Padma Purana · Chapter 6.245

śrīpārvatyuvāca-
raghunāthasya caritaṃ sādhūktaṃ hi tvayā vibho /
śrutvā dhanyāsmi deveśa tvatprasādānmaheśvara

vasudevasutasyāsya kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat /
śrotumicchāmi deveśa caritaṃ kalmaṣāpaham

rudra uvāca-
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kṛṣṇasyāsya mahātmanaḥ /
caritaṃ vāsudevasya sarveṣāṃ phaladaṃ nṛṇām

yadūnāmanvaye devi vasudeva itīritaḥ /
devamīḍhasyaputro'bhūtsarvadharmavidāṃvaraḥ

devakasyaiva duhitāṃ devakīṃ devavarṇinīm /
upayeme vidhānena mathurāyāṃ nṛpātmajaḥ

ugrasenasya putro'bhūtkaṃsaḥ śūro mahābalaḥ /
tayo rathavaraṃ tatra codayāmāsa sārathiḥ

samāgateṣu teṣvevaṃ pathi ramye śubhāvahe /
aṃtarikṣe'śarīrāvākprāha gaṃbhīrayā girā

ākāśavāguvāca-
asyāstavāṣṭamo garbhaḥ kaṃsa prāṇānhariṣyati

rudra uvāca-
tacchrutvā haṃtumārebhe kaṃso'pi bhaginīṃ tadā /
tamabravītsusaṃrabdhaṃ vasudevaḥ svabuddhinā

vasudeva uvāca-
na haṃtavyā mahābhāga bhaginī dharmatastvayā /
garbhāneva samutpannāñjahi rājanmahābala

rudra uvāca-
tathetyāha tadā kaṃso vasudevaṃ ca devakīm /
nibadhya svagṛhe ramye sarvabhoge nyaveśayat

etasminnaṃtare devi pāpibhāraprapīḍitā /
jagāma dharaṇīdevī sahasā brahmaṇoṃtikam

sametya jagatāmīśaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam /
prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā dharaṇī lokadhāriṇī

dharaṇyuvāca-/
prajāpate na śaktāsmi dhartuṃ lokānimānprabho /
rākṣasāḥ pāpakarmāṇaḥ saṃsthitā mayi suvrata

jagataḥ sakalāndharmānvidhvaṃsaṃto mahābalāḥ /
adharmavarccasaḥ sarve narāḥ pāpavimohitāḥ

svalpamalpataraṃ dharmaṃ loke'sminna ca dṛśyate /
dharmeṇaiva dhṛtā deva satyaśaucadamena ca /
tasmādadharmasaṃbhūtaṃ na lokaṃ dhartumutsahe

rudra uvāca-
ityuktvā dharaṇīdevī tatraivāṃtaradhīyata /
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve brahmarudrapurogamāḥ

kṣīrābdheruttaraṃ kūlamadhigamya jagatpatim /
tuṣṭuvuḥ stutibhirdivyairmunayaśca mahātapāḥ /
tataḥ prasannaḥ prāheśaḥ sarvāṃstānmunisattamān

śrībhagavānuvāca-
bho bho devagaṇāssarve kinnimittamihāgatāḥ /
rudra uvāca-
tataḥ pitāmahaḥ prāha devadevaṃ janārdanam

brahmovāca-
devadeva jagannātha pṛthivī bhārapīḍitā /
rākṣasā bahavo loke samutpannā durāsadāḥ

jarāsaṃdhaśca kaṃsaśca pralambo dhenukādayaḥ /
durātmānaḥ prabādhaṃte sarvalokānsanātanān

bhārāvataraṇaṃ kartuṃ pṛthivyāstvamihārhasi /
rudra uvāca-
evamukto hṛṣīkeśo brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā /
prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā jagatīpatiravyayaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca-/
avatīryātha lokesminyadūnāmanvaye surāḥ /
avanībhāramavyagramapāsyāmi mahābalāḥ

rudra uvāca-
evamuktāḥ surāssarve namaskṛtvā janārdanam /
svānsvānlokānsamāsādya pareśaṃ tenvaciṃtayan /
tato nārāyaṇīṃ māyāṃ parameśaḥ samabravīt

śrībhagavānuvāca-
hiraṇyākṣasya ṣaṭputrānsamānīyāvanītale /
vasudevasya patnyāṃ tu devakyāṃ sanniveśaya

anaṃtāṃśaḥ saptamo'tra saṃpraviṣṭastu māciram /
tasyāḥ sapatnyāṃ rohiṇyāṃ dadasva śubhadarśane

tato'ṣṭame mamāṃśastu devakyāṃ saṃbhaviṣyati /
naṃdagopasya patnyāṃ tu yaśodāyāṃ sanātanī

tavāṃśabhūtā mahānidrā viṃdhyaṃ gatvā mahācalam /
tatra saṃpūjyamānā hi devairiṃdra purogamaiḥ /
hanyāddaityānmahāvīryāñśuṃbhāsurapurogamān

rudra uvāca-
tathetyuktvā mahāmāyā hiraṇyākṣasutāṃstadā /
paryāyeṇa ca devakyāṃ ṣaḍgarbhānsaṃnyaveśayat

tāñjaghāna tadā kaṃso jātamātrānmahābalaḥ /
tatastu saptamo garbho hyanaṃtāṃśena coditaḥ

vardhamānaṃ tu garbhaṃ taṃ rohiṇyāṃ samupānayat /
garbhasaṃkarṣaṇāttasyāṃ jātaḥ saṃkarṣaṇo'vyayaḥ

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ tu rohiṇyāṃ prauṣṭhapadyāṃ śubhodaye /
rohiṇī janayāmāsa putraṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ prabhum

tatastu devakī garbhamāpede bhagavānhariḥ /
āpannagarbhāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kaṃso bhayanipīḍitaḥ

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ /
tuṣṭuvurdevakīṃ tatra vimānasthā nabhastale

tatastu daśame māsi kṛṣṇe nabhasi pārvati /
aṣṭamyāmarddharātre ca tasyāṃ jāto janārdanaḥ

iṃdīvaradalaśyāmaḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ /
caturbhujaḥ suṃdarāṃgo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

śrīvatsakaustubhorasko vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ /
vasudevasya jāto'sau vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā jagatāṃ nāthaṃ kṛṣṇamānakaduṃdubhiḥ /
uvāca prāṃjalirbhūtvā namaskṛtya jaganmayam

vasudeva uvāca-
jāto'si me jagannātha bhaktakalpataro prabho /
tvameva sarvadevānāmanādiḥ puruṣottamaḥ

tvamacintyamahadbhūto yogidhyeyaḥ sanātanaḥ /
mama putratvamāpanno dharaṇyāṃ dharaṇīdhara

dṛṣṭvaitadadbhutaṃ rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama /
dānavāḥ pāpakarmāṇo na sahaṃte mahaujasaḥ

rudra uvāca-
ityarthitaḥ stutastena padmanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ /
upasaṃhṛtavānrūpaṃ caturbhujasamanvitam

mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena dvibhujena vyarocata /
yecāṃgarakṣakāḥ sarve dānavāstatra saṃsthitāḥ

te cāpi māyayā tasyā mohitāstamasāvṛtāḥ/
etasminnaṃtare devamādāyānakaduṃdubhiḥ

prayayau nagarāttūrṇaṃ sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ /
payodhare varṣamāṇe nāgarājo mahābalaḥ

phaṇāsahasreṇācchādya bhaktyā devaṃ samanvagāt /
tau gopurakapāṭau tu tatpādasparśanāttadā

bhidyamānau suvivṛtau tatrasthāśca vimohitāḥ /
srotasvinī supūrṇāyā yamunāpi mahātmanaḥ

