Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 16.5
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16.5.1
ततो ययुर्दारुकः केशवश्च ।
बभ्रुश्च रामस्य पदं पतन्तः।
अथापश्यन्राममनन्तवीर्यं ।
वृक्षाश्रितं चिन्तयानं विविक्ते। ॥ १६.५.१ ॥
Then Dāruka, Keśava and Babhru hastened toward Balarāma's place. They saw Rāma of infinite power, leaning against a tree, lost in thought in a secluded spot.
16.5.2
ततः समासाद्य महानुभावः ।
कृष्णस्तदा दारुकमन्वशासत्।
गत्वा कुरून्सर्वमिमं महान्तं ।
पार्थाय शंसस्व वधं यदूनाम् ॥ १६.५.२ ॥
Then the greatly powerful Kṛṣṇa, approaching, instructed Dāruka: 'Go to the Kurus and tell Pārtha (Arjuna) all about this great destruction of the Yadus.'
16.5.3
ततोऽर्जुनः क्षिप्रमिहोपयातु ।
श्रुत्वा मृतान्यादवान्ब्रह्मशापात्।
इत्येवमुक्तः स ययौ रथेन ।
कुरूंस्तदा दारुको नष्टचेताः ॥ १६.५.३ ॥
'Then let Arjuna come here quickly, having heard that the Yadavas have died through a Brahmin's curse.' Thus told, Dāruka, his mind bewildered, went by chariot toward the Kurus.
16.5.4
ततो गते दारुके केशवोथ ।
दृष्ट्वान्तिके बभ्रुमुवाच वाक्यम्।
स्त्रियो भवान्रक्षितुं यातु शीघ्रं ।
नैता हिंस्युर्दस्यवो वित्तलोभात् ॥ १६.५.४ ॥
After Dāruka had gone, Keśava, seeing Babhru nearby, said: 'Go quickly to protect the women, lest robbers, out of greed for wealth, harm them.'
16.5.5
कूटे युक्तं मुसलं लुब्धकस्य ॥ १६.५.५ ॥
The hunter's iron club was fitted to its iron tip.
16.5.6
ततो दृष्ट्वा निहतं बभ्रुमाह ।
कृष्णेऽग्रजं भ्रातरमुग्रतेजाः।
हहैव त्वं मां प्रतीक्षस्व राम ।
यावत्स्त्रियो ज्ञातिवशाः करोमि ॥ १६.५.६ ॥
Seeing Babhru slain, Kṛṣṇa of fierce splendour said to his elder brother: Alas! Rāma, wait for me here, until I have protected the women who are under the power of their kinsmen.
16.5.7
ततः पुरीं द्वारवतीं पविश्य ।
जनार्दनः पितरं प्राह वाक्यम्।
सर्वं भवान्रक्षतु नः समग्रं ।
धनंजयस्यागमनं प्रतीक्षन् ॥ १६.५.७ ॥
Then, having entered the city of Dvāravatī, Janārdana said these words to his father: Let you, honoured one, protect us all entirely, while awaiting the arrival of Dhanaṃjaya.
16.5.8
रामो वनान्ते प्रतिपालयन्मा-
मास्तेऽद्याहं तेन समानमिष्ये।
दृष्टं मयेदं निधनं यदूनां ।
राज्ञां च पूर्वं कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् ॥ १६.५.८ ॥
Rāma is waiting for me at the edge of the forest; today I shall go together with him. I have seen this destruction of the Yadus, and formerly also the destruction of the kings, the bulls among the Kurus.
16.5.9
नाहं विना यदुभिर्यादवानां ।
पुरीमिमामशकं द्रष्टुमद्य।
तपश्चरिष्यामि निबोध तन्मे ।
रामेणि सार्धं वनमभ्युपेत्य ॥ १६.५.९ ॥
Without the Yadus I am no longer able to look upon this city. I shall now practise austerity; know this of me — having gone to the forest together with Rāma.
16.5.10
इतीदमुक्त्वा शिरसा च पादौ ।
संस्पृश्य कृष्णस्त्वरितो जगाम।
ततो महान्निनदः प्रादुरासी-
त्सस्त्रीकुमारस्य पुरस्य तस्य ॥ १६.५.१० ॥
Having said this and touched his feet with his head, Kṛṣṇa hastily departed. Then a great outcry arose in that city, together with its women and children.
16.5.11
अथाब्रवीत्केशवः सन्निवर्त्य ।
शब्दं श्रुत्वा योषितां क्रोशतीनाम्।
पुरीमिमामेष्यति सव्यसाची ।
स वो दुःखान्मोचयिता नराग्र्यः ॥ १६.५.११ ॥
Then Keśava, turning back, spoke, having heard the sound of the crying women: "Savyasācin will come to this city; that best of men will free you from sorrow."
16.5.12
ततो गत्वा केशवस्तं ददर्श ।
रामं वने स्थितमेकं विविक्ते ॥ १६.५.१२ ॥
Then Keśava went and saw him — Rāma, standing alone in the forest, in a secluded place.
16.5.13
रक्ताननः स्वां तनुं तां विमुच्य ॥ १६.५.१३ ॥
The red-faced one released that body of his own.
16.5.14
संदृश्यन्तं सागरान्तं विशन्तं ।
सम्यक्तदा सागरः प्रत्यगृह्णात्।
नागा दिव्याः सरितश्चैव पुण्याः ।
कर्कोटको वासुकिस्तक्षकश्च ॥ १६.५.१४ ॥
As he was seen entering, reaching the edge of the ocean, the ocean fully received him. The divine serpents and the sacred rivers as well; Karkoṭaka, Vāsuki and Takṣaka too.
16.5.15
पृथुश्रवा अरुणः कुञ्जरश्च ।
मिश्री शङ्खः कुमुदः पुण्डरीकः।
तथा नागो धृतराष्ट्रो महात्मा ।
ह्रादः क्राथः शितिपृष्ठो निकेतुः ॥ १६.५.१५ ॥
Pṛthuśravā, Aruṇa and Kuñjara; Miśrī, Śaṅkha, Kumuda and Puṇḍarīka; likewise the great-souled serpent Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Hrāda, Krātha, Śitipṛṣṭha and Niketu.
16.5.16
सङ्कर्षणं भूधरं शुद्धबुद्धिम् ॥ १६.५.१६ ॥
Saṅkarṣaṇa, the mountain-bearer, pure of mind.
16.5.17
ततो गते भ्रातरि वासुदेवो ।
जानन्सर्वा गतयो दिव्यदृष्टिः।
वने शून्ये विचरंश्चिन्तयानो ।
भूमौ चाथ संविवेशाग्र्यतेजाः ॥ १६.५.१७ ॥
Then, when his brother had gone, Vāsudeva, who knew all destinies and had divine sight, wandering and reflecting in the empty forest, lay down upon the ground; he was of supreme radiance.
16.5.18
सर्वं तेन प्राक्तदा वित्तमासी-
द्गान्धार्या यद्वाक्यमुक्तं स्वधर्मात्।
दुर्वाससा पारसोच्छिष्टलिप्ते ।
यच्चाप्युक्तं तच्च सस्मार कृष्णः ॥ १६.५.१८ ॥
Formerly he had known all that Gāndhārī had said by her own dharma, and what Durvāsas had said, and what was said in the passage smeared with Pārasa leftovers (…); Kṛṣṇa also remembered all of it.
16.5.19
कुलस्त्रीणां संवृतानां गवां च ।
द्विजेन्द्राणां बलमादाय धर्मे।
योनिर्देवानां वरदो ब्रह्मदेवो ।
गोविन्दाख्यो वासुदेवोऽथ नित्यः ॥ १६.५.१९ ॥
Taking up the strength of the women of noble families, of the protected cows, and of the foremost brahmins — in dharma, the source of the gods, the bestower of boons, Brahmā himself, Vāsudeva called Govinda, the eternal one.
16.5.20
संचिन्तयन्नन्धकवृष्णिनाशं ।
कुरुक्षयं चैव महानुभावः।
मेने ततः संक्रमणस्य कालं ।
ततश्चकारेन्द्रियसन्निरोधम् ॥ १६.५.२० ॥
Reflecting on the destruction of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis and the ruin of the Kurus, that greatly powerful one then judged the time of departure to have come, and then he restrained the senses.
16.5.21
यथा च लोकत्रयपालनार्थं ।
दुर्वासवाक्यप्रतिपालनाय।
देवोपि सन्देहविमोक्षहेतो-
र्निमित्तमैच्छत्सकलार्थतत्त्ववित् ॥ १६.५.२१ ॥
As for the sustaining of the three worlds, and to uphold the word of Durvāsas, the god, knower of the truth of all purposes, also desired a pretext for releasing doubt.
16.5.22
स सन्निरुद्धेन्द्रियवाङ्मनास्तु ।
शिश्ये महायोगमुपेत्य कृष्णः।
जरोथ तं देशमुपाजगाम ॥ १६.५.२२ ॥
Restraining his senses, speech and mind, and entering the great yoga, Kṛṣṇa lay down; then Jara came to that place.
16.5.23
लुब्धस्तदानीं मृगलिप्सुरुग्रः ।
स केशवं योगयुक्तं शयानं
मृगासक्तो लुब्धकः सायकेन ।
जरोऽविध्यत्पादतले त्वरावां-
स्तं चाभितस्तज्जिघृक्षुर्जगाम ॥ १६.५.२३ ॥
Then the greedy and fierce hunter Jara, intent on the deer, pierced Keśava, who lay absorbed in yoga, in the sole of the foot with an arrow, and hastened near to seize him.
16.5.24
अथापश्यत्पुरुषं योगयुक्तं ।
पीतांबरं लुब्धकोऽनेकबाहुम्।
मत्वाऽऽत्मानं त्वपराद्धं स तस्य ।
पादौ जरो जगृहे शङ्कितात्मा ॥ १६.५.२४ ॥
Then the hunter saw that person absorbed in yoga, clad in yellow garments, many-armed; thinking himself an offender, Jara, fearful at heart, seized his feet.
16.5.25
आश्वासितः पुण्यफलेन भक्तया ।
तथाऽनुतापात्कर्मणो जन्मनश्च।
दृष्ट्वा तथा देवमनन्तवीर्यं ।
देवैस्स्वर्गं प्रातितस्त्यक्तदेहः ॥ १६.५.२५ ॥
Comforted by the fruit of merit and by devotion, and through remorse for his deed and birth, having seen the god of infinite power, he gave up his body and was conveyed to heaven by the gods.
16.5.26
गणैर्मुनीनां पूजितस्यत्र कृष्णो ।
गच्छन्नूर्द्ध्वं व्याप्य लोकान्स लक्ष्म्या ॥ १६.५.२६ ॥
Here Kṛṣṇa, honored by the hosts of sages, went upward, pervading the worlds with Lakṣmī.
16.5.27
दिवं प्राप्तं वासवोऽथाश्विनौ च ।
रुद्रादित्या वसवश्चाथ विश्वे।
प्रत्युद्ययुर्मुनयश्चापि सिद्धा ।
गन्धर्वमुख्याश्च सहाप्सरोभिः ॥ १६.५.२७ ॥
To him who had reached heaven came forward Vāsava, and the two Aśvins, the Rudras, the Ādityas, the Vasus and the Viśvedevas; the sages and the perfected ones too, and the chief Gandharvas together with the Apsarases.
16.5.28
ततो राजन्भगवानुग्रतेजा ।
नारायणः प्रभवश्चाव्ययश्च।
योगाचार्यो रोदसी व्याप्य लक्ष्म्या ।
स्थानं प्राप स्वं महात्माऽप्रमेयम् ॥ १६.५.२८ ॥
Then, O king, the blessed Nārāyaṇa of fierce splendour, the source and the imperishable, the teacher of yoga, having pervaded heaven and earth with his splendour, reached his own immeasurable abode, great of soul.
16.5.29
ततो देवैर्ऋषिभिश्चापि कृष्णः ।
समागतश्चारणैश्चैव राजन्।
गन्धर्वाग्र्यैरप्सरोभिर्वराभिः ।
सिद्धैः साध्यैश्चानतैः पूज्यमानः ॥ १६.५.२९ ॥
Then Kṛṣṇa, joined by the gods and the sages and the Cāraṇas too, O king, was being honoured, bowing low, by the chief Gandharvas, the excellent Apsarases, the Siddhas and the Sādhyas.
16.5.30
तं वै देवाः प्रत्यनन्दन्त राज-
न्मुनिश्रेष्ठा ऋग्भिरानर्चुरीशम्।
तं गन्धर्वाश्चापि तस्थुः स्तुवन्तः ।
प्रीत्य चैनं पुरुहूतोऽभ्यनन्दत् ॥ १६.५.३० ॥
The gods welcomed him gladly, O king; the foremost of sages worshipped the Lord with the verses of the Ṛg; the Gandharvas too stood praising him; and Indra, the Puruhūta, welcomed him with affection.
16.5.31
नमोनमस्ते भगवञ्शार्ङ्गधन्व-
न्धर्मस्थित्या प्रादुरासीर्धरायाम्।
कंसाख्यादीन्देवशत्रूंश्च सर्वा-
न्हत्वा भूमिः स्थापिता भारतप्ता ॥ १६.५.३१ ॥
O Lord, bearer of the śārṅga bow, salutations, salutations to you. For the upholding of dharma you appeared upon the earth. Having slain Kaṃsa and all the other enemies of the gods, you have restored the earth, which was tormented by the Bharatas.
16.5.32
दिव्यं स्थानमजरं चाप्रमेयं ।
दुर्विज्ञेयं चागमैर्गम्यमग्र्यम्।
गच्छ प्रभो रक्ष चार्तिं प्रपन्ना-
न्कल्पेकल्पे जायमानांश्च मर्त्यान् ॥ १६.५.३२ ॥
Go to your divine, ageless, immeasurable, supreme abode, hard to comprehend yet attainable through the scriptures. O lord, protect the afflicted who have taken refuge, and mortals born in every age.
16.5.33
इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवसंघोऽनुगम्य ।
श्रिया युक्तं पुष्पवृष्ट्या ववर्ष।
वाणी चासीत्संश्रिता रूपिणी सा ।
भानोर्मध्ये प्रविश त्वं तु राजन् ॥ १६.५.३३ ॥
Having spoken thus, the host of gods followed him and showered flowers upon him, who was endowed with splendour. And a voice, embodied, arose: O king, enter into the midst of the sun.
16.5.34
भुजैश्चतुर्भिः समुपेतं ममेदं ।
रूपं विशिष्टं जीवितं संस्थितं च।
भूमौ गतं पूजयताप्रमेयं ।
सदा हि तस्मिन्निवसामीति देवाः ॥ १६.५.३४ ॥
This distinguished form of mine, endowed with four arms, and the life that abided and went upon the earth — worship him, the immeasurable one. For I always dwell in him, said the gods.
16.5.35
देवा निवृत्तास्तत्पदं नाप्नुवन्तो ।
बुद्ध्या देवं संस्मरन्तः प्रतीताः।
ब्रह्माद्यास्ते तद्गुणान्कीर्तयन्तः ।
शुभाँल्लोकान्स्वान्प्रपेदुः सुरेन्द्राः ॥ १६.५.३५ ॥
The gods turned back, not attaining that state, remembering the god with their intellect. Brahmā and the others, the lords of the gods, praising his qualities, went forth to their own auspicious worlds.