Harivamsha — Chapter 91

HV 91.1

इति पुरुषवरस्य लाङ्गलेर् बहुविधम् उत्तमम् अन्यद् एव च यद् अकथितम् इहाद्य कर्म ते तद् उपलभस्व पुराणविस्तरात् ॥ ह्व्_९०।१९ आलोलतुलसीमालम् आरूढविनतासुतम् । ज्योतिरिन्दीवरश्यामम् आविर् अस्तु ममाग्रतः । प्रत्येत्य द्वारकां विष्णुर् हते रुक्मिणि वीर्यवान् अकरोद् यन् महाबाहुस् तन् मे वद महामुने

iti puruṣavarasya lāṅgaler bahuvidham uttamam anyad eva ca yad akathitam ihādya karma te tad upalabhasva purāṇavistarāt // HV_90.19 ālolatulasīmālam ārūḍhavinatāsutam | jyotirindīvaraśyāmam āvir astu mamāgrataḥ | pratyetya dvārakāṃ viṣṇur hate rukmiṇi vīryavān akarod yan mahābāhus tan me vada mahāmune

Thus (has been told) the manifold and excellent (deed) of the plough-bearer, best of persons; and whatever other deed of his has not been told here today, learn that from the full extent of the Purāṇa. — With his swaying garland of tulasī, mounted on Vinatā's son, dark as a radiant blue lotus: may he appear before me. — Tell me, great sage, what the mighty, great-armed Viṣṇu did on returning to Dvārakā when Rukmin had been slain.

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HV 91.2

स तैर् वृतः पुरीं गत्वा सर्वयादवनन्दनः द्वारकां भगवान् विष्णुः प्रत्यवैक्षत वीर्यवान्

sa tair vṛtaḥ purīṃ gatvā sarvayādavanandanaḥ dvārakāṃ bhagavān viṣṇuḥ pratyavaikṣata vīryavān

Surrounded by them, the lord Viṣṇu, the mighty one, delight of all the Yādavas, having gone to the city of Dvārakā, looked it over.

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HV 91.3

प्रत्यपद्यत रत्नानि विविधानि वसूनि च यथार्हं पुण्डरीकाक्षो नैरृतान् प्रत्यपादयत्

pratyapadyata ratnāni vividhāni vasūni ca yathārhaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo nairṛtān pratyapādayat

He took possession of jewels of many kinds and of treasures, and the lotus-eyed one made them over to the Nairṛtas (rākṣasas) as was fitting.

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HV 91.4

तत्र विघ्नं चरन्ति स्म दैतेयाः सह दानवैः ताञ् जघान महाबाहुर् वरदत्तान् महासुरान्

tatra vighnaṃ caranti sma daiteyāḥ saha dānavaiḥ tāñ jaghāna mahābāhur varadattān mahāsurān

There the Daiteyas together with the Dānavas were making obstruction; the mighty-armed one slew those great Asuras who had been granted boons.

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HV 91.5

विघ्नं तत्राकरोत् तस्य नरको नाम दानवः त्रासनः सुरसंघानां देवराजरिपुर् महान्

vighnaṃ tatrākarot tasya narako nāma dānavaḥ trāsanaḥ surasaṃghānāṃ devarājaripur mahān

There a Dānava named Naraka made obstruction for him — a terrifier of the hosts of gods, a great enemy of the king of the gods.

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HV 91.6

स बभौ मूर्तिलिङ्गस्थः सर्वदैवतबाधिता ऋषीणां मानुषाणां च प्रतीपम् अकरोत् तदा

sa babhau mūrtiliṅgasthaḥ sarvadaivatabādhitā ṛṣīṇāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca pratīpam akarot tadā

He shone, established in image and emblem, oppressing all the deities; and he then acted in opposition to the seers and to men.

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HV 91.7

त्वष्टुर् दुहितरं भौमः कशेरुम् अगमत् तदा गजरूपेण जग्राह रुचिराङ्गीं चतुर्दशीम्

tvaṣṭur duhitaraṃ bhaumaḥ kaśerum agamat tadā gajarūpeṇa jagrāha rucirāṅgīṃ caturdaśīm

Then the son of Earth approached Kaśeru, the daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, and in the form of an elephant seized her, the lovely-limbed fourteenth (of the daughters).

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HV 91.8

प्रमथ्य च वरारोहां नरको वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् नष्टशोकभयो मोहात् प्राग्ज्योतिषपतिस् तदा

pramathya ca varārohāṃ narako vākyam abravīt naṣṭaśokabhayo mohāt prāgjyotiṣapatis tadā

And having overpowered the fair-hipped one, Naraka, lord of Prāgjyotiṣa, his grief and fear gone, spoke these words out of delusion.

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HV 91.9

यानि देवमनुष्येषु रत्नानि विविधानि च बिभर्ति च मही कृत्स्ना सागरेषु च यद् वसु

yāni devamanuṣyeṣu ratnāni vividhāni ca bibharti ca mahī kṛtsnā sāgareṣu ca yad vasu

"Whatever jewels of various sorts there are among gods and men, and whatever wealth the whole earth bears and the oceans hold —

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HV 91.10

अद्य प्रभृति तानीह सहिताः सर्वनैरृताः ममैवोपहरिष्यन्ति दैत्याश् च सह दानवैः

adya prabhṛti tānīha sahitāḥ sarvanairṛtāḥ mamaivopahariṣyanti daityāś ca saha dānavaiḥ

from today onward all the Nairṛtas together, and the Daityas along with the Dānavas, shall present those things here to me alone."

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HV 91.11

एवम् उत्तमरत्नानि वस्त्राणि विविधानि च संजहार तदा भौमस् तच् च नाधिचचार सः

evam uttamaratnāni vastrāṇi vividhāni ca saṃjahāra tadā bhaumas tac ca nādhicacāra saḥ

Thus the son of Earth then gathered up the finest jewels and garments of many kinds, and he did not transgress in that.

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HV 91.12

गन्धर्वाणां च याः कन्या जहार नरको बली याश् च देवमनुष्याणां सप्त चाप्सरसां गणाः

gandharvāṇāṃ ca yāḥ kanyā jahāra narako balī yāś ca devamanuṣyāṇāṃ sapta cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

And the maidens of the Gandharvas whom mighty Naraka carried off, and those of gods and men, and the seven troops of Apsarases —

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HV 91.13

चतुर्दश सहस्राणि एकविंशच्छतानि च एकवेणीधराः सर्वाः सतां मार्गम् अनुव्रताः

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi ekaviṃśacchatāni ca ekaveṇīdharāḥ sarvāḥ satāṃ mārgam anuvratāḥ

fourteen thousand and twenty-one hundred, all wearing a single braid, devoted to the way of the good.

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HV 91.14

तासां पुरवरं भौमो ऽकारयन् मणिपर्वतम् अलकायाम् अदीनात्मा मुरस्य विषयं प्रति

tāsāṃ puravaraṃ bhaumo 'kārayan maṇiparvatam alakāyām adīnātmā murasya viṣayaṃ prati

For them the son of Earth, undaunted in spirit, had a splendid city built, Maṇiparvata, in Alakā, toward the domain of Muru.

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HV 91.15

ताश् च प्राग्ज्योतिषपतिर् मुरोश् चैव दशात्मजाः नैरृताश् च यथामुख्याः पालयन्त उपासते

tāś ca prāgjyotiṣapatir muroś caiva daśātmajāḥ nairṛtāś ca yathāmukhyāḥ pālayanta upāsate

And the lord of Prāgjyotiṣa, and the ten sons of Muru, and the Nairṛtas according to rank, guard them and attend upon them.

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HV 91.17

स एष तमसः पारे वरदत्तो महासुरः अदितिं धर्षयाम् आस कुण्डलार्थे महासुरः ॥ ह्व्_९१।१६ ये हि देवमनुष्येषु कुण्डले ते शुभे उभे । न चासुरगणैः सर्वैः सहितैः कर्म तत् पुरा कृतपूर्वं तदा घोरं यद् अकार्षीन् महासुरः

sa eṣa tamasaḥ pāre varadatto mahāsuraḥ aditiṃ dharṣayām āsa kuṇḍalārthe mahāsuraḥ // HV_91.16 ye hi devamanuṣyeṣu kuṇḍale te śubhe ubhe | na cāsuragaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sahitaiḥ karma tat purā kṛtapūrvaṃ tadā ghoraṃ yad akārṣīn mahāsuraḥ

This very great Asura, beyond the darkness, granted a boon, this great Asura assaulted Aditi for the sake of the earrings. For those two auspicious earrings are (the finest) among gods and men; and that deed had never before been done by all the hosts of Asuras together — that dreadful thing which the great Asura then did.

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HV 91.18

यं मही सुषुवे देवी यस्य प्राग्ज्योतिषं पुरम् तस्यान्तपालाश् चत्वारस् तस्यासन् युद्धदुर्मदाः

yaṃ mahī suṣuve devī yasya prāgjyotiṣaṃ puram tasyāntapālāś catvāras tasyāsan yuddhadurmadāḥ

He whom the goddess Earth bore, whose city is Prāgjyotiṣa — he had four frontier-guards, mad with the lust of battle.

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HV 91.20

हयग्रीवो निसुन्दश् च वीरः पञ्चजनस् तथा मुरुः पुत्रसहस्रैश् च वरदत्तो महासुरः ॥ ह्व्_९१।१९ अदितिं धर्षयाम् आस सो ऽसुरो मददर्पितः । आदेवयानम् आवृत्य पन्थानं समवस्थितः वित्रासनः सुकृतिनां विरूपै राक्षसैः सह

hayagrīvo nisundaś ca vīraḥ pañcajanas tathā muruḥ putrasahasraiś ca varadatto mahāsuraḥ // HV_91.19 aditiṃ dharṣayām āsa so 'suro madadarpitaḥ | ādevayānam āvṛtya panthānaṃ samavasthitaḥ vitrāsanaḥ sukṛtināṃ virūpai rākṣasaiḥ saha

Hayagrīva, Nisunda, and the hero Pañcajana, and Muru with his thousands of sons — and the great Asura who had been granted a boon, that Asura, drunk with pride, assaulted Aditi; blocking the road that leads to the gods, he took his stand, a terrifier of the virtuous, together with misshapen rākṣasas.

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HV 91.21

तद्वधार्थं महाबाहुः शङ्खचक्रगदासिभृत् जातो वृष्णिषु देवक्यां वसुदेवाज् जनार्दनः

tadvadhārthaṃ mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt jāto vṛṣṇiṣu devakyāṃ vasudevāj janārdanaḥ

For his slaying the mighty-armed Janārdana, bearer of conch, discus, mace and sword, was born among the Vṛṣṇis, from Devakī by Vasudeva.

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HV 91.22

तस्याथ पुरुषेन्द्रस्य लोके प्रथिततेजसः निवासो धारका देवैर् उपायाद् उपपादिता

tasyātha puruṣendrasya loke prathitatejasaḥ nivāso dhārakā devair upāyād upapāditā

Then for that lord of men, whose splendour is renowned in the world, a dwelling, Dvārakā, was provided by the gods by a device.

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HV 91.24

अतीव हि पुरी रम्या द्वारका वासवक्षयात् महार्णवपरिक्षिप्ता पञ्चपर्वतशोभिता ॥ ह्व्_९१।२३ तस्यैव देवदेवस्य निर्मिता विश्वकर्मणा । तस्यां देवपुराभायां सभा काञ्चनतोरणा सुदाशार्हीति विख्याता योजनायुतविस्तृता

atīva hi purī ramyā dvārakā vāsavakṣayāt mahārṇavaparikṣiptā pañcaparvataśobhitā // HV_91.23 tasyaiva devadevasya nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā | tasyāṃ devapurābhāyāṃ sabhā kāñcanatoraṇā sudāśārhīti vikhyātā yojanāyutavistṛtā

For the city Dvārakā was exceedingly delightful, more so than Indra's abode, encircled by the great ocean and adorned by five mountains, built by Viśvakarman for that very god of gods. In it, resembling a city of the gods, there was an assembly hall with golden archways, famed as Sudāśārhī, ten thousand yojanas in extent.

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HV 91.26

तत्र वृष्ण्यन्धकाः सर्वे रामकृष्णपुरोगमाः लोकयात्राम् इमां कृत्स्नां परिरक्षन्त आसते ॥ ह्व्_९१।२५ नरकस्य वधं सर्वे चिन्तयन्तस् तदासते । तत्रासीनेषु सर्वेषु कदाचिद् भरतर्षभ दिव्यगन्धो ववौ वायुः पुष्पवर्षं पपात ह

tatra vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ sarve rāmakṛṣṇapurogamāḥ lokayātrām imāṃ kṛtsnāṃ parirakṣanta āsate // HV_91.25 narakasya vadhaṃ sarve cintayantas tadāsate | tatrāsīneṣu sarveṣu kadācid bharatarṣabha divyagandho vavau vāyuḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ papāta ha

There all the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, headed by Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, sat guarding this whole course of the world; all of them sat then pondering the slaying of Naraka. While they were all sitting there, O bull of the Bharatas, once a wind blew with a divine fragrance, and a rain of flowers fell.

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HV 91.27

ततः किलकिलाशब्दः प्रभाजालाभिसंवृतः मुहूर्तम् अन्तरिक्षे ऽभूत् ततो भूमौ प्रतिष्ठितः

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ prabhājālābhisaṃvṛtaḥ muhūrtam antarikṣe 'bhūt tato bhūmau pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Then a tumultuous "kilakila" sound, wrapped in a net of radiance, was in the sky for a moment; then it came to rest upon the earth.

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HV 91.29

मध्ये तु तेजसस् तस्य पाण्डुरं गजम् आस्थितः वृतो देवगणैः सर्वैर् वासवः प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥ ह्व्_९१।२८ पीडितो नरकेणाजौ लोकपालसमन्वितः । इच्छन् रक्षां जगन्नाथाद् यादवाद् नामसंयुतात् । हननं च तथा विष्णोर् नरकस्य दुरात्मनः ॥ आगतं तं वृत्रहणं पीडितं दानवोत्तमैः । रामकृष्णै च राजा च वृष्ण्यन्धकगणैः सह प्रत्युद्ययुर् महात्मानं पूजयन्तः सुरेश्वरम्

madhye tu tejasas tasya pāṇḍuraṃ gajam āsthitaḥ vṛto devagaṇaiḥ sarvair vāsavaḥ pratyadṛśyata // HV_91.28 pīḍito narakeṇājau lokapālasamanvitaḥ | icchan rakṣāṃ jagannāthād yādavād nāmasaṃyutāt | hananaṃ ca tathā viṣṇor narakasya durātmanaḥ || āgataṃ taṃ vṛtrahaṇaṃ pīḍitaṃ dānavottamaiḥ | rāmakṛṣṇai ca rājā ca vṛṣṇyandhakagaṇaiḥ saha pratyudyayur mahātmānaṃ pūjayantaḥ sureśvaram

And in the midst of that radiance Vāsava was seen, mounted on a white elephant, surrounded by all the hosts of gods — (he who had been) oppressed by Naraka in battle, accompanied by the guardians of the worlds, seeking protection from the lord of the world, the Yādava who bears the name (of Viṣṇu), and the slaying of the evil-souled Naraka by Viṣṇu. As the slayer of Vṛtra came, oppressed by the foremost of the dānavas, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa and the king, together with the hosts of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, went forth to meet the great one, honouring the lord of the gods.

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HV 91.30

सो ऽवतीर्य गजात् तूर्णं परिष्वज्य जनार्दनम् सस्वजे बलदेवं च तं च राजानम् आहुकम् प्रद्युम्नम् अथ देवेशस् तत्पुत्रं च महाद्युतिम् । वृष्णीन् अन्यान् सस्वजे च यथा स्थानं यथा वयः

so 'vatīrya gajāt tūrṇaṃ pariṣvajya janārdanam sasvaje baladevaṃ ca taṃ ca rājānam āhukam pradyumnam atha deveśas tatputraṃ ca mahādyutim | vṛṣṇīn anyān sasvaje ca yathā sthānaṃ yathā vayaḥ

He, swiftly getting down from the elephant, embraced Janārdana, and embraced Baladeva and that king Āhuka; and then the lord of the gods (embraced) Pradyumna and his son of great splendour, and he embraced the other Vṛṣṇis according to their station and their age.

