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RY OF CULTURE
 
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● भारत सरका
 
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KRISHNA AVATARA
 
वत्सवधः-
KILLING OF VATSA
 
FECHAL PRADEDAMA
 
कदाचिद्यमुनातीरे वत्सांश्चारयतोरस्वकैः
वयस्यैः कृष्णबलयोर्जिघांसुर्दैत्य आगमत् ॥
 
Once, as Krishna and Rama, along with
their friends, were tending the calves on
the banks of the Yamuna, a demon came
desiring to kill them.
 
तं वत्सरूपिणं वीक्ष्य वत्सयूथगतं हरिः ।
दर्शयन्बलदेवाय शनैर्मुग्ध इवासदत् ॥
 
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Seeing that the demon had taken the
form of a calf and had entered the flock,
Lord Hari showed him to Balarama and
slowly approached him as if He knew
nothing.
 
गृहीत्वाऽपरपादाभ्यां सह लाङलमच्युतः ।
भ्रामयित्वा कपित्थाग्ने प्राहिणोद्गत जीवितम् ।
स कपित्थैर्महाकायः पात्यमानैः पपात ह ॥