Bhagavatapurana 10.90: atha navatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
sukhaṃ sva-puryāṃ nivasan dvārakāyāṃ śriyaḥ patiḥ /
sarva-sampat-samṛddhāyāṃ juṣṭāyāṃ vṛṣṇi-puṅgavaiḥ //

Śrī-Śuka said: / Living happily in his own city, Dvārakā, the Lord of Śrī, / which was endowed with all prosperity and inhabited by the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis,

1. Sri Suka said:— In perfect blissfulness, the Lord of Sri dwelt in His city of Dwaraka abounding in wealth of every description and peopled with the great Vrishnis.

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strībhiś cottama-veṣābhir nava-yauvana-kāntibhiḥ /
kandukādibhir harmyeṣu krīḍantībhis taḍid-dyubhiḥ //

and by women in the finest attire, shining with fresh youth, / playing with balls and the like on the mansion terraces, radiant like lightning flashes,

2. There the ladies always wore gorgeous robes, and precious jewels, shone in their unfading and brilliant youth, played at ball and enjoyed other diversions and all shone like streaks of lightning.

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nityaṃ saṅkula-mārgāyāṃ mada-cyudbhir mataṅ-gajaiḥ /
sv-alaṅkṛtair bhaṭair aśvai rathaiś ca kanakojjvalaiḥ //

its roads ever crowded with rut-dripping elephants, / well-adorned warriors, horses, and chariots resplendent with gold,

3. The roads and streets of the city were day and night thronged with elephants in rut, well equipped soldiers, richly caprisoned horses, and chariots fitted with ornaments of burnished gold.

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udyānopavanāḍhyāyāṃ puṣpita-druma-rājiṣu /
nirviśad-bhṛṅga-vihagair nāditāyāṃ samantataḥ //

rich in pleasure-gardens and parks, where rows of blooming trees / resounded all around with swarming bees and birds—

4. On every side of the city were numerous groves and parks filled with the music of birds and bees housed in the avenues of trees ever in blossom.

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reme ṣoḍaśa-sāhasra- patnīnāṃ eka-vallabhaḥ /
tāvad vicitra-rūpo 'sau tad-geheṣu maharddhiṣu //

there, the one beloved of sixteen thousand wives / took delight in their immensely prosperous homes, assuming as many diverse forms.

5 & 6. The one beloved consort of all the sixteen thousand wives, Sri Krishna sported with them in as many forms severally in their mansions of surpassing wealth and splendour where the crystal waters were fragrant with the pollen of full-blown Utpala, Kalharas, Kumuda and lotus and where birds of every species warbled out their voice.

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protphullotpala-kahlāra- kumudāmbhoja-reṇubhiḥ /
vāsitāmala-toyeṣu kūjad-dvija-kuleṣu ca //

In clear waters scented with the pollen of fully blown blue lotuses, white lilies, / night-blooming lotuses, and day-blooming lotuses, where flocks of birds were chirping,

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vijahāra vigāhyāmbho hradinīṣu mahodayaḥ /
kuca-kuṅkuma-liptāṅgaḥ parirabdhaś ca yoṣitām //

plunging into the waters of the lotus-pools, the supremely majestic Lord sportively disported, / his limbs smeared with the saffron from their breasts, embraced by the women,

7. The Lord of prosperity freely sported in the water of rivers and, embraced by women, had His bosom painted with the saffron on their bosom.

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upagīyamāno gandharvair mṛdaṅga-paṇavānakān /
vādayadbhir mudā vīṇāṃ sūta-māgadha-vandibhiḥ //

while being sung to by Gandharvas playing mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas, and ānakas, / and by joyfully luting Sūtas, Māgadhas, and bards.

8. He was praised by Gandharvas who joyously played upon Mridanga, Panava and Anaka and by bards and songsters who played upon the Veena.

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sicyamāno 'cyutas tābhir hasantībhiḥ sma recakaiḥ /
pratiṣiñcan vicikrīḍe yakṣībhir yakṣa-rāḍ iva //

Sprayed by them with water-syringes as they laughed, Acyuta / played playfully, spraying them in return, like the king of Yakṣas with Yakṣī maidens.

9. Sprinkled on with syringes by the laughing damsels and He also sprinkling them in return, sported He like the king of Yakshas with Yaksha women. [Waited upon by the laughing etc.,.... sported in loud laughter in the midst of His own queens.]

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tāḥ klinna-vastra-vivṛtoru-kuca-pradeśāḥ $ siñcantya uddhṛta-bṛhat-kavara-prasūnāḥ &

Their broad breasts and thighs exposed by their drenched clothes, spraying [water] as the large flowers from their braids loosened,

(Ten to twenty-four are not translated as describing very delicate scenes.)

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kāntaṃ sma recaka-jihīrṣayayopaguhya % jāta-smarotsmaya-lasad-vadanā virejuḥ //

they embraced their beloved with the desire to seize the syringe, their faces gleaming with smiles of nascent passion, and shone brilliantly.

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kṛṣṇas tu tat-stana-viṣajjita-kuṅkuma-srak $ krīḍābhiṣaṅga-dhuta-kuntala-vṛnda-bandhaḥ &

Kṛṣṇa, adorned with a garland smeared with the saffron of their breasts, the gathering of his locks shaken loose in the eagerness of play,

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kṛṣṇas tu tat-stana-viṣajjita-kuṅkuma-srak $ krīḍābhiṣaṅga-dhuta-kuntala-vṛnda-bandhaḥ &

Kṛṣṇa, adorned with a garland smeared with the saffron of their breasts, the gathering of his locks shaken loose in the eagerness of play,

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siñcan muhur yuvatibhiḥ pratiṣicyamāno % reme kareṇubhir ivebha-patiḥ parītaḥ //

spraying repeatedly and sprayed in return by the young women, / took delight like a lord of elephants surrounded by female elephants.

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naṭānāṃ nartakīnāṃ ca gīta-vādyopajīvinām /
krīḍālaṅkāra-vāsāṃsi kṛṣṇo 'dāt tasya ca striyaḥ //

Kṛṣṇa and his wives gave the garments and play ornaments / to the actors, dancers, and those who subsisted by singing and instrumental music.

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kṛṣṇasyaivaṃ viharato gaty-ālāpekṣita-smitaiḥ /
narma-kṣveli-pariṣvaṅgaiḥ strīṇāṃ kila hṛtā dhiyaḥ //

As Kṛṣṇa disported thus, the minds of the women were truly stolen away / by his movements, conversations, glances, and smiles, by his jests, dalliance, and embraces.

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ūcur mukundaika-dhiyo gira unmatta-vaj jaḍam /
cintayantyo 'ravindākṣaṃ tāni me gadataḥ śṛṇu //

With their intellects fixed solely on Mukunda, contemplating the lotus-eyed one, / they uttered bewildered words like madwomen; hear them as I recount them:

10.90.15

/0 mahiṣya ūcuḥ
kurari vilapasi tvaṃ vīta-nidrā na śeṣe $ svapiti jagati rātryām īśvaro gupta-bodhaḥ &
kurari vilapasi tvaṃ vīta-nidrā na śeṣe $ svapiti jagati rātryām īśvaro gupta-bodhaḥ &
vayam iva sakhi kaccid gāḍha-nirviddha-cetā % nalina-nayana-hāsodāra-līlekṣitena //

The queens said: / “O osprey, you lament, sleepless and not resting, while the Lord sleeps during the night in this world, his consciousness hidden. / O friend, has your heart, like ours, been deeply pierced by the generous, sportive glance accompanied by the lotus-eyed one’s smile?

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* //
netre nimīlayasi naktam adṛṣṭa-bandhus $ tvaṃ roravīṣi karuṇaṃ bata cakravāki &
netre nimīlayasi naktam adṛṣṭa-bandhus $ tvaṃ roravīṣi karuṇaṃ bata cakravāki &
dāsyaṃ gata vayam ivācyuta-pāda-juṣṭāṃ % kiṃ vā srajaṃ spṛhayase kavareṇa voḍhum //

* // / You do not close your eyes at night, separated from your beloved; alas, cakravākī bird, you cry out piteously. / Having attained servitude like us, do you yearn to bear in your braids the garland enjoyed by Acyuta’s feet?

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* //
bho bhoḥ sadā niṣṭanase udanvann alabdha-nidro 'dhigata-prajāgaraḥ /
kim vā mukundāpahṛtātma-lāñchanaḥ prāptāṃ daśāṃ tvaṃ ca gato duratyayām //

* // / “O Ocean, you moan constantly, having obtained no sleep and enduring vigil! / Or have you too, your natural marks stolen away by Mukunda, reached an incurable condition?

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tvaṃ yakṣmaṇā balavatāsi gṛhīta indo $ kṣīṇas tamo na nija-dīdhitibhiḥ kṣiṇoṣi &

O Moon, you have been seized by consumption and are emaciated; you do not dispel the darkness with your rays.

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kaccin mukunda-gaditāni yathā vayaṃ tvaṃ % vismṛtya bhoḥ sthagita-gīr upalakṣyase naḥ //

Can it be that, like us, you have forgotten the words of Mukunda, so that, O friend, you appear to have choked speech?

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kiṃ nv ācaritam asmābhir malayānila te 'priyam /
govindāpāṅga-nirbhinne hṛdīrayasi naḥ smaram //

“O breeze from the Malaya mountain, what unpleasant deed have we done to you, / that you arouse passion in our hearts already pierced by Govinda’s side-glances?

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megha śrīmaṃs tvam asi dayito yādavendrasya nūnaṃ $ śrīvatsāṅkaṃ vayam iva bhavān dhyāyati prema-baddhaḥ &

O cloud, glorious one, you are surely dear to the lord of the Yādavas; like us, bound by love, you meditate on the one marked with the Śrīvatsa.

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aty-utkaṇṭhaḥ śavala-hṛdayo 'smad-vidho bāṣpa-dhārāḥ % smṛtvā smṛtvā visṛjasi muhur duḥkha-das tat-prasaṅgaḥ //

Filled with intense longing, your heart troubled like ours, remembering and remembering his association which causes grief, you shed repeated streams of tears.

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priya-rāva-padāni bhāṣase mṛta-sañjīvikayānayā girā /
karavāṇi kim adya te priyaṃ vada me valgita-kaṇṭha kokila //

“You utter sweet-sounding syllables with this voice that revives the dead. / Tell me, sweet-throated cuckoo, what dear service may I do for you today?

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na calasi na vadasy udāra-buddhe kṣiti-dhara cintayase mahāntam artham /
api bata vasudeva-nandanāṅghriṃ vayam iva kāmayase stanair vidhartum //

“O generous-minded mountain, you neither move nor speak; you ponder some great matter. / Alas, do you, like us, long to hold the feet of the son of Vasudeva to your breasts?

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śuṣyad-dhradāḥ karaśitā bata sindhu-patnyaḥ $ sampraty apāsta-kamala-śriya iṣṭa-bhartuḥ &

Alas, wives of the ocean [rivers]! Your pools are drying up, emaciated, now stripped of the splendor of lotuses for your cherished husband,

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yadvad vayaṃ madhu-pateḥ praṇayāvalokam % aprāpya muṣṭa-hṛdayāḥ puru-karśitāḥ sma //

just as we, not obtaining the loving glance of the Lord of Madhu, are emaciated, our hearts stolen away.

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haṃsa svāgatam āsyatāṃ piba payo brūhy aṅga śaureḥ kathāṃ $ dūtaṃ tvāṃ nu vidāma kaccid ajitaḥ svasty āsta uktaṃ purā &

"O swan, welcome! Be seated, drink milk, and tell us, dear one, of the deeds of Śauri. / Do we recognize you as his messenger? Is the unconquered Lord well? So he said long ago.

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haṃsa svāgatam āsyatāṃ piba payo brūhy aṅga śaureḥ kathāṃ $ dūtaṃ tvāṃ nu vidāma kaccid ajitaḥ svasty āsta uktaṃ purā &

"O swan, welcome! Be seated, drink milk, and tell us, dear one, of the deeds of Śauri. / Do we recognize you as his messenger? Is the unconquered Lord well? So he said long ago.

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kiṃ vā naś cala-sauhṛdaḥ smarati taṃ kasmād bhajāmo vayaṃ % kṣaudrālāpaya kāma-daṃ śriyam ṛte saivaika-niṣṭhā striyām //

Or does he of fickle affection still remember us? Why should we serve him? / O honeybee, speak to that fulfiller of desires; except for Śrī, she alone is steadfast to that womanizer!"

10.90.25

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
itīdṛśena bhāvena kṛṣṇe yogeśvareśvare /
kriyamāṇena mādhavyo lebhire paramāṃ gatim //

Śrī Śuka said: / Rendering such devotional emotion unto Kṛṣṇa, the master of the masters of yoga, / the women of Madhu's lineage attained the supreme goal.

25. By virtue of such constant devotion to Krishna, the Supreme Master of great yogins, His queens attained to the highest goal.

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śruta-mātro 'pi yaḥ strīṇāṃ prasahyākarṣate manaḥ /
uru-gāyoru-gīto vā paśyantīnāṃ ca kiṃ punaḥ //

He who forcibly steals the hearts of women even when merely heard of, / celebrated or sung by the wide-striding Lord—how much more so for those who gazed upon him?

26. Even when heard of or celebrated in exquisite poetry He irresistibly draws the mind and heart of women! How great should be the attraction the Lord exerts on those that directly see Him!

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yāḥ samparyacaran premṇā pāda-saṃvāhanādibhiḥ /
jagad-guruṃ bhartṛ-buddhyā tāsāṃ kim varṇyate tapaḥ //

How can one describe the austerities of those women who served with love, / by massaging his feet and other acts, the Guru of the universe, regarding him as their husband?

27. Is it possible to estimate the tapas (meritorious devotion) of those women who regarded the Father of the Universe as their husband, and did loving service to Him by shampooing His feet and other attentions.

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evaṃ vedoditaṃ dharmam anutiṣṭhan satāṃ gatiḥ /
gṛhaṃ dharmārtha-kāmānāṃ muhuś cādarśayat padam //

Thus performing the dharma proclaimed in the Veda, the refuge of the virtuous devotees / repeatedly demonstrated that the household is the abode of dharma, wealth, and pleasure.

28. The Lord, who is the shelter of the righteous, thus practised the righteous rules laid down in the Vedas, clearly illustrating how domestic life may become the way to the acquisition of Dharma, Artha and Kama.

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āsthitasya paraṃ dharmaṃ kṛṣṇasya gṛha-medhinām /
āsan ṣoḍaśa-sāhasraṃ mahiṣyaś ca śatādhikam //

As Kṛṣṇa practiced the supreme dharma of householders, / he had more than sixteen thousand and one hundred queens.

29. Krishna who in the highest measure observed the householder's course of righteous duties, had sixteen thousand and one hundred queens

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tāsāṃ strī-ratna-bhūtānām aṣṭau yāḥ prāg udāhṛtāḥ /
rukmiṇī-pramukhā rājaṃs tat-putrāś cānupūrvaśaḥ //

Among those jewels of women, the eight who were previously described, / headed by Rukmiṇī, O King, and their sons in succession [are now told].

30. The eight already mentioned of those jewels of women are Rukmini and others in the due order and their sons also were already (all) named in due order.

10.90.31

ekaikasyāṃ daśa daśa kṛṣṇo 'jījanad ātmajān /
yāvatya ātmano bhāryā amogha-gatir īśvaraḥ //

In each one, Kṛṣṇa, the Lord whose path never fails, / begot ten sons, for as many wives as he possessed.

31. By every one Krishna had ten sons, that is, he had as many ten sons as there were wives. The course of the Supreme Lord is never devoid of purpose!

10.90.32

teṣām uddāma-vīryāṇām aṣṭā-daśa mahā-rathāḥ /
āsann udāra-yaśasas teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //

Among those sons of unbounded valor, eighteen were great chariot-warriors / of noble renown; hear their names from me:

32. Of these sons of boundless strength and prowess eighteen were warriors and achieved high glory and their names may be listened to.

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pradyumnaś cāniruddhaś ca dīptimān bhānur eva ca /
sāmbo madhur bṛhadbhānuś citrabhānur vṛko 'ruṇaḥ //

Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Dīptimat, and Bhānu, / Sāmba, Madhu, Bṛhadbhānu, Citrabhānu, Vṛka, Aruṇa,

33 & 34. Pradyumna, Aniruddha (Charudeshna) the lustrous, Bhanu, Samba, Madhu, Bhrihadbhanu, Chitrabhanu, Vrika, Aruna, Pushpaka, Vedabahu, Srutadeva, (Chakradeva) Sunandana, Chitra bahu, Virupa, (Chitrabhanu and Varutha) Kavi and Nyagrodha.

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puṣkaro vedabāhuś ca śrutadevaḥ sunandanaḥ /
citrabāhur virūpaś ca kavir nyagrodha eva ca //

Puṣkara, Vedabāhu, Śrutadeva, Sunandana, / Citrabāhu, Virūpa, Kavi, and Nyagrodha.

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eteṣām api rājendra tanu-jānāṃ madhu-dviṣaḥ /
pradyumna āsīt prathamaḥ pitṛ-vad rukmiṇī-sutaḥ //

Among these sons of the enemy of Madhu, O best of kings, / Rukmiṇī's son Pradyumna was foremost, taking after his father.

35. Again of these eighteen sons of Krishna the first and the foremost one was Pradyumna, a son of Rukmini's, equal to the father.

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sa rukmiṇo duhitaram upayeme mahā-rathaḥ /
tasyāṃ tato 'niruddho 'bhūt nāgāyata-balānvitaḥ //

That great chariot-warrior married the daughter of Rukmin; / from her was born Aniruddha, endowed with the strength of ten thousand elephants.

36. The warrior (Pradyumna) married the daughter of Rukmin and of them was born Aniruddha as strong as ten thousand elephants.

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sa cāpi rukmiṇaḥ pautrīṃ dauhitro jagṛhe tataḥ /
vajras tasyābhavad yas tu mauṣalād avaśeṣitaḥ //

And he, the daughter's son, then took the granddaughter of Rukmin; / from her was born Vajra, who alone survived the destruction by the iron clubs.

37. He also married the grand daughter of Rukmin, being himself a grand son through his daughter: and his son was Vajra who was the only survivor after the Mausala war.

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pratibāhur abhūt tasmāt subāhus tasya cātmajaḥ /
subāhoḥ śāntaseno 'bhūc chatasenas tu tat-sutaḥ //

From him was born Pratibāhu, and his son was Subāhu; / from Subāhu came Śāntasena, and Śatasena was his son.

38. His son was Pratibahu and his son Subahu; of Subahu was born Santasena and his son was Satasena.

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na hy etasmin kule jātā adhanā abahu-prajāḥ /
alpāyuṣo 'lpa-vīryāś ca abrahmaṇyāś ca jajñire //

Indeed, in this family none were born poor or with few offspring, / short-lived, weak in prowess, or undevoted to the brāhmaṇas.

39. Those born of this race were neither poor nor poor of descendants (children) nor short-lived nor weak, nor hateful to brahmins.

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yadu-vaṃśa-prasūtānāṃ puṃsāṃ vikhyāta-karmaṇām /
saṅkhyā na śakyate kartum api varṣāyutair nṛpa //

The men born of the lineage of Yadu, famed for their deeds, / cannot be numbered even in ten thousand years, O King.

40. Even in ten thousand years, O king, it is not possible to enumerate all those who, born of Yadu's race, were celebrated for their deeds.

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tisraḥ koṭyaḥ sahasrāṇām aṣṭāśīti-śatāni ca /
āsan yadu-kulācāryāḥ kumārāṇām iti śrutam //

Thirty million and eight hundred and eighty / were the teachers of the young boys in the Yadu clan, so it is heard.

41. It is said that there were three crores eighty-eight hundred teachers for the (numberless) children of Yadu's race.

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saṅkhyānaṃ yādavānāṃ kaḥ kariṣyati mahātmanām /
yatrāyutānām ayuta- lakṣeṇāste sa āhukaḥ //

Who can count the great-souled Yādavas, / where King Āhuka ruled over a hundred thousand times ten thousand [attendants]?

42. Where Ahuka alone has (protects) ten thousand times ten thousand lakhs of sons, who could possibly count the definite number of all the great Yadavas?

10.90.43

devāsurāhava-hatā daiteyā ye su-dāruṇāḥ /
te cotpannā manuṣyeṣu prajā dṛptā babādhire //

The exceedingly terrible Daiteyas slain in the battles between gods and demons / took birth among human beings, and being arrogant, oppressed the creatures.

43. Those very wicked Daityas who had been slain in the wars between the gods and the asuras were born among men and, being proud and arrogant, harassed the people.

10.90.44

tan-nigrahāya hariṇā proktā devā yadoḥ kule /
avatīrṇāḥ kula-śataṃ teṣām ekādhikaṃ nṛpa //

For their restraint, the gods, commanded by Hari, descended / into the lineage of Yadu, forming a hundred and one clans, O King.

44. To punish them the gods were under the direction of Hari born in Yadu's race and they were divided into one hundred and one families.

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teṣāṃ pramāṇaṃ bhagavān prabhutvenābhavad dhariḥ /
ye cānuvartinas tasya vavṛdhuḥ sarva-yādavāḥ //

The Lord Hari was their standard by virtue of his supremacy; / and all the Yādavas who followed him prospered.

45. As their guide and Lord the Almighty Hari also appeared in that family and all those Yadavas who faithfully walked in His footsteps and worked for Him, were prosperous.

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śayyāsanāṭanālāpa- krīḍā-snānādi-karmasu /
na viduḥ santam ātmānaṃ vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇa-cetasaḥ //

In sleeping, sitting, walking, conversing, / playing, bathing, and other activities, the Vṛṣṇis, their minds fixed on Kṛṣṇa, were unaware of their own bodies.

46. Vrishnis though always thinking of Krishna did not realise Him to be the absolute Lord, Narayana, as He seemed to be one of them, was familiarly seen in bed, on the seats, in wanderings in converstion and sports, in bathing and in ever so many relations.

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tīrthaṃ cakre nṛponaṃ yad ajani yaduṣu svaḥ-sarit pāda-śaucaṃ $ vidviṭ-snigdhāḥ svarūpaṃ yayur ajita-para śrīr yad-arthe 'nya-yatnaḥ &

He made sacred that which was deficient, O King, by taking birth among the Yadus, he whose foot-wash is the heavenly river; / both enemies and loving devotees attained his very form, he beyond whom there is no unconquered one, and for whose sake others strive for fortune;

47. O king, It is no wonder that Krishna who wields Kalachakra as His weapon completely reduced the burden of the earth, who arose among the Yadus and surpasses in holiness the waters of the heavenly river that flows from His own feet, those that hated whom as well as those that loved whom attained self-realisation: to whom the goddess Lakshmi whose grace all others endeavour after, in perfect devotion eternally dedicates Herself, whose name heard or uttered destroys all evil (sin) and by whom are taught the duties of every family of Rishis:

47. D. It is no wonder......earth, who has given to mortal men the holy stream of His glories, who appeared as a son of Yadu's race, the waters washing whose feet form the heavenly River, whose essential nature is the embodiment of the six excellent attributes in perfection, on whose chest Sri Lakshmi dwells for ever, whose word of command (i. e., Vedas and Sastras) forms the infallible authority for the world, on whom depend for their existence all that are known and seen as cause and effect, and to whom all righteous duties are directed.

10.90.47

yan-nāmāmaṅgala-ghnaṃ śrutam atha gaditaṃ yat-kṛto gotra-dharmaḥ % kṛṣṇasyaitan na citraṃ kṣiti-bhara-haraṇaṃ kāla-cakrāyudhasya //

whose name removes inauspiciousness when heard or spoken, and by whom the duty of family was established; / that Kṛṣṇa, wielding the wheel of time as his weapon, removed the burden of the earth is no wonder.

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jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo $ yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam &

Victorious is the dwelling of all beings, reputed to be born of Devakī, / surrounded by the assembly of the best of Yadus, destroying unrighteousness with his own arms,

48. Most exalted shines Sri Krishna, the one abode of all the Jivas and their Antaryamin, whose birth thro' Devaki is a matter of mere talk, of whom the great Yadavas were attandants at His court, who with His own arms has put down unrighteousness, who absolves from sin all the mobile and immobile beings and who with His charming face and winning smiles promoted the contemplation in the women of Vraja and the city, of Himself as the one Lord of all blessings and the one conqueror (of samsara). 48. D. Most exalted shines Sri Krishna who is celebrated as the son of Devaki, in whom all creation abides, who punished the thieves (evil-doers) with His own arms as well as His lotus-like feet which He was pleased to set on the earth for the very purpose of removing the burden on her, who filled with joy those that were endowed with a vision of Him both within and without and who by His personality is the abode of Lakshmi and by His fascinating and smiling glances proved to be personally Manmatha to women.

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jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo $ yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam &

Victorious is the dwelling of all beings, reputed to be born of Devakī, / surrounded by the assembly of the best of Yadus, destroying unrighteousness with his own arms,

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sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ su-smita-śrī-mukhena % vraja-pura-vanitānāṃ vardhayan kāma-devam //

destroyer of the suffering of the moving and unmoving, who by his smiling, radiant face / awakens the god of love in the women of Vraja and the city!

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itthaṃ parasya nija-vartma-rirakṣayātta- $ līlā-tanos tad-anurūpa-viḍambanāni &

Thus, of the Supreme Lord, who assumed a body of divine play desiring to protect his own path, / one who desires to follow in his footsteps

49. He who seeks to develop devotion to His feet should listen to the accounts of the deeds that wear away all enthralling Karma, of the foremost One among Yadus— the deeds which accord with the sportful forms which the Supreme Being thus assumes for the purpose of defending the righteous course taught by Himself. (D. Listen to — sing.)

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itthaṃ parasya nija-vartma-rirakṣayātta- $ līlā-tanos tad-anurūpa-viḍambanāni &

Thus, of the Supreme Lord, who assumed a body of divine play desiring to protect his own path, / one who desires to follow in his footsteps

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karmāṇi karma-kaṣaṇāni yadūttamasya % śrūyād amuṣya padayor anuvṛttim icchan //

should hear the deeds of that best of Yadus, which mimic mortal life appropriately / and wipe away the traces of karma.

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martyas tayānusavam edhitayā mukunda $ śrīmat-kathā-śravaṇa-kīrtana-cintayaiti &

A mortal, through that [devotion] constantly nourished by Mukunda, / by listening to, chanting, and contemplating his glorious stories, reaches

50. By virtue of the devotion which grows at every hour and minute, by listening to, and singing of, and by constantly contemplating, Mukunda's glorious stories, the mortal man attains to His abode which is beyond the range of Yama's inevitable force and for whose sake even kings left inhabited places and retired to the forest.

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martyas tayānusavam edhitayā mukunda $ śrīmat-kathā-śravaṇa-kīrtana-cintayaiti &

A mortal, through that [devotion] constantly nourished by Mukunda, / by listening to, chanting, and contemplating his glorious stories, reaches

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tad dhāma dustara-kṛtānta-javāpavargaṃ % grāmād vanaṃ kṣiti-bhujo 'pi yayur yad-arthāḥ //

that abode which puts an end to the swift course of insurmountable death— / the goal for which even rulers of the earth departed from city to forest.