The Splendour of Dvaraka

Verse 1 (2.57.1)

तां पुरीं द्वारकां दृष्ट्वा विभुर्नारायणो हरिः । हृष्टः सर्वार्थसम्पन्नः प्रवेष्टुमुपचक्रमे ॥

tāṃ purīṃ dvārakāṃ dṛṣṭvā vibhurnārāyaṇo hariḥ | hṛṣṭaḥ sarvārthasampannaḥ praveṣṭumupacakrame

Seeing that city of Dvaraka, the lord Narayana, Hari, joyful and possessed of every object of desire, set about entering it.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरी द्वारकीं → पुरीं द्वारकां (misprint in Wikisource; the accusatives must agree with तां; the second copy of the text on the same page and the critical edition read द्वारकां, the critical edition purīṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1164–1165.

Verse 2 (2.57.2)

सोऽपश्यद्वृक्षषण्डांश्च रम्यान्नानाजनान्बहून् । समन्ततो द्वारवत्यां नानापुष्पफलान्वितान् ॥

so'paśyadvṛkṣaṣaṇḍāṃśca ramyānnānājanānbahūn | samantato dvāravatyāṃ nānāpuṣpaphalānvitān

All around Dvaravati he saw many lovely groves of trees, frequented by all kinds of people and laden with many kinds of flowers and fruit.

Note on the text: Corrected वहून् → बहून् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the page's second copy and the critical edition read बहून्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1166–1167.

Verse 3 (2.57.3)

अर्कचन्द्रप्रतीकाशैर्मेरुकूटनिभैर्गृहैः । द्वारकामावृतां रम्यां सुकृतां विश्वकर्मणा ॥

arkacandrapratīkāśairmerukūṭanibhairgṛhaiḥ | dvārakāmāvṛtāṃ ramyāṃ sukṛtāṃ viśvakarmaṇā

Lovely Dvaraka, finely built by Vishvakarman, was surrounded by houses that shone like the sun and the moon and resembled the peaks of Meru.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1168–1169.

Verse 4 (2.57.4)

पद्मषण्डाकुलाभिश्च हंससेवितवारिभिः । गङ्गासिन्धुप्रकाशाभिः परिघाभिरलङ्कृताम् ॥

padmaṣaṇḍākulābhiśca haṃsasevitavāribhiḥ | gaṅgāsindhuprakāśābhiḥ parighābhiralaṅkṛtām

It was adorned with moats crowded with clusters of lotuses, their waters frequented by swans, gleaming like the Ganga and the Sindhu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1170–1171.

Verse 5 (2.57.5)

प्राकारेणार्कवर्णेन पाण्डरेण विराजिताम् । वियन्मूर्ध्नि निविष्टेन द्यामिवाभ्रपरिच्छदाम् ॥

prākāreṇārkavarṇena pāṇḍareṇa virājitām | viyanmūrdhni niviṣṭena dyāmivābhraparicchadām

It was resplendent with a white rampart the colour of the sun, rising to the very summit of the sky, so that the city looked like the heavens draped in clouds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1172–1173.

Verse 6 (2.57.6)

नन्दनप्रतिमैश्वापि मिश्रकप्रतिमैर्वनैः । तत्र सा विहिता साक्षान्नगरी विश्वकर्मणा ॥

nandanapratimaiśvāpi miśrakapratimairvanaiḥ | tatra sā vihitā sākṣānnagarī viśvakarmaṇā

With groves like Nandana and like Mishraka, that city had been fashioned there by Vishvakarman himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1174 and 1208 (its second line; the CE's intervening lines 1175–1207 are not in this text).

Verse 7 (2.57.7)

काञ्चनैर्मणिसोपानैरुपेता जनहर्षिणी । गीतघोषमहाघोषैः प्रासादप्रवरैः शुभा ॥

kāñcanairmaṇisopānairupetā janaharṣiṇī | gītaghoṣamahāghoṣaiḥ prāsādapravaraiḥ śubhā

It had golden stairways set with jewels and gladdened its people; it was beautiful with the loud sounds of song and with its splendid mansions.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसादप्रवरैः → प्रासादप्रवरैः (misprint in Wikisource; प्रसाद "favour" for प्रासाद "mansion"; the page's second copy and the critical edition read प्रासाद-). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1209–1210.

