Harivamsha — Chapter 80

HV 80.3

वसुदेवस्य भवनं ततस् तौ यदुनन्दनौ प्रविष्टौ हृष्टवदनौ चन्द्रादित्याव् इवाचलम् ॥ ह्व्_७९।३८ परेण तेजसोपेतौ सुरेन्द्राव् इव रूपिनौ । ताव् आयुधानि विन्यस्य गृहे स्वे स्वैरचारिणौ मुमुदाते यदुवरौ वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ ॥ ह्व्_७९।३९ उद्यानेषु विचित्रेषु फलपुष्पावनामिषु । चेरतुः सुमहात्मानौ यादवैः परिवारितौ ॥ रैवतस्य समीपेषु सरित्सु विमलासु च । पद्मपत्रसमृद्धासु कारण्डवयुतासु च । एवं तौ बाल्यम् उत्तीर्णौ बलभद्रजनार्दनौ । एवं ताव् एकनिर्माणौ मथुरायां शुभाननौ उग्रसेनानुगौ भूत्वा कं चित् कालं मुमोदतुः ॥ ह्व्_७९।४० उषित्वा चतुरो मासान् नन्दगोप उदारधीः । रामकृष्णौ समालिङ्ग्य यदुभिश् चानुमोदितः । वसुदेवाभ्यनुज्ञातः स्वम् एव शकटं ययौ । एतद् वो बालचरितं सकलं मुनिपुंगवाः । यथाश्रुतं यथायोगं यथाज्ञानम् उदाहृतम् । कृष्णं केशवम् अच्युतं मुररिपुं शौरिं हरिं शार्ङ्गिणं ।विष्णुं विश्वसृजं चतुर्भुजं श्रीवल्लभं श्रीधरम् ।जिष्णुं दैत्यरिपुं त्रिधामनिलयं त्रैलोक्यनाथं परं ।गोविन्दं पुरुषं नमामि शिरसा नारायणं चक्रिणम् । कस्य चित् त्व् अथ कालस्य राजा राजगृहेश्वरः शुश्राव निहतं कंसं जरासंधः प्रतापवान् ॥ ह्व्_८०।१ दुहितृभ्यां महीपतिः ।ततो नातिचिरात् कालाज् ।अस्तिः प्राप्तिश् च कंसस्य महिष्यौ भरतर्षभ । हते भर्तरि दुःखार्ते ईयतुः स्वपितुर् गृहान् । स साधनेन महता पाकशासनविक्रमः । आजगाम षडङ्गेन बलेन महता वृतः कृष्णस्य वधम् अन्विच्छन् मधुराम् अन्ववर्तत । जिघांसुर् हि यदून् क्रुद्धः कंसस्यापचितिं चरन् ॥ ह्व्_८०।२ अयशो ह्य् आत्मनो रक्षंल् लोकनिर्वादशङ्कया । दुहितृप्रीतिकामार्थं मधुराम् अवरोधकः । अक्षौहिन्यैकविंशत्या सेनया च तदा सह । अस्तिः प्राप्तिश् च नाम्नास् तां मागधस्य सुते नृप ते द्वे च कंसराजाय ददौ हृष्टः स मागधः ॥ तेन ते विधवे स्याताम् उभे कृष्णेन मागधे । जीवत्य् एव तथा राजन् वीरे राज्ञां पुरोगमे । जरासंधस्य कल्यान्यौ पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे उभे कंसस्य ते भार्ये प्रादाद् बार्हद्रथो नृपः

