Harivamsha — Chapter 82

HV 82.4

व्यूहस्यार्धं समासेदुर् मृदुरेणाभिरक्षितम् तत्र युद्धं समभवन् महद् देवासुरोपमम् । अल्पानां बहुभिः सर्धं वासुदेवव्यपाश्रयात् ॥ एवं युद्धम् अभूत् तेषां शूराणां हर्षवर्धनम् । भीरूणां त्रासजननं यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम् । राजभिश् चापि बहुभिर् वेणुदारिमुखैः सह ॥ ह्व्_८१।१०४ प्रतीच्यैश् च बलोदग्रैर् धार्तराष्ट्रैश् च पालितम् । ततो युद्धानि वृष्णीनां बभूव सुमहान्त्य् अथ मागधस्य महामात्यैर् नृपैश् चैवानुयायिभिः ॥ ह्व्_८२।१ द्वंद्वयुद्धं समभवत् सेनयोर् उभयोस् तदा । रुक्मिणा वासुदेवस्य भीष्मकस्याहुकेन च क्राथस्य वसुदेवेन कौशिकस्य च बभ्रुणा गदेन चेदिराजस्य दन्तवक्त्रस्य शंभुना ॥ ह्व्_८२।२ विन्दानुविन्दाव् आवन्त्यौ युयुधानेन संगतौ । एकलव्यो महाराज प्रद्युम्नेनाथ संगतः । तथान्यैर् वृष्णिवीराणां नृपाणां च महात्मनाम् युद्धम् आसीद् धि सैन्यानां सैनिकैर् भरतर्षभ ॥ ह्व्_८२।३ अहानि पञ्च चैकं च षट् सप्ताष्टौ च दारुणम् । गजैर् गजा हयैर् अश्वाः पदाताश् च पदातिभिः रथा रथैर् विमिश्रैश् च योधा युयुधिरे नृप

vyūhasyārdhaṃ samāsedur mṛdureṇābhirakṣitam tatra yuddhaṃ samabhavan mahad devāsuropamam | alpānāṃ bahubhiḥ sardhaṃ vāsudevavyapāśrayāt || evaṃ yuddham abhūt teṣāṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanam | bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananaṃ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam | rājabhiś cāpi bahubhir veṇudārimukhaiḥ saha // HV_81.104 pratīcyaiś ca balodagrair dhārtarāṣṭraiś ca pālitam | tato yuddhāni vṛṣṇīnāṃ babhūva sumahānty atha māgadhasya mahāmātyair nṛpaiś caivānuyāyibhiḥ // HV_82.1 dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ samabhavat senayor ubhayos tadā | rukmiṇā vāsudevasya bhīṣmakasyāhukena ca krāthasya vasudevena kauśikasya ca babhruṇā gadena cedirājasya dantavaktrasya śaṃbhunā // HV_82.2 vindānuvindāv āvantyau yuyudhānena saṃgatau | ekalavyo mahārāja pradyumnenātha saṃgataḥ | tathānyair vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām yuddham āsīd dhi sainyānāṃ sainikair bharatarṣabha // HV_82.3 ahāni pañca caikaṃ ca ṣaṭ saptāṣṭau ca dāruṇam | gajair gajā hayair aśvāḥ padātāś ca padātibhiḥ rathā rathair vimiśraiś ca yodhā yuyudhire nṛpa

They attacked half of the array, which was guarded by Mṛdura. There a great battle took place, like that of gods and demons — of the few against the many, by reason of their reliance on Vāsudeva. Thus was their battle, increasing the joy of the brave, generating terror in cowards, enlarging the realm of Yama; (guarded) too by many kings headed by Veṇudāri, and by westerners swollen with force, and by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Then there came about very great battles of the Vṛṣṇis with the Māgadha's chief ministers and with the kings who were his followers.

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HV 82.6

जरासंधस्य रज्ञस् तु रामेणासीत् समागमः महेन्द्रस्येव वृत्रेण दारुणो लोमहर्षणः ॥ ह्व्_८२।५ अवेक्ष्य रुक्मिणीं कृष्णो रुक्मिणं न व्यपोथयत् ॥ ज्वलनार्कांशुसंकाशान् आशीविषविषोपमान् । वारयाम् आस कृष्णो वै शरांस् तस्य तु शिक्षया । अन्येषां सुमहान् आसीद् बलौघानां परिक्षयः उभयोः सेनयो राजन् मांसशोणितकर्दमः

jarāsaṃdhasya rajñas tu rāmeṇāsīt samāgamaḥ mahendrasyeva vṛtreṇa dāruṇo lomaharṣaṇaḥ // HV_82.5 avekṣya rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇo rukmiṇaṃ na vyapothayat || jvalanārkāṃśusaṃkāśān āśīviṣaviṣopamān | vārayām āsa kṛṣṇo vai śarāṃs tasya tu śikṣayā | anyeṣāṃ sumahān āsīd balaughānāṃ parikṣayaḥ ubhayoḥ senayo rājan māṃsaśoṇitakardamaḥ

But King Jarāsaṃdha's encounter was with Rāma, terrible and hair-raising, like that of great Indra with Vṛtra. Kṛṣṇa, out of regard for Rukmiṇī, did not crush Rukmin; Kṛṣṇa merely warded off his arrows — which resembled the rays of blazing fire and the sun, and were like the venom of vipers — by his skill. Of the others there was a very great destruction of the floods of troops; of both armies, O king, (the ground became) a mire of flesh and blood.

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HV 82.7

कबन्धानि समुत्तस्थुः सुबहूनि समन्ततः पिशाचा राक्षसाश् चैव मांसशोणितलालसाः । तस्मिन् विमर्दे योधानां संख्याव्यक्तिर् न विद्यते

kabandhāni samuttasthuḥ subahūni samantataḥ piśācā rākṣasāś caiva māṃsaśoṇitalālasāḥ | tasmin vimarde yodhānāṃ saṃkhyāvyaktir na vidyate

Very many headless trunks rose up on every side, and ghouls and rākṣasas greedy for flesh and blood; in that crush of warriors no clear reckoning (of the dead) was to be had.

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HV 82.9

रथी रामो जरासंधं शरैर् आशीविषोपमैः आवृन्वन्न् अभ्ययाद् वीरस् तं च राजा स मागधः ॥ ह्व्_८२।८ अभ्यवर्तत वेगेन स्यन्दनेनाशुगामिना । अन्योन्यं विविधैर् अस्त्रैर् विध्वा विध्वा विनेदतुः । तौ क्षीनशस्त्रौ विरथौ हताश्वौ हतसारथी गदे गृहीत्वा विक्रान्ताव् अन्योन्यम् अभिधावताम्

rathī rāmo jarāsaṃdhaṃ śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ āvṛnvann abhyayād vīras taṃ ca rājā sa māgadhaḥ // HV_82.8 abhyavartata vegena syandanenāśugāminā | anyonyaṃ vividhair astrair vidhvā vidhvā vinedatuḥ | tau kṣīnaśastrau virathau hatāśvau hatasārathī gade gṛhītvā vikrāntāv anyonyam abhidhāvatām

Rāma, mounted on a chariot, the hero, went against Jarāsaṃdha, covering him with arrows like vipers; and that king of Magadha advanced against him swiftly in his fast-moving chariot. Piercing each other again and again with various weapons, they both roared. When their missiles were spent, chariotless, their horses slain and their drivers slain, the two valiant ones took up clubs and ran at each other.

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HV 82.10

कम्पयन्तौ भुवं वीरौ ताव् उद्यतमहागदौ ददृशाते महात्मानौ गिरी सशिखराव् उभौ

kampayantau bhuvaṃ vīrau tāv udyatamahāgadau dadṛśāte mahātmānau girī saśikharāv ubhau

Making the earth tremble, those two heroes with their great clubs upraised — the two great-souled ones were seen like two mountains with their peaks.

