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रामकृष्णावतारसमाप्तिः

The end of the incarnation of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

Vaiśampāyana said.

ततो ययुर्दारुकः केशवश्च; बभ्रुश्च रामस्य पदं पतन्तः। अथापश्यन्राममनन्तवीर्यं; वृक्षे स्थितं चिन्तयानं विविक्ते ॥१६-५-१॥

Then Dāruka, Keśava, and Babhru went, following the path of Rāma, and then they saw Rāma of infinite valor, standing on a tree, lost in contemplation in solitude. (16-5-1)

ततः समासाद्य महानुभावः; कृष्णस्तदा दारुकमन्वशासत्। गत्वा कुरूञ्शीघ्रमिमं महान्तं; पार्थाय शंसस्व वधं यदूनाम् ॥१६-५-२॥

Then, the great-souled Kṛṣṇa, having approached, instructed Dāruka: "Go quickly to the Kurus and announce this great destruction of the Yādavas to Pārtha (Arjuna)." (16-5-2)

ततोऽर्जुनः क्षिप्रमिहोपयातु; श्रुत्वा मृतान्यादवान्ब्रह्मशापात्। इत्येवमुक्तः स ययौ रथेन; कुरूंस्तदा दारुको नष्टचेताः ॥१६-५-३॥

Then Arjuna should quickly come here; after hearing that the Yadavas had died because of the curse of Brahma. Thus addressed, Dāruka, his mind distraught, went by chariot to the Kurus at that time. (16-5-3)

ततो गते दारुके केशवोऽथ; दृष्ट्वान्तिके बभ्रुमुवाच वाक्यम्। स्त्रियो भवान्रक्षतु यातु शीघ्रं; नैता हिंस्युर्दस्यवो वित्तलोभात् ॥१६-५-४॥

After Dāruka had left, Keśava saw Babhrū nearby and spoke: "Please protect the women and depart quickly; let not these women be harmed by the robbers out of greed for wealth." (16-5-4)

स प्रस्थितः केशवेनानुशिष्टो; मदातुरो ज्ञातिवधार्दितश्च। तं वै यान्तं संनिधौ केशवस्य; त्वरन्तमेकं सहसैव बभ्रुम् ॥ ब्रह्मानुशप्तमवधीन्महद्वै; कूटोन्मुक्तं मुसलं लुब्धकस्य ॥१६-५-५॥

He, instructed by Keśava, departed, afflicted by intoxication and grief from the slaughter of his kin. As he went in Keśava’s presence, hastening, they suddenly saw a babhru (mongoose). Cursed by Brahmā, the great babhru was killed by the club released from the top by the hunter. (16-5-5)

ततो दृष्ट्वा निहतं बभ्रुमाह; कृष्णो वाक्यं भ्रातरमग्रजं तु। इहैव त्वं मां प्रतीक्षस्व राम; यावत्स्त्रियो ज्ञातिवशाः करोमि ॥१६-५-६॥

Then, upon seeing Babhrū slain, Kṛṣṇa said to his elder brother: "Wait for me here, Rāma, until I have placed the women under the care of their relatives." (16-5-6)

ततः पुरीं द्वारवतीं प्रविश्य; जनार्दनः पितरं प्राह वाक्यम्। स्त्रियो भवान्रक्षतु नः समग्रा; धनञ्जयस्यागमनं प्रतीक्षन् ॥ रामो वनान्ते प्रतिपालयन्मा; मास्तेऽद्याहं तेन समागमिष्ये ॥१६-५-७॥

Then, after entering the city of Dvāravatī, Janārdana spoke to his father: “Please protect all our women, who are awaiting Dhanañjaya’s arrival. Rāma is waiting at the edge of the forest; let him not remain there. I will meet him today.” (16-5-7)

दृष्टं मयेदं निधनं यदूनां; राज्ञां च पूर्वं कुरुपुङ्गवानाम्। नाहं विना यदुभिर्यादवानां; पुरीमिमां द्रष्टुमिहाद्य शक्तः ॥१६-५-८॥

I have seen this destruction of the Yādavas, and earlier, of the kings who were foremost among the Kurus. Without the Yādavas, I am not able to see this city of the Yādavas here today. (16-5-8)

