Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 37
ViP 5 37.1
एवं दैत्यवधं कृष्णो बलदेवसहायवान् चक्रे दुष्टक्षितीशानां तथैव जगतः कृते ॥
evaṃ daityavadhaṃ kṛṣṇo baladevasahāyavān cakre duṣṭakṣitīśānāṃ tathaiva jagataḥ kṛte //
Thus Kṛṣṇa, with Baladeva as his helper, accomplished the slaying of the demons, the wicked lords of the earth, and likewise (acted) for the sake of the world.
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ViP 5 37.2
क्षितेश् च भारं भगवान् फाल्गुनेन समं विभुः अवतारयाम् आस हरिः समस्ताक्षौहिणीवधात् ॥
kṣiteś ca bhāraṃ bhagavān phālgunena samaṃ vibhuḥ avatārayām āsa hariḥ samastākṣauhiṇīvadhāt //
And the blessed lord Hari, the all-pervading one, together with Phālguna (Arjuna), removed the burden of the earth by the destruction of entire akṣauhiṇīs.
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ViP 5 37.4
उत्सृज्य द्वारकां कृष्णस् त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यम् आत्मभूः सांशो विष्णुमयं स्थानं प्रविवेश पुनर् निजम् ॥
utsṛjya dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇas tyaktvā mānuṣyam ātmabhūḥ sāṃśo viṣṇumayaṃ sthānaṃ praviveśa punar nijam //
Abandoning Dvārakā and casting off his human form, Kṛṣṇa, the self-born, together with his portion, entered again his own place, which consists of Viṣṇu.
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ViP 5 37.5
स विप्रशापव्याजेन संजह्रे स्वकुलं कथम् कथं च मानुषं देहम् उत्ससर्ज जनार्दनः ॥
sa vipraśāpavyājena saṃjahre svakulaṃ katham kathaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ deham utsasarja janārdanaḥ //
How did he destroy his own family under the pretext of a brahmin's curse, and how did Janārdana cast off his human body?
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ViP 5 37.7
ततस् ते यौवनोन्मत्ता भाविकार्यप्रचोदिताः साम्बं जाम्बवतीपुत्रं भूषयित्वा स्त्रियं यथा ॥
tatas te yauvanonmattā bhāvikāryapracoditāḥ sāmbaṃ jāmbavatīputraṃ bhūṣayitvā striyaṃ yathā //
Then they, mad with youth, impelled by what was destined to happen, adorned Sāmba, the son of Jāmbavatī, like a woman;
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ViP 5 37.8
प्रसृतास् तान् मुनीन् ऊचुः प्रणिपातपुरःसरम् इयं स्त्री पुत्रकामस्य बभ्रोः किं जनयिष्यति ॥
prasṛtās tān munīn ūcuḥ praṇipātapuraḥsaram iyaṃ strī putrakāmasya babhroḥ kiṃ janayiṣyati //
having approached those sages, they said, prefacing it with a bow: "This woman is the wife of Babhru, who desires a son — what will she give birth to?"
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ViP 5 37.10
इत्य् उक्तास् तैः कुमारास् ते आचचक्षुर् यथातथम् उग्रसेनाय मुसलं जज्ञे साम्बस्य चोदरात् ॥
ity uktās taiḥ kumārās te ācacakṣur yathātatham ugrasenāya musalaṃ jajñe sāmbasya codarāt //
Thus addressed, those boys were told by them (the sages) exactly as it would be: "From Sāmba's belly a pestle will be born, for Ugrasena."
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ViP 5 37.11
तद् उग्रसेनो मुसलम् अयश्चूर्णम् अकारयत् जज्ञे स चैरकाश् चूर्णः प्रक्षिप्तस् तैर् महोदधौ ॥
tad ugraseno musalam ayaścūrṇam akārayat jajñe sa cairakāś cūrṇaḥ prakṣiptas tair mahodadhau //
Ugrasena had that pestle ground into iron powder; and the powder was thrown by them into the great ocean, and it became eraka grass.
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ViP 5 37.12
मुसलस्याथ लोहस्य चूर्णितस्यान्धकैर् द्विज खण्डं चूर्णयितुं शेकुर् नैकं ते तोमराकृति ॥
musalasyātha lohasya cūrṇitasyāndhakair dvija khaṇḍaṃ cūrṇayituṃ śekur naikaṃ te tomarākṛti //
But of the iron pestle, ground to powder by the Andhakas, O twice-born one, there was one piece, shaped like a javelin, which they could not pulverize.
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ViP 5 37.13
तद् अप्य् अम्बुनिधौ क्षिप्तं मत्स्यो जग्राह जालिभिः घातितस्योदरात् तस्य लुब्धो जग्राह तं जराः ॥
tad apy ambunidhau kṣiptaṃ matsyo jagrāha jālibhiḥ ghātitasyodarāt tasya lubdho jagrāha taṃ jarāḥ //
That too was thrown into the sea; a fish swallowed it; the fish was killed by fishermen, and from its belly the hunter Jaras took it.
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ViP 5 37.14
विज्ञातपरमार्थो ऽपि भगवान् मधुसूदनः नैच्छत् तद् अन्यथाकर्तुं विधिना यत् समाहितम् ॥
vijñātaparamārtho 'pi bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ naicchat tad anyathākartuṃ vidhinā yat samāhitam //
Although the blessed lord, the slayer of Madhu, knew the ultimate truth (of the matter), he did not wish to make otherwise that which had been ordained by fate.
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ViP 5 37.15
देवैश् च प्रहितो दूतः प्रणिपत्याह केशवम् रहस्य् एवम् अहं दूतः प्रहितो भगवन् सुरैः ॥
devaiś ca prahito dūtaḥ praṇipatyāha keśavam rahasy evam ahaṃ dūtaḥ prahito bhagavan suraiḥ //
And a messenger sent by the gods, having bowed down, said to Keśava in private: "Thus have I, a messenger, been sent by the gods, O blessed one.
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ViP 5 37.16
वस्वश्विमरुदादित्यरुद्रसाध्यादिभिः सह विज्ञापयति वः शक्रस् तद् इदं श्रूयतां प्रभो ॥
vasvaśvimarudādityarudrasādhyādibhiḥ saha vijñāpayati vaḥ śakras tad idaṃ śrūyatāṃ prabho //
Together with the Vasus, the Aśvins, the Maruts, the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Sādhyas and the rest, Śakra makes known (this) to you: hear it, O lord.
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ViP 5 37.17
भारावतारणार्थाय वर्षाणाम् अधिकं शतम् भगवान् अवतीर्णो ऽत्र त्रिदशैः संप्रसादितः ॥
bhārāvatāraṇārthāya varṣāṇām adhikaṃ śatam bhagavān avatīrṇo 'tra tridaśaiḥ saṃprasāditaḥ //
For the purpose of removing the burden (of the earth), the blessed one, entreated by the gods, descended here for more than a hundred years.
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ViP 5 37.18
दुर्वृत्ता निहता दैत्या भुवो भारो ऽवतारितः त्वया सनाथास् त्रिदशा भवन्तु त्रिदिवे सदा ॥
durvṛttā nihatā daityā bhuvo bhāro 'vatāritaḥ tvayā sanāthās tridaśā bhavantu tridive sadā //
The evil-doing demons have been slain, the earth's burden has been removed; let the gods, having you as their protector, be ever in heaven.
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ViP 5 37.19
तद् अतीतं जगन्नाथ वर्षाणाम् अधिकं शतम् इदानीं गम्यतां स्वर्गो भवता यदि रोचते ॥
tad atītaṃ jagannātha varṣāṇām adhikaṃ śatam idānīṃ gamyatāṃ svargo bhavatā yadi rocate //
So more than a hundred years have passed, O lord of the world; now let heaven be gone to (by you), if it please you.
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ViP 5 37.20
देवैर् विज्ञाप्यते चेदं अथात्रैव रतिस् तव तत् स्थीयतां यथाकालम् आख्येयम् अनुजीविभिः ॥
devair vijñāpyate cedaṃ athātraiva ratis tava tat sthīyatāṃ yathākālam ākhyeyam anujīvibhiḥ //
And this too is submitted by the gods: if your pleasure is here itself, then let (you) remain; it is to be reported by your dependants at the proper time."
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ViP 5 37.21
यत् त्वम् आत्थाखिलं दूत वेद्म्य् एतद् अहम् अप्य् उत प्रारब्ध एव हि मया यादवानाम् अपि क्षयः ॥
yat tvam ātthākhilaṃ dūta vedmy etad aham apy uta prārabdha eva hi mayā yādavānām api kṣayaḥ //
"All that you say, messenger, I too know; indeed, the destruction of the Yādavas has already been begun by me.
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ViP 5 37.22
भुवो नाद्यापि भारो ऽयं यादवैर् अनिबर्हितैः अवतार्य करोम्य् एतत् सप्तरात्रेण सत्वरः ॥
bhuvo nādyāpi bhāro 'yaṃ yādavair anibarhitaiḥ avatārya karomy etat saptarātreṇa satvaraḥ //
This burden of the earth is not (removed) even now, since the Yādavas are not destroyed; removing it, I shall accomplish this quickly, within seven nights.
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ViP 5 37.23
यथा गृहीतम् अम्भोधेर् दत्त्वाहं द्वारकाभुवम् यादवान् उपसंहृत्य यास्यामि त्रिदशालयम् ॥
yathā gṛhītam ambhodher dattvāhaṃ dvārakābhuvam yādavān upasaṃhṛtya yāsyāmi tridaśālayam //
Giving back to the ocean the ground of Dvārakā just as it was taken, and gathering up the Yādavas, I shall go to the abode of the gods.
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ViP 5 37.24
मनुष्यदेहम् उत्सृज्य संकर्षणसहायवान् प्राप्त एवास्मि मन्तव्यो देवेन्द्रेण तथा सुरैः ॥
manuṣyadeham utsṛjya saṃkarṣaṇasahāyavān prāpta evāsmi mantavyo devendreṇa tathā suraiḥ //
"Having cast off the human body, together with Saṃkarṣaṇa as my companion, I am to be reckoned as having already arrived — so (let it be understood) by Indra of the gods and by the gods."
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ViP 5 37.25
जरासंधादयो ये ऽन्ये निहता भारहेतवः क्षितेस् तेभ्यः कुमारो ऽपि यदूनां नापचीयते ॥
jarāsaṃdhādayo ye 'nye nihatā bhārahetavaḥ kṣites tebhyaḥ kumāro 'pi yadūnāṃ nāpacīyate //
"Jarāsaṃdha and the others who have been slain, who were the cause of the earth's burden — compared with them, even a boy of the Yādavas is not inferior."
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ViP 5 37.26
तद् एनं सुमहाभारम् अवतार्य क्षितेर् अहम् यास्याम्य् अमरलोकस्य पालनाय ब्रवीहि तान् ॥
tad enaṃ sumahābhāram avatārya kṣiter aham yāsyāmy amaralokasya pālanāya bravīhi tān //
"So, having removed this very great burden from the earth, I shall go to guard the world of the immortals. Tell them so."
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ViP 5 37.27
इत्य् उक्तो वासुदेवेन देवदूतः प्रणम्य तम् मैत्रेय दिव्यया गत्या देवराजान्तिकं ययौ ॥
ity ukto vāsudevena devadūtaḥ praṇamya tam maitreya divyayā gatyā devarājāntikaṃ yayau //
Addressed thus by Vāsudeva, the messenger of the gods bowed to him, Maitreya, and went by a divine course into the presence of the king of the gods.
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ViP 5 37.28
भगवान् अप्य् अथोत्पातान् दिव्यभौमान्तरिक्षगान् ददर्श द्वारकापुर्यां विनाशाय दिवानिशम् ॥
bhagavān apy athotpātān divyabhaumāntarikṣagān dadarśa dvārakāpuryāṃ vināśāya divāniśam //
Then the Lord too saw portents, going in the sky, on the earth, and in the intermediate region, day and night, in the city of Dvārakā, portending destruction.
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ViP 5 37.29
तान् दृष्ट्वा यादवान् आह पश्यध्वम् अतिदारुणान् महोत्पाताञ् छमायैषां प्रभासं याम मा चिरम् ॥
tān dṛṣṭvā yādavān āha paśyadhvam atidāruṇān mahotpātāñ chamāyaiṣāṃ prabhāsaṃ yāma mā ciram //
Seeing them, he said to the Yādavas: "Look at these exceedingly dreadful great portents! To avert them let us go to Prabhāsa without delay."
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ViP 5 37.30
महाभागवतः प्राह प्रणिपत्योद्धवो हरिम् भगवन् यन् मया कार्यं तद् आज्ञापय साम्प्रतम् मन्ये कुलम् इदं सर्वं भगवान् संहरिष्यति ॥
mahābhāgavataḥ prāha praṇipatyoddhavo harim bhagavan yan mayā kāryaṃ tad ājñāpaya sāmpratam manye kulam idaṃ sarvaṃ bhagavān saṃhariṣyati //
The great devotee Uddhava, having bowed to Hari, spoke: "Lord, command now what is to be done by me. I think that the Lord will destroy this whole family."
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ViP 5 37.31
नाशायास्य निमित्तानि कुलस्याच्युत लक्षये ॥
nāśāyāsya nimittāni kulasyācyuta lakṣaye //
"I discern the signs of this family's destruction, O Acyuta."
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ViP 5 37.32
गच्छ त्वं दिव्यया गत्या मत्प्रसादसमुत्थया बदरीकाश्रमं पुण्यं गन्धमादनपर्वते नरनारायणस्थाने तत्पावितमहीतले ॥
gaccha tvaṃ divyayā gatyā matprasādasamutthayā badarīkāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ gandhamādanaparvate naranārāyaṇasthāne tatpāvitamahītale //
"Go by the divine course arisen from my grace to the holy hermitage of Badarī on Mount Gandhamādana, to the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, where the ground is purified by them."
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ViP 5 37.33
मन्मना मत्प्रसादेन तत्र सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि अहं स्वर्गं गमिष्यामि उपसंहृत्य वै कुलम् ॥
manmanā matprasādena tatra siddhim avāpsyasi ahaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyāmi upasaṃhṛtya vai kulam //
"With your mind on me, by my grace you will attain perfection there; and I, having withdrawn the family, shall go to heaven."
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ViP 5 37.34
द्वारकां च मया त्यक्तां समुद्रः प्लावयिष्यति ॥
dvārakāṃ ca mayā tyaktāṃ samudraḥ plāvayiṣyati //
"And Dvārakā, abandoned by me, the ocean will flood over."
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ViP 5 37.35
इत्य् उक्तः प्रणिपत्यैनं जगाम स तदोद्धवः नरनारायणस्थानं केशवेनानुमोदितः ॥
ity uktaḥ praṇipatyainaṃ jagāma sa tadoddhavaḥ naranārāyaṇasthānaṃ keśavenānumoditaḥ //
Addressed thus, that Uddhava then bowed to him and went, with Keśava's assent, to the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
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ViP 5 37.36
ततस् ते यादवाः सर्वे रथान् आरुह्य शीघ्रगान् प्रभासं प्रययुः सार्धं कृष्णरामादिभिर् द्विज ॥
tatas te yādavāḥ sarve rathān āruhya śīghragān prabhāsaṃ prayayuḥ sārdhaṃ kṛṣṇarāmādibhir dvija //
Then all those Yādavas, mounting swift-going chariots, set out for Prabhāsa together with Kṛṣṇa, Rāma and the rest, O brahmin.
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ViP 5 37.37
प्राप्य प्रभासं प्रयताः स्नातास् ते कुकुरान्धकाः चक्रुस् तत्र मुदा पानं वासुदेवानुमोदिताः ॥
prāpya prabhāsaṃ prayatāḥ snātās te kukurāndhakāḥ cakrus tatra mudā pānaṃ vāsudevānumoditāḥ //
Having reached Prabhāsa, the Kukuras and Andhakas, purified and bathed, joyfully drank there, with Vāsudeva's assent.
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ViP 5 37.38
पिबतां तत्र वै तेषां संघर्षेण परस्परम् अतिवादेन्धनो जज्ञे कलहाग्निः क्षयावहः ॥
pibatāṃ tatra vai teṣāṃ saṃgharṣeṇa parasparam ativādendhano jajñe kalahāgniḥ kṣayāvahaḥ //
As they drank there, from mutual rivalry a fire of quarrel arose, fuelled by abusive words, bringing ruin.
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ViP 5 37.39
जघ्नुः परस्परं ते तु शस्त्रैर् दैवबलात्कृताः क्षीणशस्त्राश् च जगृहुः प्रत्यासन्नाम् अथैरकाम् ॥
jaghnuḥ parasparaṃ te tu śastrair daivabalātkṛtāḥ kṣīṇaśastrāś ca jagṛhuḥ pratyāsannām athairakām //
Compelled by the force of fate, they struck one another with weapons; and when their weapons were spent they seized the eraka grass that was near at hand.
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ViP 5 37.40
एरका तु गृहीता तैर् वज्रभूतेव लक्ष्यते तया परस्परं जघ्नुः संप्रहारे सुदारुणे ॥
erakā tu gṛhītā tair vajrabhūteva lakṣyate tayā parasparaṃ jaghnuḥ saṃprahāre sudāruṇe //
But the eraka grass, once taken by them, appeared as though it had become a thunderbolt; with it they struck one another in a most terrible battle.
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ViP 5 37.41
प्रद्युम्नसाम्बप्रमुखाः कृतवर्माथ सात्यकिः अनिरुद्धादयश् चान्ये पृथुर् विपृथुर् एव च ॥
pradyumnasāmbapramukhāḥ kṛtavarmātha sātyakiḥ aniruddhādayaś cānye pṛthur vipṛthur eva ca //
Pradyumna, Sāmba and the foremost ones, Kṛtavarman and Sātyaki, and the others beginning with Aniruddha, and Pṛthu and Vipṛthu,
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ViP 5 37.42
चारुवर्मा चारुकश् च तथाक्रूरादयो द्विज एरकारूपिभिर् वज्रैस् ते निजघ्नुः परस्परम् ॥
cāruvarmā cārukaś ca tathākrūrādayo dvija erakārūpibhir vajrais te nijaghnuḥ parasparam //
and Cāruvarman and Cāruka, and Akrūra and the rest, O brahmin — they struck one another down with thunderbolts in the form of eraka grass.
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ViP 5 37.43
निवारयाम् आस हरिर् यादवांस् ते च केशवम् सहायं मेनिरे प्राप्तं ते निजघ्नुः परस्परम् ॥
nivārayām āsa harir yādavāṃs te ca keśavam sahāyaṃ menire prāptaṃ te nijaghnuḥ parasparam //
Hari tried to restrain the Yādavas, but they thought that he had come as an ally (of each side); and they struck one another down.
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ViP 5 37.44
कृष्णो ऽपि कुपितस् तेषाम् एरकामुष्टिम् आददे वधाय सो ऽपि मुसलं मुष्टिर् लोहम् अभूत् तदा ॥
kṛṣṇo 'pi kupitas teṣām erakāmuṣṭim ādade vadhāya so 'pi musalaṃ muṣṭir loham abhūt tadā //
Krishna too, enraged, took up a handful of eraka grass in order to kill them; and that (handful) became the pestle, and the handful turned to iron then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 37.45
जघान तेन निःशेषान् यादवान् आततायिनः जघ्नुश् च सहसाभ्येत्य तथान्ये वै परस्परम् ॥
jaghāna tena niḥśeṣān yādavān ātatāyinaḥ jaghnuś ca sahasābhyetya tathānye vai parasparam //
With it he slew, without remainder, the Yādavas who came at him with weapons raised; and others too, rushing up all at once, likewise slew one another.
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ViP 5 37.46
ततश् चार्णवमध्येन जैत्रो ऽसौ चक्रिणो रथः पश्यतो दारुकस्याशु हृतो ऽश्वैर् द्विजसत्तम ॥
tataś cārṇavamadhyena jaitro 'sau cakriṇo rathaḥ paśyato dārukasyāśu hṛto 'śvair dvijasattama //
And then, O best of the twice-born, that victorious chariot of the wielder of the discus was swiftly carried off by the horses through the midst of the ocean, while Dāruka looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 37.47
चक्रं तथा गदा शार्ङ्गतूणी शङ्खो ऽसिर् एव च प्रदक्षिणं हरिं कृत्वा जग्मुर् आदित्यवर्त्मना ॥
cakraṃ tathā gadā śārṅgatūṇī śaṅkho 'sir eva ca pradakṣiṇaṃ hariṃ kṛtvā jagmur ādityavartmanā //
And the discus, the mace, the Śārṅga bow and quiver, the conch and the sword too, having circumambulated Hari to the right, went off by the path of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 37.48
क्षणेन नाभवत् कश्चिद् यादवानाम् अघातितः ऋते कृष्णं महाबाहुं दारुकं च महामुने ॥
kṣaṇena nābhavat kaścid yādavānām aghātitaḥ ṛte kṛṣṇaṃ mahābāhuṃ dārukaṃ ca mahāmune //
In a moment there was not one of the Yādavas left unslain, except great-armed Krishna and Dāruka, O great sage.
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ViP 5 37.49
चङ्क्रम्यमाणौ तौ रामं वृक्षमूले कृतासनम् ददृशाते मुखाच् चास्य निष्क्रामन्तं महोरगम् ॥
caṅkramyamāṇau tau rāmaṃ vṛkṣamūle kṛtāsanam dadṛśāte mukhāc cāsya niṣkrāmantaṃ mahoragam //
As the two were walking about, they saw Rāma seated at the foot of a tree, and a great serpent coming out of his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 37.50
निष्क्रम्य स मुखात् तस्य महाभोगो भुजंगमः प्रययाव् अर्णवं सिद्धैः पूज्यमानस् तथोरगैः ॥
niṣkramya sa mukhāt tasya mahābhogo bhujaṃgamaḥ prayayāv arṇavaṃ siddhaiḥ pūjyamānas tathoragaiḥ //
Having come out of his mouth, that snake of vast coils went to the ocean, honoured by the Siddhas and likewise by the serpents.
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ViP 5 37.51
ततो ऽर्घम् आदाय तदा जलधिः संमुखं ययौ प्रविवेश च तत्तोयं पूजितः पन्नगोत्तमैः ॥
tato 'rgham ādāya tadā jaladhiḥ saṃmukhaṃ yayau praviveśa ca tattoyaṃ pūjitaḥ pannagottamaiḥ //
Then the ocean, taking a welcome-offering, came before him, and he, honoured by the foremost of serpents, entered its water.
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ViP 5 37.52
दृष्ट्वा बलस्य निर्याणं दारुकं प्राह केशवः इदं सर्वं त्वम् आचक्ष्व वसुदेवोग्रसेनयोः ॥
dṛṣṭvā balasya niryāṇaṃ dārukaṃ prāha keśavaḥ idaṃ sarvaṃ tvam ācakṣva vasudevograsenayoḥ //
Seeing Bala's departure, Keśava said to Dāruka: "Tell all this to Vasudeva and Ugrasena—
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ViP 5 37.53
निर्याणं बलभद्रस्य यादवानां तथा क्षयम् योगे स्थित्वाहम् अप्य् एतत् परित्यक्ष्ये कलेवरम् ॥
niryāṇaṃ balabhadrasya yādavānāṃ tathā kṣayam yoge sthitvāham apy etat parityakṣye kalevaram //
the departure of Balabhadra, and likewise the destruction of the Yādavas; and that I too, abiding in yoga, shall give up this body.
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ViP 5 37.54
वाच्यश् च द्वारकावासी जनः सर्वस् तथाहुकः यथेमां नगरीं सर्वां समुद्रः प्लावयिष्यति ॥
vācyaś ca dvārakāvāsī janaḥ sarvas tathāhukaḥ yathemāṃ nagarīṃ sarvāṃ samudraḥ plāvayiṣyati //
And all the people dwelling in Dvārakā, and Āhuka too, are to be told that the sea will flood this whole city.
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ViP 5 37.55
तस्माद् भवद्भिः सज्जैस् तु प्रतीक्ष्यो ह्य् अर्जुनागमः न स्थेयं द्वारकामध्ये निष्क्रान्ते तत्र पाण्डवे ॥
tasmād bhavadbhiḥ sajjais tu pratīkṣyo hy arjunāgamaḥ na stheyaṃ dvārakāmadhye niṣkrānte tatra pāṇḍave //
Therefore you should be ready and await Arjuna's coming; you must not stay within Dvārakā when the Pāṇḍava has left it there.
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ViP 5 37.56
तेनैव सह गन्तव्यं यत्र याति स कौरवः ॥
tenaiva saha gantavyaṃ yatra yāti sa kauravaḥ //
You must go along with him, wherever that Kaurava goes.
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ViP 5 37.57
गत्वा च ब्रूहि कौन्तेयम् अर्जुनं वचनान् मम पालनीयस् त्वया शक्त्या जनो ऽयं मत्परिग्रहः ॥
gatvā ca brūhi kaunteyam arjunaṃ vacanān mama pālanīyas tvayā śaktyā jano 'yaṃ matparigrahaḥ //
And when you have gone, say to Arjuna, Kuntī's son, in my words: 'These people, my dependents, are to be protected by you to the best of your power.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 37.58
इत्य् अर्जुनेन सहितो द्वारवत्या भवाञ् जनम् गृहीत्वा यातु वज्रश् च यदुराजो भविष्यति ॥
ity arjunena sahito dvāravatyā bhavāñ janam gṛhītvā yātu vajraś ca yadurājo bhaviṣyati //
So, together with Arjuna, let your honour take the people and go from Dvāravatī; and Vajra shall be king of the Yadus."
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ViP 5 37.59
इत्य् उक्तो दारुकः कृष्णं प्रणिपत्य पुनः पुनः प्रदक्षिणं च बहुशः कृत्वा प्रायाद् यथोदितम् ॥
ity ukto dārukaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ praṇipatya punaḥ punaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ ca bahuśaḥ kṛtvā prāyād yathoditam //
Thus addressed, Dāruka bowed down to Krishna again and again, and having circumambulated him to the right many times, he set out as he had been told.
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ViP 5 37.60
स गत्वा च तथा चक्रे द्वारकायां तथार्जुनम् आनिनाय महाबुद्धिर् वज्रं चक्रे तथा नृपम् ॥
sa gatvā ca tathā cakre dvārakāyāṃ tathārjunam ānināya mahābuddhir vajraṃ cakre tathā nṛpam //
And having gone, he did so in Dvārakā: the man of great intelligence brought Arjuna there, and made Vajra king.
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ViP 5 37.61
भगवान् अपि गोविन्दो वासुदेवात्मकं परम् ब्रह्मात्मनि समारोप्य सर्वभूतेष्व् अधारयत् ॥
bhagavān api govindo vāsudevātmakaṃ param brahmātmani samāropya sarvabhūteṣv adhārayat //
And the Lord Govinda too, having placed the supreme brahman, whose essence is Vāsudeva, in himself, held it in all beings.
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ViP 5 37.62
संमानयन् द्विजवचो दुर्वासा यद् उवाच ह योगयुक्तो ऽभवत् पादं कृत्वा जानुनि सत्तम ॥
saṃmānayan dvijavaco durvāsā yad uvāca ha yogayukto 'bhavat pādaṃ kṛtvā jānuni sattama //
Honouring the brahmin's speech—what Durvāsas had said—he became joined in yoga, placing his foot upon his knee, O excellent one.
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ViP 5 37.63
आययौ च जरा नाम स तदा तत्र लुब्धकः मुसलावशेषलोहैकसायकन्यस्ततोमरः ॥
āyayau ca jarā nāma sa tadā tatra lubdhakaḥ musalāvaśeṣalohaikasāyakanyastatomaraḥ //
And then there came to that place a hunter named Jarā, whose spear-point was set upon a single arrow made of the iron left over from the pestle.
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ViP 5 37.64
स तत्पादं मृगाकारम् अवेक्ष्याराद् अवस्थितः तले विव्याध तेनैव तोमरेण द्विजोत्तम ॥
sa tatpādaṃ mṛgākāram avekṣyārād avasthitaḥ tale vivyādha tenaiva tomareṇa dvijottama //
He, seeing that foot from a distance and taking it for the shape of a deer, standing there, pierced (it) in the sole with that very javelin, O best of the twice-born.
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ViP 5 37.65
गतश् च ददृशे तत्र चतुर्बाहुधरं नरम् प्रणिपत्याह चैवैनं प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः ॥
gataś ca dadṛśe tatra caturbāhudharaṃ naram praṇipatyāha caivainaṃ prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ //
And having gone (there) he saw a man bearing four arms; and bowing down he said to him again and again, "Be gracious!"
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ViP 5 37.66
अजानता कृतम् इदं मया हरिणशङ्कया क्षम्यतां नात्मपापेन दग्धं मां दग्धुम् अर्हसि ॥
ajānatā kṛtam idaṃ mayā hariṇaśaṅkayā kṣamyatāṃ nātmapāpena dagdhaṃ māṃ dagdhum arhasi //
"This was done by me unknowingly, in the belief (that it was) a deer. Let it be forgiven; you ought not to burn me, (already) burned by my own sin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 37.67
ततस् तं भगवान् आह न ते ऽस्ति भयम् अण्व् अपि गच्छ त्वं मत्प्रसादेन लुब्ध स्वर्गं सुरास्पदम् ॥
tatas taṃ bhagavān āha na te 'sti bhayam aṇv api gaccha tvaṃ matprasādena lubdha svargaṃ surāspadam //
Then the Lord said to him: "You have not even the least fear. Go, hunter, by my grace, to heaven, the abode of the gods."
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ViP 5 37.68
विमानम् आगतं सद्यस् तद्वाक्यसमनन्तरम् आरुह्य प्रययौ स्वर्गं लुब्धकस् तत्प्रसादतः ॥
vimānam āgataṃ sadyas tadvākyasamanantaram āruhya prayayau svargaṃ lubdhakas tatprasādataḥ //
Immediately after those words a celestial car arrived; mounting it, the hunter went to heaven by his grace.
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ViP 5 37.69
गते तस्मिन् स भगवान् संयोज्यात्मानम् आत्मनि ब्रह्मभूते ऽव्यये ऽचिन्त्ये वासुदेवमये ऽमले ॥
gate tasmin sa bhagavān saṃyojyātmānam ātmani brahmabhūte 'vyaye 'cintye vāsudevamaye 'male //
When he had gone, the Lord, joining himself with the Self—which has become brahman, imperishable, unthinkable, consisting of Vāsudeva, stainless,
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ViP 5 37.70
अजन्मन्य् अजरे ऽनाशिन्य् अप्रमेये ऽखिलात्मनि तत्याज मानुषं देहम् अतीत्य त्रिविधां गतिम् ॥
ajanmany ajare 'nāśiny aprameye 'khilātmani tatyāja mānuṣaṃ deham atītya trividhāṃ gatim //
unborn, ageless, indestructible, immeasurable, the Self of all—gave up his human body, passing beyond the threefold course (of destiny).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition