaḥ saniṣpeṣaṃ jihvayauṣṭhau punaḥ punaḥ garvitāviddhalāṅgūlaḥ kaṭhinaskandhabandhanaḥ

Licking his lips again and again with his tongue, with a grinding (of teeth), his tail lifted proudly and lashing, the muscles of his shoulders hard.

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HV 64.4

ककुदोदग्रनिर्माणः प्रमाणाद् दुरतिक्रमः शकृन्मूत्रोपलिप्ताङ्गो गवाम् उद्वेजनो भृशम्

kakudodagranirmāṇaḥ pramāṇād duratikramaḥ śakṛnmūtropaliptāṅgo gavām udvejano bhṛśam

With a hump built up high, hard to get past because of his size, his body smeared with dung and urine, greatly terrifying to the cows.

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HV 64.5

महाकटिः स्थूलमुखो दृढजानुर् महोदरः विषाणावल्गितगतिर् लम्बता कण्ठचर्मणा

mahākaṭiḥ sthūlamukho dṛḍhajānur mahodaraḥ viṣāṇāvalgitagatir lambatā kaṇṭhacarmaṇā

With huge haunches, a thick muzzle, firm knees and a great belly, moving with his horns tossing, with the loose skin hanging from his throat.

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HV 64.6

गवारोहेषु चपलस् तरुघातङ्किताननः युद्धसञ्जविषाणाग्रो द्विषद्वृषभसूदनः

gavāroheṣu capalas tarughātaṅkitānanaḥ yuddhasañjaviṣāṇāgro dviṣadvṛṣabhasūdanaḥ

Quick to mount the cows, his face marked from butting trees, the tips of his horns (proclaiming him) victorious in fight, a slayer of rival bulls.

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HV 64.7

अरिष्टो नाम हि गवाम् अरिष्टो दारुणाकृतिः दैत्यो वृषभरूपेण गोष्ठान् विपरिधावति

ariṣṭo nāma hi gavām ariṣṭo dāruṇākṛtiḥ daityo vṛṣabharūpeṇa goṣṭhān viparidhāvati

Ariṣṭa by name, and indeed a calamity (ariṣṭa) to the cows, of dreadful form — a demon in the shape of a bull — he ran about the cattle-pens.

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HV 64.8

पातयानो गवां गर्भान् दृप्तो गच्छत्य् अनार्तवम् भजमानश् च चपलो गृष्टीः संप्रचचार ह

pātayāno gavāṃ garbhān dṛpto gacchaty anārtavam bhajamānaś ca capalo gṛṣṭīḥ saṃpracacāra ha

Causing the cows to miscarry, in his arrogance he mounted them out of season, and, restless, indulging himself, he went after the young heifers.

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HV 64.10

शृङ्गप्रहरणो रौद्रः प्रहरन् गोषु दुर्मदः गोष्ठेषु न रतिं लेभे विना युद्धं स गोवृषः ॥ ह्व्_६४।९ कस्यचित् त्व् अथ कालस्य स वृषः केशवाग्रतः । आजगाम बलोद्रग्रो वैवस्वतवशे स्थितः । स तत्र गास् तु प्रसभं बाधमानो मदोत्कटः । एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु गवाः कृष्णसमीपगाः त्रासयामास दुष्टात्मा वैवस्वत पथे स्थितः

śṛṅgapraharaṇo raudraḥ praharan goṣu durmadaḥ goṣṭheṣu na ratiṃ lebhe vinā yuddhaṃ sa govṛṣaḥ // HV_64.9 kasyacit tv atha kālasya sa vṛṣaḥ keśavāgrataḥ | ājagāma balodragro vaivasvatavaśe sthitaḥ | sa tatra gās tu prasabhaṃ bādhamāno madotkaṭaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu gavāḥ kṛṣṇasamīpagāḥ trāsayāmāsa duṣṭātmā vaivasvata pathe sthitaḥ

Fierce, striking with his horns, attacking the cows, evilly mad, that bull found no pleasure in the pens without a fight. // Then after some time that bull, of surpassing strength, came before Keśava, being (already) in the power of the son of the Sun (Death). There, violently harassing the cows, swollen with rut — and at just that time the cows had come near to Kṛṣṇa — the evil-natured one terrified them, standing on the path of Death.

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HV 64.12

सेन्द्राशनिर् इवाम्भोदो नर्दमानो महावृषः चकार निर्वृषं गोष्ठं निर्वत्सशिशुपुंगवम् ॥ ह्व्_६४।११ तम् आराद् अभिधावन्तं नर्दमानं महावृषम् । तालशब्देन तं कृष्णः सिंहनादैश् च मोहयन् अभ्यधावत गोविन्दो दैत्यं वृषभरूपिणम्

sendrāśanir ivāmbhodo nardamāno mahāvṛṣaḥ cakāra nirvṛṣaṃ goṣṭhaṃ nirvatsaśiśupuṃgavam // HV_64.11 tam ārād abhidhāvantaṃ nardamānaṃ mahāvṛṣam | tālaśabdena taṃ kṛṣṇaḥ siṃhanādaiś ca mohayan abhyadhāvata govindo daityaṃ vṛṣabharūpiṇam

Bellowing like a raincloud with Indra's thunderbolt in it, the great bull emptied the cattle-pen of bulls, of calves, of young ones and of prize bulls. // Then, as that bellowing great bull charged near, Kṛṣṇa, bewildering him with the clapping of his palms and with lion-roars, Govinda ran at the demon who had the shape of a bull.

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HV 64.13

स कृष्णं गोवृषो दृष्ट्वा हृष्टलाङ्गूललोचनः रुषितस् तलशब्देन युद्धाकाङ्क्षी ननर्द ह

sa kṛṣṇaṃ govṛṣo dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭalāṅgūlalocanaḥ ruṣitas talaśabdena yuddhākāṅkṣī nanarda ha

That bull, seeing Kṛṣṇa, with tail and eyes excited, enraged by the clap of his palm, bellowed, wanting the fight.

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HV 64.14

तम् आपतन्तम् उद्वृत्तम् दृष्ट्वा वृषभदानवम् तस्मात् स्थानान् न व्यचलत् कृष्णो गिरिर् इवाचलः

tam āpatantam udvṛttam dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabhadānavam tasmāt sthānān na vyacalat kṛṣṇo girir ivācalaḥ

Seeing that bull-demon rushing at him, wild, Kṛṣṇa did not stir from that spot, unmoving like a mountain.

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HV 64.15

वृषः कक्षयोर् दृष्टिं प्रणिधाय धृताननः कृष्णस्य निधनाकाङ्क्षी तूर्णम् अभ्युत्पपात ह

vṛṣaḥ kakṣayor dṛṣṭiṃ praṇidhāya dhṛtānanaḥ kṛṣṇasya nidhanākāṅkṣī tūrṇam abhyutpapāta ha

The bull, fixing his gaze on (Kṛṣṇa's) flanks, holding his head down, seeking Kṛṣṇa's death, leapt at him at once.

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HV 64.16

तम् आपतन्तं प्रमुखे प्रतिजग्राह दुर्धरम् कृष्णः कृष्णाञ्जननिभं वृषं प्रति वृषोपमः

tam āpatantaṃ pramukhe pratijagrāha durdharam kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇāñjananibhaṃ vṛṣaṃ prati vṛṣopamaḥ

As that irresistible one rushed at him, Kṛṣṇa met the bull head-on — the bull dark as black collyrium — himself a match for a bull.

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HV 64.17

स संसक्तस् तु कृष्णेन वृषेणेव महावृषः मुमोच वक्त्रजं फेनं नस्ततो ऽथ स शब्दवत्

sa saṃsaktas tu kṛṣṇena vṛṣeṇeva mahāvṛṣaḥ mumoca vaktrajaṃ phenaṃ nastato 'tha sa śabdavat

That great bull, locked with Kṛṣṇa as with a (rival) bull, let fall the foam born in his mouth, and then snorted noisily through his nostrils.

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HV 64.18

ताव् अन्योन्याव् अरुद्धाङ्गौ युद्धे कृष्णवृषाव् उभौ रेजतुर् मेघसमये संसक्ताव् इव तोयदौ

tāv anyonyāv aruddhāṅgau yuddhe kṛṣṇavṛṣāv ubhau rejatur meghasamaye saṃsaktāv iva toyadau

Those two, Kṛṣṇa and the bull, their bodies each locking the other's in the fight, shone like two rainclouds joined together in the season of clouds.

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HV 64.19

तस्य दर्पबलं हत्वा कृत्वा शृङ्गान्तरे पदम् अपीडयद् अरिष्टस्य कण्ठं क्लिन्नम् इवाम्बरम्

tasya darpabalaṃ hatvā kṛtvā śṛṅgāntare padam apīḍayad ariṣṭasya kaṇṭhaṃ klinnam ivāmbaram

Having destroyed his proud strength, and setting his foot between the horns, he crushed Ariṣṭa's neck as though it were a wet garment.

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HV 64.20

शृङ्गं चास्य पुनः सव्यम् उत्पाट्य यमदण्डवत् तेनैव प्राहरद् वक्त्रे स ममार भृशं हतः

śṛṅgaṃ cāsya punaḥ savyam utpāṭya yamadaṇḍavat tenaiva prāharad vaktre sa mamāra bhṛśaṃ hataḥ

And tearing out his left horn, like the rod of Yama, with that very horn he struck him on the face; struck hard, he died.

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HV 64.21

विभिन्नशृङ्गो भग्नास्यो भग्नस्कन्धश् च दानवः पपात रुधिरोद्गारी साम्बुधार इवाम्बुदः

vibhinnaśṛṅgo bhagnāsyo bhagnaskandhaś ca dānavaḥ papāta rudhirodgārī sāmbudhāra ivāmbudaḥ

With his horn torn off, his mouth broken and his shoulder broken, the demon fell, vomiting blood, like a raincloud with its streams of water.

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HV 64.22

गोविन्देन हतं दृष्ट्वा दृप्तं वृषभदानवम् साधु साध्व् इति भूतानि तत्कर्मास्याभितुष्टुवुः

govindena hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛptaṃ vṛṣabhadānavam sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni tatkarmāsyābhituṣṭuvuḥ

Seeing the arrogant bull-demon slain by Govinda, the beings cried "Well done, well done!" and praised that deed of his.

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HV 64.23

स चोपेन्द्रो वृषं हत्वा कान्तवक्त्रो निशामुखे अरविन्दाभनयनः पुनर् एव रराज ह

sa copendro vṛṣaṃ hatvā kāntavaktro niśāmukhe aravindābhanayanaḥ punar eva rarāja ha

And Upendra, having killed the bull, his face lovely, his eyes like lotuses, shone once again at nightfall.

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