दमनं कालियस्याहेर्महाहेर्नन्दमोक्षणम् । व्रतचर्या तु कन्यानां यत्र तुष्टोऽच्युतो व्रतै: ॥ ३१ ॥ प्रसादो यज्ञपत्नीभ्यो विप्राणां चानुतापनम् । गोवर्धनोद्धारणं च शक्रस्य सुरभेरथ ॥ ३२ ॥ यज्ञाभिषेक: कृष्णस्य स्त्रीभि: क्रीडा च रात्रिषु । शङ्खचूडस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्वधोऽरिष्टस्य केशिन: ॥ ३३ ॥
damanaṁ kāliyasyāher mahāher nanda-mokṣaṇam vrata-caryā tu kanyānāṁ yatra tuṣṭo ’cyuto vrataiḥ prasādo yajña-patnībhyo viprāṇāṁ cānutāpanam govardhanoddhāraṇaṁ ca śakrasya surabher atha yajñabhiṣekaḥ kṛṣṇasya strībhiḥ krīḍā ca rātriṣu śaṅkhacūḍasya durbuddher vadho ’riṣṭasya keśinaḥ
- damanam
- the subduing
- kāliyasya
- of Kāliya
- aheḥ
- the snake
- mahā-aheḥ
- from the great serpent
- nanda-mokṣaṇam
- the rescue of Mahārāja Nanda
- vrata-caryā
- the execution of austere vows
- tu
- and
- kanyānām
- of the gopīs
- yatra
- by which
- tuṣṭaḥ
- became satisfied
- acyutaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- vrataiḥ
- with their vows
- prasādaḥ
- the mercy
- yajña-patnībhyaḥ
- to the wives of the brāhmaṇas performing Vedic sacrifices
- viprāṇām
- of the brāhmaṇa husbands
- ca
- and
- anutāpanam
- the experience of remorse
- govardhana-uddhāraṇam
- the lifting of Govardhana Hill
- ca
- and
- śakrasya
- by Indra
- surabheḥ
- along with the Surabhi cow
- atha
- then
- yajña-abhiṣekaḥ
- the worship and ritual bathing
- kṛṣṇasya
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- strībhiḥ
- together with the women
- krīḍā
- the sporting
- ca
- and
- rātriṣu
- in the nights
- śaṅkhacūḍasya
- of the demon Śaṅkhacūḍa
- durbuddheḥ
- who was foolish
- vadhaḥ
- the killing
- ariṣṭasya
- of Ariṣṭa
- keśinaḥ
- of Keśī
The chastisement of the serpent Kāliya; the rescue of Nanda Mahārāja from a great snake; the severe vows performed by the young gopīs, who thus satisfied Lord Kṛṣṇa; the mercy He showed the wives of the Vedic brāhmaṇas, who felt remorse; the lifting of Govardhana Hill followed by the worship and bathing ceremony performed by Indra and the Surabhi cow; Lord Kṛṣṇa’s nocturnal pastimes with the cowherd girls; and the killing of the foolish demons Śaṅkhacūḍa, Ariṣṭa and Keśī — all these pastimes are elaborately recounted.