Krishna Outweighs the Whole World

Verse 1 (5.67.1)

अर्जुनो वासुदेवश्च धन्विनौ परमार्थितौ । कामादन्यत्र संभूतौ सर्वभावाय संमितौ ॥

arjuno vāsudevaśca dhanvinau paramārthitau | kāmādanyatra saṃbhūtau sarvabhāvāya saṃmitau

Arjuna and Vasudeva, the two bowmen, are held in the highest regard. They were born of their own will and not of desire, and they are equal to every undertaking.

Verse 2 (5.67.2)

व्यामान्तरं समास्थाय यथामुक्तं मनस्विनः । चक्रं तद्वासुदेवस्य मायया वर्तते विभो ॥

vyāmāntaraṃ samāsthāya yathāmuktaṃ manasvinaḥ | cakraṃ tadvāsudevasya māyayā vartate vibho

That discus of Vasudeva, O lord, spans a fathom across and is released at whatever size the high-minded one wills; it moves by his magic power, so that none can follow it with the eye.

Note on the text: Corrected समास्थय → समास्थाय (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā, समास्थय is no verb form; the critical edition reads samāsthāya). व्यामान्तरं and यथामुक्तं (CE dyām antaraṃ, yathāyuktaṃ) are kept: they are the vulgate readings, glossed by the commentary printed on the page.

Verse 3 (5.67.3)

सापह्नवं कौरवेषु पाण्डवानां सुसंमतम् । सारासारबलं ज्ञातुं तेजःपुञ्जावभासितम् ॥

sāpahnavaṃ kauraveṣu pāṇḍavānāṃ susaṃmatam | sārāsārabalaṃ jñātuṃ tejaḥpuñjāvabhāsitam

It brings destruction upon the Kauravas and is greatly prized by the Pandavas. It blazes with a mass of radiance, and by it one may know where true strength and weakness lie.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match; this is the critical edition's 5.66.3 (left among its unmatched verses). The first line agrees except कौरवेषु (CE pāṇḍaveṣu); the second line differs (CE sārāsārabalaṃ jñātvā tat samāsena me śṛṇu). Kept as the Wikisource reading.

Verse 4 (5.67.4)

नरकं शम्बरं चैव कंसं चैद्यं च माधवः । जितवान्घोरसङ्काशान्क्रीडन्निव महाबलः ॥

narakaṃ śambaraṃ caiva kaṃsaṃ caidyaṃ ca mādhavaḥ | jitavānghorasaṅkāśānkrīḍanniva mahābalaḥ

Madhava, mighty in strength, overcame the dreadful Naraka, Shambara, Kamsa and Shishupala of Chedi as if at play.

Verse 5 (5.67.5)

पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च द्यां चैव पुरुषोत्तमः । मनसैव विशिष्टात्मा नयत्यात्मवशं वशी ॥

pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca dyāṃ caiva puruṣottamaḥ | manasaiva viśiṣṭātmā nayatyātmavaśaṃ vaśī

By his mind alone that supreme person, exalted in spirit and master of himself, brings the earth, the sky and heaven under his control.

Verse 6 (5.67.6)

भूयो भूयो हि यद्राजन्पृच्छसे पाण्डवान्प्रति । सारासारबलं ज्ञातुं तत्समासेन मे शृणु ॥

bhūyo bhūyo hi yadrājanpṛcchase pāṇḍavānprati | sārāsārabalaṃ jñātuṃ tatsamāsena me śṛṇu

Since you ask me again and again about the Pandavas, O king, wishing to know their strength and weakness, hear it from me in brief.

Verse 7 (5.67.7)

एकतो वा जगत्कृत्स्नमेकतो वा जनार्दनः । सारतो जगतः कृत्स्नादतिरिक्तो जनार्दनः ॥

ekato vā jagatkṛtsnamekato vā janārdanaḥ | sārato jagataḥ kṛtsnādatirikto janārdanaḥ

Set the whole world on one side and Janardana on the other: in true worth Janardana outweighs the entire world.

Verse 8 (5.67.8)

भस्म कुर्याज्जगदिदं मनसैव जनार्दनः । न तु कृत्स्नं जगच्छक्तं किञ्चित्कर्तुं जनार्दने ॥

bhasma kuryājjagadidaṃ manasaiva janārdanaḥ | na tu kṛtsnaṃ jagacchaktaṃ kiñcitkartuṃ janārdane

Janardana could reduce this world to ashes by his mind alone, but the whole world together could do nothing at all against Janardana.

Note on the text: Corrected कुर्याञ्जगदिदं → कुर्याज्जगदिदं (misprint in Wikisource; त् before ज becomes ज्, not ञ्; CE kuryāj jagad idaṃ). The second line's किञ्चित्कर्तुं जनार्दने (CE bhasma kartuṃ janārdanam) is kept as a variant.

Verse 9 (5.67.9)

यतः सत्यं यतो धर्मो यतो ह्रीरार्जवं यतः । ततो भवति गोविन्दो यतः कृष्णस्ततो जयः ॥

yataḥ satyaṃ yato dharmo yato hrīrārjavaṃ yataḥ | tato bhavati govindo yataḥ kṛṣṇastato jayaḥ

Where there is truth, where there is dharma, where there is modesty and uprightness, there Govinda is; and where Krishna is, there is victory.

Verse 10 (5.67.10)

पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च दिवं च पुरुषोत्तमः । विचेष्टयति भूतात्मा क्रीडन्निव जनार्दनः ॥

pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca divaṃ ca puruṣottamaḥ | viceṣṭayati bhūtātmā krīḍanniva janārdanaḥ

Janardana, the supreme person, the self of all beings, sets the earth, the sky and heaven in motion as if at play.

Verse 11 (5.67.11)

स कृत्वा पाण्डवान्सत्रं लोकं संमोहयन्निव । अधर्मनिरतान्मूढान्दग्धुमिच्छति ते सुतान् ॥

sa kṛtvā pāṇḍavānsatraṃ lokaṃ saṃmohayanniva | adharmaniratānmūḍhāndagdhumicchati te sutān

Making the Pandavas his pretext and seeming to bewilder the world, he means to burn up your foolish sons, who delight in adharma.

Verse 12 (5.67.12)

कालचक्रं जगच्चक्रं युगचक्रं च केशवः । आत्मयोगेन भगवान्परिवर्तयतेऽनिशम् ॥

kālacakraṃ jagaccakraṃ yugacakraṃ ca keśavaḥ | ātmayogena bhagavānparivartayate'niśam

By his own yoga the Blessed Keshava ceaselessly turns the wheel of time, the wheel of the world and the wheel of the ages.

Verse 13 (5.67.13)

कालस्य च हि मृत्योश्च जङ्गमस्थावरस्य च । ईष्टे हि भगवानेकः सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

kālasya ca hi mṛtyośca jaṅgamasthāvarasya ca | īṣṭe hi bhagavānekaḥ satyametadbravīmi te

The Blessed Lord alone rules over time and death and over all that moves and all that is still. I tell you this truly.

Verse 14 (5.67.14)

ईशन्नपि महायोगी सर्वस्य जगतो हरिः । कर्माण्यारभते कर्तुं कीनाश इव दुर्बलः ॥

īśannapi mahāyogī sarvasya jagato hariḥ | karmāṇyārabhate kartuṃ kīnāśa iva durbalaḥ

Though Hari, the great yogi, is lord of the whole world, he sets about his work like a feeble tiller of the soil.

Verse 15 (5.67.15)

तेन वञ्चयते लोकान्मायायोगेन केशवः । ये तमेव प्रपद्यन्ते न ते मुह्यन्ति मानवाः ॥

tena vañcayate lokānmāyāyogena keśavaḥ | ye tameva prapadyante na te muhyanti mānavāḥ

By this power of illusion Keshava deceives the worlds; but those men who take refuge in him alone are not deluded.