Babhru! Kṛṣṇa! Heads Up!

Babhru! Kṛṣṇa! Heads Up!

A Nano Tale

"Son, this pestle's cracked. Throw it back!" Turī scolded Jarā. "Hunt something tasty for Vasudeva!"

Canonical basis: Mausalaparvan 5.5

sa prasthitaḥ Keśaven'ānuśiṣṭo

mad'āturo jñāti-vadh'ārditaś ca

taṃ vai yāntaṃ saṃnidhau Keśavasya

tvarantam ekaṃ sahas'aiva Babhrum

brahm'ānuśaptam avadhīn mahad vai

kūṭ'onmuktaṃ musalaṃ lubdhakasya

Canonical basis: Mausalaparvan 5.19-20

sa saṃniruddh'endriya-vāṅ-manās tu

śiśye mahā-yogam upetya Kṛṣṇaḥ

Jarā'tha taṃ deśam upājagāma

lubdhas tadānīṃ mṛga-lipsur ugraḥ

sa Keśavaṃ yoga-yuktaṃ śayānaṃ

mṛg'āśaṅkī lubdhakaḥ sāyakena

Jarā'vidhyat pāda-tale tvarāvāṃs

taṃ c'ābhitas taj-jighṛkṣur jagāma

ath'āpaśyat puruṣaṃ yoga-yuktaṃ

pīt'āmbaraṃ lubdhako'neka-bāhum

Canonical basis: Harivaṃśa 98.23

Turyāṃ samabhavad vīro Vasudevān mahā-balaḥ

Jarā nāma Niṣādānāṃ prabhuḥ sarva-dhanuṣmatām