Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 252
PdP 6 252.1
श्रीरुद्र उवाच- अथ मगधाधिपः कंसवधानंतरं द्विषन्नेव यादवान्सदा पीडयामास ते दुःखिताः कृष्णमूचुः
śrīrudra uvāca- atha magadhādhipaḥ kaṃsavadhānaṃtaraṃ dviṣanneva yādavānsadā pīḍayāmāsa te duḥkhitāḥ kṛṣṇamūcuḥ
Śrī Rudra said: Now the lord of Magadha, after the killing of Kaṃsa, hating the Yādavas, constantly harassed them; distressed, they spoke to Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 252.2
स च भीमार्जुनावाहूय संमंत्रयामास कृष्णः अनेन रुद्र पूःजितस्तत्प्रसादाच्छस्त्रैरवध्यः परं केनापिप्रकारेण हंतव्य इति
sa ca bhīmārjunāvāhūya saṃmaṃtrayāmāsa kṛṣṇaḥ anena rudra pūḥjitastatprasādācchastrairavadhyaḥ paraṃ kenāpiprakāreṇa haṃtavya iti
And he, summoning Bhīma and Arjuna, took counsel: Kṛṣṇa (said), "By this man Rudra has been worshipped; by that (god's) favour he cannot be slain by weapons — he must be killed by some other means."
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PdP 6 252.3
अथ विचार्य भीममाह एनं प्रतिमल्लयुद्धं कुरु तत्तेन प्रतिज्ञातम्
atha vicārya bhīmamāha enaṃ pratimallayuddhaṃ kuru tattena pratijñātam
Then, having considered, (Kṛṣṇa) said to Bhīma: "Engage this (man) in a wrestlers' duel" — and that was agreed to by him.
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PdP 6 252.4
अथ सकल चराचरजगद्वंद्यो वासुदेवो भीमार्जुनसहितो जरासंधस्य पुरीं गत्वा विप्रवेषेण तस्यांतःपुरमवाप
atha sakala carācarajagadvaṃdyo vāsudevo bhīmārjunasahito jarāsaṃdhasya purīṃ gatvā vipraveṣeṇa tasyāṃtaḥpuramavāpa
Then Vāsudeva, who is to be revered by the whole world of moving and unmoving beings, together with Bhīma and Arjuna, went to Jarāsaṃdha's city and, in the guise of brahmins, reached his inner palace.
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PdP 6 252.5
सोऽपि महावीर्यान्क्षत्त्रियान्युद्धे निर्जित्य बलाद्गृहीत्वा स्ववेश्मनि निरुध्य मासिमासि कृष्णचतुर्दश्यामेकैकं हत्वा तद्रक्तेनैव बलिं भैरवायाकरोत्
so'pi mahāvīryānkṣattriyānyuddhe nirjitya balādgṛhītvā svaveśmani nirudhya māsimāsi kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmekaikaṃ hatvā tadraktenaiva baliṃ bhairavāyākarot
And he (Jarāsaṃdha), having defeated in battle kṣatriyas of great might and seized them by force, confined them in his own dwelling, and month by month, on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight, he killed them one by one and made an offering to Bhairava with their very blood.
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PdP 6 252.6
एवंविधं सकलजनपार्थिववधं कुर्वतो जरासंधस्य समुद्यमानो भीमार्जुनसहितस्तस्य गृहे विप्रवेषेणैव प्रविवेश
evaṃvidhaṃ sakalajanapārthivavadhaṃ kurvato jarāsaṃdhasya samudyamāno bhīmārjunasahitastasya gṛhe vipraveṣeṇaiva praviveśa
While Jarāsaṃdha was carrying out such slaughter of all people and kings, (Kṛṣṇa), setting out, together with Bhīma and Arjuna, entered his house precisely in the guise of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 252.7
स तु तान्दृष्ट्वा दंडवत्प्रणतो भूत्वा यथोचितासनेषु निवेश्य मधुपर्कविधानेन संपूज्य धन्योस्मि कृतकृत्योस्मि किमर्थं भवन्तो मे समीप आगतास्तद्वक्तव्यमहं तत्सर्वं भवद्भ्यो दास्यामीत्युवाच
sa tu tāndṛṣṭvā daṃḍavatpraṇato bhūtvā yathocitāsaneṣu niveśya madhuparkavidhānena saṃpūjya dhanyosmi kṛtakṛtyosmi kimarthaṃ bhavanto me samīpa āgatāstadvaktavyamahaṃ tatsarvaṃ bhavadbhyo dāsyāmītyuvāca
But he, on seeing them, prostrated himself like a staff, seated (them) on seats as was fitting, honoured (them) with the madhuparka rite, and said: "I am fortunate, I have attained my purpose. For what reason have you come to me? That must be told; I shall give you all of it."
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PdP 6 252.8
तेषां वासुदेवः प्रहसन्पार्थिवं तमुवाच कृष्णभीमार्जुना युद्धार्थमागताः स्म अस्माकमन्यतमं द्वंद्वयुद्धार्थं वृणीष्वेत्यवदत्
teṣāṃ vāsudevaḥ prahasanpārthivaṃ tamuvāca kṛṣṇabhīmārjunā yuddhārthamāgatāḥ sma asmākamanyatamaṃ dvaṃdvayuddhārthaṃ vṛṇīṣvetyavadat
Vāsudeva, laughing, said to that king of theirs: "We, Kṛṣṇa, Bhīma and Arjuna, have come for battle; choose one among us for a duel" — so he said.
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PdP 6 252.9
सोऽपि तथेत्यवदत्ततो द्वंद्वयुद्धार्थं मारुतिं वरयामास
so'pi tathetyavadattato dvaṃdvayuddhārthaṃ mārutiṃ varayāmāsa
And he said, "So be it," and then chose the son of the Wind (Bhīma) for the duel.
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PdP 6 252.10
ततो भीमजरासंधयोरभितो भयंकरं मल्लयुद्धं निरंतरं पंचविंशतिवासरमभूत्
tato bhīmajarāsaṃdhayorabhito bhayaṃkaraṃ mallayuddhaṃ niraṃtaraṃ paṃcaviṃśativāsaramabhūt
Then a fearsome wrestling match between Bhīma and Jarāsaṃdha went on continuously on all sides for twenty-five days.
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PdP 6 252.11
ततः कृष्णेनैव संचोदितो वायुपुत्रस्तस्य शरीरं द्विधाकृत्य भूमौ निपातयामास ।। एवं जरासंधं पांडुपुत्रेण हत्वा तान्जरासंधनिरोधितान्वासुदेवोऽपि पार्थिवान्मोचयामास
tataḥ kṛṣṇenaiva saṃcodito vāyuputrastasya śarīraṃ dvidhākṛtya bhūmau nipātayāmāsa || evaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ pāṃḍuputreṇa hatvā tānjarāsaṃdhanirodhitānvāsudevo'pi pārthivānmocayāmāsa
Then the son of the Wind, urged on by Kṛṣṇa himself, made his body into two and flung it to the ground. Thus, having had Jarāsaṃdha killed by the son of Pāṇḍu, Vāsudeva also released those kings who had been imprisoned by Jarāsaṃdha.
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PdP 6 252.12
निहत्य वायुपुत्रेण जरांसंधं यदूद्वहः । तद्गृहे सन्निरुद्धांस्तु मोचयामास पार्थिवान्
nihatya vāyuputreṇa jarāṃsaṃdhaṃ yadūdvahaḥ | tadgṛhe sanniruddhāṃstu mocayāmāsa pārthivān
Jarāsaṃdha having been slain by the son of the Wind, the foremost of the Yadus released the kings who had been confined in his house.
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PdP 6 252.13
ते च तत्र नमस्कृत्य स्तुत्वा च मधुसूदनम् । स्वान्स्वान्जनपदान्सर्वे जग्मुः कृष्णेन रक्षिताः
te ca tatra namaskṛtya stutvā ca madhusūdanam | svānsvānjanapadānsarve jagmuḥ kṛṣṇena rakṣitāḥ
And they all, having bowed there and praised the slayer of Madhu, went each to his own country, protected by Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 252.14
अथ ताभ्यामिंद्रप्रस्थं गत्वा वासुदेवस्तत्र महाक्रतुं राजसूयं युधिष्ठिरं कारयामास
atha tābhyāmiṃdraprasthaṃ gatvā vāsudevastatra mahākratuṃ rājasūyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ kārayāmāsa
Then, going with those two to Indraprastha, Vāsudeva had Yudhiṣṭhira perform there the great sacrifice, the Rājasūya.
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PdP 6 252.16
तत्र शिशुपालः कृष्णं बहून्याक्षेपवाक्यान्युक्तवान्
tatra śiśupālaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ bahūnyākṣepavākyānyuktavān
There Śiśupāla spoke many abusive words to Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 252.17
कृष्णोऽपि सुदर्शनेन तस्य शिरश्चिच्छेद
kṛṣṇo'pi sudarśanena tasya śiraściccheda
And Kṛṣṇa cut off his head with the Sudarśana (discus).
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PdP 6 252.18
असौ जन्मत्रयावसाने हरेः सारूप्यमगमत्
asau janmatrayāvasāne hareḥ sārūpyamagamat
He, at the end of three births, attained the same form as Hari.
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PdP 6 252.19
अथ शिशुपालं निहतं श्रुत्वा दंतवक्त्रः कृष्णेन योद्धुं मथुरामाजगाम
atha śiśupālaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā daṃtavaktraḥ kṛṣṇena yoddhuṃ mathurāmājagāma
Then, hearing that Śiśupāla had been slain, Dantavaktra came to Mathurā to fight with Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 252.20
कृष्णस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा रथमारुह्य तेन योद्धुं मथुरामाययौ
kṛṣṇastu tacchrutvā rathamāruhya tena yoddhuṃ mathurāmāyayau
And Kṛṣṇa, hearing that, mounted his chariot and came to Mathurā to fight with him.
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PdP 6 252.21
दंतवक्त्रवासुदेवयोरहोरात्रं मथुरापुरद्वारि यमुनातीरे संग्रामः समवर्त्तत कृष्णस्तु गदया तं जघान
daṃtavaktravāsudevayorahorātraṃ mathurāpuradvāri yamunātīre saṃgrāmaḥ samavarttata kṛṣṇastu gadayā taṃ jaghāna
A battle between Dantavaktra and Vāsudeva went on for a day and a night at the gate of the city of Mathurā, on the bank of the Yamunā; and Kṛṣṇa struck him with his mace.
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PdP 6 252.22
स तु चूर्णितसर्वांगो वज्रनिर्भिन्न महीधर इव गतासुरवनितले पपात
sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo vajranirbhinna mahīdhara iva gatāsuravanitale papāta
And he, all his limbs pulverised, fell lifeless on the surface of the earth like a mountain shattered by the thunderbolt.
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PdP 6 252.23
सोऽपि हरेः सायुज्यं योगिगम्यं नित्यानंदसुखं शाश्वतं परमं पदमवाप
so'pi hareḥ sāyujyaṃ yogigamyaṃ nityānaṃdasukhaṃ śāśvataṃ paramaṃ padamavāpa
He too attained union with Hari, the eternal, supreme state, blissful with everlasting joy, reachable by yogins.
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PdP 6 252.24
इत्थं जयविजयौ सनकादिशापव्याजेन केवलं भगवतोलीलार्थं संसृताववतीर्य जन्मत्रयेऽपि तेनैव निहतौ जन्मत्रयावसाने मुक्तिमवाप्तौ
itthaṃ jayavijayau sanakādiśāpavyājena kevalaṃ bhagavatolīlārthaṃ saṃsṛtāvavatīrya janmatraye'pi tenaiva nihatau janmatrayāvasāne muktimavāptau
Thus Jaya and Vijaya, having descended into the round of births on the mere pretext of the curse of Sanaka and the others, for the sake of the Lord's play, were slain by him in all three births, and at the end of the three births attained liberation.
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PdP 6 252.25
कृष्णोऽपि तं हत्वा यमुनामुत्तीर्य नंदव्रजं गत्वा प्राक्तनौ पितरावभिवाद्य आश्वास्य ताभ्यां साश्रुकंठमालिगितः सकलगोपवृद्धान्प्रणम्याश्वास्य रत्नाभरणादिभिस्तत्रस्थान्संतर्पयामास
kṛṣṇo'pi taṃ hatvā yamunāmuttīrya naṃdavrajaṃ gatvā prāktanau pitarāvabhivādya āśvāsya tābhyāṃ sāśrukaṃṭhamāligitaḥ sakalagopavṛddhānpraṇamyāśvāsya ratnābharaṇādibhistatrasthānsaṃtarpayāmāsa
And Kṛṣṇa, having killed him, crossed the Yamunā, went to Nanda's cow-settlement, saluted his former parents and comforted them, was embraced by the two of them with tear-choked throats, and having bowed to and comforted all the elder cowherds, he gratified those who dwelt there with jewels, ornaments and the like.
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PdP 6 252.26
कालिंद्याः पुलिने रम्ये पुण्यवृक्षसमावृते । गोपनारीभिरनिशं क्रीडयामास केशवः
kāliṃdyāḥ puline ramye puṇyavṛkṣasamāvṛte | gopanārībhiraniśaṃ krīḍayāmāsa keśavaḥ
On the lovely bank of the Kālindī, encircled by holy trees, Keśava played ceaselessly with the cowherd women.
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PdP 6 252.27
रम्यकेलिसुखेनैव गोपवेषधरो हरिः । बद्धप्रेमरसेनात्र मासद्वयमुवास ह
ramyakelisukhenaiva gopaveṣadharo hariḥ | baddhapremarasenātra māsadvayamuvāsa ha
Hari, wearing cowherd's garb, dwelt there for two months in the pleasure of delightful sport, held by the savour of love.
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PdP 6 252.28
अथ तत्रस्था नंदगोपादयः सर्वेजनाः पुत्रदारसहिताः पशुपक्षिमृगादयश्च वासुदेवप्रसादेन दिव्यरूपधरा विमानमारूढाः परमं वैकुंठलोकमवापुः
atha tatrasthā naṃdagopādayaḥ sarvejanāḥ putradārasahitāḥ paśupakṣimṛgādayaśca vāsudevaprasādena divyarūpadharā vimānamārūḍhāḥ paramaṃ vaikuṃṭhalokamavāpuḥ
Then all the people who were there, Nanda the cowherd and the rest, together with their sons and wives, and also the cattle, birds, beasts and the rest, by the grace of Vāsudeva took on divine forms, mounted a celestial car and attained the supreme world of Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 6 252.29
कृष्णस्तु नंदगोपव्रजौकसां सर्वेषां परमं निरामयं स्वपदं दत्वा दिवि देवगणैः संस्तूयमानो द्वारवतीं श्रीमतीं विवेश
kṛṣṇastu naṃdagopavrajaukasāṃ sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ nirāmayaṃ svapadaṃ datvā divi devagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno dvāravatīṃ śrīmatīṃ viveśa
But Kṛṣṇa, having given to all the dwellers of Nanda the cowherd's settlement his own supreme, unafflicted abode, entered glorious Dvāravatī, being praised in heaven by the hosts of gods.
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PdP 6 252.30
तत्र वसुदेवोग्रसेनसंकर्षणप्रद्युम्नानिरुद्धाक्रूरादिभिः प्रत्यहं संपूजित षोडशसहस्रभार्याभिरष्टाभिर्दिव्यमहिषीभिश्च विश्वरूपधरो दिव्यरत्नमय नानागृहांतरेषु सुतकुसुमांचित श्लक्ष्णतरपर्यंकेषु रमयामास
tatra vasudevograsenasaṃkarṣaṇapradyumnāniruddhākrūrādibhiḥ pratyahaṃ saṃpūjita ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryābhiraṣṭābhirdivyamahiṣībhiśca viśvarūpadharo divyaratnamaya nānāgṛhāṃtareṣu sutakusumāṃcita ślakṣṇataraparyaṃkeṣu ramayāmāsa
There, worshipped daily by Vasudeva, Ugrasena, Saṃkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Akrūra and the rest, taking on all forms, he gave delight to his sixteen thousand wives and his eight divine queens within his various houses made of divine jewels, upon very smooth couches strewn with fine flowers.
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PdP 6 252.31
अथ रामकृष्णसतीर्थ्यो विप्रो बालसखा सदात्यंतदारिद्र्यपीडितो मुष्टिमात्रान्याचनाप्तपृथुकाञ्जीर्णवाससि निबध्य वासुदेवं द्रष्टुं श्रीमतीं द्वारकानगरीमाजगाम
atha rāmakṛṣṇasatīrthyo vipro bālasakhā sadātyaṃtadāridryapīḍito muṣṭimātrānyācanāptapṛthukāñjīrṇavāsasi nibadhya vāsudevaṃ draṣṭuṃ śrīmatīṃ dvārakānagarīmājagāma
Then a brahmin who had been a fellow-student of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, a friend from boyhood, always afflicted by extreme poverty, tied up in a worn cloth a mere handful of flattened rice obtained by begging, and came to the glorious city of Dvārakā to see Vāsudeva.
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PdP 6 252.32
स तु रुक्मिण्यंतःपुरद्वारि क्षणं तूष्णीं तस्थौ
sa tu rukmiṇyaṃtaḥpuradvāri kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīṃ tasthau
But he stood silent for a moment at the door of Rukmiṇī's inner apartments.
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PdP 6 252.33
कृष्णोऽपि समागतं ब्राह्मणं ज्ञात्वा प्रद्युम्नेन नमस्कृत्वा वामकरं गृहीत्वा गृहांतरे स्वासने निवेश्य भयाद्वेपमानं तं रुक्मिणीहस्तगतसुवर्णकलशजलेन पादौ प्रक्षाल्य मधुपर्केण पूजयामास
kṛṣṇo'pi samāgataṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jñātvā pradyumnena namaskṛtvā vāmakaraṃ gṛhītvā gṛhāṃtare svāsane niveśya bhayādvepamānaṃ taṃ rukmiṇīhastagatasuvarṇakalaśajalena pādau prakṣālya madhuparkeṇa pūjayāmāsa
And Kṛṣṇa, learning that the brahmin had come, made obeisance through Pradyumna, took him by the left hand, seated him within the house on his own seat, and, as he trembled with awe, washed his feet with water from the golden pitcher in Rukmiṇī's hand and honoured him with the madhuparka offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.34
सुधामृतोपमैरन्नपानाद्यैस्तर्पयित्वा तस्य जीर्णवस्त्रांतरे याचनाप्तपृथुकान्स्वयमेव हस्तेन गृहीत्वा प्रहसन्जग्रास
sudhāmṛtopamairannapānādyaistarpayitvā tasya jīrṇavastrāṃtare yācanāptapṛthukānsvayameva hastena gṛhītvā prahasanjagrāsa
Having satisfied him with food and drink and the rest, like nectar and ambrosia, he himself took in his hand the flattened rice, obtained by begging, from inside his worn cloth, and laughing, ate it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.35
कृष्णेन पृथुके भक्षिते तस्मिन्नेव क्षणे तस्य बहुधनधान्यवस्त्राभरणसंभूतं महदैश्वर्यमभूत्
kṛṣṇena pṛthuke bhakṣite tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya bahudhanadhānyavastrābharaṇasaṃbhūtaṃ mahadaiśvaryamabhūt
When the flattened rice had been eaten by Kṛṣṇa, in that very instant there arose for him a great prosperity consisting of much wealth, grain, clothes and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.36
स तु कृष्णेन विसृष्टो मम किंचिद्वस्त्रं वा धनं वा कृष्णेन न दत्तमिति मन्यमानः स्वपुरं विवेश
sa tu kṛṣṇena visṛṣṭo mama kiṃcidvastraṃ vā dhanaṃ vā kṛṣṇena na dattamiti manyamānaḥ svapuraṃ viveśa
But he, dismissed by Kṛṣṇa, entered his own town, thinking, "Kṛṣṇa has not given me any cloth or any wealth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.37
अथ बहुधनधान्ययुतं स्वगृहं दृष्ट्वा तत्प्रसादादिदं लब्धमिति वदन्प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना दिव्य वस्त्राभरणादिना भार्यया सह सर्वान्कामान्भुक्त्वा हरिसंतुष्ट्यै बहुयज्ञानिष्ट्वा तत्प्रसादेन परमं नित्यं स्वर्गसुखमवाप
atha bahudhanadhānyayutaṃ svagṛhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatprasādādidaṃ labdhamiti vadanprahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā divya vastrābharaṇādinā bhāryayā saha sarvānkāmānbhuktvā harisaṃtuṣṭyai bahuyajñāniṣṭvā tatprasādena paramaṃ nityaṃ svargasukhamavāpa
Then, seeing his own house filled with much wealth and grain, saying "This has been obtained by his grace," with a delighted inner self he enjoyed all pleasures with his wife, with divine garments, ornaments and the rest, and having performed many sacrifices for Hari's satisfaction, by his grace he attained the supreme, eternal happiness of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.38
अथ धृतराष्ट्रतनयो दुर्योधनः पांडुतनयान्कपटद्यूतव्याजेन राज्यमपहृत्य स्वराष्ट्राद्विवासयामास
atha dhṛtarāṣṭratanayo duryodhanaḥ pāṃḍutanayānkapaṭadyūtavyājena rājyamapahṛtya svarāṣṭrādvivāsayāmāsa
Then Duryodhana, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having seized the kingdom from the sons of Pāṇḍu on the pretext of a fraudulent dice game, drove them into exile from their own realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.39
ते तु युधिष्ठिरभीमार्जुननकुलसहदेवाः सुपत्न्या द्रौ पद्या सह महारण्यं गत्वा तत्र द्वादशाब्दान्स्थित्वा संवत्सरपर्यंतमज्ञाताः सर्वे मत्स्यदेशाधिपतेर्विराटस्य निवेशने स्थित्वा वासुदेवेन सहायेन धार्तराष्ट्रान्योद्धुमाजग्मुः
te tu yudhiṣṭhirabhīmārjunanakulasahadevāḥ supatnyā drau padyā saha mahāraṇyaṃ gatvā tatra dvādaśābdānsthitvā saṃvatsaraparyaṃtamajñātāḥ sarve matsyadeśādhipatervirāṭasya niveśane sthitvā vāsudevena sahāyena dhārtarāṣṭrānyoddhumājagmuḥ
And they, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, went with their good wife Draupadī to the great forest, remained there twelve years, and all of them, unrecognised for a full year, stayed in the dwelling of Virāṭa, lord of the Matsya country, and then came, with Vāsudeva as their helper, to fight the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.40
तेषां धार्तराष्ट्रपांडुपुत्राणां नानादेशाधिपनृपैः कुरुक्षेत्रमहापुण्ये देवानामपि भयंकरो महासंग्रामोऽभवत्
teṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrapāṃḍuputrāṇāṃ nānādeśādhipanṛpaiḥ kurukṣetramahāpuṇye devānāmapi bhayaṃkaro mahāsaṃgrāmo'bhavat
There was a great battle between them, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the sons of Pāṇḍu, together with kings who ruled various lands, on the greatly holy field of Kurukṣetra — terrifying even to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.41
अथ श्रीकृष्णोऽप्यर्जुनसारथ्यं कुर्वन्नर्जुने स्वशक्तिमावेश्य तेन दुर्योधनभीष्मद्रो- णप्रमुखान्सर्वान्पार्थिवानेकादशाक्षौहिणीबलसहितान्कुरुक्षेत्रे हत्वा पांडवान्राज्ये स्थापयित्वा निःशेषेण सर्वभूभारमपास्य स्वां पुरीं प्रविवेश
atha śrīkṛṣṇo'pyarjunasārathyaṃ kurvannarjune svaśaktimāveśya tena duryodhanabhīṣmadro- ṇapramukhānsarvānpārthivānekādaśākṣauhiṇībalasahitānkurukṣetre hatvā pāṃḍavānrājye sthāpayitvā niḥśeṣeṇa sarvabhūbhāramapāsya svāṃ purīṃ praviveśa
Then Śrī Kṛṣṇa too, acting as Arjuna's charioteer, entering his own power into Arjuna, through him slew at Kurukṣetra all the kings headed by Duryodhana, Bhīṣma and Droṇa, together with an army of eleven akṣauhiṇīs, and having established the Pāṇḍavas in the kingdom and removed the whole burden of the earth without remainder, he entered his own city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.42
कस्यचित्त्वथकालस्य कतिपयाहनि वैदिको ब्राह्मणो मृतं पंचवार्षिकं बालमादाय राजद्वारि निधाय बहुशो विलपन्बहून्याक्रोशवाक्यानि कृष्णं जगाद
kasyacittvathakālasya katipayāhani vaidiko brāhmaṇo mṛtaṃ paṃcavārṣikaṃ bālamādāya rājadvāri nidhāya bahuśo vilapanbahūnyākrośavākyāni kṛṣṇaṃ jagāda
Then after some time, on a certain day, a brahmin learned in the Vedas took his dead five-year-old boy, laid him at the king's door, and lamenting much, spoke many words of reproach to Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.43
कृष्णस्तमाक्रोशं श्रुत्वा तूष्णीमुवास
kṛṣṇastamākrośaṃ śrutvā tūṣṇīmuvāsa
Kṛṣṇa, hearing that reproach, remained silent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.44
स तु मम पंचपुत्राः पूर्वं हता अयं तु षष्ठः एनं कृष्णो न जीवयिष्यति तर्हि राजद्वारि मरिष्यामीत्युवाच
sa tu mama paṃcaputrāḥ pūrvaṃ hatā ayaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhaḥ enaṃ kṛṣṇo na jīvayiṣyati tarhi rājadvāri mariṣyāmītyuvāca
But he said: "Five sons of mine were killed before, and this one is the sixth. If Kṛṣṇa will not bring him to life, then I shall die at the king's gate."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.45
तस्मिन्काले अर्जुनः कृष्णं द्रष्टुमागतस्तथाविधं तं पुत्रशोकेन विलपंतं ददर्श
tasminkāle arjunaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ draṣṭumāgatastathāvidhaṃ taṃ putraśokena vilapaṃtaṃ dadarśa
At that time Arjuna, who had come to see Kṛṣṇa, saw him (the brahmin) in that condition, lamenting with grief for his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.46
अर्जुनोऽपि कालधर्ममुपागतं पंचवार्षिकं बालकं दृष्ट्वा कृपयाविष्टस्तव पुत्रमहंजीवयिष्यामीति ब्राह्मणायाभयं दत्वा प्रतिश्रुतवान्
arjuno'pi kāladharmamupāgataṃ paṃcavārṣikaṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayāviṣṭastava putramahaṃjīvayiṣyāmīti brāhmaṇāyābhayaṃ datvā pratiśrutavān
And Arjuna, seeing the five-year-old boy who had met with the law of time (i.e. death), was filled with pity, and giving the brahmin assurance of safety with the words "I will bring your son to life," made the promise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.47
ब्राह्मणस्तु तेनाश्वासितो हृष्टवान्
brāhmaṇastu tenāśvāsito hṛṣṭavān
And the brahmin, comforted by him, was delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.48
अथैतं ब्राह्मणशिशुं बहुभिः संजीविनास्त्रैरभिमंत्र्य अलब्धजीवितं दृष्ट्वा वृथा प्रतिज्ञामवाप्य बहुशोकसमन्वितस्तेनैव प्राणांस्त्यक्तुमैच्छत्
athaitaṃ brāhmaṇaśiśuṃ bahubhiḥ saṃjīvināstrairabhimaṃtrya alabdhajīvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛthā pratijñāmavāpya bahuśokasamanvitastenaiva prāṇāṃstyaktumaicchat
Then, having consecrated this brahmin child with many life-restoring spells, and seeing that life was not obtained, and finding his promise fruitless, he was filled with great grief and wished to give up his life by that very (means).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.49
कृष्णस्तु तत्सर्वं ज्ञात्वांतःपुराद्विनिष्क्रम्य तं वैदिकं प्राह तवपुत्रान्सर्वानहं दास्यामीत्युक्त्वाश्वास्य वैनतेयमारुह्यार्जुनसहितो वैष्णवं लोकमाजगाम
kṛṣṇastu tatsarvaṃ jñātvāṃtaḥpurādviniṣkramya taṃ vaidikaṃ prāha tavaputrānsarvānahaṃ dāsyāmītyuktvāśvāsya vainateyamāruhyārjunasahito vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamājagāma
But Kṛṣṇa, knowing all that, came out from the inner apartments and said to that Vedic brahmin, "I will give you all your sons"; having said this and comforted him, he mounted Garuḍa (the son of Vinatā) and, together with Arjuna, went to the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.50
तत्र दिव्यमणिमंडपोद्देशे देव्या सह समासीनं नारायणं दृष्ट्वा कृष्णार्जुनौ नमश्चक्रतुः ५० 6.252.
tatra divyamaṇimaṃḍapoddeśe devyā saha samāsīnaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇārjunau namaścakratuḥ 50 6.252.
There, seeing Nārāyaṇa seated with the Goddess in a place of a divine jewelled pavilion, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna made obeisance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.51
स तौ बाहुभ्यां परिष्वज्य किमर्थमागतावित्युवाच
sa tau bāhubhyāṃ pariṣvajya kimarthamāgatāvityuvāca
He embraced them both with his arms and said, "For what purpose have you two come?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.52
कृष्णश्च भगवन्वैदिकस्य तनयान्मम देहीत्युवाच
kṛṣṇaśca bhagavanvaidikasya tanayānmama dehītyuvāca
And Kṛṣṇa said, "Lord, give me the sons of the Vedic brahmin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.53
स तु नारायणस्तादृग्वयसि संस्थितान्ब्राह्मणपुत्रान्कृष्णाय संददौ
sa tu nārāyaṇastādṛgvayasi saṃsthitānbrāhmaṇaputrānkṛṣṇāya saṃdadau
And that Nārāyaṇa handed over to Kṛṣṇa the brahmin's sons, who remained at just that same age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.54
श्रीकृष्णोऽपि तान्वैनतेयस्कंधे समारोप्य हर्षसमन्वितोऽर्जुनसहितः स्वयमप्यारुह्य दिवि देवगणैः संस्तूयमानो द्वारवतीमाविवेश
śrīkṛṣṇo'pi tānvainateyaskaṃdhe samāropya harṣasamanvito'rjunasahitaḥ svayamapyāruhya divi devagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno dvāravatīmāviveśa
And Śrī Kṛṣṇa, setting them on Garuḍa's shoulder, filled with joy, together with Arjuna, mounting himself as well, praised in the sky by the hosts of gods, entered Dvāravatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.55
तस्मै ब्राह्मणाय पंचवर्षवयःस्थान्षट्पुत्रान्ददौ सोऽप्यत्यंतर्हषसमन्वितः कृष्णं वर्द्धयस्वेत्याशिषं प्रायच्छत्
tasmai brāhmaṇāya paṃcavarṣavayaḥsthānṣaṭputrāndadau so'pyatyaṃtarhaṣasamanvitaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ varddhayasvetyāśiṣaṃ prāyacchat
He gave to that brahmin the six sons, standing at the age of five years; and he too, filled with extreme joy, offered the blessing, "Kṛṣṇa, may you prosper!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.56
अर्जुनस्तु सफलां प्रतिज्ञामवाप्य कृष्णं नमस्कृत्य युधिष्ठिरपालितां स्वां पुरीमाजगाम
arjunastu saphalāṃ pratijñāmavāpya kṛṣṇaṃ namaskṛtya yudhiṣṭhirapālitāṃ svāṃ purīmājagāma
And Arjuna, his promise having become fruitful, bowed to Kṛṣṇa and went to his own city, ruled by Yudhiṣṭhira.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.57
कृष्णस्य षोडशसहस्रभार्यास्वयुतसाहस्रपुत्रा जज्ञिरे तेषां पुत्रपौत्रसंख्यां वक्तुं न शक्यते
kṛṣṇasya ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryāsvayutasāhasraputrā jajñire teṣāṃ putrapautrasaṃkhyāṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate
Of Kṛṣṇa's sixteen thousand wives there were born tens of thousands and thousands of sons; the number of their sons and grandsons cannot be told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.58
अत्रापि श्लोकः । अष्टौशतानि पुत्राणां सहस्राण्ययुतं तथा । प्रद्युम्नः प्रथमस्तेषां सर्वेषां रुक्मिणीसुतः
atrāpi ślokaḥ | aṣṭauśatāni putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇyayutaṃ tathā | pradyumnaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ rukmiṇīsutaḥ
On this too there is a verse: "Eight hundred sons, and thousands, and ten thousand; the first of them all was Pradyumna, the son of Rukmiṇī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.59
असंख्यैस्तैर्यादवैरियं पृथिवी संवृताऽभवत्
asaṃkhyaistairyādavairiyaṃ pṛthivī saṃvṛtā'bhavat
By those countless Yādavas this earth became covered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.60
पुनरप्यवनीभारशंकया कृष्णस्तु तानृषिशापव्याजेन संहर्तुमैच्छत्
punarapyavanībhāraśaṃkayā kṛṣṇastu tānṛṣiśāpavyājena saṃhartumaicchat
Then again, out of concern for the earth's burden, Kṛṣṇa wished to destroy them under the pretext of a sage's curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.61
कदाचित्सर्वे कुमारा नर्मदायां विहर्तुमाजग्मुः
kadācitsarve kumārā narmadāyāṃ vihartumājagmuḥ
Once all the young men came to the Narmadā to amuse themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.62
तत्र तपंतं कण्वं महर्षिं दृष्ट्वा जांबवत्याः । पुत्रं योषिद्वेषं कृत्वा तस्योदरे कात्वायसं मुसलं बद्ध्वा ऋषेः । समीपमागत्य सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा पत्नीरूपं सांबं कुमारं तस्य पुरतो निधाय । अस्या गर्भे स्त्री वा पुरुषो वा भविष्तीति ब्रूहीत्यूचुः
tatra tapaṃtaṃ kaṇvaṃ maharṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā jāṃbavatyāḥ | putraṃ yoṣidveṣaṃ kṛtvā tasyodare kātvāyasaṃ musalaṃ baddhvā ṛṣeḥ | samīpamāgatya sarve namaskṛtvā patnīrūpaṃ sāṃbaṃ kumāraṃ tasya purato nidhāya | asyā garbhe strī vā puruṣo vā bhaviṣtīti brūhītyūcuḥ
There, seeing the great sage Kaṇva practising austerity, they made Jāmbavatī's son into the guise of a woman, and having bound an iron pestle onto his belly, they all came near the sage, bowed, and setting before him the boy Sāmba in the form of a wife, said: "Tell us whether in her womb there will be a female or a male."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.63
स तु मनसा तद्विज्ञाय तानमर्षमाणः सर्वाननेन मुसलेन यूयं सर्वे निहता भवतेत्युवाच
sa tu manasā tadvijñāya tānamarṣamāṇaḥ sarvānanena musalena yūyaṃ sarve nihatā bhavatetyuvāca
But he, knowing that by his mind, and not tolerating them, said: "May all of you all be slain by this very pestle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.64
सर्वे समुद्विग्नमनसः कृष्णं समेत्य महर्षिणोक्तं तत्कर्म निवेदयामासुः
sarve samudvignamanasaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ sametya maharṣiṇoktaṃ tatkarma nivedayāmāsuḥ
All of them, greatly agitated in mind, came to Kṛṣṇa and reported to him that deed spoken of by the great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.65
कृष्णोऽपि तदायसं मुसलं चूर्णीभूतं ह्रदे निपातयामास
kṛṣṇo'pi tadāyasaṃ musalaṃ cūrṇībhūtaṃ hrade nipātayāmāsa
Kṛṣṇa too had that iron pestle, once it had been ground to powder, thrown into a pool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.66
तदयश्चूर्णीभूतबीजसमुद्भूता वज्रसन्निभा महाकाशाः संबभूवुः
tadayaścūrṇībhūtabījasamudbhūtā vajrasannibhā mahākāśāḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ
From the seed(-grains) that arose out of that powdered iron there grew up great reeds, like thunderbolts (in hardness).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.67
तत्र तं मुसलावशिष्टं कनिष्ठांगुलिमात्रं मत्स्यो जग्रास तं मत्स्यं निषादो गृहीत्वा तदुदरस्थं मुशलखण्डमादाय बाणाग्रे फलकमकरोत्
tatra taṃ musalāvaśiṣṭaṃ kaniṣṭhāṃgulimātraṃ matsyo jagrāsa taṃ matsyaṃ niṣādo gṛhītvā tadudarasthaṃ muśalakhaṇḍamādāya bāṇāgre phalakamakarot
There a fish swallowed that remnant of the pestle, the size of a little finger; a hunter, having caught that fish, took the piece of pestle that was in its belly and made it into a blade at the tip of an arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.68
कदाचित्सर्वे यादवा रामकृष्णप्रद्युम्नादयो मघवता प्रेषितां वारुणीं पीत्वा मत्ता बभूवुः
kadācitsarve yādavā rāmakṛṣṇapradyumnādayo maghavatā preṣitāṃ vāruṇīṃ pītvā mattā babhūvuḥ
Once all the Yādavas, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Pradyumna and the rest, having drunk the liquor sent by Maghavan (Indra), became drunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.69
परस्परं वीरणं नीत्वा बहून्याक्रोशवाक्यानि वदंतो युद्धं चक्रुः क्षयं च गताः
parasparaṃ vīraṇaṃ nītvā bahūnyākrośavākyāni vadaṃto yuddhaṃ cakruḥ kṣayaṃ ca gatāḥ
Taking up vīraṇa reeds against one another and uttering many abusive words, they fought and met their destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.70
कृष्णस्तु युद्धश्रांतः कल्पतरुच्छायायां शयनं चकार स निषादो धनुर्बाणं गृहीत्वा खेटकवृत्तिं जगाम
kṛṣṇastu yuddhaśrāṃtaḥ kalpatarucchāyāyāṃ śayanaṃ cakāra sa niṣādo dhanurbāṇaṃ gṛhītvā kheṭakavṛttiṃ jagāma
Kṛṣṇa, weary from the fighting, lay down in the shade of a wish-granting tree; and that hunter, taking his bow and arrow, went about his village livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 252.71
एवं निःशेषं त्यक्तजीविता बभूवुस्ते सर्वे स्वान्स्वांस्त्रिदशान्प्रपेदिरे
evaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ tyaktajīvitā babhūvuste sarve svānsvāṃstridaśānprapedire
Thus, without remainder, they gave up their lives, and all of them attained their own respective (stations among) the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.72
एवं मुशलेन संहृत्य सर्वं स्वयमेको देवो बहुगुल्मसमाकीर्णमहाद्रुमछायायां सुप्तश्चतुर्विधव्यूहगतं वासुदेवात्मकमात्मानं चिंतयञ्जानूपरिपदं निधायात्मनो मानुषंवपुस्त्यक्तुमनुनिषसाद
evaṃ muśalena saṃhṛtya sarvaṃ svayameko devo bahugulmasamākīrṇamahādrumachāyāyāṃ suptaścaturvidhavyūhagataṃ vāsudevātmakamātmānaṃ ciṃtayañjānūparipadaṃ nidhāyātmano mānuṣaṃvapustyaktumanuniṣasāda
Thus, having destroyed everything by means of the pestle, the god alone by himself, having lain down in the shade of a great tree covered with many bushes, meditating on himself as Vāsudeva present in the fourfold formation, and placing his foot upon his knee, settled down to abandon his human body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.73
एतस्मिनन्तरे मृगयाजीविको हरेः स तदा कालप्रभावेन चक्रवज्रध्वजांकुशादिचिह्नितमतिरक्ततमं हरेः पादकमलं दृष्ट्वा विव्याध
etasminantare mṛgayājīviko hareḥ sa tadā kālaprabhāvena cakravajradhvajāṃkuśādicihnitamatiraktatamaṃ hareḥ pādakamalaṃ dṛṣṭvā vivyādha
In the meantime that man who lived by hunting, through the power of Time, saw Hari's lotus-foot, very deep red and marked with the signs of wheel, thunderbolt, banner, goad and the rest, and pierced it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.74
तदनंतरं श्रीकृष्णं ज्ञात्वा सुमहाभयार्तः प्रवेपमानः कृतांजलिपुटो महदपराधः सकलोपह्रियतामिति तं प्रणनाम
tadanaṃtaraṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ jñātvā sumahābhayārtaḥ pravepamānaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo mahadaparādhaḥ sakalopahriyatāmiti taṃ praṇanāma
Then, recognizing (him as) Śrī Kṛṣṇa, afflicted with very great fear, trembling, with his palms joined, (saying) "A great offence (has been committed); may it all be taken away," he bowed down to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 252.75
श्रीकृष्णस्तथाभूतं दृष्ट्वा सुधामयकराभ्यां तमुत्थाप्य भवतानापराद्धं कृतमिति वदन्महाभयपीडितमाश्वासयन्नुवाच
śrīkṛṣṇastathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sudhāmayakarābhyāṃ tamutthāpya bhavatānāparāddhaṃ kṛtamiti vadanmahābhayapīḍitamāśvāsayannuvāca
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, seeing him in that state, raised him up with his two nectar-filled hands and, saying "No offence has been done by you," spoke, comforting him who was tormented by great fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.76
ततो योगिगम्यमपुनरावृत्तिशाश्वतं सर्वोपनिषदमयं वैष्णवं लोकं प्रददौ
tato yogigamyamapunarāvṛttiśāśvataṃ sarvopaniṣadamayaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ pradadau
Then he granted (him) the Vaiṣṇava world, attainable by yogins, eternal and without return, made up of all the Upaniṣads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.77
असौ तस्मिन्नेव मुहूर्ते मानुषं रूपं विहाय पंचोपनिषन्मयं सकलपुत्रदारसहितो दीप्तिमयं वैष्णवं लोकं दिव्यं विमानमास्थाय सहस्रार्कद्युतिसदृशं दिव्याप्सरोगणाकीर्णं हिरण्मयं वासुदेवेत्येकं जगाम
asau tasminneva muhūrte mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ vihāya paṃcopaniṣanmayaṃ sakalaputradārasahito dīptimayaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya sahasrārkadyutisadṛśaṃ divyāpsarogaṇākīrṇaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ vāsudevetyekaṃ jagāma
In that very hour he, casting off his human form, together with all his sons and wives, mounting a divine chariot, went to the shining Vaiṣṇava world made of the five Upaniṣads, resembling the radiance of a thousand suns, thronged with hosts of divine apsarases, golden, (which is) the one (called) Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 252.78
तस्मिन्काले दारुको रथमारुह्य विष्णोः समीपं विवेश
tasminkāle dāruko rathamāruhya viṣṇoḥ samīpaṃ viveśa
At that time Dāruka, mounting the chariot, came into Viṣṇu's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.79
कृष्णोऽपि मत्स्वरूपमर्जुनं पूर्वमानयस्वेति प्रेषयामास
kṛṣṇo'pi matsvarūpamarjunaṃ pūrvamānayasveti preṣayāmāsa
And Kṛṣṇa sent him off, saying, "First bring Arjuna, who is my own very self."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.80
स तु मनोजवस्यंदनमारुह्यार्जुनसमीपमाजगाम
sa tu manojavasyaṃdanamāruhyārjunasamīpamājagāma
He, mounting the chariot swift as thought, came to Arjuna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.81
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देव्यर्जुनस्तदारुह्य परिणीय नमस्कृत्वा किं करोमीति पुटांजलिरुवाच
etasminnaṃtare devyarjunastadāruhya pariṇīya namaskṛtvā kiṃ karomīti puṭāṃjaliruvāca
In the meantime Arjuna, mounting it and being brought (there), made obeisance and said with joined palms, "What shall I do?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 252.82
कृष्णस्तु तमाह पार्थाहं स्वलोकं यास्यामि त्वं तु द्वारवतीं गत्वा तत्रस्था रुक्मिण्याद्यष्टभार्या आनीय मम शरीरे प्रेषय
kṛṣṇastu tamāha pārthāhaṃ svalokaṃ yāsyāmi tvaṃ tu dvāravatīṃ gatvā tatrasthā rukmiṇyādyaṣṭabhāryā ānīya mama śarīre preṣaya
Kṛṣṇa said to him: "Pārtha, I shall go to my own world; but you, go to Dvāravatī and bring the eight wives, Rukmiṇī and the rest, who are there, and send them to my body."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.83
स दारुकेण सहितो नगरीमाजगाम
sa dārukeṇa sahito nagarīmājagāma
He, together with Dāruka, came to the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.84
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवा विमानस्था नभसि संस्थिताः स्वर्लोकं यियान्तं कृष्णं दृष्ट्वा ऋषिभिः सार्द्धं स्तुत्वा पुष्पवर्षाणि ववृषुः
etasminnaṃtare devā vimānasthā nabhasi saṃsthitāḥ svarlokaṃ yiyāntaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ stutvā puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣuḥ
Meanwhile the gods, standing in their aerial cars, took their places in the sky; and seeing Kṛṣṇa about to go to the world of heaven, they praised (him) together with the seers and rained down showers of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.85
कृष्णोऽपि मानुषदेहं- संन्यस्यसकलजगत्स्थितिसंहारहेतुभूतं सकलक्षेत्रज्ञमंतर्यामियोगिध्येयमनामयं वासुदेवात्मकं देहं धृत्वा वैनतेयमारुह्य महर्षिभिस्तूयमानो जगाम
kṛṣṇo'pi mānuṣadehaṃ- saṃnyasyasakalajagatsthitisaṃhārahetubhūtaṃ sakalakṣetrajñamaṃtaryāmiyogidhyeyamanāmayaṃ vāsudevātmakaṃ dehaṃ dhṛtvā vainateyamāruhya maharṣibhistūyamāno jagāma
And Kṛṣṇa, laying aside the human body, took on a body that is the cause of the maintenance and destruction of the whole world, that is the knower of every field (of experience), the inner controller, the object of the yogins' meditation, free of ill, having the nature of Vāsudeva; and mounting the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa), praised by the great seers, he departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.86
अर्जुनो वसुदेवोग्रसेनाभ्यां रुक्मिण्यादिमहिषीभ्यस्तत्सर्वं कथयामास
arjuno vasudevograsenābhyāṃ rukmiṇyādimahiṣībhyastatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa
Arjuna told all this to Vasudeva and Ugrasena and to Rukmiṇī and the other queens.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.87
तच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वे पौरजनाः स्त्रियश्च द्वारवतीमुत्सृज्यांतःपुराद्बहिर्निष्क्रम्य सर्वास्ताः कृष्णवल्लभा वसुदेवोग्रसेनसहिताः शीघ्रमेव हरेः समीपं जग्मुः
tacchrutvā sarve paurajanāḥ striyaśca dvāravatīmutsṛjyāṃtaḥpurādbahirniṣkramya sarvāstāḥ kṛṣṇavallabhā vasudevograsenasahitāḥ śīghrameva hareḥ samīpaṃ jagmuḥ
Hearing that, all the townspeople and the women left Dvāravatī, and coming out from the inner apartments, all those beloved wives of Kṛṣṇa, together with Vasudeva and Ugrasena, went at once into the presence of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.88
ते सर्वे वसुदेवोग्रसेनाक्रूराः सर्वे यदुवृद्धा वपुस्त्यक्त्वा सनातनवासुदेवं समाजग्मुः
te sarve vasudevograsenākrūrāḥ sarve yaduvṛddhā vapustyaktvā sanātanavāsudevaṃ samājagmuḥ
All of them—Vasudeva, Ugrasena, Akrūra, all the elders of the Yadus—abandoning their bodies, came together to the eternal Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.89
रेवतीच बलभद्रशरीरं परिष्वज्याग्निं प्रविश्य तस्मिन्देहं प्राप्य दिव्यविमानारूढा भर्तुः स्थानं संकर्षणलोकं दिव्यमवाप
revatīca balabhadraśarīraṃ pariṣvajyāgniṃ praviśya tasmindehaṃ prāpya divyavimānārūḍhā bhartuḥ sthānaṃ saṃkarṣaṇalokaṃ divyamavāpa
And Revatī, embracing the body of Balabhadra, entered the fire, and obtaining a body therein, mounted on a divine aerial car and reached her husband's abode, the divine world of Saṃkarṣaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.90
तथैव प्रद्युम्नेन सह रुक्मपुत्री तथानिरुद्धेनोषापि सर्वाश्च यादवस्त्रियः स्वस्वभर्तुः शरीराणि संपूज्याग्निप्रवेशं चक्रुः
tathaiva pradyumnena saha rukmaputrī tathāniruddhenoṣāpi sarvāśca yādavastriyaḥ svasvabhartuḥ śarīrāṇi saṃpūjyāgnipraveśaṃ cakruḥ
Just so the daughter of Rukma (Rukmavatī) with Pradyumna, and Uṣā too with Aniruddha, and all the Yādava women, having done honour to the bodies of their respective husbands, entered the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.91
तेषां सर्वेषामर्जुनऔर्द्ध्वदैहिकं कृतवान्
teṣāṃ sarveṣāmarjunaaurddhvadaihikaṃ kṛtavān
Arjuna performed the after-death rites for all of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.92
तस्मिन्काले दिव्यवाजिसमायुक्तं सुग्रीवाख्यकं सर्वरत्नोपेतं दिव्यं स्यंदनमारुह्य दारुकोप्याजगाम
tasminkāle divyavājisamāyuktaṃ sugrīvākhyakaṃ sarvaratnopetaṃ divyaṃ syaṃdanamāruhya dārukopyājagāma
At that time Dāruka too came, mounting the divine chariot named Sugrīva, yoked with divine horses and furnished with every jewel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.93
पारिजाततरुर्देवसभासुधर्मात्रिदशेंद्रलोकमयाताम्
pārijātatarurdevasabhāsudharmātridaśeṃdralokamayātām
The pārijāta tree, the gods' assembly hall Sudharmā, went to the world of Indra of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.94
तस्मिन्समये द्वारवतीपुरी महोदधौ निमग्नाभूत्
tasminsamaye dvāravatīpurī mahodadhau nimagnābhūt
At that time the city of Dvāravatī was submerged in the great ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.95
ततः सर्वाः षोडशसहस्रभार्य्या अर्जुनेनसहेंद्रप्रस्थं गच्छंतीर्दस्यवो जगृहुः
tataḥ sarvāḥ ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryyā arjunenasaheṃdraprasthaṃ gacchaṃtīrdasyavo jagṛhuḥ
Then robbers seized all the sixteen thousand wives as they were going with Arjuna to Indraprastha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.96
पूर्वं देवगंधर्वयोषितो ह्यष्टावक्रं महामुनिं दृष्ट्वा जहसुस्ततस्तेन शप्ता वेश्या भविष्यथ ततस्ताभि प्रसादितः पूजितश्च तत्प्रसादात्सर्वलोकैश्च नमस्कृतं वासुदेवं भर्तारमवाप्यापि तेनैव दस्युहस्तं गता अभवन्
pūrvaṃ devagaṃdharvayoṣito hyaṣṭāvakraṃ mahāmuniṃ dṛṣṭvā jahasustatastena śaptā veśyā bhaviṣyatha tatastābhi prasāditaḥ pūjitaśca tatprasādātsarvalokaiśca namaskṛtaṃ vāsudevaṃ bhartāramavāpyāpi tenaiva dasyuhastaṃ gatā abhavan
Formerly the women of the gods and gandharvas, seeing the great sage Aṣṭāvakra, laughed; then they were cursed by him: "You shall become harlots." Then he was propitiated and worshipped by them, and by his grace, though they obtained as husband Vāsudeva who is saluted by all the worlds, yet by that very (curse) they fell into the hands of robbers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.97
अर्जुनोऽपि दस्युभिर्निर्जितः शोकसमाविष्टो मम भुजबलं सवीर्यं कृष्णेनैव सह सर्वमैश्वर्यं निर्यातमिति मत्वा अद्य मम भाग्य क्षय इति वदन्सायं संध्यारविरिव निःशेषविनष्टतेजाः स्वां पुरीं समाजगाम
arjuno'pi dasyubhirnirjitaḥ śokasamāviṣṭo mama bhujabalaṃ savīryaṃ kṛṣṇenaiva saha sarvamaiśvaryaṃ niryātamiti matvā adya mama bhāgya kṣaya iti vadansāyaṃ saṃdhyāraviriva niḥśeṣavinaṣṭatejāḥ svāṃ purīṃ samājagāma
Arjuna too, defeated by the robbers, overcome with grief, thinking "the strength of my arms along with my valour, and all my lordship, has departed together with Kṛṣṇa himself," saying "today my good fortune is destroyed," his splendour utterly perished like the sun at evening twilight, came back to his own city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.98
एवं हितार्थाय सर्वदेवानां समस्तभूभारविनाशाय यदुवंशेऽवतीर्य सकलराक्षसविनाशं कृत्वा महांतमपि चोर्वीभारं नाशयित्वा नंदव्रजद्वारकामथुरानिवासिनः सर्वान्स्थावरजंगमान्कालभवबंधैर्मोचयित्वा परमैश्वर्गे शाश्वते योगिगम्ये हिरण्मये रम्ये सात्विके संस्थाप्य नित्यं दिव्यमहिष्यादिसंसेव्यमानो वासुदेव उवास
evaṃ hitārthāya sarvadevānāṃ samastabhūbhāravināśāya yaduvaṃśe'vatīrya sakalarākṣasavināśaṃ kṛtvā mahāṃtamapi corvībhāraṃ nāśayitvā naṃdavrajadvārakāmathurānivāsinaḥ sarvānsthāvarajaṃgamānkālabhavabaṃdhairmocayitvā paramaiśvarge śāśvate yogigamye hiraṇmaye ramye sātvike saṃsthāpya nityaṃ divyamahiṣyādisaṃsevyamāno vāsudeva uvāsa
Thus, for the benefit of all the gods, for the destruction of the whole burden of the earth, having descended in the Yadu lineage, having brought about the destruction of all the rākṣasas, and having destroyed even the great burden of the earth, and having freed all the dwellers of Nanda's cow-station, of Dvārakā and of Mathurā, all things moving and unmoving, from the bonds of time and becoming, and having established (them) in the supreme lordship, eternal, attainable by yogins, golden, delightful, sāttvika, Vāsudeva dwelt (there) forever, waited upon by his divine queens and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.99
अत्र श्लोकाः - अन्ये सर्वेऽवताराः स्युः कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् । भूभारकविनाशाय प्रादुर्भूतो रमापतिः
atra ślokāḥ - anye sarve'vatārāḥ syuḥ kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat | bhūbhārakavināśāya prādurbhūto ramāpatiḥ
On this there are verses: All others would be (mere) descents (avatāras); great is the deed of Kṛṣṇa. For the destruction of the burden of the earth the lord of Ramā appeared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.100
एतत्कृष्णस्य चरितं दुष्टानां नाशहेतवे । श्रीकृष्णः करुणासिंधुर्वैकुंठे मोदते सदा १०० 6.252.
etatkṛṣṇasya caritaṃ duṣṭānāṃ nāśahetave | śrīkṛṣṇaḥ karuṇāsiṃdhurvaikuṃṭhe modate sadā 100 6.252.
This deed of Kṛṣṇa was for the sake of destroying the wicked; Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the ocean of compassion, rejoices forever in Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.101
अत्यद्भुतमिदं देवि कृष्णस्य चरितं शुभम् । संग्रहेण मयैवोक्तं तव सर्वफलप्रदम्
atyadbhutamidaṃ devi kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ śubham | saṃgraheṇa mayaivoktaṃ tava sarvaphalapradam
Most wondrous, O goddess, is this auspicious deed of Kṛṣṇa, told by me to you in summary; it bestows every fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.102
वासुदेवस्य चरितं यः पठेद्धरिसन्निधौ । स्मरेद्वा शृणुयाद्भक्त्या स याति परमं पदम्
vāsudevasya caritaṃ yaḥ paṭheddharisannidhau | smaredvā śṛṇuyādbhaktyā sa yāti paramaṃ padam
He who recites the deeds of Vāsudeva in the presence of Hari, or remembers or hears (them) with devotion, goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.103
महापातकयुक्तो वा तथोपपातकसंयुतः । बालकृष्णस्य चरितं श्रुत्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते
mahāpātakayukto vā tathopapātakasaṃyutaḥ | bālakṛṣṇasya caritaṃ śrutvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate
Whether joined with a great sin or likewise with a lesser sin, one is wholly released from (one's) sins on hearing the deeds of the child Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.104
द्वारवत्यां समासीनं रुक्मिणीसहितं हरिम् । स्मरन्वै महदैश्वर्यमनेनाप्नोत्यसंशयः
dvāravatyāṃ samāsīnaṃ rukmiṇīsahitaṃ harim | smaranvai mahadaiśvaryamanenāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ
Remembering Hari seated in Dvāravatī together with Rukmiṇī, one obtains great lordship by this—there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.105
संग्रामे संकटे दुर्गे शत्रुभिः परिवेष्टिते । नेतारं सर्वदेवानां ध्यात्वा सुविजयी भवेत्
saṃgrāme saṃkaṭe durge śatrubhiḥ pariveṣṭite | netāraṃ sarvadevānāṃ dhyātvā suvijayī bhavet
In battle, in distress, in a stronghold, when surrounded by enemies, having meditated on the leader of all the gods, one becomes fully victorious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.106
यः स्मरेद्गोपकन्याभिः क्रीडंतं गोव्रजे शुभे । सर्वकामानवाप्नोति सौभाग्यं चैव विंदति
yaḥ smaredgopakanyābhiḥ krīḍaṃtaṃ govraje śubhe | sarvakāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ caiva viṃdati
He who remembers (him) playing with the cowherd girls in the auspicious cow-pasture obtains all his desires and gains good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.107
महोपसर्गरोगाद्यैर्युक्तो यस्तु सनातनम् । जेतारं च महारौद्रीं कृत्यां काशीपुरे स्थिताम्
mahopasargarogādyairyukto yastu sanātanam | jetāraṃ ca mahāraudrīṃ kṛtyāṃ kāśīpure sthitām
But he who, afflicted with great calamities, diseases and the like, (remembers) the eternal one, the conqueror also of the greatly terrible Kṛtyā abiding in the city of Kāśī—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 252.108
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन सर्वकालेषु चाप्सु भे । कृष्णाय नम इत्येवं मंत्रमुच्चारयेद्बुधः
kimatra bahunoktena sarvakāleṣu cāpsu bhe | kṛṣṇāya nama ityevaṃ maṃtramuccārayedbudhaḥ
What need of much speaking here? At all times, and in the waters, (and in?) light, the wise man should utter the mantra thus: "Homage to Kṛṣṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 252.109
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने । प्रणतः क्लेशनाशाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः
kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane | praṇataḥ kleśanāśāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ
To Kṛṣṇa, to Vāsudeva, to Hari, to the Supreme Self—bowed down, homage and homage to Govinda, the destroyer of afflictions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.110
इमं मंत्रं जपन्देवि भक्त्या प्रतिदिनं नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात्
imaṃ maṃtraṃ japandevi bhaktyā pratidinaṃ naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt
O Goddess, a man reciting this mantra with devotion every day, freed from all sins, would attain the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.111
सर्वेषामेव देवानामीश्वरोऽसौ जनार्दनः । रक्षणाय च लोकानामवस्थांतरमेति वै
sarveṣāmeva devānāmīśvaro'sau janārdanaḥ | rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāmavasthāṃtarameti vai
That Janārdana is the lord of all the gods indeed; and for the protection of the worlds he assumes another condition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.112
त्रिपुरं हंतुकामेन मया संपूजितो हरिः । बुद्धरूपधरः श्रीमान्मोहयामास तद्रिपून्
tripuraṃ haṃtukāmena mayā saṃpūjito hariḥ | buddharūpadharaḥ śrīmānmohayāmāsa tadripūn
When I desired to destroy Tripura, Hari was fully worshipped by me; and the glorious one, taking the form of the Buddha, deluded those enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.113
मोहितास्तेन शास्त्रेण सर्वधर्मविवर्जिताः । नारायणास्त्रेण मया निहता देवशत्रवः
mohitāstena śāstreṇa sarvadharmavivarjitāḥ | nārāyaṇāstreṇa mayā nihatā devaśatravaḥ
Deluded by that doctrine (and thus) deprived of all dharma, those enemies of the gods were slain by me with the Nārāyaṇa weapon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.114
अवतीर्य कलावंते ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने । हनिष्यति तथा रौद्रान्म्लेच्छान्सर्वाञ्जनार्दनः
avatīrya kalāvaṃte brāhmaṇasya niveśane | haniṣyati tathā raudrānmlecchānsarvāñjanārdanaḥ
And having descended at the end of the Kali age in the house of a brahmin, Janārdana will likewise slay all the fierce barbarians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.115
तैस्तैर्भावैर्मयावस्थाः सर्वाः प्रोक्ता जगत्पतेः । किमन्यच्छ्रोतुकामासि तद्ब्रवीमि शुभानने
taistairbhāvairmayāvasthāḥ sarvāḥ proktā jagatpateḥ | kimanyacchrotukāmāsi tadbravīmi śubhānane
By those various modes all the conditions of the Lord of the world have been told by me. What else do you wish to hear? That I shall tell, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 252.252
उमामहेश्वरसंवादे श्रीकृष्णचरिते श्रीकृष्णस्वधामगमननिरूपणंनाम द्विपंचाशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇacarite śrīkṛṣṇasvadhāmagamananirūpaṇaṃnāma dvipaṃcāśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
(Colophon:) In the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara, in the Deeds of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the two hundred and fifty-second chapter, called "The Account of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Going to His Own Abode."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition