Harivāyustuti with English Translation /37

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O, deva! you who are the leader of the kuru race
allowed yourself to be bound by the rope of pity for the

allowed yourself to be bound by the rope of pity for the
sorrowing brahmins and as Bhima destroyed the obstacle
caused to the happiness of the lives of the people of
īma destroyed the obstacle
caused to the happiness of the lives of the people of
Ekacakra town by killing the highly powerful demon Baka.

Afterwards you easily killed Kirmiīrmīra (brother of Baka) the

foremost of those possessing evil mind. To such a one as

you we offer obeisance in word, deed and thought.
 

 
*निर्मनन्नत्यायत्नं विजरवर जरासन्धकायास्थिसन्धीन्

युद्वे त्वं स्वध्वरे वा पशुमिव दमयन् विष्णुपक्ष द्विडीशम् ।

यावत्प्रत्यक्षभूतं निखिलमखमुजं तर्पयामासिथासौ

तावत्याऽयोजि तृप्त्या किमु वद भगवन् राजसूयाश्वमेघे ॥ २३ ॥
 

 
* (Variant reading)
 

 
nirmathnan atyayatnam vijaravara jarasandhakayasthi
 
sandhin
 

 
sandhin
 
yuddhe tvam svadhvare va pasumiva damayan vişņu-

pakṣadviḍiśam 1
 

 
yavat pratyakşıbhūtam nikhilamakhabhujaṁ tarpayama-
sithasau
 

sithasau
 
tavatya'yoji tṛptya kimu vada bhagavan rājasūyāśva-

mēdhe 11 23 11
 

 
O, Śrī Vāyudeva, the best of the gods free from old age

and one having the six attributes (of prosperity, etc.,), say

whether Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the enjoyer of all sacrifices and

who appeared in person, was so much pleased by you

with the Rājasūya and Aswamedha sacrifices as with your

breaking in the battle the joints in the body of Jarasandha,

the chief of the haters of gods (who are the helpers of

Śriī Hari) effortlessly like an animal at a good sacrifice.