Keśin

यत्नेषु सर्वेष्वपि नावकेशी केशी स भोजेशितुरिष्टबन्धुः ।
त्वं सिन्धुजावाप्य इतीव मत्वा संप्राप्तवान्सिन्धुजवाजिरूपः

yatneṣu sarveṣvapi nāvakeśī keśī sa bhojeśituriṣṭabandhuḥ tvaṁ sindhujāvāpya itīva matvā saṁprāptavānsindhujavājirūpaḥ

“Among all efforts, even Keśin, the dear-friend of the Bhoja-king's lord, was without seed. Thinking 'I shall reach the Lord of the sea-born one' (sindhujā = Lakṣmī, sea-born; her Lord = Krishna), he came in the form of a sea-horse.”

गन्धर्वतामेष गतोऽपि रूक्षैर्नादैः समुद्वेजितसर्वलोकः ।
भवद्विलोकावधि गोपवाटीं प्रमर्द्य पापः पुनरा पतत्त्वाम्

gandharvatāmeṣa gato'pi rūkṣairnādaiḥ samudvejitasarvalokaḥ bhavadvilokāvadhi gopavāṭīṁ pramardya pāpaḥ punarā patattvām

“Even taking the gandharva form, with rough sounds shaking all the world, going to the cowherd-place, crushing it; the wicked one again, falling on you...”

तार्क्ष्यार्पिताङ्घ्रेस्तव तार्क्ष्य एष चिक्षेप वक्षोभुवि नाम पादम् ।
भृगोः पदाघातकथां निशम्य स्वेनापि शक्यं तदितीव मोहात्

tārkṣyārpitāṅghrestava tārkṣya eṣa cikṣepa vakṣobhuvi nāma pādam bhṛgoḥ padāghātakathāṁ niśamya svenāpi śakyaṁ taditīva mohāt

“You held him by the legs as he charged, swung him in the air, and threw him so hard that his body broke into pieces. The horse-demon was finished.”

प्रवञ्चयन्नस्य खुराञ्चलं द्रागमुं च विक्षेपिथ दूरदूरम् ।
संमूर्छितोऽपि हतिमूर्छितेन क्रोधोष्मणा खादितुमाद्रुतस्त्वाम्

pravañcayannasya khurāñcalaṁ drāgamuṁ ca vikṣepitha dūradūram saṁmūrchito'pi hatimūrchitena krodhoṣmaṇā khāditumādrutastvām

“The cowherds gathered around the carcass in wonder. Yet another demon had been ended. Their child seemed inexhaustible.”

त्वं वाहदण्डे कृतधीश्च बाहादण्डं न्यधास्तस्य मुखे तदानीम् ।
तद्वृद्धिरुद्धश्वसनो गतासुः सप्तीभवन्नप्ययमैक्यमागात्

tvaṁ vāhadaṇḍe kṛtadhīśca bāhādaṇḍaṁ nyadhāstasya mukhe tadānīm tadvṛddhiruddhaśvasano gatāsuḥ saptībhavannapyayamaikyamāgāt

“By that killing, even Brahmā came to praise you in person. He named you 'Keśava' from this day, the slayer of Keśin. The name stuck.”

आलम्भमात्रेण पशोः सुराणां प्रसादके नूत्न इवाश्वमेधे ।
कृते त्वया हर्षवशात्सुरेन्द्रास्त्वां तुष्टुवुः केशवनामधेयम्

ālambhamātreṇa paśoḥ surāṇāṁ prasādake nūtna ivāśvamedhe kṛte tvayā harṣavaśātsurendrāstvāṁ tuṣṭuvuḥ keśavanāmadheyam

“Then came Vyoma, another demon; you killed him too in play. The list of demons was nearly exhausted.”

कंसाय ते शौरिसुतत्वमुक्त्वा तं तद्वधोत्कं प्रतिरुध्य वाचा ।
प्राप्तेन केशिक्षपणावसाने श्रीनारदेन त्वमभिष्टुतोऽभूः

kaṁsāya te śaurisutatvamuktvā taṁ tadvadhotkaṁ pratirudhya vācā prāptena keśikṣapaṇāvasāne śrīnāradena tvamabhiṣṭuto'bhūḥ

“By each killing, the foretelling of Vasudeva and Devakī was brought closer to fulfilment.”

कदापि गोपैः सह काननान्ते निलायनक्रीडनलोलुपं त्वाम् ।
मयात्मजः प्राप दुरन्तमायो व्योमाभिधो व्योमचरोपरोधी

kadāpi gopaiḥ saha kānanānte nilāyanakrīḍanalolupaṁ tvām mayātmajaḥ prāpa durantamāyo vyomābhidho vyomacaroparodhī

“Lord, by such daily killing of what would harm the cowherd-place, you cleared the field. Clear my field.”

स चोरपालायितवल्लवेषु चोरायितो गोपशिशून्पशूंश्च ।
गुहासु कृत्वा पिदधे शिलाभिस्त्वया च बुद्ध्वा परिमर्दितोऽभूत्

sa corapālāyitavallaveṣu corāyito gopaśiśūnpaśūṁśca guhāsu kṛtvā pidadhe śilābhistvayā ca buddhvā parimardito'bhūt

“Lord of the wind-house, save me from the inner Keśins, the prides that keep galloping at me.”

एवंविधैश्चाद्भुतकेलिभेदैरानन्दमूर्छामतुलां व्रजस्य ।
पदे पदे नूतनयन्नसीमां परात्मरूपिन् पवनेशपायाः

evaṁvidhaiścādbhutakelibhedairānandamūrchāmatulāṁ vrajasya pade pade nūtanayannasīmāṁ parātmarūpin pavaneśapāyāḥ

“Save me by such direct breaking.”