अहो मे सुप्रियं कृष्ण यत् त्वं मानुषदेहवान् समग्रं वैष्णवं तेजो विनिगूहसि रोषितः॥ १६ ॥
aho me supriyaṃ kṛṣṇa yat tvaṃ mānuṣadehavān samagraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tejo vinigūhasi roṣitaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
निकुम्भने देखा, युद्धमें जिनपर विजय पाना अत्यन्त कठिन है, वे श्रीकृष्ण यज्ञमण्डपसे थोड़ी ही दूरपर अर्जुनके साथ खड़े हैं॥ २४॥ फिर तो उसने बड़े जोरसे सिंहनाद करके अत्यन्त भयंकर परिधद्वारा पक्षिराज यमौच वासुदेव स साम्बं काम च वीर्यवान् युयुधे मायया हैत्य: शीघ्रकारी च भारत। न चैनं ददृशुः सर्वे सर्वशस्त्रविशारदा: यदा तु नैवापश्यंस्तं तदा बिल्वोदके श्वरम् । दध्यो देवं हषीकेश: प्रमथानां गणेश्वरम् बिल्वोदकेश्वरस्याशुनिकुम्भं मायिनां वरम्
English
Vaishampayana said:—Kālayavana, the king of Yavanas, was highly powerful and used to govern the inhabitants of his city in pursuance of royal duties (1). He was wise, conversant with three Vargas,²⁷⁴ proficient in six Gunas²⁷⁵ innocent of sevenfold calamities,²⁷⁶ endued with all accomplishments, well-versed in Srutis, pious, truthful, a master of his senses, acquainted with the rules of war, an expert in capturing forts, heroic, of great strength and used to honor his ministers. One day encircled by his ministers he was seated at ease and the learned and intelligent Yavanas, discoursing amongst themselves on various celestial themes were adoring him (2–5). In the meantime there blew delightful, but exciting, cold and fragrant wind. Thereat the assembled Yavanas and the king Kālayavana were all worked up and thought "Whence it has come?" Thereupon they saw a car coming from the south. It was golden and white, lighted up with the lustre of jewels, adorned with celestial flags and pennons, drawn by horses fleet like the mind or air, adorned with tiger-skins, a terror to the enemies, the enhancer of joy to the friends, constructed by the celestial Architect, effulgent like the sun, the grinder of others' cars and embellished with jems like the rays of the sun and moon. The powerful and beautiful king of Soubha was seated thereon. Delighted greatly at seeing his friend the mighty-armed king of Yavanas, the foremost of speakers, repeatedly sent for Arghya and water to wash feet. And rising up from his throne and with Arghya in his hands he went out and waited at the landing stair of the car. Be holding the king Kālayavana, powerful like Sakra the highly energetic Shalya was greatly delighted, got down alone from the chariot with a confident heart and joyously entered into the Palace of Yavana for seeing his friend. Observing _arghya_ in the hands of the king of Yavanas, Shalya, the foremost of kings, said in sweet words:—"O thou of great effulgence, I am not now worthy of _arghya_. I am now an envoy of the kings and have been despatched to thee by the intelligent Jarāsandha. I therefore do not deserve _arghya_ from the kings" (5–18).