S'rî
S'uka said: 'With
Balarâma gone to Nanda's cowherd village sent the ruler
of Karûsha [Paundraka], o King, foolishly
thinking 'I am Vâsudeva', a messenger to
Krishna.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'With Balarâma gone to Nanda's cowherd
village sent the ruler of Karûsha [Paundraka],
o King, foolishly thinking 'I am Vâsudeva', a
messenger to Krishna. (Vedabase)
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2
Childishly
people had alluded: 'You are Vâsudeva, the Supreme Lord
who has descended as the Master of the Universe!', and so he
imagined himself to be the Infallible One.
Childish
people had alluded: 'You are Vâsudeva, the Supreme
Lord descended as the Master of the Universe!', and so he
imagined himself to be the Infallible One.
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3
Like
a boy of little intelligence who by kids was appointed king
sent he, being silly, a messenger to Krishna, He whose ways are
inscrutable, who resided in Dvârakâ.
Like
a boy of little intelligence appointed king by children did
he, being silly, send a messenger to Krishna Whose Path is
Inscrutable in Dvârakâ.
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4
The
envoy arriving in Dvârakâ then in the royal
assembly relayed to Krishna Almighty with the Lotuspetal Eyes
the message of his king:
The
envoy arriving in Dvârakâ then in the royal
assembly relayed to Krishna Almighty with the Lotuspetal
Eyes the message of his king:
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5
'I
Vâsudeva, the one and only without a second, have
descended to this world with the purpose of showing mercy to
the living beings. You however, have to give up Your false
title!
'I
Vâsudeva, the one and only without a second, have
descended to this world with the purpose of showing mercy to
the living beings. You however, have to give up your false
title!
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O
Sâtvata, give up my symbols. You carry them out of
delusion. You better come to me for shelter; if not so, give me
battle instead.'
O
Sâtvata, giving up our symbols, which you carry out of
delusion, You better come to me for shelter; if not so, give
me battle instead.'
(Vedabase)
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S'rî
S'uka said: 'Hearing that boasting of Paundraka so poor of
intelligence, laughed the members of the assembly headed by
Ugrasena loudly.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'Hearing that boasting of Paundraka so poor of
intelligence, laughed the members of the assembly headed by
Ugrasena loudly. (Vedabase)
Text
8
The
Supreme Lord, after the joking was done, said to the messenger:
'I'll hurl you, o fool, the symbols you so boast
about.
The
Supreme Lord, after the joking was done, said to the
messenger: 'I'll hurl you, o fool, the symbols you so boast
about. (Vedabase)
Text
9
The
shelter of dogs you'll be, o ignoramus, lying dead with that
face of yours covered by herons, vultures and vathas all
around.'
The
shelter of dogs you'll be, o ignoramus, lying dead with that
face of yours covered by herons, vultures and vathas all
around.' (Vedabase)
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10
Thus addressed
carried the messenger that insulting reply in full detail over
to his master and went Krishna, riding His chariot, to
Kâs'î [Vârânasî].
Thus
addressed carried the messenger those insults completely
over to his master and went Krishna, riding His chariot, to
Kâs'î [Vârânasî].
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11
As
soon as the mighty warrior Paundraka saw that He was preparing
for battle, appeared he from the city joined by two
akshauhinîs.
The
mighty warrior Paundraka upon observing His preparations
quickly came forth from the city joined by two
akshauhinî's.
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12-14
The
Lord saw Paundraka within his wake his friend, the master of
Kâs'î, with three akshauhinîs more, o
King. He presented himself complete with a conch, a disc, a
sword and a club, a S'ârnga and the mark of a
S'rîvatsa and other symbols, including a Kaustubha-gem
and the decoration of a forest flower garland. Wearing a pair
of fine silken yellow garments and in his banner Garuda wore he
a valuable crown and had he ornamented himself with gleaming
shark-shaped earrings.
The
Lord saw Paundraka followed behind by his friend, the master
of Kâs'î, with three akshauhinî's, o King,
as he was carrying a conch, a disc, a sword and a club, a
S'ârnga and the mark of a s'rîvatsa and other
symbols, including a kaustubha-gem and the decoration of a
forest flower garland. Wearing a pair of fine silken yellow
garments and in his banner Garuda wore he a valuable crown
and had he gleaming shark-shaped earrings as his ornament.
(Vedabase)
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15
The
sight of him dressed up as His spitting image, like he was an
actor on a stage, made the Lord laugh heartily.
The
sight of him dressed up as His spitting image, like he was
an actor on a stage, made the Lord laugh heartily.
(Vedabase)
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16
With
tridents, clubs and bludgeons, pikes, blades, barbed missiles,
lances, swords, axes and arrows was the Lord attacked by the
enemies.
With
tridents, clubs and bludgeons, pikes, blades, barbed
missiles, lances, swords, axes and arrows was the Lord
attacked by the enemies. (Vedabase)
Text
17
Krishna however
with His club, sword, disc and arrows fiercely tormented that
military force of elephants, chariots, horses and infantry of
Paundraka and the king of Kâs'î, like He was the
fire at the end of the world to the different kinds of living
entities.
Krishna
however with His club, sword, disc and arrows fiercely
tormented that military force of elephants, chariots, horses
and infantry of Paundraka and the king of Kâs'î,
like He was the fire at the end of the world to the
different kinds of living entities.
(Vedabase)
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18
That
battlefield, strewn with the by His disc cut to pieces
chariots, horses, elephants, bipeds, mules and camels, shone
like the horrible playground of the Lord of the Ghosts
[Bhûtapati, or S'iva], bringing pleasure to the
wise.
That
battlefield, strewn with the by His disc cut to pieces
chariots, horses, elephants, bipeds, mules and camels, shone
like the horrible playground of the Lord of the Ghosts
[Bhûtapati, or S'iva], bringing pleasure to
the wise. (Vedabase)
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19
S'auri
then said to Paundraka: 'Those weapons you spoke of to Me
through the words of your messenger, I now discharge at
you.
S'auri
then said to Paundraka: 'Those weapons you spoke of to Me
through the words of your messenger, I now discharge at you.
(Vedabase)
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I'll
make you renounce My name and all, that you falsely assumed, o
fool; let Me today turn to you for shelter [as you
wanted], if not wishing the battle.'
I'll
make you renounce My name and all, that you falsely assumed,
o fool; as for the day [as you wanted] taking to the
shelter of You, if not wishing the
battle.'
(Vedabase)
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Thus deriding
him, drove He with His sharp arrows Paundraka out of his
chariot and lopped He with His disc his head off, just like
Indra with his thunderbolt would cut a mountain
top.
Thus
deriding, with His sharp arrows driving Paundraka out of his
chariot, lopped He with His disc off his head, like Indra
with his thunderbolt would cut a mountain top.
(Vedabase)
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22
So too severed
He with His arrows the head of the king of Kâs'î
from his body, sending it flying into Kâs'î-puri
like the wind transporting a calyx of a lotus.
So
too severed He with His arrows the head of the king of
Kâs'î from his body, sending it flying into
Kâs'î-puri like the wind transporting a
flowercup of a lotus. (Vedabase)
Text
23
Thus
having killed as well the envious Paundraka as his friend,
entered the Lord Dvârakâ
Thus
killing the envious Paundraka together with his friend, entered
the Lord Dvârakâ being hailed by the perfected
singing the nectarean stories about Him.
(Vedabase)
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24
And
so did he [Paundraka] of whom by his constant
meditation upon Him in assuming the personal form of the Lord
all bondage was completely shattered, become fully absorbed in
Him [viz. Krishna conscious], o King [see
sârûpya].
And
so did he [Paundraka] of whom by his constant
meditation upon Him in assuming the personal form of the
Lord all bondage was completely shattered, become fully
absorbed in Him [viz Krishna conscious], o King
[see sârûpya].
(Vedabase)
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25
Seeing the head
with the earrings that had landed near the palace gate,
wondered the people: 'Whose head would this be?'
Seeing
the head with the earrings fallen at the palace gate doubted
the people: 'Whose head would this
be?'
(Vedabase)
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26
Recognizing it
as the head of the king, the ruler of Kâs'î, cried
his queens, his sons and other relatives and the citizens their
eyes out over it: 'Alas master, o master, o King, we're
killed!'
Recognizing
it as the head of the king, the ruler of Kâs'î,
cried his queens, his sons and other relatives and the
citizens out loud to it: 'Alas master, o master, o King,
we're killed!' (Vedabase)
Text
27-28
His
son named Sudakshina for the father executing the funeral
rites, made up his mind and decided: 'In order to avenge my
father I'll kill my father's murderer', and for that reason
prayed he as su-dakshina, 'the excellence of the
reward', together with priests with great attention to
Mahes'vara [Lord S'iva].
His
son named Sudakshina for the father executing the funeral
rites, made up his mind and decided: 'In order to avenge my
father I'll kill my father's murderer.' and so worshiped he
as su-dakshina, 'the excellence of the reward', together
with priests with great attention Mahes'vara [Lord
S'iva]. (Vedabase)
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29
At
[the holy place of] Avimukta offered the great lord him
satisfied a choice of benedictions, upon which he as his
benediction from the mighty demigod chose for a means to slay
Him who had killed his father.
At
[the holy place of] Avimukta offered the great lord
him satisfied a choice of benedictions, upon which he as his
benediction with the mighty demigod chose for a means to
slay the Killer of his father. (Vedabase)
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30-31
[S'iva
said: ] 'With brahmins and the original priest be of
service to the dakshina [southern] fire with an
abhicâra
['hurting'] ritual of use against an enemy of the
brahmins, so that surrounded by the Pramathas [see also
10.63:
6]
your
desire is fulfilled', and thus instructed observed he the vows
with the purpose of harming Krishna.
[S'iva
said: ] 'With brahmins and the original priest be of
service to the dakshina [southern] fire with an
abhicâra ['hurting'] ritual of use against an
enemy of the brahmins, so that surrounded by the Pramathas
[see also 10.63: 6] your desire is fulfilled', and
thus instructed did he with the purpose to harm Krishna
observe the vows. (Vedabase)
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32-33
Thereupon
rose up from the fire of the altar pit, an impressive figure
most horrendous with a tuft of hair, beard and mustache like
molten copper, hot
radiating cinders of eyes, terrible teeth and a harsh face with
arched and furrowed eyebrows, who, with his tongue licking the
corners of his mouth, naked waved a blazing trident [see
also 4.5:
3 and
6.9:
12].
Then
rose up from the fire of the altar pit, an impressive
figure most horrendous with a tuft of hair, beard and
mustache like molten copper, hot radiating cinders of eyes,
terrible teeth and a harsh face with arched and furrowed
eyebrows, who, with his tongue licking the corners of his
mouth, naked shook with a blazing trident [see also 4.5:
3 and 6.9: 12].
(Vedabase)
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34
With legs as
big as palm trees shaking the earth ran he accompanied by
ghosts to Dvârakâ burning the
directions.
With
legs as big as palm trees shaking the earth's surface ran he
accompanied by ghosts to Dvârakâ burning the
directions. (Vedabase)
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35
Seeing him,
created from the abhicâra fire, approaching were
all the residents of Dvârakâ, just like animals are
with a big forest fire, stricken with fear.
Seeing
him, created from the abhicâra fire, approaching were
all the residents of Dvârakâ like animals with a
big forest fire struck with fear.
(Vedabase)
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36
Distraught went
they in panic to the Supreme Personality of Godhead who in the
royal court was playing a game of dice [and said to
Him]: 'Save us, save us from the fire burning down the
city, o Lord of the Three Worlds!'
Distraught
went they in panic to the Supreme Personality of Godhead who
in the royal court was playing a game of dice [and
said]: 'Save us, save us from the fire burning up the
city, o Lord of the Three Worlds!'
(Vedabase)
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37
Hearing this
clamor of the people and seeing how upset His own men were,
laughed S'aranya, the Protector, loudly and said: 'Do not be
afraid of this, I'll protect you!'
Hearing
this clamor of the people and seeing how upset His own men
were, laughed S'aranya, the Protector, loudly and said: 'Do
not be afraid of this, I'll protect you!'
(Vedabase)
Text
38
The Almighty
Lord, the Witness within and without of everyone, understood
the creature to be of Mahes'vara and aimed to put an end to him
the cakra He had always at His side.
The
Almighty Lord, the Witness within and without everyone,
understood the creature to be of Mahes'vara and aimed to his
demise His cakra positioned at His side.
(Vedabase)
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39
That weapon,
the Sudars'ana cakra of Krishna, that like a million
suns was blazing with an effulgence like the fire at the end of
the universe, tormented with its heat the sky, the heavens and
the earth in the ten directions, affecting as well the fire
[of the demon; see also 9.4:
46].
That
weapon, the sudars'ana cakra of Krishna, like a million suns
blazing with an effulgence like the fire at the end of the
universe tormented with its heat the sky, the heavens and
the earth in the ten directions as well as the fire [of
the demon; see also 9.4: 46].
(Vedabase)
Text
40
He, the fire
that was created, frustrated by the power of the weapon of Him
with the Disc in His Hand turned around, o King, and in his
deference from all sides closed in on
Vârânasî and burned to death Sudakshina and
all his priests with the abhicâra he had called
for himself.
He,
the fire that was created, frustrated by the power of the
weapon of Him with the Disc in His Hand turned around, o
King, and in his deference from all sides closed in on
Vârânasî and burned to death Sudakshina
and all his priests with the abhicâra he had called
for himself. (Vedabase)
Text
41
So also did
the cakra of Vishnu in pursuit enter [and burn]
Vârânasî with its gateways and watchtowers
and its many raised porches, assembly halls, market places,
warehouses and the buildings housing the elephants, horses,
chariots and grains.
So
also did the cakra of Vishnu in pursuit enter
Vârânasî with its gateways and watchtowers
and its many raised porches, assembly halls, market places,
warehouses and the buildings housing the elephants, horses,
chariots and grains. (Vedabase)
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42
Having laid in
ashes all of Vârânasî returned Vishnu's
Sudars'ana disc to the side of Krishna whose actions are
effortless.
Having
laid in ashes all of Vârânasî went
Vishnu's sudars'ana disc back to the side of Krishna Whose
Actions are Effortless. (Vedabase)
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43
Any mortal who
in full attention recounts or hears this heroic pastime of the
Supreme One who is praised in the verses will be released of
all sins.'
The
mortal human who concentrated recounts or hears this heroic
pastime of the Supreme One Praised in the Verses will be
released of all sins.
(Vedabase)