Harivamsa · Chapter 112
tatas te sahitāḥ sarve trayastraya ivāgnayaḥ
vainateyaṃ samāruhya yudhyamānā raṇe sthitāḥ //
tataḥ sarvāṇy anīkāni bāṇavarṣair mahābalāḥ
ardayan vainateyasthā nadanto 'tibalā raṇe //
cakralāṅgalapātaiś ca bāṇavarṣaiś ca pīḍitam
saṃcukopa mahānīkaṃ dānavānāṃ mahātmanām //
kakṣe 'gnir iva saṃvṛddhaḥ śuṣkendhanasamīritāḥ
kṛṣṇabāṇāgnir udbhūto vivṛddhim upagacchati //
sa dānavasahasrāṇi tasmin samaramūrdhani
yugāntāgnir ivārciṣmān dahamāno vyarājata //
tāṃ dīryamāṇāṃ mahatīṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatām
senāṃ bāṇaḥ samāsādya vārayan vākyam abravīt //
lāghavaṃ samupāgamya kim evaṃ bhayaviklavāḥ
daityavaṃśasamutpannāḥ palāyadhyvaṃ mahāmṛdhe //
kavacāsigadāprāsān khaḍgacarmaparaśvadhān
utsṛjyotsṛjya gacchanti kiṃ bhavanto 'ntarikṣagāḥ //
svajātiṃ caiva vāsaṃ ca harasaṃsargam eva ca
mānayadbhir na gantavyam eṣo hy aham avasthitaḥ //
evam uccāritāṃ vācaṃ śṛṇvantas tām acintya vai
apakrāmanta te sarve dānavā bhayapīḍitāḥ //
pramāthagaṇaśeṣaṃ tu tadanīkapuraḥsaram
bhagnāvaśeṣaṃ yuddhāya manaś cakre punas tadā //
kumbhāṇḍo nāma bāṇastha sakhāmātyaś ca vīryavān
balaṃ bhagnaṃ samālokya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt //
eṣa bāṇaḥ sthito yuddhe śaṃkaro 'yaṃ guhas tathā
kimarthaṃ yuddham utsṛjya bhavanto bhayamohitāḥ //
nandīśvarasamāyuktaṃ ratham āsthāya vīryavān
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭo rudraḥ pradhāvati yato hariḥ //
pibann iva tadākāśaṃ siṃhayukto mahāsvanaḥ
ratho bhāti ghanonmuktaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ yathā śaśī //
vainateyastham asyantam āyāntam agraṇīr haraḥ
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti covāca kruddho 'haṃkāragarvitaḥ ||
bhagavān api govindaḥ smayann iva ca saṃsthitaḥ |
sthito 'smi tava saṃgrāme yatheṣṭaṃ kriyatām iti |
hariṃ vivyādha kupito nārācānāṃ śatena saḥ //
sa śarair arditas tena hareṇāmitraghātinā
harir jagrāha kupito hy āstraṃ pārjanyam uttamam //
tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
niṣpetuḥ sarvato digbhyo yato haratanus tataḥ //
athāgneyaṃ mahāraudram astram astravidāṃ varaḥ
mumoca ruṣito rudras tad adbhutam ivābhavat //
tato viśīrṇadehās te catvāro 'pi samantataḥ
nādṛśyanta śaraiś channā dahyamānāś ca vahninā //
siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakruḥ sarva evāsurottamāḥ
hato 'yam iti vijñāya āgneyāntarhite harau //
tatas tad viṣahitvājau hy astram astravidāṃ varaḥ
tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśaḥ pratiṣidhyāgnisaṃcayaṃ |
jagrāha vāruṇaṃ so 'straṃ vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān //
udyate vāruṇāstre tu vāsudevena dhīmatā
prayukte vāsudevena vāruṇāstre 'titejasi |
āgneyaṃ praśamaṃ yātam astraṃ vāruṇatejasā //
paiśācaṃ rākṣasaṃ caiva raudram āṅgirasaṃ bhavaḥ
mumocāstrāṇi catvāri yugāntāgninibhāni saḥ //
vāyavyam atha sāvitraṃ vāsavaṃ mohanaṃ tathā
atrāṇāṃ vāruṇārthāya vāsudevo mumoca ha //
astraiś caturbhiś catvāri vārayitvā ca keśavaḥ
jagrāha vaiṣṇavaṃ so 'straṃ vyāditāsyāntakopamam //
vaiṣṇavāstre vimukte tu sarva evāsurottamāḥ
