! Slaying the Asura Naraka, offspring of the Earth-first
begotten, thou hadst obtained his ear-rings, and performed, O Krishna,
the first horse-sacrifice (offering up that Asura as the sacrificial
horse)! And, O bull of all the worlds, having performed that feat, thou
hast become victorious over all! Thou hadst slain all the _Daityas_ and
_Danavas_ mustered in battle, and giving the lord of _Sachi_ (Indra) the
sovereignty of the universe, thou hast, O Kesava of mighty arms, taken
thy birth among men! O slayer of all foes, having floated on the
primordial waters, thou subsequently becamest _Hari_,[18] and _Brahma_
and _Surya_ and _Dharma_, and _Dhatri_ and _Yama_ and _Anala_ and
_Vasu_, and _Vaisravana_, and _Rudra_, and _Kala_ and the firmament the
earth, and the ten directions! Thyself increate, thou art the lord of
the mobile and the immobile universe, the Creator of all, O thou
foremost of all existences! And, O slayer of Madhu, O thou of abundant
energy, in the forest of Chitraratha thou didst, O Krishna, gratify with
thy sacrifice the chief of all the gods, the highest of the high! O
Janardana, at each sacrifice thou didst offer, according to shares, gold
by hundreds and thousands. And, O son of the Yadava race, becoming the
son of Aditi, O exalted one of the supreme attributes, thou hast been
known as the younger brother of Indra! And, O thou chastiser of foes,
even while a child thou didst, O Krishna, in consequence of thy energy,
fill by three steps only the heaven, the firmament, and the earth! And,
O thou soul of all covering the heaven and the firmament (while thou
wert thus transformed), thou didst dwell in the body of the sun and
afflict him with thy own splendour! And, O exalted one, in thy
incarnations on those thousand occasions, thou hadst slain, O Krishna,
sinful Asuras by hundreds! By destroying the _Mauravas_ and the
_Pashas_, and slaying Nisunda and Naraka. Thou hast again rendered safe
the road to Pragjyotisha! Thou hast slain Ahvriti at Jaruthi, and Kratha
and Sisupala with his adherents, and Jarasandha and Saivya and
Satadhanwan! And on thy car roaring like unto clouds and effulgent like
the sun, thou didst obtain for thy queen the daughter of Bhoja,
defeating Rukmi in battle! Thou didst in fury slay Indradyumna and the
_Yavana_ called Kaseruman! And slaying Salwa the lord of Saubha, thou
didst destroy that city of Saubha itself! These have all been slain in
battle; listen to me as I speak of other