Garga Samhita · Chapter 2.2

girirājotpattikathanam -
nanda uvāca -
he sannanda mahāprājña sarvajño'si bahuśrutaḥ /
vrajamaṃdalamāhātmyaṃ vadataste mukhācchrutam

girirgovardhano nāma tasyotpattiṃca me vada /
kasmādenaṃ girivaraṃ girirājaṃ vadanti hi

yamuneyaṃ nadī sākṣātkasmātlokātsamāgatāḥ /
tanmāhātmyaṃ ca vada me tvamasi jñānināṃ varaḥ

sannanda uvāca -
ekadā hastinapure bhīṣmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam /
papraccha pāṇḍuritthaṃ taṃ janānāṃ cānuśṛṇvatām

paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇo bhagavān svayam /
asaṃkhyabrahmāṃḍapatiḥ golokādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ

bhuvo bhārāvatārāya gacchan devo janārdanaḥ /
rādhāṃ prāha priye bhīru gaccha tvamapi bhūtale

rādhovāca -
yatra vṛṃdāvanaṃ nāsti na yatra yamunā nadī /
yatra govardhano nāsti tatra me na manaḥsukham

sannanda uvāca -
vedanāgakrośabhūmiṃ svadhāmnaḥ śrīhariḥ svayam /
govardhanaṃ ca yamunāṃ preṣayāmāsa bhūpari

vedanāgakrośabhūmiḥ sāpi cātra samāgatā /
caturviṃśad‌vanairyuktā sarvalokaiśca vanditā

bhāratātpaścimadiśi śālmalīdvīpamadhyataḥ /
govardhano janma lebhe pat‍nyāṃ droṇācalasya ca

govardhanopari surāḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ pracakrire /
himālayasumervādyāḥ śailāḥ sarve samāgatāḥ

natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ /
govardhanasya paramāṃ stutiṃ cakrurmahādrayaḥ

śailā ūcuḥ -
tvaṃ sākṣātkṛṣṇacaṃdrasya paripūrṇatamasya ca /
goloke gogaṇairyukte gopīgopālasaṃyute

tvaṃ hi govardhano nāma vṛṃdāraṇye virājase /
tvanno girīṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ girirājo'si sāṃpratam

namo vṛṃdāvanāṅkāya tubhyaṃ golokamauline /
pūrṇabrahmātapatrāya namo govardhanāya ca

sannanda uvāca -
iti stutvātha girayo jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ gṛhaṃ tataḥ /
śailo girivaraḥ sākṣād‌girirāja iti smṛtaḥ

ekadā tīrthayāyī ca pulastyo munisattamaḥ /
droṇācalasutaṃ śyāmaṃ giriṃ govardhanaṃ varam

mādhavīlatikāpuṣpaṃ palabhārasamanvitam /
nirjharairnāditaṃ śāntaṃ kaṃdarāmaṃgalāyanam

tapoyogyaṃ rat‍namayaṃ śataśṛṅgaṃ manoharam /
citradhātuvicitrāṃgaṃ saṭaṃkaṃ pakṣisaṃkulam

mṛgaiḥ śākhāmṛgairvyāptaṃ mayūradhvanimaṃḍitam /
muktipradaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ taṃ dadarśa mahāmuniḥ

tallipsurmuniśārdūlo droṇapārśvaṃ samāgataḥ /
pūjito droṇagiriṇā pulastyaḥ prāha taṃ girim

pulastya uvāca -
he droṇa tvaṃ girindro'si sarvadevaiśca pūjitaḥ /
divyauṣadhisamāyuktaḥ sadā jīvanado nṛṇām

arthī tavāṃtike prāptaḥ kāśīstho'haṃ mahāmuniḥ /
govardhanaṃ sutaṃ dehi nānyairme'tra prayojanam

viśveśvarasya devasya kāśīnāmnā mahāpurī /
yatra pāpī mṛtaḥ sadyaḥ paraṃ mokṣaṃ prayāti hi

yatra gaṃgā''gatā sākṣād‌viśvanātho'pi yatra vai /
tatraiva sthāpayiṣyāmi jāto'yaṃ me manorathaḥ

sannanda uvāca -
pulastyavacanaṃ śrutvā svasutasnehavihvalaḥ /
aśrupūrṇo droṇagiristaṃ muniṃ vākyamabravīt

droṇa uvāca -
putrasnehākulo'haṃ vai putro me'yamatipriyaḥ /
te śāpabhayabhīto'haṃ vadāmyenaṃ mahāmune

he putra gaccha muninā bhārate karmake śubhe /
traivargyaṃ labhyate yatra nṛbhirmokṣamapi kṣaṇāt

govardhana uvāca -
mune kathaṃ māṃ nayasi laṃbitaṃ yojanāṣṭakam /
yojanadvayamuccāṃgaṃ paṃcayojanavistṛtam

pulastya uvāca -
upaviśya kare me tvaṃ gaccha putra yathāsukham /
vāhayāmi kare tvāṃ vai yāvatkāśīṃ samāgataḥ

govardhana uvāca -
mune yatra sthale bhūmyāṃ sthāpanāṃ me kariṣyasi /
kariṣyāmi na cotthānaṃ tad‌bhūmyāḥ śapatho mama

pulastya uvāca -
ahamāśālmalidvīpān maryādīkṛtya kausalam /
na sthāpanāṃ kariṣyāmi śapathaste'pi me pathi

sannanda uvāca -
muneḥ karatale tasminnāruroha mahācalaḥ /
praṇamya pitaraṃ droṇamaśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇaḥ

munistaṃ dakṣiṇakare dhṛtvā gacchan śanaiḥ śanaiḥ /
svatejo darśayan nṝṇāṃ prāpto'bhūd‌vrajamaṃḍale

jātismaro giristatra prāhedaṃ pathi ciṃtayan /
paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇo bhagavān svayam

akhaṃḍabrahmāṇḍapatirvraje'trāvatariṣyati /
bālalīlāṃ ca kaiśorīṃ ceṣṭāṃ gopālabālakaiḥ

dānalīlāṃ mānalīlāṃ hariratra kariṣyati /
tasmānmayā na gantavyaṃ bhūmiśceyaṃ kalindajā

golokād‌rādhayā sārdhaṃ śrīkṛṣṇo'trāgamiṣyati /
kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyāmi kṛtvā taddarśanaṃ param

evaṃ vicārya manasā bhūri bhāraṃ dadau kare /
tadā muniśca śrāṃto'bhūd‌bhūtapūrvaṃ gatasmṛtiḥ

karāduttārya taṃ śailaṃ nidhāya vrajamaṃḍale /
laghuśaṃkājayārthaṃ hi gato'bhūd‌bhārapīḍitaḥ

kṛtvā śaucaṃ jale snātvā pulastyo munisattamaḥ /
uttiṣṭheti muniḥ prāha giriṃ govardhanaṃ param

notthitaṃ bhūribhārāḍhyaṃ karābhyāṃ taṃ mahāmuniḥ /
svatejasā balenāpi gṛhītumupacakrame

muninā saṃgṛhīto'pi girirājo girā''rdrayā /
na calālāṃguliṃ kiṃcit tadapi droṇanandanaḥ

sannanda uvāca -
gaccha gaccha giriśreṣṭha bhāraṃ mā kuru mā kuru /
mayā jñāto'si ruṣṭastvamabhiprāyaṃ vadāśu me

govardhana uvāca -
mune'tra me na doṣo'sti tvayā me sthāpanā kṛtā /
kariṣyāmi na cotthānaṃ pūrvaṃ me śapathaḥ kṛtaḥ

sannanda uvāca -
pulastyo muniśārdūlaḥ krodhāt pracalitendriyaḥ /
sphuradoṣṭho droṇaputraṃ śaśāpa vigatodyamaḥ

sannanda uvāca -
gire tvayātidhṛṣṭena na kṛto me manorathaḥ /
tasmāttu tilamātraṃ hi nityaṃ tvaṃ kṣīṇatāṃ vraja

sannanda uvāca -
kāśīṃ gate pulastyarṣāvayaṃ govardhano giriḥ /
nityaṃ saṃkṣīyate nanda tilamātraṃ dine dine

yāvad‌bhāgīrathī gaṃgā yāvad‌govardhano giriḥ /
tāvatkaleḥ prabhāvastu bhaviṣyati na karhicit

govardhanasya prakaṭaṃ caritraṃ
nṛṇāṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ pavitram /
mayā tavāgre kathitaṃ vicitraṃ
sumuktidaṃ kau ruciraṃ na citram

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ vṛndāvanakhaṇḍe nāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
girirājotpattikathanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