vasudevasya bhavanaṃ tatas tau yadunandanau praviṣṭau hṛṣṭavadanau candrādityāv ivācalam // HV_79.38 pareṇa tejasopetau surendrāv iva rūpinau | tāv āyudhāni vinyasya gṛhe sve svairacāriṇau mumudāte yaduvarau vasudevasutāv ubhau // HV_79.39 udyāneṣu vicitreṣu phalapuṣpāvanāmiṣu | ceratuḥ sumahātmānau yādavaiḥ parivāritau || raivatasya samīpeṣu saritsu vimalāsu ca | padmapatrasamṛddhāsu kāraṇḍavayutāsu ca | evaṃ tau bālyam uttīrṇau balabhadrajanārdanau | evaṃ tāv ekanirmāṇau mathurāyāṃ śubhānanau ugrasenānugau bhūtvā kaṃ cit kālaṃ mumodatuḥ // HV_79.40 uṣitvā caturo māsān nandagopa udāradhīḥ | rāmakṛṣṇau samāliṅgya yadubhiś cānumoditaḥ | vasudevābhyanujñātaḥ svam eva śakaṭaṃ yayau | etad vo bālacaritaṃ sakalaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ | yathāśrutaṃ yathāyogaṃ yathājñānam udāhṛtam | kṛṣṇaṃ keśavam acyutaṃ muraripuṃ śauriṃ hariṃ śārṅgiṇaṃ |viṣṇuṃ viśvasṛjaṃ caturbhujaṃ śrīvallabhaṃ śrīdharam |jiṣṇuṃ daityaripuṃ tridhāmanilayaṃ trailokyanāthaṃ paraṃ |govindaṃ puruṣaṃ namāmi śirasā nārāyaṇaṃ cakriṇam | kasya cit tv atha kālasya rājā rājagṛheśvaraḥ śuśrāva nihataṃ kaṃsaṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān // HV_80.1 duhitṛbhyāṃ mahīpatiḥ |tato nāticirāt kālāj |astiḥ prāptiś ca kaṃsasya mahiṣyau bharatarṣabha | hate bhartari duḥkhārte īyatuḥ svapitur gṛhān | sa sādhanena mahatā pākaśāsanavikramaḥ | ājagāma ṣaḍaṅgena balena mahatā vṛtaḥ kṛṣṇasya vadham anvicchan madhurām anvavartata | jighāṃsur hi yadūn kruddhaḥ kaṃsasyāpacitiṃ caran // HV_80.2 ayaśo hy ātmano rakṣaṃl lokanirvādaśaṅkayā | duhitṛprītikāmārthaṃ madhurām avarodhakaḥ | akṣauhinyaikaviṃśatyā senayā ca tadā saha | astiḥ prāptiś ca nāmnās tāṃ māgadhasya sute nṛpa te dve ca kaṃsarājāya dadau hṛṣṭaḥ sa māgadhaḥ || tena te vidhave syātām ubhe kṛṣṇena māgadhe | jīvaty eva tathā rājan vīre rājñāṃ purogame | jarāsaṃdhasya kalyānyau pīnaśroṇipayodhare ubhe kaṃsasya te bhārye prādād bārhadratho nṛpaḥ

Then those two joys of the Yadus, their faces glad, entered Vasudeva's house, like the moon and the sun (entering) a mountain. // 79.38 // Endowed with surpassing splendour, shapely as two lords of the gods, having laid their weapons aside in their own house, moving about as they pleased, the two best of the Yadus, both sons of Vasudeva, took their delight. // 79.39 // In varied pleasure-groves bowed down with fruit and flowers the two great-souled ones roamed, surrounded by the Yādavas; and in the neighbourhood of (Mount) Raivata, and by clear rivers thick with lotus-leaves and crowded with kāraṇḍava ducks. Thus those two, Balabhadra and Janārdana, passed out of childhood; thus those two of a single make, fair-faced, in Mathurā, having become followers of Ugrasena, took their pleasure for some time. // 79.40 // Having stayed four months, the noble-minded cowherd Nanda, having embraced Rāma and Kṛṣṇa and been honoured by the Yadus, with Vasudeva's leave went back to his own waggon-camp. This whole boyhood-history (of Kṛṣṇa) has been recounted to you, O bulls among sages, as I heard it, as was fitting, as far as my knowledge goes. To Kṛṣṇa, Keśava, Acyuta, the foe of Mura, Śauri, Hari, bearer of the Śārṅga bow; to Viṣṇu, maker of the universe, four-armed, beloved of Śrī, bearer of Śrī; to the victorious one, enemy of the Daityas, dwelling in the three abodes, lord of the three worlds, supreme; to Govinda, the Person, to Nārāyaṇa who holds the discus, I bow with my head. Now after some time the king, the lord of Rājagṛha, the mighty Jarāsandha, heard that Kaṃsa had been slain, // 80.1 // the lord of earth (heard it) from his two daughters. Then, after no long time, Asti and Prāpti, Kaṃsa's queens, O bull of the Bharatas, their husband slain and afflicted with grief, went to the house of their own father. He, of the prowess of the chastiser of Pāka (Indra), with great equipment, came surrounded by a great army of six divisions, and, seeking Kṛṣṇa's death, advanced upon Mathurā; for in anger he wished to slay the Yadus, exacting requital for Kaṃsa. // 80.2 // Guarding himself from ill-fame, from fear of the world's reproach, and for the sake of pleasing his daughters, laying siege to Mathurā, with an army of twenty-one akṣauhiṇīs then — Asti and Prāpti by name were those daughters of the Magadhan, O king, and those two the Magadhan gladly gave to King Kaṃsa; thereby both the Magadha women were made widows by Kṛṣṇa, while the hero, the foremost of kings, was yet alive, O king — Jarāsandha's two fair daughters, with full hips and breasts, these two King Bārhadratha gave as wives to Kaṃsa.

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HV 80.4

स ताभ्यां मुमुदे राजा बध्वा पितरम् आहुकम् समाश्रित्य जरासंधम् अनादृत्य च यादवान् शूरसेनेश्वरो राजा यथा ते बहुशो श्रुतः

sa tābhyāṃ mumude rājā badhvā pitaram āhukam samāśritya jarāsaṃdham anādṛtya ca yādavān śūraseneśvaro rājā yathā te bahuśo śrutaḥ

That king took his pleasure with those two, having imprisoned his father Āhuka, relying on Jarāsandha and disregarding the Yādavas — the king, lord of the Śūrasenas, as you have heard many times over.

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HV 80.5

ज्ञातिकार्यार्थसिद्ध्यर्थम् उग्रसेनहिते स्थितः वसुदेवो ऽभवन् नित्यं कंसो न ममृषे च तम्

jñātikāryārthasiddhyartham ugrasenahite sthitaḥ vasudevo 'bhavan nityaṃ kaṃso na mamṛṣe ca tam

Bent on accomplishing the affairs and interests of the kinsmen, Vasudeva was always devoted to Ugrasena's welfare; and Kaṃsa could not endure him.

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HV 80.7

रामकृष्णौ व्यपाश्रित्य हते कंसे दुरात्मनि उग्रसेनो ऽभवद् राजा भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकैर् वृतः ॥ ह्व्_८०।६ मधुरां पालयाम् आस केशवानुमते स्थितः । दुहितृभ्यां जरासंधः प्रियाभ्यां बलवान् नृपः प्रियार्थं वीरपत्नीभ्याम् उपायान् मथुरां ततः स तद् अप्रियम् आकर्ण्य शोकामर्षयुतो नृपः । अयादवीं महीं कर्तुं चक्रे परमम् उद्यमम् ॥ अक्षौहिणीभिर् विंशत्या तिसृभिश् चापि संयुतः । यदुराजधानीं मथुरां रोद्धुम् अभ्यागतो नृपः । कृत्वा सर्वसमुद्योगं क्रोधाद् अभिययौ यदून्

rāmakṛṣṇau vyapāśritya hate kaṃse durātmani ugraseno 'bhavad rājā bhojavṛṣṇyandhakair vṛtaḥ // HV_80.6 madhurāṃ pālayām āsa keśavānumate sthitaḥ | duhitṛbhyāṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ priyābhyāṃ balavān nṛpaḥ priyārthaṃ vīrapatnībhyām upāyān mathurāṃ tataḥ sa tad apriyam ākarṇya śokāmarṣayuto nṛpaḥ | ayādavīṃ mahīṃ kartuṃ cakre paramam udyamam || akṣauhiṇībhir viṃśatyā tisṛbhiś cāpi saṃyutaḥ | yadurājadhānīṃ mathurāṃ roddhum abhyāgato nṛpaḥ | kṛtvā sarvasamudyogaṃ krodhād abhiyayau yadūn

When the evil-souled Kaṃsa had been slain, relying on Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, Ugrasena became king, surrounded by the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas. // 80.6 // He ruled Mathurā, established there by Keśava's consent. Then the powerful king Jarāsandha, for the sake of his two dear daughters, the wives of the hero (Kaṃsa), and to please them, drew near to Mathurā. Hearing that unwelcome news, the king, filled with grief and indignation, made a supreme effort to make the earth free of Yādavas. Joined with twenty-three akṣauhiṇīs, the king came to besiege Mathurā, the Yadu capital; having made a complete mobilization, in anger he marched against the Yadus.

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HV 80.8

प्रतापावनता ये हि जरासंधस्य पार्थिवाः मित्राणि ज्ञातयश् चैव संयुक्ताः सुहृदस् तथा

pratāpāvanatā ye hi jarāsaṃdhasya pārthivāḥ mitrāṇi jñātayaś caiva saṃyuktāḥ suhṛdas tathā

Those kings who were bowed down by Jarāsandha's might, and his allies, his kinsmen, his confederates, and likewise his friends —

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HV 80.9

त एनम् अन्वयुः सर्वे सैन्यैः समुदितैर् वृताः ये नृपाः पर्वतात् तस्माद् गोमन्ताद् व्रीऌइता गताः । ते च सर्वे यदून् हन्तुं जरासंधं समन्वयुः । महेष्वासा महावीर्या जरासंधप्रियैषिणः

ta enam anvayuḥ sarve sainyaiḥ samuditair vṛtāḥ ye nṛpāḥ parvatāt tasmād gomantād vrīḷitā gatāḥ | te ca sarve yadūn hantuṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ samanvayuḥ | maheṣvāsā mahāvīryā jarāsaṃdhapriyaiṣiṇaḥ

they all followed him, surrounded by their assembled armies. And those kings who had gone away in shame from that mountain Gomanta, they all too followed Jarāsandha in order to kill the Yadus — great archers of great might, seeking Jarāsandha's favour.

