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मैया
 
KRISHNA AVATARA
 
मल्लास्स्वलङ्कता हप्तास्सोपाध्यायास्समासत ।
चाणूरो मुष्टिकः कूटः शलस्तोशल एव च ।
 
ते
(भारत
 
The bedecked and haughty wrestlers,
Chanura, Mushtika, Kuta, Sala and
Tosala, sat (there) with their teachers.
 
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नन्दगोपादयो गोपा एकस्मिन्मञ्च आविशन् ॥
 
Nanda and other cowherds occupied
one stand.
 
अथ कृष्णश्च रामश्च कृतशौचौ [परन्तप]।
मल्लदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषं श्रुत्वा द्रष्टमुपेयतुः ॥
 
Then, Krishna and Rama, who had
finished their bath, heard the rumblings
of the wrestlers' drums, and came to
witness (the tournament).
 
रङ्गद्वारं समासाद्य तस्मिन्नागमवस्थितम् ।
अपश्यत्कुवलयापीडं कृष्णोऽम्बष्ठग्रचोदितम् ॥
 
Reaching the gate of the arena,
Krishna saw stationed there the elephant
Kuvalayapida, set on Him by its keeper.
 
तमापतन्तं भगवान् पातयामास भूतले ।
दन्तमुत्पाट्य तेनेभं हस्तिपांश्चाहनद्धरिः ॥