Harivamsa · Chapter 75

praviśantaṃ tu vegena mārutāvalgitāmbaram
pūrvajaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam //

gajadantakṛtollekhaṃ subhujaṃ devakīsutam
līlākṛtāṅgadaṃ vīraṃ madena rudhireṇa ca //

valgamānaṃ yathā siṃhaṃ garjamānaṃ yathā ghanam
bāhuśabdaprahāreṇa cālayantaṃ vasuṃdharām //

augraseniḥ samālokya dantidantodyatāyudham
kṛṣṇaṃ bhṛśāyastamukhaḥ saroṣaṃ samudaikṣata //

bhujāsaktena śuśubhe gajadantena keśavaḥ
candrārdhabimbasaṃyukto yathaikaśikharo giriḥ //

valgamāne govinde sa kṛtsno raṅgasāgaraḥ
janaughapratinādena pūryamāṇa ivābabhau //

kaṃsenāpi samājñaptaś cāṇūraḥ pūrvam eva tu
yodhavyaṃ saha kṛṣṇena tvayā yatnavateti vai //

sa roṣeṇa tu cāṇūraḥ kaṣāyīkṛtalocanaḥ
abhyavartata yuddhāya apāṃ pūrṇo yathā ghanaḥ //

avaghuṣṭe samāje tu niḥśabdastimite jane
yādavās tatra sahitā idaṃ vacanam abruvan //

bāhuyuddham idaṃ raṅge saprāśnikam akātaram
kriyābalasamājñātam aśastraṃ nirmitaṃ purā //

adbhiś cāpi śramo nityaṃ vineyaḥ kāladarśibhiḥ
karīṣeṇa ca mallasya satataṃ prakriyā smṛtā //

sthito bhūmigataś caiva yo yathāmārgataḥ sthitaḥ
sthitau bhūmigatau caiva yathā tau mārgam āsthitau |
niyudhyataś ca paryāyaḥ prāśnikaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ //

bālo vā yadi vā madhyaḥ sthaviro vā kṛśo 'pi vā
balastho vā sthito raṅge jñeyaḥ kakṣyāntareṇa vai //

balataś ca kriyātaś ca bāhuyuddhavidhir yudhi
nirghātānantaraṃ kiṃcin na kartavyaṃ vijānatā //

tad idaṃ prastutaṃ raṅge yuddhaṃ kṛṣṇāndhramallayoḥ
bālaḥ kṛṣṇo mahān andhras tatra na syād vicāraṇā //

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ samāje samavartata
prāvalgata ca govindo vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha //

ahaṃ bālo mahān andhro vapuṣā parvatopamaḥ
yuddhaṃ mama sahānena rocate bāhuśālinā //

yuddhavyatikramaḥ kaścin na bhaviṣyati matkṛtaḥ
na hy ahaṃ bāhuyodhānāṃ dūṣayiṣyāmi yan matam //

yo 'yaṃ karīṣadharmaś ca toyadharmaś ca raṅgajaḥ
kaṣāyasya ca saṃsargaḥ samayo hy eṣa kalpitaḥ //

saṃyamaḥ sthiratā śauryaṃ vyāyāmaḥ matkriyā balam
reṅge ca niyatā siddhir etad yuddhamukhe vratam //

yad ayaṃ bāhubhir yuddhaṃ savairaṃ kartum udyataḥ
atra vai nigrahaḥ kāryas toṣayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jagat //

karūṣeṣu prasūto 'yaṃ cāṇūro nāma nāmataḥ
bāhuyodhī sarīreṇa karmabhiś cānucintyatām //

etena bahavo mallā nihatā yuddhadurmadāḥ
raṅgapratāpakāmena mallamārgaś ca dūṣitaḥ //

sastrasiddhis tu yodhānāṃ saṃgrāme śastrayodhinām
raṅgasiddhis tu mallānāṃ pratimallanighātajā //

raṇe vijayamānasya kīrtir bhavati śāśvatī
hatasyāpi raṇe sastrair nākapṛṣṭhaṃ vidhīyate //

raṇe hy ubhayataḥ siddhir hatasyāpi ghnato 'pi vā
sā hi prāṇāntikā yātrā mahadbhiḥ sādhu pūjitā //

ayaṃ tu mārgo balataḥ kriyātaś ca viniḥsṛtaḥ
mṛtasya raṅge kaḥ svargo jayato vā kuto ratiḥ //

ye tu kecit svadoṣeṇa rājñaḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ
yotsyāma bālā balibhir bāhubhiḥ saha saṃkaṭe |
evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaś cāṇūraṃ samapadyata |
āsphoṭya bāhū rājendra cāṇūraḥ kṛṣṇam abhyayāt ||
tāv ubhau siṃhavikrāntau mattāv iva mahāgajau |
yuyudhāte tadānyonyam ebhir mallapariśramaiḥ |
pratāpārthe hatā mallā mallahantur vadho hi saḥ //

evaṃ saṃjalpatām eva tābhyāṃ yuddhaṃ sudāruṇam
ubhābhyām abhavad ghoraṃ vāraṇābhyāṃ yathā vane //

kṛtapratikṛtaiś citrair bāhubhiś ca sasaṃkaṭaiḥ
saṃnipātāvadhūtaiś ca pramāthonmathanais tathā //

kṣepaṇair muṣṭibhiś caiva varāhodbhūtanisvanaiḥ
kīlair vajranipātaiś ca prasṛṣṭābhis tathaiva ca //

śalākānakhapātaiś ca pādoddhūtaiś ca dāruṇaiḥ
jānubhiś cāsmanirghoṣaiḥ śirobhiś cāvaghaṭṭitaiḥ //

tad yuddham abhavad ghoram asastraṃ bāhutejasā
balaprāṇena śūrāṇāṃ samājotsavasaṃnidhau //

saṃrajyata janaḥ sarvaḥ sotkruṣṭaninadotthitaḥ
sādhu vādāṃś ca mañceṣu ghoṣayanty apare janāḥ //

tataḥ prasvinnavadanaḥ kṛṣṇapraṇihitekṣaṇaḥ
nyavārayata tūryāṇi kaṃsaḥ savyena pāṇinā //

pratiṣiddheṣu tūryeṣu mṛdaṅgādiṣu teṣu vai
khe saṃgatāny avādyanta devatūryāṇy anekaśaḥ //

yudhyamāne hṛṣīkeśe puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇe
svayam eva pravādyanta tūryaghoṣāś ca sarvaśaḥ //

antardhānagatā devā vimānaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ
cerur vidyādharaiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛṣṇasya jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ //

jayasva kṛṣṇa cāṇūraṃ dānavaṃ malladehinam
iti saptarṣayaḥ sarve ūcuś caiva nabhogatāḥ //

cāṇūreṇa ciraṃ kālaṃ krīḍitvā devakīsutaḥ
balam āhārayāmāsa kaṃsasyābhāvadarśivān //

tataś cacāla vasudhā mañcāś caiva jughūrṇire
mukutāc cāpi kaṃsasya papāta maṇir uttamaḥ //

dorbhyām ānamya kṛṣṇas tu cāṇūraṃ pūrṇajīvitam
prāharan muṣṭinā mūrdhni vakṣasyāhatya jānunā //

niḥsṛte sāśrurudhire tasya netre sabandhane
tāpanīye yathā ghaṇṭe vakṣyopari vilambite //

sa papāta ca raṅgasya madhye niḥsṛtalocanaḥ
cāṇūro vigataprāṇo jīvitānte mahītale //

dehena tasya raṅgasya cāṇūrasya gatāyuṣaḥ
saṃniruddho mahāmārgaḥ sa śaileneva lakṣyate //