Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 4.64

atha catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
nārāyaṇa uvāca
sarva kṛtvā parāmarśaṃ satyakaśca purohitaḥ /
buddhimāñchukraśiṣyaśca tamuvāca hitaṃ mune

satyaka uvāca
bhayaṃ tyaja mahābhāga bhayaṃ kiṃ te mayi sthite /
kuru yāgaṃ maheśasya marvāriṣṭavināśanam

yāgo dhanurmakho nāma bahvanno bahudakṣiṇaḥ /
duḥśapnānāṃ nāśakaraḥ śatrubhītivināśakaḥ

ādhyātmikamādhidaivamādhibhautikamutkaṭam /
eṣāṃ trividhotpātānāṃ khaṇḍano bhūtivardhaṃnaḥ

yāge samāpte śaṃbhuśca jarāmṛtyuharaṃ varam /
dadāti sākṣādbhavati dātā ca sarvasaṃpadām

cakāremaṃ ca yāgaṃ ca purā bāṇo mahābalaḥ /
nandī paraśurāmaśca bhallaśca balināṃ varaḥ

purā dadau dhanuridaṃ śivo nandīśvarāya ca /
yāgena bhūtvā siddhaḥ sa dadau bāṇāya dhārmikaḥ

kṛtvā yāgaṃ mahāsiddho dadau rāmāya puṣkare /
tubhyaṃ dadau paraśurāmaḥ kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ

sahasrahastaparimitaṃ dairdhye'tikaṭhinaṃ nṛpa /
daśahastapraśastaṃ ca śaṃkarecchāvinirmitam

paśupateḥ paśupataṃ yuktayānena durvaham /
sarve bhaṅktuṃ na śaktāśca devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vinā

yāge ca dhanuṣaḥ pūjāṃ śaṃkarasya tu śaṃkare /
kuru śīghraṃ śubhārthaṃ ca sarvānkuru nimantraṇam

asminyāge dhanurbhaṅgo bhavedyadi narādhipa /
vināśo yajamānasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

bhagne dhanuṣi yāgaśca bhagno bhavati niścitam /
phalaṃ dadāti ko vā'tra cāniṣpanne ca karmaṇi

brahmā ca dhanuṣo mūle madhye nārāyaṇaḥ svayam /
agre cograpratāpaśca mahādevo mahāmate

dhanurhi trivikāraṃ ca sadratnakhacitaṃ varam /
grīṣmamadhyāṅnamārtaṃṇḍaprabhāpracchannakāraṇ

aśaktaśca namayitumanantaśca mahābalaḥ /
suryaśca kārtikeyaśca kā kathā'nyasya bhūmipa

tripurāriḥ purā'nena jaghāna tripuraṃ mudā /
nirbhayaṃ kuru svacchandaṃ maṅgalārha mahotsavam

matyakasya vacaḥ śrutvā candravaṃśavivardhanaḥ /
uvāca kaṃsaḥ sarvārthe satataṃ ca hitaiṣiṇam

kaṃsa uvāca
vasudevagṛhe jajñe madvadhī kuranāśanaḥ /
svacchandaṃ nandagehe ca vardhate nandanandanaḥ

madvandhuvargāñchūrāṃśca mantriṇaḥ suviśāradān /
bhaginīṃ pūtanāṃ pūtāṃ jaghāna bālako balī

govardhanaṃ dadhārrakakareṇa balavardhanaḥ /
mahendrasya ca śūrasya cakāra ca parābhavam

brahmāṇaṃ darśayāmāsa brahmarūpaṃ carācaram /
nivahaṃ bāravatsānāṃ cakāra kṛtrimaṃ mudā

tameva balinaṃ hantuṃ mantraṇāṃ kuru satyaka /
mama śatrurvinā tena nāstiha dharaṇītale

nahi svarge na pātāle triṣu lokeṣu niścitam /
santi santaśca rājānaḥ sarvatra mama bāndhavāḥ

mahātapasvī brahmā ca tapasvīṃ śaṃkaraḥ svayām /
viṣṇuḥ sarvatra sarvātmā samadarśo sanātanaḥ

nandaputraṃ nihatyāhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu pūjitaḥ /
mārvabhaumo bhaviṣyāmi saptadvīpeśvaro mahān

svarge nihatya śakraṃ ca durbalaṃ daityanirjitam /
bhaviṣyāmi mahendraśca tatra nirjitya bhāskaram

yakṣmagrastaṃ ca candraṃ ca mamaiva pūrvapūruṣam /
vāyuṃ kuberaṃ varuṇaṃ yamaṃ jeṣyāmi niścitam

gaccha nandavrajaṃ śīghraṃ nandaṃ ca nandanandanam /
tadbhrātaraṃ ca balinaṃ balamānaya saṃpratam

kaṃsasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca sa satyakaḥ /
hitaṃ satyaṃ nītisāraṃ paraṃ sāmayikaṃ tathā

satyaka uvāca
akrūramuddhavaṃ vā'pi vasudevamathāpi vā /
prasthāpaya mahābhāga nandavrajamabhīpsitam

satyakasya vacaḥ śrutvā vasantaṃ tatra saṃsadi /
svarṇasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca vasudevamuvāca saḥ

kaṃma uvāca
tattavajño nītiśāstrāṇāṃ tvamupāyaviśāradaḥ /
vraja nandavrajaṃ bandho vasudeva mutālayam

vṛṣabhānaṃ ca nandaṃ ca balaṃ ca nandanandanam /
śīghramānaya yajñe'tra sarvaṃ gokulavāsinam

gṛhītvā patrikāṃ dūtā gacchantu ca caturdiśm /
nṛpānmunigaṇānsarvānkartuṃ vijñāpanaṃ mudā

nṛpasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ /
uvāca vacanaṃ brahman hṛdayena vidūṣatā

vasudeva uvāca
niyuktamatra rājendra gamanaṃ mama sāṃpratam /
vijñāpituṃ nandavrajaṃ nandaṃ vā nandanandanam

yadyāyāto nandaputro yāgo te ca mahotsave /
avaśyaṃ tadvirodhaśca bhaviṣyati tvayā saha

tamahaṃ ca samānīya kārayiṣyāmi saṃyutam /
iti me na hi bhadraṃ ca vidhnastasya tavāpi ca

pitrā''noto mṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa iti sarvo vadiṣyati /
vasudevaḥ sutadvārā jaghāna nṛpameva ca

dvayorekatarasyāpi sadyo mṛtyurbhaviṣyati /
patiṣyanti ca śūrāśca nāsti yuddhaṃ nirāmiṣam

vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā raktapaṅkacalocanaḥ /
khaḍgaṃ gṛhītvā taṃ hantuṃ prayayau nṛpatīśvaraḥ

hāheti kṛtvā putraṃ ca vārayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam /
ugraseno mahārājamatīva balavānmune

svapīṭhādvasudevaśca kopāviṣṭo gṛhaṃ yayau /
akrūraṃ prerayāmāsa gantuṃ nandavrajaṃ nṛpaḥ

dūtānprasthāpayāmāsa śīghraṃ pratidiśaṃ tathā /
āyayurmunayaḥ sarve nṛpaśca saparicchadā

dikpālāśca surāḥ sarve brāhmaṇāśca tapasvinaḥ /
sanakaśca sanandaśca voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā

sanatkumāro bhagavānprajvalanbrahmatejasā /
kapilaścāsuriḥ pailaḥ sumantuśca sanātanaḥ

pulahaśca pulastyaśca bhṛsuśca kraturaṅgirāḥ /
marīciḥ kaśyapaścaiva dakṣo'triścyavanastathā

bharadvājaśca vyāsaśca gautamaśca parāśaraḥ /
pracetāśca vasiṣṭhaśca saṃvartaśca bṛhaspatiḥ

kātyāyano yājñavalkyo'pyuttaṅkaḥ saubharistathā /
parvato devalaścaiva jaigīṣavyaśca jaiminiḥ

viśvāmitraśca sutapāḥ pippalaḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ /
jābālirjāṅgaliścaiva piśaliśca śilālikaḥ

āstaukaśca jagatkārustathā kalyāṇamitrakaḥ /
durvāsā vāmadevaśca ṛṣyaśrṛṅgo vibhāṇḍakaḥ

pathiḥ kaviḥ kaṇādaśca gauśikaḥ pāṇinistathā /
kautso'dyamarṣaṇaścaiva vālmīkirlomaharṣaṇaḥ

mārkaṇaḍeyo mṛkaṇḍuśca parśurāmaśca sāṃkṛtiḥ /
agastyaśca tathā vāntastathā'nye munayo mune

saśiṣyāśca saputrāśca brāhmaṇāśca tapasvinaḥ /
jarāsaṃdho dantavakro dāmbhiko draviḍādhipaḥ

śiśupālo bhīṣmakaśca bhagadattaśca mudgalaḥ /
dhārtarāṣṭro dhūmakeśo dhūmraketuśca śambaraḥ

śalyaḥ satrājitaḥ śaṅkurnṛpāścānye mahābalāḥ /
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpācāryo hyaśvatthāmā mahābalāḥ

bhūriśravāśca śālvaśca kaikeyaḥ kauśalastathā /
sarvānsaṃbhāṣayāmāsa mahārājo yathocitam
satyako yajñadivase cakāra ca śubhakṣaṇam

iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo kaṃsayajña-
kathānaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamodhyāyaḥ