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Harivamsha 89.42

Critical edition (BORI) 89.42

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Sanskrit

89.42

iti śrutvā vacas tathyam antarikṣāt subhāṣitam
saṃkarṣaṇas tadotthāya sauvarṇenoruṇā balī
tām anādṛtya vaidarbho duṣṭarājanyanoditaḥ |
saṃkarṣaṇaṃ parihasan babhāṣe kālanoditaḥ ||
naivākṣakovidā yūyaṃ gopālā vanagocarāḥ |
akṣaiḥ krīḍanti rājāno bāṇaiś ca na bhavādṛśāḥ ||
rukmiṇaivam adhikṣipto rājabhiś copahāsitaḥ |
rukmiṇyā bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale //

Hearing those true and well-spoken words from the sky,
the mighty Saṃkarṣaṇa then stood up with a golden die.
Disregarding that [voice], the king of Vidarbha, egged on by the wicked kings,
laughing at Saṃkarṣaṇa, spoke, urged on by fate:
'You cowherds roaming the forest know nothing of dice!
Kings play with dice and with arrows, not people like you.'
Thus insulted by Rukmin and mocked by the kings,
he crushed Rukmiṇī's eldest brother to the ground.

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