Mahabharata · Chapter 1.23

taṃ samudramatikramya kadrūrvinatayā saha /
nyapatatturagābhyāśe na cirādiva śīghragā //

tataste taṃ hayaśreṣṭhaṃ dadṛśāte mahājavam /
śaśāṅkakiraṇaprakhyaṃ kālavālamubhe tadā //

niśāmya ca bahūnvālānkṛṣṇānpucchasamāśritān /
viṣaṇṇarūpāṃ vinatāṃ kadrūrdāsye nyayojayat //

tataḥ sā vinatā tasminpaṇitena parājitā /
abhavadduḥkhasantaptā dāsībhāvaṃ samāsthitā //

etasminnantare cāpi garuḍaḥ kāla āgate /
vinā mātrā mahātejā vidāryāṇḍamajāyata //

mahāsattvabalopetaḥ sarvā vidyotayandiśaḥ /
kāmarūpaḥ kāmagamaḥ kāmavīryo vihangamaḥ //

agnirāśirivodbhāsansamiddho'tibhayankaraḥ /
vidyudvispaṣṭapiṅgākṣo yugāntāgnisamaprabhaḥ //

pravṛddhaḥ sahasā pakṣī mahākāyo nabhogataḥ /
ghoro ghorasvano raudro vahniraurva ivāparaḥ //

taṃ dṛṣṭvā śaraṇaṃ jagmurdevāḥ sarve vibhāvasum /
pramipatyābruvaṃścainamāsīnaṃ viśvarūpiṇam //

agne mā tvaṃ pravardhiṣṭhāḥ kaccinno na didhakṣasi /
asau hi rāśiḥ sumahānsamiddhastava sarpati //
agniruvāca /

naitadevaṃ yathā yūyaṃ manyadhvamasurārdanāḥ /
garuḍo balavāneṣa mama tulyaśca tejasā //

jātaḥ paramatejasvī vinatānandavardhanaḥ /
tejorāśimimaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuṣmānmohaḥ samāviśat //

nāgakṣayakaraścai kāśyapeyo mahābalaḥ /
devānāṃ ca hite yuktastvahito daityarakṣasām //

na bhīḥ kāryā kathaṃ cātra paśyadhvaṃ sahitā mayā /
sautiruvāca /
evamuktāstadā gatvā garuḍaṃ vāgbhirastuvan //

te dūrādabhyupetyainaṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstadā /
devā ūcuḥ /
tvamṛṣistvaṃ mahābhāgastvaṃ devaḥ patageśvaraḥ //

tvaṃ prabhustapanaḥ sūryaḥ parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ /
tvamindrastvaṃ hayamukhastvaṃ śarvastvaṃ jagatpatiḥ //

tvaṃ mukhaṃ padmajī viprastvamagniḥ pavanastathā /
tvaṃ hi dhātā vidhātā ca tvaṃ viṣṇuḥ surasattamaḥ //

tvaṃ mahānabhibhūḥ śaśvadamṛtaṃ tvaṃ mahadyaśaḥ /
tvaṃ prabhāstvamabhipretaṃ tvaṃ nastrāṇamanuttamam //

tvaṃ gatiḥ satataṃ tvattaḥ kathaṃ naḥ prāpnuyādbhayam / balormimānsādhuradīnasattvaḥ
samṛddhimāndurviṣahastvameva / tvattaḥ sṛtaṃ sarvamahīnakīrte hyanāgataṃ copagataṃ ca sarvam //

tvamuttamaḥ sarvamidaṃ carācaraṃ gabhastibhirbhānurivāvabhāsase /
samākṣipanbhānumataḥ prabhāṃ muhu- stvamantakaḥ sarvamidaṃ dhruvādhruvam //

divākaraḥ parikupito yathā dahe- tprajāstathā dahasi hutāśanaprabha /
bhayankaraḥ pralaya ivāgnirutthito vināśayanyugaparivartanāntakṛt //

khageśvaraṃ śaraṇamupāgatā vayaṃ mahaujasaṃ jvalanasamānavarcasam /
taḍitprabhaṃ vitimiramabhragocaraṃ mahābalaṃ garuḍamupetya khecaram //

parāvaraṃ varadamajayyavikramaṃ tavaujasa sarvamidaṃ pratāpitam /
jagatprabho taptasuvarṇavarcasā tvaṃ pāhi sarvāṃśca surānmahātmanaḥ //

bhayānvitā nabhasi vimānagāmino vimānitā vipathagatiṃ prayānti te /
ṛṣeḥ sutastvamasi dayāvataḥ prabho mahātmanaḥ khagavara kaśyapasya ha //

sa mā krudhaḥ kuru jagato dayāṃ parāṃ tvamīśvaraḥ praśamamupaihi pāhi naḥ /
mahāśanisphuritasamasvanena te diśo'mbaraṃ tridivamiyaṃ ca medinī //

calanti naḥ khaga hṛdayāni cāniśaṃ nigṛhyatāṃ vapuridamagnisannibham /
tava dyutiṃ kupitakṛtāntasannibhāṃ niśāmya naścalati mano'vyavasthitam / prasīda naḥ patagate prayācatāṃ śivaśca no bhava bhagavansukhāvahaḥ //
sautiruvāca /

evaṃ stutaḥ suparṇastu devaiḥ sarṣigaṇaistadā /
tejasaḥ pratisaṃhāramātmanaḥ sa cakāra ha //