Verse 8 (2.57.8)

तस्मिन्पुरवरश्रेष्ठे दाशार्हाणां यशस्विनाम् । वेश्मानि जहृषे दृष्ट्वा भगवान्पाकशासनः ॥

tasminpuravaraśreṣṭhe dāśārhāṇāṃ yaśasvinām | veśmāni jahṛṣe dṛṣṭvā bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ

In that finest of cities, the blessed chastiser of Paka (Indra) rejoiced to see the mansions of the illustrious Dasharhas.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरवारश्रेष्ठे → पुरवरश्रेष्ठे (misprint in Wikisource; an extra long ā; the critical edition reads puravaraśreṣṭhe). Corrected नेश्मानि → वेश्मानि (misprint in Wikisource; न for व; the page's second copy and the critical edition read वेश्मानि). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1211–1212.

Verse 9 (2.57.9)

समुच्छ्रितपताकानि पारिप्लवनिभानि च । काञ्चनाभानि भास्वन्ति मेरुकूटनिभानि च ॥

samucchritapatākāni pāriplavanibhāni ca | kāñcanābhāni bhāsvanti merukūṭanibhāni ca

Those mansions had banners raised high; they seemed to float, they shone with a golden gleam, and they looked like the peaks of Meru —

Note on the text: Corrected भाखन्ति → भास्वन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; ख for स्व; the critical edition reads bhāsvanti). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1213–1214.

Verse 10 (2.57.10)

सुधापाण्डरशृङ्गैश्च शातकुम्भपरिच्छदैः । रत्नसानुमहाशृङ्गैः सर्वरत्नसमन्वितैः ॥

sudhāpāṇḍaraśṛṅgaiśca śātakumbhaparicchadaiḥ | ratnasānumahāśṛṅgaiḥ sarvaratnasamanvitaiḥ

with turrets white as lime-plaster and coverings of gold, with great jewelled summits, endowed with every gem;

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark after समन्वितैः (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1215–1216.

Verse 11 (2.57.11)

सहर्म्यैः सार्धचन्द्रैश्च सनिर्यूहैः सपञ्जरैः । सयन्त्रगृहसंबाधैः सधातुभिरिवाद्रिभिः ॥

saharmyaiḥ sārdhacandraiśca saniryūhaiḥ sapañjaraiḥ | sayantragṛhasaṃbādhaiḥ sadhātubhirivādribhiḥ

with upper storeys and crescent-shaped terraces, with turrets and lattices, crowded with machine-houses, they were like mountains streaked with ores;

Note on the text: Corrected सपञ्ज्अरैः → सपञ्जरैः (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the page's second copy and the critical edition read सपञ्जरैः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1217–1218.

Verse 12 (2.57.12)

मणिकाञ्चनभौमैश्च सुधामृष्टतलैस्तथा । जाम्बूनदमयद्वारैर्वैडूर्यविकृतार्गलैः ॥

maṇikāñcanabhaumaiśca sudhāmṛṣṭatalaistathā | jāmbūnadamayadvārairvaiḍūryavikṛtārgalaiḥ

with floors of gems and gold and surfaces polished with plaster, with doors of gold and bolts wrought of beryl;

Note on the text: Corrected भ्ॐऐश्च → भौमैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; an encoding garble; the critical edition reads bhaumaiś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1219–1220.

Verse 13 (2.57.13)

सर्वर्तुसुखसंस्पर्शैर्महाधनपरिच्छदैः । रम्यसानुगृहैः शृङ्गैर्विचित्रैरिव पर्वतैः ॥

sarvartusukhasaṃsparśairmahādhanaparicchadaiḥ | ramyasānugṛhaiḥ śṛṅgairvicitrairiva parvataiḥ

pleasant to the touch in every season and furnished with great riches, with lovely terraced chambers and peaks, they were like many-coloured mountains;

Note on the text: Corrected संस्यर्शैर् → संस्पर्शैर् (misprint in Wikisource; य for प; the page's second copy and the critical edition read -संस्पर्शैः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1221–1222.

Verse 14 (2.57.14)

पञ्चवर्णसवर्णैश्च पुष्पवृष्टिसमप्रभैः । तुल्यैः पर्जन्यनिर्घोषैर्ह्रादैर्भोगवती यथा ॥

pañcavarṇasavarṇaiśca puṣpavṛṣṭisamaprabhaiḥ | tulyaiḥ parjanyanirghoṣairhrādairbhogavatī yathā

of five colours yet harmonious in hue, shining like a shower of flowers, and resounding like rain clouds — with their echoing din the city was like Bhogavati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1223–1224 and 1228 (the end of its second line).

