Krishna Defeats Bana and Frees Aniruddha

Verse 1 (2.60.1)

द्वारकायां ततः कृष्णः स्वदारेषु दिवानिशम् । सुखं लब्ध्वा महाराज प्रमुमोद महायशाः ॥

dvārakāyāṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ svadāreṣu divāniśam | sukhaṃ labdhvā mahārāja pramumoda mahāyaśāḥ

Then, great king, Krishna of great fame lived happily in Dvaraka among his wives, day and night, and rejoiced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1448–1449.

Verse 2 (2.60.2)

पौत्रस्य कारणाच्चक्रे विबुधानां प्रियं तदा । सवासवैः सुरैः सर्वैर्दुष्करं भरतर्षभ ॥

pautrasya kāraṇāccakre vibudhānāṃ priyaṃ tadā | savāsavaiḥ suraiḥ sarvairduṣkaraṃ bharatarṣabha

Then, for his grandson's sake, he did a deed that pleased the gods, O bull among the Bharatas, one that all the gods together with Indra would have found too hard.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1450–1451. Corrected सावसवैः → सवासवैः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas — "with Vasava", as in the appendix).

Verse 3 (2.60.3)

बाणो नामाऽभवद्राजा बलेर्ज्येष्ठसुतो बली । वीर्यवान्भरतश्रेष्ठ स च बाहुसहस्रवान् ॥

bāṇo nāmā'bhavadrājā balerjyeṣṭhasuto balī | vīryavānbharataśreṣṭha sa ca bāhusahasravān

There was a mighty king named Bana, the eldest son of Bali, a man of valour, O best of the Bharatas, and he had a thousand arms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1452–1453.

Verse 4 (2.60.4)

ततस्तेपे तपस्तीव्रं सत्वेन मनसा नृप । रुद्रमाराधयामास स च बाणः समा बहु ॥

tatastepe tapastīvraṃ satvena manasā nṛpa | rudramārādhayāmāsa sa ca bāṇaḥ samā bahu

He practised fierce austerities with a resolute mind, O king, and Bana worshipped Rudra for many years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1454–1455.

Verse 5 (2.60.5)

तस्मै बहुवरा दत्ताः शङ्करेण महात्मना । तांश्च लब्ध्वा वरान्बाणो दुर्लभानसुरैर्भुवि ॥

tasmai bahuvarā dattāḥ śaṅkareṇa mahātmanā | tāṃśca labdhvā varānbāṇo durlabhānasurairbhuvi

The great-souled Shankara granted him many boons, and having obtained those boons, rare for asuras on earth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1456–1457.

Verse 6 (2.60.6)

स शोणितपुरे राज्यं चकाराप्रतिमो बली । त्रासिताश्च सुराः सर्वे तेन बाणेन पाण्डव ॥

sa śoṇitapure rājyaṃ cakārāpratimo balī | trāsitāśca surāḥ sarve tena bāṇena pāṇḍava

Bana, mighty and without equal, ruled a kingdom in Shonitapura; and all the gods, O son of Pandu, were terrified by him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1458–1459.

Verse 7 (2.60.7)

विजित्य विबुधान्सेन्द्रान्बाणः संवत्सरान्बहून् । अशासत महद्राज्यं कुबेर इव भारत ॥

vijitya vibudhānsendrānbāṇaḥ saṃvatsarānbahūn | aśāsata mahadrājyaṃ kubera iva bhārata

Having conquered the gods together with Indra, Bana ruled a great kingdom for many years, like Kubera, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1460–1461. The appendix follows this with a line (1462) on Ushanas aiding Bana that the base text lacks.

Verse 8 (2.60.8)

ततो राजन्नुषा नाम बाणस्य दुहिता यथा । येनोपायेन कौन्तेय अनिरुद्धो महाद्युतिः ॥

tato rājannuṣā nāma bāṇasya duhitā yathā | yenopāyena kaunteya aniruddho mahādyutiḥ

Now, O king, Bana had a daughter named Usha; and by some means, O son of Kunti, the radiant Aniruddha,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1463 and 1465. The appendix has a further line between these two (1464, on Usha's beauty) that the base text lacks.

Verse 9 (2.60.9)

प्राद्युम्निस्तामुषां प्राप्य प्रच्छन्नः प्रमुमोद ह । अथ बाणो महातेजास्तदा तत्र युधिष्ठिर ॥

prādyumnistāmuṣāṃ prāpya pracchannaḥ pramumoda ha | atha bāṇo mahātejāstadā tatra yudhiṣṭhira

Pradyumna's son, won that Usha and enjoyed her company in secret. Then, Yudhishthira, the mighty Bana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1466–1467.

Verse 10 (2.60.10)

तं गुह्यनिलयं ज्ञात्वा प्राद्युम्निं सुतया तदा । गृहीत्वा कारयामास वस्तुं कारागृहे बलात् ॥

taṃ guhyanilayaṃ jñātvā prādyumniṃ sutayā tadā | gṛhītvā kārayāmāsa vastuṃ kārāgṛhe balāt

learning that Pradyumna's son was hiding in secret quarters with his daughter, had him seized and confined by force in a prison.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1468–1469. Corrected गृह्यनिलयं → गुह्यनिलयं (misprint in Wikisource; "hidden dwelling", as in the appendix and as प्रच्छन्नः in the previous verse requires).

Verse 11 (2.60.11)

स कुमारः सुखार्होऽथ तदा दुःखसमन्वितः । बाणेन घातितो राजन्ननिरुद्धो मुमोह च ॥

sa kumāraḥ sukhārho'tha tadā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | bāṇena ghātito rājannaniruddho mumoha ca

That prince, used to comfort, now fell into misery; struck down by Bana, O king, Aniruddha lost his senses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1470–1471. Corrected बामेन → बाणेन (misprint in Wikisource; the name Bana, as in the appendix).

Verse 12 (2.60.12)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नारदो मुनिपुङ्गवः । द्वारकां प्राप्य कौन्तेय कृष्णं दृष्ट्वा वचोऽब्रवीत् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu nārado munipuṅgavaḥ | dvārakāṃ prāpya kaunteya kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaco'bravīt

At that very time Narada, foremost of sages, came to Dvaraka, O son of Kunti, and seeing Krishna he said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1472–1473.

Verse 13 (2.60.13)

कृष्ण कृष्ण महाबाहो यदूनां कीर्तिवर्धन । पौत्रस्ते बाध्यमानोऽत्र बाणेनामिततेजसा ॥

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho yadūnāṃ kīrtivardhana | pautraste bādhyamāno'tra bāṇenāmitatejasā

"Krishna, Krishna, mighty-armed one, who increase the glory of the Yadus! Your grandson is being tormented there by Bana of boundless power.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1474–1475.

Verse 14 (2.60.14)

कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तोऽनिरुद्धो वै शेते कारागृहे सदा । एतदुक्त्वा सुरर्षिर्वै बाणस्याथ पुरं ययौ ॥

kṛcchraṃ prāpto'niruddho vai śete kārāgṛhe sadā | etaduktvā surarṣirvai bāṇasyātha puraṃ yayau

Aniruddha is in dire straits and lies in prison all the while." Having said this, the divine sage went on to Bana's city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1476–1477.

Verse 15 (2.60.15)

नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ततो राजञ्जनार्दनः । आहूय बलदेवं हि प्रद्युम्नं च महाद्युतिम् ॥

nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā tato rājañjanārdanaḥ | āhūya baladevaṃ hi pradyumnaṃ ca mahādyutim

Hearing Narada's words, O king, Janardana summoned Baladeva and the radiant Pradyumna,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1478–1479. Corrected जाहूय → आहूय (misprint in Wikisource; "having summoned", as in the appendix).

Verse 16 (2.60.16)

आरुरोह गरुत्मन्तं ताभ्यां सह जनार्दनः । ततः सुपर्णमारुह्य जयाय भरतर्षभ ॥

āruroha garutmantaṃ tābhyāṃ saha janārdanaḥ | tataḥ suparṇamāruhya jayāya bharatarṣabha

and Janardana mounted Garuda together with the two of them. Then, having mounted Suparna, O bull among the Bharatas, bent on victory,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1480–1481.

Verse 17 (2.60.17)

जग्मुः क्रुधा महावीर्या बाणस्य नगरं प्रति । अथासाद्य महाराज तत्पुरं ददृशुश्च ते ॥

jagmuḥ krudhā mahāvīryā bāṇasya nagaraṃ prati | athāsādya mahārāja tatpuraṃ dadṛśuśca te

those mighty heroes went in anger towards Bana's city. Arriving there, great king, they beheld that city,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1482–1483.

Verse 18 (2.60.18)

ताम्रप्राकारसङ्गुप्तां हेमप्रासादसङ्कुलाम् । दृष्ट्वा मुदा युताः सर्वे विस्मयं परमं ययुः ॥

tāmraprākārasaṅguptāṃ hemaprāsādasaṅkulām | dṛṣṭvā mudā yutāḥ sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ

guarded by walls of copper and crowded with golden mansions; seeing it, they were all filled with delight and were greatly amazed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1484–1489. The appendix describes the city at greater length; the base text keeps only the copper walls, the golden mansions and the heroes' wonder.

Verse 19 (2.60.19)

तथा बाणपुरस्यासन्द्वारस्था देवताः सदा । महेश्वरो गुहश्चैव भद्रकाली विनायकः ॥

tathā bāṇapurasyāsandvārasthā devatāḥ sadā | maheśvaro guhaścaiva bhadrakālī vināyakaḥ

Bana's city had deities stationed at its gates at all times: Maheshvara, Guha, Bhadrakali and Vinayaka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1490–1491.

Verse 20 (2.60.20)

अथ कृष्णो बलाज्जित्वा द्वारपालान्युधिष्ठिर । सुसङ्क्रुद्धो महातेजाः शङ्खचक्रगदासिभृत् ॥

atha kṛṣṇo balājjitvā dvārapālānyudhiṣṭhira | susaṅkruddho mahātejāḥ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt

Then Krishna, having overcome the gatekeepers by force, Yudhishthira, enraged and mighty, bearing conch, discus, mace and sword,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1493–1494.

Verse 21 (2.60.21)

आससादोत्तरद्वारं शङ्करेणाभिरक्षितम् । तत्र तस्थौ महातेजाः शूलपाणिर्महेश्वरः ॥

āsasādottaradvāraṃ śaṅkareṇābhirakṣitam | tatra tasthau mahātejāḥ śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ

reached the northern gate, which Shankara guarded. There stood mighty Maheshvara, trident in hand,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1495–1496.

Verse 22 (2.60.22)

पिनाकं सशरं गृह्य बाणस्य हितकाम्यया । ज्ञात्वा तमागतं कृष्णं व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् ॥

pinākaṃ saśaraṃ gṛhya bāṇasya hitakāmyayā | jñātvā tamāgataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vyāditāsyamivāntakam

holding his bow Pinaka with an arrow set to it, intent on Bana's good. Knowing that Krishna had come like Death with gaping jaws,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1497–1498.

Verse 23 (2.60.23)

ततस्तौ चक्रतुर्युद्धं वासुदेवमहेश्वरौ । तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरमचिन्त्यं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

tatastau cakraturyuddhaṃ vāsudevamaheśvarau | tadyuddhamabhavadghoramacintyaṃ romaharṣaṇam

the two, Vasudeva and Maheshvara, joined battle. That battle was terrible, beyond imagining, making the hair stand on end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1499–1500.

Verse 24 (2.60.24)

अन्योन्यं तौ ततक्षाते अन्योन्यजयकाङ्क्षिणौ । दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि तौ देवौ क्रुद्धौ मुमुचतुस्तदा ॥

anyonyaṃ tau tatakṣāte anyonyajayakāṅkṣiṇau | divyānyastrāṇi tau devau kruddhau mumucatustadā

Each eager to defeat the other, they wounded each other, and the two gods in their fury loosed divine weapons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1501–1502.

Verse 25 (2.60.25)

ततः कृष्णो रणं कृत्वा मुहूर्तं शूलपाणिना । विजित्य तं महादेवं ततो युद्धे जनार्दनः । अन्यांश्च जित्वा द्वारस्थान्प्रविवेश पुरोत्तमम् ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇo raṇaṃ kṛtvā muhūrtaṃ śūlapāṇinā | vijitya taṃ mahādevaṃ tato yuddhe janārdanaḥ | anyāṃśca jitvā dvārasthānpraviveśa purottamam

Then Krishna, after fighting for a while with the trident-bearer and vanquishing the great god in that battle, Janardana overcame the other gatekeepers as well and entered that finest of cities.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1503–1505. Corrected the second line's ending शूलपाणिना → जनार्दनः (misprint in Wikisource; the word is repeated from the line above, which leaves the line a syllable too long; the appendix reads tato yuddhe janārdanaḥ).

Verse 26 (2.60.26)

प्रविश्य बाणमासाद्य स तत्राथ जनार्दनः । चक्रे युद्धं महाक्रुद्धस्तेन बाणेन भरतर्षभ ॥

praviśya bāṇamāsādya sa tatrātha janārdanaḥ | cakre yuddhaṃ mahākruddhastena bāṇena bharatarṣabha

Once inside, Janardana confronted Bana there and, in great fury, fought with him, O bull among the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1506–1507.

Verse 27 (2.60.27)

बाणोऽपि सर्वशस्त्राणि शितानि भरतर्षभ । सुसङ्क्रुद्धस्तदा युद्धे पातयामास केशवे ॥

bāṇo'pi sarvaśastrāṇi śitāni bharatarṣabha | susaṅkruddhastadā yuddhe pātayāmāsa keśave

Bana too, in a towering rage, brought down all his sharp weapons on Keshava in that battle, O bull among the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1508–1509.

Verse 28 (2.60.28)

पुनरुद्यम्य शस्त्राणि सहस्रं सर्वबाहुभिः । मुमोच बाणः सङ्क्रुद्धः कृष्णं प्रति रणाजिरे ॥

punarudyamya śastrāṇi sahasraṃ sarvabāhubhiḥ | mumoca bāṇaḥ saṅkruddhaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ prati raṇājire

Raising weapons again with all his arms, the furious Bana hurled a thousand of them at Krishna on the field of battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1510–1511.

Verse 29 (2.60.29)

ततः कृष्णस्तदा कृत्त्वा तानि सर्वाणि भारत । कृत्वा मुहूर्तं बाणेन युद्धं राजन्नधोक्षजः ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇastadā kṛttvā tāni sarvāṇi bhārata | kṛtvā muhūrtaṃ bāṇena yuddhaṃ rājannadhokṣajaḥ

Then Krishna cut all of them down, O Bharata, and after fighting Bana for a while, O king, Adhokshaja

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1512–1513. Corrected (second line) कृत्त्वा → कृत्वा ("having done [battle]", not "having cut") and राजन्नगोक्षजः → राजन्नधोक्षजः (misprints in Wikisource; the epithet Adhokshaja; both as in the appendix).

Verse 30 (2.60.30)

चक्रमुद्यम्य रोषाद्वै दिव्यं शस्त्रोत्तमं ततः । सहस्रबाहूंश्चिच्छेद बाणस्यामिततेजसः ॥

cakramudyamya roṣādvai divyaṃ śastrottamaṃ tataḥ | sahasrabāhūṃściccheda bāṇasyāmitatejasaḥ

raised in wrath his discus, divine, the finest of weapons, and severed the thousand arms of Bana of boundless might.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1514–1515.

Verse 31 (2.60.31)

ततो बाणो महाराज कृष्णेन भृशपीडितः । भिन्नबाहुः पपाताशु विशाख इव पादपः ॥

tato bāṇo mahārāja kṛṣṇena bhṛśapīḍitaḥ | bhinnabāhuḥ papātāśu viśākha iva pādapaḥ

Then, great king, Bana, sorely afflicted by Krishna, his arms cut away, fell at once like a tree stripped of its branches.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1516–1517.

Verse 32 (2.60.32)

स पातयित्वा बाणैस्तं बाणं कृष्णस्त्वरान्वितः । प्राद्युम्निं मोचयामास क्षिप्रं राजगृहात्तदा ॥

sa pātayitvā bāṇaistaṃ bāṇaṃ kṛṣṇastvarānvitaḥ | prādyumniṃ mocayāmāsa kṣipraṃ rājagṛhāttadā

Having brought Bana down with his arrows, Krishna made haste and quickly freed Pradyumna's son from the royal prison.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1518–1519.

Verse 33 (2.60.33)

मोक्षयित्वाऽथ गोविन्दः प्राद्युम्निं सह भार्यया । बाणस्य सर्वरत्नानि असङ्ख्यानि जहार सः ॥

mokṣayitvā'tha govindaḥ prādyumniṃ saha bhāryayā | bāṇasya sarvaratnāni asaṅkhyāni jahāra saḥ

Having freed Pradyumna's son together with his wife, Govinda carried off all of Bana's countless treasures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1520–1521.

Verse 34 (2.60.34)

गोधनानि च सर्वस्वं स बाणस्यालये बलात् । जहार च हृषीकेशो यदूनां कुलवर्धनः ॥

godhanāni ca sarvasvaṃ sa bāṇasyālaye balāt | jahāra ca hṛṣīkeśo yadūnāṃ kulavardhanaḥ

Hrishikesha, who prospers the line of the Yadus, also took by force the herds of cattle and all the wealth in Bana's palace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1522–1523.

Verse 35 (2.60.35)

ततः स सर्वरत्नानि चाहृत्य मधुसूदनः । क्षिप्रमारोपयाञ्चक्रे सर्वस्वं गरुडोपरि ॥

tataḥ sa sarvaratnāni cāhṛtya madhusūdanaḥ | kṣipramāropayāñcakre sarvasvaṃ garuḍopari

Having gathered all the treasures, Madhusudana quickly loaded the whole of that wealth onto Garuda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1524–1525.

Verse 36 (2.60.36)

त्वरयाऽथ स कौन्तेय बलदेवं महाबलम् । प्रद्युम्नं च महावीर्यमनिरुद्धं महाद्युतिम् ॥

tvarayā'tha sa kaunteya baladevaṃ mahābalam | pradyumnaṃ ca mahāvīryamaniruddhaṃ mahādyutim

Then in haste, O son of Kunti, the valiant one placed upon Garuda the mighty Baladeva, the heroic Pradyumna, the radiant Aniruddha,

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1526–1527. Corrected प्रादुम्निं → प्रद्युम्नं (misprint in Wikisource; Aniruddha, Pradyumna's son, is named separately in the next line, so the word is Pradyumna, as in the appendix).

Verse 37 (2.60.37)

उषां च सुन्दरीं राजन्भृत्यदारगणैः सह । सर्वानेतान्समारोप्य गरुडोपरि वीर्यवान् ॥

uṣāṃ ca sundarīṃ rājanbhṛtyadāragaṇaiḥ saha | sarvānetānsamāropya garuḍopari vīryavān

and lovely Usha with her company of servants and women, O king; all of these he set on Garuda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1528–1529.

Verse 38 (2.60.38)

मुदा युक्तो महातेजाः पीताम्बरधरो बली । दिव्याभरणचित्राङ्गः शङ्खचक्रगदासिभृत् । आरुरोह गरुत्मन्तमुदयं भास्करो यथा ॥

mudā yukto mahātejāḥ pītāmbaradharo balī | divyābharaṇacitrāṅgaḥ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt | āruroha garutmantamudayaṃ bhāskaro yathā

Then, full of joy, the mighty one, clad in yellow, his limbs bright with celestial ornaments, bearing conch, discus, mace and sword, mounted Garuda like the rising sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the passage in Appendix I, No. 21 (after 2.35.29), lines 1530–1532. Corrected दिव्याभरमचित्राङ्गः → दिव्याभरणचित्राङ्गः and शङ्कचक्र → शङ्खचक्र (misprints in Wikisource; "ornaments" and "conch", as in the appendix and in verse 20).