Harivamsa · Chapter 90

bhūya eva tu viprarṣe baladevasya dhīmataḥ
māhātmyaṃ śrotum icchāmi śeṣasya dharaṇībhṛtaḥ //

atīva balavantaṃ hi tejorāśim anirjitam
kathayanti mahātmānaṃ ye purāṇavido janāḥ //

tasya karmāṇy ahaṃ vipra śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
anantaṃ yaṃ vidur nāgam ādidevaṃ mahaujasam //

purāṇe nāgarājo 'sau paṭhyate dharaṇīdharaḥ
śeṣas tejonidhiḥ śrīmān akampyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ //

yogācāryo mahāvīryaḥ subalo balavān balī
jarāsaṃdhaṃ gadāyuddhe jitavān yo na cāvadhīt //

bahavaś caiva rājānaḥ pārthivāḥ pṛthivīpate
anvayur māgadhaṃ saṃkhye te cāpi vijitā raṇe //

nāgāyutasamaprāṇo bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ
asakṛd baladevena bāhuyuddhe parājitaḥ //

duryodhanasya kanyāṃ tu haramāṇo nyagṛhyata
sāmbo jāmbavatīputro nagare nāgasāhvaye //

tam upaśrutya saṃkruddha ājagāma halāyudhaḥ
rāmas tasya vimokṣārtham āgato nālabhac ca tam
tataś cukrodha balavān adbhutaṃ cākaron mahat //

anivāryam abhedyaṃ ca divyam apratimaṃ balī
lāṅgalāstraṃ samudyamya brahmadaṇḍānumantritam //

prākāravapre vinyasya purasya sa mahābalaḥ
prakṣeptum aicchad gaṅgāyāṃ nagaraṃ kauravasya tat //

tad āghūrṇitam ālakṣya puraṃ duryodhano nṛpaḥ
sāmbaṃ niryātayām āsa sabhāryaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ //

dadau śiṣyaṃ tadātmānaṃ rāmasya sumahātmanaḥ
gadāyuddhe kurupatiḥ pratijagrāha taṃ ca saḥ //

tataḥ prabhṛti rājendra puram etad vighūrṇitaṃ
āvarjitam ivābhāti gaṅgām abhimukhaṃ nṛpa //

idam atyadbhutaṃ karma rāmasya prathitaṃ bhuvi
bhāṇḍīre kathyate rājan yat kṛtaṃ śauriṇā purā //

pralambaṃ muṣṭinaikena yaj jaghāna halāyudhaḥ
dhenukaṃ ca mahākāyaṃ cikṣepa nagamūrdhani //

lavaṇajalagamā mahānadī drutajalavegataraṃgamālinī
nagaram abhimukhā yad āhṛtā halavidhṛtā yamunā yamasvasā //

baladevasya māhātmyam etat te kathitaṃ mayā
anantasyāprameyasya śeṣyasya sumahātmanaḥ //

iti puruṣavarasya lāṅgaler bahuvidham uttamam anyad eva ca
yad akathitam ihādya karma te tad upalabhasva purāṇavistarāt //