Bhagavatapurana 10.63: atha triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

10.63.1

/0 śṛī-śuka uvāca
apaśyatāṃ cāniruddhaṃ tad-bandhūnāṃ ca bhārata /
catvāro vārṣikā māsā vyatīyur anuśocatām //

Śrī Śuka said: / Not seeing Aniruddha, O Bhārata, / four rainy months passed for his lamenting kinsmen.

1. Sri Suka said:- The four months of the rainy season passed away, O Bharata, when his relations at Dwaraka missed Anirudha and were sorrowing for his disappearance.

10.63.2

nāradāt tad upākarṇya vārtāṃ baddhasya karma ca /
prayayuḥ śoṇita-puraṃ vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇa-daivatāḥ //

Hearing that news from Nārada, both of his capture and of his deed, / the Vṛṣṇis, who have Kṛṣṇa as their deity, set out for Śoṇitapura.

2. When they heard from Narada of the news of his deed and his imprisonment, Vrishnis with Krishna went to Sonitapura.

10.63.3

pradyumno yuyudhānaś ca gadaḥ sāmbo 'tha sāraṇaḥ /
nandopananda-bhadrādyā rāma-kṛṣṇānuvartinaḥ //

Pradyumna, Yuyudhāna, Gada, Sāmba, Sāraṇa, / Nanda, Upananda, Bhadra, and others, following Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa,

3. Pradyumna, Yuyudhana, Gada, Samba, Sarana, Nanda, Upananda, Bhadra and others all attached to Rama and Krishna.

10.63.4

akṣauhiṇībhir dvādaśabhiḥ sametāḥ sarvato diśam /
rurudhur bāṇa-nagaraṃ samantāt sātvatarṣabhāḥ //

assembled with twelve akṣauhiṇī divisions from every direction, / and those bulls of the Sātvatas besieged Bāṇa’s city on all sides.

4. These powerful Satvatas assembled together with twelve Akshauhinis and beseiged the city of Bana on all sides.

10.63.5

bhajyamāna-purodyāna- prākārāṭṭāla-gopuram /
prekṣamāṇo ruṣāviṣṭas tulya-sainyo 'bhiniryayau //

Seeing his city's parks, ramparts, watchtowers, and gateways being shattered, / filled with rage, he marched out with an equal army.

5. Seeing that his gardens, ramparts, balconies and towers were shattered, and, highly enraged, Bana came out with an equally strong army.

10.63.6

bāṇārthe bhagavān rudraḥ sa-sutaḥ pramathair vṛtaḥ /
āruhya nandi-vṛṣabhaṃ yuyudhe rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ //

For Bāṇa’s sake, the Lord Rudra, accompanied by his son and surrounded by the Pramathas, / mounted on the bull Nandi, fought against Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa.

6. For the sake of Bana the worshipful Rudra with his sons and his Pramathas, came riding on his bull and fought with Rama and Krishna.

10.63.7

āsīt su-tumulaṃ yuddham adbhutaṃ roma-harṣaṇam /
kṛṣṇa-śaṅkarayo rājan pradyumna-guhayor api //

There was a tumultuous battle, wondrous and hair-raising, / O king, between Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara, and between Pradyumna and Guha,

7. Between Krishna and Sankara a tumultuous and astounding battle raged, causing hair to stand on end; as also between Pradyumna and Guha. 8. Kumbhanda, Kupakarna, struggling with Balarama, Samba with Bana's son, Satyaki with Bana:

10.63.8

kumbhāṇḍa-kūpakarṇābhyāṃ balena saha saṃyugaḥ /
sāmbasya bāṇa-putreṇa bāṇena saha sātyakeḥ //

a conflict between Balarāma and Kumbhāṇḍa and Kūpakarṇa, / between Sāmba and Bāṇa’s son, and between Bāṇa and Sātyaki.

10.63.9

brahmādayaḥ surādhīśā munayaḥ siddha-cāraṇāḥ /
gandharvāpsaraso yakṣā vimānair draṣṭum āgaman //

Brahmā and the other rulers of the gods, sages, Siddhas, Cāraṇas, / Gandharvas, Apsarases, and Yakṣas came in celestial chariots to watch.

9. Brahma and the other great gods, the sages, Siddhas, Charanas, Gandharvas, Apsaras women and Yakshas came up in their aerial cars to witness the sight.

10.63.10

śaṅkarānucarān śaurir bhūta-pramatha-guhyakān /
ḍākinīr yātudhānāṃś ca vetālān sa-vināyakān //

Śauri routed the followers of Śaṅkara—Bhūtas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, / Ḍākinīs, Yātudhānas, Vetālas with Vināyakas,

10. & 11. With His arrows of pointed ends, discharged from the Sarnga bow, Krishna put to flight the followers of Sankara, Bhutas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Dakinis, Matris, Pisachas, Kushmandas, Pretas (Ghosts), Yathudhanas, Vetalas, Vinayakas, and Brahmarakshasas.

10.63.11

preta-mātṛ-piśācāṃś ca kuṣmāṇḍān brahma-rākṣasān /
drāvayām āsa tīkṣṇāgraiḥ śaraiḥ śārṅga-dhanuś-cyutaiḥ //

Pretas, Mātṛs, Piśācas, Kuṣmāṇḍas, and Brahma-rākṣasas— / with sharp-tipped arrows released from the bow Śārṅga.

10.63.12

pṛthag-vidhāni prāyuṅkta piṇāky astrāṇi śārṅgiṇe /
praty-astraiḥ śamayām āsa śārṅga-pāṇir avismitaḥ //

The wielder of Piṇāka discharged various supernatural weapons at the wielder of Śārṅga; / the wielder of Śārṅga neutralized them without surprise using counter-weapons:

12. Siva, the weilder of Pinaka, discharged various kinds of missiles at Krishna, who quenched them all with counter missiles without any effort or surprise,

10.63.13

brahmāstrasya ca brahmāstraṃ vāyavyasya ca pārvatam /
āgneyasya ca pārjanyaṃ naijaṃ pāśupatasya ca //

the weapon of Brahmā against the weapon of Brahmā, the mountain weapon against the wind weapon, / the rain weapon against the fire weapon, and his own weapon against the weapon of Paśupati.

13. —Brahmastra with Brahmastra, Vayavya with Parvata, Agneya with Parjanya, Pasupata with His own (Narayanastra).

10.63.14

mohayitvā tu giriśaṃ jṛmbhaṇāstreṇa jṛmbhitam /
bāṇasya pṛtanāṃ śaurir jaghānāsi-gadeṣubhiḥ //

Having confounded Giriśa and made him yawn with the yawning weapon, / Śauri struck down Bāṇa's army with sword, mace, and arrows.

14. Having thrown Siva into a lethargy (having stupified) and made him yawn with His Jrimbhana, Krishna struck down Bana's army with his sword, gada and shafts.

10.63.15

skandaḥ pradyumna-bāṇaughair ardyamānaḥ samantataḥ /
asṛg vimuñcan gātrebhyaḥ śikhināpakramad raṇāt //

Skanda, distressed on all sides by showers of Pradyumna’s arrows, / shedding blood from his limbs, fled from the battlefield on his peacock.

15. Severely beaten with the arrows showered by Pradyumna and bleeding in every limb, Skanda retreated from the battle-field on the back of his peacock.

10.63.16

kumbhāṇḍa-kūpakarṇaś ca petatur muṣalārditau /
dudruvus tad-anīkani hata-nāthāni sarvataḥ //

Kumbhāṇḍa and Kūpakarṇa fell, stricken by the pestle; / with their leaders slain, their troops fled in all directions.

16. Kumbhanda and Kupakarna fell down beaten by Balarama; and their troops ran away in different directions on the fall of their leaders.

10.63.17

viśīryamāṇam sva-balaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇo 'ty-amarṣitaḥ /
kṛṣṇam abhyadravat saṅkhye rathī hitvaiva sātyakim //

Seeing his army being shattered, Bāṇa was filled with violent fury; / leaving Sātyaki aside, the chariot warrior rushed at Kṛṣṇa in battle.

17. On seeing his army so shattered, Bana was enraged, abandoned Satyaki, and in a chariot made haste to fight with Krishna.

10.63.18

dhanūṃṣy ākṛṣya yugapad bāṇaḥ pañca-śatāni vai /
ekaikasmin śarau dvau dvau sandadhe raṇa-durmadaḥ //

Drawing five hundred bows simultaneously, / Bāṇa, intoxicated with frenzy for battle, fitted two arrows to each.

18. Bana simultaneously strung five hundred bows and madly proud of his skill in fighting, discharged two shafts.

10.63.19

tāni ciccheda bhagavān dhanūṃsi yugapad dhariḥ /
sārathiṃ ratham aśvāṃś ca hatvā śaṅkham apūrayat //

The Lord Hari severed all those bows at once; / killing his charioteer, chariot, and horses, he blew his conch.

19. The glorious Hari instantly cut off all those bows, slew his charioteer, struck down his chariot and horses and blew His conch.

10.63.20

tan-mātā koṭarā nāma nagnā makta-śiroruhā /
puro 'vatasthe kṛṣṇasya putra-prāṇa-rirakṣayā //

His mother, named Koṭarā, naked and with disheveled hair, / stood before Kṛṣṇa, wishing to save her son's life.

20. His mother called Kotara (came out) in nakedness with dishevelled hair and stood before Krishna for the sake of protecting her son's life.

10.63.21

tatas tiryaṅ-mukho nagnām anirīkṣan gadāgrajaḥ /
bāṇaś ca tāvad virathaś chinna-dhanvāviśat puram //

Then the elder brother of Gada turned his face aside, refusing to look upon a naked woman; / meanwhile Bāṇa, chariotless and his bow broken, retreated into his city.

21. Then Krishna turned His face without looking on her: meanwhile Bana, deprived of his chariot and bows, retreated into the city. 22. When the host of Bhutas was put to flight, the three-headed and three-footed Jwara rushed at Krishna as if to burn all the ten cardinal points.

10.63.22

vidrāvite bhūta-gaṇe jvaras tu trī-śirās trī-pāt /
abhyadhāvata dāśārhaṃ dahann iva diśo daśa //

When the host of spirits had fled, the fever with three heads and three feet / rushed toward the descendant of Daśārha, as if burning the ten directions.

10.63.23

atha nārāyaṇaḥ devaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvā vyasṛjaj jvaram /
māheśvaro vaiṣṇavaś ca yuyudhāte jvarāv ubhau //

Then Lord Nārāyaṇa, seeing him, unleashed his own fever; / both fevers, the devotee of Maheśvara and the Vaiṣṇava, fought each other.

23. At once the Almighty Lord Narayana noticed it and sent forth His own Jwara; and the two Jwaras of Siva and Vishnu fought with each other.

10.63.24

māheśvaraḥ samākrandan vaiṣṇavena balārditaḥ /
alabdhvābhayam anyatra bhīto māheśvaro jvaraḥ /
śaraṇārthī hṛṣīkeśaṃ tuṣṭāva prayatāñjaliḥ //

Tormented by the might of the Vaiṣṇava fever, the fever of Maheśvara cried out aloud; / finding no protection anywhere else, terrified, seeking refuge, the fever of Maheśvara / praised Hṛṣīkeśa with joined palms held forward in devotion.

24. Severely beaten by Vishnujwara, the terrified Maheswara Jwara loudly screamed and without finding protection anywhere else, sought shelter with Hrishikesa and with joined hands offered praises to Him.

10.63.25

/0 jvara uvāca
namāmi tvānanta-śaktiṃ pareśam sarvātmānaṃ kevalaṃ jñapti-mātram /
viśvotpatti-sthāna-saṃrodha-hetuṃ yat tad brahma brahma-liṅgam praśāntam //

The fever said: / I bow to you of infinite power, the Supreme Lord, the Self of all, pure consciousness alone, / the cause of the creation, maintenance, and destruction of the universe, who are that tranquil Brahman known through Vedic signs.

25. The Jwara said:— I bow to Thee of infinite power, the highest Ruler, the Atman of all and only absolute consciousness, the cause of the origin, subsistance and destruction of the Universe, that very Perfect Being known as Brahman and declared by the Vedas and subject to no change.

10.63.26

kālo daivaṃ karma jīvaḥ svabhāvo dravyaṃ kṣetraṃ prāṇa ātmā vikāraḥ /
tat-saṅghāto bīja-roha-pravāhas tvan-māyaiṣā tan-niṣedhaṃ prapadye //

Time, destiny, past action, the living entity, inherent nature, material elements, the field, life-breath, the subtle self, the transformations, / their combination, the continuous flow of seed and sprout—all this is your creative power; I surrender to you, the negation of it.

26. Time, Providence (the unseen cause), Karma, Jiva, Swabhava (Nature), substance (matter), body, breath (Prana called Sutra), Ahankara—a collection of these (called Lingadeha) which starts a current like that of the seed and the tree, all is Thy Maya and I resort to Thee that art negation of these.

10.63.27

nānā-bhāvair līlayaivopapannair devān sādhūn loka-setūn bibharṣi /
haṃsy unmārgān hiṃsayā vartamānān janmaitat te bhāra-hārāya bhūmeḥ //

Through various appearances assumed purely by divine play, you maintain the gods, the virtuous, and the boundaries of the world; / you slay those who follow deviant paths and live by violence; this birth of yours is for removing the burden of the earth.

27. Sportfully in very many forms (as Matsya, Rama, Krishna) Thou protectest the gods, the righteous that defend Dharma and for their sake Thou destroyest those that go astray and cause harm to others. And this Avatara of Thine is for lessening the earth’s burden.

10.63.28

tapto 'ham te tejasā duḥsahena śāntogreṇāty-ulbaṇena jvareṇa /
tāvat tāpo dehināṃ te 'nghri-mūlaṃ no severan yāvad āśānubaddhāḥ //

I am scorched by your unbearable heat, by your fierce and terrible fever of blazing intensity; / living beings suffer torment only as long as, bound by desires, they do not serve the soles of your feet.

28. I am burnt by Thy unbearable Jwara, Thy own power, mild yet fierce and deadly. Embodied creatures suffer troubles only so long as they, enslaved by passions, would not worship Thy feet.

10.63.29

/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
tri-śiras te prasanno 'smi vyetu te maj-jvarād bhayam /
yo nau smarati saṃvādaṃ tasya tvan na bhaved bhayam //

The Lord said: / O three-headed one, I am pleased with you; let your fear of my fever depart. / Whoever remembers our conversation shall have no fear from you.

29. The Lord said:— O Trisiras, I am pleased with thee: let thy fear of My fever be at an end. May he who remembers our conversation be free from thy fear!

10.63.30

ity ukto 'cyutam ānamya gato māheśvaro jvaraḥ /
bāṇas tu ratham ārūḍhaḥ prāgād yotsyan janārdanam //

Thus addressed, bowing down to Acyuta, the fever of Maheśvara departed; / Bāṇa, however, mounted his chariot and came forward desiring to fight Janārdana.

30. Thus commanded the Siva fever (jwara) bowed to Achyuta and departed: but Bana mounted a chariot and advanced to fight with Krishna. 31. Now with various weapons in every one of his thousand hands and in his extreme rage Bana showered arrows and missiles on Krishna, the weilder of Chakra, O king.

10.63.31

tato bāhu-sahasreṇa nānāyudha-dharo 'suraḥ /
mumoca parama-kruddho bāṇāṃś cakrāyudhe nṛpa //

Then, with a thousand arms, bearing various weapons, the asura, / exceedingly enraged, discharged arrows at the Wielder of the Discus, O king.

10.63.32

tasyāsyato 'strāṇy asakṛc cakreṇa kṣura-neminā /
ciccheda bhagavān bāhūn śākhā iva vanaspateḥ //

As he shot weapons repeatedly, the Lord cut off his arms with his razor-sharp discus, / just as one would cut branches from a tree.

32. With his Chakra, keen-edged like a knife, the Almighty Lord cut off the missiles discharged many a time by Bana and also his arms like the branches of a tree.

10.63.33

bāhuṣu chidyamāneṣu bāṇasya bhagavān bhavaḥ /
bhaktānakampy upavrajya cakrāyudham abhāṣata //

As Bāṇa's arms were being severed, the venerable Bhava, / compassionate toward his devotee, approached and spoke to the Wielder of the Discus.

33. As Bana's arms were being cut off, the worshipful Siva, out of compassion to His devotee, approached and said to Krishna, the weilder of Chakra.

10.63.34

/0 śrī-rudra uvāca
tvaṃ hi brahma paraṃ jyotir gūḍhaṃ brahmaṇi vāṅ-maye /
yaṃ paśyanty amalātmāna ākāśam iva kevalam //

Śrī Rudra said: / You indeed are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme light hidden within the Brahman consisting of speech, / whom the pure-hearted behold, like the untainted sky.

34. Rudra said:— Thou art indeed the Perfect Being and Supreme Light lying hidden in Sabda Brahma (Vedas) whom those of pure heart realise to be pure and absolute like Akasa.

10.63.34.p1

nābhir nabho 'gnir mukham ambu reto $ dyauḥ śīrṣam āśāḥ śrutir aṅghrir urvī &

Whose navel is the sky, whose mouth is fire, whose semen is water, whose head is heaven, whose ears are the directions, whose foot is the earth,

35. & 36. The sky is Thy navel, Agni Thy face: water Thy energy, the celestial region Thy heads, cardinal points Thy ears, the earth Thy feet, the moon Thy mind, the sun Thy eyes, Aham (Siva) Thy Ahankara, the sea Thy bowels, Indra Thy shoulders, herbs and plants Thy hair, clouds Thy locks, the four-faced Brahma Thy intellect, the Progenitor the organ of generation (phallus), and Dharma Thy heart. Indeed thou art the person that makest the world.

10.63.35

candro mano yasya dṛg arka ātmā % ahaṃ samudro jaṭharaṃ bhujendraḥ //

whose mind is the moon, whose eye is the sun, whose self is myself, whose belly is the ocean, whose arms are the rulers of serpents,

10.63.35.p2

romāṇi yasyauṣadhayo 'mbu-vāhāḥ $ keśā viriñco dhiṣaṇā visargaḥ &

whose bodily hairs are the plants, whose hair is the clouds, whose intellect is Viriñca, whose emissions are

10.63.35.p3

romāṇi yasyauṣadhayo 'mbu-vāhāḥ $ keśā viriñco dhiṣaṇā visargaḥ &

whose bodily hairs are the plants, whose hair is the clouds, whose intellect is Viriñca, whose emissions are

10.63.36

prajā-patir hṛdayaṃ yasya dharmaḥ % sa vai bhavān puruṣo loka-kalpaḥ //

Prajāpati, and whose heart is dharma—you indeed are that Person, having the cosmos as your form.

10.63.37

tavāvatāro 'yam akuṇṭha-dhāman dharmasya guptyai jagato hitāya /
vayaṃ ca sarve bhavatānubhāvitā vibhāvayāmo bhuvanāni sapta //

This incarnation of yours, O Lord of unobstructed power, is for the protection of dharma and the welfare of the world; / and all of us, empowered by you, maintain the seven worlds.

37. O Lord of undiminished energy and splendour, this Avatara of Thine is for the protection of Dharma and prosperity of the world: we all endowed with power by Thyself, rule the seven worlds.

10.63.38

tvam eka ādyaḥ puruṣo 'dvitīyas turyaḥ sva-dṛg dhetur ahetur īśaḥ /
pratīyase 'thāpi yathā-vikāraṃ sva-māyayā sarva-guṇa-prasiddhyai //

You are the one, the primordial Person, without a second, the fourth state, self-luminous, the cause of all and without a cause, the Lord; / nevertheless, through your creative power, you appear transformed according to the material modes for the manifestation of all qualities.

38. Thou art the one, the First Person without a second and the purest self-luminous one, the cause of all and destitute of cause and the unqualified Ruler; still by Thy own Maya and for throwing light on everything Thou appearest like unto various phenomena.

10.63.38.p1

yathaiva sūryaḥ pihitaś chāyayā svayā $ chāyāṃ ca rūpāṇi ca sañcakāsti &

Just as the sun, obscured by a cloud born of its own rays, illumines both that shadow and the forms [of objects],

39. Just as the sun, concealed under his own shadow (clouds) makes it as well as the forms (things having forms) visible, so also O perfect One, Thou, light of Thyself, hidden under the gunas, (Ahankara) makest the gunas and their products shine (in Thylight).

10.63.39

evaṃ guṇenāpihito guṇāṃs tvam % ātma-pradīpo guṇinaś ca bhūman //

so you, though veiled by the modes, being self-effulgent, illumine both the modes and those who possess them, O infinite one.

10.63.40

yan-māyā-mohita-dhiyaḥ putra-dāra-gṛhādiṣu /
unmajjanti nimajjanti prasaktā vṛjinārṇave //

Those whose intellects are deluded by your creative power sink and rise in the ocean of distress, / clinging attached to children, wives, homes, and the like.

40. Thou art that Supreme Being by whose Maya creatures having their mind deluded in respect of children, wives and house and the like, and deeply attached to the sea of misery, do sink and emerge from it.

10.63.41

deva-dattam imaṃ labdhvā nṛ-lokam ajitendriyaḥ /
yo nādriyeta tvat-pādau sa śocyo hy ātma-vañcakaḥ //

One who, having obtained this human world bestowed by God, fails to conquer the senses and does not venerate your feet / is truly pitiable, a deceiver of his own self.

41. He, who, having obtained this human body, graciously granted by thee, may not care to worship Thy feet, is most pitiable indeed as one deceiving himself.

10.63.42

yas tvāṃ visṛjate martya ātmānaṃ priyam īśvaram /
viparyayendriyārthārthaṃ viṣam atty amṛtaṃ tyajan //

A mortal who abandons you—the Self, the beloved, the Supreme Lord—for the sake of transient sense objects, / renounces nectar and eats poison.

42. The mortal man who neglects Thee, the most beloved Atman and Supreme Ruler, for the sake of sense-objects which are of no real value, is one who swallows poison setting aside nectar.

10.63.43

ahaṃ brahmātha vibudhā munayaś cāmalāśayāḥ /
sarvātmanā prapannās tvām ātmānaṃ preṣṭham īśvaram //

I, Brahmā, the gods, and the sages of pure heart / have surrendered with all our being to you, the Self, the dearest, the Supreme Lord.

43. Brahma, the gods and the sages of pure heart and myself have wholly devoted ourselves to Thee, the most beloved Atman and Supreme Ruler.

10.63.43.p1

taṃ tvā jagat-sthity-udayānta-hetuṃ $ samaṃ prasāntaṃ suhṛd-ātma-daivam &

To you, the cause of the maintenance, origination, and dissolution of the universe, impartial, tranquil, the friend, the self, the deity,

44. For release from Samsara we resort to, and worship, Thee, the most gracious Lord, the cause of destruction and creation of the Universe, equal everywhere, untouched by anything worldly, blessed friend and deity, the most important one, (without another worshipful like Thyself), the one goal, the one abode of the world and all Atmans,

10.63.44

ananyam ekaṃ jagad-ātma-ketaṃ % bhavāpavargāya bhajāma devam //

without a second, the sole shelter of the universe and the self, we worship you, the Lord, for liberation from the cycle of rebirth.

10.63.45

ayaṃ mameṣṭo dayito 'nuvartī mayābhayaṃ dattam amuṣya deva /
sampādyatāṃ tad bhavataḥ prasādo yathā hi te daitya-patau prasādaḥ //

This Bāṇa is dear to me, a beloved follower; fearlessness was granted to him by me, O Lord; / therefore let your favor be bestowed upon him, just as your grace was shown to the king of the Daityas.

45. This is my beloved follower attached to me: I have promised him protection, O Lord: may therefore Thy grace be extended unto him, even as it was done unto the great Daitya (Prahlada)!

10.63.46

/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
yad āttha bhagavaṃs tvaṃ naḥ karavāma priyaṃ tava /
bhavato yad vyavasitaṃ tan me sādhv anumoditam //

The Lord said: / What you have said, O venerable one, to us, we shall do for your pleasure; / that which has been resolved by you is fully approved by me.

46. The Lord said:— O worshipful one, we could do what is pleasing to thee as thou sayest: what thou hast decided upon that I have well approved?

10.63.47

avadhyo 'yaṃ mamāpy eṣa vairocani-suto 'suraḥ /
prahrādāya varo datto na vadhyo me tavānvayaḥ //

This asura, son of Vairocani, is not to be slain by me either; / a boon was granted to Prahrāda: 'Your lineage shall not be killed by me.'

47. I myself do not want to kill this being, the son of Prahlada: a boon has been given by thee to Prahlada: any born of thy race will not be killed by Me.

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darpopaśamanāyāsya pravṛkṇā bāhavo mayā /
sūditaṃ ca balaṃ bhūri yac ca bhārāyitaṃ bhuvaḥ //

To subdue his pride, his arms have been cut down by me, / and his vast army, which had become a burden to the earth, has been destroyed.

48. To put down his pride, his arms are cut off and also his numerous army has been destroyed as it was a burden to the earth.

10.63.49

catvāro 'sya bhujāḥ śiṣṭā bhaviṣyaty ajarāmaraḥ /
pārṣada-mukhyo bhavato na kutaścid-bhayo 'suraḥ //

Four arms shall remain for him; he will become free from old age and death, / a foremost attendant of yours, an asura having fear from nowhere.

49. Four arms are left him, unaffected by age or decay. He will be the first among thy attendants, free from all fear, though an Asura.

10.63.50

iti labdhvābhayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ praṇamya śirasāsuraḥ /
prādyumniṃ ratham āropya sa-vadhvo samupānayat //

Having thus received freedom from fear, the asura bowed his head to Kṛṣṇa, / and placing the son of Pradyumna and his bride on a chariot, brought them near.

50. Having thus obtained a fearless life the Asura bowed down his head to Krishna and brought Anirudha and the bride in a chariot to Him.

10.63.51

akṣauhiṇyā parivṛtaṃ su-vāsaḥ-samalaṅkṛtam /
sa-patnīkaṃ puras-kṛtya yayau rudrānumoditaḥ //

Surrounded by an akṣauhiṇī army, splendidly dressed and adorned, / placing the couple at the fore, he departed with the approval of Rudra.

51. With Anirudha and his wife dressed and adorned with fine clothes and followed by an Akshauhini, Sri Krishna set out with Rudra’s congratulations.

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sva-rājadhānīṃ samalaṅkṛtāṃ dhvajaiḥ $ sa-toraṇair ukṣita-mārga-catvarām &

He entered his capital, adorned with flags and festive archways, its roads and courtyards sprinkled with water,

52. And Krishna entered His own capital decorated with flags and festoons, with the streets and quadrangles moistened with water and was met by the citizens, friends and brahmins who came forth to receive Him with the sounding conches, Anakas and Dundubhis.

10.63.52

viveśa śaṅkhānaka-dundubhi-svanair % abhyudyataḥ paura-suhṛd-dvijātibhiḥ //

to the sounds of conches, ānakas, and kettledrums, welcomed by the citizens, friends, and the twice-born.

10.63.53

ya evaṃ kṛṣṇa-vijayaṃ śaṅkareṇa ca saṃyugam /
saṃsmaret prātar utthāya na tasya syāt parājayaḥ //

Whoever, rising in the morning, thus remembers Kṛṣṇa's victory and his battle with Śaṅkara / shall never suffer defeat.

53. He who, rising betimes, remembers and contemplates Krishna's trimuph and His combat with Sankara would meet with no defeat.