The Maidens of the Jewel Mountain and the Return of Aditi's Earrings

Verse 1 (2.56.1)

निहत्य नरकं भौमं सत्यभामासहायवान् । सहितो लोकपालैश्च ददर्श नरकालयम् ॥

nihatya narakaṃ bhaumaṃ satyabhāmāsahāyavān | sahito lokapālaiśca dadarśa narakālayam

Having slain Naraka Bhauma, with Satyabhama as his companion and accompanied by the guardians of the worlds, Krishna looked over Naraka's dwelling.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1042–1043.

Verse 2 (2.56.2)

अथास्य गृहमासाद्य नरकस्य महात्मनः । ददर्श धनमक्षय्यं रत्नानि विविधानि च ॥

athāsya gṛhamāsādya narakasya mahātmanaḥ | dadarśa dhanamakṣayyaṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca

Entering the house of the mighty Naraka, he saw inexhaustible wealth and jewels of many kinds:

Note on the text: Corrected नारकस्य → नरकस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā in the demon's name, which is नरक everywhere else in the passage; CE narakasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1044–1045.

Verse 3 (2.56.3)

मणिमुक्ताप्रवालानि वैडूर्यविकृतानि च । विस्ताराल्पांश्चार्कमणीन्विपुलान्स्फाटिकानपि ॥

maṇimuktāpravālāni vaiḍūryavikṛtāni ca | vistārālpāṃścārkamaṇīnvipulānsphāṭikānapi

gems, pearls and coral, objects worked in beryl, sun-stones large and small, and crystals in abundance;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1046–1047.

Verse 4 (2.56.4)

जाम्बूनदमयान्येव शातकुम्भमयानि च । प्रदीप्तज्वलनाभानि शीतरश्मिप्रभाणि च ॥

jāmbūnadamayānyeva śātakumbhamayāni ca | pradīptajvalanābhāni śītaraśmiprabhāṇi ca

things made of Jambunada gold and of Shatakumbha gold, some shining like blazing fire, some with the glow of the moon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1048–1049.

Verse 5 (2.56.5)

हिरण्यवर्णं रुचिरं श्वेतमभ्यन्तरं गृहम् । तदक्षय्यं गृहे दृष्टं नरकस्य धनं बहु ॥

hiraṇyavarṇaṃ ruciraṃ śvetamabhyantaraṃ gṛham | tadakṣayyaṃ gṛhe dṛṣṭaṃ narakasya dhanaṃ bahu

The inner chamber was golden-hued, beautiful and white; that inexhaustible store of riches was seen in Naraka's house.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1050–1051.

Verse 6 (2.56.6)

न हि राज्ञः कुबेरस्य तावद्धनसमुच्छ्रयः । दृष्टपूर्वः पुरा साक्षान्महेन्द्रभवनेष्वपि ॥

na hi rājñaḥ kuberasya tāvaddhanasamucchrayaḥ | dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ purā sākṣānmahendrabhavaneṣvapi

Such a mountain of wealth had never been seen before, not even with King Kubera himself, nor in the palaces of great Indra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1052–1053.

Verse 7 (2.56.7)

हते भौमे निशुम्भे च वासवः सगणोऽब्रवीत् । दाशार्हपतिमासीनमाहृत्य मणिकुण्डले ॥

hate bhaume niśumbhe ca vāsavaḥ sagaṇo'bravīt | dāśārhapatimāsīnamāhṛtya maṇikuṇḍale

When Bhauma and Nishumbha had been slain, Vasava with his hosts brought the jewelled earrings and said to the lord of the Dasharhas as he sat:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1054–1055.

Verse 8 (2.56.8)

हेमसूत्रा महाकक्ष्यास्तोमरैर्वीर्यशालिनः । विमलानि पताकानि वासांसि विविधानि च ॥

hemasūtrā mahākakṣyāstomarairvīryaśālinaḥ | vimalāni patākāni vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca

"Elephants with golden chains and great girths, mighty with their lance-bearing riders; spotless banners and garments of many kinds;

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's speech, introduced in the previous verse, has no printed heading; verses 8–11 are given to Indra (the heading भीष्म उवाच is printed again above verse 12). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1057–1059.

Verse 9 (2.56.9)

भीमरूपाश्च मातङ्गाः प्रवालविकृताः कुथाः । ते च विंशतिसाहस्रा द्विस्तावत्यः करेणवः ॥

bhīmarūpāśca mātaṅgāḥ pravālavikṛtāḥ kuthāḥ | te ca viṃśatisāhasrā dvistāvatyaḥ kareṇavaḥ

fearsome elephants with coverings worked in coral, twenty thousand of them, and twice as many she-elephants;

Note on the text: Corrected द्वास्तावत्यः → द्विस्तावत्यः (misprint in Wikisource; द्वास् is no word; 'twice as many', CE dvis tāvatyaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1058–1060.

Verse 10 (2.56.10)

अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि देशजाश्चोत्तमा हयाः । गोभिश्चाविकृतैर्यावत्कामात्तव जनार्दन ॥

aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi deśajāścottamā hayāḥ | gobhiścāvikṛtairyāvatkāmāttava janārdana

eight hundred thousand excellent horses of fine native breed, and cattle without blemish, as many as you desire, Janardana:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1061–1062.

Verse 11 (2.56.11)

एतत्ते प्रापयिष्यामि वृष्ण्यावासमरिन्दम । वसु यत्त्रिषु लोकेषु धर्मेणावर्जितं त्वया ॥

etatte prāpayiṣyāmi vṛṣṇyāvāsamarindama | vasu yattriṣu lokeṣu dharmeṇāvarjitaṃ tvayā

all this I shall have brought to the home of the Vrishnis, tamer of foes: the wealth you have won by righteous means in the three worlds."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रापयिष्याणि → प्रापयिष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म in the first-person future) and यत्रिषु → यत्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त् of yat before triṣu; CE yat triṣu). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1063 and 1068.

Verse 12 (2.56.12)

देवगन्धर्वरत्नानि दैतेयासुरजानि च । यानि सन्ति हिरण्यानि नरकस्य निवेशने ॥

devagandharvaratnāni daiteyāsurajāni ca | yāni santi hiraṇyāni narakasya niveśane

The treasures of the gods and gandharvas, those that came from the Daityas and asuras, and all the gold that lay in Naraka's dwelling,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1069–1070.

Verse 13 (2.56.13)

एतत्तु गरुडे सर्वं क्षिप्रमारोप्य वासवः । दाशार्हपतिना सार्धमुपायान्मणिपर्वतम् ॥

etattu garuḍe sarvaṃ kṣipramāropya vāsavaḥ | dāśārhapatinā sārdhamupāyānmaṇiparvatam

all this Vasava swiftly loaded onto Garuda, and together with the lord of the Dasharhas he went to the Jewel Mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected दार्शार्हपतिना → दाशार्हपतिना (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र्; the lord of the Dasharhas). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1071–1072.

Verse 14 (2.56.14)

चित्रग्रथितमेघाभः प्रबभौ मणिपर्वतः । हेमचित्रवितानैश्च प्रासादैरुपशोभितः ॥

citragrathitameghābhaḥ prababhau maṇiparvataḥ | hemacitravitānaiśca prāsādairupaśobhitaḥ

The Jewel Mountain shone like a cloud woven with many colours, adorned with mansions that had golden, many-hued canopies,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1081–1082.

Verse 15 (2.56.15)

हर्म्याणि च विशालानि मणिसोपानवन्ति च । तत्रस्था वरवर्णिन्यो ददृशुर्मधुसूदनम् ॥

harmyāṇi ca viśālāni maṇisopānavanti ca | tatrasthā varavarṇinyo dadṛśurmadhusūdanam

and with spacious palaces that had stairways of jewels. The fair women who lived there saw the slayer of Madhu,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1083–1084.

Verse 16 (2.56.16)

गन्धर्वसुरमुख्यानां प्रिया दुहितरस्तदा । त्रिविष्टपसमे देशे तिष्ठन्तमपराजितम् ॥

gandharvasuramukhyānāṃ priyā duhitarastadā | triviṣṭapasame deśe tiṣṭhantamaparājitam

they, the beloved daughters of the chiefs of the gandharvas and the gods, saw the unconquered one standing in that place that was like heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1085–1086.

Verse 17 (2.56.17)

परिवव्रुर्महाबाहुमेकवेणीधराः स्त्रियः । सर्वाः काषायवासिन्यः सर्वाश्च नियतेन्द्रियाः ॥

parivavrurmahābāhumekaveṇīdharāḥ striyaḥ | sarvāḥ kāṣāyavāsinyaḥ sarvāśca niyatendriyāḥ

The women, who wore their hair in a single braid, gathered around the mighty-armed one. All of them were clad in ochre robes, and all had their senses under control.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्वाः → सर्वाः (misprint in Wikisource; प for स; CE sarvāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1087–1088.

Verse 18 (2.56.18)

व्रतसन्तापजः शोको नात्र कश्चिदपीडयत् । अरजांसि च वासांसि बिभ्रत्यः कौशिकान्यपि ॥

vratasantāpajaḥ śoko nātra kaścidapīḍayat | arajāṃsi ca vāsāṃsi bibhratyaḥ kauśikānyapi

No grief born of the hardship of their vows troubled any of them there. They wore spotless garments, silken ones too.

Note on the text: Corrected शोके → शोको (misprint in Wikisource; the noun is the subject of अपीडयत्; CE śoko). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1089–1090.

Verse 19 (2.56.19)

समेत्य यदुसिंहस्य चक्रुरस्याञ्जलिं स्त्रियः । ऊचुश्चैनं हृषीकेशं सर्वास्ताः कमलेक्षणाः ॥

sametya yadusiṃhasya cakrurasyāñjaliṃ striyaḥ | ūcuścainaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ sarvāstāḥ kamalekṣaṇāḥ

Coming before the lion of the Yadus, the women joined their palms to him, and all those lotus-eyed women spoke to Hrishikesha:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1091–1092.

Verse 20 (2.56.20)

नारदेन समाख्यातमस्माकं पुरुषोत्तम । आगमिष्यति गोविन्दः सुरकार्यार्थसिद्धये ॥

nāradena samākhyātamasmākaṃ puruṣottama | āgamiṣyati govindaḥ surakāryārthasiddhaye

"Narada told us, Supreme Person: 'Govinda will come to accomplish the task of the gods.

Note on the text: Speaker: the women's speech, introduced in the previous verse, has no printed heading; verses 20–25 are given to the women (the heading भीष्म उवाच is printed again above verse 26). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1093–1094.

Verse 21 (2.56.21)

सोऽसुरं नरकं हत्वा निशुम्भं मुरमेव च । भौमं च सपरीवारं हयग्रीवं च दानवम् ॥

so'suraṃ narakaṃ hatvā niśumbhaṃ murameva ca | bhaumaṃ ca saparīvāraṃ hayagrīvaṃ ca dānavam

Having slain the asura Naraka, Nishumbha and Mura, Bhauma with all his retinue, and the danava Hayagriva,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1095–1096.

Verse 22 (2.56.22)

तथा पञ्चजनं चैव प्राप्स्यते धनमक्षयम् । सोऽचिरेणैव कालेन युष्मन्मोक्ता भविष्यति ॥

tathā pañcajanaṃ caiva prāpsyate dhanamakṣayam | so'cireṇaiva kālena yuṣmanmoktā bhaviṣyati

and Panchajana as well, he will win inexhaustible wealth; and before long he will be your deliverer.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1097–1098.

Verse 23 (2.56.23)

एवमुक्त्वागमद्धीरो देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा । त्वां चिन्तयानाः सततं तपो घोरमुपास्महे ॥

evamuktvāgamaddhīro devarṣirnāradastathā | tvāṃ cintayānāḥ satataṃ tapo ghoramupāsmahe

Having said this, the steadfast divine sage Narada went away. Thinking of you constantly, we have been practising severe austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1099–1100.

Verse 24 (2.56.24)

कालेऽतीते महाबाहुं कदा द्रक्ष्याम माधवम् । इत्येवं हृदि सङ्कल्पं कृत्वा पुरुषसत्तम । तपश्चराम सततं रक्ष्यमाणा हि दानवैः ॥

kāle'tīte mahābāhuṃ kadā drakṣyāma mādhavam | ityevaṃ hṛdi saṅkalpaṃ kṛtvā puruṣasattama | tapaścarāma satataṃ rakṣyamāṇā hi dānavaiḥ

'As time goes by, when shall we see the mighty-armed Madhava?' With this resolve in our hearts, best of men, we have kept up our austerity without a break, though held under guard by the danavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1101–1103.

Verse 25 (2.56.25)

ततोऽस्मत्प्रियकामार्थं भगवान्मारुतोऽब्रवीत् । यथोक्तं नारदेनाथ न चिरात्तद्भविष्यति ॥

tato'smatpriyakāmārthaṃ bhagavānmāruto'bravīt | yathoktaṃ nāradenātha na cirāttadbhaviṣyati

Then, wishing to please us, the blessed Wind-god said: 'What Narada told you will come to pass before long.'"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1105–1106.

Verse 26 (2.56.26)

तासां परमनारीणामृषभाक्षं पुरः स्थितम् । ददृशुर्देवगन्धर्वा गृष्टीनामिव गोपतिम् ॥

tāsāṃ paramanārīṇāmṛṣabhākṣaṃ puraḥ sthitam | dadṛśurdevagandharvā gṛṣṭīnāmiva gopatim

The gods and gandharvas saw the bull-eyed one standing before those excellent women, like a bull among young cows.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as भीष्ण उवाच; corrected to भीष्म. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1107–1108.

Verse 27 (2.56.27)

तस्य चन्द्रोपमं वक्त्रमुदीक्ष्य मुदितेन्द्रियाः । सम्प्रहृष्टा महाबाहुमिदं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥

tasya candropamaṃ vaktramudīkṣya muditendriyāḥ | samprahṛṣṭā mahābāhumidaṃ vacanamabruvan

Gazing on his moon-like face, their senses filled with delight, the women in great joy spoke these words to the mighty-armed one:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1109–1110.

Verse 28 (2.56.28)

सत्यव्रत पुरा वायुरिदमस्मानिहाब्रवीत् । सर्वभूतहितज्ञश्च महर्षिरपि नारदः ॥

satyavrata purā vāyuridamasmānihābravīt | sarvabhūtahitajñaśca maharṣirapi nāradaḥ

"You whose vows are true, long ago Vayu said this to us here, and so did the great sage Narada, who knows what is good for all beings:

Note on the text: Speaker: verses 28–31 are the women's words (introduced at the end of verse 27, with no printed heading); given to the women. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1111–1112.

Verse 29 (2.56.29)

विष्णुर्नारायणो देवः शङ्खचक्रगदासिभृत् । स भौमं नरकं हत्वा भर्ता वो भविता ध्रुवम् ॥

viṣṇurnārāyaṇo devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt | sa bhaumaṃ narakaṃ hatvā bhartā vo bhavitā dhruvam

'Vishnu Narayana, the god who bears conch, discus, mace and sword, will slay Naraka Bhauma and will surely become your husband.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1113–1114.

Verse 30 (2.56.30)

दिष्ट्या तस्यर्षिमुख्यस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः । वचनादेव सत्यं नो भर्ता भवितुमर्हसि ॥

diṣṭyā tasyarṣimukhyasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ | vacanādeva satyaṃ no bhartā bhavitumarhasi

How fortunate we are! By the very word of that great-souled Narada, chief of sages, you are now rightly to become our husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1115–1116.

Verse 31 (2.56.31)

यत्प्रियं बत पश्याम श्रुतं प्रियमरिन्दम । दर्शनेन कृतार्थाः स्मो वयमस्य महात्मनः ॥

yatpriyaṃ bata paśyāma śrutaṃ priyamarindama | darśanena kṛtārthāḥ smo vayamasya mahātmanaḥ

Ah, what we longed for we now behold, and what we heard has proved dear to us, tamer of foes. By the sight of this great-souled one our purpose is fulfilled."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1117–1118.

Verse 32 (2.56.32)

उवाच हि यदुश्रेष्ठः सर्वास्ता जातमन्मथाः । यथा ब्रूत विशालाक्ष्यस्तत्सर्वं वो भविष्यति ॥

uvāca hi yaduśreṣṭhaḥ sarvāstā jātamanmathāḥ | yathā brūta viśālākṣyastatsarvaṃ vo bhaviṣyati

Then the best of the Yadus said to all of them, in whom love had awakened: "As you say, large-eyed ones, so shall it all be for you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1119–1120.

Verse 33 (2.56.33)

ततस्ता गरुडे सर्वाः सरत्नधनसञ्चयाः । क्षिप्रमारोपयाञ्चक्रे भगवान्देवकीसुतः ॥

tatastā garuḍe sarvāḥ saratnadhanasañcayāḥ | kṣipramāropayāñcakre bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ

Then the blessed son of Devaki swiftly placed all of them on Garuda, together with their stores of jewels and wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); in the CE's Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), the first line is not in the appendix; the second is close to line 1124.

Verse 34 (2.56.34)

सपक्षिगणमातङ्गं सव्यालमृगपन्नगम् । शाखामृगगणैर्जुष्टं सप्रस्तरशिलातलम् ॥

sapakṣigaṇamātaṅgaṃ savyālamṛgapannagam | śākhāmṛgagaṇairjuṣṭaṃ saprastaraśilātalam

With its flocks of birds and its elephants, its beasts of prey, deer and serpents, frequented by troops of monkeys, with its rocks and stone slabs,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1125–1126.

Verse 35 (2.56.35)

न्यङ्कुभिश्च वराहैश्च रुरुभिश्च निषेवितम् । सप्रपातमहासानुं विचित्रशिखिसङ्कुलम् ॥

nyaṅkubhiśca varāhaiśca rurubhiśca niṣevitam | saprapātamahāsānuṃ vicitraśikhisaṅkulam

haunted by nyanku deer, boars and ruru deer, with its cliffs and great ridges, thronged with bright peacocks,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1127–1128.

Verse 36 (2.56.36)

स महेन्द्रानुजः शौरिश्चकार गरुडोपरि । पश्यतां सर्वभूतानामुत्पाट्य मणिपर्वतम् ॥

sa mahendrānujaḥ śauriścakāra garuḍopari | paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāmutpāṭya maṇiparvatam

that Jewel Mountain Shauri, the younger brother of great Indra, uprooted while all beings looked on, and set it on Garuda's back.

Note on the text: Corrected गुरुडोपरि → गरुडोपरि (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign in Garuda's name). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1129–1130.

Verse 37 (2.56.37)

उपेन्द्रं बलदेवं च वासवं च महाबलम् । स्वपक्षबलविक्षेपैर्महाद्रिशिखरोपमः ॥

upendraṃ baladevaṃ ca vāsavaṃ ca mahābalam | svapakṣabalavikṣepairmahādriśikharopamaḥ

Bearing Upendra, Baladeva and mighty Vasava, Garuda, like the summit of a great mountain, with the powerful sweep of his wings

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1131 and 1134.

Verse 38 (2.56.38)

दिक्षु सर्वासु संरावं स चक्रे गरुडो वहन् । आरुजन्पर्वताग्राणि पादपांश्च समुत्क्षिपन् ॥

dikṣu sarvāsu saṃrāvaṃ sa cakre garuḍo vahan | ārujanparvatāgrāṇi pādapāṃśca samutkṣipan

raised a roar in every direction as he carried them, shattering mountain peaks and flinging trees aloft.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1135–1136.

Verse 39 (2.56.39)

सञ्जहार महाभ्राणि वैश्वानरपथं गतः । ग्रहनक्षत्रताराणां सप्तर्षीणां स्वतेजसा ॥

sañjahāra mahābhrāṇi vaiśvānarapathaṃ gataḥ | grahanakṣatratārāṇāṃ saptarṣīṇāṃ svatejasā

Travelling the path of Vaishvanara, he swept the great clouds aside; by his own splendour he passed beyond the radiance of the planets, the lunar mansions, the stars and the Seven Sages,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1137–1138.

Verse 40 (2.56.40)

प्रभाजालमतिक्रम्य चाश्विनोश्च परन्तप । प्राप्य पुण्यतमं स्थानं देवलोकमरिन्दमः ॥

prabhājālamatikramya cāśvinośca parantapa | prāpya puṇyatamaṃ sthānaṃ devalokamarindamaḥ

and of the two Ashvins, scorcher of foes; and reaching the holiest of places, the world of the gods, the tamer of foes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1143–1144.

Verse 41 (2.56.41)

शक्रसद्म समासाद्य चावरुह्य जनार्दनः । सोऽभिवाद्यादितेः पादावर्चितः सर्वदैवतैः । ब्रह्मदक्षपुरोगैश्च प्रजापतिभिरेव च ॥

śakrasadma samāsādya cāvaruhya janārdanaḥ | so'bhivādyāditeḥ pādāvarcitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ | brahmadakṣapurogaiśca prajāpatibhireva ca

Janardana, came to Shakra's palace and alighted. He bowed at Aditi's feet and was honoured by all the gods and by the Prajapatis led by Brahma and Daksha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1145–1147.

Verse 42 (2.56.42)

अदितेः कुण्डले दिव्ये ददावथ तदा विभुः । रत्नानि च परार्घ्याणि रामेण सह केशवः ॥

aditeḥ kuṇḍale divye dadāvatha tadā vibhuḥ | ratnāni ca parārghyāṇi rāmeṇa saha keśavaḥ

Then the lord Keshava, together with Rama, gave Aditi her heavenly earrings and jewels of the highest worth.

Note on the text: Corrected रत्नान → रत्नानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, leaving the line a syllable short; CE ratnāni). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1148–1149.

Verse 43 (2.56.43)

प्रतिगृह्य च तत्सर्वमदितिर्वासवानुजम् । पूजयामास दाशार्हं रामं च विगतज्वरा ॥

pratigṛhya ca tatsarvamaditirvāsavānujam | pūjayāmāsa dāśārhaṃ rāmaṃ ca vigatajvarā

Aditi accepted it all and, her distress gone, honoured Vasava's younger brother, the Dasharha, and Rama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1150–1151.

Verse 44 (2.56.44)

शची महेन्द्रमहिषी कृष्णस्य महिषीं तदा । सत्यभामां तु सङ्गृह्य अदित्यै सा न्यवेदयत् ॥

śacī mahendramahiṣī kṛṣṇasya mahiṣīṃ tadā | satyabhāmāṃ tu saṅgṛhya adityai sā nyavedayat

Then Shachi, great Indra's queen, took Krishna's queen Satyabhama by the hand and presented her to Aditi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1152–1153.

Verse 45 (2.56.45)

सा तस्याः सत्यभामायाः कृष्णप्रियचिकीर्षया । वरं प्रादाद्देवमाता सत्यायै विगतज्वरा ॥

sā tasyāḥ satyabhāmāyāḥ kṛṣṇapriyacikīrṣayā | varaṃ prādāddevamātā satyāyai vigatajvarā

And Aditi, mother of the gods, free of distress and wishing to do what would please Krishna, granted Satyabhama a boon:

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्णाप्रिय- → कृष्णप्रिय- (misprint in Wikisource; with the long ā the compound would name Krishna (Draupadi) or read as 'what Krishna dislikes'; 'wishing to please Krishna', CE kṛṣṇapriyacikīrṣayā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1154–1155.

Verse 46 (2.56.46)

जरां न यास्यसि शुभे यावत्कृष्णोऽस्ति भूतले । सर्वगन्धगुणोपेता भविष्यसि वरानने ॥

jarāṃ na yāsyasi śubhe yāvatkṛṣṇo'sti bhūtale | sarvagandhaguṇopetā bhaviṣyasi varānane

"You will not grow old, lovely one, as long as Krishna remains on the earth; and you will be endowed with every fragrance and every grace, fair-faced one."

Note on the text: Speaker: Aditi's boon has no printed heading in Wikisource; given to Aditi (the CE's appendix marks it as hers). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1156–1157.

Verse 47 (2.56.47)

विसृज्य सत्यभामा वै पौलोमीं च सुमध्यमा । शच्यापि समनुज्ञाता ययौ कृष्णनिवेशनम् ॥

visṛjya satyabhāmā vai paulomīṃ ca sumadhyamā | śacyāpi samanujñātā yayau kṛṣṇaniveśanam

Taking leave of Puloman's daughter, slender-waisted Satyabhama, with Shachi's leave as well, went to Krishna's lodging.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1158–1159.

Verse 48 (2.56.48)

सम्पूज्यमानस्त्रिदशैर्महर्षिगणसेवितः । द्वारकां प्रययौ कृष्णो देवलोकादरिन्दमः ॥

sampūjyamānastridaśairmaharṣigaṇasevitaḥ | dvārakāṃ prayayau kṛṣṇo devalokādarindamaḥ

Honoured by the thirty gods and attended by hosts of great sages, Krishna, tamer of foes, set out from the world of the gods for Dvaraka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1160–1161.

Verse 49 (2.56.49)

शीघ्रादेत्य महाबाहुर्दीर्घमध्वानमच्युतः । वर्धमानपुरद्वारमाससाद सुरोत्तमः ॥

śīghrādetya mahābāhurdīrghamadhvānamacyutaḥ | vardhamānapuradvāramāsasāda surottamaḥ

Covering the long road swiftly, the mighty-armed Achyuta, best of the gods, reached Vardhamana, the gate of the city.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्घमान → वर्धमान (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; CE vardhamāna-). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1162–1163.