महावतीं समागत्य स दूतो भूपतिं प्रति 3.3.2४.
Having arrived at Mahavati, that messenger approached the king.
वाजिनस्ते हि चत्वारो दिव्यरूपाः शुभ प्रभाः
Your four horses are of divine form, radiant with auspicious brilliance.
तयाहूतान्हयान्भूप देहि मे विस्मयं त्यज
Summon those horses, O king; grant me wonder, abandon hesitation.
इति श्रुत्वा वचो घोरं स भूपो भयकातरः हयान्स्वान्स्वान्मुदा देहि मदीयं वचनं कुरु
Hearing those dreadful words, the king, fearful and anxious, joyfully gave his horses, saying, 'Fulfill my command.'
इति श्रुत्वा स आह्लादो ध्यात्वा सर्वमयीं शिवाम्
Hearing this, he rejoiced, meditating upon the all-pervading auspiciousness.
यत्र नः संस्थिताः प्राणास्तत्र ते वा जिनः स्थिताः
Where our lives are established, there too, O Jina, yours reside.
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य राजा परिमलो बली
Hearing those words, the powerful king Parimala responded.
शपथं कृतवान्घोरं शृण्वतां बलशालिनाम्
He made a terrible oath in the presence of the mighty warriors.
शय्या स्वमातृसदृशी ब्रह्महत्योपमा सभा
His bed, resembling his mother, was like the assembly of a Brahmin-slayer.
इति श्रुत्वा तु शपथं देवकी शोकतत्परा
Hearing that oath, Devaki, absorbed in sorrow, was distressed.
पंचविंशाब्दके प्राप्ते कृष्णांशे योगतत्परे 3.3.2४.
When the twenty-fifth year arrived, Krishna's portion was devoted to yoga.
निर्ययुः कान्यकुब्जं ते जयचंद्रेण पालितम्
They departed for Kanyakubja, governed by Jayachandra.
इन्दुलः प्रययौ शीघ्रमयुताश्वबलैस्सह कृष्णांशो बिंदुलारूढो देवकीमनुसंययौ
Indula swiftly went forth with ten thousand horsemen; Krishna's portion, mounted on Bindula, followed Devaki.
त्यक्त्वा ते भूपतेर्ग्रामं सर्वसंपत्समन्वितम्
They left the king's village, endowed with all prosperity.
नत्वा तं भूपतिं प्रेम्णा गदित्वा सर्वकारणम्
Having bowed to the king with affection, they spoke all the reasons.
जयचंद्रस्तु भूपालो देवसिंहेन वर्णितः
Jayachandra, the king, was described by Devasimha.
कुंठितो देवसिंहस्तु गत्वा कृष्णांशमुत्तमम्
Devasimha, hindered, went to the excellent Krishna's portion.
त्वरितं बिंदुलारूढो हयपंचशतावृतः
Swiftly, mounted on Bindula, surrounded by five hundred horses.
दृष्ट्वा तं लक्षणो वीरो हस्तिनः पृष्ठमास्थितः
Seeing him, the heroic Lakṣaṇa, mounted on the back of the elephant,
निष्फलत्वं गतो बाणो विष्णुमंत्रेण प्रेरितः
the arrow, sent forth with a mantra of Viṣṇu, became fruitless.
नत्वा तच्चरणौ दिव्यौ कुलिशादिभिरन्वितौ 3.3.2४.
Bowing to those divine feet, adorned with the thunderbolt and other marks,
जानेऽहं त्वां महाबाहो कृष्णशक्त्यवतारकम्
I know you, O mighty-armed one, as the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa's power.
त्वदृते को हि मे बाणं निष्फलं कुरुते भुवि
Who else but you, on earth, could render my arrow ineffective?
इत्युक्त्वा तेन सहितो जयचन्द्रं महीपतिम्
Having spoken thus, together with him, he approached King Jayacandra.
नृपस्तयोः परीक्षार्थं यौ तु छायाविमोहितौ
The king, for the sake of testing them, caused those two, deluded by illusion, to be examined.
तदाह्लादोदयौ वीरौ गृहीत्वा तौ स्वलीलया
Then, the two heroes, filled with joy, seized them playfully.
मृतौ कुवलयापीडौ दृष्ट्वा राजा भयातुरः
Seeing Kuvalayāpīḍa slain, the king was overcome with fear.
इषशुद्धे तु संप्राप्ते लक्षणो नाम वै बली
When the arrow was purified, Lakṣaṇa, a powerful one by name,
सप्तलक्षबलैस्सार्द्धं तालनाद्यैश्च संयुतः
accompanied by seven lakhs of troops and warriors wielding palm-tree weapons,
रुद्रवर्मा च भूपालो गौडवंशयशस्करः
and Rudravarmā, the king, bringer of fame to the Gauḍa lineage,