Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 03.03

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tataḥ sa āgatya puraṃ sva-pitroś cikīrṣayā śaṃ baladeva-saṃyutaḥ /
nipātya tuṅgād ripu-yūtha-nāthaṃ hataṃ vyakarṣad vyasum ojasorvyām

sāndīpaneḥ sakṛt proktaṃ brahmādhītya sa-vistaram /
tasmai prādād varaṃ putraṃ mṛtaṃ pañca-janodarāt

samāhutā bhīṣmaka-kanyayā ye śriyaḥ savarṇena bubhūṣayaiṣām /
gāndharva-vṛttyā miṣatāṃ sva-bhāgaṃ jahre padaṃ mūrdhni dadhat suparṇaḥ

kakudmino 'viddha-naso damitvā svayaṃvare nāgnajitīm uvāha /
tad-bhagnamānān api gṛdhyato 'jñāñ jaghne 'kṣataḥ śastra-bhṛtaḥ sva-śastraiḥ

priyaṃ prabhur grāmya iva priyāyā vidhitsur ārcchad dyutaruṃ yad-arthe /
vajry ādravat taṃ sa-gaṇo ruṣāndhaḥ krīḍā-mṛgo nūnam ayaṃ vadhūnām

sutaṃ mṛdhe khaṃ vapuṣā grasantaṃ dṛṣṭvā sunābhonmathitaṃ dharitryā /
āmantritas tat-tanayāya śeṣaṃ dattvā tad-antaḥ-puram āviveśa

tatrāhṛtās tā nara-deva-kanyāḥ kujena dṛṣṭvā harim ārta-bandhum /
utthāya sadyo jagṛhuḥ praharṣa- vrīḍānurāga-prahitāvalokaiḥ

āsāṃ muhūrta ekasmin nānāgāreṣu yoṣitām /
sa-vidhaṃ jagṛhe pāṇīn anurūpaḥ sva-māyayā

tāsv apatyāny ajanayad ātma-tulyāni sarvataḥ /
ekaikasyāṃ daśa daśa prakṛter vibubhūṣayā

kāla-māgadha-śālvādīn anīkai rundhataḥ puram /
ajīghanat svayaṃ divyaṃ sva-puṃsāṃ teja ādiśat

śambaraṃ dvividaṃ bāṇaṃ muraṃ balvalam eva ca /
anyāṃś ca dantavakrādīn avadhīt kāṃś ca ghātayat

atha te bhrātṛ-putrāṇāṃ pakṣayoḥ patitān nṛpān /
cacāla bhūḥ kurukṣetraṃ yeṣām āpatatāṃ balaiḥ

sa karṇa-duḥśāsana-saubalānāṃ kumantra-pākena hata-śriyāyuṣam /
suyodhanaṃ sānucaraṃ śayānaṃ bhagnorum ūrvyāṃ na nananda paśyan

kiyān bhuvo 'yaṃ kṣapitoru-bhāro yad droṇa-bhīṣmārjuna-bhīma-mūlaiḥ /
aṣṭādaśākṣauhiṇiko mad-aṃśair āste balaṃ durviṣahaṃ yadūnām

mitho yadaiṣāṃ bhavitā vivādo madhv-āmadātāmra-vilocanānām /
naiṣāṃ vadhopāya iyān ato 'nyo mayy udyate 'ntardadhate svayaṃ sma

evaṃ sañcintya bhagavān sva-rājye sthāpya dharmajam /
nandayām āsa suhṛdaḥ sādhūnāṃ vartma darśayan

uttarāyāṃ dhṛtaḥ pūror vaṃśaḥ sādhv-abhimanyunā /
sa vai drauṇy-astra-sampluṣṭaḥ punar bhagavatā dhṛtaḥ

ayājayad dharma-sutam aśvamedhais tribhir vibhuḥ /
so 'pi kṣmām anujai rakṣan reme kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ

bhagavān api viśvātmā loka-veda-pathānugaḥ /
kāmān siṣeve dvārvatyām asaktaḥ sāṅkhyam āsthitaḥ

snigdha-smitāvalokena vācā pīyūṣa-kalpayā /
caritreṇānavadyena śrī-niketena cātmanā

imaṃ lokam amuṃ caiva ramayan sutarāṃ yadūn /
reme kṣaṇadayā datta- kṣaṇa-strī-kṣaṇa-sauhṛdaḥ

tasyaivaṃ ramamāṇasya saṃvatsara-gaṇān bahūn /
gṛhamedheṣu yogeṣu virāgaḥ samajāyata

daivādhīneṣu kāmeṣu daivādhīnaḥ svayaṃ pumān /
ko viśrambheta yogena yogeśvaram anuvrataḥ

puryāṃ kadācit krīḍadbhir yadu-bhoja-kumārakaiḥ /
kopitā munayaḥ śepur bhagavan-mata-kovidāḥ

tataḥ katipayair māsair vṛṣṇi-bhojāndhakādayaḥ /
yayuḥ prabhāsaṃ saṃhṛṣṭā rathair deva-vimohitāḥ

tatra snātvā pit-n devān ṛṣīṃś caiva tad-ambhasā /
tarpayitvātha viprebhyo gāvo bahu-guṇā daduḥ

hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ śayyāṃ vāsāṃsy ajina-kambalān /
yānaṃ rathān ibhān kanyā dharāṃ vṛtti-karīm api

annaṃ coru-rasaṃ tebhyo dattvā bhagavad-arpaṇam /
go-viprārthāsavaḥ śūrāḥ praṇemur bhuvi mūrdhabhiḥ