In the Life of Krishna: The Slaying of Kamsa

Verse 1 (padma.6.245.1)

श्रीपार्वत्युवाच- रघुनाथस्य चरितं साधूक्तं हि त्वया विभो । श्रुत्वा धन्यास्मि देवेश त्वत्प्रसादान्महेश्वर ।

śrīpārvatyuvāca raghunāthasya caritaṁ sādhūktaṁ hi tvayā vibho śrutvā dhanyāsmi deveśa tvatprasādānmaheśvara

Shri Parvati said: You have well told me the story of Raghunatha, O all-pervading one. Having heard it, I am blessed, O Lord of gods, by your grace, O great Lord.

Verse 2 (padma.6.245.2)

वसुदेवसुतस्यास्य कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् । श्रोतुमिच्छामि देवेश चरितं कल्मषापहम् ।

vasudevasutasyāsya kṛṣṇasya caritaṁ mahat śrotumicchāmi deveśa caritaṁ kalmaṣāpaham

Now I wish to hear, O Lord of gods, the great story of this Krishna, son of Vasudeva, the story that removes impurity.

Verse 3 (padma.6.245.3)

रुद्र उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कृष्णस्यास्य महात्मनः । चरितं वासुदेवस्य सर्वेषां फलदं नृणाम् ।

rudra uvāca śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kṛṣṇasyāsya mahātmanaḥ caritaṁ vāsudevasya sarveṣāṁ phaladaṁ nṛṇām

Rudra said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall tell the story of this great-souled Krishna, of Vasudeva, that bestows fruit upon all men.

Verse 4 (padma.6.245.4)

यदूनामन्वये देवि वसुदेव इतीरितः । देवमीढस्यपुत्रोऽभूत्सर्वधर्मविदांवरः ।

yadūnāmanvaye devi vasudeva itīritaḥ devamīḍhasyaputro'bhūtsarvadharmavidāṁvaraḥ

In the line of the Yadus, O Goddess, there was one called Vasudeva, son of Devamidha, foremost among knowers of all dharma.

Verse 5 (padma.6.245.5)

देवकस्यैव दुहितां देवकीं देववर्णिनीम् । उपयेमे विधानेन मथुरायां नृपात्मजः ।

devakasyaiva duhitāṁ devakīṁ devavarṇinīm upayeme vidhānena mathurāyāṁ nṛpātmajaḥ

That prince duly married, in Mathura, Devaki, of divine hue, the daughter of Devaka.

Verse 6 (padma.6.245.6)

उग्रसेनस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्कंसः शूरो महाबलः । तयो रथवरं तत्र चोदयामास सारथिः ।

ugrasenasya putro'bhūtkaṁsaḥ śūro mahābalaḥ tayo rathavaraṁ tatra codayāmāsa sārathiḥ

Ugrasena's son was Kamsa, a heroic, mighty one. There, the charioteer drove their excellent chariot after the wedding.

Verse 7 (padma.6.245.7)

समागतेषु तेष्वेवं पथि रम्ये शुभावहे । अंतरिक्षेऽशरीरावाक्प्राह गंभीरया गिरा ।

samāgateṣu teṣvevaṁ pathi ramye śubhāvahe aṁtarikṣe'śarīrāvākprāha gaṁbhīrayā girā

As they were thus proceeding along that delightful, auspicious road, a bodiless voice in the sky spoke in a deep tone.

Verse 8 (padma.6.245.8)

आकाशवागुवाच- अस्यास्तवाष्टमो गर्भः कंस प्राणान्हरिष्यति ।

ākāśavāguvāca asyāstavāṣṭamo garbhaḥ kaṁsa prāṇānhariṣyati

The voice in the sky said: "O Kamsa, the eighth child of hers shall take your life."

Verse 9 (padma.6.245.9)

रुद्र उवाच- तच्छ्रुत्वा हंतुमारेभे कंसोऽपि भगिनीं तदा । तमब्रवीत्सुसंरब्धं वसुदेवः स्वबुद्धिना ।

rudra uvāca tacchrutvā haṁtumārebhe kaṁso'pi bhaginīṁ tadā tamabravītsusaṁrabdhaṁ vasudevaḥ svabuddhinā

Rudra said: Hearing this, Kamsa then began to try to kill his sister. Vasudeva, with his own wisdom, spoke to him, thus enraged.

Verse 10 (padma.6.245.10)

वसुदेव उवाच- न हंतव्या महाभाग भगिनी धर्मतस्त्वया । गर्भानेव समुत्पन्नाञ्जहि राजन्महाबल ।

vasudeva uvāca na haṁtavyā mahābhāga bhaginī dharmatastvayā garbhāneva samutpannāñjahi rājanmahābala

Vasudeva said: "O illustrious one, your sister ought not, by dharma, to be slain by you. O king, O mighty one, slay only the children as they are born."

Verse 11 (padma.6.245.11)

रुद्र उवाच- तथेत्याह तदा कंसो वसुदेवं च देवकीम् । निबध्य स्वगृहे रम्ये सर्वभोगे न्यवेशयत् ।

rudra uvāca tathetyāha tadā kaṁso vasudevaṁ ca devakīm nibadhya svagṛhe ramye sarvabhoge nyaveśayat

Rudra said: "So be it," said Kamsa then, and, binding Vasudeva and Devaki, confined them in his own delightful house, amid every comfort.

Verse 12 (padma.6.245.12)

एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि पापिभारप्रपीडिता । जगाम धरणीदेवी सहसा ब्रह्मणोंतिकम् ।

etasminnaṁtare devi pāpibhāraprapīḍitā jagāma dharaṇīdevī sahasā brahmaṇoṁtikam

Meanwhile, O Goddess, oppressed by the burden of sinners, the goddess Earth suddenly went to Brahma's presence.

Verse 13 (padma.6.245.13)

समेत्य जगतामीशं ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् । प्राह गंभीरया वाचा धरणी लोकधारिणी ।

sametya jagatāmīśaṁ brahmāṇaṁ parameṣṭhinam prāha gaṁbhīrayā vācā dharaṇī lokadhāriṇī

Meeting Brahma, the highest Lord of the worlds, the Earth, sustainer of all beings, spoke in a deep voice.

Verse 14 (padma.6.245.14)

धरण्युवाच-। प्रजापते न शक्तास्मि धर्तुं लोकानिमान्प्रभो । राक्षसाः पापकर्माणः संस्थिता मयि सुव्रत ।

dharaṇyuvāca prajāpate na śaktāsmi dhartuṁ lokānimānprabho rākṣasāḥ pāpakarmāṇaḥ saṁsthitā mayi suvrata

The Earth said: "O Lord of creatures, I am not able to bear these worlds, O Master. Sinful rakshasas, O one of good vows, are established upon me,

Verse 15 (padma.6.245.15)

जगतः सकलान्धर्मान्विध्वंसंतो महाबलाः । अधर्मवर्च्चसः सर्वे नराः पापविमोहिताः ।

jagataḥ sakalāndharmānvidhvaṁsaṁto mahābalāḥ adharmavarccasaḥ sarve narāḥ pāpavimohitāḥ

those of great might, destroying all the dharmas of the world; all men, of the splendor of adharma, deluded by sin.

Verse 16 (padma.6.245.16)

स्वल्पमल्पतरं धर्मं लोकेऽस्मिन्न च दृश्यते । धर्मेणैव धृता देव सत्यशौचदमेन च । तस्मादधर्मसंभूतं न लोकं धर्तुमुत्सहे ।

svalpamalpataraṁ dharmaṁ loke'sminna ca dṛśyate dharmeṇaiva dhṛtā deva satyaśaucadamena ca tasmādadharmasaṁbhūtaṁ na lokaṁ dhartumutsahe

Even the very least remnant of dharma is not to be seen in this world. O God, I am sustained by dharma alone, and by truth, purity, and self-control. Therefore I have no strength left to bear a world born of adharma.

Verse 17 (padma.6.245.17)

रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा धरणीदेवी तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे ब्रह्मरुद्रपुरोगमाः ।

rudra uvāca ityuktvā dharaṇīdevī tatraivāṁtaradhīyata tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve brahmarudrapurogamāḥ

Rudra said: Having said this, the goddess Earth vanished then and there. Then all the hosts of gods, with Brahma and Rudra at their head,

Verse 18 (padma.6.245.18)

क्षीराब्धेरुत्तरं कूलमधिगम्य जगत्पतिम् । तुष्टुवुः स्तुतिभिर्दिव्यैर्मुनयश्च महातपाः । ततः प्रसन्नः प्राहेशः सर्वांस्तान्मुनिसत्तमान् ।

kṣīrābdheruttaraṁ kūlamadhigamya jagatpatim tuṣṭuvuḥ stutibhirdivyairmunayaśca mahātapāḥ tataḥ prasannaḥ prāheśaḥ sarvāṁstānmunisattamān

reaching the northern shore of the Ocean of Milk, praised the Lord of the world with divine hymns, together with the great sages of great austerity. Then the pleased Lord spoke to all those foremost of sages.

Verse 19 (padma.6.245.19)

श्रीभगवानुवाच- भो भो देवगणास्सर्वे किन्निमित्तमिहागताः । रुद्र उवाच- ततः पितामहः प्राह देवदेवं जनार्दनम् ।

śrībhagavānuvāca bho bho devagaṇāssarve kinnimittamihāgatāḥ rudra uvāca tataḥ pitāmahaḥ prāha devadevaṁ janārdanam

Shri Bhagavan said: "O all you hosts of gods, for what reason have you come here?" Rudra said: Then the grandsire spoke to Janardana, the god of gods.

Verse 20 (padma.6.245.20)

ब्रह्मोवाच- देवदेव जगन्नाथ पृथिवी भारपीडिता । राक्षसा बहवो लोके समुत्पन्ना दुरासदाः ।

brahmovāca devadeva jagannātha pṛthivī bhārapīḍitā rākṣasā bahavo loke samutpannā durāsadāḥ

Brahma said: "O god of gods, Lord of the world, the earth is oppressed with its burden. Many unassailable rakshasas have been born in the world.

Verse 21 (padma.6.245.21)

जरासंधश्च कंसश्च प्रलम्बो धेनुकादयः । दुरात्मानः प्रबाधंते सर्वलोकान्सनातनान् ।

jarāsaṁdhaśca kaṁsaśca pralambo dhenukādayaḥ durātmānaḥ prabādhaṁte sarvalokānsanātanān

Jarasandha, and Kamsa, and Pralamba, Dhenuka, and the rest — those evil-souled ones oppress all the eternal worlds.

Verse 22 (padma.6.245.22)

भारावतरणं कर्तुं पृथिव्यास्त्वमिहार्हसि । रुद्र उवाच- एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । प्राह गंभीरया वाचा जगतीपतिरव्ययः ।

bhārāvataraṇaṁ kartuṁ pṛthivyāstvamihārhasi rudra uvāca evamukto hṛṣīkeśo brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā prāha gaṁbhīrayā vācā jagatīpatiravyayaḥ

You ought here to relieve the earth of her burden." Rudra said: Thus addressed by Brahma, the highest, Hrishikesha, that unfailing Lord of the world, spoke in a deep voice.

Verse 23 (padma.6.245.23)

श्रीभगवानुवाच-। अवतीर्याथ लोकेस्मिन्यदूनामन्वये सुराः । अवनीभारमव्यग्रमपास्यामि महाबलाः ।

śrībhagavānuvāca avatīryātha lokesminyadūnāmanvaye surāḥ avanībhāramavyagramapāsyāmi mahābalāḥ

Shri Bhagavan said: "Descending, then, into this world, in the line of the Yadus, O gods, O ones of great strength, I shall remove, untroubled, the burden of the earth."

Verse 24 (padma.6.245.24)

रुद्र उवाच- एवमुक्ताः सुरास्सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा जनार्दनम् । स्वान्स्वान्लोकान्समासाद्य परेशं तेन्वचिंतयन् । ततो नारायणीं मायां परमेशः समब्रवीत् ।

rudra uvāca evamuktāḥ surāssarve namaskṛtvā janārdanam svānsvānlokānsamāsādya pareśaṁ tenvaciṁtayan tato nārāyaṇīṁ māyāṁ parameśaḥ samabravīt

Rudra said: Thus addressed, all the gods, bowing to Janardana, reaching each their own worlds, meditated on that Supreme Lord. Then the Supreme Lord spoke to Narayani Maya.

Verse 25 (padma.6.245.25)

श्रीभगवानुवाच- हिरण्याक्षस्य षट्पुत्रान्समानीयावनीतले । वसुदेवस्य पत्न्यां तु देवक्यां सन्निवेशय ।

śrībhagavānuvāca hiraṇyākṣasya ṣaṭputrānsamānīyāvanītale vasudevasya patnyāṁ tu devakyāṁ sanniveśaya

Shri Bhagavan said: "Bringing the six sons of Hiranyaksha down to the earth, place them in the womb of Devaki, wife of Vasudeva.

Verse 26 (padma.6.245.26)

अनंतांशः सप्तमोऽत्र संप्रविष्टस्तु माचिरम् । तस्याः सपत्न्यां रोहिण्यां ददस्व शुभदर्शने ।

anaṁtāṁśaḥ saptamo'tra saṁpraviṣṭastu māciram tasyāḥ sapatnyāṁ rohiṇyāṁ dadasva śubhadarśane

The seventh, a portion of Ananta, having entered there without delay — transfer him, O one of auspicious sight, to her co-wife Rohini.

Verse 27 (padma.6.245.27)

ततोऽष्टमे ममांशस्तु देवक्यां संभविष्यति । नंदगोपस्य पत्न्यां तु यशोदायां सनातनी ।

tato'ṣṭame mamāṁśastu devakyāṁ saṁbhaviṣyati naṁdagopasya patnyāṁ tu yaśodāyāṁ sanātanī

Then, as the eighth, a portion of myself shall be born to Devaki. In the wife of Nanda the cowherd, Yashoda, meanwhile the eternal —

Verse 28 (padma.6.245.28)

तवांशभूता महानिद्रा विंध्यं गत्वा महाचलम् । तत्र संपूज्यमाना हि देवैरिंद्र पुरोगमैः । हन्याद्दैत्यान्महावीर्याञ्शुंभासुरपुरोगमान् ।

tavāṁśabhūtā mahānidrā viṁdhyaṁ gatvā mahācalam tatra saṁpūjyamānā hi devairiṁdra purogamaiḥ hanyāddaityānmahāvīryāñśuṁbhāsurapurogamān

Mahanidra, a portion of you, going to the great mountain Vindhya, worshipped there by the gods with Indra at their head, shall slay the mighty demons headed by the demon Shumbha.

Verse 29 (padma.6.245.29)

रुद्र उवाच- तथेत्युक्त्वा महामाया हिरण्याक्षसुतांस्तदा । पर्यायेण च देवक्यां षड्गर्भान्संन्यवेशयत् ।

rudra uvāca tathetyuktvā mahāmāyā hiraṇyākṣasutāṁstadā paryāyeṇa ca devakyāṁ ṣaḍgarbhānsaṁnyaveśayat

Rudra said: Saying "So be it," Mahamaya then placed the sons of Hiranyaksha, in turn, as six embryos, in Devaki.

Verse 30 (padma.6.245.30)

ताञ्जघान तदा कंसो जातमात्रान्महाबलः । ततस्तु सप्तमो गर्भो ह्यनंतांशेन चोदितः ।

tāñjaghāna tadā kaṁso jātamātrānmahābalaḥ tatastu saptamo garbho hyanaṁtāṁśena coditaḥ

That mighty Kamsa slew them as soon as they were born. Then the seventh child, impelled by a portion of Ananta —

Verse 31 (padma.6.245.31)

वर्धमानं तु गर्भं तं रोहिण्यां समुपानयत् । गर्भसंकर्षणात्तस्यां जातः संकर्षणोऽव्ययः ।

vardhamānaṁ tu garbhaṁ taṁ rohiṇyāṁ samupānayat garbhasaṁkarṣaṇāttasyāṁ jātaḥ saṁkarṣaṇo'vyayaḥ

that growing embryo was transferred to Rohini. Through this drawing of the embryo, the unfailing Sankarshana was born to her.

Verse 32 (padma.6.245.32)

कृष्णाष्टम्यां तु रोहिण्यां प्रौष्ठपद्यां शुभोदये । रोहिणी जनयामास पुत्रं संकर्षणं प्रभुम् ।

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṁ tu rohiṇyāṁ prauṣṭhapadyāṁ śubhodaye rohiṇī janayāmāsa putraṁ saṁkarṣaṇaṁ prabhum

On the dark eighth day, under the constellation Rohini, in the month of Bhadrapada, at an auspicious rising, Rohini gave birth to her son, the Lord Sankarshana.

Verse 33 (padma.6.245.33)

ततस्तु देवकी गर्भमापेदे भगवान्हरिः । आपन्नगर्भां तां दृष्ट्वा कंसो भयनिपीडितः ।

tatastu devakī garbhamāpede bhagavānhariḥ āpannagarbhāṁ tāṁ dṛṣṭvā kaṁso bhayanipīḍitaḥ

Then Devaki conceived the Lord Hari in her womb. Seeing her pregnant, Kamsa was oppressed with fear.

Verse 34 (padma.6.245.34)

ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः । तुष्टुवुर्देवकीं तत्र विमानस्था नभस्तले ।

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ tuṣṭuvurdevakīṁ tatra vimānasthā nabhastale

Then all the hosts of gods, hearts overflowing with joy, praised Devaki there, stationed in their celestial cars in the sky.

Verse 35 (padma.6.245.35)

ततस्तु दशमे मासि कृष्णे नभसि पार्वति । अष्टम्यामर्द्धरात्रे च तस्यां जातो जनार्दनः ।

tatastu daśame māsi kṛṣṇe nabhasi pārvati aṣṭamyāmarddharātre ca tasyāṁ jāto janārdanaḥ

Then, in the tenth month, O Parvati, in the dark fortnight of the month of Nabhas, on the eighth day, at midnight, Janardana was born to her —

Verse 36 (padma.6.245.36)

इंदीवरदलश्यामः पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणः । चतुर्भुजः सुंदरांगो दिव्याभरणभूषितः ।

iṁdīvaradalaśyāmaḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ caturbhujaḥ suṁdarāṁgo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

dark as a blue-lotus petal, with wide eyes like lotus leaves, four-armed, of beautiful form, adorned with divine ornaments,

Verse 37 (padma.6.245.37)

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्को वनमालाविभूषितः । वसुदेवस्य जातोऽसौ वासुदेवः सनातनः ।

śrīvatsakaustubhorasko vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ vasudevasya jāto'sau vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ

his chest bearing Shrivatsa and Kaustubha, adorned with a forest-garland. He, born to Vasudeva, was the eternal Vasudeva.

Verse 38 (padma.6.245.38)

तं दृष्ट्वा जगतां नाथं कृष्णमानकदुंदुभिः । उवाच प्रांजलिर्भूत्वा नमस्कृत्य जगन्मयम् ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā jagatāṁ nāthaṁ kṛṣṇamānakaduṁdubhiḥ uvāca prāṁjalirbhūtvā namaskṛtya jaganmayam

Seeing him, Lord of the worlds, Krishna, Anakadundubhi, with joined palms, bowing to that one whose form is the universe, said —

Verse 39 (padma.6.245.39)

वसुदेव उवाच- जातोऽसि मे जगन्नाथ भक्तकल्पतरो प्रभो । त्वमेव सर्वदेवानामनादिः पुरुषोत्तमः ।

vasudeva uvāca jāto'si me jagannātha bhaktakalpataro prabho tvameva sarvadevānāmanādiḥ puruṣottamaḥ

Vasudeva said: "You have been born as my son, O Lord of the world, O wish-fulfilling tree for your devotees, O Master! You alone, of all the gods, are the beginningless Purushottama.

Verse 40 (padma.6.245.40)

त्वमचिन्त्यमहद्भूतो योगिध्येयः सनातनः । मम पुत्रत्वमापन्नो धरण्यां धरणीधर ।

tvamacintyamahadbhūto yogidhyeyaḥ sanātanaḥ mama putratvamāpanno dharaṇyāṁ dharaṇīdhara

You are inconceivable, of the nature of the great elements, the eternal object of yogis' meditation. O sustainer of the earth, you have come to be my son upon the earth.

Verse 41 (padma.6.245.41)

दृष्ट्वैतदद्भुतं रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम । दानवाः पापकर्माणो न सहंते महौजसः ।

dṛṣṭvaitadadbhutaṁ rūpamaiśvaraṁ puruṣottama dānavāḥ pāpakarmāṇo na sahaṁte mahaujasaḥ

"Seeing this wondrous, divine form, O Purushottama, sinful demons cannot bear your great splendor —

Verse 42 (padma.6.245.42)

रुद्र उवाच- इत्यर्थितः स्तुतस्तेन पद्मनाभः सनातनः । उपसंहृतवान्रूपं चतुर्भुजसमन्वितम् ।

rudra uvāca ityarthitaḥ stutastena padmanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ upasaṁhṛtavānrūpaṁ caturbhujasamanvitam

Rudra said: Thus entreated, praised by him, the eternal Padmanabha withdrew that four-armed form,

Verse 43 (padma.6.245.43)

मानुषेणैव भावेन द्विभुजेन व्यरोचत । येचांगरक्षकाः सर्वे दानवास्तत्र संस्थिताः ।

mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena dvibhujena vyarocata yecāṁgarakṣakāḥ sarve dānavāstatra saṁsthitāḥ

and shone forth in a mere human, two-armed guise. And whatever demon-guards were stationed there —

Verse 44 (padma.6.245.44)

ते चापि मायया तस्या मोहितास्तमसावृताः। एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवमादायानकदुंदुभिः ।

te cāpi māyayā tasyā mohitāstamasāvṛtāḥ etasminnaṁtare devamādāyānakaduṁdubhiḥ

they too, by that Maya, were deluded, covered by darkness. Meanwhile, Anakadundubhi, taking the child,

Verse 45 (padma.6.245.45)

प्रययौ नगरात्तूर्णं सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतः । पयोधरे वर्षमाणे नागराजो महाबलः ।

prayayau nagarāttūrṇaṁ sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ payodhare varṣamāṇe nāgarājo mahābalaḥ

went swiftly from the city, praised by all the gods. As the rain-cloud poured down, the mighty serpent-king —

Verse 46 (padma.6.245.46)

फणासहस्रेणाच्छाद्य भक्त्या देवं समन्वगात् । तौ गोपुरकपाटौ तु तत्पादस्पर्शनात्तदा ।

phaṇāsahasreṇācchādya bhaktyā devaṁ samanvagāt tau gopurakapāṭau tu tatpādasparśanāttadā

covering him with his thousand hoods, followed the god with devotion. Those two city-gate doors, at the touch of his foot then,

Verse 47 (padma.6.245.47)

भिद्यमानौ सुविवृतौ तत्रस्थाश्च विमोहिताः । स्रोतस्विनी सुपूर्णाया यमुनापि महात्मनः ।

bhidyamānau suvivṛtau tatrasthāśca vimohitāḥ srotasvinī supūrṇāyā yamunāpi mahātmanaḥ

opened wide, breaking apart, and those stationed there were deluded. The river Yamuna too, full of water, for that great soul's crossing —

Verse 48 (padma.6.245.48)

प्रवेशाज्जानुमात्रं तु जलं सा चाप्युपावहत् । उत्तीर्य यमुनां सोथाव्रजत्तत्तीरसंस्थितम् ।

praveśājjānumātraṁ tu jalaṁ sā cāpyupāvahat uttīrya yamunāṁ sothāvrajattattīrasaṁsthitam

let her water subside to knee-depth. Having crossed the Yamuna, he then went to that settlement situated on its bank.

Verse 49 (padma.6.245.49)

संस्तूयमानस्त्रिदशैः प्रविवेश यदूत्तमः । तत्र नंदस्य पत्नी सा प्रसूता गोव्रजे शुभे ।

saṁstūyamānastridaśaiḥ praviveśa yadūttamaḥ tatra naṁdasya patnī sā prasūtā govraje śubhe

Praised by the gods, that foremost of the Yadus entered. There, in that auspicious cow-settlement, Nanda's wife had given birth,

Verse 50 (padma.6.245.50)

विमोहिता माययैव सुषुप्ता तमसा वृता । तस्यास्तु शयने देवं विनिक्षिप्य स यादवः । तां कन्यां समुपादाय प्रययौ मथुरां पुनः । पत्न्यै दत्वाऽथ तां बालामुवास सुसमाहितः ।

vimohitā māyayaiva suṣuptā tamasā vṛtā tasyāstu śayane devaṁ vinikṣipya sa yādavaḥ tāṁ kanyāṁ samupādāya prayayau mathurāṁ punaḥ patnyai datvā'tha tāṁ bālāmuvāsa susamāhitaḥ

deluded by that very Maya, fast asleep, wrapped in darkness. Placing the god on her bed, that Yadava, taking that girl-child, went again to Mathura. Giving that infant girl to his wife, he then dwelt there, composed.

Verse 51 (padma.6.245.51)

रुरोद बालभावात्सा देवकीशयनं गता । अथ बालाध्वनिं श्रुत्वा तद्गृहं साङ्गरक्षकाः ।

ruroda bālabhāvātsā devakīśayanaṁ gatā atha bālādhvaniṁ śrutvā tadgṛhaṁ sāṅgarakṣakāḥ

She, placed on Devaki's bed, wept in her infant way. Then, hearing the sound of an infant, the guards, together with their fellows —

Verse 52 (padma.6.245.52)

कंसायावेदयामासुर्देवकीप्रसवं शुभम् । कंसस्तूर्णमुपेत्यैनां जग्राह बालिकां तदा ।

kaṁsāyāvedayāmāsurdevakīprasavaṁ śubham kaṁsastūrṇamupetyaināṁ jagrāha bālikāṁ tadā

reported to Kamsa the auspicious birth of Devaki's child. Kamsa, swiftly approaching, then seized that girl-child.

Verse 53 (padma.6.245.53)

चिक्षेप च शिलापृष्ठे सापि तूर्णं वियत्स्थिता । तस्योत्तमांगे स्वपदं दत्वा पूर्णमुखास्थिता ।

cikṣepa ca śilāpṛṣṭhe sāpi tūrṇaṁ viyatsthitā tasyottamāṁge svapadaṁ datvā pūrṇamukhāsthitā

He hurled her against a stone slab; but she swiftly stood in the sky. Placing her own foot upon his head, appearing with a full face,

Verse 54 (padma.6.245.54)

उवाचाष्टभुजादेवी तदा राक्षसपुंगवम् । देव्युवाच- किं मयाक्षिप्तया मंद जातो यस्त्वां वधिष्यति ।

uvācāṣṭabhujādevī tadā rākṣasapuṁgavam devyuvāca kiṁ mayākṣiptayā maṁda jāto yastvāṁ vadhiṣyati

that eight-armed goddess then spoke to that foremost of demons. The Goddess said: "What was gained by you, fool, in dashing me down? He who shall slay you has already been born.

Verse 55 (padma.6.245.55)

सर्वस्य जगतः स्रष्टा धर्ता हर्ता च यः प्रभुः । अस्मिन्लोके समुत्पन्नः स ते प्राणान्हरष्यिति ।

sarvasya jagataḥ sraṣṭā dhartā hartā ca yaḥ prabhuḥ asminloke samutpannaḥ sa te prāṇānharaṣyiti

The Lord who is creator, sustainer, and destroyer of the entire world — he has been born into this world; he shall take your life."

Verse 56 (padma.6.245.56)

रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा तेजसा देवी सहसा पूरयन्नभः । जगाम देवगंधर्वैः स्तूयमाना हिमाचलम् ।

rudra uvāca ityuktvā tejasā devī sahasā pūrayannabhaḥ jagāma devagaṁdharvaiḥ stūyamānā himācalam

Rudra said: Having said this, that goddess, filling the sky at once with her splendor, praised by gods and Gandharvas, went to the Himalaya.

Verse 57 (padma.6.245.57)

कंसस्तदोद्विग्नमनाः समाहूय स्वदानवान् । प्रलंबचाणूरमुखानुवाचभय पीडितः ।

kaṁsastadodvignamanāḥ samāhūya svadānavān pralaṁbacāṇūramukhānuvācabhaya pīḍitaḥ

Kamsa, then, his mind troubled, summoning his own demons, headed by Pralamba and Chanura, stricken with fear, said —

Verse 58 (padma.6.245.58)

कंस उवाच- अस्माद्भयात्सुरगणा उपेत्य क्षीरसागरम् । आचचक्षुर्हरेः सर्वं रक्षो विध्वंसनं प्रति ।

kaṁsa uvāca asmādbhayātsuragaṇā upetya kṣīrasāgaram ācacakṣurhareḥ sarvaṁ rakṣo vidhvaṁsanaṁ prati

Kamsa said: "Out of fear of me, the hosts of gods, going to the Ocean of Milk, told Hari everything concerning the destruction of the rakshasas.

Verse 59 (padma.6.245.59)

तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा धरण्यां धरणीधरः । मानुषेणैव भावेन समुत्पन्नो हि सोऽव्ययः ।

teṣāṁ tu vacanaṁ śrutvā dharaṇyāṁ dharaṇīdharaḥ mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena samutpanno hi so'vyayaḥ

Hearing their word, that unfailing sustainer of the earth has indeed been born upon the earth, in a mere human guise.

Verse 60 (padma.6.245.60)

तदद्य सर्वे यूयं वै राक्षसाः कामरूपिणः । समुद्रिक्तबलान्बालान्मारयध्वमशंकिताः ।

tadadya sarve yūyaṁ vai rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ samudriktabalānbālānmārayadhvamaśaṁkitāḥ

Therefore, today, all of you, O rakshasas capable of taking any form at will, without hesitation, go slay the mighty infants.

Verse 61 (padma.6.245.61)

रुद्र उवाच- इत्यादिश्य ततः कंसो वसुदेवं च देवकीम् । आश्वास्य मोचयित्वाथ स्ववेश्मांतर्विवेश ह । वसुदेवस्ततो गत्वा नंदव्रजमनुत्तमम् ।

rudra uvāca ityādiśya tataḥ kaṁso vasudevaṁ ca devakīm āśvāsya mocayitvātha svaveśmāṁtarviveśa ha vasudevastato gatvā naṁdavrajamanuttamam

Rudra said: Having thus commanded, Kamsa then, reassuring Vasudeva and Devaki, releasing them, entered his own dwelling. Vasudeva then went to the most excellent cow-settlement of Nanda.

Verse 62 (padma.6.245.62)

तेन संपूजितस्तत्र निक्षिप्य तनयं मुदा । उवाच नंदपत्नीं तां यशोदां यदुनंदनः ।

tena saṁpūjitastatra nikṣipya tanayaṁ mudā uvāca naṁdapatnīṁ tāṁ yaśodāṁ yadunaṁdanaḥ

Duly honored there by him, placing his son there joyfully, that delight of the Yadus said to Nanda's wife Yashoda —

Verse 63 (padma.6.245.63)

वसुदेव उवाच- सुभगे मत्सुतमिमं रोहिणीजठरोद्भवम् । स्वपुत्रमिव रक्षस्व भिया कंसादिहागतम् ।

vasudeva uvāca subhage matsutamimaṁ rohiṇījaṭharodbhavam svaputramiva rakṣasva bhiyā kaṁsādihāgatam

Vasudeva said: "O fortunate one, protect, as your own son, this my child, born from Rohini's womb, who has come here out of fear of Kamsa."

Verse 64 (padma.6.245.64)

रुद्र उवाच- तथेत्याह तदा तन्वी नंदपत्नी दृढव्रता । लब्ध्वैव युगलं पुत्रमुत्पुपोष मुदान्विता ।

rudra uvāca tathetyāha tadā tanvī naṁdapatnī dṛḍhavratā labdhvaiva yugalaṁ putramutpupoṣa mudānvitā

Rudra said: "So be it," said that slender, firm-vowed wife of Nanda then. Having obtained a pair of sons, she raised them, filled with joy.

Verse 65 (padma.6.245.65)

निक्षिप्य तनयौ गेहं नंदगोपस्य यादवः । विश्रब्धः प्रययौ तूर्णं मथुरां कंसपालिताम् ।

nikṣipya tanayau gehaṁ naṁdagopasya yādavaḥ viśrabdhaḥ prayayau tūrṇaṁ mathurāṁ kaṁsapālitām

Having placed his two sons in the house of Nanda the cowherd, that Yadava, reassured, went swiftly back to Mathura, ruled by Kamsa.

Verse 66 (padma.6.245.66)

ततो गर्गः शुभदिने वसुदेवेन नोदितः । नंदगोपव्रजं गत्वा तत्रस्थैः पूजितो द्विजः ।

tato gargaḥ śubhadine vasudevena noditaḥ naṁdagopavrajaṁ gatvā tatrasthaiḥ pūjito dvijaḥ

Then Garga, on an auspicious day, sent by Vasudeva, going to Nanda the cowherd's settlement, was honored, that Brahmin, by those present there.

Verse 67 (padma.6.245.67)

विधिना जातकं कर्म कृत्वा देवस्य गोकुले । नाम चात्राकरोद्दिव्यं पुत्रयोर्वासुदेवयोः ।

vidhinā jātakaṁ karma kṛtvā devasya gokule nāma cātrākaroddivyaṁ putrayorvāsudevayoḥ

Duly performing the birth-rites for the god in Gokula, he gave, there, divine names for both of Vasudeva's sons.

Verse 68 (padma.6.245.68)

संकर्षणो रौहिणेयो बलभद्रो महाबलः । राम इत्यादिनामानि पूर्वजस्याकरोद्दिवजः ।

saṁkarṣaṇo rauhiṇeyo balabhadro mahābalaḥ rāma ityādināmāni pūrvajasyākaroddivajaḥ

"Sankarshana," "son of Rohini," "Balabhadra," "of great strength," "Rama" — these and other names that Brahmin gave to the elder.

Verse 69 (padma.6.245.69)

श्रीधरः श्रीकरः श्रीमान्कृष्णोऽनंतो जगत्पतिः । वासुदेवो हृषीकेश इत्याद्यवरजस्य च ।

śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śrīmānkṛṣṇo'naṁto jagatpatiḥ vāsudevo hṛṣīkeśa ityādyavarajasya ca

"Shridhara," "Shrikara," "the glorious one," "Krishna," "Ananta," "Lord of the world," "Vasudeva," "Hrishikesha" — these and other names for the younger.

Verse 70 (padma.6.245.70)

रामकृष्णाविति ख्यातिमस्मिँल्लोके गमिष्यतः । एवमुक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठः संपूज्य पितृदेवताः ।

rāmakṛṣṇāviti khyātimasmi~lloke gamiṣyataḥ evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ saṁpūjya pitṛdevatāḥ

"As 'Rama' and 'Krishna' shall these two attain renown in this world." Having said this, that foremost of the twice-born, worshipping the ancestors and gods,

Verse 71 (padma.6.245.71)

संपूज्यमानो गोपालैराययौ मथुरां पुनः । कंसेन प्रेषिता रात्रौ पूतनाबालघातिनी ।

saṁpūjyamāno gopālairāyayau mathurāṁ punaḥ kaṁsena preṣitā rātrau pūtanābālaghātinī

being duly honored by the cowherds, went again to Mathura. Sent by Kamsa, at night, that killer of infants, Putana,

Verse 72 (padma.6.245.72)

विषलिप्तं स्तनं दत्वा कृष्णायामिततेजसे । कृष्णस्तु राक्षसीं ज्ञात्वा पपौ गाढं स्तनं भृशम् ।

viṣaliptaṁ stanaṁ datvā kṛṣṇāyāmitatejase kṛṣṇastu rākṣasīṁ jñātvā papau gāḍhaṁ stanaṁ bhṛśam

giving her poison-smeared breast to Krishna, of measureless splendor. Krishna, recognizing that rakshasi, drank tightly and fiercely at her breast,

Verse 73 (padma.6.245.73)

प्राणैः सह महातेजा राक्षस्या यदुपुंगवः । सा विह्वलांगी सहसा विच्छिन्नस्नायुबंधना ।

prāṇaiḥ saha mahātejā rākṣasyā yadupuṁgavaḥ sā vihvalāṁgī sahasā vicchinnasnāyubaṁdhanā

that greatly radiant foremost of the Yadus, together with the demoness's very life. She, her body writhing, her sinews suddenly severed,

Verse 74 (padma.6.245.74)

पपात वेपमाना सा ममार च महास्वना । तस्याः शब्देन महता पूरितं च नभस्तलम् ।

papāta vepamānā sā mamāra ca mahāsvanā tasyāḥ śabdena mahatā pūritaṁ ca nabhastalam

fell, trembling, and died, with a great cry. By her great cry the vault of the sky was filled.

Verse 75 (padma.6.245.75)

त्रस्ताः सर्वे ततो गोपा दृष्ट्वा तां पतितां भुवि । कृष्णं च क्रीडमानं तं राक्षस्या महतोरसि ।

trastāḥ sarve tato gopā dṛṣṭvā tāṁ patitāṁ bhuvi kṛṣṇaṁ ca krīḍamānaṁ taṁ rākṣasyā mahatorasi

Then all the cowherds, terrified, seeing her fallen to the ground, and Krishna playing there upon the demoness's great chest —

Verse 76 (padma.6.245.76)

समुद्विग्नास्ततस्तूर्णमादाय तनयं तदा । रक्षोभिया तदा तस्मिन्गोपुरीषेण मूर्द्धनि ।

samudvignāstatastūrṇamādāya tanayaṁ tadā rakṣobhiyā tadā tasmingopurīṣeṇa mūrddhani

alarmed, swiftly taking up the child then, out of fear of rakshasas, then, upon his head, with cow-dung —

Verse 77 (padma.6.245.77)

संमार्जयामास तदा गोवालेन तदाननम् । नंदगोपः समभ्येत्य सुतमादाय भामिनि ।

saṁmārjayāmāsa tadā govālena tadānanam naṁdagopaḥ samabhyetya sutamādāya bhāmini

they wiped it, and with a cow-tail-hair wiped his face. Nanda the cowherd, coming there, taking up the child, O radiant one —

Verse 78 (padma.6.245.78)

भगवन्नामभिस्तस्य सर्वांगेषु प्रमार्जनम् । कृत्वा तां तामसीं भीमां बहिर्विन्यस्य गोव्रजात् ।

bhagavannāmabhistasya sarvāṁgeṣu pramārjanam kṛtvā tāṁ tāmasīṁ bhīmāṁ bahirvinyasya govrajāt

having wiped him over all his limbs with the recitation of the Lord's names, and having taken that dark, terrible demoness outside the cow-settlement,

Verse 79 (padma.6.245.79)

ददाह गोपवृंदैश्च त्रासितैस्तत्र गोव्रजे । कदाच्छिकटस्याधः शयानो भगवान्हरिः ।

dadāha gopavṛṁdaiśca trāsitaistatra govraje kadācchikaṭasyādhaḥ śayāno bhagavānhariḥ

had her burned there, together with the terrified hosts of cowherds, in the cow-settlement. Once, the Lord Hari, lying beneath a cart,

Verse 80 (padma.6.245.80)

प्रसार्य चरणौ तत्र रुरोद मधुसूदनः । तस्य पादप्रहारेण शकटं परिवर्तितम् ।

prasārya caraṇau tatra ruroda madhusūdanaḥ tasya pādaprahāreṇa śakaṭaṁ parivartitam

stretching out his two feet there, Madhusudana wept. By the blow of his foot, that cart was overturned,

Verse 81 (padma.6.245.81)

विध्वस्तकुंभभाडं तद्विपरीतं पपात वै । ततो गोप्यश्च गोपाश्च दृष्ट्वा तच्छकटं महत् ।

vidhvastakuṁbhabhāḍaṁ tadviparītaṁ papāta vai tato gopyaśca gopāśca dṛṣṭvā tacchakaṭaṁ mahat

its pots and vessels shattered, and it fell upside down. Then the cowherd women and men, seeing that great cart —

Verse 82 (padma.6.245.82)

विस्मयं परमं जग्मुः किमेतदिति शंकिताः । यशोदा च तदा तूर्णं बालं जग्राह विस्मिता ।

vismayaṁ paramaṁ jagmuḥ kimetaditi śaṁkitāḥ yaśodā ca tadā tūrṇaṁ bālaṁ jagrāha vismitā

were struck with the greatest wonder, wondering "What is this?" And Yashoda then swiftly, in astonishment, took up the child.

Verse 83 (padma.6.245.83)

अल्पेनैव हि कालेन बालकौ तौ यदूत्तमौ । वर्द्धमानौ यशोदायाः स्तनपानेन पोषितौ ।

alpenaiva hi kālena bālakau tau yadūttamau varddhamānau yaśodāyāḥ stanapānena poṣitau

In a short time indeed, those two boys, foremost of the Yadus, growing, nourished by drinking Yashoda's milk,

Verse 84 (padma.6.245.84)

जानुभ्यामथ हस्ताभ्यां रिंगमाणौ विरेजतुः । मायावी राक्षसस्तत्र कृतश्च बटुवेषधृक् ।

jānubhyāmatha hastābhyāṁ riṁgamāṇau virejatuḥ māyāvī rākṣasastatra kṛtaśca baṭuveṣadhṛk

crawling on knees and hands, shone forth. An illusion-wielding rakshasa there, taking the guise of a young Brahmin student,

Verse 85 (padma.6.245.85)

कृष्णं हंतुं समारब्धो विचचार महीतले । ज्ञात्वा कृष्णस्तु तं रक्षो निजघान तलेन वै ।

kṛṣṇaṁ haṁtuṁ samārabdho vicacāra mahītale jñātvā kṛṣṇastu taṁ rakṣo nijaghāna talena vai

began to wander the earth to slay Krishna. Krishna, recognizing that demon, slew him with the mere slap of his palm.

Verse 86 (padma.6.245.86)

राक्षसेनैव रूपेण निपपात ममार च । विचचार ततः सर्वं गोव्रजं मधुसूदनः ।

rākṣasenaiva rūpeṇa nipapāta mamāra ca vicacāra tataḥ sarvaṁ govrajaṁ madhusūdanaḥ

He fell, in his very rakshasa form, and died. Then Madhusudana wandered through the whole cow-settlement,

Verse 87 (padma.6.245.87)

नवनीतं जहाराशु गोपीनां च गृहे गृहे । तदा यशोदा कुपिता दाम्ना मध्ये उलूखले ।

navanītaṁ jahārāśu gopīnāṁ ca gṛhe gṛhe tadā yaśodā kupitā dāmnā madhye ulūkhale

swiftly stealing butter, house by house, from the cowherd women. Then Yashoda, angered, with a rope, to a mortar in the middle —

Verse 88 (padma.6.245.88)

निबध्य कृष्णं प्रययौ विक्रेतुं गोरसादिकम् । कर्षमाणस्ततः कृष्णो दाम्ना बद्ध उलूखले ।

nibadhya kṛṣṇaṁ prayayau vikretuṁ gorasādikam karṣamāṇastataḥ kṛṣṇo dāmnā baddha ulūkhale

binding Krishna, went off to sell milk-products and such. Then Krishna, bound by the rope to the mortar, dragging it,

Verse 89 (padma.6.245.89)

यमलार्जुनयोर्मध्ये जगाम धरणीधरः । उलूखलेन गोविंदः पातयामास तौ द्रुमौ ।

yamalārjunayormadhye jagāma dharaṇīdharaḥ ulūkhalena goviṁdaḥ pātayāmāsa tau drumau

that sustainer of the earth went between the twin Arjuna trees. Govinda, with the mortar, felled those two trees.

Verse 90 (padma.6.245.90)

भग्नस्कंधौ निपतितौ स्वरेण धरणीतले । तेन शब्देन महता जग्मुस्तत्र महौजसः ।

bhagnaskaṁdhau nipatitau svareṇa dharaṇītale tena śabdena mahatā jagmustatra mahaujasaḥ

Their trunks broken, they fell to the ground with a crash. By that great sound, those of great splendor there arrived.

Verse 91 (padma.6.245.91)

गोपवृद्धास्ततो दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं परमं गताः । यशोदापि समुद्विग्ना विमुच्य धरणीधरम् ।

gopavṛddhāstato dṛṣṭvā vismayaṁ paramaṁ gatāḥ yaśodāpi samudvignā vimucya dharaṇīdharam

The elder cowherds, seeing this, were struck with the greatest wonder. Yashoda too, alarmed, releasing that sustainer of the earth,

Verse 92 (padma.6.245.92)

तं विस्मितं समादाय स्तनं प्रादान्महात्मने । यस्मिन्निबध्यमानस्तु दाम्ना मात्रा जगत्पतिः ।

taṁ vismitaṁ samādāya stanaṁ prādānmahātmane yasminnibadhyamānastu dāmnā mātrā jagatpatiḥ

taking up that astonished child, gave her breast to that great soul. Since he, the Lord of the world, was bound by a rope by his mother —

Verse 93 (padma.6.245.93)

तस्मिन्महर्षिभिः सर्वैर्दामोदर इतीरितः । तौ तु किंनरतां प्राप्तौ विमुक्तौ यमलार्जुनौ ।

tasminmaharṣibhiḥ sarvairdāmodara itīritaḥ tau tu kiṁnaratāṁ prāptau vimuktau yamalārjunau

he was called "Damodara" for this. And those two, freed, attained the state of Kinnaras, the twin Arjuna trees.

Verse 94 (padma.6.245.94)

गोपवृद्धास्ततः सर्वे नंदगोपपुरोगमाः । महोत्पातमिमं ज्ञात्वा स्थानांतरमुपाययुः ।

gopavṛddhāstataḥ sarve naṁdagopapurogamāḥ mahotpātamimaṁ jñātvā sthānāṁtaramupāyayuḥ

Then all the elder cowherds, with Nanda at their head, learning of this great portent, went to another place.

Verse 95 (padma.6.245.95)

वृंदावने मनोरम्ये यमुनायास्तटे शुभे । निवासं चक्रिरे रम्यं गवांगोपीजनस्य च ।

vṛṁdāvane manoramye yamunāyāstaṭe śubhe nivāsaṁ cakrire ramyaṁ gavāṁgopījanasya ca

In delightful Vrindavana, on the auspicious bank of the Yamuna, they made a pleasant dwelling for the cows and the cowherd folk.

Verse 96 (padma.6.245.96)

तत्र तौ रामकृष्णौ तु वर्द्धमानौ महाबलौ । वत्सपालयुतौ वत्सान्पालयामासतुस्तदा ।

tatra tau rāmakṛṣṇau tu varddhamānau mahābalau vatsapālayutau vatsānpālayāmāsatustadā

There, those two, Rama and Krishna, growing, both mighty, together with the calf-herders, tended the calves then.

Verse 97 (padma.6.245.97)

गोवत्समध्यगं कृष्णं बको नाम महासुरः । बकरूपेण तं हंतुमुद्युक्तोऽत्र यदूत्तमम् ।

govatsamadhyagaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bako nāma mahāsuraḥ bakarūpeṇa taṁ haṁtumudyukto'tra yadūttamam

A great demon named Baka, in the form of a crane, attacked Krishna, present amid the calves, intent on slaying that foremost of the Yadus there.

Verse 98 (padma.6.245.98)

तं दृष्ट्वा वासुदेवोऽपि लोष्टमुद्यम्य लीलया । ताडयामास पक्षांते पपातोर्व्यां महासुरः ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vāsudevo'pi loṣṭamudyamya līlayā tāḍayāmāsa pakṣāṁte papātorvyāṁ mahāsuraḥ

Seeing him, Vasudeva too, raising a clod of earth, with ease, struck him on the edge of his wing; that great demon fell to the ground.

Verse 99 (padma.6.245.99)

ततः कतिपयाहस्तु गोवत्सान्पालयन्वने । छायायां जंबुवृक्षस्य प्रसुप्तौ पल्लवे मृदौ । एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवो ब्रह्मा देवगणैर्वृतः । द्रष्टुं कृष्णं समागम्य सुप्तौ दृष्ट्वा यदूत्तमौ ।

tataḥ katipayāhastu govatsānpālayanvane chāyāyāṁ jaṁbuvṛkṣasya prasuptau pallave mṛdau etasminnaṁtare devo brahmā devagaṇairvṛtaḥ draṣṭuṁ kṛṣṇaṁ samāgamya suptau dṛṣṭvā yadūttamau

Then, after some days, while tending the calves in the forest, they fell asleep on a soft bed of leaves in the shade of a jambu tree. Meanwhile, the god Brahma, surrounded by the hosts of gods, coming to see Krishna, and seeing those two foremost of the Yadus asleep,

Verse 100 (padma.6.245.100)

वत्सान्गोपशिशून्हृत्वा जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः । प्रबुद्धौ तौ समालोक्य विनष्टाञ्शिशुवत्सकान् ।

vatsāngopaśiśūnhṛtvā jagāma tridivaṁ punaḥ prabuddhau tau samālokya vinaṣṭāñśiśuvatsakān

took away the calves and the cowherd children, and went again to heaven. Those two, awakening, and beholding the children and calves vanished,

Verse 101 (padma.6.245.101)

गोवत्सागोपबालाश्च क्व गता इति विस्मितौ । ज्ञात्वा कृष्णस्तु तत्कर्म प्रजापतिकृतं तदा ।

govatsāgopabālāśca kva gatā iti vismitau jñātvā kṛṣṇastu tatkarma prajāpatikṛtaṁ tadā

"Where have the calves and cowherd children gone?" — astonished. Krishna, knowing that this deed was done by Prajapati, then —

Verse 102 (padma.6.245.102)

तथैव ससृजे बालान्गोवत्सांश्च सनातनः । यथातूर्णं यथारूपं तथैव मधुसूदनः ।

tathaiva sasṛje bālāngovatsāṁśca sanātanaḥ yathātūrṇaṁ yathārūpaṁ tathaiva madhusūdanaḥ

that eternal one likewise created the children and calves — swiftly, in exactly the same forms, that Madhusudana —

Verse 103 (padma.6.245.103)

ससर्ज वत्सान्गोपालानविता जगतां प्रभुः । दृष्ट्वा सायाह्नसमये गावस्त्वेषां च मातरः ।

sasarja vatsāngopālānavitā jagatāṁ prabhuḥ dṛṣṭvā sāyāhnasamaye gāvastveṣāṁ ca mātaraḥ

created the calves and cowherd-boys, that protector, Lord of the worlds. At evening time, the cows, and the mothers of these children, seeing them —

Verse 104 (padma.6.245.104)

स्वान्स्वान्वत्सानुपागम्य यथापूर्वं प्रवर्तिताः । एवं संवत्सरे काले गते तत्र महात्मनः ।

svānsvānvatsānupāgamya yathāpūrvaṁ pravartitāḥ evaṁ saṁvatsare kāle gate tatra mahātmanaḥ

came to their own calves, everything proceeding as before. Thus, when a year had passed there, for that great soul —

Verse 105 (padma.6.245.105)

प्रजापतिः पुनस्तस्मै ददौ वत्सान्सबालकान् । कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा परिणीय प्रणम्य च । भयादुवाच गोविंदं ब्रह्मा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः ।

prajāpatiḥ punastasmai dadau vatsānsabālakān kṛtāṁjalipuṭo bhūtvā pariṇīya praṇamya ca bhayāduvāca goviṁdaṁ brahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ

Prajapati then returned to him the calves along with the children. With joined palms, circling him, and bowing, out of awe, Brahma, lord of the three worlds, spoke to Govinda.

Verse 106 (padma.6.245.106)

ब्रह्मोवाच- नमो नमस्ते सर्वात्मंस्तत्वज्ञानस्वरूपिणे । नित्यानंदस्वरूपाय प्रियतात्मन्महात्मने ।

brahmovāca namo namaste sarvātmaṁstatvajñānasvarūpiṇe nityānaṁdasvarūpāya priyatātmanmahātmane

Brahma said: "Homage, homage to you, self of all, whose true nature is the knowledge of truth! To the form of eternal bliss, dearest self, great soul!

Verse 107 (padma.6.245.107)

अणुर्बृहत्स्थूलतररूपः सर्वगतोऽव्ययः । अनादिमध्यांतरूप स्वरूपात्मन्नमोस्तु ते ।

aṇurbṛhatsthūlatararūpaḥ sarvagato'vyayaḥ anādimadhyāṁtarūpa svarūpātmannamostu te

Atomic, and of vast, grosser form, all-pervading, imperishable; whose form is without beginning, middle, or end — homage to you!

Verse 108 (padma.6.245.108)

नित्यज्ञानबलैश्वर्य वीर्यतेजोमयस्य च । महाशक्ते नमस्तुभ्यं पूर्णषाड्गुण्यमूर्तये ।

nityajñānabalaiśvarya vīryatejomayasya ca mahāśakte namastubhyaṁ pūrṇaṣāḍguṇyamūrtaye

Of eternal knowledge, strength, sovereignty, valor, and splendor — O great power, homage to you, the very embodiment of the complete six-fold glory!

Verse 109 (padma.6.245.109)

त्वं वेदपुरुषो ब्रह्मन्महापुरुषएव च । शरीरपुरुषत्वस्य छंदःपुरुष एव च ।

tvaṁ vedapuruṣo brahmanmahāpuruṣaeva ca śarīrapuruṣatvasya chaṁdaḥpuruṣa eva ca

You are the Veda-Person, O Brahman, and likewise the Great Person; of the embodied Person, and likewise the Chandas-Person.

Verse 110 (padma.6.245.110)

चत्वारः पुरुषास्त्वं च पुराणः पुरुषोत्तम । विभूतयस्तव ब्रह्मन्पृथिव्यग्न्यनिलादयः ।

catvāraḥ puruṣāstvaṁ ca purāṇaḥ puruṣottama vibhūtayastava brahmanpṛthivyagnyanilādayaḥ

You are these four Persons, O ancient Purushottama. Your glorious manifestations, O Brahman, are the earth, fire, wind, and the rest.

Verse 111 (padma.6.245.111)

तव वाचा समुद्भूतौ क्ष्मा वह्नी जगदीश्वर । अंतरिक्षं च वायुश्च सृष्टौ प्राणेन ते विभो ।

tava vācā samudbhūtau kṣmā vahnī jagadīśvara aṁtarikṣaṁ ca vāyuśca sṛṣṭau prāṇena te vibho

From your voice arose the earth and fire, O Lord of the world; the mid-space and the wind were created, O all-pervading one, from your breath.

Verse 112 (padma.6.245.112)

चक्षुषा तव संसृष्टौ द्यौश्चादित्यस्तथाव्यय । दिशश्च चंद्रमाः सृष्टाः श्रोत्रेण तव चानघ ।

cakṣuṣā tava saṁsṛṣṭau dyauścādityastathāvyaya diśaśca caṁdramāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ śrotreṇa tava cānagha

By your eye were created heaven and the sun, O imperishable one; and the directions and the moon were created by your ear, O sinless one.

Verse 113 (padma.6.245.113)

अपांस्रावश्च वरुणो मनसा ते महेश्वर । उक्ते महति मीमांसे यत्तद्ब्रह्मप्रकाशते ।

apāṁsrāvaśca varuṇo manasā te maheśvara ukte mahati mīmāṁse yattadbrahmaprakāśate

The flow of the waters and Varuna arose from your mind, O great Lord. That which shines forth as Brahman is spoken of in the great Mimamsa.

Verse 114 (padma.6.245.114)

तथैव चाध्वरेष्वेतदेतदेव महाव्रते । छंदोगे ये नभस्येतद्दिव्ये तद्वायुरेव तत् ।

tathaiva cādhvareṣvetadetadeva mahāvrate chaṁdoge ye nabhasyetaddivye tadvāyureva tat

Likewise, this same Brahman is present in sacrifices, and in the great Mahavrata rite; that which is in the divine sky for the chanters of the Sama, that itself is the wind.

Verse 115 (padma.6.245.115)

आकश एतदेवेदमोषधीष्वेवमेव च । नक्षत्रेषु च सर्वेषु ग्रहेष्वेतद्दिवाकरे ।

ākaśa etadevedamoṣadhīṣvevameva ca nakṣatreṣu ca sarveṣu graheṣvetaddivākare

This same is in the ether; this same is likewise in the herbs; this same is in all the constellations, in the planets, and in the sun.

Verse 116 (padma.6.245.116)

एवंभूतेष्वेवमेव ब्रह्मेत्याचक्षते श्रुतिः । तदेव परमं ब्रह्म प्रज्ञातं परितोमृतम् ।

evaṁbhūteṣvevameva brahmetyācakṣate śrutiḥ tadeva paramaṁ brahma prajñātaṁ paritomṛtam

Thus, in all beings likewise, the Shruti declares this to be Brahman. That very one is the Supreme Brahman, known fully, the essence of immortality on every side.

Verse 117 (padma.6.245.117)

हिरण्मयोऽव्ययो यज्ञः शुचिः शुचिषदित्यपि । वैदिकान्यभिधेयानि तथैतान्यस्य न क्वचित् ।

hiraṇmayo'vyayo yajñaḥ śuciḥ śuciṣadityapi vaidikānyabhidheyāni tathaitānyasya na kvacit

"The golden one," "the imperishable," "the sacrifice," "the pure one," "the one who dwells in purity" — these Vedic designations of him too are nowhere adequate.

Verse 118 (padma.6.245.118)

चक्षुर्मयं श्रोत्रमयं छंदोमय मनोमयम् । वाङ्मयं परमात्मानं परेशं शंसति श्रुतिः ।

cakṣurmayaṁ śrotramayaṁ chaṁdomaya manomayam vāṅmayaṁ paramātmānaṁ pareśaṁ śaṁsati śrutiḥ

The Shruti declares the Supreme Soul, the Supreme Lord, to be made of sight, made of hearing, made of the Vedic hymns, made of mind, made of speech.

Verse 119 (padma.6.245.119)

इति सर्वोपनिषदामर्थस्त्वं कमलेक्षण । स्तोतुं न शक्तोऽयं त्वां तु सर्ववेदांतपारगम् ।

iti sarvopaniṣadāmarthastvaṁ kamalekṣaṇa stotuṁ na śakto'yaṁ tvāṁ tu sarvavedāṁtapāragam

Thus you are the meaning of all the Upanishads, O lotus-eyed one. This one am unable to praise you, who have crossed to the far shore of all Vedanta.

Verse 120 (padma.6.245.120)

महापराधमेतत्ते वत्सापहरणं मया । कृतं तत्क्षम्यतां नाथ शरणागतवत्सल ।

mahāparādhametatte vatsāpaharaṇaṁ mayā kṛtaṁ tatkṣamyatāṁ nātha śaraṇāgatavatsala

This great offense against you, the abduction of the calves, committed by me — let it be forgiven, O Lord, who loves those who come to you for refuge."

Verse 121 (padma.6.245.121)

महेश्वर उवाच- एवं स्तुत्वा हरिं वेधाः प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः । वत्सान्दत्वा पुनस्तस्मै प्रययौ स्वयमालयम् ।

maheśvara uvāca evaṁ stutvā hariṁ vedhāḥ praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ vatsāndatvā punastasmai prayayau svayamālayam

Maheshvara said: Having thus praised Hari, and bowing again and again, that Ordainer, having given back the calves, went again himself to his own abode.

Verse 122 (padma.6.245.122)

हृदि कृत्वा सदा देवि बालरूपं हरिं विधिः । उवास त्रिदशैः सार्द्धं हृष्टपुष्टो महातपाः ।

hṛdi kṛtvā sadā devi bālarūpaṁ hariṁ vidhiḥ uvāsa tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṁ hṛṣṭapuṣṭo mahātapāḥ

O Goddess, ever holding in his heart that child-form of Hari, that Ordainer, of great austerity, dwelt joyful and thriving, together with the gods.

Verse 123 (padma.6.245.123)

कृष्णेन सृष्टा वत्सा वै पूर्ववत्सास्तथार्भकाः । अवापुरैक्यतां तत्र पश्यतां त्रिदिवौकसाम् ।

kṛṣṇena sṛṣṭā vatsā vai pūrvavatsāstathārbhakāḥ avāpuraikyatāṁ tatra paśyatāṁ tridivaukasām

The calves created by Krishna, and the former calves and children, merged into oneness there, before the eyes of the gods.

Verse 124 (padma.6.245.124)

कृष्णस्तु वत्सपालैर्वै प्रययौ नंदगोकुलम् । ततः कतिपयाहस्सु गोपालैर्यदुपुंगवः ।

kṛṣṇastu vatsapālairvai prayayau naṁdagokulam tataḥ katipayāhassu gopālairyadupuṁgavaḥ

Krishna, together with the calf-herders, went to Nanda's Gokula. Then, after some days, that foremost of the Yadus, with the cowherds —

Verse 125 (padma.6.245.125)

ह्रदं गत्वाऽथ कालिंद्यास्तत्रस्थं सुमहाविषम् । सहस्रशीर्षबलिनं नागराजानमच्युतः ।

hradaṁ gatvā'tha kāliṁdyāstatrasthaṁ sumahāviṣam sahasraśīrṣabalinaṁ nāgarājānamacyutaḥ

going to a pool of the Kalindi, that unfailing one confronted the serpent-king dwelling there, of most terrible venom, of a thousand heads, mighty —

Verse 126 (padma.6.245.126)

निष्पिष्य फलसाहस्रं पादेनैकेन लीलया । प्राणसंशयमापन्नं चकार मधुसूदनः ।

niṣpiṣya phalasāhasraṁ pādenaikena līlayā prāṇasaṁśayamāpannaṁ cakāra madhusūdanaḥ

crushing his thousand hoods with a single foot, with ease, Madhusudana brought him to the point of death.

Verse 127 (padma.6.245.127)

स कालियो लब्धसंज्ञस्तमेव शरणं ययौ । ररक्ष भगवान्कृष्णो नागं त्यक्तविषं तदा ।

sa kāliyo labdhasaṁjñastameva śaraṇaṁ yayau rarakṣa bhagavānkṛṣṇo nāgaṁ tyaktaviṣaṁ tadā

That Kaliya, regaining consciousness, went to him alone for refuge. The Lord Krishna then protected that serpent, once he had given up his venom,

Verse 128 (padma.6.245.128)

वैनतेयभयाद्भीतं स्वपदेनांक्य मूर्द्धसु । ह्रदाद्विवासयामास कालिंद्या यदुपुंगवः ।

vainateyabhayādbhītaṁ svapadenāṁkya mūrddhasu hradādvivāsayāmāsa kāliṁdyā yadupuṁgavaḥ

that one afraid of Garuda; marking his own foot upon his heads, that foremost of the Yadus banished him from the pool of the Kalindi,

Verse 129 (padma.6.245.129)

त्यक्त्वा स तं ह्रदं तूर्णं पुत्रदारसमन्वितः । नमस्कृत्वाथ गोविंदं प्रययौ कालियस्तदा ।

tyaktvā sa taṁ hradaṁ tūrṇaṁ putradārasamanvitaḥ namaskṛtvātha goviṁdaṁ prayayau kāliyastadā

that Kaliya, leaving that pool swiftly, together with his sons and wives, then bowed to Govinda and departed.

Verse 130 (padma.6.245.130)

विषदग्धास्तु ये पूर्वं तत्तीरस्थाश्च शाखिनः । कृष्णेन वीक्षितास्तूर्णं फलिनः पुष्पिणोऽभवन् ।

viṣadagdhāstu ye pūrvaṁ tattīrasthāśca śākhinaḥ kṛṣṇena vīkṣitāstūrṇaṁ phalinaḥ puṣpiṇo'bhavan

Those trees on that bank, formerly scorched by his venom, being looked upon by Krishna, at once became laden with fruit and flowers.

Verse 131 (padma.6.245.131)

अथ कालेन कौमारमवाप्य मधुसूदनः । गोवृंदं पालयामास सर्वदेवमयः प्रभुः ।

atha kālena kaumāramavāpya madhusūdanaḥ govṛṁdaṁ pālayāmāsa sarvadevamayaḥ prabhuḥ

Then, in time, having attained boyhood, Madhusudana, that Lord who is of the essence of all the gods, tended the herds of cattle.

Verse 132 (padma.6.245.132)

स्वसमानवयोभिस्तु गोपालैस्तु यदूत्तमः । वृंदावने मनोरम्ये सरामो विचचार ह ।

svasamānavayobhistu gopālaistu yadūttamaḥ vṛṁdāvane manoramye sarāmo vicacāra ha

Together with cowherd boys of his own age, that foremost of the Yadus, together with Rama, wandered in delightful Vrindavana.

Verse 133 (padma.6.245.133)

तत्र हत्वा महाघोरं सर्परूपं महासुरम् । अपहत्य महाकायं मेरुमंदारगौरवम् ।

tatra hatvā mahāghoraṁ sarparūpaṁ mahāsuram apahatya mahākāyaṁ merumaṁdāragauravam

There, having slain a most terrible great demon in serpent form, having removed that huge body, weighty as Mount Meru or Mandara,

Verse 134 (padma.6.245.134)

धेनुकस्य वनं प्राप्य तालहिंतालगह्वरम् । प्रविश्यतद्वनंरम्यंफलितंतालगह्वरम् । धेनुकं पर्वताकारं खररूपधरं सदा ।

dhenukasya vanaṁ prāpya tālahiṁtālagahvaram praviśyatadvanaṁramyaṁphalitaṁtālagahvaram dhenukaṁ parvatākāraṁ khararūpadharaṁ sadā

reaching the forest of Dhenuka, thick with palm and hintala trees, entering that delightful, fruit-laden forest — Dhenuka, of mountain-like form, ever bearing the form of a donkey —

Verse 135 (padma.6.245.135)

पादौ गृह्य समुत्क्षिप्य तालेन विजघान ह । तत्क्षणादेव तत्पालास्तदंते रेमिरे तदा ।

pādau gṛhya samutkṣipya tālena vijaghāna ha tatkṣaṇādeva tatpālāstadaṁte remire tadā

seizing him by the legs, lifting him up, he struck him with a palm tree. Instantly, at his end, his companions there rejoiced.

Verse 136 (padma.6.245.136)

निष्क्रम्य तद्वनात्तूर्णं भांडीरं वटमागताः । तत्र ते रामकृष्णाभ्यां चिक्रीडुर्बाललीलया ।

niṣkramya tadvanāttūrṇaṁ bhāṁḍīraṁ vaṭamāgatāḥ tatra te rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ cikrīḍurbālalīlayā

Emerging from that forest, swiftly they came to the Bhandira banyan tree. There they played childish games together with Rama and Krishna.

Verse 137 (padma.6.245.137)

गोपवेषेण तत्रागात्प्रलंबोनाम राक्षसः । रामं स्वपृष्ठमारोप्य ययौ तूर्णं नभस्तलम् ।

gopaveṣeṇa tatrāgātpralaṁbonāma rākṣasaḥ rāmaṁ svapṛṣṭhamāropya yayau tūrṇaṁ nabhastalam

In the guise of a cowherd, a rakshasa named Pralamba came there. Placing Rama on his own back, he swiftly went into the sky.

Verse 138 (padma.6.245.138)

मत्वा तं राक्षसं रामो मुष्टिना तस्य मूर्द्धनि । ताडयामास रोषेण विह्वलांगस्ततोऽपतत् ।

matvā taṁ rākṣasaṁ rāmo muṣṭinā tasya mūrddhani tāḍayāmāsa roṣeṇa vihvalāṁgastato'patat

Recognizing him as a rakshasa, Rama, in fury, struck him upon the head with his fist; he, his body writhing, then fell.

Verse 139 (padma.6.245.139)

राक्षसेनैव रूपेण विनदन्भैरवं स्वनम् । भिन्नशीर्षतनुस्तत्र ममार रुधिरोक्षितः ।

rākṣasenaiva rūpeṇa vinadanbhairavaṁ svanam bhinnaśīrṣatanustatra mamāra rudhirokṣitaḥ

In his very rakshasa form, uttering a terrible roar, his head and body shattered, he died there, drenched in blood.

Verse 140 (padma.6.245.140)

ततः प्रदोषसमयेगोव्रजे नंदनंदनः । उवासगोपकन्याभिः क्रीडन्कौमोदवर्चसे ।

tataḥ pradoṣasamayegovraje naṁdanaṁdanaḥ uvāsagopakanyābhiḥ krīḍankaumodavarcase

Then, at twilight, in the cow-settlement, Nanda's delight, playing with the cowherd maidens, dwelt in joyful splendor.

Verse 141 (padma.6.245.141)

अरिष्टनामा दैत्येशो गत्वा तत्र वृषाकृतिः । कृष्णं हंतुं समागत्य जगर्ज च महास्वनम् ।

ariṣṭanāmā daityeśo gatvā tatra vṛṣākṛtiḥ kṛṣṇaṁ haṁtuṁ samāgatya jagarja ca mahāsvanam

A lord of demons named Arishta, going there, of bull's form, coming to slay Krishna, roared with a great sound.

Verse 142 (padma.6.245.142)

तं दृष्ट्वा विद्रुताः सर्वे गोपाला भयपीडिताः । कृष्णोऽपि दृष्ट्वा तं रौद्रमागतं दनुजाधिपम् ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vidrutāḥ sarve gopālā bhayapīḍitāḥ kṛṣṇo'pi dṛṣṭvā taṁ raudramāgataṁ danujādhipam

Seeing him, all the cowherds fled, stricken with fear. Krishna too, seeing that terrible lord of demons approach —

Verse 143 (padma.6.245.143)

तालवृक्षं समुत्पाट्य शृंगमध्ये व्यपीडयत् । स तु भग्नशिरः शृंगो वमन्वै रुधिरं बहु ।

tālavṛkṣaṁ samutpāṭya śṛṁgamadhye vyapīḍayat sa tu bhagnaśiraḥ śṛṁgo vamanvai rudhiraṁ bahu

uprooting a palm tree, struck him between his horns. He, his head and horns broken, vomiting much blood,

Verse 144 (padma.6.245.144)

पपात भीमवेगेन निनदंस्त्यक्तजीवितः । इत्थं हत्वा महाकायमरिष्टं दनुजाधिपम् ।

papāta bhīmavegena ninadaṁstyaktajīvitaḥ itthaṁ hatvā mahākāyamariṣṭaṁ danujādhipam

fell with terrible force, roaring, his life given up. Having thus slain the huge-bodied lord of demons, Arishta,

Verse 145 (padma.6.245.145)

आहूय गोपबालांश्च तत्रैवोवास गोव्रजे । ततः कतिपयाहस्सु केशी नाम महासुरः ।

āhūya gopabālāṁśca tatraivovāsa govraje tataḥ katipayāhassu keśī nāma mahāsuraḥ

calling back the cowherd boys, he dwelt there itself in the cow-settlement. Then, after some days, a great demon named Keshi —

Verse 146 (padma.6.245.146)

हयकायेन गोविंदं हंतुं व्रजमुपाययौ । स गत्वा गोव्रजं रम्यमुच्चैर्हेषामथाकरोत् ।

hayakāyena goviṁdaṁ haṁtuṁ vrajamupāyayau sa gatvā govrajaṁ ramyamuccairheṣāmathākarot

in the body of a horse, came to the settlement to slay Govinda. Going to that delightful cow-settlement, he neighed loudly.

Verse 147 (padma.6.245.147)

तेन शब्देन महता पूरितं भुवनत्रयम् । भीताः सर्वे सुरगणाः शंकमाना युगक्षयम् ।

tena śabdena mahatā pūritaṁ bhuvanatrayam bhītāḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ śaṁkamānā yugakṣayam

By that great sound the three worlds were filled. All the hosts of gods were terrified, suspecting the end of the age.

Verse 148 (padma.6.245.148)

तत्रस्था मोहिताः सर्वे गोपागोप्यश्च विह्वलाः । लब्धसंज्ञास्तु ते सर्वे विद्रुताश्च समंततः । गोप्यस्तु शरणं जग्मुः कृष्णं त्राहीति चाब्रुवन् । न भेतव्यं न भेतव्यमित्याह भक्तवत्सलः ।

tatrasthā mohitāḥ sarve gopāgopyaśca vihvalāḥ labdhasaṁjñāstu te sarve vidrutāśca samaṁtataḥ gopyastu śaraṇaṁ jagmuḥ kṛṣṇaṁ trāhīti cābruvan na bhetavyaṁ na bhetavyamityāha bhaktavatsalaḥ

All the cowherds and cowherd women there, bewildered, distraught. Then, regaining their senses, all fled in every direction. The cowherd women went for refuge to Krishna, saying, "Save us!" "Do not fear, do not fear," said that Lord who loves his devotees.

Verse 149 (padma.6.245.149)

समाश्वास्य ततस्तूर्णं मुष्टिना वासवानुजः । ताडयामास शिरसि तस्य दैत्यस्य लीलया ।

samāśvāsya tatastūrṇaṁ muṣṭinā vāsavānujaḥ tāḍayāmāsa śirasi tasya daityasya līlayā

Reassuring them, then swiftly, that younger brother of Indra struck, with his fist, the head of that demon, with ease.

Verse 150 (padma.6.245.150)

विभिन्नदंतनेत्रोऽसौ विननाद महास्वनम् । महाशिलां समुत्क्षिप्य तस्यांगे वै न्यपातयत् ।

vibhinnadaṁtanetro'sau vinanāda mahāsvanam mahāśilāṁ samutkṣipya tasyāṁge vai nyapātayat

His teeth and eyes shattered, he roared with a great sound. Lifting up a great boulder, he cast it upon his body.

Verse 151 (padma.6.245.151)

स तु चूर्णितसर्वांगो निनदन्भैरवं स्वनम् । पपात सहसा भूमौ ममार च महासुरः ।

sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṁgo ninadanbhairavaṁ svanam papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra ca mahāsuraḥ

His whole body crushed, roaring a terrible sound, he suddenly fell to the ground, and that great demon died.

Verse 152 (padma.6.245.152)

केशिनं निहतं दृष्ट्वा दिवि देवगणा भृशम् । मुमुचुः पुष्पवर्षाणि साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन् ।

keśinaṁ nihataṁ dṛṣṭvā divi devagaṇā bhṛśam mumucuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi sādhusādhviti cābruvan

Seeing Keshi slain, the hosts of gods in heaven greatly rejoiced, and rained down showers of flowers, saying, "Well done, well done!"

Verse 153 (padma.6.245.153)

इत्थं शिशुत्वे वै दैत्यान्हरिर्हत्वा बलोत्कटान् । स मुमोद सुखेनैव बलरामसमन्वितः ।

itthaṁ śiśutve vai daityānharirhatvā balotkaṭān sa mumoda sukhenaiva balarāmasamanvitaḥ

Thus, in his childhood, having slain the mighty demons, Hari rejoiced happily, together with Balarama.

Verse 154 (padma.6.245.154)

इंदीवरदलश्यामः पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणः । पीतांबरधरः स्रग्वी वनमालाविभूषितः ।

iṁdīvaradalaśyāmaḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇaḥ pītāṁbaradharaḥ sragvī vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ

Dark as a blue-lotus petal, with eyes like lotus leaves, clad in yellow, garlanded, adorned with a forest-garland,

Verse 155 (padma.6.245.155)

कौस्तुभोद्भासितोरस्कश्चित्रमाल्यानुलेपनः । विचित्राभरणैर्युक्तः कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितः ।

kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaścitramālyānulepanaḥ vicitrābharaṇairyuktaḥ kuṁḍalābhyāṁ virājitaḥ

his chest radiant with the Kaustubha, anointed with varied garlands, adorned with wondrous ornaments, resplendent with earrings,

Verse 156 (padma.6.245.156)

आमुक्ततुलसीमालः कस्तूरीतिलकांचितः । सुस्निग्धनीलकुटिल कबरीकृतकेशवान् ।

āmuktatulasīmālaḥ kastūrītilakāṁcitaḥ susnigdhanīlakuṭila kabarīkṛtakeśavān

wearing a garland of tulasi, marked with a musk tilaka, his hair braided, glossy, dark, and curling,

Verse 157 (padma.6.245.157)

बद्धैर्नानाविधैः पुष्पैर्बर्हिबर्हावतंसकः । रक्तारविंदसदृश हस्तपादतलाधरः ।

baddhairnānāvidhaiḥ puṣpairbarhibarhāvataṁsakaḥ raktāraviṁdasadṛśa hastapādatalādharaḥ

adorned with various tied flowers, a peacock feather as his crest-ornament, his palms and soles like red lotuses,

Verse 158 (padma.6.245.158)

पक्षमध्यगशीतांशु कलंकभ्रूलताननः । हारनूपुरकेयूरैः कटकाभ्यां विराजितः ।

pakṣamadhyagaśītāṁśu kalaṁkabhrūlatānanaḥ hāranūpurakeyūraiḥ kaṭakābhyāṁ virājitaḥ

his face like the moon amid its fortnight, with brows like creepers, resplendent with necklace, anklets, armlets, and bracelets —

Verse 159 (padma.6.245.159)

वृंदावने महारम्ये फलपुष्पविराजिते । रम्यं निनादयन्वेणुं तत्रास्ते यदुनंदनः ।

vṛṁdāvane mahāramye phalapuṣpavirājite ramyaṁ ninādayanveṇuṁ tatrāste yadunaṁdanaḥ

in that most delightful Vrindavana, resplendent with fruit and flowers, playing a sweet melody on his flute, there dwelt that delight of the Yadus,

Verse 160 (padma.6.245.160)

अवधीरित कंदर्पकोटिलावण्यमच्युतम् । सर्वागोपस्त्रियो दृष्ट्वा मन्मथास्त्रेण पीडिताः ।

avadhīrita kaṁdarpakoṭilāvaṇyamacyutam sarvāgopastriyo dṛṣṭvā manmathāstreṇa pīḍitāḥ

that unfailing one whose beauty surpassed a hundred million Kamadevas. All the cowherd women, seeing him, tormented by the arrows of Kama —

Verse 161 (padma.6.245.161)

पुरा महर्षयः सर्वे दंडकारण्यवासिनः । दृष्ट्वा रामं हरिं तत्र भोक्तुमैच्छत्सुविग्रहम् ।

purā maharṣayaḥ sarve daṁḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṁ hariṁ tatra bhoktumaicchatsuvigraham

Formerly, all the great sages dwelling in the Dandaka forest, seeing Rama, Hari, there, of beautiful form, wished to enjoy union with him —

Verse 162 (padma.6.245.162)

ते सर्वे स्त्रीत्वमापन्नाः समुद्भूतास्तु गोकुले । हरिं संप्राप्य कामेन ततो मुक्ता भवार्णवात् ।

te sarve strītvamāpannāḥ samudbhūtāstu gokule hariṁ saṁprāpya kāmena tato muktā bhavārṇavāt

all of them, taking female birth, were born in Gokula; obtaining Hari through desire, they were then freed from the ocean of worldly existence —

Verse 163 (padma.6.245.163)

क्रोधेनैव यथा दैत्याः समेत्य मधुसूदनम् । निधनं प्राप्य संग्रामे हता मुक्तिमवाप्नुयुः ।

krodhenaiva yathā daityāḥ sametya madhusūdanam nidhanaṁ prāpya saṁgrāme hatā muktimavāpnuyuḥ

just as demons, through anger alone, engaging Madhusudana, attaining death in battle, slain, attain liberation.

Verse 164 (padma.6.245.164)

कामक्रोधौ नृणां लोके निरयस्यैव कारणम् । हरिं समेत्य भावेन मुक्ता गोप्यः सुरद्विषः ।

kāmakrodhau nṛṇāṁ loke nirayasyaiva kāraṇam hariṁ sametya bhāvena muktā gopyaḥ suradviṣaḥ

Desire and anger, among men in this world, are the very cause of hell; yet through devotion, engaging Hari, the cowherd women were freed, as were the enemies of the gods.

Verse 165 (padma.6.245.165)

कामाद्भयाद्वा द्वेषाद्वा ये भजंति जनार्दनम् । ते प्राप्नुवंति वैकुंठं किं पुनर्भक्तियोगतः ।

kāmādbhayādvā dveṣādvā ye bhajaṁti janārdanam te prāpnuvaṁti vaikuṁṭhaṁ kiṁ punarbhaktiyogataḥ

Those who worship Janardana out of desire, or fear, or hatred, attain Vaikuntha — how much more, then, through the yoga of devotion!

Verse 166 (padma.6.245.166)

तस्य वेणुध्वनिं श्रुत्वा रजन्यां बल्लवांगनाः । शयनादुत्थिताः सर्वा विकीर्णांबरमूर्द्धजाः ।

tasya veṇudhvaniṁ śrutvā rajanyāṁ ballavāṁganāḥ śayanādutthitāḥ sarvā vikīrṇāṁbaramūrddhajāḥ

Hearing the sound of his flute at night, the cowherd women, all rising from their beds, their garments and hair disheveled,

Verse 167 (padma.6.245.167)

त्यक्त्वा पतीन्सुतान्बधूंस्त्यक्त्वा लज्जां कुलं स्वकम् । जगत्पतिं समाजग्मुः कंदर्पशरपीडिताः ।

tyaktvā patīnsutānbadhūṁstyaktvā lajjāṁ kulaṁ svakam jagatpatiṁ samājagmuḥ kaṁdarpaśarapīḍitāḥ

leaving husbands, sons, and daughters-in-law, leaving shame and their own family, came to the Lord of the world, tormented by the arrows of Kama.

Verse 168 (padma.6.245.168)

समेत्य गोप्यः सर्वास्तु भुजैरालिंग्य केशवम् । बुभुजुश्चाधरं देव्यः सुधामृतमिवामराः ।

sametya gopyaḥ sarvāstu bhujairāliṁgya keśavam bubhujuścādharaṁ devyaḥ sudhāmṛtamivāmarāḥ

Meeting him, all the cowherd women, embracing Keshava with their arms, drank his lips, as the gods drink the nectar of immortality.

Verse 169 (padma.6.245.169)

ताभिः सर्वाभिरात्मेशः क्रीडयामास गोव्रजे । तेनापि ताः स्त्रियः सर्वा रेमिरे निर्भया व्रजे ।

tābhiḥ sarvābhirātmeśaḥ krīḍayāmāsa govraje tenāpi tāḥ striyaḥ sarvā remire nirbhayā vraje

That Lord of the self played with all of them in the cow-settlement. And with him too, all those women delighted, fearlessly, in the settlement.

Verse 170 (padma.6.245.170)

इत्येवं रमयामासुरहन्यहनि केशवम् । वृंदावने मनोरम्ये कालिंदीपुलिने तथा ।

ityevaṁ ramayāmāsurahanyahani keśavam vṛṁdāvane manoramye kāliṁdīpuline tathā

Thus, day after day, they delighted Keshava, in delightful Vrindavana, and likewise on the sandbanks of the Kalindi.

Verse 171 (padma.6.245.171)

पार्वत्युवाच- धर्मसंरक्षणार्थाय जगत्यामवतीर्य सः । परदाराभिगमनं कथं कुर्याज्जनार्दनः ।

pārvatyuvāca dharmasaṁrakṣaṇārthāya jagatyāmavatīrya saḥ paradārābhigamanaṁ kathaṁ kuryājjanārdanaḥ

Parvati said: "Having descended into the world for the protection of dharma, how could Janardana engage in union with the wives of others?"

Verse 172 (padma.6.245.172)

रुद्र उवाच- स्वशरीरे परेष्वंगभेदो नास्ति शुभानने । सर्वं जगच्च तस्यांगं पृथगत्र न विद्यते ।

rudra uvāca svaśarīre pareṣvaṁgabhedo nāsti śubhānane sarvaṁ jagacca tasyāṁgaṁ pṛthagatra na vidyate

Rudra said: "O beautiful-faced one, there is no distinction of limbs between his own body and others' — the entire universe is his limb; nothing here exists separately.

Verse 173 (padma.6.245.173)

स्त्रीपुंभेदो न वै तस्य पुरुषस्य महात्मनः । नैसर्गिकस्य भर्तृत्वादात्मेशत्वाज्जगत्पतेः ।

strīpuṁbhedo na vai tasya puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ naisargikasya bhartṛtvādātmeśatvājjagatpateḥ

For that great-souled Person there is indeed no distinction of male and female, on account of his innate lordship, his being the Lord of the self, the ruler of the world.

Verse 174 (padma.6.245.174)

तथापहृतपाप्मत्व सामर्थ्याद्व्यापिनः प्रभोः । दोषोऽत्र नास्ति सुभगे देवस्य परमात्मनः ।

tathāpahṛtapāpmatva sāmarthyādvyāpinaḥ prabhoḥ doṣo'tra nāsti subhage devasya paramātmanaḥ

Likewise, on account of his power of being untouched by sin, that all-pervading Lord — O fortunate one, there is no fault here in that god, the Supreme Soul."

Verse 175 (padma.6.245.175)

वसिष्ठ उवाच- एवमुक्त्वा तु गिरिजां रुद्रः श्रीत्रिपुरान्तकः । कृष्णस्यशेषं चरितमाख्यातुं संप्रचक्रमे ।

vasiṣṭha uvāca evamuktvā tu girijāṁ rudraḥ śrītripurāntakaḥ kṛṣṇasyaśeṣaṁ caritamākhyātuṁ saṁpracakrame

Vasishtha said: Having said this to Girija, Rudra, the destroyer of the Triple City, began to relate the remaining story of Krishna.

Verse 176 (padma.6.245.176)

रुद्र उवाच- शरत्काले तु संप्राप्ते नंदगोपपुरोगमाः । गोपा महोत्सवं कर्तुमारब्धास्त्रिदशांपतेः ।

rudra uvāca śaratkāle tu saṁprāpte naṁdagopapurogamāḥ gopā mahotsavaṁ kartumārabdhāstridaśāṁpateḥ

Rudra said: When the autumn season arrived, the cowherds, with Nanda at their head, began to hold a great festival for the lord of the gods.

Verse 177 (padma.6.245.177)

तदुत्सवं तु गोविंदो निवार्याथ शतक्रतोः । गोवर्द्धनाद्रिराजस्य कारयामास वीर्यवान् ।

tadutsavaṁ tu goviṁdo nivāryātha śatakratoḥ govarddhanādrirājasya kārayāmāsa vīryavān

Govinda, that valorous one, then, preventing that festival for Indra, had them perform one for Govardhana, king of mountains, instead.

Verse 178 (padma.6.245.178)

ततः क्रुद्धः सहस्राक्षो नंदगोपस्य गोव्रजे । ववर्ष च महावृष्टिं सप्तरात्रं निरंतरम् ।

tataḥ kruddhaḥ sahasrākṣo naṁdagopasya govraje vavarṣa ca mahāvṛṣṭiṁ saptarātraṁ niraṁtaram

Then Indra, enraged, rained down a great downpour on Nanda's cow-settlement, unceasingly, for seven nights.

Verse 179 (padma.6.245.179)

गोवर्द्धनं समुत्पाट्य महाशैलं जनार्दनः । गवां संरक्षणार्थाय धारयामास लीलया ।

govarddhanaṁ samutpāṭya mahāśailaṁ janārdanaḥ gavāṁ saṁrakṣaṇārthāya dhārayāmāsa līlayā

Janardana, uprooting Govardhana, that great mountain, held it aloft with ease, for the protection of the cows.

Verse 180 (padma.6.245.180)

तस्यच्छायां गिरेः प्राप्य गोपागोप्यश्च सुव्रते । अवसंश्च सुखेनैव हर्म्यांतरगता इव ।

tasyacchāyāṁ gireḥ prāpya gopāgopyaśca suvrate avasaṁśca sukhenaiva harmyāṁtaragatā iva

Reaching that mountain's shade, O one of good vows, the cowherds and cowherd women dwelt there in comfort, as if within a mansion.

Verse 181 (padma.6.245.181)

ततः शक्रः सहस्राक्षो भीतः संभ्रांतचेतसा । वारयामास तद्वर्षं ययौ नंदस्य तद्व्रजम् ।

tataḥ śakraḥ sahasrākṣo bhītaḥ saṁbhrāṁtacetasā vārayāmāsa tadvarṣaṁ yayau naṁdasya tadvrajam

Then Indra, terrified, his mind confounded, stopped that rain, and went to Nanda's settlement.

Verse 182 (padma.6.245.182)

कृष्णोऽपि तं महाशैलं यथापूर्वं निवेशयत् । गोपवृद्धाश्च ते सर्वे नंदगोपपुरोगमाः ।

kṛṣṇo'pi taṁ mahāśailaṁ yathāpūrvaṁ niveśayat gopavṛddhāśca te sarve naṁdagopapurogamāḥ

Krishna too set that great mountain back as it was before. All the elder cowherds, with Nanda at their head,

Verse 183 (padma.6.245.183)

परिपूज्य च गोविंदं परं विस्मयमाययुः । ततः शतक्रतुर्देवः समेत्य मधुसूदनम् । तुष्टाव प्रांजलिर्भूत्वा हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ।

paripūjya ca goviṁdaṁ paraṁ vismayamāyayuḥ tataḥ śatakraturdevaḥ sametya madhusūdanam tuṣṭāva prāṁjalirbhūtvā harṣagadgadayā girā

duly worshipped Govinda and attained the greatest wonder. Then the god Indra, coming to Madhusudana, with joined palms, praised him in a voice choked with joy.

Verse 184 (padma.6.245.184)

इन्द्र उवाच- नमस्ते पुंडरीकाक्ष सर्वज्ञाति त्रिविक्रम । त्रिगुणातीत सर्वेश विश्वस्यात्मन्नमोस्तु ते ।

indra uvāca namaste puṁḍarīkākṣa sarvajñāti trivikrama triguṇātīta sarveśa viśvasyātmannamostu te

Indra said: "Homage to you, lotus-eyed one, all-knower, Trivikrama! Beyond the three gunas, Lord of all, self of the universe — homage to you!

Verse 185 (padma.6.245.185)

त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोङ्कारः क्रतुर्हविः । त्वमेव सर्वदेवानां पिता माता च केशव ।

tvaṁ yajñastvaṁ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṅkāraḥ kraturhaviḥ tvameva sarvadevānāṁ pitā mātā ca keśava

You are the sacrifice, you are the exclamation Vashat, you are Om, the ritual, the oblation. You alone, O Keshava, are the father and mother of all the gods.

Verse 186 (padma.6.245.186)

अग्रे हिरण्यगर्भस्त्वं भूतस्य समवर्त्तत । त्वमेवैकः पतिरसि पुरुषस्त्वं हिरण्मयः ।

agre hiraṇyagarbhastvaṁ bhūtasya samavarttata tvamevaikaḥ patirasi puruṣastvaṁ hiraṇmayaḥ

In the beginning, you, as Hiranyagarbha, arose alone, of all created beings. You alone are the lord; you are the golden Person.

Verse 187 (padma.6.245.187)

पृथिवीं द्यामिमां देव त्वमेव धृतवानसि । आत्मदः फलदो यश्च स्यादेवं जगदीश्वर ।

pṛthivīṁ dyāmimāṁ deva tvameva dhṛtavānasi ātmadaḥ phalado yaśca syādevaṁ jagadīśvara

O god, you alone have upheld this earth and heaven. You are the giver of the self, the giver of the fruit of action — thus you are, O Lord of the world.

Verse 188 (padma.6.245.188)

अवाप्तं तच्च त्रिदशैः प्रकाशं जगतांपतेः । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च छाया तव सनातन ।

avāptaṁ tacca tridaśaiḥ prakāśaṁ jagatāṁpateḥ amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuśca chāyā tava sanātana

That radiance of yours, Lord of the worlds, is attained by the gods. Immortality, and death too, are your shadow, O eternal one.

Verse 189 (padma.6.245.189)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । हेमवंत इमे यस्य समुद्भूता हिरण्मयाः ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam hemavaṁta ime yasya samudbhūtā hiraṇmayāḥ

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. These golden Himavat ranges arose from him;

Verse 190 (padma.6.245.190)

समुद्रा रसना यस्य वाहस्तस्यैव केशव । इमा दिशः प्रतिदिशो वायुर्यस्य तवाव्यय ।

samudrā rasanā yasya vāhastasyaiva keśava imā diśaḥ pratidiśo vāyuryasya tavāvyaya

the oceans are his girdle-string, and his steeds are his own, O Keshava; these directions and intermediate directions, and the wind, are yours, O imperishable one.

Verse 191 (padma.6.245.191)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । येन त्वया समारूढा पृथिवी वर्द्धता पुनः ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam yena tvayā samārūḍhā pṛthivī varddhatā punaḥ

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. By whom this earth, having been raised up, was made to grow again;

Verse 192 (padma.6.245.192)

स्वर्लोकः स्तंभितो येन त्वया ब्रह्मन्महेश्वर । त्वमंतरिक्षे रजसोवसानः सर्वगोव्ययः ।

svarlokaḥ staṁbhito yena tvayā brahmanmaheśvara tvamaṁtarikṣe rajasovasānaḥ sarvagovyayaḥ

by whom, O Brahman, O great Lord, the heavenly world was propped up; you, in the mid-space, dwelling in the realm of dust, all-pervading, imperishable.

Verse 193 (padma.6.245.193)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । यं क्रंदसि राजमाने तप्तभासे गुणान्विते ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam yaṁ kraṁdasi rājamāne taptabhāse guṇānvite

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. You whom heaven and earth, shining, of blazing splendor, endowed with qualities —

Verse 194 (padma.6.245.194)

अभ्यैक्षेतां च मनसा अवश्यं श्रीश्च सर्वदा । यत्रास्ति सूर उदितो विभाति परमे पदे ।

abhyaikṣetāṁ ca manasā avaśyaṁ śrīśca sarvadā yatrāsti sūra udito vibhāti parame pade

regarded with their minds, necessarily, and Shri too, always; where the risen sun shines forth, in the supreme abode —

Verse 195 (padma.6.245.195)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । यदापो बृहतीर्विश्व ब्रह्ममायं जनार्दनाः ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam yadāpo bṛhatīrviśva brahmamāyaṁ janārdanāḥ

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. When the vast waters, containing the entire manifestation of Brahman —

Verse 196 (padma.6.245.196)

गर्भं दधानाः सर्गेऽत्र जनयंतीरघौघकृत् । समवर्तत देवानामसुरेकोऽव्ययो विभुः ।

garbhaṁ dadhānāḥ sarge'tra janayaṁtīraghaughakṛt samavartata devānāmasureko'vyayo vibhuḥ

bearing the cosmic embryo, giving birth in this creation to that doer who removes the flood of sin — there arose, alone, imperishable, all-pervading, the one who is Lord of the gods —

Verse 197 (padma.6.245.197)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । या आपो महिना दक्षं पर्यपश्यत्प्रजापतिम् । यज्ञं दधानास्तत्रादौ जनयंतीर्हविः पुमान् । यो देवेष्वेक एवासीदधिदेवः परात्परः ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam yā āpo mahinā dakṣaṁ paryapaśyatprajāpatim yajñaṁ dadhānāstatrādau janayaṁtīrhaviḥ pumān yo deveṣveka evāsīdadhidevaḥ parātparaḥ

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. He whom the waters, by their might, beheld as Prajapati, the capable one; bearing the sacrifice, giving birth there at the beginning to the oblation, the Person; he who alone was, among the gods, the supreme deity, higher than the highest —

Verse 198 (padma.6.245.198)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । मा नो हिंसीज्जनिता यः पृथिव्या अव्ययः पुमान् ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam mā no hiṁsījjanitā yaḥ pṛthivyā avyayaḥ pumān

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. May he not harm us, he who is the imperishable Person, begetter of the earth,

Verse 199 (padma.6.245.199)

यो वा दिवं सत्यधर्मा जजानाव्यय ईश्वरः । यश्चंद्रो बृहतीरपो जजान सकलं जगत् ।

yo vā divaṁ satyadharmā jajānāvyaya īśvaraḥ yaścaṁdro bṛhatīrapo jajāna sakalaṁ jagat

or he, of true dharma, the imperishable Lord, who begot heaven; he who, as the moon, begot the vast waters and the entire universe.

Verse 200 (padma.6.245.200)

तस्मै देवाय भवते विधेम हविषा वयम् । एतानि विश्वजातानि बभूव परिता प्रभो ।

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam etāni viśvajātāni babhūva paritā prabho

To that god, to you, may we offer worship with our oblation. All these created things came to be surrounded by you, O Lord —

Verse 201 (padma.6.245.201)

त्वदुत्पन्नप्रजाध्यक्ष भविष्यद्भूतमच्युतः । यजामस्त्वां च यत्कामास्तन्नो अस्तु समासतः ।

tvadutpannaprajādhyakṣa bhaviṣyadbhūtamacyutaḥ yajāmastvāṁ ca yatkāmāstanno astu samāsataḥ

O overseer of creatures born from you, O unfailing one who is the future and the past — we worship you; whatever we desire, may that be ours entirely.

Verse 202 (padma.6.245.202)

त्रयाणां पतयः स्याम तव कारुण्यवीक्षणात् । हिरण्मयाख्यः पुरुषो हिरण्यश्मश्रुकेशवान् ।

trayāṇāṁ patayaḥ syāma tava kāruṇyavīkṣaṇāt hiraṇmayākhyaḥ puruṣo hiraṇyaśmaśrukeśavān

May we become lords of the three worlds through your compassionate glance. The Person called golden, with golden beard and hair —

Verse 203 (padma.6.245.203)

आप्रणखात्सर्वं हिरण्यं सविता तु हिरण्यभाक् । असौ सर्वगतो ब्रह्मा यस्त्वादित्ये व्यवस्थितः ।

āpraṇakhātsarvaṁ hiraṇyaṁ savitā tu hiraṇyabhāk asau sarvagato brahmā yastvāditye vyavasthitaḥ

entirely golden even to his nails, that Savitri partaking of gold; he, all-pervading Brahman, who abides in the sun —

Verse 204 (padma.6.245.204)

तद्वै देवस्य सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्ग उत्तमम् । सदा धीमहि ते रूपं धियो यो नः प्रभाति हि ।

tadvai devasya saviturvareṇyaṁ bharga uttamam sadā dhīmahi te rūpaṁ dhiyo yo naḥ prabhāti hi

that excellent, most desirable radiance of god Savitri — may we ever meditate upon it, your form, which illumines our thoughts.

Verse 205 (padma.6.245.205)

नमस्ते पुंडरीकाक्ष श्रीश सर्वेश केशव । वेदांतवेद्य यज्ञेश यज्ञरूप नमोस्तु ते ।

namaste puṁḍarīkākṣa śrīśa sarveśa keśava vedāṁtavedya yajñeśa yajñarūpa namostu te

Homage to you, lotus-eyed one, Lord of Shri, Lord of all, Keshava! Knowable through Vedanta, Lord of sacrifice, form of sacrifice — homage to you!

Verse 206 (padma.6.245.206)

नमस्ते वासुदेवाय गोपवेषाय ते नमः । तत्सर्वध्वंसनादेव अपराधं मया कृतम् ।

namaste vāsudevāya gopaveṣāya te namaḥ tatsarvadhvaṁsanādeva aparādhaṁ mayā kṛtam

Homage to you, Vasudeva! Homage to you in the guise of a cowherd! For attempting the destruction of all that protection you gave, an offense has been committed by me —

Verse 207 (padma.6.245.207)

तत्क्षम्यतां जगन्नाथ घृणाब्धे पुरुषोत्तम । अल्पेनैव हि कालेन जहि कंसं दुरासदम् । देवानां हि हितं कृत्वा सुखेवस्थाय मेदिनीम् ।

tatkṣamyatāṁ jagannātha ghṛṇābdhe puruṣottama alpenaiva hi kālena jahi kaṁsaṁ durāsadam devānāṁ hi hitaṁ kṛtvā sukhevasthāya medinīm

let that be forgiven, O Lord of the world, O ocean of compassion, Purushottama. In a very short time indeed, slay that unassailable Kamsa; having done good for the gods, may the earth abide in happiness."

Verse 208 (padma.6.245.208)

महादेव उवाच- इति संस्तुत्य गोविंदं सर्वदेवेश्वरो हरिः । सुधामृतेनाभ्यषिंचद्दिव्यांबरविभूषणैः ।

mahādeva uvāca iti saṁstutya goviṁdaṁ sarvadeveśvaro hariḥ sudhāmṛtenābhyaṣiṁcaddivyāṁbaravibhūṣaṇaiḥ

Mahadeva said: Having thus praised Govinda, that Lord of all the gods, Hari, was anointed by him with the nectar of immortality, and with divine garments and ornaments.

Verse 209 (padma.6.245.209)

अर्चयित्वा तु देवेशं जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः । गोपवृद्धाश्च गोप्यश्च दृष्ट्वा तत्र शतक्रतुम् ।

arcayitvā tu deveśaṁ jagāma tridivaṁ punaḥ gopavṛddhāśca gopyaśca dṛṣṭvā tatra śatakratum

Having thus worshipped the Lord of gods, he went again to heaven. The elder cowherds and the cowherd women, seeing Indra there,

Verse 210 (padma.6.245.210)

तेन ते पूजिताश्चैव प्रहर्षमतुलं ययुः । रामकृष्णौ महावीर्यौ दिव्याभरणभूषितौ ।

tena te pūjitāścaiva praharṣamatulaṁ yayuḥ rāmakṛṣṇau mahāvīryau divyābharaṇabhūṣitau

duly honored by him, attained incomparable joy. Rama and Krishna, both of great valor, adorned with divine ornaments,

Verse 211 (padma.6.245.211)

नंदस्य गोव्रजे रम्ये सुसुखेनैव तस्थतुः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ।

naṁdasya govraje ramye susukhenaiva tasthatuḥ etasminnaṁtare devi nārado munisattamaḥ

dwelt in Nanda's delightful cow-settlement in great happiness. Meanwhile, O Goddess, Narada, that foremost of sages,

Verse 212 (padma.6.245.212)

सहसा मथुरां गत्वा कंसस्यांतिकमाविशत् । राज्ञा संपूजितास्तत्र समासीनः शुभासने ।

sahasā mathurāṁ gatvā kaṁsasyāṁtikamāviśat rājñā saṁpūjitāstatra samāsīnaḥ śubhāsane

suddenly going to Mathura, entered Kamsa's presence. Duly honored by the king, seated there on an auspicious seat,

Verse 213 (padma.6.245.213)

सर्वं विज्ञापयामास चेष्टितं शार्ङ्गिणस्तदा । देवतानां समुद्योगं जन्म वै केशवस्य च ।

sarvaṁ vijñāpayāmāsa ceṣṭitaṁ śārṅgiṇastadā devatānāṁ samudyogaṁ janma vai keśavasya ca

he then told him everything, the doings of the wielder of the Sharnga bow — the endeavor of the gods, and the birth of Keshava,

Verse 214 (padma.6.245.214)

तथा च वसुदेवेन पुत्रनिक्षेपणं व्रजे । निधनं राक्षसानां च सर्पराजविवासनम् ।

tathā ca vasudevena putranikṣepaṇaṁ vraje nidhanaṁ rākṣasānāṁ ca sarparājavivāsanam

and likewise Vasudeva's placing of the son in the cow-settlement, the death of the rakshasas, and the banishment of the serpent-king,

Verse 215 (padma.6.245.215)

धारणं गिरिवर्यस्य शतक्रतुसमागमम् । निवेदयित्वा कंसस्य सर्वं निरवशेषतः ।

dhāraṇaṁ girivaryasya śatakratusamāgamam nivedayitvā kaṁsasya sarvaṁ niravaśeṣataḥ

the holding aloft of that excellent mountain, and the meeting with Indra — having reported to Kamsa everything, without omission,

Verse 216 (padma.6.245.216)

प्रययौ ब्रह्मभवनं पूजितस्तेन रक्षसा । कंसः समुद्विग्नमना मंत्रिभिः परिवेष्टितः ।

prayayau brahmabhavanaṁ pūjitastena rakṣasā kaṁsaḥ samudvignamanā maṁtribhiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ

he went to Brahma's abode, having been honored by that demon. Kamsa, his mind troubled, surrounded by his ministers,

Verse 217 (padma.6.245.217)

मंत्रयामास तैः साकमात्मनो निधनं प्रति । तत्र बुद्धिमतां श्रेष्ठमक्रूरं धर्मवत्सलम् । उवाचात्महितं कार्यं दानवेंद्रो महाबलः ।

maṁtrayāmāsa taiḥ sākamātmano nidhanaṁ prati tatra buddhimatāṁ śreṣṭhamakrūraṁ dharmavatsalam uvācātmahitaṁ kāryaṁ dānaveṁdro mahābalaḥ

took counsel with them concerning his own death. There, that lord of demons, mighty, spoke to Akrura, foremost among the wise, devoted to dharma, of the deed for his own welfare.

Verse 218 (padma.6.245.218)

कंस उवाच- मद्भयात्त्रिदशाः सर्वे शतक्रतुपुरोगमाः । विष्णोः समीपमागत्य भयार्त्ताः शरणं गताः ।

kaṁsa uvāca madbhayāttridaśāḥ sarve śatakratupurogamāḥ viṣṇoḥ samīpamāgatya bhayārttāḥ śaraṇaṁ gatāḥ

Kamsa said: "Out of fear of me, all the gods, with Indra at their head, going to Vishnu's presence, terrified, took refuge.

Verse 219 (padma.6.245.219)

स तेषामभयं दत्वा भगवान्भूतभावनः । उत्पन्नो देवकीगर्भे मां हंतुं मधुसूदनः ।

sa teṣāmabhayaṁ datvā bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ utpanno devakīgarbhe māṁ haṁtuṁ madhusūdanaḥ

He, the Lord, source of all beings, granting them fearlessness, was born in Devaki's womb, that Madhusudana, to slay me.

Verse 220 (padma.6.245.220)

वसुदेवोऽपि दुष्टात्मा वंचयित्वा तु मां निशि । पुत्रं निक्षिप्तवान्गेहे नंदस्य सुदुरात्मनः ।

vasudevo'pi duṣṭātmā vaṁcayitvā tu māṁ niśi putraṁ nikṣiptavāngehe naṁdasya sudurātmanaḥ

And Vasudeva, that wicked soul, deceiving me at night, placed his son in the house of Nanda, that most evil-souled one.

Verse 221 (padma.6.245.221)

बालेनैव दुराधर्षो विजघान महासुरान् । मां हंतुमपि संनद्धो भवेदेव न संशयः ।

bālenaiva durādharṣo vijaghāna mahāsurān māṁ haṁtumapi saṁnaddho bhavedeva na saṁśayaḥ

"Even as a mere child, that unassailable one has slain great demons. That he is prepared even to slay me — of this there is no doubt.

Verse 222 (padma.6.245.222)

स तु हंतुं न वै शक्तः सेंद्रैरपि सुरासुरैः । उपायेनैव हंतव्यः समानीय मया तदा ।

sa tu haṁtuṁ na vai śaktaḥ seṁdrairapi surāsuraiḥ upāyenaiva haṁtavyaḥ samānīya mayā tadā

He indeed cannot be slain even by the gods and demons together with Indra. He must be slain by strategy alone — by bringing him here, by me —

Verse 223 (padma.6.245.223)

मदोत्कटैस्तु मातंगैर्मल्लैश्च वरवाजिभिः । येनकेनाप्युपायेन हंतुं शक्यमिहैव तु ।

madotkaṭaistu mātaṁgairmallaiśca varavājibhiḥ yenakenāpyupāyena haṁtuṁ śakyamihaiva tu

by rutting elephants, or by wrestlers, or by excellent horses — by whatever means possible, he can be slain right here.

Verse 224 (padma.6.245.224)

तस्मात्त्वं गोव्रजं गत्वा कृष्णं रामं च यादव । सर्वान्गोपालवृद्धांश्च नंदगोपपुरोगमान् । उपभोक्तुं धनुर्यागामिहानय यदूत्तम ।

tasmāttvaṁ govrajaṁ gatvā kṛṣṇaṁ rāmaṁ ca yādava sarvāngopālavṛddhāṁśca naṁdagopapurogamān upabhoktuṁ dhanuryāgāmihānaya yadūttama

Therefore, O Yadava, going to the cow-settlement, bring here Krishna and Rama, and all the elder cowherds, with Nanda at their head, O foremost of the Yadus, to attend the bow-sacrifice."

Verse 225 (padma.6.245.225)

महादेव उवाच-। तथेत्युक्त्वा यदुश्रेष्ठो रथमारुह्य वीर्यवान् । प्रययौ गोकुलं रम्यं कृष्णं संदर्शनोत्सुकः ।

mahādeva uvāca tathetyuktvā yaduśreṣṭho rathamāruhya vīryavān prayayau gokulaṁ ramyaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ saṁdarśanotsukaḥ

Mahadeva said: "So be it," said that foremost of the Yadus, and, mounting his chariot, that valorous one went to delightful Gokula, eager to see Krishna.

Verse 226 (padma.6.245.226)

महाभागवतश्रेष्ठो गवां मध्ये व्यवस्थितम् । ददर्श कृष्णमक्लिष्टमक्रूरो विनयान्वितः ।

mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho gavāṁ madhye vyavasthitam dadarśa kṛṣṇamakliṣṭamakrūro vinayānvitaḥ

That best of great devotees, Akrura, humble, saw Krishna, untroubled, standing amid the cattle,

Verse 227 (padma.6.245.227)

नीलनीरदसंकाशं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । पद्मपत्रं विशालाक्षं दीर्घबाहुमनामयम् ।

nīlanīradasaṁkāśaṁ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam padmapatraṁ viśālākṣaṁ dīrghabāhumanāmayam

resembling a dark rain-cloud, adorned with every ornament, with eyes wide as lotus petals, long-armed, untouched by affliction,

Verse 228 (padma.6.245.228)

पीतवस्त्रेण संवीतं सर्वावयवसुंदरम् । कौस्तुभोद्भासितोरस्कं रत्नकुंडलशोभितम् ।

pītavastreṇa saṁvītaṁ sarvāvayavasuṁdaram kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaṁ ratnakuṁḍalaśobhitam

clad in yellow garments, beautiful in every limb, his chest radiant with the Kaustubha, resplendent with jeweled earrings,

Verse 229 (padma.6.245.229)

तुलसीवनमालाढ्यं वन्यपुष्पावतंसकम् । गोपकन्यापरिवृतं दृष्ट्वा तत्र जनार्दनम् ।

tulasīvanamālāḍhyaṁ vanyapuṣpāvataṁsakam gopakanyāparivṛtaṁ dṛṣṭvā tatra janārdanam

adorned with a forest-garland of tulasi, wild flowers as his crest-ornament, surrounded by cowherd maidens — seeing Janardana there,

Verse 230 (padma.6.245.230)

पुलकांकितसर्वांगो हर्षाश्रुप्लुतलोचनः । अवरुह्य रथात्तस्मात्प्रणनाम यदूद्वहः ।

pulakāṁkitasarvāṁgo harṣāśruplutalocanaḥ avaruhya rathāttasmātpraṇanāma yadūdvahaḥ

his whole body thrilled with rapture, his eyes drenched with tears of joy, descending from that chariot, that foremost of the Yadus bowed.

Verse 231 (padma.6.245.231)

हर्षात्समेत्य गोपालं परिणीय प्रणम्य च । रक्तारविंदसदृशौ वज्रचक्राङ्कचिह्नितौ ।

harṣātsametya gopālaṁ pariṇīya praṇamya ca raktāraviṁdasadṛśau vajracakrāṅkacihnitau

Joyfully approaching that cowherd boy, circling him, and bowing, he took those two feet resembling red lotuses, marked with the emblems of the thunderbolt and the discus,

Verse 232 (padma.6.245.232)

स्वमूर्ध्नि धृत्वा पादाब्जौ प्रणनाम पुनः पुनः । कैलासशिखराभासं नीलांबरधरं प्रभुम् ।

svamūrdhni dhṛtvā pādābjau praṇanāma punaḥ punaḥ kailāsaśikharābhāsaṁ nīlāṁbaradharaṁ prabhum

placing those two lotus-feet upon his own head, he bowed again and again. Then, seeing that Lord resembling the peak of Kailasa, clad in blue garments,

Verse 233 (padma.6.245.233)

शरत्पूर्णेंदुसदृशं मुक्तादामविभूषितम् । बलरामं ततो दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम स यादवः ।

śaratpūrṇeṁdusadṛśaṁ muktādāmavibhūṣitam balarāmaṁ tato dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma sa yādavaḥ

resembling the full autumn moon, adorned with a garland of pearls — Balarama — then, seeing him, that Yadava bowed.

Verse 234 (padma.6.245.234)

हर्षेणोत्थाप्य तौ वीरौ परिगृह्य यदूत्तमौ । गृहमाजग्मतुर्वीरौ तेनाक्रूरेण वृष्णिना ।

harṣeṇotthāpya tau vīrau parigṛhya yadūttamau gṛhamājagmaturvīrau tenākrūreṇa vṛṣṇinā

Raising them up with joy, embracing those two foremost heroes of the Yadus, those two heroes went to the house, together with that Vrishni, Akrura.

Verse 235 (padma.6.245.235)

नंदगोपस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा यदुश्रेष्ठं समागतम् । अभिगम्य महातेजा निवेश्य परमासने ।

naṁdagopastu taṁ dṛṣṭvā yaduśreṣṭhaṁ samāgatam abhigamya mahātejā niveśya paramāsane

Nanda the cowherd, seeing that arrived foremost of the Yadus, that greatly radiant one, coming to meet him, seating him on the finest seat,

Verse 236 (padma.6.245.236)

अर्चयामास विधिवदर्घ्यपाद्यादिभिर्मुदा । वस्त्रैः समर्हणैर्दिव्यैरर्चयामास भक्तितः ।

arcayāmāsa vidhivadarghyapādyādibhirmudā vastraiḥ samarhaṇairdivyairarcayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ

duly worshipped him with joy, with offering-water, foot-water, and the rest; he worshipped him with devotion, with garments and fitting divine gifts.

Verse 237 (padma.6.245.237)

अक्रूरो रामकृष्णाभ्यां वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च । प्रददौ नंदगोपाय यशोदायै च यादवः ।

akrūro rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca pradadau naṁdagopāya yaśodāyai ca yādavaḥ

Akrura, that Yadava, gave, on behalf of Rama and Krishna, garments and ornaments to Nanda the cowherd and to Yashoda.

Verse 238 (padma.6.245.238)

पृष्ट्वा कुशलमव्यग्रमासीनस्तु कुशासने । राजकार्याणि सर्वाणि संपृष्टोवाच बुद्धिमान् ।

pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyagramāsīnastu kuśāsane rājakāryāṇi sarvāṇi saṁpṛṣṭovāca buddhimān

Having asked after their welfare, undisturbed, seated on a mat of kusha grass, being asked about all the affairs of the kingdom, that wise one spoke.

Verse 239 (padma.6.245.239)

अक्रूर उवाच- एष कृष्णो महातेजास्साक्षान्नारायणोऽव्ययः । देवतानां हितार्थाय साधूनां रक्षणाय च ।

akrūra uvāca eṣa kṛṣṇo mahātejāssākṣānnārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ devatānāṁ hitārthāya sādhūnāṁ rakṣaṇāya ca

Akrura said: "This Krishna, of great splendor, is directly the unfailing Narayana. For the welfare of the gods, and for the protection of the good,

Verse 240 (padma.6.245.240)

भूभारकविनाशाय धर्मसंस्थापनाय च । कंसादीनां तु दैत्यानां सर्वेषां निधनाय च ।

bhūbhārakavināśāya dharmasaṁsthāpanāya ca kaṁsādīnāṁ tu daityānāṁ sarveṣāṁ nidhanāya ca

for the destruction of the earth's burden, and for the establishment of dharma, and for the destruction of all the demons headed by Kamsa,

Verse 241 (padma.6.245.241)

संप्रार्थितः सुरगणैर्मुनिभिश्च महात्मभिः । देवकीजठरे जातः प्रावृट्काले महानिशि ।

saṁprārthitaḥ suragaṇairmunibhiśca mahātmabhiḥ devakījaṭhare jātaḥ prāvṛṭkāle mahāniśi

entreated by the hosts of gods and by great-souled sages, he was born in Devaki's womb, in the rainy season, at deep night.

Verse 242 (padma.6.245.242)

भयात्कंसस्य देवेशमानीयानकदुंदुभिः । तव गेहे तदा रात्रौ पुत्रं निःक्षिप्तवान्हरिम् ।

bhayātkaṁsasya deveśamānīyānakaduṁdubhiḥ tava gehe tadā rātrau putraṁ niḥkṣiptavānharim

Out of fear of Kamsa, Anakadundubhi, bringing that Lord of gods, then, at night, placed his son Hari in your house.

Verse 243 (padma.6.245.243)

तस्मिन्नेव तु कालेऽपि यशोदा तु यशस्विनी । कन्यां मायांशसंभूतां प्रसूता तु शुभाननाम् ।

tasminneva tu kāle'pi yaśodā tu yaśasvinī kanyāṁ māyāṁśasaṁbhūtāṁ prasūtā tu śubhānanām

At that very time also, the renowned Yashoda gave birth to a girl, born of a portion of Maya, of beautiful face.

Verse 244 (padma.6.245.244)

तया संमोहितं सर्वमिदं व्रजकुलं शुभम् । मूर्च्छिताया यशोदायाः शयने यदुपुङ्गवम् ।

tayā saṁmohitaṁ sarvamidaṁ vrajakulaṁ śubham mūrcchitāyā yaśodāyāḥ śayane yadupuṅgavam

By her, this entire auspicious cow-settlement family was deluded into sleep. Upon the bed of the unconscious Yashoda, that foremost of the Yadus —

Verse 245 (padma.6.245.245)

कृष्णं निक्षिप्य तां कन्यामादाय स्वगृहं ययौ । तां तु निक्षिप्य देवक्याः शयने बहिरागमत् ।

kṛṣṇaṁ nikṣipya tāṁ kanyāmādāya svagṛhaṁ yayau tāṁ tu nikṣipya devakyāḥ śayane bahirāgamat

placing Krishna there, and taking that girl, he went to his own house. Placing her upon Devaki's bed, he came back outside.

Verse 246 (padma.6.245.246)

सा रुरोद ततः क्षिप्र देवकीशयने स्थिता । तच्छ्रुत्वा सहसा कंसः कन्यामादाय सुव्रत । भ्रामयित्वा शिलापृष्ठे चिक्षेपोत्पत्य वीर्यवान् । समुत्थाय च सा कन्या सायुधाष्टभुजान्विता । गगनस्था रुषा कंसं प्राह गंभीरया गिरा ।

sā ruroda tataḥ kṣipra devakīśayane sthitā tacchrutvā sahasā kaṁsaḥ kanyāmādāya suvrata bhrāmayitvā śilāpṛṣṭhe cikṣepotpatya vīryavān samutthāya ca sā kanyā sāyudhāṣṭabhujānvitā gaganasthā ruṣā kaṁsaṁ prāha gaṁbhīrayā girā

She, placed on Devaki's bed, wept at once. Hearing this, Kamsa, O one of good vows, that valorous one, taking that girl, whirling her, leaping up, hurled her against a stone slab. And that girl, rising up, endowed with eight arms bearing weapons, standing in the sky, angrily spoke to Kamsa in a deep voice.

Verse 247 (padma.6.245.247)

कन्योवाच- योऽनंतः सर्वदेवानामीश्वरः पुरुषोत्तमः । यातस्तव वधार्थाय गोव्रजे दानवाधम ।

kanyovāca yo'naṁtaḥ sarvadevānāmīśvaraḥ puruṣottamaḥ yātastava vadhārthāya govraje dānavādhama

The girl said: "He who is Ananta, the Lord of all the gods, Purushottama, has already gone, O vilest of demons, to the cow-settlement, for your destruction."

Verse 248 (padma.6.245.248)

अक्रूर उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा सा महामाया हिमवंतं समाययौ । तदाप्रभृति दुष्टात्मा भयादुद्विग्नमानसः ।

akrūra uvāca ityuktvā sā mahāmāyā himavaṁtaṁ samāyayau tadāprabhṛti duṣṭātmā bhayādudvignamānasaḥ

Akrura said: "Having said this, that Mahamaya went to the Himalaya. From that time onward, that evil-souled one, his mind troubled with fear,

Verse 249 (padma.6.245.249)

दानवान्प्रेषयामास निधनाय महात्मनः । बालेनैव हताः सर्वे लीलयानेन धीमता ।

dānavānpreṣayāmāsa nidhanāya mahātmanaḥ bālenaiva hatāḥ sarve līlayānena dhīmatā

sent demons to kill that great soul. All of them were slain, even while he was a mere child, with ease, by that wise one.

Verse 250 (padma.6.245.250)

अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि कृतवान्परमेश्वरः । गोवर्द्धनादिधरणं नागराजविवासनम् ।

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṛtavānparameśvaraḥ govarddhanādidharaṇaṁ nāgarājavivāsanam

That Supreme Lord performed most wondrous deeds — the holding aloft of Govardhana and the rest, the banishment of the serpent-king,

Verse 251 (padma.6.245.251)

समागमं महेंद्रस्य निधनं सर्वरक्षसाम् । श्रुत्वा देवर्षिणा ख्यातमतीव भयपीडितः ।

samāgamaṁ maheṁdrasya nidhanaṁ sarvarakṣasām śrutvā devarṣiṇā khyātamatīva bhayapīḍitaḥ

the meeting with Indra, the destruction of all the rakshasas. Hearing of this, made known by the divine sage, he, exceedingly stricken with fear,

Verse 252 (padma.6.245.252)

इतो नीत्वा महाबाहू रामकृष्णौ दुरासदौ । मदोत्कटैर्महानागैर्मल्लैर्वा हंतुमुद्यतः ।

ito nītvā mahābāhū rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau madotkaṭairmahānāgairmallairvā haṁtumudyataḥ

resolved, having those two mighty-armed, unassailable ones, Rama and Krishna, brought from here, to slay them by rutting great elephants or by wrestlers.

Verse 253 (padma.6.245.253)

कृष्णस्यानयनार्थाय प्रेरयामास मामिह । वसुदेवस्य दुष्टात्मा निग्रहं कृतवानसौ ।

kṛṣṇasyānayanārthāya prerayāmāsa māmiha vasudevasya duṣṭātmā nigrahaṁ kṛtavānasau

He sent me here for the purpose of bringing Krishna. That evil-souled one has kept Vasudeva imprisoned.

Verse 254 (padma.6.245.254)

एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं चेष्टितं सुदुरात्मनः । उपभोक्तुं धनुर्यागं यूयं सर्वे व्रजौकसः ।

etatsarvaṁ samākhyātaṁ ceṣṭitaṁ sudurātmanaḥ upabhoktuṁ dhanuryāgaṁ yūyaṁ sarve vrajaukasaḥ

All this, the doings of that most evil-souled one, has been told. To attend the bow-sacrifice, all you dwellers of the settlement —

Verse 255 (padma.6.245.255)

दध्याज्यादिगृहीत्वा वै श्वोभूते गंतुमर्हथ । सहिता रामकृष्णाभ्यां गोपाः सर्वे तदंतिकम् ।

dadhyājyādigṛhītvā vai śvobhūte gaṁtumarhatha sahitā rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ gopāḥ sarve tadaṁtikam

taking curd, ghee, and the rest, ought to go there tomorrow. All the cowherds, together with Rama and Krishna, should go to that presence.

Verse 256 (padma.6.245.256)

कृष्णेन निहतः कंसो भविष्यति न संशयः । परित्यज्य भयं तस्माद्गमिष्यध्वं नृपाज्ञया ।

kṛṣṇena nihataḥ kaṁso bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ parityajya bhayaṁ tasmādgamiṣyadhvaṁ nṛpājñayā

Kamsa shall surely be slain by Krishna — of this there is no doubt. Casting aside fear, therefore, go by the king's command."

Verse 257 (padma.6.245.257)

ईश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा स तदाक्रूरस्तूष्णीमासीत्सुबुद्धिमान् । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दारुणं रोमहर्षणम् ।

īśvara uvāca ityuktvā sa tadākrūrastūṣṇīmāsītsubuddhimān tasya tadvacanaṁ śrutvā dāruṇaṁ romaharṣaṇam

Ishvara said: Having said this, that wise Akrura fell silent then. Hearing that terrible, hair-raising word of his,

Verse 258 (padma.6.245.258)

नंदगोपमुखाः सर्वे गोपवृद्धा भयातुराः । अभाषिरे महादुःखसागरे शोकमोहिताः ।

naṁdagopamukhāḥ sarve gopavṛddhā bhayāturāḥ abhāṣire mahāduḥkhasāgare śokamohitāḥ

all the elder cowherds, with Nanda at their head, stricken with fear, spoke, bewildered with grief, in a great ocean of sorrow.

Verse 259 (padma.6.245.259)

तानाश्वास्य हरिस्तत्र दृष्ट्वा कमललोचनः । न भीः कार्येति संप्राह राक्षसं प्रति वीर्यवान् ।

tānāśvāsya haristatra dṛṣṭvā kamalalocanaḥ na bhīḥ kāryeti saṁprāha rākṣasaṁ prati vīryavān

Reassuring them there, that lotus-eyed Hari, seeing their distress, that valorous one, said, "There is nothing to fear."

Verse 260 (padma.6.245.260)

विनाशाय प्रयास्यामि कंसस्यास्य दुरात्मनः । मथुरां सह रामेण भवद्भिः सह संगतः ।

vināśāya prayāsyāmi kaṁsasyāsya durātmanaḥ mathurāṁ saha rāmeṇa bhavadbhiḥ saha saṁgataḥ

"I shall go, for the destruction of this evil-souled Kamsa, to Mathura, together with Rama, in your company.

Verse 261 (padma.6.245.261)

तत्र हत्वा दुरात्मानं कंसं दानवपुंगवम् । सर्वांश्च राक्षसान्हत्वा पालयिष्यामि मेदिनीम् ।

tatra hatvā durātmānaṁ kaṁsaṁ dānavapuṁgavam sarvāṁśca rākṣasānhatvā pālayiṣyāmi medinīm

There, having slain that evil-souled foremost of demons, Kamsa, and having slain all the rakshasas, I shall protect the earth.

Verse 262 (padma.6.245.262)

तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज्य गच्छध्वं मथुरां पुरीम् । एवमुक्तास्तु हरिणा गोपानंदपुरोगमाः ।

tasmācchokaṁ parityajya gacchadhvaṁ mathurāṁ purīm evamuktāstu hariṇā gopānaṁdapurogamāḥ

Therefore, casting aside grief, go to the city of Mathura." Thus addressed by Hari, the cowherds, with Nanda at their head,

Verse 263 (padma.6.245.263)

मुहुर्मुहुः परिष्वज्य मूर्द्धघ्राणं प्रचक्रिरे । अप्रमेयानि कर्माणि विचार्य सुमहात्मनः ।

muhurmuhuḥ pariṣvajya mūrddhaghrāṇaṁ pracakrire aprameyāni karmāṇi vicārya sumahātmanaḥ

embraced him again and again and kissed his head. Considering the immeasurable deeds of that great soul,

Verse 264 (padma.6.245.264)

अक्रूरवचनाच्चैव गोपाः सर्वे गतव्यथाः । दुग्धदध्याज्ययुक्तानि शुचीनि विविधानि च ।

akrūravacanāccaiva gopāḥ sarve gatavyathāḥ dugdhadadhyājyayuktāni śucīni vividhāni ca

and by Akrura's words too, all the cowherds became free of anxiety. Pure and various foods mixed with milk, curd, and ghee —

Verse 265 (padma.6.245.265)

पक्वान्नानि सुहृद्यानि स्वादूनि मधुराणि च । अक्रूराय ददौ सौम्यं यशोदा भोजनं बहु ।

pakvānnāni suhṛdyāni svādūni madhurāṇi ca akrūrāya dadau saumyaṁ yaśodā bhojanaṁ bahu

cooked dishes, pleasant, tasty, and sweet — Yashoda gave to Akrura much delightful food.

Verse 266 (padma.6.245.266)

सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यां नंदाद्यैर्गोपसत्तमैः । सुहृद्भिर्बालवृद्धैश्च भवने समलंकृते ।

sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ naṁdādyairgopasattamaiḥ suhṛdbhirbālavṛddhaiśca bhavane samalaṁkṛte

Together with Rama and Krishna, with Nanda and the other excellent cowherds, with friends, children, and elders, in that beautifully adorned house,

Verse 267 (padma.6.245.267)

दत्तं यशोदया सौम्यं भोजनं कलुषापहम् । बुभुजे यादवश्रेष्ठो ह्यन्नं रोगापहं शुभम् ।

dattaṁ yaśodayā saumyaṁ bhojanaṁ kaluṣāpaham bubhuje yādavaśreṣṭho hyannaṁ rogāpahaṁ śubham

Akrura ate the delightful, impurity-removing food given by Yashoda — that foremost of the Yadus ate that auspicious, disease-removing food.

Verse 268 (padma.6.245.268)

भोजयित्वा यथान्यायं दत्त्वा च मनमंभसा । सकर्पूरं सतांबूलं ददौ तस्मै दृढव्रता ।

bhojayitvā yathānyāyaṁ dattvā ca manamaṁbhasā sakarpūraṁ satāṁbūlaṁ dadau tasmai dṛḍhavratā

Having duly fed him, and giving water for the honoring of the meal, that woman of firm vow gave him betel with camphor.

Verse 269 (padma.6.245.269)

अस्तंयाते दिनकरे संध्यामन्वास्य यादवः । सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यां भुक्त्वा क्षीरान्नमुत्तमम् ।

astaṁyāte dinakare saṁdhyāmanvāsya yādavaḥ sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ bhuktvā kṣīrānnamuttamam

When the sun had set, having performed the evening rites, that Yadava, together with Rama and Krishna, having eaten excellent milk-rice,

Verse 270 (padma.6.245.270)

ताभ्यामेव तदाक्रूरः शयनं समुपाविशत् । तस्मिंस्तु भवने श्रेष्ठे रम्ये दीपविराजिते ।

tābhyāmeva tadākrūraḥ śayanaṁ samupāviśat tasmiṁstu bhavane śreṣṭhe ramye dīpavirājite

Akrura then took his bed together with those two. In that excellent, delightful house, resplendent with lamps,

Verse 271 (padma.6.245.271)

श्लक्ष्णे विचित्रपर्यंके नानापुष्पविराजिते । तस्मिन्शेते हरिः कृष्णः शेषे नारायणो यथा ।

ślakṣṇe vicitraparyaṁke nānāpuṣpavirājite tasminśete hariḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śeṣe nārāyaṇo yathā

upon a soft, wondrous couch, resplendent with various flowers, there Hari Krishna lay, as Narayana lies upon Shesha.

Verse 272 (padma.6.245.272)

तं दृष्ट्वा सहसाऽक्रूरो हर्षाश्रुपुलकांकितः । विहाय तामसीं निद्रां सुश्रेयः समुदीक्ष्य वै ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā sahasā'krūro harṣāśrupulakāṁkitaḥ vihāya tāmasīṁ nidrāṁ suśreyaḥ samudīkṣya vai

Seeing him, Akrura at once, marked with tears of joy and thrilling rapture, casting off tamasic sleep, beholding indeed the highest good —

Verse 273 (padma.6.245.273)

पादसंवाहनं विष्णोश्चक्रे भागवतोत्तमः । एतावता मे साफल्यं जीवितं च सुजीवितम् ।

pādasaṁvāhanaṁ viṣṇoścakre bhāgavatottamaḥ etāvatā me sāphalyaṁ jīvitaṁ ca sujīvitam

that best of devotees performed the massaging of Vishnu's feet. He thought: "By this alone is my life fulfilled, and my life well-lived.

Verse 274 (padma.6.245.274)

इदं त्रैलोक्यमैश्वर्यमिदं वै सुखमुत्तमम् । इदं राज्यमिदं धर्म्यमिदं मोक्षसुखं परम् ।

idaṁ trailokyamaiśvaryamidaṁ vai sukhamuttamam idaṁ rājyamidaṁ dharmyamidaṁ mokṣasukhaṁ param

This is sovereignty over the three worlds; this indeed is the highest happiness; this is kingdom; this is righteousness; this is the supreme bliss of liberation —

Verse 275 (padma.6.245.275)

न शक्यं मनसा स्मर्तुं शिवब्रह्मादिदैवतैः । सनकाद्यैर्मुनींद्रैस्तु वसिष्ठाद्यैर्महर्षिभिः ।

na śakyaṁ manasā smartuṁ śivabrahmādidaivataiḥ sanakādyairmunīṁdraistu vasiṣṭhādyairmaharṣibhiḥ

that which cannot even be conceived in the mind by Shiva, Brahma, and the other gods, by Sanaka and the other lords of sages, by Vasishtha and the other great sages —

Verse 276 (padma.6.245.276)

तच्छ्रीशस्य पदद्वंद्वं शरदंबुरुहोज्ज्वलम् । संस्पृष्टमिंदिरा लक्ष्म्या कराभ्यां सुसुखं परम् ।

tacchrīśasya padadvaṁdvaṁ śaradaṁburuhojjvalam saṁspṛṣṭamiṁdirā lakṣmyā karābhyāṁ susukhaṁ param

that pair of feet of the Lord of Shri, radiant as autumn lotuses, touched by the hands of Indira Lakshmi herself, that supreme, most blissful pair —

Verse 277 (padma.6.245.277)

दिष्ट्या लब्धं मया विष्णोः श्रीपादाब्जयुगं शुभम् । व्यतीता सा क्षणाद्रात्रिस्तब्रह्मानंदगौरवात् ।

diṣṭyā labdhaṁ mayā viṣṇoḥ śrīpādābjayugaṁ śubham vyatītā sā kṣaṇādrātristabrahmānaṁdagauravāt

by good fortune has been obtained by me, that auspicious pair of Vishnu's lotus feet!" That night passed as if in a moment, through the weight of that bliss of Brahman.

Verse 278 (padma.6.245.278)

ततः प्रभाते विमले दिवि देवगणोत्तमैः । संस्तूयमानो बुबुधे तस्मात्तु शयनाद्धरिः ।

tataḥ prabhāte vimale divi devagaṇottamaiḥ saṁstūyamāno bubudhe tasmāttu śayanāddhariḥ

Then, at clear dawn, praised by the excellent hosts of gods in heaven, Hari awoke from that bed.

Verse 279 (padma.6.245.279)

उपस्पृश्य यथान्यायं सह रामेण धीमता । पपात पादयोर्मातुः प्रयाणं चाभ्यरोचयत् ।

upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṁ saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā papāta pādayormātuḥ prayāṇaṁ cābhyarocayat

Duly performing his ablutions, together with the wise Rama, he fell at his mother's feet, and expressed his wish to depart.

Verse 280 (padma.6.245.280)

समुत्थाप्य यशोदा तु दुःखहर्षसमन्विता । अश्रुपूर्णमुखी पुत्रौ प्रेम्णा संपरिषस्वजे ।

samutthāpya yaśodā tu duḥkhaharṣasamanvitā aśrupūrṇamukhī putrau premṇā saṁpariṣasvaje

Raising him up, Yashoda, filled with both sorrow and joy, her face full of tears, embraced her two sons with love.

Verse 281 (padma.6.245.281)

आशिषं प्रददौ देवी तनयाभ्यां दृढव्रता । विससर्ज महावीरौ समालिङ्ग्य मुहुर्मुहुः ।

āśiṣaṁ pradadau devī tanayābhyāṁ dṛḍhavratā visasarja mahāvīrau samāliṅgya muhurmuhuḥ

That goddess of firm vow gave her blessing to her two sons; she released those two great heroes, embracing them again and again.

Verse 282 (padma.6.245.282)

अक्रूरोऽपि यशोदायै प्रणम्य प्राह सांजलि ।

akrūro'pi yaśodāyai praṇamya prāha sāṁjali

Akrura too, bowing to Yashoda, spoke with joined palms.

Verse 283 (padma.6.245.283)

अक्रूर उवाच- प्रयास्यामि महाभागे प्रसादं कुरु मेऽनघे । एष कृष्णो महाबाहुः कंसं हत्वा महाबलम् ।

akrūra uvāca prayāsyāmi mahābhāge prasādaṁ kuru me'naghe eṣa kṛṣṇo mahābāhuḥ kaṁsaṁ hatvā mahābalam

Akrura said: "I shall depart, O most fortunate one; grant me your grace, O sinless one. This mighty-armed Krishna, having slain the powerful Kamsa,

Verse 284 (padma.6.245.284)

सर्वस्य जगतो राजा भविष्यति न संशयः । तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज्य सुखी भव वरानने ।

sarvasya jagato rājā bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ tasmācchokaṁ parityajya sukhī bhava varānane

shall surely become king of the whole world — of this there is no doubt. Therefore, casting aside grief, be happy, O fair-faced one."

Verse 285 (padma.6.245.285)

ईश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्तया तयाऽक्रूरो विसृष्टो यदुसत्तमः । सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यामारुरोह रथोत्तमम् ।

īśvara uvāca ityuktayā tayā'krūro visṛṣṭo yadusattamaḥ sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāmāruroha rathottamam

Ishvara said: Thus addressed, Akrura, that best of the Yadus, released by her, mounted the excellent chariot together with Rama and Krishna.

Verse 286 (padma.6.245.286)

प्रययौ मथुरां शीघ्रं स्तूयमानोऽप्सरोगणैः । नंदगोपमुखाः सर्वे गोपवृद्धास्तमन्वयुः ।

prayayau mathurāṁ śīghraṁ stūyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ naṁdagopamukhāḥ sarve gopavṛddhāstamanvayuḥ

He set out swiftly for Mathura, being praised by hosts of apsaras. All the elder cowherds, with Nanda at their head, followed after him.

Verse 287 (padma.6.245.287)

पुनर्गृहीत्वा दध्याज्यं फलानि विविधानि च । तं प्रयांतं हरिं दृष्ट्वा गोकुलाद्गोपयोषितः ।

punargṛhītvā dadhyājyaṁ phalāni vividhāni ca taṁ prayāṁtaṁ hariṁ dṛṣṭvā gokulādgopayoṣitaḥ

taking again curd, ghee, and various fruits. Seeing Hari departing, the cowherd women of Gokula,

Verse 288 (padma.6.245.288)

अनुजग्मुर्विनिष्क्रांतं रथस्थं मधुसूदनम् । निवर्त्तयामास हरिस्ताः सर्वा गोपयोषितः ।

anujagmurviniṣkrāṁtaṁ rathasthaṁ madhusūdanam nivarttayāmāsa haristāḥ sarvā gopayoṣitaḥ

went out and followed after Madhusudana, seated in the chariot. Hari made all those cowherd women turn back.

Verse 289 (padma.6.245.289)

शोकसंतप्तहृदया विलेपुः कमलेक्षणम् । हा कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्णेति गोविंदेत्यरुदन्मुहुः ।

śokasaṁtaptahṛdayā vilepuḥ kamalekṣaṇam hā kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti goviṁdetyarudanmuhuḥ

Their hearts scorched with grief, they wailed for that lotus-eyed one — "Ah Krishna, Krishna, Krishna!" "O Govinda!" they cried again and again.

Verse 290 (padma.6.245.290)

अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणादीना रुदंत्यस्तत्र संस्थिताः । अथाक्रूरो रथं दिव्यं चोदयामास गोव्रजात् ।

aśrupūrṇekṣaṇādīnā rudaṁtyastatra saṁsthitāḥ athākrūro rathaṁ divyaṁ codayāmāsa govrajāt

their eyes full of tears, wretched, weeping, they stood there. Then Akrura drove the divine chariot on from the cow-settlement,

Verse 291 (padma.6.245.291)

सहितो रामकृष्णाभ्यां मथुरां प्रति यादवः । उत्तीर्य यमुनां शीघ्रं कूले स्थाप्य रथोत्तमम् ।

sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ mathurāṁ prati yādavaḥ uttīrya yamunāṁ śīghraṁ kūle sthāpya rathottamam

that Yadava, together with Rama and Krishna, towards Mathura. Crossing the Yamuna swiftly, halting the excellent chariot on the bank,

Verse 292 (padma.6.245.292)

अवरुह्य रथात्तस्मात्स्नातुं तत्रोपचक्रमे । तथा चावश्यकं कर्तुं निमज्ज्याथ जले शुभे ।

avaruhya rathāttasmātsnātuṁ tatropacakrame tathā cāvaśyakaṁ kartuṁ nimajjyātha jale śubhe

descending from that chariot, he began to bathe there. And, to perform his necessary rites, he plunged into that auspicious water.

Verse 293 (padma.6.245.293)

तत्राघमर्षणं सम्यग्जपन्भागवतोत्तमः । ददर्श तौ जले तत्र रामकृष्णौ शुभान्वितौ ।

tatrāghamarṣaṇaṁ samyagjapanbhāgavatottamaḥ dadarśa tau jale tatra rāmakṛṣṇau śubhānvitau

There, that best of devotees, duly reciting the Aghamarshana hymn, saw in that water Rama and Krishna, endowed with auspiciousness,

Verse 294 (padma.6.245.294)

शरत्कोटींदुसंकाशं नीलांबरधरं प्रभुम् । दिव्यचंदनदिग्धांगं मौक्तिकाभरणच्छविम् ।

śaratkoṭīṁdusaṁkāśaṁ nīlāṁbaradharaṁ prabhum divyacaṁdanadigdhāṁgaṁ mauktikābharaṇacchavim

that Lord resembling ten million autumn moons, clad in blue garments, his limbs anointed with divine sandal-paste, his radiance like pearl ornaments,

Verse 295 (padma.6.245.295)

रक्तारविंदनयनं पुडंरीकावतंसकम् । रामं ददर्श कृष्णं च नीलनीरदसन्निभम् । दिव्यपीतांबरधरं पुंडरीकायतेक्षणम् । हरिचंदनलिप्तांगं नानारत्नविभूषितम् ।

raktāraviṁdanayanaṁ puḍaṁrīkāvataṁsakam rāmaṁ dadarśa kṛṣṇaṁ ca nīlanīradasannibham divyapītāṁbaradharaṁ puṁḍarīkāyatekṣaṇam haricaṁdanaliptāṁgaṁ nānāratnavibhūṣitam

with eyes like red lotuses, a white lotus as his crest-ornament — he saw Rama, and Krishna resembling a dark rain-cloud, clad in divine yellow garments, his eyes wide as lotus-petals, his limbs smeared with sandal-paste, adorned with various jewels.

Verse 296 (padma.6.245.296)

दृष्ट्वा तत्र यदुश्रेष्ठो विस्मयं परमंगतः । उत्थाय स्यंदने तत्र तौ ददर्श महाबलौ ।

dṛṣṭvā tatra yaduśreṣṭho vismayaṁ paramaṁgataḥ utthāya syaṁdane tatra tau dadarśa mahābalau

Seeing this, that foremost of the Yadus was struck with utmost wonder. Rising up, he saw those two mighty ones there in the chariot.

Verse 297 (padma.6.245.297)

पुनरप्यत्र निर्मज्ज्य जपन्मंत्रद्वयं हरिम् । सुधाब्धौ शेषपर्यंके रमया सहितं हरिम् ।

punarapyatra nirmajjya japanmaṁtradvayaṁ harim sudhābdhau śeṣaparyaṁke ramayā sahitaṁ harim

Plunging again there, reciting the twofold mantra, he saw Hari, in the ocean of nectar, upon the couch of Shesha, together with Rama [Lakshmi],

Verse 298 (padma.6.245.298)

सनकाद्यैस्तूयमानं सर्वैर्देवैरुपासितम् । दृष्ट्वा तस्मिन्जले देवं विस्मयं परमं ययौ । तुष्टावाथ यदुश्रेष्ठो हरिं सर्वगमीश्वरम् ।

sanakādyaistūyamānaṁ sarvairdevairupāsitam dṛṣṭvā tasminjale devaṁ vismayaṁ paramaṁ yayau tuṣṭāvātha yaduśreṣṭho hariṁ sarvagamīśvaram

praised by Sanaka and the others, attended upon by all the gods. Seeing the Lord in that water, he went to utmost wonder. Then that foremost of the Yadus praised Hari, the all-pervading Lord.

Verse 299 (padma.6.245.299)

अक्रूर उवाच- कालात्मने नमस्तुभ्यमनादिनिधनाय च । अव्यक्ताय नमस्तुभ्यमविकाराय ते नमः ।

akrūra uvāca kālātmane namastubhyamanādinidhanāya ca avyaktāya namastubhyamavikārāya te namaḥ

Akrura said: "Salutation to you, whose self is Time, and who is without beginning or end. Salutation to you, the Unmanifest; salutation to you, the Unchanging.

Verse 300 (padma.6.245.300)

भूतभर्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं भूतव्याघ्र नमो नमः । नमस्ते सर्वभूतानां नियन्त्रे परमात्मने ।

bhūtabhartre namastubhyaṁ bhūtavyāghra namo namaḥ namaste sarvabhūtānāṁ niyantre paramātmane

Salutation to you, sustainer of beings; salutation, salutation, O tiger among beings. Salutation to you, controller of all beings, the Supreme Self.

Verse 301 (padma.6.245.301)

विकारायाविकाराय प्रत्यक्षपुरुषाय च । गुणभर्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं नियमाय नमो नमः ।

vikārāyāvikārāya pratyakṣapuruṣāya ca guṇabhartre namastubhyaṁ niyamāya namo namaḥ

To the changeable and the unchangeable, and to the directly-perceived Purusha. Salutation to you, bearer of the gunas; salutation, salutation to you as restraint.

Verse 302 (padma.6.245.302)

देशकालादिनिर्भेदरहिताय परात्मने । अनंताय नमस्तुभ्यमच्युताय नमो नमः ।

deśakālādinirbhedarahitāya parātmane anaṁtāya namastubhyamacyutāya namo namaḥ

To the Supreme Self free of distinctions of place, time, and the rest. Salutation to you, the Infinite; salutation, salutation to the Unfallen.

Verse 303 (padma.6.245.303)

गोविंदाय नमस्तुभ्यं त्रयीनाथाय शार्ङ्गिणे । नारायणाय विश्वाय वासुदेवाय ते नमः ।

goviṁdāya namastubhyaṁ trayīnāthāya śārṅgiṇe nārāyaṇāya viśvāya vāsudevāya te namaḥ

Salutation to you, Govinda, Lord of the three Vedas, bearer of the Sharnga bow. Salutation to you, Narayana, the Universal One, Vasudeva.

Verse 304 (padma.6.245.304)

विष्णवे पुरुरूपाय शाश्वताय नमो नमः । पद्मनेत्राय नित्याय शंखचक्रधराय च ।

viṣṇave pururūpāya śāśvatāya namo namaḥ padmanetrāya nityāya śaṁkhacakradharāya ca

Salutation, salutation to Vishnu, of manifold forms, the eternal one. To the lotus-eyed, the everlasting, the bearer of conch and discus.

Verse 305 (padma.6.245.305)

उद्यत्कोटिरविप्रख्य भूषणांचित वर्चसे । हरये सर्वलोकानामीश्वराय नमो नमः ।

udyatkoṭiraviprakhya bhūṣaṇāṁcita varcase haraye sarvalokānāmīśvarāya namo namaḥ

To him whose splendor, adorned with ornaments, resembles ten million rising suns — salutation, salutation to Hari, Lord of all the worlds.

Verse 306 (padma.6.245.306)

सवित्रे सर्वजगतां बीजाय परमात्मने । संकर्षणाय कृष्णाय प्रद्युम्नाय नमो नमः ।

savitre sarvajagatāṁ bījāya paramātmane saṁkarṣaṇāya kṛṣṇāya pradyumnāya namo namaḥ

To the begetter, the seed of all the worlds, the Supreme Self. Salutation, salutation to Sankarshana, to Krishna, to Pradyumna.

Verse 307 (padma.6.245.307)

अनिरुद्धाय धात्रे च विधात्रे विश्वयोनये । सहस्रमूर्त्तये तुभ्यं बहुमूर्द्धांघ्रिबाहवे ।

aniruddhāya dhātre ca vidhātre viśvayonaye sahasramūrttaye tubhyaṁ bahumūrddhāṁghribāhave

To Aniruddha, to the Sustainer, and to the Ordainer, the womb of the universe. To you of a thousand forms, of many heads, feet, and arms.

Verse 308 (padma.6.245.308)

सहस्रनाम्ने नित्याय पुरुषाय नमो नमः । नमस्ते नागपर्यंकशायिने सौम्यरूपिणे ।

sahasranāmne nityāya puruṣāya namo namaḥ namaste nāgaparyaṁkaśāyine saumyarūpiṇe

Salutation, salutation to the one of a thousand names, the eternal Purusha. Salutation to you, who lie upon the serpent-couch, of gentle form.

Verse 309 (padma.6.245.309)

केशवाय नमस्तुभ्यं पीतवस्त्रधराय च । लक्ष्मीघनकुचाश्लेष विमर्दोज्ज्वलवर्चसे । श्रीधराय नमस्तुभ्यं श्रीशायानंतरूपिणे ।

keśavāya namastubhyaṁ pītavastradharāya ca lakṣmīghanakucāśleṣa vimardojjvalavarcase śrīdharāya namastubhyaṁ śrīśāyānaṁtarūpiṇe

Salutation to you, Keshava, clad in yellow garments. To him whose splendor is made radiant by the pressing embrace of Lakshmi's full breasts. Salutation to you, Shridhara, Lord of Shri, of infinite forms."

Verse 310 (padma.6.245.310)

ईश्वर उवाच- स्नानकाले पठेद्यस्तु देवं ध्यायन्सनातनम् । इमं स्तवं नरो भक्त्या महद्भिर्मुच्यते ह्यघैः ।

īśvara uvāca snānakāle paṭhedyastu devaṁ dhyāyansanātanam imaṁ stavaṁ naro bhaktyā mahadbhirmucyate hyaghaiḥ

Ishvara said: Whatever man recites this hymn at the time of bathing, meditating with devotion upon that eternal Lord, is freed indeed from great sins.

Verse 311 (padma.6.245.311)

सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्य विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् । एवमंतर्जले देवं स्तुत्वा भागवतोत्तमः ।

sarvatīrthaphalaṁ prāpya viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt evamaṁtarjale devaṁ stutvā bhāgavatottamaḥ

Obtaining the fruit of all sacred fords, he attains union with Vishnu. Having thus praised the Lord within the water, that best of devotees —

Verse 312 (padma.6.245.312)

अर्चयामास स जलैः कुसुमैश्च सुगंधिभिः । कृतकृत्यस्तदाक्रूरो निर्गत्य यमुनाजलात् ।

arcayāmāsa sa jalaiḥ kusumaiśca sugaṁdhibhiḥ kṛtakṛtyastadākrūro nirgatya yamunājalāt

worshipped him with water and fragrant flowers. Then Akrura, having fulfilled his purpose, came out from the water of the Yamuna,

Verse 313 (padma.6.245.313)

समेत्य रामकृष्णौ तु प्रणनाम शुभान्वितः । तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह गोविंदो विनीतं विस्मितं हरिः ।

sametya rāmakṛṣṇau tu praṇanāma śubhānvitaḥ taṁ dṛṣṭvā prāha goviṁdo vinītaṁ vismitaṁ hariḥ

approached Rama and Krishna, and, filled with auspiciousness, bowed to them. Seeing him humble and astonished, Hari Govinda spoke to him.

Verse 314 (padma.6.245.314)

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- किमाश्चर्यं जले तस्मिन्दृष्टवानसि यादव । ईश्वर उवाच- अक्रूरस्तु यदुश्रेष्ठं प्राह कृष्णं सुतेजसम् ।

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca kimāścaryaṁ jale tasmindṛṣṭavānasi yādava īśvara uvāca akrūrastu yaduśreṣṭhaṁ prāha kṛṣṇaṁ sutejasam

Shri Krishna said: "What wonder have you seen in that water, O Yadava?" Ishvara said: Then Akrura spoke to Krishna, that foremost of the Yadus, of great splendor.

Verse 315 (padma.6.245.315)

अक्रूर उवाच- तव सर्वगतस्येश महिम्नो जगतः प्रभो । किमाश्चर्यं हृषीकेश जगत्सर्वं त्वमेव हि ।

akrūra uvāca tava sarvagatasyeśa mahimno jagataḥ prabho kimāścaryaṁ hṛṣīkeśa jagatsarvaṁ tvameva hi

Akrura said: "Of your all-pervading glory, O Lord, O Master of the world — what wonder is there? O Hrishikesha, you alone are the entire universe.

Verse 316 (padma.6.245.316)

त्वमापस्त्वं नभो वह्निस्त्वं भूमिरनिलस्तथा । चतुर्विधमिमं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् ।

tvamāpastvaṁ nabho vahnistvaṁ bhūmiranilastathā caturvidhamimaṁ sarvaṁ jagatsthāvarajaṁgamam

You are the waters; you are the sky and fire; you are the earth and the wind as well. You are this entire fourfold world, moving and unmoving.

Verse 317 (padma.6.245.317)

त्वत्तो नान्यद्वासुदेव जीमूतादमृतं यथा । त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोंकारो हविस्तथा ।

tvatto nānyadvāsudeva jīmūtādamṛtaṁ yathā tvaṁ yajñastvaṁ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṁkāro havistathā

There is nothing other than you, O Vasudeva, just as nectar is nothing apart from the rain-cloud that yields it. You are the sacrifice, you are the Vashatkara utterance, you are the syllable Om, and the oblation as well.

Verse 318 (padma.6.245.318)

त्वमेव सर्वदेवानामीश्वरः शाश्वतोऽव्ययः । नाकारणात्कारणाद्वा करणाकारणात्परः ।

tvameva sarvadevānāmīśvaraḥ śāśvato'vyayaḥ nākāraṇātkāraṇādvā karaṇākāraṇātparaḥ

You alone are the eternal, unfailing Lord of all the gods, transcending both the causeless and the caused, and beyond instrument and non-instrument.

Verse 319 (padma.6.245.319)

धर्मत्राणाय देवेश शरीरग्रहणं तव । मत्स्यकूर्मवराहादि वैभवत्वमुपागतः ।

dharmatrāṇāya deveśa śarīragrahaṇaṁ tava matsyakūrmavarāhādi vaibhavatvamupāgataḥ

O Lord of gods, your taking of bodies is for the protection of dharma. You have assumed the majesty of the Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, and the rest.

Verse 320 (padma.6.245.320)

पासि सर्वमिमं लोकं त्वमेव त्वन्मयं विभो ।

pāsi sarvamimaṁ lokaṁ tvameva tvanmayaṁ vibho

You protect this entire world, O all-pervading one; you alone are all this, for all this consists of you."

Verse 321 (padma.6.245.321)

ईश्वर उवाच- इति संस्तुत्य गोविंदं प्रणम्य जगतां पतिम् । आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं ताभ्यां सह यदूत्तमः ।

īśvara uvāca iti saṁstutya goviṁdaṁ praṇamya jagatāṁ patim āruroha rathaṁ divyaṁ tābhyāṁ saha yadūttamaḥ

Ishvara said: Having thus praised Govinda, and bowed to the Lord of the worlds, that foremost of the Yadus mounted the divine chariot together with those two.

Verse 322 (padma.6.245.322)

ततस्तूर्णं समासाद्य मथुरां देवनिर्मिताम् । रामकृष्णौ पुरद्वारि निवेश्यांतःपुरं ययौ ।

tatastūrṇaṁ samāsādya mathurāṁ devanirmitām rāmakṛṣṇau puradvāri niveśyāṁtaḥpuraṁ yayau

Then, quickly reaching Mathura, built by the gods, having settled Rama and Krishna at the city gate, he went into the inner city.

Verse 323 (padma.6.245.323)

तयोरागमनं तस्य निवेद्य नृपतेस्तदा । राज्ञा संपूजितस्तेन ततः स्वगृहमाविशत् ।

tayorāgamanaṁ tasya nivedya nṛpatestadā rājñā saṁpūjitastena tataḥ svagṛhamāviśat

Announcing their arrival to that king, honored then by that king, he thereafter entered his own house.

Verse 324 (padma.6.245.324)

अथ सायाह्नसमये रामकृष्णौ महाबलौ । परस्परं करौ गृह्य मथुरायां समागतौ ।

atha sāyāhnasamaye rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau parasparaṁ karau gṛhya mathurāyāṁ samāgatau

Then, at evening time, Rama and Krishna, both of great strength, holding each other's hands, entered Mathura.

Verse 325 (padma.6.245.325)

गछन्तौ च महावीर्यौ राजमार्गे यदूत्तमौ । ददृशतुर्महात्मानौ रजकं वस्त्ररंजकम् ।

gachantau ca mahāvīryau rājamārge yadūttamau dadṛśaturmahātmānau rajakaṁ vastraraṁjakam

And, as those two mighty, great-souled foremost Yadus walked along the royal road, they saw a washerman, a dyer of garments,

Verse 326 (padma.6.245.326)

दिव्यवस्त्रवृतं राजगेहमायांतमच्युतः । ययाचे तानि वस्त्राणि सह रामेण वीर्यवान् ।

divyavastravṛtaṁ rājagehamāyāṁtamacyutaḥ yayāce tāni vastrāṇi saha rāmeṇa vīryavān

That Achyuta, seeing him coming from the king's house laden with fine garments, that valorous one, together with Rama, asked for those garments.

Verse 327 (padma.6.245.327)

न दत्तवांस्तदा तस्मै रुषा वै वस्त्ररंजकः । बहूनि कटुवाक्यानि प्राह तत्राध्वनि स्थितः ।

na dattavāṁstadā tasmai ruṣā vai vastraraṁjakaḥ bahūni kaṭuvākyāni prāha tatrādhvani sthitaḥ

That dyer of garments, angrily, did not give them to him then, and, standing there on the road, spoke many harsh words.

Verse 328 (padma.6.245.328)

ताडयामास तं कृष्णस्तलेनैव महाबलः । तत्रैव निहतो मार्गे वमन्वै रुधिरं बहु ।

tāḍayāmāsa taṁ kṛṣṇastalenaiva mahābalaḥ tatraiva nihato mārge vamanvai rudhiraṁ bahu

Krishna, of great strength, struck him with just the palm of his hand. He was slain right there on the road, vomiting much blood.

Verse 329 (padma.6.245.329)

तानि वस्त्राणि रम्याणि गोपालैः सह बांधवैः । धारयामासतुर्वीरौ यथाहं रामकेशवौ ।

tāni vastrāṇi ramyāṇi gopālaiḥ saha bāṁdhavaiḥ dhārayāmāsaturvīrau yathāhaṁ rāmakeśavau

Those two heroes, Rama and Keshava, put on those beautiful garments, together with the cowherds and kinsmen, as befitted them.

Verse 330 (padma.6.245.330)

मालाकारगृहं प्राप्य तेन दृष्टौ नमस्कृतौ । सुगंधिभिर्दिव्यपुष्पैः पूज्यमानौ मुदान्वितौ ।

mālākāragṛhaṁ prāpya tena dṛṣṭau namaskṛtau sugaṁdhibhirdivyapuṣpaiḥ pūjyamānau mudānvitau

Reaching a garland-maker's house, they were seen by him and saluted; worshipped with fragrant divine flowers, and filled with joy.

Verse 331 (padma.6.245.331)

ददतुस्तौ वरं तस्मै वांछितं यदुपुंगवौ । समागतौ पुनर्वीथ्यामायांतीं च शुभाननाम् ।

dadatustau varaṁ tasmai vāṁchitaṁ yadupuṁgavau samāgatau punarvīthyāmāyāṁtīṁ ca śubhānanām

Those two foremost of the Yadus granted him his desired boon. Coming again upon the street, they saw a girl coming, of beautiful face,

Verse 332 (padma.6.245.332)

कुब्जां स्त्रियं महाभागौ धृतचंदनभाजनाम् । वक्रांगपृष्ठां वनितां दृष्ट्वा गंधमयाचतम् ।

kubjāṁ striyaṁ mahābhāgau dhṛtacaṁdanabhājanām vakrāṁgapṛṣṭhāṁ vanitāṁ dṛṣṭvā gaṁdhamayācatam

those two most fortunate ones — a hunchbacked woman, carrying a vessel of sandal-paste, her back bent crooked — seeing that woman, they asked her for the fragrant paste.

Verse 333 (padma.6.245.333)

प्रहसंती तदा ताभ्यां ददौ चंदनमुत्तमम् । आदाय चंदनं दिव्यमुपलिप्य यथेच्छया ।

prahasaṁtī tadā tābhyāṁ dadau caṁdanamuttamam ādāya caṁdanaṁ divyamupalipya yathecchayā

Smiling, she then gave them the excellent sandal-paste. Taking that divine sandal-paste, and anointing themselves as they wished,

Verse 334 (padma.6.245.334)

तस्यैकांततरं रूपं दत्त्वाऽध्वनि समागतौ । निरीक्ष्यमाणौ योषिद्भिः सुकुमारौ शुभाननौ ।

tasyaikāṁtataraṁ rūpaṁ dattvā'dhvani samāgatau nirīkṣyamāṇau yoṣidbhiḥ sukumārau śubhānanau

they gave her, in return, an especially beautiful form, and came upon the road, gazed upon by women, those two graceful, beautiful-faced ones.

Verse 335 (padma.6.245.335)

विवेशतुर्महात्मानौ यज्ञशालां सहानुगैः । दृष्ट्वा समर्चितं दिव्यं कार्मुकं तत्र केशवः ।

viveśaturmahātmānau yajñaśālāṁ sahānugaiḥ dṛṣṭvā samarcitaṁ divyaṁ kārmukaṁ tatra keśavaḥ

Those two great souls entered the sacrificial hall together with their followers. Seeing there the divine bow, being worshipped,

Verse 336 (padma.6.245.336)

लीलयैव गृहीत्वाऽथ बभंज मधुसूदनः । बिभज्यमानं तच्चापं श्रुत्वा कंसः सुविह्वलः ।

līlayaiva gṛhītvā'tha babhaṁja madhusūdanaḥ bibhajyamānaṁ taccāpaṁ śrutvā kaṁsaḥ suvihvalaḥ

Keshava, that Madhusudana, took it up in play and broke it. Hearing that the bow was being broken, Kamsa, greatly agitated,

Verse 337 (padma.6.245.337)

आहूय मल्लान्सूतांस्तु प्रमुखान्दैत्यपुंगवान् । विमृश्य मंत्रिभिः प्राह चाणूरं दैत्यपुंगवः ।

āhūya mallānsūtāṁstu pramukhāndaityapuṁgavān vimṛśya maṁtribhiḥ prāha cāṇūraṁ daityapuṁgavaḥ

summoning the wrestlers and the charioteers, and the foremost demon-chiefs, deliberating with his ministers, that foremost of demons spoke to Chanura.

Verse 338 (padma.6.245.338)

कंस उवाच- रामकृष्णौ समायातौ सर्व दैत्यविनाशकौ । प्रभाते मल्लयुद्धेन हन्यतामविशंकया ।

kaṁsa uvāca rāmakṛṣṇau samāyātau sarva daityavināśakau prabhāte mallayuddhena hanyatāmaviśaṁkayā

Kamsa said: "Rama and Krishna have arrived, the destroyers of all the demons. At dawn, let them be slain by wrestling combat, without hesitation.

Verse 339 (padma.6.245.339)

येनकेनाप्युपायेन हंतव्यौ बलदर्पितौ । मदोत्कटैर्गजैर्वापि मल्लमुख्यैश्च यत्नतः ।

yenakenāpyupāyena haṁtavyau baladarpitau madotkaṭairgajairvāpi mallamukhyaiśca yatnataḥ

By whatever means, those two, proud of their strength, must be slain — by rutting elephants, or by chief wrestlers, with effort."

Verse 340 (padma.6.245.340)

ईश्वर उवाच- इत्यादिश्य ततो राजा सानुजः सचिवैः सह । आरुरोह भयात्तूर्णं दिव्यप्रासादमूर्द्धनि ।

īśvara uvāca ityādiśya tato rājā sānujaḥ sacivaiḥ saha āruroha bhayāttūrṇaṁ divyaprāsādamūrddhani

Ishvara said: Having thus commanded, the king then, together with his younger brother and his ministers, ascended swiftly, out of fear, to the top of the divine palace.

Verse 341 (padma.6.245.341)

द्वारेषु सर्वमार्गेषु गजान्मत्तानयोजयत् । मल्लान्मदोत्कटान्नागान्स्थापयामास सर्वतः ।

dvāreṣu sarvamārgeṣu gajānmattānayojayat mallānmadotkaṭānnāgānsthāpayāmāsa sarvataḥ

At the gates and on all the roads he stationed rutting elephants; he posted proud wrestlers and elephants everywhere.

Verse 342 (padma.6.245.342)

ज्ञात्वा कृष्णोऽपि तत्सर्वं सह रामेण धीमता । उवास रजनीं तत्र यज्ञगेहे सहानुगैः ।

jñātvā kṛṣṇo'pi tatsarvaṁ saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā uvāsa rajanīṁ tatra yajñagehe sahānugaiḥ

Krishna too, knowing all this, together with the wise Rama, spent that night there in the sacrificial hall with his followers.

Verse 343 (padma.6.245.343)

ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रभाते विमले सति । शयनादुत्थितौ वीरौ रामकृष्णौ कृतोदकौ ।

tato rajanyāṁ vyuṣṭāyāṁ prabhāte vimale sati śayanādutthitau vīrau rāmakṛṣṇau kṛtodakau

Then, when the night had passed and the clear dawn had come, those two heroes, Rama and Krishna, rose from their bed and performed their ablutions.

Verse 344 (padma.6.245.344)

स्वलंकृतौ च तौ भुक्त्वा संग्रामाभिमुखोत्सुकौ । विनिर्गतौ गृहात्तस्मात्सिंहाविव महागुहात् । राजद्वारि स्थितं नागं हिमाद्रिशिखरोपमम् । नाम्ना कुवलयापीडं कंसस्य जयवर्द्धनम् ।

svalaṁkṛtau ca tau bhuktvā saṁgrāmābhimukhotsukau vinirgatau gṛhāttasmātsiṁhāviva mahāguhāt rājadvāri sthitaṁ nāgaṁ himādriśikharopamam nāmnā kuvalayāpīḍaṁ kaṁsasya jayavarddhanam

Well-adorned, and having eaten, eager to face the battle, they came out of that house like two lions from a great cave. At the king's gate stood an elephant resembling the peak of the snow-mountain, named Kuvalayapida, the increaser of Kamsa's victory,

Verse 345 (padma.6.245.345)

देवकुंजरदर्पघ्नं महाकायं मदोत्कटम् । दृष्ट्वा तं च महानागं पंचास्य इव केशवः ।

devakuṁjaradarpaghnaṁ mahākāyaṁ madotkaṭam dṛṣṭvā taṁ ca mahānāgaṁ paṁcāsya iva keśavaḥ

crusher of the pride of the gods' own elephant, huge-bodied, in rut. Seeing that great elephant, Keshava, like a lion,

Verse 346 (padma.6.245.346)

करेणैव करं गृह्य सम्यगुत्प्लुत्य लीलया । भ्रामयित्वाथ चिक्षेप धरण्यां धरणीधरः ।

kareṇaiva karaṁ gṛhya samyagutplutya līlayā bhrāmayitvātha cikṣepa dharaṇyāṁ dharaṇīdharaḥ

seizing its trunk with his own hand, leaping up fully in play, whirling it around, that upholder of the earth hurled it to the ground.

Verse 347 (padma.6.245.347)

स तु चूर्णितसर्वांगो निनदन्भैरवं स्वनम् । पपात सहसा भूमौ ममार च महागजः ।

sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṁgo ninadanbhairavaṁ svanam papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra ca mahāgajaḥ

That great elephant, its whole body crushed, bellowing a terrible sound, fell suddenly to the ground and died.

Verse 348 (padma.6.245.348)

हत्वा दंतौ समुत्पाट्य गृहीत्वा रामकेशवौ । मल्लैरायोधनं कर्तुं रंगं विविशतुस्तदा ।

hatvā daṁtau samutpāṭya gṛhītvā rāmakeśavau mallairāyodhanaṁ kartuṁ raṁgaṁ viviśatustadā

Having slain it, and pulling out and taking its two tusks, Rama and Keshava then entered the arena to fight with the wrestlers.

Verse 349 (padma.6.245.349)

तत्रस्था दानवा दृष्ट्वा गोविंदस्य पराक्रमम् । भीताः प्रविद्रुताःसर्वे राज्ञोंतःपुरमाययुः ।

tatrasthā dānavā dṛṣṭvā goviṁdasya parākramam bhītāḥ pravidrutāḥsarve rājñoṁtaḥpuramāyayuḥ

The demons stationed there, seeing Govinda's valor, all fled in fear and went into the king's inner apartments.

Verse 350 (padma.6.245.350)

कपाटौ सुदृढौ बध्वा तत्र तस्थुः सहस्रशः । दृढबंधकपाटांस्तु दृष्ट्वा कृष्णस्तु लीलया ।

kapāṭau sudṛḍhau badhvā tatra tasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ dṛḍhabaṁdhakapāṭāṁstu dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇastu līlayā

Bolting the two very sturdy doors, they stood there by the thousands. Seeing the doors firmly bolted, Krishna, with ease,

Verse 351 (padma.6.245.351)

ताडयित्वा पदेनैव पातयामास वीर्यवान् । तौ भग्नौ पातितौ तत्र सेनानीके व्यवस्थिते ।

tāḍayitvā padenaiva pātayāmāsa vīryavān tau bhagnau pātitau tatra senānīke vyavasthite

struck them with just his foot, that valorous one, and knocked them down. Those two doors, broken, fell there, where the army was stationed.

Verse 352 (padma.6.245.352)

तत्रस्था निहताः सर्वे चूर्णितांगशिरोधराः । ततः प्रविश्य भवनं कंसस्यास्य महाबलौ ।

tatrasthā nihatāḥ sarve cūrṇitāṁgaśirodharāḥ tataḥ praviśya bhavanaṁ kaṁsasyāsya mahābalau

All those stationed there were slain, their limbs and necks crushed. Then those two of great strength, entering that palace of Kamsa,

Verse 353 (padma.6.245.353)

भ्रामयंतौ महाभाग शृंगौ पीनौ रणोत्सुकौ । ददृशाते महात्मानौ मल्लौ चाणूरमुष्टिकौ ।

bhrāmayaṁtau mahābhāga śṛṁgau pīnau raṇotsukau dadṛśāte mahātmānau mallau cāṇūramuṣṭikau

those two most fortunate ones saw the two great-souled wrestlers, Chanura and Mushtika, whirling their stout, muscular arms, eager for combat.

Verse 354 (padma.6.245.354)

कंसोऽपि दृष्ट्वा गोविंदं रामं च सुमहाबलम् । भयमाविश्य चाणूरं प्राह मल्लवरं तदा ।

kaṁso'pi dṛṣṭvā goviṁdaṁ rāmaṁ ca sumahābalam bhayamāviśya cāṇūraṁ prāha mallavaraṁ tadā

Kamsa too, seeing Govinda and Rama, both of great strength, overcome by fear, then spoke to Chanura, the excellent wrestler.

Verse 355 (padma.6.245.355)

कंस उवाच- अस्मिन्नवसरे मल्ल जहि गोपालबालकौ । विभज्य तव राज्यार्द्धमहं दास्याम्ययत्नतः ।

kaṁsa uvāca asminnavasare malla jahi gopālabālakau vibhajya tava rājyārddhamahaṁ dāsyāmyayatnataḥ

Kamsa said: "On this occasion, O wrestler, slay these two cowherd boys. I shall divide my kingdom and give you half of it, without effort on your part."

Verse 356 (padma.6.245.356)

ईश्वर उवाच- तस्मिन्नवसरे कृष्णो मल्लाभ्यां दृश्यते महान् । मध्ये वने च संग्रामे महामेरुरिवापरः ।

īśvara uvāca tasminnavasare kṛṣṇo mallābhyāṁ dṛśyate mahān madhye vane ca saṁgrāme mahāmerurivāparaḥ

Ishvara said: On that occasion, Krishna appeared great to the two wrestlers — like another Mahameru amid a forest, in the midst of that battle.

Verse 357 (padma.6.245.357)

कंसस्य दृष्टिविषये संवर्त्ताग्निरिवाच्युतः । स्त्रीणां च साक्षान्मदनः पित्रोः शिशुरिवापरः ।

kaṁsasya dṛṣṭiviṣaye saṁvarttāgnirivācyutaḥ strīṇāṁ ca sākṣānmadanaḥ pitroḥ śiśurivāparaḥ

In Kamsa's sight, that Achyuta appeared like the fire of universal dissolution; to the women, like Kama himself in person; to his parents, like their very own infant child.

Verse 358 (padma.6.245.358)

त्रिदशानां हरिरिव गोपालानां सखा यथा । बहुरूपेण ददृशुस्तत्र सर्वगतं हरिम् ।

tridaśānāṁ haririva gopālānāṁ sakhā yathā bahurūpeṇa dadṛśustatra sarvagataṁ harim

To the gods, like Indra; to the cowherds, like a friend. In manifold forms, they saw there that all-pervading Hari.

Verse 359 (padma.6.245.359)

वसुदेवस्तथाऽक्रूरो नंदगोपो महामतिः । अन्यं प्रासादमारुह्य ददृशुः कदनं महत् ।

vasudevastathā'krūro naṁdagopo mahāmatiḥ anyaṁ prāsādamāruhya dadṛśuḥ kadanaṁ mahat

Vasudeva, and Akrura, and Nanda the cowherd, of great wisdom, climbing another palace, watched that great combat.

Verse 360 (padma.6.245.360)

स्त्रीभिरंतःपुरस्थाभिर्देवकी तत्र संस्थिता । मुखं पुत्रस्य ददृशे साश्रुपूर्णेक्षणा शुभा ।

strībhiraṁtaḥpurasthābhirdevakī tatra saṁsthitā mukhaṁ putrasya dadṛśe sāśrupūrṇekṣaṇā śubhā

Devaki, standing there together with the women of the inner apartments, that auspicious one, her eyes filled with tears, beheld her son's face.

Verse 361 (padma.6.245.361)

ताभिराश्वासिता देवी भवनांतरमाविशत् । ततो देवगणाः सर्वे विमानस्था नभस्तले ।

tābhirāśvāsitā devī bhavanāṁtaramāviśat tato devagaṇāḥ sarve vimānasthā nabhastale

Consoled by those women, the goddess Devaki went into an inner chamber. Then all the hosts of gods, stationed in their celestial cars in the sky,

Verse 362 (padma.6.245.362)

तुष्टुवुर्जयशब्देन पुंडरीकाक्षमच्युतम् । जहि कंसमिति प्राहुरुच्चैर्देवा मरुद्गणाः ।

tuṣṭuvurjayaśabdena puṁḍarīkākṣamacyutam jahi kaṁsamiti prāhuruccairdevā marudgaṇāḥ

praised that lotus-eyed Achyuta with cries of "Victory!" "Slay Kamsa!" the gods, the hosts of Maruts, called out loudly.

Verse 363 (padma.6.245.363)

एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र तूर्यघोषनिनादिते । आसेदतुर्महामल्लौ यदुसिंहौ महाबलौ ।

etasminnaṁtare tatra tūryaghoṣaninādite āsedaturmahāmallau yadusiṁhau mahābalau

Meanwhile there, amid the resounding blare of trumpets, those two great wrestlers approached those two lions of the Yadus, of great strength.

Verse 364 (padma.6.245.364)

चाणूरेण तु गोविंदो मुष्टिकेन हलायुधः । युयुधाते महात्मानौ नीलश्वेताद्रि सन्निभौ ।

cāṇūreṇa tu goviṁdo muṣṭikena halāyudhaḥ yuyudhāte mahātmānau nīlaśvetādri sannibhau

Govinda with Chanura, and Halayudha with Mushtika — those two great souls fought, resembling a dark and a white mountain.

Verse 365 (padma.6.245.365)

मल्लयुद्धविधानेन मुष्टिभिः पादताडनैः । बभूव कदनं घोरं देवानां च भयावहम् ।

mallayuddhavidhānena muṣṭibhiḥ pādatāḍanaiḥ babhūva kadanaṁ ghoraṁ devānāṁ ca bhayāvaham

By the rules of wrestling combat, with blows of fists and kicks of feet, there arose a terrible fight, causing fear even to the gods.

Verse 366 (padma.6.245.366)

चाणूरेण चिरं कालं क्रीडित्वाऽथ जनार्दनः । निष्पिष्य गांत्रं मल्लस्य पातयामास लीलया ।

cāṇūreṇa ciraṁ kālaṁ krīḍitvā'tha janārdanaḥ niṣpiṣya gāṁtraṁ mallasya pātayāmāsa līlayā

Having sported for a long time with Chanura, Janardana then crushed the wrestler's body and felled him with ease.

Verse 367 (padma.6.245.367)

स पपात महीपृष्ठे संवमन्रुधिरं बहु । ममार च महामल्लो देवदानवदुःखदः ।

sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe saṁvamanrudhiraṁ bahu mamāra ca mahāmallo devadānavaduḥkhadaḥ

He fell upon the surface of the earth, vomiting much blood, and that great wrestler, the tormentor of gods and demons, died.

Verse 368 (padma.6.245.368)

मुष्टिकेन तथा रामश्चिरकालमयुध्यत । मुष्टिभिस्ताडयामास तस्य वक्षसि वीर्यवान् ।

muṣṭikena tathā rāmaścirakālamayudhyata muṣṭibhistāḍayāmāsa tasya vakṣasi vīryavān

Likewise Rama fought for a long time with Mushtika. That valorous one struck him on the chest with blows of his fists.

Verse 369 (padma.6.245.369)

भिन्नास्थि स्नायुबंधोऽसौ पपात धरणीतले । ततस्तु दुद्रुवुः सर्वे मल्ला दृष्ट्वा पराक्रमम् ।

bhinnāsthi snāyubaṁdho'sau papāta dharaṇītale tatastu dudruvuḥ sarve mallā dṛṣṭvā parākramam

His bones shattered and his sinews torn, he fell upon the ground. Then all the remaining wrestlers, seeing that valor, fled.

Verse 370 (padma.6.245.370)

कंसो महद्भयं तीव्रमाविशद्वेदनातुरः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे वीरौ रामकृष्णौ दुरासदौ ।

kaṁso mahadbhayaṁ tīvramāviśadvedanāturaḥ etasminnaṁtare vīrau rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau

Kamsa was overcome with great, intense fear, stricken with anguish. Meanwhile, those two unassailable heroes, Rama and Krishna,

Verse 371 (padma.6.245.371)

आरोहतुर्महात्मानौ चैत्यप्रासादमूर्जितम् । ताडयित्वा तलेनैव कंसं मूर्ध्नि जनार्दनः ।

ārohaturmahātmānau caityaprāsādamūrjitam tāḍayitvā talenaiva kaṁsaṁ mūrdhni janārdanaḥ

those two great souls climbed up onto the lofty royal dais. Striking Kamsa on the head with just the palm of his hand, Janardana

Verse 372 (padma.6.245.372)

अपातयद्धरा पृष्ठे प्रासादशिखराद्धरिः । स तु निर्भिन्नसर्वांगो धरण्यां त्यक्तजीवितः ।

apātayaddharā pṛṣṭhe prāsādaśikharāddhariḥ sa tu nirbhinnasarvāṁgo dharaṇyāṁ tyaktajīvitaḥ

hurled him down onto the surface of the earth from the top of the dais, that Hari. His whole body shattered, he gave up his life on the ground.

Verse 373 (padma.6.245.373)

कृष्णेन निहते कंसे रामोऽपि सुमहाबलः । तस्यानुजं सुनामानं मुष्टिनैव जघान ह ।

kṛṣṇena nihate kaṁse rāmo'pi sumahābalaḥ tasyānujaṁ sunāmānaṁ muṣṭinaiva jaghāna ha

When Kamsa had been slain by Krishna, Rama too, of very great strength, slew his younger brother, named Sunama, with just his fist.

Verse 374 (padma.6.245.374)

धरण्यां पातयामासानुजं च धरणीधरः । हत्वा कंसं दुरात्मानं सानुजं रामकेशवौ ।

dharaṇyāṁ pātayāmāsānujaṁ ca dharaṇīdharaḥ hatvā kaṁsaṁ durātmānaṁ sānujaṁ rāmakeśavau

That upholder of the earth felled the younger brother to the ground. Having slain the evil-souled Kamsa, together with his younger brother, Rama and Keshava,

Verse 375 (padma.6.245.375)

पित्रोः समीपमागम्य भक्त्या चैव प्रणेमतुः । देवकीवसुदेवश्च परिष्वज्य मुहुर्मुहुः ।

pitroḥ samīpamāgamya bhaktyā caiva praṇematuḥ devakīvasudevaśca pariṣvajya muhurmuhuḥ

coming near their parents, bowed to them with devotion. And Devaki and Vasudeva, embracing them again and again,

Verse 376 (padma.6.245.376)

स्नेहेन मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राणं चक्रतुः पुत्रलालसौ । तयोरुपरि देवक्याः स्तनौ क्षीरं ववर्षतुः ।

snehena mūrdhnyupāghrāṇaṁ cakratuḥ putralālasau tayorupari devakyāḥ stanau kṣīraṁ vavarṣatuḥ

lovingly smelled their heads, those two longing for their sons. Upon them, Devaki's two breasts rained down milk.

Verse 377 (padma.6.245.377)

तत आश्वास्य पितरौ रामकृष्णौ बहिर्गतौ । एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि देवदुंदुभयो दिवि ।

tata āśvāsya pitarau rāmakṛṣṇau bahirgatau etasminnaṁtare devi devaduṁdubhayo divi

Then, having consoled their parents, Rama and Krishna went outside. Meanwhile, O goddess, the divine kettledrums in heaven

Verse 378 (padma.6.245.378)

विनेदुः पुष्पवर्षाणि ववृषुस्त्रिदशेश्वराः । स्तुत्वा मरुद्गणैर्दिव्यैर्नमस्कृत्य जनार्दनम् ।

vineduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣustridaśeśvarāḥ stutvā marudgaṇairdivyairnamaskṛtya janārdanam

resounded, and the lords of the gods rained down showers of flowers. Praising him, with the divine hosts of Maruts, and bowing to Janardana,

Verse 379 (padma.6.245.379)

परं हर्षमनुप्राप्य लोकान्स्वान्स्वान् प्रपेदिरे । नंदगोपं नमस्कृत्य गोपवृद्धांश्च केशवः ।

paraṁ harṣamanuprāpya lokānsvānsvān prapedire naṁdagopaṁ namaskṛtya gopavṛddhāṁśca keśavaḥ

attaining supreme joy, they returned each to their own worlds. Bowing to Nanda the cowherd and to the elder cowherds, Keshava,

Verse 380 (padma.6.245.380)

रामेण सह धर्मात्मा मुदा संपरिषस्वजे । बहुरत्नधनं तस्मै ददौ प्रीत्या जनार्दनः ।

rāmeṇa saha dharmātmā mudā saṁpariṣasvaje bahuratnadhanaṁ tasmai dadau prītyā janārdanaḥ

that righteous one, together with Rama, embraced them joyfully. Janardana lovingly gave him abundant wealth of jewels.

Verse 381 (padma.6.245.381)

सर्वांस्तान्गोपवृद्धांश्च वस्त्रैराभरणादिभिः । बहुभिर्धनधान्यैश्च पूजयामास केशवः ।

sarvāṁstāngopavṛddhāṁśca vastrairābharaṇādibhiḥ bahubhirdhanadhānyaiśca pūjayāmāsa keśavaḥ

Keshava honored all those elder cowherds with garments, ornaments, and much wealth and grain.

Verse 382 (padma.6.245.382)

विसृष्टास्तेन कृष्णेन नंदगोपपुरोगमाः । प्रययुर्गोव्रजं दिव्यं हर्षशोकसमन्विताः ।

visṛṣṭāstena kṛṣṇena naṁdagopapurogamāḥ prayayurgovrajaṁ divyaṁ harṣaśokasamanvitāḥ

Released by Krishna, the cowherds, with Nanda at their head, went to the divine cow-settlement, filled with both joy and sorrow.

Verse 383 (padma.6.245.383)

मातामहं समासाद्य रामकृष्णौ दुरासदौ । बंधाद्विमोचयित्वाथ समाश्वास्य मुहुर्मुहुः ।

mātāmahaṁ samāsādya rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau baṁdhādvimocayitvātha samāśvāsya muhurmuhuḥ

Rama and Krishna, those two unassailable ones, going to their maternal grandfather, freed him from imprisonment, and consoled him again and again.

Verse 384 (padma.6.245.384)

चक्रे तस्याभिषेकं तु तद्राज्ये मधुसूदनः । अकारयद्द्विजश्रेष्ठैः स कंसस्योर्ध्वदैहिकम् ।

cakre tasyābhiṣekaṁ tu tadrājye madhusūdanaḥ akārayaddvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ sa kaṁsasyordhvadaihikam

Madhusudana performed his consecration in that kingdom. He had the excellent brahmins perform Kamsa's funerary rites.

Verse 385 (padma.6.245.385)

अक्रूरप्रमुखान्राज्ये संस्थाप्य यदुपुंगवान् । राजानमुग्रसेनं तु कृत्वा धर्मेण मेदिनीम् । पालयामास धर्मात्मा वसुदेवसुतो हरिः ।

akrūrapramukhānrājye saṁsthāpya yadupuṁgavān rājānamugrasenaṁ tu kṛtvā dharmeṇa medinīm pālayāmāsa dharmātmā vasudevasuto hariḥ

Establishing Akrura and the other foremost Yadus in the kingdom, and making Ugrasena the king, that righteous Hari, son of Vasudeva, protected the earth with dharma.