Shiva Purana

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व्यास उवाच ॥ अनिरुद्धे हृतै पौत्रे कृष्णस्य मुनिसत्तम ॥ कुंभांडसुतया कृष्णः किमकार्षीद्धि तद्वद ॥ १ ॥

Vyāsa said: O excellent sage, when Aniruddha the grandson of Kṛṣṇa was abducted by the daughter of Kumbhāṇḍa what did Kṛṣṇa do? Please narrate it to me.

english translation

vyAsa uvAca ॥ aniruddhe hRtai pautre kRSNasya munisattama ॥ kuMbhAMDasutayA kRSNaH kimakArSIddhi tadvada ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ ततो गतेऽनिरुद्धे तु तत्स्त्रीणां रोदनस्वनम् ॥ श्रुत्वा च व्यथितः कृष्णो बभूव मुनिसत्तम ॥२ ॥

Sanatkumāra said: O excellent sage, on hearing the woeful cries of his women when Aniruddha had gone off suddenly, Kṛṣṇa too became vexed.

english translation

sanatkumAra uvAca ॥ tato gate'niruddhe tu tatstrINAM rodanasvanam ॥ zrutvA ca vyathitaH kRSNo babhUva munisattama ॥2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अपश्यतां चानिरुद्धं तद्बंधूनां हरेस्तथा ॥ चत्वारो वार्षिका मासा व्यतीयुरनुशोचताम् ॥ ३ ॥

The four months of the rainy season thus went by when his relatives and Viṣṇu could not see Aniruddha and so they bewailed.

english translation

apazyatAM cAniruddhaM tadbaMdhUnAM harestathA ॥ catvAro vArSikA mAsA vyatIyuranuzocatAm ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नारदात्तदुपाकर्ण्य वार्तां बद्धस्य कर्म च ॥ आसन्सुव्यथितास्सर्वे वृष्णयः कृष्णदेवताः ॥४॥

On hearing from Nārada about the imprisonment and activities of Aniruddha the Vṛṣṇis, followers of Kṛṣṇa, became dejected.

english translation

nAradAttadupAkarNya vArtAM baddhasya karma ca ॥ AsansuvyathitAssarve vRSNayaH kRSNadevatAH ॥4॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कृष्णस्तद्वृत्तमखिलं श्रुत्वा युद्धाय चादरात् ॥ जगाम शोणितपुरं तार्क्ष्यमाहूय तत्क्षणात् ॥ ५ ॥

On hearing everything, Kṛṣṇa immediately called Garuḍa and went to the city of Śoṇita eagerly for fighting.

english translation

kRSNastadvRttamakhilaM zrutvA yuddhAya cAdarAt ॥ jagAma zoNitapuraM tArkSyamAhUya tatkSaNAt ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript