Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 7
ViP 5 7.1
एकदा तु विना रामं कृष्णो वृन्दावनं ययौ विचचार वृतो गोपैर् वन्यपुष्पस्रगुज्ज्वलः ॥
ekadā tu vinā rāmaṃ kṛṣṇo vṛndāvanaṃ yayau vicacāra vṛto gopair vanyapuṣpasragujjvalaḥ //
But once, without Rāma, Kṛṣṇa went to Vṛndāvana, and, surrounded by the cowherds and bright with a garland of wild flowers, he wandered about.
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ViP 5 7.2
स जगामाथ कालिन्दीं लोलकल्लोलशालिनीम् तीरसंलग्नफेनौघैर् हसन्तीम् इव सर्वतः ॥
sa jagāmātha kālindīṃ lolakallolaśālinīm tīrasaṃlagnaphenaughair hasantīm iva sarvataḥ //
Then he came to the Kālindī, splendid with its tossing waves, seeming to laugh on every side with the masses of foam clinging to its banks.
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ViP 5 7.3
तस्यां चातिमहाभीमं विषाग्निसृतवारिणम् ह्रदं कालियनागस्य ददृशे ऽतीव भीषणम् ॥
tasyāṃ cātimahābhīmaṃ viṣāgnisṛtavāriṇam hradaṃ kāliyanāgasya dadṛśe 'tīva bhīṣaṇam //
And in it he saw the exceedingly terrible pool of the serpent Kāliya, most frightful, its water pervaded by the fire of venom.
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ViP 5 7.4
विषाग्निना विसरता दग्धतीरमहातरुम् वाताहताम्बुविक्षेपस्पर्शदग्धविहंगमम् ॥
viṣāgninā visaratā dagdhatīramahātarum vātāhatāmbuvikṣepasparśadagdhavihaṃgamam //
With the great trees on its bank burnt by the spreading fire of venom, and the birds burnt by the touch of the spray of water flung up by the wind.
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ViP 5 7.5
तम् अतीव महारौद्रं मृत्युवक्त्रम् इवापरम् विलोक्य चिन्तयाम् आस भगवान् मधुसूदनः ॥
tam atīva mahāraudraṃ mṛtyuvaktram ivāparam vilokya cintayām āsa bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ //
Seeing that exceedingly dreadful (pool), like a second mouth of Death, the Lord, the slayer of Madhu, reflected:
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ViP 5 7.6
अस्मिन् वसति दुष्टात्मा कालियो ऽसौ विषायुधः यो मया निर्जितस् त्यक्त्वा दुष्टो नष्टः पयोनिधिम् ॥
asmin vasati duṣṭātmā kāliyo 'sau viṣāyudhaḥ yo mayā nirjitas tyaktvā duṣṭo naṣṭaḥ payonidhim //
"In this dwells that evil-souled Kāliya, whose weapon is venom, who, conquered by me, abandoned the ocean and, wicked one, fled away.
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ViP 5 7.7
तेनेयं दूषिता सर्वा यमुना सागराङ्गना न नरैर् गोधनैर् वापि तृषार्तैर् उपभुज्यते ॥
teneyaṃ dūṣitā sarvā yamunā sāgarāṅganā na narair godhanair vāpi tṛṣārtair upabhujyate //
By him this whole Yamunā, wife of the ocean, has been defiled, and it cannot be used by men or by herds of cattle, even when they are tormented by thirst.
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ViP 5 7.8
तद् अस्य नागराजस्य कर्तव्यो निग्रहो मया चिरम् अत्र सुखं येन चरेयुर् व्रजवासिनः ॥
tad asya nāgarājasya kartavyo nigraho mayā ciram atra sukhaṃ yena careyur vrajavāsinaḥ //
Therefore the subduing of this king of serpents must be done by me, so that the dwellers of Vraja may move about here in comfort for a long time.
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ViP 5 7.9
एतदर्थं नृलोके ऽस्मिन्न् अवतारो मया कृतः यद् एषाम् उत्पथस्थानां कार्या शान्तिर् दुरात्मनाम् ॥
etadarthaṃ nṛloke 'sminn avatāro mayā kṛtaḥ yad eṣām utpathasthānāṃ kāryā śāntir durātmanām //
For this very purpose my descent into this world of men has been made: that the quelling of these evil-souled ones who stand upon the wrong path must be effected.
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ViP 5 7.10
तद् एतन् नातिदूरस्थं कदम्बम् उरुशाखिनम् अधिरुह्योत्पतिष्यामि ह्रदे ऽस्मिन्न् अनिलाशिनः ॥
tad etan nātidūrasthaṃ kadambam uruśākhinam adhiruhyotpatiṣyāmi hrade 'sminn anilāśinaḥ //
So I shall climb this kadamba tree standing not too far off, with its broad branches, and leap into this pool of the wind-eater (the serpent)."
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ViP 5 7.11
इत्थं विचिन्त्य बद्ध्वा च गाढं परिकरं ततः निपपात ह्रदे तत्र सर्पराजस्य वेगितः ॥
itthaṃ vicintya baddhvā ca gāḍhaṃ parikaraṃ tataḥ nipapāta hrade tatra sarparājasya vegitaḥ //
Having thus reflected, and having tightly girded up his garment, he then plunged with force into that pool of the serpent king.
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ViP 5 7.12
तेनापि पतता तत्र क्षोभितः स महाह्रदः अत्यर्थं दूरजातांस् तु तान् असिञ्चन् महीरुहान् ॥
tenāpi patatā tatra kṣobhitaḥ sa mahāhradaḥ atyarthaṃ dūrajātāṃs tu tān asiñcan mahīruhān //
And by him falling there that great pool was stirred up, and it drenched exceedingly even those trees that grew far away.
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ViP 5 7.13
ते हि दुष्टविषज्वालातप्ताम्बुपवनोक्षिताः जज्वलुः पादपाः सद्यो ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगन्तराः ॥
te hi duṣṭaviṣajvālātaptāmbupavanokṣitāḥ jajvaluḥ pādapāḥ sadyo jvālāvyāptadigantarāḥ //
For those trees, sprinkled by the water and wind heated by the flames of the wicked one's venom, at once blazed up, the flames filling the quarters of the sky.
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ViP 5 7.14
आस्फोटयाम् आस तदा कृष्णो नागह्रदे भुजम् तच्छब्दश्रवणाच् चाशु नागराजो ऽभ्युपागमत् ॥
āsphoṭayām āsa tadā kṛṣṇo nāgahrade bhujam tacchabdaśravaṇāc cāśu nāgarājo 'bhyupāgamat //
Then Kṛṣṇa slapped his arm in the serpent's pool, and at the hearing of that sound the serpent king swiftly came up.
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ViP 5 7.15
आताम्रनयनः कोपाद् विषज्वालाकुलैः फणैः वृतो महाविषैश् चान्यैर् उरगैर् अनिलाशिभिः ॥
ātāmranayanaḥ kopād viṣajvālākulaiḥ phaṇaiḥ vṛto mahāviṣaiś cānyair uragair anilāśibhiḥ //
(The serpent king came,) his eyes reddened with rage, with hoods thick with flames of venom, surrounded by other exceedingly venomous snakes that feed on air.
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ViP 5 7.16
नागपत्न्यश् च शतशो हारिहारोपशोभिताः प्रकम्पिततनुक्षेपचलत्कुण्डलकान्तयः ॥
nāgapatnyaś ca śataśo hārihāropaśobhitāḥ prakampitatanukṣepacalatkuṇḍalakāntayaḥ //
And the serpents' wives by the hundreds, adorned with beautiful necklaces, the brilliance of their earrings swaying with the tossing of their trembling bodies.
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ViP 5 7.17
ततः प्रवेशितः सर्पैः स कृष्णो भोगबन्धनम् ददंशुश् चापि ते कृष्णं विषज्वालाविलैर् मुखैः ॥
tataḥ praveśitaḥ sarpaiḥ sa kṛṣṇo bhogabandhanam dadaṃśuś cāpi te kṛṣṇaṃ viṣajvālāvilair mukhaiḥ //
Then Kṛṣṇa was drawn by the serpents into the bondage of their coils, and they bit Kṛṣṇa with mouths clouded with flames of venom.
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ViP 5 7.18
तं तत्र पतितं दृष्ट्वा सर्पभोगनिपीडितम् गोपा व्रजम् उपागम्य चुक्रुशुः शोकलालसाः ॥
taṃ tatra patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarpabhoganipīḍitam gopā vrajam upāgamya cukruśuḥ śokalālasāḥ //
Seeing him fallen there, crushed by the serpent's coils, the cowherds went to the settlement and cried out, undone by grief.
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ViP 5 7.19
एष मोहं गतः कृष्णो मग्नौ वै कालिये ह्रदे भक्ष्यते सर्पराजेन तद् आगच्छत पश्यत ॥
eṣa mohaṃ gataḥ kṛṣṇo magnau vai kāliye hrade bhakṣyate sarparājena tad āgacchata paśyata //
"This Kṛṣṇa has fallen unconscious, sunk in Kāliya's pool; he is being devoured by the serpent king — so come and see!"
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ViP 5 7.20
तच् छ्रुत्वा ते तदा गोपा वज्रपातोपमं वचः गोप्यश् च त्वरिता जग्मुर् यशोदाप्रमुखा ह्रदम् ॥
tac chrutvā te tadā gopā vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ gopyaś ca tvaritā jagmur yaśodāpramukhā hradam //
Hearing that speech, which was like a thunderbolt falling, the cowherds then, and the cowherd women too with Yaśodā at their head, went in haste to the pool.
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ViP 5 7.21
हा हा क्वासाव् इति जनो गोपीनाम् अतिविह्वलः यशोदया समं भ्रान्तो द्रुतं प्रस्खलितं ययौ ॥
hā hā kvāsāv iti jano gopīnām ativihvalaḥ yaśodayā samaṃ bhrānto drutaṃ praskhalitaṃ yayau //
"Alas, alas, where is he?" — thus the throng of cowherd women, utterly distraught, along with Yaśodā, went bewildered, swiftly, stumbling.
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ViP 5 7.22
नन्दगोपश् च गोपाश् च रामश् चाद्भुतविक्रमः त्वरितं यमुनां जग्मुः कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः ॥
nandagopaś ca gopāś ca rāmaś cādbhutavikramaḥ tvaritaṃ yamunāṃ jagmuḥ kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ //
And Nanda the cowherd and the cowherds and Rāma of wondrous valour went swiftly to the Yamunā, longing for the sight of Kṛṣṇa.
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ViP 5 7.23
ददृशुश् चापि ते तत्र सर्पराजवशं गतम् निष्प्रयत्नकृतं कृष्णं सर्पभोगेन वेष्टितम् ॥
dadṛśuś cāpi te tatra sarparājavaśaṃ gatam niṣprayatnakṛtaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ sarpabhogena veṣṭitam //
And there they saw Kṛṣṇa fallen into the serpent king's power, making no effort, wrapped around by the serpent's coil.
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ViP 5 7.24
नन्दगोपश् च निश्चेष्टो न्यस्य पुत्रमुखे दृशम् यशोदा च महाभागा बभूव मुनिसत्तम ॥
nandagopaś ca niśceṣṭo nyasya putramukhe dṛśam yaśodā ca mahābhāgā babhūva munisattama //
And Nanda the cowherd, laying his gaze on his son's face, became motionless, and so did the greatly blessed Yaśodā, O best of sages.
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ViP 5 7.25
गोप्यस् त्व् अन्या रुदन्त्यश् च ददृशुः शोककातराः प्रोचुश् च केशवं प्रीत्या भयकातर्यगद्गदम् ॥
gopyas tv anyā rudantyaś ca dadṛśuḥ śokakātarāḥ procuś ca keśavaṃ prītyā bhayakātaryagadgadam //
But the other cowherd women, weeping, looked on, wretched with grief, and spoke to Keśava with affection, faltering in their words out of the misery of fear.
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ViP 5 7.26
सर्वा यशोदया सार्धं विशामो ऽत्र महाह्रदे नागराजस्य नो गन्तुम् अस्माकं युज्यते व्रजे ॥
sarvā yaśodayā sārdhaṃ viśāmo 'tra mahāhrade nāgarājasya no gantum asmākaṃ yujyate vraje //
"Let us all, together with Yaśodā, enter here into the serpent king's great pool; it is not fitting for us to go back to the settlement.
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ViP 5 7.27
दिवसः को विना सूर्यं विना चन्द्रेण का निशा विना वृषेण का गावो विना कृष्णेन को व्रजः ॥
divasaḥ ko vinā sūryaṃ vinā candreṇa kā niśā vinā vṛṣeṇa kā gāvo vinā kṛṣṇena ko vrajaḥ //
What is a day without the sun, what is a night without the moon, what are cows without a bull, what is the settlement without Kṛṣṇa?
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ViP 5 7.28
विनाकृता न यास्यामः कृष्णेनानेन गोकुलम् अरण्यं नातिसेव्यं च वारिहीनं यथा सरः ॥
vinākṛtā na yāsyāmaḥ kṛṣṇenānena gokulam araṇyaṃ nātisevyaṃ ca vārihīnaṃ yathā saraḥ //
Deprived of this Kṛṣṇa we shall not go to the cow-village; it is no better to dwell in than a wilderness, like a lake without water.
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ViP 5 7.30
उत्फुल्लपङ्कजदलस्पष्टकान्तिविलोचनम् अपश्यन्तो हरिं दीनाः कथं गोष्ठे भविष्यथ ॥
utphullapaṅkajadalaspaṣṭakāntivilocanam apaśyanto hariṃ dīnāḥ kathaṃ goṣṭhe bhaviṣyatha //
Not seeing Hari, whose eyes have the manifest loveliness of open lotus petals, how will you wretched ones go on living in the cow-station?
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ViP 5 7.31
अत्यर्थमधुरालापहृताशेषमनोधनम् न विना पुण्डरीकाक्षं यास्यामो नन्दगोकुलम् ॥
atyarthamadhurālāpahṛtāśeṣamanodhanam na vinā puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ yāsyāmo nandagokulam //
Without the lotus-eyed one, who has stolen away all the treasure of our minds with his exceedingly sweet talk, we shall not go to Nanda's cow-village.
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ViP 5 7.32
भोगेनावेष्टितस्यापि सर्पराजेन पश्यत स्मितशोभिमुखं गोप्यः कृष्णस्यास्मद्विलोकने ॥
bhogenāveṣṭitasyāpi sarparājena paśyata smitaśobhimukhaṃ gopyaḥ kṛṣṇasyāsmadvilokane //
Look, cowherd women, at Kṛṣṇa's face, bright with a smile as he looks at us, even though he is enwrapped by the serpent king with his coil.
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ViP 5 7.33
इति गोपीवचः श्रुत्वा रौहिणेयो महाबलः गोपांश् च त्रासविधुरान् विलोक्य स्तिमितेक्षणः ॥
iti gopīvacaḥ śrutvā rauhiṇeyo mahābalaḥ gopāṃś ca trāsavidhurān vilokya stimitekṣaṇaḥ //
Hearing this speech of the cowherd women, the mighty son of Rohiṇī, and seeing the cowherds stricken with terror, his own eyes motionless,
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ViP 5 7.34
नन्दं च दीनम् अत्यर्थं न्यस्तदृष्टिं सुतानने मूर्च्छाकुलां यशोदां च कृष्णमाहात्म्यसंज्ञया ॥
nandaṃ ca dīnam atyarthaṃ nyastadṛṣṭiṃ sutānane mūrcchākulāṃ yaśodāṃ ca kṛṣṇamāhātmyasaṃjñayā //
and Nanda exceedingly wretched, his gaze fixed on his son's face, and Yaśodā overcome by a swoon — (he spoke) by way of reminding (Kṛṣṇa) of his own greatness:
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ViP 5 7.35
किमर्थं देवदेवेश भावो ऽयं मानुषस् त्वया व्यज्यते ऽत्यन्तम् आत्मानं किम् अनन्तं न वेत्सि यत् ॥
kimarthaṃ devadeveśa bhāvo 'yaṃ mānuṣas tvayā vyajyate 'tyantam ātmānaṃ kim anantaṃ na vetsi yat //
"For what purpose, O lord of the gods of gods, is this human condition so completely displayed by you? Do you not know yourself, that you are without end?"
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ViP 5 7.36
त्वम् अस्य जगतो नाभिर् अराणाम् इव संश्रयः कर्तापहर्ता पाता च त्रैलोक्ये त्वं त्रयीमयः ॥
tvam asya jagato nābhir arāṇām iva saṃśrayaḥ kartāpahartā pātā ca trailokye tvaṃ trayīmayaḥ //
You are the hub of this world, as the felly's nave is the support of the spokes; you are maker, remover and preserver in the three worlds, and you consist of the triple Veda.
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ViP 5 7.37
सेन्द्ररुद्राश्विवसुभिर् आदित्यैर् मरुदग्निभिः चिन्त्यसे त्वम् अचिन्त्यात्मन् समस्तैश् चैव योगिभिः ॥
sendrarudrāśvivasubhir ādityair marudagnibhiḥ cintyase tvam acintyātman samastaiś caiva yogibhiḥ //
You are meditated upon by Indra, the Rudras, the Aśvins, the Vasus, the Ādityas, the Maruts and the fires, O you whose self is unthinkable, and by all the yogins as well.
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ViP 5 7.38
जगत्यर्थे जगन्नाथ भारावतरणेच्छया अवतीर्णो ऽत्र मर्त्येषु तवांशश् चाहम् अग्रजः ॥
jagatyarthe jagannātha bhārāvataraṇecchayā avatīrṇo 'tra martyeṣu tavāṃśaś cāham agrajaḥ //
For the sake of the world, O Lord of the world, with the wish to remove its burden, you have descended here among mortals, and I, your elder brother, am a portion of you.
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ViP 5 7.39
मनुष्यलीलां भगवन् भजता भवता सुराः विडम्बयन्तस् त्वल्लीलां सर्व एव सदासते ॥
manuṣyalīlāṃ bhagavan bhajatā bhavatā surāḥ viḍambayantas tvallīlāṃ sarva eva sadāsate //
O Blessed One, since you take on human play, all the gods too constantly abide here, imitating your play.
