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Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]
76,857 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa, an important addition to the larger epic Mahabharata, existing in several editions. The text deals with the ancient Indian Solar and Lunar dynasties leading and recounts the history of Krishna.
Chapter 90
janamejaya uvāca |
bhūya eva tu viprarṣe baladevasya dhīmataḥ |
māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi śeṣasya dharaṇībhṛtaḥ || 1 ||
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atīva balavantaṃ hi tejorāśimanirjitam |
kathayanti mahātmānaṃ ye purāṇavido janāḥ || 2 ||
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tasya karmāṇyahaṃ vipra śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ |
anantaṃ yaṃ vidurnāgamādidevaṃ mahaujasam || 3 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
purāṇe nāgarājo'sau paṭhyate dharaṇīdharaḥ |
śeṣastejonidhiḥ śrīmānakampyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ || 4 ||
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yogācāryo mahāvīryaḥ subalo balavānbalī |
jarāsaṃdhaṃ gadāyuddhe jitavānyo na cāvadhīt || 5 ||
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bahavaścaiva rājānaḥ pārthivāḥ pṛthivīpate |
anvayurmāgadhaṃ saṃkhye te cāpi vijitā raṇe || 6 ||
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nāgāyutasamaprāṇo bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ |
asakṛdbaladevena bāhuyuddhe parājitaḥ || 7 ||
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duryodhanasya kanyāṃ tu haramāṇo nyagṛhyata |
sāmbo jāmbavatīputro nagare nāgasāhvaye || 8 ||
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rājabhiḥ sarvato ruddho haramāṇo balātkila || 8 ||
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tamupaśrutya saṃkruddha ājagāma halāyudhaḥ |
rāmastasya vimokṣārthamāgato nālabhacca tam |
tataścukrodha balavānadbhutaṃ cākaronmahat || 9 ||
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anivāryamabhedyaṃ ca divyamapratimaṃ balī |
lāṅgalāstraṃ samudyamya brahmadaṇḍānumantritam || 10 ||
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prākāravapre vinyasya purasya sa mahābalaḥ |
prakṣeptumaicchadgaṅgāyāṃ nagaraṃ kauravasya tat || 11 ||
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tadāghūrṇitamālakṣya puraṃ duryodhano nṛpaḥ |
sāmbaṃ niryātayāmāsa sabhāryaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ || 12 ||
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dadau śiṣyaṃ tadātmānaṃ rāmasya sumahātmanaḥ |
gadāyuddhe kurupatiḥ pratijagrāha taṃ ca saḥ || 13 ||
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tataḥ prabhṛti rājendra purametadvighūrṇitaṃ |
āvarjitamivābhāti gaṅgāmabhimukhaṃ nṛpa || 14 ||
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idamatyadbhutaṃ karma rāmasya prathitaṃ bhuvi |
bhāṇḍīre kathyate rājanyatkṛtaṃ śauriṇā purā || 15 ||
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pralambaṃ muṣṭinaikena yajjaghāna halāyudhaḥ |
dhenukaṃ ca mahākāyaṃ cikṣepa nagamūrdhani || 16 ||
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sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ daityo gardabharūpadhṛk || 16 ||
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lavaṇajalagamā mahānadī drutajalavegataraṃgamālinī |
nagaramabhimukhā yadāhṛtā halavidhṛtā yamunā yamasvasā || 17 ||
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baladevasya māhātmyametatte kathitaṃ mayā |
anantasyāprameyasya śeṣyasya sumahātmanaḥ || 18 ||
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iti puruṣavarasya lāṅgalerbahuvidhamuttamamanyadeva ca |
yadakathitamihādya karma te tadupalabhasva purāṇavistarāt || 19 ||
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ālolatulasīmālamārūḍhavinatāsutam || 19 ||
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jyotirindīvaraśyāmamāvirastu mamāgrataḥ || 19 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Chapter 90
Harivamsa Purana in 3 Volumes
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2013)
Text with English Notes and Index; [Eastern Book Linkers]
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Harivamsa Purana
by Ras Bihari Lal and Sons (2012)
Set of 10 Volumes; Transliterated Text with English Translation; [5425 pages]
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Shri Harivamsa Purana in Marathi
by Jitendra Nath Thakur (2021)
श्रीहरिवंशपुराण [Dharmik Prakashan Sanstha, Mumbai]
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Shri Harivamsha Purana (Telugu)
by Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son (2012)
శ్రీ వారివంశవ్రరాణం [Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son]
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Shri Harivamsa Purana (Narayani Language)
by Ramtej Pandey (2013)
With Commentary (Set Of 3 Volumes); Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; [Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan]
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