Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 16.2
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16.2.1
कथं विनष्टा भगवन्नन्धका वृष्णिभिः सह ।
पश्यतो वासुदेवस्य भोजश्चैवक महारथाः ॥ १६.२.१ ॥
O revered one, how were the Andhakas destroyed together with the Vṛṣṇis, and the great charioteers of the Bhojas, while Vāsudeva looked on?
16.2.2
षट्त्रिंशेऽथ ततो वर्षे वृष्णीनामनयो महान् ।
अन्योन्यं मुसलैस्ते तु निजघ्नुः कालचोदिताः ॥ १६.२.२ ॥
In the thirty-sixth year a great calamity befell the Vṛṣṇis; impelled by time, they struck one another down with iron clubs.
16.2.3
केनानुशप्तास्ते वीराः क्षयं वृष्ण्यन्धका गताः ।
भोजाश्च द्विजवर्य त्वं विस्तरेण वदस्व मे ॥ १६.२.३ ॥
By whose curse did those heroic Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas and Bhojas come to destruction? O best of twice-born, tell me in detail.
16.2.4
विश्वामित्रं च कण्वं च नारदं च तपोधनम् ।
सारणप्रमुखा वीरा ददृशुर्द्वारकां गतान् ॥ १६.२.४ ॥
The heroes led by Sāraṇa saw Viśvāmitra, Kaṇva and Nārada, rich in asceticism, who had come to Dvārakā.
16.2.5
ते वै सांबं पुरस्कृत्य भूषयित्वा स्त्रियं यथा ।
अब्रुवन्नुपसङ्गम्य् दैवदण्डिनिपीडिताः ॥ १६.२.५ ॥
Afflicted by the rod of fate, they placed Sāmba in front, dressed him up like a woman, approached the sages and spoke.
16.2.6
इयं स्त्री पुत्रकामस्य बभ्रोरमिततेजसः ।
ऋषयः साधु जानीत किमियं जनयिष्यति ॥ १६.२.६ ॥
This woman belongs to Babhru of boundless splendor, who desires a son. O sages, know well what she will bear.
16.2.7
इत्युक्तास्ते तदा राजन्विप्रलम्भप्रधर्षिताः ।
प्रत्यबुवंस्तान्मुनयो यत्तच्छृणु नराधिप ॥ १६.२.७ ॥
Thus addressed, O king, the sages, wounded by the deception, then answered them. Hear what they said, O lord of men.
16.2.8
वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय मुसलं घोरमायसम् ।
वासुदेवस्य दायादः सांबोऽयं जनयिष्यति ॥ १६.२.८ ॥
For the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, this son of Vāsudeva, Sāmba, will bring forth a terrible iron club.
16.2.9
येन यूयं सुदुर्वृत्ता नृशंसा जातमन्यवः ।
उच्छेत्तारः कुलं कृत्स्नमृते रामजनार्दनौ ॥ १६.२.९ ॥
Because of this, you, very wicked, cruel and filled with rage, will be destroyers of the entire family, except for Rāma and Janārdana.
16.2.10
समुद्रं यास्यति श्रीमांस्त्यक्त्वा देहं हलायुधः ।
जरःकृष्णं महात्मानं शयानं भुवि भेत्स्यति ॥ १६.२.१० ॥
The glorious Halāyudha (Balarāma), having abandoned his body, will go to the ocean, and the hunter Jara will pierce Kṛṣṇa, the great-souled one, as he lies upon the ground.
16.2.11
इत्यब्रुवंस्ततो राजन्प्रलब्धास्तैर्दुरात्मभिः ।
मुनयः क्रोधरक्ताक्षाः समीक्ष्याथ परस्परम्।
तथोक्त्वा मुनयस्ते तु यथागतमथो ययुः ॥ १६.२.११ ॥
Then, O king, the sages who had been deceived by those evil-minded men looked at one another with eyes red with anger; having spoken thus, those sages departed the way they had come.
16.2.12
अथाब्रवीत्तदा वृष्णीञ्श्रुत्वैतन्मधुसूदनः ।
अन्तज्ञो मतिमांस्तस्य भवितव्यं तथेति तान् ॥ १६.२.१२ ॥
Then Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa), the wise one who knows the end, hearing this, spoke to the Vṛṣṇis: 'It must come to pass; so be it.'
16.2.13
एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशः प्रविवेश पुरं तदा ।
कृतान्तमन्यथा नैच्छत्कर्तुं स जगतः प्रभुः ॥ १६.२.१३ ॥
Having spoken thus, Hṛṣīkeśa then entered the city; the lord of the world did not wish to alter fate otherwise.
16.2.14
श्वोभूतेऽथ ततः सांबो मुसलं तदसूकत वै ।
येन वृष्णन्धककुले पुरुषा भस्मसात्कृताः ॥ १६.२.१४ ॥
On the next day Sāmba then gave birth to that club, by which the men of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka clans were reduced to ashes.
16.2.15
वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय किंकरप्रतिमं महत् ।
असूत सापजं घोरं तच्च राज्ञे न्यवेदयन् ॥ १६.२.१५ ॥
For the destruction of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka, he gave birth to a great, terrible thing like a servant of Death, born of a curse; and they reported it to the king.
16.2.16
विषण्णरूपस्तद्राजा सूक्ष्मं चूर्णमकारयत् ।
तच्चूर्णं सागरे चापि प्राक्षिपन्पुरुषा नृप ॥ १६.२.१६ ॥
That king, sorrowful in appearance, had it ground into fine powder; and that powder, O king, the men threw into the ocean as well.
16.2.17
अघोषयंश्च नगरे वचनादाहुकस्य ते ।
जनार्दनस्य रामस्य बभ्रोश्चैव महात्मनः ॥ १६.२.१७ ॥
And in the city they proclaimed, by the command of Āhuka, of Janārdana, of Rāma, and of the great-souled Babhru.
16.2.18
अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषु वृष्ण्यन्धककुलेष्विह ।
सुरासवो न कर्तव्यः सर्वैर्नगरवासिभिः ॥ १६.२.१८ ॥
From this day on, here among all the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka clans, no liquor or wine should be made by any of the city's inhabitants.
16.2.19
यश्च नो विदितं कुर्यात्पेयं कश्चिन्नरः क्वचित् ।
जीवन्स शूलमारोहेत्स्वयं कृत्वा सबान्धवः ॥ १६.२.१९ ॥
And whoever, known to us, drinks liquor anywhere, shall himself, together with his kinsmen, mount the stake while still alive.
16.2.20
ततो राजभयात्सर्वे नियमं चक्रिरे तदा ।
नराः सासनमाज्ञाय तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः ॥ १६.२.२० ॥
Then, out of fear of the king, all people kept the rule; having understood the command of that great-souled king together with its penalty, the men did so.