S'rî
S'uka said: 'As an act of friendship to the deceased,
S'is'upâla, S'âlva and Paundraka who had passed on
to the next world, was all by himself, on foot with a club in
his hand, o great king, the wicked one [Dantavakra, see
9.24:
37] seen
who infuriated in his sheer physical power made the earth
tremble under his feet.
S'rî
S'uka said: 'As an act of friendship to the deceased,
S'is'upâla, S'âlva and Paundraka who had left
for the next world, was all by himself, on foot with a club
in his hand, o great king, the wicked one [Dantavakra,
see 9.24: 37] seen who infuriated in his sheer physical
power made the earth tremble under his feet.
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Text
3
Seeing him
coming His way took Lord Krishna quickly His club leaping down
from His chariot and stopped He him in his tracks like the
shore does with the sea.
Seeing
him coming His way took Lord Krishna quickly His club
leaping down from His chariot and called He him to a stop
like the shore does with the sea.
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Text
4
Raising
his club said the king of Karûsha besotted to Mukunda:
'What a luck, what a luck to have today the sight of You
crossing my path.
Raising
his club said the king of Karûsha besotted to Mukunda:
'What a luck, what a luck to have today the sight of You
approaching on my path. (Vedabase)
Text
5
You
as our maternal cousin Krishna, having been of violence with my
friends, wish to kill me; therefore, You nice guy, will I kill
You with my thunderbolt club.
You
as our maternal cousin Krishna, having been of violence with
my friends, wish to kill me; therefore, You nice guy, will I
kill You with my thunderbolt club.
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Text
6
Only
then, ignoramus, will I, who cares for his friends, with
killing the enemy in the form of a family member that is like a
disease in one's body, have paid my debt to my
friends.'
Only
then, ignoramus, will I, who cares for his friends, with
killing the enemy in the form of a family member that is
like a disease in one's body, have paid my debt to my
friends.'
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Text
7
Thus
with harsh words harassing Krishna like one does an elephant
with goads, roared he like a lion and stroke he Him with his
club on the head.
Thus
with harsh words harassing Krishna like one does an elephant
with goads, roared he like a lion and stroke he Him with his
club on the head.
(Vedabase)
Text
8
Despite
of being hit by the club did Krishna, the deliverer of the
Yadus, not move an inch on the battlefield and dealt He with
His Kaumodakî [His club] him a heavy blow in the
middle of his chest.
Despite
of being hit by the club did Krishna, the deliverer of the
Yadus, not move an inch on the battlefield and dealt He with
His Kaumodakî [His club] him a heavy blow in
the middle of his chest.
(Vedabase)
Text
9
With
his heart shattered by the club vomiting blood fell he lifeless
to the ground with his hair, arms and legs spread
wide.
With
his heart shattered by the club vomiting blood fell he
lifeless to the ground with his hair, arms and legs spread
wide. (Vedabase)
Text
10
Then, o king,
entered before all living beings to see, just as with
S'is'upâla [see
10.74:
45],
an amazing, very subtle light Lord
Krishna.
Then,
o king, entered before all living beings to see, just as
with S'is'upâla [see 10.74: 45], an amazing,
very subtle light Lord Krishna.
(Vedabase)
Text
11
Next came
Vidûratha, his brother, plunged in sorrow about his
relative, with sword and shield forward, breathing heavily in
his desire to kill Him.
Next
came Vidûratha, his brother, plunged in sorrow about
his relative, with sword and shield forward, breathing
heavily in his desire to kill Him.
(Vedabase)
Text
12
Of him
attacking was next by Krishna with the razor-sharp edge of His
cakra, o king of kings, sliced off the head complete with its
helmet and earrings.
Of
him attacking did Krishna following with the razorsharp edge
of His cakra, o king of kings, slice off the head with its
helmet and earrings. (Vedabase)
Text
13-15
Thus
having killed the for others insurmountable S'âlva and
his Saubha-fortress along with Dantavakra and his younger
brother Vidûratha, was He praised by gods and men, sages
and the perfected, heavenly singers and scientists, the great
of excellence and the dancing girls, the forefathers and the
keepers of the wealth as well as the venerable and the mighty
who all sang His glory showering flowers the moment He with the
most eminent Vrishnis around Him entered His decorated
capital.
Thus
having killed the for others insurmountable S'âlva and
his Saubha-fortress along with Dantavakra and his younger
brother Vidûratha, was He praised by gods and men,
sages and the perfected, heavenly singers and scientists,
the great of excellence and the dancing girls, the
forefathers and the keepers of the wealth as well as the
venerable and the mighty who all sang His glory showering
flowers as He with the most eminent Vrishnis around Him
entered His decorated capital. (Vedabase)
Text
16
It is thus that
the Controller of Yoga, Krishna the Supreme Lord and Master of
the Living Being is victorious; it is to those whose vision is
animalistic that He seems to suffer defeat
[*].
It
is thus that the Controller of Yoga, Krishna the Supreme
Lord and Master of the Living Being is victorious; it is to
those whose vision is as of animals that He seems to suffer
defeat [*]. (Vedabase)
Text
17
Lord Râma
hearing of the preparations of the Kurus and Pândavas for
battle, known as a neutral, departed saying He was going to
bathe in holy places.
Lord
Râma hearing of the preparations of the Kurus and
Pândavas for battle, known as a neutral, departed
saying He would bathe in holy
places.
(Vedabase)
Text
18
Having bathed
at Prabhâsa and having honored the demigods and sages,
forefathers and human beings, went He surrounded by brahmins to
the Sarasvatî where she flows westward to the
sea.
Having
bathed at Prabhâsa and having honored the demigods and
sages, forefathers and human beings, went He surrounded by
brahmins to the Sarasvatî where she flows westward to
the sea.
(Vedabase)
Text
19-20
O
son of Bharata, He visited the broad body of water of
Bindu-saras,
Tritakûpa,
Sudars'ana, Vis'âla and Brahma-tîrtha,
Cakra-tîrtha, the Sarasvatî where she flows
eastward and all [the holy places] along the
Yamunâ and the Ganges as well as the Naimisha forest
where the rishis were involved in the performance of an
elaborate sacrifice [see also 1.1:
4].
O
son of Bharata, He visited the broad body of water of
Bindu-saras, Tritakûpa, Sudars'ana, Vis'âla and
Brahma-tîrtha, Cakra-tîrtha, the Sarasvatî
where she flows eastward and all [the holy places]
along the Yamunâ and the Ganges as well as the
Naimisha forest where the rishis were involved in the
performance of an elaborate sacrifice [see also 1.1:
4]. (Vedabase)
Text
21
Recognizing
Him upon His arrival greeted they who were engaged in the
sacrifice Him, properly standing up and bowing down to pay
homage.
Recognizing
Him on His arrival greeted they who were engaged in the
sacrifice Him, properly standing up and bowing down to pay
homage. (Vedabase)
Text
22
When He
together with His entourage had been worshiped and had accepted
a seat, noticed He that the disciple [Romaharshana, see
also 1.4:
22] of the
greatest of sages [Vyâsa] had remained
seated.
When
He together with His entourage had been worshiped and had
accepted a seat, noticed He that the disciple
[Romaharshana, see also 1.4: 22] of the greatest of
sages [Vyâsa] had remained seated.
(Vedabase)
Text
23
Upon seeing
that the sûta [a son of a mixed marriage of a
brahmin father and kshatriya mother] who hadn't
bowed down or joined his palms, was sitting higher than the
rest of the learned, became the sweet Lord
angry:
Upon
seeing that the sûta [a son of a mixed marriage of
a brahmin father and kshatriya mother] who hadn't bowed
down or joined his palms, was sitting higher than the rest
of the learned, became the sweet Lord
angry:
(Vedabase)
Text
24
'Because he,
born a pratiloma,
sits higher than these learned ones and also higher than Me,
the Protector of the Religion, deserves he it to die, being so
arrogant.
'Because
he, born a pratiloma, sits higher than these learned ones
and also higher than Me, the Protector of the Religion,
deserves he it, being so arrogant, to die.
(Vedabase)
Text
25-26
After
as a disciple of the Lord among the sages [Vyâsa
thus] in full having studied the many Itihâsas,
Purânas and S'âstras about the religion, has he,
not in control with himself, vainly missing the humble and not
having subdued his mind thinking himself a scholarly authority,
become like an actor not leading to good qualities in making a
sham of them.
After
as a disciple of the Lord among the sages [Vyâsa
thus] in full having studied the many itihâsas,
purânas and s'âstras about the religion, has he,
not in control with himself, vainly missing the humble and
not having subdued his mind thinking himself a scholarly
authority, become like an actor not leading to good
qualities in making a sham of them.
(Vedabase)
Text
27
It
is for this purpose indeed that I descended in this world: to
annihilate those who pose as religious but factually are most
sinful.'
It
is for this purpose indeed that I descended in this world:
to annihilate those who pose as religious but factually are
most sinful.'
(Vedabase)
Text
28
Saying
this much, was he by the Supreme Lord, because He [being on
a pilgrimage] also had stopped to kill the impious,
inevitable as it was, beaten with the tip of a blade of grass
that He as the Master held in His hand.
Saying
this much, did the Supreme Lord, as He [being on a
pilgrimage] also had stopped to kill the impious,
inevitable as it was, beat him with the tip of a blade of
grass that He as the Master held in His hand. (29) 'Ohhh,
ohhh' said all the sages and told disturbed of mind to
Sankarshana deva: 'You committed an irreligious act o
Master. (Vedabase)
Text
29
'Ohhh,
ohhh' said all the sages and said in distress to Sankarshana
deva: 'You committed an irreligious act o
Master.
Along
with a long life and freedom from physical worries have we
granted him the masters seat untill the sacrifice is
completed, o Darling of the Yadus.
(Vedabase)
Text
30
Along with a
long life and freedom from physical worries have we granted him
the masters seat until the sacrifice is completed, o Darling of
the Yadus.
Though
of course, for You, Master of Mystic Power, scriptural
injunctions are not the regulator, have You unknowingly
perpetrated something that equals the destruction of a
brahmin; but if for this killing of a brahmin You atone, o
Purifyer of the World, will the people in general, being
inspired by no other, benefit by Your
example.'
(Vedabase)
Text
31-32
Though
of course, for You, Master of Mystic Power, scriptural
injunctions do not lay down the law, have You unknowingly
perpetrated something that equals the destruction of a brahmin;
but if for this killing of a brahmin You atone, o Purifyer of
the World, will the people in general, being inspired by no
other, benefit by Your example.'
The
Supreme Lord said: 'I, desirous to show compassion to the
common people, will perform the atonement for the damage
done; please do tell Me what the prescribed ritual coming
first would be. (Vedabase)
Text
33
The
Supreme Lord said: 'I, desirous to show compassion to the
common people, will perform the atonement for the damage done;
please do tell Me what the prescribed ritual coming first would
be.
Oh,
please say the word, and by My mystic power I shall effect
the long life, strength and sensory power which you
promised.'
(Vedabase)
Text
34
Oh,
please say the word, and by My mystic power I shall effect the
long life, strength and sensory power which you
promised.'
The
sages said: 'Please, o Râma, arrange it so that as
well the potency of the death by Your [kus'a-]
weapon as what we said remains
intact.'
(Vedabase)
Text
35
The
sages said: 'Please, o Râma, arrange it so that as well
the potency of killing by means of Your [grass] weapon
as what we said remains intact.'
The
Supreme Lord said: 'The child born, so instruct the Veda's,
is one's self indeed, therefore should his ['byproduct',
son, pupil or purâna, in this case Sûta
Gosvâmî , see 1.2: 1] be the speaker endowed
with a long life, strong senses and physical power [see
also **]. (Vedabase)
Text
36
The
Supreme Lord said: 'The child born, so instruct the Vedas, is
one's self indeed, therefore should his son [Sûta
Gosvâmî, see
1.2:
1] be the
speaker [of the Purâna, endowed] with a long
life, strong senses and physical power [see also
**].
O
best of sages, please tell Me what you desire, I shall do
it, and again, please o intelligent ones think of what the
proper atonement would be for Me who indeed knows
not.'
(Vedabase)
Text
37
O
best of sages, please tell Me what you desire, I shall do it,
and again, please o intelligent ones think of what the proper
atonement would be, for I have no idea.'
The
rishis said: 'Ilvala's fearsome son named Balvala as a demon
contaminates our sacrifice getting here every new
moon.
(Vedabase)
Text
38
The
rishis said: 'The fearsome demon Balvala who is Ilvala's
son gets here every new moon and contaminates our
sacrifice.
The
best service to us is to defeat that sinner, o Descendant of
Bharata, who pours down pus, blood, feces, urine wine and
meat.
(Vedabase)
Text
39
The
best service to us is to defeat that sinner, o descendant of
Das'ârha, who pours upon us pus, blood, feces, urine,
wine and meat.
Thereafter
You should, for twelve months performing penances, in all
serenity go around the land of Bhârata [India]
getting purified bathing at the holy
sites.'
(Vedabase)
Text
40
Thereafter
should You, for twelve months doing penance, serenely travel
around the land of Bhârata [India] and find
purification by bathing at the holy places.
Thereafter
You should, for twelve months performing penances, in all
serenity go around the land of Bhârata [India]
getting purified bathing at the holy
sites.'
(Vedabase)
*
It is in these verses that the Bhâgavatam says that
one has the vision of an animal if one thinks that the Lord
would ever suffer defeat as seemed to be the case with Krishna
fleeing from Jarâsandha [10.52],
Krishna acting impressed by S'âlva's tricks
[10.77:
27-32],
the Buddha being food-poisoned or Jesus Christ being crucified;
in the end is there to His evanescence the victory, the
enlightenment, the resurrection, the second birth in acceptance
of the teaching.
**
To illustrate the principle enunciated here by Lord
Balarâma is by the paramparâ in the person of
S'rîla S'rîdhara Svâmî quoted the
following Vedic verse, appearing in as well the S'atapatha
Brâhmana (14.9.8.4) as the Brihad-âranyaka
Upanishad (6.4.8):
angâd
angât sambhavasi
hridayâd abhijâyase
âtmâ vai putra-nâmâsi
sañjîva s'aradah s'atam
"You
have taken birth from my various limbs and have arisen from my
very heart. You are my own self in the form of my son. May you
live through a hundred autumns."