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HV 91.32

पूजितो रामकृष्णाभ्याम् आविवेश सभां शुभाम् तत्रासनम् अलंकृत्य सभाम् तां स सुरेश्वरः अर्घ्यादिसमुदाचारं प्रत्यगृह्णाद् यथाविधि ॥ ह्व्_९१।३१ अर्घ्यादिभिस् तथा राजन् मधुपर्केण वृत्रहा । आसनं लम्भयाम् आस स्वात्मतुल्यं शचीपतिः । अथोवाच महातेजा वासवो वासवानुजं सान्त्वपूर्वं करेणास्य संस्पृषन् वदनं शुभम्

pūjito rāmakṛṣṇābhyām āviveśa sabhāṃ śubhām tatrāsanam alaṃkṛtya sabhām tāṃ sa sureśvaraḥ arghyādisamudācāraṃ pratyagṛhṇād yathāvidhi // HV_91.31 arghyādibhis tathā rājan madhuparkeṇa vṛtrahā | āsanaṃ lambhayām āsa svātmatulyaṃ śacīpatiḥ | athovāca mahātejā vāsavo vāsavānujaṃ sāntvapūrvaṃ kareṇāsya saṃspṛṣan vadanaṃ śubham

Honoured by Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, he entered the fair assembly hall; there, gracing a seat (and so) the hall, that lord of the gods received the arghya and the other courtesies according to rule. With arghya and the rest, O king, and with madhuparka, the slayer of Vṛtra — the husband of Śacī caused him to take a seat equal to his own. Then the greatly glorious Vāsava spoke to the younger brother of Vāsava, with conciliation, touching his fair face with his hand.

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HV 91.33

देवकीनन्दन वचः शृणु मे मधुसूदन येन त्वाभिगतो ऽस्म्य् अद्य कार्येणामित्रकर्शन

devakīnandana vacaḥ śṛṇu me madhusūdana yena tvābhigato 'smy adya kāryeṇāmitrakarśana

Son of Devakī, slayer of Madhu, hear my word — the business for which I have come to you today, O wearer-down of foes.

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HV 91.34

नैरृतो नरको नाम ब्रह्मणो वरदर्पितः बाधते नो हृषीकेश लोकपालान् समन्ततः । स्वर्गश्रेणिं विहायाशु निर्गताः स्म वयं दिशः । अदित्याः कुण्डले मोहाज् जहार दितिनन्दनः

nairṛto narako nāma brahmaṇo varadarpitaḥ bādhate no hṛṣīkeśa lokapālān samantataḥ | svargaśreṇiṃ vihāyāśu nirgatāḥ sma vayaṃ diśaḥ | adityāḥ kuṇḍale mohāj jahāra ditinandanaḥ

A nairṛta named Naraka, made arrogant by Brahmā's boon, harasses us, O Hṛṣīkeśa, the guardians of the worlds, on every side. Abandoning the ranks of heaven we have quickly gone out to the (four) quarters. Out of delusion the son of Diti carried off Aditi's two earrings.

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HV 91.35

देवानां विप्रिये नित्यम् ऋषीणां च स वर्तते नाहं शक्नोमि तं जेतुं तस्मात् त्वां शरणं गतः । तव चैवान्तरप्रेक्षी जहि तं पापपूरुषम्

devānāṃ vipriye nityam ṛṣīṇāṃ ca sa vartate nāhaṃ śaknomi taṃ jetuṃ tasmāt tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | tava caivāntaraprekṣī jahi taṃ pāpapūruṣam

He is always engaged in what is displeasing to the gods and to the seers. I am not able to conquer him; therefore I have come to you for refuge. And he is watching for a weak point in you too: slay that sinful man.

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HV 91.36

अयं त्वां गरुडस् तत्र प्रापयिष्यति कामगः कामवीर्यो ऽतितेजस्वी वैनतेयो ऽन्तरिक्षगः

ayaṃ tvāṃ garuḍas tatra prāpayiṣyati kāmagaḥ kāmavīryo 'titejasvī vainateyo 'ntarikṣagaḥ

This Garuḍa will convey you there — he who goes where he wishes, whose strength is as he wishes, exceedingly fiery, the son of Vinatā, who moves in the sky.

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HV 91.37

अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां भौमः स नरको ऽसुरः निषूदयित्वा तं पापं क्षिप्रम् आगन्तुम् अर्हसि

avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhaumaḥ sa narako 'suraḥ niṣūdayitvā taṃ pāpaṃ kṣipram āgantum arhasi

That asura Naraka, the son of Earth, cannot be slain by any beings. Having destroyed that sinner, you should return quickly.

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HV 91.39

इत्य् उक्तः पुण्डरीकाक्षो देवराजेन केशवः प्रतिजज्ञे महाबाहुर् नरकस्य निबर्हणम् ॥ ह्व्_९१।३८ इदं प्रोवाच शक्रं तं केशवः केशिसूदनः । एतद् अर्थम् इहागम्य मुनयः संशितव्रताः ॥ बदरीवासिनः शक्र माम् उक्त्वा निर्गता हरे ॥ अभयं च मया देव दत्तं तेभ्यः शतक्रतो । तद् अर्थम् उद्यतो देव तं हन्तुं दानवं रणे ॥ तद् अर्थम् आगतो देव गरुडः पक्षिपुंगवः । कामरूपो ऽतितेजस्वी वैनतेयो ऽन्तरिक्षगः । ततः सहैव शक्रेण शङ्खचक्रगदासिभृत् नरकस्य वधार्थाय ययौ वै स हि केशवः । प्रतस्थे गरुडेनाथ सत्यभामासहायवान्

ity uktaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo devarājena keśavaḥ pratijajñe mahābāhur narakasya nibarhaṇam // HV_91.38 idaṃ provāca śakraṃ taṃ keśavaḥ keśisūdanaḥ | etad artham ihāgamya munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || badarīvāsinaḥ śakra mām uktvā nirgatā hare || abhayaṃ ca mayā deva dattaṃ tebhyaḥ śatakrato | tad artham udyato deva taṃ hantuṃ dānavaṃ raṇe || tad artham āgato deva garuḍaḥ pakṣipuṃgavaḥ | kāmarūpo 'titejasvī vainateyo 'ntarikṣagaḥ | tataḥ sahaiva śakreṇa śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt narakasya vadhārthāya yayau vai sa hi keśavaḥ | pratasthe garuḍenātha satyabhāmāsahāyavān

Thus addressed by the king of the gods, the lotus-eyed Keśava of mighty arms promised the destruction of Naraka. Keśava, the slayer of Keśin, said this to Śakra: "For this very purpose, O Śakra, sages of strict vows, dwellers in Badarī, came here, spoke to me and departed, O Hari; and I gave them freedom from fear, O god, O Śatakratu. For that purpose, O god, I am prepared to slay that dānava in battle. For that purpose, O god, Garuḍa the bull among birds has come, taking what form he wishes, exceedingly fiery, the son of Vinatā, who moves in the sky." Then, together with Śakra, bearing conch, discus, mace and sword, Keśava went for the slaying of Naraka; he set out on Garuḍa, with Satyabhāmā for his companion.

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HV 91.40

क्रमेण सप्त स्कन्धान् स मरुतां सहवासवः पश्यतां यदुसिंहानाम् ऊर्ध्वम् आचक्रमे बली

krameṇa sapta skandhān sa marutāṃ sahavāsavaḥ paśyatāṃ yadusiṃhānām ūrdhvam ācakrame balī

The mighty one, together with Vāsava, strode upward in order through the seven layers of the winds, while the lions of the Yadus looked on.

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HV 91.41

वारणेन्द्रगतः शक्रो गरुडस्थो जनार्दनः विदूरस्थौ प्रकाशेते सूर्याचन्द्रमसाव् इव

vāraṇendragataḥ śakro garuḍastho janārdanaḥ vidūrasthau prakāśete sūryācandramasāv iva

Śakra riding the lord of elephants and Janārdana seated on Garuḍa, standing far apart, shone like the sun and the moon.

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HV 91.42

अथान्तरिक्षे गन्धर्वैर् अप्सरोभिश् च माधवः स्तूयमानो यथा शक्रः क्रमेणान्तरधीयत

athāntarikṣe gandharvair apsarobhiś ca mādhavaḥ stūyamāno yathā śakraḥ krameṇāntaradhīyata

Then in the sky Mādhava, praised by gandharvas and apsarases as Śakra is, gradually vanished from sight.

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HV 91.46

समाधायेतिकर्तव्यं वासवो विबुधाधिपः स्वम् एव भवनं प्रायात् कृष्णः प्राग्ज्योतिषं ययौ ॥ ह्व्_९१।४३ पक्षानिलहतो वायुः प्रतिलोमं ववौ तदा ॥ ततो भीमरवैर् मेघैर् बभ्रमुर् गगनेचराः । क्षणेन समनुप्राप्तो दिवम् आकाशगेन वै ॥ दूराद् एव च तान् दृष्ट्वा प्रययौ यत्र ते स्थिताः । अपश्यत् पर्वतद्वारि हस्त्यश्वरथवाहनम् । आरक्षकान् महाराज नरकस्य दुरात्मनः । सो ऽग्र्यान् रक्षोगणान् हत्वा नरकस्य महाबलान् प्रदध्मौ देवदेवेशः पाञ्चजन्यं महास्वनम् । क्षुरान्तान् मौरवान् पाशान् षट्सहस्रान् ददर्श ह ॥ ह्व्_९१।४४ गरुडस्योपरि श्रीमाञ् छङ्खचक्रगदासिभृत् । बिभ्रन् नीलाम्बुदाकारं पीतवासाश् चतुर्भुजः ॥ वनमालाकुलोरस्कः श्रीवत्सेन्दुनिभोरसः । किरीटमूर्धा सूर्याभः सविद्युद् इव चन्द्रमाः । ज्यां विकूजन् महाशब्दः श्रूयते ऽशनिनिस्वनः ॥ ज्ञात्वा च दानवः सर्वं स्वयं विष्णुर् इहागतः । क्रोधाद् रुधिररक्ताक्षो मुरः कालान्तकप्रभः ॥ अभ्यधावत वेगेन शक्तिं गृह्य महासुरः । चिक्षेप च महाशक्तिं वज्रकाञ्चनभूषिताम् ॥ ताम् आपतन्तीं शक्तिं तु महोल्कां ज्वालिताम् इव । समाधत्त शरं चैव रुक्मपुङ्खं जनार्दनः ॥ द्विधाच्छिनत् क्षुरप्रेण वासुदेवः स वीर्यवान् । शक्तिं चिच्छेद तत्रासौ विद्युत्पुञ्ज इव ज्वलन् ॥ पुनस् तु क्रोधरक्ताक्षो मुरुर् गृह्य महागदाम् । इन्द्राशनिर् इवेन्द्रेण विसृष्ट इव निस्वनः ॥ आकर्णमुक्तं चिक्षेप अर्धचन्द्रं सुरोत्तमः । मध्यदेशे तु चिच्छेद गदां तां रुक्मभूषिताम् । पुनश् चिच्छेद भल्लेन दानवस्य शिरो रणे । स पिशाचगणं सर्वं जघान युधि केशवः । नियुतं चार्बुदं चैव स मुरस्य दुरात्मनः ॥ आच्छिद्य पाशान् सर्वांस् तान् मुरेण सह संगतः । स मुरो दानवो राजन् ददर्श यदुनन्दनम् । सिंहनादं ततश् चक्रे गदया तं जघान ह । गरुडं च समाजघ्ने मूर्ध्नि देशे महासुरः । केशवं पोथयाम् आस प्रासशक्त्यृष्टितोमरैः । ततः क्रुद्धो हृषीकेशः क्षुरप्रेणाहरच् छिरः । तस्य दानवमुख्यस्य दध्मौ शङ्खं तदा हरिः ॥ क्षुब्धाश् च दानवाः सर्वे तेन शब्देन पर्वताः । संछिद्य पाशान् सर्वांस् तान् मुरं हत्वा सहान्वयम् शिलासंघान् अतिक्रम्य निसुन्दम् अवपोथयत् ॥। भगवान् देवकीसुतः । अपश्यद् दानवं सैन्यं ॥। । हयग्रीवं च दितिजं तथान्यांश् चित्रयोधिनः । रोधयाम् आस तन् मार्गं स्वसैन्येन महाबलः ॥ निसुन्दो बलिनां श्रेष्ठो रथम् आरुह्य सत्वरम् । जग्राह कार्मुकं दिव्यं हेमपृष्ठं दुरासदम् ॥ विव्याध दशभिर् बाणैर् निसुन्दो मधुसूदनम् । केशवश् चापि सप्तत्या विव्याध निशितैः शरैः । अप्राप्तांश् चान्तरिक्षे ताञ् शरांश् चिच्छेद माधवः ॥ ते सर्वे सैनिकाः कृष्णं समन्तात् पर्यवारयन् । शरजालेन महता छाद्यमानः सुरोत्तमः ॥ दृष्ट्वा तान् दानवान् सर्वान् सक्रोधो मधुसूदनः । ततो दिव्येन चास्त्रेण पार्जन्येन जनार्दनः । महता शरवर्षेण वारयाम् आस तद् बलम् ॥ पञ्चपञ्चशरैस् तेषु एकैकेन च तान् बहून् । पार्जन्यस्य प्रभावेण सर्वान् मर्मस्व् अताडयत् । दुद्रुवुर् भयसंत्रस्ता भग्नास् ते दानवा रणे ॥ स्वसैन्यं विद्रुतं दृष्ट्वा निश्चक्राम पुनर् मृधे । विसृजञ् शरवर्षाणि छादयाम् आस केशवम् ॥ न विभाति रणे सूर्यो नापि व्योम दिशो दश । शरैः संछादयाम् आस निसुन्दो गरुडध्वजम् ॥ सावित्रं नाम दिव्यास्त्रं जग्राह पुरुषोत्तमः । तेन बाणेन तान् बाणांश् चिच्छेद समरे हरिः ॥ बाणैर् बाणांस् तु संछिद्य तस्य कृष्णो महाबलः । छत्रम् एकेन बाणेन रथेषां च त्रिभिः शरैः । पुनश् चिच्छेद तान् अश्वांश् चतुर्भिश् चतुरः शरैः ॥ सारथिं पञ्चभिर् बाणैर् ध्वजम् एकेन चिच्छिदे । शरैकेन पुनः कृष्णः सुतीक्ष्णेन शितेन वै । शिरश् चिच्छेद भल्लेन निसुन्दस्य सुरोत्तमः ॥ स ममार महादैत्यः पपात च महीतले । निसुन्दं तु गदापाणिम् आपतन्तं रणाजिरे ॥ ततः शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैः शरैर् विव्याध केशवः । निसुन्दो ऽपि महाराज गदयापोथयद्द् हरिम् ॥ सत्यभामा ततः क्रुद्धा गदया बाहुमुक्तया । प्राहरद् दानवेन्द्रं तं केशवस्यैव पश्यतः ॥ ततस् तुष्टो हृषीकेशः सत्यभामाम् उदैक्षत । स तया गदया विद्ध उद्वमञ् शोणितं बहु । मुह्यन् संज्ञाम् अवाप्याथ निसुन्दस् त्व् अभ्यधावत । ततः क्रुद्धो हृषीकेशस् तं जघान शिलीमुखैः । यः सहस्रसमास् त्व् एकः सर्वान् देवान् अपोथयत् ॥ ह्व्_९१।४५ निसुन्दं पतितं दृष्ट्वा हयग्रीवः प्रतापवान् । शिलां प्रगृह्य महतीं तोलयाम् आस दानवः ॥ आविध्य सहसा युक्तः शिलां शैलसमप्रभः । गृहीत्वा दिव्यपार्जन्यम् अस्त्रम् अस्त्रविदां वरः ॥ दिव्यास्त्रेण शिलां विष्णुः सप्तधाकृत तेजसा । तद् विदार्य महच् चाश्म पातयाम् आस भूतले । ततः क्रुद्धो हयग्रीवः संदधे धनुषि क्षुरम् । ततः क्रुद्धो हयग्रीवश् चापम् आदाय चापरम् । केशवं विविधैश् चास्त्रैर् आजघान तदा युधि । तच् चापि च धनुश् छित्वा पातयाम् आस केशवः । यथा देवासुरं युद्धम् अभवद् भरतर्षभ नानाप्रहरणाकीर्णं तथा घोरम् अवर्तत

