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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 246

Chapter 246

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 246

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श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच- अथोपनयनं नाम चकारानकदुंदुभिः । पुत्रयोर्वेदविधिना तस्मिन्वै रामकृष्णयोः १। आचार्येण हि गर्गेण संस्कृतौ रामकेशवौ । पंडितैर्वैष्णवैर्दिव्यैः स्नापनैर्विमलैः शुभैः २। कृतसंस्कारकर्माणौ रामकृष्णौ महाबलौ । सांदीपनेर्गृहं गत्वा नमस्कृत्य महात्मनः ३। अधीत्य वेदशास्त्राणि तस्मात्तौ द्विजपुंगवात् । मृतं पुत्रं समानीय ददतुस्तस्य दक्षिणाम् ४। आशिषो वचनं लब्ध्वा गुरोस्तस्मान्महात्मनः । तस्मै प्रणम्य मथुरां जग्मतुर्यदुपुंगवौ ५। अथ कृष्णेन निहतं श्रुत्वा कंसं दुरासदम् । श्वशुरस्तस्य नृपतेर्जरासंधो महाबलः ६। अक्षौहिणीसहस्रैस्तु सेनानीकैर्महाबलैः । कृष्णं हंतुं समागत्य रुरोध मथुरां पुरीम् ७। रामकृष्णौ महावीर्यौ विनिर्गत्य पुरोत्तमात् । गजवाजिसमाकीर्णं तद्बलौघमपश्यताम् ८। सस्मार वासुदेवस्तु पूर्वं रूपं सनातनम् । तस्य स्मरणमात्रेण दारुको विष्णुसारथिः ९। सुग्रीवपुष्पकं नाम समानीय महारथम् । वाजिभिर्दिव्यपुष्पाद्यैरुह्यमानं सनातनम् १०। दिव्यायुधैरुपेतं तं शंखचक्रगदादिभिः । वैनतेयपताकेन शोभितं देवदुर्जयम् ११। अवनीं प्राप्य गोविंदं प्रणम्य हरिसारथिः । प्रददौ स्यंदनं शुभ्रं सायुधाश्वसमन्वितम् १२। दृष्ट्वा हर्षेण कृष्णोऽपि परिणीय महारथम् । आरुरोहाग्रजेनैव स्तूयमानो मरुद्गणैः १३। चतुर्भुजं वपुर्भूत्वा शंखचक्रगदासिभृत् । किरीटी कुंडली स्रग्वी संग्रामाभिमुखं ययौ १४। बलदेवोऽपि मुशलं लांगलं गृह्य वीर्यवान् । तत्सैन्यं हंतुमारेभे महेश्वर इवापरः १५। दारुकश्च रथं शीघ्रं नोदयामास तद्रणे । तृणगुल्मलताक्रांते काननेऽग्निमिवानिलः १६। ततो गदाभिः परिघैः शक्तिभिर्मुद्गरैस्तथा । तद्रथं छादयामासुर्जरासंधस्य सैनिकाः १७। चक्रेणैव हरिस्तूर्णं तानि चिच्छेद लीलया । बहूनि तृणकाष्ठानि महावह्निरिवार्चिषा १८। ततः शार्ङ्गं समादाय सायकैरक्षयैः शितैः । चिच्छेद तानि सैन्यानि न प्राज्ञायत किंचन १९। चक्रच्छिन्नास्यकमलाः केचित्तत्र महाबलाः । गदया चूर्णिताः केचित्केचिदन्यैर्महारणे २०। केचिच्चैवासिनाछिन्नास्तथान्ये शरताडिताः । लांगलाग्रहतग्रीवा मुशलाहतमस्तकाः २१। क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वं निहत्य मधुसूदनः । शंखं दध्मौ यदुश्रेष्ठो लयाशनि निभस्वनम् २२। शंखरावविनिर्भिन्नहृदयास्ते महाबलाः । योधाः साश्वाः सनागाश्च पतितास्त्यक्तजीविताः २३। अक्षौहिणीसहस्रं तु साश्वं सरथकुंजरम् । कृष्णेनैकेन निहतं निःशेषं तदभूद्बलम् २४। निहतं वासुदेवेन प्रहरार्द्धेन शार्ङ्गिणा । ततो देवगणाः सर्वे हर्षनिर्भरचेतसः २५। ववृषुः पुष्पवर्षाणि साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन् । सर्वमप्यवनीभारं विमुच्य धरणीधरः २६। संस्तूयमानस्त्रिदशैर्बभौ संग्राममूर्द्धनि । निहतं स्वबलं दृष्ट्वा जरासंधोऽतिवीर्यवान् २७। योद्धुमभ्याययौ तूर्णं बलदेवेन दुर्मतिः । तयोर्युद्धमभूद्धोरं संग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनोः २८। रामो लांगलमादाय रथं तस्य ससारथिम् । विनिपात्य रणे शूरो गृहीत्वा तं महाबलम् २९। उद्यम्य मुशलं तूर्णं तं हंतुमुपचक्रमे । प्राणसंशयमापन्नं जरासंधं नृपोत्तमम् ३०। कृतं रामेण बलिना सिंहेनेव महागजम् । दृष्ट्वा कृष्णोग्रजं प्राह न हंतव्य इति प्रभुः ३१। मोचयामास धर्मात्मा जरासंधं महामतिः । विमुच्य कृष्णवाक्येन शत्रुं संकर्षणोऽव्ययः ३२। सानुजो रथमारुह्य मथुरां प्रविवेश ह । स कालयवनं प्राप्य महावीर्यं बलान्वितम् ३३। पुत्रयोर्वसुदेवस्य समाचष्ट पराक्रमम् । दानवानां वधं चैव कंसस्य निधनं तथा ३४। अक्षौहिणीनां च वधं तथा स्वस्य पराजयम् । सर्वं निवेदयामास कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् ३५। तच्छ्रुत्वा यवनः क्रुद्धो महाबलपराक्रमैः । म्लेच्छकोटिसहस्रैस्तु संवृतो मदसंयुतैः ३६। मगधाधिपतेस्तस्य सहायार्थं महाबलः । तेनैव सहितस्तूर्णं जगाम मथुरां पुरीम् ३७। बलैराच्छाद्य पृथिवीं नानाजनपदान्विताम् । संनिवेश्य महासैन्यं रुरोध मथुरां पुरीम् ३८। कृष्णोऽपि चिंतयित्वाऽथ पौराणां कुशलं तदा । ययाचे सागरं भूमिं निवासार्थं जनस्य च ३९। त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णां ददौ कृष्णस्य सागरः । असृजत्पयसां मध्ये तत्र द्वारवतीं पुरीम् ४०। बहुप्रासादसंयुक्तां हेमप्राकारतोरणाम् । नानामणिमयैर्दिव्यैर्गृहपंक्तिभिरावृताम् ४१। उद्यानैश्च तथा रम्यैस्तडागैर्बहुभिर्युताम् । असृजत्पुंडरीकाक्षो यथेंद्रस्यामरावतीम् ४२। सुषुप्तान्मथुरायां तु पौरांस्तत्र जनार्दनः । उद्धृत्य सहसा रात्रौ द्वारावत्यां निवेशयत् ४३। प्रबुद्धास्ते जनाः सर्वे पुत्रदारसमन्विताः । हेमहर्म्यतलेविष्टा विस्मयं परमं ययुः ४४। बहुभिर्धनधान्यैश्च दिव्यवस्त्रविभूषणैः । परिपूर्णैरिवाभोगैर्गृहमुख्यैः समावृताः ४५। तस्मिन्प्रहृष्टाः संतस्थुर्दिवि देवगणा इव । यवनेन तदा योद्धुं रामकृष्णौ महाबलौ ४६। विनिर्ययतुरात्मेशौ मथुराया बहिस्तदा । रामो लांगलमादाय मुशलं च महारथः ४७। जघान समरे क्रुद्धो यवनानां महद्बलम् । कृष्णस्तु शार्ङ्गमासज्य बाणैरग्निशिखोपमैः ४८। निर्ददाह बलं सर्वं म्लेच्छानां देवकीसुतः । निहतं स्वबलं दृष्ट्वा स कालयवनो बली ४९। युयुधे वासुदेवेन गदया यवनेश्वरः । कृष्णोऽपि कदनं तेन कृत्वा चिरमनामयः ५० 6.246.50। विमुखः प्राद्रवत्तस्मात्संग्रामात्कमलेक्षणः । सोनुयातोऽतिवेगेन तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रुवन् ५१। वेगात्कृष्णो गिरिगुहां प्रविवेश महामतिः । तत्र प्रसुप्तो राजाऽसौ मुचुकुंदो महामुनिः ५२। अदृश्यस्तस्य नृपतेः संस्थितो भगवान्हरिः । यवनोऽपि महावीरो गदामुद्यम्य पाणिना ५३। कृष्णं हंतु समारब्धो गुहां तां प्रविवेश ह । दृष्ट्वा शयानं राजानं मत्वा कृष्णं जनार्दनम् ५४। पादेन ताडयामास मुचुकुंदं महामुनिम् । ततः प्रबुद्धो भगवान्मुचुकुंदो महामुनिः ५५। क्रोधात्संरक्तनयनो हुंकारं कृतवानसौ । तस्य हुंकारशब्देन तथा क्रोधनिरीक्षणात् ५६। निर्दग्धो भस्मतां प्राप यवनस्त्यक्तजीवितः । ततस्तु कृष्णो ददृशे राजर्षेः पुरतः प्रभुः ५७। नीलोत्पलदलश्यामः पुंडरीकनिभेक्षणः । शंखचक्रगदापाणिः पीतवासा जनार्दनः ५८। दृष्ट्वा तं सहसोत्थाय राजर्षिरमितौजसम् । अहोभाग्यमहोभाग्यमित्युवाच महामुनिः ५९। पुलकांकितसर्वांगः सानंदाश्रुजलाकुलः । स्तुवन्वै जयशब्देन प्रणनाम मुहुर्मुहुः ६०। मुचुकुंद उवाच- धन्योस्मि कृतकृत्योस्मि दर्शनात्परमेश्वर । अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं सफलं मम ६१। नमस्ते वासुदेवाय जगन्नाथाय शार्ङ्गिणे । दामोदराय देवाय तेजसां निधये नमः ६२। अधोक्षजाय हरये नृसिंहवपुषे नमः । राघवाय नमस्तुभ्यं पुंडरीकेक्षणाय च ६३। अच्युतायाविकाराय तथानंताय ते नमः । गोविंदाय नमस्तुभ्यं विष्णवे जिष्णवे नमः ६४। नारायणाय श्रीशाय कृष्णाय परमात्मने । मुकुंदाय नमस्तुभ्यं चतुर्व्यूहाय ते नमः ६५। नमः परमकल्याण नमस्ते परमात्मने । वासुदेवाय शांताय यदूनां पतये नमः ६६। महेश्वर उवाच- एवं स्तुत्वा तु गोविंदं प्रणनाम पुनः पुनः । संतुष्टो भगवान्प्राह मुचुकुंदं महामुनिम् ६७। श्रीभगवानुवाच- वरं वृणीष्व राजर्षे यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते । महेश्वर उवाच- सोऽपि मुक्तिं ययाचाथ पुनरावृत्तिवर्जिताम् ६८। तस्मै ददौ तदा कृष्णो दिव्यं लोकं सनातनम् । राजा तु मानुषं रूपं विहायाथ महामतिः ६९। समानं रूपमास्थाय देवस्य परमात्मनः । वैनतेयं समारुह्य शाश्वतं पदमाविशत् ७०। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमाहेश्वरसंवादे श्रीकृष्णचरिते मुचुकुंदमोक्षोनाम 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śrīmaheśvara uvāca- athopanayanaṃ nāma cakārānakaduṃdubhiḥ | putrayorvedavidhinā tasminvai rāmakṛṣṇayoḥ 1| ācāryeṇa hi gargeṇa saṃskṛtau rāmakeśavau | paṃḍitairvaiṣṇavairdivyaiḥ snāpanairvimalaiḥ śubhaiḥ 2| kṛtasaṃskārakarmāṇau rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau | sāṃdīpanergṛhaṃ gatvā namaskṛtya mahātmanaḥ 3| adhītya vedaśāstrāṇi tasmāttau dvijapuṃgavāt | mṛtaṃ putraṃ samānīya dadatustasya dakṣiṇām 4| āśiṣo vacanaṃ labdhvā gurostasmānmahātmanaḥ | tasmai praṇamya mathurāṃ jagmaturyadupuṃgavau 5| atha kṛṣṇena nihataṃ śrutvā kaṃsaṃ durāsadam | śvaśurastasya nṛpaterjarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ 6| akṣauhiṇīsahasraistu senānīkairmahābalaiḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ haṃtuṃ samāgatya rurodha mathurāṃ purīm 7| rāmakṛṣṇau mahāvīryau vinirgatya purottamāt | gajavājisamākīrṇaṃ tadbalaughamapaśyatām 8| sasmāra vāsudevastu pūrvaṃ rūpaṃ sanātanam | tasya smaraṇamātreṇa dāruko viṣṇusārathiḥ 9| sugrīvapuṣpakaṃ nāma samānīya mahāratham | vājibhirdivyapuṣpādyairuhyamānaṃ sanātanam 10| divyāyudhairupetaṃ taṃ śaṃkhacakragadādibhiḥ | vainateyapatākena śobhitaṃ devadurjayam 11| avanīṃ prāpya goviṃdaṃ praṇamya harisārathiḥ | pradadau syaṃdanaṃ śubhraṃ sāyudhāśvasamanvitam 12| dṛṣṭvā harṣeṇa kṛṣṇo'pi pariṇīya mahāratham | ārurohāgrajenaiva stūyamāno marudgaṇaiḥ 13| caturbhujaṃ vapurbhūtvā śaṃkhacakragadāsibhṛt | kirīṭī kuṃḍalī sragvī saṃgrāmābhimukhaṃ yayau 14| baladevo'pi muśalaṃ lāṃgalaṃ gṛhya vīryavān | tatsainyaṃ haṃtumārebhe maheśvara ivāparaḥ 15| dārukaśca rathaṃ śīghraṃ nodayāmāsa tadraṇe | tṛṇagulmalatākrāṃte kānane'gnimivānilaḥ 16| tato gadābhiḥ parighaiḥ śaktibhirmudgaraistathā | tadrathaṃ chādayāmāsurjarāsaṃdhasya sainikāḥ 17| cakreṇaiva haristūrṇaṃ tāni ciccheda līlayā | bahūni tṛṇakāṣṭhāni mahāvahnirivārciṣā 18| tataḥ śārṅgaṃ samādāya sāyakairakṣayaiḥ śitaiḥ | ciccheda tāni sainyāni na prājñāyata kiṃcana 19| cakracchinnāsyakamalāḥ kecittatra mahābalāḥ | gadayā cūrṇitāḥ kecitkecidanyairmahāraṇe 20| keciccaivāsināchinnāstathānye śaratāḍitāḥ | lāṃgalāgrahatagrīvā muśalāhatamastakāḥ 21| kṣaṇena tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ nihatya madhusūdanaḥ | śaṃkhaṃ dadhmau yaduśreṣṭho layāśani nibhasvanam 22| śaṃkharāvavinirbhinnahṛdayāste mahābalāḥ | yodhāḥ sāśvāḥ sanāgāśca patitāstyaktajīvitāḥ 23| akṣauhiṇīsahasraṃ tu sāśvaṃ sarathakuṃjaram | kṛṣṇenaikena nihataṃ niḥśeṣaṃ tadabhūdbalam 24| nihataṃ vāsudevena praharārddhena śārṅgiṇā | tato devagaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbharacetasaḥ 25| vavṛṣuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi sādhusādhviti cābruvan | sarvamapyavanībhāraṃ vimucya dharaṇīdharaḥ 26| saṃstūyamānastridaśairbabhau saṃgrāmamūrddhani | nihataṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā jarāsaṃdho'tivīryavān 27| yoddhumabhyāyayau tūrṇaṃ baladevena durmatiḥ | tayoryuddhamabhūddhoraṃ saṃgrāmeṣvanivartinoḥ 28| rāmo lāṃgalamādāya rathaṃ tasya sasārathim | vinipātya raṇe śūro gṛhītvā taṃ mahābalam 29| udyamya muśalaṃ tūrṇaṃ taṃ haṃtumupacakrame | prāṇasaṃśayamāpannaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ nṛpottamam 30| kṛtaṃ rāmeṇa balinā siṃheneva mahāgajam | dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇograjaṃ prāha na haṃtavya iti prabhuḥ 31| mocayāmāsa dharmātmā jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahāmatiḥ | vimucya kṛṣṇavākyena śatruṃ saṃkarṣaṇo'vyayaḥ 32| sānujo rathamāruhya mathurāṃ praviveśa ha | sa kālayavanaṃ prāpya mahāvīryaṃ balānvitam 33| putrayorvasudevasya samācaṣṭa parākramam | dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ caiva kaṃsasya nidhanaṃ tathā 34| akṣauhiṇīnāṃ ca vadhaṃ tathā svasya parājayam | sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsa kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat 35| tacchrutvā yavanaḥ kruddho mahābalaparākramaiḥ | mlecchakoṭisahasraistu saṃvṛto madasaṃyutaiḥ 36| magadhādhipatestasya sahāyārthaṃ mahābalaḥ | tenaiva sahitastūrṇaṃ jagāma mathurāṃ purīm 37| balairācchādya pṛthivīṃ nānājanapadānvitām | saṃniveśya mahāsainyaṃ rurodha mathurāṃ purīm 38| kṛṣṇo'pi ciṃtayitvā'tha paurāṇāṃ kuśalaṃ tadā | yayāce sāgaraṃ bhūmiṃ nivāsārthaṃ janasya ca 39| triṃśadyojanavistīrṇāṃ dadau kṛṣṇasya sāgaraḥ | asṛjatpayasāṃ madhye tatra dvāravatīṃ purīm 40| bahuprāsādasaṃyuktāṃ hemaprākāratoraṇām | nānāmaṇimayairdivyairgṛhapaṃktibhirāvṛtām 41| udyānaiśca tathā ramyaistaḍāgairbahubhiryutām | asṛjatpuṃḍarīkākṣo yatheṃdrasyāmarāvatīm 42| suṣuptānmathurāyāṃ tu paurāṃstatra janārdanaḥ | uddhṛtya sahasā rātrau dvārāvatyāṃ niveśayat 43| prabuddhāste janāḥ sarve putradārasamanvitāḥ | hemaharmyataleviṣṭā vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ 44| bahubhirdhanadhānyaiśca divyavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ | paripūrṇairivābhogairgṛhamukhyaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ 45| tasminprahṛṣṭāḥ saṃtasthurdivi devagaṇā iva | yavanena tadā yoddhuṃ rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau 46| viniryayaturātmeśau mathurāyā bahistadā | rāmo lāṃgalamādāya muśalaṃ ca mahārathaḥ 47| jaghāna samare kruddho yavanānāṃ mahadbalam | kṛṣṇastu śārṅgamāsajya bāṇairagniśikhopamaiḥ 48| nirdadāha balaṃ sarvaṃ mlecchānāṃ devakīsutaḥ | nihataṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa kālayavano balī 49| yuyudhe vāsudevena gadayā yavaneśvaraḥ | kṛṣṇo'pi kadanaṃ tena kṛtvā ciramanāmayaḥ 50 6.246.50| vimukhaḥ prādravattasmātsaṃgrāmātkamalekṣaṇaḥ | sonuyāto'tivegena tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābruvan 51| vegātkṛṣṇo giriguhāṃ praviveśa mahāmatiḥ | tatra prasupto rājā'sau mucukuṃdo mahāmuniḥ 52| adṛśyastasya nṛpateḥ saṃsthito bhagavānhariḥ | yavano'pi mahāvīro gadāmudyamya pāṇinā 53| kṛṣṇaṃ haṃtu samārabdho guhāṃ tāṃ praviveśa ha | dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ rājānaṃ matvā kṛṣṇaṃ janārdanam 54| pādena tāḍayāmāsa mucukuṃdaṃ mahāmunim | tataḥ prabuddho bhagavānmucukuṃdo mahāmuniḥ 55| krodhātsaṃraktanayano huṃkāraṃ kṛtavānasau | tasya huṃkāraśabdena tathā krodhanirīkṣaṇāt 56| nirdagdho bhasmatāṃ prāpa yavanastyaktajīvitaḥ | tatastu kṛṣṇo dadṛśe rājarṣeḥ purataḥ prabhuḥ 57| nīlotpaladalaśyāmaḥ puṃḍarīkanibhekṣaṇaḥ | śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ 58| dṛṣṭvā taṃ sahasotthāya rājarṣiramitaujasam | ahobhāgyamahobhāgyamityuvāca mahāmuniḥ 59| pulakāṃkitasarvāṃgaḥ sānaṃdāśrujalākulaḥ | stuvanvai jayaśabdena praṇanāma muhurmuhuḥ 60| mucukuṃda uvāca- dhanyosmi kṛtakṛtyosmi darśanātparameśvara | adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ mama 61| namaste vāsudevāya jagannāthāya śārṅgiṇe | dāmodarāya devāya tejasāṃ nidhaye namaḥ 62| adhokṣajāya haraye nṛsiṃhavapuṣe namaḥ | rāghavāya namastubhyaṃ puṃḍarīkekṣaṇāya ca 63| acyutāyāvikārāya tathānaṃtāya te namaḥ | goviṃdāya namastubhyaṃ viṣṇave jiṣṇave namaḥ 64| nārāyaṇāya śrīśāya kṛṣṇāya paramātmane | mukuṃdāya namastubhyaṃ caturvyūhāya te namaḥ 65| namaḥ paramakalyāṇa namaste paramātmane | vāsudevāya śāṃtāya yadūnāṃ pataye namaḥ 66| maheśvara uvāca- evaṃ stutvā tu goviṃdaṃ praṇanāma punaḥ punaḥ | saṃtuṣṭo bhagavānprāha mucukuṃdaṃ mahāmunim 67| śrībhagavānuvāca- varaṃ vṛṇīṣva rājarṣe yatte manasi varttate | maheśvara uvāca- so'pi muktiṃ yayācātha punarāvṛttivarjitām 68| tasmai dadau tadā kṛṣṇo divyaṃ lokaṃ sanātanam | rājā tu mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ vihāyātha mahāmatiḥ 69| samānaṃ rūpamāsthāya devasya paramātmanaḥ | vainateyaṃ samāruhya śāśvataṃ padamāviśat 70| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇacarite mucukuṃdamokṣonāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 246|

English translation

Śrī Maheśvara said :

1-7. Then Vasudeva performed the thread ceremony of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa according to the Vedic rite. The preceptor Garga performed the ritual for Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. The very strong Rāma and Kṛṣṇa whose purificatory rites were performed by the learned devotees of Viṣṇu , with clean, auspicious baths, went to the house of Sāndīpani . Having saluted him, and having learnt the Vedic texts and the scriptures from that noble best brāhmaṇa , they brought (back to life) his dead son, and gave that as the fee. Having received words of blessing from that noble preceptor, the two best Yadus saluted him and went (back) to Mathurā . Then the very mighty Jarāsandha , the father-in-law of that king (i.e. Kaṃsa ), having heard that the invincible Kaṃsa was killed by Kṛṣṇa, came with a very great army having a strength of thousands of akṣauhiṇīs [1] to kill Kṛṣṇa and besieged the city of Mathurā.

8-16. The very powerful Rāma and Kṛṣṇa went out of that excellent city, and saw the flood of his army abounding in elephants and horses. Kṛṣṇa recollected his former, eternal form. Just by means of its recollection, Dāruka , Viṣṇu’s charioteer brought the great chariot named Sugrīvapuṣpaka which was ancient and was drawn by ancient horses like Divyapuṣpa, which was equipped with divine weapons like the conch, the disc, the mace etc., was decorated with the flag (having on it the figure) of Garuda and was unconquerable (even) for gods. Viṣṇu’s charioteer, on reaching the earth, saluted Kṛṣṇa and presented to him the bright chariot, possessed of weapons and horses. Kṛṣṇa too, seeing the great chariot with joy, took himself round it, and being praised by the hosts of gods, got into it along with his elder brother. He, being one with a body having four hands, holding the conch, the disc, the mace, wearing a crown, ear-rings, garlands, proceeded to fight. The strong Balarāma also, taking a pestle and a plough, started killing that army like an other Maheśvara . Dāruka too quickly drove the chariot to the battlefield, as wind (drives) fire in a forest covered with clusters of grass and creepers.

17-24. Then Jarāsandha’s soldiers covered that chariot with maces, iron bars, (missiles called) śakti , and hammers. Viṣṇu quickly and easily destroyed them with his disc only, as a great fire destroys many (blades of) grass and (pieces of) wood with its flame. Then taking the Śārṅga (bow) (Kṛṣṇa) destroyed those troops with sharp arrows. Nothing was known about (the massacre). Some very strong ones had their lotus-like faces cut off with the disc. In the great battle some were crushed with the mace; some with (some) other (weapon). Some were cut off with the sword; others were struck with arrows. The necks of some were struck with the tip of the plough; the heads of some were struck with the pestle. Having, in a moment, killed that entire army, the best of the Yadus, Kṛṣṇa, blew his conch, sounding like the sound of the destructive fire. The great warriors, with their hearts rent by the sound of the conch, fell dead along with horses and elephants. Kṛṣṇa alone killed that army consisting of a thousand akṣauhiṇīs along with horses, chariots and elephants. The army had none left in it.

25-32. In half a watch Kṛṣṇa, the holder of the Śārṅga (bow) killed the army. Then all the hosts of gods with their hearts full of joy, dropped showers of flowers, and shouted, “Well (done), Well done!” The supporter of the earth having shed (i.e. removed) the entire burden of the earth, and being praised by gods, shone on the battlefield. The very mighty, wicked Jarāsandha, seeing his army killed, came to fight with Balarāma. The fight between the two not retreating from fights was very fierce. The brave Rāma, taking his plough, knocked down his chariot along with the charioteer on the battlefield, and seizing the very strong one, raised the pestle and set out to kill him. Lord Kṛṣṇa seeing that the powerful Rāma had made Jarāsandha, the best king, face the peril to his life as a lion would do to a great elephant, said to his elder brother: “(Please) let him not be killed.” The righteous, very intelligent one got Jarāsandha freed. The immutable Saṃkarṣaṇa freed his enemy at the words of Kṛṣṇa.

33-37. He, along with his younger brother ( Sunāman ) got into a chariot and entered Mathura (? Magadha ). Having approached Kālayavana , the powerful one, endowed with might, he told him about the valour of Vasudeva’s sons. He narrated to him the destruction of the akaṣauhiṇīs, so also his own defeat and the great deeds of Kṛṣṇa. Hearing that the very powerful, angry ( Kāla ) Yavana , surrounded by thousands of crores of arrogant, very strong and brave mlecchas , went quickly to Mathurā for the help of the king of Magadha.

38-39. Having covered the earth with many countries with his troops, and having placed a large army (outside the city), he besieged the city of Mathura. Kṛṣṇa too, thinking of the welfare of his citizens then asked the Ocean for (some) land for the people to reside (on).

40-46a. The Ocean gave Kṛṣṇa (a piece of land) having an expanse of thirty yojanas . In the water he created the Dvāravatī city. It had many palaces; its ramparts and arched doorways were golden. It was covered with rows of divine houses having (i.e. decked with) various jewels. It also had many charming gardens and lakes. The lotus-eyed (Kṛṣṇa) fashioned it like Indra ’s (city) Amaravatī . Janardana (i.e. Kṛṣṇa) suddenly, at night, lifted the people that were asleep there, and put them in Dvāravatī. When the people along with their sons and wives got up, they (found themselves) placed in golden mansions and (so) were much amazed. Surrounded by principal houses full of such objects of enjoyments as much wealth, corn, divine garments and ornaments, they stayed there as the hosts of gods (live) in heaven.

46b-52. Then the very powerful Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the lords of themselves came out of Mathurā to fight with (Kāla)Yavana. Rāma, the great warrior, taking a plough and a pestle, being angry, killed the great army of the Yavanas in the battle. Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī , strung the Śārṅga (bow) with arrows resembling flames of fire, and burnt the entire army of the mlecchas. Seeing his army killed, that mighty Kālayavana, the lord of Yavanas, fought with Kṛṣṇa, with a mace. Seeing that great havoc (done) by him for a long time, the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa too, turning away from the battle, retreated. (Kālayavana) very speedily followed him, saying, ‘Wait, wait’. The very intelligent Kṛṣṇa speedily entered a cave. There the great sage, the king Mucukunda , was asleep.

53-55. Lord Kṛṣṇa remained invisible to the king. The great hero, Yavana also, raising his mace with his hand, and set out to kill Kṛṣṇa, entered that cave. Seeing the king that was asleep, and taking him to be Kṛṣṇa, Yavana struck the great sage Mucukunda with his foot. Then the revered great sage, Mucukunda, woke up.

56-60. He, with his eyes red through anger, made a hum sound. Due to his hum sound, so also due to looking at (Kālayavana) angrily, the Yavana was completely burnt, was reduced to ash and (thus) gave up his life. Then in front of the royal sage was seen Kṛṣṇa, who was dark like the petals of a blue lotus, whose eyes were like lotuses, who had the conch, the disc, the mace in his hands, and who had put on yellow garments. Seeing him of an unlimited lustre, the great sage suddenly got up and said, “Oh, great luck, great luck (to me)!” With his entire body horripilated, and (his eyes) full of tears of joy, he praising him with shouts of victory repeatedly saluted him (i.e. Kṛṣṇa).

Mucukunda said :

61 -66. O highest lord, seeing (you) I am today fortunate; I am blessed. Today my existence is fruitful; my life is fruitful. Salutation to Vāsudeva , Jagannātha (the lord of the world), Śārṅgin (holder of the Śārṅga bow), to Dāmodara , to the god, the treasure of lustres. Salutation to Adhokṣaja , to Hari , who had taken up the form of Man-Lion. Salutation to you, to Rāghava , the lotus-eyed one. Salutation to Acyuta (unfallen), to (A-) Vikāra (changeless) and Ananta (unlimited). Salutation to you, to Govinda , Viṣṇu, Jiṣṇu (conqueror). Salutation to Nārāyaṇa , to the lord of Śrī, to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, to the highest soul. Salutation to you, to Mukunda , to you having four forms. Salutation to you, the highest well-being, to the highest soul. Salutation to Vāsudeva, to Śānta (the peaceful one), to the lord of the Yadus.

Maheśvara said :

67. Having thus praised Govinda, he repeatedly saluted him. The lord, who was pleased, said to Mucukunda, the great sage:

The lord said :

68-70. O royal sage, ask for the boon which is in your mind.

Maheśvara said :

He too asked for liberation free from rebirth. Then Kṛṣṇa gave him the divine ancient world. The very intelligent king also having given up the human form, obtained the same form as of the god, the highest soul. Having mounted upon Garuḍa , he reached the eternal position.

[1]: [1] : One akaṣuhiṇī= 21870 chariots + 21870 elephants + 65610 horses+ 109350 foot-soldiers.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45088, revision 336706 (2022-04-26T10:42:18Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365831.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.