Harivamsa · Chapter 64

pradoṣārdhe kadācit tu kṛṣṇe ratiparāyaṇe
trāsayan samado goṣṭhān ariṣṭaḥ pratyadṛśyata //

nirvāṇāṅgārameghābhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo'rkalocanaḥ
kṣuratīkṣṇāgracaraṇaḥ kālaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ //

lelihānaḥ saniṣpeṣaṃ jihvayauṣṭhau punaḥ punaḥ
garvitāviddhalāṅgūlaḥ kaṭhinaskandhabandhanaḥ //

kakudodagranirmāṇaḥ pramāṇād duratikramaḥ
śakṛnmūtropaliptāṅgo gavām udvejano bhṛśam //

mahākaṭiḥ sthūlamukho dṛḍhajānur mahodaraḥ
viṣāṇāvalgitagatir lambatā kaṇṭhacarmaṇā //

gavāroheṣu capalas tarughātaṅkitānanaḥ
yuddhasañjaviṣāṇāgro dviṣadvṛṣabhasūdanaḥ //

ariṣṭo nāma hi gavām ariṣṭo dāruṇākṛtiḥ
daityo vṛṣabharūpeṇa goṣṭhān viparidhāvati //

pātayāno gavāṃ garbhān dṛpto gacchaty anārtavam
bhajamānaś ca capalo gṛṣṭīḥ saṃpracacāra ha //

śṛṅgapraharaṇo raudraḥ praharan goṣu durmadaḥ
goṣṭheṣu na ratiṃ lebhe vinā yuddhaṃ sa govṛṣaḥ //

etasminn eva kāle tu gavāḥ kṛṣṇasamīpagāḥ
trāsayāmāsa duṣṭātmā vaivasvata pathe sthitaḥ //

sendrāśanir ivāmbhodo nardamāno mahāvṛṣaḥ
cakāra nirvṛṣaṃ goṣṭhaṃ nirvatsaśiśupuṃgavam //

tālaśabdena taṃ kṛṣṇaḥ siṃhanādaiś ca mohayan
abhyadhāvata govindo daityaṃ vṛṣabharūpiṇam //

sa kṛṣṇaṃ govṛṣo dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭalāṅgūlalocanaḥ
ruṣitas talaśabdena yuddhākāṅkṣī nanarda ha //

tam āpatantam udvṛttam dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabhadānavam
tasmāt sthānān na vyacalat kṛṣṇo girir ivācalaḥ //

vṛṣaḥ kakṣayor dṛṣṭiṃ praṇidhāya dhṛtānanaḥ
kṛṣṇasya nidhanākāṅkṣī tūrṇam abhyutpapāta ha //

tam āpatantaṃ pramukhe pratijagrāha durdharam
kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇāñjananibhaṃ vṛṣaṃ prati vṛṣopamaḥ //

sa saṃsaktas tu kṛṣṇena vṛṣeṇeva mahāvṛṣaḥ
mumoca vaktrajaṃ phenaṃ nastato 'tha sa śabdavat //

tāv anyonyāv aruddhāṅgau yuddhe kṛṣṇavṛṣāv ubhau
rejatur meghasamaye saṃsaktāv iva toyadau //

tasya darpabalaṃ hatvā kṛtvā śṛṅgāntare padam
apīḍayad ariṣṭasya kaṇṭhaṃ klinnam ivāmbaram //

śṛṅgaṃ cāsya punaḥ savyam utpāṭya yamadaṇḍavat
tenaiva prāharad vaktre sa mamāra bhṛśaṃ hataḥ //

vibhinnaśṛṅgo bhagnāsyo bhagnaskandhaś ca dānavaḥ
papāta rudhirodgārī sāmbudhāra ivāmbudaḥ //

govindena hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛptaṃ vṛṣabhadānavam
sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni tatkarmāsyābhituṣṭuvuḥ //

sa copendro vṛṣaṃ hatvā kāntavaktro niśāmukhe
aravindābhanayanaḥ punar eva rarāja ha //