सान्त्वयित्वा तु तान् राम: सन्नद्धान् वृष्णिपुङ्गवान् । नैच्छत् कुरूणां वृष्णीनां कलिं कलिमलापह: ॥ १४ ॥ जगाम हास्तिनपुरं रथेनादित्यवर्चसा । ब्राह्मणै: कुलवृद्धैश्च वृतश्चन्द्र इव ग्रहै: ॥ १५ ॥
sāntvayitvā tu tān rāmaḥ sannaddhān vṛṣṇi-puṅgavān naicchat kurūṇāṁ vṛṣṇīnāṁ kaliṁ kali-malāpahaḥ jagāma hāstina-puraṁ rathenāditya-varcasā brāhmaṇaiḥ kula-vṛddhaiś ca vṛtaś candra iva grahaiḥ
- sāntvayitvā
- calming
- tu
- but
- tān
- them
- rāmaḥ
- Lord Balarāma
- sannaddhān
- suited in armor
- vṛṣṇi-puṅgavān
- the heroes of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty
- na aicchat
- He did not want
- kurūṇām vṛṣṇīnām
- between the Kurus and the Vṛṣṇis
- kalim
- a quarrel
- kali
- of the age of quarrel
- mala
- the contamination
- apahaḥ
- He who removes
- jagāma
- He went
- hāstina-puram
- to Hastināpura
- rathena
- with His chariot
- āditya
- (like) the sun
- varcasā
- whose effulgence
- brāhmaṇaiḥ
- by brāhmaṇas
- kula
- of the family
- vṛddhaiḥ
- by elders
- ca
- and
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- candraḥ
- the moon
- iva
- as
- grahaiḥ
- by the seven planets
Lord Balarāma, however, cooled the tempers of the Vṛṣṇi heroes, who had already put on their armor. He who purifies the age of quarrel did not want a quarrel between the Kurus and Vṛṣṇis. Thus, accompanied by brāhmaṇas and family elders, He went to Hastināpura on His chariot, which was as effulgent as the sun. As He went, He appeared like the moon surrounded by the ruling planets.