Agnipurana 275

English (machine translation) 275

Language: English

275.4 — 2 parts
275.16 — 1 part
275.25 — 6 parts

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Agni said: / Kaśyapa became Vasudeva, and Devakī was the excellent Aditi. / From Vasudeva in Devakī was born Kṛṣṇa, endowed with ascetic austerity,

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for the protection of righteousness and the removal of unrighteousness, / for the guarding of the gods and others, and for the destruction of the Daityas and others.

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Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Satyā the daughter of Nagnajit, his beloved, / Satyabhāmā who was worthy of Hari's service, Gāndhārī, and Lakṣmaṇā,

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Mitravindā, Kālindī, Queen Jāmbavatī, / Suśīlā, Mādrī, Kauśalyā, Vijayā, and Jayā—

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1 'Citravindā' in manuscripts kha and cha.

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these and others were the sixteen thousand queens. / Pradyumna and others were born of Rukmiṇī; Bhīma and others of Satyabhāmā;

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and Śāmba and others of Jāmbavatī. Such were the sons of Kṛṣṇa and others. / One hundred times one hundred thousand were the sons of that wise one,

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and eighty thousand Yādavas were protected by Kṛṣṇa. / To Pradyumna from the Vaidarbha princess was born Aniruddha, who loved battle.

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Of Aniruddha were born Vajra and other exceedingly mighty Yādavas. / Thirty million were the Yādavas, and sixty hundred thousand were the Dānavas.

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For the destruction of those who caused harm to mankind, he came to be. / In order to establish the order of karma, Hari is born as a man.

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Twelve were the battles between the gods and asuras over their heritage: / the first was the Nārasiṃha [battle], and the second was the Vāmana conflict;

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the [third] battle was the Vārāha, the fourth was the Churning for Nectar, / the [fifth] was the Tārakāmaya battle, and the sixth was the conflict named Ājīvaka;

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the Traipura, the Slaying of Andhaka, the ninth was the Slaying of Vṛtra, / then Hālāhala was conquered, and the dreadful battle called Kolāhala.

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Formerly, having torn open the chest of Hiraṇyakaśipu with his claws, / Nārasiṃha, the protector of the gods, made Prahlāda king.

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In the battle of the gods and asuras, Vāmana, having deceived the mighty Bali, / gave sovereignty to Mahendra, being Kaśyapa's son born of Aditi.

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Varāha, having slain Hiraṇyākṣa, protected the gods; / praised by the foremost of the gods, he lifted up the earth.

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Having made Mandara the churning rod and Vāsuki the churning rope,

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it was churned by the gods and asuras, and he gave the nectar to the gods.

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In the Tārakāmaya battle, the gods were then protected; / having held back Indra, the preceptors, the gods, and the Dānavas, [he established] the progenitor of the Lunar Dynasty.

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Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha, Atri, and Kavya in battle / protected the gods, warding off the Dānavas such as passion and hatred.

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With the earth as the chariot and Brahmā as the charioteer, Hari became the arrow of the Lord / and burned Tripura, [as] the protector of the gods and crusher of the Daityas.

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When Rudra was troubled by Andhaka who sought to abduct Gaurī, Hari, / attached to Revatī, brought about the destruction of the asura Andhaka.

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Becoming the foam of the waters in the battle between the gods and asuras, / destroying Vṛtra, the destroyer of the gods, Viṣṇu preserved the religious duties of the gods.

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Having conquered Śālva and other Dānavas, Hari as Paraśurāma / protected the gods and others, having slain the wicked Kṣatriyas.

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Having dispelled the Daitya Hālāhala, the poison, Madhusūdana / destroyed the fear of the gods from the great lord [Śiva].

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And in the battle of the gods and asuras, the Daitya Kolāhala was conquered; / and all the gods were protected by Viṣṇu through the preservation of righteousness.