Garga Samhita · Chapter 5.3

vṛndāvane akrūrāgamanam
śrīnārada uvāca -
akrūro rathamāruhya kartuṃ kāryaṃ nṛpasya vai /
praharṣito maithilendra prayayau naṃdagokulam

parāṃ bhaktiṃ hyupagataḥ śrīkṛṣṇe puruṣottame /
evaṃ vicārayanbuddhyā pathi gacchanmahāmatiḥ

akrūra uvāca -
kiṃ bhārate vā sukṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā
niṣkāraṇaṃ dānamalaṃ kratūttamam /
tīrthāṭanaṃ vā dvijasevanaṃ śubhaṃ
yenādya drakṣyāmi hariṃ pareśvaram

tapaḥ sutaptaṃ kimalaṃ purā kṛtaṃ
satsevanaṃ bhaktiyutaṃ mayā kṛtam /
yenaiva me darśanamadya durlabhaṃ
śrīkṛṣṇadevasya puro bhaviṣyati

teṣāṃ bhavo vai saphalo mahītale
yannetragāmī bhagavānsureśvaraḥ /
kṛtvā'tha taddarśanamadya durlabhaṃ
sadyaḥ kṛtārtho bhavitā'smi sarvataḥ

śrīnārada uvāca -
itthaṃ saṃcitayankṛṣṇaṃ paśyanśakunamuttamam /
saṃdhyāyāṃ gokulaṃ prāpto rathastho gāṃdinīsutaḥ

kṛṣṇapādābjacihnāni yavāṅkuśayutāni ca /
tad‌rāgayukparāgāṇi rajāṃsi sa dadarśa kau

taddarśannautsukyabhaktibhāvānandasamākulaḥ /
rathātsamutpatya teṣu luṭhaṃścāśru mumoca saḥ

yeṣāṃ śrīkṛṣṇadevasya bhaktiḥ syād‍dhṛdi maithila /
teṣāmābrahmaṇaḥ sarvaṃ tṛṇavajjagataḥ sukham

rathāruḍhastato'krūraḥ kṣaṇānnandapuraṃ gataḥ /
ghoṣeṣu sabalaṃ kṛṣṇamāgacchaṃtaṃ dadarśa ha

devau purāṇau puruṣau pareśau
padmekṣaṇau śyāmalagauravarṇau /
yathendranīladhvajavajraśailau
samāśritau tau pathi rāmakṛṣṇau

bālārkamaulī vasanaṃ taḍidyutī
varṣāśaranmegharucaṃ dadhānau /
dṛṣṭvā sa tūrṇaṃ svarathād‌gato'dho
tayornato bhaktiyutaḥ papāta

tadānanaṃ bāṣpakalākulekṣaṇaṃ
romāṃcitaṃ vīkṣya hariḥ pareśvaraḥ /
dorbhyāṃ samutthāpya ghṛṇāturo'śru
mumoca bhaktaṃ parirabhya mādhavaḥ

evaṃ militvā sabalaśca taṃ hariḥ
sadyaḥ samānīya varāsanaṃ dadau /
nivedya gāṃ cātithaye subhojanaṃ
rasāvṛtaṃ premayuto hyupāharat

tamāha naṃdaḥ parirabhya dorbhyā-
maho kathaṃ jīvasi kaṃsarājye /
gatatrapo yo nijaghāna bālān
svasuḥ kathaṃ so'nyajaneṣu mohī

gṛhaṃ gate naṃdavare haristaṃ
prapaccha sarvaṃ kuśalaṃ svapitroḥ /
tathā yadūnāṃ kila bāṃdhavānāṃ
kaṃsasya sarvāṃ viparītabuddhim

akrūra uvāca -
paraśvo'hani he deva haṃtuṃ śauriṃ samudyataḥ /
khaḍgapāṇirbhojarājo nāradena nivāritaḥ

duḥkhitā bāṃdhavāḥ sarve yādavā bhayavihvalāḥ /
sakuṭuṃbāḥ kaṃsabhayād‌bhūmandeśāṃtaraṃ gatāḥ

adyaiva yādavānhaṃtuṃ devāñjetuṃ samudyataḥ /
anyatkimapi kau kartumicchate daityarāḍ‍balī

tasmād‌bhavad‌bhyāṃ gaṃtavyaṃ kuśalaṃ kartumavyayam /
bhavaṃtau hi vinā kāryaṃ kiṃcinna syātsatāṃ prabhū

śrīnārada uvāca -
atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sabalo bhagavān hariḥ /
nandarājamatenāha gopān kāryakarānidam

śrībhagavānuvāca -
naṃdarājo'pi sabalo vṛddhairgopagaṇairaham /
nandā navopanandāśca tathā ṣaḍ vṛṣabhānavaḥ

mathurāṃ tu gamiṣyanti sarve prātaḥ samutthitāḥ /
sarve tu gorasaṃ tasmāddadhidugdhaghṛtādikam

gṛhītvaikatra kartavyaṃ sopāyanamataḥ param /
rathāṃśca śakaṭaiḥ sārddhaṃ samarthānkurutāśu vai

śrīnārada uvāca -
iti śrutvā kāryakarā gopāḥ sarve gṛhe gṛhe /
śrṛṇvaṃtīnāṃ gopikānāmūcuḥ sarvaṃ yathoditam

tacchrutvodvignahṛdayā gopyo virahavihvalāḥ /
parasparaṃ vākyamūcuḥ sarvāstā hi gṛhe gṛhe

prasthānasya ca vārteyaṃ śrīkṛṣṇasya mahātmanaḥ /
vṛṣabhānuvarasyāpi gṛhe prāptā nṛpeśvara

gamiṣyato bharturatīva duḥkhitāḥ
śrutvā'tha vārtāṃ sadasi hyakasmāt /
saṃprāpa mūrcchāṃ vṛṣabhānunandinī
raṃbheva bhūmau patitā maruddhatā

kāścitparimlānamukhaśriyo'bhavan
prakaṃkaṇībhūta karāṅgulīyakāḥ /
sadyaḥ ślathad‍bhūṣaṇakeśabaṃdhanāḥ
citrārpitāraṃbha ivāvatasthire

śrīkṛṣṇa goviṃda hare murāre
kāścid‌vadantyaḥ svagṛhe'tivihvalāḥ /
visṛjya karmāṇi gṛhasya sarvato
yogīva cānandagatā nṛpeśvara

kāścitsamarthāstu parasparaṃ vacaḥ
sametya rājan yugapatsakhījanam /
ucuḥ skhalad‌‌gad‌gadakaṃṭhavācaḥ
svataḥ sravad‌bāṣpakalāvahadṛśaḥ

gopya ucuḥ -
aho'tinirbhohijanasya citraṃ
paraṃ caritraṃ gadituṃ na yogyam /
mukhena cānyaṃ hṛdi bhāvyamanya-
ddevo na jānāti kuto manuṣyaḥ

rāse'pi yadyad‌gaditaṃ tu tatta-
d‌vihāya gaṃtuṃ samavasthito'yam /
gate purīṃ prāṇapatāvaho'smin
kiṃ kiṃ na kaṣṭaṃ bata no'bhaviṣyat

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ mathurākhaṃḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
akrūrāgamanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