Bhagavatapurana 10.58: athāṣṭapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

10.58.1

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
ekadā pāṇḍavān draṣṭuṃ pratītān puruṣottamaḥ /
indraprasthaṃ gataḥ śṛīmān yuyudhānādibhir vṛtaḥ //

Śrī Śuka said: / Once the glorious Supreme Person, wishing to see the renowned Pāṇḍavas, / went to Indraprastha accompanied by Yuyudhāna and others.

1 & 2. Sri Suka said:--- Sometime after, the glorious Purushottama went with Yuyudhana and others to Indraprastha on a visit to Pandavas, who had been seen living in king Drupada's court. When they saw Mukunda, the Supreme Lord, arrived (at Hastina), the warrior sons of Kunti rose to receive Him, just as the Deities presiding over the senses did to welcome the returning Mukhyaprana.

10.58.2

dṛṣṭvā tam āgataṃ pārthā mukundam akhileśvaram /
uttasthur yugapad vīrāḥ prāṇā mukhyam ivāgatam //

Seeing Mukunda, the Lord of all, arrived there, the heroic sons of Pṛthā / rose up together, just as the senses do when the chief breath returns.

10.58.3

pariṣvajyācyutaṃ vīrā aṅga-saṅga-hatainasaḥ /
sānurāga-smitaṃ vaktraṃ vīkṣya tasya mudaṃ yayuḥ //

Embracing Acyuta, their sins destroyed by bodily contact, / the heroes rejoiced, looking upon his face adorned with an affectionate smile.

3. Those warriors embraced Achyuta and, by the very touch of His person, became purged of all their sin and were highly rejoiced to look on His face bright with affectionate smiles.

10.58.4

yudhiṣṭhirasya bhīmasya kṛtvā pādābhivandanam /
phālgunaṃ parirabhyātha yamābhyāṃ cābhivanditaḥ //

After paying homage at the feet of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīma, / and embracing Arjuna, he was greeted reverently by the twins.

4. Krishna bowed to Yudhishtira and Bhima, embraced Arjuna and was bowed to by the twins, Nakula and Sahadeva.

10.58.5

paramāsana āsīnaṃ kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇam aninditā /
navoḍhā vrīḍitā kiñcic chanair etyābhyavandata //

As Kṛṣṇa sat on a supreme seat, the faultless Draupadī, / newly married and somewhat bashful, approached slowly and bowed down to him.

5. To Krishna enthroned on a high seat, the blameless Draupadi newly married, and bashful, rather slowly came up and made her obeisance.

10.58.6

tathaiva sātyakiḥ pārthaiḥ pūjitaś cābhivanditaḥ /
niṣasādāsane 'nye ca pūjitāḥ paryupāsata //

In the same way, Sātyaki was honored and greeted by the sons of Pṛthā / and sat on a seat; and the others, duly honored, sat around in attendance.

6. Satyaki also, honoured and bowed to by Pritha's sons, took his seat; and others, duly honoured, took their seats about Him.

10.58.7

pṛthām samāgatya kṛtābhivādanas tayāti-hārdārdra-dṛśābhirambhitaḥ /
āpṛṣṭavāṃs tāṃ kuśalaṃ saha-snuṣāṃ pitṛ-ṣvasāram paripṛṣṭa-bāndhavaḥ //

Approaching Pṛthā, he offered his salutations and was embraced by her, whose eyes were moist with deep affection; / he inquired about the well-being of his father's sister and her daughter-in-law, and was questioned by her about his relatives.

7. Then approaching, Krishna bowed to Kunti, and was asit were embraced by her through affection and her affectionate looks He made enquiries about the welfare of his paternal aunt, of her daughter-in-law and also of other relations.

10.58.8

tam āha prema-vaiklavya- ruddha-kaṇṭhāśru-locanā /
smarantī tān bahūn kleśān kleśāpāyātma-darśanam //

With tears in her eyes and her throat choked with the overwhelming emotion of love, / remembering those many afflictions and the sight of him which removes all afflictions, she said to him:

8. With her throat choked in her perplexing affection and with eyes full of tears as she remembered her numerous sufferings she said to Krishna who reveals Himself to end our miseries (who is realised in one's own self when all the worldly tendencies cease to be.)

10.58.9

tadaiva kuśalaṃ no 'bhūt sa-nāthās te kṛtā vayam /
jñatīn naḥ smaratā kṛṣṇa bhrātā me preṣitas tvayā //

“Then indeed did our well-being begin, and we were given a protector, / when you, O Kṛṣṇa, remembering us, your kinsfolk, sent my brother to us.

9. "Only then prosperity dawned upon us and we were blessed with a lord when Thou, mindful of us, Thy kith and kin, sentest my brother (Akrura) to us, O Krishna!

10.58.10

na te 'sti sva-para-bhrāntir viśvasya suhṛd-ātmanaḥ /
tathāpi smaratāṃ śaśvat kleśān haṃsi hṛdi sthitaḥ //

For you, the friend and self of the universe, there is no delusion of ‘mine’ and ‘other’; / yet, abiding in the heart of those who remember you, you destroy their afflictions continually.”

10. Thou, the friend of all, hast not the wrong notion of 'Mine' and Thine.' Still Thou removest all the sufferings of those who constantly remember Thee, filling their heart with Thy presence.

10.58.11

/0 yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
kiṃ na ācaritaṃ śreyo na vedāham adhīśvara /
yogeśvarāṇāṃ durdarśo yan no dṛṣṭaḥ ku-medhasām //

Yudhiṣṭhira said: / “What good have we performed? I do not know, O Supreme Ruler, / that you, difficult to be seen even by the masters of yoga, have been seen by us dull-witted ones!”

11. Yudhishtira said:--- I do not know what good work we have done, O Supreme Lord; for, Thou, not easily seen even by masters of Yoga, revealest Thyself to the eyes of us of poor understanding.

10.58.12

iti vai vārṣikān māsān rājñā so 'bhyarthitaḥ sukham /
janayan nayanānandam indraprasthaukasāṃ vibhuḥ //

Thus requested by the king, the all-pervading Lord [dwelt there] pleasantly during the rainy months, / generating delight for the eyes of the residents of Indraprastha.

12. Requested by king Yudhishtira with such a devout heart, Sri Krishna gladly spent there the rainy months, giving delight to the residents of Indraprastha.

10.58.13

ekadā ratham āruhya vijayo vānara-dhvajam /
gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur ādāya tūṇau cākṣaya-sāyakau //

Once Arjuna, mounting his chariot bearing the monkey banner, / took up the Gāṇḍīva bow and two quivers of inexhaustible arrows,

13 & 14. On a certain day Arjuna mounted his chariot distinguished by the monkey-flag, with his bow Gandiva and two quivers of inexhaustible arrows and fully equipped for sports; and with Krishna he entered into a dense forest infested with wild beasts.

10.58.14

sākaṃ kṛṣṇena sannaddho vihartuṃ vipinaṃ mahat /
bahu-vyāla-mṛgākīrṇaṃ prāviśat para-vīra-hā //

and, fully armored, entered the great forest teeming with many wild beasts and predators / together with Kṛṣṇa to take recreation, that slayer of enemy heroes.

10.58.15

tatrāvidhyac charair vyāghrān śūkarān mahiṣān rurūn /
śarabhān gavayān khaḍgān hariṇān śaśa-śallakān //

There he pierced with arrows tigers, wild boars, buffaloes, ruru deer, / śarabhas, wild oxen, rhinoceroses, blackbuck, hares, and porcupines.

15. There with his shafts he struck tigers, boars, buffaloes, antelopes, sarabhas, bisons, rhinoceros, deer, bears and sallakas.

10.58.16

tān ninyuḥ kiṅkarā rājñe medhyān parvaṇy upāgate /
tṛṭ-parītaḥ pariśrānto bibhatsur yamunām agāt //

Servants carried them to the king for the sacrificial offering, as a sacred festival had arrived; / seized by thirst and exhausted, Arjuna went to the Yamunā.

16. On the full moon day His attendants took the game to the king and especially those that were considered hallowed and Arjuna, weary and thirsty (in hunger and thirst), went down to the Yamuna.

10.58.17

tatropaspṛśya viśadaṃ pītvā vāri mahā-rathau /
kṛṣṇau dadṛśatuḥ kanyāṃ carantīṃ cāru-darśanām //

There, having touched and drunk the pure water, the two great chariot-warriors, / the two Kṛṣṇas, saw a beautiful-looking maiden walking along.

17. There, after Achamana, the two warriors, Krishna and Arjuna drank of the crystal water and noticed a beautiful maiden strolling about.

10.58.18

tām āsādya varārohāṃ su-dvijāṃ rucirānanām /
papraccha preṣitaḥ sakhyā phālgunaḥ pramadottamām //

Approaching her, who had lovely hips, beautiful teeth, and an attractive face, / Arjuna, sent by his friend, questioned that foremost of charming women:

18 & 19. Sent by his friend, Arjuna enquired of that excellent maiden, ‘Who thou, whose art thou, O beautiful one, whence art thou and what dost thou mean to do? I think thou art a maiden in quest of a consort, kindly tell me everything, O good one (maiden).

10.58.19

kā tvaṃ kasyāsi su-śroṇi kuto vā kiṃ cikīrṣasi /
manye tvāṃ patim icchantīṃ sarvaṃ kathaya śobhane //

“Who are you? Whose daughter are you, O fair-hipped one? From where [have you come] and what do you wish to do? / I think you desire a husband. Tell me everything, O lovely one!”

10.58.20

/0 śrī-kālindy uvāca
ahaṃ devasya savitur duhitā patim icchatī /
viṣṇuṃ vareṇyaṃ vara-daṃ tapaḥ paramam āsthitaḥ //

Śrī Kālindī said: / “I am the daughter of the sun-god, desiring as my husband / Viṣṇu, the most excellent boon-giver; and I have undertaken supreme austerities.

20. Kalindee said;— I am the daughter of the god Surya: I am in search of a partner and I am performing austere tapas in devotion to the Supreme Vishnu who bestows all blessings.

10.58.21

nānyaṃ patiṃ vṛṇe vīra tam ṛte śrī-niketanam /
tuṣyatāṃ me sa bhagavān mukundo 'nātha-saṃśrayaḥ //

I choose no other husband, O hero, except him, the abode of Śrī. / May that Lord Mukunda, the refuge of the shelterless, be pleased with me!

21. I would not choose for my consort any one other than the Lord of Lakshmi: may that Almighty Lord Mukunda, Himself the support of (kind to) the helpless, be propitious unto me!

10.58.22

kālindīti samākhyātā vasāmi yamunā-jale /
nirmite bhavane pitrā yāvad acyuta-darśanam //

Known as Kālindī, I dwell in the waters of the Yamunā / in a mansion built by my father, until I behold Acyuta.”

22. I am called Kalindee; I dwell in a palace constructed by my father under the waters of this river; I mean waiting here till I obtain a sight of Achyuta.

10.58.23

tathāvadad guḍākeśo vāsudevāya so 'pi tām /
ratham āropya tad-vidvān dharma-rājam upāgamat //

Guḍākeśa related that to Vāsudeva; and knowing this, he took her / onto his chariot and went to the king of dharma.

23. Arjuna made an exact report to Krishna; and He aware of it placed her in the chariot and returned to Yudhishtira.

10.58.24

yadaiva kṛṣṇaḥ sandiṣṭaḥ pārthānāṃ paramādbutam /
kārayām āsa nagaraṃ vicitraṃ viśvakarmaṇā //

When Kṛṣṇa was so requested, he had a wondrous, / marvelous city constructed for the sons of Pṛthā through Viśvakarman.

24. As soon as He was requested, Krishna got Visvakarman to build a grand city for Pandu's sons.

10.58.25

bhagavāṃs tatra nivasan svānāṃ priya-cikīrṣayā /
agnaye khāṇḍavaṃ dātum arjunasyāsa sārathiḥ //

Residing there with the desire to do what was pleasing to his own people, the Lord / became Arjuna’s charioteer so as to offer the Khāṇḍava forest to Agni.

25. The glorious Lord stopped there to do some good to His devotees. He acted as charioteer of Arjuna in order to bestow the

forest of Khandava on god Agni.

10.58.26

so 'gnis tuṣṭo dhanur adād dhayān śvetān rathaṃ nṛpa /
arjunāyākṣayau tūṇau varma cābhedyam astribhiḥ //

Satisfied, that Agni gave Arjuna a bow, white horses, a chariot, O king, / two inexhaustible quivers, and armor impenetrable to weapons.

26. The god Agni was so pleased, O king, as to give Arjuna a bow, four white horses, a chariot, two inexhaustible quivers and an armour that cannot be injured even by armed men.

10.58.27

mayaś ca mocito vahneḥ sabhāṃ sakhya upāharat /
yasmin duryodhanasyāsīj jala-sthala-dṛśi-bhramaḥ //

And Maya, liberated from the fire, presented an assembly hall to his friend [Arjuna], / in which Duryodhana suffered the confusion of mistaking water for dry land.

27. Maya, rescued from fire, constructed and presented a wonderful court to his friend, in which Duryodhana mistook bare floor for a sheet of water and vice versa.

10.58.28

sa tena samanujñātaḥ suhṛdbhiś cānumoditaḥ /
āyayau dvārakāṃ bhūyaḥ sātyaki-pramakhair vṛtaḥ //

Permitted by him and approved by his friends, / [the Lord] returned to Dvārakā, surrounded by Sātyaki and the others.

28. Taking leave of Dharmaraja and with the good wishes of other friends, Sri Krishna returned to Dwaraka, accompanied by Satyaki and others.

10.58.29

athopayeme kālindīṃ su-puṇya-rtv-ṛkṣa ūrjite /
vitanvan paramānandaṃ svānāṃ parama-maṅgalaḥ //

Then, during a highly sacred season and an auspicious asterism, he married Kālindī, / bestowing supreme bliss upon his own people, the source of supreme auspiciousness.

29. Then on an auspicious day under an auspicious star He married Kalindee (who was endowed with beauty and youthfulness, a feast to the mind and eyes), thereby adding to the joy and prosperity of His own people.

10.58.30

vindyānuvindyāv āvantyau duryodhana-vaśānugau /
svayaṃ-vare sva-bhaginīṃ kṛṣṇe saktāṃ nyaṣedhatām //

Vinda and Anuvinda, princes of Avanti who were subservient to Duryodhana, / forbade their sister, who was attached to Kṛṣṇa, at her bridegroom-choice.

30. Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, being under the influence of Duryodhana, prohibited their sister from choosing Krishna, to whom she was devoted.

10.58.31

rājādhidevyās tanayāṃ mitravindāṃ pitṛ-ṣvasuḥ /
prasahya hṛtavān kṛṣṇo rājan rājñāṃ prapaśyatām //

Kṛṣṇa carried off Mitravindā, the daughter of his father's sister / Rājādhidevī, by force, O king, in full view of the kings.

31. By force Krishna carried away Mitravinda, the daughter of his paternal aunt Rajadhidevi, while many kings stood witnessing.

10.58.32

nagnajin nāma kauśalya āsīd rājāti-dhārmikaḥ /
tasya satyābhavat kanyā devī nāgnajitī nṛpa //

There was a king of the Kauśalyas named Nagnajit, exceedingly devoted to dharma; / he had a daughter, a princess named Satyā Nāgnajitī, O king.

32. There was a very charitable king of Kosalas, called Nagnajit. He had a brilliant daughter named Satya (Nila) and also known as Nagnajiti, O king.

10.58.33

na tāṃ śekur nṛpā voḍhum ajitvā sapta-go-vṛṣān /
tīkṣṇa-śṛṅgān su-durdharṣān vīrya-gandhāsahān khalān //

Kings could not marry her without subduing seven bulls, / sharp-horned, extremely unconquerable, intolerant of the smell of prowess, and vicious.

33. Without subduing the seven sharp-horned and irresistibly wild and wicked oxen that would not bear the smell (touch) of warriors, other princes were not able to obtain her hand.

10.58.34

tāṃ śrutvā vṛṣa-jil-labhyāṃ bhagavān sātvatāṃ patiḥ /
jagāma kauśalya-puraṃ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ //

Hearing that she was to be won by subduing the bulls, the Lord, the protector of the Sātvatas, / went to the capital of the Kauśalyas, surrounded by a large army.

34. Hearing that she could be gained only by one that subdues the oxen, the Almighty Lord of Satvatas proceeded with a large army to the capital of Kosalas.

10.58.35

sa kośala-patiḥ prītaḥ pratyutthānāsanādibhiḥ /
arhaṇenāpi guruṇā pūjayan pratinanditaḥ //

The lord of Kośala, delighted, honored him by rising, offering seats, and the rest, / and greeted him with rich hospitality, and was welcomed in return.

35. That king of Kosalas, being very much delighted, honoured Krishna by going forth to meet him, offering a seat with other attentions; and he was well appreciated and congratulated (by Krishna on his good nature.)

10.58.36

varaṃ vilokyābhimataṃ samāgataṃ narendra-kanyā cakame ramā-patim /
bhūyād ayaṃ me patir āśiṣo 'nalaḥ karotu satyā yadi me dhṛto vrataḥ //

Seeing that desirable bridegroom arrived, the princess desired the husband of Ramā: / “May he become my husband! May the fire make my hopes come true, if I have observed my vows!”

36. On seeing the bridegroom who was in every way after her heart, the king's daughter gave her heart to the Lord of Lakshmi

and prayed, "May this Krishna be my lord: may He make all the pure blessings true, if I have observed vows (if He had been devoutly contemplated in my mind in the course of my vows.)!

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“The dust of whose lotus feet Śrī, the lotus-born [Brahmā], Giriśa, along with the world-protectors / bear upon their heads—

37. How would that Almighty Lord be so propitious unto me, the dust on whose lotus feet, goddess Lakshmi, the Lotus-born Brahma and god Siva dwelling on the mount, as well as all the protectors of the Universe, bear on their head, and who is the Supreme Ruler and who assumes from time to time sportful personality (forms) in order to protect the limits (defences) of righteousness ordained by Himself?

10.58.37

līlā-tanuḥ sva-kṛta-setu-parīpsayā yaḥ % kāle 'dadhat sa bhagavān mama kena tuṣyet //

by what means may that Lord be pleased with me, he who assumes a play-body from time to time / with the desire to preserve the boundaries he himself created?”

10.58.38

arcitaṃ punar ity āha nārāyaṇa jagat-pate /
ātmānandena pūrṇasya karavāṇi kim alpakaḥ //

Having worshiped him, he spoke again thus: “O Nārāyaṇa, Lord of the universe, / what may an insignificant person do for one full of his own bliss?”

38. And to Krishna the king said, O Narayana, Lord of the Universe, to Thee, Perfect in Thine own blissfulness, (in Thy self) what service might I, a poor creature, render?

10.58.39

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
tam āha bhagavān hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtāsana-parigrahaḥ /
megha-gambhīrayā vācā sa-smitaṃ kuru-nandana //

Śrī Śuka said: / Having taken his seat, the Lord, delighted, spoke to him / with a voice deep as a thundercloud, smiling, O joy of the Kurus.

39. Sri Suka said:— The Almighty Lord (Krishna) was pleased (with him), took His seat and said to him, smilingly and in accents sublime like thunder, O Prince of Kuru race.

10.58.40

/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
narendra yācñā kavibhir vigarhitā rājanya-bandhor nija-dharma-vartinaḥ /
tathāpi yāce tava sauhṛdecchayā kanyāṃ tvadīyāṃ na hi śulka-dā vayam //

The Lord said: / O king of men, begging is condemned by wise men for a kṣatriya abiding by his own dharma; / even so, out of a desire for your friendship, I ask for your daughter, for we pay no bride-price.

40. O great king, learned men condemn it as degrading to make a request for a prince who walks in the line of his duties: still for the sake of friendship with thee I ask of thee thy daughter and we are not prepared to pay any price.

10.58.41

/0 śrī-rājovāca
ko 'nyas te 'bhyadhiko nātha kanyā-vara ihepsitaḥ /
guṇaika-dhāmno yasyāṅge śrīr vasaty anapāyinī //

The king said: / Who else here could be a more desirable bridegroom for my daughter than you, O Lord, / the sole abode of virtues, on whose body Śrī resides never departing?

41. The king said:— ‘Who else is there in this world, superior to Thee, O Lord, most desired bridegroom for the maiden,— Thee that art the one abode of all the excellent qualities and on whose person Lakshmi inseparably abides?

10.58.42

kintv asmābhiḥ kṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ samayaḥ sātvatarṣabha /
puṃsāṃ vīrya-parīkṣārthaṃ kanyā-vara-parīpsayā //

Yet a condition was previously made by us, O bull of the Sātvatas, / to test the prowess of men, wishing to find a suitable bridegroom for my daughter.

42. ‘But a certain convention was first made by us, O bull among Satvatas, to put to test the strength of men, so that the best bridegroom might be obtained.

10.58.43

saptaite go-vṛṣā vīra durdāntā duravagrahāḥ /
etair bhagnāḥ su-bahavo bhinna-gātrā nṛpātmajāḥ //

These seven bulls, O hero, are untamed and uncontrollable; / by them very many princes have been broken, their limbs shattered.

43. ‘Here are seven oxen, O warrior, not subdued or governed by anybody: many, many are the princes who, thwarted of their

purpose, have returned with broken limbs.

10.58.44

yad ime nigṛhītāḥ syus tvayaiva yadu-nandana /
varo bhavān abhimato duhitur me śriyaḥ-pate //

If these are subdued by you alone, O joy of the Yadus, / you shall be the accepted bridegroom for my daughter, O Lord of Śrī.

44. 'Would that these are subdued by Thyself, O delight of Yadus: for Thou art the most desired bridegroom for my daughter, O Lord of Sri.'

10.58.45

evaṃ samayam ākarṇya baddhvā parikaraṃ prabhuḥ /
ātmānaṃ saptadhā kṛtvā nyagṛhṇāl līlayaiva tān //

Having thus heard the condition, girding his loins, the master, / having made himself sevenfold, effortlessly subdued them in divine play.

45. On hearing of that condition the Almighty Lord tightened His girdle and, appearing as seven, sportfully subdued them and brought them under His power.

10.58.46

baddhvā tān dāmabhiḥ śaurir bhagna-darpān hataujasaḥ /
vyakarsal līlayā baddhān bālo dāru-mayān yathā //

Having bound them with ropes, Śauri, their pride broken and their strength crushed, / dragged them, bound, in divine play, as a boy drags wooden [toys].

46. He (Krishna) tied them with ropes, having put down their turbulent strength (broken their teeth) and dragged them bound, even as a child may drag wooden bulls (toys).

10.58.47

tataḥ prītaḥ sutāṃ rājā dadau kṛṣṇāya vismitaḥ /
tāṃ pratyagṛhṇād bhagavān vidhi-vat sadṛśīṃ prabhuḥ //

Then, pleased and amazed, the king gave his daughter to Kṛṣṇa; / the Lord, the master, accepted the suitable [maiden] according to rule.

47. Thereupon the king was highly pleased and astonished, and bestowed his daughter on Krishna who in due form accepted the maiden that was worthy of none but Himself.

10.58.48

rāja-patnyaś ca duhituḥ kṛṣṇaṃ labdhvā priyaṃ patim /
lebhire paramānandaṃ jātaś ca paramotsavaḥ //

And the queens, having obtained Kṛṣṇa as their daughter's beloved husband, / attained supreme bliss, and a great festival took place.

48. And the queens were highly rejoiced to see their daughter espoused to Krishna, the object of her love and great were the rejoicings and festivities at the time.

10.58.49

śaṅkha-bhery-ānakā nedur gīta-vādya-dvijāśiṣaḥ /
narā nāryaḥ pramuditāḥ suvāsaḥ-srag-alaṅkṛtāḥ //

Conches, kettledrums, and drums resounded, along with songs, musical instruments, and the blessings of brāhmaṇas; / men and women were overjoyed, adorned with fine garments and garlands.

49. Conches and drums and Anakas were sounded, songs sung and musical instruments played upon: Brahmins poured forth their benedictions, and men and women, transported with joy, adorned themselves with fine clothes and wreaths of flowers.

10.58.50

daśa-dhenu-sahasrāṇi pāribarham adād vibhuḥ /
yuvatīnāṃ tri-sāhasraṃ niṣka-grīva-suvāsasam //

The powerful king gave as a dowry ten thousand cows, / three thousand young maidens with gold necklaces and fine garments,

50. The king gave as dowry ten thousand cows, three thousand youthful women as servants-maids, all adorned with gold and fine clothes.

10.58.51

nava-nāga-sahasrāṇi nāgāc chata-guṇān rathān /
rathāc chata-guṇān aśvān aśvāc chata-guṇān narān //

nine thousand elephants, a hundred times as many chariots as elephants, / a hundred times as many horses as chariots, and a hundred times as many men as horses.

51. And nine thousand elephants, chariots a hundred times the elephants, horses a hundred times the chariots, soldiers a hundred times the number of horses.

10.58.52

dampatī ratham āropya mahatyā senayā vṛtau /
sneha-praklinna-hṛdayo yāpayām āsa kośalaḥ //

Having placed the couple on a chariot, surrounded by a huge army, / the king of Kośala sent them off, his heart melted with affection.

52. The king of Kosalas sent the couple in a chariot attended by a large army, his heart melting in affection.

10.58.53

śrutvaitad rurudhur bhūpā nayantaṃ pathi kanyakām /
bhagna-vīryāḥ su-durmarṣā yadubhir go-vṛṣaiḥ purā //

Hearing of this, kings who had formerly been broken in prowess / by the Yadus and by the bulls, highly intolerant, blocked him on the road as he took the maiden.

53. On hearing of this, the highly envious kings who had previously had their pride broken by these oxen, attacked on the way Krishna who, followed by Yadus, was taking His bride away.

10.58.54

tān asyataḥ śara-vrātān bandhu-priya-kṛd arjunaḥ /
gāṇḍīvī kālayām āsa siṃhaḥ kṣudra-mṛgān iva //

As they discharged swarms of arrows, Arjuna, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, doing what pleased his friend, / routed them as a lion [routes] small beasts.

54. As those kings came pouring volleys of arrows, Arjuna, with Gandiva in his hand, eager to render good service to his friend and relation, drove them away as a lion does the little beasts.

10.58.55

pāribarham upāgṛhya dvārakām etya satyayā /
reme yadūnām ṛṣabho bhagavān devakī-sutaḥ //

Having accepted the dowry and reached Dvārakā with Satya, / the Lord, the son of Devakī, the bull of the Yadus, sported [with her].

55. With the dowry Sri Krishna, the Almighty Lord and foremost among Yadus, returned to Dwaraka and delightfully spent the time with Satya.

10.58.56

śrutakīrteḥ sutāṃ bhadrāṃ upayeme pitṛ-ṣvasuḥ /
kaikeyīṃ bhrātṛbhir dattāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ santardanādibhiḥ //

Kṛṣṇa also wedded Bhadrā, the Kaikeyī princess, daughter of his father's sister Śrutakīrti, / given by her brothers headed by Santardana.

56. Next Krishna married Bhadra, the princess of Kekayas, daughter of Srutakeerti, His paternal aunt, who was offered by her brothers, Santardana and others.

10.58.57

sutāṃ ca madrādhipater lakṣmaṇāṃ lakṣaṇair yatām /
svayaṃ-vare jahāraikaḥ sa suparṇaḥ sudhām iva //

And Lakṣmaṇā, the daughter of the king of Madra, endowed with auspicious marks, / he carried off alone at her svayaṃvara, as Garuḍa [carried off] the nectar.

57. Next in a Swayamvara, single-handed He carried away, as Suparna did nectar, Lakshmana, the princess of Madras, endowed with all the excellent qualities.

10.58.58

anyāś caivaṃ-vidhā bhāryāḥ kṛṣṇasyāsan sahasraśaḥ /
bhaumaṃ hatvā tan-nirodhād āhṛtāś cāru-darśanāḥ //

And there were thousands of other wives of Kṛṣṇa of this kind, / beautiful to behold, who were brought away from their imprisonment after he slew Bhauma.

58. Similarly there were thousands of other wives to Krishna, who were all beautiful and who had been rescued from the prison of Narakasura slain by Him.