Bhagavata Purana

( मिश्र ) ततो मुहूर्तं प्रकृतावुपप्लुतः स्वबोध आस्ते स्वजनानुषङ्‌गतः । महानुभावस्तदबुध्यदासुरीं मायां स शाल्वप्रसृतां मयोदिताम्

Then, for a moment, the great-souled one was overcome by his natural affection, surrounded by his own people. But he soon realized that this was a demonic illusion, conjured by Shalva at Maya's instruction.

न तत्र दूतं न पितुः कलेवरं प्रबुद्ध आजौ समपश्यदच्युतः । स्वाप्नं यथा चाम्बरचारिणं रिपुं सौभस्थमालोक्य निहन्तुमुद्यतः

Awakened on the battlefield, Achyuta saw neither the messenger nor his father's body there. Like a man waking from a dream, he beheld his enemy in the sky, stationed on Saubha, ready to strike.

( अनुष्टुप् ) एवं वदन्ति राजर्षे ऋषयः के च नान्विताः । यत् स्ववाचो विरुध्येत नूनं ते न स्मरन्त्युत

Thus do some sages, O royal sage, speak—yet if their words contradict themselves, surely they do not truly remember.

क्व शोकमोहौ स्नेहो वा भयं वा येऽज्ञसम्भवाः । क्व चाखण्डितविज्ञान ज्ञानैश्वर्यस्त्वखण्डितः

Where are grief and delusion, affection or fear—born of ignorance—and where is your unbroken wisdom, your undiminished knowledge and lordship?

( मिश्र ) यत्पादसेवोर्जितयाऽऽत्मविद्यया हिन्वन्त्यनाद्यात्मविपर्ययग्रहम् । लभन्त आत्मीयमनन्तमैश्वरं कुतो नु मोहः परमस्य सद्गतेः

By serving his feet and gaining self-knowledge, the wise destroy the beginningless grip of self-delusion. They attain their own infinite lordship—how could confusion touch one who has reached the Supreme?

तं शस्त्रपूगैः प्रहरन्तमोजसा शाल्वं शरैः शौरिरमोघविक्रमः । विद्ध्वाच्छिनद्‌ वर्म धनुः शिरोमणिं सौभं च शत्रोर्गदया रुरोज ह

Then, as Shalva attacked with a multitude of weapons, the mighty Krishna, whose valor never fails, struck him with arrows, shattered his armor, bow, and crown, and smashed the Saubha fortress of his enemy with his mace.

तत्कृष्णहस्तेरितया विचूर्णितं पपात तोये गदया सहस्रधा । विसृज्य तद्‌ भूतलमास्थितो गदां उद्यम्य शाल्वोऽच्युतमभ्यगाद् द्रुतम्

Struck by Krishna's mace, the Saubha, crushed by his hand, fell into the water in a thousand pieces. Abandoning it, Shalva took up his mace, stood on the ground, and swiftly rushed at Achyuta.

आधावतः सगदं तस्य बाहुं भल्लेन छित्त्वाथ रथाङ्‌गमद्‌भुतम् । वधाय शाल्वस्य लयार्कसन्निभं बिभ्रद् बभौ सार्क इवोदयाचलः

As Shalva charged with his mace, Krishna severed his arm with a razor-sharp arrow, then took up his wondrous discus, blazing like the sun at the end of time, to slay Shalva, shining like the sun rising from the eastern mountain.

जहार तेनैव शिरः सकुण्डलं किरीटयुक्तं पुरुमायिनो हरिः । वज्रेण वृत्रस्य यथा पुरन्दरो बभूव हाहेति वचस्तदा नृणाम्

With that very discus, Hari struck off the head of the master of illusions, adorned with earrings and crown, just as Indra slew Vritra with his thunderbolt. Then, among men, there arose cries of 'Alas!'

( अनुष्टुप् ) तस्मिन्निपतिते पापे सौभे च गदया हते । नेदुर्दुन्दुभयो राजन् दिवि देवगणेरिताः । सखीनां अपचितिं कुर्वन् दन्तवक्रो रुषाभ्यगात्

When that wicked one fell and Saubha was destroyed by the mace, the celestial drums resounded in the sky, played by the hosts of gods. Dantavakra, in anger, came forward to avenge his friend.

इति श्रीमद्‍भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे उत्तरार्धे सौभवधो नाम सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter, called 'The Slaying of Shalva,' in the tenth book, second half, of the great and sacred Bhagavata Purana.

दन्तवक्रविदूरथवधः; बलरामद्‌वारा सूतशिरश्छेदश्च - अथाष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः श्रीशुक उवाच। शिशुपालस्य शाल्वस्य पौण्ड्रकस्यापि दुर्मतिः। परलोकगतानां च कुर्वन्पारोक्ष्यसौहृदम्

The killing of Dantavakra and Viduratha, and the beheading of Suta by Balarama—thus begins the seventy-eighth chapter. Shuka said: The wickedness of Shishupala, Shalva, Paundraka, and others, even after they had departed this world, was met by Krishna with transcendental friendship.

एकः पदातिः सङ्क्रुद्धो गदापाणिः प्रकम्पयन्। पद्भ्यामिमां महाराज महासत्त्वो व्यदृश्यत

Then, a single foot-soldier, furious and wielding a mace, shaking the earth as he came, was seen approaching, O great king, with immense strength.

तं तथायान्तमालोक्य गदामादाय सत्वरः। अवप्लुत्य रथात्कृष्णः सिन्धुं वेलेव प्रत्यधात्

Seeing him advancing in this way, Krishna quickly seized his mace, leapt down from his chariot, and confronted him like the ocean meets the shore.

गदामुद्यम्य कारूषो मुकुन्दं प्राह दुर्मदः। दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्या भवानद्य मम दृष्टिपथं गतः

Raising his mace, the Kārūṣa, arrogant with pride, spoke to Mukunda: 'By fortune, by great fortune, you have today come within my sight.'

त्वं मातुलेयो नः कृष्ण मित्रध्रुङ्मां जिघांससि। अतस्त्वां गदया मन्द हनिष्ये वज्रकल्पया

'You are our maternal uncle, O Kṛṣṇa, yet you seek to kill me, your friend and ally. Therefore, O fool, I shall strike you down with my mace, hard as a thunderbolt.'

तर्ह्यानृण्यमुपैम्यज्ञ मित्राणां मित्रवत्सलः। बन्धुरूपमरिं हत्वा व्याधिं देहचरं यथा

'Then I shall be free of my debt, O friend of friends, by slaying an enemy who appears as a relative—just as one destroys a disease dwelling in the body.'

एवं रूक्षैस्तुदन्वाक्यैः कृष्णं तोत्रैरिव द्विपम्। गदयाताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहवद्व्यनदच्च सः

Thus, with harsh words that stung like goads, he assailed Kṛṣṇa as one would prod an elephant, and struck him on the head with his mace, roaring like a lion.

गदयाभिहतोऽप्याजौ न चचाल यदूद्वहः। कृष्णोऽपि तमहन्गुर्व्या कौमोदक्या स्तनान्तरे

Though struck on the battlefield with the mace, the foremost of the Yadus did not move; and Kṛṣṇa, with his own mace Kaumodakī, struck him in the chest.

गदानिर्भिन्नहृदय उद्वमन्रुधिरं मुखात्। प्रसार्य केशबाह्वङ्घ्रीन्धरण्यां न्यपतद्व्यसुः

His heart shattered by the blow of the mace, blood gushed from his mouth; spreading out his hair, arms, and legs, he fell lifeless to the ground.

ततः सूक्ष्मतरं ज्योतिः कृष्णमाविशदद्भुतम्। पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां यथा चैद्यवधे नृप

Then, a most subtle and wondrous light entered Kṛṣṇa, as all beings looked on—just as happened at the slaying of Śiśupāla, O King.

विदूरथस्तु तद्भ्राता भ्रातृशोकपरिप्लुतः। आगच्छदसिचर्माभ्यामुच्छ्वसंस्तज्जिघांसया

Vidūratha, his brother, overwhelmed with grief for him, came forward with sword and shield, breathing heavily, intent on killing Kṛṣṇa.

तस्य चापततः कृष्णश्चक्रेण क्षुरनेमिना। शिरो जहार राजेन्द्र सकिरीटं सकुण्डलम्

As he rushed forward, Kṛṣṇa, with his discus whose edge is sharp as a razor, cut off his head—along with its crown and earrings, O King.

एवं सौभं च शाल्वं च दन्तवक्रं सहानुजम्। हत्वा दुर्विषहानन्यैरीडितः सुरमानवैः

Thus, having slain Śālva, Saubha, Dantavakra and his brother—foes unbearable to others—he was praised by the gods and men.

मुनिभिः सिद्धगन्धर्वैर्विद्याधरमहोरगैः। अप्सरोभिः पितृगणैर्यक्षैः किन्नरचारणैः

By sages, perfected beings, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas, great serpents, Apsarās, hosts of ancestors, Yakṣas, Kinnaras, and Cāraṇas.

उपगीयमानविजयः कुसुमैरभिवर्षितः। वृतश्च वृष्णिप्रवरैर्विवेशालङ्कृतां पुरीम्

His victory was sung by them, and he was showered with flowers; surrounded by the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis, he entered the adorned city.

एवं योगेश्वरः कृष्णो भगवान्जगदीश्वरः। ईयते पशुदृष्टीनां निर्जितो जयतीति सः

Thus, Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Yoga, the Blessed One, Lord of the universe, is perceived by those of animal vision as being conquered or victorious.

श्रुत्वा युद्धोद्यमं रामः कुरूणां सह पाण्डवैः। तीर्थाभिषेकव्याजेन मध्यस्थः प्रययौ किल

Hearing of the preparations for war between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, Rāma, under the pretext of pilgrimage, departed, remaining neutral.

स्नात्वा प्रभासे सन्तर्प्य देवर्षिपितृमानवान्। सरस्वतीं प्रतिस्रोतं ययौ ब्राह्मणसंवृतः

Having bathed at Prabhāsa and satisfied the gods, sages, ancestors, and men, he traveled upstream along the Sarasvatī, accompanied by brāhmaṇas.