samādhāyetikartavyaṃ vāsavo vibudhādhipaḥ svam eva bhavanaṃ prāyāt kṛṣṇaḥ prāgjyotiṣaṃ yayau // HV_91.43 pakṣānilahato vāyuḥ pratilomaṃ vavau tadā || tato bhīmaravair meghair babhramur gaganecarāḥ | kṣaṇena samanuprāpto divam ākāśagena vai || dūrād eva ca tān dṛṣṭvā prayayau yatra te sthitāḥ | apaśyat parvatadvāri hastyaśvarathavāhanam | ārakṣakān mahārāja narakasya durātmanaḥ | so 'gryān rakṣogaṇān hatvā narakasya mahābalān pradadhmau devadeveśaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ mahāsvanam | kṣurāntān mauravān pāśān ṣaṭsahasrān dadarśa ha // HV_91.44 garuḍasyopari śrīmāñ chaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt | bibhran nīlāmbudākāraṃ pītavāsāś caturbhujaḥ || vanamālākuloraskaḥ śrīvatsendunibhorasaḥ | kirīṭamūrdhā sūryābhaḥ savidyud iva candramāḥ | jyāṃ vikūjan mahāśabdaḥ śrūyate 'śaninisvanaḥ || jñātvā ca dānavaḥ sarvaṃ svayaṃ viṣṇur ihāgataḥ | krodhād rudhiraraktākṣo muraḥ kālāntakaprabhaḥ || abhyadhāvata vegena śaktiṃ gṛhya mahāsuraḥ | cikṣepa ca mahāśaktiṃ vajrakāñcanabhūṣitām || tām āpatantīṃ śaktiṃ tu maholkāṃ jvālitām iva | samādhatta śaraṃ caiva rukmapuṅkhaṃ janārdanaḥ || dvidhācchinat kṣurapreṇa vāsudevaḥ sa vīryavān | śaktiṃ ciccheda tatrāsau vidyutpuñja iva jvalan || punas tu krodharaktākṣo murur gṛhya mahāgadām | indrāśanir ivendreṇa visṛṣṭa iva nisvanaḥ || ākarṇamuktaṃ cikṣepa ardhacandraṃ surottamaḥ | madhyadeśe tu ciccheda gadāṃ tāṃ rukmabhūṣitām | punaś ciccheda bhallena dānavasya śiro raṇe | sa piśācagaṇaṃ sarvaṃ jaghāna yudhi keśavaḥ | niyutaṃ cārbudaṃ caiva sa murasya durātmanaḥ || ācchidya pāśān sarvāṃs tān mureṇa saha saṃgataḥ | sa muro dānavo rājan dadarśa yadunandanam | siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakre gadayā taṃ jaghāna ha | garuḍaṃ ca samājaghne mūrdhni deśe mahāsuraḥ | keśavaṃ pothayām āsa prāsaśaktyṛṣṭitomaraiḥ | tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśaḥ kṣurapreṇāharac chiraḥ | tasya dānavamukhyasya dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ tadā hariḥ || kṣubdhāś ca dānavāḥ sarve tena śabdena parvatāḥ | saṃchidya pāśān sarvāṃs tān muraṃ hatvā sahānvayam śilāsaṃghān atikramya nisundam avapothayat ... bhagavān devakīsutaḥ | apaśyad dānavaṃ sainyaṃ ... | hayagrīvaṃ ca ditijaṃ tathānyāṃś citrayodhinaḥ | rodhayām āsa tan mārgaṃ svasainyena mahābalaḥ || nisundo balināṃ śreṣṭho ratham āruhya satvaram | jagrāha kārmukaṃ divyaṃ hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam || vivyādha daśabhir bāṇair nisundo madhusūdanam | keśavaś cāpi saptatyā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | aprāptāṃś cāntarikṣe tāñ śarāṃś ciccheda mādhavaḥ || te sarve sainikāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ samantāt paryavārayan | śarajālena mahatā chādyamānaḥ surottamaḥ || dṛṣṭvā tān dānavān sarvān sakrodho madhusūdanaḥ | tato divyena cāstreṇa pārjanyena janārdanaḥ | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa vārayām āsa tad balam || pañcapañcaśarais teṣu ekaikena ca tān bahūn | pārjanyasya prabhāveṇa sarvān marmasv atāḍayat | dudruvur bhayasaṃtrastā bhagnās te dānavā raṇe || svasainyaṃ vidrutaṃ dṛṣṭvā niścakrāma punar mṛdhe | visṛjañ śaravarṣāṇi chādayām āsa keśavam || na vibhāti raṇe sūryo nāpi vyoma diśo daśa | śaraiḥ saṃchādayām āsa nisundo garuḍadhvajam || sāvitraṃ nāma divyāstraṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ | tena bāṇena tān bāṇāṃś ciccheda samare hariḥ || bāṇair bāṇāṃs tu saṃchidya tasya kṛṣṇo mahābalaḥ | chatram ekena bāṇena ratheṣāṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | punaś ciccheda tān aśvāṃś caturbhiś caturaḥ śaraiḥ || sārathiṃ pañcabhir bāṇair dhvajam ekena cicchide | śaraikena punaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sutīkṣṇena śitena vai | śiraś ciccheda bhallena nisundasya surottamaḥ || sa mamāra mahādaityaḥ papāta ca mahītale | nisundaṃ tu gadāpāṇim āpatantaṃ raṇājire || tataḥ śārṅgavinirmuktaiḥ śarair vivyādha keśavaḥ | nisundo 'pi mahārāja gadayāpothayadd harim || satyabhāmā tataḥ kruddhā gadayā bāhumuktayā | prāharad dānavendraṃ taṃ keśavasyaiva paśyataḥ || tatas tuṣṭo hṛṣīkeśaḥ satyabhāmām udaikṣata | sa tayā gadayā viddha udvamañ śoṇitaṃ bahu | muhyan saṃjñām avāpyātha nisundas tv abhyadhāvata | tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśas taṃ jaghāna śilīmukhaiḥ | yaḥ sahasrasamās tv ekaḥ sarvān devān apothayat // HV_91.45 nisundaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā hayagrīvaḥ pratāpavān | śilāṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ tolayām āsa dānavaḥ || āvidhya sahasā yuktaḥ śilāṃ śailasamaprabhaḥ | gṛhītvā divyapārjanyam astram astravidāṃ varaḥ || divyāstreṇa śilāṃ viṣṇuḥ saptadhākṛta tejasā | tad vidārya mahac cāśma pātayām āsa bhūtale | tataḥ kruddho hayagrīvaḥ saṃdadhe dhanuṣi kṣuram | tataḥ kruddho hayagrīvaś cāpam ādāya cāparam | keśavaṃ vividhaiś cāstrair ājaghāna tadā yudhi | tac cāpi ca dhanuś chitvā pātayām āsa keśavaḥ | yathā devāsuraṃ yuddham abhavad bharatarṣabha nānāpraharaṇākīrṇaṃ tathā ghoram avartata

Having settled what was to be done, Vāsava, lord of the gods, went to his own dwelling, and Kṛṣṇa went to Prāgjyotiṣa. Then the wind, struck by the wind of (Garuḍa's) wings, blew against its course; then the sky-goers wandered about amid clouds of dreadful roar. In a moment he reached the sky by the sky-goer. Seeing them even from afar, he went to where they stood. At the mountain gate he saw elephants, horses, chariots and mounts — the guards, O great king, of the evil-souled Naraka. Having slain those foremost and mighty rākṣasa hosts of Naraka, the god of gods blew Pāñcajanya of great sound. He saw six thousand Maurava nooses tipped with razors. Above Garuḍa, glorious, bearing conch, discus, mace and sword, wearing the form of a dark rain-cloud, clad in yellow, four-armed, his chest thick with a forest-garland, his breast bearing the Śrīvatsa like the moon, crowned on his head, sun-like, like the moon with lightning — twanging the bowstring, of great sound, he is heard like a thunderclap. And the dānava, knowing all this, that Viṣṇu himself had come here — Mura, his eyes red as blood with anger, of the splendour of Death the Ender — the great asura rushed swiftly, seizing a spear, and hurled that great spear adorned with diamond and gold. As that spear came on, like a great blazing meteor, Janārdana fitted an arrow with golden feathering, and the valiant Vāsudeva cut it in two with a razor-arrow; he cut through the spear there as it blazed like a mass of lightning. Then again Mura, his eyes red with anger, took a great mace, sounding like Indra's thunderbolt hurled by Indra; the best of the gods loosed a crescent-headed arrow drawn to the ear and cut that gold-adorned mace in its middle, and again with a broad-headed arrow he cut off the dānava's head in the battle. Keśava slew in the fight the whole host of piśācas of the evil-souled Mura, a niyuta and an arbuda of them. Having cut through all those nooses, he closed with Mura. That dānava Mura, O king, saw the delight of the Yadus; then he made a lion's roar and struck him with his mace, and the great asura struck Garuḍa too upon the head; he pounded Keśava with lances, spears, swords and javelins. Then the angry Hṛṣīkeśa took off with a razor-arrow the head of that chief of dānavas, and Hari then blew his conch. And by that sound all the dānavas, and the mountains, were shaken. Having cut through all those nooses, having slain Mura with his kin, having passed over the masses of rock, he crushed Nisunda ... the Lord, the son of Devakī. He saw the dānava army ... and Hayagrīva the son of Diti and other varied fighters; the mighty one blocked that road with his own army. Nisunda, best of the strong, quickly mounting his chariot, took up a divine bow, gold-backed, hard to withstand. Nisunda pierced Madhusūdana with ten arrows, and Keśava pierced him with seventy sharp arrows; and Mādhava cut those arrows in the air before they reached him. All those soldiers surrounded Kṛṣṇa on every side; the best of the gods was covered by a great net of arrows. Seeing all those dānavas, Madhusūdana grew angry; then Janārdana, with the divine Pārjanya weapon, with a great rain of arrows, held back that force. With five arrows each on some, and with a single one on many of them, by the power of the Pārjanya he struck them all in the vital points; broken and stricken with terror, those dānavas fled in the battle. Seeing his own army routed, he came out again in the fray and, loosing showers of arrows, covered Keśava. Neither the sun shone in the battle, nor the sky nor the ten directions; Nisunda covered him whose banner is Garuḍa with arrows. The supreme Person took up the divine weapon named Sāvitra; with that arrow Hari cut those arrows in the fight. Having cut his arrows with arrows, the mighty Kṛṣṇa cut his parasol with one arrow and his chariot-pole with three arrows; again he cut down those four horses with four arrows, the charioteer with five arrows, and cut down the banner with one; and again with one very keen whetted arrow, with a broad-headed shaft, Kṛṣṇa, best of the gods, cut off Nisunda's head. That great daitya died and fell to the ground. But when Nisunda, mace in hand, rushed on in the battlefield, Keśava pierced him with arrows loosed from the Śārṅga; and Nisunda too, O great king, pounded Hari with his mace. Then Satyabhāmā in anger struck that lord of dānavas with a mace hurled from her arm, in Keśava's very sight. Then Hṛṣīkeśa, pleased, looked up at Satyabhāmā. Struck by that mace, vomiting much blood, fainting and then regaining consciousness, Nisunda rushed on; then the angry Hṛṣīkeśa slew him with his arrows — he who alone, equal to a thousand, had crushed all the gods. Seeing Nisunda fallen, the valiant dānava Hayagrīva took up a great rock and lifted it. Whirling it suddenly, intent, he of splendour like a mountain (hurled) the rock; and the best of those skilled in weapons took the divine Pārjanya weapon. With the divine weapon Viṣṇu made the rock sevenfold by his energy, and having split that great stone he made it fall to the ground. Then the angry Hayagrīva fitted a razor-arrow to his bow. Then the angry Hayagrīva, taking up another bow, struck Keśava with various missiles in that fight; and Keśava cut that bow too and felled it. As the battle of the gods and asuras was, O bull of the Bharatas, so terribly did this proceed, crowded with weapons of every kind.

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HV 91.47

ततः शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैर् नानावर्णैर् महाशरैः गरुडस्थो महाबाहुर् निजघान महासुरान्

tataḥ śārṅgavinirmuktair nānāvarṇair mahāśaraiḥ garuḍastho mahābāhur nijaghāna mahāsurān

Then, seated on Garuḍa, the mighty-armed one slew the great asuras with great arrows of many colours loosed from the Śārṅga.

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HV 91.48

महालाङ्गलनिर्भिन्नाः शरखङ्गनिपातिताः विनेशुर् दानवास् तत्र समासाद्य जनार्दनम्

mahālāṅgalanirbhinnāḥ śarakhaṅganipātitāḥ vineśur dānavās tatra samāsādya janārdanam

Split apart by the great plough, struck down by arrows and swords, the dānavas there perished on coming up against Janārdana.

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HV 91.50

केचिच् चक्राग्निनिर्दग्धा दानवाः पेतुर् अम्बरात् संनिकर्षगताः केचिद् गतासुविकृताननाः ॥ ह्व्_९१।४९ गरुडस्य हताः पक्षैः केचिन् मथितमस्तकाः । केचिद् धनुःप्रहारैश् च पातिता धरणीतले । केचित् तलनिपातैश् च पक्षपातैश् च पक्षिणः । असृजञ् शरवर्षाणि वृष्टिमन्त इवाम्बुदाः । विकृताङ्गासुराः सर्वे कृष्णबाणप्रपीडिताः ॥ शोणिताक्ताश् च दृश्यन्ते पुष्पिता इव किंशुकाः । व्यद्रवन्त सुवित्रस्ता भग्नास्त्राश् चित्रयोधिनः ॥ पुनश् च क्रोधरक्ताक्षो वायुवेगेन दानवः । दशव्यामोच्छ्रितं वृक्षं समारुह्य वनस्पतिम् । वृक्षम् उत्पाट्य वेगेन प्रतिगृह्याभ्यधावत ॥ चिक्षेप सुमहावृक्षं शिक्षया तु घनाकृतिः । वृक्षवेगानिलोद्धूतः शुश्रुवे सुमहास्वनः ॥ ततः शरसहस्रेण त्वरमाणो जनार्दनः । नैकधा तं प्रचिच्छेद चित्रभक्तिनिभाकृतिम् ॥ पुनश् चैकेन बाणेन हयग्रीवस्य चोरसि । विव्याध स्तनयोर् मध्ये सायको ज्वलनप्रभः । विवेश सो ऽतिवेगेन हृदं भित्त्वा विनिर्गतः । तं जघान महाघोरं हयग्रीवं महासुरम् अपारतेजा दुर्धर्षः सर्वयादवनन्दनः

kecic cakrāgninirdagdhā dānavāḥ petur ambarāt saṃnikarṣagatāḥ kecid gatāsuvikṛtānanāḥ // HV_91.49 garuḍasya hatāḥ pakṣaiḥ kecin mathitamastakāḥ | kecid dhanuḥprahāraiś ca pātitā dharaṇītale | kecit talanipātaiś ca pakṣapātaiś ca pakṣiṇaḥ | asṛjañ śaravarṣāṇi vṛṣṭimanta ivāmbudāḥ | vikṛtāṅgāsurāḥ sarve kṛṣṇabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ || śoṇitāktāś ca dṛśyante puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ | vyadravanta suvitrastā bhagnāstrāś citrayodhinaḥ || punaś ca krodharaktākṣo vāyuvegena dānavaḥ | daśavyāmocchritaṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāruhya vanaspatim | vṛkṣam utpāṭya vegena pratigṛhyābhyadhāvata || cikṣepa sumahāvṛkṣaṃ śikṣayā tu ghanākṛtiḥ | vṛkṣavegāniloddhūtaḥ śuśruve sumahāsvanaḥ || tataḥ śarasahasreṇa tvaramāṇo janārdanaḥ | naikadhā taṃ praciccheda citrabhaktinibhākṛtim || punaś caikena bāṇena hayagrīvasya corasi | vivyādha stanayor madhye sāyako jvalanaprabhaḥ | viveśa so 'tivegena hṛdaṃ bhittvā vinirgataḥ | taṃ jaghāna mahāghoraṃ hayagrīvaṃ mahāsuram apāratejā durdharṣaḥ sarvayādavanandanaḥ

Some dānavas, burnt by the fire of the discus, fell from the sky; some who came close by lay lifeless with distorted faces; some, slain by Garuḍa's wings, had their heads crushed; some were felled to the ground by blows of the bow; and some by strokes of the palm and by the beating of the bird's wings. They loosed showers of arrows like clouds pouring rain; all the asuras were mangled in their limbs, tormented by Kṛṣṇa's arrows. Smeared with blood they appeared like kiṃśuka trees in flower. The varied fighters, their weapons broken, fled in great terror. And again the dānava, his eyes red with anger, with the speed of wind, climbing a forest tree ten fathoms high, swiftly uprooting the tree and grasping it, rushed forward. Cloud-shaped, he hurled that huge tree with skill; a very great sound was heard, raised by the wind of the tree's rush. Then Janārdana, in haste, with a thousand arrows cut it into many pieces, it whose form was as if of variegated markings. And again, with a single arrow, a shaft of blazing splendour, he pierced Hayagrīva in the chest, between the nipples; it entered with great force, split his heart, and came out. He slew that most dreadful great asura Hayagrīva — he of boundless energy, unassailable, the delight of all the Yādavas.

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HV 91.51

मध्ये लोहितगङ्गस्य भगवान् देवकीसुतः अलकायां विरूपाक्षं पाप्मानं पुरुषोत्तमः

madhye lohitagaṅgasya bhagavān devakīsutaḥ alakāyāṃ virūpākṣaṃ pāpmānaṃ puruṣottamaḥ

In the middle of the Lohitagaṅgā the Lord, the son of Devakī, the supreme Person, (slew) at Alakā the sinful Virūpākṣa.

