Harivamsha — Chapter 68
HV 68.1
अथास्तं गच्छति तदा मन्दरश्मौ दिवाकरे संध्यारक्ततले व्योम्नि शशाङ्के पाण्डुमण्डले
athāstaṃ gacchati tadā mandaraśmau divākare saṃdhyāraktatale vyomni śaśāṅke pāṇḍumaṇḍale
Then, as the maker of day was going to his setting, his rays grown faint, while the sky's floor was red with twilight and the moon's disk was pale,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.2
नीडस्थेषु विहंगेषु सत्सु प्रादुष्कृताग्निषु ईषत् तमः संवृतासु दिक्षु सर्वासु सर्वतः
nīḍastheṣu vihaṃgeṣu satsu prāduṣkṛtāgniṣu īṣat tamaḥ saṃvṛtāsu dikṣu sarvāsu sarvataḥ
while the birds were in their nests, while the fires had been brought forth, while all the quarters everywhere were covered over with a little darkness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.3
घोषावासेषु सुप्तेषु वाशन्तीषु शिवासु च नक्तंचरेषु हृष्टेषु पिशिताम् इषकाङ्क्षिषु
ghoṣāvāseṣu supteṣu vāśantīṣu śivāsu ca naktaṃcareṣu hṛṣṭeṣu piśitām iṣakāṅkṣiṣu
while the dwellings of the cow-settlement slept and the jackals howled, while the night-roamers, eager for flesh, rejoiced,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.4
शक्रगोपापाह्वयामोदे प्रदोषे ऽभ्याशतस् करे संध्यामयीम् इव गुहां संप्रविष्टे दिवाकरे
śakragopāpāhvayāmode pradoṣe 'bhyāśatas kare saṃdhyāmayīm iva guhāṃ saṃpraviṣṭe divākare
in the early evening... when the maker of day had entered, as it were, a cave made of twilight,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.5
अधिश्रयणवेलायां प्राप्तायां गृहमेधिनाम् वन्यैर् वैखानसैर् मन्त्रैर् हूयमाने हुताशने
adhiśrayaṇavelāyāṃ prāptāyāṃ gṛhamedhinām vanyair vaikhānasair mantrair hūyamāne hutāśane
when the time had come for the householders to set (the pot) on the fire, while the oblation-eater was being offered into with the forest mantras of the Vaikhānasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.6
उपावृत्तासु वै गोषु दुह्यमानासु च व्रजे असकृद् व्याहरन्तीषु बद्धवत्सासु धेनुषु
upāvṛttāsu vai goṣu duhyamānāsu ca vraje asakṛd vyāharantīṣu baddhavatsāsu dhenuṣu
while the cows had come back and were being milked in the station, while the milch-cows, their calves tethered, lowed again and again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.7
प्रकीर्णदामनीकेषु गास् तथैवाह्वयत्सु च सनिनादेषु गोपेषु काल्यमाने च गोधने
prakīrṇadāmanīkeṣu gās tathaivāhvayatsu ca saninādeṣu gopeṣu kālyamāne ca godhane
while the tether-ropes were strewn about and (the cowherds) were calling the cows, while the cowherds were making noise and the herd of cattle was being driven in,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.8
करीषेषु प्रक्लृप्तेषु दीप्यमानेषु सर्वशः काष्ठभारानतस्कन्धैर् गोपैर् अभ्यागतैस् तथा
karīṣeṣu praklṛpteṣu dīpyamāneṣu sarvaśaḥ kāṣṭhabhārānataskandhair gopair abhyāgatais tathā
while the dung-cakes had been arranged and were blazing on all sides, and the cowherds had come home with their shoulders bent under loads of firewood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.9
किंचिद् अभ्युत्थिते सोमे मन्दरश्मौ विराजति ईषद् विगाहमानायां रजन्यां दिवसे गते
kiṃcid abhyutthite some mandaraśmau virājati īṣad vigāhamānāyāṃ rajanyāṃ divase gate
while the moon, somewhat risen, shone with faint rays, while the night was slightly advancing and the day was gone,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.10
प्राप्ते दिनव्युपरमे प्रवृत्ते क्षणदामुखे भास्करे तेजसि गते सौम्ये तेजस्य् उपस्थिते
prāpte dinavyuparame pravṛtte kṣaṇadāmukhe bhāskare tejasi gate saumye tejasy upasthite
when the day's end had come and the mouth of night had set in, when the sun's brilliance had gone and the moon's mild brilliance had arrived,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.11
अग्निहोत्राकुले काले सौम्येन्दौ प्रत्युपस्थिते अग्नीषोमात्मके संधौ वर्तमाने जगन्मये
agnihotrākule kāle saumyendau pratyupasthite agnīṣomātmake saṃdhau vartamāne jaganmaye
at the hour busy with the agnihotra, when the gentle moon had come up, while the juncture (of day and night), whose nature is fire and moon, comprising the whole world, was in progress,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.12
पश्चिमेनाग्निना दीप्ते पूर्वेणोत्तरवर्चसा दग्धाद्रिसदृशे व्योम्नि किंचित् तारागणाकुले
paścimenāgninā dīpte pūrveṇottaravarcasā dagdhādrisadṛśe vyomni kiṃcit tārāgaṇākule
while the sky, lit in the west by fire and in the east by a brightness beyond it, resembled a burnt mountain and was somewhat crowded with hosts of stars,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.13
वयोभिर् वासशुभताम् बन्धुभिश् च समागमम् शंसद्भिः स्यन्दनेनाशु प्राप्तो दानपतिर् व्रजम्
vayobhir vāsaśubhatām bandhubhiś ca samāgamam śaṃsadbhiḥ syandanenāśu prāpto dānapatir vrajam
with the birds foretelling a good stay and a meeting with kinsmen, the lord of gifts (Akrūra) quickly reached the cow-station by chariot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.16
प्रविशन्न् एव पप्रच्छ सांनिध्यं केशवस्य सः रौहिणेयस्य चाक्रूरो नन्दगोपस्य चासकृत् ॥ ह्व्_६८।१४ पदानि तस्याखिललोकपाल+ ।किरीटजुष्टामलपादरेणोः ।ददर्श गोष्ठे क्षितिकौतुकानि ।विलक्षितान्य् अब्जयवाङ्कुशाद्यैः ॥तद्दर्शनाह्लादविवृद्धसंभ्रमः ।प्रेम्णोर्ध्वरोमाश्रुकलाकुलेक्षणः ।रथाद् अवस्कन्द्य स तेष्व् अचेष्टत ।प्रभोर् अमून्य् अङ्घ्रिरजांस्य् अहो इति ॥देहभृताम् इयान् अर्थो हित्वा दम्भं भियं शुचम् । संदेशाद् यो हरेर् लिङ्ग+ +दर्शनश्रवणादिभिः । ततो निवेदितो गोपैर् इदं तद् इति यादवः । स नन्दगोपस्य गृहं वासाय वसुदोपमः अवरुह्य ततो यानात् प्रविवेश महाबलः ॥ ह्व्_६८।१५ हर्षपूर्णेन वक्त्रेण साश्रुनेत्रेण चैव हि । प्रविशन्न् एव च द्वारि ददर्शादोहने गवाम् वत्समध्ये स्थितं कृष्णं सवत्सम् इव गोवृषम्
praviśann eva papraccha sāṃnidhyaṃ keśavasya saḥ rauhiṇeyasya cākrūro nandagopasya cāsakṛt // HV_68.14 padāni tasyākhilalokapāla+ |kirīṭajuṣṭāmalapādareṇoḥ |dadarśa goṣṭhe kṣitikautukāni |vilakṣitāny abjayavāṅkuśādyaiḥ ||taddarśanāhlādavivṛddhasaṃbhramaḥ |premṇordhvaromāśrukalākulekṣaṇaḥ |rathād avaskandya sa teṣv aceṣṭata |prabhor amūny aṅghrirajāṃsy aho iti ||dehabhṛtām iyān artho hitvā dambhaṃ bhiyaṃ śucam | saṃdeśād yo harer liṅga+ +darśanaśravaṇādibhiḥ | tato nivedito gopair idaṃ tad iti yādavaḥ | sa nandagopasya gṛhaṃ vāsāya vasudopamaḥ avaruhya tato yānāt praviveśa mahābalaḥ // HV_68.15 harṣapūrṇena vaktreṇa sāśrunetreṇa caiva hi | praviśann eva ca dvāri dadarśādohane gavām vatsamadhye sthitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ savatsam iva govṛṣam
Even as he entered, Akrūra asked repeatedly after the presence of Keśava, of Rohiṇī's son, and of Nanda the cowherd. // He saw in the cow-pen the footprints of him whose spotless foot-dust is resorted to by the crowns of all the world-guardians — marvels upon the earth, marked out with lotus, barley-grain, goad and the rest. His agitation swelling with the joy of seeing them, the hairs of his body erect with love, his eyes brimming with tears, he leapt down from the chariot and rolled about in them, (crying) "Ah, these are the dust of the lord's feet!" Just this much is the aim of embodied beings: to abandon pretence, fear and sorrow — he who, from the message, (comes) by seeing and hearing and the rest of the marks of Hari. Then the Yādava was informed by the cowherds, "This is it." He, the mighty one, like a giver of wealth, got down from his vehicle and entered Nanda the cowherd's house for his lodging. // With a face full of joy and with tear-filled eyes, even as he entered at the door he saw, at the milking of the cows, Kṛṣṇa standing amid the calves like a bull with its calf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.17
स तं हर्षपरीतेन वचसा गद्गदेन वै नेत्राभ्यां यादवो विष्णुम् आकुलं समुदैक्षत ॥ अचिन्तयत् तदाक्रूरो लोके मत्सदृशो न हि । य एनं लोकनाथं तं सकलं दृष्टवान् अहम् ॥ नारायणम् अणीयांसं स्थूलात् स्थूलतरं हरिम् ॥ को ऽयं मत्सदृशो लोके दृष्टवान् यो ऽहम् ईश्वरम् । एहि केशव तातेति प्रव्याहरत धर्मवित्
sa taṃ harṣaparītena vacasā gadgadena vai netrābhyāṃ yādavo viṣṇum ākulaṃ samudaikṣata || acintayat tadākrūro loke matsadṛśo na hi | ya enaṃ lokanāthaṃ taṃ sakalaṃ dṛṣṭavān aham || nārāyaṇam aṇīyāṃsaṃ sthūlāt sthūlataraṃ harim || ko 'yaṃ matsadṛśo loke dṛṣṭavān yo 'ham īśvaram | ehi keśava tāteti pravyāharata dharmavit
With speech overwhelmed by joy and faltering, the Yādava gazed with both eyes upon Viṣṇu, agitated. Then Akrūra thought: "Surely there is no one in the world like me, who have seen this lord of the worlds entire — Nārāyaṇa, Hari, smaller than the small, grosser than the gross. Who in the world is like me, I who have seen the Lord?" And the knower of dharma called out, "Come, dear Keśava!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.18
उत्तानशायिनं दृष्ट्वा पुनर् दृष्ट्वा श्रिया वृतम् अव्यक्तयुवनं कृष्णम् अक्रूरः प्रशशंसे ह
uttānaśāyinaṃ dṛṣṭvā punar dṛṣṭvā śriyā vṛtam avyaktayuvanaṃ kṛṣṇam akrūraḥ praśaśaṃse ha
Seeing (him) lying on his back, and looking again at Kṛṣṇa, encompassed by splendour, whose youth was not (yet) manifest, Akrūra praised (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.19
अयं स पुण्डरीकाक्षः सिंहशार्दूलविक्रमः संपूर्णजलमेघाभः पर्वतप्रवराकृतिः
ayaṃ sa puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ siṃhaśārdūlavikramaḥ saṃpūrṇajalameghābhaḥ parvatapravarākṛtiḥ
This is he, the lotus-eyed one, with the stride of a lion and a tiger, gleaming like a rain-laden cloud, in form like the greatest of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.20
मृधेष्व् अधर्षणीयेन सश्रीवत्सेन वक्षसा द्विषन्निधनदक्षाभ्यां भुजाभ्यां साधु भूषितः
mṛdheṣv adharṣaṇīyena saśrīvatsena vakṣasā dviṣannidhanadakṣābhyāṃ bhujābhyāṃ sādhu bhūṣitaḥ
He is well adorned with a chest unassailable in battles and bearing the śrīvatsa mark, and with two arms skilled in the destruction of enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.21
मूर्तिमान् सरहस्यात्मा जगतो ऽग्र्यस्य भाजनम् गोपवेषधरो विष्णुर् उदग्राग्रतनूरुहः
mūrtimān sarahasyātmā jagato 'gryasya bhājanam gopaveṣadharo viṣṇur udagrāgratanūruhaḥ
Embodied, his self holding the mystery, the vessel of what is foremost in the world, Viṣṇu wearing the garb of a cowherd, the hairs of his body standing up with raised tips.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.22
किरीटलाञ्च्छनेनापि शिरसा च्छत्रवर्चसा कुण्डलोत्तमयोग्याभ्यां श्रवणाभ्यां विभूषितः
kirīṭalāñcchanenāpi śirasā cchatravarcasā kuṇḍalottamayogyābhyāṃ śravaṇābhyāṃ vibhūṣitaḥ
He is adorned also with a head marked as though by a diadem and radiant as a parasol, and with two ears fit for the finest earrings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.23
हारार्हेण च पीनेन सुविस्तीर्णेन वक्षसा द्वाभ्यां भुजाभ्यां दीर्घाभ्यां वृत्ताभ्याम् उपशोभितः
hārārheṇa ca pīnena suvistīrṇena vakṣasā dvābhyāṃ bhujābhyāṃ dīrghābhyāṃ vṛttābhyām upaśobhitaḥ
He is made beautiful by a chest full and very broad, deserving of a necklace, and by two long, rounded arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.24
स्त्रीसहस्रोपचर्येण वपुषा मन्मथाग्निना पीते वसानो वसने सो ऽयं विष्णुः सनातनः
strīsahasropacaryeṇa vapuṣā manmathāgninā pīte vasāno vasane so 'yaṃ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ
With a body to be waited upon by a thousand women, (a body that is) the fire of love, wearing yellow garments — this is he, the eternal Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.25
धरण्याश्रयभूताभ्यां चरणाभ्याम् अरिंदमः त्रैलोक्याक्रान्तिभूताभ्यां भुवि पद्भ्याम् अवस्थितः
dharaṇyāśrayabhūtābhyāṃ caraṇābhyām ariṃdamaḥ trailokyākrāntibhūtābhyāṃ bhuvi padbhyām avasthitaḥ
The subduer of foes stands upon the ground with two feet that are the support of the earth, with two feet that are the striding over the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.26
रुचिराग्रकरश् चास्य चक्रोचित इवेक्ष्यते द्वितीय उद्यतश् चैव गदासंयोगम् इच्छति
rucirāgrakaraś cāsya cakrocita ivekṣyate dvitīya udyataś caiva gadāsaṃyogam icchati
And his hand with its lovely fingertips looks as if it were meant for the discus; and the second, raised up, seems to wish for the grasp of the mace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.27
अवतीर्णो भवायेह प्रथमं पदम् आत्मनः शोभते ऽद्य भुवि श्रेष्ठस् त्रिदशानां धुरंधरः
avatīrṇo bhavāyeha prathamaṃ padam ātmanaḥ śobhate 'dya bhuvi śreṣṭhas tridaśānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ
He has descended here for (the world's) welfare; this is his first step. Today he shines upon the earth, the best (of all), the bearer of the burden of the thirty gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.28
अयं भविष्ये दृष्टो वै भविष्यकुशलैर् बुधैः गोपालो यादवं वंशं क्षीणं विस्तारयिष्यति
ayaṃ bhaviṣye dṛṣṭo vai bhaviṣyakuśalair budhaiḥ gopālo yādavaṃ vaṃśaṃ kṣīṇaṃ vistārayiṣyati
This one was seen in the future by wise men skilled in what is to come: a cowherd who will make the diminished Yādava line expand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.29
तेजसा चास्य यदवः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः वंशम् आपूरयिष्यन्ति ओघा इव महार्णवम्
tejasā cāsya yadavaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ vaṃśam āpūrayiṣyanti oghā iva mahārṇavam
And by his power the Yadus, by hundreds and by thousands, will fill up the line, as floods fill the great ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.30
अस्येदं शासने सर्वं जगत् स्थास्यति शाश्वतम् निहतामित्रसामन्तं स्फीतं कृतयुगे यथा
asyedaṃ śāsane sarvaṃ jagat sthāsyati śāśvatam nihatāmitrasāmantaṃ sphītaṃ kṛtayuge yathā
Under his rule this whole world will stand fast forever, its hostile chieftains slain, flourishing as in the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.31
अयम् आस्थाय वसुधां स्थापयित्वा जगद्वशे राज्ञां भविष्यत्य् उपरि न च राजा भविष्यति
ayam āsthāya vasudhāṃ sthāpayitvā jagadvaśe rājñāṃ bhaviṣyaty upari na ca rājā bhaviṣyati
He, taking his stand (here), having brought the earth, the world, under his control, will be above kings, and yet he will not be a king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.32
नूनं त्रिभिः क्रमैर् जित्वा यथानेन कृतः प्रभुः पुरा पुरंदरो राजा देवतानां त्रिविष्टपे
nūnaṃ tribhiḥ kramair jitvā yathānena kṛtaḥ prabhuḥ purā puraṃdaro rājā devatānāṃ triviṣṭape
Surely, just as long ago by him, having conquered with three strides, Puraṃdara was made the lord, the king of the gods in heaven,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.33
तथैव वसुधां जित्वा जितपूर्वां त्रिभिः क्रमैः स्थापयिष्यति राजानम् उग्रसेनं न संशयः
tathaiva vasudhāṃ jitvā jitapūrvāṃ tribhiḥ kramaiḥ sthāpayiṣyati rājānam ugrasenaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
so too, having conquered with three strides the earth which he had conquered before, he will install Ugrasena as king — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.34
प्रमृष्टवैरगाधो ऽयं प्रश्नैश् च बहुभिः श्रुतः ब्राह्मणैर् ब्रह्मवादैश् च पुराणो ऽयं हि गीयते
pramṛṣṭavairagādho 'yaṃ praśnaiś ca bahubhiḥ śrutaḥ brāhmaṇair brahmavādaiś ca purāṇo 'yaṃ hi gīyate
His depths, cleansed of enmity(?), have been heard of through many questions, and by brāhmaṇas and by discourses on brahman he is sung of as the Ancient One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.35
स्पृहणीयो हि लोकस्य भविष्यति च केशवः तथा ह्य् अस्योत्थिता बुद्धिर् मानुष्यम् उपसेवितुम्
spṛhaṇīyo hi lokasya bhaviṣyati ca keśavaḥ tathā hy asyotthitā buddhir mānuṣyam upasevitum
For Keśava will be an object of longing for the world; thus has his mind arisen to take up human existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 68.38
अहं त्व् अस्याद्य वसतिं पूजयिष्ये यथाविधि विष्णुत्वं मनसा चैव पूजयिष्यामि मन्त्रवत् ॥ ह्व्_६८।३६ विष्णुं त्वां पूजयिष्यामि मनसा चैव मन्त्रवान् । यच् च जातिपरिज्ञानं प्रादुर्भावश् च वै नृषु अमानुषं वेद्मि चैनं ये चान्ये दिव्यचक्षुषः ॥ ह्व्_६८।३७ स्तोष्ये देवं जगन्नाथं वाराहं वामनं हरिम् । नमामि पुण्डरीकाक्षं नरनारायणाकृतिम् । नमामि वामनं विष्णुं त्रैलोक्याक्रान्तपौरुषम् । सो ऽहं कृष्णेन वै रात्रौ संमन्त्र्य विदितात्मना सहानेन गमिष्यामि सव्रजो यदि मंस्यते
ahaṃ tv asyādya vasatiṃ pūjayiṣye yathāvidhi viṣṇutvaṃ manasā caiva pūjayiṣyāmi mantravat // HV_68.36 viṣṇuṃ tvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmi manasā caiva mantravān | yac ca jātiparijñānaṃ prādurbhāvaś ca vai nṛṣu amānuṣaṃ vedmi cainaṃ ye cānye divyacakṣuṣaḥ // HV_68.37 stoṣye devaṃ jagannāthaṃ vārāhaṃ vāmanaṃ harim | namāmi puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ naranārāyaṇākṛtim | namāmi vāmanaṃ viṣṇuṃ trailokyākrāntapauruṣam | so 'haṃ kṛṣṇena vai rātrau saṃmantrya viditātmanā sahānena gamiṣyāmi savrajo yadi maṃsyate
But I today will worship his dwelling according to the rule, and with my mind I will worship his Viṣṇu-nature as with mantras. [36] I will worship you, Viṣṇu, with my mind and with mantras. As for the full knowledge of his birth and his manifestation among men — I know him to be non-human, as do others who have the divine eye. [37] I will praise the god, the lord of the world, the Boar, the Dwarf, Hari. I bow to the lotus-eyed one whose form is Nara-Nārāyaṇa; I bow to Viṣṇu the Dwarf, whose manhood strode across the three worlds. So I, having taken counsel in the night with Kṛṣṇa who knows the self, will go together with him, along with the cow-settlement, if he consents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 68.39
एवं बहुविधं कृष्णं दृष्ट्वा हेत्वर्थकारणैः विवेश नन्दगोपस्य कृष्णेन सह संसदम्
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā hetvarthakāraṇaiḥ viveśa nandagopasya kṛṣṇena saha saṃsadam
Having thus seen Kṛṣṇa in many ways, by reasons, purposes and grounds, he entered, together with Kṛṣṇa, the assembly of Nanda the cowherd.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition