Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 64
Sourceअथ चतुःषष्टितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच सर्व कृत्वा परामर्शं सत्यकश्च पुरोहितः । बुद्धिमाञ्छुक्रशिष्यश्च तमुवाच हितं मुने ।। १ ।। सत्यक उवाच भयं त्यज महाभाग भयं किं ते मयि स्थिते । कुरु यागं महेशस्य मर्वारिष्टविनाशनम् ।। २ ।। यागो धनुर्मखो नाम बह्वन्नो बहुदक्षिणः । दुःशप्नानां नाशकरः शत्रुभीतिविनाशकः ।। ३ ।। आध्यात्मिकमाधिदैवमाधिभौतिकमुत्कटम् । एषां त्रिविधोत्पातानां खण्डनो भूतिवर्धंनः ।। ४ ।। यागे समाप्ते शंभुश्च जरामृत्युहरं वरम् । ददाति साक्षाद्भवति दाता च सर्वसंपदाम् ।। ५ ।। चकारेमं च यागं च पुरा बाणो महाबलः । नन्दी परशुरामश्च भल्लश्च बलिनां वरः ।। ६ ।। पुरा ददौ धनुरिदं शिवो नन्दीश्वराय च । यागेन भूत्वा सिद्धः स ददौ बाणाय धार्मिकः ।। ७ ।। कृत्वा यागं महासिद्धो ददौ रामाय पुष्करे । तुभ्यं ददौ परशुरामः कृपया च कृपानिधिः ।। ८ ।। सहस्रहस्तपरिमितं दैर्ध्येऽतिकठिनं नृप । दशहस्तप्रशस्तं च शंकरेच्छाविनिर्मितम् ।। ९ ।। पशुपतेः पशुपतं युक्तयानेन दुर्वहम् । सर्वे भङ्क्तुं न शक्ताश्च देवं नारायणं विना ।। १० ।। यागे च धनुषः पूजां शंकरस्य तु शंकरे । कुरु शीघ्रं शुभार्थं च सर्वान्कुरु निमन्त्रणम् ।। ११ ।। अस्मिन्यागे धनुर्भङ्गो भवेद्यदि नराधिप । विनाशो यजमानस्य भविष्यति न संशयः ।। १२ ।। भग्ने धनुषि यागश्च भग्नो भवति निश्चितम् । फलं ददाति को वाऽत्र चानिष्पन्ने च कर्मणि ।। १३ ।। ब्रह्मा च धनुषो मूले मध्ये नारायणः स्वयम् । अग्रे चोग्रप्रतापश्च महादेवो महामते ।। १४ ।। धनुर्हि त्रिविकारं च सद्रत्नखचितं वरम् । ग्रीष्ममध्याङ्नमार्तंण्डप्रभाप्रच्छन्नकारण् ।। १५ ।। अशक्तश्च नमयितुमनन्तश्च महाबलः । सुर्यश्च कार्तिकेयश्च का कथाऽन्यस्य भूमिप ।। १६ ।। त्रिपुरारिः पुराऽनेन जघान त्रिपुरं मुदा । निर्भयं कुरु स्वच्छन्दं मङ्गलार्ह महोत्सवम् ।। १७ ।। मत्यकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा चन्द्रवंशविवर्धनः । उवाच कंसः सर्वार्थे सततं च हितैषिणम् ।। १८ ।। कंस उवाच वसुदेवगृहे जज्ञे मद्वधी कुरनाशनः । स्वच्छन्दं नन्दगेहे च वर्धते नन्दनन्दनः ।। १९ ।। मद्वन्धुवर्गाञ्छूरांश्च मन्त्रिणः सुविशारदान् । भगिनीं पूतनां पूतां जघान बालको बली ।। २०।। गोवर्धनं दधार्रककरेण बलवर्धनः । महेन्द्रस्य च शूरस्य चकार च पराभवम् ।। २१ ।। ब्रह्माणं दर्शयामास ब्रह्मरूपं चराचरम् । निवहं बारवत्सानां चकार कृत्रिमं मुदा ।। २२ ।। तमेव बलिनं हन्तुं मन्त्रणां कुरु सत्यक । मम शत्रुर्विना तेन नास्तिह धरणीतले ।। २३ ।। नहि स्वर्गे न पाताले त्रिषु लोकेषु निश्चितम् । सन्ति सन्तश्च राजानः सर्वत्र मम बान्धवाः ।। २४ ।। महातपस्वी ब्रह्मा च तपस्वीं शंकरः स्वयाम् । विष्णुः सर्वत्र सर्वात्मा समदर्शो सनातनः ।। २५ ।। नन्दपुत्रं निहत्याहं त्रिषु लोकेषु पूजितः । मार्वभौमो भविष्यामि सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो महान् ।। २६ ।। स्वर्गे निहत्य शक्रं च दुर्बलं दैत्यनिर्जितम् । भविष्यामि महेन्द्रश्च तत्र निर्जित्य भास्करम् ।। २७ ।। यक्ष्मग्रस्तं च चन्द्रं च ममैव पूर्वपूरुषम् । वायुं कुबेरं वरुणं यमं जेष्यामि निश्चितम् ।। २८ ।। गच्छ नन्दव्रजं शीघ्रं नन्दं च नन्दनन्दनम् । तद्भ्रातरं च बलिनं बलमानय संप्रतम् ।। २९ ।। कंसस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच स सत्यकः । हितं सत्यं नीतिसारं परं सामयिकं तथा ।। ३० ।। सत्यक उवाच अक्रूरमुद्धवं वाऽपि वसुदेवमथापि वा । प्रस्थापय महाभाग नन्दव्रजमभीप्सितम् ।। ३१ ।। सत्यकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा वसन्तं तत्र संसदि । स्वर्णसिंहासनस्थं च वसुदेवमुवाच सः ।। ३२ ।। कंम उवाच तत्तवज्ञो नीतिशास्त्राणां त्वमुपायविशारदः । व्रज नन्दव्रजं बन्धो वसुदेव मुतालयम् ।। ३३ ।। वृषभानं च नन्दं च बलं च नन्दनन्दनम् । शीघ्रमानय यज्ञेऽत्र सर्वं गोकुलवासिनम् ।। ३४ ।। गृहीत्वा पत्रिकां दूता गच्छन्तु च चतुर्दिश्म् । नृपान्मुनिगणान्सर्वान्कर्तुं विज्ञापनं मुदा ।। ३५ ।। नृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः । उवाच वचनं ब्रह्मन् हृदयेन विदूषता ।। ३६ ।। वसुदेव उवाच नियुक्तमत्र राजेन्द्र गमनं मम सांप्रतम् । विज्ञापितुं नन्दव्रजं नन्दं वा नन्दनन्दनम् ।। ३७ ।। यद्यायातो नन्दपुत्रो यागो ते च महोत्सवे । अवश्यं तद्विरोधश्च भविष्यति त्वया सह ।। ३८ ।। तमहं च समानीय कारयिष्यामि संयुतम् । इति मे न हि भद्रं च विध्नस्तस्य तवापि च ।। ३९ ।। पित्राऽऽनोतो मृतः कृष्ण इति सर्वो वदिष्यति । वसुदेवः सुतद्वारा जघान नृपमेव च ।। ४० ।। द्वयोरेकतरस्यापि सद्यो मृत्युर्भविष्यति । पतिष्यन्ति च शूराश्च नास्ति युद्धं निरामिषम् ।। ४१ ।। वसुदेववचः श्रुत्वा रक्तपङ्कचलोचनः । खड्गं गृहीत्वा तं हन्तुं प्रययौ नृपतीश्वरः ।। ४२ ।। हाहेति कृत्वा पुत्रं च वारयामास तत्क्षणम् । उग्रसेनो महाराजमतीव बलवान्मुने ।। ४३ ।। स्वपीठाद्वसुदेवश्च कोपाविष्टो गृहं ययौ । अक्रूरं प्रेरयामास गन्तुं नन्दव्रजं नृपः ।। ४४ ।। दूतान्प्रस्थापयामास शीघ्रं प्रतिदिशं तथा । आययुर्मुनयः सर्वे नृपश्च सपरिच्छदा ।। ४५ ।। दिक्पालाश्च सुराः सर्वे ब्राह्मणाश्च तपस्विनः । सनकश्च सनन्दश्च वोढुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा ।। ४६ ।। सनत्कुमारो भगवान्प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा । कपिलश्चासुरिः पैलः सुमन्तुश्च सनातनः ।। ४७ ।। पुलहश्च पुलस्त्यश्च भृसुश्च क्रतुरङ्गिराः । मरीचिः कश्यपश्चैव दक्षोऽत्रिश्च्यवनस्तथा ।। ४८ ।। भरद्वाजश्च व्यासश्च गौतमश्च पराशरः । प्रचेताश्च वसिष्ठश्च संवर्तश्च बृहस्पतिः ।। ४९ ।। कात्यायनो याज्ञवल्क्योऽप्युत्तङ्कः सौभरिस्तथा । पर्वतो देवलश्चैव जैगीषव्यश्च जैमिनिः ।। ५० ।। विश्वामित्रश्च सुतपाः पिप्पलः शाकटायनः । जाबालिर्जाङ्गलिश्चैव पिशलिश्च शिलालिकः ।। ५१ ।। आस्तौकश्च जगत्कारुस्तथा कल्याणमित्रकः । दुर्वासा वामदेवश्च ऋष्यश्रृङ्गो विभाण्डकः ।। ५२ ।। पथिः कविः कणादश्च गौशिकः पाणिनिस्तथा । कौत्सोऽद्यमर्षणश्चैव वाल्मीकिर्लोमहर्षणः ।। ५३ ।। मार्कणडेयो मृकण्डुश्च पर्शुरामश्च सांकृतिः । अगस्त्यश्च तथा वान्तस्तथाऽन्ये मुनयो मुने ।। ५४ ।। सशिष्याश्च सपुत्राश्च ब्राह्मणाश्च तपस्विनः । जरासंधो दन्तवक्रो दाम्भिको द्रविडाधिपः ।। ५५ ।। शिशुपालो भीष्मकश्च भगदत्तश्च मुद्गलः । धार्तराष्ट्रो धूमकेशो धूम्रकेतुश्च शम्बरः ।। ५६ ।। शल्यः सत्राजितः शङ्कुर्नृपाश्चान्ये महाबलाः । भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपाचार्यो ह्यश्वत्थामा महाबलाः ।। ५७ ।। भूरिश्रवाश्च शाल्वश्च कैकेयः कौशलस्तथा । सर्वान्संभाषयामास महाराजो यथोचितम् सत्यको यज्ञदिवसे चकार च शुभक्षणम् ।। ५८ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo कंसयज्ञ- कथानं नाम चतुःषष्टितमोध्यायः ।। ६४ ।।
atha catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyaṇa uvāca sarva kṛtvā parāmarśaṃ satyakaśca purohitaḥ | buddhimāñchukraśiṣyaśca tamuvāca hitaṃ mune || 1 || satyaka uvāca bhayaṃ tyaja mahābhāga bhayaṃ kiṃ te mayi sthite | kuru yāgaṃ maheśasya marvāriṣṭavināśanam || 2 || yāgo dhanurmakho nāma bahvanno bahudakṣiṇaḥ | duḥśapnānāṃ nāśakaraḥ śatrubhītivināśakaḥ || 3 || ādhyātmikamādhidaivamādhibhautikamutkaṭam | eṣāṃ trividhotpātānāṃ khaṇḍano bhūtivardhaṃnaḥ || 4 || yāge samāpte śaṃbhuśca jarāmṛtyuharaṃ varam | dadāti sākṣādbhavati dātā ca sarvasaṃpadām || 5 || cakāremaṃ ca yāgaṃ ca purā bāṇo mahābalaḥ | nandī paraśurāmaśca bhallaśca balināṃ varaḥ || 6 || purā dadau dhanuridaṃ śivo nandīśvarāya ca | yāgena bhūtvā siddhaḥ sa dadau bāṇāya dhārmikaḥ || 7 || kṛtvā yāgaṃ mahāsiddho dadau rāmāya puṣkare | tubhyaṃ dadau paraśurāmaḥ kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ || 8 || sahasrahastaparimitaṃ dairdhye'tikaṭhinaṃ nṛpa | daśahastapraśastaṃ ca śaṃkarecchāvinirmitam || 9 || paśupateḥ paśupataṃ yuktayānena durvaham | sarve bhaṅktuṃ na śaktāśca devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vinā || 10 || yāge ca dhanuṣaḥ pūjāṃ śaṃkarasya tu śaṃkare | kuru śīghraṃ śubhārthaṃ ca sarvānkuru nimantraṇam || 11 || asminyāge dhanurbhaṅgo bhavedyadi narādhipa | vināśo yajamānasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 12 || bhagne dhanuṣi yāgaśca bhagno bhavati niścitam | phalaṃ dadāti ko vā'tra cāniṣpanne ca karmaṇi || 13 || brahmā ca dhanuṣo mūle madhye nārāyaṇaḥ svayam | agre cograpratāpaśca mahādevo mahāmate || 14 || dhanurhi trivikāraṃ ca sadratnakhacitaṃ varam | grīṣmamadhyāṅnamārtaṃṇḍaprabhāpracchannakāraṇ || 15 || aśaktaśca namayitumanantaśca mahābalaḥ | suryaśca kārtikeyaśca kā kathā'nyasya bhūmipa || 16 || tripurāriḥ purā'nena jaghāna tripuraṃ mudā | nirbhayaṃ kuru svacchandaṃ maṅgalārha mahotsavam || 17 || matyakasya vacaḥ śrutvā candravaṃśavivardhanaḥ | uvāca kaṃsaḥ sarvārthe satataṃ ca hitaiṣiṇam || 18 || kaṃsa uvāca vasudevagṛhe jajñe madvadhī kuranāśanaḥ | svacchandaṃ nandagehe ca vardhate nandanandanaḥ || 19 || madvandhuvargāñchūrāṃśca mantriṇaḥ suviśāradān | bhaginīṃ pūtanāṃ pūtāṃ jaghāna bālako balī || 20|| govardhanaṃ dadhārrakakareṇa balavardhanaḥ | mahendrasya ca śūrasya cakāra ca parābhavam || 21 || brahmāṇaṃ darśayāmāsa brahmarūpaṃ carācaram | nivahaṃ bāravatsānāṃ cakāra kṛtrimaṃ mudā || 22 || tameva balinaṃ hantuṃ mantraṇāṃ kuru satyaka | mama śatrurvinā tena nāstiha dharaṇītale || 23 || nahi svarge na pātāle triṣu lokeṣu niścitam | santi santaśca rājānaḥ sarvatra mama bāndhavāḥ || 24 || mahātapasvī brahmā ca tapasvīṃ śaṃkaraḥ svayām | viṣṇuḥ sarvatra sarvātmā samadarśo sanātanaḥ || 25 || nandaputraṃ nihatyāhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu pūjitaḥ | mārvabhaumo bhaviṣyāmi saptadvīpeśvaro mahān || 26 || svarge nihatya śakraṃ ca durbalaṃ daityanirjitam | bhaviṣyāmi mahendraśca tatra nirjitya bhāskaram || 27 || yakṣmagrastaṃ ca candraṃ ca mamaiva pūrvapūruṣam | vāyuṃ kuberaṃ varuṇaṃ yamaṃ jeṣyāmi niścitam || 28 || gaccha nandavrajaṃ śīghraṃ nandaṃ ca nandanandanam | tadbhrātaraṃ ca balinaṃ balamānaya saṃpratam || 29 || kaṃsasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca sa satyakaḥ | hitaṃ satyaṃ nītisāraṃ paraṃ sāmayikaṃ tathā || 30 || satyaka uvāca akrūramuddhavaṃ vā'pi vasudevamathāpi vā | prasthāpaya mahābhāga nandavrajamabhīpsitam || 31 || satyakasya vacaḥ śrutvā vasantaṃ tatra saṃsadi | svarṇasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca vasudevamuvāca saḥ || 32 || kaṃma uvāca tattavajño nītiśāstrāṇāṃ tvamupāyaviśāradaḥ | vraja nandavrajaṃ bandho vasudeva mutālayam || 33 || vṛṣabhānaṃ ca nandaṃ ca balaṃ ca nandanandanam | śīghramānaya yajñe'tra sarvaṃ gokulavāsinam || 34 || gṛhītvā patrikāṃ dūtā gacchantu ca caturdiśm | nṛpānmunigaṇānsarvānkartuṃ vijñāpanaṃ mudā || 35 || nṛpasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ brahman hṛdayena vidūṣatā || 36 || vasudeva uvāca niyuktamatra rājendra gamanaṃ mama sāṃpratam | vijñāpituṃ nandavrajaṃ nandaṃ vā nandanandanam || 37 || yadyāyāto nandaputro yāgo te ca mahotsave | avaśyaṃ tadvirodhaśca bhaviṣyati tvayā saha || 38 || tamahaṃ ca samānīya kārayiṣyāmi saṃyutam | iti me na hi bhadraṃ ca vidhnastasya tavāpi ca || 39 || pitrā''noto mṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa iti sarvo vadiṣyati | vasudevaḥ sutadvārā jaghāna nṛpameva ca || 40 || dvayorekatarasyāpi sadyo mṛtyurbhaviṣyati | patiṣyanti ca śūrāśca nāsti yuddhaṃ nirāmiṣam || 41 || vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā raktapaṅkacalocanaḥ | khaḍgaṃ gṛhītvā taṃ hantuṃ prayayau nṛpatīśvaraḥ || 42 || hāheti kṛtvā putraṃ ca vārayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam | ugraseno mahārājamatīva balavānmune || 43 || svapīṭhādvasudevaśca kopāviṣṭo gṛhaṃ yayau | akrūraṃ prerayāmāsa gantuṃ nandavrajaṃ nṛpaḥ || 44 || dūtānprasthāpayāmāsa śīghraṃ pratidiśaṃ tathā | āyayurmunayaḥ sarve nṛpaśca saparicchadā || 45 || dikpālāśca surāḥ sarve brāhmaṇāśca tapasvinaḥ | sanakaśca sanandaśca voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā || 46 || sanatkumāro bhagavānprajvalanbrahmatejasā | kapilaścāsuriḥ pailaḥ sumantuśca sanātanaḥ || 47 || pulahaśca pulastyaśca bhṛsuśca kraturaṅgirāḥ | marīciḥ kaśyapaścaiva dakṣo'triścyavanastathā || 48 || bharadvājaśca vyāsaśca gautamaśca parāśaraḥ | pracetāśca vasiṣṭhaśca saṃvartaśca bṛhaspatiḥ || 49 || kātyāyano yājñavalkyo'pyuttaṅkaḥ saubharistathā | parvato devalaścaiva jaigīṣavyaśca jaiminiḥ || 50 || viśvāmitraśca sutapāḥ pippalaḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ | jābālirjāṅgaliścaiva piśaliśca śilālikaḥ || 51 || āstaukaśca jagatkārustathā kalyāṇamitrakaḥ | durvāsā vāmadevaśca ṛṣyaśrṛṅgo vibhāṇḍakaḥ || 52 || pathiḥ kaviḥ kaṇādaśca gauśikaḥ pāṇinistathā | kautso'dyamarṣaṇaścaiva vālmīkirlomaharṣaṇaḥ || 53 || mārkaṇaḍeyo mṛkaṇḍuśca parśurāmaśca sāṃkṛtiḥ | agastyaśca tathā vāntastathā'nye munayo mune || 54 || saśiṣyāśca saputrāśca brāhmaṇāśca tapasvinaḥ | jarāsaṃdho dantavakro dāmbhiko draviḍādhipaḥ || 55 || śiśupālo bhīṣmakaśca bhagadattaśca mudgalaḥ | dhārtarāṣṭro dhūmakeśo dhūmraketuśca śambaraḥ || 56 || śalyaḥ satrājitaḥ śaṅkurnṛpāścānye mahābalāḥ | bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpācāryo hyaśvatthāmā mahābalāḥ || 57 || bhūriśravāśca śālvaśca kaikeyaḥ kauśalastathā | sarvānsaṃbhāṣayāmāsa mahārājo yathocitam satyako yajñadivase cakāra ca śubhakṣaṇam || 58 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo kaṃsayajña- kathānaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamodhyāyaḥ || 64 ||
English translation
Yajna of Kaihsa Narayana said- O sage, Satyaka the family priest of Kaihsa, who was quite intelligent and a pupil of Sukracarya took into consideration ail that had been spoken by the king. He then spoke to him beneficial words.
Satyaka said- O virtuous one, be fearless, why should you be afraid when I am there. You perform the yajna of Siva which removes all the The yajna is called after Dhanurmakha and after its performance, one has to give away as daksind food and riches, which removes the bad dreams and destroys all dangers from the enemy.
While performing this yajna one is relieved of the dangers like Adhyatmika, Adhidaivika and Adhibhautika disturbances besides removing all obstructions. It also bestows on one enough of At the end of the yajna lord Siva himself appears in person and removing old age and death, bestows the desired boon. Thereafter the performer of the yajna is filled with all the In earlier times the valorous Banasura, Nandi, Parasurtoa and Bhalla the best of the warriors had performed this yajna, In earlier times Siva had given this bow to Nandlsvara who met with success in the yajna.
The religious-minded Nandlsvara handed over i the bow to Banasura. By achieving success through the yajna Bana handed over the bow at j Puskara region to Parasurama and the compassionate Parasurama had given the same to | O king, the bow is a thousand hands in length, it is quite hard and ten hands in width. It moves I according to the will of Siva.
This Pasupata weapon of ^iva is difficult to be moved. No one else can break it except You adore this bow in the welfare yajna of Siva and extend invitation to all.
O king in case the bow is broken in the yajna the performer of the yajna has to meet with his end. There is no doubt about it.
TSrt ^ tT gjiJfbn I?? 11 And with the breaking of the bow the yajna is surely desecrated. When the yajna is not completed then the question of reaping its reward would not arise.
O intelligent one, Brahma resides at the base of the bow, Narayana in the middle and lord Siva resides in the ground. First of all it is inlaid with gems and issues lustre like the sun or the mid¬ day sun of the summer season.
O king, the valorous Ananta, Surya and Karttikeya cannot handle it, then what to speak of others? In the earlier times Siva had killed Tripurasura with this bow. Therefore, you arrange for the success of this yajna fearlessly.
On hearing the words of Satyaka, Kaihsa, the king of the solar race, spoke to the family priest who was his great well-wisher.
Kaihsa said- My killer and the destroyer of my race, Krsna, has been bom in the house of Vasudeva and is presently living in the house of That valorous boy has killed my valorous relatives and quite competent courtiers besides He is competent enough to increase his strength at will and could raise up the mountain Govarddhana on a single hand and also defeated the immensely powerful Mahendra.
He also displayed his divine form to Brahma and also created illusory cowherds and cowherdesses besides the calves.
Therefore, O Satyaka, you somehow manage the killing of the same valorous boy because in the entire universe, except that boy there is no one else who could be inimical to me.
In heaven, Patala and earth there is no other enemy for me. This is certain. All the best of the kings everywhere in the world are friendly to me.
Brahma is an ascetic and similar is the case with Siva while Visnu is all-pervading and eternal, therefore, simply with the killing of Kr§na the son of Nanda, I would be adored the world over.
I shall then become the lord of the seven continents and a great king.
By defeating the daityas and the gods in the heaven, I shall kill the weak Indra and defeating the sun I shall achieve the place of Mahendra.
My ancestors who are suffering from consumption besides the wind, Kubera, Varuna and Yama would surely be defeated by me.
Therefore you go to the city of Vraja mled by Nanda. Go to the Nanda and bring Krsna here as well as his brother Baladeva expeditiously.
On hearing the words of Kaihsa, Satyaka spoke beneficial words which were quite appropriate and could bestow prosperity.
Satyaka said- O virtuous one, in Vraja of Nanda, you kindly depute Akrura, Uddhava and On hearing the words of Satyaka, Kaihsa spoke to Vasudeva who was seated on a lion- throne in the court.
Kamsa said- O brother Vasudeva, you are well-versed in polity and are quite competent in the making of devices. Therefore, you go to the place of your son in' Vraja of Nanda, informing them about the festivities of yajna. You bring with you Vrsabhanu, Nanda, Balabhadra, Krsna and all the residents of Gokula here.
The messengers carrying the messages of the king moved to other kings and the sages on all O Brahman, on hearing the words of the king the throat, lips and palate of Vasudeva were dried up and he spoke with a painful heart.
Vasudeva said- O king, you have entrusted the duty of my going to Vraja and to invite Nanda and his son, but in case the son of Nanda arrives here at the time of the festivities, your yajna here is bound to face some controversies.
Then should I bring him for waging a war? It will not be proper for me and it would be a sort of obstruction there. The people would say that Krsna was killed when he was brought here by his father himself or otherwise Vasudeva got the king killed through his son.
Either one of you would be surely killed at the spot and no one knows the number of warriors which would be killed further because the war can never be peaceful.
On hearing the words of Vasudeva, the eyes of the great king Kamsa became red with anger. He holding a sword in his hand rushed to kill At this slight, Ugrasena cried in panic and dissuaded Kamsa from doing so, Vasudeva also left for his abode in anger. Thereafter the king Kaihsa deputed Akrura to Vraja for getting the son of Nanda to Mathura.
The messengers were dispatched in all the directions and all the kings and the sages arrived there together with their companions.
pRrr I m? 11 All the Dikpalas, the gods, the Tapasvls Pancansikha, Sanatkumara, illumining with divine lustre, then Kapila, Asuri, Paila, Sumanta, Agastya, Vanta and several other sages arrived O sage, accompanied by the sons and the pupils of the Tapasvis, Brahmanas besides and several other valorous kings including Bhis ma, Droiia, Kipacarya, the valorous Asvatthama, Bhurisrava, Salva, Kaikeya and Kausala. The great king Kaihsa talked to each one of them appropriately and Satyaka started the yajna in an auspicious time.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 122394 (2017-09-17T13:50:31Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1320–n1325: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1320/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.