Harivamsa · Chapter 87

etasminn eva kāle tu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān
nṛpān udyojayām āsa cedirājapriyepsayā //

bhīṣmakasya sutāyāṃ vai rukmiṇyāṃ rukmabhūṣaṇaḥ
śiśupālasya nṛpater vivāho bhavitā kila //

dantavaktrasya tanayaṃ suvaktram amitaujasam
sahasrākṣasamaṃ yuddhe māyāsu ca viśāradam //

pauṇḍrasya vāsudevasya tathā putraṃ mahābalam
sudevaṃ vīryasaṃpannaṃ pṛthag akṣauhiṇīpatim //

ekalavyasya putraṃ ca vīryavantaṃ balānvitam
putraṃ ca pāṇḍyarājasya kaliṅgādhipatiṃ tathā //

kṛtāpriyaṃ ca kṛṣṇena veṇudāriṃ narādhipam
aṃśumantaṃ tathā krāthaṃ śrutarvāṇaṃ ca bhārata //

nikṛttaśatruṃ kāliṅgaṃ gāndhārādhipatiṃ tathā
paṭuśaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ kāśyādhipatim eva ca //

kasmin deśe nṛpo jajñe rukmī vedavidāṃ vara
kasyāṇvavāye dyutimān saṃbhūto dvijasattama //

rājarṣer yādavasyāsīd vidarbho nāma vai sutaḥ
vindhyasya dakṣiṇe pārśve vidarbhān yo nyaveśayat //

krathakaiśikamukhyās tu putrās tasya mahābalāḥ
babhūvur vīryasaṃpannāḥ pṛthag vaṃśakarā nṛpāḥ //

tasyānvavāye bhīmasya vṛṣṇayo jajñire nṛpa
krathasya tv aṃśumāṇ vaṃśe kaiśikasya tu bhīṣmakaḥ //

hiraṇyalomety āhur yaṃ dākṣiṇātyeśvaraṃ janāḥ
agastyaguptām āśāṃ yaḥ kuṇḍinastho 'nvaśān nṛpaḥ
rukmī tasyābhavat putro rukmiṇī ca viśāṃ pate //

rukmī cāstrāṇi divyāni drumāt prāpa mahābalaḥ
jāmadagnyāt tatha rāmād brāhmam astram avāptavān
prāspardhat saha kṛṣṇena nityam adbhutakarmaṇā //

rukmiṇī tv abhavad rājan rūpeṇāsadṛśī bhuvi
cakame vāsudevas tāṃ śravād eva mahādyutiḥ //

sa cābhilaṣitas tasyāḥ śravād eva janārdanaḥ
tejovīryabalopetaḥ sa me bhartā bhaved iti //

tāṃ dadau na tu kṛṣṇāya rukmī dveṣān mahābalaḥ
kaṃsasya vadhasaṃtāpāt kṛṣṇāyāmitatejase |
yācamānāya kaṃsasya preṣyo 'sāv iti cintayan //

caidyasyārthe sunīthasya jarāsaṃdhas tu bhūmipaḥ
varayām āsa tāṃ rājā bhīṣmakaṃ bhīmavikramam //

cedirājasya hi vasor āsīt putro bṛhadrathaḥ
magadheṣu purā yena nirmitaṃ tad girivrajam //

tasyānvavāye jajñe 'tha jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ
vasor eva tadā vaṃśe damaghoṣo 'pi cedirāṭ //

damaghoṣasya putrās tu pañca bhīmaparākramāḥ
bhaginyāṃ vasudevasya śrutaśravasi jajñire //

śiśupālo daśagrīvo raibhyo 'thopadiśo balī
sarvāstrakuśalā vīrā vīryavanto mahābalāḥ //

jñāteḥ samānavaṃśasya sunīthaṃ pradadau sutam
tasyānvavāye saṃbhūtā bahavo rājavaṃśajāḥ |
jarāsaṃdhasya rājendra damaghoṣo mahābalaḥ |
jarāsaṃdhaḥ svasutavad dadarśainaṃ jugopa ca //

jarāsaṃdhaṃ puraskṛtya vṛṣṇiśatruṃ mahābalam
kṛtāny āgāṃsi caidyena vṛṣṇīnāṃ tatpriyaiṣiṇā //

jāmātā tv abhavat tasya kaṃsas tasmin hate yudhi
kṛṣṇārthaṃ vairamabhavaj jarāsaṃdhasya vṛṣṇibhiḥ //

bhīṣmakaṃ varayām āsa sunīthārthe 'tha rukmiṇīm
tāṃ dadau bhīṣmakaś cāpi śiśupālāya vīryavān //

