Harivamsha — Chapter 76
HV 76.3
रौहिणेयो हते तस्मिंश् चाणूरे बलदर्पिते जग्राह मुष्टिकं रङ्गे कृष्णस् तोसलकं पुनः ॥ ह्व्_७६।१ ॥। मुष्टिना चाहनद् भृशम् । पपात रुधिरोद्गारी तत्क्षणाद् गतजीवितः । अगमद् बलदेवो ऽन्ध्रम् ॥। । संनिपाते तु तौ मल्लौ प्रथमे क्रोधमूर्च्छितौ समेयातां रामकृष्णौ कालस्य वशवर्तिनौ ॥ ह्व्_७६।२ निर्घातावनतौ भूत्वा रङ्गमध्ये ववल्गतुः । कृष्णस् तोसलम् उद्यम्य गिरिशृङ्गोपमं बली भ्रामयित्वा शतगुणं निष्पिपेष महीतले
rauhiṇeyo hate tasmiṃś cāṇūre baladarpite jagrāha muṣṭikaṃ raṅge kṛṣṇas tosalakaṃ punaḥ // HV_76.1 ... muṣṭinā cāhanad bhṛśam | papāta rudhirodgārī tatkṣaṇād gatajīvitaḥ | agamad baladevo 'ndhram ... | saṃnipāte tu tau mallau prathame krodhamūrcchitau sameyātāṃ rāmakṛṣṇau kālasya vaśavartinau // HV_76.2 nirghātāvanatau bhūtvā raṅgamadhye vavalgatuḥ | kṛṣṇas tosalam udyamya giriśṛṅgopamaṃ balī bhrāmayitvā śataguṇaṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale
When that Cāṇūra, proud of his strength, had been slain, the son of Rohiṇī seized Muṣṭika in the arena, and Kṛṣṇa in turn seized Tosalaka. (76.1) ... and struck him hard with his fist; he fell, spewing blood, that very instant, his life gone. Baladeva went against the Andhra ... And at the first onset the two wrestlers, senseless with rage, and Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, met, subject to the power of Time. (76.2) Crouching low like thunderbolts, they leapt about in the middle of the arena. The mighty Kṛṣṇa lifted up Tosala, who was like a mountain peak, whirled him round a hundred times, and crushed him on the ground.
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HV 76.4
तस्य कृष्णाभिपन्नस्य पीडितस्य बलीयसा मुखाद् रुधिरम् अत्यर्थम् आजगाम मुमूर्षतः
tasya kṛṣṇābhipannasya pīḍitasya balīyasā mukhād rudhiram atyartham ājagāma mumūrṣataḥ
From the mouth of him, seized and crushed by the stronger Kṛṣṇa, blood came in great quantity as he was about to die.
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HV 76.5
संकर्षणस् तु सुचिरं योधयित्वा महाबलः अन्ध्रमल्लं महामल्लो मण्डलानि विदर्शयन्
saṃkarṣaṇas tu suciraṃ yodhayitvā mahābalaḥ andhramallaṃ mahāmallo maṇḍalāni vidarśayan
But mighty Saṃkarṣaṇa, the great wrestler, having made the Andhra wrestler fight for a very long time, displaying the wheeling movements (of wrestling)—
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HV 76.6
मुष्टिनैकेन तेजस्वी साशनिस्तनयित्नुना शिरस्य् अभ्यहनद् वीरो वज्रेणेव महागिरिम्
muṣṭinaikena tejasvī sāśanistanayitnunā śirasy abhyahanad vīro vajreṇeva mahāgirim
—the blazing hero struck him on the head with a single fist, accompanied by lightning and thunder, as with a thunderbolt one strikes a great mountain.
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HV 76.7
स निष्पतितमस्तिष्को विस्रस्तनयनाननः पपाताभिमुखस् तत्र ततो नादो महान् अभूत्
sa niṣpatitamastiṣko visrastanayanānanaḥ papātābhimukhas tatra tato nādo mahān abhūt
His brain burst out, his eyes and face slack, he fell forward there; and thereupon a great roar arose.
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HV 76.8
अन्ध्रतोसलकौ हत्वा कृष्णसंकर्षणाव् उभौ क्रोधसंरक्तनयनौ रङ्गमध्ये ववल्गतुः
andhratosalakau hatvā kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau krodhasaṃraktanayanau raṅgamadhye vavalgatuḥ
Having killed the Andhra and Tosalaka, both Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa, their eyes red with anger, leapt about in the middle of the arena.
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HV 76.9
समाजवाटो निर्मल्लः सो ऽभवद् भीमदर्शनः अन्ध्रे तदा महामल्ले मुष्टिके च निपातिते
samājavāṭo nirmallaḥ so 'bhavad bhīmadarśanaḥ andhre tadā mahāmalle muṣṭike ca nipātite
That wrestling-arena became empty of wrestlers and terrible to look upon, when the Andhra, the great wrestler, and Muṣṭika too had been struck down.
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HV 76.10
ये च संप्रेक्षका गोपा नन्दगोपपुरोगमाः भयक्षोभितसर्वाङ्गाः सर्वे तत्रावतस्थिरे
ye ca saṃprekṣakā gopā nandagopapurogamāḥ bhayakṣobhitasarvāṅgāḥ sarve tatrāvatasthire
And those cowherds who were spectators, with Nanda the cowherd at their head, all stood there with every limb shaken by fear.
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HV 76.11
हर्षजं वारि नेत्राभ्यां वर्तयाना प्रवेपती प्रस्नवोत्पीडिता कृष्णं देवकी समुदैक्षत
harṣajaṃ vāri netrābhyāṃ vartayānā pravepatī prasnavotpīḍitā kṛṣṇaṃ devakī samudaikṣata
Devakī, trembling, shedding from her eyes the water born of joy, her breasts pressed out with milk, gazed at Kṛṣṇa.
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HV 76.12
कृष्णदर्शनयुक्तेन बाष्पेणाकुलितेक्षणः वसुदेवो जरां त्यक्त्वा स्नेहेन तरुणायते
kṛṣṇadarśanayuktena bāṣpeṇākulitekṣaṇaḥ vasudevo jarāṃ tyaktvā snehena taruṇāyate
His eyes troubled by tears arising from the sight of Kṛṣṇa, Vasudeva, casting off old age, grows young again through affection.
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HV 76.13
वारमुख्याश् च ताः सर्वाः कृष्णस्य मुखपङ्कजम् पपुर् हि नेत्रभ्रमरैर् निमेषान्तरगामिभिः
vāramukhyāś ca tāḥ sarvāḥ kṛṣṇasya mukhapaṅkajam papur hi netrabhramarair nimeṣāntaragāmibhiḥ
And all those chief courtesans drank the lotus-face of Kṛṣṇa with the bees of their eyes, which passed on within the space of a blink.
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HV 76.14
कंसस्यापि मुखे स्वेदो भ्रूभेदान्तरगोचरः अभवद् रोषनिर्यासः कृष्णसंदर्शनेरितः
kaṃsasyāpi mukhe svedo bhrūbhedāntaragocaraḥ abhavad roṣaniryāsaḥ kṛṣṇasaṃdarśaneritaḥ
On Kaṃsa's face too there was sweat, visible within the furrow of his knitted brows — an exudation of anger, provoked by the sight of Kṛṣṇa.
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HV 76.15
केशवायासधूमेन रोषनिःश्वासवायुना दीप्तम् अन्तर्गतं तस्य हृदयं मानसाग्निना
keśavāyāsadhūmena roṣaniḥśvāsavāyunā dīptam antargataṃ tasya hṛdayaṃ mānasāgninā
With the smoke of the effort against Keśava and with the wind of his angry breathing, his inward heart was set ablaze by the fire of his mind.
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HV 76.16
तस्य प्रस्फुरितौष्ठस्य भिन्नालीकस्य तस्य वै कंसवक्त्रस्य रोषेण रक्तसूर्यायते वपुः
tasya prasphuritauṣṭhasya bhinnālīkasya tasya vai kaṃsavaktrasya roṣeṇa raktasūryāyate vapuḥ
With his lips quivering and his forehead broken (into frowns) — indeed, the body of Kaṃsa's face becomes like a red sun through rage.
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HV 76.18
क्रोधरक्तान् मुखात् तस्य प्रसृताः स्वेदबिन्दवः उद्यतस्येव सूर्यस्य प्रसृताः पादपङ्क्तयः ॥ ह्व्_७६।१७ यथा रविकरस्पृष्टा वृक्षावश्यायबिन्दवः । सो आज्ञापयत संक्रुद्धः पुरुषान् व्यायतान् बहून् गोपाव् एतौ समाजौघान् निष्क्राम्येतां वनेचरौ
krodharaktān mukhāt tasya prasṛtāḥ svedabindavaḥ udyatasyeva sūryasya prasṛtāḥ pādapaṅktayaḥ // HV_76.17 yathā ravikaraspṛṣṭā vṛkṣāvaśyāyabindavaḥ | so ājñāpayata saṃkruddhaḥ puruṣān vyāyatān bahūn gopāv etau samājaughān niṣkrāmyetāṃ vanecarau
From his face, red with anger, drops of sweat streamed forth, like the rows of rays streaming forth from the rising sun; as drops of dew on a tree touched by the sun's rays. Enraged, he commanded many tall men: 'Let these two cowherds, forest-rangers, be driven out from the crowds of the assembly.'
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HV 76.19
न चैतौ द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि विकृतौ पापदर्शिनौ गोपानाम् अपि मे राज्ये न कश्चित् स्थातुम् अर्हति
na caitau draṣṭum icchāmi vikṛtau pāpadarśinau gopānām api me rājye na kaścit sthātum arhati
And I do not wish to see these two deformed, evil-looking fellows; nor does any one of the cowherds deserve to remain in my kingdom.
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HV 76.20
नन्दगोपश् च दुर्मेधाः पापेष्व् अभिरतो मम आयसैर् निगडाकारैर् लोहपाशैर् निगृह्यताम्
nandagopaś ca durmedhāḥ pāpeṣv abhirato mama āyasair nigaḍākārair lohapāśair nigṛhyatām
And let Nanda the cowherd, dull-witted, delighting in what is evil against me, be seized with iron fetter-like bonds of metal.
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HV 76.21
वसुदेवश् च दुर्वृत्तो नित्यं छद्मचरो मम अवृद्धार्हेण दण्डेन क्षिप्रम् अद्यैव वध्यताम्
vasudevaś ca durvṛtto nityaṃ chadmacaro mama avṛddhārheṇa daṇḍena kṣipram adyaiva vadhyatām
And let Vasudeva, ill-conducted, forever moving in deceit against me, be put to death at once, this very day, with a punishment not befitting an elder.
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HV 76.22
ये चेमे प्राकृता गोपा दामोदरपरायणाः एषां ह्रियन्तां गावश् च यच् चास्ति वसु किंचन
ye ceme prākṛtā gopā dāmodaraparāyaṇāḥ eṣāṃ hriyantāṃ gāvaś ca yac cāsti vasu kiṃcana
And as for these common cowherds who are devoted to Dāmodara, let their cattle be seized, and whatever wealth there is.
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HV 76.23
एवम् आज्ञापयानं तु कंसं परुषभाषिणम् ददर्शायस्तनयनः कृष्णः सत्यपराक्रमः
evam ājñāpayānaṃ tu kaṃsaṃ paruṣabhāṣiṇam dadarśāyastanayanaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ satyaparākramaḥ
But Kṛṣṇa, whose valour is true, with fixed eyes, looked at Kaṃsa as he gave such orders and spoke harshly.
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HV 76.24
क्षिप्ते पितरि चुक्रोध नन्दगोपे च केशवः ज्ञातीनां च व्यथां दृष्ट्वा विसंज्ञां चैव देवकीम्
kṣipte pitari cukrodha nandagope ca keśavaḥ jñātīnāṃ ca vyathāṃ dṛṣṭvā visaṃjñāṃ caiva devakīm
Keśava grew angry when his father and Nanda the cowherd were abused, and seeing the distress of his kinsmen and Devakī fainting away.
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HV 76.25
स सिंह इव वेगेन केसरी जातविक्रमः आरुरुक्षुर् महाबाहुः कंसनाशार्थम् अच्युतः
sa siṃha iva vegena kesarī jātavikramaḥ ārurukṣur mahābāhuḥ kaṃsanāśārtham acyutaḥ
He, the long-armed, imperishable one, like a maned lion with inborn prowess, in his speed sought to spring up in order to destroy Kaṃsa.
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HV 76.26
रङ्गमध्याद् उत्पपात कृष्णः कंसासनान्तिकम् असज्जन् वायुना क्षिप्तो यथा विद्युद् घनाद् घनम्
raṅgamadhyād utpapāta kṛṣṇaḥ kaṃsāsanāntikam asajjan vāyunā kṣipto yathā vidyud ghanād ghanam
Kṛṣṇa leapt up from the middle of the arena to the vicinity of Kaṃsa's seat, unimpeded, as lightning driven by the wind (goes) from cloud to cloud.
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HV 76.27
ददृशुर् न हि तं सर्वे रङ्गमध्याद् अवप्लुतम् केवलं कंसपार्श्वस्थं ददृशुः पुरवासिनः
dadṛśur na hi taṃ sarve raṅgamadhyād avaplutam kevalaṃ kaṃsapārśvasthaṃ dadṛśuḥ puravāsinaḥ
For not all of them saw him leaping down from the middle of the arena; the city-dwellers saw him only when he stood at Kaṃsa's side.
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HV 76.29
सो ऽपि कंसस् तथायस्तः परीतः कालधर्मणा आकाशाद् इव गोविन्दं मेने तत्रागतं विभुम् ॥ ह्व्_७६।२८ तम् आविशन्तम् आलोक्य मृत्युम् आत्मन आसनात् । मनस्वी सहसोत्थाय जगृहे सो ऽसिचर्मणी ॥ तं खड्गपाणिं विचरन्तम् आशु ।श्येनं यथा दक्षिणसव्यम् अम्बरे ।समग्रहीद् दुर्विषहोग्रतेजा ।यथोरगं तार्क्ष्यसुतः प्रसह्य ।किंचिद् दयापरामृष्टो हन्तुं नैच्छत् स केशवः । आत्मभ्रातरम् आज्ञाय नायुधं पातयत् तदा ॥ कामाचारप्रवृत्तिन्या स्त्रिया वै लालितो नरः । कामाचारेषु निःशक्तः श्वसन्न् इव विषीदते ॥ स्थितः कंसस् तु मञ्चेषु प्रस्विन्नः सर्वगात्रकैः । इति चिन्तासमाविष्टं दयाविष्टं च केशवम् ॥ अन्तरीक्षसमुत्पन्ना तत्र वाणी बभूव ह । जहि कंसं यवीयांसम् आयुधैश् च विवर्जितम् ॥ एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु कंसं स सहसोत्थितवांस् ततः । वदन् वाक्यं जनान् वीक्ष्य वेपमानो यथा नगः ॥ जहि केशव देवानां कुरु कार्यानुशासनम् । देवम् ऊर्जस्तरं ज्ञात्वा यथा यत्नो हि पौरुषः ॥ एकदैवेषु भेजाते सर्वलोकशुभावहः । जहि गोप महाबाहो प्राणा [हि] त्वरयन्ति माम् ॥ कैवल्यम् आप्नुयां स्वर्गे त्वत्कराम्बुजसायकैः । स कृष्णेनायतं कृत्वा बाहुं परिघसंनिभम् मूर्धजेषु परामृष्टः कंसो वै रङ्गसंसदि
so 'pi kaṃsas tathāyastaḥ parītaḥ kāladharmaṇā ākāśād iva govindaṃ mene tatrāgataṃ vibhum // HV_76.28 tam āviśantam ālokya mṛtyum ātmana āsanāt | manasvī sahasotthāya jagṛhe so 'sicarmaṇī || taṃ khaḍgapāṇiṃ vicarantam āśu |śyenaṃ yathā dakṣiṇasavyam ambare |samagrahīd durviṣahogratejā |yathoragaṃ tārkṣyasutaḥ prasahya |kiṃcid dayāparāmṛṣṭo hantuṃ naicchat sa keśavaḥ | ātmabhrātaram ājñāya nāyudhaṃ pātayat tadā || kāmācārapravṛttinyā striyā vai lālito naraḥ | kāmācāreṣu niḥśaktaḥ śvasann iva viṣīdate || sthitaḥ kaṃsas tu mañceṣu prasvinnaḥ sarvagātrakaiḥ | iti cintāsamāviṣṭaṃ dayāviṣṭaṃ ca keśavam || antarīkṣasamutpannā tatra vāṇī babhūva ha | jahi kaṃsaṃ yavīyāṃsam āyudhaiś ca vivarjitam || etac chrutvā tu kaṃsaṃ sa sahasotthitavāṃs tataḥ | vadan vākyaṃ janān vīkṣya vepamāno yathā nagaḥ || jahi keśava devānāṃ kuru kāryānuśāsanam | devam ūrjastaraṃ jñātvā yathā yatno hi pauruṣaḥ || ekadaiveṣu bhejāte sarvalokaśubhāvahaḥ | jahi gopa mahābāho prāṇā [hi] tvarayanti mām || kaivalyam āpnuyāṃ svarge tvatkarāmbujasāyakaiḥ | sa kṛṣṇenāyataṃ kṛtvā bāhuṃ parighasaṃnibham mūrdhajeṣu parāmṛṣṭaḥ kaṃso vai raṅgasaṃsadi
And that Kaṃsa too, thus troubled, overtaken by the law of Time, thought that the lord Govinda had come there as if out of the sky. Seeing him entering, his own death, the resolute one, springing up suddenly from his seat, took up sword and shield. As he moved swiftly, sword in hand, like a hawk (turning) right and left in the sky, he of terrible unbearable energy seized him by force, as the son of Tārkṣya seizes a serpent. Touched somewhat by pity, Keśava did not wish to kill him: recognizing his own kinsman, he did not then bring down a weapon. A man petted by a woman who follows her desire at will, powerless amid wanton pleasures, sinks down as though gasping. Kaṃsa stood upon the platforms, sweating in all his limbs. To Keśava, thus filled with reflection and filled with pity, there arose there a voice sprung from the sky: 'Slay Kaṃsa, the younger one, even though he is without weapons.' Hearing this, he then suddenly rose up against Kaṃsa, uttering speech and looking at the people, trembling like a mountain. 'Slay, O Keśava, carry out the appointed task of the gods, knowing the god to be the mightier — for such is the effort of manly action... [corrupt] ... bringing good to all the worlds. Slay me, O cowherd of mighty arms; my life-breaths urge me on. May I attain absolute release in heaven by the arrows that are your lotus hands.' Kṛṣṇa, stretching out his arm like an iron bar, seized Kaṃsa by the hair in the assembly of the arena.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 76.30
मुकुटश् चापतत् तस्य काञ्चनो वज्रभूषितः सिरसस् तस्य कृष्णेन परामृष्टस्य पाणिना
mukuṭaś cāpatat tasya kāñcano vajrabhūṣitaḥ sirasas tasya kṛṣṇena parāmṛṣṭasya pāṇinā
And his golden crown, adorned with diamonds, fell from the head of him who had been seized by Kṛṣṇa with his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.31
स हस्तग्रस्तकेशश् च कंसो निर्यत्नतां गतः तथैव च विसंमूढो विह्वलः समपद्यत
sa hastagrastakeśaś ca kaṃso niryatnatāṃ gataḥ tathaiva ca visaṃmūḍho vihvalaḥ samapadyata
His hair caught in (Kṛṣṇa's) hand, Kaṃsa lost all power of effort, and just so he became utterly dazed and undone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.32
निगृहीतश् च केशेषु मन्दासुर् इव निःश्वसन् न शशाक मुखं द्रष्टुं कंसः कृष्णस्य वै तदा
nigṛhītaś ca keśeṣu mandāsur iva niḥśvasan na śaśāka mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇasya vai tadā
Gripped by the hair, breathing hard like one whose life is failing, Kaṃsa was then unable to look at Kṛṣṇa's face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.33
विकुण्डलाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छिन्नहारेण वक्षसा प्रलम्बाभ्यां च बाहुभ्यां गात्रैर् विसृतभूषणैः
vikuṇḍalābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chinnahāreṇa vakṣasā pralambābhyāṃ ca bāhubhyāṃ gātrair visṛtabhūṣaṇaiḥ
With his ears stripped of their earrings, with his chest, its necklace snapped, with his two arms dangling, with his limbs, their ornaments scattered —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.35
भ्रंशितेनोत्तरीयेण सहसा चलितासनः वेष्टमानः समाक्षिप्तः कंसः कृष्णेन तेजसा ॥ ह्व्_७६।३४ शिरस्य् अभ्यहनत् कृष्णो मुष्टिना बलवद् बली । येनैव मुष्टिना विष्णुर् यथा स्यात् प्राणसंशयः । चकर्ष च महारङ्गे मञ्चान् निष्क्रम्य केशवः केशेषु बलवद् गृह्य कंसं क्लेशार्हतां गतम्
bhraṃśitenottarīyeṇa sahasā calitāsanaḥ veṣṭamānaḥ samākṣiptaḥ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇena tejasā // HV_76.34 śirasy abhyahanat kṛṣṇo muṣṭinā balavad balī | yenaiva muṣṭinā viṣṇur yathā syāt prāṇasaṃśayaḥ | cakarṣa ca mahāraṅge mañcān niṣkramya keśavaḥ keśeṣu balavad gṛhya kaṃsaṃ kleśārhatāṃ gatam
— with his upper garment fallen away, suddenly dislodged from his seat, writhing, Kaṃsa was flung about by Kṛṣṇa with (his) fiery force. [76.34] The strong Kṛṣṇa struck him powerfully on the head with his fist — with just such a fist as Viṣṇu (would use) so that (his) life would be in peril; and Keśava, stepping down from the platform, dragged Kaṃsa about in the great arena, gripping him forcefully by the hair, (Kaṃsa) now fit for nothing but torment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.36
कृष्यमाणः स कृष्णेन भोजराजो महाद्युतिः वैतनेयकरोद्धूतः पतगेन्द्र इवाभवत् । समाजवाटे परिखां देहकृष्टां चकार ह
kṛṣyamāṇaḥ sa kṛṣṇena bhojarājo mahādyutiḥ vaitaneyakaroddhūtaḥ patagendra ivābhavat | samājavāṭe parikhāṃ dehakṛṣṭāṃ cakāra ha
As he was dragged by Kṛṣṇa, that Bhoja king of great brilliance became like the king of birds shaken up by the hand of Vaitaneya; and with his body he dragged out a trench in the assembly-enclosure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 76.37
समाजवाटे विक्रीड्य विकृष्य च गतायुषम् कृष्णो विसर्जयाम्_आस कंसदेहम् अदूरतः
samājavāṭe vikrīḍya vikṛṣya ca gatāyuṣam kṛṣṇo visarjayām_āsa kaṃsadeham adūrataḥ
Having played with him in the assembly-enclosure and dragged him about when his life was gone, Kṛṣṇa cast off Kaṃsa's body not far away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.38
धरण्यां मृदितः शेते तस्य देहः सुखोचितः क्रमेण विपरीतेन पांसुभिः परुषीकृतः
dharaṇyāṃ mṛditaḥ śete tasya dehaḥ sukhocitaḥ krameṇa viparītena pāṃsubhiḥ paruṣīkṛtaḥ
Crushed, his body, accustomed to comfort, lies upon the ground, made rough with dust by a reversal of the (proper) order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.39
तस्य तद् वदनं श्यावं सुप्ताक्षं मुकुटं विना न विभाति विपर्यस्तं विपलाशं यथाम्बुजम्
tasya tad vadanaṃ śyāvaṃ suptākṣaṃ mukuṭaṃ vinā na vibhāti viparyastaṃ vipalāśaṃ yathāmbujam
That face of his, livid, its eyes closed, without its crown, does not shine — overturned, like a lotus stripped of petals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.40
असंग्रामे हतः कंसः स बाणैर् अपरिक्षतः कण्ठग्राहान् निरस्तासुर् वीरमार्गान् निराकृतः
asaṃgrāme hataḥ kaṃsaḥ sa bāṇair aparikṣataḥ kaṇṭhagrāhān nirastāsur vīramārgān nirākṛtaḥ
Kaṃsa was killed outside of battle, unpierced by arrows, his life expelled by a grip on the throat, thrust away from the path of heroes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.41
तस्य देहे प्रकाशन्ते सहसा केशवार्पिताः मांसच्छेदघनाः सर्वे नखाग्रा जीवितच्छिदः
tasya dehe prakāśante sahasā keśavārpitāḥ māṃsacchedaghanāḥ sarve nakhāgrā jīvitacchidaḥ
On his body there show forth, all at once, the nail-tips driven in by Keśava, thick with gashes of flesh, cutters of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.42
तं हत्वा पुण्डरीकाक्षः प्रहर्षाद् द्विगुणप्रभः ववन्दे वसुदेवस्य पादौ निहतकण्टकः
taṃ hatvā puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ praharṣād dviguṇaprabhaḥ vavande vasudevasya pādau nihatakaṇṭakaḥ
Having killed him, the lotus-eyed one, twice as radiant from his great joy, bowed to Vasudeva's feet, the thorn now slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 76.44
मातुश् च शिरसा पादौ निपीड्य यदुनन्दनः सासिञ्चत् प्रस्नवोत्पीडैः कृष्णम् आनन्दनिःसृतैः ॥ ह्व्_७६।४३ अभिषेकं तदा चक्रे देवकी कृष्णम् अव्ययम् । उग्रसेनस्य च तदा ववन्दे शिरसा हरिः । हत्वा पुत्रं महावीर्यं सबलो यदुसंसदि । यादवांश् चैव तान् सर्वान् यथास्थानं यथावयः पप्रच्छ कुशलं कृष्णो दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा
mātuś ca śirasā pādau nipīḍya yadunandanaḥ sāsiñcat prasnavotpīḍaiḥ kṛṣṇam ānandaniḥsṛtaiḥ // HV_76.43 abhiṣekaṃ tadā cakre devakī kṛṣṇam avyayam | ugrasenasya ca tadā vavande śirasā hariḥ | hatvā putraṃ mahāvīryaṃ sabalo yadusaṃsadi | yādavāṃś caiva tān sarvān yathāsthānaṃ yathāvayaḥ papraccha kuśalaṃ kṛṣṇo dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā
And the delight of the Yadus pressed his mother's feet with his head, and she sprinkled Kṛṣṇa with jets of milk from her breasts, issuing forth from her joy. [76.43] Then Devakī performed the consecration of the imperishable Kṛṣṇa. And then Hari bowed with his head to Ugrasena, having killed his son of great might, together with Bala, in the assembly of the Yadus; and Kṛṣṇa, blazing with his own splendour, asked after the welfare of all those Yādavas, each according to his station and his age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition