The Passing of Balarama and Krishna

Verse 1 (16.5.1)

ततो ययुर्दारुकः केशवश्च । बभ्रुश्च रामस्य पदं पतन्तः । अथापश्यन्राममनन्तवीर्यं । वृक्षाश्रितं चिन्तयानं विविक्ते ॥

tato yayurdārukaḥ keśavaśca | babhruśca rāmasya padaṃ patantaḥ | athāpaśyanrāmamanantavīryaṃ | vṛkṣāśritaṃ cintayānaṃ vivikte

Then Daruka, Keshava and Babhru went hastening along Rama's trail, and they saw Rama of boundless valour sitting beneath a tree in a lonely spot, lost in thought.

Verse 2 (16.5.2)

ततः समासाद्य महानुभावः । कृष्णस्तदा दारुकमन्वशासत् । गत्वा कुरून्सर्वमिमं महान्तं । पार्थाय शंसस्व वधं यदूनाम् ॥

tataḥ samāsādya mahānubhāvaḥ | kṛṣṇastadā dārukamanvaśāsat | gatvā kurūnsarvamimaṃ mahāntaṃ | pārthāya śaṃsasva vadhaṃ yadūnām

Then the mighty Krishna, coming up to him, instructed Daruka: 'Go to the Kurus and tell Partha of this great slaughter of the Yadavas.

Verse 3 (16.5.3)

ततोऽर्जुनः क्षिप्रमिहोपयातु । श्रुत्वा मृतान्यादवान्ब्रह्मशापात् । इत्येवमुक्तः स ययौ रथेन । कुरूंस्तदा दारुको नष्टचेताः ॥

tato'rjunaḥ kṣipramihopayātu | śrutvā mṛtānyādavānbrahmaśāpāt | ityevamuktaḥ sa yayau rathena | kurūṃstadā dāruko naṣṭacetāḥ

Let Arjuna come here at once, on hearing that the Yadavas have died through the brahmins' curse.' Thus instructed, Daruka, his senses reeling, drove in his chariot to the Kurus.

Verse 4 (16.5.4)

ततो गते दारुके केशवोथ । दृष्ट्वान्तिके बभ्रुमुवाच वाक्यम् । स्त्रियो भवान्रक्षितुं यातु शीघ्रं । नैता हिंस्युर्दस्यवो वित्तलोभात् ॥

tato gate dāruke keśavotha | dṛṣṭvāntike babhrumuvāca vākyam | striyo bhavānrakṣituṃ yātu śīghraṃ | naitā hiṃsyurdasyavo vittalobhāt

When Daruka had gone, Keshava, seeing Babhru close by, said, 'Go quickly and guard the women, lest robbers harm them out of greed for wealth.'

Verse 5 (16.5.5)

स प्रस्थितः केशवेनानुशिष्टो । मदातुरो ज्ञातिवधार्दितश्च । तं वै यान्तं संनिधौ केशवस्य । त्वरन्तमेकं सहसैव बभ्रुम् । ब्रह्मानुशप्तमवधीन्महद्वै । कूटे युक्तं मुसलं लुब्धकस्य ॥

sa prasthitaḥ keśavenānuśiṣṭo | madāturo jñātivadhārditaśca | taṃ vai yāntaṃ saṃnidhau keśavasya | tvarantamekaṃ sahasaiva babhrum | brahmānuśaptamavadhīnmahadvai | kūṭe yuktaṃ musalaṃ lubdhakasya

Instructed by Keshava, he set out, crazed with grief at the slaughter of his kinsmen. As he went hurrying alone in Keshava's presence, a huge pestle, cursed by the brahmins, fixed in a mallet-head and belonging to a hunter, struck Babhru dead.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (16,005.005a–e): Wikisource's row 16-5-5 prints only the last quarter, 'कूटे युक्तं मुसलं लुब्धकस्य' (labelled 5f; CE reads 'kūṭonmuktaṃ musalaṃ lubdhakasya'), and has lost the first five quarters. They are written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST (sa prasthitaḥ keśavenānuśiṣṭo / madāturo jñātivadhārditaś ca / taṃ vai yāntaṃ saṃnidhau keśavasya / tvarantam ekaṃ sahasaiva babhrum / brahmānuśaptam avadhīn mahad vai); the last quarter is Wikisource's own.

Verse 6 (16.5.6)

ततो दृष्ट्वा निहतं बभ्रुमाह । कृष्णोऽग्रजं भ्रातरमुग्रतेजाः । इहैव त्वं मां प्रतीक्षस्व राम । यावत्स्त्रियो ज्ञातिवशाः करोमि ॥

tato dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ babhrumāha | kṛṣṇo'grajaṃ bhrātaramugratejāḥ | ihaiva tvaṃ māṃ pratīkṣasva rāma | yāvatstriyo jñātivaśāḥ karomi

Seeing Babhru dead, Krishna of fierce energy said to his elder brother: 'Wait for me right here, Rama, while I put the women in the care of their kin.'

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्णेऽग्रजं → कृष्णोऽग्रजं (misprint in Wikisource; sandhi error: the subject कृष्णः with अग्रजम्; CE reads kṛṣṇo vākyaṃ bhrātaram agrajaṃ tu). Corrected हहैव → इहैव (misprint in Wikisource; ह for इ; CE reads ihaiva). Lines 3–4 are Krishna's words to Rama; lines 1–2 are narration.

Verse 7 (16.5.7)

ततः पुरीं द्वारवतीं प्रविश्य । जनार्दनः पितरं प्राह वाक्यम् । सर्वं भवान्रक्षतु नः समग्रं । धनंजयस्यागमनं प्रतीक्षन् ॥

tataḥ purīṃ dvāravatīṃ praviśya | janārdanaḥ pitaraṃ prāha vākyam | sarvaṃ bhavānrakṣatu naḥ samagraṃ | dhanaṃjayasyāgamanaṃ pratīkṣan

Then, entering the city of Dvaravati, Janardana said to his father: 'Guard all of us and all that is ours, until Dhananjaya comes.

Note on the text: Corrected पविश्य → प्रविश्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; CE reads praviśya). Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.007a; lines 3–4 (Krishna's words) = CE 16,005.007c. Wikisource reads 'सर्वं भवान्रक्षतु नः समग्रम्' (kept; its footnote and the CE read 'striyo bhavān rakṣatu naḥ samagrā').

Verse 8 (16.5.8)

रामो वनान्ते प्रतिपालयन्मा- । मास्तेऽद्याहं तेन समागमिष्ये । दृष्टं मयेदं निधनं यदूनां । राज्ञां च पूर्वं कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् ॥

rāmo vanānte pratipālayanmā- | māste'dyāhaṃ tena samāgamiṣye | dṛṣṭaṃ mayedaṃ nidhanaṃ yadūnāṃ | rājñāṃ ca pūrvaṃ kurupuṅgavānām

Rama is waiting for me at the edge of the forest; today I shall join him. I have seen this destruction of the Yadavas, and before it that of the kings, the best of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected समानमिष्ये → समागमिष्ये (misprint in Wikisource; न for ग; CE reads samāgamiṣye). Krishna speaks; the page prints no heading for his words. Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.007e; lines 3–4 = CE 16,005.008a. The line 'मा- / मास्ते' is split across lines as printed.

Verse 9 (16.5.9)

नाहं विना यदुभिर्यादवानां । पुरीमिमामशकं द्रष्टुमद्य । तपश्चरिष्यामि निबोध तन्मे । रामेण सार्धं वनमभ्युपेत्य ॥

nāhaṃ vinā yadubhiryādavānāṃ | purīmimāmaśakaṃ draṣṭumadya | tapaścariṣyāmi nibodha tanme | rāmeṇa sārdhaṃ vanamabhyupetya

Without the Yadavas I find I cannot bear to look upon this city of the Yadavas today. Listen to what I tell you: I shall go to the forest with Rama and practise austerities.'

Note on the text: Corrected रामेणि → रामेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign ि). Krishna speaks. Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.008c; lines 3–4 = CE 16,005.009a.

Verse 10 (16.5.10)

इतीदमुक्त्वा शिरसा च पादौ । संस्पृश्य कृष्णस्त्वरितो जगाम । ततो महान्निनदः प्रादुरासी- । त्सस्त्रीकुमारस्य पुरस्य तस्य ॥

itīdamuktvā śirasā ca pādau | saṃspṛśya kṛṣṇastvarito jagāma | tato mahānninadaḥ prādurāsī- | tsastrīkumārasya purasya tasya

Having said this, Krishna touched his father's feet with his head and quickly departed. Then a great outcry arose in that city, full of women and children.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.009c; lines 3–4 = CE 16,005.010a.

Verse 11 (16.5.11)

अथाब्रवीत्केशवः सन्निवर्त्य । शब्दं श्रुत्वा योषितां क्रोशतीनाम् । पुरीमिमामेष्यति सव्यसाची । स वो दुःखान्मोचयिता नराग्र्यः ॥

athābravītkeśavaḥ sannivartya | śabdaṃ śrutvā yoṣitāṃ krośatīnām | purīmimāmeṣyati savyasācī | sa vo duḥkhānmocayitā narāgryaḥ

Hearing the cry of the wailing women, Keshava turned back and said: 'Savyasachi will come to this city; that best of men will free you from your sorrow.'

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.010c; lines 3–4 (Keshava's words) = CE 16,005.011a.

Verse 12 (16.5.12)

ततो गत्वा केशवस्तं ददर्श । रामं वने स्थितमेकं विविक्ते ॥

tato gatvā keśavastaṃ dadarśa | rāmaṃ vane sthitamekaṃ vivikte

Then Keshava went and found Rama alone in the forest, in solitude.

Note on the text: Two-line verse as printed (16-5-12a,b) = CE 16,005.011c.

Verse 13 (16.5.13)

अथापश्यद्योगयुक्तस्य तस्य । नागं मुखान्निःसरन्तं महान्तम् । श्वेतं ययौ स ततः प्रेक्ष्यमाणो । महार्णवो येन महानुभावः । सहस्रशीर्षः पर्वताभोगवर्ष्मा । रक्ताननः स्वां तनुं तां विमुच्य ॥

athāpaśyadyogayuktasya tasya | nāgaṃ mukhānniḥsarantaṃ mahāntam | śvetaṃ yayau sa tataḥ prekṣyamāṇo | mahārṇavo yena mahānubhāvaḥ | sahasraśīrṣaḥ parvatābhogavarṣmā | raktānanaḥ svāṃ tanuṃ tāṃ vimucya

Then he saw a great white serpent come out of the mouth of the yoga-absorbed Rama. Watched by Keshava, it went by the way to the mighty ocean, thousand-headed, with a body vast as a mountain and a red mouth, leaving that body of its own.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (16,005.012a, 012c, 013a): Wikisource's row 16-5-13 prints only the last quarter, 'रक्ताननः स्वां तनुं तां विमुच्य' (labelled 13d), and has lost the five preceding quarters. They are written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST (athāpaśyad yogayuktasya tasya / nāgaṃ mukhān niḥsarantaṃ mahāntam / śvetaṃ yayau sa tataḥ prekṣyamāṇo / mahārṇavo yena mahānubhāvaḥ / sahasraśīrṣaḥ parvatābhogavarṣmā); the last quarter is Wikisource's own (= CE 013a second half). The page's footnote gives 'महार्णवे येन' as a variant of the fourth line.

Verse 14 (16.5.14)

संदृश्यन्तं सागरान्तं विशन्तं । सम्यक्तदा सागरः प्रत्यगृह्णात् । नागा दिव्याः सरितश्चैव पुण्याः । कर्कोटको वासुकिस्तक्षकश्च ॥

saṃdṛśyantaṃ sāgarāntaṃ viśantaṃ | samyaktadā sāgaraḥ pratyagṛhṇāt | nāgā divyāḥ saritaścaiva puṇyāḥ | karkoṭako vāsukistakṣakaśca

As he was seen entering the ocean, the Ocean duly received him, as did the divine serpents and the holy rivers: Karkotaka, Vasuki and Takshaka,

Note on the text: Line 1 = star line 16,005.013b*0022_01; lines 2–3 = CE 16,005.013c; line 4 = CE 16,005.014a (first half).

Verse 15 (16.5.15)

पृथुश्रवा अरुणः कुञ्जरश्च । मिश्री शङ्खः कुमुदः पुण्डरीकः । तथा नागो धृतराष्ट्रो महात्मा । ह्रादः क्राथः शितिपृष्ठो निकेतुः ॥

pṛthuśravā aruṇaḥ kuñjaraśca | miśrī śaṅkhaḥ kumudaḥ puṇḍarīkaḥ | tathā nāgo dhṛtarāṣṭro mahātmā | hrādaḥ krāthaḥ śitipṛṣṭho niketuḥ

Prithushrava, Aruna and Kunjara; Mishri, Shankha, Kumuda and Pundarika; the great-souled naga Dhritarashtra; Hrada, Kratha, Shitiprishtha and Niketu;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 16,005.014a (second half; Wikisource 'अरुणः' where CE has 'varuṇaḥ'); lines 2–3 = CE 16,005.014c; line 4 = CE 16,005.015a (first half; Wikisource 'शितिपृष्ठो निकेतुः' where CE has 'śitikaṇṭho ’gratejās').

Verse 16 (16.5.16)

तथा नागौ चक्रमन्दातिषण्डौ । नागश्रेष्ठो दुर्मुखश्चाम्बरीषः । स्वयं राजा वरुणश्चापि राजन् । प्रत्युद्गम्य स्वागतेनाभ्यनन्दंस् । तेऽपूजयंश्चार्घ्यपाद्यक्रियाभिः । सङ्कर्षणं भूधरं शुद्धबुद्धिम् ॥

tathā nāgau cakramandātiṣaṇḍau | nāgaśreṣṭho durmukhaścāmbarīṣaḥ | svayaṃ rājā varuṇaścāpi rājan | pratyudgamya svāgatenābhyanandaṃs | te'pūjayaṃścārghyapādyakriyābhiḥ | saṅkarṣaṇaṃ bhūdharaṃ śuddhabuddhim

and also the two nagas Chakramanda and Atishanda, the foremost of the nagas Durmukha, Ambarisha, and King Varuna himself, O king: they went out to meet him, welcomed him with greetings and honoured him with offerings of water for the hands and feet and other rites, Sankarshana, the bearer of the earth, pure in mind.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (16,005.015a second half, 015c, 015e): Wikisource's row 16-5-16 prints only the last quarter, 'सङ्कर्षणं भूधरं शुद्धबुद्धिम्' (labelled 16d; = star line 16,005.015f*0024_01), and has lost the quarters before it. The five lost quarters are written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST (tathā nāgau cakramandātiṣaṇḍau / nāgaśreṣṭho durmukhaś cāmbarīṣaḥ / svayaṃ rājā varuṇaś cāpi rājan / pratyudgamya svāgatenābhyanandaṃs / te 'pūjayaṃś cārghyapādyakriyābhiḥ); the CE's star lines 015f*0023_01-02 are not restored.

Verse 17 (16.5.17)

ततो गते भ्रातरि वासुदेवो । जानन्सर्वा गतयो दिव्यदृष्टिः । वने शून्ये विचरंश्चिन्तयानो । भूमौ चाथ संविवेशाग्र्यतेजाः ॥

tato gate bhrātari vāsudevo | jānansarvā gatayo divyadṛṣṭiḥ | vane śūnye vicaraṃścintayāno | bhūmau cātha saṃviveśāgryatejāḥ

When his brother had gone, Vasudeva, knowing all courses with his divine sight, wandered through the empty forest, thinking, and then sat down on the ground, he of supreme splendour.

Verse 18 (16.5.18)

सर्वं तेन प्राक्तदा वित्तमासी- । द्गान्धार्या यद्वाक्यमुक्तं स्वधर्मात् । दुर्वाससा पायसोच्छिष्टलिप्ते । यच्चाप्युक्तं तच्च सस्मार कृष्णः ॥

sarvaṃ tena prāktadā vittamāsī- | dgāndhāryā yadvākyamuktaṃ svadharmāt | durvāsasā pāyasocchiṣṭalipte | yaccāpyuktaṃ tacca sasmāra kṛṣṇaḥ

Everything had been known to him long before: what Gandhari had said, and also what Durvasas had said when he was smeared with the remains of the milk-pudding; Krishna remembered that too.

Note on the text: Corrected पारसोच्छिष्ट → पायसोच्छिष्ट (misprint in Wikisource; र for य; CE reads pāyasocchiṣṭa).

Verse 19 (16.5.19)

कुलस्त्रीणां संवृतानां गवां च । द्विजेन्द्राणां बलमादाय धर्मे । योनिर्देवानां वरदो ब्रह्मदेवो । गोविन्दाख्यो वासुदेवोऽथ नित्यः ॥

kulastrīṇāṃ saṃvṛtānāṃ gavāṃ ca | dvijendrāṇāṃ balamādāya dharme | yonirdevānāṃ varado brahmadevo | govindākhyo vāsudevo'tha nityaḥ

Drawing on the strength of the veiled women of good families, of the cows and of the foremost of the twice-born, in righteousness: he who is the source of the gods, the giver of boons, the divine Brahman, called Govinda, Vasudeva, the eternal.

Note on the text: Removed the stray leading backtick that opens a vulgate-only passage on the page. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 16,005.017d*0025_01-04 (the star reads 'suvratānām' for 'संवृतानाम्').

Verse 20 (16.5.20)

संचिन्तयन्नन्धकवृष्णिनाशं । कुरुक्षयं चैव महानुभावः । मेने ततः संक्रमणस्य कालं । ततश्चकारेन्द्रियसन्निरोधम् ॥

saṃcintayannandhakavṛṣṇināśaṃ | kurukṣayaṃ caiva mahānubhāvaḥ | mene tataḥ saṃkramaṇasya kālaṃ | tataścakārendriyasannirodham

Brooding on the destruction of the Andhakas and Vrishnis and of the Kurus, the glorious one judged that the time for his departure had come, and then he restrained his senses.

Verse 21 (16.5.21)

यथा च लोकत्रयपालनार्थं । दुर्वासवाक्यप्रतिपालनाय । देवोपि सन्देहविमोक्षहेतो- । र्निमित्तमैच्छत्सकलार्थतत्त्ववित् ॥

yathā ca lokatrayapālanārthaṃ | durvāsavākyapratipālanāya | devopi sandehavimokṣaheto- | rnimittamaicchatsakalārthatattvavit

And so that the three worlds might be protected and the word of Durvasas upheld, the god, though he knew the truth of all things, sought an occasion to dispel doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 16,005.018d*0026_01-04.

Verse 22 (16.5.22)

स सन्निरुद्धेन्द्रियवाङ्मनास्तु । शिश्ये महायोगमुपेत्य कृष्णः । जरोथ तं देशमुपाजगाम । लुब्धस्तदानीं मृगलिप्सुरुग्रः ॥

sa sanniruddhendriyavāṅmanāstu | śiśye mahāyogamupetya kṛṣṇaḥ | jarotha taṃ deśamupājagāma | lubdhastadānīṃ mṛgalipsurugraḥ

With his senses, speech and mind restrained, Krishna lay down, having entered the great yoga. Then the hunter Jara, fierce and eager for game, came to that spot.

Verse 23 (16.5.23)

स केशवं योगयुक्तं शयानं । मृगासक्तो लुब्धकः सायकेन । जरोऽविध्यत्पादतले त्वरावां- । स्तं चाभितस्तज्जिघृक्षुर्जगाम ॥

sa keśavaṃ yogayuktaṃ śayānaṃ | mṛgāsakto lubdhakaḥ sāyakena | jaro'vidhyatpādatale tvarāvāṃ- | staṃ cābhitastajjighṛkṣurjagāma

Intent on game, the hunter Jara took Keshava, lying absorbed in yoga, for a deer and hastily pierced the sole of his foot with an arrow, and then went up to him, eager to seize his prey.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.020a; lines 3–4 = CE 16,005.020c.

Verse 24 (16.5.24)

अथापश्यत्पुरुषं योगयुक्तं । पीतांबरं लुब्धकोऽनेकबाहुम् । मत्वाऽऽत्मानं त्वपराद्धं स तस्य । पादौ जरो जगृहे शङ्कितात्मा ॥

athāpaśyatpuruṣaṃ yogayuktaṃ | pītāṃbaraṃ lubdhako'nekabāhum | matvā''tmānaṃ tvaparāddhaṃ sa tasya | pādau jaro jagṛhe śaṅkitātmā

Then the hunter saw a man absorbed in yoga, in yellow garments, with many arms. Thinking he had done wrong, Jara, in fear, clasped his feet.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.020e; lines 3–4 = CE 16,005.021a.

Verse 25 (16.5.25)

आश्वासितः पुण्यफलेन भक्त्या । तथाऽनुतापात्कर्मणो जन्मनश्च । दृष्ट्वा तथा देवमनन्तवीर्यं । देवैस्स्वर्गं प्रापितस्त्यक्तदेहः ॥

āśvāsitaḥ puṇyaphalena bhaktyā | tathā'nutāpātkarmaṇo janmanaśca | dṛṣṭvā tathā devamanantavīryaṃ | devaissvargaṃ prāpitastyaktadehaḥ

Comforted by the fruit of his merit and by devotion, and through remorse for his deed and his birth, having seen the god of boundless valour, the hunter was taken to heaven by the gods, his body cast off.

Note on the text: Corrected भक्तया → भक्त्या (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Corrected प्रातितस् → प्रापितस् (misprint in Wikisource; त for प; CE star reads prāpitaḥ). Not in the critical edition (line 1 is found in the vulgate recension only); lines 2–4 = star passage 16,005.021c*0028_01-03.

Verse 26 (16.5.26)

गणैर्मुनीनां पूजितस्तत्र कृष्णो । गच्छन्नूर्द्ध्वं व्याप्य लोकान्स लक्ष्म्या ॥

gaṇairmunīnāṃ pūjitastatra kṛṣṇo | gacchannūrddhvaṃ vyāpya lokānsa lakṣmyā

There Krishna, honoured by hosts of sages, rose upward, filling the worlds with his splendour.

Note on the text: Corrected पूजितस्यत्र → पूजितस्तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; यत्र for स्तत्र; CE star reads pūjitas tatra). Two-line verse as printed (16-5-26a,b). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: line 1 = star line 16,005.021c*0028_04; line 2 = star line 16,005.021d*0029_02 (reordered: ūrdhvaṃ gacchan vyāpya lokān svalakṣmyā).

Verse 27 (16.5.27)

दिवं प्राप्तं वासवोऽथाश्विनौ च । रुद्रादित्या वसवश्चाथ विश्वे । प्रत्युद्ययुर्मुनयश्चापि सिद्धा । गन्धर्वमुख्याश्च सहाप्सरोभिः ॥

divaṃ prāptaṃ vāsavo'thāśvinau ca | rudrādityā vasavaścātha viśve | pratyudyayurmunayaścāpi siddhā | gandharvamukhyāśca sahāpsarobhiḥ

As he reached heaven, Vasava, the two Ashvins, the Rudras, Adityas, Vasus and Vishvedevas, the sages and Siddhas, and the chief Gandharvas with the Apsarases came forward to meet him.

Verse 28 (16.5.28)

ततो राजन्भगवानुग्रतेजा । नारायणः प्रभवश्चाव्ययश्च । योगाचार्यो रोदसी व्याप्य लक्ष्म्या । स्थानं प्राप स्वं महात्माऽप्रमेयम् ॥

tato rājanbhagavānugratejā | nārāyaṇaḥ prabhavaścāvyayaśca | yogācāryo rodasī vyāpya lakṣmyā | sthānaṃ prāpa svaṃ mahātmā'prameyam

Then, O king, the Blessed Lord Narayana of fierce energy, the source and the imperishable, the master of yoga, filling heaven and earth with his splendour, reached his own immeasurable abode, great-souled.

Verse 29 (16.5.29)

ततो देवैर्ऋषिभिश्चापि कृष्णः । समागतश्चारणैश्चैव राजन् । गन्धर्वाग्र्यैरप्सरोभिर्वराभिः । सिद्धैः साध्यैश्चानतैः पूज्यमानः ॥

tato devairṛṣibhiścāpi kṛṣṇaḥ | samāgataścāraṇaiścaiva rājan | gandharvāgryairapsarobhirvarābhiḥ | siddhaiḥ sādhyaiścānataiḥ pūjyamānaḥ

Then, O king, Krishna met the gods, the sages and the Charanas, and was honoured by the chief Gandharvas, the excellent Apsarases, the Siddhas and Sadhyas, who bowed before him.

Verse 30 (16.5.30)

तं वै देवाः प्रत्यनन्दन्त राज- । न्मुनिश्रेष्ठा ऋग्भिरानर्चुरीशम् । तं गन्धर्वाश्चापि तस्थुः स्तुवन्तः । प्रीत्या चैनं पुरुहूतोऽभ्यनन्दत् ॥

taṃ vai devāḥ pratyanandanta rāja- | nmuniśreṣṭhā ṛgbhirānarcurīśam | taṃ gandharvāścāpi tasthuḥ stuvantaḥ | prītyā cainaṃ puruhūto'bhyanandat

The gods welcomed him, O king; the foremost of the sages worshipped the Lord with sacred verses; the Gandharvas stood by singing his praise, and Indra greeted him with affection.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीत्य चैनं → प्रीत्या चैनं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā; CE reads prītyā cainaṃ). Lines 1–2 = CE 16,005.025a (Wikisource 'तं वै देवाः', 'ऋग्भिः'); lines 3–4 = CE 16,005.025c.

Verse 31 (16.5.31)

नमोनमस्ते भगवञ्शार्ङ्गधन्व- । न्धर्मस्थित्या प्रादुरासीर्धरायाम् । कंसाख्यादीन्देवशत्रूंश्च सर्वा- । न्हत्वा भूमिः स्थापिता भारतप्ता ॥

namonamaste bhagavañśārṅgadhanva- | ndharmasthityā prādurāsīrdharāyām | kaṃsākhyādīndevaśatrūṃśca sarvā- | nhatvā bhūmiḥ sthāpitā bhārataptā

'Obeisance, again and again, O Blessed One, wielder of the Sharnga bow! You appeared on earth to uphold dharma; having slain Kamsa and all the other enemies of the gods, you set the earth, tormented by her burden, upon her footing again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1 (inserted after 16,005.025d), lines 1–4 (@001_0001–0004). Removed the stray leading backtick that opens the passage on the page. The words are the gods' hymn to Krishna; the page prints no heading for them. Two words are split across lines as printed.

Verse 32 (16.5.32)

दिव्यं स्थानमजरं चाप्रमेयं । दुर्विज्ञेयं चागमैर्गम्यमग्र्यम् । गच्छ प्रभो रक्ष चार्तिं प्रपन्ना- । न्कल्पेकल्पे जायमानांश्च मर्त्यान् ॥

divyaṃ sthānamajaraṃ cāprameyaṃ | durvijñeyaṃ cāgamairgamyamagryam | gaccha prabho rakṣa cārtiṃ prapannā- | nkalpekalpe jāyamānāṃśca martyān

Go, O Lord, to your divine abode, ageless and immeasurable, hard to know, reached only through the scriptures, the highest; and protect the mortals who have fallen into distress, those born in age after age.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1 (inserted after 16,005.025d), lines 5–8 (@001_0005–0008). The gods are still speaking. Wikisource reads "जायमानांश्च मर्त्यान्" where Appendix I.1 has "jāyamāna svamūrtyā". One word is split across lines as printed.

Verse 33 (16.5.33)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवसंघोऽनुगम्य । श्रिया युक्तं पुष्पवृष्ट्या ववर्ष । वाणी चासीत्संश्रिता रूपिणी सा । भानोर्मध्ये प्रविश त्वं तु राजन् ॥

ityevamuktvā devasaṃgho'nugamya | śriyā yuktaṃ puṣpavṛṣṭyā vavarṣa | vāṇī cāsītsaṃśritā rūpiṇī sā | bhānormadhye praviśa tvaṃ tu rājan

Having spoken thus, the host of gods followed him and rained flowers upon him who was clothed in splendour. And there was a Voice, taking form, that said: 'Enter, O king, the midst of the sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1 (inserted after 16,005.025d), lines 9–12 (@001_0009–0012). Lines 1–2 are narration; in lines 3–4 the Voice speaks (Wikisource reads "वाणी चासीत्", Appendix I.1 "vāṇī hy āsīt").

Verse 34 (16.5.34)

भुजैश्चतुर्भिः समुपेतं ममेदं । रूपं विशिष्टं जीवितं संस्थितं च । भूमौ गतं पूजयताप्रमेयं । सदा हि तस्मिन्निवसामीति देवाः ॥

bhujaiścaturbhiḥ samupetaṃ mamedaṃ | rūpaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ saṃsthitaṃ ca | bhūmau gataṃ pūjayatāprameyaṃ | sadā hi tasminnivasāmīti devāḥ

This special form of mine, endowed with four arms, living and established, has come to the earth; worship that immeasurable one, for I always dwell in it, O gods.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1 (inserted after 16,005.025d), lines 13–16 (@001_0013–0016). The Voice goes on speaking; the page prints no heading for it. Wikisource reads 'जीवितम्' where Appendix I.1 has 'divi' (kept).

Verse 35 (16.5.35)

देवा निवृत्तास्तत्पदं नाप्नुवन्तो । बुद्ध्या देवं संस्मरन्तः प्रतीताः । ब्रह्माद्यास्ते तद्गुणान्कीर्तयन्तः । शुभाँल्लोकान्स्वान्प्रपेदुः सुरेन्द्राः ॥

devā nivṛttāstatpadaṃ nāpnuvanto | buddhyā devaṃ saṃsmarantaḥ pratītāḥ | brahmādyāste tadguṇānkīrtayantaḥ | śubhām̐llokānsvānprapeduḥ surendrāḥ

The gods turned back, unable to reach that abode, remembering the god in their minds, full of trust; Brahma and the other chiefs of the gods, praising his qualities, went to their own auspicious worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.1 (inserted after 16,005.025d), lines 17–20 (@001_0017–0020).