Harivamsha — Chapter 74

HV 74.2

तद् गच्छ गजम् आरुह्य साङ्कुशप्रासतोमरः स्थिरो भव महामात्र समाजद्वारि मा चिरम् ॥ ह्व्_७३।३८ समागतौ च तौ दृष्ट्वा जहि गोपालकाव् उभौ । तस्मिन्न् अहनि निर्वृत्ते द्वितीये समुपस्थिते संकीर्यत महारङ्गः पौरैर् युद्धदिदृक्षुभिः ॥ ह्व्_७४।१ राजभिर् विषयान्तस्थैः प्रधानपुरुषैस् ततः । नारीभिर् माथुरीयाभिः श्यामाभिः संघसंस्थिताः ॥ पीनस्तनीभिः कंसस्य तथा बिल्वपयोधरैः । अपराखण्डिताभिस् तु मञ्जरीसदृशैः स्तनैः । भ्रू धनुर्दृष्टिविशिखं नासा ज्या सिञ्जति ततः । घ्नन्त्य् आकृष्य च कृष्णं ताः कंसेन विनियोजिताः ॥ कन्दलीदण्डकाण्डेन बध्वा तं मोहपाशकैः । नाभीह्रदे च गम्भीरे कालयाख्ये पराजिते ॥ कंसधात्रीसृतां स्नात्वा दन्तैश् छिन्नस्तनीं ततः । पाणिभ्यां तत्कुचौ गोपो न समर्थः प्रधर्षितुम् ॥ शकटस्य च भङ्गं स यथा कारितवाञ् शिशुः । अस्माकं शकटीभङ्गं युग्मयोः कुचयोस् ततः ॥ अरिष्टं हतवान् यो ऽयं ककुदा सदृशौ स्तनौ । घातयिष्यति गोपो ऽयं मल्लाभ्यां बलवत्तरः । सचित्राष्टास्त्रिचरणाः सार्गलद्वारवेदिकाः सगवाक्षार्धचन्द्राश् च सतलोत्तमभूषिताः

tad gaccha gajam āruhya sāṅkuśaprāsatomaraḥ sthiro bhava mahāmātra samājadvāri mā ciram // HV_73.38 samāgatau ca tau dṛṣṭvā jahi gopālakāv ubhau | tasminn ahani nirvṛtte dvitīye samupasthite saṃkīryata mahāraṅgaḥ paurair yuddhadidṛkṣubhiḥ // HV_74.1 rājabhir viṣayāntasthaiḥ pradhānapuruṣais tataḥ | nārībhir māthurīyābhiḥ śyāmābhiḥ saṃghasaṃsthitāḥ || pīnastanībhiḥ kaṃsasya tathā bilvapayodharaiḥ | aparākhaṇḍitābhis tu mañjarīsadṛśaiḥ stanaiḥ | bhrū dhanurdṛṣṭiviśikhaṃ nāsā jyā siñjati tataḥ | ghnanty ākṛṣya ca kṛṣṇaṃ tāḥ kaṃsena viniyojitāḥ || kandalīdaṇḍakāṇḍena badhvā taṃ mohapāśakaiḥ | nābhīhrade ca gambhīre kālayākhye parājite || kaṃsadhātrīsṛtāṃ snātvā dantaiś chinnastanīṃ tataḥ | pāṇibhyāṃ tatkucau gopo na samarthaḥ pradharṣitum || śakaṭasya ca bhaṅgaṃ sa yathā kāritavāñ śiśuḥ | asmākaṃ śakaṭībhaṅgaṃ yugmayoḥ kucayos tataḥ || ariṣṭaṃ hatavān yo 'yaṃ kakudā sadṛśau stanau | ghātayiṣyati gopo 'yaṃ mallābhyāṃ balavattaraḥ | sacitrāṣṭāstricaraṇāḥ sārgaladvāravedikāḥ sagavākṣārdhacandrāś ca satalottamabhūṣitāḥ

So go, mounting the elephant, with goad, javelin and lance; stand firm, O great elephant-driver, at the gate of the assembly, without delay. // And when you see those two come together, kill both the cowherd boys. When that day had passed and the second had come, the great arena was thronged with townsmen eager to see the fight, // and then with kings dwelling at the borders of the realm, with the foremost men, and with Mathurā women, dark, standing in crowds — // women of full breasts, and Kaṃsa's (women) with breasts like bilva fruits, unbroken by others, with breasts like flower-clusters. The brow is the bow, the glance the arrow, the nose the bowstring that twangs; drawing (the bow), those women appointed by Kaṃsa strike Kṛṣṇa. // Binding him with the stalk of a kandalī reed, with the nooses of infatuation, and in the deep pool of the navel — in that called Kālaya, defeated — // ... the woman who ran to Kaṃsa's nurse, having bathed, her breast then cut by teeth: the cowherd is not able to assail those two breasts with his hands. // And as that child brought about the breaking of the cart, so (may there be) the breaking of our little cart, that is, of the pair of breasts. // This one who slew Ariṣṭa — the two breasts resembling (the bull's) hump — this cowherd, stronger, will have (him) killed by the two wrestlers. // (The stands were) painted, with eight ... three-legged, with bolted door-platforms, with round windows and half-moon arches, adorned with excellent upper floors.

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HV 74.3

प्राङ्मुखैश् चारुनिर्मुक्तैः माल्यदामावतंसितैः अलंकृतैर् विराजद्भिः शारदैर् इव तोयदैः

prāṅmukhaiś cārunirmuktaiḥ mālyadāmāvataṃsitaiḥ alaṃkṛtair virājadbhiḥ śāradair iva toyadaiḥ

— (stands) facing east, gracefully finished, hung about with garlands and wreaths, decorated, gleaming like autumn rain-clouds —

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HV 74.4

मञ्चागारैः सुनिर्युक्तैर् युद्धार्थं सुविभूषितैः समाजवाटः शुशुभे स मेघौघैर् इवार्णवः

mañcāgāraiḥ suniryuktair yuddhārthaṃ suvibhūṣitaiḥ samājavāṭaḥ śuśubhe sa meghaughair ivārṇavaḥ

With platform-houses well fitted out and finely decorated for the fight, that assembly-enclosure shone like the ocean with masses of clouds.

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HV 74.5

स्वकर्मद्रव्ययुक्ताभिः पताकाभिर् निरन्तरम् श्रेणीनां च गणानां च मञ्चा भान्त्य् अचलोपमाः

svakarmadravyayuktābhiḥ patākābhir nirantaram śreṇīnāṃ ca gaṇānāṃ ca mañcā bhānty acalopamāḥ

With banners bearing the emblems of their own crafts and wares, set without a gap, the platforms of the guilds and the corporations shone like mountains.

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HV 74.6

अन्तःपुरगतानां च प्रेक्षागाराण्य् अदूरतः रेजुः काञ्चनचित्राणि रत्नज्वालाकुलानि च

antaḥpuragatānāṃ ca prekṣāgārāṇy adūrataḥ rejuḥ kāñcanacitrāṇi ratnajvālākulāni ca

And not far off the viewing-boxes of the women of the inner apartments shone, patterned with gold and thick with the blaze of jewels.

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HV 74.7

तानि रत्नौघकॢप्तानि ससानुप्रग्रहाणि च रेजुर् जवनिकाक्षेपैः सपक्षा इव खे नगाः

tāni ratnaughakḷptāni sasānupragrahāṇi ca rejur javanikākṣepaiḥ sapakṣā iva khe nagāḥ

Those (boxes), fashioned with masses of gems and furnished with terraces and railings, shone, with the fluttering of their curtains, like winged mountains in the sky.

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HV 74.8

तत्र चामरहासैश् च भूषणानां च शिञ्जितैः मणीनां च विचित्राणां विचित्राश् चेरुर् अर्चिषः

tatra cāmarahāsaiś ca bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca śiñjitaiḥ maṇīnāṃ ca vicitrāṇāṃ vicitrāś cerur arciṣaḥ

There, from the sway of the yak-tail fans, from the tinkling of ornaments, and from the many-coloured gems, many-coloured rays of light moved about.

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HV 74.9

गणिकानां पृथङ्मञ्चाः शुभैर् आस्तरणाम्बरैः शोभिता वारमुख्याभिर् विमानप्रतिमौजसः

gaṇikānāṃ pṛthaṅmañcāḥ śubhair āstaraṇāmbaraiḥ śobhitā vāramukhyābhir vimānapratimaujasaḥ

The courtesans' platforms stood apart, beautified with fine coverings and cloths, made splendid by the foremost of harlots, and matching flying palaces in brilliance.

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HV 74.10

तत्रासनानि मुख्यानि पर्यङ्काश् च हिरण्मयः प्रकीर्णाश् च कुथाश् चित्राः सपुष्पस्तबकद्रुमाः

tatrāsanāni mukhyāni paryaṅkāś ca hiraṇmayaḥ prakīrṇāś ca kuthāś citrāḥ sapuṣpastabakadrumāḥ

There were excellent seats and golden couches, and coloured rugs strewn about, and trees with clusters of blossoms.

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HV 74.11

सौवर्णाः पानकुम्भाश् च पानभूम्यश् च शोभिताः फलावदंशपूर्णाश् च चाङ्गेर् यः पानयोजिताः

sauvarṇāḥ pānakumbhāś ca pānabhūmyaś ca śobhitāḥ phalāvadaṃśapūrṇāś ca cāṅger yaḥ pānayojitāḥ

There were golden drinking-jars and beautified drinking-places, and cāṅgerī vessels full of fruit-relishes, set out for the drinking.

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HV 74.12

अन्ये च मञ्चा बहवः काष्ठसंचयबन्धनाः रेजुः प्रस्तरशस् तत्र प्रकाशा मञ्चसंचयाः

anye ca mañcā bahavaḥ kāṣṭhasaṃcayabandhanāḥ rejuḥ prastaraśas tatra prakāśā mañcasaṃcayāḥ

And many other platforms, held together by piled timbers, shone there in tiers — conspicuous masses of platforms.

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HV 74.13

उत्तमागारिकाश् चान्ये सूक्ष्मजालावलोकिनः स्त्रीनां प्रेक्षागृहा भान्ति राजहंसा इवाम्बरे

uttamāgārikāś cānye sūkṣmajālāvalokinaḥ strīnāṃ prekṣāgṛhā bhānti rājahaṃsā ivāmbare

And others were fine upper chambers, looking out through delicate lattices: the women's viewing-houses shine like royal geese in the sky.

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HV 74.14

प्राखङ्मुश् चारुनिर्युक्तो मेरुशृङ्गसमप्रभः रुक्मपत्रनिभस्तम्भश् चित्रनिर्योगशोभितः

prākhaṅmuś cāruniryukto meruśṛṅgasamaprabhaḥ rukmapatranibhastambhaś citraniryogaśobhitaḥ

Facing east, gracefully constructed, radiant as the peak of Meru, its pillars like plates of gold, adorned with variegated fittings —

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HV 74.15

प्रेक्षागारः स कंसस्य प्रचकाशे ऽधिकं श्रिया शोभितो माल्यदामैश् च निवासकृतलक्षणः

prekṣāgāraḥ sa kaṃsasya pracakāśe 'dhikaṃ śriyā śobhito mālyadāmaiś ca nivāsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ

— that viewing-pavilion of Kaṃsa shone exceedingly with splendour, made beautiful with garlands and wreaths, marked out as his own seat.

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HV 74.17

तस्मिन्न् आनाजनाकीर्णे जनौघप्रतिनादिते समाजवाटे संस्तब्धे कम्पमानार्णवप्रभे ॥ ह्व्_७४।१६ नन्दगोपादयो गोपा भोजराजसमाहृताः । निवेदितोपायनास् ते एकस्मिन् मञ्च आविशन् । राजा कुवलयापीडो रङ्गस्य द्वारि कुञ्जरः तिष्ठत्व् इति समाज्ञाप्य प्रेक्षागारम् अथाययौ

tasminn ānājanākīrṇe janaughapratinādite samājavāṭe saṃstabdhe kampamānārṇavaprabhe // HV_74.16 nandagopādayo gopā bhojarājasamāhṛtāḥ | niveditopāyanās te ekasmin mañca āviśan | rājā kuvalayāpīḍo raṅgasya dvāri kuñjaraḥ tiṣṭhatv iti samājñāpya prekṣāgāram athāyayau

In that assembly-enclosure crowded with people come (from everywhere), resounding with the roar of the throngs, hushed, gleaming like a heaving ocean, // the cowherds headed by Nanda the herdsman, summoned by the Bhoja king, having presented their gifts, took their places on a single platform. And the king, having given the order "Let the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa stand at the gate of the arena," then came to the viewing-pavilion.

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HV 74.18

स शुक्ले वाससी बिभ्रच् छ्वेतव्यजनचामरः शुशुभे श्वेतमुकुटः श्वेताभ्र इव चन्द्रमाः

sa śukle vāsasī bibhrac chvetavyajanacāmaraḥ śuśubhe śvetamukuṭaḥ śvetābhra iva candramāḥ

Wearing two white garments, with white fan and white yak-tail whisk, with a white crown, he shone like the moon in a white cloud.

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HV 74.20

तस्य सिंहासनस्थस्य सुखासीनस्य धीमतः रूपम् अप्रतिमं दृष्ट्वा पौराः प्रोचुर् जयाशिषः ॥ ह्व्_७४।१९ ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश् च परमर्षयः । पुरंदरं पुरस्कृत्य जग्मुर् युद्धदिदृक्षवः ॥ विमानस्थास् तु ते सर्वे विरेजुः सितचामराः । शक्रो ऽप्य् ऐरावतगतः शुशुभे च समातलिः ॥ ऊर्वशीप्रमुखाः सर्वा वारमुख्यास् तदाभवन् । शक्रपार्श्वगतास् तास् तु सितचामरपाणयः ॥ दिलीपप्रमुखास् ते तु मुनयो राजसत्तमाः । अनेकयुगपर्यन्तं स्थिता दिवि च शक्रवत् । भगवन्तं जगन्नाथं द्रष्टुं गोपविभूषितम् । नारदाद् यास् तु मुनयो युद्धं द्रष्टुं व्यवस्थिताः ॥ मल्लाभ्यां देवयोः सार्धं रङ्गमध्ये समुत्थितम् । अमरौघैस् तदाकाशं निबिडं समपद्यत ॥ रङ्गवाटस् तदा चैव जनैः सर्वैः समावृतः । द्यौश् चापि देवसंघैश् च निबिडाभूद् वियच्चरैः । एकाकारं समभवद् भूतलं च नभःस्थलम् । ततः प्रविविशुर् मल्ला रङ्गम् आवल्गिताम्बराः तिस्रश् च भागशः कक्ष्याः प्राविशन् बलशालिनः

tasya siṃhāsanasthasya sukhāsīnasya dhīmataḥ rūpam apratimaṃ dṛṣṭvā paurāḥ procur jayāśiṣaḥ // HV_74.19 tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ | puraṃdaraṃ puraskṛtya jagmur yuddhadidṛkṣavaḥ || vimānasthās tu te sarve virejuḥ sitacāmarāḥ | śakro 'py airāvatagataḥ śuśubhe ca samātaliḥ || ūrvaśīpramukhāḥ sarvā vāramukhyās tadābhavan | śakrapārśvagatās tās tu sitacāmarapāṇayaḥ || dilīpapramukhās te tu munayo rājasattamāḥ | anekayugaparyantaṃ sthitā divi ca śakravat | bhagavantaṃ jagannāthaṃ draṣṭuṃ gopavibhūṣitam | nāradād yās tu munayo yuddhaṃ draṣṭuṃ vyavasthitāḥ || mallābhyāṃ devayoḥ sārdhaṃ raṅgamadhye samutthitam | amaraughais tadākāśaṃ nibiḍaṃ samapadyata || raṅgavāṭas tadā caiva janaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | dyauś cāpi devasaṃghaiś ca nibiḍābhūd viyaccaraiḥ | ekākāraṃ samabhavad bhūtalaṃ ca nabhaḥsthalam | tataḥ praviviśur mallā raṅgam āvalgitāmbarāḥ tisraś ca bhāgaśaḥ kakṣyāḥ prāviśan balaśālinaḥ

Seeing the matchless form of that wise one, seated at ease upon the lion-throne, the townsmen spoke blessings for his victory. // Then the gods with the gandharvas, the siddhas and the great seers, putting Purandara at their head, went, eager to see the fight. All of them, standing in their aerial cars, shone with white whisks; Śakra too, mounted on Airāvata, shone, with Mātali. All the chief courtesans, headed by Ūrvaśī, were there then, standing at Śakra's side with white whisks in their hands. And those sages headed by Dilīpa, best of kings, who had dwelt in heaven for many ages like Śakra, (came) to behold the blessed Lord of the world adorned as a cowherd. And the sages beginning with Nārada took their places to watch the fight that had arisen in the middle of the arena between the two gods and the two wrestlers. The sky then became dense with hosts of immortals; the arena-enclosure was crowded with all the people, and heaven too became thick with the throngs of gods that move in the sky. The face of the earth and the expanse of the sky became one and the same. Then the wrestlers entered the arena with their garments girt up, and the strong men entered the three enclosures by divisions.

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HV 74.22

ततस् तूर्यनिनादेन क्ष्वेडितास्फोटितेन च वसुदेवसुतौ हृष्टौ रङ्गद्वारम् उपस्थितौ ॥ ह्व्_७४।२१ बल्लवौ वस्त्रसंवीतौ सुरवन्दनभूषितौ । ऊर्ध्वपीडौ स्रगापीडौ बाहुशस्त्रकृतोद्यमौ । आस्फोटयन्ताव् अन्योन्यं बाहू चैवार्गलापमौ । ताव् आपतन्तौ त्वरितौ प्रतिषिद्धौ वराननौ रङ्गद्वारं समासाद्य तस्मिन् गजम् अवस्थितम् । अपश्यत् कुवलयापीडं कृष्णो ऽम्बष्ठप्रणोदितम् ॥ बद्ध्वा परिकरं शौरिः समुह्य कुटिलालकान् । उवाच हस्तिपं वाचा मेघनादगभीरया ॥ अम्बष्ठाम्बष्ठ मार्गं नौ देह्य् अपाक्रम मा चिरम् । नो चेत् सकुञ्जरं हत्वा नयामि यमसादनम् ॥ एवं निर्भर्त्सितो ऽम्बष्ठः कुपितः कोपितं गजम् । चोदयाम् आस कृष्णाय कालान्तकयमोपमम् । तेन मत्तेन नागेन चोद्यमानेन वै भृशम्

tatas tūryaninādena kṣveḍitāsphoṭitena ca vasudevasutau hṛṣṭau raṅgadvāram upasthitau // HV_74.21 ballavau vastrasaṃvītau suravandanabhūṣitau | ūrdhvapīḍau sragāpīḍau bāhuśastrakṛtodyamau | āsphoṭayantāv anyonyaṃ bāhū caivārgalāpamau | tāv āpatantau tvaritau pratiṣiddhau varānanau raṅgadvāraṃ samāsādya tasmin gajam avasthitam | apaśyat kuvalayāpīḍaṃ kṛṣṇo 'mbaṣṭhapraṇoditam || baddhvā parikaraṃ śauriḥ samuhya kuṭilālakān | uvāca hastipaṃ vācā meghanādagabhīrayā || ambaṣṭhāmbaṣṭha mārgaṃ nau dehy apākrama mā ciram | no cet sakuñjaraṃ hatvā nayāmi yamasādanam || evaṃ nirbhartsito 'mbaṣṭhaḥ kupitaḥ kopitaṃ gajam | codayām āsa kṛṣṇāya kālāntakayamopamam | tena mattena nāgena codyamānena vai bhṛśam

Then, at the sound of the trumpets and with hissing shouts and slapping of arms, the two sons of Vasudeva, delighted, presented themselves at the gate of the arena. (74.21) The two cowherds, wrapped in cloth, adorned with the homage of the gods, their hair bound up high, wearing garland-crowns, making ready with their arms for weapons, slapping each other's arms, which were like door-bars — the two fair-faced ones, rushing forward in haste, were held back. Reaching the gate of the arena, Kṛṣṇa saw the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa standing there, urged on by its driver. Girding up his loins and gathering back his curling locks, Śauri spoke to the elephant-keeper in a voice deep as the roar of a thundercloud: "Driver, driver, give us the way, step aside, do not delay; if not, I shall kill you along with your elephant and send you to Yama's abode." Thus reviled, the driver, angered, urged the enraged elephant — like Yama the ender at the end of time — against Kṛṣṇa. By that maddened elephant, being goaded very hard,

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HV 74.23

स मत्तहस्ती दुष्टात्मा कृत्वा कुण्डलिनं करम् चकार चोदितो यत्नं निहन्तुं बलकेशवौ

sa mattahastī duṣṭātmā kṛtvā kuṇḍalinaṃ karam cakāra codito yatnaṃ nihantuṃ balakeśavau

That maddened elephant, evil-natured, coiling up its trunk, being goaded, made an effort to kill Bala and Keśava.

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HV 74.25

ततः प्रहसितः कृष्णस् त्रास्यमानो गजेन वै कंसस्यमत्सरं चैव जगर्हे स दुरात्मनः ॥ ह्व्_७४।२४ अनेन गजमुख्येन हन्तुं व्यवसितः किल ॥ अहो तु कंसो दुर्मेधाः किम् अतो विस्मयः परः । इति संचिन्त्य भगवान् बलभद्रम् उदैक्षत ॥ तस्य तां जगृहे बुद्धिं बलभद्रो दुरात्मनः । त्वरते खलु कंसो ऽयं गन्तुं वैवस्वतक्षयम् यो माम् अनेन नागेन प्रधर्षयितुम् इच्छति

tataḥ prahasitaḥ kṛṣṇas trāsyamāno gajena vai kaṃsasyamatsaraṃ caiva jagarhe sa durātmanaḥ // HV_74.24 anena gajamukhyena hantuṃ vyavasitaḥ kila || aho tu kaṃso durmedhāḥ kim ato vismayaḥ paraḥ | iti saṃcintya bhagavān balabhadram udaikṣata || tasya tāṃ jagṛhe buddhiṃ balabhadro durātmanaḥ | tvarate khalu kaṃso 'yaṃ gantuṃ vaivasvatakṣayam yo mām anena nāgena pradharṣayitum icchati

Then Kṛṣṇa laughed, though being frightened by the elephant, and he reproached the malice of that evil-souled Kaṃsa: (74.24) "With this chief of elephants he is indeed determined to kill (us). Ah, Kaṃsa is dull-witted — what greater wonder than this?" Thinking thus, the Lord looked toward Balabhadra. Balabhadra grasped that thought of his (about) the evil-souled one: "Surely this Kaṃsa is in haste to go to the abode of the son of Vivasvat, he who wishes to have me assailed by this elephant."

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HV 74.26

संनिकृष्टे ततो नागे गर्जमाने यथा घने सहसोत्पत्य गोविन्दश् चक्रे तालस्वनं प्रभुः

saṃnikṛṣṭe tato nāge garjamāne yathā ghane sahasotpatya govindaś cakre tālasvanaṃ prabhuḥ

Then, when the elephant had come close, roaring like a thundercloud, Govinda the Lord leapt up suddenly and made a clapping sound with his palms.

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HV 74.27

क्ष्वेदितास्फोटितरवं कृत्वा नागस्य चाग्रतः करं च श्रीधरस् तस्य प्रतिजग्राह वक्षसा

kṣveditāsphoṭitaravaṃ kṛtvā nāgasya cāgrataḥ karaṃ ca śrīdharas tasya pratijagrāha vakṣasā

Making the noise of hissing and arm-slapping in front of the elephant, the bearer of Śrī received its trunk upon his chest.

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HV 74.28

विषाणान्तरगो भृत्वा पुनश् चरणमध्यगः बबाधे तं गजं कृष्णः पवनस् तोयदं यथा

viṣāṇāntarago bhṛtvā punaś caraṇamadhyagaḥ babādhe taṃ gajaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pavanas toyadaṃ yathā

Going between its tusks, and again passing between its feet, Kṛṣṇa harried that elephant as the wind harries a raincloud.

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HV 74.29

स हस्ताच् च विनिष्क्रान्तो विषाणाग्राच् च दन्तिनः विमुक्तः पादमध्याच् च कृष्णो द्विपम् अमोहयत्

sa hastāc ca viniṣkrānto viṣāṇāgrāc ca dantinaḥ vimuktaḥ pādamadhyāc ca kṛṣṇo dvipam amohayat

Slipping out of its trunk and from the tips of the tusker's tusks, and freed from between its feet, Kṛṣṇa bewildered the elephant.

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HV 74.30

सो ऽन्तिकायस् तु संमूढो हन्तुं कृष्णम् अशक्नुवन् गजः स्वेष्व् एव गात्रेषु मथ्यमानो ररास ह

so 'ntikāyas tu saṃmūḍho hantuṃ kṛṣṇam aśaknuvan gajaḥ sveṣv eva gātreṣu mathyamāno rarāsa ha

But that elephant, with its body close (to him), utterly confounded, unable to kill Kṛṣṇa, being churned about within its own limbs, roared aloud.

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HV 74.31

पपात भूमौ जानुभ्यां दशनाभ्यां तुतोद ह मदं सुस्राव रोषाच् च घर्मापाय यथा घनः

papāta bhūmau jānubhyāṃ daśanābhyāṃ tutoda ha madaṃ susrāva roṣāc ca gharmāpāya yathā ghanaḥ

It fell to the ground on its knees and gored (the earth) with its tusks; and out of fury it streamed ichor, as a cloud (streams rain) at the end of the hot season.

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HV 74.32

कृष्णस् तु तेन नागेन क्रीडित्वा शिशुना यथा निधनाय मतिं चक्रे कंसद्विष्टेन चेतसा

kṛṣṇas tu tena nāgena krīḍitvā śiśunā yathā nidhanāya matiṃ cakre kaṃsadviṣṭena cetasā

But Kṛṣṇa, having played with that elephant as with a child, with a mind hostile to Kaṃsa made up his mind to kill it.

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HV 74.33

स तस्य प्रमुखे पादं कृत्वा कुम्भाद् अनन्तरम् दोर्भ्यां विषाणम् उत्पाट्य तेनैव प्राहरत् तदा

sa tasya pramukhe pādaṃ kṛtvā kumbhād anantaram dorbhyāṃ viṣāṇam utpāṭya tenaiva prāharat tadā

Setting his foot before it, right upon its frontal lobe, and tearing out a tusk with both arms, he then struck it with that very tusk.

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HV 74.34

स तेन वज्रकल्पेन स्वेन दन्तेन कुञ्जरः हन्यमानः शकृन्मूत्रं चकारार्तो ररास ह

sa tena vajrakalpena svena dantena kuñjaraḥ hanyamānaḥ śakṛnmūtraṃ cakārārto rarāsa ha

That elephant, being struck with its own tusk, which was like a thunderbolt, let go its dung and urine and, in agony, roared aloud.

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HV 74.35

कृष्णजर्जरिताङ्गस्य कुञ्जरस्यार्तचेतसः कटाभ्याम् अतिसुस्राव वेगवद् भूरि शोणितम्

kṛṣṇajarjaritāṅgasya kuñjarasyārtacetasaḥ kaṭābhyām atisusrāva vegavad bhūri śoṇitam

From the temples of that elephant, its body battered by Kṛṣṇa and its mind in agony, much blood flowed forth violently.

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HV 74.36

लाङ्गूलं चास्य वेगेन निश्चकर्ष हलायुधः शैलपृष्ठार्धसंलीनं वैनतेय इवोरगम्

lāṅgūlaṃ cāsya vegena niścakarṣa halāyudhaḥ śailapṛṣṭhārdhasaṃlīnaṃ vainateya ivoragam

And the plough-armed one wrenched out its tail with force, as Garuḍa (drags out) a serpent clinging inside a crevice of a mountain-flank.

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HV 74.37

तेनैव गजदन्तेन कृष्णो हत्वा तु कुञ्जरम् जघानैकप्रहारेण गजारोहम् अथोल्बणम्

tenaiva gajadantena kṛṣṇo hatvā tu kuñjaram jaghānaikaprahāreṇa gajāroham atholbaṇam

With that very elephant-tusk Kṛṣṇa, after killing the elephant, then slew with a single blow the elephant's fierce rider.

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