Verse 15 (2.57.15)

कृष्णध्वजोपवाह्यैश्च दाशार्हायुधरोहितैः । वृष्णिवीरमयूरैश्च स्त्रीसहस्रप्रजाकुलैः ॥

kṛṣṇadhvajopavāhyaiśca dāśārhāyudharohitaiḥ | vṛṣṇivīramayūraiśca strīsahasraprajākulaiḥ

With Krishna's banners and conveyances, with the raised weapons of the Dasharhas, with the Vrishni heroes for its peacocks, thronged with thousands of women and children,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1229–1230.

Verse 16 (2.57.16)

वासुदेवैन्द्रपर्जन्यैर्गृहमेघैरलङ्कृता । ददृशे द्वारकाऽतीव मेघैर्द्यौरिव संवृता ॥

vāsudevaindraparjanyairgṛhameghairalaṅkṛtā | dadṛśe dvārakā'tīva meghairdyauriva saṃvṛtā

adorned with houses for clouds and with Vasudeva as its Indra and rain god, Dvaraka looked exactly like the sky covered with clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected मेघैर्द्यैरिव → मेघैर्द्यौरिव (misprint in Wikisource; ै for ौ; the page's second copy and the critical edition read dyaur iva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1231–1232.

Verse 17 (2.57.17)

साक्षाद्भगवतो वेश्म विहितं विश्वकर्मणा । ददृशुर्वासुदेवस्य चतुर्योजनमायतम् ॥

sākṣādbhagavato veśma vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | dadṛśurvāsudevasya caturyojanamāyatam

They saw the dwelling of the Blessed Vasudeva, made by Vishvakarman himself, four yojanas in length,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1233–1234.

Verse 18 (2.57.18)

तावदेव सुविस्तीर्णं सुसम्पूर्णं महाधनैः । प्रासादवरसम्पन्नं युक्तं जगति पर्वतैः ॥

tāvadeva suvistīrṇaṃ susampūrṇaṃ mahādhanaiḥ | prāsādavarasampannaṃ yuktaṃ jagati parvataiḥ

and just as wide, well stocked with great riches, rich in fine mansions and furnished with pleasure-hills.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1235–1236.

Verse 19 (2.57.19)

यं चकार महाभागस्त्वष्टा वासवचोदितः । प्रासादं हेमनाभस्य सर्वतो योजनायतम् ॥

yaṃ cakāra mahābhāgastvaṣṭā vāsavacoditaḥ | prāsādaṃ hemanābhasya sarvato yojanāyatam

The palace of the golden-navelled lord, which the illustrious Tvashtar built at Vasava's bidding, measured a yojana on every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1237–1238.

Verse 20 (2.57.20)

मेरोरिव गिरेः शृङ्गमुच्छ्रितं काञ्चनालयम् । रुक्मिण्याः प्रवरो वासो निर्मितः सुमहात्मना ॥

meroriva gireḥ śṛṅgamucchritaṃ kāñcanālayam | rukmiṇyāḥ pravaro vāso nirmitaḥ sumahātmanā

Lofty as a peak of Mount Meru, a golden abode, the finest residence — that of Rukmini — was built by the great-souled one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1239–1240.

Verse 21 (2.57.21)

सत्यभामा पुनर्वेश्म सदा वसति पाण्डरम् । विचित्रमणिसोपानं यं विदुः शीतवानिति ॥

satyabhāmā punarveśma sadā vasati pāṇḍaram | vicitramaṇisopānaṃ yaṃ viduḥ śītavāniti

Satyabhama, for her part, always lives in a white mansion with stairways of many-coloured gems, which people know as Shitavan.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1241–1242.

Verse 22 (2.57.22)

विमलादित्यवर्णाभिः पताकाभिरलङ्कृतम् । व्यक्तबद्धं यथोद्देशे चतुर्दशमहाध्वजम् ॥

vimalādityavarṇābhiḥ patākābhiralaṅkṛtam | vyaktabaddhaṃ yathoddeśe caturdaśamahādhvajam

It is adorned with banners the colour of the spotless sun, and fourteen great standards stand clearly fixed in their places.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1243–1244.

Verse 23 (2.57.23)

सर्वप्रासादमुख्योऽत्र जाम्बवत्या विभूषितः । प्रभाया जृम्भणैश्चित्रैस्त्रैलोक्यमिव भासयन् ॥

sarvaprāsādamukhyo'tra jāmbavatyā vibhūṣitaḥ | prabhāyā jṛmbhaṇaiścitraistrailokyamiva bhāsayan

Here too is the foremost of all the mansions, graced by Jambavati, which with the many-hued spreading of its radiance seems to light up the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1245–1246.

Verse 24 (2.57.24)

यस्तु पाण्डरवर्णाभस्तयोरन्तरमाश्रितः । विश्वकर्माकरोदेनं कैलासशिखरोपमम् ॥

yastu pāṇḍaravarṇābhastayorantaramāśritaḥ | viśvakarmākarodenaṃ kailāsaśikharopamam

The white one that stands between those two Vishvakarman built like a peak of Kailasa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1247–1248.

Verse 25 (2.57.25)

जाम्बूनदप्रदीप्ताग्रः प्रदीप्तज्वलनोपमः । सागरप्रतिमोऽतिष्ठन्मेरुरित्यभिविश्रुतः ॥

jāmbūnadapradīptāgraḥ pradīptajvalanopamaḥ | sāgarapratimo'tiṣṭhanmerurityabhiviśrutaḥ

Its top blazes with gold like a blazing fire; vast as the ocean, it stands renowned by the name Meru.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1249–1250.

Verse 26 (2.57.26)

तस्मिन्गान्धारराजस्य दुहिता कुलशालिनी । सुकेशी नाम विख्याता केशवेन निवेशिता ॥

tasmingāndhārarājasya duhitā kulaśālinī | sukeśī nāma vikhyātā keśavena niveśitā

In it Keshava has settled the daughter of the king of Gandhara, a lady of noble family renowned by the name Sukeshi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1251–1252.

Verse 27 (2.57.27)

पद्मकूट इति ख्यातः पद्मवर्णो महाप्रभः । सुप्रभाया महाबाहो वासः स परमोच्छ्रितः ॥

padmakūṭa iti khyātaḥ padmavarṇo mahāprabhaḥ | suprabhāyā mahābāho vāsaḥ sa paramocchritaḥ

The one known as Padmakuta, lotus-coloured and of great splendour — that very lofty mansion, O mighty-armed one, is the residence of Suprabha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1253–1254.

Verse 28 (2.57.28)

यस्तु सूर्यप्रभो नाम प्रासादवर उच्यते । लक्षणायाः कुरुश्रेष्ठ स दत्तः शार्ङ्गधन्वना ॥

yastu sūryaprabho nāma prāsādavara ucyate | lakṣaṇāyāḥ kuruśreṣṭha sa dattaḥ śārṅgadhanvanā

The fine mansion called Suryaprabha, O best of the Kurus, was given by the wielder of the Sharnga bow to Lakshana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1255–1256.

Verse 29 (2.57.29)

वैडूर्यवरवर्णाभः प्रासादो हरितप्रभः । श्वेतजाला हि यत्रैव यत्रैव च निवेशिता ॥

vaiḍūryavaravarṇābhaḥ prāsādo haritaprabhaḥ | śvetajālā hi yatraiva yatraiva ca niveśitā

There is a mansion the colour of the finest beryl, green in its lustre, set here and there with white lattices,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1257–1258.

Verse 30 (2.57.30)

यं विदुः सर्वभूतानि हरिरित्येव भारत । सुमित्रविजयावासो देवर्षिगणपूजितः ॥

yaṃ viduḥ sarvabhūtāni harirityeva bhārata | sumitravijayāvāso devarṣigaṇapūjitaḥ

which all beings know simply as 'Hari', O Bharata; it is the residence of Sumitra and Vijaya, honoured by the hosts of divine seers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1259–1260. Wikisource reads सुमित्रविजयावासो where the critical edition has sa mitravindayā vāso (the page's second copy gives वासः स मित्रविन्दाया as a variant); the base reading is kept and translated as it stands.

Verse 31 (2.57.31)

महिष्या वासुदेवस्य भूषणं सर्ववेश्मनाम् । यस्तु प्रासादमुख्योऽत्र विहितः सर्वशिल्पिभिः ॥

mahiṣyā vāsudevasya bhūṣaṇaṃ sarvaveśmanām | yastu prāsādamukhyo'tra vihitaḥ sarvaśilpibhiḥ

The foremost mansion here, built by all the craftsmen together, the ornament of all the dwellings, belongs to a queen of Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1261–1262.

Verse 32 (2.57.32)

महिष्या वासुदेवस्य केतुमानिति विश्रुतः । प्रासादो विरजो नाम विरजस्को महात्मनः ॥

mahiṣyā vāsudevasya ketumāniti viśrutaḥ | prāsādo virajo nāma virajasko mahātmanaḥ

That mansion of Vasudeva's queen is renowned as Ketuman. The stainless palace named Viraja belongs to the great-souled one:

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसादो → प्रासादो (misprint in Wikisource; प्रसाद "favour" for प्रासाद "palace"; the page's second copy and the critical edition read prāsādo). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1265–1266 (the CE's lines 1263–1264 are not in this text).

Verse 33 (2.57.33)

उपस्थानगृहं तात केशवस्य महात्मनः । यस्तु प्रासादमुख्योऽत्र यं त्वष्टा व्यदधात्स्वयम् ॥

upasthānagṛhaṃ tāta keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | yastu prāsādamukhyo'tra yaṃ tvaṣṭā vyadadhātsvayam

it is the audience hall, my son, of the great-souled Keshava. And the foremost mansion here, which Tvashtar laid out himself,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1267–1268.

Verse 34 (2.57.34)

योजनायतविष्कम्भं सर्वरत्नमयं विभोः । तेषां तु विहिताः सर्वे रुक्मदण्डाः पताकिनः ॥

yojanāyataviṣkambhaṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ vibhoḥ | teṣāṃ tu vihitāḥ sarve rukmadaṇḍāḥ patākinaḥ

the lord's own, a yojana in length and breadth, is made wholly of jewels. On all these buildings were set banners with golden staffs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1269–1270.

Verse 35 (2.57.35)

सदने वासुदेवस्य मार्गसञ्जनना ध्वजाः । घण्टाजालानि तत्रैव सर्वेषां निवेशने ॥

sadane vāsudevasya mārgasañjananā dhvajāḥ | ghaṇṭājālāni tatraiva sarveṣāṃ niveśane

In Vasudeva's palace there were flags that marked out the ways, and there, in every one of the dwellings, hung nets of bells.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1271–1272.

Verse 36 (2.57.36)

आहृत्य यदुसिंहेन वैजयन्त्यचलो महान् । हंसकूटस्य यच्छृङ्गमिन्द्रद्युम्नसरो महत् ॥

āhṛtya yadusiṃhena vaijayantyacalo mahān | haṃsakūṭasya yacchṛṅgamindradyumnasaro mahat

The lion of the Yadus had brought there the great mountain Vaijayanti, the peak of Hamsakuta, and the great lake Indradyumna.

Note on the text: Corrected वैजयन्तच्छलो महात् → वैजयन्त्यचलो महान् (misprint in Wikisource; च्छ for य and त् for न्; the page's second copy and the critical edition read vaijayanty acalo mahān). Corrected यच्छ्रङ्ग → यच्छृङ्ग (misprint in Wikisource; a broken vowel sign; the page's second copy reads यच्छृङ्गम्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1273–1274.

Verse 37 (2.57.37)

षष्टितालसमुत्सेधमर्धयोजनविस्तृतम् । सकिन्नरमहानादं तदप्यमिततेजसः ॥

ṣaṣṭitālasamutsedhamardhayojanavistṛtam | sakinnaramahānādaṃ tadapyamitatejasaḥ

That peak, sixty palm-trees high and half a yojana wide, echoing with the great music of the Kinnaras — that too belongs to the one of boundless splendour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1275–1276.

Verse 38 (2.57.38)

पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । आदित्यपथगं यत्तन्मेरोः शिखरमुत्तमम् ॥

paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | ādityapathagaṃ yattanmeroḥ śikharamuttamam

While all beings looked on, the supreme peak of Meru, famed in the three worlds, which reaches the path of the sun,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1277–1278.

Verse 39 (2.57.39)

जाम्बूनदमयं दिव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तदप्युत्पाट्य कृच्छ्रेण स्वं निवेशनमाहृतम् ॥

jāmbūnadamayaṃ divyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tadapyutpāṭya kṛcchreṇa svaṃ niveśanamāhṛtam

golden and divine, renowned in the three worlds — that too he uprooted with great effort and brought to his own dwelling.

Note on the text: Corrected कुच्छ्रेण → कृच्छ्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; ु for ृ; कृच्छ्रेण "with effort" is the evident word (the critical edition reads kṛṣṇena here)). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1279–1280.

Verse 40 (2.57.40)

भ्राजमानं पुरा तत्र सर्वौषधिविदीपितम् । यमिन्द्रभवनाच्छौरिराजहार परन्तपः ॥

bhrājamānaṃ purā tatra sarvauṣadhividīpitam | yamindrabhavanācchaurirājahāra parantapaḥ

The tree that once shone there, glowing with all the healing herbs, which Shauri, scorcher of foes, carried off from Indra's abode —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1281–1282.

Verse 41 (2.57.41)

पारिजातः स तत्रैव केशवेन निवेशितः । लेपहस्तशतैर्जुष्टो विमानैश्च हिरण्मयैः ॥

pārijātaḥ sa tatraiva keśavena niveśitaḥ | lepahastaśatairjuṣṭo vimānaiśca hiraṇmayaiḥ

that Parijata Keshava planted right there. It was attended by hundreds of servants bearing unguents, and by golden aerial cars.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1283–1284.

Verse 42 (2.57.42)

विहिता वासुदेवेन तत्रैव च महाद्रुमाः । पद्माकुलजलोपेता रक्तसौगन्धिकोत्पलाः ॥

vihitā vāsudevena tatraiva ca mahādrumāḥ | padmākulajalopetā raktasaugandhikotpalāḥ

There too Vasudeva set great trees; and there were waters teeming with lotuses, bright with red saugandhika lilies and water lilies —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1285–1286.

Verse 43 (2.57.43)

मणिमौक्तिकवालूकाः पुष्करिण्यः सरांसि च । तासां परमकूलानि शोभयन्ति महाद्रुमाः ॥

maṇimauktikavālūkāḥ puṣkariṇyaḥ sarāṃsi ca | tāsāṃ paramakūlāni śobhayanti mahādrumāḥ

lotus ponds and lakes with sands of gems and pearls, whose fine banks were graced by great trees:

Note on the text: Corrected परमकूलि → परमकूलानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped aksharas; the page's second copy and the critical edition read paramakūlāni). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1287–1288.

Verse 44 (2.57.44)

सालतालाश्वकर्णाश्च शतशाखाश्च रोहिणः । भल्लातककपित्थाश्च इन्द्रवृक्षाश्च चम्पकाः ॥

sālatālāśvakarṇāśca śataśākhāśca rohiṇaḥ | bhallātakakapitthāśca indravṛkṣāśca campakāḥ

sala, palmyra and ashvakarna trees, shatashakhas and rohinas, bhallatakas and kapitthas, indravrikshas and champakas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1289–1290.

Verse 45 (2.57.45)

खादिरा मृतकाश्चैव समन्तात्परिरोपिताः । ये च हैमवता वृक्षा ये च नन्दनजास्तथा ॥

khādirā mṛtakāścaiva samantātpariropitāḥ | ye ca haimavatā vṛkṣā ye ca nandanajāstathā

khadiras and mritakas, planted all around; and the trees of the Himalaya, and those born in Nandana —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1291–1292. मृतकाः (CE ketakāḥ) is obscure as a tree name; kept and rendered as a name.

Verse 46 (2.57.46)

आहृत्य यदुसिंहेन तेऽपि तत्र निवेशिताः । रत्नपीतारुणप्रख्याः सितपुष्पाश्च पादपाः ॥

āhṛtya yadusiṃhena te'pi tatra niveśitāḥ | ratnapītāruṇaprakhyāḥ sitapuṣpāśca pādapāḥ

these too the lion of the Yadus brought and set there: trees like jewels, yellow and ruddy, and trees with white flowers,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1293–1294.

Verse 47 (2.57.47)

सर्वर्तुफलपूर्णास्ते ते च काननसिन्धुषु । सहस्रपत्रपद्माश्च मन्दराश्च सहस्रशः ॥

sarvartuphalapūrṇāste te ca kānanasindhuṣu | sahasrapatrapadmāśca mandarāśca sahasraśaḥ

full of fruit in every season; and in the forest streams thousand-petalled lotuses, and mandara trees by the thousand;

Note on the text: Corrected पूर्णोस्ते → पूर्णास्ते (misprint in Wikisource; ो for ा; the page's second copy and the critical edition read -pūrṇās te). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1295–1296.

Verse 48 (2.57.48)

अशोकाः कर्णिकाराश्च तिलका नागमल्लिकाः । कुरका नागपुष्पाश्च चम्पकास्तृणपुल्लिकाः ॥

aśokāḥ karṇikārāśca tilakā nāgamallikāḥ | kurakā nāgapuṣpāśca campakāstṛṇapullikāḥ

ashokas and karnikaras, tilakas and nagamallikas, kurakas and nagapushpas, champakas and trinapullikas,

Note on the text: Joined नाग मल्लिकाः → नागमल्लिकाः (a compound split by a stray space in Wikisource; the critical edition reads nāgamallikāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1297–1298.

Verse 49 (2.57.49)

सप्तपर्णाः कदम्बाश्च नीपाः कुरवकास्तथा । केतकाः केसराश्चैव हिन्तालतलताटकाः ॥

saptaparṇāḥ kadambāśca nīpāḥ kuravakāstathā | ketakāḥ kesarāścaiva hintālatalatāṭakāḥ

saptaparnas and kadambas, nipas and kuravakas, ketakas and kesaras, hintalas, talas and tatakas,

Note on the text: Corrected सप्तवर्णाः → सप्तपर्णाः (misprint in Wikisource; व for प in the tree name saptaparṇa; the critical edition reads saptaparṇāḥ). Corrected कबन्धाश्च → कदम्बाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; कबन्ध "headless trunk" for the kadamba tree; the critical edition reads kadambāś ca). Corrected हिनताल → हिन्ताल (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped virama in the palm name hintāla; the critical edition reads hintāla-). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1299–1300.

Verse 50 (2.57.50)

तालाः प्रलम्बा वकुलाः पिण्डिका बीजपूरकाः । द्रुतामलकखर्जूरा महिता जम्बुकास्तथा ॥

tālāḥ pralambā vakulāḥ piṇḍikā bījapūrakāḥ | drutāmalakakharjūrā mahitā jambukāstathā

palmyras, pralambas, vakulas, pindikas and citrons, drutamalakas and date palms, and the prized jambus as well,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1301–1302.

Verse 51 (2.57.51)

आम्राः पनसवृक्षाश्च चम्पकास्तिलतिन्दुकाः । लिकुचाम्रातकाश्चैव क्षीरिका कर्णिका तथा ॥

āmrāḥ panasavṛkṣāśca campakāstilatindukāḥ | likucāmrātakāścaiva kṣīrikā karṇikā tathā

mangoes and jackfruit trees, champakas, tilas and tindukas, likuchas and amratakas, kshirikas and karnikas too,

Note on the text: Corrected लिकुचामृताश्चैव → लिकुचाम्रातकाश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a pāda one syllable short with a garbled tree name; the critical edition reads likucāmrātakāś caiva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1303–1304.

Verse 52 (2.57.52)

नालिकेरेङ्गुदाश्चैव उत्क्रोशकवनानि च । कदली जातिमल्ली च पाटली कुमुदोत्पलाः ॥

nālikereṅgudāścaiva utkrośakavanāni ca | kadalī jātimallī ca pāṭalī kumudotpalāḥ

coconuts and ingudas, and groves of utkroshakas; plantains, jati jasmine and mallika, patalas, and white and blue water lilies;

Note on the text: Corrected जातमल्ली → जातिमल्ली (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ि; जाति "jasmine" is the evident word (the critical edition reads jātimallika-)). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1305–1306.

Verse 53 (2.57.53)

नीलोत्पलकपूर्णाश्च वाप्यः कूपाः सहस्रशः । फुल्लाशोककपित्थाश्च तैस्तीर्त्वा बन्धुजीवकाः ॥

nīlotpalakapūrṇāśca vāpyaḥ kūpāḥ sahasraśaḥ | phullāśokakapitthāśca taistīrtvā bandhujīvakāḥ

wells and step-wells by the thousand, full of blue lotuses; blossoming ashokas and kapitthas, and bandhujivakas beyond them;

Note on the text: Corrected फुल्लाशाक → फुल्लाशोक (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ो; फुल्लाशोक "blossoming ashokas" is the evident word). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1307–1308. तैस्तीर्त्वा is obscure (the critical edition has the plant name taitabhā); kept and rendered loosely as "beyond them".

Verse 54 (2.57.54)

प्रियालाशोकवादिर्याः प्राचीनाश्चापि सर्वशः । प्रियङ्गुबदरीभिश्च यवैः स्यन्दनचन्दनैः ॥

priyālāśokavādiryāḥ prācīnāścāpi sarvaśaḥ | priyaṅgubadarībhiśca yavaiḥ syandanacandanaiḥ

priyalas, ashokas and vadiris, and pracinas everywhere; with priyangus and jujube trees, with yavas, syandanas and sandalwood,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1309–1310. वादिर्याः (CE kāśmaryaḥ) is obscure as a tree name; kept and rendered as a name.

Verse 55 (2.57.55)

शमीपीलुपलाशैश्च पलाशवटपिप्पलैः । उदुम्बरैश्च बिल्वैश्च पालाशैः पारिभद्रकैः ॥

śamīpīlupalāśaiśca palāśavaṭapippalaiḥ | udumbaraiśca bilvaiśca pālāśaiḥ pāribhadrakaiḥ

with shamis, pilus and palashas, with palashas, banyans and pippalas, with udumbaras and bilvas, with palashas and paribhadrakas,

Note on the text: Corrected शचीपीलुपलाश्चैश्च → शमीपीलुपलाशैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; च for म in शमी and a garbled ending; the critical edition reads śamī- and -palāśaiś ca). Corrected पलाशवधपिप्लैः → पलाशवटपिप्पलैः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for ट and a dropped akshara that leaves the pāda a syllable short; the critical edition reads -vaṭapippalaiḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1311–1312.

Verse 56 (2.57.56)

इन्द्रवृक्षार्जुनैश्चैव अश्वत्थैश्चिरबिल्वकैः । भौमगञ्जनवृक्षैश्च भल्लाभैरश्वसाह्वयैः ॥

indravṛkṣārjunaiścaiva aśvatthaiścirabilvakaiḥ | bhaumagañjanavṛkṣaiśca bhallābhairaśvasāhvayaiḥ

with indravrikshas and arjunas, ashvatthas and chirabilvakas, with bhaumaganjana trees, bhallabhas and ashvasahvayas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1313–1314. भौमगञ्जन- and भल्लाभैः (CE saubhañjanaka-, bhallaṭaiḥ) are obscure; kept and rendered as names.

Verse 57 (2.57.57)

सर्जैस्ताम्बूलवल्लीभिर्लवङ्गैः क्रमुकैस्तथा । वंशैश्च विविधैस्तत्र समन्तात्परिरोपितैः ॥

sarjaistāmbūlavallībhirlavaṅgaiḥ kramukaistathā | vaṃśaiśca vividhaistatra samantātpariropitaiḥ

with sarjas, betel creepers, cloves and areca palms, and bamboos of many kinds planted there all around.

Note on the text: Corrected सज्जैस्ताम्बूल → सर्जैस्ताम्बूल (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped repha in the tree name sarja; the critical edition reads sarjais). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1315–1316.

Verse 58 (2.57.58)

ये च नन्दनजा वृक्षा ये च चैत्ररथे वने । सर्वे ते यदुनाथेन समन्तात्परिरोपिताः ॥

ye ca nandanajā vṛkṣā ye ca caitrarathe vane | sarve te yadunāthena samantātpariropitāḥ

All the trees born in Nandana and in the Chaitraratha forest the lord of the Yadus planted all around.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1317–1318.

Verse 59 (2.57.59)

समाहिता महानद्यः पीतलोहितवालुकाः । तस्मिन्गृहवरे रम्ये मणिशर्करवालुकाः ॥

samāhitā mahānadyaḥ pītalohitavālukāḥ | tasmingṛhavare ramye maṇiśarkaravālukāḥ

Great rivers with yellow and red sands were gathered there; in that lovely and excellent abode their gravel and sand were made of gems.

Note on the text: Corrected मणिशक्रसवालुकाः → मणिशर्करवालुकाः (misprint in Wikisource; garbled aksharas; the critical edition reads maṇiśarkaravālukāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), line 1319 and 1322.

Verse 60 (2.57.60)

मत्तबर्हिणनादाश्च कोकिलाश्च मदावहाः । बभूवुः परमोपेताः सर्वे जगति पर्वताः ॥

mattabarhiṇanādāśca kokilāśca madāvahāḥ | babhūvuḥ paramopetāḥ sarve jagati parvatāḥ

With the cries of rapturous peacocks and with cuckoos that stir desire, all the pleasure-hills became richly furnished.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1323–1324.

Verse 61 (2.57.61)

तत्रैव गजयूथानि तत्र गोमहिषास्तथा । निवासाश्च कृतास्तत्र वराहा मृगपक्षिणाम् ॥

tatraiva gajayūthāni tatra gomahiṣāstathā | nivāsāśca kṛtāstatra varāhā mṛgapakṣiṇām

There were herds of elephants, and cattle and buffaloes as well; there were boars, and dwellings were made there for beasts and birds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1325–1326.

Verse 62 (2.57.62)

विश्वकर्मकृतः शैलः प्राकारस्तत्र वेश्मनि । व्यक्तकिष्कुशतोद्यामः सुधारससमप्रभः ॥

viśvakarmakṛtaḥ śailaḥ prākārastatra veśmani | vyaktakiṣkuśatodyāmaḥ sudhārasasamaprabhaḥ

Around that dwelling ran a rampart, a mountain made by Vishvakarman, plainly a hundred kishkus high and radiant as nectar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1327–1328.

Verse 63 (2.57.63)

तेन ते च महाशैलाः सरितश्च सरांसि च । परिक्षिप्तानि वै तस्य वनान्युपवनानि च ॥

tena te ca mahāśailāḥ saritaśca sarāṃsi ca | parikṣiptāni vai tasya vanānyupavanāni ca

By it those great hills, the rivers and lakes, and all his woods and gardens were enclosed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (inserted after 2.35.29), lines 1329–1330.