Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 9
ViP 5 9.1
तस्मिन् रासभदैतेये सानुगे विनिपातिते सेव्यं गोगोपगोपीनां रम्यं तालवनं बभौ ॥
tasmin rāsabhadaiteye sānuge vinipātite sevyaṃ gogopagopīnāṃ ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ babhau //
When that donkey-Daitya with his followers had been struck down, the lovely palm grove shone, fit to be frequented by cows, cowherds, and cowherd women.
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ViP 5 9.2
ततस् तौ जातहर्षौ तु वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ हत्वा धेनुकदैतेयं भाण्डीरवटम् आगतौ ॥
tatas tau jātaharṣau tu vasudevasutāv ubhau hatvā dhenukadaiteyaṃ bhāṇḍīravaṭam āgatau //
Then those two sons of Vasudeva, both filled with joy at having slain the Daitya Dhenuka, came to the Bhāṇḍīra banyan.
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ViP 5 9.3
क्ष्वेलमानौ प्रगायन्तौ विचिन्वन्तौ च पादपान् चारयन्तौ च गा दूरे व्याहरन्तौ च नामभिः ॥
kṣvelamānau pragāyantau vicinvantau ca pādapān cārayantau ca gā dūre vyāharantau ca nāmabhiḥ //
(The two went about) sporting and singing loudly, searching among the trees, pasturing the cattle, and calling them by name when they strayed far.
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ViP 5 9.4
निर्योगपाशस्कन्धौ तौ वनमालाविभूषितौ शुशुभाते महात्मानौ बालशृङ्गाव् इवर्षभौ ॥
niryogapāśaskandhau tau vanamālāvibhūṣitau śuśubhāte mahātmānau bālaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau //
With the tethering-ropes on their shoulders, adorned with garlands of wild flowers, those two great-souled ones shone like young bulls with (their first) horns.
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ViP 5 9.5
सुवर्णाञ्जनचूर्णाभ्यां तौ तदा रुषिताम्बरौ महेन्द्रायुधसंयुक्तौ श्वेतकृष्णाव् इवाम्बुदौ ॥
suvarṇāñjanacūrṇābhyāṃ tau tadā ruṣitāmbarau mahendrāyudhasaṃyuktau śvetakṛṣṇāv ivāmbudau //
Their garments then dyed with gold-dust and with black collyrium-powder, the two were like a white and a dark cloud joined with the rainbow of great Indra.
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ViP 5 9.6
चेरतुर् लोकसिद्धाभिः क्रीडाभिर् इतरेतरम् समस्तलोकनाथानां नाथभूतौ भुवं गतौ ॥
ceratur lokasiddhābhiḥ krīḍābhir itaretaram samastalokanāthānāṃ nāthabhūtau bhuvaṃ gatau //
They roamed about with each other in the games customary among people — the two who, being lords of the lords of all the worlds, had come to earth.
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ViP 5 9.7
मनुष्यधर्माभिरतौ मानयन्तौ मनुष्यताम् तज्जातिगुणयुक्ताभिः क्रीडाभिश् चेरतुर् वनम् ॥
manuṣyadharmābhiratau mānayantau manuṣyatām tajjātiguṇayuktābhiḥ krīḍābhiś ceratur vanam //
Devoted to the duties of men and honouring their human condition, they roamed the forest with the games proper to the qualities of that (human) birth.
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ViP 5 9.8
ततश् चान्दोलिकाभिश् च नियुद्धैश् च महाबलौ व्यायामं चक्रतुस् तत्र क्षेपणीयैस् तथाश्मभिः ॥
tataś cāndolikābhiś ca niyuddhaiś ca mahābalau vyāyāmaṃ cakratus tatra kṣepaṇīyais tathāśmabhiḥ //
Then those two of great strength took their exercise there with swinging games and with wrestling bouts, and with stones to be hurled.
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ViP 5 9.9
तल्लिप्सुर् असुरस् तत्र ह्य् उभयो रममाणयोः आजगाम प्रलम्बाख्यो गोपवेषतिरोहितः ॥
tallipsur asuras tatra hy ubhayo ramamāṇayoḥ ājagāma pralambākhyo gopaveṣatirohitaḥ //
Then, while the two were playing, an asura named Pralamba, hidden in the guise of a cowherd, came there desiring to get hold of them.
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ViP 5 9.10
सो ऽवगाहत निःशङ्कस् तेषां मध्यम् अमानुषः मानुषं वपुर् आस्थाय प्रलम्बो दानवोत्तमः ॥
so 'vagāhata niḥśaṅkas teṣāṃ madhyam amānuṣaḥ mānuṣaṃ vapur āsthāya pralambo dānavottamaḥ //
That non-human one, Pralamba, best of the Dānavas, taking on a human body, plunged fearlessly into the midst of them.
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ViP 5 9.11
तयोश् छिद्रान्तरप्रेप्सुर् अविषह्यम् अमन्यत कृष्णं ततो रौहिणेयं हन्तुं चक्रे मनोरथम् ॥
tayoś chidrāntaraprepsur aviṣahyam amanyata kṛṣṇaṃ tato rauhiṇeyaṃ hantuṃ cakre manoratham //
Seeking an opening between the two, he judged Kṛṣṇa unassailable, and so set his heart on killing the son of Rohiṇī.
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ViP 5 9.12
हरिणाक्रीडनं नाम बालक्रीडनकं ततः प्रकुर्वन्तो हि ते सर्वे द्वौ द्वौ युगपद् उत्पतन् ॥
hariṇākrīḍanaṃ nāma bālakrīḍanakaṃ tataḥ prakurvanto hi te sarve dvau dvau yugapad utpatan //
Then, playing the children's game called 'the deer-play', they all leapt up two by two at the same time.
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ViP 5 9.13
श्रीदाम्ना सह गोविन्दः प्रलम्बेन तथा बलः गोपालैर् अपरैश् चान्ये गोपालाः सह पुप्लुवुः ॥
śrīdāmnā saha govindaḥ pralambena tathā balaḥ gopālair aparaiś cānye gopālāḥ saha pupluvuḥ //
Govinda leapt with Śrīdāman, and Bala likewise with Pralamba, and the other cowherd boys leapt with other cowherd boys.
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ViP 5 9.14
श्रीदामानं ततः कृष्णः प्रलम्बं रोहिणीसुतः जितवान् कृष्णपक्षीयैर् गोपैर् अन्ये पराजिताः ॥
śrīdāmānaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pralambaṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ jitavān kṛṣṇapakṣīyair gopair anye parājitāḥ //
Then Kṛṣṇa defeated Śrīdāman, and the son of Rohiṇī defeated Pralamba, and the others were beaten by the cowherds of Kṛṣṇa's side.
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ViP 5 9.15
ते वाहयन्तस् त्व् अन्योन्यं भाण्डीरस्कन्धम् एत्य वै पुनर् निववृतुः सर्वे ये ये तत्र पराजिताः ॥
te vāhayantas tv anyonyaṃ bhāṇḍīraskandham etya vai punar nivavṛtuḥ sarve ye ye tatra parājitāḥ //
Carrying one another, all those who had been defeated there came to the trunk of the Bhāṇḍīra tree and turned back again.
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ViP 5 9.16
संकर्षणं तु स्कन्धेन शीघ्रम् उत्क्षिप्य दानवः न तस्थौ प्रजगामैव सचन्द्र इव वारिदः ॥
saṃkarṣaṇaṃ tu skandhena śīghram utkṣipya dānavaḥ na tasthau prajagāmaiva sacandra iva vāridaḥ //
But the Dānava, swiftly lifting Saṃkarṣaṇa up on his shoulder, did not stop but went right on, like a rain-cloud with the moon.
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ViP 5 9.17
असहन् रौहिणेयस्य स भारं दानवोत्तमः ववृधे सुमहाकायः प्रावृषीव बलाहकः ॥
asahan rauhiṇeyasya sa bhāraṃ dānavottamaḥ vavṛdhe sumahākāyaḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ //
Unable to bear the weight of Rohiṇī's son, that best of Dānavas grew to an enormous body, like a storm-cloud in the rainy season.
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ViP 5 9.18
संकर्षणस् तु तं दृष्ट्वा दग्धशैलोपमाकृतिम् स्रग्दामलम्बाभरणं मुकुटाटोपिमस्तकम् ॥
saṃkarṣaṇas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhaśailopamākṛtim sragdāmalambābharaṇaṃ mukuṭāṭopimastakam //
But Saṃkarṣaṇa, seeing him with a form like a burnt mountain, with hanging garlands and wreaths for ornaments and a head swelling with a crown—
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ViP 5 9.20
कृष्ण कृष्ण ह्रियाम्य् एष पर्वतोदग्रमूर्तिना केनापि पश्य दैत्येन गोपालछद्मरूपिणा ॥
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hriyāmy eṣa parvatodagramūrtinā kenāpi paśya daityena gopālachadmarūpiṇā //
"Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa! I am being carried off — look! — by some Daitya whose form towers up like a mountain, who took the disguise of a cowherd.
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ViP 5 9.21
यद् अत्र साम्प्रतं कार्यं मया मधुनिषूदन तत् कथ्यतां प्रयात्य् एष दुरात्मातित्वरान्वितः ॥
yad atra sāmprataṃ kāryaṃ mayā madhuniṣūdana tat kathyatāṃ prayāty eṣa durātmātitvarānvitaḥ //
Slayer of Madhu, tell me what should now be done by me here; this evil-souled one is going off in great haste."
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ViP 5 9.22
तम् आह रामं गोविन्दः स्मितभिन्नौष्ठसंपुटः महात्मा रौहिणेयस्य बलवीर्यप्रमाणवित् ॥
tam āha rāmaṃ govindaḥ smitabhinnauṣṭhasaṃpuṭaḥ mahātmā rauhiṇeyasya balavīryapramāṇavit //
Govinda, the great-souled one, who knew the measure of the strength and valour of Rohiṇī's son, said to that Rāma, the closure of his lips parted in a smile:
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ViP 5 9.23
किम् अयं मानुषो भावो व्यक्तम् एवावलम्ब्यते सर्वात्मन् सर्वगुह्यानां गुह्यगुह्यात्मना त्वया ॥
kim ayaṃ mānuṣo bhāvo vyaktam evāvalambyate sarvātman sarvaguhyānāṃ guhyaguhyātmanā tvayā //
"Why is this human mode of being so plainly assumed by you, O Self of all, who are the secret of secrets among all secret things?
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ViP 5 9.24
स्मराशेषजगन्नाथ कारणं कारणाग्रजम् आत्मानम् एकं तद्वच् च जगत्य् एकार्णवे च यत् ॥
smarāśeṣajagannātha kāraṇaṃ kāraṇāgrajam ātmānam ekaṃ tadvac ca jagaty ekārṇave ca yat //
Remember, Lord of all the worlds without remainder, (that you are) the cause, born before the cause, the one Self, and likewise what (you were) in the world when it was a single ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 5 9.25
किं न वेत्सि यथाहं च त्वं चैकं कारणं भुवः भारावतारणार्थाय मर्त्यलोकम् उपागतौ ॥
kiṃ na vetsi yathāhaṃ ca tvaṃ caikaṃ kāraṇaṃ bhuvaḥ bhārāvatāraṇārthāya martyalokam upāgatau //
Do you not know how I and you are the one single cause of the earth, and that we two have come to the world of mortals in order to take away its burden?
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ViP 5 9.26
नभः शिरस् ते ऽम्बुमयी च मूर्तिः पादौ क्षितिर् वक्त्रम् अनन्त वह्निः सोमो मनस् ते श्वसितं समीरो दिशश् चतस्रो ऽव्यय बाहवस् ते ॥
nabhaḥ śiras te 'mbumayī ca mūrtiḥ pādau kṣitir vaktram ananta vahniḥ somo manas te śvasitaṃ samīro diśaś catasro 'vyaya bāhavas te //
The sky is your head, the form made of water (yours), your feet the earth, your mouth fire, O Endless One; the moon is your mind, the wind your breathing, the four directions your arms, O Imperishable One.
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ViP 5 9.27
सहस्रवक्त्रो हि भवान् महात्मा सहस्रहस्ताङ्घ्रिशरीरभेदः सहस्रपद्मोद्भवयोनिर् आद्यः सहस्रशस् त्वां मुनयो गृणन्ति ॥
sahasravaktro hi bhavān mahātmā sahasrahastāṅghriśarīrabhedaḥ sahasrapadmodbhavayonir ādyaḥ sahasraśas tvāṃ munayo gṛṇanti //
For you, great Self, are thousand-mouthed, with the divisions of your body, hands and feet a thousand; you are the primordial one whose womb of origin is the thousand-petalled lotus; in a thousand ways the sages sing of you.
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ViP 5 9.28
दिव्यं हि रूपं तव वेत्ति नान्यो देवैर् अशेषैर् अवताररूपम् तवार्च्यते वेत्सि न किं यद् अन्ते त्वय्य् एव विश्वं लयम् अभ्युपैति ॥
divyaṃ hi rūpaṃ tava vetti nānyo devair aśeṣair avatārarūpam tavārcyate vetsi na kiṃ yad ante tvayy eva viśvaṃ layam abhyupaiti //
No other knows your divine form; by all the gods your incarnate form is worshipped. Do you not know that at the end the universe goes to dissolution in you alone?
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ViP 5 9.29
त्वया धृतेयं धरणी बिभर्ति चराचरं विश्वम् अनन्तमूर्ते कृतादिभेदैर् अज कालरूपो निमेषपूर्वो जगद् एतद् अत्सि ॥
tvayā dhṛteyaṃ dharaṇī bibharti carācaraṃ viśvam anantamūrte kṛtādibhedair aja kālarūpo nimeṣapūrvo jagad etad atsi //
Upheld by you, this earth bears the universe of moving and unmoving things, O you of endless form; and you, unborn one, in the form of time, whose divisions are the Kṛta age and the rest, beginning with the instant, devour this world.
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ViP 5 9.30
अत्तं यथा वाडववह्निनाम्बु हिमस्वरूपं परिगृह्य कास्तम् हिमाचले भानुमतो ऽंशुसङ्गाज् जलत्वम् अभ्येति पुनस् तद् एव ॥
attaṃ yathā vāḍavavahnināmbu himasvarūpaṃ parigṛhya kāstam himācale bhānumato 'ṃśusaṅgāj jalatvam abhyeti punas tad eva //
Just as water devoured by the submarine fire, having taken on the form of snow and come to rest on the Snowy Mountain, by contact with the sun's rays becomes water again, that very same water —
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ViP 5 9.31
एवं त्वया संहरणे ऽत्तम् एतज् जगत् समस्तं पुनर् अप्य् अवश्यम् तथैव सर्गाय समुद्यतस्य जगत्त्वम् अभ्येत्य् अनुकल्पम् ईश ॥
evaṃ tvayā saṃharaṇe 'ttam etaj jagat samastaṃ punar apy avaśyam tathaiva sargāya samudyatasya jagattvam abhyety anukalpam īśa //
— so this entire world, devoured by you at the dissolution, again inevitably, when you have set yourself to creation in that same way, attains worldhood, cycle after cycle, O Lord.
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ViP 5 9.32
भवान् अहं च विश्वात्मन्न् एकम् एव हि कारणम् जगतो ऽस्य जगत्य् अर्थे भेदेनावां व्यवस्थितौ ॥
bhavān ahaṃ ca viśvātmann ekam eva hi kāraṇam jagato 'sya jagaty arthe bhedenāvāṃ vyavasthitau //
You and I, Self of all, are indeed one single cause of this world; for the world's sake we two stand as separate.
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ViP 5 9.33
तत् स्मर्यताम् अमेयात्मंस् त्वयात्मा जहि दानवम् मानुष्यम् एवावलम्ब्य बन्धूनां क्रियतां हितम् ॥
tat smaryatām ameyātmaṃs tvayātmā jahi dānavam mānuṣyam evāvalambya bandhūnāṃ kriyatāṃ hitam //
So remember yourself, O you of immeasurable Self; slay the Dānava, and, taking on mere human form, do what benefits your kinsmen.
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ViP 5 9.34
इति संस्मारितो विप्र कृष्णेन सुमहात्मना विहस्य पीडयाम् आस प्रलम्बं बलवान् बलः ॥
iti saṃsmārito vipra kṛṣṇena sumahātmanā vihasya pīḍayām āsa pralambaṃ balavān balaḥ //
Thus reminded, O brahmin, by the great-souled Kṛṣṇa, mighty Bala laughed and crushed Pralamba.
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ViP 5 9.35
मुष्टिना चाहनन् मूर्ध्नि कोपसंरक्तलोचनः तेन चास्य प्रहारेण बहिर् याते विलोचने ॥
muṣṭinā cāhanan mūrdhni kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ tena cāsya prahāreṇa bahir yāte vilocane //
And with his fist, his eyes reddened with anger, he struck (him) on the head; and by that blow of his the (demon's) eyes came out.
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ViP 5 9.36
स निष्कासितमस्तिष्को मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन् निपपात महीपृष्ठे दैत्यवर्यो ममार च ॥
sa niṣkāsitamastiṣko mukhāc choṇitam udvaman nipapāta mahīpṛṣṭhe daityavaryo mamāra ca //
With his brains driven out, vomiting blood from his mouth, that foremost of Daityas fell on the surface of the earth and died.
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ViP 5 9.37
प्रलम्बं निहतं दृष्ट्वा बलेनाद्भुतकर्मणा प्रहृष्टास् तुष्टुवुर् गोपाः साधु साध्व् इति चाब्रुवन् ॥
pralambaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā balenādbhutakarmaṇā prahṛṣṭās tuṣṭuvur gopāḥ sādhu sādhv iti cābruvan //
Seeing Pralamba slain by Bala of wondrous deeds, the cowherds, delighted, praised (him) and said, "Well done, well done!"
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ViP 5 9.38
संस्तूयमानो गोपैस् तु रामो दैत्ये निपातिते प्रलम्बे सह कृष्णेन पुनर् गोकुलम् आययौ ॥
saṃstūyamāno gopais tu rāmo daitye nipātite pralambe saha kṛṣṇena punar gokulam āyayau //
Praised by the cowherds, when the Daitya Pralamba had been struck down, Rāma returned again with Kṛṣṇa to Gokula.
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