Sri Garga-samhita

śrī-nārada uvāca — Śrī Nārada said ; kṛṣṇāya — to Lord Kṛṣṇa ; vāsudevāya — the son of Vasudeva ; devakī-nandanāya — the son of Devcakī ; ca — and ; nanda-gopa-kumarāya — the son of Nanda-gopa ; govindāya — to the happiness of the cows, land and senses ; namaḥ — obeisances ; namaḥ — obeisances.

śrutam — heard ; tava — of you ; mukhāt — from the mouth ; brahman — Obrāhmaṇa ; mathurā-khaṇḍam — the Mathura-kahnda ; adbhutam — wonderful ; vada — tell ; mām — me ; dvārakā-khaṇḍam — the Dvārakā-khaṇḍa ; śrī-kṛṣṇa-caritāmṛtam — filled with the nectar of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes.

kati — how many? ; putrāḥ — children ; kati — how many? ; pautrā — grandchildren ; ramā-pateḥ — of the husabnd of the goddess of fortune ; sarvam — all ; vada — tell ; mahā-buddhe — O intelligent one ; dvārakā-vāsa-kāraṇam — the reason for residing in Dvaraka.

asti-prāptī — Asati and Prapti ; mahiṣyau — queens ; dve — two ; mṛte — dead ; kaṁse — Kaṁsa ; mahā-bale — very powerful ; jarāsandha-gṛham — to Jarasandha's house ; duḥkhāt — unhappily ; jagmatuḥ — went ; maithileśvara — O king of Mithilā.

tan-mukhāt — from their mouths ; kaṁsa-maraṇam — the death of Kaṁsa ; śrutvā — hearing ; kruddhaḥ — angry ; jara-sūtaḥ — Jarasandha ; ayādavīm — without Yādavas ; mahīm — the earth ; kartum — to make ; udyataḥ — determined ; abhūt — became ; mahā-balaḥ — powerful.

akṣauhiṇībhiḥ — akṣauhiṇīs ; viṁśatyā — with twenty ; tisrbhiḥ — three ; cāpi — and ; samvṛtaḥ — accompanined ; ramyām — beautiful ; mahā-purīm — great city ; rājann — O king ; āyayau — went ; balavān — poweful ; nṛpaḥ — king.

bhayāturām — terrified ; purīm — the city ; vīkṣya — seeing ; tat-senām — that army ; sindhu-nādinīm — roaring like the ocean ; sabhāyām — in the assembly ; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; sākṣāt — personally ; baladevam — to Lord Balarāma ; uvāca — said ; ha — indeed.

sarvam — all ; ca — and ; asya — of him ; balam — the army ; rāma — O Balarāma ; hantavyam — should be killed ; vai — indeed ; na — not ; saṁśayaḥ — doubt ; māgadhaḥ — the kin gof Magadha ; tu — indeed ; na — not ; hantavyaḥ — to be killed ; bhūyaḥ — more ; kartā — by the doer ; balodyamam — power.

jarāsandha-nimittena — by Jarasandha ; bharam — burden ; vai — indeed ; bhubhujām — of kings ; bhuvaḥ — of the earth ; sarvam — all ; ca — and ; atra — here ; hariṣyāmi — I will remove ; kariṣyāmi — I will do ; priyam — pleasure ; satām — of the devotees.

evam — thus ; vadati — speasking ; kṛṣṇe — Kṛṣṇa ; vai — indeed ; vaikuṇṭhāt — from Vaikuṇṭha ; ca — and ; rathau — two chariots ; śubhau — beautiful ; abhūtām — were ; āgatau — come ; rājan — O king ; sarveṣām — as all ; paśyatām — watched ; ca — and ; tau — they.

samāruhya — climbing ; rathau — the chariots ; sādyaḥ — at once ; rāma-kṛṣṇau — Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma ; mahā-balau — powerful ; yādavānām — of the Yādavas ; balaiḥ — with the armies ; sūkṣmaiḥ — small ; tvaram — at once ; nirjagmatuḥ — left ; purāt — the city.

yādavānām — of the Yādavas ; māgadhānām — and the Magadhas ; paśyadbhiḥ — looking ; divijaiḥ — by the demiugods ; divi — in heaven ; babhūva — was ; tumulam — uproar ; yuddham — fight ; adbhutam — astonishing ; roma-harṣaṇam — making th body's hairs stand erect.

akṣauhiṇībhiḥ — with aksauhinis ; daśabhī — ten ; rathārūḍhaḥ — mounted ona chariot ; mahā-balaḥ — powerful ; śrī-kṛṣṇasya — of Śrī Kṛṣṇa ; puraḥ — in the presence ; pūrvam — before ; yuyudhe — fought ; māgadheśvaraḥ — Jarasandha.

paṣcabhiḥ — with five ; ca — and ; akṣauhiṇībhiḥ — aksauhinis ; dhāṛṭarāṣṭraḥ — Dhrtarastra's son ; suyodhanaḥ — Duryodhana ; yuyodha — fought ; yādavaiḥ — the Yādavas ; sārdham — with ; jarāsandha-sahāya-kṛt — helping Jarasandha.

paṣcabhiḥ — with five ; ca — and ; tathā — so ; rājan — O king ; vindhyā-deśādhipaḥ — the king of Vindhya-desa ; balī — powerful ; tisrbhiḥ — with three ; ca — and ; mahā-yuddhe — in the great battle ; baṅga-nāthaḥ — the king of Bengal ; mahā-balaḥ — powerful.

evam — thus ; anye — other ; api — also ; rājānaḥ — kings ; jarāsandha-vaśānugāḥ — vassals of Jarasnadha ; prāṇaiḥ — with their lives ; sahāyam — help ; kurvantau — doing ; jarāsandhasya — of Jarasnadha ; maithila — O king of Mithila.

bāṇāndhakāre — in a darkness of arrows ; saṣjāte — manifested ; śatru-senā-samākule — the enemy armies ; ṭāṅkaram — twanging ; śārṅga-dhanuṣaḥ — of the Śārṅga bow ; śārṅga-dhanvā — the holder of the Śārṅga bow ; cakāra — did ; ha — indeed.

nanāda — echoed ; tena — by that ; brahmāṇḍam — the universe ; sapta-lokaiḥ — with seven planets ; bilaiḥ — with outer space ; saha — with ; viceluḥ — shook ; dig — of the directions ; gajāḥ — the elephants ; tara — the stars

tadā — then ; eva — indeed ; badhirī-bhūtam — deafened ; śatrūṇām — of enemies ; sainya-maṇḍalam — the circle of the armies ; utpatantaḥ — jumping ; hāya — horses ; yuddhāt — from the battle ; gajāḥ — elephants ; tu — indeed ; vimukhāḥ — turned away ; tataḥ — then.

dudrāva — fled ; tad-balam — that army ; sarvam — all ; ṭāṅkarāt — from the twanging sound ; bhaya-vihvalam — terrified ; pratīpam — in the other direction ; etya — going ; gavyūtiḥ — two miles ; punaḥ — again ; tatra — there ; ājagāma — came ; ha — indeed.

evam — thus ; śārṅgam — the Śārṅga bow ; samuccārya — lifting ; taḍit-piṅga-sphurat-prabham — glistening like lightning ; bāṇaughaḥ — a flood of arrows ; chādayām āsa — made a shadow ; jarāsandha-balam — on Jarasandha's army ; hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa.

cūrṇī-bhūtāḥ — broken to pieces ; rathā — the chariots ; rājan — O king ; bāṇaughaiḥ — with the flood of arrows ; śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ — from the Śārṅga bow ; cūrṇa-cakrāḥ — broken to pieces ; nipetuḥ — fell ; kau — to the ground ; hata — killed ; sūtāḥ — charioteers ; ca — and ; nāyakāḥ — warriors.

dvidha-bhūtā — cut in half ; gajā — the elephants ; bāṇaiḥ — by arrows ; calitā — moving ; gajibhiḥ — with elephant riders ; saha — with ; sāśva — with horses ; vāhāḥ — riding ; tathā — so ; asvāḥ — horses ; ca — and ; bāṇaiḥ — with arrows ; saṣchinna — severed ; kandharāḥ — necks.

tathā — then ; vīrā — the warriors ; mahā-yuddhe — in that great battle ; bhinna — wounded ; urāḥ — chests ; chinna-mastakāḥ — severed heads ; viśīrṇa — broken ; kavacāḥ — armor ; petuḥ — fell ; bāṇaughaiś — with the flood of arrows ; chinna-saṁśayāḥ — their hopes broken.

adho-mukhāḥ — faces down ; ūrdhva-mukhāḥ — faces up ; chinna-dehā — broken bodies ; nṛpātmajāḥ — princes ; rejū — shone ; raṇāṅgane — in the batllefield ; rājan — O king ; bhāṇḍa-vyūhā — pots ; iva — like ; āhatāḥ — broken.

kṣaṇa-mātreṇa — for a moment ; tad-yuddhe — in that battle ; śata-krośa-vilambitā — for two hundred miles ; āpagā — a river ; abhūt — was ; mahā-durgā — impassable ; rudhira-srava-sambhavāḥ — created from flowing blood.

dvipa — the elephants ; grāhā — crocodiles ; ca — and ; uṣṭra — camels ; khara — mules ; kabandha — headless corpses ; aśva — horses ; ādi — beginning with ; kacchapā — turtles ; śiśumāra — porpoises ; rathā — chariots ; keśa — hair ; śaivalā — moss ; bhuja — arms ; sarpiṇī — snakes.

kara — hands ; mīnā — fish ; mauli — crown ; ratna — jewels ; hāra — necklaces ; kuṇḍala — earrings ; śarkarā — pebbles ; śastra — weapons ; śuktiḥ — oysters ; chinna-śaṅkhā — severed heads ; cāmara — camaras ; dhvaja — flags ; saikatā — on the sandy beach.

rathāṅga — chariot wheels ; āvarta-samyuktā — with whirlpools ; senā — armies ; dvaya — two ; taṭa — shores ; āvṛtā — filled ; śata-yojana-vistīrṇā — eight hundred miles ; babhau — shone ; vaitāraṇī — the vaitarani river in the hellihs worlds ; yathā — as.

pramathā — goblins ; bhairavā — bhairavas ; bhūtā — ghosts ; veṭalā — vetalas ; yoginī-gaṇāḥ — yoginis ; aṭṭa — loud ; hāsam — laughter ; prakurvantaḥ — doing ; nṛtyantaḥ — dancing ; raṇa-maṇḍale — in the battlefield.

pibantaḥ — drinking ; rudhiram — blood ; śaśvat — again and again ; kapālena — with a skull ; nṛpeśvara — O king of kings ; harasya — of Lord Śiva ; muṇḍa-mālārtham — for the garland of skulls ; jagṛhuḥ — took ; te — they ; sirāṁsi — heads ; ca — and.

siṁha — on a lion ; ārūḍhā — riding ; bhadrakālī — Bhadrakālī ; ḍākinī — with witches ; śata — a hundred ; samvṛtā — accompanied ; pibantī — drinking ; rudhiram — blood ; ca — and ; uṣṇam — warm ; sāṭṭa-hāsam — with loud laughter ; cakāra — did ; ha — indeed.

vidyādharyaḥ — Vidyadharis ; ca — and ; svarga-sthā — in Svargaloka ; gandharvyaḥ — Gandharvis ; apsarasaḥ — Apsaras ; tathā — so ; kṣatra-dharma-sthitān — folloing ksatriya-dharma ; vīrān — warriors ; vavrire — chose ; deva-rūpiṇaḥ — the forms of demigods.

gṛhitvā — taking ; tān — them ; kaliḥ — a quarrel ; abhūt — was ; tāsām — of them ; paty-artham — for the sake of the husband ; ambare — in the sky ; mama — me ; anurūpā — like ; tena — by that ; eva — indeed ; iti — thus ; tad-gata-cetasam — their hearts gone to them.

kecit — some ; vīrā — warriors ; dharma-parā — devoted to duty ; raṇa-raṅgān — from the battlefield ; na — not ; calitāḥ — fled ; yayuḥ — went ; viṣṇu — of Lord Viṣṇu ; padam — to the abode ; divyam — transcendental ; bhittvā — breaking ; mārtaṇḍa-maṇḍalam — the circle of the sun.

śeṣam — the remainder ; balam — army ; samākṛṣya — dragging ; baladevaḥ — Lord Balarāma ; halena — by firce ; vai — indeed ; muśalena — with His club ; ahanat — killed ; kruddhaḥ — angry ; trailokya-bala-dhārakaḥ — having the strength of the three worlds.

evam — this ; sainye — in the army ; kṣayam — destruction ; yāte — attained ; jarāsandhasya — of Jarasandha ; sarvataḥ — in all respects ; suyodhanaḥ — Duryodhana ; vindhyā-nāthaḥ — the king of Vindhyā-deśa ; baṅga-nāthaḥ — the king of Bengal ; tathā — so ; eva — indeed ; ca — and ; sarve — all ; vidudruvuḥ — fled ; yuddhāt — from the battle ; bhaya-bhītā — frightened ; itaḥ — here ; tataḥ — and there ; jarāsandhaḥ — Jarasandha ; mahā-vīryaḥ — very strong ; nāgāyuta-samaḥ — equal to ten thousand elephants ; bale — in strength ; rathena — by chation ; āgatavān — come ; rājan — O king ; baladevasya — of Lord Balarāma ; sammukhe — in the presence ; samākṛṣya — dragging ; halāgreṇa — by the tip of His plow ; jarāsandha-ratham — Jarasandha's chariot ; śubham — beautiful.

cūrṇayām āsa — broke to pieces ; sahasā — at once ; musalena — ith His club ; yadūttamaḥ — the best of the Yādavas ; jarāsandhaḥ — Jarāsandha ; api — also ; virathaḥ — without a chariot ; hata — dead ; aśvaḥ — horses ; hata — dead ; sārathiḥ — charioteer.

jagrāha — grabbed ; balinam — strong ; dorbhyām — with both arms ; santyaktvā — abandoning ; śastra-saṁhitam — weapons ; tayoḥ — of them ; yuddham — fight ; abhūt — was ; ghoram — horrible ; bāhūbhyām — with both arms ; raṇa-maṇḍale — in the battlefield.

paśyatām — looking ; divi — in heaven ; devānām — of the demigods ; narāṇām — of the humans ; bhuvi — on the earth ; maithila — O king of Mithila ; urasā — with the chest ; śirasā — with the head ; ca — and ; eva — indeed ; bāhūbhyām — with arms ; pādayoḥ — with feet ; pṛthak — specific ; yuyudhāte — fought ; malla-yuddhe — in wrestling ; siṁhāv — two lions ; iva — like ; mahā-bale — in great strength ; tayoś — of them ; ca — and ; yuddhyatoḥ — fighting ; sarvam — all ; kṣuṇṇam — pounded ; bhū-khaṇḍa-maṇḍalam — the circle of the earth.

sthalī — the place ; iva — like ; sahasā — at once ; rājan — O king ; cakampe — trembled ; ghaṭikā-dvayam — for an hour ; gṛhītvā — grabbing ; bhuja-daṇḍābhyām — with both arms ; jarāsandham — Jarāsandha ; yadūttamaḥ — the best of the Yādavas ; bhū-pṛṣṭhe — on the ground ; pothayām āsa — threw ; kamāṇḍalum — a kamandalu ; iva — like ; arbhakaḥ — a child ; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma ; tat — him ; upari — on ; sthitvā — staying ; hantum — to kill ; śatrum — the enemy ; jarā-sutam — Jarāsandha ; jagrāha — grabbed ; musalam — a club ; ghoram — terrible ; krodha-pūrita-vigrahaḥ — His body filled with anger ; paripūrṇatamena — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; atha — then ; śrī-kṛṣṇena — by Śrī Kṛṣṇa ; mahātmanā — the Supreme Lord ; nivāritaḥ — stopped ; tadā — then ; eva — indeed ; āśu — —at once ; tam — him ; mumoca — released ; yadūttamaḥ — the best of the Yādavas ; tapase — for suffering ; kṛta-saṅkalpaḥ — decided ; vrīḍitaḥ — embarrassed ; api — also ; jarā-sutaḥ — Jarāsandha.

nivāritaḥ — stopped ; mantri-mukhyaiḥ — by the important counselors ; māgadhān — to magadha-desa ; māgadhaḥ — Jarāsandha ; yayau — went ; ittham — thus ; jitvā — defeating ; jarāsandham — Jarāsandha ; mādhavaḥ — the husband of the goddess of fortune ; madhusūdanaḥ — the killer of Madhu ; āyodhana-gatam — attained by fighting ; vittam — wealth ; sarvam — all ; nītvā — taking ; sukhāvaham — pleasing ; yādavān — to the Yādavas ; agrataḥ — in the presence ; kṛtvā — making ; baladeva-samanvitaḥ — with Lord Balarāma ; upagīyamāna-vijayaḥ — His glories being sung ; suta-māgadha-vandibhiḥ — by the Sutas, Magadhas, and Vandis ; śaṅkha-dundubhi-nādena — with the sound of conchshells and drums ; brahma-ghoṣeṇa — with the sound of the Vedas ; bhūyasā — abundant ; viveśa — entered ; mathurām — Mathurā ; sākṣāt — directly ; paripūrṇatamaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; svaya — Himself.

samarcitā — worshiped ; maṅgala-lāja-puṣpaiḥ — with auspicious flowers and grains ; paśyan — seeing ; purīm — the city ; maṅgala-kumbha — auspicious pots ; yuktām — with ; pītāmbaraḥ — in yellow garments ; syāma-tanuḥ — His body dark ; śubhāṅgaḥ — His limbs handsome ; sphurat — glistening ; kirīṭa — crown ; aṅgada — armlets ; kuṇḍala — earrings ; prabhaḥ — splendor ; śārṅgādi — beginning eith the Śārṅga bow ; śastra-astra-dharaḥ — holding many weapons ; hasan-mukhaḥ — smiling ; tālāṅka-yuktaḥ — with the mark of palm tree ; garuḍa-dhvajaḥ — with the flag of Garuḍa ; svayam — personally ; udyad-vilolāśva-rathaḥ — on a chariot pulled by restless horses ; sura — by the demigods ; arcitaḥ — worshiped ; sametya — going ; rājānām — to the king ; asau — He ; balim — offering ; dadau — gave.