Harivamsha — Chapter 84

HV 84.2

कस्यचित् त्व् अथ कालस्य सभायां यदुसंसदि बभाषे पुण्डरीकाक्षो हेतुमद् वाक्यम् उत्तमम् ॥ ह्व्_८४।१ श्रूयतां यादवा वाक्यं सर्वे चावहिता मम । यादवानाम् इयं भूमिर् मथुरा राष्ट्रवर्धनी वयं चैवेह संभूता व्रजे च परिवर्धिताः

kasyacit tv atha kālasya sabhāyāṃ yadusaṃsadi babhāṣe puṇḍarīkākṣo hetumad vākyam uttamam // HV_84.1 śrūyatāṃ yādavā vākyaṃ sarve cāvahitā mama | yādavānām iyaṃ bhūmir mathurā rāṣṭravardhanī vayaṃ caiveha saṃbhūtā vraje ca parivardhitāḥ

Then after some time, in the assembly hall, in the council of the Yadus, the lotus-eyed one spoke an excellent, well-reasoned speech: (84.1) "Let the word be heard, Yādavas, and all of you be attentive to me. This land of the Yādavas, Mathurā, is the increaser of the realm; and here we were born and in Vraja we were raised.

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HV 84.3

तद् इदानीं गतं दुःखं शत्रवष् च पराजिताः नृपेषु जनितं वैरं जरासंधे च विग्रहः

tad idānīṃ gataṃ duḥkhaṃ śatravaṣ ca parājitāḥ nṛpeṣu janitaṃ vairaṃ jarāsaṃdhe ca vigrahaḥ

"So now the trouble is past and the enemies are defeated; enmity has been engendered among the kings, and there is war with Jarāsaṃdha.

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HV 84.4

वाहनानि च नः सन्ति पादातं चाप्य् अनन्तकम् रत्नानि च विचित्राणि मित्राणि बहुलानि च

vāhanāni ca naḥ santi pādātaṃ cāpy anantakam ratnāni ca vicitrāṇi mitrāṇi bahulāni ca

"And we have mounts, and foot-soldiers without end, and jewels of many kinds, and allies in abundance.

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HV 84.5

इयं च माथुरी भूमिर् अल्पा गम्या परस्य नः वृद्धिश् चापि परास्माकं बलतो मित्रतस् तथा

iyaṃ ca māthurī bhūmir alpā gamyā parasya naḥ vṛddhiś cāpi parāsmākaṃ balato mitratas tathā

"But this land of Mathurā is small, and accessible to our enemy; and our increase in strength and in allies is also great.

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HV 84.6

कुमारकोट्यो याश् चेमा गणाश् चैव पदातिनाम् एषाम् अपीह वसतां संमर्दम् उपलक्षये

kumārakoṭyo yāś cemā gaṇāś caiva padātinām eṣām apīha vasatāṃ saṃmardam upalakṣaye

"And these crores of young men and these troops of foot-soldiers — I foresee overcrowding if they too dwell here.

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HV 84.7

तन् मे न रोचते ह्य् अत्र निवासो यदुपुंगवाः पुरीं निवेशयिष्यामि मम तत् क्षन्तुम् अर्हथ

tan me na rocate hy atra nivāso yadupuṃgavāḥ purīṃ niveśayiṣyāmi mama tat kṣantum arhatha

"Therefore dwelling here does not please me, O bulls among the Yadus; I shall found a city — you should forgive me that.

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HV 84.8

एतद् यद्य् अनुकूलं वो ममाभिप्रायजं वचः भवाय भवतां काले रोचतां यदुसंसदि

etad yady anukūlaṃ vo mamābhiprāyajaṃ vacaḥ bhavāya bhavatāṃ kāle rocatāṃ yadusaṃsadi

"If this speech born of my intention is agreeable to you, let it please you in the council of the Yadus, in due time, for your own welfare."

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HV 84.9

तम् ऊचुर् यादवाः सर्वे हृष्टेन मनसा तदा साध्यतां यद् अभिप्रेतं जनस्यास्य भवाय च

tam ūcur yādavāḥ sarve hṛṣṭena manasā tadā sādhyatāṃ yad abhipretaṃ janasyāsya bhavāya ca

Then all the Yādavas said to him with delighted mind: "Let what is intended be accomplished, and for the welfare of this people."

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HV 84.10

ततः संमन्त्रयाम् आसुर् वृष्णयो मन्त्रम् उत्तमम् अवध्यो ऽसौकृतो ऽस्माकं सुमहच्च रिपोर् बलम्

tataḥ saṃmantrayām āsur vṛṣṇayo mantram uttamam avadhyo 'saukṛto 'smākaṃ sumahacca ripor balam

Then the Vṛṣṇis took excellent counsel together: "He has been made unslayable by us, and the enemy's force is very great.

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HV 84.11

कृतः सैन्यक्षयश् चापि महान् इह नराधिपैः बलानि च ससैन्यानि हन्तुं वर्षशतैर् अपि न शक्ष्यामो ह्य् अतस् तेषाम् अपयाने ऽभवन् मतिः

kṛtaḥ sainyakṣayaś cāpi mahān iha narādhipaiḥ balāni ca sasainyāni hantuṃ varṣaśatair api na śakṣyāmo hy atas teṣām apayāne 'bhavan matiḥ

"And a great destruction of armies has been wrought here by the kings; yet we shall not be able to destroy their forces together with their troops even in a hundred years." Hence their mind was set on going away.

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HV 84.12

एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे राजा स कालयवनो महान् सैन्येन तद्विधेनैव मथुराम् अभ्युपागमत्

etasminn antare rājā sa kālayavano mahān sainyena tadvidhenaiva mathurām abhyupāgamat

Meanwhile that great king Kālayavana came up to Mathurā with an army of that same kind.

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HV 84.14

ततो जरासंधबलं दुर्निवार्यं महत् तदा ते कालयवनं चैव श्रुत्वैवं प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ ह्व्_८४।१३ एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे चैव यदूनां नन्दिवर्धनः । केशवः पुनरेवाह यादवान् सत्यसंगरान् अद्यैव दिवसः पुण्यो निर्याम सपदानुगाः

tato jarāsaṃdhabalaṃ durnivāryaṃ mahat tadā te kālayavanaṃ caiva śrutvaivaṃ pratipedire // HV_84.13 etasminn antare caiva yadūnāṃ nandivardhanaḥ | keśavaḥ punarevāha yādavān satyasaṃgarān adyaiva divasaḥ puṇyo niryāma sapadānugāḥ

Then, hearing thus of the great and hardly-to-be-warded-off army of Jarāsaṃdha and of Kālayavana too, they took counsel. And meanwhile Keśava, the increaser of the Yadus' joy, spoke again to the Yādavas, who were true to their promises: "This very day is an auspicious day — let us march out, together with our attendants."

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HV 84.15

निश्चक्रमुस् ते यदवः सर्वे केशवशासनात् ओघा इव समुद्रस्य बलौघप्रतिवारणाः

niścakramus te yadavaḥ sarve keśavaśāsanāt oghā iva samudrasya balaughaprativāraṇāḥ

All those Yadus marched out at Keśava's command, like the floods of the ocean, warders-off of the flood of (hostile) forces.

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HV 84.16

संगृह्य ते कलत्राणि वसुदेवपुरोगमाः सुसंनद्धैर् गजैर् मत्तै रथैर् अश्वैश् च दंशितैः

saṃgṛhya te kalatrāṇi vasudevapurogamāḥ susaṃnaddhair gajair mattai rathair aśvaiś ca daṃśitaiḥ

Having gathered up their wives, with Vasudeva at their head, with well-harnessed rutting elephants, with chariots and with armoured horses —

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HV 84.17

आहत्य दुंदुभीन् सर्वे सधनज्ञातिबान्धवाः निर्ययुर् यादवाः सर्वे मथुराम् अपहाय वै

āhatya duṃdubhīn sarve sadhanajñātibāndhavāḥ niryayur yādavāḥ sarve mathurām apahāya vai

having beaten the drums, all of them together with their wealth, kinsmen and relatives, all the Yādavas marched out, abandoning Mathurā.

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HV 84.18

स्यन्दनैः काञ्चनापीडैर् मत्तैश् च वरवारणैः सृतप्लुतैश् च तुरगैः कशापार्ष्णिप्रचोदितैः

syandanaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍair mattaiś ca varavāraṇaiḥ sṛtaplutaiś ca turagaiḥ kaśāpārṣṇipracoditaiḥ

With chariots having golden ornaments (on their poles), with rutting choice elephants, and with horses that ran and leapt, urged on by whip and heel —

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HV 84.19

स्वानि स्वानि बलाग्राणि शोभयन्तः प्रकर्षिणः प्रत्यङ्मुखा ययुर् हृष्टा वृष्णयो भरतर्षभ

svāni svāni balāgrāṇi śobhayantaḥ prakarṣiṇaḥ pratyaṅmukhā yayur hṛṣṭā vṛṣṇayo bharatarṣabha

Making splendid each their own vanguards of troops, drawing them along, the Vṛṣṇis went westward, delighted, O bull of the Bharatas.

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HV 84.20

ततो मुख्यतमाः सर्वे यादवा रणशोभिनः अनीकाग्राणि कर्षन्तो वासुदेवपुरोगमाः

tato mukhyatamāḥ sarve yādavā raṇaśobhinaḥ anīkāgrāṇi karṣanto vāsudevapurogamāḥ

Then all the foremost Yādavas, splendid in battle, drawing along the front ranks of the army, with Vāsudeva at their head —

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HV 84.21

ते स्म नानालताचित्रं नारिकेलवनायुतम् कीर्णं नागवनैः कान्तैः केतकीषण्डमण्डितम्

te sma nānālatācitraṃ nārikelavanāyutam kīrṇaṃ nāgavanaiḥ kāntaiḥ ketakīṣaṇḍamaṇḍitam

They (came upon a region) variegated with many creepers, provided with coconut groves, strewn with lovely nāga-tree woods, adorned with thickets of ketakī,

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HV 84.22

पुंनागतालीबहुलं द्राक्षावनघनं क्वचित् सुसंनद्धैर् बलैस् तत्र तदा नृपवरोत्तमाः । अनूपं सिन्धुराजस्य प्रपेदुर् यदुपुंगवाः

puṃnāgatālībahulaṃ drākṣāvanaghanaṃ kvacit susaṃnaddhair balais tatra tadā nṛpavarottamāḥ | anūpaṃ sindhurājasya prapedur yadupuṃgavāḥ

abounding in puṃnāga and palmyra, in places dense with vineyards: there then those best of excellent kings, the bulls among the Yadus, with their well-equipped forces, reached the watered land of the king of Sindhu.

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HV 84.23

ते तत्र रमणीयेषु विषयेषु सखप्रियाः मुमुदुर् यादवाः सर्वे देवाः स्वर्गगता इव

te tatra ramaṇīyeṣu viṣayeṣu sakhapriyāḥ mumudur yādavāḥ sarve devāḥ svargagatā iva

There, in those delightful regions, all the Yādavas, fond of their companions, rejoiced like gods gone to heaven.

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HV 84.24

पुरवास्तु विचिन्वन् स कृष्णस् तु परवीरहा ददर्श विपुलं देशं सागरानूपभूषितम्

puravāstu vicinvan sa kṛṣṇas tu paravīrahā dadarśa vipulaṃ deśaṃ sāgarānūpabhūṣitam

But Kṛṣṇa, slayer of enemy heroes, while searching out a site for a city, saw a broad region graced by the coastal lowland of the sea,

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HV 84.25

वाहनानां हितं चैव सिकताताम्रमृत्तिकम् पुरलक्षणसंपन्नं कृतास्पदम् इव श्रिया

vāhanānāṃ hitaṃ caiva sikatātāmramṛttikam puralakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ kṛtāspadam iva śriyā

suitable also for draught animals, with sandy, copper-coloured soil, endowed with the marks of a (good) city site, as if made a dwelling-place by Prosperity,

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HV 84.26

सागरानिलसंवीतं सागराम्बुनिषेवितम् विषयं सिन्धुराजस्य शोभितं पुरलक्षणैः

sāgarānilasaṃvītaṃ sāgarāmbuniṣevitam viṣayaṃ sindhurājasya śobhitaṃ puralakṣaṇaiḥ

wrapped in the sea breeze, frequented by the waters of the sea — the territory of the king of Sindhu, adorned with the marks of a city site.

