रुदता दृष्टम् अस्माभिः पादविक्षेपताडितम् शकटं परिवृत्तं वै नैतद् अन्यस्य चेष्टितम्
'We saw him crying, striking with his foot; the cart was overturned. No one else did this.'
ततः पुनर् अतीवासन् गोपा विस्मितचेतसः नन्दगोपो ऽपि जग्राह बालम् अत्यन्तविस्मितः
Then again, the cowherds, their minds astonished, sat down; and Nanda, utterly amazed, took up the child.
यशोदा विस्मयारूढा भग्नभाण्डकपालकम् शकटं चार्चयाम् आस दधिपुष्पफलाक्षतैः
Yaśodā, filled with wonder, worshipped the broken potsherds and the overturned cart with curds, flowers, fruits, and grains of rice.
गर्गश् च गोकुले तत्र वसुदेवप्रचोदितः प्रच्छन्न एव गोपानां संस्कारम् अकरोत् तयोः
There in Gokula, Garga, prompted by Vasudeva, performed the rites for the two boys in secret from the cowherds.
ज्येष्ठं च रामम् इत्य् आह कृष्णं चैव तथापरम् गर्गो मतिमतां श्रेष्ठो नाम कुर्वन् महामतिः
He named the elder one Rāma, and the other Kṛṣṇa, thus did Garga, foremost among the wise, bestow their names with great discernment.
अल्पेनैव हि कालेन विज्ञातौ तौ महाबलौ घृष्टजानुकरौ विप्रा बभूवतुर् उभाव् अपि
In a short time, both boys, mighty in strength and with knees rubbed raw from play, became well-known to the brāhmaṇas.
करीषभस्मदिग्धाङ्गौ भ्रममाणाव् इतस् ततः न निवारयितुं शक्ता यशोदा तौ न रोहिणी
Smeared with cow-dung ash, wandering here and there, neither Yaśodā nor Rohiṇī was able to restrain them.
गोवाटमध्ये क्रीडन्तौ वत्सवाटगतौ पुनः तदहर्जातगोवत्सपुच्छाकर्षणतत्परौ
Playing in the middle of the cow-pen, they went again to the calves’ enclosure, and that very day became intent on pulling the tails of the newborn calves.
यदा यशोदा तौ बालाव् एकस्थानचराव् उभौ शशाक नो वारयितुं क्रीडन्ताव् अतिचञ्चलौ
Whenever Yaśodā saw the two boys playing together in one place, she was unable to stop their restless games.
दाम्ना बद्ध्वा तदा मध्ये निबबन्ध उलूखले कृष्णम् अक्लिष्टकर्माणम् आह चेदम् अमर्षिता
Then, out of impatience, she bound Kṛṣṇa, who was blameless in his actions, to the mortar in the middle with a rope, and spoke these words.
यदि शक्तो ऽसि गच्छ त्वम् अतिचञ्चलचेष्टित
"If you are able, go now, with your excessively restless behavior!"
इत्य् उक्त्वा च निजं कर्म सा चकार कुटुम्बिनी व्यग्रायाम् अथ तस्यां स कर्षमाण उलूखलम्
Having said this, the housewife went about her own tasks, and while she was busy, he began to drag the mortar.
यमलार्जुनयोर् मध्ये जगाम कमलेक्षणः कर्षता वृक्षयोर् मध्ये तिर्यग् एवम् उलूखलम्
The lotus-eyed one went between the two yamalārjuna trees, dragging the mortar sideways between them.
भग्नाव् उत्तुङ्गशाखाग्रौ तेन तौ यमलार्जुनौ ततः कटकटाशब्दसमाकर्णनकातरः
Then those two yamalārjuna trees, with their tall branches, were broken by him, and frightened by the loud cracking sound—
आजगाम व्रजजनो ददृशे च महाद्रुमौ भग्नस्कन्धौ निपातितौ भग्नशाखौ महीतले
The people of Vraja came running and saw the two great trees, their trunks broken, their branches shattered, fallen to the ground.
ददर्श चाल्पदन्तास्यं स्मितहासं च बालकम् तयोर् मध्यगतं बद्धं दाम्ना गाढं तथोदरे
They saw the boy, with only a few teeth and a smiling face, bound tightly around his waist with a rope, standing between the two.
ततश् च दामोदरतां स ययौ दामबन्धनात् गोपवृद्धास् ततः सर्वे नन्दगोपपुरोगमाः
From that time, because of being bound with a rope, he came to be called Dāmodara; then all the elders of the cowherds, led by Nanda, gathered.
मन्त्रयाम् आसुर् उद्विग्ना महोत्पातातिभीरवः स्थानेनेह न नः कार्यं व्रजामो ऽन्यन् महावनम्
Disturbed and greatly frightened by these terrible omens, they consulted together: 'We should not stay here; let us go to another great forest.'
उत्पाता बहवो ह्य् अत्र दृश्यन्ते नाशहेतवः पूतनाया विनाशश् च शकटस्य विपर्ययः
For here many omens are seen, causes of destruction: the death of Pūtanā, the overturning of the cart—
विना वातादिदोषेण द्रुमयोः पतनं तथा वृन्दावनम् इतः स्थानात् तस्माद् गच्छाम मा चिरम्
And the falling of the trees without any wind or other cause; therefore, let us quickly leave this place for Vṛndāvana.
यावद् भौममहोत्पातदोषो नाभिभवेद् व्रजम् इति कृत्वा मतिं सर्वे गमने ते व्रजौकसः
Until the great terrestrial calamity does not overtake Vraja, with this thought, all the inhabitants of Vraja resolved to depart.
ऊचुः स्वं स्वं कुलं शीघ्रं गम्यतां मा विलम्ब्यताम् ततः क्षणेन प्रययुः शकटैर् गोधनैस् तथा
They said, 'Let each return quickly to his own family, let there be no delay.' Then, in a moment, they set out with their carts and herds of cows.
यूथशो वत्सपालीश् च कालयन्तो व्रजौकसः सर्वावयवनिर्धूतं क्षणमात्रेण तत् तदा
In groups, the cowherd boys and girls, calling out to one another, in but a moment left behind all their possessions.
काककाकीसमाकीर्णं व्रजस्थानम् अभूद् द्विजाः वृन्दावनं भगवता कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा
O twice-born, the place of Vraja became filled with crows and she-crows; Vṛndāvana was contemplated by the Blessed Kṛṣṇa, whose deeds are unwearied.
शुभेन मनसा ध्यातं गवां वृद्धिम् अभीप्सता ततस् तत्रातिरुक्षे ऽपि धर्मकाले द्विजोत्तमाः
With a pure mind, desiring the increase of their cows, he meditated upon it; therefore, O best of the twice-born, even in that season of great virtue, there—
प्रावृट्काल इवाभूच् च नवशष्पं समन्ततः स समावासितः सर्वो व्रजो वृन्दावने ततः
It became like the rainy season, with fresh grass everywhere; then all of Vraja settled in Vṛndāvana.
शकटीवाटपर्यन्तचन्द्रार्धाकारसंस्थितिः वत्सबालौ च संवृत्तौ रामदामोदरौ ततः
The arrangement of the carts and enclosures was in the shape of a half-moon; and there, the two boys, Rāma and Dāmodara, grew up.
तत्र स्थितौ तौ च गोष्ठे चेरतुर् बाललीलया बर्हिपत्त्रकृतापीडौ वन्यपुष्पावतंसकौ
There, those two remained in the cowherd settlement, wandering about in childish play, adorned with peacock feathers and forest flowers.
गोपवेणुकृतातोद्यपत्त्रवाद्यकृतस्वनौ काकपक्षधरौ बालौ कुमाराव् इव पावकौ
Playing music with cowherds' flutes and leaf-instruments, the two boys, bearing hair like crow's wings, shone like twin fires in their youth.
हसन्तौ च रमन्तौ च चेरतुस् तन् महद् वनम् क्वचिद् धसन्ताव् अन्योन्यं क्रीडमानौ तथा परैः
Laughing and delighting, they wandered through that great forest, sometimes laughing together, playing with each other and with others.