अध्याय ५१
श्लोक 1
काले गच्छति सौम्यौ तौ दारकौ कृतनामकौ पञ्च संवत्सरान् प्राप्तौ शोभयानौ व्रजं मुहुः ।कृष्णसंकर्षणौ चोभौ रिङ्गिनौ समपद्यताम्
kāle gacchati saumyau tau dārakau kṛtanāmakau pañca saṃvatsarān prāptau śobhayānau vrajaṃ muhuḥ | kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇau cobhau riṅginau samapadyatām
हिन्दी अर्थ
उन्होंने उसे कोई उत्तर नहीं दिया। तब गम्भीर घोषके साथ वहाँ आकाशवाणी हुई, जो महात्मा बलदेवके क्रोधको बढ़ानेवाली थी-- 'श्रीमानू बलदेवजी सत्य कहते हैं। यह रुक््मी धर्मतः पराजित हो चुका है ! यद्यपि इसने दावँ लगाते समय कोई बात नहीं कही थी तो भी इसने जो पासा फेंकने आदिका कर्म किया, उससे उस दावँमें इसका सहयोग स्वतः सिद्ध हो जाता है। इसने मनसे उस दावँको स्वीकार कर लिया था, ऐसा समझना चाहिए '॥ ३६--४४ ॥ आकाशसे सुन्दर ढंगसे कहा गया यह यथार्थ वचन सुनकर बलवान संकर्षण उठकर खड़े हो गये और उन्होंने सोनेके बने हुए विशाल अष्टापर्दके द्वारा रुक्मिणीके बड़े भाई रुक््मीको पृथ्वीपर मार गिराया। विवादमें कुपित हुए यदुनन्दन बलरामने अपने ऊपर आक्षेप करनेवाले रुक्मीको पटककर अष्टापदसे ही मार डाला॥ ४५-४६ ॥ वहाँसे हटकर अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए संकर्षणने कलिड्रराज जयत्सेनके सारे दाँत तोड़
English
Hearing the words of Ugrasena, Krishna was filled with surprise. And consoling him he said (31). "O sire, O foremost of kings, what you have said behoves your age and family and becomes your nature (32). While the inevitable work is over, why do you say so? Although dead, Kansa will receive funeral honors befitting a king (33). O sire, you are born in a great race and know every thing that should be known. Why do you not then understand that destiny is inevitable (34)? O king, pristine deeds of all creatures, mobile and immobile, attain to fullness in time (55). O foremost of kings, even the liberal, beautiful and rich sovereigns, always kind to the poor, endued with prowess like that of Mahendra, well read in Srutis, laws and knowledge of Brahman, and like unto the regents of quarters, are carried away by Death (36–37). You know too that many a pious king, ever intent on protecting their subjects, devoted to Kshitriya dutes, self-controlled and well-read in all, meet with death in time (38). When the proper time comes men, by enjoyment or suffering, can understand whether his actions have been good or bad (39). O king, even the gods cannot understand the true nature of Māyā that exists in the hearts of all. Karma is the instrument of people's being stupified thereby (40). Urged on by his pristine deeds Kansa has met with death in time; I am not the cause thereof. Karma (pristine action) and Kāla (Time) are the instruments thereof (41). This universe, consisting of the sun and moon, mobile and immobile creations, meets with dissolution in time and springs up into existence again in time (42). Time subdues and favours all and therefore all the creatures are subject to time (43). O king, your son has been consumed by his own sin. I am not the instrument thereof but Time is the cause (44). Your son has been slain by his own actions; I am surely the instrument no doubt (45). Powerful is Time and it is difficult to know its course. This is known to persons who impartially look into the essence of things (46). That is the course of Time by which everything comes within its ken. Let it go, do what I