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ViP 5 7.40
अवतार्य भवान् पूर्वं गोकुले ऽत्र सुराङ्गनाः क्रीडार्थम् आत्मनः पश्चाद् अवतीर्णो ऽसि शाश्वत ॥
avatārya bhavān pūrvaṃ gokule 'tra surāṅganāḥ krīḍārtham ātmanaḥ paścād avatīrṇo 'si śāśvata //
Having first sent down the women of the gods here in Gokula for the sake of your own sport, you afterwards descended, O eternal one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.41
अत्रावतीर्णयोः कृष्ण गोपा एव हि बान्धवाः गोप्यश् च सीदतः कस्मात् त्वं बन्धून् समुपेक्षसे ॥
atrāvatīrṇayoḥ kṛṣṇa gopā eva hi bāndhavāḥ gopyaś ca sīdataḥ kasmāt tvaṃ bandhūn samupekṣase //
For the two of us who have descended here, O Kṛṣṇa, the cowherds and the cowherd women are indeed our kinsfolk; why do you disregard your kin as they sink (in distress)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.42
दर्शितो मानुषो भावो दर्शितं बालचापलम् तद् अयं दम्यतां कृष्ण दुष्टात्मा दशनायुधः ॥
darśito mānuṣo bhāvo darśitaṃ bālacāpalam tad ayaṃ damyatāṃ kṛṣṇa duṣṭātmā daśanāyudhaḥ //
The human mood has been displayed, the fickleness of a child has been displayed; so let this evil-souled one, whose weapon is his fangs, be subdued, Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.43
इति संस्मारितः कृष्णः स्मितभिन्नौष्ठसंपुटः आस्फोट्य मोचयाम् आस स्वदेहं भोगबन्धनात् ॥
iti saṃsmāritaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ smitabhinnauṣṭhasaṃpuṭaḥ āsphoṭya mocayām āsa svadehaṃ bhogabandhanāt //
Thus reminded, Kṛṣṇa, the closed casket of his lips parted by a smile, slapped (his arms) and freed his own body from the bondage of the coils.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.44
आनम्य चापि हस्ताभ्याम् उभाभ्यां मध्यमं फणम् आरुह्याभुग्नशिरसि प्रननर्तोरुविक्रमः ॥
ānamya cāpi hastābhyām ubhābhyāṃ madhyamaṃ phaṇam āruhyābhugnaśirasi prananartoruvikramaḥ //
And bending down with both hands the middle hood, he climbed upon the bowed head and danced with mighty strides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.45
व्रणाः फणे ऽभवंश् चास्य कृष्णस्याङ्घ्रिनिकुट्टनैः यत्रोन्नतिं च कुरुते ननामास्य ततः शिरः ॥
vraṇāḥ phaṇe 'bhavaṃś cāsya kṛṣṇasyāṅghrinikuṭṭanaiḥ yatronnatiṃ ca kurute nanāmāsya tataḥ śiraḥ //
Wounds appeared on his hood from the poundings of Kṛṣṇa's feet, and wherever he raised it up, there his head was bent down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.46
मूर्च्छाम् उपाययौ भ्रान्त्या नागः कृष्णस्य रेचकैः दण्डपातनिपातेन ववाम रुधिरं बहु ॥
mūrcchām upāyayau bhrāntyā nāgaḥ kṛṣṇasya recakaiḥ daṇḍapātanipātena vavāma rudhiraṃ bahu //
The serpent fell into a swoon from the dizziness caused by Kṛṣṇa's whirling movements; struck by the fall of that rod-like tread, he vomited much blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 5 7.47
तं निर्भुग्नशिरोग्रीवम् आस्येभ्यः स्रुतशोणितम् विलोक्य शरणं जग्मुस् तत्पत्न्यो मधुसूदनम् ॥
taṃ nirbhugnaśirogrīvam āsyebhyaḥ srutaśoṇitam vilokya śaraṇaṃ jagmus tatpatnyo madhusūdanam //
Seeing him with head and neck bent down and blood flowing from his mouths, his wives went for refuge to the slayer of Madhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.48
ज्ञातो ऽसि देवदेवेश सर्वेशस् त्वम् अनुत्तमः परं ज्योतिर् अचिन्त्यं यत् तदंशः परमेश्वरः ॥
jñāto 'si devadeveśa sarveśas tvam anuttamaḥ paraṃ jyotir acintyaṃ yat tadaṃśaḥ parameśvaraḥ //
You are known, O lord of the gods of gods: you are the lord of all, unsurpassed; that supreme light which is unthinkable — the Supreme Lord is a portion of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.49
न समर्थाः सुराः स्तोतुं यम् अनन्यभवं प्रभुम् स्वरूपवर्णनं तस्य कथं योषित् करिष्यति ॥
na samarthāḥ surāḥ stotuṃ yam ananyabhavaṃ prabhum svarūpavarṇanaṃ tasya kathaṃ yoṣit kariṣyati //
The gods are not able to praise that Lord who has no other origin; how shall a woman describe his own form?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.50
यस्याखिलं महीव्योमजलाग्निपवनात्मकम् ब्रह्माण्डम् अल्पकांशांशः स्तोष्यामस् तं कथं वयम् ॥
yasyākhilaṃ mahīvyomajalāgnipavanātmakam brahmāṇḍam alpakāṃśāṃśaḥ stoṣyāmas taṃ kathaṃ vayam //
