Krishna Slays Shishupala

Verse 1 (2.70.1)

ततो विष्फारयन्राजा महच्चैदिपतिर्धनुः । अभियास्यन्हृषीकेशमुवाच मधुसूदनम् ॥

tato viṣphārayanrājā mahaccaidipatirdhanuḥ | abhiyāsyanhṛṣīkeśamuvāca madhusūdanam

Then the king, lord of the Chedis, twanging his great bow, advanced on Hrishikesha and said to Madhusudana:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0114–0115).

Verse 2 (2.70.2)

एकस्त्वमसि मे शत्रुस्तत्त्वां हत्वाऽद्य माधव । ततः सागरपर्यन्तां पालयिष्यामि मेदिनीम् ॥

ekastvamasi me śatrustattvāṃ hatvā'dya mādhava | tataḥ sāgaraparyantāṃ pālayiṣyāmi medinīm

"You alone are my enemy. So when I have killed you today, Madhava, I shall rule the earth to the shores of the ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0116–0117).

Verse 3 (2.70.3)

द्वैरथं काङ्क्षितं यद्वै तदिदं पर्युपस्थितम् । चिरस्य वत मे दिष्ट्या वासुदेव सह त्वया । अद्य त्वां निहनिष्यामि भीष्मं च सह पाण्डवैः ॥

dvairathaṃ kāṅkṣitaṃ yadvai tadidaṃ paryupasthitam | cirasya vata me diṣṭyā vāsudeva saha tvayā | adya tvāṃ nihaniṣyāmi bhīṣmaṃ ca saha pāṇḍavaiḥ

The chariot duel I have longed for is here at last. By good fortune, Vasudeva, after so long I face you. Today I shall kill you, and Bhishma along with the Pandavas."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0118–0120).

Verse 4 (2.70.4)

एवमुक्त्वा स तं बाणैर्निशितैराप्ततेजनैः । विव्याध युधि तीक्ष्णाग्रैश्चेदिराड्यदुपुङ्गवम् ॥

evamuktvā sa taṃ bāṇairniśitairāptatejanaiḥ | vivyādha yudhi tīkṣṇāgraiścedirāḍyadupuṅgavam

Having said this, the king of Chedi pierced the bull of the Yadus in the fight with whetted, sharp-tipped arrows on well-made shafts.

Note on the text: Corrected निशितैरत्ततेजनैः → निशितैराप्ततेजनैः and चेदिराड्यपुङ्गवम् → चेदिराड्यदुपुङ्गवम् (misprints in Wikisource; अत्त for आप्त, and a dropped द in यदुपुङ्गवम्, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Removed a stray "?" mark after the verse (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0121–0122).

Verse 5 (2.70.5)

कङ्कपत्रच्छदा बाणाश्चेदिराजधनुश्च्युताः । विविशुस्ते तदा कृष्णं भुजङ्गा इव पर्वतम् ॥

kaṅkapatracchadā bāṇāścedirājadhanuścyutāḥ | viviśuste tadā kṛṣṇaṃ bhujaṅgā iva parvatam

Fletched with heron feathers and loosed from the Chedi king's bow, the arrows entered Krishna as serpents enter a mountain.

Note on the text: Removed a stray "?" mark after the verse (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0123–0124).

Verse 6 (2.70.6)

नाददानस्य चैद्यस्य शरानत्यस्यतोऽपि वा । ददृशुर्विवरं केचिद्गतिं वायोरिवाम्बरे ॥

nādadānasya caidyasya śarānatyasyato'pi vā | dadṛśurvivaraṃ kecidgatiṃ vāyorivāmbare

Whether the Chaidya was drawing his arrows or loosing them, no one could see any gap between them, any more than one sees the path of the wind in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected शरानत्यस्यतोपि → शरानत्यस्यतोऽपि (missing avagraha) and दधृशुर् → ददृशुर् (misprint in Wikisource; ध for द). Removed a stray "?" mark after the verse (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0125–0126).

Verse 7 (2.70.7)

चेदिराजमहामेघः शरजालाम्बुमांस्तदा । अभ्यवर्षद्धृषीकेशं पयोद इव पर्वतम् ॥

cedirājamahāmeghaḥ śarajālāmbumāṃstadā | abhyavarṣaddhṛṣīkeśaṃ payoda iva parvatam

Then the king of Chedi, a great cloud whose rain was a net of arrows, poured down on Hrishikesha as a rain-cloud pours on a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected चेदिराजमहामेधः → चेदिराजमहामेघः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ, "great cloud", as the simile requires and as in the critical edition's apparatus). Removed a stray "?" mark after the verse (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0127–0128).

Verse 8 (2.70.8)

ततः शार्ङ्गममित्रघ्नः कृत्वा सशरमच्युतः । आबभाषे महाबाहुः सुनीथं परवीरहा ॥

tataḥ śārṅgamamitraghnaḥ kṛtvā saśaramacyutaḥ | ābabhāṣe mahābāhuḥ sunīthaṃ paravīrahā

Then Achyuta, the mighty-armed slayer of foes, destroyer of enemy heroes, set an arrow to his bow Sharnga and said to Sunitha:

Note on the text: Corrected महबाहुः → महाबाहुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0129–0130).

Verse 9 (2.70.9)

अयं त्वां मामकस्तीक्ष्णश्चेदिराज महाशरः । भेत्तुमर्हति वेगेन महाशनिरिवाचलम् ॥

ayaṃ tvāṃ māmakastīkṣṇaścedirāja mahāśaraḥ | bhettumarhati vegena mahāśanirivācalam

"King of Chedi, this sharp great arrow of mine can split you with its force, as a mighty thunderbolt splits a mountain."

Note on the text: Corrected अयं त्वं भामकस् → अयं त्वां मामकस् (misprints in Wikisource; भ for म in मामकः "mine", and त्वं for the object त्वां that भेत्तुम् needs, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Krishna's speech, unheaded in Wikisource, given to him. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0131–0132).

Verse 10 (2.70.10)

एवं ब्रुवति गोविन्दे ततश्चेदिपतिः पुनः । मुमोच निशितानन्यान्कृष्णं प्रति शरान्बहून् ॥

evaṃ bruvati govinde tataścedipatiḥ punaḥ | mumoca niśitānanyānkṛṣṇaṃ prati śarānbahūn

As Govinda was speaking, the lord of Chedi again loosed many more sharp arrows at Krishna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0133–0134).

Verse 11 (2.70.11)

अथ बाणार्दितः कृष्णः शार्ङ्गमायम्य दीप्तिमान् । मुमोच निशितान्बाणाञ्छतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

atha bāṇārditaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śārṅgamāyamya dīptimān | mumoca niśitānbāṇāñchataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Then Krishna, stung by the arrows and blazing with energy, drew Sharnga and loosed sharp arrows by the hundred and the thousand.

Note on the text: Corrected मोच → मुमोच and बाणाञ्छतशोथ → बाणाञ्छतशोऽथ (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped मु that leaves the line a syllable short, and a missing avagraha; the critical edition's apparatus reads mumoca … śataśo 'tha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0135–0136).

Verse 12 (2.70.12)

ताञ्छरांस्तु स चिच्छेद शरवर्षैस्तु चेदिराट् । षड्भिश्चान्यैर्जघानाशु केशवं चेदिपुङ्गवः ॥

tāñcharāṃstu sa ciccheda śaravarṣaistu cedirāṭ | ṣaḍbhiścānyairjaghānāśu keśavaṃ cedipuṅgavaḥ

The king of Chedi cut those arrows down with showers of his own, and with six more the bull of the Chedis swiftly struck Keshava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0137–0138).

Verse 13 (2.70.13)

ततोऽस्त्रं सहसा कृष्णः प्रमुमोच जगद्गुरुः । अस्त्रेण तन्महाबाहुर्वारयामास चेदिराट् ॥

tato'straṃ sahasā kṛṣṇaḥ pramumoca jagadguruḥ | astreṇa tanmahābāhurvārayāmāsa cedirāṭ

Then Krishna, teacher of the world, suddenly released a divine weapon; the mighty-armed king of Chedi warded it off with a weapon of his own.

Note on the text: Corrected ततोऽस्रं → ततोऽस्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; अस्र "tear, blood" for अस्त्र "weapon", which the second line repeats). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0139–0140).

Verse 14 (2.70.14)

ततः शतसहस्रेण शराणां नतपर्वणाम् । सर्वतः समवाकीर्य शौरिं दामोदरं तदा ॥

tataḥ śatasahasreṇa śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām | sarvataḥ samavākīrya śauriṃ dāmodaraṃ tadā

Then, covering Shauri Damodara on every side with a hundred thousand smooth-jointed arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0141–0142).

Verse 15 (2.70.15)

ननाद बलवान्क्रुद्धः शिशुपालः प्रतापवान् । इदं चोवाच संरब्धः केशवं परवीरहा ॥

nanāda balavānkruddhaḥ śiśupālaḥ pratāpavān | idaṃ covāca saṃrabdhaḥ keśavaṃ paravīrahā

mighty, valorous Shishupala roared in his fury, and, enraged, that destroyer of enemy heroes said this to Keshava:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0143–0144).

Verse 16 (2.70.16)

अद्याङ्गं मामका बाणा भेत्स्यन्ति तव संयुगे । हत्वा त्वां ससुतामात्यं पाण्डवांश्च तरस्विनः ॥

adyāṅgaṃ māmakā bāṇā bhetsyanti tava saṃyuge | hatvā tvāṃ sasutāmātyaṃ pāṇḍavāṃśca tarasvinaḥ

"Today in battle my arrows will pierce your body. When I have killed you, with your sons and ministers, and the mighty Pandavas as well,

Note on the text: Corrected समुतामात्यं → ससुतामात्यं (misprint in Wikisource; म for स in ससुत "with your sons", as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0145–0146).

