मयि मत्ते प्रमत्ते वा सुप्ते प्रवसिते ऽपि वा यादवाभिभवं दुष्टा मा कुर्वन् वैरिणो ऽधिकम्
Whether I am intoxicated, distracted, asleep, or away, let the wicked enemies not overpower the Yadus excessively.
इति संचिन्त्य गोविन्दो योजनानि महोदधिम् ययाचे द्वादश पुरीं द्वारकां तत्र निर्ममे
Thus reflecting, Govinda requested from the great ocean twelve yojanas of land, and there he built the city of Dvārakā.
महोद्यानां महावप्रां तडागशतशोभिताम् प्राकारशतसंबाधाम् इन्द्रस्येवामरावतीम्
It was adorned with great gardens, massive ramparts, and hundreds of ponds, crowded with many walls, like Indra’s Amarāvatī.
मथुरावासिनं लोकं तत्रानीय जनार्दनः आसन्ने कालयवने मथुरां च स्वयं ययौ
Janārdana brought the people of Mathurā to that place; with Kālayavana approaching, he himself went to Mathurā.
बहिर् आवासिते सैन्ये मथुराया निरायुधः निर्जगाम स गोविन्दो ददर्श यवनश् च तम्
When the army was stationed outside Mathurā, Govinda, unarmed, went out; the Yavana saw him.
स ज्ञात्वा वासुदेवं तं बाहुप्रहरणो नृपः अनुयातो महायोगिचेतोभिः प्राप्यते न यः
Recognizing Vāsudeva, that king, armed with his fists, pursued him—yet he, possessed of great yogic mind, cannot be attained.
तेनानुयातः कृष्णो ऽपि प्रविवेश महागुहाम् यत्र शेते महावीर्यो मुचुकुन्दो नरेश्वरः
Followed by him, Krishna also entered the great cave where the mighty king, Mucukunda, lies sleeping.
सो ऽपि प्रविष्टो यवनो दृष्ट्वा शय्यागतं नरम् पादेन ताडयाम् आस कृष्णं मत्वा स दुर्मतिः
The Yavana too entered, and seeing a man lying on a bed, struck him with his foot, thinking him to be Krishna, that wicked one.
दृष्टमात्रश् च तेनासौ जज्वाल यवनो ऽग्निना तत्क्रोधजेन मुनयो भस्मीभूतश् च तत्क्षणात्
As soon as he was seen by him, the Yavana blazed with fire born of wrath, and at that very moment, the ascetic was reduced to ashes.
स हि देवासुरे युद्धे गत्वा जित्वा महासुरान् निद्रार्तः सुमहाकालं निद्रां वव्रे वरं सुरान्
He, having gone to the battle of gods and demons and conquered the great asuras, afflicted by sleep, requested from the gods a boon of sleep for a very long time.
प्रोक्तश् च देवैः संसुप्तं यस् त्वाम् उत्थापयिष्यति देहजेनाग्निना सद्यः स तु भस्मीभविष्यति
And the gods declared: Whoever awakens you from sleep will instantly be reduced to ashes by fire arising from your body.
एवं दग्ध्वा स तं पापं दृष्ट्वा च मधुसूदनम् कस् त्वम् इत्य् आह सो ऽप्य् आह जातो ऽहं शशिनः कुले
Thus, having burned that sinner, and seeing Madhusudana, he asked, 'Who are you?' And he replied, 'I am born in the lineage of the moon.'
वसुदेवस्य तनयो यदुवंशसमुद्भवः मुचुकुन्दो ऽपि तच् छ्रुत्वा वृद्धगार्ग्यवचः स्मरन्
I am the son of Vasudeva, descended from the Yadu dynasty. Hearing this, Mucukunda recalled the words of the aged Gargya.
संस्मृत्य प्रणिपत्यैनं सर्वं सर्वेश्वरं हरिम् प्राह ज्ञातो भवान् विष्णोर् अंशस् त्वं परमेश्वरः
Remembering, he bowed to him, to Hari, the lord of all, and said, 'You are known to me; you are a portion of Vishnu, the supreme lord.'
पुरा गार्ग्येण कथितम् अष्टाविंशतिमे युगे द्वापरान्ते हरेर् जन्म यदुवंशे भविष्यति
Long ago, Gargya declared that in the twenty-eighth cycle, at the end of Dvapara, Hari would be born in the Yadu dynasty.
स त्वं प्राप्तो न संदेहो मर्त्यानाम् उपकारकृत् तथा हि सुमहत् तेजो नालं सोढुम् अहं तव
You have arrived; there is no doubt. You act for the benefit of mortals. Indeed, your immense radiance is too great for me to endure.
तथा हि सुमहाम्भोदध्वनिधीरतरं ततः वाक्यं तम् इति होवाच युष्मत्पादसुलालितम्
Indeed, your speech is deeper than the vast ocean. Thus, he spoke, whose feet are delightfully served by you.
देवासुरे महायुद्धे दैत्याश् च सुमहाभटाः न शेकुस् ते महत् तेजस् तत् तेजो न सहाम्य् अहम्
In the great battle of gods and demons, the mighty Daityas could not withstand your great radiance; I too cannot bear that radiance.
संसारपतितस्यैको जन्तोस् त्वं शरणं परम् संप्रसीद प्रपन्नार्तिहर्ता हर ममाशुभम्
You are the supreme refuge for the creature fallen in worldly existence. Be gracious, remover of distress for those who seek refuge; dispel my misfortune.
त्वं पयोनिधयः शैलाः सरितश् च वनानि च मेदिनी गगनं वायुर् आपो ऽग्निस् त्वं तथा पुमान्
You are the oceans, mountains, rivers, forests, earth, sky, wind, waters, fire, and likewise, the person.
पुंसः परतरं सर्वं व्याप्य जन्म विकल्पवत् शब्दादिहीनम् अजरं वृद्धिक्षयविवर्जितम्
You pervade everything beyond man, with birth and variety, devoid of sound and the senses, ageless, free from growth and decay.
त्वत्तो ऽमरास् तु पितरो यक्षगन्धर्वराक्षसाः सिद्धाश् चाप्सरसस् त्वत्तो मनुष्याः पशवः खगाः
From you arise the immortals, ancestors, yakshas, gandharvas, rakshasas, siddhas, apsaras, humans, animals, and birds.
सरीसृपा मृगाः सर्वे त्वत्तश् चैव महीरुहाः यच् च भूतं भविष्यद् वा किंचिद् अत्र चराचरे
All reptiles and beasts, and likewise the great trees, whatever exists or will exist, whether moving or unmoving, comes from you.
अमूर्तं मूर्तम् अथवा स्थूलं सूक्ष्मतरं तथा तत् सर्वं त्वं जगत्कर्तर् नास्ति किंचित् त्वया विना
Whether formless or with form, gross or most subtle, all that is, you are the creator of the world; nothing exists apart from you.
मया संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन् भ्रमता भगवन् सदा तापत्रयाभिभूतेन न प्राप्ता निर्वृतिः क्वचित्
O Lord, as I have wandered in this cycle of worldly existence, always afflicted by the threefold miseries, I have never found true peace anywhere.
दुःखान्य् एव सुखानीति मृगतृष्णाजलाशयः मया नाथ गृहीतानि तानि तापाय मे ऽभवन्
Master, I have taken sufferings as if they were pleasures, like water in a mirage, but these have only brought me pain.
राज्यम् उर्वी बलं कोशो मित्रपक्षस् तथात्मजाः भार्या भृत्यजना ये च शब्दाद्या विषयाः प्रभो
O Lord, kingdom, land, power, treasury, friends and allies, sons, wife, servants, and all objects of the senses such as sound—
सुखबुद्ध्या मया सर्वं गृहीतम् इदम् अव्यय परिणामे च देवेश तापात्मकम् अभून् मम
I have accepted all these as sources of happiness, thinking them imperishable, but in the end, O Lord of gods, they became sources of suffering for me.
देवलोकगतिं प्राप्तो नाथ देवगणो ऽपि हि मत्तः साहाय्यकामो ऽभूच् छाश्वती कुत्र निर्वृतिः
Even after attaining the realm of the gods, O Lord, the hosts of gods sought my help; where, then, is lasting peace to be found?
त्वाम् अनाराध्य जगतां सर्वेषां प्रभवास्पदम् शाश्वती प्राप्यते केन परमेश्वर निर्वृतिः
O Supreme Lord, without worshipping you, the source of all creation, who can attain eternal peace?