Lamenting of the wives and mother of Kamsa

Vaishampayana said: О Janamejaya, Kamsa way lying on the ground like a planet, whose merits are on decline. His wives sat there surrounding the body of Kamsa from all the sides.

The one who was once a lord of earth, and the protector of all, the same husband, with the end of his life was sleeping over the bed of the ground. Observing this all the queens of Kamsa, started grieving for him variously like the female stags.

(While lamenting) they uttered, Alas! this immensely valorous warrior with long arms, liked always the bravery. With your death, all of us the wives of the great warrior, have also been dead. Our expectations have been dashed to the ground. All our kiths and kins are almost like dead.

О formost of the rulers, finding you dead lying here, we are lamenting here with our kiths and kins.

О lord, you had been the valorous master of our lives. With your death, even the root has been cut off. Alas! You have disowned us.

Alas! О basis of our likes, when we inspite of our becoming desirous of uniting with you, behaved in an opposite manner lying down on earth, you loving appeased us at the same time and made us sleep over the bed. Now who would carry us to our beds.

О charming on, the face from which the pleasent breath emerged the same face, has been faded out like the lotuses fading out us the tank filled with water.

Your bare ears, without the ear rings, which were always decorated with the kundalas have merged in the neck and do not look graceful.

О valorous one, where is your crown which was studded with gems and which looked graceful over your head shining like the sun shine.

О lord of life, the queens, which graced the inner apartment (herm), have become miserable and without prosection with your death. How would they pull on?

О lord, we had heard that the virtuous women are neither deprived of the worldly pleasure, not are they disowned by their husbands. But you are deserting us for ever. (How shall we live now.

Alas, the destiny is immensely powerful, who because of his diverse activities is quickly carrying you from this place.

О lord, you always made us live in comforts. We do not deserve to be uncomfortable at all. But presently getting separated from you and earning widow hood we are facing the miserable condition. How shall we be able to live here.

Those who be interested in observing good conduct, for such type of ladies the husband is the only refuge but the powerful destiny, has cut off that refuge.

We have been over powered with widowhood and our minds have been overpowered with grief. We have fallen in the deep well of miseries, where only the cries are left. Where shall we go with out you.

We have spent our time with you and are have enjoyed sports with you, but in a moment we have been deprived of good - luck. In reality the good luck of a person is short lived.

О great lord, who honoured others, with your death, all of us have become weak. It appears that all of us have committed the same sin, because of which we have to face widowhood.

You have lovingly brought up all the ladies with heavenly comforts, who are well - versed in love sports. All of us had been always attracted towards you, then where are you going leaving us?

O god like lord, you are the master of the shelterless women like us. О lord of the universe, you be kind to answer the ladies who are crying like the ospry birds.

О great king, all your relatives are being killed and the ladies are feeling painful with grief and at such a time your departure for heaven looks quite horrible for us.

О beloved, О valorous one, surely the beauties of the heaven are more charming than us, because of which, you, leaving your own queens, are going to them.

О great ruler, you bestowed more and more comforts on us, what is the reason, that you, inspite of the cries of your wives, you are unable to removes their pain or you do not wake up from the illusory sleep.

Alas! The journey of the men to the other world, is quite, cruel, because, they deserting their wives, proceed on with no expectations from them.

It is better for the women to remain without husband, but for them to have a valorous and strong husband would be of no use, because the strong husbands are also liked by the beauties of the heaven.

Alas! the destiny has forcebly attacked the souls of all of us, by taking you with haste, invisibly.

О valorous one, you are the one who distroying the army of Jarasandha, defeated the Yaksas, then how could you be defeated by an ordinary human being on earth?

You fighting with Indra issuing the arrows and could not be defeated even by the gods. But today you have been killed by a human being.

You shooting the arrows defeated Varuna, had disturbed the ocean, which could not be disturbed by any one else, you had pludred all the wealth of gems from him.

Once when there was a shortfall of rain by Indra, then you getting victorious over the clouds forcibly made Indra to pour enough of rain, for the benefit of the people.

The rulers of the earth bowed in reverance to you presenting the valuable diamonds to you at the same time.

Thus you had been illustrious like the gods. The enemies had witnessed your stregth themselves, then how could you have to face such a great danger?

О master, with your death, we have been widowed. We were never arrogant but the intoxicated destiny has reduced us to dust.

O Master, in case you had to depart like this or you had to forget us like this, then what was the harm in getting leave from us verbally?

О lord of our lives, be pleased. We fearfully pray to you placing our heads at your feet, that it is no use going to a far off country. Therefore, you better return home.

О valorous one, we feel surprised, how are you sleeping in dust and the straw. Why dont you feel anxious by sleeping like this?

Some one has punished us like attacking on a sleeping person, unexpectedly. Who is the heartless person to attach on these ladies cruelly.

Alas! the time upto which a widow remains alive, she has to lament. We have to move with our husband. Then why are we crying like this?

At the same time the grieved mother of Kamsa, arrived there, while shaking crying, “Where is my child? Where is my son?” Thus uttering she started crying aloud.

She looked at her dead son, who appeared like the lustreless moon. Looking at her condition, her heart was shattered, which started roaming around his body.

Looking at the face of her son, she started crying, “Alas! I have been killed. She also joined her daughter-in-law, who were already wailing.

The Royal queen who was always desirous of the long life of her son, feeling miserable and placed the head of her son in her lap and started crying miserable uttering, “O son.”

О son, you had always been engaged in heroic deeds and enhanced the delight of your kins. О son, then why did you depart so hurriedly?

О son, why are you sleeping like this in the open, without any obstruction? О son, the rulers with auspicious symptoms, do not sleep on the ground like this.

In ancient times, Ravana, who was the strougest of all in the world, had recited this verse in the presence of the assembly of the noble people.

I have gained the enormous strength in the three worlds. I am competent enough even to destroy the gods, still I shall have to face enormous danger from my own kithis and kins.

Similarly, my intelligent son, was capivated by his own kiths and kins, who are responsible for the killing of my son.

Then she spoke to her old husband Ugrasena, who was feeling unconcious, like the doe who had been separated from her fawn.” О Maharaja with a clean heart, you come here and have a look at your son, who is sleeping over the death bed like the mountain having been struck with Vajra.

О Maharaja, let us perform, the appropriate rites for him after his death, because, he has achieved the position of a Preta (goblin) after his death.

The kingship is enjoyed by the valorous people. All of us have been defeated today. Therefore, you go and inform Krishna that arrangements for the cremation of Kariisa should be made.

The enmity lasts till the life of the enemy. After his death, the enmity is also pacified. His last rites must be performed. What crime can be commited by a dead person?”

Thus speaking to her husband, who had been the king of the Bhoja dynasty, the royal mother kept on gazing the face of her son. Then she started lamenting pulling her hair.

She said, “O king what shall these queens do, who have been brought up in all the comforts? Even after getting an excellent husband like you all the hopes of these brides have been dashed.

The old father has become slave of Shri Krishna how shall I be able to watch them in slavery like the drying water of the pond?

О son, I happen to be your mother. Why dont you speak to me? Why have you decided to move to the other world, discarding your kiths and kins?

О valorous one, you were the king who was well — versed in polity. You were my wealth, but the destiny who always remains close, has scratched you from my lap today.

О son, you had been feeding a large number of families. You had bestowed you charities and grace on many people, who were extremely pleased with your virtues. All the people belonging to the races of your servents, are presently crying for you.

О best of humans, you get up О large armed one, О valorous warrior, you protect the grieved and down trodden people and protect the herms of the town.

Feeling depressed, recalling the virtues of Kamsa, the wives of Kamsa, and his mother kept on crying till the evening and the sun was set in the west.

Here ends chapter — 31, of Visnu Parva of Harivamsa Purana,a khilabhaga of the epic of the Mahabharata, relating to the lamenting of the wives and mother of Karhsa. (Vrs. 1-59, P.T. = 4632)

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