Viśvajit-khaṇḍa · Chapter 3
Sourceश्रीनारद उवाच - अथ नत्वा हरिं कार्ष्णिरुग्रसेनं बलं गुरुम् ॥ नीत्वाज्ञां रथमारुह्य कुशस्थल्या विनिर्ययौ ॥१॥ तथा तमनुगाः सर्वे यादवा उद्धवादयः ॥ भोजवृष्ण्यंधकमधु-शूरसेनदशार्हकाः ॥२॥ तथा स्वभ्रातरः सर्वे गदाद्याः कृष्णनोदिताः ॥ सपुत्रा सबलाः सर्वे सांबाद्याश्च महारथाः ॥३॥ किरीटिनः कुंडलिनो लोहकंचुकमंडिताः ॥ चतुरंगबलोपेताः कोटिशस्ते विनिर्ययुः ॥४॥ कलापिहंसगरुड-मीनतालध्वजै रथैः ॥ सूर्यमंडलसंकाशैश्चंचलाश्वनियोजितैः ॥५॥ हेमकुंभैः सशिखरैर्मुक्तातोरणराजितैः ॥ विडंबयद्भिर्नितरां वायुवेगमतः परम् ॥६॥ चामरांदोलितैर्दिव्यैर्वीरमंडलमंडितैः ॥ सौवर्णैर्देवधिष्णाभै रेजुर्वीरा मनोहराः ॥७॥ मदच्युताश्चित्रमुखा हेमजालसमन्विताः ॥ महोद्भटा गजा उच्चरणद्घण्टारुणांबराः ॥८॥ गिरीन्द्रशिखरा भद्रा द्विपेंद्रान् दिग्विभावितान् ॥ विडंबयन्तो दृश्यंते राजसैन्ये द्विपा नृप ॥९॥ केचिद्भद्रास्तु कथिताः केचिद्भद्रमृगाः परे ॥ विंध्याचलभवाः केचित्केचित्काश्मीरसंभवाः ॥१०॥ मलयप्रभवाः केचिद्धिमाद्रिप्रभवाः परे ॥ मौरंगप्रभवाः केचित्कैलासवनसंभवाः ॥११॥ ऐरावतकुलेभाश्च चतुर्दंता कलापिनः ॥ त्रिशुंडा गरुडाभाश्च गच्छंति भुवि चांबरे ॥१२॥ ध्वजयुक्ताः कोटिगजाः कोटिदुंदुभिसंयुताः ॥ कोटिसैन्या महामात्यै रत्नमंडलमंडिताः ॥१३॥ गर्जयंतो घनश्यामा नीडोदुंबरराजिताः ॥ इतस्ततो विरेजुस्ते बलेऽब्धौ मकरा इव ॥१४॥ करैर्गुल्मान्समुत्पाट्य क्षेपयंतोऽर्कमंडलम् ॥ कंपयंतो भुवं पादैर्मदैरार्द्रीकृताचलाः ॥१५॥ दुर्गाद्रिगंडशैलादीन्पातयंतः शिरःस्थलेः ॥ खंडयंतश्च शत्रूणां बलमेतादृशा गजाः ॥१६॥ तुरंगा निर्गता राजन् केचिन्मात्स्याः कलिंगजाः ॥ औशीनराः कौशलाश्च वैदर्भाः कुरुजांगलाः ॥१७॥ कांबोजजाः सृंजयजाः कैकयाः कुंतिसंभवाः ॥ दारदाः केरला आंगा बांगा विकटसंभवाः ॥१८॥ कौंकणाः कोटकाः केचित्कर्णाटा गौर्जरा हयाः ॥ सौवीराः सैंधवाः केचित्पांचाला अर्बुदाः परे ॥१९॥ काच्छाश्च केचिदानर्ता गांधारा मालवादयः ॥ महाराष्ट्रभवाः केचित्तैलंगा जलसंभवाः ॥२०॥ परिपूर्णतमस्यापि श्रीकृष्णस्य महात्मनः ॥ वाजिशालासु वर्त्तंते तेऽपि सर्वे विनिर्गताः ॥२१॥ श्वेतद्वीपाश्च वैकुंठात्तथाऽजितपदा नृप ॥ रमावैकुंठलोकाच्च प्राप्ता ये तेऽपि निर्गताः ॥।२२॥ हेमहारसमायुक्ता मुक्तामालामनोहराः ॥ शिखामणिमहारश्मिसेविताः सुपरिच्छदाः ॥२३॥ चामरैर्मंडिताः पुच्छमुखपादस्फुरत्प्रभाः ॥ यादवानां महासैन्ये दृश्यन्ते चेदृशा हयाः ॥२४॥ वायुवेगा मनोवेगा न स्पृशंतः पदैर्भुवम् ॥ अपक्वसूत्रेष्वतिगा बुद्बुदेष्वपि मैथिल ॥२५॥ व्रजंतः पारदमनु जालेषूर्णाभवेषु च ॥ दृश्यंतेऽपि निराधारा स्फारा वारिषु मैथिल ॥२६॥ गंडशैलनदीदुर्गगर्तप्रासादसंचयान् ॥ विलंघयंतः सततं चंचलास्ते तुरंगमाः ॥२७॥ मायूरीं तैत्तरीं क्रौञ्चीं हंसी ये खांजनीं गतिम् ॥ कुर्वंतो भुवि नृत्यंतो मैथिलेन्द्र इतस्ततः ॥२८॥ केचित्सपक्षा दिव्यांगाः श्यामकर्णा मनोहराः ॥ पीतपुच्छाश्चंद्रवर्णा वाजिशालाविनिर्गताः ॥२९॥ उच्चैःश्रवःकुले जाताः सूर्यवाजिभवाः परे ॥ आश्विनीसुतविद्याढ्या वरुणेन प्रयोजिताः ॥३०॥ केचिन्मंदारभाः केचिच्चित्रवर्णा मनोहराः ॥ आश्विनीपुष्पसंकाशाः स्वर्णाभा हरितप्रभाः ॥३१॥ पद्मरागप्रभाः केचित्सर्वलक्षणलक्षिताः ॥। कोटिशः कोटिशो राजन्नन्येऽपि निर्गता हयाः ॥३२॥ धनुर्भृतो भटाः सैन्ये संग्रामे लब्धकीर्तयः ॥ शक्तित्रिशूलासिगदावर्मपाशधराः परे ॥३३॥ वर्षंतः शस्त्रधाराभिः प्रलयाब्धिसमा नृप ॥ दिग्गजा इव दृश्यंते मर्दयन्तो ह्यरीन्मृधे ॥३४॥ एवं विनिर्गतं राजन् यदूनां विपुलं बलम् ॥ दृष्ट्वा सुरासुराः सर्वे विसिस्मुः परमाद्भुतम् ॥३५॥
śrīnārada uvāca - atha natvā hariṃ kārṣṇirugrasenaṃ balaṃ gurum || nītvājñāṃ rathamāruhya kuśasthalyā viniryayau ||1|| tathā tamanugāḥ sarve yādavā uddhavādayaḥ || bhojavṛṣṇyaṃdhakamadhu-śūrasenadaśārhakāḥ ||2|| tathā svabhrātaraḥ sarve gadādyāḥ kṛṣṇanoditāḥ || saputrā sabalāḥ sarve sāṃbādyāśca mahārathāḥ ||3|| kirīṭinaḥ kuṃḍalino lohakaṃcukamaṃḍitāḥ || caturaṃgabalopetāḥ koṭiśaste viniryayuḥ ||4|| kalāpihaṃsagaruḍa-mīnatāladhvajai rathaiḥ || sūryamaṃḍalasaṃkāśaiścaṃcalāśvaniyojitaiḥ ||5|| hemakuṃbhaiḥ saśikharairmuktātoraṇarājitaiḥ || viḍaṃbayadbhirnitarāṃ vāyuvegamataḥ param ||6|| cāmarāṃdolitairdivyairvīramaṃḍalamaṃḍitaiḥ || sauvarṇairdevadhiṣṇābhai rejurvīrā manoharāḥ ||7|| madacyutāścitramukhā hemajālasamanvitāḥ || mahodbhaṭā gajā uccaraṇadghaṇṭāruṇāṃbarāḥ ||8|| girīndraśikharā bhadrā dvipeṃdrān digvibhāvitān || viḍaṃbayanto dṛśyaṃte rājasainye dvipā nṛpa ||9|| kecidbhadrāstu kathitāḥ kecidbhadramṛgāḥ pare || viṃdhyācalabhavāḥ kecitkecitkāśmīrasaṃbhavāḥ ||10|| malayaprabhavāḥ keciddhimādriprabhavāḥ pare || mauraṃgaprabhavāḥ kecitkailāsavanasaṃbhavāḥ ||11|| airāvatakulebhāśca caturdaṃtā kalāpinaḥ || triśuṃḍā garuḍābhāśca gacchaṃti bhuvi cāṃbare ||12|| dhvajayuktāḥ koṭigajāḥ koṭiduṃdubhisaṃyutāḥ || koṭisainyā mahāmātyai ratnamaṃḍalamaṃḍitāḥ ||13|| garjayaṃto ghanaśyāmā nīḍoduṃbararājitāḥ || itastato virejuste bale'bdhau makarā iva ||14|| karairgulmānsamutpāṭya kṣepayaṃto'rkamaṃḍalam || kaṃpayaṃto bhuvaṃ pādairmadairārdrīkṛtācalāḥ ||15|| durgādrigaṃḍaśailādīnpātayaṃtaḥ śiraḥsthaleḥ || khaṃḍayaṃtaśca śatrūṇāṃ balametādṛśā gajāḥ ||16|| turaṃgā nirgatā rājan kecinmātsyāḥ kaliṃgajāḥ || auśīnarāḥ kauśalāśca vaidarbhāḥ kurujāṃgalāḥ ||17|| kāṃbojajāḥ sṛṃjayajāḥ kaikayāḥ kuṃtisaṃbhavāḥ || dāradāḥ keralā āṃgā bāṃgā vikaṭasaṃbhavāḥ ||18|| kauṃkaṇāḥ koṭakāḥ kecitkarṇāṭā gaurjarā hayāḥ || sauvīrāḥ saiṃdhavāḥ kecitpāṃcālā arbudāḥ pare ||19|| kācchāśca kecidānartā gāṃdhārā mālavādayaḥ || mahārāṣṭrabhavāḥ kecittailaṃgā jalasaṃbhavāḥ ||20|| paripūrṇatamasyāpi śrīkṛṣṇasya mahātmanaḥ || vājiśālāsu varttaṃte te'pi sarve vinirgatāḥ ||21|| śvetadvīpāśca vaikuṃṭhāttathā'jitapadā nṛpa || ramāvaikuṃṭhalokācca prāptā ye te'pi nirgatāḥ |||22|| hemahārasamāyuktā muktāmālāmanoharāḥ || śikhāmaṇimahāraśmisevitāḥ suparicchadāḥ ||23|| cāmarairmaṃḍitāḥ pucchamukhapādasphuratprabhāḥ || yādavānāṃ mahāsainye dṛśyante cedṛśā hayāḥ ||24|| vāyuvegā manovegā na spṛśaṃtaḥ padairbhuvam || apakvasūtreṣvatigā budbudeṣvapi maithila ||25|| vrajaṃtaḥ pāradamanu jāleṣūrṇābhaveṣu ca || dṛśyaṃte'pi nirādhārā sphārā vāriṣu maithila ||26|| gaṃḍaśailanadīdurgagartaprāsādasaṃcayān || vilaṃghayaṃtaḥ satataṃ caṃcalāste turaṃgamāḥ ||27|| māyūrīṃ taittarīṃ krauñcīṃ haṃsī ye khāṃjanīṃ gatim || kurvaṃto bhuvi nṛtyaṃto maithilendra itastataḥ ||28|| kecitsapakṣā divyāṃgāḥ śyāmakarṇā manoharāḥ || pītapucchāścaṃdravarṇā vājiśālāvinirgatāḥ ||29|| uccaiḥśravaḥkule jātāḥ sūryavājibhavāḥ pare || āśvinīsutavidyāḍhyā varuṇena prayojitāḥ ||30|| kecinmaṃdārabhāḥ keciccitravarṇā manoharāḥ || āśvinīpuṣpasaṃkāśāḥ svarṇābhā haritaprabhāḥ ||31|| padmarāgaprabhāḥ kecitsarvalakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ ||| koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo rājannanye'pi nirgatā hayāḥ ||32|| dhanurbhṛto bhaṭāḥ sainye saṃgrāme labdhakīrtayaḥ || śaktitriśūlāsigadāvarmapāśadharāḥ pare ||33|| varṣaṃtaḥ śastradhārābhiḥ pralayābdhisamā nṛpa || diggajā iva dṛśyaṃte mardayanto hyarīnmṛdhe ||34|| evaṃ vinirgataṃ rājan yadūnāṃ vipulaṃ balam || dṛṣṭvā surāsurāḥ sarve visismuḥ paramādbhutam ||35||
English translation
Description of the Gajasena, cavalry and warriors of the Yadavas who set out for Digvijaya under Pradyumna
Srinardji says - Rajan! Thereafter, after saluting Lord Krishna, King Ugrasena, Balaramji and Guru Gargacharya, taking their orders, Pradyumra rode out of Kushasthali Puri on a chariot. Then all the Yadavas, Bhojvanshis, Vrishnivanshis, Andhakvanshis, Madhuvanshis, Shurvanshis, and Dasarbhavanshis followed them. Then all the heroes, including Krishna's brother Gada, took the permission of Krishna and left with their sons and armies. Maharathi like Samba also accompanied Pradyumna. 1-3.
They were all decorated with Yadava-vir kirtas, kundals, and iron armour. He was accompanied by an army of hundreds of thousands of Chaturanginis. They all moved out of Dwarkapuri. Their chariots were adorned with flags bearing the symbols of Peacock, Swan, Garuda, Pisces, and Talak, radiant as the solar system, and mounted by agile horses. The urns and spires of those chariots were made of gold, adorned with beads. All of them followed the chariot speed. Divine incense was being poured into them. They were adorned with a community of heroes and shone brightly like golden gods and goddesses, with such chariots glorifying those magnificent heroes. The army consisted of the most eccentric high-ranking Gajarajas, whose garrisons bore fruit. His face was painted with an odd letter. They were decorated with golden armour. He had a red pendant on his back and bells hanging on either side of him. O Lord! The elephants in that army looked like the spires of a king. Those gentlemen Gajendra appeared to imitate the Gajarajas - giants present in different directions. There were some gentry, which has been discussed. The others belonged to the Bhadramug caste. Some elephants originated in the Vindhyachal mountains and some were Kashmiri. Many were of Malayachala origin. Many were born in the Himalayas. Some Murunds were born in the country and many were born in the forests of Mount Kailash. Many were born into the Airavata clan, which had four tusks and adorned their necks with chains (girdani or girao). They had three spines in the upper part and could walk on the ground and even in the sky. 4-12 |
Hundreds of thousands of elephants were adorned with flags. Millions of dandubhis were placed on them. The hundreds of thousands of elephants within that army were studded with gemstones and were inspired by the Mahavats. Roaring, covered in black and blue scorching clouds, those Gajrajas adorned themselves like crocodiles in the sea of armies. They uprooted vines with their tusks and threw them towards the solar system, shaking the earth with foot strikes and dampening the mountains with heavy rains. They also had the power to knock down forts, rocks, and boulders from the collision of their mounds, and to cut down enemy forces. Such and such elephants were present in that Yadava army. 13-16 | (Vishwajitkhand chapter 1 to 5)
The king! The Gajasena was followed by an army of horses. Some of those horses were from Matsyadesa, some from Kalinda Hills, some from Usinara, some from Kosala, Vidarbha, and Kurujangal. Some were born in the Kambojian (Kabuli), some in the Sranjayadeshis, some in the Kekay and Kunti countries. Some were born in the districts of Dard, Kerala, Anga, Vanga, and Vikta. Many were horses bred in Konkan, Kotak, Karnataka and Gujarat. Some of the soldiers were deshis and others were Sindhis. Many originated in Panchal (Punjab) and Abu. There were a lot of kutchi horses. Some were horses of the Anarta, Gandhara, and Malwa countries. Some originated in Maharashtra, some were bred in the Tailang country, and some were sea horses. 17-20 |
The horses that were present in the stables of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Shri Krishna, also set out on that triumphal journey. Some of them came from the White Islands. Some who were horses from Vaikuntha, Ajitapada and Ramavaikuntha-loka also left with that army. They were adorned with gold necklaces and adorned with beads. Their crests were adorned with beads, whose far-reaching rays adorned the horses, and their furnishings were exquisite. The horses, adorned with leather (kalangi), had their tails, mouths, and feet gleaming with light. In that large army of Yadavas, one could see horses which were as fast as wind and beads. They did not touch the earth with their feet, they flew. Mithileshwar! Their speed was so light that they could walk on raw yarn and even on bubbles. They were also seen walking aimlessly on the mercury, on spider webs, and on water fountains. They continued to traverse the meandering equestrian valleys, rivers, inaccessible places, potholes, and even high palaces. Maithilendra. They danced around the earth, imitating the movements of peacocks, pheasants, cranes, geese, and kangaroos. Many of the horses were winged. His body was divine, his ears dark, his figure charming. The hair on the tail was yellow, and the body was white like the moon. They too had come out of Krishna's stables. Some horses were born into the Upper Shravake clan, some were born from the horses of the Sun God. Many horses were endowed with the Vidya (the art of walking) taught by the Ashwini Kumaras. Many were taught good manners by the god Varuna. Some of the kite was similar to a mandarin flower. Some of the picturesque horses were cobblestones. Many of the colours were yellow, similar to the Ashwini-pushpa (kaner). Many of the horses were shaded with gold and green. Many of the horses were Padmrag-Maniki-C Kantiwale. They all seemed to have all the auspicious traits. The king! Apart from these, millions of other horses came out of Kushasthali Puri. 21-32 | (Vishwajitkhand chapter 1 to 5)
The archers of the army were heroes who had won laurels for their valor in many battles. They were all armed with power, tridents, swords, maces, shields, and rods. O Lord! They looked like a cataclysmic ocean, raining down weapons. Enemies were seen trampled and crushed like giants in the battlefield. The king! Thus emerged the mighty army of the Yadavas, who were astounding. Seeing this, the gods and the demons were all amazed. 33-35 |
Thus was completed the third chapter in the Narada Bahulashva-Samvad under the Vishwajit Khanda in the Srigarghasamhita, the 'Journey of the Yadavasena'. 3.
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