ततः कदम्बात् सहसा मद्यधारां स लाङ्गली पतन्तीं वीक्ष्य मुनयः प्रययौ परमां मुदम्
Then, seeing the stream of liquor suddenly falling from the kadamba tree, the plough-wielder and the sages became exceedingly joyful.
पपौ च गोपगोपीभिः समवेतो मुदान्वितः उपगीयमानो ललितं गीतवाद्यविशारदैः
He drank together with the cowherds and cowherd women, filled with delight, as he was praised with charming songs and music by those skilled in singing and instruments.
श्रमतो ऽत्यन्तघर्माम्भःकणिकामौक्तिकोज्ज्वलः आगच्छ यमुने स्नातुम् इच्छामीत्य् आह विह्वलः
Exhausted, his body shining with sweat and water droplets like pearls, he said, 'Come, Yamuna, I wish to bathe,' his voice trembling.
तस्य वाचं नदी सा तु मत्तोक्ताम् अवमन्य वै नाजगाम ततः क्रुद्धो हलं जग्राह लाङ्गली
The river, disregarding his intoxicated command, did not come; then, angered, the plough-wielder seized his plough.
गृहीत्वा तां तटेनैव चकर्ष मदविह्वलः पापे नायासि नायासि गम्यताम् इच्छयान्यतः
Grasping her, intoxicated, he dragged her by the bank, saying, 'Wicked one, you do not come, you do not come; go where you wish.'
सा कृष्टा तेन सहसा मार्गं संत्यज्य निम्नगा यत्रास्ते बलदेवो ऽसौ प्लावयाम् आस तद् वनम्
Dragged suddenly by him, abandoning her course, the river flooded the forest where Baladeva was present.
शरीरिणी तथोपेत्य त्रासविह्वललोचना प्रसीदेत्य् अब्रवीद् रामं मुञ्च मां मुशलायुध
Approaching in bodily form, her eyes trembling with fear, she said to Rama, 'Be gracious, release me, O wielder of the pestle.'
सो ऽब्रवीद् अवजानासि मम शौर्यबलं यदि सो ऽहं त्वां हलपातेन नयिष्यामि सहस्रधा
He replied, 'If you disregard my valor and strength, then I shall drag you with my plough and divide you into a thousand parts.'
इत्य् उक्तयातिसंत्रस्तस् तया नद्या प्रसादितः भूभागे प्लाविते तत्र मुमोच यमुनां बलः
Thus spoken, the river, greatly terrified, appeased him; when the land was flooded there, Bala released Yamuna.
ततः स्नातस्य वै कान्तिर् आजगाम महावने अवतंसोत्पलं चारु गृहीत्वैकं च कुण्डलम्
Then, after bathing, his radiance returned in the great forest; he took a beautiful lotus for his hair and a single earring.
वरुणप्रहितां चास्मै मालाम् अम्लानपङ्कजाम् समुद्रार्हे तथा वस्त्रे नीले लक्ष्मीर् अयच्छत
Varuna sent him a garland of unfading lotuses, garments worthy of the ocean, and Lakshmi gave him blue clothes.
कृतावतंसः स तदा चारुकुण्डलभूषितः नीलाम्बरधरः स्रग्वी शुशुभे कान्तिसंयुतः
Adorned with a lotus in his hair, beautiful earrings, wearing blue garments and a garland, he shone, radiant with splendor.
इत्थं विभूषितो रेमे तत्र रामस् तदा व्रजे मासद्वयेन यातश् च पुनः स मथुरां पुरीम्
Thus adorned, Rama enjoyed himself there in Vraja; after two months, he went again to the city of Mathura.
रेवतीं चैव तनयां रैवतस्य महीपतेः उपयेमे बलस् तस्यां जज्ञाते निशठोल्मुकौ
Bala married Revati, the daughter of Raivata, the king; from her were born Nisatha and Ulmuka.
भीष्मकः कुण्डिने राजा विदर्भविषये ऽभवत् रुक्मिणी तस्य दुहिता रुक्मी चैव सुतो द्विजाः
Bhishmaka was king in Kundina, in the land of Vidarbha; his daughter was Rukmini, and his son was Rukmi, O twice-born.
रुक्मिणीं चकमे कृष्णः सा च तं चारुहासिनी न ददौ याचते चैनां रुक्मी द्वेषेण चक्रिणे
Krishna desired Rukmini, and she, with lovely smile, desired him; but Rukmi, out of hatred, did not give her to the wielder of the discus, though he asked.
ददौ स शिशुपालाय जरासंधप्रचोदितः भीष्मको रुक्मिणा सार्धं रुक्मिणीम् उरुविक्रमः
Urged by Jarasandha, Bhishmaka, together with Rukmi, gave Rukmini to Shishupala, the mighty one.
विवाहार्थं ततः सर्वे जरासंधमुखा नृपाः भीष्मकस्य पुरं जग्मुः शिशुपालश् च कुण्डिनम्
Then, for the wedding, all the kings headed by Jarasandha went to Bhishmaka's city, and Shishupala to Kundina.
कृष्णो ऽपि बलभद्राद्यैर् यदुभिः परिवारितः प्रययौ कुण्डिनं द्रष्टुं विवाहं चैद्यभूपतेः
Krishna, surrounded by Balarama and other Yadus, went to Kundina to witness the wedding of the king of Chedi.
श्वोभाविनि विवाहे तु तां कन्यां हृतवान् हरिः विपक्षभावम् आसाद्य रामाद्येष्व् एव बन्धुषु
But on the day before the wedding, Hari, encountering hostility even among his own kin like Rama, carried off that maiden.
ततश् च पौण्ड्रकः श्रीमान् दन्तवक्त्रो विदूरथः शिशुपालो जरासंधः शाल्वाद्याश् च महीभृतः
Then Paundraka, the illustrious Dantavakra, Viduratha, Shishupala, Jarasandha, Shalva, and other kings,
कुपितास् ते हरिं हन्तुं चक्रुर् उद्योगम् उत्तमम् निर्जिताश् च समागम्य रामाद्यैर् यदुपुंगवैः
angered, made great preparations to kill Hari, but, coming together, they were defeated by the foremost of the Yadus, including Rama.
कुण्डिनं न प्रवेक्ष्यामि अहत्वा युधि केशवम् कृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां रुक्मी च हन्तुं कृष्णम् अभिद्रुतः
Rukmi, having made a vow, rushed to kill Krishna, saying, 'I will not enter Kundina without having slain Kesava in battle.'
हत्वा बलं स नागाश्वपत्तिस्यन्दनसंकुलम् निर्जितः पातितश् चोर्व्यां लीलयैव स चक्रिणा
Having slain the army crowded with elephants, horses, infantry, and chariots, Rukmi was defeated and cast to the ground by the wielder of the discus, as if in play.
निर्जित्य रुक्मिणं सम्यग् उपयेमे स रुक्मिणीम् राक्षसेन विधानेन संप्राप्तो मधुसूदनः
Having thoroughly defeated Rukmi, Madhusudana married Rukmini according to the rakshasa rite.
तस्यां जज्ञे च प्रद्युम्नो मदनांशः स वीर्यवान् जहार शम्बरो यं वै यो जघान च शम्बरम्
From her was born Pradyumna, a portion of Kama, mighty in valor; Shambara abducted him, but he slew Shambara.
शम्बरेण हृतो वीरः प्रद्युम्नः स कथं पुनः शम्बरश् च महावीर्यः प्रद्युम्नेन कथं हतः
How was Pradyumna, abducted by Shambara, restored? And how was the mighty Shambara slain by Pradyumna?
षष्ठे ऽह्नि जातमात्रे तु प्रद्युम्नं सूतिकागृहात् ममैष हन्तेति द्विजा हृतवान् कालशम्बरः
On the sixth day after his birth, the brahmins say, Pradyumna was taken from the lying-in chamber by Kāl Shambara, who thought, 'He will kill me.'
नीत्वा चिक्षेप चैवैनं ग्राहो ऽग्रे लवणार्णवे कल्लोलजनितावर्ते सुघोरे मकरालये
Having taken him, Shambara cast him into the terrible abode of makaras, in the swirling, wave-tossed salt ocean.
पतितं चैव तत्रैको मत्स्यो जग्राह बालकम् न ममार च तस्यापि जठरानलदीपितः
There, a single fish swallowed the child who had fallen, but even in its belly, inflamed by digestive fire, he did not die.