Harivamsa · Chapter 46

jñātvā viṣṇuṃ kṣitigataṃ bhāgāṃś ca tridivaukasām
vināśaśaṃsī kaṃsasya nārado mathurāṃ yayau //

triviṣṭapād āpatito mathuropavane sthitaḥ
preṣayām āsa kaṃsasya ugrasenasutasya vai //

sa nāradasyāgamanaṃ śrutvā tvaritavikramaḥ
nirgajāmāsuraḥ kaṃsaḥ svapuryāḥ padmalocanaḥ //

sa dadarśātithiṃ ślāghyaṃ devarṣiṃ vītakalmaṣam
tejasā jvalanākāraṃ vapuṣā sūryavarcasam //

so 'bhivādyarṣaye tasmai pūjāṃ cakre yathāvidhi
āsanaṃ cāgnivarṇābhaṃ visṛjyopajahāra vai //

niṣasādāsane tasmin sa vai śakrasakho muniḥ
uvāca cograsenasya sutaṃ paramakopanam //

pūjito 'haṃ tvayā vīra vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
gate tv evaṃ mama vacaḥ śrūyatāṃ gṛhyatāṃ ca vai //

anusṛtya divo lokān ahaṃ brahmapurogamān
gataḥ sūryasakhaṃ tāta vipulaṃ meruparvatam //

sanandanavanaṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā caitrarathaṃ vanam
āplutaṃ me sutīrthāsu saritsu saha daivataiḥ //

divyā tridhārā dṛṣṭā me puṇyā tripathagā nadī
divyāṃ tripathagāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyāṃ bhāgirathīṃ nadīm |
divyā tripathagā dṛṣṭā puṇyā bhāgīrathī nadī |
smaraṇād eva sarveṣām aṃhasāṃ yā vibhedinī |
upaspṛṣṭaṃ ca tīrtheṣu divyeṣu ca yathākramam //

dṛṣṭaṃ me brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam
devagandharvanirghoṣair apsarobhiś ca nāditam //

so 'haṃ kadācid devānāṃ samājaṃ merumūrdhani
saṃgṛhya vīṇāṃ saṃsaktām agacchaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sabhām //

so 'haṃ tatra sitoṣṇīṣān nānāratnavibhūṣitān
divyāsanagatān devān apaśyaṃ sapitāmahān //

tatra manatrayatām evaṃ devatānāṃ mayā śrutaḥ
bhavataḥ sānugasyeha vadhopāyaḥ sudāruṇaḥ //

tatraiṣā devakī yā te mathurāyāṃ pitṛṣvasā
asyā garbho 'ṣṭamaḥ kaṃsa sa te mṛtyur bhaviṣyati //

devānāṃ sa tu sarvasvaṃ tridivasya gatiś ca saḥ
paraṃ rahasyaṃ devānāṃ sa te mṛtyur bhaviṣyati //

parato 'pi paras tv eṣāṃ svayaṃbhūś ca savayaṃbhuvām
tatas te tan mahad bhūtaṃ divyaṃ na kathayāmy aham //

ślāghyaś ca sa hi te mṛtyur bhūtapūrvaś ca taṃ smara
yatnaś ca kriyatāṃ kaṃsa garbhasthe yadi śakyate //

eṣā me tvadgatā prītir ityarthaṃ cāham āgataḥ
bhujyantāṃ sarvakāmārthāḥ svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham //

ity uktvā nārade yāte tasya vākyaṃ vicintayan
jahāsoccais tataḥ kaṃsaḥ pakāśadaśanaś ciram //

sasmitaṃ ceva provāca bhṛtyānām agrataḥ sthitaḥ
hāsyaḥ khalu sa sattveṣu nārado na viśāradaḥ //

nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyo devair api savāsavaiḥ
āhavasthaḥ śayāno vā pramato matta eva vā //

yo 'haṃ dorbhyām udārābhyāṃ kṣobhaye 'haṃ dharām imām
ko 'sti yo mānuṣe loke māṃ kṣobhayitum utsahet //

adyaprabhṛti bhūtānām eṣa devānuvartinām
nṛpakṣipaśusaṃghānāṃ karomi kadanaṃ mahat //

ājñāpyatāṃ hayaḥ keśī pralambo dhenukas tathā
ariṣṭo vṛṣabhaś caiva pūtanā kāliyas tathā //

aṭadhvaṃ pṭhivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
praharadhvaṃ ca sarveṣu ye 'smākaṃ pakṣadūṣakāḥ //

garbhasthānām api gatir vijñeyā bhuvi dehinām
nāradena hi garbhebhyo bhayaṃ naḥ samudāhṛtam //

bhavanto hi yathākāmaṃ modantāṃ vigatajvarāḥ
māṃ ca vo nātham āśritya nāsti devakṛtaṃ bhayam //

sa tu kelikilo vipro bhedaśīlaś ca nāradaḥ
suśliṣṭān api lokeṣu bhedayaṃl labhate ratim //

kaṇḍūyamānaḥ satataṃ lokān aṭati cañcalaḥ
ghaṭayāno narendrāṇāṃ tantrīvairāṇi caiva ha //

evaṃ sa vilapann eva vāṅmātreṇa tu kevalam
viveśa kaṃso bhavanaṃ dahyamānena cetasā //