Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 245
PdP 6 245.1
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच- रघुनाथस्य चरितं साधूक्तं हि त्वया विभो । श्रुत्वा धन्यास्मि देवेश त्वत्प्रसादान्महेश्वर
śrīpārvatyuvāca- raghunāthasya caritaṃ sādhūktaṃ hi tvayā vibho | śrutvā dhanyāsmi deveśa tvatprasādānmaheśvara
Śrī Pārvatī said: The story of the Lord of the Raghus has indeed been well told by you, O mighty one. Having heard it I am blessed, O Lord of gods, by your grace, O Maheśvara.
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PdP 6 245.2
वसुदेवसुतस्यास्य कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् । श्रोतुमिच्छामि देवेश चरितं कल्मषापहम्
vasudevasutasyāsya kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat | śrotumicchāmi deveśa caritaṃ kalmaṣāpaham
I wish to hear, O Lord of gods, the great story of this Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva — the story that removes defilement.
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PdP 6 245.3
रुद्र उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कृष्णस्यास्य महात्मनः । चरितं वासुदेवस्य सर्वेषां फलदं नृणाम्
rudra uvāca- śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kṛṣṇasyāsya mahātmanaḥ | caritaṃ vāsudevasya sarveṣāṃ phaladaṃ nṛṇām
Rudra said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall relate the story of this great-souled Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva, which gives (their) fruit to all men.
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PdP 6 245.4
यदूनामन्वये देवि वसुदेव इतीरितः । देवमीढस्यपुत्रोऽभूत्सर्वधर्मविदांवरः
yadūnāmanvaye devi vasudeva itīritaḥ | devamīḍhasyaputro'bhūtsarvadharmavidāṃvaraḥ
In the lineage of the Yadus, O Goddess, there was one called Vasudeva; he was the son of Devamīḍha, the best of all who know dharma.
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PdP 6 245.5
देवकस्यैव दुहितां देवकीं देववर्णिनीम् । उपयेमे विधानेन मथुरायां नृपात्मजः
devakasyaiva duhitāṃ devakīṃ devavarṇinīm | upayeme vidhānena mathurāyāṃ nṛpātmajaḥ
That prince married, according to the rites, in Mathurā, the daughter of Devaka, Devakī, of divine complexion.
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PdP 6 245.6
उग्रसेनस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्कंसः शूरो महाबलः । तयो रथवरं तत्र चोदयामास सारथिः
ugrasenasya putro'bhūtkaṃsaḥ śūro mahābalaḥ | tayo rathavaraṃ tatra codayāmāsa sārathiḥ
Ugrasena's son was Kaṃsa, a hero of great strength; there, as their charioteer, he drove their excellent chariot.
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PdP 6 245.7
समागतेषु तेष्वेवं पथि रम्ये शुभावहे । अंतरिक्षेऽशरीरावाक्प्राह गंभीरया गिरा
samāgateṣu teṣvevaṃ pathi ramye śubhāvahe | aṃtarikṣe'śarīrāvākprāha gaṃbhīrayā girā
When they had thus come together on the pleasant, auspicious road, a bodiless voice in the sky spoke with a deep utterance.
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PdP 6 245.8
आकाशवागुवाच- अस्यास्तवाष्टमो गर्भः कंस प्राणान्हरिष्यति
ākāśavāguvāca- asyāstavāṣṭamo garbhaḥ kaṃsa prāṇānhariṣyati
The voice from the sky said: The eighth child of the womb of this (woman), O Kaṃsa, will take away your life.
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PdP 6 245.9
रुद्र उवाच- तच्छ्रुत्वा हंतुमारेभे कंसोऽपि भगिनीं तदा । तमब्रवीत्सुसंरब्धं वसुदेवः स्वबुद्धिना
rudra uvāca- tacchrutvā haṃtumārebhe kaṃso'pi bhaginīṃ tadā | tamabravītsusaṃrabdhaṃ vasudevaḥ svabuddhinā
Rudra said: Hearing that, Kaṃsa then set about killing his sister; but Vasudeva, by his own wit, spoke to him, greatly enraged as he was.
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PdP 6 245.10
वसुदेव उवाच- न हंतव्या महाभाग भगिनी धर्मतस्त्वया । गर्भानेव समुत्पन्नाञ्जहि राजन्महाबल
vasudeva uvāca- na haṃtavyā mahābhāga bhaginī dharmatastvayā | garbhāneva samutpannāñjahi rājanmahābala
Vasudeva said: O greatly fortunate one, your sister must not be killed by you, in accordance with dharma; kill rather the offspring as they are born, O king of great strength.
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PdP 6 245.11
रुद्र उवाच- तथेत्याह तदा कंसो वसुदेवं च देवकीम् । निबध्य स्वगृहे रम्ये सर्वभोगे न्यवेशयत्
rudra uvāca- tathetyāha tadā kaṃso vasudevaṃ ca devakīm | nibadhya svagṛhe ramye sarvabhoge nyaveśayat
Rudra said: Kaṃsa then said "so be it," and having bound Vasudeva and Devakī, he settled them in his own pleasant house with all enjoyments.
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PdP 6 245.12
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि पापिभारप्रपीडिता । जगाम धरणीदेवी सहसा ब्रह्मणोंतिकम्
etasminnaṃtare devi pāpibhāraprapīḍitā | jagāma dharaṇīdevī sahasā brahmaṇoṃtikam
In the meantime, O Goddess, the goddess Earth, oppressed by the burden of sinners, went at once into the presence of Brahmā.
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PdP 6 245.13
समेत्य जगतामीशं ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् । प्राह गंभीरया वाचा धरणी लोकधारिणी
sametya jagatāmīśaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam | prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā dharaṇī lokadhāriṇī
Having approached Brahmā, the lord of the worlds, the highest one, Earth, the supporter of the worlds, spoke with a deep voice.
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PdP 6 245.14
धरण्युवाच-। प्रजापते न शक्तास्मि धर्तुं लोकानिमान्प्रभो । राक्षसाः पापकर्माणः संस्थिता मयि सुव्रत
dharaṇyuvāca-| prajāpate na śaktāsmi dhartuṃ lokānimānprabho | rākṣasāḥ pāpakarmāṇaḥ saṃsthitā mayi suvrata
Earth said: O Prajāpati, I am not able to bear these worlds, O lord; rākṣasas of sinful deeds are established upon me, O you of good vows.
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PdP 6 245.15
जगतः सकलान्धर्मान्विध्वंसंतो महाबलाः । अधर्मवर्च्चसः सर्वे नराः पापविमोहिताः
jagataḥ sakalāndharmānvidhvaṃsaṃto mahābalāḥ | adharmavarccasaḥ sarve narāḥ pāpavimohitāḥ
Those of great strength are destroying all the dharmas of the world; all men are radiant with unrighteousness, deluded by sin.
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PdP 6 245.16
स्वल्पमल्पतरं धर्मं लोकेऽस्मिन्न च दृश्यते । धर्मेणैव धृता देव सत्यशौचदमेन च । तस्मादधर्मसंभूतं न लोकं धर्तुमुत्सहे
svalpamalpataraṃ dharmaṃ loke'sminna ca dṛśyate | dharmeṇaiva dhṛtā deva satyaśaucadamena ca | tasmādadharmasaṃbhūtaṃ na lokaṃ dhartumutsahe
Dharma in this world is little, and less than little, and is not (even) seen. O god, I am upheld by dharma alone, and by truth, purity and self-restraint; therefore I have no strength to bear a world produced from unrighteousness.
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PdP 6 245.17
रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा धरणीदेवी तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे ब्रह्मरुद्रपुरोगमाः
rudra uvāca- ityuktvā dharaṇīdevī tatraivāṃtaradhīyata | tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve brahmarudrapurogamāḥ
Rudra said: Having spoken thus, the goddess Earth vanished right there. Then all the hosts of gods, led by Brahmā and Rudra,
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PdP 6 245.18
क्षीराब्धेरुत्तरं कूलमधिगम्य जगत्पतिम् । तुष्टुवुः स्तुतिभिर्दिव्यैर्मुनयश्च महातपाः । ततः प्रसन्नः प्राहेशः सर्वांस्तान्मुनिसत्तमान्
kṣīrābdheruttaraṃ kūlamadhigamya jagatpatim | tuṣṭuvuḥ stutibhirdivyairmunayaśca mahātapāḥ | tataḥ prasannaḥ prāheśaḥ sarvāṃstānmunisattamān
having reached the northern shore of the ocean of milk, praised the Lord of the world with divine hymns, together with the sages of great austerity. Then the Lord, well pleased, spoke to all those best of sages:
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PdP 6 245.19
श्रीभगवानुवाच- भो भो देवगणास्सर्वे किन्निमित्तमिहागताः । रुद्र उवाच- ततः पितामहः प्राह देवदेवं जनार्दनम्
śrībhagavānuvāca- bho bho devagaṇāssarve kinnimittamihāgatāḥ | rudra uvāca- tataḥ pitāmahaḥ prāha devadevaṃ janārdanam
The Blessed Lord said: Ho, ho, all you hosts of gods, for what purpose have you come here? Rudra said: Then the Grandfather (Brahmā) spoke to Janārdana, the god of gods:
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PdP 6 245.20
ब्रह्मोवाच- देवदेव जगन्नाथ पृथिवी भारपीडिता । राक्षसा बहवो लोके समुत्पन्ना दुरासदाः
brahmovāca- devadeva jagannātha pṛthivī bhārapīḍitā | rākṣasā bahavo loke samutpannā durāsadāḥ
Brahmā said: God of gods, Lord of the world, the earth is oppressed by a burden; many rākṣasas, hard to withstand, have arisen in the world.
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PdP 6 245.21
जरासंधश्च कंसश्च प्रलम्बो धेनुकादयः । दुरात्मानः प्रबाधंते सर्वलोकान्सनातनान्
jarāsaṃdhaśca kaṃsaśca pralambo dhenukādayaḥ | durātmānaḥ prabādhaṃte sarvalokānsanātanān
Jarāsaṃdha and Kaṃsa, Pralamba, Dhenuka and the rest, evil-souled, torment all the ancient worlds.
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PdP 6 245.22
भारावतरणं कर्तुं पृथिव्यास्त्वमिहार्हसि । रुद्र उवाच- एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । प्राह गंभीरया वाचा जगतीपतिरव्ययः
bhārāvataraṇaṃ kartuṃ pṛthivyāstvamihārhasi | rudra uvāca- evamukto hṛṣīkeśo brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā jagatīpatiravyayaḥ
You ought here to bring about the removal of the earth's burden. Rudra said: Thus addressed by Brahmā, the highest lord, Hṛṣīkeśa, the imperishable Lord of the earth, spoke in a deep voice:
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PdP 6 245.23
श्रीभगवानुवाच-। अवतीर्याथ लोकेस्मिन्यदूनामन्वये सुराः । अवनीभारमव्यग्रमपास्यामि महाबलाः
śrībhagavānuvāca-| avatīryātha lokesminyadūnāmanvaye surāḥ | avanībhāramavyagramapāsyāmi mahābalāḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Descending, then, into this world in the lineage of the Yādavas, O gods, I shall effortlessly remove the earth's burden, O mighty ones.
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PdP 6 245.24
रुद्र उवाच- एवमुक्ताः सुरास्सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा जनार्दनम् । स्वान्स्वान्लोकान्समासाद्य परेशं तेन्वचिंतयन् । ततो नारायणीं मायां परमेशः समब्रवीत्
rudra uvāca- evamuktāḥ surāssarve namaskṛtvā janārdanam | svānsvānlokānsamāsādya pareśaṃ tenvaciṃtayan | tato nārāyaṇīṃ māyāṃ parameśaḥ samabravīt
Rudra said: Thus addressed, all the gods, having bowed to Janārdana and reached their own respective worlds, meditated on the supreme Lord. Then the Supreme Lord spoke to Nārāyaṇa's Māyā:
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PdP 6 245.25
श्रीभगवानुवाच- हिरण्याक्षस्य षट्पुत्रान्समानीयावनीतले । वसुदेवस्य पत्न्यां तु देवक्यां सन्निवेशय
śrībhagavānuvāca- hiraṇyākṣasya ṣaṭputrānsamānīyāvanītale | vasudevasya patnyāṃ tu devakyāṃ sanniveśaya
The Blessed Lord said: Bring the six sons of Hiraṇyākṣa to the surface of the earth and place them in Devakī, the wife of Vasudeva.
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PdP 6 245.26
अनंतांशः सप्तमोऽत्र संप्रविष्टस्तु माचिरम् । तस्याः सपत्न्यां रोहिण्यां ददस्व शुभदर्शने
anaṃtāṃśaḥ saptamo'tra saṃpraviṣṭastu māciram | tasyāḥ sapatnyāṃ rohiṇyāṃ dadasva śubhadarśane
A portion of Ananta, entering here as the seventh, without delay — that one, O fair-featured lady, place in Rohiṇī, her co-wife.
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PdP 6 245.27
ततोऽष्टमे ममांशस्तु देवक्यां संभविष्यति । नंदगोपस्य पत्न्यां तु यशोदायां सनातनी
tato'ṣṭame mamāṃśastu devakyāṃ saṃbhaviṣyati | naṃdagopasya patnyāṃ tu yaśodāyāṃ sanātanī
Then, as the eighth, a portion of me will come to be in Devakī; and in Yaśodā, the wife of Nanda the cowherd, the eternal one (will be born),
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PdP 6 245.28
तवांशभूता महानिद्रा विंध्यं गत्वा महाचलम् । तत्र संपूज्यमाना हि देवैरिंद्र पुरोगमैः । हन्याद्दैत्यान्महावीर्याञ्शुंभासुरपुरोगमान्
tavāṃśabhūtā mahānidrā viṃdhyaṃ gatvā mahācalam | tatra saṃpūjyamānā hi devairiṃdra purogamaiḥ | hanyāddaityānmahāvīryāñśuṃbhāsurapurogamān
the Great Sleep, become a portion of you; going to the great mountain Vindhya and being worshipped there by the gods led by Indra, may she slay the demons of great might led by Śumbha the asura.
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PdP 6 245.29
रुद्र उवाच- तथेत्युक्त्वा महामाया हिरण्याक्षसुतांस्तदा । पर्यायेण च देवक्यां षड्गर्भान्संन्यवेशयत्
rudra uvāca- tathetyuktvā mahāmāyā hiraṇyākṣasutāṃstadā | paryāyeṇa ca devakyāṃ ṣaḍgarbhānsaṃnyaveśayat
Rudra said: Saying "so be it," Mahāmāyā then placed the sons of Hiraṇyākṣa, six embryos, in Devakī in succession.
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PdP 6 245.30
ताञ्जघान तदा कंसो जातमात्रान्महाबलः । ततस्तु सप्तमो गर्भो ह्यनंतांशेन चोदितः
tāñjaghāna tadā kaṃso jātamātrānmahābalaḥ | tatastu saptamo garbho hyanaṃtāṃśena coditaḥ
Then Kaṃsa of great strength killed them as soon as they were born. Then the seventh embryo, impelled by a portion of Ananta,
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PdP 6 245.31
वर्धमानं तु गर्भं तं रोहिण्यां समुपानयत् । गर्भसंकर्षणात्तस्यां जातः संकर्षणोऽव्ययः
vardhamānaṃ tu garbhaṃ taṃ rohiṇyāṃ samupānayat | garbhasaṃkarṣaṇāttasyāṃ jātaḥ saṃkarṣaṇo'vyayaḥ
— that growing embryo she transferred into Rohiṇī; from the drawing-away (saṃkarṣaṇa) of the embryo, the imperishable Saṃkarṣaṇa was born of her.
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PdP 6 245.32
कृष्णाष्टम्यां तु रोहिण्यां प्रौष्ठपद्यां शुभोदये । रोहिणी जनयामास पुत्रं संकर्षणं प्रभुम्
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ tu rohiṇyāṃ prauṣṭhapadyāṃ śubhodaye | rohiṇī janayāmāsa putraṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ prabhum
On the eighth of the dark fortnight, under the star Rohiṇī, in the month Prauṣṭhapada, at an auspicious rising, Rohiṇī gave birth to a son, the lord Saṃkarṣaṇa.
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PdP 6 245.33
ततस्तु देवकी गर्भमापेदे भगवान्हरिः । आपन्नगर्भां तां दृष्ट्वा कंसो भयनिपीडितः
tatastu devakī garbhamāpede bhagavānhariḥ | āpannagarbhāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kaṃso bhayanipīḍitaḥ
Then Devakī conceived — (the child was) the Lord Hari himself; and seeing her with child, Kaṃsa was tormented by fear.
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PdP 6 245.34
ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः । तुष्टुवुर्देवकीं तत्र विमानस्था नभस्तले
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ | tuṣṭuvurdevakīṃ tatra vimānasthā nabhastale
Then all the hosts of gods, their minds brimming with joy, standing in their celestial cars in the sky, praised Devakī there.
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PdP 6 245.35
ततस्तु दशमे मासि कृष्णे नभसि पार्वति । अष्टम्यामर्द्धरात्रे च तस्यां जातो जनार्दनः
tatastu daśame māsi kṛṣṇe nabhasi pārvati | aṣṭamyāmarddharātre ca tasyāṃ jāto janārdanaḥ
Then in the tenth month, in the dark (fortnight) of the month Nabhas, O Pārvatī, on the eighth, at midnight, Janārdana was born of her:
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PdP 6 245.36
इंदीवरदलश्यामः पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणः । चतुर्भुजः सुंदरांगो दिव्याभरणभूषितः
iṃdīvaradalaśyāmaḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ | caturbhujaḥ suṃdarāṃgo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
dark as a blue lotus petal, with long eyes like lotus leaves, four-armed, with beautiful limbs, adorned with divine ornaments,
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PdP 6 245.37
श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्को वनमालाविभूषितः । वसुदेवस्य जातोऽसौ वासुदेवः सनातनः
śrīvatsakaustubhorasko vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ | vasudevasya jāto'sau vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ
With the śrīvatsa and the kaustubha (jewel) on his chest, adorned with a forest-garland, he was born as the son of Vasudeva — Vāsudeva, the eternal one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.38
तं दृष्ट्वा जगतां नाथं कृष्णमानकदुंदुभिः । उवाच प्रांजलिर्भूत्वा नमस्कृत्य जगन्मयम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā jagatāṃ nāthaṃ kṛṣṇamānakaduṃdubhiḥ | uvāca prāṃjalirbhūtvā namaskṛtya jaganmayam
Seeing him, the lord of the worlds, Kṛṣṇa, Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva), with palms joined and having bowed to him who comprises the world, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.39
वसुदेव उवाच- जातोऽसि मे जगन्नाथ भक्तकल्पतरो प्रभो । त्वमेव सर्वदेवानामनादिः पुरुषोत्तमः
vasudeva uvāca- jāto'si me jagannātha bhaktakalpataro prabho | tvameva sarvadevānāmanādiḥ puruṣottamaḥ
Vasudeva said: You have been born to me, lord of the world, wish-fulfilling tree for the devoted, O master; you alone are the beginningless supreme Person of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.40
त्वमचिन्त्यमहद्भूतो योगिध्येयः सनातनः । मम पुत्रत्वमापन्नो धरण्यां धरणीधर
tvamacintyamahadbhūto yogidhyeyaḥ sanātanaḥ | mama putratvamāpanno dharaṇyāṃ dharaṇīdhara
You are the inconceivable great Being, the eternal one meditated upon by yogins; you have attained sonship to me on the earth, O bearer of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.41
दृष्ट्वैतदद्भुतं रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम । दानवाः पापकर्माणो न सहंते महौजसः
dṛṣṭvaitadadbhutaṃ rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama | dānavāḥ pāpakarmāṇo na sahaṃte mahaujasaḥ
Having seen this wondrous lordly form, O supreme Person, the Dānavas of evil deeds, mighty in vigour, will not endure it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.42
रुद्र उवाच- इत्यर्थितः स्तुतस्तेन पद्मनाभः सनातनः । उपसंहृतवान्रूपं चतुर्भुजसमन्वितम्
rudra uvāca- ityarthitaḥ stutastena padmanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ | upasaṃhṛtavānrūpaṃ caturbhujasamanvitam
Rudra said: Thus entreated and praised by him, the eternal lotus-navelled one withdrew the form furnished with four arms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.43
मानुषेणैव भावेन द्विभुजेन व्यरोचत । येचांगरक्षकाः सर्वे दानवास्तत्र संस्थिताः
mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena dvibhujena vyarocata | yecāṃgarakṣakāḥ sarve dānavāstatra saṃsthitāḥ
and shone with a human aspect, with two arms. And all the Dānavas who were bodyguards stationed there —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.44
ते चापि मायया तस्या मोहितास्तमसावृताः। एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवमादायानकदुंदुभिः
te cāpi māyayā tasyā mohitāstamasāvṛtāḥ| etasminnaṃtare devamādāyānakaduṃdubhiḥ
they too, deluded by her magic, were enveloped in darkness (of sleep). Meanwhile Ānakadundubhi, taking up the god,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.45
प्रययौ नगरात्तूर्णं सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतः । पयोधरे वर्षमाणे नागराजो महाबलः
prayayau nagarāttūrṇaṃ sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ | payodhare varṣamāṇe nāgarājo mahābalaḥ
went swiftly out of the city, praised by all the gods. While the cloud was raining, the mighty king of serpents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.46
फणासहस्रेणाच्छाद्य भक्त्या देवं समन्वगात् । तौ गोपुरकपाटौ तु तत्पादस्पर्शनात्तदा
phaṇāsahasreṇācchādya bhaktyā devaṃ samanvagāt | tau gopurakapāṭau tu tatpādasparśanāttadā
covering the god with his thousand hoods, followed him out of devotion. And those two gateway doors then, from the touch of his feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.47
भिद्यमानौ सुविवृतौ तत्रस्थाश्च विमोहिताः । स्रोतस्विनी सुपूर्णाया यमुनापि महात्मनः
bhidyamānau suvivṛtau tatrasthāśca vimohitāḥ | srotasvinī supūrṇāyā yamunāpi mahātmanaḥ
were split apart and flung wide open, and those who were there were bewildered. And the Yamunā too, a river running quite full, for the great one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.48
प्रवेशाज्जानुमात्रं तु जलं सा चाप्युपावहत् । उत्तीर्य यमुनां सोथाव्रजत्तत्तीरसंस्थितम्
praveśājjānumātraṃ tu jalaṃ sā cāpyupāvahat | uttīrya yamunāṃ sothāvrajattattīrasaṃsthitam
on his entering, she carried her water only knee-deep. Having crossed the Yamunā, he went to the cow-station situated on its bank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.49
संस्तूयमानस्त्रिदशैः प्रविवेश यदूत्तमः । तत्र नंदस्य पत्नी सा प्रसूता गोव्रजे शुभे
saṃstūyamānastridaśaiḥ praviveśa yadūttamaḥ | tatra naṃdasya patnī sā prasūtā govraje śubhe
Praised by the thirty (gods), the best of the Yadus entered. There the wife of Nanda had given birth in the auspicious cow-pen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.50
विमोहिता माययैव सुषुप्ता तमसा वृता । तस्यास्तु शयने देवं विनिक्षिप्य स यादवः ५० 6.245.
vimohitā māyayaiva suṣuptā tamasā vṛtā | tasyāstu śayane devaṃ vinikṣipya sa yādavaḥ 50 6.245.
and she, deluded by the very illusion, lay fast asleep, wrapped in darkness. Having laid the god on her bed, that Yādava
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.51
तां कन्यां समुपादाय प्रययौ मथुरां पुनः । पत्न्यै दत्वाऽथ तां बालामुवास सुसमाहितः
tāṃ kanyāṃ samupādāya prayayau mathurāṃ punaḥ | patnyai datvā'tha tāṃ bālāmuvāsa susamāhitaḥ
took up that girl and went again to Mathurā; and having given the infant girl to his wife, he remained fully composed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.52
रुरोद बालभावात्सा देवकीशयनं गता । अथ बालाध्वनिं श्रुत्वा तद्गृहं साङ्गरक्षकाः
ruroda bālabhāvātsā devakīśayanaṃ gatā | atha bālādhvaniṃ śrutvā tadgṛhaṃ sāṅgarakṣakāḥ
She cried, from being an infant, having come to Devakī's bed. Then, hearing the infant's sound, the bodyguards (went to) that house
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.53
कंसायावेदयामासुर्देवकीप्रसवं शुभम् । कंसस्तूर्णमुपेत्यैनां जग्राह बालिकां तदा
kaṃsāyāvedayāmāsurdevakīprasavaṃ śubham | kaṃsastūrṇamupetyaināṃ jagrāha bālikāṃ tadā
and announced to Kaṃsa the auspicious delivery of Devakī. Kaṃsa, coming quickly, then seized this little girl
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.54
चिक्षेप च शिलापृष्ठे सापि तूर्णं वियत्स्थिता । तस्योत्तमांगे स्वपदं दत्वा पूर्णमुखास्थिता
cikṣepa ca śilāpṛṣṭhe sāpi tūrṇaṃ viyatsthitā | tasyottamāṃge svapadaṃ datvā pūrṇamukhāsthitā
and hurled her on the surface of a rock; but she at once stood in the sky, and setting her foot on the top of his head, she stood facing him fully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.55
उवाचाष्टभुजादेवी तदा राक्षसपुंगवम् । देव्युवाच- किं मयाक्षिप्तया मंद जातो यस्त्वां वधिष्यति
uvācāṣṭabhujādevī tadā rākṣasapuṃgavam | devyuvāca- kiṃ mayākṣiptayā maṃda jāto yastvāṃ vadhiṣyati
Then the eight-armed goddess spoke to that bull among rākṣasas. The goddess said: What (is gained) by hurling me, fool? He who will kill you is born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.56
सर्वस्य जगतः स्रष्टा धर्ता हर्ता च यः प्रभुः । अस्मिन्लोके समुत्पन्नः स ते प्राणान्हरष्यिति
sarvasya jagataḥ sraṣṭā dhartā hartā ca yaḥ prabhuḥ | asminloke samutpannaḥ sa te prāṇānharaṣyiti
The lord who is the creator, sustainer and destroyer of the whole world has arisen in this world; he will take away your life-breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.57
रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा तेजसा देवी सहसा पूरयन्नभः । जगाम देवगंधर्वैः स्तूयमाना हिमाचलम्
rudra uvāca- ityuktvā tejasā devī sahasā pūrayannabhaḥ | jagāma devagaṃdharvaiḥ stūyamānā himācalam
Rudra said: Having spoken thus, the goddess, suddenly filling the sky with her radiance, went to the Himālaya, praised by gods and gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.58
कंसस्तदोद्विग्नमनाः समाहूय स्वदानवान् । प्रलंबचाणूरमुखानुवाचभय पीडितः
kaṃsastadodvignamanāḥ samāhūya svadānavān | pralaṃbacāṇūramukhānuvācabhaya pīḍitaḥ
Then Kaṃsa, his mind agitated, summoned his own dānavas and, oppressed by fear, spoke to Pralamba, Cāṇūra and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.59
कंस उवाच- अस्माद्भयात्सुरगणा उपेत्य क्षीरसागरम् । आचचक्षुर्हरेः सर्वं रक्षो विध्वंसनं प्रति
kaṃsa uvāca- asmādbhayātsuragaṇā upetya kṣīrasāgaram | ācacakṣurhareḥ sarvaṃ rakṣo vidhvaṃsanaṃ prati
Kaṃsa said: Out of fear of me the hosts of gods went to the ocean of milk and told Hari everything concerning the destruction of the demon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.60
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा धरण्यां धरणीधरः । मानुषेणैव भावेन समुत्पन्नो हि सोऽव्ययः
teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā dharaṇyāṃ dharaṇīdharaḥ | mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena samutpanno hi so'vyayaḥ
And having heard their words, that imperishable Bearer of the Earth has indeed been born on the earth in a merely human form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.61
तदद्य सर्वे यूयं वै राक्षसाः कामरूपिणः । समुद्रिक्तबलान्बालान्मारयध्वमशंकिताः
tadadya sarve yūyaṃ vai rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | samudriktabalānbālānmārayadhvamaśaṃkitāḥ
Therefore today all of you rākṣasas, who take on any form at will, kill without hesitation the children whose strength is excessive.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.62
रुद्र उवाच- इत्यादिश्य ततः कंसो वसुदेवं च देवकीम् । आश्वास्य मोचयित्वाथ स्ववेश्मांतर्विवेश ह । वसुदेवस्ततो गत्वा नंदव्रजमनुत्तमम्
rudra uvāca- ityādiśya tataḥ kaṃso vasudevaṃ ca devakīm | āśvāsya mocayitvātha svaveśmāṃtarviveśa ha | vasudevastato gatvā naṃdavrajamanuttamam
Rudra said: Having so commanded, Kaṃsa then reassured Vasudeva and Devakī, released them, and entered into his own house. Vasudeva then went to the incomparable settlement of Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.63
तेन संपूजितस्तत्र निक्षिप्य तनयं मुदा । उवाच नंदपत्नीं तां यशोदां यदुनंदनः
tena saṃpūjitastatra nikṣipya tanayaṃ mudā | uvāca naṃdapatnīṃ tāṃ yaśodāṃ yadunaṃdanaḥ
Honoured there by him, the delight of the Yadus placed his son (there) with joy and spoke to Yaśodā, that wife of Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.64
वसुदेव उवाच- सुभगे मत्सुतमिमं रोहिणीजठरोद्भवम् । स्वपुत्रमिव रक्षस्व भिया कंसादिहागतम्
vasudeva uvāca- subhage matsutamimaṃ rohiṇījaṭharodbhavam | svaputramiva rakṣasva bhiyā kaṃsādihāgatam
Vasudeva said: Fortunate lady, guard this son of mine, born from Rohiṇī's womb, as your own son; he has come here out of fear of Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.65
रुद्र उवाच- तथेत्याह तदा तन्वी नंदपत्नी दृढव्रता । लब्ध्वैव युगलं पुत्रमुत्पुपोष मुदान्विता
rudra uvāca- tathetyāha tadā tanvī naṃdapatnī dṛḍhavratā | labdhvaiva yugalaṃ putramutpupoṣa mudānvitā
Rudra said: Then the slender wife of Nanda, firm in her vows, said "So be it"; and having thus obtained a pair of sons, she reared them, filled with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.66
निक्षिप्य तनयौ गेहं नंदगोपस्य यादवः । विश्रब्धः प्रययौ तूर्णं मथुरां कंसपालिताम्
nikṣipya tanayau gehaṃ naṃdagopasya yādavaḥ | viśrabdhaḥ prayayau tūrṇaṃ mathurāṃ kaṃsapālitām
Having deposited the two sons in the house of Nanda the cowherd, the Yādava, reassured, went swiftly to Mathurā, ruled by Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.67
ततो गर्गः शुभदिने वसुदेवेन नोदितः । नंदगोपव्रजं गत्वा तत्रस्थैः पूजितो द्विजः
tato gargaḥ śubhadine vasudevena noditaḥ | naṃdagopavrajaṃ gatvā tatrasthaiḥ pūjito dvijaḥ
Then on an auspicious day Garga, urged by Vasudeva, went to the cowherd settlement of Nanda, and the brāhmaṇa was honoured by those living there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.68
विधिना जातकं कर्म कृत्वा देवस्य गोकुले । नाम चात्राकरोद्दिव्यं पुत्रयोर्वासुदेवयोः
vidhinā jātakaṃ karma kṛtvā devasya gokule | nāma cātrākaroddivyaṃ putrayorvāsudevayoḥ
Having performed the birth rite for the god according to rule in Gokula, he there also gave a divine name to the two sons of Vasudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.69
संकर्षणो रौहिणेयो बलभद्रो महाबलः । राम इत्यादिनामानि पूर्वजस्याकरोद्दिवजः
saṃkarṣaṇo rauhiṇeyo balabhadro mahābalaḥ | rāma ityādināmāni pūrvajasyākaroddivajaḥ
Saṃkarṣaṇa, Rauhiṇeya, Balabhadra, Mahābala, Rāma — such names the brāhmaṇa gave to the elder-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.70
श्रीधरः श्रीकरः श्रीमान्कृष्णोऽनंतो जगत्पतिः । वासुदेवो हृषीकेश इत्याद्यवरजस्य च
śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śrīmānkṛṣṇo'naṃto jagatpatiḥ | vāsudevo hṛṣīkeśa ityādyavarajasya ca
Śrīdhara, Śrīkara, Śrīmān, Kṛṣṇa, Ananta, Lord of the world, Vāsudeva, Hṛṣīkeśa — and such (names) for the younger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.71
रामकृष्णाविति ख्यातिमस्मिँल्लोके गमिष्यतः । एवमुक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठः संपूज्य पितृदेवताः
rāmakṛṣṇāviti khyātimasmi~lloke gamiṣyataḥ | evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ saṃpūjya pitṛdevatāḥ
"The two will attain renown in this world as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa" — having spoken thus, the best of brāhmaṇas worshipped the ancestors and the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.72
संपूज्यमानो गोपालैराययौ मथुरां पुनः । कंसेन प्रेषिता रात्रौ पूतनाबालघातिनी
saṃpūjyamāno gopālairāyayau mathurāṃ punaḥ | kaṃsena preṣitā rātrau pūtanābālaghātinī
and, being honoured by the cowherds, he went back to Mathurā. At night Pūtanā, the killer of infants, was sent by Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.73
विषलिप्तं स्तनं दत्वा कृष्णायामिततेजसे । कृष्णस्तु राक्षसीं ज्ञात्वा पपौ गाढं स्तनं भृशम्
viṣaliptaṃ stanaṃ datvā kṛṣṇāyāmitatejase | kṛṣṇastu rākṣasīṃ jñātvā papau gāḍhaṃ stanaṃ bhṛśam
Having given her poison-smeared breast to Kṛṣṇa of measureless splendour — but Kṛṣṇa, knowing her to be a rākṣasī, sucked the breast hard and violently,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.74
प्राणैः सह महातेजा राक्षस्या यदुपुंगवः । सा विह्वलांगी सहसा विच्छिन्नस्नायुबंधना
prāṇaiḥ saha mahātejā rākṣasyā yadupuṃgavaḥ | sā vihvalāṃgī sahasā vicchinnasnāyubaṃdhanā
(sucking) the rākṣasī's (breast) together with her life-breaths, that greatly splendid bull of the Yadus; and she, her limbs faltering, her sinews and ligaments suddenly torn apart,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.75
पपात वेपमाना सा ममार च महास्वना । तस्याः शब्देन महता पूरितं च नभस्तलम्
papāta vepamānā sā mamāra ca mahāsvanā | tasyāḥ śabdena mahatā pūritaṃ ca nabhastalam
fell trembling and died with a great cry; and by her mighty noise the vault of the sky was filled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.76
त्रस्ताः सर्वे ततो गोपा दृष्ट्वा तां पतितां भुवि । कृष्णं च क्रीडमानं तं राक्षस्या महतोरसि
trastāḥ sarve tato gopā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi | kṛṣṇaṃ ca krīḍamānaṃ taṃ rākṣasyā mahatorasi
Then all the cowherds were terrified, seeing her fallen on the ground, and Kṛṣṇa playing there on the huge chest of the rākṣasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.77
समुद्विग्नास्ततस्तूर्णमादाय तनयं तदा । रक्षोभिया तदा तस्मिन्गोपुरीषेण मूर्द्धनि
samudvignāstatastūrṇamādāya tanayaṃ tadā | rakṣobhiyā tadā tasmingopurīṣeṇa mūrddhani
Then, greatly alarmed, quickly taking up the boy at that time, out of fear of the demoness, (they placed) cow-dung on his head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.78
संमार्जयामास तदा गोवालेन तदाननम् । नंदगोपः समभ्येत्य सुतमादाय भामिनि
saṃmārjayāmāsa tadā govālena tadānanam | naṃdagopaḥ samabhyetya sutamādāya bhāmini
and then wiped his face with a cow's tail-hair. Nanda the cowherd, coming up and taking his son, O lovely lady,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.79
भगवन्नामभिस्तस्य सर्वांगेषु प्रमार्जनम् । कृत्वा तां तामसीं भीमां बहिर्विन्यस्य गोव्रजात्
bhagavannāmabhistasya sarvāṃgeṣu pramārjanam | kṛtvā tāṃ tāmasīṃ bhīmāṃ bahirvinyasya govrajāt
wiped all his limbs with the names of the Lord; and having laid that dreadful, dark demoness outside the cow-pen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.80
ददाह गोपवृंदैश्च त्रासितैस्तत्र गोव्रजे । कदाच्छिकटस्याधः शयानो भगवान्हरिः
dadāha gopavṛṃdaiśca trāsitaistatra govraje | kadācchikaṭasyādhaḥ śayāno bhagavānhariḥ
he burned (her) there in the cow-station together with the throng of frightened cowherds. Once the Lord Hari, lying beneath a cart,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.81
प्रसार्य चरणौ तत्र रुरोद मधुसूदनः । तस्य पादप्रहारेण शकटं परिवर्तितम्
prasārya caraṇau tatra ruroda madhusūdanaḥ | tasya pādaprahāreṇa śakaṭaṃ parivartitam
stretching out his feet there, Madhusūdana cried; and by the kick of his foot the cart was overturned,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.82
विध्वस्तकुंभभाडं तद्विपरीतं पपात वै । ततो गोप्यश्च गोपाश्च दृष्ट्वा तच्छकटं महत्
vidhvastakuṃbhabhāḍaṃ tadviparītaṃ papāta vai | tato gopyaśca gopāśca dṛṣṭvā tacchakaṭaṃ mahat
and it fell over upside down, its pots and vessels shattered. Then the gopīs and the cowherds, seeing that great cart,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.83
विस्मयं परमं जग्मुः किमेतदिति शंकिताः । यशोदा च तदा तूर्णं बालं जग्राह विस्मिता
vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ kimetaditi śaṃkitāḥ | yaśodā ca tadā tūrṇaṃ bālaṃ jagrāha vismitā
were struck with the utmost amazement, wondering, "What is this?"; and Yaśodā too, astonished, at once caught up the child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.84
अल्पेनैव हि कालेन बालकौ तौ यदूत्तमौ । वर्द्धमानौ यशोदायाः स्तनपानेन पोषितौ
alpenaiva hi kālena bālakau tau yadūttamau | varddhamānau yaśodāyāḥ stanapānena poṣitau
In but a short time those two boys, the best of the Yadus, growing, nourished by Yaśodā's breast-milk,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.85
जानुभ्यामथ हस्ताभ्यां रिंगमाणौ विरेजतुः । मायावी राक्षसस्तत्र कृतश्च बटुवेषधृक्
jānubhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ riṃgamāṇau virejatuḥ | māyāvī rākṣasastatra kṛtaśca baṭuveṣadhṛk
creeping on their knees and their hands, shone (with beauty). And there a demon skilled in illusion, named Kṛta, wearing the guise of a young brahmin boy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.86
कृष्णं हंतुं समारब्धो विचचार महीतले । ज्ञात्वा कृष्णस्तु तं रक्षो निजघान तलेन वै
kṛṣṇaṃ haṃtuṃ samārabdho vicacāra mahītale | jñātvā kṛṣṇastu taṃ rakṣo nijaghāna talena vai
setting out to kill Kṛṣṇa, roamed over the ground; but Kṛṣṇa, knowing him, struck that demon down with his palm,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.87
राक्षसेनैव रूपेण निपपात ममार च । विचचार ततः सर्वं गोव्रजं मधुसूदनः
rākṣasenaiva rūpeṇa nipapāta mamāra ca | vicacāra tataḥ sarvaṃ govrajaṃ madhusūdanaḥ
and in his very demon form he fell and died. Then Madhusūdana roamed all over the cow-station,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.88
नवनीतं जहाराशु गोपीनां च गृहे गृहे । तदा यशोदा कुपिता दाम्ना मध्ये उलूखले
navanītaṃ jahārāśu gopīnāṃ ca gṛhe gṛhe | tadā yaśodā kupitā dāmnā madhye ulūkhale
and quickly stole butter in house after house of the gopīs. Then Yaśodā, angered, with a rope, in the midst (of the yard), to the mortar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.89
निबध्य कृष्णं प्रययौ विक्रेतुं गोरसादिकम् । कर्षमाणस्ततः कृष्णो दाम्ना बद्ध उलूखले
nibadhya kṛṣṇaṃ prayayau vikretuṃ gorasādikam | karṣamāṇastataḥ kṛṣṇo dāmnā baddha ulūkhale
having bound Kṛṣṇa, went off to sell milk-produce and the like. Then Kṛṣṇa, bound by the rope to the mortar, dragging it along,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.90
यमलार्जुनयोर्मध्ये जगाम धरणीधरः । उलूखलेन गोविंदः पातयामास तौ द्रुमौ
yamalārjunayormadhye jagāma dharaṇīdharaḥ | ulūkhalena goviṃdaḥ pātayāmāsa tau drumau
the Upholder of the earth went between the twin arjuna trees, and Govinda made those two trees fall by means of the mortar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.91
भग्नस्कंधौ निपतितौ स्वरेण धरणीतले । तेन शब्देन महता जग्मुस्तत्र महौजसः
bhagnaskaṃdhau nipatitau svareṇa dharaṇītale | tena śabdena mahatā jagmustatra mahaujasaḥ
With their trunks broken, they fell to the ground with a crash; at that mighty sound the men of great vigour went there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.92
गोपवृद्धास्ततो दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं परमं गताः । यशोदापि समुद्विग्ना विमुच्य धरणीधरम्
gopavṛddhāstato dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ | yaśodāpi samudvignā vimucya dharaṇīdharam
and then the cowherd elders, seeing (it), were struck with the utmost amazement. Yaśodā too, greatly agitated, released the Upholder of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.93
तं विस्मितं समादाय स्तनं प्रादान्महात्मने । यस्मिन्निबध्यमानस्तु दाम्ना मात्रा जगत्पतिः
taṃ vismitaṃ samādāya stanaṃ prādānmahātmane | yasminnibadhyamānastu dāmnā mātrā jagatpatiḥ
took up that astonished (child) and gave her breast to the great-souled one. Because the Lord of the world was bound with a rope by his mother upon that (mortar),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.94
तस्मिन्महर्षिभिः सर्वैर्दामोदर इतीरितः । तौ तु किंनरतां प्राप्तौ विमुक्तौ यमलार्जुनौ
tasminmaharṣibhiḥ sarvairdāmodara itīritaḥ | tau tu kiṃnaratāṃ prāptau vimuktau yamalārjunau
for that reason he is called Dāmodara by all the great sages. And those two, the twin arjuna trees, being released, attained the state of kinnaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.95
गोपवृद्धास्ततः सर्वे नंदगोपपुरोगमाः । महोत्पातमिमं ज्ञात्वा स्थानांतरमुपाययुः
gopavṛddhāstataḥ sarve naṃdagopapurogamāḥ | mahotpātamimaṃ jñātvā sthānāṃtaramupāyayuḥ
Then all the cowherd elders, led by Nanda the cowherd, recognising this as a great portent, went to another place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.96
वृंदावने मनोरम्ये यमुनायास्तटे शुभे । निवासं चक्रिरे रम्यं गवांगोपीजनस्य च
vṛṃdāvane manoramye yamunāyāstaṭe śubhe | nivāsaṃ cakrire ramyaṃ gavāṃgopījanasya ca
In delightful Vṛndāvana, on the auspicious bank of the Yamunā, they made a pleasant dwelling for the cows and for the cowherd women's folk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.97
तत्र तौ रामकृष्णौ तु वर्द्धमानौ महाबलौ । वत्सपालयुतौ वत्सान्पालयामासतुस्तदा
tatra tau rāmakṛṣṇau tu varddhamānau mahābalau | vatsapālayutau vatsānpālayāmāsatustadā
There those two, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, growing up, of great strength, together with the calf-herds, then tended the calves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.98
गोवत्समध्यगं कृष्णं बको नाम महासुरः । बकरूपेण तं हंतुमुद्युक्तोऽत्र यदूत्तमम्
govatsamadhyagaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bako nāma mahāsuraḥ | bakarūpeṇa taṃ haṃtumudyukto'tra yadūttamam
A great demon named Baka, in the form of a heron, set himself there to kill that best of the Yadus, Kṛṣṇa, who was in the midst of the cows and calves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.99
तं दृष्ट्वा वासुदेवोऽपि लोष्टमुद्यम्य लीलया । ताडयामास पक्षांते पपातोर्व्यां महासुरः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāsudevo'pi loṣṭamudyamya līlayā | tāḍayāmāsa pakṣāṃte papātorvyāṃ mahāsuraḥ
Seeing him, Vāsudeva too, lifting up a clod of earth in play, struck (him) at the wing's edge, and the great demon fell to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.100
ततः कतिपयाहस्तु गोवत्सान्पालयन्वने । छायायां जंबुवृक्षस्य प्रसुप्तौ पल्लवे मृदौ १०० 6.245.
tataḥ katipayāhastu govatsānpālayanvane | chāyāyāṃ jaṃbuvṛkṣasya prasuptau pallave mṛdau 100 6.245.
Then, after some days, while tending the cows' calves in the forest, the two fell fast asleep in the shade of a rose-apple tree upon soft foliage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.101
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवो ब्रह्मा देवगणैर्वृतः । द्रष्टुं कृष्णं समागम्य सुप्तौ दृष्ट्वा यदूत्तमौ
etasminnaṃtare devo brahmā devagaṇairvṛtaḥ | draṣṭuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ samāgamya suptau dṛṣṭvā yadūttamau
Meanwhile the god Brahmā, surrounded by the hosts of gods, having come to see Kṛṣṇa, and seeing the two best of the Yadus asleep,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.102
वत्सान्गोपशिशून्हृत्वा जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः । प्रबुद्धौ तौ समालोक्य विनष्टाञ्शिशुवत्सकान्
vatsāngopaśiśūnhṛtvā jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ | prabuddhau tau samālokya vinaṣṭāñśiśuvatsakān
carried off the calves and the cowherd boys and went back to heaven. The two, awakened, on observing that the boys and calves had disappeared,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.103
गोवत्सागोपबालाश्च क्व गता इति विस्मितौ । ज्ञात्वा कृष्णस्तु तत्कर्म प्रजापतिकृतं तदा
govatsāgopabālāśca kva gatā iti vismitau | jñātvā kṛṣṇastu tatkarma prajāpatikṛtaṃ tadā
were astonished: "Where have the cows' calves and the cowherd boys gone?" But Kṛṣṇa, knowing then that this deed had been done by Prajāpati,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.104
तथैव ससृजे बालान्गोवत्सांश्च सनातनः । यथातूर्णं यथारूपं तथैव मधुसूदनः
tathaiva sasṛje bālāngovatsāṃśca sanātanaḥ | yathātūrṇaṃ yathārūpaṃ tathaiva madhusūdanaḥ
the eternal one created the boys and the cows' calves just so; as swiftly (as they had been), in the same form, so did Madhusūdana (make them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.105
ससर्ज वत्सान्गोपालानविता जगतां प्रभुः । दृष्ट्वा सायाह्नसमये गावस्त्वेषां च मातरः
sasarja vatsāngopālānavitā jagatāṃ prabhuḥ | dṛṣṭvā sāyāhnasamaye gāvastveṣāṃ ca mātaraḥ
The Lord, protector of the worlds, created the calves and the cowherds; and the cows, their mothers, seeing (them) at evening time,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.106
स्वान्स्वान्वत्सानुपागम्य यथापूर्वं प्रवर्तिताः । एवं संवत्सरे काले गते तत्र महात्मनः
svānsvānvatsānupāgamya yathāpūrvaṃ pravartitāḥ | evaṃ saṃvatsare kāle gate tatra mahātmanaḥ
came up each to her own calf and behaved as before. Thus, when a year's time had passed there, for the great-souled one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.107
प्रजापतिः पुनस्तस्मै ददौ वत्सान्सबालकान् । कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा परिणीय प्रणम्य च । भयादुवाच गोविंदं ब्रह्मा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः
prajāpatiḥ punastasmai dadau vatsānsabālakān | kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā pariṇīya praṇamya ca | bhayāduvāca goviṃdaṃ brahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ
Prajāpati again gave him back the calves together with the boys; and making a cup of his folded hands, having brought (them) and bowed down, Brahmā, lord of the three worlds, out of fear spoke to Govinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.108
ब्रह्मोवाच- नमो नमस्ते सर्वात्मंस्तत्वज्ञानस्वरूपिणे । नित्यानंदस्वरूपाय प्रियतात्मन्महात्मने
brahmovāca- namo namaste sarvātmaṃstatvajñānasvarūpiṇe | nityānaṃdasvarūpāya priyatātmanmahātmane
Brahmā said: Homage, homage to you, Self of all, whose very form is the knowledge of truth, whose nature is eternal bliss — O dear one, O Self, O great Soul.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.109
अणुर्बृहत्स्थूलतररूपः सर्वगतोऽव्ययः । अनादिमध्यांतरूप स्वरूपात्मन्नमोस्तु ते
aṇurbṛhatsthūlatararūpaḥ sarvagato'vyayaḥ | anādimadhyāṃtarūpa svarūpātmannamostu te
You are minute, vast, of grosser form, all-pervading, unchanging; O you whose form has no beginning, middle, or end, O Self that is your own essence, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.110
नित्यज्ञानबलैश्वर्य वीर्यतेजोमयस्य च । महाशक्ते नमस्तुभ्यं पूर्णषाड्गुण्यमूर्तये
nityajñānabalaiśvarya vīryatejomayasya ca | mahāśakte namastubhyaṃ pūrṇaṣāḍguṇyamūrtaye
To you who consist of eternal knowledge, strength, sovereignty, valour, and splendour — O you of great power, homage to you, whose embodiment is the full set of six qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.111
त्वं वेदपुरुषो ब्रह्मन्महापुरुषएव च । शरीरपुरुषत्वस्य छंदःपुरुष एव च
tvaṃ vedapuruṣo brahmanmahāpuruṣaeva ca | śarīrapuruṣatvasya chaṃdaḥpuruṣa eva ca
You, O Brahman, are the Veda-Person, and the Great Person, and the Person of the body, and the Person of the metres.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.112
चत्वारः पुरुषास्त्वं च पुराणः पुरुषोत्तम । विभूतयस्तव ब्रह्मन्पृथिव्यग्न्यनिलादयः
catvāraḥ puruṣāstvaṃ ca purāṇaḥ puruṣottama | vibhūtayastava brahmanpṛthivyagnyanilādayaḥ
And you are the four Persons, and the ancient one, O supreme Person; your manifestations, O Brahman, are earth, fire, wind, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.113
तव वाचा समुद्भूतौ क्ष्मा वह्नी जगदीश्वर । अंतरिक्षं च वायुश्च सृष्टौ प्राणेन ते विभो
tava vācā samudbhūtau kṣmā vahnī jagadīśvara | aṃtarikṣaṃ ca vāyuśca sṛṣṭau prāṇena te vibho
From your speech arose earth and fire, O lord of the world; the intermediate space and the wind were created by your breath, O pervading one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.114
चक्षुषा तव संसृष्टौ द्यौश्चादित्यस्तथाव्यय । दिशश्च चंद्रमाः सृष्टाः श्रोत्रेण तव चानघ
cakṣuṣā tava saṃsṛṣṭau dyauścādityastathāvyaya | diśaśca caṃdramāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ śrotreṇa tava cānagha
By your eye heaven and the sun were created, O unchanging one; and the directions and the moon were created by your ear, O sinless one.
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PdP 6 245.115
अपांस्रावश्च वरुणो मनसा ते महेश्वर । उक्ते महति मीमांसे यत्तद्ब्रह्मप्रकाशते
apāṃsrāvaśca varuṇo manasā te maheśvara | ukte mahati mīmāṃse yattadbrahmaprakāśate
And the flowing of the waters and Varuṇa (arose) from your mind, O great lord. When the great Mīmāṃsā is recited, whatever is there, that brahman shines forth.
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PdP 6 245.116
तथैव चाध्वरेष्वेतदेतदेव महाव्रते । छंदोगे ये नभस्येतद्दिव्ये तद्वायुरेव तत्
tathaiva cādhvareṣvetadetadeva mahāvrate | chaṃdoge ye nabhasyetaddivye tadvāyureva tat
And so too this same (brahman) is in the sacrifices; this very thing is in the Mahāvrata; for the Chandoga singers it is that which is in the sky, and in the celestial (region) it is the wind itself.
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PdP 6 245.117
आकश एतदेवेदमोषधीष्वेवमेव च । नक्षत्रेषु च सर्वेषु ग्रहेष्वेतद्दिवाकरे
ākaśa etadevedamoṣadhīṣvevameva ca | nakṣatreṣu ca sarveṣu graheṣvetaddivākare
In space (it is) this very same, and just so in the plants, and in all the lunar mansions, and in the planets, and this (same) in the sun.
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PdP 6 245.118
एवंभूतेष्वेवमेव ब्रह्मेत्याचक्षते श्रुतिः । तदेव परमं ब्रह्म प्रज्ञातं परितोमृतम्
evaṃbhūteṣvevameva brahmetyācakṣate śrutiḥ | tadeva paramaṃ brahma prajñātaṃ paritomṛtam
In beings thus constituted, just in that way, the śruti declares (it to be) Brahman; that alone is the supreme Brahman, (when) known, immortal on every side.
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PdP 6 245.119
हिरण्मयोऽव्ययो यज्ञः शुचिः शुचिषदित्यपि । वैदिकान्यभिधेयानि तथैतान्यस्य न क्वचित्
hiraṇmayo'vyayo yajñaḥ śuciḥ śuciṣadityapi | vaidikānyabhidheyāni tathaitānyasya na kvacit
"Golden," "imperishable," "sacrifice," "pure," and also "seated in purity" — (these) are the Vedic terms of designation, and these (belong) nowhere (else) than to him.
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PdP 6 245.120
चक्षुर्मयं श्रोत्रमयं छंदोमय मनोमयम् । वाङ्मयं परमात्मानं परेशं शंसति श्रुतिः
cakṣurmayaṃ śrotramayaṃ chaṃdomaya manomayam | vāṅmayaṃ paramātmānaṃ pareśaṃ śaṃsati śrutiḥ
The śruti praises the supreme Self, the supreme Lord, as consisting of eye, consisting of ear, consisting of metre, consisting of mind, consisting of speech.
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PdP 6 245.121
इति सर्वोपनिषदामर्थस्त्वं कमलेक्षण । स्तोतुं न शक्तोऽयं त्वां तु सर्ववेदांतपारगम्
iti sarvopaniṣadāmarthastvaṃ kamalekṣaṇa | stotuṃ na śakto'yaṃ tvāṃ tu sarvavedāṃtapāragam
Thus you are the meaning of all the Upaniṣads, O lotus-eyed one; but this (creature) is not able to praise you, who have crossed to the far shore of all Vedānta.
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PdP 6 245.122
महापराधमेतत्ते वत्सापहरणं मया । कृतं तत्क्षम्यतां नाथ शरणागतवत्सल
mahāparādhametatte vatsāpaharaṇaṃ mayā | kṛtaṃ tatkṣamyatāṃ nātha śaraṇāgatavatsala
This great offence against you, the carrying off of the calves, was done by me; let that be forgiven, O Lord, (you who are) fond of those who come for refuge.
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PdP 6 245.123
महेश्वर उवाच- एवं स्तुत्वा हरिं वेधाः प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः । वत्सान्दत्वा पुनस्तस्मै प्रययौ स्वयमालयम्
maheśvara uvāca- evaṃ stutvā hariṃ vedhāḥ praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ | vatsāndatvā punastasmai prayayau svayamālayam
Maheśvara said: Having praised Hari in this way and bowed to him again and again, the Creator, giving the calves back to him, went himself to his own abode.
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PdP 6 245.124
हृदि कृत्वा सदा देवि बालरूपं हरिं विधिः । उवास त्रिदशैः सार्द्धं हृष्टपुष्टो महातपाः
hṛdi kṛtvā sadā devi bālarūpaṃ hariṃ vidhiḥ | uvāsa tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭo mahātapāḥ
Keeping Hari in his heart always in the form of a child, O goddess, Vidhi (Brahmā) dwelt together with the thirty (gods), delighted and thriving, of great austerity.
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PdP 6 245.125
कृष्णेन सृष्टा वत्सा वै पूर्ववत्सास्तथार्भकाः । अवापुरैक्यतां तत्र पश्यतां त्रिदिवौकसाम्
kṛṣṇena sṛṣṭā vatsā vai pūrvavatsāstathārbhakāḥ | avāpuraikyatāṃ tatra paśyatāṃ tridivaukasām
The calves that had been created by Kṛṣṇa, and likewise the boys, attained oneness with the former calves (and boys) there, while the dwellers of heaven looked on.
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PdP 6 245.126
कृष्णस्तु वत्सपालैर्वै प्रययौ नंदगोकुलम् । ततः कतिपयाहस्सु गोपालैर्यदुपुंगवः
kṛṣṇastu vatsapālairvai prayayau naṃdagokulam | tataḥ katipayāhassu gopālairyadupuṃgavaḥ
But Kṛṣṇa went with the calf-herders to Nanda's cow-settlement; then, after a few days, the bull of the Yadus, with the cowherds,
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PdP 6 245.127
ह्रदं गत्वाऽथ कालिंद्यास्तत्रस्थं सुमहाविषम् । सहस्रशीर्षबलिनं नागराजानमच्युतः
hradaṃ gatvā'tha kāliṃdyāstatrasthaṃ sumahāviṣam | sahasraśīrṣabalinaṃ nāgarājānamacyutaḥ
having gone to the pool of the Kālindī, (approached) the exceedingly venomous king of serpents who dwelt there, powerful with a thousand heads — (and) Acyuta,
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PdP 6 245.128
निष्पिष्य फलसाहस्रं पादेनैकेन लीलया । प्राणसंशयमापन्नं चकार मधुसूदनः
niṣpiṣya phalasāhasraṃ pādenaikena līlayā | prāṇasaṃśayamāpannaṃ cakāra madhusūdanaḥ
crushing his thousand hoods in play with a single foot, Madhusūdana brought him to peril of his life.
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PdP 6 245.129
स कालियो लब्धसंज्ञस्तमेव शरणं ययौ । ररक्ष भगवान्कृष्णो नागं त्यक्तविषं तदा
sa kāliyo labdhasaṃjñastameva śaraṇaṃ yayau | rarakṣa bhagavānkṛṣṇo nāgaṃ tyaktaviṣaṃ tadā
That Kāliya, when he regained his senses, went to him alone for refuge; then the Lord Kṛṣṇa protected the serpent, who had given up his venom.
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PdP 6 245.130
वैनतेयभयाद्भीतं स्वपदेनांक्य मूर्द्धसु । ह्रदाद्विवासयामास कालिंद्या यदुपुंगवः
vainateyabhayādbhītaṃ svapadenāṃkya mūrddhasu | hradādvivāsayāmāsa kāliṃdyā yadupuṃgavaḥ
Marking with his own foot upon the heads (of the serpent), who was terrified with fear of Garuḍa, the bull of the Yadus made him leave the pool of the Kālindī.
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PdP 6 245.131
त्यक्त्वा स तं ह्रदं तूर्णं पुत्रदारसमन्वितः । नमस्कृत्वाथ गोविंदं प्रययौ कालियस्तदा
tyaktvā sa taṃ hradaṃ tūrṇaṃ putradārasamanvitaḥ | namaskṛtvātha goviṃdaṃ prayayau kāliyastadā
Then Kāliya, quickly leaving that pool, accompanied by his sons and wives, having made obeisance to Govinda, went away.
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PdP 6 245.132
विषदग्धास्तु ये पूर्वं तत्तीरस्थाश्च शाखिनः । कृष्णेन वीक्षितास्तूर्णं फलिनः पुष्पिणोऽभवन्
viṣadagdhāstu ye pūrvaṃ tattīrasthāśca śākhinaḥ | kṛṣṇena vīkṣitāstūrṇaṃ phalinaḥ puṣpiṇo'bhavan
And the trees standing on that bank, which before had been burnt by the poison, being looked upon by Kṛṣṇa at once became laden with fruit and flowers.
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PdP 6 245.133
अथ कालेन कौमारमवाप्य मधुसूदनः । गोवृंदं पालयामास सर्वदेवमयः प्रभुः
atha kālena kaumāramavāpya madhusūdanaḥ | govṛṃdaṃ pālayāmāsa sarvadevamayaḥ prabhuḥ
Then in time, reaching boyhood, Madhusūdana, the Lord who comprises all the gods, tended the herd of cows.
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PdP 6 245.134
स्वसमानवयोभिस्तु गोपालैस्तु यदूत्तमः । वृंदावने मनोरम्ये सरामो विचचार ह
svasamānavayobhistu gopālaistu yadūttamaḥ | vṛṃdāvane manoramye sarāmo vicacāra ha
And the best of the Yadus, together with cowherds of his own age, roamed about with Rāma in the delightful Vṛndāvana.
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PdP 6 245.135
तत्र हत्वा महाघोरं सर्परूपं महासुरम् । अपहत्य महाकायं मेरुमंदारगौरवम्
tatra hatvā mahāghoraṃ sarparūpaṃ mahāsuram | apahatya mahākāyaṃ merumaṃdāragauravam
There, having killed the most terrible great asura in the form of a serpent, having struck down that huge-bodied one, weighty as Meru and Mandara,
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PdP 6 245.136
धेनुकस्य वनं प्राप्य तालहिंतालगह्वरम् । प्रविश्यतद्वनंरम्यंफलितंतालगह्वरम् । धेनुकं पर्वताकारं खररूपधरं सदा
dhenukasya vanaṃ prāpya tālahiṃtālagahvaram | praviśyatadvanaṃramyaṃphalitaṃtālagahvaram | dhenukaṃ parvatākāraṃ khararūpadharaṃ sadā
reaching Dhenuka's wood, a thicket of tāla and hintāla palms, entering that pleasant wood, a thicket of fruit-bearing palms, (he found) Dhenuka, mountain-shaped, ever wearing the form of a donkey,
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PdP 6 245.137
पादौ गृह्य समुत्क्षिप्य तालेन विजघान ह । तत्क्षणादेव तत्पालास्तदंते रेमिरे तदा
pādau gṛhya samutkṣipya tālena vijaghāna ha | tatkṣaṇādeva tatpālāstadaṃte remire tadā
Seizing (him) by the two feet and hurling (him) up, (he) struck (him) dead against a palm tree. From that very moment the herdsmen took their pleasure there.
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PdP 6 245.138
निष्क्रम्य तद्वनात्तूर्णं भांडीरं वटमागताः । तत्र ते रामकृष्णाभ्यां चिक्रीडुर्बाललीलया
niṣkramya tadvanāttūrṇaṃ bhāṃḍīraṃ vaṭamāgatāḥ | tatra te rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ cikrīḍurbālalīlayā
Going out quickly from that wood, they came to the banyan tree Bhāṇḍīra; there they played with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in childish sport.
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PdP 6 245.139
गोपवेषेण तत्रागात्प्रलंबोनाम राक्षसः । रामं स्वपृष्ठमारोप्य ययौ तूर्णं नभस्तलम्
gopaveṣeṇa tatrāgātpralaṃbonāma rākṣasaḥ | rāmaṃ svapṛṣṭhamāropya yayau tūrṇaṃ nabhastalam
There, in the guise of a cowherd, came a demon named Pralamba; mounting Rāma on his own back, he went swiftly to the vault of the sky.
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PdP 6 245.140
मत्वा तं राक्षसं रामो मुष्टिना तस्य मूर्द्धनि । ताडयामास रोषेण विह्वलांगस्ततोऽपतत्
matvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ rāmo muṣṭinā tasya mūrddhani | tāḍayāmāsa roṣeṇa vihvalāṃgastato'patat
Knowing him to be a demon, Rāma in anger struck him with his fist upon the head; then, his body reeling, he fell.
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PdP 6 245.141
राक्षसेनैव रूपेण विनदन्भैरवं स्वनम् । भिन्नशीर्षतनुस्तत्र ममार रुधिरोक्षितः
rākṣasenaiva rūpeṇa vinadanbhairavaṃ svanam | bhinnaśīrṣatanustatra mamāra rudhirokṣitaḥ
(Reverting) to his very demon form, roaring a fearful cry, his head and body split, he died there, drenched in blood.
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PdP 6 245.142
ततः प्रदोषसमयेगोव्रजे नंदनंदनः । उवासगोपकन्याभिः क्रीडन्कौमोदवर्चसे
tataḥ pradoṣasamayegovraje naṃdanaṃdanaḥ | uvāsagopakanyābhiḥ krīḍankaumodavarcase
Then, at the time of evening, in the cow-pen, the son of Nanda dwelt, sporting with the cowherd girls in the splendour of the moonlight.
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PdP 6 245.143
अरिष्टनामा दैत्येशो गत्वा तत्र वृषाकृतिः । कृष्णं हंतुं समागत्य जगर्ज च महास्वनम्
ariṣṭanāmā daityeśo gatvā tatra vṛṣākṛtiḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ haṃtuṃ samāgatya jagarja ca mahāsvanam
A lord of the daityas named Ariṣṭa, in the form of a bull, went there, and having come to kill Kṛṣṇa, roared with a great sound.
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PdP 6 245.144
तं दृष्ट्वा विद्रुताः सर्वे गोपाला भयपीडिताः । कृष्णोऽपि दृष्ट्वा तं रौद्रमागतं दनुजाधिपम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vidrutāḥ sarve gopālā bhayapīḍitāḥ | kṛṣṇo'pi dṛṣṭvā taṃ raudramāgataṃ danujādhipam
Seeing him, all the cowherds ran away, oppressed by fear; and Kṛṣṇa too, seeing that terrible lord of the demons who had come,
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PdP 6 245.145
तालवृक्षं समुत्पाट्य शृंगमध्ये व्यपीडयत् । स तु भग्नशिरः शृंगो वमन्वै रुधिरं बहु
tālavṛkṣaṃ samutpāṭya śṛṃgamadhye vyapīḍayat | sa tu bhagnaśiraḥ śṛṃgo vamanvai rudhiraṃ bahu
tore up a palm tree and crushed him between the horns; and he, his head and horns broken, vomiting much blood,
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PdP 6 245.146
पपात भीमवेगेन निनदंस्त्यक्तजीवितः । इत्थं हत्वा महाकायमरिष्टं दनुजाधिपम्
papāta bhīmavegena ninadaṃstyaktajīvitaḥ | itthaṃ hatvā mahākāyamariṣṭaṃ danujādhipam
fell with terrible force, bellowing, his life given up. Having thus slain the huge-bodied Ariṣṭa, lord of the demons,
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PdP 6 245.147
आहूय गोपबालांश्च तत्रैवोवास गोव्रजे । ततः कतिपयाहस्सु केशी नाम महासुरः
āhūya gopabālāṃśca tatraivovāsa govraje | tataḥ katipayāhassu keśī nāma mahāsuraḥ
and having called the cowherd boys, (he) dwelt there itself in the cow-pen. Then, after some days, a great demon named Keśin
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PdP 6 245.148
हयकायेन गोविंदं हंतुं व्रजमुपाययौ । स गत्वा गोव्रजं रम्यमुच्चैर्हेषामथाकरोत्
hayakāyena goviṃdaṃ haṃtuṃ vrajamupāyayau | sa gatvā govrajaṃ ramyamuccairheṣāmathākarot
came to Vraja in the body of a horse to kill Govinda; going to the lovely cow-pen, he then neighed loudly.
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PdP 6 245.149
तेन शब्देन महता पूरितं भुवनत्रयम् । भीताः सर्वे सुरगणाः शंकमाना युगक्षयम्
tena śabdena mahatā pūritaṃ bhuvanatrayam | bhītāḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ śaṃkamānā yugakṣayam
By that great sound the three worlds were filled; all the hosts of gods were afraid, suspecting the destruction of the age.
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PdP 6 245.150
तत्रस्था मोहिताः सर्वे गोपागोप्यश्च विह्वलाः । लब्धसंज्ञास्तु ते सर्वे विद्रुताश्च समंततः १५० 6.245.
tatrasthā mohitāḥ sarve gopāgopyaśca vihvalāḥ | labdhasaṃjñāstu te sarve vidrutāśca samaṃtataḥ 150 6.245.
All who were there, the cowherds and the cowherd women, were stunned and distraught; but when they all regained their senses they fled in every direction.
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PdP 6 245.151
गोप्यस्तु शरणं जग्मुः कृष्णं त्राहीति चाब्रुवन् । न भेतव्यं न भेतव्यमित्याह भक्तवत्सलः
gopyastu śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ trāhīti cābruvan | na bhetavyaṃ na bhetavyamityāha bhaktavatsalaḥ
But the cowherd women went for refuge to Kṛṣṇa and said, "Save (us)!" "You must not fear, you must not fear," said he who is fond of his devotees.
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PdP 6 245.152
समाश्वास्य ततस्तूर्णं मुष्टिना वासवानुजः । ताडयामास शिरसि तस्य दैत्यस्य लीलया
samāśvāsya tatastūrṇaṃ muṣṭinā vāsavānujaḥ | tāḍayāmāsa śirasi tasya daityasya līlayā
Having reassured (them), the younger brother of Vāsava then swiftly struck that demon on the head with his fist, in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.153
विभिन्नदंतनेत्रोऽसौ विननाद महास्वनम् । महाशिलां समुत्क्षिप्य तस्यांगे वै न्यपातयत्
vibhinnadaṃtanetro'sau vinanāda mahāsvanam | mahāśilāṃ samutkṣipya tasyāṃge vai nyapātayat
With his teeth and eyes shattered, he roared with a great sound; (Kṛṣṇa) lifted up a great rock and hurled it down upon his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.154
स तु चूर्णितसर्वांगो निनदन्भैरवं स्वनम् । पपात सहसा भूमौ ममार च महासुरः
sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo ninadanbhairavaṃ svanam | papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra ca mahāsuraḥ
And he, all his limbs pulverised, bellowing a fearful cry, fell suddenly to the ground, and the great demon died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.155
केशिनं निहतं दृष्ट्वा दिवि देवगणा भृशम् । मुमुचुः पुष्पवर्षाणि साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन्
keśinaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā divi devagaṇā bhṛśam | mumucuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi sādhusādhviti cābruvan
Seeing Keśin slain, the hosts of gods in heaven abundantly released showers of flowers and said, "Well done, well done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.156
इत्थं शिशुत्वे वै दैत्यान्हरिर्हत्वा बलोत्कटान् । स मुमोद सुखेनैव बलरामसमन्वितः
itthaṃ śiśutve vai daityānharirhatvā balotkaṭān | sa mumoda sukhenaiva balarāmasamanvitaḥ
Thus, in his childhood, Hari, having slain the demons who were formidable in strength, rejoiced happily together with Balarāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.157
इंदीवरदलश्यामः पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणः । पीतांबरधरः स्रग्वी वनमालाविभूषितः
iṃdīvaradalaśyāmaḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇaḥ | pītāṃbaradharaḥ sragvī vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ
Dark as the petal of a blue lotus, his eyes like lotus leaves, wearing yellow garments, garlanded, adorned with a wreath of woodland flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.158
कौस्तुभोद्भासितोरस्कश्चित्रमाल्यानुलेपनः । विचित्राभरणैर्युक्तः कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितः
kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaścitramālyānulepanaḥ | vicitrābharaṇairyuktaḥ kuṃḍalābhyāṃ virājitaḥ
his chest resplendent with the Kaustubha (jewel), anointed and wearing varied garlands, fitted with many-coloured ornaments, shining with a pair of earrings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.159
आमुक्ततुलसीमालः कस्तूरीतिलकांचितः । सुस्निग्धनीलकुटिल कबरीकृतकेशवान्
āmuktatulasīmālaḥ kastūrītilakāṃcitaḥ | susnigdhanīlakuṭila kabarīkṛtakeśavān
wearing a garland of tulasī, marked with a musk forehead-mark, his hair, very glossy, dark and curling, made into a braid,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.160
बद्धैर्नानाविधैः पुष्पैर्बर्हिबर्हावतंसकः । रक्तारविंदसदृश हस्तपादतलाधरः
baddhairnānāvidhaiḥ puṣpairbarhibarhāvataṃsakaḥ | raktāraviṃdasadṛśa hastapādatalādharaḥ
with various flowers bound (into it), with a peacock's feather as ear-ornament, the palms of his hands, the soles of his feet and his lower lip like red lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.161
पक्षमध्यगशीतांशु कलंकभ्रूलताननः । हारनूपुरकेयूरैः कटकाभ्यां विराजितः
pakṣamadhyagaśītāṃśu kalaṃkabhrūlatānanaḥ | hāranūpurakeyūraiḥ kaṭakābhyāṃ virājitaḥ
his face with creeper-like brows (dark) as the mark on the cool-rayed moon at the middle of the fortnight, resplendent with necklace, anklets and armlets and with two bracelets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.162
वृंदावने महारम्ये फलपुष्पविराजिते । रम्यं निनादयन्वेणुं तत्रास्ते यदुनंदनः
vṛṃdāvane mahāramye phalapuṣpavirājite | ramyaṃ ninādayanveṇuṃ tatrāste yadunaṃdanaḥ
In Vṛndāvana, exceedingly delightful, resplendent with fruit and flowers, there dwells the son of the Yadus, sweetly sounding his flute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.163
अवधीरित कंदर्पकोटिलावण्यमच्युतम् । सर्वागोपस्त्रियो दृष्ट्वा मन्मथास्त्रेण पीडिताः
avadhīrita kaṃdarpakoṭilāvaṇyamacyutam | sarvāgopastriyo dṛṣṭvā manmathāstreṇa pīḍitāḥ
Seeing Acyuta, whose loveliness put to scorn ten million Kāmas, all the cowherd women were struck by the arrow of the god of love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.164
पुरा महर्षयः सर्वे दंडकारण्यवासिनः । दृष्ट्वा रामं हरिं तत्र भोक्तुमैच्छत्सुविग्रहम्
purā maharṣayaḥ sarve daṃḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ | dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ hariṃ tatra bhoktumaicchatsuvigraham
Formerly all the great seers who dwelt in the Daṇḍaka forest, seeing Rāma, Hari, there, wished to enjoy that fair form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.165
ते सर्वे स्त्रीत्वमापन्नाः समुद्भूतास्तु गोकुले । हरिं संप्राप्य कामेन ततो मुक्ता भवार्णवात्
te sarve strītvamāpannāḥ samudbhūtāstu gokule | hariṃ saṃprāpya kāmena tato muktā bhavārṇavāt
All of them attained womanhood and were born in Gokula; having obtained Hari through desire, they were thereby freed from the ocean of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.166
क्रोधेनैव यथा दैत्याः समेत्य मधुसूदनम् । निधनं प्राप्य संग्रामे हता मुक्तिमवाप्नुयुः
krodhenaiva yathā daityāḥ sametya madhusūdanam | nidhanaṃ prāpya saṃgrāme hatā muktimavāpnuyuḥ
Just as the demons, meeting Madhusūdana through anger and meeting their death in battle, being slain would attain liberation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.167
कामक्रोधौ नृणां लोके निरयस्यैव कारणम् । हरिं समेत्य भावेन मुक्ता गोप्यः सुरद्विषः
kāmakrodhau nṛṇāṃ loke nirayasyaiva kāraṇam | hariṃ sametya bhāvena muktā gopyaḥ suradviṣaḥ
— desire and anger are in this world for men the very cause of hell, (yet) the gopīs and the foes of the gods were liberated by meeting Hari with (such) feeling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.168
कामाद्भयाद्वा द्वेषाद्वा ये भजंति जनार्दनम् । ते प्राप्नुवंति वैकुंठं किं पुनर्भक्तियोगतः
kāmādbhayādvā dveṣādvā ye bhajaṃti janārdanam | te prāpnuvaṃti vaikuṃṭhaṃ kiṃ punarbhaktiyogataḥ
Those who resort to Janārdana out of desire, or out of fear, or out of hatred, attain Vaikuṇṭha; how much more (those who come) through the discipline of devotion!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.169
तस्य वेणुध्वनिं श्रुत्वा रजन्यां बल्लवांगनाः । शयनादुत्थिताः सर्वा विकीर्णांबरमूर्द्धजाः
tasya veṇudhvaniṃ śrutvā rajanyāṃ ballavāṃganāḥ | śayanādutthitāḥ sarvā vikīrṇāṃbaramūrddhajāḥ
Hearing the sound of his flute at night, the cowherds' wives all rose from their beds, their garments and hair dishevelled;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.170
त्यक्त्वा पतीन्सुतान्बधूंस्त्यक्त्वा लज्जां कुलं स्वकम् । जगत्पतिं समाजग्मुः कंदर्पशरपीडिताः
tyaktvā patīnsutānbadhūṃstyaktvā lajjāṃ kulaṃ svakam | jagatpatiṃ samājagmuḥ kaṃdarpaśarapīḍitāḥ
abandoning husbands, sons and kinsmen, abandoning shame and their own family, they came to the Lord of the world, tormented by Kāma's arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.171
समेत्य गोप्यः सर्वास्तु भुजैरालिंग्य केशवम् । बुभुजुश्चाधरं देव्यः सुधामृतमिवामराः
sametya gopyaḥ sarvāstu bhujairāliṃgya keśavam | bubhujuścādharaṃ devyaḥ sudhāmṛtamivāmarāḥ
All the gopīs, coming together and embracing Keśava with their arms, enjoyed his lower lip, as the immortal goddesses (enjoy) the nectar of ambrosia.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.172
ताभिः सर्वाभिरात्मेशः क्रीडयामास गोव्रजे । तेनापि ताः स्त्रियः सर्वा रेमिरे निर्भया व्रजे
tābhiḥ sarvābhirātmeśaḥ krīḍayāmāsa govraje | tenāpi tāḥ striyaḥ sarvā remire nirbhayā vraje
The Lord of the self played with all of them in the cow-pen, and with him all those women took their pleasure in Vraja without fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.173
इत्येवं रमयामासुरहन्यहनि केशवम् । वृंदावने मनोरम्ये कालिंदीपुलिने तथा
ityevaṃ ramayāmāsurahanyahani keśavam | vṛṃdāvane manoramye kāliṃdīpuline tathā
Thus, day after day, they gave Keśava pleasure, in delightful Vṛndāvana and likewise on the sandbank of the Kālindī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.174
पार्वत्युवाच- धर्मसंरक्षणार्थाय जगत्यामवतीर्य सः । परदाराभिगमनं कथं कुर्याज्जनार्दनः
pārvatyuvāca- dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya jagatyāmavatīrya saḥ | paradārābhigamanaṃ kathaṃ kuryājjanārdanaḥ
Pārvatī said: Having descended into the world for the sake of protecting dharma, how could Janārdana approach the wives of others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.175
रुद्र उवाच- स्वशरीरे परेष्वंगभेदो नास्ति शुभानने । सर्वं जगच्च तस्यांगं पृथगत्र न विद्यते
rudra uvāca- svaśarīre pareṣvaṃgabhedo nāsti śubhānane | sarvaṃ jagacca tasyāṃgaṃ pṛthagatra na vidyate
Rudra said: There is no difference of body between his own body and others', O fair-faced one; the whole world is his body, and no separateness exists here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.176
स्त्रीपुंभेदो न वै तस्य पुरुषस्य महात्मनः । नैसर्गिकस्य भर्तृत्वादात्मेशत्वाज्जगत्पतेः
strīpuṃbhedo na vai tasya puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ | naisargikasya bhartṛtvādātmeśatvājjagatpateḥ
For that Puruṣa, the great-souled one, there is indeed no distinction of woman and man, since he is by nature the husband, the lord of the self, the Lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.177
तथापहृतपाप्मत्व सामर्थ्याद्व्यापिनः प्रभोः । दोषोऽत्र नास्ति सुभगे देवस्य परमात्मनः
tathāpahṛtapāpmatva sāmarthyādvyāpinaḥ prabhoḥ | doṣo'tra nāsti subhage devasya paramātmanaḥ
So too, because of (his) power of taking away sin, of the all-pervading Lord — there is no fault here, O fortunate one, in the God who is the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.178
वसिष्ठ उवाच- एवमुक्त्वा तु गिरिजां रुद्रः श्रीत्रिपुरान्तकः । कृष्णस्यशेषं चरितमाख्यातुं संप्रचक्रमे
vasiṣṭha uvāca- evamuktvā tu girijāṃ rudraḥ śrītripurāntakaḥ | kṛṣṇasyaśeṣaṃ caritamākhyātuṃ saṃpracakrame
Vasiṣṭha said: Having spoken thus to the Mountain's Daughter, Rudra, the glorious destroyer of Tripura, set about relating the rest of Kṛṣṇa's deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.179
रुद्र उवाच- शरत्काले तु संप्राप्ते नंदगोपपुरोगमाः । गोपा महोत्सवं कर्तुमारब्धास्त्रिदशांपतेः
rudra uvāca- śaratkāle tu saṃprāpte naṃdagopapurogamāḥ | gopā mahotsavaṃ kartumārabdhāstridaśāṃpateḥ
Rudra said: When the autumn season came, the cowherds, with Nanda the cowherd at their head, began to perform a great festival for the lord of the thirty gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.180
तदुत्सवं तु गोविंदो निवार्याथ शतक्रतोः । गोवर्द्धनाद्रिराजस्य कारयामास वीर्यवान्
tadutsavaṃ tu goviṃdo nivāryātha śatakratoḥ | govarddhanādrirājasya kārayāmāsa vīryavān
But Govinda, the mighty one, stopped that festival of the Hundred-Sacrificer and had it performed instead for Govardhana, the king of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.181
ततः क्रुद्धः सहस्राक्षो नंदगोपस्य गोव्रजे । ववर्ष च महावृष्टिं सप्तरात्रं निरंतरम्
tataḥ kruddhaḥ sahasrākṣo naṃdagopasya govraje | vavarṣa ca mahāvṛṣṭiṃ saptarātraṃ niraṃtaram
Then the thousand-eyed one, angered, rained a great downpour on Nanda the cowherd's cow-pen, without ceasing, for seven nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.182
गोवर्द्धनं समुत्पाट्य महाशैलं जनार्दनः । गवां संरक्षणार्थाय धारयामास लीलया
govarddhanaṃ samutpāṭya mahāśailaṃ janārdanaḥ | gavāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya dhārayāmāsa līlayā
Janārdana tore up Govardhana, the great mountain, and held it up in play, for the protection of the cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.183
तस्यच्छायां गिरेः प्राप्य गोपागोप्यश्च सुव्रते । अवसंश्च सुखेनैव हर्म्यांतरगता इव
tasyacchāyāṃ gireḥ prāpya gopāgopyaśca suvrate | avasaṃśca sukhenaiva harmyāṃtaragatā iva
Reaching the shade of that mountain, O you of good vows, the cowherds and cowherd women dwelt there in comfort, as though they were inside mansions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.184
ततः शक्रः सहस्राक्षो भीतः संभ्रांतचेतसा । वारयामास तद्वर्षं ययौ नंदस्य तद्व्रजम्
tataḥ śakraḥ sahasrākṣo bhītaḥ saṃbhrāṃtacetasā | vārayāmāsa tadvarṣaṃ yayau naṃdasya tadvrajam
Then Śakra, the thousand-eyed, frightened and with agitated mind, held back that rain and went to that cow-station of Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.185
कृष्णोऽपि तं महाशैलं यथापूर्वं निवेशयत् । गोपवृद्धाश्च ते सर्वे नंदगोपपुरोगमाः
kṛṣṇo'pi taṃ mahāśailaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ niveśayat | gopavṛddhāśca te sarve naṃdagopapurogamāḥ
And Kṛṣṇa set that great mountain back as it was before; and all those cowherd elders, with Nanda the cowherd at their head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.186
परिपूज्य च गोविंदं परं विस्मयमाययुः । ततः शतक्रतुर्देवः समेत्य मधुसूदनम् । तुष्टाव प्रांजलिर्भूत्वा हर्षगद्गदया गिरा
paripūjya ca goviṃdaṃ paraṃ vismayamāyayuḥ | tataḥ śatakraturdevaḥ sametya madhusūdanam | tuṣṭāva prāṃjalirbhūtvā harṣagadgadayā girā
having worshipped Govinda fully, fell into the greatest astonishment. Then the god of a hundred sacrifices, coming to the slayer of Madhu, with palms joined, praised him in a voice choked with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.187
इन्द्र उवाच- नमस्ते पुंडरीकाक्ष सर्वज्ञाति त्रिविक्रम । त्रिगुणातीत सर्वेश विश्वस्यात्मन्नमोस्तु ते
indra uvāca- namaste puṃḍarīkākṣa sarvajñāti trivikrama | triguṇātīta sarveśa viśvasyātmannamostu te
Indra said: Homage to you, lotus-eyed one, all-knowing, Trivikrama; you who are beyond the three qualities, lord of all, Self of the universe — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.188
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोङ्कारः क्रतुर्हविः । त्वमेव सर्वदेवानां पिता माता च केशव
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṅkāraḥ kraturhaviḥ | tvameva sarvadevānāṃ pitā mātā ca keśava
You are the sacrifice, you are the utterance vaṣaṭ, you are Oṃ, the rite and the oblation; you alone are the father and the mother of all the gods, Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.189
अग्रे हिरण्यगर्भस्त्वं भूतस्य समवर्त्तत । त्वमेवैकः पतिरसि पुरुषस्त्वं हिरण्मयः
agre hiraṇyagarbhastvaṃ bhūtasya samavarttata | tvamevaikaḥ patirasi puruṣastvaṃ hiraṇmayaḥ
In the beginning you came into being as Hiraṇyagarbha, of (all) that exists; you alone are the lord, you are the golden Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.190
पृथिवीं द्यामिमां देव त्वमेव धृतवानसि । आत्मदः फलदो यश्च स्यादेवं जगदीश्वर
pṛthivīṃ dyāmimāṃ deva tvameva dhṛtavānasi | ātmadaḥ phalado yaśca syādevaṃ jagadīśvara
This earth and this sky, O God, it is you who have upheld them; and whoever is a giver of self and a giver of fruit — so be it, O Lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.191
अवाप्तं तच्च त्रिदशैः प्रकाशं जगतांपतेः । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च छाया तव सनातन
avāptaṃ tacca tridaśaiḥ prakāśaṃ jagatāṃpateḥ | amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuśca chāyā tava sanātana
And that radiance of the Lord of the worlds was obtained by the thirty gods; both deathlessness and death are your shadow, O eternal one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.192
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । हेमवंत इमे यस्य समुद्भूता हिरण्मयाः
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | hemavaṃta ime yasya samudbhūtā hiraṇmayāḥ
To that God, to you, let us make offering with oblation — he from whom these golden snowy mountains have arisen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.193
समुद्रा रसना यस्य वाहस्तस्यैव केशव । इमा दिशः प्रतिदिशो वायुर्यस्य तवाव्यय
samudrā rasanā yasya vāhastasyaiva keśava | imā diśaḥ pratidiśo vāyuryasya tavāvyaya
Whose tongue is the oceans, and whose vehicle is that very (ocean), O Keśava; whose are these directions and intermediate directions, and the wind, O you undecaying,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.194
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । येन त्वया समारूढा पृथिवी वर्द्धता पुनः
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | yena tvayā samārūḍhā pṛthivī varddhatā punaḥ
to that God, to you, let us make offering with oblation — you upon whom the earth, mounted, grows again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.195
स्वर्लोकः स्तंभितो येन त्वया ब्रह्मन्महेश्वर । त्वमंतरिक्षे रजसोवसानः सर्वगोव्ययः
svarlokaḥ staṃbhito yena tvayā brahmanmaheśvara | tvamaṃtarikṣe rajasovasānaḥ sarvagovyayaḥ
By whom, by you, the heaven-world was propped up, O Brahman, great Lord; you (are) in the mid-space, clothing yourself in dust, all-pervading, imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.196
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । यं क्रंदसि राजमाने तप्तभासे गुणान्विते
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | yaṃ kraṃdasi rājamāne taptabhāse guṇānvite
To that God, to you, let us make offering with oblation — whom the two (worlds, heaven and earth), resplendent, of burning brilliance, endowed with qualities,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.197
अभ्यैक्षेतां च मनसा अवश्यं श्रीश्च सर्वदा । यत्रास्ति सूर उदितो विभाति परमे पदे
abhyaikṣetāṃ ca manasā avaśyaṃ śrīśca sarvadā | yatrāsti sūra udito vibhāti parame pade
And with the mind (they) looked upon (him), and Śrī too, always without fail — where the sun stands risen, shining in the highest station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.198
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । यदापो बृहतीर्विश्व ब्रह्ममायं जनार्दनाः
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | yadāpo bṛhatīrviśva brahmamāyaṃ janārdanāḥ
To that god, to you, let us make offering with oblation — (you) from whom the vast, all-pervading waters (arose), whose substance is Brahman, O Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.199
गर्भं दधानाः सर्गेऽत्र जनयंतीरघौघकृत् । समवर्तत देवानामसुरेकोऽव्ययो विभुः
garbhaṃ dadhānāḥ sarge'tra janayaṃtīraghaughakṛt | samavartata devānāmasureko'vyayo vibhuḥ
(The waters), bearing the embryo in this creation, giving birth (to it), maker of the flood of ... — there arose the one imperishable, mighty lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.200
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । या आपो महिना दक्षं पर्यपश्यत्प्रजापतिम्
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | yā āpo mahinā dakṣaṃ paryapaśyatprajāpatim
To that god, to you, let us make offering with oblation — (you) whom the waters in their greatness beheld all around as the able one, as Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.201
यज्ञं दधानास्तत्रादौ जनयंतीर्हविः पुमान् । यो देवेष्वेक एवासीदधिदेवः परात्परः
yajñaṃ dadhānāstatrādau janayaṃtīrhaviḥ pumān | yo deveṣveka evāsīdadhidevaḥ parātparaḥ
(The waters,) bearing the sacrifice there at the beginning, generating the oblation — the Male who alone among the gods was the supreme god, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.202
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । मा नो हिंसीज्जनिता यः पृथिव्या अव्ययः पुमान्
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | mā no hiṃsījjanitā yaḥ pṛthivyā avyayaḥ pumān
To that god, to you, let us make offering with oblation — may he not harm us, the imperishable Male who is the begetter of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.203
यो वा दिवं सत्यधर्मा जजानाव्यय ईश्वरः । यश्चंद्रो बृहतीरपो जजान सकलं जगत्
yo vā divaṃ satyadharmā jajānāvyaya īśvaraḥ | yaścaṃdro bṛhatīrapo jajāna sakalaṃ jagat
(He) who, of true law, imperishable, the Lord, begot the sky; and who, (as) the moon, begot the vast waters and the whole world —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.204
तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । एतानि विश्वजातानि बभूव परिता प्रभो
tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam | etāni viśvajātāni babhūva paritā prabho
To that god, to you, let us make offering with oblation. These all-born things came into being, encompassed (by you), O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.205
त्वदुत्पन्नप्रजाध्यक्ष भविष्यद्भूतमच्युतः । यजामस्त्वां च यत्कामास्तन्नो अस्तु समासतः
tvadutpannaprajādhyakṣa bhaviṣyadbhūtamacyutaḥ | yajāmastvāṃ ca yatkāmāstanno astu samāsataḥ
O overseer of the creatures born from you, O imperishable one who is what shall be and what has been — we worship you; whatever we desire, let that be ours in full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.206
त्रयाणां पतयः स्याम तव कारुण्यवीक्षणात् । हिरण्मयाख्यः पुरुषो हिरण्यश्मश्रुकेशवान्
trayāṇāṃ patayaḥ syāma tava kāruṇyavīkṣaṇāt | hiraṇmayākhyaḥ puruṣo hiraṇyaśmaśrukeśavān
By your compassionate glance may we become lords of the three (worlds). The Person called Golden has golden beard and hair,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.207
आप्रणखात्सर्वं हिरण्यं सविता तु हिरण्यभाक् । असौ सर्वगतो ब्रह्मा यस्त्वादित्ये व्यवस्थितः
āpraṇakhātsarvaṃ hiraṇyaṃ savitā tu hiraṇyabhāk | asau sarvagato brahmā yastvāditye vyavasthitaḥ
down to his nail-tips all is gold; and Savitṛ has a share of gold. This all-pervading Brahmā is he who is established in the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.208
तद्वै देवस्य सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्ग उत्तमम् । सदा धीमहि ते रूपं धियो यो नः प्रभाति हि
tadvai devasya saviturvareṇyaṃ bharga uttamam | sadā dhīmahi te rūpaṃ dhiyo yo naḥ prabhāti hi
That most excellent, choicest radiance of the god Savitṛ — may we ever meditate on your form, (you) who indeed illumine our thoughts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.209
नमस्ते पुंडरीकाक्ष श्रीश सर्वेश केशव । वेदांतवेद्य यज्ञेश यज्ञरूप नमोस्तु ते
namaste puṃḍarīkākṣa śrīśa sarveśa keśava | vedāṃtavedya yajñeśa yajñarūpa namostu te
Homage to you, lotus-eyed one, lord of Śrī, lord of all, Keśava; O you to be known through the Vedānta, lord of sacrifice, whose form is sacrifice — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.210
नमस्ते वासुदेवाय गोपवेषाय ते नमः । तत्सर्वध्वंसनादेव अपराधं मया कृतम्
namaste vāsudevāya gopaveṣāya te namaḥ | tatsarvadhvaṃsanādeva aparādhaṃ mayā kṛtam
Homage to you, Vāsudeva; homage to you in cowherd's garb. Precisely by that destruction of everything an offence was committed by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.211
तत्क्षम्यतां जगन्नाथ घृणाब्धे पुरुषोत्तम । अल्पेनैव हि कालेन जहि कंसं दुरासदम् । देवानां हि हितं कृत्वा सुखेवस्थाय मेदिनीम्
tatkṣamyatāṃ jagannātha ghṛṇābdhe puruṣottama | alpenaiva hi kālena jahi kaṃsaṃ durāsadam | devānāṃ hi hitaṃ kṛtvā sukhevasthāya medinīm
Let that be forgiven, O Lord of the world, ocean of compassion, supreme Person. In but a short time slay the unassailable Kaṃsa; having done good to the gods, having settled the earth in happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.212
महादेव उवाच- इति संस्तुत्य गोविंदं सर्वदेवेश्वरो हरिः । सुधामृतेनाभ्यषिंचद्दिव्यांबरविभूषणैः
mahādeva uvāca- iti saṃstutya goviṃdaṃ sarvadeveśvaro hariḥ | sudhāmṛtenābhyaṣiṃcaddivyāṃbaravibhūṣaṇaiḥ
Mahādeva said: Having praised Govinda thus, Hari, the lord of all gods, anointed (him) with nectar-ambrosia, along with divine garments and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.213
अर्चयित्वा तु देवेशं जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः । गोपवृद्धाश्च गोप्यश्च दृष्ट्वा तत्र शतक्रतुम्
arcayitvā tu deveśaṃ jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ | gopavṛddhāśca gopyaśca dṛṣṭvā tatra śatakratum
And having worshipped the lord of gods, he went back to heaven. And the elder cowherds and the cowherd women, seeing Śatakratu (Indra) there —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.214
तेन ते पूजिताश्चैव प्रहर्षमतुलं ययुः । रामकृष्णौ महावीर्यौ दिव्याभरणभूषितौ
tena te pūjitāścaiva praharṣamatulaṃ yayuḥ | rāmakṛṣṇau mahāvīryau divyābharaṇabhūṣitau
honoured by him, they attained incomparable joy. And Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, of great valour, adorned with divine ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.215
नंदस्य गोव्रजे रम्ये सुसुखेनैव तस्थतुः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि नारदो मुनिसत्तमः
naṃdasya govraje ramye susukhenaiva tasthatuḥ | etasminnaṃtare devi nārado munisattamaḥ
dwelt most happily in Nanda's pleasant cow-pasture. Meanwhile, O Goddess, Nārada, the best of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.216
सहसा मथुरां गत्वा कंसस्यांतिकमाविशत् । राज्ञा संपूजितास्तत्र समासीनः शुभासने
sahasā mathurāṃ gatvā kaṃsasyāṃtikamāviśat | rājñā saṃpūjitāstatra samāsīnaḥ śubhāsane
going suddenly to Mathurā, entered into Kaṃsa's presence; duly honoured there by the king, seated on an auspicious seat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.217
सर्वं विज्ञापयामास चेष्टितं शार्ङ्गिणस्तदा । देवतानां समुद्योगं जन्म वै केशवस्य च
sarvaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa ceṣṭitaṃ śārṅgiṇastadā | devatānāṃ samudyogaṃ janma vai keśavasya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 6 245.218
तथा च वसुदेवेन पुत्रनिक्षेपणं व्रजे । निधनं राक्षसानां च सर्पराजविवासनम्
tathā ca vasudevena putranikṣepaṇaṃ vraje | nidhanaṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca sarparājavivāsanam
And likewise Vasudeva's placing of his son in Vraja, the slaying of the rākṣasas, and the banishing of the serpent king;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.219
धारणं गिरिवर्यस्य शतक्रतुसमागमम् । निवेदयित्वा कंसस्य सर्वं निरवशेषतः
dhāraṇaṃ girivaryasya śatakratusamāgamam | nivedayitvā kaṃsasya sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ
the holding up of the foremost of mountains, (and) the encounter with Śatakratu (Indra) — having reported all this to Kaṃsa without omitting anything,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.220
प्रययौ ब्रह्मभवनं पूजितस्तेन रक्षसा । कंसः समुद्विग्नमना मंत्रिभिः परिवेष्टितः
prayayau brahmabhavanaṃ pūjitastena rakṣasā | kaṃsaḥ samudvignamanā maṃtribhiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ
Honoured by that rākṣasa, (he) went off to Brahmā's abode; and Kaṃsa, his mind greatly agitated, (sat) surrounded by his ministers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.221
मंत्रयामास तैः साकमात्मनो निधनं प्रति । तत्र बुद्धिमतां श्रेष्ठमक्रूरं धर्मवत्सलम् । उवाचात्महितं कार्यं दानवेंद्रो महाबलः
maṃtrayāmāsa taiḥ sākamātmano nidhanaṃ prati | tatra buddhimatāṃ śreṣṭhamakrūraṃ dharmavatsalam | uvācātmahitaṃ kāryaṃ dānaveṃdro mahābalaḥ
He took counsel with them concerning his own destruction. There, to Akrūra, the best of the wise and devoted to dharma, the mighty lord of the Dānavas spoke of the task that was to his own benefit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.222
कंस उवाच- मद्भयात्त्रिदशाः सर्वे शतक्रतुपुरोगमाः । विष्णोः समीपमागत्य भयार्त्ताः शरणं गताः
kaṃsa uvāca- madbhayāttridaśāḥ sarve śatakratupurogamāḥ | viṣṇoḥ samīpamāgatya bhayārttāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
Kaṃsa said: Out of fear of me all the gods, with Śatakratu (Indra) at their head, having come into Viṣṇu's presence, afflicted by fear, took refuge (with him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.223
स तेषामभयं दत्वा भगवान्भूतभावनः । उत्पन्नो देवकीगर्भे मां हंतुं मधुसूदनः
sa teṣāmabhayaṃ datvā bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | utpanno devakīgarbhe māṃ haṃtuṃ madhusūdanaḥ
He, the Lord, the creator of beings, having granted them freedom from fear, has been born in Devakī's womb — Madhusūdana — to kill me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.224
वसुदेवोऽपि दुष्टात्मा वंचयित्वा तु मां निशि । पुत्रं निक्षिप्तवान्गेहे नंदस्य सुदुरात्मनः
vasudevo'pi duṣṭātmā vaṃcayitvā tu māṃ niśi | putraṃ nikṣiptavāngehe naṃdasya sudurātmanaḥ
"And Vasudeva too, that wicked soul, having deceived me in the night, placed his son in the house of Nanda, that very evil-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.225
बालेनैव दुराधर्षो विजघान महासुरान् । मां हंतुमपि संनद्धो भवेदेव न संशयः
bālenaiva durādharṣo vijaghāna mahāsurān | māṃ haṃtumapi saṃnaddho bhavedeva na saṃśayaḥ
Even as a child, unassailable, he slew great demons; he will surely be prepared to kill me too — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.226
स तु हंतुं न वै शक्तः सेंद्रैरपि सुरासुरैः । उपायेनैव हंतव्यः समानीय मया तदा
sa tu haṃtuṃ na vai śaktaḥ seṃdrairapi surāsuraiḥ | upāyenaiva haṃtavyaḥ samānīya mayā tadā
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 6 245.227
मदोत्कटैस्तु मातंगैर्मल्लैश्च वरवाजिभिः । येनकेनाप्युपायेन हंतुं शक्यमिहैव तु
madotkaṭaistu mātaṃgairmallaiśca varavājibhiḥ | yenakenāpyupāyena haṃtuṃ śakyamihaiva tu
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 6 245.228
तस्मात्त्वं गोव्रजं गत्वा कृष्णं रामं च यादव । सर्वान्गोपालवृद्धांश्च नंदगोपपुरोगमान् । उपभोक्तुं धनुर्यागामिहानय यदूत्तम
tasmāttvaṃ govrajaṃ gatvā kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ ca yādava | sarvāngopālavṛddhāṃśca naṃdagopapurogamān | upabhoktuṃ dhanuryāgāmihānaya yadūttama
"Therefore you, O Yādava, go to the cow-settlement and bring here Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, and all the elder cowherds headed by Nanda the cowherd, O best of the Yadus, to partake of the bow-sacrifice."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.229
महादेव उवाच-। तथेत्युक्त्वा यदुश्रेष्ठो रथमारुह्य वीर्यवान् । प्रययौ गोकुलं रम्यं कृष्णं संदर्शनोत्सुकः
mahādeva uvāca-| tathetyuktvā yaduśreṣṭho rathamāruhya vīryavān | prayayau gokulaṃ ramyaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ saṃdarśanotsukaḥ
Mahādeva said: Having said "So be it," the valiant best of the Yadus mounted his chariot and set out for the lovely Gokula, eager for the sight of Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.230
महाभागवतश्रेष्ठो गवां मध्ये व्यवस्थितम् । ददर्श कृष्णमक्लिष्टमक्रूरो विनयान्वितः
mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho gavāṃ madhye vyavasthitam | dadarśa kṛṣṇamakliṣṭamakrūro vinayānvitaḥ
Akrūra, foremost among the great devotees, filled with humility, saw Kṛṣṇa the untiring one standing in the midst of the cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.231
नीलनीरदसंकाशं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । पद्मपत्रं विशालाक्षं दीर्घबाहुमनामयम्
nīlanīradasaṃkāśaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam | padmapatraṃ viśālākṣaṃ dīrghabāhumanāmayam
(He saw him) resembling a dark rain-cloud, adorned with every ornament, with wide eyes like lotus petals, long-armed, free of any ailment;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.232
पीतवस्त्रेण संवीतं सर्वावयवसुंदरम् । कौस्तुभोद्भासितोरस्कं रत्नकुंडलशोभितम्
pītavastreṇa saṃvītaṃ sarvāvayavasuṃdaram | kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaṃ ratnakuṃḍalaśobhitam
Wrapped in a yellow garment, beautiful in every limb, his chest lit up by the Kaustubha (jewel), adorned with jewelled earrings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.233
तुलसीवनमालाढ्यं वन्यपुष्पावतंसकम् । गोपकन्यापरिवृतं दृष्ट्वा तत्र जनार्दनम्
tulasīvanamālāḍhyaṃ vanyapuṣpāvataṃsakam | gopakanyāparivṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra janārdanam
Rich with a garland of tulasī leaves, wearing wild flowers as ear-ornaments, surrounded by the cowherds' daughters — having seen Janārdana there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.234
पुलकांकितसर्वांगो हर्षाश्रुप्लुतलोचनः । अवरुह्य रथात्तस्मात्प्रणनाम यदूद्वहः
pulakāṃkitasarvāṃgo harṣāśruplutalocanaḥ | avaruhya rathāttasmātpraṇanāma yadūdvahaḥ
With all his limbs marked by bristling hair and his eyes flooded with tears of joy, the foremost of the Yadus stepped down from that chariot and bowed low.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.235
हर्षात्समेत्य गोपालं परिणीय प्रणम्य च । रक्तारविंदसदृशौ वज्रचक्राङ्कचिह्नितौ
harṣātsametya gopālaṃ pariṇīya praṇamya ca | raktāraviṃdasadṛśau vajracakrāṅkacihnitau
Out of joy, having come up to Gopāla, having led (him) around and bowed down, (he took) the two (feet) that resemble red lotuses, marked with the signs of the thunderbolt and the discus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.236
स्वमूर्ध्नि धृत्वा पादाब्जौ प्रणनाम पुनः पुनः । कैलासशिखराभासं नीलांबरधरं प्रभुम्
svamūrdhni dhṛtvā pādābjau praṇanāma punaḥ punaḥ | kailāsaśikharābhāsaṃ nīlāṃbaradharaṃ prabhum
Placing (his) lotus-feet on his own head, he bowed again and again; (then he beheld) the Lord, shining like the peak of Kailāsa, wearing dark-blue garments —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.237
शरत्पूर्णेंदुसदृशं मुक्तादामविभूषितम् । बलरामं ततो दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम स यादवः
śaratpūrṇeṃdusadṛśaṃ muktādāmavibhūṣitam | balarāmaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma sa yādavaḥ
Then, seeing Balarāma, who resembled the full moon of autumn and was adorned with a string of pearls, that Yādava bowed down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.238
हर्षेणोत्थाप्य तौ वीरौ परिगृह्य यदूत्तमौ । गृहमाजग्मतुर्वीरौ तेनाक्रूरेण वृष्णिना
harṣeṇotthāpya tau vīrau parigṛhya yadūttamau | gṛhamājagmaturvīrau tenākrūreṇa vṛṣṇinā
Raising the two heroes up with joy and embracing them, the two heroes, best of the Yadus, went home with that Akrūra of the Vṛṣṇi clan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.239
नंदगोपस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा यदुश्रेष्ठं समागतम् । अभिगम्य महातेजा निवेश्य परमासने
naṃdagopastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā yaduśreṣṭhaṃ samāgatam | abhigamya mahātejā niveśya paramāsane
But Nandagopa, seeing that best of the Yadus arrived, approached him, and, greatly splendid, seated him on an excellent seat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.240
अर्चयामास विधिवदर्घ्यपाद्यादिभिर्मुदा । वस्त्रैः समर्हणैर्दिव्यैरर्चयामास भक्तितः
arcayāmāsa vidhivadarghyapādyādibhirmudā | vastraiḥ samarhaṇairdivyairarcayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ
and worshipped (him) according to rule, gladly, with water for guest and feet and the rest; with garments and with divine offerings he worshipped (him) devotedly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.241
अक्रूरो रामकृष्णाभ्यां वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च । प्रददौ नंदगोपाय यशोदायै च यादवः
akrūro rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca | pradadau naṃdagopāya yaśodāyai ca yādavaḥ
Akrūra the Yādava gave garments and ornaments, (received) from Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, to Nandagopa and to Yaśodā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.242
पृष्ट्वा कुशलमव्यग्रमासीनस्तु कुशासने । राजकार्याणि सर्वाणि संपृष्टोवाच बुद्धिमान्
pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyagramāsīnastu kuśāsane | rājakāryāṇi sarvāṇi saṃpṛṣṭovāca buddhimān
Having inquired after their welfare, seated unperturbed on a seat of kuśa grass, the wise one, when asked about all the king's business, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.243
अक्रूर उवाच- एष कृष्णो महातेजास्साक्षान्नारायणोऽव्ययः । देवतानां हितार्थाय साधूनां रक्षणाय च
akrūra uvāca- eṣa kṛṣṇo mahātejāssākṣānnārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ | devatānāṃ hitārthāya sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca
Akrūra said: This Kṛṣṇa of great splendour is Nārāyaṇa himself, the imperishable, (come) for the good of the gods and for the protection of the good,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.244
भूभारकविनाशाय धर्मसंस्थापनाय च । कंसादीनां तु दैत्यानां सर्वेषां निधनाय च
bhūbhārakavināśāya dharmasaṃsthāpanāya ca | kaṃsādīnāṃ tu daityānāṃ sarveṣāṃ nidhanāya ca
for the destruction of the earth's burden and for the establishment of dharma, and for the slaying of all the demons, Kaṃsa and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.245
संप्रार्थितः सुरगणैर्मुनिभिश्च महात्मभिः । देवकीजठरे जातः प्रावृट्काले महानिशि
saṃprārthitaḥ suragaṇairmunibhiśca mahātmabhiḥ | devakījaṭhare jātaḥ prāvṛṭkāle mahāniśi
Entreated by the hosts of gods and by the great-souled sages, he was born from Devakī's womb in the rainy season, in the depth of night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.246
भयात्कंसस्य देवेशमानीयानकदुंदुभिः । तव गेहे तदा रात्रौ पुत्रं निःक्षिप्तवान्हरिम्
bhayātkaṃsasya deveśamānīyānakaduṃdubhiḥ | tava gehe tadā rātrau putraṃ niḥkṣiptavānharim
Out of fear of Kaṃsa, Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva) brought the lord of gods and then, that night, placed the son Hari in your house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.247
तस्मिन्नेव तु कालेऽपि यशोदा तु यशस्विनी । कन्यां मायांशसंभूतां प्रसूता तु शुभाननाम्
tasminneva tu kāle'pi yaśodā tu yaśasvinī | kanyāṃ māyāṃśasaṃbhūtāṃ prasūtā tu śubhānanām
At that very same time, the glorious Yaśodā gave birth to a girl of lovely face, arisen from a portion of Māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.248
तया संमोहितं सर्वमिदं व्रजकुलं शुभम् । मूर्च्छिताया यशोदायाः शयने यदुपुङ्गवम्
tayā saṃmohitaṃ sarvamidaṃ vrajakulaṃ śubham | mūrcchitāyā yaśodāyāḥ śayane yadupuṅgavam
By her this whole fair community of the cowherd camp was bewildered; on the bed of the swooning Yaśodā (he placed) that bull of the Yadus—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.249
कृष्णं निक्षिप्य तां कन्यामादाय स्वगृहं ययौ । तां तु निक्षिप्य देवक्याः शयने बहिरागमत्
kṛṣṇaṃ nikṣipya tāṃ kanyāmādāya svagṛhaṃ yayau | tāṃ tu nikṣipya devakyāḥ śayane bahirāgamat
having placed Kṛṣṇa (there) and taken that girl, he went to his own house; and having placed her on Devakī's bed, he went outside.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.250
सा रुरोद ततः क्षिप्र देवकीशयने स्थिता । तच्छ्रुत्वा सहसा कंसः कन्यामादाय सुव्रत २५० 6.245.
sā ruroda tataḥ kṣipra devakīśayane sthitā | tacchrutvā sahasā kaṃsaḥ kanyāmādāya suvrata 250 6.245.
Then she, lying on Devakī's bed, quickly cried out. Hearing that, Kaṃsa at once seized the girl, O you of good vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.251
भ्रामयित्वा शिलापृष्ठे चिक्षेपोत्पत्य वीर्यवान् । समुत्थाय च सा कन्या सायुधाष्टभुजान्विता । गगनस्था रुषा कंसं प्राह गंभीरया गिरा
bhrāmayitvā śilāpṛṣṭhe cikṣepotpatya vīryavān | samutthāya ca sā kanyā sāyudhāṣṭabhujānvitā | gaganasthā ruṣā kaṃsaṃ prāha gaṃbhīrayā girā
and the mighty one, whirling her about, sprang up and hurled her onto the surface of a rock. But that girl rose up, endowed with eight arms bearing weapons, and, standing in the sky, spoke to Kaṃsa in wrath with a deep voice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.252
कन्योवाच- योऽनंतः सर्वदेवानामीश्वरः पुरुषोत्तमः । यातस्तव वधार्थाय गोव्रजे दानवाधम
kanyovāca- yo'naṃtaḥ sarvadevānāmīśvaraḥ puruṣottamaḥ | yātastava vadhārthāya govraje dānavādhama
The girl said: He who is Ananta, the lord of all the gods, the supreme Person, has gone into the cow-camp for the sake of killing you, O basest of demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.253
अक्रूर उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा सा महामाया हिमवंतं समाययौ । तदाप्रभृति दुष्टात्मा भयादुद्विग्नमानसः
akrūra uvāca- ityuktvā sā mahāmāyā himavaṃtaṃ samāyayau | tadāprabhṛti duṣṭātmā bhayādudvignamānasaḥ
Akrūra said: Having said this, that great Māyā went off to the Himālaya. From then on the evil-souled one, his mind agitated with fear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.254
दानवान्प्रेषयामास निधनाय महात्मनः । बालेनैव हताः सर्वे लीलयानेन धीमता
dānavānpreṣayāmāsa nidhanāya mahātmanaḥ | bālenaiva hatāḥ sarve līlayānena dhīmatā
sent demons to kill the great-souled one; all were slain, in play, by this wise one while still a child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.255
अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि कृतवान्परमेश्वरः । गोवर्द्धनादिधरणं नागराजविवासनम्
atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṛtavānparameśvaraḥ | govarddhanādidharaṇaṃ nāgarājavivāsanam
The supreme Lord performed most wondrous deeds: the lifting of Govardhana and the rest, the banishing of the serpent king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.256
समागमं महेंद्रस्य निधनं सर्वरक्षसाम् । श्रुत्वा देवर्षिणा ख्यातमतीव भयपीडितः
samāgamaṃ maheṃdrasya nidhanaṃ sarvarakṣasām | śrutvā devarṣiṇā khyātamatīva bhayapīḍitaḥ
the meeting with great Indra, the slaying of all the demons—hearing (this), made known by the divine sage, he was exceedingly afflicted with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.257
इतो नीत्वा महाबाहू रामकृष्णौ दुरासदौ । मदोत्कटैर्महानागैर्मल्लैर्वा हंतुमुद्यतः
ito nītvā mahābāhū rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau | madotkaṭairmahānāgairmallairvā haṃtumudyataḥ
"Having taken from here the two mighty-armed, unassailable ones, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, he is bent on killing (them) by means of great elephants frenzied with rut, or by wrestlers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.258
कृष्णस्यानयनार्थाय प्रेरयामास मामिह । वसुदेवस्य दुष्टात्मा निग्रहं कृतवानसौ
kṛṣṇasyānayanārthāya prerayāmāsa māmiha | vasudevasya duṣṭātmā nigrahaṃ kṛtavānasau
He has sent me here for the purpose of bringing Kṛṣṇa; that evil-souled one has laid restraint upon Vasudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.259
एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं चेष्टितं सुदुरात्मनः । उपभोक्तुं धनुर्यागं यूयं सर्वे व्रजौकसः
etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ sudurātmanaḥ | upabhoktuṃ dhanuryāgaṃ yūyaṃ sarve vrajaukasaḥ
All this doing of that very wicked one has been told (to you); all of you dwellers of Vraja (are to come) to partake of the bow-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.260
दध्याज्यादिगृहीत्वा वै श्वोभूते गंतुमर्हथ । सहिता रामकृष्णाभ्यां गोपाः सर्वे तदंतिकम्
dadhyājyādigṛhītvā vai śvobhūte gaṃtumarhatha | sahitā rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ gopāḥ sarve tadaṃtikam
Taking curds, ghee and the rest, you should indeed set out tomorrow: all the cowherds, together with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, (should go) into his presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.261
कृष्णेन निहतः कंसो भविष्यति न संशयः । परित्यज्य भयं तस्माद्गमिष्यध्वं नृपाज्ञया
kṛṣṇena nihataḥ kaṃso bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | parityajya bhayaṃ tasmādgamiṣyadhvaṃ nṛpājñayā
Kaṃsa will be slain by Kṛṣṇa—there is no doubt. Therefore, abandoning fear, you shall go by the king's command."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.262
ईश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा स तदाक्रूरस्तूष्णीमासीत्सुबुद्धिमान् । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दारुणं रोमहर्षणम्
īśvara uvāca- ityuktvā sa tadākrūrastūṣṇīmāsītsubuddhimān | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam
The Lord said: Having spoken thus, that most intelligent Akrūra then fell silent. Hearing that speech of his, terrible and hair-raising,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.263
नंदगोपमुखाः सर्वे गोपवृद्धा भयातुराः । अभाषिरे महादुःखसागरे शोकमोहिताः
naṃdagopamukhāḥ sarve gopavṛddhā bhayāturāḥ | abhāṣire mahāduḥkhasāgare śokamohitāḥ
all the elders of the cowherds, headed by Nanda the cowherd, distressed with fear, spoke, bewildered with grief in a great ocean of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.264
तानाश्वास्य हरिस्तत्र दृष्ट्वा कमललोचनः । न भीः कार्येति संप्राह राक्षसं प्रति वीर्यवान्
tānāśvāsya haristatra dṛṣṭvā kamalalocanaḥ | na bhīḥ kāryeti saṃprāha rākṣasaṃ prati vīryavān
Seeing them there, the lotus-eyed Hari, the valorous one, reassured them and said, "No fear should be had of the demon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.265
विनाशाय प्रयास्यामि कंसस्यास्य दुरात्मनः । मथुरां सह रामेण भवद्भिः सह संगतः
vināśāya prayāsyāmi kaṃsasyāsya durātmanaḥ | mathurāṃ saha rāmeṇa bhavadbhiḥ saha saṃgataḥ
I shall go to Mathurā with Rāma, in company with you, for the destruction of this evil-souled Kaṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.266
तत्र हत्वा दुरात्मानं कंसं दानवपुंगवम् । सर्वांश्च राक्षसान्हत्वा पालयिष्यामि मेदिनीम्
tatra hatvā durātmānaṃ kaṃsaṃ dānavapuṃgavam | sarvāṃśca rākṣasānhatvā pālayiṣyāmi medinīm
There, having slain the evil-souled Kaṃsa, that bull among Dānavas, and having slain all the demons, I shall protect the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.267
तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज्य गच्छध्वं मथुरां पुरीम् । एवमुक्तास्तु हरिणा गोपानंदपुरोगमाः
tasmācchokaṃ parityajya gacchadhvaṃ mathurāṃ purīm | evamuktāstu hariṇā gopānaṃdapurogamāḥ
Therefore, abandoning grief, go to the city of Mathurā." Thus addressed by Hari, the cowherds led by Nanda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.268
मुहुर्मुहुः परिष्वज्य मूर्द्धघ्राणं प्रचक्रिरे । अप्रमेयानि कर्माणि विचार्य सुमहात्मनः
muhurmuhuḥ pariṣvajya mūrddhaghrāṇaṃ pracakrire | aprameyāni karmāṇi vicārya sumahātmanaḥ
again and again embracing (him), performed the smelling of his head, reflecting on the immeasurable deeds of that very great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.269
अक्रूरवचनाच्चैव गोपाः सर्वे गतव्यथाः । दुग्धदध्याज्ययुक्तानि शुचीनि विविधानि च
akrūravacanāccaiva gopāḥ sarve gatavyathāḥ | dugdhadadhyājyayuktāni śucīni vividhāni ca
And by Akrūra's words all the cowherds became free of anguish; and (foods) furnished with milk, curds and ghee, pure and of various kinds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.270
पक्वान्नानि सुहृद्यानि स्वादूनि मधुराणि च । अक्रूराय ददौ सौम्यं यशोदा भोजनं बहु
pakvānnāni suhṛdyāni svādūni madhurāṇi ca | akrūrāya dadau saumyaṃ yaśodā bhojanaṃ bahu
cooked dishes, pleasing, tasty and sweet—Yaśodā gave Akrūra much gentle food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.271
सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यां नंदाद्यैर्गोपसत्तमैः । सुहृद्भिर्बालवृद्धैश्च भवने समलंकृते
sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ naṃdādyairgopasattamaiḥ | suhṛdbhirbālavṛddhaiśca bhavane samalaṃkṛte
Together with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, with Nanda and the other foremost cowherds, with friends and with young and old, in the well-adorned house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.272
दत्तं यशोदया सौम्यं भोजनं कलुषापहम् । बुभुजे यादवश्रेष्ठो ह्यन्नं रोगापहं शुभम्
dattaṃ yaśodayā saumyaṃ bhojanaṃ kaluṣāpaham | bubhuje yādavaśreṣṭho hyannaṃ rogāpahaṃ śubham
the best of the Yādavas ate the gentle, impurity-removing food given by Yaśodā—auspicious fare that drives away disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.273
भोजयित्वा यथान्यायं दत्त्वा च मनमंभसा । सकर्पूरं सतांबूलं ददौ तस्मै दृढव्रता
bhojayitvā yathānyāyaṃ dattvā ca manamaṃbhasā | sakarpūraṃ satāṃbūlaṃ dadau tasmai dṛḍhavratā
Having fed (him) as is fitting and given water for (rinsing), she of firm vows gave him betel with camphor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.274
अस्तंयाते दिनकरे संध्यामन्वास्य यादवः । सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यां भुक्त्वा क्षीरान्नमुत्तमम्
astaṃyāte dinakare saṃdhyāmanvāsya yādavaḥ | sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ bhuktvā kṣīrānnamuttamam
When the sun had set, the Yādava, having attended to the twilight rite, together with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, having eaten excellent milk-rice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.275
ताभ्यामेव तदाक्रूरः शयनं समुपाविशत् । तस्मिंस्तु भवने श्रेष्ठे रम्ये दीपविराजिते
tābhyāmeva tadākrūraḥ śayanaṃ samupāviśat | tasmiṃstu bhavane śreṣṭhe ramye dīpavirājite
Akrūra then went to his bed with those two, in that finest house, delightful and shining with lamps,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.276
श्लक्ष्णे विचित्रपर्यंके नानापुष्पविराजिते । तस्मिन्शेते हरिः कृष्णः शेषे नारायणो यथा
ślakṣṇe vicitraparyaṃke nānāpuṣpavirājite | tasminśete hariḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śeṣe nārāyaṇo yathā
on a smooth, variegated couch resplendent with many flowers—on it lies Hari Kṛṣṇa, as Nārāyaṇa upon Śeṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.277
तं दृष्ट्वा सहसाऽक्रूरो हर्षाश्रुपुलकांकितः । विहाय तामसीं निद्रां सुश्रेयः समुदीक्ष्य वै
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā'krūro harṣāśrupulakāṃkitaḥ | vihāya tāmasīṃ nidrāṃ suśreyaḥ samudīkṣya vai
Seeing him, Akrūra at once, marked with tears of joy and bristling hair, cast off his dark sleep and gazed upon (that) great blessing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.278
पादसंवाहनं विष्णोश्चक्रे भागवतोत्तमः । एतावता मे साफल्यं जीवितं च सुजीवितम्
pādasaṃvāhanaṃ viṣṇoścakre bhāgavatottamaḥ | etāvatā me sāphalyaṃ jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam
That best of devotees performed the rubbing of Viṣṇu's feet: "By just this much my life has borne fruit and is well lived."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.279
इदं त्रैलोक्यमैश्वर्यमिदं वै सुखमुत्तमम् । इदं राज्यमिदं धर्म्यमिदं मोक्षसुखं परम्
idaṃ trailokyamaiśvaryamidaṃ vai sukhamuttamam | idaṃ rājyamidaṃ dharmyamidaṃ mokṣasukhaṃ param
"This is the sovereignty over the three worlds, this indeed is the highest happiness; this is kingship, this is righteous, this is the supreme bliss of liberation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.280
न शक्यं मनसा स्मर्तुं शिवब्रह्मादिदैवतैः । सनकाद्यैर्मुनींद्रैस्तु वसिष्ठाद्यैर्महर्षिभिः
na śakyaṃ manasā smartuṃ śivabrahmādidaivataiḥ | sanakādyairmunīṃdraistu vasiṣṭhādyairmaharṣibhiḥ
"It cannot be even called to mind by the gods beginning with Śiva and Brahmā, nor by the chief sages Sanaka and the rest, nor by the great seers Vasiṣṭha and the others—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.281
तच्छ्रीशस्य पदद्वंद्वं शरदंबुरुहोज्ज्वलम् । संस्पृष्टमिंदिरा लक्ष्म्या कराभ्यां सुसुखं परम्
tacchrīśasya padadvaṃdvaṃ śaradaṃburuhojjvalam | saṃspṛṣṭamiṃdirā lakṣmyā karābhyāṃ susukhaṃ param
"—that pair of feet of the Lord of Śrī, radiant as autumn lotuses, touched by Indirā, by Lakṣmī, with her two hands, most delightful, supreme."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.282
दिष्ट्या लब्धं मया विष्णोः श्रीपादाब्जयुगं शुभम् । व्यतीता सा क्षणाद्रात्रिस्तब्रह्मानंदगौरवात्
diṣṭyā labdhaṃ mayā viṣṇoḥ śrīpādābjayugaṃ śubham | vyatītā sā kṣaṇādrātristabrahmānaṃdagauravāt
"By good fortune the auspicious pair of Viṣṇu's blessed lotus feet has been obtained by me; that night passed in a moment, through the weight of that bliss of brahman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.283
ततः प्रभाते विमले दिवि देवगणोत्तमैः । संस्तूयमानो बुबुधे तस्मात्तु शयनाद्धरिः
tataḥ prabhāte vimale divi devagaṇottamaiḥ | saṃstūyamāno bubudhe tasmāttu śayanāddhariḥ
Then, at clear dawn, Hari, being praised in the sky by the foremost hosts of gods, awoke from that bed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.284
उपस्पृश्य यथान्यायं सह रामेण धीमता । पपात पादयोर्मातुः प्रयाणं चाभ्यरोचयत्
upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṃ saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā | papāta pādayormātuḥ prayāṇaṃ cābhyarocayat
Having touched (water) as prescribed, together with wise Rāma, he fell at his mother's feet and consented to the departure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.285
समुत्थाप्य यशोदा तु दुःखहर्षसमन्विता । अश्रुपूर्णमुखी पुत्रौ प्रेम्णा संपरिषस्वजे
samutthāpya yaśodā tu duḥkhaharṣasamanvitā | aśrupūrṇamukhī putrau premṇā saṃpariṣasvaje
But Yaśodā, raising (them) up, filled with grief and joy, her face full of tears, embraced her two sons with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.286
आशिषं प्रददौ देवी तनयाभ्यां दृढव्रता । विससर्ज महावीरौ समालिङ्ग्य मुहुर्मुहुः
āśiṣaṃ pradadau devī tanayābhyāṃ dṛḍhavratā | visasarja mahāvīrau samāliṅgya muhurmuhuḥ
The lady of firm vows gave a blessing to her two sons, and embracing the two great heroes again and again, she let (them) go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.287
अक्रूरोऽपि यशोदायै प्रणम्य प्राह सांजलि
akrūro'pi yaśodāyai praṇamya prāha sāṃjali
Akrūra too, bowing to Yaśodā, spoke with joined palms:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.288
अक्रूर उवाच- प्रयास्यामि महाभागे प्रसादं कुरु मेऽनघे । एष कृष्णो महाबाहुः कंसं हत्वा महाबलम्
akrūra uvāca- prayāsyāmi mahābhāge prasādaṃ kuru me'naghe | eṣa kṛṣṇo mahābāhuḥ kaṃsaṃ hatvā mahābalam
Akrūra said: "I shall go, greatly fortunate one; be gracious to me, sinless one. This mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa, having slain the very strong Kaṃsa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.289
सर्वस्य जगतो राजा भविष्यति न संशयः । तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज्य सुखी भव वरानने
sarvasya jagato rājā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | tasmācchokaṃ parityajya sukhī bhava varānane
will become king of the whole world—there is no doubt. Therefore, abandoning sorrow, be happy, fair-faced one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.290
ईश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्तया तयाऽक्रूरो विसृष्टो यदुसत्तमः । सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यामारुरोह रथोत्तमम्
īśvara uvāca- ityuktayā tayā'krūro visṛṣṭo yadusattamaḥ | sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāmāruroha rathottamam
The Lord said: When she had spoken thus, Akrūra, best of the Yadus, being dismissed, mounted the excellent chariot together with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.291
प्रययौ मथुरां शीघ्रं स्तूयमानोऽप्सरोगणैः । नंदगोपमुखाः सर्वे गोपवृद्धास्तमन्वयुः
prayayau mathurāṃ śīghraṃ stūyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ | naṃdagopamukhāḥ sarve gopavṛddhāstamanvayuḥ
He went swiftly to Mathurā, praised by the hosts of apsarases; all the elder cowherds, headed by Nanda the cowherd, followed him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.292
पुनर्गृहीत्वा दध्याज्यं फलानि विविधानि च । तं प्रयांतं हरिं दृष्ट्वा गोकुलाद्गोपयोषितः
punargṛhītvā dadhyājyaṃ phalāni vividhāni ca | taṃ prayāṃtaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā gokulādgopayoṣitaḥ
having again taken up curds and ghee and various fruits. Seeing that Hari departing, the cowherd women from the cow-station
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.293
अनुजग्मुर्विनिष्क्रांतं रथस्थं मधुसूदनम् । निवर्त्तयामास हरिस्ताः सर्वा गोपयोषितः
anujagmurviniṣkrāṃtaṃ rathasthaṃ madhusūdanam | nivarttayāmāsa haristāḥ sarvā gopayoṣitaḥ
followed Madhusūdana, seated in the chariot, as he set out. Hari turned back all those cowherd women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.294
शोकसंतप्तहृदया विलेपुः कमलेक्षणम् । हा कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्णेति गोविंदेत्यरुदन्मुहुः
śokasaṃtaptahṛdayā vilepuḥ kamalekṣaṇam | hā kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti goviṃdetyarudanmuhuḥ
With hearts scorched by grief they lamented for the lotus-eyed one: "Alas, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa!" "O Govinda!" they wept again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.295
अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणादीना रुदंत्यस्तत्र संस्थिताः । अथाक्रूरो रथं दिव्यं चोदयामास गोव्रजात्
aśrupūrṇekṣaṇādīnā rudaṃtyastatra saṃsthitāḥ | athākrūro rathaṃ divyaṃ codayāmāsa govrajāt
With eyes full of tears and wretched, weeping, they remained there. Then Akrūra drove the divine chariot out from the cow-station,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.296
सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यां मथुरां प्रति यादवः । उत्तीर्य यमुनां शीघ्रं कूले स्थाप्य रथोत्तमम्
sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ mathurāṃ prati yādavaḥ | uttīrya yamunāṃ śīghraṃ kūle sthāpya rathottamam
the Yādava, together with Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, toward Mathurā. Having quickly crossed the Yamunā and halted the excellent chariot on the bank,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.297
अवरुह्य रथात्तस्मात्स्नातुं तत्रोपचक्रमे । तथा चावश्यकं कर्तुं निमज्ज्याथ जले शुभे
avaruhya rathāttasmātsnātuṃ tatropacakrame | tathā cāvaśyakaṃ kartuṃ nimajjyātha jale śubhe
Getting down from that chariot, he began to bathe there, and to do what was necessary; then, having plunged into the auspicious water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.298
तत्राघमर्षणं सम्यग्जपन्भागवतोत्तमः । ददर्श तौ जले तत्र रामकृष्णौ शुभान्वितौ
tatrāghamarṣaṇaṃ samyagjapanbhāgavatottamaḥ | dadarśa tau jale tatra rāmakṛṣṇau śubhānvitau
There, while properly reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa (hymn), that best of devotees saw the two of them, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, endowed with auspiciousness, there in the water:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.299
शरत्कोटींदुसंकाशं नीलांबरधरं प्रभुम् । दिव्यचंदनदिग्धांगं मौक्तिकाभरणच्छविम्
śaratkoṭīṃdusaṃkāśaṃ nīlāṃbaradharaṃ prabhum | divyacaṃdanadigdhāṃgaṃ mauktikābharaṇacchavim
(He saw) the Lord, resembling ten million autumn moons, wearing dark blue garments, his limbs smeared with divine sandal paste, gleaming with pearl ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.300
रक्तारविंदनयनं पुडंरीकावतंसकम् । रामं ददर्श कृष्णं च नीलनीरदसन्निभम् ३०० 6.245.
raktāraviṃdanayanaṃ puḍaṃrīkāvataṃsakam | rāmaṃ dadarśa kṛṣṇaṃ ca nīlanīradasannibham 300 6.245.
with eyes like red lotuses, wearing a lotus as an ear-ornament — thus he saw Rāma; and (he saw) Kṛṣṇa, like a dark rain-cloud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.301
दिव्यपीतांबरधरं पुंडरीकायतेक्षणम् । हरिचंदनलिप्तांगं नानारत्नविभूषितम्
divyapītāṃbaradharaṃ puṃḍarīkāyatekṣaṇam | haricaṃdanaliptāṃgaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitam
wearing a divine yellow garment, with long eyes like lotuses, his limbs anointed with yellow sandal paste, adorned with various jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.302
दृष्ट्वा तत्र यदुश्रेष्ठो विस्मयं परमंगतः । उत्थाय स्यंदने तत्र तौ ददर्श महाबलौ
dṛṣṭvā tatra yaduśreṣṭho vismayaṃ paramaṃgataḥ | utthāya syaṃdane tatra tau dadarśa mahābalau
Having seen (them) there, the best of the Yadus reached the highest amazement; rising up, he saw those two of great strength there in the chariot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.303
पुनरप्यत्र निर्मज्ज्य जपन्मंत्रद्वयं हरिम् । सुधाब्धौ शेषपर्यंके रमया सहितं हरिम्
punarapyatra nirmajjya japanmaṃtradvayaṃ harim | sudhābdhau śeṣaparyaṃke ramayā sahitaṃ harim
Plunging in there once more, reciting the two mantras (to) Hari, (he saw) Hari on the couch of Śeṣa in the ocean of nectar, together with Ramā (Lakṣmī),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.304
सनकाद्यैस्तूयमानं सर्वैर्देवैरुपासितम् । दृष्ट्वा तस्मिन्जले देवं विस्मयं परमं ययौ । तुष्टावाथ यदुश्रेष्ठो हरिं सर्वगमीश्वरम्
sanakādyaistūyamānaṃ sarvairdevairupāsitam | dṛṣṭvā tasminjale devaṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau | tuṣṭāvātha yaduśreṣṭho hariṃ sarvagamīśvaram
being praised by Sanaka and the others, worshipped by all the gods — having seen the god in that water, he reached the highest amazement; then the best of the Yadus praised Hari, the all-pervading Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.305
अक्रूर उवाच- कालात्मने नमस्तुभ्यमनादिनिधनाय च । अव्यक्ताय नमस्तुभ्यमविकाराय ते नमः
akrūra uvāca- kālātmane namastubhyamanādinidhanāya ca | avyaktāya namastubhyamavikārāya te namaḥ
Akrūra said: Homage to you, whose self is Time, and who are without beginning or end; homage to you, the unmanifest; homage to you, the changeless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.306
भूतभर्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं भूतव्याघ्र नमो नमः । नमस्ते सर्वभूतानां नियन्त्रे परमात्मने
bhūtabhartre namastubhyaṃ bhūtavyāghra namo namaḥ | namaste sarvabhūtānāṃ niyantre paramātmane
Homage to you, the supporter of beings; homage, homage, O tiger among beings! Homage to you, the controller of all beings, the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.307
विकारायाविकाराय प्रत्यक्षपुरुषाय च । गुणभर्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं नियमाय नमो नमः
vikārāyāvikārāya pratyakṣapuruṣāya ca | guṇabhartre namastubhyaṃ niyamāya namo namaḥ
To the changing and the changeless, and to the Person who is directly perceived; homage to you, the supporter of the qualities; homage, homage to (you who are) restraint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.308
देशकालादिनिर्भेदरहिताय परात्मने । अनंताय नमस्तुभ्यमच्युताय नमो नमः
deśakālādinirbhedarahitāya parātmane | anaṃtāya namastubhyamacyutāya namo namaḥ
To the supreme Self, free of any division by place, time, and the rest; homage to you, the endless; homage, homage to the imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.309
गोविंदाय नमस्तुभ्यं त्रयीनाथाय शार्ङ्गिणे । नारायणाय विश्वाय वासुदेवाय ते नमः
goviṃdāya namastubhyaṃ trayīnāthāya śārṅgiṇe | nārāyaṇāya viśvāya vāsudevāya te namaḥ
Homage to you, Govinda, lord of the three Vedas, bearer of the Śārṅga bow; homage to you, Nārāyaṇa, the universe, Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.310
विष्णवे पुरुरूपाय शाश्वताय नमो नमः । पद्मनेत्राय नित्याय शंखचक्रधराय च
viṣṇave pururūpāya śāśvatāya namo namaḥ | padmanetrāya nityāya śaṃkhacakradharāya ca
Homage, homage to Viṣṇu, of many forms, everlasting; to the lotus-eyed, the eternal, and to the bearer of the conch and discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.311
उद्यत्कोटिरविप्रख्य भूषणांचित वर्चसे । हरये सर्वलोकानामीश्वराय नमो नमः
udyatkoṭiraviprakhya bhūṣaṇāṃcita varcase | haraye sarvalokānāmīśvarāya namo namaḥ
To him whose radiance, made brilliant by his ornaments, is like ten million rising suns; homage, homage to Hari, the lord of all worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.312
सवित्रे सर्वजगतां बीजाय परमात्मने । संकर्षणाय कृष्णाय प्रद्युम्नाय नमो नमः
savitre sarvajagatāṃ bījāya paramātmane | saṃkarṣaṇāya kṛṣṇāya pradyumnāya namo namaḥ
To the begetter, the seed of all the worlds, the supreme Self; homage, homage to Saṃkarṣaṇa, to Kṛṣṇa, to Pradyumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.313
अनिरुद्धाय धात्रे च विधात्रे विश्वयोनये । सहस्रमूर्त्तये तुभ्यं बहुमूर्द्धांघ्रिबाहवे
aniruddhāya dhātre ca vidhātre viśvayonaye | sahasramūrttaye tubhyaṃ bahumūrddhāṃghribāhave
To Aniruddha, and to the establisher and the ordainer, the womb of the universe; to you of a thousand forms, with many heads, feet, and arms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.314
सहस्रनाम्ने नित्याय पुरुषाय नमो नमः । नमस्ते नागपर्यंकशायिने सौम्यरूपिणे
sahasranāmne nityāya puruṣāya namo namaḥ | namaste nāgaparyaṃkaśāyine saumyarūpiṇe
of a thousand names, eternal, the Person — homage, homage. Homage to you who lie on the serpent-couch, of gentle form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.315
केशवाय नमस्तुभ्यं पीतवस्त्रधराय च । लक्ष्मीघनकुचाश्लेष विमर्दोज्ज्वलवर्चसे । श्रीधराय नमस्तुभ्यं श्रीशायानंतरूपिणे
keśavāya namastubhyaṃ pītavastradharāya ca | lakṣmīghanakucāśleṣa vimardojjvalavarcase | śrīdharāya namastubhyaṃ śrīśāyānaṃtarūpiṇe
Homage to you, Keśava, and to the wearer of the yellow garment; to him whose radiance shines from the embrace and pressing of Lakṣmī's full breasts; homage to you, Śrīdhara, lord of Śrī, of endless forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.316
ईश्वर उवाच- स्नानकाले पठेद्यस्तु देवं ध्यायन्सनातनम् । इमं स्तवं नरो भक्त्या महद्भिर्मुच्यते ह्यघैः
īśvara uvāca- snānakāle paṭhedyastu devaṃ dhyāyansanātanam | imaṃ stavaṃ naro bhaktyā mahadbhirmucyate hyaghaiḥ
The Lord said: Whatever man, meditating on the eternal God, recites this hymn with devotion at the time of bathing, is freed even from great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.317
सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्य विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् । एवमंतर्जले देवं स्तुत्वा भागवतोत्तमः
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt | evamaṃtarjale devaṃ stutvā bhāgavatottamaḥ
Having obtained the fruit of all the sacred fords, he would attain union with Viṣṇu. Thus, having praised the god beneath the water, that best of devotees
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.318
अर्चयामास स जलैः कुसुमैश्च सुगंधिभिः । कृतकृत्यस्तदाक्रूरो निर्गत्य यमुनाजलात्
arcayāmāsa sa jalaiḥ kusumaiśca sugaṃdhibhiḥ | kṛtakṛtyastadākrūro nirgatya yamunājalāt
worshipped him with waters and with fragrant flowers; then Akrūra, his task accomplished, came out of the Yamunā's water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.319
समेत्य रामकृष्णौ तु प्रणनाम शुभान्वितः । तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह गोविंदो विनीतं विस्मितं हरिः
sametya rāmakṛṣṇau tu praṇanāma śubhānvitaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha goviṃdo vinītaṃ vismitaṃ hariḥ
and, meeting Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, he bowed down, filled with auspiciousness. Seeing him humbled and amazed, Govinda, Hari, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.320
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- किमाश्चर्यं जले तस्मिन्दृष्टवानसि यादव । ईश्वर उवाच- अक्रूरस्तु यदुश्रेष्ठं प्राह कृष्णं सुतेजसम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- kimāścaryaṃ jale tasmindṛṣṭavānasi yādava | īśvara uvāca- akrūrastu yaduśreṣṭhaṃ prāha kṛṣṇaṃ sutejasam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: What marvel have you seen in that water, O Yādava? Īśvara said: Then Akrūra spoke to Kṛṣṇa, the best of the Yadus, of great splendour:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.321
अक्रूर उवाच- तव सर्वगतस्येश महिम्नो जगतः प्रभो । किमाश्चर्यं हृषीकेश जगत्सर्वं त्वमेव हि
akrūra uvāca- tava sarvagatasyeśa mahimno jagataḥ prabho | kimāścaryaṃ hṛṣīkeśa jagatsarvaṃ tvameva hi
Akrūra said: Since you, O lord, are all-pervading, of (such) greatness, O master of the world — what marvel (could there be), O Hṛṣīkeśa? For the whole world is you alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.322
त्वमापस्त्वं नभो वह्निस्त्वं भूमिरनिलस्तथा । चतुर्विधमिमं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्
tvamāpastvaṃ nabho vahnistvaṃ bhūmiranilastathā | caturvidhamimaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam
You are the waters, you the sky, the fire; you are the earth and the wind as well; (you are) this entire fourfold world, moving and unmoving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.323
त्वत्तो नान्यद्वासुदेव जीमूतादमृतं यथा । त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोंकारो हविस्तथा
tvatto nānyadvāsudeva jīmūtādamṛtaṃ yathā | tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṃkāro havistathā
There is nothing other than you, O Vāsudeva, as nectar (comes from) nothing but a cloud. You are the sacrifice, you the cry vaṣaṭ, you the syllable Oṃ, and the oblation too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.324
त्वमेव सर्वदेवानामीश्वरः शाश्वतोऽव्ययः । नाकारणात्कारणाद्वा करणाकारणात्परः
tvameva sarvadevānāmīśvaraḥ śāśvato'vyayaḥ | nākāraṇātkāraṇādvā karaṇākāraṇātparaḥ
You alone are the lord of all the gods, eternal, imperishable; (you are) beyond both what is causeless and what has a cause, beyond instrument and cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.325
धर्मत्राणाय देवेश शरीरग्रहणं तव । मत्स्यकूर्मवराहादि वैभवत्वमुपागतः
dharmatrāṇāya deveśa śarīragrahaṇaṃ tava | matsyakūrmavarāhādi vaibhavatvamupāgataḥ
For the protection of dharma, O lord of gods, you take on a body; you have assumed manifest forms such as the Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.326
पासि सर्वमिमं लोकं त्वमेव त्वन्मयं विभो
pāsi sarvamimaṃ lokaṃ tvameva tvanmayaṃ vibho
You yourself protect all this world, which consists of you, O pervading one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.327
ईश्वर उवाच- इति संस्तुत्य गोविंदं प्रणम्य जगतां पतिम् । आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं ताभ्यां सह यदूत्तमः
īśvara uvāca- iti saṃstutya goviṃdaṃ praṇamya jagatāṃ patim | āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ tābhyāṃ saha yadūttamaḥ
Īśvara said: Having thus praised Govinda and bowed to the lord of the worlds, that best of the Yadus mounted the divine chariot together with the two of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.328
ततस्तूर्णं समासाद्य मथुरां देवनिर्मिताम् । रामकृष्णौ पुरद्वारि निवेश्यांतःपुरं ययौ
tatastūrṇaṃ samāsādya mathurāṃ devanirmitām | rāmakṛṣṇau puradvāri niveśyāṃtaḥpuraṃ yayau
Then, swiftly reaching Mathurā, which was built by the gods, he set Rāma and Kṛṣṇa down at the city gate and went into the inner palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.329
तयोरागमनं तस्य निवेद्य नृपतेस्तदा । राज्ञा संपूजितस्तेन ततः स्वगृहमाविशत्
tayorāgamanaṃ tasya nivedya nṛpatestadā | rājñā saṃpūjitastena tataḥ svagṛhamāviśat
Having then announced their arrival to the king, and being honoured by that king, he thereafter entered his own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.330
अथ सायाह्नसमये रामकृष्णौ महाबलौ । परस्परं करौ गृह्य मथुरायां समागतौ
atha sāyāhnasamaye rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau | parasparaṃ karau gṛhya mathurāyāṃ samāgatau
Then, at the time of evening, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, of great strength, taking each other by the hand, came into Mathurā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.331
गछन्तौ च महावीर्यौ राजमार्गे यदूत्तमौ । ददृशतुर्महात्मानौ रजकं वस्त्ररंजकम्
gachantau ca mahāvīryau rājamārge yadūttamau | dadṛśaturmahātmānau rajakaṃ vastraraṃjakam
And as those two great-souled ones of great might, the best of the Yadus, were going along the royal road, they saw a washerman, a dyer of cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.332
दिव्यवस्त्रवृतं राजगेहमायांतमच्युतः । ययाचे तानि वस्त्राणि सह रामेण वीर्यवान्
divyavastravṛtaṃ rājagehamāyāṃtamacyutaḥ | yayāce tāni vastrāṇi saha rāmeṇa vīryavān
As he was coming, wrapped in fine garments, from the king's house, the valiant Acyuta, together with Rāma, asked for those garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.333
न दत्तवांस्तदा तस्मै रुषा वै वस्त्ररंजकः । बहूनि कटुवाक्यानि प्राह तत्राध्वनि स्थितः
na dattavāṃstadā tasmai ruṣā vai vastraraṃjakaḥ | bahūni kaṭuvākyāni prāha tatrādhvani sthitaḥ
But then the cloth-dyer in anger did not give them to him; standing there on the road, he spoke many harsh words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.334
ताडयामास तं कृष्णस्तलेनैव महाबलः । तत्रैव निहतो मार्गे वमन्वै रुधिरं बहु
tāḍayāmāsa taṃ kṛṣṇastalenaiva mahābalaḥ | tatraiva nihato mārge vamanvai rudhiraṃ bahu
Kṛṣṇa of great strength struck him with the flat of his hand alone, and he was slain then and there on the road, vomiting much blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.335
तानि वस्त्राणि रम्याणि गोपालैः सह बांधवैः । धारयामासतुर्वीरौ यथाहं रामकेशवौ
tāni vastrāṇi ramyāṇi gopālaiḥ saha bāṃdhavaiḥ | dhārayāmāsaturvīrau yathāhaṃ rāmakeśavau
Those lovely garments the two heroes, Rāma and Keśava, put on, along with the cowherds and their kinsmen, as (was) fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 245.336
मालाकारगृहं प्राप्य तेन दृष्टौ नमस्कृतौ । सुगंधिभिर्दिव्यपुष्पैः पूज्यमानौ मुदान्वितौ
mālākāragṛhaṃ prāpya tena dṛṣṭau namaskṛtau | sugaṃdhibhirdivyapuṣpaiḥ pūjyamānau mudānvitau
Coming to the house of a garland-maker, they were seen by him and saluted; and, filled with joy, they were worshipped with fragrant, splendid flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.337
ददतुस्तौ वरं तस्मै वांछितं यदुपुंगवौ । समागतौ पुनर्वीथ्यामायांतीं च शुभाननाम्
dadatustau varaṃ tasmai vāṃchitaṃ yadupuṃgavau | samāgatau punarvīthyāmāyāṃtīṃ ca śubhānanām
Those two bulls of the Yadus gave him the boon he wished for; and going on again, (they saw) coming along the street a fair-faced (woman),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.338
कुब्जां स्त्रियं महाभागौ धृतचंदनभाजनाम् । वक्रांगपृष्ठां वनितां दृष्ट्वा गंधमयाचतम्
kubjāṃ striyaṃ mahābhāgau dhṛtacaṃdanabhājanām | vakrāṃgapṛṣṭhāṃ vanitāṃ dṛṣṭvā gaṃdhamayācatam
a hunchbacked woman, holding a vessel of sandal-paste — the two greatly fortunate ones, seeing that woman with crooked limbs and back, asked her for the perfume.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.339
प्रहसंती तदा ताभ्यां ददौ चंदनमुत्तमम् । आदाय चंदनं दिव्यमुपलिप्य यथेच्छया
prahasaṃtī tadā tābhyāṃ dadau caṃdanamuttamam | ādāya caṃdanaṃ divyamupalipya yathecchayā
Then, laughing, she gave the two of them excellent sandal-paste; and taking that fine sandal-paste, they anointed themselves as they pleased,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.340
तस्यैकांततरं रूपं दत्त्वाऽध्वनि समागतौ । निरीक्ष्यमाणौ योषिद्भिः सुकुमारौ शुभाननौ
tasyaikāṃtataraṃ rūpaṃ dattvā'dhvani samāgatau | nirīkṣyamāṇau yoṣidbhiḥ sukumārau śubhānanau
and having given her a form quite unmatched, they came on along the road, the two tender-bodied, fair-faced ones, gazed upon by the women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.341
विवेशतुर्महात्मानौ यज्ञशालां सहानुगैः । दृष्ट्वा समर्चितं दिव्यं कार्मुकं तत्र केशवः
viveśaturmahātmānau yajñaśālāṃ sahānugaiḥ | dṛṣṭvā samarcitaṃ divyaṃ kārmukaṃ tatra keśavaḥ
The two great ones entered the sacrificial hall together with their followers; and there Keśava, seeing the divine bow that had been duly worshipped,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.342
लीलयैव गृहीत्वाऽथ बभंज मधुसूदनः । बिभज्यमानं तच्चापं श्रुत्वा कंसः सुविह्वलः
līlayaiva gṛhītvā'tha babhaṃja madhusūdanaḥ | bibhajyamānaṃ taccāpaṃ śrutvā kaṃsaḥ suvihvalaḥ
then, taking it up as if in play, Madhusūdana broke it. Hearing that the bow was being broken, Kaṃsa was greatly agitated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.343
आहूय मल्लान्सूतांस्तु प्रमुखान्दैत्यपुंगवान् । विमृश्य मंत्रिभिः प्राह चाणूरं दैत्यपुंगवः
āhūya mallānsūtāṃstu pramukhāndaityapuṃgavān | vimṛśya maṃtribhiḥ prāha cāṇūraṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ
Summoning the wrestlers, the charioteers and the foremost bulls among the demons, and taking counsel with his ministers, that bull among demons spoke to Cāṇūra:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.344
कंस उवाच- रामकृष्णौ समायातौ सर्व दैत्यविनाशकौ । प्रभाते मल्लयुद्धेन हन्यतामविशंकया
kaṃsa uvāca- rāmakṛṣṇau samāyātau sarva daityavināśakau | prabhāte mallayuddhena hanyatāmaviśaṃkayā
Kaṃsa said: Rāma and Kṛṣṇa have come, destroyers of all the demons; in the morning let them be killed in a wrestling match, without hesitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.345
येनकेनाप्युपायेन हंतव्यौ बलदर्पितौ । मदोत्कटैर्गजैर्वापि मल्लमुख्यैश्च यत्नतः
yenakenāpyupāyena haṃtavyau baladarpitau | madotkaṭairgajairvāpi mallamukhyaiśca yatnataḥ
By whatever means, those two who are proud of their strength must be killed — even by elephants maddened with rut, and by the chief wrestlers, with all effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.346
ईश्वर उवाच- इत्यादिश्य ततो राजा सानुजः सचिवैः सह । आरुरोह भयात्तूर्णं दिव्यप्रासादमूर्द्धनि
īśvara uvāca- ityādiśya tato rājā sānujaḥ sacivaiḥ saha | āruroha bhayāttūrṇaṃ divyaprāsādamūrddhani
The Lord said: Having so commanded, the king then, with his younger brother and with his counsellors, out of fear quickly climbed to the top of his splendid palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.347
द्वारेषु सर्वमार्गेषु गजान्मत्तानयोजयत् । मल्लान्मदोत्कटान्नागान्स्थापयामास सर्वतः
dvāreṣu sarvamārgeṣu gajānmattānayojayat | mallānmadotkaṭānnāgānsthāpayāmāsa sarvataḥ
At the gates and on all the roads he stationed maddened elephants; wrestlers and rut-maddened elephants he posted everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.348
ज्ञात्वा कृष्णोऽपि तत्सर्वं सह रामेण धीमता । उवास रजनीं तत्र यज्ञगेहे सहानुगैः
jñātvā kṛṣṇo'pi tatsarvaṃ saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā | uvāsa rajanīṃ tatra yajñagehe sahānugaiḥ
Kṛṣṇa too, knowing all that, together with the wise Rāma passed the night there in the sacrificial house with his followers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.349
ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रभाते विमले सति । शयनादुत्थितौ वीरौ रामकृष्णौ कृतोदकौ
tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ prabhāte vimale sati | śayanādutthitau vīrau rāmakṛṣṇau kṛtodakau
Then, when the night had passed and the morning was clear, the two heroes Rāma and Kṛṣṇa rose from their bed and performed their ablutions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.350
स्वलंकृतौ च तौ भुक्त्वा संग्रामाभिमुखोत्सुकौ । विनिर्गतौ गृहात्तस्मात्सिंहाविव महागुहात् ३५० 6.245.
svalaṃkṛtau ca tau bhuktvā saṃgrāmābhimukhotsukau | vinirgatau gṛhāttasmātsiṃhāviva mahāguhāt 350 6.245.
And well adorned, having eaten, eager and facing the coming fight, the two went forth from that house like lions from a great cave.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.351
राजद्वारि स्थितं नागं हिमाद्रिशिखरोपमम् । नाम्ना कुवलयापीडं कंसस्य जयवर्द्धनम्
rājadvāri sthitaṃ nāgaṃ himādriśikharopamam | nāmnā kuvalayāpīḍaṃ kaṃsasya jayavarddhanam
(There was) an elephant standing at the king's gate, like a peak of the Himālaya, named Kuvalayāpīḍa, the increaser of Kaṃsa's victory,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.352
देवकुंजरदर्पघ्नं महाकायं मदोत्कटम् । दृष्ट्वा तं च महानागं पंचास्य इव केशवः
devakuṃjaradarpaghnaṃ mahākāyaṃ madotkaṭam | dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca mahānāgaṃ paṃcāsya iva keśavaḥ
crusher of the pride of the gods' elephant, huge of body, maddened with rut; and Keśava, seeing that great elephant, (came on) like a lion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.353
करेणैव करं गृह्य सम्यगुत्प्लुत्य लीलया । भ्रामयित्वाथ चिक्षेप धरण्यां धरणीधरः
kareṇaiva karaṃ gṛhya samyagutplutya līlayā | bhrāmayitvātha cikṣepa dharaṇyāṃ dharaṇīdharaḥ
and grasping its trunk with his hand, leaping up well and easily, the Bearer of the Earth then whirled it about and hurled it to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.354
स तु चूर्णितसर्वांगो निनदन्भैरवं स्वनम् । पपात सहसा भूमौ ममार च महागजः
sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo ninadanbhairavaṃ svanam | papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra ca mahāgajaḥ
With all its limbs crushed, roaring a fearful sound, that great elephant fell suddenly to the earth and died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.355
हत्वा दंतौ समुत्पाट्य गृहीत्वा रामकेशवौ । मल्लैरायोधनं कर्तुं रंगं विविशतुस्तदा
hatvā daṃtau samutpāṭya gṛhītvā rāmakeśavau | mallairāyodhanaṃ kartuṃ raṃgaṃ viviśatustadā
Having killed it, Rāma and Keśava tore out and took its two tusks, and then entered the arena to do battle with the wrestlers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.356
तत्रस्था दानवा दृष्ट्वा गोविंदस्य पराक्रमम् । भीताः प्रविद्रुताःसर्वे राज्ञोंतःपुरमाययुः
tatrasthā dānavā dṛṣṭvā goviṃdasya parākramam | bhītāḥ pravidrutāḥsarve rājñoṃtaḥpuramāyayuḥ
The demons who were there, seeing Govinda's prowess, were frightened and all fled, and came into the king's inner apartments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.357
कपाटौ सुदृढौ बध्वा तत्र तस्थुः सहस्रशः । दृढबंधकपाटांस्तु दृष्ट्वा कृष्णस्तु लीलया
kapāṭau sudṛḍhau badhvā tatra tasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ | dṛḍhabaṃdhakapāṭāṃstu dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇastu līlayā
Having barred the two door-panels very firmly, they stood there in their thousands; but Kṛṣṇa, seeing the door-panels firmly fastened, in play
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.358
ताडयित्वा पदेनैव पातयामास वीर्यवान् । तौ भग्नौ पातितौ तत्र सेनानीके व्यवस्थिते
tāḍayitvā padenaiva pātayāmāsa vīryavān | tau bhagnau pātitau tatra senānīke vyavasthite
struck (them) with his foot alone, and the mighty one made (them) fall; when those two (panels) were broken and cast down there, while the army stood arrayed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.359
तत्रस्था निहताः सर्वे चूर्णितांगशिरोधराः । ततः प्रविश्य भवनं कंसस्यास्य महाबलौ
tatrasthā nihatāḥ sarve cūrṇitāṃgaśirodharāḥ | tataḥ praviśya bhavanaṃ kaṃsasyāsya mahābalau
all who were there were slain, their limbs, heads and necks pulverized. Then the two greatly strong ones, having entered this palace of Kaṃsa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.360
भ्रामयंतौ महाभाग शृंगौ पीनौ रणोत्सुकौ । ददृशाते महात्मानौ मल्लौ चाणूरमुष्टिकौ
bhrāmayaṃtau mahābhāga śṛṃgau pīnau raṇotsukau | dadṛśāte mahātmānau mallau cāṇūramuṣṭikau
saw, O greatly fortunate one, the two great-souled wrestlers Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika, brawny, eager for combat, brandishing (their) horns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.361
कंसोऽपि दृष्ट्वा गोविंदं रामं च सुमहाबलम् । भयमाविश्य चाणूरं प्राह मल्लवरं तदा
kaṃso'pi dṛṣṭvā goviṃdaṃ rāmaṃ ca sumahābalam | bhayamāviśya cāṇūraṃ prāha mallavaraṃ tadā
Kaṃsa too, seeing Govinda and Rāma of exceedingly great strength, with fear entering (him), then spoke to Cāṇūra, the best of wrestlers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.362
कंस उवाच- अस्मिन्नवसरे मल्ल जहि गोपालबालकौ । विभज्य तव राज्यार्द्धमहं दास्याम्ययत्नतः
kaṃsa uvāca- asminnavasare malla jahi gopālabālakau | vibhajya tava rājyārddhamahaṃ dāsyāmyayatnataḥ
Kaṃsa said: On this occasion, wrestler, kill the two cowherd boys; dividing my kingdom, I will give you half of it without difficulty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.363
ईश्वर उवाच- तस्मिन्नवसरे कृष्णो मल्लाभ्यां दृश्यते महान् । मध्ये वने च संग्रामे महामेरुरिवापरः
īśvara uvāca- tasminnavasare kṛṣṇo mallābhyāṃ dṛśyate mahān | madhye vane ca saṃgrāme mahāmerurivāparaḥ
The Lord said: On that occasion Kṛṣṇa appeared to the two wrestlers as huge, and in the midst of the forest and in battle like a second great Meru;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.364
कंसस्य दृष्टिविषये संवर्त्ताग्निरिवाच्युतः । स्त्रीणां च साक्षान्मदनः पित्रोः शिशुरिवापरः
kaṃsasya dṛṣṭiviṣaye saṃvarttāgnirivācyutaḥ | strīṇāṃ ca sākṣānmadanaḥ pitroḥ śiśurivāparaḥ
in Kaṃsa's field of vision the imperishable one (appeared) like the fire of universal dissolution; to the women, as Love himself; to his parents, like an ordinary child;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.365
त्रिदशानां हरिरिव गोपालानां सखा यथा । बहुरूपेण ददृशुस्तत्र सर्वगतं हरिम्
tridaśānāṃ haririva gopālānāṃ sakhā yathā | bahurūpeṇa dadṛśustatra sarvagataṃ harim
to the gods like Indra, and to the cowherds as a friend — in many forms they saw Hari there, who is present in all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.366
वसुदेवस्तथाऽक्रूरो नंदगोपो महामतिः । अन्यं प्रासादमारुह्य ददृशुः कदनं महत्
vasudevastathā'krūro naṃdagopo mahāmatiḥ | anyaṃ prāsādamāruhya dadṛśuḥ kadanaṃ mahat
Vasudeva, and Akrūra, and Nanda the cowherd of great mind, having climbed another palace, watched the great slaughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.367
स्त्रीभिरंतःपुरस्थाभिर्देवकी तत्र संस्थिता । मुखं पुत्रस्य ददृशे साश्रुपूर्णेक्षणा शुभा
strībhiraṃtaḥpurasthābhirdevakī tatra saṃsthitā | mukhaṃ putrasya dadṛśe sāśrupūrṇekṣaṇā śubhā
Devakī, standing there with the women of the inner apartments, beheld her son's face, the auspicious lady with eyes filled with tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.368
ताभिराश्वासिता देवी भवनांतरमाविशत् । ततो देवगणाः सर्वे विमानस्था नभस्तले
tābhirāśvāsitā devī bhavanāṃtaramāviśat | tato devagaṇāḥ sarve vimānasthā nabhastale
Comforted by them, the lady entered the interior of the house. Then all the hosts of gods, seated in their celestial cars in the sky,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.369
तुष्टुवुर्जयशब्देन पुंडरीकाक्षमच्युतम् । जहि कंसमिति प्राहुरुच्चैर्देवा मरुद्गणाः
tuṣṭuvurjayaśabdena puṃḍarīkākṣamacyutam | jahi kaṃsamiti prāhuruccairdevā marudgaṇāḥ
praised the lotus-eyed, imperishable one with cries of "Victory!"; the gods and the troops of Maruts said aloud, "Kill Kaṃsa!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.370
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र तूर्यघोषनिनादिते । आसेदतुर्महामल्लौ यदुसिंहौ महाबलौ
etasminnaṃtare tatra tūryaghoṣaninādite | āsedaturmahāmallau yadusiṃhau mahābalau
Meanwhile there, as the sound of musical instruments resounded, the two great wrestlers and the two lions of the Yadus, of great strength, closed with one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.371
चाणूरेण तु गोविंदो मुष्टिकेन हलायुधः । युयुधाते महात्मानौ नीलश्वेताद्रि सन्निभौ
cāṇūreṇa tu goviṃdo muṣṭikena halāyudhaḥ | yuyudhāte mahātmānau nīlaśvetādri sannibhau
Govinda with Cāṇūra, and the plough-armed one with Muṣṭika: the two great-souled ones fought, resembling a blue and a white mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.372
मल्लयुद्धविधानेन मुष्टिभिः पादताडनैः । बभूव कदनं घोरं देवानां च भयावहम्
mallayuddhavidhānena muṣṭibhiḥ pādatāḍanaiḥ | babhūva kadanaṃ ghoraṃ devānāṃ ca bhayāvaham
By the rules of wrestling, with fists and kicks of the feet, there came about a dreadful mangling, terrifying even to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.373
चाणूरेण चिरं कालं क्रीडित्वाऽथ जनार्दनः । निष्पिष्य गांत्रं मल्लस्य पातयामास लीलया
cāṇūreṇa ciraṃ kālaṃ krīḍitvā'tha janārdanaḥ | niṣpiṣya gāṃtraṃ mallasya pātayāmāsa līlayā
Then Janārdana, having played a long time with Cāṇūra, crushed the wrestler's body and in sport made him fall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.374
स पपात महीपृष्ठे संवमन्रुधिरं बहु । ममार च महामल्लो देवदानवदुःखदः
sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe saṃvamanrudhiraṃ bahu | mamāra ca mahāmallo devadānavaduḥkhadaḥ
He fell on the surface of the earth, vomiting much blood, and that great wrestler, giver of pain to gods and demons, died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.375
मुष्टिकेन तथा रामश्चिरकालमयुध्यत । मुष्टिभिस्ताडयामास तस्य वक्षसि वीर्यवान्
muṣṭikena tathā rāmaścirakālamayudhyata | muṣṭibhistāḍayāmāsa tasya vakṣasi vīryavān
So too Rāma fought a long time with Muṣṭika; the mighty one struck him on the chest with his fists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.376
भिन्नास्थि स्नायुबंधोऽसौ पपात धरणीतले । ततस्तु दुद्रुवुः सर्वे मल्ला दृष्ट्वा पराक्रमम्
bhinnāsthi snāyubaṃdho'sau papāta dharaṇītale | tatastu dudruvuḥ sarve mallā dṛṣṭvā parākramam
With his bones broken and the binding of his sinews (torn), he fell to the ground. Then all the wrestlers fled, seeing (their) prowess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.377
कंसो महद्भयं तीव्रमाविशद्वेदनातुरः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे वीरौ रामकृष्णौ दुरासदौ
kaṃso mahadbhayaṃ tīvramāviśadvedanāturaḥ | etasminnaṃtare vīrau rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau
Kaṃsa, tormented by pain, was seized by a great and sharp fear. Meanwhile the two heroes Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, hard to withstand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.378
आरोहतुर्महात्मानौ चैत्यप्रासादमूर्जितम् । ताडयित्वा तलेनैव कंसं मूर्ध्नि जनार्दनः
ārohaturmahātmānau caityaprāsādamūrjitam | tāḍayitvā talenaiva kaṃsaṃ mūrdhni janārdanaḥ
the two great-souled ones climbed the mighty temple-palace; and Janārdana, striking Kaṃsa on the head with just his palm,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.379
अपातयद्धरा पृष्ठे प्रासादशिखराद्धरिः । स तु निर्भिन्नसर्वांगो धरण्यां त्यक्तजीवितः
apātayaddharā pṛṣṭhe prāsādaśikharāddhariḥ | sa tu nirbhinnasarvāṃgo dharaṇyāṃ tyaktajīvitaḥ
Hari flung him down onto the surface of the earth from the top of the palace; and he, all his limbs shattered, lay on the ground with his life given up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.380
कृष्णेन निहते कंसे रामोऽपि सुमहाबलः । तस्यानुजं सुनामानं मुष्टिनैव जघान ह
kṛṣṇena nihate kaṃse rāmo'pi sumahābalaḥ | tasyānujaṃ sunāmānaṃ muṣṭinaiva jaghāna ha
When Kaṃsa had been slain by Kṛṣṇa, Rāma too, of very great strength, killed his younger brother Sunāman with his fist alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.381
धरण्यां पातयामासानुजं च धरणीधरः । हत्वा कंसं दुरात्मानं सानुजं रामकेशवौ
dharaṇyāṃ pātayāmāsānujaṃ ca dharaṇīdharaḥ | hatvā kaṃsaṃ durātmānaṃ sānujaṃ rāmakeśavau
And the bearer of the earth felled the younger brother to the ground. Having killed the evil-minded Kaṃsa together with his brother, Rāma and Keśava
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.382
पित्रोः समीपमागम्य भक्त्या चैव प्रणेमतुः । देवकीवसुदेवश्च परिष्वज्य मुहुर्मुहुः
pitroḥ samīpamāgamya bhaktyā caiva praṇematuḥ | devakīvasudevaśca pariṣvajya muhurmuhuḥ
came into the presence of their parents and bowed down with devotion; and Devakī and Vasudeva, embracing (them) again and again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 245.383
स्नेहेन मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राणं चक्रतुः पुत्रलालसौ । तयोरुपरि देवक्याः स्तनौ क्षीरं ववर्षतुः
snehena mūrdhnyupāghrāṇaṃ cakratuḥ putralālasau | tayorupari devakyāḥ stanau kṣīraṃ vavarṣatuḥ
longing for their sons, kissed them on the head with affection; and Devakī's breasts poured out milk over the two of them.
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PdP 6 245.384
तत आश्वास्य पितरौ रामकृष्णौ बहिर्गतौ । एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि देवदुंदुभयो दिवि
tata āśvāsya pitarau rāmakṛṣṇau bahirgatau | etasminnaṃtare devi devaduṃdubhayo divi
Then, having comforted their parents, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa went outside. At that very moment, O goddess, the divine drums in heaven
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PdP 6 245.385
विनेदुः पुष्पवर्षाणि ववृषुस्त्रिदशेश्वराः । स्तुत्वा मरुद्गणैर्दिव्यैर्नमस्कृत्य जनार्दनम्
vineduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣustridaśeśvarāḥ | stutvā marudgaṇairdivyairnamaskṛtya janārdanam
sounded, and the lords of the thirty (gods) rained down showers of flowers; having praised (him) with the divine host of Maruts and bowed to Janārdana,
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PdP 6 245.386
परं हर्षमनुप्राप्य लोकान्स्वान्स्वान् प्रपेदिरे । नंदगोपं नमस्कृत्य गोपवृद्धांश्च केशवः
paraṃ harṣamanuprāpya lokānsvānsvān prapedire | naṃdagopaṃ namaskṛtya gopavṛddhāṃśca keśavaḥ
attaining the highest joy, they went each to his own world. And Keśava, having bowed to Nandagopa and to the elders of the cowherds,
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PdP 6 245.387
रामेण सह धर्मात्मा मुदा संपरिषस्वजे । बहुरत्नधनं तस्मै ददौ प्रीत्या जनार्दनः
rāmeṇa saha dharmātmā mudā saṃpariṣasvaje | bahuratnadhanaṃ tasmai dadau prītyā janārdanaḥ
the righteous one, together with Rāma, embraced (him) with joy; and Janārdana gave him much wealth in jewels out of affection.
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PdP 6 245.388
सर्वांस्तान्गोपवृद्धांश्च वस्त्रैराभरणादिभिः । बहुभिर्धनधान्यैश्च पूजयामास केशवः
sarvāṃstāngopavṛddhāṃśca vastrairābharaṇādibhiḥ | bahubhirdhanadhānyaiśca pūjayāmāsa keśavaḥ
And Keśava honoured all those cowherd elders with garments, ornaments and the rest, and with much wealth and grain.
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PdP 6 245.389
विसृष्टास्तेन कृष्णेन नंदगोपपुरोगमाः । प्रययुर्गोव्रजं दिव्यं हर्षशोकसमन्विताः
visṛṣṭāstena kṛṣṇena naṃdagopapurogamāḥ | prayayurgovrajaṃ divyaṃ harṣaśokasamanvitāḥ
Dismissed by that Kṛṣṇa, those led by Nandagopa went to the splendid cow-settlement, filled with both joy and sorrow.
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PdP 6 245.390
मातामहं समासाद्य रामकृष्णौ दुरासदौ । बंधाद्विमोचयित्वाथ समाश्वास्य मुहुर्मुहुः
mātāmahaṃ samāsādya rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau | baṃdhādvimocayitvātha samāśvāsya muhurmuhuḥ
Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, hard to withstand, came to their maternal grandfather, and having freed him from imprisonment and comforted him again and again,
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PdP 6 245.391
चक्रे तस्याभिषेकं तु तद्राज्ये मधुसूदनः । अकारयद्द्विजश्रेष्ठैः स कंसस्योर्ध्वदैहिकम्
cakre tasyābhiṣekaṃ tu tadrājye madhusūdanaḥ | akārayaddvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ sa kaṃsasyordhvadaihikam
Madhusūdana performed his consecration in that kingdom; and he had the after-death rites for Kaṃsa performed by the best of the twice-born.
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PdP 6 245.392
अक्रूरप्रमुखान्राज्ये संस्थाप्य यदुपुंगवान् । राजानमुग्रसेनं तु कृत्वा धर्मेण मेदिनीम् । पालयामास धर्मात्मा वसुदेवसुतो हरिः
akrūrapramukhānrājye saṃsthāpya yadupuṃgavān | rājānamugrasenaṃ tu kṛtvā dharmeṇa medinīm | pālayāmāsa dharmātmā vasudevasuto hariḥ
Having established the bulls among the Yadus, headed by Akrūra, in the kingdom, and having made Ugrasena king, the righteous Hari, son of Vasudeva, guarded the earth in accordance with dharma.
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