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HV 80.10

कारूषो दन्तवक्त्रश् च चेदिराजश् च वीर्यवान् कलिङ्गाधिपतिश् चैव पौण्ड्रश् च बलिनां वरः आह्वृतिः कौशिकश् चैव भीष्मकश् च नराधिपः

kārūṣo dantavaktraś ca cedirājaś ca vīryavān kaliṅgādhipatiś caiva pauṇḍraś ca balināṃ varaḥ āhvṛtiḥ kauśikaś caiva bhīṣmakaś ca narādhipaḥ

Kārūṣa and Dantavaktra, and the valiant king of Cedi, and the lord of Kaliṅga, and Pauṇḍra the best of the strong, Āhvṛti and Kauśika, and King Bhīṣmaka,

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HV 80.11

पुत्रश् च भीष्मकस्यापि रुक्मी मुख्यो धनुर्भृताम् वासुदेवार्जुनाभ्यां यः स्पर्धते स्म सदा बले

putraś ca bhīṣmakasyāpi rukmī mukhyo dhanurbhṛtām vāsudevārjunābhyāṃ yaḥ spardhate sma sadā bale

and Bhīṣmaka's son too, Rukmī, chief among bearers of the bow, who was ever contending in strength with Vāsudeva and Arjuna;

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HV 80.12

वेणुदारिः श्रुतर्वा च क्राथश् चैवांशुमान् अपि अङ्गराजश् च बलवान् वङ्गानाम् अधिपस् तथा

veṇudāriḥ śrutarvā ca krāthaś caivāṃśumān api aṅgarājaś ca balavān vaṅgānām adhipas tathā

Veṇudāri and Śrutarvā, and Krātha and Aṃśumān as well, and the powerful king of Aṅga, and likewise the lord of the Vaṅgas,

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HV 80.13

कौसल्यः काशिराजश् च दशार्णाधिपतिस् तथा सुह्मेश्वरश् च विक्रान्तो विदेहाधिपतिस् तथा

kausalyaḥ kāśirājaś ca daśārṇādhipatis tathā suhmeśvaraś ca vikrānto videhādhipatis tathā

Kausalya and the king of Kāśi, and likewise the lord of Daśārṇa, and the valorous lord of Suhma, and likewise the lord of Videha,

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HV 80.14

मद्रराजश् च बलवांस् त्रिगर्तानाम् अथेश्वरः साल्वराजश् च विक्रान्तो दरदश् च महाबलः

madrarājaś ca balavāṃs trigartānām atheśvaraḥ sālvarājaś ca vikrānto daradaś ca mahābalaḥ

and the powerful king of Madra, and then the lord of the Trigartas, and the valorous king of Sālva, and Darada of great strength,

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HV 80.16

यवनाधिपतिश् चैव भगदत्तश् च वीर्यवान् सौवीरराजः शैब्यश् च पाण्ड्यश् च बलिनां वरः गान्धारराजः सुबलो नग्नजिच् च महाबलः ॥ ह्व्_८०।१५ काश्मीरराजो गोनर्दो दरदाधिपतिर् नृपः । दुर्योधनादयश् चैव धार्तराष्ट्रा महाबलाः । एते चान्ये च राजानो बलवन्तो महारथाः तम् अन्वयुर् जरासंधं विद्विषन्तो जनार्दनम्

yavanādhipatiś caiva bhagadattaś ca vīryavān sauvīrarājaḥ śaibyaś ca pāṇḍyaś ca balināṃ varaḥ gāndhārarājaḥ subalo nagnajic ca mahābalaḥ // HV_80.15 kāśmīrarājo gonardo daradādhipatir nṛpaḥ | duryodhanādayaś caiva dhārtarāṣṭrā mahābalāḥ | ete cānye ca rājāno balavanto mahārathāḥ tam anvayur jarāsaṃdhaṃ vidviṣanto janārdanam

and the lord of the Yavanas, and valiant Bhagadatta, the king of Sauvīra, and Śaibya, and Pāṇḍya the best of the strong, the Gāndhāra king Subala, and Nagnajit of great strength, // 80.15 // the Kāśmīra king Gonarda, the king who is lord of the Daradas, and Duryodhana and the rest, the mighty sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra — these and other kings, strong and great chariot-fighters, followed Jarāsandha, hating Janārdana.

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HV 80.17

ते शूरसेनान् आविश्य प्रभूतयवसेन्धनान् ऊषुः संरुध्य मथुरां परिक्षिप्य बलैस् तदा

te śūrasenān āviśya prabhūtayavasendhanān ūṣuḥ saṃrudhya mathurāṃ parikṣipya balais tadā

They, entering the Śūrasena lands, which had abundant fodder and firewood, encamped there, blockading Mathurā and ringing it about with their forces.

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