तपश्चरिष्यामि निबोध तन्मे; रामेण सार्धं वनमभ्युपेत्य। इतीदमुक्त्वा शिरसास्य पादौ; संस्पृश्य कृष्णस्त्वरितो जगाम ॥१६-५-९॥

“Know that I shall perform austerities; having gone to the forest together with Rāma.” After saying this, Kṛṣṇa touched his (Rāma's) feet with his head and departed quickly. (16-5-9)

ततो महान्निनदः प्रादुरासी; त्सस्त्रीकुमारस्य पुरस्य तस्य। अथाब्रवीत्केशवः संनिवर्त्य; शब्दं श्रुत्वा योषितां क्रोशतीनाम् ॥१६-५-१०॥

Then a great roar arose from the women and boys of that city. Keśava, having turned back after hearing the sound of the women crying, then spoke. (16-5-10)

पुरीमिमामेष्यति सव्यसाची; स वो दुःखान्मोचयिता नराग्र्यः। ततो गत्वा केशवस्तं ददर्श; रामं वने स्थितमेकं विविक्ते ॥१६-५-११॥

Savyasacin (Arjuna) will come to this city; he, the foremost of men, will deliver you from your suffering. Then, after going there, Keshava (Krishna) saw Rama sitting alone in seclusion in the forest. (16-5-11)

अथापश्ययोगयुक्तस्य तस्य; नागं मुखान्निःसरन्तं महान्तम्। श्वेतं ययौ स ततः प्रेक्ष्यमाणो; महार्णवो येन महानुभावः ॥१६-५-१२॥

Then, as he watched, he saw from the mouth of that one engaged in yoga a great white serpent emerging. The great-souled one (the serpent) went from there to the great ocean. (16-5-12)

सहस्रशीर्षः पर्वताभोगवर्ष्मा; रक्ताननः स्वां तनुं तां विमुच्य। सम्यक्च तं सागरः प्रत्यगृह्णा; न्नागा दिव्याः सरितश्चैव पुण्याः ॥१६-५-१३॥

The thousand-headed being, with a body as vast as a mountain and red face, having cast off his own form; then the ocean, as well as the divine serpents and the pure rivers, properly received him. (16-5-13)

कर्कोटको वासुकिस्तक्षकश्च; पृथुश्रवा वरुणः कुञ्जरश्च। मिश्री शङ्खः कुमुदः पुण्डरीक; स्तथा नागो धृतराष्ट्रो महात्मा ॥१६-५-१४॥

Karkotaka, Vāsuki, Takṣaka, Pṛthuśravā, Varuṇa, Kuñjara, Miśrī, Śaṅkha, Kumuda, Puṇḍarīka, and also Nāga Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the great-souled one. (16-5-14)

ह्रादः क्राथः शितिकण्ठोऽग्रतेजा; स्तथा नागौ चक्रमन्दातिषण्डौ। नागश्रेष्ठो दुर्मुखश्चाम्बरीषः; स्वयं राजा वरुणश्चापि राजन् ॥ प्रत्युद्गम्य स्वागतेनाभ्यनन्दं; स्तेऽपूजयंश्चार्घ्यपाद्यक्रियाभिः ॥१६-५-१५॥

Hrāda, Krātha, Śitikaṇṭha, and the foremost-bright Agra-tejas, as well as the two Nāgas Cakramanda and Atiṣaṇḍa, together with Nagaśreṣṭha, Durmukha, and Ambarīṣa—Varuṇa, the king himself, also, O King—came forward to greet (him) with words of welcome, and they honored (him) with the ceremonies of arghya and pādya. (16-5-15)

ततो गते भ्रातरि वासुदेवो; जानन्सर्वा गतयो दिव्यदृष्टिः। वने शून्ये विचरंश्चिन्तयानो; भूमौ ततः संविवेशाग्र्यतेजाः ॥१६-५-१६॥

Then, after his brother had departed, Vasudeva, who knew all paths by divine vision, wandered meditating in the empty forest; then he of supreme splendor lay down upon the ground. (16-5-16)

सर्वं हि तेन प्राक्तदा वित्तमासी; द्गान्धार्या यद्वाक्यमुक्तः स पूर्वम्। दुर्वाससा पायसोच्छिष्टलिप्ते; यच्चाप्युक्तं तच्च सस्मार कृष्णः ॥१६-५-१७॥

Everything, indeed, that wealth was formerly by him; whatever statement Gāndhārī had earlier spoken, and whatever Durvāsas said when the rice pudding was smeared with leftovers—Kṛṣṇa remembered all that. (16-5-17)

स चिन्तयानोऽन्धकवृष्णिनाशं; कुरुक्षयं चैव महानुभावः। मेने ततः सङ्क्रमणस्य कालं; ततश्चकारेन्द्रियसंनिरोधम् ॥१६-५-१८॥

He, the greatly powerful one, reflecting on the destruction of the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis, as well as the annihilation of the Kurus, then regarded it as the time for departure; and thereafter, he restrained his senses. (16-5-18)

स संनिरुद्धेन्द्रियवाङ्मनास्तु; शिश्ये महायोगमुपेत्य कृष्णः। जराथ तं देशमुपाजगाम; लुब्धस्तदानीं मृगलिप्सुरुग्रः ॥१६-५-१९॥

Kṛṣṇa, having entered into great meditation with his senses, speech, and mind completely restrained, lay down. At that time, the fierce hunter Jarā, desiring a deer, came near that place. (16-5-19)

स केशवं योगयुक्तं शयानं; मृगाशङ्की लुब्धकः सायकेन। जराविध्यत्पादतले त्वरावां; स्तं चाभितस्तज्जिघृक्षुर्जगाम ॥ अथापश्यत्पुरुषं योगयुक्तं; पीताम्बरं लुब्धकोऽनेकबाहुम् ॥१६-५-२०॥

Keśava, who was lying down absorbed in yoga, was mistaken for a deer by the hunter. The hunter Jarā swiftly pierced the sole of his foot with an arrow and, wishing to claim him, approached him. Then the hunter saw that the man, absorbed in yoga and clothed in yellow, had many arms. (16-5-20)

मत्वात्मानमपराद्धं स तस्य; जग्राह पादौ शिरसा चार्तरूपः। आश्वासयत्तं महात्मा तदानीं; गच्छन्नूर्ध्वं रोदसी व्याप्य लक्ष्म्या ॥१६-५-२१॥

Realizing himself to be at fault, he took the other's feet with his head, appearing in distress. At that time, the great-souled one comforted him and, ascending upward, pervaded heaven and earth with his splendor. (16-5-21)

दिवं प्राप्तं वासवोऽथाश्विनौ च; रुद्रादित्या वसवश्चाथ विश्वे। प्रत्युद्ययुर्मुनयश्चापि सिद्धा; गन्धर्वमुख्याश्च सहाप्सरोभिः ॥१६-५-२२॥

After he reached heaven, Indra, then the Ashvins, the Rudras, Ādityas, Vasus, and the Viśvedevas; the sages, Siddhas, chief Gandharvas, and Apsarases all went forth to meet him. (16-5-22)

ततो राजन्भगवानुग्रतेजा; नारायणः प्रभवश्चाव्ययश्च। योगाचार्यो रोदसी व्याप्य लक्ष्म्या; स्थानं प्राप स्वं महात्माप्रमेयम् ॥१६-५-२३॥

Then, O King, the blessed and mighty Nārāyaṇa—the origin and the imperishable, the teacher of yoga—having pervaded heaven and earth with splendor, attained his own immeasurable abode. (16-5-23)

ततो देवैरृषिभिश्चापि कृष्णः; समागतश्चारणैश्चैव राजन्। गन्धर्वाग्र्यैरप्सरोभिर्वराभिः; सिद्धैः साध्यैश्चानतैः पूज्यमानः ॥१६-५-२४॥

Then, O king, Kṛṣṇa, surrounded by the gods, sages, cāraṇas, foremost gandharvas, excellent apsarases, siddhas, sādhyas, and those who bowed, was worshipped. (16-5-24)

ते वै देवाः प्रत्यनन्दन्त राज; न्मुनिश्रेष्ठा वाग्भिरानर्चुरीशम्। गन्धर्वाश्चाप्युपतस्थुः स्तुवन्तः; प्रीत्या चैनं पुरुहूतोऽभ्यनन्दत् ॥१६-५-२५॥

The gods indeed rejoiced, O king; the best sages honored the Lord with words. The Gandharvas also came forth praising, and with affection, Puruhūta (Indra) congratulated him. (16-5-25)