यथागृहीतं चाम्भोधौ हृत्वाहं द्वारकां पुनः यादवान् उपसंहृत्य यास्यामि त्रिदशालयम्
As I brought the city of Dvārakā from the ocean, so too, after withdrawing the Yadavas, I will return to the abode of the gods.
मनुष्यदेहम् उत्सृज्य संकर्षणसहायवान् प्राप्त एवास्मि मन्तव्यो देवेन्द्रेण तथा सुरैः
Casting off my human body, accompanied by Saṃkarṣaṇa, I shall be regarded as having arrived by Indra and the other gods.
जरासंधादयो ये ऽन्ये निहता भारहेतवः क्षितेस् तेभ्यः स भारो हि यदूनां समधीयत
Those others, like Jarāsandha and the rest, who were slain for the removal of the burden, from them the weight was shifted to the Yadus.
तद् एतत् सुमहाभारम् अवतार्य क्षितेर् अहम् यास्याम्य् अमरलोकस्य पालनाय ब्रवीहि तान्
Having thus removed this great burden from the earth, I shall go to the realm of the immortals for its protection; tell them this.
इत्य् उक्तो वासुदेवेन देवदूतः प्रणम्य तम् द्विजाः स दिव्यया गत्या देवराजान्तिकं ययौ
Thus addressed by Vāsudeva, the divine messenger bowed to him, O twice-born, and with a celestial speed went to the king of the gods.
भगवान् अप्य् अथोत्पातान् दिव्यान् भौमान्तरिक्षगान् ददर्श द्वारकापुर्यां विनाशाय दिवानिशम्
The Blessed Lord also beheld wondrous omens—on earth and in the sky—day and night in Dvārakā city, portending destruction.
तान् दृष्ट्वा यादवान् आह पश्यध्वम् अतिदारुणान् महोत्पाताञ् शमायैषां प्रभासं याम मा चिरम्
Seeing these, he said to the Yādavas: 'Behold these exceedingly terrible great portents; let us go at once to Prabhāsa for their pacification.'
महाभागवतः प्राह प्रणिपत्योद्धवो हरिम्
The great devotee Uddhava, bowing down, spoke to Hari.
भगवन् यन् मया कार्यं तद् आज्ञापय सांप्रतम् मन्ये कुलम् इदं सर्वं भगवान् संहरिष्यति नाशायास्य निमित्तानि कुलस्याच्युत लक्षये
O Lord, command me now as to what I should do; I think the Blessed One will destroy this whole clan. O Acyuta, I perceive the signs of the clan's ruin.
गच्छ त्वं दिव्यया गत्या मत्प्रसादसमुत्थया बदरीम् आश्रमं पुण्यं गन्धमादनपर्वते
Go you, by a divine path arising from my grace, to the holy hermitage at Badarī on Mount Gandhamādana.
नरनारायणस्थाने पवित्रितमहीतले मन्मना मत्प्रसादेन तत्र सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि
There, on the sanctified earth at the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, with your mind fixed on me and by my grace, you shall attain perfection.
अहं स्वर्गं गमिष्यामि उपसंहृत्य वै कुलम् द्वारकां च मया त्यक्तां समुद्रः प्लावयिष्यति
I shall go to heaven, having withdrawn the clan; and the sea will flood Dvārakā, abandoned by me.
इत्य् उक्तः प्रणिपत्यैनं जगाम स तदोद्धवः नरनारायणस्थानं केशवेनानुमोदितः
Thus addressed, Uddhava bowed to him and departed to the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, with Keśava's approval.
ततस् ते यादवाः सर्वे रथान् आरुह्य शीघ्रगान् प्रभासं प्रययुः सार्धं कृष्णरामादिभिर् द्विजाः
Then all the Yādavas, mounting swift chariots, went to Prabhāsa together with Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, and others, O twice-born.
प्राप्य प्रभासं प्रयता प्रीतास् ते कुक्कुरान्धकाः चक्रुस् तत्र सुरापानं वासुदेवानुमोदिताः
Having reached Prabhāsa, the Kukuras and Andhakas, purified and joyful, drank liquor there, with Vāsudeva's consent.
पिबतां तत्र वै तेषां संघर्षेण परस्परम् यादवानां ततो जज्ञे कलहाग्निः क्षयावहः
As they drank there, a quarrel arose among the Yādavas from their mutual friction, and from that was born a fire of conflict, bringing destruction.
जघ्नुः परस्परं ते तु शस्त्रैर् दैवबलात् कृताः क्षीणशस्त्रास् तु जगृहुः प्रत्यासन्नाम् अथैरकाम्
By the force of fate, they struck each other with weapons; when their weapons were exhausted, they seized the nearby stalks of eraka grass.
एरका तु गृहीता तैर् वज्रभूतेव लक्ष्यते तया परस्परं जघ्नुः संप्रहारैः सुदारुणैः
The eraka grass, seized by them, appeared like thunderbolts; with it, they struck each other in exceedingly fierce combat.
प्रद्युम्नसाम्बप्रमुखाः कृतवर्माथ सात्यकिः अनिरुद्धादयश् चान्ये पृथुर् विपृथुर् एव च
Pradyumna, Sāmba, Kṛtavarmā, Sātyaki, Aniruddha, and others, as well as Pṛthu and Vipṛthu,
चारुवर्मा सुचारुश् च तथाक्रूरादयो द्विजाः एरकारूपिभिर् वज्रैस् ते निजघ्नुः परस्परम्
Cāruvarmā, Sucāru, Akrūra and others, O twice-born, struck each other with the eraka stalks that had become like thunderbolts.
निवारयाम् आस हरिर् यादवास् ते च केशवम् सहायं मेनिरे प्राप्तं ते निजघ्नुः परस्परम्
Hari tried to restrain the Yādavas, but they regarded Keśava as an ally who had come; yet they struck each other.
कृष्णो ऽपि कुपितस् तेषाम् एरकामुष्टिम् आददे वधाय तेषां मुशलं मुष्टिलोहम् अभूत् तदा
Kṛṣṇa, angered at them, took up a fistful of eraka grass; for their destruction, that grass then became an iron club.
जघान तेन निःशेषान् आततायी स यादवान् जघ्नुश् च सहसाभ्येत्य तथान्ये तु परस्परम्
With that weapon, the assailant slew all the Yadavas without exception; and others, too, suddenly attacked one another and struck each other down.
ततश् चार्णवमध्येन जैत्रो ऽसौ चक्रिणो रथः पश्यतो दारुकस्याशु हृतो ऽश्वैर् द्विजसत्तमाः
Then, in the midst of the ocean, the victorious chariot of the wielder of the discus was swiftly carried away by the horses as Daruka looked on, O best of twice-born.
चक्रं गदा तथा शार्ङ्गं तूणौ शङ्खो ऽसिर् एव च प्रदक्षिणं ततः कृत्वा जग्मुर् आदित्यवर्त्मना
The discus, the mace, likewise the Sharnga bow, the quivers, the conch, and the sword—all these, after circumambulating, departed by the path of the sun.
क्षणमात्रेण वै तत्र यादवानाम् अभूत् क्षयः ऋते कृष्णं महाबाहुं दारुकं च द्विजोत्तमाः
In but a moment, there was destruction among the Yadavas there, except for mighty-armed Krishna and Daruka, O best of Brahmins.
चङ्क्रम्यमाणौ तौ रामं वृक्षमूलकृतासनम् ददृशाते मुखाच् चास्य निष्क्रामन्तं महोरगम्
As the two moved about, they saw Rama seated at the root of a tree, and from his mouth a great serpent was emerging.
निष्क्रम्य स मुखात् तस्य महाभोगो भुजंगमः प्रयातश् चार्णवं सिद्धैः पूज्यमानस् तथोरगैः
Emerging from his mouth, that great serpent, the mighty snake, proceeded toward the ocean, being worshipped by the Siddhas and also by the Nagas.
तम् अर्घ्यम् आदाय तदा जलधिः संमुखं ययौ प्रविवेश च तत्तोयं पूजितः पन्नगोत्तमैः दृष्ट्वा बलस्य निर्याणं दारुकं प्राह केशवः
Then the ocean, taking an offering, came forward to meet him and entered that water, being honored by the foremost of serpents. Seeing Balarama's departure, Krishna spoke to Daruka.
इदं सर्वं त्वम् आचक्ष्व वसुदेवोग्रसेनयोः निर्याणं बलदेवस्य यादवानां तथा क्षयम्
Go and report all this to Vasudeva and Ugrasena—the departure of Balarama and the destruction of the Yadavas.