Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.52
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2.52.1
यच्चके भगवान्विष्णुर्वसुदेवसुतस्तदा ।
तत्तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु स्रवमशेषतः ॥ २.५२.१ ॥
What the blessed Viṣṇu, son of Vasudeva, then did, I will tell you in full; listen.
2.52.2
वासुदेवस्य महात्म्यं चरितं च महात्मनः ।
हितार्थं सुरसर्त्यानां लोकानां च हिताय च ॥ २.५२.२ ॥
The greatness of Vāsudeva and the deeds of that great-souled one are for the welfare of the gods and mortals, and for the good of the worlds.
2.52.3
यदा दिवि विभुस्तात न रेमे भगवानसौ ।
ततो व्यादिशय भूतानि विभुर्भूमिसुखावहः ॥ २.५२.३ ॥
When the all-pervading blessed one, dear son, took no delight in heaven, then he, the all-pervading bringer of joy to the earth, commanded the beings.
2.52.4
निग्रहार्थाय दैत्यानां चोदयामास वै तदा ।
मुरुतश्च वसूंश्चैव सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ ॥ २.५२.४ ॥
Then, to suppress the Daityas, he indeed impelled the Maruts, the Vasus, and both the sun and the moon.
2.52.5
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव रुद्रादित्यांस्तथाऽश्विनौ ।
जायध्वं मानुषे लोके सर्वलोकमहेश्वराः ॥ २.५२.५ ॥
And to the Gandharvas and Apsarases, likewise to the Rudras and Ādityas, and to the two Aśvins, he said: 'Be born in the human world, you great lords of all the worlds.'
2.52.6
जङ्गमानि विशालाक्षो ह्यात्मार्थमसृजत्प्रभुः ।
जायन्तामिति गोविन्दस्तिर्यग्योनिगतैः सह ॥ २.५२.६ ॥
The broad-eyed lord indeed created moving beings for his own purpose; "Let them be born," thus Govinda spoke, together with those who had entered animal wombs.
2.52.7
तानि सर्वाणि सर्वज्ञो व्यजायत यदोः कुले ।
आत्मानमात्मना तात कृत्वा बहुविधं हरिः।
रत्यर्थमिह गास्तत्र ररक्ष पुरुषोत्तमः। ॥ २.५२.७ ॥
Dear one, the all-knowing Hari, having made himself in many forms, was born in the lineage of Yadu in all of them. There the Supreme Person protected the cows for delight.
2.52.8
अजातशत्रो जातस्तु यथेष्ट भुवि भूमिप ।
कीर्त्यमानं मया तात निबोध भरतर्षभ ॥ २.५२.८ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, unconquered by enemies, O king, he was born on earth as he desired. Dear one, O bull of the Bharatas, listen to what I am recounting.
2.52.9
सागराः समकम्पन्त मुदा चेलुश्च पर्वताः ।
जज्वलुश्चाग्नयः शान्ता जायमाने जनार्दने ॥ २.५२.९ ॥
When Janārdana was born, the oceans trembled, the mountains moved with joy, and the quiet fires blazed up.
2.52.10
शिवाः सम्प्रववुर्वाताः प्रशान्तमभवद्रजः ।
ज्योतींषि सम्प्रकाशन्त जायमाने जनार्दने ॥ २.५२.१० ॥
When Janārdana was born, auspicious winds blew, the dust settled, and the lights shone forth.
2.52.11
देवदुन्दुभयश्चापि सस्वनुर्भृशमम्बरे ।
अभ्यवर्षंस्तदाऽऽगम्य देवताः पुष्पवृष्टिभिः ॥ २.५२.११ ॥
In the sky the divine kettledrums also sounded loudly; then the gods came and showered flowers.
2.52.12
गीर्भिर्मङ्गलयुक्ताभिः स्तुवन्वै मधुसदनम् ।
उपतस्थुस्तदा प्रीताः प्रादुर्भावे महर्षयः ॥ २.५२.१२ ॥
Praising Madhusūdana with auspicious words, then the pleased great seers drew near at the time of his manifestation.
2.52.13
ततस्तानभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य नारदप्रमुखानृषीन् ।
उपानृत्यन्नुपजगुर्गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः ॥ २.५२.१३ ॥
Then, seeing the sages led by Nārada, the multitudes of Gandharvas and Apsarases danced near and sang.
2.52.14
उपतस्थे च गोविन्दं सहस्राक्षः शचीपतिः ।
अभ्यभाषत तेजस्वी महर्षीन्पूजयंस्तदा ॥ २.५२.१४ ॥
Indra, the thousand-eyed lord of Śacī, stood near Govinda and, radiant, addressed the great sages, honouring them.
2.52.15
कृत्वा च देवकार्याणि कृत्वा देवहितानि च ।
खं लोकं लोककृद्देवः पुनर्गच्छति तेजसा ॥ २.५२.१५ ॥
Having accomplished the works of the gods and the welfare of the gods, the god who made the worlds goes again to the sky-world in his radiance.
2.52.16
इत्युक्त्वा ऋषिभिः सार्घं जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः ।
अभ्यनुज्ञाय तान्सर्वाञ्छादयन्प्रकृतिं पराम् ॥ २.५२.१६ ॥
Having spoken thus, he went again to heaven with the sages, taking leave of them all, while veiling the supreme nature.
2.52.17
नन्दगोपकुले कृष्ण उवास बहुलाः समाः ।
ततः कदाचित्सुप्तं तं शकटस्य त्वधः शिशुम् ॥ २.५२.१७ ॥
Kṛṣṇa dwelt for many years in the family of the cowherd Nanda. Then once, when that infant was sleeping beneath a cart.
2.52.18
यशोदा सम्परित्यज्य जगाम यमुनां नदीम् ।
शिशुलीलां ततः कुर्वन्स्वहस्तचरणौ क्षिपन् ॥ २.५२.१८ ॥
Yaśodā left him and went to the river Yamunā. Then the infant, tossing his own hands and feet, played his childish sport.
2.52.19
रुरोद मधुरं कृष्णः पादावूर्ध्वं प्रसारयन् ।
पादाङ्गुष्ठेन शकटं दारयन्नथ केशवः ॥ २.५२.१९ ॥
Kṛṣṇa wept sweetly, stretching his feet upward. Then Keśava split the cart with the big toe of his foot.
2.52.20
तत्र एकेन पादेन पातयित्वा तथा शिशुः ।
न्युब्जं पयोधराकाङ्क्षी ससार च रुरोद च ॥ २.५२.२० ॥
There the infant, knocking it down with one foot in this way, crawled face-down, desiring the breast, and wept.
2.52.21
पाटितं शकटं दृष्ट्वा भिन्नभाण्डपुटीकटम् ।
जनास्ते शिशुना तेन विस्मयं परमं ययुः ॥ २.५२.२१ ॥
Seeing the cart split apart, its pots and baskets broken to pieces, the people were filled with great wonder at what that infant had done.
2.52.22
प्रत्यक्षं शूरसेनानां दृश्यते महदद्भुतम् ।
शयानेन हतः कंसपक्षवांस्तिग्मतेजसा ॥ २.५२.२२ ॥
Before the eyes of the Śūrasenas a great marvel was seen: lying there, that fierce-radiant one struck down the partisans of Kaṃsa.
2.52.23
पूतना चापि निहता महाकाया महास्तनी ।
ततः काले महाराज संसक्तौ रामकेशवौ ॥ २.५२.२३ ॥
Pūtanā too, of vast body and great breasts, was slain. Then, great king, in due time Rāma and Keśava came together.
2.52.24
कृष्णः सङ्कर्षणश्चोभौ रिङ्खिणौ च बभूवतुः ।
अन्योन्यकिरणाक्रान्तौ चन्द्रसूर्याविवाम्बरे ॥ २.५२.२४ ॥
Kṛṣṇa and Saṅkarṣaṇa both became crawling infants, overwhelmed by each other's rays, like the moon and the sun in the sky.
2.52.25
विसर्पन्तौ च सर्वत्र महासर्पभुजौ तदा ।
रेजतुः पांसुदिग्धाङ्गौ रामकृष्णौ तदा नृप ॥ २.५२.२५ ॥
And crawling everywhere, their arms like great serpents, their bodies smeared with dust, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa then shone, O king.
2.52.26
क्वचिच्च जानुभिः स्पृष्टौ क्रीडमानौ क्वचिद्वने ।
पिबन्तौ दधिकुल्यांश्च मथ्यमाने च भारत ॥ २.५२.२६ ॥
Sometimes moving on their knees, sometimes playing in the forest, drinking the streams of churned curds, O Bhārata.
2.52.27
ततः स बालो गोविन्दो नवनीतं तदा क्षयम् ।
ग्रासमानस्तु तत्रायं गोपीभिर्ददृशे तथा ॥ २.५२.२७ ॥
Then that child Govinda, eating the butter as it was being used up, was seen there by the cowherd women in just this way.
2.52.28
दाम्नाऽथोलूखले कृष्णो गोपीभिश्च निबन्धितः ।
तत्तथा शिशुना तेन कर्षता चार्जुनावृभौ ॥ २.५२.२८ ॥
Then Kṛṣṇa was bound with a rope to the mortar by the cowherd women; as that child dragged it, both Arjuna trees.
2.52.29
समूलविटपौ भग्नौ तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ।
ततस्तौ बाल्यमुत्तीर्णौ कृष्णसङ्कर्षणावुभौ ॥ २.५२.२९ ॥
Those trees, broken with roots and branches, it was indeed wondrous. Then those two, Kṛṣṇa and Saṅkarṣaṇa, passed beyond childhood.
2.52.30
तस्मिन्नेव व्रजस्थाने सप्तवर्षै बभूवतुः ।
नीलपीताम्बरधरौ पीतश्वेतानुलेपनौ ॥ २.५२.३० ॥
In that very Vraja place, the two became seven years old, wearing blue and yellow garments, smeared with yellow and white unguents.
2.52.31
बभुवतुर्वत्सपालौ काकपक्षधरावुभौ ।
पर्णवाद्यं श्रुतिसुखं वादयन्तौ वराननौ ॥ २.५२.३१ ॥
The two became calf-herders, both wearing crowns of crow feathers, playing a leaf-instrument pleasing to hear, fair-faced ones.
2.52.32
शुशुभाते वनगतौ त्रिशीर्षाविव पन्नगौ ।
मयूराङ्गजकर्णौ तौ पल्लवापीडधारिणौ ॥ २.५२.३२ ॥
Roaming in the forest, the two shone like three-headed serpents; their ears bore ornaments of peacock feathers, and they wore garlands of sprouts.
2.52.33
वनमालापरिक्षिप्तौ सालपोताविवोद्गतौ ।
अरविन्दकृतापीडौ रज्जुयज्ञोपवीतिनौ ॥ २.५२.३३ ॥
Wrapped in wild-flower garlands, the two were like young sāla trees risen up; they wore crowns of lotus and rope as their sacred thread.
2.52.34
सशिक्यतुम्बुरुकरौ गोपवेणुप्रवादकौ ।
क्वचिद्वसन्तावन्योन्यं क्रडमानौ क्वचिद्वने ॥ २.५२.३४ ॥
With slings and tumburu-instrument in hand, playing the cowherds' flute; sometimes they dwelt in the forest playing together.
2.52.35
पर्णशय्यासु तौ सुप्तौ क्वचिन्निद्रान्तरैषिणौ ।
तौ वत्सान्पालयन्तौ हि शोभयन्तौ महद्वनम् ॥ २.५२.३५ ॥
On beds of leaves they slept, sometimes seeking sleep in between; the two, tending the calves, adorned the great forest.
2.52.36
चञ्चूर्यन्तौ रमन्तौ च राजन्नेवं तदा शुभम् ।
ततो बृन्दावनं गत्वा वसुदेवसुतावुभौ।
गोकुलं तत्र कौन्येय चारयन्तौ विजह्रतुः ॥ २.५२.३६ ॥
Thus, O king, the two then roamed and delighted in a blessed way; then, having gone to Vṛndāvana, the two sons of Vasudeva, O son of Kuntī, there in Gokula, tending the cows, sported.