Harivamsha MahA PurANam - bhaviShya Parva
    athAShTAviMshAdhikashatatamo.adhyAyaH
    haMsavadhaH
    harivamsha in the mahAbharata - bhaviShyaparva
    Lesson 128 - Killing of haMsa
vaishampAyana uvAcha
atha bhIto mahAraudramastraM dR^iShTvA nR^ipottama |
haMso rAjA mahArAja nishcheShTa iva saMbabhau ||3-128-1
vaishampAyana said:
O the best among kings! (janamejaya!) Seeing the highly terrible arrow (vaiShNava), king haMsa, O great king (janamejaya), became as if he was stunned, without any actions.
utplutya sa rathAttasmAdyamunAmabhyadhAvata |
yatra KR^iShNo hR^ShIkeshaH kAliyAhiM mamarda ha ||3-128-2
He jumped out from the chariot and ran towards the river yamuna, where kR^iShNa, the lord of senses, oppressed the serpent kAliya, long ago.
mahAhradaM mahAraudraM yAvatpAtAlasaMsthitam |
tAvaddIrghaM mahAnIlaM kAlA~njananibhaM hi yat ||3-128-3
That great pool was highly terrible, as wide and deep up to the netherworld, having dark blue colour, similar to the colour of black a~njana stone.
tasminhrade mahAghore papAtAtha sa haMsakaH |
haMse patati tasmiMstu mahAnrAvo babhUva ha ||3-128-4
girINAM pAtyamAnAnAM samudra iva vajriNA |
haMsa jumped into that highly terrible pond. As haMsa jumped into the pool, there was a sound, as great as the sound produced when the wielder of vajra (indra) fell the mountains into the sea.
rathAdutplutya kR^iShNo.api tasyopari papAta ha ||3-128-5
devadevo jagannAtho jagadvismApayanniva |
kR^iShNa also jumped out from the chariot and fell on haMsa, as though to surprise the universe.
prAharattaM mahAbAhuH pAdAbhyAmatha keshavaH ||3-128-6
The Lord of gods, the lord of the universe, keshava (kR^iShNa), the one with powerful arms, kicked haMsa with his legs.
pAdakShepaM nR^ipastasmAllabdhvA haMso nR^ipottama |
mamAra cha nR^ipashreShTha kechidevaM vadanti hi ||3-128-7
O the best among kings! (janamejaya! vaishampAyana continued) Some say that haMsa was killed, O the best among kings, (janamejaya!) by the kick of legs of kR^iShNa.
anye pAtAlamAyAto bhakShitaH pannagairiti |
adyApi naiva rAjendra dR^iShTa ityanushushruma ||3-128-8
Some others say that haMsa reached the netherworld and was eaten by the serpents. O the indra of kings! ( janamejaya!) We hear that haMsa was not seen as returning from there till today.
yathApUrvaM jagannAtho rathaM samupajagmivAn |
The lord of the universe (kR^iShNa) returned to the chariot as before.
hate tasminmahArAja dharmaputro yudhiShThiraH ||3-128-9
akarodrAjasUyaM cha tava pUrvapitAmahaH |
After haMsa was killed, O great king (O janamejaya! vaishampAyana continued)! Your great grandfather, dharmaputra, yudhiShThira performed rAjasUya (the royal sacrifice).
yadi jIvedasau haMsaH ko namasyati taM kratum ||3-128-10
sa cha sarvAstravinnityaM rudrAllabdhavaraH prabho |
If haMsa was alive, who will bow to that sacrifice? O lord! (janamejaya!) After receiving boons from rudra (shiva), haMsa was always an expert of all arrows.
kShaNAdeva mahArAja vArteyaM gAmagAhata ||3-128-11
O great king! (janamejaya! vaishampAyana continued) Within moments this news spread on the earth.
hato haMso hato haMsaH kR^iShNena ripumardinA |
jagurgandharvapatayo devaloke divAnisham ||3-128-12
gandharva-s sang in the world of deva-s day and night: "haMsa was killed! haMsa was killed by the oppressor of enemies, kR^iShNa".
kR^iShNena lokanAthena viShNunA prabhaviShNunA |
yamunAyA hrade ghore haMso nihata ityapi ||3-128-13
"The terrible haMsa was killed in the deep pool of the river yamuna by kR^iShNa, the lord of the world, viShNu, the splendorous viShNu."
iti shrImahAbhArate khileShu harivaMshe bhaviShyaparvaNi haMsaDimbhakopAkhyAne haMsavadhe aShTAviMshatyadhikashatatamo.adhyAyaH
This is the one hundred and twenty eighth lesson of bhaviShyaparva, harivaMsha, khila of mahAbhArata, in the episode of haMsa and Dimbhaka, Killing of haMsa
    nIlakaNTha commentary
iti shrImahAbharate khileShu harivaMshe bhaviShyaparvaNi TIkAyAM haMsaDimbhakopAkhyAne haMsavadhe aShTAviMshatyadhikashatamo.adhyAyaH ||
##i-translated by G. Schaufelberger, schaufel @ wanadoo.fr February 2nd 2009
Proof-read by K S Rmachandran, ramachandran_ksr @ yahoo.ca.
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Translated to English by A. Purushothaman [purushothaman_avaroth @ yahoo.com] and A. Harindranath
August 15, 2013##