Garga Samhita · Chapter 10.38

aśvamedhakhaṇḍaḥ - aṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
aniruddha-sahāyārthaṃ kṛṣṇāgamanam -
garga uvāca -
tadā mṛtyuṃjayaḥ kruddho bhairavaṃ vīkṣya nidritam //
vṛṣabhaṃ prerayāmāsa kārṣṇijaṃ śūramāninam

tadaiva vṛṣabhaḥ kopācchṛṃgābhyāṃ mārayanyadūn //
daṃtaiḥ paścimapādābhyāṃ senāyāṃ vicacāra ha

tvaraṃ jaghāna śṛṅgeṇa saṃmukhasthaṃ sunandanam //
śṛṅgeṇa bhinnahṛdayaḥ papāta paṃcatāṃ gataḥ

tadā''jagāma saṃkruddho'niruddho gajasaṃsthitaḥ //
dhanurdharo daṃśitaśca mābhairmābhairiti bruvan

dṛṣṭvā tatra hataṃ vīraṃ kṛṣṇaputraṃ sunandanam //
prāpto duḥkhaṃ mṛdhe'tyaṃtaṃ kaṃpitaḥ śokapūritaḥ

hate tasminmahāvīre śocaṃtaṃ taṃ śivo'bravīt //
mā kṛthāstvaṃ raṇe śokamaniruddha mahābala

raṇamadhye pātanaṃ ca śūrāṇāṃ kīrtaye smṛtam //
tasmāttvamapi saṃgrāme mayā yuddhyasva yat‍nataḥ

prayātān‌ rakṣasva prāṇānmamāgre yuddhakāṃkṣayā //
garga uvāca -
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śokaṃ tyaktvā yadūttamaḥ

nicakhāna paṃca bāṇān śivasya mastake nṛpa //
nārācāste maheśasya jaṭājūṭeṣu niṣṭhitāḥ

dṛśyaṃte gṛdhrapakṣāḍhyāḥ śākhā iva vanaspateḥ //
tato rudraḥ svakodaṃḍe bāṇamekaṃ nidhāya ca

ciccheda tena sahasā tasya cāpasya śiṃjinīm //
aniruddhaḥ punaḥ śīghraṃ sajyaṃ kṛtvā dhanurdṛḍham

ugracāpasya ciccheda śiṃjinīṃ sāyakena ca //
tataḥ śrutvā tayoryuddhamad‌bhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam

vimānasthāśca śakrādyā ājagmuḥ kautukānvitāḥ //
ūcuḥ parasparaṃ khasthā nirīkṣya bhayavihvalāḥ

devā ūcuḥ
amū lokatrayasyāpi hyutpattilayakārakau //
etayośca raṇaṃ tasmādviphalaṃ raṇamaṇḍale

ko vijeṣyati saṃgrāmaṃ prāpsyate kaḥ parājayam //
garga uvāca -
tatastridinaparyaṃtaṃ yuddhamāsīttayorbhṛśam

punaḥ śarāsanaṃ rudraḥ sajjaṃ kṛtvā ruṣānvitaḥ //
brahmāstraṃ saṃdadhe tatra lokapralayakārakam

brahmāstreṇa tu brahmāstraṃ bhidurāstreṇa pārvatam //
parjanyāstreṇa cāgneyamaniruddho jahāra ha

tadā prakupito'tyaṃtaṃ pinākī prajvalanniva //
triśikhena triśūlena jaghāna kārṣṇinandanam

sa triśūlaśca taṃ bhittvā gajaṃ bhittvā vinirgataḥ //
sthito'bhūcca tayormadhye ūrdhvapuṃkha adhomukhaḥ

gajo mṛtyuṃ gato yuddhe'niruddho mūrcchito'bhavat //
petatustau ca saṃlagnau bhinnavakṣasthalau mṛdhe

hāhākārastadaivāsīd‌ruruduḥ sarvayādavāḥ //
rudrasyāgre yathā bhītā yamasyāgre ca pāpinaḥ

aniruddhaṃ nipatitaṃ mṛtyutulyaṃ vimūrcchitam //
śrutvā yayau śaṃkitaśca sāṃbaḥ skaṃdaṃ vihāya ca

mūrcchitaṃ yaduvīraṃ tu vīkṣya krodhapariplutaḥ //
aśrupūrṇamukhaḥ sāṃbaḥ śarvaṃ prāha dhanurdharaḥ

kasmātkariṣyase rudra dānavānāṃ hi pālanam //
hatvāniruddhaṃ saṃgrāme vīraṃ caiva sunandanam

vede bhāgavate śāstre purā vipraiḥ śrutaṃ mayā //
śrīkṛṣṇākhyaṃ paraṃ nityaṃ śivaṃ seviti vaiṣṇavaḥ

mṛṣā jātaṃ hi tatsarvaṃ kārṣṇije patite sati //
sunandanaḥ kṛṣṇasutaḥ so'pi yuddhe tvayā hataḥ

vṛthā kariṣyase yuddhaṃ dhiktvāṃ tasmānmaheśvara //
ahaṃ tvāṃ pātayiṣyāmi raṇe kṛṣṇaparāṅ‌mukham

kṣurapraiḥ sāyakaiḥ śīghraṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭha raṇe śiva //
etadvacaḥ samākarṇya prasannaḥ śaṃkaro'bravīt

śiva uvāca -
dhanyastvaṃ yādavaśreṣṭha satyaṃ vadati no bhavān //
mannāthaḥ kṛṣṇacandro'yaṃ devadānavavaṃditaḥ

kunaṃdane ca nihate balvale mūrcchite raṇe //
sahāyārthamahaṃ vīra bhaktarakṣārthamāgataḥ

satyaṃ kartuṃ svavacanaṃ kiṃcitkopena pūritaḥ //
karomi pradhane yuddhaṃ bhaktapriyacikīrṣayā

itthaṃ vadati bhūteśe sāṃbo roṣaprapūritaḥ //
tatāḍa śīghraṃ cāpena kṣurapraiḥ sāyakairmṛḍam

tairbāṇairnihato rudro na kiṃcitkaśmalaṃ gataḥ //
yathā mataṃgajaḥ puṣpairjagrāha svadhanuḥ śivaḥ

tatāḍa niśitairbāṇairyuddhe jāṃbavatīsutam //
sāṃbaḥ śivaṃ śivaḥ sāṃbaṃ jaghnatustau parasparam

dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ tayorlokasaṃhāraṃ menire'smarāḥ //
bhūtale gagane rājanmahānkolāhalo'bhavat

bhītāśca vṛṣṇayastatra nāthaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ smaraṃti hi

tadā hariḥ śrīyadupālakaśca
jñātvā yadūnāṃ ca mahāvipattim //
rathena tatrāgatavān‌ ripughno
yuktena vai sūtaturaṃgamaiśca

śyāmaḥ kirīṭī navakaṃjanetro
navārkakoṭidyutimādadhānaḥ //
kaumodakīśaṃkharathāṃgapadma-
kodaṃḍabāṇairniyuto'sidhārī

śrīvatsacihnena tu kaustubhena
pītāmbaraṇepi ca mālayā''‌ḍhyaḥ //
nīlālakaiḥ kuṇḍalakaṅkaṇadyai-
rvibhūṣitaḥ koṭimanojatulyaḥ

samud‌galad‌bhiḥ sitaphenaśīkarā-
nmuktāphalānīva ca rājahaṃsakaiḥ //
sugrīvamukhyairativegavattarai-
rhayairyutaḥ sundarasāmagāyanaiḥ

dṛṣṭvā svanāthaṃ yadavaḥ svāgataṃ harṣavihvalāḥ //
babhūvuḥ sukhinaḥ sarve śītabhītā raviṃ yathā

tadā jayajayārāvo yadusainye babhūva ha //
pracakrire puṣpavarṣaṃ gaganasthāśca devatāḥ

dṛṣṭvā sāṃbastu śrīkṛṣṇaṃ sahāyārthaṃ samāgatam //
papāta pādayostasya cāpaṃ tyaktvā praharṣataḥ

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ hayamedhakhaṇḍe
śrīkṛṣṇāgamanaṃ nāmāṣṭātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

hariḥ ॐ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu //
vargaḥgarga saṃhitā