Vishnupurana 5.31.9-18
Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.31.9-18
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5.31.9
tataḥ śaṅkham upādhmāya dvārakopari saṃsthitaḥ
harṣam utpādayām āsa dvārakāvāsināṃ dvija //
When Krishńa arrived over Dwáraká, he blew his shell, and delighted all the inhabitants with the sound. Then alighting from Garud́a, he proceeded with Satyabhámá to her garden, and there planted the great Párijáta tree, the smell of which perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and an approach to which enabled every one to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas contemplated themselves in their (original) celestial forms. Then Krishńa took possession of the wealth, elephants, horses, and women, which he had recovered from Naraka, and which had been brought to Dwáraká by the servants of the demon; and at an auspicious season he espoused all the maidens whom Naraka had carried off from their friends;
5.31.10
avatīryātha garuḍāt satyabhāmāsahāyavān
niṣkuṭe sthāpayām āsa pārijātaṃ mahātarum //
When Krishńa arrived over Dwáraká, he blew his shell, and delighted all the inhabitants with the sound. Then alighting from Garud́a, he proceeded with Satyabhámá to her garden, and there planted the great Párijáta tree, the smell of which perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and an approach to which enabled every one to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas contemplated themselves in their (original) celestial forms. Then Krishńa took possession of the wealth, elephants, horses, and women, which he had recovered from Naraka, and which had been brought to Dwáraká by the servants of the demon; and at an auspicious season he espoused all the maidens whom Naraka had carried off from their friends;
5.31.11
yam abhyetya janaḥ sarvo jātiṃ smarati paurvikīm
vāsyate yasya puṣpotthagandhenorvī triyojanam //
When Krishńa arrived over Dwáraká, he blew his shell, and delighted all the inhabitants with the sound. Then alighting from Garud́a, he proceeded with Satyabhámá to her garden, and there planted the great Párijáta tree, the smell of which perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and an approach to which enabled every one to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas contemplated themselves in their (original) celestial forms. Then Krishńa took possession of the wealth, elephants, horses, and women, which he had recovered from Naraka, and which had been brought to Dwáraká by the servants of the demon; and at an auspicious season he espoused all the maidens whom Naraka had carried off from their friends;
5.31.12
tatas te yādavāḥ sarve dehabandhān amānuṣān
dadṛśuḥ pādape tasmin kurvato mukhadarśanam //
When Krishńa arrived over Dwáraká, he blew his shell, and delighted all the inhabitants with the sound. Then alighting from Garud́a, he proceeded with Satyabhámá to her garden, and there planted the great Párijáta tree, the smell of which perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and an approach to which enabled every one to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas contemplated themselves in their (original) celestial forms. Then Krishńa took possession of the wealth, elephants, horses, and women, which he had recovered from Naraka, and which had been brought to Dwáraká by the servants of the demon; and at an auspicious season he espoused all the maidens whom Naraka had carried off from their friends;
5.31.13
kiṃkaraiḥ samupānītaṃ hastyaśvādi tato dhanam
striyaś ca kṛṣṇo jagrāha narakasya parigrahān //
When Krishńa arrived over Dwáraká, he blew his shell, and delighted all the inhabitants with the sound. Then alighting from Garud́a, he proceeded with Satyabhámá to her garden, and there planted the great Párijáta tree, the smell of which perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and an approach to which enabled every one to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas contemplated themselves in their (original) celestial forms. Then Krishńa took possession of the wealth, elephants, horses, and women, which he had recovered from Naraka, and which had been brought to Dwáraká by the servants of the demon; and at an auspicious season he espoused all the maidens whom Naraka had carried off from their friends;
5.31.14
tataḥ kāle śubhe prāpte upayeme janārdanaḥ
tāḥ kanyā narakeṇāsan sarvato yāḥ samāhṛtāḥ //
When Krishńa arrived over Dwáraká, he blew his shell, and delighted all the inhabitants with the sound. Then alighting from Garud́a, he proceeded with Satyabhámá to her garden, and there planted the great Párijáta tree, the smell of which perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and an approach to which enabled every one to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas contemplated themselves in their (original) celestial forms. Then Krishńa took possession of the wealth, elephants, horses, and women, which he had recovered from Naraka, and which had been brought to Dwáraká by the servants of the demon; and at an auspicious season he espoused all the maidens whom Naraka had carried off from their friends;
5.31.15
ekasminn eva govindaḥ kāle tāsāṃ mahāmune
jagrāha vidhivat pāṇīn pṛthaggeheṣu dharmataḥ //
at one and the same moment he received the hands of all of them, according to the ritual, in separate mansions. Sixteen thousand and one hundred was the number of the maidens, and into so many different forms did the foe of Madhu multiply himself; so that every one of the damsels thought that he had wedded her in his single person; and the creator of the world, Hari, the assumer of universal shape, abode severally in the dwelling of each of these his wives.
5.31.16
ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇi śatam ekaṃ tathādhikam
tāvanti cakre rūpāṇi bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ //
at one and the same moment he received the hands of all of them, according to the ritual, in separate mansions. Sixteen thousand and one hundred was the number of the maidens, and into so many different forms did the foe of Madhu multiply himself; so that every one of the damsels thought that he had wedded her in his single person; and the creator of the world, Hari, the assumer of universal shape, abode severally in the dwelling of each of these his wives.
5.31.17
ekaikaśyena tāḥ kanyā menire madhusūdanaḥ
mamaiva pāṇigrahaṇaṃ bhagavān kṛtavān iti //
at one and the same moment he received the hands of all of them, according to the ritual, in separate mansions. Sixteen thousand and one hundred was the number of the maidens, and into so many different forms did the foe of Madhu multiply himself; so that every one of the damsels thought that he had wedded her in his single person; and the creator of the world, Hari, the assumer of universal shape, abode severally in the dwelling of each of these his wives.
5.31.18
niśāsu ca jagatsraṣṭā tāsāṃ geheṣu keśavaḥ
uvāsa vipra sarvāsāṃ viśvarūpadharo hariḥ //
at one and the same moment he received the hands of all of them, according to the ritual, in separate mansions. Sixteen thousand and one hundred was the number of the maidens, and into so many different forms did the foe of Madhu multiply himself; so that every one of the damsels thought that he had wedded her in his single person; and the creator of the world, Hari, the assumer of universal shape, abode severally in the dwelling of each of these his wives.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Commentaries (3)
- Viṣṇucittīya — Sanskrit
- Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit
- Ātmaprakāśa — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Brahmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit