Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 35
ViP 5 35.1
भूय एवाहम् इच्छामि बलभद्रस्य धीमतः श्रोतुं पराक्रमं ब्रह्मन् तन् ममाख्यातुम् अर्हसि ॥
bhūya evāham icchāmi balabhadrasya dhīmataḥ śrotuṃ parākramaṃ brahman tan mamākhyātum arhasi //
Once again I wish to hear of the prowess of wise Balabhadra, brahman; you should relate that to me.
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ViP 5 35.2
यमुनाकर्षणादीनि श्रुतानि भगवन् मया तत् कथ्यतां महाभाग यद् अन्यत् कृतवान् बलः ॥
yamunākarṣaṇādīni śrutāni bhagavan mayā tat kathyatāṃ mahābhāga yad anyat kṛtavān balaḥ //
The dragging of the Yamunā and the rest I have heard, lord; let that be told, greatly fortunate one, which Bala did besides.
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ViP 5 35.3
मैत्रेय श्रूयतां कर्म यद् रामेणाभवत् कृतम् अनन्तेनाप्रमेयेन शेषेण धरणीभृता ॥
maitreya śrūyatāṃ karma yad rāmeṇābhavat kṛtam anantenāprameyena śeṣeṇa dharaṇībhṛtā //
Maitreya, hear the deed that was done by Rāma, the endless, immeasurable Śeṣa, the bearer of the earth.
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ViP 5 35.4
दुर्योधनस्य तनयां स्वयंवरकृतक्षणाम् बलाद् आदत्तवान् वीरः साम्बो जाम्बवतीसुतः ॥
duryodhanasya tanayāṃ svayaṃvarakṛtakṣaṇām balād ādattavān vīraḥ sāmbo jāmbavatīsutaḥ //
The hero Sāmba, son of Jāmbavatī, carried off by force the daughter of Duryodhana, who had fixed the time for her self-choice.
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ViP 5 35.5
ततः क्रुद्धा महावीर्याः कर्णदुर्योधनादयः भीष्मद्रोणादयश् चैनं बबन्धुर् युधि निर्जितम् ॥
tataḥ kruddhā mahāvīryāḥ karṇaduryodhanādayaḥ bhīṣmadroṇādayaś cainaṃ babandhur yudhi nirjitam //
Then Karṇa, Duryodhana and the others, of great might, and Bhīṣma, Droṇa and the rest, angered, bound him after defeating him in battle.
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ViP 5 35.6
तच् छ्रुत्वा यादवाः सर्वे क्रोधं दुर्योधनादिषु मैत्रेय चक्रुश् चक्रुश् च तान् निहन्तुं महोद्यमम् ॥
tac chrutvā yādavāḥ sarve krodhaṃ duryodhanādiṣu maitreya cakruś cakruś ca tān nihantuṃ mahodyamam //
Hearing that, all the Yādavas grew angry at Duryodhana and the others, Maitreya, and made a great effort to destroy them.
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ViP 5 35.7
तान् निवार्य बलः प्राह मदलोलकलाक्षरम् मोक्ष्यन्ति ते मद्वचनाद् यास्याम्य् एको हि कौरवान् ॥
tān nivārya balaḥ prāha madalolakalākṣaram mokṣyanti te madvacanād yāsyāmy eko hi kauravān //
Restraining them, Bala said, with syllables slurred from drink: 'They will release (him) at my word; I shall go alone to the Kauravas.'
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ViP 5 35.8
बलदेवस् ततो गत्वा नगरं नागसाह्वयम् बाह्योपवनमध्ये ऽभून् न विवेश च तत् पुरम् ॥
baladevas tato gatvā nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam bāhyopavanamadhye 'bhūn na viveśa ca tat puram //
Then Baladeva, having gone to the city named after the elephant, stayed in the midst of the outer pleasure-grove and did not enter that city.
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ViP 5 35.9
बलम् आगतम् आज्ञाय भूपा दुर्योधनादयः गाम् अर्घ्यम् उदकं चैव रामाय प्रत्यवेदयन् ॥
balam āgatam ājñāya bhūpā duryodhanādayaḥ gām arghyam udakaṃ caiva rāmāya pratyavedayan //
Learning that Bala had come, the kings, Duryodhana and the rest, presented to Rāma a cow, the guest-offering, and water.
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ViP 5 35.10
गृहीत्वा विधिवत् सर्वं ततस् तान् आह कौरवान् आज्ञापयत्य् उग्रसेनः साम्बम् आशु विमुञ्चत ॥
gṛhītvā vidhivat sarvaṃ tatas tān āha kauravān ājñāpayaty ugrasenaḥ sāmbam āśu vimuñcata //
Having accepted it all in due form, he then said to those Kauravas: 'Ugrasena commands: release Sāmba at once.'
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ViP 5 35.11
ततस् ते तद्वचः श्रुत्वा भीष्मद्रोणादयो द्विज कर्णदुर्योधनाद्याश् च चुक्रुधुर् द्विजसत्तम ॥
tatas te tadvacaḥ śrutvā bhīṣmadroṇādayo dvija karṇaduryodhanādyāś ca cukrudhur dvijasattama //
Then, hearing that speech of his, Bhīṣma, Droṇa and the others, brahman, and Karṇa, Duryodhana and the rest grew angry, best of the twice-born.
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ViP 5 35.12
ऊचुश् च कुपिताः सर्वे बाह्लिकाद्याश् च कौरवाः अराज्यार्हं यदोर् वंशम् अवेक्ष्य मुसलायुधम् ॥
ūcuś ca kupitāḥ sarve bāhlikādyāś ca kauravāḥ arājyārhaṃ yador vaṃśam avekṣya musalāyudham //
And all the Kauravas, with Bāhlika and the others, being angered, said, regarding the lineage of Yadu as unfit for kingship, to the wielder of the club:
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ViP 5 35.13
भो भोः किम् एतद् भवता बलभद्रेरितं वचः आज्ञां कुरुकुलोत्थानां यादवः कः प्रदास्यति ॥
bho bhoḥ kim etad bhavatā balabhadreritaṃ vacaḥ ājñāṃ kurukulotthānāṃ yādavaḥ kaḥ pradāsyati //
'Ho there! What is this word uttered by you, Balabhadra? What Yādava shall issue a command to those born of the Kuru line?
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ViP 5 35.14
उग्रसेनो ऽपि यद्य् आज्ञां कौरवाणां प्रदास्यति तद् अलं पाण्डुरैश् छत्रैर् नृपयोग्यैर् विडम्बितैः ॥
ugraseno 'pi yady ājñāṃ kauravāṇāṃ pradāsyati tad alaṃ pāṇḍuraiś chatrair nṛpayogyair viḍambitaiḥ //
If even Ugrasena is to issue commands to the Kauravas, then enough of the white parasols, fit for kings, that are being made a mockery of.
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ViP 5 35.15
तद् गच्छ बल मा वा त्वं साम्बम् अन्यायचेष्टितम् विमोक्ष्यामो न भवतो नोग्रसेनस्य शासनात् ॥
tad gaccha bala mā vā tvaṃ sāmbam anyāyaceṣṭitam vimokṣyāmo na bhavato nograsenasya śāsanāt //
So go, Bala, or do not: we shall not release Sāmba, whose conduct was lawless, at your order nor at Ugrasena's.
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ViP 5 35.16
प्रणतिर् या कृतास्माकं मान्यानां कुकुरान्धकैः ननाम सा कृता केयम् आज्ञा स्वामिनि भृत्यतः ॥
praṇatir yā kṛtāsmākaṃ mānyānāṃ kukurāndhakaiḥ nanāma sā kṛtā keyam ājñā svāmini bhṛtyataḥ //
The bowing that has been done to us, who are worthy of honour, by the Kukuras and Andhakas — that obeisance was indeed made; (but) what is this, a command from a servant to his master?
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ViP 5 35.17
गर्वम् आरोपिता यूयं समानासनभोजनैः को दोषो भवतां नीतिर् यत् प्रीत्या नावलोकिता ॥
garvam āropitā yūyaṃ samānāsanabhojanaiḥ ko doṣo bhavatāṃ nītir yat prītyā nāvalokitā //
You have been puffed up with pride by equal seats and equal meals. Whose fault is it that, out of affection, proper conduct was not observed by you?
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ViP 5 35.18
अस्माभिर् अर्घो भवतो यो ऽयं बल निवेदितः प्रेम्णैतन् नैतद् अस्माकं कुलाद् युष्मत्कुलोचितम् ॥
asmābhir argho bhavato yo 'yaṃ bala niveditaḥ premṇaitan naitad asmākaṃ kulād yuṣmatkulocitam //
This guest-offering that was presented to you by us, Bala, (was given) out of affection; it is not that this was due to your family from our family.
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ViP 5 35.19
इत्य् उक्त्वा कुरवः सर्वे न मुञ्चामो हरेः सुतम् कृतैकनिश्चयास् तूर्णं विविशुर् गजसाह्वयम् ॥
ity uktvā kuravaḥ sarve na muñcāmo hareḥ sutam kṛtaikaniścayās tūrṇaṃ viviśur gajasāhvayam //
Having said this, all the Kurus, of one fixed resolve — 'we shall not release Hari's son' — quickly entered the city named after the elephant.
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ViP 5 35.20
मत्तः कोपेन चाघूर्णस् ततो ऽधिक्षेपजन्मना उत्थाय पार्ष्ण्या वसुधां जघान स हलायुधः ॥
mattaḥ kopena cāghūrṇas tato 'dhikṣepajanmanā utthāya pārṣṇyā vasudhāṃ jaghāna sa halāyudhaḥ //
Drunk and reeling with the rage born of that insult, Halāyudha rose up and struck the earth with his heel.
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ViP 5 35.21
ततो विदारिता पृथ्वी पार्ष्णिघातान् महात्मनः आस्फोटयाम् आस तदा दिशः शब्देन पूरयन् ॥
tato vidāritā pṛthvī pārṣṇighātān mahātmanaḥ āsphoṭayām āsa tadā diśaḥ śabdena pūrayan //
Then, the earth having been split open by the heel-blow of that great one, he slapped his arms, filling the quarters with the sound.
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ViP 5 35.22
उवाच चातिताम्राक्षो भृकुटीकुटिलाननः ॥
uvāca cātitāmrākṣo bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ //
And, his eyes exceedingly red, his face contorted with a frown, he said:
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ViP 5 35.23
अहो मदावलेपो ऽयम् असाराणां दुरात्मनाम् कौरवाणाम् आधिपत्यम् अस्माकं किल कालजम् उग्रसेनस्य येनाज्ञां मन्यन्ते ऽद्यापि लङ्घनम् ॥
aho madāvalepo 'yam asārāṇāṃ durātmanām kauravāṇām ādhipatyam asmākaṃ kila kālajam ugrasenasya yenājñāṃ manyante 'dyāpi laṅghanam //
"Aho! This is the arrogant intoxication of the worthless, evil-minded Kauravas — whereas lordship over us belongs, surely by the ordinance of time, to Ugrasena, whose command they even now consider fit to be transgressed."
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ViP 5 35.25
धिङ् मनुष्यशतोच्छिष्टे तुष्टिर् एषां नृपासने पारिजाततरोः पुष्पमञ्जरीर् वनिताजनः बिभर्ति यस्य भृत्यानां सो ऽप्य् एषां न महीपतिः ॥
dhiṅ manuṣyaśatocchiṣṭe tuṣṭir eṣāṃ nṛpāsane pārijātataroḥ puṣpamañjarīr vanitājanaḥ bibharti yasya bhṛtyānāṃ so 'py eṣāṃ na mahīpatiḥ //
"Shame! Their contentment is in a king's seat that is the leftover of a hundred men. He whose servants' womenfolk wear blossom-clusters of the pārijāta tree — even he is not a king for them!"
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ViP 5 35.26
समस्तभूभृतां नाथ उग्रसेनः स तिष्ठतु अद्य निष्कौरवाम् उर्वीं कृत्वा यास्यामि तत्पुरीम् ॥
samastabhūbhṛtāṃ nātha ugrasenaḥ sa tiṣṭhatu adya niṣkauravām urvīṃ kṛtvā yāsyāmi tatpurīm //
"Let that Ugrasena remain lord of all the rulers of the earth; today, having made the earth free of Kauravas, I shall go to his city."
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ViP 5 35.27
कर्णं दुर्योधनं द्रोणम् अद्य भीष्मं सबाह्लिकम् दुःशासनादीन् भूरिं च भूरिश्रवसम् एव च ॥
karṇaṃ duryodhanaṃ droṇam adya bhīṣmaṃ sabāhlikam duḥśāsanādīn bhūriṃ ca bhūriśravasam eva ca //
"Karṇa, Duryodhana, Droṇa, today Bhīṣma along with Bāhlika, Duḥśāsana and the rest, and Bhūri, and Bhūriśravas as well,"
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ViP 5 35.28
सोमदत्तं शलं भीमम् अर्जुनं सयुधिष्ठिरम् यमजौ कौरवांश् चान्यान् हत्वा साश्वरथद्विपान् ॥
somadattaṃ śalaṃ bhīmam arjunaṃ sayudhiṣṭhiram yamajau kauravāṃś cānyān hatvā sāśvarathadvipān //
"Somadatta, Śala, Bhīma, Arjuna together with Yudhiṣṭhira, the twins, and the other Kauravas — having slain them with their horses, chariots and elephants,"
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ViP 5 35.29
वीरम् आदाय तं साम्बं सपत्नीकं ततः पुरीम् द्वारकाम् उग्रसेनादीन् गत्वा द्रक्ष्यामि बान्धवान् ॥
vīram ādāya taṃ sāmbaṃ sapatnīkaṃ tataḥ purīm dvārakām ugrasenādīn gatvā drakṣyāmi bāndhavān //
"taking that hero Sāmba with his wife, I shall then go to the city Dvārakā and see Ugrasena and the rest of my kinsmen."
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ViP 5 35.31
इत्य् उक्त्वा मदरक्ताक्षः कर्षणाधोमुखं हलम् प्राकारवप्रे विन्यस्य चकर्ष मुसलायुधः ॥
ity uktvā madaraktākṣaḥ karṣaṇādhomukhaṃ halam prākāravapre vinyasya cakarṣa musalāyudhaḥ //
Having said this, his eyes red with intoxication, the wielder of the club set his plough, its point turned downward for dragging, against the rampart's base and pulled.
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ViP 5 35.32
आघूर्णितं तत् सहसा ततो वै हस्तिनापुरम् दृष्ट्वा संक्षुब्धहृदयाश् चुक्रुशुः सर्वकौरवाः ॥
āghūrṇitaṃ tat sahasā tato vai hastināpuram dṛṣṭvā saṃkṣubdhahṛdayāś cukruśuḥ sarvakauravāḥ //
Then, seeing Hastināpura suddenly set shaking, all the Kauravas cried out, their hearts trembling:
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ViP 5 35.33
राम राम महाबाहो क्षम्यतां क्षम्यतां त्वया उपसंह्रियतां कोपः प्रसीद मुसलायुध ॥
rāma rāma mahābāho kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāṃ tvayā upasaṃhriyatāṃ kopaḥ prasīda musalāyudha //
"Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one, let it be forgiven, let it be forgiven by you; let your anger be withdrawn; be gracious, wielder of the club."
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ViP 5 35.34
एष साम्बः सपत्नीकस् तव निर्यातितो बल अविज्ञातप्रभावाणां क्षम्यताम् अपराधिनाम् ॥
eṣa sāmbaḥ sapatnīkas tava niryātito bala avijñātaprabhāvāṇāṃ kṣamyatām aparādhinām //
"Here is Sāmba, along with his wife, handed over to you, Bala; let the offenders be forgiven, who did not know your power."
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ViP 5 35.35
ततो निर्यातयाम् आसुः साम्बं पत्न्या समन्वितम् निष्क्रम्य स्वपुरात् तूर्णं कौरवा मुनिपुंगव ॥
tato niryātayām āsuḥ sāmbaṃ patnyā samanvitam niṣkramya svapurāt tūrṇaṃ kauravā munipuṃgava //
Then, O bull among sages, the Kauravas quickly came out from their city and delivered up Sāmba together with his wife.
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ViP 5 35.36
भीष्मद्रोणकृपादीनां प्रणम्य वदतां प्रियम् क्षान्तम् एव मयेत्य् आह बलो बलवतां वरः ॥
bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādīnāṃ praṇamya vadatāṃ priyam kṣāntam eva mayety āha balo balavatāṃ varaḥ //
When Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa and the others bowed and spoke kindly, Bala, the best of the strong, said, "It is indeed forgiven by me."
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ViP 5 35.37
अद्याप्य् आघूर्णिताकारं लक्ष्यते तत् पुरं द्विज एष प्रभावो रामस्य बलशौर्योपलक्षणः ॥
adyāpy āghūrṇitākāraṃ lakṣyate tat puraṃ dvija eṣa prabhāvo rāmasya balaśauryopalakṣaṇaḥ //
Even today, O brahmin, that city is seen to have a tilted shape; this is the power of Rāma, marking out his strength and valour.
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ViP 5 35.38
ततस् तु कौरवाः साम्बं संपूज्य हलिना सह प्रेषयाम् आसुर् उद्वाहधनभार्यासमन्वितम् ॥
tatas tu kauravāḥ sāmbaṃ saṃpūjya halinā saha preṣayām āsur udvāhadhanabhāryāsamanvitam //
Then the Kauravas honoured Sāmba and sent him off along with the plough-bearer, provided with a wife and wedding wealth.
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