Bhagavatapurana 10.59: athaikonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

10.59.1

śrī-rājovāca yathā hato bhagavatā bhaumo yene ca tāḥ striyaḥ /
niruddhā etad ācakṣva vikramaṃ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ //

The king said: / Tell me how Bhauma was slain by the Lord, and how those women / had been imprisoned, and of this valor of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow.

1. The king said:— How Bhauma (Naraka) was subdued by the Almighty Lord and how those women came to be imprisoned by him (were carried away) - kindly tell me of this prowess of Krishna, weilder of Sarnga. D. how those women had been carried away.

10.59.2

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
indreṇa hṛta-chatreṇa hṛta-kuṇḍala-bandhunā /
hṛtāmarādri-sthānena jñāpito bhauma-ceṣṭitam //

Śrī Śuka said: / Having been informed of Bhauma's conduct by Indra, whose parasol had been stolen, / whose kin [Aditi] had her earrings stolen, and whose dwelling place on Mount Meru had been seized,

[Sri Suka said:— [When the blessed Lord Sri Krishna was at Dwaraka, Indra came down from Swarga with a despondent and anxious heart.]

2. His mother deprived of her ear-rings, himself of his umbrella and turned out from his place, i. e., Amaradri, Indra complained to Krishna of the troublesome activity of Narakasura: [Govinda comforted Indra and sent him away with due respect:] and with His wife Govinda mounted Garuda and proceeded to city of Pragjyotisha.

10.59.3

sa-bhāryo garuḍārūḍhaḥ prāg-jyotiṣa-puraṃ yayau /
giri-durgaiḥ śastra-durgair jalāgny-anila-durgamam /
mura-pāśāyutair ghorair dṛḍhaiḥ sarvata āvṛtam //

accompanied by his wife and mounted on Garuḍa, he went to the city of Prāgjyotiṣa, / which was impassable due to mountain-fortresses, weapon-fortresses, water, fire, and wind, / and surrounded on all sides by ten thousand dreadful, strong snares of Mura.

3. The city was impregnable with hill fortifications, fortifications of weapons, water, fire, air and strong and fearful wires of Mura on all sides.

10.59.4

gadayā nirbibhedādrīn śastra-durgāṇi sāyakaiḥ /
cakreṇāgniṃ jalaṃ vāyuṃ mura-pāśāṃs tathāsinā //

With his mace he shattered the mountains, the weapon-fortresses with his arrows, / the fire, water, and wind with his discus, and the snares of Mura with his sword.

4. Sri Krishna shattered down the hills with His Gada, the fortifications of weapons with His shafts, those of fire, water and air with His Chakra and those of Mura's wires with His sword.

10.59.5

śaṅkha-nādena yantrāṇi hṛdayāni manasvinām /
prākāraṃ gadayā gurvyā nirbibheda gadādharaḥ //

With the sound of his conch [he shattered] the war-machines and the hearts of the valiant; / with his heavy mace, the wielder of the mace broke down the rampart.

5. With the blasts of His conch, Krishna blew down the engines as well as the heart of the brave and with His heavy gada (mace) the ramparts of the inmost keep.

10.59.6

pāñcajanya-dhvaniṃ śrutvā yugāntaśani-bhīṣaṇam /
muraḥ śayāna uttasthau daityaḥ pañca-śirā jalāt //

Hearing the sound of Pāñcajanya, terrifying like the thunderbolt at the end of the cosmic age, / the sleeping five-headed demon Mura arose from the water.

6. Hearing the blowing conch, terrific like the thunders of deluge, Mura, the asura of five heads, who lay in sleep, rose from the waters.

10.59.7

tri-śūlam udyamya su-durnirīkṣaṇo yugānta-sūryānala-rocir ulbaṇaḥ /
grasaṃs tri-lokīm iva pañcabhir mukhair abhyadravat tārkṣya-sutaṃ yathoragaḥ //

Lifting his trident, very difficult to behold, terrifying with the brilliance of the sun and fire at the end of a cosmic age, / seeming to swallow the three worlds with his five mouths, he rushed at the son of Tārkṣya like a serpent.

7. Most terrible to be eyed and by his dazzling light fierce like the sun and fire of deluge, Mura raised his trident and rushed at Krishna with his five mouths wide open, as if to devour the three worlds, and looked like a serpent rushing at Garuda.

10.59.8

āvidhya śūlaṃ tarasā garutmate nirasya vaktrair vyanadat sa pañcabhiḥ /
sa rodasī sarva-diśo 'mbaraṃ mahān āpūrayann aṇḍa-kaṭāham āvṛṇot //

Whirling his trident, he hurled it with force at Garuḍa and roared with his five mouths; / filling the heaven and earth, all directions, and the sky, that great sound enveloped the cosmic shell.

8. He swiftly brandished his trident and threw it on at Garuda and roared with all his five mouths: filled the earth and the heavens, all the directions and the sky and also the whole cavity of the globe.

10.59.9

tadāpatad vai tri-śikhaṃ garutmate hariḥ śarābhyām abhinat tridhojasā /
mukheṣu taṃ cāpi śarair atāḍayat tasmai gadāṃ so 'pi ruṣā vyamuñcata //

As that three-pronged [spear] flew toward Garuḍa, Hari forcefully split it into three pieces with two arrows; / he struck him in his faces with arrows, and he too hurled a mace at Him in rage.

9. Then, with great force Hari cut into three with His two shafts, the trident that was rushing towards Garuda, and also stuffed his mouths with shafts; the enraged asura too, dashed (another) Gada at Krishna.

10.59.10

tām āpatantīṃ gadayā gadāṃ mṛdhe gadāgrajo nirbibhide sahasradhā /
udyamya bāhūn abhidhāvato 'jitaḥ śirāṃsi cakreṇa jahāra līlayā //

In that battle, the elder brother of Gada shattered into a thousand pieces with his mace that incoming mace; / as he rushed forward raising his arms, the unconquered Lord effortlessly took off his heads with his discus.

10. On the field Krishna, Gada's brother, broke with His *gada* into a thousand pieces that asura's *gada* rushing towards Him. Now the asura lifting up his arms, rushed at Him and Ajita cut off his heads with His Chakra.

10.59.11

vyasuḥ papātāmbhasi kṛtta-śīrṣo nikṛtta-śṛṅgo 'drir ivendra-tejasā /
tasyātmajāḥ sapta pitur vadhāturāḥ pratikriyāmarṣa-juṣaḥ samudyatāḥ //

Lifeless, his heads severed, he fell into the water like a mountain whose peaks were sheared by Indra’s power. / His seven sons, aggrieved by their father's death, nursing vengeful wrath, arose for battle:

11. His heads cut off, the asura fell lifeless into the water, like a mountain with its crest (wings) cut off by the powerful Indra. [A joyful shower of flowers fell on the head of Krishna when Mura the asura fell]. The asura's seven sons, enraged and impatient at the slaughter of their father and determined to take revenge, sallied forth in full preparation.

10.59.11.p1

tāmro 'ntarikṣaḥ śravaṇo vibhāvasur $ vasur nabhasvān aruṇaś ca saptamaḥ &

Tāmra, Antarikṣa, Śravaṇa, Vibhāvasu, / Vasu, Nabhasvān, and Aruṇa the seventh.

12. They were Tamra, Antariksha, Sravana, Vibhavasu, Vasu, Nabhasvan and Aruna the seventh: directed by Naraka and armed with weapons, with the commander of the forces named Peeta at their head, they issued forth (into the battle-field).

10.59.12

pīṭhaṃ puraskṛtya camū-patiṃ mṛdhe % bhauma-prayuktā niragan dhṛtāyudhāḥ //

Placing Pīṭha, the commander of the army, in front in battle, / dispatched by Bhauma, holding weapons, they marched forth.

10.59.13

prāyuñjatāsādya śarān asīn gadāḥ śakty-ṛṣṭi-śūlāny ajite ruṣolbaṇāḥ /
tac-chastra-kūṭaṃ bhagavān sva-mārgaṇair amogha-vīryas tilaśaś cakarta ha //

Having approached, furious in their anger, they hurled arrows, swords, maces, / javelins, spears, and tridents at the unconquered Lord; / the Lord of unfailing prowess cut that heap of weapons to pieces with his own arrows.

13. Terrific in their rage, they came up and showered on Krishna, their shafts, swords, maces, Saktis, Rishtis and tridents: but the Almighty Lord of unfailing energy - wonderful it is! cut down with His shafts the whole body of weapons into as tiny pieces as sesamum seeds.

10.59.14

tān pīṭha-mukhyān anayad yama-kṣayaṃ $ nikṛtta-śīrṣoru-bhujāṅghri-varmaṇaḥ &
svānīka-pān acyuta-cakra-sāyakais % tathā nirastān narako dharā-sutaḥ \
nirīkṣya durmarṣaṇa āsravan-madair # gajaiḥ payodhi-prabhavair nirākramāt //

He dispatched to the realm of Yama those leaders headed by Pīṭha, / their heads, thighs, arms, feet, and armor sheared; / seeing his generals thus repulsed by the discus and arrows of Acyuta, / Naraka, the son of the earth, unable to endure, marched forth with elephants streaming with temple-fluid, born of the ocean.

14. & 15. Krishna sent to the city of Yama all those that came headed by Peetha, their heads, thighs, arms, feet and armours (bows) having been cut and split open. Seeing all his commanders so destroyed by the shafts of Achyuta, Naraka, the son of Bhumi, could not contain his rage and issued forth with his rutting elephants born of the sea of milk, [with many thousands of elephants and chariots and a vast army the powerful Naraka entered the field] and there he espied the Lord seated on Garuda with His consort like a cloud just above the sun and bright with streaks of lightning, and at Him he discharged his Sataghni and all his soldiers simultaneously struck.

10.59.14.p2

dṛṣṭvā sa-bhāryaṃ garuḍopari sthitaṃ $ sūryopariṣṭāt sa-taḍid ghanaṃ yathā &

Seeing Kṛṣṇa with his wife, mounted upon Garuḍa / like a lightning-bearing cloud above the sun,

10.59.15

kṛṣṇaṃ sa tasmai vyasṛjac chata-ghnīṃ % yodhāś ca sarve yugapac ca vivyadhuḥ //

he hurled a hundred-killer at Him, / and all his warriors struck simultaneously.

10.59.15.p2

tad bhauma-sainyaṃ bhagavān gadāgrajo $ vicitra-vājair niśitaiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ &

That army of Bhauma, the Lord, the elder brother of Gada, / with sharp arrows fitted with colorful feathers,

16. With His sharp arrows swift with wonderful wings, the Almighty brother of Gada deprived that army of Naraka of arms, heads, thighs and necks and at the same time struck down all his horses and elephants.

10.59.15.p3

tad bhauma-sainyaṃ bhagavān gadāgrajo $ vicitra-vājair niśitaiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ &

That army of Bhauma, the Lord, the elder brother of Gada, / with sharp arrows fitted with colorful feathers,

10.59.16

nikṛtta-bāhūru-śirodhra-vigrahaṃ % cakāra tarhy eva hatāśva-kuñjaram //

instantly reduced to bodies with severed arms, thighs, and necks, / its horses and elephants slain.

10.59.17

yāni yodhaiḥ prayuktāni śastrāstrāṇi kurūdvaha /
haris tāny acchinat tīkṣṇaiḥ śarair ekaikaśas trībhiḥ //

Whatever weapons and magical missiles were discharged by the warriors, O best of Kurus, / Hari cut down, one by one, with three sharp arrows.

17. Hari with His sharp arrows cut off each into three pieces

all those weapons and missiles which the soldiers of the enemy severally discharged.

10.59.18

uhyamānaḥ suparṇena pakṣābhyāṃ nighnatā gajān /
gurutmatā hanyamānās tuṇḍa-pakṣa-nakher gajāḥ //

Carried by Suparṇa, who struck the elephants with his wings— / beaten by Garuḍa with beak, wings, and claws, the elephants

18. Sri Krishna was borne on by Garuda who with his wings struck down elephants, inflicting wounds with his bill and claws.

10.59.19

puram evāviśann ārtā narako yudhy ayudhyata /
dṛṣṭvā vidrāvitaṃ sainyaṃ garuḍenārditaṃ svakaṃ //

entered the city, distressed, while Naraka fought in the battle. / Seeing his own army routed and afflicted by Garuḍa,

19. They in their distress retreated into the city and when he saw his army beaten and put to flight by Garuda, Naraka single-handed fought on in the field.

10.59.20

taṃ bhaumaḥ prāharac chaktyā vajraḥ pratihato yataḥ /
nākampata tayā viddho mālāhata iva dvipaḥ //

the son of the Earth struck him with a spear, by which even the thunderbolt had been repelled. / Struck by it, he did not tremble, like an elephant hit by a garland.

20. With his Sakti Bhauma struck him (Garuda) from whose body even Vajrayudha was thrown back [like Indra striking a hill with his vajra] and struck with it Garuda who remained unshaken like an elephant struck with a garland of flowers.

10.59.21

śūlaṃ bhaumo 'cyutaṃ hantum ādade vitathodyamaḥ /
tad-visargāt pūrvam eva narakasya śiro hariḥ /
apāharad gaja-sthasya cakreṇa kṣura-neminā //

His effort futile, the son of the Earth seized a trident to kill Acyuta. / Even before he could release it, Hari took off Naraka's head / as he sat upon his elephant, with his razor-rimmed discus.

21. His previous attempt having failed, Bhauma snatched up Sula to strike at Achyuta: but before he discharged it, Hari cut off with His keen-edged Chakra the head of Naraka who was seated on the elephant.

10.59.22

sa-kuṇḍalaṃ cāru-kirīṭa-bhūṣaṇaṃ babhau pṛthivyāṃ patitam samujjvalam /
ha heti sādhv ity ṛṣayaḥ sureśvarā mālyair mukundaṃ vikiranta īdire //

Fallen upon the earth, brilliant with earrings and adorned with an attractive crown, it shone; / crying 'Alas, alas!' and 'Bravo!', the sages and the chiefs of the gods spoke praise, scattering garlands upon Mukunda.

22. Falling on the ground his head shone brilliant with the ear-rings and the beautiful crown. "Ha, Ha," "well done" shouted out sages: and the great celestials showered flowers on Mukunda and praised Him.

10.59.22.p1

tataś ca bhūḥ kṛṣṇam upetya kuṇḍale $ pratapta-jāmbūnada-ratna-bhāsvare &

And then the Earth approached Kṛṣṇa with the two earrings, radiant with refined gold and jewels,

10.59.23

sa-vaijayantyā vana-mālayārpayat % prācetasaṃ chatram atho mahā-maṇim //

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10.59.24

astauṣīd atha viśveśaṃ devī deva-varārcitam /
prāñjaliḥ praṇatā rājan bhakti-pravaṇayā dhiyā //

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10.59.25

/0 bhūmir uvāca
namas te deva-deveśa śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dhara /
bhaktecchopātta-rūpāya paramātman namo 'stu te //

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10.59.26

namaḥ paṅkaja-nābhāya namaḥ paṅkaja-māline /
namaḥ paṅkaja-netrāya namas tepaṅkajāṅghraye //

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10.59.27

namo bhagavate tubhyaṃ vāsudevāya viṣṇave /
puruṣāyādi-bījāya pūrṇa-bodhāya te namaḥ //

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10.59.28

ajāya janayitre 'sya brahmaṇe 'nanta-śaktaye /
parāvarātman bhūtātman paramātman namo 'stu te //

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10.59.28.p1

tvaṃ vai sisṛkṣur aja utkaṭaṃ prabho $ tamo nirodhāya bibharṣy asaṃvṛtaḥ &

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10.59.29

sthānāya sattvaṃ jagato jagat-pate % kālaḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣo bhavān paraḥ //

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10.59.30

ahaṃ payo jyotir athānilo nabho mātrāṇi devā mana indriyāṇi /
kartā mahān ity akhilaṃ carācaraṃ tvayy advitīye bhagavan ayaṃ bhramaḥ //

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10.59.31

tasyātmajo 'yaṃ tava pāda-paṅkajaṃ bhītaḥ prapannārti-haropasāditaḥ /
tat pālayainaṃ kuru hasta-paṅkajaṃ śirasy amuṣyākhila-kalmaṣāpaham //

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10.59.32

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
iti bhūmy-arthito vāgbhir bhagavān bhakti-namrayā /
dattvābhayaṃ bhauma-gṛham prāviśat sakalarddhimat //

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10.59.33

tatra rājanya-kanyānāṃ ṣaṭ-sahasrādhikāyutam /
bhaumāhṛtānāṃ vikramya rājabhyo dadṛśe hariḥ //

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10.59.34

tam praviṣṭaṃ striyo vīkṣya nara-varyaṃ vimohitāḥ /
manasā vavrire 'bhīṣṭaṃ patiṃ daivopasāditam //

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10.59.35

bhūyāt patir ayaṃ mahyaṃ dhātā tad anumodatām /
iti sarvāḥ pṛthak kṛṣṇe bhāvena hṛdayaṃ dadhuḥ //

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10.59.36

tāḥ prāhiṇod dvāravatīṃ su-mṛṣṭa-virajo-'mbarāḥ /
nara-yānair mahā-kośān rathāśvān draviṇaṃ mahāt //

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10.59.37

airāvata-kulebhāṃś ca catur-dantāṃs tarasvinaḥ /
pāṇḍurāṃś ca catuḥ-ṣaṣṭiṃ prerayām āsa keśavaḥ //

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10.59.38

gatvā surendra-bhavanaṃ dattvādityai ca kuṇḍale /
pūjitas tridaśendreṇa mahendryāṇyā ca sa-priyaḥ //

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10.59.39

codito bhāryayotpāṭya pārījātaṃ garutmati /
āropya sendrān vibudhān nirjityopānayat puram //

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10.59.40

sthāpitaḥ satyabhāmāyā gṛhodyānopaśobhanaḥ /
anvagur bhramarāḥ svargāt tad-gandhāsava-lampaṭāḥ //

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10.59.41

yayāca ānamya kirīṭa-koṭibhiḥ pādau spṛśann acyutam artha-sādhanam /
siddhārtha etena vigṛhyate mahān aho surāṇāṃ ca tamo dhig āḍhyatām //

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10.59.42

atho muhūrta ekasmin nānāgāreṣu tāḥ striyaḥ /
yathopayeme bhagavān tāvad-rūpa-dharo 'vyayaḥ //

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10.59.43

gṛheṣu tāsām anapāyy atarka-kṛn nirasta-sāmyātiśayeṣv avasthitaḥ /
reme ramābhir nija-kāma-sampluto yathetaro gārhaka-medhikāṃś caran //

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10.59.43.p1

itthaṃ ramā-patim avāpya patiṃ striyas tā $ brahmādayo 'pi na viduḥ padavīṃ yadīyām &

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10.59.44

bhejur mudāviratam edhitayānurāga % hāsāvaloka-nava-saṅgama-jalpa-lajjāḥ //

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10.59.44.p2

pratyudgamāsana-varārhaṇa-pada-śauca- $ tāmbūla-viśramaṇa-vījana-gandha-mālyaiḥ &

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10.59.44.p3

pratyudgamāsana-varārhaṇa-pada-śauca- $ tāmbūla-viśramaṇa-vījana-gandha-mālyaiḥ &

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10.59.45

keśa-prasāra-śayana-snapanopahāryaiḥ % dāsī-śatā api vibhor vidadhuḥ sma dāsyam //

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