tataś caidyam upādāya jarāsaṃdho narādhipaḥ
yayau vidarbhān sahito dantavaktreṇa yāyinā //

anuyātaś ca pauṇḍreṇa vāsudevena dhīmatā
aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgānām īśvaraḥ sa mahābalaḥ //

mānayiṣyaṃś ca tān rukmī pratyudgamya narādhipān
parayā pūjayopetān ānināya purīṃ prati //

pitṛṣv asuḥ priyārthaṃ ca rāmakṛṣṇāv ubhāv api
prayayur vṛṣṇayaś cānye rathais tatra balānvitāḥ //

krathakaiśikabhartā tān pratigṛhya yathāvidhi
pūjayām āsa pūjārhān nyavasanta bahiś ca te //

śvobhāvini vivāhe tu rukmiṇī niryayau bahiḥ
caturyujā rathenaindraṃ devatāyatanaṃ śubhā //

indrāṇīm arcayiṣyantī kṛtakautukamaṅgalā
dīpyamānena vapuṣā balena mahatā vṛtā //

tāṃ dadarśa tataḥ kṛṣṇo lakṣmīṃ sākṣād iva sthitām
rūpeṇāgryeṇa saṃpannāṃ devatāyatanāntike //

vahner iva śikhāṃ dīptāṃ māyāṃ bhūmigatām iva
pṛthivīm iva gambhīrām utthitāṃ pṛthivītalāt //

marīcim iva somasya saumyāṃ strīvigrahāṃ bhuvi
śriyam agryām ivāpadmāṃ bhaviśyāṃ śrīsahāyinīm
kṛṣṇena manasā dṛṣṭāṃ durnirīkśyāṃ surair api //

śyāmāvadātā sā hy āsīt pṛthucārvāyatekṣaṇā
tāmrauṣṭhanayanāpāṅgī pīnorujaghanastanī //

bṛhatī cārusarvāṅgī tanvī śaśinibhānanā
tāmratuṅganakhī subhrūr nīlakuñcitamūrdhajā
atyarthaṃ rūpataḥ kāntā pīnaśroṇipayodharā |
tīkṣṇaśuklaiḥ samair dantaiḥ prabhāsadbhir alaṃkṛtā //

ananyā pramadā loke rūpeṇa yaśasā śriyā
rukmiṇī rūpiṇī devī pāṇḍurakṣaumavāsinī //

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vavṛdhe kāmaḥ kṛṣṇasya śubhadarśanām
haviṣevānalasyārcir manas tasyāṃ samādadhat //

rāmeṇa saha niścitya keśavaḥ sumahābalaḥ
tatpramāthe 'karod buddhiṃ vṛṣṇibhyaḥ praṇidhāya ca //

kṛte tu devatākārye niṣkrāmantīṃ surālayāt
unmathya sahasā kṛṣṇaḥ svaṃ nināya rathottamam //

vṛkṣam utpāṭya rāmo 'pi jaghānāpatataḥ parān
samanahyanta dāśārhās tadājñāya tu sarvaśaḥ //

te rathair vividhākāraiḥ samucchritamahādhvajaiḥ
vājibhir vāraṇaiś cāpi parivavrur halāyudham //

ādāya rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇo jagāmāśu purīṃ prati
rāme cāsajya taṃ bhāraṃ yuyudhāne ca vīryavān //

akrūre vipṛthau cāpi gade ca kṛtavarmaṇi
cakradeve sunakṣatre sāraṇe ca mahābale //

nivṛttaśatrau vikrānte bhaṅgakāre vidūrathe
ugrasenātmaje kaṅke śatadyumne ca keśavaḥ //

rājādhideve mṛdare prasene citrake tathā
atidānte bṛhaddurge śvaphalke citrake pṛthau //

vṛṣṇyandhakeṣu cānyeṣu mukhyeṣu madhusūdanaḥ
gurum āsajya taṃ bhāraṃ yayau dvāravatīṃ prati //

dantavaktro jarāsaṃdhaḥ śiśupālaś ca vīryavān
saṃnaddhā niryayuḥ kruddhā jighāṃsanto janārdanam //

aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgaiś ca sārdhaṃ pauṇḍraiś ca vīryavān
niryayau cedirājaḥ sa bhrātṛbhiḥ sumahārathaiḥ //

tān pratyagṛhṇan saṃrabdhā vṛṣṇivīrā mahārathāḥ
saṃkarṣaṇaṃ puraskṛtya vāsavaṃ maruto yathā //

āpatantaṃ hi vegena jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahābalam
ṣaḍbhir vivyādha nārācair yuyudhāno mahāmṛdhe //

akrūro dantavaktraṃ tu vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
taṃ pratyavidhyat kārūṣo bāṇair daśabhir āśugaiḥ //

vipṛthuḥ śiśupālaṃ tu śarair vivyādha saptabhiḥ
aṣṭabhiḥ pratyavidhyat taṃ śiśupālaḥ pratāpavāṇ //

gaveśaṇo 'pi caidyaṃ tu ṣaḍbhir vivyādha mārgaṇaiḥ
anirdāntas tathāṣṭābhir bṛhaddurgaś ca pañcabhiḥ //

prativivyādha tāṃś caidyaḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ
jaghāna cāśvāṃś caturaś caturbhir vipṛthoḥ śaraiḥ //

bṛhaddurgasya bhallena śiraś ciccheda cārihā
gaveṣaṇasya sūtaṃ ca prāhiṇodyamasādanam //

hatāśvaṃ sa rathaṃ tyakvā vipṛthus tu mahābalaḥ
āruroha rathaṃ kṣipraṃ bṛhaddurgasya vīryavān //

vipṛthoḥ sārathiś cāpi gaveṣaṇarathaṃ drutam
āruhya javanān aśvān niyantum upacakrame //

te kruddhāḥ śaravarṣeṇa sunīthaṃ samavākiran
nṛtyantaṃ rathamārgeṣu cāpahastāḥ kalāpinaḥ //

cakradevo dantavaktraṃ bibhedorasi karṇinā
paṭuśaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā vivyādha yudhi mārgaṇaiḥ //

tābhyāṃ sa viddho daśabhir bāṇair marmātigaiḥ śitaiḥ
tato balī cakradevaṃ bibheda daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ //

pañcabhiś cāpi vivyādha so 'vidūrād vidūratham
vidūratho 'pi taṃ ṣaḍbhir vivyādhājau śitaiḥ śaraiḥ //

triṃśatā pratyavidhyat taṃ balī bāṇair mahābalam
kṛtavarmā bibhedājau rājaputraṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ //

nyahanat sārathiṃ cāsya dhvajaṃ ciccheda cocchritam
prativivyādha taṃ kruddhaḥ pauṇḍraḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ //

dhanuś ciccheda cāpy asya bhallenāyataparvaṇā
nivṛttaśatruḥ kāliṅgaṃ bibheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
tomareṇāṃsadeśe taṃ nirbibheda kaliṅgarāṭ //

gajenāsādya kaṅkas tu gajam aṅgasya vīryavān
tomareṇa bibhedāṅgaṃ bibhedāṅgaś ca taṃ śaraiḥ //

citrakaś ca śvaphalkaś ca satyakaś ca mahārathaḥ
kaliṅgasya tathānīkaṃ nārācair bibhiduḥ śitaiḥ //

visṛṣṭena drumeṇājau vaṅgarājasya kuñjaram
jaghāna rāmaḥ samkruddho vaṅgarājaṃ ca saṃyuge //

taṃ hatvā ratham āruhya dhanur ādāya vīryavān
saṃkarṣaṇo jaghānograir nārācaiḥ kaiśikān bahūn //

ṣaḍbhir nihatya kārūṣān maheṣvāsān sa vīryavān
śataṃ jaghāna saṃkruddho māgadhānāṃ mahārathaḥ
nihatya tān mahābāhur jarāsaṃdhaṃ tato 'bhyayāt //

tam āpatantaṃ vivyādha nārācair māgadhas tribhiḥ
taṃ bibhedāṣṭabhiḥ kruddho nārācair musalāyudhaḥ
ciccheda cāsya bhallena dhvajaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam //

tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ teṣāṃ devāsuropamam
anivāryaṃ śarair eva praharṣogho mahodadheḥ |
sṛjatāṃ śaravarṣāṇi nighnatām itaretaram //

gajair gajā hi saṃkruddhāḥ saṃnipetuḥ sahasraśaḥ
rathai rathāś ca saṃrabdhāḥ sādibhiś cāpi sādinaḥ //

padātayaḥ padātīṃś ca śakticarmāsipāṇayaḥ
chindantaś cottamāṅgāni vicerur yudhi te pṛthak //

asīnāṃ pātyamānānāṃ kavaceṣu mahāsvanaḥ
śarāṇāṃ patatāṃ śabdaḥ pakṣiṇām iva śuśruve //

bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāṃ veṇūnāṃ ca mṛdhe dhvanim
jugūha ghoṣaḥ śastrāṇāṃ jyāghoṣaś ca mahātmanāṃ //