Harivamsha — Chapter 75

HV 75.1

सो ऽर्तनादं महत् कृत्वा विदन्तो दन्तिनां वरः पपात समहामात्रो वज्रभिन्न इवाचलः ॥ ह्व्_७४।३८ ततस् तौ तु गजाङ्गानि प्रगृह्य रणकर्कशौ । गजस्य पादरक्षांश् च जघ्नतुः पुरुषर्षभौ ॥ तांश् च हत्वा विविशतुर् मध्यं रङ्गस्य ताव् उभौ । नासत्याव् अश्विनौ स्वर्गाद् अवतीर्णाव् इवेच्छया ॥ वृष्ण्यन्धकाश् च भोजाश् च ददृसुर् वनमालिनौ । क्ष्वेडितोत्क्रुष्टनादेन बाह्वोर् आस्फोटितेन च ॥ सिंहनादैश् च तालैश् च हर्षयाम् आसतुर् जनम् ॥ तौ दृष्ट्वा भोजराजस् तु विषसाद वृथामतिः । पौराणाम् अनुरागं च हर्षं चालक्ष्य भारत । तं हत्वा पुण्डरीकाक्षो नदन्तं दन्तिनां वरम् अवतीर्णो ऽर्णवाकारं समाजं सहपूर्वजः ॥ ह्व्_७४।३९ मल्लानाम् अशनिर् नृणां नरवरः स्त्रीणां स्मरो मूर्तिमान् ।गोपानां स्वजनो ऽसतां क्षितिभुजां शास्ता स्वपित्रोः शिशुः ।मृत्युर् भोजपतेर् विराड् अविदुषां तत्त्वं परं योगिनां ।वृष्णीनां परदेवतेति विदितो रङ्गं प्रविष्टो हरिः ।देवाश् च मुनयः सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा गदाधरम् । विमानस्थास् ततो युद्धं दृष्टिं द्रष्टुं समादधुः ॥ ततः कृष्णो महाबाहुर् बलदेवेन संयुतः । जनांश् च मनसा पूज्य कंसं हन्तुं समुद्यतः । प्रविशन्तं तु वेगेन मारुतावल्गिताम्बरम् पूर्वजं पुरतः कृत्वा कृष्णं कमललोचनम्

so 'rtanādaṃ mahat kṛtvā vidanto dantināṃ varaḥ papāta samahāmātro vajrabhinna ivācalaḥ // HV_74.38 tatas tau tu gajāṅgāni pragṛhya raṇakarkaśau | gajasya pādarakṣāṃś ca jaghnatuḥ puruṣarṣabhau || tāṃś ca hatvā viviśatur madhyaṃ raṅgasya tāv ubhau | nāsatyāv aśvinau svargād avatīrṇāv ivecchayā || vṛṣṇyandhakāś ca bhojāś ca dadṛsur vanamālinau | kṣveḍitotkruṣṭanādena bāhvor āsphoṭitena ca || siṃhanādaiś ca tālaiś ca harṣayām āsatur janam || tau dṛṣṭvā bhojarājas tu viṣasāda vṛthāmatiḥ | paurāṇām anurāgaṃ ca harṣaṃ cālakṣya bhārata | taṃ hatvā puṇḍarīkākṣo nadantaṃ dantināṃ varam avatīrṇo 'rṇavākāraṃ samājaṃ sahapūrvajaḥ // HV_74.39 mallānām aśanir nṛṇāṃ naravaraḥ strīṇāṃ smaro mūrtimān |gopānāṃ svajano 'satāṃ kṣitibhujāṃ śāstā svapitroḥ śiśuḥ |mṛtyur bhojapater virāḍ aviduṣāṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ yogināṃ |vṛṣṇīnāṃ paradevateti vidito raṅgaṃ praviṣṭo hariḥ |devāś ca munayaḥ sarve namaskṛtvā gadādharam | vimānasthās tato yuddhaṃ dṛṣṭiṃ draṣṭuṃ samādadhuḥ || tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahābāhur baladevena saṃyutaḥ | janāṃś ca manasā pūjya kaṃsaṃ hantuṃ samudyataḥ | praviśantaṃ tu vegena mārutāvalgitāmbaram pūrvajaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam

Uttering a great cry of pain, that best of tusked beasts, now tuskless, fell together with its driver, like a mountain split by the thunderbolt. (74.38) Then those two bulls among men, harsh in battle, seizing the elephant's limbs, slew also the elephant's foot-guards. Having killed them, the two entered the middle of the arena, like the Nāsatyas, the two Aśvins, descended from heaven at will. The Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas and Bhojas beheld the two wearers of forest-garlands. With hissings and shouts and cries, with the slapping of their arms, with lion-roars and hand-claps, they made the people rejoice. But the king of the Bhojas, seeing the two, sank into despair, his purpose frustrated, observing the affection and the joy of the citizens, O Bhārata. Having slain that roaring best of tuskers, the lotus-eyed one, together with his elder brother, went down into the assembly that had the form of an ocean. (74.39) A thunderbolt to the wrestlers, the best of men to men, Love embodied to the women, their own kinsman to the cowherds, the chastiser of wicked kings, a child to his own parents, death to the lord of the Bhojas, the cosmic form to the ignorant, the supreme reality to the yogins, the highest deity to the Vṛṣṇis — thus was Hari known as he entered the arena. And all the gods and sages, having bowed to the mace-bearer, seated in their aerial cars, then fixed their gaze to watch the fight. Then great-armed Kṛṣṇa, joined with Baladeva, honoring the people in his mind, was ready to kill Kaṃsa. (They saw) lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, his garment tossed by the wind, entering swiftly, having placed his elder brother in front —

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HV 75.2

गजदन्तकृतोल्लेखं सुभुजं देवकीसुतम् लीलाकृताङ्गदं वीरं मदेन रुधिरेण च

gajadantakṛtollekhaṃ subhujaṃ devakīsutam līlākṛtāṅgadaṃ vīraṃ madena rudhireṇa ca

the son of Devakī, with fine arms, scored with scratches made by the elephant's tusk, the hero whose armlets were fashioned as if in sport out of the elephant's ichor and blood,

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HV 75.3

वल्गमानं यथा सिंहं गर्जमानं यथा घनम् बाहुशब्दप्रहारेण चालयन्तं वसुंधराम्

valgamānaṃ yathā siṃhaṃ garjamānaṃ yathā ghanam bāhuśabdaprahāreṇa cālayantaṃ vasuṃdharām

leaping like a lion, roaring like a thundercloud, making the earth shake with the blows and the sound of his arms —

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HV 75.5

औग्रसेनिः समालोक्य दन्तिदन्तोद्यतायुधम् कृष्णं भृशायस्तमुखः सरोषं समुदैक्षत ॥ ह्व्_७५।४ रङ्गस्था अपि ते सर्वे नेत्रैर् अनिमिषैस् तथा । ददृशुः पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना । भुजासक्तेन शुशुभे गजदन्तेन केशवः चन्द्रार्धबिम्बसंयुक्तो यथैकशिखरो गिरिः

augraseniḥ samālokya dantidantodyatāyudham kṛṣṇaṃ bhṛśāyastamukhaḥ saroṣaṃ samudaikṣata // HV_75.4 raṅgasthā api te sarve netrair animiṣais tathā | dadṛśuḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā | bhujāsaktena śuśubhe gajadantena keśavaḥ candrārdhabimbasaṃyukto yathaikaśikharo giriḥ

The son of Ugrasena, seeing Kṛṣṇa with the elephant's tusk raised as a weapon, his own face much strained, looked upon him with fury. (75.4) And all those seated in the arena too gazed with unblinking eyes upon the lotus-eyed one, with joy in their inmost selves. Keśava shone with the elephant's tusk held against his arm, like a mountain with a single peak conjoined with the orb of the half-moon.

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HV 75.7

वल्गमाने गोविन्दे स कृत्स्नो रङ्गसागरः जनौघप्रतिनादेन पूर्यमाण इवाबभौ ॥ ह्व्_७५।६ ततः क्रोधाभिताम्राक्षः कंसः परमकोपनः । चाणूरम् आदिशद् युद्धे कृष्णस्य सुमहाबलम् ॥ अन्ध्रं मल्लं च निकृतिं मुष्टिकं च महाबलम् । बलदेवाय सक्रोधो दिदेशाद्रिचयोप-मम् । कंसेनापि समाज्ञप्तश् चाणूरः पूर्वम् एव तु योधव्यं सह कृष्णेन त्वया यत्नवतेति वै

valgamāne govinde sa kṛtsno raṅgasāgaraḥ janaughapratinādena pūryamāṇa ivābabhau // HV_75.6 tataḥ krodhābhitāmrākṣaḥ kaṃsaḥ paramakopanaḥ | cāṇūram ādiśad yuddhe kṛṣṇasya sumahābalam || andhraṃ mallaṃ ca nikṛtiṃ muṣṭikaṃ ca mahābalam | baladevāya sakrodho dideśādricayopa-mam | kaṃsenāpi samājñaptaś cāṇūraḥ pūrvam eva tu yodhavyaṃ saha kṛṣṇena tvayā yatnavateti vai

As Govinda leapt about, that whole ocean of an arena appeared as if being filled by the answering roar of the throngs of people. (75.6) Then Kaṃsa, his eyes coppery-red with anger, exceedingly wrathful, appointed the very mighty Cāṇūra to the fight with Kṛṣṇa; and in his anger he assigned to Baladeva the Andhra wrestler, the crafty Muṣṭika of great strength, who was like a mass of mountains. And Cāṇūra had indeed already been commanded by Kaṃsa beforehand: "You must fight with Kṛṣṇa, and with full effort."

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HV 75.10

स रोषेण तु चाणूरः कषायीकृतलोचनः अभ्यवर्तत युद्धाय अपां पूर्णो यथा घनः ॥ ह्व्_७५।८ आह चैनं स गोविन्दं व्यपनेष्यामि ते मदम् । अचिराद् द्रक्ष्यसे गोप मम वैवस्वतं बलात् ॥ तच् छ्रुत्वैव तु गोविन्दो बभाषे तं गतायुषम् । तादृशं तव सामर्थ्यं द्रक्ष्यामि बलम् उत्तमम् । अचिराद् द्रक्ष्यसे मल्ल त्वया वाथ मयाधम ॥ दर्शयस्व समर्थश् चेत् त्वद्बलं कथ्यसे ऽधम । एवम् उक्त्वा तु गोविन्दो ननाद विविधं बहु । अवघुष्टे समाजे तु निःशब्दस्तिमिते जने यादवास् तत्र सहिता इदं वचनम् अब्रुवन् ॥ ह्व्_७५।९ बाणपक्षं परित्यं च युद्धं साम्ना निरीक्ष्य च । बाहुयुद्धम् इदं रङ्गे सप्राश्निकम् अकातरम् क्रियाबलसमाज्ञातम् अशस्त्रं निर्मितं पुरा

sa roṣeṇa tu cāṇūraḥ kaṣāyīkṛtalocanaḥ abhyavartata yuddhāya apāṃ pūrṇo yathā ghanaḥ // HV_75.8 āha cainaṃ sa govindaṃ vyapaneṣyāmi te madam | acirād drakṣyase gopa mama vaivasvataṃ balāt || tac chrutvaiva tu govindo babhāṣe taṃ gatāyuṣam | tādṛśaṃ tava sāmarthyaṃ drakṣyāmi balam uttamam | acirād drakṣyase malla tvayā vātha mayādhama || darśayasva samarthaś cet tvadbalaṃ kathyase 'dhama | evam uktvā tu govindo nanāda vividhaṃ bahu | avaghuṣṭe samāje tu niḥśabdastimite jane yādavās tatra sahitā idaṃ vacanam abruvan // HV_75.9 bāṇapakṣaṃ parityaṃ ca yuddhaṃ sāmnā nirīkṣya ca | bāhuyuddham idaṃ raṅge saprāśnikam akātaram kriyābalasamājñātam aśastraṃ nirmitaṃ purā

And Cāṇūra, his eyes made reddish-brown with rage, advanced to fight, like a cloud full of water. And he said to Govinda: "I shall take away your arrogance; before long, cowherd, you will see Vaivasvata (Yama) by my strength." On hearing just that, Govinda said to him whose life was already gone: "Such is your capacity — I shall see (your) supreme strength; before long, wrestler, you will see (it), whether by you or by me, base one. Show your strength, if you are able, (that strength) by which you are talked of, base one." Having spoken thus, Govinda roared loudly in many ways. When the assembly had shouted and the people had fallen silent and still, the Yādavas gathered there spoke these words: "...abandoning ... and having viewed the contest with conciliation — this arm-combat in the arena, with umpires, undaunted, recognised (as decided) by skill and strength, was of old established as weaponless."

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HV 75.11

अद्भिश् चापि श्रमो नित्यं विनेयः कालदर्शिभिः करीषेण च मल्लस्य सततं प्रक्रिया स्मृता

adbhiś cāpi śramo nityaṃ vineyaḥ kāladarśibhiḥ karīṣeṇa ca mallasya satataṃ prakriyā smṛtā

And fatigue is always to be removed with water by those who watch the (proper) time; and the treatment of a wrestler with dry cow-dung is constantly enjoined.

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HV 75.12

स्थितो भूमिगतश् चैव यो यथामार्गतः स्थितः स्थितौ भूमिगतौ चैव यथा तौ मार्गम् आस्थितौ । नियुध्यतश् च पर्यायः प्राश्निकैः समुदाहृतः

sthito bhūmigataś caiva yo yathāmārgataḥ sthitaḥ sthitau bhūmigatau caiva yathā tau mārgam āsthitau | niyudhyataś ca paryāyaḥ prāśnikaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

One standing and one brought to the ground — whichever stands according to the rule; both standing and both on the ground, according as the two abide by the rule; and the alternation of the two who fight is declared by the umpires.

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HV 75.13

बालो वा यदि वा मध्यः स्थविरो वा कृशो ऽपि वा बलस्थो वा स्थितो रङ्गे ज्ञेयः कक्ष्यान्तरेण वै

bālo vā yadi vā madhyaḥ sthaviro vā kṛśo 'pi vā balastho vā sthito raṅge jñeyaḥ kakṣyāntareṇa vai

Whether a boy, or middle-aged, or an elder, or even thin, or in full strength, one standing in the arena is to be recognised by the distinction of class (kakṣyā, the wrestler's belt-grade).

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HV 75.14

बलतश् च क्रियातश् च बाहुयुद्धविधिर् युधि निर्घातानन्तरं किंचिन् न कर्तव्यं विजानता

balataś ca kriyātaś ca bāhuyuddhavidhir yudhi nirghātānantaraṃ kiṃcin na kartavyaṃ vijānatā

By strength and by skill (is decided) the procedure of arm-combat in a fight; after a knocking-down, nothing further should be done by one who knows (the rules).

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HV 75.15

तद् इदं प्रस्तुतं रङ्गे युद्धं कृष्णान्ध्रमल्लयोः बालः कृष्णो महान् अन्ध्रस् तत्र न स्याद् विचारणा

tad idaṃ prastutaṃ raṅge yuddhaṃ kṛṣṇāndhramallayoḥ bālaḥ kṛṣṇo mahān andhras tatra na syād vicāraṇā

Now this fight begun in the arena between Kṛṣṇa and the Andhra wrestler — Kṛṣṇa is a boy, the Andhra is huge; there should be no question about that.

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HV 75.16

ततः किलकिलाशब्दः समाजे समवर्तत प्रावल्गत च गोविन्दो वाक्यं चेदम् उवाच ह

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ samāje samavartata prāvalgata ca govindo vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha

Then a clamour of shouting arose in the assembly; and Govinda leapt about and spoke these words:

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HV 75.17

अहं बालो महान् अन्ध्रो वपुषा पर्वतोपमः युद्धं मम सहानेन रोचते बाहुशालिना

ahaṃ bālo mahān andhro vapuṣā parvatopamaḥ yuddhaṃ mama sahānena rocate bāhuśālinā

"I am a boy, the Andhra is huge, in body like a mountain; a fight of mine with this strong-armed one pleases me."

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HV 75.18

युद्धव्यतिक्रमः कश्चिन् न भविष्यति मत्कृतः न ह्य् अहं बाहुयोधानां दूषयिष्यामि यन् मतम्

yuddhavyatikramaḥ kaścin na bhaviṣyati matkṛtaḥ na hy ahaṃ bāhuyodhānāṃ dūṣayiṣyāmi yan matam

"There will be no transgression of the rules of combat committed by me; for I shall not violate what is the accepted view of arm-fighters."

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HV 75.19

यो ऽयं करीषधर्मश् च तोयधर्मश् च रङ्गजः कषायस्य च संसर्गः समयो ह्य् एष कल्पितः

yo 'yaṃ karīṣadharmaś ca toyadharmaś ca raṅgajaḥ kaṣāyasya ca saṃsargaḥ samayo hy eṣa kalpitaḥ

"This practice of dry cow-dung and this practice of water that belong to the arena, and the application of the astringent (kaṣāya) — this convention has indeed been laid down."

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HV 75.20

संयमः स्थिरता शौर्यं व्यायामः मत्क्रिया बलम् रेङ्गे च नियता सिद्धिर् एतद् युद्धमुखे व्रतम्

saṃyamaḥ sthiratā śauryaṃ vyāyāmaḥ matkriyā balam reṅge ca niyatā siddhir etad yuddhamukhe vratam

"Restraint, steadiness, valour, exercise, deliberate action, strength, and assured success in the arena — this is the observance at the outset of a fight."

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HV 75.21

यद् अयं बाहुभिर् युद्धं सवैरं कर्तुम् उद्यतः अत्र वै निग्रहः कार्यस् तोषयिष्याम्य् अहं जगत्

yad ayaṃ bāhubhir yuddhaṃ savairaṃ kartum udyataḥ atra vai nigrahaḥ kāryas toṣayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jagat

"Since this man is set on making a fight with the arms out of enmity, here indeed a subduing must be done: I shall gratify the world."

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HV 75.22

करूषेषु प्रसूतो ऽयं चाणूरो नाम नामतः बाहुयोधी सरीरेण कर्मभिश् चानुचिन्त्यताम्

karūṣeṣu prasūto 'yaṃ cāṇūro nāma nāmataḥ bāhuyodhī sarīreṇa karmabhiś cānucintyatām

"This man, born among the Karūṣas, Cāṇūra by name, an arm-fighter — let him be considered in respect of his body and of his deeds."

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HV 75.23

एतेन बहवो मल्ला निहता युद्धदुर्मदाः रङ्गप्रतापकामेन मल्लमार्गश् च दूषितः

etena bahavo mallā nihatā yuddhadurmadāḥ raṅgapratāpakāmena mallamārgaś ca dūṣitaḥ

"By him many wrestlers, mad with fighting, have been slain, by one greedy for glory in the arena, and the wrestlers' code has been defiled."

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HV 75.24

सस्त्रसिद्धिस् तु योधानां संग्रामे शस्त्रयोधिनाम् रङ्गसिद्धिस् तु मल्लानां प्रतिमल्लनिघातजा

sastrasiddhis tu yodhānāṃ saṃgrāme śastrayodhinām raṅgasiddhis tu mallānāṃ pratimallanighātajā

"But the success that comes from weapons belongs to warriors who fight with weapons in battle; whereas the arena-success of wrestlers arises from the felling of the opposing wrestler."

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HV 75.25

रणे विजयमानस्य कीर्तिर् भवति शाश्वती हतस्यापि रणे सस्त्रैर् नाकपृष्ठं विधीयते

raṇe vijayamānasya kīrtir bhavati śāśvatī hatasyāpi raṇe sastrair nākapṛṣṭhaṃ vidhīyate

"For one who is victorious in battle, fame becomes everlasting; and even for one slain in battle by weapons, the vault of heaven is appointed."

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HV 75.26

रणे ह्य् उभयतः सिद्धिर् हतस्यापि घ्नतो ऽपि वा सा हि प्राणान्तिका यात्रा महद्भिः साधु पूजिता

raṇe hy ubhayataḥ siddhir hatasyāpi ghnato 'pi vā sā hi prāṇāntikā yātrā mahadbhiḥ sādhu pūjitā

"For in battle there is success on both sides, for the one slain as well as for the slayer; for that is a course that goes to the end of life, and is well honoured by the great."

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HV 75.27

अयं तु मार्गो बलतः क्रियातश् च विनिःसृतः मृतस्य रङ्गे कः स्वर्गो जयतो वा कुतो रतिः

ayaṃ tu mārgo balataḥ kriyātaś ca viniḥsṛtaḥ mṛtasya raṅge kaḥ svargo jayato vā kuto ratiḥ

"But this (wrestler's) way has strayed away from strength and from skill: for one who dies in the arena what heaven is there, or for the victor whence any delight?"

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HV 75.28

ये तु केचित् स्वदोषेण राज्ञः पण्डितमानिनः योत्स्याम बाला बलिभिर् बाहुभिः सह संकटे । एवम् उक्त्वा ततः कृष्णश् चाणूरं समपद्यत । आस्फोट्य बाहू राजेन्द्र चाणूरः कृष्णम् अभ्ययात् ॥ ताव् उभौ सिंहविक्रान्तौ मत्ताव् इव महागजौ । युयुधाते तदान्योन्यम् एभिर् मल्लपरिश्रमैः । प्रतापार्थे हता मल्ला मल्लहन्तुर् वधो हि सः

ye tu kecit svadoṣeṇa rājñaḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ yotsyāma bālā balibhir bāhubhiḥ saha saṃkaṭe | evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaś cāṇūraṃ samapadyata | āsphoṭya bāhū rājendra cāṇūraḥ kṛṣṇam abhyayāt || tāv ubhau siṃhavikrāntau mattāv iva mahāgajau | yuyudhāte tadānyonyam ebhir mallapariśramaiḥ | pratāpārthe hatā mallā mallahantur vadho hi saḥ

"But there are some who, by their own fault, think themselves the wise men of the king... we, boys, shall fight in a tight place with strong-armed men." Having spoken thus, Kṛṣṇa then came up against Cāṇūra; and slapping his arms, O lord of kings, Cāṇūra went at Kṛṣṇa. Those two, striding like lions, like two elephants in rut, then fought each other with these wrestlers' exertions; wrestlers had been slain for the sake of glory — such is the slaying of the wrestler-slayer.

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HV 75.29

एवं संजल्पताम् एव ताभ्यां युद्धं सुदारुणम् उभाभ्याम् अभवद् घोरं वारणाभ्यां यथा वने

evaṃ saṃjalpatām eva tābhyāṃ yuddhaṃ sudāruṇam ubhābhyām abhavad ghoraṃ vāraṇābhyāṃ yathā vane

While they were thus talking, a most dreadful, terrible fight took place between the two of them, as between two elephants in the forest.

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HV 75.31

कृतप्रतिकृतैश् चित्रैर् बाहुभिश् च ससंकटैः संनिपातावधूतैश् च प्रमाथोन्मथनैस् तथा ॥ ह्व्_७५।३० ताव् उभाव् अपि संश्लिष्टौ यथा शैलमयौ तथा । क्षेपणैर् मुष्टिभिश् चैव वराहोद्भूतनिस्वनैः कीलैर् वज्रनिपातैश् च प्रसृष्टाभिस् तथैव च

kṛtapratikṛtaiś citrair bāhubhiś ca sasaṃkaṭaiḥ saṃnipātāvadhūtaiś ca pramāthonmathanais tathā // HV_75.30 tāv ubhāv api saṃśliṣṭau yathā śailamayau tathā | kṣepaṇair muṣṭibhiś caiva varāhodbhūtanisvanaiḥ kīlair vajranipātaiś ca prasṛṣṭābhis tathaiva ca

With varied blows and counter-blows, and with arms locked in tight grips, with shakings-off at the moment of collision, and with crushings and wrenchings — (75.30) the two of them clung together as though they were made of stone, (fighting) with throws and with fists, with grunting sounds like boars', with spike-blows and blows falling like thunderbolts, and likewise with open-handed strokes.

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HV 75.32

शलाकानखपातैश् च पादोद्धूतैश् च दारुणैः जानुभिश् चास्मनिर्घोषैः शिरोभिश् चावघट्टितैः

śalākānakhapātaiś ca pādoddhūtaiś ca dāruṇaiḥ jānubhiś cāsmanirghoṣaiḥ śirobhiś cāvaghaṭṭitaiḥ

And with fallings of the pointed nails, and with terrible kicks of the feet, and with knees, and with heads striking together with the sound of stones.

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HV 75.33

तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरम् असस्त्रं बाहुतेजसा बलप्राणेन शूराणां समाजोत्सवसंनिधौ

tad yuddham abhavad ghoram asastraṃ bāhutejasā balaprāṇena śūrāṇāṃ samājotsavasaṃnidhau

That fight, without weapons, by the might of their arms, by their strength and breath, was a terrible one, there in the presence of the festive assembly of the heroes.

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HV 75.35

संरज्यत जनः सर्वः सोत्क्रुष्टनिनदोत्थितः साधु वादांश् च मञ्चेषु घोषयन्त्य् अपरे जनाः ॥ ह्व्_७५।३४ दिविष्ठाश् च तथा देवाः साधु साध्व् इति चाब्रुवन् । ततः प्रस्विन्नवदनः कृष्णप्रणिहितेक्षणः न्यवारयत तूर्याणि कंसः सव्येन पाणिना

saṃrajyata janaḥ sarvaḥ sotkruṣṭaninadotthitaḥ sādhu vādāṃś ca mañceṣu ghoṣayanty apare janāḥ // HV_75.34 diviṣṭhāś ca tathā devāḥ sādhu sādhv iti cābruvan | tataḥ prasvinnavadanaḥ kṛṣṇapraṇihitekṣaṇaḥ nyavārayata tūryāṇi kaṃsaḥ savyena pāṇinā

All the people were thrilled, rising up with shouts and cries, and other people on the platforms proclaimed cries of 'Well done!' (75.34) And the gods stationed in the sky too said, 'Well done, well done!' Then Kaṃsa, his face streaming with sweat, his gaze fixed on Kṛṣṇa, stopped the musical instruments with his left hand.

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HV 75.36

प्रतिषिद्धेषु तूर्येषु मृदङ्गादिषु तेषु वै खे संगतान्य् अवाद्यन्त देवतूर्याण्य् अनेकशः

pratiṣiddheṣu tūryeṣu mṛdaṅgādiṣu teṣu vai khe saṃgatāny avādyanta devatūryāṇy anekaśaḥ

When those instruments, the drums and the rest, had been forbidden, the gods' instruments, gathered in the sky, sounded many times over.

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HV 75.37

युध्यमाने हृषीकेशे पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षणे स्वयम् एव प्रवाद्यन्त तूर्यघोषाश् च सर्वशः

yudhyamāne hṛṣīkeśe puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇe svayam eva pravādyanta tūryaghoṣāś ca sarvaśaḥ

While Hṛṣīkeśa, whose eyes are like a white lotus, was fighting, the sounds of the instruments played of themselves on every side.

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HV 75.38

अन्तर्धानगता देवा विमानैः कामरूपिभिः चेरुर् विद्याधरैः सार्धं कृष्णस्य जयकाङ्क्षिणः

antardhānagatā devā vimānaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ cerur vidyādharaiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛṣṇasya jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

The gods, having become invisible, moved about in chariots that took the shape they wished, together with the Vidyādharas, longing for Kṛṣṇa's victory.

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HV 75.39

जयस्व कृष्ण चाणूरं दानवं मल्लदेहिनम् इति सप्तर्षयः सर्वे ऊचुश् चैव नभोगताः

jayasva kṛṣṇa cāṇūraṃ dānavaṃ malladehinam iti saptarṣayaḥ sarve ūcuś caiva nabhogatāḥ

"Conquer, Kṛṣṇa, Cāṇūra, the Dānava who has taken a wrestler's body!" — so said all the Seven Seers, stationed in the sky.

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HV 75.40

चाणूरेण चिरं कालं क्रीडित्वा देवकीसुतः बलम् आहारयामास कंसस्याभावदर्शिवान्

cāṇūreṇa ciraṃ kālaṃ krīḍitvā devakīsutaḥ balam āhārayāmāsa kaṃsasyābhāvadarśivān

Having sported a long while with Cāṇūra, the son of Devakī, seeing that Kaṃsa was to be no more, gathered up his strength.

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HV 75.41

ततश् चचाल वसुधा मञ्चाश् चैव जुघूर्णिरे मुकुताच् चापि कंसस्य पपात मणिर् उत्तमः

tataś cacāla vasudhā mañcāś caiva jughūrṇire mukutāc cāpi kaṃsasya papāta maṇir uttamaḥ

Then the earth trembled and the platforms shook, and the finest jewel fell from Kaṃsa's crown.

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HV 75.42

दोर्भ्याम् आनम्य कृष्णस् तु चाणूरं पूर्णजीवितम् प्राहरन् मुष्टिना मूर्ध्नि वक्षस्याहत्य जानुना

dorbhyām ānamya kṛṣṇas tu cāṇūraṃ pūrṇajīvitam prāharan muṣṭinā mūrdhni vakṣasyāhatya jānunā

But Kṛṣṇa, bending Cāṇūra down with both arms while his life was still full in him, struck him on the head with his fist, having hit him on the chest with his knee.

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HV 75.43

निःसृते साश्रुरुधिरे तस्य नेत्रे सबन्धने तापनीये यथा घण्टे वक्ष्योपरि विलम्बिते

niḥsṛte sāśrurudhire tasya netre sabandhane tāpanīye yathā ghaṇṭe vakṣyopari vilambite

His two eyes started out, with tears and blood, along with their ligaments, hanging down over his chest like two golden bells.

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HV 75.44

स पपात च रङ्गस्य मध्ये निःसृतलोचनः चाणूरो विगतप्राणो जीवितान्ते महीतले

sa papāta ca raṅgasya madhye niḥsṛtalocanaḥ cāṇūro vigataprāṇo jīvitānte mahītale

And Cāṇūra fell in the middle of the arena, his eyes started from their sockets, his breath gone, at the end of his life, upon the ground.

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HV 75.45

देहेन तस्य रङ्गस्य चाणूरस्य गतायुषः संनिरुद्धो महामार्गः स शैलेनेव लक्ष्यते

dehena tasya raṅgasya cāṇūrasya gatāyuṣaḥ saṃniruddho mahāmārgaḥ sa śaileneva lakṣyate

By the body of that Cāṇūra whose life was gone, the great passage of the arena was blocked; it looked as if (blocked) by a mountain.

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