Bhagavatapurana 10.61: athaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

10.61.1

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
ekaikaśas tāḥ kṛṣṇasya putrān daśa-daśābaāḥ /
ajījanann anavamān pituḥ sarvātma-sampadā //

Śrī Śuka said:
Each one of those women bore ten sons to Kṛṣṇa, / in no way inferior to their father in all personal excellences.

1. Sri Suka said:— To Krishna every one of those women bore ten sons who were, by all their excellent qualities, in no manner inferior to their Father.

10.61.2

gṛhād anapagaṃ vīkṣya rāja-putryo 'cyutaṃ sthitam /
preṣṭhaṃ nyamaṃsata svaṃ svaṃ na tat-tattva-vidaḥ striyaḥ //

Seeing Acyuta staying at home and never leaving, / the princesses each thought him to be their own dearest [husband], for as women they did not know the truth about him.

2. Those princesses, seeing that Achyuta was never absent from homes, thought severally, 'Krishna is my own beloved consort and He is most beloved of me'; but they were not aware of His true nature.

10.61.2.p1

cārv-abja-kośa-vadanāyata-bāhu-netra- $ sa-prema-hāsa-rasa-vīkṣita-valgu-jalpaiḥ &

By his charming lotus-calyx face, his long arms, his eyes, / his affectionate smiles, loving glances, and sweet conversation,

3. Those women only were fascinated with the charming face like unto the blooming lotus, long arms, broad (beautiful) eyes and looks that were sweet with love and smiles and the winning conversation of the Almighty Lord; but they were not for all their charms able to conquer and influence the mind of the Perfect One.

10.61.3

sammohitā bhagavato na mano vijetuṃ % svair vibhramaiḥ samaśakan vanitā vibhūmnaḥ //

the women, enchanted by the Lord, were unable to conquer / the mind of the all-powerful Lord by their own seductive charms.

10.61.3.p2

smāyāvaloka-lava-darśita-bhāva-hāri $ bhrū-maṇḍala-prahita-saurata-mantra-śauṇḍaiḥ &

Skilled in amorous commands sent by the circles of their eyebrows, / which captivated his feeling displayed in slight smiling glances,

4. Also (armed as they were) with Manmatha's arrows powerful messengers of love despatched by their brows that were charming with the sentiment expressed by their suppressed smiles and stealthy glances, those sixteen thousand women were not in any degree able to shake the strength of the Almighty Lord. [1. From behind the pillars, through the shyness of their new friendship, those virtuous queens sent their side-long glances, from their eyes overflowing with love, at their Lord, the Lord of the righteous, the abode of Lakshmi, enthroned now high in their mansions and very ardently loved by them.

10.61.3.p3

smāyāvaloka-lava-darśita-bhāva-hāri $ bhrū-maṇḍala-prahita-saurata-mantra-śauṇḍaiḥ &

Skilled in amorous commands sent by the circles of their eyebrows, / which captivated his feeling displayed in slight smiling glances,

10.61.4

patnyas tu śoḍaśa-sahasram anaṅga-bāṇair % yasyendriyaṃ vimathitum karaṇair na śekuḥ //

even sixteen thousand wives were unable to agitate / his senses with the arrows of love or with their feminine gestures.

10.61.4.p2

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

Having thus attained as their husband the Lord of Ramā, / whose path even Brahmā and the others do not know,

5. Having thus gained Lakshmi's Consort for their Lord whose ways even Brahma and others do not realise, those women enjoyed in ever-growing delight His affection, smiling looks and attractions of newly wedded life.

10.61.4.p3

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

Having thus attained as their husband the Lord of Ramā, / whose path even Brahmā and the others do not know,

10.61.5

bhejur mudāviratam edhitayānurāga- % hāsāvaloka-nava-saṅgama-lālasādyam //

those women worshiped him with ever-increasing joy, characterized by loving / smiling glances, eagerness for fresh union, and other charms.

10.61.5.p2

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

With rising to greet him, offering excellent seats, worship, washing his feet, / betel leaves, resting him, fanning, fragrant pastes, garlands,

6. In going forth to meet, readily offering a seat and articles of worship, washing the feet, refreshing with fans, presenting betel-nut, pigments of sandal and wreaths of flowers, combing His hair, arranging the beds and baths and other attentions, hundreds of servants-maid readily did service to the Lord.

10.61.5.p3

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

With rising to greet him, offering excellent seats, worship, washing his feet, / betel leaves, resting him, fanning, fragrant pastes, garlands,

10.61.6

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

dressing his hair, arranging his bed, bathing, and presenting gifts, / though having hundreds of handmaidens, they rendered personal service to the almighty Lord.

10.61.7

tāsāṃ yā daśa-putrāṇāṃ kṛṣṇa-strīṇāṃ puroditāḥ /
aṣṭau mahiṣyas tat-putrān pradyumnādīn gṛṇāmi te //

Of those wives of Kṛṣṇa who each had ten sons, / I shall recount to you the sons, beginning with Pradyumna, of the eight principal queens mentioned earlier.

7. Of Krishna's consorts who severally bore Him ten sons, - eight were already mentioned as chief queens: now I shall tell thee of Pradyumna and other sons of these eight.

10.61.8

cārudeṣṇaḥ sudeṣṇaś ca cārudehaś ca vīryavān /
sucāruś cāruguptaś ca bhadracārus tathāparaḥ //

Cārudeṣṇa, Sudeṣṇa, the heroic Cārudeha, / Sucāru, Cārugupta, and likewise another, Bhadracāru,

8. & 9. The powerful Charudeshna, Sudeshna, Charudeha, Sucharu, Charugupta Bhadracharu, Charuchandra, Vicharu and Charu the tenth; Pradyumna being the eldest, were born of Rukmini in no way inferior to the Father.

10.61.9

cārucandro vicāruś ca cāruś ca daśamo hareḥ /
pradyumna-pramukhā jātā rukmiṇyāṃ nāvamāḥ pituḥ //

Cārucandra, Vicāru, and Cāru as the tenth: / these [sons] born to Hari by Rukmiṇī, led by Pradyumna, were in no way inferior to their father.

10.61.10

bhānuḥ subhānuḥ svarbhānuḥ prabhānur bhānumāṃs tathā /
candrabhānur bṛhadbhānur atibhānus tathāṣṭamaḥ //

Bhānu, Subhānu, Svarbhānu, Prabhānu, likewise Bhānumat, / Candrabhānu, Bṛhadbhānu, and Atibhānu as the eighth,

10. Bhanu, Subhanu, Swarbhanu, Prabhanu, Bhanuman, Chandrabhanu, Brihatbhanu, Atibhanu the eighth, Sribhanu and Pratibhanu are the ten sons by Satyabhama.

10.61.11

śrībhānuḥ pratibhānuś ca satyabhāmātmajā daśa /
sāmbaḥ sumitraḥ purujic chatajic ca sahasrajit //

Śrībhānu, and Pratibhānu were the ten sons of Satyabhāmā. / Sāmba, Sumitra, Purujit, Śatajit, Sahasrajit,

11. & 12. Samba, Sumitra, Purujit, Satrajit, Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Chitraketu, Vasuman, Dravida (Dravina) and Kratu-these ten beginning with Samba are the sons of Jambavati, most agreeable to the Father.

10.61.12

viyayaś citraketuś ca vasumān draviḍaḥ kratuḥ /
jāmbavatyāḥ sutā hy ete sāmbādyāḥ pitṛ-sammatāḥ //

Vijaya, Citraketu, Vasumat, Draviḍa, and Kratu: / these indeed were the sons of Jāmbavatī, headed by Sāmba, dear to their father.

10.61.13

vīraś candro 'śvasenaś ca citragur vegavān vṛṣaḥ /
āmaḥ śaṅkur vasuḥ śrīmān kuntir nāgnajiteḥ sutāḥ //

Vīra, Candra, Aśvasena, Citragu, Vegavat, Vṛṣa, / Āma, Śaṅku, Vasu, and the glorious Kunti were the sons of Nāgnajitī.

13. Veera, (Bhanu) Chandra, Aswasena, Chitragu, Vegavan, Vrisha, Ama, Sanku, the beautiful Vasu and Kunti were the sons of Nagnajiti.

10.61.14

śrutaḥ kavir vṛṣo vīraḥ subāhur bhadra ekalaḥ /
śāntir darśaḥ pūrṇamāsaḥ kālindyāḥ somako 'varaḥ //

Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa, Vīra, Subāhu, Bhadra, Ekala, / Śānti, Darśa, and Pūrṇamāsa, with Somaka as the youngest, were [the sons] of Kālindī.

14. Sruta, Kavi, Vrisha, Veera, Subahu, Badhra, Ekala, Santi, Darsa, Purnamasa, Somaka the youngest are the sons of Kalindi.

10.61.15

praghoṣo gātravān siṃho balaḥ prabala ūrdhagaḥ /
mādryāḥ putrā mahāśaktiḥ saha ojo 'parājitaḥ //

Praghoṣa, Gātravat, Siṃha, Bala, Prabala, Ūrdhaga, / Mahāśakti, Saha, Ojas, and Aparājita were the sons of Mādrī.

15. Praghosha, Gatravat, Simha, Bala, Prabala, Urdhwaga, Mahasakti, Saha, Oja, Aparajita are the sons of Madri, (or Lakshmana).

10.61.16

vṛko harṣo 'nilo gṛdhro vardhanonnāda eva ca /
mahāṃsaḥ pāvano vahnir mitravindātmajāḥ kṣudhiḥ //

Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Unnāda, / Mahāṃsa, Pāvana, Vahni, and Kṣudhi were the sons of Mitravindā.

16. Vrika, Harsha (Arka), Anila, Gridhra, Vardhana, Annada, Mahasa, Pavana, Vahni and Kshudhi are the sons of Mitravinda.

10.61.17

saṅgrāmajid bṛhatsenaḥ śūraḥ praharaṇo 'rijit /
jayaḥ subhadro bhadrāyā vāma āyuś ca satyakaḥ //

Saṅgrāmajit, Bṛhatsena, Śūra, Praharaṇa, Arijit, / Jaya, and Subhadra were Bhadrā's [sons], and Vāma, Āyus, and Satyaka.

17. Sangramajit, Brihatsena, Sura, Praharana, Arijit, Jaya, Subhadra, Vama, Ayu, Satyaka are the sons of Bhadra.

10.61.18

dīptimāṃs tāmrataptādyā rohiṇyās tanayā hareḥ /
pradyamnāc cāniruddho 'bhūd rukmavatyāṃ mahā-balaḥ /
putryāṃ tu rukmiṇo rājan nāmnā bhojakaṭe pure //

Dīptimat, Tāmratapta, and others were Hari's sons by Rohiṇī. / From Pradyumna was born the mighty Aniruddha by Rukmavatī, / the daughter of Rukmin, O King, in the city named Bhojakaṭa.

18. Diptimat, Tamratapta and others were Hari's sons by Rohini. Of Pradyumna, Anirudha was born by Rukmavati and he was endowed with great strength.

19. Rukmavati was the daughter of Rukmin born in the city of Bhojakata. The sons and grandsons of these were many millions, O king; sixteen thousand were the mothers of Krishna's sons.

10.61.19

eteṣāṃ putra-pautrāś ca babhūvuḥ koṭiśo nṛpa /
mātaraḥ kṛṣṇa-jātīnāṃ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa //

The sons and grandsons of these numbered in the tens of millions, O King; / and the mothers of those born of Kṛṣṇa were sixteen thousand.

10.61.20

/0 śrī-rājovāca
kathaṃ rukmy arī-putrāya prādād duhitaraṃ yudhi /
kṛṣṇena paribhūtas taṃ hantuṃ randhraṃ pratīkṣate /
etad ākhyāhi me vidvan dviṣor vaivāhikaṃ mithaḥ //

The King said: / How did Rukmin give his daughter in marriage to the son of his enemy, / when, having been humiliated in battle by Kṛṣṇa, he was watching for a weakness to kill him? / Explain to me, wise sage, this marriage between two who hated each other.

20. The king said:—How did Rukmin defeated by Krishna in battle and ever looking for an occasion to kill Him, give his daughter to the son of his enemy? Please tell me of this, O sage, how marital relations came about between enemies.

10.61.21

anāgatam atītaṃ ca vartamānam atīndriyam /
viprakṛṣṭaṃ vyavahitaṃ samyak paśyanti yoginaḥ //

The future, the past, the present, that which transcends the senses, / the distant, and the concealed—yogins perceive all this clearly.

21. Yogins distinctly see what is beyond the range of the senses, (whether it is of) the future, the past or the present, distant or screened off.

10.61.22

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
vṛtaḥ svayaṃ-vare sākṣād anaṇgo 'ṇga-yutas tayā /
rājñaḥ sametān nirjitya jahāraika-ratho yudhi //

Śrī Śuka said: / Chosen by her at the svayaṃvara, he, the bodiless god of love embodied, / vanquished the assembled kings on his single chariot and bore her away in battle.

22. Sri Suka said:— In Swayamvara Manmatha endowed with a body was chosen by her (Rukmavati). The kings that had assembled there the warrior vanquished in battle, riding but in one chariot, and carried her away.

10.61.23

yady apy anusmaran vairaṃ rukmī kṛṣṇāvamānitaḥ /
vyatarad bhāgineyāya sutāṃ kurvan svasuḥ priyam //

Although Rukmin remembered his enmity, having been humiliated by Kṛṣṇa, / he gave his daughter to his nephew to please his sister.

23. Disgraced by Krishna, Rukmin did constantly cherish inimical feelings towards Him, but to please his sister he bestowed his daughter on his nephew.

10.61.24

rukmiṇyās tanayāṃ rājan kṛtavarma-suto balī /
upayeme viśālākṣīṃ kanyāṃ cārumatīṃ kila //

The powerful son of Kṛtavarman married the large-eyed maiden Cārumatī, / who was the daughter of Rukmiṇī, O King.

24. The powerful son of Kritavarman married, it is said, Charumati, a maiden of broad eyes and daughter of Rukmin.

10.61.25

dauhitrāyāniruddhāya pautrīṃ rukmy ādadād dhareḥ /
rocanāṃ baddha-vairo 'pi svasuḥ priya-cikīrṣayā /
jānann adharmaṃ tad yaunaṃ sneha-pāśānubandhanaḥ //

Rukmin gave his granddaughter Rocanā to Hari's grandson Aniruddha, / even though he held an enmity, desiring to please his sister, / knowing this marital union to be contrary to dharma, bound as he was by ties of affection.

25. Though of unquenched enmity and though aware that marital relation is not righteous, still on account of ties of affection and his desire to do the wishes of his sister, Rukmin gave his grand-daughter Rochana to his grandson Anirudha (daughter's son.)

10.61.26

tasminn abhyudaye rājan rukmiṇī rāma-keśavau /
puraṃ bhojakaṭaṃ jagmuḥ sāmba-pradyumnakādayaḥ //

On that festive occasion, O King, Rukmiṇī, Rāma and Keśava, / along with Sāmba, Pradyumna, and others, went to the city of Bhojakaṭa.

26. For that festive occasion, Rukmini, Rama and Krishna, Samba, Pradyumna and others were at Bhojakata.

10.61.27

tasmin nivṛtta udvāhe kāliṅga-pramukhā nṛpāḥ /
dṛptās te rukmiṇaṃ procur balam akṣair vinirjaya //

When that wedding was concluded, the kings, led by the king of Kaliṅga, / being arrogant, said to Rukmin: 'Defeat Bala at dice!

27. & 28. When the marriage was over, Kalinga and other kings, full of insolence, advised Rukmin to overthrow Balarama in a game at dice: for they told him, "though Bala is ignorant of it, O king, great is Balaram's passion for it." Thus advised, he invited Balarama and with him played at dice.

10.61.28

anakṣa-jño hy ayaṃ rājann api tad-vyasanaṃ mahat /
ity ukto balam āhūya tenākṣair rukmy adīvyata //

For he is no expert at dice, O King, yet he has a great addiction to it.' / Addressed thus, Rukmin invited Bala and played at dice with him.

10.61.29

śataṃ sahasram ayutaṃ rāmas tatrādade paṇam /
taṃ tu rukmy ajayat tatra kāliṅgaḥ prāhasad balam /
dantān sandarśayann uccair nāmṛṣyat tad dhalāyudhaḥ //

Rāma wagered a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand there, / and Rukmin won it. Then the king of Kaliṅga laughed loudly at Bala, / showing his teeth; the plow-armed one could not tolerate that.

29. In the play Balarama staked hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands and all that Rukmi won over: then Kalinga laughed out at Balarama, showing his teeth and Halayuda could not put up with it.

10.61.30

tato lakṣaṃ rukmy agṛhṇād glahaṃ tatrājayad balaḥ /
jitavān aham ity āha rukmī kaitavam āśritaḥ //

Then Rukmin accepted a wager of a hundred thousand; Bala won it there. / Rukmin, resorting to deceit, said, 'I have won!'

30. Then Rukmi staked a lakh and in that turn Balarama won it: but Rukmin fraudulently said, "I have won."

10.61.31

manyunā kṣubhitaḥ śrīmān samudra iva parvaṇi /
jātyāruṇākṣo 'ti-ruṣā nyarbudaṃ glaham ādade //

Agitated with anger like the glorious ocean at the full moon, / his eyes naturally red with extreme fury, [Bala] placed a wager of a hundred million.

31. Like the sea under the full moon, agitated with rage, the glorious Balarama, naturally of fiery eyes, now much more so in anger, staked Nyarbuda. (V. as before).

10.61.32

taṃ cāpi jitavān rāmo dharmeṇa chalam āśritaḥ /
rukmī jitaṃ mayātreme vadantu prāśnikā iti //

Rāma won that too by fair play, but Rukmin resorted to cheating: / 'I have won! Let the umpires present here say so!'

32. Balarama rightly won that also, but Rukmin putting forward a false pretext, said, "That also is won by me, let these umpires give their judgment."

10.61.33

tadābravīn nabho-vāṇī balenaiva jito glahaḥ /
dharmato vacanenaiva rukmī vadati vai mṛṣā //

Then a voice from the sky spoke: 'The wager has indeed been won by Bala / in accordance with dharma; by his words alone Rukmin is speaking falsely!'

33. Then a heavenly voice declared that the wager was rightly won only by Balarama and that Rukmi utters a falsehood (in fraud).

10.61.34

tām anādṛtya vaidarbho duṣṭa-rājanya-coditaḥ /
saṅkarṣaṇaṃ parihasan babhāṣe kāla-coditaḥ //

Disregarding that voice, the prince of Vidarbha, urged on by wicked kings / and impelled by fate, ridiculed Saṅkarṣaṇa and spoke:

34. Neglecting that voice and prompted by wicked princes as well as his bad time, Vaidarbha (Rukmin) ridiculed Balarama and said.

10.61.35

naivākṣa-kovidā yūyaṃ gopālā vana-gocarāḥ /
akṣair dīvyanti rājāno bāṇaiś ca na bhavādṛśāḥ //

'You cowherds roaming the forest are not skilled in dice! / Kings play with dice and with arrows, not people like you.'

35. You cowherds roaming in forests are no experts at dice: only born princes play at dice and with arrows and not those like thee.

10.61.36

rukmiṇaivam adhikṣipto rājabhiś copahāsitaḥ /
kruddhaḥ parigham udyamya jaghne taṃ nṛmṇa-saṃsadi //

Insulted thus by Rukmin and mocked by the kings, / enraged, he raised an iron club and struck him down in the assembly of the proud.

36. Thus reproached and scorned by Rukmin and ridiculed (laughed at) by the kings, the enraged Balarama took up a bolt (the chess-board) and struck him down in that festive assembly.

10.61.37

kaliṅga-rājaṃ tarasā gṛhītvā daśame pade /
dantān apātayat kruddho yo 'hasad vivṛtair dvijaiḥ //

Seizing the king of Kaliṅga with force at the tenth step, / the enraged [Bala] knocked out his teeth, he who had laughed with teeth bared.

37. In ten paces he overtook, and with force caught hold of, the king of Kalingas and made his teeth drop down which he showed in laughing at him.

10.61.38

anye nirbhinna-bāhūru- śiraso rudhirokṣitāḥ /
rājāno dudravar bhītā balena paṅghārditāḥ //

The other kings, their arms, thighs, and heads shattered, drenched in blood, / fled in terror, afflicted by the club of Bala.

38. Many others had their arms, thighs, heads, broken, were bathed in blood and struck by Balarama with Parigha and took to flight in fear.

10.61.39

nihate rukmiṇi śyāle nābravīt sādhv asādhu vā /
rakmiṇī-balayo rājan sneha-bhaṅga-bhayād dhariḥ //

When his brother-in-law Rukmin was slain, Hari said neither 'good' nor 'bad', / O King, out of fear of breaking the affection of Rukmiṇī and Bala.

39. When Rukmin, the brother-in-law, was thus down, Hari did not say anything for or against lest the affection of Rukmini or Bala should be lost.

10.61.40

tato 'niruddhaṃ saha sūryayā varaṃ rathaṃ samāropya yayuḥ kuśasthalīm /
rāmādayo bhojakaṭād daśārhāḥ siddhākhilārthā madhusūdanāśrayāḥ //

Then, placing Aniruddha with his bride upon the chariot, / Rāma and the other Daśārhas, having accomplished all their desires, departed from Bhojakaṭa for Kuśasthalī, relying on Madhusūdana.

40. Being accomplished of all their purposes, then they set Anirudha with the new bride in a chariot and made their journey to Dwaraka: Balarama and all other Dasarhas, dependents of Madhusudana, departed from Bhojakata.