Harivamsha MahA PurANam - bhaviShya Parva
atha saptadashAdhikashatatamo.adhyAyaH
haMsavAkyam

ityuktvA brAhmaNaM kR^iShNaH sAtyakiM punarAha saH |
gatvA shaineya vipreNa brUhi madvachanAttayoH ||3-117-1

(O janamejaya!) Speaking thus to the brahmin, kR^iShNa again spoke to sAtyaki: O son of shini! Go along with the brahmin (janArdana) and tell my words to both of them (haMsa and Dimbhaka).

yanmayoktamasheSheNa vada gatvA tayoH puraH |
yathA naH sa~Ngatiryuddhe tathA vada balAttadA ||3-117-2

Tell all that are spoken by me in front of them without leaving anything. Also say that we shall meet them in the battle field along with our army.

dhanurAdAya gachCha tvaM baddhagodhA~NgulitravAn |
ekenAshvena gachCha tvamasahAyo yadUttama ||3-117-3

Go there taking your bow along with you wearing the alligator's skin on your fingers. O the best among yAdava-s! Go alone with one horse.

sAtyakistaM tathetyuktvA hayamAruhya shIghragam |
gantumaichChattato rAjannasahAyaH sa sAtyakiH ||3-117-4

sAtyaki said: Let it be so. Then O king! (janamejaya! vaishampAyana continued) sAtyaki mounted on a fast moving horse and proceeded without any help.

janArdanaM visR^ijyAshu dUtaM taM yAdaveshvaraH |
aho dhArShTyamaho dhArShTyamityuvAcha janArdanaH ||3-117-5

The lord of yAdava-s (kR^iShNa) made the messenger janArdana take leave. janArdana (kR^iShNa) said: Alas! What an audacity! What an audacity!

namskR^itya tadA dUto mAdhavaM mAdhaveshvaram |
sa yayau shAlvanagaraM shaineyena samanvitaH ||3-117-6

Then the messenger (janArdana) bowed to the Lord of gods (mAdhava, kR^iShNa) and proceeded to the city of shAlva accompanied by the son of shini (sAtyaki).

tataH pravishya dharmAtmA brAhmaNo brahmavittamaH |
AsanaM mahadAsthAya viSR^ijya yAdave punaH ||3-117-7

Reaching there, the one with a soul of dharma, the twice born, the one who is knowledgeable about dharma (janArdana) sat on a great seat and offered another seat to the yAdava (sAtyaki).

Aste sukhaM yadA vipraH shaineyena samanvitaH |
atha taM haMsaDimbhayordarshayAmAsa sAtyakim ||3-117-8

After the Brahmin (janArdana) was seated comfortably accompanied by the son of shini (sAtyaki), he presented sAtyaki to haMsa and Dimbhaka.

dUto.ayaM sAtyakiH prAptaH savyo bAhurayaM hareH |
tasya tadvachanaM shrutvA haMsaH prAha vachastadA ||3-117-9

"The messenger, sAtyaki, the right hand of hari (viShNu, kR^iShNa) has arrived." Hearing his words, haMsa spoke these words:

shrutaH samAgamaH pUrvamadya dR^iShTo mayA tvasau |
dhanurvede cha vede cha shAstre shastre tathaiva cha ||3-117-10
nipuNo.ayaM sadA dhIro ityevamanushushruma |

I heard before that he was coming. Now I have seen him. I have heard that he is an expert in the science of archery, veda as well as all religious treatises and weapons. Also he is valiant always.

kushalaM vAsudevasya balabhadrasya vA punaH |
kushalAH sAtvatAH sarve ugrasenapurogamAH ||3-117-12

vAsudeva must be well as also balabhadra (rAma). All those belonging to the race of sAtvata-s starting with (king) ugrasena must be well.

tatheti sAtyakiH prAha mandamunmathitAnanaH |
tato janArdanaM prAha haMso vAkyavishAradaH ||3-117-13

sAtayki said slowly raising his face: Yes. It is so. Then haMsa, the expert in words spoke to janArdana.

api dR^iShTastvayA chakrI siddhaM naH kAryamIhitam |
vada sarvamasheSheNa ma vR^ithA kAlamatyagAH ||3-117-14

Have you seen the one who holds chakra (viShNu, kR^iShNa)? Has our purpose been served? Tell me all without leaving anything, without wasting any time.

iti shrImahAbhArate khileShu harivaMshe bhaviShyaparvaNi haMsaDimbhakopAkhyAne haMsavAkye saptadashAdhikashatatamo.adhyAyaH

This is the one hundred and seventeenth lesson of bhaviShyaparva, harivaMsha, khila of mahAbhArata, in the episode of haMsa and Dimbhaka, speech of haMsa

3-117-1 itIti |
3-117-7 pravishya gR^ihamiti sheShaH | yAdave sAtyakinimittam punaH AsanaM visR^ijya samarpya ||
3-117-8 vipraH janArdanaH haMsaDimbahyoranyadvArA Aha |

iti shrImahAbhArate khileShu harivaMshe bhaviShyaparvaNi TIkAyAM nIlakaNThakR^itau bhAratabhAvadIpe saptadashAdhikashatatamo.adhyAyaH

##i-translated by G. Schaufelberger, schaufel @ wanadoo.fr January 26 2009
Proof-read by K S Ramachandran, ramachandran_ksr @ yahoo.ca.
If you find any errors compared to Chitrashala Press edition, send corrections to A. Harindranath harindranath_a @ yahoo.com
Translated to English by A. Purushothaman [purushothaman_avaroth @ yahoo.com] and A. Harindranath
29th June 2013##