A Prose English Translation of Harivamsha

1. Opening about 9 min
2. Introduction about 7 min
3. I. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRIMEVAL CREATION about 5 min
4. II. THE ORIGIN OF MEN: THE BIRTH OF DAKSHA about 5 min
5. III. AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS FAMILIES; DAKSHA’S OFFSPRING about 12 min
6. IV. A QUERY REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF THE ARTICLES OF FOOD about 3 min
7. V. AN ACCOUNT OF VENA AND PRITHU about 6 min
8. VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE EARTH about 6 min
9. VII. AN ACCOUNT OF MANWANTARAS about 7 min
10. VIII. DIVISION OF TIME about 5 min
11. IX. ACCOUNT OF THE SUN’S OFFSPRING about 7 min
12. X. VAIVASWATA MANU’S OFFSPRING about 4 min
13. XI. ACCOUNT OF RAIVATA AND HIS SONS about 8 min
14. XIII. THE SAME STORY CONTINUED about 4 min
15. XIV. AN ACCOUNT OF SAGARA about 3 min
16. XV. THE SAME STORY CONTINUED about 3 min
17. XVI. THE ORIGIN OF PITRIS AND FRUITS OF SRADDHAS about 5 min
18. XVII. THE SAME STORY CONTINUED about 5 min
19. XVIII. AN ACCOUNT OF PITRIS about 11 min
20. XIX. BHARADWAJA’s FAMILY about 3 min
21. XX. ACCOUNT OF BRAHMADATTA AND THE STRANGE BIRD about 14 min
22. XXI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVEN BRAHMANAS about 4 min
23. XXII. THE CURSE OF THE BIRDS about 1 min
24. XXIII. THE STORY OF THE BIRDS—CONTINUED about 4 min
25. XXIV. BRAHMADATTA RETIRES FROM THE WORLD about 4 min
26. XXV. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF THE MOON about 5 min
27. XXVI. AN ACCOUNT OF PURURAVA about 5 min
28. XXVII. AN ACCOUNT OF ILA’S FAMILY about 5 min
29. XXVIII. AN ACCOUNT OF RAJI AND HIS SONS about 4 min
30. XXIX. AN ACCOUNT OF KASHI KINGS about 8 min
31. XXX. ACCOUNT OF THE KING YAYATI about 5 min
32. XXXI. AN ACCOUNT OF PURU’S FAMILY about 5 min
33. XXXII. AN ACCOUNT OF RICHEYU’S FAMILY about 11 min
34. XXXIII. AN ACCOUNT OF HAIHAYAS AND KARTAVIRYA about 6 min
35. XXXIV. KROUSTHU’S FAMILY about 4 min
36. XXXV. VASUDEVA’S FAMILY about 3 min
37. XXXVI. KROUSHTHU’S FAMILY about 3 min
38. XXXVII. AN ACCOUNT OF VABHRU’S FAMILY about 3 min
39. XXXVIII. AN ACCOUNT OF SWYAMANTAKA JEWEL about 5 min
40. XXXIX. AN ACCOUNT OF AKRURA about 5 min
41. XL. A DESCRIPTION OF VISHNU about 12 min
42. XLI. THE INCARNATIONS OF VISHNU about 18 min
43. XLII. VISHNU’S APPEARANCE about 5 min
44. XLIII. THE PREPARATION OF THE DANAVAS FOR THE BATTLE about 3 min
45. XLIV. ARRANGEMENT OF THE CELESTIAL ARMY about 6 min
46. XLV. THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE GODS AND DEMONS about 8 min
47. XLVI. THE BATTLE OF THE GODS about 7 min
48. XLVII. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DANAVAS about 6 min
49. XLVIII. KALANEMI GOES TO VISHNU about 9 min
50. XLIX. ATTRIBUTES OF NARAYANA about 3 min
51. L. AN ACCOUNT OF NARAYANASHRAMA about 6 min
52. LI. THE PROPOSAL OF RELIEVING THE EARTH OF HER BURDEN about 3 min
53. LII. THE ASSEMBLY OF THE GODS about 7 min
54. LIII. AN ACCOUNT OF SANTANU’S FAMILY about 8 min
55. LIV. THE BIRTH OF THE DAITYAS about 10 min
56. L. V. VISHNU’S REPLY about 5 min
57. LVI. KANSA IS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH BY NARADA about 3 min
58. LVII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF DEMONS about 6 min
59. LVIII. ATTRIBUTES OF THE GODDESS about 4 min
60. LIX. BIRTH OF KRISHNA AND BALADEVA about 7 min
61. LX. A DESCRIPTION OF VILLAGE VRAJA about 3 min
62. LXI. SUPERHUMAN DEEDS OF KRISHNA. HE UPSETS A CARRIAGE AND KILLS PUTANA about 3 min
63. LXII. THE CHILDISH FREAKS OF KRISHNA about 4 min
64. LVIII. KRISHNA WISHES TO GO TO VRINDAVANA AND PRODUCES WOLVES about 4 min
65. LXIV. THEIR DEPARTURE FOR VRINDAVANA about 3 min
66. LXV. AN ACCOUNT OF THE RAINY SEASON about 5 min
67. LXVI. AN ACCOUNT OF KALYA about 6 min
68. LXVII. KRISHNA SUBDUES KALYA about 5 min
69. LXIII. THE DESTRUCTION OF KHARA AND DHENUKA about 3 min
70. LXIV. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DEMON PRALAMVA about 7 min
71. LXX. AN ACCOUNT OF INDRA-YAJNA about 2 min
72. LXXI. ²²⁴ KRISHNA PROTESTS AGAINST INDRA-YAJNA: AN ACCOUNT OF AUTUMN about 6 min
73. LXXII. THE REPLY OF THE GOPAS about 5 min
74. LXXIII. INDRA SENDS DOWN PUNISHMENT about 8 min
75. LXXIV. INDRA COMES AND EULOGISES KRISHNA about 12 min
76. LXXV. RASA DANCE about 6 min
77. LXXVI. DEATH OF ARISTHA about 3 min
78. LXXVII. KANSA INVITES KRISHNA AND SENDS AKRURA TO BRING HIM about 11 min
79. LXXVIII. ANDHAKA’S ADVICE TO KANSA about 5 min
80. LXXIX. THE DESTRUCTION OF KESHI about 7 min
81. LXXX. AKRURA GOES TO VRAJA about 4 min
82. LXXXI. AKRURA DESCRIBES TO HIM THE MISERIES OF HIS PARENTS about 8 min
83. LXXXII. KRISHNA’S ARRIVAL about 6 min
84. LXXXIII. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MATCH about 12 min
85. LXXXIV. A DESCRIPTION OF THE ARENA about 4 min
86. LXXXV. TRIAL OF ARMS about 9 min
87. LXXXVI. LAMENTATIONS OF KANSA’S WIVES about 6 min
88. LXXXVII. KRISHNA’S REPLY TO UGRASENA about 6 min
89. LXXXVIII. KRISHNA BRINGS BACK HIS PRECEPTOR’S SON FROM THE OCEAN about 5 min
90. LXXXIX. JARASANDHA PREPARES TO ATTACK MATHURA about 2 min
91. XC. JARASANDHA’S ARMY about 10 min
92. XCII. THE BATTLE BETWEEN KRISHNA AND JARASHANDHA about 4 min
93. XCIII. AN ACCOUNT OF HARYASHWA about 7 min
94. XCIV. THE SONS OF YADU AND THEIR CONQUESTS about 6 min
95. XCV. KRISHNA MEETS WITH PARASURAMA about 8 min
96. XCVI. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOUNT GOMANTA about 4 min
97. XCVII. BALARAMA GETS DRUNK about 6 min
98. XCVIII. JARASANDHA’S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE KINGS about 8 min
99. XCIX. KRISHNA MEETS HIS ENEMY about 10 min
100. C. BATTLE WITH SHRIGALA about 6 min
101. CI. KRISHNA’S ARRIVAL AT MATHURA about 2 min
102. CII. BALADEVA VISITS VRAJA about 6 min
103. CIII. RUKSHMINI’S SWAYAMVARA about 2 min
104. CIV. THE MEETING OF KRISHNA AND GARUDA about 2 min
105. CV. JARASANDHA’S ADRESS TO THE KINGS about 5 min
106. CVI. DANTAVAKRAS SPEECH about 7 min
107. CVII. KAISHIKA WORSHIPS KRISHNA about 9 min
108. CVIII. CONVERSATION BETWEEN KRISHNA AND BHISHMAKA about 7 min
109. CIX. JARASANDHA’S PROPOSAL TO INVITE KALAYAVANA about 5 min
110. CX. SHALYA MEETS KALAYAVANA about 6 min
111. CXI. KALAYAVANA AGREES TO KILL KRISHNA about 1 min
112. CXII. UGRASENA RECEIVES KRISHNA about 12 min
113. CXIII. KRISHNA’S PROPOSAL TO GO TO DWARAKA about 3 min
114. CXIV. ACCOUNT OF KALAYAVANA about 7 min
115. CXV. THE LAYING OUT OF DWARKA about 8 min
116. CXVVI. AN ACCOUNT OF RUKSHMI: KRISHNA TAKES AWAY RUKSHMINI about 7 min
117. CXIVII. RUKSHMI ATTACKS KRISHNA AND IS DEFEATED about 4 min
118. CXVIII. MARRIAGE OF RUKSHMAVATI about 5 min
119. CXIX. BALADEVA’S GLORIOUS DEEDS DESCRIBED about 2 min
120. CXX. THE DEFEAT OF THE ASURA NARAKA about 12 min
121. CXXI. KRISHNA VISIT WITH ADITI about 6 min
122. CXXII. THE PRESENT OF THE PARIJATA BY KRISHNA TO RUKSHMINI about 6 min
123. CXXIII. SATYABHAMA’S RESENTMENT AND KESHAVA’S CONSOLATION TO HER about 7 min
124. CXXIV. SATYABHAMA’S GRIEF about 9 min
125. CXXV. THE HISTORY OF THE PARIJATA TREE THE COLOQUY BETWEEN KRISHNA AND NARADA about 5 min
126. CXXVI. THE COLLOQUY BETWEEN NARADA AND INDRA REGARDING THE TRANSPLANTATION OF THE PARIJATA about 9 min
127. CXXVII. NARADA’S ADVICE AND INDRA’S ANSWERS about 7 min
128. CCXVIII. NARADA’S ADVICE about 7 min
129. CCXIX. ATTRIBUTES OF HARI about 12 min
130. CCXX. THE FIGHT BETWEEN KRISHNA AND INDRA about 12 min
131. CCXXI. THE FIGHT BETWEEN GARUDA AND AIRAVATA about 8 min
132. CCXXII. INDRA FIGHTS WITH KRISHNA about 6 min
133. CCXXIII. SATYA PERFORM THE RITE about 3 min
134. CCXXIV. THE HISTORY OF THE PUNYAKA RITE about 3 min
135. CCXXV. PUNYAKA DESCRIBED BY UMA about 4 min
136. CCXXVI. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED about 8 min
137. CCXXVII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED about 5 min
138. CCXXVIII. NARADA GIVES A HISTORY OF VRATAS PERFORMED BY OTHER LADIES about 4 min
139. CCXXIX. AN ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF ASURAS about 4 min
140. CCXXX. THE ASURAS OBSTRUCTING A YAJNA about 5 min
141. CCXXXI. WAR BETWEEN KRISHNA AND ASURAS about 6 min
142. CCXXXII. DEFEAT OF THE ASURAS: THEY FIGHT AGAIN about 8 min
143. CCXXXIII. THE HISTORY OF THE ASURA ANDHAKA about 6 min
144. CCXXXIV. ANDMAKA GOES TO THE MOUNT MANDARA about 4 min
145. CCXXXV. THE YADAVAS SPORT IN THE OCEAN about 7 min
146. CCXXXVI. THE SPORT OF THE YADUS CONTINUED about 11 min
147. CCXXXVII. NIKUMBHA CARRIES AWAY BHANUMATI about 8 min
148. CCXXXVIII. THE DESTRUCTION OF VAJRANABHA: AN ACCOUNT OF PRABHAVATI about 5 min
149. CCXXXIX. THE CELESTIAL SWANS GO TO THE CITY OF VAJRA about 6 min
150. CCXL. THE YADAVAS ARRIVE AT THE CITY OF ASURAS AS ACTORS about 5 min
151. CCXLI. PRADYUMNA APPEARS BEFORE PRABHAVATI AND MARRIES HER about 5 min
152. CCXLII. A DESCRIPTION OF THE RAINY SEASON about 5 min
153. CCXLIII. VAJRANABHA WANTS TO CONQUER THE CELESTIAL REGION about 6 min
154. CCXLIV. THE DESTRUCTION OF VAJRANABHA about 4 min
155. CCXLV. THE CELESTIAL ARCHITECT BUILDS DWARAKA about 6 min
156. CCXLVI. KRISHNA’S ENTRANCE INTO DWARAKA AND RECEPTION about 2 min
157. CCXLVII. KRISHNA INVITES A MEETING OF HIS KINSMEN about 1 min
158. CCXLVIII. NARADA DESCRIBES THE FEAT OF KRISHNA about 7 min
159. CCXLIX. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED about 4 min
160. CCL. KRISHNA’S CHILDREN about 2 min
161. CCLI. AN ACCOUNT OF PRADYUMNA about 6 min
162. CCLII. BATTLE BETWEEN PRADYUMNA AND SHAMVARA’S SONS about 7 min
163. CCLIII. SHAMVARA COMES TO THE BATTLE-FIELD about 5 min
164. CCLIV. SHAMVARA’S DEATH about 3 min
165. CCLV. PRADYUMNA GOES TO DWARAKA AND HIS PARENTS RECOGNIZE HIM about 3 min
166. CCLVI. BALADEVA’S MANTRA FOR PROTECTING PRADYUMNA about 3 min
167. CCLVII. NARADA PUTS QUESTIONS: AND THE MYSTERY IS EXPLAINED about 8 min
168. CCLVIII. ARJUNA DESCRIBES ANOTHER WONDERFUL WORK about 2 min
169. CCLIX. ARJUNA GOES TO RESCUE THE BRAHMANA AND BECOMES UNSUCCESSFUL about 2 min
170. CCLX. KRISHNA RESCUES THE BRAHMANA’S SONS about 3 min
171. CCLXI. KRISHNA EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY about 2 min
172. CCLXII. KRISHNA’S FEATS DESCRIBED about 2 min
173. CCLXIII. VANA—THE GREAT ASURA about 8 min
174. CCLXIV. BHAVA’S SPORT AND VANA’S DAUGHTER OBTAINS A BOON about 2 min
175. CCLXV. USHA MEETS HER LOVER WHILE ASLEEP AND EXHORTS HER FRIENDS TO BRING HIM about 9 min
176. CCLXVI. CHITRALEKHA UNITES ANIRUDDHA WITH USHA: ANIRUDDHA’S FIGHT WITH VANA’S SOLDIERS about 18 min
177. CCLXVII. THE GODDESS CONSOLES ANIRUDDHA about 1 min
178. CCLXVIII. ANXIETY OF THE YADAVAS FOR ANIRUDDHA about 13 min
179. CCLXIV. KRISHNA GOES TO SONITPURA AND FIGHTS WITH RUDRA’S FOLLOWERS ON THE WAY about 5 min
180. CCLXX. KRISHNA’S BATTLE WITH JVARA (FEVER) about 3 min
181. CCLXXI. KRISHNA’S BOON TO JVARA about 3 min
182. CCLXXII. THE FIGHT BETWEEN KRISHNA AND SHANKARA about 5 min
183. CCLXXIII. THE EARTH GOES TO BRAHMA: MARKANDEYA EXPLAINS HOW BRAHMA, VISHNU, SIVA ARE ONE about 5 min
184. CCLXXIV. KARTIKEYA GOES TO THE BATTLE-FIELD about 3 min
185. CCLXXV. THE BATTLE BETWEEN VANA AND KRISHNA about 11 min
186. CCLXXVI. KRISHNA FINDS ANIRUDDHA: GIVES THE KINGDOM TO KUMBHANDA AND FIGHTS WITH VARUNA FOR COWS about 13 min
187. CCLXXVII. ANIRUDDHA’S WEDDING AND RECEPTION about 4 min
188. I. AN ACCOUNT OF JANAMEJAYA’S FAMILY about 2 min
189. II. VYASA’S PRESENCE AT JANAMEJAYA’S SACRIFICE about 5 min
190. III. AN ACCOUNT OF KALI-YUGA about 5 min
191. IV. KALI-YUGA DESCRIBED about 5 min
192. V. INDRA RAVISHES VAPUSTHAMA: VISHWAVASU PACIFIES JANAMEJAYA’S WRATH about 4 min
193. VI. JANAMEJAYA LIVES HAPPILY: EFFECT OF THE RISHI’S WORDS about 1 min
194. VII. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD about 2 min
195. VIII. THE DURATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF YOGA about 3 min
196. IX. THE WORK OF DISSOLUTION DESCRIBED about 2 min
197. X. THE GOD AFTER DISSOLUTION about 7 min
198. XI. THE CREATION OF A LOTUS AFTER DISSOLUTION about 2 min
199. XII. A DESCRIPTION OF THE EARTH about 1 min
200. XIII. THE WORLD OF CREATION BEGINS: THE BIRTH OF MADHU AND KAITABHA about 3 min
201. XIV. BRAHMA’S CREATION about 5 min
202. XV. JANAMEJAVA’s QUERY about 1 min
203. XVI. THE GREAT BRAHMAN DESCRIBED about 5 min
204. XVII. THE CREATION OF RIVERS about 4 min
205. XVIII. THE CREATION OF GANDHARVAS ETC about 2 min
206. XIX. KSHATRA YUGA DESCRIBED about 3 min
207. XX. THE FRUITS OF YOGA about 3 min
208. XXI. THE PROCESS OF PRANAYAMA about 9 min
209. XXII. KURUKSHETRA AND THE DUTY OF THE BRAHMANAS about 2 min
210. XXIII. THE BEGINNING OF FIGHT BETWEEN DEVAS AND DAITYAS about 2 min
211. XXIV. THE FIGHT BETWEEN MADHU AND VISHNU about 6 min
212. XXV. VISHNU KILLS MADHU about 3 min
213. XXVI. AN ACCOUNT OF PIRTHU AND THE CHURNING OF THE OCEAN about 3 min
214. XXVII. THE DESTRUCTION OF BALI about 2 min
215. XXVIII. SIVA OBSTRUCTS DAKSHA’S SACRIFICE AND HARI FIGHTS WITH HIM about 6 min
216. XXIX. THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU about 4 min
217. XXX. THE WORK OF CREATION AND UPRAISING OF THE EARTH about 4 min
218. XXXI. THE CREATION OF MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS about 4 min
219. XXXII. THE CREATION OF THE VEDAS about 4 min
220. XXXIII. VARIOUS KINGS ARE APPOINTED BY BRAHMA about 3 min
221. XXXIV. THE MOUNTAINS SET ASURAS FIGHTING WITH THE GODS about 3 min
222. XXXV. THE LORD COMES OUT AS A BOAR about 1 min
223. XXXVI. RELEASE OF THE CELESTIALS about 1 min
224. XXXVII. THE MAN-LION INCARNATION OF VISHNU HIRANYAKASHIPU’S PRAYER TO BRAHMA about 3 min
225. XXXVIII. THE ASURAS ARE FILLED WITH SURPRISE AT SEEING THE MAN-LION FORM about 1 min
226. XXXIX. VISHNU KILLS HIRANYAKASHIPU about 1 min
227. XL. THE BEGINNING OF THE DWARF INCARNATION: BALI BECOMES KING about 1 min
228. XLI. BALI’S PROSPERITY about 1 min
229. XLII. THE GODS GO TO KASHYAPA FOR FINDING OUT MEANS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF BALI about 3 min
230. XLII. BRAHMA INSTRUCTS THE DEVAS TO GO TO VISHNU about 2 min
231. XLIII. VISHNU PROMISES HELP TO THE GODS about 2 min
232. XLIV. VISHNU’S BIRTH AS A DWARF about 5 min
233. XLV. BALI PROMISES TO GIVE LANDS TO THE DWARF about 6 min
234. XLVI. THE DANAVAS DESCRIBED about 10 min
235. XLVII. THE FRUITS OF THE RECITATION OF THE BHARATA about 9 min
236. XLVIII. THE FRUITS OF THE RECITATION OF HARIVAMSHA about 1 min

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