आस्तौकश्च जगत्कारुस्तथा कल्याणमित्रकः । दुर्वासा वामदेवश्च ऋष्यश्रृङ्गो विभाण्डकः
Astauka, the creator of the world, Kalyanamitraka, Durvasa, Vamadeva, Rishyashringa, and Vibhandaka arrived.
पथिः कविः कणादश्च गौशिकः पाणिनिस्तथा । कौत्सोऽद्यमर्षणश्चैव वाल्मीकिर्लोमहर्षणः
Pathi, Kavi, Kanada, Gaushika, Panini, Kautsa, Adyamarsana, Valmiki, and Lomaharshana came.
मार्कणडेयो मृकण्डुश्च पर्शुरामश्च सांकृतिः । अगस्त्यश्च तथा वान्तस्तथाऽन्ये मुनयो मुने
Markandeya, Mrikandu, Parashurama, Sankriti, Agastya, Vanta, and other sages, O sage, arrived.
सशिष्याश्च सपुत्राश्च ब्राह्मणाश्च तपस्विनः । जरासंधो दन्तवक्रो दाम्भिको द्रविडाधिपः
With their disciples and sons, the Brahmins and ascetics came; Jarasandha, Dantavakra, Dambhika, and the lord of the Dravidas arrived.
शिशुपालो भीष्मकश्च भगदत्तश्च मुद्गलः । धार्तराष्ट्रो धूमकेशो धूम्रकेतुश्च शम्बरः
Shishupala, Bhishmaka, Bhagadatta, Mudgala, Dhritarashtra, Dhumakesha, Dhumraketu, and Shambara came.
शल्यः सत्राजितः शङ्कुर्नृपाश्चान्ये महाबलाः । भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपाचार्यो ह्यश्वत्थामा महाबलाः
Shalya, Satrajita, Shankur, and other mighty kings; Bhishma, Drona, Kripacharya, and Ashvatthama, all great warriors, arrived.
भूरिश्रवाश्च शाल्वश्च कैकेयः कौशलस्तथा । सर्वान्संभाषयामास महाराजो यथोचितम् सत्यको यज्ञदिवसे चकार च शुभक्षणम्
Bhūriśravā, Śālva, Kaikeya, and Kauśala as well—the great king addressed them all appropriately. On the day of the sacrifice, Satyaka performed the auspicious rite.
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo कंसयज्ञ- कथानं नाम चतुःषष्टितमोध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter, entitled 'The Story of Kaṃsa's Sacrifice,' in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, in the section concerning the birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as narrated by Nārada.
अथ पञ्चषष्टितमोऽध्यायः नारायम उवाच कंसस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सोऽक्रूरो धर्मिणां वरः । उवाच चौद्धवं शान्तं शान्तः प्रहृष्टमानसः
Now begins the sixty-fifth chapter. Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing the words of Kaṃsa, Akrūra, foremost among the righteous, spoke to the peaceful Uddhava, his own mind serene and delighted.
अक्रूर उवाच सुप्रभाताऽद्य रजनी बभूव मे शुभं दिनम् । तुष्टाश्च गुरवो विब्रा देवा मामिति निश्चितम्
Akrūra said: This night has passed most auspiciously for me; today is a blessed day. My teachers are pleased, the gods favor me—this is certain.
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं मम स्वयमुपस्थितम् । बभूव मे समुत्पन्नं यद्यत्कर्म शुभाशुभम्
The merit I have accumulated over millions of births has come to fruition for me; whatever actions, good or bad, I have performed, have now borne fruit.
चिच्छेद बन्धनिगडं मम बद्धस्य कर्मणा । कारागाराश्च संसारान्मुक्तो यामि हरेःपदम्
The shackles of bondage, forged by my own deeds, have been cut; freed from the prison of worldly existence, I go to the feet of Hari.
सुहृदर्थो कृतोऽहं च कंसेन विदुषा रुषा । वरेण तुल्यो देवस्य क्रोधो मम बभूव ह
By the wise but angry Kaṃsa, I have been made an instrument for his own purpose; the wrath of the god has become equal to a boon for me.
व्रजराज समाहर्तुं व्रजं यास्यामि सांप्रतम् । द्रक्ष्यामि परमं पूज्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनम्
Now I shall go to Vraja to bring the king of Vraja; I will see the Supreme, the most worshipful, the giver of enjoyment and liberation.
नवीनजलदश्यामं नीलेन्दीवरनोचनम् । पीतवस्त्रसमायुक्तकटिदेशविराजितम्
I will behold him, dark as a fresh raincloud, with eyes like blue lotuses, adorned with yellow garments, his waist splendidly decorated.
धूलिधूसरिताङ्गं च किंवा चन्दनचर्चितम् । अथाव नवनीताक्तमङ्गं द्रक्ष्यामि सस्मितम्
I may see his body dusted with earth, or perhaps anointed with sandal paste; or else, his limbs smeared with fresh butter, smiling gently.
किंवा विनोदमुरलीं वादयन्तं मनोहरम् । किंवा गवां समूहं च चारजन्तमितस्ततः
Or perhaps, charmingly playing his delightful flute, or tending the herds of cows as they wander here and there.
किंवा वसन्तं गच्छन्तं शयानं वा सुनिश्चितम् । निद्रेशं कीदृशं चाद्य सुदृष्ट्वा च शुभे क्षणो
Or perhaps I will see him walking, or certainly lying down in rest; what kind of sleep he enjoys today, in this auspicious moment, I shall see.
यत्पादपद्मं ध्यायन्ते ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । न हि जानाति यस्यान्तमनन्तोऽनन्तविग्रहः
The lotus feet upon which Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and others meditate—whose end is not known even by the infinite, whose forms are endless.
यत्प्रभावं न जानन्ति देवाः सन्तश्च संततम् । स्य स्तोत्रे जडीभूता भीता देवी सरस्वती
Whose power even the gods and the wise do not know; in whose praise the goddess Sarasvatī herself becomes mute and fearful.
दासीनियुक्ता यद्दास्यो महालक्षमीश्च लक्षीता । गङ्मा यस्य पदाम्भोजान्निःसृता सत्तव रूमिणी
Whose servants are attended by maidservants, and even Mahālakṣmī is marked as his; from whose lotus feet the Gaṅgā issued forth, and who is the source of all existence.
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिहरा त्रिभुवनात्परा । दर्शनस्पर्शनाभ्यां च नृणां पातकनाशिनी
Who removes birth, death, old age, and disease, and is beyond the three worlds; whose sight and touch destroy the sins of men.
ध्यायते यत्पदाम्भोजं दुर्गा दुर्गविनाशिनी । त्रेलोक्यजननी देवी मुलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
Upon whose lotus feet Durgā, destroyer of difficulties, meditates; the goddess, mother of the three worlds, the primal nature, the sovereign.
लोम्नां कूपेषु विश्वानि महाविष्णोश्च यस्य च । असंख्यानि विचित्राणि स्थूलात्स्थूलतरस्य च
In the pores of whose skin exist countless and wondrous universes of the great Viṣṇu, from the grossest to the subtlest.
स च यत्षोडशांशश्च यस्य सर्वेश्वरस्य च । तं द्रष्टुं यामि हे बन्धो मायामानुषरूपिणम्
And he who is the sixteenfold portion, the Lord of all, O friend, I go to see him, who appears in a human form through his maya.
सर्व सर्वान्तरात्मानं सर्वज्ञं प्रकृतेः परम् । ब्रह्मज्योतिःस्वरूपं च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
He is the inner soul of all, the omniscient, beyond nature, the essence of the Brahman light, and the embodiment of compassion for devotees.
निर्गुणं च निरीहं च निरानन्दं निराश्रयम् । परमं परमानन्दं सानन्दं नन्दनन्दनम्
He is without qualities, without desire, without bliss, without dependence; yet he is supreme, the highest bliss, full of joy, the delight of Nanda.
स्वेच्छामयं सर्वपरं सर्वबीजं सनातनम् । वदन्ति योगिनः शश्वद्ध्यायन्तेऽहर्निशं शिशुम्
He is formed by his own will, supreme over all, the eternal seed of everything; yogis speak of him and meditate on the child day and night.
मन्वन्तरसहस्रं च निराहारः कृशोदरः । पद्मे पाद्मस्तपस्तेपे पुरा पाद्मं तु यत्कृते
For a thousand cycles of Manu, fasting and with a slender belly, Padma performed austerities in the lotus for the sake of the Padma.
पुनः कुरु तपस्यां च तदा द्रक्ष्यसि मामिति । सकृच्छब्दं च शुश्राव न ददर्श तथाऽपि तम्
Again, perform austerity and then you will see me—so he heard the word once, but did not see him even then.