Garga Samhita · Chapter 9.4

bhaktimāhātmyam
śrīvyāsa uvāca -
khe vāyau salile vahnau mahyāṃ jyotirgaṇeṣu ca //
śrīkṛṣṇadevaṃ paśyaṃto harṣitāśca punaḥ punaḥ

śrīkṛṣṇo rādhikānāthaḥ koṭikaṃdarpamohanaḥ //
tannetragocaro yāti bruvañchrīnaṃdanaṃdanaḥ

sadānaṃdaṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā prahasaṃti praharṣitāḥ //
kvacid‌vadaṃti dhāvaṃti naṃdaṃti ca kvacittathā

kvacid‌gāyaṃti nṛtyaṃti kvacittūṣṇīṃ bhavanti ca //
kṛṣṇacaṃdrasvarūpāste kṛtārthā vaiṣṇavottamāḥ

teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa naro yāti kṛtārthatām //
na kālo na yamasteṣāṃ daṃḍaṃ dātuṃ na ca kṣamaḥ

gadā kaumodakī vāme dakṣīṇe ca sudarśanam //
agre śārṅgadhanuḥ paścātpāṃcajanyo ghanasvanaḥ

naṃdakaśca mahākhaḍgaḥ śatacandreṣavaḥ śitāḥ //
etānyāyudhamukhyāni tāṃśca rakṣaṃtyaharniśam

tathopari mahāpadmaṃ chāyāṃ kartuṃ punaḥ punaḥ //
garuḍaḥ pakṣavātena śramahartā satāmapi

yatra yatra gatāḥ saṃtastatra tatra svayaṃ hariḥ //
tīrthīkurvan bhūmibhāgaṃ śrīmatpādābjareṇubhiḥ

kṣaṇaṃ yatra sthitāḥ saṃtastatra tīrthāni saṃti hi //
tatra ko'pi mṛtaḥ pāpī yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam

dūrātsaṃprekṣya kṛṣṇeṣṭā nādhayo vyādhayastathā //
bhūtapretapiśācāśca palāyaṃte diśo daśa

nadyo nadāḥ parvatāśca samudrāśca tathāpare //
mārgaṃ daduśca sādhubhyo'napekṣebhyaḥ samaṃtataḥ

sādhūnāṃ jñānaniṣṭhānāṃ viraktānāṃ mahātmanām //
ajātaśatrūṇāṃ teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ puṇyavarjitaiḥ

yasminkule kṛṣṇabhakto jāyate brahmalakṣaṇam //
tatkulaṃ vimalaṃ viddhi malīmasamapi svataḥ

rājan śrīkṛṣṇabhaktastu pitṝndaśa kulod‌bhavān //
priyāpakṣe'pi daśa ca mātṛpakṣe tathā daśa

puruṣānuddhared‌rājannirayātpāpabaṃdhanāt //
sādhusaṃbaṃdhinaścānye bhṛtyā dāsāḥ suhṛjjanāḥ

śatravo bhāravāhaśca tad‌gṛhe pakṣiṇastathā //
pipīlikāśca maśakāstathā kīṭapataṅgakāḥ

abrahmaṇye'kṛṣṇasāre sauvīre kīkaṭe tathā //
mlecchadeśe'pi deveśa bhakto lokānpunāti hi

sāṃkhyayogaṃ vinā rājaṃstīrthadharmamakhairvinā //
sādhusaṃsarginaste'pi prayāṃti harimandire

itthaṃ śrīkṛṣṇabhaktānāṃ māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā //
catuḥpadārthadaṃ nṝṇāṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

ugrasena uvāca -
paripūrṇatame sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇe paramātmani //
dantavaktrasya duṣṭasya jyotirlīnaṃ babhūva ha

aho mahadidaṃ citraṃ sāyūjyaṃ mahatāmapi //
yogyaṃ syādvipramukhyeṃdra kathaṃ cānyena śatruṇā

śrīvyāsa uvāca -
mamāhamiti vaiṣamyaṃ bhūtānāṃ triguṇātmanām //
krodhādyairvartate rājanna harau paramātmani

harau kenāpi bhāvena mano lagnaṃ karoti yaḥ //
yāti tad‌rūpatāṃ so'pi bhṛṃgiṇaḥ kīṭako yathā

snehaṃ kāmaṃ bhayaṃ krodhamaikyaṃ sauhṛdameva ca //
kṛtvā tanmayatāṃ yāṃti sāṃkhyayogaṃ vinā janāḥ

snehānnaṃdayaśodādyā vasudevādayo'pare //
kālād‌gopyo hariṃ prāptā na tu brahmatayā nṛpa

tad‌rūpaguṇamādhuryabhāvasaṃlagnamānasāḥ //
bhayātkaṃsastava sutastatsāyūjyaṃ jagāma ha

krodhādayaṃ daṃtavaktraḥ śiśupālādayo'pare //
aikyācca yādavā yūyaṃ sauhṛdācca vayaṃ tathā

tasmātkenāpyupāyena manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet //
aharniśaṃ hi smaraṇaṃ bhavecchatrorna karhicit

śatrubhāvaṃ harau tasmātkurvaṃti danujādayaḥ

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ vijñānakhaṃḍe śrīvyāsograsenasaṃvāde
bhaktimāhātmyaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