Garudapurana 1.144
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1.144.1
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.
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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.
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Then the cart was overturned, and the twin arjuna trees were broken;
the nāga Kāliya was subdued, and Dhenuka was brought down.
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Mount Govardhana was lifted, and [Kṛṣṇa] was worshipped by Indra.
Hari fulfilled the vow he had made to relieve the burden [of the earth].
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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.
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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;
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the great-souled one had sixteen thousand other wives as well.
Their sons, grandsons, and descendants numbered in the hundreds and thousands.
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And upon Rukmiṇī was born Pradyumna, who slew Śambara.
His son was Aniruddha, the husband of Uṣā, the daughter of Bāṇa,
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where a great battle took place between Hari and Śaṅkara;
and Bāṇa's thousand arms were severed so that only two arms remained.
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Naraka was slain by him, who carried off the pārijāta tree;
and Bala, Śiśupāla, and the monkey Dvivida were slain.
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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.
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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.
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- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit