कंस उवाच मया दृष्टो निशीथे यो दुःस्वप्नो हि भयप्रदः । निबोधत बुधाः सर्वे बान्धवाश्च पुरोहिताः
Kaṃsa said: I have seen, at midnight, an evil dream that brings fear; listen, all you wise ones, kinsmen, and priests.
बिभ्रती रक्तपुष्पाणां मालां सा रक्तचन्दनम् । रक्ताम्बनं खड्गतीक्ष्णं खर्परं च भयंकरम्
She wore a garland of red flowers, red sandal paste, red garments, held a sharp sword and a terrifying skull.
प्रकृत्याट्टाट्टहासं च लोलजिह्वा भयंकरी । अतीव वृद्धा कृष्णाङ्गी नगरे मम नृत्यति
By nature she laughed loudly, her tongue lolling, fearsome, extremely old, dark-bodied, dancing in my city.
मुक्तकेशी छिन्ननासा कृष्णा कृष्णाम्बारप्रिया । विधवा सा महाशूद्री मामालिङ्गितुमिच्छति
Her hair was loose, her nose cut, dark, fond of dark garments; that widowed, low-born woman wished to embrace me.
मलिनं चैलखण्डं च बिभ्रती रूक्षमूर्धजान् । दधती चूर्णतिलकं कपोलै मम वक्षसि
Wearing a dirty piece of cloth, with rough hair, she bore a powder mark on her cheeks and pressed them against my chest.
कृष्णवर्णानि पक्वानि च्छिन्नभिन्नानि सत्यक । पतन्ति कृत्वा शब्दांश्च शश्वत्तालफलानि च
O Satyaka, black, ripe, broken and split palm fruits fell, making sounds, again and again.
कुचैलो विकृताकारो म्लेच्छो हि रूक्षमूर्धजः । ददाति मह्यं भूषायां छिन्नभिन्नकपर्दकान्
A man in filthy clothes, deformed in appearance, a foreigner with rough hair, gave me broken and split cowries as ornaments.
महारुष्टा च दिव्या स्त्री पतिपुत्रवती सती । बभञ्ज पूर्णकुम्भं च साऽभिशप्य पुनः पुनः
A divinely furious woman, chaste, with husband and sons, repeatedly cursed me and broke a full water pot.
अम्लानामोंडूमालां च रक्तचन्दनचर्चिताम् । ददाति मङ्यं विप्रश्च महारुष्टोऽतिशप्य च
A furious Brahmin, having cursed me greatly, gave me a withered garland of Dūrvā grass, smeared with red sandal paste.
क्षणमङ्गारवृष्टिश्च भस्मवृष्टिः क्षणं क्षणम् । क्षणं क्षणं रक्तवृष्टिर्भवेच्च नगरे मम
For a moment there was a rain of coals, then a rain of ashes, and at times a rain of blood occurred in my city.
वानरं वायसं श्वानं भल्लूकं सूकरं खरम् । पश्यामि विकटाकारं शब्दं कुर्वन्तमुल्बणम्
I saw monkeys, crows, dogs, bears, boars, and donkeys—grotesque in form—making dreadful noises.
पश्यामि शुष्ककाष्ठानां राशिमम्लानकज्जलम् । अरुणोदयवेलायां कपींश्चिन्ननखानि च
I saw a heap of dry wood, blackened and withered, and at dawn, monkeys with broken nails.
पीतवस्त्रपरिधाना शुक्लचन्दनचर्चिता । बिभ्रती मालतीमालां रत्नभूषणभूषिता
A woman dressed in yellow garments, adorned with white sandal paste, wearing a garland of jasmine and jeweled ornaments,
क्रीडाकमलहस्ता सा सिन्दूरबिन्दुशोभिता । कृत्वाऽभिशापं मां रुषटा याति मन्मन्दिरात्सती
Holding a lotus for play, adorned with a dot of vermilion, after cursing me in anger, that chaste woman departed from my palace.
पाशहस्तांश्च पुरुषान्मुक्तकेशान्भयंकरान् । अतिरूक्षांश्च पश्यामि विशातो नगरं मम
I see men with nooses in their hands, with disheveled hair, terrifying and extremely harsh, entering my city.
नग्ननारी सुक्तकेशी नृत्यन्ती च गृहे गृहे । अतीव विकृताकारां पश्यामि सस्मितां सदा
I always see naked women with loose hair, dancing in every house, with extremely distorted forms, yet smiling.
छिन्ननासा च विधवा महाशूद्री दिगम्बरा । सा तैलाभ्यङ्गितं मां च करोत्यतिभयंकरी
I see a widow, a great Śūdra, naked and with her nose cut off, who frightfully anoints me with oil.
निर्वाणाङ्गारयुक्ताश्च भस्मबूर्णा दिगम्बरा । अतिप्रभातसमये चित्राः पश्यामि सस्मिताः
I see strange, smiling figures at the very break of dawn, covered with ashes, naked, and bearing the marks of extinguished embers.
पश्यामि च विवाहं च नृत्यगीतमनोहरम् । रक्तवस्त्रपरीधानान्पुरिषान्रक्तमीर्धजान्
I see a wedding, with enchanting dance and song, and men clothed in red garments, their hair stained red, throughout the city.
रक्तं वमन्तं पुरुषं नृत्यन्तं नग्नमुल्बणम् । धावन्तं च शयानं च पश्यामि सस्मितं सदा
I always see a naked, dreadful man vomiting blood, dancing, running, and lying down, all while smiling.
राहुग्रस्तं च गगने मण्डलं चन्द्रसूर्ययौः । एककालेच पश्यामि सर्वग्रासं च बान्धवाः
I see, at one time, the sun and moon being swallowed by Rāhu in the sky, and all my relatives being entirely consumed.
उल्कापातं धूमकेतुं भूकम्पं राष्ट्रविप्लवम् । झञ्झावातं महोत्पातं पश्यामि च पुरोहित
O priest, I see the fall of meteors, a comet, earthquakes, the ruin of the kingdom, violent storms, and great disasters.
वायुना घूर्णमानांश्च च्छिन्नस्कन्धान्महीरुहान् । पतितान्पर्वताश्चैव पश्यामि पृथिवीतले
I see trees with broken trunks, whirled by the wind, and mountains fallen upon the earth.
पुरुषं छिन्नशिरसं रृत्यन्तं नग्नमुच्छ्रितम् । मुण्डमालाकरं घोरं पश्यामि च गृहे गृहे
In every house I see a naked, dreadful man, dancing with his head severed, wearing a garland of skulls.
दग्थं सर्वाश्रमं भक्मपूर्णमङ्गारसंकुलम् । हाहाकारं च कुर्वन्तं सर्वं पश्यामि सर्वतः
I see all the hermitages burned, filled with ashes and embers, and everywhere there is the sound of wailing.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजा स विरराम सभातले । दृषद्वा (श्रृत्वा) स्वप्तं बान्धवाश्च न तमुक्त्वानिशश्वसुः
Having spoken thus, the king fell silent in the assembly hall; hearing his dream, his relatives did not speak and kept sighing.
जहार चेतनां सद्यः सत्यकश्च पुरोहितः । मत्वा विनाशं कंसस्य यजमानस्य नारद
At once, the priest Satyaka lost consciousness, O Nārada, thinking the destruction of his patron Kaṃsa was certain.
रुरोद नारीवर्गश्च पिता माता च शोकतः । मेने विनाशकालं च सद्यः स्वयमुपस्थितम्
The women began to weep, and the king's father and mother, out of grief, believed the time of destruction had come at once.
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo कंसदुःखप्न- कथनं नाम त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, named 'The Telling of Kaṃsa's Dream of Sorrow,' in the great Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, in the section on the birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as narrated by Nārada.
अथ चतुःषष्टितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच सर्व कृत्वा परामर्शं सत्यकश्च पुरोहितः । बुद्धिमाञ्छुक्रशिष्यश्च तमुवाच हितं मुने
Chapter sixty-four begins. Nārāyaṇa said: After considering everything, the wise priest Satyaka, disciple of Śukra, spoke these beneficial words to the sage.