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HV 84.27

तत्र रैवतको नाम पर्वतो नातिदूरतः मन्दरोदारशिखरः सर्वतो ऽभिविराजते

tatra raivatako nāma parvato nātidūrataḥ mandarodāraśikharaḥ sarvato 'bhivirājate

There, not far off, a mountain named Raivataka, with a lofty peak like Mandara's, shines out on every side.

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HV 84.28

तत्रैकलव्यसंवासो द्रोणेनाध्युषितश् चिरम् बभूव पुरुषोपेतः सर्वरत्नसमाकुलः

tatraikalavyasaṃvāso droṇenādhyuṣitaś ciram babhūva puruṣopetaḥ sarvaratnasamākulaḥ

There was the dwelling of Ekalavya, long inhabited by Droṇa; it was peopled with men and filled with all manner of jewels.

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HV 84.29

विहारभूमिस् तत्रैव तस्य राज्ञः सुनिर्मिता नाम्ना द्वारवती नाम स्वायताष्टापदोपमा

vihārabhūmis tatraiva tasya rājñaḥ sunirmitā nāmnā dvāravatī nāma svāyatāṣṭāpadopamā

In that very place was the well-built pleasure-ground of that king, named Dvāravatī by name, resembling a wide-spread gaming board.

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HV 84.30

केशवस्य मतिस् तत्र पुर्यर्थे विनिवेशिता निवेशं तत्र सैन्यानां रोचयन्ति स्म यादवाः

keśavasya matis tatra puryarthe viniveśitā niveśaṃ tatra sainyānāṃ rocayanti sma yādavāḥ

There Keśava's mind was set upon the purpose of a city; and the Yādavas approved the settling of the armies there.

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HV 84.31

ते रक्तसूर्ये दिवसे तत्र यादवपुंगवाः निवेशाय मतिं चक्रुः कृष्णस्यानुमते स्थिताः । सेनापालाश् च संचक्रुः स्कन्धावारनिवेशनम्

te raktasūrye divase tatra yādavapuṃgavāḥ niveśāya matiṃ cakruḥ kṛṣṇasyānumate sthitāḥ | senāpālāś ca saṃcakruḥ skandhāvāraniveśanam

There, on the day when the sun had turned red, those bulls of the Yādavas set their minds on encamping, abiding by Kṛṣṇa's consent; and the army-marshals arranged the pitching of the camp.

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HV 84.32

ध्रुवाय तत्र न्यवसत् केशवः सह यादवैः देशे पुरनिवेशाय स यदुप्रवरो विभुः

dhruvāya tatra nyavasat keśavaḥ saha yādavaiḥ deśe puraniveśāya sa yadupravaro vibhuḥ

There Keśava, that mighty foremost of the Yadus, settled permanently together with the Yādavas, in that region, for the founding of a city.

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HV 84.33

तस्यास्तु विधिवन् नाम वास्तूनि च गदाग्रजः निर्ममे पुरुषश्रेष्ठो मनसा यादवोत्तमः

tasyāstu vidhivan nāma vāstūni ca gadāgrajaḥ nirmame puruṣaśreṣṭho manasā yādavottamaḥ

And the elder brother of Gada, the best of men, the highest of the Yādavas, fashioned in his mind, according to rule, its name and its buildings.

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HV 84.34

एवं द्वारवतीं चैव पुरीं प्राप्य सबान्धवाः सुखिनो न्यवसन् राजन् स्वर्गे देवगणा इव

evaṃ dvāravatīṃ caiva purīṃ prāpya sabāndhavāḥ sukhino nyavasan rājan svarge devagaṇā iva

Thus, having reached the city of Dvāravatī, they dwelt there happily with their kinsmen, O king, like the hosts of gods in heaven.

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HV 84.35

कृष्णो ऽपि कालयवनं ज्ञात्वा केशिनिषूदनः जरासंधभयाच् चापि पुरीं द्वारवतीं ययौ

kṛṣṇo 'pi kālayavanaṃ jñātvā keśiniṣūdanaḥ jarāsaṃdhabhayāc cāpi purīṃ dvāravatīṃ yayau

And Kṛṣṇa too, the slayer of Keśin, having learned about Kālayavana, and also out of fear of Jarāsaṃdha, went to the city of Dvāravatī.

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