Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 5
ViP 5 5.1
विमुक्तो वसुदेवो ऽपि नन्दस्य शकटं गतः प्रहृष्टं दृष्टवान् नन्दं पुत्रो जातो ममेति वै ॥
vimukto vasudevo 'pi nandasya śakaṭaṃ gataḥ prahṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭavān nandaṃ putro jāto mameti vai //
Vasudeva too, released, went to Nanda's wagon and saw Nanda delighted, (thinking) "a son has been born to me."
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ViP 5 5.2
वसुदेवो ऽपि तं प्राह दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्येति सादरम् वार्द्धके ऽपि समुत्पन्नस् तनयो यत् तवाधुना ॥
vasudevo 'pi taṃ prāha diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti sādaram vārddhake 'pi samutpannas tanayo yat tavādhunā //
And Vasudeva said to him respectfully, "How fortunate, how fortunate, that now a son has been born to you even in old age!
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ViP 5 5.3
दत्तो हि वार्षिकः सर्वो भवद्भिर् नृपतेः करः यदर्थम् आगतास् तस्मान् नात्र स्थेयं महाधनाः ॥
datto hi vārṣikaḥ sarvo bhavadbhir nṛpateḥ karaḥ yadartham āgatās tasmān nātra stheyaṃ mahādhanāḥ //
For the whole yearly tax to the king has been paid by you, for which purpose you came; therefore you should not stay here, you men of great wealth.
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ViP 5 5.4
यदर्थम् आगताः कार्यं तन् निष्पन्नं किम् आस्यते भवद्भिर् गम्यतां नन्द तच् छीघ्रं निजगोकुलम् ॥
yadartham āgatāḥ kāryaṃ tan niṣpannaṃ kim āsyate bhavadbhir gamyatāṃ nanda tac chīghraṃ nijagokulam //
The business for which you came is accomplished — why sit on? You should go, Nanda; go quickly to your own cow-station.
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ViP 5 5.5
ममापि बालकस् तत्र रोहिणीप्रसवो हि यः स रक्षणीयो भवता यथायं तनयो निजः ॥
mamāpi bālakas tatra rohiṇīprasavo hi yaḥ sa rakṣaṇīyo bhavatā yathāyaṃ tanayo nijaḥ //
My child too is there, the one born of Rohiṇī; he is to be guarded by you like this son of your own."
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ViP 5 5.6
इत्य् उक्ताः प्रययुर् गोपा नन्दगोपपुरोगमाः शकटारोपितैर् भाण्डैः करं दत्त्वा महाबलाः ॥
ity uktāḥ prayayur gopā nandagopapurogamāḥ śakaṭāropitair bhāṇḍaiḥ karaṃ dattvā mahābalāḥ //
So addressed, the cowherds, mighty men, having paid the tax with the goods loaded on their wagons, set out, with Nanda the cowherd at their head.
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ViP 5 5.7
वसतां गोकुले तेषां पूतना बालघातिनी सुप्तं कृष्णम् उपादाय रात्रौ तस्मै ददौ स्तनम् ॥
vasatāṃ gokule teṣāṃ pūtanā bālaghātinī suptaṃ kṛṣṇam upādāya rātrau tasmai dadau stanam //
While they were dwelling in the cow-station, Pūtanā, the killer of children, took up the sleeping Kṛṣṇa at night and gave him her breast.
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ViP 5 5.8
यस्मै यस्मै स्तनं रात्रौ पूतना संप्रयच्छति तस्य तस्य क्षणेनाङ्गं बालकस्योपहन्यते ॥
yasmai yasmai stanaṃ rātrau pūtanā saṃprayacchati tasya tasya kṣaṇenāṅgaṃ bālakasyopahanyate //
To whatever child Pūtanā gave her breast at night, that child's body was destroyed in an instant.
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ViP 5 5.9
कृष्णस् तस्याः स्तनं गाढं कराभ्याम् अतिपीडितम् गृहीत्वा प्राणसहितं पपौ कोपसमन्वितः ॥
kṛṣṇas tasyāḥ stanaṃ gāḍhaṃ karābhyām atipīḍitam gṛhītvā prāṇasahitaṃ papau kopasamanvitaḥ //
Kṛṣṇa, filled with anger, seized her breast tightly with both hands, squeezed it hard, and drank it along with her life-breath.
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ViP 5 5.10
सा विमुक्तमहारावा विच्छिन्नस्नायुबन्धना पपात पूतना भूमौ म्रियमाणातिभीषणा ॥
sā vimuktamahārāvā vicchinnasnāyubandhanā papāta pūtanā bhūmau mriyamāṇātibhīṣaṇā //
She, letting out a great shriek, her sinews and ligaments torn apart, fell to the ground — Pūtanā, most terrifying as she died.
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ViP 5 5.11
तन्नादश्रुतिसंत्रासात् प्रबुद्धास् ते व्रजौकसः ददृशुः पूतनोत्सङ्गे कृष्णं तां च निपातिताम् ॥
tannādaśrutisaṃtrāsāt prabuddhās te vrajaukasaḥ dadṛśuḥ pūtanotsaṅge kṛṣṇaṃ tāṃ ca nipātitām //
Awakened by the terror of hearing that cry, the dwellers of the cow-station came and saw Kṛṣṇa on Pūtanā's lap, and her struck down.
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ViP 5 5.12
आदाय कृष्णं संत्रस्ता यशोदापि द्विजोत्तम गोपुच्छं भ्राम्य हस्तेन बालदोषम् अपाकरोत् ॥
ādāya kṛṣṇaṃ saṃtrastā yaśodāpi dvijottama gopucchaṃ bhrāmya hastena bāladoṣam apākarot //
And Yaśodā too, terrified, took up Kṛṣṇa, O best of the twice-born, and, waving a cow's tail with her hand, removed the child's affliction.
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ViP 5 5.13
गोपुरीषम् उपादाय नन्दगोपो ऽपि मस्तके कृष्णस्य प्रददौ रक्षां कुर्वंश् चैतद् उदीरयन् ॥
gopurīṣam upādāya nandagopo 'pi mastake kṛṣṇasya pradadau rakṣāṃ kurvaṃś caitad udīrayan //
Nanda the cowherd too took cow-dung and placed it on Kṛṣṇa's head, making a protection (for him) and saying this:
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ViP 5 5.14
रक्षतु त्वाम् अशेषाणां भूतानां प्रभवो हरिः यस्य नाभिसमुद्भूतपङ्कजाद् अभवज् जगत् ॥
rakṣatu tvām aśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavo hariḥ yasya nābhisamudbhūtapaṅkajād abhavaj jagat //
"May Hari protect you, the origin of all beings, from the lotus arisen from whose navel the world came to be.
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ViP 5 5.15
येन दंष्ट्राग्रविधृता धारयत्य् अवनी जगत् वराहरूपधृग् देवः स त्वां रक्षतु केशवः ॥
yena daṃṣṭrāgravidhṛtā dhārayaty avanī jagat varāharūpadhṛg devaḥ sa tvāṃ rakṣatu keśavaḥ //
He by whom, held up on the tip of his tusk, the earth supports the world, the god who bore the boar's form — may that Keśava protect you.
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ViP 5 5.16
नखाङ्कुरविनिर्भिन्नवैरिवक्षःस्थलो विभुः नृसिंहरूपी सर्वत्र स त्वां रक्षतु केशवः ॥
nakhāṅkuravinirbhinnavairivakṣaḥsthalo vibhuḥ nṛsiṃharūpī sarvatra sa tvāṃ rakṣatu keśavaḥ //
He, the all-pervading one who split open the enemy's chest with the sprouts of his claws, in the form of the man-lion — may that Keśava protect you everywhere.
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ViP 5 5.17
वामनो रक्षतु सदा भवन्तं यः क्षणाद् अभूत् त्रिविक्रमक्रमाक्रान्तत्रैलोक्यः स्फुरदायुधः ॥
vāmano rakṣatu sadā bhavantaṃ yaḥ kṣaṇād abhūt trivikramakramākrāntatrailokyaḥ sphuradāyudhaḥ //
May Vāmana always protect you, he who in an instant became Trivikrama, overrunning the three worlds with his strides, his weapons flashing.
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ViP 5 5.18
शिरस् ते पातु गोविन्दः कण्ठं रक्षतु केशवः गुह्यं सजठरं विष्णुर् जङ्घे पादौ जनार्दनः ॥
śiras te pātu govindaḥ kaṇṭhaṃ rakṣatu keśavaḥ guhyaṃ sajaṭharaṃ viṣṇur jaṅghe pādau janārdanaḥ //
May Govinda guard your head, may Keśava protect your throat, Viṣṇu your private parts together with your belly, Janārdana your shanks and feet.
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ViP 5 5.19
मुखं बाहू प्रबाहू च मनः सर्वेन्द्रियाणि च रक्षत्व् अव्याहतैश्वर्यस् तव नारायणो ऽव्ययः ॥
mukhaṃ bāhū prabāhū ca manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca rakṣatv avyāhataiśvaryas tava nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ //
May imperishable Nārāyaṇa, whose sovereignty is unobstructed, protect your face, your arms and forearms, your mind and all your senses.
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ViP 5 5.20
शार्ङ्गचक्रगदापाणेः शङ्खनादहताः क्षयम् गच्छन्तु प्रेतकूष्माण्डराक्षसा ये तवाहिताः ॥
śārṅgacakragadāpāṇeḥ śaṅkhanādahatāḥ kṣayam gacchantu pretakūṣmāṇḍarākṣasā ye tavāhitāḥ //
Struck by the sound of the conch of him who holds the Śārṅga bow, the discus and the mace, may those ghosts, kūṣmāṇḍas and rākṣasas who are hostile to you go to destruction.
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ViP 5 5.21
त्वां पातु दिक्षु वैकुण्ठो विदिक्षु मधुसूदनः हृषीकेशो ऽम्बरे भूमौ रक्षतु त्वां महीधरः ॥
tvāṃ pātu dikṣu vaikuṇṭho vidikṣu madhusūdanaḥ hṛṣīkeśo 'mbare bhūmau rakṣatu tvāṃ mahīdharaḥ //
May Vaikuṇṭha protect you in the (cardinal) directions, Madhusūdana in the intermediate directions, Hṛṣīkeśa in the sky, and may Mahīdhara protect you on the earth."
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ViP 5 5.22
एवं कृतस्वस्त्ययनो नन्दगोपेन बालकः शायितः शकटस्याधो बालपर्यङ्किकातले ॥
evaṃ kṛtasvastyayano nandagopena bālakaḥ śāyitaḥ śakaṭasyādho bālaparyaṅkikātale //
The child, having thus had the blessing performed for him by Nanda the cowherd, was laid down beneath a cart on the surface of a child's little bed.
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ViP 5 5.23
ते च गोपा महद् दृष्ट्वा पूतनायाः कलेवरम् मृतायाः परमं त्रासं विस्मयं च तदा ययुः ॥
te ca gopā mahad dṛṣṭvā pūtanāyāḥ kalevaram mṛtāyāḥ paramaṃ trāsaṃ vismayaṃ ca tadā yayuḥ //
And those cowherds, seeing the huge body of the dead Pūtanā, then felt the utmost terror and astonishment.
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