Bhagavata Purana

नेह चात्यन्तसंवासः कस्यचित् केनचित् सह । राजन् स्वेनापि देहेन किमु जायात्मजादिभिः

In this world, O King, no one has perpetual association with anyone—not even with one's own body, what to speak of wife, sons, and others.

एकः प्रसूयते जन्तुः एक एव प्रलीयते । एकोऽनुभुङ्‌क्ते सुकृतं एक एव च दुष्कृतम्

A being is born alone and dies alone; alone one enjoys the results of good deeds, and alone also the results of evil.

अधर्मोपचितं वित्तं हरन्त्यन्येऽल्पमेधसः । सम्भोजनीयापदेशैः जलानीव जलौकसः

Wealth acquired unrighteously is seized by others of little intelligence, just as leeches take water under the pretext of friendship.

पुष्णाति यानधर्मेण स्वबुद्ध्या तमपण्डितम् । तेऽकृतार्थं प्रहिण्वन्ति प्राणा रायः सुतादयः

He who, lacking wisdom, supports others unrighteously by his own judgment, finds that his life, wealth, sons, and others abandon him unfulfilled.

स्वयं किल्बिषमादाय तैस्त्यक्तो नार्थकोविदः । असिद्धार्थो विशत्यन्धं स्वधर्मविमुखस्तमः

Having taken on sin himself, abandoned by those for whom he was not wise in wealth, he, failing in his purpose, enters blind darkness, turning away from his own duty.

तस्माल्लोकमिमं राजन् स्वप्नमायामनोरथम् । वीक्ष्यायम्यात्मनात्मानं समः शान्तो भव प्रभो

Therefore, O King, seeing this world as a dream, illusion, and fantasy, know yourself by yourself, and be equal-minded and peaceful, O master.

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच - यथा वदति कल्याणीं वाचं दानपते भवान् । तथानया न तृप्यामि मर्त्यः प्राप्य यथामृतम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O lord of charity, just as you speak these auspicious words, so I am never satisfied by them, as a mortal is never satisfied upon obtaining nectar.

तथापि सूनृता सौम्य हृदि न स्थीयते चले । पुत्रानुरागविषमे विद्युत् सौदामनी यथा

Still, gentle one, though words may be sweet, they do not remain steady in the heart, which is restless with the poison of attachment to one's children, just as lightning does not linger in the sky.

ईश्वरस्य विधिं को नु विधुनोत्यन्यथा पुमान् । भूमेर्भारावताराय योऽवतीर्णो यदोः कुले

Who indeed can overturn the will of the Lord, O man? He who has descended in the Yadu dynasty for the removal of the earth's burden.

( वसंततिलका ) यो दुर्विमर्शपथया निजमाययेदं सृष्ट्वा गुणान् विभजते तदनुप्रविष्टः । तस्मै नमो दुरवबोधविहारतन्त्र संसारचक्रगतये परमेश्वराय

He who, by his own inscrutable power, creates this world and divides the qualities, then enters into it—unto him, the Supreme Lord, whose play is beyond comprehension, who moves within the wheel of worldly existence, I offer my respects.

श्रीशुक उवाच - ( अनुष्टुप् ) इत्यभिप्रेत्य नृपतेः अभिप्रायं स यादवः । सुहृद्‌भिः समनुज्ञातः पुनर्यदुपुरीमगात्

Śuka said: Thus understanding the king's intention, that Yadava, having been permitted by his friends, returned again to the city of the Yadus.

शशंस रामकृष्णाभ्यां धृतराष्ट्रविचेष्टितम् । पाण्डवान् प्रति कौरव्य यदर्थं प्रेषितः स्वयम्

He reported to Rāma and Kṛṣṇa all that Dhṛtarāṣṭra had done regarding the Pāṇḍavas, for which he himself had been sent.

इति श्रीमद्‍भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे पूर्वार्धे एकोनपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the forty-ninth chapter of the first half of the tenth book in the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, the scripture for the paramahaṃsas.

रामकृष्णयोर्जरासन्धेन सह युद्धं, द्वारकादुर्गनिर्माणंच - श्रीशुक उवाच। अस्तिः प्राप्तिश्च कंसस्य महिष्यौ भरतर्षभ। मृते भर्तरि दुःखार्ते ईयतुः स्म पितुर्गृहान्

Śuka said: O best of the Bharatas, Asti and Prāpti, the wives of Kaṃsa, grieving at the death of their husband, went to the house of their father.

पित्रे मगधराजाय जरासन्धाय दुःखिते। वेदयां चक्रतुः सर्वमात्मवैधव्यकारणम्

To their father, Jarāsandha, the king of Magadha, who was distressed, they revealed everything, the cause of their widowhood.

स तदप्रियमाकर्ण्य शोकामर्षयुतो नृप। अयादवीं महीं कर्तुं चक्रे परममुद्यमम्

Hearing that unpleasant news, the king, filled with grief and anger, made a great effort to destroy the Yadava clan.

अक्षौहिणीभिर्विंशत्या तिसृभिश्चापि संवृतः। यदुराजधानीं मथुरां न्यरुधत्सर्वतो दिशम्

Surrounded by twenty akṣauhiṇīs and three more, he besieged Mathurā, the capital of the Yadus, on all sides.

निरीक्ष्य तद्बलं कृष्ण उद्वेलमिव सागरम्। स्वपुरं तेन संरुद्धं स्वजनं च भयाकुलम्

Seeing that army, swelling like the ocean, and his own city thus besieged, and his people filled with fear, Kṛṣṇa considered the situation.

चिन्तयामास भगवान्हरिः कारणमानुषः। तद्देशकालानुगुणं स्वावतारप्रयोजनम्

The Lord Hari, in his human form, reflected on the purpose of his descent, considering the time, place, and circumstances.

हनिष्यामि बलं ह्येतद्भुवि भारं समाहितम्। मागधेन समानीतं वश्यानां सर्वभूभुजाम्

I will destroy this force, which has gathered as a burden upon the earth, brought together by the king of Magadha from all the subjugated rulers.

अक्षौहिणीभिः सङ्ख्यातं भटाश्वरथकुञ्जरैः। मागधस्तु न हन्तव्यो भूयः कर्ता बलोद्यमम्

The armies, counted by akṣauhiṇīs, with soldiers, horses, chariots, and elephants, are to be destroyed, but the king of Magadha is not to be slain, for he will again assemble a force.

एतदर्थोऽवतारोऽयं भूभारहरणाय मे। संरक्षणाय साधूनां कृतोऽन्येषां वधाय च

This is the purpose of my descent: to relieve the earth of its burden, to protect the virtuous, and to destroy others.

अन्योऽपि धर्मरक्षायै देहः संभ्रियते मया। विरामायाप्यधर्मस्य काले प्रभवतः क्वचित्

Another body is also assumed by me for the protection of dharma, and, when adharma arises at certain times, for its cessation.

एवं ध्यायति गोविन्द आकाशात्सूर्यवर्चसौ। रथावुपस्थितौ सद्यः ससूतौ सपरिच्छदौ

As Govinda was thus meditating, two chariots, radiant as the sun, suddenly appeared from the sky, complete with drivers and all equipment.

आयुधानि च दिव्यानि पुराणानि यदृच्छया। दृष्ट्वा तानि हृषीकेशः सङ्कर्षणमथाब्रवीत्

And divine, ancient weapons also appeared by chance; seeing them, Hṛṣīkeśa spoke to Saṅkarṣaṇa.

पश्यार्य व्यसनं प्राप्तं यदूनां त्वावतां प्रभो। एष ते रथ आयातो दयितान्यायुधानि च

Behold, O noble one, the calamity that has befallen the Yadus, O Lord of those who have descended to earth; here is your chariot, along with your beloved weapons.

एतदर्थं हि नौ जन्म साधूनामीश शर्मकृत्। त्रयोविंशत्यनीकाख्यं भूमेर्भारमपाकुरु

Indeed, for this very purpose have we been born, O Lord, bringer of happiness to the virtuous: remove the burden of the earth, known as the twenty-three armies.

एवं सम्मन्त्र्य दाशार्हौ दंशितौ रथिनौ पुरात्। निर्जग्मतुः स्वायुधाढ्य बलेनाल्पीयसा वृतौ

Thus having consulted together, the two sons of Dasharha, resolute and armed for battle since ancient times, set out, equipped with their weapons and accompanied by a small force.

शङ्खं दध्मौ विनिर्गत्य हरिर्दारुकसारथिः। ततोऽभूत्परसैन्यानां हृदि वित्रासवेपथुः

Hari, with Daruka as his charioteer, blew his conch as he set out; then, in the hearts of the enemy soldiers, there arose terror and trembling.