Garga Samhita · Chapter 5.22

nāradopākhyānavarṇanam
śrībhagavānuvāca -
kasmai deyamidaṃ guhyaṃ rāgarūpaṃ manoharam /
buddhyā vicārayannitthaṃ gaṃdharvanagaraṃ yayau

tuṃbaruṃ nāma gaṃdharvaṃ kṛtvā śiṣyaṃ sa nāradaḥ /
kalaṃ jagau mad‍guṇāṃśca vīṇāvādyaparāyaṇaḥ

keṣāmagre geyamidaṃ rāgarūpaṃ manoharam /
śrotuṃ pātraṃ vicinvansa nāradaḥ śakramāyayau

anirvṛtaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado munisattamaḥ /
sakhyā tumburuṇā sārddhaṃ sūryalokaṃ jagāma ha

rathena taṃ pradhāvaṃtaṃ sūryaṃ vīkṣya mahāmuniḥ /
śivapārśvaṃ jagāmāśu tato devarṣisattamaḥ

bhūteśaṃ jñānatatvajñaṃ dhyānastimitalocanam /
vīkṣya taṃ nārado rādhe brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha

sṛjaṃtaṃ sṛṣṭiracanāṃ vyagraṃ vīkṣya vidhiṃ muniḥ /
vaikuṃṭhaṃ prayayau viṣṇoḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtam

bhaktārthaṃ kutra gacchaṃtaṃ bhakteśaṃ bhaktavatsalam /
vīkṣya tuṃburuṇā sārddhaṃ yogīṃdraḥ prayayau tataḥ

yogīśvarāṇāṃ hi satāṃ trilokyāmaṃtaraṃ bahiḥ /
gatimāhurnāpnuvaṃti karmabhirvṛṣabhānuje

koṭiśo hyaṃḍanicayān samullaṃghya munīśvaraḥ /
golokaṃ paramaṃ dhāma prayayau prakṛteḥ param

samuttīryāśu virajāṃ nadīṃ kallolaśālinīm /
yayau vṛndāvanaṃ ramyaṃ bhramaradhvanisaṃkulam

sadā vasaṃtartuyutaṃ marutaijallatāgṛham /
dṛṣṭvā govardhanaṃ śailaṃ mannikuṃjaṃ samāyayau

kau yuvāṃ kuta āyātau kiṃ kāryaṃ vadataṃ ca naḥ /
itthaṃ sakhībhiḥ saṃpṛṣṭau ūcaturmunitumburū

gāyakau kuśalau rāmā āvāṃ vīṇākaladhvanim /
paripūrṇatamaṃ sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇaṃ rādhikāpatim

kalaṃ paraṃ śrāvayitumāgatau baṃdināṃ varau /
kathanīyamidaṃ vākyaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaya mahātmane

śrutvā sakhyastathā mahyaṃ nivedyātha madājñayā /
āgatyājñāṃ daduryātuṃ baṃdibhyāṃ ślakṣṇayā girā

mannikuṃjāṃgaṇe bhrājatkoṭyarkajyotirākule /
khacitkaustubharat‍nāḍhye pracalaccārucāmare

lolamuktāphalacchatre sakhīkoṭisamanvite /
mahāpadmasthitaṃ sākṣāttvayā māṃ tāvapaśyatām

natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tatra sthitvā madājñayā /
stutvā māṃ mad‍guṇānvaktuṃ tenāsāvupacakrame

ātodyaṃ vinudanvīṇāṃ devadattāṃ svarāmṛtam /
kalaṃ jagāvadvitīyaṃ nāradaḥ sahatumburū

saṃtuṣṭo'haṃ śiro dhunvan tena ślāghyaṃ ca tatsvaram /
datvā''tmānaṃ premaparo jalatvaṃ gatavānaham

yajjalaṃ madvapurjātaṃ tadvai brahmadravaṃ viduḥ /
koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo'ṇḍānāṃ rāśayaḥ saṃluṭhaṃti hi

iṃdrāyaṇaphalānīvān ante tasmiñjale śubhe /
pṛśnigarbhamidaṃ rādhe brahmāṃḍaṃ matpadaṃ sphuṭam

bhitvā taccāgataṃ sākṣādasminmanvaṃtare śubhe /
tatsvardhunīṃ viduḥ pūrve śrīgaṃgāṃ pāpahāriṇīm

divi maṃdakinī proktā gaṃgā bhāgīrathī kṣitau /
adho bhogavatī proktā tridhā tripathagāminī

yatsnātuṃ gacchataḥ puṃsaḥ praṇatasya pade pade /
rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ phalamasti na durlabham

gaṃgā gaṃgeti yo brūyādyojanānāṃ śatairapi /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

dṛṣṭvā janmaśataṃ pāpaṃ pītvā janmaśatadvayam /
snātvā janmasahasrāṇāṃ haṃti gaṃgā kalau yuge

saphalaṃ janma vai teṣāṃ ye paśyaṃti hi jāhnavīm /
vṛthā janma gataṃ teṣāṃ ye na paśyaṃti jāhnavīm

yathā hi dravatāṃ prāptā virajā tvad‌bhayādyathā /
prāpurdravatvaṃ raṃbhoru virajāyāḥ sutā yathā

yathā kṛṣṇā nadī viṣṇurveṇī devaḥ śivo yathā /
brahmā kakudminī gaṃgā gaṃḍakī ca yathā'psarāḥ

tathā dravatvaṃ saṃprāpta ṛbhurnāmāpyayaṃ muniḥ /
premalakṣaṇayā bhaktyā ṛbhorvā nātra saṃśayaḥ

yaḥ śṛṇoti kathāmetāṃ pavitrāṃ pāpahāriṇīm /
ullaṃghya sarvalokāṃśca mallokaṃ yāti mānavaḥ

śrīnārada uvāca -
evamuktvā priyāṃ rādhāmṛbhorāśramato hariḥ /
rādhayā sahito rājan āyayau mālatīvanam

gopīnāṃ virahaṃ jñātvā bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ /
rādhayā prayayau kṛṣṇaḥ pulinaṃ maṃgalāyanam

tadā gopīgaṇāḥ sarve gatamānā gatavyathāḥ /
jagṛhustaṃ ghanaśyāmaṃ saudāminyo ghanaṃ yathā

vṛṃdāvane hariḥ sākṣātkṛṣṇātīre manohare /
jagau kalaṃ gopikābhiḥ vaṃśīvādanatatparaḥ

bhagavatkalarāgeṇa mūrchitā gopakanyakāḥ /
nadyo vegatvarahitā acaratvaṃ hi pakṣiṇaḥ

maunatvaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ staṃbhatvaṃ devanāyakāḥ /
sajalatvaṃ ca taravo nidrātvaṃ pragataṃ jagat

kṛtvā rāsaṃ rādhikāyā gopīnāṃ ca manoratham /
brāhme muhūrte bhagavānāyayau naṃdamaṃdiram

rādhikā gopikābhiśca prāptā''naṃdamanorathā /
vṛṣabhānuvarasyāpi suṃdaraṃ maṃdiraṃ yayau

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ mathurākhaṃḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
nāradopākhyānaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