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HV 82.11

व्युपारमन्त युद्धानि प्रेक्षन्तौ पुरुषर्षभौ संरब्धाव् अभिधावन्तौ गदायुद्धेषु विश्रुतौ

vyupāramanta yuddhāni prekṣantau puruṣarṣabhau saṃrabdhāv abhidhāvantau gadāyuddheṣu viśrutau

The battles ceased, (the warriors) watching those two bulls among men, furious, rushing at each other, renowned in club-fighting.

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HV 82.12

उभौ तौ परमाचार्यौ लोके ख्यातौ महाबलौ मत्ताव् इव गजौ युद्धे अन्योन्यम् अभिधावताम्

ubhau tau paramācāryau loke khyātau mahābalau mattāv iva gajau yuddhe anyonyam abhidhāvatām

Both of them supreme masters, famed in the world, of great strength, ran at each other in the fight like two elephants in rut.

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HV 82.14

ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश् च परमर्षयः समन्ततश् चाप्सरसः समाजग्मुः सहस्रशः ॥ ह्व्_८२।१३ पितामहश् च भगवान् युद्धं द्रष्टुं समागतः । तद् देवयक्षगन्धर्व महर्षिभिर् अलंकृतम् शुशुभे ऽभ्यधिकं राजन् दिवं ज्योतिर् गणैर् इव

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ samantataś cāpsarasaḥ samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ // HV_82.13 pitāmahaś ca bhagavān yuddhaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ | tad devayakṣagandharva maharṣibhir alaṃkṛtam śuśubhe 'bhyadhikaṃ rājan divaṃ jyotir gaṇair iva

Then the gods with the gandharvas, the siddhas and the supreme sages, and apsarases from every side, came together by the thousands. And the blessed Grandfather came to see the fight. That (place), adorned with gods, yakṣas, gandharvas and great sages, shone exceedingly, O king, like the sky with its hosts of lights.

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HV 82.15

अभिदुद्राव रामं तु जरासंधो महाबलः सव्यं मण्डलम् आवृत्य बलदेवस् तु दक्षिणम्

abhidudrāva rāmaṃ tu jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ savyaṃ maṇḍalam āvṛtya baladevas tu dakṣiṇam

Jarāsaṃdha of great strength rushed at Rāma, circling to the left, while Baladeva (circled) to the right.

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HV 82.16

तौ प्रजह्रुर् अन्योन्यं गदायुद्धविशारदौ दन्ताभ्याम् इव मातङ्गौ नादयन्तौ दिशो दश

tau prajahrur anyonyaṃ gadāyuddhaviśāradau dantābhyām iva mātaṅgau nādayantau diśo daśa

Those two, skilled in club-fighting, struck at each other like two elephants with their tusks, making the ten directions resound.

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HV 82.17

गदानिपातो रामस्य शुश्रुवे ऽशनिनिस्वनः जरासंधस्य चरणे पर्वतस्येव दीर्यतः

gadānipāto rāmasya śuśruve 'śaninisvanaḥ jarāsaṃdhasya caraṇe parvatasyeva dīryataḥ

The fall of Rāma's club upon Jarāsaṃdha's foot was heard like the crash of a thunderbolt, as of a mountain splitting.

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HV 82.18

न स्म कम्पयते रामं जरासंधकरच्युता गदा गदाभृतां श्रेष्ठं विन्ध्यं गिरिम् इवाचलम्

na sma kampayate rāmaṃ jarāsaṃdhakaracyutā gadā gadābhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vindhyaṃ girim ivācalam

The club loosed from Jarāsaṃdha's hand did not make Rāma tremble — the best of club-bearers, unmoving like the Vindhya mountain.

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HV 82.20

रामस्य तु गदावेगं वीर्यात् स मगधेश्वरः सेहे धैर्येण महता शिक्षया च व्यपोहयत् ॥ ह्व्_८२।१९ एवं तौ तत्र संग्रामे विचरन्तौ महाबलौ । मण्डलानि विचित्राणि विचेरतुर् अरिंदमौ ॥ व्यायच्छन्तौ चिरं कालं परिश्रान्तौ च तस्थतुः । समाश्वास्य मुहूर्तं तु पुनर् अन्योन्यम् आहताम् ॥ एवं तौ योधमुख्यौ तु समं युयुधतुश् चिरम् । न च तौ युद्धवैमुख्यम् उभाव् एव प्रजग्मतुः ॥ अथापश्यद् गदायुद्धे विशेषं तस्य वीर्यवान् । रामः क्रुद्धो गदां त्यक्त्वा जग्राह मुसलोत्तमम् ॥ तम् उद्यतं तदा दृष्ट्वा मुसलं घोरदर्शनम् । अमोघं बलदेवेन क्रुद्धेन तु महारणे । क्रुद्धो ऽथ रामभद्रस् तु गदया तं जगाम ह । जरासंधो ऽथ गदया बलभद्रं समाहनत् ॥ प्रथमस् त्व् अथ रामेण गदापादः समाददे । द्वितीयो मगधेन्द्रेण तृतीयं तु हलायुधः । चतुर्थं तु जरासंधः पञ्चमं तु यदूद्वहः ॥ तयोः पादप्रहारश् च चालयाम् आस मेदिनीम् ॥ ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा यक्षाश् च परमर्षयः । भीताः स्वस्तीति चैवाहुर् लोकानां ब्रह्मणश् च ह ॥ ततः क्रुद्धो जरापुत्रस् ताडयाम् आस वक्षसि । शोणितं चोद्वमन् रामः श्रमं च समवाप ह ॥ विश्रम्य भूमौ किंचित् तु पुनर् उत्थाय यादवः । आहत्य गदया मूर्ध्नि सिंहनादं समानदत् ॥ पपात च महीं वीरो गतासुर् इव निःश्वसन् । हतो हतो जरासंध इत्य् ऊचुर् यादवेश्वराः ॥ संज्ञां च प्रतिलभ्याशु जरासंधः प्रतापवान् । गदया च समाजघ्ने वक्षस्य् एव हलायुधम् ॥ मूर्च्छां चैव समापेदे संज्ञां च प्रतिलब्धवान् । ततो रुधिरराशिस् तु बभौ जलम् इवोद्गतः ॥ गदाजर्जरसर्वाङ्गौ रेजतुः किंशुकाव् इव । समादीप्तौ तु राजेन्द्र विरथौ विधनुर्धरौ ॥ गदाहतौ महावीरौ केवलौ युद्धरङ्गिनौ । शुशुभाते गदाहस्तौ परस्परवधैषिणौ ॥ द्वाव् एव मृत्यू राजेन्द्र संगताव् इव शोभितौ ॥ ततः क्रुद्धो हलधरश् छेत्तुम् ऐच्छज् जरासुतम् । ऊरू च पोथयाम् आस गदया राजसंसदि ॥ ऊर्वो रक्तं समापेदे मज्जा समभवत् ततः । ततो हली जरासंधं शिरश् छेत्तुम् उदैक्षत । ततो ऽन्तरिक्षे वाग् आसीत् सुस्वरा लोकसाक्षिणी उवाच बलदेवं तं समुद्यतहलायुधम् । न त्वया राम वध्यो ऽयम् अलं खेदेन माधव

rāmasya tu gadāvegaṃ vīryāt sa magadheśvaraḥ sehe dhairyeṇa mahatā śikṣayā ca vyapohayat // HV_82.19 evaṃ tau tatra saṃgrāme vicarantau mahābalau | maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi viceratur ariṃdamau || vyāyacchantau ciraṃ kālaṃ pariśrāntau ca tasthatuḥ | samāśvāsya muhūrtaṃ tu punar anyonyam āhatām || evaṃ tau yodhamukhyau tu samaṃ yuyudhatuś ciram | na ca tau yuddhavaimukhyam ubhāv eva prajagmatuḥ || athāpaśyad gadāyuddhe viśeṣaṃ tasya vīryavān | rāmaḥ kruddho gadāṃ tyaktvā jagrāha musalottamam || tam udyataṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā musalaṃ ghoradarśanam | amoghaṃ baladevena kruddhena tu mahāraṇe | kruddho 'tha rāmabhadras tu gadayā taṃ jagāma ha | jarāsaṃdho 'tha gadayā balabhadraṃ samāhanat || prathamas tv atha rāmeṇa gadāpādaḥ samādade | dvitīyo magadhendreṇa tṛtīyaṃ tu halāyudhaḥ | caturthaṃ tu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pañcamaṃ tu yadūdvahaḥ || tayoḥ pādaprahāraś ca cālayām āsa medinīm || tato devāḥ sagandharvā yakṣāś ca paramarṣayaḥ | bhītāḥ svastīti caivāhur lokānāṃ brahmaṇaś ca ha || tataḥ kruddho jarāputras tāḍayām āsa vakṣasi | śoṇitaṃ codvaman rāmaḥ śramaṃ ca samavāpa ha || viśramya bhūmau kiṃcit tu punar utthāya yādavaḥ | āhatya gadayā mūrdhni siṃhanādaṃ samānadat || papāta ca mahīṃ vīro gatāsur iva niḥśvasan | hato hato jarāsaṃdha ity ūcur yādaveśvarāḥ || saṃjñāṃ ca pratilabhyāśu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | gadayā ca samājaghne vakṣasy eva halāyudham || mūrcchāṃ caiva samāpede saṃjñāṃ ca pratilabdhavān | tato rudhirarāśis tu babhau jalam ivodgataḥ || gadājarjarasarvāṅgau rejatuḥ kiṃśukāv iva | samādīptau tu rājendra virathau vidhanurdharau || gadāhatau mahāvīrau kevalau yuddharaṅginau | śuśubhāte gadāhastau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau || dvāv eva mṛtyū rājendra saṃgatāv iva śobhitau || tataḥ kruddho haladharaś chettum aicchaj jarāsutam | ūrū ca pothayām āsa gadayā rājasaṃsadi || ūrvo raktaṃ samāpede majjā samabhavat tataḥ | tato halī jarāsaṃdhaṃ śiraś chettum udaikṣata | tato 'ntarikṣe vāg āsīt susvarā lokasākṣiṇī uvāca baladevaṃ taṃ samudyatahalāyudham | na tvayā rāma vadhyo 'yam alaṃ khedena mādhava

But that lord of Magadha, by his valour, bore the force of Rāma's club, and with great steadiness and skill turned it aside. Thus those two mighty ones, moving about there in the battle, those tamers of foes, ranged through varied circling manoeuvres. Exerting themselves for a long time, they stood exhausted; and having recovered for a moment, they struck at each other again. Thus those two chief warriors fought evenly for a long while, and neither of the two turned away from the fight. Then the valorous Rāma perceived (the other's) superiority in club-fighting; angered, he cast aside the club and took up his excellent pestle. Seeing that pestle then upraised, terrible to look upon, unfailing, by the angered Baladeva in the great battle — then Rāmabhadra, enraged, went at him with the club; and Jarāsaṃdha struck Balabhadra with his club. Then the first club-stroke was taken by Rāma, the second by the lord of Magadha, the third by the plough-armed one, the fourth by Jarāsaṃdha, and the fifth by the upholder of the Yadus. And the stamping of their feet made the earth shake. Then the gods with the gandharvas, and the yakṣas and the supreme sages, frightened, cried 'Safety!' for the worlds and for Brahmā. Then the enraged son of Jarā struck (Rāma) on the chest; and Rāma vomited blood and became exhausted. Having rested a little on the ground, the Yādava rose again, and striking (him) on the head with his club, roared a lion's roar. And the hero fell to the earth, breathing hard like one whose life had gone; 'Jarāsaṃdha is slain, slain!' said the lords of the Yādavas. But the majestic Jarāsaṃdha quickly regained consciousness and struck the plough-armed one with his club right on the chest. And (Rāma) fell into a swoon, and regained consciousness; then the mass of blood gushed forth and shone like water. With all their limbs battered by the clubs they glowed like two kiṃśuka trees; blazing, O lord of kings, chariotless, without bows, struck by clubs, the two great heroes, alone, taking pleasure in battle, shone with clubs in their hands, each seeking the other's death — the two shone like two Deaths come together, O lord of kings. Then the plough-bearer, enraged, wished to cut down the son of Jarā, and crushed his thighs with the club in the assembly of kings. Blood came from the thighs, and then marrow appeared. Then the plough-bearer looked to cut off Jarāsaṃdha's head. Then there was a voice in the sky, sweet-toned, witness of the worlds; it spoke to that Baladeva with his plough-weapon upraised: 'He is not to be slain by you, Rāma; enough of this toil, Mādhava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 82.21

विहितो ऽस्य मया मृत्युस् तस्मात् साधु व्युपारम अचिरेणैव कालेन प्राणांस् त्यक्ष्यति मागधः

vihito 'sya mayā mṛtyus tasmāt sādhu vyupārama acireṇaiva kālena prāṇāṃs tyakṣyati māgadhaḥ

His death has been appointed by me; therefore desist, it is well. In no long time the Māgadha will give up his life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 82.22

जरासंधस् तु तच् छ्रुत्वा विमनाः समपद्यत न प्रजह्रे ततस् तस्मै पुनर् एव हलायुधः तौ व्युपारमतां चैव वृष्णयस् ते च पार्थिवाः

jarāsaṃdhas tu tac chrutvā vimanāḥ samapadyata na prajahre tatas tasmai punar eva halāyudhaḥ tau vyupāramatāṃ caiva vṛṣṇayas te ca pārthivāḥ

But Jarāsaṃdha, hearing that, became dejected; and thereafter the plough-armed one did not strike him again. Those two ceased, and so did the Vṛṣṇis and those kings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 82.28

प्रसक्तम् अभवद् युद्धं तेषाम् एव महात्मनाम् दीर्घकालं महाराज निघ्नताम् इतरेतराम् ॥ ह्व्_८२।२३ ते सर्वे निर्जिता राजन् कृष्णेन रिपुघातिना । जरासंधेन सहिता विप्रजग्मुर् यथागतम् । पराजिते त्व् अपक्रान्ते जरासंधे महीपतौ अस्तं याते दिनकरे नानुसस्रुस् तदा निशि ॥ ह्व्_८२।२४ वृष्णयश् च महाभागाः कृष्णसंकर्षणाश्रयाः । समानीय स्वसैन्यं तु लब्धलक्ष्या महाबलाः पुरीं प्रविविशुर् हृष्टाः केशवेनाभिपूजिताः ॥ ह्व्_८२।२५ खाच् च्युतान्य् आयुधान्य् एव तान्य् एवान्तर्दधुस् तदा ॥ जरासंधो ऽपि नृपतिर् विमनाः स्वपुरं ययौ । राजानश् चानुगा ये ऽस्य स्वराष्ट्राण्य् एव ते ययुः । जरासंधं तु ते जित्वा मन्यन्ते नैव तं जितम् वृष्णयः कुरुशार्दूल राजा ह्य् अतिबलः स वै ॥ ह्व्_८२।२६ को नाम हि जरासंधं रणे जेतुं महीपतिः । शक्नुयाल् लोकविख्यातः साक्षाद् अपि शतक्रतुः । दश चाष्टौ च संग्रामाञ् जरासंधस्य यादवाः ददुर् न चैनं समरे हन्तुं शेकुर् महारथाः ॥ ह्व्_८२।२७ कृष्णस् तु समरे राजञ् शक्तिमान् अपि मागधम् । अन्यो मृत्युर् इति ज्ञात्वा न च हिंसितवान् प्रभुः । अक्षौहिण्यो हि तस्यासन् विंशतिर् भरतर्षभ जरासंधस्य नृपतेस् तदर्थं याः समागताः

prasaktam abhavad yuddhaṃ teṣām eva mahātmanām dīrghakālaṃ mahārāja nighnatām itaretarām // HV_82.23 te sarve nirjitā rājan kṛṣṇena ripughātinā | jarāsaṃdhena sahitā viprajagmur yathāgatam | parājite tv apakrānte jarāsaṃdhe mahīpatau astaṃ yāte dinakare nānusasrus tadā niśi // HV_82.24 vṛṣṇayaś ca mahābhāgāḥ kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāśrayāḥ | samānīya svasainyaṃ tu labdhalakṣyā mahābalāḥ purīṃ praviviśur hṛṣṭāḥ keśavenābhipūjitāḥ // HV_82.25 khāc cyutāny āyudhāny eva tāny evāntardadhus tadā || jarāsaṃdho 'pi nṛpatir vimanāḥ svapuraṃ yayau | rājānaś cānugā ye 'sya svarāṣṭrāṇy eva te yayuḥ | jarāsaṃdhaṃ tu te jitvā manyante naiva taṃ jitam vṛṣṇayaḥ kuruśārdūla rājā hy atibalaḥ sa vai // HV_82.26 ko nāma hi jarāsaṃdhaṃ raṇe jetuṃ mahīpatiḥ | śaknuyāl lokavikhyātaḥ sākṣād api śatakratuḥ | daśa cāṣṭau ca saṃgrāmāñ jarāsaṃdhasya yādavāḥ dadur na cainaṃ samare hantuṃ śekur mahārathāḥ // HV_82.27 kṛṣṇas tu samare rājañ śaktimān api māgadham | anyo mṛtyur iti jñātvā na ca hiṃsitavān prabhuḥ | akṣauhiṇyo hi tasyāsan viṃśatir bharatarṣabha jarāsaṃdhasya nṛpates tadarthaṃ yāḥ samāgatāḥ

The battle of those great-souled ones went on unbroken for a long time, O great king, as they slew one another. All of them, O king, defeated by Kṛṣṇa the slayer of foes, went off together with Jarāsaṃdha as they had come. When King Jarāsaṃdha was defeated and had withdrawn, the sun having set, they did not pursue him then in the night. And the greatly fortunate Vṛṣṇis, who had Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa for their support, having gathered their own army, the mighty ones who had gained their aim, entered the city joyfully, honoured by Keśava. The weapons that had fallen from the sky then vanished. King Jarāsaṃdha too went dejected to his own city; and the kings who were his followers went each to his own realm. But though they had conquered Jarāsaṃdha, the Vṛṣṇis did not think him conquered, O tiger of the Kurus, for that king was exceedingly strong. For what king on earth, though world-renowned, could be able to conquer Jarāsaṃdha in battle — even Śatakratu (Indra) in person? Eighteen battles did the Yādavas give Jarāsaṃdha, and yet those great chariot-warriors were not able to kill him in combat. But Kṛṣṇa, O king, though able in battle (to slay) the Māgadha, knowing that his death was to be another's, did not, lord as he was, destroy him. For he had twenty akṣauhiṇīs, O bull of the Bharatas — King Jarāsaṃdha's, which had assembled for that purpose.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition