Harivamsha 105

English (machine translation) 105

Language: English

105.1

Janamejaya said: / "Once again, O best of the twice-born, do I wish to hear in truth / the immeasurable deeds of the wise lion of the Yadus.

105.2

Various, wondrous, innumerable deeds are heard of, O one of great splendour, / both celestial and earthly in every way.

105.3

Hearing his various [feats], I rejoice, O great sage; / please recount them completely, dear sire; you ought to tell them to me."

105.4

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: / "Many wondrous deeds of the great-souled Keśava / have been told, O king, and heard by you repeatedly.

105.5

I have recounted them, O virtuous one; for it is impossible to reach the end of the deeds / and the vast extent of that great-souled one, O bull of the Bharatas.

105.6

Yet I must certainly speak briefly, O Bhārata, / of Viṣṇu of peerless valor, renowned for noble deeds. / I shall tell it in due order; listen, O king, with focused mind.

105.7

Dwelling in Dvāravatī, that lion among the Yadus, full of wisdom, / agitated the realms of the leading kings, rulers of the earth.

105.8

Seeking an advantage over the Yadus, the Dānava Vicakra was slain.

105.9

Having gone again to the city of Prāgjyotiṣa, that great-souled one / slew the evil-minded Dānava Naraka in the midst of the ocean.

105.10

And having conquered Vāsava in battle, the Pārijāta tree was taken by force; / and the blessed lord Varuṇa was conquered at the red pool.

105.11

And Dantavakra the king of Karūṣa was slain in the southern region, / and Śiśupāla was slain when his one hundred and one sins were completed.

105.12

And going to Śoṇitapura, the mighty Bāṇa, son of Bali, endowed with a thousand arms, / protected by Śaṃkara, / was conquered in a great fight, O great king, and released alive.

105.13

The fires in the midst of the mountain were conquered by the great-souled one; / and Sālva was vanquished in battle, and Saubha brought down.

105.14

Having churned the entire ocean, Pāñcajanya was brought under control, / and Hayagrīva was slain, along with other kings of great might.

105.15

At the death of Jarāsaṃdha, all the kings were freed; / having defeated the kings by chariot, the daughter of the king of Gāndhāra was abducted.

105.16

The Pāṇḍavas, fallen from their kingdom and afflicted with sorrow, were protected; / and the terrible Khāṇḍava forest belonging to Puruhūta was consumed by fire.

105.17

The bow Gāṇḍīva, given by Agni, was procured for Arjuna; / and that terrible mission of an envoy was performed by him in the dispute, O Janamejaya.

By this chief of the Yadus the lineage of Yadu was expanded; / and a promise was made in the presence of Kuntī regarding the Pāṇḍavas: / 'When the Bhārata war has ended, I shall return your sons to you.'

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And he made it true, handing back the Pāṇḍavas to Kuntī.

105.19

And the highly radiant Nṛga was freed from a dreadful curse; / and the Yavana famous as Kālayavana was slain in battle.

105.20

And the two monkeys of great valor, Mainda and Dvivida, / hard to withstand, were overcome in battle, and Jāmbavat was defeated.

105.21

Likewise the son of Sāṃdīpani and your own father, O king, / who had gone into the power of the son of Vivasvat, were restored to life by his power.

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Haṃsa and Ḍibhaka were overcome, as was the rākṣasa Hiḍimba.

105.22

Many terrible battles causing the destruction of excellent men took place, / and all kings were slain after he assumed that wondrous form / in the battles, O Janamejaya, as was previously recounted to you.

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Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit