Book 2 - Adhyaya 70

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चरूथी--विल्मी--कवची-श्रुत--सेन--दुम्दुभी. इत्यादि रुद्र है

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Aditya (the Sun-god) approached Karttavirya in the guise of a Brahmana and said, "Give me food till I am satis- fied. Because I am undoubtedly the Sun-god." O lord, tell me, with what will you be satisfied, O Sun- god? What type of food should I serve you? I shall do so after hearing from you. "Give unto me as food all immovable beings, O most excellent one among donors. I shall be satisfied with it, O king, and not with anything else." "All the immovable beings cannot be burnt by the fiery splendour of a human being, O most excellent one among those who blaze, I make my obeisance unto you." Out of anger, he cursed the saintly king in the manner already recounted to you by me. Svahi, the most excellent one among Svahavans (i.e. those who perform Tajnas where the Mantra 'Svaha' is repeat- ed) was the son ofVrjinlvan. Svahi's son Ruseku* became a king and the most excellent one among donors. * Persons conversant with Puragas praise Aksara* as the son of Prthusravas. Suyajfia was the son of Aksara and Usanas was his son. Our text dropped Sineyu as the son of Usanas and named his grandson Marutta as the son of Usanas vide AIHT, Five sons of great strength and prowess were born to Rukmakavaca. They could pierce the enemies and kill inimical warriors. They were Rukmesu, Prthurukma, Jyamagha, Parigha and Hari. The father established Parigha and Hari in the land of Videha. Rukmesu became king (as successor to his father,1) and Prthurukma became his dependant. Thus cheated (and defeated) by them, Jyamagha2 lived in a hermitage though (he was entitled to be) a king. On being told thus, she replied "To which son docs she belong to be called my daughter-in-law? By means of her severe and terrible penance, the exalted noble lady Saibya, in her old age, gave birth to her son Vidarbha. AlHT. names Par&vft instead of Rukmesu as the successor to Rukmakavaca. In regard to that race of kings, Brahmanas conver- sant with the Puranas sing the following verses. They glorify the good qualities of the noble-souled Devavrdha. Once, at the close of night, that excellent person among riders in the chariot (a great warrior) viz. Satrajit went in his chariot to the banks (of the river) in order to take water for offering libations to the sun. On hearing this, the Sun-god removed the excellent jewel Syamantaka1 from his own neck and tied it round the neck of the king. Thereupon, the king saw him in his physical form. On seeing him, he was delighted and he carried on a pleasant talk with him for a short while. The king wore that jewel when he entered the city. He made the entire city wonder-struck and entered his harem. With great love, that king Satrajit gave that divine excellent jewel Syamantaka to his brother Prasena. Parjanya (god of clouds and rain) would shower plenty of rain in that country where this jewel named Syaman- taka happened to exist. There would be no danger from ailments or epidemics in that country. Govinda (Krsia) expressed his desire to have that excellent jewel Syamantaka from Prasena, but did not get it. Although he was powerful enough, he did not take it by force. Once Prasena bedecked himself with that jewel and went for hunting. For the sake of Syamantaka (i.e. on account of it) he met with a terrible death from a lion. Jambavan, the king of bears, killed that lion. He took the divine jewel and entered his cave. Compare the story of Syamantaka in Bh.P.X.Chs 56 and 57. Elderly persons among the Vrsnis and Andhakas considered that murder of Prasena an act of Krsna who was covetous of the jewel. They suspected him alone. The lord, the destroyer of enemies, who jvas more powerful than they did not brook that false accusation. So he roamed about in the forest to trace Prasena. After reporting to her husband (i.e. Krsna) the Hari (Krsna) performed the obsequies of Pantfavas who were supposed to have been burnt in the lac palace at Varanavata. He engaged Satyaki in activities of welfare* (?). for the brothers. Then a fierce battle ensued between Bhoja and Krsna. Satadhanva looked for Akrura in every direction. Akrura left Bhoja and Srikrsna without bringing about any truce between them. Though he was able to fight, he did not own loyalty, due to perfidy. Then Satadhanvan became frightened. He decided to go away from that place. Hrdaya (the mare of Satadhanvan) ran more than a hundred Yojanas. The mare named Hrdaya belonged to Bhoja. It was reputed as one capable of going a hundred Yojanas. It was a divine mare with which he fought with Krsna. On seeing Hrdaya exhausted due to the fast running at the close of the hundredth Yojana of the journey and on observing the misfortune (?) of the chariot, Satadhanvan began to run on foot. Then, due to fatigue and affliction, O Brahmanas, that vital breath of that mare went up in the sky. Then Krsna said to Rama. "O mighty one, wait here. I have found out that there is a defect in the mare. I shall go on foot and take away the excellent jewel Syamantaka". He did not see Syamantaka (with him). When Krsna returned after killing Bhoja of great strength, the wielder of plough (i.e. Bala-Rama) said to him "Give me the jewel*'. "I tolerate this since you are my brother. Welfare unto you. I am going away. I have nothing to do with Dvaraka, you and the Vrsnis." Thereafter, Rama, the suppressor of foes entered Mithila. With the offering of all desirable objects he was honoured by the king of Mithila himself. This intelligent noble-minded son of Gandini (Akrura) adopted initiation along with Kavaca (coat of mail) as protection, for keeping Syamantaka. Those sacrifices of that noble-souled one are famous as AkrUrayajhas. In all of them, food and monetary gifts were in plenty. All of them yielded everything one desired. Then king Duryodhana went to Mithila. The lord had a training in mace-fighting under Balabhadra. The training was usually of a divine nature. Akrura, a powerful leader of men, came back along with the Andhakas after killing Satrughna along with Bandhuman. When Danapati (i.e. Akrura) returned to Dvaraka once again, the thousand-eyed lord (Indra) rained every- where (even) within the ocean. In order to gain the love (of Krsna), O leading sages, Akrura, the glorious one gave his sister ( in marriage ) to Vasudeva, a girl honoured by everyone for her good conduct. By means of his Yogic power, Krsna understood that the jewel Syamantaka was with Babhru (i.e. Akrura). Hence, he spoke thus to Akrura in the open Assembly hall. Then, at the instance of Krsna, the highly intelli- gent Babhru handed over, without hesitation and mental strain, the jewel (to Krsna) in the Assembly of all Satvatas. Then Krsna, the suppressor of enemies, became delighted in his mind. He returned to Babhru the jewel he had obtained from Babhru, by a straightforward deal. After obtaining from Kf§na the excellent jewel Syamantaka, the son of Gandini wore it and shone like the Sun. He who understands this false accusation of the lord and the excellent way in which the lord cleared himself, will not at all be a victim of false accusation.

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चरूथी--विल्मी--कवची-श्रुत--सेन--दुम्दुभी. इत्यादि रुद्र है

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That king of Ka£i greatly honoured Svaphalka and made him stay there. The chastiser of Paka (i.e. Indra) showered rain on account of the stay of Svaphalka. Svaphalka obtained as his wife the daughter of the king of Kasi, named Gandini. Every day she gave a cow as a gift to a Brahmana.1 A popular etymology of GSxhdini. The daughter of the king of KasI bore four sons to Satyaka viz. — Kukura, Bhajamana, Suci and Kambalabarhis. They were Devaka and Ugrasena. Both of them were on a par with those born of divine womb. Heroic sons comparable to the Devas were born to Devaka. They were Devavan, Upadeva, Sudeva, and Deva- raksita. They had seven sisters. He gave them to Vasudeva in marriage. A scholarly son named Kambalabarhis was born to Devabahu. Asamaujas was his son. (Another son) Susamaujas was very famous. Krsna gave Sucandra and Vasurupa (as sons in adoption) to Asamaujas of whom no son was born. He who repeats the names of and glorifies this race of Andhakas every day, attains an extensive family of himself. There is no doubt in this matter. Sura begot Devamldhvan (Dcvaml<jhusa) of Asmaki. Ten persons were bom of Mari si from Sura. Maris! belonged to the Bhoja family. Bimba, Upabimba, Sattvadanta and Mahaujas — these four persons of great strength are well known as the sons ofBhadra (?) In these circumstances, Visnu, the lord of worlds, became Prajapati once again (being bom) as the long- lived Krsna. Subhadra, who used to speak pleasantly well (Bhadrabhasini) was bom subsequent to Krsna. This lady who delighted the family of Vr$ni became well renowned later as Krsna and Subhadra. Santideva gave birth to Janastambha the illustrious scion of the family of Sauri. To the other lady, a powerful heroic son of Vasudeva was born. He was the Nisada (forester) n£med Jara (?). He was the foremost archer. Anadhrsti begot of Asmaki, a powerful son Srad- dhadeva. He was a destroyer of enemies. All his enemies had receded from him. With pleasure Krsna gave his sons Carudesna and Samba for adoption to Garujusa who had no children. These two sons were well up in the use of arms. They were endowed with highly laudable characteristics. He who duly observes holy rites and reads this story of the birth of Krsna or narrates it to a Brahmana, shall obtain great happiness. Krsna, the lord of the Devas, the Prajapati (lord or procreator of subjects) who was originally Lord Narayana, was born among human beings for the sake of sport. ( Partially defective text). The lord had created Prajapati (god Brahma) the primordial Being from a lotus. The lord well-known as Visnu became the younger brother of Indra after being born as the son of Aditi. Devas propitiated the omnipresent Lord for being born as the son of Aditi. Causing delusion to the subjects through his Maya (illusive Powerj, the lord incarnated and the lord of the Devas (i.e. Indra) caused shower of flowers from the sky. With words full of auspicious purport and signi- ficance, thousands of great sages, along with the Gandharvas eulogised and prayed to Madhusudana. Being permitted by the lord, the father took him to the abode of Nanda the cowherd (who was staying) in the house of Ugrasena and handed him to Yasoda. Yasoda and Devaki had become pregnant at the same time. Yasoda was the wife of Nandagopa, the head of cowherds. * Guarding the son bom to him, Vasudeva of great fame, handed over his son to Yasoda and took the girl with him. The evil-minded (Kamsa) handed the girl back (to Vasudeva) and said with pleasure — "She is my daughter in the same way as yours. There is no doubt in this. O heroic one, I will not kill her. Let her go wherever she pleases". Wherefor did the Bhoja king Kariisa kill the infant sons of Vasudcva? It behoves you to clarify this. At the marriage of Dcvaki and Vasudeva the intelligent Kamsa acted as the charioteer. At that time he was the crown-Prince. Then in the sky rose the speech of some incompre- hensible person. It was a divine speech. It was very loud and witnessed by the people of the world merely because the name of Kamsa was uttered by it. "O Kamsa, out of afTection, you are taking your sister by means of a chariot. The eighth child of that lady shall be your killer". On hearing that aerial voice, Kamsa, the foolish one, became distressed. He drew his sword and became intent on killing her. The Valorous Vasudeva of great power said to Kamsa the son of Ugrasena, out of friendship or love. — "O scion of the family of Yadavas, you are a K$atriya and it does not behove you to kill a woman. In this matter (under reference) a certain remedy has been found out by me. O lord of the Earth, I shall hand over to you the eighth son that will be born of her. With him, you can do what you deem proper. O munificent one, do not behave now in.the way you wish. In this manner, O excellent one among men, this aerial voice too will not be erroneous". On regaining his wife, Vasudeva became delighted. The foolish-minded Karhsa of evil deeds killed his sons. WhenDharma (Virtue) became lost, Visnu himself was bom in the family of Vrsni in order to re-establish Dharma and annihilate Asuras. Sahgramajit, Satajit and Sahasrajit — these were glorified as the sons of Visvaksena born of Sudevl. The children of the daughter of Nagnajit were these — viz. Vrka, VrkaSva, Vrkajit, Mitrabahu and Sunltha were sons. Vrjini, the excellent lady, was her daughter. These and others constitute thousands of sons. Understand that it is mentioned that Vasudeva's sons were about a million. Eighty thousand among them were- great heroes and experts in war. Thereof her sons viz. Ananda, Kanaka and Sveta were well-known. They shone splendidly in battles. She had a daughter also named Sveta. Gitra, Sura and Gitraratha were the sons of Agavaha. Gitrasena was his son. He had a daughter Citravati Tumba had two sons viz. Tumba (?) and Tumbavarcas. Bhurindrasena and Bhuri were the sons of Gavesana. Kasya ( Princess of Kasi) bore five courageous and strong sons to Samba. They are glorified as five shining heroes beginning with Satya. Those powerful Asuras who were killed in the battles between the Devas and Asuras are born here among human beings. They harass human beings. Thus the progeny of Vfsnis has been glorified succinctly and in detail. That must be glorified by one who is desirous of achievement of fame.