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Chapter 34

अध्यायः 34

Amsha V — Krishna Charitra, Chapter 34

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 1

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.1

चक्रे कर्म महच छौरिर बिभ्राणो मानुषीं तनुम जिगाय शक्रं शर्वं च सर्वान देवांश च लीलया ।।

cakre karma mahac chaurir bibhrāṇo mānuṣīṃ tanum jigāya śakraṃ śarvaṃ ca sarvān devāṃś ca līlayā ||

The great thief performed a significant act, assuming a human form; he defeated Indra, Shiva, and all the gods playfully.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 2

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.2

यच चान्यद अकरोत कर्म दिव्यचेष्टाविधानकृत तत कथ्यतां महाभाग परं कौतूहलं हि मे ।।

yac cānyad akarot karma divyaceṣṭāvidhānakṛt tat kathyatāṃ mahābhāga paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me ||

Whatever other divine deeds he performed, please narrate them, O great one, for I am indeed very curious.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 3

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.3

गदतो मम विप्रर्षे श्रूयताम इदम आदरात नरावतारे कृष्णेन दग्धा वाराणसी यथा ।।

gadato mama viprarṣe śrūyatām idam ādarāt narāvatāre kṛṣṇena dagdhā vārāṇasī yathā ||

Listen to this with respect, O sage; just as Varanasi was burnt by Krishna in his human incarnation.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 4

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.4

पौण्ड्रको वासुदेवस तु वासुदेवो ऽभवद भुवि अवतीर्णस त्वम इत्य उक्तो जनैर अज्ञानमोहितैः ।।

pauṇḍrako vāsudevas tu vāsudevo 'bhavad bhuvi avatīrṇas tvam ity ukto janair ajñānamohitaiḥ ||

Paundraka, the son of Vasudeva, became Vasudeva on earth. He was addressed by the people, who were deluded by ignorance.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 5

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.5

स मेने वासुदेवो ऽहम अवतीर्णो महीतले नष्टस्मृतिस ततः सर्वं विष्णुचिह्नम अचीकरत ।।

sa mene vāsudevo 'ham avatīrṇo mahītale naṣṭasmṛtis tataḥ sarvaṃ viṣṇucihnam acīkarat ||

He thought, 'I am Vasudeva, who has descended on the earth.' After losing his memory, he created all the marks of Vishnu.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 6

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.6

दूतं च प्रेषयाम आस कृष्णाय सुमहात्मने त्यक्त्वा चक्रादिकं चिह्नं मदीयं नाम चात्मनः ।।

dūtaṃ ca preṣayām āsa kṛṣṇāya sumahātmane tyaktvā cakrādikaṃ cihnaṃ madīyaṃ nāma cātmanaḥ ||

He sent a messenger to Krishna, the great soul, abandoning the mark of my wheel and my name.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 7

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.7

वासुदेवात्मकं मूढ मुक्त्वा गर्वं विशेषतः आत्मनो जीवितार्थाय ततो मे प्रणतिं व्रज ।।

vāsudevātmakaṃ mūḍha muktvā garvaṃ viśeṣataḥ ātmano jīvitārthāya tato me praṇatiṃ vraja ||

O fool, having abandoned pride, which is the essence of Vasudeva, bow down to me for the purpose of your own livelihood.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 8

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.8

इत्य उक्तः संप्रहस्यैनं दूतं प्राह जनार्दनः निजचिह्नम अहं चक्रं समुत्स्रक्ष्ये त्वयीति वै ।।

ity uktaḥ saṃprahasyainaṃ dūtaṃ prāha janārdanaḥ nijacihnam ahaṃ cakraṃ samutsrakṣye tvayīti vai ||

Thus addressed, Janardana spoke to the messenger, laughing, 'I will abandon my own mark, the wheel, for you.'

