Harivamsha — Chapter 65
HV 65.1
कृष्णं व्रजगतं श्रुत्वा वर्धमानम् इवानलम् उद्वेगम् अगमत् कंसः शङ्कमानस् ततो भयम्
kṛṣṇaṃ vrajagataṃ śrutvā vardhamānam ivānalam udvegam agamat kaṃsaḥ śaṅkamānas tato bhayam
Hearing that Kṛṣṇa, like a fire growing greater, was in the cowherd settlement, Kaṃsa became agitated, and then, suspecting (danger), afraid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.2
पूतनायां हतायां च कालिये च पराजिते धेनुके प्रलयं नीते प्रलम्बे च निपातिते
pūtanāyāṃ hatāyāṃ ca kāliye ca parājite dhenuke pralayaṃ nīte pralambe ca nipātite
With Pūtanā slain, and Kāliya defeated, Dhenuka brought to destruction, and Pralamba struck down,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.3
धृते गोवर्धने चैव विफले शक्रशासने गोषु त्रातासु च तथा स्पृहणीयेन कर्मणा
dhṛte govardhane caiva viphale śakraśāsane goṣu trātāsu ca tathā spṛhaṇīyena karmaṇā
and Govardhana held up, and Śakra's command made fruitless, and the cattle likewise protected by an enviable deed,
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HV 65.4
ककुद्मिनि हते ऽरिष्टे गोपेषु मुदितेषु च दृश्यमाने विनाशे च संनिकृष्टे महाभये
kakudmini hate 'riṣṭe gopeṣu muditeṣu ca dṛśyamāne vināśe ca saṃnikṛṣṭe mahābhaye
and the humped one, Ariṣṭa, killed, and the cowherds delighted, and destruction now visible, a great danger drawing near,
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HV 65.5
कर्षणेन च वृक्षाभ्यां बालेनाबालकर्मणा अचिन्त्यं कर्म तच् छ्रुत्वा वर्धमानेषु शत्रुषु
karṣaṇena ca vṛkṣābhyāṃ bālenābālakarmaṇā acintyaṃ karma tac chrutvā vardhamāneṣu śatruṣu
and, by the dragging apart of the two trees by a child whose deed was no child's deed — hearing of that unthinkable feat, while his enemies grew stronger,
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HV 65.6
प्राप्तारिष्टम् इवात्मानं मेने स मथुरेश्वरः विसंज्ञेन्द्रियभूतात्मा गतासुप्रतिमो ऽभवत्
prāptāriṣṭam ivātmānaṃ mene sa mathureśvaraḥ visaṃjñendriyabhūtātmā gatāsupratimo 'bhavat
the lord of Mathurā thought himself as good as ruined; his senses and his being bereft of consciousness, he became like one whose life has gone.
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HV 65.7
ततो ज्ञातीन् समानाय्य पितरं चोग्रशासनः निशि स्तिमितमूकायाम् मथुरायां जनाधिपः
tato jñātīn samānāyya pitaraṃ cograśāsanaḥ niśi stimitamūkāyām mathurāyāṃ janādhipaḥ
Then that lord of men of harsh rule, having summoned his kinsmen and his father, by night, in Mathurā that was silent and mute,
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HV 65.8
वसुदेवं च देवाभं कह्वं चाहूय यादवम् सत्यकं दारुकं चैव कह्वावरजम् एव च
vasudevaṃ ca devābhaṃ kahvaṃ cāhūya yādavam satyakaṃ dārukaṃ caiva kahvāvarajam eva ca
having called Vasudeva, god-like in radiance, and Kahva the Yādava, and Satyaka and Dāruka and Kahva's younger brother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.9
भोजं वैतरणं चैव विकद्रुं च महाबलम् भयेसखं च राजानं विपृथुं च पृथुश्रियम्
bhojaṃ vaitaraṇaṃ caiva vikadruṃ ca mahābalam bhayesakhaṃ ca rājānaṃ vipṛthuṃ ca pṛthuśriyam
and Bhoja and Vaitaraṇa, and Vikadru of great strength, and king Bhayesakha, and Vipṛthu of ample splendour,
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HV 65.10
बभ्रुं दानपतिं चैव कृतवर्माणम् एव च भूरितेजसम् अक्षोभ्यं भूरिश्रवसम् एव च
babhruṃ dānapatiṃ caiva kṛtavarmāṇam eva ca bhūritejasam akṣobhyaṃ bhūriśravasam eva ca
and Babhru the lord of gifts, and Kṛtavarman, and Bhūritejas, and Akṣobhya, and Bhūriśravas,
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HV 65.11
एतान् स यादवान् सर्वान् आभाष्य शृणुतेति च उग्रसेनसुतो राजा प्रोवाच मथुरेश्वरः
etān sa yādavān sarvān ābhāṣya śṛṇuteti ca ugrasenasuto rājā provāca mathureśvaraḥ
Having addressed all these Yādavas with "Listen!", the king, son of Ugrasena, lord of Mathurā, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.12
भवन्तः सर्वकार्यज्ञाः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः न्यायवृत्तान्तकुशलास् त्रिवर्गस्य प्रवर्तकाः
bhavantaḥ sarvakāryajñāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ nyāyavṛttāntakuśalās trivargasya pravartakāḥ
"You (all) know every affair, you are skilled in all the sciences, adept in matters of justice and in narrative, promoters of the three ends (of life);
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HV 65.14
कर्तव्यानां च कर्तारो लोकस्य विबुधोपमाः पर्वता इव निष्कम्पा वृत्ते महति तस्थुषः ॥ ह्व्_६५।१३ तस्थिवांसो महावृत्ते निष्कम्पा इव पर्वताः । अदम्भवृत्तयः सर्वे गुरुकर्मसु चोद्यताः राजमन्त्रधराः सर्वे सर्वे धनुषि पारगाः
kartavyānāṃ ca kartāro lokasya vibudhopamāḥ parvatā iva niṣkampā vṛtte mahati tasthuṣaḥ // HV_65.13 tasthivāṃso mahāvṛtte niṣkampā iva parvatāḥ | adambhavṛttayaḥ sarve gurukarmasu codyatāḥ rājamantradharāḥ sarve sarve dhanuṣi pāragāḥ
doers of what must be done, comparable to the gods for the world, unshaken like mountains, standing firm in great conduct — [65.13] standing in great conduct, unshaken like mountains, all of you free of hypocrisy in behaviour and diligent in weighty tasks, all keepers of the king's counsel, all masters of the bow;
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HV 65.15
यशःप्रदीपा लोकानां वेदार्थानां विवक्षवः आश्रमाणां निसर्गज्ञा वर्णानां क्रमपारगाः
yaśaḥpradīpā lokānāṃ vedārthānāṃ vivakṣavaḥ āśramāṇāṃ nisargajñā varṇānāṃ kramapāragāḥ
lamps of glory for the worlds, eager to expound the meanings of the Vedas, knowers of the innate nature of the (four) stages of life, masters of the sequence of the classes;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.16
प्रवक्तारः सुनियता नेतारो नयदर्शिनः भेत्तारः परराष्ट्राणां त्रातारः शरणार्थिनाम्
pravaktāraḥ suniyatā netāro nayadarśinaḥ bhettāraḥ pararāṣṭrāṇāṃ trātāraḥ śaraṇārthinām
expounders, well self-controlled, leaders, seers of policy, breachers of enemy kingdoms, protectors of those who seek refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.17
एवम् अक्षतचारित्रैः श्रीमद्भिर् उदितोदितैः द्यौर् अपि अनुगृहीता स्याद् भवद्भिः किं पुनर् मही
evam akṣatacāritraiḥ śrīmadbhir uditoditaiḥ dyaur api anugṛhītā syād bhavadbhiḥ kiṃ punar mahī
Thus, by (men) of unblemished conduct, glorious, ever more eminent — even heaven would be favoured by such as you, how much more the earth!
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HV 65.18
ऋषीणाम् इव वो वृत्तं प्रभावो मरुताम् इव रुद्राणाम् इव वः क्रोधो दीप्तिर् अङ्गिरसाम् इव
ṛṣīṇām iva vo vṛttaṃ prabhāvo marutām iva rudrāṇām iva vaḥ krodho dīptir aṅgirasām iva
Your conduct is like that of the seers, your might like that of the Maruts, your anger like that of the Rudras, your splendour like that of the Aṅgirases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.19
व्यावर्तमानं सुमहद् भवद्भिः ख्यातकीर्तिभिः धृतं यदुकुलं वीरैर् भूतलं पर्वतैर् इव
vyāvartamānaṃ sumahad bhavadbhiḥ khyātakīrtibhiḥ dhṛtaṃ yadukulaṃ vīrair bhūtalaṃ parvatair iva
The great house of Yadu, which was breaking apart, has been upheld by you heroes of renowned fame, as the earth's surface is by the mountains.
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HV 65.20
एवं भवत्सु युक्तेषु मम चित्तानुवर्तिषु वर्धमानो ममानर्थो भवद्भिः किम् उपेक्षितः
evaṃ bhavatsu yukteṣu mama cittānuvartiṣu vardhamāno mamānartho bhavadbhiḥ kim upekṣitaḥ
Thus, while you are joined (with me) and act after my mind, why has this misfortune of mine, which keeps growing, been ignored by you?
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HV 65.21
एष कृष्ण इति ख्यातो नन्दगोपसुतो व्रजे वर्धमान इवाम्भोदो मूलं नः परिकृन्तति
eṣa kṛṣṇa iti khyāto nandagopasuto vraje vardhamāna ivāmbhodo mūlaṃ naḥ parikṛntati
This one, famed as Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda the cowherd, in Vraja — growing like a rain-cloud, he cuts away our root.
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HV 65.22
अनमात्यस्य शून्यस्य चारान्धस्य ममैव तु कारणान् नन्दगोपस्य स सुतो गोपितो गृहे
anamātyasya śūnyasya cārāndhasya mamaiva tu kāraṇān nandagopasya sa suto gopito gṛhe
And it is by my own fault — I who am without counsellors, void (of help), blind for want of spies — that that son of Nanda the cowherd was hidden away in (his) house.
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HV 65.23
उपेक्षित इव व्याधिः पूर्यमाण इवाम्बुदः नदन्मेघ इवोष्णान्ते स दुरात्मा विवर्धते
upekṣita iva vyādhiḥ pūryamāṇa ivāmbudaḥ nadanmegha ivoṣṇānte sa durātmā vivardhate
Like a disease left unattended, like a cloud swelling with water, like a thundering cloud at the close of the hot season, that evil-souled one grows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.24
तस्य नाहं गतिं जाने न योगं न परायणम् नन्दगोपस्य भवने जातस्याद्भुतकर्मणः
tasya nāhaṃ gatiṃ jāne na yogaṃ na parāyaṇam nandagopasya bhavane jātasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ
I know neither his course, nor his device, nor his final resort — his, who was born in the house of Nanda the cowherd and whose deeds are marvellous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.25
किं तद्भूतं समुत्पन्नं देवापत्यं न विद्महे अतिदेवैर् अमानुष्यैः कर्मभिः सो ऽनुमीयते
kiṃ tadbhūtaṃ samutpannaṃ devāpatyaṃ na vidmahe atidevair amānuṣyaiḥ karmabhiḥ so 'numīyate
What being is this that has arisen, what child of the gods? We do not know. He is (only) inferred from deeds superhuman and beyond the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.27
पूतना शकुनी बाल्ये शिशुना स्तनपायिना स्तनपानेप्सुना पीता प्राणैः सह दुरासदा ॥ ह्व्_६५।२६ तथैव तेन बालेन पादाङ्गुष्ठेन लीलया । शयने वै शयानेन शकटं परिवर्तितम् ॥ तथा बालेन बलिना अने जातौ बृहत्तरौ । समूलविटपौ भग्नौ सहजौ यमलार्जुनौ । यमुनायां ह्रदे नागः कालियो दमितस् तथा रसातलचरो नीतः क्षणेनादर्शनं ह्रदात् नन्दगोपसुतो योगं कृत्वा च पुनर् उत्थितः
pūtanā śakunī bālye śiśunā stanapāyinā stanapānepsunā pītā prāṇaiḥ saha durāsadā // HV_65.26 tathaiva tena bālena pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā | śayane vai śayānena śakaṭaṃ parivartitam || tathā bālena balinā ane jātau bṛhattarau | samūlaviṭapau bhagnau sahajau yamalārjunau | yamunāyāṃ hrade nāgaḥ kāliyo damitas tathā rasātalacaro nītaḥ kṣaṇenādarśanaṃ hradāt nandagopasuto yogaṃ kṛtvā ca punar utthitaḥ
In his infancy Pūtanā, the bird-demoness, hard to withstand, was drunk dry together with her life-breaths by the suckling infant who wanted the breast. // (65.26) Likewise by that child, as he lay upon his bed, the cart was overturned in play with the big toe of his foot. Likewise by the mighty child the two arjuna trees, twins grown up together and very tall, were broken down with their roots and branches. And in the pool in the Yamunā the serpent Kāliya was tamed; that traveller of Rasātala was in an instant brought out of sight from the pool, and the son of Nanda the cowherd, having performed his yoga, rose up again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.29
धेनुकस् तालशिखरात् पातितो जीवितं विना तस्याग्रजो महावीर्यो बलभद्रो दुरात्मवान् । प्रलम्बं यं मृधे देवा न शेकुर् अभिवीक्षितुम् बालेन मुष्टिनैकेन स हतः प्राकृतो यथा
dhenukas tālaśikharāt pātito jīvitaṃ vinā tasyāgrajo mahāvīryo balabhadro durātmavān | pralambaṃ yaṃ mṛdhe devā na śekur abhivīkṣitum bālena muṣṭinaikena sa hataḥ prākṛto yathā
Dhenuka was thrown down from the top of a palm tree, bereft of life. His elder brother Balabhadra, of great might, of evil disposition(?) — Pralamba, whom the gods could not even look at in battle, was killed by a boy with a single fist, like some common creature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.30
वासवस्योत्सवं भङ्क्त्वा वर्षं वासवरोषजम् निर्जलं गोकुलं कृत्वा धृतो गोवर्धनो गिरिः
vāsavasyotsavaṃ bhaṅktvā varṣaṃ vāsavaroṣajam nirjalaṃ gokulaṃ kṛtvā dhṛto govardhano giriḥ
Having wrecked Vāsava's festival, and having made Gokula free of the rain that was born of Vāsava's rage, mount Govardhana was held up (by him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.31
हतस् त्व् अरिष्टो बलवान् विशृङ्गश् च कृतो व्रजे केन वा नररूपेण शक्यो गोवर्धनो गिरिः । उद्धर्तुं गोव्रजे सत्यं न जाने ऽप्य् अद्भुतं ततः ॥ इदम् अत्यद्भुतं सर्वं वर्षं वासवनिर्मितम् । निवारितं सप्तदिनं किम् अतः परम् अद्भुतम् । अबालो बाल्यम् आस्थाय रमते बाललीलया
hatas tv ariṣṭo balavān viśṛṅgaś ca kṛto vraje kena vā nararūpeṇa śakyo govardhano giriḥ | uddhartuṃ govraje satyaṃ na jāne 'py adbhutaṃ tataḥ || idam atyadbhutaṃ sarvaṃ varṣaṃ vāsavanirmitam | nivāritaṃ saptadinaṃ kim ataḥ param adbhutam | abālo bālyam āsthāya ramate bālalīlayā
And the powerful Ariṣṭa was slain and made hornless in Vraja. By what being in human form could mount Govardhana be lifted up in the cow-station? Truly I do not know; that too is a marvel. All this is exceedingly marvellous: the rain made by Vāsava was held off for seven days — what is more marvellous than that? Being no child, he assumes childhood and amuses himself with a child's play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.32
प्रबन्धः कर्मणाम् एष तस्य गोव्रजवासिनः संनिकृष्टं भयं चैव केशिनो मम च ध्रुवम्
prabandhaḥ karmaṇām eṣa tasya govrajavāsinaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ bhayaṃ caiva keśino mama ca dhruvam
This is the chain of the deeds of him who dwells in the cowherds' station; and danger has surely drawn near for Keśin and for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.33
भूतपूर्वश् च मे मृत्युः स नूनं पूर्वदैहिकः युद्धकाङ्क्षी हि स यथा तिष्ठतीव ममाग्रतः
bhūtapūrvaś ca me mṛtyuḥ sa nūnaṃ pūrvadaihikaḥ yuddhakāṅkṣī hi sa yathā tiṣṭhatīva mamāgrataḥ
And he is my death, come into being already — surely from a former embodiment; for, as one eager for battle, he stands, as it were, right before me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.34
क्व च गोपत्वम् अशुभं मानुष्यं मृत्युदुर्बलम् क्व च देवप्रभावेन क्रीडितव्यं व्रजे मम
kva ca gopatvam aśubhaṃ mānuṣyaṃ mṛtyudurbalam kva ca devaprabhāvena krīḍitavyaṃ vraje mama
What is the inauspicious cowherd condition, human and feeble with mortality — and what is this sporting against me in Vraja by divine power?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.38
अहो नीचेन वपुषा च्छादयित्वात्मनो वपुः को ऽप्य् एष रमते देवः श्मशानस्थ इवानलः ॥ ह्व्_६५।३५ अहो यादवश्रेष्ठा वै कथयन्तु समाहिताः । इदम् अप्य् अपरं मन्ये श्रोतव्यं यदुपुंगवाः । यथा मम तथा यूयं जानीथ सकलं वचः । श्रूयते हि पुरा विष्णुः सुराणां कारणान्तरे वामनेन तु रूपेण जहार पृथिवीम् इमाम् ॥ ह्व्_६५।३६ देवराजाय तु तदा दत्तवान् किल केशवः । कृत्वा केसरिणो रूपं विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना हतो हिरण्यकशिपुर् दानवानां पितामहः ॥ ह्व्_६५।३७ हत्वा तु दानवं संख्ये राजानं कृतवान् हरिः । अचिन्त्यं रूपम् आस्थाय श्वेतशैलस्य मूर्धनि भवेन च्याविता दैत्याः पुरा तत् त्रिपुरं घ्नता
aho nīcena vapuṣā cchādayitvātmano vapuḥ ko 'py eṣa ramate devaḥ śmaśānastha ivānalaḥ // HV_65.35 aho yādavaśreṣṭhā vai kathayantu samāhitāḥ | idam apy aparaṃ manye śrotavyaṃ yadupuṃgavāḥ | yathā mama tathā yūyaṃ jānītha sakalaṃ vacaḥ | śrūyate hi purā viṣṇuḥ surāṇāṃ kāraṇāntare vāmanena tu rūpeṇa jahāra pṛthivīm imām // HV_65.36 devarājāya tu tadā dattavān kila keśavaḥ | kṛtvā kesariṇo rūpaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā hato hiraṇyakaśipur dānavānāṃ pitāmahaḥ // HV_65.37 hatvā tu dānavaṃ saṃkhye rājānaṃ kṛtavān hariḥ | acintyaṃ rūpam āsthāya śvetaśailasya mūrdhani bhavena cyāvitā daityāḥ purā tat tripuraṃ ghnatā
Ah, having covered his own body with a lowly body, some god takes his pleasure here, like a fire set in a cremation ground. // (65.35) Ah, let the foremost of the Yādavas speak with full attention; this further matter too I think should be heard, O bulls of the Yadus. As I do, so you too know this whole account. For it is heard that formerly Viṣṇu, on another occasion for the gods' sake, seized this earth in the form of a dwarf, // (65.36) and then Keśava gave it, they say, to the king of the gods. Taking the form of a lion, by Viṣṇu the all-powerful was slain Hiraṇyakaśipu, the grandfather of the Dānavas. // (65.37) And having slain the Dānava in battle, Hari made (another) king. Taking an inconceivable form on the summit of the White Mountain, by Bhava the Daityas were formerly cast down as he destroyed that Tripura.
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HV 65.39
पालितो गुरुपुत्रेण भार्गवो ऽङ्गिरसेन वै प्रविश्य चासुरीं मायाम् अनावृष्टिं चकार ह
pālito guruputreṇa bhārgavo 'ṅgirasena vai praviśya cāsurīṃ māyām anāvṛṣṭiṃ cakāra ha
The Bhārgava, protected by the preceptor's son Āṅgirasa, entered into demonic magic and brought about a drought.
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HV 65.41
अनन्तः शाश्वतो देवः सहस्रवदनो ऽव्ययः वाराहं रूपम् आस्थाय उज्जहारार्णवान् महीम् ॥ ह्व्_६५।४० सभूधरवनाम् उर्वीं शक्राय प्रददौ हरिः । अमृते निर्मिते पूर्वं विष्णुः स्त्रीरूपम् आस्थितः सुराणाम् असुराणां च युद्धं चक्रे सुदारुणम्
anantaḥ śāśvato devaḥ sahasravadano 'vyayaḥ vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthāya ujjahārārṇavān mahīm // HV_65.40 sabhūdharavanām urvīṃ śakrāya pradadau hariḥ | amṛte nirmite pūrvaṃ viṣṇuḥ strīrūpam āsthitaḥ surāṇām asurāṇāṃ ca yuddhaṃ cakre sudāruṇam
Ananta, the eternal, imperishable god of a thousand mouths, taking the boar form, lifted the earth up out of the ocean; // (65.40) Hari gave over to Śakra the wide earth with its mountains and forests. Formerly, when the nectar was produced, Viṣṇu took the form of a woman and brought about a most dreadful war between gods and asuras.
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HV 65.44
अमृतार्थे पुरा चापि देवदैत्यसमागमे दधार मन्दरं विष्णुर् अकूपार इति श्रुतिः ॥ ह्व्_६५।४२ वपुर् वामनम् आस्थाय निन्दनीयं पुरा वपुः । त्रिभिः क्रमैस् तु त्रीलोकाञ् जहार त्रिदिवालयम् । चतुर्धा तेजसो भागं कृत्वा दाशरथे गृहे स एव रामसंज्ञो वै रावणं व्यशसत् तदा ॥ ह्व्_६५।४३ स एव भगवान् विष्णुर् भूत्वा भार्गवनन्दनः । परश्वधने शातेन जघान कृतवीर्यजम् ॥ त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं हत्वा क्षत्रियपुंगवान् । हयमेधे तदा यज्ञे काश्यपाय ददौ किल । एवम् एष निकृत्या वै तत्तद्रूपम् उपागतः साधयत्य् आत्मनः कार्यं सुराणाम् अर्थसिद्धये
amṛtārthe purā cāpi devadaityasamāgame dadhāra mandaraṃ viṣṇur akūpāra iti śrutiḥ // HV_65.42 vapur vāmanam āsthāya nindanīyaṃ purā vapuḥ | tribhiḥ kramais tu trīlokāñ jahāra tridivālayam | caturdhā tejaso bhāgaṃ kṛtvā dāśarathe gṛhe sa eva rāmasaṃjño vai rāvaṇaṃ vyaśasat tadā // HV_65.43 sa eva bhagavān viṣṇur bhūtvā bhārgavanandanaḥ | paraśvadhane śātena jaghāna kṛtavīryajam || triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ hatvā kṣatriyapuṃgavān | hayamedhe tadā yajñe kāśyapāya dadau kila | evam eṣa nikṛtyā vai tattadrūpam upāgataḥ sādhayaty ātmanaḥ kāryaṃ surāṇām arthasiddhaye
And formerly too, for the sake of the nectar, at the encounter of gods and daityas, Viṣṇu upheld Mandara — as Akūpāra (the tortoise), so runs the tradition. // (65.42) Taking a dwarf's body, a body formerly to be despised, with three strides he took the three worlds, the abode of heaven. Having made his brilliance fourfold, in the house of Daśaratha he, named Rāma, then cut down Rāvaṇa. // (65.43) That same lord Viṣṇu, becoming the son of Bhṛgu, slew the son of Kṛtavīrya with the sharp edge of his axe. Thrice seven times having slain the bulls of the kṣatriyas on earth, at the horse-sacrifice he gave (the earth), they say, to Kāśyapa. Thus he, by trickery, coming to one form after another, accomplishes his own purpose for the fulfilment of the gods' aims.
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HV 65.45
तद् एष नूनं विष्णुर् वा शक्रो वा मरुतां वरः मत्साधनेप्सया प्राप्तो नारदो मां यद् उक्तवान्
tad eṣa nūnaṃ viṣṇur vā śakro vā marutāṃ varaḥ matsādhanepsayā prāpto nārado māṃ yad uktavān
So this one is surely either Viṣṇu, or Śakra the best of the Maruts, arrived out of a wish to bring about my destruction — as Nārada told me.
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HV 65.46
अत्र मे शङ्कते बुद्धिर् वसुदेवं प्रति प्रभो अस्य बुद्धिविशेषेण वयं कातरतां गताः
atra me śaṅkate buddhir vasudevaṃ prati prabho asya buddhiviśeṣeṇa vayaṃ kātaratāṃ gatāḥ
In this matter my mind is suspicious with regard to Vasudeva, my lord; by his particular cleverness we have been brought to a state of dread.
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HV 65.47
अहं हि खट्वाङ्गवने नारदेन समागतः द्वितीयं स हि मां विप्रः पुनर् एवाब्रवीद् वचः
ahaṃ hi khaṭvāṅgavane nāradena samāgataḥ dvitīyaṃ sa hi māṃ vipraḥ punar evābravīd vacaḥ
For in the Khaṭvāṅga forest I met with Nārada, and that brahmin spoke this word to me once more, a second time.
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HV 65.48
यत् त्वयानुष्ठितो यत्नः कंस गर्भकृते महान् वसुदेवेन ते रात्रौ कर्म तद् विफलीकृतम्
yat tvayānuṣṭhito yatnaḥ kaṃsa garbhakṛte mahān vasudevena te rātrau karma tad viphalīkṛtam
"The great effort you made, Kaṃsa, in the matter of the (pregnant) womb — that deed of yours was made fruitless by Vasudeva that night.
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HV 65.49
दारिका या त्वया रात्रौ शिलायां कंस पातिता तां यशोदासुतां विद्धि कृष्णं च वसुदेवजम्
dārikā yā tvayā rātrau śilāyāṃ kaṃsa pātitā tāṃ yaśodāsutāṃ viddhi kṛṣṇaṃ ca vasudevajam
"The girl-child whom you dashed upon the stone that night, Kaṃsa — know her to be Yaśodā's daughter, and Kṛṣṇa to be Vasudeva's son.
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HV 65.50
रात्रौ व्यावर्तिताव् एतौ गर्भौ तव वधाय वै वसुदेवेन संधाय मित्ररूपेण शत्रुणा
rātrau vyāvartitāv etau garbhau tava vadhāya vai vasudevena saṃdhāya mitrarūpeṇa śatruṇā
"These two infants were exchanged that night for your destruction by Vasudeva, an enemy in the guise of a friend, having made an arrangement (with Nanda).
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HV 65.51
सा तु कन्या यशोदाया विन्ध्ये पर्वतसत्तमे हत्वा शुम्भनिशुम्भौ द्वौ दानवौ नगचारिणौ
sā tu kanyā yaśodāyā vindhye parvatasattame hatvā śumbhaniśumbhau dvau dānavau nagacāriṇau
"But that girl, Yaśodā's daughter, on the Vindhya, best of mountains, having slain the two dānavas Śumbha and Niśumbha, who roamed the hills —
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HV 65.52
कृताभिषेका वरदा भूतसंघनिषेविता अर्च्यते दस्युभिर् घोरैर् महापशुबलिप्रिया
kṛtābhiṣekā varadā bhūtasaṃghaniṣevitā arcyate dasyubhir ghorair mahāpaśubalipriyā
"— consecrated with the bath, granting boons, attended by hosts of spirits, she is worshipped by terrible bandits, she who is fond of great animal offerings,
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HV 65.53
सुरापिशितपूर्णाभ्यां कुम्भाभ्याम् उपशोभिता मयूराङ्गदचित्रैश् च बर्हभारैश् च भूषिता
surāpiśitapūrṇābhyāṃ kumbhābhyām upaśobhitā mayūrāṅgadacitraiś ca barhabhāraiś ca bhūṣitā
"adorned with two jars filled with liquor and flesh, and decked with bright peacock armlets and with masses of tail-feathers.
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HV 65.54
दृप्तकुकुटसंनादं वनं वायसनादितम् छागयूथैश् च संपूर्णम् अविरुद्धैश् च पक्षिभिः
dṛptakukuṭasaṃnādaṃ vanaṃ vāyasanāditam chāgayūthaiś ca saṃpūrṇam aviruddhaiś ca pakṣibhiḥ
"(There is) a forest resounding with the calls of proud cocks, loud with crows, full of herds of goats and of birds unhindered,
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HV 65.55
सिंहव्याघ्रवराहाणां नादेन प्रतिनादितम् वृक्षगम्भीरनिबिडं कान्तारैः सर्वतो वृतम्
siṃhavyāghravarāhāṇāṃ nādena pratināditam vṛkṣagambhīranibiḍaṃ kāntāraiḥ sarvato vṛtam
"echoing with the roars of lions, tigers and boars, dense and deep with trees, surrounded on all sides by wildernesses,
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HV 65.56
दिव्यभृङ्गारचमरैर् आदर्शैश् च विभूषितम् देवतूर्यनिनादैश् च शतशः प्रतिनादितम् स्थानं तस्या नगे विन्ध्ये निर्मितं स्वेन तेजसा
divyabhṛṅgāracamarair ādarśaiś ca vibhūṣitam devatūryaninādaiś ca śataśaḥ pratināditam sthānaṃ tasyā nage vindhye nirmitaṃ svena tejasā
"adorned with divine ewers, yak-tail whisks and mirrors, and echoing a hundredfold with the sounds of the drums of the gods: such is her abode on Mount Vindhya, fashioned by her own power.
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HV 65.57
रिपूणां त्रासजननी नित्यं तत्र मनोरमे वसते परमप्रीता दैवतैर् अपि पूजिता
ripūṇāṃ trāsajananī nityaṃ tatra manorame vasate paramaprītā daivatair api pūjitā
"She, the begetter of terror in enemies, dwells there always in that delightful place, supremely pleased, honoured even by the gods.
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HV 65.58
यस् त्व् अयं नन्दगोपस्य कृष्ण इत्य् उच्यते सुतः अत्र मे नारदः प्राह सुमहत् कर्म कारणम्
yas tv ayaṃ nandagopasya kṛṣṇa ity ucyate sutaḥ atra me nāradaḥ prāha sumahat karma kāraṇam
"But as for this son of Nanda the cowherd who is called Kṛṣṇa — about him Nārada told me of a very great deed as the cause:
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HV 65.59
द्वितीयो वसुदेवाद् वै वासुदेवो भविष्यति स हि ते सहजो मृत्युर् बान्धवश् च भविष्यति
dvitīyo vasudevād vai vāsudevo bhaviṣyati sa hi te sahajo mṛtyur bāndhavaś ca bhaviṣyati
'A second Vāsudeva will be (born) from Vasudeva; he will be your natural-born death and also your kinsman.'
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HV 65.60
स एव वासुदेवो वै वसुदेवसुतो बली बान्धवो धर्मतो मह्यं हृदयेनान्तको रिपुः
sa eva vāsudevo vai vasudevasuto balī bāndhavo dharmato mahyaṃ hṛdayenāntako ripuḥ
That very Vāsudeva, the mighty son of Vasudeva, is by law a kinsman to me, but in his heart an enemy who brings my end.
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HV 65.61
यथा हि वायसो मूर्ध्नि पद्भ्यां यस्यैव तिष्ठति नेत्रे तुदति तस्यैव वक्त्रेणामिषगृद्धिना
yathā hi vāyaso mūrdhni padbhyāṃ yasyaiva tiṣṭhati netre tudati tasyaiva vaktreṇāmiṣagṛddhinā
For just as a crow stands with its feet on the very head of someone and pecks out that same person's eyes with its beak greedy for flesh,
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HV 65.62
वसुदेवस् तथैवायं सपुत्रः सहबान्धवः च्छिनत्ति मम मूलानि भुङ्क्ते च मम पार्श्वतः
vasudevas tathaivāyaṃ saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ cchinatti mama mūlāni bhuṅkte ca mama pārśvataḥ
just so this Vasudeva, with his sons and with his kinsmen, cuts away my roots and eats at my side.
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HV 65.63
भ्रूणहत्यापि संतार्या गोवधः स्त्रीवधो ऽपि वा न कृतघ्नस्य लोको ऽस्ति बान्धवस्य विशेषतः
bhrūṇahatyāpi saṃtāryā govadhaḥ strīvadho 'pi vā na kṛtaghnasya loko 'sti bāndhavasya viśeṣataḥ
Even the killing of an embryo can be got over, or cow-slaughter, or the killing of a woman; but there is no world (hereafter) for an ingrate — especially (one who betrays) a kinsman.
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HV 65.64
पतितानुगतं मार्गं निषेवत्य् अचिरेण सः यः कृतघ्नो ऽनुबन्धेन प्रीतिं वहति दारुणाम्
patitānugataṃ mārgaṃ niṣevaty acireṇa saḥ yaḥ kṛtaghno 'nubandhena prītiṃ vahati dāruṇām
He soon treads the road travelled by the fallen — he who, being ungrateful, harbours a cruel affection with an ulterior motive.
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HV 65.66
नरकाध्युषितः पन्था गन्तव्यस् तेन दारुणः अपापे पापहृदयो यः पापम् अनुतिष्ठति ॥ ह्व्_६५।६५ स याति नरकं घोरं पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् । अहं वा स्वजनः श्लाघ्यः स वा श्लाघ्यतरः सुतः नियमैर् गुरुवृत्तेन त्वया बान्धवकाम्यया
narakādhyuṣitaḥ panthā gantavyas tena dāruṇaḥ apāpe pāpahṛdayo yaḥ pāpam anutiṣṭhati // HV_65.65 sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ punarāvṛttidurlabham | ahaṃ vā svajanaḥ ślāghyaḥ sa vā ślāghyataraḥ sutaḥ niyamair guruvṛttena tvayā bāndhavakāmyayā
By him the terrible road inhabited by hell must be travelled — he who, with an evil heart, commits evil against one who is guiltless: (65.65) he goes to the dreadful hell from which return is hard to win. Am I, your own kin, the one to be praised, or is that son more to be praised, (he whom you have raised) with observances and with the conduct due to an elder, out of your desire for kinship?
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HV 65.67
हस्तिनां कलहे घोरे वधम् ऋच्छन्ति वीरुधः युद्धव्युपरमे ते तु सहाश्नन्ति महावने
hastināṃ kalahe ghore vadham ṛcchanti vīrudhaḥ yuddhavyuparame te tu sahāśnanti mahāvane
In a terrible fight between elephants the creepers meet destruction; but when the fighting ceases, those (elephants) feed together in the great forest.
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HV 65.68
बान्धवानाम् अपि तथा भेदकाले समुत्थिते वध्यते यो ऽन्तरप्रेप्सुः स्वजनो याति विक्रियाम्
bāndhavānām api tathā bhedakāle samutthite vadhyate yo 'ntaraprepsuḥ svajano yāti vikriyām
So too, when a time of rupture arises among kinsmen, the relative who is killed is the one who seeks (to exploit) the opening, and he comes to ruin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.69
कलिस् त्वं हि विनाशाय मया पुष्टो विजानता गच्छ गच्छ यथाकामं वसुदेव नराधम ॥ तद् दत्तं कृपणं पिण्डं यद् दत्तं तव जानता । तच् छ्वभ्यो यदि दत्तं स्याच् छ्रेयो मम भविष्यति । वसुदेव कुलस्यास्य यद् विरोधयसे भृशम् अमर्षी वैरशीलश् च सदा पापमतिः शठः
kalis tvaṃ hi vināśāya mayā puṣṭo vijānatā gaccha gaccha yathākāmaṃ vasudeva narādhama || tad dattaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ piṇḍaṃ yad dattaṃ tava jānatā | tac chvabhyo yadi dattaṃ syāc chreyo mama bhaviṣyati | vasudeva kulasyāsya yad virodhayase bhṛśam amarṣī vairaśīlaś ca sadā pāpamatiḥ śaṭhaḥ
You are indeed Kali, nourished by me knowingly for (my) destruction; go, go as you please, Vasudeva, basest of men! That miserable morsel of food which was given to you knowingly — if it had been given to dogs instead, it would be better for me. Vasudeva, in that you so violently set this family at odds, (you are) impatient, of hostile temper, always evil-minded and deceitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.70
स्थाने यदुकुलं मूढ शोचनीयं त्वया कृतम् वसुदेव वृथावृद्ध यन् मया त्वं पुरस्कृतः
sthāne yadukulaṃ mūḍha śocanīyaṃ tvayā kṛtam vasudeva vṛthāvṛddha yan mayā tvaṃ puraskṛtaḥ
Fool, the Yadu family has fittingly been made an object of grief by you; Vasudeva, aged in vain, (in that) you were put in front by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.72
श्वेतेन शिरसा वृद्धो नैव वर्षशती भवेत् यस्य बुद्धिः परिणता स वै वृद्धतमो नृणाम् ॥ ह्व्_६५।७१ न तेन वृद्धो भवति येनास्य पलितं शिरः । त्वं तु कर्कशशीलश् च बुद्ध्या च न बहुश्रुतः केवलं वयसा वृद्धो यथा शरदि तोयदः
śvetena śirasā vṛddho naiva varṣaśatī bhavet yasya buddhiḥ pariṇatā sa vai vṛddhatamo nṛṇām // HV_65.71 na tena vṛddho bhavati yenāsya palitaṃ śiraḥ | tvaṃ tu karkaśaśīlaś ca buddhyā ca na bahuśrutaḥ kevalaṃ vayasā vṛddho yathā śaradi toyadaḥ
One does not become old by a white head, nor by being a hundred years old; he whose understanding is ripened, he indeed is the oldest of men. One is not old by the fact that his head is grey; but you are of harsh character, and in intellect not widely learned — merely old by years, like a rain-cloud in autumn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.73
किं च त्वं साधु जानीषे वसुदेव वृथामते हते कंसे मम सुतो मथुरां पालयिष्यति
kiṃ ca tvaṃ sādhu jānīṣe vasudeva vṛthāmate hate kaṃse mama suto mathurāṃ pālayiṣyati
And what good do you know, Vasudeva of futile mind — (thinking) that when Kaṃsa is slain my son will rule Mathurā?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.74
छिन्नाशस् त्वं वृथावृद्ध मिथ्या ह्य् एवं विचारितम् जिजीविषुर् न स ह्य् अस्ति यो हि तिष्ठेन् ममाग्रतः
chinnāśas tvaṃ vṛthāvṛddha mithyā hy evaṃ vicāritam jijīviṣur na sa hy asti yo hi tiṣṭhen mamāgrataḥ
Your hope is cut off, you who are aged in vain; such reflection is indeed false, for there is no one wishing to live who would stand before me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.75
प्रहर्तुकामो विश्वस्ते यस् त्वं स्वस्थेन चेतसा तत् ते प्रतिकरिष्यामि पुत्रयोस् तव पश्यतः
prahartukāmo viśvaste yas tvaṃ svasthena cetasā tat te pratikariṣyāmi putrayos tava paśyataḥ
Since you, with a calm mind, desired to strike me while I trusted (you), I shall repay you for that, while your two sons look on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.76
न मे वृद्धवधः कश्चिद् द्विजस्त्रीवध एव वा कृतपूर्वः करिष्ये वा विशेषेण तु बान्धवे
na me vṛddhavadhaḥ kaścid dvijastrīvadha eva vā kṛtapūrvaḥ kariṣye vā viśeṣeṇa tu bāndhave
I have never before committed any killing of an old man, or of a brahmin or a woman, nor will I — especially not upon a kinsman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.77
इह त्वं जातसंवृद्धो मम पित्रा विवर्धितः पितृष्वसुर् मे भर्ता च यदूनां प्रथमो गुरुः
iha tvaṃ jātasaṃvṛddho mama pitrā vivardhitaḥ pitṛṣvasur me bhartā ca yadūnāṃ prathamo guruḥ
Here you were born and grew up, raised by my father, and (you are) the husband of my father's sister and the foremost elder of the Yadus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.78
कुले महति विख्यातः प्रथिते चक्रवर्तिनाम् गुर्वर्थं पूजितः सद्भिर् यदुभिर् धर्मबुद्धिभिः
kule mahati vikhyātaḥ prathite cakravartinām gurvarthaṃ pūjitaḥ sadbhir yadubhir dharmabuddhibhiḥ
Renowned in a great family, famed among world-rulers, honoured as an elder by the good Yadus of righteous mind —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.79
किं करिष्यामहे सर्वे सत्सु वक्तव्यतां गताः यदूनां यूथमुख्यस्य यस्य ते वृत्तम् ईदृशम्
kiṃ kariṣyāmahe sarve satsu vaktavyatāṃ gatāḥ yadūnāṃ yūthamukhyasya yasya te vṛttam īdṛśam
what shall we all do, having become liable to reproach among the good, since such is your conduct — you, the chief of the herd of the Yadus?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.80
मद्वधो वा जयो वाथ वसुदेवस्य दुर्णयैः सत्सु यास्यन्ति पुरुषा यदूनाम् अवगुण्ठिताः
madvadho vā jayo vātha vasudevasya durṇayaiḥ satsu yāsyanti puruṣā yadūnām avaguṇṭhitāḥ
Whether I am killed or victorious, through Vasudeva's misdeeds the men of the Yadus will go among the good with their heads covered (in shame).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.81
त्वया हि मद्वधोपायं तर्कयानेन वै मृधे अविश्वास्यं कृतं कर्म वाच्याश् च यदवः कृताः
tvayā hi madvadhopāyaṃ tarkayānena vai mṛdhe aviśvāsyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma vācyāś ca yadavaḥ kṛtāḥ
For by you, plotting a means of my death in battle, an untrustworthy deed has been done, and the Yadus have been made blameworthy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.83
अशाम्यं वैरम् उत्पन्नं मम कृष्णस्य चोभयोः शान्तिम् एकतरे शान्तिं गते यास्यन्ति यादवाः ॥ ह्व्_६५।८२ तिष्ठ वा गच्छ वा मूढ यथेष्टं मम पार्श्वतः ॥ हन्तुं स्वजनम् उद्वृत्तं सो ऽयं यदुकुलोद्वहः । मा भूद् अयं परीवादो लोके यादवसत्तमाः । अन्यथा वधयोग्यो ऽसि नात्र कार्या विचारणा । गच्छत्व् अयं दानपतिः क्षिप्रम् आनयितुं व्रजात् नन्दगोपं च गोपांश् च करदान् मम शासनात्
aśāmyaṃ vairam utpannaṃ mama kṛṣṇasya cobhayoḥ śāntim ekatare śāntiṃ gate yāsyanti yādavāḥ // HV_65.82 tiṣṭha vā gaccha vā mūḍha yatheṣṭaṃ mama pārśvataḥ || hantuṃ svajanam udvṛttaṃ so 'yaṃ yadukulodvahaḥ | mā bhūd ayaṃ parīvādo loke yādavasattamāḥ | anyathā vadhayogyo 'si nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | gacchatv ayaṃ dānapatiḥ kṣipram ānayituṃ vrajāt nandagopaṃ ca gopāṃś ca karadān mama śāsanāt
An unappeasable enmity has arisen between us both, mine and Kṛṣṇa's; when one of the two has gone to (his) end, the Yādavas will find peace. Stay or go, fool, as you like, at my side. — (Fit) to kill (his own) insolent kinsman, this one, the upholder of the Yadu family! Let this reproach not arise in the world, O best of Yādavas. Otherwise you deserve death; no deliberation is needed here. Let this lord of gifts (Akrūra) go quickly to bring from the cow-station Nanda the cowherd and the cowherds, as tribute-payers, by my command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.84
वाच्यश् च नन्दगोपो वै करम् आदाय वार्षिकम् शीघ्रम् आगच्छ नगरं गोपैः सर्वैः समन्वितः
vācyaś ca nandagopo vai karam ādāya vārṣikam śīghram āgaccha nagaraṃ gopaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ
And Nanda the cowherd is to be told: 'Taking the yearly tribute, come quickly to the city, accompanied by all the cowherds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.85
कृष्णसंकर्षणौ चैव वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ द्रष्टुम् इच्छति वै कंसः सभृत्यः सपुरोहितः
kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇau caiva vasudevasutāv ubhau draṣṭum icchati vai kaṃsaḥ sabhṛtyaḥ sapurohitaḥ
And Kaṃsa, with his servants and his priest, wishes to see both the sons of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.86
एतौ युद्धविदौ रङ्गे कालनिर्माणयोधिनौ दृढप्रतिकृती चैव शृणोमि व्यायतोद्यमौ
etau yuddhavidau raṅge kālanirmāṇayodhinau dṛḍhapratikṛtī caiva śṛṇomi vyāyatodyamau
These two are skilled in fighting in the arena, fighters shaped by time(?), and firm in counter-attack; I hear they are of far-reaching effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.87
अस्माकम् अपि मल्लौ द्वौ सज्जौ जयधृतोत्सवौ ताभ्यां सह नियोत्स्येते तौ युद्धकुशलाव् उभौ
asmākam api mallau dvau sajjau jayadhṛtotsavau tābhyāṃ saha niyotsyete tau yuddhakuśalāv ubhau
We too have two wrestlers ready, whose festival is the holding of victory; those two, both skilled in fighting, will wrestle together with them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.88
द्रष्टव्यौ च मयावश्यं बालौ ताव् अमरोपमौ पितृष्वसुः सुतौ मुख्यौ व्रजवासौ वनेचरौ
draṣṭavyau ca mayāvaśyaṃ bālau tāv amaropamau pitṛṣvasuḥ sutau mukhyau vrajavāsau vanecarau
And those two boys, like immortals, must certainly be seen by me — the chief sons of my father's sister, dwelling in the cow-station, roaming the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.89
वक्तव्यं च व्रजे तस्मिन् समीपे व्रजवासिनाम् राजा धनुर्महं नाम कारयिष्यति वै सुखी
vaktavyaṃ ca vraje tasmin samīpe vrajavāsinām rājā dhanurmahaṃ nāma kārayiṣyati vai sukhī
And it is to be announced in that cow-station, in the presence of the dwellers of the station: 'The king, in good spirits, will have performed the festival called the Bow-festival.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.90
संनिकृष्टे व्रजास् तत्र निवसन्तु यथासुखम् जनस्यामन्त्रितस्यार्थे यथा स्यात् सर्वम् अव्ययम्
saṃnikṛṣṭe vrajās tatra nivasantu yathāsukham janasyāmantritasyārthe yathā syāt sarvam avyayam
Let the cow-stations settle there nearby at their ease, so that for the sake of the invited people everything may be without loss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 65.91
पयसः सर्पिषश् चैव दध्नो दध्युत्तर्स्य च यथाकामप्रदानाय भोज्याधिश्रयणाय च
payasaḥ sarpiṣaś caiva dadhno dadhyuttarsya ca yathākāmapradānāya bhojyādhiśrayaṇāya ca
— of milk and of ghee, of curds and of the cream on the curds, for giving out as much as anyone wishes, and for the setting up of food to be cooked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.92
अक्रूर गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं ताव् आनय ममाज्ञया संकर्षणं च कृष्णं च द्रष्टुं कौतूहलं हि मे
akrūra gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ tāv ānaya mamājñayā saṃkarṣaṇaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca draṣṭuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
Akrūra, go quickly and bring those two here by my command, Saṃkarṣaṇa and Kṛṣṇa, for I am curious to see them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.93
ताभ्याम् आगमने प्रीतिः परा मम कृता भवेत् दृष्ट्वा तु तौ महावीर्यौ तद् विधास्यामि यद् धितम्
tābhyām āgamane prītiḥ parā mama kṛtā bhavet dṛṣṭvā tu tau mahāvīryau tad vidhāsyāmi yad dhitam
By their coming a supreme pleasure would be done for me; and when I have seen those two of great might, I shall arrange what is good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.94
स्यान् नाम वाक्यं श्रुत्वैवं मम तौ परिभाषितम् न गच्छेतां यथाकालं निग्राह्याव् अपि तौ मम
syān nāma vākyaṃ śrutvaivaṃ mama tau paribhāṣitam na gacchetāṃ yathākālaṃ nigrāhyāv api tau mama
It may be, indeed, that having heard this word of mine thus spoken they will not come at the proper time — even so, those two are to be seized by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.95
सान्त्वम् एव तु बालेषु प्रधानं प्रथमो नयः मधुरेणैव तौ मन्दौ स्वयम् एवानयाशु वै
sāntvam eva tu bāleṣu pradhānaṃ prathamo nayaḥ madhureṇaiva tau mandau svayam evānayāśu vai
But with children conciliation alone is the chief thing, the first policy; by sweetness alone bring those two slow-witted ones here quickly, yourself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.97
अक्रूर कुरु मे प्रीतिम् एतां परमदुर्लभाम् यदि वा नोपजप्तो ऽसि वसुदेवेन सुव्रत ॥ ह्व्_६५।९६ तथा कर्तव्यम् एतद् धि यथा ताव् आगमिष्यतः । इत्य् उक्त्वा विररामैव कंसः स मधुरेश्वरः । एवम् आक्रुष्यमानस् तु वसुदेवो वसूपमः सागराकारम् आत्मानं निष्प्रकम्पम् अधारयत्
akrūra kuru me prītim etāṃ paramadurlabhām yadi vā nopajapto 'si vasudevena suvrata // HV_65.96 tathā kartavyam etad dhi yathā tāv āgamiṣyataḥ | ity uktvā virarāmaiva kaṃsaḥ sa madhureśvaraḥ | evam ākruṣyamānas tu vasudevo vasūpamaḥ sāgarākāram ātmānaṃ niṣprakampam adhārayat
Akrūra, do me this favour, most hard to obtain — that is, if you have not been secretly incited by Vasudeva, O you of good vows. (96) For this must be done in such a way that those two will come. Having said this, Kaṃsa, the lord of Mathurā, fell silent. But Vasudeva, like a Vasu, being thus railed at, held himself unshaken, of the form of the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.98
वाक्शल्यैस् ताड्यमानस् तु कंसेनादीर्घदर्शिना क्षमां मनसि संध्याय नोत्तरं प्रत्यभाषत
vākśalyais tāḍyamānas tu kaṃsenādīrghadarśinā kṣamāṃ manasi saṃdhyāya nottaraṃ pratyabhāṣata
Though struck with the darts of words by the short-sighted Kaṃsa, he fixed patience in his mind and made no reply in answer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.99
ये तु तं ददृशुस् तत्र क्षिप्यमाणम् अनेकशः धिग् धिग् इत्य् असकृत् ते वै शनैर् ऊचुर् अवाङ्मुखाः
ye tu taṃ dadṛśus tatra kṣipyamāṇam anekaśaḥ dhig dhig ity asakṛt te vai śanair ūcur avāṅmukhāḥ
And those who saw him there being reviled again and again said softly, over and over, "Shame, shame!" with their faces cast down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 65.101
अक्रूरस् तु महातेजा जानन् दिव्येन चक्षुषा जलम् दृष्ट्वेव तृषितः प्रेषितः प्रीतिमान् अभूत् ॥ ह्व्_६५।१०० पश्यामि देवदेवेशं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् । योगिनां योगगम्यं तम् ईश्वरं सकलेश्वरम् ॥ पश्यामि बालं गोविन्दं गोपवेषविभूषितम् । संकर्षणसहायं तं पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणम् ॥ अद्य मे सफलं जन्म दृष्टो येन मया हरिः ॥ मयूराङ्गदचित्राङ्गं तुम्बवीणाविमिश्रितम् । द्रक्ष्यामि लोकनाथं तं गोपीस्तनविलालसम् ॥ यदि मां चक्षुषा सम्यक् प्रीतियुक्तेन पश्यति । तदानीं सफलं जन्म मम तं पश्यतो हरिम् ॥ यं दृष्ट्वा मुनयः सर्वे विरमन्ते तपोबलात् । स मां वक्ष्यति किंचित् तु वचनं वाग्विदां वरः ॥ एवं विचिन्त्य मनसा गन्तुं शीघ्रतरो ऽभवत् । तस्मिन्न् एव मुहूर्ते तु मथुरायाः स निर्ययौ प्रीतिमान् पुण्डरीकाक्षं द्रष्टुं दानपतिः स्वयम्
akrūras tu mahātejā jānan divyena cakṣuṣā jalam dṛṣṭveva tṛṣitaḥ preṣitaḥ prītimān abhūt // HV_65.100 paśyāmi devadeveśaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam | yogināṃ yogagamyaṃ tam īśvaraṃ sakaleśvaram || paśyāmi bālaṃ govindaṃ gopaveṣavibhūṣitam | saṃkarṣaṇasahāyaṃ taṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇam || adya me saphalaṃ janma dṛṣṭo yena mayā hariḥ || mayūrāṅgadacitrāṅgaṃ tumbavīṇāvimiśritam | drakṣyāmi lokanāthaṃ taṃ gopīstanavilālasam || yadi māṃ cakṣuṣā samyak prītiyuktena paśyati | tadānīṃ saphalaṃ janma mama taṃ paśyato harim || yaṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve viramante tapobalāt | sa māṃ vakṣyati kiṃcit tu vacanaṃ vāgvidāṃ varaḥ || evaṃ vicintya manasā gantuṃ śīghrataro 'bhavat | tasminn eva muhūrte tu mathurāyāḥ sa niryayau prītimān puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ draṣṭuṃ dānapatiḥ svayam
But Akrūra of great splendour, knowing by his divine eye, became joyful at being sent, like a thirsty man who has caught sight of water. (100) "I shall see the lord of the gods of gods, bearer of conch, discus and mace, him who is reached by yogins through yoga, the lord, the lord of all. I shall see the boy Govinda adorned in cowherd's dress, him whose companion is Saṃkarṣaṇa, whose eyes are like lotus petals. Today my birth bears fruit, since Hari has been seen by me. I shall see the lord of the world, his limbs bright with peacock(-feather) armlets, blended with the gourd-lute, longing for the breasts of the cowherd women. If he looks upon me fully with an eye full of affection, then my birth bears fruit, as I look upon that Hari. He, seeing whom all the sages desist from the force of their austerities — he, the best of those who know speech, will say some word to me." Thinking thus in his mind he became all the swifter to go; and in that very hour he set out from Mathurā, glad, the lord of gifts, himself, to see the lotus-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition