Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 04.10

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prajāpater duhitaraṃ śiśumārasya vai dhruvaḥ /
upayeme bhramiṃ nāma tat-sutau kalpa-vatsarau

ilāyām api bhāryāyāṃ vāyoḥ putryāṃ mahā-balaḥ /
putram utkala-nāmānaṃ yoṣid-ratnam ajījanat

uttamas tv akṛtodvāho mṛgayāyāṃ balīyasā /
hataḥ puṇya-janenādrau tan-mātāsya gatiṃ gatā

dhruvo bhrātṛ-vadhaṃ śrutvā kopāmarṣa-śucārpitaḥ /
jaitraṃ syandanam āsthāya gataḥ puṇya-janālayam

gatvodīcīṃ diśaṃ rājā rudrānucara-sevitām /
dadarśa himavad-droṇyāṃ purīṃ guhyaka-saṅkulām

dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ bṛhad-bāhuḥ khaṃ diśaś cānunādayan /
yenodvigna-dṛśaḥ kṣattar upadevyo 'trasan bhṛśam

tato niṣkramya balina upadeva-mahā-bhaṭāḥ /
asahantas tan-ninādam abhipetur udāyudhāḥ

sa tān āpatato vīra ugra-dhanvā mahā-rathaḥ /
ekaikaṃ yugapat sarvān ahan bāṇais tribhis tribhiḥ

te vai lalāṭa-lagnais tair iṣubhiḥ sarva eva hi /
matvā nirastam ātmānam āśaṃsan karma tasya tat

te 'pi cāmum amṛṣyantaḥ pāda-sparśam ivoragāḥ /
śarair avidhyan yugapad dvi-guṇaṃ pracikīrṣavaḥ

tataḥ parigha-nistriṃśaiḥ prāsaśūla-paraśvadhaiḥ /
śakty-ṛṣṭibhir bhuśuṇḍībhiś citra-vājaiḥ śarair api

abhyavarṣan prakupitāḥ sarathaṃ saha-sārathim /
icchantas tat pratīkartum ayutānāṃ trayodaśa

auttānapādiḥ sa tadā śastra-varṣeṇa bhūriṇā /
na evādṛśyatācchanna āsāreṇa yathā giriḥ

hāhā-kāras tadaivāsīt siddhānāṃ divi paśyatām /
hato 'yaṃ mānavaḥ sūryo magnaḥ puṇya-janārṇave

nadatsu yātudhāneṣu jaya-kāśiṣv atho mṛdhe /
udatiṣṭhad rathas tasya nīhārād iva bhāskaraḥ

dhanur visphūrjayan divyaṃ dviṣatāṃ khedam udvahan /
astraughaṃ vyadhamad bāṇair ghanānīkam ivānilaḥ

tasya te cāpa-nirmuktā bhittvā varmāṇi rakṣasām /
kāyān āviviśus tigmā girīn aśanayo yathā

bhallaiḥ sañchidyamānānāṃ śirobhiś cāru-kuṇḍalaiḥ /
ūrubhir hema-tālābhair dorbhir valaya-valgubhiḥ

hāra-keyūra-mukuṭair uṣṇīṣaiś ca mahā-dhanaiḥ /
āstṛtās tā raṇa-bhuvo rejur vīra-mano-harāḥ

hatāvaśiṣṭā itare raṇājirād rakṣo-gaṇāḥ kṣatriya-varya-sāyakaiḥ /
prāyo vivṛkṇāvayavā vidudruvur mṛgendra-vikrīḍita-yūthapā iva

apaśyamānaḥ sa tadātatāyinaṃ mahā-mṛdhe kañcana mānavottamaḥ /
purīṃ didṛkṣann api nāviśad dviṣāṃ na māyināṃ veda cikīrṣitaṃ janaḥ

iti bruvaṃś citra-rathaḥ sva-sārathiṃ yattaḥ pareṣāṃ pratiyoga-śaṅkitaḥ /
śuśrāva śabdaṃ jaladher iveritaṃ nabhasvato dikṣu rajo 'nvadṛśyata

kṣaṇenācchāditaṃ vyoma ghanānīkena sarvataḥ /
visphurat-taḍitā dikṣu trāsayat-stanayitnunā

vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛk- pūya-viṇ-mūtra-medasaḥ /
nipetur gaganād asya kabandhāny agrato 'nagha

tataḥ khe 'dṛśyata girir nipetuḥ sarvato-diśam /
gadā-parigha-nistriṃśa- musalāḥ sāśma-varṣiṇaḥ

ahayo 'śani-niḥśvāsā vamanto 'gniṃ ruṣākṣibhiḥ /
abhyadhāvan gajā mattāḥ siṃha-vyāghrāś ca yūthaśaḥ

samudra ūrmibhir bhīmaḥ plāvayan sarvato bhuvam /
āsasāda mahā-hrādaḥ kalpānta iva bhīṣaṇaḥ

evaṃ-vidhāny anekāni trāsanāny amanasvinām /
sasṛjus tigma-gataya āsuryā māyayāsurāḥ

dhruve prayuktām asurais tāṃ māyām atidustarām /
niśamya tasya munayaḥ śam āśaṃsan samāgatāḥ