Garga Samhita · Chapter 8.7

balabhadrakhaṇḍaḥ - saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
mathurā-līlā varṇanam -
prāḍ‌vipāka uvāca -
atha mathurāyāṃ rāmakṛṣṇau yāni caritrāṇi
kṛtavantau tāni saṃkṣepeṇa yuvarāja śṛṇutāt //
atha kālanemisutena kaṃsena prayukto'krūro
rāmakṛṣṇau samānetuṃ vrajamaṇḍalamāgatavān

tatra gaṃtumabhyudyitaṃ nandarājasūnuṃ vīkṣya gopīgaṇā virahāturā babhūvuḥ //
pṛthak pṛthak tānāśvāsya bhagavān rathamāruhya sabalo'krūreṇa yadupurīṃ
gacchanmārge yamunājaleṣu śvāphalkāya svadhāma darśayāmāsa

atha pūrvāhṇe mathuropavane sthitvāparāhṇe mathurāpurīṃ sarvato dadarśa //
atha rāmakṛṣṇau devau purāṇau puruṣau līlayā naṭavaraveṣadharau didṛkṣavaḥ
paurāśca puraṃdhryaḥ karmāṇi tyaktvā vyadhāvannāpagā udadhimiva tau
koṭikaṃdarpaharaṃ sauṃdaryaṃ svaṃ saṃdarśayantau ceto harantau viceratuḥ sma

atha bhagavān rājamārge tadyācitavastrāṇyadāsyaṃtaṃ
rajakaṃ raṃgakāraṃ karāgreṇa sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ nirjaghāna
tathā vastraveṣaṃ kurvate vāyakāya svasārūpyaṃ pradāt

tataḥ sairaṃdhrīṃ kubjāṃ trivakrāṃ caṃdanādānamiṣeṇarjvīṃ
trilokasundarīṃ kṛtvā tato vaiśyajanānsamābhāṣya mathurārbhakaiḥ
sahito dhanuḥsthale viveśa // atha hemacitraṃ saptatālakaṃ sahasraśaḥ
puruṣairnetumaśakyaṃ bṛhad‌bhāraṃ cāṣṭadhātumayalakṣabhārasamaṃ
yajñamaṃḍapadhṛtaṃ kaṃsāya bhārgaveṇa dattaṃ sākṣāccheṣamiva
kuṃḍalībhūtaṃ kodaṇḍaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ vīkṣya prasahyādade

tadaiva paśyatāṃ lokānāṃ sajyaṃ kṛtvā līlayā''kṛṣya karṇaparyantaṃ
dordaṃḍābhyāṃ yathekṣudaṃḍaṃ vetaṃḍaḥ śuḍādaṃḍena kodaṃḍaṃ madhyato babhaṃja

bhajyamānadhanuṣaṣṭaṅkāreṇa saptalokabilaiḥ saha sarvaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ nanāda //
tatastārā diggajāśca viceluḥ // sarvaṃ bhūkhaṃḍamaṃḍalaṃ
sthālīva ghaṭikādvayamātraṃ pracakaṃpe

athāparāhṇe raṃgabhūmidvāri dvipaṃ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ sametya kṣaṇaṃ
bālalīlayā yuddhaṃ kṛtvā śuṇḍādaṃḍe saṃgṛhītvā tvitastato
bhrāmayitvā bālakaḥ kamaṃḍalumiva bhūpṛṣṭhe taṃ pātayāmāsa

tamitthaṃ nihatya raṃgabhūmau kaṃsasabhāyāṃ janatāyai yathābhāvaṃ
darśanaṃ datvā mallayuddhaṃ kṛtvā cāṇūramuṣṭikakūṭaśalatośalakān
kaṃsasyāgre sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ bhūpṛṣṭhe rāmakṛṣṇau pātayāmāsatuḥ

atha tatkarma vīkṣya durvacanāni vikatthamānasya kaṃsasya
madhusūdanaḥ sahasotpatya mañcaṃ mahonnataṃ samāruroha

tataḥ satvaraṃ mṛtyumivāgataṃ vīkṣya maṃcādutthāya taṃ
nirbhartsayannunmanā drutaṃ kaṃsaḥ khaḍgacarmaṇī jagṛhe //
hariḥ sahasā carmāsisaṃyuktaṃ kaṃsaṃ saviṣaṃ phaṇīṃdramiva
tuṃḍavibhāgābhyāṃ virāḍiva dordaṃḍābhyāṃ balātsamagrahīt

atha tārkṣyatuṇḍātphaṇīva kaṃso bhujabaṃdhādbalādvinirgatya
patatkhaḍgacarmā punarudyato'bhūtpunarmañce balinau
vegānmardayantau śaile siṃhāviva śuśubhāte

tato balādutpataṃtaṃ kaṃsaṃ śatahastamaṃbare kṛṣṇa utpatan
śyenaṃ śyena iva taṃ samagrahīt // punargacchaṃtaṃ daityapuṃgavaṃ
pracaṃṇḍabhujadaṇḍābhyāṃ gṛhītatrailokyādhāra itastato
bhrāmayitvā mahāṃbarānmaṃcopari pātayāmāsa

tatastaḍitpātād‍drumakhaṃḍa iva bhagnadaṃḍo maṃco babhūva //
sa vajrāṃgaḥ patito'pi kiṃcidvyākulaḥ sahasotthāya
mahātmanā punaryuyudhe // punastaṃ bhujadaṃḍābhyāṃ bhagavān
gṛhītvā maṃce kṣiptvā hṛdayamāruhya tanmauliṃ gṛhītvā sadyaḥ
keśeṣu gṛhya maṃcād‌raṃgopari pātayitvā śailād‍gaṃḍaśilāmiva
tasyopariṣṭātsanātanaḥ sarvādhāro'naṃtavikramo vegātsvayaṃ nipapāta //
tayornipātena nimnībhūtaṃ bhūkhaṃḍamaṃḍalaṃ sthālīva daṃḍatrayaṃ sahasā cakaṃpe

atha saṃparetaṃ bhojarājaṃ yadurājo bhūmigataṃ nāgendraṃ mṛgendra iva
sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ vicakarṣa // tadaiva bhūbhujāṃ hāhākāra asīdaho vairabhāvena
yaṃ bhajankaṃso'pi tasya sārupyaṃ bhṛṃgiṇaḥ kīṭaka iva jagāma

tataḥ kaṃsaṃ mṛtaṃ sahasā vīkṣya samāgatāṃstasyānujān
khaḍgacarmadharān dṛṣṭvā balabhadro mudgaraṃ nītvā
sarvato'bhijaghāna// tadā devaduṃdubhayo nedurjayadhvaniścābhūddevāḥ
puṣpairvavṛṣurvidyādharyo nanṛturvidyādharagandharvakinnarā jaguḥ

atha sarvānāśvāsya pitarau vimokṣyograsenāya rājyaṃ datvopavītaṃ
prāpya saṃdīpanādvidyā adhitya tasmai mṛtaṃ sutaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ datvā
śaṃkhaṃ hatvā mathurāmetya vasan vrajaśāṃtyai coddhavaṃ preṣayitvā
punaḥ svayaṃ vrajaṃ gatvā rādhāyai gopībhyaśca darśanaṃ datvā
rāsamadhye ṛbhumokṣaṃ kṛtvā punarmathurāyāṃ māthureśo rarāja //
rāmo'pi kolavadhaṃ kṛtvā tasyāṃ virarājeti
tayormathurāyāṃ sahasraśaḥ pavitrāṇi caritrāṇi babhūvuḥ

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ balabhadrakhaṇḍe
mathurālīlāvarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ

hariḥ ॐ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu //
vargaḥgarga saṃhitā