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 9

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.9

वाच्यश च पौण्ड्रको गत्वा त्वया दूत वचो मम ज्ञातस त्वद्वाक्यसद्भावो यत कार्यं तद विधीयताम ।।

vācyaś ca pauṇḍrako gatvā tvayā dūta vaco mama jñātas tvadvākyasadbhāvo yat kāryaṃ tad vidhīyatām ||

The messenger, having gone to the one who is to be addressed, let the work that is to be done, based on your words, be arranged.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 10

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.10

गृहीतचिह्न एवाहम आगमिष्यामि ते पुरम समुत्स्रक्ष्यामि ते चक्रं निजचिह्नम असंशयम ।।

gṛhītacihna evāham āgamiṣyāmi te puram samutsrakṣyāmi te cakraṃ nijacihnam asaṃśayam ||

I, having taken the mark, will come to your city and will protect your wheel, without any doubt.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 11

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.11

आज्ञापूर्वं च यद इदम आगच्छेति त्वयोदितम संपादयिष्ये श्वस तुभ्यं तद अप्य एषो ऽविलम्बितम ।।

ājñāpūrvaṃ ca yad idam āgaccheti tvayoditam saṃpādayiṣye śvas tubhyaṃ tad apy eṣo 'vilambitam ||

As you have instructed, I will accomplish what has been said to come here, and this too will not be delayed for you.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 12

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.12

शरणं ते समभ्येत्य कर्तास्मि नृपते तथा यथा त्वत्तो भयं भूयो न मे किंचिद भविष्यति ।।

śaraṇaṃ te samabhyetya kartāsmi nṛpate tathā yathā tvatto bhayaṃ bhūyo na me kiṃcid bhaviṣyati ||

I take refuge in you, O King, so that no fear may arise from you for me.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 13

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.13

इत्य उक्ते ऽपगते दूते संस्मृत्याभ्यागतं हरिः गरुत्मन्तम अथारुह्य त्वरितं तत्पुरं ययौ ।।

ity ukte 'pagate dūte saṃsmṛtyābhyāgataṃ hariḥ garutmantam athāruhya tvaritaṃ tatpuraṃ yayau ||

Thus spoken, the Lord, remembering the messenger who had departed, quickly mounted Garuda and went to that city.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 14

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.14

तस्यापि केशवोद्योगं श्रुत्वा काशिपतिस तदा सर्वसैन्यपरीवारः पार्ष्णिग्राह उपाययौ ।।

tasyāpi keśavodyogaṃ śrutvā kāśipatis tadā sarvasainyaparīvāraḥ pārṣṇigrāha upāyayau ||

Hearing about the endeavor of Keshava, the king of Kashi then set out with his entire army.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 15

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.15

ततो बलेन महता काशिराजबलेन च पौण्ड्रको वासुदेवो ऽसौ केशवाभिमुखं ययौ ।।

tato balena mahatā kāśirājabalena ca pauṇḍrako vāsudevo 'sau keśavābhimukhaṃ yayau ||

Then, with great strength, the king of Kashi and Paundraka, the son of Vasudeva, proceeded towards Keshava.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 16

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.16

तं ददर्श हरिर दूराद उदारस्यन्दने स्थितम चक्रहस्तं गदाखड्गबाहुं पाणिगताम्बुजम ।।

taṃ dadarśa harir dūrād udārasyandane sthitam cakrahastaṃ gadākhaḍgabāhuṃ pāṇigatāmbujam ||

From a distance, he saw Hari standing in a grand chariot, holding a discus, with a mace and sword in his arms, and a lotus in his hand.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 17

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.17

स्रग्धरं धृतशार्ङ्गं च सुपर्णरचितध्वजम वक्षःस्थले कृतं चास्य श्रीवत्सं ददृशे हरिः ।।

sragdharaṃ dhṛtaśārṅgaṃ ca suparṇaracitadhvajam vakṣaḥsthale kṛtaṃ cāsya śrīvatsaṃ dadṛśe hariḥ ||

He saw Hari adorned with a garland, holding the Sharanga bow, and with a flag made by the divine eagle on his chest, along with the Srivatsa mark.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 18

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.18

किरीटकुण्डलधरं पीतवासःसमन्वितम दृष्ट्वा तं भावगम्भीरं जहास गरुडध्वजः ।।

kirīṭakuṇḍaladharaṃ pītavāsaḥsamanvitam dṛṣṭvā taṃ bhāvagambhīraṃ jahāsa garuḍadhvajaḥ ||

Seeing him adorned with a crown and earrings, and dressed in yellow garments, the eagle-bannered one laughed at the profound demeanor of that figure.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 19

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.19

युयुधे च बलेनास्य हस्त्यश्वबलिना द्विज निस्त्रिंशर्ष्टिगदाशूलशक्तिकार्मुकशालिना ।।

yuyudhe ca balenāsya hastyaśvabalinā dvija nistriṃśarṣṭigadāśūlaśaktikārmukaśālinā ||

In battle, this one fought with strength, aided by elephants and horses, wielding a trident, mace, and bow with great power.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 20

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.20

क्षणेन शार्ङ्गनिर्मुक्तैः शरैर अरिविदारणैः गदाचक्रनिपातैश च सूदयाम आस तद्बलम ।।

kṣaṇena śārṅganirmuktaiḥ śarair arividāraṇaiḥ gadācakranipātaiś ca sūdayām āsa tadbalam ||

In an instant, he released arrows from the Sharanga bow, defeating the enemies with blows from his mace and discus.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 21

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.21

काशिराजबलं चैव क्षयं नीत्वा जनार्दनः उवाच पौण्ड्रकं मूढम आत्मचिह्नोपलक्षणम ।।

kāśirājabalaṃ caiva kṣayaṃ nītvā janārdanaḥ uvāca pauṇḍrakaṃ mūḍham ātmacihnopalakṣaṇam ||

Having defeated the strength of the king of Kashi, Janardana spoke to the foolish Paundra, marked by his own insignia.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 22

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.22

पौण्ड्रकोक्तं त्वया यत तु दूतवक्त्रेण मां प्रति समुत्सृजेति चिह्नानि तत ते संपादयाम्य अहम ।।

pauṇḍrakoktaṃ tvayā yat tu dūtavaktreṇa māṃ prati samutsṛjeti cihnāni tat te saṃpādayāmy aham ||

What you have stated through the messenger regarding me, I shall fulfill those signs you have mentioned.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 23

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.23

चक्रम एतत समुत्सृष्टं गदेयं ते विसर्जिता गरुत्मान एष निर्दिष्टः समारोहतु ते ध्वजम ।।

cakram etat samutsṛṣṭaṃ gadeyaṃ te visarjitā garutmān eṣa nirdiṣṭaḥ samārohatu te dhvajam ||

This discus has been released, your mace has been cast aside; let the mighty Garuda carry your flag as indicated.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 24

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.24

इत्य उच्चार्य विमुक्तेन चक्रेणासौ विदारितः पोथितो गदया भग्नो गरुत्मांश च गरुत्मता ।।

ity uccārya vimuktena cakreṇāsau vidāritaḥ pothito gadayā bhagno garutmāṃś ca garutmatā ||

Thus, having spoken, he was freed and struck down by the wheel, beaten by the mace, and Garuda was broken by Garuda's might.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 25

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.25

ततो हाहाकृते लोके काशीनाम अधिपो बली युयुधे वासुदेवेन मित्रस्यापचितौ स्थितः ।।

tato hāhākṛte loke kāśīnām adhipo balī yuyudhe vāsudevena mitrasyāpacitau sthitaḥ ||

Then, in the world filled with cries, the mighty king of Kashi fought with Vasudeva, standing in the presence of his friend.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 26

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.26

ततः शार्ङ्गधनुर्मुक्तैश छित्त्वा तस्य शरैः शिरः काशिपुर्यां स चिक्षेप कुर्वंल लोकस्य विस्मयम ।।

tataḥ śārṅgadhanurmuktaiś chittvā tasya śaraiḥ śiraḥ kāśipuryāṃ sa cikṣepa kurvaṃl lokasya vismayam ||

Then, having released the arrows from the Sharanga bow, he struck off the head of that one in Kashi, creating wonder in the world.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 27

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.27

हत्वा च पौण्ड्रकं शौरिः काशिराजं च सानुगम पुनर द्वारवतीं प्राप्तो रेमे स्वर्गगतो यथा ।।

hatvā ca pauṇḍrakaṃ śauriḥ kāśirājaṃ ca sānugam punar dvāravatīṃ prāpto reme svargagato yathā ||

Having killed Paundraka and the king of Kashi along with his followers, he returned to Dwaraka, enjoying like one who has gone to heaven.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 28

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.28

तच्छिरः पतितं दृष्ट्वा तत्र काशिपतेः पुरे जनः किम एतद इत्य आह केनेत्य अत्यन्तविस्मितः ।।

tacchiraḥ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra kāśipateḥ pure janaḥ kim etad ity āha kenety atyantavismitaḥ ||

Seeing that head fall, the people in the city of Kashi exclaimed, 'What is this?' in utter astonishment.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 29

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.29

ज्ञात्वा तं वासुदेवेन हतं तस्य सुतस ततः पुरोहितेन सहितस तोषयाम आस शंकरम ।।

jñātvā taṃ vāsudevena hataṃ tasya sutas tataḥ purohitena sahitas toṣayām āsa śaṃkaram ||

Knowing that his son was killed by Vasudeva, he then, along with the priest, pleased Shankara.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 30

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.30

अविमुक्ते महाक्षेत्रे तोषितस तेन शंकरः वरं वृणीष्वेति तदा तं प्रोवाच नृपात्मजम ।।

avimukte mahākṣetre toṣitas tena śaṃkaraḥ varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tadā taṃ provāca nṛpātmajam ||

In the sacred place of Avimukta, pleased by him, Shankara then spoke to the son of the king, 'Choose a boon.'

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 31

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.31

स वव्रे भगवन कृत्या पितृहन्तुर वधाय मे समुत्तिष्ठतु कृष्णस्य त्वत्प्रसादान महेश्वर ।।

sa vavre bhagavan kṛtyā pitṛhantur vadhāya me samuttiṣṭhatu kṛṣṇasya tvatprasādān maheśvara ||

He chose, 'May the killer of my father rise by the grace of Krishna, O Maheshvara.'

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 32

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.32

एवं भविष्यतीत्य उक्ते दक्षिणाग्नेर अनन्तरम महाकृत्या समुत्तस्थौ तस्यैवाग्निनिवेशनात ।।

evaṃ bhaviṣyatīty ukte dakṣiṇāgner anantaram mahākṛtyā samuttasthau tasyaivāgniniveśanāt ||

Thus it was said that thereafter, after the invocation of the southern fire, the great act arose.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 33

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.33

ततो ज्वालाकरालास्या ज्वलत्केशकलापिका कृष्ण कृष्णेति कुपिता कृत्या द्वारवतीं ययौ ।।

tato jvālākarālāsyā jvalatkeśakalāpikā kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti kupitā kṛtyā dvāravatīṃ yayau ||

Then, from the fearsome flame, the fiery-haired goddess, angry, went to Dwaravati, shouting 'Krishna! Krishna!'.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 34

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.34

ताम अवेक्ष्य जनस त्रासविचलल्लोचनो मुने ययौ शरण्यं जगतां शरणं मधुसूदनम ।।

tām avekṣya janas trāsavicalallocano mune yayau śaraṇyaṃ jagatāṃ śaraṇaṃ madhusūdanam ||

Seeing her, the sage with trembling eyes, went to the refuge of the world, Madhusudana.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 35

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.35

काशिराजसुतेनेयम आराध्य वृषभध्वजम उत्पादिता महाकृत्येत्य अवगम्याथ चक्रिणा ।।

kāśirājasuteneyam ārādhya vṛṣabhadhvajam utpāditā mahākṛtyety avagamyātha cakriṇā ||

This was accomplished by the daughter of the king of Kashi, worshipping the banner of the bull, understood by the one with the discus.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 36

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.36

जहि कृत्याम इमाम उग्रां वह्निज्वालाजटाकुलाम चक्रम उत्सृष्टम अक्षेषु क्रीडासक्तेन लीलया ।।

jahi kṛtyām imām ugrāṃ vahnijvālājaṭākulām cakram utsṛṣṭam akṣeṣu krīḍāsaktena līlayā ||

O destroyer of this fierce act, with flames like a fiery mane, the wheel was released, playfully engaged in sport.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 37

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.37

तदग्निमालाजटिलज्वालोद्गारातिभीषणाम कृत्याम अनुजगामाशु विष्णुचक्रं सुदर्शनम ।।

tadagnimālājaṭilajvālodgārātibhīṣaṇām kṛtyām anujagāmāśu viṣṇucakraṃ sudarśanam ||

From the terrifying roar of that fiery matted hair, he quickly followed the Sudarshana wheel.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 38

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.38

चक्रप्रतापविध्वस्ता कृत्या माहेश्वरी तदा ननाश वेगिनी वेगात तद अप्य अनुजगाम ताम ।।

cakrapratāpavidhvastā kṛtyā māheśvarī tadā nanāśa veginī vegāt tad apy anujagāma tām ||

The fierce act was destroyed by the power of the wheel; then the goddess Maheshwari, overwhelmed by speed, also followed her.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 39

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.39

कृत्या वाराणसीम एव प्रविवेश त्वरान्विता विष्णुचक्रप्रतिहतप्रभावा मुनिसत्तम ।।

kṛtyā vārāṇasīm eva praviveśa tvarānvitā viṣṇucakrapratihataprabhāvā munisattama ||

The accomplished one swiftly entered Varanasi, endowed with the power of the great sage, repelling the influence of the discus of Vishnu.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 40

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.40

ततः काशिबलं भूरि प्रमथानां तथा बलम समस्तशस्त्रास्त्रयुतं चक्रस्याभिमुखं ययौ ।।

tataḥ kāśibalaṃ bhūri pramathānāṃ tathā balam samastaśastrāstrayutaṃ cakrasyābhimukhaṃ yayau ||

Then, the strength of Kashi, along with the might of the Pramathas, armed with all weapons, advanced towards the discus.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 41

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.41

शस्त्रास्त्रमोक्षचतुरं दग्ध्वा तद बलम ओजसा कृत्यागर्भाम अशेषां तां तदा वाराणसीं पुरीम ।।

śastrāstramokṣacaturaṃ dagdhvā tad balam ojasā kṛtyāgarbhām aśeṣāṃ tāṃ tadā vārāṇasīṃ purīm ||

Having burned that skillful weapon, he then destroyed the entire city of Varanasi with great energy.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 42

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.42

सभूभृद्भृत्यपौरां तु साश्वमातङ्गमानवाम अशेषकोशकोष्ठां तां दुर्निरीक्ष्यां सुरैर अपि ।।

sabhūbhṛdbhṛtyapaurāṃ tu sāśvamātaṅgamānavām aśeṣakośakoṣṭhāṃ tāṃ durnirīkṣyāṃ surair api ||

The city, filled with the people and the eternal elephant-like beings, was difficult to behold even for the gods.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 43

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.43

ज्वालापरिष्कृताशेषगृहप्राकारचत्वराम ददाह तद धरेश चक्रं सकलाम एव तां पुरीम ।।

jvālāpariṣkṛtāśeṣagṛhaprākāracatvarām dadāha tad dhareś cakraṃ sakalām eva tāṃ purīm ||

He burned the entire city, adorned with flaming walls and gateways, along with the discus of the Lord.

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Amsa 5 Chapter 34 Verse 44

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34.44

अक्षीणामर्षम अत्यल्पसाध्यसाधनसस्पृहम तच चक्रं प्रस्फुरद्दीप्ति विष्णोर अभ्याययौ करम ।।

akṣīṇāmarṣam atyalpasādhyasādhanasaspṛham tac cakraṃ prasphuraddīpti viṣṇor abhyāyayau karam ||

The unyielding anger, with minimal means of accomplishment, that radiated from the discus of Vishnu, manifested in his hand.

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