Harivamsha — Chapter 95

HV 95.1

सत्यभामोत्तमा स्त्रीणां सौभाग्येनाभवत् तदा कुटुम्बस्येश्वरी त्व् आसीद् रुक्मिणी भीष्मकात्मजा ॥ ह्व्_९४।२७ सर्वकार्यसमाध्यक्षा केशवस्यातिवल्लभा । तासां यथार्हं हर्म्याणि प्रासादशिखराणि च आदिदेश गृहान् कृष्णः परिबर्हांश् च पुष्कलान् ॥ ह्व्_९४।२८ सत्यभामा सदा विष्णोः पार्श्वस्था संसदि प्रिया । ततः संपूज्य गरुडं वासुदेवो ऽनुमान्य च सखिवच् चोपगृह्यैनम् अनुजज्ञे गृहं प्रति

satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṃ saubhāgyenābhavat tadā kuṭumbasyeśvarī tv āsīd rukmiṇī bhīṣmakātmajā // HV_94.27 sarvakāryasamādhyakṣā keśavasyātivallabhā | tāsāṃ yathārhaṃ harmyāṇi prāsādaśikharāṇi ca ādideśa gṛhān kṛṣṇaḥ paribarhāṃś ca puṣkalān // HV_94.28 satyabhāmā sadā viṣṇoḥ pārśvasthā saṃsadi priyā | tataḥ saṃpūjya garuḍaṃ vāsudevo 'numānya ca sakhivac copagṛhyainam anujajñe gṛhaṃ prati

Satyabhāmā was then foremost among the women in good fortune, but Rukmiṇī, Bhīṣmaka's daughter, was the mistress of the household — overseer of all affairs and exceedingly dear to Keśava. Kṛṣṇa assigned to them, according to their rank, mansions and palace-towers, houses, and abundant furnishings. Satyabhāmā, the beloved, was always at Viṣṇu's side in the assembly. Then Vāsudeva honoured Garuḍa and, taking his leave, embracing him as a friend, gave him permission to go home.

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HV 95.2

सो ऽनुज्ञातो हि सत्कृत्य प्रणम्य च जनार्दनम् ऊर्ध्वम् आचक्रमे पक्षी यथेष्टं गगनेचरः

so 'nujñāto hi satkṛtya praṇamya ca janārdanam ūrdhvam ācakrame pakṣī yatheṣṭaṃ gaganecaraḥ

Thus given leave, that bird, having paid his respects and bowed to Janārdana, ascended upward, moving through the sky as he pleased.

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HV 95.3

स पक्षवातसंक्षुब्धं समुद्रं मकरालयम् कृत्वा वेगेन महता ययौ पूर्वं महोदधिम्

sa pakṣavātasaṃkṣubdhaṃ samudraṃ makarālayam kṛtvā vegena mahatā yayau pūrvaṃ mahodadhim

Having with his great speed churned up, by the wind of his wings, the ocean that is the home of sea-monsters, he went to the great eastern sea.

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HV 95.4

कृत्यकाल उपस्थास्य इत्य् उक्त्वा गरुडे गते कृष्णो ददर्श पितरं वृद्धम् आनकदुंदुभिम्

kṛtyakāla upasthāsya ity uktvā garuḍe gate kṛṣṇo dadarśa pitaraṃ vṛddham ānakaduṃdubhim

When Garuḍa, saying "I shall present myself when there is need," had gone, Kṛṣṇa saw his aged father Ānakadundubhi.

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HV 95.5

उग्रसेनं च राजानं बलदेवं च माधवः काश्यं सांदीपनिं चैव ब्रह्मगार्ग्यं तथैव च

ugrasenaṃ ca rājānaṃ baladevaṃ ca mādhavaḥ kāśyaṃ sāṃdīpaniṃ caiva brahmagārgyaṃ tathaiva ca

And Mādhava (honoured) King Ugrasena and Baladeva, and Kāśya and Sāṃdīpani, and likewise Brahmagārgya,

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HV 95.6

अन्यांश् च वृद्धान् वृष्णीनां तांश् च भोजान्धकांस् तथा रत्नप्रवेकैर् दाशार्हो वीर्यलब्धैस् तदार्चयत्

anyāṃś ca vṛddhān vṛṣṇīnāṃ tāṃś ca bhojāndhakāṃs tathā ratnapravekair dāśārho vīryalabdhais tadārcayat

and the other elders of the Vṛṣṇis, and those Bhojas and Andhakas as well — the Dāśārha then honoured (them) with choice jewels won by his valour.

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HV 95.9

हता ब्रह्मद्विशः सर्वे यजन्त्य् अन्धकवृष्णयः रणात् प्रतिनिवृत्तो ऽयम् अक्षतो मधुसूदनः ॥ ह्व्_९५।७ प्रीताश् च मुनयः सर्वे रक्षिता यदुसत्तमाः । इति प्रीता यदुवृषा वर्धयन्ति जनार्दनम् । इति चत्वररथ्यासु द्वारवत्यां सुपूजितः चाक्रिको घोषयाम् आस पुरुषो मृष्टकुण्डलः ॥ ह्व्_९५।८ निर्विघ्नं मुनयो राजंश् चरन्तु विविधं तपः । निहतो नरको दुष्टः सानुगः सबलान्वितः । ततः सांदीपनिं पूर्वम् उपगम्य जनार्दनः ववन्दे वृष्णिनृपतिम् आहुकं विनयान्वितः

hatā brahmadviśaḥ sarve yajanty andhakavṛṣṇayaḥ raṇāt pratinivṛtto 'yam akṣato madhusūdanaḥ // HV_95.7 prītāś ca munayaḥ sarve rakṣitā yadusattamāḥ | iti prītā yaduvṛṣā vardhayanti janārdanam | iti catvararathyāsu dvāravatyāṃ supūjitaḥ cākriko ghoṣayām āsa puruṣo mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaḥ // HV_95.8 nirvighnaṃ munayo rājaṃś carantu vividhaṃ tapaḥ | nihato narako duṣṭaḥ sānugaḥ sabalānvitaḥ | tataḥ sāṃdīpaniṃ pūrvam upagamya janārdanaḥ vavande vṛṣṇinṛpatim āhukaṃ vinayānvitaḥ

"All the haters of brahmans have been slain; the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis perform sacrifice; the slayer of Madhu has returned from the battle unwounded; and all the sages are pleased, and the best of the Yadus are protected" — thus, delighted, the bulls of the Yadus exalted Janārdana. Thus, in the squares and streets of Dvāravatī, a well-honoured man of the wheel (a herald riding a chariot), wearing polished earrings, proclaimed: "Let the sages, O king, practise their various austerities without hindrance; the wicked Naraka has been slain, together with his followers and his army." Then Janārdana, going first to Sāṃdīpani, saluted him, and, full of modesty, (saluted) Āhuka, king of the Vṛṣṇis.

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HV 95.10

अथाश्रुपरिपूर्णाक्षम् आनन्दगतचेतसम् ववन्दे सह रामेण पितरं वासवानुजः

athāśruparipūrṇākṣam ānandagatacetasam vavande saha rāmeṇa pitaraṃ vāsavānujaḥ

Then the younger brother of Vāsava (Kṛṣṇa), together with Rāma, saluted his father, whose eyes were brimming with tears and whose mind was gone to joy.

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HV 95.11

ततः शेषान् अभिक्रम्य सत्कृत्य च यथार्हतः सर्वेषां नाम जग्राह दाशार्हाणाम् अधोक्षजः

tataḥ śeṣān abhikramya satkṛtya ca yathārhataḥ sarveṣāṃ nāma jagrāha dāśārhāṇām adhokṣajaḥ

Then, approaching the rest and honouring them as each deserved, Adhokṣaja spoke the name of every one of the Dāśārhas.

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HV 95.12

ततः सर्वाणि दिव्यानि सर्वरत्नमयानि च आसनाग्र्याणि विविशुर् उपेन्द्रप्रमुखास् तदा

tataḥ sarvāṇi divyāni sarvaratnamayāni ca āsanāgryāṇi viviśur upendrapramukhās tadā

Then those headed by Upendra took their places on all the foremost seats, divine and made wholly of jewels.

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HV 95.13

ततस् तद् धनम् अक्षय्यं किंकरैर् यत् समाहृतम् सभां समानयाम् आसुः पुरुषाः कृष्णशासनात्

tatas tad dhanam akṣayyaṃ kiṃkarair yat samāhṛtam sabhāṃ samānayām āsuḥ puruṣāḥ kṛṣṇaśāsanāt

Then, by Kṛṣṇa's command, men brought into the assembly hall that inexhaustible wealth which had been gathered by the servants.

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HV 95.14

ततः स मानयाम् आस दाशार्हान् यदुसत्तमान् सर्वान् दुंदुभिशब्देन पूजयिष्यञ् जनार्दनः

tataḥ sa mānayām āsa dāśārhān yadusattamān sarvān duṃdubhiśabdena pūjayiṣyañ janārdanaḥ

Then Janārdana, wishing to honour them, showed regard for all the Dāśārhas, the best of the Yadus, with the sound of the kettledrum.

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HV 95.15

ताम् आसनवतीं रम्यां मणिविद्रुमतोरणाम् सुदाशार्हीं सुदाशार्हा विविशुः कृष्णशासनात्

tām āsanavatīṃ ramyāṃ maṇividrumatoraṇām sudāśārhīṃ sudāśārhā viviśuḥ kṛṣṇaśāsanāt

By Kṛṣṇa's command the good Dāśārhas entered that lovely hall of the good Dāśārhas, furnished with seats and with archways of gems and coral.

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HV 95.16

ततः पुरुषसिंहैः सा यदुभिः सर्वतो वृता सर्वार्थगुणसंपन्ना सा सभा भरतर्षभ । शुशुभे ऽभ्यधिकं शुभ्रा सिंहैर् गिरिगुहा यथा

tataḥ puruṣasiṃhaiḥ sā yadubhiḥ sarvato vṛtā sarvārthaguṇasaṃpannā sā sabhā bharatarṣabha | śuśubhe 'bhyadhikaṃ śubhrā siṃhair giriguhā yathā

Then that hall, encircled on every side by the Yadus, those lions among men, endowed with every excellence of purpose, O bull of the Bharatas, shone exceedingly bright, like a mountain cave with lions.

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HV 95.17

रामेण सह गोविन्दः काञ्चनं महद् आसनम् उग्रसेनं पुरस्कृत्य भेजे वृष्णिपुरस्कृतः

rāmeṇa saha govindaḥ kāñcanaṃ mahad āsanam ugrasenaṃ puraskṛtya bheje vṛṣṇipuraskṛtaḥ

Govinda, together with Rāma, honoured by the Vṛṣṇis, took the great golden seat, placing Ugrasena in front.

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HV 95.18

तत्रोपविष्टांस् तान् वीरान् यथाप्रीति यथावयः समाभाष्य यदुश्रेष्ठान् उवाच मधुसूदनः

tatropaviṣṭāṃs tān vīrān yathāprīti yathāvayaḥ samābhāṣya yaduśreṣṭhān uvāca madhusūdanaḥ

Having addressed those heroes seated there, the best of the Yadus, according to affection and according to age, the slayer of Madhu said:

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