Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) · Chapter 5.22

jarāsaṃdhasute kaṃsa upayeme mahābalaḥ
astiṃ prāptiṃ ca maitreya tayor bhartṛhaṇaṃ harim //

mahābalaparīvāro magadhādhipatir balī
hantum abhyāyayau kopāj jarāsaṃdhaḥ sa yādavam //

upetya mathurāṃ so 'tha rurodha magadheśvaraḥ
akṣauhiṇībhiḥ sainyasya trayoviṃśatibhir vṛtaḥ //

niṣkramyālpaparīvārāv ubhau rāmajanārdanau
yuyudhāte samaṃ tasya balinau balisainikaiḥ //

tato rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca cakrāte matim uttamām
āyudhānāṃ purāṇānām ādāne munisattama //

anantaraṃ hareḥ śārṅgaṃ tūṇau cākṣayasāyakau
ākāśād āgatau vipra tathā kaumodakī gadā //

halaṃ ca balabhadrasya gaganād āgataṃ jvalat
manasābhimataṃ vipra saunandaṃ musalaṃ tathā //

tato yuddhe parājitya sasainyaṃ magadhādhipam
purīṃ viviśatur vīrāv ubhau rāmajanārdanau //

jite tasmin sudurvṛtte jarāsaṃdhe mahāmune
jīvamāne gate kṛṣṇas taṃ nāmanyata nirjitam //

punar apy ājagāmātha jarāsaṃdho balānvitaḥ
jitaś ca rāmakṛṣṇābhyām apakrānto dvijottama //

daśa cāṣṭau ca saṃgrāmān evam atyantadurmadaḥ
yadubhir māgadho rājā cakre kṛṣṇapurogamaiḥ //

sarveṣv eteṣu yuddheṣu yādavaiḥ sa parājitaḥ
apakrānto jarāsaṃdhaḥ svalpasainyair balādhikaḥ //

tad balaṃ yādavānāṃ tair ajitaṃ yad anekaśaḥ
tat tu saṃnidhimāhātmyaṃ viṣṇor aṃśasya cakriṇaḥ //

manuṣyadharmaśīlasya līlā sā jagataḥ pateḥ
astrāṇy anekarūpāṇi yad arātiṣu muñcati //

manasaiva jagatsṛṣṭiṃ saṃhāraṃ ca karoti yaḥ
tasyāripakṣakṣapaṇe kiyān udyamavistaraḥ //

tathāpi ye manuṣyāṇāṃ dharmās tadanuvartanam
kurvan balavatā saṃdhiṃ hīnair yuddhaṃ karoty asau //

sāma copapradānaṃ ca tathā bhedaṃ pradarśayan
karoti daṇḍapātaṃ ca kvacid eva palāyanam //

manuṣyadehināṃ ceṣṭām ity evam anuvartataḥ
līlā jagatpates tasya chandataḥ saṃpravartate //