bhūtayakṣagaṇāś caiva bāṇānīkaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ |
diśaḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve bhayamohitalocanāḥ //
andhakārīkṛte loke pradīpte tryambake tadā
na nandī nāpi ca ratho na rudraḥ pratyadṛśyata //
dviguṇaṃ dīptadehas tu roṣeṇa ca balena ca
astraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nāma nārāyaṇajighāṃsayā |
jagrāha śūlī bhūtātmā devānām atha paśyatām ||
mumoca ca yathāśakti rudro brahmātmasaṃbhavaḥ |
vimuktaṃ tena tac cāstraṃ jagāma ca samīpataḥ ||
śaṃkarasya tad astraṃ tu prahasan keśavas tadā |
jagrāha līlayā viṣṇus tūṇau tac ca vyanikṣipat ||
kupito rudrarūpeṇa rudraḥ saṃhāramūrtimān ||
tataḥ śūlaṃ samādāya sarvaśatruvidāraṇam |
devadānavagandharva+ +yakṣapannagarakṣasām |
bhayaṃkaraṃ mumocātha kṛṣṇam uddiśya śaṃkaraḥ ||
tac ca śūlaṃ harir dṛṣṭvā nijaśaktyā nyavārayat ||
tatas trilocanaḥ kruddhaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ |
astraṃ pāśupataṃ yat tu loke khyātaṃ svavīryavat |
jagrāhātmasamaṃ sākṣād dhantuṃ keśavam ojasā ||
vijñāyātha tadā viṣṇus tad evāstraṃ samādade ||
dve hy astre praśamaṃ yāte dvābhyāṃ saṃdhārite tadā |
tripurāntakaraṃ bāṇaṃ jagrāha ca caturmukhaḥ //
saṃdadhatkārmuke caiva kṣeptukāmas trilocanaḥ
vijñāto vāsudevena cittajñena mahātmanā //
jṛmbhaṇaṃ nām so 'py astraṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ
tenāstreṇa tadā kṛṣṇo mantrapūtena keśavaḥ |
haraṃ saṃjṛmbhayām āsa kṣiprakārī mahābalaḥ //
pāñcajanyasya ghoṣeṇa śārṅgavisphūrjitena ca
devaṃ vijṛmbhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni tatrasuḥ //
kumbhāṇḍasaṃgṛhītāśve rathe tiṣṭhan guhas tadā
abhidudrāva kṛṣṇaṃ ca balaṃ pradyumnam eva ca //
śaraughācitagātrās te trayastraya ivāgnayaḥ
śoṇitaughaplutair gātraiḥ pratyayudhyan guhaṃ tadā //
tatas te yuddhamārgajñās trayas tribhir anuttamaiḥ
vāyavyāgneyapārjanyair bibhidur dīptatejasaḥ //
tasya dīptaśaraughasya dīptacāpadharasya ca
śaraughān astramāyābhir grasanti sma mahātmanaḥ //
astraṃ brahmaśiro nāma kālakalpaṃ durāsadam
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaḥ saṃkhye jagrāha sa guhas tadā //
prayukte brahmaśirasi sahasrāṃśusamaprabhe
ugre paramadurdharṣe lokakṣayakare tadā //
mahābhūteṣu sarveṣu pradhāvatsu tatastataḥ
astratejaḥpramūḍhe tu viṣaṇṇe jagati prabhuḥ |
keśavaḥ keśimathanaś cakraṃ jagrāha vīryavān //
sarveṣām astravīryāṇāṃ vāraṇe ghātane tathā
cakram apraticakrasya loke khyātaṃ mahātmanaḥ //
astraṃ brahmaśiras tena niṣprabhaṃ kṛtam ojasā
meghair ivātapāpāye savitur maṇḍalaṃ mahat //
tato niṣprabhatāṃ yāte naṣṭavīrye mahaujasi
tasmin brahmaśirasy astre śaktiṃ jagrāha kāñcanīm //
maholkām iva tāṃ dīptāṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabhām
ghaṇṭāmālākulāṃ śaktiṃ cikṣepa ruṣito guhaḥ //
jṛmbhamāṇeva gagane saṃpradīptamukhī tataḥ
āghāvantī mahāśaktiḥ kṛṣṇasya vadhakāṅkṣiṇī //
bhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇāḥ sendrāś ca sarvāmarapurogamāḥ
śaktiṃ prajvalitāṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhaḥ kṛṣṇa iti bruvan //
abhyāśamāgatāṃ tāṃ tu mahāśaktiṃ mahāmṛdhe
huṃkāreṇaiva nirbhartsya pātayām āsa bhūtale //
pātitāyāṃ mahāśaktyāṃ sādhu sādhv iti sarvaśaḥ
siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakruḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ //
tato deveṣu nardatsu vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān
punaś cakraṃ sa jagrāha bhūtāntakaraṇaṃ tadā //
vyāvidhyamāne cakre tu kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā
kumārarakṣaṇārthāya vibhajya svatanuṃ tadā |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pramukhe tasya vyatiṣṭhita ca kauṭavī
digvāsā devavacanāt prātiṣṭhat tatra kauṭavī |
lambā nāma mahābhāgā bhāgo devyās tathāṣṭamaḥ |
citrā kanakaśaktis tu sā ca nagnā sthitāntare ||
athāntarā kumārasya devīṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābhujaḥ |
parāṅmukhas tato vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ |
digvāsā vikaṭā dhūmrā karāḷā nirṇatodarī |
bāhū prasārya sahasā grasantīvāmbaraṃ mahat |
apagacchāpagaccha tvaṃ dhigdhig ity eva so 'bravīt //
tatas tūryapraṇādaiś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ
siṃhanādaiś ca daityānāṃ bāṇaḥ kṛṣṇam abhidravat //
āyāntam atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā yadūnām ṛṣabhaṃ raṇe
gatvātha kiṃ cid dṛṣṭvaiva svabalaṃ keśavaṃ tadā |
vainateyasamārūḍhaṃ kṛṣṇam apratimaujasam //
tiṣṭha tiṣṭha na me 'dya tvaṃ jīvan pratigamiṣyasi
dvārakāṃ dvārakāsthān vā suhṛdo drakṣyase na ca //
suvarṇavarṇān vṛkṣāgrān adya drakṣyasi mādhava
tvam adyāṣṭabhujaḥ saṃkhye kathaṃ bāhusahasriṇā |
mayābhibhūtaḥ samare muhūrṣuḥ kālacoditaḥ //
adya bāhusahasreṇa katham aṣṭabhujo raṇe
mayā saha samāgamya yotsyase garuḍadhvaja //
adya hi tvaṃ mayā yuddhe nirjitaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
dvārakāṃ śoṇitapure nihataḥ saṃsmariṣyasi //
nānāpraharaṇopetaṃ nānāṅgadavibhūṣitam
adya bāhusahasraṃ me koṭibhūtaṃ niśāmaya //
garjatas tasya vākyaughāḥ samudrād iva sindhavaḥ
parākramarasopetā mattebhād iva śīkarāḥ |
niścaranti mahāghorā vātoddhūtā ivormayaḥ //
roṣaparyākule caiva netre tasya babhūvatuḥ
jagad didhakṣann iva khe mahāsūrya ivoditau //
bāṇa kiṃ garjase śūrā na garjanti raṇe sthitāḥ
ehy ehi yudhyasva raṇe kiṃ mithyāgarjitena te //
yadi yuddhāni vacanaiḥ sidhyanti ditinandana
bhavān eva jayen nityaṃ bahvabaddhaṃ prabhāṣase //
ehy ehi jaya māṃ bāṇa jito vā vasudhātale
cirāyāvāṅmukho dīnaḥ patitaḥ śeṣyase 'sura //
ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ marmabhedibhir āśugaiḥ
nirbibheda raṇe kṛṣṇas tv amoghair dīptatejasaiḥ //
smayan bāṇas tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat
jvaladbhir iva saṃsaktais tasmin yuddhe sudāruṇe //
tau tataḥ śaranistriṃśair gadāparighatomaraiḥ
tataḥ parighanistriṃśair gadātomaraśaktibhiḥ |
vinindamānau saṃyattau yuddhe ceratur ojasā //
musalaiḥ paṭṭisaiś cāpi chādayām āsa keśavam //
aṣṭabāhuḥ sahasreṇa bāhūnāṃ samayudhyata
yodhayām āsa samare dvibāhum atha līlayā |
tatas tu samare hantuṃ hiraṇyakaśipor yathā |
sahasrabāhunā sārdham aṣṭabāhur ayudhyata |
bāṇena saha saṃgamya śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ //
yad astraṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ tapasā nirmitaṃ mahat
tad apratihitaṃ yuddhe sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam
brahmaṇā vihitaṃ pūrvaṃ tan mumoca baleḥ sutaḥ //
tasmin mukte diśaḥ sarvās tamopahatamaṇḍalāḥ
prādur āsaṃs tato raudrā na prājñāyata kiṃ cana //
sādhu sādhv iti bāṇaṃ tu pūjayanti sma dānavāḥ
aho dhig iti devānāṃ carate vāg udīritā //
tato 'strabalavegena sārciṣmatyaḥ sudāruṇāḥ
ghorarūpā mahāvegā niṣpetur bāṇavṛṣṭayaḥ //
nākampata tadā vāyur na meghāḥ saṃcaranti ca
astre vimukte bāṇena dahyamāne ca keśave //
tato 'straṃ sumahāvegaṃ jagrāha madhusūdanaḥ
pārjanyaṃ nāma bhagavān yamāntakanibhaṃ raṇe //
dānavāstraṃ praśāntaṃ tu parjanyāstre 'bhimantrite
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve praṇedur jahṛṣus tadā //
hate śastre mahārāja daiteyaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
bhūyaḥ saṃchādayām āsa keśavaṃ garuḍe sthitam
musalaiḥ paṭṭisaiś caiva śūlam udgarakasmaraiḥ //
tasya tāṃ tarasā sarvāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ samudyatām
punaḥ saṃvārayām āsa keśavaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ //
yuddhaṃ cābhūd vāhanayor ubhayor devadaityayoḥ
garuḍasya ca saṃgrāme mayūrasya ca yudhyataḥ //
pakṣatuṇḍaprahārais tau caraṇāgranakhais tathā
anyonyaṃ jaghnatuḥ krodhān mayūrgaruḍāv ubhau //
vainateyas tataḥ kruddho mayūraṃ dīptatejasam
jagrāha śirasi kruddhas tuṇḍenābhyahanat tadā //
dakṣiṇena ca pakṣeṇa nijaghāna mahābalaḥ
padbhyāṃ pārśvābhighātāṃś ca dattvā ghorān anekaśaḥ //
ākṛṣya cainaṃ tarasā vikṛṣya ca mahābalaḥ
niḥsaṃjñaṃ pātayām āsa gaganād iva parvatam //
mayūre pātite tasmin garuḍenātha pakṣiṇā
papāta tasmāt sahasā vegena mahatā balī |
bāṇaḥ paramasaṃvignaś cintayan kāryam ātmanaḥ //
taṃ dīnamanasaṃ jñātvā raṇe bāṇaṃ suviklavam
cintayad bhagavān rudro bāṇarakṣaṇam āturaḥ //
tato nandiṃ mahādevaḥ prāha gambhīrayā girā
nandikeśvara saṃyāhi yato bāṇas tato ratham //
pramāthagaṇapārśve hi na hi me sthāsyate manaḥ
yāhi prabhavase tāta bāṇaṃ saṃrakṣa gamyatām //
tathety uktvā punar nandī rathena rathināṃ varaḥ
yato bāṇas tato gatvā bāṇam āha śanair idam //
daityemaṃ ratham ātiṣṭha śīghram ehi mahābala
mayā sārathinā vīra ehi yudhyasva māciram |
sa nandinā tathoktaḥ san bāṇaḥ parabalārdanaḥ |
tato yudhyasva kṛṣṇaṃ vai dānavāntakaraṃ raṇe |
ārūḍhaḥ sa tathety uktvā mahādevasya taṃ ratham //
taṃ syandanam adhiṣṭhāya bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ
prāduś cakre tadā raudram astram astravidāṃ varaḥ
dīptaṃ brahmaśiro nāma bāṇaḥ kruddho 'tivīryavān //
pradīpte brahmaśirasi lokaḥ kṣobham upāgamat
lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ hi tat sṛṣṭaṃ padmayoninā //
tac cakreṇa nihatyāstraṃ prāha kṛṣṇaḥ pratāpavān
loke prakhyātayaśasaṃ bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe //
katthitāni kva te bāṇa tāni kiṃ na vikatthase
ayam asmi sthito yuddhe yudhyasva puruṣo bhava //
kārtavīryārjuno nāma pūrvam āsīn mahābalaḥ
sahasrabāhū rāmeṇa dvibāhuḥ samare kṛtaḥ //
tathā tavāpi darpo 'yaṃ bāhūnāṃ vīryasaṃbhavaḥ
cakraṃ te darpaśamanaṃ karoti raṇamūrdhani //
darpasaṃjananān yāvan nāśayiṣyāmi te bhujān
yāvat te darpaśamanaṃ karomy adya svabāhunā |
tiṣṭhedānīṃ na me 'dya tvaṃ mokṣyase raṇamūrdhani //
tataś cakraṃ sahasrāraṃ nadan megha ivoṣṇage
jagrāha puruṣavyāghro bāṇabāhupraśāntaye //
jyotiṣmataḥ pataṃgasya śaśinaś caiva yat tathā
tejo yaj jyotiṣāṃ caiva tejo vajrāśanes tathā |
prājāpatyaṃ ca yat tejas tac cakre paryavasthitam //
tejasā tena saṃyuktaṃ bhāsvatā prajvalabhṛśam
vapuṣā teja ādatte bāṇasya pramukhe sthitam //
cakrodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavantaṃ raṇājire
pramukhe vāsudevasya digvāsāḥ koṭavī sthitā //
antarghānam upāgamya tyaktvā sā vāsasī punaḥ
paritrāṇāya bāṇasya vijayādhiṣṭhitā tataḥ
bhūyaḥ sāmarṣatāmrākṣī vivastrāvasthitā raṇe //
bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaparā vākyam etad uvāca ha
hanmi bāṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
evam uktā tu bāṇena |
bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇārthinī |
girā madhurayā devī |
jāne tvāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ puruṣottamam |
mahābhāgaṃ mahādevam anantaṃ nīlam avyayam |
padmanābhaṃ hṛṣīkeśa lokānām ādisaṃbhavam |
devadeva jagannātha viṣṇo jiṣṇo jagatpate |
nārhase deva hantuṃ vai bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe //
tataḥ kruddho mahābāhuḥ kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
provāca bāṇaṃ samare bhrāmayaṃś cakram uttamam //
yudhyatāṃ yudhyatāṃ saṃkhye bhavatāṃ koṭavī sthitā
aśaktānām iva raṇe dhigbāṇa tava pauruṣam //
evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇas tac cakraṃ paramāstravit
nimīlitākṣo vyasṛjad bāṇaṃ prati mahābalaḥ //
alātacakravat tūrṇaṃ bhramamāṇaṃ raṇājire
kṣiptaṃ tu vāsudevena bāṇasya raṇamūrdhani |
bāṇasya rathamārge ca dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ |
viṣṇor astraṃ sunābhaṃ vai śaighryayogān na dṛśyate //
tasya bāhusahasrasya paryāyeṇa punaḥ punaḥ
bāṇasya chedanaṃ cakre tac cakraṃ raṇamūrdhani //
śarīreṇa prasravatā rudhiraughapariplutaḥ
abhavat parvatākāraś chinnabāhur mahāsuraḥ //
cakraṃ bhūyaḥ kṣeptukāmaṃ bāṇanāśārtham acyutam
cakraṃ bhūyaḥ kṣeptukāmo nāṇanāśārtham acyutaḥ |
tam upetya mahādevaḥ kumārasahito 'bravīt //
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahādeva jāne tvāṃ puruṣottamam
na hy enaṃ vadhakāmas tvaṃ yad icchet pārvatīhitam ||
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāro lokaviśrutāḥ |
hrādaḥ prahrādaḥ saṃhrādaḥ anuhrādaś caturthakaḥ ||
prahrādāya varo dattaś caiṣāṃ madhye varāthine |
avyadhyas tava vaṃśo 'stu daityaughāḥ satataṃ mayā ||
iti pratiśrutaṃ pūrvam aparāghaparāya ca |
madhukaiṭabhahantāraṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam //
lokānāṃ tvaṃ gatir deva tvatprasūtam idaṃ jagat
ajeyas tvaṃ tribhir lokaiḥ sadevāsuramānuṣaiḥ //
tasmāt saṃhara divyaṃ tvam idaṃ cakraṃ samudyatam
anivāryam asaṃhāryaṃ raṇe śatrubhayaṃkaram //
bāṇasyāsyābhayaṃ dattaṃ mayā keśiniṣūdana
tan me na syān mṛṣā vākyam atas tvāṃ kṣamayāmy aham //
jīvatāṃ deva bāṇo 'yam etac cakraṃ nivartitam
mānyas tvaṃ deva devānām asurāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ //
namas te 'stu gamiṣyāmi yat kāryaṃ tan maheśvara
na tāvat kriyate tasmān mām anujñātum arhasi //
evam uktvā mahādevaṃ kṛṣṇas tūrṇaṃ garutmatā
jagāma tatra yatrāste prādyumniḥ sāyakaiś citaḥ //
gate kṛṣṇe tato nandī bāṇam āha śubhaṃ vacaḥ
gaccha bāṇa kṣatenaiva devadevasya cāgrataḥ ||
tac chrutvā nandivākyaṃ tu bāṇo 'gacchata śīghragaḥ |
chinnabāhuṃ tato bāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā nandī pratāpavān |
apavāhya rathenaiva yato devas tato yayau ||
tato nandī punar bāṇaṃ prāg uvācottaraṃ vacaḥ |
bāṇa bāṇa pranṛtyasva śreyas tava bhaviṣyati //
śoṇitaughaplutair gātrair nandivākyapracoditaḥ
jīvitārthī tato bāṇaḥ pramukhe śaṃkarasya vai //
prānṛtyata bhaye jāte dānavaḥ sa vicetanaḥ
jaya deva jagannātha jayājeya harāvyaya |
jaya bhaktipriya sadā jaya bhūtagaṇārcitaḥ ||
jaya bhasmapradigdhāṅga jaya nagnavidāṃ mukha |
umāpate viśvapate jayājeyāvyaya prabho ||
evamādi tadā bāṇo vilapan bhavatuṣṭaye |
avasthāṃ kṛpaṇāṃ prāpto bhayaviklavalocanaḥ //
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bāṇa tvaṃ yat te manasi vartate
prasādasumukho 'haṃ te varakālo 'yam āgataḥ //
ajaraś cāmaraś caiva bhaveyaṃ satataṃ vibho
eṣa me prathamo deva varo 'stu yadi manyase //
tulyo 'si daivatair bāṇa na mṛtyus tava vidyate
anyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣvādya anugrāhyo 'si me sadā //
yathāhaṃ śoṇitādigdho bhṛśārto vraṇapīḍitaḥ
bhaktānāṃ nṛtyatām evaṃ putrajanma bheved bhava //
nirāhārāḥ kṣamāyuktāḥ satyārjavaparāyaṇāḥ
madbhaktā ye hi nṛtyanti teṣām evaṃ bhaviṣyati //
cakrapāṭanajā ghorā rujā tīvrā hi yā mama
vareṇa sā tṛtīyena śāntiṃ gacchatu me bhava //
evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te na rujā prabhaviṣyati
akṣataṃ tava gātraṃ ca svasthāvasthaṃ bhaviṣyati //
caturthaṃ te varaṃ dadmi vṛṇīṣvāsura kāṅkṣitaṃ
na te 'haṃ vimukhas tāta prasādasumukho hy aham //
pramāthagaṇavaṃśasya prathamaḥ syām ahaṃ vibho
mahākāla iti khyātaḥ khyātiṃ gaccheyam īśvara //
bhūyo 'pi te varaṃ dadmi prakhyātabalapauruṣa
evaṃ bhaviṣyaty avaśyaṃ yaṃ varaṃ tvam ihecchasi |
taṃ taṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yad icchasi mahāsura //
vairūpyam aṅgajaṃ kiṃ cin mā bhūn me devasattama
dvibāhutve 'pi me deho na virūpo bhaved bhava //
tato 'bravīn mahādevo bāṇaṃ sthitam athāntike
evaṃ bhaviṣyate bāṇa yat tvayā samudāhṛtam //
etāvad uktvā bhagavāṃs trinetro gaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ
paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tatraivāntar adhīyata //
Original text: Harivaṃśa constituted text with star passages · Edition: Parashuram Lakshman Vaidya, Poona : Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 1969 (For details see the separate introduction on the Zürich server.) · Data entry Atul Agarwala J. Wayne Bass Julie Bélanger Peter Bisschop Horst Brinkhaus John Brockington Eva De Clercq André Couture James Fitzgerald Arlo Griffiths N. Hanemann Petteri Koskikallio Kreshi · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0