Harivamsha — Chapter 70
HV 70.1
ततः प्रभाते विमले पक्षिव्याहारसंकुले नैशाकरे रश्मिजाले क्षणदाक्षयसंहृते
tataḥ prabhāte vimale pakṣivyāhārasaṃkule naiśākare raśmijāle kṣaṇadākṣayasaṃhṛte
Then, when the morning was clear and thick with the calling of birds, when the moon's web of rays had been gathered in by the wasting away of the night —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 70.2
नभस्य् अरुणसंतीर्णे पर्यस्ते ज्योतिमण्डले प्रत्यूषपवनासारैः क्लेदिते धरणीतले
nabhasy aruṇasaṃtīrṇe paryaste jyotimaṇḍale pratyūṣapavanāsāraiḥ kledite dharaṇītale
when the sky was suffused with red and the circle of lights had sunk away, when the surface of the earth was moistened by the showers of the pre-dawn wind —
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HV 70.4
क्षीणाकारासु तारासु सुप्तनिष्प्रतिभासु च नैशम् अन्तर्दधे रूपम् उदगच्छद् दिवाकरः शीतांशुः शान्तकिरणो निष्प्रभः समपद्यत ॥ ह्व्_७०।३ एको नाशयते रूपम् एको वर्धयते वपुः । गोभिः समवकीर्णासु व्रजनिर्याणभूमिषु मन्थावर्तनपूर्णेषु गर्गरेषु नदत्सु च
kṣīṇākārāsu tārāsu suptaniṣpratibhāsu ca naiśam antardadhe rūpam udagacchad divākaraḥ śītāṃśuḥ śāntakiraṇo niṣprabhaḥ samapadyata // HV_70.3 eko nāśayate rūpam eko vardhayate vapuḥ | gobhiḥ samavakīrṇāsu vrajaniryāṇabhūmiṣu manthāvartanapūrṇeṣu gargareṣu nadatsu ca
when the stars had dwindled in shape and were dim as if asleep, the form of night vanished and the maker of day rose up; the cool-rayed one, his beams quenched, became lustreless. // The one destroys (the other's) beauty, the one increases his own splendour. And when the grounds by which the herd goes out from the station were strewn with cows, and the churning-jars, filled with the turning of the churning-sticks, were resounding —
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HV 70.5
दामभिर् यम्यमानेषु वत्सेषु तरुणेषु च गोपैर् आपूर्यमाणेषु घोषरथ्यासु सर्वशः
dāmabhir yamyamāneṣu vatseṣu taruṇeṣu ca gopair āpūryamāṇeṣu ghoṣarathyāsu sarvaśaḥ
when the calves and the young beasts were being tethered with ropes, and when the lanes of the cattle-settlement were being filled on all sides by the cowherds —
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HV 70.6
तत्रैव गुरुकं भाण्डं सकटारोपितं बहु त्वरिताः पृष्ठतः कृत्वा जग्मुः स्यन्दनवाहनाः
tatraiva gurukaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ sakaṭāropitaṃ bahu tvaritāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā jagmuḥ syandanavāhanāḥ
then and there, having hastily loaded up much heavy vessel-ware onto the carts and set it behind them, they went off riding in wagons.
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HV 70.7
कृष्णो ऽथ रौहिणेयश् च स चैवामितदक्षिणः त्रयो रथगता जग्मुस् त्रिलोकपतयो यथा
kṛṣṇo 'tha rauhiṇeyaś ca sa caivāmitadakṣiṇaḥ trayo rathagatā jagmus trilokapatayo yathā
Then Kṛṣṇa and Rohiṇī's son and he of boundless generosity, the three, went mounted on the chariot, like the lords of the three worlds.
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HV 70.8
अथाह कृष्णम् अक्रूरो यमुनातीरम् आश्रितः स्यन्दनं तात रक्षस्व यत्नं च कुरु वाजिषु
athāha kṛṣṇam akrūro yamunātīram āśritaḥ syandanaṃ tāta rakṣasva yatnaṃ ca kuru vājiṣu
Then Akrūra, having come to the bank of the Yamunā, said to Kṛṣṇa: "Dear one, guard the chariot, and take care of the horses.
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HV 70.9
हयेभ्यो यवसं दत्त्वा हयभाण्डे रथे तथा प्रगाढं यत्नम् आस्थाय क्षणं तात प्रतीक्षताम्
hayebhyo yavasaṃ dattvā hayabhāṇḍe rathe tathā pragāḍhaṃ yatnam āsthāya kṣaṇaṃ tāta pratīkṣatām
Having given fodder to the horses, and applying close care to the horses' gear and to the chariot, wait a moment, dear one.
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HV 70.11
यमुनाया ह्रदे ह्य् अस्मिन् तोष्यामि भुजगेश्वरम् दिव्यैर् भागवतैर् मन्त्रैः सर्वलोकप्रभुं यतः ॥ ह्व्_७०।१० गुह्यं भागवतं देवं सर्वलोकस्य भावनम् । श्रीमत्स्वस्तिकमूर्धानं प्रणमिष्यामि भोगिनम् सहस्रशिरसं देवम् अनन्तं नीलवाससम्
yamunāyā hrade hy asmin toṣyāmi bhujageśvaram divyair bhāgavatair mantraiḥ sarvalokaprabhuṃ yataḥ // HV_70.10 guhyaṃ bhāgavataṃ devaṃ sarvalokasya bhāvanam | śrīmatsvastikamūrdhānaṃ praṇamiṣyāmi bhoginam sahasraśirasaṃ devam anantaṃ nīlavāsasam
For in this pool of the Yamunā I shall propitiate the lord of serpents with divine Bhāgavata mantras, since he is the lord of all the worlds. // (I shall propitiate) the hidden Bhāgavata god, the sustainer of all the world; I shall bow to the serpent whose head bears the glorious svastika, the thousand-headed god Ananta, clad in blue,
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HV 70.12
धर्मदेवस्य तस्यास्याद् यद् विषं प्रभविष्यति सर्वं तद् अमृतप्रख्यम् अशिष्याम्य् अमरो यथा
dharmadevasya tasyāsyād yad viṣaṃ prabhaviṣyati sarvaṃ tad amṛtaprakhyam aśiṣyāmy amaro yathā
Whatever poison shall come forth from the mouth of that god of dharma, all of it I shall drink down as though it were nectar, like an immortal.
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HV 70.13
स्वस्तिकायतनं दृष्ट्वा द्विजिह्वं श्रीविभूषितम् समाजस् तत्र सर्पाणां शान्त्यर्थं वै भविष्यति
svastikāyatanaṃ dṛṣṭvā dvijihvaṃ śrīvibhūṣitam samājas tatra sarpāṇāṃ śāntyarthaṃ vai bhaviṣyati
Seeing the two-tongued one, the abode of the svastika, adorned with splendour, there will be an assembly of serpents there for the sake of appeasement.
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HV 70.14
आस्तां मां समुदीक्षन्तौ भवन्तौ संगताव् उभौ निवृत्तो भुजगेन्द्रस्य यावद् अस्मि ह्रदोत्तमात्
āstāṃ māṃ samudīkṣantau bhavantau saṃgatāv ubhau nivṛtto bhujagendrasya yāvad asmi hradottamāt
Let the two of you stay together, keeping watch for me, until I have returned from the excellent pool of the serpent king.
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HV 70.17
तम् आह कृष्णः संहृष्टो गच्छ धर्मिष्ठ माचिरम् आवां खलु न शक्तौ स्वस् त्वया हीनाव् इहासितुम् ॥ ह्व्_७०।१५ एवम् उक्तस् तु कृष्णेन प्रणम्य मनसा हरिम् । स ह्रदे यमुनायास् तु ममज्जामितदक्षिणः रसातले स ददृशे सर्पलोकम् इमं यथा ॥ ह्व्_७०।१६ रसातले ह्रदान्तश् च दर्शनागमनं यथा । तस्य मध्ये सहस्रास्यम् हेमतालोच्छ्रितध्वजम् लाङ्गलासक्तहस्ताग्रम् मुसलापाश्रितोदरम्
tam āha kṛṣṇaḥ saṃhṛṣṭo gaccha dharmiṣṭha māciram āvāṃ khalu na śaktau svas tvayā hīnāv ihāsitum // HV_70.15 evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena praṇamya manasā harim | sa hrade yamunāyās tu mamajjāmitadakṣiṇaḥ rasātale sa dadṛśe sarpalokam imaṃ yathā // HV_70.16 rasātale hradāntaś ca darśanāgamanaṃ yathā | tasya madhye sahasrāsyam hematālocchritadhvajam lāṅgalāsaktahastāgram musalāpāśritodaram
Krishna, delighted, said to him: "Go, most righteous one, do not delay; the two of us are truly not able to remain here bereft of you." (15) Thus addressed by Krishna, bowing to Hari in his mind, he of unmeasured liberality plunged into the pool of the Yamuna; down in the nether region he beheld this world of serpents. (16) In the nether world, within the pool, just as (has been described,) the seeing and the coming — and in the middle of it (he saw one) thousand-mouthed, with a banner raised (like) a golden palm tree, the tip of whose hand gripped a plough, whose belly rested against a pestle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 70.19
भोगोदरासने शुभ्रे स्वेन देहेन कल्पिते स्वासीनं स्वस्तिकाभ्यां च वराभ्यां च महीधरम्
bhogodarāsane śubhre svena dehena kalpite svāsīnaṃ svastikābhyāṃ ca varābhyāṃ ca mahīdharam
seated at ease on the bright seat of the belly of his (own serpent) coils, fashioned by his own body — the upholder of the earth, with two auspicious svastika (marks?) and two excellent (coils),
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HV 70.20
किंचित् सव्यापवृत्तेन मौलिना हेमचूलिना जातरूपमयैः पद्मैर् मालया च्छन्नवक्षसम्
kiṃcit savyāpavṛttena maulinā hemacūlinā jātarūpamayaiḥ padmair mālayā cchannavakṣasam
with a diadem crested with gold turned somewhat to the left, his chest covered by a garland of lotuses made of gold,
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HV 70.21
रक्तचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गम् दीर्घबाहुम् अरिंदमम् पद्मनाभं सिताभ्राभम् भाभिर् ज्वलिततेजसम्
raktacandanadigdhāṅgam dīrghabāhum ariṃdamam padmanābhaṃ sitābhrābham bhābhir jvalitatejasam
his limbs smeared with red sandal paste, long-armed, subduer of foes, lotus-naveled, shining like a white cloud, his brilliance blazing with rays —
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HV 70.22
ददर्श भोगिनां नाथम् स्थितम् एकार्णवेश्वरम् पूज्यमानं द्विजिह्वेन्द्रैर् वासुकिप्रमुखैः प्रभुम्
dadarśa bhogināṃ nātham sthitam ekārṇaveśvaram pūjyamānaṃ dvijihvendrair vāsukipramukhaiḥ prabhum
(so) he saw the lord of the coiled ones, seated, the sovereign of the single ocean, that lord being worshipped by the chiefs of the double-tongued ones, headed by Vāsuki.
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HV 70.23
कम्बलाश्वतरौ नागौ तौ चामरधराव् उभौ अवीजयेतां तं देवम् धर्मासनगतं प्रभुम्
kambalāśvatarau nāgau tau cāmaradharāv ubhau avījayetāṃ taṃ devam dharmāsanagataṃ prabhum
The two Nāgas Kambala and Aśvatara, both bearing yak-tail whisks, were fanning that god, the lord seated on the seat of dharma.
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HV 70.24
तस्याभ्यासगतो भाति वासुकिः पन्नगेश्वरः वृतो ऽन्यैः सचिवैः सर्पैः कर्कोटकपुरःसरैः
tasyābhyāsagato bhāti vāsukiḥ pannageśvaraḥ vṛto 'nyaiḥ sacivaiḥ sarpaiḥ karkoṭakapuraḥsaraiḥ
Close beside him shines Vāsuki, sovereign of serpents, surrounded by the other snakes, his ministers, with Karkoṭaka at their head.
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HV 70.25
तं घटैः काञ्चनैर् दिव्यैः पङ्कजच्छन्नमूर्धजम् राजानं स्नापयामासुः स्नातम् एकार्णवाम्बुभिः
taṃ ghaṭaiḥ kāñcanair divyaiḥ paṅkajacchannamūrdhajam rājānaṃ snāpayāmāsuḥ snātam ekārṇavāmbubhiḥ
With divine golden jars they bathed him, that king whose head-hair was covered with lotuses, bathed with the waters of the single ocean.
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HV 70.26
तस्योत्सङ्गे घनश्यामम् श्रीवत्साच्छादितोदरम् कोटिकन्दर्पसुन्दरम् । दक्षिणावर्तसुस्निग्ध- । सहस्रशुभनामानम् अर्कचन्द्रेक्षणद्युतिम् । पीताम्बरधरं विष्णुं सूपविष्टं ददर्श ह
tasyotsaṅge ghanaśyāmam śrīvatsācchāditodaram koṭikandarpasundaram | dakṣiṇāvartasusnigdha- | sahasraśubhanāmānam arkacandrekṣaṇadyutim | pītāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ sūpaviṣṭaṃ dadarśa ha
On his lap he saw Vishnu, dark as a rain-cloud, his belly covered by the śrīvatsa, lovely as ten million Kāmadevas, with (hair) glossy and curling to the right, having a thousand auspicious names, the radiance of whose eyes was sun and moon, clad in yellow garments, seated at ease.
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HV 70.27
आसीनं चैव सोमेन तुल्यसंहननं प्रभुम् संकर्षणम् इवासीनं तं दिव्यं विष्टरं विना
āsīnaṃ caiva somena tulyasaṃhananaṃ prabhum saṃkarṣaṇam ivāsīnaṃ taṃ divyaṃ viṣṭaraṃ vinā
And (he saw) the lord seated, of a build equal to the moon, seated like Saṃkarṣaṇa — without that divine seat.
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HV 70.29
स कृष्णं तत्र सहसा व्याहर्तुम् उपचक्रमे तस्य संस्तम्भयामास वाक्यं कृष्णः स्वतेजसा ॥ ह्व्_७०।२८ स च भागवतैर् मन्त्रैर् अर्चयित्वा गदाधरम् । स्तुत्वा च देवम् ईशानं वरदं भक्तवत्सलम् । आत्मानं कृतकृत्यानाम् अग्रेसरम् अमंस्त सः । सो ऽनुभूय भुजंगानां तं भागवतम् अव्ययम् उदतिष्ठत् पुनस् तोयाद् विस्मितो ऽमितदक्षिणः
sa kṛṣṇaṃ tatra sahasā vyāhartum upacakrame tasya saṃstambhayāmāsa vākyaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ svatejasā // HV_70.28 sa ca bhāgavatair mantrair arcayitvā gadādharam | stutvā ca devam īśānaṃ varadaṃ bhaktavatsalam | ātmānaṃ kṛtakṛtyānām agresaram amaṃsta saḥ | so 'nubhūya bhujaṃgānāṃ taṃ bhāgavatam avyayam udatiṣṭhat punas toyād vismito 'mitadakṣiṇaḥ
There he suddenly began to speak to Krishna, (but) Krishna by his own power paralysed his speech. (28) And having worshipped the mace-bearer with the Bhāgavata mantras, and having praised that lord god, the granter of boons, fond of his devotees, he counted himself foremost among those who have accomplished their purpose. Having thus experienced, among the serpents, that imperishable Bhāgavata (form), he of unmeasured liberality rose again from the water, amazed.
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HV 70.30
स तौ रथस्थाव् आसिनौ तत्रैव बलकेशवौ उदीक्षमाणाव् अन्योन्यं ददर्शाद्भुतरूपिणौ
sa tau rathasthāv āsinau tatraiva balakeśavau udīkṣamāṇāv anyonyaṃ dadarśādbhutarūpiṇau
He saw those two, Bala and Keśava, seated on the chariot in that very place, gazing at each other, wondrous in form.
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HV 70.31
अथामज्जत् पुनस् तत्र तदाक्रूरः कुतूहलात् इज्यते यत्र देवः स नीलवासाः सनातनः
athāmajjat punas tatra tadākrūraḥ kutūhalāt ijyate yatra devaḥ sa nīlavāsāḥ sanātanaḥ
Then Akrūra plunged in there again out of curiosity, where that eternal god of dark-blue garment is worshipped.
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HV 70.32
तथैवासीनम् उत्सङ्गे सहस्रास्यधरस्य वै ददर्श कृष्णम् अक्रूरः पूज्यमानं यथाविधि
tathaivāsīnam utsaṅge sahasrāsyadharasya vai dadarśa kṛṣṇam akrūraḥ pūjyamānaṃ yathāvidhi
Just so Akrūra saw Krishna seated on the lap of the thousand-mouthed bearer (Śeṣa), being worshipped according to rule.
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HV 70.33
भूयश् च सहसोत्थाय तं मन्त्रं मनसा वहन् रथं तेनैव मार्गेण जगामामितदक्षिणः
bhūyaś ca sahasotthāya taṃ mantraṃ manasā vahan rathaṃ tenaiva mārgeṇa jagāmāmitadakṣiṇaḥ
And rising up again at once, carrying that mantra in his mind, he of unmeasured liberality went to the chariot by that same path.
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HV 70.34
तम् आह केशवो हृष्टः स्थितम् अक्रूरम् आगतम् कीदृशं नागलोकस्य वृत्तं भागवते ह्रदे
tam āha keśavo hṛṣṭaḥ sthitam akrūram āgatam kīdṛśaṃ nāgalokasya vṛttaṃ bhāgavate hrade
Keśava, pleased, said to Akrūra, who had come and was standing (there): "What sort of doings of the Nāga world (did you see) in the pool of the Bhāgavata?
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HV 70.35
चिरं तु भवता कालं व्याक्षेपेण विलम्बितम् मन्ये दृष्टं त्वयाश्चर्यं हृदयं ते यथाचलम्
ciraṃ tu bhavatā kālaṃ vyākṣepeṇa vilambitam manye dṛṣṭaṃ tvayāścaryaṃ hṛdayaṃ te yathācalam
But a long time has been spent by you, delayed by the interruption. I think you have seen a marvel — (yet) your heart is, as it were, unmoved."
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HV 70.36
प्रत्युवाच स तं कृष्णम् आश्चर्यं भवता विना किं भविष्यति लोकेषु चरेषु स्थावरेषु च
pratyuvāca sa taṃ kṛṣṇam āścaryaṃ bhavatā vinā kiṃ bhaviṣyati lokeṣu careṣu sthāvareṣu ca
He answered Krishna: "What marvel could there be in the worlds, among moving and unmoving things, apart from you?
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HV 70.37
तत्राश्चर्यं मया दृष्टं यत् कृष्ण भुवि दुर्लभम् तद् इहापि यथा तत्र पश्यामि च रमानि च
tatrāścaryaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ yat kṛṣṇa bhuvi durlabham tad ihāpi yathā tatra paśyāmi ca ramāni ca
The marvel I saw there, Krishna, which is hard to come by on earth — that I see here too just as (I saw it) there, and (things) delightful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 70.39
संगतश् चास्मि लोकानाम् आश्चर्येणेह रूपिणा अतः परतरं कृष्ण नाश्चर्यं द्रष्टुम् उत्सहे ॥ ह्व्_७०।३८ को वायं त्रिषु लोकेषु विस्मयं भवता विना । नमः सर्वात्मने तुभ्यं विस्मयाय जगत्पते । नमो ऽस्तु देवदेवेश तुभ्यं सर्वात्मने नमः । नमो ऽस्तु विष्णवे तुभ्यम् अमेयाय जगत्पते ॥ किं वानेन जगन्नाथ कृतकृत्यो ऽस्मि सांप्रतम् । कृत्यशेषं सदा विष्णो किम् उत्सृजसि सांप्रतम् । तद् आगच्छ गमिष्यामः कंसराजपुरीं प्रभो यावन्न् आस्तं व्रजत्य् एष दिवसान्ते दिवाकरः
saṃgataś cāsmi lokānām āścaryeṇeha rūpiṇā ataḥ parataraṃ kṛṣṇa nāścaryaṃ draṣṭum utsahe // HV_70.38 ko vāyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vismayaṃ bhavatā vinā | namaḥ sarvātmane tubhyaṃ vismayāya jagatpate | namo 'stu devadeveśa tubhyaṃ sarvātmane namaḥ | namo 'stu viṣṇave tubhyam ameyāya jagatpate || kiṃ vānena jagannātha kṛtakṛtyo 'smi sāṃpratam | kṛtyaśeṣaṃ sadā viṣṇo kim utsṛjasi sāṃpratam | tad āgaccha gamiṣyāmaḥ kaṃsarājapurīṃ prabho yāvann āstaṃ vrajaty eṣa divasānte divākaraḥ
And I have met here with the marvel of the worlds in bodily form; beyond this, Krishna, I have no wish to see any marvel. (38) Or who is there in the three worlds to be a wonder, apart from you? Homage to you, the Self of all, to (you who are) the wonder, lord of the world! Homage be to you, lord of the gods of gods; homage to you, the Self of all! Homage be to you, Vishnu, immeasurable one, lord of the world! Or what (need) of this, lord of the world — I have now accomplished my purpose. What remains to be done, Vishnu — why do you now let it go? So come, we shall go, lord, to the city of King Kaṃsa, while yonder sun at the day's end has not yet gone to its setting."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain