Garga Samhita · Chapter 10.2

aśvamedhakhaṇḍaḥ - dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ
kṛṣṇalīlāvarṇanam -
sūta uvāca -
iti śrutvā vajranābhirmuneḥ śrīgargasaṃhitām //
bhṛśaṃ mumodātha guruṃ pratyuvāca praṇamya ca

adya śrīkṛṣṇcandrasya caritraṃ tu śrutaṃ mayā //
tvanmukhānmuniśārdūla tena duḥkhāśca me gatāḥ

me manastu kṛpānātha punaḥ śrotuṃ hareryaśaḥ //
atṛptasyāpi kṛṣṇasya vadasva caritaṃ param

dvārvatyāmugrasenena hayamedhaḥ kṛtaḥ purā //
taccaritraṃ vada mune kiṃcitpūrvaṃ śrutaṃ mayā

anuvratānāṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ sutānāṃ ca munīśvara //
brūyurguhyamanāpṛṣṭaṃ guravaḥ karuṇāmayāḥ

śrīsūta uvāca -
evaṃ bhāṣitamākarṇya yādavānāṃ gururmuniḥ //
prītaḥ pratyāha rājendraṃ smaranpādāmbujaṃ hareḥ

garga uvāca -
dhanyastvaṃ kṛṣṇacandrasya pādayorbhaktirīdṛśī //
jātā te yādavaśreṣṭha diṣṭyā tu durlabhā nṛṇām

kathayāmyatra te rājannitihāsaṃ śṛṇuṣva vai //
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

dvāpāre pīḍitā rājan dharā bhāreṇa pāpinām //
brahmāgre kathayāmāsa so'pi śrutvā hariṃ yayau

gatvā ca kathayāmāsa śrutvā śrīrādhikāpatiḥ //
mahīmāśvāsya devaiśca bhāraṃ hartuṃ mano dadhe

vivāho vasudevasya madhupuryāmabhūttataḥ //
kaṃsabodhanaṣaṭ‍putravadhaḥ kasaṃbhayaṃ nṛpa

māyājñāmanudevādistutiḥ kṛṣṇasamud‌bhavam //
varṇanaṃ rūpakṛṣṇasya vasudevasya saṃstutiḥ

devakyādipurākṛtyakathanaṃ jagadīśituḥ //
gokulānayanaṃ kanyāpātanaṃ tadvibhāṣaṇam

sāṃtvanaṃ vasudevasya mocanaṃ bhāryayā saha //
kaṃsadurmaṃtradaityeṣu sādhu bāla upadravaḥ

prādurbhūte vraje kṛṣṇe vrajarājamahotsavaḥ //
mathurāgamanaṃ naṃdavasudevasamāgamaḥ

pūtanāsupayaḥpānaṃ nandagopādivismayaḥ //
śakaṭavyatyaye daityacakravātavadhaḥ śiśoḥ

saṃlālane mukhe dhātryā jṛmbhaṇe viśvadarśanam //
rāmakeśavayornāmnoḥ kāraṇaṃ keliretayoḥ

dhaurtyaṃ gopavadhūgehe prasaṃgānmṛdabhakṣaṇam //
darśanaṃ viśvarūpasya nandabhāgyapurākathā

cauryaṃ haiyaṅgavasyātha bandhanaṃ dāmabhirbalāt //
yamalārjunayoḥ śāpo bhaṃgaścaiva stutistayoḥ

bālakrīḍopanandādimaṃtraṇaṃ gamanaṃ tataḥ //
vṛndāvane tayoḥ krīḍā vayasyairvatsacāriṇoḥ

vatsāsurasya ca vadho bakāghāsurayopi //
bhojanaṃ sakhibhistīre yamunāyā harermudā

vatsāghāharaṇaṃ dhātrā kṛṣṇatvaṃ vatsapālayoḥ //
brahmaṇo gamanaṃ paścātstutiḥ kṛṣṇaratirgatiḥ

gocāraṇe mahākrīḍā dhenukādivadhastathā //
vraja āgamanaṃ kṛṣṇagopīnetramahotsavaḥ

mṛtān viṣāṃbhaḥpānena gopānharirajīvayat //
kālīyadamane stotraṃ tad‌bhāryāṇāṃ pralāpanam

hrade kālīyasambandhakathanaṃ vahnimocanam //
krīḍāpralaṃbanidhanaṃ dāvāgnermocanaṃ gavām

varṣāśaradvarṇanaṃ ca gopīnāṃ vacanāmṛtam //
vrataṃ gokulakanyānāṃ vastrāṇāṃ haraṇaṃ mudā

vanabhāgyakathā gopaprārthanā preṣaṇaṃ makhe //
viprabhāryāprasādaśca paścāttāpo dvijanmanām

yāgabhaṃgo mahendrasya dhṛtirgovardhanasya ca //
surendragarvaharaṇaṃ gargajātakavarṇanam

gopaśaṃkāpagamanamiṃdradhenvābhiyācitam //
nandasya mokṣaṇaṃ gopavaikuṇṭhagamanaṃ tataḥ

pañcādhyāyaniśākrīḍā sarpānnaṃdasya mokṣaṇam //
śaṃkhacūḍavadhaḥ paścād‌gopīgītaṃ vṛṣārdanam

kaṃsanāradasaṃvādaḥ kaṃsākrūrakathā tataḥ //
keśino nidhanaṃ kṛṣṇānnāradarṣikathā tataḥ

vyomāsuravadho'krūrāgamanaṃ gokuleṣu ca //
darśanānaṃdahṛṣṭātmā romāṃco gad‌gadā giraḥ

saṃvādo rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ varṇitaṃ kaṃsaceṣṭitam //
rāmakṛṣṇaprayāṇaṃ ca tathā gopīpralāpanam

mathurāgamanaṃ madhye hrade kṛṣṇasya darśanam //
stutiḥ purā gatiḥ paścāddarśanaṃ purasaṃpadaḥ

rajakasya śiraśchedo vāyakasya varādayaḥ //
sudāmno varadānaṃ ca kubjāsaṃdarśanaṃ hareḥ

dhanurbhaṃgaḥ sainyavadhaḥ kaṃsadurhetudarśanam //
raṃgotsavaḥ kuvalayāpīḍayuddhavighātanam

darśanaṃ rāmakṛṣṇasya paurāṇāṃ premavardhanam //
mallānāṃ nidhanaṃ raṃge kaṃsasya saha bandhubhiḥ

pitrośca sāṃtvanaṃ sarvasuhṛdāṃ caiva toṣaṇam //
ugrasenābhiṣekaṃ ca naṃdādivrajapreṣaṇam

īṣad‌dvijātisaṃskāraṃ paṭhanaṃ ca gurorgṛhe //
mṛtaputrapradānaṃ ca guroḥ paṃcajanārdanam

punarāgamanaṃ śaurermadhupuryāṃ mahotsavaḥ //
uddhavapreṣaṇaṃ gopīvilāpaparisāṃtvanam

melanārthaṃ tu kṛṣṇasyāgamanaṃ naṃdagokule //
punarvai koladaityasya vadhaḥ paścātprakīrtitaḥ

kubjāratistathākrūrapreṣaṇaṃ gajasāhvaye //
pāṃḍaveṣu ca vaiṣamyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya bodhanam

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāmaśvamedhacaritre
sumerau kṛṣṇalīlāvarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

hariḥ ॐ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu //
vargaḥgarga saṃhitā