Garga Samhita · Chapter 1.10

balabhadrajanmavarṇanam
śrīnārada uvāca -
bhītaḥ palāyate nāyaṃ yoddhāraḥ kaṃsanoditāḥ /
ayutaṃ śastrasaṃyuktā rurudhuḥ śaurimaṃdiram

śauriḥ kālena devakyāmaṣṭau putrānajījanat /
anuvarṣaṃ cātha kanyāmekāṃ māyāṃ sanātanīm

kīrtimantaṃ sutaṃ hyādau jātamānakadundubhiḥ /
nītvā kaṃsaṃ samabhyetya dadau tasmai parārthavit

satyavākyasthitaṃ śauriṃ kaṃso ghṛṇī hyabhūt /
duḥkhaṃ sādhurna sahate satye kasya kṣamā na hi

kaṃsa uvāca -
eṣa bālo yātu gṛhametasmānna hi me bhayam /
yuvayoraṣṭamaṃ garbhaṃ haniṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

śrīnārada uvāca -
ityukto vasudevastu saputro gṛhamāgataḥ /
satyaṃ nāmanyata manāgvākyaṃ tasya durātmanaḥ

tadāmbarādāgataṃ māṃ natvā pūjyograsenajaḥ /
prapaccha devābhiprāyaṃ prāvocaṃ taṃ nibodha me

naṃdādyā vasavaḥ sarve vṛṣabhānvādayaḥ surāḥ /
gopyo vedaṛcādyāśca saṃti bhūmau nṛpeśvara

vasudevādayo devā mathurāyāṃ ca vṛṣṇayaḥ /
devakyādyāḥ striyaḥ sarvā devatāḥ santi niścayaḥ

saptavāraprasaṃkhyānādaṣṭamāḥ sarva eva hi /
te hantuḥ saṃkhyayā'yaṃ vā devānāṃ vāmato gatiḥ

śrīnārada uvāca -
ityuktvā taṃ mayi gate kṛtadaityavadhodyame /
kaṃsaḥ kopāvṛtaḥ sadyo yadūn haṃtuṃ mano dadhe

vasudevaṃ devakīṃ ca baddhvā'tha nigaḍairdṛḍhaiḥ /
mamarda taṃ śilāpṛṣṭhe devakīgarbhajaṃ śiśum

jātismaro viṣṇubhayājjātaṃ jātaṃ jaghāna ha /
iti duṣṭavibhāvācca bhūmau bhūtaṃ hyasaṃśayam

ugrasenastadā kruddho yādavendro nṛpeśvaraḥ /
vārayāmāsa kaṃsākhyaṃ vasudevasahāyakṛt

kaṃsasya durabhiprāyaṃ dṛṣṭvottasthurmahābhaṭāḥ /
ugrasenānugā rakṣāṃ cakruste khaḍ‍gapāṇayaḥ

ugrasenānugāndṛṣṭvā kaṃsavīrāḥ samutthitāḥ /
taiḥ sārddhamabhavadyuddhaṃ sabhāmaṃḍapamadhyataḥ

dvāradeśe'pi vīrāṇāṃ yuddhaṃ jātaṃ parasparam /
khaḍ‍gaprahārairayutaṃ janānāṃ nidhanaṃ gatam

kaṃso gṛhītvātha gadāṃ pituḥ senāṃ mamarda ha /
kaṃsasya gadayā spṛṣṭvā kecicchinnalalāṭakāḥ

bhinnapādā bhinnamukhāśchinnāśāśchinnabāhavaḥ /
adhomukhā ūrdhvamukhāḥ saśastrāḥ patitāḥ kṣaṇāt

vamanto rudhiraṃ vīrā mūrchitā nidhanaṃ gatāḥ /
sabhāmaṃḍapamāraktaṃ dṛśyate kṣatajasravāt

itthaṃ madotkaṭaḥ kaṃsaḥ saṃnipātyod‍‌bhaṭān ripūn /
krodhāḍhyo rājarājendraṃ jagrāha pitaraṃ khalaḥ

nṛpāsanātsaṃgṛhītvā baddhvā pāśaiśca taṃ khalaḥ /
tanmitraiśca nṛpaiḥ sārddhaṃ kārāgāre rurodha ha

madhūnāṃ śūrasenānāṃ deśānāṃ sarvasaṃpadām /
siṃhāsane copaviśya svayaṃ rājyaṃ cakāra ha

pīḍitā yādavāḥ sarve saṃbaṃdhasya miṣaistvaram /
caturdiśāntaraṃ deśān viviśuḥ kālavedinaḥ

devakyāḥ saptame garbhe harṣaśokavivarddhane /
vrajaṃ praṇīte rohiṇyāmanante yogamāyayā

aho garbhaḥ kva vigata ityūcurmāthurā janāḥ

atha vraje paṃcadineṣu bhādre
svātau ca ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca site budhe ca /
uccairgṛhaiḥ paṃcabhirāvṛte ca
lagne tulā''khye dinamadhyadeśe

sureṣu varṣatsu supuṣpavarṣaṃ
ghaneṣu muṃcatsu ca vāribindūn /
babhūva devo vasudevapat‍nyāṃ
vibhāsayannandagṛhaṃ svabhāsā

naṃdo'pi kurvan śiśujātakarma
dadau dvijebhyo niyutaṃ gavāṃ ca /
gopān samāhūya sugāyakānāṃ
rāvairmahāmaṃgalamātanoti

dvaipāyano devaladevarāta-
vasiṣṭhavācaspatibhirmayā ca /
āgatya tatraiva samāsthito'bhū-
tpādyādibhirnandakṛtaiḥ prasannaḥ

naṃdarāja uvāca -
suṃdaro bālakaḥ ko'yaṃ na dṛśyo yatsamaḥ kvacit /
kathaṃ paṃcadinājjātastanme brūhi mahāmune

śrīvyāsa uvāca -
ahobhāgyaṃ tu te naṃda śiśuḥ śeṣaḥ sanātanaḥ /
devakyāṃ vasudevasya jāto'yaṃ mathurāpure

kṛṣṇecchayā tadudarātpraṇīto rohiṇīṃ śubhām /
naṃdarāja tvayā dṛśyo durlabho yogināmapi

taddarśanārthaṃ prāpto'haṃ vedavyāso mahāmuniḥ /
tasmāttvaṃ darśayāsmākaṃ śiśurūpaṃ parātparam

śrīnārada uvāca -
atha naṃdaḥ śiśuṃ śeṣaṃ darśayāmāsa vismitaḥ /
dṛṣṭvā preṃkhasthitaṃ prāha natvā satyavatīsutaḥ

śrīvyāsa uvāca -
devādhideva bhagavankāmapāla namo'stu te /
namo'nantāya śeṣāya sākṣād‌rāmāya te namaḥ

dharādharāya pūrṇāya svadhāmne sīrapāṇaye /
sahasraśirase nityaṃ namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇāya te

revatīramaṇa tvaṃ vai baladevo'cyutāgrajaḥ /
halāyudhaḥ pralaṃbaghnaḥ pāhi māṃ puruṣottama

balāya balabhadrāya tālāṃkāya namo namaḥ /
nīlāṃbarāya gaurāya rauhiṇeyāya te namaḥ

dhenukārirmuṣṭikāriḥ kumbhāṇḍāristvameva hi /
rukmyariḥ kūpakarṇāriḥ kūṭārirbalvalāntakaḥ

kālindībhedano'si tvaṃ hastināpurakarṣakaḥ /
dvividāriryādavendro vrajamaṇḍalamaṃḍanaḥ

kaṃsabhrātṛprahantā'si tīrthayātrākaraḥ prabhuḥ /
duryodhanaguruḥ sākṣātpāhi pāhi jagatprabho

jayajayācyuta deva parātpara
svayamananta digantagataśruta /
suramunīndraphaṇīndravarāya te
musaline baline haline namaḥ

iha paṭhetsatataṃ stavanaṃ tu yaḥ
sa tu hareḥ paramaṃ padamāvrajet /
jagati sarvabalaṃ tvarimardanaṃ
bhavati tasya jayaḥ svadhanaṃ dhanam

śrīnārada uvāca -
balaṃ parikramya śataṃ praṇamya
tairdvaipāyano deva parāśarātmajaḥ /
viśālabuddhirmunibādarāyaṇaḥ
sarasvatīṃ satyavatīsuto yayau

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ golokakhaṇḍe nāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
balabhadrajanmavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