Harivamsha — Chapter 78
HV 78.1
उग्रसेनस् तु कृष्णस्य समीपं दुःखितो ययौ पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तो विषपीत इव स्खलन्
ugrasenas tu kṛṣṇasya samīpaṃ duḥkhito yayau putraśokābhisaṃtapto viṣapīta iva skhalan
But Ugrasena, sorrowing, went into Kṛṣṇa's presence, scorched with grief for his son, stumbling as though he had drunk poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.2
स ददर्श गृहे कृष्णं यादवैर् अभिसंवृतम् पश्चानुतापाद् ध्यायन्तं कंसस्य निधनाविलम्
sa dadarśa gṛhe kṛṣṇaṃ yādavair abhisaṃvṛtam paścānutāpād dhyāyantaṃ kaṃsasya nidhanāvilam
He saw Kṛṣṇa in the house, surrounded by the Yādavas, brooding out of remorse, troubled by the slaying of Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.4
कंसारीप्रलोपांश् च श्रुत्वा सुकरुणान् बहून् विगर्हमाणम् आत्मानं तस्मिन् यादवसंसदि ॥ ह्व्_७८।३ कृष्णः प्रोवाच निखिलं सर्वेषाम् उपशृण्वताम् । अहो मयातिबाल्येन नररोषानुवर्तिना वैधव्यं स्त्रीसहस्राणां कंसस्यास्य कृते कृतम्
kaṃsārīpralopāṃś ca śrutvā sukaruṇān bahūn vigarhamāṇam ātmānaṃ tasmin yādavasaṃsadi // HV_78.3 kṛṣṇaḥ provāca nikhilaṃ sarveṣām upaśṛṇvatām | aho mayātibālyena nararoṣānuvartinā vaidhavyaṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ kaṃsasyāsya kṛte kṛtam
And having heard the many piteous laments of Kaṃsa's (women), reproaching himself there in the assembly of the Yādavas, // 78.3 Kṛṣṇa spoke it all out while everyone listened: "Alas, by me, in my extreme childishness, following a man's rage, the widowhood of thousands of women has been brought about for this Kaṃsa's sake."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.5
कारुण्यं खलु नारीषु प्राकृतस्यापि जायते एवम् आर्तं रुदन्तीषु मया भर्तरि पातिते
kāruṇyaṃ khalu nārīṣu prākṛtasyāpi jāyate evam ārtaṃ rudantīṣu mayā bhartari pātite
Surely pity arises in even a common man toward women, when they weep thus in anguish, their husband struck down by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.6
परिदेवितमात्रेण शोकः खलु विधीयते कृतान्तस्यानभिज्ञातः स्त्रीणां कारुण्यसंभवः
paridevitamātreṇa śokaḥ khalu vidhīyate kṛtāntasyānabhijñātaḥ strīṇāṃ kāruṇyasaṃbhavaḥ
By mere lamenting, grief is (only) prolonged; the rise of pity in women comes from not understanding Fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.7
कंसस्य हि वधः श्रेयान् प्राग् एवाभिमतो मम सुताम् उद्वेजनीयस्य पापेष्व् अभिरतस्य च
kaṃsasya hi vadhaḥ śreyān prāg evābhimato mama sutām udvejanīyasya pāpeṣv abhiratasya ca
For the killing of Kaṃsa was better, and was approved by me even before—of him who was to be dreaded and who delighted in evil deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.8
लोके पतितवृत्तस्य पुरुषस्याल्पमेधसः अक्लिष्टं मरणं श्रेयो न विद्विष्टस्य जीवितम्
loke patitavṛttasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ akliṣṭaṃ maraṇaṃ śreyo na vidviṣṭasya jīvitam
For a man of fallen conduct in the world, of little intelligence, an easy death is better; the life of one who is hated is not (better).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.9
कंसः पापरतिश् चैव साधूनां चाप्य् असंमतः धिक्शब्दपतितश् चैव जीविते चास्य का दया
kaṃsaḥ pāparatiś caiva sādhūnāṃ cāpy asaṃmataḥ dhikśabdapatitaś caiva jīvite cāsya kā dayā
Kaṃsa delighted in evil and was not approved of even by the good, and he had fallen to the cry of "shame!"—what pity is there for his living?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.10
स्वर्गे तपोभृतां वासः फलं पुण्यस्य कर्मणः इहापि यशसा युक्तस् तत्रस्थैर् उपधार्यते
svarge tapobhṛtāṃ vāsaḥ phalaṃ puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ ihāpi yaśasā yuktas tatrasthair upadhāryate
Dwelling in heaven is the fruit of meritorious action for those who bear austerities; and here too one endowed with fame is held in regard by those who dwell there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.11
यदि स्युर् निर्वृत्ता लोकाः स्युश् च धर्मपराः प्रजाः नरा धर्मप्रवृत्ताश् च न नृपो विकृतो भवेत्
yadi syur nirvṛttā lokāḥ syuś ca dharmaparāḥ prajāḥ narā dharmapravṛttāś ca na nṛpo vikṛto bhavet
If the worlds were content and the people devoted to dharma, and men engaged in dharma, the king would not become corrupt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.12
गुणेषु दुष्टवृत्तानां कृत्तान्तः कुरुते पदम् इष्टधर्मेषु लोकेषु कर्तव्यं पारलौकिकम्
guṇeṣu duṣṭavṛttānāṃ kṛttāntaḥ kurute padam iṣṭadharmeṣu lokeṣu kartavyaṃ pāralaukikam
Fate sets its foot upon the good qualities of those of evil conduct; in worlds where dharma is desired, what pertains to the next world is to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.13
अतीव देवा रक्षन्ति नरं धर्मपरायणम् कर्तारः सुलभा लोके दुष्कृतस्येह कर्मणः
atīva devā rakṣanti naraṃ dharmaparāyaṇam kartāraḥ sulabhā loke duṣkṛtasyeha karmaṇaḥ
The gods protect exceedingly a man devoted to dharma; but doers of evil deeds are easily found here in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.15
हतः सो ऽयं मया कंसः साध्व् एतद् अवगम्यताम् मूलच्छेदः कृतस् तस्य विपरीतस्य कर्मणः ॥ ह्व्_७८।१४ न चेद् धन्यां दुराचारं विनङ्क्ष्यति तदा जगत् । कः कुर्यात् खल्व् इदं कार्यं बध्वा पितरम् ओजसा । राज्यं सकलसामन्तं करिष्यति सदा हि सः । तद् एष सान्त्व्यतां सर्वः शोकार्तः प्रमदाजनः पौराश् च पुर्यां श्रेण्यश् च सान्त्व्यतां सर्व एव हि
hataḥ so 'yaṃ mayā kaṃsaḥ sādhv etad avagamyatām mūlacchedaḥ kṛtas tasya viparītasya karmaṇaḥ // HV_78.14 na ced dhanyāṃ durācāraṃ vinaṅkṣyati tadā jagat | kaḥ kuryāt khalv idaṃ kāryaṃ badhvā pitaram ojasā | rājyaṃ sakalasāmantaṃ kariṣyati sadā hi saḥ | tad eṣa sāntvyatāṃ sarvaḥ śokārtaḥ pramadājanaḥ paurāś ca puryāṃ śreṇyaś ca sāntvyatāṃ sarva eva hi
This Kaṃsa has been slain by me — let this be rightly understood: a cutting off at the root has been made of his perverse conduct. If (such a man) were not slain, the world would perish through his evil ways. For who indeed would do such a deed, having bound his own father by force? He would forever have made the kingdom, with all its vassals, (his own). Therefore let all these women, stricken with grief, be consoled, and let the townsfolk in the city and the guilds — let them all be consoled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.17
एवं ब्रुवति गोविन्दे विवेशावनताननः उग्रसेनो महातेजाः कृष्णम् अस्राविलेक्षणम् । प्रलपन्तं जगामैवं यादवानां च संसदि । उग्रसेनो यदून् गृह्य पुत्रकिल्बिषशङ्कितः ॥ ह्व्_७८।१६ वृष्णिभिः सहितः सर्वैः शिनिप्रभृतिभिस् तदा । स कृष्णं पुण्डरीकाक्षम् उवाच यदुसंसदि बाष्पसंदिग्धया वाचा दीनया सज्जमानया
evaṃ bruvati govinde viveśāvanatānanaḥ ugraseno mahātejāḥ kṛṣṇam asrāvilekṣaṇam | pralapantaṃ jagāmaivaṃ yādavānāṃ ca saṃsadi | ugraseno yadūn gṛhya putrakilbiṣaśaṅkitaḥ // HV_78.16 vṛṣṇibhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ śiniprabhṛtibhis tadā | sa kṛṣṇaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣam uvāca yadusaṃsadi bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā vācā dīnayā sajjamānayā
While Govinda was speaking thus, Ugrasena of great splendour entered with face bowed down, (approaching) Kṛṣṇa whose eyes were clouded with tears; thus he came, lamenting, into the assembly of the Yādavas. Ugrasena, apprehensive because of his son's crime, taking the Yadus with him — together with all the Vṛṣṇis headed by Śini — then said this to lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa in the Yadu assembly, in a voice choked with tears, pitiful and faltering:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.18
पुत्र निर्यातितः क्रोधो नीतो याम्यां दिशं रिपुः स्वधर्माधिगता कीर्तिर् नाम विश्रावितं भुवि
putra niryātitaḥ krodho nīto yāmyāṃ diśaṃ ripuḥ svadharmādhigatā kīrtir nāma viśrāvitaṃ bhuvi
"Son, (your) anger has been discharged, the enemy has been led to the southern quarter; fame has been won by (fulfilling) your own duty, (your) name has been made to resound on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.19
स्थापितं सत्सु माहात्म्यं शङ्किता रिपवः कृताः स्थापितो यादवो वंशो गर्विताः सुहृदः कृताः
sthāpitaṃ satsu māhātmyaṃ śaṅkitā ripavaḥ kṛtāḥ sthāpito yādavo vaṃśo garvitāḥ suhṛdaḥ kṛtāḥ
Your greatness has been established among the good, your enemies have been made fearful; the Yādava line has been established, your friends have been made proud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.20
सामन्तेषु नरेन्द्रेषु प्रतापस् ते प्रकाशितः मित्राणि त्वां भजिष्यन्ति संश्रयिष्यन्ति चार्थिनः
sāmanteṣu narendreṣu pratāpas te prakāśitaḥ mitrāṇi tvāṃ bhajiṣyanti saṃśrayiṣyanti cārthinaḥ
Your might has been made manifest among the vassals and the kings; friends will resort to you, and suppliants will take refuge (with you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.21
प्रकृतयो ऽनुयास्यन्ति स्तोष्यन्ति त्वां द्विजातयः संधिविग्रहमुख्यास् त्वां प्रणमिष्यन्ति मन्त्रिणः
prakṛtayo 'nuyāsyanti stoṣyanti tvāṃ dvijātayaḥ saṃdhivigrahamukhyās tvāṃ praṇamiṣyanti mantriṇaḥ
The subjects will follow (you), the twice-born will praise you, the ministers, chief in matters of peace and war, will bow to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.22
हस्त्यश्वरथसंपूर्णं पदातिगणसंकुलम् प्रतिगृहाण कृष्णेदं कंसस्य बलम् अव्ययम्
hastyaśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ padātigaṇasaṃkulam pratigṛhāṇa kṛṣṇedaṃ kaṃsasya balam avyayam
Full of elephants, horses and chariots, thronged with troops of foot-soldiers — receive, Kṛṣṇa, this undiminished army of Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.23
धनं धान्यं च यत् किंचिद् रत्नान्य् आच्छादनानि च प्रतीच्छन्तु नियुक्ता वै त्वदीयाः कृष्ण पुरुषाः । स्त्रियो हिरण्यं वासांसि यच् चान्यद् वसु किंचन
dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca yat kiṃcid ratnāny ācchādanāni ca pratīcchantu niyuktā vai tvadīyāḥ kṛṣṇa puruṣāḥ | striyo hiraṇyaṃ vāsāṃsi yac cānyad vasu kiṃcana
Whatever wealth and grain there is, and jewels and garments — let your men, Kṛṣṇa, appointed (to it), take them over; the women, the gold, the clothes, and whatever other property there is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.25
एवं हि विहिते योगे पर्याप्ते कृष्ण विग्रहे प्रतिष्ठितायां मेदिन्यां यदूनां शत्रुसूदन ॥ ह्व्_७८।२४ त्वं गतिश् चागतिश् चैव यदूनां यदुनन्दन । शृणु तद् ब्रुवतां वीर कृपणानाम् इदं वचः अस्य त्वत्क्रोधदग्धस्य कंसस्याशुभकर्मणः तव प्रसादाद् गोविन्दे प्रेतकार्यं क्रियते ह
evaṃ hi vihite yoge paryāpte kṛṣṇa vigrahe pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ medinyāṃ yadūnāṃ śatrusūdana // HV_78.24 tvaṃ gatiś cāgatiś caiva yadūnāṃ yadunandana | śṛṇu tad bruvatāṃ vīra kṛpaṇānām idaṃ vacaḥ asya tvatkrodhadagdhasya kaṃsasyāśubhakarmaṇaḥ tava prasādād govinde pretakāryaṃ kriyate ha
For when the undertaking has thus been arranged, and the conflict is finished, Kṛṣṇa, and the earth of the Yadus is set firm, O slayer of foes — you are both the going and the coming of the Yadus, O joy of the Yadus. Hear, hero, this word of us wretched ones as we speak it: for this Kaṃsa of evil deeds, burnt up by your wrath, let the funeral rites be performed by your grace, O Govinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.26
अस्य कृत्वा नरेन्द्रस्य विपन्नस्यौर्ध्वदेहिकम् सस्नुषो ऽहं सभार्यश् च चरिष्यामि मृगैः सह
asya kṛtvā narendrasya vipannasyaurdhvadehikam sasnuṣo 'haṃ sabhāryaś ca cariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha
Having performed the last rites for this king who has met his end, I, with my daughter-in-law and my wife, shall wander among the deer (in the forest).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.27
प्रेतसंस्कारमात्रेण कृते बान्धवकर्मणि आनृण्यं लौकिकं कृष्ण गतः किल भवाम्य् अहम्
pretasaṃskāramātreṇa kṛte bāndhavakarmaṇi ānṛṇyaṃ laukikaṃ kṛṣṇa gataḥ kila bhavāmy aham
With the mere cremation of the dead, the kinsman's duty being done, I shall, Kṛṣṇa, become free of my worldly debt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.28
अस्याग्निं पश्चिमं दत्त्वा चित्तिस्थाने विधिं विना तोयप्रदानमात्रेण कंसस्यानृण्यम् आप्नुयाम्
asyāgniṃ paścimaṃ dattvā cittisthāne vidhiṃ vinā toyapradānamātreṇa kaṃsasyānṛṇyam āpnuyām
Having given him the last fire on the pyre-ground, even without the (full) rite, by the mere offering of water I would become free of debt to Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.29
एतन् मे कृष्ण विज्ञाप्यं स्नेहो ऽत्र मम युज्यताम् प्राप्नोतु सुगतिं तत्र कृपणः पश्चिमां क्रियाम्
etan me kṛṣṇa vijñāpyaṃ sneho 'tra mama yujyatām prāpnotu sugatiṃ tatra kṛpaṇaḥ paścimāṃ kriyām
This is my request, Kṛṣṇa; let my affection in this matter be indulged. Let the wretch there attain a good course (after death) — (grant him) the last rite."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.31
एतच् छ्रुत्वा वचस् तस्य कृष्णः परमहर्षितः प्रत्युवाचोग्रसेनं वै सान्त्वपूर्वम् इदं वचः ॥ ह्व्_७८।३० कालयुक्तम् इदं तात त्वयैतद् भाषितं वचः । सदृशं राजशार्दूल वृत्तस्य च कुलस्य च यत् त्वं एवंविधं ब्रूषे गते ऽर्थे दुरतिक्रमे
etac chrutvā vacas tasya kṛṣṇaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ pratyuvācograsenaṃ vai sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ // HV_78.30 kālayuktam idaṃ tāta tvayaitad bhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ | sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla vṛttasya ca kulasya ca yat tvaṃ evaṃvidhaṃ brūṣe gate 'rthe duratikrame
Hearing this speech of his, Kṛṣṇa, greatly pleased, replied to Ugrasena with these conciliatory words: "This speech spoken by you, sir, is fitting to the occasion, and worthy, O tiger among kings, both of your conduct and of your family — that you speak in such a way when the matter is past and beyond undoing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.32
प्राप्स्यते नृप संस्कारं कंसः प्रेतगते ऽपि सन् कुले महति ते जन्म वेदान् विदितवान् असि । कथं न ज्ञायते तात नियतिर् दुरतिक्रमा ॥ स्थावराणां च भूतानां जङ्गमानां च पार्थिव । पूर्वजन्मकृतं कर्म कालेन परिपच्यते ॥ श्रुतवन्तो ऽर्थवन्तश् च दातारः प्रियदर्शनाः । ब्रह्मण्या नयसंपन्ना दीनानुग्रहकारिणः ॥ लोकपालसमास् तात महेन्द्रसमविक्रमाः । क्षितिपालाः कृतान्तेन नीयन्ते नृपसत्तम ॥ धार्मिकाः सर्वभावज्ञाः प्रजापालनतत्पराः । क्षत्रधर्मपरा दान्ताः कालेन निधनं गताः ॥ स्वयम् एव कृतं कर्म शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् । प्राप्ते काले तु तत् कर्म दृश्यते सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ एषा ह्य् अन्तर्हिता माया दुर्विज्ञेया सुरैर् अपि । यथायं मुह्यते लोको ह्य् अत्र कर्मैव कारणम् ॥ कालेनाभिहतः कंसः पूर्वकर्मप्रचोदितः । न ह्य् अयं कारणं तत्र कालः कर्म च कारणम् ॥ सूर्यसोममयं तात कृत्स्नं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । कालेन निधनं गत्वा कालेनैव च जायते । कालस् तु सर्वभूतानां निग्रहे प्रग्रहे रतः । तस्मात् सर्वाणि भूतानि कालस्य वशगानि वै ॥ स्वदोषेणैव दग्धस्य सूनोस् तव नराधिप । नाहं वै कारणं तत्र कालस् तत्र तु कारणम् ॥ अथ वाहं भविष्यामि कारणं नात्र संशयः । पलायनपरः कालः किं करिष्यत्य् अकारणम् । कालस् तु बलवान् राजन् दुर्विज्ञेया हि सा गतिः ॥ परावरविशेषज्ञा यां यान्ति समदर्शिनः । गतिः कालस्य सा येन सर्वं कालस्य गोचरम् । ब्रवीमि यद् अहं तात तद् अनुष्ठीयतां वचः
prāpsyate nṛpa saṃskāraṃ kaṃsaḥ pretagate 'pi san kule mahati te janma vedān viditavān asi | kathaṃ na jñāyate tāta niyatir duratikramā || sthāvarāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ jaṅgamānāṃ ca pārthiva | pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ karma kālena paripacyate || śrutavanto 'rthavantaś ca dātāraḥ priyadarśanāḥ | brahmaṇyā nayasaṃpannā dīnānugrahakāriṇaḥ || lokapālasamās tāta mahendrasamavikramāḥ | kṣitipālāḥ kṛtāntena nīyante nṛpasattama || dhārmikāḥ sarvabhāvajñāḥ prajāpālanatatparāḥ | kṣatradharmaparā dāntāḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ || svayam eva kṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham | prāpte kāle tu tat karma dṛśyate sarvadehinām || eṣā hy antarhitā māyā durvijñeyā surair api | yathāyaṃ muhyate loko hy atra karmaiva kāraṇam || kālenābhihataḥ kaṃsaḥ pūrvakarmapracoditaḥ | na hy ayaṃ kāraṇaṃ tatra kālaḥ karma ca kāraṇam || sūryasomamayaṃ tāta kṛtsnaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | kālena nidhanaṃ gatvā kālenaiva ca jāyate | kālas tu sarvabhūtānāṃ nigrahe pragrahe rataḥ | tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni kālasya vaśagāni vai || svadoṣeṇaiva dagdhasya sūnos tava narādhipa | nāhaṃ vai kāraṇaṃ tatra kālas tatra tu kāraṇam || atha vāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kāraṇaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | palāyanaparaḥ kālaḥ kiṃ kariṣyaty akāraṇam | kālas tu balavān rājan durvijñeyā hi sā gatiḥ || parāvaraviśeṣajñā yāṃ yānti samadarśinaḥ | gatiḥ kālasya sā yena sarvaṃ kālasya gocaram | bravīmi yad ahaṃ tāta tad anuṣṭhīyatāṃ vacaḥ
Kaṃsa shall obtain his funeral rite, O king, even though he has gone among the dead. Your birth is in a great family, you have known the Vedas; how is it, sir, that fate, which cannot be overstepped, is not recognised? For beings both immobile and mobile, O lord of earth, the deed done in a former birth ripens in due time. Learned, wealthy, generous, pleasing to look upon, devoted to brahmins, endowed with policy, showing favour to the poor, equal to the world-guardians, sir, of prowess equal to great Indra's — even such rulers of earth are carried off by Death, O best of kings. Righteous men, knowers of every disposition, intent on protecting their subjects, devoted to the kṣatriya law, self-controlled — they have gone to destruction by Time. Whatever deed one has done oneself, whether good or bad, that deed becomes visible for all embodied beings when the time comes. This is the hidden illusion, hard to know even for the gods — how this world is bewildered; and here the deed alone is the cause. Kaṃsa was struck down by Time, driven on by his former deeds; he is not the cause there — Time and the deed are the cause. This whole world of moving and unmoving things, sir, consisting of sun and moon, having gone to destruction by Time, is born again by Time alone. Time is intent on the restraining and the releasing of all beings; therefore all beings are subject to Time. As for your son, O ruler of men, who was burnt by his own fault, I am not the cause there — Time is the cause there. Or else I shall be the cause — of that there is no doubt; but what will Time, bent on flight, do without a cause? Time is mighty, O king, and its course is hard to know — that course to which those who see equally, who discern the higher and the lower, go. That is the course of Time, whereby everything is Time's domain. Let the word I speak, sir, be carried out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 78.33
न हि राज्येन मे कार्यं नाप्य् अहं राज्यलालसः न चापि राज्यलुब्धेन मया कंसो निपातितः
na hi rājyena me kāryaṃ nāpy ahaṃ rājyalālasaḥ na cāpi rājyalubdhena mayā kaṃso nipātitaḥ
For I have no business with kingship, nor am I eager for a kingdom; nor was Kaṃsa struck down by me out of greed for a kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.34
किं तु लोकहितार्थाय कीर्त्यर्थं च सुतस् तव व्यङ्गभूतः कुलस्यास्य सानुजो विनिपातितः
kiṃ tu lokahitārthāya kīrtyarthaṃ ca sutas tava vyaṅgabhūtaḥ kulasyāsya sānujo vinipātitaḥ
Rather, for the welfare of the world and for the sake of fame, your son, who had become a deformity of this family, was struck down together with his younger brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.35
अहं स एव गोमध्ये गोपैः सह वनेचरः प्रीतिमान् विचरिष्यामि कामचारी यथा गजः
ahaṃ sa eva gomadhye gopaiḥ saha vanecaraḥ prītimān vicariṣyāmi kāmacārī yathā gajaḥ
I am that same one who roams the forest among the cows with the cowherds; contented I shall wander, going where I please, like an elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.36
एतावच् छतशो ऽप्य् एवं सत्येन प्रब्रवीमि ते न मे कार्यं नृपत्वेन विज्ञाप्यं क्रियताम् इदम्
etāvac chataśo 'py evaṃ satyena prabravīmi te na me kāryaṃ nṛpatvena vijñāpyaṃ kriyatām idam
This much I declare to you truthfully, even a hundred times over: I have no business with kingship. Let this request (of mine) be carried out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.37
भवान् राजास्तु मे मान्यो यदूनाम् अग्रणीः प्रभुः विजयायाभिषिच्यस्व स्वराज्ये राजसत्तम
bhavān rājāstu me mānyo yadūnām agraṇīḥ prabhuḥ vijayāyābhiṣicyasva svarājye rājasattama
Let your honour be my honoured king, the leader and lord of the Yadus; be consecrated for victory in your own kingdom, best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.39
यदि ते मत्प्रियं कार्यं यदि वा नास्ति ते व्यथा मया निसृष्टं राज्यं स्वं चिराय प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ ह्व्_७८।३८ एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं नोत्तरं प्रत्यभाषत । व्रीडितो ऽधोमुखस् तस्थौ कृष्णस्य पुरतो नृपः । व्रीडिताधोमुखं तं तु राजानं यदुसंसदि अभिषेकेण गोविन्दो योजयाम् आस योगवित्
yadi te matpriyaṃ kāryaṃ yadi vā nāsti te vyathā mayā nisṛṣṭaṃ rājyaṃ svaṃ cirāya pratigṛhyatām // HV_78.38 etac chrutvā tu vacanaṃ nottaraṃ pratyabhāṣata | vrīḍito 'dhomukhas tasthau kṛṣṇasya purato nṛpaḥ | vrīḍitādhomukhaṃ taṃ tu rājānaṃ yadusaṃsadi abhiṣekeṇa govindo yojayām āsa yogavit
If you would do what is dear to me, or if you bear no grievance, then let this kingdom, your own, relinquished by me, be accepted for a long time to come. // (78.38) But hearing this speech he answered nothing in reply; ashamed, his face downcast, the king stood before Kṛṣṇa. And that king, ashamed and with downcast face, Govinda, the knower of yoga, joined to the consecration in the assembly of the Yadus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.40
स बद्धमुकुटः श्रीमान् उग्रसेनो महीपतिः चकार सह कृष्णेन कंसस्य निधनक्रियाम्
sa baddhamukuṭaḥ śrīmān ugraseno mahīpatiḥ cakāra saha kṛṣṇena kaṃsasya nidhanakriyām
That glorious lord of the earth, Ugrasena, his crown bound on, performed together with Kṛṣṇa the funeral rites of Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.41
तं सर्वे यादवा मुख्या राजानं कृष्णशासनात् अनुजग्मुः पुरीमार्गे देवा इव शतक्रतुम्
taṃ sarve yādavā mukhyā rājānaṃ kṛṣṇaśāsanāt anujagmuḥ purīmārge devā iva śatakratum
All the chief Yādavas, at Kṛṣṇa's command, followed that king along the city road, as the gods follow Śatakratu (Indra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.42
रजन्यां तु प्रभातायां ततः सूर्ये चिरोदिते पश्चिमं कंससंस्कारं चक्रुस् ते यदुपुंगवाः
rajanyāṃ tu prabhātāyāṃ tataḥ sūrye cirodite paścimaṃ kaṃsasaṃskāraṃ cakrus te yadupuṃgavāḥ
But when the night had brightened into dawn and the sun had long since risen, those bulls among the Yadus performed the last rites for Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.43
शिबिकायां समारोप्य कंसदेहं यथाक्रमम् नैष्ठिकेन विधानेन चक्रुस् ते तस्य सत्क्रियाम्
śibikāyāṃ samāropya kaṃsadehaṃ yathākramam naiṣṭhikena vidhānena cakrus te tasya satkriyām
Having placed Kaṃsa's body upon a litter in due order, they performed the honours due to him with the ritual laid down for the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.44
स नीतो यमुनातीरम् उत्तरं नृपतेः सुतः संस्कृतश् च यथान्यायं नैधनेन चिताग्निना
sa nīto yamunātīram uttaraṃ nṛpateḥ sutaḥ saṃskṛtaś ca yathānyāyaṃ naidhanena citāgninā
That son of the king was carried to the northern bank of the Yamunā and cremated according to rule with the funeral fire of the pyre.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 78.45
तथैव भ्रातरं चास्य सुनामानं महाभुजम् संस्कारं लम्भयाम् आसुः सह कृष्णेन यादवाः
tathaiva bhrātaraṃ cāsya sunāmānaṃ mahābhujam saṃskāraṃ lambhayām āsuḥ saha kṛṣṇena yādavāḥ
In just the same way the Yādavas, together with Kṛṣṇa, had his brother, the mighty-armed Sunāman, receive the funeral rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition