Vṛndāvana-khaṇḍa · Chapter 11
Sourceश्रीनारद उवाच - एकदा सबलः कृष्णश्चारयन् गा मनोहराः । गोपालैः सहितः सर्वैर्ययौ तालवनं नवम् ॥ १ ॥ धेनुकस्य भयाद्गोपा न गतास्ते वनान्तरम् । कृष्णोऽपि न गतस्तत्र बल एको विवेश ह ॥ २ ॥ नीलांबरं कटौ बद्ध्वा बलदेवो महाबलः । परिपक्वफलार्थं हि तद्वने विचचार ह ॥ ३ ॥ बाहुभ्यां कंपयन् तालान् फलसंघं निपातयन् । गर्जंश्च निर्भयः साक्षादनन्तोऽनन्तविक्रमः ॥ ४ ॥ फलानां पततां शब्दं श्रुत्वा क्रोधावृतः खरः । मध्याह्ने स्वापकृद्दुष्टो भीमः कंससखो बली ॥ ५ ॥ आययौ संमुखे योद्धुं बलदेवस्य धेनुकः । बलं पश्चिमपादाभ्यां निहत्योरसि सत्वरम् ॥ ६ ॥ चकार खरशब्दं स्वं परिधावन् मुहुर्मुहुः । गृहीत्वा धेनुकं शीघ्रं बलः पश्चिमपादयोः ॥ ७ ॥ चिक्षेप तालवृक्षे च हस्तेनैकेन लीलया । तेन भग्नश्च तालोऽपि तालान्पार्श्वस्थितान् बहून् ॥ ८ ॥ पातयामास राजेन्द्र तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । पुनरुत्थाय दैत्येंद्रो बलं जग्राह रोषतः ॥ ९ ॥ योजनं नोदयामास गजं प्रति गजो यथा । गृहीत्वा तं बलः सद्यो भ्रामयित्त्वाऽथ धेनुकम् ॥ १० ॥ भूपृष्ठे पोथयामास मूर्छितो भग्नमस्तकः । क्षणेन पुनरुत्थाय क्रोधसंयुक्तविग्रहः ॥ ११ ॥ मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा चतुःशृङ्गं धृत्वा रूपं भयंकरम् । गोपान् विद्रावयामास शृङ्गैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भयङ्करैः ॥ १२ ॥ अग्रे पलायितान् गोपान् दुद्रावाशु मदोत्कटः । श्रीदामा तं च दंडेन सुबलो मुष्टिना तथा ॥ १३ ॥ स्तोकः पाशेन तं दैत्यं स तताड महाबलम् । क्षेपणेनार्जुनोंऽशुश्च दैत्यं लत्तिकया खरम् ॥ १४ ॥ विशालर्षभ एत्याशु पादेन स्वबलेन च । तेजस्वी ह्यर्धचंद्रेण देवप्रस्थश्चपेटकैः ॥ १५ ॥ वरूथपः कंदुकेन संतताड महाखरम् । अथ कृष्णोऽपि तं नीत्वा हस्ताभ्यां धेनुकासुरम् ॥ १६ ॥ भ्रामयित्वाऽऽशु चोक्षेप गिरिगोवर्धनोपरि । श्रीकृष्णस्य प्रहारेण मूर्छितो घटिकाद्वयम् ॥ १७ ॥ पुनरुत्थाय स्वतुनुं विधुन्वन् दारयन्मुखम् । शृङ्गाभ्यां श्रीहरिं नीत्वा धावन्दैत्यो नभोगतः ॥ १८ ॥ चकार तेन खे युद्धमूर्ध्वं वै लक्षयोजनम् । गृहीत्वा धेनुकं दैत्यं श्रीकृष्णो भगवान्स्वयम् ॥ १९ ॥ चिक्षेपाधो भूमिमध्ये चूर्णितास्थिः स मूर्च्छितः । पुनरुत्थाय शृङ्गाभ्यां नादं कृत्वातिभैरवम् ॥ २० ॥ गोवर्धनं समुत्पाट्य श्रीकृष्णे प्राणितोत्खरः । गिरिं गृहीत्वा श्रीकृष्णः प्राक्षिपत्तस्य मस्तके ॥ २१ ॥ देत्यो गिरिं गृहीत्वाऽथ श्रीकृष्णे प्राहिणोद्बली । कृष्णो गोवर्धनं नीत्वा पूर्वस्थाने समाक्षिपत् ॥ २२ ॥ पुनर्धावन् महादैत्यः शृङ्गाभ्यां दारयन्भुवम् । बलं पश्चिमपादाभ्यां ताडयित्वा जगर्ज ह ॥ २३ ॥ ननाद तेन ब्रह्मांडं प्रैजद्भूखंडमंडलम् । हस्ताभ्यां संगृहीत्वा तं बलदेवो महाबलः ॥ २४ ॥ भूपृष्ठे पोथयामास मूर्च्छितं भग्नमस्तकम् । पुनस्तताड तं दैत्यं मुष्टिना ह्यचुताग्रजः ॥ २५ ॥ तेन मुष्टिप्रहारेण सद्यो वै निधनं गतः । तदेव ववृषुर्देवाः पुष्पैर्नन्दनसंभवैः ॥ २६ ॥ देहाद्विनिर्गतः सोऽपि श्यामसुन्दरविग्रहः । स्रग्वी पीतांबरो देवो वनमालाविभूषितः ॥ २७ ॥ लक्षपार्षदसंयुक्तः सहस्रध्वजशोभितः । सहस्रचक्रध्वनिभृद्धयायुतसमन्वितः ॥ २८ ॥ लक्षचामरशोभाढ्योऽरुणवर्णोऽतिरत्नभृत् । दिव्ययोजनविस्तीर्णो मनोयायी मनोहरः ॥ २९ ॥ किंकिणीजालसंयुक्तो घण्टामंजीरसंयुतः । हरिं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य सबलं दिव्यरूपधृक् ॥ ३० ॥ दिव्यं रथं समारुह्य द्योतयन्मंडलं दिशाम् । जगाम दैत्यो हे राजन् गोलोकं कंप्रकृतेः परम् ॥ ३१ ॥ श्रीकृष्णो धेनुकं हत्वा सबलो बालकैः सह । तद्यशस्तु प्रगायद्भिर्बभौ गोकुलगोगणैः ॥ ३२ ॥ राजोवाच - मुने मुक्तिं कथं प्राप्तः पूर्वं को धेनुकासुरः । कथं खरत्वमापन्न एतन्मे ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः ॥ ३३ ॥ श्रीनारद उवाच वैरोचनेर्बलेः पुत्रो नाम्ना साहसिको बली । नारीणां दशसाहस्रै रेमे वै गन्धमादने ॥ ३४ ॥ वादित्राणां नूपुराणां शब्दोऽभूत्तद्वने महान् । गुहायामास्थितस्यापि श्रीकृष्णं स्मरतो मुनेः ॥ ३५ ॥ दुर्वाससोऽथ तेनापि ध्यानभङ्गो बभूव ह । निर्गतः पादुकाऽऽरूढो दुर्वासाः कृशविग्रहः ॥ ३६ ॥ दीर्घश्मश्रुर्यष्टिधरः क्रोधपुंजानलद्युतिः । यस्य शापाद्विश्वमिदं कंपते स जगाद ह ॥ ३७ ॥ दुर्वासा उवाच - उत्तिष्ठ गर्दभाकार गर्दभो भव दुर्मते । वर्षाणां तु चतुर्लक्षं व्यतीते भारते पुनः ॥ ३८ ॥ माथुरे मंडले दिव्ये पुण्ये तालवने वने । बलदेवस्य हस्तेन मुक्तिस्ते भविताऽसुर ॥ ३९ ॥ नारद उवाच - तस्माद्बलस्य हस्तेन श्रीकृष्णस्तं जघान ह । प्रह्लादाय वरो दत्तो न वध्यो मे तवान्वयः ॥ ४० ॥
śrīnārada uvāca - ekadā sabalaḥ kṛṣṇaścārayan gā manoharāḥ | gopālaiḥ sahitaḥ sarvairyayau tālavanaṃ navam || 1 || dhenukasya bhayādgopā na gatāste vanāntaram | kṛṣṇo'pi na gatastatra bala eko viveśa ha || 2 || nīlāṃbaraṃ kaṭau baddhvā baladevo mahābalaḥ | paripakvaphalārthaṃ hi tadvane vicacāra ha || 3 || bāhubhyāṃ kaṃpayan tālān phalasaṃghaṃ nipātayan | garjaṃśca nirbhayaḥ sākṣādananto'nantavikramaḥ || 4 || phalānāṃ patatāṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā krodhāvṛtaḥ kharaḥ | madhyāhne svāpakṛdduṣṭo bhīmaḥ kaṃsasakho balī || 5 || āyayau saṃmukhe yoddhuṃ baladevasya dhenukaḥ | balaṃ paścimapādābhyāṃ nihatyorasi satvaram || 6 || cakāra kharaśabdaṃ svaṃ paridhāvan muhurmuhuḥ | gṛhītvā dhenukaṃ śīghraṃ balaḥ paścimapādayoḥ || 7 || cikṣepa tālavṛkṣe ca hastenaikena līlayā | tena bhagnaśca tālo'pi tālānpārśvasthitān bahūn || 8 || pātayāmāsa rājendra tadadbhutamivābhavat | punarutthāya daityeṃdro balaṃ jagrāha roṣataḥ || 9 || yojanaṃ nodayāmāsa gajaṃ prati gajo yathā | gṛhītvā taṃ balaḥ sadyo bhrāmayittvā'tha dhenukam || 10 || bhūpṛṣṭhe pothayāmāsa mūrchito bhagnamastakaḥ | kṣaṇena punarutthāya krodhasaṃyuktavigrahaḥ || 11 || mūrdhni kṛtvā catuḥśṛṅgaṃ dhṛtvā rūpaṃ bhayaṃkaram | gopān vidrāvayāmāsa śṛṅgaistīkṣṇairbhayaṅkaraiḥ || 12 || agre palāyitān gopān dudrāvāśu madotkaṭaḥ | śrīdāmā taṃ ca daṃḍena subalo muṣṭinā tathā || 13 || stokaḥ pāśena taṃ daityaṃ sa tatāḍa mahābalam | kṣepaṇenārjunoṃ'śuśca daityaṃ lattikayā kharam || 14 || viśālarṣabha etyāśu pādena svabalena ca | tejasvī hyardhacaṃdreṇa devaprasthaścapeṭakaiḥ || 15 || varūthapaḥ kaṃdukena saṃtatāḍa mahākharam | atha kṛṣṇo'pi taṃ nītvā hastābhyāṃ dhenukāsuram || 16 || bhrāmayitvā''śu cokṣepa girigovardhanopari | śrīkṛṣṇasya prahāreṇa mūrchito ghaṭikādvayam || 17 || punarutthāya svatunuṃ vidhunvan dārayanmukham | śṛṅgābhyāṃ śrīhariṃ nītvā dhāvandaityo nabhogataḥ || 18 || cakāra tena khe yuddhamūrdhvaṃ vai lakṣayojanam | gṛhītvā dhenukaṃ daityaṃ śrīkṛṣṇo bhagavānsvayam || 19 || cikṣepādho bhūmimadhye cūrṇitāsthiḥ sa mūrcchitaḥ | punarutthāya śṛṅgābhyāṃ nādaṃ kṛtvātibhairavam || 20 || govardhanaṃ samutpāṭya śrīkṛṣṇe prāṇitotkharaḥ | giriṃ gṛhītvā śrīkṛṣṇaḥ prākṣipattasya mastake || 21 || detyo giriṃ gṛhītvā'tha śrīkṛṣṇe prāhiṇodbalī | kṛṣṇo govardhanaṃ nītvā pūrvasthāne samākṣipat || 22 || punardhāvan mahādaityaḥ śṛṅgābhyāṃ dārayanbhuvam | balaṃ paścimapādābhyāṃ tāḍayitvā jagarja ha || 23 || nanāda tena brahmāṃḍaṃ praijadbhūkhaṃḍamaṃḍalam | hastābhyāṃ saṃgṛhītvā taṃ baladevo mahābalaḥ || 24 || bhūpṛṣṭhe pothayāmāsa mūrcchitaṃ bhagnamastakam | punastatāḍa taṃ daityaṃ muṣṭinā hyacutāgrajaḥ || 25 || tena muṣṭiprahāreṇa sadyo vai nidhanaṃ gataḥ | tadeva vavṛṣurdevāḥ puṣpairnandanasaṃbhavaiḥ || 26 || dehādvinirgataḥ so'pi śyāmasundaravigrahaḥ | sragvī pītāṃbaro devo vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ || 27 || lakṣapārṣadasaṃyuktaḥ sahasradhvajaśobhitaḥ | sahasracakradhvanibhṛddhayāyutasamanvitaḥ || 28 || lakṣacāmaraśobhāḍhyo'ruṇavarṇo'tiratnabhṛt | divyayojanavistīrṇo manoyāyī manoharaḥ || 29 || kiṃkiṇījālasaṃyukto ghaṇṭāmaṃjīrasaṃyutaḥ | hariṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya sabalaṃ divyarūpadhṛk || 30 || divyaṃ rathaṃ samāruhya dyotayanmaṃḍalaṃ diśām | jagāma daityo he rājan golokaṃ kaṃprakṛteḥ param || 31 || śrīkṛṣṇo dhenukaṃ hatvā sabalo bālakaiḥ saha | tadyaśastu pragāyadbhirbabhau gokulagogaṇaiḥ || 32 || rājovāca - mune muktiṃ kathaṃ prāptaḥ pūrvaṃ ko dhenukāsuraḥ | kathaṃ kharatvamāpanna etanme brūhi tattvataḥ || 33 || śrīnārada uvāca vairocanerbaleḥ putro nāmnā sāhasiko balī | nārīṇāṃ daśasāhasrai reme vai gandhamādane || 34 || vāditrāṇāṃ nūpurāṇāṃ śabdo'bhūttadvane mahān | guhāyāmāsthitasyāpi śrīkṛṣṇaṃ smarato muneḥ || 35 || durvāsaso'tha tenāpi dhyānabhaṅgo babhūva ha | nirgataḥ pādukā''rūḍho durvāsāḥ kṛśavigrahaḥ || 36 || dīrghaśmaśruryaṣṭidharaḥ krodhapuṃjānaladyutiḥ | yasya śāpādviśvamidaṃ kaṃpate sa jagāda ha || 37 || durvāsā uvāca - uttiṣṭha gardabhākāra gardabho bhava durmate | varṣāṇāṃ tu caturlakṣaṃ vyatīte bhārate punaḥ || 38 || māthure maṃḍale divye puṇye tālavane vane | baladevasya hastena muktiste bhavitā'sura || 39 || nārada uvāca - tasmādbalasya hastena śrīkṛṣṇastaṃ jaghāna ha | prahlādāya varo datto na vadhyo me tavānvayaḥ || 40 ||
English translation
The salvation of Dhenukasura
Shri Naradji says - Rajan! One day, along with Shri Krishna Balramji, Manohar went near Nutan Talwan grazing cows. All the Gopals were with him at that time. It was there that Dhenukasura lived. The Gopas did not go inside the forest for fear of him. Even Lord Krishna did not go away. It was entered by Balramji alone. With his blue robe tied around his waist, Mahabali Baldev wandered through the forest to fetch ripe fruits. Balaramji is directly an incarnation of Anantadeva. His might is also infinite. So there was a fearless roar, shaking palm trees with both hands and knocking down clusters of fruit. Hearing the sound of falling fruits, he burst into flames of demonic fury. He used to sleep in the afternoon, but today he was very strong as he was the companion of Ghenukasura Kamsa, who was terrified by the evil anger of being interrupted. He came to fight Baldevji and immediately struck him in the chest with his hind legs. Struck, he crawled like a donkey, running around again and again. Balram then grabbed both of Dhenuk's hind legs and soon killed him on a palm tree. He did this in a one-handed game. This broke the palm tree itself, knocking down many of the other palms next to it as it fell. Rajendra! That was something amazing that happened. Daitya Raja Dhenukan rose again and captured Balramji in a fit of rage and, just as one elephant pushed the other elephant facing him into the distance, pushed them back with a yojana. Balramji then immediately grabbed Ghenuk and started spinning, spinning and hitting him on the back of the earth. Then he had an epilepsy and his head was broken. Yet he stood up in an instant. The demon, with four horns in his head, took a terrible form and began to drive out the gopas with those sharp and fierce horns. Seeing the Gopas running ahead, the drunken Asura immediately ran after them. 1-12 | (Vrindavan Khand Chapter 11 to 15)
At that time, Sridama hit him with a stick, Subala punched him, Stokakrishna attacked the demon Mahabali with a dagger, Arjuna threw a dagger, and Anshu kicked the demon Donkey. Vishalashravan then came and quickly subdued the demon with his paw and force. Tejaswi repelled him by giving him Ardhachandra (necks) and Devaprastha gave him several slaps of the demon. Varuthapa hit the giant donkey with the ball. Subsequently, Lord Krishna also swung Ghenukasura with both hands and immediately threw him on top of Govardhan mountain. Ghenuk was left unconscious for two hours by that blow from Krishna. Then he got up, tore his face and proceeded, cutting off his body, and the demon ran into the sky, lifting Sriharika from both his horns. A hundred thousand yojanas went up into the sky and fought against them. Lord Krishna caught Dhenukasura and threw him to the ground below. This broke his bones and he was paralyzed. However, rising again and making a very fierce lion's cry, he uprooted Mount Govardhan with both his horns and drove it over Lord Krishna. Krishna grabbed the mountain by the hand and hit it again on the head. The mighty daitya then took the mountain in his hands and threw it at Lord Krishna. But Lord Krishna took Govardhan and put him in his previous position. Mahadaitya Dhenukan then attacked again, tore the earth with both his horns, and struck Balarama again with his hind legs, roaring loudly. With that roar, the whole universe echoed and the earth trembled. Then Mahabali Baldev caught him with both hands and killed him on earth. This caused his head to break open and he lost consciousness. After this, Krishna's elder brother again hit the demon with a punch. Ghenukasura died instantly from the blow. At the same time, the gods showered flowers of the Nandan Van there. 13-26.
Separated from the body, Dhenuka assumed the image of Shyamsundara and became a deity equated with Pushpamala, Pitambara, and Vanamala. Millions of councillors joined him in his service. Thousands of flags adorned his chariot. The chariot, which had the sound of thousands of wheels roaring, had ten thousand horse shoes. Millions of chavars were being decorated there. The chariot was of Aruna Varna and was heavily ridden. His expansion was of a divine plan. The bead-like fast aircraft or chariot was very graceful. The king. It had a net of owls attached to it. There were bells and cymbals ringing. The divinely incarnated demon Ghenuka, accompanied by Balarama, circumambulated Shri Krishna and ascended the said divine chariot, illuminating the celestial sphere, into the transcendent Golok Dham. Thus, after slaying Ghenuk, Shri Krishna returned to Vrajko with Gwal-Haal, chanting his praises along with Balarama. They were accompanied by the Gaonka community. 27-32 |
The king asked the woman. Who was Ghenukasura in his previous life? How did he come to be liberated? And why did he get the donkey's body? Tell me all about it in detail. 33. Srinardji said - Virochankumar Balika was a strong son, whose name was - Brave. He was vacationing on Mount Gandhamadana with ten thousand women. There were great sounds of various instruments and amusements in the forest, which distracted Durvasa Muni, who lived in the lap of the mountain and meditated on Krishna. They put on their scarves and went out. At that time, Munivar Durvasa's body had become extremely weak. The beard and moustache had grown too much. They used to walk with the help of sticks. He was the embodiment of anger and seemed as radiant as anyone else. Durvasa is one of those sages whose fear of the curse makes the whole world tremble. They spoke 34-37 |
Durvasa said, "Wise demons! You are as indulgent as a donkey, so be a donkey. "Four hundred thousand years from now, you will be liberated from the hands of Baldevji in the sacred Talavana under the divine Mathur Mandala in India. 38-39 | (Vrindavan Khand Chapter 11 to 15)
Naradji says - Rajan! It was because of that curse that Lord Krishna got him killed by the hand of Balaramji; for he has given Prahladaji the boon that no demon of your lineage will be killed by my hand. 40.
Thus was completed the eleventh chapter under the Vrindavan Khanda in the Srigarghasamhita, titled "The Salvation of Ghenukasura." 11.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25081, revision 92553 (2016-11-28T09:37:00Z). English was rendered from the complete Hindi chapter at https://www.mahakavya.com/vrindavan-khand-chapter-11-to-15/ as a transparent machine-assisted translation using the pinned IndicTrans2 Indic–English Distilled 200M model and retained without claiming verse-by-verse alignment.