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HV 91.52

अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दानवानां परंतपः निहत्य पुरुषव्याघ्रः प्राग्ज्योतिषम् उपाद्रवत् बाह्यप्राकारमध्ये तु जघान पुरुषोत्तमः । भगवञ् श्रोतुम् इच्छामि विस्तरेण कथाम् इमाम् । अवधीन् नरकं कृष्णः कथं वद तपोधन । तं च पञ्चजनं घोरं नरकस्य महासुरम्

aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi dānavānāṃ paraṃtapaḥ nihatya puruṣavyāghraḥ prāgjyotiṣam upādravat bāhyaprākāramadhye tu jaghāna puruṣottamaḥ | bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa kathām imām | avadhīn narakaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kathaṃ vada tapodhana | taṃ ca pañcajanaṃ ghoraṃ narakasya mahāsuram

Having slain eight hundred thousand of the dānavas, the scorcher of foes, the tiger among men, fell upon Prāgjyotiṣa; and within the outer rampart the supreme Person slew (them). — "Blessed one, I wish to hear this tale in full: how Kṛṣṇa killed Naraka — tell me, O you rich in austerities — and that terrible Pañcajana, the great asura of Naraka."

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HV 91.54

ततः प्राग्ज्योतिषं नाम दीप्यमानम् इव श्रिया पुरम् आसादयाम् आस तत्र युद्धम् अभून् महत् ॥ ह्व्_९१।५३ ततः प्राध्मायच् छङ्खं पाञ्चजन्यं महाबलः । शुश्रुवे सुमहाशब्दः संवर्तनिनदो यथा ॥ श्रूयते त्रिषु लोकेषु भीमगम्भीरनिस्वनः । तं श्रुत्वा नरकश् चासीत् क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ॥ लोहचक्राष्टसंयुक्तं त्रिनल्वप्रतिमं रथम् ॥ रत्नकाञ्चनचित्राढ्यं वेदिकाभोगविस्तरम् ॥ वज्रध्वजेन महता काञ्चनेन विराजितम् । हेमदण्डपताकाढ्यं वैदूर्यमणिकूबरम् ॥ युक्तम् अश्वसहस्रेण रथं पररथारुजम् । लोहजालैश् च संछन्नं चित्रभक्तिविराजितम् ॥ रथमध्यगतो वीरः ससंध्य इव भास्करः । नानाप्रहरणाकीर्णं रथं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ॥ वज्रं तथोरश्छदम् इन्दुवर्णं ।व्यानद्धमुक्तानलतुल्यतेजाः ।किरीटमूर्धार्कहुताशनाभः ।कर्णौ तथा कुण्डलयोर् ज्वलन्तौ ॥धूम्रवर्णा महाकाया रक्ताक्षा विकृताननाः । नानाकवचिनः सर्वे दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः ॥ खङ्गचर्मधराः केचित् केचित् तूणीरसंवृताः । शक्तिहस्तास् तथा केचिच् छूलहस्तास् तथापरे ॥ गजवाजिरथौघैश् च चालयन्तश् च मेदिनीम् । निर्ययुर् नगराच् छूराः सुसंनद्धाः प्रहारिणः ॥ वृतो दैत्यगणैः सार्धं नरकः कालसंनिभः ॥ भेरीशङ्खमृदङ्गानां पणवानां सहस्रशः । वाद्यमानान् स शुश्राव जीमूतनिनदोपमम् ॥ यतः कृष्णस् ततो गत्वा सर्वे ते विकृताननाः । परिवार्य गरुत्मन्तं सर्वे ऽयुध्यन्त संगताः । महता छादयाम् आसुः शरवर्षेण सैनिकाः ॥ शक्तिशूलगदाप्रासांस् तोमरान् सायकान् बहून् । आकाशं छादयाम् आसुर् विमुञ्चन्तः सहस्रशः ॥ कृष्णः कृष्णाम्बुदाकारः शार्ङ्गं गृह्य धनुस् ततः । विस्फार्य सुमहच्चापं धनुर् जलदनिस्वनम् ॥ व्यसृजच् छरवर्षाणि दानवानां जनार्दनः । शरवर्षेण तत् सैन्यं व्यद्रवत् तु महाहवात् ॥ तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं घोररूपेण रक्षसा ॥ भग्नव्यूहाश् च ते सर्वे कृष्णबाणप्रपीडिताः । केचिच् छिन्नभुजाश् चैव च्छिन्नग्रीवा शिराननाः । केचिच् चक्रद्विधाच्छिन्नाः केचिद् बाणार्दितोरसः ॥ केचिद् द्विधाकृताः शक्त्या गजाश्वरथवाहनाः । केचित् कौमोदकीभिन्नाः केचिच् चक्रविदारिताः ॥ एवं विपोथिता सर्वा गजाश्वरथवाहिनी । तत्रासीन् नरकेणास्य युद्धं परमदारुणम् यत् समासेन वक्ष्यामि तन् मे निगदतः शृणु

tataḥ prāgjyotiṣaṃ nāma dīpyamānam iva śriyā puram āsādayām āsa tatra yuddham abhūn mahat // HV_91.53 tataḥ prādhmāyac chaṅkhaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ mahābalaḥ | śuśruve sumahāśabdaḥ saṃvartaninado yathā || śrūyate triṣu lokeṣu bhīmagambhīranisvanaḥ | taṃ śrutvā narakaś cāsīt krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ || lohacakrāṣṭasaṃyuktaṃ trinalvapratimaṃ ratham || ratnakāñcanacitrāḍhyaṃ vedikābhogavistaram || vajradhvajena mahatā kāñcanena virājitam | hemadaṇḍapatākāḍhyaṃ vaidūryamaṇikūbaram || yuktam aśvasahasreṇa rathaṃ pararathārujam | lohajālaiś ca saṃchannaṃ citrabhaktivirājitam || rathamadhyagato vīraḥ sasaṃdhya iva bhāskaraḥ | nānāpraharaṇākīrṇaṃ rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam || vajraṃ tathoraśchadam induvarṇaṃ |vyānaddhamuktānalatulyatejāḥ |kirīṭamūrdhārkahutāśanābhaḥ |karṇau tathā kuṇḍalayor jvalantau ||dhūmravarṇā mahākāyā raktākṣā vikṛtānanāḥ | nānākavacinaḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ || khaṅgacarmadharāḥ kecit kecit tūṇīrasaṃvṛtāḥ | śaktihastās tathā kecic chūlahastās tathāpare || gajavājirathaughaiś ca cālayantaś ca medinīm | niryayur nagarāc chūrāḥ susaṃnaddhāḥ prahāriṇaḥ || vṛto daityagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ narakaḥ kālasaṃnibhaḥ || bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāṃ paṇavānāṃ sahasraśaḥ | vādyamānān sa śuśrāva jīmūtaninadopamam || yataḥ kṛṣṇas tato gatvā sarve te vikṛtānanāḥ | parivārya garutmantaṃ sarve 'yudhyanta saṃgatāḥ | mahatā chādayām āsuḥ śaravarṣeṇa sainikāḥ || śaktiśūlagadāprāsāṃs tomarān sāyakān bahūn | ākāśaṃ chādayām āsur vimuñcantaḥ sahasraśaḥ || kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇāmbudākāraḥ śārṅgaṃ gṛhya dhanus tataḥ | visphārya sumahaccāpaṃ dhanur jaladanisvanam || vyasṛjac charavarṣāṇi dānavānāṃ janārdanaḥ | śaravarṣeṇa tat sainyaṃ vyadravat tu mahāhavāt || tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ ghorarūpeṇa rakṣasā || bhagnavyūhāś ca te sarve kṛṣṇabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ | kecic chinnabhujāś caiva cchinnagrīvā śirānanāḥ | kecic cakradvidhācchinnāḥ kecid bāṇārditorasaḥ || kecid dvidhākṛtāḥ śaktyā gajāśvarathavāhanāḥ | kecit kaumodakībhinnāḥ kecic cakravidāritāḥ || evaṃ vipothitā sarvā gajāśvarathavāhinī | tatrāsīn narakeṇāsya yuddhaṃ paramadāruṇam yat samāsena vakṣyāmi tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Then he reached the city named Prāgjyotiṣa, blazing as it were with splendour; there a great battle took place. Then the mighty one blew the conch Pāñcajanya; a very great sound was heard, like the roar of the world's dissolution. It is heard in the three worlds, dreadful and deep of tone. Hearing it, Naraka's eyes became red with rage. (He mounted) a chariot fitted with eight iron wheels, the measure of three nalvas, richly variegated with gems and gold, broad in the spread of its platform, resplendent with a great golden thunderbolt-banner, rich with pennants on golden staffs, with a pole of cat's-eye gem, yoked with a thousand horses, a chariot that shatters the chariots of foes, covered over with iron netting, shining with variegated ornament. Standing in the middle of the chariot the hero was like the sun at twilight; the chariot was strewn with weapons of every kind and finished with gold. The diamond breastplate, moon-coloured, girt on — he whose energy equalled loosed fire, crowned on his head, shining like the sun and fire, his two ears blazing with earrings. Smoke-coloured, huge of body, red-eyed, with distorted faces, all wearing armour of various kinds, the daityas, dānavas and rākṣasas — some bearing swords and shields, some furnished with quivers, some with spears in hand, others with lances in hand — shaking the earth with floods of elephants, horses and chariots, those heroes, well-armed strikers, marched out from the city. Naraka, like Death, surrounded by the hosts of daityas, (went out) with them. He heard kettle-drums, conches, mṛdaṅgas and paṇavas by the thousand being sounded, like the roar of rain-clouds. Going to where Kṛṣṇa was, all those distorted-faced ones surrounded Garutmat and fought all together; the soldiers covered him with a great rain of arrows. Loosing by the thousand spears, lances, maces, javelins, tomaras and many arrows, they covered the sky. Then Kṛṣṇa, of the form of a dark rain-cloud, taking up the Śārṅga bow, drawing that very great bow whose sound was like a raincloud, Janārdana loosed showers of arrows on the dānavas; by that rain of arrows that army fled from the great battle. That battle with the dreadful-formed rākṣasa became terrible. All of them, their formations broken, tormented by Kṛṣṇa's arrows: some with arms cut off, some with necks, heads and faces severed, some cut in two by the discus, some with chests wounded by arrows, some made into two by the spear along with their elephants, horses and chariot-mounts, some shattered by the Kaumodakī, some torn open by the discus. Thus the whole force of elephants, horses and chariots was crushed. There took place his exceedingly dreadful battle with Naraka, which I shall tell in brief: hear me as I relate it.

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

HV 91.56

त्रासनः सुरसंघानां नरकः पुरुषोत्तमम् योधयाम् आस तेजस्वी मधुवन्मधुसूदनम् ॥ ह्व्_९१।५५ क्रोधरक्ताक्षवदनो नरकः कालसंनिभः । जग्राह कार्मुकं वीरः शक्रचापम् इवोच्छ्रितम् ॥ तथार्ककिरणप्रख्यं बाणं जग्राह केशवः । दिव्येनास्त्रेण समरे पूरयाम् आस तं रथम् ॥ उत्तमास्त्रं महापातं मुमोच नरको बली ॥ वज्रविस्फूर्जिताकारम् आयान्तं वीक्ष्य केशवः । चिच्छेदास्त्रं महाभागश् चक्रेण पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ व्यहनत् सारथिं चास्य शरैकेण जरार्दनः । सरथं सध्वजं साश्वं जघान दशभिः शरैः ॥ तनुत्रं चैव चिच्छेद शरेण मधुसूदनः । ततो विमुक्तकवचः सर्पस्येव तनुर् यथा ॥ हताश्वो विरथो वीरो वितनुत्रश् च दानवः । जग्राह विमलज्वालं लोहभारार्पितं दृढम् । आविध्य सहसा मुक्तं शूलम् इन्द्राशनिप्रभम् ॥ तदापतत् तु संप्रेक्ष्य शूलं हेमपरिष्कृतम् । द्विधा छिन्नं क्षुरप्रेण कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा । तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं घोररूपेण रक्षसा । शस्त्रपातमहाघातं नरकेण महात्मना । मुहूर्तं योधयाम् आस नरकं मधुसूदनः अथोग्रचक्रश् चक्रेण प्रदीप्तेनाकरोद् द्विधा

trāsanaḥ surasaṃghānāṃ narakaḥ puruṣottamam yodhayām āsa tejasvī madhuvanmadhusūdanam // HV_91.55 krodharaktākṣavadano narakaḥ kālasaṃnibhaḥ | jagrāha kārmukaṃ vīraḥ śakracāpam ivocchritam || tathārkakiraṇaprakhyaṃ bāṇaṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ | divyenāstreṇa samare pūrayām āsa taṃ ratham || uttamāstraṃ mahāpātaṃ mumoca narako balī || vajravisphūrjitākāram āyāntaṃ vīkṣya keśavaḥ | cicchedāstraṃ mahābhāgaś cakreṇa puruṣottamaḥ || vyahanat sārathiṃ cāsya śaraikeṇa jarārdanaḥ | sarathaṃ sadhvajaṃ sāśvaṃ jaghāna daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ || tanutraṃ caiva ciccheda śareṇa madhusūdanaḥ | tato vimuktakavacaḥ sarpasyeva tanur yathā || hatāśvo viratho vīro vitanutraś ca dānavaḥ | jagrāha vimalajvālaṃ lohabhārārpitaṃ dṛḍham | āvidhya sahasā muktaṃ śūlam indrāśaniprabham || tadāpatat tu saṃprekṣya śūlaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam | dvidhā chinnaṃ kṣurapreṇa kṛṣṇenādbhutakarmaṇā | tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ ghorarūpeṇa rakṣasā | śastrapātamahāghātaṃ narakeṇa mahātmanā | muhūrtaṃ yodhayām āsa narakaṃ madhusūdanaḥ athogracakraś cakreṇa pradīptenākarod dvidhā

The terrifier of the hosts of gods, the fiery Naraka, made war on Puruṣottama, the slayer of Madhu, as Madhu (once did). Naraka, his face and eyes red with rage, like Death itself, the hero seized his bow, raised high like Indra's bow. Keśava likewise took up an arrow resembling a ray of the sun, and with a divine missile he filled that chariot in the fight. The mighty Naraka loosed a supreme missile of great impact. Seeing it come on with the look of a thunderbolt's crash, the greatly blessed Keśava, Puruṣottama, cut the missile apart with his discus. And Janārdana struck down his charioteer with a single arrow, and with ten arrows he smote (him) together with chariot, banner and horses. And Madhusūdana cut through his body-armour with an arrow; thereupon (he stood) stripped of his mail, as a snake's body (is stripped of its slough). His horses slain, his chariot gone, his armour gone, the heroic dānava seized a firm spear of clear flame, weighted with a mass of iron, and whirling it he suddenly released it, bright as Indra's lightning. But seeing that gold-wrought spear falling upon him, Kṛṣṇa of wondrous deeds cut it in two with a razor-edged arrow. Terrible was that fight with the rākṣasa of terrible form, with its great blows of falling weapons, with great-souled Naraka. For a while Madhusūdana fought Naraka; then he of the fierce discus cut him in two with his blazing discus.

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HV 91.58

चक्रद्विधाकृतं तस्य शरीरम् अपतद् भुवि विभक्तं क्रकचेनेव गिरेः शृङ्गं द्विधा कृतम् ॥ ह्व्_९१।५७ कृष्णम् आसाद्य देवेशं जगामास्तम् इवांशुमान् ॥ चक्रोत्क्षिप्तनिकृत्ताङ्गम् उत्तमं पतितं रणे । वज्रेणेव विनिर्भिन्नं यथा गैरिकपर्वतम् । तं हत्वा नरकं भौमं विष्णुर् यादवनन्दनः । मुमुदे त्रिपुरं हत्वा पुरेव त्रिपुरान्तकः । भूमिस् तु पतितं पुत्रं निरीक्ष्यादाय कुण्डले उपातिष्ठत गोविन्दं वचनं चेदम् अब्रवीत्

cakradvidhākṛtaṃ tasya śarīram apatad bhuvi vibhaktaṃ krakaceneva gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ dvidhā kṛtam // HV_91.57 kṛṣṇam āsādya deveśaṃ jagāmāstam ivāṃśumān || cakrotkṣiptanikṛttāṅgam uttamaṃ patitaṃ raṇe | vajreṇeva vinirbhinnaṃ yathā gairikaparvatam | taṃ hatvā narakaṃ bhaumaṃ viṣṇur yādavanandanaḥ | mumude tripuraṃ hatvā pureva tripurāntakaḥ | bhūmis tu patitaṃ putraṃ nirīkṣyādāya kuṇḍale upātiṣṭhata govindaṃ vacanaṃ cedam abravīt

His body, cut in two by the discus, fell to the earth, split like a mountain peak sundered in two by a saw. Having encountered Kṛṣṇa, the lord of gods, he went (to his end) as the sun goes to its setting. His limbs hurled up and severed by the discus, that eminent one lay fallen in the battle, like a red-ochre mountain riven by a thunderbolt. Having slain that Naraka, son of Earth, Viṣṇu, the delight of the Yādavas, rejoiced as the destroyer of Tripura once rejoiced when he had destroyed Tripura. But Earth, seeing her fallen son, took the two earrings and approached Govinda, and spoke this word:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition