Harivamsha — Chapter 66
HV 66.1
क्षिप्तं यदुवृषं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे ते यदुपुंगवाः निपीड्य श्रवणान् हस्तैर् मेनिरे तं गतायुषम्
kṣiptaṃ yaduvṛṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te yadupuṃgavāḥ nipīḍya śravaṇān hastair menire taṃ gatāyuṣam
Seeing the bull of the Yadus reviled, all those foremost of the Yadus pressed their ears with their hands and thought him a man whose life was over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.2
अन्धस् त्व् अनाविग्नमना धैर्याद् अविकृतं वचः प्रोवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठः समासात् कंसम् ओजसा
andhas tv anāvignamanā dhairyād avikṛtaṃ vacaḥ provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ samāsāt kaṃsam ojasā
But the blind one, his mind unagitated, best of speakers, out of steadfastness spoke a word unaltered, addressing Kaṃsa concisely and with force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.3
अश्लाघ्यो मे मतः पुत्र तवायं वाक्परिश्रमः अयुक्तो गर्हितः सद्भिर् बान्धवेषु विशेषतः
aślāghyo me mataḥ putra tavāyaṃ vākpariśramaḥ ayukto garhitaḥ sadbhir bāndhaveṣu viśeṣataḥ
This labour of speech of yours, my son, I hold to be not praiseworthy; it is improper, and censured by the good, especially towards kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.4
अयादवो यदि भवाञ् शृणु तावद् यद् उच्यते न हि त्वां यादवा वीर बलात् कुर्वन्ति यादवम्
ayādavo yadi bhavāñ śṛṇu tāvad yad ucyate na hi tvāṃ yādavā vīra balāt kurvanti yādavam
If you are no Yādava, then hear what is said: the Yādavas do not, O hero, make you a Yādava by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.5
अश्लाघ्या वृष्णयः पुत्र येषां त्वम् अनुशासिता इक्ष्वाकुवंशजो राजा विनिवृत्तः स्ववंशकृत्
aślāghyā vṛṣṇayaḥ putra yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā ikṣvākuvaṃśajo rājā vinivṛttaḥ svavaṃśakṛt
The Vṛṣṇis are not to be praised, my son, of whom you are the ruler; a king born of the Ikṣvāku line turned back, he who founded his own line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.6
भोजो वा यादवो वासि कंसो वासि यथा तथा सहजं ते शिरस् तात जटी मुण्डो ऽपि वा भव
bhojo vā yādavo vāsi kaṃso vāsi yathā tathā sahajaṃ te śiras tāta jaṭī muṇḍo 'pi vā bhava
Whether you are a Bhoja or a Yādava, or whether you are Kaṃsa — be it as it may; your head is your own by birth, my dear: be matted-haired or shaven, as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.7
उग्रसेनस् त्व् अयं शोच्यो यो ऽस्माकं कुलपांसनः दुर्जातीयेन येन त्वम् ईदृशो जनितः सुतः
ugrasenas tv ayaṃ śocyo yo 'smākaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ durjātīyena yena tvam īdṛśo janitaḥ sutaḥ
But this Ugrasena is to be pitied, he who is the defiler of our family, that ill-born man by whom such a son as you was begotten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.8
न चात्मनो गुणांस् तात प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः परेणोक्ता गुणा गौण्यं यान्ति वेदार्तसंमिताः
na cātmano guṇāṃs tāta pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ pareṇoktā guṇā gauṇyaṃ yānti vedārtasaṃmitāḥ
And the wise, my dear, do not proclaim their own virtues; virtues spoken by another attain their (true) quality, being of a measure with the meaning of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.9
पृथिव्यां यदुवंशो ऽयं निन्दनीयो महीक्षिताम् बालः कुलान्तकृन् मूढो येषां त्वम् अनुशासिता
pṛthivyāṃ yaduvaṃśo 'yaṃ nindanīyo mahīkṣitām bālaḥ kulāntakṛn mūḍho yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā
On earth this Yadu lineage is to be blamed by the rulers of the earth, of whom you — a boy, a destroyer of the family, a fool — are the ruler.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.10
साधुस् त्वम् एभिर् वाक्यैश् च त्वया साध्व् इति भाषितैः न वाचा साधितं कार्यम् आत्मा च विवृतः कृतः
sādhus tvam ebhir vākyaiś ca tvayā sādhv iti bhāṣitaiḥ na vācā sādhitaṃ kāryam ātmā ca vivṛtaḥ kṛtaḥ
You are a fine man, indeed, with these words and with these "well said!" utterances of yours; the task has not been accomplished by speech, and your own self has been laid bare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.11
गुरोर् अनवलिप्तस्य मान्यस्य महताम् अपि क्षेपणं कः शुभं मन्येद् द्विजस्येव वधं कृतम्
guror anavaliptasya mānyasya mahatām api kṣepaṇaṃ kaḥ śubhaṃ manyed dvijasyeva vadhaṃ kṛtam
Who would think it good to abuse a teacher who is unarrogant and to be honoured even by the great — it is like committing the murder of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.12
मान्याश् चैवाभिगम्याश् च वृद्धास् तात यथाग्रयः क्रोधो हि तेषां प्रदहेल् लोकान् अन्तर्गतान् अपि
mānyāś caivābhigamyāś ca vṛddhās tāta yathāgrayaḥ krodho hi teṣāṃ pradahel lokān antargatān api
Elders, dear boy, are to be honoured and to be approached, like fires; for their anger could burn up the worlds, even (the beings) hidden within them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.13
बुधेन तात दान्तेन नित्यम् अभ्युच्छ्रितात्मना धर्मस्य गतिर् अन्वेष्या मत्स्यस्य गतिर् अप्स्व् इव
budhena tāta dāntena nityam abhyucchritātmanā dharmasya gatir anveṣyā matsyasya gatir apsv iva
By a wise man, dear boy, one self-controlled and always of exalted spirit, the course of dharma must be sought out, as (one seeks) the track of a fish in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.14
केवलं त्वं तु गर्वेण वृद्धान् अग्निसमान् इह वाचा दुनोषि मर्मघ्न्या अमन्त्रोक्ता यथाहुतिः
kevalaṃ tvaṃ tu garveṇa vṛddhān agnisamān iha vācā dunoṣi marmaghnyā amantroktā yathāhutiḥ
But you, out of sheer arrogance, scorch the elders here, who are the equals of fire, with speech that strikes the vital parts, like an oblation offered without the mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.15
वसुदेवं च पुत्रार्थे यदि त्वं परिगर्हसे तत्र मिथ्याप्रलापं ते निन्दामि कृपणं वचः
vasudevaṃ ca putrārthe yadi tvaṃ parigarhase tatra mithyāpralāpaṃ te nindāmi kṛpaṇaṃ vacaḥ
And if you find fault with Vasudeva on account of his son, in that matter I condemn your false babbling, your miserable words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.17
दारुणे ऽपि पिता पुत्रे नैव दारुणतां व्रजेत् दारुणो ऽपि पितुः पुत्रः कः पुत्रे दारुणः पिता । पुत्रार्थे ह्य् आपदः कष्टाः पितरः प्राप्नुवन्ति हि ॥ ह्व्_६६।१६ पुत्रास् ते ह्य् आपदः कष्टात् पितरं तारयन्ति तु । छादितो वसुदेवेन यदि पुत्रः शिशुस् तदा मन्यसे यद्य् अकर्तव्यं पृच्छस्व पितरं स्वकम्
dāruṇe 'pi pitā putre naiva dāruṇatāṃ vrajet dāruṇo 'pi pituḥ putraḥ kaḥ putre dāruṇaḥ pitā | putrārthe hy āpadaḥ kaṣṭāḥ pitaraḥ prāpnuvanti hi // HV_66.16 putrās te hy āpadaḥ kaṣṭāt pitaraṃ tārayanti tu | chādito vasudevena yadi putraḥ śiśus tadā manyase yady akartavyaṃ pṛcchasva pitaraṃ svakam
Even when a son is cruel, a father should never turn cruel; a son may be cruel to his father, but what father is cruel to his son? For fathers do undergo bitter calamities for their sons' sake, and those sons in turn carry their father across out of bitter calamity. If the son was concealed by Vasudeva when he was an infant, and if you think it ought not to have been done, ask your own father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.18
गर्हता वसुदेवं च यदुवंशं च निन्दता त्वया यादवपुत्राणां वैरजं विषम् अर्जितम्
garhatā vasudevaṃ ca yaduvaṃśaṃ ca nindatā tvayā yādavaputrāṇāṃ vairajaṃ viṣam arjitam
By you, in finding fault with Vasudeva and reviling the Yadu lineage, the poison born of enmity of the sons of the Yādavas has been earned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.19
अकर्तव्यं यदि कृतं वसुदेवेन पुत्रजम् किमर्थम् उग्रसेनेन शिशुस् त्वं न विनाशितः
akartavyaṃ yadi kṛtaṃ vasudevena putrajam kimartham ugrasenena śiśus tvaṃ na vināśitaḥ
If what Vasudeva did about his son was something not to be done, then for what reason were you, as an infant, not destroyed by Ugrasena?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.21
पुन् नाम्नो नरकात् पुत्रो यस्मात् त्राता पितॄन् सदा तस्माद् ब्रुवन्ति पुत्रेति पुत्रं धर्मविदो जनाः ॥ ह्व्_६६।२० पित्रा पुत्रस् तु गोप्तश् चेत् को दोषो वद सांप्रतम् । रक्षितस् तव पित्रासि किमर्थं वद बालिश ॥ अनेन तव वाक्येन शत्रवो यादवाः कृताः । जात्या हि यादवः कृष्णः स च संकर्षणो युवा त्वं चापि विधृतस् ताभ्यां जातवैरेण चेतसा
pun nāmno narakāt putro yasmāt trātā pitṝn sadā tasmād bruvanti putreti putraṃ dharmavido janāḥ // HV_66.20 pitrā putras tu goptaś cet ko doṣo vada sāṃpratam | rakṣitas tava pitrāsi kimarthaṃ vada bāliśa || anena tava vākyena śatravo yādavāḥ kṛtāḥ | jātyā hi yādavaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā tvaṃ cāpi vidhṛtas tābhyāṃ jātavaireṇa cetasā
Since a son is always the rescuer of his fathers from the hell named Put, therefore men who know dharma call a son 'putra'. If a son is one to be guarded by his father, say now, what is the fault? You were protected by your father — tell me why (you speak so), you fool. By this speech of yours the Yādavas have been made enemies. For Kṛṣṇa is a Yādava by birth, and so is young Saṃkarṣaṇa; and you too have been held in check by those two, whose minds harbour arisen enmity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.22
उद्धूतानीह सर्वेषां यदूनां हृदयानि वै वसुदेवे त्वया क्षिप्ते वासुदेवे च कोपिते
uddhūtānīha sarveṣāṃ yadūnāṃ hṛdayāni vai vasudeve tvayā kṣipte vāsudeve ca kopite
Here the hearts of all the Yadus have been shaken up, now that Vasudeva has been insulted by you and Vāsudeva angered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.23
कृष्णे च भवतो द्वेषाद् वसुदेवविगर्हणात् त्यक्ष्यामहे वयं सर्वे भवन्तं यदि साधवः । असन्तो वयम् एवात्र लोके ख्याता नराधम ॥ यदि सक्ताः परित्यक्तुं पुत्र त्वां सांप्रतं वयम् । सर्वान् अस्मान् परित्यज्य गच्छसीति न संशयः । शंसन्ति हीमानि भयं निमित्तान्य् अशुभानि ते
kṛṣṇe ca bhavato dveṣād vasudevavigarhaṇāt tyakṣyāmahe vayaṃ sarve bhavantaṃ yadi sādhavaḥ | asanto vayam evātra loke khyātā narādhama || yadi saktāḥ parityaktuṃ putra tvāṃ sāṃprataṃ vayam | sarvān asmān parityajya gacchasīti na saṃśayaḥ | śaṃsanti hīmāni bhayaṃ nimittāny aśubhāni te
And because of your hatred toward Kṛṣṇa and your abuse of Vasudeva, we shall all forsake you, if we are good men; (otherwise) it is we ourselves who will be known in this world as bad men, O lowest of men. If, son, we are now capable of forsaking you — (still) there is no doubt that you will forsake us all and go. For these inauspicious signs foretell danger to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.24
सर्पाणां दर्शनं तीव्रं स्वप्नानां च निशाक्षये पुर्या वैधव्यशंसीनि कारणैर् अनुमीमहे
sarpāṇāṃ darśanaṃ tīvraṃ svapnānāṃ ca niśākṣaye puryā vaidhavyaśaṃsīni kāraṇair anumīmahe
The dreadful sight of snakes, and of dreams at the ending of the night — by these grounds we infer things that foretell widowhood for the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.26
एष घोरो ग्रहः स्वातीम् उल्लिखन् खे गभस्तिभिः वक्रम् अङ्गारकश् चक्रे व्याहरन्ति खरं द्विजाः ॥ ह्व्_६६।२५ बुधेन पश्चिमा संध्या व्याप्ता घोरेण तेजसा । वैश्वानरपथे शुक्रो ह्य् अतिचारं चचार ह ॥ केतुना धूमकेतोस् तु नक्षत्राणि त्रयोदश । भरण्यादीनि भिन्नानि नानुयन्ति निशाकरम् । शिवा श्मशानान् निष्क्रम्य निःश्वासाङ्गारवर्षिणी उभे संध्ये पुरीं घोरा पर्येति बहु वाशती
eṣa ghoro grahaḥ svātīm ullikhan khe gabhastibhiḥ vakram aṅgārakaś cakre vyāharanti kharaṃ dvijāḥ // HV_66.25 budhena paścimā saṃdhyā vyāptā ghoreṇa tejasā | vaiśvānarapathe śukro hy aticāraṃ cacāra ha || ketunā dhūmaketos tu nakṣatrāṇi trayodaśa | bharaṇyādīni bhinnāni nānuyanti niśākaram | śivā śmaśānān niṣkramya niḥśvāsāṅgāravarṣiṇī ubhe saṃdhye purīṃ ghorā paryeti bahu vāśatī
This dreadful planet Aṅgāraka, scoring Svātī in the sky with its rays, has taken a retrograde course; the twice-born cry out harshly. The western twilight is overspread by Budha with a dreadful glare; Śukra indeed has passed in transgressive motion along the path of Vaiśvānara. And by the comet of Dhūmaketu thirteen lunar mansions beginning with Bharaṇī have been broken apart and do not follow the moon. A she-jackal, coming out of the cremation ground, raining embers with her breath, dreadful, circles the city at both twilights, howling much.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.27
उल्का निर्घातनादेन पपात धरणीतले चलत्य् अपर्वणि मही गिरीणां शिखराणि च
ulkā nirghātanādena papāta dharaṇītale calaty aparvaṇi mahī girīṇāṃ śikharāṇi ca
A meteor has fallen to the earth's surface with the crash of a thunderclap; the earth trembles, and the peaks of the mountains too, though it is not a lunar juncture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.28
प्राक्संध्या परिघग्रस् ता भाभिर् बध्नाति भास्करम् प्रतिलोमं च यान्त्य् एते व्याहरन्तो मृगद्विजाः
prāksaṃdhyā parighagras tā bhābhir badhnāti bhāskaram pratilomaṃ ca yānty ete vyāharanto mṛgadvijāḥ
The dawn twilight, swallowed by a bar-shaped (parigha) omen, binds the sun with its rays; and these beasts and birds go about in reverse, crying out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.29
ग्रस्तः स्वर्भानुना सूर्यो दिवा नक्तम् अजायत धूमोत्पातैर् दिशो व्याप्ताः शुष्काशनिसमाहताः
grastaḥ svarbhānunā sūryo divā naktam ajāyata dhūmotpātair diśo vyāptāḥ śuṣkāśanisamāhatāḥ
The sun has been seized by Svarbhānu; night came about in the daytime; the quarters are overspread with portents of smoke, struck by dry thunderbolts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.30
प्रस्रवन्ति घना रक्तं साशनिस्तनयित्नवः चलिता देवताः स्थानात् त्यजन्ति विहगा नगान्
prasravanti ghanā raktaṃ sāśanistanayitnavaḥ calitā devatāḥ sthānāt tyajanti vihagā nagān
The clouds pour forth blood, along with lightning and thunder; the deities have moved from their places; the birds abandon the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.31
यानि राजविनाशाय दैवज्ञाः कथयन्ति हि तानि सर्वाणि पश्यामो निमित्तान्य् अशुभानि वै
yāni rājavināśāya daivajñāḥ kathayanti hi tāni sarvāṇi paśyāmo nimittāny aśubhāni vai
All those inauspicious portents which the knowers of fate declare to portend a king's destruction — those we now see.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.32
त्वं चापि स्वजनद्वेषी राजधर्मपराङ्मुखः अनिमित्तागतक्रोधः संनिकृष्टभयो ह्य् असि
tvaṃ cāpi svajanadveṣī rājadharmaparāṅmukhaḥ animittāgatakrodhaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭabhayo hy asi
And you too, hating your own kinsmen, turned away from the duty of a king, your anger arising without cause — your peril is indeed close at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.33
यस् त्वं देवोपमं वृद्धं वसुदेवम् धृतव्रतम् मोहात् क्षिपसि दुर्बुद्धे कुतस् ते शान्तिर् आत्मनः
yas tvaṃ devopamaṃ vṛddhaṃ vasudevam dhṛtavratam mohāt kṣipasi durbuddhe kutas te śāntir ātmanaḥ
You who out of delusion insult the aged Vasudeva, godlike and steadfast in his vows — evil-minded one, from where should there be peace of mind for you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.34
त्वद्गतो यो हि नः स्नेहस् तं त्यजामो ऽद्य वै वयम् अहितं स्वस्य वंशस्य न त्वां वयम् उपास्महे
tvadgato yo hi naḥ snehas taṃ tyajāmo 'dya vai vayam ahitaṃ svasya vaṃśasya na tvāṃ vayam upāsmahe
That affection of ours which went out to you, that we now abandon this day; you who are a menace to your own lineage — we will not attend upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.36
स हि दानपतिर् धन्यो यो द्रक्ष्यति वनेगतम् पुण्डरीकपलाशाक्षं कृष्णम् अक्लिष्टकारिणम् ॥ ह्व्_६६।३५ बालं चाबालसद्वृत्तम् ईश्वरं सकलेश्वरम् । योगिध्येयं सदादृश्यं सन्तं सदसदात्मकम् ॥ यो हि द्रक्ष्यति तं कृष्णं तस्मै भूयो नमो नमः ॥ आद्यानाम् आद्यम् आदिं च सकलं निष्कलं हरिं । यो हि द्रक्ष्यति तं देवं तस्मै भूयो नमो नमः ॥ वयम् एव निरानन्दास् वया गुप्ता यतः सदा । येषां त्वम् ईश्वरो ऽधन्यस् तेषां शान्तिः कुतो रतिः । छिन्नमूलो ह्य् अयं वंशो यदूनां त्वत्कृते कृतः कृष्णो ज्ञातीन् समानाय्य स संधानं करिष्यति
sa hi dānapatir dhanyo yo drakṣyati vanegatam puṇḍarīkapalāśākṣaṃ kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakāriṇam // HV_66.35 bālaṃ cābālasadvṛttam īśvaraṃ sakaleśvaram | yogidhyeyaṃ sadādṛśyaṃ santaṃ sadasadātmakam || yo hi drakṣyati taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tasmai bhūyo namo namaḥ || ādyānām ādyam ādiṃ ca sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ hariṃ | yo hi drakṣyati taṃ devaṃ tasmai bhūyo namo namaḥ || vayam eva nirānandās vayā guptā yataḥ sadā | yeṣāṃ tvam īśvaro 'dhanyas teṣāṃ śāntiḥ kuto ratiḥ | chinnamūlo hy ayaṃ vaṃśo yadūnāṃ tvatkṛte kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇo jñātīn samānāyya sa saṃdhānaṃ kariṣyati
For he is the fortunate lord of gifts who will see, gone to the forest, the lotus-petal-eyed Kṛṣṇa, the doer of untroubled deeds — (HV 66.35) a child, yet of the good conduct of one who is no child, the Lord, the Lord of all, to be meditated on by yogins, ever visible, the existent one whose nature is both being and non-being; whoever will see that Kṛṣṇa, to him again and again homage, homage! The first of the first ones, the beginning, Hari who is with parts and without parts — whoever will see that god, to him again and again homage, homage! It is we alone who are joyless, though we have always been protected by you (?); those whose lord you are, the unfortunate one — for them where is peace, where is delight? For this lineage of the Yadus has been made cut off at the root on your account. Kṛṣṇa, having brought the kinsmen together, will effect a reconciliation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.37
क्षान्तम् एव तदानेन वसुदेवेन धीमता कालसंपक्वविज्ञानो ब्रूहि त्वं यद् यद् इच्छसि
kṣāntam eva tadānena vasudevena dhīmatā kālasaṃpakvavijñāno brūhi tvaṃ yad yad icchasi
That was indeed forgiven by this wise Vasudeva. (But) you, whose understanding is ripened by time, say whatever you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 66.39
मह्यं तु रोचते कंस वसुदेवसहायवान् गच्छ कृष्णस्य निलयं प्रीतिस् ते तेन रोचताम् ॥ ह्व्_६६।३८ अन्यथा तु गतिः कंस तव नास्तीति निश्चयः । अन्धकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कंसः संरक्तलोचनः किंचिद् अप्य् अब्रुवन् क्रोधाद् विवेश स्वं निवेशनम्
mahyaṃ tu rocate kaṃsa vasudevasahāyavān gaccha kṛṣṇasya nilayaṃ prītis te tena rocatām // HV_66.38 anyathā tu gatiḥ kaṃsa tava nāstīti niścayaḥ | andhakasya vacaḥ śrutvā kaṃsaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ kiṃcid apy abruvan krodhād viveśa svaṃ niveśanam
But to me, Kaṃsa, it seems best: with Vasudeva as your companion, go to Kṛṣṇa's dwelling; let your friendship with him be pleasing. (HV 66.38) But otherwise, Kaṃsa, there is no course for you — that is certain. Hearing Andhaka's words, Kaṃsa, his eyes turned red, without saying anything at all, entered his own residence out of anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 66.40
ते च सर्वे यथावेश्म यादवाः श्रुतविस्तराः जग्मुर् विगतसंकल्पाः कंसवैकृतशंसिनः
te ca sarve yathāveśma yādavāḥ śrutavistarāḥ jagmur vigatasaṃkalpāḥ kaṃsavaikṛtaśaṃsinaḥ
And all those Yādavas, who had heard the matter at length, went each to his own house, their resolve gone, foretelling Kaṃsa's ruin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain