Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 4.121

athaikaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
nārāyaṇa uvāca
atha kṛṣṇaḥ sudharmāyāṃ nivasansagaṇastathā /
tatrā''jagām vipraśca prajvalanbrahmatejasā

āgatya dṛṣṭāva tuṣṭāva bhaktyā ca puruṣottamam /
uvāca madhuraṃ śānto bhīto vinayapūrvakam

brāhmaṇa uvāca
śrṛgālo vāsudevaśca rājeśo maṇḍaleśvaraḥ /
tvāmuvāca sa yadvākyaṃ sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya

śrṛgāla uvāca
vaikuṇṭhe vāsudevo'haṃ deveśaśca caturbhujaḥ /
lakṣmīpatiśca jagatāṃ dhātā dhātuśca pālakaḥ

brahmaṇā prārthito'haṃ ca bhārāvataraṇāya ca /
bhuvo bhāratavarṣa ca tadartha gamanaṃ mama

vasudevasuto vaiśyaḥ kṣatriyaścāpyahaṃkṛtaḥ /
ātmānaṃ bhaktaviṣṇuśca māyāvī ca pratārakaḥ

janaṃ janena nirjitya durbalaṃ balinā saha /
jodhayitvā mahādhūrto ghātayāmāsa bhūpatīn

duryodhanaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ bhūpamanyaṃ ca durbalam /
bhīmena ghātayāmāsa balinā'lpena bhūtale

droṇaṃ bhīṣmaṃ ca karṇa ca yaṃ yamanyaṃ ca bhūtale /
balīyasā'rjunenaiva ghātayāmāsa māyayā

yaṃ yamanyaṃ durbalaṃ ca prasiddhamaprasiddhakam /
prasiddhena balavatā ghātayāmāsa māyayā

śiśupālaṃ dantavaktraṃ kaṃsaṃ ca cirarogiṇam /
matputraṃ narakaṃ caiva durbalaṃ keśinaṃ muram

svayaṃ jaghāna saṃketācchalena sahasā bata /
na dharmayuddhe kapaṭī sa ca bālo hyadhārmikaḥ

jaghāna pūtanāṃ kubjāṃ strīghātī vastrahetunā /
jaghāna rajakaṃ śiṣṭamaśiṣṭaśca pratārakaḥ

hiraṇyakaśipuṃ daityaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahābalam /
madhuṃ ca kaiṭabhaṃ caiva hatvā'haṃ suṣṭirakṣakaḥ

ahameva svayaṃ brahmā hyahameva svayaṃ śivaḥ /
ahaṃ viṣṇuśca jagatāṃ pātā duṣṭāpahārakaḥ

aṃśena kalayā sarve manavo munayastathā /
svayaṃ nārāyaṇo'haṃ ca mirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ

lajjayā kṛpayā caiva mitrabuddhyā ṅamā kṛtā /
yadgataṃ tadgataṃ bhadra yuddhaṃ kuru mayā saha

śrṛṇomi dūtadvāreṇa hyatīvoccairahaṃkṛtam /
ucitaṃ damanaṃ tasyāpyunnatānāṃ nipātanam

rājñaśca paramo dharmo'pyahaṃ śāstā bhuvo'dhunā /
śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ padmaṃ gṛhītvā'haṃ caturbhujaḥ

dvārakāṃ tā gamiṣyāmi yuddhāya sagaṇaḥ svayaṃ /
yuddhaṃ kuru yadīcchā'sti mā māṃ ca śaraṇaṃ vraja

yadi mā yāsyati mama śaraṇaṃ śaraṇāgataḥ /
bhasmībhūtāṃ kariṣyāmi dvārakāṃ ca kṣaṇena ca

sabalaṃ ca saputraṃ tvāṃ sagaṇaṃ ca sabāndhavam /
kṣaṇena dagdhuṃ śakto'hamasahāyena līlayā

tapasvinaṃ ca vṛddhaṃ ca jitvā yuddhe ca śaṃkaram /
śakraṃ bhagāṅgaṃ jitvā ca rogiṇaṃ brahmaśāpataḥ

matto'si vīramātmānaṃ manyamānastvameva ca /
strījito hi vṛthārtha ca pārijātasya hetunā

lamapaṭo yonilubdhaśca rādhādīnaśca gokule /
adhunā kiṃkarasamaḥ satyādīnāṃ ca yoṣitām

ityevamuktvā vipraśca tūṣṇīṃbhūya sthito mune /
śīkuṣṇaḥ sagaṇaḥ śrutvā bhṛśasucchairjahāsa saḥ

bhojayitvā ca saṃpūjya brāhmaṇaṃ ca caturvidham /
nināya rajanīṃ duḥkhādvākśalyamāna jvarāt

prabhāte rathamāruhya sagaṇaḥ satvaraṃ mudā /
līlāmātreṇa prayayau śrṛgālo nṛpatiryataḥ

śrutvā śrṛgālo vārtāṃ tāṃ kṛtrimaśca caturbhujaḥ /
ājagāma hareḥ sthānaṃ yuddhāya sagaṇaḥ svayam

kṛṣṇaścakre ca saṃbhāṣāṃ mitrabuddhyā ca laukikīm /
āśleṣaṃ madhurālāpaṃ snigdhanetraśca sasmitaḥ

rājā nimantraṇaṃ cakre kṛṣṇo na svīcakāra tat /
uvāca kṛṣṇabhītaścatyaktvā dambhaṃ ca darśanāt

śrṛgāla uvāca
cakreṇa macchiraśchittvā suśīghraṃ dvārakāṃ vraja /
pāpaḥ patatu deho'yamanityo naśvarastathā

ahaṃ subhadraste dvāri jayaśca vijayo yathā /
sarva jānāsi sarvajña mā vilambaṃ kuru prabho

lakṣmīśāpena bhraṣṭo'haṃ kālaḥ pūrṇo babhūva me /
śatavarṣeṇa śāpānte yāsyami bhavanaṃ tava

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca
pūrva māṃ mitra prahara paścādyuddhaṃ karobhyaham /
sarva jānāmi vaikuṇṭhaṃ gaccha vatsa yathāsukham

śrṛgālo daśabāṇāṃśca cikṣepa mādhavaṃ prati /
te praṇabhya yayuḥ śīghramākāśaṃ kālarūpimaḥ

gadāṃ cikṣepa rājā sa pralayāgniśikhopamām /
kṛṣṇāṅgasparśamātreṇa babhañja ca kṣaṇena ca

śūlaṃ cikṣepa musalaṃ ca paraśuṃ tathā /
kṛṣṇāṅgasparśamātreṇa babhañja ca kṣaṇena ca

dhanuścikṣepa khaṅgaṃ ca kālarūpaṃ sudārupām /
kṛṣṇāṅgasparśamātreṇa babhañja ca kṣaṇena ca

dṛpṭvā nirastraṃ rājanamityuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ /
gṛhaṃ gatvā sutīkṣṇaṃ ca mitrāstramānayeti ca

śrṛgāla uvāca
nā''tmā''kāśo'straviddhaśca kiṃ yuddhamātmanā saha /
māmuddhara bhavābdheśca dharoddhāraṇakāraṇa

bhavārbdhi viṣamaṃ nātha viṣayaṃ ca viṣādhikam /
chindhi me nigaḍaṃ māyāṃ mohajālaṃ svakarmaṇaḥ

karmaṇāmīśvarastvaṃ ca vidhātā ghātureva ca /
dātā śubhaphalānāṃ ca pradātā sarvasaṃpadām

kāraṇaṃ prāktanānāṃ ca teṣāṃ ca khaṇḍane kṣamaḥ /
yāmi gehaṃ ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ tavaiva dvārasaptamam

tyaktvā ca naśavaraṃ dehaṃ prākṛtaṃ pāñcabhautikam /
mitrasya stavanaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ ca sudhopamam

ruroda samare tatra kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ /
babhūva tatra sahasā kṛṣṇanetrāśrubindunā

divyaṃ bindusaro nām tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ param /
tattoyasparśamātreṇa jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ //
saptajanmarjitātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca
kathametādṛśī buddhirmitra te nirmalaṃ manaḥ /
dūtadvārā kathaṃ cauktaṃ niṣṭhuraṃ dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ

śṛgāla uvāca
evamukto mayā tvaṃ ca tena krodhādihā''gataḥ /
anyathā durlabhaṃ nātha svapne'pi tava darśanam

etasminnantare yogāddehaṃ tyaktvā ca prākṛtam /
dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ ca yānena vaikuṣṭhaṃ prayayau mudā

saptatālapramāṇaṃ ca jyotistatra maholbaṇam /
padmaiḥ padmārcitaṃ pādapadmaṃ natvā jagāma ha

gatvā ca dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇo natvā ca pitaraṃ prasūm /
śrīkṛṣṇaḥ sagaṇaḥ śīghraṃ dṛṣṭvā ca paramādbhutam

praphullavadanaḥ śrīmāndvārakābhimukhaṃ yayau /
jagāma rukmaṇīgehaṃ puṣpajandanavāsitam

puṣpacandanatalpe ca naktaṃ reme tayā saha /
mūrcchaṃ saṃprāpa sa bhaiṣmī kṛṣṇaṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi

iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo śṛgālavāsudeva-
mokṣaṇaṃ nāmaikaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