Bhagavata Purana

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.

तावाह मागधो वीक्ष्य हे कृष्ण पुरुषाधम। न त्वया योद्धुमिच्छामि बालेनैकेन लज्जया । गुप्तेन हि त्वया मन्द न योत्स्ये याहि बन्धुहन्

Seeing them, the king of Magadha said: 'O Krishna, lowest of men, I do not wish to fight with you, a mere boy, out of shame; nor with you, who hide behind others, O dullard—go away, destroyer of kin, I will not fight you.'

तव राम यदि श्रद्धा युध्यस्व धैर्यमुद्वह। हित्वा वा मच्छरैश्छिन्नं देहं स्वर्याहि मां जहि

'But you, Rama, if you have faith, fight and show your courage; either abandon your body, cut down by my arrows, and ascend to heaven, or kill me.'

श्रीभगवानुवाच। न वै शूरा विकत्थन्ते दर्शयन्त्येव पौरुषम्। न गृह्णीमो वचो राजन्नातुरस्य मुमूर्षतः

The Blessed Lord said: 'Truly, heroes do not boast; they simply display their valor. We do not heed the words of one who is distressed and facing death, O King.'

श्रीशुक उवाच। जरासुतस्तावभिसृत्य माधवौ महाबलौघेन बलीयसाऽऽवृणोत्। ससैन्ययानध्वजवाजिसारथी सूर्यानलौ वायुरिवाभ्ररेणुभिः

Shuka said: The son of Jara then rushed at the two Madhavas, surrounding them with a mighty host, chariots, elephants, horses, and banners, like the wind enveloping the sun and fire with clouds of dust.

सुपर्णतालध्वजचिह्नितौ रथाव्। अलक्षयन्त्यो हरिरामयोर्मृधे। स्त्रियः पुराट्टालकहर्म्यगोपुरं। समाश्रिताः सम्मुमुहुः शुचार्दितः

The women, seeing the two chariots of Hari and Rama, marked with the emblems of Garuda and the palm tree, in the midst of battle, took refuge in the ancient towers, palaces, and gateways, and were overcome with grief and confusion.

हरिः परानीकपयोमुचां मुहुः शिलीमुखात्युल्बणवर्षपीडितम्। स्वसैन्यमालोक्य सुरासुरार्चितं व्यस्फूर्जयच्छार्ङ्गशरासनोत्तमम्

Hari, seeing his own army—honored by gods and demons—afflicted again and again by the fierce rain of arrows from the enemy host, sounded his supreme Sharnga bow with a thunderous twang.

गृह्णन्निशङ्गादथ सन्दधच्छरान्। विकृष्य मुञ्चन्शितबाणपूगान्। निघ्नन्रथान्कुञ्जरवाजिपत्तीन्। निरन्तरं यद्वदलातचक्रम्

Then, drawing arrows from his quiver, stringing and releasing volleys of sharp shafts, he struck down chariots, elephants, horses, and foot soldiers, while the whirling discus never left his hand.