Verse 17 (2.70.17)

आनृण्यमद्य यास्यामि जरासन्धस्य धीमतः । कंसस्य केशिनश्चैव नरकस्य तथैव ह ॥

ānṛṇyamadya yāsyāmi jarāsandhasya dhīmataḥ | kaṃsasya keśinaścaiva narakasya tathaiva ha

I shall today pay my debt to wise Jarasandha, to Kamsa, to Keshi, and to Naraka as well."

Note on the text: Corrected अनृण्यमद्यय → आनृण्यमद्य (misprint in Wikisource; अ for आ in आनृण्यम् "freedom from debt" and a doubled य; the critical edition's apparatus reads ānṛṇyam adya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0147–0148).

Verse 18 (2.70.18)

इत्युक्त्वा क्रोधताम्राक्षः शिशुपालो जनार्दनम् । अदृश्यं शरवर्षेण सर्वतः स चकार ह ॥

ityuktvā krodhatāmrākṣaḥ śiśupālo janārdanam | adṛśyaṃ śaravarṣeṇa sarvataḥ sa cakāra ha

Saying this, his eyes red with anger, Shishupala hid Janardana from sight on every side under a rain of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0149–0150).

Verse 19 (2.70.19)

ततोऽस्त्रेणैव चान्योन्यं निकृत्य च शरान्बहून् । शरवर्षैस्तदा चैद्यमन्तर्धातुं प्रचक्रमे ॥

tato'streṇaiva cānyonyaṃ nikṛtya ca śarānbahūn | śaravarṣaistadā caidyamantardhātuṃ pracakrame

Then Krishna, cutting down the many arrows with a weapon, began in turn to hide the Chaidya from sight under showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0151–0152).

Verse 20 (2.70.20)

अन्तर्धानगतौ वीरौ शुशुभाते महारथौ । तौ दृष्ट्वा सर्वभूतानि साधुसाध्वित्यपूजयन् ॥

antardhānagatau vīrau śuśubhāte mahārathau | tau dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni sādhusādhvityapūjayan

Hidden from sight, the two heroes, great chariot-warriors both, shone brightly; seeing them, all beings applauded, crying, "Well done! Well done!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0153–0154).

Verse 21 (2.70.21)

न दृष्टपूर्वमस्माभिर्युद्धमीदृशकं पुरा । ततः कृष्णं जघानाशु शिशुपालस्त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

na dṛṣṭapūrvamasmābhiryuddhamīdṛśakaṃ purā | tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ jaghānāśu śiśupālastribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Never before have we seen such a fight." Then Shishupala swiftly struck Krishna with three arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected शुशुपालस् → शिशुपालस् (misprint in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0155–0156).

Verse 22 (2.70.22)

कृष्णोऽपि बाणैर्विव्याध सुनीथं पञ्चभिर्युधि । ततः सुनीथं सप्तत्या नाराचैरर्दयद्बली ॥

kṛṣṇo'pi bāṇairvivyādha sunīthaṃ pañcabhiryudhi | tataḥ sunīthaṃ saptatyā nārācairardayadbalī

Krishna too pierced Sunitha in the fight with five arrows, and then the mighty one tormented Sunitha with seventy iron shafts.

Note on the text: Corrected नाराचैर्दयद्बली → नाराचैरर्दयद्बली (misprint in Wikisource; अर्दयत् "tormented" lost its अ, leaving the line a syllable short; the critical edition's apparatus reads nārācair ardayad balī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0157–0158).

Verse 23 (2.70.23)

ततोऽतिविद्धः कृष्णेन सुनीथः क्रोधमूर्छितः । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैर्वासुदेवं स्तनान्तरे ॥

tato'tividdhaḥ kṛṣṇena sunīthaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | vivyādha niśitairbāṇairvāsudevaṃ stanāntare

Then Sunitha, badly wounded by Krishna and beside himself with rage, pierced Vasudeva in the chest with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0159–0160).

Verse 24 (2.70.24)

पुनः कृष्णं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा ननादावसरे नृपः । ततोऽतिदारुणं युद्धं सहसा चक्रतुस्तदा ॥

punaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ tribhirviddhvā nanādāvasare nṛpaḥ | tato'tidāruṇaṃ yuddhaṃ sahasā cakratustadā

Striking Krishna again with three arrows, the king roared at that moment. Then the two suddenly joined in a most terrible fight.

Note on the text: Corrected तोऽतिदारुणं → ततोऽतिदारुणं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त at the start of the line, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0161–0162).

Verse 25 (2.70.25)

तौ नखैरिव शार्दूलौ दन्तैरिव महागजौ । दंष्ट्राभिरिव पञ्चास्यौ चरणैरिव कुक्कुटौ ॥

tau nakhairiva śārdūlau dantairiva mahāgajau | daṃṣṭrābhiriva pañcāsyau caraṇairiva kukkuṭau

Like two tigers with their claws, two great elephants with their tusks, two lions with their fangs, two cocks with their spurs,

Note on the text: Corrected नौ → तौ (misprint in Wikisource; "those two", as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0163–0164).

Verse 26 (2.70.26)

दारयेतां शरैस्तीक्ष्णैरन्योन्यं युधि तावुभौ । ततो मुमुचतुः क्रुद्धौ शरवर्षमनुत्तमम् ॥

dārayetāṃ śaraistīkṣṇairanyonyaṃ yudhi tāvubhau | tato mumucatuḥ kruddhau śaravarṣamanuttamam

the two tore at each other in battle with sharp arrows. Then, enraged, both loosed a matchless rain of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0165–0166).

Verse 27 (2.70.27)

शरैरेव शराञ्छित्वा तावुभौ पुरुषर्षभौ । चक्रातेऽस्त्रमयं युद्धं घोरं तदतिमानुषम् ॥

śaraireva śarāñchitvā tāvubhau puruṣarṣabhau | cakrāte'stramayaṃ yuddhaṃ ghoraṃ tadatimānuṣam

Cutting down arrows with arrows, those two bulls among men fought a terrible, superhuman battle of divine weapons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0167–0168).

Verse 28 (2.70.28)

आग्नेयमस्त्रं मुमुचे शिशुपालः प्रतापवान् । वारुणास्त्रेण तच्छीघ्रं नाशयामास केशवः ॥

āgneyamastraṃ mumuce śiśupālaḥ pratāpavān | vāruṇāstreṇa tacchīghraṃ nāśayāmāsa keśavaḥ

Valorous Shishupala released the fire weapon; Keshava quickly destroyed it with the weapon of Varuna.

Note on the text: Corrected तच्छ्रीघ्रं → तच्छीघ्रं (misprint in Wikisource; श्री for शी in शीघ्रम् "quickly"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0169–0170).

Verse 29 (2.70.29)

कौबेरमस्त्रं सहसा चेदिराट् प्रमुमोच ह । कौबेरेणैव सहसाऽनाशयत्तं जगत्प्रभुः ॥

kauberamastraṃ sahasā cedirāṭ pramumoca ha | kaubereṇaiva sahasā'nāśayattaṃ jagatprabhuḥ

The king of Chedi suddenly released the weapon of Kubera; the lord of the world at once destroyed it with Kubera's own weapon.

Note on the text: Corrected रणैव → कौबेरेणैव (Wikisource has lost the first two syllables of कौबेरेणैव, leaving the line two syllables short; restored as in the critical edition's apparatus, kaubereṇaiva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0171–0172).

Verse 30 (2.70.30)

याम्यमस्त्रं ततः क्रुद्धो मुमुचे कालमोहितः । याम्येनैवास्त्रयोगेन याम्यमस्त्रं व्यनाशयत् ॥

yāmyamastraṃ tataḥ kruddho mumuce kālamohitaḥ | yāmyenaivāstrayogena yāmyamastraṃ vyanāśayat

Then, enraged and deluded by his fate, he released the weapon of Yama; with the weapon of Yama itself Krishna destroyed it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0173–0174).

Verse 31 (2.70.31)

गान्धर्वेण च गान्धर्वं मानवं मानवेन च । वायव्येन च वायव्यं रौद्रं रौद्रेण चाभिभूः ॥

gāndharveṇa ca gāndharvaṃ mānavaṃ mānavena ca | vāyavyena ca vāyavyaṃ raudraṃ raudreṇa cābhibhūḥ

The Gandharva weapon with the Gandharva, the Manava with the Manava, the wind weapon with the wind weapon, and Rudra's weapon with Rudra's the mighty lord overcame;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0175–0176).

Verse 32 (2.70.32)

ऐन्द्रमैन्द्रेण भगवान्वैष्णवेन च वैष्णवम् । एवमस्त्राणि कुर्वाणौ युयुधाते महाबलौ ॥

aindramaindreṇa bhagavānvaiṣṇavena ca vaiṣṇavam | evamastrāṇi kurvāṇau yuyudhāte mahābalau

Indra's weapon the Blessed One met with Indra's, and Vishnu's with Vishnu's. So, wielding divine weapons, the two mighty warriors fought on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0177–0178).

Verse 33 (2.70.33)

ततो मायां विकुर्वाणो दमघोषसुतो बली । गदामुसलसंयुक्ताञ्छक्तितोमरसायकान् ॥

tato māyāṃ vikurvāṇo damaghoṣasuto balī | gadāmusalasaṃyuktāñchaktitomarasāyakān

Then the mighty son of Damaghosha, working sorcery, maces and pestles, spears, lances and arrows,

Note on the text: Corrected दमगोषसुतो → दमघोषसुतो (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ in Damaghosha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0179–0180).

Verse 34 (2.70.34)

परश्वथमुसण्डीश्च ववर्ष युधि केशवम् । अमोघास्त्रेण भगवान्नाशयामास केशिहा ॥

paraśvathamusaṇḍīśca vavarṣa yudhi keśavam | amoghāstreṇa bhagavānnāśayāmāsa keśihā

axes and cudgels he rained on Keshava in the fight; the Blessed One, slayer of Keshi, destroyed them with an unfailing weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0181–0182).

Verse 35 (2.70.35)

शिलावर्षं महाघोरं ववर्ष युधि चेदिराट् । वज्रास्त्रेणाभिसङ्क्रुद्धश्चूर्णं तदकरोत्प्रभुः ॥

śilāvarṣaṃ mahāghoraṃ vavarṣa yudhi cedirāṭ | vajrāstreṇābhisaṅkruddhaścūrṇaṃ tadakarotprabhuḥ

The king of Chedi rained a most terrible shower of rocks in the fight; the enraged lord ground it to powder with the thunderbolt weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0183–0184).

Verse 36 (2.70.36)

जलवर्षं ततो घोरं व्यसृजच्चेदिपुङ्गवः । वायव्यास्त्रेण भगवान्व्याक्षिपच्छतशो हि तत् ॥

jalavarṣaṃ tato ghoraṃ vyasṛjaccedipuṅgavaḥ | vāyavyāstreṇa bhagavānvyākṣipacchataśo hi tat

Then the bull of the Chedis let loose a dreadful rain of water; the Blessed One scattered it a hundred ways with the wind weapon.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यस़जच् → व्यसृजच् (misprint in Wikisource; a nukta form स़ in place of सृ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0185–0186).

Verse 37 (2.70.37)

निहत्य सर्वमायां वै सुनीथस्य जनार्दनः । स मुहूर्तं चकाराशु द्वन्द्वयुद्धं महारथः ॥

nihatya sarvamāyāṃ vai sunīthasya janārdanaḥ | sa muhūrtaṃ cakārāśu dvandvayuddhaṃ mahārathaḥ

Having destroyed all of Sunitha's sorcery, Janardana, the great chariot-warrior, then fought him hand to hand for a while.

Note on the text: Corrected सुनीतस्य → सुनीथस्य (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ in Sunitha, Shishupala's name). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0187–0188).

Verse 38 (2.70.38)

स बाणयुद्धं कुर्वाणो भर्त्सयामास चेदिराट् । दमघोषसुतो धृष्टमुवाच यदुपुङ्गवम् ॥

sa bāṇayuddhaṃ kurvāṇo bhartsayāmāsa cedirāṭ | damaghoṣasuto dhṛṣṭamuvāca yadupuṅgavam

Fighting with arrows, the king of Chedi, son of Damaghosha, reviled him and said boldly to the bull of the Yadus:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0189–0190).

Verse 39 (2.70.39)

अद्य कृष्णमकृष्णं तु कुर्वन्तु मम सायकाः । इत्येवमुक्त्वा दुष्टात्मा शरवर्षं जनार्दने ॥

adya kṛṣṇamakṛṣṇaṃ tu kurvantu mama sāyakāḥ | ityevamuktvā duṣṭātmā śaravarṣaṃ janārdane

"Today let my arrows make Krishna no Krishna at all!" Having said this, the evil-minded one

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0191–0192).

Verse 40 (2.70.40)

मुमोच पुरुषव्याघ्रो घोरं वै चेदिपुङ्गवः । शरसङ्कृत्तगात्रस्तु क्षणेन यदुनन्दनः ॥

mumoca puruṣavyāghro ghoraṃ vai cedipuṅgavaḥ | śarasaṅkṛttagātrastu kṣaṇena yadunandanaḥ

bull of the Chedis, tiger among men, loosed a terrible rain of arrows at Janardana. In a moment the delight of the Yadus, his body cut all over by arrows,

Note on the text: Corrected शरसंङ्कृत्त → शरसङ्कृत्त (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled nasal, anusvara before ङ्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0193–0194).

Verse 41 (2.70.41)

रुधिरं परिसुस्राव मदं मत्त इव द्विपः । न यन्ता न रथो वापि न चाश्वाः पर्वतोपमाः ॥

rudhiraṃ parisusrāva madaṃ matta iva dvipaḥ | na yantā na ratho vāpi na cāśvāḥ parvatopamāḥ

streamed with blood as a rutting elephant streams with ichor. Neither his charioteer nor his chariot nor his mountain-like horses

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0195–0196).

Verse 42 (2.70.42)

दृश्यन्ते शरसञ्छन्नाः केशवस्य महात्मनः । केशवं तदवस्थं तु दृष्ट्वा भूतानि चुक्रुशुः ॥

dṛśyante śarasañchannāḥ keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | keśavaṃ tadavasthaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā bhūtāni cukruśuḥ

could be seen, so thickly was great Keshava covered with arrows. Seeing Keshava in that state, all beings cried out.

Note on the text: Corrected चक्रुशुः → चुक्रुशुः (misprint in Wikisource; the perfect of क्रुश् "cried out" is चुक्रुशुः, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0197–0198).

Verse 43 (2.70.43)

दारुकस्तु तदा प्राह कृष्णं यादवनन्दनम् । नेदृशो दृष्टपूर्वो हि सङ्ग्रामो वै पुरा मया ॥

dārukastu tadā prāha kṛṣṇaṃ yādavanandanam | nedṛśo dṛṣṭapūrvo hi saṅgrāmo vai purā mayā

Then Daruka said to Krishna, the delight of the Yadavas: "Never before have I seen a battle like this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0199–0200).

Verse 44 (2.70.44)

स्थातव्यमिति तिष्ठामि त्वत्प्रभावेण माधव । अन्यथा न च मे प्राणा धरायेयुर्जनार्दन ॥

sthātavyamiti tiṣṭhāmi tvatprabhāveṇa mādhava | anyathā na ca me prāṇā dharāyeyurjanārdana

I stand here only because I must, Madhava, upheld by your power; otherwise, Janardana, my life-breath could not hold out.

Note on the text: Daruka's speech, unheaded in Wikisource, given to him. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0201–0202).

Verse 45 (2.70.45)

अतः सञ्चिन्त्य गोविन्द क्षिप्रमस्य वधं कुरु । एवमुक्तस्तु सूतेन केशवो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

ataḥ sañcintya govinda kṣipramasya vadhaṃ kuru | evamuktastu sūtena keśavo vākyamabravīt

So think on it, Govinda, and kill him quickly." Addressed so by his charioteer, Keshava said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0203–0204).

Verse 46 (2.70.46)

एष ह्यतिबलो दैत्यो हिरण्यकशिपुः पुरा । रिपुः सुराणामभवद्वरदानेन गर्वितः ॥

eṣa hyatibalo daityo hiraṇyakaśipuḥ purā | ripuḥ surāṇāmabhavadvaradānena garvitaḥ

"This very one was once the mighty Daitya Hiranyakashipu, enemy of the gods, swollen with pride by the boon granted to him.

Note on the text: Krishna's speech, unheaded in Wikisource, given to him. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0205–0206).

Verse 47 (2.70.47)

तथाऽऽसीद्रावणो नाम राक्षसो ह्यतिवीर्यवान् । तेनैव बलवीर्येण बलं नागणयन्मम ॥

tathā''sīdrāvaṇo nāma rākṣaso hyativīryavān | tenaiva balavīryeṇa balaṃ nāgaṇayanmama

So too it was the Rakshasa named Ravana, of exceeding valour, who with that same strength and valour counted my strength as nothing.

Note on the text: Krishna's speech, unheaded in Wikisource, given to him. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0207–0208).

Verse 48 (2.70.48)

अहं मृत्युश्च भविता काले काले दुरात्मनः । न भेतव्यं तथा सूत नैष कश्चिन्मयि स्थिते ॥

ahaṃ mṛtyuśca bhavitā kāle kāle durātmanaḥ | na bhetavyaṃ tathā sūta naiṣa kaścinmayi sthite

And I shall be the death of this evil one, age after age. Do not be afraid, charioteer: while I stand here, he is nothing."

Note on the text: Krishna's speech, unheaded in Wikisource, given to him. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0209–0210).

Verse 49 (2.70.49)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्ननर्द गरुडध्वजः । पाञ्चजन्यं महाशङ्खं पूरयामास केशवः ॥

ityevamuktvā bhagavānnanarda garuḍadhvajaḥ | pāñcajanyaṃ mahāśaṅkhaṃ pūrayāmāsa keśavaḥ

Having said this, the Blessed One, whose banner bears Garuda, roared, and Keshava blew his great conch Panchajanya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0211–0212).

Verse 50 (2.70.50)

संमोहयित्वा भगवांश्चक्रं दिव्यं समाददे । चिच्छेद च सुनीथस्य शिरश्चक्रेण संयुगे ॥

saṃmohayitvā bhagavāṃścakraṃ divyaṃ samādade | ciccheda ca sunīthasya śiraścakreṇa saṃyuge

Stunning his foe, the Blessed One took up his divine discus and with it cut off Sunitha's head in battle.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark after संयुगे (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 0213–0214).

Verse 51 (2.70.51)

स पपात महाबाहुर्वज्राहत इवाचलः । ततश्चेदिपतेर्देहात्तेजोऽग्र्यं ददृशुर्नृपाः ॥

sa papāta mahābāhurvajrāhata ivācalaḥ | tataścedipaterdehāttejo'gryaṃ dadṛśurnṛpāḥ

The mighty-armed king fell like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt. Then the kings saw a surpassing radiance rise from the body of the lord of Chedi,

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.42.21ef, second line = 2.42.22ab.

Verse 52 (2.70.52)

उत्पतन्तं महाराज गगनादिव भास्करम् । ततः कमलपत्राक्षं कृष्णं लोकनमस्कृतम् । ववन्दे तत्तदा तेजो विवेश च नराधिप ॥

utpatantaṃ mahārāja gaganādiva bhāskaram | tataḥ kamalapatrākṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ lokanamaskṛtam | vavande tattadā tejo viveśa ca narādhipa

climbing, great king, like the sun into the sky. That radiance then bowed to lotus-eyed Krishna, revered by the worlds, and entered into him, lord of men.

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.42.22cd; second and third lines = 2.42.23.

Verse 53 (2.70.53)

तदद्भुतममन्यन्त दृष्ट्वा सर्वे महीक्षितः । यद्विवेश महाबाहुं तत्तेजः पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥

tadadbhutamamanyanta dṛṣṭvā sarve mahīkṣitaḥ | yadviveśa mahābāhuṃ tattejaḥ puruṣottamam

All the kings who saw it thought it a marvel that the radiance entered the mighty-armed Purushottama.

Verse 54 (2.70.54)

अनभ्रे प्रववर्ष द्यौः पपात ज्वलिताशनिः । कृष्णेन निहते चैद्ये चचाल च वसुन्धरा ॥

anabhre pravavarṣa dyauḥ papāta jvalitāśaniḥ | kṛṣṇena nihate caidye cacāla ca vasundharā

The sky rained though there was no cloud, blazing lightning fell, and the earth shook when Krishna slew the Chaidya.

Note on the text: Corrected चचाल न → चचाल च (misprint in Wikisource; न "not" for च "and" would deny the earthquake that the verse lists among the portents; the critical edition reads cacāla ca).

Verse 55 (2.70.55)

ततः केचिन्महीपाला नाब्रुवंस्तत्र किञ्चन । अतीतवाक्पथे काले प्रेक्षमाणा जनार्दनम् ॥

tataḥ kecinmahīpālā nābruvaṃstatra kiñcana | atītavākpathe kāle prekṣamāṇā janārdanam

Then some of the kings said nothing at all; in that moment beyond the reach of words they only gazed at Janardana.

Verse 56 (2.70.56)

हस्तैर्हस्ताग्रमपरे प्रत्यपिंषन्नमर्षिताः । अपरे दशनैरोष्ठानदशन्क्रोधमूर्छिताः ॥

hastairhastāgramapare pratyapiṃṣannamarṣitāḥ | apare daśanairoṣṭhānadaśankrodhamūrchitāḥ

Others, unable to bear it, wrung their fingers with their hands; others, beside themselves with rage, bit their lips.

Verse 57 (2.70.57)

रहश्च केचिद्वार्ष्णेयं प्रशशंसुर्नराधिपाः । केचिदेव सुसंरब्धा मध्यस्थास्त्वपरेऽभवन् ॥

rahaśca kecidvārṣṇeyaṃ praśaśaṃsurnarādhipāḥ | kecideva susaṃrabdhā madhyasthāstvapare'bhavan

Some kings praised the Varshneya in private; some were furious, and others stayed neutral.

Verse 58 (2.70.58)

प्रहृष्टाः केशवं जग्मुः संस्तुवन्तो महर्षयः । ब्राह्मणाश्च महात्मानः पार्थिवाश्च महाबलाः । शशंसुर्निर्वृताः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा कृष्णस्य विक्रमम् ॥

prahṛṣṭāḥ keśavaṃ jagmuḥ saṃstuvanto maharṣayaḥ | brāhmaṇāśca mahātmānaḥ pārthivāśca mahābalāḥ | śaśaṃsurnirvṛtāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇasya vikramam

The great seers went joyfully to Keshava, praising him, as did the high-souled brahmins and the mighty kings; all of them, content, extolled Krishna's prowess when they saw it.

Note on the text: First two lines = critical edition 2.42.29; the third line is in its apparatus as 2.42.29d*0404. The automatic alignment matched 2.42.29 to verse 63, a near-repeat of this verse; this verse is the closer match.

Verse 59 (2.70.59)

सदेवगन्धर्वगणा राजानो भुवि विश्रुताः । प्रणामं हि हृषीकेशे प्राकुर्वत महात्मनि ॥

sadevagandharvagaṇā rājāno bhuvi viśrutāḥ | praṇāmaṃ hi hṛṣīkeśe prākurvata mahātmani

The kings renowned on earth, together with the hosts of gods and Gandharvas, bowed low before great-souled Hrishikesha.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick before the verse (wiki residue). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives verses 59–62 only in its apparatus, as 2.42.28d*0403, lines 01–02).

Verse 60 (2.70.60)

ये त्वासुरगणाः पक्षाः सम्भूताः क्षत्रिया इह । ते निन्दन्ति हृषीकेशं दुरात्मानो गतायुषः ॥

ye tvāsuragaṇāḥ pakṣāḥ sambhūtāḥ kṣatriyā iha | te nindanti hṛṣīkeśaṃ durātmāno gatāyuṣaḥ

But the Kshatriyas born here from the side of the Asura hosts, wicked men whose lives were running out, reviled Hrishikesha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; in its apparatus as 2.42.28d*0403, lines 03–04).

Verse 61 (2.70.61)

प्रजापतिगणा ये तु मध्यस्थाश्च महात्मनि । ब्रह्मर्षयश्च सिद्धाश्च गन्धर्वोरगचारणाः ॥

prajāpatigaṇā ye tu madhyasthāśca mahātmani | brahmarṣayaśca siddhāśca gandharvoragacāraṇāḥ

Those of the hosts of Prajapati who stood impartial towards the great-souled one, and the brahmarshis, Siddhas, Gandharvas, Nagas and Charanas

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; in its apparatus as 2.42.28d*0403, lines 05–06).

Verse 62 (2.70.62)

ते वै स्तुवन्ति गोविन्दं दिव्यैर्मङ्गलसंयुतैः । परस्परं च नृत्यन्ति गीतेन विविधेन च । उपतिष्ठन्ति गोविन्दं प्रीतियुक्ता महात्मनि ॥

te vai stuvanti govindaṃ divyairmaṅgalasaṃyutaiḥ | parasparaṃ ca nṛtyanti gītena vividhena ca | upatiṣṭhanti govindaṃ prītiyuktā mahātmani

praised Govinda with divine and auspicious hymns, danced with one another to songs of many kinds, and waited upon Govinda, full of love for the great-souled one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; in its apparatus as 2.42.28d*0403, lines 07–09).

Verse 63 (2.70.63)

प्रहृष्टाः केशवं जग्मुः संस्तुवन्तो महर्षयः । ब्राह्मणाश्चापि सुप्रीताः पाण्डवाश्च महाबलाः ॥

prahṛṣṭāḥ keśavaṃ jagmuḥ saṃstuvanto maharṣayaḥ | brāhmaṇāścāpi suprītāḥ pāṇḍavāśca mahābalāḥ

Rejoicing, the great seers went to Keshava, praising him; so did the brahmins, well pleased, and the mighty Pandavas.

Note on the text: A near-repeat of verse 58, with a different second line. Its first line is critical edition 2.42.29ab (matched by the alignment at 0.82), but 2.42.29 as a whole corresponds to verse 58; this doublet is otherwise not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 64 (2.70.64)

पाण्डवस्त्वब्रवीद्भातॄन्सत्कारेण महीपतिम् । दमघोषात्मजं शूरं संस्कारयत मा चिरम् ॥

pāṇḍavastvabravīdbhātṝnsatkāreṇa mahīpatim | damaghoṣātmajaṃ śūraṃ saṃskārayata mā ciram

The Pandava said to his brothers: "Perform the funeral rites of the heroic king, the son of Damaghosha, with due honour and without delay."

Note on the text: Critical edition 2.42.30ab–cd (not matched by the automatic alignment; Wikisource reads संस्कारयत "perform the funeral rites" where the critical edition has saṃsādhayata).

Verse 65 (2.70.65)

कुरुराजवचः श्रुत्वा भ्रातरस्ते त्वरान्विताः । तथा च कृतवन्तस्ते भ्रातुर्वै शासनं तदा ॥

kururājavacaḥ śrutvā bhrātaraste tvarānvitāḥ | tathā ca kṛtavantaste bhrāturvai śāsanaṃ tadā

Hearing the words of the Kuru king, his brothers made haste and carried out their brother's command.

Note on the text: First line is in the critical edition's apparatus as 2.42.30d*0405; second line = critical edition 2.42.30ef.

Verse 66 (2.70.66)

चेदीनामाधिपत्ये च पुत्रं तस्याज्ञया हरेः । अभ्यषिञ्चत तं पार्थः सहितैर्वसुधाधिपैः ॥

cedīnāmādhipatye ca putraṃ tasyājñayā hareḥ | abhyaṣiñcata taṃ pārthaḥ sahitairvasudhādhipaiḥ

And at Hari's bidding Partha, together with the lords of the earth, consecrated Shishupala's son to the sovereignty of the Chedis.

Note on the text: Critical edition 2.42.31 (not matched by the automatic alignment; Wikisource's first line has तस्याज्ञया हरेः "at Hari's bidding" where the critical edition has asya mahīpatim).