Narasimha Purana · Chapter 37

nānātvād avatārāṇām acyutasya mahātmanaḥ
na śakyaṃ vistarād vaktuṃ tān bravīmi samāsataḥ //

purā kila jagatsraṣṭā bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ
anantabhogaśayane yoganidrāṃ samāgataḥ //

atha tasya prasuptasya devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ
śrotrābhyām apatat toye svedabindudvayaṃ nṛpa //

madhukaiṭabhanāmānau tasmāj jātau mahābalau
mahākāyau mahāvīryau mahābalaparākramau //

acyutasya prasuptasya mahat padmam ajāyata
nābhimadhye nṛpaśreṣṭha tasmin brahmābhyajāyata //

sa cokto viṣṇunā rājan prajāḥ sṛja mahāmate
tathety uktvā jagannāthaṃ brahmāpi kamalodbhavaḥ //

vedaśāstravaśād yāvat prajā sraṣṭuṃ samudyataḥ
tāvat tatra samāyātau tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau //

āgatya vedaśāstrārtha vijñānaṃ brahmaṇaḥ kṣaṇāt
apakṛtya gatau ghorau dānavau baladarpitau //

tataḥ padmodbhavo rājan jñānahīno 'bhavat kṣaṇāt
duḥkhitaś cintayām_asa kathaṃ srakṣyāmi vai prajāḥ //

coditas tvaṃ sṛjasveti prajā devena tat katham
srakṣye 'haṃ jñānahīnas tu aho kaṣṭam upasthitam //

iti saṃcintya duḥkhārto brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
yatnato vedaśāstrāṇi smarann api na dṛṣṭavān //

tato viṣaṇṇacittas tu taṃ devaṃ puruṣottamam
ekāgramanasā samyak śāstreṇa stotum ārabhat //

oṃ namo vedanidhaye śāstrāṇāṃ nidhaye namaḥ
vijñānanidhaye nityaṃ karmaṇāṃ nidhaye namaḥ //

vidyādharāya devāya vāgīśāya namo namaḥ
acintyāya namo nityaṃ sarvajñāya namo namaḥ //

amūrtis tvaṃ mahābāho yajñamūrtir adhokṣaja
sāmnāṃ mūrtis tvam evādya sarvadā sarvarūpavān //

sarvajñānamayo 'si tvaṃ hṛdi jñānamayo 'cyuta
dehi me tvaṃ sarvajñānaṃ devadeva namo namaḥ //

itthaṃ stutas tadā tena śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ
brahmāṇam āha deveśo dāsye te jñānam uttamam //

ity uktvā tu tadā viṣṇuś cintayām_asa pārthiva
kenāsya nītaṃ vijñānaṃ kena rūpeṇa cādadhe //

madhukaiṭabhakṛtaṃ sarvam iti jñātvā janārdanaḥ
mātsyaṃ rūpaṃ samāsthāya bahuyojanam āyatam
bahuyojanavistīrṇaṃ sarvajñānamayaṃ nṛpa //

sa praviśya jalaṃ tūrṇaṃ kṣobhayām_asa taṃ hariḥ
praviśya ca sa pātālaṃ dṛṣṭavān madhukaiṭabhau //

tau mohayitvā tumulaṃ taj jñānaṃ jagṛhe hariḥ
vedaśāstrāṇi munibhiḥ saṃstuto madhusūdanaḥ //

ānīya brahmaṇe dattvā tyaktvā tan mātsyakaṃ nṛpa
jagaddhitāya sa punar yoganidrāvaśaṃ gataḥ //

tataḥ prabuddhau saṃkruddhau tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau
āgatya dadṛśāte tu śayānaṃ devam avyayam //

ayaṃ sa puruṣo dhūrta āvāṃ saṃmohya māyayā
ānīya vedaśāstrāṇi dattvā śete 'tra sādhuvat //

ity uktvā tau mahāghorau dānavau madhukaiṭabhau
bodhayām_asatus tūrṇaṃ śayānaṃ keśavaṃ nṛpa //

yuddhārtham āgatāv atra tvayā saha mahāmate
āvayor dehi saṃgrāmaṃ yudhyasvotthāya sāṃpratam //

ityukto bhagavāṃs tābhyāṃ devadevo nṛpottama
tatheti coktvā tau devaḥ śārṅgaṃ sajjam athākarot //

jyāghoṣatalaghoṣeṇa śaṅkhaśabdena mādhavaḥ
khaṃ diśaḥ pradiśaś caiva pūrayām_asa līlayā //

tau ca rājan mahāvīryau jyāghoṣaṃ cakratus tadā
yuyudhāte mahāghorau hariṇā madhukaiṭabhau //

kṛṣṇaś ca yuyudhe tābhyāṃ līlayā jagataḥ patiḥ
samaṃ yuddhaṃ abhūd evaṃ teṣām astrāṇi muñcatām //

keśavaḥ śārṅganirmuktaiḥ śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ
tāni śastrāṇi sarvāṇi ciccheda tilaśas tadā //

tau yuddhvā suciraṃ tena dānavau madhukaiṭabhau
hatau śārṅgavinirmuktaiḥ śaraiḥ kṛṣṇena durmadau //

tayos tu medasā rājan viṣṇunā kalpitā mahī
medinīti tataḥ saṃjñām avāpeyaṃ vasuṃdharā //

evaṃ kṛṣṇaprasādena vedāṃl labdhvā prajāpatiḥ
prajāḥ sasarja bhūpāla vedadṛṣṭena karmaṇā //

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ prādurbhāvaṃ harer nṛpa
vasitvā candrasadane vedavid brāhmaṇo bhavet //

mātsyaṃ vapus tan mahad adritulyaṃ vidyāmayaṃ lokahitāya viṣṇuḥ
āsthāya bhīmaṃ janalokasaṃsthaiḥ stuto 'tha yas taṃ smara bhūmipāla //