Adhyaya 35

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रूर अन्तरात्मासे युक्त हो वह कंस अपने पूर्वजन्मके दर्पसे ही उन्मत्त हो इस समय प्रजावर्गके लिये रोमाञ्जकारी बन गया है॥ ६७॥ वह न तो राजधर्ममें अनुराग रखता है, न अपने पक्षके लोगोंको ही सुख देता है और न अपने राज्यमें ही किसीका प्रिय करता है। सदा ही अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरा रहता है और केवल प्रजासे कर वसूल करनेकी ही रुचि रखता है॥६८॥ आपने जिसे युद्धमें पपाजित किया था, वह कालनेमि ही वहाँ 'कंस' बनकर प्रकट हुआ है। उसकी अन्तरात्मा आसुरभावसे युक्त है, जिसके द्वारा वह मांसभक्षी राक्षस समस्त लोकोंको पीड़ा देता है! केशी नाम हयो जात: स तस्यैव जघन्यज:

English

Vaishampayana said:—O my child, you have thus heard of the arrangement of the Daitya army in the war between the gods and demons. Hear, now of an account of the arrangement of the army of the gods as well as that of Vishnu's army (1). The Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras and the two highly powerful Aswinis took charge of their respective soldiers and attendants. The commander of the whole celestial army, the thousand-eyed Patriarch Pākashāna sat on his elephant Airavata in front (of the army). On his left was kept in readiness a car, quick coursing like Garuda, with beautiful wheels and adorned with gold and diamonds (2-4). Thousands of gods and Gandharvas and Yakshas followed him. And the effulgent Brāhmana saints, members of his court, began to chant his glories (5). Protected by Valāhakas, carrying weapons, accompanied by lightnings produced by the hurling of Indra's thunder-bolt and resembling mountains moving about at will, the Divine Maghavān began to proceed on his elephant. The Vipras, who live at a place where Havi is kept in Soma's sacrifice, sing his glories (6-7). When the king of gods repaired to the celestial region bugles were sounded. Thousands of Apsaras began to dance before him (8). As the sun shines, protected by Ketu, born in his own family so that chariot, protected by Mātali,¹⁴⁹ appeared beautiful. That car, drawn by a thousand horses, was fleet like the mind or the air. It appeared as if the mount Meru was enveloped with the rays of the sun (9-10). Raising up his rod and mace and terrifying the Daityas Yama stood in the midst of the celestial army (11). Varuna, with the mace in his hand, also stood there in the midst of the army of gods. He was surrounded by four oceans and Pannagas. His person was full of water and he was adorned with conch, jems and Angadas.¹⁵⁰ He always used to roam with the noose of Kāla in his hand. He made thousands of sports with the horses resembling the rays of the moon and waves agitated by the wind. His raiment was black and he put on beautiful Angadas made of corals. His person had the hue of sapphire and a necklace hung round his neck. He stood there in expectation of the battle as the ocean becomes agitated when it is separated from its bank (12–15). Kuvera, having a body dark-blue like sapphire, and men to carry him, was seen there along with the Yakshas, Rākshasas and Guhyakas (16). That lord of riches, that king of kings, was armed with conch, Padma¹⁵¹ and a club (17). That graceful king of riches¹⁵² was stationed in his car Pushpaka. That king of kings, that friend of Siva, that lord having men to carry him, appeared there for battle like the very Siva himself (18). The thousand-eyed Indra protected the eastern wing of the celestial army, Yama, the king of the ancestral manes, protected the southern wing, Varuna, the western wing and Kuvera, the northern wing (19). The four Regents of the quarters, dreadful in battle, protected the four sides of the celestial army and kept a vigilant watch over their respective quarters. (20). The sun shone there burning in his own effulgent rays, on his car, drawn by seven horses that course in the welkin (21), Shining in his own effulgence of thousand rays, and ascending the car in which he, conferring heat on all the eternal regions, goes to the rising and setting mountains, the _Dwādashātma_¹⁵³ lord of rays began to move about in the midst of the celestials (23–24). Delighting the universe with his cool and watery rays the moon, of cool rays, shone on his car drawn by white horses (24). The Danavas saw, in the battle-field, Soma, of cool rays who is the presiding deity of the Brāhmanas, is encircled by the stars, whose body is marked by the shadow of the earth, who dispells the nocturnal darkness, who is the lord of all luminous bodies in the sky, who is the source of all the juices, who is the lord and protector of all the plants, who is the source of nectar, who is the first source of food to the world, who is identical with gentle and cool juice and who distributes dews (25–27). Being excited by his own energy and joined by the cloud Vayu, the life of all creatures, began to blow there in contrary directions and assail the Daityas. He is the life of all creatures and lives in man as five vital airs; and being divided into seven it is sustaining the three worlds consisting of mobile and immobile creations. People call him the charioteer of fire and he is the cause and, lord of all. The source of his origin is the seven musical notes which are used in singing. He is called the most excellent element and is bodiless. He courses in the sky, goes very quickly and has sound for his origin (28–39). The Maruts, accompanied by the Devas, Gandharvas and Vidyadharas, began to sport there with unsheathed swords white as the serpents (32). Pouring, in anger, deadly venom the leading serpents became as it were the arrows of the gods, and began, with their mouths open, to range in the sky (33). All the mountains appeared before the gods to grind the Dānavas with their rocky summits and with trees consisting of hundreds of branches (34). The highly illustrious and intelligent lord Hari, the holder of discus and mace, who is the lotus-navelled Hrishikesha of three foot-steps, who is highly effulgent like the fire of dissolution, who is the master of the universe, who is Madhusudana, born from the ocean, who feeds on Havya and is honored by sacrifies, who is identical with earth, water and ether, who is at one with the elements, who gives peace and equanimity of mind, who destroys his enemies, who is the source and seed of the universe, who is the preceptor of the world and who has the emblem of Garuda on his flag, took up, in the midst of the celestial army, his enemy-killing discus, effulgent like the rising fire in the rising solar disc, the maces Vrihati and Mahati, that kill all the Asuras, in his left hand, the bow Sranga and other burning weapons in his remaining hands. The Lord Hari rode that huge-bodied younger brother of Aruna, the foremost of birds, Suparna, who was the best of the twice born living on serpents, who was the son of Kashyapa, who was superior even to the wind in fleetness, who used to agitate the sky, who had big serpents hanging from his mouth, who was huge like the mount Mandara that was set free after the churning of the ocean for ambrosia, who displayed his prowess hundreds of times in the encounter between the gods and demons, whose body was marked with thunder-bolt by the king of gods for ambrosia, who had tufts of down, who was adorned with shining ear-rings, who had a raiment of variegated feathers, who was huge like a mountain consisting of metals and who had on his spacious breast serpents of moon-like lustre shining with brilliant jems. He remained easily in the sky with his two beautifully painted wings like two clouds with rain-bow at the time of the universal dissolution. He was dreadful in the enemy's camp adorned with red, dark and yellow flags. The gods followed him in battle. The great ascetics sang the glories of Gadādhara with excellent hymns (35–48). Assisted by Kuvera, headed by Vivaswan's son Yama, encircled by Varuna the king of water, presided over by the king of gods, beautified by the rays of the moon, strengthened by the war-like gods, accompanied by the sounds of the wind, rendered brilliant by fire, and enveloped with Jishnu, Prahishnu, Bhrājishnu, and Vishnu energies the celestial army stood wonderfully for the battle. Angiras prayed for the well-being of the gods and Sukra, the preceptor of the Daityas, prayed for their well-being (49–52).

हिन्दी अर्थ

पौदोंसे शोभा पाते हैं और वहाँ पर्जन्यदेव समयपर वर्षा करते हैं॥६१॥ नर-नारियोंके आमोद-प्रमोदसे पूर्ण मथुरापुरी सदा अपनी शोभासे प्रकाशित होती रहती है। इस पुरी और प्रदेशमें किसी समय राजा शूरसेन निवास करते थे॥६२॥ उसी पुरीमें इस समय महाबली राजा उग्रसेन हैं, जो भोजबंशका भार वहन करते हैं। उनका पराक्रम कुमार कार्तिकेयके समान है॥६३॥ विष्णो! आपने तारकामय संग्राममें जिस कालनेमि नामक महाहैत्यका वध किया था, वह अब उन्हीं राजा उग्रसेनका पुत्र होकर प्रकट हुआ है॥६४॥ उसका नाम है कंस। उसके नेत्र बड़े-बड़े हैं। वह भोजबंशकी वृद्धि करनेवाला है। उसकी चाल-ढाल और पराक्रम सिंहके समान है। राजा कंस भूतलपर सर्वत्र विख्यात है॥६५॥ वह राजाओंके लिये अत्यन्त भयंकर है। भूमिपालोंके लिये शड्डनीय हो गया है। समस्त प्राणियोंको भय देनेवाला कंस सदाचारसे गिर गया है॥ ६६॥ दारुण प्रकृति और

English

¹⁴⁸ _i.e._ were fleet like the wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स दुष्ठो ह्ेषितपटुः केसरी निरवग्रहः। बृन्दावने वसत्येको नृणां मांसानि भक्षयन् गवामरित्वमापन्न: कामरूपी महासुरः स कुञ्धरत्वमापन्नो हैत्य: कंसस्य वाहन: लम्बो नामेति विख्यातो योउ5सौ हैत्येषु दर्पित:। प्रलम्बो नाम हैत्योडइसोौ वर्ट भाण्डीरमाश्रित:

English

¹⁴⁹ The charioteer of Indra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

खर इत्युच्यते हैत्यो धेनुकः सो5सुरोत्तम: । घोरं तालवन हैत्यश्वरत्युद्वासयन् प्रजा: दिवश्च्युतस्य हैत्यस्य गतिर्भवति मेदिनी “पहले जो घोड़ेके समान चलनेवाला अथवा पराक्रमी हयग्रीव नामसे विख्यात हैत्य था, वही 'केशी' नामक अश्वके रूपमें भूतलपर उत्पन्न हुआ है। इस समय केशी मानो कंसका छोटा भाई बना हुआ है॥७०॥ वह दुष्ट केशी हींसने या हिनहिनानेमें बड़ा पटु है। उसकी गर्दनपर बड़े-बड़े बाल हैं। वह सर्वथा उच्छूछुल है। वह मनुष्योंके मांसका ही आहार करता हुआ वृन्दावनमें अकेला ही निवास करता है॥७१॥ बलिका पुत्र

English

¹⁵⁰ A kind of ornament for the Arms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और तार नामसे प्रसिद्ध जो दो दानव थे, वे इस समय प्राग्ज्योतिषपुरमें, जो भूमिपुत्र नरकासुरका नगर है, निवास करते हैं॥७७॥ विष्णो! आपके द्वारा पराजित और निहत हुए ये हैत्य मानव-शरीर धारण करके भूतलपर मनुष्योंको पीड़ा दे रहे हैं॥७८॥ वे सब-के-सब आपको कथावार्तसे द्वेष रखते हैं और आपमें भक्ति रखनेवाले मनुष्योंको मार डालते हैं। आपके कृपा- प्रसादसे ही उन दानवोंका संहार हो सकता है वे आकाश या स्वर्गमें रहें तो भी आपसे डरते हैं। समुद्रमें रहें तो भी आपसे ही भयभीत होते हैं और पृथ्वीपर रहकर भी केवल आपसे ही भय खाते हैं, दूसरे किसीसे कदापि नहीं डरते हैं॥ ८० ॥ श्रीधर! जो आपके ही द्वारा मारा जाता है, दूसरेके द्वारा नहीं, उस हैत्यको, वह दुराचारी ही क्‍यों न रहा हो, आप ही प्राप्त होते हैं। परंतु जो दूसरेके द्वारा मारा गया है, वह हैत्य स्वर्गसे भ्रष्ट होनेपर पृथ्वीपर ही जन्म लेता है'

English

¹⁵¹ One of Kuvera's treasures or jems.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वं भारते कार्यगुरुस्त्वं चक्षुस्त्वं परायणम्। हाथसे मारा जाता है, उसे स्वर्गकी प्राप्ति भी दुर्लभ रहती है; (फिर आपकी प्राप्ति तो दूरकी बात है। अतः आप दया करके हैत्योंको मारकर उन्हें सद्ृति प्रदान करनेके लिये ही भूतलपर अवतार ग्रहण करें)॥ ८२॥ अतः विष्णो। आप स्वयं आइये। चलिये पृथ्वीपर चलें। वहाँ दानवोंके विनाशके लिये आप स्वयं ही अपने-आपको प्रकट करें॥ ८३॥ आपकी बहुत-सी मूर्तियाँ हैं, जो व्यक्त नहीं होती हैं। श्रेष्ठ देवता भी आपकी कुछ मूर्तियोंको देख पाते हैं और कुछको नहीं देख पाते हैं। आपके द्वारा रचे गये देवता उन्हीं मूर्तियोंमें भूतलपर प्रकट होंगे

English

¹⁵¹ One of Kuvera's treasures or jems.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विष्णो! आपके अवतार लेनेपर ही कंसका विनाश होगा और जिसके लिये पृथ्वी यहाँ आयी थी, वह सारा प्रयोजन सिद्ध हो सकेगा॥ ८५॥ हषीकेश! आपको भारतवर्षमें महान् कार्य करना है। आप ही सबके नेत्र हैं (नेत्रोंकी भाँति सन्मार्गका दर्शन कराते हैं) और आप ही सबके परम आश्रय हैं; अतः आइये, भूतलपर अवतार तदागच्छ हृषीकेश क्षितौ ताञ्जहि दानवान्॥ ८६ लेकर उन दानवोंका वध कीजिये' इति श्रीमहाभारते खिलभागे हरिवंशे हरिवंशपर्वीण नारदवाक्ये चतुष्पद्ञाशत्तमोउ5ध्याय:

English

¹⁵¹ One of Kuvera's treasures or jems.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरिए्ट चापि जानामि हैत्यं वृषभरूपिणम् कालियं चापि जानामि यमुनाहदगोचरम्। बैनतेयभयाद् यस्तु यमुनाहृदमाविशत् मानुषे पार्थिवे लोके मानुषत्वमुपागतम्। बाणं चर शोणितपुरे गुहप्रतिमतेजसम् दृप्त बाहुसहस्त्रेण देवैरपि सुदुर्जयम्। मय्यासक्तां च जानामि भारती महतीं धुरम्

English

¹⁵¹ One of Kuvera's treasures or jems.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षयो भुवि मया दृष्ट: शक्रलोके च सत्क्रिया। एषां पुरुषदेहानामपरावृत्तदेहिनाम् सम्प्रवेक्ष्याम्यहं योगमात्मनश्च परस्य च। सम्प्राप्य पार्थिवं लोक॑ मानुषत्वमुपागतः सुरदेवर्षिगन्धर्वैरितश्चानुमते मम 'मुझे यह भी ज्ञात है कि कालनेमि उग्रसेनपुत्र कंसके रूपमें इस पृथ्वीपर उत्पन्न हुआ है। घोड़ेका शरीर धारण करनेवाले केशी नामक हैत्यसे भी मैं अपरिचित नहीं हूँ॥४॥ कुबलयापीड हाथी, चाणूर

English

¹⁵¹ One of Kuvera's treasures or jems.