praveśājjānumātraṃ tu jalaṃ sā cāpyupāvahat /
uttīrya yamunāṃ sothāvrajattattīrasaṃsthitam

saṃstūyamānastridaśaiḥ praviveśa yadūttamaḥ /
tatra naṃdasya patnī sā prasūtā govraje śubhe

vimohitā māyayaiva suṣuptā tamasā vṛtā /
tasyāstu śayane devaṃ vinikṣipya sa yādavaḥ ५०

tāṃ kanyāṃ samupādāya prayayau mathurāṃ punaḥ /
patnyai datvā'tha tāṃ bālāmuvāsa susamāhitaḥ

ruroda bālabhāvātsā devakīśayanaṃ gatā /
atha bālādhvaniṃ śrutvā tadgṛhaṃ sāṅgarakṣakāḥ

kaṃsāyāvedayāmāsurdevakīprasavaṃ śubham /
kaṃsastūrṇamupetyaināṃ jagrāha bālikāṃ tadā

cikṣepa ca śilāpṛṣṭhe sāpi tūrṇaṃ viyatsthitā /
tasyottamāṃge svapadaṃ datvā pūrṇamukhāsthitā

uvācāṣṭabhujādevī tadā rākṣasapuṃgavam /
devyuvāca-
kiṃ mayākṣiptayā maṃda jāto yastvāṃ vadhiṣyati

sarvasya jagataḥ sraṣṭā dhartā hartā ca yaḥ prabhuḥ /
asminloke samutpannaḥ sa te prāṇānharaṣyiti

rudra uvāca-
ityuktvā tejasā devī sahasā pūrayannabhaḥ /
jagāma devagaṃdharvaiḥ stūyamānā himācalam

kaṃsastadodvignamanāḥ samāhūya svadānavān /
pralaṃbacāṇūramukhānuvācabhaya pīḍitaḥ

kaṃsa uvāca-
asmādbhayātsuragaṇā upetya kṣīrasāgaram /
ācacakṣurhareḥ sarvaṃ rakṣo vidhvaṃsanaṃ prati

teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā dharaṇyāṃ dharaṇīdharaḥ /
mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena samutpanno hi so'vyayaḥ

tadadya sarve yūyaṃ vai rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ /
samudriktabalānbālānmārayadhvamaśaṃkitāḥ

rudra uvāca-
ityādiśya tataḥ kaṃso vasudevaṃ ca devakīm /
āśvāsya mocayitvātha svaveśmāṃtarviveśa ha /
vasudevastato gatvā naṃdavrajamanuttamam

tena saṃpūjitastatra nikṣipya tanayaṃ mudā /
uvāca naṃdapatnīṃ tāṃ yaśodāṃ yadunaṃdanaḥ

vasudeva uvāca-
subhage matsutamimaṃ rohiṇījaṭharodbhavam /
svaputramiva rakṣasva bhiyā kaṃsādihāgatam

rudra uvāca-
tathetyāha tadā tanvī naṃdapatnī dṛḍhavratā /
labdhvaiva yugalaṃ putramutpupoṣa mudānvitā

nikṣipya tanayau gehaṃ naṃdagopasya yādavaḥ /
viśrabdhaḥ prayayau tūrṇaṃ mathurāṃ kaṃsapālitām

tato gargaḥ śubhadine vasudevena noditaḥ /
naṃdagopavrajaṃ gatvā tatrasthaiḥ pūjito dvijaḥ

vidhinā jātakaṃ karma kṛtvā devasya gokule /
nāma cātrākaroddivyaṃ putrayorvāsudevayoḥ

saṃkarṣaṇo rauhiṇeyo balabhadro mahābalaḥ /
rāma ityādināmāni pūrvajasyākaroddivajaḥ

śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śrīmānkṛṣṇo'naṃto jagatpatiḥ /
vāsudevo hṛṣīkeśa ityādyavarajasya ca

rāmakṛṣṇāviti khyātimasmim̐lloke gamiṣyataḥ /
evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ saṃpūjya pitṛdevatāḥ

saṃpūjyamāno gopālairāyayau mathurāṃ punaḥ /
kaṃsena preṣitā rātrau pūtanābālaghātinī

viṣaliptaṃ stanaṃ datvā kṛṣṇāyāmitatejase /
kṛṣṇastu rākṣasīṃ jñātvā papau gāḍhaṃ stanaṃ bhṛśam

prāṇaiḥ saha mahātejā rākṣasyā yadupuṃgavaḥ /
sā vihvalāṃgī sahasā vicchinnasnāyubaṃdhanā

papāta vepamānā sā mamāra ca mahāsvanā /
tasyāḥ śabdena mahatā pūritaṃ ca nabhastalam

trastāḥ sarve tato gopā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi /
kṛṣṇaṃ ca krīḍamānaṃ taṃ rākṣasyā mahatorasi

samudvignāstatastūrṇamādāya tanayaṃ tadā /
rakṣobhiyā tadā tasmingopurīṣeṇa mūrddhani

saṃmārjayāmāsa tadā govālena tadānanam /
naṃdagopaḥ samabhyetya sutamādāya bhāmini

bhagavannāmabhistasya sarvāṃgeṣu pramārjanam /
kṛtvā tāṃ tāmasīṃ bhīmāṃ bahirvinyasya govrajāt

dadāha gopavṛṃdaiśca trāsitaistatra govraje /
kadācchikaṭasyādhaḥ śayāno bhagavānhariḥ

prasārya caraṇau tatra ruroda madhusūdanaḥ /
tasya pādaprahāreṇa śakaṭaṃ parivartitam

vidhvastakuṃbhabhāḍaṃ tadviparītaṃ papāta vai /
tato gopyaśca gopāśca dṛṣṭvā tacchakaṭaṃ mahat

vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ kimetaditi śaṃkitāḥ /
yaśodā ca tadā tūrṇaṃ bālaṃ jagrāha vismitā

alpenaiva hi kālena bālakau tau yadūttamau /
varddhamānau yaśodāyāḥ stanapānena poṣitau

jānubhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ riṃgamāṇau virejatuḥ /
māyāvī rākṣasastatra kṛtaśca baṭuveṣadhṛk

kṛṣṇaṃ haṃtuṃ samārabdho vicacāra mahītale /
jñātvā kṛṣṇastu taṃ rakṣo nijaghāna talena vai

rākṣasenaiva rūpeṇa nipapāta mamāra ca /
vicacāra tataḥ sarvaṃ govrajaṃ madhusūdanaḥ

navanītaṃ jahārāśu gopīnāṃ ca gṛhe gṛhe /
tadā yaśodā kupitā dāmnā madhye ulūkhale

nibadhya kṛṣṇaṃ prayayau vikretuṃ gorasādikam /
karṣamāṇastataḥ kṛṣṇo dāmnā baddha ulūkhale

yamalārjunayormadhye jagāma dharaṇīdharaḥ /
ulūkhalena goviṃdaḥ pātayāmāsa tau drumau

bhagnaskaṃdhau nipatitau svareṇa dharaṇītale /
tena śabdena mahatā jagmustatra mahaujasaḥ

gopavṛddhāstato dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ /
yaśodāpi samudvignā vimucya dharaṇīdharam

taṃ vismitaṃ samādāya stanaṃ prādānmahātmane /
yasminnibadhyamānastu dāmnā mātrā jagatpatiḥ

tasminmaharṣibhiḥ sarvairdāmodara itīritaḥ /
tau tu kiṃnaratāṃ prāptau vimuktau yamalārjunau

gopavṛddhāstataḥ sarve naṃdagopapurogamāḥ /
mahotpātamimaṃ jñātvā sthānāṃtaramupāyayuḥ

vṛṃdāvane manoramye yamunāyāstaṭe śubhe /
nivāsaṃ cakrire ramyaṃ gavāṃgopījanasya ca

tatra tau rāmakṛṣṇau tu varddhamānau mahābalau /
vatsapālayutau vatsānpālayāmāsatustadā

govatsamadhyagaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bako nāma mahāsuraḥ /
bakarūpeṇa taṃ haṃtumudyukto'tra yadūttamam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāsudevo'pi loṣṭamudyamya līlayā /
tāḍayāmāsa pakṣāṃte papātorvyāṃ mahāsuraḥ

tataḥ katipayāhastu govatsānpālayanvane /
chāyāyāṃ jaṃbuvṛkṣasya prasuptau pallave mṛdau १००

etasminnaṃtare devo brahmā devagaṇairvṛtaḥ /
draṣṭuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ samāgamya suptau dṛṣṭvā yadūttamau

vatsāngopaśiśūnhṛtvā jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ /
prabuddhau tau samālokya vinaṣṭāñśiśuvatsakān

govatsāgopabālāśca kva gatā iti vismitau /
jñātvā kṛṣṇastu tatkarma prajāpatikṛtaṃ tadā

tathaiva sasṛje bālāngovatsāṃśca sanātanaḥ /
yathātūrṇaṃ yathārūpaṃ tathaiva madhusūdanaḥ

sasarja vatsāngopālānavitā jagatāṃ prabhuḥ /
dṛṣṭvā sāyāhnasamaye gāvastveṣāṃ ca mātaraḥ

svānsvānvatsānupāgamya yathāpūrvaṃ pravartitāḥ /
evaṃ saṃvatsare kāle gate tatra mahātmanaḥ

prajāpatiḥ punastasmai dadau vatsānsabālakān /
kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā pariṇīya praṇamya ca /
bhayāduvāca goviṃdaṃ brahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ

brahmovāca-
namo namaste sarvātmaṃstatvajñānasvarūpiṇe /
nityānaṃdasvarūpāya priyatātmanmahātmane

aṇurbṛhatsthūlatararūpaḥ sarvagato'vyayaḥ /
anādimadhyāṃtarūpa svarūpātmannamostu te

nityajñānabalaiśvarya vīryatejomayasya ca /
mahāśakte namastubhyaṃ pūrṇaṣāḍguṇyamūrtaye

tvaṃ vedapuruṣo brahmanmahāpuruṣaeva ca /
śarīrapuruṣatvasya chaṃdaḥpuruṣa eva ca

catvāraḥ puruṣāstvaṃ ca purāṇaḥ puruṣottama /
vibhūtayastava brahmanpṛthivyagnyanilādayaḥ

tava vācā samudbhūtau kṣmā vahnī jagadīśvara /
aṃtarikṣaṃ ca vāyuśca sṛṣṭau prāṇena te vibho

cakṣuṣā tava saṃsṛṣṭau dyauścādityastathāvyaya /
diśaśca caṃdramāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ śrotreṇa tava cānagha

apāṃsrāvaśca varuṇo manasā te maheśvara /
ukte mahati mīmāṃse yattadbrahmaprakāśate

tathaiva cādhvareṣvetadetadeva mahāvrate /
chaṃdoge ye nabhasyetaddivye tadvāyureva tat

ākaśa etadevedamoṣadhīṣvevameva ca /
nakṣatreṣu ca sarveṣu graheṣvetaddivākare

evaṃbhūteṣvevameva brahmetyācakṣate śrutiḥ /
tadeva paramaṃ brahma prajñātaṃ paritomṛtam

hiraṇmayo'vyayo yajñaḥ śuciḥ śuciṣadityapi /
vaidikānyabhidheyāni tathaitānyasya na kvacit

cakṣurmayaṃ śrotramayaṃ chaṃdomaya manomayam /
vāṅmayaṃ paramātmānaṃ pareśaṃ śaṃsati śrutiḥ

iti sarvopaniṣadāmarthastvaṃ kamalekṣaṇa /
stotuṃ na śakto'yaṃ tvāṃ tu sarvavedāṃtapāragam

mahāparādhametatte vatsāpaharaṇaṃ mayā /
kṛtaṃ tatkṣamyatāṃ nātha śaraṇāgatavatsala

maheśvara uvāca-
evaṃ stutvā hariṃ vedhāḥ praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ /
vatsāndatvā punastasmai prayayau svayamālayam

hṛdi kṛtvā sadā devi bālarūpaṃ hariṃ vidhiḥ /
uvāsa tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭo mahātapāḥ

kṛṣṇena sṛṣṭā vatsā vai pūrvavatsāstathārbhakāḥ /
avāpuraikyatāṃ tatra paśyatāṃ tridivaukasām

kṛṣṇastu vatsapālairvai prayayau naṃdagokulam /
tataḥ katipayāhassu gopālairyadupuṃgavaḥ

hradaṃ gatvā'tha kāliṃdyāstatrasthaṃ sumahāviṣam /
sahasraśīrṣabalinaṃ nāgarājānamacyutaḥ

niṣpiṣya phalasāhasraṃ pādenaikena līlayā /
prāṇasaṃśayamāpannaṃ cakāra madhusūdanaḥ

sa kāliyo labdhasaṃjñastameva śaraṇaṃ yayau /
rarakṣa bhagavānkṛṣṇo nāgaṃ tyaktaviṣaṃ tadā

vainateyabhayādbhītaṃ svapadenāṃkya mūrddhasu /
hradādvivāsayāmāsa kāliṃdyā yadupuṃgavaḥ

tyaktvā sa taṃ hradaṃ tūrṇaṃ putradārasamanvitaḥ /
namaskṛtvātha goviṃdaṃ prayayau kāliyastadā

viṣadagdhāstu ye pūrvaṃ tattīrasthāśca śākhinaḥ /
kṛṣṇena vīkṣitāstūrṇaṃ phalinaḥ puṣpiṇo'bhavan

atha kālena kaumāramavāpya madhusūdanaḥ /
govṛṃdaṃ pālayāmāsa sarvadevamayaḥ prabhuḥ

svasamānavayobhistu gopālaistu yadūttamaḥ /
vṛṃdāvane manoramye sarāmo vicacāra ha

tatra hatvā mahāghoraṃ sarparūpaṃ mahāsuram /
apahatya mahākāyaṃ merumaṃdāragauravam

dhenukasya vanaṃ prāpya tālahiṃtālagahvaram /
praviśyatadvanaṃramyaṃphalitaṃtālagahvaram /
dhenukaṃ parvatākāraṃ khararūpadharaṃ sadā

pādau gṛhya samutkṣipya tālena vijaghāna ha /
tatkṣaṇādeva tatpālāstadaṃte remire tadā

niṣkramya tadvanāttūrṇaṃ bhāṃḍīraṃ vaṭamāgatāḥ /
tatra te rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ cikrīḍurbālalīlayā

gopaveṣeṇa tatrāgātpralaṃbonāma rākṣasaḥ /
rāmaṃ svapṛṣṭhamāropya yayau tūrṇaṃ nabhastalam

matvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ rāmo muṣṭinā tasya mūrddhani /
tāḍayāmāsa roṣeṇa vihvalāṃgastato'patat

rākṣasenaiva rūpeṇa vinadanbhairavaṃ svanam /
bhinnaśīrṣatanustatra mamāra rudhirokṣitaḥ

tataḥ pradoṣasamayegovraje naṃdanaṃdanaḥ /
uvāsagopakanyābhiḥ krīḍankaumodavarcase

ariṣṭanāmā daityeśo gatvā tatra vṛṣākṛtiḥ /
kṛṣṇaṃ haṃtuṃ samāgatya jagarja ca mahāsvanam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vidrutāḥ sarve gopālā bhayapīḍitāḥ /
kṛṣṇo'pi dṛṣṭvā taṃ raudramāgataṃ danujādhipam

tālavṛkṣaṃ samutpāṭya śṛṃgamadhye vyapīḍayat /
sa tu bhagnaśiraḥ śṛṃgo vamanvai rudhiraṃ bahu

papāta bhīmavegena ninadaṃstyaktajīvitaḥ /
itthaṃ hatvā mahākāyamariṣṭaṃ danujādhipam

āhūya gopabālāṃśca tatraivovāsa govraje /
tataḥ katipayāhassu keśī nāma mahāsuraḥ

hayakāyena goviṃdaṃ haṃtuṃ vrajamupāyayau /
sa gatvā govrajaṃ ramyamuccairheṣāmathākarot

tena śabdena mahatā pūritaṃ bhuvanatrayam /
bhītāḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ śaṃkamānā yugakṣayam

tatrasthā mohitāḥ sarve gopāgopyaśca vihvalāḥ /
labdhasaṃjñāstu te sarve vidrutāśca samaṃtataḥ १५०

gopyastu śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ trāhīti cābruvan /
na bhetavyaṃ na bhetavyamityāha bhaktavatsalaḥ

samāśvāsya tatastūrṇaṃ muṣṭinā vāsavānujaḥ /
tāḍayāmāsa śirasi tasya daityasya līlayā

vibhinnadaṃtanetro'sau vinanāda mahāsvanam /
mahāśilāṃ samutkṣipya tasyāṃge vai nyapātayat

sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo ninadanbhairavaṃ svanam /
papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra ca mahāsuraḥ

keśinaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā divi devagaṇā bhṛśam /
mumucuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi sādhusādhviti cābruvan

itthaṃ śiśutve vai daityānharirhatvā balotkaṭān /
sa mumoda sukhenaiva balarāmasamanvitaḥ

iṃdīvaradalaśyāmaḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇaḥ /
pītāṃbaradharaḥ sragvī vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ

kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaścitramālyānulepanaḥ /
vicitrābharaṇairyuktaḥ kuṃḍalābhyāṃ virājitaḥ

āmuktatulasīmālaḥ kastūrītilakāṃcitaḥ /
susnigdhanīlakuṭila kabarīkṛtakeśavān

baddhairnānāvidhaiḥ puṣpairbarhibarhāvataṃsakaḥ /
raktāraviṃdasadṛśa hastapādatalādharaḥ

pakṣamadhyagaśītāṃśu kalaṃkabhrūlatānanaḥ /
hāranūpurakeyūraiḥ kaṭakābhyāṃ virājitaḥ

vṛṃdāvane mahāramye phalapuṣpavirājite /
ramyaṃ ninādayanveṇuṃ tatrāste yadunaṃdanaḥ

avadhīrita kaṃdarpakoṭilāvaṇyamacyutam /
sarvāgopastriyo dṛṣṭvā manmathāstreṇa pīḍitāḥ

purā maharṣayaḥ sarve daṃḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ /
dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ hariṃ tatra bhoktumaicchatsuvigraham

te sarve strītvamāpannāḥ samudbhūtāstu gokule /
hariṃ saṃprāpya kāmena tato muktā bhavārṇavāt

krodhenaiva yathā daityāḥ sametya madhusūdanam /
nidhanaṃ prāpya saṃgrāme hatā muktimavāpnuyuḥ

kāmakrodhau nṛṇāṃ loke nirayasyaiva kāraṇam /
hariṃ sametya bhāvena muktā gopyaḥ suradviṣaḥ

kāmādbhayādvā dveṣādvā ye bhajaṃti janārdanam /
te prāpnuvaṃti vaikuṃṭhaṃ kiṃ punarbhaktiyogataḥ

tasya veṇudhvaniṃ śrutvā rajanyāṃ ballavāṃganāḥ /
śayanādutthitāḥ sarvā vikīrṇāṃbaramūrddhajāḥ

tyaktvā patīnsutānbadhūṃstyaktvā lajjāṃ kulaṃ svakam /
jagatpatiṃ samājagmuḥ kaṃdarpaśarapīḍitāḥ

sametya gopyaḥ sarvāstu bhujairāliṃgya keśavam /
bubhujuścādharaṃ devyaḥ sudhāmṛtamivāmarāḥ

tābhiḥ sarvābhirātmeśaḥ krīḍayāmāsa govraje /
tenāpi tāḥ striyaḥ sarvā remire nirbhayā vraje

ityevaṃ ramayāmāsurahanyahani keśavam /
vṛṃdāvane manoramye kāliṃdīpuline tathā

pārvatyuvāca-
dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya jagatyāmavatīrya saḥ /
paradārābhigamanaṃ kathaṃ kuryājjanārdanaḥ

rudra uvāca-
svaśarīre pareṣvaṃgabhedo nāsti śubhānane /
sarvaṃ jagacca tasyāṃgaṃ pṛthagatra na vidyate

strīpuṃbhedo na vai tasya puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ /
naisargikasya bhartṛtvādātmeśatvājjagatpateḥ

tathāpahṛtapāpmatva sāmarthyādvyāpinaḥ prabhoḥ /
doṣo'tra nāsti subhage devasya paramātmanaḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
evamuktvā tu girijāṃ rudraḥ śrītripurāntakaḥ /
kṛṣṇasyaśeṣaṃ caritamākhyātuṃ saṃpracakrame

rudra uvāca-
śaratkāle tu saṃprāpte naṃdagopapurogamāḥ /
gopā mahotsavaṃ kartumārabdhāstridaśāṃpateḥ

tadutsavaṃ tu goviṃdo nivāryātha śatakratoḥ /
govarddhanādrirājasya kārayāmāsa vīryavān

tataḥ kruddhaḥ sahasrākṣo naṃdagopasya govraje /
vavarṣa ca mahāvṛṣṭiṃ saptarātraṃ niraṃtaram

govarddhanaṃ samutpāṭya mahāśailaṃ janārdanaḥ /
gavāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya dhārayāmāsa līlayā

tasyacchāyāṃ gireḥ prāpya gopāgopyaśca suvrate /
avasaṃśca sukhenaiva harmyāṃtaragatā iva

tataḥ śakraḥ sahasrākṣo bhītaḥ saṃbhrāṃtacetasā /
vārayāmāsa tadvarṣaṃ yayau naṃdasya tadvrajam

kṛṣṇo'pi taṃ mahāśailaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ niveśayat /
gopavṛddhāśca te sarve naṃdagopapurogamāḥ

paripūjya ca goviṃdaṃ paraṃ vismayamāyayuḥ /
tataḥ śatakraturdevaḥ sametya madhusūdanam /
tuṣṭāva prāṃjalirbhūtvā harṣagadgadayā girā

indra uvāca-
namaste puṃḍarīkākṣa sarvajñāti trivikrama /
triguṇātīta sarveśa viśvasyātmannamostu te

tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṅkāraḥ kraturhaviḥ /
tvameva sarvadevānāṃ pitā mātā ca keśava

agre hiraṇyagarbhastvaṃ bhūtasya samavarttata /
tvamevaikaḥ patirasi puruṣastvaṃ hiraṇmayaḥ

pṛthivīṃ dyāmimāṃ deva tvameva dhṛtavānasi /
ātmadaḥ phalado yaśca syādevaṃ jagadīśvara

avāptaṃ tacca tridaśaiḥ prakāśaṃ jagatāṃpateḥ /
amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuśca chāyā tava sanātana

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
hemavaṃta ime yasya samudbhūtā hiraṇmayāḥ

samudrā rasanā yasya vāhastasyaiva keśava /
imā diśaḥ pratidiśo vāyuryasya tavāvyaya

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
yena tvayā samārūḍhā pṛthivī varddhatā punaḥ

svarlokaḥ staṃbhito yena tvayā brahmanmaheśvara /
tvamaṃtarikṣe rajasovasānaḥ sarvagovyayaḥ

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
yaṃ kraṃdasi rājamāne taptabhāse guṇānvite

abhyaikṣetāṃ ca manasā avaśyaṃ śrīśca sarvadā /
yatrāsti sūra udito vibhāti parame pade

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
yadāpo bṛhatīrviśva brahmamāyaṃ janārdanāḥ

garbhaṃ dadhānāḥ sarge'tra janayaṃtīraghaughakṛt /
samavartata devānāmasureko'vyayo vibhuḥ

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
yā āpo mahinā dakṣaṃ paryapaśyatprajāpatim २००

yajñaṃ dadhānāstatrādau janayaṃtīrhaviḥ pumān /
yo deveṣveka evāsīdadhidevaḥ parātparaḥ

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
mā no hiṃsījjanitā yaḥ pṛthivyā avyayaḥ pumān

yo vā divaṃ satyadharmā jajānāvyaya īśvaraḥ /
yaścaṃdro bṛhatīrapo jajāna sakalaṃ jagat

tasmai devāya bhavate vidhema haviṣā vayam /
etāni viśvajātāni babhūva paritā prabho

tvadutpannaprajādhyakṣa bhaviṣyadbhūtamacyutaḥ /
yajāmastvāṃ ca yatkāmāstanno astu samāsataḥ

trayāṇāṃ patayaḥ syāma tava kāruṇyavīkṣaṇāt /
hiraṇmayākhyaḥ puruṣo hiraṇyaśmaśrukeśavān

āpraṇakhātsarvaṃ hiraṇyaṃ savitā tu hiraṇyabhāk /
asau sarvagato brahmā yastvāditye vyavasthitaḥ

tadvai devasya saviturvareṇyaṃ bharga uttamam /
sadā dhīmahi te rūpaṃ dhiyo yo naḥ prabhāti hi

namaste puṃḍarīkākṣa śrīśa sarveśa keśava /
vedāṃtavedya yajñeśa yajñarūpa namostu te

namaste vāsudevāya gopaveṣāya te namaḥ /
tatsarvadhvaṃsanādeva aparādhaṃ mayā kṛtam

tatkṣamyatāṃ jagannātha ghṛṇābdhe puruṣottama /
alpenaiva hi kālena jahi kaṃsaṃ durāsadam /
devānāṃ hi hitaṃ kṛtvā sukhevasthāya medinīm

mahādeva uvāca-
iti saṃstutya goviṃdaṃ sarvadeveśvaro hariḥ /
sudhāmṛtenābhyaṣiṃcaddivyāṃbaravibhūṣaṇaiḥ

arcayitvā tu deveśaṃ jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ /
gopavṛddhāśca gopyaśca dṛṣṭvā tatra śatakratum

tena te pūjitāścaiva praharṣamatulaṃ yayuḥ /
rāmakṛṣṇau mahāvīryau divyābharaṇabhūṣitau

naṃdasya govraje ramye susukhenaiva tasthatuḥ /
etasminnaṃtare devi nārado munisattamaḥ

sahasā mathurāṃ gatvā kaṃsasyāṃtikamāviśat /
rājñā saṃpūjitāstatra samāsīnaḥ śubhāsane

sarvaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa ceṣṭitaṃ śārṅgiṇastadā /
devatānāṃ samudyogaṃ janma vai keśavasya ca

tathā ca vasudevena putranikṣepaṇaṃ vraje /
nidhanaṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca sarparājavivāsanam

dhāraṇaṃ girivaryasya śatakratusamāgamam /
nivedayitvā kaṃsasya sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ

prayayau brahmabhavanaṃ pūjitastena rakṣasā /
kaṃsaḥ samudvignamanā maṃtribhiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ

maṃtrayāmāsa taiḥ sākamātmano nidhanaṃ prati /
tatra buddhimatāṃ śreṣṭhamakrūraṃ dharmavatsalam /
uvācātmahitaṃ kāryaṃ dānaveṃdro mahābalaḥ

kaṃsa uvāca-
madbhayāttridaśāḥ sarve śatakratupurogamāḥ /
viṣṇoḥ samīpamāgatya bhayārttāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

sa teṣāmabhayaṃ datvā bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ /
utpanno devakīgarbhe māṃ haṃtuṃ madhusūdanaḥ

vasudevo'pi duṣṭātmā vaṃcayitvā tu māṃ niśi /
putraṃ nikṣiptavāngehe naṃdasya sudurātmanaḥ

bālenaiva durādharṣo vijaghāna mahāsurān /
māṃ haṃtumapi saṃnaddho bhavedeva na saṃśayaḥ

sa tu haṃtuṃ na vai śaktaḥ seṃdrairapi surāsuraiḥ /
upāyenaiva haṃtavyaḥ samānīya mayā tadā

madotkaṭaistu mātaṃgairmallaiśca varavājibhiḥ /
yenakenāpyupāyena haṃtuṃ śakyamihaiva tu

tasmāttvaṃ govrajaṃ gatvā kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ ca yādava /
sarvāngopālavṛddhāṃśca naṃdagopapurogamān /
upabhoktuṃ dhanuryāgāmihānaya yadūttama

mahādeva uvāca-/
tathetyuktvā yaduśreṣṭho rathamāruhya vīryavān /
prayayau gokulaṃ ramyaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ saṃdarśanotsukaḥ

mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho gavāṃ madhye vyavasthitam /
dadarśa kṛṣṇamakliṣṭamakrūro vinayānvitaḥ

nīlanīradasaṃkāśaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam /
padmapatraṃ viśālākṣaṃ dīrghabāhumanāmayam

pītavastreṇa saṃvītaṃ sarvāvayavasuṃdaram /
kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaṃ ratnakuṃḍalaśobhitam

tulasīvanamālāḍhyaṃ vanyapuṣpāvataṃsakam /
gopakanyāparivṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra janārdanam

pulakāṃkitasarvāṃgo harṣāśruplutalocanaḥ /
avaruhya rathāttasmātpraṇanāma yadūdvahaḥ

harṣātsametya gopālaṃ pariṇīya praṇamya ca /
raktāraviṃdasadṛśau vajracakrāṅkacihnitau

svamūrdhni dhṛtvā pādābjau praṇanāma punaḥ punaḥ /
kailāsaśikharābhāsaṃ nīlāṃbaradharaṃ prabhum

śaratpūrṇeṃdusadṛśaṃ muktādāmavibhūṣitam /
balarāmaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma sa yādavaḥ

harṣeṇotthāpya tau vīrau parigṛhya yadūttamau /
gṛhamājagmaturvīrau tenākrūreṇa vṛṣṇinā

naṃdagopastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā yaduśreṣṭhaṃ samāgatam /
abhigamya mahātejā niveśya paramāsane

arcayāmāsa vidhivadarghyapādyādibhirmudā /
vastraiḥ samarhaṇairdivyairarcayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ

akrūro rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca /
pradadau naṃdagopāya yaśodāyai ca yādavaḥ

pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyagramāsīnastu kuśāsane /
rājakāryāṇi sarvāṇi saṃpṛṣṭovāca buddhimān

akrūra uvāca-
eṣa kṛṣṇo mahātejāssākṣānnārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ /
devatānāṃ hitārthāya sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca

bhūbhārakavināśāya dharmasaṃsthāpanāya ca /
kaṃsādīnāṃ tu daityānāṃ sarveṣāṃ nidhanāya ca

saṃprārthitaḥ suragaṇairmunibhiśca mahātmabhiḥ /
devakījaṭhare jātaḥ prāvṛṭkāle mahāniśi

bhayātkaṃsasya deveśamānīyānakaduṃdubhiḥ /
tava gehe tadā rātrau putraṃ niḥkṣiptavānharim

tasminneva tu kāle'pi yaśodā tu yaśasvinī /
kanyāṃ māyāṃśasaṃbhūtāṃ prasūtā tu śubhānanām

tayā saṃmohitaṃ sarvamidaṃ vrajakulaṃ śubham /
mūrcchitāyā yaśodāyāḥ śayane yadupuṅgavam

kṛṣṇaṃ nikṣipya tāṃ kanyāmādāya svagṛhaṃ yayau /
tāṃ tu nikṣipya devakyāḥ śayane bahirāgamat

sā ruroda tataḥ kṣipra devakīśayane sthitā /
tacchrutvā sahasā kaṃsaḥ kanyāmādāya suvrata २५०

bhrāmayitvā śilāpṛṣṭhe cikṣepotpatya vīryavān /
samutthāya ca sā kanyā sāyudhāṣṭabhujānvitā /
gaganasthā ruṣā kaṃsaṃ prāha gaṃbhīrayā girā

kanyovāca-
yo'naṃtaḥ sarvadevānāmīśvaraḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
yātastava vadhārthāya govraje dānavādhama

akrūra uvāca-
ityuktvā sā mahāmāyā himavaṃtaṃ samāyayau /
tadāprabhṛti duṣṭātmā bhayādudvignamānasaḥ

dānavānpreṣayāmāsa nidhanāya mahātmanaḥ /
bālenaiva hatāḥ sarve līlayānena dhīmatā

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṛtavānparameśvaraḥ /
govarddhanādidharaṇaṃ nāgarājavivāsanam

samāgamaṃ maheṃdrasya nidhanaṃ sarvarakṣasām /
śrutvā devarṣiṇā khyātamatīva bhayapīḍitaḥ

ito nītvā mahābāhū rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau /
madotkaṭairmahānāgairmallairvā haṃtumudyataḥ

kṛṣṇasyānayanārthāya prerayāmāsa māmiha /
vasudevasya duṣṭātmā nigrahaṃ kṛtavānasau

etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ sudurātmanaḥ /
upabhoktuṃ dhanuryāgaṃ yūyaṃ sarve vrajaukasaḥ

dadhyājyādigṛhītvā vai śvobhūte gaṃtumarhatha /
sahitā rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ gopāḥ sarve tadaṃtikam

kṛṣṇena nihataḥ kaṃso bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ /
parityajya bhayaṃ tasmādgamiṣyadhvaṃ nṛpājñayā

īśvara uvāca-
ityuktvā sa tadākrūrastūṣṇīmāsītsubuddhimān /
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam

naṃdagopamukhāḥ sarve gopavṛddhā bhayāturāḥ /
abhāṣire mahāduḥkhasāgare śokamohitāḥ

tānāśvāsya haristatra dṛṣṭvā kamalalocanaḥ /
na bhīḥ kāryeti saṃprāha rākṣasaṃ prati vīryavān

vināśāya prayāsyāmi kaṃsasyāsya durātmanaḥ /
mathurāṃ saha rāmeṇa bhavadbhiḥ saha saṃgataḥ

tatra hatvā durātmānaṃ kaṃsaṃ dānavapuṃgavam /
sarvāṃśca rākṣasānhatvā pālayiṣyāmi medinīm

tasmācchokaṃ parityajya gacchadhvaṃ mathurāṃ purīm /
evamuktāstu hariṇā gopānaṃdapurogamāḥ

muhurmuhuḥ pariṣvajya mūrddhaghrāṇaṃ pracakrire /
aprameyāni karmāṇi vicārya sumahātmanaḥ

akrūravacanāccaiva gopāḥ sarve gatavyathāḥ /
dugdhadadhyājyayuktāni śucīni vividhāni ca

pakvānnāni suhṛdyāni svādūni madhurāṇi ca /
akrūrāya dadau saumyaṃ yaśodā bhojanaṃ bahu

sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ naṃdādyairgopasattamaiḥ /
suhṛdbhirbālavṛddhaiśca bhavane samalaṃkṛte

dattaṃ yaśodayā saumyaṃ bhojanaṃ kaluṣāpaham /
bubhuje yādavaśreṣṭho hyannaṃ rogāpahaṃ śubham

bhojayitvā yathānyāyaṃ dattvā ca manamaṃbhasā /
sakarpūraṃ satāṃbūlaṃ dadau tasmai dṛḍhavratā

astaṃyāte dinakare saṃdhyāmanvāsya yādavaḥ /
sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ bhuktvā kṣīrānnamuttamam

tābhyāmeva tadākrūraḥ śayanaṃ samupāviśat /
tasmiṃstu bhavane śreṣṭhe ramye dīpavirājite

ślakṣṇe vicitraparyaṃke nānāpuṣpavirājite /
tasminśete hariḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śeṣe nārāyaṇo yathā

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā'krūro harṣāśrupulakāṃkitaḥ /
vihāya tāmasīṃ nidrāṃ suśreyaḥ samudīkṣya vai

pādasaṃvāhanaṃ viṣṇoścakre bhāgavatottamaḥ /
etāvatā me sāphalyaṃ jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam

idaṃ trailokyamaiśvaryamidaṃ vai sukhamuttamam /
idaṃ rājyamidaṃ dharmyamidaṃ mokṣasukhaṃ param

na śakyaṃ manasā smartuṃ śivabrahmādidaivataiḥ /
sanakādyairmunīṃdraistu vasiṣṭhādyairmaharṣibhiḥ

tacchrīśasya padadvaṃdvaṃ śaradaṃburuhojjvalam /
saṃspṛṣṭamiṃdirā lakṣmyā karābhyāṃ susukhaṃ param

diṣṭyā labdhaṃ mayā viṣṇoḥ śrīpādābjayugaṃ śubham /
vyatītā sā kṣaṇādrātristabrahmānaṃdagauravāt

tataḥ prabhāte vimale divi devagaṇottamaiḥ /
saṃstūyamāno bubudhe tasmāttu śayanāddhariḥ

upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṃ saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā /
papāta pādayormātuḥ prayāṇaṃ cābhyarocayat

samutthāpya yaśodā tu duḥkhaharṣasamanvitā /
aśrupūrṇamukhī putrau premṇā saṃpariṣasvaje

āśiṣaṃ pradadau devī tanayābhyāṃ dṛḍhavratā /
visasarja mahāvīrau samāliṅgya muhurmuhuḥ

akrūro'pi yaśodāyai praṇamya prāha sāṃjali

akrūra uvāca-
prayāsyāmi mahābhāge prasādaṃ kuru me'naghe /
eṣa kṛṣṇo mahābāhuḥ kaṃsaṃ hatvā mahābalam

sarvasya jagato rājā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ /
tasmācchokaṃ parityajya sukhī bhava varānane

īśvara uvāca-
ityuktayā tayā'krūro visṛṣṭo yadusattamaḥ /
sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāmāruroha rathottamam

prayayau mathurāṃ śīghraṃ stūyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ /
naṃdagopamukhāḥ sarve gopavṛddhāstamanvayuḥ

punargṛhītvā dadhyājyaṃ phalāni vividhāni ca /
taṃ prayāṃtaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā gokulādgopayoṣitaḥ

anujagmurviniṣkrāṃtaṃ rathasthaṃ madhusūdanam /
nivarttayāmāsa haristāḥ sarvā gopayoṣitaḥ

śokasaṃtaptahṛdayā vilepuḥ kamalekṣaṇam /
hā kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti goviṃdetyarudanmuhuḥ

aśrupūrṇekṣaṇādīnā rudaṃtyastatra saṃsthitāḥ /
athākrūro rathaṃ divyaṃ codayāmāsa govrajāt

sahito rāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ mathurāṃ prati yādavaḥ /
uttīrya yamunāṃ śīghraṃ kūle sthāpya rathottamam

avaruhya rathāttasmātsnātuṃ tatropacakrame /
tathā cāvaśyakaṃ kartuṃ nimajjyātha jale śubhe

tatrāghamarṣaṇaṃ samyagjapanbhāgavatottamaḥ /
dadarśa tau jale tatra rāmakṛṣṇau śubhānvitau

śaratkoṭīṃdusaṃkāśaṃ nīlāṃbaradharaṃ prabhum /
divyacaṃdanadigdhāṃgaṃ mauktikābharaṇacchavim

raktāraviṃdanayanaṃ puḍaṃrīkāvataṃsakam /
rāmaṃ dadarśa kṛṣṇaṃ ca nīlanīradasannibham ३००

divyapītāṃbaradharaṃ puṃḍarīkāyatekṣaṇam /
haricaṃdanaliptāṃgaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitam

dṛṣṭvā tatra yaduśreṣṭho vismayaṃ paramaṃgataḥ /
utthāya syaṃdane tatra tau dadarśa mahābalau

punarapyatra nirmajjya japanmaṃtradvayaṃ harim /
sudhābdhau śeṣaparyaṃke ramayā sahitaṃ harim

sanakādyaistūyamānaṃ sarvairdevairupāsitam /
dṛṣṭvā tasminjale devaṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau /
tuṣṭāvātha yaduśreṣṭho hariṃ sarvagamīśvaram

akrūra uvāca-
kālātmane namastubhyamanādinidhanāya ca /
avyaktāya namastubhyamavikārāya te namaḥ

bhūtabhartre namastubhyaṃ bhūtavyāghra namo namaḥ /
namaste sarvabhūtānāṃ niyantre paramātmane

vikārāyāvikārāya pratyakṣapuruṣāya ca /
guṇabhartre namastubhyaṃ niyamāya namo namaḥ

deśakālādinirbhedarahitāya parātmane /
anaṃtāya namastubhyamacyutāya namo namaḥ

goviṃdāya namastubhyaṃ trayīnāthāya śārṅgiṇe /
nārāyaṇāya viśvāya vāsudevāya te namaḥ

viṣṇave pururūpāya śāśvatāya namo namaḥ /
padmanetrāya nityāya śaṃkhacakradharāya ca

udyatkoṭiraviprakhya bhūṣaṇāṃcita varcase /
haraye sarvalokānāmīśvarāya namo namaḥ

savitre sarvajagatāṃ bījāya paramātmane /
saṃkarṣaṇāya kṛṣṇāya pradyumnāya namo namaḥ

aniruddhāya dhātre ca vidhātre viśvayonaye /
sahasramūrttaye tubhyaṃ bahumūrddhāṃghribāhave

sahasranāmne nityāya puruṣāya namo namaḥ /
namaste nāgaparyaṃkaśāyine saumyarūpiṇe

keśavāya namastubhyaṃ pītavastradharāya ca /
lakṣmīghanakucāśleṣa vimardojjvalavarcase /
śrīdharāya namastubhyaṃ śrīśāyānaṃtarūpiṇe

īśvara uvāca-
snānakāle paṭhedyastu devaṃ dhyāyansanātanam /
imaṃ stavaṃ naro bhaktyā mahadbhirmucyate hyaghaiḥ

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt /
evamaṃtarjale devaṃ stutvā bhāgavatottamaḥ

arcayāmāsa sa jalaiḥ kusumaiśca sugaṃdhibhiḥ /
kṛtakṛtyastadākrūro nirgatya yamunājalāt

sametya rāmakṛṣṇau tu praṇanāma śubhānvitaḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha goviṃdo vinītaṃ vismitaṃ hariḥ

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca-
kimāścaryaṃ jale tasmindṛṣṭavānasi yādava /
īśvara uvāca-
akrūrastu yaduśreṣṭhaṃ prāha kṛṣṇaṃ sutejasam

akrūra uvāca-
tava sarvagatasyeśa mahimno jagataḥ prabho /
kimāścaryaṃ hṛṣīkeśa jagatsarvaṃ tvameva hi

tvamāpastvaṃ nabho vahnistvaṃ bhūmiranilastathā /
caturvidhamimaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam

tvatto nānyadvāsudeva jīmūtādamṛtaṃ yathā /
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṃkāro havistathā

tvameva sarvadevānāmīśvaraḥ śāśvato'vyayaḥ /
nākāraṇātkāraṇādvā karaṇākāraṇātparaḥ

dharmatrāṇāya deveśa śarīragrahaṇaṃ tava /
matsyakūrmavarāhādi vaibhavatvamupāgataḥ

pāsi sarvamimaṃ lokaṃ tvameva tvanmayaṃ vibho

īśvara uvāca-
iti saṃstutya goviṃdaṃ praṇamya jagatāṃ patim /
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ tābhyāṃ saha yadūttamaḥ

tatastūrṇaṃ samāsādya mathurāṃ devanirmitām /
rāmakṛṣṇau puradvāri niveśyāṃtaḥpuraṃ yayau

tayorāgamanaṃ tasya nivedya nṛpatestadā /
rājñā saṃpūjitastena tataḥ svagṛhamāviśat

atha sāyāhnasamaye rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau /
parasparaṃ karau gṛhya mathurāyāṃ samāgatau

gachantau ca mahāvīryau rājamārge yadūttamau /
dadṛśaturmahātmānau rajakaṃ vastraraṃjakam

divyavastravṛtaṃ rājagehamāyāṃtamacyutaḥ /
yayāce tāni vastrāṇi saha rāmeṇa vīryavān

na dattavāṃstadā tasmai ruṣā vai vastraraṃjakaḥ /
bahūni kaṭuvākyāni prāha tatrādhvani sthitaḥ

tāḍayāmāsa taṃ kṛṣṇastalenaiva mahābalaḥ /
tatraiva nihato mārge vamanvai rudhiraṃ bahu

tāni vastrāṇi ramyāṇi gopālaiḥ saha bāṃdhavaiḥ /
dhārayāmāsaturvīrau yathāhaṃ rāmakeśavau

mālākāragṛhaṃ prāpya tena dṛṣṭau namaskṛtau /
sugaṃdhibhirdivyapuṣpaiḥ pūjyamānau mudānvitau

dadatustau varaṃ tasmai vāṃchitaṃ yadupuṃgavau /
samāgatau punarvīthyāmāyāṃtīṃ ca śubhānanām

kubjāṃ striyaṃ mahābhāgau dhṛtacaṃdanabhājanām /
vakrāṃgapṛṣṭhāṃ vanitāṃ dṛṣṭvā gaṃdhamayācatam

prahasaṃtī tadā tābhyāṃ dadau caṃdanamuttamam /
ādāya caṃdanaṃ divyamupalipya yathecchayā

tasyaikāṃtataraṃ rūpaṃ dattvā'dhvani samāgatau /
nirīkṣyamāṇau yoṣidbhiḥ sukumārau śubhānanau

viveśaturmahātmānau yajñaśālāṃ sahānugaiḥ /
dṛṣṭvā samarcitaṃ divyaṃ kārmukaṃ tatra keśavaḥ

līlayaiva gṛhītvā'tha babhaṃja madhusūdanaḥ /
bibhajyamānaṃ taccāpaṃ śrutvā kaṃsaḥ suvihvalaḥ

āhūya mallānsūtāṃstu pramukhāndaityapuṃgavān /
vimṛśya maṃtribhiḥ prāha cāṇūraṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ

kaṃsa uvāca-
rāmakṛṣṇau samāyātau sarva daityavināśakau /
prabhāte mallayuddhena hanyatāmaviśaṃkayā

yenakenāpyupāyena haṃtavyau baladarpitau /
madotkaṭairgajairvāpi mallamukhyaiśca yatnataḥ

īśvara uvāca-
ityādiśya tato rājā sānujaḥ sacivaiḥ saha /
āruroha bhayāttūrṇaṃ divyaprāsādamūrddhani

dvāreṣu sarvamārgeṣu gajānmattānayojayat /
mallānmadotkaṭānnāgānsthāpayāmāsa sarvataḥ

jñātvā kṛṣṇo'pi tatsarvaṃ saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā /
uvāsa rajanīṃ tatra yajñagehe sahānugaiḥ

tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ prabhāte vimale sati /
śayanādutthitau vīrau rāmakṛṣṇau kṛtodakau

svalaṃkṛtau ca tau bhuktvā saṃgrāmābhimukhotsukau /
vinirgatau gṛhāttasmātsiṃhāviva mahāguhāt ३५०

rājadvāri sthitaṃ nāgaṃ himādriśikharopamam /
nāmnā kuvalayāpīḍaṃ kaṃsasya jayavarddhanam

devakuṃjaradarpaghnaṃ mahākāyaṃ madotkaṭam /
dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca mahānāgaṃ paṃcāsya iva keśavaḥ

kareṇaiva karaṃ gṛhya samyagutplutya līlayā /
bhrāmayitvātha cikṣepa dharaṇyāṃ dharaṇīdharaḥ

sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo ninadanbhairavaṃ svanam /
papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra ca mahāgajaḥ

hatvā daṃtau samutpāṭya gṛhītvā rāmakeśavau /
mallairāyodhanaṃ kartuṃ raṃgaṃ viviśatustadā

tatrasthā dānavā dṛṣṭvā goviṃdasya parākramam /
bhītāḥ pravidrutāḥsarve rājñoṃtaḥpuramāyayuḥ

kapāṭau sudṛḍhau badhvā tatra tasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ /
dṛḍhabaṃdhakapāṭāṃstu dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇastu līlayā

tāḍayitvā padenaiva pātayāmāsa vīryavān /
tau bhagnau pātitau tatra senānīke vyavasthite

tatrasthā nihatāḥ sarve cūrṇitāṃgaśirodharāḥ /
tataḥ praviśya bhavanaṃ kaṃsasyāsya mahābalau

bhrāmayaṃtau mahābhāga śṛṃgau pīnau raṇotsukau /
dadṛśāte mahātmānau mallau cāṇūramuṣṭikau

kaṃso'pi dṛṣṭvā goviṃdaṃ rāmaṃ ca sumahābalam /
bhayamāviśya cāṇūraṃ prāha mallavaraṃ tadā

kaṃsa uvāca-
asminnavasare malla jahi gopālabālakau /
vibhajya tava rājyārddhamahaṃ dāsyāmyayatnataḥ

īśvara uvāca-
tasminnavasare kṛṣṇo mallābhyāṃ dṛśyate mahān /
madhye vane ca saṃgrāme mahāmerurivāparaḥ

kaṃsasya dṛṣṭiviṣaye saṃvarttāgnirivācyutaḥ /
strīṇāṃ ca sākṣānmadanaḥ pitroḥ śiśurivāparaḥ

tridaśānāṃ haririva gopālānāṃ sakhā yathā /
bahurūpeṇa dadṛśustatra sarvagataṃ harim

vasudevastathā'krūro naṃdagopo mahāmatiḥ /
anyaṃ prāsādamāruhya dadṛśuḥ kadanaṃ mahat

strībhiraṃtaḥpurasthābhirdevakī tatra saṃsthitā /
mukhaṃ putrasya dadṛśe sāśrupūrṇekṣaṇā śubhā

tābhirāśvāsitā devī bhavanāṃtaramāviśat /
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve vimānasthā nabhastale

tuṣṭuvurjayaśabdena puṃḍarīkākṣamacyutam /
jahi kaṃsamiti prāhuruccairdevā marudgaṇāḥ

etasminnaṃtare tatra tūryaghoṣaninādite /
āsedaturmahāmallau yadusiṃhau mahābalau

cāṇūreṇa tu goviṃdo muṣṭikena halāyudhaḥ /
yuyudhāte mahātmānau nīlaśvetādri sannibhau

mallayuddhavidhānena muṣṭibhiḥ pādatāḍanaiḥ /
babhūva kadanaṃ ghoraṃ devānāṃ ca bhayāvaham

cāṇūreṇa ciraṃ kālaṃ krīḍitvā'tha janārdanaḥ /
niṣpiṣya gāṃtraṃ mallasya pātayāmāsa līlayā

sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe saṃvamanrudhiraṃ bahu /
mamāra ca mahāmallo devadānavaduḥkhadaḥ

muṣṭikena tathā rāmaścirakālamayudhyata /
muṣṭibhistāḍayāmāsa tasya vakṣasi vīryavān

bhinnāsthi snāyubaṃdho'sau papāta dharaṇītale /
tatastu dudruvuḥ sarve mallā dṛṣṭvā parākramam

kaṃso mahadbhayaṃ tīvramāviśadvedanāturaḥ /
etasminnaṃtare vīrau rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau

ārohaturmahātmānau caityaprāsādamūrjitam /
tāḍayitvā talenaiva kaṃsaṃ mūrdhni janārdanaḥ

apātayaddharā pṛṣṭhe prāsādaśikharāddhariḥ /
sa tu nirbhinnasarvāṃgo dharaṇyāṃ tyaktajīvitaḥ

kṛṣṇena nihate kaṃse rāmo'pi sumahābalaḥ /
tasyānujaṃ sunāmānaṃ muṣṭinaiva jaghāna ha

dharaṇyāṃ pātayāmāsānujaṃ ca dharaṇīdharaḥ /
hatvā kaṃsaṃ durātmānaṃ sānujaṃ rāmakeśavau

pitroḥ samīpamāgamya bhaktyā caiva praṇematuḥ /
devakīvasudevaśca pariṣvajya muhurmuhuḥ

snehena mūrdhnyupāghrāṇaṃ cakratuḥ putralālasau /
tayorupari devakyāḥ stanau kṣīraṃ vavarṣatuḥ

tata āśvāsya pitarau rāmakṛṣṇau bahirgatau /
etasminnaṃtare devi devaduṃdubhayo divi

vineduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣustridaśeśvarāḥ /
stutvā marudgaṇairdivyairnamaskṛtya janārdanam

paraṃ harṣamanuprāpya lokānsvānsvān prapedire /
naṃdagopaṃ namaskṛtya gopavṛddhāṃśca keśavaḥ

rāmeṇa saha dharmātmā mudā saṃpariṣasvaje /
bahuratnadhanaṃ tasmai dadau prītyā janārdanaḥ

sarvāṃstāngopavṛddhāṃśca vastrairābharaṇādibhiḥ /
bahubhirdhanadhānyaiśca pūjayāmāsa keśavaḥ

visṛṣṭāstena kṛṣṇena naṃdagopapurogamāḥ /
prayayurgovrajaṃ divyaṃ harṣaśokasamanvitāḥ

mātāmahaṃ samāsādya rāmakṛṣṇau durāsadau /
baṃdhādvimocayitvātha samāśvāsya muhurmuhuḥ

cakre tasyābhiṣekaṃ tu tadrājye madhusūdanaḥ /
akārayaddvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ sa kaṃsasyordhvadaihikam

akrūrapramukhānrājye saṃsthāpya yadupuṃgavān /
rājānamugrasenaṃ tu kṛtvā dharmeṇa medinīm /
pālayāmāsa dharmātmā vasudevasuto hariḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇacarite kaṃsavadhonāma paṃcacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