He of whom the entire cosmic egg, made of earth, space, water, fire and wind, is a tiny fraction of a fraction — how shall we praise him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.51
यतन्तो न विदुर् नित्यं यत्स्वरूपम् अयोगिनः परमार्थम् अणोर् अल्पं स्थूलात् स्थूलं नताः स्म तम् ॥
yatanto na vidur nityaṃ yatsvarūpam ayoginaḥ paramārtham aṇor alpaṃ sthūlāt sthūlaṃ natāḥ sma tam //
Whose own form those who are not yogins, though ever striving, do not know — the supreme reality, smaller than the atom, grosser than the gross: to him we bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.52
न यस्य जन्मने धाता यस्य नान्ताय चान्तकः स्थितिकर्ता न चान्यो ऽस्ति यस्य तस्मै नमः सदा ॥
na yasya janmane dhātā yasya nāntāya cāntakaḥ sthitikartā na cānyo 'sti yasya tasmai namaḥ sadā //
For whose birth there is no creator, and for whose end no ender, and of whose continuance there is no other maker — to him homage always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.53
कोपः स्वल्पो ऽपि ते नास्ति स्थितिपालनम् एव ते कारणं कालियस्यास्य दमने श्रूयताम् अतः ॥
kopaḥ svalpo 'pi te nāsti sthitipālanam eva te kāraṇaṃ kāliyasyāsya damane śrūyatām ataḥ //
There is not even the least anger in you; your concern is only the preservation of the established order; hence let the reason for the subduing of this Kāliya be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.54
स्त्रियो ऽनुकम्प्याः साधूनां मूढा दीनाश् च जन्तवः यतस् ततो ऽस्य दीनस्य क्षम्यतां क्षमतां वर ॥
striyo 'nukampyāḥ sādhūnāṃ mūḍhā dīnāś ca jantavaḥ yatas tato 'sya dīnasya kṣamyatāṃ kṣamatāṃ vara //
Since women, and creatures that are deluded and wretched, are objects of compassion for the good, therefore let this wretched one be forgiven; be forbearing, O best one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.55
समस्तजगदाधारो भवान् अल्पबलः फणी त्वत्पादपीडितो जह्यान् मुहूर्तार्धेन जीवितम् ॥
samastajagadādhāro bhavān alpabalaḥ phaṇī tvatpādapīḍito jahyān muhūrtārdhena jīvitam //
You are the support of the whole world; this hooded snake is of little strength: crushed by your foot he would give up his life in half a moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.56
क्व पन्नगो ऽल्पवीर्यो ऽयं क्व भवान् भुवनाश्रयः प्रीतिद्वेषौ समोत्कृष्टगोचरौ च यतो ऽव्यय ॥
kva pannago 'lpavīryo 'yaṃ kva bhavān bhuvanāśrayaḥ prītidveṣau samotkṛṣṭagocarau ca yato 'vyaya //
What is this serpent of slight strength, and what are you, the support of the worlds? For affection and enmity have as their sphere (only) equals and superiors, O undecaying one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.57
ततः कुरु जगत्स्वामिन् प्रसादम् अवसीदतः प्राणांस् त्यजति नागो ऽयं भर्तृभिक्षा प्रदीयताम् ॥
tataḥ kuru jagatsvāmin prasādam avasīdataḥ prāṇāṃs tyajati nāgo 'yaṃ bhartṛbhikṣā pradīyatām //
Therefore, Lord of the world, show favour to him who is sinking; this serpent is giving up his breath. Let the alms of (our) husband be granted (to us).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.58
इत्य् उक्ते ताभिर् आश्वस्य क्लान्तदेहो ऽपि पन्नगः प्रसीद देव देवेति प्राह वाक्यं शनैः शनैः ॥
ity ukte tābhir āśvasya klāntadeho 'pi pannagaḥ prasīda deva deveti prāha vākyaṃ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ //
When they had spoken thus, the serpent, taking heart, though his body was exhausted, spoke these words slowly, slowly: "Be gracious, O god, O god!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.59
तवाष्टगुणम् ऐश्वर्यं नाथ स्वाभाविकं परम् निरस्तातिशयं यस्य तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम् ॥
tavāṣṭaguṇam aiśvaryaṃ nātha svābhāvikaṃ param nirastātiśayaṃ yasya tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham //
Your eightfold sovereignty, O Lord, is innate, supreme, beyond all surpassing—of such a one, what indeed shall I praise?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.60
त्वं परस् त्वं परस्याद्यः परं त्वत्तः परात्मकम् परस्मात् परमो यस् त्वं तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम् ॥
tvaṃ paras tvaṃ parasyādyaḥ paraṃ tvattaḥ parātmakam parasmāt paramo yas tvaṃ tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham //
You are the supreme; you are the first of the supreme; beyond you is what has the supreme for its self; you who are highest of the highest—of him what indeed shall I praise?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.61
यस्माद् ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश् च चन्द्रेन्द्रमरुदश्विनः वसवश् च सहादित्यैस् तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम् ॥
yasmād brahmā ca rudraś ca candrendramarudaśvinaḥ vasavaś ca sahādityais tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham //
He from whom (come) Brahmā and Rudra, the moon, Indra, the Maruts and the Aśvins, and the Vasus together with the Ādityas—of him what indeed shall I praise?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.62
एकावयवसूक्ष्मांशो यस्यैतद् अखिलं जगत् कल्पनावयवांशस्य तं स्तोष्यामि कथं त्व् अहम् ॥
ekāvayavasūkṣmāṃśo yasyaitad akhilaṃ jagat kalpanāvayavāṃśasya taṃ stoṣyāmi kathaṃ tv aham //
He of whom this entire world is the subtle portion of a single limb—of him whose limbs and parts are (mere) figments—how shall I praise him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 5 7.63
सदसद्रूपिणो यस्य ब्रह्माद्यास् त्रिदशोत्तमाः परमार्थं न जानन्ति तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम् ॥
sadasadrūpiṇo yasya brahmādyās tridaśottamāḥ paramārthaṃ na jānanti tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham //
He whose form is being and non-being, whose highest truth even Brahmā and the other foremost gods do not know—of him what indeed shall I praise?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.64
ब्रह्माद्यैर् अर्च्यते दिव्यैर् यश् च पुष्पानुलेपनैः नन्दनादिसमुद्भूतैः सो ऽर्च्यते वा कथं मया ॥
brahmādyair arcyate divyair yaś ca puṣpānulepanaiḥ nandanādisamudbhūtaiḥ so 'rcyate vā kathaṃ mayā //
He who is worshipped by Brahmā and the others with divine flowers and ointments arisen in Nandana and the other (heavenly groves)—how then can he be worshipped by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.65
यस्यावताररूपाणि देवराजः सदार्चति न वेत्ति परमं रूपं सो ऽर्च्यते वा कथं मया ॥
yasyāvatārarūpāṇi devarājaḥ sadārcati na vetti paramaṃ rūpaṃ so 'rcyate vā kathaṃ mayā //
He whose incarnate forms the king of the gods constantly worships, yet does not know his supreme form—how then can he be worshipped by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.66
विषयेभ्यः समाहृत्य सर्वाक्षाणि च योगिनः यम् अर्चयन्ति ध्यानेन सो ऽर्च्यते वा कथं मया ॥
viṣayebhyaḥ samāhṛtya sarvākṣāṇi ca yoginaḥ yam arcayanti dhyānena so 'rcyate vā kathaṃ mayā //
He whom the yogins worship with meditation, having withdrawn all their senses from the objects—how then can he be worshipped by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.67
हृदि संकल्प्य यद् रूपं ध्यानेनार्चन्ति योगिनः भावपुष्पादिभिर् नाथः सो ऽर्च्यते वा कथं मया ॥
hṛdi saṃkalpya yad rūpaṃ dhyānenārcanti yoginaḥ bhāvapuṣpādibhir nāthaḥ so 'rcyate vā kathaṃ mayā //
That Lord, whose form the yogins imagine in the heart and worship by meditation with flowers and the rest made of thought—how then can he be worshipped by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.68
सो ऽहं ते देवदेवेश नार्चनादौ स्तुतौ न च सामर्थ्यवान् कृपामात्रमनोवृत्तिः प्रसीद मे ॥
so 'haṃ te devadeveśa nārcanādau stutau na ca sāmarthyavān kṛpāmātramanovṛttiḥ prasīda me //
Such am I, O lord of the lords of gods: I have no capacity for worship and the like, nor for praise. You whose mind's whole activity is compassion, be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.69
सर्पजातिर् इयं क्रूरा यस्यां जातो ऽस्मि केशव तत्स्वभावो ऽयम् अत्रास्ति नापराधो ममाच्युत ॥
sarpajātir iyaṃ krūrā yasyāṃ jāto 'smi keśava tatsvabhāvo 'yam atrāsti nāparādho mamācyuta //
This serpent-species in which I am born is cruel, O Keśava; that is its nature—in this there is no fault of mine, O Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.70
सृज्यते भवता सर्वं तथा संह्रीयते जगत् जातिरूपस्वभावाश् च सृज्यन्ते सृजता त्वया ॥
sṛjyate bhavatā sarvaṃ tathā saṃhrīyate jagat jātirūpasvabhāvāś ca sṛjyante sṛjatā tvayā //
By you all is created and likewise the world is withdrawn; and by you as creator are created the species, the forms and the natures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.71
यथाहं भवता सृष्टो जात्या रूपेण चेश्वर स्वभावेन च संयुक्तस् तथेदं चेष्टितं मया ॥
yathāhaṃ bhavatā sṛṣṭo jātyā rūpeṇa ceśvara svabhāvena ca saṃyuktas tathedaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ mayā //
As I was created by you, O Lord, and endowed with species, form and nature, so have I acted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.72
यद्य् अन्यथा प्रवर्तेयं देवदेव ततो मयि न्याय्यो दण्डनिपातो वै तवैव वचनं यथा ॥
yady anyathā pravarteyaṃ devadeva tato mayi nyāyyo daṇḍanipāto vai tavaiva vacanaṃ yathā //
If I had behaved otherwise, O god of gods, then the falling of punishment upon me would be just, as your own word (declares).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.73
तथापि यज् जगत्स्वामी दण्डं पातितवान् मयि स सोढो ऽयं वरं दण्डस् त्वत्तो नान्यत्र मे वरः ॥
tathāpi yaj jagatsvāmī daṇḍaṃ pātitavān mayi sa soḍho 'yaṃ varaṃ daṇḍas tvatto nānyatra me varaḥ //
Even so, the punishment that the Lord of the world has let fall upon me—that has been borne; this punishment is a boon: for me there is no boon anywhere but from you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.74
हतवीर्यो हतविषो दमितो ऽहं त्वयाच्युत जीवितं दीयताम् एकम् आज्ञापय करोमि किम् ॥
hatavīryo hataviṣo damito 'haṃ tvayācyuta jīvitaṃ dīyatām ekam ājñāpaya karomi kim //
My strength destroyed, my venom destroyed, I have been tamed by you, O Acyuta; let life alone be granted. Command: what shall I do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.75
नात्र स्थेयं त्वया सर्प कदाचिद् यमुनाजले सभृत्यपरिवारस् त्वं समुद्रसलिलं व्रज ॥
nātra stheyaṃ tvayā sarpa kadācid yamunājale sabhṛtyaparivāras tvaṃ samudrasalilaṃ vraja //
You must not remain here, serpent, in the water of the Yamunā at any time; go with your dependants and retinue to the water of the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.76
मत्पदानि च ते सर्प दृष्ट्वा मूर्धनि सागरे गरुडः पन्नगरिपुस् त्वयि न प्रहरिष्यति ॥
matpadāni ca te sarpa dṛṣṭvā mūrdhani sāgare garuḍaḥ pannagaripus tvayi na prahariṣyati //
And, serpent, seeing my footprints on your head, Garuḍa, the foe of snakes, will not strike at you in the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.77
इत्य् उक्त्वा सर्पराजानं मुमोच भगवान् हरिः प्रणम्य सो ऽपि कृष्णाय जगाम पयसां निधिम् ॥
ity uktvā sarparājānaṃ mumoca bhagavān hariḥ praṇamya so 'pi kṛṣṇāya jagāma payasāṃ nidhim //
Having said this to the king of serpents, the Lord Hari released him; and he too, having bowed to Kṛṣṇa, went to the receptacle of the waters (the ocean).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.78
पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां सभृत्यापत्यबान्धवः समस्तभार्यासहितः परित्यज्य स्वकं ह्रदम् ॥
paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sabhṛtyāpatyabāndhavaḥ samastabhāryāsahitaḥ parityajya svakaṃ hradam //
While all beings looked on, together with his servants, offspring and kinsmen, and with all his wives, he abandoned his own pool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.79
गते सर्पे परिष्वज्य मृतं पुनर् इवागतम् गोपा मूर्धनि गोविन्दं सिषिचुर् नेत्रजैर् जलैः ॥
gate sarpe pariṣvajya mṛtaṃ punar ivāgatam gopā mūrdhani govindaṃ siṣicur netrajair jalaiḥ //
When the serpent had gone, the cowherds embraced Govinda, as one dead and come back again, and bathed his head with the water born of their eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 5 7.80
कृष्णम् अक्लिष्टकर्माणम् अन्ये विस्मितचेतसः तुष्टुवुर् मुदिता गोपा दृष्ट्वा शिवजलां नदीम् ॥
kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakarmāṇam anye vismitacetasaḥ tuṣṭuvur muditā gopā dṛṣṭvā śivajalāṃ nadīm //
Others, their minds astonished, the cowherds, delighted, praised Kṛṣṇa of untiring deeds, seeing the river's water made wholesome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition