Bhagavatapurana 10.53: atha tripañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

10.53.1

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
vaidarbhyāḥ sa tu sandeśaṃ niśamya yadu-nandanaḥ /
pragṛhya pāṇinā pāṇiṃ prahasann idam abravīt //

Śrī Śuka said:
Hearing that message of the princess of Vidarbha, the delight of the Yadus / grasped his hand with his own and, laughing, said this:

1. Sri Suka said:— Having listened to the message of Vaidarbhi, He took the brahmin by the hand and with a smile said this (to the brahmin):—

10.53.2

/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
tathāham api tac-citto nidrāṃ ca na labhe niśi /
vedāham rukmiṇā dveṣān mamodvāho nivāritaḥ //

The Lord said:
In the same way, I too have my mind fixed on her, and I find no sleep at night; / I know that our marriage has been prevented by Rukmin out of hatred.

2. The Lord said:--- (O good brahmin: just as Rukmini has always set her heart on Me), so also My heart is with. her and I have no wink of sleep in the night: I know that, through hatred, Rukmi obstructs her marrying Me.

10.53.3

tām ānayiṣya unmathya rājanyāpasadān mṛdhe /
mat-parām anavadyāṅgīm edhaso 'gni-śikhām iva //

I shall bring her, devoted to me, flawless in limb, having crushed the vile kings in battle, / just as one brings a flame of fire out of firewood.

3. I shall crush the wicked princes in battle, and, as the flaming fire is churned out of the wood, bring away Rukmini who is devoted to Me and faultless.

10.53.4

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
udvāharkṣaṃ ca vijñāya rukmiṇyā madhusūdanaḥ /
rathaḥ saṃyujyatām āśu dārukety āha sārathim //

Śrī Śuka said:
Ascertaining the asterism of the marriage of Rukmiṇī, the slayer of Madhu / said to his charioteer, "Dāruka, let the chariot be yoked quickly!"

4. Sri Suka said:- Ascertaining the star under which the marriage was to take place, Madhusudana ordered the charioteer, ‘O Daruka, get My car ready at once’.

10.53.5

sa cāśvaiḥ śaibya-sugrīva- meghapuṣpa-balāhakaiḥ /
yuktaṃ ratham upānīya tasthau prāñjalir agrataḥ //

And he, having brought the chariot yoked with the horses / Śaibya, Sugrīva, Meghapuṣpa, and Balāhaka, stood before him with joined palms.

5. He brought up the chariot with the four horses Saibya, Sugriva, Meghapushpa and Balahaka and stood before Him with his hands folded.

10.53.6

āruhya syandanaṃ śaurir dvijam āropya tūrṇa-gaiḥ /
ānartād eka-rātreṇa vidarbhān agamad dhayaiḥ //

Mounting the chariot and making the twice-born mount, the descendant of Śūra / went with swift horses from Ānarta to Vidarbha in a single night.

6. Krishna mounted the chariot with the brahmin, and with His swift horses marched in one night from Anartas to Vidarbhas.

10.53.7

rājā sa kuṇḍina-patiḥ putra-sneha-vaśānugaḥ /
śiśupālāya svāṃ kanyāṃ dāsyan karmāṇy akārayat //

The king, the lord of Kuṇḍina, yielding to affection for his son, / was having the rites performed to give his daughter to Śiśupāla.

7. Yielding through affection to his son’s wishes, the king

of Kundina caused all the ritualistic processes to be observed with the idea of giving her to Sisupala.

10.53.8

puraṃ sammṛṣṭa-saṃsikta- mārga-rathyā-catuṣpatham /
citra-dhvaja-patākābhis toraṇaiḥ samalaṅkṛtam //

The city had its roads, streets, and crossroads swept and sprinkled, / and was decorated with multicolored flags, banners, and archways.

8. & 9. The streets of the city were well moistened with water and decorated with banners and pennons, crowded with men and women, the inmates of splendid mansions, perfumed with smokes of Aguru, who also decked themselves with garlands, spices and sandal, flowers and ornaments and were clad in spotless white silks.

10.53.9

srag-gandha-mālyābharaṇair virajo-'mbara-bhūṣitaiḥ /
juṣṭaṃ strī-puruṣaiḥ śrīmad- gṛhair aguru-dhūpitaiḥ //

It was filled with men and women adorned with garlands, scents, wreaths, ornaments, and spotless garments, / and with splendid houses scented with burning aloe.

10.53.10

pitṝn devān samabhyarcya viprāṃś ca vidhi-van nṛpa /
bhojayitvā yathā-nyāyaṃ vācayām āsa maṅgalam //

Having duly worshipped the ancestors, deities, and brāhmaṇas, O king, / and fed them according to custom, he had auspicious blessings recited.

10. & 11. Having worshipped the Pitris and the gods as well as brahmins according to sastra, O king, and properly fed the brahmins, he made them pronounce their benedictions over the beautiful bride, after she had her bath and gone through other auspicious preliminaries and been adorned with two new cloths and excellent ornaments.

10.53.11

su-snātāṃ su-datīṃ kanyāṃ kṛta-kautuka-maṅgalām /
āhatāṃśuka-yugmena bhūṣitāṃ bhūṣaṇottamaiḥ //

The maiden, well bathed and with fine teeth, had the auspicious marriage-thread tied on, / and was dressed in a pair of fresh garments and adorned with the best ornaments.

10.53.12

cakruḥ sāma-rg-yajur-mantrair vadhvā rakṣāṃ dvijottamāḥ /
purohito 'tharva-vid vai juhāva graha-śāntaye //

The best among the twice-born performed protection for the bride with mantras from the Sāma, Ṛg, and Yajur Vedas; / and the family priest, knower of the Atharva Veda, offered oblations for the pacification of the planets.

12. Great brahmins pronounced mantras of the three Vedas, Sama, Rig and Yajus, for the welfare of the bride, and the family priest, versed in Atharvaveda, poured oblations into the fire for the prosperity of the house and to ward off all evil influences.

10.53.13

hiraṇya-rūpya vāsāṃsi tilāṃś ca guḍa-miśritān /
prādād dhenūś ca viprebhyo rājā vidhi-vidāṃ varaḥ //

Gold, silver, garments, and sesame mixed with molasses, / as well as cows, the king, best of knowers of the rites, gave to the brāhmaṇas.

13. The king, who was first among those versed in sastras, bestowed on brahmins gold, silver, cloths and sesamum seeds mixed with sugar and also cows.

10.53.14

evaṃ cedi-patī rājā damaghoṣaḥ sutāya vai /
kārayām āsa mantra-jñaiḥ sarvam abhyudayocitam //

In the same way, Damaghoṣa, the king and lord of Cedi, / had all auspicious rites performed for his son by those versed in mantras.

14. Similarly Damaghosha, king of Chedis, got brahmins versed in mantras to do for his son all that was proper and auspicious for the festive occasion of his marriage.

10.53.15

mada-cyudbhir gajānīkaiḥ syandanair hema-mālibhiḥ /
patty-aśva-saṅkulaiḥ sainyaiḥ parītaḥ kuṇdīnaṃ yayau //

Surrounded by regiments of rutting elephants, chariots adorned with golden garlands, / and an army crowded with infantry and cavalry, he went to Kuṇḍina.

15. And He went to the city of Kundina, followed by regiments of proud elephants and chariots hung with wreaths of gold and by numerous footmen and horses.

10.53.16

taṃ vai vidarbhādhipatiḥ samabhyetyābhipūjya ca /
niveśayām āsa mudā kalpitānya-niveśane //

The ruler of Vidarbha approached him, worshipped him, / and joyfully lodged him in an assigned separate residence.

16. The king of Vidarbhas went forth to meet him and gladly gave him due reception and lodged him in a separate mansion appointed for the purpose.

10.53.17

tatra śālvo jarāsandho dantavakro vidūrathaḥ /
ājagmuś caidya-pakṣīyāḥ pauṇḍrakādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ //

There Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra, Vidūratha, / and thousands of others belonging to the faction of the king of Cedi, such as Pauṇḍraka, arrived.

17. Thither came Salva, Jarasandha, Dantavaktra, Viduratha, Paundraka and others in thousands, all who formed Chaidya's party.

10.53.18

kṛṣṇa-rāma-dviṣo yattāḥ kanyāṃ caidyāya sādhitum /
yady āgatya haret kṛṣno rāmādyair yadubhir vṛtaḥ //

Hostile to Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, they were prepared to secure the maiden for the king of Cedi, / [thinking,] "If Kṛṣṇa should come surrounded by Rāma and the other Yadus to carry her off,

18. All those that hated Krishna and Rama were prepared to secure the bride to Chaidya: and they said to themselves, "If with Rama and other Yadus, Krishna should come and take her away, 19. “We shall all jointly fight with him.”—Having thus made up their mind, all those kings arrived with their complete complement of strength (forces) and vehicles.

10.53.19

yotsyāmaḥ saṃhatās tena iti niścita-mānasāḥ /
ājagmur bhū-bhujaḥ sarve samagra-bala-vāhanāḥ //

we shall fight him united." Resolute in mind, / all the kings came with their complete armies and conveyances.

10.53.20

śrutvaitad bhagavān rāmo vipakṣīya nṛpodyamam /
kṛṣṇaṃ caikaṃ gataṃ hartuṃ kanyāṃ kalaha-śaṅkitaḥ //

Hearing of this preparation of the hostile kings / and that Kṛṣṇa had gone alone to carry off the maiden, the Lord Rāma, apprehensive of conflict,

20. & 21. The glorious (powerful) Balarama heard of the great preparations of the opposite party and of Krishna’s going alone to bring away the bride, and expecting strife and confusion and full of fraternal affection, he made haste to Kundina with a very large army of elephants, horses, chariots and infantry.

10.53.21

balena mahatā sārdhaṃ bhrātṛ-sneha-pariplutaḥ /
tvaritaḥ kuṇḍinaṃ prāgād gajāśva-ratha-pattibhiḥ //

overwhelmed with affection for his brother, went swiftly to Kuṇḍina / with a mighty army of elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry.

10.53.22

bhīṣma-kanyā varārohā kāṅkṣanty āgamanaṃ hareḥ /
pratyāpattim apaśyantī dvijasyācintayat tadā //

The daughter of Bhīṣmaka, of fair hips, longing for the arrival of Hari / and not seeing the return of the twice-born, then reflected:

22. The most beautiful daughter of Bhishma, yearning for the arrival of Hari and not seeing the brahmin return, began to think with great anxiety.

10.53.23

aho tri-yāmāntarita udvāho me 'lpa-rādhasaḥ /
nāgacchaty aravindākṣo nāhaṃ vedmy atra kāraṇam /
so 'pi nāvartate 'dyāpi mat-sandeśa-haro dvijaḥ //

"Alas! My marriage is separated [from now] by only three watches of the night, unfortunate as I am. / The lotus-eyed one does not arrive, and I know not the reason here; / nor has that brāhmaṇa, who carried my message, returned even today.

23. “Ah! There is but a space of nine hours before celebration; I am of poor merit: Pundarikaksha has not as yet come: I do not know the cause; that brahmin, too, who bore my message has not yet returned.

10.53.24

api mayy anavadyātmā dṛṣṭvā kiñcij jugupsitam /
mat-pāṇi-grahaṇe nūnaṃ nāyāti hi kṛtodyamaḥ //

Can it be that, seeing some flaw in me, the faultless-souled one / does not come indeed to take my hand in marriage, though he had resolved to do so?

24. “Is it possible that the faultless Lord sees some defect in me and so would not come with proper preparations to take my hand?

10.53.25

durbhagāyā na me dhātā nānukūlo maheśvaraḥ /
devī vā vimukhī gaurī rudrāṇī girijā satī //

For ill-fated me, the Creator is not favorable, nor is Maheśvara; / or the goddess Gaurī, Rudrāṇī, Girijā, Satī, has turned her face away."

25. “To my unfortunate self, the Maker, the Supreme Lord, is not favourable: nor does the goddess Gauri, the better half of Rudra, the chaste Parvati, look on me with favour.”

10.53.26

evaṃ cintayatī bālā govinda-hṛta-mānasā /
nyamīlayata kāla-jñā netre cāśru-kalākule //

Thus pondering, the maiden whose mind was captivated by Govinda, / knowing the time, closed her eyes that were filled with tears.

26. With such anxious thoughts, the young bride with her heart possessed by Govinda, still quite aware of the time, shut her eyes confused with tears.

10.53.27

evaṃ vadhvāḥ pratīkṣantyā govindāgamanaṃ nṛpa /
vāma ūrur bhujo netram asphuran priya-bhāṣiṇaḥ //

As the bride was thus awaiting Govinda's arrival, O king, / her left thigh, arm, and eye twitched, betokening what is dear.

27. Of the bride that was so anxiously expecting the arrival of Govinda, the left thigh, arm and eyes throbbed, auguring happy news.

10.53.28

atha kṛṣṇa-vinirdiṣṭaḥ sa eva dvija-sattamaḥ /
antaḥpura-carīṃ devīṃ rāja-putrīm dadarśa ha //

Then that best of brāhmaṇas, dispatched by Kṛṣṇa, / indeed beheld the princess, the goddess residing in the inner apartments.

28. Instantly the same brahmin, directed by Krishna, stood before the princess in the harem.

10.53.29

sā taṃ prahṛṣṭa-vadanam avyagrātma-gatiṃ satī /
ālakṣya lakṣaṇābhijñā samapṛcchac chuci-smitā //

Perceiving his delighted face and calm, composed gait, / the chaste maiden, knowing the signs [of good news], questioned him with a pure smile.

29. Versed in reading indications she observed him to be cheerful in his face and steps and asked him with a bright smile.

10.53.30

tasyā āvedayat prāptaṃ śaśaṃsa yadu-nandanam /
uktaṃ ca satya-vacanam ātmopanayanaṃ prati //

He announced to her that the joy of the Yadus had arrived, and related [his journey], / as well as his true word concerning taking her to himself.

30. He informed her that Yadu’s son (Krishna) was come and assured her of His firm promise to accept her and that he himself was actually brought by Krishna in His car.

10.53.31

tam āgataṃ samājñāya vaidarbhī hṛṣṭa-mānasā /
na paśyantī brāhmaṇāya priyam anyan nanāma sā //

Knowing that he had arrived, the princess of Vidarbha, delighted in mind, / seeing no other pleasing gift for the brāhmaṇa, bowed down to him.

31. Perfectly certain of His arrival, Vaidarbhi of joyous heart, could not find anything worth conferring on the brahmin and only made her obeisance to him.

10.53.32

prāptau śrutvā sva-duhitur udvāha-prekṣaṇotsukau /
abhyayāt tūrya-ghoṣeṇa rāma-kṛṣṇau samarhaṇaiḥ //

Hearing that the two had arrived, eager to behold his daughter's wedding, / [the king] went out to meet Rāma and Kṛṣṇa with the sound of musical instruments and with offerings.

32. On hearing that Rama and Krishna had come desirous of witnessing the marriage of his daughter, Bhishmaka went forth, with proper presents and with blowing trumpets, to receive them.

10.53.33

madhu-parkam upānīya vāsāṃsi virajāṃsi saḥ /
upāyanāny abhīṣṭāni vidhi-vat samapūjayat //

Bringing madhuparka, spotless garments, / and desirable presents, he worshiped them according to rule.

33. He brought Madhuparka, well washed (beautiful) cloths, and other desirable presents and duly honoured them.

10.53.34

tayor niveśanaṃ śrīmad upākalpya mahā-matiḥ /
sa-sainyayoḥ sānugayor ātithyaṃ vidadhe yathā //

Providing a splendid residence for the two, the wise king / extended hospitality properly to them, along with their armies and followers.

34. The noble-minded Bhishmaka arranged for their accomodation sufficiently spacious lodgings in the garden on the outskirts of Kundina for the reason that the city was overcrowded with Jarasandha and other kings, as well as for due hospitality to them and to their forces.

10.53.35

evaṃ rājñāṃ sametānāṃ yathā-vīryaṃ yathā-vayaḥ /
yathā-balaṃ yathā-vittaṃ sarvaiḥ kāmaiḥ samarhayat //

In this manner, he honored the assembled kings with all desirable things, / according to their valor, age, strength, and wealth.

35. Similarly, for the convenience and comforts of all the princes that had assembled, the king Bhishmaka arranged according to their rank, age, importance and wealth (custom), affording them all that was desired.

10.53.36

kṛṣṇam āgatam ākarṇya vidarbha-pura-vāsinaḥ /
āgatya netrāñjalibhiḥ papus tan-mukha-paṅkajam //

Hearing that Kṛṣṇa had arrived, the inhabitants of the city of Vidarbha / came and drank the lotus of his face with the hollows of their eyes:

36. On hearing of Krishna's arrival the citizens of Vidarbha went out and drank of His lotus-like face with their eyes as if with their joined hands.

10.53.37

asyaiva bhāryā bhavituṃ rukmiṇy arhati nāparā /
asāv apy anavadyātmā bhaiṣmyāḥ samucitaḥ patiḥ //

"Rukmiṇī alone deserves to become his wife, and no other woman; / and he too, of faultless nature, is the suitable husband for the daughter of Bhīṣmaka.

37. They said, "Rukmini is fit to be the consort only of this Krishna and not of any other, and He alone, of faultless nature, is the most worthy consort of Bhaishmi.

10.53.38

kiñcit su-caritaṃ yan nas tena tuṣṭas tri-loka-kṛt /
anugṛhṇātu gṛhṇātu vaidarbhyāḥ pāṇim acyutaḥ //

May the Maker of the three worlds, pleased by whatever good deed we have done, / show favor, and may Acyuta take the hand of the princess of Vidarbha."

38. "For the sake of any little merit we have, may Achyuta, the Creator of the three worlds, be gracious unto us and accept the hand of Vaidarbhi!"

10.53.39

evaṃ prema-kalā-baddhā vadanti sma puraukasaḥ /
kanyā cāntaḥ-purāt prāgād bhaṭair guptāmbikālayam //

Bound by the affection of love, the city dwellers spoke thus. / And the maiden went out from the inner quarters, guarded by warriors, to the temple of Ambikā.

39. Bound to her with ties of affection the citizens expressed themselves thus and the bride went from the harem to the shrine of Ambika guarded by soldiers.

10.53.40

padbhyāṃ viniryayau draṣṭuṃ bhavānyāḥ pāda-pallavam /
sā cānudhyāyatī samyaṅ mukunda-caraṇāmbujam //

She went on foot to see the sprout-like feet of Bhavānī, / completely absorbed in meditating on the lotus feet of Mukunda.

40. Deeply contemplating the lotus-like feet of Mukunda she walked on foot to see (and worship) the tender feet of Parvati, (and Krishna also came in attended by a few followers).

10.53.41

yata-vāṅ mātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ sakhībhiḥ parivāritā /
guptā rāja-bhaṭaiḥ śūraiḥ sannaddhair udyatāyudhaiḥ /
mṛḍaṅga-śaṅkha-paṇavās tūrya-bheryaś ca jaghnire //

Keeping silent, she was surrounded by her mothers and companions, / guarded by the king's heroic soldiers, equipped with armor and with weapons raised; / and mṛdaṅgas, conches, paṇavas, horns, and bherī-drums were beaten.

41. Together with the mothers, in perfect silence, with companions, guarded by soldiers heroic, well-prepared and with drawn-up swords, (and with chamberlains bent with age, with their noisily rattling canes): then Mridanga, Sankha, Panava, and Toorya (trumpets) were beaten and sounded.

10.53.42

nānopahāra balibhir vāramukhyāḥ sahasraśaḥ /
srag-gandha-vastrābharaṇair dvija-patnyaḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ //

Accompanied by various presentations and offerings, courtesans in their thousands, / and the wives of brāhmaṇas, finely adorned with garlands, fragrant scents, garments, and ornaments,

42. Thousands of dancing women carried various offerings and articles of worship; and also brahmins' wives well adorned with garlands of flowers, perfumes, cloths and ornaments went with her.

10.53.43

gāyantyaś ca stuvantaś ca gāyakā vādya-vādakāḥ /
parivārya vadhūṃ jagmuḥ sūta-māgadha-vandinaḥ //

and singing women, and eulogists, singers, and players of instruments, / sūtas, māgadhas, and bards, surrounded the bride and walked along.

43. Songsters, musicians went playing upon their instruments and Vandins, Sutas, Magadhas were singing and praising round the bride.

10.53.44

āsādya devī-sadanaṃ dhauta-pāda-karāmbujā /
upaspṛśya śuciḥ śāntā praviveśāmbikāntikam //

Reaching the goddess's shrine, having washed her lotus-like feet and hands, / having sipped water, pure and serene, she entered into the presence of Ambikā.

44. On reaching the shrine of the goddess, she washed her tender hands and feet; purified with Achamana, with a serene mind, she went into the presence of the goddess (and prayed thus):

10.53.45

tāṃ vai pravayaso bālāṃ vidhi-jñā vipra-yoṣitaḥ /
bhavānīṃ vandayāṃ cakrur bhava-patnīṃ bhavānvitām //

The elderly brāhmaṇa women, knowing the rites, made that young girl / worship Bhavānī, the consort of Bhava, accompanied by Bhava.

46. Aged brahmin ladies well aware of the due course, guided the bride in worshipping Gauri, the consort of Siva, along with Siva.

10.53.46

namasye tvāmbike 'bhīkṣṇaṃ sva-santāna-yutāṃ śivām /
bhūyāt patir me bhagavān kṛṣṇas tad anumodatām //

"I bow to you constantly, O Ambikā, the auspicious one together with your offspring. / May the Lord Kṛṣṇa become my husband; let that be sanctioned [by you]."

10.53.47

adbhir gandhākṣatair dhūpair vāsaḥ-sraṅ-mālya bhūṣaṇaiḥ /
nānopahāra-balibhiḥ pradīpāvalibhiḥ pṛthak //

With water, fragrant pastes, unbroken grains, incense, garments, wreaths, garlands, and ornaments, / with various presentations and offerings, and with rows of lamps, each in order,

47. With water, sandal, unbroken rice, with burning frankincense, with cloths, wreaths of flowers and ornaments, various offerings and articles of worship, with rows of lights, all separately arranged.

10.53.48

vipra-striyaḥ patimatīs tathā taiḥ samapūjayat /
lavaṇāpūpa-tāmbūla- kaṇṭha-sūtra-phalekṣubhiḥ //

she also worshiped the married brāhmaṇa women with these, / and with salt, cakes, betel, necklaces, fruits, and sugarcane.

48. She also worshipped *Suvasinee* women with the same things and presented to them salt, cakes, betel-leaf, sacred thread to be worn on the neck, fruits and pieces of sugarcane.

10.53.49

tasyai striyas tāḥ pradaduḥ śeṣāṃ yuyujur āśiṣaḥ /
tābhyo devyai namaś cakre śeṣāṃ ca jagṛhe vadhūḥ //

Those women gave her the remnants of the offering and pronounced blessings. / The bride made obeisance to them and to the goddess, and accepted the remnants.

49. To her those women gave certain things used in worshipping the goddess and added their own benedictions; and the bride bowed to them and to the queen and accepted the things offered in worship.

10.53.50

muni-vratam atha tyaktvā niścakrāmāmbikā-gṛhāt /
pragṛhya pāṇinā bhṛtyāṃ ratna-mudropaśobhinā //

Then, having broken her vow of silence, she walked out of Ambikā's temple, / holding on with her hand, adorned with a jeweled ring, to a female servant.

50. Having concluded her vow of silence she issued out of the goddess's shrine:

[1 & 2. Close by there was the temple of Indra and Sachi who were also the family Deities of kings born of Vidarbha race: she went into the presence of Sachi, the beloved consort of Indra, whose feet had not been worshipped for a long time made her obeisance and returned, holding a maid servant (her nurse) with her hand radiant with a ring of rubies, (many umbrellas being held over her and many fans and chauris waving about her.) 51. Her, like unto God's *maya* captivating the heroes, with slender waist, with face looking most charming with ear-rings, a youth of eighteen, with a zone of precious jewels about her waist, with budding breast, with eyes tremulous under overhanging curls;

10.53.51

tāṃ deva-māyām iva dhīra-mohinīṃ su-madhyamāṃ kuṇḍala-maṇḍitānanām /
śyāmāṃ nitambārpita-ratna-mekhalāṃ vyañjat-stanīṃ kuntala-śaṅkitekṣaṇām //

Beholding her, who was like the Lord's creative power captivating even the steady-minded, slender-waisted, her face adorned with earrings, / a youthful maiden with a jeweled girdle resting on her hips, her breasts swelling, her gaze darting in timidity through her curls,

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śuci-smitāṃ bimba-phalādhara-dyuti- śoṇāyamāna-dvija-kunda-kuḍmalām /
padā calantīṃ kala-haṃsa-gāminīṃ siñjat-kalā-nūpura-dhāma-śobhinā //

of pure smile, the jasmine buds of her teeth reddened by the brilliance of her bimba-fruit lower lip, / moving on foot with the gait of a gentle royal swan, radiant with the splendor of jingling, melodious anklets—

52. Her, bright with pure smiles, with pearl-like teeth seeming to be tinged with red by the splendour of the lips like unto well-ripe *Bimba* fruits, walking on foot like the royal swan and most attractive by the splendour of the sonant anklets;

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vilokya vīrā mumuhuḥ samāgatā yaśasvinas tat-kṛta-hṛc-chayārditāḥ /
yāṃ vīkṣya te nṛpatayas tad udāra-hāsa- vrīdāvaloka-hṛta-cetasa ujjhitāstrāḥ //

the assembled heroic, renowned kings were bewitched, afflicted with love caused by her. / Seeing her, their minds captivated by her generous smile and bashful glance, the kings dropped their weapons

53. Her, the heroic and famous warriors who had met there to see, were severely tried by the passion she kindled in them, and were in a state of perplexity, and being deprived of their heart by her sublime smiles and bashful looks, stood, dropping down their weapons.

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petuḥ kṣitau gaja-rathāśva-gatā vimūḍhā yātrā-cchalena haraye 'rpayatīṃ sva-śobhām /
saivaṃ śanaiś calayatī cala-padma-kośau prāptiṃ tadā bhagavataḥ prasamīkṣamāṇā //

and fell to the ground from their elephants, chariots, and horses, completely bewildered. Under the guise of a procession, she surrendered her splendor to Hari; / moving slowly in this way her two fluttering lotus-like feet, looking out then for the arrival of the Lord,

54. On seeing her who, under the pretext of pilgrimage to the shrine, was offering her beauty to Hari, those kings grew senseless and dropped down to the ground from their seats on elephants and horses, and in chariots.

54 & 55. Thus slowly wending her steps with her feet like unto two moving lotuses and anxious to ascertain the arrival of her Lord slowly removed the overhanging locks with her left-hand fingers and, through her side-long looks took bashfully a survey of the kings that had gathered, and (there) she saw Achyuta.

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utsārya vāma-karajair alakān apaṅgaiḥ prāptān hriyaikṣata nṛpān dadṛśe 'cyutaṃ ca /
tāṃ rāja-kanyāṃ ratham ārurakṣatīṃ jahāra kṛṣṇo dviṣatāṃ samīkṣatām //

brushing aside her curls with the nails of her left hand, she shyly looked from the corners of her eyes at the assembled kings, and saw Acyuta. / As that princess was desiring to mount her chariot, Kṛṣṇa carried her off before the eyes of his enemies.

55 & 56. The enemies looking on, Krishna bore away the princess that was eager to mount His chariot—and, having placed her in His car distinguished with Suparna and setting at naught the whole host of kings, Madhava departed thence slowly along with Rama and others, like the lion that seizes his own share and gets away from the herd of jackals.

10.53.56

rathaṃ samāropya suparṇa-lakṣaṇaṃ rājanya-cakraṃ paribhūya mādhavaḥ /
tato yayau rāma-purogamaḥ śanaiḥ śṛgāla-madhyād iva bhāga-hṛd dhariḥ //

Lifting her onto his chariot marked with the emblem of Garuḍa, humiliating the circle of kings, / Mādhava then proceeded slowly, with Rāma in the lead, like a lion carrying off his share from the midst of jackals.

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taṃ māninaḥ svābhibhavaṃ yaśaḥ-kṣayaṃ $ pare jarāsandha-mukhā na sehire &

Proud men, their enemies headed by Jarāsandha, could not bear that / humiliation of themselves and loss of renown:

57. The other kings, full of arrogance, being under the influence of Jarasandha, could not put up with that discomfiture and loss of reputation and said, "Fie upon us who, armed as we are with our bows, are deprived of our reputation by cowherds and are like unto the lions that are by deer kind deprived of their lordly position."

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aho dhig asmān yaśa ātta-dhanvanāṃ % gopair hṛtaṃ keśariṇāṃ mṛgair iva //

"Alas, fie upon us! The fame of us who have taken up bows / has been carried off by cowherds, as that of lions by deer!"