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# Garudapurana 1.144

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.144

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.144.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.11) — 1 part

### [1.144.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 144  
brahmovāca /  
harivaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi kṛṣṇamāhātmyamuttamam /  
vasudevāttu devakyāṃ vāsudevo balo 'bhavat //

> Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 144  
> Brahmā said:  
> I shall proclaim the Harivaṃśa, the supreme glory of Kṛṣṇa.  
> From Vasudeva, upon Devakī, were born Vāsudeva and Bala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.2)

dharmādirakṣaṇārthāya hyadharmādivinaṣṭaye /  
kṛṣṇaḥ pītvā stanau gāḍhaṃ pūtanāmanayatkṣayam //

> For the protection of dharma and the like, and for the destruction of adharma and the like,  
> Kṛṣṇa, sucking her breasts vigorously, brought Pūtanā to ruin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.3)

śakaṭaḥ parivṛtto 'tha bhagnau ca yamalārjunau /  
damitaḥ kāliyo nāgo dhenuko vinipātitaḥ //

> Then the cart was overturned, and the twin arjuna trees were broken;  
> the nāga Kāliya was subdued, and Dhenuka was brought down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.4)

dhṛto govardhanaḥ śaila indreṇa paripūjitaḥ /  
bhārāvataraṇaṃ cakre pratijñāṃ kṛtavānhariḥ //

> Mount Govardhana was lifted, and \[Kṛṣṇa\] was worshipped by Indra.  
> Hari fulfilled the vow he had made to relieve the burden \[of the earth\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.5)

rakṣaṇāyārjunādeśca hyariṣṭādirnipātitaḥ /  
keśī vinihato daityo gopādyāḥ paritoṣitāḥ //

> For the protection of Arjuna and others, Ariṣṭa and other \[demons\] were struck down.  
> The daitya Keśī was slain, and the cowherds and others were gladdened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.6)

cāṇūro muṣṭiko mallaḥ kaṃso mañcānnipātitaḥ /  
rukmiṇīsatyabhāmādyāḥ hyaṣṭau patnyo hareḥ parāḥ //

> The wrestlers Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika \[were killed\], and Kaṃsa was cast down from the dais.  
> Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, and others were Hari's eight principal wives;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.7)

ṣoḍhaśa strīsahasrāṇi hyanyānyāsa mahātmanaḥ /  
tāsāṃ putrāśca pautrādyāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ //

> the great-souled one had sixteen thousand other wives as well.  
> Their sons, grandsons, and descendants numbered in the hundreds and thousands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.8)

rukmiṇyāñcaiva pradyumno nyavadhīcchaṃbarañca yaḥ /  
tasya putro 'niruddho 'bhūduṣābāṇasutāpatiḥ //

> And upon Rukmiṇī was born Pradyumna, who slew Śambara.  
> His son was Aniruddha, the husband of Uṣā, the daughter of Bāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.9)

hariśakarayoryatra mahāyuddhaṃ babhūva ha /  
bāṇabāhusahasrañca cchinnaṃ bāhudvayaṃ hyabhūt //

> where a great battle took place between Hari and Śaṅkara;  
> and Bāṇa's thousand arms were severed so that only two arms remained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.10)

narako nihato yena pārijātaṃ jahāra yaḥ /  
balaśca śisupālaśca hataśca dvividaḥ kapiḥ //

> Naraka was slain by him, who carried off the pārijāta tree;  
> and Bala, Śiśupāla, and the monkey Dvivida were slain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.11)

aniruddhādabhūdvajraḥ sa ca rājā gate harau /  
sandīpaniṃ guruñcakre saputrañca cakāra saḥ /  
mathurāyāṃ cograsenaṃ pālanaṃ ca divaukasām //

> From Aniruddha was born Vajra, who became king when Hari departed.  
> He made Sāndīpani his teacher and restored his son to him,  
> and he established Ugrasena in Mathurā and protected the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.144.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.144.11.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe harivaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāma catuścātvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Harivaṃśa', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.144.1) — English, machine translation

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