h: HV (CE) chapter 1, transliterated by Peter Schreiner (ca. 1991), revised October 1999. Star-passages 1-22 added March 2002. :h nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet // k: "This mantra is found only in N (except Ñ1 D6). [...] After the introductory mantra, K2 ins. *1, *2 and *3. K3 ins. *1, *5, and *3. K4 ins. *2, and *3. Ñ2 ins. *2, *4, *1, *5, *6, *7, *8, *9, and *3. Ñ3 ins. *2, *4, *1, *5, *6, *7, *9, *8, and *3. V1 ins. *2, *4, *1, *5, *6, *7, *9, *8, and *3. V2 ins. *2, *4, *1, *5, *6, *8, *7, *9, and *3. V3 Dn (Dn2 om. *4) ins. *8, *1, *5, *6, *7, *9, *2, *4, and *3. B1 ins. *8, *1, *5, *6, *9, *2, *4, and *3. B2 ins. *1, *8, *5, *6, *9, *4, *2, and *3. B3 ins. *1, *2, *4, *8, *5, *7, *9, *6, and *3. Ds ins. *1, *6, *7, *4, *5, *8, *2, and *3. D1 ins. *10, *1, *5, *2, first line of *3, *11, and lines 2-4, and 6-8 of *3. D2 ins. *2 and *3. D3 ins. *2, *4, *1, *5, *6, *7, *9, *8, and *3. D4 ins. *8, *1, *5, *6, *12, *2, and *3. D5 ins. *1, *2, *4, *8, *5, *6, *7,l *9, *13, and *3." :k jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatīhṛdayanandano vyāsaḥ | yasyāsyakamalagalitaṃ vāṅmayam amṛtaṃ jagat pibati | pitāmahādyaṃ pravadanti ṣaṣṭhaṃ maharṣim akṣayyavibhūtiyuktam | nārāyaṇasyāṃsajam ekaputraṃ dvaipāyanaṃ vedamahānidhānam | ādyaṃ puruṣam īśānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam | ṛtam ekākṣaraṃ brahma vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam || asac ca sadasac caiva yad viśvaṃ sadasatparam | parāvarāṇāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ purāṇaṃ param avyayam | maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalam viṣṇuṃ vareṇyam anaghaṃ śucim | namaskṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim || naimiṣāraṇye kulapatiḥ śaunakas tu mahāmuniḥ | sautiṃ papraccha dharmātmā sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | k: Lines 1-6 of 1.0*3 MBh 1,1.20-22. :k jajñe bahujñaṃ param atyudāraṃ yaṃ dvīpamadhye sutam ātmayogāt | parāśarāt satyavatī maharṣiṃ tasmai namo 'jñānatamonudāya | yo gośataṃ kanakaśṛṅgamayaṃ dadāti viprāya vedaviduṣe bahuviśrutāya | puṇyāṃ ca bhāratakathāṃ śṛṇuyāc ca tadvat tulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavati tasya ca tasya caiva | śatāśvamedhasya yad atra puṇyaṃ catuḥsahasrasya śatakratoś ca | bhaved anantaṃ harivaṃśadānāt prakīrtitaṃ vyāsamaharṣiṇā ca | yad vājapeyena tu rājasūyād dṛṣṭaṃ phalaṃ hastirathena cānyat | tal labhyate vyāsavacaḥ pramāṇaṃ gītaṃ ca vālmīkimaharṣiṇā ca | dvaipāyanauṣṭhapuṭaniḥsṛtam aprameyaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitram atha pāpaharaṃ śivaṃ ca | yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṃ kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalair abhiṣecanena | yo harivaṃśaṃ lekhayati yathāvidhinā mahātapāḥ sapadi | sa yāti hareḥ padakamalaṃ kamalaṃ madhupo yathā lubdhaḥ | yaṃ brahma vedāntavido vadanti paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tathānye | viśvād gateḥ kāraṇam īśvaraṃ sa tasmai namo vighnavināśanāya | saṃsāratāraṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ yogidhyeyam anuttamam | śṛṇoti harivaṃśaṃ yaḥ śraddhayā vaṃśavardhanam | pratyakṣaraṃ bhavet teṣāṃ kapilādānajaṃ phalam | yo dadāti harivaṃśapustakaṃ brāhmaṇāya viduṣe sadakṣiṇam | so 'śvamedhaphalabhāg bhaven naraḥ satyam eva kathitaṃ maharṣiṇā | cakraṃ yasya bhujāgrahastalalitaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ rājate śaṅkho yasya virājate karatale saṃpūrṇacandraprabhaḥ | mālā yasya sacampakā satilakā sāśokanīlotpalā sa tvāṃ pātu ṣadardhavikramagatis trilokyanātho hariḥ | yo 'vidyādyair aśeṣair manasi vinihitaiḥ kleśasaṃjñais tridoṣair aspṛṣṭo nirguṇatvāt paramagururajaḥkarmabhis tatphalair vā | sarvajñatvādiyukto niratiśayasukhaprāptihetur yatīnāṃ so 'nādir vāsudevaḥ śamayatu duritaṃ sarvajanmārjitaṃ vaḥ | jitaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa namas te viśvabhāvana | namas te 'stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvaja | śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam | prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye | vāgīśādyāḥ sumanasaḥ sarvārthānām upakrame | yaṃ natvā kṛtakṛtyāḥ syus taṃ namāmi gajānanam | indirākucapāṭīra+ +paṅkasaṃkalitodaraḥ | dadyād amandam ānandam acirān no nṛkesarī | kālindījalakallola+ +kolāhalakutūhalī | asatkīrtanakāntāra+ +parivartanapāṃsulām | vācaṃ śaurikathālāpa+ +gaṅgayaiva punīmahe | indīvarakaḷaśyāmaṃ indirānandakandaḷam | vandārujanamandāraṃ vande 'haṃ yadunandanam | vyāsaṃ vasiṣṭhanaptāraṃ śakteḥ putram akalmaṣam | parāśarātmajaṃ vande śukatātaṃ taponidhim | vyāsāya viṣṇurūpāya vyāsarūpāya viṣṇave | namo vai brahmanidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namo namaḥ | saute sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam bhāratānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca // devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām daityānām atha siddhānāṃ guhyakānāṃ tathaiva ca // atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vikramā dharmaniścayāḥ vicitrāś ca kathāyogā janma cāgryam anuttamam // kathitaṃ bhavatā puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ ślakṣṇayā girā manaḥkarṇasukhaṃ tan māṃ prīṇāty amṛtasaṃmitam // tatra janma kurūṇāṃ vai tvayoktaṃ lomaharṣiṇe na tu vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ vai tad bhavān prabravītu me // janamejayena yat pṛṣṭaḥ śiṣyo vyāsasya dhīmataḥ k: D6 T G M1-3 ins.: :k dharmavit kathayām āsa kulaṃ teṣāṃ savistaram | tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi vṛṣṇīnāṃ vaṃśam āditaḥ // śrutvetihāsaṃ kārtsnyena bharatānāṃ sa bhārataḥ janamejayo mahāprājño vaiśaṃpāyanam abravīt // mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ bahvarthaṃ bahuvistaram kathitaṃ bhavatā vipra vistareṇa mayā śrutam // tatra śūrāḥ samākhyātā bahavaḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ nāmabhiḥ karmabhiś caiva vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ // teṣāṃ karmāvadātāni tvayoktāni dvijottama tatra tatra samāsena vistareṇaiva cābhibho // na ca me tṛptir astīha kīrtyamāne purātane ekaś ca me mato rāśir vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavās tathā // bhavāṃś ca vaṃśakuśalas teṣāṃ pratyakṣadarśivān kathayasva kulaṃ teṣāṃ vistareṇa tapodhana // yasya yasyānvaye ye ye tāṃs tān icchāmi veditum k: Ś1 ins.: :k pūrvaṃ kathā samākhyātā vicitrā ca mahīpate | teṣāṃ pūrvavisṛṣṭiṃ ca vicitrām ā prajāpateḥ // k: D5 ins.: :k sarvam etad aśeṣeṇa kathayasva dvijottama | k: D2.5 cont.: :k yena vai śṛṇvatāṃ puṃsām aputratvaṃ praṇaśyati | k: T4 cont. after *25, T2.3 G1 ins. after 12, D2 G4 ins. after 13: :k evaṃ saṃcodito rājā vyāsaśiṣyo mahāmune | satkṛtya paripṛṣṭas tu sa mahātmā mahātapāḥ vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayām āsa tāṃ kathām // śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ puṇyāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisaṃmitām // yaś caināṃ dhārayet tāta śṛṇuyād vāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ k: D6 T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k yaś caināṃ dhārayed vipraḥ śrāvayed vā mahātmanām | svavaṃśadhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate // avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yat tan nityaṃ sadasadātmakam pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tasmān nirmame viśvam īśvaraḥ // taṃ vai viddhi mahārāja brahmāṇam amitaujasam sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇam // ahaṃkaras tu mahatas tasmād bhūtāni jajñire bhūtabhedāś ca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ sanātanaḥ // vistarāvayavaṃ caiva yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam kīrtyamānaṃ śṛṇu mayā pūrveṣāṃ kīrtivardhanam // dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ śatrughnaṃ svargyam āyurvivardhanam kīrtanaṃ sthirakīrtīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām // tasmāt kalyāya te kalyaḥ samagraṃ śucaye śuciḥ k: Ś1 K D1.3.4.6 ins.: :k tasmai hiraṇyagarbhāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca | ajāya prathamāyaiva variṣṭhāya prajāpate | brahmaṇe lokanāthāya gariṣṭhāya svayaṃbhuve | k: D1 cont.: :k praṇamya prabhave pūrvaṃ tasmai amitatejase | ā vṛṣṇivaṃśād vakṣyāmi bhūtasargam anuttamam // viṣṇuḥ svayaṃbhūr bhagavān sisṛkṣur vividhāḥ prajāḥ apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryam avāsṛjat // āpo nārā iti proktā nāmnā pūrvam iti śrutiḥ ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ // hiraṇyavarṇam abhavat tad aṇḍam udakeśayam tatra jajñe svayaṃ brahmā svayaṃbhūr iti naḥ śrutam // hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān uṣitvā parivatsaram tad aṇḍam akarod dvaidhaṃ divaṃ bhuvam athāpi ca // tayoḥ śakalyor madhyam ākāśam akarot prabhuḥ apsu pāriplavāṃ pṛthvīṃ diśaś ca daśadhā dadhe // tatra kālaṃ mano vācaṃ kāmaṃ krodham atho ratim sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ sraṣṭum icchan prajāpatim // marīcim atryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum vasiṣṭhaṃ ca mahātejāḥ so 'sṛjat sapta mānasān // sapta brahmāṇa ity ete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ nārāyaṇātmakānāṃ vai saptānāṃ brahmajanmanām // tato 'sṛjat punar brahmā rudraṃ roṣātmasaṃbhavam sanatkumāraṃ ca ṛṣiṃ pūrveṣām api pūrvajam // k: 1.31: Saṃdhi nicht durchgeführt zwischen "ca ṛṣim". :k sapta tv ete prajāyante prajā rudraś ca bhārata skandaḥ sanatkumāraś ca tejaḥ saṃkṣipya tiṣṭhataḥ // teṣāṃ sapta mahāvaṃśā divyā devagaṇānvitāḥ kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhir alaṃkṛtāḥ // vidyuto 'śanimeghāṃś ca rohitendradhanūṃsi ca k: T G M4 ins. after 32; D6 after 33ab: :k sanaś ca yogatattvajñaṃ sanakaṃ ca sanandanam | ete sapta samākhyātā ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | yādāṃsi ca sasarjādau parjanyaṃ ca sasarja ha // ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni nirmame yajñasiddhaye k: Ś1 K V2 Dn D3(marg.).4 ins.: :k mukhād devān ajanayat pitṝṃś ceśo 'pi vakṣasaḥ | prajanāc ca manuṣyān vai jaghanān nirmame 'surān | sādhyāṃs tair ayajan devān ity evam anuśuśrumaḥ // uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyas tasya jajñire k: D4 ins.: :k brahmāṇaṃ hṛdayaṃ bhittvā niścito bhagavān bhṛguḥ || stanaṃ tu dakṣiṇaṃ bhittvā brahmajena ca vigrahaḥ | niśrito bhagavān dharmaḥ sarvalokasukhāvahaḥ || trayas tasya varāḥ putrāḥ sarvabhūtamanoharāḥ | kāmaḥ śamaś ca harṣaś ca tejasā lokadhāriṇaḥ || kāmasya tu ratir bhāryā śamasya prītir aṅganā | nandā bhāryā ca harṣasya trayo lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | āpavasya prajāsargaṃ sṛjato hi prajāpateḥ // k: Ś1 K Dn D3(marg.).4 G4 M2 ins.: :k sṛjyamānāḥ prajā naiva vivardhante yadā tadā | dvidhā kṛtvātmano deham ardhena puruṣo 'bhavat ardhena nārī tasyāṃ sa sasṛje vividhāḥ prajāḥ divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ caiva mahimnā vyāpya tiṣṭati // virājam asṛjad viṣṇuḥ so 'sṛjat puruṣaṃ virāṭ puruṣaṃ taṃ manuṃ viddhi tad vai manvantaraṃ smṛtam dvitīyam āpavasyaitan manor antaram ucyate // sa vairājaḥ prajāsargaṃ sasarja puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ k: D6 T G M4 ins.: :k manuṃ prajāpatiṃ viddhi sasarja prabhur īśvaraḥ | nārāyaṇavisargaḥ sa prajās tasyāpy ayonijāḥ // āyuṣmān kīrtimān dhanyaḥ prajāvāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ k: T G ins. after 40ab, M1.2.4 after 40: :k sthiravaṃśaś ca bhavati mṛtaḥ svarge mahīyate | ādisargaṃ viditvemaṃ yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyād gatim // h: HV (CE) chapter 2, transliterated by Peter Schreiner; version of February 13, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h sa sṛṣṭāsu prajāsv evam āpavo vai prajāpatiḥ lebhe vai puruṣaḥ patnīṃ śatarūpām ayonijām // āpavasya mahimnā tu divam āvṛtya tiṣṭhataḥ dharmeṇaiva mahārāja śatarūpā vyajāyata // sā tu varṣāyutaṃ taptvā tapaḥ paramaduścaram bhartāraṃ dīptatapasaṃ puruṣaṃ pratyapadyata // sa vai svāyaṃbhuvas tāta puruṣo manur ucyate tasyaikasaptatiyugaṃ manvantaram ihocyate // vairājāt puruṣād vīraṃ śatarūpā vyajāta priyavratottānapādau vīrāt kāmyā vyajāyata // kāmyā nāma mahābāho kardamasya prajāpateḥ k: After 6ab, T1.2.4,G ins.: :k sutā sutapasā yuktā mahatī lokadhāriṇī | kāmyāputrāś ca catvāraḥ samrāṭ kukṣir virāṭ prabhuḥ // k: K2-4,Ñ2.3,V,B1.2,D(D3 marg.),T3.4 ins., after 6; B3 after 6ab: :k priyavrataṃ samāsādya patiṃ sājanayat sutān | uttānapādaṃ jagrāha putram atriḥ prajāpatiḥ uttānapādāc caturaḥ sūnṛtā suṣuve sutān // dharmasya kanyā suśroṇī sūnṛtā nāma viśrutā utpannā vāci dharmeṇa dhruvasya jananī śubhā // dhruvaṃ ca kīrtimantaṃ cāpy ayasmantam ayaspatim uttānapādo 'janayat sūnṛtāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ // dhruvo varṣasahasrāṇi trīṇi divyāni bhārata tapas tepe mahārāja prārthayan sumahad yaśaḥ // tasmai brahmā dadau prītaḥ sthānam ātmasamaṃ prabhuḥ acalam caiva purataḥ saptarṣīṇāṃ prajāpatiḥ // tasyābhimānam ṛddhiṃ ca mahimānaṃ nirīkṣya ca devāsurāṇām ācāryaḥ ślokam apy uśanā jagau // aho yasya tapaso vīryam aho śrutam aho vratam yam adya purataḥ kṛtvā dhruvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ // tasmāc chliṣṭaṃ ca mānyaṃ ca dhruvāc chambur vyajāyata śliṣṭer ādhatta succhāyā pañca putrān akalmaṣān k: K2,D2 ins. after 14cd; K3,D1 after 14: :k prācīnagarbhaṃ vṛkatiṃ vṛkalaṃ vṛkatejasam | patnī prācīnagarbhasya sūnṛtā suṣuve nṛpa | nāmnodāradhiyaṃ putram indro yaḥ pūrvajanmani || udāradhīḥ sutaṃ bhadrā+ +janayad vai divaṃjayam | ripuṃ ripuṃjayaṃ jajñe varāṅgī sā divaṃjayāt | ripuṃ ripuṃjayaṃ vipraṃ vṛkalam vṛkatejasam // ripor ādhatta bṛhatī cākṣuṣam sarvatejasam ajījanat puṣkariṇyāṃ vairaṇyāṃ cākṣuṣo manum // prajāpater ātmajāyāṃ vīraṇasya mahātmanaḥ manor ajāyanta daśa naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ kanyāyāṃ bharataśreṣṭha vairājasya prajāpateḥ // ūruḥ pūruḥ śatadyumnas tapasvī satyavit kaviḥ agniṣṭud atirātraś ca sudyumnaś ceti tenava abhimanyuś ca daśamo naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ // ūror'janayat putrān ṣaḍāgneyī mahāprabhān aṅgaṃ sumanasaṃ svātiṃ kratum āṅgirasaṃ śivam // aṅgāt sunīthāpatyaṃ vai venam ekaṃ vyajāyata apacāreṇa venasya prakopaḥ sumahān abhūt // prajārtham ṛṣayo 'thāsya mamanthur dakṣiṇaṃ karam venasya pāṇau mathite saṃbabhūva mahān ṛṣiḥ // taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ prāhur eṣa vai muditāḥ prajāḥ kariṣyati mahātejā yaśaś ca prāpsyate mahat // sa dhanvī kavacī jātas tejasā nirdahann iva k: D6 T1.2 G ins. after the repetition of 22a; T4 after 22a: :k baddhagodhāṅgulitravān | prajārakṣākṛtotsāhaḥ | pṛthur vainyas tadā cemāṃ rarakṣa kṣatrapūrvajaḥ // rājasūyābhiṣiktānām ādyaḥ sa vasudhādhipaḥ tasmāc caiva samutpannau nipuṇau sūtam agadhau // teneyaṃ gaur mahārāja dugdhā sasyāni bhārata prajānāṃ vṛttikāmena devaiḥ sarṣigaṇaiḥ saha // sarpaiḥ puṇyajanaiś caiva vīrudbhiḥ parvatais tathā // teṣu teṣu ca pātreṣu duhyamānā vasuṃdharā prādād yathepsitaṃ kṣīraṃ tena prāṇān adhāryan // pṛthuputrau tu dharmajñau jajñāte 'ntardhipālinau śikhaṇḍinī havirdhānam antardhānād vyājāyata // havirdhānāt ṣaḍāgneyī dhiṣaṇājanayat sutān prācīnabarhiṣaṃ śukram gayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vrajājinau // prācīnabarhir bhagavān mahān āsīt prajāpatiḥ havirdhānān mahārāja yena saṃvardhitāḥ prajāḥ // prācīnāgrāḥ kuśās tasya pṛthivyāṃ janamejaya prācīnabarher abhavan pṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ // samudratanayāyāṃ tu kṛtadāro 'bhavat prabhuḥ mahatas tapasaḥ pāre savarṇāyāṃ mahīpatiḥ // savarṇādhatta sāmudrī daśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ k: After 32ab, T1.2 G1.3.4 ins.: :k putrān vai janayām āsa sarvalokābhipūjitān | sarve pracetasa nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ // apṛthagdharmacaraṇās te 'tapyanta mahat tapaḥ daśa varṣasahasrāṇi samudrasalileśayāḥ // tapaś caratsu pṛthivīṃ pracetaḥsu mahīruhaḥ arakṣyamāṇām āvavrur babhūvātha prajākṣayaḥ // k: After 34, Ñ2 V B2 Ds D3-5 ins.: :k pratyāhṛtāḥ prajāḥ sarvāś cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ | nāśakan māruto vātuṃ vṛtaṃ kham abhavad drumaiḥ daśa varṣasahasrāṇi na śekuś ceṣṭituṃ prajāḥ // tad upaśrutya tapasā yuktāḥ sarve pracetasaḥ k: For 36ab, Ñ1 subst.: :k prācetasam upastavya tapasaḥ sarvaparvataiḥ | mukhebhyo vāyum agniṃ ca te 'sṛjañ jātamanyavaḥ // unmūlān atha vṛkṣāṃs tān kṛtvā vāyur aśoṣayat tān agnir adahad ghora evam āsīd drumakṣayaḥ // drumakṣayam atho buddhvā kiṃcic chiṣṭeṣu śākhiṣu upagamyābravīd etān rājā somaḥ pratāpavān // kopaṃ yacchata rājānaḥ sarve prācīnabarhiṣaḥ vṛkṣaśūnyā kṛtā pṛthvī śāmyetām agnimārutau // ratnabhūtā ca kanyeyaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ varavarṇinī bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā tāta dhṛtā garbheṇa vai mayā // māriṣā nāma nāmnaiṣā vṛkṣāṇām iti nirmitā bhāryā vo 'stu mahābhāgā somavaṃśavivardhinī // k: "mahābhāgā" could be attribute of Māriṣā (without visarga) or of the Pracetasaḥ (with visarga). :k yuṣmākaṃ tejaso 'rdhena mama cārdhena tejasaḥ asyām utpatsyate vidvān dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ // sa imāṃ dagdhabhūyiṣṭhāṃ yuṣmattejomayena vai agnināgnisamo bhūyaḥ prajāḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati // tataḥ somasya vacanāj jagṛhus te pracetasaḥ saṃhṛtya kopaṃ vṛkṣebhyaḥ patnīṃ dharmeṇa māriṣām // k: After 44, N (except Ś1 Ñ2 D6) T4 G2 ins.: :k māriṣāyāṃ tatas te vai manasā garbham ādadhuḥ | daśabhyas tu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ dakṣo jajñe mahātejāḥ somasyāṃśena bhārata // putrān utpādayām āsa somavaṃśavivardhanān acarāṃś ca carāṃś caiva dvipado 'tha catuṣpadaḥ // sa sṛṣṭvā manasā dakṣaḥ palścād asṛjata striyaḥ k: After 47ab, V2 ins.: :k tadā prajāvivṛddhyarthaṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ | dadau sa daśa darmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa śiṣṭāḥ somāya rājñe tu nakṣatrākhyā dadau prabhuḥ // tāsu devā khagā gāvo nāgā ditijadānavāḥ gandharvāpsarasaś caiva jajñire 'nyāś ca jātayaḥ // tataḥprabhṛti rājendra prajā maithunasaṃbhavāḥ saṃkalpād darśanāt sparśāt pūrveṣāṃ sṛṣṭir ucyate // devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ // aṅguṣṭhād brahmaṇo jāto dakṣaś coktas tvayānagha k: After 51ab, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2.4 G M4 ins.: :k vāmāṅguṣṭhāt tathā caiva tasya patnī vyajāyata | kathaṃ prācetasatvaṃ sa punar lebhe mahātapāḥ // etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ vipra vyākhyātuṃ tvam ihārhasi dauhitraś caiva somasya kathaṃ śvaśuratāṃ gataḥ // utpattiś ca nirodhaś ca nityau bhūteṣu bhārata ṛṣayo 'tra na muhyanti vidyāvantaś ca ye janāḥ // yuge yuge bhavanty ete sarve dakṣādayo nṛpa punaś caiva nirudhyante vidvāṃs tatra na muhyati // jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kāniṣṭhyam apy eṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nāsīj janādhipa tapa eva garīyo 'bhūt prabhāvaś caiva kāraṇam // imāṃ hi sṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya yo vidyāt sacarācaram prajāvān āyur uttīrṇaḥ svargaloke mahīyate // k: After 56, D2 ins.: :k divyān bhogān avāpnoti rambhādistrībhir āvṛtaḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 3, transliterated by Peter Schreiner; version of March, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām utpattiṃ vistareṇaiva vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya // prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā yathā sasarja bhūtāni tathā śṛṇu mahīpate // manasā tv eva bhūtāni pūrvam evāsṛjat prabhuḥ ṛṣīn devān sagandharvān asurān atha rākṣasān // k: After 3, K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k yakṣabhūtapiśācāṃś ca vayaḥpaśumṛgāṃs tathā | yadāsya yatamānasya na vyavardhanta vai prajāḥ k: After 4ab, Ś1 K V2 Dn D1.2.4(marg.) T2-4 G2.4 ins.: :k apadhyātā bhagavatā mahādevena dhīmatā | tataḥ saṃcintya tu punaḥ prajāhetoḥ prajāpatiḥ // sa maithunena dharmeṇa sisṛkṣur vividhā prajāḥ asiknīm āvahat patnīṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ sutāṃ sutapasā yuktāṃ mahatīṃ lokadhāraṇīm // atha putrasahasrāṇi vairaṇyāṃ pañca vīryavān asiknyāṃ janayām āsa dakṣa eva prajāpatiḥ // tāṃs tu dṛṣṭvā mahābhāgān saṃvivardhayiṣūn prajāḥ devarṣiḥ priyasaṃvādo nāradaḥ prābravīd idam nāśāya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śāpāyaivātmanas tathā // yaṃ kaśyapaḥ sutavaraṃ parameṣṭhī vyajījanat dakṣasya vai duhitari dakṣaśāpabhayān muniḥ // pūrvaṃ sa hi samutpanno nāradaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ asiknyām atha vairaṇyāṃ bhūyo devarṣisattamaḥ taṃ bhūyo janayām āsa piteva munipuṃgavam // tena dakṣaya putrā vai haryaśvā iti viśrutāḥ nirmathya nāśitāḥ sarve vidhinā ca na saṃśayaḥ // tasyodyatas tadā dakṣo nāśāyāmitavikramaḥ brahmarṣīn purataḥ kṛtvā yācitaḥ parameṣṭhinā // tato 'bhnisaṃdhiṃ cakre vai dakṣas tu parameṣṭhinā kanyāyāṃ nārado mahyaṃ tava putro bhaved iti // tato dakṣaḥ sutāṃ prādāt priyāṃ vai parameṣṭhine sa tasyāṃ nārado jajñe bhūyaḥ śāpabhayād ṛṣiḥ // kathaṃ praṇāśitāḥ putrā nāradena maharṣinā prajāpater dvijaśreṣṭha śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ // dakṣasya putrā haryaśvā vivardhayiṣavaḥ prajāḥ samāgatā mahāvīryā nāradas tān uvāca ha // bāliśā bata yūyaṃ ye nāsyā jānīta vai bhuvaḥ k: K1(marg.).2.3 (all first time).4 Ñ V B Dn Ds D1-4.5(first time).6 T1.3.4 G4 ins. after 16ab; K1(marg.).2.3 D5 (all second time) after 17ab; T2 G1-3.5 after 16; M4 after 18ab: :k pramāṇaṃ sraṣṭukāmā vai prajā prācetasātmajāḥ | antar ūrdhvam adhaś caiva kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ // k: Ś1 Dn2 D4 ins. after 16; K1.3 cont. after the first occurrence of *50: :k vāyor anaśanaṃ prāpya gatās te vai parābhavam | te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prayātā sarvatodiśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ // haryaśveṣv atha naṣṭeṣu dakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ punaḥ vairaṇyām eva putrāṇāṃ sahasram asṛjat prabhuḥ // vivardhayiṣavas te tu śabalāśvāḥ prajās tadā pūrvoktaṃ vacanaṃ tāta nāradenaiva coditāḥ // anyonyam ūcus te sarve samyag āha mahān ṛṣiḥ bhrātṝṇāṃ padavī caiva gantavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ jñātvā pramāṇaṃ pṛthvyāś ca sukhaṃ srakṣyāmahe prajāḥ // k: After 20, Ñ2.3 V B Dn D8u T3.4 ins.: :k ekāgrā svasthamanaso yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ | te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa prayātāḥ sarvatodiśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ // k: K2.3(first time).4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G1-3.5 M4 ins. after 21; K1.3(second time) after 22: :k naṣṭeṣu śabalāśveṣu dakṣa kruddho 'bravīd vacaḥ | nāradaṃ nāśam ehīti garbhavāsaṃ vaseti ca | tadāprabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrātur anveṣaṇe nṛpa prayāto naśyati vibho tan na kāryaṃ vipaśyatā // tāṃś cāpi naṣṭān vijñāya putrān dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ k: After 23ab, Ds ins.: :k tadbhītyā nāradaṃ śaptvā kanyā evāsṛjat prabhuḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjat kanyā vairaṇyām iti na śrutam // k: After 23, K2.4 Ñ V B Dn Ds D1-5 T G1-3.5 ins.: :k tās tadā pratijagrāha bhāryārthe kaśyapaḥ prabhuḥ | somo dharmaś ca kauravya tathaivānye maharṣayaḥ | dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa saptaviṃśati somāya catasro 'riṣṭanemaye // dve caiva bahuputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tathā dve bhṛśāśvāya viduṣe tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu // arundhatī vasur jāmī lambā bhānur marutvatī saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvā ca bhārata dharmapatnyo daśa tv etās tāsv apatyāni me śṛṇu // viśvedevās tu viśvāyāḥ sādhyā sādhyān vyajāyata marutvatyāṃ marutvanto vasos tu vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ // bhānos tu bhānavas tāta muhūrtās tu mūhūrtajāḥ lambāyāś caiva ghoṣo 'tha nāgavīthī ca jāmijā // pṛthivīviṣayaṃ sarvam arundhatyāṃ vyajāyata saṃkalpāyās tu sarvātmā jajñe saṃkalpa eva ca // k: K1(marg. "sec. m.").2-4 Ñ1(first time).2.3 V B Dn Ds D2.3(marg.).5.6 ins. after 29; D4 after 34: :k nāgavīthyāś ca jāminyā vṛṣalambā vyajāyata | yā rājan somapatnyas tu dakṣaḥ prācetaso dadau sarvā nakṣatranāmnyas tu jyotiṣe parikīrtitāḥ // ye tv aneke suragaṇā devā jyotiḥpurogamāḥ vasavo 'ṣṭau samākhyātās teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi vistaram // āpo dhruvaś ca somaś ca dharaś caivānilo 'nalaḥ pratyūṣaś ca prabhasaś ca vasavo nāmabhiḥ śrutāḥ // āpasya putro vaitaṇḍyaḥ śramaḥ śānto munis tathā dhruvasya putro bhagavān kālo lokaprakālanaḥ // somasya bhagavān varcā varcasvī yena jāyate dharasya putro draviṇo hutahavyavahas tathā manoharāyāḥ śiśiraḥ prāṇo 'tha ramaṇas tathā // anilasya śivā bhāryā yasyāḥ putraḥ purojavaḥ avijñātagatiś caiva dvau putrāv anilasya tu // agniputraḥ kumāras tu śarastambe śriyā vṛtaḥ tasya śākho viśākhaś ca naigameṣaś ca pṛṣṭhajaḥ apatyaṃ kṛttikānāṃ sa kārttikeya iti smṛtaḥ // k: After 36, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T3.4 G2 ins.: :k skandaḥ sanatkumāraś ca sṛṣṭaḥ pādena tejasaḥ | pratyūṣasya viduḥ putram ṛṣiṃ nāmnātha devalam dvau putrau devalasyāpi kṣamāvantau manīṣiṇau // bṛhaspates tu bhaginī varastrī brahmacāriṇī yogasiddhā jagat kṛtsnam asaktā vicacāra ha // prabhāsasya tu bhāryā sā vasūnām aṣṭamasya tu visvakarmā mahābhāgas tasyāṃ jajñe prajāpatiḥ // kartā śilpasahasrāṇāṃ tridaśānāṃ ca vardhakiḥ bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kartā śilpavatāṃ varaḥ // yaḥ sarveṣāṃ vimānānī daivatānāṃ cakāra ha mānuṣāś copajīvanti yasya śilpaṃ mahātmanaḥ // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Dn Ds D1.2.3(marg.).4-6 T3.4 M4 ins. after 41; K4 V3 T1.2 G1.2.4.5 after 42: :k surabhiḥ kaśyapād rudrān ekādaśa vinirmame | mahādevaprasādena tapasā bhāvitā satī | ajaikapād ahirbudhnyas tvaṣṭā rudraś ca vīryavān tvaṣṭuś caivātmajaḥ śrīmān viśvarūpo mahāyaśāḥ // haraś ca bahurūpaś ca tryambakaś cāparājitaḥ vṛṣākapiś ca śaṃbhuś ca kapardī raivatas tathā // k: After 43, K2.4 V B Ds D1-3.5 T G M4 ins.: :k mṛgavyādhaś ca sarpaś ca kapālī ca viśāṃ pate | ekādaśaite kathitā rudrās tribhuvaneśvarāḥ śataṃ caivaṃ samākhyātaṃ rudrāṇām amitaujasām // k: After 44, K Ñ2.3 V B D T2-4 G M4 ins.: :k purāṇe bharataśreṣṭha yair vyāptāḥ sacarācarāḥ | lokā bharataśārdūla kaśyapasya nibodha me | k: V2 cont.: :k anyaiḥ satyavratā rājan yābhir lokatrayaṃ dhṛtam | aditir ditir danuś caiva ariṣṭā surasā tathā surabhir vinatā caiva tāmrā krodhavaśā irā kadrūr muniś ca lokeśa tāsv apatyāni me śṛṇu // k: No sandhi between "krodhavaśā" and "irā"? :k k: After 45c, D6 T G M3.4 ins.: :k ... khaṣā caiva trayodaśa | kaśyapasya tu bhāryā vai ... | k: Wrong sandhi if "khaṣā" stands for plural "khaṣāḥ"? :k pūrvamanvantare śreṣṭhā dvādaśāsan surottamāḥ tuṣitā nāma te 'nyonyam ūcur vaivasvate 'ntare // upasthite 'tiyaśasyaś cākṣuṣasyāntre manoḥ hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ samāgamya parasparam // āgacchata drutaṃ devā aditiṃ saṃpraviśya vai manvantare prasūyāmas tan naḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati // evam uktvā tu te sarve cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ mārīcāt kaśyapāj jātās te 'dityā dakṣakanyayā // k: After 49, Ds ins.: :k pūrvajanmani sutapaḥ+ +pṛśnirūpe babhūvatuḥ | tatra viṣṇuś ca śakraś ca jajñāte punar eva hi aryamā caiva dhātā ca tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathaiva ca // vivasvān savitā caiva mitro varuṇa eva ca aṃśo bhagaś cātitejā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ // cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvam āsan ye tuṣitāḥ surāḥ vaivasvate 'ntare te vai ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ // saptaviṃśat tu yāḥ proktāḥ somapatnyo 'tha suvratāḥ tāsām apatyāny abhavan dīptāny amitatejasām // k: After 53, D5 ins.: :k tārāgaṇāḥ samastā ye gagane ye cakāsati | ariṣṭanemeḥ patnīnām apatyānīha ṣoḍaśa bahuputrasya viduṣaś catasro vidyutaḥ smṛtāḥ pratyaṅgirasajāḥ śreṣṭhā ṛco brahmarṣisatkṛtāḥ // bhṛśāśvasya tu devarṣer devapraharaṇāḥ sutāḥ ete yugasahasrānte jāyante punar eva ha // sarve devagaṇās tāta trayas triṃśat tu kāmajāḥ teṣām api ca rājendra nirodhotpattir ucyate // yathā sūryasya kauravya udayāstamayāv iha k: After 57ab, D6 T1.3.4 G ins.: :k tathā yugāni rājendra praḷayā manavas tathā | evaṃ devanikāyās te saṃbhavanti yuge yuge // dityāḥ putradvayaṃ jajñe kaśyapād iti naḥ śrutam k: After 58ab, K2.4 B1 D1.2.5 ins.: :k kaśyapasyātmajāv etau sarvebhyaḥ pūrvajau matau | hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva hiraṇyākṣaś ca bhārata siṃhikā cābhavat kanyā vipracitteḥ parigrahaḥ // k: After 58, K Ñ2.3 V B D T1.2 G1.3.5 ins.: :k saiṃhikeyā iti khyātās tasyāḥ putrā mahābalāḥ | k: K2.4 V B2 Dn D2.3.5 G3 cont.: :k gaṇas teṣāṃ tu rājendra daśasāhasra ucyate | k: After *68, V1(marg.).3 read 64a-65b, V1 repeating the same in its proper place. While K2 V2 B2 D3(marg.).5 cont. after *68; Ñ2.3 B1.3 Ds D4.6 ins. after 58; V1 after the first occurrence of 64ab; V3 after 64ab: :k teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ | asaṃkhyātā mahābāho hiraṇyakaśipoḥ śṛṇu | hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ anuhrādaś ca hrādaś ca prahrādaś caiva vīryavān // saṃhrādas ca caturtho 'bhūd dhrādaputro hradas tathā k: After 60ab, K1-3 V2.3 Dn D4 ins.: :k saṃhrādaputrau sundaś ca nisundas tāv ubhau smṛtau | hradasya putro 'py āyur vai śivaḥ kālas tathaiva ca k: After 60cd, T G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k saṃhrādaputra āyuṣmāñ śibir bāṣkala eva ca | k: T3 cont.: :k teṣāṃ madhye mahābhāga sarvatra samadṛg vaśī | prahrādaḥ paramāṃ bhaktiṃ ya uvāca janārdane | virocanaś ca prāhrādir balir jajñe virocanāt // baleḥ putraśataṃ tv āsīd bāṇajyeṣṭhaṃ narādhipa dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca sūryaś ca candramāś cendratāpanaḥ // kumbhanābho gardabhākṣaḥ kukṣir ity edvamādayaḥ bāṇas teṣām atibalo jyeṣṭhaḥ paśupateḥ priyaḥ // purākalpe hi bāṇena prasādyomāpatiṃ prabhum pārśvato me vihāraḥ syād ity evaṃ yācito varaḥ // k: After 63, V1.3 B2(marg.) Ds Bomb. and Poona eds. ins.: :k bāṇasya cendradamano lohityām udapadyata | gaṇas teṣāṃ tu rājendra śatasāhasrasaṃmitaḥ | hiraṇāksasutāḥ pañca vidvāṃsaḥ sumahābalāḥ jharjharaḥ śakuniś caiva bhūtasaṃtāpanas tathā mahānābhaś ca vikrāntaḥ kālanābhas tathaiva ca // abhavan danuputrās tu śataṃ tīvraparākramāḥ tapasvino mahāvīryāḥ prādhānyena nibodha tān // dvimūrdhā śakuniś caiva tathā śaṅkuśirā vibhuḥ k: After 66ab, N(except Ś1 Ñ1 D3) T2-4 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k śaṅkukarṇo vivādaś ca gaveṣṭhī duṃdubhis tathā | ayomukhaḥ śambaraś ca kapilo vāmanas tathā // marīcir maghavāṃś caiva iḍā gargaśirās tathā vikṣobhaṇaś ca ketuś ca ketuvīryaśatahradau // indrajit sasrvajic caiva vajranābhas tathaiva ca k: After 68ab, K2.4 Ñ3 V B D(except D2) T3.4 G4 ins.: :k mahānābhaś ca vikrāntaḥ kālanābhas tathaiva ca | ekacakro mahābāhus tārakaś ca mahābalaḥ // vaiśvānaraḥ pulomā ca vidrāvaṇamahāśirau svarbhānur vṛṣaparvā ca vipracittiś ca vīryavān // k: After 69, N(except Ś1 Ñ1) T G ins.: :k sūkṣmaś caiva nicandraś ca ūrṇanabho mahāhiriḥ | asilomā sukeśī ca śaṭhaś ca balako madaḥ | tathā gaganamūrdhā ca kumbhanābho mahāsuraḥ | pramado mayaḥ kupatho hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān || vaisṛpaḥ savirūpākṣaḥ supatho 'tha harāharau | hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva śatamāyaś ca śambaraḥ | śarabhaḥ śalabhaś caiva vipracittiś ca vīryavān | sarva ete danoḥ putrāḥ kaśyapād abhijajñire vipracittipradhānās te dānavāḥ sumahābalāḥ // k: After 70, M4 repeats 69ab. While N(except Ś1 K3 Ñ1) T G ins. after 70p; M4 after the repetition of 69ab: :k eteṣāṃ yad apatyaṃ tu tan na śakyaṃ narādhipa | prasaṃkhyātuṃ mahīpāla putrapautram anantakam | svarbhānos tu prabhā kanyā pulomnas tu śacī sutā upadānavī hayaśirāḥ śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī // k: 3.71c hypermetric. :k pulomā kālakā caiva vaiśvānarasute ubhe bahvapatye mahāsattve mārīces tu parigrahaḥ // tayoḥ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ dānavasattamān k: K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G1.2 M4 ins. after 73ab; G3-5 after 73: :k caturdaśaśatān anyān hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ | mārīcir janayām āsa mahatā tapasānvitaḥ // paulomāḥ kālakeyāś ca dānavās te mahābalāḥ avadhyā devatānāṃ hi hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ pitāmahaprasādena ye hatāḥ savyasācinā // k: After 74, N(except Ś1 K3 Ñ1; K1 marg.) T G M4 ins.: :k prabhāyā nahuṣaḥ putro jayantaś ca sacīsutaḥ | pūruṃ jajñe 'tha śarmiṣṭhā duḥṣantam upadānavī | tato 'pare mahāvīryā dānavā atidāruṇāḥ siṃhikāyām athotpannā vipracitteḥ sutās tathā // daityadānavasaṃyogāj jātās tīvraparākramāḥ siṃhikeyā iti khyātās trayodaśa mahābalāḥ // vyaṅgaḥ śalyaś ca balinau balaś caiva mahābalaḥ vātāpir namuciś caiva ilvalaḥ khasṛmas tathā // ājjiko narakaś caiva kālanābhas tathaiva ca k: K2-4 V1.3 B2.3 Dn Ds D2.4-6 T G1.2.4.5 M4 ins. after 78ab; K1 Ñ2.3 V2 B1 D3 G3 after 78; D1 cont. after *81: :k rāhur jyeṣṭhas tu teṣāṃ vai candrasūryapramardanaḥ | śaraḥ potaraṇaś caiva vajranābhaś ca vīryavān || mūkaś caiva tuhuṇḍaś ca hradaputrau babhūvatuḥ | mārīcaḥ sundaputraś ca tāḍakāyāṃ vyajāyata | k: While D1 ins. after 78ab: :k svarbhānuś ca mahāvīryo vaktrayodhī mahāsuraḥ | saramāṇas tathā caiva śarakalpaś ca vīryavān // ete vai dānavāḥ śreṣṭhā danuvaṃśavivardhanāḥ teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ // saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ kule samutpannāḥ sumahatā tapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ // k: After 80, N(except Ś1 K3 Ñ1) T G M4 ins.: :k catasraḥ koṭayas tāś ca maṇimatyāṃ nivāsinaḥ | te 'py avadhyās tu devānām arjunena vipātitāḥ | k: T1.2 G cont.: :k anekamāyākuśalā dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ | ṣaṭ sutāḥ sumahāsattvās tāmrāyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ kākī śyenī ca bhāsī ca sugrīvī śucigṛdhrike // kākī tu janayām āsa ulūkī pratyulūkakān śyenī śyenāṃs tathā bhāsī bhāsān gṛdhrāṃś ca gṛdhrikā // śucir audakān pakṣigaṇān sugrīvī tu paraṃtapa aśvān uṣṭrān gardabhāṃś ca tāmrāvaṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ // vinatāyās tu putrau dvāv aruṇo garuḍas tathā suparṇaḥ patatāṃ śreṣṭho dāruṇaḥ svena karmaṇā // surasāyāḥ sahasraṃ tu sarpāṇām amitaujasām anekaśirasāṃ tāta khecarāṇāṃ mahātmanām // kādraveyās tu balilnaḥ sahasram amitaujasaḥ suparṇavaśagā nāgā jajñire 'nekamastakāḥ // teṣāṃ pradhānāḥ satataṃ śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ airāvato mahāpadmaḥ kambalāśvatarāv ubhau // ailāpatraś ca śaṅkhaś ca karkoṭakadhanaṃjayau mahānīlamahākarṇau dhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakau // kuharaḥ puṣpadaṃṣṭraś ca durmukhaḥ sumukhas tathā śaṅkhaś ca śaṅkhapālaś ca kapilo vāmanas tathā // nahuṣaḥ śaṅkharomā ca maṇir ity evamādayaḥ k: After 90ab, T3 ins.: :k ete cānye ca bahavo daṃdaśūkā viṣolbaṇāḥ | k: T3 cont.; K1.2(also marg.).4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn2 D3 D1-6 T2.4 G1.4 ins. after 90ab; Dn1 after 89ab: :k teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca garuḍena nipātitāḥ | caturdaśasahasrāṇi krūrāṇām uragāśinā | gaṇaṃ krodhavaśaṃ viddhi tatra sarve ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ // sthalajāḥ pakṣiṇo 'bjās ca dharāyāḥ prasavaḥ smṛtaḥ k: After 91ab, Ś1 ins.: :k anāyuṣāyāḥ putrās tu pañcāśat sumahābalāḥ | surato guṇavṛttaś ca vikṣaro 'tha nṛpas tathā | gās tu vai janayām āsa surabhī mahiṣī tathā // irā vṛkṣalatāvallīs tṛṇajātīś ca sarvaśaḥ khasā tu yakṣaraksāṃsi munir apsarasas tathā // ariṣṭā tu mahāsattvān gandharvān amitaujasaḥ ete kaśyapadāyādāḥ kīrtitāḥ sthāṇujaṃgamāḥ // teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ eṣa manvantare tāta sargaḥ svārociṣe smṛtaḥ // vaivasvate tu mahati vāruṇe vitate kratau juhvānasya brahmaṇo vai prajāsarga ihocyate // pūrvaṃ yatra tu brahmarṣīn utpannān sapta mānasān putratve kalpayām āsa svayam eva pitāmahaḥ // tato virodhe devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca bhārata ditir vinaṣṭaputrā vai toṣayām āsa kaśyapam // tāṃ kaśyapaḥ prasannātmā samyagārādhitas tayā vareṇa cchandayām āsa sā ca vavre varaṃ tadā // putram indravadhārthāya samartham amitaujasam sa ca tasyai varaṃ prādāt prārthitaṃ sumahātapāḥ // dattvā ca varam avyagro mārīcas tām abhāṣata indraṃ putro nihantā te garbhe cec charadāṃ śatam // yadi dhārayase śaucaṃ tatparā vratam āsthitā bhaviṣyati sutas te 'yaṃ yady enaṃ dhārayiṣyasi // tathety abhihito bhartā tayā devyā mahātapāḥ dhārayām āsa garbhaṃ tu śuciḥ sā vasudhādhipa // k: After 102, Db T G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k nityaṃ triṣavaṇaṃ snātā kṛcchracāndrāyaṇe ratā | tato 'bhyupagamād dityāṃ garbham ādhāya kaśyapaḥ rocayan vai gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ devānām amitaujasām // tejaḥ saṃbhṛtya durdharṣam avadhyam amaraiḥ sadā jagāma partavāyaiva tapase saṃśitavrataḥ // k: After 104, T3 ins.: :k dadhāra sā ca taṃ garbhaṃ samyak sā ca samanvitā || garbham ātmavadhārthāya jñātvā taṃ maghavān api | k: T3 cont.; T2 G M4 ins. after 104: :k gate tu kāśyape tāta varadaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | k: T2.3 G M4 cont.; D6 T1.4 ins. after 104: :k tasyāś caivāntaraprepsur vavande caraṇau diteḥ | śuśrūṣayāmy ahaṃ devi pādau te niyatavrate | evamuktā tu sā devī śakreṇāmitatejasā | uvāca vacanaṃ devī śakraṃ śatrunibarhaṇam || śuśrūṣaya mahābhāga niyatātmā mahādyute | tataḥ paśyasi saṃjātaṃ bhrātaraṃdīptatejasam || tac chrutvā vacanaṃ devyāḥ śuśrūṣanaparāyaṇaḥ | tasyāś caivāntaraprepsur abhavat pākaśāsanaḥ ūne varṣaśate cāsyā dadarśāntaram acyutaḥ // akṛtvā pādayoḥ śaucaṃ ditiḥ śayanam āviśat nidrām āhārayām āsa tasyāḥ kukṣiṃ praviśya ha vajrapāṇis tato garbhaṃ saptadhā taṃ nyakṛntata // sa pāṭyamāno garbho 'tha vajreṇa praruroda ha mā rodīr iti taṃ śakraḥ punaḥ punar abhābravīt // so 'bhavat saptadhā garbhas tam indro ruṣitaḥ punaḥ ekaikaṃ saptadhā cakre vajreṇaivārikarśanaḥ k: After 108d, D6 T G M4 ins.: :k tena rodanaśabdena ditiḥ sā pratyabudhyata | uvāca śakram ārtā sā kiṃ tv etat kṛpaṇaṃ kṛtam || sa bhīto niścarat tasmād yonidvārāt puraṃdaraḥ | tataḥ pārśvagato devyāḥ pādayor nipapāta ha || aśucir devi suptāsi pādayoḥ kṛtamūrdhajā | mayātmavadhabhītena kṛtaṃ tat kṣantum arhasi || evamuktā tu sā devī āha śakram idaṃ vacaḥ | sukṛtaṃ sādhu te putra na te bhavati duṣkṛtam || kiṃ tu vakṣyāmy ahaṃ kiṃcit tat kuruṣvārimardana | mamaiva putras tvaṃ deva rakṣa caitān yadīcchasi | bāḍham ity abravīd indra evam etan na saṃśayaḥ | maruto nāma devās te babhūvur bharatarṣabha // yathoktaṃ vai maghavatā tathaiva maruto 'bhavan k: After 109ab, D6 T G M4 ins.: :k mā rodīr iti yac chabdas tvayoktaḥ pākaśāsana | maruto nāma teneme bhavantu yadi manyase | devāsureṣu yuddheṣu bhṛtyās tava kṛte vibho | pṛṣṭhato 'nugamiṣyanti vaśagās te puraṃdara || evaṃ bruvāṇāṃ tāṃ devīṃ prāha śakras tv idaṃ vacaḥ | devā ekonapañcāśat sahāyā vajrapāṇinaḥ // teṣām evaṃ pravṛddhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ janamejaya nikāyeṣu nikāyeṣu hariḥ prādāt prajāpatīn kramaśas tāni rājyāni pṛthoḥ pūrvaṃ tu bhārata // sa hariḥ puruṣo vīraḥ kṛṣṇo jiṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ parjanyas tapano vyaktas tasya sarvam idaṃ jagat // k: After 111, V1 B2 ins. *94. While Ñ2.3 V3 ins. after 111; V1 cont. after *94; B1 Ds ins. after 112: :k prayato bhava rājendra śṛṇuṣvaikamanās tataḥ | nāśuddhe nāśucau vāpi nāśiṣyāya kathaṃcana || varṇayeyam ahaṃ rājan kṛtajñāya hitāya ca | svargyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedena saṃmitam | bhūtasargam imaṃ samyag jānato bharatarṣabha k: K2.4 Ñ2.3 V2.3 B1 Dn D1.5 Bom. and Poona eds. ins. after 112ab; V1 B2 after 111: :k marutāṃ ca śubhaṃ janma śṛṇvataḥ paṭhato 'pi vā | nāvṛttibhayam astīha paralokabhayaṃ kutaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 4, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of october 2, 2001 :h abhiṣicyādhirājye tu pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ pitāmahaḥ tataḥ krameṇa rājyāni vyādeṣṭum upacakrame // dvijānāṃ vīrudhāṃ caiva nakṣatragrahayos tathā yajñānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva somaṃ rājye 'bhyaṣecayat // apāṃ tu varuṇaṃ rājye rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ patim k: V2 D4 T4 ins.: :k bṛhaspatiṃ tu viśveṣāṃ dadāv āṅgirasaṃ patim || bhṛgūṇām adhipaṃ caiva kāvyaṃ rājye 'bhiṣecayat | ādityānāṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ vasūnām atha pāvakam // prajāpatīnāṃ dakṣaṃ tu marutām atha vāsavam daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca prahlādam amitaujasam // vaivasvataṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca yamaṃ rājye 'bhyaṣecayat k: S1 K1.3 Dn D4 ins.: :k mātṝṇāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca mantrāṇāṃ ca tathā gavām | yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca // k: B2.3 Ds D6 T1 ins. after 5: K4 Dn D5 after 6: N2.3 V D3 after 4: B1 after 5ab: While K4 Dn D5 ins. *97 after 6: :k nārāyaṇaṃ tu sādhyānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam | vipracittiṃ tu rājānaṃ dānavānām athādiśat | sarvabhūtapiśācānām girīśaṃ śūlapāṇinam śailānāṃ himavantaṃ ca nadīnām atha sāgaram // k: K1 D6 ins. after 6: K4 Dn D5 cont. after *97: N2 after *99: N3 V B1.2 ins. after 9: :k gandhānāṃ marutāṃ caiva bhūtānām aśarīriṇām | śabdākāśavatāṃ caiva vāyuṃ ca balināṃ varam | gandharvāṇām adhipatiṃ cakre citrarathaṃ prabhuḥ nāgānāṃ vāsukiṃ cakre sarpāṇām atha takṣakam // vāraṇānāṃ ca rājānam airāvatam athādiśat uccaiḥśravasam aśvānāṃ garuḍaṃ caiva pakṣiṇām // mṛgāṇām atha śārdūlaṃ govṛṣaṃ tu gavām api vanaspatīnāṃ rājānaṃ plakṣam evābhyaṣecayat // k: K4 Dn D5.6 ins. after 9; N2 after 9ab; N3 V B1.2 cont. after *98; Ds ins. after 4; D3 after 6: :k sāgarāṇāṃ nadīnāṃ ca meghānāṃ varṣaṇasya ca | ādityānāṃ adhipatiṃ parjanyam abhiṣiktavān || sarveṣāṃ daṃṣṭriṇāṃ śeṣaṃ rājānam abhyaṣecayat | sarīsṛpāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ rājānaṃ caiva takṣakam | k: K4 N2.3 V B1.2 Dn Ds D3.5.6 Bom. and Poona eds. cont.; K1 D2 T1.2 G1-3.5 M4 ins. after 9: :k sarvāpsarogaṇānāṃ ca kāmadevaḥ kṛtaḥ prabhuḥ || ṛtūnām atha māsānāṃ divasānāṃ tathaiva ca | pakṣāṇāṃ ca kṣapāṇāṃ ca muhūrtatithiparvaṇām || kalākāṣṭhāpramāṇānāṃ gaterayanayos tathā | gaṇitasyātha yogasya cakre saṃvatsaraṃ prabhum | evaṃ vibhajya rājyāni krameṇa sa pitāmahaḥ diśāṃ pālān atha tataḥ sthāpayāmāsa bhārata // pūrvasyāṃ diśi putraṃ tu vairājasya prajāpateḥ diśāpālaṃ sudhanvānaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat // dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahātmānaṃ kardamasya prajāpateḥ putraṃ śaṅkhapadaṃ nāma rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat // paścimasyāṃ diśi tathā rajasaḥ putramacyutam ketumantaṃ mahātmānaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat // tathā hiraṇyalomānaṃ parjanyasya prajāpateḥ udīcyāṃ diśi durdharṣaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat // tair iyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā k: D6 T3.4 G1-3.5 ins. after 15a: T2 after the repetition of 15a: :k saśailavanakānanā | sasāgarā ca sasarit | yathāpradeśam adyāpi dharmeṇa paripālyate // rājasūyābhiṣiktaś ca pṛthur ebhir narādhipaiḥ vedadṛṣṭena vidhinā rājarājyena rājabhiḥ // tato manvantare 'tīte cākṣuṣe 'mitatejasi vaivasvatāya manave pṛthivīrājyam ādiśat // tasya vistaram ākhyāsye manor vaivasvatasya ha tavānukūlyād rājendra yadi śuśrūṣase 'nagha mahadd hy etad adhiṣṭhānaṃ purāṇe pariniṣṭhitam // k: N (except S1 K3 N1) T G M4 ins.: :k puṇyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargavāsakaraṃ śubham | vistareṇa pṛthor janma vaiśampāyana kīrtaya yathā mahātmanā tena dugdhā ceyaṃ vasuṃdharā // yathā ca pitṛbhir dugdhā yathā devair yatha rṣibhiḥ yathā daityaiś ca nāgaiś ca yathā yakṣair yathā drumaiḥ // k: All Mss. (except S1 N1 G4 M1-3) ins.: :k yathā śailaiḥ piśācaiś ca gandharvaiś ca dvijottamaiḥ | rākṣasaiś ca mahāsattvair yathā dugdhā vasuṃdharā | teṣāṃ pātraviśeṣāṃś ca vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya vatsān kṣīraviśeṣāṃś ca sarvam evānupūrvaśaḥ // yasmiṃś ca kāraṇe pāṇir venasya mathitaḥ purā kruddhair maharṣibhis tāta kāraṇaṃ tac ca kīrtaya // hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pṛthor vainyasya saṃbhavam ekāgraḥ prayataś caiva śuśrūṣur janamejaya // nāśuceḥ kṣudramanaso nāśiṣyasyāvratasya vā kīrtayeyam ahaṃ rājan kṛtaghnasyāhitasya vā // svargyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ vedena saṃmitam rahasyam ṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ śṛṇu rājan yathātatham // yaś cainaṃ kīrtayen nityaṃ pṛthor vainyasya saṃbhavam brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya na sa śocet kṛtākṛtam // h: HV (CE) chapter 5, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of october 2, 2001 :h āsīd dharmasya saṃgoptā pūrvam atrisamaḥ prabhuḥ atrivaṃśasamutpannas tv aṅgo nāma prajāpatiḥ // tasya putro 'bhavad veno nātyarthaṃ dhārmiko 'bhavat jāto mṛtyusutāyāṃ vai sunīthāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ // sa mātāmahadoṣeṇa venaḥ kālātmajātmajaḥ svadharmaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā kāmāl lokeṣv avartata // maryādāṃ sthāpayāmāsa dharmāpetāṃ sa pārthivaḥ vedadharmān atikramya so 'dharmanirato 'bhavat // niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ prajās tasmin prajāpatau prāvartanna papuḥ somaṃ hutaṃ yajñeṣu devatāḥ // na yaṣṭavyaṃ na hotavyam iti tasya prajāpateḥ āsīt pratijñā krūreyaṃ vināśe pratyupasthite // aham ījyaś ca yaṣṭā ca yajñaś ceti kurūdvaha mayi yajño vidhātavyo mayi hotavyam ity api // tam atikrāntamaryādam ādadānam asāṃpratam ūcur maharṣayaḥ sarve marīcipramukhās tadā // vayaṃ dīkṣāṃ pravekṣyāmaḥ saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn k: D6 ins.: :k phaladāyī sa cāsmākaṃ yajñas te 'dyāpi nānyathā | adharmaṃ kuru mā vena naiṣa dharmaḥ satāṃ mataḥ // nidhane hi prasūtas tvaṃ prajāpatir asaṃśayam prajāś ca pālayiṣye 'ham iti te samayaḥ kṛtaḥ // tāṃs tathā bruvataḥ sarvān maharṣīn abravīt tadā venaḥ prahasya durbuddhir imam artham anarthavat // sraṣṭā dharmasya kaś cānyaḥ śrotavyaṃ kasya vā mayā k: After 12ab, all Mss. (except S1 N1 M2.3; M1 missing) N2 V3 ins. after 11: :k śrutavīryatapaḥsatyair mayā vā kaḥ samo bhuvi | prabhavaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | saṃmūḍhā na vidur nūnaṃ bhavanto māṃ viśeṣataḥ // icchan daheyaṃ pṛthivīṃ plāvayeyaṃ tathā jalaiḥ dyāṃ vai bhuvaṃ ca rundheyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // yadā na śakyate mānād avalepāc ca pārthivaḥ anunetuṃ tadā venaṃ tataḥ kruddhā maharṣayaḥ // nigṛhya taṃ mahātmāno visphurantaṃ mahābalam k: T3.4 ins.: :k hanyatāṃ hanyatāṃ pāpa ity ūcus te parasparam || yo yajñapuruṣaṃ devam anādinidhanaṃ harim | vinindaty adhamācāro na sa yogyo bhuvaḥ patiḥ || ity uktvā mantrapūtais taiḥ kuśair munigaṇā nṛpam | nijaghnur nihataṃ pūrvaṃ bhagavan nindanādinā || tasmin hate jagat sarvaṃ dasyubhūtaṃ abhūn nṛpa | tataḥ saṃmantrya ṛṣayo mamanthus tasya bhūbhujaḥ | tato 'sya savyam ūruṃ te mamanthur jātamanyavaḥ // tasmiṃs tu mathyamāne vai rājña ūrau prajajñivān hrasvo 'timātraḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaś cāpi babhūva ha // sa bhītaḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā sthitavāñ janamejaya tam atrir vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣīdety abravīt tadā // niṣādavaṃśakartā sa babhūva vadatāṃ vara dhīvarān asṛjac cāpi venakalmaṣasaṃbhavān // ye cānye vindhyanilayās tumurās tumburās tathā adharmarucayas tāta viddhi tān venakalmaṣān // tataḥ punar mahātmānaḥ pāṇiṃ venasya dakṣiṇam araṇīm iva saṃrabdhā mamanthus te maharṣayaḥ // pṛthus tasmāt samuttasthau karāj jvalanasaṃnibhaḥ dīpyamānaḥ svavapuṣā sākṣād agnir iva jvalan // k: V2 Ds 6 Bom. and Poona eds. ins. after 21; B2 after 21ab: :k sa dhanvī kavacī jātaḥ pṛthur eva mahātapāḥ | ādyam ājagavaṃ nāma dhanur gṛhya mahāravam śarāṃś ca divyān rakṣārthaṃ kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham // tasmiñ jāte 'tha bhūtāni saṃprahṛṣṭāni sarvaśaḥ samāpetur mahārāja venaś ca tridivaṃ yayau // samutpannena kauravya satputreṇa mahātmanā trātaḥ sa puruṣavyāghra punnāmno narakāt tadā // taṃ samudrāś ca nadyaś ca ratnāny ādāya sarvaśaḥ toyāni cābhiṣekārthaṃ sarva evopatasthire // pitāmahaś ca bhagavān devair āṅgirasaiḥ saha sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni jaṃgamāni ca sarvaśaḥ // samāgamya tadā vainyam abhyaṣiñcan narādhipam mahatā rājarājyena prajāpālaṃ mahādyutim // so 'bhiṣikto mahātejā vidhivad dharmakovidaiḥ ādhirājye tadā rājā pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān // pitrāparañjitās tasya prajās tenānurañjitāḥ anurāgāt tatas tasya nāma rājety ajāyata // āpas tastambhire tasya samudram abhiyāsyataḥ parvatāś ca dadur mārgaṃ dhvajasaṅgaś ca nābhavat // akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī sidhyanty annāni cintayā sarvakāmadughā gāvaḥ puṭake puṭake madhu // etasminn eva kāle tu yajñe paitāmahe śubhe sūtaḥ sūtyāṃ samutpannaḥ sautye 'hani mahāmatiḥ // tasminn eva mahāyajñe jajñe prājño 'tha māgadhaḥ pṛthoḥ stavārthaṃ tau tatra samāhūtau maharṣibhiḥ // tāv ūcur ṛṣayaḥ sarve stūyatām eṣa pārthivaḥ karmaitad anurūpaṃ vāṃ pātraṃ cāyaṃ narādhipaḥ // tāv ūcatus tadā sarvāṃs tān ṛṣīn sūtamāgadhau āvāṃ devān ṛṣīṃś caiva prīṇayāvaḥ svakarmabhiḥ // na cāsya vidvo vai karma na tathā lakṣaṇaṃ yaśaḥ stotraṃ yenāsya kuryāva rājñas tejasvino dvijāḥ // k: T3 ins.: :k kariṣyate tu yat karma cakravartī mahābalaḥ | guṇā bhaviṣyā ye cāsya tair ayaṃ stūyatāṃ nṛpaḥ | ṛṣibhis tau niyuktau tu bhaviṣyaiḥ stūyatām iti k: T3 ins.: :k tau stutiṃ cakratur yuktaṃ sūtamāgadhakau nṛpa | yāni karmāṇi kṛtavān pṛthuḥ paścān mahābalaḥ // k: N2 V B1 Dn D5 ins.: :k satyavāgdānaśīlo 'yaṃ satyasaṃdho nareśvaraḥ | śrīmāñ jaitraḥ kṣamāśīlo vikrānto duṣṭaśāsanaḥ || dharmajñaś ca kṛtajñaś ca dayāvān priyabhāṣakaḥ | mānyamānayitā yajvā brahmaṇyaḥ sādhuvatsalaḥ | samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca vyavahārasthito nṛpaḥ | tadāprabhṛti trailokye staveṣu janamejaya āśīrvādāḥ prayujyante sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ // tayoḥ stavānte suprītaḥ pṛthuḥ prādāt prajeśvaraḥ anūpadeśaṃ sūtāya magadhaṃ māgadhāya ca // taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītāḥ prajāḥ prāhur maharṣayaḥ vṛttīnām eṣa vo dātā bhaviṣyati janeśvaraḥ // k: D5 ins.: :k taṃ prajāḥ pṛthivīnātham upatasthuḥ kṣudhārditāḥ | oṣadhīṣu pranaṣṭāsu tasmin kāle hy arājake || tam ūcus tena tāḥ pṛṣṭās tatrāgamanakāraṇam | arājake naraśreṣṭha dharitryā sakalauṣadhīḥ | grastās tataḥ kṣayaṃ yānti prajāḥ sarvāḥ prajeśvara || tvaṃ no vṛttiprado dhātrā prajāpālo nirūpitaḥ | dehi naḥ kṣutparītānāṃ prajānāṃ jīvanauṣahīḥ | tato vainyaṃ mahārāja prajāḥ samabhidudruvuḥ tvaṃ no vṛttiṃ vidhatsveti maharṣivacanāt tadā // so 'bhidrutaḥ prajābhis tu prajāhitacikīrṣayā dhanur gṛhya pṛṣatkāṃś ca pṛthivīm ārdayad balī // tato vainyabhayatrastā gaur bhūtvā prādravan mahī tāṃ pṛthur dhanur ādāya dravantīm anvadhāvata // sā lokān brahmalokādīn gatvā vainyabhayāt tadā pradadarśāgrato vainyaṃ pragṛhītaśarāsanam // jvaladbhir niśitair bāṇair dīptatejasam acyutam mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ durdharṣam amarair api // alabhantī tu sā trāṇaṃ vainyam evānvapadyata kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhūtvā pūjyā lokais tribhiḥ sadā // uvāca vainyaṃ nādharmaṃ strīvadhe paripaśyasi kathaṃ dhārayitā cāsi prajā rājan vinā mayā // mayi lokāḥ sthitā rājan mayedaṃ dhāryate jagat matkṛte na vinaśyeyuḥ prajāḥ pārthiva viddhi tat // na mām arhasi hantuṃ vai śreyaś cet tvaṃ cikīrṣasi prajānāṃ pṛthivīpāla śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama // upāyataḥ samārabdhāḥ sarve sidhyanty upakramāḥ k: T3 ins.: :k tasmād vadāmy upāyaṃ te taṃ kuruṣva yadīcchasi | upāyaṃ paśya yena tvaṃ dhārayethāḥ prajā nṛpa // hatvāpi māṃ na śaktas tvaṃ prajānāṃ poṣaṇe nṛpa annabhūtā bhaviṣyāmi yaccha kopaṃ mahādyute // k: T3 ins.: :k ātmayogabalenemā dhārayiṣyāmy ahaṃ prajāḥ || tataḥ praṇamya vasudhā taṃ bhūyaḥ prāha pārthivam | avadhyāś ca striyaḥ prāhus tiryagyonigateṣv api sattveṣu pṛthivīpāla na dharmaṃ tyaktum arhasi // evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā rājā mahāmanāḥ k: D6 T G M4 ins.: :k cintayitvā bahuvidhaṃ prajānāṃ hitakamyayā | kopaṃ nigṛhya dharmātmā vasudhām idam abravīt // h: HV (CE) chapter 6, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of october 2, 2001 :h ekasyārthāya yo hanyād ātmano vā parasya vā bahūn vai prāṇino loke bhavet tasyeha pātakam // sukham edhanti bahavo yasmiṃs tu nihate śubhe tasmin hate nāsti bhadre pātakaṃ nopapātakam // k: Dn D3 T3.4 ins.: :k ekasmin yatra nidhanaṃ prāpite duṣṭakāriṇi | bahūnāṃ bhavati kṣemaṃ tatra puṇyaprado vadhaḥ | so 'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasuṃdhare yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam // tvāṃ nihatyādya bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm ātmānaṃ prathayitvāhaṃ prajā dhārayitā svayam // sā tvaṃ śāsanam āsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃ vare saṃjīvaya prajāḥ sarvāḥ samarthā hy asi dhāraṇe // duhitṛtvaṃ ca me gaccha tata enam ahaṃ śaram niyaccheyaṃ tvadvadhārtham udyataṃ ghoradarśanam // sarvam etad ahaṃ vīra vidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ vatsaṃ tu mama taṃ paśya kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā // samāṃ ca kuru sarvatra māṃ tvaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara yathā viṣyandamānaṃ me kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvayet // tata utsārayāmāsa śilāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ dhanuṣkoṭyā tadā vainyas tena śailā vivardhitāḥ // k: K N2.3 V B D T2-4 G M3 ins.: :k pṛthur vainyas tadā rājā mahīṃ cakre samāṃ tataḥ | manvantareṣv atīteṣu viṣam āsīd vasuṃdharā || svabhāvenābhavaṃs tasyā samāni viṣamāṇi ca | cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvam āsīd evaṃ tadā kila | na hi pūrvavisarge vai viṣame pṛthivītale pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ vā grāmāṇāṃ vā tadābhavat // na sasyāni na gorakṣyaṃ na kṛṣir na vaṇikpathaḥ k: K1(marg.).2-4 N2.3 V B D T3.4 ins.: :k naiva satyānṛtaṃ tatra na lobho na ca matsaraḥ | vaivasvate 'ntare tasmin sāṃprate samupasthite | vainyāt prabhṛti rājendra sarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ // yatra yatra samaṃ tv asyā bhūmer āsīt tadānagha tatra tatra prajāḥ sarvā nivāsaṃ samarocayan // āhāraḥ phalamūlāni prajānām abhavat tadā kṛcchreṇa mahatā yukta ity evam anuśuśruma // saṃkalpayitvā vatsaṃ tu manuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ prabhum sve pāṇau puruṣavyāghra dudoha pṛthivīṃ tataḥ // sasyajātāni sarvāṇi pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān k: V D1.2 ins. after 15ab: D5 after 15: :k sasyāni tena vai dugdhā vainyeneyaṃ vasuṃdharā | tenānnena prajās tāta vartante 'dyāpi nityaśaḥ // ṛṣibhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punar dugdhhā vasuṃdharā vatsaḥ somo 'bhavat teṣāṃ dogdhā cāṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ // bṛhaspatir mahātejāḥ pātraṃ chandāṃsi bhārata kṣīram āsīd anupamaṃ tapo brahma ca śāśvatam // tataḥ punar devagaṇaiḥ puraṃdarapurogamaiḥ kāñcanaṃ pātram ādāya dugdheyaṃ śrūyate mahī // vatsas tu maghavān āsīd dogdhā tu savitā vibhuḥ kṣīram ūrjaskaraṃ caiva yena vartanti devatāḥ // pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā rājataṃ pātram ādāya svadhām amitavikramaiḥ // yamo vaivasvatas teṣām āsīd vatsaḥ pratāpavān antakaś cābhavad dogdhā kālo lokaprakālanaḥ // nāgaiś ca śrūyate dugdhā vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu takṣakam alābupātram ādāya viṣaṃ kṣīraṃ narottama // teṣām airāvato dogdhā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pratāpavān nāgānāṃ bharataśreṣṭha sarpāṇāṃ ca mahīpate // tenaiva vartayanty ugrā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ tadāhārās tadācārās tadvīryās tadapāśrayāḥ // asuraiḥ śrūyate cāpi punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā āyasaṃ pātram ādāya māyāḥ śatrunibarhaṇīḥ // virocanas tu prāhrādir vatsas teṣām abhūt tadā ṛtvig dvimūrdhā daityānāṃ madhur dogdhā mahābalaḥ // tayaite māyayādyāpi sarve māyāvino 'surāḥ vartayanty amitaprajñās tad eṣām amitaṃ balam // yakṣaiś ca śrūyate rājan punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā āmapātre mahārāja purāntardhānam akṣayam // vatsaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ kṛtvā yakṣaiḥ puṇyajanais tathā k: K2 N2.3 V B Dn Ds D3.6 T2-4 G M4 ins. after 29ab: D5 after the repetition of 28b: :k dogdhā rajatanābhas tu pitā maṇivarasya yaḥ | yakṣātmajo mahātejās triśīrṣaḥ sumahātapāḥ | k: D1 ins.: :k dogdhā tu dhanadaḥ svāminn evaṃ taiś ca vasuṃdharā | tena te vartayantīha paramarṣir uvāca ha // rākṣasaiś ca piśācaiś ca punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā śāvaṃ kapālam ādāya prajā bhoktuṃ nararṣabha // dogdhā rajatanābhas tu teṣām āsīt kurūdvaha vatsaḥ sumālī kauravya kṣīraṃ rudhiram eva ca // tena kṣīreṇa rakṣāṃsi yakṣāś caivāmaropamāḥ vartayanti piśācāś ca bhūtasaṃghās tathaiva ca // padmapatre punar dugdhā gandharvaiḥ sāpsarogaṇaiḥ vatsaṃ citrarathaṃ kṛtvā śucīn gandhān narottama // teṣāṃ ca surucis tv āsīd dogdhā bharatasattama gandharvarājo 'tibalo mahātmā sūryasaṃnibhaḥ // śailaiś ca śrūyate dugdhā punar devī vasuṃdharā oṣadhīr vai mūrtimatī ratnāni vividhāni ca // vatsas tu himavān āsīd dogdhā merur mahāgiriḥ pātraṃ tu śailam evāsīt tena śailāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ // dugdheyaṃ vṛkṣavīrudbhiḥ śrūyate ca vasuṃdharā pālāśaṃ pātram ādāya cchinnadagdhaprarohaṇam // k: D6 T2 G3.5 M2.3 ins.: :k sarvakāmadughā dogdhrī pṛthivī janamejaya | seyaṃ dhātrī vidhātrī ca pāvanī ca vasuṃdharā carācarasya sarvasya pratiṣṭhā yonir eva ca sarvakāmadughā dogdhrī sarvasasyaprarohiṇī // āsīd iyaṃ samudrāntā medinīti pariśrutā madhukaiṭabhayoḥ kṛtsnā medasābhipariplutā // k: N (except S1 N1) T3.4 ins.: :k teneyaṃ medinī devī procyate brahmavādibhiḥ | tato 'bhyupagamād rājñaḥ pṛthor vainyasya bhārata duhitṛtvam anuprāptā devī pṛthvīti cocyate // pṛthunā pravibhaktā ca śodhitā ca vasuṃdharā sasyākaravatī sphītā purapattanamālinī // evaṃprabhāvo vainyaḥ sa rājāsīd rājasattama namasyaś caiva pūjyaś ca bhūtagrāmair na saṃśayaḥ // brāhmaṇaiś ca mahābhāgair vedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ pṛthur eva namaskāryo vṛttidaḥ sa sanātanaḥ // pārthivaiś ca mahābhāgaiḥ pārthivatvam abhīpsubhiḥ ādirājo namaskāryaḥ pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān // yodhair api ca vikrāntaiḥ prāptukāmair jayaṃ yudhi ādirājo namaskāryo yodhānāṃ prathamo nṛpaḥ // yo hi yoddhā raṇaṃ yāti kīrtayitvā pṛthuṃ nṛpam sa ghorarūpān saṃgrāmān kṣemī tarati kīrtimān // vaiśyair api ca vittāḍhyair vaiśyavṛttim anuṣṭhitaiḥ pṛthur eva namaskāryo vṛttidātā mahāyaśāḥ // tathaiva śūdraiḥ śucibhis trivarṇaparicāribhiḥ pṛthur eva namaskāryaḥ śreyaḥ param abhīpsubhiḥ // ete vatsaviśeṣāś ca dogdhāraḥ kṣīram eva ca pātrāṇi ca mayoktāni kiṃ bhūyo varṇayāmi te // k: K2 V2 ins.: :k ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ pṛthoś caritam āditaḥ | putrapautrasamāyukto modate suciraṃ bhuvi | k: D6 T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k uktāni bharataśreṣṭha vainyasyeha mahātmanaḥ | kim anyad bharataśreṣṭha pṛcchasi tvaṃ nareśvara | k: M4 cont.: :k yaḥ śṛṇoti sadā bhaktyā sa svargī nātra saṃśayaḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 7, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of october 2, 2001 :h manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi vistareṇa tapodhana teṣāṃ pūrvavisṛṣṭiṃ ca vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya // yāvanto manavaś caiva yāvantaṃ kālam eva ca manvantarakathāṃ brahmañ chrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ // na śakyaṃ vistaraṃ tāta vaktuṃ varṣaśatair api manvantarāṇāṃ kauravya saṃkṣepaṃ tv eva me śṛṇu // svāyaṃbhuvo manus tāta manuḥ svārociṣas tathā auttamas tāmasaś caiva raivataś cākṣuṣas tathā vaivasvataś ca kauravya sāṃprato manur ucyate // k: For 4cd, S1 subst.: :k uttamākhyas tāmasaś cā+ +bhūtāṃ raivatacakṣuṣau | k: T3 ins.: :k aṣṭamo dakṣasāvarṇir dharmasāvarṇir eva ca | rudraputras tu sāvarṇir bhavitaikādaśo manuḥ | sāvarṇiś ca manus tāta bhautyo raucyas tathaiva ca k: D4 ins.: :k raivato brahmasāvarṇiḥ sūryasāvarṇir eva ca | tathaiva merusāvarṇāś catvāro manavaḥ smṛtāḥ // atītā vartamānāś ca tathaivānāgatāś ca ye kīrtitā manavas tāta mayaivaite yathāśruti ṛṣīṃs teṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi putrān devagaṇāṃs tathā // marīcir atrir bhagavān aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ pulastyaś ca vasiṣṭhaś ca saptaite brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ // uttarasyāṃ diśi tathā rājan saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ yāmā nāma tathā devā āsan svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare // agnīdhraś cāgnibāhuś ca medhā medhātithir vasuḥ jyotiṣmān dyutimān havyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca // manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasyaite daśa putrā mahaujasaḥ etat te prathamaṃ rājan manvantaram udāhṛtam // aurvo vasiṣṭhaputraś ca stambaḥ kāśyapa eva ca prāṇo bṛhaspatiś caiva datto 'triś cyavanas tathā ete maharṣayas tāta vāyuproktā mahāvratāḥ // devāś ca tuṣitā nāma smṛtāḥ svārociṣe 'ntare havirdhraḥ sukṛtir jyotir āpo mūrtir ayasmayaḥ // prathitaś ca nabhasyaś ca nabhaḥ sūryas tathaiva ca svārociṣasya putrās te manos tāta mahātmanaḥ kīrtitāḥ pṛthivīpāla mahāvīryaparākramāḥ // dvitīyam etat kathitaṃ tava manvantaraṃ mayā idaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vakṣyāmi tan nibodha narādhipa // vasiṣṭhaputrāḥ saptāsan vāsiṣṭhā iti viśrutāḥ hiraṇyagarbhasya sutā ūrjā jātāḥ sutejasaḥ // ṛṣayo 'tra mayā proktāḥ kīrtyamānān nibodha me auttameyān mahārāja daśa putrān manoramān // iṣa ūrjas tanūpaś ca madhur mādhava eva ca śuciḥ śukraḥ sahaś caiva nabhasyo nabha eva ca bhānavas tatra devāś ca manvantaram udāhṛtam // manvantaraṃ caturthaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu kāvyaḥ pṛthus tathaivāgnir jahnur dhātā ca bhārata kapīvān akapīvāṃś ca tatra saptarṣayo nṛpa // purāṇe kīrtitās tāta putrāḥ pautrāś ca bhārata satyā devagaṇāś caiva tāmasasyāntare manoḥ // k: N (except S1 K1 N1) S (except M2.3; M1 missing) ins.: :k putrāṃś caiva pravakṣyāmi tāmasasya manor nṛpa | dyutis tapasyaḥ sutapās tapomūlas tapodhanaḥ taporatir akalmāṣas tanvī dhanvī paramṭapaḥ // tāmasasya manor ete daśa putrā mahābalāḥ vāyuproktā mahārāja caturthaṃ caitad antaram // vedabāhur yadudhraś ca munir vedaśirās tathā hiraṇyalomā parjanya ūrdhvabāhuś ca somajaḥ satyanetras tathātreya ete saptarṣayo 'pare // devāś cābhūtarajasas tathā prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ pāriplavaś ca raibhyaś ca manor antaram ucyate // atha putrān imāṃs tasya nibodha gadato mama dhṛtimān avyayo yuktas tattvadarśī nirutsukaḥ // araṇyaś ca prakāśaś ca nirmohaḥ satyavāk kṛtiḥ raivatasya manoḥ putrāḥ pañcamaṃ caitad antaram // ṣaṣṭhaṃ te saṃpravakṣyāmi tan nibodha narādhipa bhṛgur nabho vivasvāṃś ca sudhāmā virajās tathā // atināmā sahiṣṇuś ca sapta ete maharṣayaḥ cākṣuṣasyāntare tāta manor devān imāñ śṛṇu // ādyāḥ prabhūtā ṛbhavaḥ pṛthukāś ca divaukasaḥ lekhāś ca nāma rājendra pañca devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ // ṛṣer aṅgirasaḥ putrā mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ nāḍvaleyā mahārāja daśa putrāś ca viśrutāḥ uruprabhṛtayo rājan ṣaṣṭhaṃ manvantaraṃ smṛtam // k: T3.4 G4 ins.: :k ṣaṣṭaṃ manvantaraṃ proktaṃ saptamaṃ tu nibodha me | atrir vasiṣṭho bhagavān kaśyapaś ca mahān ṛṣiḥ gautamo 'tha bharadvājo viśvāmitras tathaiva ca // tathaiva putro bhagavān ṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ saptamo jamadagniś ca ṛṣayaḥ sāṃprataṃ divi // sādhyā rudrāś ca viśve ca vasavo marutas tathā ādityāś cāśvinau caiva devau vaivasvatau smṛtau // manor vaivasvatasyaite vartante sāṃprate 'ntare ikṣvākupramukhāś caiva daśa putrā mahātmanaḥ // k: S1 ins.: :k manoḥ samabhavad rājan dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata | eteṣāṃ kīrtitānāṃ tu maharṣīṇāṃ mahaujasām rājan putrāś ca pautrāś ca dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata // manvantareṣu sarveṣu prāgdiśaṃ sapta saptakāḥ sthitā dharmavyavasthārthaṃ lokasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca // manvantare vyatikrānte catvāraḥ saptakā gaṇāḥ kṛtvā karma divaṃ yānti brahmalokam anāmayam // tato 'nye tapasā yuktāḥ sthānaṃ tat pūrayanty uta atītā vartamānāś ca krameṇaitena bhārata // etāny uktāni kauravya saptātītāni bhārata manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi nibodhānāgatāni me // sāvarṇā manavas tāta pañca tāṃś ca nibodha me eko vaivasvatas teṣāṃ catvāraś ca prajāpateḥ parameṣṭhisutās tāta merusāvarṇatāṃ gatāḥ // dakṣasyaite hi dauhitrāḥ priyāyās tanayā nṛpa mahatā tapasā yuktā merupṛṣṭhe mahaujasaḥ // ruceḥ prajāpateḥ putro raucyo nāma manuḥ smṛtaḥ bhūtyāṃ cotpādito devyāṃ bhautyo nāma ruceḥ sutaḥ anāgatāś ca saptaite loke 'smin manavaḥ smṛtāḥ // anāgatāś ca saptaiva smṛtā divi maharṣayaḥ manor antaram āsādya sāvarṇasyeha tāñ śṛṇu // rāmo vyāsas tathātreyo dīptimanto bahuśrutāḥ bhāradvājas tathā drauṇir aśvatthāmā mahādyutiḥ // gotamasyātmajaś caiva śaradvān nāma gautamaḥ kauśiko gālavaś caiva ruruḥ kāśyapa eva ca ete sapta mahātmāno bhaviṣyā munisattamāḥ // k: S1 K1.3 D4 ins. after 44: K2 after 26: :k devatānāṃ guṇās tatra trayaḥ proktāḥ svayaṃbhuvā | mārīcasyaiva te putrāḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ | k: K4 N2.3 V B Dn Ds D3.5.6 ins. after 44: :k brahmaṇaḥ sadṛśāś caite dhanyāḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ || abhijātyātha tapasā mantravyākaraṇais tathā | brahmalokapratiṣṭhās tu smṛtā brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ || bhūtabhavyabhavajjñānaṃ buddhā caiva tu yaiḥ svayam | tapasā vai prasiddhā ye saṃgatā pravicintakāḥ | mantravyākaraṇādyaiś ca aiśvaryāt sarvaśaś ca ye || etān bhāryān dvijo jñātvā naiṣṭhikāni ca nāma ca | saptaite saptabhiś caiva guṇaiḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ || dīrghāyuṣo mantrakṛta īśvarā dīrghacakṣuṣaḥ | buddhyā pratyakṣadharmāṇo gotraprāvartakās tathā || kṛtādiṣu yugākhyeṣu sarveṣv eva punaḥ punaḥ | pravartayanti te varṇān āśramāṃś caiva sarvaśaḥ | saptarṣayo mahābhāgāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ || teṣāṃ caivānvayotpannā jāyante hi punaḥ punaḥ | mantrabrāhmaṇakartāro dharme praśithile tathā || yasmāc ca varadāḥ sapta parebhyaś cāparāḥ smṛtāḥ | tasmān na kālo na vayaḥ pramāṇam ṛṣibhāvane || eṣa saptarṣikoddeśo vyākhyātas te mayā nṛpa | sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrān bhaviṣyāñ śṛṇu sattama | k: After line 4, D5.6 ins.: :k saṃbandhāc ca svayaṃtejāḥ saṃbuddhāś ca yataḥ svayam | k: After *133, D5.6 cont.: :k yasmāc chaṃsanti te brahma tasmād brahmarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ | varīvāṃś cāvarīvāṃś ca saṃmato dhṛtimān vasuḥ cariṣṇur āḍhyo dhṛṣṇuś ca vājī sumatir eva ca sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrā bhaviṣyā daśa bhārata // k: S1 K1.3 Dn Ds D1.4 ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 1). V3 ins.: :k kṣamayā nṛpa sāvarṇā bhaviṣyāñ śṛṇu bhārata | eteṣāṃ kālyam utthāya kīrtanāt sukham edhate k: K N2.3 V B D T2-4 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k yaśaś cāpnoti sumahad āyuṣmāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ | k: K3 cont.: :k caturdaśe manobhāvye uragambhīrabudhnakāḥ | putrā(ś cā)[vai cā]kṣuṣā devā śukrādyāś ca tapasvinaḥ | atītanāgatānāṃ vai maharṣīṇāṃ sadā naraḥ // k: S1 K1 Dn D4 ins. after 46: Ds after 41: :k devatānāṃ gaṇāḥ proktāḥ pañca vai bharatarṣabha | taraṃgabhīrur vapraś ca tarasvān ugra eva ca || abhimānī pravīraś ca jiṣṇuḥ saṃkrandanas tathā | tejasvī sabalaś caiva bhautyasyaite manoḥ sutāḥ || bhautyasyaivādhikāre tu pūrṇe kalpas tu pūryate | ity ete 'nāgatātītā manavaḥ kīrtitā mayā | k: D6 T G1-3.5 M4 ins. after 46: G4 after 46ab: :k namaskṛtvā jayet svargaṃ brāhmaṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ | kṣatriyo jayate śatrūn vaiśyaḥ śūdro yathepsitam | tair iyaṃ pṛthivī tāta sasamudrā sapattanā yathāpradeśam adyāpi sarvataḥ paripālyate | pūrṇaṃ yugasahasraṃ hi paripālyā nareśvaraiḥ prajābhis tapasā caiva saṃhārānte ca nityaśaḥ // yugāni saptatis tāni sāgrāṇi kathitāni te kṛtatretādiyuktāni manor antaram ucyate // caturdaśaite manavaḥ kīrtitāḥ kīrtivardhanāḥ vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sarve te prabhaviṣṇavaḥ prajānāṃ patayo rājan dhanyam eṣāṃ prakīrtanam // manvantareṣu saṃhārāḥ saṃhārānteṣu saṃbhavāḥ na śakyam antaṃ teṣāṃ vai vaktuṃ varṣaśatair api // visargasya prajānāṃ vai saṃhārasya ca bhārata manvantareṣu saṃhāraḥ śrūyate bharatarṣabha // saśeṣās tatra tiṣṭhanti devā brahmarṣibhiḥ saha tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śrutena ca samanvitāḥ pūrṇe yugasahasre tu kalpo niḥśeṣa ucyate // tatra bhūtāni sarvāṇi dagdhāny ādityaraśmibhiḥ brahmāṇam agrataḥ kṛtvā sahādityagaṇair vibho // k: B1 (marg.) D5 ins.: :k yogaṃ yogīśvaraṃ devam ajaṃ kṣetrajam acyutam | praviśanti suraśreṣṭhaṃ hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpānteṣu punaḥ punaḥ avyaktaḥ śāśvato devas tasya sarvam idaṃ jagat // k: K2(marg.).3 V2.3 Dn Ds D3-6 ins. after 54: N2 after the first occurence of 55ab: :k tatra saṃvartate rātriḥ sakalaikārṇave tadā | nārāyaṇodare nidrāṃ brāhmaṃ varṣasahasrakam || tāvantam iti kālaṃ sā rātrir ity abhiśabditā | nidrāyogam anuprāpto yasyām ante pitāmahaḥ || sā ca rātrir apakrāntā sahasrayugaparyayā | tadā prabuddho bhagavān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | punaḥ sisṛkṣayā yuktaḥ sargāya vidadhe manaḥ || saiva smṛtiḥ purāṇeyaṃ tadvṛttaṃ tadviceṣṭitam | devasthānāni tāny eva kevalaṃ ca viparyayaḥ || tato dagdhāni bhūtāni sarvāṇy ādityaraśmibhiḥ | devarṣiyakṣagandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ | jāyante ca punas tāta yuge bharatasattama || yathartāv ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye | dṛśyante tāni tāny eva tathā brāhmīṣu rātriṣu || niṣkramitvā prajākāraḥ prajāpatir asaṃśayam | ye ca vai mānavā devāḥ sarve caiva maharṣayaḥ || te saṃgatāḥ śuddhasaṅgāḥ śaśvad dharmavisargataḥ | na bhavanti punas tāta yuge bharatasattama || tat sarvaṃ kramayogena kālasaṃkhyāvibhāgavit | sahasrayugasaṃkhyānaṃ kṛtvā divasam īśvaraḥ || rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ kṛtvā ca bhagavān vibhuḥ | saṃharaty atha bhūtāni sṛjate ca punaḥ punaḥ | vyaktāvyakto mahādevo harir nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | atra te vartayiṣyāmi manor vaivasvatasya ha visargaṃ bharataśreṣṭha sāṃpratasya mahādyute // vṛṣṇivaṃśaprasaṅgena kathyamānaṃ purātanam k: D6 T1.3.4 G M4 ins.: :k nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sūkṣmaḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ | yatrotpanno mahātmā sa harir vṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ // k: Dn T1.3 ins.: :k sarvāsuravināśāya sarvalokahitāya ca | h: HV (CE) chapter 8, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of october 2, 2001 :h vivasvān kaśyapāj jajñe dākṣāyaṇyām ariṃdama tasya bhāryābhavat saṃjñā tvāṣṭrī devī vivasvataḥ sureṇur iti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu bhāminī // sā vai bhāryā bhagavato mārtaṇḍasya mahātmanaḥ bhartṛrūpeṇa nātuṣyad rūpayauvanaśālinī saṃjñā nāma svatapasā dīpteneha samanvitā // ādityasya hi tadrūpaṃ mārtaṇḍasya svatejasā gātreṣu paridagdhaṃ vai nātikāntam ivābhavat // na khalv ayaṃ mṛto 'ṇḍastha iti snehād abhāṣata ajānan kāśyapas tasmān mārtaṇḍa iti cocyate // tejas tv abhyadhikaṃ tāta nityam eva vivasvataḥ yenātitāpayāmāsa trīṃl lokān kaśyapātmajaḥ // trīṇy apatyāni kauravya saṃjñāyāṃ tapatāṃ varaḥ ādityo janayāmāsa kanyāṃ dvau ca prajāpatī // manur vaivasvataḥ pūrvaṃ śrāddhadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ yamaś ca yamunā caiva yamajau saṃbabhūvatuḥ // śyāmavarṇaṃ tu tadrūpaṃ saṃjñā dṛṣṭvā vivasvataḥ asahantī tu svāṃ chāyāṃ savarṇāṃ nirmame tataḥ māyāmayī tu sā saṃjñā tasyāś chāyā samutthitā // prāñjaliḥ praṇatā bhūtvā chāyā saṃjñāṃ nareśvara uvāca kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ kathayasva śucismite sthitāsmi tava nirdeśe śādhi māṃ varavarṇini // ahaṃ yāsyāmi bhadraṃ te svam eva bhavanaṃ pituḥ tvayeha bhavane mahyaṃ vastavyaṃ nirviśaṅkayā // imau ca bālakau mahyaṃ kanyā ceyaṃ sumadhyamā saṃbhāvyās te na cākhyeyam idaṃ bhagavate tvayā // ā kacagrahaṇād devi ā śāpān naiva karhicit ākhyāsyāmi mataṃ tubhyaṃ gaccha devi yathāsukham // samādhāya savarṇāṃ tu tathety uktā tayā ca sā tvaṣṭuḥ samīpam agamad vrīḍiteva manasvinī // pituḥ samīpagā sā tu pitrā nirbhartsitā śubhā bhartuḥ samīpaṃ gaccheti niyuktā ca punaḥ punaḥ // k: D4 (marg.) ins.: :k cintām avāpa mahatīṃ strīṇāṃ dhik ceṣṭitaṃ tv iti | nininda bahudhātmānaṃ strītvaṃ cātinininda sā || sthātavyaṃ na kvacit strīṇāṃ dhig asvātantryajīvitam | śaiśave yauvane vārddhe pitṛbhartṛsutād bhayam || tyaktaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyād bata durvṛttayā mayā | avijñātāpi vedhāyām atha patyur niketanam || tatrāsti sā savarṇā vai paripūrṇamanorathā | naṣṭaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyāc chreyo 'tra na pitur gṛhe | agacchad vaḍavā bhūtvāc chādya rūpam aninditā kurūn athottarān gatvā tṛṇāny eva cacāra sā // dvitīyāyāṃ tu saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñeyam iti cintayan ādityo janayāmāsa putram ātmasamaṃ tadā // pūrvajasya manos tāta sadṛśo 'yam iti prabhuḥ manur evābhavan nāmnā sāvarṇa iti cocyate // saṃjñā tu pārthivī tāta svasya putrasya vai tadā cakārābhyadhikaṃ snehaṃ na tathā pūrvajeṣu vai // manus tasyāḥ kṣamat tat tu yamas tasyā na cakṣame tāṃ vai roṣāc ca bālyāc ca bhāvino 'rthasya vā balāt padā saṃtarjayāmāsa saṃjñāṃ vaivasvato yamaḥ // taṃ śaśāpa tataḥ krodhāt savarṇā jananī tadā caraṇaḥ patatām eṣa taveti bhṛśaduḥkhitā // yamas tu tat pituḥ sarvaṃ prāñjaliḥ pratyavedayat bhṛśaṃ śāpabhayodvignaḥ saṃjñāvākyair vivejitaḥ śāpo nivarted iti ca provāca pitaraṃ tadā // mātrā snehena sarveṣu vartitavyaṃ suteṣu vai seyam asmān apāhāya yavīyāṃsaṃ bubhūṣati // tasyā mayodyataḥ pādo na tu dehe nipātitaḥ bālyād vā yadi vā mohāt tad bhavān kṣantum arhati // k: N2 B2 Ds G4 ins.: :k yasmāt te pūjanīyāhaṃ tarjitāsmi tvayā suta | tasmāt tavaiṣa caraṇaḥ patiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | k: G4 cont.: D2 ins. after 22ab: :k apatyaṃ durapatyaṃ syān nāmbā kujananī bhavet | śapto 'ham asmi lokeśa jananyā tapatāṃ vara tava prasādāc caraṇo na paten mama gopate // asaṃśayaṃ putra mahad bhaviṣyaty atra kāraṇam k: D6 T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k yas tvaṃ dharmaparo nityaṃ dharmaṃ saṃtyaktavān imam | yena tvām āviśat krodho dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam // k: D6 T1.2 G1.3.5 ins. after 25: G2 cont. after *148: :k yuktam eva hi te kartuṃ tava mātṛvaco 'nagha | na śakyam etan mithyā tu kartuṃ mātṛvacas tava kṛmayo māṃsam ādāya yāsyanti tu mahītale // k: K N2 V1(marg.).2.3 B1.2 Dn Ds D1.3-5 ins.: :k tava pādān mahāprājña tataḥ saṃprāpsyase sukham | kṛtam evaṃ vacas tathyaṃ mātus tava bhaviṣyati śāpasya parihāreṇa tvaṃ ca trāto bhaviṣyasi // ādityaś cābravīt saṃjñāṃ kimarthaṃ tanayeṣu vai tulyeṣv abhyadhikaḥ snehaḥ kriyate 'ti punaḥ punaḥ k: should be kriyateti (kriyataīti) :k sā tat pariharantī sma nācacakṣe vivasvataḥ // k: K1.3 N2.3 V1.2(first time).3 B Dn Ds D4-6 T3.4 ins.: :k ātmānaṃ sa samādhāya yogāt tathyam apaśyata | k: N2.3 V B2 Ds D6 cont.: :k mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha sā cātmānaṃ śaśaṃsa ha | k: V2(second time) cont. after *152: V3 ins. after 28: :k ātmānaṃ gopayāmāsa saṃyogāt tasya naiva tu | tāṃ śaptukāmo bhagavān nāśāya kurunandana k: K3 Dn D1 Bom. and Poona eds. ins.: :k mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha samaye 'tigate tu sā | tataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam ācacakṣe vivasvataḥ vivasvān atha tac chrutvā kruddhas tvaṣṭāram abhyagāt // tvaṣṭā tu taṃ yathānyāyam arcayitvā vibhāvasum nirdagdhukāmaṃ roṣeṇa sāntvayāmāsa vai tadā // tavātitejasāviṣṭam idaṃ rūpaṃ na śobhate asahantī sma tat saṃjñā vane carati śāḍvalam // draṣṭā hi tāṃ bhavān adya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm k: K N2.3 V B D T1.3.4 G1(first time).2-5 ins. after 32ab: T2 G1(second time) cont. after *158; M4 ins. after 35: :k nityaṃ tapasy abhiratāṃ vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm | parṇāhārāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāṃ jaṭilāṃ maladhāriṇīm | hastihastaparikliṣṭāṃ vyākulāṃ padminīm iva | ślāghyāṃ yogabalopetāṃ yogam āsthāya gopate // anukūlaṃ tu te deva yadi syān mama tan matam rūpaṃ nirvartayāmy adya tava kāntam ariṃdama // k: K N2 V2 B2 Dn Ds D3-6 Bom. and Poona eds. ins.: :k rūpaṃ vivasvataś cāsīt tiryagūrdhvasamaṃ tu vai | tenāsau saṃbhṛto devo rūpeṇa tu vibhāvasuḥ || tasmāt tvaṣṭuḥ sa vai vākyaṃ bahu mene prajāpatiḥ | samanujñātavāṃś caiva tvaṣṭāraṃ rūpasiddhaye | tato 'bhyupagamāt tvaṣṭā mārtaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ bhramim āropya tat tejaḥ śātayāmāsa bhārata // k: T3 ins.: :k kṛtavān aṣṭamaṃ bhāgaṃ na vyaśātayad avyayam || yat sūryād vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ śātitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | tvaṣṭaiva tejasā tena viṣṇoś cakram akalpayat || triśūlaṃ caiva śarvasya śibikāṃ dhanadasya ca | śaktiṃ guhasya devānām anyeṣāṃ ca varāyudham || tat sarvaṃ tejasā tena viśvakarmā hy akalpayat | tato nirbhāsitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasā saṃhṛtena vai kāntāt kāntataraṃ draṣṭum adhikaṃ śuśubhe tadā // k: S1 K N2.3 V B1.2 D T2-4 G1.3-5 ins. after 35: B3 after 34a: G4 after 34: :k mukhe nirvartitaṃ rūpaṃ tasya devasya gopateḥ | tataḥprabhṛti devasya mukham āsīt tu lohitam || mukharāgaṃ tu yat pūrvaṃ mārtaṇḍasya mukhacyutam | ādityā dvādaśaiveha saṃbhūtā mukhasaṃbhavāḥ || dhātāryamā ca mitraś ca varuṇo 'ṃśo bhagas tathā | indro vivasvān pūṣā ca parjanyo daśamas tathā | tatas tvaṣṭā tato viṣṇur ajaghanyo jaghanyajaḥ || harṣaṃ lebhe tato devo dṛṣṭvādityān svadehajān | gandhaiḥ puṣpair alaṃkārair bhāsvatā mukuṭena ca || evaṃ saṃpūjayāmāsa tvaṣṭā vākyam uvāca ha || gaccha deveśa svāṃ bhāryāṃ kurūṃś carati cottarān | vaḍavārūpam āsthāya vane carati śāḍvale || tāṃ tathārūpam āsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhalīlayā | dadarśa yogam āsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ vaḍavāṃ tataḥ adhṛṣyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejasā niyamena ca // k: K4 N V B D3 D1-5 T3.4 G2 ins.: :k vaḍavāvapuṣā rājaṃś carantīm akutobhayām | so 'śvarūpeṇa bhagavāṃs tāṃ mukhe samabhāvayat maithunāya viveṣṭantīṃ parapuṃso viśaṅkayā // sā tan niravamac chukraṃ nāsikāyā vivasvataḥ devau tasyām ajāyetām aśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau // nāsatyaś caiva dasraś ca smṛtau dvāv aśvināv iti mārtaṇḍasyātmajāv etāv aṣṭamasya prajāpateḥ // k: Dn D5 ins.: :k saṃjñāyāṃ janayāmāsa vaḍavāyāṃ sa bhārata | tāṃ tu rūpeṇa krāntena darśayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ sā tu dṛṣṭvaiva bhartāraṃ tutoṣa janamejaya // yamas tu karmaṇā tena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ dharmeṇa rañjayāmāsa dharmarāja imāḥ prajāḥ // sa lebhe karmaṇā tena śubhena paramadyutiḥ pitṝṇām ādhipatyaṃ ca lokapālatvam eva ca // manuḥ prajāpatis tv āsīt sāvarṇaḥ sa tapodhanaḥ bhāvyaḥ so 'nāgate tasmin manuḥ sāvarṇike 'ntare // merupṛṣṭhe tapo nityam adyāpi sa caraty uta bhrātā śanaiścaraś cāsya grahatvaṃ sa tu labdhavān // k: Dn Bom. and Poona eds. ins.: :k nāsatyau yau samākhyātau svarvaidyau tu babhūvatuḥ | revanto 'pi tathā rājann aśvānāṃ śāntido 'bhavat | tvaṣṭā tu tejasā tena viṣṇoś cakram akalpayat tad apratihataṃ yuddhe dānavāntacikīrṣayā // yavīyasī tayor yā tu yamī kanyā yaśasvinī abhavat sā saricchreṣṭhā yamunā lokabhāvanī // manur ity ucyate loke sāvarṇa iti cocyate dvitīyo yaḥ sutas tasya sa vijñeyaḥ śanaiścaraḥ // k: K N2.3 V B D T1.2.3.4(last two second time) G M4 ins. after 47: T3.4(both first time) after the first occurence of 47cd: :k grahatvaṃ sa tu lebhe vai sarvalokānupūjitam | ya idaṃ janma devānāṃ śṛṇuyād dhārayeta vā āpadaṃ prāpya mucyeta prāpnuyāc ca mahad yaśaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 9, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h manor vaivasvatasyāsan putrā vai nava tatsamāḥ ikṣvākuś caiva nābhāgaś ca dhṛṣṇuḥ śaryātir eva ca // nariṣyantas tathā prāṃśūr nābhānediṣṭhasaptamaḥ karūṣaś ca pṛṣadhraś ca navaite puruṣarṣabha // akarot putrakāmas tu manur iṣṭiṃ prajāpatiḥ mitrāvaruṇayos tāta pūrvam eva viśāṃ pate anutpanneṣu navasu putreṣv eteṣu bhārata // tasyāṃ tu vartamānāyām iṣṭyāṃ bharatasattama mitrāvaruṇayor aṃśe manur āhutim ājuhot // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B1.2 Ds D1-5 T3 ins.: :k āhutyāṃ hūyamānāyāṃ devagandharvamānuṣāḥ | tuṣṭiṃ tu paramāṃ jagmur munayaś ca tapodhanāḥ | aho 'sya tapaso vīryam aho śrutam aho dhanam | tatra divyāmbaradharā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā divyasaṃhananā caiva iḍā jajña iti śrutiḥ // tām iḍety eva hovāca manur daṇḍadharas tadā anugacchasva māṃ bhadre tam iḍā pratyuvāca ha // k: Ś1 K Ñ V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 T2-4 G M4 (D2 after 6b) ins.: :k dharmayuktamidaṃ vākyaṃ putrakāmaṃ prajāpatim | mitrāvaruṇayor aṃśe jātāsmi vadatāṃ vara tayoḥ sakāśaṃ yāsyāmi na māṃ dharmo hato 'hanat // saivam uktvā manuṃ devaṃ mitrāvaruṇayor iḍā gatvāntikaṃ varārohā prāñjalir vākyam abravīt aṃśe 'smi yuvayor jātā devau kiṃ karavāṇi vām // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B D except D2 ins.: :k manunā cāham uktā vai anugacchasvamām iti | tāṃ tathāvādinīṃ sādhvīm iḍāṃ dharmaparāyaṇām mitraś ca varuṇaś cobhāv ūcatur yan nibodha tat // anena tava dharmeṇa praśrayeṇa damena ca satyena caiva suśroṇi prītau svo varavarṇini // āvayos tvaṃ mahābhāge khyātiṃ kanyeti yāsyasi manor vaṃśakaraḥ putras tvam eva ca bhaviṣyasi // sudyumna iti vikhyātas triṣu lokeṣu śobhane jagatpriyo dharmaśīlo manor vaṃśavivardhanaḥ // nivṛttā sā tu tac chrutvā gacchantī pitur antikām budhenāntaram āsādya maithunāyopavartitā // somaputrād budhād rājaṃs tasyāṃ jajñe purūravāḥ janayitvā tataḥ sā tam iḍā sudyumnatāṃ gatā // sudyumnasya tu dāyādās trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ utkalaś ca gayaś caiva vinatāśvaś ca bhārata // utkalasyottarā rājan vinatāśvasya paścimā dik pūrvā bharataśreṣṭha gayasya tu gayā smṛtā // praviṣṭe tu manau tāta divākaram ariṃdama daśadhā tadgataṃ kṣatram akarot pṛthivīm imām // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1 T1 M1-3) ins.: :k yūpāṅkitā vasumatī yasyeyaṃ savanākarā | ikṣvākur jyeṣṭhadāyādo madhyadeśam avāptavān kanyābhāvāc ca sudyumno nainaṃ guṇam avāptavān // vasiṣṭhavacanāc cāsīt pratiṣṭhānaṃ mahātmanaḥ pratiṣṭhā dharmarājasya sudyumnasya kurūdvaha // tat purūravase prādād rājyaṃ prāpya mahāyaśāḥ k: K1.3 D4 ins.: :k cakravartī mahārāja babhūva janamejaya | k: K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-3.5.6 T2-4 G M4 (K1.3 D4 after 20d) ins.: :k sudyumnaḥ kārayām āsa pratiṣṭhāne nṛpakriyām | dhṛṣṇukaś cāmbarīṣaś ca daṇḍaś cetīha te trayaḥ | yaś cakāra mahātmā vai daṇḍakāraṇyam uttamam || vanaṃ tal lokavikhyātaṃ tāpasānām anuttamam | tatra praviṣṭamātras tu naraḥ pāpāt pramucyate || sudyumnaś ca divaṃ yāta eḍam utpādya bhārata | k: Bom Poona eds after line 1 of *169 ins.: :k utkalasya trayaḥ putrās triṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ | mānaveyo mahārāja strīpuṃsor lakṣaṇair yutaḥ // k: K2.4 Ñ V B Dn D1.2.5.6 T3.4 G2.4 Bom Poona eds (K1.3 D4 after 20c-d repeated after *169) ins.: :k dhṛtavāṃs tam iḍety evaṃ sudyumnaś cetiviśrutaḥ | k: D1.2.5 after *170 (K2 after 22b) ins. (= var. 37): :k pṛṣadhro hivaddhitvā tu guror gāṃ janamejaya | śāpāc chūdratvam āpannaḥ putras tasya mahātmanaḥ | nāriṣyantāḥ śakāḥ putrā nābhāgasya tu bhārata ambarīṣo 'bhavat putraḥ pārthivarṣabhasattama // dhṛṣṇos tu dhārṣṇikaṃ kṣatraṃ raṇadṛṣṭaṃ babhūva ha k: Ś1 K1.3.4. Ñ2 V2 Dn D2-5 (K2 D1 after *171) ins. (l. 1 = 36c-d, l. 5 =*178): :k karūṣasya tu kārūṣāḥ kṣatriyā yuddhadurmadāḥ | sahasraṃ kṣatriyagaṇo vikrāntaḥ saṃbabhūva ha || nābhāgāriṣṭaputrāś ca kṣatriyā vaiśyatāṃ gatāḥ || prāṃśor eko 'bhavat putraḥ prajāpatir iti śrutaḥ | nariṣyantasya dāyādo rājā daṇḍadharo damaḥ | śaryāter mithunaṃ cāsīd ānarto nāma viśrutaḥ putraḥ kanyā sukanyā ca yā patnī cyavanasya ha // ānartasya tu dāyādo revo nāma mahādyutiḥ ānartaviṣayaś cāsīt purī cāsīt kuśasthalī // revasya raivataḥ putraḥ kakudmī nāma dhārmikaḥ jyeṣṭhaḥ putraśatasyāsīd rājyaṃ prāpya kuśasthalīm // k: T3 for 24c-d subst.: :k tasya putraśataṃ tv āsīt kanyā cāpikurūdvaha | sa kanyāsahitaḥ śrutvā gāndharvaṃ brahmaṇo 'ntike muhūrtabhūtaṃ devasya martyaṃ bahuyugaṃ prabho // ājagāma yuvaivātha svāṃ purīṃ yādavair vṛtām kṛtāṃ dvāravatīṃ nāmnā bahudvārāṃ manoramām bhojavṛṣṇyandhakair guptāṃ vāsudevapurogamaiḥ // tatas tad raivato jñātvā yathātattvam ariṃdama kanyāṃ tāṃ baladevāya suvratāṃ nāma revatīm // dattvā jagāma śikharaṃ meros tapasi saṃśritaḥ k: B2 ins.: :k rohiṇyā sahitaś candro yathā śacyā śacīpatiḥ | reme rāmo 'pi dharmātmā revatyā sahitaḥ sukhī // kathaṃ bahuyuge kāle samatīte dvijarṣabha na jarā revatīṃ prāptā raivataṃ ca kakudminam // meruṃ gatasya vā tasya śāryāteḥ saṃtatiḥ katham sthitā pṛthivyām adyāpi śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ // na jarā kṣutpipāse vā na mṛtyur bharatarṣabha ṛtucakraṃ prabhavati brahmaloke sadānaghā // kakudminas tu taṃ lokaṃ raivatasya gatasya ha hatā puṇyajanais tāta rākṣasaiḥ sā kuśasthalī // tasya bhrātṛśataṃ tv āsīd dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ tad vadhyamānaṃ rakṣobhir diśaḥ prākramad acyutā // k: K4 Ñ1 V1 B Dn Ds D5.6 T G M1.3.4 (Ñ2 V2.3 after *176)ins.: :k vidrutasyaca rājendra tasya bhrātṛśatasya vai | k: K1-3 Ñ2 V2.3 D1.4 (K4 Ñ1 V1 B Dn Ds D5.6 T3.4 after *175) ins.: :k teṣāṃ tu te bhayākrāntaḥ kṣatriyās tatra tatra ha | anvavāyas tu sumahāṃs tatra tatra viśāṃ pate teṣāṃ ye te mahārāja śāryātā iti viśrutāḥ // kṣatriyā bharataśreṣṭha dikṣu sarvāsu dhārmikāḥ sarvaśaḥ sarvagahanaṃ praviṣṭāḥ kurunandana // k: T3 ins.: :k teṣu tatra kṛpāṃ cakre brahmā lokapitā mahaḥ | nābhāgasya tu putrau dvau vaiśyau brāhmaṇatāṃ gatau karūṣasya tu kārūṣāḥ kṣatriyā yuddhadurmadāḥ // k: Ś1 K1.3 Ñ1 V2 Dn G4 ins.: :k prāṃśor eko 'bhavat putraḥ prajāpatiriti śrutaḥ | pṛṣadhro hiṃsayitvā tu guror gāṃ janamejaya śāpāc chūdratvam āpanno navaite parikīrtitāḥ // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 M1-3) ins.: :k vaivasvatasya tanayā manor vaibharatarṣabha | kṣuvatas tu manos tāta ikṣvākur abhavat sutaḥ tasya putraśataṃ tv āsīd ikṣvākor bhūridakṣiṇam // teṣāṃ vikukṣir jyeṣṭhas tu vikukṣitvād ayodhatām prāptaḥ paramadharmajña so 'yodhyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ // śakunipramukhās tasya putrāḥ pañcaśataṃ smṛtāḥ uttarāpathadeśasya rakṣitāro viśāṃ pate // catvāriṃśad athāsṭau ca dakṣiṇasyāṃ tathā diśi vasātipramukhāś cānye rakṣitāro viśāṃ pate // k: K1 Ñ2.3 V B1.2 Dn Ds D3.5 ins.: :k ikṣvākus tu vikukṣiṃ vai aṣṭakāyām athādiśat | māṃsam ānaya śrāddhārthaṃ mṛgān hatvā mahābala | śrāddhakarmaṇi coddiṣṭe akṛte śrāddhakarmaṇi bhakṣayitvā śaśaṃ tāta śaśādo mṛgayāṃ gataḥ // ikṣvākuṇā parityakto vasiṣṭhavacanāt prabhuḥ k: Ñ2.3 V1.3 ins.: :k śaśādanāc chaśādo 'bhūc chaśādo vanamāviśat | ikṣvākau saṃsthite tāta śaśādaḥ puram āvasat // k: Ñ2.3 V1.3 ins.: :k prāptaḥ paramadharmātmā yo 'yodhyādhipatikriyām | ayodhasya tu dāyādaḥ kakutstho nāma vīryavān k: all Mss. (except T G M1.4) ins.: :k indrasya vṛṣabhūtasya kakutstho 'jayatāsurān | pūrvam āḍībake yuddhe kakutsthas tena sa smṛtaḥ | anenās tu kakutsthasya pṛthur ānenasaḥ smṛtaḥ // viṣṭarāśvaḥ pṛthoḥ putras tasmād ārdras tv ajāyata ārdrasya yuvanāśvas tu śrāvastas tasya cātmajas // jajñe śrāvastako rājā śrāvastī yena nirmitā śrāvastasya tu dāyādo bṛhadaśvo mahīpatiḥ // kuvalāśvaḥ sutas tasya Ṭrājā paramadhārmikaḥ yaḥ sa dhundhuvadhād rājā dhundhumāratvam āgataḥ // dhundhor vadham ahaṃ brahmañ śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ yadarthaṃ kuvalāśvaḥ san dhundhumāratvam āgataḥ // bṛhadaśvasya putrāṇāṃ śatam uttamadhanvinām k: all Mss. (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1 T1 M1-3) ins.: :k sarve vidyāsu niṣṇātā balavanto durāsadāḥ | babhūvātha pitā rājye kuvalāśvaṃ nyayojayat // k: After 49c, all Mss. (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1 T1 M1-3) ins.: :k yajvāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ | kuvalāśvaṃ sutaṃ rājye | putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīs tu vanaṃ rājā samāviśat tam uttaṅko 'tha viprarṣiḥ prayāntaṃ pratyavārayat // bhavatā rakṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ tat tāvat kartum arhasi nirudvignas tapaś cartuṃ na hi śaknomi pārthiva // k: Ś1 K1.3 Ñ2.3 V Ds D4 ins.: :k tvayā hi pṛthivī rājan rakṣyamāṇāmahātmanā | bhaviṣyati nirudvignā nāraṇyaṃ gantum arhasi || pālane hi mahān dharmaḥ prajānām iha dṛśyate | na tathā dṛśyate 'raṇye mā te bhūd buddhir īdṛśī || īdṛśo na hi rājendra dharmaḥ kva cana dṛśyate | prajānāṃ pālane yo vai purā rājarṣibhiḥ kṛtaḥ | rakṣitavyāḥ prajā rājñā tās tvaṃ rakṣitum arhasi | mamāśramasamīpe vai sameṣu marudhanvasu samudro vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ // devatānām avadhyaś ca mahākāyo mahābalaḥ antarbhūmigatas tatra vālukāntarhito mahān // rākṣasasya madhoḥ putro dhundhur nāma sudāruṇaḥ śete lokavināśāya tapa āsthāya dāruṇam // saṃvatsarasya paryante sa niḥśvāsaṃ vimuñcati yadā tadā mahī tāta calati sma sakānanā // tasya niḥśvāsavātena raja uddhūyate mahat ādityapatham āvṛtya saptāhaṃ bhūmikampanam // savisphuliṅgaṃ sāṅgāraṃ sadhūmam atidāruṇam tena tāta na śaknomi tasmin sthātuṃ sva āśrame // taṃ vāraya mahākāyaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā lokāḥ svasthā bhavantv adya tasmin vinihate tvayā // tvaṃ hi tasya vadhāyaikaḥ samarthaḥ pṛthivīpate viṣṇunā ca varo datto mahyaṃ pūrvaṃ tato 'nadha k: Ś1 K Ñ2.3 V B D (except D3) T G M4 ins.: :k yas taṃ mahāsuraṃraudraṃ haniṣyati mahābalam | k: V2 after *187 cont.: :k sa ca vikhyātakīrtis tu cakravartī nasaṃśayaḥ | tejasā svena te viṣṇus teja āpyāyayiṣyati // na hi dhundhur mahātejās tejasālpena śakyate nirdagdhuṃ pṛthivīpāla ciraṃ yugaśatair api vīryaṃ hi sumahat tasya devair api durāsadam // sa evam ukto rājarṣir uttaṅkena mahātmanā kuvalāśvaṃ sutaṃ prādāt tasmai dhundhunibarhaṇe // bhagavan nyastaśastro 'ham ayaṃ tu tanayo mama bhaviṣyati dvijaśreṣṭha dhundhumāro na saṃśayaḥ // sa taṃ vyādiśya tanayaṃ rājarṣir dhundhunigrahe jagāma parvatāyaiva tapase saṃśitavrataḥ // kuvalāśvas tu putrāṇāṃ śatena saha pārtivaḥ prāyād uttaṅkasahito dhundhos tasya nibarhaṇe // tam āviśat tadā viṣṇur bhagavāṃs tejasā prabhuḥ uttaṅkasya niyogād vai lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā // tasmin prayāte durdharṣe divi śabdo mahān abhūt eṣa śrīmān nṛpasuto dhundhumāro bhaviṣyati // divyair mālyaiś ca taṃ devāḥ samantāt samavākiran devadundubhayaś caiva praṇedur bharatarṣabha // sa gatvā jayatāṃ śreṣṭhas tanayaiḥ saha vīryavān samudraṃ khānayām āsa vālukārṇavam avyayam // nārāyaṇena kauravya tejasāpyāyitas tadā babhūva sa mahātejā bhūyo balasamanvitaḥ // tasya putraiḥ khanadbhis tu vālukāntarhitas tadā dhundhur āsādito rājan diśam āvṛtya paścimām // mukhajenāgninā krodhāl lokān udvartayann iva vāri susrāva vegena mahodadhir ivodaye somasya bharataśreṣṭha dhārormikalilo mahān // k: D6 ins.: :k ekaviṃśati putrāṇāṃ sahasram amitaujasām | tasya putraśataṃ dagdhaṃ tribhir ūnaṃ tu rakṣasā // tataḥ sa rājā kauravya rākṣasaṃ taṃ mahābalam āsasāda mahātejā dhundhuṃ dhundhuvināśanaḥ // tasya vārimayaṃ vegam āpīya sa narādhipaḥ yogī yogena vahniṃ ca śamayām āsa vāriṇā // nihatya taṃ mahākāyaṃ balenodakarākṣasam uttaṅkaṃ darśayām āsa kṛtakarmā narādhipaḥ // uttaṅkas tu varaṃ prādāt tasmai rājñe mahātmane dadataś cākṣayaṃ vittaṃ śatrubhiś cāparājayam // dharme ratiṃ ca satataṃ svarge vāsaṃ tathākṣayam putrāṇāṃ cākṣayāṃl lokān svarge ye rakṣasā hatāḥ // tasya putrās trayaḥ śiṣṭā dṛḍhāśvo jyeṣṭha ucyate daṇḍāśvakapilāśvau tu kumārau tu kanīyasau // dhaundhumārir dṛḍhāśvas tu haryaśvas tasya cātmajaḥ haryaśvasya nikumbho 'bhūt kṣatradharmarataḥ sadā // saṃhatāśvo nikumbhasya suto raṇaviśāradaḥ akṛśāśvaḥ kṛśāśvaś ca saṃhatāśvasutau nṛpa // tasya haimavatī kanyā satāṃ matā dṛṣadvatī vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu putraś cāpi prasenajit // lebhe prasenajid bhāryāṃ gaurīṃ nāma pativratām abhiśaptā tu sā bhartrā nadī sā bāhudā kṛtā // tasyāḥ putro mahān āsīd yuvanāśvo narādhipaḥ k: K4 ins.: :k yuvanāśvasya tanayaś cakravartī jajāna ha | kaṃ dhārayati kumāro 'yaṃ nyasto rorūyate bhṛśam | māndhātar vatsa mā rodīr itīndro deśinīm adāt | māndhātā yuvanāśvasya trilokavijayī nṛpaḥ // tasya caitrarathī bhāryā śaśabindoḥ sutābhavat sādhvī bindumatī nāma rūpeṇāsadṛśī bhuvi pativratā ca jyeṣṭhā ca bhrātṝṇām ayutasya sā // tasyām utpādayām āsa māndhātā dvau sutau nṛpa purukutsaṃ ca dharmajñaṃ mucukundaṃ ca pārthivam // purukutsasutas tv āsīt trasaddasyur mahīpatiḥ narmadāyām athotpannaḥ saṃbhūtas tasya cātmajaḥ // saṃbhūtasya tu dāyādaḥ sudhanvā ripumardanaḥ k: Ñ2.3 V3 B2 D5 ins.: :k sudhanvanaḥ sutaś cāpi viṣṇuvṛddhir iti smṛtaḥ | viṣṇuvṛddhā iti khyātās tasya vaṃśyā narādhipāḥ | ete tv aṅgirasaḥ pakṣe kṣetropetā dvijātayaḥ || saṃbhūtasyāparaḥ putro anaraṇyo mahāyaśāḥ | rāvaṇena hato yo 'sau trilokajayinā purā || trasadaśvo naras tasya haryaśvas tasya cātmajaḥ | haryaśvasya dṛṣadvatyāṃ jajñe sumanasaḥ sutaḥ || tasya putro 'bhavad rājā sudhanvā ripumardanaḥ | sudhanvanaḥ sutaś cāpi tridhanvā nāma pārthivaḥ // rājñas tridhanvanas tv āsīd vidvāṃs trayyāruṇaḥ prabhuḥ tasya satyavrato nāma kumāro 'bhūn mahābalaḥ // pāṇigrahaṇamantrāṇāṃ vighnaṃ cakre sudurmatiḥ yena bhāryā hṛtā pūrvaṃ kṛtodvāhā parasya vai // bālyāt kāmāc ca mohāc ca saṃharṣāc cāpalena ca jahāra kanyāṃ kāmāt sa kasya cit puravāsinaḥ // k: K4 ins.: :k ekasmin divase rāja+ +putro 'tyantaparākramī | dadarśa vicaran svīye pattane cārulocanām | udvāhayantīṃ vedikāyāṃ vaiśyavaryasya kasya cit || anullaṅghitamaryādāṃ saptapadyā vicakṣaṇaḥ | bhartrā pānigrahayutāṃ balād gṛhya mahīpatiḥ | gāndharveṇa vivāhena svayaṃ udvāhayad balāt || vaiśyāḥ sarve samāgamya rājānam idam ūcatuḥ | kumāreṇa hṛtā kanyā vedikāyā mahadbalāt | rājñā na rakṣito lokas tadā naṣṭo bhaved dhruvam || na pūrvais taiḥ kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ na kariṣyati cāpadi | yathā kumāreṇa kṛtaṃ rājan karma vigarhitam | adharmaśaṅkunā tena rājā trayyāruṇo 'tyajat k: D6 T1.2 G M4 for 91a-b subst.: :k tam adharmeṇa saṃyuktaṃ pitāsūryāruṇo jahau | apadhvaṃseti bahuśo vadan krodhasamanvitaḥ // pitaraṃ so 'bravīt tyaktaḥ kva gacchāmīti vai muhuḥ pitā tv enam athovāca śvapākaiḥ saha vartaya nāhaṃ putreṇa putrārthī tvayādya kulapāṃsana // ity uktaḥ sa nirākrāman nagarād vacanāt pituḥ na ca taṃ vārayām āsa vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ // sa tu satyavratas tāta śvapākāvasathāntike pitrā tyakto 'vasad vīraḥ pitāpy asya vanaṃ yayau // tatas tasmiṃs tu viṣaye nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ k: K4 ins.: :k acirān narapater vasiṣṭhasyāvicārataḥ | parityāgāt kumārasya nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ || yadā dvādaśa varṣāṇi tena naṣṭābhavat prajā | svāhākāraḥ svadhākāro vaṣaṭkāro 'pi nābhavat | rāṣṭre tasya mahīpasya dharmanāśo 'bhavat tadā | samā dvādaśa rājendra tenādharmeṇa vai tadā // dārāṃs tu tasya viṣaye viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ saṃnyasya sāgarānūpe cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ // k: K4 ins.: :k etasminn eva samaye viśvāmitrasya vai sutāḥ | catvāro vedavidvāṃsaḥ kṣudhayā paripīḍitāḥ || viśvāmitre gate dūraṃ tapase 'timahātmani | procuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve mātaraṃ prati bhārata || vikrīya tanayaṃ mātar jīvyatāṃ yadi rocate | mariṣyāmo 'nyathā sarve kṣudhayā paripīḍitāḥ | vikrīya tanayaṃ jīva yāvadāgamanaṃ pituḥ || sarvanāśe samutpanne ardhaṃ tyajati mānavaḥ | ardhena kurute kāryam iti paurātanī śrutiḥ || tyajed ekaṃ kulasyārthaṃ grāmasyārthaṃ kulaṃ tyajet | grāmaṃ janapadasyārthaṃ ātmārthaṃ sakalaṃ tyajet || tasmād vikrīya tanayān mātar jīva yathāsukham | anyathā nidhanaṃ sarve gamiṣyāmas tvayā saha || ayodhyāyāṃ mahātmāno dhyānavanto mahattarāḥ | gṛhvanti manujāḥ sarve dāsārthaṃ samupāgatān || tasmād vikrīya māṃ mātaḥ pūrvaṃ bhakṣaya pūrvajam | paścād vikrīya tāṃ sarvān no ced varṣati vāsavaḥ | tasya patnī gale baddhvā madhyamaṃ putram aurasam śeṣasya bharaṇārthāya vyakrīṇād gośatena vai // taṃ tu baddhaṃ gale dṛṣṭvā vikrīyantaṃ nṛpātmajaḥ maharṣiputraṃ dharmātmā mokṣayām āsa bhārata // satyavrato mahābāhur bharaṇaṃ tasya cākarot viśvāmitrasya tuṣṭyartham anukampārtham eva ca // k: Ñ2 ins.: :k mahāvrataṃ tadā roṣaṃ vasiṣṭho manasākarot | so 'bhavad gālavo nāma galabandhān mahātapāḥ maharṣiḥ kauśikas tāta tena vīreṇa mokṣitaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 10, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h satyavratas tu bhaktyā ca kṛpayā ca pratijñayā viśvāmitrakalatraṃ tad babhāra vinaye sthitaḥ // hatvā mṛgān varāhāṃś ca mahiṣāṃś ca vanecarān viśvāmitrāśramābhyāśe māṃsaṃ tad avabandhata // upāṃśuvratam āsthāya dīkṣāṃ dvādaśavārṣikīm pitur niyogād avasat tasmin vanagate nṛpe // ayodhyāṃ caiva rāṣṭraṃ ca tathaivāntaḥpuraṃ muniḥ yājyopādhyāyasaṃyogād vasiṣṭhaḥ paryarakṣata // satyavratas tu bālyād vā bhāvino 'rthasya vā balāt vasiṣṭhe 'bhyadhikaṃ manyuṃ dhārayām āsa nityadā // pitrā tu taṃ tadā rāṣṭrāt parityktaṃ priyaṃ sutam na vārayām āsa munir vasiṣṭhaḥ kāraṇena hi // pāṇigrahaṇamantrāṇāṃ niṣṭhā syāt saptame pade na ca satyavratas tasmād dhṛtavān saptame pade // jānan dharmaṃ vasiṣṭhas tu na māṃ trātīti bhārata satyavratas tadā roṣaṃ vasiṣṭhe manasākarot // guṇabuddhyā tu bhagavān vasiṣṭhaḥ kṛtavāṃs tadā na ca satyavratas tasya tam upāṃśum abudhyata // tasminn aparitoṣo yaḥ pitur āsīn mahātmanaḥ tena dvādaśa varṣāṇi nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ // tena tv idānīṃ vahatā dīkṣāṃ tāṃ durvahāṃ bhuvi k: D4 for 11a-b subst.: :k tenārthaṃ caiva vihitā dikṣās tātahatā bhuvi | kulasya niṣkṛtis tāta kṛtā sā vai bhaved iti // na taṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavān pitrā tyaktaṃ nyavārayat abhiṣekṣyāmy ahaṃ putram asyety evaṃ matir muneḥ // sa tu dvādaśa varṣāṇi dīkṣām tām udvahan balī k: K4 Ñ3 V1 D3 ins.: :k upāṃśuvratam āsthāya mahat satyavratonṛpa | avidyamāne māṃse tu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ sarvakāmaduhāṃ dogdhrīṃ dadarśa sa nṛpātmajaḥ // tāṃ vai krodhāc ca mohāc ca śramāc caiva kṣudhānvitaḥ daśadharmagato rājā jaghāna janamejaya // k: Dn D6 Cs (Ñ3 on marg. after 14b) ins.: :k mattaḥ pramatta unmattaḥ śrāntaḥ kruddho bubhukṣitaḥ | tvaramāṇaś ca bhītaś ca lubdhaḥ kāmī ca te daśa | ta ca māṃsaṃ svayaṃ caiva viśvāmitrasya cātmajān bhojayām āsa tac chrutvā vasiṣṭho 'py asya cukrudhe // k: N (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1) T2-4 G M4 ins.: :k kruddhas tu bhagavānvākyam idam āha nṛpātmajan | pātayeyam ahaṃ krūra tava śaṅkum ayasmayam yadi te dvāv imau śaṅkū na syātāṃ vai kṛtau punaḥ // pituś cāparitoṣeṇa guror dogdhrīvadhena ca aprokṣitopayogāc ca trividhas te vyatikramaḥ // evaṃ trīṇy asya śaṅkūni tāni dṛṣṭvā mahātapāḥ triśaṅkur iti hovāca triśaṅkus tena sa smṛtaḥ // viśvāmitras tu dārāṇām āgato bharaṇe kṛte tena tasmai varaṃ prādān muniḥ prītas triśaṅkave chandyamāno vareṇātha guruṃ vavre nṛpātmajaḥ // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k saśarīro vraje svargam ity evaṃ yācito muniḥ | anāvṛṣṭibhaye tasmin gate dvādaśavārṣike abhiṣicya ca rājye ca yājayām āsa taṃ muniḥ k: D6 T1.2 G M4 for 20c-d subst.: :k taṃ munir yājayām āsa pitriye rājye 'bhiṣicya tu | miṣatāṃ devatānāṃ ca vasiṣṭhasya ca kauśikaḥ // k: Ś1 K1.3.4 Dn D4 ins.: :k saśarīraṃ tadā taṃ tu divamāropayat prabhuḥ | k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Ds D2.6 T2-4 G1.4 (V3 after 20d) ins.: :k divam āropayāmāsa saśarīraṃ mahātapāḥ | tasya satyarathā nāma patnī kekayavaṃśajā kumāraṃ janayām āsa hariścandram akalmaṣam // sa vai rājā hariścandras traiśaṅkava iti smṛtaḥ āhartā rājasūyasya sa samrāḍ iti viśrutaḥ // hariścandrasya tu suto rohito nāma viśrutaḥ k: K1.3.4 V Dn D3-6 M4 ins.: :k yenedaṃ rohitapuraṃ kāritaṃrājyasiddhaye || kṛtvā rājyaṃ sa rājarṣiḥ pālayitvā tathā prajāḥ | saṃsārāsāratāṃ jñātvā dvijebhyas tat puraṃ dadau | k: K2 Ñ2.3 B Ds D1.2 T2-4 G (K1.3.4 V Dn D3-6 after *205) ins.: :k harito rohitasyātha cañcur hārīta ucyate | vijayaś ca sudevaś ca cañcuputrau babhūvatuḥ | jetā kṣatrasya sarvasya vijayas tena sa smṛtaḥ || rurukas tanayas tasya rājadharmārthakovidaḥ | k: D3 after line 1a of *206 ins.: :k harito jajñivāṃs tataḥ tathaiva loke dharmātmā | rohitasya vṛkaḥ putro vṛkād bāhus tu jajñivān // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D1-5 T2-4 G1.4 ins.: :k śakair yavanakāmbojaiḥ pāradaiḥ pahlavaiḥ saha | hehayās tālajaṅghāś ca nirasyanti sma taṃ nṛpam nātyarthaṃ dhārmikaś tāta sa hi dharmayuge 'bhavat // sagaras tu suto bāhor jajñe saha gareṇa vai aurvasyāśramam āsādya bhārgaveṇābhirakṣitaḥ // āgneyam astraṃ labdhvā ca bhārgavāt sagaro nṛpaḥ jigāya pṛthivīṃ hatvā tālajaṅghān sahehayān // śakānāṃ pahlavānāṃ ca dharmaṃ nirasad acyutaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ kuruśreṣṭhāḥ pāradānāṃ ca dharmavit // kathaṃ sa sagaro jāto gareṇaiva sahācyutaḥ kimarthaṃ ca śakādīnāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahaujasām // dharmaṃ kulocitaṃ kruddho rājā nirasad acyutaḥ etan me sarvam ācakṣva vistareṇa tapodhana // bāhor vyasaninas tāta hṛtaṃ rājyam abhūt kila hehayais tālajaṅghaiś ca śakaiḥ sārdhaṃ viśāṃ pate // yavanāḥ pāradāś caiva kāmbojāḥ pahlavās khaśāḥ k: B1 D2 T3.4 (T2 G1.4 after 37d) ins.: :k kātisarpā māhiṣikāḥ pāradāṣṭaṅkaṇāḥ śakāḥ | ete hy api gaṇāḥ pañca hehayārthe parākraman // hṛtarājyas tadā rājā sa vai bāhur vanaṃ yayau patnyā cānugato duḥkhī vane prāṇān avāsṛjat // k: K4 ins.: :k vṛddhaṃ taṃ pañcatāṃ prāptaṃ tatpatny anumariṣyatī | aurveṇa jānatātmānaṃ prajāvantaṃ nivāritā | patnī tu yādavī tasya sagarbhā pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt sapatnyā ca garas tasyā dattaḥ pūrvam abhūt kila // sā tu bhartuś citāṃ kṛtvā vane tām abhyarohata aurvas tāṃ bhārgavas tāta kāruṇyāt samavārayat // tasyāśrame ca taṃ garbhaṃ gareṇaiva sahācyutam vyajāyata mahābāhuṃ sagaraṃ nāma pārthivam // aurvas tu jātakarmādī tasya kṛtvā mahātmanaḥ adhyāpya vedaśāstrāṇi tato 'straṃ pratyapādayat āgneyaṃ taṃ mahābhāgām amarair api duḥsaham // sa tenāstrabalenājau balena ca samanvitaḥ hehayān nijaghānāśu kruddho rudraḥ paśūn iva ājahāra ca lokeṣu kīrtiṃ kīrtimatāṃ varaḥ // tataḥ śakān sa yavanān kāmbojān pāradāṃs tathā pahlavāṃś caiva niḥśeṣān kartuṃ vyavasito nṛpaḥ // te vadhyamānā vīreṇa sagareṇa mahātmanā vasiṣṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatvā praṇipetur manīṣiṇam // vasiṣṭhas tv atha tān dṛṣṭvā samayena mahādyutiḥ sagaraṃ vārayām āsa teṣāṃ dattvābhayaṃ tadā // sagaraḥ svāṃ pratijñāṃ ca guror vākyaṃ niśamya ca dharmaṃ jaghāna teṣāṃ vai veṣānyātvaṃ cakāra ha // ardhaṃ śakānāṃ śiraso muṇḍayitvā vyasarjayat yavanānāṃ śiraḥ sarvaṃ kāmbojānāṃ tathaiva ca // pāradā muktakeśās tu pahlavāḥ śmaśrudhāriṇaḥ niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ kṛtās tena mahātmanā // śakā yavanakāmbojāḥ pāradāś ca viśāṃ pate kolisarpā māhiṣakā darvāś colāḥ sakeralāḥ // sarve te kṣatriyās tāta dharmas teṣāṃ nirākṛtaḥ vasiṣṭhavacanād rājan sagareṇa mahātmanā // k: K1-3.4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3-5 T2.3.4 G4 (K4 D5 a first time after44; D6 G2.3.5 after 45b; T2 a second time and G1 after *213) ins.: :k khaśās tu ṣārāś cīnāś ca madrāḥ kiṣkandhakās tathā | kauntalāś ca tathā vaṅgāḥ śālvāḥ kauṅkaṇakās tathā | sa dharmavijayī rājā vijityemāṃ vasuṃdharām aśvaṃ vicārayām āsa vājimedhāya dīkṣitaḥ // tasya cārayataḥ so 'śvaḥ samudre pūrvadakṣiṇe velāsamīpe 'pahṛto bhūmiṃ caiva praveśitaḥ k: K4 (marg.) ins.: :k tasyotsṛṣṭaṃ paśuṃ yajñe jahārāśvaṃpuraṃdaraḥ | hṛtvā kapilapārśve taṃ baddhvāgān nagarīṃ punaḥ || sumatyās tanayā dṛptāḥ pitur ādeśakāriṇaḥ | tāni ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi hayarakṣaṇatatparāḥ | sa taṃ deśaṃ tadā putraiḥ khānayām āsa pārthivaḥ // āsedus te tatas tatra khanyamāne mahārṇave tam ādipuruṣaṃ devaṃ hariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ prajāpatim viṣṇuṃ kapilarūpeṇa svapantaṃ puruṣaṃ tadā // k: K4 ins.: :k hayam anveṣamāṇās te samantān nyakhanan mahīm | prāgudīcyāṃ diśi hayaṃ dadṛśuḥ kapilāntike || eṣa vājiharaś cora āste mīlitalocanaḥ | hanyatāṃ hanyatāṃ pāpa iti ṣaṣṭisahasriṇaḥ | muṣṭiprahārair ahanann unmimeṣa tadā muniḥ | k: D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sādhyaṃnārāyaṇaṃ tathā || tasya gatvā samīpe tu so 'yaṃ cora iti bruvan | gṛhyatāṃ badhyatām eṣa no 'śvahartā sudurmatiḥ || tatas te pāśam udyamya grahituṃ taṃ mahādyutim | upākrāmaṃs tadā sarve sagarāḥ kālacoditāḥ | k: T3 ins.: :k dadṛśuḥ sāgarāḥ sarve sāyudhās taṃpradudruvuḥ | tasya cakṣuḥsamutthena tejasā pratibudhyataḥ dagdhāḥ sarve mahārāja catvāras tv avaśeṣitāḥ // barhaketuḥ suketuś ca tathā bhāradratho nṛpaḥ śūraḥ pañcajanaś caiva tasya vaṃśakarā nṛpā // k: T3 ins.: :k aṃśumantaṃ tadājñāpya pātram aśvārtham acyutam | pratīkṣamāṇas tatraiva dīkṣitaḥ saṃvyatiṣṭhata || pitṝṇāṃ padavīṃ gatvā sa dadarśa hariṃ prabhum | mūrdhnā praṇamya taṃ devaṃ prahvībhāvena cāsthitaḥ | prādāc ca tasmai bhagavān harir nārāyaṇo varam akṣayaṃ vaṃśam ikṣvākoḥ kīrtiṃ cāpy anivartinīm k: T3 for 51a-c subst.: :k tataḥ sa bhagavān devo dattvā cāśvaṃvaraṃ dadau | sagarāya mahārāja | putraṃ samudraṃ ca vibhuḥ svarge vāsaṃ tathākṣayam // k: K3 Dn T3 ins.: :k putrāṇāṃ cākṣayāṃl lokāṃs tasya yecakṣuṣā hatāḥ | samudraś cārghyam ādāya vavande taṃ mahīpatim sāgaratvaṃ ca lebhe sa karmaṇā tena tasya ha // taṃ cāśvamedhikaṃ so 'śvaṃ samudrād upalabdhavān ājahārāśvamedhānāṃ śataṃ sa sumahāyaśāḥ putrāṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭis tasyeti naḥ śrutam // sagarasyātmajā vīrāḥ kathaṃ jātā mahābalāḥ vikrāntāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasrā vidhinā kena vā dvija // dve bhārye sagarasyāstāṃ tapasā dagdhakilbiṣe k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-5 T3.4 G1.4 (D6 after 53) ins.: :k jyeṣṭhāvidarbhaduhitā keśinī nāma viśrutā | kanīyasī tu yā tasya patnī paramadharmiṇī | ariṣṭanemiduhitā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi | aurvas tābhyāṃ varaṃ prādāt tan nibodha narādhipa // ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi gṛhṇātv ekā tarasvinām ekaṃ vaṃśadharaṃ tv ekā yatheṣṭaṃ varayatv iti // tatraikā jagṛhe putrāṃl lubdhā śūrān bahūṃs tathā ekaṃ vaṃśadharaṃ tv ekā tathety āha tato muniḥ // k: Ñ2.3 B1.2 Dn Ds D5 ins.: :k keśiny asūta sagarād asamañjasamātmajam | rājā pañcajano nāma babhūva sumahābalaḥ itarā suṣuve tumbaṃ bījapūrṇām iti śrutiḥ // tatra ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi garbhās te tilasaṃmitāḥ saṃbabhūvur yathākālaṃ vavṛdhuś ca yathāsukham // ghṛtapūrṇeṣu kumbheṣu tān garbhān nidadhus tataḥ dhātrīś caikaikaśaḥ prādāt tāvatīḥ poṣaṇe nṛpa // tato daśasu māseṣu samuttasthur yathākramam kumārās te yathākālaṃ sagaraprītivardhanāḥ // ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi tasyaivam abhavan nṛpa śukrād alābūmadhyād vai jātāni pṛthivīpateḥ // teṣāṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tejaḥ praviṣṭānāṃ mahātmanām ekaḥ pañcajano nāma putro rājā babhūva ha // k: D6 T2 G1-3.5 M3 ins.: :k asamañja iti prāhus tasya putro'ṃśumān abhūt | sutaḥ pañcajanasyāsīd aṃśumān nāma vīryavān dilīpas tasya tanayaḥ khaṭvāṅga iti viśrutaḥ // yena svargād ihāgatya muhūrtaṃ prāpya jīvitam trayo 'bhisaṃdhitā lokā buddhyā satyena cānagha // dilīpasya tu dāyādo mahārājo bhagīrathaḥ yaḥ sa gaṅgāṃ saricchreṣṭhām avātārayata prabhuḥ k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2-4 G1-3.5 ins.: :k kīrtimān sa mahābhāgaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ | samudram ānayac caināṃ duhitṛtve tv akalpayat // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2-4 G M4 ins.: :k tasmād bhāgīrathī gaṅgā kathyate vaṃśacintakaiḥ | bhagīrathasuto rājā śruta ity abhiviśrutaḥ nābhāgas tu śrutasyāsīt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ // ambarīṣas tu nābhāgiḥ sindhudvīpapitābhavat ayutājit tu dāyādaḥ sindhudvīpasya vīryavān // ayutājitsutas tv āsīd ṛtaparṇo mahāyaśāḥ divyākṣahṛdayajño vai rājā nalasakho balī // ṛtaparṇasutas tv āsīd ārtaparṇir mahīpatiḥ k: K1.2.4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2.6 T2.4 G M4 ins.: :k sudāsas tasya tanayo rājā indrasakho 'bhavat | sudāsasya sutas tv āsīt saudāso nāma pārthivaḥ | khyātaḥ kalmāṣapādo vai nāmnā mitrasaho 'bhavat // k: K1.4 Ñ3 Ds (Ñ2 V1.3 B3 after 73b; V2 after 73d) ins.: :k vasiṣṭhas tumahātejāḥ kṣetre kalmāṣapādake | aśmakaṃ janayām āsa ikṣvākukulavṛddhaye | k: K1 Ñ2 V B3 Ds after *224 cont.: :k aśmakāc caiva kārūṣo mūlakastatsuto 'bhavat | mūlakasyāpi dharmātmā rājā śataratho 'bhavat || tasmāc chatarathāj jajñe rājā elabilo balī | āsīd ailabilaḥ śrīmān vṛddhaśarmā pratāpavān || dalas tasyātmajaś cāpi tato jajñe śalo nṛpaḥ | ūrṇo nāma sa dharmātmā śalaputro babhūva ha | k: Ñ2 V1.3 B3 after line 4 of *225 (Ds the second time and V2 after *230)ins.: :k putro viśvasahas tasya pitṛkanyā vyajāyata | k: Ñ2 V3 after lines 5-6 of *225 (both lines they read after *230) ins.: :k rajo nāma sutas tasya śṛṅkhalas tasya cātmajaḥ | kalmāṣapādasya sutaḥ sarvakarmeti viśrutaḥ anaraṇyas tu putro 'bhūd viśrutaḥ sarvakarmaṇaḥ // anaraṇyasuto nighno nighnaputrau babhūvatuḥ anamitro raghuś caiva pārthivarṣabhasattamau // k: K1 V2 Ds ins.: :k anamitrasutaḥ stambaḥ śaṅkhaṇas tasya cātmajaḥ | anamitras tu dharmātmā vidvān duliduho 'bhavat dilīpas tasya tanayo rāmasya prapitāmahaḥ dīrghabāhur dilīpasya raghur nāmnābhavat sutaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) (T1.3.4 G M after 73b) ins.: :k ayodhyāyāṃmahārāja raghur āsīn mahābalaḥ | ajas tu rāghuto jajñe tathā daśaratho 'py ajāt rāmo daśarathāj jajñe dharmārāmo mahāyaśāḥ // rāmasya tanayo jajñe kuśa ity abhiviśrutaḥ atithis tu kuśāj jajñe niṣadhas tasya cātmajaḥ // niṣadhasya nalaḥ putro nabhaḥ putro nalasya tu nabhasaḥ puṇḍarīkas tu kṣemadhanvā tataḥ smṛtaḥ // kṣemadhanvasutas tv āsīd devānīkaḥ pratāpavān āsīd ahīnagur nāma devānīkātmajaḥ prabhuḥ k: M4 for 77c-d subst.: :k devānīkasya dāyādo 'hīnagas tu pratāpavān | ahīnagos tu dāyādaḥ sahasvān nāma pārthivaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T3.4 G M4 ins.: :k sudhanvanaḥ sutaś caiva tatojajñe nalo nṛpa | uktho nāma sa dharmātmā nalaputro babhūva ha | vajranābhaḥ sutas tasya ukthasya ca mahātmanaḥ | k: Ñ2.3 V B3 after line 1a of *229 ins.: :k pāriyātro mahāyaśāḥ nalas tasyātmajaś caiva | k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V1.3 B1.2 Dn Ds D1.4-6 T3 after *229 (K1 Ds both a first time and V2 after *226) cont.: :k śaṅkhas tasya suto vidvān dhyuṣitāśva iti śrutaḥ | dhyuṣitāśvasuto vidvān rājā viśvasahaḥ kila || hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyo brahmiṣṭhas tasya cātmajaḥ | puṣpas tasya suto vidvān arthasiddhis tu tatsutaḥ || sudarśanaḥ sutas tasya agnivarṇaḥ sudarśanāt | agnivarṇasya śīghras tu śīghrasya tu maruḥ sutaḥ || marus tu yogam āsthāya kalāpadvīpam āsthitaḥ | tasyāsīd viśrutavataḥ putro rājā bṛhadbalaḥ | k: Ñ2.3 V B2 Ds (the first time only) after line 7 of *230 (K4 after 72) ins.: :k prasusruto marusutaḥ susaṃdhis tasya cātmajaḥ | susaṃdhes tu suto marṣaḥ sahasrān nāma nāmataḥ | āsīt sahasrataḥ putro rājā viśrutavān iti | nalau dvāv eva vikhyātau purāṇe bharatarṣabha vīrasenātmajaś caiva yaś cekṣvākukulodvahaḥ // ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavāḥ prādhānyeneha kīrtitāḥ ete vivasvato vaṃśe rājāno bhūritejasaḥ // paṭhan samyag imāṃ sṛṣṭim ādityasya vivasvataḥ śrāddhadevasya devasya prajānāṃ puṣṭidasya ca prajānān eti sāyujyam ādityasya vivasvataḥ // k: K1.2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T2.4 G M4 (T3 after 78c) ins.: :k vipāpmā virajāścaiva āyuṣmāṃś ca bhavaty uta | h: HV (CE) chapter 11, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of January 13, 2001 :h kathaṃ vai śrāddhadevatvam ādityasya vivasvataḥ śrotum icchāmi viprāgrya śrāddhasya ca paraṃ vidhaṃ pitṝṇām ādisargaṃ ca ka ete pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ // evaṃ ca śrutam asmābhiḥ kathyamānaṃ dvijātibhiḥ svargasthāḥ pitaro nye sma devānām api devatāḥ iti devavidaḥ prāhur etad icchāmi vedituṃ // yāvantaś ca gaṇāḥ proktā yac ca teṣāṃ paraṃ balam yathā ca kṛtam asmābhiḥ śrāddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn // prītāś ca pitaro yena śreyasā yojayanti hi etad vai śrotum icchāmi pitṝṇāṃ sargam uttamam // hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pitṝṇāṃ sargam uttamam mārkaṇḍeyena kathitaṃ bhīṣmāya paripṛcchate // apṛcchad dharmarājo hi śaratalpagataṃ purā evam eva purā praśnaṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi // tat te nupūrvyā vakṣyāmi bhīṣmeṇodāhṛtaṃ yathā gītaṃ sanatkumāreṇa mārkaṇḍeyāya pṛcchate // k: T3 ins.: :k bhīṣmas tu dharmarājāya proktavān etad acyuta | puṣṭikāmena dharmajña kathaṃ puṣṭir avāpyate etad ākhyātam icchāmi kiṃ kurvāṇo na śocati // śrāddhaiḥ prīṇāti hi pitṝn sarvakāmaphalais tu yaḥ tatparaḥ prayataḥ śrāddhī pretya ceha ca modate // pitaro dharmakāmasya prajākāmasya cābhibho puṣṭikāmasya puṣṭiṃ ca prayacchanti yudhiṣṭhira // vartante pitaraḥ svarge keṣāṃcin narake punaḥ prāṇināṃ niyataṃ hy uktam karmajaṃ phalam ucyate // śrāddhāni caiva kurvanti phalakāmā na saṃśayaḥ abhisaṃdhāya pitaraṃ pituṣ ca pitaraṃ tathā pituḥ pitāmahaṃ caiva triṣu piṇḍeśu nityadā // tāni śrāddhāni dattāni kathaṃ gacchanty atho pitṝn kathaṃ ca śaktās te dātuṃ nirayasthāḥ phalaṃ punaḥ ke vā te pitaro nye sma kān yajāmo vayaṃ punaḥ // k: D3 subst. for 13ef: :k ke ca lokā na jānīmo vayaṃ punar upasthitāḥ | devā api pitṝn svarge yajantīti ca naḥ śrutaṃ etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa mahādyute // sa bhavān kathayatv enāṃ kathām amitabuddhimān yathā dattaṃ pitṝṇāṃ vai tāraṇāyeha kalpate // atra te vartayiṣyāmi yathātattvam ariṃdama k: After 16ab, K2 Ñ2.3 V3 D (except D2.6) G2 ins.: :k ye ca te pitaro nye sma yān yajāmo vayaṃ punaḥ | pitrā mama purā gītaṃ lokāntaragatena vai // śrāddhakāle mama pitur mayā piṇḍaḥ samudyataḥ taṃ pitā mama hastena bhittvā bhūmim ayācata // hastābharaṇapūrṇena keyūrabharitena ca raktāṅgulitalenātha yathā dṛṣṭaḥ purā mayā // naiṣa kalpavidhir dṛṣṭa iti niścitya cāpy aham kuśeṣv eva tadā piṇḍaṃ dattavān avicārayan // tataḥ pitā me suprīto vācā madhurayā tadā uvāca bharataśreṣṭha prīyamāṇo mayānagha // tvayā dāyādavān asmi kṛtārtho mutra ceha ca satputreṇa tvayā putra dharmajñena vipaścitā // k: K2.4 Ñ2 V Dn D1.2.4-6 T2-4 G1.2 ins. after 21ab; K1 Ñ1.3 B Ds after 22; G4 after 21: :k yathā caturthaṃ dharmasya rakṣitā labhate phalam | pāpasya hi tathā mūḍhaḥ phalaṃ prāpnoty arakṣitā | mayā ca tava jijñāsā prayuktaiṣā dṛḍhavrata vyavasthānaṃ ca dharmeṣu kartuṃ lokasya cānagha // pramāṇaṃ yad dhi kurute dharmācāreṣu pārthivaḥ prajās tad anuvartante pramāṇācaritaṃ sadā // tvayā ca bharataśreṣṭha vedadharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ kṛtāḥ pramāṇaṃ prītiś ca mama nirvartitātulā // tasmāt tavāhaṃ suprītaḥ prītyā varam anuttamam dadāni tvaṃ pratīcchasva triṣu lokeṣu durlabham // na te prabhavitā mṛtyur yāvaj jīvitum icchasi tvatto bhyanujñāṃ saṃprāpya mṛtyuḥ prabhavitā tava // kiṃ vā te prārthitaṃ bhūyo dadāni varam uttamam tad brūhi bharataśreṣṭha yat te manasi vartate // ity uktavantaṃ tam aham abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ abruvaṃ kṛtakṛtyo haṃ prasanne tvayi sattama // yadi tv anugrahaṃ bhūyas tvatto rhāmi mahādyute praśnam icchāmy ahaṃ kiṃcid vyāhṛtaṃ bhavatā svayam // sa mām uvāca dharmātmā brūhi bhīṣma yad icchasi chettāsmi saṃśayaṃ tāta yan māṃ pṛcchasi bhārata // apṛcchaṃ tam ahaṃ tāta tatrāntarhitam eva ca gataṃ sukṛtināṃ lokaṃ jātakautūhalas tadā // śrūyante pitaro devā devānām api devatāḥ te vātha pitaro nye vā kān yajāmo vayaṃ punaḥ // kathaṃ ca dattam asmābhiḥ śrāddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn lokāntaragatāṃs tāta kiṃ nu śrāddhasya vai phalam // k: N (except Ś1) T2-4 G M4 ins.: :k kān yajanti sma lokā vai sadevanaradānavāḥ | sayakṣoragagandharvāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ | atra me saṃśayas tīvraḥ kautūhalam atīva ca tad brūhi mama dharmajña sarvajño hy asi me mataḥ // k: Ś1 K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-4.6 T2-4 G ins.: :k etac chrutvā vacas tasya bhīṣmasyovāca vai pitā | saṃkṣepeṇaiva te vakṣye yan māṃ pṛcchasi bhārata pitṝṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ śrāddhe phalaṃ dattasya cānagha pitaraś ca yathodbhūtāḥ śṛṇu sarvaṃ samāhitaḥ // ādidevasutās tāta pitaro divi devatāḥ tān yajanti sma lokā vai sadevanaradānavāḥ sayakṣarakṣogandharvāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ // āpyāyitāś ca te śrāddhaiḥ punar āpyāyayanti vai jagat sadevagandharvam iti brahmānuśāsanam // tān yajasva mahābhāgāñ śrāddhī śrāddhair atandritaḥ te te śreyo vidhāsyanti sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ // tvayaivārādhyamānās te nāmagotrādikīrtanaiḥ asmān āpyāyayiṣyanti svargasthān api bhārata // mārkaṇḍeyas tu te śeṣam etat sarvaṃ vadiṣyati eṣa vai pitṛbhaktaś ca viditātmā ca bhārgavaḥ // upasthitaś ca śrāddhe dya mamaivānugrahāya vai enaṃ pṛccha mahābhāgam ity uktvāntaradhīyata // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 12, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of January 13, 2001 :h tato haṃ tasya vacanān mārkaṇḍeyaṃ samāhitaḥ praśnaṃ tam evānvapṛcchaṃ yan me pṛṣṭaḥ purā pitā // sa mām uvāca dharmātmā mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ bhīṣma vakṣyāmi tattvena śṛṇuṣva prayato nagha // mayāpi hi prasādād vai dīrghāyuṣṭvaṃ pituḥ prabho pitṛbhaktyaiva labdhaṃ ca prāgloke paramaṃ yaśaḥ // so haṃ yugasya paryante bahuvarṣasahasrike adhiruhya giriṃ meruṃ tapo tapyaṃ suduścaram // tataḥ kadācit paśyāmi divaṃ prajvālya tejasā vimānaṃ mahad āyāntam uttareṇa gires tadā // apaśyaṃ tatra caivāhaṃ śayānaṃ dīptatejasam aṅguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣam agnāv agnim ivāhitam // so haṃ tasmai namas kṛtvā praṇamya śirasā prabhum saṃniviṣṭaṃ vimānasthaṃ pādyārghyābhyāṃ apūjayam // apṛcchaṃ caiva durdharṣaṃ vidyāma tvām kathaṃ prabho daivataṃ hy asi devānām iti me vartate matiḥ // sa mām uvāca dharmātmā smayamāna ivānagha na te tapaḥ sucaritaṃ yena māṃ nāvabudhyase // kṣaṇenaiva pramāṇaṃ sa bibhrad anyad anuttamam rūpeṇa na mayā kaścid dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ pumān kvacit // k: Ñ2 V2 ins.: :k sa mām uvāca tejasvī vācā madhurayā punaḥ | kautūhalaparijñāne yat tad brahman dadāmi te | viddhi māṃ brahmaṇaḥ putraṃ mānasaṃ pūrvajaṃ prabho tapovīryāt samutpannaṃ nārāyaṇaguṇātmakam // sanatkumāra iti yaḥ śruto vedeṣu vai purā so smi bhārgava bhadraṃ te kaṃ kāmaṃ karavāṇi te // ye tv anye brahmaṇaḥ putrā yavīyāṃsas tu te mama bhrātaraḥ sapta durdharṣā yeṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ // k: T2 G1.3.5 ins.: :k marīcir atrir bhagavān pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | aṅgirāś ca vasiṣṭhaś ca saptaite brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ | kratur vasiṣṭhaḥ pulahaḥ pulastyo tris tathāṅgirāḥ k: Ś1 K1.3 Dn D3-5 ins.: :k marīcis tu tathā vidvān devagandharvasevitāḥ | trīṃl lokāṇ dhārayantīmān devadānavapūjitāḥ // vayaṃ tu yatidharmāṇa āropyātmānam ātmani prajādharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca vartayāmo mahāmune // yathotpannas tathaivāhaṃ kumāra iti viddhi mām tasmāt sanatkumāreti nāmaitan me pratiṣṭhitam // madbhaktyā te tapaś cīrṇaṃ mama darśanakāṅkṣayā eṣa dṛṣṭo si bhavatā kaṃ kāmaṃ karavāṇi te // ity uktavantaṃ tam ahaṃ pratyavocaṃ sanātanam anujñāto bhagavatā prīyatā tena bhārata // tato ham artham etaṃ vai tam apṛcchaṃ sanātanam pṛṣṭaḥ pitṝṇāṃ sargaṃ ca phalaṃ śrāddhasya cānagha ciccheda saṃśayaṃ bhīṣma sa tu deveśvaro mama // sa mām uvāca prītātmā kathānte bahuvārṣike rame tvayāhaṃ viprarṣe śṛṇu sarvaṃ yathātatham // devān asṛjata brahmā māṃ yakṣyantīti bhārgava tam utsṛjya tadātmānam ayajaṃs te phalārthinaḥ // te śaptā brahmaṇā mūḍhā naṣṭasaṃjñā vicetasaḥ na sma kiṃcit prajānanti tato loko vyamuhyata // te bhūyaḥ praṇatāḥ sarve prāyācanta pitāmaham anugrahāya lokānāṃ tatas tān abravīt prabhuḥ // prāyaścittaṃ caradhvaṃ vai vyabhicāro hi vaḥ kṛtaḥ putrāṃś ca paripṛcchadhvaṃ tato jñānam avāpsyatha // prāyaścittakriyārthaṃ te putrān papracchur ārtavat tebhyas te prayatātmānaḥ śaśaṃsur tanayās tadā // prāyaścittāni dharmajñā vāṅmanaḥkarmajāni vai śaṃsanti kuśalā nityaṃ cakṣuṣmanto hi tattvataḥ // prāyaścittārthatattvajñā labdhasaṃjñā divaukasaḥ gamyatāṃ putrakāś ceti putrair uktāś ca te tadā // abhiśaptās tu te devāḥ putravākyena tena vai pitāmaham upāgacchan saṃśayacchedanāya vai // tatas tān abravīd devo yūyaṃ vai brahmavādinaḥ tasmād yad uktā yūyaṃ tais tat tathā na tad anyathā // yūyaṃ śarīrakartāras teṣāṃ devā bhaviṣyatha te tu jñānapradātāraḥ pitaro vo na saṃśayaḥ // anyonyapitaro yūyaṃ te caiveti nibodhata devāś ca pitaraś caiva tad budhyadhvaṃ divaukasaḥ // tatas te punar āgamya putrān ūcur divaukasaḥ brahmaṇā chinnasaṃdehāḥ prītimantaḥ parasparam // yūyaṃ vai pitaro smākaṃ yair vayaṃ pratibodhitāḥ dharmajñāḥ kaś ca vaḥ kāmaḥ ko varo vaḥ pradīyatām yad uktaṃ caiva yuṣmābhis tat tathā na tad anyathā // uktāś ca yasmād yuṣmābhiḥ putrakā iti vai vayam tasmād bhavantaḥ pitaro bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ // yo niṣṭvā ca pitṝn śrāddhaiḥ kriyāḥ kāścit kariṣyati rākṣasā dānavā nāgāḥ phalaṃ prāpsyanti tasya tat // śrāddhair āpyāyitāś caiva pitaraḥ somam avyayam āpyāyyamānaṃ yuṣmābhir vardhayiṣyanti nityadā // śrāddhair āpyāyitaḥ somo lokam āpyāyayiṣyati samudraparvatavanaṃ jaṃgamājaṃgamair vṛtam // śrāddhāni puṣṭikāmāś ca ye kariṣyanti mānavāḥ tebhyaḥ puṣṭiṃ prajāś caiva dāsyanti pitaraḥ sadā // śrāddhe ca ye pradāsyanti trīn piṇḍān nāmagotrataḥ sarvatra vartamānāṃs tān pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ bhāvayiṣyanti satataṃ śrāddhadānena pūjitāḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.3.4 G M4 ins.: :k evam ājñā kṛtā pūrvaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | iti tad vacanaṃ satyaṃ bhavatv adya divaukasaḥ putrāś ca pitaraś caiva vayaṃ sarve parasparam // ta ete pitaro devā devāś ca pitaras tathā anyonyapitaro hy ete devāś ca pitaraś ca ha // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 13, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of January 16, 2001 :h ity ukto 'haṃ bhagavatā devadevena bhāsvatā sanatkumāreṇa punaḥ pṛṣṭavān devam avyayam // saṃdeham amaraśreṣṭhaṃ bhagavantam ariṃdama nibodha tan me gāṅgeya nikhilaṃ sarvam āditaḥ // kiyanto vai pitṛgaṇāḥ kasmiṃl loke ca te gaṇāḥ vartanti devapravarā devānāṃ somavardhanāḥ // saptaite japatāṃ śreṣṭha svarge pitṛgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ catvāro mūrtimanto vai traya eṣāṃ amūrtayaḥ // teṣāṃ lokaṃ visargaṃ ca kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu prabhāvaṃ ca mahattvaṃ ca vistareṇa tapodhana // dharmamūrtidharās teṣāṃ trayo ye paramā gaṇāḥ teṣāṃ nāmāni lokāṃś ca kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu // lokāḥ sanātanā nāma yatra tiṣṭhanti bhāsvarāḥ amūrtayaḥ pitṛgaṇās te vai putrāḥ prajāpateḥ // virājasya dvijaśreṣṭha vairājā iti viśrutāḥ yajanti tān devagaṇā vidhidṛṣṭena karmanā // k: Ś1 K1.3 Ds1 D4.5 ins.: :k manojavāḥ svadhābhakṣāḥ sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ | ete yogaṃ parityajya mahātmano bhavanty uta | ete vai yogavibhraṣṭā lokān prāpya sanātanān punar yugasahasrānte jāyante brahmavādinaḥ // te prāpya tāṃ smṛtiṃ bhūyaḥ sāṃkhyayogam anuttamam yānti yogagatiṃ siddhāḥ punar āvṛttidurlabhām // ete sma pitaras tāta yogināṃ yogavardhanāḥ āpyāyayanti ye pūrvaṃ somaṃ yogabalena vai // tasmāc chrāddhāni deyāni yogināṃ dvijasattama eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ somapānāṃ anuttamaḥ // eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāma mahāgireḥ patnī himavataḥ śreṣṭhā yasyā maināka ucyate // mainākasya sutaḥ śrīmān krauñco nāma mahāgiriḥ parvatapravaraḥ śubhro nānāratnasamācitaḥ // tisraḥ kanyās tu menāyāṃ janayām āsa śailarāṭ aparṇām ekaparṇāṃ ca tṛtīyām ekapāṭalām // tapaś carantyaḥ sumahad duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ lokān saṃtāpayām āsus tās tisraḥ sthāṇujaṃgamān // k: D1.2.6 (T2 after 16ab) T3.4 G M ins.: :k nyagrodham ekaparṇā tu pāṭalaṃ caikapāṭalā | āśrite dve aparṇā tu aniketā tapo 'carat | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ | āhāram ekaparṇena saikaparṇā samācarat pāṭalāpuṣpam ekaṃ ca vidadhe caikapāṭalā // k: D6 T G1-3. (G4 after 243.1) G5 M ins.: :k pūrṇe pūrṇasahasre tu āhāraṃ dve pracakratuḥ | ekā tatra nirāhārā tāṃ mātā pratyaṣedhayat u mā iti niṣedhantī mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā // sā tathoktā tayā mātrā devī duṣcaracāriṇī umety evābhavat khyātā triṣu lokeṣu sundarī // k: All Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1) ins.: :k tathaiva nāmnā teneha viśrutā yogadharmiṇī | etat tu trikumārīkaṃ jagat sthāsyati bhārgava | k: D6 T1.2 G M cont.: :k etāsāṃ tapasā dagdhaṃ yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati | tapaḥśarīrāḥ sarvās tās tisro yogabalānvitāḥ k: D6 S ins.: :k sarvās tā vai mahābhāgāḥ sarvāś ca sthirayauvanāḥ | tā lokamātaraś caiva brahmacāriṇya eva ca | sarvāś ca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvāś caivordhvaretasaḥ // umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā ca jyeṣṭhā ca varavarṇinī mahāyogabalopetā mahādevam upasthitā // k: D6 S (except T1) ins.: :k dattakaś cośanās tasyāḥ putras tu bhṛgunandanaḥ | asitasyaikaparṇā tu devalasya mahātmanaḥ patnī dattā mahābrahman yogācāryāya dhīmate // k: T G M1.3.4 ins. after 22ab, D6 M2 after 22: :k puṣṭis tāsāṃ kumārīṇāṃ tṛtīyā caikapāṭalā | putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyam upasthitā | tasyāpi śaṅkhalikhitau smṛtau putrāv ayonijau | jaigīṣavyasya tu tathā viddhi tām ekapāṭalām ete cāpi mahābhāge yogācāryāv upasthite // lokāḥ somapadā nāma marīcer yatra vai sutāḥ pitaro divi vartante devās tān bhāvayanty uta agniṣvāttā iti khyātāḥ sarva evāmitaujasaḥ // k: T1-3 G M4 subst. for 24ef: :k agniṣvāttāḥ śrutās tatra pitaro ye pariśrutāḥ | eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā acchodā nāma nimnagā acchodaṃ nāma tad divyaṃ saro yasyāḥ samutthitam // k: K1 Ñ2.3 V1.2.3 B Dn2 Ds D3.5.6 S ins.: :k tayā na dṛṣṭapūrvās te pitaras tu kadācana | k: K1 Ñ2.3 V1.2.3 B Dn2 Ds D3.5 G4 cont., Ś1 K2-4 Ñ1 Dn1 D1.2.4 ins. after 25: :k apyamūrtān atha pitṝn sā dadarśa śucismitā | k: Ś1 K1.3.4 Ñ3 Dn Ds D4 G4 cont., D6 T1.2 G1-3.5 M cont. after *251: :k saṃbhūtā mānasī teṣāṃ pitṝn svān nābhijānatī | k: Ś1 K1.3.4 Ñ3 Dn Ds D4.6 cont., K2 Ñ2 V1.2.3 B D1.2.5 cont. after 252: :k vrīḍitā tena duḥkhena babhūva varavarṇinī | sā dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ vavre vasuṃ nāmāntarikṣagam nāmnā vasum iti khyātam āyoḥ putraṃ yaśasvinam // k: K1.4 Ñ2.3 V1.2.3 B Dn1 Ds D4-6 S (except M1.2) ins. after 26, K3 Dn2 D3 cont. after 254: :k adrikāpsarasāyuktaṃ vimāne 'dhiṣṭhitaṃ divi | sā tena vyabhicāreṇa manasaḥ kāmacāriṇī pitaraṃ prārthayitvānyaṃ yogabhraṣṭā papāta ha // trīṇy apaśyad vimānāni patamānā divaś cyutā trasareṇupramāṇāni sāpaśyat teṣu tān pitṝn // k: D6 T1.2 G M4 subst. for 28: :k apaśyat patamānā sā vimānatrayam antikāt | trasareṇupramāṇāṃs tāṃs tatrāpaśyat svakān pitṝn | susūkṣmān aparivyaktān agnīn agniṣv ivāhitān trāyadhvaṃ ity uvācārtā patantī tān avākśirāḥ // tair uktā sā tu mā bhaiṣīr iti vyomni vyavasthitā tataḥ prasādayām āsa svān pitṝn dīnayā girā // ūcus te pitaraḥ kanyāṃ bhraṣṭaiśvaryāṃ vyatikramāt bhraṣṭaiśvaryā svadoṣeṇa patasi tvaṃ śucismite // yaiḥ kriyante hi karmāṇi śarīrair divi daivataiḥ tair eva tatkarmaphalaṃ prāpnuvantīha devatāḥ // k: G(ed.) ins.: :k manuṣyas tv anyadehena śubhāśubham iti sthitiḥ | sadyaḥ phalanti karmāṇi devatve pretya mānuṣe k: K3 D1.4 ins.: :k yāni karmāṇi devatve tāni santy eva mānuṣe | tasmāt tvaṃ tapasaḥ putri pretyeha prāpsyase phalam // ity uktā pitṛbhiḥ sā tu pitṝn svān saṃprasādayat dhyātvā prasādaṃ te cakrus tasyāḥ sarve 'nukampayā // avaśyaṃbhāvinaṃ jñātvā te 'rtham ūcus tataś ca tām tasya rājño vasoḥ kanyā tvam apatyaṃ bhaviṣyasi k: K3 Ñ2 V B Dn D3-5 ins.: :k utpannasya pṛthivyāṃ tu mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ | kanyaiva bhūtvā lokān svān punaḥ prāpsyasi durlabhān // k: T2.4 G M1-3 ins.: :k matsyayonau samutpannā sutā rājño bhaviṣyasi | parāśarasya dāyādaṃ tvaṃ vipraṃ janayiṣyasi sa vedam ekaṃ brahmarṣiś caturdhā vibhajiṣyati // mahābhiṣasya putrau ca śaṃtanoḥ kīrtivardhanau vicitravīryaṃ dharmajñaṃ tathā citrāṅgadaṃ prabhum // k: T1.2 G M2.4 subst. for 37cd: :k jyeṣṭhaṃ vicitravīryaṃ ca citrāṅgadam ataḥ param | etān utpādya putrāṃs tvaṃ punar lokān avāpsyasi k: V2 B1 D3 ins.: :k prāpyaitat sumahābhāge kutsitena svakarmaṇā | vyatikramāt pitṝṇāṃ ca janma prāpsyasi kutsitam // tasyaiva rājñas tvaṃ kanyā adrikāyāṃ bhaviṣyasi aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā // evam uktā tu dāseyī jātā satyavatī tadā matsyayonau anupamā rājñas tasya vasoḥ sutā // k: D6 T2-4 G1.4 M1-3 ins. after 40, T1 G2.3.5 M4 after 40ab: :k adrikā matsyabhūtā sā gaṅgāyamunasaṃgame | tasyāṃ jajñe tu sā kanyā rājño vīreṇa caiva hi | baibhrājā nāma te lokā divi bhānti sudarśanāḥ yatra barhiṣado nāma pitaro divi viṣrutāḥ // tān dānavagaṇāḥ sarve yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ nāgāḥ sarpāḥ suparṇāś ca bhāvayanty amitaujasaḥ // ete putrā mahātmānaḥ pulastyasya prajāpateḥ mahātmāno mahābhāgās tejoyuktās tapasvinaḥ // k: M1-3 subst. for 43cd, D6 T1.3.4 G M4 ins. after 43: :k traya ete gaṇāḥ proktā dharmamūrtidharāḥ śubhāḥ | eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā pīvarī nāma viśrutā yogā ca yogapatnī ca yogamātā tathaiva ca bhavitrī dvāparaṃ prāpya yugaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varā // parāśarakulodbhūtaḥ śuko nāma mahātapāḥ bhaviṣyati yuge tasmin mahāyogī dvijarṣabhaḥ vyāsād araṇyāṃ saṃbhūto vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan // sa tasyāṃ pitṛkanyāyāṃ pīvaryāṃ janayiṣyati kanyāṃ putrāṃś ca caturo yogācāryān mahābalān // k: Ś1 subst. for 46cd: :k putrāṃś ca caturo yogā+ +cāryā vedeṣu kovidāḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ gauraṃ prabhuṃ śaṃbhuṃ kanyāṃ kṛtvīṃ tathaiva ca k: T1.2 G M2.4 ins.: :k kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ yogamātāṃ ca yoginīm | k: M1.3 ins.: :k kṛtvīṃ kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ yogāṃ yogasya mātaram | brahmadattasya jananī mahiṣī tv aṇuhasya yā // etān utpādya dharmātmā yogācāryāṇ mahāvratāṇ k: K1.4 Ñ2.3 V B Ds D2.4-6 T2 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k śrutvā sa janakād dharmān vyāsād amitabuddhimān | mahāyogī tadā gantā punar āvartinīṃ gatim // k: T1 G3.4 M2.3 ins. after 48ab, G1.5 M4 after 48, D6 G2 cont. after 271*: :k ādityakiraṇopetam apunar mārgam āsthitaḥ | k: Ś1 ins. after 48: :k ādityaraśmibhiḥ pīto hy apunar vāram eṣyati | k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T G2-4 ins. after 48, G1.5 M4 after 269*: :k yat tat padam anudvignam avyayaṃ brahma śāśvatam | amūrtimantaḥ pitaro dharmamūrtidharā mune kathā yatra samutpannā vṛṣṇyandhakakulānvayā // traya ete mayā proktāś caturo 'nyān nibodha me yān vakṣyāmi dvijaśreṣṭha mūrtimanto hi te smṛtāḥ samutpannāḥ svadhāyāṃ tu kāvyād agneḥ kaveḥ sutāḥ // sukālā nāma pitaro vasiṣṭhasya prajāpateḥ niratā devalokeṣu jyotirbhāsiṣu bhārgava sarvakāmasamṛddheṣu dvijās tān bhāvayanty uta // teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā gaur nāma divi viśrutā tavaiva vaṃśe yā dattā śukasya mahiṣī dvija // ekaśṛṅgā iti khyātā sādhyānāṃ kīrtivardhanī marīcigarbhān sā lokān samāvṛtya vyavasthitā // ye tv athāṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ sādhyaiḥ saṃvardhitāḥ purā k: K1 D2.5.6 T G M1-4 ins. after 54ab, D4 after 50: :k upahūtāḥ smṛtās te vai pitaro bhāsvarā divi | tān kṣatriyagaṇās tāta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ // eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā yaśodā nāma viśrutā patnī yā viśvamahataḥ snuṣā vai vṛddhaśarmaṇaḥ rājarṣer jananī tāta dilīpasya mahātmanaḥ // tasya yajñe purā gītā gāthāḥ prītair maharṣibhiḥ tadā devayuge tāta vājimedhe mahāmakhe // agner janma tathā śrutvā śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ dilīpaṃ yajamānaṃ ye paśyanti susamāhitāḥ satyavantaṃ mahātmānaṃ te 'pi svargajito narāḥ // k: G3.5 M3 subst. for 57cd: :k yajamāno dilīpas tu tadā dṛṣṭo manīṣibhiḥ | k: D6 T1.2 G1.2.4.5 M4 ins. after 57: :k yasyāśvamedhāvabhṛthe saha tena divaṃ gatāḥ | susvadhā nāma pitaraḥ kardamasya prajāpateḥ samutpannasya pulahān mahātmāno dvijarṣabhāḥ // lokeṣu divi vartante kāmageṣu vihaṃgamāḥ tāṃs tu vaiśyagaṇās tāta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ // teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā virajā nāma viśrutā yayāter jananī brahman mahiṣī nahuṣasya ca // k: D6 ins.: :k tapasā vā prayatnena dṛśyante māṃ svacakṣuṣā | ity ete pitaro devā devāś ca pitaraḥ punaḥ | traya ete gaṇāḥ proktāś caturthaṃ tu nibodha me utpannā ye svadhāyāṃ tu somapā vai kaveḥ sutāḥ // hiraṇyagarbhasya sutāḥ śūdrās tān bhāvayanty uta mānasā nāma te lokā yatra vartanti te divi // teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā narmadā saritāṃ varā yā bhāvayati bhūtāni dakṣiṇāpathagāminī purukutsasya yā patnī trasaddasyor janany api // k: Ñ2.3 V B Ds D5 T3.4 ins.: :k jananī trasadasyoś ca purukutsaparigrahaḥ | k: D6 T1.2 G M subst. for 63ef: :k purukutsasya sā bhāryā trasaddasyuś ca tatsutaḥ | teṣām athābhyupagamān manus tāta yuge yuge pravartayati śrāddhāni naṣṭe dharme prajāpatiḥ // pitṝṇām ādisargeṇa sarveṣāṃ dvijasattama tasmād enaṃ svadharmeṇa śrāddhadevaṃ vadanti vai // sarveṣāṃ rājataṃ pātram atha vā rajatānvitam dattaṃ svadhāṃ purodhāya śrāddhe prīṇāti vai pitṝn // somasyāpyāyanaṃ kṛtvā vahner vaivasvatasya ca udagāyanam apy agnāv agnyabhāve 'psu vā punaḥ // k: K1 Ds1 D4 ins.: :k ajeṣu tāmravarṇeṣu goṣu vā kapilāsu ca | śṛṅgāmbhaḥpariṣiktāsu snuṣāsu ramaṇīṣu ca | aprajāsu savatsāsu dātavyāḥ śucipiṇḍakāḥ | pitṝn prīṇāti yo bhaktyā pitaraḥ prīṇayanti tam yacchanti pitaraḥ puṣṭiṃ prajāś ca vipulās tathā svargam ārogyam evātha yad anyad api cepsitam // k: T1.2 G M4 subst. for 68cd, M1-3 for 68c-f: :k pitaraḥ puṣṭikāmasya prajākāmasya vā punaḥ | puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ ca svargaṃ ca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ | k: D3 subst. for 68ef: :k āyur dhanaṃ sukhaṃ caiva svargam ārogyam eva ca | dadyuḥ pitāmahāḥ prītyā yad anyad vāpi cepsitam | devakāryād api mune pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate devatānāṃ hi pitaraḥ pūrvam āpyāyanaṃ smṛtam // śīghraprasādā hy akrodhā lokasyāpyāyanaṃ param sthiraprasādāś ca sadā tān namasyasva bhārgava // pitṛbhakto 'si viprarṣe sadbhaktaś ca na saṃśayaḥ śreyas te 'dya vidhāsyāmi pratyakṣaṃ kuru tat svayam // cakṣur divyaṃ savijñānaṃ pradiśāmi ca te 'nagha gatim etām apramatto mārkaṇḍeya niśāmaya // na hi yogagatir divyā na pitṝṇāṃ parā gatiḥ tvadvidhenāpi siddhena dṛśyate māṃsacakṣuṣā // k: D6 T G M1.3.4 ins. appendix I, No. 3 after 13.73, M2 after 13.69 :k evam uktvā sa deveśo mām upasthitam agrataḥ cakṣur dattvā savijñānaṃ devānām api durlabham jagāma gatim iṣṭāṃ vai dvitīyo 'gnir iva jvalan // tan nibodha kuruśreṣṭha yan mayāsīn niśāmitam prasādāt tasya devasya durjñeyaṃ bhuvi mānuṣaiḥ // k: D6 S G(ed.) ins. appendix I, No. 4 after 13,75 :k Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 14, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of March 20, 2001 :h āsan pūrvayuge tāta bharadvājātmajā dvijāḥ yogadharmam anuprāpya bhraṣṭā duścaritena vai // apabhraṃśam anuprāptā yogadharmāpacāriṇaḥ mahatas tamasaḥ pāre mānasasya visaṃjñitāḥ // tam evārtham anudhyānto naṣṭam apsv iva mohitāḥ aprāpya yogaṃ te sarve saṃyuktāḥ kāladharmaṇā // tatas te yogavibhraṣṭā deveṣu suciroṣitāḥ jātāḥ kauśikadāyādāḥ kurukṣetre nararṣabha // hiṃsayā vicariṣyanto dharmaṃ pitṛkṛtena vai tatas te punar ājātiṃ bhraṣṭāḥ prāpsyanti kutsitāṃ // teṣāṃ pitṛprasādena pūrvajātikṛtena ca smṛtir utpatsyate prāpya tāṃ tāṃ jātiṃ jugupsitām // te dharmacāriṇo nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti samāhitāḥ brāhmaṇyaṃ pratilapsyanti tato bhūyaḥ svakarmaṇā // tataś ca yogaṃ prāpsyanti pūrvajātikṛtaṃ punaḥ bhūyaḥ siddhim anuprāptāḥ sthānaṃ prāpsyanti śāśvatam // evaṃ dharme ca te buddhir bhaviṣyati punaḥ punaḥ yogadharme ca nirataḥ prāpsyase siddhim uttamām // k: K1-4 Ñ2.3 V B Ds Dn D1-6 T G1.3.4 ins.: :k yogo hi durlabho nityam alpaprajñaiḥ kadācana | labdhvāpi nāśayanty enaṃ vyasanaiḥ kaṭutāmitāḥ || adharmeṣv eva vartante ardayante guruṃ sadā | yācante na tv ayācyāni rakṣanti śaraṇāgatān | nāvamanyanti kṛpaṇān mādyante na dhanoṣmaṇā | yuktāhāravihārāś ca yuktaceṣṭāḥ svakarmasu | dhyānādhyayanayuktāś ca na naṣṭānugaveṣiṇaḥ || nopabhogaratā nityaṃ na māṃsamadhubhakṣaṇāḥ | na kāmaparamā nityaṃ na viprasevinas tathā || nānāryasaṃkathāsaktā nālasyopahatās tathā | nātyantamānasaṃsaktā goṣṭhīṣu niratās tathā | prāpnuvanti narā yogaṃ yogo vai durlabho bhuvi || praśāntāś ca jitakrodhā mānāhaṃkāravarjitāḥ | kalyāṇabhājanaṃ ye tu te bhavanti yatavratāḥ || evaṃvidhās tu te tāta brāhmaṇā hy abhavaṃs tadā | smaranti hy ātmano doṣaṃ pramādakṛtam eva tu | dhyānādhyayanayuktāś ca śānte vartmani saṃsthitāḥ | k: Dn D5 cont.: :k śāntiṃ te paramām āśu labhante nātra saṃśayaḥ | tasmāt tvam api dharmajña yogadharmaparo bhava | yogadharmād dhi dharmajña na dharmo 'sti viśeṣavān variṣṭhaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ taṃ samācara bhārgava // kālasya pariṇāmena laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ tatparaḥ prayataḥ śrāddhī yogadharmam avāpsyasi ity uktvā bhagavān devas tatraivāntaradhīyata // aṣṭādaśānāṃ varṣāṇām ekāham iti me matiḥ upāsataś ca deveśaṃ varṣāṇy aṣṭādaśaiva me // prasādāt tasya devasya na glānir abhavat tadā na kṣutpipāse kālaṃ vā jānāmi sma tadānagha paścāc chiṣyasakāśāt tu kālaḥ saṃvidito mama // h: HV (CE) chapter 15, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of March 20, 2001 :h tasminn antarhite deve vacanāt tasya vai vibho cakṣur divyaṃ savijñānaṃ prādur āsīn mamānagha // tato 'haṃ tān apaśyaṃ vai brāhmaṇān kauśikātmajān āpageya kurukṣetre yān uvāca vibhur mama // brahmadatto 'bhavad rājā yas teṣāṃ saptamo dvijaḥ pitṛvartīti vikhyāto nāmnā śīlena karmaṇā // śukasya kanyā kṛtvī taṃ janayām āsa pārthivam aṇuhāt pārthivaśreṣṭhāt kāmpilye nagarottame // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D1) T34 G4 ins.: :k yathovāca mahābhāgo mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ | tasya vaṃśam ahaṃ rājan kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu | aṇuhaḥ kasya vai putraḥ kasmin kāle babhūva ha rājā dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho yasya putro mahāyaśāḥ // brahmadatto narapatiḥ kiṃvīryaś ca babhūva ha kathaṃ ca saptamas teṣāṃ saṃbabhūva narādhipaḥ // na hy alpavīryāya śuko bhagavāṃl lokapūjitaḥ kanyāṃ pradadyād yogātmā kṛtvīṃ kīrtimatīṃ prabhuḥ // etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa mahādyute brahmadattasya caritaṃ tad bhavān vaktum arhati // yathā ca vartamānās te saṃsāreṣu dvijātayaḥ mārkaṇḍeyena kathitās tad bhavān prabravītu me // pratīpasya sa rājarṣe tulyakālo narādhipaḥ pitāmahasya me rājan babhūveti mayā śrutam // brahmadatto mahārājo yogī rājarṣisattamaḥ rutajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ // sakhā hi gālavo yasya yogācāryo mahāyaśāḥ śikṣāṃ utpādya tapasā kramo yena pravartitaḥ kaṇḍarīkaś ca yogātmā tasyaiva sacivo 'bhavat // jātyantareṣu sarveṣu sahāyāḥ sarva eva te saptajātiṣu saptaiva babhūvur amitaujasaḥ yathovāca mahātejā mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ // tasya vaṃśam ahaṃ rājan kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu brahmadattasya paurāṇaṃ pauravasya mahātmanaḥ // k: K1.4 Ñ3 V B1.2 Ds D2-6 M4 ins. after 14, Ñ2 B3 after 15ab: :k bṛhatkṣatrasya dāyādaḥ suhotro nāma dhārmikaḥ | suhotrasyāpi dāyādo hastī nāma babhūva ha | tenedaṃ nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ puraṃ vai hastināpuram || hastinaś cāpi dāyādās trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ | ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaś ca puramīḍhas tathaiva ca | ajamīḍhasya dhūminyāṃ jajñe bṛhadiṣur nṛpa | purumitrasya dāyādo rājā bṛhadiṣur nṛpa bṛhaddhanur bṛhadiṣoḥ putras tasya mahāyaśāḥ k: T3 subst. for 15cd: :k āsīd bṛhadiṣoḥ putro bṛhaddharmeti viśrutaḥ | bṛhaddharmeti vikhyāto rājā paramadhārmikaḥ // satyajit tasya tanayo viśvajit tasya cātmajaḥ putro viśvajitaś cāpi senajit pṛthivīpatiḥ // putrāḥ senajitaś cāsaṃś catvāro lokasaṃmatāḥ ruciraḥ śvetakāśyaś ca mahimnāras tathaiva ca vatsaś cāvantako rājā yasyaite pari vatsakāḥ // rucirasya tu dāyādaḥ pṛthuṣeṇo mahāyaśāḥ pṛthuṣeṇasya pāras tu pārān nīpo 'tha jajñivān // k: D4 ins.: :k pārasya tanayaḥ śrīmān nīpo nāma mahāyaśāḥ | nīpasyaikaśataṃ tāta putrāṇām amitaujasām mahārathānāṃ rājendra śūrāṇāṃ bāhuśālinām nīpā iti samākhyātā rājānaḥ sarva eva te // teṣāṃ vaṃśakaro rājā nīpānāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ kāmpilye samaro nāma sa ceṣṭasamaro 'bhavat // samarasya puraḥ pāraḥ sadaśva iti te trayaḥ putrāḥ paramadharmajñāḥ pāraputraḥ pṛthur babhau // pṛthos tu sukṛto nāma sukṛteneha karmaṇā jajñe sarvaguṇopeto vibhrājas tasya cātmajaḥ // vibhrājasya tu putro 'bhūd aṇuho nāma pārthivaḥ babhau śukasya jāmātā kṛtvībhartā mahāyaśāḥ // putro 'ṇuhasya rājarṣir brahmadatto 'bhavat prabhuḥ yogātmā tasya tanayo viṣvaksenaḥ paraṃtapaḥ // vibhrājaḥ punar ājātaḥ sukṛteneha karmaṇā brahmadattasya tanayo viṣvaksena iti śrutaḥ // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 T G ins. after 25, K2 after 24: :k cakṣuṣī tasya nirbhinne pakṣiṇyā pūjanīyayā | suciroṣitayā rājan brahmadattasya veśmani | k: K4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D4.6 G3 cont.: :k athāsya putras tv aparo brahmadattasya jajñivān | viṣvaksena iti khyāto mahābalaparākramaḥ | viṣvaksenasya putro 'bhūd daṇḍaseno mahīpatiḥ bhallāṭaś ca kumāro 'bhūd rādheyena hataḥ purā // daṇḍasenātmajaḥ śūro mahātmā kulavardhanaḥ bhallāṭaputro durbuddhir abhavaj janamejayaḥ // sa teṣām abhavad rājā nīpānām antakṛn nṛpaḥ ugrāyudhena yasyārthe sarve nīpā vināśitāḥ // ugrāyudhaḥ sa cotsikto mayā vinihato yudhi darpānvito darparuciḥ satataṃ cānaye rataḥ // ugrāyudhaḥ kasya sutaḥ kasmin vaṃśe 'tha jajñivān kimarthaṃ caiva bhavatā nihatas tad bravīhi me // ajamīḍhasya dāyādo vidvān rājā yavīnaraḥ dhṛtimāṃs tasya putras tu tasya satyadhṛtiḥ sutaḥ // jajñe satyadhṛteḥ putro dṛḍhanemiḥ pratāpavān dṛḍhanemisutaś cāpi sudharmā nāma pārthivaḥ // āsīt sudharmaṇaḥ putraḥ sārvabhaumaḥ prajeśvaraḥ sārvabhauma iti khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ekarāṭ tadā // tasyānvavāye mahati mahān pauravanandanaḥ k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 ins. after 34ab, K1 after 34cd: :k mahataś cāpi putras tu nāmnā rukmarathaḥ smṛtaḥ || putro rukmarathasyāpi supārśvo nāma pārthivaḥ | supārśvatanayaś cāpi sumatir nāma dhārmikaḥ | jajñe saṃnatimān rājā saṃnatir nāma vīryavān // tasya vai saṃnateḥ putraḥ kārto nāma mahābalaḥ k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D1.2) S ins.: :k śiṣyo hiraṇyanābhasya kausalyasya mahātmanaḥ | caturviṃśatidhā tena proktās tāḥ sāmasaṃhitāḥ | smṛtās te prācyasāmānaḥ kārtā nāmnā tu sāmagāḥ || kārtir ugrāyudhaḥ so 'tha vīraḥ pauravanandanaḥ | babhūva yena vikramya pṛṣatasya pitāmahaḥ nīpo nāma mahārāja pāñcālādhipatir hataḥ // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D3-6 T G M4 ins.: :k ugrāyudhasya dāyādaḥ kṣemyo nāma mahāyaśāḥ || kṣemyāt suvīro nṛpatiḥ suvīrāt tu nṛpaṃjayaḥ | nṛpaṃjayād bahuratha ity ete pauravāḥ smṛtāḥ | sa cāpy ugrāyudhas tāta durbuddhir vairakṛt sadā pradīptacakro balavān nīpāntakaraṇo 'bhavat // k: D6 ins.: :k ugrāyudhas tu durbuddhiḥ straiṇo duṣṭaḥ sadābhavat | rājakanyāṃ jahārātha munipatnīpradharṣakaḥ | sa darpapūrṇo hatvājau nīpān anyāṃś ca pārthivān pitary uparate mahyaṃ śrāvayām āsa kilbiṣam // mām amātyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ śayānaṃ dharaṇītale ugrāyudhasya rājendra dūto 'bhyetya vayo 'bravīt // adya tvaṃ jananīṃ bhīṣma gandhakālīṃ yaśasvinīṃ strīratnaṃ mama bhāryārthe prayaccha kurupuṃgava // evaṃ rājyaṃ ca te sphītaṃ balāni ca na saṃśayaḥ k: M1-3 ins. after 40a: :k tvayā rājye ca te sthitim | caturaṅgayutāny adya | pradāsyāmi yathākāmam ahaṃ vai ratnabhāg bhuvi // rāṣṭrasyecchasi cet svasti prāṇānāṃ vā kulasya vā śāsane mama tiṣṭhasva na hi te śāntir anyathā // adhaḥ prastāraśayane śayānas tena coditaḥ dūtāntaritam etad vai vākyam agniśikhopamam // k: D6 T1.2 G1.3.5 ins.: :k śarīraṃ me 'dahat tasya vākyaṃ caitad durātmanaḥ | tato 'haṃ tasya durbuddher vijñāya matam acyuta ājñaptavān vai saṃgrāme senādhyakṣāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ // mama prajvalitaṃ cakraṃ niśāmyaitat sudurjayam śatravo vidravanty ājau darśanād eva bhārata // vicitravīryaṃ bālaṃ ca madapāśrayam eva ca dṛṣṭvā krodhaparītātmā yuddhāyaiva mano dadhe // nigṛhītas tadāhaṃ tu sacivair mantrakovidaiḥ ṛtvigbhir devakalpaiś ca suhṛdbhir narapuṃgava // snigdhaiś ca śāstravidbhiś ca saṃyugasya nivartane kāraṇaṃ śrāvitaś cāsmi yuktarūpaṃ tadānagha // pravṛttacakraḥ pāpo 'sau tvaṃ cāśaucagataḥ prabho na caiṣa prathamaḥ kalpo yuddhaṃ nāma kadācana // te vayaṃ sāma pūrvaṃ vai dānaṃ bhedaṃ tathaiva ca prayokṣyāmas tataḥ śuddho daivatāny abhivādya ca // kṛtasvastyayano viprair hutvāgnīn vācya ca dvijān brāhmaṇair abhyanujñātaḥ prayāsyasi jayāya vai // astrāṇi na prayojyāni na praveśyaś ca saṃgaraḥ āśauce vartamānena vṛddhānām iti śāsanam // sāmadānādibhiḥ pūrvam api bhedena vā tataḥ taṃ haniṣyasi vikramya śambaraṃ maghavān iva // prājñānāṃ vacanaṃ kāle vṛddhānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ śrotavyam iti tac chrutvā nivṛtto 'smi narādhipa // tatas taiḥ sa kramaḥ sarvaḥ prayuktaḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ tasmin kāle kuruśreṣṭha karma cārabdham uttamam // sa sāmādibhir apy ādāv upāyaiḥ śāstracintakaiḥ anunīyamāno durbuddhir anunetuṃ na śakyate // pravṛttaṃ tasya tac cakram adharmaniratasya vai paradārābhilāṣeṇa sadyas tāta nivartitam // k: K3 ins.: :k na hīdṛśam anāyuṣyaṃ loke kiṃcana vidyate | yādṛśaṃ puruṣasyeha paradāropasevanam | na tv ahaṃ tasya jāne vai nivṛttaṃ cakram uttamam hataṃ svakarmaṇā tat tu pūrvaṃ sadbhiś ca ninditam // kṛtaśaucaḥ śarāvāpī rathī niṣkramya vai purāt kṛtasvastyayano vipraiḥ prāyodhayam ahaṃ ripum // tataḥ saṃsargam āgamya balenāstrabalena ca tryaham unmattavad yuddhaṃ devāsuram ivābhavat // sa mayāstrapratāpena nirdagdho raṇamūrdhani papātābhimukhaḥ śūras tyaktvā prāṇān ariṃdama // etasminn antare tāta kāmpilyāt pṛṣato 'bhyayāt hate nīpeśvare caiva hate cogrāyudhe nṛpe // āhicchatraṃ svakaṃ rājyaṃ pitryaṃ prāpya mahādyutiḥ drupadasya pitā rājan mamaivānumate tadā // k: Ñ2 Ds ins.: :k tato 'bhūd drupado rājā droṇas tena nirākṛtaḥ | tato 'rjunena tarasā nirjitya drupadaṃ raṇe ahicchatraṃ sakāmpilyaṃ droṇāyāthāpavarjitam // pratigṛhya tato droṇa ubhayaṃ jayatāṃ varaḥ kāmpilyaṃ drupadāyaiva prāyacchad viditaṃ tava // eṣa te drupadasyādau brahmadattasya caiva ha vaṃśaḥ kārtsnyena vai prokto vīrasyogrāyudhasya ca // k: K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-3.5.6 T G ins. appendix I, No. 5 after 15,65, K1.3 D4 after 15,68 :k atas te vartayiṣye 'ham itihāsaṃ purātanam gītaṃ sanatkumāreṇa mārkaṇḍeyāya pṛcchate // śrāddhasya phalam uddiśya niyataṃ sukṛtasya ca tannibodha mahārāja saptajātiṣu bhārata // sagālavasya caritaṃ kaṇḍarīkasya caiva ha brahmadattatṛtīyānāṃ yogināṃ brahmacāriṇām // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 16, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of March 1, 2001 :h k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D6; K2 marg.) T1.3 G2.4 ins. after ref.; T2 G1 after 1ab: :k śrāddhe pratiṣṭhito lokaḥ śrāddhād yogaḥ pravartate | hanta te vartayiṣyāmi śrāddhasya phalam uttamam brahmadattena yat prāptaṃ saptajātiṣu bhārata // tata eva hi dharmasya buddhir nirvartate śanaiḥ pīḍayāpy atha dharmasya kṛte śrāddhe purānagha // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins.: :k yat prāptaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ pūrvaṃ tan nibodha narottama | tato 'haṃ nātidharmiṣṭhān kurukṣetre pitṛvratān sanatkumāranirdiṣṭān apaśyaṃ sapta vai dvijān // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins.: :k divyena cakṣuṣā tena yān uvāca purā vibhuḥ | vāgduṣṭaḥ krodhano hiṃsraḥ piśunaḥ kavir eva ca khasṛmaḥ pitṛvartī ca nāmabhiḥ karmabhis tathā // kauśikasya sutās tāta śiṣyā gārgyasya bhārata pitary uparate sarve vratavantas tadābhavan // niyogāt te guros tasya gāṃ dogdhrīṃ samakālayan samānavatsāṃ kapilāṃ sarve nyāyāgatāṃ tadā // teṣāṃ pathi kṣudhārtānāṃ bālyān mohāc ca bhārata krūrā buddhiḥ samabhavat tāṃ gāṃ vai hiṃsituṃ tadā // tān kaviḥ khasṛmaś caiva yācete neti vai tadā na cāśakyanta te tābhyāṃ tadā vārayituṃ dvijāḥ // pitṛvartī tu yas teṣāṃ nityaṃ śrāddhāhniko dvijaḥ sa sarvān abravīd bhrātṝn kopād dharmasamanvitaḥ // yady avaśyaṃ prakartavyā pitṝn uddiśya sādhv imāṃ prakurvīmahi gāṃ samyak sarva eva samāhitāḥ // evam eṣā ca gaur dharmaṃ prāpsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ pitṝn abhyarcya dharmeṇa nādharmo 'smin bhaviṣyati // tathety uktvā ca te sarve prokṣayitvā ca gāṃ tataḥ pitṛbhyaḥ kalpayitvainām upayujyanta bhārata // upayujya ca gāṃ sarve guros tasya nyavedayat śārdūlena hatā dhenur vatso 'yaṃ gṛhyatām iti ārjavāt sa tu vatsaṃ taṃ pratijagrāha vai dvijaḥ // mithyopacarya te taṃ tu gurum anyāyato dvijāḥ kālena samayujyanta sarva evāyuṣaḥ kṣaye // te vai hiṃsratayā krūrā anāryatvād guros tadā ugrā hiṃsāvihārāś ca saptājāyanta sodarāḥ lubdhakasyātmajās tāta balavanto manasvinaḥ // pitṝn abhyarcya dharmeṇa prokṣayitvā ca gāṃ tadā smṛtiḥ pratyavamarśaś ca teṣāṃ jātyantare 'bhavat // jātā vyādhā daśārṇeṣu sapta dharmavicakṣaṇāḥ svadharmaniratāḥ sarve lobhānṛtavivarjitāḥ // tāvan mātraṃ prakurvanti yāvatā prāṇadhāraṇam śeṣaṃ dharmaparāḥ kālam anudhyānti svakarma tat // nāmadheyāni cāpy eṣām imāny āsan narādhipa nirvairo nirvṛtaḥ kṣānto nirmanyuḥ kṛtir eva ca vaidhaso mātṛvartī ca vyādhāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ // tair evam uṣitais tāta hiṃsādharmaparair vane mātā ca pūjitā vṛddhā pitā ca paritoṣitaḥ // yadā mātā pitā caiva saṃyuktau kāladharmaṇā tadā dhanūṃṣi te tyaktvā vane prāṇān avāsṛjan // śubhena karmaṇā tena jātā jātismarā mṛgāḥ trāsodvegena saṃvignā ramye kālaṃjare girau // unmukho nityavitrastaḥ stabdhakarṇo vilocanaḥ paṇḍito ghasmaro nādī nāmabhis te 'bhavan mṛgāḥ // tam evārtham anudhyānto jātismaraṇasaṃbhavam āsan vanecarāḥ kṣāntā nirdvandvā niṣparigrahāḥ // te sarve śubhakarmāṇaḥ sadharmāṇo vanecarāḥ maruṃ sādhya jahuḥ prāṇāṃl laghvāhārās tapasvinaḥ // teṣāṃ maruṃ sādhayatāṃ padasthānāni bhārata tathaivādyāpi dṛśyante girau kālañjare 'cyuta // karmaṇā tena te tāta śubhenāśubhavarjitāḥ śubhāc chubhatarāṃ yoniṃ cakravākatvam āgatāḥ // śubhe deśe sariddvīpe saptaivāsañ jalaukasaḥ tyaktvā sahacarīdharmaṃ munayo dharmacāriṇaḥ // k: Ś1 K3.4 DnDs2 D1-4 ins. after 28, K1 after 29, D5 after 25ab: :k niḥspṛho nirmamaḥ kṣānto nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ | nirvṛttir nibhṛtaś caiva śakunā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ || te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve śakunā dharmacāriṇaḥ | nirāhārā jahuḥ prāṇāṃs tapoyuktāḥ sarittaṭe || atha te sodarā jātā haṃsā mānasacāriṇaḥ | jātismarāḥ susaṃbaddhāḥ saptaiva brahmacāriṇaḥ || viprayonau yato mohān mithyopacarito guruḥ | tiryagyonau tato jātāḥ saṃsāre paribabhramuḥ || yadā tu pitṛkāryārthaḥ kṛtaḥ svārthe vyavasthitaiḥ | tato jñānaṃ ca jātiṃ ca te hi prāpur guṇottaram | sumanā muniḥ suvāk śuddhaḥ pañcamaś chidradarśanaḥ sunetraś ca svatantraś ca śakunā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ // pañcamaḥ pañcikas tatra saptajātiṣv ajāyata ṣaṣṭhas tu kaṇḍarīko 'bhūd brahmadattas tu saptamaḥ // teṣāṃ tu tapasā tena saptajātikṛtena vai yogasya cābhinirvṛttyā pratibhānāc ca śobhanāt // pūrvajātiṣu yad brahma śrutaṃ gurukuleṣu vai tathaiva tatsthitaṃ brahma saṃsāreṣv api vartatām // te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihaṅgāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ yogadharmam anudhyānto viharanti sma tatra ha // k: T3 ins.: :k mānasaṃ tu saraḥ prāpya haṃsā bhūtvā jalaukasaḥ | teṣāṃ tatra vihaṅgānāṃ caratāṃ sahacāriṇām nīpānām īśvaro rājā vibhrājaḥ pauravānvayaḥ // vibhrājamāno vapuṣā prabhāvena samanvitaḥ śrīmān antaḥpuravṛto vanaṃ tat praviveśa ha // svatantraś cakravākas tu spṛhayām āsa taṃ nṛpam dṛṣṭvāyāntaṃ śriyopetaṃ bhaveyam aham īdṛśaḥ // yady asti sukṛtaṃ kiṃcit tapo vā niyamo 'pi vā khinno hy asmy upavāsena tapasā niṣphalena ca // k: T1.2.4 G1.3.5 ins.: :k nṛpatvam aham icchāmi yadi me sukṛtaṃ bhavet | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 17, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 20, 2001 :h tatas taṃ cakravākau dvāv ūcatuḥ sahacāriṇau āvāṃ te sacivau syāvas tava priyahitaiṣiṇau // tathety uktvā ca tasyāsīt tadā yogātmano matiḥ evaṃ te samayaṃ cakruḥ suvāktaṃ pratyabhāṣata // yasmāt kāmapradhānas tvaṃ yogadharmam apāsya vai avaraṃ varaṃ prārthayase tasmād vākyaṃ nibodha me // rājā tvaṃ bhavitā tāta kāmpilye nagarottame bhaviṣyataḥ sakhāyau ca dvāv imau sacivau tava // śaptvā tān abhibhāṣyātha catvāraś cakrur aṇḍajāḥ tāṃs trīn abhīpsato rājyaṃ vyabhicārapradharṣitān // śaptāḥ khagās trayas te tu yogabhraṣṭā vicetasaḥ tān ayācanta caturas trayas te sahacāriṇaḥ // teṣāṃ prasādaṃ cakrus te athaitān sumanābravīt sarveṣām eva vacanāt prasādānugataṃ tadā // antavān bhavitā śāpo yuṣmākaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ itaś cyutāś ca mānuṣyaṃ prāpya yogam avāpsyatha // sarvasattvarutajñaś ca svatantro 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati pitṛprasādo hy asmābhir asya prāptaḥ kṛtena vai // gāṃ prokṣayitvā dharmeṇa pitṛbhya upakalpatām asmākaṃ jñānasaṃyogaḥ sarveṣāṃ yogasādhanaḥ // idaṃ ca vākyasaṃdarbha+ +ślokam ekam udāhṛtam puruṣāntaritaṃ śrutvā tato yogam avāpsyatha // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 18, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of January 22, 2001 :h te yogadharmaniratāḥ sapta mānasacāriṇaḥ k: K4 Bombay and Poona Eds. ins.: :k padmagarbho 'ravindākṣaḥ kṣīragarbhaḥ sulocanaḥ | ūrubinduḥ subinduś ca haimagarbhas tu saptamaḥ | k: Dn2 ins.: :k haṃsā jātā mahātmāno mānaseṣu saraḥsu ca || sumanāḥ suvāk suśuddhaś ca tattvadarṣī ca tattvavit | sunetraś ca suhotraś ca dvijā nāmabhir eva ca || te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihagāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ | vāyvambubhakṣāḥ satataṃ śarīrāṇy upaśoṣayan // rājā vibhrājamānas tu vapuṣā tad vanaṃ tadā cacārāntaḥpuravṛto nandanaṃ maghavān iva // sa tān abudhyat khacarān yogadharmātmakān budhaḥ nirvedāc ca tam evārtham anudhyātvā puraṃ yayau // aṇuho nāma tasyāsīt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ aṇudharmaratir nityam aṇuho 'dhyagamat padam // prādāt kanyāṃ śukas tasmai kṛtvīṃ pūjitalakṣaṇām sattvaśīlaguṇopetāṃ yogadharmaratāṃ sadā // sā hy uddiṣṭā purā bhīṣma pitṛkanyā maṇīṣiṇā sanatkumāreṇa tadā saṃnidhau mama śobhanā // satyadharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhā durvijñeyākṛtātmabhiḥ yogā ca yogapatnī ca yogamātā tathaiva ca yathā te kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ pitṛsargeṣu vai mayā // vibhrājas tv aṇuhaṃ rājye sthāpayitvā nareśvaraḥ āmantrya paurān prītātmā brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca prāyāt saras tapaś cartuṃ yatra te sahacāriṇaḥ // sa vai tatra nirāhāro vāyubhakṣo mahātapāḥ tyaktvā kāmāṃs tapas tepe sarasas tasya pārṣvataḥ // tasya saṃkalpa āsīc ca teṣām anyatarasya vai putratvaṃ prāpya yogena yujyeyam iti bhārata // kṛtvābhisaṃdhiṃ tapasā mahatā sa samanvitaḥ mahātapāḥ sa vibhrājo virarājāṃśumān iva // tato vibhrājitaṃ tena vaibhrājam iti tad vanam saras tac ca kuruśreṣṭha vaibhrājam iti śabditam // yatra te śakunā rājaṃś catvāro yogadharmiṇaḥ yogabhraṣṭās trayaś caiva dehanyāsakṛto 'bhavan // kāmpilye nagare te tu brahmadattapurogamāḥ jātāḥ sapta mahātmānaḥ sarve vigatakalmaṣāḥ smṛtimanto 'tra catvāras trayas tu parimohitāḥ // svatantras tv aṇuhāj jajñe brahmadatto mahāyaśāḥ yathāsyāsīt pakṣibhāve saṃkalpaḥ pūrvacintitaḥ // k: K Ñ1.2 B2 Dn D1.2.4-6 G1.3.5 M4 ins. after 15, Ñ3 V B Ds D3 T2 G2 after 14cd: :k jñānadhyānatapaḥpūtā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | chidradarśī sunetraś ca tathā bābhravyavatsayoḥ jātau śrotriyadāyādau vedavedāṅgapāragau // sakhāyau brahmadattasya pūrvajātisahoṣitau pāñcālaḥ pañcamas tatra kaṇḍarīkas tathāparaḥ // pāñcālo bahvṛcas tv āsīd ācāryatvaṃ cakāra ha dvivedaḥ kaṇḍarīkas tu chandogo 'dhvaryur eva ca // sarvasattvarutajñaś ca rājāsīd aṇuhātmajaḥ pāñcālakaṇḍarīkābhyāṃ tasya saṃvid abhūt tadā // te grāmyadharmaniratāḥ kāmasya vaśavartinaḥ pūrvajātikṛtenāsan dharmakāmārthakovidāḥ // aṇuhas tu nṛpaśreṣṭho brahmadattam akalmaṣam abhiṣicya tadā rājye parāṃ gatim avāptavān // brahmadattasya bhāryā tu devalasyātmajābhavat asitasya yogadurdharṣā saṃnatir nāma bhārata // tām ekabhāvasaṃyuktāṃ lebhe kanyām anuttamām saṃnatiṃ saṃnatimatīṃ devalād yogadharmiṇīm // k: K4 ins.: :k upayeme vidhānena brahmadatto narādhipaḥ | śeṣās tu cakravākā vai kāmpilye sahacāriṇaḥ te jātāḥ śrotriyakule sudaridre sahodarāḥ // dhṛtir mahāmanā vidvāṃs tattvadarśī ca nāmataḥ vedādhyayanasaṃpannāś catvāro 'cchinnadarśinaḥ // teṣāṃ saṃvidathotpannā pūrvajātikṛtā tadā te yoganiratāḥ siddhāḥ prasthitāḥ sarva eva hi // āmantrya pitaraṃ tāta pitā tān abravīt tadā adharma eṣa yuṣmākaṃ yan māṃ tyaktvā gamiṣyatha // dāridryam anapākṛtya putrārthāṃś caiva puṣkalān k: D1.2.4 ins.: :k kāmān abhīpsitān sarvān mama kṛtvādya putrakāḥ | śuśrūṣām aprayuktvā ca kathaṃ vai gantum arhatha // te tam ūcur dvijāḥ sarve pitaraṃ punar eva hi kariṣyāmo vidhānaṃ te yena tvaṃ vartayiṣyasi // imaṃ ślokaṃ mahārthaṃ tvaṃ rājānaṃ sahamantriṇam śrāvayethāḥ samāgamya brahmadattam akalmaṣam // prītātmā dāsyati sa te grāmān bhogāṃś ca puṣkalān yathepsitāṃś ca sarvārthān gaccha tāta yathāsukham // etāvad uktvā te sarve pūjayitvā ca taṃ guruṃ yogadharmam anuprāpya paramāṃ nirvṛtiṃ yayuḥ // k: D6 T1.2 G ins.: :k yoginaḥ paramātmānaḥ saṃyatenāntarātmanā | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 19, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of January 13, 2001 :h brahmadattasya tanayaḥ sa vaibhrājas tv ajāyata yogātmā tapasā yukto viṣvaksena iti śrutaḥ // kadācid brahmadattas tu bhāryayā sahito vane vijahāra prahṛṣṭātmā yathā śacyā śatakratuḥ // tataḥ pipīlikarutaṃ sa śuśrāva narādhipaḥ kāminīṃ kāminas tasya yācataḥ krośato bhṛśam // śrutvā tu yācyamānāṃ tāṃ kruddhāṃ sūkṣmāṃ pipīlikām brahmadatto mahāhāsam akasmād eva cāhasat // tataḥ sā saṃnatir dīnā vrīḍitā dīnacetanā nirāhārā bahutithaṃ babhūvāmitrakarśana // prasādyamānā bhartrā sā tam uvāca śucismitā tvayāvahasitā rājan nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe // sa tatkāraṇam ācakhyau na ca sā śraddadhāti tat uvāca cainaṃ kupitā naiṣa bhāvo 'sti pārthiva // ko vai pipīlikarutaṃ mānuṣo vettum arhati ṛte devaprasādād vai pūrvajātikṛtena vā tapaḥphalena vā rājan vidyayā vā narādhipa // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T G2-5 M4 ins. after 8, G1 after 7ab: :k yady eṣa vai prabhāvas te sarvasattvarutajñatā | sāhaṃ yathaiva jānīyāṃ tathā pratyāyayasva mām prāṇān vāpi parityakṣye rājan satyena te śape // tat tasyā vacanaṃ śrutvā mahiṣyāḥ paruṣaṃ vibho sa rājā paramāpanno devaśreṣṭham agāt tadā śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūteśaṃ bhaktyā nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum // samāhito nirāhāraḥ ṣaḍrātreṇa mahāyaśāḥ dadarśa darśane rājā devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim // uvāca cainaṃ bhagavān sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ brahmadatta prabhāte tvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ samavāpsyasi ity uktvā bhagavān devas tatraivāntaradhīyata // k: T3.4 ins.: :k brahmadatto 'pi rājarṣiḥ sarvasattvarutajñatām | upadiṣya ca bhāryāyai vanāt pratyāgataḥ puram | caturṇāṃ tu pitā yo 'sau brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām ślokaṃ so 'dhītya putrebhyaḥ kṛtakṛtya ivābhavat // sa rājānam athānvicchat sahamantriṇam acyutam na dadarśāntaraṃ cāpi ślokaṃ śrāvayituṃ tadā // atha rājā śiraḥsnāto labdhvā nārāyaṇād varam praviveśa purīṃ prīto ratham āruhya kāñcanam // tasya raśmīn agṛhṇāc ca kaṇḍarīko dvijarṣabhaḥ camaravyajanaṃ cāpi bābhravyaḥ samavākṣipat // idam antaram ity eva tataḥ sa brāhmaṇas tadā śrāvayām āsa rājānaṃ ślokaṃ taṃ sacivau ca tau // sapta vyādhā daśārṇeṣu mṛgāḥ kālaṃjare girau k: N (except Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins. after 18a-c, D3 after 17: :k haṃsāḥ sarasi mānase | te sma jātāḥ kurukṣetre brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | prasthitā dūram adhvānaṃ | cakravākāḥ sarid dvīpe yūyaṃ tebhyo 'vasīdatha // tac chrutvā moham agamad brahmadattas tadānagha sacivau cāsya pāñcālaḥ kaṇḍarīkaś ca bhārata // srastaraśmipratodau tau patitavyajanāv ubhau dṛṣṭvā babhūvur asvasthāḥ paurāś cāgantavaś ca ha // muhūrtād iva rājā sa saha tābhyāṃ rathe sthitaḥ pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ pratyāgacchad ariṃdama // tatas te tat saraḥ smṛtvā yogaṃ tam upalabhya ca brāḥmaṇaṃ vipulair arthair bhogaiś ca samayojayan // abhiṣicya svarājye tu viṣvaksenam ariṃdamam jagāma brahmadatto 'tha sadāro vanam eva ha // athainaṃ saṃnatir dhīrā devalasya sutā tadā uvāca paramaprītā yogād vanagataṃ nṛpam // jānantyā tvaṃ mahārāja pipīlikarutajñatām coditaḥ krodham uddiśya saktaḥ kāmeṣu vai mayā // ito vayaṃ gamiṣyāmo gatim iṣṭām anuttamām tava cāntarhito yogas tataḥ saṃsmārito mayā // sa rājā paramaprītaḥ patnyāḥ śrutvā vacas tadā prāpya yogaṃ vanād eva gatiṃ prāpa sudurlabhām // kaṇḍarīko 'pi yogātmā sāṃkhyayogam anuttamam prāpya yogagatiṃ siddho viśuddhaḥ svena karmaṇā // kramaṃ praṇīya pāñcālaḥ śikṣām utpādya kevalām yogācāryagatiṃ prāpa yaśaś cāgryaṃ mahātapāḥ // evam etat purā vṛttaṃ mama pratyakṣam acyuta tad dhārayasva gāṅgeya śreyasā yokṣyase tataḥ // ye cānye dhārayiṣyanti teṣāṃ caritam uttamam tiryagyoniṣu te jātu na bhaviṣyanti karhicit // śrutvā cedam upākhyānaṃ mahārthaṃ mahatāṃ gatim yogadharmo hṛdi sadā parivarteta bhārata // sa tenaivānubandhena kadācil labhate śamam k: T3 ins.: :k ya imaṃ śrāvayec chrāddhe pitṝn prīṇāti puṇyakṛt | akṣayaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ vai prītir bhavati śāśvatī || ye paṭhanti ca śṛṇvanti śrāvayanti ca ye dvijān | tato manogatiṃ yāti siddhānāṃ bhuvi durlabhām // evam etat purā gītaṃ mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā śrāddhasya phalam uddiśya somasyāpyāyanāya vai // somo hi bhagavān devo lokasyāpyāyanaṃ param vṛṣṇivaṃśaprasaṅgena tasya vaṃśaṃ nibodha me // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 20, transliterated by Christophe Vielle. :h pitā somasya vai rājañ jajñe 'trir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ k: K4 ins. after the ref.: :k athātaḥ śrūyatāṃ rājan vaṃśaḥ somasya pāvanaḥ | yasminn ailādayo bhūpāḥ kīrtyante puṇyakīrtayaḥ || yatra jāto hariḥ sākṣāt kṛṣṇas trailokyapāvanaḥ | sahasraśirasaḥ puṃso nābhihradasaroruhāt || jātasyāsīt suto dhātur atriḥ pitṛsamo guṇaiḥ | k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 ins. after 1ab: :k brahmaṇo mānasāt pūrvaṃ prajāsargaṃ vidhitsataḥ | tatrātriḥ sarvalokānāṃ tasthau svavinayair vṛtaḥ karmaṇā manasā vācā śubhāny eva cacāra ha // ahiṃsraḥ sarvabhūteṣu dharmātmā saṃśitavrataḥ kāṣṭhakuḍyaśilābhūta ūrdhvabāhur mahādyutiḥ // anuttamaṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ mahat purā trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyānīti hi naḥ śrutam // tatordhvaretasas tasya sthitasyānimiṣasya hi somatvaṃ tanur āpede mahābuddhasya bhārata // ūrdhvam ācakrame tasya somatvaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ netrābhyāṃ vāri susrāva daśadhā dyotayad diśaḥ // taṃ garbhaṃ daśadhā dṛṣṭvā daśa devyo dadhus tataḥ sametya dhārayām āsur na ca tāḥ tam aśaknuvan // sa tābhyaḥ sahasaivātha digbhyo garbhaḥ prabhānvitaḥ papāta bhāsayaṃl lokāñ śītāṃśuḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ // yadā na dhāraṇe śaktās tasya garbhasya tā diśaḥ tatas tābhiḥ sahaivāśu nipatāta vasuṃdharām // patitaṃ somam ālokya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ratham āropayām āsa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā // sa hi vedamayas tāta dharmātmā satyasaṃgaraḥ yukto vājisahasreṇa siteneti hi naḥ śrutam // tasmin nipatite devāḥ putre 'treḥ paramātmani tuṣṭuvur brahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ sapta ye śrutāḥ // tathaivāṅgirasas tatra bhṛgor evātmajaiḥ saha ṛgbhir yajurbhiḥ sāmabhir atharvāṅgirasair api // tasya saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃs trīn bhāvayām āsa sarvataḥ // sa tena rathamukhyena sāgarāntāṃ vasuṃdharām triḥsaptakṛtvo 'tiyaśāś cakārābhipradakṣiṇām // tasya yac cyāvitaṃ tejaḥ pṛthivīm anvapadyata oṣadhyas tāḥ samudbhūtās tejasā prajvalanty uta // tābhiṛ dhāryo hy ayaṃ lokaḥ prajāś caiva caturvidhāḥ poṣṭā hi bhagavān somo jagato jagatīpate // sa labdhatejā bhagavān saṃstavaiḥ svaiś ca karmabhiḥ tapas tepe mahābhāga padmānāṃ daśatīr daśa // hiraṇyavarṇā yā devyo dhārayanty ātmanā jagat nidhis tāsām abhūd devaḥ prakhyātaḥ svena karmaṇā // tatas tasmai dadau rājyaṃ brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ bījauṣadhīnāṃ viprāṇām apāṃ ca janamejaya // so 'bhiṣikto mahātejā rājarājyena rājarāṭ trīṃl lokān bhāvayām āsa svabhāsā bhāsvatāṃ varaḥ // saptaviṃśatim indos tu dākṣāyaṇyo mahāvratāḥ dadau prācetaso dakṣo nakṣatrāṇīti yā viduḥ // sa tat prāpya mahad rājyaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ varaḥ samājahre rājasūyaṃ sahasraśatadakṣiṇam // hotāsya bhagavān atrir adhvaryur bhagavān bhṛguḥ hiraṇyagarbhaś codgātā brahmā brahmātvam eyivān // sadasyas tatra bhagavān harir nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ sanatkumārapramukhair ādyair brahmarṣibhir vṛtaḥ // dakṣiṇām adadāt somas trīṃl lokān iti naḥ śrutam tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaś ca bhārata // sinīvālī kuhūś caiva dyutiḥ puṣṭiḥ prabhā vasuḥ kīrtir dhṛtiś ca lakṣmīś ca nava devyaḥ siṣevire // prāpyāvabhṛtham avyagraḥ sarvadevarṣipūjitaḥ k: V2 ins.: :k taṃ mūrdhny upāghrāya tadā somo dhātā prajāpatiḥ | virarājāti rājendro daśadhā bhāvayan diśaḥ // tasya tat prāpya duṣprāpyam aiśvaryaṃ munisatkṛtam vibabhrāma matis tāta vinayād anayāhṛtā // bṛhaspateḥ sa vai bhāryāṃ tārāṃ nāma yaśasvinīm jahāra tarasā sarvān avamatyāṅgiraḥsutān // sa yācyamāno devaiś ca tathā devarṣibhiḥ saha naiva vyasarjayat tārāṃ tasmā aṅgirase tadā // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 M1-3) ins.: :k sa saṃrabdhas tadā tasmin devācāryo bṛhaspatiḥ | uśanā tasya jagrāha pārṣṇim aṅgirasas tadā sa hi śiṣyo mahātejāḥ pituḥ pūrvaṃ bṛhaspateḥ // tena snehena bhagavān rudras tasya bṛhaspateḥ pārṣṇigrāho 'bhavad devaḥ pragṛhyājagavaṃ dhanuḥ // tena brahmaśiro nāma paramāstraṃ mahātmanā uddiśya devān utsṛṣṭaṃ yenaiṣāṃ nāśitaṃ yaśaḥ // tatra tad yuddham abhavat prakhyātaṃ tārakāmayam devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca lokakṣayakaraṃ mahat // tatra śiṣṭās tu ye devās tuṣitāś caiva ye bhārata brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmur ādidevaṃ pitāmaham // tato nivāryośanasaṃ taṃ vai rudraṃ ca śaṃkaram dadāv aṅgirase tārāṃ svayam eva pitāmahaḥ // tām antaḥprasavāṃ dṛṣṭvā vipraḥ prāha bṛhaspatiḥ madīyāyāṃ na te yonau garbho dhāryaḥ kathaṃ cana // k: K4 ins.: :k satyaṃ kathaya me subhru kasya garbhas tavodare | tyaja tyajāśu durbuddhe matkṣetrād āhitaṃ paraiḥ || nāhaṃ tvāṃ bhasmasāt kuryāṃ striyaṃ sāṃtānike sati | śrutvā bṛhaspater vākyaṃ roṣeṇa vyākulābhavat | ayonāv asṛjattaṃ tu kumāraṃ dasyuhantamam iṣīkāstambam āsādya jvalantam iva pāvakam // jātamātraḥ sa bhagavān devānām ākṣipad vapuḥ tataḥ saṃśayam āpannās tārām akathayan surāḥ // satyaṃ brūhi sutaḥ kasya somasyātha bṛhaspateḥ pṛcchyamānā yadā devair nāha sā sādhv asādhu vā k: K4 ins.: :k kumāro mātaraṃ prāha kupito 'līkalajjayā | kiṃ na vocasy asadvṛtte ātmāvadyaṃ vadāśu me | tadā tāṃ śaptum ārabdhaḥ kumāro dasyuhantamaḥ // taṃ nivārya tato brahmā tārāṃ papraccha saṃśayam yad atra tathyaṃ tad brūhi tāre kasya suto hy ayam // sā prāñjalir uvācedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ varadaṃ prabhum somasyeti mahātmānaṃ kumāraṃ dasyuhantamam // taṃ mūrdhny upāghrāya tadā somo dhātā prajāpatiḥ budha ity akaron nāma tasya putrasya dhīmataḥ pratikūlaṃ ca gagane samabhyuttiṣṭhate budhaḥ // utpādayām āsa tadā putraṃ vai rājaputrikā tasyāpatyaṃ mahārājo babhūvailaḥ purūravāḥ urvaśyāṃ jajñire yasya putrāḥ sapta mahātmanaḥ // prasahya dharṣitas tatra vivaśo rājayakṣmaṇā tato yakṣmābhibhūtas tu somaḥ prakṣīṇamaṇḍaḥ jagāma śaraṇāyātha pitaraṃ so 'trim eva ca // tasya tat pāpaśamanaṃ cakārātrir mahāyaśāḥ sa rājayakṣmaṇā muktaḥ śriyā jajvāla sarvaśaḥ // etat somasya te janma kīrtitaṃ kīrtivardhanam vaṃśam asya mahārāja kīrtyamānam ataḥ śṛṇu // dhanyam āyuṣyam ārogyaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃkalpasādhakam somasya janma śrutvaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate // k: D6 T1.2 G ins.: :k naro vigatakalmaṣaḥ śraddadhānaḥ prasannātmā | h: HV (CE) chapter 21, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h budhasya tu mahārāja vidvān putraḥ purūravāḥ tejasvī dānaśīlaś ca yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ // brahmavādī parākrāntaḥ śatrubhir yudhi durjayaḥ āhartā cāgnihotrasya yajñānāṃ ca divo mahīm // satyavādī puṇyamatiḥ kāmyaḥ saṃvṛtamaithunaḥ atīva triṣu lokeṣu yaśasāpratimaḥ sadā // taṃ brahmavādinaṃ kṣāntaṃ dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam urvaśī varayām āsa hitvā mānaṃ yaśasvinī // tayā sahāvasad rājā daśa varṣāṇi pañca ca pañca ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca daśa cāṣṭau ca bhārata // vane caitrarathe ramye tathā mandākinītaṭe alakāyāṃ viśālāyāṃ nandane ca vanottame // uttarān sa kurūn prāpya manorarathaphaladrumān gandhamādanapādeṣu meruśṛṅge tathottare // eteṣu vanamukhyeṣu surair ācariteṣu ca urvaśyā sahito rājā reme paramayā mudā // deśe puṇyatame caiva maharṣibhir abhiṣṭute rājyaṃ sa kārayām āsa prayāge pṛthivīpatiḥ // k: T1.2.4 G1-3.5 for a first time (all a second time with K Ñ2.3 V BD T3 G4 M4 after the second occurrence of 9, which is repeated by N, exceptŚ1 Ñ1, T G M4 after line 73 of App. I No. 6) ins.: :k uttare jāhnavītīre pratiṣṭhānemahāyaśāḥ | k: K4 after 9a-b for a third time repeated after *320 cont.: :k eka evapurā devaḥ praṇavaḥ sarvavāṅmayaḥ | devo nārāyaṇo nānya eko 'gnivarṇa eva ca || purūravasa evāsīt trayī tretāmukhe nṛpa | agninā prajayā rājā lokaṃ gāndharvam eyivān | tasya putrā babhūvus te ṣaḍ indropamatejasāḥ divi jātā mahātmāna āyur dhīmān amāvasuḥ k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B1.2 Dn2 Ds D3-6 T G1-3.5 M4 (G4 after 10f) ins.: :k viśvāyuś caiva dharmātmā śrutāyuś ca tathāparaḥ | dṛḍhāyuś ca vanāyuś ca śatāyuś corvaśīsutāḥ // k: K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 G(ed.) (K1 after 22.1b, K3 after adhy. 21)ins. App. I No. 6 and 6B, between which ones G(ed) ins. No. 6A :k āyoḥ putrāś tathā pañca sarve vīrā mahārathāḥ k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k svarbhānutanayāyāṃ ca prabhāyāṃ jajñire nṛpa | nahuṣaḥ prathamaṃ jajñe vṛddhaśarmā tataḥ param dambho rajir anenāś ca triṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ // k: K1.3 (K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 after adhy. 21) ins. App. I No. 7. :k rajiḥ putraśatānīha janayām āsa pañca vai rājeyam iti vikhyātaṃ kṣatram indrabhayāvaham // yatra devāsure yuddhe samupoḍhe sudāruṇe devāś caivāsurāś caiva pitāmaham athābruvan // āvayor bhagavan yuddhe vijetā ko bhaviṣyati brūhi naḥ sarvabhūteśa śrotum icchāmahe vacaḥ // yeṣām arthāya saṃgrāme rajir āttāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ yotsyate te vijeṣyanti trīṃl lokān nātra saṃśayaḥ // yato rajir dhṛtis tatra śrīś ca tatra yato dhṛtiḥ yato dhṛtiś ca śrīś caiva dharmas tatra jayas tathā // te devā dānavāḥ prītā devenoktā rajer jaye abhyayur jayam icchanto vṛṇvānā bharatarṣabha // sa hi svarbhānudauhitraḥ prabhāyāṃ samapadyata rājā paramatejasvī somavaṃśavivardhanaḥ // te hṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve rajiṃ daiteyadānavāḥ ūcur asmajjayāya tvaṃ gṛhāṇa varakārmukam // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T1.2.4 G M4 ins.: :k athovāca rajis tatra tayor vaidevadaityayoḥ | svārthajñaḥ svārtham uddiśya yaśaḥ svaṃ ca prakāśayan | yadi devagaṇān sarvāñ jitvā śakrapurogamān indro bhavāmi dharmeṇa tato yotsyāmi saṃyuge // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T1.2.4 G M4 (T3 after 19b) ins.: :k devāḥ prathamatobhūyaḥ pratīyur hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | evaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ nṛpate kāmaḥ saṃpadyatāṃ tava || śrutvā suragaṇānāṃ tu vākyaṃ rājā rajis tadā | papracchāsuramukhyāṃs tu yathā devān apṛcchata || dānavā darpapūrṇās tu svārtham evānugamya ha | pratyūcus taṃ nṛpavaraṃ sābhimānam idaṃ vacaḥ | asmākam indraḥ prahrādo yasyārthe vijayāmahe // asmiṃs tu samaye rājaṃs tiṣṭhethā devacoditaḥ k: Ñ2.3 V2.3 B Ds D2.4.6 T2-4 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k sa tatheti bruvann eva devair apy abhicoditaḥ | bhaviṣyasīndro jitvaiva devair uktas sa pārthivaḥ jaghāna dānavān sarvān ye vadhyā vajrapāṇinā // sa vipranaṣṭāṃ devānāṃ paramaśrīḥ śriyaṃ vaśī nihatya dānavān sarvān ājahāra rajiḥ prabhuḥ // tato rajiṃ mahāvīryaṃ devaiḥ saha śatakratuḥ rajiputro 'ham ity uktvā punar evābravīd vacaḥ // indro 'si tāta bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ yasyāham indraḥ putras te khyātiṃ yāsyāmi karmabhiḥ // sa tu śakravacaḥ śrutvā vañcitas tena māyayā tathety evābravīd rājā prīyamāṇaḥ śatakratum // tasmiṃs tu devaiḥ sadṛśo divaṃ prāpte mahīpatau dāyādyam indrād ājahrur ācārāt tanayā rajeḥ // tāni putraśatāny asya tad vai sthānaṃ śatakratoḥ samākrāmanta bahudhā svargalokaṃ triviṣṭapam // tato bahutithe kāle samatīte mahābalaḥ hṛtarājyo 'bravīc chakro hṛtabhāgo bṛhaspatim // badarīphalamātraṃ vai puroḍāśaṃ vidhatsva me brahmarṣe yena tiṣṭheyaṃ tejasāpyāyitaḥ sadā // brahman kṛśo 'haṃ vimanā hṛtarājyo hṛtāśanaḥ hataujā durbalo mūḍho rajiputraiḥ kṛto vibho // yady evaṃ coditaḥ śakra tvayā syāṃ pūrvam eva hi nābhaviṣyat tvatpriyārtham akartavyaṃ mayānagha // prayatiṣyāmi devendra tvatpriyārthaṃ na saṃśayaḥ yathā bhāgaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca na cirāt pratilapsyase tathā tāta kariṣyāmi mā te bhūd viklavaṃ manaḥ // tataḥ karma cakārāsya tejaso vardhanaṃ tadā teṣāṃ ca buddhisaṃmoham akarod ṛṣisattamaḥ // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) G(ed.) ins.: :k nāstivādārthaśāstraṃhi dharmavidveṣaṇaṃ param | paramaṃ tarkaśāstrāṇām asatāṃ tan manonugam | na hi dharmapradhānānāṃ rocate vai kathāntare || te tad bṛhaspatikṛtaṃ śāstraṃ śrutvālpacetasaḥ | pūrvoktadharmaśāstrāṇām abhavan dveṣiṇaḥ sadā || pracakrur nyāyarahitaṃ tanmataṃ bahu menire | tenādharmeṇa te pāpāḥ sarva eva kṣayaṃ gatāḥ || trailokyarājyaṃ śakras tu prāpya duṣprāpam eva ca | bṛhaspatiprasādād dhi parāṃ nirvṛtim abhyagāt | te yadā sma susaṃmūḍhā rāgonmattā vidharmiṇaḥ brahmadviṣaś ca saṃvṛttā hatavīryaparākramāḥ // tato lebhe suraiśvaryam indraḥ sthānaṃ tathottamam hatvā rajisutān sarvān kāmakrodhaparāyaṇān // ya idaṃ cyāvanaṃ sthānāt pratiṣṭhāṃ ca śatakratoḥ śṛṇuyād dhārayed vāpi na sa daurātmyam āpnuyāt // k: K4 ins.: :k rajeḥ pañca śatāny āsan putrāṇām amitaujasām | devair abhyarthito daityān hatvendrāyādadād divam || indras tasmai punar hatvā gṛhītvā caraṇau rajeḥ | ātmānam arpayām āsa prahrādādyariśaṅkitaḥ || pitary uparate putrā yācamānāya no daduḥ | guruṇā hūyamāne 'gnau balabhit tanayān rajeḥ | avadhīd dhvaṃsitān mārgān na kaś cid avaśeṣitaḥ | k: D6 T1.2 G ins.: :k arogaś ca bhavet tāta yāvajjīvam akalmaṣaḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 22, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h nahuṣasya tu dāyādāḥ ṣaḍ indropamatejasaḥ yatir yayātiḥ saṃyātir āyātir yātir uddhavaḥ k: K4 Ñ1 D2.3 om. the ref.; K1(both times).2.3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D4.5 T1.3 G3.4 ins. after the ref.; K4 D1.3.6 T2.4 G1.2.5 M4 after 1b): :k utpannāḥ pitṛkanyāyāṃ virajāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ | k: After 1cd, K4 ins.: :k ṣaḍ ime nahuṣasyāsann indrayāṇīva dehinaḥ | k: Dn M4 G(ed.) ins.: :k suyātiḥ ṣaṣṭhas teṣāṃ vai yayātiḥpārthivo 'bhavat | yatir jyeṣṭhas tu teṣāṃ vai yayātis tu tataḥ param // kakutsthakanyāṃ gāṃ nāma na lebhe sa yatis tadā k: K4 ins.: :k rājyaṃ naicchad yatiḥ pitrā dattaṃ tatpariṇāmavit | yatra praviṣṭaḥ puruṣa ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyate | tenāsau mokṣam āsthāya brahmabhūto 'bhavan muniḥ // k: K4 ins.: :k pitari dhvaṃsite sthānād indrāṇyā dharṣaṇād dvijaiḥ | prāpito 'jagaratvaṃ vai yayātir abhavan nṛpaḥ | teṣāṃ yayātiḥ pañcānāṃ vijitya vasudhām imām devayānīm uśanasaḥ sutāṃ bhāryām avāpa ha śarmiṣṭhām āsurīṃ caiva tanayāṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ // yaduṃ ca turvasuṃ caiva devayānī vyajāyata druhyuṃ cānuṃ ca pūruṃ ca śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī // tasya śakro dadau prīto rathaṃ paramabhāsvaram asaṅgaṃ kāñcanaṃ divyaṃ divyaiḥ paramavājibhiḥ yuktaṃ manojavaiḥ śubhrair yena bhāryāṃ samudvahat // sa tena rathamukhyena ṣaḍrātreṇājayan mahīm yayātir yudhi durdharṣas tathā devān savāsavān // sa rathaḥ pauravāṇāṃ tu sarveṣām abhavat tadā yāvat tava sanāmā vai pauravo janamejaya // kuroḥ pautrasya rājye tu rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya ha k: D3 ins.: :k brahmahatyāyutaḥ pāpa indraḥ kruddho 'harad ratham | jagāma sa ratho nāśaṃ śāpād gargasya dhīmataḥ // gargasya hi sutaṃ bālaṃ sa rājā janamejayaḥ vākkrūraṃ hiṃsayām āsa brahmahatyām avāpa saḥ // sa lohagandhī rājarṣiḥ paridhāvann itas tataḥ paurajānapadais tyakto na lebhe śarma karhicit // tataḥ sa duḥkhasaṃtapto nālabhat saṃvidaṃ kva cit indrotaṃ śaunakaṃ rājā śaraṇaṃ pratyapadyata // yājayām āsa cendrotaḥ śaunako janamejaya aśvamedhena rājānaṃ pāvanārthaṃ dvijottamāḥ sa lohagandho vyanaśat tasyāvabhṛtham etya ha // sa ca divyo ratho rājan vasoś cedipates tadā dattaḥ śakreṇa tuṣṭena lebhe tasmād bṛhadrathaḥ // k: Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D6 T1.4 G2.4 ins.: :k bṛhadrathāt krameṇaiva gato bārhadrathaṃ nṛpam | tato hatvā jarāsaṃdhaṃ bhīmas taṃ ratham uttamam pradadau vāsudevāya prītyā kauravanandana // saptadvīpāṃ yayātis tu jitvā pṛthvīṃ sasāgarām vyabhajat pañcadhā rājyaṃ putrāṇāṃ nāhuṣas tadā // diśi dakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ turvasuṃ matimān nṛpaḥ pratīcyām uttarasyāṃ tu druhyuṃ cānuṃca nāhuṣaḥ // diśi pūrvottarasyāṃ tu yaduṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ nyayojayat madhye pūruṃ ca rājānam abhyaṣiñcat sa nāhuṣaḥ // tair iyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā yathāpradeśam adyāpi dharmeṇa paripālyate prajās teṣāṃ purastāt tu vakṣyāmi nṛpasattama // dhanur nyasya pṛṣatkāṃś ca pañcabhiḥ puruṣarṣabhaiḥ k: K4 ins.: :k jigāya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpavatīṃ nṛpaḥ | paravān abhavad rājā bhāram āveśya bandhuṣu // nikṣiptaśastraḥ pṛthivīṃ nirīkṣya pṛthivīpatiḥ prītimān abhavad rājā yayātir aparājitaḥ // evaṃ vibhajya pṛthivīṃ yayātir yadum abravīt jarāṃ me pratigṛhṇīṣva putra kṛtyāntareṇa vai // taruṇas tava rūpeṇa careyaṃ pṛthivīm imām jarāṃ tvayi samādhāya taṃ yaduḥ pratyuvāca ha // k: K4 ins.: :k notsahe jarayā sthātum antarā prāptayā tava | aviditvā sukhaṃ grāmyaṃ vaitṛṣṇyaṃ naiti pūruṣaḥ | anirdiṣṭā mayā bhikṣā brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutā anapākṛtya tāṃ rājan na grahīṣyāmi te jarām // jarāyā bahavo doṣāḥ pānabhojanakāritāḥ tasmāj jarāṃ na te rājan grahītum aham utsahe // santi te bahavaḥ putrā mattaḥ priyatarā nṛpa pratigrahītuṃ dharmajña putram anyaṃ vṛṇīṣva vai // sa evam ukto yadunā rājā kopasamanvitaḥ uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho yayātir garhayan sutam // ka āśramas tavānyo 'sti ko vā dharmo vidhīyate mām anādṛtya durbuddhe yad ahaṃ tava deśikaḥ // evam uktvā yaduṃ tāta śaśāpainaṃ sa manyumān arājyā te prajā mūḍha bhavitrīti narādhipa // sa turvasuṃ sa druhyuṃ ca anuṃ ca bharatarṣabha evam evābravīd rājā pratyākhyātaś ca tair api // śaśāpa tān api kruddho yayātir aparājitaḥ yathā te kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā rājarṣisattama // evaṃ śaptvā sutān sarvāṃś caturaḥ pūrupūrvajān tad eva vacanaṃ rājā pūrum apy āha bhārata // taruṇas tava rūpeṇa careyaṃ pṛthivīm imām jarāṃ tvayi samādhāya tvaṃ pūro yadi manyase // k: K4 ins.: :k ko nu loke manuṣyendra pitur ātmakṛtaḥ pumān | pratikartuṃ kṣamo yasya prasādād vindate param || adhamo 'śraddhayā kuryād akartoccaritaṃ pituḥ | so 'pi tadvayasā kāmāñ jujuṣo 'vyāhatendrayaḥ | sa jarāṃ pratijagrāha pituḥ pūruḥ pratāpavān yayātir api rūpeṇa pūroḥ paryacaran mahīm // sa mārgamāṇaḥ kāmānām antaṃ bharatasattama viśvācyā sahito reme vane caitrarathe prabhuḥ // k: K1 D1 ins. (K2.4 Ñ V B Dn Ds D2-5 T3.4 for 35a-b subst.): :k yadāvitṛptaḥ kāmānāṃ bhogeṣu ca narādhipaḥ | sa yadā dadṛśo kāmān vardhamānān mahīpatiḥ tataḥ pūroḥ sakāśād vai svāṃ jarāṃ pratyapadyata // k: Ś1 K1 ins.: :k varaṃ cāsmai dadau prīto vipulaṃ vaṃśam īśvaraḥ | ācandrārkagrahā bhūmir bhaved iti matir mama | apauravā na tu mahī bhaviṣyati kadā cana | tatra gāthā mahārāja śṛṇu gītā yayātinā yābhiḥ pratyāharet kāmān sarvaśo 'ṅgāni kūrmavat // k: V2 ins.: :k sa sukhī dhṛtimān dhanyaḥ paratreha ca modate | na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate // k: K4 ins.: :k yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣv amaṅgalaṃ | samadṛṣṭes tadā puṃsaḥ sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ | yat pṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ nālam ekasya tat sarvam iti matvā śamaṃ vrajet // k: D6 T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k utpannasya ruroḥ śṛṅgaṃ vardhamānasyavardhate | yadā bhāvaṃ na kurute sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma saṃpadyate tadā // yadānyebhyo na bibheti yadā cāsmān na bibhyati yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma saṃpadyate tadā // k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 T1.3.4 G2.3.5 (D2 after 39, T2 G1 after 39b): :k yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ | yo 'sauprāṇāntiko rogas tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham || jīryanti jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ | dhanāśā jīvitāśā ca jīryato 'pi na jīryati || yac ca kāmasukhaṃ loke yac ca divyaṃ mahat sukham | tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nārhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām | k: K4 after line 1 of *345 ins.: :k tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ duḥkhanivahāṃ śarmakāmo drutaṃ tyajet | k: B1 after line 3 of *345 ins.: :k cakṣuḥśrotre ca jīryete tṛṣṇaikātaruṇāyate | evam uktvā sa rājarṣiḥ sadāraḥ prāviśad vanam kālena mahatā cāpi cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ // bhṛgutuṅge tapaś cīrtvā tapaso 'nte mahāyaśāḥ anaśnan deham utsṛjya sadāraḥ svargam āptavān // tasya vaṃśe mahārāja pañca rājarṣisattamāḥ yair vyāptā pṛthivī sarvā sūryasyeva gabhastibhiḥ // yados tu śṛṇu rājarṣe vaṃśaṃ rājarṣisatkṛtam yatra nārāyaṇo jajñe harir vṛṣṇikulodvahaḥ // svasthaḥ prajāvān āyuṣmān kīrtimāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ k: D6 T1.2 G2-5 M ins.: :k dhanyasya mahato dharmyaṃ śrīmato dhīmatastathā | yayāteś caritaṃ nityam idaṃ śṛṇvan narādhipa // k: D2 ins.: :k mucyate pātakebhyaś ca aputrī na bhavet kadā | h: HV (CE) chapter 23, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h pūror vaṃśam ahaṃ brahmañ śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ druhyoścānor yadoś caiva turvasoś ca dvijottama vistareṇānupūrvyā ca tad bhavān vaktum arhati // vṛṣṇivaṃśaprasaṅgena svaṃ vaṃśaṃ pūrvam eva hi śṛṇu pūror mahārāja vaṃśam agre mahātmanaḥ vistareṇānupūrvyā ca yatra jāto 'si pārthiva // hanta te vartayiṣyāmi pūror vaṃśam anuttamam druhyoścānor yadoś caiva turvasoś ca paraṃtapa // pūroḥ pravīraḥ putro 'bhūn manasyus tasya cātmajaḥ rājā cābhayado nāma manasyor abhavat sutaḥ // tathaivābhayadasyāsīt sudhanvā ca mahīpatiḥ sudhanvanaḥ subāhus tu raudrāśvas tasya cātmajaḥ // k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 B2.3 D5 (Ds2 D6 after the second occurrence of 5c repeated with 5d and 6a after 7b) ins.: :k saṃpātis tasya cātmajaḥ | saṃpātes tu rahasyātī | raudrāśvasya daśārṇeyuḥ kṛkaṇeyus tathaiva ca k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 B2.3 (Ds2 D6 after the repetition of 6a) ins.: :k daśāpsarasi sūnavaḥ | ṛceyuś prathamas teṣāṃ | kakṣeyuḥ sthaṇḍileyuś ca saṃnateyus tathaiva ca // ṛceyuś ca jaleyuś ca sthaleyuś ca mahābalaḥ k: D3 for 7a-b subst.: :k ṣaṣṭhaś caiva ruceyuś ca jaleyuś caivasaptamaḥ | dharmeyuś ca dṛḍheyuś ca vaneyur daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ | vananityo vaneyuś ca putrikāś ca daśa striyaḥ // k: K4 ins.: :k daśaite 'psarasaḥ putrā vaneyuś cāvamaḥ smṛtaḥ | ghṛtācyām indriyāṇīva mukhyasya jagadātmanaḥ | bhadrā śūdrā ca madrā ca maladā malahā tathā khalā balā ca rājendra taladā surathāpi ca tathā gopabalā ca strī ratnakūṭā ca tā daśa // ṛṣir jāto 'trivaṃśe ca tāsāṃ bhartā prabhākaraḥ rudrāyāṃ janayām āsa somaṃ putraṃ yaśasvinam // svarbhānunā hate sūrye patamāne divo mahīm tamobhibhūte loke ca prabhā yena pravartitā // svasti te 'stv iti cokto vai patamāno divākaraḥ vacanāt tasya viprarṣer na papāta divo mahīm // atriśreṣṭhāni gotrāṇi yaś cakāra mahātapāḥ yajñeṣv atridhanaṃ caiva surair yasya pravartitam // sa tāsu janayām āsa putrikāsu sanāmakān daśa putrān mahātmānas tapasy ugre ratān sadā // te tu gotrakarā rājann ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ svastyātreyā iti khyātāḥ kiṃ tv atridhanavarjitāḥ // kakṣeyutanayās tv āsaṃs traya eva mahārathāḥ sabhānaraś cākṣuṣaś ca paramekṣus tathaiva ca // sabhānarasya putras tu vidvān kālānalo nṛpaḥ kālānalasya dharmajñaḥ sṛñjayo nāma vai sutaḥ // sṛñjayasyābhavat putro vīro rājā puraṃjayaḥ janamejayo mahārāja puraṃjayasuto 'bhavat // k: D3 for 17c-d subst.: :k puraṃjayān mahārāja putro 'bhūjjanamejayaḥ | janamejayasya rājarṣer mahāsālo 'bhavat sutaḥ deveṣu sa parijñātaḥ pratiṣṭhitayaśās tathā // mahāmanā nāma suto mahāsālasya dhārmikaḥ jajñe vīraḥ suragaṇaiḥ pūjitaḥ sa mahāmanāḥ // mahāmanās tu putrau dvau janayām āsa bhārata uśīnaraṃ ca dharmajñaṃ titikṣuṃ ca mahābalam // uśīnarasya patnyas tu pañca rājarṣivaṃśajāḥ nṛgā kṛmī navā darvā pañcamī ca dṛṣadvatī // uśīnarasya putrās tu pañca tāsu kulodvahāḥ tapasā caiva mahatā jātā vṛddhasya cātmajāḥ // nṛgāyās tu nṛgaḥ putraḥ kṛmyāḥ kṛmir ajāyata navāyās tu navaḥ putro darvāyāḥ suvrato 'bhavat // dṛṣadvatyās tu saṃjajñe śibir auśīnaro nṛpa śibes tu śibayas tāta yaudheyās tu nṛgasya ha // navasya navarāṣṭraṃ tu kṛmes tu kṛmilā purī suvratasya tathāmbaṣṭhā titikṣos tu prajāḥ śṛṇu // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2-4 G1-3.5 M4 (T1 G4 after *354) ins.: :k śibiputrān nibodha me || śibeś ca putrāś catvāro vīrā vai lokaviśrutāḥ | vṛṣadarbhaḥ suvīraś ca kaikeyo madrakas tathā || teṣāṃ janapadāḥ sphītāḥ kaikeyā madrakās tathā | vṛṣadarbhāḥ suvīrāś ca | titikṣur abhavad rājā pūrvasyāṃ diśi bhārata uṣadratho mahābāhus tasya phenaḥ suto 'bhavat // phenāt tu sutapā jajñe jajñe sutapasaḥ sutaḥ balir mānuṣayonau tu sa rājā kāñcaneṣudhiḥ // mahāyogī sa tu balir babhūva nṛpatiḥ purā putrān utpādayām āsa pañca vaṃśakarān bhuvi // aṅgaḥ prathamato jajñe vaṅgaḥ suhmas tathaiva ca puṇḍraḥ kaliṅgaś ca tathā bāleyaṃ kṣatram ucyate bāleyā brāhmaṇāś caiva tasya vaṃśakarā bhuvi // bales tu brahmaṇā datto varaḥ prītena bhārata mahāyogitvam āyuś ca kalpasya parimāṇataḥ k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k saṃgrāme cāpy ajeyatvaṃ dharme caiva pradhānatām | trailokyadarśanaṃ cāpi prādhānyaṃ prasave tathā | balasyāpratimatvaṃ vai dharmatattvārthadarśanam | caturo niyatān varṇāṃs tvaṃ ca sthāpayiteti ha // ity ukto vibhunā rājā baliḥ śāntiṃ parāṃ yayau k: Ñ2.3 V B2.3 Dn Ds ins.: :k tasya te tanayāḥ sarve kṣetrajāmunipuṃgavāḥ | saṃbhūtā dīrghatapasaḥ sudeṣṇāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ | balis tān abhiṣicye ha pañca putrān akalmaṣān || kṛtārthaḥ so 'pi yogātmā yogam āśritya sa prabhuḥ | adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kālāpekṣī caraty uta | kālena mahatā rājan svaṃ ca sthānam upāgamat // teṣāṃ janapadāḥ pañca vaṅgāṅgāḥ suhmakās tathā kaliṅgāḥ puṇḍrakāś caiva prajās tv aṅgasya me śṛṇu // aṅgaputro mahān āsīd rājendro dadhivāhanaḥ dadhivāhanaputras tu rājā divirathas tathā // putro divirathasyāsīc chakratulyaparākramaḥ vidvān dharmaratho nāma tasya citrarathaḥ sutaḥ // tena dharmarathenātha tadā viṣṇupade girau yajatā saha śakreṇa somaḥ pīto mahātmanā // atha citrarathasyāpi putro daśaratho 'bhavat lomapāda iti khyāto yasya śāntā sutābhavat // tasya dāśarathir vīraś caturaṅgo mahāyaśāḥ ṛṣyaśṛṅgaprabhāvena jajñe kulavivardhanaḥ // caturaṅgasya putras tu pṛthulākṣa iti smṛtaḥ pṛthulākṣasuto rājā campo nāma mahāyaśāḥ campasya tu purī campā yā pūrvaṃ mālinī babhau // pūrṇabhadraprasādena haryaṅgo 'sya suto 'bhavat tato vibhāṇḍakas tasya vāraṇaṃ śatruvāraṇam avatārayām āsa mahīṃ mantrair vāhanam uttamam // haryaṅgasya sutaḥ karṇo vikarṇas tasya cātmajaḥ k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k rājā bhadrarathaḥ smṛtaḥ | putro bhadrarathasyāsīd bṛhatkarmā prajeśvaraḥ | bṛhaddarbhaḥ sutas tasya yasmāj jajñe bṛhanmanāḥ || bṛhanmanās tu rājendro janayām āsa vai sutam | nāmnā jayadrathaṃ nāma yasmād dṛḍharatho nṛpaḥ || āsīd dṛḍharathasyāpi viśvajij janamejaya | dāyādas tasya karṇas tu | tasya putraśataṃ tv āsīd aṅgānāṃ kulavardhanam // k: M1-3 for 40c-d subst.: :k vikarṇasya sutas tv āsīd aṅgadaḥkulavardhanaḥ | k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V1 Dn Ds D1.3.4.6 (K2 after 40b; V2 after the repetition ofline 3 of *363) ins.: :k bṛhaddarbhasuto yas tu rājā nāmnābṛhanmanāḥ | tasya patnīdvayam cāsīc caidyasyaite sute śubhe | yaśodevī ca sattvī ca tābhyāṃ vaṃśaḥ sa bhidhyate || jayadrathas tu rājendra yaśodevyāṃ vyajāyata | brahmakṣatrottaraḥ sattvyāṃ vijayo nāma viśrutaḥ || vijayasya dhṛtiḥ putras tasya putro dhṛtavrataḥ | dhṛtavratasya putras tu satyakarmā mahāvrataḥ || satyakarmasutaś cāpi sūtas tv adhirathas tu vai | yaḥ karṇaṃ pratijagrāha tataḥ karṇas tu sūtajaḥ || etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ karṇaṃ prati mahābalam | karṇasya vṛṣasenas tu vṛṣas tasyātmajaḥ smṛtaḥ | k: K2 after line 8 of *358 ins.: :k dhārmikaḥ sarvavarṇas tu senastasyātmajo 'bhavat | ete 'ṅgavaṃśajāḥ sarve rājānaḥ kīrtitā mayā satyavratā mahātmānaḥ prajāvanto mahārathāḥ // ṛceyos tu mahārāja raudrāśvatanayasya vai śṛṇu vaṃśam anuproktaṃ yatra jāto 'si pārthiva // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3; N and T3.4 after an addl. colophon)ins.: :k anādhṛṣyas tu rājarṣir ṛceyuś caikarāṭ smṛtaḥ | ṛceyor jvalanā nāma bhāryā vai takṣakātmajā | ṛceyutanayo rājan matināro mahīpatiḥ matinārasutāś cāsaṃs trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ // taṃsurogho 'pratirathaḥ subāhuś caiva dhārmikaḥ k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T2-4 G (T1 after 43d) ins.: :k gaurī kanyā cavikhyātā māndhātṛjananī śubhā | sarve vedavratasnātā brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B D (except D6) T G1.3-5 (K1 after *360) ins.: :k sarvekṛtāstrā balinaḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ | putro 'pratirathasyāsīt kaṇvaḥ samabhavan nṛpaḥ | medhātithiḥ sutas tasya yasmāt kāṇvo 'bhavad dvijaḥ | ilā nāma tu yasyāsīt kanyā vai janamejaya brahmavādiny adhitrī ca taṃsus tām adhyagacchata // taṃsoḥ suraugho rājarṣir dharmanetro mahāyaśāḥ brahmavādī parākrāntas tasya bhāryopadānavī // upadānavī sutāṃl lebhe caturas tān suraughataḥ k: Ś1 ins.: :k tataś cotpādayām āsa caturaḥ purunandanān | duḥṣantam atha suḥṣantaṃ pravīram anaghaṃ tathā // duḥṣantasya tu dāyādo bharato nāma vīryavān sa sarvadamano nāma nāgāyutabalo mahān // cakravartī suto jajñe duḥṣantasya mahāyaśāḥ śakuntalāyāṃ bharato yasya nāmnā stha bhāratāḥ // k: K Ñ2.3 V B2 D (except D6) ins.: :k duḥṣantaṃ prati rājāṇaṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī | mātā bhastrā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ | bharasva putraṃ duḥṣanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām || retodhāḥ putra unnayati naradeva yamakṣayāt | tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyam āha śakuntalā | bharatasya vinaṣṭeṣu tanayeṣu mahīpateḥ mātṝṇāṃ tāta kopeṇa yathā te kathitaṃ tadā // bṛhaspater aṅgirasaḥ putro rājan mahāmuniḥ ayājayad bharadvājo mahadbhiḥ kratubhir vibhuḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D6) T3.4 ins.: :k atraivodāharantīmaṃ bharadvājasya dhīmataḥ | dharmasaṃkramaṇaṃ cāpi marudbhir bharatāya vai | pūrvaṃ tu vitathe tasya kṛte vai putrajanmani tato 'tha vitatho nāma bharadvājāt suto 'bhavat // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D6) T3.4 ins.: :k tato 'tha vitathe jāte bharatas tu divaṃ yayau | vitathaṃ cābhiṣicyātha bharadvājo vanaṃ yayau | k: K2 Ñ2 V3 D3 after *365 cont.: :k vitathasya tu dāyādo bhuvamanyur babhūva ha | mahābhūtopamāś cāmī catvāro bhuvamanyujāḥ | bṛhatkṣatro mahāvīryo naro gārgyaś ca vīryavān || narasya sāṃkṛtiḥ putras tasya putrau mahābalau | varavī rantidevaś ca te ca kātyāyanāḥ smṛtāḥ || dāyādā api gārgyasya śibir vidvān babhūva ha | smṛtāḥ śaibyās tato gārgyāḥ kṣatrotpannā dvijātayaḥ || mahāvīryasutaś cāsīd dhīmān nāmnā purukṣayaḥ | tasya bhāryā viśālā tu suṣuve tat sutatrayam | traiyākṣaṇaṃ puṣkariṇaṃ tṛtīyaṃ suṣuve kapim || kapīnāṃ pravarā hy ete trayaḥ proktā maharṣayaḥ | gārgyāḥ saṃkṛtayaḥ kāpyāḥ kṣatrotpannā dvijātayaḥ | saṃśritāṅgirasaḥ pakṣaṃ sarve jātā mahābalāḥ || bṛhatkṣatrasya dāyādaḥ suhotro nāma dhārmikaḥ | suhotrasya tu dāyādo hastī nāma babhūva ha | tenedaṃ nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ puraṃ gajasamāhvayam || hastinaś cāpi dāyādās trayaḥ paramakīrtayaḥ | ajamīḍhasya putrās tu jātāḥ kurukulodvaha || tapaso 'nte sumahato rājño vṛddhasya dhārmikāḥ | bharadvājaprasādena jātā vaṃśavivardhanāḥ || ajamīḍhasya keśinyāṃ kaṇvaḥ samabhavat sutaḥ | medhātithiḥ sutas tasya tasmāt kāṇvāyanāḥ smṛtāḥ | sa cāpi vitathaḥ putrāñ janayām āsa pañca vai suhotraṃ sutahotāraṃ gayaṃ gargaṃ tathaiva ca // k: T3 ins.: :k suhotrasya ca putras tu cyavano nāma dhārmikaḥ | kapilaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ sutahotuḥ sutadvayam kāśikaś ca mahāsattvas tathā gṛtsamatiḥ prabhuḥ // tathā gṛtsamateḥ putrā brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ kāśyasya kāśayo rājan putro dīrghatapās tathā // babhūva dīrghatapaso vidvān dhanvaṃtariḥ sutaḥ dhanvaṃtares tu tanayaḥ ketumān iti viśrutaḥ // athā ketumataḥ putro vīro bhīmarathaḥ smṛtaḥ k: K4 V2 Dn D2 T2 ins.: :k suto bhīmarathasyāsīd divodāsaḥprajeśvaraḥ | divodāsa iti khyātaḥ sarvarakṣaḥpraṇāśanaḥ // etasminn eva kāle tu purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ nṛpaḥ śūnyāṃ niveśayām āsa kṣemako nāma rākṣasaḥ // śaptā hi sā matimatā nikumbhena mahātmanā śūnyā varṣasahasraṃ vai bhavitrīti nararṣabha // tasyāṃ tu śaptamātrāyāṃ divodāsaḥ prajeśvaraḥ viṣayānte purīṃ ramyāṃ gomatyāṃ saṃnyaveśayat // k: Dn G(ed.) ins.: :k bhadraśreṇyasya pūrvaṃ tu purī vārāṇasībhavat | yaduvaṃśaprasūtasya tapasy abhiratasya ca | bhadraśreṇyasya putrāṇāṃ śatam uttamadhanvinām hatvā niveśayām āsa divodāsaḥ prajeśvaraḥ // divodāsasya putras tu vīro rājā pratardanaḥ pratardanasya putrau dvau vatso bhārgava eva ca // alarko rājaputraś ca rājā saṃnatimān bhuvi hehayasya tu dāyādyaṃ hṛtavān vai mahīpatiḥ // ājahre pitṛdāyādyaṃ divodāsahṛtaṃ balāt k: K2 ins.: :k tasyānvaye suhotro 'bhūd rājā paramadhārmikaḥ | bhadraśreṇyasya putreṇa durdamena mahātmanā divodāsena bālo hi ghṛṇayā sa visarjitaḥ // aṣṭāratho nāma nṛpaḥ suto bhīmarathasya vai tena putreṣu bāleṣu prahṛtaṃ tasya bhārata vairasyāntaṃ mahārāja kṣatriyeṇa vidhitsatā // k: K4 ins.: :k so 'py evaṃ putrasaṃhāraṃ kurvan pañcatvamāgataḥ | alarkaḥ kāśirājas tu brahmaṇyaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ k: K1 ins.: :k alarkaṃ prati rājānaṃ śloko gītaḥ purātanam | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca // k: K1.4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2.4.5 T1.4 G1.3.4 ins.: :k tasyāsītsumahadrājyaṃ rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ | yuvā rūpeṇa saṃpanna āsīt kāśikulodvahaḥ lopāmudrāprasādena paramāyur avāpa saḥ // vayaso 'nte mahābāhur hatvā kṣemakarākṣasam ramyāṃ niveśayām āsa purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ nṛpaḥ // alarkasya tu dāyādaḥ kṣemo nāma mahāyaśāḥ k: Ñ1.3 V1.2 B2.3 Dn Ds G(ed.) ins.: :k kṣemako nāma pārthivaḥ | kṣemakasya tu putro vai | kṣemasya ketumān putro varṣaketus tato 'bhavat // varṣaketos tu dāyādo vibhur nāma prajeśvaraḥ ānartas tu vibhoḥ putraḥ sukumāras tato 'bhavat // sukumārasya putras tu satyaketur mahārathaḥ suto 'bhavan mahātejā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ k: K4 ins.: :k karantur nāma nṛpatis tasya putrau babhūvatuḥ | brahmaṇyau satyasaṃpannau bhārgo vatsas tathaiva ca | vatsasya vatsabhūmis tu bhārgabhūmis tu bhārgavāt // ete tv aṅgirasaḥ putrā jātā vaṃśe 'tha bhārgave brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca bharatarṣabha // k: D6 T1.2.4 G M4 ins.: :k karmabhis te tapomūlaiḥ sthitāḥkurukulodvaha | suhotrasya bṛhat putro bṛhatas tanayās trayaḥ ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaś ca purumīḍhaś ca vīryavān // ajamīḍhasya patnyas tu tisro vai yaśasānvitāḥ nīlī ca keśinī caiva dhūminī ca varāṅganā // ajamīḍhasya keśinyāṃ jajñe jahnuḥ pratāpavān ya ājahre mahāsattraṃ sarvamedham mahāmakham // patilobhena yaṃ gaṅgā vitate 'bhisasāra ha necchataḥ plāvayām āsa tasya gaṅgā ca tat sadaḥ // tayā ca plāvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajñavāṭaṃ samantataḥ sauhotrir abravīd gaṅgāṃ kruddho bharatasattama // eṣa te triṣu lokeṣu saṃkṣipyāpaḥ pibāmy aham asya gaṅge 'valepasya sadyaḥ phalam avāpnuhi // tataḥ pītāṃ mahātmāno gaṅgāṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ upaninyur mahābhāgāṃ duhitṛtvāya jāhnavīm // yuvanāśvasya putrīṃ tu kāverīṃ jahnur āvahat gaṅgāśāpena dehārdhaṃ yasyāḥ paścān nadīkṛtam // jahnos tu dayitaḥ putro ajako nāma vīryavān ajakasya tu dāyādo balākāśvo mahīpatiḥ // babhūva mṛgayāśīlaḥ kuśikas tasya cātmajaḥ pahlavaiḥ saha saṃvṛddho rājā vanacaraiḥ sa ha // kuśikas tu tapas tepe putram indrasamaṃ prabhuḥ labheyam iti taṃ śakras trāsād abhyetya jajñivān // sa gādhir abhavad rājā maghavān kauśikaḥ svayam viśvāmitras tu gādheyo rājā viśvarathaś ca ha // viśvajid viśvakṛc caiva tathā satyavatī nṛpa ṛcīkāj jamadagnis tu satyavatyām ajāyata // viśvāmitrasya tu sutā devarātādayaḥ smṛtāḥ prakhyātās triṣu lokeṣu teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu // devaśravāḥ katiś caiva yasmāt kātyāyanāḥ smṛtāḥ śālāpatir hiraṇyākṣo reṇur yasyātha reṇukā // sāṃkṛtyo gālavo rājan maudgalyaśveti viśrutāḥ teṣāṃ khyātāni gotrāṇi kauśikānāṃ mahātmanām // pāṇino babhravaś caiva dhānaṃjayyās tathaiva ca pārthivā devarātāś ca sālaṅkāyanasauśravāḥ // lohityā yamadūtaś ca tathā kārīṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ viśrutāḥ kauśikā rājaṃs tathānye saindhavāyanāḥ ṛṣyantaravivāhyāś ca kauśikā bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ // pauravasya mahārāja brahmarṣeḥ kauśikasya ca saṃbandho hy asya vaṃśe 'smin brahmakṣatrasya viśrutaḥ // viśvāmitrātmajānāṃ tu śunaḥśepo 'grajaḥ smṛtaḥ bhārgavaḥ kauśikatvaṃ hi prāptaḥ sa munisattamaḥ // śabarādayaś ca saptānye viśvāmitrasya vai sutāḥ dṛṣadvatīsutaś cāpi viśvāmitrād athāṣṭakaḥ // aṣṭakasya suto lauhiḥ prokto jahnugaṇo mayā ājamīḍho 'paro vaṃśaḥ śrūyatāṃ bharatarṣabha // ajamīḍhāt tu nīlyāṃ vai suśāntir udapadyata purujātiḥ suśāntes tu bāhyāśvaḥ purujātitaḥ // bāhyāśvatanayāḥ pañca babhūvur amaropamāḥ mudgalaḥ sṛñjayaś caiva rājā bṛhadiṣus tathā // yavīnaraś ca vikrāntaḥ kṛmilāśvaś ca pañcamaḥ pañceme rakṣaṇāyālaṃ deśānām iti viśrutāḥ // pañcānāṃ viddhi pāñcālān sphītān puṇyajanāvṛtān alaṃ saṃrakṣaṇe teṣāṃ pāñcālā iti viśrutāḥ // mudgalasya tu dāyādo maudgalyaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G4 ins.: :k sarva ete mahātmānaḥ kṣatropetādvijātayaḥ | ete hy aṅgirasaḥ pakṣaṃ saṃśritāḥ kaṇvamaudgalāḥ || mudgalasya suto jyeṣṭho brahmarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ | indrasenā yato garbhaṃ vadhryaśvaṃ pratyapadyata // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G M4 ins.: :k vadhryaśvān mithunaṃjajñe menakāyām iti śrutiḥ | divodāsaś ca rājarṣir ahalyā ca yaśasvinī || śaradvatasya dāyādam ahalyā saṃprasūyata | śatānandam ṛṣiśreṣṭhaṃ tasyāpi sumahāyaśāḥ | putraḥ satyadhṛtir nāma dhanurvedasya pāragaḥ || tasya satyadhṛte reto dṛṣṭvāpsarasam agrataḥ | atha skannaṃ śarastambe mithunaṃ samapadyata || kṛpayā tac ca jagrāha śaṃtanur mṛgayāṃ gataḥ | kṛpaḥ smṛtaḥ sa vai tasmād gautamī ca kṛpī tathā | ete śāradvatāḥ proktā ete te gautamāḥ smṛtāḥ || ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi divodāsasya saṃtatim | divodāsasya dāyādo brahmarṣir mitrayur nṛpaḥ || maitreyāṇāṃ tataḥ somo maitreyās tu tataḥ smṛtāḥ | ete vipañcitāḥ pakṣāḥ kṣatropetās tu bhārgavāḥ | āsīt pañcavanaḥ putraḥ sṛñjayasya mahātmanaḥ sutaḥ pañcavanasyāpi somadatto mahīpatiḥ // somadattasya dāyādaḥ sahadevo mahāyaśāḥ sahadevasutaś cāpi somako nāma pārthivaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2.4 G M4 ins.: :k ajamīḍhāt punar jātaḥ kṣīṇe vaṃśe tu somakaḥ | somakasya suto jantur yasya putraśataṃ babhau teṣāṃ yavīyān pṛṣato drupadasya pitā prabhuḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G M4 ins.: :k dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ tudrupadād dhṛṣṭaketuś ca tatsutaḥ || ājamīḍhāḥ smṛtā hy ete mahātmānas tu somakāḥ | putrāṇām ajamīḍhasya somakatvaṃ mahātmanaḥ | mahiṣī tv ajamīḍhasya dhūminī putragṛddhinī tṛtīyā tava pūrveṣāṃ jananī pṛthivīpate // sā tu putrārthinī devī vratacaryāsamāhitā tapo varṣāśataṃ tepe strībhiḥ paramaduścaram // hutvāgniṃ vidhivat sā tu pavitramitabhojanā agnihotrakuśeṣv eva suṣvāpa janamejaya // dhūminyā sa tayā devyā ajamīḍhaḥ sameyivān ṛkṣaṃ sā janayām āsa dhūmavarṇaṃ sudarśanam // ṛkṣāt saṃvaraṇo jajñe kuruḥ saṃvaraṇāt tathā yaḥ prayāgād apakramya kurukṣetraṃ cakāra ha // k: Ñ2.3 V2 Ds D3-5 (V1 after 108b) ins.: :k tad vaitat sa mahābhāgo varṣāṇi subahūny atha | tapyamāne tadā śakro yatrāsya varado babhau | puṇyaṃ ca ramaṇīyaṃ ca puṇyakṛdbhir niṣevitam tasyānvavāyaḥ sumahān yasya nāmnā stha kauravāḥ // kuroś ca putrāś catvāraḥ sudhanvā sudhanus tathā parīkṣic ca mahābāhuḥ pravaraś cārimejayaḥ // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3; K2 after 107b; Ñ3 V1 B3 after 110b)ins.: :k sudhanvanas tu dāyādaḥ suhotro matimān smṛtaḥ | cyavanas tasya putras tu rājā dharmārthakovidaḥ || cyavanāt kṛtayajñas tu iṣṭvā yajñaiḥ sa dharmavit | viśrutaṃ janayām āsa putram indrasakhaṃ nṛpaḥ || caidyoparicaraṃ vīraṃ vasuṃ nāmāntarikṣagam | caidyoparicarāj jajñe girikā sapta mānavān || mahāratho magadharāḍ viśruto yo bṛhadrathaḥ | pratyagrahaḥ kuśaś caiva yam āhur maṇivāhanam | mārutaś ca yaduś caiva matsyakālī ca sattamaḥ || bṛhadrathasya dāyādaḥ kuśāgro nāma viśrutaḥ | kuśāgrasyātmajo vidvān ṛṣabho nāma vīryavān || dāyādas tasya vikrānto rājā satyahitaḥ smṛtaḥ | tasya putraḥ sa dharmātmā nāmnā ūrjas tu jajñivān | ūrjasya saṃbhavaḥ putro yasya jajñe sa vīryavān || śakale dve sa vai jāto jarayā saṃdhitaḥ sa tu | jarayā saṃdhito yasmāj jarāsaṃdhas tataḥ smṛtaḥ || sarvakṣatrasya jetāsau jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ | jarāsaṃdhasya putro vai sahadevaḥ pratāpavān || sahadevātmajaḥ śrīmān udāyiḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ | udāyir janayām āsa putraṃ paramadhārmikam | śrutadharmeti nāmānaṃ magadhān yo 'vasad vibhuḥ | k: K1 Dn Ds D2.3 after line 11 of *382 ins.: :k vṛṣabhasya tudāyādaḥ puṣpavān nāma dhārmikaḥ | parīkṣitas tu tanayo dhārmiko janamejayaḥ k: K Ñ2 V2.3 B1.2 D T G1-4 (V1 B3 after *382; Ñ3 after the second occurrence of 10a-b repeated after *382) ins.: :k janamejayasya dāyādās traya eva mahārathāḥ | k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V B1 Ds D1-4 after *383 cont.: :k jahnos tukathayiṣyāmi yatra jāto 'si pārthiva || jahnus tv ajanayat putraṃ surathaṃ nāma bhūmipam | śrutaseno 'grasenau ca bhīmasenaś ca nāmataḥ // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B D (except D6) T3.4 ins.: :k ete sarve mahābhāgā vikrāntā balaśālinaḥ | janamejayasya putrau tu suratho matimāṃs tathā surathasya tu vikrāntaḥ putro jajñe vidūrathaḥ // vidūrathasya dāyāda ṛkṣa eva mahārathaḥ dvitīyaḥ sa babhau rājā nāmnā tenaiva saṃjñitaḥ // dvāv ṛkṣau tava vaṃśe 'smin dvāv eva ca parīkṣitau bhīmasenās trayo rājan dvāv eva janamejayau // ṛkṣasya tu dvitīyasya bhīmaseno 'bhavat sutaḥ pratīpo bhīmasenasya pratīpasya tu śāṃtanuḥ devāpir bāhlikaś caiva traya eva mahārathāḥ // śāṃtanoḥ prasavas tv eṣa yatra jāto 'si pārthiva bāhlikasya tu rājyaṃ vai saptabāhlyaṃ viśāṃ pate // bāhlikasya sutaś caiva somadatto mahāyaśāḥ jajñire somadattāt tu bhūrir bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ // upādhyāyas tu devānāṃ devāpir abhavan muniḥ cyavanasya putraḥ kṛtaka iṣṭaś cāsīn mahātmanaḥ // śāṃtanus tv abhavad rājā kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k śāṃtanoḥsaṃpravakṣyāmi yatra jāto 'si pārthiva || gāṅgaṃ devavrataṃ nāma putraṃ so 'janayat prabhuḥ | sa tu bhīṣma iti khyātaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ pitāmahaḥ | kālī vicitravīryaṃ tu janayām āsa bhārata śāṃtanor dayitaṃ putraṃ dharmātmānam akalmaṣam // kṛṣṇadvaipāyanac caiva kṣetre vaicitravīryake dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca pāṇḍuṃ ca viduraṃ cāpy ajījanat // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3; K1.3 Ñ2 V3 D1.2.4 after the firstoccurrence of 119a-b) ins.: :k dhṛtarāṣṭras tu gāndhāryāṃ putrānajanayac chatam | teṣāṃ duryodhanaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣām eva sa prabhuḥ | pāṇḍor dhanaṃjayaḥ putraḥ saubhadras tasya cātmajaḥ abhimanyoḥ parīkṣit tu pitā tava janeśvara // eṣa te pauravo vaṃśo yatra jāto 'si pārthiva turvasos tu pravakṣyāmi druhyoś cānor yados tathā // turvasos tu suto vahnir vahner gobhānur ātmajaḥ gobhānos tu suto rājā triśānur aparājitaḥ // karaṃdhamas tu triśānor maruttas tasya cātmajaḥ anyas tv āvikṣito rājā maruttaḥ kathitas tava // anapatyo 'bhavad rājā yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ duhitā saṃmatā nāma tasyāsīt pṛthivīpateḥ // dakṣiṇārthaṃ hi sā dattā saṃvartāya mahātmane duḥṣantaṃ pauravaṃ cāpi lebhe putram akalmaṣam // evaṃ yayāteḥ śāpena jarāsaṃkramaṇe tadā pauravaṃ turvasor vaṃśaḥ praviveśa nṛpottama // duḥṣantasya tu dāyādaḥ śarutthāmaḥ prajeśvaraḥ śarutthāmād athākrīḍaś catvāras tasya cātmajāḥ // pāṇḍyaś ca keralaś caiva kolaś colaś ca pārthivaḥ teṣāṃ janapadāḥ sphītāḥ pāṇḍyaś colaś ca keralāḥ // druhyos tu tanayo rājan babhrusenaś ca pārthivaḥ aṅgārasetus tatputro marutāṃ patir ucyate // yauvanāśvena samare kṛcchreṇa nihato balī yuddhaṃ sumahad āsīd dhi māsān pari caturdaśa // aṅgārasya tu dāyādo gāndhāro nāma pārthivaḥ khyāyate yasya nāmnā vai gāndhāraviṣayo mahān gāndhāradeśajāś caiva turagā vājināṃ varāḥ // anos tu putro dharmo 'bhūd dhṛtas tasyātmajo 'bhavat dhṛtāt tu duduho jajñe pracetās tasya cātmajaḥ pracetasaḥ sucetās tu kīrtitā hy anavo mayā // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k yador vaṃśaṃpravakṣyāmi jyeṣṭhasyottamatejasaḥ | vistareṇanupūrvyā ca gadato me niśāmaya | k: D2 after *388 cont.: :k yasya śravaṇamātreṇa pātakebhyaḥpramucyate | babhūvus tu yadoḥ putrāḥ pañca devasutopamāḥ sahasradaḥ payodaś ca kroṣṭā nīlo 'ñjikas tathā // sahasradasya dāyādās trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ k: D2 ins.: :k śatajin nāma pārthivaḥ | śatajitaḥ sutāḥ khyātās | hehayaś ca hayaś caiva rājan veṇuhayas tathā // hehayasyābhavat putro dharmanetra iti śrutaḥ dharmanetrasya kāntas tu kāntaputrās tato 'bhavan // k: Ś1 K1 ins.: :k sāhañjasya mahiṣmāṃs tu bhadraśreṇyaś catatsutaḥ | k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3; K1 after *391) ins.: :k sāhañjanī nāmapurī tena rājñā niveśitā || sāhañjasya tu dāyādo mahiṣmān nāma pārthivaḥ | māhiṣmatī nāma purī yena rājñā niveśitā || āsīn mahiṣmataḥ putro bhadraśreṇyaḥ pratāpavān | k: K1.3.4 B2 Dn G3 after *392 (Ś1 after *391) cont.: :k vārāṇasyadhipo rājā kathitaḥ pūrvam eva tu | k: all Mss. (except Ñ1 M1-3) after *392 (Ś1 K1.3.4 B2 Dn G3 after *393)cont.: :k bhadraśreṇyasya dāyādo durdamo nāma viśrutaḥ || durdamasya suto dhīmān kanako nāma nāmataḥ | kanakasya tu dāyādāś catvāro lokaviśrutāḥ | kṛtavīryaḥ kṛtaujāś ca kṛtadhanvā tathaiva ca kṛtāgniś ca caturtho 'bhūt kṛtavīryāt tathārjunaḥ // yaḥ sa bāhusahasreṇa saptadvīpeśvaro 'bhavat jigāya pṛthivīm eko rathenādityavarcasā // sa hi varṣaśataṃ taptvā tapaḥ paramaduścaram dattam ārādhayām āsa kārtavīryo 'trisaṃbhavam // tasmai datto varān prādāc caturo bhūritejasaḥ pūrvaṃ bāhusahasraṃ tu prārthitaṃ paramaṃ varam // adharme dhīyamānasya sadbhiḥ syān me nibarhaṇam ugreṇa pṛthivīṃ jitvā dharmeṇaivānurañjanam // saṃgrāmān subahūñ jitvā hatvā cārīn sahasraśaḥ saṃgrāme vartamānasya vadhaṃ cābhyadhikād raṇe // tasya bāhusahasraṃ tu yudhyataḥ kila bhārata yogād yogeśvarasyāgre prādurbhavati māyayā // teneyaṃ pṛthivī kṛtsnā saptadvīpā sapattanā sasamudrā sanagarā ugreṇa vidhinā jitā // tena saptasu dvīpeṣu sapta yajñaśatāni vai prāptāni vidhinā rājñā śrūyante janamejaya // sarve yajñā mahābāho tasyāsan bhūridakṣiṇāḥ sarve kāñcanayūpāś ca sarve kāñcanavedayaḥ // sarve devair mahārāja vimānasthair alaṃkṛtāḥ gandharvair apsarobhiś ca nityam evopaśobhitāḥ // yasya yajñe jagau gāthāṃ gandharvo nāradas tathā varīdāsātmajo vidvān mahimnā tasya vismitaḥ // na nūnaṃ kārtavīryasya gatiṃ yāsyanti pārthivāḥ yajñair dānais tapobhir vā vikrameṇa śrutena vā // k: K4 (marg.) ins.: :k pañcāśītisahasrāṇi avyāhatabalaḥ samāḥ | akarod arjuno rājyaṃ hariṃ caivānvahaṃ smaran | anaṣṭavittasmaraṇe bubhuje 'kṣayyaṣaḍvasu | sa hi saptasu dvīpeṣu khaḍgī carmī śarāsanī rathī dvīpān anucaran yogī saṃdṛśyate nṛbhiḥ // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-6 T2 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k anaṣṭadravyatā caiva na śoko na ca vibhramaḥ | prabhāveṇa mahārājñaḥ prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ || sa sarvaratnabhāk samrāṭ cakravartī babhūva ha | sa eva paśupālo 'bhūt kṣetrapālaḥ sa eva ca | sa eva vṛṣṭyā parjanyo yogitvād arjuno 'bhavat || sa vai bāhusahasreṇa jyāghātakaṭhinatvacā | bhāti raśmisahasreṇa śaradīva ca bhāskaraḥ || sa hi nāgān manuṣyeṣu māhiṣmatyāṃ mahādyutiḥ | karkoṭakasutāñ jitvā puryāṃ tasyāṃ nyaveśayat || sa vai vegaṃ samudrasya prāvṛṭkāle 'mbujekṣaṇaḥ | krīḍann iva bhujodbhinnaṃ pratisrotaś cakāra ha || luṇṭhitā krīḍatā tena phenasragdāmamālinī | caladūrmisahasreṇa śaṅkitābhyeti narmadā || tasya bāhusahasreṇa kṣubhyamāṇe mahodadhau | bhayān nilīnā niśceṣṭāḥ pātālasthā mahāsurāḥ || cūrṇīkṛtamahāvīciṃ calanmīnamahātimim | mārutāviddhaphenaugham āvartakṣobhaduḥsaham || prāvartayat tadā rājā sahasreṇa ca bāhunā | devāsurasamākṣiptaḥ kṣīrodam iva mandaraḥ || mandarakṣobhacakitā amṛtotpādaśaṅkitāḥ | sahasotpatitā bhītā bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpottamam || natā niścalamūrdhāno babhūvus te mahoragāḥ | sāyāhne kadalīkhaṇḍaiḥ kampitās tasya vāyunā || sa vai baddhvā dhanur jyābhir utsiktaṃ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ | laṅkeśaṃ mohayitvā tu sabalaṃ rāvaṇaṃ balāt | nirjityaiva samānīya māhiṣmatyāṃ babandha tam || śrutvā tu baddhaṃ paulastyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ tv arjunena tu | tato gatvā pulastyas tam arjunaṃ dadṛśe svayam | mumoca rakṣaḥ paulastyaṃ pulastyenānuyācitaḥ || yasya bāhusahasrasya babhūva jyātalasvanaḥ | yugānte tv ambudasyeva sphuṭato hy aśaner iva || aho bata mṛdhe vīryaṃ bhārgavasya yad acchinat | rājño bāhusahasraṃ tu haimaṃ tālavanaṃ yathā || tṛṣitena kadā cit sa bhikṣitaś citrabhānunā | k: Ñ2.3 V B2.3 D5 after line 2 of *396 (Dn after line 3) ins.: :k pañcāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ vai narādhipaḥ | k: B2 after line 13 of *396 ins.: :k uvāsa tām anusarann avagāḍhomahārṇavaṃ | cakāroddhatavelāntam akālaprāvṛḍuddhataṃ | sa bhikṣām adadād vīraḥ sapta dvīpān vibhāvasoḥ k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2.3.5.6 T2 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k purāṇigrāmaghoṣāṃś ca viṣayāṃś caiva sarvaśaḥ | jajvāla tasya sarvāṇi citrabhānur didhakṣayā || sa tasya puruṣendrasya prabhāveṇa mahātmanaḥ | dadāha kārtavīryasya śailāṃś caiva vanāni ca || sa śūnyam āśramaṃ ramyaṃ varuṇasyātmajasya vai | dadāha balavadbhītaś citrabhānuḥ sa haihayaḥ | yaṃ lebhe varuṇaḥ putraṃ purā bhāsvantam uttamam | vasiṣṭhaṃ nāma sa muniḥ khyāta āpava ity uta | yatrāpavas tu taṃ krodhāc chaptavān arjunaṃ vibhuḥ // yasmān na varjitam idaṃ vanaṃ te mama hehaya tasmāt te duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtam anyo hariṣyati arjuno nāma kauravyaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ kuntinandanaḥ // k: all Mss. (except Ś1 T1 M1-3; D6 T2 G M4 after 153b) ins.: :k rāmo nāmamahābāhur jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | chittvā bāhusahasraṃ te pramathya tarasā balī tapasvī brāhmaṇaś ca tvāṃ haniṣyati sa bhārgavaḥ // anaṣṭadravyatā yasya babhūvāmitrakarśana prabhāveṇa narendrasya prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ // rāmāt tato 'sya mṛtyur vai tasya śāpān mahāmuneḥ varaś caiṣa hi kauravya svayam eva vṛtaḥ purā // tasya putraśatasyāsan pañca śeṣā mahātmanaḥ kṛtāstrā balinaḥ śūrā dharmātmāno yaśasvinaḥ // śūrasenaś ca śūraś ca dhṛṣṭoktaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca jayadhvajaś ca nāmnāsīd āvantyo nṛpatir mahān kārtavīryasya tanayā vīryavanto mahārathāḥ // jayadhvajasya putras tu tālajaṅgho mahābalaḥ tasya putrāḥ śatākhyās tu tālajaṅghā iti śrutāḥ // teṣāṃ kule mahārāja hehayānāṃ mahātmanām vītihotrāḥ sujātāś ca bhojāś cāvantayas tathā // tauṇḍikerā iti khyātās tālajaṅghās tathaiva ca bharatāś ca sujātāś ca bahutvān nānukīrtitāḥ // vṛṣaprabhṛtayo rājan yādavāḥ puṇyakarmiṇaḥ vṛṣo vaṃśadharas tatra tasya putro 'bhavan madhuḥ madhoḥ putraśataṃ tv āsīd vṛṣaṇas tasya vaṃśabhāk // vṛṣaṇād vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve madhos tu mādhavāḥ smṛtāḥ yādavā yadunā cāgre nirucyante ca hehayāḥ // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V1.3 Dn Ds D3-5 ins.: :k śūrāś ca śūravīrāś ca śūrasenās tathānagha || śūrasena iti khyātas tasya deśo mahātmanaḥ | na tasya vittanāśaḥ syān naṣṭaṃ pratilabhec ca saḥ kārtavīryasya yo janma kathayed iha nityaśaḥ // k: Ñ2.3 V1 D3 (V3 after 168) ins.: :k vittavāṃś ca bhavec caiva dharmaścaiva vivardhate | yathā sṛṣṭir yador jātā tathā svarge mahīyate | k: Ñ2.3 D3 (all these after an addl. colophon) V1 after *400 cont.: :k kimarthaṃ tad vanaṃ dagdham āpavasya mahātmanaḥ | kārtavīryeṇa vikramya tan me brūhi prapṛcchataḥ || rakṣitā sa hi rājarṣiḥ prajānām iti naḥ śrutam | kathaṃ sa rakṣitā bhūtvā nāśayām āsa tadvanam || ādityo viprarūpeṇa kārtavīryam upasthitaḥ | tṛptim ekām prayacchasva ādityo 'ham upasthitaḥ || bhagavan kena tṛptis te bhaved brūhi vibhāvaso | kīdṛśaṃ bhojanaṃ dadmi śrutvā te vidadhāmy aham || sthāvaraṃ dehi me sarvam āhāraṃ vadatāṃ vara | tena tṛpsir bhaven mahyaṃ tena tuṣṭiś ca pārthiva || na śakyaṃ sthāvaraṃ sarvaṃ tejasā mānuṣeṇa tu | nirdagdhuṃ tapatāṃ śreṣṭha tvām eva praṇamāmy aham || tuṣṭas te 'haṃ śarān dadmi cākṣayān sarvatomukhān | ye [pra]kṣiptāḥ saṃjvalanti mama tejaḥsamanvitāḥ || āviṣṭas tejasā me 'dya sthāvaraṃ śoṣayiṣyasi | śuṣkaṃ bhasma kariṣyāmi tena tṛptir narādhipa || tataḥ śarāṃs tadādityo arjunāya tadā dadau | tataḥ sa prācyam adahat sthāvaraṃ sarvam eva tat || āśramān atha grāmāṃś ca ghoṣāṃś ca nagarāṇy api | tapovanāni ramyāṇi vanāny upavanāni ca || evaṃ sa prācyam adahat tataḥ sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam | nirvṛkṣā nistṛṇā bhūmir dagdhā sā yogatejasā || etasminn eva kāle tu āpavo jalam āśritaḥ | daśa varṣasahasrāṇi jalavāsī mahān ṛṣiḥ || pūrṇe vrate mahātejā udatiṣṭhan mahān ṛṣiḥ | krodhāc chaśāpa rājarṣiṃ kīrtitaṃ vai yathā mayā | ete yayātiputrāṇāṃ pañca vaṃśā viśāṃ pate kīrtitā lokavīrāṇāṃ ye lokān dhārayanti vai bhūtānīva mahārāja pañca sthāvarajaṅgamam // śrutvā pañcavisargaṃ tu rājā dharmārthakovidaḥ vaśī bhavati pañcānām ātmajānāṃ tatheśvaraḥ // labhet pañca varāṃś caiṣa durlabhān iha laukikān āyuḥ kīrtiṃ dhanaṃ putrān aiśvaryaṃ bhūya eva ca dhāraṇāc chravaṇāc caiva pañcavargasya bhārata // k: T3 ins.: :k lobhate manujaḥ śraiṣṭhyaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | kroṣṭos tu śṛṇu rājendra vaṃśam uttamapūruṣam yador vaṃśadharasyeha yajvanaḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ // kroṣṭor hi vaṃśaṃ śrutvemaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate yasyānvavāyajo viṣṇur harir vṛṣṇikulaprabhuḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 24, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca kroṣṭor bhārye babhūvatuḥ gāndhārī janayām āsa anamitraṃ mahābalam // mādrī yudhājitaṃ putraṃ tato vai devamīḍhuṣam teṣāṃ vaṃśas tridhā bhūto vṛṣṇīnāṃ kulavardhanaḥ // mādryāḥ putrau tu jajñāte śrutau vṛṣṇyandhakāv ubhau jajñāte tanayau vṛṣṇeḥ śvaphalkaś citrakas tathā // śvaphalkas tu mahārāja dharmātmā yatra vartate nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ tatra nāvarṣabhayam apyuta // kadā cit kāśirājasya vibhor bharatasattama trīṇi varṣāṇi viṣaye nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ // sa tatra vāsayām āsa śvaphalkaṃ paramārcitam śvaphalkaparivarte ca vavarṣa harivāhanaḥ // k: K2 Ñ2.3 V1.3 B2.3 Dn D4 G(ed.) ins.: :k sā mātur udarasthā tu bahūnvarṣagaṇān kila | nivasantī na vai jajñe garbhasthāṃ tāṃ pitābravīt || jāyasva śīghraṃ bhadraṃ te kimartham iha tiṣṭhasi | provāca cainaṃ garbhasthā kanyā gāṃ ca dine dine || yadi dadyāṃ tato 'dyāhaṃ jāyayiṣyāmi tāṃ pitā | tathety uvāca taṃ cāsyāḥ pitā kāmam apūrayat | śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryām avindata gāndinīṃ nāma sā gāṃ tu dadau vipreṣu nityaśaḥ // dātā yajvā ca dhīraś ca śrutavān atithipriyaḥ akrūraḥ suṣuve tasmāc chvaphalkād bhūridakṣiṇaḥ // upamadgus tathā madgur mṛdaraś cārimejayaḥ arikṣepas tathopekṣaḥ śatrughno 'thārimardanaḥ // carmabhṛd yudhivarmā ca gṛdhramojās tathāntakaḥ āvāhaprativāhau ca sundarā ca varāṅganā // k: Ś1 K1.3.4 D4.5 ins.: :k viśrutā sāmbamahiṣī kanyā cāsyapunarnavā | rūpayauvanasaṃpannā sarvabhūtamanoharā || akrūrāt kāśikanyāyāṃ satyaketur ajāyata | akrūreṇaugrasenyāṃ tu sugātryāṃ kurunandana prasenaś copadevaś ca jajñāte devavarcasau // citrakasyābhavan putrāḥ pṛthur vipṛthur eva ca aśvagrīvo 'śvabāhuś ca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau // ariṣṭanemir aśvaś ca sudharmā dharmabhṛt tathā subāhur bahubāhuś ca śraviṣṭhāśravaṇe striyau // aśmakyāṃ janayām āsa śūraṃ vai devamīḍhuṣam mahiṣyāṃ jajñire śūrād bhojyāyāṃ puruṣā daśa // vasudevo mahābāhuḥ pūrvam ānakadundubhiḥ jajñe yasya prasūtasya dundubhyaḥ prāṇadan divi // ānakānāṃ ca saṃhrādaḥ sumahān abhavad divi papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca śūrasya bhavane mahat // manuṣyaloke kṛtsne 'pi rūpe nāsti samo bhuvi yasyāsīt puruṣāgryasya kāntiś candramaso yathā // devabhāgas tato jajñe tato devaśravāḥ punaḥ anādhṛṣṭiḥ kanavako vatsavān atha gṛñjimaḥ // śyāmaḥ śamīko gaṇḍūṣaḥ pañca cāsya varāṅganāḥ pṛthukīrtiḥ pṛthā caiva śrutadevā śrutaśravā rājādhidevī ca tathā pañcaitā vīramātaraḥ // k: K2 Ñ2 Dn Ds2 D3.5 ins.: :k pṛthāṃ duhitaraṃ vavre kuntis tāṃkurunandana | śūraḥ pūjyāya vṛddhāya kuntibhojāya tāṃ dadau | tasmāt kuntīti vikhyātā kuntibhojātmajā pṛthā | kuntyasya śrutadevāyām agṛdhnuḥ suṣuve nṛpaḥ k: M4 ins.: :k śrutadevyāṃ kekayas tu pañca putrān akalmaṣān | sutardanapurogāṃs tu janayām āsa bhārata || rājādhidevī rājendra putrau paramadharmikau | vindānuvindāv āvantyau suṣuve bharatarṣabha | śrutaśravāyāṃ caidyas tu śiśupālo mahābalaḥ // k: K4 ins.: :k yo hato rājasūye vai kṛṣṇena sumahātmanā | hiraṇyakaśipur yo 'sau daityarājo 'bhavat purā pṛthukīrtyāṃ tu saṃjajñe tanayo vṛddhaśarmaṇaḥ // karūṣādhipater vīro dantavaktro mahābalaḥ pṛthāṃ duhitaraṃ cakre kauntyas tāṃ pāṇḍur āvahat // yasyāṃ sa dharmavid rājā dharmād jajñe yudhiṣṭhiraḥ bhīmasenas tathā vātād indrāc caiva dhanaṃjayaḥ loke 'pratiratho vīraḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ // anamitrāc chanir jajñe kaniṣṭhād vṛṣṇinandanāt śaineyaḥ satyakas tasmād yuyudhānas tu sātyakiḥ // k: Ś1 K1.3.4 Dn D4.5 ins.: :k asaṅgo yuyudhānasya bhūmis tasyābhavatsutaḥ | bhūmer yugaṃdharaḥ putra iti vaṃśaḥ samāpyate | uddhavo devabhāgasya mahābhāgaḥ suto 'bhavat paṇḍitānāṃ paraṃ prāhur devaśravasam uddhavam // k: M4 for 25c-d subst.: :k paṇḍitaṃ nāma rājendra lebhe devaśravāḥsutam | aśmaky alabhatāpatnyam anādhṛṣṭiṃ yaśasvinam nivṛttaśatruṃ śatrughnaṃ śrutadevā vyajāyata // śrutadevāprajātas tu naiṣādir yaḥ pariśrutaḥ k: M1-3 for 27a-b subst.: :k śrutadevāt tu naiṣādiḥ so 'smābhir yaḥpariśrutaḥ | ekalavyo mahārāja niṣādaiḥ parivardhitaḥ // k: K2 ins.: :k vasudevasya vai putro vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | vatsāvate tv aputrāya vasudevaḥ pratāpavān adbhir dadau sutaṃ vīraṃ śauriḥ kauśikam aurasam // k: M1-3 for 28c-d subst.: :k dadau putraṃ svakaṃ śauriḥ kumāramamitaujasam | gaṇḍūṣāya tv aputrāya viṣvakseno dadau sutam cārudeṣṇaṃ sucāruṃ ca pañcālaṃ kṛtalakṣaṇam // asaṃgrāmeṇa yo vīro nāvartata kadā cana raukmiṇeyo mahābāhuḥ kanīyān bharatarṣabha // vāyasānāṃ sahasrāṇi yaṃ yāntaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ cārūn adyopayokṣyāmaś cārudeṣṇahatān iti // tantrijas tantripālaś ca sutau kanavakasya tu vīraś cāśvahanuś caiva vīrau tāv atha gṛñjimau // śyāmaputraḥ sumitras tu śamīko rājyam āvahat k: all Mss. (except M1-3) Cn ins.: :k jugupsamāno bhojatvād rājasūyamavāpa saḥ | ajātaśatruḥ śatrūṇāṃ jajñe tasya vināśanaḥ // vasudevasya tu sutān kīrtayiṣyāmy tāñ śṛṇu // vṛṣṇes trividham etaṃ tu bahuśākhaṃ mahaujasam k: T3 ins.: :k prakṛtānupayuktatvād vistarān nānukīrtanam | dhārayan vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ nānarthair iha yujyate // h: HV (CE) chapter 25, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h pauravī rohiṇī nāma bāhlikasyātmajā nṛpa jyeṣṭhā patnī mahārāja dayitānakadundubheḥ // k: After the ref., all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k yāḥ patnyo vasudevasya caturdaśa varāṅganāḥ | pauravī rohiṇī nāma madirāpi tathāparā | vaiśākhī ca tathā bhadrā sunāmnī caiva pañcamī || sahadevā śāntidevā śrīdevā devarakṣitā | vṛkadevy upadevī ca devakī caiva saptamī || sutanur vaḍavā caiva dve ete paricārike | lebhe jyeṣṭhaṃ sutaṃ rāmaṃ śāraṇaṃ śaṭham eva ca durdamaṃ damanaṃ śvabhraṃ piṇḍārakakuśīnarau // citrāṃ nāma kumārīṃ ca rohiṇītanayā nava citrā subhadreti punar vikhyātā kurunandana // vasudevāc ca devakyāṃ jajñe śaurir mahāyaśāḥ k: D2 ins.: :k kīrtimantaṃ suṣeṇaṃ ca bhadrasenam udāradhī | mṛtyuṃ samardanaṃ bhadraṃ saṃkarṣaṇam ahīśvaram | vipulaṃ teṣv aṣṭatamo svayam eva hariḥ kila | rāmāc ca niśaṭho jajñe revatyāṃ dayitaḥ sutaḥ // subhadrāyāṃ rathī pārthād abhimanyur ajāyata akrūrāt kāśikanyāyāṃ satyaketur ajāyata // vasudevasya bhāryāsu mahābhāgāsu saptasu ye putrā jajñire śūrā namatas tān nibodhata // bhojaś ca vijayaś caiva śāntidevāsutāv ubhau k: K1 (K3 after 7d) ins.: :k upāsaṅgaṃ varaṃ lebhe tanayaṃdevarakṣitā | vṛkadevaḥ sunāmāyāṃ gadaś cāsyāḥ sutāv ubhau agāvahaṃ mahātmānaṃ vṛkadevī vyajāyata // k: K1.3 D4 ins.: :k vijayaṃ lomapādaṃ ca vardhamānaṃ ca devakī || ete svayaṃ mahātmanā upadevyāṃ ca jajñire | sutanū ca narāvī ca śaurer āstāṃ parigrahaḥ || pauṇḍraś ca kapilaś caiva vasudevasutāv ubhau | narākhyāṃ kapilo jajñe pauṇḍraś ca sutanūsutaḥ | tayor nṛpo 'bhavat pauṇḍraḥ kapilas tu vanaṃ yayau || pūrvyāṃ samabhavad dvīpo vasudevān mahābalaḥ | jarā nāma niṣādānāṃ prabhuḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām | kanyā trigartarājasya bhartā vai śiśirāyaṇaḥ jijñāsāṃ pauruṣe cakre na caskande 'tha pauruṣam // k: V2 ins.: :k kṛṣṇāyasasamācakhyo na pumāṃstvaṃ napuṃsakaḥ | kṛṣṇāyasasamaprakhyo varṣe dvādaśame tadā mithyābhiśapto gārgyas tu manyunābhisamīritaḥ ghoṣakanyām upādāya maithunāyopacakrame // gopālī tv apsarās tasya gopastrīveṣadhāriṇī dhārayām āsa gārgyasya garbhaṃ durdharam acyutam // mānuṣyāṃ gargyabhāryāyāṃ niyogāc chūlapāṇinaḥ sa kālayavano nāma jajñe rājā mahābalaḥ vṛṣapūrvārdhakāyās tam avahan vājino raṇe // aputrasya sa rājñas tu vavṛdhe 'ntaḥpure śiśuḥ yavanasya mahārāja sa kālayavano 'bhavat // sa yuddhakāmo nṛpatiḥ paryapṛcchad dvijottamān vṛṣṇyandhakakulaṃ tasya nārado 'kathayad vibhuḥ // akṣauhiṇyā tu sainyasya mathurām abhyayāt tadā dūtaṃ ca preṣayām āsa vṛṣṇyandhakaniveśane // tato vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ puraskṛtya mahāmatim sametā mantrayām āsur jarāsaṃdhabhayena ca // kṛtvā ca niścayaṃ sarve palāyanam arocayan k: K2 ins.: :k tyaktvā gṛhān dhanaṃ sarve palāyanta manoratham | vihāya mathurāṃ ramyāṃ mānayantaḥ pinākinam kuśasthalīṃ dvāravatīṃ niveśayitum īpsavaḥ // k: K1.3.4 D4 ins.: :k evaṃ devo mahābāhuḥ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇaḥprajāpatiḥ | vihārārthaṃ manuṣyāṃśo mānuṣeṣv abhyajāyata | iti kṛṣṇasya janmedaṃ yaḥ śucir niyatendriyaḥ parvasu śrāvayed vidvān nirṛṇaḥ sa sukhī bhavet // h: HV (CE) chapter 26, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h kroṣṭor evābhavat putro vṛjinīvān mahāyaśāḥ vārjinīvatam icchanti svāhiṃ svāhākṛtāṃ varam // svāhiputro 'bhavad rājā ruṣadgur vadatāṃ varaḥ mahākratubhir īje yo vividhair āptadakṣiṇaiḥ // śataprasūtim icchan vai ruṣadguḥ so 'gryam ātmajam citraiś citrarathas tasya putraḥ karmabhir anvitaḥ // āsīc caitrarathir vīro yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ śaśabinduḥ paraṃ vṛttaṃ rājarṣīṇām anuṣṭhitaḥ // pṛthuśravāḥ pṛthuyaśā rājāsīc chāśabindujaḥ śaṃsanti ca purāṇajñāḥ pārthaśravasam antaram // antarasya suyajñas tu suyajñatanayo 'bhavat uṣato yajñam akhilaṃ svadharmam uṣatāṃ varaḥ // k: T3.4 for 6c-d subst.: :k udyatas tasya dharmātmā+ +bhavat putravatāṃvaraḥ | śineyur abhavat putra uṣataḥ śatrutāpanaḥ maruttas tasya tanayo rājarṣir abhavan nṛpaḥ // marutto 'labhata jyeṣṭhaṃ sutaṃ kambalabarhiṣam cacāra paramaṃ dharmam amarṣāt pretyabhāvavit // śataprasūtim icchan vai sutaṃ kambalabarhiṣaḥ babhūva rukmakavacaḥ śataprasavataḥ sutaḥ // nihatya rukmakavacaḥ śataṃ kavacināṃ raṇe dhanvināṃ niśitair bāṇair avāpa śriyam uttamām // jajñe ca rukmakavacāt parājit paravīrahā jajñire pañca putrās tu mahāvīryāḥ parājitāḥ rukmeṣuḥ pṛthurukmaś ca jyāmaghaḥ pālito hariḥ // pālitaṃ ca hariṃ caiva videhebhyaḥ pitā dadau rukmeṣur abhavad rājā pṛthurukmaś ca saṃśritaḥ tābhyāṃ pravrājito rājyāj jyāmagho 'vasad āśrame // praśāntaḥ sa vanasthas tu brāhmaṇenāvabodhitaḥ jagāma ratham āsthāya deśam anyaṃ dhvajī rathī // narmadākūlam ekākī narmadāṃ mṛttikāvatīm ṛkṣavantaṃ giriṃ jitvā śuktimatyām uvāsa saḥ // jyāmaghasyābhavad bhāryā caitrā pariṇatā satī aputro 'pi ca rājā sa nānyāṃ bhāryām avindata // tasyāsīd vijayo yuddhe tatra kanyām avāpa saḥ k: Ñ2.3 V ins.: :k ratham āropya sā nītā patnyarthaṃ strīniveśanam || tāṃ dṛṣṭvā ruṣitā śaibyā bhartāram idam abravīt | kimartham iyam ānītā sapatnī durnayā mama | bhāryām uvāca saṃtrāsāt snuṣeti sa nareśvaraḥ // etac chrutvābravīd enaṃ kasya ceyaṃ snuṣeti vai k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 ins.: :k na hi prasūtā putreṇa nānyā bhāryāsti te'nagha | snuṣā saṃbandhavāg eṣā katamena sutena te | k: all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k abravīt tad upaśrutya jyāmaghorājasattamaḥ | yas te janiṣyate putras tasya bhāryeti jātabhīḥ // ugreṇa tapasā tasyāḥ kanyāyāḥ sā vyajāyata putryāṃ vidarbhaṃ subhāgā caitrā pariṇatā satī // rājaputryāṃ tu vidvāṃsau snuṣāyāṃ krathakaiśikau paścād vidarbho 'janayac chūrau raṇaviśāradau // k: K1.3.4 Dn D4.5 ins.: :k lomapādaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu putraṃparamadhārmikam || lomapādātmajo babhrur āhvatis tasya cātmajaḥ | āhvateḥ kaiśikaś caiva vidvān paramadhārmikaḥ | kaiśikasya cidiḥ putras tasmāc caidyā nṛpāḥ smṛtāḥ | bhīmo vidarbhasya sutaḥ kuntis tasyātmajo 'bhavat kunter dhṛṣṭaḥ suto jajñe raṇadhṛṣṭaḥ pratāpavān // dhṛṣṭasya jajñire śūrās trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ āvantaś ca daśārhaś ca balī viṣṇuharaś ca yaḥ // daśārhasya suto vyomā vidvāñ jīmūta ucyate jīmūtaputro vṛkatis tasya bhīmarathaḥ sutaḥ // atha bhīmarathasyāsīt putro navarathas tathā tasya cāsīd daśarathaḥ śakunis tasya cātmajaḥ // tasmāt karambhaḥ kārambhir devarāto 'bhavan nṛpaḥ devakṣatro 'bhavat tasya daivakṣatrir mahātmanaḥ // devagarbhasamo jajñe devakṣatrasya nandanaḥ madhūnāṃ vaṃśakṛd rājā madhur madhuravāg api // madhor jajñe tu vaidarbhyāṃ purutvān puruṣottamaḥ k: Dn (B2.3 line 2 only after 26b) ins.: :k putro maruvasas tathā | āsīn maruvasaḥ putraḥ | mātā jajñe 'tha vaidarbhyāṃ bhadravatyāṃ kurūdvaha // ekṣvākī cābhavad bhāryā mātus tasyām ajāyata sarvasattvaguṇopetaḥ sātvatāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ // k: G1.3.5 ins.: :k yatrāsan sadguṇopetāḥ sātvatāḥ kulavardhanāḥ | imāṃ visṛṣṭiṃ vijñāya jyāmaghasya mahātmanaḥ yujyate parayā prītyā prajāvāṃś ca bhavaty uta // h: HV (CE) chapter 27, transliterated by Christophe Vielle :h satvataḥ sattvasaṃpannān kausalyā suṣuve sutān bhajinaṃ bhajamānaṃ ca divyaṃ devāvṛdhaṃ nṛpam // andhakaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ vṛṣṇiṃ ca yadunandanam teṣāṃ visargāś catvāro vistareṇeha tāṅ śṛṇu // bhajamānasya sṛñjayyau bāhyakā copabāhyakā āstāṃ bhārye tayos tasmāj jajñire bahavaḥ sutāḥ // nimiś ca kramaṇaś caiva viṣṇuḥ śūraḥ puraṃjayaḥ ete bāhyakasṛñjayyāṃ bhajamānād vijajñire // āyutājit sahasrājic chatājic cātha dāsakaḥ upabāhyakasṛñjayyāṃ bhajamānād vijajñire // yajvā devāvṛdho rājā cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama syād iti niścitaḥ // saṃyujyātmānam evaṃ sa parṇāśāyā jalaṃ spṛśan sadopaspṛśatas tasya cakāra priyam āpagā // cintayābhiparītā sā jagāmaikaviniścayam kalyāṇatvān narapates tasya sā nimnagottamā // nādhyagacchata tāṃ nārīṃ yasyām evaṃvidhaḥ sutaḥ k: D3 ins.: :k bhavet sarvaguṇopeto rājño devāvṛdhasya ca | jāyet tasmāt svayaṃ hanta bhavāmy asya sahavratā // atha bhūtvā kumārī sā bibhratī paramaṃ vapuḥ varayām āsa nṛpatiṃ tām iyeṣa ca sa prabhuḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T3.4 ins.: :k tasyām ādhatta garbhaṃ sa tejasvinamudāradhīḥ | atha sā daśame māsi suṣuve saritāṃ varā putraṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ babhruṃ devāvṛdhān nṛpāt // anuvaṃśe purāṇajñā gāyantīti pariśrutam guṇān devāvṛdhasyātha kīrtayanto mahātmanaḥ // yathaivāgre śrutaṃ dūrād apaśyāma tathāntikāt babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ // ṣaṣṭiś ca ṣaṭ ca puruṣāḥ sahasrāṇi ca sapta ca ete 'mṛtatvaṃ saṃprāptā babhror daivāvṛdhād iti // yajvā dānapatir dhīmān brahmaṇyaḥ sudṛḍhāyudhaḥ k: B3 Dn ins.: :k kīrtimāṃś ca mahātejāḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ | tasyānvavāyaḥ sumahān bhojā ye mārtikāvatāḥ // andhakāt kāśyaduhitā caturo 'labhatātmajān kukuraṃ bhajamānaṃ ca śamiṃ kambalabarhiṣam // kukurasya suto dhṛṣṇur dhṛṣṇos tu tanayas tathā kapotaromā tasyātha taittiris tanayo 'bhavat jajñe punar vasus tasmād abhijit tu punar vasoḥ // tasya vai putramithunaṃ babhūvābhijitaḥ kila āhukaś cāhukī caiva khyātau khyātimatāṃ varau // imāś codāharanty atra gāthāḥ prati tam āhukam // śvetena parivāreṇa kiśorapratimo mahān aśīticarmaṇā yukto nāhukaḥ prathamaṃ vrajet // nāputravān nāśatado nāsahasraśatāyudhaḥ nāśuddhakarmā nāyajvā yo bhojam abhito vrajet // pūrvasyāṃ diśi nāgānāṃ bhojasyety anumodanam k: N (except Ñ1 D6) T3.4 (Ś1 after 19, K1.3 after 20, K4 after 22) ins.: :k sopāsaṅgānukarṣāṇāṃ dhvajināṃ savarūthinām | rathānāṃ meghaghoṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi daśaiva tu | rūpyakāñcanakakṣyāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi daśāpi ca // tāvanty eva sahasrāṇi uttarasyāṃ tathā diśi ā bhūmipālān bhojān svān atiṣṭhan kiṃkiṇīkinaḥ // āhukīṃ cāpy avantibhyaḥ svasāraṃ dadur andhakāḥ // āhukasya tu kāśyāyāṃ dvau putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ devakaś cograsenaś ca devagarbhasamāv ubhau // devakasyābhavan putrāś catvāras tridaśopamāḥ devavān upadevaś ca sudevo devarakṣitaḥ kumāryaḥ sapta cāpyāsan vasudevāya tā dadau // devakī śāntidevā ca sudevā devarakṣitā vṛkadevy upadevī ca sunāmnī caiva saptamī // navograsenasya sutās teṣāṃ kaṃsas tu pūrvajaḥ nyagrodhaś ca sunāmā ca kaṅkuśaṅkusubhūmayaḥ rāṣṭrapālo 'tha sutanur anādhṛṣṭiś ca puṣṭimān // eṣāṃ svasāraḥ pañcāsan kaṃsā kaṃsavatī tathā sutanū rāṣṭrapālī ca kaṅkā caiva varāṅganā // ugrasenaḥ sahāpatyo vyākhyātaḥ kukurodbhavaḥ // kukurāṇām imaṃ vaṃśaṃ dhārayann amitaujasām ātmano vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ prajāvān āpnute naraḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 28, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of March 24, 2000 :h bhajamānasya putro 'tha rathamukhyo vidūrathaḥ rājādhidevaḥ śūras tu vidūrathasuto 'bhavat // rājādhidevasya sutā jajñire vīryavattarāḥ dattātidattau balinau śoṇāśvaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ // śamī ca daṇḍaśarmā ca dattaśatruś ca śatrujit śravaṇā ca śraviṣṭhā ca svasārau saṃbabhūvatuḥ // śamīputraḥ pratikṣatraḥ pratikṣatrasya cātmajaḥ svayaṃbhojaḥ svayaṃbhojād dhṛdikaḥ saṃbabhūva ha // tasya putrā babhūvur hi sarve bhīmaparākramāḥ kṛtavarmāgrajas teṣāṃ śatadhanvā tu madhyamaḥ // devāntaś ca narāntaś ca bhiṣag vaitaraṇaś ca yaḥ sudāntaś cādhidāntaś ca kīnāśo dāmadambhakau // devāntasyābhavat putro vidvān kambalabarhiṣaḥ k: T3 ins.: :k kroṣṭoḥ putro 'namitras tu tasmād vai devamīḍhuṣaḥ | asamaujās tathā vīro nāsamaujāś ca tāv ubhau // ajātaputrāya sutān pradadāv asamaujase sudaṃṣṭraṃ ca sucāruṃ ca kṛṣṇam ity andhakāḥ smṛtāḥ // k: Ś1 K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V1.3 B2 Dn D3 ins.: :k ete cānye ca bahavo andhakāḥ kathitās tava | andhakānām imaṃ vaṃśaṃ dhārayed yas tu nityaśaḥ | ātmano vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca kroṣṭor bhārye babhūvatuḥ gāndhārī janayām āsa sumitraṃ mitranandanam // mādrī yudhājitaṃ putraṃ tato vai devamīḍhuṣam anamitram amitrāṇāṃ jetāraṃ ca mahābalam // anamitrasuto nighno nighnasya dvau babhūvatuḥ prasenaś cātha satrājic chatrusenājitāv ubhau // praseno dvāravatyāṃ tu niviśantyāṃ mahāmaṇim divyaṃ syamantakaṃ nāma samudrād upalabdhavān // k: K2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 (K1.3 after 19ab) ins.: :k tasya satrājitaḥ sūryaḥ sakhā prāṇasamo 'bhavat | sa kadācin niśāpāye rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | abdhikūlam upaspraṣṭum upasthātuṃ yayau ravim | tasyopatiṣṭhataḥ sūryaṃ vivasvān agrataḥ sthitaḥ | aspaṣṭamūrtir bhagavāṃs tejomaṇḍalavān prabhuḥ || atha rājā vivasvantam uvāca sthitam agrataḥ | yathaiva vyomni paśyāmi sadā tvāṃ jyotiṣāṃ pate | tejomaṇḍalinaṃ devaṃ tathaiva purataḥ sthitam | ko viśeṣo 'sti me tvattaḥ sakhyenopāgatasya vai | etac chrutvā tu bhagavān maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam || svakaṇṭhād avamucyaiva ekānte nyastavān bhuvi | tato vigrahavantaṃ taṃ dadarśa nṛpatis tadā | prītimān atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā muhūrtaṃ kṛtavān kathām | tam abhiprasthitaṃ bhūyo vivasvantaṃ sa satrajit | lokān udbhāsayasy etān yena tvaṃ satataṃ prabho || tad etan maṇiratnaṃ me bhagavan dātum arhasi | tataḥ syamantakamaṇiṃ dattavāṃs tasya bhāskaraḥ | sa tam ābadhya nagarīṃ praviveśa mahīpatiḥ | taṃ janāḥ paryadhāvanta sūryo 'yaṃ gacchatīti ha | purīṃ vismāpayitvā sa rājā tv antaḥpuraṃ yayau || tat prasenajite divyaṃ maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam | dadau bhrātre narapatiḥ premṇā satrājid uttamam | k: After line 20, K4 ins.: :k satrājit svagṛhaṃ śrīmat kṛtakautukamaṅgalam | praviśya devasadane maṇiṃ viprair nyavedayat || dine dine svarṇabhārān aṣṭau sa sravati prabho | k: For lines 11-21, M4 subst.: :k avatārya galāt tūrṇam ekānte saṃnyaveśayat | tataḥ satrājitaḥ sūryaṃ jvalantaṃ vapuṣā tadā | praṇipatya mahātmānaṃ kṛtāñjalir avasthitaḥ || stutvā ca vividhaiḥ stotraiḥ prīṇayām āsa bhāskaram | tataḥ prasanno bhagavān vṛṇīṣva varam īpsitam || ity uvāca sa rājānaṃ sa ca vavre maṇiṃ tadā | sa cāpi taṃ maṇiṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhīyata || satrājic ca mahārāja maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam | sa maṇiḥ syandate rukmaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakaniveśane kālavarṣī ca parjanyo na ca vyādhibhayaṃ bhavet // lipsāṃ cakre prasenāt tu maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam govindo na ca taṃ lebhe śakto 'pi na jahāra saḥ // kadācin mṛgayāṃ yātaḥ prasenas tena bhūṣitaḥ syamantakakṛte siṃhād vadhaṃ prāpa vanecarāt // atha siṃhaṃ pradhāvantam ṛkṣarājo mahābalaḥ nihatya maṇiratnaṃ tam ādāya bilam āviśat // tato vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ prasenavadhakāraṇāt prārthanāṃ tāṃ maṇer buddhvā sarva eva śaśaṅkire // sa śaṅkyamāno dharmātmā nakārī tasya karmaṇaḥ āhariṣye maṇim iti pratijñāya vanaṃ yayau // k: K4 ins.: :k devadvijātibhakto 'yaṃ śriyaḥ sarvecaro 'pi ca | k: Ś1 K2 Ñ2.3 V B Ds D2-5 ins.: :k yatra praseno bhṛgayām ācarat tatra cāpy atha | prasenasya padaṃ gṛhya puruṣair āptakāribhiḥ ṛkṣavantaṃ girivaraṃ vindhyaṃ ca girim uttamam // anveṣayan pariśrāntaḥ sa dadarśa mahāmanāḥ sāśvaṃ hataṃ prasenaṃ tu nāvindac caiva taṃ maṇim // atha siṃhaḥ prasenasya śarīrasyāvidūrataḥ ṛkṣena nihato dṛṣṭaḥ pādair ṛkṣasya sūcitaḥ // pādais tair anviyāyātha guhām ṛkṣasya mādhavaḥ mahaty ṛkṣabile vāṇīṃ śuśrāva pramaderitām // dhātryā kumāram ādāya sutaṃ jāmbavato nṛpa krīḍāpayantyā maṇinā mā rodīr ity atheritām // siṃhaḥ prasenam avadhīt siṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ sukumāraka mā rodīs tava hy eṣa syamantakaḥ // vyaktīkṛtaś ca śabdaḥ sa tūrṇaṃ cāpi yayau bilam k: All Mss. except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3 ins.: :k praviśya cāpi bhagavāṃs tam ṛkṣabilam añjasā | sthāpayitvā biladvāri yadūṃl lāṅgalinā saha | śārṅgadhanvā bilasthaṃ tu jāmbavantaṃ dadarśa ha // yuyudhe vāsudevas tu bile jāmbavatā saha bāhubhyām eva govindo divasān ekaviṃsatim // k: K3.4 ins.: :k sa vai bhagavatānena yuyudhe svāminātmanaḥ | puruṣaṃ prākṛto matvā kupito nānubhāvavit | dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ sutumulam ubhayor vijigīṣatoḥ | āyudhāśmadrumair dorbhiḥ kravyārthe śyenayor iva | praviṣṭe tu bilaṃ kṛṣṇe vasudevapuraḥsarāḥ k: K3 ins.: :k adṛṣṭvā nirgamaṃ śaureḥ praviṣṭasya bilaṃ janāḥ | pratīkṣya dvādaśāhāni duḥkhitāḥ svapuraṃ yayuḥ | punar dvāravatīm etya hataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ nyavedayan // k: K3 ins.: :k niśamya devakī rājan rukmiṇy ānakaduṃdubhiḥ | suhṛdo jñātayo 'śocan bilāt kṛṣṇam anirgatam | vāsudevas tu nirjitya jāmbavantaṃ mahābalam k: For 28ab, K3 subst.: :k jāmbavantaṃ vinirjitya vāsudevo mahābalam | lebhe jāmbavatīṃ kanyām ṛkṣarājasya saṃmatām // maṇiṃ syamantakaṃ caiva jagrāhātmaviśuddhaye anunīyarkṣarājānaṃ niryayau ca tadā bilāt // k: All Mss. except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3 ins.: :k dvārakām agamat kṛṣṇaḥ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ | evaṃ sa maṇim āhṛtya viśodhyātmānam acyutaḥ dadau satrājite taṃ vai sarvasātvatasaṃsadi // evaṃ mithyābhiśastena kṛṣṇenāmitraghātinā ātmā viśodhitaḥ pāpād vinirjitya syamantakam // satrājito daśa tv āsan bhāryās tāsāṃ śataṃ sutāḥ khyātimantas trayas teṣāṃ bhaṅgakāras tu pūrvajaḥ // vīro vātapatiś caiva upasvāvāṃs tathaiva ca kumāryaś cāpi tisro vai dikṣu khyātā narādhipa // satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṃ vratinī ca dṛḍhavratā tathā padmāvatī caiva bhāryāḥ kṛṣṇasya tā dadau // sabhākṣo bhaṅgakārāt tu nāreyaś ca narottamau jajñāte guṇasaṃpannau viśrutau guṇasaṃpadā // madhoḥ putrasya jajñe 'tha pṛśniḥ putro yudhājitaḥ jajñāte tanayau pṛśneḥ śvaphalkaś citrakas tathā // śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryām avindata gāṃdīṃ tasyās tu gāṃdītvaṃ sadā gāḥ pradadau hi sā // tasyāṃ jajñe tadā vīraḥ śrutavān iti bhārata akrūro 'tha mahābhāgo yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ // upāsaṅgas tathā madgur mṛduraś cārimardanaḥ girikṣipas tathopekṣaḥ śatruhā cārimejayaḥ // carmabhṛc cārivarmā ca gṛdhram ojā naras tathā āvāhaprativāhau ca sundarā ca varāṅganā // viśrutā sāmbamahiṣī kanyā cāsya vasuṃdharā rūpayauvanasaṃpannā sarvasattvamanoharā // akrūreṇaugrasenyāṃ tu sugātryāṃ kurunandana sudevaś copadevaś ca jajñāte devavarcasau // citrakasyābhavan putrāḥ pṛthur vipṛthur eva ca aśvaseno 'śvabāhuś ca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau // ariṣṭanemes tu sutā dharmo dharmabhṛd eva ca subāhur bahubāhuś ca śraviṣṭḥāśravaṇe striyau // imāṃ mithyābhiśastiṃ yaḥ kṛṣṇasya samudāhṛtām veda mithyābhiśāpās taṃ na spṛśanti kadācana // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 29, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 22, 2000 :h yat tat satrājite kṛṣṇo maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam adāt tad dhārayad babhrur bhojena śatadhanvanā // sadā hi prārthayām āsa satyabhāmām aninditām akrūro 'ntaram anvicchan maṇiṃ caiva syamantakam // satrājitaṃ tato hatvā śatadhanvā mahābalaḥ rātrau taṃ maṇim ādāya tato 'krūrāya dattavān // akrūras tu tadā ratnam ādāya bharatarṣabha samayaṃ kārayāṃ cakre nāvedyo 'haṃ tvayācyute // vayam abhyupapatsyāmaḥ kṛṣṇena tvāṃ pradharṣitam mamādya dvārakā sarvā vaśe tiṣṭhaty asaṃśayam // hate pitare duḥkhārtā satyabhāmā yaśasvinī prayayau ratham āruhya nagaraṃ vāraṇāvatam // satyabhāmā tu tad vṛttaṃ bhojasya śatadhanvanaḥ bhartur nivedya duḥkhārtā pārśvasthāśrūṇy avartayat // pāṇḍavāṇāṃ tu dagdhānāṃ hariḥ kṛtvodakaṃ tadā kulyārthe ca sa bhrātṝṇāṃ nyayojayata sātyakim // tatas tvaritam āgamya dvārakāṃ madhusūdanaḥ pūrvajaṃ halinaṃ śrīmān idaṃ vacanam abravīt // hataḥ prasenaḥ siṃhena satrājic chatadhanvanā syamantakaḥ sa madgāmī tasya prabhur ahaṃ vibho // tadāroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ bhojaṃ hatvā mahābalam syamantako mahābāho saha nau sa bhaviṣyati // k: D6 T1-3 G1-3.5 ins.: :k tato rathaṃ samāruhya rāmakṛṣṇau mahābalau | śatadhanvavināśāya nagarād vāraṇāvatād | śatadhanvā tato bhīto vijñāyācyutam āgatam | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ bhojakṛṣṇayoḥ śatadhanvā tato 'krūram avaikṣat sarvatodiśam // anāptau ca vadhārhau ca kṛtvā bhojajanārdanau śakto 'pi śāṭhyād dhārdikyaṃ nākrūro 'bhyupapadyata // apayāne tato buddhiṃ bhojaś cakre bhayārditaḥ yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ hayayā pratyapadyata // vikhyātā hṛdayā nāma śatayojanagāminī bhojasya vaḍavā rājan yayā kṛṣṇam ayodhayat // k: D6 T G M4 ins.: :k tataḥ kruddhau bhojakṛṣṇau tvaritau tu mahābalau | vañcayitvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śatadhanvātibuddhimān | pūrvāṃ diśaṃ jagāmāśu hayayā vātavegayā | atha drutam agāt kṛṣṇo rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | balena sahito rājan prayayau tasya mārgaṇe | kṣīṇāṃ javena hṛdayām adhvanaḥ śatayojane dṛṣṭvā rathasya svāṃ vṛddhiṃ śatadhanvānam ārdayat // tatas tasyā hayāyās tu śramāt khedāc ca bhārata kham utpetur atha prāṇāḥ kṛṣṇo rāmam athābravīt // tiṣṭhasveha mahābāho dṛṣṭadoṣā hayā mayā padbhyāṃ gatvā hariṣyāmi maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam // padbhyām eva tato gatvā śatadhanvānam acyutaḥ mithilām abhito rājañ jaghāna paramāstravit // syamantakaṃ ca nāpaśyad dhatvā bhojaṃ mahābalam nivṛttaṃ cābravīt kṛṣṇaṃ ratnaṃ dehīti lāṅgalī // nāstīti kṛṣṇaś covāca tato rāmo ruṣānvitaḥ dhikśabdapūrvam asakṛt pratyuvāca janārdanam // bhrātṛtvān marṣayāmy eṣa svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham kṛtyaṃ na me dvārakayā na tvayā na ca vṛṣṇibhiḥ // praviveśa tato rāmo mithilām arimardanaḥ sarvakāmair upacitair maithilenābhipūjitaḥ // etasminn eva kāle tu babhrur matimatāṃ varaḥ nānārūpān kratūn sarvān ājahāra nirargalān // dīkṣāmayaṃ sa kavacaṃ rakṣārthaṃ praviveśa ha syamantakakṛte prājño gāṃdīputro mahāyaśāḥ // arthān ratnāni cāgryāṇi dravyāṇi vividhāni ca ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣāṇi dharmātmā yajñeṣu viniyojayat // akrūrayajñā iti te khyātās tasya mahātmanaḥ bahvannadakṣiṇāḥ sarve sarvakāmapradāyinaḥ // atha duryodhano rājā gatvā sa mithilāṃ prabhuḥ gadāśikṣāṃ tato divyāṃ balabhadrād avāptavān // prasādya tu tato rāmo vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathaiḥ ānīto dvārakām eva kṛṣṇena ca mahātmanā // akrūras tv andhakaiḥ sārdham apāyād bharatarṣabha hatvā satrājitaṃ yuddhe sahabandhuṃ mahābalī // k: Ñ2 ins.: :k śvaphalkatanayāyāṃ tu tārāyāṃ narasattamau | bhaṅgakārasya tanayau viśrutau ca mahābalau | jajñāte 'ndhakamukhyasya śatrughno bandhumāṃś ca tau | varāt tu bhaṅgakārasya sa kṛṣṇapratimo 'bhavat | jñātibhedabhayāt kṛṣṇas tam upekṣitavān atha apayāte tadākrūre nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ // anāvṛṣṭyā tadā rāṣṭram abhavad bahudhā kṛśam tataḥ prasādayām āsur akrūraṃ kukurāndhakāḥ // punar dvāravatīṃ prāpte tasmin dānapatau tataḥ pravavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ kacche jalanidhes tadā // kanyāṃ ca vāsudevāya svasāraṃ śīlasaṃmatām akrūraḥ pradadau dhīmān prītyarthaṃ kurunandana // atha vijñāya yogena kṛṣṇo babhrugataṃ maṇim sabhāmadhyagataṃ prāha tam akrūraṃ janārdanaḥ // yat tad ratnaṃ maṇivaraṃ tava hastagataṃ vibho tat prayacchasva mānārha mayi mānāryakaṃ kṛthāḥ // ṣaṣṭivarṣagate kāle yad roṣo 'bhūt tadā mama sa saṃrūḍho 'sakṛtprāptas tataḥ kālātyayo mahān // tataḥ kṛṣṇasya vacanāt sarvasātvatasaṃsadi pradadau taṃ maṇiṃ babhrur akleśena mahāmatiḥ // tatas tam āryavatprāptaṃ babhror hastād ariṃdamaḥ dadau hṛṣṭamanāḥ kṛṣṇas taṃ maṇiṃ babhrave punaḥ // sa kṛṣṇahastāt saṃprāpya maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam ābadhya gāṃdinīputro virarājāṃśumān iva // k: K4 Dn Ds D5 ins.: :k yas tv evaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ | sukhānāṃ tat sakalpānāṃ phalabhāgī bhaviṣyati | ā brahmabhavanāc cāpi yaśaḥkhyātir na saṃśayaḥ | bhaviṣyati naraśreṣṭha satyam etad bravīmi te | k: D6 T G ins.: :k tataḥ sarve yaduvarā hṛṣṭāḥ prāñjalayas tadā | vavandire mahātmānaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 30, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 23, 2000 :h vistareṇaiva sarvāṇi karmāṇi ripughātinaḥ śrotum icchāmy aśeṣeṇa hareḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ // k: After the ref., N (except Ś1) T1.3.4 ins.: :k prādurbhāvaḥ purāṇeṣu viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ | satāṃ kathayatāṃ eva vārāha iti naḥ śrutam | na jāne tasya caritaṃ vidhiṃ naiva ca vistaram | na karmaguṇasaṃtānaṃ na hetuṃ na manīṣitam | kimātmako varāhaḥ sa kā mūrtiḥ kā ca devatā | kimācāraḥ prabhāvo vā kiṃ vā tena purā kṛtam | yajñārthaṃ samavetānāṃ miṣatāṃ ca dvijanmanām | mahāvarāhacaritaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyaneritam | yathā nārāyaṇo brahman vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ | daṃṣṭrayā gāṃ samudrasthāṃ ujjahārārisūdanaḥ | karmaṇām ānupūrvyā ca prādurbhāvāś ca ye vibhoḥ yā cāsya prakṛtir brahmaṃs tāṃ ca vyākhyātum arhasi // kathaṃ ca bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sureśo 'riniṣūdanaḥ vasudevakule dhīmān vāsudevatvam āgataḥ // amarair āvṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛdbhir alaṃkṛtam devalokaṃ samutsṛjya martyalokam ihāgataḥ // devamānuṣayor netā dyor bhuvaḥ prabhavo vibhuḥ kimarthaṃ divvyam ātmānaṃ mānuṣye saṃnyayojayat // yaś cakraṃ vartayaty eko mānuṣāṇām anāmayam mānuṣye sa kathaṃ buddhiṃ cakre cakrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ // gopāyanaṃ yaḥ kurute jagataḥ sārvalaukikam sa kathaṃ gāṃ gato viṣṇur gopatvam agamad vibhuḥ // mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā yo dadhāra cakāra ca śrīgarbhaḥ sa kathaṃ garbhe striyā bhūcarayā dhṛtaḥ // yena lokān kramair jitvā tribhis trīṃs tridaśepsayā sthāpitā jagato mārgās trivargaprabhavās trayaḥ // yo 'ntakāle jagat pītvā kṛtvā toyamayaṃ vapuḥ lokam ekārṇavaṃ cakre dṛśyādṛśyena vartmanā // yaḥ purāṇe purāṇātmā vārāhaṃ vapur āsthitaḥ viṣāṇāgreṇa vasudhām ujjahārārisūdanaḥ // yaḥ purā puruhūtārthe trailokyam idam avyayam dadau jitvā vasumatīṃ surāṇāṃ surasattamaḥ // yena saiṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā dvidhā kṛtvā ca tat punaḥ pūrvadaityo mahāvīryo hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ // yaḥ purā hy analo bhūtvā aurvaḥ saṃvartako vibhuḥ pātālastho 'rṇavagataṃ papau toyamayaṃ haviḥ // sahasracaraṇaṃ brahman sahasrāṃśuṃ sahasraśaḥ sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ yam āhur vai yuge yuge // nābhyaraṇyāṃ samutpannaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham ekārṇavagate loke tat paṅkajam apaṅkajam // yena te nihatā daityāḥ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye sarvadevamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvāyudhadharaṃ vapuḥ garuḍasthena cotsiktaḥ kālanemir nipātitaḥ // k: K2.3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2.4 ins.: :k nirjitaś ca mahādaityas tārakaś ca mahāsuraḥ | uttarānte samudrasya kṣīrodasyāmṛtodadheḥ yaḥ śete śāśvataṃ yogam āsthāya timiraṃ mahat // surāraṇir garbham adhatta divyaṃ tapaḥprakarṣād aditiḥ purāṇam śakraṃ ca yo daityagaṇāvaruddhaṃ garbhāvasāne nakṛśaṃ cakāra // padāni yo lokapadāni kṛtvā cakāra daityān salilāśayasthān kṛtvā ca devāṃs tridivasya devāṃś cakre sureśaṃ puruhūtam eva // k: N (except Ś1) T G1.3.4 (G5 after 21) ins.: :k pātrāṇi dakṣiṇā dīkṣā camasolūkhalāni ca | gārhapatyena vidhinā anvāhāryeṇa karmaṇā agnim āhavanīyaṃ ca vedīṃ caiva kuśān sruvam // prokṣaṇīyaṃ dhruvāṃ caiva āvabhṛthyaṃ tathaiva ca arāṃs trīṇi ca yaś cakre havyakavyapradān makhe // havyādāṃś ca surāṃś cakre kavyādāṃś ca pitṝn api bhāgārthe yajñavidhinā yogajño yajñakarmaṇi // yūpān samit srucaṃ somaṃ pavitraṃ paridhīn api yajñiyāni ca dravyāṇi yajñāṃś ca cayanānalān sadasyāny ajamānāṃś ca medhādīṃś ca kratūttamān // vibabhāja purā yaś ca pārameṣṭhyena karmaṇā yugānurūpaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā lokān anu parikraman // kṣaṇā nimeṣāḥ kāṣṭhāś ca kalās traikālyam eva ca muhūrtās tithayo māsā dinasaṃvatsarās tathā // ṛtavaḥ kālayogāś ca pramāṇaṃ vividhaṃ nṛṣu āyuḥ kṣetrāṇy upacayo lakṣaṇaṃ rūpasauṣṭhavam // trayo varṇās trayo lokās traividyaṃ pāvakās trayaḥ traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmāṇi trayo 'pāyās trayo guṇāḥ sṛṣṭā lokās trayo 'nantā yenānantyena vartmanā // sarvabhūtaguṇasraṣṭā sarvabhūtaguṇātmakaḥ nṛṇām indriyapūrveṇa yogena ramate ca yaḥ gatāgatābhyāṃ yo netā tatreha ca vidhīśvaraḥ // yo gatir dharmayuktānām agatiḥ pāpakarmaṇām cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaś cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā // cāturvidyasya yo vettā cāturāśramyasaṃśrayaḥ digantaro nabhobhūto vāyur vāyuvibhāvanaḥ // candrasūryadvayaṃ jyotir yogīśaḥ kṣaṇadātanuḥ yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate jyotir yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ // yaḥ paraṃ prāha parataḥ paraṃ yaḥ paramātmavān k: Ñ2 V2.3 B Dn Ds D3.4.6 ins.: :k nārāyaṇaparā vedā nārāyaṇaparāḥ kriyāḥ | nārāyaṇaparo dharmo nārāyaṇaparā gatiḥ | nārāyaṇaparaṃ satyaṃ nārāyaṇaparaṃ tapaḥ | nārāyaṇaparo mokṣo nārāyaṇaparaṃ param | ādityādis tu yo divyo yaś ca daityāntako vibhuḥ // yugānteṣv antako yaś ca yaś ca lokāntakāntakaḥ setur yo lokasetūnāṃ medhyo yo medhyakarmaṇām // vedyo yo vedaviduṣāṃ prabhur yaḥ prabhavātmanām somabhūtaś ca bhūtānām agnibhūto 'gnivarcasām // manuṣyāṇāṃ manobhūtas tapobhūtas tapasvinām vinayo nayavṛttānāṃ tejas tejasvinām api // sargakāraś ca sargāṇāṃ lokahetur anuttamaḥ vigraho vigrahārhāṇāṃ gatir gatimatām api // ākāśaprabhavo vāyur vāyuprāṇo hutāśanaḥ devā hutāśanaprāṇāḥ prāṇo 'gner madhusūdanaḥ // rasād vai śoṇitaṃ bhavati śoṇitān māṃsam ucyate māṃsāt tu medaso janma medaso 'sthi nirucyate // asthno majjā samabhavan majjāyāḥ śukrasaṃbhavaḥ śukrād narbhaḥ samabhavad rasamūlena karmaṇā // tatrāpāṃ prathamo bhāgaḥ sa saumyo rāśir ucyate garbhoṣmasaṃbhavo jñeyo dvitīyo rāśir ucyate // śukraṃ somātmakaṃ vidyād ārtavaṃ pāvakātmakam bhāvau rasānugāv etau vīryaṃ ca śaśipāvakau // kaphavarge bhavec chukraṃ pittavarge ca śoṇitam kaphasya hṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ nābhyāṃ pittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam // dehasya madhye hṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ tu manasaḥ smṛtam nābhikaṇṭhāntarasthas tu tatra devo hutāśanaḥ // manaḥ prajāpatir jñeyaḥ kaphaḥ somo vibhāvyate pittam agniḥ smṛtas tv evam agnīṣomamayaṃ jagat // evaṃ pravartite garbhe vartite 'rbudasaṃnibhe vāyuḥ praveśanaṃ cakre saṃgataḥ paramātmanā // k: After 46, K2-6 Ñ V B1.2 Dn Ds D1-4.5 (marg.) T G1.3-5 ins.: :k tato 'ṅgāni visṛjati bibharti parivartayan | sa pañcadhā śarīrastho bhidyate vardhate punaḥ prāṇāpānau samānaś ca udāno vyāna eva ca // prāṇo 'sya prathamaṃ sthānaṃ vardhayan parivartate apānaḥ paścimaṃ kāyam udānordhvaṃ śarīriṇaḥ // vyāno vyāyacchate yena samānaḥ saṃnivartate bhūtāvāptis tatas tasya jāyatendriyagocarā // pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca pañcamam tasyendriyāṇi śiṣṭāni svaṃ svaṃ yogaṃ pracakrire // pārthivaṃ deham āhus tu prāṇātmānaṃ ca mārutam chidrāṇy ākāśayonīni jalasrāvaḥ pravartate // jyotiś cakṣuṣi tejaś ca teṣāṃ yantṛ manaḥ smṛtam grāmyāś ca viṣayāś caiva yasya vīryāt pravartitāḥ // ity etān puruṣaḥ sarvān sṛjaṃl lokān sanātanān naidhane 'smin kathaṃ loke naratvaṃ viṣṇur āgataḥ // eṣa me saṃśayo brahmann eṣa me vismayo mahān kathaṃ gatir gatimatām āpanno mānuṣīṃ tanum // śruto me svasya vaṃśasya pūrvajānāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ śrotum icchāmi viṣṇos tu vṛṣṇīnāṃ ca yathākramam // āścaryaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇur devair daityaiś ca kathyate viṣṇor utpattim āścaryaṃ mamācakṣva mahāmune // etad āścaryam ākhyānaṃ kathayasva sukhāvaham prakhyātabalavīryasya viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ karmaṇāścaryabhūtasya viṣṇos tattvam ihocyatām // k: D6 T1.2 G M3.4 ins.: :k vyāpino devadevasya saṃbhavaṃ vaktum arhasi | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 31, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 23, 2000 :h praśnabhāro mahāṃs tāta tvayoktaḥ śārṅgadhanvani yathāśakti tu vakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ // viṣṇoḥ prabhāvaśravaṇe diṣṭyā te matir utthitā hanta viṣṇoḥ samastās tvaṃ śṛṇu divyāḥ pravṛttayaḥ // sahasrāsyaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ sahasracaraṇaṃ ca yam sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ sahasrakaram avyayam // k: Ñ2 ins.: :k sahasrayugaparyantaṃ sahasraparivatsaram | sahasraśatadhā bhūtvā pralayaṃ kārayet tu yaḥ | sahasrajihvaṃ bhāsvantaṃ sahasramukuṭaṃ prabhum sahasradaṃ sahasrādiṃ sahasrabhujam avyayam // savanaṃ havanaṃ caiva havyaṃ hotāram eva ca pātrāṇi ca pavitrāṇi vediṃ dīkṣāṃ caruṃ sruvam // sruksomaśūrpam upabhṛt prokṣaṇīṃ dakṣiṇāyanam adhvaryuṃ sāmagaṃ vipraṃ sadasyaṃ sadanaṃ savam // yūpaṃ samitsruvaṃ darvīṃ camasolūkhalāni ca prāgvaṃśaṃ yajñabhūmiṃ ca hotāraṃ cayanaṃ ca yat // hrasvāny atipramāṇāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca prāyaścittāni cārghyaṃ ca sthaṇḍilāni kuśāṃs tathā // mantraṃ yajñavahaṃ vahniṃ bhāgaṃ bhāgavahaṃ ca yat agrebhujaṃ somabhujaṃ hutārciṣam udāyudham āhur vedavido viprā yaṃ yajñaṃ śāśvataṃ vibhum // tasya viṣṇoḥ sureśasya śrīvatsāṅkasya dhīmataḥ prādurbhāvasahasrāṇi samatītāny anekaśaḥ k: T3 ins.: :k sarvayajñamukhaṃ devaṃ sarvayajñapravartinam | bhūyaś caiva bhaviṣyantīty evam āha pitāmahaḥ // yat pṛcchasi mahārāja divyāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ śubhām kimarthaṃ bhagavān viṣṇur vasudevakule 'bhavat // k: K2 Dn Ds ins.: :k sureśo ripusūdanaḥ | devalokaṃ samutsṛjya | tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu sarvam aśeṣataḥ vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ caritaṃ ca mahādyuteḥ // hitārthaṃ suramartyānāṃ lokānāṃ prabhavāya ca bahuśaḥ sarvabhūtātmā prādurbhavati kāryataḥ prādurbhāvāṃś ca vakṣyāmi puṇyān devaguṇair yutān // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T1.3.4 G4.5 K2 (after 13d) G3 (after *461) ins.: :k chāndasībhir udārābhiḥ śrutibhiḥ samalaṃkṛtān | śuciḥ prayatavāg bhūtvā nibodha janamejaya | idaṃ purāṇaṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiś ca saṃmitam | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi viṣṇor divyāṃ kathāṃ śṛṇu | k: K2.3 Ñ2.3 V B D(except D1.3) G4 ins.: :k yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya tadā saṃbhavati prabhuḥ | tasya hy ekā mahārāja mūrtir bhavati sattama | nityaṃ diviṣṭhā yā rājaṃs tapaś carati duścaram | dvitīyā cāsya śayane nidrāyogam upāyayau | prajāsaṃhārasargārthaṃ kim adhyātmavicintakam | suptvā yugasahasraṃ sa prādurbhavati kāryavān pūrṇe yugasahasre tu devadevo jagatpatiḥ // k: K2.4, Ñ, V, B, Dn, Ds, D2-6, T1.3.4 K1.3(after 15) D1(after 15ab) ins.: :k pitāmaho lokapālāś candrādityau hutāśanaḥ | brahmā ca kapilaś caiva parameṣṭhī tathaiva ca devāḥ saptarṣayaś caiva tryambakaś ca mahāyaśāḥ // k: K, Ñ, V, B, D, T1.3.4, G3-5 ins.: :k vāyuḥ samudrāḥ śailāś ca tasya dehe samāśritāḥ | sanatkumāraś ca mahānubhāvo manur mahātmā bhagavān prajākaraḥ purāṇadevo 'tha purāṇi cakre pradīptavaiśvānaratulyatejāḥ // yena cārṇavamadhyasthau naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame naṣṭe devāsuranare pranaṣṭoragarākṣase // yoddhukāmau sudurdharṣau dānavau madhukaiṭabhau hatau prabhavatā tena tayor dattvāmitaṃ varam // purā kamalanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi puṣkare yatra saṃbhūtā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā // eṣa pauṣkarako nāma prādurbhāvaḥ prakīrtitaḥ purāṇaṃ kathyate yatra vedaśrutisamāhitam // vārāhas tu śrutisukhaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ yatra viṣṇuḥ suraśreṣṭho vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ // k: K1.2, Ñ, V, B, Ds, D1.2.5.6, T, G, M3.4 ins.: :k mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ saśailavanakānanām | vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kratudantaś citīmukhaḥ agnijihvo darbhalomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ // ahorātrekṣaṇo divyo vedāṅgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ ājyanāsaḥ sruvas tuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān // dharmasatyamayaḥ śrīmān kramavikramasatkṛtaḥ prāyaścittanakho dhīraḥ paśujānur mahāvṛṣaḥ // udgātrāntro homaliṅgaḥ phalabījamahauṣadhiḥ vāyvantarātmā mantrasphig vikṛtaḥ somaśoṇitaḥ // vediskandho havirgandho havyakavyātivegavān prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimān nānādīkṣābhir ācitaḥ // dakṣiṇāhṛdayo yogī mahāsatramayo mahān upākarmeṣṭharucakaḥ pravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ k: All Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k nānāchandogatipatho guhyopaniṣadāsanaḥ | chāyāpatnīsahāyo vai maṇiśṛṅga ivocchritaḥ // k: T1.2 G M4 D6 (after 28ab) ins.: :k rasātalatale magnāṃ rasātalatalaṃ gataḥ | mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ saśailavanakānanām ekārṇavajale bhraṣṭām ekārṇavagatiḥ prabhuḥ // k: D6 T1.2 G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k pūrvaṃ lokahitārthāya daṃṭrābhyām ujjahāra gām | tataḥ svasthānam ānīya pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīśvaraḥ | mumoca pūrvaṃ manasā dhārayitvā dharādharān | sadyo jagāma nirvāṇaṃ medinī tasya dhāraṇāt | cakāra ca namaskāraṃ tasmai devāya vedhase | daṃṣṭrayā yaḥ samuddhṛtya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā sahasraśīrṣo devādiś cakāra jagatīṃ punaḥ // evaṃ yajñavarāheṇa bhūtvā bhūtahitārthinā uddhṛtā pṛthivī devī sāgarāmbudharā purā // vārāha eṣa kathito nārasiṃham ataḥ śṛṇu yatra bhūtvā mṛgendreṇa hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ // purā kṛtayuge rājan surārir baladarpitaḥ daityānām ādipuruṣaś cakāra tapa uttamam // daśa varśasahasrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca jalopavāsas tasyāsīt sthānamaunadṛḍhavrataḥ // tataḥ śamadamābhyāṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa cānagha brahmā prītamanās tasya tapasā niyamena ca // taṃ vai svayaṃbhūr bhagavān svayam āgamya bhūpate vimānenārkavarṇena haṃsayuktena bhāsvatā // ādityair vasubhiḥ sādhyair marudbhir daivataiḥ saha rudrair viśvasahāyaiś ca yakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ // diśābhir vidiśābhiś ca nadībhiḥ sāgarais tathā nakṣatraiś ca muhūrtaiś ca khecaraiś ca mahāgrahaiḥ // devarṣibhis tapovṛddhaiḥ siddhaiḥ saptarṣibhis tathā rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyatamair gandharvair apsarogaṇaiḥ // carācaraguruḥ śrīmān vṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ surais tathā brahmā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho daityaṃ vacanam abravīt // prīto 'smi tava bhaktasya tapasānena suvrata varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatheṣṭaṃ kāmam āpnuhi // na devāsuragandharvā na yakṣoragarākṣsāḥ na mānuṣāḥ piśācā vā hanyur māṃ devasattama // ṛṣayo vā na māṃ śāpaiḥ kruddhā lokapitāmaha śapeyus tapasā yuktā varam etaṃ vṛṇomy aham // na śastreṇa na cāstreṇa giriṇā pādapena vā na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa syān na cānyena me vadhaḥ // k: N (except Ś1) T1.3.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k pāṇiprahāreṇaikena sabhṛtyabalavāhanam | yo māṃ nāśayituṃ śaktaḥ sa me mṛtyur bhaviṣyati | k: M2 ins.: :k nākāśe vā na bhūmau vā rātrau vā divase 'pi vā | nāntar vā na bahir vāpi syād vadho me pitāmaha | paśubhir vā mṛgendrair vā pakṣibhir vā sarīsṛpaiḥ | bhaveyam aham evārkaḥ somo vāyur hutāśanaḥ salilaṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca nakṣatrāṇi diśo daśa // ahaṃ krodhaś ca kāmaś ca varuṇo vāsavo yamaḥ dhanadaś ca dhanādhyakṣo yakṣaḥ kiṃpuruṣādhipaḥ // k: K4 V2.3 Dn D1.2.5 ins.: :k evam uktas tu daityena svayaṃbhur bhagavāṃs tadā | uvāca daityarājaṃ taṃ prahasan nṛpasattama | k: Ds1 ins.: :k na divā na ca rātrau vā na me mṛtyur bhaviṣyati | ete divyā varās tāta mayā dattās tavādbhutāḥ sarvān kāmān imāṃs tāta prāpsyasi tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ // evam uktvā tu bhagavāñ jagāmākāśam eva ha vairājaṃ brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn D1.2.4-6 T3.4 Ds(after 48) ins.: :k śrutvā devā varaṃ taṃ ca dattaṃ salilayoninā | vibhuṃ vijñāpayām āsur devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | tato devāś ca nāgāś ca gandharvā munayas tathā varapradānaṃ śrutvaiva pitāmaham upasthitāḥ // varadānena bhagavan vadhiṣyati sa no 'suraḥ tat prasīdasva bhagavan vadho 'sya pravicintyatām // bhagavān sarvabhūtānāṃ svayaṃbhūr ādikṛd vibhuḥ sraṣṭā ca havyakavyānām avyaktaḥ prakṛtir dhruvaḥ // tato lokahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā devaḥ prajāpatiḥ provāca bhagavān vākyaṃ sarvān devagaṇāṃs tadā // avaśyaṃ tridaśās tena prāptavyaṃ tapasaḥ phalam tapaso 'nte 'sya bhagavān vadhaṃ viṣṇuḥ kariṣyati // etac chrutvā surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ paṅkajajanmanaḥ svāni sthānāni divyāni jagmus te vai mudā yutāḥ // labdhamātre vare cāpi sarvāḥ so 'bādhata prajāḥ hiraṇyakaśipur daityo varadānena darpitaḥ // āśrameṣu mahābhāgān munīn vai saṃśitavratān satyadharmaratān dāntān purā dharṣitavāṃs tu saḥ // devāṃs tribhuvanasthāṃś ca parājitya mahāsuraḥ trailokyaṃ vaśam ānīya svarge vasati dānavaḥ // yadā varamadonmatto nyavasad dānavo bhuvi yajñiyān akarod daityān ayajñīyāś ca devatāḥ // ādityāś ca tataḥ sādhyā viśve 'tha vasavas tathā k: D6 T G M4 ins.: :k maruto 'psarasaś caiva gandharvā brahmaviddvijāḥ | ṛṣināgāḥ suparṇāś ca ye cānye 'py evamādayaḥ | śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ viṣṇum upatasthur mahābalam // devaṃ brahmamayaṃ yajñaṃ brahmadevaṃ sanātanam bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasya prabhuṃ lokanamaskṛtam nārāyaṇaṃ vibhuḥ devāḥ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇyaṃ gatāḥ // trāyasva no 'dya deveśa hiraṇyakaśipor vadhāt tvaṃ hi na paramo devas tvaṃ hi na paramo guruḥ tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo dhātā brahmādīnāṃ surottama // utphullāmbujapatrākṣa śatrupakṣabhayāvaha kṣayāya ditivaṃśasya śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ bhavasva naḥ // bhayaṃ tyajadhvam amarā abhayaṃ vo dadāmy aham tathaiva tridivaṃ devāḥ pratipadyata māciram // eṣo 'haṃ sagaṇaṃ daityaṃ varadānena darpitam avadhyam amarendrāṇāṃ dānavendraṃ nihanmi tam // evam uktvā sa bhagavān visṛjya tridaśeśvarān hiraṇyakaśipo rājann ājagāma hariḥ sabhām // k: V2 B Ds subst. for 64cd: :k sabhāṃ hiraṇyakaśipor jagāma harir īśvaraḥ | narasya kṛtvārdhatanuṃ siṃhasyārdhatanuṃ tathā nārasiṃhena vapuṣā pāṇiṃ saṃspṛśya pāṇinā // jīmūtaghanasaṃkāśo jīmūtaghananisvanaḥ jīmūtaghanadīptaujā jīmūta iva vegavān // k: Ś1 ins.: :k devādir ditijān vīro nṛsiṃhaḥ samupādravat | samutpatya nakhais tīkṣṇair vidārya nihato yudhi | daityaṃ so 'tibalaṃ dṛptaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam dṛptair daityagaṇair guptaṃ hatavān ekapāṇinā // nṛsiṃha eṣa kathito bhūyo 'yaṃ vāmano 'paraḥ yatra vāmanam āśritya rūpaṃ daityavināśanam // baler balavato yajñe balinā viṣṇunā purā vikramais tribhir akṣobhyāḥ kṣobhitās te mahāsurāḥ // vipracittiḥ śibiḥ śaṅkur ayaḥśaṅkus tathaiva ca ayaḥśirā aśvaśirā hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān vegavān ketumān ugraḥ sogravyagro mahāsuraḥ // puṣkaraḥ puṣkalaś caiva sāśvo 'śvapatir eva ca prahrādo 'śvaśirāḥ kumbhaḥ saṃhrādo gaganapriyaḥ // anuhrādo hariharau varāhaḥ saṃharo rujaḥ k: Bom. and Poona eds. ins. after 71a: :k vepanaś ca mahārathaḥ | bṛhatkīrtir mahājihvaḥ | śarabhaḥ śalabhaś caiva kupanaḥ kopanaḥ krathaḥ // bṛhatkīrtir mahājihvaḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahāsvanaḥ dīrghajihvo 'rkanayano mṛdupādo mṛdupriyaḥ // vāyur gaviṣṭho namuciḥ śambaro vikṣaro mahān candrahantā krodhahantā krodhavardhana eva ca // kālakaḥ kālakeyaś ca vṛtraḥ krodho virocanaḥ gariṣṭhaś ca variṣṭhaś ca pralambanarakāv ubhau // indratāpanavātāpī ketumān baladarpitaḥ asilomā pulomā ca bāṣkalaḥ pramado madaḥ // khasṛmaḥ kālavadanaḥ karālaḥ keśir eva ca ekākṣaś candrahā rāhuḥ saṃhrādaḥ sṛmaraḥ svanaḥ // śataghnīcakrahastāś ca tathā parighapāṇayaḥ aśmayantrāyudhopetā bhiṇḍipālāyudhās tathā // śūlolūkhalahastāś ca paraśvadhadharās tathā pāśamudgarahastā vai tathā laguḍapāṇayaḥ // mahāśilāpraharaṇāḥ śūlahastāś ca dānavāḥ nānāpraharaṇā ghorā nānāveṣā mahājavāḥ // kūrmakukkuṭavaktrāś ca śaśolūkamukhās tathā kharoṣṭravadanāś caiva varāhavadanās tathā // bhīmā makaravaktrāś ca kroṣṭuvaktrāś ca dānavāḥ ākhudarduravaktrāś ca ghorā vṛkamukhās tathā // mārjāraśaśavaktrāś ca mahāvaktrās tathāpare nakrameṣānanāḥ śūrā gojāvimahiṣānanāḥ // godhāśalyakavaktrāś ca krauñcavaktrās tathāpare garuḍānanāḥ khaḍgamukhā mayūravadanās tathā // gajendracarmavasanās tathā kṛṣṇājināmbarāḥ cīrasaṃvṛtagātrāś ca tathā valkalavāsasaḥ // uṣṇīṣiṇo mukuṭinas tathā kuṇḍalino 'surāḥ kirīṭino lambaśikhāḥ kambugrīvāḥ suvarcasaḥ nānāveṣadharā daityā nānāmālyānulepanāḥ // svāny āyudhāni saṃgṛhya pradīptānīva tejasā kramamāṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśam upāvartanta sarvaśaḥ // pramathya sarvāndaiteyān pādahastatalais tataḥ rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahābhīṃaṃ jahārāśu sa medinīm // tasya vikramato bhūmiṃ candrādityau stanāntare nabhaḥ prakramamāṇasya nābhyāṃ kila samāsthitau // paramākramamāṇasya jānubhyāṃ tau vyavasthitau viṣṇor amitavīryasya vadanty evaṃ dvijātayaḥ // hṛtvā sa medinīṃ kṛtsnāṃ hatvā cāsurapuṃgavān dadau śakrāya vasudhāṃ viṣṇur balavatāṃ varaḥ // eṣa te vāmano nāma prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ vedavidbhir dvijair etat kathyate vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ // bhūyo bhūtātmano viṣṇoḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ dattātreya iti khyātaḥ kṣamayā parayā yutaḥ // tena naṣṭeṣu deveṣu prakriyāsu makheṣu ca cāturvarṇye ca saṃkīrṇe dharme śithilatāṃ gate // abhivardhati cādharme satye naṣṭe 'nṛte sthite prajāsu śīryamāṇāsu dharme cākulatāṃ gate // sayajñāḥ sakriyā vedāḥ pratyānītā hi tena vai cāturvarṇyam asaṃkīrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tena mahātmanā // tena hehayarājasya kārtavīryasya dhīmataḥ varadena varo datto dattātreyeṇa dhīmatā // etad bāhudvayaṃ yat te tat te mama kṛte nṛpa śatāni daśa bāhūnāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ // pālayiṣyasi kṛtsnāṃ ca vasudhāṃ vasudheśvara durnirīkṣyo 'rivṛndānāṃ yuddhasthaś ca bhaviṣyasi // eṣa te vaiṣṇavaḥ śrīmān prādurbhāvo 'dbhutaḥ śubhaḥ k: Ñ2.3 V B D2 M3 ins.: :k kathito vai mahārāja yathāśrutam ariṃdama | bhūyaś ca jāmadagnyo 'yaṃ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ // yatra bāhusahasreṇa vismitaṃ durjayaṃ raṇe rāmo 'rjunam anīkasthaṃ jaghāna nṛpatiṃ prabhuḥ // rathasthaṃ pārthivaṃ rāmaḥ pātayitvārjunaṃ bhuvi dharṣayitvā yathākāmaṃ krośamānaṃ ca meghavat // kṛtsnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca ciccheda bhṛgunandanaḥ paraśvadhena dīptena jñātibhiḥ sahitasya vai // kīrṇā kṣatriyakoṭībhir merumandarabhūṣaṇā triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī tena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā // kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ caiva bhārgavaḥ sumahātapāḥ sarvapāpavināśāya vājimedhena ceṣṭavān // tasmin yajñe mahādāne dakṣiṇāṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ mārīcāya dadau prītaḥ kaśyapāya vasuṃdharām // vāruṇāṃs turagāñ śubhrān rathaṃ ca rathināṃ varaḥ hiraṇyam akṣayaṃ dhenūr gajendrāṃś ca mahāmatiḥ dadau tasmin mahāyajñe vājimedhe mahāyaśāḥ // adyāpi ca hitārthāya lokānāṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ caramāṇas tapo dīptaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ punaḥ punaḥ tiṣṭhate devavac chrīmān mahendre parvatottame // k: D6 T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k kṛṣṇājinottarīyaṃ ca jaṭāmakuṭamaṇḍalī | eṣa viṣṇoḥ sureśasya śāśvatasyāvyayasya ca jāmadagnya iti khyātaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ // caturviṃśe yuge cāpi viśvāmitrapuraḥsaraḥ jajñe daśarathasyātha putraḥ padmāyatekṣaṇaḥ // kṛtvātmānaṃ mahābāhuś caturdhā prabhur īśvaraḥ loke rāma iti khyātas tejasā bhāskaropamaḥ // prasādanārthaṃ lokasya rakṣasāṃ nigrahāya ca dharmasya ca vivṛddhyarthaṃ jajñe tatra mahāyaśāḥ tam apy āhur manuṣyendraṃ sarvabhūtapates tanum // tasmai dattāni cāstrāṇi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā vadhārthaṃ devaśatrūṇāṃ durdharāṇi surair api // yajñavighnakarau yena munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca balena balināṃ varau nihatau ca nirāśau ca kṛtau tena mahātmanā // vartamāne makhe yena janakasya mahātmanaḥ bhagnaṃ māheśvaraṃ cāpaṃ krīḍatā līlayā purā // yaḥ samāḥ sarvadharmajñaś caturdaśa vane 'vasat lakṣmaṇānucaro rāmaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ // rūpiṇī yasya pārśvasthā sīteti prathitā janaiḥ pūrvocitatvādyā lakṣmīr bhartāram anugacchati // caturdaśa vane taptvā tapo varṣāṇi rāghavaḥ janasthāne vasan kāryaṃ tridaśānāṃ cakāra saḥ // sītāyāḥ padam anvicchan nijaghāna mahāmanāḥ virādhaṃ ca kabandhaṃ ca rākṣasau bhīmavikramau jaghāna puruṣavyāghrau gandharvau śāpavikṣatau // hutāśanārkāṃśutaḍitprakāśaiḥ prataptajāmbūnadacitrapuṅkhaiḥ surendravajrāśanitulyasāraiḥ śaraiḥ śarīreṣu viyojitau balāt // sugrīvasya kṛte yena vānarendro mahābalaḥ vālī vinihataḥ saṃkhye sugrīvaś cābhiṣecitaḥ // devāsuragaṇānāṃ hi yakṣarākṣasapakṣiṇām yatrāvadhyaṃ rākṣasendraṃ rāvaṇaṃ yudhi durjayam // guptaṃ rākṣasakoṭībhir nīlāñjanacayopamam trailokyarāvaṇaṃ krūraṃ rākṣasaṃ rākṣaseśvaram // durjaraṃ durdharaṃ dṛptaṃ śārdūlasamavikramam durnirīkṣyaṃ suragaṇair varadānena darpitam // jaghāna sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ sasainyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ yudhi mahābhraghanasaṃkāśaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahābalam // tam āgaskāriṇaṃ krūraṃ paulastyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ k: Ś1 K2 Ñ2 V3 Ds D2-5 G2 ins.: :k sabhrātṛputrasacivaṃ sasainyaṃ krūraniścayam | rāvaṇaṃ nijaghānāśu rāmo bhūtapatiḥ purā // madhoś ca tanayo dṛpto lavaṇo nāma dānavaḥ hato madhuvane bhīmo varadatto mahāsuraḥ samare yuddhaśauṇḍena tathānye cāpi rākṣasāḥ // etāni kṛtvā karmāṇi rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ daśāśvamedhāñ jārūthyān ājahāra nirargalān // nāśrūyantāśubhā vāco nākulaṃ māruto vavau na vittaharaṇaṃ cāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati // paryadevan na vidhavā nānarthaś cābhavat tadā sarvam āsīj jagaddāntaṃ rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati // na prāṇināṃ bhayaṃ cāsīj jalānalavighātajam na ca sma vṛddhā bālānāṃ pretakāryāṇi kurvate // brahma paryaccarat kṣatraṃ viśaḥ kṣatram anuvratāḥ śūdrāś caiva hi varṇāṃs trīñ śuśrūṣanty anahaṃkṛtāḥ // nāryo nātyacaran bhartṝn bhāryāṃ nātyacarat patiḥ sarvam āsīj jagaddāntaṃ nirdasyur abhavan mahī rāma eko 'bhavad bhartā rāmaḥ pālayitābhavat // āsan varṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ arogāḥ prāṇinaś cāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati // devatānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ sahavāso 'bhūd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati // k: M2 ins.: :k rāmo rāmo rāma iti prajānām abhavat kathāḥ | rāmārāmaṃ jagadbhūtaṃ rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati | gāthā apy atra gāyanti ye purāṇavido janāḥ rāme nibaddhās tattvārthā māhātmyaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ // śyāmo yuvā lohitākṣo dīptāsyo mitabhāṣitā ājānabāhuḥ sumukhaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ // daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca ayodhyādhipatir bhūtvā rāmo rājyam akārayat // ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ ghoṣo jyāghoṣaś ca mahātmanaḥ avyucchinno 'bhavad rāṣṭre dīyatāṃ bhujyatām iti // sattvavān guṇasaṃpanno dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā ati sūryaṃ ca candraṃ ca rāmo dāśarathir babhau // īje kratuśataiḥ puṇyaiḥ samāptavaradākṣiṇaiḥ hitvāyodhyāṃ divaṃ yāto rāghavo 'saumahābalaḥ // evam eṣa mahābāhūr ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā divam ācakrame prabhuḥ // aparaḥ keśavasyāyaṃ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ vikhyāto māthure kalpe sarvalokahitāya vai // yatra sālvaṃ ca kaṃsaṃ ca maindaṃ dvividam eva ca ariṣṭaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ keśiṃ pūtanāṃ daityadārikām // nāgaṃ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ tathā daityān mānuṣadehasthān sūdayām āsa vīryavān // chinnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca bāṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ narakaś ca hataḥ saṃkhye yavanaś ca mahābalaḥ // hṛtāni ca mahīpānāṃ sarvaratnāni tejasā durācārāś ca nihatāḥ pārthivā ye mahītale // k: K1.3.4 Ñ V B Dn Ds D1-4.6 T G1.4.5 M4 ins. after 147; K2 D5 after 146: :k navame dvāpare viṣṇur aṣṭāviṃśe purābhavat | vedavyāsas tadā jajñe jātūkarṇyapuraḥsaraḥ | eko vedaś caturdhā tu kṛtas tena mahātmanā | janito bhārato vaṃśaḥ satyavatyāḥ sutena ca | ete lokahitārthāya prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2 D4-6 T3.4 G1.5; T1 cont. after *148: :k atītāḥ kathitā rājan kathyante cāpy anāgatāḥ | kalkī viṣṇuyaśā nāma bhūyaś cotpatsyate prabhuḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.3.4 G3.5 ins. after 148c: :k ... saṃbhalagrāmako dvijaḥ | sarvalokahitārthāya ... | k: After 148, N(except Ś1 Ñ1) T3.4 G3-5 ins.: :k daśamo bhāvyasaṃpanno yājñavalkyapuraḥsaraḥ | kṣapayitvā ca tān sarvān bhāvinārthena coditān | gaṅgāyamunayor madhye niṣṭhāṃ prāpsyati sānugaḥ | tataḥ kāle vyatīte tu sāmātye sahasainike | nṛpeṣv atha pranaṣteṣu tadā tv apragrahāḥ prajāḥ || kṣaṇena nirvṛte caiva hatvā cānyonyam āhave | parasparahṛtasvāś ca nirākrandāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ | evaṃ kaṣṭam anuprāptāḥ kalisaṃdhyāṃśake tadā | prajāḥ kṣayaṃ prayāsyanti sārdhaṃ kaliyugena ha | kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasmiṃs tataḥ kṛtayugaṃ punaḥ | prapatsyate yathānyāyaṃ svabhāvād eva nānyathā | k: After line 1 of *482, Ñ2.3 V1.3 ins.: :k anukarṣan sa vai senāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām | pragṛhītāyudhair viprair vṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | niḥśeṣāñ śuddharājāṃs tāṃs tadā sa tu kariṣyati | pāṣaṇḍān mlecchajātīṃś ca dasyūṃś caiva sahasraśaḥ | nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca ye ca dharmadviṣaḥ kvacit | udīcyā madhyadeśasthāḥ pārvatīyās tathaiva ca | prācyān pratīcyāṃś ca tathā vindhyapṛṣṭhaparānugān | tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃś ca draviḍān siṃhalaiḥ saha | gāndhārān pāradāṃś caiva pahlavān yavanāñ śakān | tukhārān barbarāṃś caiva śvānikān daradān khaśān | lambakāṃś ca maruṃdhāṃś ca kirātāṃś caiva sa prabhuḥ | pravṛttacakro balavān dasyūn āmantako balī | adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pṛthivīṃ vicariṣyati | mānuṣaḥ sa tu saṃjajñe devasyāgrasya dhīmataḥ | pūrvajanmani viṣṇuḥ sa pramatir nāma vīryavān | gātreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrṇe kaliyuge 'bhavat | ity etā vāsudevasya daśa saṃbhūtayaḥ smṛtāḥ | taṃ taṃ kālaṃ ca kāryaṃ ca taṃ tathoddeśakāriṇam | aṃśena triṣu lokeṣu tāṃs tān yonīn viśaty api | pañcaviṃśotthitaḥ kalkī pañcāśaccharadāṃ samāḥ | vinighnan sarvabhūtāni mānuṣāṃś caiva sarvaśaḥ | kṛtvā bījāvaśeṣāṃ tu mahīṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā | saṃyodhayitvā ca khalān prāyas tān apy adhārmikān | tad eṣa vai tadā kalkī caritārthaḥ sasainikaḥ | prajānāṃ sādhayitvā ca saṃsiddhārthaḥ punaḥ svayam | vṛthānyonyaṃ prakupitān saṃhariṣyati mohitān | k: After line 7 of *482 Ñ2 V1.3 ins.: :k purāṇi hatvā grāmāṃś ca tadā duṣpragrahāḥ prajāḥ | pranaṣṭaśrutidharmāś ca naṣṭavarṇāśramās tathā | hvasvā alpāyuṣaś caiva bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge | saritparvatasevinyaḥ patramūlaphalāśanāḥ | cīrapatrājinadharā gahvaraṃ ghoram āśritāḥ | alpāyuṣo naṣṭavārtā bahubādhāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ | ete cānye ca bahavo divyā devaguṇair yutāḥ prādurbhāvāḥ purāṇeṣu gīyante brahmavādibhiḥ // yatra devā vimuhyanti prādurbhāvānukīrtane purāṇaṃ vartate yatra vedaśrutisamāhitam // etaduddeśamātreṇa prādurbhāvānukīrtanam kīrtitaṃ kīrtanīyasya sarvalokaguroḥ prabhoḥ // prīyante pitaras tasya prādurbhāvānukīrtanāt viṣṇor amitavīryasya yaḥ śṛṇoti kṛtāñjaliḥ // k: D3 ins.: :k sarvapāpavinirmukto dhanaputrapaśūṃl labhet | k: T4 ins.: :k nāśubhaṃ vidyate tasya putravān dyutimān bhavet | etās tu yogeśvarayogamāyāḥ śrutvā naro mucyati sarvapāpaiḥ ṛddhiṃ samṛddhiṃ vipulāṃś ca bhogān prāpnoti śīghraṃ bhagavatprasādāt // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 32, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 24, 2000 :h viśvatvaṃ śṛṇu me viṣṇor haritvaṃ ca kṛte yuge vaikuṇṭhatvaṃ ca deveṣu kṛṣṇatvaṃ mānuṣeṣu ca // īśvarasya hi tasyemāṃ karmaṇāṃ gahanāṃ gatim saṃpratyatītāṃ bhāvyāṃ ca śṛṇu rājan yathātatham // avyakto vyaktaliṅgastho ya eṣa bhagavān prabhuḥ nārāyaṇo hy anantātmā prabhavo 'vyaya eva ca // eṣa nārāyaṇo bhūtvā harir āsīt sanātanaḥ brahmā śakraś ca somaś ca dharmaḥ śukro bṛhaspatiḥ // aditer api putratvam etya yādavanandanaḥ eṣa viṣṇur iti khyāta indrād avarajo 'bhavat // prasādajaṃ hy asya vibhor adityāṃ putrajanma tat vadhārthaṃ suraśatrūṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām // pradhānātmā purā hy eṣa brahmāṇam asṛjat prabhuḥ so 'sṛjat pūrvapuruṣaḥ purākalpe prajāpatīn // te tanvānās tanūs tatra brahmavaṃśān anuttamān tebhyo 'bhavan mahātmabhyo bahudhā brahma śāśvatam // etad āścaryabhūtasya viṣṇoḥ karmānukīrtanam kīrtitaṃ kīrtanīyasya kīrtyamānaṃ nibodha me // vṛtte vṛtravadhe tāta vartamāne kṛte yuge āsīt trailokyavikhyātaḥ saṃgrāmas tārakāmayaḥ // tatra sma dānavā ghorāḥ sarve saṃgrāmadarpitāḥ ghnanti devān sagandharvān sayakṣoragacāraṇān // te vadhyamānā vimukhāḥ kṣīṇapraharaṇā raṇe trātāraṃ manasā jagmur devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum // etasminn antare meghā nirvāṇāṅgāravarcasaḥ sārkacandragrahagaṇaṃ chādayanto nabhastalam // cañcadvidyudgaṇāviddhā ghorā nihrādakāriṇaḥ anyonyavegābhihatāḥ pravavuḥ sapta mārutāḥ // dīptatoyāśanīpātair vajravegānalānilaiḥ rarāsa ghorair utpātair dahyamānam ivāmbaram // petur ulkāsahasrāṇi petur ākāśagāny api nyubjāni ca vimānāni prapatanty utpatanti ca // caturyugāntaparyāye lokānāṃ yadbhayaṃ bhavet arūpavanti rūpāṇi tasminn utpātalakṣaṇe // tamasā niṣprabhaṃ sarvaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana timiraughaparikṣiptā na rejuś ca diṣo daśa // viveśa rūpiṇī kālī kālameghāvaguṇṭhitā dyaur na bhāty abhibhūtārkā ghoreṇa tamasā vṛtā // tān ghanaughān satimirān dorbhyāṃ vikṣipya sa prabhuḥ vapuḥ saṃdarśayām āsa divyaṃ kṛṣṇavapur hariḥ // balāhakāñjananibhaṃ balāhakatanūruham tejasā vapuṣā caiva kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇam ivācalam // dīptapītāmbaradharaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam dhūmāndhakāravapuṣaṃ yugāntāgnim ivotthitam // caturdviguṇapīnāṃsāṃ kirīṭacchannamūrdhajam cāmīkarakarāsaktam āyudhair upaśobhitam // candrārkakiraṇopetaṃ girikūṭam ivocchritam nandakānanditakaraṃ śarāśīviṣadhāriṇam // śakticitraṃ halodagraṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam viṣṇuśailaṃ kṣamāmūlaṃ śrīvṛkṣaṃ śārṅgaśṛṅgiṇam // haryaśvarathasaṃyukte suparṇadhvajaśobhite candrārkacakraracite mandarākṣadhṛtāntare // anantaraśmisaṃyukte durdarśe merukūbare tārakācitrakusume grahanakṣatravandhure // bhayeṣv abhayadaṃ vyomni devā daityaparājitāḥ dadṛśus te sthitaṃ devaṃ divyalokamaye rathe // te kṛtāñjalayaḥ sarve devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ jayaśabdaṃ puraskṛtya śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ // k: D6 S (except G4 M3) ins.: :k tuṣṭuvuś ca jagannāthaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim | jaya deva jagannātha jaya deva janārdana | jaya deva prabho viṣṇo jaya śaṅkhagadādhara | namas tubhyaṃ hṛṣīkeśa namo deva janārdana | ādideva jagannātha bhūtabhāvanabhāvana | namas tubhyaṃ prabho viṣṇo bhūtādipataye namaḥ | nama ādyāya bījāya puruṣāya namo namaḥ | namo 'stu te jagannātha namo bhūyo mahātmane | kiṃ vānena jagannātha namaskāreṇa keśava | rakṣa naḥ sakalān devān daityapāśavipāśitān | sa teṣāṃ tāṃ giraṃ śrutvā viṣṇur dayitadaivataḥ manaś cakre vināśāya dānavānāṃ mahāmṛdhe // ākāśe tu sthito viṣṇur uttamaṃ vapur āsthitaḥ uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ sapratijñam idaṃ vacaḥ // śāntiṃ vrajata bhadraṃ vo mā bhaiṣṭa marutāṃ gaṇāḥ jitā me dānavāḥ sarve trailokyaṃ pratigṛhyatām // te tasya satyasaṃdhasya viṣṇor vākyena toṣitāḥ devāḥ prītiṃ parāṃ jagmuḥ prāpyevāmṛtam uttamam // tatas tamaḥ saṃhriyate vineśuś ca balāhakāḥ pravavuś ca śivā vātāḥ prasannāś ca diśo daśa // suprabhāṇi ca jyotiṃṣi candraṃ cakruḥ pradakṣiṇam dīptimanti ca tejāṃsi cakrur arkaṃ pradakṣiṇam // na vigrahaṃ grahāś cakruḥ praseduś cāpi sindhavaḥ virajaskā babhur mārgā nākamārgādayas trayaḥ // yathārtham ūhuḥ sarito nāpi cukṣubhire 'rṇavāḥ āsañ śubhānīndriyāṇi narāṇām antarātmasu // maharṣayo vītaśokā vedānuccair adhīyire yajñeṣu ca haviḥ svādu śivam āpa ca pāvakaḥ // pravṛttadharmāḥ saṃvṛttā lokā muditamānasāḥ k: V2 ins.: :k sarve lokā mudānvitāḥ | babhūvur adhikāś caiva | k: K1 Ñ2 V2 D5 ins.: :k prītyā paramayā yuktā devadevasya bhūpateḥ | viṣṇor dattapratijñasya śrutvārinidhane giram // k: D6 T1.2.4 G ins.: :k nihanmi dānavāndṛptān yuṣmākaṃ vigrahaiḥ saha | k: T3 ins.: :k giraṃ te dānavān ugrān menire nihatān yudhi | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 33, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 24, 2000 :h tato bhayaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ śrutvā daiteyadānavāḥ udyogaṃ vipulaṃ cakrur yuddhāya yudhi durjayāḥ // mayas tu kāñcanamayaṃ trinalvāntaram avyayam catuścakraṃ suvapuṣaṃ sukalpitamahāyudham // kiṃkiṇījālanirghoṣaṃ dvīpicarmapariṣkṛtam racitaṃ ratnajālaiś ca hemajālaiś ca śobhitam // īhāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ pakṣibhiś ca virājitam divyāstratūṇīradharaṃ payodharanināditam // svakṣaṃ rathavarodāraṃ sūpastham agamopamam gadāparighasaṃpūrṇaṃ mūrtimantam ivārṇavam // hemakeyūravalayaṃ svarṇakuṇḍalakūbaram sapatākadhvajodagraṃ sādityam iva mandaram // gajendrāmbhodavapuṣaṃ kvacit kesaravarcasam yuktam ṛkṣasahasreṇa sahasrāmbudanāditam // dīptam ākāśagaṃ divyaṃ rathaṃ pararathārujam atiṣṭhat samarākāṅkṣī meruṃ dīpta ivāṃśumān // tāras tu kroṣavistāram āyasaṃ vāhayan ratham śailotkarimasaṃkāśaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam // kālalohāṣṭacaraṇaṃ loheṣāyugakūbaram timirodgārikiraṇaṃ garjantam iva toyadam // lohajālena mahatā sagavākṣeṇa daṃśitam āyasaiḥ parighaiḥ pūrṇaṃ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca mudgaraiḥ // prāsaiḥ pāśaiś ca vitatair avasaktaiś ca mudgaraiḥ śobhitaṃ trāsanīyaiś ca tomaraiḥ saparaśvadhaiḥ // udyataṃ dviṣatāṃ hetor dvitīyam iva mandaram yuktaṃ kharasahasreṇa so 'dhyārohad rathottamam // virocanas tu saṃkruddho gadāpāṇir avasthitaḥ pramukhe tasya sainyasya dīptaśṛṅga ivācalaḥ // yuktaṃ hayasahasreṇa hayagrīvas tu dānavaḥ syandanaṃ vāhayām āsa sapatnānīkamardanam // vyāyataṃ bahusahasraṃ dhanur visphārayan mahat varāhaḥ pramukhe tasthau sāvaroha ivācalaḥ // kṣaras tu vikṣaran darpān netrābhyāṃ roṣajaṃ jalam sphuraddantauṣṭhavadanaḥ saṃgrāmaṃ so 'bhyakāṅkṣata // tvaṣṭā tv aṣṭādaśahayaṃ yānam āsthāya dānavaḥ vyūhito dānavair vyūhaiḥ paricakrāma vīryavān // vipracittisutaḥ śvetaḥ śvetakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇaḥ śvetaśailapratīkāśo yuddhāyābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ // ariṣṭo baliputras tu variṣṭho 'driśilāyudhaḥ yuddhāyātiṣṭhad āyasto dharādhara ivāparaḥ // kiśoras tv atisaṃharṣāt kiśora iva coditaḥ abhavad daityasainyasya madhye ravir ivoditaḥ // lambas tu lambameghābhaḥ pralambāmbarabhūṣaṇaḥ daityavyūhagato bhāti sanīhāra ivāṃśumān // svarbhānurāsyayodhī tu daśanauṣṭhekṣaṇāyudhaḥ k: T3 ins.: :k pramukhe devasenāya rarāja girisaṃnibhaḥ | hasaṃs tiṣṭhati daityānāṃ pramukhe sumukho grahaḥ // anye hayagatā bhānti nāgaskandhagatāḥ pare siṃhavyāghragatāś cānye varāharkṣagatāḥ pare // kecit kharoṣṭrayātāraḥ kecit toyadavāhanāḥ nānāpakṣigatāḥ kecit kecit pavanavāhanāḥ // pattinas tv apare daityā bhīṣaṇā vikṛtānanāḥ ekapādā dvipādāś ca nanṛtur yuddhakaṅkṣiṇaḥ // prakṣveḍamānā bahavaḥ sphoṭayantaś ca dānavāḥ dṛptaśārdūlanirghoṣā nedur dānavapuṃgavāḥ // te gadāparighair ugrair dhanur vyāyāmaśālinaḥ bāhubhiḥ parighākārais tarjayanti sma dānavāḥ // prāsaiḥ pāśaiś ca khaḍgaiś ca tomarāṅkuśapaṭṭisaiḥ cikrīḍus te śataghnībhiḥ śitadhāraiś ca mudgaraiḥ // gaṇḍaśailaiś ca śailaiś ca parighaiś cottamāyudhaiḥ cakraiś ca daityapravarāś cakrur ānanditaṃ balam // k: K1.2 Ñ2 Dn1 D3.4 ins.: :k kāṅkṣanto vijayaṃ yuddhe dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ | evaṃ tad dānavaṃ sainyaṃ sarvaṃ yuddhamadotkaṭam devān abhimukhaṃ tasthau meghānīkam ivoddhatam // tadadbhutaṃ daityasahasragāḍhaṃ vāyvagnitoyāmbudaśailakalpam balaṃ raṇaughābhyudayābhyudīrṇaṃ yuyutsayonmattam ivābabhāse // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 34, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 25, 2000 :h śrutas te daityasainyasya vistaras tāta vigrahe surāṇāṃ sarvasainyasya vistaraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śṛṇu // ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca mahābalau sabalāḥ sānugāś caiva saṃnahyanta yathākramam // puruhūtas tu purato lokapālaḥ sahasradṛk grāmaṇīḥ sarvadevānām āruroha suradvipam // savye cāsya rathaḥ pārśve pakṣipravaravegavān sucārucakracaraṇo hemavajrapariṣkṛtaḥ // devagandharvayakṣaughair anuyātaḥ sahasraśaḥ dīptimadbhiḥ sadasyaiś ca brahmarṣibhir abhiṣṭutaḥ // vajravisphūrjitoddhūtair vidyudindrāyudhārpitaiḥ gupto balāhakagaṇaiḥ parvatair iva kāmagaiḥ // yam ārūḍhaḥ sa bhagavān paryeti maghavān gajam havir dhāneṣu gāyanti viprā makhamukhe sthitāḥ // svarge śakrānuyāteṣu devatūryānunādiṣu indraṃ samupanṛtyanti śataśo hy apsarogaṇāḥ // ketunā vaṃśarājena bhrājamāno yathā raviḥ yukto hayasahasreṇa manomārutaraṃhasā // sa syandanavaro bhāti yukto mātalinā tadā kṛtsnaḥ parivṛto merur bhāskarasyeva tejasā // yamas tu daṇḍam udyamya kālayuktaṃ ca mudgaram tasthau suragaṇānīke daityān nādena bhīṣayan // caturbhiḥ sāgarair gupto lelihadbhiś ca pannagaiḥ śaṅkhamuktāṅgadadharo bibhrat toyamayaṃ vapuḥ // k: M1.2 subst. for 12cd: :k śaṅkhamuktāmalatanuḥ śītībhūto 'yam ambupaḥ | kālapāśān samāvidhya hayaiḥ śaśikaropamaiḥ vāyvīritajalodgāraiḥ kurvaṃl līlāḥ sahasraśaḥ // pāṇḍuroddhūtavasanaḥ pravālarucirāṅgadaḥ maṇiśyāmottamavapur hārabhārārpitodaraḥ // varuṇaḥ pāśabhṛnmadhye devānīkasya tasthivān k: T3 subst. for 15ab: :k varuṇaḥ pāśahastaḥ san devānīke vyatiṣṭhata | yuddhavelām abhilaṣan bhinnavela ivārṇavaḥ // yakṣarākṣasasainyena guhyakānāṃ gaṇair api k: N (except Ś1) T1.3.4 G1.4 (G2 after 14ab) ins.: :k maṇiśyāmottamavapuḥ kubero naravāhanaḥ | yuktaś ca śaṅkhapadmābhyāṃ nidhīnām adhipaḥ prabhuḥ rājarājeśvaraḥ śrīmān gadāpāṇir adṛśyata // vimānayodhī dhanado vimāne puṣpake sthitaḥ sa rājarājaḥ śuśubhe yuddhārthī naravāhanaḥ prekṣamāṇaḥ śivasakhaḥ sākṣād iva śivaḥ svayam // k: G2 subst. for 17ef: :k kṣaumavāsāḥ śivaḥ sākṣāc chivarūpaḥ svayaṃ svayam | pūrvaṃ pakṣaṃ sahasrākṣaḥ pitṛrājas tu dakṣiṇam varuṇaḥ paścimaṃ pakṣam uttaraṃ naravāhanaḥ // caturṣu yuktāś catvāro lokapālā balotkaṭāḥ svāṃ svāṃ diśaṃ rarakṣus te tasya devabalasya ha // sūryaḥ saptāśvayuktena rathenāmbaragāminā śriyā jājvalyamānena dīpyamānaiś ca raśmibhiḥ // udayāstagacakreṇa meruparyantagāminā tridivadvāracitreṇa tapatā lokam avyayam // sahasraraśmiyuktena bhrājamānena tejasā cacāra madhye devānāṃ dvādaśātmā dineśvaraḥ // somaḥ śvetahayo bhāti syandane śītaraśmivān himatoyaprapūrṇābhir bhābhir āplāvayañ jagat // tam ṛkṣayogānugataṃ śiśirāṃśuṃ dvijeśvaram śaśacchāyāṅkitatanuṃ naiśasya tamasaḥ kṣayam // jyotiṣām īraṇaṃ vyomni rasānāṃ rasanaṃ prabhum oṣadhīnāṃ paritrāṇaṃ nidhānam amṛtasya ca // jagataḥ prathamaṃ bhāgaṃ saumyaṃ śaityamayaṃ rasam dadṛśur dānavāḥ somaṃ himapraharaṇaṃ sthitam // yaḥ prāṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pañcadhā bhidyate nṛṣu saptaskandhagato lokāṃs trīn dadhāra cacāra ca // yam āhur agner yantāraṃ sarvaprabhavam īśvaram saptasvaragatā yasya yonir gībhir udīryate // yaṃ vadanty uttamaṃ bhūtaṃ yaṃ vadanty aśarīriṇam yam āhur ākāśagamaṃ śīghragaṃ śabdayoninam // sa vāyuḥ sarvabhūtāyur uddhataḥ svena tejasā pravavau vyathayan daityān pratilomaḥ satoyadaḥ // maruto devagandharvā vidyādharagaṇaiḥ saha cikrīḍur asibhiḥ śubhrair nirmuktair iva pannagaiḥ // k: T3 subst. for 31cd: :k yakṣaiś ca sumahābhogaiḥ pannagair garuḍair api | sṛjantaḥ sarpapatayas tīvraṃ roṣamayaṃ viṣam śarabhūtāḥ surendrāṇāṃ cerur vyāttamukhā divi // parvatās tu śilāśṛṅgaiḥ śataśākhaiś ca pādapaiḥ upatasthuḥ suragaṇān prahartuṃ dānavaṃ balam // yaḥ sa devo hṛṣīkeśaḥ padmanābhas trivikramaḥ kṛṣṇavartmā yugāntābho viśvasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ // samudrayonir madhuhā havyabhuk kratusatkṛtaḥ bhūmyāpovyomabhūtātmā syāmaḥ śāntikaro 'rihā // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B1.2 Dn Ds D2-6 T1.3.4 G1.3.4 ins.: :k jagayonir jagadbījo jagadgurur udāradhīḥ | so 'rkam agnāv ivodyantam udyamyottamatejasam arighnam asurānīke cakraṃ cakragadādharaḥ saparīveṣam udyantaṃ savitur maṇḍalaṃ yathā // savyenālambya mahatīṃ sarvāsuravināśinīm kareṇa kālīṃ vapuṣā śatrukālapradāṃ gadām // śeṣair bhujaiḥ pradīptāni bhujagāridhvajaḥ prabhuḥ dadhārāyudhajātāni śārṅgādīni mahāyaśāḥ // sa kaśyapasyātmabhuvaṃ dvijaṃ bhujagabhojanam pavanādhikasaṃpātaṃ gaganakṣobhaṇaṃ khagam // bhujagendreṇa vadane niviṣṭena virājitam amṛtārambhanirmuktaṃ mandarādrim ivocchritam // devāsuravimardeṣu śataśo dṛṣṭavikramam mahendreṇāmṛtasyārthe vajreṇa kṛtalakṣaṇam // śikhinaṃ cūḍinaṃ caiva taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam vicitrapatravasanaṃ dhātumantam ivācalam // k: K1 Ñ2.3 V1 Ds2 D3-5 (K3 D2 after 41) ins.: :k tīkṣṇatuṇḍogranakharaṃ calatpakṣasamākulam | sphītakroḍāvalambena śītāṃśusamatejasā bhogibhogāvasaktena maṇiratnena bhāsvatā // pakṣābhyāṃ cārupatrābhyām āvṛtya divi līlayā yugānte sendracāpābhyāṃ toyadābhyām ivāmbaram // nīlalohitapītābhiḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtam ketuveṣapraticchannaṃ mahākāyaniketanam // aruṇāvarajaṃ śrīmān āruroha raṇe hariḥ k: Ñ3 V1 T3.4 ins.: :k sthitaḥ samaradurjeyo daityasainyaṃ vilokayan | suparṇaḥ svena vapuṣā suparṇaṃ khecarottamam // k: Ñ3 T4 ins.: :k dahaṃs tasthau surānīke daityān ativibhīṣayan | tam anvayur devagaṇā munayaś ca samāhitāḥ gīrbhiḥ paramamantrābhis tuṣṭuvuś ca gadādharam // k: T G M4 ins.: :k namas te 'stu hṛṣīkeśa jahi daityabalaṃ vibho | namas trimūrtaye tubhyaṃ haribrahmaśivātmane | namas traividyarūpāya ṛksāmayajuṣe namaḥ | namo 'stu yogicintyāya teṣāṃ yogapradāyine | namo vikalpaśūnyāya namo vijñaptirūpine | yaṃ ca jñānamayaṃ tejaḥ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | taṃ natāḥ sma jagannāthaṃ jahi daityagaṇān hare | tvāṃ stotuṃ hi vayaṃ deva śaktā varṣaśatair api | na hi deva jagannātha jayasva puruṣottama | itīritāṃ giriṃ śrutvā gantum abhyudyato hariḥ | tad vaiśravaṇasuśliṣṭaṃ vaivasvatapuraḥsaram vārirājaparikṣiptaṃ devarājavirājitam // candraprabhābhir vimalaṃ yuddhāya samavasthitam k: Ñ2.3 V1.3 ins.: :k yayau hitaṃ devapathaṃ dīptabhāskaratejasam | pavanāviddhanirghoṣaṃ saṃpradīptahutāśanam // viṣṇor jiṣṇoḥ sahiṣṇoś ca bhrājiṣṇos tejasā vṛtam balaṃ balavaduddhūtaṃ yuddhāya samavartata // svasty astu devebhya iti stuvaṃs tatrāṅgirābravīt k: T2, G1.3.5 subst. for 51ab: :k svasty astv iti stuvaṃs tatra devān āṅgiraso 'bravīt | svasty astu daityebhya iti uśanā vākyam abravīt // k: K1 subst. for 51cd: :k svasti daityebhya iti cāpy uśanā vākyam ādade | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 35, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 26, 2000 :h tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃjajñe tumulo vigrahas tadā surāṇām asurāṇāṃ ca parasparajayaiṣiṇām // k: After the ref., K1.3 Ñ2 V3 Dn Ds2 D2-6 ins.: :k sarvadevamayo yas tu sarvadharmamayas tu yaḥ | tasya viṣṇoḥ sureśasya tejasā vidhṛtāḥ surāḥ | sabalāḥ sānugāś caiva tridaśāś ca madotkaṭāḥ | prahartuṃ dānavaṃ sainyaṃ tarasā hi samabhyayuḥ | dānavā daivataiḥ sārdhaṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ samīyur yudhyamānā vai parvatā iva parvataiḥ // tatsurāsurasaṃyuktaṃ yuddham atyadbhutaṃ babhau dharmādharmasamāyuktaṃ darpeṇa vinayena ca // tato rathaiḥ prajvalitair vāhanaiś ca pracoditaiḥ utpatadbhiś ca gaganaṃ sāsihastaiḥ samantataḥ // kṣipyamāṇaiś ca musalaiḥ saṃpreṣyadbhiś ca sāyakaiḥ cāpair visphāryamāṇaiś ca pātyamānaiś ca mudgaraiḥ // tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulam jagatas trāsajananaṃ yugasaṃvartakopamam // svahastamuktaiḥ parighaiḥ kṣipramuktaiś ca parvataiḥ dānavāḥ samare jaghnur devān indrapurogamān // te vadhyamānā balibhir dānavair jitakāśibhiḥ viṣaṇṇamanaso devā jagmur ārtiṃ mahāmṛdhe // te 'strajālaiḥ pramathitāḥ parighair bhinnamastakāḥ bhinnoraskā ditisutair vemū raktaṃ vraṇair bahu // saṃditāḥ pāśajālaiś ca niryatnāś ca śaraiḥ kṛtāḥ praviṣṭā dānavīṃ māyāṃ na śekus te viceṣṭitum // tatstambhitam ivābhāti niṣprāṇasadṛśākṛti balaṃ surāṇām asurair niṣprayatnāyudhaṃ kṛtam // māyāpāśānvikarṣaṃś ca chindan vajreṇa tāñ śarān śakro daityabalaṃ ghoraṃ viveśa bahulocanaḥ // sa daityān pramukhe hatvā taddānavabalaṃ mahat tāmasenāstrajālena tamobhūtam athākarot // te 'nyonyaṃ nāvabudhyanta devān vā vāhanāni vā ghoreṇa tamasāviṣṭāḥ puruhūtasya tejasā // māyāpāśair vimuktās tu yatnavantaḥ surottamāḥ vapūṃṣi daityasaṃghānāṃ tamobhūtāny apātayan // apadhvastā visaṃjñāś ca tamasā nīlavarcasaḥ petus te dānavagaṇāś chinnapakṣā ivācalāḥ // tadghanībhūtadaityendram andhakāram ivārṇavam dānavaṃ devasadanaṃ tamobhūtam ivābabhau // tadāsṛjanmahāmāyāṃ mayas tāṃ tāmasīṃ dahan yugāntoddyotajananīṃ sṛṣṭām aurveṇa vahninā // sā dadāha tamaḥ sarvaṃ māyā mayavikalpitā daityāś cādityavapuṣaḥ sadya uttasthur āhave // māyām aurvīṃ samāsādya dahyamānā divaukasaḥ bhejire candraviṣayaṃ śītāṃśusalilahradam // te dahyamānā aurveṇa tejasā bhraṣṭatejasaḥ śaśaṃsur vajriṇe devāḥ saṃtaptāḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ // saṃtapte māyayā sainye dahyamāne ca dānavaiḥ codito devarājena varuṇo vākyam abravīt // purā brahmarṣijaḥ śakra tapas tepe sudāruṇam aurvaḥ pūrvaṃ sa tejasvī sadṛśo brahmaṇo guṇaiḥ // taṃ tapantam ivādityaṃ tapasā jagad avyayam upatasthur munigaṇā devā devarṣibhiḥ saha // hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva dānavo dāvaneśvaraḥ ṛṣiṃ vijñāpayām āsa purā paramatejasam // tam ūcur brahmaṝṣayo vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam ṛṣivaṃśeṣu bhagavañś chinnamūlam idaṃ kulam // ekas tvam anapatyaś ca gotrāpatyaṃ na vartate kaumāraṃ vratam āsthāya kleśam evānuvartase // bahūni vipra gotrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām ekadehāni tiṣṭhanti viviktāni vinā prajāḥ // dharatsūtsannabhūteṣu teṣu te nāsti kāraṇam bhavāṃs tu tapasā śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatisamadyutiḥ // tatpravartasva vaṃśāya vardhayātmānam ātmanā ādadhat svorjitaṃ tejo dvitīyāṃ kuru vai tanum // sa evam ukto munibhir munir manasi tāḍitaḥ jagarhe tān ṛṣigaṇān vacanaṃ cedam abravīt // yathāyaṃ śāśvato dharmo munīnāṃ vihitaḥ purā ārṣaṃ vai sevatāṃ karma vanyamūlaphalāśinaḥ // brahmayonau prasūtasya brāhmaṇasyātmavartinaḥ brahmacaryaṃ sucaritaṃ brahmāṇam api cālayet // dvijānāṃ vṛttayas tisro ye gṛhāśramavāsinaḥ asmākaṃ tu vanaṃ vṛttir vanyāśramanivāsinām // abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāś ca dantolūkhalinas tathā aśmakuṭṭā daśatapāḥ pañcasaptatapāś ca ye // ete tapasi tiṣṭhanto vratair api suduṣcaraiḥ brahmacaryaṃ puraskṛtya prārthayanti parāṃ gatim // brahmacaryād brāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidhīyate evam āhuḥ pare loke brahmacaryavido janāḥ // brahmacarye sthitaṃ dhairyaṃ brahmacarye sthitaṃ tapaḥ ye sthitā brahmacaryeṇa brāhmaṇā divi te sthitāḥ // nāsti yogaṃ vinā siddhir nāsti siddhiṃ vinā yaśaḥ nāsti loke yaśomūlaṃ brahmacaryāt paraṃ tapaḥ // yo nigṛhyendriyagrāmaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ ca pañcakam brahmacaryaṃ samādhatte kim ataḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ // ayoge keśadharaṇam asaṃkalpe vratakriyā brahmacaryaṃ ca caryā ca trayaṃ syād dambhasaṃjñitam // kva dārāḥ kva ca saṃyogaḥ kva ca bhāvaviparyayaḥ yad iyaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā manasā mānasī prajā // yady asti tapaso vīryaṃ yuṣmākam amitātmanām k: D5 ins.: :k mukhanetravikāreṇa sparśanair bhāṣaṇena ca | smaraṇaṃ sundarīṇāṃ ca manaso vikṛtiḥ purā | tasyām utpattim āsādya tasyāṃ bījaṃ ka āvehat | pāpātmā vikalo mūḍho bhavādṛśa iti śrutiḥ | smṛtvā brahmapadāt khinno dṛṣṭvā śukraṃ pramuñcati | sṛṣṭvā vidrāvayaty ātmā tasyāṃ bījaṃ ka āvahet | brahmacarye yadā bhūte bhaved yadi viniścayaḥ | prāṇino dadhati ke ratiṃ tato | yoṣitāṃ vapuṣi nirghṛṇe 'śucau | brahmacaryam aparaṃ suniścitāḥ | kurmahe yad abhikāṅkṣitaṃ hṛdi | sṛjadhvaṃ mānasān putrān prājāpatyena karmaṇā // manasā nirmitā yonir ādhātavyā tapasvinā na dārayogaṃ bījaṃ vā vratamuktaṃ tapasvinām // yad idaṃ luptadharmārthaṃ yuṣmābhir iha nirbhayaiḥ vyāhṛtaṃ sadbhir atyartham asadbhir iva me matam // vapur dīptāntarātmānam eṣa kṛtvā manomayam dārayogaṃ vinā srakṣye putram ātmatanūruham // evam ātmānam ātmā me dvitīyaṃ janayiṣyati vanyenānena vidhinā didhakṣantam iva prajāḥ // ūrvas tu tapasāviṣṭo niveśyoruṃ hutāśane mamanthaikena darbheṇa sutasya prabhavāraṇim // tasyoruṃ sahasā bhittvā jvālāmālī nirindhanaḥ jagato dahanākāṅkṣī putro 'gniḥ samapadyata // ūrvasyoruṃ vinirmidya aurvo nāmāntako 'nalaḥ didhakṣann iva lokāṃs trīñ jajñe paramakopanaḥ // utpannamātraś covāca pitaraṃ dīptayā girā kṣudhā me bādhate tāta jagad dhakṣye tyajasva mām // tridivārohibhir jvālair jṛmbhamāṇo diśo daśa nirdahan sarvabhūtāni vavṛdhe so 'ntako 'nalaḥ // etasminn anantare brahmā munim ūrvaṃ sabhājayan k: After 53a, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.3.4 G3-5 ins.: :k sarvalokapatiḥ prabhuḥ | ājagāma munir yatra vyasṛjat putram uttamam | sa dadarśorum ūrvasya dīpyamānaṃ sutāgninā | aurvakopāgnisaṃtaptāṃl lokāṃś ca ṛṣibhiḥ saha | tam uvāca tato brahmā | putredaṃ dhāryatāṃ tejo lokānāṃ kriyatāṃ dayā // asyāpatyasya te vipra kariṣye sāhyam uttamam vāsaṃ cāsya pradāsyāmi prāśanaṃ cāmṛtopamam tathyam etan mama vacaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara // k: T1.2 G M3.4 ins.: :k bhojanaṃ cāsya dāsyāmi yena prīto bhaviṣyati | dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yan me 'dya bhagavāñ śiśoḥ matim etāṃ dadātīha paramānugrahāya vai // prabhātakāle saṃprāpte kāṅkṣitavye samāgame bhagavaṃs tarpitaḥ putraḥ kair havyaiḥ prāpsyate sukham // kutra vāsya nivāsaḥ syād bhojanaṃ ca kimātmakam vidhāsyati bhavān asya vīryatulyaṃ mahaujasaḥ // vaḍavāmukhe 'sya vasatiḥ samudre vai bhaviṣyati mama yonir jalaṃ vipra tac ca me toyapaṃ mukham // tatrāham āse nirataḥ piban vārimayaṃ havaiḥ taddhavis tava putrasya visṛjāmy ālayaṃ ca tat // tato yugānte bhūtānām eṣa cāhaṃ ca suvrata sahitau vicariṣyāvo niṣprāṇanakarāv iha // eṣo 'gnir antakālasya salilāśī mayā kṛtaḥ dahanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām // evam astv iti so 'py agniḥ saṃvṛtajvālamaṇḍalaḥ praviveśārṇavamukhaṃ nikṣipya pitari prabhām // pratiyātas tato brahmā te ca sarve maharṣayaḥ aurvasyāgneḥ prabhāvajñāḥ svāṃ svāṃ gatim upāśritāḥ // hiraṇyakaśipur dṛṣṭvā tad adbhutam apūjayat aurvaṃ praṇatasarvāṅgo vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha // bhagavann adbhutam idaṃ nirvṛttaṃ lokasākṣikam tapasā te muniśreṣṭha parituṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ // ahaṃ tu tava putrasya tava caiva mahāvrata bhṛtya ity avagantavyaḥ ślāghyo 'smi yadi karmaṇā // taṃ mā paśya samāpannaṃ tavaivārādhane ratam yat sīdeyaṃ muniśreṣṭha tavaiva syātparājayaḥ // k: G3 ins.: :k śiṣyo 'smi te tapaḥśreṣṭha surebhyo me bhayaṃ nuda | dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya te 'haṃ gurur mataḥ nāsti te tapasānena bhayam adyeha suvrata // imāṃ ca māyāṃ gṛhṇīṣva mama putreṇa nirmitām nirindhanām agnimayīṃ duḥsparśāṃ pāvakair api // eṣā te svasya vaṃśasya vaśagārivinigrahe rakṣiṣyaty ātmapakṣaṃ ca parāṃś ca pradahiṣyati // evam astv iti tāṃ gṛhya praṇamya munipuṃgavam jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtārtho dānaveśvaraḥ // saiṣā durviṣahā māyā devair api durāsadā aurveṇa nirmitā pūrvaṃ pāvakenorvasūnunā // tasmiṃs tu vyutthite daitye nirvīyaiṣā na saṃśayaḥ śāpo hy asyāḥ purā dattaḥ sṛṣṭā yenaiva tejasā // yady eṣā pratihantavyā kartavyo bhagavān sukhī dīyatāṃ me sakhā śakra toyayonir niśākaraḥ k: N (except Ñ1) T1.3.4 G1.4 ins.: :k tenāhaṃ saha saṃgamya yādobhiś ca samāhitaḥ | māyām etāṃ haniṣyāmi tvatprasādān na saṃśayaḥ // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 36, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 27, 2000 :h evam astv iti saṃhṛṣṭaḥ śakras tridaśavardhanaḥ saṃdideśāgrataḥ somaṃ yuddhāya śiśirāyudham // gaccha soma sahāyatvaṃ kuru pāśadharasya vai asurāṇāṃ vināśāya jayārthaṃ ca divaukasām // tvam apratimavīryaś ca jyotiṣāṃ ceśvareśvaraḥ tvanmayaṃ sarvalokānāṃ rasaṃ rasavido viduḥ // kṣayavṛddhis tava vyaktā sāgare khe ca maṇḍale parivartasy ahorātraṃ kālaṃ jagati yojayan // lokacchāyāmayaṃ lakṣma tavāṅke śaśasaṃsthitam na viduḥ soma devāś ca ye ca nakṣatrayoginaḥ // tvam ādityapathād ūrdhvaṃ jyotiṣāṃ copari sthitaḥ tamaḥ protsārya vapuṣā bhāsayasy akhilaṃ jagat // śvetabhānur himatanur jyotiṣām adhipaḥ śaśī abdakṛt kālayogātmā ījyo yajñaraso 'vyayaḥ // oṣadhīśaḥ kriyāyonir abjayonir anuṣṇabhāk śītāṃśur amṛtādhāraś capalaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ // tvaṃ kāntiḥ kāntavapuṣāṃ tvaṃ somaḥ somavṛttinām saumyas tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ timiraghnas tvam ṛkṣarāṭ // tad gaccha tvaṃ sahānena varuṇena varūthinā śamayasvāsurīṃ māyāṃ yayā dahyāma saṃyuge // yan mā vadasi yuddhārthe devarāja varaprada eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇam // etān macchītanirdagdhān paśyasva himaveṣṭitān vimāyān vimadāṃś caiva daityasaṃghān mahāhave // tato himakarotsṛṣṭāḥ sabāṣpā himavṛṣṭayaḥ veṣṭayanti sma tān ghorān daityān meghagaṇā iva // tau pāśaśuklāṃśudharau varuṇendū mahāraṇe jaghnatur himapātaiś ca pāśapātaiś ca dānavān // dvāv ambunāthau samare tau pāśahimayodhinau mṛdhe ceratur ambhobhiḥ kṣubdhāv iva mahārṇavau // tābhyām āplāvitaṃ sainyaṃ tad dānavam adṛśyata jagatsaṃvartakāmbhodaiḥ pravṛttair iva saṃvṛtam // tāv udyatāṃśupāśau tu śaśāṅkavaruṇāv ubhau tāṃ māyāṃ śamayām āstāṃ devau daiteyanirmitām // śītāṃśujalanirdagdhāḥ pāśaiś ca prasitā mṛdhe na śekuś calituṃ daityā viśiraskā ivādrayaḥ // śītāṃśunihatās te tu petur daityā himārditāḥ himaplāvitasarvāṅgā niruṣmāṇa ivāgrayaḥ // teṣāṃ tu divi daityānāṃ viparītaprabhāṇi ha vimānāni vicitrāṇi prapatanty utpatanti ca // tān pāśahastagrathitāṃś chāditāñ śītaraśmibhiḥ mayo dadarśa māyāvī dānavān divi dānavaḥ // sa śilājālavitatāṃ gaṇḍaśailāṭṭahāsinīm pādapotkaṭakūṭāgrāṃ kandarākīrṇakānanām // siṃhavyāghragajākīrṇāṃ nadantīṃ dvipayūthapaiḥ īhāmṛgagaṇākīrṇāṃ pavanāghūrṇitadrumām // nirmitāṃ svena putreṇa krauñcena divi kāmagām prathitāṃ pārvatīṃ māyāṃ sasṛje sa samantataḥ // sāśmaśabdaiḥ śilāvarṣaiḥ prapatadbhiś ca pādapaiḥ nijaghne devasaṃghāṃs tān dānavāṃś cāpy ajīvayat // naiśākarī vāruṇī ca māye 'ntardadhatus tataḥ aśmabhiś cāyasaghanaiḥ kiraddevagaṇān raṇe // sāśmasaṃghātaviṣamā drumaparvatasaṃkaṭā abhavad dyaur asaṃhāryā pṛthivī parvatair iva // nānāhato 'śmabhiḥ kaścic chilābhiś cāpy atāḍitaḥ nāniruddho drumagaṇair devo 'dṛśyata saṃyuge // tad asaṃsrastadhanuṣaṃ bhagnapraharaṇāvilam niṣprayatnaṃ surānīkaṃ varjayitvā gadādharam // sa hi yuddhagataḥ śrīmān īśo na sma vyakampata sahiṣṇutvāj jagatsvāmī na cukrodha gadādharaḥ // kālajñaḥ kālameghābhaḥ samīkṣan kālam āhave devāsuravimardaṃ sa draṣṭukāmo janārdanaḥ // tato bhagavatādiṣṭau raṇe pāvakamārutau k: N (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins.: :k māyāyā mayasṛṣṭāyāḥ pravṛddhāyāḥ śamāya vai | tataḥ pravṛddhāv anyonyaṃ pravṛddhajvālaveginau | coditau viṣṇuvākyena tau māyām apakarṣatām // tābhyām udbhrāntameghābhyāṃ pravṛddhābhyāṃ mahāmṛdhe dagdhā sā pārvatī māyā bhasmabhūtā nanāśa ha // so 'nalo 'nilasaṃyuktaḥ so 'nilaś cānalākulaḥ daityasenāṃ dadahatur yugānteṣv iva mūrcchitau // vāyuḥ pradhāvitas tatra paścād agniś ca mārutāt ceratur dānavānīke krīḍantāv anilānalau // bhasmāvayavabhūteṣu prapatatsūtpatatsu ca dānavānāṃ vimāneṣu vimāneṣu samantataḥ // vātaskandhāpaviddheṣu kṛtakarmaṇi pāvake māyāvadhe vinirvṛtte stūyamāne gadādhare // niṣprayatneṣu daityeṣu trailokye muktabandhane saṃprahṛṣṭeṣu deveṣu sādhu sādhv iti sarvaśaḥ // jaye daśaśatākṣasya mayasya ca parājaye dikṣu sarvāsu śuddhāsu pravṛtte dharmasaṃstare // apāvṛte candrapathe svayanasthe divākare prakṛtistheṣu lokeṣu nṛṣu cāritrabandhuṣu // k: K1 D2 (after 39) ins.: :k virājamānā devās tu tato munigaṇaiḥ saha | abhinnabandhane mṛtyau hūyamāne hutāśane yajñaśobhiṣu deveṣu svargārthaṃ darśayatsu ca // lokapāleṣu sarveṣu dikṣu saṃyānavartiṣu bhāve tapasi śuddhānām abhāve pāpakarmaṇām // devapakṣe pramudite daityapakṣe viṣīdati tripādavigrahe dharme adharme pādavigrahe // apāvṛte mahādvāre vartamāne ca satpathe svadharmastheṣu varṇeṣu loke 'sminn āśrameṣu ca // prajārakṣaṇayukteṣu bhrājamāneṣu rājasu k: N (except Ś1) T2.4 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k gīyamānāsu gāthāsu devasaṃstavanādiṣu | praśāntakalmaṣe loke śānte tamasi dāruṇe // agnimārutayos tasmin vṛtte saṃgrāmakarmaṇi tanmayā vimalā lokās tābhyāṃ jayakṛtakriyāḥ // pūrvadevabhayaṃ śrutvā mārutāgnibhayaṃ mahat kālanemir iti khyāto dānavaḥ pratyadṛśyata // bhāskarākāramukuṭaḥ śiñjitābharaṇāṅgadaḥ mandarotkīrṇasaṃkāśo mahārajatasaṃvṛtaḥ // śatapraharaṇodagraḥ śatabāhuḥ śatānanaḥ śataśīrṣaḥ sthitaḥ śrīmāñ śataśṛṅga ivācalaḥ kakṣe mahati saṃvṛddho nidāgha iva pāvakaḥ // dhūmrakeśo hariśmaśrur daṃṣṭrālauṣṭhapuṭānanaḥ trailokyāntaravistāri dhārayan vipulaṃ vapuḥ // bāhubhis tulayan vyoma kṣipan padbhyāṃ mahīdharān īrayan mukhaniḥśvāsair vṛṣṭimanto balāhakān // tiryagāyataraktākṣaṃ mandarodagravakṣasam didhakṣantam ivāyāntaṃ sarvān devagaṇān mṛdhe // tarjayantaṃ suragaṇāṃś chādayantaṃ diśo daśa saṃvartakāle tṛṣitaṃ dṛptaṃ mṛtyum ivotthitam // sutalenocchrayavatā vipulāṅguliparvaṇā lambābharaṇapūrṇena kiṃcic calitavarmaṇā // ucchritenāgrahastena dakṣiṇena vapuṣmatā dānavān devanihatān uttiṣṭhata iti bruvan // taṃ kālanemiṃ samare dviṣatāṃ kālasaṃmitam vīkṣanti sma surāḥ sarve bhayavitrastalocanāḥ // taṃ sma vīkṣanti bhūtāni kramantaṃ kālaneminam trivikrame vikramantaṃ nārāyaṇam ivāparam // socchrayan prathamaṃ pādaṃ mārutāghūrṇitāmbaram prākrāmadasuro yuddhe trāsayan sarvadevatāḥ // sa mayenāsurendreṇa pariṣvaktaḥ kraman raṇe kālanemir babhau daityaḥ saviṣṇur iva mandaraḥ // atha pravivyathur devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ dṛṣṭvā kālam ivāyāntaṃ kālanemiṃ bhayāvaham // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 37, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 27, 2000 :h dānavānāṃ tu piprīṣuḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ vyavardhata mahātejās tapānte jalado yathā // taṃ trailoyāntaragataṃ dṛṣṭvā te dānaveśvarāḥ uttasthur apariśrāntāḥ prāpyevāmṛtam uttamam // te vītabhayasaṃtrāsā mayatārapurogamāḥ k: N (except Ñ1) T G1.3-5 ins.: :k tārakāmayasaṃgrāme satataṃ jitakāśinaḥ | rejur āyodhanagatā dānavā yuddhakaṅkṣiṇaḥ // mantram abhyasyataṃ teṣāṃ vyūhaṃ ca paridhāvatām prekṣatāṃ cābhavat prītir dānavaṃ kālaneminam // ye tu tatra mayasyāsan mukhyā yuddhapuraḥsarāḥ te'pi sarve bhayaṃ tyaktvā hṛṣṭā yoddhum upasthitāḥ // mayas tāro varāhaś ca hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān vipracittisutaḥ śvetaḥ kharalambāv ubhāv api // ariṣṭo baliputraś ca kiśorāṣṭrau tathaiva ca svarbhānuś cāmaraprakhyo vaktrayodhī mahāsuraḥ // ete 'straviduṣaḥ sarve sarve tapasi saṃsthitāḥ dānavāḥ kṛtino jagmuḥ kālaneminam uttamam // te gadābhiś ca gurvībhiś cakraiś ca saparaśvaghaiḥ kālakalpaiś ca musalaiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca mudgaraiḥ // aśmabhiś cāṭṭasadṛśair gaṇḍaśailaiś ca daṃśitaiḥ paṭṭisair bhiṇḍipālaiś ca parighaiś cottamāyasaiḥ // ghātanībhiś ca gurvībhiḥ śataghnībhis tathaiva ca yugair yantraiś ca nirmuktair argalaiś cāgratāḍitaiḥ // k: K1.3 ins.: :k dānavā yuddhadurdharṣāḥ saṃgrāmamukhataḥ sthitāḥ | dorbhiś cāyatapīnābhiḥ prāsaiḥ pāśaiś ca mudgaraiḥ sarpair lelihyamānaiś ca visarpadbhiś ca sāyakaiḥ // vajraiḥ praharaṇīyaiś ca dīpyadbhiś cāpi tomaraiḥ vikośaiś cāsibhis tīkṣṇaiḥ śūlaiś ca śitanirmalaiḥ // te vai saṃdīptamanasaḥ pragṛhītottamāyudhāḥ kālanemiṃ puraskṛtya tasthuḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani // sā dīptaśastrapravarā daityānāṃ śuśubhe camūḥ dyaur nimīlitanakṣatrā ghananīlāmbudāgame // devatānām api camūr mumude śakrapālitā dīptā śītoṣṇatejobhyāṃ candrabhāskaratejasā // vāyuvegavatī saumyā tārāgaṇapatākinī toyadāviddhavasanā grahanakṣatrahāsinī // yamendravaruṇair guptā dhanadena ca dhīmatā saṃpradīptāgnipavanā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇā // sā samudraughasadṛśī divyā devamahācamūḥ rarājāstravatī bhīmā yakṣagandharvaśālinī // tayoś camvos tadānīṃ tu babhūva sa samāgamaḥ dvāvāpṛthivyoḥ saṃyogo yathā syād yugaparyaye // tadyuddham abhavad ghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulam kṣamāparākramamayaṃ darpasya vinayasya ca // niścakramur balābhyāṃ tu tābhyāṃ bhīmāḥ surāsurāḥ pūrvāparābhyāṃ saṃrabdhāḥ sāgarābhyām ivāmbudāḥ // tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃhṛṣṭāś cerus te devadānavāḥ vanābhyāṃ pārvatīyābhyāṃ puṣpitābhyāṃ yathā gajāḥ // samājaghnus tato bherīḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuś ca naikaśaḥ sa dyāṃ divaṃ bhuvaṃ caiva diśaś ca samapūrayat // jyāghātatalanirghoṣo dhanuṣāṃ kūjitāni ca duṃdubhīnāṃ ca ninadā daityam antardadhuḥ svanam // te 'nyonyam abhisaṃpetuḥ pātayantaḥ parasparam babhañjur bāhubhir bāhūn dvaṃdvam anye yuyutsavaḥ // devatās tv aśanīr ghorāḥ parighāṃś cottamāyasān sasarjur ājau nistriṃśān gadā gurvīś ca dānavāḥ // gadānipātair bhagnāṅgā bāṇaiś ca śakalīkṛtāḥ paripetur bhṛśaṃ kecin nyubjāḥ kecic ca jajñire // tato rathaiḥ saturagair vimānaiś cāśugāmibhiḥ samīyus te susaṃrabdhā roṣād anyonyam āhave // saṃvartamānāḥ samare vivartantas tathāpare rathā rathair nirudhyante padātāś ca padātibhiḥ // teṣāṃ rathānāṃ tumulaḥ sa śabdaḥ śabdavāhinām nabhaḥ svasvāna hi yathā nabhasye jaladasvanaiḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) subst. for 31cd: :k babhūvātha prasaktānāṃ nabhasīva payomucām | babhañjire rathān kecit kecit saṃmṛditā rathaiḥ saṃbādham eke saṃprāpya na śekuś calituṃ rathāḥ // anyonyam anye samare dorbhyām utkṣipya darpitāḥ saṃhrādamānābharaṇā jaghnus tatrāsicarmiṇaḥ // astrair anye vinirbhinnā raktaṃ vemur hatā yudhi kṣarajjalānāṃ sadṛśā jaladānāṃ samāgame // tadastraśastragrathitaṃ kṣiptotkṣiptagadāvilam devadānavasaṃkṣubdhaṃ saṃkulaṃ yuddham ābabhau // taddānavamahāmeghaṃ devāyudhavirājitam anyonyabāṇavarṣaṃ tad yuddhadurdinam ābabhau // etasminn antare kruddhaḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ vyavardhata samudraughaiḥ pūryamāṇa ivāmbudaḥ // tasya vidyuccalāpīḍāḥ pradīptāśanivarṣiṇaḥ gātrān nāgaśiraḥprakhyā viniṣpetur balāhakāḥ // krodhān niḥśvasatas tasya bhrūbhedasvedavarṣiṇaḥ sāgniniṣpeṣapavanā mukhān niścerur arciṣaḥ // tiryag ūrdhvaṃ ca gagane vavṛdhus tasya bāhavaḥ pañcāsyāḥ kṛṣṇavapuṣo lelihanta ivoragāḥ // so 'strajālair bahuvidhair dhanurbhiḥ parighair api divyam ākāśam āvavre parvatair ucchritair iva // so 'niloddhūtavasanas tasthau saṃgrāmamūrdhani saṃdhyātapagrastaśikhaḥ sākṣān merur ivācalaḥ // ūruvegapratikṣiptaiḥ śailaśṛṅgāgrapādapaiḥ apātayad devagaṇān vajreṇeva mahāgirīn // bahubhiḥ śastranistriṃśaiś cchinnabhinnaśirorasaḥ na śekuś calituṃ devāḥ kālanemihatā yudhi // muṣṭibhir nihatāḥ kecit kecid dhi vidalīkṛtāḥ yakṣagandharvapatagāḥ petuḥ saha mahoragaiḥ // tena vitrāsitā devāḥ samare kālaneminā na śekur yatnavanto 'pi yatnaṃ kartuṃ vicetasaḥ // k: T G M4 ins.: :k jitvetthaṃ devatānīkaṃ gadām āvidhya dānavaḥ | airāvatagataṃ śakram uvācāsurasattamaḥ | āgacchāgaccha devendra nirjito 'si mayā raṇe | adyaprabhṛti devendro na tvaṃ bhavasi vṛtrahan | eṣa te gadayā śakra śiro bhetsyāmi paśyataḥ || adyaprabhṛti devendro dānavendro 'ham acyuta | bhaviṣyāmi na saṃdeho hatvā tvām ugrapauruṣam | iti bruvāṇaṃ samare vṛtrahā vajram ādade | jaghāna tarasā śakro vajreṇa hi sa dānavam | vajraṃ tadvakṣasi prāpya bahudhā samapadyata || aśaktaṃ vajram āsīt tu dānavaṃ hantum ojasā | punaḥ papāta sahasā śakrasyaiva tadā karam | kālanemis tu sahasā gadām ādāya yatnataḥ | airāvatasya rabhasā jaghānaikaṃ sa mastakam | sa vinirbhinnakumbhas tu papāta dharaṇītale || sasrāva rudhiraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ gajarājas tadā balī | punaś ca gadayā rājaṃs tadā samaramūrdhani | jaghāna dānavendras tu vṛtrahantāram ojasā | utsṛjya sahasā śakro gajarājaṃ puraṃdaraḥ | bhinnavarmāsthinicayo mukhāc choṇitam udvaman || papātorvyāṃ mahārāja kiṃcid viśramya bhūtale | utsṛjya sahasā śakraḥ svargalokaṃ mahīpate | manuṣyalokaṃ saṃprāpya mānuṣīṃ tanum āvrajat | tena śakraḥ sahasrākṣaḥ saṃditaḥ śarabandhanaiḥ airāvatagataḥ saṃkhye calituṃ na śaśāka ha // nirjalāmbhodasadṛśo nirjalārṇavasaprabhaḥ nirvyāpāraḥ kṛtas tena vipāśo varuṇo mṛdhe // k: T1.3.4 G5 ins.: :k agnimārutayor nāśaṃ kṛtvā sa ditijeśvaraḥ | jaghāna devarājam ca somaṃ varuṇam aśvinau | ādityavasurudrādīn aśeṣāṃś ca divaukasaḥ | tato 'tīva prakurvīta āpo vasur amitrahā | kālanemiṃ jaghānājau śaktyā guha ivāparaḥ || śaktyā nirbhinnahṛdayo dhātumān iva parvataḥ | susrāva rudhiraṃ bhūmau kālanemir mahāsuraḥ | tato 'tikrodhatāmrākṣaḥ śaktim udyamya vegavān | svaśaktyā tāḍayām āsa vasum urvyāṃ papāta saḥ | dhanadaś ca kṛtāntaś ca varuṇaś ca śacīpatiḥ || ekadaiva nijaghnus te sāyudhair anibarhaṇaiḥ | nivārya tāni śastrāṇi tāñ jaghāna pṛthak pṛthak | yamena preṣitaṃ daṇḍaṃ jagṛhe sa mahāsuraḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve lokapālā mahaujasaḥ | jaghāna vajreṇa ruvā devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ || vajreṇa nihato daityo na cakampe girir yathā | punar vajreṇa taṃ daityam indro mārutavartmani | sthitas tadā jṛmbhaṇena jigīrṇe sāyudhaṃ hariḥ | praviveśa susūkṣmeṇa kukṣiṃ rūpeṇa vṛtrahā | tatkṣaṇād eva devendraḥ pārśvaṃ nirbhidya niryayau || kavacenābhiguptaḥ sa nārāyaṇamayena ca | tataḥ śūlam amoghaṃ tu śaṃkaro hantum ādade | prajāpatir uvācedaṃ mayā dattavaro balī | na śūlena na cānyena hantuṃ śakyo mahāsuraḥ | śūlaṃ etad amoghaṃ ca mā prayuñkṣva mahāsure || ity uktaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sa saṃjahārāyudhaṃ svakam | etasminn antare devāḥ kālanemibhayāturāḥ | ūcuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ mahātmāno gīrbhiḥ stutvā janārdanam | k: After line 14 of *518, T1 ins.: :k mumucuḥ svāni śastrāṇi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ | raṇe vaiśravaṇas tena parighaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ vilapaṃl lokapāleśas tyājito dhanadakriyām // k: T3 subst. for 49cd: :k tadaiva lokapālāś ca nihatās tena saṃyugam | yamaḥ sarvaharas tena mṛtyupraharaṇo raṇe yāmyām avasthām amaro nītaḥ svāṃ diśam āviśat // k: T G ins.: :k lokapālās tu te sarve mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthitāḥ | vihāya svapadaṃ rājan vivadanti sma mānuṣe | sa lokapālān utsādya hṛtvā teṣāṃ ca karma tat dikṣu sarvāsu dehaṃ svaṃ caturdhā vidadhe tadā // sa nakṣatrapathaṃ gatvā divyaṃ svarbhānudarśitam jahāra lakṣmīṃ somasya taṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ mahat // cālayāmāsa dīptāṃśuṃ svargadvārāt sa bhāskaram sāyanaṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ jahāra dinakarma ca // so 'gniṃ devamukhe dṛṣṭvā cakārātmamukheśayam vāyuṃ ca tarasā jitvā cakārātmavaśānugam // sa samudrān samānīya sarvāś ca sarito balāt cakārātmavaśe vīryād dehabhūtāś ca sindhavaḥ // āpaḥ sa vaśagāḥ kṛtvā divijātāś ca bhūmijāḥ sthāpayām āsa jagatīṃ suguptāṃ dharaṇīdharaiḥ // sa svayaṃbhūr ivābhāti mahābhūtapatir mahān sarvalokamayo daityaḥ sarvalokabhayāvahaḥ // sa lokapālaikavapuś candrasūryagrahātmavān pāvakānilasaṃghāto rarāja yudhi dānavaḥ // pārameṣṭhye sthitaḥ sthāne lokānāṃ prabhavāpyaye taṃ tuṣṭuvur daityagaṇā devā iva pitāmaham // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 38, transliterated by Atul Agarwala, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of March 2, 2000 :h pañca taṃ nābhyavartanta viparītena karmaṇā vedo dharmaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ śrīś ca nārāyaṇāśrayā // sa teṣām anupasthānāt sakrodho dānaveśvaraḥ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam anvicchan yayau nārāyaṇāntikam // sa dadarśa suparṇasthaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam dānavānāṃ vināśāya bhrāmayantaṃ gadāṃ śubhām // sajalāmbhodasadṛśaṃ vidyutsadṛśavāsasam svārūḍhaṃ svarṇapatrāḍhyaṃ śikhinaṃ kāśyapaṃ khagam // dṛṣṭvā daityavināśāya raṇe svastham avasthitam dānavo viṣṇum akṣobhyaṃ babhāṣe kṣubdhamānasaḥ // ayaṃ sa ripur asmākaṃ pūrveṣāṃ dānavarṣiṇām arṇavāvāsinaś caiva madhor vai kaiṭabhasya ca // ayaṃ sa vigraho 'smākam aśāmyaḥ kila kathyate yena naḥ saṃyugeṣv adya bahavo dānavā hatāḥ // ayaṃ sa nirghṛṇo yuddhe strībālanirapatrapaḥ yena dānavanārīṇāṃ sīmantoddharaṇaṃ kṛtam // ayaṃ sa viṣṇur devānāṃ vaikuṇṭhaś ca divaukasām ananto bhoginām apsu svayaṃbhūś ca svayaṃbhuvaḥ // ayaṃ sa nātho devānām asmābhir viprakṛṣyatām asya krodhaṃ samāsādya hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ // asya cchāyāṃ samāśritya devā makhamukhe sthitāḥ ājyaṃ maharṣibhir dattam aśnuvanti tridhā hutam // ayaṃ sa nidhane hetuḥ sarveṣāṃ daitavadviṣām asya cakraṃ praviṣṭāni kulāny asmākam āhave // ayaṃ sa kila yuddheṣu surārthe tyaktajīvitaḥ savitus tejasā tulyaṃ cakraṃ kṣipati śatruṣu // ayaṃ sa kālo daityānāṃ kālabhūte mayi sthite atikrāntasya kālasya phalaṃ prāpsyati durmatiḥ // diṣṭyedānīṃ samakṣaṃ me viṣṇur eṣa samāgataḥ adya madbāṇaniṣpiṣṭo mayy eva praṇamiṣyati // yāsyāmy apacitiṃ diṣṭyā pūrveṣām adya saṃyuge imaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ hatvā dānavānāṃ bhayāvaham // kṣipram eva vadhiṣyāmi raṇe nārāyaṇaṃ śairaiḥ jātyantaragato hy eṣa mṛdhe bādhati dānavān // eṣo 'ntakaḥ purā bhūtvā padmanābha iti smṛtaḥ jaghānaikārṇave ghore tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau // k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D4.6 ins.: :k viniveśya svake ūrau nihatau dānaveśvarau | dvidhābhūtaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā siṃhārdhaṃ narasaṃsthitam pitaraṃ me jaghānaiko hiraṇyakaśipuṃ purā // śubhaṃ garbham adhattainam aditir devatāraṇiḥ k: Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D4.6 T2 G M4 ins.: :k yajñakāle baler yo vai kṛtvā vāmanarūpatām | trīṃl lokāṃś ca jahāraiṣa kramamāṇas tribhiḥ kramaiḥ // bhūyas tv idānīṃ samare saṃprāpte tārakāmaye mayā saha samāgamya sadevo vinaśiṣyati // sa evam uktvā bahudhā kṣipan nārāyaṇaṃ raṇe vāgbhir apratirūpābhir yuddham evābhyarocayat // kṣipyamāṇo 'surendreṇa ya cukopa gadādharaḥ kṣamābalena manasā sasmitaṃ vākyam abravīt // alaṃ darpabalaṃ daitya sthiraṃ matkrodhajaṃ balam hatas tvaṃ darpajair doṣaiḥ kṣamāṃ yo 'tītya bhāṣase // adhamas tvaṃ mama mato dhig etat tava vāgbalam na tatra puruṣāḥ santi yatra garjanti yoṣitaḥ // ahaṃ tvāṃ daitya paśyāmi pūrveṣāṃ mārgagāminam prajāpatikṛtaṃ setuṃ ko bhittvā svastimān vrajet // adya tvāṃ nāśayiṣyāmi devavyāghātakāriṇam sveṣu sveṣu ca sthāneṣu sthāpayiṣyāmi devatāḥ // evaṃ bruvati vākyaṃ tu mṛdhe śrīvatsadhāriṇi jahāsa dānavaḥ krodhād dhastāṃś cakre ca sāyudhān // sa bāhuśatam udyamya sarvāstragrahaṇaṃ raṇe krodhād rudhiraraktākṣo viṣṇor vakṣasy atāḍayat // dānavāś cāpi samare mayatārapurogamāḥ udyatāyudhanistriṃśāḥ sarve viṣṇum abhidravan // sa tāḍyamāno 'tibalair daityaiḥ sarvāyudhodyataiḥ na cacāla harir yuddhe 'kampyamāna ivācalaḥ // saṃsaktaś ca suparṇena kālanemir mahāsuraḥ sarvaprāṇena mahatīṃ gadām udyamya bāhubhiḥ mumoca jvalitāṃ ghorāṃ saṃrabdho garuḍopari // karmaṇā tena daityasya viṣṇur vismayam āgamat k: T1.2 G3-5 M G1.2 (after 32) ins.: :k sa tena tāḍitaḥ pakṣī cacāla ca punaḥ punaḥ | hariṇā vardhitabalo na moham upagacchati | yena tasya suparṇasya patitā mūrdhni sā gadā // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V B D (except D1) T3.4 ins.: :k tadāgamat padā bhūmiṃ pakṣī vyathitavigrahaḥ | k: Ñ2 V3 Dn D5.6 cont.: :k loṣṭaiḥ sarṣṭiśilābhiś ca vajrapraharaṇais tataḥ | jaghnus te samare viṣṇuṃ gopālaṃ ca mahāraṇe | bhramantaṃ ghūrṇamānaṃ ca stutiṃ devāḥ pracakrire | jaya deva mahābāho madhukaiṭabhanāśana | hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣo nakhalāṅgaladāraṇa | uttasthau ca raṇād viṣṇur amaraiḥ saṃstutaḥ purā | hataṃ viṣṇuṃ samājñāya śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau sa dānavaḥ | mṛdaṅgāṃś ca tridhā tatra vādayanto mahāsurāḥ | tālāśrayāś ca nanṛtur mahotsava ivābabhau | suparṇaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣataṃ ca vapur ātmanaḥ krodhāt saṃraktanayano vaikuṇṭhaś cakramādade // vyavardhata ca vegena suparṇena samaṃ vibhuḥ bhujāś cāsya vyavardhanta vyāpnuvanto diśo daśa // sa diśaḥ pradiśaś caiva khaṃ ca gāṃ caiva pūrayan vavṛdhe sa punar lokān krāntukāma ivaujasā // taṃ jayāya surendrāṇāṃ vardhamānaṃ nabhastale ṛṣayaḥ saha gandharvais tuṣṭuvur madhusūdanam // k: T G1-3.5 M4 ins.: :k namo 'stu devadeveśa śaṅkhacakragadādhara | viṣṇo kṛṣṇa hṛṣīkeśa jahi daityaṃ mahābalam | namas tubhyaṃ virūpākṣa śaṃkarasya jagatpate | pāhi naḥ sakalān asmāñ jahi daityaṃ mahābalam | sa dyāṃ kirīṭena likhan sābhram ambaram ambaraiḥ padbhyām ākramya vasudhāṃ diśaḥ pracchādya bāhubhiḥ // sa sūryakaratulyābhaṃ sahasrāram arikṣayam dīptāgnisadṛśaṃ ghoraṃ darśanīyaṃ sudarśanam // suvarṇareṇuparyantaṃ vajranābhaṃ bhayāvaham medosthimajjārudhiraiḥ siktaṃ dānavasaṃbhavaiḥ // advitīyaṃ prahāreṣu kṣuraparyantamaṇḍalam sragdāmamālāvitataṃ kāmagaṃ kāmarūpiṇam // svayaṃ svayaṃbhuvā sṛṣṭaṃ bhayadaṃ sarvavidviṣām maharṣiroṣair āviṣṭaṃ nityam āhavadarpitam // kṣepaṇādyasya muhyanti lokāḥ sasthāṇujaṃgamāḥ kravyādāni ca bhūtāni tṛptiṃ yānti mahāmṛdhe // tam apratimakarmāṇaṃ samānaṃ sūryavarcasā cakram udyasya samare krodhadīpto gadādharaḥ // saṃmuṣṇan dānavaṃ tejaḥ samare svena tejasā ciccheda bāhūṃś cakreṇa śrīdharaḥ kālaneminaḥ // tac ca vaktraśataṃ ghoraṃ sāgnicūrṇāṭṭahāsi yat tasya daityasya cakreṇa pramamātha balād dhariḥ // sa cchinnabāhur viśirā na prākampata dānavaḥ kabandhāvasthitaḥ saṃkhye viśākha iva pādapaḥ // taṃ vitatya mahāpakṣau vāyoḥ kṛtvā samaṃ javam urasā pātayām āsa garuḍaḥ kālaneminam // sa tasya deho vimukho viśākhaḥ khāt paribhraman nipapāta divaṃ tyaktvā kṣobhayan dharaṇītalam // tasmin nipatite daitye devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tadā sādhu sādhv iti vaikuṇṭhaṃ sametāḥ pratyapūjayan // apare ye tu daityā vai yuddhe dṛṣṭaparākramāḥ te sarve bāhubhir vyāptā na śekuś calituṃ raṇe // kāṃścit keśeṣu jagrāha kāṃścit kaṇṭhe nyapīḍayat pāṭayan kasyacid vaktraṃ madhye kāṃścid agṛhyata // te gadācakranirdagdhā gatasattvā gatāsavaḥ gaganād bhraṣṭasarvāṅgā nipetur dharaṇītale // teṣu sarveṣu daityeṣu hateṣu puruṣottamaḥ tasthau śakrapriyaṃ kṛtvā kṛtakarmā gadādharaḥ // tasmin vimarde nirvṛtte saṃgrāme tārakāmaye taṃ deśam ājagāmāśu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ // sarvair brahmarṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ gandharvaiḥ sāpsarogaṇaiḥ devadevo hariṃ devaṃ pūjayan vākyam abravīt // kṛtaṃ deva mahatkarma surāṇāṃ śalyam uddhṛtam vadhenānena daityānāṃ vayaṃ ca paritoṣitāḥ // yo 'yaṃ tvayā hato viṣṇo kālanemir mahāsuraḥ tvam eko 'sya mṛdhe hantā nānyaḥ kaścana vidyate // eṣa devān paribhavaṃl lokāṃś ca sacarācarān ṛṣīṇāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtvā mām api pratigarjati // tad anena tavogreṇa parituṣṭo 'smi karmaṇā yad ayaṃ kālatulyābhaḥ kālanemir nipātitaḥ // tadāgacchasva bhadraṃ te gacchāma divam uttamam brahmarṣayas tvāṃ tatrasthāḥ pratīkṣante sadogatāḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins.: :k ahaṃ maharṣayaś caiva tatra tvāṃ vadatāṃ vara | vidhivac cārcayiṣyanti gīrbhir divyābhir acyuta | kiṃ cāhaṃ tava dāsyāmi varaṃ varabhṛtāṃ vara sureṣv api sadaityeṣu varāṇāṃ varado bhavān // niryātayaitat trailokyaṃ sphītaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam asminn eva mṛdhe viṣṇo śakrāya sumahātmane // evam ukto bhagavatā brahmaṇā harir īśvaraḥ devāñ śakramukhān sarvān uvāca śubhayā girā // śrūyatāṃ tridaśāḥ sarve yāvantaḥ stha samāgatāḥ śravaṇāvahitair devaiḥ puraskṛtya puraṃdaram // asmin naḥ samare sarve kālanemimukhā hatāḥ dānavā vikramopetāḥ śakrād api mahattarāḥ // asmin mahati saṃkrande dvāv eva tu viniḥsṛtau vairocaniś ca daityendraḥ svarbhānuś ca mahāgrahaḥ // tad iṣṭāṃ bhajatāṃ śakro diśaṃ varuṇa eva ca yāmyāṃ yamaḥ pālayatām uttarāṃ ca dhanādhipaḥ // ṛkṣaiḥ saha yathāyogaṃ kālaṃ caratu candramāḥ abdaṃ hy ṛtumukhaṃ sūryo bhajatām ayanaiḥ saha // ājyabhāgāḥ pravartantāṃ sadasyair abhipūjitāḥ hūyantām agnayo viprair vedadṛṣṭena karmaṇā // devāś ca balihomena svādhyāyena maharṣayaḥ śrāddhena pitaraś caiva tṛptiṃ yāntu yathāsukham // vāyuś caratu mārgasthas tridhā dīpyatu pāvakaḥ trayo varṇāś ca lokāṃs trīṃs tarpayantv ātmajair guṇaiḥ // kratavaḥ saṃpravartantāṃ dīkṣaṇīyair dvijātibhiḥ dakṣiṇāś cāpi vartantāṃ yathoktaṃ sarvasatriṇām // gāś ca sūryo rasān somo vāyuḥ prāṇāṃś ca prāṇiṣu tarpayantaḥ pravartantāṃ śivaiḥ saumyaiś ca karmabhiḥ // yathāvad anupūrveṇa mahendra salilodvahāḥ trailokyamātaraḥ sarvāḥ sāgaraṃ yāntu nimnagāḥ // daityebhyas tyajyatāṃ bhītiḥ śāntiṃ vrajata devatāḥ svasti vo 'stu gamiṣyāmi brahmalokaṃ sanātanam // svagṛhe svargaloke vā saṃgrāme vā viśeṣataḥ visrambho vo na gantavyo nityaṃ kṣudrā hi dānavāḥ // chidreṣu praharanty ete na caiṣāṃ saṃsthitir dhruvā saumyānām ṛjubhāvānāṃ bhavatāṃ cārjavā matiḥ // k: N(except Ś1 Ñ1) S(except M1-3) ins.: :k ahaṃ tu duṣṭabhāvānāṃ yuṣmāsu sudurātmanām | asamyag vartamānānāṃ mohaṃ dāsyāmi devatāḥ | yadā ca sudurādharṣaṃ dānavebhyo bhayaṃ bhavet | tadā samupagamyāśu vidhāsye vas tato 'bhayam | evam uktvā suragaṇān viṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ jagāma brahmaṇā sārdhaṃ brahmalokaṃ mahāyaśāḥ // etad āścaryam abhavat saṃgrāme tārakāmaye dānavānāṃ ca viṣṇoś ca yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 39, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of July 20, 2001 :h brahmaṇā devadevena sārdhaṃ salilayoninā brahmalokaṃ gato brahman vaikuṇṭhaḥ kiṃ cakāra ha // kimarthaṃ cādidevena nītaḥ salilayoninā viṣṇur daityavadhe vṛtte devair akṛtasatkriyaḥ // brahmaloke ca kiṃ sthānaṃ kaṃ vā yogam upāsta saḥ kaṃ vā dadhāra niyamaṃ sa vibhur bhūtabhāvanaḥ // kathaṃ tatrāsatas tasya viśvaṃ jagad idaṃ mahat śriyam āpnoti vipulāṃ surāsuranarārcitām // kathaṃ svapiti gharmānte budhyate cāmbudakṣaye kathaṃ ca brahmalokastho dhuraṃ vahati laukikīm // caritaṃ tasya viprendra divyaṃ bhagavato divi vistareṇa yathātattvaṃ sarvam icchāmi veditum // śṛṇu nārāyaṇasyādau vistareṇa pravṛttayaḥ brahmalokaṃ yathārūḍho brahmaṇā saha modate // kāmaṃ tasya gatiḥ sūkṣmā devair api durānugā yat tu śakṣyāmy ahaṃ vaktuṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu // eṣa lokamayo devo lokāś caitan mayāstrayaḥ eṣa devamayaś caiva devāś caitan mayā divi // devena vardhate yad dhi sarvaṃ tad dhi janārdanāt yat pravṛttaṃ ca devebhyas tad viddhi madhusūdanāt // agnīṣomamayaṃ lokaṃ yaṃ vidur viduṣo janāḥ taṃ somam agniṃ lokaṃ ca veda viṣṇuṃ pitāmahaḥ // kṣīrād yathā dadhi bhaved dadhnaḥ sarpir yathā bhavet mathyamāneṣu bhūteṣu tathā loko janārdanāt // yathendriyaiś ca bhūtaiś ca paramātmā vidhīyate tathā vedaiś ca devaiś ca lokaiś ca vidito hariḥ // yathā bhūtendriyāvāptir vihitā bhuvi dehinām tathā prāṇeśvarāvāptir devānāṃ divi vaiṣṇavī // satriṇāṃ satraphaladaḥ pavitraṃ paramātmavān lokatantradharo hy eva mantrair mantra ivārcyate // asya pāraṃ na paśyanti bahavaḥ pāratantriṇaḥ eṣa pāraṃ paraṃ caiva lokānāṃ veda mādhavaḥ // asya devān dhakārasya mārgitavyasya daivataiḥ śṛṇu vai yat tadā vṛttaṃ brahmaloke purātanam // sa gatvā brahmaṇo lokaṃ dṛṣṭvā paitāmahaṃ padam vavande tān ṛṣīn sarvān viṣṇur ārṣeṇa karmaṇā // so 'gniṃ prāk savane dṛṣṭvā hūyamānaṃ maharṣibhiḥ avandata mahātejāḥ kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ vidhim // sa dadarśa makheṣv ājyair ijyamānaṃ maharṣibhiḥ bhāgaṃ yajñiyam aśnānaṃ svadeham aparaṃ sthitam // abhivādyābhivādyānām ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavarcasām paricakrāma so 'cintyo brahmalokaṃ sanātanam // sa dadarśocchritān yūpāṃś caṣālāgravibhūṣitān makheṣu ca brahmarṣibhiḥ śataśaḥ kṛtalakṣaṇān // ājyadhūmaṃ samāghrāya śṛṇvan vedān dvijeritān yajñair ijyantam ātmānam paśyaṃs tatra cacāra ha // tam ūcur ṛṣayo devāḥ sadasyāḥ sadasi sthitāḥ arghyodyatabhujāḥ sarve pavitrān taritānanāḥ // svāgataṃ te suraśreṣṭha padmanābha mahādyute k: Ś1 ins.: :k namo 'stu te hṛṣīkeśa madhukaiṭabhasūdana | dāmodara namas te 'stu padmapatrāyatekṣaṇa || prabhus tvaṃ sarvadevānāṃ lokānāṃ prabhur avyayaḥ | tvaṃ yajñas tvaṃ vaṣaṭkāras tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | idaṃ yajñiyam ātithyaṃ mantrataḥ pratigṛhyatām // tvam asya yajñapūtasya pātraṃ pādyasya pāvanaḥ atithis tvaṃ hi mantroktaḥ sa dṛṣṭaḥ satataṃ mataḥ // tvayi yoddhu gate viṣṇo na prāvartanta naḥ kriyāḥ avaiṣṇavasya yajñasya na hi karma vidhīyate // sadakṣiṇasya yajñasya tvatprasūtaṃ phalaṃ bhavet k: T3 subst. for 28ab: :k sadakṣiṇamahāyajñās tvatprasūtir janārdana | yady ātmānam ihāsmābhir ijyamānaṃ nirīkṣase // evam astv iti tān viprān bhagavān pratyapūjayat mumude brahmalokastho brahmaiva hi pitāmahaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 40, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of September 16, 2002 :h ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitas tais tu viveśa harir īśvaraḥ paurāṇaṃ brahmasadanaṃ divyaṃ nārāyaṇāśramam // sa tatra viviśe hṛṣṭas tān āmantrya sadogatān praṇamya cādidevāya brahmaṇe padmayonaye // svena nāmnā parijñātaṃ sa taṃ nārāyaṇāśramam praviśann eva bhagavān āyudhāni vyasarjayat // sa tatrāmbupatiprakhyaṃ dadarśālayam ātmanaḥ svadhiṣṭhitaṃ bhūtagaṇaiḥ śāśvataiś ca maharṣibhiḥ // saṃvartakāmbudopetaṃ nakṣatrasthānasaṃkulam timiraughaparikṣiptam apradhṛṣyaṃ surāsuraiḥ // na tatra viṣayo vāyor nendor nāpi vivasvataḥ vapuṣā padmanābhasya sa deśas tejasā vṛtaḥ // sa tatra praviśann eva jaṭābhāraṃ samudvahan sa sahasraśirā bhūtvā śayanāyopacakrame // lokānām antakālajñā kālī nayanaśālinī upatasthe mahātmānaṃ nidrā taṃ kālarūpiṇī // k: K1 ins.: :k viśvasya jagataḥ prabhum | nārāyaṇaṃ viśvabījam | sa śiśye śayane divye samudrāmbhodaśītale harir ekārṇavoktena vratena vratināṃ varaḥ // taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhavāya jagataḥ prabhum upāsāṃ cakrire viṣṇuṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tadā // tasya suptasya śuśubhe nābhimadhyāt samutthitam ādyasya sadanaṃ padmaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sūryasaṃnibham // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-5 T1.3.4 G3.5 ins.: :k sahasrapatraṃ varṇāḍhyaṃ sukumāraṃ vibhūṣitam | brahmasūtrodyatakaraḥ svapann eva mahāmuniḥ āvartayati lokānāṃ sarveṣāṃ kālaparyayam // vivṛtāt tasya vadanān niḥśvāsapavaneritāḥ prajānāṃ paṅktayo hy oghair niṣpatanti viśanti ca // te sṛṣṭāḥ prāṇinām oghā vibhaktā brahmaṇā svayam caturdhā svāṃ gatiṃ jagmuḥ kṛtāntoktena karmaṇā // na taṃ veda svayaṃ brahmā nāpi brahmarṣayo 'vyayāḥ viṣṇuṃ nidrāmayaṃ yogaṃ praviṣṭaṃ tamasāvṛtam // te tu brahmarṣayaḥ sarve pitāmahapurogamāḥ na vidus taṃ kvacit suptaṃ kvacid āsīnam āsane // jāgarti ko 'tra kaḥ śete kaḥ śvasan kaś ca neṅgate ko bhogavān ko dyutimān kṛṣṇāt kṛṣṇataraś ca kaḥ // vimṛśanti sma taṃ devaṃ divyābhir upapattibhiḥ k: S (except T3.4) ins.: :k vākyair brahmapadaiś cāpi pramāṇaiḥ sarvalakṣaṇaiḥ | na cainaṃ śekur anveṣṭuṃ karmato janmato 'pi vā // kathābhis tatpradiṣṭābhir ye tasya caritaṃ viduḥ purāṇaṃ taṃ purāṇeṣu ṛṣayaḥ saṃpracakṣate // śrūyate cāsya caritaṃ deveṣv api purātanam mahāpurāṇāt prabhṛti paraṃ tasya na vidyate // k: M1-3 subst. for 20cd: :k tat purāṇād ṛte tasya caritaṃ naiva vidyate | yac cāsya veda vedo 'pi caritaṃ svaprabhāvajam tenemāḥ śrutayo vyāptā vaidikā laukikāś ca yāḥ // bhavakāle bhavaty eṣa lokānāṃ bhūtabhāvanaḥ dānavānām abhāvāya jāgarti madhusūdanaḥ // yadainaṃ vīkṣituṃ devā na śekuḥ suptam acyutam tataḥ svapiti gharmānte jāgarti jaladakṣaye // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1; D6 om.) T1.3.4 G3.5 ins.: :k sa hi yajñāś ca vedāś ca yajñāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ | yā tu yajñagatiḥ proktā sa eṣa puruṣottamaḥ | tasmin supte na vartante mantrapūtāḥ kratukriyāḥ śaratpravṛttayajño hi jāgarti madhusūdanaḥ // k: T1.2 G M subst. for 24cd: :k śaratprabhṛti yajñā hi jāgrati śrīdhare harau | tad idaṃ vārṣikaṃ cakraṃ kārayaty ambudeśvaraḥ vaiṣṇavaṃ karma kurvāṇaḥ supte viṣṇau puraṃdaraḥ // yā hy eṣā gahvarī māyā nidreti jagati sthitā akasmād dveṣiṇī ghorā kālarātrir mahīkṣitām // asyās tanus tamodvārā niśādivasanāśinī jīvitārdhaharī ghorā sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ bhuvi // naitayā kaścid āviṣṭo jṛmbhamāṇo muhur muhuḥ śaktaḥ prasahituṃ vegaṃ majjann iva mahārṇave // annajā bhuvi martyānāṃ śramajā vā kathaṃcana naiśā bhavati lokasya nidrā sarvasya laukikī // svapnānte kṣīyate hy eṣā prāyaśo bhuvi dehinām mṛtyukāle ca bhūtānāṃ prāṇān nāśayate bhṛśam // deveṣv api dadhāraināṃ nānyo nārāyaṇād ṛte sakhī sarvaharasyaiṣā māyā viṣṇuśarīrajā // saiṣā nārāyaṇamukhe dṛṣṭā kamalalocanā lokān alpena kālena bhajate bhūtamohinī // evam eṣā hitārthāya lokānāṃ kṛṣṇavartmanā dhriyate sevanīyena patineva pativratā // sa tayā nidrayā channas tasmin nārāyaṇāśrame śete sma hi tadā viṣṇur mohayañ jagad avyayaḥ // tasya varṣasahasrāṇi śayānasya mahātmanaḥ jagmuḥ kṛtayugaṃ caiva tretā caiva yugottamam // sa tu dvāparaparyante dṛṣṭvā lokān suduḥkhitān prābudhyata mahātejāḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ // jahīhi nidrāṃ sahajāṃ bhuktapūrvām iva srajam ime te brahmaṇā sārdhaṃ devā darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ // ime tvāṃ brahmaviduṣo brahmasaṃstavavādinaḥ vardhayanti hṛṣīkeśa ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ // eteṣām ātmabhūtānāṃ bhūtānāṃ bhūtabhāvana śṛṇu viṣṇo śubhāṃ vācaṃ bhūvyomāgnyanilāmbhasām // ime tvā sapta munayaḥ sahitā munimaṇḍalaiḥ stuvanti deva divyābhir geyābhir gīrbhir añjasā // uttiṣṭha śatapatrākṣa padmanābha mahādyute kāraṇaṃ kiṃcid utpannaṃ devānāṃ kāryagauravāt // k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k jahi nidrāṃ jagaddhetoḥ keśaveśa janārdana | tvayi supte jagat suptaṃ tvayi jāgrati jāgṛtam || mīlanaṃ kuru devānāṃ devadeva jagatpate | kiṃ tvaṃ svapiṣi govinda naṣṭe jagati sāṃpratam | naṣṭaprāyaṃ jagat paśya sadevāsuramānuṣam | sa saṃkṣipya jagat sarvaṃ timiraughaṃ vidārayan udatiṣṭhad dhṛṣīkeśaḥ śriyā paramayā jvalan // sa dadarśa surān sarvān sametān sapitāmahān vivakṣataḥ prakṣubhitāñ jagadarthe samāgatān // tān uvāca harir devān nidrāviśrāntalocanaḥ tattvadṛṣṭārthayā vācā dharmahetvarthayuktayā // kuto vo vigraho devāḥ kuto vo bhayam āgatam kasya vā kena vā kāryaṃ kiṃ vā mayi na vartate // na khalv akuśalaṃ loke vartate dānavotthitam nṛṇām āyāsajananaṃ śīghram icchāmi veditum // eṣa brahmavidāṃ madhye vihāya śayanottamam śivāya bhavatām arthe sthitaḥ kiṃ karavāṇi vaḥ // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 41, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of September 12, 2002 :h tac chrutvā viṣṇugaditaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ hitaṃ sarvadivaukasām // nāsti kiṃcid bhayaṃ viṣṇo surāṇām asurāntaka yeṣāṃ bhavān abhayadaḥ karṇadhāro raṇe raṇe // śakre jayati deveśe tvayi cāsurasūdane dharme prayatamānānāṃ mānavānāṃ kuto bhayam // satye dharme ca niratā mānavā vigatajvarāḥ nākāladharmaṇā mṛtyuḥ śaknoti prasamīkṣitum // mānavānāṃ ca patayaḥ pārthivāś ca parasparam ṣaḍbhāgam upayuñjānā na bhedaṃ kurvate mithaḥ // te prajānāṃ śubhakarāḥ karadair avigarhitāḥ akarair viprayuktārthāḥ kośam āpūrayan sadā // sphītāñjanapadān svān svān pālayantaḥ kṣamāparāḥ atīkṣṇad aṇḍāś caturo varṇāñ jugupur añjasā // nodvejanīyā bhūtānāṃ sacivaiḥ sādhu pūjitāḥ caturaṅgabalair yuktāḥ ṣaḍguṇān upayuñjate // dhanurvedaparāḥ sarve sarve vedeṣu niṣṭhitāḥ yajanti ca yathākālaṃ yajñair vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ // vedān adhītya dīkṣābhir maharṣīn brahmacaryayā śrāddhaiś ca medhyaiḥ śataśas tarpayanti pitāmahān // naiṣām aviditaṃ kiṃcit trividhaṃ bhuvi vidyate vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ caiva dharmaśāstroktam eva ca // te parāvaradṛṣṭārthā maharṣisamatejasaḥ bhūyaḥ kṛtayugaṃ kartum utsahante narādhipāḥ // teṣām eva prabhāvena śivaṃ varṣati vāsavaḥ yathārthaṃ ca vavur vātā virajaskā diśo daśa // k: After 13c, Ś1 ins.: :k ... vātāḥ śivasugandhinaḥ | nirmalaṃ cābhavad vyoma ... | nirutpātā ca vasudhā supracārāś ca vai grahāḥ candramāś ca sanakṣatraḥ saumyaṃ carati yogataḥ // anulomakaraḥ sūryo ayane dve cacāra ha havyaiś ca vividhais tṛptaḥ śubhagandho hutāśanaḥ // evaṃ samyakpravṛtteṣu nivṛtteṣv aparādhataḥ tarpayatsu mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ nṛṇāṃ kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ // teṣāṃ jvalitakīrtīnām anyonyam anuvartinām rājñāṃ balair balavatāṃ pīḍyate vasudhātalam // seyaṃ bhārapariśrāntā pīḍyamānā narādhipaiḥ pṛthivī samanuprāptā naur ivāsann aviplavā // yugāntasadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ śailoccalitabandhanam jalotpīḍākulā svedaṃ darśayantī muhur muhuḥ // kṣatriyāṇāṃ vapurbhiś ca tejasā ca balena ca nṛṇāṃ ca rāṣṭrair vistīrṇaiḥ śrāmyatīva vasuṃdharā // k: T3 ins.: :k yac coktaṃ brahmasadane brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | tac chṛṇuṣva mahābāho rahasyam idam uttamam | pure pure narapatiḥ koṭisaṃkhyair balair vṛtaḥ rāṣṭre rāṣṭre ca bahavo grāmāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ // bhūmipānāṃ sahasraiś ca teṣāṃ ca balināṃ balaiḥ grāmāyutāḍhyai rāṣṭraiś ca bhūmir nirvivarīkṛtā // seyaṃ nirāmiṣaṃ kṛtvā niśceṣṭaṃ kālam agrataḥ prāptā mamālayaṃ viṣṇo bhavāṃś cāsyāḥ parā gatiḥ // karmabhūmir ihasthānāṃ bhūmir eṣā vyathāṃ gatā yathā na sīdet tatkāryaṃ jagaty eṣā hi śāśvatī // asyā hi pīḍane doṣo mahān syān madhusūdana kriyālopaś ca lokānāṃ dūṣitaṃ ca jagad bhavet // śrāmyate vyaktam eveyaṃ pārthivaughaprapīḍitā sahajāṃ yā kṣamāṃ tyaktvā calatvam acalā gatā // tad asyāḥ śrutavantaḥ sma tac cāpi bhavatā śrutam bhārāvataraṇārthaṃ hi mantrayāmas tvayā saha // satpathe hi sthitāḥ sarve rājāno rāṣṭravardhanāḥ narāṇāṃ ca trayo varṇā brāhmaṇān anuyāyinaḥ // sarvaṃ satyamayaṃ vākyaṃ varṇā dharmaparās tathā sarve vedaparā viprāḥ sarve vipraparā narāḥ // evaṃ jagati vartante manuṣyā dharmakāraṇāt yathā dharmavadho na syāt tathā mantraḥ pravartatām // satāṃ gatir iyaṃ nānyā dharmaś cāsyāḥ susādhanam rājñāṃ caiva vadhaḥ kāryo dharaṇyā bhāranirṇaye // tadāgaccha mahābhāga saha vai mantrakāraṇāt vrajāma meruśikharaṃ puraskṛtya vasuṃdharām // k: D2.5 ins.: :k etāvad uktvā rājendra brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | pṛthivyā saha viśvātmā virarāma mahādyutiḥ | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 42, transliterated by Horst Brinkhaus, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of July 30, 2001 :h bāḍham ity eva saha tair durdināmbhodanisvanaḥ pratasthe durdinākāraḥ sadurdina ivācalaḥ // samuktāmaṇividyotaṃ sacandrāmbhodavarcasam sa jatāmaṇḍalaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bibhrat kṛṣṇavapur hariḥ // sa cāsyorasi vistīrṇe romāñcodgatarājimān śrīvatso rājate śrīmān stanadvayamukhāñcitaḥ // pīte vasāno vasane lokānāṃ gurur avyayaḥ hariḥ so 'bhavad ālakṣyaḥ sasaṃdhyābhra ivācalaḥ // taṃ vrajantaṃ suparṇena padmayonigatānugam anujagmuḥ surāḥ sarve tadgatāsaktacakṣuṣaḥ // nātidīrgheṇa kālena te gatā ratnaparvatam dadṛśur devatās tatra svāṃ sabhāṃ kāmarūpiṇīm // meroḥ śikharavinyastāṃ saṃsaktāṃ sūryavarcasā kāñcanastambhacaraṇāṃ vajrasaṃghātatoraṇām // manonirmāṇacitrāḍhyāṃ vimānākulamālinīm ratnajālāntaravatīṃ kāmagāṃ ratnabhūṣitām // kḷptaratnasamākīrṇāṃ sarvartukusumotkaṭām k: D2 ins., D5 ins. line 1 after 9: :k maṇipravālasopānāṃ vaidūryamaṇiśobhitām | muktājālasamākīrṇāṃ kiṃkiṇīśataśobhitām | devamāyādharāṃ divyāṃ nirmitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā // tāṃ hṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve yathāsthānaṃ yathāvayaḥ yathānideśaṃ tridaśā viviśus te sabhāṃ śubhām // te niṣedur yathokteṣu vimāneṣv āsaneṣu ca bhadrāsaneṣu pīṭheṣu kuthāsv āstaraṇeṣu ca // tataḥ prabhañjano vāyur brahmaṇā sādhu coditaḥ mā śabda iti sarvatra pracakrāma sabhāṃ śubhām // niḥśabde stimite tasmin samāje tridivaukasām babhāṣe dharaṇī vākyaṃ svedāt karuṇabhāṣiṇī // k: K1.3 Ñ2.3 V B2 Dn D2.3.5 T3 ins., B1 after 34ab: :k tvayā dhāryā tv ahaṃ deva tvayā vai dhāryate jagat | tvaṃ dhārayasi bhūtāni bhuvanaṃ tvaṃ bibharṣi ca || yat tvayā dhāryate kiṃcit tejasā ca balena ca | tatas tava prasādena mayā paścāt tu dhāryate || tvayā dhṛtaṃ dhārayāmi nādhṛtaṃ dhārayāmy aham | na hi tad vidyate bhūtaṃ yat tvayā nānudhāryate || tvam eva kuruṣe deva nārāyaṇa yuge yuge | mahābhārāvataraṇaṃ jagato hitakāmyayā || tavaiva tejasā krāntāṃ rasātalatalaṃ gatām | trāyasva māṃ suraśreṣṭha tavaiva śaraṇaṃ gatām || dānavaiḥ pīḍyamānāhaṃ rākṣasaiś ca durātmabhiḥ | tvām eva śaraṇaṃ nityam upayāsye sanātanam || tāvan me 'sti bhayaṃ bhūyo yāvan na tvāṃ kakudminam | śaraṇaṃ yāmi manasā śataśo hy upalakṣaye | aham ādau purānena saṃkṣiptā padmayoninā māṃ ca badhvā kṛtau pūrvaṃ mṛṅmayau dvau mahāsurau // karṇasrotodbhavau tau hi viṣṇor asya mahātmanaḥ mahārṇave prasvapataḥ kāṣṭhakuḍyasamau sthitau // tau viveśa svayaṃ vāyur brahmaṇā sādhu coditaḥ tau divaṃ chādayantau tu vavṛdhāte mahāsurau // vāyuprāṇau tu tau gṛhya brahmā parimṛśyañ śanaiḥ ekaṃ mṛdutaraṃ mene kaṭhinaṃ veda cāparam // nāmanī tu tayoś cakre sa vibhuḥ salilodbhavaḥ mṛdus tv ayaṃ madhur nāma kaṭhinaḥ kaiṭabho 'bhavat // tau daityau kṛtanāmānau ceratur baladarpitau sarvam ekārṇavaṃ lokaṃ yoddhukāmau sunirbhayau // tāv āgatau samālokya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ekārṇavāmbunicaye tatraivānataradhīyata // sa padme padmanābhasya nābhimadhyād samutthite rocayām āsa vasatiṃ guhyāṃ brahmā caturmukhaḥ // tāv ubhau jalagarbhasthau nārāyaṇapitāmahau bahūn varṣagaṇān apsu śayānau na cakampatuḥ // atha dīrghasya kālasya tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau ājagmatus tam uddeśaṃ yatra brahmā vyavasthitaḥ // dṛṣṭvā tāv asurau ghorau mahāntau yuddhadurmadau k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2.5 ins.: :k brahmaṇā tāḍito viṣṇuḥ padmanālena vai purā | utpapātāśu śayanāt padmanābho mahādyutiḥ // tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ tayos tasya ca vai tadā ekārṇave tadā loke trailokye jalatāṃ gate // tad abhūt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ varṣasaṃkhyāḥ sahasraśaḥ na ca tāv asurau yuddhe tadā śramam avāpatuḥ // atha dīrghasya kālasya tau daityau yuddhadurmadau ūcatuḥ prītamanasau devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ hariṃ // prītau svas tava yuddhena ślāghyas tvaṃ mṛtyur āhave āvāṃ jahi na yatrorvī jalena samabhiplutā // hatau ca tava putratvaṃ prāpnuyāvaḥ surottama so hy āvāṃ yudhi nirjetā tasyāvāṃ vihitau sutau // sa hi gṛhya mṛdhe daityau dorbhyāṃ tau samapīḍayat janmatur nidhanaṃ cāpi tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau // tāv ubhāv āplutau toye vapurbhyām ekatāṃ gatau medo mumucatur daityau mathyamānau jalormibhiḥ // medasā tajjalaṃ vyāptaṃ tābhyāṃ antardadhe tadā nārāyaṇaś ca bhagavān asṛjat sa punaḥ prajāḥ // daityayor medasā channā medinīti tataḥ smṛtā prabhāvāt padmanābhasya śāśvatī ca nṛṇāṃ kṛtā // varāheṇa punar bhūtvā mārkaṇḍeyasya paśyataḥ viṣāṇenāham ekena toyamadhyāt samuddhṛtā // hṛtāhaṃ kramatā bhūyas tadā yuṣmākam agrataḥ baleḥ sakāśād daityasya viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā // sāṃprataṃ khidyamānāham enam eva gadādharam anāthā jagato nāthaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā // agniḥ suvarṇasya gurur gavāṃ sūryo guruḥ smṛtaḥ akṣatrāṇāṃ guruḥ somo mama nārāyaṇo guruḥ // yad ahaṃ dhārayāmy ekā jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam mayā dhṛtaṃ dhārayate sarvam etad gadādharaḥ // jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa bhārāvataraṇepsayā roṣāt triḥsaptakṛtvo 'haṃ kṣatriyair viprayojitā // sāsmi vedyām samāropya tarpitā nṛpaśoṇitaiḥ bhārgaveṇa pituḥ śrāddhe kaśyapāya niveditā // māṃsamedosthidurgandhā digdhā kṣatriyaśoṇitaiḥ rajasvaleva yuvatiḥ kaśyapaṃ samupasthitā // sa māṃ brahmarṣir apy āha kim urvi tvam avāṅmukhī vīrapatnīvratam idaṃ vīrapatni niṣevase // sāhaṃ vijñāpitavatī kaśyapaṃ lokabhāvanam patayo me hatā brahman bhārgaveṇa mahātmanā // sāhaṃ vihīnā vikrāntaiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ śastravṛttibhiḥ vidhavā śūnyanagarā na dhārayitum utsahe // tan mahyaṃ dīyatāṃ bhartā bhagavaṃs tvatsamo nṛpaḥ rakṣet sagrāmanagarāṃ yo māṃ sāgaramālinīm // sa śrutvā bhagavān vākyaṃ bāḍham ity abravīt prabhuḥ tato māṃ mānavendrāya manave saṃprayacchata // sā manuprabhavaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpyekṣvākukulaṃ mahat vipulenāsmi kālena pārthivāt pārthivaṃ gatā // evaṃ dattāsmi manave mānavendrāya dhīmate bhuktā rājakulaiś cāpi maharṣikulasaṃmitaiḥ // bahavaḥ kṣatriyāḥ śūrā māṃ jitvā divam āśritāḥ te sma kālavaśaṃ prāpya mayy eva pralayaṃ gatāḥ // matkṛte vigrahā loke vṛtte vartanta eva ca kṣatriyāṇāṃ balavatāṃ saṃgrāmeṣv anivartinām // etad yuṣmatpravṛttena daivena pariṇāmitā jagaddhitārthaṃ kuruta rājñāṃ hetuṃ raṇakṣaye // yady asti mayi kāruṇyaṃ bhāraśaithilyakāraṇāt ekaś cakradharaḥ śrīmān abhayaṃ me prayacchatu // yam ahaṃ bhārasaṃtaptā saṃprāptā śaraṇaiṣiṇī bhāro yady avaroptavyo viṣṇur eṣa bravītu mām // k: V3 T4 ins.: :k mā bhair dharaṇi kalyāṇi śāntiṃ vraja samāhite | eṣa tvām ucitaṃ sthānaṃ sthāpayāmi vasiṃdhare | k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k etasyāhaṃ prasādena śramaṃ tyakṣyāmi devatāḥ | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 43, transliterated and proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of October 10, 2002 :h te śrutvā pṛthivīvākyaṃ sarva eva divaukasaḥ tadarthakṛtyaṃ saṃcintya pitāmaham athābruvan // bhagavan kriyatām asyā dharaṇyā bhārasaṃnatiḥ śarīrakartā lokānāṃ tvaṃ hi lokasya ceśvaraḥ // yat kartavyaṃ mahendreṇa yamena varuṇena ca yad vā kāryaṃ dhaneśena svayaṃ nārāyaṇena vā // yad vā candramasā kāryaṃ bhāskareṇānilena vā ādityair vasubhir vāpi rudrair vā lokabhāvanaiḥ // aśvibhyāṃ vā surāgryābhyāṃ sādhyair vā tridivālayaiḥ k: T1.2 G M2.4 ins.: :k marudbhir vā suraśreṣṭhaiḥ pāvakenāpi ca prabho | bṛhaspatyuśanobhyāṃ vā kālena kalināpi vā // maheśvareṇa vā brahman viśākhena guhena vā yakṣarākṣasagandharvaiś cāraṇair vā mahoragaiḥ // parvataiḥ śailamukhyair vā sāgarair vā mahormibhiḥ gaṅgāmukhābhir divyābhiḥ saridbhir vā sureśvara // kṣipram ājñāpaya vibho katham aṃśaḥ prayujyatām yadi te pārthivaṃ kāryaṃ kāryaṃ pārthivavigrahe // katham aṃśāvataraṇaṃ kurmaḥ sarve pitāmaha antarikṣagatā ye ca pṛthivyāṃ ye ca pārthivāḥ // sadasyānāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ pārthivānāṃ kuleṣu ca ayonijāś cāpi tanūḥ sṛjāma jagatītale // surāṇām ekakāryāṇāṃ śrutvaitan niścitaṃ mahat devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ prāha vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ // rocate me suraśreṣṭhā yuṣmākam api niścayaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ svaśarīrāṃśāṃs tejasātmasamān bhuvi // sarva eva suraśreṣṭhās tejobhir avarohata bhāvayanto bhuvaṃ devīṃ labdhvā tribhuvanaśriyam // pārthive bhārate vaṃśe pūrvam eva vijānatā pṛthivyāṃ saṃbhavam imaṃ śrūyatāṃ yan mayā kṛtam // samudre 'haṃ surāḥ pūrve velām āsādya paścimām āse sārdhaṃ tanūjena kaśyapena mahātmanā // kathābhiḥ pūrvavṛttābhir lokavedānugāmibhiḥ itivṛttaiś ca bahubhiḥ purāṇaprabhavair guṇaiḥ // k: S (except T3.4) ins.: :k nirūpayaṃs taṃ deveśaṃ pramāṇair bahulakṣaṇaiḥ | kurvatas tu kathās tās tāḥ samudraḥ saha gaṅgayā samīpam ājagāmāśu yuktas toyadamārutaiḥ // sa vīciviṣamāṃ kurvan gatiṃ vegataraṅgiṇīm yādogaṇavicitreṇa saṃchannas toyavāsasā // śaṅkhamuktāmalatanuḥ pravālamaṇibhūṣaṇaḥ yuktaś candramasā pūrṇaḥ sābhragambhīranisvanaḥ // sa māṃ paribhavann eva svāṃ velāṃ samatikraman kledayām āsa capalair lāvaṇair ambuvisravaiḥ // taṃ ca deśaṃ vyavasitaḥ samudro 'dbhir vimarditum uktaḥ saṃrabdhayā vācā śānto 'sīti tato mayā // śānto 'sīty uktamātras tu tanutvaṃ sāgaro gataḥ saṃhatormitaraṅgaughaḥ sthito rājaśriyā jvalan // bhūyaś caiva mayā śaptaḥ samudraḥ saha gaṅgayā sakāraṇāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā yuṣmākaṃ hitakāmyayā // yasmāt tvaṃ rājatulyena vapuṣā samupasthitaḥ gacchārṇava mahīpālo rājaiva tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi // tatrāpi sahajāṃ līlāṃ dhārayan svena tejasā bhaviṣyasi nṛṇāṃ bhartā bhāratānāṃ kulodvahaḥ // śānto 'sīti mayoktas tvaṃ yac cāsi tanutāṃ gataḥ sutanur yaśasā loke śaṃtanus tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi // iyam apy āyatāpāṅgī gaṅgā sarvāṅgaśobhanā k: K3 subst.: :k iyam apy āgatā gaṅgā tavārthe varavarṇinī | rūpiṇī vai saric chreṣṭhā tatra tvām upayāsyati // evam uktas tu māṃ kruddhaḥ so 'bhigamyāṛṇavo 'bravīt māṃ prabho devadeveśa kimarthaṃ śaptavān asi // ahaṃ tava vidheyātmā tvatkṛtas tvatparāyaṇaḥ aśapo 'sadṛśair vākyair ātmajaṃ māṃ kim ātmanā // bhagavaṃs tvatprasādena vegāt parvaṇi vardhitaḥ yady ahaṃ calito brahman ko 'tra doṣo mamātmanaḥ // kṣiptābhiḥ pavanenādbhiḥ spṛṣṭo yady asi parvaṇi atra me bhagavan kiṃ nu vidyate śāpakāraṇam // uddhūtaiś ca mahāvātaiḥ pravṛddhaiś ca balāhakaiḥ parvaṇā cenduyuktena tribhiḥ kṣubdho 'smi kāraṇaiḥ // evaṃ yady aparāddho 'haṃ kāraṇais tvatpravartitaiḥ kṣantum arhasi me brahmañ śāpo 'yaṃ vinivartyatām // evaṃ mayi nirālambe śāpāc chithilatāṃ gate kāruṇyaṃ kuru deveśa pramāṇaṃ yady avekṣase // asyāś ca deva gaṅgāyā gāṃ gatāyās tavājñayā maddoṣāt samadoṣāyāḥ prasādaṃ kartum arhasi // k: For 35cd, Ś1 subst.: :k prasādaṃ kuru me brahman vidyate śāpakāraṇam | tam ahaṃ ślakṣṇayā vācā mahārṇavam athābruvam akāraṇajñaṃ devānāṃ trastaṃ śāpānileritam // śāntiṃ vraja na bhetavyaṃ prasanno 'smi mahāmate śāpe 'smin saritāṃ nātha bhaviṣyaṃ śṛṇu kāraṇam // tvaṃ gaccha bhārate vaṃśe svadehaṃ svena tejasā ādhatsva saritāṃ nātha tyaktvemāṃ sāgarīṃ tanum // mahodadhe mahīpālas tatra rājaśriyā vṛtaḥ pālayaṃś caturo varṇān raṃsyase salileśvara // iyaṃ ca tvāṃ saric chreṣṭhā bibhratī mānuṣīṃ tanum tat kālaramaṇīyāṅgī gaṅgā paricariṣyati // anayā saha jāhnavyā modamāno mamājñayā imaṃ salilasaṃkledaṃ vismariṣyasi sāgara // tvaratā caiva kartavyaṃ tvayedaṃ devaśāsanam prājāpatyena vidhinā gaṅgayā saha sāgara // vasavaḥ pracyutāḥ svargāt praviṣṭāś ca rasātalam teṣām utpādanārthāya tvaṃ mayā viniyojitaḥ // aṣṭau tāñ jāhnavīgarbhān apatyārthaṃ dadāmy aham vibhāvasos tulyaguṇān surāṇāṃ prītivardhanān // utpādya tvaṃ vasūñ śīghraṃ kṛtvā kurukulaṃ mahat praveṣṭāsi tanuṃ tyaktvā punaḥ sāgara sāgarīm // evam etan mayā pūrvaṃ hitārthaṃ vaḥ surottamāḥ bhaviṣyaṃ paśyatā bhāraṃ pṛthivyāḥ pārthivātmakam // tad eṣa śaṃtanor vaṃśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ropito mayā vasavo yatra gaṅgāyāṃ utpannās tridivaukasaḥ // adyāpi bhuvi gāṅgeyas tatraiva vasur aṣṭamaḥ sapteme vasavaḥ prāptāḥ sa ekaḥ parilambate // dvitīyāyāṃ striyāṃ sṛṣṭā dvitīyā śaṃtanos tanuḥ vicitravīryo dyutimān āsīd rājā pratāpavān // vaicitravīryau dvāv eva pārthivau bhuvi sāṃpratam pāṇḍuś ca dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca vikhyātau puruṣarṣabhau // tatra pāṇḍoḥ śriyā juṣṭe dve bhārye yauvanasthite śubhe kuntī ca mādrī ca devayoṣopame bhuvi // dhṛtarāṣṭrasya rājñas tu bhāryaikā tulyacāriṇī gāndhārī bhuvi vikhyātā bhartur nityaṃ vrate sthitā // atra vo 'ṃśā vibhajyantāṃ vipakṣaḥ pakṣa eva ca putrāṇāṃ hi tayo rājñor bhavitā vigraho mahān // teṣāṃ vimarde dāyādye nṛpāṇāṃ bhavitā kṣayaḥ yugāntapratimaṃ caiva bhaviṣyati mahad bhayam // sabaleṣu narendreṣu śātayatsv itaretaram viviktapurarāṣṭraughā kṣitiḥ śaithilyam eṣyati // dvāparasya yugasyānte mayā dṛṣṭaṃ purātane kṣayaṃ yāsyanti śastreṇa pārthivāḥ saha vāhanaiḥ // tatrāvaśiṣṭān manujān suptān niśi vicetasaḥ dhakṣyate śaṃkarasyāṃśaḥ pāvakenāstratejasā // antakapratime tasmin nivṛtte krūrakarmaṇi samāptam idam ākhyāsye tṛtīyaṃ dvāparaṃ yugam // maheśvarāṃśe 'pasṛte tato māheśvaraṃ yugam tiṣyaṃ prapatsyate paścād yugaṃ dāruṇamānuṣam // adharmaprāyapuruṣaṃ svalpadharmaparigraham utsannasatyasaṃyogaṃ vardhitānṛtasaṃcayam // maheśvaraṃ kumāraṃ ca dvau ca devau samāśritāḥ bhaviṣyanti narāḥ sarve loke nasthavirāyuṣaḥ // tad eṣa nirṇayaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ pārthivāntakaḥ aṃśāvataraṇaṃ sarve surāḥ kuruta māciram // dharmasyāṃśo 'tha kuntyāṃ vai mādryāṃ ca viniyujyatām vigrahasya kalir mūlaṃ gāndhāryāṃ viniyujyatām // etau pakṣau bhaviṣyanti rājānaḥ kālacoditāḥ jātarāgāḥ pṛthivyarthe sarve saṃgrāmalālasāḥ // gacchatv iyaṃ vasumatī svāṃ yoniṃ lokadhāriṇī sṛṣṭo 'yaṃ naiṣṭhiko rājñām upāyo lokaviśrutaḥ // śrutvā pitāmahavacaḥ sā jagāma yathāgatam pṛthivī saha kālena vadhāya pṛthivīkṣitām // devān acodayad brahmā nigrahārthaṃ suradviṣām naraṃ caiva purāṇarṣiṃ śeṣaṃ ca dharaṇīdharam // sanatkumāraṃ sādhyāṃś ca devāṃś cāgnipurogamān varuṇaṃ ca yamaṃ caiva sūryācandramasau tathā gandharvāpsarasaś caiva rudrādityāṃs tathāśvinau // tato 'ṃśān avaniṃ devāḥ sarva evāvatārayan yathā te kathitaṃ pūrvam aṃśāvataraṇaṃ mayā // ayonijā yonijāś ca te devāḥ pṛthivītale daityadānavahantāraḥ saṃbhūtāḥ puruṣeśvarāḥ kṣīrikāvṛkṣasaṃghātā vajrasaṃhananās tathā // nāgāyutabalāḥ kecit kecid oghabalānvitāḥ gadāparighaśaktīnāṃ sahāḥ parighabāhavaḥ giriśṛṅgaprahartāraḥ sarve parighayodhinaḥ // vṛṣṇivaṃśe samutpannāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ kuruvaṃśe ca devās te pāñcāleṣu ca pārthivāḥ // yājñikānāṃ samṛddhānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca yoniṣu sarvāstrajñā maheṣvāsā vedavrataparāyaṇāḥ // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3-5 T G1-3.5 M ins.: :k sarvarddhiguṇasaṃpannā yajvānaḥ puṇyakarṃiṇaḥ | ācālayeyuḥ śailāṃs te kruddhā bhindyur mahītalam utpateyur athākāśaṃ kṣobhayeyur mahodadhim // evam ādiśya tān brahmā bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ nārāyaṇe samāveśya lokāñ śāntim upāgamat // bhūyaḥ śṛṇu yathā viṣṇur avatīrṇo mahītalam prajānāṃ vai hitārthāya prabhuḥ prāṇadhaneśvaraḥ // yayātivaṃśajasyātha vasudevasya dhīmataḥ kule pūjye yaśaskāmo jajñe nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 44, transliterated and proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of October 24, 2002 :h kṛtakārye gate kāle jagatyāṃ ca yathānayam aṃśāvataraṇe vṛtte surāṇāṃ bhārate kule // bhāge 'vatīrṇe dharmasya śakrasya pavanasya ca aśvinor devabhiṣajor bhāge vai bhāskarasya ca // pūrvam evāvanigate bhāge devapurodhasaḥ vasūnām aṣṭame bhāge prāg eva dharaṇīṃ gate // mṛtyor bhāge kṣitigate kaler bhāge tathaiva ca bhāge somasya vahneś ca varuṇasya ca gāṃ gate // śaṃkarasya gate bhāge viśveṣāṃ ca divaukasām gandharvoragayakṣāṇāṃ bhāgāṃśeṣu gateṣv atha // k: V2 B1.2 ins.: :k bhāge 'vatīrṇe mitrasya yamasyāṃśe tathaiva ca | varuṇasya gate tv aṃśe pṛthivīṃ janamejaya | bhāgeṣv eteṣu gaganād avatīrṇeṣu medinīm tiṣṭhan nārāyaṇasyāṃśe nāradaḥ pratyadṛṣyata // jvalitāgnipratīkāśo bālārkasadṛśekṣaṇaḥ savyāpavṛttaṃ vipulaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍalam udvahan // candrāṃśuśukle vasane vasāno rukmabhūṣaṇaḥ vīṇāṃ gṛhītvā mahatīṃ kakṣāsaktāṃ sakhīm iva // kṛṣṇājinottarāsaṅgo hemayajñopavītavān daṇḍī kamaṇḍaludharaḥ sākṣāc chakra ivāparaḥ // k: T1.2 G M ins. after 9: :k mudrāsamarpitakaraḥ sumanoveṣṭitāṅgavān | bhettā jagati guhyānāṃ vigrahāṇāṃ grahopamaḥ maharṣir vigraharucir vidvān gāndharvavedavit // vairikelikilo vipro brāhmaḥ kalir ivāparaḥ gātā caturṇāṃ vedānām udgātā prathamartvijām // k: Ś1 K1 Ñ2.3 V B Ds D2.4.5 ins. after 11ab, K4 after 9, D1 G1.3.5 after 11: :k devagandharvalokānām ādivaktā mahāmuniḥ | sa nārado 'tha brahmarṣir brahmalokacaro 'vyayaḥ sthito devasabhāmadhye saṃrabdho viṣṇum abravīt // k: S ins.: :k svaraiś ca saptabhir viṣṇuṃ jagau vipraḥ sa nāradaḥ | ṣaḍjaṃ prathamam āvidhya ṛṣabhaṃ ca tataḥ param || miśrayitvā ca gāndhāraṃ tato dhaivatamadhyamau | pañcamaṃ ca tataḥ kurvan niṣādaṃ tadanantaram || kākalīṃ ca vimātrāṃ tu tato dve ca śrutī prabho | tisras tisras tathā rājaṃl layaiś ca saha sarvaśaḥ || tānatānāgaṇānāṃ ca vivicya kramaśaḥ prabhuḥ | taiś cāpi saptabhir vācyaṃ vācakaiś cāpi sarvaśaḥ | anantavīryaṃ deveśaṃ jagau brahmapuraḥsaram || etaiḥ saptabhir ādyeśaṃ vicinvan prabhavaṃ tathā | evaṃ samāpya geyaṃ tu vākyam etad uvāca ha | aṃśāvataraṇaṃ viṣṇo yad idaṃ tridaśaiḥ kṛtam kṣayāya pṛthivīndrāṇāṃ sarvam etad akāraṇam // yad etat pārthivaṃ kṣatraṃ sthitaṃ tvayi vidhīśvara nṛnārāyaṇayukto 'yaṃ kāryārthaḥ pratibhāti me // na yuktaṃ jānatā deva tvayā tattvārthadarśinā devadeva pṛthivyarthe prayoktuṃ kāryam īdṛśam // tvaṃ hi cakṣuṣmatāṃ cakṣuḥ ślāghyaḥ prabhavatāṃ prabhuḥ śreṣṭho yogavatāṃ yogī gatir gatimatām api // devabhāgān gatān dṛṣṭvā kiṃ tvaṃ sarvāgrago vibhuḥ vasuṃdharāyāḥ sāhyārtham aṃśaṃ svaṃ nānuyuñjase // tvayā sanāthā devāṃśās tvanmayās tvatpracoditāḥ jagatyāṃ saṃtariṣyanti kāryāt kāryāntaraṃ gatāḥ // tad ahaṃ tvarayā viṣṇo prāptaḥ surasabhām imām tava saṃcodanārthaṃ vai śṛṇu cāpy atra kāraṇam // ye tvayā nihatā daityāḥ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye teṣāṃ śṛṇu gatiṃ viṣṇo ye gatāḥ pṛthivītalam // pūḥ pṛthivyāṃ samuditā mathurā nāma nāmataḥ niviṣṭā yamunātīre sphītā janapadāyutā // madhur nāma mahān āsīd dānavo yudhi durjayaḥ tasya sma sumaharddhyāsīn mahāpādapasaṃtatam ghoraṃ madhuvanaṃ nāma yatrāsau nyavasat tadā // tasya putro mahān āsīl lavaṇo nāma dānavaḥ k: For 23ab, S (except T3.4) subst.: :k lavaṇas tasya putro 'bhūn mahābalaparākramaḥ | trāsanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bale mahati tasthivān // sa tatra dānavaḥ krīḍan varṣapūgān anekaśaḥ sadaivatagaṇāṃl lokān udvāsayati darpitaḥ // ayodhyāyām ayodhyāyāṃ rāme dāśarathau sthite rājyaṃ śāsati dharmajñe rākṣasānāṃ bhayāvahe // sa dānavo balaślāghī ghoraṃ vanam upāśritaḥ preṣayām āsa rāmāya dūtaṃ paruṣavādinam // viṣayāsannabhūto 'smi tava rāma ripuś ca saḥ na ca sāmantam icchanti rājāno baladarpitam // rājñā rājavratasthena prajānāṃ śubham icchatā jetavyā ripavaḥ sarve sphītaṃ viṣayam icchatā // abhiṣekārdrakeśena rājñā rañjanakāmyayā jetavyānīndriyāṇy ādau taj jaye hi dhruvo jayaḥ // samyagvartitukāmasya viśeṣeṇa mahīpateḥ nayānām upadeśena nāsti lokasamo guruḥ // vyasaneṣu jaghanyasya dharmamadhyasya dhīmataḥ balajyeṣṭhasya nṛpater nāsti sāmantajaṃ bhayam // sahajair badhyate sarvaḥ pravṛddhair indriyāribhiḥ amitrāṇāṃ priyakarair mohair adhṛtir īśvaraḥ // yat tvayā strīkṛte mohāt sabalo rāvaṇo hataḥ naitad aupayikaṃ manye mahat te karma kutsitam // vanavāsapravṛttena yat tvayā vrataśālinā prahṛtaṃ rākṣase nīce naiṣa dṛṣṭaḥ satāṃ vidhiḥ // satām akrodhajo dharmaḥ śubhāṃ nayati sadgatim yat tvayā nihato mohād dūṣitāś ca vanaukasaḥ // sa eva rāvaṇo dhanyo yas tvayā vratacāriṇā strīnimittaṃ hato yuddhe grāmyān dharmān avekṣatā // yadi te sa hataḥ saṃkhye durbuddhir ajitendriyaḥ yudhyasvādya mayā sārdhaṃ mṛdhe yady asi vīryavān // tasya dūtasya tac chrutvā bhāṣitaṃ tattvavādinaḥ dhairyād asaṃbhrāntavapuḥ sasmitaṃ rāghavo 'bravīt // asad etat tvayā dūta kathitaṃ tasya gauravāt yan māṃ kṣipasi doṣeṇa vedātmānaṃ ca susthiram // yady ahaṃ satpathe mūḍho yadi vā rāvaṇo hataḥ yadi vā me hṛtā bhāryā tasya kā paridevanā // na vāṅmātreṇa duṣyanti sādhavaḥ satpathe sthitāḥ jāgarti ca yathā daivaṃ sadā satsv itareṣu ca // kṛtaṃ dūtena yat kāryaṃ gaccha tvaṃ dūta māciram nātmaślāghiṣu nīceṣu praharantīha madvidhāḥ // ayaṃ mamānujo bhrātā śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ tasya daityasya durbuddhe mṛdhe pratikariṣyati // evam uktaḥ sa dūtas tu yayau saumitriṇā saha anujñāto narendreṇa rāghaveṇa mahātmanā // sa śīghrayānaḥ saṃprāptas tad dānavavanaṃ mahat cakre niveśaṃ saumitrir vanānte yuddhalālasaḥ // tato dūtasya vacanāt sa daityaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ jaghane tad vanaṃ kṛtvā yuddhāyābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ // tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ saumitrer dānavasya ca ubhayor eva dhṛtayoḥ śūrayo raṇamūrdhani // tau śaraiḥ sādhuniśitair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ na ca tau yuddhavaimukhyaṃ śramaṃ vāpy upajagmatuḥ // atha saumitriṇā bāṇaiḥ pīḍito dānavo yudhi tataḥ sa śūlarahitaḥ paryahīyata dānavaḥ // k: N (except Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins.: :k sa gṛhītvāṅkuśaṃ caiva devair dattavaraṃ raṇe | karṣaṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ lavaṇo virarāsa ha || śirodharāyāṃ jagrāha so 'ṅkuśena cakarṣa ha | praveśayitum ārabdho lavaṇo rāghavānujam | sa rukmatsarum udyamya śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ śiraś ciccheda khaḍgena lavaṇasya mahāmṛdhe // k: For 50cd, Ñ2 V1.3 B1.2(marg) Ds D4.5 subst.: :k aṅkuśaṃ caiva ciccheda daityasya ca śiro mahat | sa hatvā dānavaṃ saṃkhye saumitrir mitranandanaḥ tad vanaṃ tasya daityasya cicchedāstreṇa buddhimān // chittvā vanaṃ sa saumitrir niveśam abhirocayat bhavāya tasya deśasya purīṃ paramadharmavit // tasmin madhuvanasthāne mathurā nāma sā purī śatrughnena purā sṛṣṭā hatvā taṃ dānavaṃ raṇe // sā purī paramodārā sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇā sphītā rāṣṭrasamākīrṇā samṛddhabhavanākulā // udyānavanasaṃpannā susīmā supratiṣṭhitā prāṃśuprākārasaṃpannā parikhārgalamekhalā // cayāṭṭālakakeyūrā prāsādavarakuṇḍalā susaṃvṛtadvāramukhī catvarodgārahāsinī // arogavīrapuruṣā hastyaśvarathasaṃkulā ardhacandrapratīkāśā yamunātīraśobhitā // puṇyāpaṇavatī durgā ratnasaṃcayagarvitā kṣetrāṇi rasavanty asyāḥ kāle devaś ca varṣati // k: T2 ins.: :k aṃśāvataraṇe vṛtte surāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | nārāyaṇaṃ samabhyetya nārado vākyam abravīt || yamunāyās taṭe ramye mathurā nāma viśrutā | naranārīsamuditā sā purī sma prakāśate niviṣṭo viṣayaś caiva śūrasenas tato 'bhavat // tasyāṃ puryāṃ mahāvīryo rājā bhojakulodvahaḥ ugrasena iti khyāto mahāsenaparākramaḥ // tasya putratvam āpanno yo 'sauviṣṇo tvayā hataḥ kālanemir mahādaityaḥ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye // kaṃso nāma viśālākṣo bhojavaṃśavivardhanaḥ rājā pṛthivyāṃ vikhyātaḥ siṃhavispaṣṭavikramaḥ // rājñāṃ bhayaṃkaro ghoraḥ śaṅkanīyo mahīkṣitām bhayadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ satpathād bāhyatāṃ gataḥ // dāruṇābhiniveśena dāruṇenāntarātmanā yuktas tenaiva darpeṇa prajānāṃ lomaharṣaṇaḥ // na rājadharmābhirato nātmapakṣasukhāvahaḥ nātmarājyapriyakaraś caṇḍaḥ kararuciḥ sadā // sa kaṃsas tatra saṃbhūtas tvayā yuddhe parājitaḥ k: T1 G M2-4 ins.: :k sa badhvā pitaraṃ rājā mathurām abhyarakṣata | kravyādo bādhate lokān āsureṇāntarātmanā // yo 'py asau hayavikrānto hayagrīva iti smṛtaḥ keśī nāma hayo jātaḥ sa tasyaiva jaghanyajaḥ // sa duṣṭo heṣitapaṭuḥ kesarī niravagrahaḥ vṛndāvane vasaty eko nṛṇāṃ māṃsāni bhakṣayan // ariṣṭo baliputras tu kakudmī vṛṣarūpadhṛk gavām aritvam āpannaḥ kāmarūpī mahāsuraḥ // riṣṭo nāma diteḥ putro variṣṭho dānaveṣu yaḥ sa kuñjaratvam āpanno daityaḥ kaṃsasya vāhanaḥ // k: For 70cd, K2-4 Ñ V B D (D6 om.) T3.4 subst.: :k kuñjaratvam agād daityaḥ kaṃsasyaiva sa vāhanaḥ | lambo nāmeti vikhyāto yo 'saudaityeṣu darpitaḥ pralambo nāma bhūtvāsau vaṭaṃ bhāṇḍīram āśritaḥ // k: T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k śikharo nāma balavān ya āsīd dānavarṣabhaḥ | khara ity ucyate daityo dhenukaḥ so 'surottamaḥ ghoraṃ tālavanaṃ daityaś caraty utsārayan prajāḥ // varāhaś ca kiśoraś ca tāv ubhau dānavottamau mallau raṅgagatau tau tu jātau cāṇūramuṣṭikau // yau tau mayaś ca tāraś ca dānavau dānavāntaka prāgjyotiṣe tau bhaumasya narakasya pure ratau // ete daityā vinihatās tvayā viṣṇo nirākṛtāḥ mānuṣaṃ vapur āsthāya bādhante bhuvi mānavān // tvatkathādveṣiṇaḥ sarve tvanmayān ghnanti mānavān tava prasādāt teṣāṃ vai dānavānāṃ kṣayo bhavet // tava te divi bibhyanti tvatto bibhyanti sāgare pṛthivyāṃ bibhyati tvatto nānyasya tu kathaṃcana // durvṛttasya hatasyāpi tvayā nānyena śrīdhara divaś cyutasya daityasya gatir bhavati medinī // vyutthitasya tu medinyāṃ hatasya nṛśarīriṇaḥ durlabhaṃ svargagamanaṃ tvayi jāgrati keśava // tad āgaccha svayaṃ viṣṇo gacchāva pṛthivītalam dānavānāṃ vināśāya visṛjātmānam ātmanā // mūrtayo hi tavāvyaktā dṛśyādṛśyāḥ surottamaiḥ tāsu sṛṣṭās tvayā devāḥ saṃbhaviṣyanti bhūtale // tavāvataraṇe viṣṇo kaṃsaḥ sa vinaśiṣyati setsyate ca sa kāryārtho yasyārthe bhūmir āgatā // tvaṃ bhārate kāryagurus tvaṃ cakṣus tvaṃ parāyaṇaḥ tad āgaccha hṛṣīkeśa kṣitau tāñ jahi dānavān // Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 45, transliterated and proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of December 19, 2002 :h nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā sasmitaṃ madhusūdanaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ vareṇyaḥ prabhur īśvaraḥ // trailokyasya hitārthāya yan mā vadasi nārada tasya samyakpravṛttasya śrūyatām uttaraṃ vacaḥ // viditā dehino jātā mayaite bhuvi dānavāḥ yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ samāsthāya daityaḥ puṣyati vigraham // jānāmi kaṃsaṃ saṃbhūtam ugrasenasutaṃ bhuvi keśinaṃ cāpi jānāmi daityaṃ turagavigraham // hastinaṃ cotpalāpīḍaṃ mallau cāṇūramuṣṭikau ariṣṭaṃ caiva jānāmi daityaṃ vṛṣabharūpiṇam // vidito me kharaś caiva pralambaś ca mahāsuraḥ sā ca me viditā vipra pūtanā duhitā baleḥ // kāliyaṃ cāpi jānāmi yamunāhradagocaram vainateyabhayād vipra sarpam ajñātarūpiṇam // vidito me jarāsaṃdhaḥ sthito mūrdhni mahīkṣitām prāgjyotiṣapure cāpi narakaṃ sādhu tarkaye // k: Ñ2.3 V B Ds D4 T3.4 ins. after 8, D2 cont. after *563: :k mānuṣe pārthive loke mānuṣatvam upāgatam | k: Ñ2.3 V B Ds D4 T3.4 cont., K Dn D1-3.5 T1.2 G M4 ins. after 8: :k bāṇaṃ ca śoṇitapure guhapratimatejasam | dṛptaṃ bāhusahasreṇa devair api sudurjayam | k: T1.2 G M4 cont., M1-3 ins. after 8: :k śiśupālaṃ ca jānāmi tau haṃsaḍimakau tathā | jānāmi pauṇḍraṃ sālvaṃ ca taṃ kālayavanaṃ tathā || ekalavyaṃ ca jānāmi ye cānye duṣṭacāriṇaḥ | tān sarvān nihaniṣyāmi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | mayy āsaktāṃ ca jānāmi bhāratīṃ mahatīṃ dhuram tac ca sarvaṃ vijānāmi yathā sthāsyanti te nṛpāḥ // kṣayo bhuvi mayā dṛṣṭaḥ śakraloke ca satkriyā teṣāṃ puruṣadehānām aparāvṛttivartinām // saṃpravekṣyāmy ahaṃ yogam ātmanaś ca parasya ca saṃprāpya pārthivaṃ lokaṃ mānuṣatvam upāgataḥ // kaṃsādīṃś cāpi tān sarvān vadhiṣyāmi mahāsurān tena tena vidhānena yena yaḥ śāntim eṣyati // anupraviśya yogena tās tā hi gatayo mama amīṣām amarendrāṇāṃ hantavyā ripavo yudhi // jagatyarthe kṛto yo 'yam aṃśotsargo mahātmabhiḥ suradevarṣigandharvair etac cānumataṃ mama // viniścayo hi prāg eva nāradāyaṃ kṛto mayā nivāsaṃ tu na me brahmā vidadhāti pitāmahaḥ // yatra deśe yathā jāto yena veṣeṇa vā vasan tān ahaṃ samare hanyāṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha // nārāyaṇemaṃ siddhārtham upāyaṃ śṛṇu me vibho bhuvi yas te janayitā jananī ca bhaviṣyati // yatra vai tvaṃ mahābāho jātaḥ kulakaro bhuvi yādavānāṃ mahadvaṃśam akhilaṃ dhārayiṣyasi // tāṃś cāsurān samutsādya vaṃśaṃ kṛtvātmano mahat sthāpayiṣyasi maryādāṃ nṛṇāṃ tan me niśāmaya // purā hi kaśyapo viṣṇo varuṇasya mahātmanaḥ jahāra yajñiyā gāvaḥ payodāś ca mahāmakhe // aditiḥ surabhiś cobhe dve bhārye kaśyapasya tu pradīyamānā gās tās tu naicchatāṃ varuṇasya vai // tato māṃ varuṇo 'bhyetya praṇamya śirasānataḥ uvāca bhagavan gāvo guruṇā me hṛtā iti // kṛtakāryo hi gās tās tu nānujānāti me guruḥ anvavartata bhārye dve aditiṃ surabhiṃ tathā // mama tā hy akṣayā gāvo divyāḥ kāmadughā vibho caranti sagārān sarvān rakṣitāḥ svena tejasā // kas tā dharṣayituṃ śakto mama gāḥ kaśyapād ṛte akṣayaṃ yāḥ kṣaranty agraṃ payo devāmṛtopamam // prabhur vā vyutthito brahman gurur vā yadi vetaraḥ tvayā niyamyāḥ sarve vai tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ // yadi prabhavatāṃ daṇḍo loke kāryam ajānatām na vidyate lokaguro na syur vai lokasetavaḥ // yathā vāstu tathā vāstu kartavye bhagavān prabhuḥ mama gāvaḥ pratīyantāṃ tato gantāsmi sāgaram // yas te 'tmā devatā gāvo yā gāvaḥ sa tvam avyayam lokānāṃ tvatpravṛttānām ekaṃ gobrāhmaṇaṃ smṛtam // trātavyāḥ prathamaṃ gāvas trātās trāyanti tā dvijān gobrāhmaṇaparitrāṇāt paritrātaṃ jagad bhavet // ity ambupatinā prokto varuṇenāham acyuta gavāṃ kāraṇatattvajñaḥ kaśyape śāpam utsṛjam // yenāṃśena hṛtā gāvaḥ kaśyapena mahātmanā sa tenāṃśena jagatīṃ gatvā gopatvam eṣyati // yā ca sā surabhir nāma yāditiś ca surāraṇiḥ te 'py ubhe tasya vai bhārye saha tenaiva yāsyataḥ // k: K1(marg.).2.3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.2.4.5 T3.4 ins.: :k tābhyāṃ saha sa gopatve kaśyapo bhuvi raṃsyate | tad asya kaśyapasyāṃśas tejasā kaśyapopamaḥ vasudeva iti khyāto goṣu tiṣṭhati bhūtale // girir govardhano nāma mathurāyās tv adūrataḥ tatrāsau goṣu nirataḥ kaṃsasya karadāyakaḥ // tasya bhāryādvayaṃ caiva aditiḥ surabhis tathā devakī rohiṇī caiva vasudevasya dhīmataḥ // k: K3 Dn D2-5 ins.: :k surabhī rohiṇī devī cāditir devakī tv abhūt | tatrāvatara lokānāṃ bhavāya madhusūdana jayāśīrvacanais tv ete vardhayanti divaukasaḥ // ātmānam ātmanā hi tvam avatārya mahītalam devakīṃ rohiṇīṃ caiva garbhābhyāṃ paritoṣaya // tatra tvaṃ śiśur evādau gopālakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ vardhayasva mahābāho purā traivikrame yathā // chādayitvātmanātmānaṃ māyayā yogarūpayā gopakanyāsahasrāṇi ramayaṃś cara medinīm // gāś ca te rakṣato viṣṇo vanāni paridhāvataḥ vanamālāparikṣiptaṃ dhanyā drakṣyanti te vapuḥ // k: T1.2 G1-3.5 M ins.: :k pītāmbaradharaṃ caiva nīlakuñcitamūrdhajam | vanamālākṛtoraskaṃ mayūravyajanākulam | viṣṇo padmapalāśākṣa gopālavasatiṃ gate bāle tvayi mahābāho loko bālatvam eṣyati // tvadbhaktāḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa tava cittavaśānugāḥ k: K3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn D2.5(marg.) ins.: :k goṣu gopā bhaviṣyanti sahāyāḥ satataṃ tava | vane cārayato gās tu goṣṭhāṃś ca paridhāvataḥ majjato yamunāyāṃ ca ratim āpsyanti te tvayi // jīvitaṃ vasudevasya bhaviṣyati sujīvitam yas tvayā tāta ity uktaḥ putra ity eva vakṣyati // k: S ins. after 44, G(ed.) after 41: :k sa hi dhanyataro loke yasya tvaṃ putratāṃ gataḥ | sa hi puṇyakṛtāṃ śreṣṭho yas tvāṃ putreti kīrtayet || ye namasyanti deva tvāṃ gopālakṛtalakṣaṇam | te hi puṇyakṛtāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ praṇamyāḥ sarvajantubhiḥ | atha vā kasya putratvaṃ gaccheran yatra kaśyapāt kā ca dhārayituṃ śaktā viṣṇo tvām aditiṃ vinā // yogenātmasamutthena tvaṃ gaccha vijayāya vai vayam apy ālayaṃ svaṃ gacchāmo madhusūdana // k: T G1.2.4.5 M ins. after 46, G3 after 48ab: :k ity uktvā devadeveśaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | jagāma sa prabhur gehaṃ devāś cāpi yathāgatam | sa devān abhyanujñāya vivikte tridivālaye jagāma viṣṇuḥ svaṃ deśaṃ kṣīrodasyottarāṃ diśam // tatraiva pārvatī nāma guhā meroḥ sudurgamā tribhis tasyaiva vikrāntair nityaṃ parvasu pūjitā // purāṇaṃ tatra vinyasya dehaṃ harir udāradhīḥ ātmānaṃ yojayām āsa vasudevagṛhe prabhuḥ // Colophon h: HV (CE) ch. 46, transliterated by Peter Schreiner; version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h k: Before the ref., Poona ed. ins. the introductory mantra; while G(ed.) ins.: :k ||* śrīr astu *|| ||* śrīvājivadanāya namaḥ *|| ||* atha dvitīyaṃ viṣṇuparva samārabhyate *|| vedavyāsaguṇāvāsa vidyādhīśa satāṃ vaśa | māṃ nirāśaṃ gatakleśaṃ kurvan āśaṃ hare 'niśam | jñātvā viṣṇuṃ kṣitigataṃ bhāgāṃś ca tridivaukasām vināśaśaṃsī kaṃsasya nārado mathurāṃ yayau // triviṣṭapād āpatito mathuropavane sthitaḥ preṣayām āsa kaṃsasya ugrasenasutasya vai // k: K3 Ñ2.3 V B D(D6 om.) T3.4 ins. after 2; G(ed.) cont. after *573: :k sa dūtaḥ kathayām āsa muner āgamanaṃ nṛpe | k: On the other hand, T1.2 G M G(ed.) ins. after 2: :k dvāḥsthaṃ viditavistāraṃ dvāri tiṣṭhati nāradaḥ | iti śrutvā sa kaṃsasya dvārapālas tvarann iva || gatvā tu tvaritaṃ rājann uvāca madhureśvaram | eṣa tiṣṭhati rājendra nārado lokanāradaḥ | sa nāradasyāgamanaṃ śrutvā tvaritavikramaḥ nirgajāmāsuraḥ kaṃsaḥ svapuryāḥ padmalocanaḥ // sa dadarśātithiṃ ślāghyaṃ devarṣiṃ vītakalmaṣam tejasā jvalanākāraṃ vapuṣā sūryavarcasam // so 'bhivādyarṣaye tasmai pūjāṃ cakre yathāvidhi āsanaṃ cāgnivarṇābhaṃ visṛjyopajahāra vai // niṣasādāsane tasmin sa vai śakrasakho muniḥ uvāca cograsenasya sutaṃ paramakopanam // pūjito 'haṃ tvayā vīra vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā gate tv evaṃ mama vacaḥ śrūyatāṃ gṛhyatāṃ ca vai // k: For 7cd, T3 subst.: :k evaṃ gate mahārāja śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama | anusṛtya divo lokān ahaṃ brahmapurogamān gataḥ sūryasakhaṃ tāta vipulaṃ meruparvatam // sanandanavanaṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā caitrarathaṃ vanam āplutaṃ me sutīrthāsu saritsu saha daivataiḥ // divyā tridhārā dṛṣṭā me puṇyā tripathagā nadī k: For 10ab, T1.2 G M4 subst.: :k divyāṃ tripathagāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyāṃ bhāgirathīṃ nadīm | k: While T3 M1-3 subst. for 10ab: :k divyā tripathagā dṛṣṭā puṇyā bhāgīrathī nadī | k: After 10ab, N (except Ś1 K4 Ñ1; D6 om.) T G M4 ins.: :k smaraṇād eva sarveṣām aṃhasāṃ yā vibhedinī | upaspṛṣṭaṃ ca tīrtheṣu divyeṣu ca yathākramam // dṛṣṭaṃ me brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam devagandharvanirghoṣair apsarobhiś ca nāditam // so 'haṃ kadācid devānāṃ samājaṃ merumūrdhani saṃgṛhya vīṇāṃ saṃsaktām agacchaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sabhām // so 'haṃ tatra sitoṣṇīṣān nānāratnavibhūṣitān divyāsanagatān devān apaśyaṃ sapitāmahān // tatra manatrayatām evaṃ devatānāṃ mayā śrutaḥ bhavataḥ sānugasyeha vadhopāyaḥ sudāruṇaḥ // tatraiṣā devakī yā te mathurāyāṃ pitṛṣvasā asyā garbho 'ṣṭamaḥ kaṃsa sa te mṛtyur bhaviṣyati // devānāṃ sa tu sarvasvaṃ tridivasya gatiś ca saḥ paraṃ rahasyaṃ devānāṃ sa te mṛtyur bhaviṣyati // parato 'pi paras tv eṣāṃ svayaṃbhūś ca savayaṃbhuvām tatas te tan mahad bhūtaṃ divyaṃ na kathayāmy aham // ślāghyaś ca sa hi te mṛtyur bhūtapūrvaś ca taṃ smara yatnaś ca kriyatāṃ kaṃsa garbhasthe yadi śakyate // eṣā me tvadgatā prītir ityarthaṃ cāham āgataḥ bhujyantāṃ sarvakāmārthāḥ svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham // k: After 19c, S (except T2.4) ins.: :k dāsyantāṃ dānavistarāḥ | bhujyantāṃ kaṃsa kāmāś ca | ity uktvā nārade yāte tasya vākyaṃ vicintayan jahāsoccais tataḥ kaṃsaḥ pakāśadaśanaś ciram // sasmitaṃ ceva provāca bhṛtyānām agrataḥ sthitaḥ hāsyaḥ khalu sa sattveṣu nārado na viśāradaḥ // nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyo devair api savāsavaiḥ āhavasthaḥ śayāno vā pramato matta eva vā // yo 'haṃ dorbhyām udārābhyāṃ kṣobhaye 'haṃ dharām imām ko 'sti yo mānuṣe loke māṃ kṣobhayitum utsahet // adyaprabhṛti bhūtānām eṣa devānuvartinām nṛpakṣipaśusaṃghānāṃ karomi kadanaṃ mahat // ājñāpyatāṃ hayaḥ keśī pralambo dhenukas tathā ariṣṭo vṛṣabhaś caiva pūtanā kāliyas tathā // aṭadhvaṃ pṭhivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ praharadhvaṃ ca sarveṣu ye 'smākaṃ pakṣadūṣakāḥ // garbhasthānām api gatir vijñeyā bhuvi dehinām nāradena hi garbhebhyo bhayaṃ naḥ samudāhṛtam // bhavanto hi yathākāmaṃ modantāṃ vigatajvarāḥ māṃ ca vo nātham āśritya nāsti devakṛtaṃ bhayam // sa tu kelikilo vipro bhedaśīlaś ca nāradaḥ suśliṣṭān api lokeṣu bhedayaṃl labhate ratim // kaṇḍūyamānaḥ satataṃ lokān aṭati cañcalaḥ ghaṭayāno narendrāṇāṃ tantrīvairāṇi caiva ha // evaṃ sa vilapann eva vāṅmātreṇa tu kevalam viveśa kaṃso bhavanaṃ dahyamānena cetasā // h: HV (CE) ch. 47, transliterated by Peter Schreiner; version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h so ājñāpayata saṃrabdhaḥ sacivān ātmano hitān yattā bhavata sarve vai devakyā garabhakṛntane // prathamād eva hantavyā garbhās te sarva eva hi mūlād eva hi hantavyaḥ so 'nartho yatra saṃśayaḥ // devakī ca gṛhe guptā pracchannair abhirakṣitā svairaṃ caratu visrabdhā madbalair yatnam āsthitaiḥ // māsān vai puṣpamāsādīn gaṇayantu mama striyaḥ pariṇāme tu garbhasya śeṣaṃ jñāsyāmahe vayam // vasudevaś ca saṃrakṣyaḥ strīsanāthāstu bhūmiṣu apramattair mama hitai rātrāv ahani caiva ha strībhir varṣavaraiś caiva vaktavyaṃ na ca kāraṇam // eṣa mānuṣako yatno mānuṣair eva sādhyate śrūyatāṃ yena daivaṃ hi madvidhaiḥ pratihanyate // mantragrāmaiḥ suvihitair auṣadhaiś ca suyojitaiḥ yatnena cānukūlena daivam apy anuvartate // evaṃ sa yatnavān kaṃso devakīgarbhakṛntane bhayena mantrayām āsa śrutārtho nāradāt sa vai // k: After 8, D6 S (except T3.4) ins.: :k atha brahmatanūjas tu nārado munipuṃgavaḥ | viṣṇave sarvam ācakhyau yathā kaṃsaviceṣṭitam | evaṃ śrutvā prayatnaṃ vai kaṃsasyāriṣṭasaṃjñitam k: For 9ab, D6 S (except T3.4) subst.: :k śrutvaiva kaṃsarājasya ceṣṭitaṃ jagatīpatiḥ | antardhānaṃ gato viṣṇuś cintayām āsa vīryavān // saptemān devakīgarbhān bhojaputro vadhiṣyati aṣṭame ca mayā garbhe kāryam ādhānam ātmanaḥ // tasya cintayatas tv evaṃ pātālam agaman manaḥ yatra te garbhaśayanāḥ ṣadgarbhā nāma dānavāḥ // vikrāntavapuṣo dīptās te 'mṛtaprāśanopamāḥ amarapratimā yuddhe putrā vai kālaneminaḥ // k: After 12, all Mss. (except Ś1 M1-3; G4 damaged) ins.: :k āryakaṃ vai parityajya hiraṇyakaśipuṃ purā | upāsāṃ cakrire daityāḥ purā lokapitāmaham tapyamānās tapas tīvraṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ // k: After 13, D6 S (except T3.4) ins.: :k samāḥ sahasram ayutam ambuvāyuvicāriṇaḥ | teṣāṃ prīto 'bhavad brahmā ṣadgarbhāṇāṃ varaṃ dadau k: Ñ (except Ś1) T G1.3-5 M4 G2 ins.: :k bho bho dānavaśārdūlās tapasāhaṃ sutoṣitaḥ | brūta vo yasya yaḥ kāmaḥ ko varo vaḥ pradīyatāṃ // te tu sarve samānārthā daityā brahmāṇam abruvan yadi no bhagavān prītaḥ śrūyatāṃ no varo varaḥ // avadhyāḥ syāma bhagavan daivataiḥ samahauragaiḥ śāpapraharaṇaiś cāpi niyataiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ // yakṣagandharvapatibhiḥ siddhacāraṇamānavaiḥ mā bhūd vadho no bhagavan dadāsi yadi no varam // tān uvāca tato brahmā suprītenāntarātmanā bhavadbhir yad idaṃ proktaṃ sarvam etad bhaviṣyati // ṣaḍgarbhāṇāṃ varaṃ dasttvā svayaṃbhūs tridivaṃ gataḥ tato hiraṇyakaśipuḥ saroṣo vākyam abravīt // mām utsṛjya varo yasmād vṛto vaḥ padmasaṃbhavāt tasmād vas tyājitaḥ snehaḥ śatrubhūtāṃs tyajāmy aham // ṣaḍgarbhā iti yo yaṃ vaḥ śabdaḥ pitrābhivardhitaḥ sa eva vo garbhagatān pitā sarvān vadhiṣyati // ṣaḍ eva devakīgarbhāḥ ṣadgarbhā vai mahāsurāḥ bhaviṣyanti tataḥ kaṃso garbhasthān vo vadhiṣyati // k: D6 S ins.: :k śaptvā caivaṃ tato daityān daityeśo roṣamūrcchitaḥ | pātāle jalagarbhasthāṃś cakārāmitavikramaḥ | jñātvā haris tu taṃ śāpaṃ kaṃsasya ca viniścayam | jagāmātha tato viṣṇuḥ pātālaṃ yatra te śurāḥ ṣaḍgarbhāḥ saṃyatāḥ santi jalagarbhagṛheśayāḥ // sa dadarśa jale suptān ṣaḍgarbhān garbhasaṃsthitān nidrayā kālarūpiṇyā sarvān antarhitān iva // svapnarūpeṇa teṣāṃ vai viṣṇur dehān athāviśat prāṇeśvarāṃś ca niṣkṛṣya nidrāyai pradadau tadā // tāṃ covāca tadā nidrāṃ viṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ gaccha nidre mayotsṛṣṭā devakībhavanāntikam // imān prāṇeśvarān gṛhya ṣaḍgarbhān nāma dehinaḥ k: K N V B2 Dn Ds D1.4.5 G4 ins. after 27a, D6 after 27b: :k ṣaḍgarbhān dānavottamān | sarvaprāṇeśvarī caiva | ṣaṭsu garbheṣu devakyā yojayasva yathākramam // jāteṣv eteṣu garbheṣu nīteṣu ca yamakṣayam kaṃsasya viphale yatne devakyāḥ saphale śrame // prasādaṃ te kariṣyāmi matprasādasamaṃ bhuvi yena sarvasya lokasya devi devī bhavīṣyasi // k: D6 S (except T3.4) ins.: :k bhaviṣyanti mamāsrāṇi tathā bāhusthitāni te | śārṅgaśaṅkhagadācakra+ +musalaṃ śūlam eva ca | saptamo devakīgarbho yo 'ṃśaḥ saumyo mamāgrajaḥ sa saṃkrāmayitavyas te saptame māsi rohiṇīm // saṃkarṣaṇāt tu garbhasya sa tu saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā bhaviṣyaty agrajo bhrātā mama śītāṃśudarśanaḥ // patito devakīgarbhaḥ saptamo 'yaṃ bhayād iti aṣṭame mayi garbhasthe kaṃso yatnaṃ kariṣyati // yā tu sā nandagopasya dayitā kaṃsagopateḥ yaśodā nāma bhadraṃ te bhāryā gopakulodvahā // tasyās tvaṃ navamo 'smākaṃ kule garbho bhaviṣyasi navamyām eva saṃjāto kṛṣṇapakṣasya vai tithau // ahaṃ tv abhijito yoge niśāyā yauvane gate ardharātre kariṣyāmi garbhamokṣaṃ yathāsukham // aṣṭamasya tu māsasya jātāv āvāṃ tataḥ samam prāpsyāvo garabhavyatyāsaṃ prāpte kaṃsasya śasane // ahaṃ yaśodāṃ yāsyāmi tvaṃ devi bhaja devakīm āvayor garbhavyatyāse kaṃso gacchatu mūḍhatām // tatas tvāṃ gṛhya caraṇe śilāyāṃ nirasiṣyati k: S except T3.4 ins.: :k tatas taddhastavibhraṣṭā madyogād bhavitā śubhā | nirasyamānā gagane sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam // macchavīsadṛśī kṛṣṇā saṃkarṣaṇasamānanā bibhratī vipulān bāhūn mama bāhūpamān bhuvi // triśikhaṃ śūlam udyamya khaḍgaṃ ca kanakatsarum pātrīṃ ca pūrṇāṃ madhunaḥ paṅkajaṃ ca sunirmalam // vasānā mecakaṃ kṣaumaṃ pītenottaravāsasā śaśiraśmiprakāśena hāreṇorasi rājatā // divyakuṇḍalapūrṇābhyāṃ śravaṇābhyāṃ vibhūṣitā candrasāpatnyabhūtena tvaṃ mukhena virājitā // mukuṭena tricakreṇa keśabandhena śobhitā bhujagābhoganirghoṣair bāhubhiḥ parighopamaiḥ // k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-5 T3.4 subst.: :k bhujagābhair bhujair bhīmair bhūṣayantī diśo daśa | k: D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k aṣṭabhiḥ śobhayanty ugraiḥ śārṅgacakrāsidhāribhiḥ | dhvajena śikhibarhāṇām ucchritena samīpataḥ aṅgajena mayūrāṇām aṅgadena ca bhāsvatā // kīrṇā bhūtagaṇair ghorair mannideśānuvartinī kaumāraṃ vratam āsthāya atridivaṃ tvaṃ gamiṣyasi // tatra tvāṃ śatadṛk śakro matpradiṣṭena karmaṇā abhiṣekeṇa divyena daivataiḥ saha yokṣyate // tatraiva tvāṃ bhaginyarthe grahiṣyati sa vāsavaḥ kuśikasya tu gotreṇa kauśikī tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi // sa te vindhye nagaśreṣṭhe sthānaṃ dāsyati śāśvatam tataḥ sthānasahasreais tvaṃ pṛthivīṃ śobhayiṣyasi // tataḥ sumbhanisumbhau a dānavau nagacārtiṇau tau ca kṛtvā manasi māṃ sānugau nāśayiṣyasi // trailokyacāriṇī sā tvaṃ bhuvi satyopayācitā bhaviṣyasi mahābhāge varadā kāmarūpiṇī // kṛtānuyātrā bhūtais tvaṃ nityaṃ māṃsabalipriyā tithau navamyāṃ pūjāṃ ca prāpsyase sapaśukriyām // ye ca tvāṃ matprabhāvajñāḥ praṇamiṣyanti mānavāḥ na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcit putrato dhanato 'pi vā // kāntāreṣv avasannānāṃ mganānāṃ ca mahārṇave dasyubhir vā niruddhānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ paramā nṛṇām // tvaṃ siddhiḥ śrīr dhṛtiḥ kīrtir hrīr vidyā saṃnatir matiḥ k: D3 ins.: :k saṃdhyā lakṣmīr vapur medhā kāntiḥ śraddhā kriyā gatiḥ | saṃdhyā rātriḥ prabhā nidrā kālarātris tathaiva ca // k: K1-3 Ñ V B D T2-4 G M4 ins.: :k tvāṃ tu stoṣyanti ye bhaktyā stavenānena vai śubhe | tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati || Colophon āryāstavaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathoktam ṛṣibhiḥ purā | nārāyaṇīṃ namasyāmi devīṃ tribhuvaneśvarīm | k: Ś1 K4 Ñ1 V2.3 B1 Ds D1 T3 ins. after 54, K1-3 Ñ2.3 V1 B2.3 Dn D2-6 T1.2.4 G1.2.4.5 M4 after the repetition of 54, G3 after the repetition of 54ab, a passage given in App. I (No. 8). :k nṛṇāṃ bandhaṃ vadhaṃ ghoraṃ putranāśaṃ dhanakṣayam vyādhimṛtyubhayaṃ caiva pūjitā śamayiṣyasi // k: After 55, Ś1 Dn ins.: :k bhaviṣyasi mahābhāge varadā kāmarūpiṇī | mohayitvā ca taṃ kaṃsam ekā tvaṃ bhokṣyase jagat k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-5 T3 ins. after 56ab; D6 T2 G1-3.5 M4 after the repetition of 56ab; T1 after 56: :k aham apy ātmano vṛttiṃ vidhāsye goṣu gopavat | svavṛddhyartham ahaṃ caiva kariṣye kaṃsaghātanam // evaṃ tu tāṃ samādiśya gato 'ntardhānam īśvaraḥ sā cāpi taṃ namaskṛtya tathāstv iti vinirgatā // k: Ś1 D2.5 ins. after 57; D6 after the repetition of 57: :k yaś caitat paṭhate stotraṃ śṛṇuyād vāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ | sarvārthasiddhiṃ labhate naro nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ | h: HV (CE) ch. 48, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h kṛte garbhavidhāne tu devakī devatopamā jagrāha sapta tān garbhān yathāvat samudāhṛtān // ṣaḍgarbhān niḥsṛtān kaṃsas tāñ jaghāna śilātale āpannaṃ saptamaṃ garbhaṃ sā nināyātha rohiṇīm // sārdharātre sthitaṃ garbhaṃ śātayantī rajasvalā nidrayā sahasāviṣṭā papāta dharaṇītale // sā svapnam iva taṃ dṛṣṭvā garbhaṃ niḥsṛtam ātmanaḥ apaśyantī ca taṃ garbhaṃ muhūrtaṃ vyathitābhavat // tām āha nidrā saṃvignāṃ naiśe tamasi rohiṇīm rohiṇīm iva somasya vasudevasya rohiṇīm // karsaṇenāsya garbhasya svagarbhe cāhitasya vai saṃkarṣaṇo nāma śubhe tava putro bhaviṣyati // sā taṃ putram avāpyaiva hṛṣṭā kiṃcid avāṅmukhī viveśa rohiṇī veśma suprabhā rohiṇī yathā // tasya garbhasya mārgeṇa garbham ādhatta devakī yadarthaṃ sapta te garbhāḥ kaṃsena vinipātitāḥ // taṃ tu garbhaṃ prayatnena rarakṣur tasya rakṣiṇaḥ k: D6 T G1.2.4.5 M ins. after 9ab: :k jāgrataḥ prayatāḥ sarve māsān saṃkhyāya śastriṇaḥ | sa tatra garbhavasatiṃ vasaty ātmecchayā hariḥ // k: D6 T G1.2.4.5 M ins. after 9: :k yasminn ahani deveśaṃ garbham ādatta devakī | yaśodāpi samādhatta garbhaṃ tadahar eva tu viṣṇoḥ śarīrajāṃ nidrāṃ viṣṇor nirdeśakāriṇīm // garbhakāle tv asaṃpūrṇe aṣṭame māsi te striyau devakī ca yaśodā ca suṣuvāte samaṃ tadā // yām eva rajanīṃ kṛṣṇo jajñe vṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ tām eva rajanīṃ kanyāṃ yaśodāpi vyajāyata nandagopasya bhāryā vai kaṃsagopasya saṃmatā // tulyakālaṃ hi garbhiṇyau yaśodā devakī tathā k: After 13ab, D6 T2 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k aṣṭamyāṃ śrāvaṇe māse kṛṣṇapakṣe mahātithau | rohiṇyām ardharātre ca sudhāṃśor udaye tathā | devaky ajanayad viṣṇuṃ yaśodā tāṃ tu kanyakām muhūrte 'bhijite prāpte sārdharātre vibhūṣite // sāgarāḥ samakampanta celuś ca dharaṇīdharāḥ jajvaluś cāgnayaḥ śāntā jāyamāne janārdane // śivāḥ saṃpravavur vātāḥ praśāntam abhavad rajaḥ jyotīṃsi ca prakāśanta jāyamāne janārdane // k: K1.2,V1.2,B,Ds,D2.4.5 ins. after 15; Ñ2,Dn after line 1 of *601; Ñ3 after 16ab; D3 after 14: :k abhijin nāma nakṣatraṃ jayantī nāma śarvarī | muhūrto vijayo nāma yatra jāto janārdanaḥ || avyaktaḥ śāśvataḥ sūkṣmo harinārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | jāyate bhagavāṃs tatra nayanair mohayañ jagat | anāhatā duṃdubhayo devānāṃ prāṇadan divi ākāśāt puṣpavarṣaṃ ca vavarṣa tridiveśvaraḥ // k: D6,T2-4,G,M ins. after 16; T1 after line 2 of *601: :k antardhānagatāḥ sarve munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | astuvan niśi deveśaṃ jāyamānaṃ janārdanam || eṣa eva jagatsvāmī vasudevasya veśmani | bālyaṃ vapuḥ samāsthāya tūṣṇīm āste 'tha paśyata || paśyatainaṃ suviśrabdhāḥ sākṣāl lokeśvaraṃ prabhum | mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthāya lambantaṃ devakīkare || eṣa hantuṃ durātmānaṃ kaṃsam āvirbhaviṣyati || namas tasmai jagaddhātre viṣṇave kṛṣṇarūpiṇe | acintyavibhave tasmai viśvakartre namo namaḥ | gīrbhir maṅgalayuktābhiḥ stuvanto madhusūdanam k: For 17ab D6 S subst.: :k arthyābhir gīrbhir evaṃ taṃ jāyamānaṃ janārdanam | maharṣayaḥ sagandharvā upatasthuḥ sahāpsarāḥ // k: Ś1,K1-3,Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,Ds,D2-4,T1.3.4,G4 ins. after 17; D5 after 17ab: :k jāyamāne hṛṣīkeśe prahṛṣṭam abhavaj jagat | indraś ca tridaśaiḥ sārdhaṃ tuṣṭāva madhusūdanam || vasudevas tu taṃ rātrau jātaṃ putram adhokṣajam | śrīvatsalakṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā yutaṃ divyaiś ca lakṣaṇaiḥ | k: B2 ins. after line 2 of *601: :k devakī ca tato dīnā tam uvāca śucismitā | upasaṃhara sarvāsu divyaṃ rūpam idaṃ hare || jānātu māvatāraṃ te kaṃso 'yaṃ ditijāntaka | k: K1-3,Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,Ds,D2-5,T1.3.4,G4 cont.; D6,T2,G1-3.5,M4 cont. after *604: :k uvāca vasudevas taṃ rūpaṃ saṃhara vai prabho | bhīto 'haṃ deva kaṃsasya tasmād evaṃ vadāmy aham | mama putrā hatās tena tava jyeṣṭhāmbujekṣaṇa || vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā rūpaṃ saṃharad acyutaḥ | anujñāpya pitṛtvena nandagopagṛhaṃ naya | k: K1 Ñ2.3 V1 D3 cont. *602: :k ugrasenamate tiṣṭhan yaśodāyai dadau tadā | k: D6,T2,G1-3.5,M ins. after 17; T1.3.4,G4 cont. after *602: :k evaṃ samākule kāle suṣupū rakṣiṇas tadā || na kevalaṃ rakṣitāraḥ sāyudhā mohitāḥ kila | sā purī madhurā sarvā suṣvāpa harimāyayā | vasudevād ṛte tasmād devakyāś ca mahīpate || vasudevas tato gatvā devakīgarbhaveśma tat | dadarśa devadeveśaṃ rātrau jātam adhokṣajam || nīlakuñcitakeśāntam unnidrāmbujavaktrakam | nīlameghanibhaṃ kāntaṃ tejoraśim amānuṣam || śayānam ambuje patre vaṭapatre yathā purā | prācīnaśirasaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ paścimanyastapādakam || tatra dṛṣṭo jarāyur na na ca prasavavedanā || devakī sumukhī dṛṣṭvā sāsīnā putralokinī | atyantavismayāviṣṭā vasudevena sābhavat | vasudevas tu saṃgṛhya dārakaṃ kṣipram eva tu k: D6 T1.3 G M4 ins. after 18ab; M1-3 subst. for 18ab: :k śayānam aṅke devakyā rātrāv ādāya yādavaḥ | yaśodāyā gṛhaṃ bhīto viveśa sutavatsalaḥ // k: After 18, K3 D2 ins.: :k tayā hṛtapratyayasarvavṛttiṣu | dvāḥstheṣu paureṣv anuśāyiteṣv atha | dvāras tu saravāḥ pihitā duratyayā | bṛhatkapāṭāyasakīlaśṛṅkhalaiḥ || tāḥ kṛṣṇavāhe vasudeva āgate | svayaṃ viśīryanta tamo yathā raveḥ | vavarṣa parjanya upāṃśugarjitaṃ | śeṣo 'nvagād vāri nivārayan phaṇaiḥ || magho 'tivarṣaty asakṛd yamānujā | gambhīratoyaughajavormiphenilā | bhayānakāvartaśatākulā nadī | mārgaṃ dadau sindhur iva śriyaḥ pateḥ || nandavrajaṃ śaurir upetya tatra tān | gopān prasuptān upalabhya nidrayā | sutaṃ yaśodāśayane nidhāya tam | sutām upādāya punar gṛhān agāt || yaśodāyās tv avijñātaṃ tatra nikṣipya dārakam gṛhya tāṃ dārikāṃ cāpi devakīśayane 'nyasat // k: D6,S (except T3.4) ins.: :k suptā eva tadā sarve rakṣiṇo viṣṇumāyayā | parivarte kṛte tābhyāṃ garbhābhyāṃ bhayaviklavaḥ vasudevaḥ kṛtārtho vai nirjagāma niveśanāt // k: After 20, K3 D2 ins.: :k bahir antaḥ puradvāraḥ sarvāḥ pūrvavad āvṛtāḥ | tato bāladhvaniṃ śrutvā gṛhapālāḥ samutthitāḥ || te tu tūrṇam upavrajya devakyā garbhajanma tat | ācakhyur bhojarājāya yad udvignaḥ pratīkṣate | ugrasenasutāyātha kaṃsāyānakaduṃdubhiḥ nivedayām_āsa tadā kanyāṃ tāṃ varavarṇinīm // k: For 21cd, M1-3 subst.: :k bhīto nivedayām āsa jātā naḥ kanyaketi ha | tac chrutvā tvaritaḥ kaṃso rakṣibhiḥ saha vegitaḥ ājagāma gṛhadvāraṃ vasudevasya vīryavān // sa tatra tvarito dvāri kiṃ jātam iti cābravīt dīyatāṃ śīghram ity evaṃ vāgbhiḥ samabhitarjayat // tato hāhākṛtāḥ sarvā devakīpramukhāḥ striyaḥ k: After 24ab, N (except Ś1 D6) T1.3.4 ins.: :k uvāca devakī dīnā bāṣpaviklavayā girā | dārikā putra jāteti kaṃsaṃ tūvāca devakī // śrīmanto me hatāḥ sapta putragarbhās tvayā vibho dārikeyaṃ hataivaiṣā paśyasva yadi manyase // dṛṣṭvā kaṃsas tu tāṃ kanyām ahṛṣyata mudā yutaḥ hataivaiṣā yadā kanyā jātety uktvā vṛthāmatiḥ // sā garbhaśayane kliṣṭā garbhāmbuklinnamūrdhajā kaṃsasya purato nyastā pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīsamā // pāde tāṃ gṛhya puruṣaḥ samāvidhyāvadhūya ca udyacchann eva sahasā śilāyāṃ samapothayat sāvadhūtā śilāpṛṣṭhe 'niṣpiṣṭā divam utpatat // hitvā garbhatanuṃ cāpi sahasā muktamūrdhajā jagāmākāśam āviśya divyasraganulepanā k: Dn D2.5 ins. (Dn: "mukuṭāṭopabhūṣitā"): :k hāraśobhitasarvāṅgī mukuṭojjvalabhūṣitā | kanyaiva cābhavan nityaṃ divyā devair abhiṣṭutā // nīlapītāmbaradharā gajakumbhopamastanī rathavistīrṇajaghanā candravaktrā caturbhujā // vidyudvispaṣṭavarṇābhā bālārkasadṛśekṣaṇā payodharasvanavatī saṃdhyeva sapayodharā // sā vai niśi tamograste babhau bhūtagaṇākule nṛtyatī hasatī caiva viparītena bhāsvatī // vihāyasagatā raudrā papau pānam anuttamam jahāsa ca mahāhāsaṃ kaṃsaṃ ca ruṣitābravīt // kaṃsa kaṃsa vināśāya yad ahaṃ ghātitā tvayā sahasā ca samutkṣipya śilāyāṃ vinipātitā // tasmāt tavāntakāle 'haṃ kṛṣyamāṇasya śatruṇā pāṭayitvā karair deham uṣṇaṃ pāsyāmi śoṇitam // evam uktvā vaco ghoraṃ sā yatheṣṭena vartmanā khaṃ sā devālayaṃ devī sagaṇā vicacāra ha // K,Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,Ds,D1.2.4-6,T,G ins. after 36, D3 after 36c, M4 after 36b sā kanyā vavṛdhe atra vṛṣṇisadmani pūjitā | putravat pālyamānā sā devī devājñayā tadā || viddhi caināṃ athotpannām aṃśād devīṃ prajāpateḥ | ekānaṃśāṃ yogakanyāṃ rakṣārthaṃ keśavasya tu || tāṃ vai sarve sumanasaḥ pūjayanti sā yādavāḥ | devavaddivyavapuṣaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ saṃrakṣito yayā | K2,Ñ2,Ds,D5 ins. after line 3 ekānaṃśeti yām āhur utpannāṃ mānavā bhuvi | tasyāṃ gatāyāṃ kaṃsas tu tāṃ mene mṛtyum ātmanaḥ vivikte devakīṃ caiva vrīḍitaḥ pratyabhāṣata // pitṛṣvasaḥ kṛto yatnas tava garbhā hatā mayā anyathaivānyato devi mama mṛtyuḥ samutthitaḥ // nairāśyena kṛto yatnaḥ svajane prahṛtaṃ mayā daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa na cātikrāntavān aham // tyaja garbhakṛtāṃ cintāṃ tvam imāṃ śokakārikām hetubhūtas tv ahaṃ teṣāṃ sati kālaviparyaye // kāla eva nṛṇāṃ śatruḥ kālaś ca pariṇāmakaḥ kālo nayati sarvaṃ vai hetubhūtaś ca madvidhaḥ // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D S (except M1-3) ins.: :k āgamiṣyanti vai devi yathābhāgam upadravaḥ | idaṃ tu kaṣṭaṃ yaj jantuḥ kartāham iti manyate | mā kārṣīḥ putrajāṃ cintāṃ vilāpaṃ śokajaṃ tyaja evaṃprāyā nṛṇāṃ yonir nāsti kālasya saṃsthitiḥ // patāmi pādayor mūrdhnā putravat tava devaki madgatas tyajyatāṃ roṣo jānāmy apakṛtaṃ svayam // k: K4 Ñ2 V2.3 B Ds D6 T1.3 G M4 ins.: :k ity uktavantaṃ kaṃsaṃ sā devakī vākyam abravīt | sāśrupūrṇamukhī dīnā bhartāram abhivīkṣatī uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha vatseti kaṃsaṃ māteva jalpatī // mamāgrato hatā garbhā ye tvayā kālarūpiṇā kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ na vai putra kṛtānto hy atra kāraṇam // garbhakṛntanam etan me sahanīyaṃ tvayā kṛtam mūrdhnā padbhyāṃ nipatatā svaṃ ca karma jugupsatā // garbhe 'pi niyato mṛtyur bālye 'pi na nivartate yuvāpi mṛtyor vaśagaḥ sthaviro mṛta eva tu // kālamūlam idaṃ sarvaṃ hetubhūtas tvam eva hi | ajāte darśanaṃ nāsti yathā nāsti tathaiva saḥ jāto 'py ajātatāṃ yāti vidhātrā yatra nīyate // tad gaccha putra mā te bhūn madgataṃ manyukāraṇam mṛtyunāpahṛte pūrvaṃ śeṣo hetuḥ pravartate // vidhinā pūrvadṛṣṭena prajāsargeṇa tattvataḥ mātāpitros tu kāryeṇa janmatas tūpapadyate // niśamya devakīvākyaṃ sa kaṃsaḥ svam niveśanam k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B D S except M1-3 ins. after 51ab: :k praviveśa susaṃrabdho dahyamānena cetasā | kṛtye pratihate dīno jagāma vimanā bhṛśam // k: After 51, Ñ2 V3 B1 ins.: :k svavadhaṃ cintyamānas tu kanyāvākyam anusmaran | h: HV (CE) ch. 49, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; version of March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h prāg eva vasudevas tu vraje śuśrāva rohiṇīm prajātāṃ putram evāgre candrāt kāntatarānanam // sa nandagopaṃ tvaritaḥ provāca śubhayā girā gacchānayā saha tvaṃ tu vrajam eva yaśodayā // k: D6,T1.2,G,M4 ins. after 2; M1.2 after 2ab; M3 cont. after *618: :k yadā ca rohiṇī putraṃ prasūtā kamalekṣaṇā | yaśodāpi tadaiveyaṃ prasūtā tanayaṃ vibho | tatremau dārakau gatvā jātakarmādibhir guṇaiḥ yojayitvā vraje tāta saṃvardhaya yathāsukham rauhiṇeyaṃ ca me putraṃ parirakṣa śiśuṃ vraje // k: After 3, D6,T2,G1.2.4.5,M4 ins.: :k pālayasva tadā tāta pramādabahule vraje | bālye kelikilaḥ sarvo bālye mūrcchanty amānuṣāḥ bālye caṇḍatamaḥ sarvas tatra yatnaparo bhava // ahaṃ vācyo bhaviṣyāmi pitṛpakṣeṣu putriṇām yo 'ham ekasya putrasya na paśyāmi śiśor mukham // hriyate hi balāt prajñā prājñasyāpi sato mama asmād dhi me bhayaṃ kaṃsān nirghṛṇād vai śiśor vadhe // tad yathā rauhiṇeyaṃ tvaṃ nandagopa mamātmajam gopāyasi yathā tāta tattvānveṣī tathā kuru vighnā hi bahavo loke bālān uttrāsayanti hi // sa ca putro mama jyāyān kanīyāṃs tava cāpy ayam ubhāv api samaṃ premṇā nirīkṣasva yathāsukham // vardhamānāv ubhāv etau samānavayasau yathā śobhetāṃ govraje tasmin nandagopa tathā kuru // na ca vṛndāvane kāryo gavāṃ ghoṣaḥ kadācana k: After 10ab, D6,S ins.: :k tatrāsau vasati krūro māṃsabhojī durātmavān | tatra vāse tu bhetavyaṃ keśinaḥ pāpadarśinaḥ // sarīsṛpebhyaḥ kīṭebhyaḥ śakunibhyas tathaiva ca goṣṭheṣu gobhyo vatsebhyo rakṣyau te dvāv imau śiśū // k: After 11, D6,T1.4,G1-3,M ins.: :k yamunā naiva gantavyā tasyāṃ vasati kāliyaḥ | nandagopa gatā rātriḥ śīghrayāno vrajāśugaḥ ime tvāṃ tvarayantīha pakṣiṇaḥ savyadakṣiṇāḥ // rahite vasudevena so 'nujñāto mahātmanā yānaṃ yaśodayā sārdham āruroha mudā yutaḥ // kumāraṃ skandhavāhyāyāṃ śivikāyāṃ samāhitaḥ k: After 14ab, D6,T2,G1.3.5,M4 ins.: :k śayane taṃ śiśuṃ caiva saṃveśya mṛdusaṃstare | saṃveśayāmāsa śiśuṃ śayanīye mahāmatiḥ // sa jagāma viviktena śītānilavisarpiṇā bahūdakena mārgena yamunātīraśobhinā // sa dadarśa śive deśe govardhananagopage yamunātīrasaṃbaddhaṃ śītamārutasevitam // virataśvāpadaṃ ramyaṃ latāvallīmahādrumam gobhis tṛṇanimagnābhiḥ syandantībhir alaṃkṛtam // samapracāraṃ ca gavāṃ samatīrthajalāśayam viṣāṇaskandhaghātaiś ca vṛṣāṇāṃ ghṛṣṭapādapam // bhāsāmipādānusṛtaṃ śyenaiś cāmiṣagṛddhibhiḥ sṛgālamṛgasiṃhaiś ca vasāmedośibhir vṛtam // śārdūlaśabdābhirutaṃ nānāpakṣisamākulam svādupuṣpaphalaṃ ramyaṃ paryāptatṛṇasaṃstaram // govrajaṃ gorutaśivaṃ gopanārībhir āvṛtam hambhāravaiś ca vatsānāṃ sarvataḥ kṛtanisvanam // sakaṭāvartavipulaṃ kaṇṭakīvāṭasaṃkulam paryanteśv āvṛtaṃ vanyair bṛhadbhiḥ patitair drumaiḥ // vatsānāṃ ropitaiḥ kīlair dāmabhiś ca vibhūṣitam karīṣākīrṇavasudhaṃ kaṭacchannakuṭīmaṭham // kṣamapracārabahulaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāyutam dāmanīprāyabahulaṃ gargarodgāranisvanam // takranisrāvabahulaṃ dadhimaṇḍārdramṛttikam k: After 25ab, D6,T1.2.4,G1.2.4.5,M ins.: :k navanītaparikṣiptam ājyagandhavibhūṣitam | manthānavalayodgārair gopīnāṃ janitasvanam // kākapakṣadharair bālair gopālaiḥ krīḍitālayam k: After 26ab, D6,T2.4,G,M ins.: :k dārakair dārikābhiś ca parasparasamākulam | sārgaladvāragovāṭaṃ madhye gosthānasaṃkulam sarpiṣā pacyamānena surabhīkṛtamārutam // nīlapītāmbarābhiś ca taruṇībhiḥ samantataḥ vanyapuṣpāvataṃsābhir gopakanyābhir āvṛtam // k: After 27, D2.5 ins.: :k sīmantamadhurālāpāḥ smitabhrūlalitekṣaṇāḥ | sītkārabhrūvilāsaiś ca cetobuddhimanoharāḥ | sarvās tāś candravadanā gopanāryaḥ suśobhanāḥ || tāsāṃ nūpuraśabdena mekhalānāṃ svanena ca | svanantīnāṃ ca śabdena mayūrā nanṛtus tadā | śirasā dhṛtakumbhābhir baddhair udgrathitāmbaraiḥ yamunātīramārgeṇa jalahārībhir āvṛtam // k: D6,T1.2,G ins. after 28; T4,M1-3 after 28ab: :k takravikrayayuktābhir dadhisarpiḥkrayeṣu ca | sa tatra praviśan hṛṣṭo govrajaṃ gopanāditam pratyudgato gopavṛddhaiḥ strībhir vṛddhābhir eva ca niveśaṃ rocayāmāsa parivarte sukhāśraye // sā yatra rohiṇī devī vasudevasukhāvahā tatra taṃ bālasūryābhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ gūḍhaṃ nyaveśayat // k: After 30, D6,S ins.: :k vasudevaprayuktaś ca tayor gargo mahātapāḥ | akaroj jātakarmādyāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā yathākramam | brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dattvā bhojanaṃ ca yathākramam | gopāś caivotsavaṃ cakrur gobhyo viprebhya eva ca | h: HV (CE) ch. 50, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; version of March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h tatra tasyāsataḥ kālaḥ sumahān atyavartata govraje nandagopasya ballavatvaṃ prakurvataḥ // k: After 1, B2 ins.: :k (gargaś ca) [gargo] gopakule tatra vasudevapracoditaḥ | pracchanna eva gopānāṃ saṃskārān akarot tayoḥ | dārakau kṛtanāmānau vavṛdhāte sukhaṃ ca tau jyeṣṭhaḥ saṃkarṣaṇo nāma yavīyān kṛṣṇa eva tu // meghakṛṣṇas tu kṛṣṇo 'bhūd dehāntaragato hariḥ vyavardhata gavāṃ madhye sāgarasya ivāmbudaḥ // k: After 3, D6, S (except G4) ins.: :k vistareṇātha vakṣyāmi bālasya caritaṃ mahat | avadhānaparo bhūtvā śṛṇu rājan yad icchasi || sa tatra yogam āsthāya dānavāṃś cāvadhīt kila || kaścid danoḥ suto vīraḥ kṛṣṇasya vadhakāṅkṣayā | nandasya priyatām āyāc chākaṭaṃ vapur udvahan | śakaṭasya tv adhaḥ suptaṃ kadācit putragṛddhinī yaśodā taṃ samutsṛjya jagāma yamunāṃ nadīm // śiśulīlāṃ tataḥ kurvan svahastacaraṇau kṣipan k: D6,T,G,M1.2.4 ins. after 5ab; M3 after 6ab: :k aṅguṣṭham āsye nikṣipya pādābhyāṃ paricikṣipan | hāsyaṃ kurvañ śiśuḥ kṛṣṇo netrābhyāṃ parivibhraman || karaṃ kareṇa saṃpīḍya pādaṃ pādena pīḍayan | anekābhiḥ sa līlābhir lokāṃs tadgatamānasān | kalmaṣaṃ kṣālayan viṣṇus tadgatāsaktacetasām | ruroda madhuraṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pādāv ūrdhvaṃ prasārayan // sa tatraikena pādena śakaṭaṃ paryavartayat k: M3 ins. *631. D6,T,G,M1.2.4 ins. after 6ab: M3 cont. after *631: :k añjanena parikṣiptaṃ mukham unnamayan hariḥ | nyubjaṃ payodharākāṅkṣī cakāra ca ruroda ca // etasminn antare prāptā yaśodā śīghragāminī snātā prasnavadigdhāṅgī baddhavatseva saurabhī // sā dadarśa viparyastaṃ śakaṭaṃ vāyunā vinā hāheti kṛtvā tvaritā dārakaṃ jagṛhe tadā // na sā bubodha tat tena śakaṭaṃ parivartitam svasti me dārakāyeti prītyā bhītā ca sābhavat // kiṃ nu vakṣyati te putra pitā paramakopanaḥ tvayy adhaḥ śakaṭe supte śakaṭe ca viloḍite // kiṃ me snānena duḥsnānaṃ kiṃ ca me gamane nadīm paryaste śakaṭe putra yā tvā paśyāmy apāvṛtam // etasminn antare gobhir ājagāma vanecaraḥ kāṣāye vāsasī bibhran nandagopo vrajāntikam // sa dadarśa viparyastaṃ bhinnabhāṇḍaghaṭīghaṭam apāstadhūrvibhagnākṣaṃ śakaṭaṃ cakramāli vai // bhītas tvaritam āgamya sahasā sāśrulocanaḥ api me svasti putrāyety asakṛd vacanaṃ vadan // pibantaṃ stanam ālakṣya putraṃ svastho 'bravīt punaḥ vṛṣayuddhaṃ vinā kena paryastaṃ śakaṭaṃ mama // pratyuvāca yaśodā taṃ bhītā gadgadabhāṣiṇī na vijānāmy ahaṃ kena śakaṭaṃ pātitaṃ bhuvi // ahaṃ gatā nadīm ārya cailaprakṣālanārthinī āgatā ca viparyastam apaśyaṃ śakaṭaṃ bhuvi // tayoḥ kathayator evam abruvaṃs tatra dārakāḥ anena śiśunā yānam etat pādena pātitam asmābhiḥ saṃpatadbhis tu dṛṣṭam etad yadṛcchayā // k: After 18, K3,V2,Dn,Ds2,D2.4.5,(marg.)T2 ins.: :k nandagopas tu tac chrutvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau | prahṛṣṭaś caiva bhītaś ca kim etad iti cintayan | na ca te śraddadhur gopāḥ sarve mānuṣabuddhayaḥ | āścaryam iti te sarve vismayotphullalocanāḥ svasthāne śakaṭaṃ caiva cakrabandham akārayan // k: After 19, D6,S,G ins.: :k nando 'ṅkam enam āropya bhūreṇuṃ parigṛhya ca | pradakṣiṇaṃ śiraḥ kurvan mantram etaj jajāpa ha | viṣṇus te pūrvataḥ pātu rudro rakṣatu dakṣiṇam | brahmā ca paścimaṃ pāyāt skando rakṣatv athottaram | upariṣṭāt tathā sūryaḥ pāyāc cādhaś ca vāsukiḥ | pāyāc ca tvām atho vatsa śiṣṭāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ samīraṇaḥ | svastiṃ karotu bhagavān pinākī vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | gāvo rakṣantu sarvatra bhūmiḥ pātu sadāśivaḥ | evam uccārya nandas tu kṛṣṇaṃ pasparśa sarvaśaḥ | sa eva mantro bālānāṃ rakṣāyai parikīrtitaḥ | k: K1.2,Ñ,V,B,D1-5,T3 ins. after the addl. colophon; K3.4,Ñ1,Dn,Ds after 19; D6,T1.2.4,G,M4 cont. after *634: :k kasyacit tv atha kālasya sakunīveṣadhāriṇī | dhātrī kaṃsasya bhojasya pūtaneti pariśrutā k: After 20ab, K2,Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,Ds,D4-6,T,G,M4 ins.: :k pūtanā nāma śakunī thorā prāṇabhayaṃkarī | ājagāmārdharātre vai pakṣau krodhād vidhunvatī | k: While D2 ins. after 20ab: :k tasmai stanaṃ durjaravīryam ulbaṇaṃ | ghorāṅkam ādāya śiśor dadāv atha | gāḍhaṃ karābhyāṃ bhagavān prapīḍya | prāṇaiḥ samaṃ roṣasamanvito 'pibat || sā muñca muñca bālam iti prabhāṣiṇī | niṣpīḍyamānākhilajīvamarmaṇi | vivṛtya netre caraṇau bhujau muhur | viklinnagātrā kṣipatī ruroda ha || tasyāḥ svanenātigabhīraraṃhasā | sādrir mahī dyauś ca cacāla sagrahā | rasā diśaś ca pratinedire janāḥ | petuḥ kṣitau vajranipātaśaṅkayā || niśācarītthaṃ vyathitastanā vyasur | vistārya keśāṃś caraṇau bhujāv api | prasārya goṣṭhe nijarūpam āśritā | vajrāhato vṛtra ivāpatan nṛpa || patamāno 'pi taddehas trigavyūtyantaradrumān | cūrṇayām āsa rājendra mahad āsīt tad adbhutam || īṣāmātrogradaṃṣṭrāsyaṃ girikandaranāsikam | gaṇḍaśailastanaṃ raudraṃ prakīrṇāruṇamūrdhajam | andhakūpagabhīrākṣaṃ pulinārohabhīṣaṇam | baddhasetubhujorvaṅghri śūnyatoyahradodaram | bālaṃ ca tasyā urasi krīḍantam akutobhayam | gopyas tūrṇaṃ samabhyetya jagṛhur jātasaṃbhramāḥ || yaśodārohiṇībhyāṃ tāḥ samaṃ bālasya sarvataḥ | rakṣām vidadhire samyag gopucchabhramaṇādibhiḥ || gomūtreṇa snāpayitvā punar gorajasārbhakam | rakṣāṃ cakruś ca śakṛtā dvādaśāṅgeṣu nāmabhiḥ | tato 'rdharātrasamaye śakuniḥ pratyadṛśyata // vyāghragambhīranirghoṣā vyāharantī punaḥ punaḥ nililye śakaṭākṣe sā prasnavotpīḍavarṣiṇī // dadau stanaṃ ca kṛṣṇāya tatra suptajane niśi tasyāḥ stanaṃ papau kṛṣṇaḥ prāṇaiḥ saha nanāda ca // k: D6,T1.2,G,M ins. after 22cd; T3 after 22: :k stanyaṃ tadviṣasaṃmiśraṃ rasyam āsīj jagadguroḥ | patantīṃ tāṃ tu saṃdṛśya śakunīṃ bhayaviklavām | prayāṇe śīghracapalāṃ vāśamānāṃ ca visvaram | pādāṅguṣṭena tāṃ kṛṣṇaś cakrākrāntām akārayat | cakrākrāntā tu śakunī papāta ca mamāra ca | nanāda ca mahānādaṃ punaḥ punar asau hariḥ | tena śabdena vitrastās tato bubudhire janāḥ sa nandagopo gopāś ca yaśodā ca suviklavā // te tām apaśyan patitāṃ visaṃjñāṃ vipayodharām śakuniṃ nihatāṃ bhūmau vajreṇeva vidāritām // idaṃ kiṃ nv iti saṃtrastāḥ kasyedaṃ karma ceti ca nandagopaṃ puraskṛtya gopās taṃ paryavārayan // k: After 25, N (except Ś1, Ñ1),S (except M1-3) ins.: :k nādhyagacchanta ca tadā hetuṃ tatra kadācana | āścaryam āścaryam iti bruvanto 'nuyayur gṛhān | gateṣu teṣu gopeṣu vismiteṣu yathāgṛham yaśodāṃ nandagopas tu papracchāgatasaṃbhramaḥ // ko 'yaṃ vidhir na jānāmi vismayo me mahān ayam putrasya me bhayaṃ bhīru bhīrutvaṃ samupāgatam // yaśodā tv abravīd bhītā nārya jānāmi kiṃ nv idam dārakeṇa sahānena suptā śabdena bodhitā // yaśodāyām ajānantyāṃ nandagopaḥ sabāndhavaḥ kaṃsād bhayaṃ cakārograṃ vismayaṃ ca jagāma ha // h: HV (CE) ch. 51, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h kāle gacchati saumyau tau dārakau kṛtanāmakau k: D6,T2-4,G1.2.4.5,M3.4 ins. after 1ab; M2 after 10ab: :k pañca saṃvatsarān prāptau śobhayānau vrajaṃ muhuḥ | kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇau cobhau riṅginau samapadyatām // tāv anyonyagatau bālau bālyād evaikatāṃ gatau ekamantradharau kāntau bālacandrārkavarcasau // ekanirmāṇaniryuktāv ekaśayyāsanāśanau ekaveṣadharāv ekaṃ puṣyamāṇau śiśuvratam // ekakāryāntaragatāv ekadehau dvidhā kṛtau ekacaryau mahāvīryāv ekasya śiśutāṃ gatau // ekapramāṇau lokānāṃ devavṛttāntamānuṣau kṛtsnasya jagato gopau saṃvṛttau gopadārakau // anyonyavyatiṣaktābhiḥ krīḍābhir abhiśobhitau anyonyakiraṇagrastau candrasūryāv ivāmbare // visarpantau tu sarvatra sarpabhogabhujāv ubhau rejatuḥ pāṃśudigdhāṅgau dṛptau kalabhakāv iva // kvacid bhasmapradigdhāṅgau karīṣaprokṣitau kvacit tau tatra paridhāvetāṃ kumārāv iva pāvakī // kvacij jānubhir uddhṛṣṭaiḥ sarpamāṇau virejatuḥ krīḍantau vatsaśālāsu śakṛddigdhāṅgamūrdhajau // śuśubhāte śriyā juṣṭāv ānandajananau pituḥ janaṃ ca vipra kurvāṇau hasantau ca kvacit kvacit // tau bālakau lalitakau mūrdhajavyākulekṣaṇau rejatuś candravadanau dārakau sukumārakau // k: After 11, D6,T1,G2-5,M4 ins.: :k atiprasaktau ghoṣeṣu ghoṣam āpūrya dārakau | atiprasaktau tau dṛṣṭvā sarvavrajavicāriṇau nāśaknuvad vārayitum nandagopaḥ sudurmadau // tato yaśodā saṃkruddhā kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam k: After 13ab, D6,S,G(ed.) ins.: :k uvāca śiśurūpeṇa carantaṃ jagataḥ prabhum | ehi vatsa piba stanyaṃ durvoḍhuṃ mama saṃprati || etāvantam itaḥ kālaṃ kvā gato 'si gṛhād bahiḥ | ity ādāya kare putraṃ gṛhān nirvāsya sā ruṣā | ānāyya śakaṭīmūlaṃ bhartsayantī punaḥ punaḥ // dāmnā caivodare baddhvā pratyabandhad udūkhale yadi śaknoṣi gaccheti tam uktvā karma sākarot vyagrāyām tu yaśodāyām nirjagāma tato 'ṅgaṇāt // śiśulīlāṃ tataḥ kurvan kṛṣṇo vismāpayan vrajam so 'ṅgaṇān niḥsṛtaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ karṣamāṇa udūkhalam // sa yamābhyām pravṛddhābhyām arjunābhyāṃ caran vane niścakrāma śiśur madhyāt karṣamāṇa udūkhalam // tat tasya karṣato baddham tiryag gatam udūkhalam lagnaṃ tābhyāṃ samūlābhyām arjunābhyāṃ cakarṣa ha // tāv arjunau kṛṣyamāṇau tena bālena raṃhasā samūlaviṭapau bhagnau sa tu madhye jahāsa vai // nidarśanārthaṃ gopānāṃ divyaṃ svabalam āsthitaḥ tad dāma tasya bālasya prabhāvād abhavad dṛḍham // yamunātīramārgasthā gopyas taṃ dadṛśuḥ śiśum krandantyo vismayantyaś ca yaśodānikaṭaṃ yayuḥ // tās tu saṃbhrāntavadanā yaśodām ūcur aṅganāḥ ehy āgaccha yaśodeti saṃbhrame kiṃ vilambase // yau tāv arjunavṛkṣau tu vraje satyopayācitau k: For 22cd, Ś1,K1 subst.: :k tāv etau tava putrasya patitāv upari drumau | putrasyopari tāv etau patitau te mahīruhau // dṛḍhena dāmnā tatraiva baddho vatsa ivodare jahāsa madhye vṛkṣābhyāṃ tava putraḥ sa bālakaḥ // k: M1.3 subst. for 23cd; M2 ins. after 23ab: :k prahasann eva vṛkṣābhyāṃ madhye krīḍann ivāṅgaṇe | uttiṣṭha gaccha durmedhe mūḍhe paṇḍitamānini putram ānaya jīvantuṃ muktaṃ mṛtyumukhād iva // sā bhītā sahasotthāya hāhākāraṃ prakurvatī taṃ deśam agamad yatra patitau tau mahādrumau // dadarśa tābhyāṃ sā madhye drumābhyām ātmajaṃ śiśum dāmnā nibaddham udare karṣamāṇam udūkhalam // sagopīgopavṛddhaś ca sayuvā ca vrajas tadā paryagacchat tato draṣṭuṃ gopeṣu mahad adbhutam // jajalpus te yathākāmaṃ gopā vanavicāriṇaḥ k: After 28ab, D6,S ins.: :k jajalpur jātasaṃbhrāntā sarve vismitacetasaḥ | kenemau pātitau vṛkṣau ghoṣasyaivāgrapādapau // vinā vātaṃ vinā varṣaṃ vidyutprapatanaṃ vinā vinā hastikṛtaṃ doṣam kenemau pātitau drumau // aho bata na śobhetāṃ vimūlāv arjunāv imau imau nipatitau bhūmau vitoyau jaladāv iva // k: After 30, B2 Poona, Bom. and Cal. eds. and G(ed.) ins.: :k yadīmau ghoṣaracitau ghoṣakalyāṇakāriṇau | nandagopa prasannau te drumāv evaṃgatāv api yatra te dārako mukto vimūlābhyām avikṣataḥ // autpātikam idaṃ ghoṣe tṛtīyaṃ vartate tv iha pūtanāyā nipātaś ca drumayoḥ śakaṭasya ca // asmin sthāne niveśo 'yaṃ ghoṣasyāsya na vidyate utpātā hy atra dṛśyante kathayanto naśobhanam // nandagopas tu sahasā muktvā kṛṣṇam udūkhalāt niveśya cāṅke suciraṃ mṛtaṃ punar ivāgatam // k: K1.4,Ñ2,V2,B2.3,Dn,Ds,D2.3,T3,M4,G(ed.) ins. after 34: D5 after the repetition of 34cd: :k nātṛpyat prekṣamāṇo vai kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam | tato yaśodāṃ garhan vai nandagopo viveśa ha sa ca gopajanaḥ sarvo ghoṣam eva jagāma ha // sa ca tenaiva nāmnā tu kṛṣṇo vai dāmabandhanāt k: For 36ab, D6,S(except T3.4) subst.: :k yena dāmnā nibaddho 'sāv udare sudṛḍhaṃ vraje | ghoṣe dāmodara iti gopībhiḥ parigīyate // etad āścaryabhūtaṃ hi bālasyāsīd viceṣṭitam kṛṣṇasya bharataśreṣṭha ghoṣe nivasatas tadā // h: HV (CE) ch. 52, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h evaṃ tau bālyam uttīrṇau kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣalṇāvubhau tasminn eva vrajasthāne saptavarṣau babhūvatuḥ // nīlapītāmbaradharau pītaśvetānulepanau babhūvatur vatsapālau kākapakṣadharāv ubhau // parṇavādyaṃ śrutisukhaṃ vādayantau varānanau k: D6,T2,G,M1-3 ins. after 3ab; T1,M4,G(ed.) after the repetition of 3ab: :k gopavīthyāṃ sumadhuraṃ gāyantau kāmarūpiṇau | śuśubhāte vanagatau triśīrṣāv iva pannagau // mayūrāṅgadabāhū tau ballavāpīḍadhāriṇau vanamālākṛtoraskau drumapotāv ivodgatau // aravindakṛtāpīḍau rajjuyajñopavītinau saśikyatumbakarakau gopaveṇaupravādakau // k: After 5, D6,S,G(ed.) ins.: :k parṇavādyasamāyuktau dadhyodanakarau kṛtī | kiṃkiṇījālasaṃbaddha kaṭideśavibhūṣitau || kakṣakūṭasamālambi śikyasthadhṛtapāyasau | kālayantau ca daṇḍena vatsān vatsau diśaṃ prati || gulmeṣu madhumādhvīkaṃ mārgamāṇāvitas tataḥ | khādantau vanyamūlāni pibantau madhumākṣikam || dadatau madhumūlāni dārakebhyaḥ samantataḥ | khādantau khādayantau ca mūlāni ca phalāni ca || tindukaṃ bhakṣayantu ca gopair āpatya bhūtale | kīlair āpatya vṛkṣebhyaḥ khādayantu phalāni ca | kvacid dhasantāv anyonyaṃ krīḍamānau kvacit kvacit k: After 6ab, D6,S ins.: :k dadhyodanaṃ prabhuñjānau kvacit kakṣavilambitam | kvacic ca pānasaṃbhrāntau kvacit pāyasamoditau | kvacid vṛkṣeṣu viśrāntau sthalīṣv iva yathāsukham | parṇaśayyāsu saṃsuptau kvacin nidrāntaraiṣiṇau // k: After 6 D6,S (außer T3,) ins.: :k vatsān anu yathākāmaṃ carantau vatsapālakau | vatsapucchān samādhūya vikṣiptantau pṛthak pṛthak | evaṃ vatsān pālayantau śobhayantau mahāvanam k: For 7ab Ś1 subst.: :k evaṃ tu vatsapālau tau śobhayām āsatur vanam | cañcūryantau ramantau sma kiśorāv iva cañcalau // k: After 7, Db,T,G1-3.5,M ins.: :k gāyantu ca kvacid geyān susvaraṃ madhurasvaram | utkarṇaṃ mṛgasaṃghaṃ ca kurvantau gītanisvanaiḥ || gajān paravaśān geyaiḥ kurvantau ca gahāvane | lokam itthaṃ carantau ca ramayantau ca ceṣṭitaiḥ | atha dāmodaraḥ śrīmān saṃkarṣaṇam uvāca ha ārya nāsmin vane śakyaṃ gopālaiḥ saha krīḍitum // avagītam idaṃ sarvam āvābhyāṃ bhuktabhojanam prakṣīṇatṛṇakāṣṭhaṃ ca gopair mathitapādapam // gahanānīha yāny āsan kānanāni vanāni ca tāny ākāśanikāśāni dṛśyante 'dya yathāsukham // govāteṣv api ye vṛkṣāḥ parivṛttārgaleṣu ca sarve goṣṭhāgniṣu gatāḥ kṣayam akṣayavarcasaḥ // saṃnikṛṣṭāni yāny āsan kāṣṭhāni ca tṛṇāni ca tāni dūrāvakṛṣṭāni mārgitavyāni bhūmiṣu // araṇyam idam alpodam alpakakṣaṃ nirāśrayam anveṣitavyaviśrāmaṃ dāruṇaṃ viraladrumam akarmaṇyeṣu vṛkṣeṣu sthitaviprasthitadvijam // k: K1.2,Ñ2(last two first time),V2,B,Dn,Ds,D2.3,T1,G4 ins. after 13; K2(second time).3,Ñ1.2(second time) after 16ab; Ñ3,V1 after 14ab; V3,D1.4.6, T2,G1-3.5,M4 cont. after *656: :k saṃvāsasyāsya mahato janenotsāditadrumam | nirānandaṃ nirāsvādaṃ niṣprayojanam ārutam nirvihaṃgam idaṃ śūnyaṃ nirvyañjanam ivāśanam // vikrīyamāṇaiḥ kaṣṭhaiś ca śākaiś ca vanasaṃbhavaiḥ utsannasaṃcayatṛṇo ghoṣo 'yaṃ nagarāyate // śailānāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ ghoṣo ghoṣāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ vanam k: After 16ab, K2(second time).3,Ñ1.2(second time) ins. *655, while K1,Ñ3,V,B,D,T2,G,M4 ins. after 16ab; K2,Ñ2 cont. after *655; T3.4 after 28ab: :k vanānāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ gāvas tāś cāsmākaṃ parā gatiḥ | tasmād anyad vanaṃ yāmaḥ pratyagravayasendhanam // icchanty anupabhuktāni bhoktuṃ gāvas tṛṇāni ca tasmād vanaṃ navatṛṇaṃ gacchantu dhanino vrajāḥ // na dvārabandhāvaraṇā na gṛhakṣetriṇas tathā praśastā vai vrajā loke yathā vai cakracāriṇaḥ // śakṛnmūtreṣu teṣv eva jātaṃ kṣārarasāyanam na tṛṇaṃ bhuñjate gāvo nāpi tatpayaso hitam // sthalīprāyāsu ramyāsu navāsu vanarājiṣu carāmaḥ sahitā gobhiḥ kṣipraṃ saṃvāhyatāṃ vrajaḥ // śrūyate hi vanaṃ ramyaṃ paryāptatṛṇasaṃstaram nāmnā vṛndāvanaṃ nāma svāduvṛkṣaphalodakam // ajhillikaṇṭakavanaṃ sarvair vanaguṇair yutam kadambapādapaprāyaṃ yamunātīrasaṃśritam // snigdhaśītānilavanaṃ sarvartunilayaṃ śubham gopīnāṃ sukhasaṃcāraṃ cārucitravanāntaram // tasya govardhano nāma nātidūre girir mahān bhrājate dīrghaśikharo nandanasyeva mandaraḥ // madhye cāsya mahāśākho nyagrodho yojanocchritaḥ bhāṇḍīro nāma śuśubhe nīlamegha ivāmbare // madhyena cāsya kālindī sīmantamiva kurvatī prayātā nandanasyeva nalinī saritāṃ varā // tatra govardhanaṃ caiva bhāṇḍīraṃ ca vanaspatim kālindīṃ ca nadīṃ ramyāṃ drakṣyāvaś carataḥ sukham // k: For 27cd, Ś1 subst.: :k sukhaṃ carantaṃ drakṣyāvaḥ kālindīṃ ca nadīṃ śubhām | tatrāyaṃ vasatāṃ ghoṣas tyajyatāṃ nirguṇaṃ vanam saṃvāhayāma bhadraṃ te kiṃcid utpādya kāraṇam // evaṃ kathayatas tasya vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ prādurbabhūvuḥ śataśo raktamāṃsavasāśanāḥ // ghorāś cintayatas tasya svatanūruhajās tadā viniṣpetur bhayakarāḥ sarvataḥ śataśo vṛkāḥ // k: Ś1,K3,V2,(marg.)B1,Dn,Ds2,D5 ins. after 30; D4 after 28ab: :k niṣpatanti sma bahavo vrajasyotsādanāya vai | vṛkān niṣpatitān dṛṣṭvā goṣu vatseṣv atho nṛṣu gopīṣu ca yathākāmaṃ vraje trāso 'bhavan mahān // te vṛkāḥ pancabaddhāś ca daśabaddhās tathāpare triṃśadviṃśatibaddhāś ca śatabaddhās tathāpare // k: After 32, M1-3 ins.: :k pañcāśatṣaṣṭibaddhāś ca catvāriṃśat tathaiva ca | niścerus tasya gātrād dhi śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ kṛṣṇasya kṛṣṇavadanā gopānāṃ bhayavardhanāḥ // bhakṣayadbhiś ca tair vatsāṃs trāsayadbhiś ca govrajān niśi bālān haradbhiś ca vṛkair utsādyate vrajaḥ // na vanaṃ śakyate gantuṃ na gāś ca parirakṣitum na vanāt kiṃcid āhartuṃ na ca vā tarituṃ nadīm // k: After 35, all Mss. (except Ś1,M1-3) ins.: :k trastā hy udvignamanaso gatās tasmin vane 'vasan | evaṃ vṛkair udīrṇais tu vyāghratilyaparākramaiḥ vrajo niṣpandaceṣṭaḥ sa ekasthānacaraḥ kṛtaḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 53, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h ītiṃ vṛkānāṃ dṛṣṭvā tu vardhamānāṃ durāsadām sastrīpuṃso 'tha ghoṣo vai samasto 'mantrayat tadā // sthāneneha na naḥ kāryaṃ vrajāmo 'nyan mahad vanam k: After 2ab, D6,T2,G1.3-5,M4,G(ed.) ins.: :k yan nirbhayaṃ sukhakaraṃ sukhasaṃcāramārutam | yac chivaṃ ca sukhāḍhyaṃ ca gavāṃ caiva sukhāvaham // adyaiva kiṃ cireṇa sma vrajāmaḥ saha godhanaiḥ yāvad vṛkair vadhaṃ ghoraṃ na naḥ sarvo vrajo vrajet // eṣāṃ dhūmrāruṇāṅgānāṃ daṃṣṭriṇāṃ mukhakarṣiṇām vṛkāṇāṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāṇāṃ bibhīmo niśi garjatām // mama putro mama bhrātā mama vatso 'tha gaur mama vṛkair vyāpāditety evaṃ krandanti sma gṛhe gṛhe // tāsāṃ ruditaśabdena gavāṃ hambhāraveṇa ca vrajasyotthāpanaṃ cakrur ghoṣavṛddhāḥ samāgatāḥ // teṣāṃ matam athājñāya gantuṃ vṛndāvanaṃ prati vrajasya ca niveśāya gavāṃ caiva sukhāya ca // vṛndāvananiveśāya jñātvā tān kṛtaniścayān nandagopo bṛhadvākyaṃ bṛhaspatir ivādade // adyaiva niścayaprāptir yadi gantavyam eva naḥ śīghram ājñāpyatāṃ ghoṣaḥ sajjībhavata māciram // tato 'vaghuṣyata tadā ghoṣe tatprākṛtair naraiḥ śīghram gāvaḥ prakālyantāṃ yujyantāṃ śakaṭāni ca // vatsayūthāni kālyantāṃ bhāṇd.aṃ samadhiropayatām vṛndāvanam itaḥ sthānān niveśāya ca gamyatām // tac chrutvā nandagopasya vacanaṃ sādhu bhāṣitam k: For 12ab, G4 subst.: :k tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nandagopasya bhāṣitam | udatiṣṭhad vrajaḥ sarvaḥ śīghraṃ gamanalālasaḥ // prayāhy uttiṣṭha gacchāmaḥ kiṃ śeṣe yāhi yojaya uttiṣṭhati vraje tasmin gopakolāhalo hy abhūt // uttiṣṭhamānaḥ śuśubhe śakaṭīsaṃkaṭas tu saḥ vyāghraghoṣamahāghoṣo ghoṣaḥ sāgaraghoṣavān // gopīnāṃ gargarībhiś ca mūrdhni cottaṃsitair ghaṭaiḥ niṣpapāta vrajāt paṅktis tārāpaṅktir ivāmbarāt // nīlapītāruṇais tāsāṃ vastrair udgrathitocchritaiḥ śakracāpāyate paṅktir gopīnāṃ mārgagāminī // dāmanīdāmabhāraiś ca kecit kāyāvalambibhiḥ gopā mārgagatā bhānti sāvarohā iva drumāḥ // sa vrajo vrajatā bhāti śakaṭaughena bhāsvatā oghaiḥ pavanavikṣiptair niṣpatadbhir ivārṇavaḥ // kṣaṇena tadvrajasthānam iriṇaṃ samapadyata dravyāvayanirdhūtaṃ kīrṇaṃ vāyasamaṇḍalaiḥ // tataḥ krameṇa ghoṣaḥ sa prāpto vṛndāvanaṃ vanam niveśaṃ vipulaṃ cakre niveśāya gavāṃ hitam // śakaṭāvartaparyantaṃ candrārdhākārasaṃsthitam madhye yojanavistāraṃ tāvad dviguṇam āyatam // kaṇṭakībhiḥ pravṛddhābhis tathā kaṇṭakitair drumaiḥ nikhātocchritaśākhāgrair abhiguptaṃ samantataḥ // manthair āropyamānaiś ca manthabandhānukarṣaṇaiḥ adbhiḥ prakṣālyamānābhir gargarībhis tatas tataḥ // kilair āropyamāṇaiś ca dāmanīpāśapāśitaiḥ stambhanībhir dhṛtaiś cāpi śakaṭaiḥ parivartitaiḥ // niyogapāśair āsaktair gargarīstambhamūrdhasu chādanārthaṃ prakīrṇaiś ca kaṭais tṛṇagṛhais tathā // śākhāviṭaṅkair vṛkṣāṇāṃ kriyamāṇair itas tataḥ śodhamānair gavāṃ sthānaiḥ sthāpyamānair udūkhalaiḥ // prāṅmukhaiḥ sicyamānaiś ca saṃdīpyadbhiś ca pāvakaiḥ savatsacarmāstaraṇaiḥ paryaṅkaiś cāvaropitaiḥ // toyam uttārayantībhiḥ prokṣantībhiś ca tadvanam śākhāś cākarṣamāṇābhir gopībhiś ca samantataḥ // yuvabhiḥ sthaviraiś caiva gopair vyagrakarair bhṛśam viśasadbhiḥ kuṭhāraiś ca kāṣṭhāny api tarūn api // tad vrajasthānam adhikaṃ cakāśe kānanāvṛtam ramyaṃ vananiveśaṃ vai svabhivṛṣṭyāmṛtopamam // tās tu kāmadughā gāvaḥ sarvakālatṛṇaṃ vanam vṛndāvanam anuprāptā nandanopamakānanam // pūrvam eva tu kṛṣṇena gavāṃ satkārakāriṇā śivena manasā dṛṣṭaṃ tadvanaṃ vanacāriṇā // paścime tu tataḥ pakṣe gharmamāsi nirāmaye varṣatīvāmṛtaṃ deve tṛṇaṃ tatravyavardhata // na tatra vatsāḥ sīdanti na gāvo netare janāḥ yatra tiṣṭhati lokānāṃ bhavāya madhusūdanaḥ // tās tu gāvaḥ sa ghoṣaś ca sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā kṛṣṇena vihitaṃ vāsaṃ tam adhyāsanta nirvṛtāḥ // k: D6,T,G ins. after 35; M4 after 34: :k yatra tiṣṭhati deveśo devadevo janārdanaḥ | na tatra prāṇināṃ duḥkhaṃ sa ca sarvasukhāvahaḥ | k: After the colophon, D3.6,S ins. a passage given in App I, No 11. (CE vol. 1, p. 799) :k h: HV (CE) ch. 54, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h tau tu vṛndāvanaṃ prāptau vasudevasutāv ubhau ceratur vatsayūthāni cārayantau sunirvṛttau // pūrṇas tu gharmasamayas tayos tatra vane sukham krīḍatoḥ saha gopālair yamunāṃ cāvagāhatoḥ // k: After 2, D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M ins.: :k gate tasmin mahāgharme rajaḥpūrais tirohitaiḥ | tataḥ prāvṛd anuprāptā manasaḥ kāmadīpanī pravavarṣur mahāghorāḥ śakracāpāṅktitodarāḥ babhūvādarśanaḥ sūryo bhūmiś cādarśayat tṛṇam // patatā meghavātena navatoyānukarṣiṇā saṃmārjitatalā bhūmir yauvanastheva lakṣyate // navavarṣāvasiktāni śakragopakulāni ca naṣṭadāvāgnidhūmāni vavāni pracakāśire // nṛttavyāpārakālaś ca mayūrāṇāṃ kalāpinām madaraktāḥ pravṛttāś ca kekāḥ paṭuravāḥ kṛtāḥ // navaprāvṛṣi kāntānāṃ ṣaṭpadāhāradāyinām yauvanasthaṃ kadambānāṃ navābhrair bhrājate vapuḥ // hāsitaṃ kuṭajaiḥ phullaiḥ kadambair vāsitaṃ vanam trāsitaṃ jaladair uṣṇaṃ toṣitā vasudhā jalaiḥ // saṃtaptā bhāskarajalair abhitaptā devāgnibhiḥ jalair balāhakotsṛṣṭair ucchvasantīva parvatāḥ // mahāvātasamuddhūtaṃ mahāmeghagaṇārpitam mahīmahārajaḥpūrais tulyam āpadyate nabhaḥ // kvacit kadambahāsāḍhyaṃ silindhrābharaṇaṃ kvacit saṃpradīptaṃ ivābhāti phullanīpadrumaṃ vanam // aindreṇa payasā siktaṃ mārutena navīkṛtam pārthivaṃ gandham āghrāya lokaḥ kṣubhitamānasaḥ // dṛptasāraṅganinadair dardur avyāhṛtena ca navaiś ca śikhivikruṣṭair ekavarṇā vasuṃdharā // bhramattūrṇamahāvegā varṣaprāptamahārayāḥ haryantas tīrajān vṛksān vistarāṃ yānti nimnagāḥ // saṃtatāsāraniryatnāḥ klinnapatrottaracchadāḥ na tyajanty agamāgrāṇi śrāntā iva patatriṇaḥ // toyagambhīralambeṣu prasravatsu nadatsu ca udareṣu navābhrāṇāṃ majjatīva divākaraḥ // tanūruhair utpatitaiḥ salilotpīḍasaṃkulā anveṣyamārgā vasudhā bhāti śāḍvalamālinī // vajreṇevāvarugnānāṃ nagānāṃ nagaśālinām srotobhiḥ parikṛttāni patanti śikharāṇi ca // patatā meghavarṣeṇa yathānimnānusāriṇā palvalodgīrṇaraktena pūryante vanarājayaḥ // hastocchritamukhā vanyā meghanādānusāriṇaḥ bhāntyātivṛṣṭyā mātaṅgā gāṃ gatā iva toyadāḥ // prāvṛṭpravṛttiṃ saṃdṛśya dṛṣṭvā cāmbudharān ghanān rauhiṇeyo mithaḥ kāle kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt // paśya kṛṣṇa ghanān kṛṣṇān balākotpātabhūṣaṇān gagane tava gātrāṇāṃ varṇacorān samutthitān // k: After 22, T3 ins.: :k kāmināṃ hṛdayasyāśu nighnatas tān samantataḥ (sic) | tava nidrākaraḥ kālas tava gātropamam nabhaḥ tvam ivājñātavasatiṃ candro vasati vārṣikīm // etan nīlotpalaśyāmaṃ nīlotpaladalaprabham k: After 24ab M2 ins.: :k nīlotpaladale kāle bhāti vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | saṃprāpte durdine kāle durdinaṃ bhāti vai nabhaḥ // paśya kṛṣṇa jalodagraiḥ kṛṣṇair udgrathitair ghanaiḥ govardhano yathā ramyo bhāti govardhano giriḥ // patitenāmbhasā hy ete samantān madatarpitāḥ bhrājante kṛṣṇasāraṅgāḥ kānaneṣu mudānvitāḥ // etāny ambuprahṛṣṭāni haritāni mṛdūni ca tṛṇāni śatapatrākṣa patrair gūhanti medinīm // kṣarajjalānāṃ śailānāṃ vanānāṃ ca jalāgame sasasyānāṃ ca sīmānāṃ na lakṣmīr vyatiricyate // śīghravātasamuddhūtāḥ proṣitautsukyakāriṇaḥ dāmodaroddāmaravāḥ prāgalbhyaṃ yānti toyadāḥ // hare haryaśvacāpena trivarṇena trivikrama vibāṇajyena dhanuṣā tavedaṃ madhyamaṃ padam // nabhasya ca nabhaś cakṣur na bhāty eṣa nabhaścaraḥ meghaiḥ śītātapakaro viraśmir iva raśmimān // dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ saṃsargaḥ satataṃ vitataiḥ kṛtaḥ avyavacchinnadhāraughaiḥ samudraughanibhair ghanaiḥ // nīpārjunakadambānāṃ pṛthivyāṃ cābhivṛṣtayaḥ gandhaiḥ kolāhalā vānti vātā madanadīpanāḥ // saṃpravṛttamahāvarṣaṃ lambamānamahāmbudam bhāty agādham aparyantaṃ sasāgaram ivāmbaram // dhārānirmalanārācaṃ vidyut kavacanirmalam śakracāpāyudhadharaṃ yuddhasajjam ivāmbaram // śailānāṃ ca vanānāṃ ca drumāṇāṃ ca varānana praticchannāni bhāsante śikharāṇi ghanair ghanaiḥ // gajānīkair ivākīrṇaṃ salilodgāribhir ghanaiḥ varṇasārūpyatāṃ yāti gaganaṃ sāgarasya vai // samudroddhūtajanitā lolaśāḍvalakampinaḥ śītāh sapṛṣatodgārāḥ karkaśā vānti mārutāḥ // niśāsu suptacandrāsu muktatoyāsu toyadaiḥ magnasūryasya nabhaso nābhibhānti diśo daśa // k: After 39, K,Ñ2.3,V,B,D(except D6),T1.3.4 ins.: :k cetanaṃ puṣkaraṃ kośaiḥ kṣudhādhmātaiḥ samantataḥ | na ghṛṇīnāṃ na ramyāṇāṃ vivekaṃ yānti kṛṣṭayaḥ | k: Ñ2 cont.: :k saṃhatānāṃ dvirephānāṃ niveśaṃ yānti paṅkayaḥ | gharmadoṣaparityaktaṃ meghatoyavibhūṣitam paśya vṛndāvanaṃ kṛṣṇa vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ yathā // evaṃ prāvṛṅgunān sarvāñ śrīmān kṛṣṇasya pūrvajaḥ kathayann eva balavān vrajam eva jagāma ha // tau rāmayantāv anyonyaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau tatkālaṃ jñātibhiḥ sārdhaṃ ceratus tau mahad vanam // k: After adhy. 54, D3.6,S ins. App12. :k h: HV (CE) ch. 55, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h kadācit tu tadā kṛṣṇo vinā saṃkarṣaṇaṃ gurum cacāra tadvanavaraṃ kāmarūpī varānanaḥ // kākapakṣadharaḥ śrīmāñ śyāmaḥ padmadalekṣaṇaḥ śrīvatsenorasā yuktaḥ śaśāṅka iva lakṣmaṇā // sāṅgadenāgrapādena paṅkajodbhinnavarcasā sukumārābhitāmreṇa krāntavikrāntagāminā // pīte prītikare nṝṇāṃ padmakiñjalkasaprabhe sūkṣme vasāno vasane sasaṃdhya iva toyadaḥ // vanyavyāpārayuktābhyāṃ vyagrābhyāṃ daṇḍarajjubhiḥ bhujābhyāṃ sādhuvṛttābhyāṃ pūjitābhyāṃ divaukasaiḥ // sadṛśaṃ puṇḍarīkasya gandhena kamalasya ca rarāja tasya tadbālye ruciroṣṭhapuṭaṃ mukham // śikhābhis tasya muktābhī rarāja mukhapaṅkajam vṛttaṃ ṣaṭpadapaṅktībhir yathā syāt padmamaṇḍalam // tasyārjunakadambāḍhyā nīpakandalamālinī rarāja mālā śirasi nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā divi // sa tayā mālayā vīraḥ śuśubhe sarvapuṣpayā meghakālāmbudaśyāmo nabhasya iva mūrtimān // ekenāmalapatreṇa kaṇṭhasūtrāvalambinā rarāja barhipatreṇa mandamārutakampinā // kvacid gāyan kvacit krīḍaṃś cañcūryaṃś ca kvacit kvacit parṇavādyaṃ śrutisukhaṃ vādayānaḥ kvacid vane // gopaveṇuṃ sumadhuraṃ kāmāt tam api vādayan prahlādanārthaṃ ca gavāṃ kvacid vanagato yuvā gokule 'mbudharaśyāmaś cacāra dyutimān prabhuḥ // k: After 12, Ś1 ins.: :k govardhanasya ca gireḥ parṇavādyaṃ śruteḥ sukham | reme ca tatra ramyāsu citrāsu vanarājiṣu mayūraravaghuṣṭāsu madanoddīpanīṣu ca meghanādaprativyūhair nāditāsu samantataḥ // śāḍvalacchannamārgāsu śilīndhrābharaṇāsu ca kandalāmaladantīṣu sravantīṣu navaṃ jalam // kesarāṇāṃ navair gandhair madaniḥśvasitopamaiḥ abhīkṣṇaṃ niḥśvasantīṣu yoṣitsv iva samantataḥ // sevyamāno navair vātair drumasaṃghātaniḥsṛtaiḥ tāsu kṛṣṇo mudaṃ lebhe saumyāsu vanarājiṣu // sa kadācid vane tasmin gobhiḥ saha parivrajan dadarśa vipulodagraṃ śākhinaṃ śākhināṃ varam // sthitaṃ dharaṇyāṃ meghābhaṃ nibiḍaṃ patrasaṃcayaiḥ gaganārdhocchritākāraṃ pavanābhogakāriṇaṃ // nīlacitrāṅgavarṇaiś ca sevitaṃ bahubhir dvijaiḥ phalaiḥ pravālaiś ca ghanaṃ sendracāpaghanopamam // bhavanākāraviṭapaṃ latāpuṣpasumaṇḍitam viśālamūlāvatataṃ pavanāmbhodadhāriṇam // ādhipatyam ivānyeṣāṃ tasya deśasya śākhinām kurvāṇaṃ śubhakarmāṇaṃ tiro varṣantam avyayam // nyagrodhaṃ parvatākāraṃ bhāṇḍīraṃ nāma nāmataḥ dṛṣṭvā tatra matiṃ cakre nivāsāya divā prabhuḥ // sa tatra vayasā tulyair vatsapālaiḥ sahānaghaḥ reme vai divasaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ purā svargagato yathā // k: After 55.23, D2.6 S ins. a passage given in App13. :k taṃ krīḍamāṇaṃ gopālāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ bhāṇḍīravāsinam ramayanti sma bahavo vanyaiḥ krīḍanakais tadā // anye sma parigāyanti gopā muditamānasāḥ gopālāḥ kṛṣṇam evānye gāyanti sma ratipriyāḥ // teṣāṃ sa gāyatām eva vādayāmāsa vīryavān parṇavādyāntare veṇuṃ tumbīvīṇāṃ ca tatra ha // kadācic cārayann eva gāḥ sa govṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ jagāma yamunātīraṃ latālaṃkṛtapādapam // taraṃgāpāṅgakuṭilāṃ vārisparśasukhānilām tāṃ ca padmotpalavatīṃ dadarśa yamunāṃ nadīm // sutīrthāṃ svādusalilāṃ hradinīṃ vegagāminīm toyavātoddhatair vegair avanāmitapādapām // haṃsakāraṇḍavodghuṣṭāṃ sārasaiś ca vināditām anyonyamithunaiś caiva sevitāṃ mithunecaraiḥ // jalajaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ kīrṇāṃ jalajair bhūṣitāṃ guṇaiḥ jalajaiḥ kusumaiś citrāṃ jalajair haritodakām // prasthitasrotacaraṇāṃ pulinaśroṇimaṇḍalām āvartanābhigambhīrāṃ padmalomānurañjitām // hradaśātodarākrāntāṃ tritaraṃgavalīdharām cakravākastanataṭāṃ tīrapārśvāyatānanām // k: After 33, Ds ins.: :k mīnākṣicapalāṃ kāntāṃ kāntaśaivalamūrdhajām | phenaprahṛṣṭadaśanāṃ prasannāṃ haṃsahāsinīm rucirotpalapatrākṣīṃ natabhrūṃ jalajekṣaṇām // hradadīrghalalāṭāntāṃ kāntāṃ śaivalamūrdhajām dīrghasrotāyatabhujām ābhogaśravaṇāyatām // kāraṇḍavākuṇḍalinīṃ śrīmatpaṅkajalocanām kāśacāmīkaraṃ vāso vasānāṃ haṃsalakṣaṇām // taṭajābharaṇopetāṃ mīnanirmalamakhalām vāriplavaplavakṣaumāṃ sārasārāvanūpurām // jhāṣanakrānuliptāṅgīṃ kūrmalakṣaṇaśobhinīm nipānaśvāpadāpīḍāṃ nṛbhiḥ pītapayodharām śvāpadocchiṣṭasalilām āśramasthānasaṃkulām // k: After 38, D3.6,S ins.: :k siddhārādhyamahādeva+ +sikatāliṅgamaṇḍitām | munimṛtkuṇḍikāpūra+ +samūdbhūtamahāravām (sic) | siddhayoṣit kucasrasta+ +kuṅkumakṣodapiṅgalām | sutīrthāṃ sarvapāpaghnīṃ nṛṇāṃ tadgatacetasām | tāṃ samudrasya mahiṣīṃ vīkṣamāṇaḥ samantataḥ cacāra ruciraṃ kṛṣṇo yamunām upaśobhayan // tāṃ caran sa nadīṃ śreṣṭhāṃ dadarśa hradam uttamam dīrghaṃ yojanavistāraṃ dustaraṃ tridaśair api // gambhīram akṣobhyajalaṃ niṣkampam iva sāgaram toyapaiḥ śvāpadais tyaktaṃ śūnyaṃ toyacaraiḥ khagaiḥ // agādhenāmbhasā pūrṇaṃ meghapūrṇam ivāmbaram duḥkhopasarpyaṃ tīreṣu sasarpair vipulair bilaiḥ // viṣāraṇigatasyāgner dhūmena pariveṣṭitam // upabhogaiḥ parityaktaṃ sadbhis triṣavaṇārthibhiḥ ākāśād apy asaṃcāryaṃ khagair ākāśagocaraiḥ // tṛṇeṣv api patatsv apsu jvalantam iva tejasā samantād yojanaṃsāgraṃ tīreṣv api durāsadam // viṣānalena ghoreṇa jvālāprajvalitaṃ hradam vajrasyottaratas tasya krośamātre nirāmaye // taṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa kṛṣṇo vai vipulaṃ hradam agādhaṃ dyotamānaṃ ca kasyedaṃ sumahad dhradam // asmin sa kāliyo nāma kālāñjanacayopamaḥ uragādhipatiḥ sākṣād dhrade vasati dārunaḥ // utsṛjya sāgare vāsaṃ yo mayā vāhitaḥ purā bhayāt patagarājasya suparṇasyoragāśinaḥ // teneyaṃ dūṣitā sarvā yamunā sāgaraṃgamā bhayāt tasyoragapater nāyaṃ deśo niṣevyate // tad idaṃ dāruṇākāram araṇyaṃ rūḍhaśāḍvalam sāvarohadrumaṃ ghoraṃ kīrṇaṃ nānālatādrumaiḥ // rakṣitaṃ sarparājasya sacivair vanavāsibhiḥ vanaṃ nirviṣayākāraṃ viṣānnam iva duḥspṛśam tair āptakāribhir nityaṃ sarvataḥ parirakṣitam // śaivālamalinaiś cāpi vṛkṣaiḥ kṣupalatākulaiḥ kartavyamārgau bhrājete hradasyāsya taṭāv ubhau // tad asya sarparājasya kartavyo nigraho mayā yathevaṃ saridambhodā bhavec chivajalāśayā // k: For 54cd, D3.6,T1.2,G,M subst.: :k ayaṃ ca sevyaḥ kartavyo hradaḥ śītajalāśraya | k: After *672, K2 ins.: :k sa saṃkarṣaṇaṃ āmantrya keśavas tv idam abravīt | k: K2 cont.; Ñ2.3,V2,B1 ins. after 54; V1.3,D2 after 55; K1 after the repetition of 56ab; K4,D5 after 56ab; Ds2 cont. after *675: :k ātmānam ātmano vākyaṃ provāca sa priyaṃvadaḥ | idaṃ vanaṃ nadī ceyaṃ śaraṇyam iti me matiḥ | na nisarpanti dṛśyante sattvānīha mahītale | vrajopabhogyā ca śubhā nāge vai damite mayā sarvartusukhasaṃcārā sarvatīrthasukhāśrayā // etadarthaṃ ca vāso 'yam vraje 'smin gopajanma ca amīṣām utpathasthānāṃ śāsanārthaṃ durātmanām // etaṃ kadambam āruhya tad eṣa śiśulīlayā vinipatya hrade ghore damayiṣyāmi kāliyam // k: After 57, K2,Ñ2.3,V,B,Ds,D4.5 ins.: :k evaṃ kṛte bāhuvīryaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati | k: After *675, Ds2 cont. *674; while D3.6,S(except T3.4) ins. after 57: :k mama jpādatalasparśād dīrghajīvī bhaved ayam | kadambaḥ puṣpaphalavān samārādhyaś ca matpriyaiḥ || so 'yaṃ kadambaśikharaḥ sarvaprāṇisukhāvahaḥ | adyāpi bhrājate viṣṇoḥ pādasaṃsparśaśobhayā | h: HV (CE) ch. 56, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner. version March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h sopasṛtya nadītīraṃ baddhvā parikaraṃ dṛḍham ārohac capalaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kadambaśikharaṃ yuvā // kṛṣṇaḥ kadambaśikharāl lambamāno 'mbudākṛtiḥ hradamadhye 'karoc chabdaṃ nipatann ambujekṣaṇaḥ // k: After 2, D2 ins.: :k nīlotpaladalaśyāmo hrade tasmin papāta ha | sa kṛṣṇenāvapatatā kṣobhitaḥ sa mahāhradaḥ saṃprāśicyata vegena bhidyamāna ivārṇavaḥ // tena śabdena saṃkṣubdhaṃ tatsarpabhavanaṃ mahat uttiṣṭhad udakāt sarpo roṣaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ // sa coragapatiḥ kruddho megharāśisamaprabhaḥ tato raktāntanayanaḥ kāliyaḥ samadṛśyata // pañcāsyaḥ pāvakocchvāsaś calajjihvo 'nalānanaḥ pṛtubhiḥ pañcabhir ghoraiḥ śirobhiḥ parivāritaḥ // pūrayitvā hradaṃ sarvaṃ bhogenānalavarcasā sphurann iva sa roṣeṇa jvalann iva ca tejasā // krodhena tajjalaṃ tasya sarvaṃ śṛtam ivābhavat pratiśrotāś ca bhīteva jagāma yamunā nadī tasya krodhāgnipūrṇena vaktreṇābhūc ca mārutaḥ // dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ hradagataṃ krīḍantaṃ śiśulīlayā sadhūmāḥ pannagendrasya mukhān niścerur arciṣaḥ // sṛjatā tena roṣāgniṃ samīpe tīrajā drumāḥ kṣaṇena bhasmasān nītā yugāntapratimena vai // tasya putrāś ca dārāś ca bhṛtyāś cānye mahoragāḥ vamantaḥ pāvakaṃ ghoraṃ vaktrebhyo viṣasaṃbhavam sadhūmāḥ pannagendrās te nipetur amitaujasaḥ // praveśitaś ca taiḥ sarpaiḥ sa kṛṣṇo bhogabandhanam niryatnacaraṇākāras tasthau girir ivācalaḥ // dadaṃśur daśanais tīkṣṇair viṣotpīḍajalāvilaiḥ te kṛṣṇaṃ sarpapatayo na mamāra ca vīryavān // k: After 13, D6,S (außer T3.4,), G(ed.) ins.: :k saṃdaśyamāno daśanair na cacāla sa keśavaḥ | vyacarat suciraṃ kālaṃ kṛṣṇo vai kāliye hrade | etasminn antare bhītā gopālāḥ sarva eva te krandamānā vrajaṃ jagmur bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā // eṣa mohaṃ gataḥ kṛṣṇo magno vai kāliyahrade bhakṣyate sarparājena tad āgacchata māciram // nandagopāya vai kṣipraṃ ballavāya nivedyatām eṣa te kṛṣyate putraḥ sarpeṇeti mahāhrade // nandagopas tu tac chrutvā vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ ārtaḥ skhalitavikrāntas taṃ jagāma hradottamam // sabālayuvatīvṛddhaḥ sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā ākrīḍaṃ pannagendrasya janas taṃ samupāgamat // nandagopamukhā gopās te sarve sāśrulocanāḥ k: After 19ab, D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M1.2.4 ins.: :k idaṃ kiṃ tv iti saṃbhrāntāḥ kasyedaṃ karma ceti vai | hāhākāraṃ prakurvantas tasthus tīre hradasya vai // vrīḍitā vismitāś caiva śokārtāś ca punaḥ punaḥ kecit tu kṛṣṇa hā heti hā dhig ity apare punaḥ apare hā hatāḥ smeti rurudur bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ // striyaś caiva yaśodāṃ tām hā hatāsīti cukruśuḥ yā paśyasi priyaṃ putraṃ sarparājavaśaṃgataṃ saṃditaṃ sarpabhogena kṛṣyamāṇaṃ yathā mṛgam // aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ te 'bhilakṣyate putraṃ katham imaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaśode nāvadīryate // duḥkhitaṃ bata paśyāmo nandagopaṃ hradāntike nyasya putramukhe dṛṣṭiṃ niścetanam avasthitam // yaśodām anugacchantyaḥ sarpāvāsam imaṃ hradam praviśāmo na yāsyāmaḥ sarvā dāmodaraṃ vinā // divasaḥ ko vinā sūryaṃ vinā candreṇa kā niśā vinā vṛṣeṇa kā gāvo vinā kṛṣṇena ko vrajaḥ vinā kṛṣṇaṃ na yāsyāmo vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ // tāsāṃ vilapitaṃ śrutvā teṣām ca vrajavāsinām k: After 26ab, Ñ2.3,V,B1.2,Ds,D3.5 ins.: :k vilāpaṃ nandagopasya yaśodāṃ rudatīṃ tathā | ekabhāvaśarīrajña ekadeho dvidhākṛtaḥ saṃkarṣaṇas tu saṃkruddho babhāṣe kṛṣṇam avyayam // kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho gopānāṃ nandivardhana damyatām eṣa vai kṣipraṃ sarparājo viṣāyudhaḥ // ime no bāndhavās tāta tvāṃ matvā mānuṣaṃ prabho paridevanti karuṇam sarve mānuṣabuddhayaḥ // tac chrutvā rauhiṇeyasya vākyaṃ saṃjñāsamīritam vikrīḍyāsphoṭayad bāhū tad bhittvā bhogabandhanam // tasya padbhyāṃ athākramya bhogarāśiṃ jalokṣitam śiro 'sya kṛṣṇo jagrāha svahastenāvanāmya ca // tasyāruroha sahasā madhyamaṃ tan mahac chiraḥ so 'sya mūrdhni sthitaḥ kṛṣṇo nanarta rucirāṅgadaḥ // k: After 31, D6,S ins.: :k lāsyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kṛṣṇo vidadhe tasya mūrdhani || tasya nṛttaṃ smaran viṣṇor harṣo 'dya mama jāyate | romṇāṃ sarveṣu gātreṣu rājann udgamayan sadā | mṛdyamānaḥ sa kṛṣṇena śrāntamūrdhā bhujaṃgamaḥ asyaiḥ sarudhirodgāraiḥ kātaraṃ vākyam abravīt // avijñānān mayā kṛṣṇa roṣo 'yaṃ saṃpradarśitaḥ damito 'haṃ hataviṣo vaśagas te varānana // tadājñāpaya kiṃ kuryāṃ sadārāpatyabāndhavaḥ kasya vā vaśatāṃ yāmi jīvitaṃ me pradīyatām // k: After 34, D6,T1.2,G1.3.5,M1.2.4 ins.: :k namas te brahmarudrendra+ +surāsuranamaskṛta | śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapanno 'smi jīvitaṃ me pradīyatām || aparādhaṃ kṛtaṃ yat tu mūḍhenākṛtabuddhinā | darpānvitena ca mayā na tat saṃsmartum arhasi || prasanne tvayi deveśa vainateyo na māṃ haret | tasmād vidhatsva yat kāryaṃ mayā kartavyam īśvara | ity uktvā sa śirobhis tu kṛṣṇapādāv apūjayat | pañcamūrdhānataṃ dṛṣṭvā sarpaṃ sarpāriketanaḥ akruddha eva bhagavān pratyuvācorageśvaram // tavāsmin yamunātoye naiva sthānaṃ dadāmy aham gacchārṇavajalaṃ sarpa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ // yaś ceha bhūyo dṛśyeta sthale vā yadi vā jale tava bhṛtyas tanūjo vā kṣipraṃ vadhyaḥ sa me bhavet // śivaṃ cāsya jalasyāstu tvaṃ ca gaccha mahārṇavam sthāne tv iha bhaved doṣas tavāntakaraṇo mahān // matpadāni ca te sarpa dṛṣṭvā mūrdhani sāgare garudaḥ pannagaripus tvayi na prahariṣyati // k: After 39, D6,T1,G1-3,M1.2.4 ins.: :k evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena patatrivaraketunā | k: *682 occurs twice, after 56.34 and after 56.39; the second occurrence has been numbered *682A. :k gṛhya mūrdhnā tu caraṇau kṛṣṇasyoragapuṃgavaḥ paśyatām eva gopānāṃ jagāmādarśanaṃ hradāt // nirjite tu gate sarpe kṛṣṇam uttīrya viṣṭhitam vismitās tuṣṭuvur gopāś cakruś caiva pradakṣiṇam // ūcuḥ sarve susaṃprītā nandagopaṃ vanecarāḥ dhanyo 'sy anugṛhīto 'si yasya te putra īdṛśaḥ // adyaprabhṛti gopānāṃ gavāṃ ghoṣasya cānagha āpatsu śaraṇaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prabhuś cāyatalocanaḥ // jātā śivajalā sarvā yamunā munisevitā sarvais tīrthaiḥ sukhaṃ gāvo vicariṣyanti naḥ sadā // vyaktam eva vayaṃ gopā vane yat kṛṣṇam īdṛśam mahadbhūtaṃ na jānīmaś channam agnim iva vraje // evaṃ te vismitāḥ sarve stuvantaḥ kṛṣṇam avyayam jagmur gopagaṇā ghoṣaṃ devāś caitrarathaṃ yathā // h: HV (CE) ch. 57, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h damite sarparāje tu kṛṣṇena yamunāhrade tam eva ceratur deśam sahitau rāmakeśavau // jagmatus tau tu saṃraktau godhanaiḥ saha gāminau giriṃ govardhanaṃ ramyaṃ vasudevasutāv ubhau // govardhanasyottarato yamunātīram āśritam dadṛśāte 'tha tau vīrau ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ mahat // tau tālaparṇapratate ramye tālavane ratau ceratuḥ paramaprītau vṛṣapotāv ivodgatau // sa tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdho loṣṭapāṣāṇavarjitaḥ darbhaprāyasthalībhūtaḥ sumahān kṛṣṇamṛttikaḥ // tālais tair vipulaskandhair ucchritaiḥ śyāmaparvabhiḥ phalāgraśākhibhir bhāti nāgahastair ivocchritaiḥ // tatra dāmodaro vākyam uvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ aho tālaphalaiḥ pakvair vāsiteyaṃ vanasthalī // svādūny ārya sugandhīni śyāmāni rasavanti ca tālapakvāni sahitau pātayāvo laghukramau // yady eṣām īdṛśo gandho madhuro ghrānasaṃmataḥ rasenāmṛtakalpena bhaviṣyantīti me matiḥ // dāmodaravacaḥ śrutvā rauhiṇeyo hasann iva pātayaṃs tālapakvāni cālayām āsa tāṃs tarūn // tat tu tālavanaṃ nṝṇām asevyaṃ duratikramam nirmāṇabhūtam iriṇaṃ puruṣādālayopamam // k: After 11, D6,T1.2,G1.3-5,M ins.: :k pāṣāṇair atha rājendra bahubhiḥ parvatopamaiḥ | pakvāni caiva rājendra pātayām āsa kāmataḥ | dāruṇo dhenuko nāma daityo gardabharūpavān kharayūthena mahatā vṛtaḥ samupasevate // sa tat talavanaṃ ghoraṃ gardabhaḥ parirakṣati nṛpakṣiśvāpadagaṇāṃs trāsayānaḥ sa durmatiḥ // tālaśabdaṃ sa taṃ śrutvā saṃghuṣṭaṃ phalapātane nāmarṣayata saṃkruddhas tālasvanam iva dvipaḥ // śabdānusārī saṃkruddho darpāviddhasaṭānanaḥ stabdhākṣo heṣitapaṭuḥ khurair nirdārayan mahīm // āviddhapuccho hṛṣito vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ āpatann eva dadṛśe rauhiṇeyam avasthitam // tālānāṃ tam adho dṛṣṭvā sa dhvajākāram avyayam rauhiṇeyaṃ kharo duṣṭaḥ so 'daśad daśanāyudhaḥ // padbhyām ubhābhyāṃ ca punaḥ paścimābhyāṃ parāṅmukhaḥ jaghānorasi daityaḥ sa rauhiṇeyaṃ nirāyudham // tābhyām eva sa jagrāha padbhyāṃ taṃ daityagardabham āvarjitamukhaskandhaṃ prairayat tālamūrdhani // sa bhagnorukaṭignīvo bhagnapṛṣṭho durākṛtiḥ kharas tālaphalaiḥ sārdhaṃ papāta dharaṇītale // taṃ gatāsuṃ gataśrīkaṃ patitaṃ vīkṣya gardabham jñātīṃs tathāparāṃs tasya cikṣepa tṛṇarājani // k: After 21, T1.2,G1.2.5,M1-3 ins.: :k te sarve tālapakvaiś ca nipetur dharaṇītale | sā bhūr gardabhadehaiś ca tālapakvaiś ca pātitaiḥ babhāse channajaladā dyaur ivāvyaktaśāradī // tasmin gardabhadaiteya tu sānuge vinipātite ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ tadd hi bhūyo ramyataraṃ babhau // vipramuktabhayaṃ śubhraṃ viviktākāradarśanam caranti sma sukhaṃ gāvas tattālavanam uttamam // tataḥ pravyāhṛtāḥ sarve gopā vananivāsinaḥ vītaśokā vanaṃ sarve cañcūryante sma te sukham // tataḥ sukhaṃ prakīrṇāsu goṣu nāgendravikramau drumaparṇāsane kṛtvā tau yathārhaṃ niṣidatuḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 58, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h atha tau jātaharṣau tu vasudevasutāv ubhau tattālavanam utsṛjya bhūyo bhāṇḍīraṃ āgatau // cārayantau vivṛddhāni godhanāni śubhānanau sphītasasyaprarūḍhāni vīkṣamāṇau vanāni ca // kṣvedayantau pragāyantau pracinvantau ca pādapān nāmabhir vyāharantau ca savatsā gāḥ paraṃtapau // niryogapāśair āsaktau skandhābhyām śubhalakṣaṇau vanamālākṛtoraskau bālaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau // suvarṇāñjanavarṇābhāv anyonyasadṛśāmbarau mahendrāyudhasaṃsaktau śuklakṛṣṇāv ivāmbudau // kuśāgrakusumānāṃ ca karṇapūramanoramau vanamārgeṣu kurvāṇau vanyaveṣadharāv ubhau // govardhanasyānucarau vane sānucarau ca tau ceratur lokasiddhābhiḥ krīḍābhir aparājitau // tāv enaṃ mānuṣīṃ dīkṣāṃ vahantau surapūjitau tajjātiguṇayuktābhiḥ krīḍābhiś ceratur vanam // tau tu bhāṇḍīram ucite kāle krīḍānuvartinau prāptau paramaśākhāḍhyaṃ nyagrodhaṃ śākhināṃ varam // tatra spandolikābhiś ca yuddhamārgaiś ca daṃśitau aśmabhiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca tau vyāyāmam akurvatām // yuddhamārgaiś ca vividhair gopālaiḥ sahitāv ubhau muditau siṃhavikrāntau yathākāmaṃ viceratuḥ // tayo ramayator evaṃ tallipsur asurottamaḥ pralambo 'bhyāgamat teṣāṃ chidrānveṣī tayos tadā // gopālaveṣam āsthāya vanyapuṣpavibhūṣitaḥ lobhayānaḥ sa tau vīrau hāsyaiḥ krīḍanakais tathā // so 'vagāhata niḥśaṅkas teṣāṃ madhyam amānuṣaḥ mānuṣaṃ vapur āsthāya pralambo dānavottamaḥ // prakrīḍitāś ca te sarve saha tenāmarāriṇā gopālavapuṣaṃ gopā manyamānāḥ svabāndhavam // sa tu chidrāntaraprepsuḥ pralambo gopatāṃ gataḥ dṛṣṭiṃ paridadhe kṛṣṇe rauhiṇeye ca dāruṇām // aviṣahyaṃ tato matvā kṛṣṇam adbhutavikramamḥ rauhiṇeyavadhe yatnam akarod dānavottamaḥ // hariṇākrīḍanaṃ nāma bālakrīḍanakaṃ tataḥ prakrīḍitāś ca te sarve dvau dvau yugapad utpatan // kṛṣṇaḥ śrīdāmasahitaḥ pupluve gopasūnunā saṃkarṣaṇas tu plutavān pralambena sahānaghaḥ // gopālās tv apare dvaṃdvaṃ gopālair aparaiḥ saha pradrutā laṅghayanto vai te 'nyonyaṃ laghuvikramāḥ // śrīdāmam ajayat kṛṣṇaḥ pralambaṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ gopālaiḥ kṛṣṇapakṣīyair gopālās tv apare jitāḥ // te vāhayantas tv anyonyam saṃharṣāt sahasā drutāḥ bhāṇḍīraskandham uddiśya maryādāṃ punar āgaman // saṃkarṣaṇaṃ tu skandhena śīghram utkṣipya dānavaḥ drutaṃ jagāma vimukhaḥ sacandra iva toyadaḥ // k: After 23, K4 ins.: :k aviṣahyaṃ manyamānaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ dānavapuṃgavaḥ | vahan drutataraṃ prāgād avarohaṇataḥ param | sa bhāram asahaṃs tasya rauhiṇeyasya dhīmataḥ vavṛdhe sumahākāyaś candrākrānta ivāmbudaḥ // sa bhāṇḍīravaṭaprakhyaṃ dagdhāñjanagiriprabham svaṃ vapur darśayām āsa pralambo dānavottamaḥ // pañcastabakayuktena mukuṭenārkavarcasā dīpyamānānano daityaḥ sūryākrānta ivāmbudaḥ // mahānano mahāgrīvaḥ umahān antakopamaḥ raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo nāmayaṃs caraṇaiḥ kṣitim // sragdāmalambābharaṇaḥ pralambāmbarabhūṣaṇaḥ dhīraḥ pralambaḥ prayayau toyalamba ivāmbudaḥ // sa jahāraiva vegena rauhiṇeyaṃ mahāsuraḥ sāgaropaplavagataṃ kṛtsnaṃ lokam ivāntakaḥ // hriyamāṇaḥ pralambena sa tu saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā uhyamāna ivaikena kālameghena candramāḥ // sa saṃdigdham ivātmānaṃ mene saṃkarṣaṇas tadā daityaskandhagataḥ śrīmān kṛṣṇaṃ cedam uvāca ha // hriye 'haṃ kṛṣṇa daityena parvatodagravarcasā pradarśayitvā mahatīm māyāṃ mānuṣarūpiṇīm // katham asya mayā kāryaṃ śāsanaṃ duṣṭacetasaḥ pralambasya pravṛddhasya darpād dviguṇavarcasaḥ // tam āha sasmitaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sāmnā harṣakalena vai abhijño rauhiṇeyasya vṛttasya ca balasya ca // aho 'yaṃ mānuṣo bhāvo vyaktam evānugṛhyate yas tvaṃ jaganmayaṃ guhyaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ gataḥ // smarārya tanum ātmānam lokānāṃ tvaṃ viparyaye avagacchātmanātmānam samudrāṇāṃ samāgame // purātanānāṃ devānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ salilasya ca ātmavṛttapravṛttāni saṃsmarādyaṃ ca vai vapuḥ // śiraḥ khaṃ te jalaṃ mūrtiḥ kṣamā bhūr dahano mukham vāyur lokāyur ucchvāso manaḥsraṣṭā manus tava // sahasrāsyaḥ sahasrāṅgaḥ sahasracaraṇekṣaṇaḥ k: After 39ab Ś1 ins.: :k sahasraśīrṣo viśvātmā śatajihvaḥ śatodaraḥ | sahasrapatranābhas tvaṃ sahasrāṃśudharo 'rihā // yat tvayā darśitaṃ loke tat paśyanti divaukasaḥ yat tvayā noktapūrvaṃ hi kas tad anveṣṭum arhati // yad veditavyaṃ loke 'smiṃs tat tvayā samudāhṛtam viditaṃ yat tavaikasya devā api na tad viduḥ // ātmajaṃ te vapur vyomni na paśyanty ātmasaṃbhavam yat tu te kṛtrimaṃ rūpaṃ tad arcanti divaukasaḥ // k: For 42cd T3 subst.: :k yasya caivaṃvidhaṃ rūpaṃ paśyanti tridivaukasaḥ | davair na dṛṣṭaś cāntas te tenānanta iti smṛta tvaṃ hi sūkṣmo mahān ekaḥ sūkṣmair api durāsadaḥ // tvayy eva parvatastambhā śāśvatī jagatī sthitā acalā prāṇināṃ yonir dhārayaty akhilaṃ jagat // catuḥsāgarabhogas tvaṃ cāturvarṇyavibhāgavit caturyugeśo lokānāṃ cāturhotraphalāśanaḥ // yathā tvam asi lokānāṃ tathāhaṃ tac ca me matam ubhāv ekaśarīrau svo jagadarthe dvidhā kṛtau // k: After 46 Ñ2.3,V2.3,BDs,D4 ins.: :k ahaṃ vā śāśvataḥ kṛṣṇas tvaṃ vā śeṣaḥ purātanaḥ | lokānāṃ śāśvato devas tvaṃ hi śeṣaḥ sanātanaḥ āvayor dehamātreṇa dvidhedaṃ dhāryate jagat // ahaṃ yaḥ sa bhavān eva yas tvaṃ so 'haṃ sanātanaḥ dvāv eva vihitau hy āvām ekadehau mahābalau // tadāsse mūḍhavat kiṃ tvaṃ prāg enaṃ jahi dānavam mūrdhni devaripuṃ deva vajrakalpena muṣṭinā // saṃsmāritaḥ sa kṛṣṇena rauhiṇeyaḥ purātanam sa balena tadā pūrṇas trailokyāntaracāriṇā // k: For 50cd, T3 subst.: :k balenāyujyata tadā mahatānyena dīptimān | tataḥ pralambaṃ durvṛttaṃ subaddhena mahābhujaḥ muṣṭinā vajrakalpena mūrdhni vīraḥ samāhanat // tasyottamāṅgaṃ sve kāye vikapālaṃ viveśa ha k: For 52ab, T3 subst.: :k tena muṣṭiprahāreṇa kapālaṃ tad dvidhābhavat | jānudbhyāṃ jagatīṃ caiva gatāsuḥ sa jagāma ha // jagatyāṃ vinikīrṇasya tasya rūpam abhūt tadā pralambasyāmbarasthasya meghasyeva vidīryataḥ // tasya bhagnottamāṅgasya dehāt susrāva śoṇitam bahugairikasaṃyuktaṃ śailaśṛṅgād ivodakam // sa nihatya pralambaṃ tu saṃhṛtya balam ātmanaḥ paryaṣvajata kṛṣṇaṃ vai rauhiṇeyaḥ pratāpavān // taṃ tu kṛṣṇaś ca gopāś ca divisthāś ca divaukasaḥ tuṣṭuvur nihate daitye jayāśīrbhir mahābalam // balenāyaṃ hato daityo bālenākliṣṭakarmaṇā k: After 57ab Ś1 K1.3 Ñ2 V2 Dn Ds1 (marg.) Ds2 D4.5 (marg.) ins.: :k vicaranty aśarīriṇyo vācaḥ surasamīritāḥ | baladeveti nāmasya devaiś coktaṃ divi sthitaiḥ // balaṃ tu baladevasya tadā bhuvi janā viduḥ karmajaṃ nihate daitye devair api durāsade // h: HV (CE) ch. 59, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h tayoḥ pravṛttayor evaṃ kṛṣṇasya ca balasya ca vane vicarator māsau vyatiyātau sma vārṣikau // vrajam ājagmatus tau tu vraje śuśruvatus tadā prāptaṃ śakramahaṃ vīrau gopāṃś cotsavalālasān // kautūhalād idaṃ vākyaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ provāca tatra vai ko 'yaṃ śakramaho nāma yena vo harṣa āgataḥ // tatra vṛddhatamas tv eko gopo vākyam uvāca ha śrūyatāṃ tāta śakrasya yadarthaṃ maha iṣyate // devānām īśvaraḥ śakro meghānāṃ cārisūdana tasya cāyaṃ kratuḥ kṛṣṇa lokapālasya śāśvataḥ // tena saṃcoditā meghās tasyāyudhavibhūṣitāḥ tasyaivājñākarāḥ sasyaṃ janayanti navāmbubhiḥ // meghasya payaso dātā puruhūtaḥ puraṃdaraḥ saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ sa bhagavān prīṇayaty akhilaṃ jagat // tena saṃpāditaṃ sasyaṃ vayam anye ca mānavāḥ vartayāmopabhujjānās tarpayāmaś ca devatāḥ // devo varṣati lokeṣu tataḥ sasyaṃ pravartate pṛthivyāṃ tarpitāyāṃ ca sāmṛtaṃ lakṣyate jagat // kṣīravatya imā gāvo vatsavatyaś ca nirvṛtāḥ tena saṃvardhitā gāvas tṛṇaiḥ puṣṭāḥ sapuṃgavāḥ // nāsasyā nātṛṇā gāvo na bubhukṣārdito janaḥ dṛśyate yatra dṛśyante vṛṣṭimanto balāhakāḥ // dudoha savitur gā vai śakro divyāḥ payasvalāḥ tāḥ kṣaranti navaṃ kṣīraṃ medhyaṃ meghaughadhāritam // vāyvīritaṃ tu megheṣu karoti ninadaṃ mahat javenāvarjitaṃ caiva garjatīti janā viduḥ // tasya caivohyamānasya vātayuktair balāhakaiḥ vajrāśanisamāḥ śabdā bhavanty agamabhedinaḥ // k: For 14cd, D6 subst.: :k vajrāśanisamāñ śabdān garjanto gagane sthitāḥ | taj jalaṃ vajraniṣpeṣair vimuñcati nabhogatam bahubhiḥ kāmagair meghaiḥ śakro bhṛtyair iveśvaraḥ // kvacid durdinasaṃkāśaiḥ kvacic channābhrasaṃsthitaiḥ kvacic chīkaramuktābhaṃ kurvadbhir gaganaṃ ghanaiḥ // k: Ñ2.3,V,B,D2.3,T3 ins. after 16ab; Ds after 16: :k kvacidbhinnāñjanākāraiḥ kvacicchīkaravarṣibhiḥ | maṇḍayaty eva devendro viśvam eva nabho ghanaiḥ | evam etat payo dugdhaṃ gobhiḥ sūryasya vāridaḥ parjanyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ bhavāya bhuvi varṣati // k: After 17, K,Ñ2.3,V,B,D (except D6,),T3 ins.: :k yasmāt prāvṛḍ iyaṃ kṛṣṇa śakrasya bhuvi bhāvinī | tasmāt prāvṛṣi rājānaḥ sarve śakraṃ mudā yutāḥ mahaiḥ sureśam arcanti vayam anye ca mānavāḥ // gopavṛddhasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śakraparigrahe prabhāvajño 'pi śakrasya vākyaṃ dāmodaro 'bravīt // vayaṃ vanacarā gopa gopā godhanajīvinaḥ gāvo 'smaddaivataṃ viddhi girayaś ca vanāni ca // karṣakāṇāṃ kṛṣir vṛttiḥ paṇyaṃ vipaṇijīvinām asmākaṃ gauḥ parā vṛttir etat traividhyam ucyate vidyayā yo yayā yuktas tasya sā daivataṃ param // k: After 21, Ñ2.3 V B1.2 Dn Ds T3.4 ins.: :k saiva pūjyārcanīyā ca saiva tasyopakāriṇī | yo 'nyasya phalam aśnānaḥ karoty anyasya satkriyām dvāv anarthau sa labhate pretya ceha ca mānavaḥ // kṛṣyantāḥ prathitāḥ sīmāḥ sīmāntaṃ śrūyate vanam vanāntā girayaḥ sarve sā cāsmākaṃ gatir dhruvā // śrūyante girayaś cāpi vane 'smin kāmarūpiṇaḥ praviśya tās tās tanavo ramante sveṣu sānuṣu // bhūtvā kesariṇaḥ siṃhā vyāghrāś ca nakhināṃ varāḥ vanāni svāni rakṣanti trāsayanto drumacchidaḥ // yadā caiṣāṃ vikurvanti te vanālayajīvinaḥ ghnanti tān eva durvṛttān pauruṣādena karmaṇā // mantrayajñaparā viprāḥ sītāyajñāś ca karṣakāḥ giriyajñā vayaṃ gopā ijyo 'smābhir girir vane // tan mahyaṃ rocate gopā giriyajñaṃ vayaṃ vane kurmaḥ kṛtvā sukhaṃ sthānaṃ pādape vātha vā girau // tatra hatvā paśūn medhyān vitatyāyatane kṛte sarvaghoṣasya saṃdohaḥ kriyatāṃ kiṃ vicāryate // taṃ śaratkusumāpīḍāḥ parivārya pradakṣiṇam gāvo girivaraṃ sarvās tato yāntu vanaṃ punaḥ // prāptā kileyaṃ hi gavāṃ svāduvīryatṛṇā guṇaiḥ śaratpramuditā ramyā gatameghajalāśayā // priyakaiḥ puṣpitair gauraṃ śyāmaṃ bāṇavanaiḥ kvacit kaṭhoratṛṇam ābhāti nirmayūrarutaṃ vanam // vimalā vijalā vyomni vibalākā vividyutaḥ vivartante jaladharā vimadā iva kuñjarāḥ // paṭunā meghavātena vārṣikeṇāvakampitāḥ parṇotkaraghanāḥ sarve prasādaṃ yānti pādapāḥ // k: For 34, T2 subst.: :k vinā ca meghanādena nirmayūrarutaṃ vanam | nadyo bahuvidhākārā jalaṃ svacchaṃ vahanti ca | sitavarṇāmbudoṣṇīṣaṃ haṃsacāmaravījitam pūrṇacandrāmalacchatraṃ sābhiṣekam ivāmbaram // haṃsair vihasitānīva sumutkuṣṭāni sārasaiḥ sarvāṇi tanutāṃ yānti jalāni jaladakṣaye // cakravākastanataṭāḥ pulinaśroṇimaṇḍalāḥ haṃsalakṣaṇahāsinyaḥ patiṃ yānti samudragāḥ // kumudotphullam udakaṃ tārābhiś catram ambaram samam abhyutsmayantīva śarvarīṣv itaretaram // mattakrauñcāvaghuṣṭeṣu kalamāpakvapāṇḍuṣu nirviṣṭaramaṇīyeṣu vaneṣu ramate manaḥ // puṣkariṇyas taḍāgāni vāpyaś ca vikacotpalāḥ kedārāḥ saritaś caiva sarāṃsi ca śriyājvalan // paṅkajāni ca padmāni tathānyāni sitāni ca k: For 41ab, G3-5 subst.: :k śriyā jvalatpaṅkajāni tāmrāṇi ca sitāni ca | utpalāni ca nīlāni bhejire vārijāṃ śriyam // madaṃ jahuḥ sitāpāṅgā mandaṃ vavṛdhire 'nilāḥ abhavad vyabhramākāśam abhūc ca nibhṛto rṇavaḥ // ṛtuparyāyaśithilair vṛttanṛttasamujjhitaiḥ mayūrāṅgaruhair bhūmir bahunetreva lakṣyate // svapaṅkamalinais tīraiḥ kāśapuṣpalatākulaiḥ haṃsasārasavinyāsair yamunā yāti saṃyatā // kalamāpakvasasyeṣu kedāreṣu vaneṣu ca sasyādā jalajādāś ca mattā viruruvuḥ khagāḥ // siṣicur yāni jaladā jalena jaladāgame tāni śaṣpāṇy abālāni kaṭhinatvaṃ gatāni vai // tyaktvā meghamayaṃ vāsaḥ śaradguṇavidīpitaḥ eṣa vītamale vyomni hṛṣṭo vasati candramāḥ // kṣīriṇyo dviguṇaṃ gāvaḥ pramattā dviguṇaṃ vṛṣāḥ vanānāṃ dviguṇā lakṣmīḥ sasyair guṇavatī mahī // jyotīṃṣi ghanamuktāni padmavanti jalāni ca manāṃsi ca manuṣyāṇāṃ prasādam upayānti vai // asṛjat savitā vyomni nirmuktajalade bhṛśam śaratprajvalitaṃ tejas tīkṣṇaraśmir viśoṣayan // nīrājayitvā sainyāni niryānti vijigīṣavaḥ anyonyarāṣṭrābhimukhāḥ pārthivāḥ pṛthivīkṣitaḥ // bandhujīvābhitāmrāsu baddhapaṅkavatīṣu ca manas tiṣṭhati kāntāsu citrāsu vanarājiṣu // vaneṣu ca virājante pādapā vanaśobhinaḥ asanāh saptaparṇāś ca kovidārāś ca puṣpitāḥ // iṣusāhvā nikumbhāś ca priyakāḥ svarṇakās tathā k: For 54ab, D6 T1.2 G M subst.: :k ikṣusasyā nikupyāś ca priyaṅguś ca viśeṣataḥ | sṛmarāḥ picukāś caiva ketakyaś ca samantataḥ // vrajepu ca viśeṣeṇa gargarodgārahāsiṣu śaratprakāśayoṣeva goṣṭheṣv aṭati rūpiṇī // nūnaṃ tridaśalokasthaṃ meghakālasukhoṣitam patatriketanaṃ devaṃ bodhayanti divaukasaḥ // śarady evaṃ susasyāyāṃ prāptāyāṃ prāvṛṣaḥ kṣaye k: V3,B1 ins. after 57ab; V2,D2-5 after 56ab; Dn,Ds2 after 53: :k nīlacandrārkavarṇaiś ca racitaṃ bahubhir dvijaiḥ | phalaiḥ pravālaiś ca ghanam indracāpaghanopamam | bhavanākāraviṭapaṃ latāparam amaṇḍitam | viśālamūlāvanataṃ pavanābhogamaṇḍitam | arcayāma giriṃ devaṃ gāś caiva saviśeṣataḥ // sāvataṃsair viṣāṇaiś ca barhāpīḍaiś ca daṃśitaiḥ ghaṇṭābhiś ca pralambābhiḥ puṣpaiḥ śāradikais tathā // śivāya gāvaḥ pūjyantāṃ giriyajñaḥ pravartatām pūjyantāṃ tridaśaiḥ śakro girir asmābhir ijyatām // kāriṣyāmi goyajñaṃ balād api na saṃśayaḥ yadāsti mayi vaḥ prītir yadi vā suhṛdo vayam // gāvo hi pūjyāḥ satataṃ sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ syāt tu sāmnā bhavet prītir bhavatāṃ vaibhavāya ca tata etan mama vacaḥ kriyatām avicāritam // h: HV (CE) ch. 60, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h dāmodaravacaḥ śrutvā hṛṣṭās te goṣu jīvinaḥ tadvāg amṛtam ākhyātaṃ pratyūcur aviśaṅkayā // tavaiṣā bāla mahatī gopānāṃ harṣavardhinī prīṇayaty eva naḥ sarvān buddhir vṛddhikarī nṛṇām // tvaṃ gatis tvaṃ ratiś caiva tvaṃ vettā tvaṃ parāyaṇam bhayeṣv abhayadas tvaṃ nas tvaṃ caiva suhṛdāṃ suhṛt // tvatkṛte kṛṣṇa ghoṣo 'yaṃ kṣemo muditagokulaḥ kṛtsno vasati śāntārir yathā svargagatas tathā // janmaprabhṛti divyais tair vikrāntair bhuvi duṣkaraiḥ boddhavyāc cābhimānāc ca vismitāni manāṃsi naḥ // balena ca parārdhyena yaśasā vikrameṇa ca uttamas tvaṃ ca martyeṣu deveṣv iva puraṃdaraḥ // k: After 6, K, Ñ2.3,V,B,D (except D3),T1.3.4,G,M4 ins.: :k pratāpena ca tīkṣṇena dīptyā pūrṇatayāpi ca | uttamas tvaṃ ca martyeṣu deveṣv iva divākaraḥ | kāntyā lakṣmyā prasādena vadanena smitena ca uttamas tvaṃ ca martyeṣu deveṣv iva niśākaraḥ // veṣeṇa vapuṣā caiva bālyena caritena ca syāt te śaktidharas tulyo na tu kaścana mānuṣaḥ // yat tvayābhihitaṃ vākyaṃ giriyajñaṃ prati prabho kas tal laṅghayituṃ śakto velām iva mahodadheḥ // sthitaḥ śakramahas tāta śrīmān girimahas tv ayam tvatpraṇīto 'dya gopānāṃ gavāṃ hetoḥ pravartatām // bhojanāny upakalpyantāṃ payasaḥ peśalāni ca kumbhāś ca viniveśyantām udapāneṣu śobhanāḥ lehyasya pāyasasyārthe droṇyaś ca vipulāyatāḥ // bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca tat sarvam upanīyatām bhājanāni ca māṃsasya nyasyantām odanasya ca trirātraṃ caiva saṃdohaḥ sarvaghoṣasya gṛhyatām // viśasyantāṃ ca paśavo bhojyā ye mahiṣādayaḥ pravartatāṃ ca yajño 'yaṃ sarvagopasusaṃkulaḥ // ānandajanano ghoṣo mahān muditagokulaḥ tūryapraṇādaghoṣaiś ca vṛṣabhāṇāṃ ca garjitaiḥ // hambhāravaiś ca vatsānāṃ gopānāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ dadhihrado ghṛtāvartaḥ payaḥkulyāsamākulaḥ // māṃsarāśipraklṛptāḍhyaḥ prakāśaudanaparvataḥ saṃprāvartata yajñaḥ sa girer gobhiḥ samākulaḥ tuṣṭagopajanākīrṇo gopanārīmanoharaḥ // k: After 16, K3, Dn, D2.5 (marg.) ins.: :k bhakṣyāṇāṃ rāśayas tatra śataśaś copakalpitāḥ | gandhamālyaiś ca vividhair dhūpair uccāvacais tathā | athādhiśritaparyante paryāpte yajñasaṃvidhau yajñaṃ gires tithau saumye cakrur gopā dvijaiḥ saha // yajanānte tad annaṃ tu tat payo dadhi cottamam māṃsaṃ ca māyayā kṛṣṇo girir bhūtvā samaśnute // k: After 18, D2 ins.: :k īdṛśaṃ hy abhavat tatra gopānāṃ bharatarṣabha | tarpitāś cāpi viprāgryās tuṣṭāḥ saṃpūrṇabhojanāḥ uttasthuḥ prītamanasaḥ svasti vācya yathāsukham // bhuktvā cāvabhṛte kṛṣṇaḥ payaḥ pītvā ca kāmataḥ saṃtṛpto 'smīti divyena rūpeṇa prajahāsa vai // k: After 20, T3 ins.: :k prajahāsa girer mūrdhni sthitaḥ kamalalocanaḥ | taṃ gopāḥ parvatākāraṃ divyasraganulepanam girimūrdhni sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ jagmuḥ pradhānataḥ // bhagavān api tenaiva rūpeṇāc chāditaḥ prabhuḥ saha taiḥ praṇato gopair vavandātmānam ātmanā // tam ūcur vismitā gopā devaṃ girivare sthitam bhagavaṃs tvadvaśe yuktā dāsāḥ kiṃ kurma kiṃkarāḥ // sa uvāca tato gopān giriḥ suprabhayā girā adyaprabhṛti yājyo 'haṃ goṣu yady asti vo dayā // ahaṃ vaḥ prathamo devaḥ sarvakāmakaraḥ śivaḥ mama prabhāvāc ca gavām ayutāny eva bhokṣyatha // śivas ca vo bhaviṣyāmi madbhaktānāṃ vane vane raṃsye ca saha yuṣmābhir yathā divigatas tathā // ye ceme prathitā gopā nandagopādayaḥ sthitāḥ eṣāṃ prītaḥ prayacchāmi gopānāṃ vipulaṃ dhanam // paryāpnuvantu māṃ kṣipraṃ gāvo vatsasamākulāḥ evaṃ mama parā prītir bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ // tato nīrājanārthaṃ vai vṛndaśo gokulāni ca parivavrur girivaraṃ savṛṣāṇi sahasraśaḥ // tā gāvaḥ prasnutā vatsaiḥ sāpīḍastabakāṅgadāḥ sasragāpīḍaśṛṅgāgrāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ // anujagmuś ca gopālāḥ kālayanto dhanāni ca bhakticchedānuliptāṅgā raktapītāsitāmbarāḥ // mayūracitrāṅgadino bhujaiḥ praharaṇāvṛtaiḥ mayūrapatravṛntānāṃ keśabandhaiḥ suyojitaiḥ babhrājur adhikaṃ gopāḥ samavāye tadādbhute // anye vṛṣān āruruhur nṛtyanti smāpare mudā gopālās tv apare gāś ca jagṛhur vegagāminaḥ // tasmin paryāyanirvṛtte gavāṃ nīrājanotsave antardhānaṃ jagāmāśu tena dehena so giriḥ // kṛṣṇo 'pi gopasthito viveśa vrajam eva ha giriyajñapravṛttena tenāścaryeṇa vismitaḥ // k: After 35, N(except Ñ1), S (except M1-3), G(ed.) ins.: :k gopāḥ sabālavṛddhā vai tuṣṭuvur mudhusūdanam (sic) | k: K4 cont.: :k nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ prakurvāṇāḥ sahakṛṣṇā vrajaṃ yayuḥ | h: HV (CE) ch. 61, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h mahe pratihate śakraḥ sakrodhas tridaśeśvaraḥ saṃvartakaṃ nāma gaṇaṃ toyadānām athābravīt // bho balāhakamātaṅgāḥ śrūyatāṃ mama bhāṣitam yadi vo matpriyaṃ kāryaṃ rājabhaktipuraskṛtam // ete vṛndāvana gatā dāmodaraparāyaṇāḥ nandagopādayo gopā vidviṣanti mamotsavam // ājīvo yaḥ paras teṣāṃ gopatvaṃ ca yataḥ smṛtam tā gāvaḥ saptarātreṇa pīḍyantāṃ vṛṣṭimārutaiḥ // airāvatagataś cāham svayam evāmbu dāruṇam srakṣyāmi vṛṣṭiṃ vātaṃ ca vajrāśanisamaprabham // bhavadbhiś caṇḍavarṣeṇa caratā mārutena ca hatās tāḥ savrajā gāvas tyakṣyanti bhuvi jīvitam // evam ājñāpayām āsa sa sarvāñ jaladān prabhuḥ pratyāhate vai kṛṣṇena śāsane pākaśāsanaḥ // k: For 7cd, M1-3 subst.: :k mahe pratihate viṣṇoḥ śāsanāt pākaśāsanaḥ | tatas te jaladāḥ kṛṣṇā ghoranādā bhayāvahāḥ ākāśaṃ chādayāmāsuḥ sarvataḥ parvatopamāḥ // vidyutsaṃpātajananāḥ śakracāpavibhūṣitāḥ timirāvṛtam ākāśaṃ cakrus te jaladās tadā // gajā ivānye saṃsaktāḥ kecin makaravarcasaḥ nāgā ivānye gagane cerur jaladapuṃgavāḥ // te 'nyonyavapuṣā baddhā nāgayūthāyutopamāḥ durdinaṃ vipulaṃ cakruś chādayanto nabhas talam // nṛhastanāgahastānāṃ veṇūnāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ k: For 12ab, M1-3 subst.: :k sthūlanāgoruhastānāṃ satataṃ sarvatodiśam | dhārābhis tulyarūpābhir vavṛṣus te balāhakāḥ // samudraṃ menire taṃ hi kham ārūḍhaṃ nṛcakṣuṣaḥ durvigāhyam aparyantam agādhaṃ durdinaṃ mahat // na saṃpatanti khagamā dudruvur mṛgajātayaḥ parvatābheṣu megheṣu khe nadatsu samantataḥ // suptasūryendusadṛśe meghair nabhasi dāruṇaih ativṛṣṭena lokasya virūpam abhavad vapuḥ // meghaughair niṣprabhākāram adṛśyagrahatārakam candrasūryāṃśurahitaṃ khaṃ babhūvātiniṣprabham // vāriṇā meghamuktena mucyamānena cāsakṛt k: After 17ab,D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k meghayuktena vātena ghūrṇitam viśvatomukham | ābabhau sarvatas tatra bhūmis toyamayī yathā // vinedur barhiṇas tatra stokakālparutāḥ khagāḥ vivṛddhiṃ nimnagā yātāḥ plavagāḥ saṃplavaṃ gatāḥ // garjitena ca meghānāṃ parjanyaninadena ca tarjitānīva kampante tṛṇāni tarubhiḥ saha // prāpto 'ntakālo lokānāṃ prāptā caikārṇavā mahī iti gopagaṇā vākyaṃ vyāharanti bhayārditāḥ // k: After 20, all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k tenotpātāmbuvarṣeṇa gāvo viprahatā bhṛśam | hambhāravaiḥ krandamānā na celuḥ stambhitopamāḥ niṣkampasakthiśravaṇā niṣprayatnakhurānanāḥ hṛṣṭalomārdratanavaḥ kṣāmakukṣipayodharāḥ // kāścit prāṇān jahuḥ śrāntā nipetuḥ kāścid āturāḥ kāścit savatsāḥ patitā gāvaḥ śīkaravejitāḥ // kāścid ākramya kroḍena vatsāṃś tiṣṭhanti mātaraḥ vimukhāḥ śrāntasakthyaś ca nirāhārāḥ kṛśodarāḥ // petur ārtā vepamānā gāvo varṣaparājitāḥ vatsāś conmukhakā bālā dāmodara mukhāḥ sthitāḥ trāhīti vadanair dīnaiḥ kṛṣṇam ūcur ivārtavat // k: After 24, T3 ins.: :k gavāṃ paśya mahābāho vedanāṃ paramāturāḥ | gavāṃ tatkadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā durdināgamajaṃ bhayam gopāṃś cāsannavadanān kopaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ samādadhe // k: After 25c, T3 ins.: :k gāś cāpi paramāturāḥ | roṣatāmrekṣaṇaḥ śrīmān | k: After 25, D6,T1.3.4,G1-3,M4 ins.: :k aho dhārṣṭyaṃ surapater mām anādṛtya saṃprati | gavāṃ vadhaḥ kṛtas tasya gopānāṃ ca tathā kṛtaḥ | sa cintayitvā saṃrabdho dṛṣṭo yogo gavām iti ātmānam ātmanā vākyam idam āha priyaṃvadaḥ // adyāham imam utpāṭya sakānanavanaṃ girim kalpayeyaṃ gavāṃ sthānaṃ varṣatrāṇāya durdharam // ayaṃ dhṛto mayā śailo bhūmīgṛhanibhopamaḥ trāsyante savrajā gāvo madvaśyaś ca bhaviṣyati // evaṃ sa cintayitvā tu viṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ k: After 29ab, K4 ins.: :k ity uktvaikena hastena kṛtvā govardhanācalam | dadhāra līlayā kṛṣṇaś chatrākam iva bālakaḥ | bāhvor balaṃ darśayiṣyan samīpaṃ taṃ mahīdharam dorbhyāṃ utpāṭayāmāsa kṛṣṇo girir ivāparaḥ // k: After 29, D6 S ins.: :k samūlaviṭapaskandhaś cacāla sa mahāgiriḥ | ghaṇāghaṇakṛtaḥ śailaḥ saprāṇa iva niḥśvasan | sa dhṛtaḥ saṃgato meghair giriḥ savyena pāṇinā gṛhabhāvaṃ gatas tatra gṛhākāreṇa varcasā // bhūmer utpāṭyamānasya tasya śailasya sānuṣu śilāḥ praśithilāś celur niṣpetuś ca sapādapāḥ // k: After 31, D6,S ins.: :k rakṣiṣyan godhanaṃ viṣṇur gopānāṃ gopatir hariḥ | gomadhyasthitagovindo gopān rakṣan sagokulān || dadhāra godhanaṃ viṣṇur godharaṃ ca vilambayan | gopān vismāpayan gopo gomārge saṃsthito hariḥ | ādyaṃ vapuś ca gṛhṇāno lokānām īśvareśvaraḥ || vyarthaṃ cakāra govindo godharasya samīhitam | govardhanasyāsya gireḥ khe khaṇāyitavigrahaḥ | śikharair ghūṇamānaiś ca sīdamānaiś ca sarvataḥ vidhṛtaiś cocchritaiḥ śṛṅgair agamaḥ khagamo 'bhavat // calatprasravaṇaiḥ pārśvair meghaughair ekatāṃ gataiḥ bhidyamānāśmanicayaś cacāla dharaṇīdharaḥ // na meghānāṃ pravṛṣṭānāṃ na śailasyāśmavarṣiṇaḥ k: After 34ab, M1-3 ins.: :k vāyoś ca ghūrṇamānasya vidyutāṃ bhramatām api | viṣṇutejobhibhūtānām adṛśyanta vapūṃṣi ca | vividus te janā rūpaṃ vāyos tasya ca garjataḥ // meghaiḥ śikharasaṃdhānair jalaprasravaṇānvitaiḥ miśrīkṛta ivābhāti girir uddāmabarhiṇaḥ // āpluto 'yaṃ giriḥ pakṣair iti vidyādharoragāḥ gandharvaṛṣayaś caiva vāco muñcanti susvarāḥ // sa kṛṣṇatalavinyasto muktamūlaḥ kṣites talāt rītīr nirvartayāmāsa kāñcanāñ janarājatīḥ // kānicic chāditānīva saṃkīrṇārdhāni kānicit girer meghaṃ praviṣṭāni tasya śṛṅgāṇi cābhavan // giriṇā kampyamānena kampitānāṃ tu śākhinām puṣpam uccāvacaṃ bhūmau vyaśīryata samantataḥ // niḥsṛtāḥ pṛthumūrdhānaḥ svastikārdhavibhūṣitāḥ dvijihvapatayaḥ kruddhāḥ khecarāḥ khe samantataḥ // ārtiṃ jagmuḥ khagagaṇā varṣeṇa ca bhayena ca utpatyotpatya gaganāt punaḥ petur avāṅmukhāḥ // rejuś cāroṣitāḥ siṃhāḥ sajalā iva toyadāḥ gargarā iva mathyanto neduḥ śārdūlapuṃgavāḥ // viṣamaiś ca samībhūtaiḥ samaiś cātyantadurgamaiḥ vyāvṛttadehaḥ sa girī ramya evopalakṣyate // abhivṛṣṭasya tair meghais tasya rūpaṃ babhūva ha stambhitasyeva rudreṇa tripurasya vihāyasi // bāhudaṇḍena kṛṣṇasya vidhṛtaṃ sumahat tadā nīlābhrapaṭalac channaṃ tadgiricchatram ābabhau // svapnāyamāno jaladair nimīlitaguhāmukhaḥ bāhūpadhāne kṛṣṇasya prasupta iva khe giriḥ // nirvihaṃgarutair vṛkṣair nirmayūrarutair vanaiḥ nirālamba ivābhāti giriḥ sa śikharair vṛtaḥ // paryastair ghūrṇamānaiś ca pracaladbhiś ca sānubhiḥ sajvarāṇīva śailasya vanāni śikharāṇi ca // uttamāṅgagatās tasya meghāḥ pavanavāhanāḥ tvaryamāṇā mahendreṇa toyaṃ mumucur akṣayam // sa lambamānaḥ kṛṣṇasya bhujāgre saghano giriḥ cakrārūḍha ivābhāti deśo nṛpatipīḍitaḥ // sa meghanicayas tasthau giriṃ taṃ parivārya ha puraṃ puraskṛtya yathā sphīto janapado mahān // niveśya taṃ kare śailaṃ tulayitvā ca sasmitam provāca goptā gopānāṃ prajāpatir iva sthitaḥ // etad devair asaṃbhāvyaṃ divyena vidhinā mayā kṛtaṃ girigṛhaṃ gopā nivātaśaraṇaṃ gavām // k: After 53, K4 ins.: :k na trāsa iha vaḥ kāryo maddhastād dhi nipātane | vātavarṣabhayenālaṃ tattrāṇaṃ vihitaṃ hi vaḥ | k: = BhP 10,25.21 :k kṣipraṃ viśantu yūthāni gavām iha hi śāntaye nivāteṣu ca deśeṣu nivasantu yathāsukham yathāvrajaṃ yathāyūthaṃ yathāsāraṃ ca vai sukham // vibhajyatām ayaṃ deśaḥ kṛto varṣanivāraṇaḥ śailotpāṭanabhūr eṣā mahatī nirmitā mayā k: After 55cd, Ds D5 Bom. Poona eds. ins.: :k yuthaśaś ca vibhajyātha vasadhvaṃ gopasattamāḥ | pañcakrośapramāṇena krauśaikaṃ vistaro mahān | trailokyam apy utsahate grasituṃ kiṃ punar vrajam // tataḥ kilakilāśabdo gavāṃ hambhāravāśritaḥ gopānāṃ tumulo jajñe meghanādaś ca bāhyataḥ // praviśanti tato gāvo gopair yūthaprakalpitāḥ tasya śailasya vipulaṃ pradaraṃ gahvarodaram // kṛṣṇo 'pi mūle śailasya śailastambha ivocchritaḥ dadhāraikena hastena śailaṃ priyam ivātithim // tato vrajasya bhāṇḍāni yuktāni śakaṭāni ca viviśur varṣabhītāni tad gṛhaṃ girinirmitam // atidaivaṃ tu kṛṣṇasya dṛṣṭvā tat karma vajrabhṛt mithyāpratijño jaladān vārayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ // saptarātre tu nirvṛtte dharaṇyāṃ vigatotsave jagāma saṃvṛto meghair vṛtrahā svargam uttamam // nivṛtte saptarātre tu tiṣye skanne śatakratau gatābhre vimale vyomni divase dīptabhāskare // gāvas tenaiva mārgeṇa parijagmur gataśramāḥ khaṃ ca sthānaṃ tato ghoṣaḥ pratyayāt punar eva saḥ // kṛṣṇo 'pi taṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ svasthāne sthāvarātmavān prīto niveśayāmāsa dhruvāya varado vibhuḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 62, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h dhṛtaṃ govardhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā paritrātaṃ ca gokulam kṛṣṇasya darśanaṃ śakro rocayāmāsa vismitaḥ // sa nirjalāmbudākāraṃ mattaṃ madajalokṣitam āruhyairāvataṃ nāgam ajagāma mahītalam // sa dadarśopaviṣṭaṃ vai govardhanaśilātale kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakarmāṇaṃ puruhūtaḥ puraṃdaraḥ // taṃ dṛśya bālaṃ mahatā tejasā dīptam avyayam gopaviṣadharaṃ viṣṇuṃ parijajñe puraṃdaraḥ // tālastambhavanaśyāmaṃ sa taṃ śrīvatsalakṣaṇam paryāptanayanaḥ śakraḥ sarvair netrair udaikṣata // dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ martyaloke 'maropamam k: After 6ab, D6,T1.2,G,M4 ins.: :k surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ nityaṃ karmasu niṣṭhitam | sūpaviṣṭaṃ śilāpṛṣṭe śakraḥ sa vrīḍito 'bhavat // tasyopaviṣṭasya sukham pakṣābhyāṃ pakṣipuṃgavaḥ antardhānagataś chāyām cakāroragabhojanaḥ // k: After 7, D6,S (except T3.4,) ins.: :k chāyayā ca tayā yuktaṃ keśavaṃ yajñarūpiṇam | taṃ vivikte nagagataṃ lokavṛttāntatatparam upatasthe gajaṃ hitvā kṛṣṇaṃ balaniṣūdanaḥ // sa samīpagatas tasya divyasraganulepanaḥ rarāja devarājo vai vajrapūrṇakaraḥ prabhuḥ // kirīteṇārkavarṇena vidyudvidyotakāriṇā k: N (except Ś1),T,G1-3.5,M4 ins. after 10ab; G4 after 8: :k kuṇḍalābhyāṃ sa divyābhyāṃ satataṃ śobhitānanaḥ | pañcastabakalambena devabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ || sahasrapatrakāntena dehabhūṣaṇakāriṇā | īkṣamāṇaḥ sahasreṇa netrāṇāṃ kāmarūpiṇām | tridaśājñāpanārthena meghanirghoṣakāriṇā | k: D6,T,G,M4 ins. after line 4; M1-3 after 10ab: :k praṇāma akaroc chakraḥ kṣantavyam iti cābravīt | tuṣṭāva ca hariṃ viṣṇuṃ gopaveṣavibhūṣitam || namas te devadeveśa bhūtabhāvanabhāvana | hiraṇyaretase tubhyaṃ namaḥ somapradāyine || namo vedaikatattvārtha tannibodhana bodhana | namaḥ praṇavavācyāya vācakāya namo namaḥ || namas te viśvarūpāya namo lokahitāya te | namo gopavirūpāya namo godharadhāriṇe || namaḥ purāṇarūpāya namas te madhusūdana || kiṃ vānena jagannātha namaskāreṇa keśava | yā yās tu devadevasya mūrtayo mūrtimattara | namas tābhyas tathā viṣṇo sarvābhyaḥ sarvakāmada || kṣantavyaṃ mama deveśa kṛtaṃ gopālanandana | ajñānād etha vā jñānād roṣād vā yadunandana || samartheṣv asamartheṣu roṣaḥ prasphurati prabho | na kenacid bhavāñ śāsyaḥ śāstā sarvasya vai prabho || tvannimittam idaṃ sarvam aindraṃ mama sudurlabham | tvatprasādaj jagannātha devānām īśvaro yataḥ || tataś ca devadeveśa kṣantavyaṃ dāsa ity aham | ity uktvātha punar vākyaṃ vyājahāra śacīpatiḥ || kṛṣṇaṃ kamalapatrākṣam abālaṃ bālarūpiṇam | atasīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇam | upaviṣṭaṃ śilāpṛṣṭhe kṛtvā karmātimānuṣam || na hi dāseṣu kopo 'sti svāmināṃ svāmisattama | atha divyena madhuram vyājahāra svareṇa tam // kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho jñātīnāṃ nandivardhana atidaivaṃ kṛtaṃ karma tvayā prītimatā gavām // mayā sṛṣṭeṣu megheṣu yugāntāvartakāriṣu yat tvayā rakṣitā gāvas tenāsmi paritoṣitaḥ // svāyaṃbhuvena yogena yac cāyaṃ parvatottamaḥ dhṛto veśma ivākāśe ko hy etena na vismayet // pratiṣiddhe mama mahe mayeyaṃ ruṣitena vai ativṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā kṛṣṇa gavāṃ vai saptarātrikī // sā tvayā pratiṣiddheyaṃ meghavṛṣṭir durāsadā devaiḥ sadānavagaṇair durnivāryā mayi sthite // aho me supriyaṃ kṛṣṇa yat tvaṃ mānuṣadehavān samagraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tejo vinigūhasi roṣitaḥ // sādhitaṃ devatānāṃ hi manye 'haṃ kāryam avyayam tvayi mānuṣyam āpanne yuktenaivaṃ svatejasā // setsyate vīra kāryārtho na kiṃcit parihāsyate devānām yad bhavān netā sarvakāryapurogamaḥ // ekas tvam asi lokānāṃ devānāṃ ca sanātanaḥ dvitīyaṃ nānupaśyāmi dhuraṃ yas te samudvahet // yathā hi puṃgavaḥ śreṣṭho magne dhuri niyujyate evaṃ tvam asi devānāṃ magnānāṃ dvijavāhana // tvaccharīragataṃ kṛṣṇa jagatpraharaṇaṃ tv idam brahmaṇā sādhu nirdiṣṭaṃ dhātubhya iva kāñcanam // svayaṃ svayaṃbhūr bhagavān buddhyātha vayasāpi vā na tvānugantuṃ śakto vai paṅgur drutagatiṃ yathā // stāṇubhyo himavāñ śreṣṭho hradānāṃ varuṇālayaḥ garutmān pakṣiṇāṃ śreṣṭho devatānāṃ bhavān varaḥ // apām adhastāl loko vai tasyopari mahīdharāḥ nāgānām upariṣṭād bhūḥ pṛthivyupari mānuṣāḥ // manuṣyalokād ūrdhvaṃ tu khagānāṃ gatir ucyate ākāśasyopari ravir dvāraṃ svargasya bhānumān // devalokaḥ paras tasmād vimānagahano mahān yatrāhaṃ kṛṣṇa devānām aindre vinihitaḥ pade // k: After 26, D6,T1.2,G,M ins.: :k tvayā hi lokanāthena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | svargād ūrdhvaṃ brahmaloko brahmarṣigaṇasevitaḥ tatra somagatiś caiva jyotiṣāṃ ca mahātmanām // tasyopari gavāṃ lokaḥ sādhyās taṃ pālayanti hi sa hi sarvagataḥ kṛṣṇa mahākāśagato mahān // uparyupari tatrāpi gatis tava tapomayī yāṃ na vidmo vayaṃ sarve pṛcchanto 'pi pitāmaham // k: After 29, D6,S (except T4) ins.: :k pitāmaho 'pi bhagavāṃs tvatprasādād yadṛcchayā | yāṃ yoganiratā viṣṇo bhajante brahmavādinaḥ | lokas tv arvāg duṣkṛtināṃ nāgalokas tu dāruṇaḥ pṛthivī karmaśīlānāṃ kṣetraṃ sarvasya karmaṇaḥ // kham asthirāṇāṃ viṣayo vāyunā tulyavṛttinām gatiḥ śamadamāḍhyānāṃ svargaḥ sukṛtakarmaṇām // brāhme tapasi yuktānāṃ brahmalokaḥ parā gatiḥ gavām eva hi goloko durārohā hi sā gatiḥ // sa tu lokas tvayā kṛṣṇa sīdamānaḥ kṛtātmanā dhṛto dhṛtimatā vīra nighnatopadravaṃ gavām // tad ahaṃ samanuprāpto gavāṃ vākyena coditaḥ brahmanaś ca mahābhāga gauravāt tava cāgataḥ // ahaṃ bhūtapatiḥ kṛṣṇa devarājaḥ puraṃdaraḥ aditer garbhaparyāye pūrvajas te purātanaḥ // tejas tejasvinaś caiva yat te darśitavān aham megharūpeṇa tat sarvaṃ kṣantum arhasi me vibho // evaṃ kṣāntamanāḥ kṛṣṇa svena saumyena tejasā brahmaṇaḥ śṛṇu me vākyaṃ gavāṃ ca gajavikrama // āha tvā bhagavān brahmā gāvaś cākāśagā divi karmabhis toṣitā divyais tava saṃrakṣaṇādibhiḥ // bhavatā rakṣitā gāvo gobhir lokāś ca rakṣitāḥ yad vayaṃ puṃgavaiḥ sārdhaṃ vardhāmaḥ prasavais tathā // karṣakān puṃgavair vāhyair medhyena haviṣā surān śriyaṃ śakṛtpavitreṇa tarpayiṣyāma kāmagāḥ // tad asmākaṃ gurus tvaṃ hi prāṇadaś ca mahābala adyaprabhṛti no rājā tvam indro vai bhaviṣyasi // tasmāt tvaṃ kāñcanaiḥ pūrṇair divyasya payaso ghaṭaiḥ ebhis tvam abhiṣicyasva mayā hastāvanāmitaiḥ // ahaṃ kilendro devānāṃ tvaṃ gavām indratāṃ gataḥ govinda iti lokās tvāṃ stoṣyanti bhuvi śāśvatam // mamopari yathendras tvam sthāpito gobhir īśvaraḥ upendra iti kṛṣṇa tvām gāsyanti divi devatāḥ // ye ceme vārṣikā māsāś catvāro vihitā mama eṣām ardhaṃ prayacchāmi śaratkālaṃ tu paścimam // varṣārdhe ca dhvajo nityaṃ tataḥ pūjām avāpsyati mamāmbuprabhavaṃ darpaṃ tadā tyakṣyanti barhinaḥ // alpavīryamadāś caiva ye cānye meghanādinaḥ śāntiṃ sarve gamiṣyanti jalakālavicāriṇaḥ // triśaṅkvagastyacaritām āśāṃ ca vicariṣyati sahasraraśmir ādityas tāpayan svena tejasā // tataḥ śaradi yuktānāṃ maunamūkeṣu barhiṣu yāvat sukhatarais toyair vipluteṣu pluteṣu ca // k: N (except Ś,Ñ1),T2-4,G,M4 ins. after 49; T1 after 52ab: :k haṃsasārasapūrṇeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca | mattakrauñcapraṇādeṣu matteṣu vṛṣabheṣu ca goṣu caiva prahṛṣṭāsu kṣarantīṣu payo bahu // nivṛtteṣu ca megheṣu niryātya jagato jalam ākāśe śastrasaṃkāśe haṃseṣu vicaratsu ca // jātapadmeṣu toyeṣu vāpīṣu ca saritsu ca k: K1.2,Ñ,V,B,D,T2-4,G1.3-5,M4 ins. after 52ab; Ś1 after 51: :k taḍāgeṣu ca kānteṣu toyeṣu vimaleṣu ca | kalamāvanatāgrāsu pakvakedārapaṅktiṣu // madhyasthaṃ salilārambhaṃ kurvantīṣu nadīṣu ca sasasyāyāṃ ca sīmāyāṃ manoharyāṃ muner api // pṛthivyāṃ pṛthurāṣṭrāyāṃ ramāyāṃ varṣasaṃkṣaye śrāmatsu paṅktimārgeṣu phalavatsu tṛṇeṣu ca ikṣumatsu ca deśeṣu pravṛtteṣu makheṣu ca // tataḥ pravartsyate puṇyā śaratsuptotthite tvayi loke 'smin kṛṣṇa nikhile yathaiva tridive tathā // narās tvāṃ caiva māṃ caiva dhvajākārāsu yaṣṭiṣu mahendraś cāpy upendraś ca mahīyetāṃ mahītale // ye cāvayoḥ sthitā vṛtte mahendropendrasaṃjñite mānavāḥ praṇamiṣyanti teṣāṃ nāsty anayāgamaḥ // k: After 57, T2 ins.: :k svargalokādayānīya maṇipīṭhaṃ surādhipaḥ | niveśya kṛṣṇaṃ ratnaiḥ prāṅ+ +muktādyair abhiṣecayat | kṛtvā nīrājanaṃ divyair alaṃkṛtya ca bhūṣaṇaiḥ | tataḥ śakras tu tān gṛhya ghaṭān divyapayodharān abhiṣekeṇa govindaṃ yojayāmāsa yogavit // dṛṣṭvā tam abhiṣicyantaṃ gāvas tāḥ saha yūthapaiḥ stanaiḥ prasnavasaṃyuktaiḥ siṣicuḥ kṛṣṇam avyayam // meghāś ca divi muktābhiḥ sāmṛtābhiḥ samantataḥ siṣicus toyadhārābhir abhiṣicyantam avyayam // vanaspatīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ susrāvendunibhaṃ payaḥ vavarṣuḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ ca nedus tūryāṇi cāmbare // stuvanti munayaḥ sarve vāgbhir mantraparāyaṇāḥ k: After 62ab, D6,S ins.: :k vasiṣṭho vāmadevaś ca jābālir atha kāśyapaḥ | viśvāmitro bharadvājaḥ kaṇvo 'trir bhagavān prabhuḥ | ete ca munayaḥ sarve siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ | ekārṇavavimuktaṃ ca dadhāra vasudhā vapuḥ // prasādaṃ sāgarā jagmur vavur vātā jagaddhitāḥ ītayaḥ praśamaṃ jagmur jagmur nirvairatāṃ nṛpāḥ // k: After 63, K4 ins.: :k kṛṣṇe 'bhiṣita etāni sarvāṇi kurunandana | nirvairāṇyabhavaṃs tāta krūrāṇy api nisargataḥ | mārgastho vibabhau bhānuḥ somo yogena saṃgataḥ pravālapuṣpaśabalāḥ phalavantaś ca pādapāḥ // madaṃ prasusruvur nāgā yātās toṣaṃ vane mṛgāḥ alaṃkṛtā gātraruhair vātubhir bhānti parvatāḥ // devalokopamo lokas tṛpto 'mṛtasutarpitaḥ āsīt kṛṣṇābhiṣeke hi divyasvargarasokṣitaḥ // abhiṣiktaṃ tu taṃ gobhiḥ śakro govindam avyayam divyaśuklāmbaradharam devarājo 'bravīd idam // eṣa me prathamaḥ kṛṣṇa niyogo goṣu yaḥ kṛtaḥ śrūyatāmaparaṃ cāpi mamāgamanakāraṇam // kṣipraṃ saṃsādhyatāṃ kaṃsaḥ keśī ca turagādhamaḥ ariṣṭaś ca madāviṣṭo rājarājyaṃ tataḥ kuru // pitṛṣvasari jātas te mamāṃśo 'ham iva sthitaḥ sa te rakṣyaś ca mānyaś ca sakhye ca viniyujyatām // tvayā hy anugṛhītaḥ sa tava vṛttānuvartakaḥ tvadvaśe vartamānaḥ sa prāpsyate vipulaṃ yaśaḥ // bhāratasya ca vaṃśasya sa variṣṭho dhanurdharaḥ bhaviṣyaty anurūpaś ca tvām ṛte na ca raṃsyate // bhārataṃ tvayi cāsaktaṃ tasmiṃś ca puruṣottame ubhābhyām api saṃyoge yāsyanti nidhanaṃ nṛpāḥ // pratijñātaṃ ca me kṛṣṇa ṛṣimadhye sureṣu ca mama putro 'rjuno nāma jātaḥ kuntyāṃ kurūdvahaḥ // so 'strāṇāṃ pāratantrajñaḥ śreṣṭhaś cāpavikarṣaṇe taṃ pravekṣyanti vai sarve rājānaḥ śastrayodhinaḥ // akṣauhiṇyaś ca śūrāṇāṃ rājñāṃ saṃgrāmaśālinām samare rājadharmeṇa yojayiṣyanti mṛtyunā // tasyāstracaritaṃ mārgaṃ dhanuṣo lāghavena ca nānuyāsyanti rājāno devā vā tvāṃ vinā prabho // sa te bandhuḥ sahāyaś ca saṃgrāmeṣu bhaviṣyati tasya yogo vidhātavyas tvayā govinda matkṛte // draṣṭavyaḥ sa yathāhaṃ vai tvayā mānyaś ca nityaśaḥ jñātā tvam eva lokānām arjunasya ca nityaśaḥ // tvayā hi nityaṃ rakṣyaḥ sa āhaveṣu mahatsu ca rakṣitasya tvayā tasya na mṛtyuḥ prabhaviṣyati // arjunaṃ viddhi māṃ kṛṣṇa māṃ caivātmānam ātmanā ātmā te 'haṃ yathā śaśvat tathaiva tava so 'rjuna // tvayā lokān imāñ jitvā baler hastāt tribhiḥ kramaiḥ devatānāṃ kṛto rājā purā jyeṣṭhakramād aham // tvāṃ ca satyamayaṃ jñātvā satyeṣṭaṃ satyavikramam satyenopetya devā vai yojayanti ripukṣaye // so 'rjuno nāma me putraḥ pitus te bhaginīsutaḥ iha sauhṛdatāṃ yātu bhūtvā sahacaraḥ purā // tasya te yudhyataḥ kṛṣṇa svasthāne 'tha gṛhe 'pi vā voḍhavyā puṃgaveneva dhūḥ sarvā raṇavāhinī // kaṃse vinihate kṛṣṇa tvayā bhāvyarthadarśinā abhitas tan mahadyuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati mahīkṣitām // tatra teṣāṃ nṛvīrāṇām atimānuṣakarmaṇām vijayasyārjuno bhoktā yaśasā tvaṃ tu yokṣyase // etan me kṛṣṇa kārtsnyena kartum arhasi bhāṣitam yady ahaṃ te surāś caiva satyaṃ ca priyam acyuta // śakrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇo govindatāṃ gataḥ prītena manasā yuktaḥ prativākyaṃ jagāda ha // prīto 'smi darśanād eva tava śakra śacīpate yat tvayābhihitaṃ cedaṃ na kiṃcit parihāsyate // jānāmi bhavato bhāvaṃ jānāmy arjunasaṃbhavam jāne pitṛṣvasā dattā pāṇḍor vasumatīpateḥ // yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca jānāmi kumāraṃ dharmanirmitam bhīmasenaṃ ca jānāmi vāyoḥ saṃtānajāṃ tanum // k: After 92, T4 ins.: :k nāgāyutasamaprāṇam anekāsuramardanam | aśvibhyāṃ sādhu jānāmi sṛṣṭaṃ putradvayaṃ śubham nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca mādryāḥ kukṣibhavāv ubhau // kānīnaṃ cāpi jānāmi savituḥ prathamaṃ sutam pitṛṣvasari karṇaṃ vai prasūtaṃ sūtatāṃ gatam // dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca me sarve viditā yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ k: After 95ab, V2,B1 ins.: :k duryodhanamukhāḥ śakra kauravāṇāṃ mahābalāḥ | pāṇḍor uparamaṃ caiva śāpāśaninipātajam // tad gaccha tridivaṃ śakra sukhāya tridivaukasām nārjunasya ripuḥ kaścin mamāgre prabhaviṣyati // arjunārthe ca tān sarvān pāṇḍavān akṣatān yudhi kuntyā niryātayiṣyāmi nivṛtte bhārate mṛdhe // yac ca vakṣyati māṃ śakra tanūjas tava so 'rjunaḥ bhṛtyavat tat kariṣyāmi tava snehena yantritaḥ // satyasaṃdhasya tac chrutvā priyaṃ prītasya bhāṣitam k: After 99ab D6,S ins.: :k praṇamya devadevasya mūrdhnā śakraḥ padāmbujam | kṛṣṇasya sākṣāt tridivaṃ jagāma tridaśeśvaraḥ // k: After 99 D6,T2,G,M4 ins.: :k etad ākhyānam āyuṣyāṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaprāṇāśanam | parjanyaprītijanakam avagrahanivārakam | sarvasaukhyapriyakaraṃ devaguhyam anuttamam | h: HV (CE) ch. 63, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h gate śakre tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pūjyamāno vrajaukasaiḥ govardhanadharaḥ śrīmān viveśa vrajam eva ha // taṃ sma vṛddhābhinandanti jñātayaś ca sahoṣitāḥ dhanyāḥ smo 'nugṛhītāḥ smas tvaddhṛtena nagena ha // gāvo varṣabhayāt tīrṇā vayaṃ tīrṇā mahābhayāt tava prasādād govinda devatulya mahādyute // amānuṣāṇi karmāṇi tava paśyāma gopate dhāraṇenāsya śailasya vidmas tvāṃ kṛṣṇam avyayam // kas tvaṃ bhavasi rudrāṇāṃ marutāṃ vā mahābala vasūnāṃ vā kimarthaṃ ca vasudevaḥ pitā tava // vane ca bālakrīḍā te janma cāsmāsu garhitam kṛṣṇa divyā ca te ceṣṭā śaṅkitāni manāṃsi naḥ // kimarthaṃ gopaveṣeṇa ramase 'smāsu garhitam lokapālopamaś caiva gās tvaṃ kiṃ parirakṣasi // devo vā dānavo vā tvam yakṣo gandharva eva vā asmākaṃ bāndhavo jāto yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te // k: After 8, D6,S ins.: :k namo 'stu kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti namo gopālabandhave | namo bālāya goptre ca gopaveṣāya bāndhava || namas te śiśusiṃhāya namo bhūdharadhāriṇe | devāyātha variṣṭhāya yakṣāya ca namo namaḥ || namas te nandaputrāya yaśodāyāḥ sutāya ca | ko bhavān kaś ca vā devaḥ kimarthaṃ no 'bhirakṣasi | kenacid yadi kāryeṇa vasasi*iha yadṛcchayā vayaṃ* tava*anugāḥ sarve bhavantaṃ* śaraṇaṃ* gatāḥ // gopānāṃ* vacanaṃ* śrutvā kṛṣṇaḥ padmanibhekṣaṇaḥ pratyuvāca smitaṃ* kṛtvā jñātīn sarvān samāgatān // yathā manyanti māṃ sarve bhavanto bhīmavikramāḥ tathāhaṃ nāvagantavyaḥ svajātīyo 'smi bāndhavaḥ // yadi tv avaśyaṃ śrotavyaḥ kālaḥ saṃpratipālyatām tato bhavantaḥ śroṣyanti māṃ ca drakṣyanti tattvataḥ // yady ahaṃ bhavatāṃ ślāghyo bāndhavo devasaprabhaḥ parijñānena kiṃ kāryam yady eṣo 'nugraho mama // evam uktās tu te gopā vasudevasutena vai baddhamaunā diśaḥ sarve bhejire pihitānanāḥ // kṛṣṇas tu yauvanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niśi candramaso navam śāradīnāṃ niśānāṃ ca manaś cakre ratiṃ prati // sa karīṣāṅgarāgāsu vrajarathyāsu vīryavān vṛṣāṇāṃ jātarāgāṇāṃ yuddhāni samayojayat // gopālāṃś ca balodagrān yodhayām āsa vīryavān vane sa vīro gāś caiva jagrāha grāhavad vibhuḥ // yuvatyo gopakanyāś ca rātrau saṃkālya kālavit kaiśorakaṃ mānayānaḥ saha tābhir mumoda ha // tās tasya vadanaṃ kāntaṃ kāntā gopastriyo niśi pibanti nayanākṣepair gāṃ gataṃ śaśinaṃ yathā // haritālārdrapītena kauśeyena ca bhāsvatā bhadravastreṇa vasitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kāntataro 'bhavat // sa baddhāṅgadaniryūhaś citrayā vanamālayā śobhamāno hi govindaḥ śobhayām āsa taṃ vrajam // namo dāmodarāyeti gopakanyās tadābruvan vicitraṃ caritaṃ ghoṣe dṛṣṭvā tat tasya bhāsvataḥ // k: After 22, D6,S ins.: :k namas te kṛṣṇa gopeti prasīda prabhaveti ca | tās taṃ payodharottānair urobhiḥ samapīḍayan bhrāmitākṣaiś ca vadanair nirīkṣante varāṅganāḥ // tā vāryamānāḥ pitṛbhir bhrātṛbhir mātṛbhis tathā kṛṣṇaṃ gopāṅganā rātrau mṛgayanti ratipriyāḥ // tās tu paṅktīkṛtāḥ sarvā* ramayanti manoramam gāyantyaḥ kṛṣṇacaritaṃ* dvaṃdvaśo gopakanyakāḥ // kṛṣṇalīlānukāriṇyaḥ kṛṣṇapraṇihitekṣaṇāḥ kṛṣṇasya gatigāminyas taruṇyas tā varāṅganāḥ // vaneṣu tālahastāgraiḥ kuṭṭayantyas tathāparāḥ cerur vai caritaṃ tasya kṛṣṇasya vrajayoṣitaḥ // tās tasya nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca vilāsasmitavīkṣitam muditāś cānukurvantyaḥ krīḍanti vrajayoṣitaḥ // bhāvaniṣpannamadhuraṃ gāyantyas tā varāṅganāḥ vrajaṃ gatāḥ sukhaṃ cerur dāmodaraparāyaṇāḥ // k: For 29cd, D2 subst.: :k cerur dāmodaraparāḥ sukhaṃ nāryo vrajaṃ gatāḥ | karīṣapāṃsudigdhāṅgyas tāḥ kṛṣṇam anuvavrire ramayantyo yathā nāgaṃ sapramodāḥ kareṇavaḥ // tam anyā bhāvavikacair netraiḥ prahasitānanāḥ pibanty atṛptā vanitāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇamṛgekṣaṇāḥ // mukham asyāparā vīkṣya tṛṣitā gopakanyakāḥ ratyantaragatā rātrau pibanti ratilālasāḥ // hāheti kurvatas tasya prahṛṣṭās tā varāṅganāḥ jagṛhur niḥsṛtāṃ vāṇīṃ sāmnā dāmodareritām // tāsāṃ grathitasīmantā raticintākulīkṛtāḥ cāru visraṃsire keśāḥ kucāgre gopayoṣitām // k: D6,T,G,M4,G(ed.) ins. after 34; M1-3 subst. for 33-34: :k atha dāmodaraḥ kāścij jagrāha ratilālasaḥ || evaṃ gopāṅganāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ ramayanti manoramāḥ | alaṃkṛtāḥ sumadhuraṃ gāyantyo madhuvihvalāḥ || kṛṣṇo 'pi madhuraktākṣo gopīnāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ | papau tāsāṃ mukhaṃ viṣṇur ghūrṇayan netraṣaṭpadam || aparāṃ vāsasī gṛhya cucumbe gopakanyakām | āliliṅge 'tha kāṃcit tu kṛṣṇo madavilocanaḥ || anyayā saha govindaḥ śete līlāvidhānavit | anyasyā vāsasī gṛhya dṛṣṭvā cāru papau mukham | anyāṃ lilekha govindo nakhaiḥ śātaiś ca keśavaḥ || anyāṃ ca keśe saṃgṛhya mukham unnamya līlayā | āliliṅge 'tha govindo gopaveṣatiraskṛtaḥ || ekāṃ saṃgṛhya saṃtyajya kāṃcid anyām avāsṛjat | paśyantyā ramayām āsa kāṃcid anyām arīramat || āhūya kāṃcid deveśaḥ kāṃcid anyām arīramat | tāṃ punaḥ sahasā gṛhya tatsamakṣam arīramat || tāś ca gopyaḥ svabhartṛṃś ca saṃtyajya harim eva ha | ayam eva hi no jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaś ceti varāṅganāḥ | kṛṣṇe ca devadeveśe paraṃ bhāvaṃ samāyayuḥ | evaṃ sa kṛṣṇo gopīnāṃ cakravālair alaṃkṛtaḥ śāradīṣu sacandrāsu niśāsu mumude sukhī // h: HV (CE) ch. 64, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h pradoṣārdhe kadācit tu kṛṣṇe ratiparāyaṇe trāsayan samado goṣṭhān ariṣṭaḥ pratyadṛśyata // nirvāṇāṅgārameghābhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo'rkalocanaḥ kṣuratīkṣṇāgracaraṇaḥ kālaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ // lelihānaḥ saniṣpeṣaṃ jihvayauṣṭhau punaḥ punaḥ garvitāviddhalāṅgūlaḥ kaṭhinaskandhabandhanaḥ // kakudodagranirmāṇaḥ pramāṇād duratikramaḥ śakṛnmūtropaliptāṅgo gavām udvejano bhṛśam // mahākaṭiḥ sthūlamukho dṛḍhajānur mahodaraḥ viṣāṇāvalgitagatir lambatā kaṇṭhacarmaṇā // gavāroheṣu capalas tarughātaṅkitānanaḥ yuddhasañjaviṣāṇāgro dviṣadvṛṣabhasūdanaḥ // ariṣṭo nāma hi gavām ariṣṭo dāruṇākṛtiḥ daityo vṛṣabharūpeṇa goṣṭhān viparidhāvati // pātayāno gavāṃ garbhān dṛpto gacchaty anārtavam bhajamānaś ca capalo gṛṣṭīḥ saṃpracacāra ha // śṛṅgapraharaṇo raudraḥ praharan goṣu durmadaḥ goṣṭheṣu na ratiṃ lebhe vinā yuddhaṃ sa govṛṣaḥ // k: 9 After 9, K1.2,D2-4 ins.: :k kasyacit tv atha kālasya sa vṛṣaḥ keśavāgrataḥ | ājagāma balodragro vaivasvatavaśe sthitaḥ | k: K1,D2-4 cont.; K3.4,Ñ,V,B,Dns,D1.5.6,T,G,M4 ins. after 9: :k sa tatra gās tu prasabhaṃ bādhamāno madotkaṭaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu gavāḥ kṛṣṇasamīpagāḥ trāsayāmāsa duṣṭātmā vaivasvata pathe sthitaḥ // sendrāśanir ivāmbhodo nardamāno mahāvṛṣaḥ cakāra nirvṛṣaṃ goṣṭhaṃ nirvatsaśiśupuṃgavam // k: V2,B1,D4,T2,G1,M ins. after 11; D6,T1,G2.3.5 after the second occurrence of 11cd: :k tam ārād abhidhāvantaṃ nardamānaṃ mahāvṛṣam | tālaśabdena taṃ kṛṣṇaḥ siṃhanādaiś ca mohayan abhyadhāvata govindo daityaṃ vṛṣabharūpiṇam // sa kṛṣṇaṃ govṛṣo dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭalāṅgūlalocanaḥ ruṣitas talaśabdena yuddhākāṅkṣī nanarda ha // tam āpatantam udvṛttam dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabhadānavam tasmāt sthānān na vyacalat kṛṣṇo girir ivācalaḥ // vṛṣaḥ kakṣayor dṛṣṭiṃ praṇidhāya dhṛtānanaḥ kṛṣṇasya nidhanākāṅkṣī tūrṇam abhyutpapāta ha // tam āpatantaṃ pramukhe pratijagrāha durdharam kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇāñjananibhaṃ vṛṣaṃ prati vṛṣopamaḥ // sa saṃsaktas tu kṛṣṇena vṛṣeṇeva mahāvṛṣaḥ mumoca vaktrajaṃ phenaṃ nastato 'tha sa śabdavat // tāv anyonyāv aruddhāṅgau yuddhe kṛṣṇavṛṣāv ubhau rejatur meghasamaye saṃsaktāv iva toyadau // tasya darpabalaṃ hatvā kṛtvā śṛṅgāntare padam apīḍayad ariṣṭasya kaṇṭhaṃ klinnam ivāmbaram // śṛṅgaṃ cāsya punaḥ savyam utpāṭya yamadaṇḍavat tenaiva prāharad vaktre sa mamāra bhṛśaṃ hataḥ // vibhinnaśṛṅgo bhagnāsyo bhagnaskandhaś ca dānavaḥ papāta rudhirodgārī sāmbudhāra ivāmbudaḥ // govindena hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛptaṃ vṛṣabhadānavam sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni tatkarmāsyābhituṣṭuvuḥ // sa copendro vṛṣaṃ hatvā kāntavaktro niśāmukhe aravindābhanayanaḥ punar eva rarāja ha // te 'pi govṛttayaḥ sarve kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam upāsāṃcakrire hṛṣṭāḥ svarge śakram ivāmarāḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 65, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h kṛṣṇaṃ vrajagataṃ śrutvā vardhamānam ivānalam udvegam agamat kaṃsaḥ śaṅkamānas tato bhayam // pūtanāyāṃ hatāyāṃ ca kāliye ca parājite dhenuke pralayaṃ nīte pralambe ca nipātite // dhṛte govardhane caiva viphale śakraśāsane goṣu trātāsu ca tathā spṛhaṇīyena karmaṇā // kakudmini hate 'riṣṭe gopeṣu muditeṣu ca dṛśyamāne vināśe ca saṃnikṛṣṭe mahābhaye // karṣaṇena ca vṛkṣābhyāṃ bālenābālakarmaṇā acintyaṃ karma tac chrutvā vardhamāneṣu śatruṣu // prāptāriṣṭam ivātmānaṃ mene sa mathureśvaraḥ visaṃjñendriyabhūtātmā gatāsupratimo 'bhavat // tato jñātīn samānāyya pitaraṃ cograśāsanaḥ niśi stimitamūkāyām mathurāyāṃ janādhipaḥ // vasudevaṃ ca devābhaṃ kahvaṃ cāhūya yādavam satyakaṃ dārukaṃ caiva kahvāvarajam eva ca // bhojaṃ vaitaraṇaṃ caiva vikadruṃ ca mahābalam bhayesakhaṃ ca rājānaṃ vipṛthuṃ ca pṛthuśriyam // babhruṃ dānapatiṃ caiva kṛtavarmāṇam eva ca bhūritejasam akṣobhyaṃ bhūriśravasam eva ca // etān sa yādavān sarvān ābhāṣya śṛṇuteti ca ugrasenasuto rājā provāca mathureśvaraḥ // bhavantaḥ sarvakāryajñāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ nyāyavṛttāntakuśalās trivargasya pravartakāḥ // kartavyānāṃ ca kartāro lokasya vibudhopamāḥ parvatā iva niṣkampā vṛtte mahati tasthuṣaḥ // k: For 13cd, K,Ñ2.3,V1.3,B,D(except D6),T3.4 subst.: :k tasthivāṃso mahāvṛtte niṣkampā iva parvatāḥ | adambhavṛttayaḥ sarve gurukarmasu codyatāḥ rājamantradharāḥ sarve sarve dhanuṣi pāragāḥ // yaśaḥpradīpā lokānāṃ vedārthānāṃ vivakṣavaḥ āśramāṇāṃ nisargajñā varṇānāṃ kramapāragāḥ // pravaktāraḥ suniyatā netāro nayadarśinaḥ bhettāraḥ pararāṣṭrāṇāṃ trātāraḥ śaraṇārthinām // evam akṣatacāritraiḥ śrīmadbhir uditoditaiḥ dyaur api anugṛhītā syād bhavadbhiḥ kiṃ punar mahī // ṛṣīṇām iva vo vṛttaṃ prabhāvo marutām iva rudrāṇām iva vaḥ krodho dīptir aṅgirasām iva // vyāvartamānaṃ sumahad bhavadbhiḥ khyātakīrtibhiḥ dhṛtaṃ yadukulaṃ vīrair bhūtalaṃ parvatair iva // evaṃ bhavatsu yukteṣu mama cittānuvartiṣu vardhamāno mamānartho bhavadbhiḥ kim upekṣitaḥ // eṣa kṛṣṇa iti khyāto nandagopasuto vraje vardhamāna ivāmbhodo mūlaṃ naḥ parikṛntati // anamātyasya śūnyasya cārāndhasya mamaiva tu kāraṇān nandagopasya sa suto gopito gṛhe // upekṣita iva vyādhiḥ pūryamāṇa ivāmbudaḥ nadanmegha ivoṣṇānte sa durātmā vivardhate // tasya nāhaṃ gatiṃ jāne na yogaṃ na parāyaṇam nandagopasya bhavane jātasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ // kiṃ tadbhūtaṃ samutpannaṃ devāpatyaṃ na vidmahe atidevair amānuṣyaiḥ karmabhiḥ so 'numīyate // pūtanā śakunī bālye śiśunā stanapāyinā stanapānepsunā pītā prāṇaiḥ saha durāsadā // k: D6,T1.2,G2-5,M2.4,G ins. after 26 ein; G1 ins. after 25: :k tathaiva tena bālena pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā | śayane vai śayānena śakaṭaṃ parivartitam || tathā bālena balinā ane jātau bṛhattarau | samūlaviṭapau bhagnau sahajau yamalārjunau | yamunāyāṃ hrade nāgaḥ kāliyo damitas tathā rasātalacaro nītaḥ kṣaṇenādarśanaṃ hradāt nandagopasuto yogaṃ kṛtvā ca punar utthitaḥ // dhenukas tālaśikharāt pātito jīvitaṃ vinā k: After 28, D6,S (except T3.4) ins.: :k tasyāgrajo mahāvīryo balabhadro durātmavān | pralambaṃ yaṃ mṛdhe devā na śekur abhivīkṣitum bālena muṣṭinaikena sa hataḥ prākṛto yathā // vāsavasyotsavaṃ bhaṅktvā varṣaṃ vāsavaroṣajam nirjalaṃ gokulaṃ kṛtvā dhṛto govardhano giriḥ // hatas tv ariṣṭo balavān viśṛṅgaś ca kṛto vraje k: D6,T1,G2.3.5,M ins. after 31ab; T2,G1.4 after 30: :k kena vā nararūpeṇa śakyo govardhano giriḥ | uddhartuṃ govraje satyaṃ na jāne 'py adbhutaṃ tataḥ || idam atyadbhutaṃ sarvaṃ varṣaṃ vāsavanirmitam | nivāritaṃ saptadinaṃ kim ataḥ param adbhutam | abālo bālyam āsthāya ramate bālalīlayā // prabandhaḥ karmaṇām eṣa tasya govrajavāsinaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ bhayaṃ caiva keśino mama ca dhruvam // bhūtapūrvaś ca me mṛtyuḥ sa nūnaṃ pūrvadaihikaḥ yuddhakāṅkṣī hi sa yathā tiṣṭhatīva mamāgrataḥ // kva ca gopatvam aśubhaṃ mānuṣyaṃ mṛtyudurbalam kva ca devaprabhāvena krīḍitavyaṃ vraje mama // aho nīcena vapuṣā cchādayitvātmano vapuḥ ko 'py eṣa ramate devaḥ śmaśānastha ivānalaḥ // k: After 35, D5 ins.: :k aho yādavaśreṣṭhā vai kathayantu samāhitāḥ | k: While D6,T1.2,GM1-3 ins. after 35: :k idam apy aparaṃ manye śrotavyaṃ yadupuṃgavāḥ | yathā mama tathā yūyaṃ jānītha sakalaṃ vacaḥ | śrūyate hi purā viṣṇuḥ surāṇāṃ kāraṇāntare vāmanena tu rūpeṇa jahāra pṛthivīm imām // k: After 36, D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M,G ins.: :k devarājāya tu tadā dattavān kila keśavaḥ | kṛtvā kesariṇo rūpaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā hato hiraṇyakaśipur dānavānāṃ pitāmahaḥ // k: G(ed.) cont. after *746; D6,T1.2,G,M ins. after 37: :k hatvā tu dānavaṃ saṃkhye rājānaṃ kṛtavān hariḥ | acintyaṃ rūpam āsthāya śvetaśailasya mūrdhani bhavena cyāvitā daityāḥ purā tat tripuraṃ ghnatā // pālito guruputreṇa bhārgavo 'ṅgirasena vai praviśya cāsurīṃ māyām anāvṛṣṭiṃ cakāra ha // anantaḥ śāśvato devaḥ sahasravadano 'vyayaḥ vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthāya ujjahārārṇavān mahīm // k: After 40, D6,S (except T3.4) ins.: :k sabhūdharavanām urvīṃ śakrāya pradadau hariḥ | amṛte nirmite pūrvaṃ viṣṇuḥ strīrūpam āsthitaḥ surāṇām asurāṇāṃ ca yuddhaṃ cakre sudāruṇam // amṛtārthe purā cāpi devadaityasamāgame dadhāra mandaraṃ viṣṇur akūpāra iti śrutiḥ // k: N (except Ś1) TG1.3-5,M4 ins. after 42; G2 after 41ab: :k vapur vāmanam āsthāya nindanīyaṃ purā vapuḥ | tribhiḥ kramais tu trīlokāñ jahāra tridivālayam | caturdhā tejaso bhāgaṃ kṛtvā dāśarathe gṛhe sa eva rāmasaṃjño vai rāvaṇaṃ vyaśasat tadā // k: After 43, D6,S (except T3.4) ins.: :k sa eva bhagavān viṣṇur bhūtvā bhārgavanandanaḥ | paraśvadhane śātena jaghāna kṛtavīryajam || triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ hatvā kṣatriyapuṃgavān | hayamedhe tadā yajñe kāśyapāya dadau kila | evam eṣa nikṛtyā vai tattadrūpam upāgataḥ sādhayaty ātmanaḥ kāryaṃ surāṇām arthasiddhaye // tad eṣa nūnaṃ viṣṇur vā śakro vā marutāṃ varaḥ matsādhanepsayā prāpto nārado māṃ yad uktavān // atra me śaṅkate buddhir vasudevaṃ prati prabho asya buddhiviśeṣeṇa vayaṃ kātaratāṃ gatāḥ // ahaṃ hi khaṭvāṅgavane nāradena samāgataḥ dvitīyaṃ sa hi māṃ vipraḥ punar evābravīd vacaḥ // yat tvayānuṣṭhito yatnaḥ kaṃsa garbhakṛte mahān vasudevena te rātrau karma tad viphalīkṛtam // dārikā yā tvayā rātrau śilāyāṃ kaṃsa pātitā tāṃ yaśodāsutāṃ viddhi kṛṣṇaṃ ca vasudevajam // rātrau vyāvartitāv etau garbhau tava vadhāya vai vasudevena saṃdhāya mitrarūpeṇa śatruṇā // sā tu kanyā yaśodāyā vindhye parvatasattame hatvā śumbhaniśumbhau dvau dānavau nagacāriṇau // kṛtābhiṣekā varadā bhūtasaṃghaniṣevitā arcyate dasyubhir ghorair mahāpaśubalipriyā // surāpiśitapūrṇābhyāṃ kumbhābhyām upaśobhitā mayūrāṅgadacitraiś ca barhabhāraiś ca bhūṣitā // dṛptakukuṭasaṃnādaṃ vanaṃ vāyasanāditam chāgayūthaiś ca saṃpūrṇam aviruddhaiś ca pakṣibhiḥ // siṃhavyāghravarāhāṇāṃ nādena pratināditam vṛkṣagambhīranibiḍaṃ kāntāraiḥ sarvato vṛtam // divyabhṛṅgāracamarair ādarśaiś ca vibhūṣitam devatūryaninādaiś ca śataśaḥ pratināditam sthānaṃ tasyā nage vindhye nirmitaṃ svena tejasā // ripūṇāṃ trāsajananī nityaṃ tatra manorame vasate paramaprītā daivatair api pūjitā // yas tv ayaṃ nandagopasya kṛṣṇa ity ucyate sutaḥ atra me nāradaḥ prāha sumahat karma kāraṇam // dvitīyo vasudevād vai vāsudevo bhaviṣyati sa hi te sahajo mṛtyur bāndhavaś ca bhaviṣyati // sa eva vāsudevo vai vasudevasuto balī bāndhavo dharmato mahyaṃ hṛdayenāntako ripuḥ // yathā hi vāyaso mūrdhni padbhyāṃ yasyaiva tiṣṭhati netre tudati tasyaiva vaktreṇāmiṣagṛddhinā // vasudevas tathaivāyaṃ saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ cchinatti mama mūlāni bhuṅkte ca mama pārśvataḥ // bhrūṇahatyāpi saṃtāryā govadhaḥ strīvadho 'pi vā na kṛtaghnasya loko 'sti bāndhavasya viśeṣataḥ // patitānugataṃ mārgaṃ niṣevaty acireṇa saḥ yaḥ kṛtaghno 'nubandhena prītiṃ vahati dāruṇām // narakādhyuṣitaḥ panthā gantavyas tena dāruṇaḥ apāpe pāpahṛdayo yaḥ pāpam anutiṣṭhati // k: After 65, D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M1.2 ins.: :k sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ punarāvṛttidurlabham | ahaṃ vā svajanaḥ ślāghyaḥ sa vā ślāghyataraḥ sutaḥ niyamair guruvṛttena tvayā bāndhavakāmyayā // hastināṃ kalahe ghore vadham ṛcchanti vīrudhaḥ yuddhavyuparame te tu sahāśnanti mahāvane // bāndhavānām api tathā bhedakāle samutthite vadhyate yo 'ntaraprepsuḥ svajano yāti vikriyām // kalis tvaṃ hi vināśāya mayā puṣṭo vijānatā k: After 69ab, T1.2,G,M1-3 ins.: :k gaccha gaccha yathākāmaṃ vasudeva narādhama || tad dattaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ piṇḍaṃ yad dattaṃ tava jānatā | tac chvabhyo yadi dattaṃ syāc chreyo mama bhaviṣyati | vasudeva kulasyāsya yad virodhayase bhṛśam amarṣī vairaśīlaś ca sadā pāpamatiḥ śaṭhaḥ // sthāne yadukulaṃ mūḍha śocanīyaṃ tvayā kṛtam vasudeva vṛthāvṛddha yan mayā tvaṃ puraskṛtaḥ // śvetena śirasā vṛddho naiva varṣaśatī bhavet yasya buddhiḥ pariṇatā sa vai vṛddhatamo nṛṇām // k: After 71, Bom., Poona eds. ins.: :k na tena vṛddho bhavati yenāsya palitaṃ śiraḥ | tvaṃ tu karkaśaśīlaś ca buddhyā ca na bahuśrutaḥ kevalaṃ vayasā vṛddho yathā śaradi toyadaḥ // kiṃ ca tvaṃ sādhu jānīṣe vasudeva vṛthāmate hate kaṃse mama suto mathurāṃ pālayiṣyati // chinnāśas tvaṃ vṛthāvṛddha mithyā hy evaṃ vicāritam jijīviṣur na sa hy asti yo hi tiṣṭhen mamāgrataḥ // prahartukāmo viśvaste yas tvaṃ svasthena cetasā tat te pratikariṣyāmi putrayos tava paśyataḥ // na me vṛddhavadhaḥ kaścid dvijastrīvadha eva vā kṛtapūrvaḥ kariṣye vā viśeṣeṇa tu bāndhave // iha tvaṃ jātasaṃvṛddho mama pitrā vivardhitaḥ pitṛṣvasur me bhartā ca yadūnāṃ prathamo guruḥ // kule mahati vikhyātaḥ prathite cakravartinām gurvarthaṃ pūjitaḥ sadbhir yadubhir dharmabuddhibhiḥ // kiṃ kariṣyāmahe sarve satsu vaktavyatāṃ gatāḥ yadūnāṃ yūthamukhyasya yasya te vṛttam īdṛśam // madvadho vā jayo vātha vasudevasya durṇayaiḥ satsu yāsyanti puruṣā yadūnām avaguṇṭhitāḥ // tvayā hi madvadhopāyaṃ tarkayānena vai mṛdhe aviśvāsyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma vācyāś ca yadavaḥ kṛtāḥ // aśāmyaṃ vairam utpannaṃ mama kṛṣṇasya cobhayoḥ śāntim ekatare śāntiṃ gate yāsyanti yādavāḥ // k: After 82, D6,S (except T3,T4 ins.: :k tiṣṭha vā gaccha vā mūḍha yatheṣṭaṃ mama pārśvataḥ || hantuṃ svajanam udvṛttaṃ so 'yaṃ yadukulodvahaḥ | mā bhūd ayaṃ parīvādo loke yādavasattamāḥ | anyathā vadhayogyo 'si nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | gacchatv ayaṃ dānapatiḥ kṣipram ānayituṃ vrajāt nandagopaṃ ca gopāṃś ca karadān mama śāsanāt // vācyaś ca nandagopo vai karam ādāya vārṣikam śīghram āgaccha nagaraṃ gopaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ // kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇau caiva vasudevasutāv ubhau draṣṭum icchati vai kaṃsaḥ sabhṛtyaḥ sapurohitaḥ // etau yuddhavidau raṅge kālanirmāṇayodhinau dṛḍhapratikṛtī caiva śṛṇomi vyāyatodyamau // asmākam api mallau dvau sajjau jayadhṛtotsavau tābhyāṃ saha niyotsyete tau yuddhakuśalāv ubhau // draṣṭavyau ca mayāvaśyaṃ bālau tāv amaropamau pitṛṣvasuḥ sutau mukhyau vrajavāsau vanecarau // vaktavyaṃ ca vraje tasmin samīpe vrajavāsinām rājā dhanurmahaṃ nāma kārayiṣyati vai sukhī // saṃnikṛṣṭe vrajās tatra nivasantu yathāsukham janasyāmantritasyārthe yathā syāt sarvam avyayam // payasaḥ sarpiṣaś caiva dadhno dadhyuttarsya ca yathākāmapradānāya bhojyādhiśrayaṇāya ca // akrūra gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ tāv ānaya mamājñayā saṃkarṣaṇaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca draṣṭuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me // tābhyām āgamane prītiḥ parā mama kṛtā bhavet dṛṣṭvā tu tau mahāvīryau tad vidhāsyāmi yad dhitam // syān nāma vākyaṃ śrutvaivaṃ mama tau paribhāṣitam na gacchetāṃ yathākālaṃ nigrāhyāv api tau mama // sāntvam eva tu bāleṣu pradhānaṃ prathamo nayaḥ madhureṇaiva tau mandau svayam evānayāśu vai // akrūra kuru me prītim etāṃ paramadurlabhām yadi vā nopajapto 'si vasudevena suvrata // k: After 96, N (except Ś1), T1-3,G,M4, ins.: :k tathā kartavyam etad dhi yathā tāv āgamiṣyataḥ | k: T1.2,G1.4.5,M4 cont.; D6,G2.3 ins. after 95; M1-3 ins. after 93 ab: :k ity uktvā virarāmaiva kaṃsaḥ sa madhureśvaraḥ | evam ākruṣyamānas tu vasudevo vasūpamaḥ sāgarākāram ātmānaṃ niṣprakampam adhārayat // vākśalyais tāḍyamānas tu kaṃsenādīrghadarśinā kṣamāṃ manasi saṃdhyāya nottaraṃ pratyabhāṣata // ye tu taṃ dadṛśus tatra kṣipyamāṇam anekaśaḥ dhig dhig ity asakṛt te vai śanair ūcur avāṅmukhāḥ // akrūras tu mahātejā jānan divyena cakṣuṣā jalam dṛṣṭveva tṛṣitaḥ preṣitaḥ prītimān abhūt // k: After 100, D6,T1.2,G,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k paśyāmi devadeveśaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam | yogināṃ yogagamyaṃ tam īśvaraṃ sakaleśvaram || paśyāmi bālaṃ govindaṃ gopaveṣavibhūṣitam | saṃkarṣaṇasahāyaṃ taṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇam || adya me saphalaṃ janma dṛṣṭo yena mayā hariḥ || mayūrāṅgadacitrāṅgaṃ tumbavīṇāvimiśritam | drakṣyāmi lokanāthaṃ taṃ gopīstanavilālasam || yadi māṃ cakṣuṣā samyak prītiyuktena paśyati | tadānīṃ saphalaṃ janma mama taṃ paśyato harim || yaṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve viramante tapobalāt | sa māṃ vakṣyati kiṃcit tu vacanaṃ vāgvidāṃ varaḥ || evaṃ vicintya manasā gantuṃ śīghrataro 'bhavat | tasminn eva muhūrte tu mathurāyāḥ sa niryayau prītimān puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ draṣṭuṃ dānapatiḥ svayam // h: HV (CE) ch. 66, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h kṣiptaṃ yaduvṛṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te yadupuṃgavāḥ nipīḍya śravaṇān hastair menire taṃ gatāyuṣam // andhas tv anāvignamanā dhairyād avikṛtaṃ vacaḥ provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ samāsāt kaṃsam ojasā // aślāghyo me mataḥ putra tavāyaṃ vākpariśramaḥ ayukto garhitaḥ sadbhir bāndhaveṣu viśeṣataḥ // ayādavo yadi bhavāñ śṛṇu tāvad yad ucyate na hi tvāṃ yādavā vīra balāt kurvanti yādavam // aślāghyā vṛṣṇayaḥ putra yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā ikṣvākuvaṃśajo rājā vinivṛttaḥ svavaṃśakṛt // bhojo vā yādavo vāsi kaṃso vāsi yathā tathā sahajaṃ te śiras tāta jaṭī muṇḍo 'pi vā bhava // ugrasenas tv ayaṃ śocyo yo 'smākaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ durjātīyena yena tvam īdṛśo janitaḥ sutaḥ // na cātmano guṇāṃs tāta pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ pareṇoktā guṇā gauṇyaṃ yānti vedārtasaṃmitāḥ // pṛthivyāṃ yaduvaṃśo 'yaṃ nindanīyo mahīkṣitām bālaḥ kulāntakṛn mūḍho yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā // sādhus tvam ebhir vākyaiś ca tvayā sādhv iti bhāṣitaiḥ na vācā sādhitaṃ kāryam ātmā ca vivṛtaḥ kṛtaḥ // guror anavaliptasya mānyasya mahatām api kṣepaṇaṃ kaḥ śubhaṃ manyed dvijasyeva vadhaṃ kṛtam // mānyāś caivābhigamyāś ca vṛddhās tāta yathāgrayaḥ krodho hi teṣāṃ pradahel lokān antargatān api // budhena tāta dāntena nityam abhyucchritātmanā dharmasya gatir anveṣyā matsyasya gatir apsv iva // kevalaṃ tvaṃ tu garveṇa vṛddhān agnisamān iha vācā dunoṣi marmaghnyā amantroktā yathāhutiḥ // vasudevaṃ ca putrārthe yadi tvaṃ parigarhase tatra mithyāpralāpaṃ te nindāmi kṛpaṇaṃ vacaḥ // dāruṇe 'pi pitā putre naiva dāruṇatāṃ vrajet k: For 16ab, Ś1 subst.: :k dāruṇo 'pi pituḥ putraḥ kaḥ putre dāruṇaḥ pitā | putrārthe hy āpadaḥ kaṣṭāḥ pitaraḥ prāpnuvanti hi // k: For 16cd, T1,G2,M1-3 subst.: :k putrās te hy āpadaḥ kaṣṭāt pitaraṃ tārayanti tu | chādito vasudevena yadi putraḥ śiśus tadā manyase yady akartavyaṃ pṛcchasva pitaraṃ svakam // garhatā vasudevaṃ ca yaduvaṃśaṃ ca nindatā tvayā yādavaputrāṇāṃ vairajaṃ viṣam arjitam // akartavyaṃ yadi kṛtaṃ vasudevena putrajam kimartham ugrasenena śiśus tvaṃ na vināśitaḥ // pun nāmno narakāt putro yasmāt trātā pitṝn sadā tasmād bruvanti putreti putraṃ dharmavido janāḥ // k: After 20, D6,T1.2,G,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k pitrā putras tu goptaś cet ko doṣo vada sāṃpratam | rakṣitas tava pitrāsi kimarthaṃ vada bāliśa || anena tava vākyena śatravo yādavāḥ kṛtāḥ | jātyā hi yādavaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā tvaṃ cāpi vidhṛtas tābhyāṃ jātavaireṇa cetasā // uddhūtānīha sarveṣāṃ yadūnāṃ hṛdayāni vai vasudeve tvayā kṣipte vāsudeve ca kopite // kṛṣṇe ca bhavato dveṣād vasudevavigarhaṇāt k: After 23ab, D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k tyakṣyāmahe vayaṃ sarve bhavantaṃ yadi sādhavaḥ | asanto vayam evātra loke khyātā narādhama || yadi saktāḥ parityaktuṃ putra tvāṃ sāṃprataṃ vayam | sarvān asmān parityajya gacchasīti na saṃśayaḥ | śaṃsanti hīmāni bhayaṃ nimittāny aśubhāni te // sarpāṇāṃ darśanaṃ tīvraṃ svapnānāṃ ca niśākṣaye puryā vaidhavyaśaṃsīni kāraṇair anumīmahe // eṣa ghoro grahaḥ svātīm ullikhan khe gabhastibhiḥ vakram aṅgārakaś cakre vyāharanti kharaṃ dvijāḥ // k: N (except Ś1) T1-3 ins. after 25; T4 after 65.46a: :k budhena paścimā saṃdhyā vyāptā ghoreṇa tejasā | vaiśvānarapathe śukro hy aticāraṃ cacāra ha || ketunā dhūmaketos tu nakṣatrāṇi trayodaśa | bharaṇyādīni bhinnāni nānuyanti niśākaram | śivā śmaśānān niṣkramya niḥśvāsāṅgāravarṣiṇī ubhe saṃdhye purīṃ ghorā paryeti bahu vāśatī // ulkā nirghātanādena papāta dharaṇītale calaty aparvaṇi mahī girīṇāṃ śikharāṇi ca // prāksaṃdhyā parighagras tā bhābhir badhnāti bhāskaram pratilomaṃ ca yānty ete vyāharanto mṛgadvijāḥ // grastaḥ svarbhānunā sūryo divā naktam ajāyata dhūmotpātair diśo vyāptāḥ śuṣkāśanisamāhatāḥ // prasravanti ghanā raktaṃ sāśanistanayitnavaḥ calitā devatāḥ sthānāt tyajanti vihagā nagān // yāni rājavināśāya daivajñāḥ kathayanti hi tāni sarvāṇi paśyāmo nimittāny aśubhāni vai // tvaṃ cāpi svajanadveṣī rājadharmaparāṅmukhaḥ animittāgatakrodhaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭabhayo hy asi // yas tvaṃ devopamaṃ vṛddhaṃ vasudevam dhṛtavratam mohāt kṣipasi durbuddhe kutas te śāntir ātmanaḥ // tvadgato yo hi naḥ snehas taṃ tyajāmo 'dya vai vayam ahitaṃ svasya vaṃśasya na tvāṃ vayam upāsmahe // sa hi dānapatir dhanyo yo drakṣyati vanegatam puṇḍarīkapalāśākṣaṃ kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakāriṇam // k: After 35 D6,S (except T3.4,)G(ed.) ins.: :k bālaṃ cābālasadvṛttam īśvaraṃ sakaleśvaram | yogidhyeyaṃ sadādṛśyaṃ santaṃ sadasadātmakam || yo hi drakṣyati taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tasmai bhūyo namo namaḥ || ādyānām ādyam ādiṃ ca sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ hariṃ | yo hi drakṣyati taṃ devaṃ tasmai bhūyo namo namaḥ || vayam eva nirānandās vayā guptā yataḥ sadā | yeṣāṃ tvam īśvaro 'dhanyas teṣāṃ śāntiḥ kuto ratiḥ | chinnamūlo hy ayaṃ vaṃśo yadūnāṃ tvatkṛte kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇo jñātīn samānāyya sa saṃdhānaṃ kariṣyati // kṣāntam eva tadānena vasudevena dhīmatā kālasaṃpakvavijñāno brūhi tvaṃ yad yad icchasi // mahyaṃ tu rocate kaṃsa vasudevasahāyavān gaccha kṛṣṇasya nilayaṃ prītis te tena rocatām // k: After 38, Ś1,K,Ñ,V,B,Dn,Ds,D1-5,T.3.4 ins. the colophon. While D6,S (except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k anyathā tu gatiḥ kaṃsa tava nāstīti niścayaḥ | andhakasya vacaḥ śrutvā kaṃsaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ kiṃcid apy abruvan krodhād viveśa svaṃ niveśanam // te ca sarve yathāveśma yādavāḥ śrutavistarāḥ jagmur vigatasaṃkalpāḥ kaṃsavaikṛtaśaṃsinaḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 67, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h akrūro 'pi yathājñaptaḥ kṛṣṇadarśanalālasaḥ jagāma rathamukhyena manasas tulyagāminā // kṛṣṇasyāpi nimittāni śubhāny aṅgagatāni vai pitṛtulyena śaṃsanti bāndhavena samāgamam // prāg eva ca narendreṇa māthureṇaugraseninā keśinaḥ preṣito dūto vadhāyopendrakāraṇāt // sa tu dūtavacaḥ śrutvā keśī kleśakaro nṛṇām vṛndāvanagato gopān bādhate sma durāsadaḥ // mānuṣaṃ māṃsam aśnānaḥ kruddho duṣṭaparākramaḥ durdānto vājidaityo 'sau karoti kadanaṃ mahat // nighnan gā vai sagopālā gavāṃ piśitabhojanaḥ durdamaḥ kāmacārī ca kesarī niravagrahaḥ // tadaraṇyaṃ śmaśānābhaṃ nṛṇām asthibhir āvṛtam yatrāste sa hi duṣṭātmā keśī turagadānavaḥ // khurair dārayate bhūmim vegenārujate drumān heṣitaiḥ spardhate vāyum plutair laṅghyate nabhaḥ // atipravṛddho mattaś ca duṣṭāśvo vanagocaraḥ ākampitasaṭo raudraḥ kaṃsasya caritānugaḥ // iriṇaṃ tadvanaṃ sarvaṃ tena saudāsakarmaṇā kṛtaṃ turagadaityena sarvān gopāñ jighāṃsatā // tena duṣṭapracāreṇa dūṣitaṃ tadvanaṃ mahat na nṛbhir godhanair vāpi sevyate vanavṛttibhiḥ // niḥsaṃpātaḥ kṛtaḥ panthās tena tadviṣayāśrayaḥ madāc calitavṛttena nṛmāṃsāny aśnatā bhṛśam // nṛśabdānusaraḥ kruddhaḥ sa kadācid dināgame jagāma ghoṣasaṃvāsaṃ coditaḥ kāladharmaṇā // taṃ dṛṣṭvā dudruvur gopāḥ striyaś ca śiśubhiḥ saha krandamānā jagannātham kṛṣṇaṃ nātham upāśritāḥ // tāsāṃ ruditaśabdena gopānāṃ kranditena ca dattvābhayaṃ tu kṛṣṇo vai keśinaṃ so 'bhidudruve // keśī cābhyudyata grīvaḥ prakāśadaśanekṣaṇaḥ heṣamāṇo javodagro govindābhimukho yayau // tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya keśinaṃ hayadānavam pratyujjagāma govindas toyadaḥ śaśinaṃ yathā // keśinas tu tam abhyāśe dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇam avasthitam manuṣyabuddhayo gopāḥ kṛṣṇam ūcur hitauṣiṇaḥ // k: After 18, V2 ins.: :k kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho jñātīnāṃ nandivardhana | jagatām abhayado 'si tvaṃ trāyasvāsmān viśeṣataḥ | kṛṣṇa tāta na khalv eṣa sahasā te hayādhamaḥ upasarpyo bhavān bālaḥ pāpaś caiṣa durāsadaḥ // eṣa kaṃsasya sahajaḥ prāṇas tāta bahiścaraḥ uttamaś ca hayendrāṇāṃ dānavo 'pratimo yudhi // trāsanaḥ parasainyānāṃ turagāṇāṃ mahābalaḥ svadhyaḥ sarvasattvānāṃ prathamaḥ pāpakarmaṇām // gopānāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā vadatāṃ madhusūdanaḥ keśinā saha yuddhāya matiṃ cakre 'risūdanaḥ // tataḥ savyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ ca maṇḍalāni paribhraman padbhyām ubhābhyāṃ sa hayaḥ krodhenārujate drumān // mukhe lambasaṭe cāsya skandhadeśe ghanāvṛte valayo 'bhrataraṃgābhāḥ susruvuḥ krodhajaṃ jalam // sa phenaṃ vaktrajaṃ caiva vavarṣa rajasāvṛtam himakāle yathā vyomni nīhāram iva candramāḥ // govindam aravindākṣaṃ heṣitogāraśīkaraiḥ sa phenair gātranirgīrṇaiḥ prokṣayāmāsa sarvataḥ // khuroddharaṇamuktena madhurakṣodapāṇḍunā rajasā sa hayaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ cakārāruṇamūrdhajam // plutavalgitapādas tu takṣamāṇo dharāṃ khuraiḥ dantān nirdaśamānas tu keśī kṛṣṇam upādravat // sa saṃsaktas tu kṛṣṇena keśī turagasattamaḥ purvābhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ vai kṛṣṇaṃ vakṣasy atāḍayat // punaḥ punaś ca sa balī prāhiṇot pārśvataḥ khurān k: After 30ab N (except Ś1,Ñ1,D2.6),T3 ins.: :k kṛṣṇasya dānavo ghoraṃ prahāram amitaujasaḥ | vaktreṇa cāsya ghoreṇa tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāyudhena vai adaśad bāhuvivaraṃ kṛṣṇasya ruṣito hayaḥ // sa lambakesarasaṭaḥ kṛṣṇena saha saṃgataḥ rarāja keśī meghena saṃsaktaḥ kha ivāṃśumān // uraś cāsyorasā hantum iyeṣa balavān hayaḥ vegena vāsudevasya krodhād dviguṇavikramaḥ // tasyotsiktasya balavān kṛṣṇo 'py amitavikramaḥ bāhum ābhoginaṃ kṛtvā mukhe kruddhaḥ samādadhat // sa taṃ bāhum aśakto vai khādituṃ bhoktum eva vā k: After 34ab, D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k punar ābhoginaṃ bāhuṃ tadvaktragatam añjasā | kṛṣṇaḥ prasārayāmāsa līlayā dānavaṃ hasan | daśanair mūlanirmuktaiḥ saphenaṃ rudhiraṃ vaman // vipāṭitābhyām oṣṭhābhyām kaṭābhyāṃ vidalīkṛtaḥ akṣiṇī vikṛte cakre visṛte muktabandhane // nirastahanur āviṣṭaḥ śoṇitāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ utkarṇo naṣṭacetās tu sa keśī bahvaceṣṭata // utpatya cāsakṛt pādaiḥ sakṛnmūtraṃ samutsṛjan svinnārdralomā śrāntas tu niryatnacaraṇo 'bhavat // keśivaktravilagnas tu kṛṣṇabāhur aśobhata vyābhugna iva gharmānte candrārdhakiraṇair ghanaḥ // keśī ca kṛṣṇasaṃsaktaḥ śrāntagātro vyarocata prabhātāvanataś candraḥ śrānto merum ivāśritaḥ // tasya kṛṣṇabhujoddhūtāḥ keśino daśanā mukhāt k: For 40ab M1-3 subst.: :k keśino vaktranirdhūtā vividhā daśanā bhuvi | petuḥ śaradi nistoyāḥ sitābhrāvayavā iva // k: Ś1,KÑ1.3,V1.2,B,D,T,G,M4 ins. after 40; Ñ2,V3 ins. lines 1-2 after 37 and lines 3-8 after 36: :k sa tu keśī bhṛśaṃ śrāntaḥ kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | svabhujaṃ svāyataṃ kṛtvā pāṭito balavat tadā || sa pāṭito bhujenājau kṛṣṇena vikṛtānanaḥ | keśī nadan mahānādaṃ dānavo vyathitas tadā || vighūrṇamānaḥ srastāṅgo mukhād rudhiram udvaman | bhṛśaṃ vyaṅgīkṛtavapur nikṛttārdha ivācalaḥ || vyāditāsyo mahāraudraḥ so 'suraḥ kṛṣṇabāhunā | nipapāta yathā kṛtto nāgo hi dvidalīkṛtaḥ | k: After line 4, Ś1 ins.: :k sa papātāśu vegena bhujāyāmena pāṭitaḥ | bāhunā kṛttadehasya keśino rūpam ābabhau paśor iva mahāghoraṃ nihatasya pinākinā // k: For 41cd, Ś1 subst.: :k droṇībhyāṃ māṃsapūrṇābhyāṃ pinākibhavane yathā | dvipādapṛṣṭhapucchārdhe sravaṇaikākṣināsike keśinas te dvidhā bhūte dve ardhe rejatuḥ kṣitau // k: After 42, D6,S(except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k vajreṇa vinikṛttārdhau parvatāv iva bhūtale | keśidantakṣataś cāpi kṛṣṇasya śuśubhe bhujaḥ vṛddhas tāla ivāraṇye gajendradaśanāṅkitaḥ // taṃ hatvā keśinaṃ yuddhe kalpayitvā ca bhāgaśaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ padmapalāśākṣo hasaṃs tatraiva tasthivān // taṃ hataṃ keśinaṃ dṛṣṭvā gopā gopastriyaś ca tāḥ babhūvur muditāḥ sarve hatavighnā hataklamāḥ // dāmodaraṃ ca śrīmantam yathāsthānaṃ yathāvayaḥ abhyanandan priyair vākyaiḥ pūjayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ // aho tāta kṛtaṃ karma hato 'yaṃ lokakaṇṭakaḥ daityaḥ kṣiticaraḥ kṛṣṇa hayarūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ // kṛtaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ kṣemaṃ sevyaṃ sarvanṛpakṣiṇām ghnatā pāpam imaṃ tāta keśinaṃ hayam āhave // hatā no bahavo gopā gāvo vatsāś ca vatsalāḥ naike cānye janapadā hatānena durātmanā // eṣa saṃvartakaṃ kartum udyataḥ kila pāpakṛt nṛlokaṃ nirnaraṃ kṛtvā cartukāmo yathāsukham // naitasya pramukhe sthātuṃ kaścic chakto jijīviṣuḥ api devasamūheṣu kiṃ punaḥ pṛthivītale // k: After 51, S(except T3.4) ins.: :k evaṃ te tuṣṭuvur gopāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam | athāhāntarhito vipro nāradaḥ khagamo muniḥ prīto 'smi viṣṇo deveśa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti cāsakṛt // k: After 52, D6,S,G(ed.) ins.: :k namas tubhyaṃ jagannātha devadeva janārdana | namas tubhyaṃ namas tubhyaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādhara || namas te jñānarūpāya keśavāya ca cakriṇe | nama ādyāya bījāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane || namaḥ sahasraśirase tvāṃ nato 'smi janārdana | namāmi lokanāthaṃ tvāṃ namas te devarūpiṇe || namas te 'stu hṛṣīkeśa pāhi naḥ sarvato hare | iti stutvā jagannāthaṃ punar evābravīd vacaḥ | yad idaṃ duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtaṃ keśijighāṃsayā tvayy eva kevalaṃ yuktam tridive tryambake 'pi vā // ahaṃ yuddhotsukas tāta tarpitenāntarātmanā idaṃ narahayaṃ yuddham darṣṭuṃ svargād ihāgataḥ // pūtanānidhanādīni karmāṇi tava dṛṣṭavān ahaṃ tv anena govinda karmaṇā paritoṣitaḥ // hayasyāsya mahendro 'pi bibheti balasūdanaḥ kurvāṇasya vapur ghoram keśino duṣṭacetasaḥ // yat tvayā pāṭito dvaidhaṃ bhujenāyataparvaṇā eṣo 'sya mṛtyur antāya vihito viśvayoninā // yasmāt tvayā hataḥ keśī tasmān macchāsanaṃ śṛṇu keśavo nāma nāmnā tvaṃ khyāto loke bhaviṣyasi // svasty astu bhavato loke sādhayāmy aham āśugaḥ kṛtyaśeṣaṃ ca te kāryaṃ śaktas tvam asi māciram // tvayi kāryāntaragate narā iva divaukasaḥ viḍambayantaḥ krīḍanti līlāṃ tvadbalam āśritāḥ // abhyāśe vartate kālo bhāratasyāhavodadheḥ hastaprāptāni yuddhāni rājñāṃ tridivagāminām // panthānaḥ śodhitā vyomni vimānārohiṇordhvagāḥ avakāśā vibhajyante śakraloke mahīkṣitām // ugrasenasute śānte padasthe tvayi keśava abhitas tan mahadyuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati mahīkṣitām // tvāṃ cāpratimakarmāṇaṃ saṃśrayiṣyanti pārthivāḥ bhedakāle narendrāṇāṃ pakṣagrāho bhaviṣyasi // tvayi rājāsanasthe hi rājaśrīṃ vahati prabho śriyaṃ tyakṣyanti rājānas tvatprabhāvān na saṃśayaḥ // eṣa me kṛṣṇa saṃdeśaḥ śrutibhiḥ khyātim eṣyasi devatānāṃ divisthānāṃ jagataś ca jagatpate // dṛṣṭaṃ me bhavataḥ karma dṛṣṭaś cāsi mayā prabho kaṃse bhūyaḥ sameṣyāmi śāsite sādhayāmy aham // k: After 67, D6,S(except T3.4) ins.: :k bahunāpi kim uktena pāhi viprān yathāsukham | jānāmi tvāṃ mahābāho devānām api daivatam | k: D6,T1.2,G,M4 cont.; K,Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,Ds,D1-5,T3.4 ins. after 67: :k evam uktvā tu sa tadā nāradaḥ khaṃ jagāma ha | nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā devasaṃgītayoginaḥ k: After 68ab K1.2.4,Ñ1,D5,M4 ins.: :k tatheti sa samābhāṣya punar gopān samāsadat | gopān kṛṣṇaḥ samāsādya vrajam eva viveṣa ha // h: HV (CE) ch. 68, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h athāstaṃ gacchati tadā mandaraśmau divākare saṃdhyāraktatale vyomni śaśāṅke pāṇḍumaṇḍale // nīḍastheṣu vihaṃgeṣu satsu prāduṣkṛtāgniṣu īṣat tamaḥ saṃvṛtāsu dikṣu sarvāsu sarvataḥ // ghoṣāvāseṣu supteṣu vāśantīṣu śivāsu ca naktaṃcareṣu hṛṣṭeṣu piśitām iṣakāṅkṣiṣu // śakragopāpāhvayāmode pradoṣe 'bhyāśatas kare saṃdhyāmayīm iva guhāṃ saṃpraviṣṭe divākare // adhiśrayaṇavelāyāṃ prāptāyāṃ gṛhamedhinām vanyair vaikhānasair mantrair hūyamāne hutāśane // upāvṛttāsu vai goṣu duhyamānāsu ca vraje asakṛd vyāharantīṣu baddhavatsāsu dhenuṣu // prakīrṇadāmanīkeṣu gās tathaivāhvayatsu ca saninādeṣu gopeṣu kālyamāne ca godhane // karīṣeṣu praklṛpteṣu dīpyamāneṣu sarvaśaḥ kāṣṭhabhārānataskandhair gopair abhyāgatais tathā // kiṃcid abhyutthite some mandaraśmau virājati īṣad vigāhamānāyāṃ rajanyāṃ divase gate // prāpte dinavyuparame pravṛtte kṣaṇadāmukhe bhāskare tejasi gate saumye tejasy upasthite // agnihotrākule kāle saumyendau pratyupasthite agnīṣomātmake saṃdhau vartamāne jaganmaye // paścimenāgninā dīpte pūrveṇottaravarcasā dagdhādrisadṛśe vyomni kiṃcit tārāgaṇākule // vayobhir vāsaśubhatām bandhubhiś ca samāgamam śaṃsadbhiḥ syandanenāśu prāpto dānapatir vrajam // praviśann eva papraccha sāṃnidhyaṃ keśavasya saḥ rauhiṇeyasya cākrūro nandagopasya cāsakṛt // k: After 14 D4 ins. (BhP 10,38.25-27): :k padāni tasyākhilalokapāla+ | kirīṭajuṣṭāmalapādareṇoḥ | dadarśa goṣṭhe kṣitikautukāni | vilakṣitāny abjayavāṅkuśādyaiḥ || taddarśanāhlādavivṛddhasaṃbhramaḥ | premṇordhvaromāśrukalākulekṣaṇaḥ | rathād avaskandya sa teṣv aceṣṭata | prabhor amūny aṅghrirajāṃsy aho iti || dehabhṛtām iyān artho hitvā dambhaṃ bhiyaṃ śucam | saṃdeśād yo harer liṅga+ +darśanaśravaṇādibhiḥ | k: On the other hand, D6,T1.2,G,M ins. after 14: :k tato nivedito gopair idaṃ tad iti yādavaḥ | sa nandagopasya gṛhaṃ vāsāya vasudopamaḥ avaruhya tato yānāt praviveśa mahābalaḥ // k: After 15, Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,Ds1(marg.)ṣ2,D3-5,T1.2,G,M4 ins.: :k harṣapūrṇena vaktreṇa sāśrunetreṇa caiva hi | praviśann eva ca dvāri dadarśādohane gavām vatsamadhye sthitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ savatsam iva govṛṣam // sa taṃ harṣaparītena vacasā gadgadena vai k: After 17ab D6,T1.2,G,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k netrābhyāṃ yādavo viṣṇum ākulaṃ samudaikṣata || acintayat tadākrūro loke matsadṛśo na hi | ya enaṃ lokanāthaṃ taṃ sakalaṃ dṛṣṭavān aham || nārāyaṇam aṇīyāṃsaṃ sthūlāt sthūlataraṃ harim || ko 'yaṃ matsadṛśo loke dṛṣṭavān yo 'ham īśvaram | ehi keśava tāteti pravyāharata dharmavit // uttānaśāyinaṃ dṛṣṭvā punar dṛṣṭvā śriyā vṛtam avyaktayuvanaṃ kṛṣṇam akrūraḥ praśaśaṃse ha // ayaṃ sa puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ siṃhaśārdūlavikramaḥ saṃpūrṇajalameghābhaḥ parvatapravarākṛtiḥ // mṛdheṣv adharṣaṇīyena saśrīvatsena vakṣasā dviṣannidhanadakṣābhyāṃ bhujābhyāṃ sādhu bhūṣitaḥ // mūrtimān sarahasyātmā jagato 'gryasya bhājanam gopaveṣadharo viṣṇur udagrāgratanūruhaḥ // kirīṭalāñcchanenāpi śirasā cchatravarcasā kuṇḍalottamayogyābhyāṃ śravaṇābhyāṃ vibhūṣitaḥ // hārārheṇa ca pīnena suvistīrṇena vakṣasā dvābhyāṃ bhujābhyāṃ dīrghābhyāṃ vṛttābhyām upaśobhitaḥ // strīsahasropacaryeṇa vapuṣā manmathāgninā pīte vasāno vasane so 'yaṃ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ // dharaṇyāśrayabhūtābhyāṃ caraṇābhyām ariṃdamaḥ trailokyākrāntibhūtābhyāṃ bhuvi padbhyām avasthitaḥ // rucirāgrakaraś cāsya cakrocita ivekṣyate dvitīya udyataś caiva gadāsaṃyogam icchati // avatīrṇo bhavāyeha prathamaṃ padam ātmanaḥ śobhate 'dya bhuvi śreṣṭhas tridaśānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ // ayaṃ bhaviṣye dṛṣṭo vai bhaviṣyakuśalair budhaiḥ gopālo yādavaṃ vaṃśaṃ kṣīṇaṃ vistārayiṣyati // tejasā cāsya yadavaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ vaṃśam āpūrayiṣyanti oghā iva mahārṇavam // asyedaṃ śāsane sarvaṃ jagat sthāsyati śāśvatam nihatāmitrasāmantaṃ sphītaṃ kṛtayuge yathā // ayam āsthāya vasudhāṃ sthāpayitvā jagadvaśe rājñāṃ bhaviṣyaty upari na ca rājā bhaviṣyati // nūnaṃ tribhiḥ kramair jitvā yathānena kṛtaḥ prabhuḥ purā puraṃdaro rājā devatānāṃ triviṣṭape // tathaiva vasudhāṃ jitvā jitapūrvāṃ tribhiḥ kramaiḥ sthāpayiṣyati rājānam ugrasenaṃ na saṃśayaḥ // pramṛṣṭavairagādho 'yaṃ praśnaiś ca bahubhiḥ śrutaḥ brāhmaṇair brahmavādaiś ca purāṇo 'yaṃ hi gīyate // spṛhaṇīyo hi lokasya bhaviṣyati ca keśavaḥ tathā hy asyotthitā buddhir mānuṣyam upasevitum // ahaṃ tv asyādya vasatiṃ pūjayiṣye yathāvidhi viṣṇutvaṃ manasā caiva pūjayiṣyāmi mantravat // k: For 36cd Ś1 subst.: :k viṣṇuṃ tvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmi manasā caiva mantravān | yac ca jātiparijñānaṃ prādurbhāvaś ca vai nṛṣu amānuṣaṃ vedmi cainaṃ ye cānye divyacakṣuṣaḥ // k: After 37 D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k stoṣye devaṃ jagannāthaṃ vārāhaṃ vāmanaṃ harim | namāmi puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ naranārāyaṇākṛtim | namāmi vāmanaṃ viṣṇuṃ trailokyākrāntapauruṣam | so 'haṃ kṛṣṇena vai rātrau saṃmantrya viditātmanā sahānena gamiṣyāmi savrajo yadi maṃsyate // evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā hetvarthakāraṇaiḥ viveśa nandagopasya kṛṣṇena saha saṃsadam // h: HV (CE) ch. 69, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h sa nandagopasya gṛhaṃ praviṣṭaḥ sahakeśavaḥ gopavṛddhān samānīya provācāmitadakṣiṇaḥ // kṛṣṇaṃ caivābravīt prīto rauhiṇeyena saṃgatam śvaḥ purīṃ mathurāṃ tāta gamiṣyāmaḥ śivāya vai // yāsyanti ca vrajāḥ sarve sagokulaparigrahāḥ kaṃsājñayā samucitaṃ karam ādāya vārṣikam // k: After 3, Ñ2.3,V2,B1.2,Ds,D4,T3.4 ins.: :k vayaṃ caiva pragantāro ratham āsthāya saṃgatāḥ | samṛddhas tasya kaṃsasya bhaviṣyati dhanurmahaḥ taṃ drakṣyatha samṛddhaṃ ca svajanaṃ ca sameṣyatha // pitaraṃ vasudevaṃ ca satataṃ duḥkhabhājanam dīnaṃ putravadhaśrāntaṃ yuvām atha sameṣyathaḥ // satataṃ pīḍyamānaṃ ca kaṃsenāśubhabuddhinā daśānte śoṣitaṃ vṛddhaṃ duḥkhaiḥ śithilatāṃ gatam // kaṃsasya ca bhayāt trastaṃ bhavadbhyāṃ ca vinākṛtam dahyamānaṃ divā rātrau sotkaṇṭhenāntarātmanā // tāṃ ca drakṣyāmi govinda putrair amṛditastanīm devakīṃ devasaṃkāśāṃ sidantīṃ vihataprabhām // putraśokena śuṣyantīṃ tvaddarśanaparāyaṇām viyogaśokasaṃtaptāṃ vivatsām iva saurabhīm // upaplutekṣaṇāṃ nityaṃ nityaṃ malinavāsasam svarbhānuvadanagrastāṃ śaśāṅkasya prabhām iva // tvaddarśanaparāṃ nityaṃ tavāgamanakāṅkṣiṇīm tvatpravṛttena śokena sīdantīṃ vai tapasvinīm // tvatpralāpeṣv akuśalāṃ tvayā bālye viyojitām arūpajñāṃ tava vibho vaktrasyāsyenduvarcasaḥ // yadi tvāṃ janayitvā sā kliśyate kṛṣṇa devakī apatyārtho nu kas tasyā varaṃ hy evānapatyatā // ekaḥ śoko hi nārīṇām aputrāṇāṃ vidhīyate saputrā tv aphale putre dhik prajātena tapyate // tvaṃ tu śakrasamaḥ putro yasyās tvatsadṛśo guṇaiḥ pareṣām apy abhayado na sā śocitum arhati // vṛddhau tavāmbāpitarau parabhṛtyatvam āgatau tvatkṛte bhartsyamānau tau kaṃsenādīrghadarśinā // yadi te devakī mānyā pṛthivīvātmadhāriṇī tāṃ śokasalile magnām uttārayitum arhasi // taṃ ca vṛddhaṃ priyasutaṃ vasudevaṃ mahābalam putrayogena saṃyojya kṛṣṇa dharmam avāpsyasi // yathā nāgaḥ sudurvṛtto damino yamunāhrade vipulaś ca dhṛtaḥ śailo yathā vai bhūdharas tvayā // darpodvṛttaś ca balavān ariṣṭo vinipātitaḥ paraprāṇaharaḥ keśī duṣṭātmā ca hatas tvayā // etenaiva prayatnena vṛddhāv uddhṛtya duḥkhitau yathā dharmam avāpnoṣi tat kṛṣṇa paricintyatām // nirbhartsyamāno yair dṛṣṭaḥ pitā te kṛṣṇa saṃsadi te sarve cakrur aśrūṇi netrair duḥkhānvitā bhṛśam // k: After 22 D6,T1.2,G1-3.5,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k andhena kiṃcid uktvaiva kaṃso nirbhartsitaḥ kila | garbhāvakartanādīni duḥkhāni subahūni sā mātā te devakī kṛṣṇa kaṃsasya sahate 'vaśā // mātāpitṛbhyāṃ sarveṇa jātena nibhṛtena vai ṛṇaṃ vai pratikartavyaṃ yathāyogam udāhṛtam // evaṃ te kurvataḥ kṛṣṇa mātāpitror anugraham parityajetāṃ tau śokaṃ syāc ca dharmas tavātulaḥ // k: After 25, T3 ins.: :k dharmas te vipulo 'nanto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | kṛṣṇas tu viditārtho vai tam āhāmitadakṣiṇam bāḍham ity eva tejasvī na ca cukrodha keśavaḥ // te ca gopāḥ samāgamya nandagopapurogamāḥ akrūravacanaṃ śrutvā saṃceluḥ kaṃsaśāsanāt // gamanāya ca te sajjā babhūvur vrajavāsinaḥ sajjaṃ copāyanaṃ kṛtvā gopavṛddhāḥ pratasthire // karaṃ cānaḍuhaḥ sarpir mahiṣāṃś copanāyikān yathāsāraṃ yathāyūtham upanīya payo ghṛtam // taṃ sajjayitvā kaṃsasya karaṃ copāyanāni ca te sarve gopapatayo gamanāyopatasthire // akrūrasya kathābhis tu saha kṛṣṇena jāgrataḥ rauhiṇeyatṛtīyasya sā niśā vyatyavartata // h: HV (CE) ch. 70, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h tataḥ prabhāte vimale pakṣivyāhārasaṃkule naiśākare raśmijāle kṣaṇadākṣayasaṃhṛte // nabhasy aruṇasaṃtīrṇe paryaste jyotimaṇḍale pratyūṣapavanāsāraiḥ kledite dharaṇītale // kṣīṇākārāsu tārāsu suptaniṣpratibhāsu ca naiśam antardadhe rūpam udagacchad divākaraḥ śītāṃśuḥ śāntakiraṇo niṣprabhaḥ samapadyata // k: After 3, N T1.3.4 G2 M4 ins.: :k eko nāśayate rūpam eko vardhayate vapuḥ | gobhiḥ samavakīrṇāsu vrajaniryāṇabhūmiṣu manthāvartanapūrṇeṣu gargareṣu nadatsu ca // dāmabhir yamyamāneṣu vatseṣu taruṇeṣu ca gopair āpūryamāṇeṣu ghoṣarathyāsu sarvaśaḥ // tatraiva gurukaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ sakaṭāropitaṃ bahu tvaritāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā jagmuḥ syandanavāhanāḥ // kṛṣṇo 'tha rauhiṇeyaś ca sa caivāmitadakṣiṇaḥ trayo rathagatā jagmus trilokapatayo yathā // athāha kṛṣṇam akrūro yamunātīram āśritaḥ syandanaṃ tāta rakṣasva yatnaṃ ca kuru vājiṣu // hayebhyo yavasaṃ dattvā hayabhāṇḍe rathe tathā pragāḍhaṃ yatnam āsthāya kṣaṇaṃ tāta pratīkṣatām // yamunāyā hrade hy asmin toṣyāmi bhujageśvaram divyair bhāgavatair mantraiḥ sarvalokaprabhuṃ yataḥ // k: After 10, V2.3,B,D(except D1),T1.3.4,M4 ins.: :k guhyaṃ bhāgavataṃ devaṃ sarvalokasya bhāvanam | śrīmatsvastikamūrdhānaṃ praṇamiṣyāmi bhoginam sahasraśirasaṃ devam anantaṃ nīlavāsasam // dharmadevasya tasyāsyād yad viṣaṃ prabhaviṣyati sarvaṃ tad amṛtaprakhyam aśiṣyāmy amaro yathā // svastikāyatanaṃ dṛṣṭvā dvijihvaṃ śrīvibhūṣitam samājas tatra sarpāṇāṃ śāntyarthaṃ vai bhaviṣyati // āstāṃ māṃ samudīkṣantau bhavantau saṃgatāv ubhau nivṛtto bhujagendrasya yāvad asmi hradottamāt // tam āha kṛṣṇaḥ saṃhṛṣṭo gaccha dharmiṣṭha māciram āvāṃ khalu na śaktau svas tvayā hīnāv ihāsitum // k: After 15, D6,T2,G,M1.2.4 ins.: :k evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena praṇamya manasā harim | sa hrade yamunāyās tu mamajjāmitadakṣiṇaḥ rasātale sa dadṛśe sarpalokam imaṃ yathā // k: For 16cd, D5 subst.: :k rasātale hradāntaś ca darśanāgamanaṃ yathā | tasya madhye sahasrāsyam hematālocchritadhvajam lāṅgalāsaktahastāgram musalāpāśritodaram // asitāmbarasaṃvītam pāṇḍuraṃ pāṇḍurānanam kuṇḍalaikadharaṃ mattam suptam amburuhekṣaṇam // bhogodarāsane śubhre svena dehena kalpite svāsīnaṃ svastikābhyāṃ ca varābhyāṃ ca mahīdharam // kiṃcit savyāpavṛttena maulinā hemacūlinā jātarūpamayaiḥ padmair mālayā cchannavakṣasam // raktacandanadigdhāṅgam dīrghabāhum ariṃdamam padmanābhaṃ sitābhrābham bhābhir jvalitatejasam // dadarśa bhogināṃ nātham sthitam ekārṇaveśvaram pūjyamānaṃ dvijihvendrair vāsukipramukhaiḥ prabhum // kambalāśvatarau nāgau tau cāmaradharāv ubhau avījayetāṃ taṃ devam dharmāsanagataṃ prabhum // tasyābhyāsagato bhāti vāsukiḥ pannageśvaraḥ vṛto 'nyaiḥ sacivaiḥ sarpaiḥ karkoṭakapuraḥsaraiḥ // taṃ ghaṭaiḥ kāñcanair divyaiḥ paṅkajacchannamūrdhajam rājānaṃ snāpayāmāsuḥ snātam ekārṇavāmbubhiḥ // tasyotsaṅge ghanaśyāmam śrīvatsācchāditodaram k: After 26a, T4 ins.: :k koṭikandarpasundaram | dakṣiṇāvartasusnigdha- | k: After 26ab, D6,T1.2,G,M4,G(ed.) ins.: :k sahasraśubhanāmānam arkacandrekṣaṇadyutim | pītāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ sūpaviṣṭaṃ dadarśa ha // āsīnaṃ caiva somena tulyasaṃhananaṃ prabhum saṃkarṣaṇam ivāsīnaṃ taṃ divyaṃ viṣṭaraṃ vinā // sa kṛṣṇaṃ tatra sahasā vyāhartum upacakrame tasya saṃstambhayāmāsa vākyaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ svatejasā // k: After 28, D6,S(except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k sa ca bhāgavatair mantrair arcayitvā gadādharam | stutvā ca devam īśānaṃ varadaṃ bhaktavatsalam | ātmānaṃ kṛtakṛtyānām agresaram amaṃsta saḥ | so 'nubhūya bhujaṃgānāṃ taṃ bhāgavatam avyayam udatiṣṭhat punas toyād vismito 'mitadakṣiṇaḥ // sa tau rathasthāv āsinau tatraiva balakeśavau udīkṣamāṇāv anyonyaṃ dadarśādbhutarūpiṇau // athāmajjat punas tatra tadākrūraḥ kutūhalāt ijyate yatra devaḥ sa nīlavāsāḥ sanātanaḥ // tathaivāsīnam utsaṅge sahasrāsyadharasya vai dadarśa kṛṣṇam akrūraḥ pūjyamānaṃ yathāvidhi // bhūyaś ca sahasotthāya taṃ mantraṃ manasā vahan rathaṃ tenaiva mārgeṇa jagāmāmitadakṣiṇaḥ // tam āha keśavo hṛṣṭaḥ sthitam akrūram āgatam kīdṛśaṃ nāgalokasya vṛttaṃ bhāgavate hrade // ciraṃ tu bhavatā kālaṃ vyākṣepeṇa vilambitam manye dṛṣṭaṃ tvayāścaryaṃ hṛdayaṃ te yathācalam // pratyuvāca sa taṃ kṛṣṇam āścaryaṃ bhavatā vinā kiṃ bhaviṣyati lokeṣu careṣu sthāvareṣu ca // tatrāścaryaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ yat kṛṣṇa bhuvi durlabham tad ihāpi yathā tatra paśyāmi ca ramāni ca // saṃgataś cāsmi lokānām āścaryeṇeha rūpiṇā ataḥ parataraṃ kṛṣṇa nāścaryaṃ draṣṭum utsahe // k: After 38, T1,G2.3,M ins.: :k ko vāyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vismayaṃ bhavatā vinā | k: T1,G2.3,M cont.; D6,T2,G1.4.5,G(ed.) ins. after 38: :k namaḥ sarvātmane tubhyaṃ vismayāya jagatpate | namo 'stu devadeveśa tubhyaṃ sarvātmane namaḥ | namo 'stu viṣṇave tubhyam ameyāya jagatpate || kiṃ vānena jagannātha kṛtakṛtyo 'smi sāṃpratam | kṛtyaśeṣaṃ sadā viṣṇo kim utsṛjasi sāṃpratam | tad āgaccha gamiṣyāmaḥ kaṃsarājapurīṃ prabho yāvann āstaṃ vrajaty eṣa divasānte divākaraḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 71, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h te tu yuktvā rathavaraṃ sarva evāmitaujasaḥ k: After 1ab, all Mss. (except Ś1,Ñ1,M1-3) ins.: :k kṛṣṇena sahitāḥ prāptās tathā saṃkarṣaṇena ca | k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 B D2-6 T2-4 cont.: :k asasāda purīṃ rasyāṃ mathurāṃ kaṃsapālitām | viviśuḥ pūḥpradhānāṃ vai kāle raktadivākare // tau tu svabhavanaṃ vīrau kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau praveśitau buddhimatā akrūreṇārkatejasā // tāv āha varavarṇāṅgau bhīto dānapatis tadā tyaktavyā tāta gamane vasudevagṛhe spṛhā // yuvayor hi kṛte vṛddhaḥ kaṃsena sa nirasyate bhartsyate ca divā rātrau neha sthātavyam ity api // k: After 4, all Mss. (except Ś1,Ñ1,M1-3) ins.: :k tad yuvābhyāṃ hi kartavyaṃ pitrarthaṃ sukham uttamam | yathā sukham avāpnoti tad vai kāryaṃ hitānvitam | k: D2 cont. (=BhP 10,41.11.12ab.13.15-16): :k nāhaṃ yuvābhyāṃ rahitaḥ pravekṣye mathurāṃ purīm | tyaktuṃ nārhasi māṃ nātha bhaktaṃ te bhaktavatsala || āgaccha yāma gehān naḥ sanāthān kurv adhokṣaja | punīhi pādarajasā gṛhān no gṛhamedhinām | yacchaucenānutṛpyanti pitaraḥ sāgnayaḥ surāḥ || āpas te 'ṅghryavanejanyas trīn lokān śucayo 'punan | śirasādhatta yāḥ śarvaḥ svayaṃ tāḥ sagarātmajāḥ || devadeva jagannātha puṇyaśravaṇakīrtana | yadūnām uttamaḥśloka nārāyaṇa namo 'stu te | tam uvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇo yāsyāvo 'vām atarkitau prekṣantau mathurāṃ vīra rājamārgaṃ ca dhārmika // k: K,Ñ,V,B,D,T3.4 ins. after 5; T1,G2-5 after 5ab: :k tasyaiva tu gṛhaṃ sādho gacchāvo yadi manyase | k: D2 cont. (=BhP10,41.18]): :k evam ukto bhagavatā so 'krūro vimanā iva | purīṃ praviṣṭaḥ kaṃsāya karmāvedya gṛhaṃ yayau | k: V2,Dn,D6 cont. after *799; T1.2,G,G(ed.) ins. after 6ab; M1-3 after 5: :k akrūro 'pi namaskṛtya manasā viṣṇum avyayam | jagāma kaṃsapārśvaṃ tu prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā | k: T1.2,G,M cont.: :k tau ca devau jagannāthau balakeśavasaṃjñitau | anuśiṣṭau ca tau vīrau prasthitau prekṣakāv ubhau ālānābhyām ivotsṛṣṭau kuñjarau yuddhakāṅkṣiṇau // k: After 6, D6,S(except T3.4) ins.: :k dārakāś ca tayor mārgam anuvavruḥ samantataḥ | tau tu mārgagataṃ dṛṣṭvā rajakaṃ raṅgakārakam ayācetāṃ tatas tāni vāsāṃsi virajāni vai // rajakaḥ sa tu tau prāha yuvāṃ kasya vanecarau rājño vāsāṃsi yau mūrkhau yācetāṃ nirbhayāv ubhau // ahaṃ kaṃsasya vāsāṃsi nānādeśodbhavāni ca kāmarāgāṇi śataśo rajāmi vividhāni ca // yuvāṃ kasya vane jātau mṛgaiḥ saha vivardhitau jātarāgāv idaṃ dṛṣṭvā raktam ācchādanaṃ bahu // aho vāṃ jīvitaṃ tyaktaṃ yau bhavantāv ihāgatau mūrkhau prākṛtavijñānau vāso yācitum arhatha // tasmai cukrodha vai kṛṣṇo rajakāyālpamedhase prāptāriṣṭāya mūrkhāya sṛjate vāṅmayaṃ viṣam // talenāśanikalpena sa taṃ mūrdhany atāḍayat gatāsuḥ sa papātorvyāṃ rajako vyastamastakaḥ // taṃ hataṃ paridevantyo bhāryās tasya vicukruśuḥ tvaritaṃ muktakeśyaś ca jagmuḥ kaṃsaniveśanam // k: After 14, D6,S (except T3.4) ins.: :k kṛṣṇo 'pi balabhadraś ca vāsāṃsy ādāya sarvataḥ | paridhāya tu tau pūrvaṃ śobhayetāṃ mahāmatī || dārakebhyas tato dattvā suślakṣṇāni mṛdūni ca | te ca sarve suvasanā virejuḥ śataśas tathā || śeṣāṇi tu tadā kṛṣṇo vāsāṃsi subahūny api | ācchichācchidya sahasā ciccheda ca pipeṣa ca || bhasmasād akarot tasya rajakasya niveśanam | tāv apy ubhau suvasanau jagmatur mālyakāraṇāt k: After 15ab, V2 ins.: :k yathāyogaṃ yathābhogyaṃ yathāyogaṃ ni[darśya] ca | vīthīṃ mālyāpaṇānāṃ vai gandhāghrātau dvipāv iva // guṇako nāma tatrāsīn mālyavṛttiḥ priyaṃvadaḥ prabhūtamālyāpaṇavāl lakṣmīvān mālyajīvanaḥ // taṃ kṛṣṇaḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā mālyārtham abhisṛṣṭayā dehīty uvāca tatkālaṃ mālākāram akātaram // tābhyāṃ prīto dadau mālyaṃ prabhūtaṃ mālyajīvanaḥ bhavatoḥ svam idaṃ ceti provāca priyadarśanaḥ // prītas tu manasā kṛṣṇo guṇakāya varaṃ dadau śrīs tvāṃ matsaṃśrayā saumya dhanaughair abhivartsyate // sa labdhvā varam avyagro mālyavṛttir adhomukhaḥ kṛṣṇasya patito mūrdhnā pratijagrāha taṃ varam // yakṣāv imāv iti tadā sa mene mālyajīvanaḥ sa bhṛśaṃ bhayasaṃvigno nottaraṃ pratyapadyata // k: After 21, D6,S (except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k adyāpi tasya prabhavo vaṃśo bhavati ratnavān | kīrtimān balavān nityaṃ keśavena tadā kṛtaḥ || viṣṇoḥ prasādaḥ sumahān sadārakṣat tadanvayam | vasudevasutau tau tu rājamārgagatāv ubhau kubjāṃ dadṛśatur bhūyaḥ ānulepanabhājanām // tām āha kṛṣṇaḥ kubjeti kasyedam anulepanam nayasy ambujapatrākṣi kṣipram ākhyātum arhasi // sā sthitāvekṣiṇī bhūtvā pratyuvācāmbujekṣaṇam kṛṣṇaṃ jaladagambhīraṃ vidyutkuṭilagāminī // rājñaḥ snānagṛhaṃ yāmi tad gṛhāṇānulepanam k: After the first occurrence of 25ab, Bom., Poona eds. ins.: :k dṛṣṭvaiva tvāravindākṣa vismitāsmi varānana | sthitāsmy āgaccha bhadraṃ te hṛdayasyāsi me priyaḥ // kutaś cāgamyate saumya yan māṃ tvaṃ nāvabudhyase mahārājasya dayitāṃ niyuktām anulepane // tām uvāca hasantīṃ tu kṛṣṇaḥ kubjām avasthitām k: For 27ab, K1.2 subst.: :k tām uvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sairandhrīṃ prahasann iva | k: After 27ab, G4 ins.: :k sugandham etad rājārhaṃ ruciraṃ rucirānane | āvayor gātrasadṛśaṃ dīyatām anulepanam // vayaṃ hi deśātithayo mallāḥ prāptā varānane draṣṭuṃ dhanurmahaṃ divyaṃ rāṣṭraṃ caiva maharddhimat // pratyuvācātha sā kṛṣṇaṃ priyo 'si mama darśane k: After 29ab, D5 (marg.) ins.: :k tataḥ sā praṇatā bhūtvā pradadāv anulepanam | rājārham idam agryaṃ ca tad gṛhāṇānulepanam // k: T1,G,M,G(ed.) ins. after 29; T2 after the second occurrence of 29: :k kṛṣṇo 'tha balabhadraś ca tadādāyānulepanam | aṅgāni cāpy alimpetāṃ śubhaṃ ca susugandhi ca || mālayātha tadā viṣṇur baddhayā bahupuṣpayā | govindo gopatiḥ kṛṣṇo rarāja kṛtaśekharaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇo 'tha balavān rarāja bahumālayā | tāv ubhāv anuliptāṅgāv ārdragātrau virejatuḥ tīrthagau paṅkadigdhāṅgau yamunāyāṃ yathā vṛṣau // k: After 30, D6,S(except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k dārakāś ca tathā sarve virejuḥ kṛtaśekharāḥ | vikṛtaṃ bhūṣayanto 'pi prabhāvāc chārṅgadhanvanaḥ | tāṃ tu kubjāṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇo dvyaṅgulenāgrapāṇinā śanaiḥ saṃtolayāmāsa kṛṣṇo līlāvidhānavit // sā tu magnastanayugā svāyatāṅgī śucismitā jahāsoccaiḥ stanataṭā ṛjuyaṣṭir latā yathā // praṇayāc cāpi kṛṣṇaṃ sā babhāṣe mattakāśinī kva yāsyasi mayā ruddhaḥ kānta tiṣṭha gṛhāṇa mām // tau jātahāsāv anyonyaṃ satalākṣepam avyayau vīkṣamāṇau prahasitau kubjāyāḥ śrutavistarau // kṛṣṇas tu kubjāṃ kāmārtāṃ sasmitaṃ visasarja ha k: After 35ab, D6,T1.2,G,M,G(ed.)ins.: :k yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāṃ bhadre nāhaṃ tādṛgvidho naraḥ | tatas tau kubjayā muktau praviṣṭau rājasaṃsadam // tāv ubhau vrajasaṃvṛddhau gopaveṣavibhūṣitau gūḍhaceṣṭānanau bhūtvā praviṣṭau rājaveṣma tat // dhanuḥśālāṃ gatau tau tu bālāv apariśaṅkitau himavadvanasaṃbhūtau siṃhāv iva balotkaṭau // didṛkṣantau mahat tatra dhanur āyāgabhūṣitam papracchatuś ca tau vīrāv āyudhāgārikaṃ tadā // bhoḥ kaṃsadhanuṣāṃ pāla śrūyatām āvayor vacaḥ katarat tad dhanuḥ saumya maho 'yaṃ yasya vartate āyāgabhūtaṃ kaṃsasya darśayasva yadīcchasi // sa tayor darśayāmāsa tad dhanuḥ stambhasaṃnibham anāropyam asaṃbhedyaṃ devair api savāsavaiḥ // tad gṛhītvā tataḥ kṛṣṇas tolayāmāsa vīryavān dorbhyāṃ kamalapatrākṣaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā // tolayitvā yathākāmaṃ tad dhanur daityapūjitam āropayāmāsa balī nāmayāmāsa cāsakṛt // ānamyamānaṃ kṛṣṇena prakarṣād uragopagam dvidhābhūtam abhūn madhye dhanur āyāgabhūṣitam // k: After 43, D2 ins. (=BhP 10,42.18-22): :k dhanuṣo bhajyamānasya śabdaḥ khaṃ rodasī diśaḥ | pūrayām āsa yaṃ śrutvā kaṃsas trāsam upāgamat || tadrakṣiṇaḥ sānucarā kupitā ātatāyinaḥ | gṛhītukāmā āvavrur gṛhyatāṃ vadhyatām iti || atha tān durabhiprāyān vilokya balakeśavau | kruddhau dhanvana ādāya śakale tāṃś ca jaghnatuḥ || balaṃ ca kaṃsaprahitaṃ hatvā śālāmukhāt tataḥ | niṣkramya ceratur dṛptau nirīkṣya purasaṃpadaḥ || tayos tad adbhutaṃ vīryaṃ niśamya puravāsinaḥ | tejaḥ prāgalbhyarūpaṃ ca menire vibudhottamau | bhaṅktvā tu tad dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇas tvaritavikramaḥ niścakrāma mahāvegaḥ sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā // anuyuktau tatas tau ca bhagne dhanuṣi rakṣibhiḥ dhanuṣo bhaṅganādena vāyunirghoṣakāriṇā cacālāntaḥpuraṃ sarvaṃ diśaś caiva pupūrire // k: After 45, Bom., Poona eds., G(ed.) ins.: :k nirgamya tv āyudhāgārāj jagmatur gopasaṃnidhau || vegenāyudhapālas tu gacchan saṃbhrāntamānasaḥ | sa tv āyudhāgāranaro bhītas tvaritavikramaḥ samīpaṃ nṛpater gatvā kākocchvāso 'bhyabhāṣata // śrūyatāṃ mama vijñāpyam āścaryaṃ dhanuṣo gṛhe nirvṛttam asmin kāle yaj jagataḥ saṃbhramopamam // narau kasyāpi sahitau śikhāvitatamūrdhajau nīlapitāmbaradharau pītaśvetānulepanau // k: After 48, Ñ2.3,V,B,Ds,D2.4-6,T1.3.4 ins.: :k tāv antaḥpuram ajñātau praviṣṭau kāmaveginau | devaputropamau vīrau bālāv iva hutāśanau sthitau dhanurgṛhe saumyau sahasā khād ivāgatau k: After 49cd, D3 ins.: :k saumyau mahasya codyuktāv āgatau puruṣarṣabhau | mayā dṛṣṭau parivyaktaṃ rucirācchādanasrajau // tābhyām ekas tu padmākṣaḥ śyāmaḥ pītāmbarasrajaḥ jagrāha tad dhanūratnaṃ durgrahaṃ daivatair api // tat sa bālo bṛhadrūpaṃ balād yantram ivāyasam āropayitvā vegena nāmayāmāsa līlayā // kṛṣyamāṇaṃ tu tat tena vibāṇaṃ bāhuśālinā muṣṭideśe vikūjitvā dvidhābhūtam abhajyata // k: After 52, K1-3,Ñ2.3,V,B,D,S(except M1-3) ins.: :k tataḥ pracalitā bhūmir naiva bhāti ca bhāskaraḥ | dhanuṣo bhaṅganādena bhramatīva nabahstalam || tad adbhutam ahaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | bhayād bhayadasatrūṇāṃ tad ihākhyātum āgataḥ || na jānāmi mahārāja kau tāv amitavikramau | ekaḥ kailāsasaṃkāśa eko 'ñjanagiriprabhaḥ | sa tu tac cāparatnaṃ vai bhaṅktvā stambham iva dvipaḥ niṣpapātānilagatiḥ sānugo 'mitavikramaḥ jagāma tad dvidhā kṛtvā na jāne ko 'py asau nṛpa // śrutvaiva dhanuṣo bhaṅgaṃ kaṃso 'py udvignamānasaḥ visṛjyāyudhapālaṃ vai praviveśa gṛhottamam // h: HV (CE) ch. 72, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h sa cintayitvā dhanuṣo bhaṅgaṃ bhojavivardhanaḥ k: After 1ab, N(except Ś1,Ñ1), S(except r M1-3) ins.: :k babhūva vimanā rājā cintayan bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ || kathaṃ bālo vigatabhīr avamatya mahābalam | prekṣamāṇas tu puruṣair dhanur bhaṅktvā vinirgataḥ || yasyārthe dāruṇaṃ karma kṛtvā lokavigarhitam | pitṛsvasrātmajān bhītaḥ ṣaḍevāhaṃ upasthitam || daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa na śakyam ativartitum | nāradoktaṃ ca vacanaṃ nūnaṃ mahyam upasthitam || evaṃ rājā vicintyātha niṣkramya sa gṛhottamāt | prekṣāgāraṃ jagāmāśu mañcānām avalokakaḥ // sa dṛṣṭvā sarvaniryuktaṃ prekṣāgāraṃ nṛpottamaḥ śreṇīnāṃ dṛḍhasaṃyuktair mañcavāṭair nirantaram // sottamāgārayuktābhir valabhībhir vibhūṣitam kuṭībhiś ca pravṛddhābhir ekastambhaiś ca bhūṣitam // sarvataḥ sāraniryuktaṃ svāyataṃ supratiṣṭhitam udakpravaṇasaṃśliṣṭaṃ mañcārohaṇam uttamam // nṛpāsanaparikṣiptaṃ saṃcārapathasaṃkulam channaṃ tad vedikābhiś ca mānavaughabharakṣamam // sa dṛṣṭvā bhūṣitaṃ raṅgam ājñāpayata buddhimān śvaḥ sacitrāḥ samālyāś ca sapatākās tathaiva ca // suvāsitā vapuṣmanta upanītottaracchadāḥ kriyantāṃ mañcavāṭāś ca valabhīvīthayas tathā // akṣavāṭe karīṣasya kalpyantāṃ rāśayo 'vyayāḥ paṭās taraṇaśobhāś ca balayaś cānurūpataḥ // sthāpyantāṃ sunikhātāś ca mahākumbhā yathākramam udabhārasahāḥ sarve sakāñcanaghaṭottarāḥ // balayaś copakalpyantāṃ kaṣāyāś caiva kumbhaśaḥ prāśnikāś ca nimantryantāṃ śreṇyaś ca sapurogamāḥ // ājñā ca deyā mallānāṃ prekṣakāṇāṃ tathaiva ca samāje mañcaśobhāś ca kalpyantāṃ sūpakalpitāḥ // evam ājñāpya rājā sa samājavidhim uttamam samājavāṭān niṣkramya viveśa svaṃ niveśanam // āhvānaṃ tatra saṃcakre tasya malladvayasya vai cāṇūrasyāprameyasya muṣṭikasya tathaiva ca // tau tu mallau mahāvīryau balinau yuddhaśālinau kaṃsasyājñāṃ puraskṛtya hṛṣṭau viviśatus tadā // tau samīpagatau mallau dṛṣṭvā jagati viśrutau uvāca kaṃso nṛpatiḥ sopanyāsam idaṃ vacaḥ // bhavantau mama vikhyātau mallau vīradhvajocitau pūjitau ca yathānyāyaṃ satkārārhau viśeṣataḥ // tan matto yadi satkāraḥ smaryate sukṛtāni vā kartavyaṃ me mahat karma bhavadbhyāṃ svena tejasā // yāv etau mama saṃvṛddhau vraje gopālakāv ubhau saṃkarṣaṇaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca bālāv api jitaśramau // etau raṅgagatau yuddhe yudhyamānau vanecarau nipātān antaraṃ śīghraṃ hantavyau nātra saṃśayaḥ // bālāv imau capalakāv akriyāv iti sarvathā nāvajñā tatra kartavyā kartavyo yatna eva hi // tābhyāṃ yudhi nirastābhyāṃ gopābhyāṃ raṅgasaṃnidhau āyatāṃ ca tadātve ca śreyo mama bhaviṣyati // nṛpateḥ snehasaṃyuktair vacobhir hṛṣṭamānasau ūcatur yuddhasaṃmattau mallau cāṇūramuṣṭikau // yady āvayās tau pramukhe sthāsyete gopakilbiṣau hatāv ity avagantavyau pretarūpau tapasvinau // yadi vā pratiyotsyete tāv ariṣṭapariplutau āvābhyāṃ roṣayuktābhyāṃ pramukhasthau vanaukasau // k: After 24, D6,T1.2,G,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k hatvā tau goṣu saṃvṛddhau dāsyāvas tava bhūtalam | vyapaitu te bhayaṃ rājann āvāṃ mallottamau mṛdhe || ity uktvāspoṭanaṃ cakre mattamalladvayaṃ tathā | siṃhanādaṃ ca tac cakre bhūgolakavidārakam | evaṃ vāgviṣam utsṛjya tāv ubhau mallapuṃgavau anujñātau narendreṇa svagṛhaṃ pratijagmatuḥ // h: HV (CE) ch. 73, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h mahāmātraṃ tataḥ kaṃso babhāṣe hastijīvinam hastī kuvalayāpīḍaḥ samājadvāri tiṣṭhatu // balavān madalolākṣaś capalaḥ krodhano nṛṣu dānotkaṭakaṭaś caṇḍaḥ prativāraṇaroṣaṇaḥ // sa saṃcodayitavyas te tāv uddiśya vanaukasau vasudevasutau nīcau yathā syātāṃ gatāyuṣau // tvayā caiva gajendreṇa yadi tau goṣu jīvinau bhavetāṃ ghātitau raṅge paśyeyam aham utkaṭau // tatas tau patitau dṛṣṭvā vasudevaḥ sabāndhavaḥ chinnamūlo nirālambaḥ sabhāryo vinaśiṣyati // ye ceme yādavā mūrkhāḥ sarve kṛṣṇaparāyaṇāḥ vinaśiṣyanti chinnāśā dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ nipātitam // etau hatvā gajendreṇa mallair vā svayam eva vā purīṃ niryādavāṃ kṛtvā vicariṣyāmy ahaṃ sukhī // pitāpi me parityakto yo yādavakulodvahaḥ śeṣāś ca me parityaktā yādavāḥ kṛṣṇapakṣiṇaḥ // na cāham ugrasenena jātaḥ kila sutārthinā mānuṣeṇālpavīryeṇa yathā mām āha nāradaḥ // k: After 9, N(except Ś1 Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 14). :k suyāmunaṃ nāma giriṃ mama mātā rajasvalā prekṣituṃ saha sā strībhir gatā vanakutūhalāt // sā tatra ramaṇīyeṣu ruciradrumasānuṣu cacāra nagaśṛṅgeṣu kandareṣu nadīṣu ca // kiṃnarodgītamadhurāḥ pratiśrutyānunāditāḥ śṛṇvantī kāmajananīr vācaḥ śrotrasukhāvahāḥ // barhiṇānāṃ ca virutaṃ khagānāṃ ca vikūjitam abhīkṣṇam abhiśṛṇvantī strīdharmam abhirocayat // etasminn antare vāyur vanarājiviniḥsṛtaḥ hṛdyaḥ kusumagandhāḍhyo vavau manmathabodhanaḥ // dvirephābharaṇāś caiva kadambā vāyughaṭṭitāḥ mumucur gandham adhikaṃ saṃtatāsāramūrchitāḥ // kesarāḥ puṣpavarṣaiś ca vavṛṣuḥ madabodhanāḥ nīpā dīpā ivābhānti puṣpakaṇṭakadhāriṇaḥ // mahī navatṛṇacchannā śakragopavibhūṣitā yauvanastheva vanitā khaṃ dadhārārtavaṃ vapuḥ // atha saubhapatiḥ śrīmān drumilo nāma dānavaḥ k: After 18ab, N(except Ś1,Ñ1),S(except M1-3) ins. App. I (No. 15). :k ugrasenasya rūpeṇa mātaraṃ me pradharṣayat // sā patisnigdhahṛdayā bhāvenopasasarpa tam śaṅkitā cābhavat paścāt tasya gauravadarśanāt // sā tam āhotthitā bhītā na tvaṃ mama patir dhruvam kaś ca tvaṃ vikṛtākāro yenāsmi malinīkṛtā // ekapatnīvratam idaṃ mama saṃdūṣitaṃ tvayā patyur me rūpam āsthāya nīca nīcena karmaṇā // kiṃ māṃ vakṣyanti ruṣitā bāndhavāḥ kulapāṃsanīm jugupsitā ca vatsyāmi patipakṣair nirākṛtā // dhik tvām īdṛśam akṣāntaṃ dauṣkulaṃ vyutthitendriyam aviśvāsyam anāyuṣyaṃ paradārābhimarśanam // sa tām āha prasajjantīṃ kṣiptaḥ krodhena dānavaḥ ahaṃ vai drumilo nāma saubhasya patir ūrjitaḥ // kiṃ māṃ kṣipasi doṣeṇa mūḍhe paṇḍitamānini mānuṣaṃ patim āśritya hīnavīryaparākramam // vyabhicārān na duṣyanti striyaḥ strīmān agarvite ny hy āsīnn iyatā buddhir mānuṣīṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ // śrūyante hi striyo bahvyo vyabhicāravyatikramaiḥ prasūtā devasaṃkāśān putrān amitavikramān // atīva tvaṃ hi loke 'smin patidharmavatī satī śuddhā keśānvidhunvantī bhāṣase yad yad icchasi // kasya tvam iti yac cāhaṃ tvayokto mattakāśinī kaṃso nāma ripudhvaṃśī tava putro bhaviṣyati // sā saroṣā punar bhūtvā nindatī tasya taṃ varam uvāca vyathitā devī dānavaṃ duṣṭavādinam // dhik te vṛttaṃ sudurvṛtta yaḥ sarvā nindase striyaḥ santi striyo nīcavṛttāḥ santi caiva pativratāḥ // yās tv ekapatnyaḥ śrūyante 'rundhatīpramukhāḥ striyaḥ dhṛtās tābhis trayo lokāḥ sarve vai kulapāṃsana // yas tvayā mama putro vai datto vṛttavināśanaḥ na me bahumatas tv eṣa śṛṇu cāpi yad ucyate // utpatsyati pumān nīca pativaṃśe mamāvyayaḥ bhaviṣyati sa te mṛtyur yaś ca dattas tvayā sutaḥ // drumilas tv evam uktas tu jagāmākāśam eva tu k: After 35ab, N(except Ś1,Ñ1), S(except M1-3) ins.: :k tenaiva rathamukhyena divyenāpratigāminā | jagāma ca purīṃ dīnā mātā tad ahar eva me // k: After 35, N(except Ś1,Ñ1),S(except M1-3) ins.: :k mām evam uktvā bhagavān nārado munisattamaḥ | dīpyamānas tapovīryāt sākṣād agnir iva jvalan || vallakīṃ vādyamānas tu saptasvaravimūrchitām | gāyano lakṣyavīthīṃ ca jagāma brahmaṇo 'ntikam || śṛṇuṣvedaṃ mahāmātra nibodha vacanaṃ mama | tathyaṃ coktaṃ nāradena traikālajñena dhīmatā || ahaṃ balena vīryeṇa nayena vinayena ca | prabhāveṇaiva śauryeṇa tejasā vikrameṇa ca || satyena caiva dānena nānyo 'sti sadṛśaḥ pumān | viditvā sarvam ātmānaṃ vacanaṃ śraddadhāmy aham | kṣetrajo 'haṃ sutas tv evam ugrasenasya hastipa mātāpitṛbhyāṃ saṃtyaktaḥ sthāpitaḥ svena tejasā // ubhābhyāṃ cāpi vidviṣṭo bāndhavaiś ca viśeṣataḥ k: After 37ab K1.2,Ñ2.3,D2.3 ins.: :k tad imau ghātayitvā tu hastinā gopakilbiṣau | k: While D6,T1.2,G,M1-2 ins. after 37ab: :k badhvā ca pitaraṃ rājye sthito 'smi ca balīyasā | etān api haniṣyami hatvā gopālakāv ubhau // tad gaccha gajam āruhya sāṅkuśaprāsatomaraḥ sthiro bhava mahāmātra samājadvāri mā ciram // k: After 38, Ds1(marg.) ins.: :k samāgatau ca tau dṛṣṭvā jahi gopālakāv ubhau | h: HV (CE) ch. 74, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h tasminn ahani nirvṛtte dvitīye samupasthite saṃkīryata mahāraṅgaḥ paurair yuddhadidṛkṣubhiḥ // k: After 1, V2,D5 ins.: :k rājabhir viṣayāntasthaiḥ pradhānapuruṣais tataḥ | nārībhir māthurīyābhiḥ śyāmābhiḥ saṃghasaṃsthitāḥ || pīnastanībhiḥ kaṃsasya tathā bilvapayodharaiḥ | aparākhaṇḍitābhis tu mañjarīsadṛśaiḥ stanaiḥ | k: D5 cont.: :k bhrū dhanurdṛṣṭiviśikhaṃ nāsā jyā siñjati tataḥ | ghnanty ākṛṣya ca kṛṣṇaṃ tāḥ kaṃsena viniyojitāḥ || kandalīdaṇḍakāṇḍena badhvā taṃ mohapāśakaiḥ | nābhīhrade ca gambhīre kālayākhye parājite || kaṃsadhātrīsṛtāṃ snātvā dantaiś chinnastanīṃ tataḥ | pāṇibhyāṃ tatkucau gopo na samarthaḥ pradharṣitum || śakaṭasya ca bhaṅgaṃ sa yathā kāritavāñ śiśuḥ | asmākaṃ śakaṭībhaṅgaṃ yugmayoḥ kucayos tataḥ || ariṣṭaṃ hatavān yo 'yaṃ kakudā sadṛśau stanau | ghātayiṣyati gopo 'yaṃ mallābhyāṃ balavattaraḥ | sacitrāṣṭāstricaraṇāḥ sārgaladvāravedikāḥ sagavākṣārdhacandrāś ca satalottamabhūṣitāḥ // prāṅmukhaiś cārunirmuktaiḥ mālyadāmāvataṃsitaiḥ alaṃkṛtair virājadbhiḥ śāradair iva toyadaiḥ // mañcāgāraiḥ suniryuktair yuddhārthaṃ suvibhūṣitaiḥ samājavāṭaḥ śuśubhe sa meghaughair ivārṇavaḥ // svakarmadravyayuktābhiḥ patākābhir nirantaram śreṇīnāṃ ca gaṇānāṃ ca mañcā bhānty acalopamāḥ // antaḥpuragatānāṃ ca prekṣāgārāṇy adūrataḥ rejuḥ kāñcanacitrāṇi ratnajvālākulāni ca // tāni ratnaughakḷptāni sasānupragrahāṇi ca rejur javanikākṣepaiḥ sapakṣā iva khe nagāḥ // tatra cāmarahāsaiś ca bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca śiñjitaiḥ maṇīnāṃ ca vicitrāṇāṃ vicitrāś cerur arciṣaḥ // gaṇikānāṃ pṛthaṅmañcāḥ śubhair āstaraṇāmbaraiḥ śobhitā vāramukhyābhir vimānapratimaujasaḥ // tatrāsanāni mukhyāni paryaṅkāś ca hiraṇmayaḥ prakīrṇāś ca kuthāś citrāḥ sapuṣpastabakadrumāḥ // sauvarṇāḥ pānakumbhāś ca pānabhūmyaś ca śobhitāḥ phalāvadaṃśapūrṇāś ca cāṅger yaḥ pānayojitāḥ // anye ca mañcā bahavaḥ kāṣṭhasaṃcayabandhanāḥ rejuḥ prastaraśas tatra prakāśā mañcasaṃcayāḥ // uttamāgārikāś cānye sūkṣmajālāvalokinaḥ strīnāṃ prekṣāgṛhā bhānti rājahaṃsā ivāmbare // prākhaṅmuś cāruniryukto meruśṛṅgasamaprabhaḥ rukmapatranibhastambhaś citraniryogaśobhitaḥ // prekṣāgāraḥ sa kaṃsasya pracakāśe 'dhikaṃ śriyā śobhito mālyadāmaiś ca nivāsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ // tasminn ānājanākīrṇe janaughapratinādite samājavāṭe saṃstabdhe kampamānārṇavaprabhe // k: After 16, D2.5 ins.: :k nandagopādayo gopā bhojarājasamāhṛtāḥ | niveditopāyanās te ekasmin mañca āviśan | rājā kuvalayāpīḍo raṅgasya dvāri kuñjaraḥ tiṣṭhatv iti samājñāpya prekṣāgāram athāyayau // sa śukle vāsasī bibhrac chvetavyajanacāmaraḥ śuśubhe śvetamukuṭaḥ śvetābhra iva candramāḥ // tasya siṃhāsanasthasya sukhāsīnasya dhīmataḥ rūpam apratimaṃ dṛṣṭvā paurāḥ procur jayāśiṣaḥ // k: After 19, D6,T1.2,G,M,G(ed.) ins.: :k tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ | puraṃdaraṃ puraskṛtya jagmur yuddhadidṛkṣavaḥ || vimānasthās tu te sarve virejuḥ sitacāmarāḥ | śakro 'py airāvatagataḥ śuśubhe ca samātaliḥ || ūrvaśīpramukhāḥ sarvā vāramukhyās tadābhavan | śakrapārśvagatās tās tu sitacāmarapāṇayaḥ || dilīpapramukhās te tu munayo rājasattamāḥ | anekayugaparyantaṃ sthitā divi ca śakravat | bhagavantaṃ jagannāthaṃ draṣṭuṃ gopavibhūṣitam | nāradād yās tu munayo yuddhaṃ draṣṭuṃ vyavasthitāḥ || mallābhyāṃ devayoḥ sārdhaṃ raṅgamadhye samutthitam | amaraughais tadākāśaṃ nibiḍaṃ samapadyata || raṅgavāṭas tadā caiva janaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | dyauś cāpi devasaṃghaiś ca nibiḍābhūd viyaccaraiḥ | ekākāraṃ samabhavad bhūtalaṃ ca nabhaḥsthalam | tataḥ praviviśur mallā raṅgam āvalgitāmbarāḥ tisraś ca bhāgaśaḥ kakṣyāḥ prāviśan balaśālinaḥ // tatas tūryaninādena kṣveḍitāsphoṭitena ca vasudevasutau hṛṣṭau raṅgadvāram upasthitau // k: After 21, Ds,D5, Bom.,Poona eds., G (ed.) ins.: :k ballavau vastrasaṃvītau suravandanabhūṣitau | ūrdhvapīḍau sragāpīḍau bāhuśastrakṛtodyamau | āsphoṭayantāv anyonyaṃ bāhū caivārgalāpamau | tāv āpatantau tvaritau pratiṣiddhau varānanau k: After 22ab, D2 ins. (=BhP 10,43.2-5): :k raṅgadvāraṃ samāsādya tasmin gajam avasthitam | apaśyat kuvalayāpīḍaṃ kṛṣṇo 'mbaṣṭhapraṇoditam || baddhvā parikaraṃ śauriḥ samuhya kuṭilālakān | uvāca hastipaṃ vācā meghanādagabhīrayā || ambaṣṭhāmbaṣṭha mārgaṃ nau dehy apākrama mā ciram | no cet sakuñjaraṃ hatvā nayāmi yamasādanam || evaṃ nirbhartsito 'mbaṣṭhaḥ kupitaḥ kopitaṃ gajam | codayām āsa kṛṣṇāya kālāntakayamopamam | tena mattena nāgena codyamānena vai bhṛśam // sa mattahastī duṣṭātmā kṛtvā kuṇḍalinaṃ karam cakāra codito yatnaṃ nihantuṃ balakeśavau // tataḥ prahasitaḥ kṛṣṇas trāsyamāno gajena vai kaṃsasyamatsaraṃ caiva jagarhe sa durātmanaḥ // k: For 24cd, D6,T1.2,G,M subst.: :k anena gajamukhyena hantuṃ vyavasitaḥ kila || aho tu kaṃso durmedhāḥ kim ato vismayaḥ paraḥ | iti saṃcintya bhagavān balabhadram udaikṣata || tasya tāṃ jagṛhe buddhiṃ balabhadro durātmanaḥ | tvarate khalu kaṃso 'yaṃ gantuṃ vaivasvatakṣayam yo mām anena nāgena pradharṣayitum icchati // saṃnikṛṣṭe tato nāge garjamāne yathā ghane sahasotpatya govindaś cakre tālasvanaṃ prabhuḥ // kṣveditāsphoṭitaravaṃ kṛtvā nāgasya cāgrataḥ karaṃ ca śrīdharas tasya pratijagrāha vakṣasā // viṣāṇāntarago bhṛtvā punaś caraṇamadhyagaḥ babādhe taṃ gajaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pavanas toyadaṃ yathā // sa hastāc ca viniṣkrānto viṣāṇāgrāc ca dantinaḥ vimuktaḥ pādamadhyāc ca kṛṣṇo dvipam amohayat // so 'ntikāyas tu saṃmūḍho hantuṃ kṛṣṇam aśaknuvan gajaḥ sveṣv eva gātreṣu mathyamāno rarāsa ha // papāta bhūmau jānubhyāṃ daśanābhyāṃ tutoda ha madaṃ susrāva roṣāc ca gharmāpāya yathā ghanaḥ // kṛṣṇas tu tena nāgena krīḍitvā śiśunā yathā nidhanāya matiṃ cakre kaṃsadviṣṭena cetasā // sa tasya pramukhe pādaṃ kṛtvā kumbhād anantaram dorbhyāṃ viṣāṇam utpāṭya tenaiva prāharat tadā // sa tena vajrakalpena svena dantena kuñjaraḥ hanyamānaḥ śakṛnmūtraṃ cakārārto rarāsa ha // kṛṣṇajarjaritāṅgasya kuñjarasyārtacetasaḥ kaṭābhyām atisusrāva vegavad bhūri śoṇitam // lāṅgūlaṃ cāsya vegena niścakarṣa halāyudhaḥ śailapṛṣṭhārdhasaṃlīnaṃ vainateya ivoragam // tenaiva gajadantena kṛṣṇo hatvā tu kuñjaram jaghānaikaprahāreṇa gajāroham atholbaṇam // so 'rtanādaṃ mahat kṛtvā vidanto dantināṃ varaḥ papāta samahāmātro vajrabhinna ivācalaḥ // k: K,Ñ2.3,V,B,D,S(except M1-3) ins. after 38, Ñ1 after 39ab: :k tatas tau tu gajāṅgāni pragṛhya raṇakarkaśau | gajasya pādarakṣāṃś ca jaghnatuḥ puruṣarṣabhau || tāṃś ca hatvā viviśatur madhyaṃ raṅgasya tāv ubhau | nāsatyāv aśvinau svargād avatīrṇāv ivecchayā || vṛṣṇyandhakāś ca bhojāś ca dadṛsur vanamālinau | kṣveḍitotkruṣṭanādena bāhvor āsphoṭitena ca || siṃhanādaiś ca tālaiś ca harṣayām āsatur janam || tau dṛṣṭvā bhojarājas tu viṣasāda vṛthāmatiḥ | paurāṇām anurāgaṃ ca harṣaṃ cālakṣya bhārata | taṃ hatvā puṇḍarīkākṣo nadantaṃ dantināṃ varam avatīrṇo 'rṇavākāraṃ samājaṃ sahapūrvajaḥ // k: After 39, D2 ins. (= BhP 10,43.17): :k mallānām aśanir nṛṇāṃ naravaraḥ strīṇāṃ smaro mūrtimān | gopānāṃ svajano 'satāṃ kṣitibhujāṃ śāstā svapitroḥ śiśuḥ | mṛtyur bhojapater virāḍ aviduṣāṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ yogināṃ | vṛṣṇīnāṃ paradevateti vidito raṅgaṃ praviṣṭo hariḥ | k: On the other hand, D6,S(except T3.4) ins. after 39: :k devāś ca munayaḥ sarve namaskṛtvā gadādharam | vimānasthās tato yuddhaṃ dṛṣṭiṃ draṣṭuṃ samādadhuḥ || tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahābāhur baladevena saṃyutaḥ | janāṃś ca manasā pūjya kaṃsaṃ hantuṃ samudyataḥ | h: HV (CE) ch. 75, transliterated and collated with ViP and BrP by Utz Podzeit, extracted from the collation and edited by Peter Schreiner; March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h praviśantaṃ tu vegena mārutāvalgitāmbaram pūrvajaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam // gajadantakṛtollekhaṃ subhujaṃ devakīsutam līlākṛtāṅgadaṃ vīraṃ madena rudhireṇa ca // valgamānaṃ yathā siṃhaṃ garjamānaṃ yathā ghanam bāhuśabdaprahāreṇa cālayantaṃ vasuṃdharām // augraseniḥ samālokya dantidantodyatāyudham kṛṣṇaṃ bhṛśāyastamukhaḥ saroṣaṃ samudaikṣata // k: After 4, D6,S(except T3.4) ins.: :k raṅgasthā api te sarve netrair animiṣais tathā | dadṛśuḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā | bhujāsaktena śuśubhe gajadantena keśavaḥ candrārdhabimbasaṃyukto yathaikaśikharo giriḥ // valgamāne govinde sa kṛtsno raṅgasāgaraḥ janaughapratinādena pūryamāṇa ivābabhau // k: After 6, all Mss. (except Ś1,M1-3) ins.: :k tataḥ krodhābhitāmrākṣaḥ kaṃsaḥ paramakopanaḥ | cāṇūram ādiśad yuddhe kṛṣṇasya sumahābalam || andhraṃ mallaṃ ca nikṛtiṃ muṣṭikaṃ ca mahābalam | baladevāya sakrodho dideśādricayopa-mam | kaṃsenāpi samājñaptaś cāṇūraḥ pūrvam eva tu yodhavyaṃ saha kṛṣṇena tvayā yatnavateti vai // sa roṣeṇa tu cāṇūraḥ kaṣāyīkṛtalocanaḥ abhyavartata yuddhāya apāṃ pūrṇo yathā ghanaḥ // k: After 8, D5,S(except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k āha cainaṃ sa govindaṃ vyapaneṣyāmi te madam | acirād drakṣyase gopa mama vaivasvataṃ balāt || tac chrutvaiva tu govindo babhāṣe taṃ gatāyuṣam | tādṛśaṃ tava sāmarthyaṃ drakṣyāmi balam uttamam | acirād drakṣyase malla tvayā vātha mayādhama || darśayasva samarthaś cet tvadbalaṃ kathyase 'dhama | evam uktvā tu govindo nanāda vividhaṃ bahu | avaghuṣṭe samāje tu niḥśabdastimite jane yādavās tatra sahitā idaṃ vacanam abruvan // k: After 9, B2 ins.: :k bāṇapakṣaṃ parityaṃ ca yuddhaṃ sāmnā nirīkṣya ca | bāhuyuddham idaṃ raṅge saprāśnikam akātaram kriyābalasamājñātam aśastraṃ nirmitaṃ purā // adbhiś cāpi śramo nityaṃ vineyaḥ kāladarśibhiḥ karīṣeṇa ca mallasya satataṃ prakriyā smṛtā // sthito bhūmigataś caiva yo yathāmārgataḥ sthitaḥ k: For 12ab, D6,T1.2,G,M subst.: :k sthitau bhūmigatau caiva yathā tau mārgam āsthitau | niyudhyataś ca paryāyaḥ prāśnikaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ // bālo vā yadi vā madhyaḥ sthaviro vā kṛśo 'pi vā balastho vā sthito raṅge jñeyaḥ kakṣyāntareṇa vai // balataś ca kriyātaś ca bāhuyuddhavidhir yudhi nirghātānantaraṃ kiṃcin na kartavyaṃ vijānatā // tad idaṃ prastutaṃ raṅge yuddhaṃ kṛṣṇāndhramallayoḥ bālaḥ kṛṣṇo mahān andhras tatra na syād vicāraṇā // tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ samāje samavartata prāvalgata ca govindo vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha // ahaṃ bālo mahān andhro vapuṣā parvatopamaḥ yuddhaṃ mama sahānena rocate bāhuśālinā // yuddhavyatikramaḥ kaścin na bhaviṣyati matkṛtaḥ na hy ahaṃ bāhuyodhānāṃ dūṣayiṣyāmi yan matam // yo 'yaṃ karīṣadharmaś ca toyadharmaś ca raṅgajaḥ kaṣāyasya ca saṃsargaḥ samayo hy eṣa kalpitaḥ // saṃyamaḥ sthiratā śauryaṃ vyāyāmaḥ matkriyā balam reṅge ca niyatā siddhir etad yuddhamukhe vratam // yad ayaṃ bāhubhir yuddhaṃ savairaṃ kartum udyataḥ atra vai nigrahaḥ kāryas toṣayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jagat // karūṣeṣu prasūto 'yaṃ cāṇūro nāma nāmataḥ bāhuyodhī sarīreṇa karmabhiś cānucintyatām // etena bahavo mallā nihatā yuddhadurmadāḥ raṅgapratāpakāmena mallamārgaś ca dūṣitaḥ // sastrasiddhis tu yodhānāṃ saṃgrāme śastrayodhinām raṅgasiddhis tu mallānāṃ pratimallanighātajā // raṇe vijayamānasya kīrtir bhavati śāśvatī hatasyāpi raṇe sastrair nākapṛṣṭhaṃ vidhīyate // raṇe hy ubhayataḥ siddhir hatasyāpi ghnato 'pi vā sā hi prāṇāntikā yātrā mahadbhiḥ sādhu pūjitā // ayaṃ tu mārgo balataḥ kriyātaś ca viniḥsṛtaḥ mṛtasya raṅge kaḥ svargo jayato vā kuto ratiḥ // ye tu kecit svadoṣeṇa rājñaḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ k: After 28ab D6,T,G,M4,G(ed.) ins.: :k yotsyāma bālā balibhir bāhubhiḥ saha saṃkaṭe | evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaś cāṇūraṃ samapadyata | āsphoṭya bāhū rājendra cāṇūraḥ kṛṣṇam abhyayāt || tāv ubhau siṃhavikrāntau mattāv iva mahāgajau | yuyudhāte tadānyonyam ebhir mallapariśramaiḥ | pratāpārthe hatā mallā mallahantur vadho hi saḥ // evaṃ saṃjalpatām eva tābhyāṃ yuddhaṃ sudāruṇam ubhābhyām abhavad ghoraṃ vāraṇābhyāṃ yathā vane // kṛtapratikṛtaiś citrair bāhubhiś ca sasaṃkaṭaiḥ saṃnipātāvadhūtaiś ca pramāthonmathanais tathā // k: After 30, N(except Ñ1,D6),T3.4 ins.: :k tāv ubhāv api saṃśliṣṭau yathā śailamayau tathā | kṣepaṇair muṣṭibhiś caiva varāhodbhūtanisvanaiḥ kīlair vajranipātaiś ca prasṛṣṭābhis tathaiva ca // śalākānakhapātaiś ca pādoddhūtaiś ca dāruṇaiḥ jānubhiś cāsmanirghoṣaiḥ śirobhiś cāvaghaṭṭitaiḥ // tad yuddham abhavad ghoram asastraṃ bāhutejasā balaprāṇena śūrāṇāṃ samājotsavasaṃnidhau // saṃrajyata janaḥ sarvaḥ sotkruṣṭaninadotthitaḥ sādhu vādāṃś ca mañceṣu ghoṣayanty apare janāḥ // k: After 34, D6,S(except T3.4) ins.: :k diviṣṭhāś ca tathā devāḥ sādhu sādhv iti cābruvan | tataḥ prasvinnavadanaḥ kṛṣṇapraṇihitekṣaṇaḥ nyavārayata tūryāṇi kaṃsaḥ savyena pāṇinā // pratiṣiddheṣu tūryeṣu mṛdaṅgādiṣu teṣu vai khe saṃgatāny avādyanta devatūryāṇy anekaśaḥ // yudhyamāne hṛṣīkeśe puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇe svayam eva pravādyanta tūryaghoṣāś ca sarvaśaḥ // antardhānagatā devā vimānaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ cerur vidyādharaiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛṣṇasya jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ // jayasva kṛṣṇa cāṇūraṃ dānavaṃ malladehinam iti saptarṣayaḥ sarve ūcuś caiva nabhogatāḥ // cāṇūreṇa ciraṃ kālaṃ krīḍitvā devakīsutaḥ balam āhārayāmāsa kaṃsasyābhāvadarśivān // tataś cacāla vasudhā mañcāś caiva jughūrṇire mukutāc cāpi kaṃsasya papāta maṇir uttamaḥ // dorbhyām ānamya kṛṣṇas tu cāṇūraṃ pūrṇajīvitam prāharan muṣṭinā mūrdhni vakṣasyāhatya jānunā // niḥsṛte sāśrurudhire tasya netre sabandhane tāpanīye yathā ghaṇṭe vakṣyopari vilambite // sa papāta ca raṅgasya madhye niḥsṛtalocanaḥ cāṇūro vigataprāṇo jīvitānte mahītale // dehena tasya raṅgasya cāṇūrasya gatāyuṣaḥ saṃniruddho mahāmārgaḥ sa śaileneva lakṣyate // h: HV (CE) ch. 76, transliterated by Peter Schreiner; version of March 4, 2002. Not yet proof-read. :h rauhiṇeyo hate tasmiṃś cāṇūre baladarpite jagrāha muṣṭikaṃ raṅge kṛṣṇas tosalakaṃ punaḥ // k: After 1c, D2 ins.: :k ... muṣṭinā cāhanad bhṛśam | papāta rudhirodgārī tatkṣaṇād gatajīvitaḥ | agamad baladevo 'ndhram ... | saṃnipāte tu tau mallau prathame krodhamūrcchitau sameyātāṃ rāmakṛṣṇau kālasya vaśavartinau // k: K1(marg.),Ñ2.3,V,B,Dn,D2.4.5 ins. after 2; K3 after 9: :k nirghātāvanatau bhūtvā raṅgamadhye vavalgatuḥ | kṛṣṇas tosalam udyamya giriśṛṅgopamaṃ balī bhrāmayitvā śataguṇaṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale // tasya kṛṣṇābhipannasya pīḍitasya balīyasā mukhād rudhiram atyartham ājagāma mumūrṣataḥ // saṃkarṣaṇas tu suciraṃ yodhayitvā mahābalaḥ andhramallaṃ mahāmallo maṇḍalāni vidarśayan // muṣṭinaikena tejasvī sāśanistanayitnunā śirasy abhyahanad vīro vajreṇeva mahāgirim // sa niṣpatitamastiṣko visrastanayanānanaḥ papātābhimukhas tatra tato nādo mahān abhūt // andhratosalakau hatvā kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau krodhasaṃraktanayanau raṅgamadhye vavalgatuḥ // samājavāṭo nirmallaḥ so 'bhavad bhīmadarśanaḥ andhre tadā mahāmalle muṣṭike ca nipātite // ye ca saṃprekṣakā gopā nandagopapurogamāḥ bhayakṣobhitasarvāṅgāḥ sarve tatrāvatasthire // harṣajaṃ vāri netrābhyāṃ vartayānā pravepatī prasnavotpīḍitā kṛṣṇaṃ devakī samudaikṣata // kṛṣṇadarśanayuktena bāṣpeṇākulitekṣaṇaḥ vasudevo jarāṃ tyaktvā snehena taruṇāyate // vāramukhyāś ca tāḥ sarvāḥ kṛṣṇasya mukhapaṅkajam papur hi netrabhramarair nimeṣāntaragāmibhiḥ // kaṃsasyāpi mukhe svedo bhrūbhedāntaragocaraḥ abhavad roṣaniryāsaḥ kṛṣṇasaṃdarśaneritaḥ // keśavāyāsadhūmena roṣaniḥśvāsavāyunā dīptam antargataṃ tasya hṛdayaṃ mānasāgninā // tasya prasphuritauṣṭhasya bhinnālīkasya tasya vai kaṃsavaktrasya roṣeṇa raktasūryāyate vapuḥ // krodharaktān mukhāt tasya prasṛtāḥ svedabindavaḥ udyatasyeva sūryasya prasṛtāḥ pādapaṅktayaḥ // k: For 17cd, K,Ñ2.3,V1.3,B,Dn,Ds,D1-5,T3.4 subst.; Ñ1,T1,G4 ins. after 17ab: :k yathā ravikaraspṛṣṭā vṛkṣāvaśyāyabindavaḥ | so ājñāpayata saṃkruddhaḥ puruṣān vyāyatān bahūn gopāv etau samājaughān niṣkrāmyetāṃ vanecarau // na caitau draṣṭum icchāmi vikṛtau pāpadarśinau gopānām api me rājye na kaścit sthātum arhati // nandagopaś ca durmedhāḥ pāpeṣv abhirato mama āyasair nigaḍākārair lohapāśair nigṛhyatām // vasudevaś ca durvṛtto nityaṃ chadmacaro mama avṛddhārheṇa daṇḍena kṣipram adyaiva vadhyatām // ye ceme prākṛtā gopā dāmodaraparāyaṇāḥ eṣāṃ hriyantāṃ gāvaś ca yac cāsti vasu kiṃcana // evam ājñāpayānaṃ tu kaṃsaṃ paruṣabhāṣiṇam dadarśāyastanayanaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ satyaparākramaḥ // kṣipte pitari cukrodha nandagope ca keśavaḥ jñātīnāṃ ca vyathāṃ dṛṣṭvā visaṃjñāṃ caiva devakīm // sa siṃha iva vegena kesarī jātavikramaḥ ārurukṣur mahābāhuḥ kaṃsanāśārtham acyutaḥ // raṅgamadhyād utpapāta kṛṣṇaḥ kaṃsāsanāntikam asajjan vāyunā kṣipto yathā vidyud ghanād ghanam // dadṛśur na hi taṃ sarve raṅgamadhyād avaplutam kevalaṃ kaṃsapārśvasthaṃ dadṛśuḥ puravāsinaḥ // so 'pi kaṃsas tathāyastaḥ parītaḥ kāladharmaṇā ākāśād iva govindaṃ mene tatrāgataṃ vibhum // k: After 28, D2 ins.: :k tam āviśantam ālokya mṛtyum ātmana āsanāt | manasvī sahasotthāya jagṛhe so 'sicarmaṇī || taṃ khaḍgapāṇiṃ vicarantam āśu | śyenaṃ yathā dakṣiṇasavyam ambare | samagrahīd durviṣahogratejā | yathoragaṃ tārkṣyasutaḥ prasahya | k: After 28, D5 ins.: :k kiṃcid dayāparāmṛṣṭo hantuṃ naicchat sa keśavaḥ | ātmabhrātaram ājñāya nāyudhaṃ pātayat tadā || kāmācārapravṛttinyā striyā vai lālito naraḥ | kāmācāreṣu niḥśaktaḥ śvasann iva viṣīdate || sthitaḥ kaṃsas tu mañceṣu prasvinnaḥ sarvagātrakaiḥ | iti cintāsamāviṣṭaṃ dayāviṣṭaṃ ca keśavam || antarīkṣasamutpannā tatra vāṇī babhūva ha | jahi kaṃsaṃ yavīyāṃsam āyudhaiś ca vivarjitam || etac chrutvā tu kaṃsaṃ sa sahasotthitavāṃs tataḥ | vadan vākyaṃ janān vīkṣya vepamāno yathā nagaḥ || jahi keśava devānāṃ kuru kāryānuśāsanam | devam ūrjastaraṃ jñātvā yathā yatno hi pauruṣaḥ || ekadaiveṣu bhejāte sarvalokaśubhāvahaḥ | jahi gopa mahābāho prāṇā [hi] tvarayanti mām || kaivalyam āpnuyāṃ svarge tvatkarāmbujasāyakaiḥ | sa kṛṣṇenāyataṃ kṛtvā bāhuṃ parighasaṃnibham mūrdhajeṣu parāmṛṣṭaḥ kaṃso vai raṅgasaṃsadi // mukuṭaś cāpatat tasya kāñcano vajrabhūṣitaḥ sirasas tasya kṛṣṇena parāmṛṣṭasya pāṇinā // sa hastagrastakeśaś ca kaṃso niryatnatāṃ gataḥ tathaiva ca visaṃmūḍho vihvalaḥ samapadyata // nigṛhītaś ca keśeṣu mandāsur iva niḥśvasan na śaśāka mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇasya vai tadā // vikuṇḍalābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chinnahāreṇa vakṣasā pralambābhyāṃ ca bāhubhyāṃ gātrair visṛtabhūṣaṇaiḥ // bhraṃśitenottarīyeṇa sahasā calitāsanaḥ veṣṭamānaḥ samākṣiptaḥ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇena tejasā // k: After 34, D6,s (außer T3.4) ins.: :k śirasy abhyahanat kṛṣṇo muṣṭinā balavad balī | yenaiva muṣṭinā viṣṇur yathā syāt prāṇasaṃśayaḥ | cakarṣa ca mahāraṅge mañcān niṣkramya keśavaḥ keśeṣu balavad gṛhya kaṃsaṃ kleśārhatāṃ gatam // kṛṣyamāṇaḥ sa kṛṣṇena bhojarājo mahādyutiḥ k: After 36ab G3.5,G(ed.) ins.: :k vaitaneyakaroddhūtaḥ patagendra ivābhavat | samājavāṭe parikhāṃ dehakṛṣṭāṃ cakāra ha // samājavāṭe vikrīḍya vikṛṣya ca gatāyuṣam kṛṣṇo visarjayām_āsa kaṃsadeham adūrataḥ // dharaṇyāṃ mṛditaḥ śete tasya dehaḥ sukhocitaḥ krameṇa viparītena pāṃsubhiḥ paruṣīkṛtaḥ // tasya tad vadanaṃ śyāvaṃ suptākṣaṃ mukuṭaṃ vinā na vibhāti viparyastaṃ vipalāśaṃ yathāmbujam // asaṃgrāme hataḥ kaṃsaḥ sa bāṇair aparikṣataḥ kaṇṭhagrāhān nirastāsur vīramārgān nirākṛtaḥ // tasya dehe prakāśante sahasā keśavārpitāḥ māṃsacchedaghanāḥ sarve nakhāgrā jīvitacchidaḥ // taṃ hatvā puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ praharṣād dviguṇaprabhaḥ vavande vasudevasya pādau nihatakaṇṭakaḥ // mātuś ca śirasā pādau nipīḍya yadunandanaḥ sāsiñcat prasnavotpīḍaiḥ kṛṣṇam ānandaniḥsṛtaiḥ // k: After 43, G3.5,G(ed.) ins.: :k abhiṣekaṃ tadā cakre devakī kṛṣṇam avyayam | k: After *851 G3.5 cont.; D6,T1.2,G1.2.4,M ins. after 43: :k ugrasenasya ca tadā vavande śirasā hariḥ | hatvā putraṃ mahāvīryaṃ sabalo yadusaṃsadi | yādavāṃś caiva tān sarvān yathāsthānaṃ yathāvayaḥ papraccha kuśalaṃ kṛṣṇo dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā // baladevo 'pi dharmātmā kaṃsabhrātaram ūrjitam bāhubhyām eva tarasā sunāmānam apothayat // k: For 45cd, D3 subst.: :k bāhunā vasunāmānaṃ baladevo vyapothayat | tau jitārī jitakrodhau ciraṃ viproṣitau vraje svapitur bhavanaṃ vīrau jagmatur hṛṣṭamānasau // k: After 46, D6,S (except T3.4),G(ed.) ins.: :k te ca devāḥ samunayo hate kaṃse durātmani | namaskṛtya jagannāthaṃ svaṃ svaṃ jagmur yathālayam | k: After line 1 (of *854) D6,T1.2,G1.3-5,M4,G(ed.) ins.: :k tuṣṭuvuḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vijayinaṃ vibhum || hatvā pūtānikāṃ vibhajya śakaṭaṃ bhaṅktvārjunau dānavān | saptāhatya vināśya kāliyaviṣaṃ niṣpīḍya riṣṭetaram | hatvā keśinam unmadaṃ viṣataruṃ coddhṛtya govardhanaṃ | yaḥ kaṃsaṃ sagajendramallam avadhīt tasmai namo viṣṇave || pralambadhenukaprāṇa+ +hāriṇe muṣṭikadviṣe | sunāmonmāthine nityaṃ dhīmate haline namaḥ || iti stutvā bahuvidhaṃ te devā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 77, transliterated by John Brockington, proof-read by John Brockington, version of 7th November 2001 :h bhartāraṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣīṇapuṇyam iva graham kaṃsapatnyo hataṃ kaṃsaṃ samantāt paryavārayan // taṃ mahīśayane suptaṃ kṣitināthaṃ gatāyuṣam bhāryāḥ sma dṛṣṭvā śocanti mṛgyo mṛgavadhe yathā // hā hatāḥ sma mahābāho hatāṣā hatabāndhavāḥ vīraptnyo hate vīre tvayi vīravratapriye // imām avasthāṃ paśyantyaḥ paścimāṃ tava naiṣṭhikīm kṛpaṇaṃ rājaśārdūla vilapāmaḥ sabāndhavāḥ // chinnamūlāḥ sma saṃvṛttāḥ parityaktāḥ sma śobhanaiḥ tvayi pañcatvam āpanne nāthe 'smākaṃ mahābale // ko naḥ pāṃsuparītāṅgyo ratisaṃsargalālasāḥ latā iva viceṣṭantyaḥ śayanīyāni neṣyati // idaṃ te satataṃ saumya hṛdyaniḥśvāsamārutam dahaty arko mukhaṃ kāntaṃ nistoyam iva paṅkajam // imau te śravaṇau śūnyau na śobhete vikuṇḍalau śirodharāyāṃ saṃlīnau satataṃ kuṇḍalapriya // kva te sa mukuṭo vīra sarvaratnavibhūṣitaḥ atyantaṃ śiraso lakṣmīṃ yo dadhāty arkasaprabhaḥ // anena strīkalatreṇa tavāntaḥpuraśobhinā kathaṃ dīnena kartavyaṃ tvayi lokāntaraṃ gate // nanu nāma striyaḥ sādhvyaḥ priyabhogeṣv avañcitāḥ patīnām aparityajyās tvaṃ tu nas tyajya gacchasi // aho kālo mahāvīryo yena paryāyakarmaṇā k: Ñ2.3 V1.3 B2 ins.: :k asmāsu prekṣamāṇāsu tvam ākṣipyāśu nīyase | kālatulyaḥ sapatnānāṃ tvaṃ kṣipram apanīyase // vayaṃ duḥkheṣv anucitāḥ sukheṣv eva tu yojitāḥ kathaṃ vatsyāma vidhavā nātha kārpaṇyam āśritāḥ // strīṇāṃ cāritralubdhānāṃ patir ekaḥ parā gatiḥ tvaṃ hi naḥ sā gatiś chinnā kṛtāntena balīyasā // vaidhavyenābhibhūtāḥ smaḥ śokasaṃtaptamānasāḥ k: Ñ2 V.12 B Ds (D2 after 12) ins.: :k aho kṛtāntasya vaśaṃ gantavyaṃ sarvajantubhiḥ | roditavye dhruve magnāḥ kva gacchāmas tvayā vinā // saha tvayā gataḥ kālas tvadaṅke krīḍitaṃ gatam kṣaṇena ca vihīnāḥ sma anityā hi nṛṇāṃ gatiḥ // aho bata vipannāḥ sma vipanne tvayi mānada ekaduṣkṛtakāriṇyaḥ sarvāḥ vaidhavyalakṣaṇāḥ // tvayā svargapraticchandair lālitāḥ sma ratipriyāḥ tvayi kāmavaśāḥ sarvāḥ sa nas tyajya kva gacchasi // k: Ñ3 V2.3 B Dn Ds D4 (V1 after 18ab, D2 after *856) ins.: :k asmākaṃ tvam anāthānāṃ nātho hy asi suropama | āsāṃ vilapamānānāṃ kurarīṇām iva prabho prativākyaṃ jagannātha dātum arhasi mānada // evam ārtakalatrasya śrāmyamāṇeṣu bandhuṣu gamanaṃ te mahārāja dāruṇaṃ pratibhāti naḥ // nūnaṃ kāntatarāḥ kānta tasmiṃl loke varastriyaḥ tatas tvaṃ prasthito vīra vihāyemaṃ gṛhe janam // kiṃ nu te karuṇaṃ vīra bhāryāsv etāsu bhūmipa ārtanādaṃ rudantīṣu yan nehādyāvabudhyase // aho niṣkaruṇā yātrā narāṇām aurdhvadehikī ye parityajya dārān svān nirapekṣā vrajanti ha // apatitvaṃ striyāḥ śreyo na tu śūraḥ striyāḥ patiḥ svargastrīṇāṃ priyāḥ śurās teṣām api ca tāḥ priyāḥ // aho kṣipram adṛśyena nayatā tvayā raṇapriyam prahṛtaṃ naḥ kṛtāntena sarvāsām antarātmasu // hatvā jarāsaṃdhabalaṃ jitvā yakṣāṃś ca saṃyuge k: K2 subst. for 26ab: :k jarāsaṃdhabalaṃ jitvā hatvā rājñāṃ ca saṃyuge | k: D6 S (except T3.4) subst. for 26ab: :k jitvā devagaṇaṃ yuddhe yakṣān api ca saṃyuge | kathaṃ mānuṣamātreṇa hatas tvaṃ jagatīpate // indreṇa saha saṃgrāmaṃ kṛtvā sāyakavigraham amartyair ajito yuddhe martyenāsi kathaṃ hataḥ // tvayā sāgaram akṣokhyaṃ vikṣobhya śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ratnasarvasvaharaṇaṃ jitvā pāśadharaṃ kṛtam // tvayā paurajanāsyārthe mandaṃ varṣati vāsave sāyakair jaladān bhittvā balād varṣaṃ pravartitam // pratāpāvanatāḥ sarve tava tiṣṭhanti pārthivāḥ preṣayāṇā varārhāṇi ratnāny ācchādanāni ca // tavaivaṃ devakalpasya dṛṣṭavīryasya śatrubhiḥ kathaṃ prāṇāntikaṃ ghoram īdṛśaṃ bhayam āgatam // prāptāḥ smo vidhavāśabdaṃ tvayi nāthe nipātite apramattāḥ pramattāḥ sma kṛtāntena nirākṛtāḥ // yady evaṃ nātha gantavyaṃ yadi vā vismṛtā vayam vākyamātreṇa yāsyeti kartavyo naḥ parigrahaḥ // prasīda nātha bhītāḥ sma pādau te yāma mūrdhabhiḥ alaṃ dūrapravāsena nivarta mathurādhipa // aho vīra kathaṃ śeṣe niṣaṇṇas tṛṇapāṃsuṣu śayānasya hi te bhūmau kasmān nodvijate manaḥ // kena suptaprahāro 'yaṃ datto 'smākam atarkitaḥ prahṛtaṃ kena sarvāsu nārīsv evaṃ sudāruṇam // ruditānuśayo nāryā jīvantyāḥ paridevanam kiṃ vayaṃ sati gantavye saha bhartrā rudāmahe // etasminn antare dīnā kaṃsamātā pravepatī kva me vatsaḥ kva me putra iti rorūyate bhṛśam // sāpaśyat taṃ hataṃ putraṃ nipītaṃ śaśinaṃ yathā hṛdayena vidīrṇena śrāmyamāṇā punaḥ punaḥ // putraṃ samabhivīkṣantī hā hatāsmīti vāśatī k: D6 T1.2 G M subst. for 40ab: :k hā hatāsmīti vāśantī papāta bhuvi duḥkhitā | snuṣāṇām ārtanādena vilalāpa ruroda ca // sā tasya vadanaṃ dīnam utsaṅge putragṛddhinī kṛtvā putreti karuṇaṃ vilalāpārtayā girā // putra śūravrate yukta jñātīnāṃ nandivardhana kim idaṃ tvaritaṃ tāta prasthānaṃ kṛtavān asi // prasuptaś cāsi vivṛte kiṃ putra śayanaṃ vinā tāta naivaṃvidhā bhūmau śerate kṛtalakṣaṇāḥ // rāvaṇena purā gītaḥ śloko 'yaṃ sādhusaṃmataḥ balajyeṣṭhena lokeṣu rākṣasānāṃ samāgame // evam ūrjitavīryasya mama devanighātinaḥ bāndhavebhyo bhayaṃ ghoram anivāryaṃ bhaviṣyati // tathaiva jñātilubdhasya mama putrasya dhīmataḥ jñātibhyo bhayam utpannaṃ śarīrāntakaraṃ mahat // k: V2 ins.: :k vinamrasya hy anaukasya (?) vaktur vigraham ṛcchataḥ | jātivigrahabhūtasya [nūnaṃ] mṛtyur bhaviṣyati | sā patiṃ bhūpatiṃ vṛddham ugrasenaṃ vicetasam uvāca rudatī vākyaṃ vivatsā saurabhī yathā // ehy ehi rājan dharmātman paśya putraṃ janeśvaram śayānaṃ vīraśayane vajrāhatam ivācalam // asya kurmo mahārāja niryāṇasadṛśīṃ kriyām pretatvam upapannasya gatasya yamasādanam // vīrabhojyāni rājyāni vayaṃ cāpi parājitāḥ gaccha vijñāpyatāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kaṃsasaṃskārakāraṇāt // maraṇāntāni vairāṇi śānte śāntir bhaviṣyati pretakāryāṇi kāryāṇi mṛtaḥ kim aparādhyate // evam uktvā patiṃ bhojaṃ keśān ārujya duḥkhitā putrasya mukham īkṣantī vilalāpaiva sā bhṛśam // imās te kiṃ kariṣyanti bhāryā rājan sukhocitāḥ tvāṃ patiṃ supatiṃ prāpya yā vipannamanorathāḥ // imaṃ te pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ kṛṣṇasya vaśavartinam kathaṃ drakṣyāmi śuṣyantaṃ kāsārasalilaṃ yathā // ahaṃ te jananī putra kimarthaṃ nābhibhāṣase prasthito dīrgham adhvānaṃ parityajyya priyaṃ janam // aho vīrālpabhāgyāyāḥ kṛtāntenānivartinā ācchidya mama mandāyā nīyase nayakovida // dānamānagṛhītāni tṛptāny etāni te guṇaiḥ k: M1-2 subst.: :k nāmāni ca gṛhītāni samyagvṛttāni tair guṇaiḥ | rudanti tava bhṛtyānāṃ kulāni kulayūthapa // uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla dīrghabāho mahābala trāhi dīnaṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ puram antaḥpuraṃ tathā // rudatīnām bhṛśārtānāṃ kaṃsastrīṇāṃ savistaram jagāmāstaṃ dinakaraḥ saṃdhyārāgeṇa rañjitaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 78, transliterated by John Brockington, proof-read by John Brockington, version of 12th November 2001 :h ugrasenas tu kṛṣṇasya samīpaṃ duḥkhito yayau putraśokābhisaṃtapto viṣapīta iva skhalan // sa dadarśa gṛhe kṛṣṇaṃ yādavair abhisaṃvṛtam paścānutāpād dhyāyantaṃ kaṃsasya nidhanāvilam // kaṃsārīpralopāṃś ca śrutvā sukaruṇān bahūn vigarhamāṇam ātmānaṃ tasmin yādavasaṃsadi // k: D2 ins.: :k kṛṣṇaḥ provāca nikhilaṃ sarveṣām upaśṛṇvatām | aho mayātibālyena nararoṣānuvartinā vaidhavyaṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ kaṃsasyāsya kṛte kṛtam // kāruṇyaṃ khalu nārīṣu prākṛtasyāpi jāyate evam ārtaṃ rudantīṣu mayā bhartari pātite // paridevitamātreṇa śokaḥ khalu vidhīyate kṛtāntasyānabhijñātaḥ strīṇāṃ kāruṇyasaṃbhavaḥ // kaṃsasya hi vadhaḥ śreyān prāg evābhimato mama sutām udvejanīyasya pāpeṣv abhiratasya ca // loke patitavṛttasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ akliṣṭaṃ maraṇaṃ śreyo na vidviṣṭasya jīvitam // kaṃsaḥ pāparatiś caiva sādhūnāṃ cāpy asaṃmataḥ dhikśabdapatitaś caiva jīvite cāsya kā dayā // svarge tapobhṛtāṃ vāsaḥ phalaṃ puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ ihāpi yaśasā yuktas tatrasthair upadhāryate // yadi syur nirvṛttā lokāḥ syuś ca dharmaparāḥ prajāḥ narā dharmapravṛttāś ca na nṛpo vikṛto bhavet // guṇeṣu duṣṭavṛttānāṃ kṛttāntaḥ kurute padam iṣṭadharmeṣu lokeṣu kartavyaṃ pāralaukikam // atīva devā rakṣanti naraṃ dharmaparāyaṇam kartāraḥ sulabhā loke duṣkṛtasyeha karmaṇaḥ // hataḥ so 'yaṃ mayā kaṃsaḥ sādhv etad avagamyatām mūlacchedaḥ kṛtas tasya viparītasya karmaṇaḥ // k: D6 S (except T3.4) G(ed.) ins.: :k na ced dhanyāṃ durācāraṃ vinaṅkṣyati tadā jagat | kaḥ kuryāt khalv idaṃ kāryaṃ badhvā pitaram ojasā | rājyaṃ sakalasāmantaṃ kariṣyati sadā hi saḥ | tad eṣa sāntvyatāṃ sarvaḥ śokārtaḥ pramadājanaḥ paurāś ca puryāṃ śreṇyaś ca sāntvyatāṃ sarva eva hi // evaṃ bruvati govinde viveśāvanatānanaḥ k: D2 ins.: :k ugraseno mahātejāḥ kṛṣṇam asrāvilekṣaṇam | pralapantaṃ jagāmaivaṃ yādavānāṃ ca saṃsadi | ugraseno yadūn gṛhya putrakilbiṣaśaṅkitaḥ // k: D6 S (except T3.4) ins.: :k vṛṣṇibhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ śiniprabhṛtibhis tadā | sa kṛṣṇaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣam uvāca yadusaṃsadi bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā vācā dīnayā sajjamānayā // putra niryātitaḥ krodho nīto yāmyāṃ diśaṃ ripuḥ svadharmādhigatā kīrtir nāma viśrāvitaṃ bhuvi // sthāpitaṃ satsu māhātmyaṃ śaṅkitā ripavaḥ kṛtāḥ sthāpito yādavo vaṃśo garvitāḥ suhṛdaḥ kṛtāḥ // sāmanteṣu narendreṣu pratāpas te prakāśitaḥ mitrāṇi tvāṃ bhajiṣyanti saṃśrayiṣyanti cārthinaḥ // prakṛtayo 'nuyāsyanti stoṣyanti tvāṃ dvijātayaḥ saṃdhivigrahamukhyās tvāṃ praṇamiṣyanti mantriṇaḥ // hastyaśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ padātigaṇasaṃkulam pratigṛhāṇa kṛṣṇedaṃ kaṃsasya balam avyayam // dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca yat kiṃcid ratnāny ācchādanāni ca k: all mss (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) G(ed.) ins.: :k pratīcchantu niyuktā vai tvadīyāḥ kṛṣṇa puruṣāḥ | striyo hiraṇyaṃ vāsāṃsi yac cānyad vasu kiṃcana // evaṃ hi vihite yoge paryāpte kṛṣṇa vigrahe pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ medinyāṃ yadūnāṃ śatrusūdana // k: N (except K4 D2) T1-3 G1-3 M4 ins.: :k tvaṃ gatiś cāgatiś caiva yadūnāṃ yadunandana | śṛṇu tad bruvatāṃ vīra kṛpaṇānām idaṃ vacaḥ asya tvatkrodhadagdhasya kaṃsasyāśubhakarmaṇaḥ tava prasādād govinde pretakāryaṃ kriyate ha // asya kṛtvā narendrasya vipannasyaurdhvadehikam sasnuṣo 'haṃ sabhāryaś ca cariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha // pretasaṃskāramātreṇa kṛte bāndhavakarmaṇi ānṛṇyaṃ laukikaṃ kṛṣṇa gataḥ kila bhavāmy aham // asyāgniṃ paścimaṃ dattvā cittisthāne vidhiṃ vinā toyapradānamātreṇa kaṃsasyānṛṇyam āpnuyām // etan me kṛṣṇa vijñāpyaṃ sneho 'tra mama yujyatām prāpnotu sugatiṃ tatra kṛpaṇaḥ paścimāṃ kriyām // etac chrutvā vacas tasya kṛṣṇaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ pratyuvācograsenaṃ vai sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ // k: K2.3 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B D T1.2 (second time, first time after 25ab) G M ins.: :k kālayuktam idaṃ tāta tvayaitad bhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ | sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla vṛttasya ca kulasya ca yat tvaṃ evaṃvidhaṃ brūṣe gate 'rthe duratikrame // prāpsyate nṛpa saṃskāraṃ kaṃsaḥ pretagate 'pi san k: K Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Dn Ds D1-5 T1.3.4 G4 M1-3 G(ed.) (Ñ1 after 29abc, D6 T2 G1-3.5 M4 after first occurrence of 32cd, V3 after first occurrence of 32ab) ins.: :k kule mahati te janma vedān viditavān asi | kathaṃ na jñāyate tāta niyatir duratikramā || sthāvarāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ jaṅgamānāṃ ca pārthiva | pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ karma kālena paripacyate || śrutavanto 'rthavantaś ca dātāraḥ priyadarśanāḥ | brahmaṇyā nayasaṃpannā dīnānugrahakāriṇaḥ || lokapālasamās tāta mahendrasamavikramāḥ | kṣitipālāḥ kṛtāntena nīyante nṛpasattama || dhārmikāḥ sarvabhāvajñāḥ prajāpālanatatparāḥ | kṣatradharmaparā dāntāḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ || svayam eva kṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham | prāpte kāle tu tat karma dṛśyate sarvadehinām || eṣā hy antarhitā māyā durvijñeyā surair api | yathāyaṃ muhyate loko hy atra karmaiva kāraṇam || kālenābhihataḥ kaṃsaḥ pūrvakarmapracoditaḥ | na hy ayaṃ kāraṇaṃ tatra kālaḥ karma ca kāraṇam || sūryasomamayaṃ tāta kṛtsnaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | kālena nidhanaṃ gatvā kālenaiva ca jāyate | kālas tu sarvabhūtānāṃ nigrahe pragrahe rataḥ | tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni kālasya vaśagāni vai || svadoṣeṇaiva dagdhasya sūnos tava narādhipa | nāhaṃ vai kāraṇaṃ tatra kālas tatra tu kāraṇam || atha vāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kāraṇaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | palāyanaparaḥ kālaḥ kiṃ kariṣyaty akāraṇam | kālas tu balavān rājan durvijñeyā hi sā gatiḥ || parāvaraviśeṣajñā yāṃ yānti samadarśinaḥ | gatiḥ kālasya sā yena sarvaṃ kālasya gocaram | bravīmi yad ahaṃ tāta tad anuṣṭhīyatāṃ vacaḥ // na hi rājyena me kāryaṃ nāpy ahaṃ rājyalālasaḥ na cāpi rājyalubdhena mayā kaṃso nipātitaḥ // kiṃ tu lokahitārthāya kīrtyarthaṃ ca sutas tava vyaṅgabhūtaḥ kulasyāsya sānujo vinipātitaḥ // ahaṃ sa eva gomadhye gopaiḥ saha vanecaraḥ prītimān vicariṣyāmi kāmacārī yathā gajaḥ // etāvac chataśo 'py evaṃ satyena prabravīmi te na me kāryaṃ nṛpatvena vijñāpyaṃ kriyatām idam // bhavān rājāstu me mānyo yadūnām agraṇīḥ prabhuḥ vijayāyābhiṣicyasva svarājye rājasattama // yadi te matpriyaṃ kāryaṃ yadi vā nāsti te vyathā mayā nisṛṣṭaṃ rājyaṃ svaṃ cirāya pratigṛhyatām // k: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-4.5(marg.).6 ins.: :k etac chrutvā tu vacanaṃ nottaraṃ pratyabhāṣata | k: D4 cont.: :k vrīḍito 'dhomukhas tasthau kṛṣṇasya purato nṛpaḥ | vrīḍitādhomukhaṃ taṃ tu rājānaṃ yadusaṃsadi abhiṣekeṇa govindo yojayām āsa yogavit // sa baddhamukuṭaḥ śrīmān ugraseno mahīpatiḥ cakāra saha kṛṣṇena kaṃsasya nidhanakriyām // taṃ sarve yādavā mukhyā rājānaṃ kṛṣṇaśāsanāt anujagmuḥ purīmārge devā iva śatakratum // rajanyāṃ tu prabhātāyāṃ tataḥ sūrye cirodite paścimaṃ kaṃsasaṃskāraṃ cakrus te yadupuṃgavāḥ // śibikāyāṃ samāropya kaṃsadehaṃ yathākramam naiṣṭhikena vidhānena cakrus te tasya satkriyām // sa nīto yamunātīram uttaraṃ nṛpateḥ sutaḥ saṃskṛtaś ca yathānyāyaṃ naidhanena citāgninā // tathaiva bhrātaraṃ cāsya sunāmānaṃ mahābhujam saṃskāraṃ lambhayām āsuḥ saha kṛṣṇena yādavāḥ // tābhyāṃ te salilaṃ cakrur vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ akṣayaṃ cāpi pretebhyo bhāṣamāṇāḥ pratasthire // k: D6 S (except T3.4) subst. for 46cd: :k akṣayaṃ bhāṣamāṇaś ca pretebhyaś ca pratasthire | k: G2 cont., K3 B3 (after second occurrence of 46cd) D4.5(marg.) G(ed.) ins.: :k hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya daśa koṭīs tathā hariḥ | gāvo ratnāni vāsāṃsi grāmān nagarasaṃmatān || dadau kaṃsaṃ samuddiśya brāhmaṇebhyo nṛpottamaḥ | tayos te salilaṃ dattvā yādavā dīnamānasāḥ puraskṛtyograsenaṃ vai viviṣur mathurāṃ purīm // k: D2 ins.: :k sarvān svajātisaṃbandhān digbhyaḥ kaṃsabhayārditān | yaduvṛṣṇyandhakamadhu dāśārhakukurādikān || sabhājitān samāśvāsya videśāvāsakarśitān | nyavāsayat svageheṣu vittaiḥ saṃtarpya viśvakṛt || kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇabhujair guptā labdhamanorathāḥ | svagṛhe remire siddhāḥ kṛṣṇarāmagatajvarāḥ || vīkṣanto 'har ahaḥ prītā mukundavadanāmbujam | nityapramuditaṃ śrīmān sadayasmitavīkṣaṇam | k: 78.47*875 = (var.) Bhāgavata P. 10.45.15-18. :k h: HV (CE) chapter 79, transliterated by John Brockington, proof-read by John Brockington, version of 10th December 2001 :h sa kṛṣṇas tatra balavān rauhiṇeyena saṃgataḥ mathurāṃ yādavādhīnāṃ purīṃ tāṃ sukham āvasat // k: K2.4 om. the ref. After the ref., D2 ins.: :k atha nandaṃ samāsādya bhagavān devakīsutaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇaś ca rājendra pariṣvajyedam ūcatuḥ || pitur yuvābhyāṃ snigdhābhyāṃ poṣitau lalitau bhṛśam | pitror abhyadhikā prītir ātmajeṣv ātmano 'pi hi || sa pitā sā ca jananī yau puṣṇītāṃ svaputravat || śiśūn bandhubhir utsṛṣṭān ākalpaiḥ poṣarakṣaṇaiḥ || yāta yūyaṃ vrajaṃ tāta vayaṃ ca snehaduḥkhitān | jñātīn vo draṣṭum eṣyāmo vidhāya suhṛdāṃ sukham || evaṃ sāntvayya bhagavān sa nandavrajam acyutaḥ | vāsolaṃkārarūpāgryai rañjayām āsa sādaram || ity uktas tau pariṣvajya nandaḥ praṇayavihvalaḥ | pūrayann aśrubhir netre saha gopair vrajaṃ yayau | k: 79.0*876 = (var.) Bhāgavata P., 10.45.20-25. :k prāptayauvanadehas tu yukto rājaśriyā jvalan cakāra mathurāṃ vīrah. sa ratnākarabhūṣaṇām // kasyacit tv atha kālasya sahitau rāmakeśavau guruṃ saṃdīpaniṃ kāśyam avantipuravāsinam dhanurvedacikīrṣārtham ubhau tāv abhijagmatuḥ // nivedya gotraṃ svādhyāyām ācāreṇābhyalaṃkṛtau śuśrūśū nirahaṃkārāv ubhau rāmajanārdanau k: Dc T1.2 G M ins.: :k cakratuḥ puṇḍarīkākṣau vidyāgrahaṇalālasau | pratijagrāha tāu kāśyo vidyāḥ prādāc ca kevalāḥ // tau ca śrutidharau vīrau yathāvat pratipadyatām ahorātraiś catuḥṣaṣṭyā sāṅgaṃ vedam adhīyatām // k: D6 T1.2 G M subst. for 5cd: :k sāṅgaṃ vedam adhīyatāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā dinais tathā | catuṣpāde dhanurvede cāstragrāme sasaṃgrahe k: D6 S (except T3.4) G(ed.) ins.: :k lekhyaṃ ca gaṇitaṃ cobhau prāpnutāṃ yadunandanau | gāndhavavedaṃ kṛtsnaṃ ca tathā lekhyāś ca tāv ubhau | hastiśikṣāśvaśikṣāś ca dvādaśāhena cāpnutām || tāv ubhau jagmatur vīrau guruṃ sāṃdīpaniṃ tataḥ | dhanurvedacikīrṣārthaṃ dharmajñau dharmacāriṇau || tāv iṣvāsavarācāryam abhigamya praṇamya ca | tena tau satkṛtau rājan vicarantāv avantiṣu || pañcāśadbhir ahorātrair daśāṅgaṃ supratiṣṭhitam | sarahasyaṃ dhanurvedaṃ sakalaṃ tāv avāpnutām | acireṇaiva kālena gurus tāv abhyaṣikṣayat // atīvamānuṣīṃ medhāṃ tayoś cintya gurus tadā mene tāv āgatau devāv ubhau candradivākarau // dadarśa ca mahātmānāv ubhau tāv api parvasu pūjayantau mahādevaṃ sākṣāt tryakṣam avasthitam // guruṃ sāṃdīpaniṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛtakṛtyo 'bhyabhāṣata gurvarthaṃ kiṃ dadānīti rāmeṇa saha bhārata // tayoḥ prabhāvaṃ sa jñātvā guruḥ provāca hṛṣṭavat putram icchāmy ahaṃ dattaṃ yo mṛto lavaṇāmbhasi // putra eko hi me jātaḥ sa cāpi timinā hṛtaḥ prabhāse tīrthayātrāyāṃ taṃ me tvaṃ punar ānaya // tathety evābravīt kṛṣṇo rāmasyānumate sthitaḥ gatvā samudraṃ tejasvī viveśāntarjalaṃ hariḥ // samudraḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā darśayām āsa taṃ tadā tam āha kṛṣṇaḥ kvāsau bhoḥ putraḥ sāṃdīpaner iti // samudras tam uvācedaṃ daityaḥ pañcajano mahān timirūpeṇa taṃ bālaṃ grastavān iti mādhava // k: Ds G5 ins.: :k unmathya salilād asmād grastavān iti bhārata | sa pañcajanam āsādya jaghāna puruṣottamaḥ na cāsasāda taṃ bālaṃ guruputraṃ tadācyutaḥ // sa tu pañcajanaṃ hatvā śaṅkhaṃ lebhe janārdanaḥ yaḥ sa devamanuṣyeṣu pāñcajanya iti śrutaḥ // k: D6 T1.2 G1-3.4(after 13).5 M ins.: :k gatvā yamapuraṃ viṣṇuḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | āsanasthaṃ tato viṣṇuḥ provāca yamam ūrjitam | dīyatāṃ putra ity evaṃ kāśyasāṃdīpaner iti || tam uvāca tato viṣṇuṃ mṛtyunā cāhṛto hare | evam uktas tadā kṛṣṇo yamenāmitavikramaḥ | aho dhārṣṭyaṃ tato mṛtyor ity uktvā dhanur ādade || ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ dīyatām iti cābravīt | kruddhaṃ viṣṇuṃ samājñāya dattavān kila bālakam | tato vaivasvataṃ devaṃ nirjitya puruṣottamaḥ k: Ñ1 B1 D8 ins., Ñ2.3 B2.3 after second occurrence of 17ab: :k āsasāda ca taṃ bālaṃ guruputraṃ tadācyutaḥ | k: Dn ins.: :k śaṅkham āpūrya govindas trāsayām āsa vai janam | k: Dn cont., K1 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B2.3 D2 ins. after first occurrence of 17ab: :k tato yamo 'bhyupāgamya vavande taṃ gadādharam | kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te kiṃ karomīti cābravīt || tam uvācātha vai kṛṣṇo guruputraḥ pradīyatām | tayos tatra tadā yuddham āsīd ghorataraṃ mahat | ānināya guroḥ putraṃ ciranaṣṭaṃ yamakṣayāt // tataḥ sāṃdīpaneḥ putraḥ prasādād amitaujasaḥ dīrghakālagataḥ pretaḥ punar āsīc charīravān // tad aśakyam acintyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sumahad adbhutam sarveṣām eva bhūtānāṃ vismayaḥ samajāyata // sa guroḥ putram ādāya pāñcajanyaṃ ca mādhavaḥ ratnāni ca mahārhāṇi punar āyāj jagatpatiḥ // rakṣasas tasya ratnāni mahārhāṇi bahūni ca ānāyyāvedayām āsa gurave vāsavānujaḥ // gadāparighayuddheṣu sarvāstreṣu ca tāv ubhau acirān mukhyatāṃ prāptau sarvaloke dhanurbhṛtām // tataḥ sāṃdīpaneḥ putraṃ tadrūpavayasaṃ tadā prādāt kṛṣṇaḥ pratītāya saha ratnair udāradhīḥ // ciranaṣṭena putreṇa kāśyaḥ sāṃdīpanis tadā sametya mumude rājan pūjayan rāmakeśavau // kṛtāstrau tāv ubhau vīrau gurum āmantrya suvratau āyātau mathurāṃ bhūyo vasudevasutāv ubhau // tataḥ pratyudyayuḥ sarve yādavā yadunandanau sabālā hṛṣṭamanasa ugrasenapurogamāḥ // śreṇyaḥ prakṛtayaś caiva mantriṇo 'tha purohitāḥ sabālavṛddhā sā caiva purī samabhivartata // nanditūryāṇy avādyanta tuṣṭuvuś ca janārdanam rathyāḥ patākāmālinyo bhrājanti sma samantataḥ // prahṛṣṭamuditaṃ sarvam antaḥpuram aśobhata govindāgamane 'tyarthaṃ yathaivendramahe tathā // muditāś cāpy agāyanta rājamārgeṣu gāyanāḥ stavāśīḥprathamā gāthā yādavānāṃ priyaṃkarāḥ // govindarāmau saṃprāptau bhrātarau lokaviśrutau sve pure nirbhayāḥ sarve krīḍadhvaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 G(ed.) ins.: :k tebhyo 'gacchan videśebhyaḥ kaṃsenodvijitāś ca ye | na tatra kaś cid dīno vā malino vā vicetanaḥ mathurāyāṃ babhau rājan govinde samupasthite // vayāṃsi sādhuvākyāni prahṛṣṭā gohayadvipāḥ naranārīgaṇāḥ sarve bhejire manasaḥ sukham // śivāś ca vātāḥ pravavur virajaskā diśo daśa daivatāni ca sarvāṇi hṛṣṭāny āyataneṣv api // yāni liṅgāni lokasya babhuḥ kṛtayuge purā tāni sarvāṇy adṛśyanta purīṃ prāpte janārdane // tataḥ kāle śive puṇye syandanenārimardanaḥ hariyuktena govindo viveśa mathurāṃ purīm // viśantaṃ mathurāṃ ramyāṃ tam upendram ariṃdamam anujagmur yadugaṇāḥ śakraṃ devagaṇā iva // vasudevasya bhavanaṃ tatas tau yadunandanau praviṣṭau hṛṣṭavadanau candrādityāv ivācalam // k: Ks Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D4 T4 ins.: :k pareṇa tejasopetau surendrāv iva rūpinau | tāv āyudhāni vinyasya gṛhe sve svairacāriṇau mumudāte yaduvarau vasudevasutāv ubhau // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) S (except M1-3) ins.: :k udyāneṣu vicitreṣu phalapuṣpāvanāmiṣu | ceratuḥ sumahātmānau yādavaiḥ parivāritau || raivatasya samīpeṣu saritsu vimalāsu ca | padmapatrasamṛddhāsu kāraṇḍavayutāsu ca | k: D6 T1 G M4 cont., M1-3 ins.: :k evaṃ tau bālyam uttīrṇau balabhadrajanārdanau | evaṃ tāv ekanirmāṇau mathurāyāṃ śubhānanau ugrasenānugau bhūtvā kaṃ cit kālaṃ mumodatuḥ // k: D6 T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k uṣitvā caturo māsān nandagopa udāradhīḥ | rāmakṛṣṇau samāliṅgya yadubhiś cānumoditaḥ | vasudevābhyanujñātaḥ svam eva śakaṭaṃ yayau | k: D6 T1.2 G.1.3-5 M4 cont., G2 M1-3 ins.: :k etad vo bālacaritaṃ sakalaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ | yathāśrutaṃ yathāyogaṃ yathājñānam udāhṛtam | k: M3 cont.: :k kṛṣṇaṃ keśavam acyutaṃ muraripuṃ śauriṃ hariṃ śārṅgiṇaṃ | viṣṇuṃ viśvasṛjaṃ caturbhujaṃ śrīvallabhaṃ śrīdharam | jiṣṇuṃ daityaripuṃ tridhāmanilayaṃ trailokyanāthaṃ paraṃ | govindaṃ puruṣaṃ namāmi śirasā nārāyaṇaṃ cakriṇam | h: HV (CE) chapter 80, transliterated by John Brockington, proof-read by John Brockington, version of 14th December 2001 :h k: T1 M read adhy. 80-82 after App.I (No.18), T3 repeats them after App.I (No.19), and G3 repeats adhy. 80 after App.I (No.18). :k k: After the ref. N (except Ś1 Ds D6) T3.4 Bom. Poona Cal. eds repeat 79.1-2 :k kasya cit tv atha kālasya rājā rājagṛheśvaraḥ śuśrāva nihataṃ kaṃsaṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān // k: K Ñ V B Dn Ds D1-5 T3.4 M4 (first time) ins. after 1abc, Ś1 after the ref.: :k duhitṛbhyāṃ mahīpatiḥ | tato nāticirāt kālāj | k: T1 M4 repeat from line 2 to 3b after App.I (No.18). :k k: after line 1, D2 ins.: :k astiḥ prāptiś ca kaṃsasya mahiṣyau bharatarṣabha | hate bhartari duḥkhārte īyatuḥ svapitur gṛhān | k: 80.1*892A = (var.) Bhāgavata P., 10.5.1. :k k: D6 T1(first time).2 G1.2.3(first time).4 M1-3.4(first time) ins. after 1: :k sa sādhanena mahatā pākaśāsanavikramaḥ | ājagāma ṣaḍaṅgena balena mahatā vṛtaḥ k: T1 G3 (both second time) ins., G5 cont. after *895, M4 cont. after *893: :k kṛṣṇasya vadham anvicchan madhurām anvavartata | jighāṃsur hi yadūn kruddhaḥ kaṃsasyāpacitiṃ caran // k: D6 T1.2.3(second time) G1.2.3(second time).4.5 M ins.: :k ayaśo hy ātmano rakṣaṃl lokanirvādaśaṅkayā | duhitṛprītikāmārthaṃ madhurām avarodhakaḥ | akṣauhinyaikaviṃśatyā senayā ca tadā saha | astiḥ prāptiś ca nāmnās tāṃ māgadhasya sute nṛpa k: T1(first time) M1-3.4(first time) ins., G3(second time).5 cont. after *897: :k te dve ca kaṃsarājāya dadau hṛṣṭaḥ sa māgadhaḥ || tena te vidhave syātām ubhe kṛṣṇena māgadhe | jīvaty eva tathā rājan vīre rājñāṃ purogame | jarāsaṃdhasya kalyānyau pīnaśroṇipayodhare ubhe kaṃsasya te bhārye prādād bārhadratho nṛpaḥ // sa tābhyāṃ mumude rājā badhvā pitaram āhukam samāśritya jarāsaṃdham anādṛtya ca yādavān śūraseneśvaro rājā yathā te bahuśo śrutaḥ // jñātikāryārthasiddhyartham ugrasenahite sthitaḥ vasudevo 'bhavan nityaṃ kaṃso na mamṛṣe ca tam // rāmakṛṣṇau vyapāśritya hate kaṃse durātmani ugraseno 'bhavad rājā bhojavṛṣṇyandhakair vṛtaḥ // k: D6 T2.3(second time) G1.2 M1-3 ins.: :k madhurāṃ pālayām āsa keśavānumate sthitaḥ | duhitṛbhyāṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ priyābhyāṃ balavān nṛpaḥ priyārthaṃ vīrapatnībhyām upāyān mathurāṃ tataḥ k: D2 ins.: :k sa tad apriyam ākarṇya śokāmarṣayuto nṛpaḥ | ayādavīṃ mahīṃ kartuṃ cakre paramam udyamam || akṣauhiṇībhir viṃśatyā tisṛbhiś cāpi saṃyutaḥ | yadurājadhānīṃ mathurāṃ roddhum abhyāgato nṛpaḥ | k: 80.7cd*898 = Bhagavata P., 10.50.3-4. :k kṛtvā sarvasamudyogaṃ krodhād abhiyayau yadūn // pratāpāvanatā ye hi jarāsaṃdhasya pārthivāḥ mitrāṇi jñātayaś caiva saṃyuktāḥ suhṛdas tathā // ta enam anvayuḥ sarve sainyaiḥ samuditair vṛtāḥ k: T1.3(second time) G3(second time) M ins.: :k ye nṛpāḥ parvatāt tasmād gomantād vrīḷitā gatāḥ | te ca sarve yadūn hantuṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ samanvayuḥ | maheṣvāsā mahāvīryā jarāsaṃdhapriyaiṣiṇaḥ // kārūṣo dantavaktraś ca cedirājaś ca vīryavān kaliṅgādhipatiś caiva pauṇḍraś ca balināṃ varaḥ āhvṛtiḥ kauśikaś caiva bhīṣmakaś ca narādhipaḥ // putraś ca bhīṣmakasyāpi rukmī mukhyo dhanurbhṛtām vāsudevārjunābhyāṃ yaḥ spardhate sma sadā bale // veṇudāriḥ śrutarvā ca krāthaś caivāṃśumān api aṅgarājaś ca balavān vaṅgānām adhipas tathā // kausalyaḥ kāśirājaś ca daśārṇādhipatis tathā suhmeśvaraś ca vikrānto videhādhipatis tathā // madrarājaś ca balavāṃs trigartānām atheśvaraḥ sālvarājaś ca vikrānto daradaś ca mahābalaḥ // yavanādhipatiś caiva bhagadattaś ca vīryavān sauvīrarājaḥ śaibyaś ca pāṇḍyaś ca balināṃ varaḥ gāndhārarājaḥ subalo nagnajic ca mahābalaḥ // k: K3 Dn Ds D5 ins.: :k kāśmīrarājo gonardo daradādhipatir nṛpaḥ | k: K3 Dn Ds D5 cont., K1.4 Ñ V B D1.3.4.6 T2.3(both times).4 G1.2.3(first time).5 ins., K2 after 14, D2 after 14ab: :k duryodhanādayaś caiva dhārtarāṣṭrā mahābalāḥ | ete cānye ca rājāno balavanto mahārathāḥ tam anvayur jarāsaṃdhaṃ vidviṣanto janārdanam // te śūrasenān āviśya prabhūtayavasendhanān ūṣuḥ saṃrudhya mathurāṃ parikṣipya balais tadā // h: HV (CE) chapter 81, transliterated by John Brockington, proof-read by John Brockington, version of 17th December 2001 :h mathuropavane gatvā niviṣṭāṃs tān narādhipān k: After the ref. D6 T2 G1.4.5 M4 ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 16) :k apaśyan vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve puraskṛtya janārdanam // k: T1 G3 M1-3 ins.: :k tān āgatān nṛpān rājan māgadhān rājasattamān | tato hṛṣṭamanāḥ kṛṣṇo rāmaṃ vacanam abravīt tvarate khalu kāryārtho devatānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ // yathāyaṃ saṃnikṛṣṭo hi jarāsaṃdho narādhipaḥ lakṣyante hi dhvajāgrāṇi rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām // etāni śaśikalpāni narāṇāṃ vijigīṣatām chatrāṇy ārya virājante procchritāni sitāni ca // aho nṛparathodagrā vimalāś chatrapaṅktayaḥ abhivartanti naḥ śubhrā yathā khe haṃsapaṅktayaḥ // kāle khalu nṛpaḥ prāpto jarāsaṃdho mahīpatiḥ āvayor yuddhanikaṣaḥ prathamaḥ samarātithiḥ // ārya tiṣṭhāva sahitāv anuprāpte mahīpatau yuddhārambhaḥ prayoktavyo balaṃ tāvad vimṛśyatām // evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ svasthaḥ saṃgrāmalālasaḥ jarāsaṃdham abhiprepsuś cakāra baladarśanam // vīkṣamāṇaś ca tān sarvān nṛpān yaduvaro 'vyayaḥ ātmānam ātmanā vākyam uvāca hṛdi mantravit // ime te pṛthivīpālāḥ pārthive vartmani sthitāḥ ye vināśam iheṣyanti śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā // prokṣitāḥ khalv ime manye mṛtyunā nṛpapuṃgavāḥ svargagāni tathā hy eṣāṃ vapūṃṣi pracakāśire // sthāne bhārapariśrāntā vasudheyaṃ divaṃ gatā eṣāṃ nṛpatimukhyānāṃ balaughair abhipīḍitā bhūmir nirantarā ceyaṃ balarāṣṭrābhisaṃvṛtā // svalpena khalu kālena viviktaṃ pṛthivītalam bhaviṣyati narendraughaiḥ śataśo vinipātitaiḥ // k: T1.3(second time) G1.3.5 M4 ins.: :k evaṃ cintayatas tasya kṛṣṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ | k: M1.2 ins.: :k evaṃ saṃcintya bhagavān yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇena sahitas tasthau girir ivācalaḥ | jarāsaṃdhas tataḥ kruddhaḥ prabhuḥ sarvamahīkṣitām narādhipasahasraughair anuyāto mahādyutiḥ // vyāyatodagraturagaiḥ sayantraiḥ susamāhitaiḥ rathaiḥ sāṃgrāmikair yuktair asaṅgagatibhiḥ kva cit // hemakakṣyair mahāghaṇṭair vāraṇair vāridopamaiḥ mahāmātrottamārūḍhaiḥ kalpitai raṇakovidaiḥ // svārūḍhaiḥ sādibhir yuktaiḥ prekṣamāṇaiḥ pravalgitaiḥ vājibhir meghasaṃkāśaiḥ plavadbhir iva pattibhiḥ // khaḍgacarmadharodagraiḥ pattibhir valgitāmbaraiḥ sahasrasaṃkhyāsaṃyuktair utpatadbhir ivoragaiḥ // evaṃ caturvidhaiḥ sainyaiḥ kampamānair ivāmbudaiḥ nṛpo 'bhiyāto balavāñ jarāsaṃdho dhṛtavrataḥ // sa rathair meghanirghoṣair gajaiś ca madaśiñcitaiḥ heṣamāṇaiś ca turagaiḥ kṣveḍamāṇaiś ca pattibhiḥ // nādayāno diśaḥ sarvās tasyāḥ puryā vanāni ca k: T1.3(second time) G3.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k akṣauhiṇyā ca viṃśatyā anuyāto narādhipaḥ | sa rājā sāgarākāraḥ sasainyaḥ pratyadṛśyata // tad balaṃ pṛthivīśānāṃ dṛptayodhajanākulam kṣveḍitāsphoṭitaravaṃ meghasainyam ivābabhau // rathaiḥ pavanasaṃpātair gajaiś ca jaladopamaiḥ turagaiś ca javopetaiḥ pattibhiḥ khagamair iva // vimiśraṃ sarvato bhāti mattadviparathākulam gharmānte sāgaragataṃ yathaivābhrabalaṃ tathā // sabalās te mahīpālā jarāsaṃdhapurogamāḥ parivārya purīṃ sarve niveśāyopacakrire // babhau tasya niviṣṭasya balaśrīḥ śibirasya vai śuklaparyantapūrṇasya yathā rūpaṃ mahodadheḥ // vītarātre tataḥ kāle samuttasthur mahīkṣitaḥ ārohaṇārthaṃ puryās te samīyur yuddhalālasāḥ // samavāyīkṛtāḥ sarve yamunām anu te nṛpāḥ niviṣṭā mantrayāmāsur yuddhakālakutūhalāḥ // teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ śuśruve pṛthivīkṣitām yugānte bhidyamānānāṃ sāgarāṇāṃ yathā svanaḥ // teṣāṃ sakañcukoṣṇīṣāḥ sthavirā vetrapāṇayaḥ cerur mā śabda ity evaṃ bruvanto rājaśasanāt // tasya rūpaṃ balasyāsīn niḥśabdastimitasya vai līnamīnagrahasyeva niḥśabdasya mahodadheḥ // niḥśabdastimite tasmin yogād iva mahārṇave jarāsaṃdho bṛhad vākyaṃ bṛhaspatir ivādade // śīghraṃ samabhivartantāṃ balāni pṛthivīkṣitām sarvato nagarī ceyaṃ janaughaiḥ parivāryatām // aśmayantrāṇi yujyantāṃ kṣepaṇīyāś ca mudgarāḥ k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Ds D4-6 T1 G3 G(ed.) ins.: :k kāryā bhūmiḥ samā sarvā jalaughaiś ca pariplutā | ūrdhvaṃ cāpāni vāhyantāṃ prāsā vai tomarās tathā // dāryatāṃ caiva ṭaṅkaughaiḥ khanitraiś ca purī drutam nṛpaś ca yuddhamārgajñā vinyasyantām adūrataḥ // adyaprabhṛti sainyair me purīrodhaḥ pravartyatām k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.3(first time).4 G ins.: :k yāvad etau raṇe gopau vasudevasutāv ubhau | saṃkarṣaṇaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca ghātayāmi śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | ākāśam api bāṇaughair niḥsaṃpātaṃ yathā bhavet // mayānuśiṣṭās tiṣṭhantu purībhūmiṣu pārthivāḥ teṣu teṣv avakāśeṣu śīghram āruhyatāṃ purī // madraḥ kaliṅgādhipatiś cekitānaḥ sabāhlikaḥ kaśmīrarājo gonardaḥ karūṣādhipatis tathā // drumaḥ kiṃpuruṣaś caiva pārvatīyaṣ ca dāmanaḥ nagaryāḥ paścimaṃ dvāraṃ kṣipram ārohayantv iti // pauravo veṇudāriś ca vaidarbhaḥ somakas tathā rukmī ca bhojādhipatiḥ sūryākṣaś caiva mālavaḥ // k: Ñ2.3 D4 ins.: :k pāñcālānām adhipatir drupadānāṃ mahābalaḥ | vindānuvindāv āvantyau dantavaktraś ca vīryavān k: D1.5 ins.: :k dakṣiṇaṃ nagaradvāraṃ śīghram ārodhayantv iti | chāgaliḥ purumitraś ca virāṭaś ca mahīpatiḥ // kauśāmbyo mālavaś caiva śatadhanvā vidūrathaḥ bhūriśravās trigartaś ca bāṇaḥ pañcanadas tathā // uttaraṃ nagaradvāram ete durgasahā nṛpāḥ ārohantāṃ vimardantāṃ vajrapratimagauravāḥ // ulūkaḥ kaitaveyaś ca vīraś cāṃśumataḥ sutaḥ ekalavyo bṛhatkṣatraḥ kṣatradharmā jayadrathaḥ // uttamaujāś ca śalyaś ca kauravāḥ kaikayās tathā vaidiśo vāmadevaś ca sāketaś ca sinīpatiḥ // pūrvaṃ nagaranirvyūham eteṣv āyattam astu vaḥ tvarayanto 'bhidhāvantu vātā iva balāhakān // ahaṃ ca daradaś caiva cedirājaś ca saṃgatāḥ dakṣiṇaṃ nagaradvāraṃ pālayiṣyāma daṃśitāḥ // evam eṣā purī kṣipraṃ samantād veṣṭitā balaiḥ vajrāvapātapratimaṃ prāpnotu tumulaṃ bhayam // gadino ye gadābhis te parighaiḥ parighāyudhāḥ apare vividhaiḥ śastrair dārayantu purīm imām // adyaiva tu nagary eṣā viṣamoccayasaṃkaṭā kāryā bhūmisamā sarvā bhavadbhir vasudhādhipaiḥ // k: T1.3(second time) G3.5 G(ed.) ins.: :k evam uktvā jarāsaṃdhaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ | caturaṅgabalaṃ vyūhya jarāsaṃdho vyavasthitaḥ athābhyayād yadūn kruddhaḥ saha sarvair narādhipaiḥ pratijagmur daśārhās taṃ vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ // k: D2 ins.: :k tāv āgatau tadā dṛṣṭvā yādavau sainyam agragau | ruṣāha māgadho vīkṣya he kṛṣṇa puruṣādhama | na tvayā yoddhum icchāmi bālakeneti lajjayā || tava rāma yada śraddhā yuddhe sthairyaṃ samudvaha | hato vā maccharaiś channa dehaḥ svar yāhi māṃ jahi || na vai śūrā vikatthante darśayanty eva pauruṣam | na gṛhṇīmo vaco rājan nāturasya mumūrṣataḥ | k: cf. Bhāgavata P., 10.50.17c-20d. :k tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ teṣāṃ devāsuropamam alpānāṃ bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ vyatiṣaktarathadvipam // k: D6 T1.2.3(second time) G1.3.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k ugrasenaṃ puraskṛtya vāsudevahalāyudhau | rathasthāv abhivartetāṃ yuddhāya raṇakovidau | nagarān niḥsṛtau dṛṣṭvā vasudevasutāv ubau kṣubdhaṃ naravarānīkaṃ trastasaṃmūḍhavāhanam // rathasthau daṃśitau caiva ceratus tatra yādavau makarāv iva saṃrabdhau samudrakṣobhaṇāv ubhau // tābhyāṃ mṛdhe prayuktābhyāṃ yādavābhyāṃ matir babhau k: For 55ab K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T2.3(first time).4 G1.2.5 subst.: :k tayoḥ prayudhyatoḥ saṃkhye matir āsīd dhṛtātmanoḥ | āyudhānāṃ purāṇānām ādāne kṛtalakṣaṇā // tataḥ khān nipatanti sma dīptāny āhavasaṃplave lelihānāni divyāni mahānti sudṛḍhāni ca // kravyādair anuyātāni mūrtimanti bṛhanti ca tṛṣitāny āhave bhoktuṃ nṛpamāṃsāni vai bhṛśam // divyasragdāmadhārīṇi trāsayanti nabhaścarān prabhayā bhāsamānāni daṃśitāni diśo daśa // halaṃ saṃvartakaṃ nāma saunandaṃ musalaṃ tathā dhanuṣāṃ pravaraṃ śārṅgaṃ gadā kaumodakī ca ha // catvāry etāni tejāṃsi viṣṇupraharaṇāni ca tābhyāṃ samavatīrṇāni yādavābhyāṃ mahāraṇe // jagrāha prathamaṃ rāmo lalāmapratimaṃ halam taṃ sarpam iva sarpantaṃ divyamālākulaṃ mṛdhe // saunandaṃ ca tataḥ śrīmān nirānandakaraṃ dviṣām savyena sātvatāṃ śreṣṭho jagrāha musalottamam // darśanīyaṃ ca lokeṣu dhanur jaladanisvanam nāmnā śārṅgam iti khyātaṃ viṣṇur jagrāha vīryavān // devair nigaditārthasya gadā tasyāpare kare viṣaktā kumudākṣasya nāmnā kaumodakīti sā // tau sapraharaṇau vīrau sākṣād viṣṇos tanūpamau samare rāmagovindau ripūṃs tān pratyayudhyatām // sāyudhapragrahau vīrau tāv anyonyamayāv ubhau pūrvajānujasaṃjñau tau rāmagovindalakṣaṇau dviṣatsu pratikurvāṇau parākrāntau yatheśvarau // k: N (except Ñ1) T1.2.3(first time).4 G ins.: :k viceratur yathā devau vasudevasutāv ubhau | halam udyamya rāmas tu sarpendram iva kopitaḥ cacāra samare vīro dviṣatām antako yathā // vikarṣan rathayūthāni kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām cakāra roṣaṃ saphalaṃ nāgeṣu ca hayeṣu ca // kuñjarāṃl lāṅgalakṣiptān musalākṣepatāḍitān rāmo virājan samare nirmamantha yathācalān // te vidhyamānā rāmeṇa samare kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ jarāsaṃdhāntikaṃ vīrāḥ samarārtāḥ prajagmire // tān uvāca jarāsaṃdhaḥ kṣatradharme vyavasthitaḥ dhig etāṃ kṣatravṛttiṃ vaḥ samare kātarātmanām // parāvṛttasya samare virathasya palāyataḥ bhrūṇahatyām ivāsahyāṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ // bhītāḥ kasmān nivartadhvaṃ dhig etāṃ kṣatravṛttitām kṣipraṃ samabhivartadhvaṃ mama vākyena coditāḥ k: N (except Ś1Ñ1 D1) T1.2.3(first time).4 G1.2.5 ins.: :k atha vā tiṣṭhata rathaiḥ prekṣakāḥ samavasthitāḥ | yāvad etau raṇe gopau preṣayāmi yamakṣayam // k: M1-3 ins.: :k sthito 'smi yuddhe saṃrabdhaḥ kṣatriyā vijayāya hi | tatas te kṣatriyāḥ sarve jarāsaṃdhena coditāḥ sṛjantaḥ śarajālāni hṛṣṭā yoddhuṃ vyavasthitāḥ // te hayaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍai rathaiś cāmbudanādibhiḥ nāgaiś cāmbhodasaṃkāśair mahāmātrapracoditaiḥ // satanutrāḥ sanistriṃśāḥ sapatākāyudhadhvajāh. svāropitadhanuṣmantaḥ sutūṇīrāḥ satomarāḥ // sacchatrotsedhinaḥ sarve cārucāmaravījitāḥ raṇe te 'bhigatā rejuḥ syandanasthā mahīkṣitaḥ // te yuddharāgā rathino vyagāhanta yudhāṃ varāḥ gadābhiś caiva gurvībhiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca mudgaraiḥ // k: Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-5 T3(first time).4 ins.: :k etasminn antare tatra devānāṃ nandivardhanaḥ | k: D6 T1.2.3(second time) G1.3.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k etasminn antare rājā jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ mahānādaṃ diśaḥ sarvā vinādayan || tac chrutvā devadevo 'pi pāñcajanyam anuttamam | yasya nādena vitrastā divisthāḥ sarvadevatāḥ | kim u sainyāni sarvāṇi vitrastānīti kā kathā | suparṇadhajam āsthāya kṛṣṇas tu ratham uttamam tadābhyayāj jarāsaṃdhaṃ śarair vivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ // k: D6 T1.3(second time) G1.3.5 M ins., T2 cont. after *918, G4 ins. after 79ab: :k so 'pi vidhvāṣṭabhir viṣṇum ugrasenaṃ dadarśa ha | pārśvasthaṃ ca harer āha śṛṇu rājan vaco mama || tvaṃ kim āsīn nṛpo rānan vṛṣṇīnāṃ sāṃprataṃ vada | ajñānām agraṇīḥ sa tvaṃ ko 'nyas tvatsadṛśo bhuvi || yat tu dattaṃ kilānena piṇḍam ātmajaghātinā | tad bhuṅkte tad bhavān nityaṃ vadāndha kim ataḥ param || hatvā cāyaṃ sutaṃ śauris tava rājaka nirdayaḥ | tvām eva rājye saṃsthāpya sāṃprataṃ yuddhalālasaḥ || tasya bhṛtyatvam āyāsi rājaśabdaṃ samudvahan | kevalaṃ vayasā vṛddho na tu jñānena rājaka || nirlajja bhogasaṃsakta kṣudrajanto nṛpādhama | ito yāhi vṛthāvṛddha tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ nāham utsahe || atha yuddhaṃ samālipsuḥ kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha mamāgrataḥ | haniṣye tvāṃ hi sabalaṃ sahariṃ sabalaṃ tathā || ity uktvā dhanur ādāya tasthau tatpuratas tadā || tac chrutva roṣatāmrākṣo babhāṣe māgadhaṃ hariḥ | antardhānaṃ gatas tasmād gomantāt parvatottamāt || tvam idānīṃ samāyāsi balaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ | sthito 'smi yuddhasaṃrabdhaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ kṣayāvahaḥ || sa evāsmi śiśū rājan bhavān api sa eva hi | naitad yuktaṃ vṛthā rājann ugrasenaṃ prabhāṣitum | mām eva vada rājendra śatrur asmi tava prabho | drakṣyase yat kṛtaṃ rājan mayā sāṃpratam īdṛśam || atha kiṃ bahunoktena śiraś chetsyāmi te nṛpa | na karoṣi yadi tvaṃ hi rājendrādya palāyanam || ity uktvā pañcaviṃśatyā nṛpaṃ vivyādha keśavaḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya vivyādha pañcabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ jaghāna turagāṃś cājau yatamānasya vīryavān // k: T2 G1.4.5 ins., D6 T1 G3 M after 80ab, T3(second time) after second occurrence of 80ab: :k dhanuś ciccheda rājendra jarāsaṃdhasya keśavaḥ | dhvajaṃ cāsya praciccheda sārathiṃ ca jaghāna ha || rathaṃ cāsya praciccheda sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ | viratho vidhanuṣkaś ca tasthau bhūtalam āsthitaḥ | taṃ kṛcchragatam ājñāya citraseno mahārathaḥ senānīḥ kauśikaś caiva kṛṣṇaṃ vivyādhatuḥ śaraiḥ // tribhir vivyādha saṃsaktaṃ baladevaṃ ca kauśikaḥ baladevo dhanuś cāsya bhallenājau dvidhākarot javenābhyardayac cāpi tān arīñ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ // k: N (except Ñ1) T3(first time) G ins.: :k bahubhir bahudhā vīraḥ samantāt svarṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ | taṃ citrasenaḥ saṃrabdho vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ kauśikaḥ pañcabhiś cāpi jarāsaṃdhaś ca saptabhiḥ // tribhis tribhiś ca nārācais tān bibheda janārdanaḥ k: D6 T1.2.3(second time) G1.4.5 M ins.: :k dhanur anyat samādāya magadhendro mahīpatiḥ | ugrasenaṃ samājaghne śareṇa niśitena ha || sa śaro 'tha mahārāja rājānaṃ sa vyacūcudat | pitā kaṃsasya rājendra śarair vivyādha saptabhiḥ || saptatyā ca jarāsaṃdhaṃ punaś ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | jarāsaṃdhaḥ samājaghne rājānaṃ yadunandanam | śarair daśasahasraiś ca mādhavasya hi paśyataḥ || ugraseno dhanuṣpāṇir dhanuś cāsya dvidhākarot || punar ādāya cāpaṃ tu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | ugrasenaṃ viṃśatibhiḥ śaraiḥ suniśitair api || vivyādha rājarājānaṃ baladevasya paśyataḥ | dhanuś cāsya dvidhā rājan muṣṭideśe tathākarot || ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | vivyādha rājan rājendro rājānaṃ hṛdaye prabhuḥ || aśvāṃś caiva praciccheda śareṇa nataparvaṇā | rathaṃ cāsya dvidhā cakre dhvajaṃ ca prādunon nṛpaḥ || rathāc caiva pradudrāva vṛṣṇīnāṃ nṛpasattamaḥ || kauśikaś citrasenaś ca jarāsaṃdho mahīpatiḥ | janārdanaṃ mahārāja samājaghnus tribhis tribhiḥ | k: After line 17, T1.3 M2.4 ins.: :k jarāsaṃdhaḥ śarair bhagno vasudevasya paśyataḥ | pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiś caiva baladevaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ // ratheṣāṃ cāpi ciccheda citrasenasya vīryavān baladevo dhanuś cājau bhallenāsya dvidhākarot // sa cchinnadhanvā viratho gadām ādāya vīryavān abhyadravat susaṃkruddho jighāṃsur musalāyudham // sisṛkṣatas tu nārācāṃś citrasenavadhaiṣiṇaḥ dhanuś ciccheda rāmasya jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ gadayā ca jaghānāśvān kopāt sa magadheśvaraḥ // k: K2.3 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-4.8 T2.3(second time).4 G1.2.4.5 ins., K1 after 88, K4 D5 after 87cd: :k rāmaṃ cābhyadravad vīro jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ | ādāya musalaṃ rāmo jarāsaṃdham upādravat tayos tu yuddham abhavat parasparavadhaiṣiṇoḥ // k: K2-4 Ñ2.3 V B D T2.3(first time).4 G1.2.4.5 ins., K1 cont. after *923: :k citrasenas tu saṃsaktaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇa māgadham | ratham anyaṃ samāruhya jarāsaṃdham avārayat || tato balena mahatā gajānīkena cāpy atha | ubhayor antare tābhyāṃ saṃkulaṃ samapadyata | tataḥ sainyena mahatā jarāsaṃdho 'bhisaṃvṛtaḥ rāmakṛṣṇāgragān bhojān āsasāda mahābalaḥ // tataḥ prakṣubhitasyeva sāgarasya mahāsvanaḥ prādur babhūva tumulaḥ senayor ubhayos tayoḥ // veṇubherīmṛdaṅgānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ ubhayoḥ senayo rājan prādur āsīn mahāsvanaḥ // kṣveḍitāsphoṭitotkruṣṭais tumulaḥ sarvato 'bhavat utpapāta rajaś cāpi khuranemisamuddhatam // samudyatamahāśastrāḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ anyonyam abhigarjantaḥ śūrās tatrāvatasthire // rathinaḥ sādinaś caiva pattayaś ca sahasraśaḥ gajāś cātibalās tatra saṃnipetur abhītavat // k: D2 ins.: :k tatas teṣāṃ mahārāja nṛpāṇāṃ jayakāṅkṣiṇām | sa saṃprahāras tumulas tyaktvā prāṇān avartata vṛṣṇībhiḥ saha yodhānāṃ jarāsaṃdhasya dāruṇaḥ // tataḥ śinir anādhṛṣṭir babhrur vipṛthur āhukaḥ baladevaṃ puraskṛtya sainyasyārdhena daṃśitāḥ // dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣam āseduḥ śatrusainyasya bhārata pālitaṃ cedirājena jarāsaṃdhena cābhibho // udīcyaiś ca mahāvīryaiḥ śalyasālvādibhir nṛpaiḥ sṛjantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi samabhityaktajīvitāḥ // āgāvahaḥ pṛthuḥ kahvaḥ śatadyumno vidūrathaḥ hṛṣīkeśaṃ puraskṛtya sainyasyārdhena daṃśitāḥ // bhīṣmakeṇābhiguptasya rukmiṇā ca mahātmanā k: Ś1 K1-3 Ñ2.3 B Dn Ds D2.4 ins.: :k devakenāpi rājendra tathā madreśvareṇa ca | prācyaiś ca dākṣiṇātyaiś ca guptavīryabalānvitaiḥ // teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavat samabhityaktajīvitam śaktyṛṣṭiprāsabāṇaughān sṛjatāṃ tumulaṃ mahat // sātyakiś citrakaḥ śyāmo yuyudhānaś ca vīryavān rājādhidevo mṛduraḥ śvaphalkaś ca mahābalaḥ // satrājic ca prasenaś ca balena mahatā vṛtāḥ vyūhasya pakṣaṃ te savyaṃ pratīyur dviṣatāṃ mṛdhe // vyūhasyārdhaṃ samāsedur mṛdureṇābhirakṣitam k: T1.3(second time) G3 M4 ins.: :k tatra yuddhaṃ samabhavan mahad devāsuropamam | alpānāṃ bahubhiḥ sardhaṃ vāsudevavyapāśrayāt || evaṃ yuddham abhūt teṣāṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanam | bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananaṃ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam | rājabhiś cāpi bahubhir veṇudārimukhaiḥ saha // k: Ś1 M1-3 om. 104cd :k k: Ñ3 V1.2 B2.3 Cal. ed. ins.: :k pratīcyaiś ca balodagrair dhārtarāṣṭraiś ca pālitam | h: HV (CE) chapter 82, transliterated by John Brockington, proof-read by John Brockington, version of 21st December 2001 :h tato yuddhāni vṛṣṇīnāṃ babhūva sumahānty atha māgadhasya mahāmātyair nṛpaiś caivānuyāyibhiḥ // k: T1.3(second time) G3.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ samabhavat senayor ubhayos tadā | rukmiṇā vāsudevasya bhīṣmakasyāhukena ca krāthasya vasudevena kauśikasya ca babhruṇā gadena cedirājasya dantavaktrasya śaṃbhunā // k: D6 T1.2.3(second time) G1.3-5 M ins.: :k vindānuvindāv āvantyau yuyudhānena saṃgatau | ekalavyo mahārāja pradyumnenātha saṃgataḥ | tathānyair vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām yuddham āsīd dhi sainyānāṃ sainikair bharatarṣabha // k: N (except Ś1 K3 Ñ1) T1.2.3(first time).4 G M4 ins., T3(second time) ins. after 3ab: :k ahāni pañca caikaṃ ca ṣaṭ saptāṣṭau ca dāruṇam | gajair gajā hayair aśvāḥ padātāś ca padātibhiḥ rathā rathair vimiśraiś ca yodhā yuyudhire nṛpa // jarāsaṃdhasya rajñas tu rāmeṇāsīt samāgamaḥ mahendrasyeva vṛtreṇa dāruṇo lomaharṣaṇaḥ // k: after 5, T1.3 G3.5 M ins. a passage given in App.I (No.17) :k k: Ś1 K Ñ V B Dn Ds D1-4 T4 G1.2 ins., D5 ins. after 4: :k avekṣya rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇo rukmiṇaṃ na vyapothayat || jvalanārkāṃśusaṃkāśān āśīviṣaviṣopamān | vārayām āsa kṛṣṇo vai śarāṃs tasya tu śikṣayā | k: D6 T2 G1.4.5 then ins. a passage given in App.I (No.17): :k anyeṣāṃ sumahān āsīd balaughānāṃ parikṣayaḥ ubhayoḥ senayo rājan māṃsaśoṇitakardamaḥ // kabandhāni samuttasthuḥ subahūni samantataḥ k: T3(second time) G3.5 M ins.: :k piśācā rākṣasāś caiva māṃsaśoṇitalālasāḥ | tasmin vimarde yodhānāṃ saṃkhyāvyaktir na vidyate // rathī rāmo jarāsaṃdhaṃ śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ āvṛnvann abhyayād vīras taṃ ca rājā sa māgadhaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2.3(first time).4 G1.2.4.5 ins.: :k abhyavartata vegena syandanenāśugāminā | anyonyaṃ vividhair astrair vidhvā vidhvā vinedatuḥ | tau kṣīnaśastrau virathau hatāśvau hatasārathī gade gṛhītvā vikrāntāv anyonyam abhidhāvatām // kampayantau bhuvaṃ vīrau tāv udyatamahāgadau dadṛśāte mahātmānau girī saśikharāv ubhau // vyupāramanta yuddhāni prekṣantau puruṣarṣabhau saṃrabdhāv abhidhāvantau gadāyuddheṣu viśrutau // ubhau tau paramācāryau loke khyātau mahābalau mattāv iva gajau yuddhe anyonyam abhidhāvatām // tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ samantataś cāpsarasaḥ samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ // k: V ins.: :k pitāmahaś ca bhagavān yuddhaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ | tad devayakṣagandharva maharṣibhir alaṃkṛtam śuśubhe 'bhyadhikaṃ rājan divaṃ jyotir gaṇair iva // abhidudrāva rāmaṃ tu jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ savyaṃ maṇḍalam āvṛtya baladevas tu dakṣiṇam // tau prajahrur anyonyaṃ gadāyuddhaviśāradau dantābhyām iva mātaṅgau nādayantau diśo daśa // gadānipāto rāmasya śuśruve 'śaninisvanaḥ jarāsaṃdhasya caraṇe parvatasyeva dīryataḥ // na sma kampayate rāmaṃ jarāsaṃdhakaracyutā gadā gadābhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vindhyaṃ girim ivācalam // rāmasya tu gadāvegaṃ vīryāt sa magadheśvaraḥ sehe dhairyeṇa mahatā śikṣayā ca vyapohayat // k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-5 T3(first time).4 G2 ins., D6 T2 G1.4.5 cont. after 82.19*937: :k evaṃ tau tatra saṃgrāme vicarantau mahābalau | maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi viceratur ariṃdamau || vyāyacchantau ciraṃ kālaṃ pariśrāntau ca tasthatuḥ | samāśvāsya muhūrtaṃ tu punar anyonyam āhatām || evaṃ tau yodhamukhyau tu samaṃ yuyudhatuś ciram | na ca tau yuddhavaimukhyam ubhāv eva prajagmatuḥ || athāpaśyad gadāyuddhe viśeṣaṃ tasya vīryavān | rāmaḥ kruddho gadāṃ tyaktvā jagrāha musalottamam || tam udyataṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā musalaṃ ghoradarśanam | amoghaṃ baladevena kruddhena tu mahāraṇe | k: D6 T1.2.3(second time) G1.3-5 M ins.: :k kruddho 'tha rāmabhadras tu gadayā taṃ jagāma ha | jarāsaṃdho 'tha gadayā balabhadraṃ samāhanat || prathamas tv atha rāmeṇa gadāpādaḥ samādade | dvitīyo magadhendreṇa tṛtīyaṃ tu halāyudhaḥ | caturthaṃ tu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pañcamaṃ tu yadūdvahaḥ || tayoḥ pādaprahāraś ca cālayām āsa medinīm || tato devāḥ sagandharvā yakṣāś ca paramarṣayaḥ | bhītāḥ svastīti caivāhur lokānāṃ brahmaṇaś ca ha || tataḥ kruddho jarāputras tāḍayām āsa vakṣasi | śoṇitaṃ codvaman rāmaḥ śramaṃ ca samavāpa ha || viśramya bhūmau kiṃcit tu punar utthāya yādavaḥ | āhatya gadayā mūrdhni siṃhanādaṃ samānadat || papāta ca mahīṃ vīro gatāsur iva niḥśvasan | hato hato jarāsaṃdha ity ūcur yādaveśvarāḥ || saṃjñāṃ ca pratilabhyāśu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | gadayā ca samājaghne vakṣasy eva halāyudham || mūrcchāṃ caiva samāpede saṃjñāṃ ca pratilabdhavān | tato rudhirarāśis tu babhau jalam ivodgataḥ || gadājarjarasarvāṅgau rejatuḥ kiṃśukāv iva | samādīptau tu rājendra virathau vidhanurdharau || gadāhatau mahāvīrau kevalau yuddharaṅginau | śuśubhāte gadāhastau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau || dvāv eva mṛtyū rājendra saṃgatāv iva śobhitau || tataḥ kruddho haladharaś chettum aicchaj jarāsutam | ūrū ca pothayām āsa gadayā rājasaṃsadi || ūrvo raktaṃ samāpede majjā samabhavat tataḥ | tato halī jarāsaṃdhaṃ śiraś chettum udaikṣata | tato 'ntarikṣe vāg āsīt susvarā lokasākṣiṇī k: Ś1 K2 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Dn Ds D2.5.6 ins.: :k uvāca baladevaṃ taṃ samudyatahalāyudham | na tvayā rāma vadhyo 'yam alaṃ khedena mādhava // vihito 'sya mayā mṛtyus tasmāt sādhu vyupārama acireṇaiva kālena prāṇāṃs tyakṣyati māgadhaḥ // jarāsaṃdhas tu tac chrutvā vimanāḥ samapadyata na prajahre tatas tasmai punar eva halāyudhaḥ tau vyupāramatāṃ caiva vṛṣṇayas te ca pārthivāḥ // prasaktam abhavad yuddhaṃ teṣām eva mahātmanām dīrghakālaṃ mahārāja nighnatām itaretarām // k: T1.3(second time) G3 M4 ins.: :k te sarve nirjitā rājan kṛṣṇena ripughātinā | jarāsaṃdhena sahitā viprajagmur yathāgatam | parājite tv apakrānte jarāsaṃdhe mahīpatau astaṃ yāte dinakare nānusasrus tadā niśi // k: T1.3(second time) G3 M4 ins.: :k vṛṣṇayaś ca mahābhāgāḥ kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāśrayāḥ | samānīya svasainyaṃ tu labdhalakṣyā mahābalāḥ purīṃ praviviśur hṛṣṭāḥ keśavenābhipūjitāḥ // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1) T2.3(first time).4 G1.2.4.5 ins.: :k khāc cyutāny āyudhāny eva tāny evāntardadhus tadā || jarāsaṃdho 'pi nṛpatir vimanāḥ svapuraṃ yayau | rājānaś cānugā ye 'sya svarāṣṭrāṇy eva te yayuḥ | jarāsaṃdhaṃ tu te jitvā manyante naiva taṃ jitam vṛṣṇayaḥ kuruśārdūla rājā hy atibalaḥ sa vai // k: T1.3(second time) G3 M ins.: :k ko nāma hi jarāsaṃdhaṃ raṇe jetuṃ mahīpatiḥ | śaknuyāl lokavikhyātaḥ sākṣād api śatakratuḥ | daśa cāṣṭau ca saṃgrāmāñ jarāsaṃdhasya yādavāḥ dadur na cainaṃ samare hantuṃ śekur mahārathāḥ // k: T1.3(second time) G3.5 M1.2.4 ins.: :k kṛṣṇas tu samare rājañ śaktimān api māgadham | anyo mṛtyur iti jñātvā na ca hiṃsitavān prabhuḥ | akṣauhiṇyo hi tasyāsan viṃśatir bharatarṣabha jarāsaṃdhasya nṛpates tadarthaṃ yāḥ samāgatāḥ // alpatvād abhibhūtās tu vṛṣṇayo bharatarṣabha bārhadrathena rājendra rājabhiḥ sahitena vai // k: Ñ2 Bom. Poona eds. G(ed.) ins., K2 after the first occurrence of line 9 of App.I (No. 18): :k bhūyaḥ kṛtvodyamaṃ prāyād yādavān kṛṣṇapālitān | jitvā tu māgadhaṃ saṃkhye jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahīpatim viharanti sma sukhino vṛṣṇisiṃhā mahārathāḥ // k: M3 ins.: :k ojas tejo balaṃ dhīr dhṛtir iti mahimā śrīr yaśo rūpam ājñā | vīryaṃ cetyevamādīn paramaguṇagaṇān ye smaranto labhante | yad bhaktānāṃ yam ājñāpy akhilajanamanaḥkṣobhaṇī naiti pārśvaṃ | cetas tvaṃ tasya śaśvac caraṇakamalayor bhṛṅgatāṃ yāhi viṣṇoḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 83, transliterated by Kreshimir Krnic, proof-read by Kreshimir Krnic, version of June 15, 2004 :h etasminn eva kāle tu smṛtvā gopeṣu yatkṛtam jagāmaiko vrajaṃ rāmaḥ kṛṣṇasyānumate svayam // sa tatra gatvā ramyāṇi dadarśa vipulāni vai bhuktapūrvāṇy araṇyāni sarāṃsi surabhīṇi ca // sa praviṣṭaḥ pravegena taṃ vrajaṃ kṛṣṇapūrvajaḥ vanyena ramaṇīyena veṣeṇālaṃkṛtaḥ prabhuḥ // sa tān sarvān ābabhāṣe yathāpūrvaṃ yathāvidhi gopaṃs tenaiva vidhinā yathānyāyaṃ yathāvayaḥ // tathaiva prāha tān sarvāṃs tathaiva pariharṣayan tathaiva saha gopībhī rocayan madhurāḥ kathāḥ // tam ūcuḥ sthavirā gopāḥ priyaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇaḥ rāmaṃ ramayatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pravāsāt punarāgatam // svāgataṃ te mahābāho yadūnāṃ kulanandana k: V2 ins.: :k jīvitasya phalaṃ prāptam adya te darśanena ca | adya smo nirvṛtās tāta yat tvāṃ paśyāma nirvṛtam // prītāś caiva vayaṃ vīra yat tvaṃ punar ihāgataḥ vikhyātas triṣu lokeṣu rāmaḥ śatrubhayaṃkaraḥ // k: V2 ins.: :k yādavāś ca balodagrāḥ sarve saṃgrāmalālasāḥ | tiṣṭhanti nṛpaśārdūlā hy apramattā mahābalāḥ | k: B2 inserts *947 after the first occurrence of 9ab :k vardhanīyā vayaṃ nūnaṃ tvayā yādavanandana atha vā prāṇinas tāta ramante janmabhūmiṣu // tridaśānāṃ vayaṃ mānyā dhruvam adyāmalānana ye sma dṛṣṭās tvayā tāta kāṅkṣamāṇās tavāgamam // diṣṭyā te nihatā mallāḥ kaṃsaś ca vinipātitaḥ ugraseno 'bhiṣiktaś ca māhātmyenānujena vai // samudre ca śruto 'smābhis timinā saha vigrahaḥ k: K3 Ñ1 V2 Dn D1 (marg.) T2 G2 M4 ins.: :k vadhaḥ pañcajanasyaiva jarāsaṃdhena vigrahaḥ | k: K3 V2 Dn D1 (marg.) T2 G2 M4 cont.: K1.2.4 Ñ2.3 V1.3 B Ds D1 (orig.). 2-6 T3.4 G1 (marg.). 4.5 ins.: :k gomante ca śruto 'smābhiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ saha vigrahaḥ | daradasya vadhaś caiva jarāsaṃdhe ca yā matiḥ | k: T1 G3 M1-3 ins. *949 after 11 :k tac cāyudhāvataraṇaṃ śrutaṃ naḥ paramāhave // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D S ins.: :k vadhaś caiva śṛgālasya karavīrapurottame | k: K2 Ñ2.3 V1.3 B1.2 D2.5 (marg.) G2 cont.: :k tatsutasyābhiṣekaś ca nāgarāṇāṃ ca sāntvanam | k: V2 Ds D6 cont. after 950*: :k tatpatnīnāṃ pralāpaś ca śakradevābhiṣecanam | k: V2 cont.: Ñ2 V3 cont. after *951: :k mathurāyāvarodhaś ca jarāsaṃdhena dhīmatā | yuddhaṃ sarvair narendraiś ca yādavānāṃ mahātmanām | mathurāyāṃ praveśaś ca kīrtanīyaḥ surair api pratiṣṭhitā ca vasudhā śaṅkitāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ // tava cāgamanaṃ dṛṣṭvā sabhāgyāḥ sma yathā purā tena sma parituṣṭāś ca hṛṣitāś ca sabāndhavāḥ // pratyuvāca tato rāmaḥ sarvāṃs tān abhitaḥ sthitān yādaveṣv api sarveṣu bhavanto mama bāndhavāḥ // sahāsmābhir gataṃ bālyaṃ sahāsmābhī rataṃ vane bhavadbhir vardhitāś caiva kathaṃ yāsyāma vikriyām // gṛheṣu bhavatāṃ bhuktaṃ gāvaś ca parirakṣitāḥ asmākaṃ bāndhavāḥ sarve bhavanto baddhasauhṛdāḥ // evaṃ bhuvati sattvaṃ vai gopamadhye halāyudhe saṃhṛṣṭavadanās tatra babhūvur gopayoṣitaḥ k: Ñ2 ins.: :k evaṃ bahuvidhālāpaṃ kṛtvā gopais tu lāṅgalī | jagāma yamunātīraṃ paśyan vṛndāvanaṃ mudā | tato vanāntaragato reme rāmo mahābalaḥ // etasminn antare gopā rāmāya viditātmane gopālair deśakālajñair upānīyata vāruṇī // so 'pibat pāṇḍurābhrābhas tatkālaṃ jñātibhir vṛtaḥ vanāntaragato rāmaḥ pānaṃ madasamīraṇam // upajahrus tatas tasmai vanyāni vividhāni ca pratyagraramaṇīyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca // medhyāṃś ca vividhān bhakṣān gandhāṃś ca hṛdayaṃ gamān sadyoddhṛtāvamuktaṃ ca prabhūtaṃ kamalotpalam // śirasā cārukeśena kiṃcid āvṛttamaulinā śravaṇaikāvalambena kuṇḍalena virājatā // candanāgaruśītena vanamālāvalambinā vibabhāv urasā rāmaḥ kailāseneva mandaraḥ // nīle vasāno vasane pratyagrajaladaprabhe rarāja vapuṣā śubhraḥ śaśīva ghanamālayā // lāṅgalenāvasaktena bhujagābhogavartinā tathā bhujāgraśliṣṭena musalena ca bhāsvatā // sa matto balināṃ śreṣṭho rarājāghūrṇitānanaḥ śaiśirīṣv iva rātrīṣu yathā khedālasaḥ śaśī // sa matto yamunām āha snātum icche mahānadi ihaiva mābhigacchasva rūpiṇī sāgaraṃgame // saṃkarṣaṇasya mattoktāṃ bhāratīṃ paribhūya sā nābhyavartata taṃ deśaṃ strīsvabhāvena mohitā // tataś cukrodha balavān rāmo madasamīritaḥ cakāra ca halaṃ haste karṣaṇādhomukhaṃ balī // tasyāṃ tu pānamedinyāṃ petus tāmarasasrajaḥ mumucuḥ puṣpakośaiś ca svaṃ rajorañjitaṃ jalam // sa halenānantāgreṇa tīre gṛhya mahānadīm cakarṣa yamunāṃ rāmo vyutthitāṃ vanitām iva // sā vihvalajalasrotā hradaprasthitasaṃcayā vyāvartata nadī bhītā halamārgānusāriṇī // lāṅgalākṛṣṭamārgā sā vegavakrānugāminī saṃkarṣaṇabhayatrastā yoṣevākulatāṃ gatā // srotaḥpulinabimboṣṭhī mṛditais toyatāḍitaiḥ phenamekhalasūtraiś ca cihnais tīrānuhāsibhiḥ // taraṃgaviṣamāpīḍā cakravākonmukhastanī vegagambhīravakrāṅgī trastamīnavahaṃgamā // sā tu haṃsekṣaṇāpāṅgī kāśakṣaumojjhitāmbarā tīrajoddhūtakeśāntā jalaskhalitagāminī // lāṅgalollikhitāpāṅgī kṣubhitā sāgaraṃgamā k: T3 M4 (M1-3 after 37) ins.: :k śaivālamaladigdhāṅgī ghanabudbudaviklavā | matteva kuṭilā nārī rājamārgeṇa gacchatī // kṛṣyate sā sma vegena srotaḥskhalitagāminī unmārgānītamārgā sā yena vṛndāvanaṃ vanam // vṛndāvanasya madhyena sā nītā yamunā nadī rorūyamāṇaiḥ khagamair anvitā tīravāsibhiḥ // sā yadā samatikrāntā nadī vṛndāvanaṃ vanam tataḥ strīvigrahā bhūtvā yamunā rāmam abravīt // prasīda rāma bhītāsmi pratilomena karmaṇā viparītam idaṃ rūpaṃ toyaṃ ca mama jāyate // asatyahaṃ nadīmadhye rauhiṇeya tvayā kṛtā k: Ñ1 subst.: :k rauhiṇeya hasiṣyati māṃ nandaḥ saṃgatā tvayā | karṣaṇena mahābāho svamārgavyabhicāriṇī // prāptāṃ māṃ sāgare nūnaṃ sapatnyo vegagarvitāḥ phenahāsair hasiṣyanti toyavyāvṛttagāminīm // prasādaṃ kuru me vīra yāce tvāṃ kṛṣṇapūrvaja k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D4.6 T3.4 G2 (G(ed.) after 44ab) ins.: :k suprasannamanā nityaṃ bhavasva tvaṃ surottama | karṣaṇāyudhakṛṣṭāsmi roṣo 'yaṃ vinivartyatām // eṣā mūrdhnābhigacchāmi caraṇau te halāyudha mārgam ādiṣṭam icchāmi kva gacchāmi mahābhuja // tām evaṃ bruvatīṃ drṣṭvā yamunāṃ lāṅgalāyudhaḥ pratyuvācārṇavavadhūṃ madākrāntālaso balaḥ // lāṅgalākṛṣṭamārgā tvam imaṃ me priyadarśane deśam ambupradānena nikhilaṃ bhāvayasva naḥ // eṣa te subhru saṃdeśaḥ kathitaḥ sāgaraṃgame śāntiṃ vraja mahābhāge gamyatāṃ ca yathāsukham lokā hi yāvat sthāsyanti tāvat sthāsyati me yaśaḥ // k: T1.3 G3.5 M4 ins.: :k ity uktā sā tathā cakre yamunā rāmaśāsanam | anujñātā tu rāmeṇa yathāmārgaṃ jagāma sā | yamunākarṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā savre te vrajavāsinaḥ sādhu sādhv iti rāmāya praṇāmaṃ cakrire tadā // k: T1-3 G1.3.5 M ins.: :k namo 'stu te jagannātha balabhadra halāyudha | prasīda devadeveśa rāma rāmeti gopakāḥ | tāṃ visṛjya mahāvegāṃ tāṃś ca sarvān vrajaukasaḥ tataḥ saṃcintya manasā buddhyā niścitya caiva ha punaḥ pratijagāmāśu mathurāṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ // sa gatvā mathurāṃ rāmo bhavane madhusūdanam parivartamānaṃ dadṛśe pṛthivyāḥ sāram avyayam // tathaiva vanaveṣeṇa sopasṛpto janārdanam pratyagravanamālena vakṣasābhivirājatā // sa dṛṣṭvā tūrṇam āyāntaṃ rāmaṃ laṅgaladhāriṇam sahasotthāya govindo dadāv āsanam uttamam // k: D6 T1-3 G1.3.4 (both times).5 M ins.: :k abhivādya mahātmānaṃ balabhadraṃ janārdanaḥ | punaḥ praṇāmam akarot svāgataṃ te halāyudha | upaviṣṭaṃ tato rāmaṃ papraccha kuśalaṃ vraje bāndhaveṣu ca sarveṣu goṣu caiva janārdanaḥ // pratyuvāca tato rāmo bhrātaraṃ sādhubhāṣiṇam sarvatra kuśalaṃ kṛṣṇa yeṣāṃ kuśalam icchasi // tatas tayor vicitrāś ca paurāṇyaś ca kathābhavan vasudevāgrataḥ puṇyā rāmakeśavayos tadā // h: HV (CE) chapter 84, transliterated by Kreshimir Krnic, proof-read by Kreshimir Krnic, version of June 15, 2004 :h kasyacit tv atha kālasya sabhāyāṃ yadusaṃsadi babhāṣe puṇḍarīkākṣo hetumad vākyam uttamam // k: D6 T1-3 G1.3.5 M ins.: :k śrūyatāṃ yādavā vākyaṃ sarve cāvahitā mama | yādavānām iyaṃ bhūmir mathurā rāṣṭravardhanī vayaṃ caiveha saṃbhūtā vraje ca parivardhitāḥ // tad idānīṃ gataṃ duḥkhaṃ śatravaṣ ca parājitāḥ nṛpeṣu janitaṃ vairaṃ jarāsaṃdhe ca vigrahaḥ // vāhanāni ca naḥ santi pādātaṃ cāpy anantakam ratnāni ca vicitrāṇi mitrāṇi bahulāni ca // iyaṃ ca māthurī bhūmir alpā gamyā parasya naḥ vṛddhiś cāpi parāsmākaṃ balato mitratas tathā // kumārakoṭyo yāś cemā gaṇāś caiva padātinām eṣām apīha vasatāṃ saṃmardam upalakṣaye // tan me na rocate hy atra nivāso yadupuṃgavāḥ purīṃ niveśayiṣyāmi mama tat kṣantum arhatha // etad yady anukūlaṃ vo mamābhiprāyajaṃ vacaḥ bhavāya bhavatāṃ kāle rocatāṃ yadusaṃsadi // tam ūcur yādavāḥ sarve hṛṣṭena manasā tadā sādhyatāṃ yad abhipretaṃ janasyāsya bhavāya ca // tataḥ saṃmantrayām āsur vṛṣṇayo mantram uttamam avadhyo 'saukṛto 'smākaṃ sumahacca ripor balam // kṛtaḥ sainyakṣayaś cāpi mahān iha narādhipaiḥ balāni ca sasainyāni hantuṃ varṣaśatair api na śakṣyāmo hy atas teṣām apayāne 'bhavan matiḥ // etasminn antare rājā sa kālayavano mahān sainyena tadvidhenaiva mathurām abhyupāgamat // tato jarāsaṃdhabalaṃ durnivāryaṃ mahat tadā te kālayavanaṃ caiva śrutvaivaṃ pratipedire // k: G2 ins.: :k etasminn antare caiva yadūnāṃ nandivardhanaḥ | keśavaḥ punarevāha yādavān satyasaṃgarān adyaiva divasaḥ puṇyo niryāma sapadānugāḥ // niścakramus te yadavaḥ sarve keśavaśāsanāt oghā iva samudrasya balaughaprativāraṇāḥ // saṃgṛhya te kalatrāṇi vasudevapurogamāḥ susaṃnaddhair gajair mattai rathair aśvaiś ca daṃśitaiḥ // āhatya duṃdubhīn sarve sadhanajñātibāndhavāḥ niryayur yādavāḥ sarve mathurām apahāya vai // syandanaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍair mattaiś ca varavāraṇaiḥ sṛtaplutaiś ca turagaiḥ kaśāpārṣṇipracoditaiḥ // svāni svāni balāgrāṇi śobhayantaḥ prakarṣiṇaḥ pratyaṅmukhā yayur hṛṣṭā vṛṣṇayo bharatarṣabha // tato mukhyatamāḥ sarve yādavā raṇaśobhinaḥ anīkāgrāṇi karṣanto vāsudevapurogamāḥ // te sma nānālatācitraṃ nārikelavanāyutam kīrṇaṃ nāgavanaiḥ kāntaiḥ ketakīṣaṇḍamaṇḍitam // puṃnāgatālībahulaṃ drākṣāvanaghanaṃ kvacit k: Ś1 ins. (D2 after 20): :k susaṃnaddhair balais tatra tadā nṛpavarottamāḥ | anūpaṃ sindhurājasya prapedur yadupuṃgavāḥ // te tatra ramaṇīyeṣu viṣayeṣu sakhapriyāḥ mumudur yādavāḥ sarve devāḥ svargagatā iva // puravāstu vicinvan sa kṛṣṇas tu paravīrahā dadarśa vipulaṃ deśaṃ sāgarānūpabhūṣitam // vāhanānāṃ hitaṃ caiva sikatātāmramṛttikam puralakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ kṛtāspadam iva śriyā // sāgarānilasaṃvītaṃ sāgarāmbuniṣevitam viṣayaṃ sindhurājasya śobhitaṃ puralakṣaṇaiḥ // tatra raivatako nāma parvato nātidūrataḥ mandarodāraśikharaḥ sarvato 'bhivirājate // tatraikalavyasaṃvāso droṇenādhyuṣitaś ciram babhūva puruṣopetaḥ sarvaratnasamākulaḥ // vihārabhūmis tatraiva tasya rājñaḥ sunirmitā nāmnā dvāravatī nāma svāyatāṣṭāpadopamā // keśavasya matis tatra puryarthe viniveśitā niveśaṃ tatra sainyānāṃ rocayanti sma yādavāḥ // te raktasūrye divase tatra yādavapuṃgavāḥ k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k niveśāya matiṃ cakruḥ kṛṣṇasyānumate sthitāḥ | k: kṛpṇa corrected :k senāpālāś ca saṃcakruḥ skandhāvāraniveśanam // dhruvāya tatra nyavasat keśavaḥ saha yādavaiḥ deśe puraniveśāya sa yadupravaro vibhuḥ // tasyāstu vidhivan nāma vāstūni ca gadāgrajaḥ nirmame puruṣaśreṣṭho manasā yādavottamaḥ // evaṃ dvāravatīṃ caiva purīṃ prāpya sabāndhavāḥ sukhino nyavasan rājan svarge devagaṇā iva // kṛṣṇo 'pi kālayavanaṃ jñātvā keśiniṣūdanaḥ jarāsaṃdhabhayāc cāpi purīṃ dvāravatīṃ yayau // h: ḥV (CE) chapter 85, transliterated by Kreshimir Krnic, proof-read by Kreshimir Krnic, version of June 20, 2004 :h bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa mahātmanaḥ caritaṃ vāsudevasya yaduśreṣṭhasya dhīmataḥ // kimarthaṃ ca parityajya mathurāṃ madhusūdanaḥ madhyadeśasya kakudaṃ dhāma lakṣmyāś ca kevalam // śṛṅgaṃ pṛthivyāḥ svālakṣyaṃ prabhūtadhanadhānyavat āryāḍhyajanabhūyiṣṭham adhiṣṭhānavarottamam ayuddhenaiva dāśārhas tyaktavān dvijasattama // sa kālayavanaś cāpi kṛṣṇe kiṃ pratyapadyata // dvārakāṃ ca samāśritya vāridurgāṃ janārdanaḥ kiṃ cakāra mahābāhur mahāyogī mahāmanāḥ // kiṃvīryaḥ kālayavanaḥ kena jātaś ca vīryavān yam asahyaṃ samālakṣya vyapayāto janārdanaḥ // vṛṣṇīnām andhakānāṃ ca gurur gārgyo mahātapāḥ brahmacārī purā bhūtvā na sma dārān sa vindati // tathā hi vartamānaṃ taṃ ūrdhvaretasam avyayam k: D4 ins.: :k gārgyaṃ goṣṭhe dvijaṃ syālaḥ ṣaṇḍham ity uktavān dvijaḥ | yadūnāṃ saṃnidhau sarve jahasur yādavās tataḥ || evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ me ṣaṭśataṃ bhūpasaṃmitam | vatsarā dvādaśāś caiva cūrṇaṃ loharajodbhavam | syālo 'bhiśaptavān gārgyam apumān iti bhūpate // so 'bhiśaptas tadā rājan nagare tv amitaṃjaye lipsuḥ putraṃ tato gatvā tapas tepe sudāruṇam // tato dvādaśa varṣāṇi so 'yaś cūrṇam abhakṣayat ārādhayan mahādevam acintyaṃ śūlapāṇinam // rudras tasmai varaṃ prādāt samarthaṃ yudhi nigrahe vṛṣṇīnām andhakānāṃ ca sarvatejomayaṃ sutam // tataḥ śuśrāva taṃ rājā yavanādhipatir varam putraprasavajaṃ devād aputraḥ putrakāmukaḥ // tam upānāyya sa nṛpaḥ sāntvayitvā dvijottamam gopamadhye yavanarāḍ gopastriṣu samutsṛjat // gopālī tv apsarās tatra gopastrīveṣadhāriṇī dhārayām āsa gārgyasya garbhaṃ durdharam acyutam // mānuṣyāṃ gārgyabhāryāyāṃ niyogāc chūlapāṇinaḥ sa kālayavano nāma jajñe śūro mahābalaḥ aputrasyātha rājñas tu vavṛdhe 'ntaḥpure śiśuḥ // tasminn uparate rājan sa kālayavano nṛpaḥ yuddhābhikāmo rājā tu paryapṛcchad dvijottamam vṛṣṇyandhakakulaṃ tasya nārado vai nyavedayat // jñātvā tu varadānaṃ tan nāradān madhusūdanaḥ upapraikṣata tejasvī vardhantaṃ yavaneṣu tam // sa vivṛddho yadā rājā yavanānāṃ mahābalaḥ tata enaṃ nṛpā mlecchāḥ saṃśrityānuyayus tadā // śakās tuṣārā daradāḥ pāradās taṅgaṇāḥ khaśāḥ pahlavāḥ śataśaś cānye mlecchā haimavatās tathā // sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā dasyubhiḥ śalabhair iva nānāveṣadharair bhīmair matrurām abhyavartata // gajavājikharoṣṭrāṇāṃ sahasrair ayutair api pṛthivīṃ kampayām āsa sainyena mahatā tadā // reṇunā sūryamārgaṃ tu samavacchādya pārthivaḥ mūtreṇa śakṛtā caiva sainyena sasṛje nadīm // aśvoṣṭraśakṛto rāśer niḥsṛteti janādhipa tato 'śvaśakṛd ityeva nāma nadyā babhūva ha // tat sainyaṃ mahad āyād vai śrutvā vṛṣṇyandhakāgraṇīḥ vāsudevaḥ samānāyya jñātīn idam uvāca ha // idaṃ samutthitaṃ ghoraṃ vṛṣṇyandhakabhayaṃ mahat avadhyaś cāpi naḥ śatrur varadānāt pinākinaḥ // sāmādayo 'bhyupāyāś ca vihitās tasya sarvaśaḥ matto madabalābhyāṃ ca yuddham eva cikīrṣati etāvān iha vāsaś ca kathito nāradena me // k: Ñ2.3 V B Ds D3.5.6 G2 ins. (Dn after 27ab): :k etāvati ca vaktavyaṃ sāmaiva paramaṃ matam | jarāsaṃdhaś ca no rājā nityam eva na mṛṣyate tathānye pṛthivīpālā vṛṣṇicakrapratāpitāḥ // kecit kaṃsavadhāc cāpi viraktās tadgatā nṛpāḥ samāśritya jarāsaṃdham asmān icchanti bādhitum // bahavo jñātayaś caiva yadūnāṃ nihatā nṛpaiḥ vivardhituṃ na śakṣyāmaḥ pure 'sminn iti keśavaḥ k: Ś1 K3.4 D2 ins.: :k tato vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ puraskṛtya mahāmatim | sametya mantrayām āsur jarāsaṃdhabhayena ca | kṛtvā ca niścayaṃ sarve palāyanam arocayan || vihāya mathurāṃ ramyāṃ mānayantaḥ pinākinam | kuśasthalīṃ dvāravatīṃ niveśayitum īpsavaḥ | apayāne matiṃ kṛtvā dūtaṃ tasmai sasarja ha // tataḥ kumbhe mahāsarpaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam ghoram āśīviṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prākṣepayat tadā // tatas taṃ mudrayitvā tu svena dūtena hārayat nidarśanārthaṃ govindo bhīṣayāṇaś ca taṃ nṛpam sa dūtaḥ kālayavanaṃ darśayām āsa taṃ ghaṭam // k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k idaṃ covāca rājānaṃ rājñāṃ samsadi dūtakaḥ | bho rājann āha kṛṣṇas tvāṃ kim ebhiḥ śalabhais tava | aham ekas tavaiteṣāṃ samartho vāraṇe prabhuḥ || tvāṃ ca hatvā nṛpaśreṣṭha sabalaṃ sasuhṛdgaṇam | idaṃ tava balaṃ rājan grahīṣyāmīti niścitam || anyathā gaccha rājaṃs tvaṃ balenānena saṃyutaḥ | ity uktvā darśayām āsa ghaṭaṃ kṛṣṇapracoditam | kālasarpopamaḥ kṛṣṇa ity uktvā bharatarṣabha tat kālayavano budhvā trāsanaṃ yādavaiḥ kṛtam pipīlikānāṃ caṇḍānāṃ pūrayām āsa taṃ ghaṭam // k: Ds1 (marg.) ins.: :k ślokam ekaṃ likhitvā tu ghaṭamadhye 'kṣipat tadā | sa sarpo bahubhis tīkṣṇaiḥ sarvatas taiḥ pipīlikaiḥ bhakṣyamāṇaḥ kilāṅgeṣu bhasmībhūto 'bhavat tadā // taṃ mudrayitvātha ghaṭaṃ tathaiva yavanādhipaḥ preṣayām āsa kṛṣṇāya bāhulyam upavarṇayan // k: Ds1 (marg.) ins.: :k dūtānītaṃ harir dṛṣṭvā patraṃ tad vācayaṃs tadā | bahubhir na viroddhavyaṃ durjayo 'pi mahājanaḥ | sphuran tam api nāgendraṃ bhakṣayiṣyanti kīṭikāḥ | vāsudevas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā yogaṃ vihitam ātmanaḥ utsṛjya mathurām āśu dvārakām abhijagmivān // vairasyāntaṃ vidhitsaṃs tu vāsudevo mahāyaśāḥ niveśya dvārakāṃ rājan vṛṣṇīn āśvāsya caiva ha // padātiḥ puruṣavyāghro bāhupraharaṇas tadā ājagāma mahāyogī mathurāṃ madhusūdanaḥ // taṃ dṛṣṭvā niryayau hṛṣṭaḥ sa kālayavano ruṣā prekṣāpūrvaṃ ca kṛṣṇo 'pi niścakrāma mahābalaḥ // athānvagacchad govindaṃ jighṛkṣur yavaneśvaraḥ na cainam aśakad rājā grahītuṃ yogadharmiṇam // k: D2 ins.: :k hastaprāptam ivātmānaṃ hariṇā sa pade pade | nīto darśayatā dūraṃ yavaneśo 'drikandaram || palāyanaṃ yadukule jātasya tava nocitam | iti kṣipann anugato nainaṃ prāpāhatāśubhaḥ | evaṃ kṣipto 'pi bhagavān prāviśad girikandaram | k: D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k ko hi nāma jagannāthaṃ balād yātuṃ priyād ṛte | hastaprāpta ivābhāti tasya gacchañ janārdanaḥ | māndhātus tu suto rājā mucukundo mahāyaśāḥ k: T4 ins.: :k yatra tiṣṭhati rājendras tatra cāśu viveśa vai | purā devāsure yuddhe kṛtakarmā mahābalaḥ // vareṇa cchandito devair nidrām eva gṛhītavān śrāntasya tasya vāg evaṃ tadā prādur abhūt kila // prasuptam bodhayed yo māṃ taṃ daheyam ahaṃ surāḥ cakṣuṣā krodhadīptena evam āha punaḥ punaḥ // evam astv iti śakras tam uvāca tridaśaiḥ saha sa surair abhyanujñāto lokaṃ mānuṣam āgamat // sa parvataguhāṃ kāṃcit praviśya śramakarśitaḥ suṣvāpa kālam etaṃ vai yāvat kṛṣṇasya darśanam // tat sarvaṃ vāsudevasya nāradena niveditam varadānaṃ ca devebhyas tejas tasya ca bhūpateḥ // anugamyamānaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca tena mlecchena śatruṇā tāṃ guhāṃ mucukundasya praviveśa vinītavat // k: Ds1 (marg.) ins.: :k pītāmbareṇa svīyena tam ācchādya sa bhūpatim | śiraḥsthāne tu rājarṣer mucukundasya keśavaḥ saṃdarśanapathaṃ tyaktvā tasthau buddhimatāṃ varaḥ // anupraviśya yavano dadarśa pṛthivīpatim prasvapantaṃ kṛtāntābham āsasāda sudurmatiḥ // vāsudevaṃ tu taṃ matvā ghaṭṭayām āsa pārthivam pādenātmavināśāya śalabhaḥ pāvakaṃ yathā // mucukundaś ca rājarṣiḥ pādasparśavibodhitaḥ cukopa nicrācchedena pādasparśena tena ca // saṃsmṛtya ca varaṃ śakrād avaikṣata tamagrataḥ sa dṛṣṭamātraḥ kruddhena saṃprajajvāla sarvataḥ // dadāha pāvakas taṃ tu śuṣkaṃ vṛkṣam ivāśaniḥ kṣaṇena kālayavanaṃ netratejovinirgataḥ // taṃ vāsudevaḥ śrīmantaṃ cirasuptaṃ narādhipam kṛtakāryo 'bravīd dhīmān idaṃ vacanam uttamam // rājaṃś ciraprasupto 'si kathito nāradena me kṛtaṃ me sumahat kāryaṃ svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham // vāsudevam athālakśya rājā hrasvaṃ pramāṇataḥ parivṛttaṃ yugaṃ mene kālena mahatā tataḥ // k: D2 ins.: :k tam ālokya ghanaśyāmaṃ pītakauśeyavāsasam | śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ bhrājat kaustubhena virājitam || caturbhujaṃ rocamānaṃ vaijayantyā ca mālayā | cāruprasannavadanaṃ sphuran makarakuṇḍalam || prekṣaṇīyaṃ trilokeśaṃ sānurāgasmitekṣaṇam | apīcyavayasaṃ matta+ +mṛgendrodāravikramam || paryapṛcchan mahābuddhis tejasā tasya dharṣitaḥ | śaṅkitaḥ śanakaiḥ kṛṣṇaṃ durdharṣam iva tejasā | uvāca rājā govindaṃ ko bhavān kim ihāgataḥ kaś ca kālaḥ prasuptasya yadi jānāsi kathyatām // k: D2 ins.: :k niḥśaṅko gatabhīḥ prāpto vipine girigahvare | padbhyāṃ padmapalāśābhyāṃ vicarasy urukaṇṭake || kiṃ svit tejasvināṃ tejo bhagavāṃs tvaṃ vibhāvasuḥ | sūryaḥ somo mahendro vā lokapālo 'paro 'pi vā || manye tvāṃ devadevānāṃ trayāṇāṃ puruṣarṣabham | yad bādhase guhādhvāntaṃ pradīpaḥ prabhayā yathā || śuśrūṣatām avyalīkam asmākaṃ narapuṃgava | svaṃ janma karma gotraṃ vā kathyatāṃ yadi rocate | somavaṃśodbhavo rājā yayātir nāma nāhuṣaḥ tasya putro yadur jyeṣṭhaś catvāro 'nye yavīyasaḥ // yaduvaṃśe samutpannaṃ vasudevātmajaṃ vibho vāsudevaṃ vijānīhi nṛpate mām ihāgatam // tretāyuge samutpanno vidito me 'si nāradāt idaṃ kaliyugaṃ viddhi kim anyat karavāṇi te // mama śatrus tvayā dagdho devadattavaro nṛpa avadhyo yo mayā saṃkhye bhaved varṣaśatair api // k: Ds2 ins.: :k yaduvaṃśodbhavaṃ devaṃ jānāmi śāśvataṃ vibhum | ādyaṃ puruṣam īśānam acyutaṃ madhusūdanam || purā gargeṇa kathitam aṣṭāviṃśatime yuge | dvāparādau harer janma yaduvaṃśe bhaviṣyati || namas tasmai bhagavate puruṣāya mahātmane | anantāya mahābāho viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave || evaṃ stutas tadā viṣṇur mucukundena dhīmatā | vareṇa cchandayām āsa bhagavān acyutas tadā || punar apy abravīt kṛṣṇo mucukundaṃ mahābhujam | tvadarthe 'py āgato vīra nāradena prabodhitaḥ | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te yathākāmaṃ caratv iha | ityuktaḥ sa tu kṛṣṇena nirjagāma guhāmukhāt k: kṛṣjena corrected :k anvīyamānaḥ kṛṣṇena kṛtakāryeṇa dhīmatā // tato dadarśa pṛthivīm āvṛtāṃ hrasvakair naraiḥ alpotsāhair alpabalair alpavīryaparākramaiḥ pareṇādhiṣṭhitaṃ caiva rājyaṃ kevalam ātmanaḥ // k: Ds ins.: :k yat syāt tvaddarśane puṇyaṃ tan me kṛṣṇa bhaved iti | visarjayitvā govindaṃ praviveśa mahad vanam himavantam agād rājā tapase dhṛtamānasaḥ // tataḥ sa tapa āsthāya vinirmucya kalevaram āruroha divaṃ rājā karmabhiḥ svair jitaṃ śubhaiḥ // vāsudevo 'pi dharmātmā upāyena mahāmanāḥ ghātayitvātmanaḥ śatruṃ tat sainyaṃ pratyapadyata // k: Ds1 (marg.) ins.: :k mucukundena mahātmanā | mathurāṃ punarāgatya | prabhūtarathahastyaśva+ +varmaśastrāyudhadhvajam ādāyopayayau dhīmāṃs tat sainyaṃ nihateśvaram // nivedayām āsa tato narādhipe tad ugrasene pratipūrṇamānasaḥ janārdano dvāravatīṃ ca tāṃ purīm aśobhayat tena dhanena bhūriṇā // h: HV (CE) chapter 86, transliterated by Kreshimir Krnic, proof-read by Kreshimir Krnic, version of June 20, 2004 :h k: D4 ins.: :k kṛṣṇāya ca namas tubhyaṃ rāmarāmāya te namaḥ | vāmanāya namas tubhyaṃ kapilāya namo 'stu te || nānārūpa namas tubhyaṃ namas te karmasākṣiṇe | viśvarūpa namas tubhyaṃ hṛṣīkeśāya te namaḥ || evaṃ saṃstūyamānaś ca mucukundena dhīmatā | uttarāṃ diśam āśritya tapam ācara sāttvikam | tataḥ prabhāte vimale bhāskare 'bhyudite tadā kṛtajapyo hṛṣīkeśo vanānte niṣasāda ha // paricakrāma taṃ deśaṃ durgasthānadidṛkṣayā upatasthuḥ kulaprāgryā yādavā yadunandanam // rohiṇyām ahani śreṣṭhe svasti vācya dvijottamān puṇyāhaghoṣair vipulair durgasyārabdhavān kriyāṃ // tataḥ paṅkajapatrākṣo yādavān keśisūdanaḥ provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho devān vṛtraripur yathā // kalpiteyaṃ mayā bhūmiḥ paśyadhvaṃ devasadmavat nāma cāsyāḥ kṛtaṃ puryāḥ khyātiṃ yad upayāsyati // iyaṃ dvāravatī nāma pṛthivyāṃ nirmitā mayā bhaviṣyati purī ramyā śakrasyevāmarāvatī // tāny evāsyāḥ kārayiṣye cihnāny āyatanāni ca k: B1 ins.: :k sthānāni vidadhuś cātra brahmādīnāṃ yathākramam | catvarān rājamārgāṃś ca samān antaḥpurāṇi ca // devā ivātra modantu bhavanto vigatajvarāḥ bādhamānā ripugaṇān ugrasenapurogamāḥ // gṛhyantāṃ veśmavāstūni kalpyantāṃ trikacatvarāḥ mīyantāṃ rājamārgāś ca prākārasya ca yā gatiḥ // preṣyantāṃ śilpimukhyāś ca niyuktā veśmakarmasu niyujyantāṃ ca deśeṣu preṣyakarmakarā janāḥ // evam uktās tu kṛṣṇena gṛhasaṃgrahatatparāḥ yathānideśaṃ saṃhṛṣṭāś cakrur vāstuparigrahān // sūtrahastās tato mānaṃ cakrur yādavasattamāḥ puṇye 'hani mahārāja dvijātīn abhipūjya ca // vāstudaivatakarmāṇi vidhinā kārayanti ca sthapatīn atha govindas tatrovāca mahāmatiḥ // asmadarthe suvihitaṃ kriyatām atra mandiram vibhaktacatvarapathaṃ suniviṣṭeṣṭadaivatam // te tatheti mahābāhum uktvā sthapatayas tadā durgakarmaṇi saṃbhārān upalabhya yathāvidhi // yathānyāyaṃ nirmimire dvārāṇy āyatanāni ca sthānāni vidadhuś cātra brahmādīnāṃ yathākramam // upāmagneḥ sureśasya dṛṣadolūkhalasya ca caturdaivāni catvāri dvārāṇi vidadhuś ca te gṛhakṣetrendrabhallāṭaṃ puṣpadantaṃ tathaiva ca // teṣu veśmasu yukteṣu yādaveṣu mahātmasu puryāḥ kṣipraṃ niveṣārthaṃ cintayām āsa mādhavaḥ // tasya daivī sthitā buddhiś capalā kṣiprakāriṇī purī sā vai priyakarī yadūnām abhivardhanī // śilpimukhyo 'sti devānāṃ prajāpatisutaḥ prabhuḥ viśvakarmā svamatyā vai purīṃ saṃsthāpayiśyati // manasā tam anudhyāya tasyāgamanakāraṇam tridaṣābhimukhaḥ kṛṣṇo vivikte samapadyata // tasminn eva tataḥ kāle śilpācāryo mahāmatiḥ viśvakarmā suraśreṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇasya pramukhe sthitaḥ // daivena manasā kśipraṃ tava viṣṇo dhṛtavrata kiṃkaraḥ samanuprāptaḥ śādhi māṃ kiṃ karomi te // yathā syād devadeveśas tryambakaś ca yathāvyayaḥ tathā tvaṃ deva mānyo 'si viśeṣo nāsti me prabho // trailokyajñāpikāṃ vācam utsṛjasva mahābhuja eṣo 'smi paridṛṣṭārthaḥ kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām // śrutvā vinītavacanaṃ keśavo viśvakarmaṇaḥ pratyuvāca yaduśreṣṭhaḥ kaṃsārir atulaṃ vacaḥ // śrutārtho devaguhyasya bhavāny atra vayaṃ sthitāḥ avaśyaṃ tv iha kartavyaṃ sadanaṃ me surottama // tad iyaṃ bhūḥ prakāśārthaṃ niveśyā mayi suvrata matprabhāvānurūpaiś ca gṛhaiś ceyaṃ samantataḥ // uttamā ca pṛthivyāṃ vai yathā svarge 'marāvatī tatheyaṃ hi tvayā kāryā śakto hy asi mahāmate // mama sthānam idaṃ kāryaṃ yathā vai tridive tathā martyāḥ paśyantu me lakṣmīṃ puryā yadukulasya ca // evam uktas tataḥ prāha viśvakarmā matīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakarmāṇaṃ devāmitravināśanam // sarvam etat kariṣyāmi yat tvayābhihitaṃ prabho purī tv iyaṃ janasyāsya na paryāptā bhaviṣyati // bhaviṣyati ca vistīrṇā vṛddhir asyās tu śobhanā catvāraḥ sāgarā hy asyāṃ vicariṣyanti rūpiṇaḥ // yadīcchet sāgaraḥ kiṃcid utsraṣṭum iha toyarāṭ tataḥ svāyatalakṣaṇyā purī syāt puruṣottama // evam uktas tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ prāg eva kṛtabuddhimān sāgaraṃ saritāṃ nātham uvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ // samudra daśa ca dve ca yojanāni jalāśaye pratisaṃhriyatām ātmā yady asti mayi mānyatā // avakāśe tvayā datte purīyaṃ māmakaṃ balam paryāptaviṣayākārā samagrā visahiṣyati // tataḥ kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā nadanadīpatiḥ samārutena yogena utsasarja mahārṇavaḥ // viśvakarmā tataḥ prītaḥ puryāḥ saṃdṛśya vāstu tat govinde caiva saṃmānaṃ sāgaraḥ kṛtavāṃs tadā // viśvakarmā tataḥ kṛṣṇam uvāca yadunandanam adyaprabhṛti govinda sarve samadhirohata // manasā nirmitā ceyaṃ mayā pūḥpravarā vibho acireṇaiva kālena gṛhasaṃbādhamālinī // bhaviṣyati purī ramyā sudvārā prāgryatoraṇā cayāṭṭālakakeyūrā pṛthivyāḥ kakudopamā // antaḥpuraṃ ca kṛṣṇasya paricaryākṣamaṃ mahat cakāra tasyāṃ puryāṃ vai deśe tridaśapūjite // tataḥ sā nirmitā kāntā purī dvāravatī tadā mānasena prayatnena vaiṣṇavī viśvakarmaṇā // k: Ś1 K1.2.4 Ñ V B D T1.4 G2 ins.: :k vidhānavihitadvārā prākāravaraśobhitā | parikhācayasaṃguptā sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇā | kāntanārīnaragaṇā vaṇigbhir upaśobhitā nānāpaṇyasamākīrṇā khecarīva ca gāṃ gatā // prapāvāpīprasannodair udyānair upaśobhitā samantataḥ saṃvṛtāṅgī vanitevāyatekṣaṇā // samṛddhacatvaravatī veśmottamaghanācitā k: N T4 G2 ins. (T1 cont. after *982): :k rathyākoṭisahasrāḍhyā śubhrarājapathottarā | bhūṣayantī samudraṃ sā svargam indrapurī yathā || pṛthivyāṃ sarvaratnānām ekā nicayaśālinī | surāṇām api sukṣetrā sāmantakṣobhakāriṇī | aprakāśaṃ tadākāśaṃ prāsādair upaśobhitā // pṛthivyāṃ pṛthurāṣṭraughā janaughapratināditā oghaiś ca vārirājasya śiśirīkṛtamārutā // anūpopavanaiḥ kāntaiḥ kāntā janamanoramā satārakā dyaur iva sā dvārakā pratyarājata // prākāreṇārkavarṇena śātakaumbhena saṃvṛtā hiraṇyapratipūrṇaiś ca gṛhair gambhīranisvanaiḥ // śubhrameghapratīkāśair dvāraiḥ saudhaiś ca śobhitā kvacit kvacid udagrāgrair upāvṛttamahāpathā // tām āvasat purīṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvayādavanandanaḥ abhipretajanākīrṇāṃ somaḥ kham iva bhāsayan // k: Ś1 Dn Ds D2 ins.: :k viśvakarmakṛtāṃ divyāṃ ratnajālasamākulām | viśvakarmā ca tāṃ kṛtvā purīṃ śakrapurīm iva jagāma tridivaṃ devo govindenābhipūjitaḥ // bhūyas tu buddhir abhavat kṛṣṇasya viditātmanaḥ janān imān dhanaughais tu tarpayeyam ahaṃ yadi // sa vaiśravaṇavastavyaṃ nidhīnām uttamaṃ nidhim śaṅkham āhvayatopendro niśi svabhavane vibhuḥ // sa śaṅkhaḥ keśavāhvānaṃ jñātvā guhyakarāṭ svayam ājagāma samīpaṃ vai tasya dvāravatīpateḥ // sa śaṅkhaḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā vinayādavaniṃ gataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ vijñāpayām āsa yathā vaiśravaṇaṃ tathā // bhagavan kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ surāṇāṃ vittarakṣiṇā niyojaya mahābāho yatkāryaṃ yadunandana // tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ śaṅkhaṃ guhyakam uttamam janā ye 'smin kṛśadhanās tān dhanenābhipūraya // necchāmy anāśitaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛśaṃ malinam eva vā dehīti cābhibhāṣantaṃ nagaryāṃ nirdhanaṃ naram // śirasā śāsanaṃ gṛhya nidhīnaḥ keśavasya saḥ nidhīnājñāpayām āsa dvāravatyāṃ gṛhe gṛhe ghanaughair abhivarṣadhvaṃ cakruḥ sarve tathā ca te // nādhano vidyate tatra hīnabhāgyo 'pi vā naraḥ k: K3. 4 Ñ V B D T4 G2 subst. for 62cd: :k dvāravatyāṃ puri purā keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | kṛśo vā malino vāpi dvāravatyāṃ gṛhe gṛhe // cakāra vāyor āhvānaṃ bhūyaś ca puruṣottamaḥ tatrastha eva bhagavān yādavānāṃ priyaṃkaraḥ // prāṇayonis tu bhūtānām upatasthe gadāgrajam ekamāsīnam ekānte devaguhyadharaṃ prabhum // kiṃ mayā deva kartavyaṃ sarvagenāśugāminā k: T1-3 G1.3.5 M subst. for 65bc: :k ... śādhi māṃ puruṣottama | yad bravīṣi mahābāho ... | yathaiva dūto devānāṃ tathaivāsmi tavānagha // tam uvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇo rahasyaṃ puruṣottamaḥ mārutaṃ jagataḥ prāṇaṃ rūpiṇaṃ samupasthitam // gaccha māruta deveśam anumānya sahāmaraiḥ sabhāṃ sudharmām ādāya devebhyas tvam ihānaya // yādavā dhārmikā hyete vikrāntāśca sahasraśaḥ tasyāṃ viśeyur ete hi na tu yā kṛtrimā bhavet // sā hy akṣayā sabhā vāyo kāmagā kāmarūpiṇī sā yadūn dhārayet sarvān yathaiva tridaśāṃs tathā // sa gṛhya vacanaṃ tasya kṛṣṇasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ vāyur ātmopamagatir jagāma tridivālayam // so 'numānya surān sarvān kṛṣṇavākyaṃ nivedya ca sabhāṃ sudharmām ādāya punar āyān mahītalam // sudharmāṃ tāṃ sudharmāya kṛṣṇāyākliṣṭakāriṇe devo devasabhāṃ dattvā vāyur antaradhīyata // k: D4 ins.: :k na bhayaṃ vidyate yatra sabhā sā dharmavatsalā | dvāravatyās tu sā madhye keśavena niveśitā sudharmā yadumukhyānāṃ devānāṃ tridive yathā // evaṃ sa divyair bhaumaiś ca jalajaiś cāvyayo hariḥ dravyairalaṃkaroti sma purīṃ svāṃ pramadām iva // k: Ś1 D2 ins.: :k śuśubhe sā purī ramyā ratnajālasamākulā | nānāpakṣisamākīrṇā prāsādair upaśobhitā | k: after 74 Ś1 D2 repeat 73ab. After the repetition of 73ab Ś1 D2 ins. *988 :k maryādāś caiva saṃcakre śreṇīḥ prakṛtayas tathā balādhyakṣāṃś ca yuktāṃś ca prakṛtīśāṃs tathaiva ca // ugrasenaṃ narapatiṃ kāśyaṃ caiva purohitam senāpatim anādhṛṣṭiṃ vikadruṃ mantripuṃgavam // yādavānāṃ kulakarān sthavirān daśa tatra vai k: V2.3 ins.: :k uddhavo vasudevaś ca kaṅko vipṛthur eva ca | śvaphalkaś citrakaś caiva gadaḥ satyaka eva ca | baladevaḥ pṛthuś caivaṃ matreśv abhyantarā daśa | sthāpayām āsa matimān sarvakāryeṣv anantarān // ratheṣv atiratho yantā dārukaḥ keśavasya vai yodhamukhyaś ca yodhānāṃ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ // k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k ācāryo dhanuṣāṃ vede sākṣāddroṇa ivāparaḥ | sātyakiḥ satyasaṃdhaś ca śatruhā yuddhadurmadaḥ | vidhānam evaṃ kṛtvā sa kṛṣṇaḥ puryām aninditaḥ mumude yadubhiḥ sārdhaṃ lokasraṣṭā mahītale // revatasyātha kanyāṃ ca revatīṃ śīlasaṃmatām prāptavān baladevas tu kṛṣṇasyānumate tadā // k: M3 ins.: :k yaḥ sargajaiḥ suragaṇapriyakṛdbhir uccair | dravyaiḥ samudranihitaiś ca samudrajātaiḥ | hṛdyām akārayad aśeṣajagal lalāmāṃ | śrīdvārakāṃ puravarīṃ tam upaimi viṣṇum | h: HV (CE) chapter 87, transliterated by Kreshimir Krnic, proof-read by Kreshimir Krnic, version of June 21, 2004 :h etasminn eva kāle tu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān nṛpān udyojayām āsa cedirājapriyepsayā // k: T3 ins.: :k yathārhaṃ ca yathāyogaṃ praśrayaṃ pradadau nṛpaḥ | vivāhaṃ ghoṣayām āsa śiśupālasya māgadhaḥ || sarvam antaḥpuraṃ caiva vivāhe utsukaṃ kila | śvobhūte tu vivāhasya caidyasyeti ca bhūmipāḥ | saṃnaddhāḥ samapadyantāṃ vibhavaiḥ svair yathākramam || śiśupālo 'pi rājā tu varaveṣeṇa saṃyutaḥ | kumārair ātmatulyaiś ca niyamastho 'bhavat tadā | Colophon bhīṣmakasya sutāyāṃ vai rukmiṇyāṃ rukmabhūṣaṇaḥ śiśupālasya nṛpater vivāho bhavitā kila // dantavaktrasya tanayaṃ suvaktram amitaujasam sahasrākṣasamaṃ yuddhe māyāsu ca viśāradam // pauṇḍrasya vāsudevasya tathā putraṃ mahābalam sudevaṃ vīryasaṃpannaṃ pṛthag akṣauhiṇīpatim // ekalavyasya putraṃ ca vīryavantaṃ balānvitam putraṃ ca pāṇḍyarājasya kaliṅgādhipatiṃ tathā // kṛtāpriyaṃ ca kṛṣṇena veṇudāriṃ narādhipam aṃśumantaṃ tathā krāthaṃ śrutarvāṇaṃ ca bhārata // nikṛttaśatruṃ kāliṅgaṃ gāndhārādhipatiṃ tathā paṭuśaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ kāśyādhipatim eva ca // k: Ds2 D5.6 ins. (Dn after the second occurrence of 7cd): :k sabhārhān sakalān sarvān dhārtarāṣṭrān mahābalān | vindānuvindāv āvantyau bāhlikān saha bāhlikaiḥ || saṃśaptakās tu te sarve āsyandā yavanās tathā | yavanasya sutaś cāpi ārṣāyaṇas tathā śakāḥ || svabhāvaś candrahāsaś ca pārasīkās tathāpare | virāṭo drupadaś caiva jayadrathavidūrathau | k: Dn Ds2 D5.6 Bom. Poona eds cont.; Ds1 G2 ins.: :k bhagadatto mahāsenaḥ śalaḥ śālvo mahābalaḥ | bhūriśravā mahāsenaḥ kuntibhojaś ca vīryavān || akṣauhiṇīnāṃ ṣaṣṭiṃ ca saptādhikadaśānugāḥ | svayaṃvarārthaṃ saṃprāptā bhojarājaniveśane | kasmin deśe nṛpo jajñe rukmī vedavidāṃ vara kasyāṇvavāye dyutimān saṃbhūto dvijasattama // rājarṣer yādavasyāsīd vidarbho nāma vai sutaḥ vindhyasya dakṣiṇe pārśve vidarbhān yo nyaveśayat // krathakaiśikamukhyās tu putrās tasya mahābalāḥ babhūvur vīryasaṃpannāḥ pṛthag vaṃśakarā nṛpāḥ // tasyānvavāye bhīmasya vṛṣṇayo jajñire nṛpa krathasya tv aṃśumāṇ vaṃśe kaiśikasya tu bhīṣmakaḥ // hiraṇyalomety āhur yaṃ dākṣiṇātyeśvaraṃ janāḥ agastyaguptām āśāṃ yaḥ kuṇḍinastho 'nvaśān nṛpaḥ rukmī tasyābhavat putro rukmiṇī ca viśāṃ pate // rukmī cāstrāṇi divyāni drumāt prāpa mahābalaḥ jāmadagnyāt tatha rāmād brāhmam astram avāptavān prāspardhat saha kṛṣṇena nityam adbhutakarmaṇā // rukmiṇī tv abhavad rājan rūpeṇāsadṛśī bhuvi cakame vāsudevas tāṃ śravād eva mahādyutiḥ // sa cābhilaṣitas tasyāḥ śravād eva janārdanaḥ tejovīryabalopetaḥ sa me bhartā bhaved iti // tāṃ dadau na tu kṛṣṇāya rukmī dveṣān mahābalaḥ k: K3 Dn ins.: :k kaṃsasya vadhasaṃtāpāt kṛṣṇāyāmitatejase | yācamānāya kaṃsasya preṣyo 'sāv iti cintayan // caidyasyārthe sunīthasya jarāsaṃdhas tu bhūmipaḥ varayām āsa tāṃ rājā bhīṣmakaṃ bhīmavikramam // cedirājasya hi vasor āsīt putro bṛhadrathaḥ magadheṣu purā yena nirmitaṃ tad girivrajam // tasyānvavāye jajñe 'tha jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ vasor eva tadā vaṃśe damaghoṣo 'pi cedirāṭ // damaghoṣasya putrās tu pañca bhīmaparākramāḥ bhaginyāṃ vasudevasya śrutaśravasi jajñire // śiśupālo daśagrīvo raibhyo 'thopadiśo balī sarvāstrakuśalā vīrā vīryavanto mahābalāḥ // jñāteḥ samānavaṃśasya sunīthaṃ pradadau sutam k: D4 ins.: :k tasyānvavāye saṃbhūtā bahavo rājavaṃśajāḥ | k: D6 S (except G2) ins.: :k jarāsaṃdhasya rājendra damaghoṣo mahābalaḥ | jarāsaṃdhaḥ svasutavad dadarśainaṃ jugopa ca // jarāsaṃdhaṃ puraskṛtya vṛṣṇiśatruṃ mahābalam kṛtāny āgāṃsi caidyena vṛṣṇīnāṃ tatpriyaiṣiṇā // jāmātā tv abhavat tasya kaṃsas tasmin hate yudhi kṛṣṇārthaṃ vairamabhavaj jarāsaṃdhasya vṛṣṇibhiḥ // bhīṣmakaṃ varayām āsa sunīthārthe 'tha rukmiṇīm tāṃ dadau bhīṣmakaś cāpi śiśupālāya vīryavān // tataś caidyam upādāya jarāsaṃdho narādhipaḥ yayau vidarbhān sahito dantavaktreṇa yāyinā // anuyātaś ca pauṇḍreṇa vāsudevena dhīmatā aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgānām īśvaraḥ sa mahābalaḥ // mānayiṣyaṃś ca tān rukmī pratyudgamya narādhipān parayā pūjayopetān ānināya purīṃ prati // pitṛṣv asuḥ priyārthaṃ ca rāmakṛṣṇāv ubhāv api prayayur vṛṣṇayaś cānye rathais tatra balānvitāḥ // k: (mss evidence illegible): :k dṛṣṭvā tān āgatān sarvān vāsudevapurogamān | krathakaiśikabhartā tān pratigṛhya yathāvidhi pūjayām āsa pūjārhān nyavasanta bahiś ca te // k: D6 ins.: :k nyaveśayac ca tān sarvān bhīṣmako nagarād bahiḥ || sthite tasmiñ jarāsaṃdhe ripau teṣāṃ mahātmani | saṃbhārāś caiva sarvatra vivāhāya samāhṛtāḥ || śaṅkhāś ca paṭahāś caiva sasvanāḥ sarvatas tadā | brāhmaṇāś ca samāyātā nānādigbhyas tathaiva ca | utthitāś caiva sarvatra dhvajāś ca samalaṃkṛtāḥ | śvobhāvini vivāhe tu rukmiṇī niryayau bahiḥ caturyujā rathenaindraṃ devatāyatanaṃ śubhā // k: D4 ins.: :k dāsīśatasahasraughair veṣṭitā tu jagāma ha | ambikāpūjanārthāya pādacārī yathāsthiti | indrāṇīm arcayiṣyantī kṛtakautukamaṅgalā dīpyamānena vapuṣā balena mahatā vṛtā // k: D6 ins.: :k keśavo me bhaved bhartā nānyaḥ kaścid bhaved iti | evaṃ manasi saṃsthāpya puṣpāñjalipuṭābhavat | tāṃ dadarśa tataḥ kṛṣṇo lakṣmīṃ sākṣād iva sthitām rūpeṇāgryeṇa saṃpannāṃ devatāyatanāntike // vahner iva śikhāṃ dīptāṃ māyāṃ bhūmigatām iva pṛthivīm iva gambhīrām utthitāṃ pṛthivītalāt // marīcim iva somasya saumyāṃ strīvigrahāṃ bhuvi śriyam agryām ivāpadmāṃ bhaviśyāṃ śrīsahāyinīm kṛṣṇena manasā dṛṣṭāṃ durnirīkśyāṃ surair api // śyāmāvadātā sā hy āsīt pṛthucārvāyatekṣaṇā tāmrauṣṭhanayanāpāṅgī pīnorujaghanastanī // bṛhatī cārusarvāṅgī tanvī śaśinibhānanā tāmratuṅganakhī subhrūr nīlakuñcitamūrdhajā k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) G2 ins.: :k atyarthaṃ rūpataḥ kāntā pīnaśroṇipayodharā | tīkṣṇaśuklaiḥ samair dantaiḥ prabhāsadbhir alaṃkṛtā // ananyā pramadā loke rūpeṇa yaśasā śriyā rukmiṇī rūpiṇī devī pāṇḍurakṣaumavāsinī // tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vavṛdhe kāmaḥ kṛṣṇasya śubhadarśanām haviṣevānalasyārcir manas tasyāṃ samādadhat // k: D6 ins.: :k rukmiṇī ca tadā devī dadṛśe kṛṣṇam īśvaram || acintayac ca sā devī dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇam avasthitam | so 'yam viṣṇur jagannāthaḥ sākṣād rāmānujaḥ kṛtī || asya cakraṃ sadā śaṅkhaṃ bhujayor ubhayorapi | śobhayetāṃ sadā tau tu daityadānavadāriṇau || asya haste sthitaṃ śārṅgaṃ daityadānavabhīṣaṇam | sadā bhāti mahac cāpaṃ loke khyātataraṃ hareḥ || yamāśritya gadā devī sadā kaumodakīti sā | daityadānavahantrī ca tad bhujopari dāruṇā || yad anujñāṃ samāśritya khaḍgo nandakasaṃjñakaḥ | ripūn hanti mahāvīryān asahyān daivatair api || asya syād vāhanaṃ viṣṇor garutmān pakṣipuṃgavaḥ | śakrādīṃś ca surāñ jitvā jahārāmṛtam uttamam || so 'yam viṣṇur guruḥ sākṣād gopaveṣeṇa bhūṣitaḥ | gopastrīstanabhāreṣu vijahāra yathāsukham || yo nanarta hrade tasyā yamunāyās tadā hariḥ | amathnāt kāliyaṃ tasmin viṣāgnijvālamālinam || ayaṃ govardhanaṃ śailaṃ dadhāv ekena bāhunā | līlayā sa jagannātho kolakaṃ bālako yathā || ayaṃ sa puṇḍarīkākṣo yo hayaṃ prajaghāna ha || yaś cāṇūraṃ mṛdhe hatvā kaṃsaṃ caiva mahābalam | nanarta raṅge govindo gopaiḥ sārdhaṃ sayādavaiḥ || ayaṃ sa yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ padmakañjalkalocanaḥ | śyāmāvadātaḥ saśrīkaḥ sākṣādindrānujaḥ kṛtī || yuvā kṛtī purāṇātmā padmākṣaḥ padmasaprabhaḥ | so 'yam adya jagannāthaḥ prāpto mām iha yādavaḥ || amuṣya pādayoḥ padmam udvahāmi na saṃśayaḥ | śuśrūṣāṃ pratiyokṣyāmi pādayoḥ padmasaṃjñayoḥ || evaṃ vicintayitvā sā vavande tāṃ śacīṃ tadā | rāmeṇa saha niścitya keśavaḥ sumahābalaḥ tatpramāthe 'karod buddhiṃ vṛṣṇibhyaḥ praṇidhāya ca // kṛte tu devatākārye niṣkrāmantīṃ surālayāt unmathya sahasā kṛṣṇaḥ svaṃ nināya rathottamam // vṛkṣam utpāṭya rāmo 'pi jaghānāpatataḥ parān samanahyanta dāśārhās tadājñāya tu sarvaśaḥ // te rathair vividhākāraiḥ samucchritamahādhvajaiḥ vājibhir vāraṇaiś cāpi parivavrur halāyudham // ādāya rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇo jagāmāśu purīṃ prati rāme cāsajya taṃ bhāraṃ yuyudhāne ca vīryavān // akrūre vipṛthau cāpi gade ca kṛtavarmaṇi cakradeve sunakṣatre sāraṇe ca mahābale // nivṛttaśatrau vikrānte bhaṅgakāre vidūrathe ugrasenātmaje kaṅke śatadyumne ca keśavaḥ // rājādhideve mṛdare prasene citrake tathā atidānte bṛhaddurge śvaphalke citrake pṛthau // vṛṣṇyandhakeṣu cānyeṣu mukhyeṣu madhusūdanaḥ gurum āsajya taṃ bhāraṃ yayau dvāravatīṃ prati // k: D6 ins.: :k tataś ca yādavāḥ sarve yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ | Colophon dantavaktro jarāsaṃdhaḥ śiśupālaś ca vīryavān saṃnaddhā niryayuḥ kruddhā jighāṃsanto janārdanam // aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgaiś ca sārdhaṃ pauṇḍraiś ca vīryavān niryayau cedirājaḥ sa bhrātṛbhiḥ sumahārathaiḥ // k: D6 ins.: :k kva vāsudevaḥ kva ca gopakāste | kuto nu rājā yaduvaṃśajanmanāṃ | kuto nu rāmo madamattagarhitaḥ | kuto nu vīro yudhi sātyakiḥ kila || iti bruvanto nṛpasattamās tadā | raṇāya yuktāḥ sabalāḥ samāgadhāḥ | śaraiś ca khaḍgair yudhi pātayanto | mahārathā niryayur ugravīryāḥ || k: [Colophon] :k atha sainye mahārāja māgadhasya mahātmanaḥ | śaṅkhaduṃdubhayaś caiva sasvanur yuddhaśaṃsavaḥ | yādavāś ca mahārāja śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak || bherīṇāṃ ca mṛdaṅgānāṃ jharjharīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | nādāḥ samabhavantaś ca yadūnāṃ sainyasaṃcaye || tato yuddhaṃ samabhavat senayor ubhayor api | jarāsaṃdhapramukhato vṛṣṇayaḥ prathitās tadā | tān pratyagṛhṇan saṃrabdhā vṛṣṇivīrā mahārathāḥ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ puraskṛtya vāsavaṃ maruto yathā // āpatantaṃ hi vegena jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahābalam ṣaḍbhir vivyādha nārācair yuyudhāno mahāmṛdhe // akrūro dantavaktraṃ tu vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ taṃ pratyavidhyat kārūṣo bāṇair daśabhir āśugaiḥ // vipṛthuḥ śiśupālaṃ tu śarair vivyādha saptabhiḥ aṣṭabhiḥ pratyavidhyat taṃ śiśupālaḥ pratāpavāṇ // gaveśaṇo 'pi caidyaṃ tu ṣaḍbhir vivyādha mārgaṇaiḥ anirdāntas tathāṣṭābhir bṛhaddurgaś ca pañcabhiḥ // prativivyādha tāṃś caidyaḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ jaghāna cāśvāṃś caturaś caturbhir vipṛthoḥ śaraiḥ // bṛhaddurgasya bhallena śiraś ciccheda cārihā gaveṣaṇasya sūtaṃ ca prāhiṇodyamasādanam // hatāśvaṃ sa rathaṃ tyakvā vipṛthus tu mahābalaḥ āruroha rathaṃ kṣipraṃ bṛhaddurgasya vīryavān // vipṛthoḥ sārathiś cāpi gaveṣaṇarathaṃ drutam āruhya javanān aśvān niyantum upacakrame // te kruddhāḥ śaravarṣeṇa sunīthaṃ samavākiran nṛtyantaṃ rathamārgeṣu cāpahastāḥ kalāpinaḥ // cakradevo dantavaktraṃ bibhedorasi karṇinā paṭuśaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā vivyādha yudhi mārgaṇaiḥ // tābhyāṃ sa viddho daśabhir bāṇair marmātigaiḥ śitaiḥ tato balī cakradevaṃ bibheda daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ // pañcabhiś cāpi vivyādha so 'vidūrād vidūratham vidūratho 'pi taṃ ṣaḍbhir vivyādhājau śitaiḥ śaraiḥ // k: V2 ins. (Ñ2 after 64ab): :k dantavaktro 'pi vivyādha bhānumantaṃ vidūratham | triṃśatā pratyavidhyat taṃ balī bāṇair mahābalam kṛtavarmā bibhedājau rājaputraṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ // nyahanat sārathiṃ cāsya dhvajaṃ ciccheda cocchritam prativivyādha taṃ kruddhaḥ pauṇḍraḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ // dhanuś ciccheda cāpy asya bhallenāyataparvaṇā nivṛttaśatruḥ kāliṅgaṃ bibheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ tomareṇāṃsadeśe taṃ nirbibheda kaliṅgarāṭ // gajenāsādya kaṅkas tu gajam aṅgasya vīryavān tomareṇa bibhedāṅgaṃ bibhedāṅgaś ca taṃ śaraiḥ // citrakaś ca śvaphalkaś ca satyakaś ca mahārathaḥ kaliṅgasya tathānīkaṃ nārācair bibhiduḥ śitaiḥ // visṛṣṭena drumeṇājau vaṅgarājasya kuñjaram jaghāna rāmaḥ samkruddho vaṅgarājaṃ ca saṃyuge // taṃ hatvā ratham āruhya dhanur ādāya vīryavān saṃkarṣaṇo jaghānograir nārācaiḥ kaiśikān bahūn // ṣaḍbhir nihatya kārūṣān maheṣvāsān sa vīryavān śataṃ jaghāna saṃkruddho māgadhānāṃ mahārathaḥ nihatya tān mahābāhur jarāsaṃdhaṃ tato 'bhyayāt // tam āpatantaṃ vivyādha nārācair māgadhas tribhiḥ taṃ bibhedāṣṭabhiḥ kruddho nārācair musalāyudhaḥ ciccheda cāsya bhallena dhvajaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam // k: D6 ins.: :k cāpaṃ ca mahad āyattaṃ śarair eva halāyudhaḥ | rathaṃ cāsya mahārāja tilaśaś ca samāhanat || sa cchinnadhanvā viratho gadāmādāya māgadhaḥ | bibheda balabhadraṃ tu jaghāna ca punaḥ punaḥ || rathaṃ ca cūrṇayām āsa gadayāsya sa māgadhaḥ || pātyamānād rathāt tasmād avaplutya halāyudhaḥ | sātyakes tu rathaṃ prāyāt sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ || sātyakis tu mahārāja śarair vivyādha māgadham || baladevo mahārāja gadāṃ saṃgṛhya satvaram | jaghāna māgadhaṃ saṃkhye vajreṇeva giriṃ hariḥ | tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ teṣāṃ devāsuropamam k: Ś1 ins.: :k anivāryaṃ śarair eva praharṣogho mahodadheḥ | sṛjatāṃ śaravarṣāṇi nighnatām itaretaram // gajair gajā hi saṃkruddhāḥ saṃnipetuḥ sahasraśaḥ rathai rathāś ca saṃrabdhāḥ sādibhiś cāpi sādinaḥ // padātayaḥ padātīṃś ca śakticarmāsipāṇayaḥ chindantaś cottamāṅgāni vicerur yudhi te pṛthak // asīnāṃ pātyamānānāṃ kavaceṣu mahāsvanaḥ śarāṇāṃ patatāṃ śabdaḥ pakṣiṇām iva śuśruve // bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāṃ veṇūnāṃ ca mṛdhe dhvanim jugūha ghoṣaḥ śastrāṇāṃ jyāghoṣaś ca mahātmanāṃ // k: D5 subst. for 65-77: :k taṃ prāvidhyata saptatyā bāṇair gāḍhaṃ janārdanaḥ | yatamānaś ca ciccheda dhvajaṃ cāsya mahābalaḥ | jahāra ca śiraḥ kāyāt sārathes tasya vīryavān || taṃ kṛchragatam ājñāya parivavrur janārdanam | dākṣiṇātyā jighāṃsanto rājānaḥ sarva eva te || tam aṃśumān mahābāhur vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | śrutarvā pañcabhiḥ kruddho veṇudāriś ca saptabhiḥ || tato 'ṃśumantaṃ govindo bibhedorasi vīryavān | niṣasāda rathopasthe vyathitaḥ sa narādhipaḥ || śrutarvaṇo jaghānāśvāṃś caturbhiś caturaḥ śaraiḥ | veṇudārir dhvajaṃ chittvā bhujaṃ vivyādha dakṣiṇam || tathaiva ca śrutarvāṇaṃ śarair vivyādha saptabhiḥ | śiśriye ca dhvajaṃ śrānto nyaṣīdac ca vyathānvitaḥ || muñcantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi vāsudevaṃ tato 'bhyayuḥ | krathakaiśikamukhyās te rathavaṃśena sarvaśaḥ || bāṇān bāṇaiś ca ciccheda teṣāṃ yudhi janārdanaḥ | jaghāna caiṣāṃ saṃrabdho yatamānān yatān bahūn || punar anyāṃś catuḥṣaṣṭyā nijaghāna śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | kruddhān āpatato vīro prādravat tadbalaṃ tataḥ | k: D6 ins.: :k etasminn antare vīro balabhadro mahāyaśāḥ | jaghāna gadayā vīraṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahāmṛdhe || mūrchāṃ jagāma rājā tu nipapāta ca bhūtale || sātyakir vaṅgarājaṃ tu jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tat sainyaṃ vimukhaṃ cāsīj jarāsaṃdhe pataty api || sātyakir balabhadraś ca jitvā yodhān sahasraśaḥ | śaṅkhaṃ dadhmatū rājānau sarveṣām agrataḥ sthitau | tataś ca vidrute sainye jarāsaṃdhe parājite | tayoḥ śaṅkhadhvaniṃ śrutvā gacchann eva janārdanaḥ | jitaṃ magadharājasya sainyaṃ bahunṛpāśrayam || ity evaṃ cintayitvā tu vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | pāñcajanyaṃ mahāśaṅkhaṃ dadhmau yadukulodvahaḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 88, transliterated by Kreshimir Krnic, proof-read by Kreshimir Krnic, version of September 23, 2001 :h kṛṣṇena hriyamāṇāṃ tu rukmī śrutvā tu rukmiṇīm pratijñām akarot kruddhaḥ samakṣaṃ bhīṣmakasya ha // ahatvā yudhi govindam anānīya ca rukmiṇīm kuṇḍinaṃ na pravekṣyāmi satyam etad bravīmi te // āsthāya sa rathaṃ vīraḥ samudagrāyudhadhvajam javena prayayau kruddho balena mahatā vṛtaḥ // tam anvayur nṛpāś caiva dakṣiṇāpathavāsinaḥ krātho 'ṃśumāñ śrutarvā ca veṇudāriśca vīryavān // bhīṣmakasya sutaś cāpi rathena rathināṃ varaḥ krathakaiśikamukhyāśca sarva eva mahārathāḥ // te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ saritaṃ narmadām anu govindaṃ dadṛśuḥ kruddhāḥ sahaiva priyayā sthitam // avasthāpya ca tat sainyaṃ rukmī balamadānvitaḥ k: D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇam idamāha janārdanam || are gopakadāyāda paradārapradharṣaṇa | vimucyatām iyaṃ bālā sthātavyaṃ ca kṣaṇāntaram | śiraśchetsyāmi te bāṇaiḥ sthito 'si yadi matpuraḥ | ityuktvā niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ saṃdadhe dhanuṣi prabho | cikīrṣur dvairathaṃ yuddham abhyayān madhusūdanam // sa vivyādha catuḥṣaṣṭyā govindaṃ niśitaiḥ śraiḥ taṃ pratyavidhyat saptatyā bāṇair yudhi janārdanaḥ // yatamānasya ciccheda dhvajaṃ cāsya mahābalaḥ jahāra ca śiraḥ kāyāt sāratheś cāsya vīryavān // taṃ kṛcchragatam ājñāya parivavrur janārdanam dākṣiṇātyā jighāṃsanto rājānaḥ sarva eva te // tam aṃśumān mahābāhur vivyādha daśabhiḥ śraiḥ śrutarvā pañcabhiḥ kruddho veṇudāriś ca saptabhiḥ // tato 'ṃśumantaṃ govindo bibhedorasi vīryavān niṣasāda rathopasthe vyathitaḥ sa narādhipaḥ // śrutarvaṇo jaghānāśvāṃś caturbhiś caturaḥ śaraiḥ veṇudārer dhvajaṃ chittvā bhujaṃ vivyādha dakṣiṇam // tathaiva ca śrutarvāṇaṃ śarair vivyādha pañcabhiḥ śiśriye sa dhvajaṃ klānto nyaṣīdacca vyathānvitaḥ // muñcantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi vāsudevaṃ tato 'bhyayuḥ krathakaiśikamukhyās te rathavaṃśena sarvaśaḥ // bāṇair bāṇāṃś ca ciccheda teṣāṃ yudhi janārdanaḥ jaghāna caiṣāṃ saṃrabdho yatamānāṃś ca tāñ śarān // punar anyāṃś catuḥṣaṣṭyā jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ kruddhān ādravato vīrān ādravat sa mahābalaḥ // vidrutaṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā rukmī krodhavaśaṃ gataḥ pañcabhir niśitair bāṇair vivyādhorasi keśavam // sārathiṃ cāsya vivyādha sāyakair niśitais tribhiḥ ājaghāna dhvajaṃ cāsya śareṇa nataparvaṇā // keśavaś cāpi taṃ ṣaṣṭyā kruddho vivyādha mārgaṇaiḥ dhanuś ciccheda cāpy asya yatamānasya rukmiṇaḥ // athānyad dhanur ādāya rukmī kṛṣṇajighāṃsayā prāduś cakāra divyāni dīptāny astrāṇi vīryavān // k: D6 T G1.4.5 M ins.: :k vāyavyaṃ vāruṇaṃ caiva māhendram atha nairṛtam | paiśācaṃ rākṣasaṃ caiva raudraṃ māheśvaraṃ tathā || etānyastrāṇi davyāni vivyādra yudhi keśave | tair eva tāni govindo nijaghāna janārdanaḥ | astrair astrāṇi saṃvārya tasya kṛṣṇo mhābalaḥ punaś ciccheda taṃ cāpaṃ ratheṣāṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ // sa cchinnadhanvā virathaḥ khaḍgam ādāya carma ca utpapāta rathād vīro garutmān iva vīryavān // tasyābhipatataḥ khaḍgaṃ ciccheda yudhi keśavaḥ nārācaiś ca tribhiḥ kruddho bibhedainam athorasi // k: K4 sub.: :k kruddho bibhedainam atho śarair urasi pañcabhiḥ | sa papāta mahābāhur vasudhām anunādayan visaṃjño mūrchito rājā vajreṇeva hato giriḥ // tāṃś ca rājñaḥ śaraiḥ sarvān punarvivyādha keśavaḥ k: K1 D3 ins.: :k sāśvadhvajarathāṃś caiva sasūtānsapadānugān | rukmiṇaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vyadravanta narādhipāḥ // k: T G1,3-5 M4 ins.: :k kṛṣṇabāṇavibhinnāṅgā vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam | viveṣṭamānaṃ bhūmau taṃ bhrātaraṃ vīkṣya rukmiṇī pādayor nyapatad bhartur bhrātur jīvitakāṅkṣiṇī // tāmutthāpya pariṣvajya sāntvayāmāsa keśavaḥ abhayaṃ rukmiṇe dattvā prayayau svāṃ purīṃ tataḥ // vṛṣṇayo 'pi jarāsaṃdhaṃ bhaṅktvā tāṃś cāpi pārthivān k: S (except G2) ins.: :k jitvā tu sātyakirvīraḥ śiśupālaṃ mahābalam | baladevo 'pi vārṣṇeyo jitvā magadhapuṃgavam | te 'pi vīrā yathāyogaṃ jitvā tān yādavottamāḥ | prayayur dvārakāṃ hṛṣṭāḥ puraskṛtya halāyudham // prayāte puṇḍarīkākṣe śrutarvābhyetya saṃyuge rukmiṇaṃ ratham āropya prayayau svapuraṃ tataḥ // anānīya svasāraṃ tu rukmī vīryamadānvitaḥ hīnapratijño naicchat sa praveṣṭuṃ kuṇḍinaṃ puram // vidarbheṣu ca vāsārthaṃ nirmame 'nyat puraṃ mahat tadbhojakaṭam ity eva babhūva bhuvi viśrutam // k: D6 T1-3 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k janmāspadaṃ bhagavato bhṛgusūnor mahātmanaḥ | tacchaśāsa mahāvīryo rukmī jīvati tatra vai | tatraujasā mahātejasāḥ so 'nvaśād dakṣiṇāṃ diśam bhīṣmakaḥ kuṇḍine caiva rājovāsa mahāmanāḥ // k: D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k jarāsaṃdho 'pi saṃprāpya saṃjñāṃ prāpa svakaṃ puram | sarvair nṛpatibhiḥ sārdhaṃ sajjayāvanatānanaḥ || śiśupālo 'pi mandātmā lajjāviṣṭaḥ sabāndhavaḥ | paurajānapadair dṛṣṭaḥ so 'yaṃ bhojasutāpatiḥ | idānīm anyathā vṛttaḥ svāṃ purī niryayau bahiḥ || ko nu nāma samartho 'tra kṛṣṇe jīvati sāṃpratam | rukmiṇīm anyathākartuṃ sabale sahasātyakau || iti paurāś ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā sunīthaṃ mandavikramam | āhuḥ parasparaṃ sarve gacchantaṃ svapuraṃ nṛpam | dvārakām abhisaṃprāpte rāme vṛṣṇibalānvite rukmiṇyāḥ keśavaḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha vidhivat prabhuḥ // k: after 88.34, D6 S (except G2) ins. a passage given in App I (No. 23) :k tataḥ saha tayā reme priyayā prīyamāṇayā sītayeva purā rāmaḥ paulomy eva puraṃdaraḥ // k: D6 T1-3 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k damayantyā yathā rājā puṇyaśloko nalastathā | sā hi tasyābhavaj jyeṣṭhā patnī kṛṣṇasya bhāminī pativratā guṇopetā rūpaśīlaguṇānvitā // tasyām utpādayāmāsa putrān daśa mahārathān cārudeṣṇaṃ sudeṣṇaṃ ca pradyumnaṃ ca mahābalam // suṣeṇaṃ cāruguptaṃ ca cārubāhuṃ ca vīryavān cāruvindaṃ sucāruṃ ca bhadracāruṃ tathaiva ca // cāruṃ ca balināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sutāṃ cārumatīṃ tathā dharmārthakuśalās te tu kṛtāstrā yuddhadurmadāḥ // mahiṣīḥ sapta kalyāṇīs tato 'nyā madhusūdanaḥ upayeme mahābāhur guṇopetāḥ kulodbhavāḥ // kālindīṃ mitravindāṃ ca satyāṃ nāgnajitīm api sutāṃ jāmbavataś cāpi rohiṇīṃ kāmarūpiṇīm // madrarājasutāṃ cāpi suśīlāṃ śubhalocanām satrājitīṃ satyabhāmāṃ lakṣmaṇāṃ cāruhāsinīm śaibyāṃ sudattāṃ rūpeṇa śriyā hy apsarasopamām // strīsahasrāṇi cānyāni ṣoḍaśātulavikramaḥ upayeme hṛṣīkeśaḥ sarvā bheje sa tāḥ samam parārdhyavastrābharaṇāḥ kāmaih sarvaiḥ samedhitaḥ // jajñire tasya putrāś ca tāsu vīrāḥ sahasraśaḥ k: Ś1 D2 ins.: :k aśītiṃ ca sahasrāṇi ṣoḍaśānyāni bhārata | sarvāstrakuśalāḥ sarve balavanto mahārathāḥ yajvānaḥ puṇyakarmāṇo mahābhāgā mahābalāḥ // k: D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k evaṃ vivāhaṃ yadupuṃgavastadā | kṛtvā tu rāmeṇa ca yādavaiḥ saha | pure tu tasminnyavasatsukhaṃ harir | yathaiva śakraḥ svapure jagadguruḥ | k: after 88.34, D6 S (except G2) ins. a passage given in App I (No. 23) :k h: HV (CE) Chapter 89 transliterated by Eva De Clercq; version of March 5, 2002 :h tataḥ kāle vyatīte tu rukmī mahati vīryavān duhituḥ kārayām āsa svayaṃvaram ariṃdamaḥ // tatrāhūtāś ca rājāno rājaputrāś ca rukmiṇā samājagmur mahāvīryā nānādigbhyaḥ śriyānvitāḥ // jagāma tatra pradyumnaḥ kumārair aparair vṛtaḥ sā hi taṃ cakame kanyā sa ca tāṃ śubhalocanām // śubhāṅgī nāma vaidarbhī kāntidyutisamanvitā pṛthivyām abhavat khyātā rukmiṇas tanayā tadā // upaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣu pārthiveṣu mahātmasu vaidarbhī varayām āsa pradyumnam arisūdanam // sa hi sarvāstrakuśalaḥ siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā rūpeṇāpratimo loke keśavasyātmajo 'bhavat // vayorūpaguṇopetā rājaputrī ca sābhavat nārāyaṇī candrasenā jātakāmā ca taṃ prati // vṛtte svayaṃvare jagmū rājānaḥ svapurāṇi te upādāya tu vaidarbhīṃ pradyumno dvārakāṃ yayau // k: K3.4 D2.5 (marg.) T3 ins.: :k reme saha tayā vīro damayantyā nalo yathā | sa tasyāṃ janayām āsa devagarbhopamaṃ sutam aniruddham iti khyātaṃ karmaṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi dhanurvede ca vede ca nītiśāstre ca pāragam // abhavat sa yadā rājann aniruddho vayonvitaḥ tadāsya rukmiṇaḥ pautrīṃ rukmiṇī rukmasaṃnibhāṃ patnyarthaṃ varayām āsa nāmnā rukmavatīti sā // aniruddhaṃ guṇair dātuṃ kṛtabuddhir nṛpas tadā prītyā ca raukmiṇeyasya rukmiṇyāś cāpy upagrahāt // vispardhann api kṛṣṇena vairaṃ tad apahāya saḥ dadānīty abravīd rājā prītimāñ janamejaya // keśavaḥ saha rukmiṇyā putraiḥ saṃkarṣaṇena ca anyaiś ca vṛṣṇibhiḥ sārdhaṃ vidarbhān sabalo yayau // saṃyuktā jñātayaś caiva rukmiṇaḥ suhṛdaś ca ye āhūtā rukmiṇā te 'pi tatrājagmur narādhipāḥ // śubhe tithau mahārāja nakṣatre cābhipūjite vivāhāyāniruddhasya babhūva paramotsavaḥ // pāṇau gṛhīte vaidarbhyās tv aniruddhena bhārata k: K2.3 Ñ2.3 V B1.2 Dn Ds D1.2.4-6 T4 G2 ins.: :k vaidarbhayādavānāṃ ca babhūva paramotsavaḥ | remire vṛṣṇayas tatra pūjyamānā yathāmarāḥ // athāśmakānām adhipo veṇudārir udāradhīḥ akṣaḥ śrutarvā cāṇūraḥ krāthaś caivāṃśumān api // jayatsenaḥ kaliṅgānām adhipaś ca mahābalaḥ pāṇḍyaś ca nṛpatiḥ śrīmān ṛṣīkādhipatis tathā // ete saṃmantrya rājāno dākṣiṇātyā maharddhayaḥ abhigamyābruvan sarve rukmiṇaṃ rahasi prabhum // bhavān akṣeṣu kuśalo vayaṃ cāpi riraṃsavaḥ priyadyūtaś ca rāmo 'sāv akṣeṣv anipuṇo 'pi ca // te bhavantaṃ puraskṛtya jetum icchāma taṃ vayam ity ukto rocayām āsa dyūtaṃ rukmī mahārathaḥ // te śubhāṃ kāñcanastambhāṃ kusumair bhūṣitājirām sabhām āviviśur hṛṣṭāḥ siktāṃ candanavāriṇā // tāṃ praviśya tataḥ sarve śubhrasraganulepanāḥ sauvarṇeṣv āsaneṣv āsāṃ cakrire vijigīṣavaḥ // āhūto baladevas tu kitavair akṣakovidaiḥ bāḍham ity abravīdd hṛṣṭaḥ saha dīvyāma paṇyatām // nikṛtyā taṃ jigīṣanto dākṣiṇātyā narādhipāḥ maṇimuktāḥ suvarṇaṃ ca tatrāninyuḥ sahasraśaḥ // tataḥ prāvartata dyūtaṃ teṣām aratināśanam kalahāyāspadaṃ ghoraṃ durmatīnāṃ kṣayāvaham // niṣkāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi suvarṇasya daśāditaḥ rukmiṇā saha saṃpāte baladevo glahaṃ dadau // taṃ jigāya tato rukmī yatamānaṃ mahāratham tāvad evāparaṃ bhūyo baladevaṃ jigāya saḥ // asakṛj jīyamānas tu rukmiṇā keśavāgrajaḥ suvarṇakoṭiṃ jagrāha glahaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ // jitam ity eva hṛṣṭo 'tha tam āhvṛtir abhāṣata ślāghamānaś ca cikṣepa prahasan musalāyudham // avidyo durbalaḥ śrīmān hiraṇyam amitaṃ mayā ajeyo baladevo 'yam akṣadyūte parājitaḥ // kaliṅgarājas tac chrutvā prajahāsa bhṛśaṃ tadā dantān vidarśayan hṛṣṭas tatrākrudhyadd halāyudhaḥ // rukmiṇaś ca vacaḥ śrutvā parājayanimittajam nigṛhyamāṇas tīkṣṇābhir vāgbhir bhīṣmakasūnunā roṣam āhārayām āsa jitaroṣo 'pi dharmavit // saṃkruddho dharṣaṇāṃ prāpya rauhiṇeyo mahābalaḥ dhairyān manaḥ saṃniyamya tato vacanam abravīt // daśakoṭisahasrāṇi glaha eko mamāparaḥ etaṃ saṃparigṛhṇīṣva pātayākṣān narādhipa kṛṣṇākṣāṃl lohitākṣāṃś ca deśe 'smiṃs tvam apāṃsule // ity evam āhvayām āsa rukmiṇaṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ anuktvā vacanaṃ kiṃcid bāḍham ity abravīt punaḥ // akṣān rukmī tato hṛṣṭaḥ pātayām āsa pārthivaḥ cāturakṣe nivṛtte tu nirjitaḥ sa narādhipaḥ // baladevena dharmeṇa nety uvāca tato balam dhairyān manaḥ saṃniyamya sa na kiṃcid uvāca ha k: S (except G2) ins.: :k ete bruvantu rājāno ye tathyavacanā iha | baladevaṃ tato rukmī mayā jitam iti smayan // baladevas tu tac chrutvā jihmaṃ vākyaṃ narādhipāt bhūyaḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo nottaraṃ vyājahāra ha // tato gambhīranirghoṣā vāg uvācāśarīriṇī baladevasya taṃ kopaṃ vardhayantī mahātmanaḥ satyam āha balaḥ śrīmān dharmeṇaiṣa parājitaḥ // anuktvā vacanaṃ kiṃcit prāpto bhavati karmaṇā manasā samanujñātaṃ tat syād ity avagamyatām // iti śrutvā vacas tathyam antarikṣāt subhāṣitam saṃkarṣaṇas tadotthāya sauvarṇenoruṇā balī k: D2 ins.: :k tām anādṛtya vaidarbho duṣṭarājanyanoditaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇaṃ parihasan babhāṣe kālanoditaḥ || naivākṣakovidā yūyaṃ gopālā vanagocarāḥ | akṣaiḥ krīḍanti rājāno bāṇaiś ca na bhavādṛśāḥ || rukmiṇaivam adhikṣipto rājabhiś copahāsitaḥ | rukmiṇyā bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale // vivāde kupito rāmaḥ kṣeptāraṃ krūrabhāṣiṇam jaghānāṣṭāpadenaiva prasahya yadupuṃgavaḥ // tato 'pasṛtya saṃkruddhaḥ kaliṅgādhipater api dantān babhañja saṃrambhād unnanāda ca siṃhavat khaḍgam udyamya tāṃś cāpi trāsayām āsa pārthivān // k: D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k raṅgamadhye haladharaḥ paribabhrāma siṃhavat | stambhaṃ sabhāyāḥ sauvarṇam utpāṭya balināṃ varaḥ gajendra iva taṃ stambhaṃ karṣan samkarṣaṇas tataḥ k: T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k tenaiva tu jaghānāśu tatrasthān krathakaiśikān | nirjagāma sabhādvārāt trāsayan krathakaiśikān // k: T1.3.4 G1.3.5 M (T2 G4 after 45cd) ins.: :k keśeṣu rukmiṇaṃ gṛhya cakarṣa ca punaḥ punaḥ | tam ādāya sabhādvārāc charapātaṃ sasarja ha | rukmiṇaṃ nikṛtiprajñaṃ sa hatvā yādavarṣabhaḥ vitrāsya dviṣataḥ sarvān siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgān iva // jagāma śibiraṃ rāmaḥ svam eva svajanāvṛtaḥ nyavedayata kṛṣṇāya tac ca sarvaṃ yathābhavat // novāca sa tadā kiṃcit kṛṣṇo rāmaṃ mahādyutim k: Ñ2 V2 B2 Dn Ds D6 ins.: :k rukmiṇī tu tataḥ śrutvā nihataṃ bhrātaraṃ priyam | nigṛhya ca tadātmānaṃ krodhād aśrūṇy avartayat // na hato vāsudevena yaḥ pūrvaṃ paravīrahā k: K1 (marg.) V3 D2.3 ins.: :k jyeṣṭho bhrātātha rukmiṇyā rukmiṇīsnehakāraṇāt | sa rāmakaramuktena nihato dyūtamaṇḍale aṣṭāpadena balavān rājā vajradharopamaḥ // tasmin hate mahāmātre nṛpatau bhīṣmakātmaje drumabhārgavatulye vai drumabhārgavaśikṣite // kṛtau ca yuddhakuśale nityayājini pātite vṛṣṇayaś cāndhakāś caiva sarve vimanaso 'bhavan // k: Ś1 K3 D4.5 T4 ins.: :k rukmiṇī ca mahābhāgā vilapanty ārtayā girā | vilapantīṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā sāntvayām āsa keśavaḥ | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ rukmiṇo nidhanaṃ yathā vairasya ca samutthānaṃ vṛṣṇibhir bharatarṣabha // vṛṣṇayo 'pi mahārāja dhanāny ādāya sarvaśaḥ rāmakṛṣṇau samāśritya yayur dvāravatīṃ purīm // k: After 89.53, V1.3 Ds D6 ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 24) :k h: HV (CE) Chapter 90 transliterated by Eva De Clercq; version of March 5, 2002 :h 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 // k: K1 (marg.).2 Ñ2.3 V B Ds D2-6 T G M4 ins.: :k rājabhiḥ sarvato ruddho haramāṇo balāt kila | 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 // k: K2.3 Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G2 ins.: :k sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ daityo gardabharūpadhṛk | 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 // k: M3 ins.: :k ālolatulasīmālam ārūḍhavinatāsutam | jyotirindīvaraśyāmam āvir astu mamāgrataḥ | h: HV (CE) Chapter 91 transliterated by Eva De Clercq; version of March 5, 2002 :h pratyetya dvārakāṃ viṣṇur hate rukmiṇi vīryavān akarod yan mahābāhus tan me vada mahāmune // sa tair vṛtaḥ purīṃ gatvā sarvayādavanandanaḥ dvārakāṃ bhagavān viṣṇuḥ pratyavaikṣata vīryavān // pratyapadyata ratnāni vividhāni vasūni ca yathārhaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo nairṛtān pratyapādayat // tatra vighnaṃ caranti sma daiteyāḥ saha dānavaiḥ tāñ jaghāna mahābāhur varadattān mahāsurān // vighnaṃ tatrākarot tasya narako nāma dānavaḥ trāsanaḥ surasaṃghānāṃ devarājaripur mahān // sa babhau mūrtiliṅgasthaḥ sarvadaivatabādhitā k: After 6ab, D6 S ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 25). :k ṛṣīṇāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca pratīpam akarot tadā // tvaṣṭur duhitaraṃ bhaumaḥ kaśerum agamat tadā gajarūpeṇa jagrāha rucirāṅgīṃ caturdaśīm // pramathya ca varārohāṃ narako vākyam abravīt naṣṭaśokabhayo mohāt prāgjyotiṣapatis tadā // yāni devamanuṣyeṣu ratnāni vividhāni ca bibharti ca mahī kṛtsnā sāgareṣu ca yad vasu // adya prabhṛti tānīha sahitāḥ sarvanairṛtāḥ mamaivopahariṣyanti daityāś ca saha dānavaiḥ // evam uttamaratnāni vastrāṇi vividhāni ca saṃjahāra tadā bhaumas tac ca nādhicacāra saḥ // gandharvāṇāṃ ca yāḥ kanyā jahāra narako balī yāś ca devamanuṣyāṇāṃ sapta cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ // caturdaśa sahasrāṇi ekaviṃśacchatāni ca ekaveṇīdharāḥ sarvāḥ satāṃ mārgam anuvratāḥ // tāsāṃ puravaraṃ bhaumo 'kārayan maṇiparvatam alakāyām adīnātmā murasya viṣayaṃ prati // tāś ca prāgjyotiṣapatir muroś caiva daśātmajāḥ nairṛtāś ca yathāmukhyāḥ pālayanta upāsate // sa eṣa tamasaḥ pāre varadatto mahāsuraḥ aditiṃ dharṣayām āsa kuṇḍalārthe mahāsuraḥ // k: D6 T G1.2.4.5 M ins.: :k ye hi devamanuṣyeṣu kuṇḍale te śubhe ubhe | na cāsuragaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sahitaiḥ karma tat purā kṛtapūrvaṃ tadā ghoraṃ yad akārṣīn mahāsuraḥ // yaṃ mahī suṣuve devī yasya prāgjyotiṣaṃ puram tasyāntapālāś catvāras tasyāsan yuddhadurmadāḥ // hayagrīvo nisundaś ca vīraḥ pañcajanas tathā muruḥ putrasahasraiś ca varadatto mahāsuraḥ // k: Ś1 ins.: :k aditiṃ dharṣayām āsa so 'suro madadarpitaḥ | ādevayānam āvṛtya panthānaṃ samavasthitaḥ vitrāsanaḥ sukṛtināṃ virūpai rākṣasaiḥ saha // tadvadhārthaṃ mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt jāto vṛṣṇiṣu devakyāṃ vasudevāj janārdanaḥ // k: After 21, D6 S(except G2) ins. an addl. colophon :k k: After the addl. colophon, D6 S(except G2) ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 26) :k tasyātha puruṣendrasya loke prathitatejasaḥ nivāso dhārakā devair upāyād upapāditā // atīva hi purī ramyā dvārakā vāsavakṣayāt mahārṇavaparikṣiptā pañcaparvataśobhitā // k: T2-4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k tasyaiva devadevasya nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā | tasyāṃ devapurābhāyāṃ sabhā kāñcanatoraṇā sudāśārhīti vikhyātā yojanāyutavistṛtā // k: After 24, D6 S(except G2) ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 27) :k tatra vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ sarve rāmakṛṣṇapurogamāḥ lokayātrām imāṃ kṛtsnāṃ parirakṣanta āsate // k: T G1.3-5 M4 subst.: :k narakasya vadhaṃ sarve cintayantas tadāsate | tatrāsīneṣu sarveṣu kadācid bharatarṣabha divyagandho vavau vāyuḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ papāta ha // tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ prabhājālābhisaṃvṛtaḥ muhūrtam antarikṣe 'bhūt tato bhūmau pratiṣṭhitaḥ // madhye tu tejasas tasya pāṇḍuraṃ gajam āsthitaḥ vṛto devagaṇaiḥ sarvair vāsavaḥ pratyadṛśyata // k: D6 T G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k pīḍito narakeṇājau lokapālasamanvitaḥ | icchan rakṣāṃ jagannāthād yādavād nāmasaṃyutāt | hananaṃ ca tathā viṣṇor narakasya durātmanaḥ || āgataṃ taṃ vṛtrahaṇaṃ pīḍitaṃ dānavottamaiḥ | rāmakṛṣṇai ca rājā ca vṛṣṇyandhakagaṇaiḥ saha pratyudyayur mahātmānaṃ pūjayantaḥ sureśvaram // so 'vatīrya gajāt tūrṇaṃ pariṣvajya janārdanam sasvaje baladevaṃ ca taṃ ca rājānam āhukam k: D6 T2.4 G1.4 M1.2.4 ins.: :k pradyumnam atha deveśas tatputraṃ ca mahādyutim | vṛṣṇīn anyān sasvaje ca yathā sthānaṃ yathā vayaḥ // pūjito rāmakṛṣṇābhyām āviveśa sabhāṃ śubhām tatrāsanam alaṃkṛtya sabhām tāṃ sa sureśvaraḥ arghyādisamudācāraṃ pratyagṛhṇād yathāvidhi // k: D6 T G1.3-5 M subst.: :k arghyādibhis tathā rājan madhuparkeṇa vṛtrahā | āsanaṃ lambhayām āsa svātmatulyaṃ śacīpatiḥ | athovāca mahātejā vāsavo vāsavānujaṃ sāntvapūrvaṃ kareṇāsya saṃspṛṣan vadanaṃ śubham // devakīnandana vacaḥ śṛṇu me madhusūdana yena tvābhigato 'smy adya kāryeṇāmitrakarśana // nairṛto narako nāma brahmaṇo varadarpitaḥ k: D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k bādhate no hṛṣīkeśa lokapālān samantataḥ | svargaśreṇiṃ vihāyāśu nirgatāḥ sma vayaṃ diśaḥ | adityāḥ kuṇḍale mohāj jahāra ditinandanaḥ // devānāṃ vipriye nityam ṛṣīṇāṃ ca sa vartate k: G2 ins.: :k nāhaṃ śaknomi taṃ jetuṃ tasmāt tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | tava caivāntaraprekṣī jahi taṃ pāpapūruṣam // ayaṃ tvāṃ garuḍas tatra prāpayiṣyati kāmagaḥ kāmavīryo 'titejasvī vainateyo 'ntarikṣagaḥ // avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhaumaḥ sa narako 'suraḥ niṣūdayitvā taṃ pāpaṃ kṣipram āgantum arhasi // ity uktaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo devarājena keśavaḥ pratijajñe mahābāhur narakasya nibarhaṇam // k: D6 T1-3 G1.4.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k idaṃ provāca śakraṃ taṃ keśavaḥ keśisūdanaḥ | etad artham ihāgamya munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || badarīvāsinaḥ śakra mām uktvā nirgatā hare || abhayaṃ ca mayā deva dattaṃ tebhyaḥ śatakrato | tad artham udyato deva taṃ hantuṃ dānavaṃ raṇe || tad artham āgato deva garuḍaḥ pakṣipuṃgavaḥ | k: After line 5 of *1044, T4 ins.: :k kāmarūpo 'titejasvī vainateyo 'ntarikṣagaḥ | tataḥ sahaiva śakreṇa śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k narakasya vadhārthāya yayau vai sa hi keśavaḥ | pratasthe garuḍenātha satyabhāmāsahāyavān // krameṇa sapta skandhān sa marutāṃ sahavāsavaḥ paśyatāṃ yadusiṃhānām ūrdhvam ācakrame balī // vāraṇendragataḥ śakro garuḍastho janārdanaḥ vidūrasthau prakāśete sūryācandramasāv iva // athāntarikṣe gandharvair apsarobhiś ca mādhavaḥ stūyamāno yathā śakraḥ krameṇāntaradhīyata // samādhāyetikartavyaṃ vāsavo vibudhādhipaḥ svam eva bhavanaṃ prāyāt kṛṣṇaḥ prāgjyotiṣaṃ yayau // k: K2 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Dn Ds D2.5.6 T G M4 ins.: :k pakṣānilahato vāyuḥ pratilomaṃ vavau tadā || tato bhīmaravair meghair babhramur gaganecarāḥ | kṣaṇena samanuprāpto divam ākāśagena vai || dūrād eva ca tān dṛṣṭvā prayayau yatra te sthitāḥ | apaśyat parvatadvāri hastyaśvarathavāhanam | k: T G1.5 M4 cont., D6 ins. after line 4 of *1046, M1-3 ins. after 43: :k ārakṣakān mahārāja narakasya durātmanaḥ | so 'gryān rakṣogaṇān hatvā narakasya mahābalān k: T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k pradadhmau devadeveśaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ mahāsvanam | kṣurāntān mauravān pāśān ṣaṭsahasrān dadarśa ha // k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B1.3 Dn Ds D5.6 T G M4 B2 ins.: :k garuḍasyopari śrīmāñ chaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt | bibhran nīlāmbudākāraṃ pītavāsāś caturbhujaḥ || vanamālākuloraskaḥ śrīvatsendunibhorasaḥ | kirīṭamūrdhā sūryābhaḥ savidyud iva candramāḥ | jyāṃ vikūjan mahāśabdaḥ śrūyate 'śaninisvanaḥ || jñātvā ca dānavaḥ sarvaṃ svayaṃ viṣṇur ihāgataḥ | krodhād rudhiraraktākṣo muraḥ kālāntakaprabhaḥ || abhyadhāvata vegena śaktiṃ gṛhya mahāsuraḥ | cikṣepa ca mahāśaktiṃ vajrakāñcanabhūṣitām || tām āpatantīṃ śaktiṃ tu maholkāṃ jvālitām iva | samādhatta śaraṃ caiva rukmapuṅkhaṃ janārdanaḥ || dvidhācchinat kṣurapreṇa vāsudevaḥ sa vīryavān | śaktiṃ ciccheda tatrāsau vidyutpuñja iva jvalan || punas tu krodharaktākṣo murur gṛhya mahāgadām | indrāśanir ivendreṇa visṛṣṭa iva nisvanaḥ || ākarṇamuktaṃ cikṣepa ardhacandraṃ surottamaḥ | madhyadeśe tu ciccheda gadāṃ tāṃ rukmabhūṣitām | punaś ciccheda bhallena dānavasya śiro raṇe | k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins., D6 after line 4, M1-3 after 44: :k sa piśācagaṇaṃ sarvaṃ jaghāna yudhi keśavaḥ | niyutaṃ cārbudaṃ caiva sa murasya durātmanaḥ || ācchidya pāśān sarvāṃs tān mureṇa saha saṃgataḥ | sa muro dānavo rājan dadarśa yadunandanam | k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins., T4 after line 15, M1-3 cont. after *1049A: :k siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakre gadayā taṃ jaghāna ha | garuḍaṃ ca samājaghne mūrdhni deśe mahāsuraḥ | keśavaṃ pothayām āsa prāsaśaktyṛṣṭitomaraiḥ | k: T G1.3-5 M4 cont., M1-3 after *1049B: :k tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśaḥ kṣurapreṇāharac chiraḥ | tasya dānavamukhyasya dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ tadā hariḥ || kṣubdhāś ca dānavāḥ sarve tena śabdena parvatāḥ | saṃchidya pāśān sarvāṃs tān muraṃ hatvā sahānvayam śilāsaṃghān atikramya nisundam avapothayat k: After 45c, K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D5.6 S ins.: :k ... bhagavān devakīsutaḥ | apaśyad dānavaṃ sainyaṃ ... | k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D5.6 T G M4 ins.: :k hayagrīvaṃ ca ditijaṃ tathānyāṃś citrayodhinaḥ | rodhayām āsa tan mārgaṃ svasainyena mahābalaḥ || nisundo balināṃ śreṣṭho ratham āruhya satvaram | jagrāha kārmukaṃ divyaṃ hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam || vivyādha daśabhir bāṇair nisundo madhusūdanam | keśavaś cāpi saptatyā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | aprāptāṃś cāntarikṣe tāñ śarāṃś ciccheda mādhavaḥ || te sarve sainikāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ samantāt paryavārayan | śarajālena mahatā chādyamānaḥ surottamaḥ || dṛṣṭvā tān dānavān sarvān sakrodho madhusūdanaḥ | tato divyena cāstreṇa pārjanyena janārdanaḥ | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa vārayām āsa tad balam || pañcapañcaśarais teṣu ekaikena ca tān bahūn | pārjanyasya prabhāveṇa sarvān marmasv atāḍayat | dudruvur bhayasaṃtrastā bhagnās te dānavā raṇe || svasainyaṃ vidrutaṃ dṛṣṭvā niścakrāma punar mṛdhe | visṛjañ śaravarṣāṇi chādayām āsa keśavam || na vibhāti raṇe sūryo nāpi vyoma diśo daśa | śaraiḥ saṃchādayām āsa nisundo garuḍadhvajam || sāvitraṃ nāma divyāstraṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ | tena bāṇena tān bāṇāṃś ciccheda samare hariḥ || bāṇair bāṇāṃs tu saṃchidya tasya kṛṣṇo mahābalaḥ | chatram ekena bāṇena ratheṣāṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | punaś ciccheda tān aśvāṃś caturbhiś caturaḥ śaraiḥ || sārathiṃ pañcabhir bāṇair dhvajam ekena cicchide | śaraikena punaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sutīkṣṇena śitena vai | śiraś ciccheda bhallena nisundasya surottamaḥ || sa mamāra mahādaityaḥ papāta ca mahītale | k: D6 T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M4 ins. after line 25, M1-3 after 45cd: :k nisundaṃ tu gadāpāṇim āpatantaṃ raṇājire || tataḥ śārṅgavinirmuktaiḥ śarair vivyādha keśavaḥ | nisundo 'pi mahārāja gadayāpothayadd harim || satyabhāmā tataḥ kruddhā gadayā bāhumuktayā | prāharad dānavendraṃ taṃ keśavasyaiva paśyataḥ || tatas tuṣṭo hṛṣīkeśaḥ satyabhāmām udaikṣata | sa tayā gadayā viddha udvamañ śoṇitaṃ bahu | muhyan saṃjñām avāpyātha nisundas tv abhyadhāvata | tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśas taṃ jaghāna śilīmukhaiḥ | yaḥ sahasrasamās tv ekaḥ sarvān devān apothayat // k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D5.6 T G M4 ins.: :k nisundaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā hayagrīvaḥ pratāpavān | śilāṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ tolayām āsa dānavaḥ || āvidhya sahasā yuktaḥ śilāṃ śailasamaprabhaḥ | gṛhītvā divyapārjanyam astram astravidāṃ varaḥ || divyāstreṇa śilāṃ viṣṇuḥ saptadhākṛta tejasā | tad vidārya mahac cāśma pātayām āsa bhūtale | k: After line 5, T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k tataḥ kruddho hayagrīvaḥ saṃdadhe dhanuṣi kṣuram | k: T1 G1.3-5 M4 cont., M1-3 ins. after 45: :k tataḥ kruddho hayagrīvaś cāpam ādāya cāparam | keśavaṃ vividhaiś cāstrair ājaghāna tadā yudhi | k: G5 cont.: :k tac cāpi ca dhanuś chitvā pātayām āsa keśavaḥ | yathā devāsuraṃ yuddham abhavad bharatarṣabha nānāpraharaṇākīrṇaṃ tathā ghoram avartata // tataḥ śārṅgavinirmuktair nānāvarṇair mahāśaraiḥ garuḍastho mahābāhur nijaghāna mahāsurān // mahālāṅgalanirbhinnāḥ śarakhaṅganipātitāḥ vineśur dānavās tatra samāsādya janārdanam // kecic cakrāgninirdagdhā dānavāḥ petur ambarāt saṃnikarṣagatāḥ kecid gatāsuvikṛtānanāḥ // k: D6 T G1.5 M1-3 ins. after 49, G3 after 47: :k garuḍasya hatāḥ pakṣaiḥ kecin mathitamastakāḥ | kecid dhanuḥprahāraiś ca pātitā dharaṇītale | kecit talanipātaiś ca pakṣapātaiś ca pakṣiṇaḥ | k: D6 T2.3 G1.5 cont., K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D5 T4 G2.4 ins. after 49: :k asṛjañ śaravarṣāṇi vṛṣṭimanta ivāmbudāḥ | vikṛtāṅgāsurāḥ sarve kṛṣṇabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ || śoṇitāktāś ca dṛśyante puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ | vyadravanta suvitrastā bhagnāstrāś citrayodhinaḥ || punaś ca krodharaktākṣo vāyuvegena dānavaḥ | daśavyāmocchritaṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāruhya vanaspatim | vṛkṣam utpāṭya vegena pratigṛhyābhyadhāvata || cikṣepa sumahāvṛkṣaṃ śikṣayā tu ghanākṛtiḥ | vṛkṣavegāniloddhūtaḥ śuśruve sumahāsvanaḥ || tataḥ śarasahasreṇa tvaramāṇo janārdanaḥ | naikadhā taṃ praciccheda citrabhaktinibhākṛtim || punaś caikena bāṇena hayagrīvasya corasi | vivyādha stanayor madhye sāyako jvalanaprabhaḥ | viveśa so 'tivegena hṛdaṃ bhittvā vinirgataḥ | taṃ jaghāna mahāghoraṃ hayagrīvaṃ mahāsuram apāratejā durdharṣaḥ sarvayādavanandanaḥ // madhye lohitagaṅgasya bhagavān devakīsutaḥ alakāyāṃ virūpākṣaṃ pāpmānaṃ puruṣottamaḥ // aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi dānavānāṃ paraṃtapaḥ nihatya puruṣavyāghraḥ prāgjyotiṣam upādravat k: T G2-5 M ins.; D6 after 52ab: :k bāhyaprākāramadhye tu jaghāna puruṣottamaḥ | k: After the above, D6 T G1.3-5 M1-3 ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 28), while D3 ins. it after 52cd. :k k: After App. I (No. 28), T1.2 G M4 ins.: :k bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa kathām imām | avadhīn narakaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kathaṃ vada tapodhana | taṃ ca pañcajanaṃ ghoraṃ narakasya mahāsuram // tataḥ prāgjyotiṣaṃ nāma dīpyamānam iva śriyā puram āsādayām āsa tatra yuddham abhūn mahat // k: K2 ins. after 52, Ñ2.3 V B Dn2 Ds G2 after 53, Dn1 after 50ab, D5 after 53ab: :k k: read 1058A* for "1058*" (second time!) :k tataḥ prādhmāyac chaṅkhaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ mahābalaḥ | k: the first pada is one long syllable short :k śuśruve sumahāśabdaḥ saṃvartaninado yathā || śrūyate triṣu lokeṣu bhīmagambhīranisvanaḥ | taṃ śrutvā narakaś cāsīt krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ || lohacakrāṣṭasaṃyuktaṃ trinalvapratimaṃ ratham || ratnakāñcanacitrāḍhyaṃ vedikābhogavistaram || vajradhvajena mahatā kāñcanena virājitam | hemadaṇḍapatākāḍhyaṃ vaidūryamaṇikūbaram || yuktam aśvasahasreṇa rathaṃ pararathārujam | lohajālaiś ca saṃchannaṃ citrabhaktivirājitam || rathamadhyagato vīraḥ sasaṃdhya iva bhāskaraḥ | nānāpraharaṇākīrṇaṃ rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam || vajraṃ tathoraśchadam induvarṇaṃ | vyānaddhamuktānalatulyatejāḥ | kirīṭamūrdhārkahutāśanābhaḥ | karṇau tathā kuṇḍalayor jvalantau || dhūmravarṇā mahākāyā raktākṣā vikṛtānanāḥ | nānākavacinaḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ || khaṅgacarmadharāḥ kecit kecit tūṇīrasaṃvṛtāḥ | śaktihastās tathā kecic chūlahastās tathāpare || gajavājirathaughaiś ca cālayantaś ca medinīm | niryayur nagarāc chūrāḥ susaṃnaddhāḥ prahāriṇaḥ || vṛto daityagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ narakaḥ kālasaṃnibhaḥ || bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāṃ paṇavānāṃ sahasraśaḥ | vādyamānān sa śuśrāva jīmūtaninadopamam || yataḥ kṛṣṇas tato gatvā sarve te vikṛtānanāḥ | parivārya garutmantaṃ sarve 'yudhyanta saṃgatāḥ | mahatā chādayām āsuḥ śaravarṣeṇa sainikāḥ || śaktiśūlagadāprāsāṃs tomarān sāyakān bahūn | ākāśaṃ chādayām āsur vimuñcantaḥ sahasraśaḥ || kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇāmbudākāraḥ śārṅgaṃ gṛhya dhanus tataḥ | visphārya sumahaccāpaṃ dhanur jaladanisvanam || vyasṛjac charavarṣāṇi dānavānāṃ janārdanaḥ | śaravarṣeṇa tat sainyaṃ vyadravat tu mahāhavāt || tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ ghorarūpeṇa rakṣasā || bhagnavyūhāś ca te sarve kṛṣṇabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ | kecic chinnabhujāś caiva cchinnagrīvā śirānanāḥ | kecic cakradvidhācchinnāḥ kecid bāṇārditorasaḥ || kecid dvidhākṛtāḥ śaktyā gajāśvarathavāhanāḥ | kecit kaumodakībhinnāḥ kecic cakravidāritāḥ || evaṃ vipothitā sarvā gajāśvarathavāhinī | tatrāsīn narakeṇāsya yuddhaṃ paramadāruṇam yat samāsena vakṣyāmi tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu // trāsanaḥ surasaṃghānāṃ narakaḥ puruṣottamam yodhayām āsa tejasvī madhuvanmadhusūdanam // k: K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D5 G2 ins.: :k krodharaktākṣavadano narakaḥ kālasaṃnibhaḥ | jagrāha kārmukaṃ vīraḥ śakracāpam ivocchritam || tathārkakiraṇaprakhyaṃ bāṇaṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ | divyenāstreṇa samare pūrayām āsa taṃ ratham || uttamāstraṃ mahāpātaṃ mumoca narako balī || vajravisphūrjitākāram āyāntaṃ vīkṣya keśavaḥ | cicchedāstraṃ mahābhāgaś cakreṇa puruṣottamaḥ || vyahanat sārathiṃ cāsya śaraikeṇa jarārdanaḥ | sarathaṃ sadhvajaṃ sāśvaṃ jaghāna daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ || tanutraṃ caiva ciccheda śareṇa madhusūdanaḥ | tato vimuktakavacaḥ sarpasyeva tanur yathā || hatāśvo viratho vīro vitanutraś ca dānavaḥ | jagrāha vimalajvālaṃ lohabhārārpitaṃ dṛḍham | āvidhya sahasā muktaṃ śūlam indrāśaniprabham || tadāpatat tu saṃprekṣya śūlaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam | dvidhā chinnaṃ kṣurapreṇa kṛṣṇenādbhutakarmaṇā | k: Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Ds D5 cont., Ś1 K1.3 D1.2 ins. after 55: :k tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ ghorarūpeṇa rakṣasā | śastrapātamahāghātaṃ narakeṇa mahātmanā | muhūrtaṃ yodhayām āsa narakaṃ madhusūdanaḥ athogracakraś cakreṇa pradīptenākarod dvidhā // cakradvidhākṛtaṃ tasya śarīram apatad bhuvi vibhaktaṃ krakaceneva gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ dvidhā kṛtam // k: K2 Ñ2 V B Dn Ds D1.2.4.5 G2 ins.: :k kṛṣṇam āsādya deveśaṃ jagāmāstam ivāṃśumān || cakrotkṣiptanikṛttāṅgam uttamaṃ patitaṃ raṇe | vajreṇeva vinirbhinnaṃ yathā gairikaparvatam | k: D1.2 cont.: :k taṃ hatvā narakaṃ bhaumaṃ viṣṇur yādavanandanaḥ | mumude tripuraṃ hatvā pureva tripurāntakaḥ | bhūmis tu patitaṃ putraṃ nirīkṣyādāya kuṇḍale upātiṣṭhata govindaṃ vacanaṃ cedam abravīt // dattas tvayaiva govinda tvayaiva vinipātitaḥ k: After 59ab, K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-5 G2 ins.: :k yathecchasi tathā krīḍa bālaḥ krīḍanakair iva | ime te kuṇḍale deva prajās tasyānupālaya // k: After 59, D6 T1-3 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k nirvighnam ṛṣayo devāś carantu vigatajvarāḥ | prajāś carantu sukhinas tava deva prapālanāt | nirvighnaṃ brāhmaṇā deva bhūyāsus tava śāsanāt | ityuktvā sā dadau tasmai kuṇḍale lokaviśrute | antardhānaṃ gatā devī tadā bhartṛsamīpataḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 92, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of march 19, 2002 :h nihatya narakaṃ bhaumaṃ vāsavopamavikramaḥ vāsavāvarajo viṣṇur dadarśa narakālayam // athārthagṛham āsādya narakasya janārdanaḥ dadarśa dhanam akṣayyaṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca // maṇimuktāpravālāni vaidūryasya ca saṃcayān mahārajatakūṭāni tathā vajrasya saṃcayān // jāmbūnadamayāny atra śātakumbhamayāni ca pradīptajvalanābhāni ca śītaraśmiprabhāṇi ca śayanāni mahārhāṇi tathā siṃhāsanāni ca // hiraṇyavarṇaṃ ruciraṃ śītaraśmisamaprabham dadarśa ca mahac chatraṃ varṣamāṇam ivāmbudam // jātarūpasya śubhrasya dhārāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ varuṇād āhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ narakeṇeti naḥ śrutam // yādṛśaṃ tu gṛhe dṛṣṭaṃ narakasya dhanaṃ bahu na vai rājñā kubereṇa na śakreṇa yamena ca ratnasaṃnicyas tādṛg dṛṣṭapūrvo na ca śrutaḥ // hate bhaume nisunde ca hayagrīve ca dānave upaninyus tatas tāni ratnāny antaḥpurāṇi ca // dānavā hataśiṣṭā ye kośasaṃcayarakṣiṇaḥ keśavāya mahārhāṇi yāny arhati janārdanaḥ // imāni maṇiratnāni vividhāni vasūni ca bhīmarūpāś ca mātaṅgāḥ pravālavikṛtāṅkuśāḥ // hemasūtramahākakṣyāś cāpatomaraśālinaḥ rucirābhiḥ patākābhir vasānā vividhāḥ kuthāḥ // te ca viṃśatisāhasrā dvistāvatyaḥ kareṇavaḥ aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi deśajāś cottamā hayāḥ // goṣu cāpi kṛto yāvat kāmas tava janārdanaḥ tāvatīḥ prāpayiṣyāmo vṛṣṇyandhakaniveśanam // āvikāni ca sūkṣmāṇi śayanāny āsanāni ca kāmavyāhāriṇaś caiva pakṣiṇaḥ priyadarśanāḥ // candanāgarukāṣṭhāni tathā kālīyakāny api vasu yat triṣu lokeṣu dharmeṇādhigataṃ tvayā prāpayiṣyāma tat sarvaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakaniveśanam // devagandharvaratnāni pannagānāṃ ca yad vasu tāni santīha sarvāṇi narakasya niveśane // k: D6 S ins.: :k iti vijñāpitas tais tu dānavaiś ca janārdanaḥ | k: N2 ins. after 16 an addl. colophon. :k sa tat sarvaṃ hṛṣīkeśaḥ pratigṛhya parīkṣya ca sarvam āhārayāmāsa dānavair dvārakāṃ purīm // tatas tad vāruṇaṃ chatraṃ svayam utkṣipya mādhavaḥ hiraṇyavarṣaṃ varṣantam āruroha vihaṃgatam // garuḍaṃ patatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mūrtimantam ivāmbudam tato 'bhyayād giriśreṣṭham abhito maṇiparvatam // tatra puṇyā vavur vātā hy abhavaṃś cāmalāḥ prabhāḥ maṇīnāṃ hemavarṇānām abhibhūya divākaram // tatra vaidūryavarṇāni dadarśa madhusūdanaḥ satoraṇapatākāni dvārāṇi śayanāni ca // vidyudgrathitameghābhaḥ prababhau maṇiparvataḥ hemacitravimānaiś ca prāsādair upaśobhitaḥ // tatra tā varahemābhā dadarśa madhusūdanaḥ gandharvāsuramukhyānāṃ priyā duhitaras tathā // dadarśa pṛthulaśroṇīḥ saṃruddhā girikandare narakeṇa samānītā rakṣyamāṇāḥ samantataḥ // triviṣṭapasame deśe tiṣṭhantam aparājitam nivasantyo yathā devyaḥ sukhinyaḥ kāmavarjitāḥ // parivavrur mahābāhum ekaveṇīdharāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ kāṣāyavāsinyaḥ sarvāś ca niyatendriyāḥ // vratopavāsatanvaṅgyaḥ kāṅkṣantyaḥ kṛṣṇadarśanam sametya yadusiṃhasya sarvāś cakruḥ striyo 'ñjalīn // narakaṃ nihataṃ jñātvā muraṃ caiva mahāsuram hayagrīvaṃ nisundaṃ ca tāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ paryavārayan // te cāsāṃ rakṣiṇo vṛddhā dānavā yadunandanam kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarve praṇipetur vayodhikāḥ // tāsāṃ paramanārīṇām ṛṣabhākṣaṃ nirīkṣya tam sarvāsām eva saṃkalpaḥ patitvenābhavat tataḥ // tasya candropamaṃ vaktram udīkṣya niyatendriyāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭā mahābāhum idaṃ vacanam abruvan // satyaṃ bata purā vāyur ihāsmān vākyam abravīt sarvabhūtarutajñaś ca devarṣir api nāradaḥ // viṣṇur nārāyaṇo devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt sa bhaumaṃ narakaṃ hatvā bhartā ca bhavitā hi saḥ // supriyaṃ bata paśyāmaś ciraśrutam ariṃdamam darśanena kṛtārthā hi vayam adya mahātmanaḥ // tatas tāḥ sāntvayāmāsa pramadā vāsavānujaḥ sarvāḥ kamalapatrākṣīr dṛṣṭyā vācā ca mādhavaḥ // yathārhataḥ sāntvayitvā samābhāṣya ca keśavaḥ yānaiḥ kiṃkarasaṃyuktair uvāha madhusūdanaḥ // kiṃkarāṇāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ vātaraṃhasām śibikāṃ vahatāṃ tatra nirghoṣaḥ sumahān abhūt // tasya parvatamukhyasya śṛṅgaṃ yat paramārcitam vimalārkendusaṃkāśaṃ maṇikāñcanatoraṇam // sapakṣigaṇamātaṅgaṃ savyālamṛgapannagam śākhāmṛgagaṇair juṣṭaṃ suprastaraśilātalam // nyaṅkubhiś ca varāhaiś ca rurubhiś ca niṣevitam saprapātamahāsānuṃ vicitraśikharadrumam // atyadbhutam acintyaṃ ca mṛgavṛndaviloḍitam jīvaṃjīvakasaṃghaiś ca barhibhiś ca nināditam // tad apy atibalo viṣṇur dorbhyām utpāṭya bhāsvaram āropayāmāsa tadā garuḍe pakṣiṇāṃ vare // maṇiparvataśṛṅgaṃ ca sabhāryaṃ ca janārdanam uvāha līlayā pakṣī garuḍaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ // sa pakṣabalavikṣepair mahādriśikharopamaḥ dikṣu sarvāsu saṃhrādaṃ janayāmāsa pakṣirāṭ // ārujan parvatāgrāṇi pādapāṃś ca samākṣipan saṃjahāra mahābhrāṇi vijahāra ca kānicit // viṣayaṃ samatikramya devayoś candrasūryayoḥ yayau vātajavaḥ pakṣī janārdanavaśe sthitaḥ // sa merugirim āsādya devagandharvasevitam devasadmāni sarvāṇi dadarśa madhusūdanaḥ // viśveṣāṃ marutāṃ caiva sādhyānāṃ ca narādhipa bhrājamānāny atikrāmad aśvinoś ca paraṃtapaḥ // prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃ lokān devalokam ariṃdamaḥ śakrasadma samāsādya praviveśa janārdanaḥ // avatīrya sa tārkṣyāt tu dadarśa vibudhādhipam prītaś caivābhyanandat taṃ devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ // pradāya kuṇḍale divye vavande taṃ tadācyutaḥ sabhāryo vibudhaśreṣṭhaṃ naraśreṣṭho janārdanaḥ // so 'rcito devarājena ratnaiś ca pratipūjitaḥ satyabhāmā ca paulomyā yathāvad abhinanditā // k: D6 T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k āśliṣyete mahārāja te devyau lokaviśrute || idaṃ provāca paulomī satyabhāmāṃ haripriyām | prītāsmi darśanād devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ karavāṇi te | diṣṭyā hato bhavatyā tu narako duṣṭacetanaḥ | ity uktā sā tadā devī kṛtam ity abravīc ca tām | vāsavo vāsudevaś ca sahitau jagmatus tataḥ adityā bhavanaṃ puṇyaṃ devamātur maharddhimat // tatrāditim upāsyantīm apsarobhiḥ samantataḥ dadṛśāte mahātmānau mahābhāgāṃ taponvitām // tatas te kuṇḍale dattvā vavande tāṃ śacīpatiḥ janārdanaṃ puraskṛtya kama caiva śaśaṃśa tat // k: For 55b, K2-4 N2.3 V B2 Dn Ds D1-5 T G M4 subst.: :k pradāyāditinandanaḥ | vavande tāṃ śacībhartā mātaraṃ svāṃ puraṃdaraḥ | aditis tau sutau prītyā pariṣvajyābhinandya ca āśirbhir anurūpābhir ubhāv abhyavadat tadā // paulomī satyabhāmā ca prītyā paramayā yute agṛhṇītāṃ varārhāyā devyāś ca caraṇau śubhau // te cāpy abhyavadat premṇā devamātā yaśasvinī yathāvad abravīc caiva janārdanam idaṃ vacaḥ // adhṛsyaḥ sarvabhūtānām avadhyaś ca bhaviṣyasi yathaiva devarājo 'yam ajito lokapūjitaḥ // k: K2.4 N2.3 V B D ins.: :k k: G2 cont. after *1069: :k tava ceyaṃ varārohā nityaṃ ca priyadarśanā | sarvalokeṣu vikhyātā divyagandhā manoramā | k: While G2 ins. after 59: :k tatpurogamadevānām adhipas tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṃ subhagā sthirayauvanā jarāṃ na yāsyati vadhūr yāvat tvaṃ kṛṣṇa mānuṣaḥ // evam abhyārcitaḥ kṛṣṇo devamātrā mahābalaḥ devarājābhyanujñāto ratnaiś ca pratipūjitaḥ // vainateyaṃ samāruhya sahitaḥ satyabhāmayā devākrīḍān parikrāman pūjyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ // sa dadarśa mahābāhur ākrīḍe vāsavasya ha divyam abhyarcitaṃ caityaṃ pārijātaṃ mahādrumam // nityapuṣpadharaṃ divyaṃ puṇyagandham anuttamam yam āsādya janaḥ sarvo jātiṃ smarati paurvikīm // saṃrakṣyamāṇaṃ devais taṃ prasahyāmitavikramaḥ utpāṭyāropayāmāsa viṣṇus taṃ vai mahādrumam // so 'paśyat satyabhāmāṃ ca divyām apsarasaṃ hariḥ k: K2 N2.3 V1.2 B Ds D2.4-6 ins.: :k pṛṣṭhataḥ satyabhāmā ca divyā yoṣābhivīkṣitā | tataḥ prāyād dvāravatīṃ vāyujuṣṭena vai pathā // śrutvā tad devarājas tu karma kṛṣṇasya vai tadā anumene mahābāhuḥ kṛtaṃ karmeti cābravīt // sa pūjyamānas tridaśair maharṣigaṇasaṃstutaḥ pratasthe dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇo devalokād ariṃdamaḥ // so 'bhipatya mahābāhur dīrgham adhvānam alpavat k: S1 K1 ins.: :k āsasāda mahābāhuḥ purīṃ dvāravatīṃ tadā | pūjito devarājena dadṛśe yādavīṃ purīm // k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k hatvā tu narakaṃ bhaumaṃ dattvā kuṇḍalam uttamam | hṛtvā taṃ pārijātaṃ ca praṇamya suramātaram | tathā karma mahat kṛtvā bhagavān vāsavānujaḥ upāyād dvārakāṃ viṣṇuḥ śrīmān garuḍavāhanaḥ // k: After this adhy. All Mss. (except S1 M1-3) ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 29). :k h: HV (CE) chapter 93, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of May 25, 2002 :h dadarśātha purīṃ kṛṣṇo dvārakāṃ garuḍe sthitaḥ devasadmapratīkāśāṃ samantāt pratināditām // maṇiparvatayātrāṃ hi gate devakinandane k: After 2a, Ñ2 V B Ds D5.6 T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k tathā krīḍāgṛhāṇi ca | k: Ñ2 V1 B DS D6 ins. (Dn D2.3.5 after the first occurrence of 8cd): :k udyānavanamukhyāni valabhīcatvarāṇi ca | k: Ñ2 V1 B Dn Ds D5.6 ins. (T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 after 1073): :k saṃprāpte tu tadā kṛṣṇe | viśvakarmāṇam āhūya devarājo 'bravīd idam // priyam icchasi cet kartuṃ mahyaṃ śilpavatāṃ vara kṛṣṇapriyārthaṃ bhūyas tvaṃ kariṣyasi manoharām // udyānavanasaṃbādhāṃ dvārakāṃ svargasaṃnibhām kuruṣva vibudhaśreṣṭha yathā mama purī tathā // yat kiṃ cit triṣu lokeṣu ratnabhūtaṃ prapaśyasi tena saṃyujyatāṃ kṣipraṃ purī dvāravatī tvayā // kṛṣṇo hi surakāryeṣu sarveṣu satatotthitaḥ saṃgrāmān ghorarūpāṃś ca vigāhati mahābalaḥ // tām indravacanād gatvā viśvakarmā purīṃ tataḥ alaṃcakre samantād vai yathendrasyāmarāvatī // tāṃ dadarśa daśārhāṇām īśvaraḥ pakṣivāhanaḥ viśvakarmakṛtair divyair abhiprāyair alaṃkṛtām // tāṃ purīṃ dvārakāṃ dṛṣṭvā vibhunārāyaṇo hariḥ hṛṣṭaḥ sarvārthasaṃpannaḥ praveṣṭum upacakrame // so 'paśyad vṛkṣaṣaṇḍāṃś ca ramyān dṛṣṭimanoharān dvārakāṃ prati dāśārhaś citritāṃ viśvakarmaṇā // padmaṣaṇḍākulābhiś ca haṃsasevitavāribhiḥ gaṅgāsindhuprakāśābhiḥ parikhābhir vṛtāṃ purīm // prākāreṇārkavarṇena śātakaumbhena rājatā cayamūrdhni niviṣṭena dyāṃ yathaivābhramālayā // kānanair nandanaprakhyais tathā caitrarathopamaiḥ babhau cāruparikṣiptā dvārakā dyaur ivāmbubhiḥ // bhāti raivatakaḥ śailo ramyasānuguhājiraḥ pūrvasyāṃ diśi lakṣmīvān maṇikāñcanatoraṇaḥ // dakṣiṇasyāṃ latāveṣṭaḥ pañcavarṇo virājate indraketupratīkāśaḥ paścimasyāṃ tathākṣayaḥ // k: T1-3 G1.3.5 M4 ins.: :k citrakānanaramyaś ca pañcānananiṣevitaḥ | uttarāṃ diśam atyarthaṃ vibhūṣayati veṇumān mandarādripratīkāśaḥ pāṇḍuraḥ pārthivarṣabha // citrakambalavarṇaṃ ca pāñcajanyavanaṃ mahat sarvartukavanaṃ caiva bhāti raivatakaṃ prati // latāveṣṭaṃ samantāt tu meruprabhavanaṃ mahat bhāti bhārgavanaṃ caiva puṣpakaṃ ca mahad vanam // akṣakair bījakaiś caiva mandāraiś copaśobhitam śatāvartavanaṃ caiva karavīrakarambhi ca // bhāti caitrarathaṃ caiva nandanaṃ ca mahad vanam ramaṇaṃ bhāvanaṃ caiva veṇumad vai samantataḥ // vaidūryapatrair jalajais tathā mandākinī nadī bhāti puṣkariṇī ramyā pūrvasyāṃ diśi bhārata // sānavo bhūṣitās tatra keśavasya priyaiṣibhiḥ bahubhir devagandharvaiś coditair viśvakarmaṇā // mahānadī dvāravatīṃ pañcāśadbhir mahāmukhaiḥ praviṣṭā puṇyasalilā bhāvayantī samantataḥ // aprameyāṃ mahotsedhām agādhaparikhāyutām prākāravarasaṃpannāṃ sudhāpāṇḍuralepanām // tīkṣṇayantraśataghnībhir yantrajālaiś ca bhūṣitām āyasaiś ca mahācakrair dadṛśe dvārakāṃ purīm // aṣṭau rathasahasrāṇi nagare kiṃkiṇīkinām samucchritapatākāni yathā devapure tathā // aṣṭayojanavistīrṇām acalāṃ dvādaśāyatām dviguṇopaniveśāṃ ca dadṛśe dvārakāṃ purīm // aṣṭamārgamahākakṣyāṃ mahāṣoḍaśacatvarām ekamārgaparikṣiptāṃ sākṣād uśanasā kṛtām striyo 'pi yasyāṃ yudhyeran kim u vṛṣṇimahārathāḥ // vyūhānām uttamā mārgāḥ sapta caiva mahāpathāḥ tatra vai vihitāḥ sākṣād vividhā viśvakarmaṇā tasmin puravaraśreṣṭhe dāśārhāṇāṃ yaśasvinām // veśmāni jahṛṣe dṛṣṭvā tato devakinandanaḥ kāñcanair maṇisopānair upetāni nṛharṣaṇaiḥ // bhīmaghoṣamahāghoṣaiḥ prāsādavaracatvaraiḥ samucchritapatākāni pāriplavanibhāni ca // kāñcanāgrāṇi bhāsvanti merukūṭanibhāni ca pāṇḍupāṇḍuraśṛṅgaiś ca śātakumbhaparicchadaiḥ ramyasānuguhāśṛṅgair vicitrair iva parvataiḥ // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 ins.: :k prāsādaśikharāṇi ca | gṛhāṇi ramaṇīyāni | pañcavarṇasavarṇaiś ca puṣpavṛṣṭisamaprabhaiḥ parjanyatulyanirghoṣair nānārūpair ivādribhiḥ // dāvāgnijvalitaprakhyair nirmitair viśvakarmaṇā ālikhadbhir ivākāśam aticandrārkabhāsvaraiḥ // tair dāśārhair mahābhāgair babhāse bhavanahradaiḥ vāsudevendraparjanyair gṛhameghair alaṃkṛtā // dadṛśe dvārakā cāru meghair dyaur iva saṃvṛtā sākṣād bhagavato veśma vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā // dadṛśe vāsudevasya caturyojanam āyatam tāvad eva ca vistīrṇam aprameyaṃ mahādhanaiḥ // prāsādavarasaṃpannair yuktaṃ jagati parvataiḥ yaś cakāra mahābhāgas tvaṣṭā vāsavacoditaḥ // prāsādaṃ caiva hemābhaṃ sarvabhūtamanoharam meror iva gireḥ śṛṅgam ucchritaṃ kāñcanaṃ mahat rukmiṇyāḥ pravaraṃ vāsaṃ vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā // satyabhāmā punar veśma yadāvasata pāṇḍuram vicitramaṇisopānaṃ tad vidur bhogavān iti vimalādityavarṇābhiḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtam // vyaktasaṃjavanoddeśo yaś caturdiṅmahādhvajaḥ sa ca prāsādamukhyo yo jāmbavatyā vibhūṣitaḥ prabhayābhyabhavat sarvāṃs tān anyān bhāskaro yathā // udyadbhāskaravarṇābhas tayor antaramāśritaḥ viśvakarmakṛto divyaḥ kailāsaśikharopamaḥ // jāmbūnada ivādīptaḥ pradīptajvalanopamaḥ sāgarapratimas tiṣṭhan merur ity abhiviśrutaḥ // tasmin gāndhārarājasya duhitā kulaśālinī gāndhārī bharataśreṣṭha keśavena niveśitā // padmakūṭam iti khyātaṃ padmvarṇaṃ mahāprabham subhīmāyā mahākūṭaṃ vāsaṃ suparamārcitam // sūryaprabhas tu prāsādaḥ sarvakāmaguṇair yutaḥ lakṣmaṇāyāḥ kuruśreṣṭha nirdiṣṭaḥ śārṅgadhanvanā // vaidūryamaṇivarṇābhaḥ prāsādo haritaprabhaḥ yaṃ viduḥ sarvabhūtāni param ity eva bhārata // vāsaṃ taṃ mitravindāyā devarṣigaṇapūjitam mahiṣyā vāsudevasya bhūṣaṇaṃ teṣu veśmasu // yas tu prāsādamukhyo 'tra vihito viśvakarmaṇā atīva saumyaḥ so 'py āsīd viṣṭhitaḥ parvato yathā // sudattāyā nivāsaṃ taṃ praśastaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ mahiṣyā vāsudevasya ketumān iti viśrutaḥ // tatra prāsādamukhyo vai yaṃ tvaṣṭā vidadhe svayam yojanāyataviṣkambhaḥ sarvaratnamayaḥ śubhaḥ // sa śrīmān virajo nāma vyarājat tatra suprabhaḥ upasthānagṛhaṃ yatra keśavasya mahātmanaḥ // tasmin suvihitāḥ sarve rukmadaṇḍāḥ patākinaḥ sadane vāsudevasya mārgasaṃjavanadhvajāḥ ratnajālāni tatraiva tatra tatra niveśitāḥ // āhṛtya yadusiṃhena vaijayanto 'calo mahān haṃsakūṭasya yacchṛṅgam indradyumnasaraḥ prati ṣaṣṭitālasamutsedham ardhayojanam āyatam // sakiṃnaramahānāgaṃ tad apy amitatejasā paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānām ānītaṃ lokaviśrutam // ādityapathagaṃ yat tu meroḥ śikharam uttamam jāmbūnadamayaṃ divyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam tad apy utpāṭya kṛṣṇārtham ānītaṃ viśvakarmaṇā // bhrājamānam atīvograṃ sarvauṣadhivibhūṣitam tad indravacanāt tvaṣṭā ānayat kāryahetunā pārijātas tu tatraiva keśavenāhṛtaḥ svayam // nīyamāne hi tatrāsīd yuddham adbhutakarmaṇaḥ kṛṣṇasya yo 'bhyarakṣaṃs taṃ devāḥ pādapam uttamam puṇḍarīkaśatair juṣṭaṃ vimānaiś ca hiraṇmayaiḥ // vihitā vāsudevārthaṃ brahmasthalamahādrumāḥ padmākulajalopetā ratnasaugandhikotpalāḥ maṇihemaplavākīrṇāḥ puṣkariṇyaḥ sarāṃsi ca // tāsāṃ paramakūlāni śobhayanti mahādrumāḥ sālās tālāḥ kadambāś ca śataśākhāś ca rohiṇāḥ // ye ca haimavatā vṛkṣā ye ca meruruhās tathā āhṛtya yadusiṃhārthaṃ vihitā viśvakarmaṇā // raktapītāruṇaprakhyāḥ śvetapuṣpāś ca pādapāḥ sarvartuphalasaṃpannās teṣu kānanasaṃdhiṣu // samākulajalopetāḥ pītaśarkaravālukāḥ tasmin puravare nadyaḥ prasannasalilā hradāḥ // puṣpākulajalopetā nānādrumalatākulāḥ aparāś cābhavan nadyo hemaśarkaravālukāḥ // k: D5 ins.: :k ... nīlotpalavibhūṣitāḥ | nadyaḥ padmacayodbhāsaḥ ... | mattabarhiṇasaṃghaiś ca kokilaiś ca sadāmadaiḥ bahūvuḥ paramopetās tasyāṃ puryāṃ tu pādapāḥ // tatraiva gajayūthāni pure gomahiṣās tathā nivāsaś ca kṛtas tatra varāhamṛgapakṣiṇām // puryāṃ tasyāṃ tu ramyāyāṃ prākāro vai hiraṇmayaḥ vyaktaṃ kiṣkuśatotsedho vihito viśvakarmaṇā // tena te ca mahāśailāḥ saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca parikṣiptāni bhaumena vanāny upavanāni ca // k: T1.3.4 G1.3-5 M ins. (T2 after 67): :k prāsādāś caiva saṃvītā lokālokaviśāradāḥ | tasyaiva yadusiṃ hasya bhavanāl lokaviśrutāt || tasmād abhyadhikaṃ sadma vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | rāmasya yadusiṃhasya śobhate 'timanoharam | h: HV (CE) chapter 94, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of June 12, 2002 :h evam ālokayām āsa dvārakāṃ vṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ apaśyat svagṛhaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prāsādaśataśobhitam // maṇistambhasahasrāṇām ayutair vidhṛtaṃ sitam toraṇair jvalanaprakhyair maṇividrumarājataiḥ tatra tatra prabhāsadbhiś citrakāñcanavedikaiḥ // prāsādas tatra sumahān kṛṣṇopasthāniko 'bhavat sphāṭikastambhavidhṛto vistīrṇaḥ sarvakāñcanaḥ // padmākulajalopetā raktasaugandhikotpalāḥ maṇihemanibhāś citrā ratnasopānabhūṣitāḥ // mattabarhiṇasaṃghaiś ca kokilaiś ca sadāmadaiḥ babhūvuḥ paramopetā vāpyaś ca vikacotpalāḥ // viśvakarmakṛtaḥ śailaḥ prākāras tasya veśmanaḥ vyaktakiṣkuśatotsedhaḥ parikhāyūthaveṣṭitaḥ // tad gṛhaṃ vṛṣṇisiṃhasya nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā mahendraveśmapratimaṃ samantād ardhayojanam // tatas taṃ pāṇḍuraṃ śaurir mūrdhni tiṣṭhan garutmataḥ prītaḥ śaṅkham upādhmāsīd dviṣatāṃ lomaharṣaṇam // tasya śaṅkhasya śabdena sāgaraś cukṣubhe bhṛśam rarāsa ca nabhaḥ kṛtsnaṃ tac citram abhacat tadā // pāñcajanyasya nirghoṣaṃ saṃśrutya kukurāndhakāḥ viśokāḥ samapadyanta garuḍasya ca darśanāt // śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ garuḍasyopari sthitam dṛṣṭvā jahṛṣire bhaumā bhāskaropamatejasam // tatas tūryapraṇādaś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaḥ siṃhanādaś ca saṃjajñe sarveṣāṃ puravāsinām // tataḥ sarve daśārhāś ca sarve ca kukurāndhakāḥ prīyamāṇāḥ samājagmur ālokya madhusūdanam // vasudevaṃ puraskṛtya bherīśaṅkharavaiḥ saha ugraseno yayau rājā vāsudevaniveśanam // anandinī paryacarat sveṣu veśmasu devakī rohiṇī ca yathoddeśam āhukasya ca yāḥ striyaḥ // tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ suparṇena svaṃ niveśanam abhyayāt cacāra ca yathoddeśam īśvarānucaro hariḥ // avatīrya gṛhadvāri kṛṣṇas tu yadunandanaḥ yathārhaṃ pūjayām āsa yādavān yādavarṣabhaḥ // rāmāhukagadākrūra pradyumnādibhir arcitaḥ praviveśa gṛhaṃ śaurir ādāya maṇiparvatam // taṃ ca śakrasya dayitaṃ pārijātaṃ mahādrumam praveśayām āsa gṛhaṃ pradyumno rukmiṇīsutaḥ // te 'nyonyaṃ dadṛśur bhaumā dehabandhān amānuṣān pārijātaprabhāvena tato mumudire janāḥ // taiḥ stūyamāno govindaḥ prahṛṣṭair yādaveśvaraiḥ praviveśa gṛhaṃ śrīmān vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā // tato 'ntaḥpuramadhye tac chikharaṃ maṇiparvatam nyaveśayad ameyātmā vṛṣṇibhiḥ sahito 'cyutaḥ // taṃ ca divyaṃ drumaśreṣṭhaṃ pārijātam amitrajit arcyam arcitam avyagram iṣṭe deśe nyaveśayat // anujñāya tato jñātīn keśavaḥ paravīrahā tāḥ striyaḥ pūjayām āsa saṃkṣiptā narakeṇa yāḥ // vastrair ābharaṇair bhogair dāsībhir dhanasaṃcayaiḥ hāraiś candrāṃśusaṃkāśair maṇibhiś ca mahāprabhaiḥ // k: Ś1 ins.: :k bhūṣaṇair vividhair api | gandhaiś ca vividhair divyair | pūrvam abhyarcitāś caiva vasudevena tāḥ striyaḥ vedakyā saha rohiṇyā revatyā cāhukena ca // satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṃ saubhāgyenābhavat tadā kuṭumbasyeśvarī tv āsīd rukmiṇī bhīṣmakātmajā // k: S (except G2.3) G (ed.) ins.: :k sarvakāryasamādhyakṣā keśavasyātivallabhā | tāsāṃ yathārhaṃ harmyāṇi prāsādaśikharāṇi ca ādideśa gṛhān kṛṣṇaḥ paribarhāṃś ca puṣkalān // k: S (except G2) G(ed) ins.: :k satyabhāmā sadā viṣṇoḥ pārśvasthā saṃsadi priyā | h: HV (CE) chapter 95, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of June 12, 2002 :h tataḥ saṃpūjya garuḍaṃ vāsudevo 'numānya ca sakhivac copagṛhyainam anujajñe gṛhaṃ prati // so 'nujñāto hi satkṛtya praṇamya ca janārdanam ūrdhvam ācakrame pakṣī yatheṣṭaṃ gaganecaraḥ // sa pakṣavātasaṃkṣubdhaṃ samudraṃ makarālayam kṛtvā vegena mahatā yayau pūrvaṃ mahodadhim // kṛtyakāla upasthāsya ity uktvā garuḍe gate kṛṣṇo dadarśa pitaraṃ vṛddham ānakaduṃdubhim // ugrasenaṃ ca rājānaṃ baladevaṃ ca mādhavaḥ kāśyaṃ sāṃdīpaniṃ caiva brahmagārgyaṃ tathaiva ca // anyāṃś ca vṛddhān vṛṣṇīnāṃ tāṃś ca bhojāndhakāṃs tathā ratnapravekair dāśārho vīryalabdhais tadārcayat // hatā brahmadviśaḥ sarve yajanty andhakavṛṣṇayaḥ raṇāt pratinivṛtto 'yam akṣato madhusūdanaḥ // k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins. after the first occurrence of 7cd, T4 M1-3 G(ed.) after 7ab: :k prītāś ca munayaḥ sarve rakṣitā yadusattamāḥ | iti prītā yaduvṛṣā vardhayanti janārdanam | iti catvararathyāsu dvāravatyāṃ supūjitaḥ cākriko ghoṣayām āsa puruṣo mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaḥ // k: S (except G2) G(ed.) ins.: :k nirvighnaṃ munayo rājaṃś carantu vividhaṃ tapaḥ | nihato narako duṣṭaḥ sānugaḥ sabalānvitaḥ | tataḥ sāṃdīpaniṃ pūrvam upagamya janārdanaḥ vavande vṛṣṇinṛpatim āhukaṃ vinayānvitaḥ // athāśruparipūrṇākṣam ānandagatacetasam vavande saha rāmeṇa pitaraṃ vāsavānujaḥ // tataḥ śeṣān abhikramya satkṛtya ca yathārhataḥ sarveṣāṃ nāma jagrāha dāśārhāṇām adhokṣajaḥ // tataḥ sarvāṇi divyāni sarvaratnamayāni ca āsanāgryāṇi viviśur upendrapramukhās tadā // tatas tad dhanam akṣayyaṃ kiṃkarair yat samāhṛtam sabhāṃ samānayām āsuḥ puruṣāḥ kṛṣṇaśāsanāt // tataḥ sa mānayām āsa dāśārhān yadusattamān sarvān duṃdubhiśabdena pūjayiṣyañ janārdanaḥ // tām āsanavatīṃ ramyāṃ maṇividrumatoraṇām sudāśārhīṃ sudāśārhā viviśuḥ kṛṣṇaśāsanāt // tataḥ puruṣasiṃhaiḥ sā yadubhiḥ sarvato vṛtā k: D1-3.5 T1-3 G M4 ins.: :k sarvārthaguṇasaṃpannā sā sabhā bharatarṣabha | śuśubhe 'bhyadhikaṃ śubhrā siṃhair giriguhā yathā // rāmeṇa saha govindaḥ kāñcanaṃ mahad āsanam ugrasenaṃ puraskṛtya bheje vṛṣṇipuraskṛtaḥ // tatropaviṣṭāṃs tān vīrān yathāprīti yathāvayaḥ samābhāṣya yaduśreṣṭhān uvāca madhusūdanaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 96, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of June 17, 2002 :h bhavatāṃ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ tapobalasamādhibhiḥ apadhyānāc ca pāpātmā bhaumaḥ sa narako hataḥ // mokṣitaṃ bandhanād guptaṃ kanyāpuravaraṃ mahat maṇiparvatam utpāṭya śikharaṃ caitad āhṛtam // ayaṃ dhanaughaḥ sumahān kiṃkarair āhṛto mayā īśā bhavantas tasyeti tān uktvā virarāma ha // tac chrutvā vāsudevasya bhojavṛṣṇyandhakā vacaḥ jahṛṣur hṛṣṭalomānaḥ pūjayanto janārdanam // ūcuś cainaṃ nṛvīrās te kṛtāñjalipuṭās tataḥ naitac citraṃ mahābāho tvayi devakinandana // yat kṛtvā duṣkaraṃ karma devair api suduṣkaram lālayeḥ svajanaṃ bhogai ratnaiś ca svayam arjitaiḥ // tataḥ sarvadaśārhāṇām āhukasya ca yāḥ striyaḥ prīyamāṇāḥ sabhāṃ jagmur vāsudevadidṛkṣayā // devakīsaptamā devyo rohiṇī ca śubhānanā dadṛśuḥ kṛṣṇam āsīnaṃ rāmaṃ caiva mahābhujam // tau tu pūrvam atikramya rohiṇīm abhivādya ca abhyavādayatāṃ devau devakīṃ rāmakeśavau // sā tābhyām ṛṣabhākṣābhyāṃ putrābhyāṃ śuśubhe 'dhikam aditir devamāteva mitreṇa varuṇena ca // tataḥ prāptau narāgryau tu tasyā duhitaraṃ tadā ekānaṃśeti yām āhur narā vai kāmarūpiṇīm // tathā kṣaṇamuhūrtābhyāṃ yayā jajñe saheśvaraḥ yatkṛte sagaṇaṃ kaṃsaṃ jaghāna puruṣottamaḥ // sā kanyā vavṛdhe tatra vṛṣṇisadmani pūjitā putravat pālyamānā vai vāsudevājñayā tadā // tām ekām āhur utpannām ekānaṃśeti mānavāḥ k: For 14ab, N (except Ś1) G2 subst.: :k ekānaṃśeti yām āhur utpannāṃ mānavā bhuvi | yogakanyāṃ durādharṣāṃ rakṣārthaṃ keśavasya ca // tāṃ vai sarve sumanasaḥ pūjayanti sma yādavāḥ devavad divyavapuṣā krṣṇaḥ saṃrakṣito yayā // tāṃ ca tatropasaṃgamya priyām iva sakhīṃ sakhā dakṣiṇena karāgreṇa parijagrāha mādhavaḥ // tathaiva sāmo 'tibalas tāṃ pariṣvajya bhāvinīm mūrdhny upāghrāya savyena parijagrāha pāṇinā // dadṛśus tāṃ priyāṃ madhye bhaginīṃ rāmakṛṣṇayoḥ rukmapadmakaravyagrāṃ śriyaṃ padmālayām iva // athākṣatamahāvṛṣṭyā puṣpaiś ca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ avakīrya ca lājais tāṃ striyo jagmur yathāgatam // tatas te yādavāḥ sarve pūjayanto janārdanam upopaviviśuḥ prītāḥ praśaṃsanto 'dbhutaṃ kṛtam // pūjyamāno mahābāhuḥ paurāṇāṃ rativardhanaḥ vijahāra mahākīrtir devair iva sa taiḥ saha // samāsīneṣu sarveṣu yādaveṣu janārdanam niyogāt tridaśendrasya nārado 'bhyāgamat sabhām // so 'tha saṃpūjitaḥ pūjyaḥ śūrais tair yadupuṃgavaiḥ kare saṃspṛśya govindaṃ viveśa mahad āsanam // k: Ds1 (marg.) ins.: :k tataḥ prāha mahābāhur āhuko nṛpatir munim | mune vācaya kiṃ cid vai purāṇaṃ paramottamam || tatheti hariṇā bhūpa harivaṃśasya pustakam | nikṣiptam āsane puṇye nārado 'vācayat tadā || śrotavyo 'py uddhavaś cāśu bhūtvā maunam upāśritaḥ | sukhopaviṣṭas tūṣṇīṃ tāṃ nārado 'vācayat kathāṃ | sukhopaviṣṭas tān vṛṣṇīn upaviṣṭān uvāca ha āgataṃ śakravacanāj jānīdhvaṃ māṃ nararṣabhāḥ // śṛṇudhvaṃ rājaśārdūlāḥ kṛṣṇasyāsya parākramam yāni karmāṇi kṛtavān bālyāt prabhṛti keśavaḥ // ugrasenasutaḥ kaṃsaḥ sarvān nirmathya bāndhavān rājyaṃ jagrāha durbuddhir badhvā pitaram āhukam // samāśritya jarāsaṃdhaṃ śvaśuraṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ bhojavṛṣṇyandhakān sarvān avamanyata durmatiḥ // jñātikāryaṃ cikīrṣaṃs tu vasudevaḥ pratāpavān ugrasenasya rakṣārthaṃ svaputraṃ paryarakṣata // k: Ñ2 ins.: :k nandagopasya bhavane govrajeṣu ca vardhitaḥ | sa gopaiḥ saha dharmātmā mathuropavane vasan atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṛtavān madhusūdanaḥ // pratyakṣaṃ śūrasenānāṃ śrūyate mahad adbhutam yathānena śayānena śakaṭāntaracāriṇā // rākṣasī nihatā raudrā śakunīveṣadhāriṇī pūtanā nāma ghorā sā mahākāyā mahābalā viṣadigdhaṃ stanaṃ kṣudrā prayacchantī mahātmane // dadṛśus tāṃ vinihatāṃ rākṣasīṃ te vanecarāḥ k: Ñ2 V2 B1 Dn Ds D1 ins.: :k baleḥ sutāṃ mahāghorāṃ bhīṣaṇāṃ vikṛtānanām | punarjāto 'yam ity āhur uktas tasmād adhokṣajaḥ // atyadbhutam idaṃ cāsīd yac chiśuḥ puruṣottamaḥ pādāṅguṣṭhena śakaṭaṃ krīḍamāno vyaloḍayat // k: T1-3 G1.3-5 M4 ins. (T4 M1-3 cont. after 1091*): :k bhakṣayan dadhi govindaḥ payaḥpānaṃ ca sāgrajaḥ | dāmnā colūkhale baddho viprakurvan kumārakān k: T4 M1-3 ins.: :k ulūkhale parāmṛdgād (sic) vṛkṣau satyopacāyinau | dāmodara iti khyāto vasudevasutas tataḥ // k: K V B Dn Ds D1.4-6 G2 subst. for 34cd (T1-3 G1.3.5 M4 ins. after 34ab): :k babhañjārjunavṛkṣau dvau khyāto dāmodaras tataḥ | kāliyaś ca mahānāgo durādharṣo mahābalaḥ krīḍatā vāsudevena nirjito yamunāhrade // akrūrasya ca pratyakṣaṃ yan nāgabhavane prabhuḥ pūjyamānas tadā nāgair divyaṃ vapur adhārayat // śītavātārditā gāś ca dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇena dhīmatā dhṛto govardhanaḥ śailaḥ saptarātraṃ mahātmanā śiśunā vāsudevena gavāṃ trāṇārtham icchatā // tathā suduṣṭo 'tibalo mahākāyo narāntakṛt gopatir vāsudevena nihato 'riṣṭakaḥ kṣitau // dhenukaḥ sa mahākāyo dānavaḥ sumahābalaḥ nihato vāsudevena gavāṃ trāṇāya durmatiḥ // sunāmānam amitraghnaṃ sarvasainyapuraskṛtam vṛkair vidrāvayām āsa grahītuṃ samupāgatam // rauhiṇeyena saṃgamya vane vicaratā punaḥ gopaveṣadhareṇaiva kaṃsasya bhayam āhṛtam // tathā vanagataḥ śaurir daṃṣṭrāyudhabalaṃ hayam pragrahaṃ bhojarājasya jaghāna puruṣottamaḥ // pralambaś ca mahākāyo rauhiṇeyena dhīmatā dānavo muṣṭinaikena kaṃsāmātyo nipātitaḥ // etau hi vasudevasya putrau surasutopamau vavṛdhāte mahātmānau brahmagārgyeṇa saṃskṛtau // janmaprabhṛti cāpy etau gārgyeṇa paramarṣiṇā yāthātathyena vijñāya saṃskāraṃ pratipāditau // yadā tv imau naraśreṣṭhau sthitau yauvanagau mukhe siṃhaśāvāv ivodīrṇau mattau haimavatau yathā // tato manāṃsi gopīnāṃ haramāṇau mahābalau āstāṃ goṣṭhacarau vīrau devaputrasamadyutī // naitau jave vā yuddhe vā krīḍāsu vividhāsu vā nandagopasya gopālāḥ śekuḥ pratisamīkṣitum // vyūḍhoraskau mahābāhū sālaskandhāv ivodgatau śrutvemau vyathitaḥ kaṃso mantribhiḥ sahito 'bhavat // nāśakac ca yadā kaṃso grahītuṃ balakeśavau nijagrāha tataḥ krodhād vasudevaṃ sabāndhavam // sahograsenena tadā coravad gāḍhabandhanam kālaṃ mahāntam avasat kṛcchram ānakaduṃdubhiḥ // kaṃsas tu pitaraṃ badhvā śūrasenā? śaśāsa ha jarāsaṃdhaṃ samāśritya tathaivāhvṛtibhīṣmakau // kasyacit tv atha kālasya mathurāyāṃ mahotsavam pinākinaṃ samuddiśya kaṃsaś cakre narādhipaḥ // tatra mallāḥ samāpetur nānādeśyā viśāṃ pate nartakā gāyakāś caiva kuśalā nṛttasāmasu // tataḥ kaṃso mahātejā raṅgavāṭaṃ mahādhanam kuśalaiḥ kārayām āsa śilpibhiḥ sādhuniṣṭhitaiḥ // tatra mañcasahasrāṇi paurajānapadair janaiḥ samākīrṇāny adṛśyanta jyotirbhir gaganaṃ yathā // bhojarājaḥ śriyā juṣṭaṃ rājamañcaṃ maharddhimat aruroha tataḥ kaṃso vimānaṃ sukṛtī yathā // raṅgadvāre gajaṃ mattaṃ prabhūtāyudhakalpitam śūrair adhiṣṭhitaṃ kaṃsaḥ sthāpayām āsa vīryavān // yadā hi sa mahābhojo rāmakṛṣṇau samāgatau śuśrāva puruṣavyāghrau sūryācandramasāv iva // tadāprabhṛti yatto 'bhūd rakṣāṃ prati narādhipaḥ na ca śete sukhaṃ rātrau rāmakṛṣṇau vicintayan // śrutvā tu rāmakṛṣṇau ca taṃ samājam anuttamam ubhau viviśatur vīrau śārdūlau govrajaṃ yathā // tataḥ praveśe saṃruddhau rakṣibhiḥ puruṣarṣabhau hatvā kuvalayāpīḍaṃ sasādinam ariṃdamau avamṛdya durādharṣau raṅgaṃ viviśatus tadā // cāṇūrāndhrau viniṣpiṣya keśavena balena ca augraseniḥ sa duṣṭātmā sānujo vinipātitaḥ // yat kṛtaṃ yadusiṃhena devair api suduḥsaham karma tat keśavād anyaḥ kartum arhati kaḥ pumān // yad dhi nādhigataṃ pūrvaiḥ prahrādabaliśambaraiḥ tad idaṃ śauriṇā cittaṃ prāpitaṃ bhavatām iha // etena muram ākramya daityaṃ pañcajanaṃ tathā śailasaṃghān atikramya nisundaḥ sagaṇo hataḥ // narakaś ca hato bhaumaḥ kuṇḍale cāhṛte śubhe prāptaṃ ca divi deveṣu keśavena mahad yaśaḥ // vītaśokabhayābādhāḥ kṛṣṇabāhubalāśrayāḥ yajantu bahubhir yajñair yādavā vītamatsarāḥ // devānāṃ sumahat kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇena dhīmatā kṣipram āvedaye cedaṃ bhavatāṃ bhadram astu vaḥ // yad iṣṭaṃ vo yaduśreṣṭhāḥ kartāsmi tad atandritaḥ bhavatām asmi yūyaṃ ca mama yuṣmāsv ahaṃ sthitaḥ // iti saṃbodhayan kṛṣṇam abravīt pākaśāsanaḥ mām apraiṣīt suraśreṣṭhaḥ prītās tuṣṭās tathā vayam // yatra hrīḥ śrīḥ sthitā tatra yatra śrīs tatra saṃnatiḥ saṃnatir hrīs tathā śrīś ca nityaṃ kṛṣṇe mahātmani // k: D6 T2-4 G M ins.: :k hatā brahmadviṣaḥ sarve yajadhvaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sadā | namaskurudhvaṃ haraye sadā namata mādhavam || yajadhvaṃ satataṃ yajñair enaṃ lokanamaskṛtam | āraṇyakāḥ sadā santu bhavatāṃ jñānahetavaḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 97, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of June 24, 2002 :h sāditā mauravāḥ pāśā nisundanarakau hatau kṛtaḥ kṣemaḥ punaḥ panthāḥ puraṃ prāgjyotiṣaṃ prati // k: After the ref., D6 T G1.3-5 M ins.: :k bhūyaś ca khalu vakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ yādavottamāḥ | yat kṛtaṃ śauriṇā samyag lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | śauriṇā pṛthivīpālās trāsitāḥ spardhino yudhi dhanuṣaś ca ninādena pāñcajanyasvanena ca // meghaprakhyair anīkaiś ca dākṣiṇātyābhirakṣitām k: All Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k rukmiṇaṃ yudhi nirjitya mahābalaparākramam | rukmiṇīm ājahārāśu keśavo vṛṣṇipuṃgavaḥ // tataḥ parjanyaghoṣeṇa rathenādityavarcasā uvāha mahiṣīṃ bhojāṃ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt // jārūthyām āhvṛtiḥ krāthaḥ śiśupālaś ca nirjitaḥ vaktraś ca saha sainyena śatadhanvā ca durjayaḥ // indradyumno hataḥ kopād yavanaś ca kaśerumān hataḥ saubhapatiḥ sālvaḥ śaubhaś ca dṛḍhadhanvanā // parvatānāṃ sahasraṃ ca cakreṇa puruṣottamaḥ vikīrya puṇḍarīkākṣo dyumatsenam apothayat // mahendraśikhare caiva nimeṣontaracāriṇau jaghāna yo naravyāghro rāvaṇasyābhitaś carau // irāvatyāṃ mahābhojāv agnisūryasamau yudhi gopatis tālaketuś ca nihatau śārṅgadhanvanā // akṣaprapatane caiva nimir haṃsaś ca dānavau ubhau tāv api kṛṣṇena sarāṣṭrau vinipātitau // dagdhā vārāṇasī caiva keśavena mahātmanā sānubandhaḥ sarāṣṭraś ca kāśīnām adhipo hataḥ // vijitya ca yamaḥ saṃkhye śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ athaindrasenir ānītaḥ kṛṣṇenādbhutakarmaṇā // sahitaḥ sarvayādobhiḥ sāgareṣu mahābalaḥ prāpya lohitakūṭāni kṛṣṇena varuṇo jitaḥ // mahendrabhavane jāto devair gupto mahātmabhiḥ acintayitvā devendraṃ pārijātadrumo hṛtaḥ // pāṇḍyaṃ pauṇḍraṃ ca matsyaṃ ca kaliṅgaṃ ca janārdanaḥ jaghāna sahitān sarvān vaṅgarājaṃ tathaiva ca // eṣa caikaśataṃ hatvā raṇe rājñāṃ mahātmanām gāndhārīm āvahad dhīmān mahiṣīṃ priyadarśanām // tathā gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ krīḍantaṃ madhusūdanaḥ jigāya bharata śreṣṭhaṃ kuntyāḥ pramukhato vibhuḥ // droṇaṃ drauṇiṃ kṛpaṃ karṇaṃ bhīmasenaṃ suyodhanam cakrānuyāte sahitāñ jigāya puruṣottamaḥ // babhroś ca priyam anvicchañ śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt sauvīrarājasya sutāṃ prasahya hṛtavān prabhuḥ // paryastāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ sāśvāṃ sarathakuñjarām veṇudārikṛte yatnāj jigāya puruṣottamaḥ // avāpya tapaso vīryaṃ balam ojaś ca mādhavaḥ pūrvadehe jahārāyaṃ bales tribhuvanaṃ hariḥ // vajrāśanigadāśṛṅgais trāsayadbhiś ca dānavaiḥ yasya nādhigato mṛtyuḥ puraṃ prāgjyotiṣaṃ prati // abhibhūtaś ca kṛṣṇena sagaṇaḥ sa mahābalaḥ baleḥ putro mahāvīryo bāṇo draviṇavattaraḥ // k: D6 S (except G2) ins.: :k jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahotsāhaṃ mahābalam | asakṛj jitavān kṛṣṇo līlayā puruṣottamaḥ | pīṭhaṃ tathā mahābāhuḥ kaṃsāmātyaṃ janārdanaḥ paiṭhikaṃ cāsilomānaṃ nijaghāna mahābalaḥ // jambham airāvataṃ cāpi virūpaṃ ca mahāyaśāḥ jaghāna puruṣavyāghraḥ śambaraṃ cārimardanaḥ // tathā nāgapatiṃ toye kāliyaṃ ca mahaujasam nirjitya puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ preṣayām āsa sāgaram // saṃjīvayām āsa mṛtaṃ putraṃ sāṃdīpanes tathā nirjitya puruṣavyāghro yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ hariḥ // evam eṣa mahābāhuḥ śāstā sarvadurātmanām // k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 T G ins. (D2 cont. after 1098*): :k devāṃś ca brāhmaṇāṃś caiva ye dviṣanti sadā nṛpa | k: instead, D2 ins.: :k daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ janārdanaḥ | nihatya narakaṃ bhaumam āhṛtya maṇikuṇḍale devamātur dadau cāpi prītyarthaṃ vajrapāṇinaḥ // k: T1.3.4 G3-5 M1-3 ins.: :k prāptaṃ ca divi deveṣu keśavena mahad yaśaḥ | evaṃ sa devadaityānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca mahāyaśāḥ bhayābhayakaraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvalokeśvaro vibhuḥ // saṃsthāpya dharmān martyeṣu yajñair iṣṭvāptadakṣiṇaiḥ kṛtvā devārtham amitaṃ svasthānaṃ pratipatsyate // kṛṣṇo bhogavatīṃ ramyām ṛṣikāntāṃ mahāyaśāḥ dvārakām ātmasātkṛtvā samudraṃ gamayiṣyati // bahuratnasamākīrṇā caityayūpaśatāṅkitā dvārakā varuṇāvāsaṃ pravekṣyati sakānanā // tāṃ sūryasadanaprakhyāṃ matajñaḥ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ visṛṣṭāṃ vāsudevena sāgaraḥ plāvayiṣyati // surāsuramanuṣyeṣu nāsin na bhavitā kvacit ya imām āvaset kaścid anyatra madhusūdanāt // evam eṣa daśārhāṇāṃ vidhāya vidhinā vidhim viṣṇur nārāyaṇaḥ somaḥ sūryaś ca bhavitā svayam // aprameyo 'niyojyaś ca yatrakāmagamo vaśī modaty eṣa sadā bhūtair bālaḥ krīḍanakair iva // na pramātuṃ mahābāhuḥ śakyo 'yaṃ madhusūdanaḥ k: S (except G2) ins.: :k pramāṇaṃ hy atra vicchinnaṃ pramāṇaṃ sarvavastuṣu | yato 'yaṃ devadeveśo na pramāṇe pramā bhavet | paraṃ hy aparam etasmād viśvarūpān na vidyate // stavyo 'yam evaṃ śataśas tathā śatasahasraśaḥ anto hi karmaṇām asya dṛṣṭapūrvo na kenacit // evam etāni karmāṇi śiśur madhyavayās tathā kṛtavān puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ saṃkarṣaṇasahāyavān // ity uvāca purā vyāsas tapodīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā mahāyogī mahābuddhiḥ sarvapratyakṣadarśivān // iti saṃstūya govindaṃ mahendravacanād ṛṣiḥ yadubhiḥ pūjitaḥ sarvair nāradas tridivaṃ gataḥ // tatas tad vasu govindo dideśāndhakavṛṣṇiṣu yathārhaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo vidhivan madhusūdanaḥ // k: S (except G2) ins.: :k namaskṛtya jagannathaṃ śirasā suprasāriṇā | yādavāś ca dhanaṃ prāpya vidhivad bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ yajñair iṣṭvā mahātmāno dvārakām āvasan purīm // h: HV (CE) chapter 98, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of June 26, 2002 :h bahūnāṃ strīsahasrāṇām aṣṭau bhāryāḥ prakīrtitāḥ tāsām apatyān yaṣṭānāṃ bhagavān prabravītu me // aṣṭau mahiṣyaḥ putriṇya iti prādhānyataḥ smṛtāḥ sarvā vīraprajāyinyas tāsv apatyāni me śṛṇu // rukmiṇī satyabhāmā ca devī nagnajitī tathā sudattā ca tathā śaibyā lakṣmaṇā cāruhāsinī // mitravindā ca kālindī jāmbavaty atha pauravī subhīmā ca tathā mādrī raukmiṇeyān imāñ śṛṇu // pradyumnaḥ prathamo yajñe śambarāntakaraḥ sutaḥ dvitīyaś cārudeṣṇaś ca vṛṣṇisiṃho mahārathaḥ // cārubhadro bhadracāruḥ sudaṃṣṭro druma eva ca suṣeṇaś cāruguptaś ca cāruvindaś ca cārumān cārubāhuḥ kaniṣṭhaś ca kanyā cārumatī tathā // jajñire satyabhāmāyāṃ bhānur bhimarathaḥ kṣupaḥ rohito dīptimāṃś caiva tāmrajākṣo jalāntakaḥ catasro jajñire teṣāṃ svasāro garuḍadhvajāt // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D S (except m1-3) ins.: :k bhānur bhīmarikā caiva tāmrapakṣā jalaṃdhamā | jāmbavatyāḥ suto jajñe sāmbaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ k: K2 ins.: :k mitrabāhur mitradhāmā mitrasenas tathaiva ca | mitravān mitravindaś ca mitravaty api cāṅganā // mitravāhaḥ sunīthaś ca nagnajityāḥ prajāḥ śṛṇu bhadrakāro bhadravindaḥ kanyā bhadravatī tathā // sudattāyās tu śaibyāyāḥ saṃgrāmajid ajāyata satyajit senajic caiva tathā śūraḥ sapatnajit // subhīmāyāḥ suto mādryā vṛkāśvo vṛkanirvṛtiḥ kumāro vṛkadīptiś ca lakṣmaṇāyāḥ prajāḥ śṛṇu // gātravān gātraguptaś ca gātravindaś ca vīryavān jajñire gātravanty ete bhaginyānujayā saha // aśrutaś ca suto jajñe kālindyāḥ śrutasattamaḥ aśrutaṃ śrutasenāyai pradadau madhusūdanaḥ // taṃ pradāya hṛṣīkeśas tāṃ bhāryāṃ mudito 'bravīt eṣa vām ubhayor astu dāyādaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ // bṛhatyāṃ tu gadasyāhuḥ śaibyāyām aṅgadaṃ sutam utpannaṃ kumudaṃ caiva śvetaṃ śvetāṃ tathāṅganām // agāvahaḥ sumitraś ca śuciś citrarathas tathā citrasenaḥ sute cāsya citrā citravatī tathā // vanustambasya jajñāte stambaḥ stambavanaś ca ha k: Ñ3 V B Dn D5.6 G(ed.) ins.: :k nivāsano vanastambaḥ kanyā stambavatī tathā | upāsaṅgasya tu sutau vajraḥ sukṣipra eva ca // kauśikyāṃ sutasomāyāṃ yaudhiṣṭhiryāṃ yudhiṣṭhirau kāpālī garuḍaś caiva jajñāte citrayodhinau // k: K1.3 Ñ2.3 V B D T G M4 ins.: :k evamādīni putrāṇāṃ sahastrāṇi nibodhata | ayutaṃ tu samākhyātaṃ vāsudevasya te sutāḥ || ayutāni tathā cāṣṭau śūrā raṇaviśāradāḥ | janārdanasya prasavaḥ kīrtito 'yaṃ yathā tathā | pradyumnasya suto yas tu vaidarbhyāṃ rājasattamaḥ aniruddho raṇe yoddhā jajñe sa mṛgaketanaḥ // revatyāṃ baladevasya jajñāte niśaṭholmukau bhrātarau devasaṃkāśāv ubhau puruṣasattamau // sutanuś ca narācī ca śaurer āstāṃ parigrahaḥ pauṇḍraś ca kapilaś caiva vāsudevasya tau sutau // narācyāṃ kapilo jajñe pauṇḍraś ca sutanoḥ sutaḥ tayor nṛpo 'bhavat pauṇḍraḥ kapilaś ca vanaṃ yayau // k: S (except G2) ins.: :k samādhisthaḥ sa bhūteṣu dayāṃ kurvan mahāmatiḥ | sa nṛpaḥ samacittātmā viṣṇusāyujyam āptavān | turyāṃ samabhavad vīro vasudevān mahābalaḥ jarā nāma niṣādānāṃ prabhuḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām // kāśyā supārśvaṃ tanayaṃ lebhe sāmbāt tarasvinam k: Ñ2 ins.: :k aniruddhasya vaidarbhyā bhāryā rukmavatī śubhā | tasyāṃ vajro 'niruddhasya vajrasya tanayaṃ śṛṇu | sānor vajro 'niruddhasya vajras tv ādāv ajāyata // vajrāj jajñe prativahaḥ sucārus tasya cātmajaḥ anamitrāc chinir jajñe kaniṣṭhād vṛṣṇinandanāt // śines tu satyavāg jajñe satyakaś ca mahārathaḥ satyakasyātmajaḥ śūro yuyudhānas tv ajāyata // asaṅgo yuyudhānasya bhūmis tasyābhavat sutaḥ bhūmer yugaṃdharaḥ putra iti vaṃśaḥ samāpyate // h: HV (CE) chapter 99, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of June 29 :h ya eṣa bhavatā pūrvaṃ śambaraghnety udāhṛtaḥ pradyumnaḥ sa kathaṃ jaghne śambaraṃ tad bravīhi me // rukmiṇyāṃ vāsudevasya lakṣmīkāmo dhṛtavrataḥ śambarāntakaro jajñe pradyumnaḥ kāmadarśanaḥ // k: Ś1 D5 ins.: :k sanatkumāra iti yaḥ purāṇe parigīyate | taṃ saptarātre saṃpūrṇe niśīthe sūtikāgṛhāt jahāra kṛṣṇasya sutaṃ śiśuṃ vai kālaśambaraḥ // viditaṃ tac ca kṛṣṇasya devamāyānuvartinaḥ tato na nigṛhītaḥ sa dānavo yuddhadurmadaḥ // sa mṛtyunā parītāyur māyayābhijahāra tam dorbhyām utkṣipya nagaraṃ svaṃ jagāma mahāsuraḥ // anapatyā tu tasyāsīd bhāryā rūpaguṇānvitā nāmnā māyāvatī nāma māyeva śubhadarśana // dadau taṃ vāsudevasya putraṃ putram ivātmajam tasyā mahiṣyā nāthinyā dānavaḥ kālacoditaḥ // k: All Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 M1-3) ins.: :k māyāvatī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhā | harṣeṇa mahatā yuktā punaḥ punar udaikṣata || atha tasyā nirīkṣantyāḥ smṛtiḥ prādurbabhūva ha | ayaṃ sa mama kānto 'bhūt smṛtvaivaṃ cānvacintayat || ayaṃ sa nātho bhartā me yasyārthaṃ hi divāniśam | cintāśokahrade magnā na vindāmi ratiṃ kvacit || ayaṃ bhagavatā pūrvaṃ devadevena śūlinā | kheditena kṛto 'naṅgo dṛṣṭo jātyantare mayā || katham asya stanaṃ dāsye mātṛbhāvena jānatī | bhartur bhāryā tv ahaṃ bhūtvā vakṣye vā putra ity uta || evaṃ saṃcintya manasā dhātryās taṃ sā samarpayat | rasāyanaprayogaiś ca śīghram evānvavardhayat || dhātryāḥ sakāśāt sa ca tāṃ śṛṇvan rukmiṇinandanaḥ | māyāvatīm avijñānān mene svām eva mātaram | sā taṃ saṃvardhayām āsa kārṣṇiṃ kamalalocanam māyāś cāsmai dadau sarvā dānavīḥ kāmamohitā // sa yadā yauvanasthas tu pradyumnaḥ kāmadarśanaḥ cikīrṣitajño nārīṇāṃ sarvāstravidhipāragaḥ // taṃ sā māyāvatī kāntaṃ kāmayām āsa kāminī iṅgitaiś cāpi vīkṣantī prālobhayata sasmitā // prasajjantīṃ tu tāṃ devīṃ babhāṣe cāruhāsinīm mātṛbhāvaṃ parityajya kim evaṃ vartase 'nyathā // aho duṣṭasvabhāvāsi strītvena calamānasā yā putrabhāvam utsṛjya mayi kāmāt pravartase // nanu te 'haṃ sutaḥ saumye ko 'yaṃ śīlavyatikramaḥ tat tvam icchāmy ahaṃ devi kathitaṃ kas tv ayaṃ vidhiḥ // vidyutsaṃpātacapalaḥ svabhāvaḥ khalu yoṣitām yā nareṣu prasajjante nagāgreṣu ghanā iva // yadi te 'haṃ sutaḥ saumye yadi vā nātmajaḥ śubhe kathitaṃ tat tvam icchāmi kim idaṃ te cikīrṣitam // evam uktā tu sā bhīruḥ kāmena vyathitendriyā priyaṃ provāca vacanaṃ vivikte keśavātmajam // na tvaṃ mama sutaḥ saumya nāpi te śambaraḥ pitā rūpavān asi vikrāntas tvaṃ jātyā vṛṣṇinandanaḥ putras tvaṃ vāsudevasya rukmiṇyā nandivardhanaḥ // divase saptame bālo jātamātro 'pavāhitaḥ sūtikāgāramadhyāt tvaṃ śiśur uttānaśāyitaḥ // mama bhartrā hṛto vīra balavīryapravartinā pitus te vāsudevasya dharṣayitvā gṛhaṃ mahat pākaśāsanakalpasya hṛtas tvaṃ śambareṇa ha // sā ca te karuṇaṃ mātā tvāṃ bālam anuśocatī atyarthaṃ śrāmyate vīra vivatsā saurabhī yathā // sa hi śakrād api mahān pitā te garuḍadhvajaḥ iha tvāṃ nābhijānāti bālam evāpavāhitam // kānta vṛṣṇikumāras tvaṃ na hi tvaṃ śambarātmajaḥ vīra naivaṃvidhān putrān dānavā janayanti hi // tato 'haṃ kāmayāmi tvāṃ na hi tvaṃ janito mayā rūpaṃ te saumya paśyantī sīdāmi hṛdi durbalā // yan me vyavasitaṃ kānta yac ca me hṛdi vartate tanme manasi vārṣṇeya pratisaṃdhātum arhasi // eṣa te kathitaḥ saumya sadbhāvas tvayi yo mama yathā na mama putras tvaṃ na putraḥ śambarasya ca // k: B3 ins.: :k kāmadevaś ca vīra tvaṃ ratiṃ māṃ viddhi vai prabho | śaṃkarasya ca śāpena tvam anaṅgagatiḥ purā || tat kālamāyayā rūpaṃ kṛtvā daityasya veśmani | viśīrṇā sāham uṣitā daityasyāsya ca veśmani | śrutvaitan nikhilaṃ sarvaṃ māyāvatyā prabhāṣitam cakrāyudhātmajaḥ kruddhaḥ śambaraṃ sa samāhvayat // samastamāyāmāyājño vikrāntaḥ samare 'vyayaḥ aṣṭamyāṃ nihato yuddhe māyayā kālaśambaraḥ // tamṛkṣavante nagare nihatyāsurasattamam gṛhya māyāvatīṃ devīṃ svām agacchat purīṃ pituḥ // so 'ntarikṣagato bhūtvā māyayā śīghravikramaḥ ājagāma purīṃ ramyāṃ rakṣitāṃ tejasā pituḥ // so 'ntarikṣāt prapatitaḥ keśavāntaḥpure śiśuḥ māyāvatyā saha tayā rūpavān iva manmathaḥ // tasmiṃs tatrāvapatite mahiṣyaḥ keśavasya yāḥ vismitāś caiva hṛṣṭāś ca bhīrāś caivābhavaṃs tadā // tatas taṃ kāmasaṃkāśaṃ kāntayā saha saṃgatam prekṣantyo hṛṣṭavadanāḥ pibantyo nayanāsavam // taṃ vrīḍitamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sajjamānaṃ pade pade abhavan snigdhasaṃkalpāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ kṛṣṇayoṣitaḥ // rukmiṇī tv eva taṃ dṛṣṭvā śokārtā putragṛddhinī sapatnīśatasaṃkīrṇā sabāṣpā vākyam abravīt // k: Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3.5(marg.).6 T1.2.4 G M4 ins. (K1 D4 after 40): :k yādṛk svapno mayā dṛṣṭo niśāyā yauvane gate | kaṃsāriṇā samānīya dattaṃ sāhārapallavam || śaśiraśmipratīkāśaṃ muktādāma ca śobhanam | keśavenāṅkam āropya mama kaṇṭhe nyabadhyata || śyāmā sucārukeśā strī śuklāmbaravibhūṣitā | padmahastā nirīkṣantī praviṣṭā mama veśmani || tayā punar ahaṃ gṛhya snāpitā rucirāmbunā || kuśeśayamayīṃ mālāṃ strī saṃgṛhyātha pāṇinā | mama mūrdhany upāghrāya dattā srak sā tayā mama || evaṃ svapnaṃ kīrtayantī rukmiṇī hṛṣṭamānasā | sakhījanavṛtā devī kumāraṃ vīkṣya taṃ muhuḥ | k: Ñ2 cont.: :k ity ato 'nantaraṃ tatra abravīd vākyam eva tat | dhanyāyāḥ khalv ayaṃ putro dīrghāyuḥ priyadarśanaḥ idṛśaḥ kāmasaṃkāśo yauvane prathame sthitaḥ // jīvaputrā tvayā putra kā sā bhāgyavibhūṣitā kim arthaṃ cāmbudaśyāma sabhāryas tvam ihāgataḥ // asmin vayasi suvyaktaṃ pradyumno mama putrakaḥ bhaved yadi na nītaḥ syāt kṛtāntena balīyasā // vyaktaṃ vṛṣṇikumāro 'yaṃ na mithyā mama tarkitam vijñāto 'si mayā cihnair vinā cakraṃ janārdanaḥ // mukhaṃ nārāyaṇasyeva keśāḥ keśānta eva ca mūrdhavakṣobhujais tulyo halinaḥ śvaśurasya me // kas tvaṃ vṛṣṇikulaṃ sarvaṃ vapuṣā dyotayan sthitaḥ aho janārdanasyāsya divyā tvam aparā tanuḥ // etasminn antare kṛṣṇaḥ sahasā praviveśa ha nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā śambarasya vadhaṃ prati // so 'paśyat taṃ sutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ siddhaṃ manmathalakṣaṇaiḥ snuṣāṃ māyāvatīṃ caiva hṛṣṭacetā janārdanaḥ // so 'bravīt sahasā devīṃ rukmiṇīṃ devatām iva ayaṃ te devi saṃprāptaḥ putraś cāpadharaḥ prabhuḥ // anena śambaraṃ hatvā māyāyuddhaviśāradam hatā māyāś ca tāḥ sarvā yābhir devān abādhata // satī ceyaṃ śubhā sādhvī bhāryā vai tanayasya te māyāvatīti vikhyātā śambarasya gṛhoṣitā mā ca te śambarasyeyaṃ patnīty evaṃ vyathā bhavet // manmathe tu gate nāśaṃ gate cānaṅgatāṃ purā k: T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k netrāgninā tryambakasya śūlapāṇeḥ purā yuge | kāmapatnī hi kanyaiṣā kāmakāmā ratiḥ śubhā māyārūpeṇa taṃ daityaṃ mohayaty asakṛc chubhā // na caiṣā tasya kaumāre vaśe tiṣṭhati śobhanā atmamāyāmayaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā śambaram āviśat // patny eṣā mama putrasya snuṣā tava varāṅganā lokakāntasya sāhāyyaṃ kariṣyati manomayam // praveśayaināṃ bhavanaṃ pūjyā hy eṣā snuṣā mama cirapranaṣṭaṃ ca sutaṃ bhajasya punarāgatam // k: Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-3.5(marg.).6 T2.4 G M4 ins. (T1 after 49a): :k śrutvā tu vacanaṃ devī kṛṣṇenodāhṛtaṃ tadā | praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe rukmiṇī vākyam abravīt || aho dhanyatarāsmīti vīraputrasamāgamāt | adya me saphalaḥ kāmaḥ pūrṇaś cādya manorathaḥ | cirapranaṣṭaputrasya darśanaṃ priyayā saha || āgaccha putra bhavanaṃ viśasva saha bhāryayā || tato 'bhivādya caraṇau govindaṃ mātaraṃ ca saḥ | pradyumnaḥ pūjayām āsa halinaṃ ca mahābalam || utthāpya taṃ pariṣvajya mūrdhny upāghrāya vīryavān | pradyumnaṃ balināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ keśavaḥ paravīrahā || snuṣāṃ cotthāpya tāṃ devīṃ rukmiṇī rukmabhūṣaṇāṃ | pariṣvajyopasaṃgṛhya snehād gadgadabhāṣiṇī || sametaṃ bhavanaṃ patnyā śacyendram aditir yathā | praveśayām āsa tadā rukmiṇī sutam āgatam | k: D2.3 cont.: :k evam uktā tu kṛṣṇena rukmiṇī yoṣitāṃ varā | putraṃ prītyā pariṣvajya mūrdhni cāghrāya tāṃ snuṣām | gṛhaṃ praveśayām āsa snuṣayā saha bhāminī | h: HV (CE) chapter 100, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 7 :h hṛto yadaiva pradyumnaḥ śambareṇātmaghātinā tam eva māsaṃ sāmbas tu jāmbavatyām ajāyata // bālyāt prabhṛti rāmeṇa māneṣu viniyojitaḥ rāmād anantaraṃ caiva mānitaḥ sarvavṛṣṇibhiḥ // k: T2.4 G3-5 M ins.: :k rāmasyaiva priyasutaḥ so 'bhavaj jyeṣṭha ity api | jātamātre tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śubhaṃ tat puram āviśat nihatāmitrasāmantaḥ śakrodyānaṃ yathāmaraḥ // yādavīṃ ca śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā svāṃ śriyaṃ dveṣṭi vāsavaḥ janārdanabhayāc caiva na śāntiṃ lebhire nṛpāḥ // kasyacit tv atha kālasya pure vāraṇasāhvaye duryodhanasya yajñe vai sameyuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ // tāṃ śrutvā mādhavīṃ lakṣmīṃ saputraṃ ca janārdanam purīṃ dvārāvatīṃ caiva niviṣṭāṃ sāgarāntare // dūtais taiḥ kṛtasaṃdhānāḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvapārthivāḥ śriyaṃ draṣṭuṃ hṛṣīkeśam ājagmuḥ kṛṣṇamandiram // duryodhanamukhāḥ sarve dhṛtarāṣṭravaśānugāḥ pāṇḍavapramukhāś caiva dhṛṣṭadyumnādayo nṛpāḥ // pāṇḍyacolakaliṅgeśā bāhlīkā draviḍāḥ śakāḥ akṣauhiṇīḥ prakarṣanto daśa cāṣṭau ca bhūmipāḥ ājagmur yādavapurīṃ govindabhujapālitām // te parvataṃ raivatakaṃ parivāryāvanīśvarāḥ viviśur yojanāḍhyāsu svāsu svāsv avanīṣv atha // k: D6 T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k dūtair ājñāpito devo balabhadrapurogamaḥ | sātyakiṃ purataḥ kṛtvā sasainyaḥ sapadānugaḥ || śārṅgaṃ ca dhanur ādāya kiṃ syād iti vicintayan | tataḥ śrīmān hṛṣīkeśaḥ saha yādavapuṃgavaiḥ samīpaṃ mānavendrāṇāṃ niryayau kamalekṣaṇaḥ // sa teṣāṃ naradevānāṃ madhye madhuniṣūdanaḥ vyarājata yaduśreṣṭhaḥ śaradīva nabhaḥśaśī // sa tatra samudācāraṃ yathāsthānaṃ yathāvayaḥ kṛtvā siṃhāsane kṛṣṇaḥ kāñcane niṣasāda ha // rājāno 'pi yathāsthānaṃ niṣedur vividheṣv atha siṃhāsaneṣu citreṣu pīṭheṣu ca janādhipāḥ // sa yādavanarendrāṇāṃ samājaḥ śuśubhe tadā surāṇām asurāṇāṃ ca sadane brahmaṇo yathā // k: T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k idaṃ provāca bhagavān kṣatriyān draṣṭum āgatān | sarvan etan nṛpatayo yuṣmākaṃ samudāhṛtam || yad asmākaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhās tulyaṃ tad bhavatāṃ sadā | gṛhyatāṃ vasu yad divyaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ nṛpasattamāḥ || te tatheti jagannātham ūcur yādavasaṃsadi | teṣāṃ citrāḥ kathās tatra pravṛttās tatsamāgame yadūnāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca keśavasyopaśṛṇvataḥ // k: T2.4 G3.4 M G(ed.) ins.: :k taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ prahṛṣṭāḥ kṣatriyās tadā | etasminn antare vāyur vavau megharavoddhataḥ tumulaṃ durdinaṃ cāsīt savidyut stanayitnumat // tad durdinatalaṃ bhittvā nāradaḥ pratyadṛśyata saṃveṣṭitajaṭābhāro vīṇāsaktena bāhunā // k: T1.2.4 G3.4 M G(ed.) ins.: :k gāyann eva harīṃ sāmnā vasantaṃ yadusaṃsadi | sa papāta narendrāṇāṃ madhye pāvakavarcasām nārado 'gniśikhākāraḥ śrīmāñ śakrasakho muniḥ // tasmin bhūmau nipatite nārade munipuṃgave tad uddhatamahāmeghaṃ durdinaṃ vyapakṛṣyata // so 'vagāhya narendrāṇāṃ madhyaṃ sāgarasaṃnibham āsanasthaṃ yaduśreṣṭam uvāca munir avyayaḥ // āścaryaṃ khalu devānām ekas tvaṃ puruṣottama dhanyaś cāsi mahābāho loke nānyo 'sti kaś cana // evam uktaḥ smitaṃ kṛtvā pratyuvāca muniṃ prabhuḥ āścaryaś caiva dhanyaś ca dakṣiṇābhiḥ sahety aham // evam ukto muniśreṣṭhaḥ prāha madhye mahīkṣitām kṛṣṇa paryāptavākyo 'smi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam // taṃ prasthitam abhiprekṣya pārthivāḥ prāhur īśvaram guhyaṃ mantram ajānanto vacanaṃ nāraderitam // āścarya ity abhihito dhanyo 'sīti ca mādhava dakṣiṇābhiḥ sahety evaṃ pratyukte 'pi ca nārade // kim etan nābhijānīmo divyaṃ mantrapadaṃ mahat yadi śrāvyam idaṃ kṛṣṇa śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ // tān uvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvān pārthivapuṃgavān śrotavyaṃ nāradas tv eṣa dvijo vaḥ kathayiṣyati // brūhi nārada tattvārthaṃ śrāvyantāṃ pṛthivīkṣitaḥ yat tvayābhihitaṃ vākyaṃ mayā ca pratibhāṣitam // sa pīṭhe kāñcane śubhre sūpaviṣṭaḥ svalaṃkṛtaḥ prabhavaṃ tasya vākyasya pravaktum upacakrame // śruyatāṃ bho nṛpaśreṣṭhā yāvantaḥ stha samāgatāḥ asya praśnasya mahato yathā pāram ahaṃ gataḥ // ahaṃ kadācid gaṅgāyās tīre triṣavaṇātithiḥ carāmy ekaḥ kṣapāpāye saṃdṛśyati divākare // apaśyam aśmakūṭābhaṃ kapāladvayadehinam krośamaṇḍalavistāraṃ tāvadvṛttaṃ samantataḥ // catuścaraṇasaṃśliṣṭaṃ klinnaṃ śaivalapaṅkilam mama vīṇākṛtiṃ kūrmaṃ gajacarmacayopamam // so 'haṃ taṃ pāṇinā spṛṣṭvā proktavāñ jalacāriṇam tvam āścaryaśarīro 'si kūrma dhanyaś ca me mataḥ // yas tvam evam abhedyābhyāṃ kapālābhyāṃ samāvṛtaḥ toye carasi niḥśaṅkaḥ kiṃ cid apy avicintayan // sa mām uvācāmbucaraḥ kūrmo mānuṣavat svayam kim āścaryaṃ mayi mune dhanyaś cāhaṃ kathaṃ vibho // gaṅgeyaṃ nimnagā dhanyā kim āścaryam ataḥ param yatrāham iva sattvāni caranty ayutaśo jale // so 'haṃ kutūhalāviṣṭo nadīṃ gaṅgām upasthitaḥ dhanyāsi tvaṃ nadīśreṣṭhe nityam āścaryadarśane // yā tvam evaṃ mahādehaiḥ śvāpadair upaśobhitā hradinī sāgaraṃ yāsi rakṣantī tāpasālayān // evam uktā tato gaṅgā rūpiṇī pratyabhāṣata nāradaṃ devagandharvaṃ śakrasya dayitaṃ dvijam // nāhaṃ dhanyā dvijaśreṣṭha nāpy āścaryopaśobhitā tava satye niviṣṭasya vākyaṃ māṃ pratibādhate // lokāścaryakaro loke dhanyaś caivārṇavo dvija yatrāham iva vistīrṇāḥ śataśo yānti nimnagāḥ // so 'haṃ tripathagāvākyaṃ śrutvārṇavam upasthitaḥ āścaryaḥ khalu lokānāṃ dhanyaś cāsi mahārṇava tena khalv asi yonis tvam ambhasāṃ salileśvaraḥ // sthāne tvā vārivāhinyaḥ sarito lokabhāvanāḥ imāḥ samabhigacchanti patnyo lokanamaskṛtāḥ // samudras tv evam uktas tu tato mām abravīd vacaḥ svaṃ jalaughatalaṃ bhittvā vyutthitaḥ pavaneritaḥ // mā maivaṃ devagandharva nāsmy āś caryo dvijottama vasudheyaṃ mune dhanyā yatrāham upari sthitaḥ ṛte tu pṛthivīṃ loke kim āścaryam ataḥ param // so 'haṃ sāgaravākyena kṣitiṃ kṣititale sthitaḥ kautūhalasam āviṣṭo hy abruvaṃ jagato gatim // dharitri dehināṃ yonir dhanyā khalv asi śobhane āścaryā cāsi bhūteṣu mahatyā kṣamayā yute // tena khalv asi lokānāṃ dharaṇī manujāraṇiḥ kṣamā tvattaḥ prasūtā ca karma cāmbaragāminām // tato bhūḥ stutivākyena sā mayoktena lajjitā vihāya sahajaṃ dhairyam atha māṃ pratyabhāṣata // devagandharva mā maivaṃ saṃgrāmakalahapriya nāsmi dhanyā na cāścaryā pārakyeyaṃ dhṛtir mama // ete dhanyā dvijaśrestha parvatā dhārayanti mām eṣv āścaryāṇi dṛśyante ete lokasya setavaḥ // so 'haṃ pṛthivyā vākyena parvatān samupasthitaḥ dhanyā bhanto dṛśyante bahvāścaryāś ca bhūdharāḥ // kāñcanasyāgraratnasya dhātūnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ tena ratnākarāḥ sarve bhavanto bhuvi śāśvatāḥ // mama tv etad vacaḥ śrutvā parvatās tasthuṣāṃ varāḥ ūcur māṃ sāntvayuktāni vacāṃsi vanaśobhitāḥ // brahmarṣe na vayaṃ dhanyā nāpy āścaryāṇi santi naḥ k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 G(ed.) ins.: :k asmākam īśvaraḥ śūlī giriśo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | nāś caryo vāpi dhanyo vā tasmāt parataro bhuvi || vihāya taṃ mahādevaṃ nāsmān stotum ihārhasi || iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kailāsam aham āgataḥ | dṛṣṭvā taṃ pārvatīśānam abruvaṃ vacanaṃ tadā || devadeva mahādeva nīlakaṇṭha vṛṣadhvaja | āścaryo 'si bhavān eko dhanyas tvaṃ jagatīpate | tvattaḥ parataro nāsti devo jagati kaś cana || yad idaṃ dṛśyate deva bhuvanaṃ sacarācaram | tasyādhāras tvam evāsi sarvasya tripurāntaka || atha mām abravīd devo virūpākṣas trilocanaḥ | nāhaṃ dhanyo na cāścaryo naivaṃ māṃ vaktum arhasi | mattaḥ parataro jñeyo jagat sraṣṭā dvijottama | brahmā prajāpatir dhanyaḥ sa cāścaryaḥ sureṣv api // so 'haṃ pitāmahaṃ gatvā sarvaprabhavam avyayam tasya vākyasya paryāyaṃ paryāptam iva lakṣaye // so 'haṃ svayaṃbhuvaṃ devaṃ lokayoniṃ caturmukham pāraṃparyād upagataḥ praṇāmāvanatānanaḥ // so 'haṃ vākyasamāptyarthaṃ śrāvayāmy ātmayoninam āścaryo bhagavān eko dhanyaś ca jagato guruḥ // na kiṃ cid anyat paśyāmi bhūtaṃ yad bhavatā samam tvattaḥ sarvam idaṃ jātaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṃgamam // sadevadānavā martyā loke bhūtendriyātmakāḥ bhavanti sarvadeveśa dṛśyaṃ sarvam idaṃ vapuḥ // tena khalv asi devānāṃ devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ teṣāmevāsi yat sraṣṭā lokānām api saṃbhavaḥ // tato mām āha bhagavān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ dhanyāścaryāśritair vākyaiḥ kiṃ māṃ nārada bhāṣase // āścaryaṃ paramaṃ devā dhanyā devāś ca nārada ye lokān dhārayanti sma devās tattvārthadarśinaḥ // ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ satyam atharvaṇi ca yan matam tanmayaṃ viddhi māṃ vipra dhṛto 'haṃ tair mayā ca te // parameṣṭhyena vākyena codito 'haṃ svayaṃbhuvā vedopasthānikāṃ cakre matiṃ saṃkrāntavistarām // so 'haṃ svayaṃbhuvacanād vedān vai samupasthitaḥ uvāca caināṃś caturo mantrapravacanārcitān // dhanyā bhavantaḥ puṇyāś ca nityam āścaryaviśrutāḥ ādhārāś caiva viprāṇām evam āha prajāpatiḥ // svayaṃbhuvo 'pīha paraṃ bhavatsu praśna āhitaḥ yuṣmat parataraṃ nāsti śrutyā vā tapasāpi vā // pratūcus te tato vākyaṃ devā mām abhitaḥ sthitāḥ āścaryāś caiva dhanyāś ca yajñāś cātmaparāyaṇāḥ // yajñārthe tu vayaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ sṛṣṭā yena sma nārada tad asmākaṃ parā yajñā na vayaṃ svavaśe sthitāḥ svayaṃbhuvo 'pīha parā vedānāṃ ca parā gatiḥ // tato 'ham abruvaṃ yajñān gṛhasthāgnipuraskṛtān // bho yajñāḥ paramaṃ tejo yuṣmāsu khalu lakṣyate brahmaṇābhihitaṃ vākyaṃ yan me vedair iheritam // āścaryam etal lokeṣu bhavadbhyo nādhigamyate dhanyāḥ khalu bhavanto ye dvijātīnāṃ svavaṃśinaḥ // tena khalv agnayas tṛptiṃ puṣmābhir yānti tarpitāḥ bhāgaiś ca tridaśāḥ sarve mantraiś caiva maharṣayaḥ // agniṣṭomādayo yajñā mama vākyād anantaram pratyūcur māṃ paraṃ vākyaṃ sarve yūpadhvajāḥ sthitāḥ // āścaryaśabdo nāsmāsu dhanyaśabdo 'pi vā mune āścaryaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇuḥ sa hy asmākaṃ parā gatiḥ // yad ājyaṃ vayam aśnīmo hutam agniṣu pāvanam tat sarvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo lokamūrtiḥ prayacchati // k: Dn ins.: :k so 'pi dhanyo mahābāhur dakṣiṇāsahitaḥ kratuḥ | yad rūpaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo dakṣiṇāpriyayā saha | so 'haṃ viṣṇor gatiṃ prepsur iha saṃpatito bhuvi dṛṣṭaś cāyaṃ mayā viṣṇur bhavadbhir abhisaṃvṛtaḥ // yan mayābhihito hy eṣa tvam āścaryaṃ janārdana dhanyaś cāsīti bhavatāṃ madhyastho hy atra pārthivāḥ // pratyukto'ham anenādya vākyasyāsya yad uttaram dakṣiṇābhiḥ sahety evaṃ paryāptaṃ vacanaṃ mama // yajñānāṃ hi gatir viṣṇuḥ sarveṣāṃ sahadakṣiṇaḥ dakṣiṇābhiḥ sahety evaṃ praśno mama samāptavān // kūrmeṇābhihitaṃ pūrvaṃ pāraṃparyād ihāgatam sadakṣiṇe 'smin puruṣe tad vākyaṃ paryayāgatam // yan māṃ bhavantaḥ pṛcchanti vākyasyāsya vinirṇayam tad etat sarvam ākhyātaṃ sādhayāmi yathāgatam // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k nārāyaṇaparā vedā nārāyaṇaparā makhāḥ | nārāyaṇaparaṃ jñānaṃ nārāyaṇaparaṃ tapaḥ || na ca nārāyaṇād anyat triṣu lokeṣu vidyate | nārāyaṇātmakam idaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam || iyaṃ hi vedārthagatiḥ sanātanī | nṛpā yadi śroṣyatha madvacaḥ param | idaṃ tu satyaṃ sakalaṃ nṛpottamā | ity evam uktvā sa divaṃ jagāma ha | nārade tu gate svargaṃ sarve te pṛthivīkṣitaḥ vismitāḥ svāni rāṣṭrāṇi jagmuḥ sabalavāhanāḥ // k: T1.2.4 G1.3.5 M (G4 cont. after *1123) ins.: :k viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ govindaṃ garuḍadhvajam | parāt parataraṃ brahma nārāyaṇam anāmayam || sarvavedāntavedyaṃ ca namaskṛtya guruṃ harim | dhanyo 'yaṃ nārado yasmād dṛṣṭaḥ sākṣād dhariḥ svayam || dhanyā vayaṃ jagannāthaṃ nāradena vibodhitāḥ | sarve prītā jagannāthaṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ puruṣottamam || ko nāma viṣṇur ity evam anye mūḍhā narādhamāḥ | dhanyāḥ sarvaṃ vāsudeva iti tattvārthatatparam || iti tattvena vijñāya nṛpā nārāyaṇaṃ param | tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā namaskṛtya punaḥ punaḥ | janārdano 'pi sahito yadubhiḥ pāvakopamaiḥ svam eva bhavanaṃ vīro viveśa yadupuṃgavaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 101, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 13 :h punar eva mahābāho kṛṣṇasya jagatīpateḥ k: S ins.: :k kṛtārthāḥ sarvathā vipra nārāyaṇasamāśrayāt | jātā hi vayam adyaiva tatkathāśravaṇād dvija | k: After line 1, T1 ins.: :k ity uktaḥ sa smitaṃ kṛtvā praṇamya munipuṃgavam | māhātmyaṃ śrotum icchāmi paramaṃ dvijasattama // na hi me tṛptir astīha śṛṇvatas tasya dhīmataḥ karmaṇām anusaṃdhānaṃ purāṇasya mahātmanaḥ // nāntaḥ śakyaṃ prabhāvasya vaktuṃ varṣaśatair api govindasya mahārāja śrūyatām idam uttamam // śaratalpe śayānena bhīṣmeṇa paricoditaḥ gāṇḍīvadhanvā bībhatsur māhātmyaṃ keśavasya yat // rājñāṃ madhye mahārāja jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaram abravīt yudhiṣṭhiraṃ jitāmitram iti tac chṛṇu kaurava // purāhaṃ dvārakāṃ yātaḥ saṃbandhīn avalokakaḥ nyavasaṃ pūjitas tatra bhojavṛṣṇyandhakottamaiḥ // tataḥ kadācid dharmātmā dīkṣito madhusūdanaḥ ekāhena mahābāhuḥ śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā // tato dīkṣitam āsīnam abhigamya dvijottamaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ vijñāpayām āsa paritrāhīti cābravīt // rakṣādhikāro bhavataḥ parirakṣasva māṃ vibho caturthāṃśaṃ hi dharmasya rakṣitā labhate phalam // na bhetavyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha rakṣāmi tvāṃ kuto 'nagha brūhi tattvena bhadraṃ te yady api syāt suduṣkaram // jāto jāto mahābāho putro me hriyate vibho trayo hṛtāś caturthaṃ tvaṃ kṛṣṇa rakṣitum arhasi // brāhmaṇyāḥ sūtikālo 'dya tatra rakṣā vidhīyatām yathā dhriyed apatyaṃ me tathā kuru janārdana // tato mām āha govindo dīkṣito 'smi kratāv iti rakṣā ca brāhmaṇe kāryā sarvāvasthāgatair api // śrutvāham evaṃ kṛṣṇasya tato 'vocaṃ narottama māṃ niyojaya govinda rakṣiṣyāmi dvijaṃ bhayāt // ity uktaḥ sa smitaṃ kṛtvā mām uvāca janārdanaḥ rakṣyasīty evam uktas tu vrīḍito 'smi narādhipa // tato māṃ vrīḍitaṃ jñātvā punar āha janārdanaḥ gamyatāṃ kauravaśreṣṭha śakyate yadi rakṣitum // tvatpurogāś ca gacchantu vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ ṛte rāmaṃ mahābāhuḥ pradyumnaṃ ca mahābalam // tato 'haṃ vṛṣṇisainyena mahatā parivāritaḥ tam agrato dvijaṃ kṛtvā prayātaḥ saha senayā // h: HV (CE) chapter 102, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 13 :h sumuhūrtena tu vayaṃ taṃ grāmaṃ prāpya bhārata viśrāntavāhanāḥ sarve vāsāyopagatās tadā // tato grāmasya madhye 'haṃ niviṣṭaḥ kurunandanaḥ samantād vṛṣṇisainyena parikṣitya janavrajam // tataḥ śakunayo dīptā mṛgāś ca krūrabhāṣiṇaḥ dīptāyāṃ diśi vāśanto bhayam āvedayanti me // saṃdhyārāgo japāvarṇo bhānumāṃś caiva niṣprabhaḥ papāta mahatī colkā pṛthivī cāpy akampata // tān samīkṣya mahotpātān dāruṇāṃl lomaharṣaṇān yogam ājñāpayaṃ tatra janasyotsukacetasaḥ // yuyudhānapurogāś ca vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ sarve yuktarathāḥ sajjāḥ svayaṃ cāhaṃ tathābhavam // gate 'rdharātrasamaye brāhmaṇo bhayaviklavaḥ upāgamya bhayād asmān idaṃ vacanam abravīt // kālo 'yaṃ samanuprāpto brāhmaṇyāḥ prasavasya me yattā bhavantas tiṣṭhantu na bhaved vañcanā yathā // muhūrtād iva cāśrauṣaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ ruditasvanam tasya viprasya bhavane hriyate hriyate iti // athākāśe punar vācam aśrauṣaṃ bālakasya vai hāheti hriyamāṇasya na ca paśyāmi rākṣasam // tato 'smābhis tadā tāta śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ viṣṭambhitā diśaḥ sarvā hṛta eva sa bālakaḥ // brahmaṇo ''rtasvaraṃ kṛtvā hṛte tasmin kumārake vācaḥ sa paruṣās tīvrāḥ śrāvayām āsa māṃ tadā // vṛṣṇayo hatasaṃkalpās tathāhaṃ naṣṭacetanaḥ mām eva hi viśeṣeṇa brāhmaṇaḥ paryabhāṣata // rakṣiṣyāmīti coktaṃ te na ca rakṣasi me sutam śṛṇu vākyam idaṃ śeṣaṃ yat tvam arhasi durmate // vṛthā tvaṃ spardhase nityaṃ kṛṣṇenāmitabuddhinā yadi syād iha govindo naitad atyāhitaṃ bhavet // yathā caturthaṃ dharmasya rakṣitā labhate phalam pāpasyāpi tathā mūḍha bhāgaṃ prāpnoty arakṣitā // rakṣiṣyāmīti coktaṃ te na ca śaknoṣi rakṣitum moghaṃ gāṇḍīvam etat te moghaṃ vīryaṃ yaśaś ca te // k: S (except G2; T3 missing) ins.: :k arjuno 'smīti yā buddhiḥ sā vṛthā satyam ity uta | akiṃcid uktvā taṃ vipraṃ tato 'haṃ prasthitas tadā saha vṛṣṇyandhakasutair yatra kṛṣṇo mahādyutiḥ // tato dvāravatīṃ gatvā dṛṣṭvā madhunighātinam vrīḍitaḥ śokasaṃtapto govindenopalakṣitaḥ // sa tu māṃ vrīḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā samāśvasya ca mādhavaḥ k: After 20a, K1 (marg. sec. m.) D1.2.5 Bom. Poona eds. G(ed.) ins.: :k vinindan kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau | mauḍhyaṃ paśyata me yo 'haṃ śraddadhe klībakatthanam || na pradyumno nāniruddho na rāmo na ca keśavaḥ | yasya śaktāḥ paritrātuṃ ko 'nyas tadaviteśvaraḥ || dhig arjunaṃ vṛthāvādaṃ dhig ātmaślāghino dhanuḥ || daivopasṛṣṭo yo maurkhyād āgacchati ca durmatiḥ || evaṃ śapati viprarṣau vidyām āsthāya vaiṣṇavīm | yayau saṃyaminīṃ vīro yatrāste bhagavān yamaḥ || viprāpatyam acakṣāṇas tata aindrīm agāt purīm | āgneyīṃ nair ṛtīṃ saumyāṃ vāyavyāṃ vāruṇīṃ tathā || rasātalaṃ nākapṛṣṭhaṃ dhiṣṇyāny anyāny udāyudhaḥ || tato 'labdhvā dvijasutam anistīrṇapratiśravaḥ | agniṃ vivikṣuḥ kṛṣṇena pradyumnena niṣedhitaḥ || darśaye dvijasūnuṃ te māvajñātmānam ātmanā | kīrtiṃ ta ete vipulāṃ sthāpayiṣyanti mānavāḥ || iti saṃbhāṣya māṃ snehāt | sāntvayitvā ca taṃ vipram idaṃ vacanam abravīt // sugrīvaṃ caiva śaibyaṃ ca meghapuṣpabalāhakau yojayāśvān iti tadā dārukaṃ pratyabhāṣata // āropya brāhmaṇaṃ kṛṣṇas tv avaropya ca dārukam mām uvāca tataḥ śauriḥ sārathyaṃ kriyatām iti // tataḥ samāsthāya rathaṃ kṛṣṇo 'haṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sa ca prayātāḥ sma diśaṃ saumyām udīcīṃ kauravarṣabha // h: HV (CE) chapter 103, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 17 :h tataḥ parvatajālāni saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca apaśyaṃ samatikramya sāgaraṃ makarālayam // tato 'rghyam udadhiḥ sākād upaninye janārdane prāñjaliḥ samupasthāya kiṃ karomīti cābravīt // pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ tam uvāca janārdanaḥ rathapanthānam icchāmi dattaṃ nadanadīpate // athābravīt samudras taṃ prāñjalir garuḍadhvajam prasīda bhagavan maivam anyo 'py evaṃ gamiṣyati // tvayaiva sthāpitaḥ pūrvam agādho 'smi janārdana tvayā pravartite gādhe yāsyāmi gamanīyatām // anye 'py evaṃ gamiṣyanti rājāno darpamohitāḥ evaṃ niścitya govinda yat kṣamaṃ tat samācara // brāhmaṇārthe madarthe ca kuru sāgara madvacaḥ mām ṛte na pumān kaścid anyas tvāṃ dharṣayiṣyati // athābravīt samudras tu punar eva janārdanam abhiśāpabhayād bhīto bāḍham evaṃ bhaviṣyati // śoṣayāmy eṣa mārgaṃ te yena tvaṃ tāta yāsyasi rathena sahasūtena sadhvajena ca keśava // mayā dattavaraḥ pūrvaṃ na śoṣaṃ tvam ihārhasi mānuṣās te na jānīyur vividhān ratnasaṃcayān // jalaṃ stambhaya sādho tvaṃ tato yāsyāmy ahaṃ rathī na hi kaścit pramāṇaṃ te ratnānāṃ vetsyate naraḥ // sāgareṇa tathety ukte prasthitāḥ sma jalena vai stambhitena yathā bhūmau maṇivarṇena bhāsvatā // tato 'rṇavaṃ samuttīrya kurūn apy uttarān vayam kṣaṇena samatikrāntā gandhamādanam eva ca // tatas tu parvatāḥ sapta keśavaṃ samupasthitāḥ jayanto vaijayantaś ca nīlo rajataparvataḥ // mahāmeruḥ sakailāsa indrakūṭaś ca nāmataḥ varṇarūpāṇi bibhranto vividhāny adbhutāni ca // upasthāya ca govindaṃ kiṃ kurmetya bravaṃs tadā tāṃś cāpi pratijagrāha vidhivan madhusūdanaḥ // tān uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ praṇāmāvanatān sthitān vivaraṃ gacchato me 'dya rathamārgaḥ pradīyatām // te kṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā pratigṛhya ca parvatāḥ pradaduḥ kāmato mārgaṃ gacchato bharatarṣabha // tatraivāntarhitās te ca tad āścaryataraṃ mama asaktaṃ ca ratho yāti meghajāleṣv ivāṃśumān // k: D1.2.5 ins.: :k sapta dvīpān sasindhūṃś ca sapta sapta girīn atha | lokālokaṃ tathātītya viveśa sumahat tamaḥ | tataḥ kadā cid duḥkhena ratham ūhus turaṃgamāḥ paṅkabhūtaṃ hi timiraṃ sparśād vijñāyate 'nagha // atha parvatabhūtaṃ tat timiraṃ samapadyata k: K2 D2 ins.: :k aśvā nāśaknuvan gantuṃ tato'haṃ saṃbhramānvitaḥ | tad āsādya hayā rājan niṣprayatnās tataḥ sthitāḥ // tataś cakreṇa govindaḥ pāṭayitvā tu tat tamaḥ ākāśaṃ darśayām āsa rathapanthānam ūttamam // niṣkramya tamasas tasmād ākāśe darśite tadā bhaviṣyāmīti saṃjñā me bhayaṃ ca vigataṃ mama // tatas tejaḥ prajvalitam apaśyaṃ vadatāṃ vara sarvalokaṃ samāviśya sthitaṃ puruṣavigraham // taṃ praviṣṭo hṛṣīkeśo dīptaṃ tejonidhiṃ tadā ratha eva sthitaś cāhaṃ sa ca brāhmaṇasattamaḥ // sa muhūrtāt tataḥ kṛṣṇo niścakrāma tadā prabhuḥ caturo bālakān gṛhya brāhmaṇasyātmajāṃs tadā // pradadau brāhmaṇāyātha putrān sarvāñ janārdanaḥ trayaḥ pūrvaṃ hṛtā ye ca sadyojātaś ca bālakaḥ // prahṛṣṭo brāhmaṇas tāta putrān dṛṣṭvā punaḥ prabho ahaṃ ca paramaprīto vismitaś cābhavaṃ nṛpa // tato vayaṃ punaḥ sarve brāhmaṇasya ca te sutāḥ yathāgatā nivṛttāḥ sma tathaiva bharatarṣabha // tataḥ sma dvārakāṃ prāptāḥ kṣaṇena nṛpasattama asaṃprāpte 'rdhadivase vismito 'haṃ tataḥ punaḥ // saputraṃ bhojayitvā taṃ dvijaṃ kṛṣṇo mahāyaśāḥ dhanena tarpayitvā ca gṛhaṃ prāsthāpayat tadā // h: HV (CE) chapter 104, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 17 :h tataḥ kṛṣṇo bhojayitvā śatāni subahūni ca viprāṇām ṛṣikalpānāṃ kṛtakṛtyo 'bhavat tadā // k: T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k arcayitvā sahasrāṃśuṃ bhāskaraṃ bhuvaneśvaram | tataḥ saha mayā bhuktvā vṛṣṇibhojaiś ca sarvaśaḥ k: S (except G2; T3 missing) ins.: :k sātyakiṃ purataḥ kṛtvā bhojayām āsa vṛṣṇipān || tataḥ sabhāṃ praviṣṭāḥ sma saha vṛṣṇipuraḥsaraiḥ | vicitrāś ca kathā divyāḥ kathayām āsa bhārata // tataḥ kathānte tatrāham abhigamya janārdanam apṛcchaṃ tad yathāvṛttaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ yad dṛṣṭvān aham // kathaṃ samudraḥ stabdhodaḥ kṛtas te kamalekṣaṇa parvatānāṃ ca vivaraṃ kṛtaṃ te katham acyuta // tamas tac ca kathaṃ ghoraṃ ghanaṃ cakreṇa pāṭitam yac ca tat paramaṃ tejaḥ praviṣṭo 'si kutaś ca tat // kim arthaṃ tena te bālās tadā cāpahṛtāḥ prabho yac ca te dīrgham adhvānaṃ saṃkṣiptaṃ tat kathaṃ punaḥ // k: For 6cd, T2.4 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k yo 'yaṃ dīrgho mahāmārgaḥ saṃkṣiptaḥ kena hetunā | kathaṃ cālpena kālena kṛtaṃ nas tad gatāgatam etat sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam ācakṣva mama keśava // maddarśanārthaṃ te bālā hṛtās tena mahātmanā viprārtham eṣyate kṛṣṇo nāgacched anyatheti hi // brahmatejomayaṃ divyam āścaryaṃ dṛṣṭavān asi ahaṃ sa bharataśreṣṭha mattejas tat sanātanam // prakṛtiḥ sā mama parā vyaktāvyaktā ca bhārata tāṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā bharatasattama // sā sāṃkhyānāṃ gatiḥ pārtha yogināṃ ca tapasvinām tat padaṃ paramaṃ brahma sarvaṃ vibhajate jagat // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 (G (ed.) after 10) ins.: :k ādityavarṇaṃ vimalaṃ tamaḥpāre pratiṣṭhitam | mām eva tad dhanaṃ tejo jñātum arhasi bhārata samudraḥ stabdhatoyo 'ham ahaṃ stambhayitā jalam // ahaṃ te parvatāḥ sapta ye dṛṣṭvā vividhās tvayā k: T2.4 G1.2.4 M4 ins.: :k paṅkabhūtaṃ hi timiraṃ dṛṣṭavān asi yad dhi tat | ahaṃ tamo ghanībhūtam aham eva ca pāṭakaḥ // k: Ś1 ins.: :k yac ca taṃ dīrgham adhvānaṃ kṛtaṃ cāpi gatāgatam | yogaśaktyā gataś cāhaṃ kṣipram āgatavāṃs tataḥ | ahaṃ ca kālo bhūtānāṃ dharmaś cāhaṃ prakīrtitaḥ k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2.4 G1.2.4 M4 ins.: :k candrādityau mahāśailāḥ saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca | cāturvarṇyaṃ matprasūtaṃ cāturāśramyam eva ca // catasraś ca diśaḥ sarvā mamaivātmā caturvidhaḥ cāturvedyasya kartāham iti budhyasva bhārata // bhagavan sarvabhūteśa vettum icchāmi te prabho k: T1.2 G1.3-5 G(ed.) ins.: :k priyo me 'si jagatpate | punaś ca paramaṃ tattvaṃ | k: M1-3 ins.: :k paraṃ tattvaṃ suraśreṣṭha tvāṃ prapanno 'smi mādhava | pṛcchāmi tvāṃ prapanno 'haṃ namas te puruṣottama // brahma ca brāhmaṇāś caiva tapaḥ satyaṃ ca bhārata ukthyaṃ bṛhadrathaṃ caiva mattas tad viddhi pāṇḍava // priyas te 'haṃ mahābāho priyo me 'si dhanaṃjaya k: K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 G2.4 subst. for 18cd ; D2 T2.4 M4 ins. after 18ab: :k tena te kathayiṣyāmi nānyathā vaktum utsahe | vetsyase māṃ yathātattvaṃ tad vyākhyāsyāmi te 'nagha // ahaṃ yajūṃṣi sāmāni ṛcaś cātharvaṇāni ca k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 ins.: :k brahmā rudras tathendraś ca varuṇaś ca tathā yamaḥ | kuberaś ca tathā cānye dikpālāḥ sanakādayaḥ | ṛṣayo devatā yajñā mattejo bharatarṣabha // pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca pañcamam candrādityāv ahorātre pakṣā māsās tathā kṣapāḥ muhūrtāś ca kalāś caiva kṣaṇāḥ saṃvatsarās tathā // mantrāś ca vividhāḥ pārtha yāni śāstrāṇi kānicit vidyāś ca veditavyaṃ ca mattaḥ prādurbhavanti vai // manmayaṃ viddhi kaunteya kṣayaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ ca bhārata sac cāsac ca mamaivātmā sad asac caiva yat param // k: S (except G2; T3 missing) G(ed.) ins.: :k idam apy aparaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu guhyaṃ sanātanam || sarveṣv api ca vedeṣu purāṇesu ca kṛtsnaśaḥ | yad agryaṃ kathitaṃ pārthaṃ sarvair munivaraiḥ sadā || varṇatrayasamāyuktam ṛgyajuḥsāmalakṣitam | praṇavākhyaṃ mahābāho viddhi māṃ jagatīpate || idaṃ japan mahābāho māṃ namaskuru yatnataḥ | tato māṃ vetsyase samyak satyam etac chapāni te || anyat sarvaṃ mahābāho vihāyaitat paro bhava | idam eva paraṃ śreyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | evam ukto 'smi kṣṛṇena prīyatā bharatarṣabha tathaiva ca mano nityam abhavan me janārdane // etac chrutaṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ keśavasya me yan māṃ pṛcchasi rājendra bhūyaś cāto janārdane // etac chrutvā kuruśreṣṭho dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ pūjayām āsa manasā govindaṃ puruṣottamam // vismitaś cābhavad rājā saha sarvaiḥ sahodaraiḥ rājabhiś ca tathāsannair ye tatrāsan samāgatāḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 105, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 26 :h bhūya eva dvijaśreṣṭha yadusiṃhasya dhīmataḥ karmāṇy aparimeyāni śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ // śrūyante vividhāni sma adbhutāni mahādyute asaṃkhyeyāni divyāni prākṛtāny api sarvaśaḥ // . yāny ahaṃ vividhāny asya śrutvā prīye mahāmune prabrūyāḥ sarvaśas tāta tāni me vaktum arhasi // bahūny āścaryabhūtāni keśavasya mahātmanaḥ karmāṇy uktāni vai rājan bhūyaś caiva śrutāni te // kathitāni mayā sādho nāntaṃ śakyaṃ hi karmaṇām gantuṃ bharataśārdūla vistarasya mahātmanaḥ // avaśyaṃ tu mayā vācyaṃ leśamātreṇa bhārata viṣṇor atulavīryasya prathitodārakarmaṇaḥ ānupūrvyā pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa // dvāravatyāṃ nivasatā yadusiṃhena dhīmatā rāṣṭrāṇi nṛpamukhyānāṃ kṣobhitāni mahīkṣitām // yadūnām antaraprepsur vicakro dānavo hataḥ // puraṃ prāgjyotiṣaṃ gatvā punas tena mahātmanā samudramadhye duṣṭātmā narako dānavo hataḥ // vāsavaṃ ca raṇe jitvā pārijāto hṛto balāt nirjitaś caiva bhagavān varuṇo lohitahrade // dantavakraś ca kārūṣo nihato dakṣiṇāpathe śiśupālaś ca saṃpūrṇe kilbiṣaikaśate hataḥ // gatvā ca śoṇitapuraṃ śaṃkareṇābhirakṣitaḥ baleḥ suto mahāvīryo bāṇo bāhusahasravān mahāmṛdhe mahārāja jitvā jīvan visarjitaḥ // nirjitāḥ pāvakāś caiva girimadhye mahātmanā sālvaś ca vijitaḥ saṃkhye saubhaś ca vinipātitaḥ // vikṣobhya sāgaraṃ sarvaṃ pāñcajanyo vaśīkṛtaḥ hayagrīvaś ca nihato nṛpāś cānye mahābalāḥ // jarāsaṃdhasya nidhane mokṣitāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ rathena jitvā nṛpatīn gāndhāratanayā hṛtā // bhraṣṭarājyāś ca śokārtāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ parirakṣitāḥ dāhitaṃ ca vanaṃ ghoraṃ puruhūtasya khāṇḍavam // gāṇḍīvaṃ cāgninā dattam arjunāyopapāditam dautyaṃ ca tatkṛtaṃ ghoraṃ vigrahe janamejaya // anena yadumukhyena yaduvaṃśaś ca vardhitaḥ kuntyāś ca pramukhe proktā pratijñā pāṇḍavān prati nivṛtte bhārate yuddhe pratidāsyāmi te sutān // k: B1 ins.: :k api satyaṃ ca kṛtavān kuntyā niryātya pāṇḍavān | mokṣitaś ca mahātejā nṛgaḥ śāpāt sudāruṇāt yavanaś ca hataḥ saṃkhye kāla ity abhiviśrutaḥ // vānarau ca mahāvīryau maindo dvivida eva ca vijitau yudhi durdharṣau jāmbavāṃś ca parājitaḥ // sāṃdīpanes tathā putras tava caiva pitā nṛpa gatau vaivasvatavaśaṃ jīvitau tasya tejasā // k: Ś1 K2 Ñ1 M2-4 repeat and T1.2.4 G1.3.5 (all third time) read 13cd. T2 G1.3-5 ins. after the second occurrence of 13cd, T1 after 18: :k nirjitau haṃsaḍibhakau hiḍimbaś caiva rākṣasaḥ | saṃgrāmā bahavaś caiva ghorā naravarakṣayāḥ nihatāś ca nṛpāḥ sarve kṛtvā tad rūpam adbhutam janamejaya yuddheṣu yathā te kathitaṃ purā // h: HV (CE) chapter 106, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of July 26, 2002 :h karmāṇy aparimeyāni śrutāni dvijasattama k: After the ref., N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4 ins.: :k bhūya eva mahābāhor yadusiṃhasya dhīmataḥ | tvattaḥ śrutavatāṃ śreṣṭha vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ // yac ca tat kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ bāṇaṃ prati mahāsuram tad ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa tapodhana // k: Dn ins. (V3 after 3): :k kathaṃ ca devadevasya putratvam asuro gataḥ | k: Dn V3 cont., Ñ2.3 V1.2 B Ds D5 (marg.).6 T4 G2.5 ins. after 2: :k yo 'bhiguptaḥ svayaṃ brahmañ śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā | sahavāsaṃ gateneha sagaṇena guhena ca || baler balavataḥ putro jyeṣṭho bhrātṛśatasya yaḥ | vṛto bāhusahasreṇa divyāstraśatadhāriṇā | asaṃkhyaiś ca mahākāyair māyāśatasahair balaiḥ | k: Ñ2 V3 D6 cont.: :k māyāśatabalair daityair amarādibhir arcitaḥ | vāsudevena sa kathaṃ bāṇaḥ saṃkhye parājitaḥ saṃrabdho dvaṃdvayuddhārthī jīvan muktaḥ kathaṃ ca saḥ // śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājan kṛṣṇasyāmitatejasaḥ manuṣyaloke bāṇena yathābhūd vigraho mahān // vāsudevena yatrāsau rudraskandasahāyavān baliputro raṇaślāghī jitvā jīvan visarjitaḥ // yathā cāsya varo dattaḥ śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā nityaṃ sāṃnidhyatā caiva gāṇapatyaṃ tathākṣayam // k: K1-3 Ñ2.3 V1.3 B1.3 D T2.4 G1.2.4.5 M1.2.4 ins. (K4 V2 B2 D5 T1 G3 M3 - second time - after the first occurrence of 6cd): :k yathā bāṇasya tad yuddhaṃ jīvan mukto yathā ca saḥ | yathā ca devadevasya putratvaṃ so 'suro gataḥ | yadarthaṃ ca mahad yuddhaṃ tat sarvam akhilaṃ śṛṇu || dṛṣṭvā vapuḥ kumārasya krīḍato 'sya mahātmanaḥ | baliputro mahāvīryo vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ || tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā tapaś cartuṃ sudāruṇam | rudrasyārādhanārthāya yathāsya syām ahaṃ sutaḥ || tato 'glapayad ātmānaṃ tapasā so 'surottamaḥ | devaś ca paramaṃ toṣaṃ jagāma ca sahomayā || nīlakaṇṭhaḥ parāṃ prītiṃ gatvā cāsuram abravīt | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yat te manasi vartate || atha bāṇo 'bravīd vākyaṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam | devyāḥ putratvam icchāmi tvayā dattaṃ trilocana || śaṃkaraś ca tathety uktvā rudrāṇīm idam abravīt | kanīyān kārtikeyasya putro 'yaṃ pratigṛhyatām || yatrotthito mahāsenaḥ so 'gnijo rudhire pure | tatroddeśe puraṃ cāsya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || nāmnā tac choṇitapuraṃ bhaviṣyati purottamam | mayābhiguptaṃ śrīmantaṃ na kaścit prasahiṣyati || tataḥ sa nivasan bāṇaḥ pure śoṇitasāhvaye | rājyaṃ praśāsate divyaṃ kṣobhayan sarvadevatāḥ || atha vīryamadotsikto bāṇo bāhusahasravān | acintayan devagaṇān yuddham ākāṅkṣate sadā || dhvajaṃ cāsya dadau prītaḥ kumāro hy agnitejasam | vāhanaṃ caiva bāṇasya mayūraṃ dīptatejasam || na devā na ca gandharvā na yakṣā na ca pannagāḥ | tasya yuddhe vyatiṣṭhanta devadevasya tejasā || tryambakenābhiguptaś ca darpotsikto mahāsuraḥ | bhūyo mṛgayate yuddhaṃ śūlinaṃ so 'bhyagacchata | k: After line 8 of *1148, D6 T1.2 G M Bom. Poona eds. G(ed.) ins.: :k ārādhya ca jagannāthaṃ śaṃkaraṃ vṛṣavāhanam | śūlinaṃ bhasmadigdhāṅgaṃ girivāsarataṃ sadā || jaṭinaṃ muṇḍinaṃ nityaṃ tryakṣaṃ girisutāśrayam | tuṣṭāva devam īśānaṃ vareṣyaṃ varadaṃ śivam || namas te bhasmadigdhāṅga śūline te namo namaḥ | namo virūparūpāya śmaśānaniratāya ca || harāya harirūpāya śaṃkarāya namo namaḥ | namas tubhyaṃ virūpākṣa vyāghracarmanivāsine || namas tuṇḍāya devāya nagnāya vikaṭāya ca | jñānapradāyine tubhyaṃ yogine yatacetase || nama ādyāya bījāya vṛṣāya vṛṣarūpiṇe | namo ghorāya ghorāya ghoraghorāya te namaḥ || ghorapriyāya ghorāya rudrāya vṛṣaṇāya ca | vṛṣaskandhāya moghāya gadine khaṅgine namaḥ || muṇḍāyātha virūpāya vāmadevāya te namaḥ | namo dakṣamakhaghnāya bhaganetraharāya ca || namaḥ smaravināśāya guhapitre namo namaḥ | namas tubhyaṃ namas tubhyaṃ dvīpicarmanivāsine || namo namaḥ paśupate sarvātman sarvabhāvana | manoratho jagannātha pūryatāṃ tava bhāvanāt || evaṃ stuto jagannāthaḥ śūlī vṛṣabhaketanaḥ | k: After line 13 of *1148, Ñ2 Ds2 M2.3 (first time) repeat 6cd. While Ds1 (marg.) ins.: :k dehi bāhusahasraṃ me devebhyaś cāpy avadhyatām | sa rudram abhigamyātha praṇipatyābhivādya ca balisūnur idaṃ vākyaṃ papraccha vṛṣabhadhvajam // asakṛn nirjitā devāḥ sasādhyāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ mayā balamadotsekāt sasainyena tavāśrayāt // k: K1.4 Ñ2.3 V1.2 B D (except D6) ins.: :k imaṃ deśaṃ samāgamya vasanti sma pure sukham | te parājayasaṃtrastā nirāśā matparājaye nākapṛṣṭham upāgamya nivasanti yathāsukham // so 'haṃ nirāśo yuddhasya jīvitaṃ nādya kāmaye ayudhyato vṛthā hy eṣāṃ bāhūnāṃ dhāraṇaṃ mama // tad brūhi mama yuddhasya kaccid āgamanaṃ bhavet na me yuddhaṃ vinā deva ratir asti prasīda me // tataḥ prahasya bhagavān abravīd vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ bhavitā bāṇa yuddhaṃ te tathā tac chṛṇu dānava // dhvajasyāsya yadā bhaṅgas tava tāta bhaviṣyati svasthāne sthāpitasyātha tadā yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati // ity evam uktaḥ prahasan bāṇaḥ subahuśo mudā prasannavadano bhūtvā pādayoḥ patito 'bravīt // diṣṭyā bāhusahasrasya na vṛthā dhāraṇaṃ mama diṣṭā sahasrākṣam ahaṃ vijetā punar āhave // ānandajāśrupūrṇābhyāṃ netrābhyām arimardanaḥ pañcāñjaliśatair devaṃ pūjayan patito bhuvi // uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bāhūnām ātmanaḥ svakulasya ca sadṛśaṃ prātsyase vīre yuddham apratimaṃ raṇe // evam uktas tato bāṇas tryambakena mahātmanā harṣeṇābhyutthitaḥ śīghraṃ natvā sa vṛṣabhadhvajam // śitikaṇṭhavisṛṣṭas tu bāṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ yayau svabhavanaṃ yena yatra dhvajagṛhaṃ mahat // tatropaviṣṭaḥ prahasan kumbhāṇḍam idam abravīt priyam āvedayiṣyāmi bhavato manaso 'nugam // k: D6 T1.2 G1.3-5 M1-3 ins.: :k yenāham iha saṃprāptaḥ kumbhāṇḍa śṛṇu me vacaḥ | ity evam uktaḥ prahasan bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe provāca rājan kiṃ tv etad vaktukāmo 'si matpriyam vismayot phullanayanaḥ praharṣād iva sattama // k: N(except Ś1 ) T4 G5 ins.: :k tvattas tac chrotum icchāmi varaṃ kiṃ labdhavān asi | k: Ñ V B2 Ds2 D2.6 T4 G5 cont.: :k devadevaprasādāt tu skandasya ca mahātmanaḥ | īpsitaṃ kiṃ tvayā prāptaṃ tan me brūhi mahāsura | śitikaṇṭhaprasādena skandagopāyanena ca kaccin trailokyarājyaṃ te vyādiṣṭaṃ śṛlapāṇinā // kaccid indras tava bhayāt pātālam upayāsyati kaccid viṣṇuparitrāsaṃ vimokṣyanti diteḥ sutāḥ // yasya cakrabhayatrastā vasanti salilāśaye kaccic chārṅgagadāpāṇeḥ sthitasya param āhave na viṣṇor bhayasaṃtrāsāt prayāsyanti diśo 'surāḥ // pātālavāsam utsṛjya kaccit tava balāśrayāt vibudhāvāsaniratā bhaviṣyanti mahāsurāḥ // balir viṣṇubalākrānto baddhas tava pitā nṛpa salilaughād viniḥsṛtya kaccid rājyam avāpsyati // divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyasraganulepanam kaccid vairocaniṃ tāta drakṣyāmaḥ pitaraṃ tava // kaccintrabhiḥ kramaiḥ pūrvaṃ hṛtāṃl lokān imān prabho punaḥ pratyānayiṣyāmo jitvā sarvān divaukasaḥ // snigdhagambhīranirghoṣaṃ śañkhasvanapurojavam kaccin nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ jeṣyāmaḥ samitiṃjayam // kaccid vṛṣadhvajas tāta prasādasumukhas tava yathā te hṛdayotkampaḥ sāśrubinduḥ pravartate // kaccid īśvaratoṣeṇa kārttikeyamatena ca prāptavān asi sarveṣām asmākaṃ pārthivaṃ padam // iti kumbhāṇḍavacanaiś coditaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ bāṇo vācam asaṃsaktāṃ provāca vadatāṃ varaḥ // k: Ś1 B1 D6 T4 ins. after 32 and T1.2 g M ins. after *1153 ad additionnal colophon, while T1.2 G M ins.: :k nītimantam athāmātyam anayo nītimat tadā | k: [Colophon] :k cirāt prabhṛti kumbhāṇḍa na yuddhaṃ prāpyate mayā tadā mayā mudā pṛṣṭaḥ śitikaṇṭhaḥ pratāpavān // k: D2.3 ins.: :k tato 'haṃ patito mūrdhnā devadevasya dhīmataḥ | yuddhābhilāṣaḥ sumahān deva saṃjāyate mama api prāpsyāmy ahaṃ yuddhaṃ manasas tuṣṭikārakam // k: D3 ins.: :k vijñaptaḥ sa mayā deva prāha māṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | tato 'haṃ devadevena hareṇāmitraghātinā prahasya suciraṃ kālam ukto 'dya vacanaṃ priyam // prāpsyase sumahad yuddhaṃ tvaṃ bāṇāpratimaṃ mahat mayūradhvajabhaṅgas te bhaviṣyati yadāsura // k: N(except Ś1 K2 D3) T1.2.4 G ins.: :k tadā tvaṃ prāpsyase yuddhaṃ sumahad ditinandana | tato 'haṃ paramaprīto bhagavantaṃ vṛṣadhvajam praṇamya śirasā devaṃ tavāntikam upāgataḥ // ity evam uktaḥ kumbhāṇḍaḥ provāca nṛpatiṃ tadā aho na śobhanaṃ rājan yad evaṃ bhāṣase vacaḥ // evaṃ kathayator eva tayor anyonyam ucchritaḥ dhvajaḥ papāta vegena śakrāśanisamāhataḥ // taṃ tathā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā so 'suro dhvajam uttamam praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe mene cāhavam āgatam // tataś cakampe vasudhā śakrāśanisamāhatā nanādāntarhito bhūmau vṛṣadaṃśo jagarja ca // devānām api yo devaḥ so 'py avarṣata vāsavaḥ śoṇitaṃ śoṇitapure sarvataḥ puram antikāt // sūryaṃ bhittvā maholkā ca papāta dharaṇītale svapakṣe coditaḥ sūryo bharaṇīṃ samapīḍayat // caityavṛkṣeṣu sahasā dhārāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ śoṇitasyāsravan ghorā nipetus tārakā bhṛśam // rāhur agrasad ādityam aparvaṇi viśāṃ pate lokakṣayakare kāle nirghātaś cābhavan mahān // dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āsthāya dhūmaketuḥ sthito 'bhavat aniśaṃ cāpy avicchinnā vavur vātāḥ sudāruṇāḥ // śvetalohitaparyantaḥ kṛṣṇagrīvas taḍiddyutiḥ trivarṇaḥ parigho bhānoḥ saṃdhyārāgam athāvṛṇot // vakram aṅgārakaś cakre kṛttikāsu bhayaṃkaraḥ bāṇasya janmanakṣatraṃ bhartsayann iva sarvaśaḥ // anekaśākhaś caityaś ca nipapāta mahītale arcitaḥ sarvakanyābhir dānavānāṃ mahātmanām // evaṃ vividharūpāṇi nimittāni niśāmayan bāṇo balamadonmatto niścayaṃ nādhigacchati // vicetās tv abhavat prājñaḥ kumbhāṇḍas tattvadarśivān bāṇasya sacivas tatra kīrtayan bahu kilbiṣam // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T1.2.4 G ins.: :k utpātā hy atra dṛśyante kathayanto naśobhanam | tava rājyavināśāya bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ || vayaṃ cānye ca sacivā bhṛtyā ye ca tavānugāḥ | kṣayaṃ yāsyanti nacirāt sarve pārthiva durnayāt || yathā śakradhvajataroḥ svadarpāt patanaṃ bhavet | raṇam ākāṅkṣato mohāt tathā bāṇasya nardataḥ || devadevaprasādāt tu trailokyavijayaṃ gataḥ | utsekād dṛśyate nāśo yuddhākāṅkṣī nanarda ha | bāṇaḥ prītamanās tv eva papau pānam anuttamam daityadānavanārībhiḥ sārdham uttamavikramaḥ // kumbhāṇḍaś cintayāviṣṭo rājaveśmābhyayāt tadā acintayac ca tattvārthaṃ tais tair utpātadarśanaiḥ // rājā pramādī durbuddhir jitakāśī mahāsuraḥ yuddham evābhilaṣate na doṣān paśyate madāt // mahotpātabhayaṃ caiva na tan mithyā bhaviṣyati apīdānīṃ bhaven mithyā sarvam utpātadarśanam // iha tv āste trinayanaḥ kārttikeyaś ca vīryavān tenotpanno 'pi doṣo naḥ kaccid gacchet parābhavam // utpannadoṣaprabhavaḥ kṣayo 'yaṃ bhavitā mahān doṣāṇāṃ na bhaven nāśa iti me dhīyate matiḥ // niyataṃ doṣa evāyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ daurātmyān nṛpater asya doṣabhūtā hi dānavāḥ // devadānavasaṃghānāṃ yaḥ kartā bhuvanaprabhuḥ sa bhavaḥ kārttikeyaś ca kṛtavāso hi naḥ pure // prāṇaiḥ priyataro nityaṃ bhavasya tu guhaḥ sadā tad viśiṣṭaś ca bāṇo 'pi bhavasya satataṃ priyaḥ // k: K1.2 Ñ V B Ds D2.4.5 (marg.).6 T1.2.4 G1.3.4 ins. (G2 after 60ab): :k darpotsekāt tu nāśāya varaṃ yācitavān bhavam | yuddhahetoḥ sa lubdhas tu sarvathā na bhaviṣyati || yadi viṣṇupurogāṇām indrādīnāṃ divaukasām | bhavitā hy abhayat prāptir bhavahastāt kṛtā bhavet | etayoś ca hi ko yuddhaṃ kumārabhavayor iha śakto dātuṃ samāgamya bāṇasāhāyyakāṅkṣiṇoḥ // k: N (except Ś1) T1.2.4 G1.3.4 ins. (G5 after 58ab; G2 cont. after *1158): :k na ca devavaco mithyā bhaviṣyati kathaṃcana | bhaviṣyati mahad yuddhaṃ sarvadaityavināśanam | evaṃ sa cintayāviṣṭaḥ kumbhāṇḍas tattvadarśivān svastipraṇihitāṃ buddhiṃ cakāra sa mahāsuraḥ // ye hi devair virudhyante puṇyakarmabhir āhave yathā balir niyamitas tathā te yānti saṃkṣayam // h: HV (CE) chapter 107, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by André Couture, version of August 2nd :h krīḍāvihāropagataḥ kadācid abhavad bhavaḥ devyā saha nadītīre ramye śrīmati sa prabhuḥ // śatāni tatrāpsarasāṃ cikrīḍuś ca samantataḥ sarvartukavane ramye gandharvapatayas tathā // kusumaiḥ pārijātasya puṣpaiḥ saṃtānakasya ca gandhoddāmam ivākāśaṃ nadītīraṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // veṇuvīṇāmṛdaṅgaiś ca paṇavaiś ca sahasraśaḥ vādyamānaiḥ sa śuśrāva gītam apsarasāṃ tadā // sūtamāgadhakalpaiś cāpy astuvann apsarogaṇāḥ devadevaṃ suvapuṣaṃ sragviṇaṃ raktavāsasam // k: Ñ2 V1.2 B Ds D1.5.6 Bom. Poona eds. G(ed.) ins.: :k haraṃ sahomaṃ varadaṃ ramayanti manoramāḥ | tatas tu devyā rūpeṇa vikralekhā varāpsarāḥ bhavaṃ prasādayām āsa devī ca prāhasat tadā // k: N(except Ś1) T1.2.4 G ins.: :k prasādayantīm īśānaṃ prahasanty apsaroganāḥ | bhavasya pārṣadā divyā nānārūpā mahaujasaḥ || devyā hy anujñayā sarve krīḍante tatra tatra ha || atha te pārṣadās tatra rahasye suvipaścitaḥ | mahādevasya rūpeṇa tac cihnaṃ rūpam āsthitāḥ | k: T1.2 G1.3-5 cont.: :k nanṛtur bhūtapatayo vicitrābhinayānvitāḥ | tato devyās tu rūpeṇa līlayā vadanena ca devī prahāsaṃ mumuce tāś caivāpsarasas tadā // tataḥ kilikilāśabdaḥ prādurbhūtaḥ samantataḥ praharṣam atulaṃ cāpi lebhe prītamanā bhavaḥ // bāṇasya duhitā kanyā tatroṣā nāma bhāminī devaṃ prakrīḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā devyā saha nadīgatam // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G ins.: :k dīpyamānaṃ mahādevaṃ dvādaśādityatejasam | nānārūpaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā | uṣā manorathaṃ cakre pārvatyāḥ saṃnidhau tadā dhanyā hi bhartṛsahitā ramyanty evaṃ samāgatāḥ // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1 D3) T1.2.4 G ins.: :k manasā tv atha saṃkalpam uṣayā bhāṣitaṃ tathā | vijñāya tam abhiprāyam uṣāyāḥ parvatātmajā prāha devī tato vākyam uṣāṃ harṣayatī śanaiḥ // uṣe śīghraṃ tvam apy evaṃ bhartrā saha ramiṣyasi yathā devo mayā sārdhaṃ śaṃkaraḥ śatrusūdanaḥ // evam ukte tadā devyā vākye cintāvilekṣaṇā uṣā bhāvaṃ hṛdā cakre bhartrā raṃsye kadā saha // tato haimavatī vākyaṃ saṃprahasyedam abravīt uṣe śṛṇuṣva kalyāṇi yadā saṃyogam eṣyasi // vaiśākhe māsi harmyasthāṃ dvādaśyāṃ tvāṃ dinakṣaye dharṣayiṣyati yaḥ svapne sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati // evam uktā daityasutā kanyāgaṇasamāvṛtā apākrāmata harṣeṇa ramamāṇā yathāsukham // k: K1.3.4 Ñ1.2 V B D T1.2.4 G ins.: :k tataḥ sakhībhir hāsyantī harṣeṇotphullalocanā | tālikāsaṃnipātaiś ca anyonyaṃ jaghnur ūrjitāḥ || kiṃnaryo yakṣakanyāś ca nāgadaityeśakanyakāḥ | apsarogaṇakanyāś ca uṣāyāḥ sakhitāṃ gataḥ || uktā ca tatra tābhiḥ sā bhartā tava varānane | bhaviṣyaty acireṇaiva devyā vacanakalpitaḥ || na hi devyā vaco mithyā bhaviṣyati kadācana | rūpābhijanasaṃpannaḥ patiḥ saṃkalpitas tayā || uṣā sakhīnāṃ tad vākyaṃ pratipūjya yathāvidhi | dattaṃ manorathaṃ devyā bhāvayantī vyatiṣṭhata | tataḥ krīḍāvihāraṃ tam anubhūya sahomayā k: K2 ins.: :k jagāma bhagavān devaḥ svapuraṃ tripurāntakṛt | k: D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k devadevo jagannātha upāraṃsīt tato haraḥ | gate 'hani punaḥ sarvās tā nāryo jagmur adbhutāḥ // k: N (except Ś1 K2 D6; Ñ1 om.) T1.2.4 G ins.: :k yayuḥ svān ālayān sarvā devī cādarśaṇaṃ gatā | kāś cid aśvais tathā yānair gajair anyās tathā rathaiḥ puraṃ praviviśur hṛṣṭāḥ kāścid ākāśam āsthitāḥ // tato harmye śayānāṃ tu vaiśākhe māsi bhāminīm dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya sakhīgaṇavṛtāṃ tadā // yathoktaḥ puruṣaḥ svapne dharṣayām āsa tām uṣām viveṣṭamānāṃ rudatīṃ devyā vacanacoditaḥ // sā svapne dharṣitā tena strībhāvaṃ cāpi lambhitā śoṇitāktā prarudatī sahasaivotthitā niśi // tāṃ tathā rudatīṃ dṛṣṭvā sakhī bhayasamanvitām citralekhā vacaḥ snigdham uvāca param ādbhutam // uṣe mā bhaiḥ kim evaṃ tvaṃ rudatī paritapyase baleḥ sutasutā ca tvaṃ prakhyātā kiṃ bhayānvitā // na bhayaṃ vidyate loke tava subhru viśeṣataḥ bhayadas tava vāmoru pitā devāntako raṇe // uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te viṣādaṃ mā kṛthāḥ śubhe naivaṃvidheṣu vāseṣu bhayam asti varānane // asakṛd devasahitaḥ śacībhartā sureśvaraḥ aprāpta eva nagaraṃ pitrā te mṛdito raṇe ayaṃ devasamūhasya bhayadas te pitā raṇe // k: After 107.26cd, D6 T1 G1.2.4.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k airāvataḥ sa mṛdito gadayā cāsya bhāmini | nirāśo jīvite so 'bhūd vajrapāṇiḥ sahāmaraiḥ | k: After 107.26, N (except Ś1) T4 G5 ins.: :k mahāsuravaraḥ śrīmān baleḥ putro mahābalaḥ || evaṃ sābhihitā sakhyā bāṇaputrī yaśasvinī | svapnarūpaṃ yathā dṛṣtvaṃ nyavedayad aninditā | evaṃ saṃdūṣitā sādhvī kathaṃ jīvitum utsahe pitaraṃ kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi devaśatrum ariṃdamam // evaṃ saṃdūṣaṇakarī vaṃśasyāsya mahaujasaḥ śreyo hi maraṇaṃ manye na me śreyo 'dya jīvitam // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B D T4 G1.2.5 G (ed.) ins.: :k īpsito vā yatha ko 'pi puruṣo 'dhigato hi me | jāgratīva yathāhaṃ syām avastheyaṃ kṛtā mama | niśāyāṃ jāgratī vāhaṃ nītā kena daśām imām | katham evaṃ kṛtā nāma kanyā jīvitum utsahe kulopakrośanakarī kulāṅgārā nirāśreyā jīvituṃ spṛhayen nārī sādhvīnām agrataḥ sthitā // ity evaṃ bāṣpapūrṇākṣī sakhījanavṛtā tadā vilalāpa ciraṃ kālam uṣā kamalalocanā // anāthavattāṃ rudatīṃ sakhyaḥ sarvā vicetasaḥ ūcur aśruparītākṣya uṣāṃ sarvāḥ samāgatāḥ // duṣṭena manasā devi śubhaṃ yadi vāsubham kriyate na ca te subhru kaccid duṣṭaṃ manas tava // k: N (except Ś1) T4 G1.2.5 ins.: :k prasabhaṃ devi saṃyogād yadi bhuktāsi bhāmini | svapnayogena kalyāṇi vratalopo na vidyate vyabhicāreṇa te devi nāsti kaścid vyatikramaḥ // k: N (except Ś1) T4 G1.2.5 ins.: :k na ca svapnakṛto doṣo martyaloke 'sti sundari | evaṃ viprarṣayo devi dharmajñāḥ kathayanti vai | manasā caiva vācā ca karmaṇā ca viśeṣataḥ duṣṭā yā tribhir etais tu pāpā sā procyate bhuvi // na va te duṣyate bhīru manaḥ prajavitaṃ sadā kathaṃ tvaṃ doṣaduṣṭā vai niyatā brahmacāriṇī // yadi suptā satī sādhvī śuddhabhāvā manasvinī imām avasthāṃ nītā tvaṃ naiva dharmo vilupyate // yasyā duṣṭaṃ manaḥ pūrvaṃ karmaṇā copapāditam tām āhur asatīṃ nāma satī tvam asi bhāmini // kulajā rūpasaṃpannā niyatā brahmacāriṇī imām avasthāṃ nītāsi kālo hi duratikramaḥ // ity evaṃ uktāṃ rudatīṃ bāṣpeṇāvṛtalocanām kumbhāṇḍaduhitā vākyaṃ paramaṃ tv idam abravīt // k: N (except Ś1) T4 G1.2.5 ins.: :k tyaja śokaṃ viśālākṣi apāpā tvaṃ varānane | smṛtaṃ me yad idaṃ vākyaṃ yāthātathyena tac chṛṇu | uṣe yad uktā devyāsi bhartāraṃ dhyāyatī tadā samīpe devadevasya smara bhāmini tad vacaḥ // dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya vaiśākhe māsi yo niśi harmye śayānāṃ rudatīṃ strībhāvam upaneṣyati // bhavitā sa hi te bhartā śūraḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ity uvāca tato hṛṣṭā devī tava manogatam // na hi tad vacanaṃ mithyā pārvatyā yad udāhṛtam tattvaṃ kim idam atyarthaṃ rodiṣīndunibhānane // ity evam uktā vacanaṃ smṛtvā devīvacas tataḥ abhavan naṣṭaśokā sā bāṇaputrī śubhekṣaṇā // k: Ñ2 V3 ins.: :k smṛtvā tu vacanaṃ devyāḥ pratyuvāca sakhīṃ tadā | smarāmi bhāmini vaco devyāḥ krīḍāgate bhave yathoktaṃ sarvam akhilaṃ prāptaṃ harmyatale mayā // bhartā tu mama yady eṣa lokanāthasya bhāryayā vyādiṣṭaḥ sa kathaṃ jñeyas tatra kāryaṃ vidhīyatām // ity evam ukte vacane kumbhāṇḍaduhitā punaḥ vyājahāra yathānyāyam arthatattvaviśāradā // na hi tasya kulaṃ devi na kīrtir nāpi pauruṣam kaścij jānāti tattvena kim idaṃ tvaṃ vihanyase // adṛṣṭaś cāśrutaś caiva dṛṣṭaḥ svapne tvayānaghe kathaṃ jñeyo bhaved bhīru so 'smābhī ratitaskaraḥ // yena tvam asitāpāṅge mattakāśini vikramāt rudatī prasabhaṃ bhuktā praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ sakhi // na hy ayaṃ prākṛtaḥ kaścid yaḥ praviṣṭaḥ prasahya naḥ nagaraṃ lokavikhyātam ekaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ // ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca mahaujasau na śaktāḥ śoṇitapuraṃ praveṣṭuṃ bhīmavikramāḥ // k: D6 T1 G1.3-5 M1-3 ins.: :k purīṃ śāsati bāṇe tu jitvā śakraṃ śacīpatim | so 'yam etaiḥ śataguṇo viśiṣṭaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ praviṣṭaḥ śoṇitapuraṃ bāṇam ākramya mūrdhani // k: S(except T4; T3 missing) ins.: :k ko nu nāma jagaty asmin manaḥ kartuṃ mahāsure | śāsaty etat puraṃ devi manuṣyo jīvitaspṛhaḥ | praviśet tam avajñāya bāṇaṃ kiṃ vāpi dharṣaṇam | yasyā naivaṃvidho bhartā bhaved yuddhaviśāradaḥ kas tasyā jīvitenārtho bhogair vā syāc chubhekṣaṇe // dhanyāsy anugṛhītāsi yasyās te patir īdṛśaḥ prāpto devyāḥ prasādena pārvatyā mattakāśini // idaṃ tu te kāryatamaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ vai mayeritam vijñeyo yasya putras tu yan nāmā yat kulaś ca saḥ // ity evam ukte vacane tatroṣā kāmamohitā k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k taccharaiś ca samāviddhā bhrāntalocanaviklavā | daśām antyāṃ samāsthāya nidrāsukhavimohitā | uvāca kumbhāṇḍasutāṃ kathaṃ jñāsyāmahe sakhi // k: N (except Ś1) T1 G2.5 ins.: :k tvam eva cintaya sakhi nottaraṃ pratibhāti me | svakārye muhyate loko yathā jīvaṃ labhāmy aham || uṣāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmā vākyam idaṃ punaḥ | uvāca rudatīṃ caiva kubhāṇḍatanayā sakhīm || kuśalā te viśālākṣi sarvathā saṃdhivigrahe | apsarā citralekhā vai kṣipraṃ vijñāpyatāṃ sakhi || asyāḥ sarvam aśeṣeṇa trailokyaṃ viditaṃ sadā || evam uktā tadaivoṣā harṣeṇāgatavismayā | tām apsarasam ānāyya citralekhāṃ sakhīṃ priyām | kṛtāñjalipuṭā dīnā uṣā vacanam abravīt | k: B Ds cont.: :k sā tac chrutvā tu vacanam uṣāyāḥ parikīrtitam | āśvāsayām āsa sakhīṃ bāṇaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm | tataḥ sā cintayāviṣṭā vacanaṃ prāha durvacaḥ citralekhām apsarasaṃ praṇayāt tāṃ sakhīṃ sakhī // paramaṃ śṛṇu me vākyaṃ yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi bhāmini bhartāraṃ yadi me 'dya tvaṃ nānayiṣyasi matpriyam // kāntaṃ padmapalāśākṣaṃ mattamātaṅgavikramam tyakṣyāmy ahaṃ priyān prāṇāṃs tataḥ kamalalocane // vikralekhābravīd vākyam uṣāṃ tāṃ hasatī śanaiḥ naiṣo 'rthaḥ śakyate 'smābhir vettuṃ bhāmini suvrate // k: N (except Ś1) T4 G2.5 ins.: :k na kulena na varṇena na śīlena na rūpataḥ | na deśataś ca vijñātaḥ sa hi coro mayā sakhi | kiṃ tu śakyam idaṃ kāryaṃ buddhipūrvaṃ mayā sakhi prāptuṃ tac chṛṇu me vākyaṃ yathā kāmam avāpsyasi // k: D1.5 ins.: :k uṣāṃ harṣayatī śanaiḥ | yathā ca śakyate 'smābhir | devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām ye viśiṣṭāḥ prabhāvena rūpeṇābhijanena ca // yathāpradhānāṃs tān sarvān ālikhiṣyāmy ahaṃ sakhi manuṣyaloke ye cāpi pravarā lokaviśrutāḥ // saptarātreṇa te bhīru darśayiṣyāmi tān aham tato vijñāya paṭṭasthaṃ bhartāraṃ pratilapsyase // k: Ds1 ins.: :k na darśaye yadi sakhi tarhi vahnim ahaṃ viśe | k: Ds1 cont.: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B Dn Ds2 D1-6 T4 G1.2.5 ins.: :k sā citralekhayā proktā uṣāhitacikīrṣayā | kriyatām evam ity āha citralekhāṃ sakhīṃ priyām || tataḥ kuśalahastatvād yathālekhyaṃ samantataḥ | ity uktvā saptarātreṇa kṛtvālekhyagatāṃs tu tān citrapaṭṭagatān mukhyān ānayām āsa śobhanā // tataḥ prāstīrya paṭṭaṃ sā citralekhā svayaṃkṛtam k: T1.2 G1.4.5 M ins.: :k atyujjvalaṃ mahācitraṃ piṅgavarṇavibhūsitam | uṣāyā darśayām āsa sakhīnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // ete deveṣu ye mukhyās tathā dānavavaṃśajāḥ kiṃ naroragayakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B D G1.2.5 ins.: :k gandharvāsuradaityānāṃ ye cānye bhoginaḥ smṛtāḥ | manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ ye viśiṣṭatamā narāḥ tad etān paśya sarvāṃs tvaṃ yathābhilikhitān mayā // yas te bhartā yathārūpo yathābhilaṣitaḥ sakhi taṃ tvaṃ pratyabhijānīhi svapne yaṃ dṛṣṭavaty asi // tataḥ krameṇa sarvāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā sā mattakāśinī k: Ñ2 V B Ds ins.: :k devadānavagandharva vidyādharagaṇān atha | atītya ca yadūn sarvān dadarśa yadunandanam // k: D6 T1.2 G1.2.4.5 M ins.: :k balabhadram atho dṛṣṭvā pradyumnam atha sātyakim | dadarśa yadusiṃhaṃ taṃ pautraṃ viṣṇor mahātmanaḥ | aniruddhaṃ raṇe ruddhaṃ pañcabāṇam iva sthitam || paṭe sthitaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā vīraṃ citrātmanā yadum | tatrāniruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sā vismayot phullalocanā abravīc citralekhāṃ tām ayaṃ coraḥ sa vai sakhi // yenāhaṃ dūṣitā pūrvaṃ svapne harmyagatā satī so 'yaṃ vijñātarūpo me kutastyas taskaraḥ śubhe // citralekhe vadasvainaṃ tattvato mama śobhane guṇaśīlābhijanato nāma kiṃ cāsya bhāmini // k: Ś1 K1.2 Ñ2 V B Ds D1.2.4-6 T4 G1.2.4.5 ins.: :k tataḥ paścād vidhāsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam | ayaṃ trilokyanāthasya naptā kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ k: T1 G M G(ed.) ins. after the ref., T2 after 74: :k devadevo jagannāthaḥ sākṣāc cakragadādharaḥ | dānavānāṃ raṇe hantā viṣṇur jiṣṇur jagatpatiḥ || yo vikramaṃ jagannāthas trailokyaṃ sacarācaram | nijaikapadapadme yo nilīnam akarod vibhuḥ | tasyāyaṃ devadevasya śaṅkhacakragadābhṛtaḥ | k: For 75ab, T1.2 G M subst.: :k pautraḥ kṛṣṇasya vikhyātaḥ sarvalokeṣu bhāmini | bhartā tava viśālākṣi prādyumnir bhīmavikramaḥ // na hy asya triṣu lokeṣu sadṛśo 'sti parākrame utpāṭya parvatān eṣa parvatair eva śātayet // dhanyāsy anugṛhītāsi yasyās te yadupuṃgavaḥ tryakṣapatnyā samādiṣṭaḥ sadṛśaḥ sajjanaḥ patiḥ // yady enaṃ me viśālākṣi bhartāram amaropamam k: After the ref.,K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B D T4 G1.2.4.5 ins.: :k tvam evātra viśālākṣi yogyā bhava varānane | aśakyā hi gatiś cānyā agatyā me gatir bhava || antarikṣacarā ca tvaṃ yoginī kāmarūpiṇī | upāyaśilpakuśalā kṣipram ānaya me priyam || upāyaś cintyatāṃ bhīru apratarkyaṃ priye sukham | siddhārthā saṃnivartasva yenopāyena sundari || bhaved āpatsu yan mitraṃ tan mitraṃ śasyate budhaiḥ | kāmārtā cāsmi suśroṇi bhava me prāṇadhāriṇī | adya nānayasi kṣipraṃ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmy ahaṃ śubhe // uṣāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā citralekhābravīd vacaḥ śrotum arhasi kalyāṇi vacanaṃ me śucismite // yathā bāṇasya nagaraṃ rakṣyate devi sarvataḥ dvārakāpi tathā bhīru durādharṣā viśeṣataḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k ayasmayapraticchannā guptadvārā ca sā purī | guptāvṛṣṇikumāraiś ca tathā dvārakavāsibhiḥ || prānte salilasaṃyuktā vihitā viśvakarmaṇā | rakṣyate puruṣair ghoraiḥ padmanābhasya śāsanāt || śailaprākāraparikhā durgamārgapraveśinī | saptaprākāraracitā parvatair dhātumaṇḍitaiḥ | na ca śakyam avijñātaiḥ praveṣṭuṃ dvārakāṃ purīm k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k nānuyokṣyasi māṃ devi sāhase 'smiṃs tu karmaṇi | tato virama buddhiṃ tvaṃ duḥprāpāt svapnavastunaḥ | ātmānaṃ māṃ ca rakṣasva pitaraṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // aniruddhasya vadanaṃ pūrṇacandranibhaṃ sakhi k: Ś1 M4 om. the ref. After the ref. Ñ (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G1.2.4.5 ins.: :k tava yogaprabhāveṇa śakyaṃ tatra praveśanam | kiṃ me bahuvilāpena śrūyatāṃ sakhi kāraṇam | yady ahaṃ taṃ na paśyāmi yāsyāmi yamasādanam // k: N(except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k dūtam āsādya kāryāṇāṃ siddhir bhavati bhāmini | tasmād dautyena me gaccha jīvantīṃ māṃ yadīcchasi | yadi tvaṃ me vijānāsi sakhyaṃ premṇā ca bhāṣitam kṣipram ānaya me kāntaṃ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi vā priyān // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k jīvitasya hi saṃdehaṃ kṣayaṃ caiva kulasya ca | kāmārtā hi na paśyanti dūṣaṇaṃ vai kulasya ca || prayatno yujyate kārye ṣviti śāstranidarśanam || tvaṃ ca śaktā viśālākṣi dvārakāyāḥ praveśane | saṃstutāsi mayā bhīru kuru me priyadarśanam | eṣā gacchāmy ahaṃ bhīru praviśya dvārakāṃ purīm k: K1 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1-3.5 T4 G2.4.5 ins. after the ref.; D4 cont. after 1197*: :k sarvathā saṃstutā te 'haṃ vākyair amṛtakalpakaiḥ | kāritā ca samudyogaṃ priyaiḥ kāntaiś ca bhāṣitaiḥ | bhartāram ānayāmy adya tava vṛṣṇikulodvaham // k: N (except Ś1 K1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k aniruddhaṃ mahābāhuṃ praviśya dvārakāṃ purīm | sā vacas tathyam aśivaṃ dānavānāṃ bhayāvaham k: D4 ins.: :k yādavānāṃ tathaivāhaṃ kulodbhūtasamudbhavam | uktvā cāntarhitā kṣipraṃ citralekhā manojavā // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k sakhībhiḥ sahitā hy ūṣā cintayantī sthitā tu sā | tṛtīye tu muhūrte sā naṣṭā bāṇapurāt tadā k: Ñ2 V B Dn Ds D2.6 T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k sakhīpriyaṃ cikīrṣantī pūjayantī tapodhanān | kṣaṇena samanuprāptā dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇapālitām // kailāsaśikharākāraiḥ prāsādair upaśobhitām dadarśa dvārakāṃ caiva divi tāreva saṃsthitām // h: HV (CE) chapter 108, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 4, 2003. :h k: After the ref., all Mss. (except Ś1 Ñ1 ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 33). :k tato dvāravatīmadhye prākārair upaśobhitam k: K1.2 Ñ2 V B Dn Ds D1-5 ins. after App. I (No. 33); D6 after 1ab: :k tato dvāravatīmadhye kāmasya bhavanaṃ śubham | tatsamīpe 'niruddhasya bhavanaṃ sā sma paśyati || sauvarṇavedikāstambhaṃ rukmavaidūryatoraṇam | mālyadāmāvasaktaṃ ca pūrṇakumbhopaśobhitam || barhikaṇṭhānatagrīvaṃ prāsādair ekasaṃcayaiḥ | maṇipravālasaṃstīrṇaṃ divyagandharvanāditam | dadarśa bhavanaṃ yatra prādyumnir avasat sukham // k: avasat corrected for printed asat :k tataḥ praviśya sahasā bhavanaṃ tasya tan mahat k: K1.3.4 V B D S (T3 missing) ins. (Ñ2 after the first occurence of 2ab): :k tatrāniruddhaṃ sāpaśyac citralekhā varāpsarāḥ | dadarśa madhye nārīṇāṃ tārāpatim ivoditam // krīḍāvihāre nārībhiḥ sevyamānam itas tataḥ pibantaṃ madhu mādhvīkaṃ śriyā paramayā yutam varāsanagataṃ tatra yathaivailavilaṃ tathā // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D (except D3) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k vādyate samatālaṃ ca gīyate madhuraṃ tathā | na ca tasya manas tatra tam evārtham acintayat || striyaḥ sarvaguṇopetā nṛtyante tatra tatra vai | na cāsya manasas tuṣṭiṃ citralekhā prapaśyati | na cābhiramate bhogair na cāpi madhu sevate | vyaktam asya hi tat svapnaṃ hṛdaye parivartate | iti tatraiva buddhyā ca niścitā gatasādhvasā | sā dṛṣṭvā paramastrīṇāṃ madhye śakradhvajopamam | k: After line 3, K1 Ñ2 B1 D6 ins.: :k priyāsu gīyamānāsu nṛtyamānāsu sarvaśaḥ | cintayāviṣṭadehā sā citralekhā manasvinī kathaṃ kāryam idaṃ kāryaṃ kathaṃ svasti bhaven mama // sāntarhitā cintayitvā citralekhā yaśasvinī tāmasyā chādayām āsa vidyayā śubhalocanā // harmye strīgaṇamadhyasthaṃ kṛtvā cāntarhitaṃ tadā utpapāta gṛhītvā sā prādyumniṃ yuddhadurmadam // sā tam adhvānam āgamya siddhacāraṇasevitam sahasā śoṇitapuraṃ praviveśa manojavā // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G2.4.5 G(ed.) ins.: :k adarśanaṃ tam ānīya māyayā kāmarūpiṇī | aniruddhaṃ mahābhāgā yatroṣā tatra gacchati || uṣāyādarśayac cainaṃ citrābharaṇabhūṣitam || citrāmbaradharaṃ vīraṃ kandarpasamarūpiṇam | k: G2.4.5 cont. (T1.2 G1.3 M ins. after 7; T4 after line 2 of *1206): :k tṛtīye tu muhūrte sā prāptā bāṇapuraṃ tadā | uṣāṃ tāṃ darśayām āsa paśyainaṃ yady asau bhavet || evam uktā tadā kanyā bāṇasya duhitā tataḥ | tatroṣā vismitā dṛṣṭvā harmyasthā sakhisaṃnidhau praveśayām āsa tadā saṃprāptaṃ svagṛhaṃ tataḥ // k: Ñ2 ins.: :k praveśite 'niruddhe tu prahṛṣṭā sahitā tayā | sakhījanasamāyuktā lajjamānā śucismitā | praharṣotphullanayanā priyaṃ dṛṣṭvārthakovidā k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D1.2) T4 G2.4.5 G(ed.) ins.: :k sā harmyasthā tam arghyeṇa yādavaṃ samapūjayat | citralekhāṃ pariṣvajya priyākhyānair ayojayat | tvaritā kāminī prāha citralekhāṃ bhayāturā // sakhīdaṃ vai kathaṃ guhyaṃ kāryaṃ kāryaviśārade guhye kṛte bhavet svasti prakāśe jīvitakṣayaḥ // k: After 10, T4 ins. an addl. colophon mentioning adhy. no. 218. T4 ins. after the addl. colophon: K Ñ3 V1.2 B Ds2 D1-5 G2.4.5 (Ñ2 V3 Dn Ds1 D6 after the first occurrence of 11abcd) ins.: :k citralekhābravīd vākyaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ niścayaṃ sakhi | kṛtaṃ puruṣakāraṃ hi daivaṃ nāśayate sakhi || na vai devyāḥ prasādas te anukūlo bhaviṣyati | apramādāt kṛtaṃ guhyaṃ na kaścij jñāsyate naraḥ || sakhyā vai evam uktā sā paryavasthitacetanā | evam etad iti prāha sāniruddham idaṃ vacaḥ || diṣṭyā svapnagataś coro dṛśyate subhago janaḥ | yatkṛte tu vayaṃ khinnā durlabhapriyakāṅkṣayā || kaccit tava mahābāho kuśalaṃ sarvatogatam | hṛdayaṃ hi mṛdu strīṇāṃ tena pṛcchāmy ahaṃ tava || tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā uṣāyāḥ ślakṣṇam arthavat | so 'py āha yaduśārdūlaḥ śubhākṣarataraṃ vacaḥ || harṣaviplutanetrāyāḥ pāṇināśru pramṛjya ca | prahasya sasmitaṃ prāha hṛdayagrāhakaṃ vacaḥ || kuśalaṃ me varārohe sarvatra mitabhāṣiṇi | tvatprasādena me devi priyam āvedayāmi te || adṛṣṭapūrvaś ca mayā deśo 'yaṃ śubhadarśane | niśi svapne mayā dṛṣṭaṃ sakṛt kanyāpuraṃ mahat || evam evam ahaṃ bhīru tvatprasādād ihāgataḥ | na ca tad rudrapatnyā vai mithyā vākyaṃ bhaviṣyati || devyās tu prītim ājñāya tvatpriyārthaṃ ca bhāvini | anuprāpto 'smi cādyaiva prasīda śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | k: After line 22, D6 ins. an addl. colophon mentioning adhy. name bāṇayuddham. B1.2 Ds2 D2 T4 G2.4.5 cont. (Ds1 ins. after second occurrence of 11cd): :k ity uktvā ramayām āsa so 'niruddho mahāyaśāḥ | ity uktvā tvaramāṇā sā guhyadeśe svalaṃkṛtā kāntena saha saṃyuktā sthitā vai bhītabhītavat k: K Ñ3 V1.2 B Ds2 D1-5 T2.4 G1.3-5 G(ed.) ins. after 11cd; Ñ2 V3 Dn D6 after second occurrence of 11cd; Ds1 after *1211: :k tataś codvāhadharmeṇa gāndharveṇa samīyatuḥ | anyonyaṃ rematus tau tu cakravākau yathā divā || patinā sāniruddhena mumude tu varāṅganā | k: Ñ2 V B Dn Ds D6 cont. (T2.4 G1.3-5 G(ed.) ins. after line 2 of *1212): :k kāntena saha saṃyuktā divyasraganulepanā | k: D6 T2.4 G1.3-5 G(ed.) cont.; T1 G2 M ins. after 11cd: :k ekadeśe gṛhasyāsya pracchanno caiva bhāminī | kareṇur dviradeneva varayām āsa saṃgatā || papau tasya mukhaṃ sādhvī samāliṅgya yathākramam | netre cucumba sā devī bāṇasya duhitā yadum || bhūyo bhūyaḥ samāśliṣya yatheṣṭaṃ madamohitā | na tṛptim āyayau sā tu samāliṅgya yadūttamam || k: [Colophon] :k tāmasyā vidyayā yuktaḥ prādyumnir atha tatkṣaṇāt | cintayām āsa taṃ dṛṣṭvā gṛhe strījanam adbhutam || ko 'yaṃ vidhir mama mahān na jāne tv asya kāraṇam | svapno 'yaṃ kiṃ mayā dṛṣṭa utāho vibhramo mama || jāgarmy ahaṃ na me svapno na ca ma vibhramo mahān | keyam agre sthitā subhrūr lateva ca supuṣpitā || udbhrāntahariṇāpaṅgī bhrūlatābhaṅgabhāṣiṇī | pīnastanorujaghanā tāmrapādakarādharā || nīlakuñcitakeśāḍhyā madhurasmitabhāṣiṇī | mama netrapathākrāntā candralekheva śāradī | kim idaṃ nātra jānāmi kenedaṃ pratipāditam || dṛṣṭvāsya vavṛdhe kāmas tām uṣāṃ madamohitām | sā ca tatpurataḥ sākṣāt pānaṃ kartuṃ samudyatā || atha tām iṅgitair jñātvā śrutvā caiva yathārthataḥ | ramayām āsa ramaṇīṃ kāmatas tāṃ manoramām || sā cāpi taṃ samāsādya harṣabhītākulekṣaṇā | kāmato ramayām āsa romāñcodgatakarkaśā || līlāsaṃlāpalalitair lalanā taṃ samācarat | kareṇur iva mātaṅgaṃ vāśitā girigahvare | k: After line of *1214, T1.2 G1 ins.: :k aniruddhaṃ mahābāhuṃ nidrāparavaśaṃ gataṃ | k: After the ref. before line 7, T2 G3.4 ins.: :k tato niruddhaḥ svapne tu svapurāc citralekhayā | nīto bāṇapuraṃ sadyaḥ saṃgataś coṣayā saha || dṛṣṭvaivaṃ svapnasaṃsargaṃ uṣayā svasya cādbhutam | k: After line 20a of *1214, T2 G1.3 ins.: :k vacanena vimohitām || sa tataś citralekhāṃ tām avekṣyovāca yādavaḥ | dvārakānagarāc chīgram ānītaś citralekhayā || bāṇasya nagaraṃ prāpya saṃgato 'smy uṣayā rahaḥ | evaṃ svapno mayā dṛṣṭo vicitro 'dṛṣṭapūrvakaḥ || ko 'yaṃ vidhir mamāyātaḥ kā tvaṃ kaiṣā ca bhāminī | keyaṃ purī gṛhaṃ kasya tat tvam ākhyātum arhasi || iti bruvantaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā citralekhā vaco 'bravīt | api te kuśalaṃ vīra sarvatra yadunandana | ramamāṇāniruddhena avijñātā tu sā tadā // k: After 11, T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k papau cāsyā mukhaṃ kāmī samāliṅgya dṛḍhaṃ yaduḥ | parasparaṃ samāśliṣya parasparamukhaṃ papuḥ || tayodyatāṃ tato mādhvīṃ papau śiṣṭām apāyayat | tayor evaṃ tadā kāmo vavṛdhe janasaṃsadi || citralekhā tataḥ sādhvī bhūṣayām āsa bhūṣaṇaiḥ | vastrair ābharaṇaiś citrair mālyaiś ca bahugandhibhiḥ || rarāja yaduvīras tu rohiṇyā candramā yathā | saudhamārge tatas tau tu daṃpatī rematuś ciram | tāṃ tathā ramayām āsa yatheṣṭaṃ yadunandanaḥ | k: T2 G1.3 ins.: :k parasparasya vadanaṃ papatus tau parasparam | k: After line 6 of *1215, T2 G1.3 ins.: :k alaṃkṛtas tayā tatra saṃgataś coṣayā rahaḥ | k: T2 G1 cont. after line 9 of *1215: :k papau tasya mukhaṃ sādhvī samāliṅgya yathākramam | netre ca cumbito devī bāṇasya duhitā sakhī | tasminn eva kṣaṇe prāpte yadūnām ṛṣabho hi saḥ divramālyāmbaradharo divyasraganulepanaḥ uṣayā saha saṃyukto vijñāto bāṇarakṣibhiḥ // k: After 12e T1.2 G M G(ed.) ins.: :k damayantyā nalo yathā | vijahāra yathākāmaṃ ramayaṃs tām uṣāṃ śubhām || k: [Colophon] :k atha tasyām avasthāyāṃ sthavirā vetrapāṇayaḥ | āmuktakañcukā rājan kañcukīyāḥ samantataḥ || aniruddhaṃ tato jñātvā sārdhaṃ kanyāpure sthitam | uṣayā bāṇasutayā ramayantaṃ yatheṣṭataḥ || rakṣiṇaḥ sahasā gatvā bhītā bāṇāntikaṃ tadā || atha dīptāyudhodagrā nityaṃ suparirakṣakāḥ | te bhītāḥ kathayām āsur aniruddhasya ceṣṭitam || eṣa kaścin mahārāja uṣayā saha saṃgataḥ | sthitaḥ kanyāpure rājan kaś cāsau kuta ity api || āyātaḥ sahasā rājan na vidmo 'sya gatiṃ vibho || śrutvaitad roṣayuktas tu balaṃ bāṇo nirīkṣya tat | tatas taiś cārapuruṣair bāṇasyāveditaṃ tadā yathādṛṣṭam aśeṣeṇa kanyāyās tadvyatikramam // tataḥ kiṃkarasainyaṃ tu vyādiṣṭaṃ bhīmakarmaṇā baleḥ putreṇa bāṇena vīreṇāmitraghātinā // gacchadhvaṃ sahitāḥ sarve hanyatām eṣa durmatiḥ yena naḥ kulacāritraṃ dūṣitaṃ dūṣitātmanā // uṣāyāṃ dharṣitāyāṃ hi kulaṃ no dharṣitaṃ mahat asaṃpradānādyo 'smābhiḥ svayaṃgrāham adharṣayat // aho vīryamaho dhairyam aho dhārṣṭyaṃ ca durmateḥ yaḥ puraṃ bhavanaṃ cedaṃ praviṣṭo naḥ subāliśaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 G(ed.) ins.: :k evam uktvā punas tāṃs tu kiṃkarāṃś codayad bhṛśam || te tasyājñām atho gṛhya susaṃnaddhā viniryayuḥ | yatrāniruddho hy abhavat tatrāgacchan mahābalāḥ | nānāśastrodyatakarā nānārūpadharās tu te dānavāḥ samabhikruddhāḥ prādyumnivadhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k rudate tadbalaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṣpeṇāvṛtalocanā | prādyumnivadhabhītā sā bāṇaputrī yaśasvinī || tatas tu rudatīṃ dṛṣṭvā tām uṣāṃ mṛgalocanām | hā hā kānteti vepantīm aniruddho 'bhyabhāṣata || abhayaṃ te 'stu saśroṇi mā bhais tvaṃ hi mayi sthite | saṃprāpto harṣakālas te na te 'sti bhayakāraṇam || kṛtsno 'yaṃ yadi bāṇasya bhṛṭyavargo yaśasvini | āgaccheta na me cintā bhīru paśyādya vikramam || tasya sainyasya ninadaṃ śrutvābhyāgacchatas tataḥ | sahasaivotthitaḥ śrīmān prādyumniḥ kim iti bruvan || athāsyāpaśyata balaṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatam | sthitaṃ samantatas tatra parivārya gṛhaṃ mahat || tato 'bhyagacchat tvarito yatra tad veṣṭitaṃ balam | kruddhaḥ svabalam āsthāya saṃdaśya daśanacchadam || tato yuddham apoḍhānāṃ bāṇeyānāṃ niśamya tu | sā citralekhā sasmāra nāradaṃ devadarśanam || tato nimeṣamātreṇa saṃprāpto munipuṃgavaḥ | smṛto 'tha citralekhāyāḥ puraṃ śoṇitasāhvayam || antarikṣe sthitas tatra so 'niruddham athābravīt | mā bhayaṃ svasti te vīra prāpto 'smy abhimatas tava || tataś ca nāradaṃ dṛṣṭvā so 'bhivādya mahābalaḥ | prahṛṣṭaḥ sumanā bhūtvā yuddhārtham abhyavartata | k: T2 G1.2.4 cont. (M4 ins. after 18): :k vadhyatāṃ vadhyatām eṣa gṛhyatāṃ gṛhyatām ayam | hanyatāṃ hanyatāṃ kṣipram ity ūcur dānavās tada | tatas teṣāṃ svanaṃ śrutvā sarveṣām eva garjatām sahasaivotthitaḥ śūras totrārdita iva dvipaḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k niruddho 'pi tayā tatra bahuśo yuddhadurmadaḥ | bhītayā bhīta evāsau dhāvati sma tathāsurān | tam āpatantaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhaṃ mahābhujam prāsādāc cāvarohantaṃ bhayārtā vipradudruvuḥ // k: After 20c, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k nadantaṃ siṃhavat tadā | tasya nādena vai rājan | antaḥpuradvāragataṃ parighaṃ gṛhya cātulam vadhāya teṣāṃ cikṣepa nānāyudhaviśāradaḥ // te sarve bāṇavarṣaiś ca gadābhis tomarais tathā asibhiḥ śaktibhiḥ śūlair nijaghnū raṇagocaram // sa hanyamāno nārācaiḥ parighaiś ca samantataḥ k: K1 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D1.4-6 T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k dānavaiḥ samabhikruddhaiḥ prādyumniḥ śastrakovidaiḥ | nākṣubhyat sarvabhūtātmā nadan megha ivoṣṇage // āvidhya parighaṃ ghoraṃ teṣāṃ madhye vyavasthitaḥ sūryo divicaranmadhye meghānām iva sarvataḥ // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G2-5 (T2 after 25, G1 after 28) ins.: :k daṇḍakāṣṭhājinadharo nārado hraṣṭacetanaḥ | sādhu sādhv iti vai tatra so 'niruddham abhāṣata | te hanyamānā raudreṇa parigheṇāmitaujasā prādravanta bhayāt sarve megho vāteritā yathā // k: N (except Ś1) T4 G2.4 ins.: :k vidrāvya dānavān vīraḥ parigheṇāśuvikramaḥ | aniruddho nadan hṛṣṭaḥ siṃhanādaṃ vyarocata gharmānte toyado vyomni nadann iva mahāsvanaḥ // tiṣṭhadhvam iti cukrośa dānavān yuddhadurmadān prādyumnir vyahanac cāpi sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaḥ // tena te samare sarve hanyamānā mahātmanā yato bāṇas tato bhītā yayur yuddhaparāṅmukhāḥ // tato bāṇasamīpasthāḥ śvasanto rudhirokṣitāḥ na śarma lebhire daityā bhayaviklavalocanāḥ // mā bhaiṣṭa mā bhaiṣṭa iti rājñā te tena coditāḥ trāsaṃ visṛjya caikasthā yudhyadhvaṃ dānavarṣabhāḥ // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k tān uvāca punar bāṇo bhayavitrastalocanān | kim idaṃ lokavikhyātaṃ yaśa utsṛjya dūrataḥ bhavanto yānti vaiklavyaṃ klībā iva vicetasaḥ // ko 'yaṃ yasya bhayatrastā bhavanto yānty anekaśaḥ kulāpadeśinaḥ sarve nānāyuddhaviśāradāḥ // bhavadbhir na hi me yuddhe kāryaṃ sāhāyyam adya vai abravīd dhvaṃsatety evaṃ matsamīpāc ca naśyata // atha tān vāgbhir ugrābhis trāsayan bahudhā balī vyādideśa raṇe śūrān sarvān ayutaśaḥ punaḥ // pramāthagaṇabhūyiṣṭhaṃ vyādiṣṭaṃ tasya nigrahe anīkaṃ sumahadrātrau nānāpraharaṇodyatam // tatrāntarikṣaṃ bahudhā vidyudvadbhir ivāmbudaiḥ bāṇānīkaiḥ samabhavad vyāptaṃ saṃdīptalocanaiḥ // kecit kṣitisthāḥ prākrośan gajā iva samantataḥ athāntarikṣe vyanadan gharmānteṣv iva toyadāḥ // tatas tat sumahad yuddhaṃ sametam abhavat punaḥ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti ca tadā vāco 'śrūyanta sarvaśaḥ // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k aniruddho raṇe vīraḥ sa ca tān abhyavartata | tad āścaryaṃ samabhavad yad ekas taiḥ samāgataḥ ayudhyata mahāvīryair dānavaiḥ saha saṃyuge // teṣām eva ca jagrāha parighāṃs tomarān api tair eva ca mahāyuddhe nijaghāna mahābalaḥ // k: B1 ins.: :k parigṛhya ca tān eva cāyudhair ahanad raṇe | punaḥ sa parighaṃ ghoraṃ pragṛhya raṇamūrdhani sa daityasaṃghān samare nijaghāna mahābalān // k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k aṣṭau trīṇi sahasrāṇi kiṃkarāṇāṃ tarasvinām | jaghāna samare caikaḥ sākṣāt pautras tu śārṅgiṇaḥ | nanāda vividhaṃ nādaṃ rodasī ca sa kampayan | nistriṃśaṃ carma cotsṛṣṭaṃ jagrāha raṇamūrdhani sa tena vyacaran mārgān ekaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ // bhrāntam udbhrāntam āviddham āplutaṃ viplutaṃ plutam iti prakārān dvātriṃśad vicarann abhyadṛśyata // ekaṃ sahasraśas tatra dadṛśū raṇamūrdhani krīḍantaṃ bahudhā yuddhe vyāditāsyam ivāntakam // tatas tenābhisaṃtaptā rudhiraughapariplutāḥ punar bhagnāḥ prādravanta yatra bāṇaḥ sthito raṇe // gajavājirathaughais te uhyamānāḥ samantataḥ kṛtvā cārtasvaraṃ ghoraṃ diśo jagmur hataujasaḥ // k: Ñ2 B1 Ds ins.: :k evaṃ bhayam abhūt teṣāṃ dānavānāṃ mahāraṇe | ekaikasyopari tadā te 'nyonyaṃ bhayapīḍitāḥ vamantaḥ śoṇitaṃ jagmur viṣādād vimukhā raṇe // na babhūva bhayaṃ tādṛg gānavānāṃ purā raṇe yādṛśaṃ yudhyamānānām aniruddhena saṃyuge // k: D2 subst.: :k yudhyatām aniruddhena yathāvartata dāruṇam | k: K2 ins.: :k tādṛśaṃ na bhayaṃ teṣām abhavad devasaṃyuge | kecid vamanto rudhiram apatan vasudhātale dānavā giriśṛṅgābhā gadāśūlāsipāṇayaḥ // k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k kecin mathitamastiṣkāḥ kecid bhinnagalāntarāḥ | te bāṇam utsṛjya raṇe jagmur bhayasamākulāḥ viśālam ākāśatalaṃ dānavā nirjitās tadā // niḥsaṅgabhagnāṃ mahatīṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ vāhinīṃ tadā bāṇaḥ krodhāt prajajvāla samiddho 'gnir ivādhvare // k: N (except Ś1 K2 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins. (T2 G3 after 68): :k antarikṣacaro bhūtvā sādhuvādī samantataḥ | nārado nṛtyati prīto hy aniruddhasya saṃyuge || etasminn antare caiva bāṇaḥ paramakopana | kumbhāṇḍasaṃgṛhītaṃ tu ratham āsthāya vīryavān yayau yatrāniruddho vai so 'sim udyamya dāruṇam // paṭṭisāsigadāśūlān udyamya ca paraśvadhān babhau bāhusahasreṇa śakradhvajaśatair iva // baddhagodhāṅgulitraiś ca bāhubhiḥ sa mahābhujaḥ nānāpraharaṇopetaḥ śuśubhe dānavottamaḥ // siṃhanādaṃ nadan kruddho visphāritamahādhanuḥ k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k visṛjañ śataśo bāṇān dānavo 'tha mahābalaḥ | abhyadravac ca vegena prādyumnir yatra saṃsthitaḥ | abravīt tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ // vacanaṃ tasya saṃśrutya prādyumnir aparājitaḥ bāṇasya vadataḥ saṃkhye udaikṣata tato 'hasat // k: D6 T1.2.4 G M ins.: :k uṣā ca pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayavihvalalocanā | prāsādamadhye saṃlīnā bhartāraṃ samudaikṣata || kartavyamūḍhā saṃbhrāntā citralekhā varāpsarāḥ | babhūva vimanā bhūtvā mṛtāsmīti vyacintayat | kiṃkiṇīśatanirghoṣaṃ raktadhvajapatākinam ṛkṣacarmāvanaddhāṅgaṃ daśanalvaṃ mahāratham // k: D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k āruhya syandanaṃ vīro babhau bāhusahasravān | tasya vājisahasraṃ tu rathe yuktaṃ mahātmanā k: N (except Ś1 K2) T2.4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k purā devāsure yuddhe hiraṇyakaśipor iva || tam āpatantaṃ dadṛśe dānavaṃ yadupuṃgavaḥ | saṃprahṛṣṭas tato yuddhe tejasā cāpy apūryata || asicarmadharo vīraḥ svasthaḥ saṃgrāmalālasaḥ | narasiṃho yathā pūrvam ādidaityavadhodyataḥ | āpatantaṃ dadarśātha khaḍgacarmadharaṃ tadā // k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k rāgiṇaṃ cihnitaṃ rājan priyānakhapadais tathā | khaḍgacarmadharaṃ taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā bāṇaḥ padātinam praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe prādyumnivadhakāṅkṣayā // tanutreṇa vihīnaś ca khaḍgapāṇiś ca yādavaḥ ajeyaś ceti matvā taṃ yuddhāyābhimukhe sthitam // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k aniruddhaṃ raṇe bāṇo jitakāśī mahābalaḥ | vācaṃ covāca saṃkruddho gṛhyatāṃ hanyatām iti || vācaṃ ca bruvatas tasya śrutvā prādyumnir āhave | bāṇasya bruvataḥ krodhād dhasamāno 'bhyudaikṣata || uṣā bhayaparitrastā rudatī tatra bhāminī | aniruddhaḥ prahasyātha samāśvāsya ca tāṃ sthitām || atha bāṇaḥ śaraughāṇi kṣudrakāṇāṃ samantataḥ | cikṣepa samare kruddho hy aniruddhavadhepsayā || aniruddhas tu ciccheda kāṅkṣaṃs tasya parājayam | vavarṣa śarajālāni kṣudrakāṇāṃ samantataḥ bāṇo'niruddhaśirasi kāṅkṣaṃs tasya raṇe vadham // tāni bāṇasahasrāṇi carmaṇā vyavadhūya saḥ babhau pramukhatas tasya sthitaḥ sūrya ivodaye // so 'bhibhūya raṇe bāṇam āsthito yadunandanaḥ siṃhaḥ pramukhato dṛṣṭvā gajam ekaṃ yathā vane // tato bāṇasahasraughair marmabhedibhir āśugaiḥ vivyādha niśitais tīkṣṇaiḥ prādyumnim aparājitam // k: K2 subst.: :k tato vivyādha niśitair bāṇaiḥ prādyumnim āsthitaḥ | k: B2 D5 T4 G2.4.5 G(ed.) ins.: :k samāhatas tato bāṇaiḥ khaḍgacarmadharo nṛpa | k: B2 D5 T4 G2.4.5 cont.; K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B Ds2 D1.4.6 ins. after 64 (Dn1 after 67ab): :k tam āpatantaṃ niśitair abhyaghnan sāyakais tadā | so 'tividdho mahābāhur bāṇaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ krodhenābhiprajajvāla cikīrṣuḥ karma duṣkaram // rudhiraughaplutair gātrair bāṇavarṣaiḥ samāhataḥ abhibhūtaḥ susaṃkruddho yayau bāṇarathaṃ prati // asibhir musalaiḥ śūlaiḥ paṭṭisais tomarais tathā so 'tividdhaḥ śaraughais tu prādyumnir nābhyakampata // āplutya sahasā kruddho ratheṣāṃ tasya so 'cchinat jaghānāśvāṃś ca khaḍgena bāṇasya rathamūrdhani // taṃ punaḥ śaravarṣeṇa tomaraiḥ paṭṭisais tathā cakārāntarhitaṃ bāṇo yuddhamārgaviśāradaḥ // hato 'yam iti vijñāya prāṇadan nairṛtā gaṇāḥ tato 'vaplutya sahasā rathapārśve vyavasthitaḥ // śaktiṃ bāṇas tataḥ kruddho ghorarūpāṃ bhayāvahām jagrāha jvalitāṃ dīptāṃ ghaṇṭāmālākulāṃ raṇe // jvalanādityasaṃkāśāṃ yamadaṇḍopamāṃ śubhām k: Ś1 D2 ins.: :k vārayantīṃ durādharṣāṃ cāmīkaravibhūṣitām | gurvīṃ bhārasahasreṇa viśvakarmakṛtāṃ tadā | prāhiṇot tām asaṅgena maholkāṃ jvalitām iva // tām āpatantīṃ saṃprekṣya jīvitāntakarīṃ tadā tām eva prāhiṇoc chaktiṃ sarvaśatrubhayaṃkarīm | so 'bhiplutya tadā śaktiṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ // nirbibheda tato bāṇaṃ svaśaktyaiva mahābalaḥ sā bhittvā tasya dehaṃ tu jagāma vasudhātalam // k: After an addl. colophon, M3 ins.: :k tato mūrchāṃ samāpede baliputraḥ pratāpavān | rudhirāplutagātras tu svaśakyā pīḍito bhṛśam | k: N (except Ś1) T4 G2.4.5 ins. after 74: :k sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritaḥ | tato mūrchābhibhūtaṃ taṃ kumbhāṇḍo vākyam abravīt upekṣase dānavendra kim evaṃ śatrum udyatam // labdhalakṣyo hy ayaṃ vīro nirvikāro 'dya dṛśyate māyām āśritya yudhyasva nāyaṃ vadhyo 'nyathā bhavet // ātmānaṃ māṃ ca rakṣasva pramādāt kim upekṣase vadhyatām ayam adyaiva na naḥ sarvān vināśayet // k: Ds1 G(ed.) ins.: :k anyāṃś ca śataśo hatvā uṣāṃ nītvā vrajiṣyati | kumbhāṇḍavacanair evaṃ dānavendraḥ pracoditaḥ vācaṃ rūkṣām abhikruddhaḥ provāca vadatāṃ varaḥ // eṣo 'ham asya vidadhe mṛtyuṃ prāṇaharaṃ raṇe ādāsyāmy aham enaṃ vai garutmān iva pannagam // ity evam uktvā sarathaḥ sāśvaḥ sadhvajasārathiḥ gandharvanagarākāras tatraivāntaradhīyata // vijñāyāntarhitaṃ bāṇaṃ prādyumnir aparājitaḥ pauruṣeṇa samāyuktaḥ sa praikṣata diśo daśa // āsthāya tāmasīṃ vidyāṃ tadā kruddho baleḥ sutaḥ mumoca viśikhāṃs tīkṣṇāṃś channo māyādharo balī // prādyumnir viśikhair baddhaḥ sarpabhūtaiḥ samantataḥ veṣṭito bahudhā tasya dehaḥ pannagarāśibhiḥ // k: Ś1 subst.: :k dehaḥ saṃveṣṭitas tasya bahudhā śararāśibhiḥ | sa tu veṣṭitasarvāṅgo baddhaḥ prādyumnir āhave niṣprayatnaḥ sthitaḥ svastho maināka iva parvataḥ // jvālāvalīḍhavadanaiḥ sarpabhogair viveṣṭitaḥ abhītaḥ parvatākāraḥ prādyumnir abhavad raṇe // niṣprayatnaḥ sthitaś cāpi sarpabhogamayaiḥ śaraiḥ na vivyathe sa bhūtātmā sarvataḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ // tatas taṃ vāgbhir ugrābhiḥ saṃrabdhaḥ samatarjayat bāṇo dhvajaṃ samāśritya provācāmarṣito vacaḥ // kumbhāṇḍa vadhyatāṃ śīghram ayaṃ vai kulapāṃsanaḥ cāritraṃ yena me loke dūṣitaṃ dūṣitātmanā // ity evam ukte vacane kumbhāṇḍo vākyam abravīt rājan vakṣyāmy ahaṃ kiṃcit tan me śṛṇu yadīcchasi // ayaṃ vijñāyatāṃ kasya kuto vāyam ihāgataḥ kena vāyam ihānītaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ // k: CE -parākamaḥ :k mayāyaṃ bahuśo yuddhe dṛṣṭo rājan mahāraṇe krīḍann iva ca yuddheṣu dṛśyate devasūnuvat // k: Dn ins.: :k kulaśīlatapovīryaiḥ sarvair eva samanvitaḥ | sarvayuddhe 'py asaṃhāryo bhaved vīryādhikas tava | balavān sattvasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ nāyaṃ vadhakṛtaṃ doṣam arhate daityasattama vijñāya ca vadhaṃ vāsya pūjāṃ vāpi kariṣyasi // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T2.4 G2.3 ins. (G4 after 92ab; G5 after first occurrence of 92cd): :k gāndharveṇa vivāhena kanyeyaṃ tava saṃgatā | adeyā hy apratigrāhyā ataś cintya vadhaṃ kuru | vadhe hy asya mahān doṣo rakṣaṇe sumahān guṇaḥ ayaṃ hi puruṣotkarṣaḥ sarvathā mānam arhati // sarvato veṣṭitatanur na vyathaty eṣa bhogibhiḥ k: K1 Ñ2.3 V B Ds D1.4-6 ins.: :k kulaśauṇḍīryavīryaiś ca sattvena ca samanvitaḥ | paśya rājan yaśovīryair anvitaṃ puruṣottamam na no gaṇayate sarvān vadhaṃ prāpto 'py ayaṃ balī // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B Dn (both second time) Ds D1-5.6 (second time) T2 G2-5 ins. after 94 (Dn D6 (all first time) after 77ab): :k yadi māyāprabhāvena nātra baddho bhaved ayam | sarvāsuragaṇān saṃkhye yodhayen nātra saṃśayaḥ || sarvayuddheṣu mārgajño bhaved vīryādhikas tava | śoṇitaughaplutair gātrair nāgabhogaiś ca veṣṭitaḥ triśikhāṃ bhrukuṭīṃ kṛtvā na cintayati naḥ sthitān // imām avasthāṃ nīto 'pi svabāhubalam āśritaḥ na cintayati rājaṃs tvāṃ vīryavān ko 'py asau yuvā // sahasrabāhoḥ samare dvibāhuḥ samavasthitaḥ rucitaṃ yadi te rājañ jñeyo vīryabalānvitaḥ // k: K2 V2.3 D2-4.6 G3 ins. (K1.4 Ñ2.3 V1 B Dn Ds D1.5 T4 G2.4.5 after second occurrence of 97cd): :k kanyā ceyaṃ na cānyasya niryātyānena saṃgatā || yadi ceṣṭatamaḥ kaścid ayaṃ vaṃśe mahātmanaḥ | tataḥ pūjām ayaṃ vīraḥ prāpsyaty evāsurottamaḥ || rakṣyatām iti coktvaiva tathāstv iti ca tasthivān | k: G3-5 cont., T1 M ins. after 97 (T2 after 95ab; G1 after 68a): :k bāḍham ity abravīd bāṇo hantuṃ vyavasitaḥ kila | uṣāṃ babandha nigaḍair dṛḍhaiḥ pāśaiś ca saṃyataiḥ || vyādideśa tato bāṇo rakṣiṇaḥ kiṃkarān bahūn | rakṣyatām eṣa duṣṭātmā sā ca rakṣyā kulādhamā || iti sarvān samādiśya bāṇo madabalānvitaḥ | kumbhāṇḍena yayau sārdhaṃ svam eva bhavanaṃ balī | kumbhāṇḍasya vacaḥ śrutvā śuddhānte pannagair bhṛśam k: K1.3.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T.4 G4.5 subst.: :k evam ukte tu vacane kumbhāṇḍena mahātmanā | k: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B D T4 M4 cont., G2 M4 ins. after 98ab: :k tathety āha ca kumbhāṇḍaṃ bāṇaḥ śatruniṣūdanaḥ || saṃrakṣiṇas tato dattvā aniruddhasya dhīmataḥ | aniruddhaṃ yodhayitvā bāṇaḥ svagṛham āviśat // k: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B D T4 G2 subst.: :k yayau svam eva bhavanaṃ baleḥ putro mahāsuraḥ | k: K1.3.4 Ñ2 V B D T4 G2 cont., Ñ3 ins. after 98 (T2 G1.3 cont. after 1255*: G4.5 after 1257*): :k saṃyataṃ māyayā dṛṣṭvā aniruddhaṃ mahābalam | ṛṣīṇāṃ nāradaḥ śreṣṭho 'brajad dvāravatīṃ prati || tato hy ākāśamārgeṇa munir dvāravatīṃ gataḥ || gate ṛṣīṇāṃ pravare so 'niruddho vyacintayat | naṣṭo 'yaṃ dānavaḥ krūro yuddhaṃ prāpya na saṃśayaḥ || sa gatvā nāradas tatra śaṅkhacakragadādharam | jñāpayiṣyati tattvena imam arthaṃ yathaiva tat || nāgair viveṣṭitaṃ dṛṣṭvā uṣā prādyumnim āturā | ruroda bāṣparaktākṣī tām āha rudatīṃ punaḥ || kim idaṃ rudyeta bhīru mā bhais tvaṃ śubhalocane | paśya suśroṇi saṃprāptaṃ matkṛte madhusūdanam || yasya śaṅkhadhvaniṃ śrutvā bāhuśabdaṃ balasya ca | dānavā nāśam eṣyanti garbhāś cāsurayoṣitām || evam uktā niruddhena uṣā viśrambham āgatā | nṛśaṃsaṃ cāpi pitaraṃ śocate sā sumadhyamā | k: After line 3, Ñ2 V2 B2 Ds1 D2.6 ins.: :k baddhaṃ nivedayām āsa prādyumniṃ garuḍadhvaje | Colophon h: HV (CE) chapter 109, transliterated by Julie Bélanger, proof-read, by Horst Brinkhaus, version of February 4, 2003 :h tato 'niruddhasya gṛhe ruruduḥ sarvayoṣitaḥ priyaṃ nātham apaśyantyaḥ kiṃnarya iva saṃghaśaḥ // aho dhik kim idaṃ loke nāthe kṛṣṇe vyavasthite anāthā iva saṃtrastā rudimo bhayamohitāḥ // yasyendrapramukhā devāḥ sādityāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ bāhucchāyāṃ samāśritya vasanti divi devatāḥ // tasyotpannam idaṃ loke bhayadasya mahadbhayam yasyāniruddhaḥ pautraḥ sa vīraḥ kenāpi no hṛtaḥ // aho nāsti bhayaṃ nūnaṃ tasya loke sudurmateḥ vāsudevasya yaḥ krodhaṃ prajvālayati duḥsaham // vyāditāsyasya yo mṛtyor daṃṣṭrāgre parivartate k: D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k atikruddhasya siṃhasya ghnataś ca gajasattamān | śoṇitaṃ pātukāmasya daṃṣṭrān prodhṛtya daṃśataḥ | sa vāsudevaṃ samare mohāt pratyudiyād ripuḥ // idam evaṃvidhaṃ kṛtvā vipriyaṃ yadupuṃgave kathaṃ jīvan vimucyeta sākṣād api śatakratuḥ // kṛtāgā na sa śocyas tu vayaṃ tv adya vinākṛtāḥ viprayogena nāthasya kṛtāntavaśagāḥ kṛtāḥ // ity evaṃ tā rudantyaś ca vadantyaś ca punaḥ punaḥ netrajaṃ vāri mumucur aśivaṃ paramāṅganāḥ // tāsāṃ bāṣpābhipūrṇāni nayanāni cakāśire salilenāplutānīva paṅkajāni jalāgame // tāsām arālapakṣmāṇi rājimanti śubhāni ca rudhireṇāplutānīva nayanāni cakāśire // tāsāṃ harmyatalasthānāṃ tūrṇam āsīn mahāsvanaḥ kurarīṇām ivākāśe rudatīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ // taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ ghoram apūrvaṃ bhayam āgatam utpetuḥ sahasā khebhyo gṛhebhyaḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ // kasmād eṣo 'niruddhasya śrūyate sumahāsvanaḥ gṛhe kṛṣṇābhiguptānāṃ kuto no bhayam āgatam // ity evam ūcus te 'nyonyaṃ snehaviklavagadgadāḥ pradharṣitā yathā siṃhā guhābhya iva niḥsṛtāḥ // saṃnāhabherī kṛṣṇasya sabhāyām āhatā tadā tasyāḥ śabdena te sarve sabhām āgamya viṣṭhitāḥ // kim etad iti cānyonyaṃ samapṛcchanta yādavāḥ anyonyasya hi te sarve yathānyāyam avedayan // tatas te bāṣpapūrṇākṣāḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ niḥśvasanto vyatiṣṭhanta yādavā yuddhadurmadāḥ // tūṣṇīṃbhūteṣu sarveṣu vipṛthur vākyam abravīt k: T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k nītijño hitavaktā ca yādavānāṃ priyaṃkaraḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ muhur muhuḥ // kim evaṃ cintayāviṣṭaḥ puruṣendra bhavān iha tava bāhubalaprāṇam āśritāḥ sarvayādavāḥ bhavantam āśritāḥ kṛṣṇa saṃvibhaktāś ca sarvaśaḥ // tathaiva balahā śakras tvayy āveśya jayājayau sukhaṃ svapiti niścintaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ cintayānvitaḥ // śokasāgaram akṣobhyaṃ sarve te jñātayo gatāḥ tān majjamānān ekas tvaṃ samuddhara mahābhuja // kim evaṃ cintayāviṣṭo na kiṃcid api bhāṣase cintāṃ kartuṃ vṛthā deva na tvam arhasi mādhava // ity evam uktaḥ kṛṣṇas tu niḥśvasya suciraṃ punaḥ prāha vākyaṃ sa vākyajño bṛhaspatir iva svayam // vipṛtho cintayāviṣṭa etat kāryaṃ vicintayan k: Ś1 K1 Ñ2 V B Dn Ds D1.2.4-6 ins.: :k vicintayaṃs tv ahaṃ cāsya kāryasya na labhe gatim | tathāhaṃ bhavatāpy ukto nottaraṃ vidadhe kvacit // dāśārhagaṇamadhye 'dya vadāmy arthavatīṃ giram śṛṇudhvaṃ yādavāḥ sarve yathā cintānvito hy aham // aniruddhe hṛte vīre pṛthivyāṃ sarvapārthivāḥ aśaktān iva manyante sarvān asmān sabāndhavān // āhukaś caiva no rājā hṛtaḥ sālvena vai purā pratyānītas tato 'smābhir yuddhaṃ kṛtvā sudāruṇam // pradyumnaś cāpi no bālye śambareṇa hṛto hy abhūt sa taṃ nihatya samare prāpto rukmiṇinandanaḥ // idaṃ tu sumahatkaṣṭaṃ prādyumniḥ kva pravāsitaḥ naivaṃvidham ahaṃ doṣaṃ smarāmi manujarṣabhāḥ // bhasmanā guṇṭhitaḥ pādo yena me mūrdhni pātitaḥ k: T1.2 G M ins.: :k mama netraṃ durāsrāvam andhatāṃ ko 'nayad balāt | ko vā jaḍamatiḥ satyaṃ ratnaṃ me makuṭād dharet || ko vā balaṃ durādharṣam avamatyāgrataḥ sthitaḥ | ko nu vā śiniputrasya cāpaṃ na smarati prabho | sānubandhasya tasyāhaṃ hariṣye jīvitaṃ raṇe // ity evam ukte kṛṣṇena sātyakir vākyam abravīt carāḥ kṛṣṇa prayujyantām aniruddhasya mārgaṇe // k: Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D5(marg.).6 ins.: :k saparvatavanoddeśāṃ mārgantu vasudhām imām | k: T1.2 G M ins. after 32: :k atraiva prāyaśas tatra yadi syāt kenacid dhṛtaḥ | jñāte pratikariṣyāmi yat tu prāptam anantaram | āhukaṃ prāha kṛṣṇas tu smitaṃ kṛtvā vacas tadā ābhyantarāś ca bāhyāś ca vyādiśyantāṃ carā nṛpa // k: K1.2.4 Ñ2 V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 ins.: :k keśavasya vacaḥ śrutvā āhukas tvarito 'bravīt | anveṣaṇe 'niruddhasya carān vyādiṣṭavāṃs tadā | tataś carās tu vyādiṣṭāḥ pārthivena yaśasvinā abhyantaraṃ ca mārgadhvaṃ bāhyataś ca samantataḥ // k: K Ñ2 Dn D1-5 T4 ins. (V B Ds D6 after 34ab): :k hayā rathāś ca vyādiṣṭāḥ pārthivena mahātmanā | veṇumantaṃ latāveṣṭaṃ tathā raivatakaṃ girim ṛkṣavantaṃ giriṃ caiva mārgadhvaṃ tvaritā hayaiḥ // ekaikaṃ tatra codyānaṃ mārgitavyaṃ samantataḥ gantavyaṃ cāpi niḥsaṅgam udyāneṣu samantataḥ // hayānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi rathānāṃ cāpy anekaśaḥ āruhya tvaritāḥ sarve mārgadhvaṃ yadunandanam // senāpatir anādhṛṣṭir idaṃ vacanam abravīt kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakarmāṇam acyutaṃ bhītabhītavat // śṛṇu kṛṣṇa vaco mahyaṃ yadi te rocate vibho cirāt prabhṛti me vaktuṃ bhavantaṃ jāyate matiḥ // asilomā pulomā ca nisundanarakau hatau saubhaḥ sālvaś ca nihatau maindo dvivida eva ca hayagrīvaś ca sumahān sānubandhas tvayā hataḥ // k: Ś1 ins.: :k kaṃsaś ca nihataḥ kṛṣṇa narakaś ca nipātitaḥ | anye ca bahavas tatra sainyāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | tādṛśe vigrahe vṛtte devahetoḥ sudāruṇe sarvāṇy etāni karmāṇi niḥśeṣāṇi raṇe raṇe kṛtavān asi govinda pārṣṇigrāhaś ca nāsti te // idaṃ karma tvayā kṛṣṇa sānubandhaṃ kṛtaṃ raṇe pārijātasya haraṇe yat kṛtaṃ karma duṣkaraṃ // tatra śakras tvayā kṛṣṇa airāvataśirogataḥ nirjito bāhuvīryeṇa svayaṃ yuddhaviśāradaḥ // tena vairaṃ tvayā sārdhaṃ kartavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ tatrānubandhaś ca mahāṃs tena kāryas tvayā saha // tatrāniruddhaharaṇaṃ kṛtaṃ maghavatā svayam na hy anyasya bhavec chaktir vairaniryātanaṃ prati // ity evam ukte vacane kṛṣṇo nāga iva śvasan uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmān anādhṛṣṭiṃ mahābalam // senānīs tāta mā maivaṃ na devāḥ kṣudrakarmiṇaḥ nākṛtajñā na vā klībā nāvaliptā na bāliśāḥ // devatārthaṃ ca me yatno mahān dānavasaṃkṣaye teṣāṃ priyārthaṃ ca raṇe hanmi dṛptān mahāsurān // tatparas tanmanāś cāsmi tadbhaktas tatpriye rataḥ kathaṃ pāpaṃ kariṣyanti vijñāyaivaṃvidhaṃ hi mām // akṣudrāḥ satyavantaś ca nityaṃ bhaktānuyāyinaḥ na teṣu pāpaṃ vijñeyaṃ bāliśa tvaṃ prabhāṣase // k: Ñ2 V2 B Ds D1.2.4.5. (D6 after 1270*, T1.2 G1.3-5 after 54ab) ins.: :k kadācid iha puṃścalyā aniruddho hṛto bhavet | deveṣu samahendreṣu naitatkarma vidhīyate || evaṃ cintayamānasya kṛṣṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ | k: D6 T1.2 G1.3.5 ins. after 50: :k na vaktavyam idaṃ pāpaṃ tvadvidhena yadūttama | kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tadākrūro 'bravīd vacaḥ madhuraṃ ślakṣṇayā vācā arthavākyaviśāradaḥ // yac chakrasya prabhoḥ kāryaṃ tad asmākaṃ viniścitam asmākaṃ cāpi yat kāryaṃ tac ca kāryaṃ śacīpateḥ // saṃrakṣyāś ca vayaṃ devair asmābhiś cāpi devatāḥ devatārthe vayaṃ cāpi mānuṣatvam upāgatāḥ // k: Ñ2 V2 B1 D5.6 ins.: :k viṣṇur madhunihā vīro devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ | evam akrūravacanaiś coditaḥ puruṣottamaḥ snigdhagambhīrayā vācā punaḥ kṛṣṇo 'bhyabhāṣata // nāyaṃ devair na gandharvair nāpi yakṣair na rākṣasaiḥ pradyumnaputro 'pahṛtaḥ puṃścalyā tu hṛtaḥ striyā // māyāvidagdhāḥ puṃścalyo daityadānavayoṣitaḥ tābhir hṛto na saṃdeho nānyato vidyate bhayam // ity evam ukte vacane sūtamāgadhabandinām k: After 57a, K Ñ2 V B D T4 G2.4 ins.: :k kṛṣṇena tu mahātmanā | athāvagamya tattvena yad bhūtaṃ yadumaṇḍale || udatiṣṭhan mahānādas tadā kṛṣṇaṃ praśaṃsayan | harṣayan sa tu sarveṣāṃ | madhuraḥ śrūyate śabdo mādhavasya niveśane // te carāḥ sarvataḥ sarve sabhādvāram upāgatāḥ śanair gadgadayā vācā idaṃ vacanam abruvan // udyānāni śilāḥ śailā guhā nadyaḥ sarāṃsi ca ekaikaṃ śataśo rājan mārgitaṃ na ca dṛśyeta // k: B3 Dn D3.6 G2 ins.: :k anye kṛṣṇaṃ carā rājann upāgamya tadābruvan | sarve no viditā deśāḥ prādyumnir na ca dṛśyate | k: D3 cont.: :k te 'pi śāntimanaskā hi gamayeyuḥ kathaṃ ca naḥ | yad anyat saṃvidhātavyaṃ vidhānaṃ yadunandana tadājñāpaya naḥ kṣipram aniruddhasya mārgaṇe // tatas te dīnamanasaḥ sarve bāṣpākulekṣaṇāḥ anyonyam abhyabhāṣanta kim ataḥ kāryam uttaram // saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāḥ kecit kecid bāṣpāvilekṣaṇāḥ kecic cācintañ śūrā āsthāya bhrukuṭiṃ narāḥ // k: 109.62c hypometric. :k k: N (except Ś1) T4 ins.: :k evaṃ cintayatāṃ teṣāṃ bahvartham abhibhāṣatām | k: Ñ2 V2.3 B Ds D2.3.6 T4 cont. (G2 ins. after 62ab, G4.5 after 62): :k aniruddhaḥ kutaś ceti saṃbhramaḥ sumahān abhūt | k: Ñ2 V2.3 B Ds D2.3.6 cont. (K Ñ1 V1 Dn D1.4.5 cont. after 1275): :k anyonyam abhivīkṣante yādavā jātamanyavaḥ | tāṃ niśāṃ vimanaskās te gamayeyuḥ kathaṃcana || aniruddho hṛtaś ceti punaḥ punar ariṃdama | evaṃ ca bruvatāṃ teṣāṃ prabhātā rajanī tadā | tatas tūryaninādaiś ca śaṅkhānāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ prabodhanaṃ mahābāhoḥ kṛṣṇasyākriyatālaye // k: D6 T1.2 G M ins.: :k kṛṣṇo 'pi devadeveśaḥ kartavye mūḍhavat sthitaḥ || kiṃ mayā kāryam ity eva kuto nu bhayam āgatam | sarvathā yatnam āsthāya yatiṣye kāryam uttaram || diśām antaṃ gamiṣyāmi sāgaraṃ varuṇālayam | yatrāsau sthitavān pautro gamiṣyāmy aham adya vai || prathamaṃ kāṃ diśaṃ yāsye kena syāc chrūyate 'khilam | yadi kaścid vijānīyāt tadā tu sukṛtaṃ bhavet | Colophon tataḥ prabhāte vimale prādurbhūte divākare praviveśa sabhām eko nāradaḥ prahasann iva // k: ins.: :k dṛṣṭvā tu yādavān sarvān kṛṣṇena saha saṃgatān | k: Ñ2 B Dn Ds D1.5.6 cont., K Ñ3 V D2-4 T4 G4.5 ins. after 64: :k tataḥ sa jayaśabdena mādhavaṃ pratyapūjayat | ugrasenādayaste ca tam ṛṣiṃ pratyapūjayan | athābhyutthāya vimanāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ samitidurjayaḥ madhuparkaṃ ca gāṃ caiva nāradāya dadau prabhuḥ // sa viṣṭare sthitaḥ śubhre spardhyāstaraṇasaṃvṛte ṛjvāsīno yathānyāyam uvācedaṃ vaco 'rthavat // kim evaṃ cintayāviṣṭā niḥsaṅgaṃ tamasāvṛtāḥ utsāhanāśāt sarve vai klībā iva vicetasaḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3 M1-3 (G2.5 M4 after 70) ins.: :k atīte divase vīre yādavā adbhutaṃ mahat | evam ukte tu vacane nāradena mahātmanā vāsudevo 'bravīd vākyaṃ śrūyatāṃ bhagavann idam // aniruddho hṛto brahman kenāpi niśi suvrata tasyārthe sarva evāsma cintayāviṣṭacetasaḥ // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 (G2.4.5 after 67) ins.: :k eṣa te yadi vṛttāntaḥ śruto dṛṣṭo 'pi vā mune || bhagavan kathyatāṃ sādhu priyam etan mamānagha | ity evam ukte vacane keśavena mahātmanā prahasya nāradaḥ prāha śrūyatāṃ madhusūdana // nirvṛttaṃ sumahad yuddhaṃ mahāpuruṣasevitam aniruddhasya caikasya bāṇasya ca mahāmṛdhe // uṣā nāma sutā tasya bāṇasyāpratimaujasaḥ tasyārthe citralekhā vai jahārāśu tam apsarāḥ // ubhayor api tatrāsīn mahad yuddhaṃ sudāruṇam prādyumnibāṇayoḥ saṃkhye balivāsavayor iva // k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k asmābhiś cāpi tad yuddhaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sumahad adbhutam | aniruddho bhayāt tena saṃyugeṣv anivartinā baṇena māyām āsthāya baddho nāgair mahābalaḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k hatvā dānavasaṃghāṃś ca koṭiśaḥ śataśas tathā | dṛṣṭam etan mayā viṣṇo prādyumner yuddham īdṛśam | k: T2 G2.4 cont. (K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 ins. after 74): :k vyādiṣṭas tu vadhas tasya bāṇena garuḍadhvaja | taṃ nivāritavān mantrī kumbhāṇḍo nāma tasya ha | k: K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G4.5 cont. (Ś1 Ñ1 ins. after 74): :k kumārasyāniruddhasya tenāśaktena saṃyuge | bāṇena māyām āsthāya sarpair niyamanaṃ kṛtam | uttiṣṭhatu bhavāñ śīghraṃ yaśase vijayāya ca nāyaṃ saṃrakṣituṃ kālaḥ prāṇāṃs tāta jayaiṣiṇām // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k prāṇaiḥ kiṃcid gatair vīro dhairyam ālambya tiṣṭhati | ity evam ukte vacane vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān prāyātrikān vai saṃbhārān ājñāpayata vīryavān // k: D6 T1.2.4 G M4 ins.: :k puṇyāhaghoṣaś ca tadā śuśruve brāhmaṇeritaḥ | tataś candanacūrṇaiś ca lājaiś cāpi samantataḥ niryayau sa mahābāhuḥ kīryamāṇo janārdanaḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k gantum aichaj jagannātho bāṇaṃ hantuṃ mahāsuram | smaraṇaṃ vainateyasya kṛṣṇa tvaṃ kartum arhasi na hy anyena tam adhvānaṃ gantuṃ śakyaṃ mahābhuja // k: K Ñ2 V B D G2.4.5 G (ed.) ins.: :k śrūyatāṃ ca tad adhvānaṃ gantavyam atidurjayam | ekādaśa sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ janārdana taditaḥ śoṇitapuraṃ prādyumnir yatra sāṃpratam // manojavo mahāvīryo vainateyaḥ pratāpavān k: Ñ2 V B2 Dn (B1 (marg.) D2.3 after 80) ins.: :k samāhvayasva govinda sa hi tvāṃ tatra neṣyati | ekena sa muhūrtena bāṇaṃ saṃdarśayiṣyati // tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prādhyāyad garuḍaṃ hariḥ sa kṛṣṇapārśvam āgamya harṣeṇāvasthito 'bhavat // kṛṣṇakeśaḥ pravalayo jiṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇaś ca varṇataḥ caturdaṃṣṭraś caturbāhuś caturvedaṣaḍaṅgavit // śrīvatsāṅko 'ravindākṣa ūrdhvalomā mṛdutvacaḥ samāṅguliḥ samanakho raktāṅgulinakhāntaraḥ // snigdhagambhīranirghoṣo vṛttabāhur mahābhujaḥ ājānubāhuḥ siṃhāsyaḥ siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā sahasram iva sūryāṇāṃ dīpyamānaḥ prakāśate // yaḥ prabhur bhāti bhūtātmā bhūtānāṃ bhāvanaḥ prabhuḥ yasyāṣṭaguṇam aiśvaryaṃ dadau prītaḥ prajāpatiḥ // prajāpatīnāṃ sādhyānāṃ tridaśānāṃ ca śāśvataḥ stūyamānaḥ stavaiḥ sarvaiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ ṛṣibhiś ca mahābhāgair vedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ // saṃvidhānam athājñāpya dvārakāyāṃ mahābhujaḥ k: T1.2 G1.2.4.5 M ins.: :k sātyakau saṃniveśyātha rakṣyatāṃ dvāraketi ca | gamanāya matiṃ cakre vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān // āsthito garuḍaṃ devas tasya cānu halāyudhaḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nu balasyāpi pradyumnaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ // k: D6 T1.2 G1.5 M ins.: :k śrūyante sma tadā vācaḥ sūtamāgadhabandinām | jaya bāṇaṃ mahābāho ye cāsyānucarā raṇe na hi te pramukhe sthātuṃ kaścic chakto mahāmṛdhe // prasāde te dhruvā lakṣmīr vijayaś ca parākrame vijeṣyasi raṇe śatruṃ daityendraṃ sahasainikam // siddhacāraṇasaṃghānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ śṛṇvan vāco 'ntarikṣasthaḥ prayayau keśavo raṇe // Colophon h: HV (CE), adhyāya 110, transliterated from the critical ed. (P. L. Vaidya, Poona 1969) by Arlo Griffiths (Leiden/Groningen); proof-read by Peter Bisschop. This is the version of April 5, 2004 :h tatas tūryaninādaiś ca śaṅkhānāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ bandimāgadhasūtānāṃ sarvaiś cāpi sahasraśaḥ // k: M ins. after 1: D6 after *1293: T4 after 109.87: G2.4 (first time) after 109.88: :k jayājaya jagannātha jaya cakragadādhara | jaya lokatrayāvāsa jayāśeṣajaganmaya || jaya nābhisamutthābja+ +niṣaṇṇacaturānana | jaya kaustubharatnāṃśu+ +vibhāsitajagattraya || jaya śrīkarapadmastha+ +caraṇāmbhoruhadvaya | jaya tridhāmansarveśa jaya lokapitāmaha || jaya yajñapate deva jaya viśvaguro hare | jaya cakragadāśaṅkha+ +padmadīptakarāmbuja || jaya śārṅgādihetyudyat+ +sahasrabhujamaṇḍala | jaya cakrāgninirdagdha+ +nikhilāsuramaṇḍala || jaya yogimanaḥpadma+ +bodhakṛccaraṇāmbuja | nijaikapādasaṃlīna+ +jagattraya hare jaya || jaya sthitilayotpatti+ +kāraṇāśeṣakāraṇa | jaya viṣṇo hṛṣīkeśa jaya bāṇaṃ mahāsura | sa tūnmukhair jayāśīrbhiḥ stūyamāno hi mānavaiḥ babhāra rūpaṃ somārka+ +śakrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ hariḥ // atīva śuśubhe rūpaṃ tasya cābhyutpatiṣyataḥ vainateyasya bhadraṃ te bṛṃhitaṃ haritejasā // k: T1.2 G1.4.5 M ins. after 3: G(ed.) after 4: :k smṛtvā smṛtvā ca tadrūpaṃ śaṅkhacakragadābhṛtaḥ | tṛptiṃ nādyāpi govinda prāpnuyāmo hareḥ sadā | athāṣṭabāhuḥ kṛṣṇas tu parvatākārasaṃnibhaḥ vibabhau puṇḍarīkākṣo vikāṅkṣan bāṇasaṃkṣayam // asicakragadābāṇā dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvam āsthitāḥ carma śārṅgaṃ tathā cāpaṃ śaṅkhaṃ caivāsya vāmataḥ // śīrṣāṇāṃ vai sahasraṃ tu vihitaṃ śārṅgadhanvanā sahasraṃ caiva kāyānāṃ vahan saṃkarṣaṇas tadā // śvetapraharaṇo 'dhṛṣyaḥ kailāsa iva śṛṅgavān āsthito garuḍaṃ rāma udyann iva niśākaraḥ // sanatkumārasya vapuḥ prādur āsīn mahātmanaḥ pradyumnasya mahābāhoḥ saṃgrāme vikramiṣyataḥ // sa pakṣabalavikṣepair vidhunvan parvatān bahūn jagāma mārgaṃ balavān vātasya pratiṣedhayan // ati vāyor atha gatim āsthāya garuḍas tadā siddhacāraṇasaṃghānāṃ śubhaṃ mārgam avātarat // atha rāmo 'bravīd vākyaṃ kṛṣṇam apratimam raṇe svābhiḥ prabhābhir hīnāḥ smaḥ kṛṣṇa kasmād apūrvavat // sarve kanakavarṇābhāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ sma na saṃśayaḥ kim idaṃ brūhi nas tattvaṃ kiṃ meroḥ pārśvagā vayam // k: Ñ2.3 V B1.2 Dn Ds D1.2.5(marg.).6 ins. after the ref.; D3 after 12: :k manye bāṇasya nagaram abhyāśastham ariṃdama | rakṣārthaṃ tasya niyato vahnir eṣa sthito jvalan | agner āhavanīyasya prabhayā sma samāhatāḥ tena no varṇavairūpyam idaṃ jātaṃ halāyudha // yadi sma saṃnikarṣasthā yadi niṣprabhatāṃ gatāḥ tad vidhatsva svayaṃ buddhyā yad atrānantaraṃ hitam // kuruṣva vainateya tvaṃ yan naḥ kāryam anantaram tvayā vidhāne vihite kariṣyāmy aham uttaram // etac chrutvā tadā vākyaṃ keśavasya mahātmanaḥ k: For 16ab, K Ñ2.3 V B D G2 subst.: :k etac chrutvā tu garuḍo vāsudevasya bhāṣitam | k: K Ñ2.3 V B D G2 cont.; G5 M4 ins. after 16ab: :k cakre mukhasahasraṃ hi kāmarūpī mahābalaḥ | gaṅgām upāgamat tūrṇaṃ vainateyas tato balī // k: K Ñ V B D G2.5 ins. after 16; G4 after 14: :k āplutyākāśagaṅgāyām āpīya salilaṃ bahu | pravavarṣoparigato vaitaneyaḥ pratāpavān | tenāgniṃ śamayām āsa buddhimān vinatātmajaḥ | k: After line 1 of *1299, D2 ins.: :k sa pakṣābhyām upādāya vavarṣa salilaṃ bahu | gṛhītvā salilaṃ tatra tam agnim abhiṣecayat agnir āhavanīyas tu tataḥ śāntim upāgamat // k: After 17, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G2.4.5 G(ed.) ins.: :k taṃ dṛṣṭvāhavanīyaṃ tu śāntam ākāśagaṅgayā | paramaṃ vismayaṃ gatvā suparṇo vākyam abravīt || aho vīryam athāgnes tu yo dahed yugasaṃkṣaye | k: Ñ2 V2.3 B Dn1 Ds D6 cont.: :k tad eva varṇavairūpyaṃ cakre kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ | trayas trayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ paryāptā iti me matiḥ kṛṣṇaḥ saṃkarṣaṇaś caiva pradyumnaś ca mahābalaḥ // tataḥ praśānte dahane saṃpratasthe sa pakṣirāṭ svapakṣabalavikṣepaiḥ kurvan ghoraṃ mahāsvanam // tān dṛṣṭvācintayaṃs tatra rudrasyānucarāgnayaḥ k: After 20ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k niyuktāḥ śūlinā pūrvaṃ rakṣaṇe nagarasya hi | ūcuḥ paramasaṃkruddhā jvālayanto diso daśa | āsthitā garuḍaṃ hy ete nānārūpā bhayāvāhāḥ kim artham iha saṃprāptāḥ ke vāpīme janās trayaḥ // niścayaṃ nādhyagacchanta te girivrajavahnayaḥ prāvartayaṃś ca saṃgrāmaṃ tais tribhiḥ saha yādavaiḥ // k: After 22 (=21?), N (except Ś1; Ñ1 om.) T4 G2.4.5 ins.: :k teṣāṃ yuddhe prasaktānāṃ saṃnādaḥ sumahān abhūt || taṃ ca śrutvā mahānādaṃ siṃhānām iva garjatām | athāṅgirāḥ svapuruṣaṃ preṣayām āsa buddhimān | yatra tad vartate yuddhaṃ tatra gacchasva māciram | k: corr. tad vavartate :k athājñaptas tu bāṇena puruṣo vai manojavaḥ dṛṣṭvā tat sarvam āgacche+ +tyuktaḥ prahvas tatas tvaran // tathety uktvā sa tad yuddhaṃ vartamānam avaikṣata agnīnāṃ vāsudevena saṃsaktānāṃ mahāmṛdhe // te jātavedasaḥ sarve kalmāṣaḥ khasṛmas tathā dahanaḥ śoṣaṇaś caiva tapanaś ca mahābalaḥ svadhākārasya viṣaye prakhyātāḥ pañca vahnayaḥ // athāpare mahābhāgāḥ svair anīkair vyavasthitāḥ k: After 25ab, D3 ins.: :k agnayaḥ samadṛśyanta jvalamānā mahāhave | paṭaraḥ patagaḥ svarṇo agādho bhrāja eva ca svāhākārāśrayā pañca ayudhyaṃs te 'pi cāgnayaḥ // jyotiṣṭomahavirbhāgau vaṣaṭkārāśrayau punaḥ dvāv agnī saṃprayudhyetāṃ mahātmānau mahādyutī tayor madhye 'ṅgirāś caiva maharṣir vibabhau prabhuḥ // k: After 26cd, Ñ2.3 B Dn D6 G(ed.) ins.: :k āgneyaṃ ratham āsthāya śūlam udyamya bhāsvaram | sthitam aṅgirasaṃ dṛṣṭvā syandane puruṣottamaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ provāca vacanaṃ smayann iva punaḥ punaḥ // tiṣṭhadhvam agnayo yūyam eṣa vo vidadhe bhayam mamāstratejasā dadghā diśo yāsyatha vikṣatāḥ // athāṅgirās triśūlena dīptena samadhāvata ādadāna iva krodhāt kṛṣṇaprāṇān madhāmṛdhe // triśūlaṃ tasya tad dīptaṃ ciccheda parameṣubhiḥ ardhacandrais tathā tīkṣṇair yamāntakanibhair yudhi // sthūṇākarṇena cāstreṇa dīptena sumahāyaśāḥ vivyādhāntakatulyena vakṣasy enam atho 'nadat // rudhiraughaplutair gātrais tadāgnir cihvalann iva viṣṭabdhagātraḥ sahasā papāta dharaṇītale // śeṣās tato 'gnayaḥ sarve catvāro brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ āvāhayaṃs tadā śīghraṃ bāṇasya puram antikāt // k: After 33, K1.2 Dn D1.4 ins.: :k avagāhat tataḥ kṛṣṇo yatra bāṇapuraṃ tataḥ | k: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V B Ds D4.6 ins. after the addl. colophon: K3.4 D2.3.5 T4 G5 after 33: Dn D1 cont. after *1306: :k atha bāṇapuraṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrāt provāca nāradaḥ | etat tacchoṇitapuraṃ kṛṣṇa paśya mahābhuja || atra rudro mahātejā rudrāṇyā sahito 'vasat | guhaś ca bāṇaguptyarthaṃ satataṃ kṣemakāraṇāt || nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṛṣṇas tv idam athābravīt | kṣemaṃ cintayatām atra śrūyatāṃ ca mahāmune || yadi vāvatared rudro bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ prati | śaktito vayam apy atra saha yotsyāma tena vai || evaṃ vivadatos tatra kṛṣṇanāradayos tadā | prāptā nimeṣamātreṇa śīghratvād garuḍena te | tataḥ śaṅkhaṃ samānīya vadane puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ k: CE prints pupkarekṣaṇaḥ :k k: After 34ab, B1 D2.3 ins.: :k pradadhmau samare kṛṣṇo nādenāpūrayan diśaḥ | vāyuvegena taṃ dadhmau meghaś candram ivodgiran // tataḥ pradhmāpya taṃ śaṅkhaṃ bhayam utpādya vīryavān k: After 35ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k agniṃ jitvā tadā viṣṇur bāṇasya purarakṣiṇaḥ | praviveśa puraṃ kṛṣṇo bāṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 ins. after the addl. colophon: G(ed.) after 35: :k tato bāṇapuraṃ prāpya śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau janārdanaḥ | tato hi balabhadras tu dadhmau śaṅkham anuttamam || pradyumnaś cāpi saṃkruddho dadhmau śaṅkham anuttamam | garuḍaḥ pakṣavātena bāṇasainyaṃ vyadhūnayat || caturṇāṃ ca mahārāja sāgarāṇāṃ yathā svanaḥ | prādur babhūva tumulaḥ śabdo bāṇapuraṃ prati | tataḥ śaṅkhapraṇādena bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ bāṇānīkāni sahasā samanahyanta sarvaśaḥ // tataḥ kiṃkarasainyaṃ tad abhyāgāt samare mahat koṭiśaś cāpi bahudhā dīptapraharaṇaṃ tadā // tad asaṃkhyeyam ekasthaṃ mahābhraghanasaṃnibham nīlāñjanacayaprakhyam aprameyaṃ tathākṣayam // te pradīptapraharaṇā daityadānavarākṣasāḥ pramāthagaṇamukhyāś ca te 'yudhyan kṛṣṇasaṃgatāḥ // sarvatas taiḥ pradīptāsyaiḥ sārciṣmadbhir ivānalaiḥ k: After 40ab, Ñ2.3 V1.3 B Dn D4-6 T1 G1.3-5 ins.: :k abhyupetya tadātyugrair yakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ | āpīyata tadā raktaṃ caturṇām api saṃyuge // tato rāmo mahābāhuḥ keśavaṃ vākyam abravīt k: For 41ab, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G(ed.) subst.: :k tadbalaṃ tu samāsādya balabhadro mahābalaḥ | provāca vacanaṃ tatra parasya balanāśanam | kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho vidhatsvaiṣāṃ mahad bhayam // iti saṃcoditaḥ kṛṣṇo balabhadreṇa dhīmatā teṣāṃ vadhārtham āgneyaṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ astram astravidāṃ śreṣṭho yamāntakasamaprabham // sa vidhūyāsuragaṇān kravyādān astratejasā prayayau tvarayā yukto yato 'dṛśyata tadbalam // śūlapaṭṭisaśaktyṛṣṭi+ +pinākaparighāyudham pramāthagaṇabhūyiṣṭhaṃ balaṃ tad abhavat kṣitau // śailameghapratīkāśair nānārūpair bhayānakaiḥ k: After 45ab, T2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k vetāḷaiś ca piśācaiś ca bhakṣayadbhiś ca māṃsakam | vāhanaiḥ saṃghaśaḥ sarve yodhās tatrāvatasthire vātoddhūtair iva ghanair viprakīrṇair ivācalaiḥ // k: After 45, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G5 ins.: :k śuśubhe tatra bahulair anīkair bahudhānvibhiḥ | musalair asibhiḥ śūlair gadābhiḥ parighais tathā || adhāvat tad asaṃkhyeyaṃ śuśubhe sarvato balam | tataḥ saṃkarṣaṇo devam uvāca madhusūdanam | vainateyagato rāmas tān dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇam abravīt kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho yad etad dṛśyate balam etaiḥ saha raṇe yoddhum icchāmi puruṣottama // k: After 46, T1.2 G1.4.5 M1-3 ins.: :k iti bruvāṇaṃ rāmaṃ taṃ kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt | mamāpy eṣaiva saṃjātā buddhir ity abravīc ca tam k: For 47ab, Ś1 subst.: :k eṣo 'bhilaṣitaḥ kāmaḥ prāg eva hi mamābhavat | ebhiḥ saha samāgantum iccheyaṃ yuddhadurmadaiḥ // yudhyataḥ prāṅmukhasyāstu suparṇo vai mamāgrataḥ savye pārśve ca pradyumnas tathā me dakṣiṇe bhavān // rakṣitavyam athānyonyam asmin ghore mahāmṛdhe evaṃ bruvantas te 'nyonyam adhirūḍhāḥ khagottamam // k: After 49, S (except T4; T3 G2 missing) ins.: :k tato yuddhaṃ mahac cakre lāṅgalenātha lāṅgalī | sahasram ayutaṃ rāmo jaghāna ditinandanān | giriśṛṅganibhair yuddhe gadāmusalalāṅgalaiḥ yudhyato rauhiṇeyasya raudraṃ rūpam abhūt tadā yugānte sarvabhūtāni kālasyeva didhakṣataḥ // ākṛṣya lāṅgalāgreṇa musalena vyapothayat caraty atibalo yuddhe yuddhamārgaviśāradaḥ // pradyumnaḥ śarajālais tān samantāt pratyavārayat dānavān puruṣavyāghro yudyamānān sahasraśaḥ // snigdhāñjanacayaprakhyaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ pradhmāpya bahuśaḥ śaṅkham ayudhyata janārdanaḥ // pakṣaprahārābhihatāṃs tuṇḍāgranakhavikṣatān akarot samare śatrūn vainateyaḥ pratāpavān // k: K Ñ2.3 V1.2 B2.3 Dn D1-5 T4 G5 subst. for 54cd: Ds1 ins. after 54: Ds2 after 54ab: :k nītā vaivasvatamukhaṃ vainateyena dhīmatā | tair hanyamānaṃ daityānām anīkaṃ bhīmavikramaiḥ abhajyata tadā saṃkhye bāṇavarṣasamāhatam // k: After 55, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k nirjitya kaiṃkaraṃ sainyaṃ harir lokanamaskṛtaḥ | pāñcajānyaṃ mahāśaṅkhaṃ dadhmau daityabhayaṃkaram | bhajyamāneṣv anīkeṣu trātukāmaḥ samabhyayāt k: After 56ab, Ds1(marg.) ins.: :k etasminn antare rājan nāradaḥ prayayau raṇāt | kailāsaṃ merusaṃkāśaṃ dṛṣṭo rudreṇa pūjitaḥ | pṛṣṭaḥ kim iha devarṣe saṃprāptas tad vadasva me || tataḥ prahasya devarṣiḥ prāha rudraṃ mahīpate | bāṇaḥ saṃhanyate deva kṛṣṇena halinā kila | tasya sarvam anīkaṃ tu bhagnaṃ tan nāvatiṣṭhati || kiṃ vartase 'dya niścinto bhartas te pīḍyate kila | kuruṣva tasya sāhāyyaṃ bhaktādhīno bhavān iti || nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā haraḥ prasphuritādharaḥ | niśvāsaṃ mumuce rājann astaḥ kaś cid vinirgataḥ || taṃ kiṃ karomīti haraṃ pṛcchantaṃ prāha bhūtapaḥ | gaccha bāṇapuraṃ śīghraṃ jahi kṛṣṇahalāyudhau || tathety antardadhe so 'pi yayau yatra harir halī | pramathān āha rudras tu sajjā bhavata sattamāḥ || sajjair gacchata mātsyārddho (?) mayūrondaravāhanau | gaccha nārada tatra tvaṃ bāṇam āśvāsaya prabho || eṣa mām āgataṃ paśya tvatkṛte daityasattama | ghātayāmi yaduśreṣṭhau prāptau yāv iha mandadhīḥ || tatheti nāradaḥ prāpto bāṇāyāvedayat tadā | punar yayau kṛṣṇapārśvaṃ khecaro vā garutmani || kārayām āsa rudras tu prayānodyogam uttamam || jvaras tu raṇam āgatya dadarśa halinaṃ raṇe | ghnantaṃ dānavadaiteyāṃs taṃ hantuṃ sa samāgataḥ | jvaras tripādas triśirās tadā samaradurjayaḥ // bhasmapraharaṇo ghoraḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ nadan meghasahasrasya tulyanirghātanisvanaḥ // halāyudham abhikruddhaḥ sākṣepam idam abravīt k: After 58ab, T1 G1.3-5 ins.: :k kiṃ māṃ yudhyasi durbuddhe balavantaṃ mahāsvanam | kim evaṃ balamatto 'si na māṃ paśyasi saṃyuge tiṣṭha tiṣṭha na me jīvan mokṣyase raṇamūrdhani // ity evam uktvā prahasan halāyudham abhidravat yugāntāgninibhair ghorair muṣṭibhir janayan bhayam // caratas tasya saṃgrāme maṇḍalāni sahasraśaḥ rauhiṇeyasya śaighryeṇa nāvasthānam adṛśyata // k: After 60, D6 T1.4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k savyena bāhunā bhasma cikṣepa balavakṣasi | tasya bhasma tadā kṣiptaṃ jvareṇāpratimaujasā śaighryāl lakṣye nipatitaṃ śarīre parvatopame // tad bhasma vakṣasas tasya meroḥ śikharam āgatam pradīptaṃ patitaṃ tat tu giriśṛṅgaṃ vyadārayat // roṣeṇābhiprajajvāla bhasmanā kṛṣṇapūrvajaḥ niḥśvasañ jṛmbhamāṇaś ca nidrānvitatanur muhuḥ // netrayor ākulatvaṃ ca muhuḥ kurvan bhramaṃs tadā saṃhṛṣṭalomā glānākṣaḥ kṣiptacitta iva śvasan // tato haladharo mattaḥ kṛṣṇam āha vicetanaḥ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho pradīpto 'smy abhayaṃkara dahyāmi sarvatas tāta kathaṃ śāntir bhaven mama // ity evam ukte vacane pariṣvakto halāyudhaḥ k: After 66a, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G5 ins.: :k balenāmitatejasā | prahasya vacanaṃ prāha kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ | na bhetavyam itītyuktvā | kṛṣṇena paramasnehāt tato dāhāt pramucyata // k: For 66cd, Ś1 Ñ1 T1.2 G M subst.: :k kṛṣṇena sahasā yuddhe jvaraṃ bhasmapraśāntaye | k: While N (except Ś1 Ñ1) ins. after 66: G1.5 after line 1 of 1326*: :k mokṣayitvā balaṃ tatra dāhāt tu madhusūdanaḥ | provāca paramakruddho vāsudevo jvaraṃ tadā k: T1.2 G1.3.4 M subst. for 67ab: G5 ins. after 67ab: G(ed.) after 1325*: :k balabhadro hṛṣīkeśāc chāntiṃ prāptas tadā raṇe || tayor antaram āsādya tasthau yuddhāya keśavaḥ | vyāvidhya sahasā bāhuṃ jvaram etad uvāca ha | ehy ehi jvara yudhyasva yā te śaktir mahāmṛdhe tāṃ darśayasva samare mayi yuddhaviśārada // k: For 67ef, N (except Ś1) G5 G(ed.) subst.: :k yac ca te pauruṣaṃ sarvaṃ tad darśayatu no bhavān | k: G5 G(ed.) cont.: T1.2 G1.3.4 M ins. after 67: :k tataḥ kruddho jvaro rājan duḥkhānām agraṇīr harim | savyetarābhyāṃ bāhubhyām evam ukto jvaras tadā cikṣepa cainaṃ tad bhasma jvālāgarbhaṃ mahāgadaḥ // k: After 68, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k bhasmanā viddhadehas tu devadevo janārdanaḥ | tataḥ pradīptas tu vibhur muhūrtam abhavat tadā kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śamaṃ cāgnir gataḥ punaḥ // tatas tair bhujagākārair bāhubhis tu tribhis tadā jaghāna kṛṣṇaṃ grīvāyāṃ muṣṭinaikena corasi // k: After 70, D6 S (T3 G2 missing) G(ed.) ins.: :k tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśo muṣṭinā nijaghāna tam | vakṣaḥsthale sa bhūtātmā mūrdhni caiva punaḥ punaḥ || tato jvaraḥ samāvidhya bāhū dhamanisaṃtatau | tābhyāṃ vakṣaḥ samāhatya dadaṃśa ca yadūttamam || tato 'sahañ jagannāthaḥ ānane samapothayat | sa saṃprahāras tumulas tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ jvarasya ca mahān āsīt kṛṣṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ parvateṣu patantīnām aśanīnām iva svanaḥ // k: After 71, T1.2 G1.3.5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k aṣṭābhiś ca tribhiś caiva bāhubhiś ca tadā raṇam | prāvartata mahāghoraṃ devānāṃ tatra paśyatām | kṛṣṇajvarabhujaprāṇair yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam naivam evaṃ prahartavyam iti tatrābhavat svanaḥ muhūrtam abhavad yuddham anyonyaṃ sumahātmanoḥ // k: After 72, T1.2 G1.3-5 M1.3.4 ins.: :k hantum aicchat tadā viṣṇur jvaraṃ lokabhayaṃkaram | tato jvaraṃ kanakavicitrabhūṣaṇaṃ nyapīḍayad bhujavalayena saṃyuge yam akṣayaṃ samupanayañ jagatpatiḥ śarīradhṛg gaganacaraṃ mahāmṛdhe // h: HV (CE), adhyāya 111, transliterated from the critical ed. (P. L. Vaidya, Poona 1969) by Arlo Griffiths (Leiden/Groningen); proof-read by Arlo Griffiths. This is the version of April 5, 2004 :h mṛta ity abhivijñāya jvaraṃ śatruniṣūdanaḥ kṛṣṇo bhujabalābhyāṃ taṃ cikṣepātha mahītale // muktamātras tu bāhubhyāṃ kṛṣṇadehaṃ viveśa saḥ amuktvā vigrahaṃ tasya kṛṣṇasyāpratimaujasaḥ // k: T1.2 G1.3.4 M subst. for 2cd: G5 ins. after 1: G(ed.) after 2: :k praviśya hṛdayaṃ tasya babādhe yadusattamam | sa hy āviṣṭas tadā tena jvareṇāpratimaujasā kṛṣṇaḥ skhalann iva muhuḥ kṣitau samabhivartata // jṛmbhate ca tadā kṛṣṇaḥ punaś ca skhalate bhṛśam romāñ cotthitagātras tu nidrayā cābhibhūyate // k: N (except Ś1 K3 Ñ1) T4 G4 ins. after 4: G5 after 5ab: :k tasya sthairyaṃ samālambya kṛṣṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | vikurvati mahāyogī jṛmbhamāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | jvarābhimṛṣṭam ātmānaṃ vijñāya puruṣottamaḥ so 'sṛjaj jvaram anyaṃ tu pūrvajvaravināśanam // k: After 5, Ś1 ins.: :k sa vaiṣṇavajvaro gṛhya taṃ ca vai jvaram ojasā | kṛṣṇāya na (?) saṃprayacchaṃs taṃ jagrāha punar hariḥ | k: While Ñ2.3 V B1.3 Dn Ds D1.5 G(ed.) ins. after 5: :k ghoraṃ vaiṣṇavam atyugraṃ sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkaraṃ | sṛṣṭavān atha tejasvī balavān bhīmavikramaḥ | k: Ñ2.3 V B1.3 Dn Ds D1.5 G(ed.) cont.: K Ñ1 B2 D2-4.6 T4 G4.5 ins. after 5: Ś1 cont. after 1335*: :k jvaraḥ kṛṣṇavisṛṣṭas tu gṛhītvā taṃ jvaraṃ balāt | kṛṣṇāya hṛṣṭaḥ prāyacchat taṃ jagrāha tato hariḥ || tatas taṃ paramakruddho vāsudevo mahābalaḥ | svagātrāt svajvareṇaiva niṣkrāmayata vīryavān || āvidhya bhūtale cainaṃ śatadhā kartum udyataḥ | vyāghoṣayaj jvaras tatra bhoḥ paritrātum arhasi | k: After line 4, D2 ins.: :k māheśvaro vaiṣṇavaś ca yuyudhāte jvarāv ubhau | māheśvaraḥ samākrandan vaiṣṇavena balārditaḥ | k: G4.5 cont.: T1.2 G1.3 M G(ed.) ins. after 5: :k kṛṣṇajvaro jvaraṃ pūrvaṃ gṛhītvā svena tejasā | nanāda sumahānādaṃ vaiṣṇavaḥ sa mahābalaḥ | caturbhujaś caturvaktraḥ sarvapraharaṇodyataḥ || tayos tu tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ jvarayor bāhuśālinoḥ || tato devāḥ sagandharvā divisthā yuddhalālasāḥ | dadṛśuś ca mahad yuddhaṃ bhūtāni ca samantataḥ | tato māheśvaro yuddhe tāḍayām āsa vaiṣṇavam | bāhunā tāḍitas tena nanāda bahuvistaram || sa gato vaiṣṇavaṃ rājan raudraṃ bhasmāyudhaṃ raṇe | dvābhyām atha ca bāhubhyāṃ gṛhītvātāḍayad balī || itarābhyāṃ samāhatya bāhubhyāṃ vaiṣṇavo jvaraḥ | nanāda sumahānādaṃ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ || tato raudro jvaro rājan muṣṭinātha jaghāna tam | dadaṃśa dantair bahudhā jvaraṃ keśavam āhave || bāhubhyām eva tau rājan yuyudhāte mahāgadau | anyonyaṃ tāḍayantau ca muṣṭibhir jvarasattamau || cakratuś ca mahānādaṃ jvarau tau lokaviśrutau | vaiṣṇavo 'tha jvaro rājan grahītuṃ raudrasaṃjñitam || yatate bahudhā tatra muṣṭinātha jaghāna tam | āhatya bāhunā bhūyo niṣpipeṣa punaḥ punaḥ || niṣpiṣṭahṛdayas tūrṇaṃ śūlino jvarasattamaḥ | nanāda bahudhā nādaṃ bhūmau viparivartate || gṛhītvā tu balād raudram ākṛṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ | kṛṣnāya hṛṣtaḥ prāyacchat kiṃ kariṣyāmy ataḥ param || haniṣye devadeveśa bhakṣayiṣye 'tha vā punaḥ | ity uktvā sumahānādaṃ cakāra raṇamūrdhani || utthāya ca hṛṣīkeśo jvaraṃ māheśvaraṃ raṇe | hantum aicchat tadā loko nirjvaro 'stv iti keśavaḥ | vyāvidhyamāne tu tadā jvare tenāmitaujasā aśarīrā tato vāṇī tam uvācāntarikṣagā // kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahābāho yadūnāṃ nandivardhana mā vadhīr jvaram etaṃ vai rakṣaṇīyas tvayānagha ity evam ukte vacane taṃ mumoca hariḥ svayam // k: After 7, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G4.5 M4 G(ed.) ins.: :k bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasya jagataḥ paramo guruḥ || evam ukto hṛṣīkeśaṃ jvaro vākyam athābravīt | kṛṣṇasya pādayor mūrdhnā śaraṇaṃ so 'gamaj jvaraḥ || śṛṇuṣva mama govinda vijñāpyaṃ yadunandana | yo me manorathā deva taṃ tvaṃ kuru mahābhuja | k: On the other hand, T1.2 G1.3 M1-3 ins. after 7: D6 after line 2 of 1339*: G4.5 M4 G(ed.) after line 1 of 1399*: :k tam uvāca jvaro bhūyaḥ sākṣād viṣṇur iva svayam | praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ || namaḥ kṛṣṇāya haraye viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave | ādidevāya devāya purāṇāya gadābhṛte || namaḥ sahasraśirase sahasracaraṇāya ca | sahasrākṣa namo nityaṃ lokānām abhayaṃkara | udgīthāya namo deva yajñādhipataye namaḥ || namas te cakriṇe nityam asihastāya te namaḥ || anantāya virūpāya namas te madhusūdana | namas te devadeveśa tubhyaṃ deva kapardine || namas te rākṣasaghnāya namo rāghavarūpiṇe | jñānajñeyāya devāya nama ādyāya viṣṇave || namas te narasiṃhāya daityarājavihāriṇe | namas tubhyaṃ varāhāya daṃṣṭroddhṛtavasuṃdhara || trivikrama namas tubhyaṃ baliyajñavināśana | vāsudevāya devāya namaḥ kaṃsavināśana || namaḥ sarvātmane deva sarvakartre namo namaḥ || prasīda devadeveśa bhītānām abhayaṃkara || namāmi devadeveśaṃ vareṇyam abhayapradam | viṣṇo tvāṃ sakaleśeśa tvāṃ gadādharam avyayam || namas te devadeveśa bhīto 'haṃ bhavanāśana | iti stutvā jagannāthaṃ nṛtyann iva tadā jvaraḥ | papāta pādayor viṣṇor niḥśvasan bhītabhītavat || prasīda viṣṇo deveśa pīḍito 'smi janārdana | tam uvāca jvaro bhūyas tv aham eko jvaro bhuvi k: For 8ab, K Ñ2.3 V B D T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k aham eko jvaras tāta nānyo loke jvaro bhavet | tava prasādān nānyaḥ syāj jvaraḥ samitiśobhana // k: After 8, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G5 ins.: :k evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te yathā tvaṃ jvara kāṅkṣase | varārthināṃ varo deyo bhavāṃś ca śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | eka eva jvaro loke bhavān astu yathāsukham k: Some Mss. om. the ref. T1 G3 śrīkṛṣṇaḥ (for bhagavān). After the ref., T1.2 G1.3.4 M G(ed.) ins.: :k tatas tuṣṭo hṛṣīkeśaḥ stotreṇānena keśavaḥ | prītimāṃś cābhavat kṛṣṇo raudrajvaram uvāca ha | k: After 9ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k antakāle manuṣyāṇāṃ bhūyād bhogāya māmakaḥ | yo 'yaṃ mayā jvaro sṛṣṭo mayy evaiṣa pralīyatām // k: corr. for mayy aivaiṣa :k k: After 9, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G5 G(ed.) ins.: :k evam ukte tu vacane jvaraṃ prati mahāyaśāḥ | kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ punar vākyam uvāca ha || śṛṇuṣva jvara saṃdeśaṃ yathā loke cariṣyasi | sarvajātiṣu vinyastas tathā sthāvarajaṅgame || tridhā vibhajya cātmānaṃ matpriyaṃ yadi kāṅkṣase | catuṣpādān bhajaikena dvitīyena ca sthāvarān || tṛtīyo yaś ca te bhāgo mānuṣeṣūpapatsyate | tridhābhūtaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā pakṣiṣu tvaṃ bhava jvara || caturdhā yas tṛtīyasya bhaviṣyati ca te dhruvam | ekāntaraś caturbhāgaḥ khorakaś ca caturthakaḥ || mānuṣeṣv atha bhedane vasa tvaṃ pravibhajya vai | jātiṣv athāvaśeṣāsu nivasa tvaṃ śṛṇuṣva me || vṛkṣeṣu kīṭarūpeṇa tathā saṃkocapatrakaḥ | pāṇḍupatraś ca vikhyātaḥ phaleṣv āturyam eva ca || apāṃ tu nīlikāṃ vidyāc chikhodbhedaś ca barhiṇām | padminīṣu himo bhūtvā pṛthivyām api coṣaraḥ || gaurikaḥ parvateṣv eva matprasādād bhaviṣyasi | goṣv apasmārako bhūtvā khorakaś ca bhaviṣyasi || evaṃ vividharūpeṇa bhaviṣyasi mahītale || darśanāt sparśanāc cāpi prāṇināṃ vadham eṣyasi | ṛte devamanuṣyebhyo nānyas tvāṃ visahiṣyati || k: corr. for manuṣvebhyo :k kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jvaro hṛṣṭamanā hy abhūt | provāca vacanaṃ kiṃcit praṇamitvā kṛtāñjaliḥ || sarvajātiprabhutvena kṛto dhanyo 'smi mādhava | bhūyaś ca te vacaḥ kartum icchāmi puruṣarṣabha | tad ājñāpaya govinda kiṃ karomi mahābhuja | k: After line 2 of *1345, Ds ins.: :k evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te yathā tvaṃ jvara kākṣase | k: K Ñ2.3 V B D G5 cont.: T1.2 G1 M ins. after 9: :k aham asurakulapramāthinā | tripurahareṇa hareṇa nirmitaḥ | raṇaśirasi vinirjitas tvayā | prabhur asi me 'dya tavāsmi kiṃkaraḥ || jvarasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vāsudevo 'bravīd vacaḥ | abhisaṃdhiṃ śṛṇuṣvādya yat tvā vakṣyāmi niścayāt | k: T1.2 G1.3.5 M G(ed.) cont.: :k yuvāṃ jvarau ca bhavatāṃ pīḍāyāṃ maraṇe tathā | pīḍāyāṃ ca bhavān svāmī maraṇe māmakas tathā || ihaiva līyatāṃ tāvaj jvaro māmaka eva hi | dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yat tvayā matpriyaṃ krṭaṃ ājñāpaya priaṃ kiṃ te cakrāyudha karomy aham // k: M1-3 ins. after 10: T2 G1 M4 after line 4 of 1346*: :k stuvan māṃ bhaktiyuktena stotreṇānena mānavaḥ | jvaradevāvayoḥ samyak cintayan yuddham adbhutam | na tasya jvarasaṃjātā pīḍā bhuvi bhaviṣyati | mahāmṛdhe tava mama ca dvayor imaṃ parākramaṃ bhujabalakevalāstrayoḥ praṇamya mām ekamanāḥ paṭhet tu yaḥ sa vai bhavej jvara vigatajvaro naraḥ // k: After 11, Ś1 K1.3 Ds1(marg.) D4.5(marg.) ins.: :k tripād bhasmapraharaṇas triśirā raktalocanaḥ | sa me prītaḥ sukhaṃ dadyāt sarvāmayapatir jvaraḥ || ādyantavantaḥ kavayaḥ purāṇāḥ | sūkṣmā bṛhanto 'py anuśāsitāraḥ | sarvāñ jvarān ghnantu mamāniruddha+ | +pradyumnasaṃkarṣaṇavāsudevāḥ | evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena jvaraḥ sākṣān mahātmanā k: After 12ab, K1.2.4 Ñ2.3 V B D T4 G5 M4 G(ed.) ins.: :k provāca yaduśārdūlam evam etad bhaviṣyati || varaṃ labdhvā jvaro hṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇāc ca samayaṃ punaḥ | k: While T.1.2 G.1.3.4 M1-3 ins. after 12ab: :k evam astv iti govindaṃ babhāṣe keśavaṃ tadā | praṇamya śirasā kṛṣṇam apakrāntas tato raṇāt // k: After 12c, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k bhaktānām abhayaṃkaram | vāsudevaṃ mahātmānaṃ | h: HV (CE), adhyāya 112, transliterated from the critical ed. (P. L. Vaidya, Poona 1969) by Arlo Griffiths (Leiden/Groningen); proof-read by Arlo Griffiths. This is the version of April 5, 2004 :h tatas te sahitāḥ sarve trayastraya ivāgnayaḥ vainateyaṃ samāruhya yudhyamānā raṇe sthitāḥ // tataḥ sarvāṇy anīkāni bāṇavarṣair mahābalāḥ ardayan vainateyasthā nadanto 'tibalā raṇe // cakralāṅgalapātaiś ca bāṇavarṣaiś ca pīḍitam saṃcukopa mahānīkaṃ dānavānāṃ mahātmanām // kakṣe 'gnir iva saṃvṛddhaḥ śuṣkendhanasamīritāḥ kṛṣṇabāṇāgnir udbhūto vivṛddhim upagacchati // sa dānavasahasrāṇi tasmin samaramūrdhani yugāntāgnir ivārciṣmān dahamāno vyarājata // k: After 5, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k tatrāśītisahasrāṇi nāgānāṃ nihatāni ca | lakṣaṃ ca rathavṛndaṃ tu hataṃ keśavasāyakaiḥ || aśvānāṃ śatasāhasram ayutaṃ pattināṃ tathā | niḥśeṣitātha sā senā palāyanaparābhavat | tāṃ dīryamāṇāṃ mahatīṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatām senāṃ bāṇaḥ samāsādya vārayan vākyam abravīt // lāghavaṃ samupāgamya kim evaṃ bhayaviklavāḥ daityavaṃśasamutpannāḥ palāyadhyvaṃ mahāmṛdhe // kavacāsigadāprāsān khaḍgacarmaparaśvadhān utsṛjyotsṛjya gacchanti kiṃ bhavanto 'ntarikṣagāḥ // svajātiṃ caiva vāsaṃ ca harasaṃsargam eva ca mānayadbhir na gantavyam eṣo hy aham avasthitaḥ // evam uccāritāṃ vācaṃ śṛṇvantas tām acintya vai apakrāmanta te sarve dānavā bhayapīḍitāḥ // pramāthagaṇaśeṣaṃ tu tadanīkapuraḥsaram bhagnāvaśeṣaṃ yuddhāya manaś cakre punas tadā // kumbhāṇḍo nāma bāṇastha sakhāmātyaś ca vīryavān balaṃ bhagnaṃ samālokya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt // eṣa bāṇaḥ sthito yuddhe śaṃkaro 'yaṃ guhas tathā kimarthaṃ yuddham utsṛjya bhavanto bhayamohitāḥ // k: After 13, Ñ2 B Dn Ds D5 ins.: :k prāṇāṃs tyaktvā ca yudhyadhvaṃ sarve dānavapuṃgavāḥ | k: B1.2 cont.: :k evaṃ saṃstūyamānās te kumbhāṇḍena mahātmanā | naiva tastambhire daityāḥ palāyanta samantataḥ | k: B1.2 cont.: Ñ2 B3 Dn Ds D5 cont. after 1354*: K V D2-6 T4 G(ed.) ins. after 13: :k evaṃ kumbhāṇḍavākyaṃ te śṛṇvanto bhayavihlavāḥ | cakrāgnibhayavitrastāḥ sarve yānti diśo daśa || bhagnaṃ balaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā | saṃraktanayanaḥ sthāṇur yuddhāya paryavartata || bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ kartuṃ ratham āsthāya suprabham | devaḥ kumāraś ca tathā rathenāgninibhena vai | k: While after 13, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins. an addl. colophon (...) and cont.: :k tataḥ kruddho haraḥ sākṣād nadī khaṅgī paraśvadhī | śūlī niṣaṅgī kavacī bāṇī kārmukavāñ śivaḥ | nandīśvarasamāyuktaṃ ratham āsthāya vīryavān saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭo rudraḥ pradhāvati yato hariḥ // k: After 14, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k tasyānuyātā vetāḷāḥ piśācāś candramālinaḥ | pibantaḥ śoṇitaṃ bhūyaḥ karālā nirṇatodarāḥ | pibann iva tadākāśaṃ siṃhayukto mahāsvanaḥ ratho bhāti ghanonmuktaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ yathā śaśī // k: After 15, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G5 ins.: :k tato gaṇasahasrais tu nānārūpair bhayāvahaiḥ | nadadbhir vividhān nādān ratho devasya so 'bhayāt || ke cit siṃhamukhās tatra tathā vyāghramukhāś ca ha | nāgāśvoṣṭramukhās tatra prāvepann abhipīḍitāḥ | vyālayajñopavītāś ca ke cit tatra mahābalāḥ || kharoṣṭragajavaktrāś ca aśvagrīvāś ca saṃsthitāḥ || chāgamārjāravaktrāś ca meṣavaktrās tathā pare | cīriṇaḥ śikhinaś cānye jaṭilordhvaśiroruhāḥ || bhagnāḥ paripatanti sma śaṅkhaduṃdubhinisvanaiḥ | ke cit saumyamukhās tatra divyaiḥ śastrair alaṃkṛtāḥ || nānāpuṣpakṛtāpīḍā nānāpraharaṇāyudhāḥ | vāmanā vikaṭāś caiva siṃhavyāghraparicchadāḥ | rudhirārdramahādaṃṣṭrā mahāmāṃsabalipriyāḥ || devaṃ saṃparivāryātha mahāśatrupramardanam | līlāyamānās tiṣṭhanti saṃgrāmābhimukhonmukhāḥ || tato divyaṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā rudrasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | kṛṣṇo garuḍam āsthāya yayau rudrāya saṃyuge | vainateyastham asyantam āyāntam agraṇīr haraḥ k: After 16ab, T1.3 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti covāca kruddho 'haṃkāragarvitaḥ || bhagavān api govindaḥ smayann iva ca saṃsthitaḥ | sthito 'smi tava saṃgrāme yatheṣṭaṃ kriyatām iti | hariṃ vivyādha kupito nārācānāṃ śatena saḥ // sa śarair arditas tena hareṇāmitraghātinā harir jagrāha kupito hy āstraṃ pārjanyam uttamam // k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G(ed.) ins. after: T2 G1.4.5 after the first occurrence of 18: :k pracacāla tato bhūmir viṣṇurudraprapīḍitā || nāgāś cordhvamukhās tatra vicelur abhipīḍitāḥ | parvatāḥ prastutās tatra jaladhārābhir āplutāḥ || ke cin mumucire tatra śikharāṇi samantataḥ | diśaś ca vidiśaś caiva bhūmir ākāśam eva ca || pradīptānīva dṛśyante sthāṇukṛṣṇasamāgame | samantataś ca nirghātāḥ patanti dharaṇītale || śivāś caivāśivān nādān nadante bhīmadarśanāḥ | vāsavaś cānadad ghoraṃ rudhiraṃ cāpy avarṣata || ulkā ca bāṇasainyasya mukhāny āvṛtya tiṣṭhati | na vavau mārutaś cāpi jyotīṃṣy ākulatām iyuḥ | prabhāhīnāś ca oṣadhyo na caranty antarikṣagāḥ || etasminn antare brahmā sarvair devagaṇair vṛtaḥ | tripurāntakam udyantaṃ jñātvā rudram upāgamat || gandharvāpsarasaś caiva yakṣā vidyādharās tathā | siddhacāraṇasaṃghāś ca paśyanto 'tha divi sthitāḥ || tataḥ pārjanyam astraṃ tat kṣiptaṃ rudrāya viṣṇunā | yayau jvalann atha tadā yato rudro rathe sthitaḥ | tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām niṣpetuḥ sarvato digbhyo yato haratanus tataḥ // athāgneyaṃ mahāraudram astram astravidāṃ varaḥ mumoca ruṣito rudras tad adbhutam ivābhavat // k: After 19, K Ñ2.3 V B D S ins.: :k tato viśīrṇadehās te catvāro 'pi samantataḥ | tato viśīrṇadehās te catvāro 'pi samantataḥ nādṛśyanta śaraiś channā dahyamānāś ca vahninā // k: After 20, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k tato bhūtāni vitresur devāś ca bhayaviklavāḥ | siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakruḥ sarva evāsurottamāḥ hato 'yam iti vijñāya āgneyāntarhite harau // tatas tad viṣahitvājau hy astram astravidāṃ varaḥ k: For 22ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k k: T4 ins. after 22ab: :k tataḥ kruddho hṛṣīkeśaḥ pratiṣidhyāgnisaṃcayaṃ | jagrāha vāruṇaṃ so 'straṃ vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān // udyate vāruṇāstre tu vāsudevena dhīmatā k: For 22ab (= 23ab?), K1.3 Ñ2.3 V B D T4 subst.: :k prayukte vāsudevena vāruṇāstre 'titejasi | āgneyaṃ praśamaṃ yātam astraṃ vāruṇatejasā // k: After 23, N (except ś 1 Ñ1) T4 ins.: :k tasmin pratihate hy astre vāsudevena saṃyuge | paiśācaṃ rākṣasaṃ caiva raudram āṅgirasaṃ bhavaḥ mumocāstrāṇi catvāri yugāntāgninibhāni saḥ // k: After 24, K1.2 Ñ2 B2 D1.4 ins.: :k vāsudevo 'pi cāstrāṇi dṛṣṭvā viprahitāni vai | vāyavyam atha sāvitraṃ vāsavaṃ mohanaṃ tathā atrāṇāṃ vāruṇārthāya vāsudevo mumoca ha // astraiś caturbhiś catvāri vārayitvā ca keśavaḥ jagrāha vaiṣṇavaṃ so 'straṃ vyāditāsyāntakopamam // vaiṣṇavāstre vimukte tu sarva evāsurottamāḥ k: After 27ab, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k bhūtayakṣagaṇāś caiva bāṇānīkaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | diśaḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve bhayamohitalocanāḥ // k: After 27, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G4 ins.: :k pramāthagaṇabhūyiṣṭhe sainye dīrṇe mahāsuraḥ | nirjagāma tato bāṇo yuddhāyabhimukhas tvaran || bhīmapraharaṇair ghorair daityendraiḥ sumahābalaiḥ | vṛto mahārathair vīrair vajrīva surasattamaiḥ || japyaiś ca mantraiś ca tathoṣadhībhir | mahātmanaḥ svastyayanaṃ pracakruḥ | sa tatra vastrāṇi śubhāś ca gāvaḥ | phalāni puṣpāṇi tathaiva niṣkān || baleḥ suto brāhmaṇasattamebhyo | dadau dhanāny āśu yathā dhaneśaḥ | sahasrasūryo bahukiṃkiṇīkaḥ | parārdhyajāmbunadahemcitraḥ || sahasracandrāyutatārakaś ca | ratho mahān agnir ivāvabhāti | tam āsthito dānavasaṃgṛhītaṃ | mahādhvajaḥ kārmukadhṛk sa bāṇaḥ || udvartayiṣyan yadupuṃgavānām | atīva raudraṃ sa bibharti rūpaṃ | sa vegavān vīrarathaughasaṃkulo | viniryayau tān prati daityasāgaraḥ || mahārṇavodbhūtataraṃgasaṃkulo | yathārṇavo lokavināśanāya | bhīmāni saṃtrāsakarair vapurbhis | tāny agrato bhānti balāni tasya || mahārathāny ucchritakārmukāṇi | saparvatānīva vanāni rājan | viniḥsṛtaḥ sāgaratoyavāsād | atyadbhutaṃ cāhavaṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ || andhakārīkṛte loke pradīpte tryambake tadā na nandī nāpi ca ratho na rudraḥ pratyadṛśyata // dviguṇaṃ dīptadehas tu roṣeṇa ca balena ca k: After 29ab, D6 T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k astraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nāma nārāyaṇajighāṃsayā | jagrāha śūlī bhūtātmā devānām atha paśyatām || mumoca ca yathāśakti rudro brahmātmasaṃbhavaḥ | vimuktaṃ tena tac cāstraṃ jagāma ca samīpataḥ || śaṃkarasya tad astraṃ tu prahasan keśavas tadā | jagrāha līlayā viṣṇus tūṇau tac ca vyanikṣipat || kupito rudrarūpeṇa rudraḥ saṃhāramūrtimān || tataḥ śūlaṃ samādāya sarvaśatruvidāraṇam | devadānavagandharva+ +yakṣapannagarakṣasām | bhayaṃkaraṃ mumocātha kṛṣṇam uddiśya śaṃkaraḥ || tac ca śūlaṃ harir dṛṣṭvā nijaśaktyā nyavārayat || tatas trilocanaḥ kruddhaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ | astraṃ pāśupataṃ yat tu loke khyātaṃ svavīryavat | jagrāhātmasamaṃ sākṣād dhantuṃ keśavam ojasā || vijñāyātha tadā viṣṇus tad evāstraṃ samādade || dve hy astre praśamaṃ yāte dvābhyāṃ saṃdhārite tadā | tripurāntakaraṃ bāṇaṃ jagrāha ca caturmukhaḥ // k: After 29, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k agnimārutasomānāṃ viṣṇos tejaḥ samutthitam | anenāhaṃ haniṣyāmi sabandhuṃ sasutaṃ raṇe || iti matvā virūpākṣo dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ | saṃdadhatkārmuke caiva kṣeptukāmas trilocanaḥ vijñāto vāsudevena cittajñena mahātmanā // k: After 30, T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k bāṇenānena bhūteśo māṃ hantuṃ kila niścitaḥ | iti matvā tadā kṛṣṇaḥ pratikāraṃ samārabhat | jṛmbhaṇaṃ nām so 'py astraṃ jagrāha puruṣottamaḥ k: After 31ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k tenāstreṇa tadā kṛṣṇo mantrapūtena keśavaḥ | haraṃ saṃjṛmbhayām āsa kṣiprakārī mahābalaḥ // k: For 31, Ś1 subst.: :k vijṛmbhaṇaṃ nāma tataḥ so 'straṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ | vijṛmbhayām āsa haraṃ tenāstreṇa mahābalaḥ | k: K Ñ V B Dn Ds D1.3-6 T4 ins. after 31: D2 after 30: :k saśaraḥ sadhanuś caiva haras tenāśu jṛmbhitaḥ | saṃjñāṃ na lebhe bhagavān vijetāsurarakṣasām || saśaraṃ sadhanuṣkaṃ ca dṛṣtvātmānaṃ vijṛmbhitam | k: After the above, K1 D1-3 read lines 22-24 of the App. I (No. 37) repeating them in their proper place. :k k: K1 D1-3 ins. after the first occurrence of line 24 of App. I (No. 37): Ñ2 V2.3 B Ds D6 T4 cont. after *1375: :k balonmatto 'tha bāṇo 'sau śarvaṃ codayate 'sakṛt | sṛṣṭim anyāṃ sṛjasveti tadā darpavivṛddhaye || śaktim anyāṃ sṛjann eva tadā darpavivṛddhaye | k: K1 Ñ2 V2.3 B Ds D1-3.6 T4 cont.: K2-4 Ñ1 V1 Dn D4.5 cont. after 1375*: :k tato nanāda bhūtātmā snigdhagambhīranisvanaḥ | pradhmāpayām āsa tadā kṛṣṇaḥ śaṅkhaṃ mahābalaḥ | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins. after 31: :k jṛmbhite ca hare tasmiñ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau sa keśavaḥ | k: note sandhi -ñś- :k śārṅgaṃ ca kūjayām āsa siṃhanādaṃ vyanīnadat || pāravaśyaṃ samāyātaḥ śūlī jṛmbhaṇatejasā | pāñcajanyasya ghoṣeṇa śārṅgavisphūrjitena ca devaṃ vijṛmbhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni tatrasuḥ // k: After 32, T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k dānavāś ca tathā yānti diśo 'tha vidiśo 'pi ca | bāṇaś cāpi tadā rājan bhītabhītaḥ samāśvasat || tato hāhākṛtaṃ sainyaṃ paśyataḥ śūlinas tadā | kiṃ kurmaḥ kva gamiṣyāma iti dānavasattamāḥ | sthitāś ca vimukhā rājan kartavye mūḍhacetasaḥ || atha rudro 'pi sahasā jṛmbhaṇāstreṇa mohitaḥ | kṛtyākṛtyavimūḍhātmā na kiṃ cid pratyapadyata || dhyāthātho manasā tātaṃ bhaktigrāhyam atīndriyam | parāt parataraṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram | nārāyaṇaṃ prabhuṃ kṛṣṇam anantaṃ puruṣottamam || yadi dharmo bhavej jyāyān yuktaṃ madapasarpaṇam | iti dhyātvā haraḥ śīghraṃ tasmād deśād apākramat | k: While N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 ins. after 32 a passage given in App. I (No. 37), after which N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T4 G(ed.) ins.: :k apayāte tato deve kṛṣṇe caiva mahātmani | punaś cāsīt kathaṃ yuddhaṃ pareṣāṃ lomaharṣaṇam | kumbhāṇḍasaṃgṛhītāśve rathe tiṣṭhan guhas tadā abhidudrāva kṛṣṇaṃ ca balaṃ pradyumnam eva ca // k: K1(marg.).2 Ñ2.3 V B2.3 Dn Ds D4-6 ins. after 33: B1 after 34: :k tataḥ śaraśatair ugrais tān vivyādha raṇe guhaḥ | k: Ñ2.3 V B Ds D5.6 cont.: :k amarṣaroṣasaṃkruddhaḥ kumārapravaro nadan | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins. after 33: :k śarāṇāṃ śatasāhasrair vivyādha samare guhaḥ | vāsudevaṃ sahasreṇa śatena balam eva ca | pradyumnaṃ bāṇasāhasrair jaghāna samare guhaḥ | śaraughācitagātrās te trayastraya ivāgnayaḥ śoṇitaughaplutair gātraiḥ pratyayudhyan guhaṃ tadā // tatas te yuddhamārgajñās trayas tribhir anuttamaiḥ vāyavyāgneyapārjanyair bibhidur dīptatejasaḥ // k: After 35, N (except Ś1 K3 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k tān astrāṃs tribhir evāstrair vinivārya sa pāvakiḥ | śailavāruṇasāvitrais tān sa vivyādha sāyakaiḥ | tasya dīptaśaraughasya dīptacāpadharasya ca śaraughān astramāyābhir grasanti sma mahātmanaḥ // k: After 36, Ñ2 ins.: :k bāṇaughe vivṛte tasmin paramakrodhadīpitaḥ | k: Ñ2 cont.: K1.2.4 V B D T4 ins. after 36: K after 35: :k yadā tadā guhaḥ kruddhaḥ prajvalann iva tejasā | astraṃ brahmaśiro nāma kālakalpaṃ durāsadam saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaḥ saṃkhye jagrāha sa guhas tadā // prayukte brahmaśirasi sahasrāṃśusamaprabhe ugre paramadurdharṣe lokakṣayakare tadā // k: After 38, T1.2 G1.3-5 ins.: :k pradhāvan sarvabhūtāni dahyamānāni sarvataḥ | mahābhūteṣu sarveṣu pradhāvatsu tatastataḥ k: Ñ2 V B1.3 Ds D6 ins. after 39ab: B2 after 38: T1.2 G1.3-5 cont. after 1387*: :k astratejaḥpramūḍhe tu viṣaṇṇe jagati prabhuḥ | keśavaḥ keśimathanaś cakraṃ jagrāha vīryavān // sarveṣām astravīryāṇāṃ vāraṇe ghātane tathā cakram apraticakrasya loke khyātaṃ mahātmanaḥ // astraṃ brahmaśiras tena niṣprabhaṃ kṛtam ojasā meghair ivātapāpāye savitur maṇḍalaṃ mahat // tato niṣprabhatāṃ yāte naṣṭavīrye mahaujasi tasmin brahmaśirasy astre śaktiṃ jagrāha kāñcanīm // k: After 42c, K1.3 Ñ2 V3 B Ds D4-6 ins.: :k krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | guhaḥ prajajvāla raṇe haviṣevāgnir ulbaṇaḥ || śatrughīṃ jvalitāṃ divyāṃ | k: After 42, Ñ2 V3 B Ds ins.: :k amoghāṃ dayitāṃ ghorāṃ sarvalokabhayāvahām | maholkām iva tāṃ dīptāṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabhām ghaṇṭāmālākulāṃ śaktiṃ cikṣepa ruṣito guhaḥ // k: After 43, N (except Ś1) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k nanāda balavac cāpi nādaṃ śatrubhayaṃkaram || sā ca kṣiptā tadā tena brahmaṇyena mahātmanā | jṛmbhamāṇeva gagane saṃpradīptamukhī tataḥ āghāvantī mahāśaktiḥ kṛṣṇasya vadhakāṅkṣiṇī // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins. after 44: T4 after 47ab: :k tato vidyādharāḥ sarve gandharvā ṛṣayas tathā | bhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇāḥ sendrāś ca sarvāmarapurogamāḥ śaktiṃ prajvalitāṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhaḥ kṛṣṇa iti bruvan // abhyāśamāgatāṃ tāṃ tu mahāśaktiṃ mahāmṛdhe huṃkāreṇaiva nirbhartsya pātayām āsa bhūtale // pātitāyāṃ mahāśaktyāṃ sādhu sādhv iti sarvaśaḥ siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakruḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ // tato deveṣu nardatsu vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān punaś cakraṃ sa jagrāha bhūtāntakaraṇaṃ tadā // k: After 48, D6 T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M1.3.4 G(ed.) ins.: :k musalaṃ lāṅgalaṃ caiva jagrāha ruṣito balaḥ | tato bhīmo guho devaḥ kartavye vismṛto 'bhavat | vyāvidhyamāne cakre tu kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā k: After 49ab, K1.2 Ñ2.3 V B1.2 D (except D2.6) ins.: :k kumārarakṣaṇārthāya vibhajya svatanuṃ tadā | taṃ dṛṣṭvā pramukhe tasya vyatiṣṭhita ca kauṭavī k: For 49cd, K Ñ1.2 V B D T1.4 G5 (also) subst.: :k digvāsā devavacanāt prātiṣṭhat tatra kauṭavī | k: K Ñ1.2 V B D T4 cont.: T1 G5 cont. after 1397*: :k lambā nāma mahābhāgā bhāgo devyās tathāṣṭamaḥ | citrā kanakaśaktis tu sā ca nagnā sthitāntare || athāntarā kumārasya devīṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābhujaḥ | parāṅmukhas tato vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ | k: While T2 G2.3.5 M ins. after 49cd: T1 G5 cont. after 1395*: :k digvāsā vikaṭā dhūmrā karāḷā nirṇatodarī | bāhū prasārya sahasā grasantīvāmbaraṃ mahat | apagacchāpagaccha tvaṃ dhigdhig ity eva so 'bravīt // k: After 49, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k kim evaṃ kuruṣe vighnaṃ niścitasya vadhaṃ prati || śrutvaiva vacanaṃ tasya kauṭavī tu tadā vibho | naiva vāsaḥ samādhatte kumāraparirakṣaṇāt | k: N (except Ś1 Ñ1) cont.: T1.4 G5 cont. after 1402*: :k apavāhya guhaṃ śīghram apayāhi raṇājirāt | svasti hy evaṃ bhaved adya mokṣyase yotsyatā mayā || tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sthitāṃ devo hariḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani | saṃjahāra tataś cakraṃ bhagavān vāsavānujaḥ || evam ukte tu vacane devadevena dhīmatā | apavāhya guhaṃ devī harasāṃnidhyam āgatā || etasminn antare caiva vartamāne mahābhaye | kumāre rakṣite devyā bāṇas taṃ deśam āyayau || apayātaṃ guhaṃ dṛṣṭvā muktaṃ kṛṣṇena saṃyugāt | bāṇas cintayate tatra svayaṃ yotsyāmi mādhavam | k: After line 1 of 1399, Ñ2 V1 ins.: :k tasmād vaktrākṣi gacha tvaṃ yataḥ skandopagachati | etad eva paraṃ tasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | k: K1.2 Ñ2 V1 Dn D1.2.4.5 G(ed.) cont.: :k bhūtakṣayagaṇās tatra bāṇānīkaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | diśaḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve bhayamohitalocanāḥ || pramāthagaṇabhūyiṣṭhe sainye dīrṇe mahāsuraḥ | nirjagāma tato bāṇo yuddhāyābhimukhas tvaran || bhīmapraharaṇair ghorair daityendraiḥ sumahārathaiḥ | mahābalair mahāvīrair vajrīva surasattamaiḥ || purohitāḥ śatruvadhaṃ vadantas | tathaiva cānye śrutaśīlavṛddhāḥ | japaiś ca mantraiś ca tathauṣadhībhir | mahātmanaḥ svastyayanaṃ pracakruḥ | k: While T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M cont. after 1398*: :k śaśāpa caināṃ ruṣito yaś ca māṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ | dvādaśābdaṃ namas kuryāt tenābhūd yat phalaṃ mahat || tadā saṃdarśanāt tasya tat phalaṃ naśyatāṃ mahat | sadā digambarā bhūyas tiṣṭha vā tvaṃ yatheṣṭataḥ || ity uktvā devadevo 'pi vihāya guham acyutaḥ | parāvṛtya sthitas tūrṇaṃ sabalaḥ sasutas tadā | k: T1.2 G1.3 M4 cont.: :k tadāprabhṛti rājendra digvāsāḥ sābhavat tadā | k: T2 G1.3 M cont.: T1 G5 ins. after line 6 of 1399*: M1-3 cont. after 1401*: :k apākrāmad guho yuddhād yuddhāyaiva ca keśavaḥ | rāmapradyumnasaṃyukto garuḍe garuḍadhvajaḥ || nirjite ca jvare tasmin hare caiva guhe tadā | tatas tūryapraṇādaiś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ siṃhanādaiś ca daityānāṃ bāṇaḥ kṛṣṇam abhidravat // k: After 50, T1.2 G1.3-5 ins.: :k śaktīś caiva gadāś caiva cāpāni vividhāni ca | parighāṃś ca mahāghorāṃś cakrāṇi ca bahūni ca | bāṇānāṃ dhārayām āsa sahasram amitaujasām | k: T1 G5 cont.: N (except Ś1) T4 ins. after 50: :k dṛṣṭvā bāṇaṃ tu niryātaṃ yuddhāyaiva vyavasthitam | āruhya garuḍaṃ kṛṣṇo bāṇāyābhimukho yayau | āyāntam atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā yadūnām ṛṣabhaṃ raṇe k: For 51ab, T2 G1.3.4 M subst.: :k gatvātha kiṃ cid dṛṣṭvaiva svabalaṃ keśavaṃ tadā | vainateyasamārūḍhaṃ kṛṣṇam apratimaujasam // k: After 51, N (except ś Ñ1} T4 G(ed.) ins.: :k atha nāṇas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā pramukhe pratyupasthitam | uvāca vacanaṃ kruddho vāsudevaṃ tarasvinam | tiṣṭha tiṣṭha na me 'dya tvaṃ jīvan pratigamiṣyasi dvārakāṃ dvārakāsthān vā suhṛdo drakṣyase na ca // suvarṇavarṇān vṛkṣāgrān adya drakṣyasi mādhava k: For 53ab, B3 D2.6 T2 G1.3.4 M subst.: :k tvam adyāṣṭabhujaḥ saṃkhye kathaṃ bāhusahasriṇā | mayābhibhūtaḥ samare muhūrṣuḥ kālacoditaḥ // adya bāhusahasreṇa katham aṣṭabhujo raṇe mayā saha samāgamya yotsyase garuḍadhvaja // adya hi tvaṃ mayā yuddhe nirjitaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ dvārakāṃ śoṇitapure nihataḥ saṃsmariṣyasi // nānāpraharaṇopetaṃ nānāṅgadavibhūṣitam adya bāhusahasraṃ me koṭibhūtaṃ niśāmaya // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins. after 56: D5 T4 after the ref. of 52: :k nāhaṃ guho na ca haro na jvaro nāpi cāgnayaḥ | baliputraṃ tu māṃ viddhi bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe | garjatas tasya vākyaughāḥ samudrād iva sindhavaḥ k: After 57ab, T2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k parākramarasopetā mattebhād iva śīkarāḥ | niścaranti mahāghorā vātoddhūtā ivormayaḥ // roṣaparyākule caiva netre tasya babhūvatuḥ jagad didhakṣann iva khe mahāsūrya ivoditau // k: For 57c-58d, Ś1 subst.: :k apiban mṛtyunāviṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇo bāṇam abhidravat || kṣobhavisphūrjite tasya raktanetre babhūvatuḥ | jagad didhakṣū yugapan mahāsūryāvivoditau | bāṇa kiṃ garjase śūrā na garjanti raṇe sthitāḥ ehy ehi yudhyasva raṇe kiṃ mithyāgarjitena te // yadi yuddhāni vacanaiḥ sidhyanti ditinandana bhavān eva jayen nityaṃ bahvabaddhaṃ prabhāṣase // ehy ehi jaya māṃ bāṇa jito vā vasudhātale cirāyāvāṅmukho dīnaḥ patitaḥ śeṣyase 'sura // k: After 61, T1.2.4 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k kākagṛdhrabaḷaiś caiva sarvataḥ pāṭito 'tha vā | ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ marmabhedibhir āśugaiḥ nirbibheda raṇe kṛṣṇas tv amoghair dīptatejasaiḥ // k: After 62, N (except Ś1) T4 G5 ins.: :k vinirbhinnas tu kṛṣṇena mārgaṇairmarmabhedibhiḥ | smayan bāṇas tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat jvaladbhir iva saṃsaktais tasmin yuddhe sudāruṇe // tau tataḥ śaranistriṃśair gadāparighatomaraiḥ k: For 64ab, N (except Ś1) T1.2 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k tataḥ parighanistriṃśair gadātomaraśaktibhiḥ | vinindamānau saṃyattau yuddhe ceratur ojasā // musalaiḥ paṭṭisaiś cāpi chādayām āsa keśavam // aṣṭabāhuḥ sahasreṇa bāhūnāṃ samayudhyata k: After 66ab, K Ñ V B D T4 ins.: :k yodhayām āsa samare dvibāhum atha līlayā | k: B1 cont.: :k tatas tu samare hantuṃ hiraṇyakaśipor yathā | k: B1 cont.: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V B2 Ds D4.6 cont. after 1415*: :k sahasrabāhunā sārdham aṣṭabāhur ayudhyata | bāṇena saha saṃgamya śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ // k: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V B2 Ds D4.6 T1 G1 ins. after 66: K3.4 Ñ1 B3 Dn D1-3 T4 cont. after 1415*: B1 after 1417*: :k lāghavaṃ vīkṣya kṛṣṇasya balisūnū ruṣānvitaḥ | k: T1 G5 cont.: T2 G3.4 ins. after 66: :k mumocāstraṃ tadā yuddhe kṛṣṇo bāṇaḥ pratāpavān | yad astraṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ tapasā nirmitaṃ mahat tad apratihitaṃ yuddhe sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam brahmaṇā vihitaṃ pūrvaṃ tan mumoca baleḥ sutaḥ // tasmin mukte diśaḥ sarvās tamopahatamaṇḍalāḥ prādur āsaṃs tato raudrā na prājñāyata kiṃ cana // k: After 68c, N (except Ś1) T4 ins.: :k ... sughorāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ | tamasā saṃvṛte loke ... | sādhu sādhv iti bāṇaṃ tu pūjayanti sma dānavāḥ aho dhig iti devānāṃ carate vāg udīritā // tato 'strabalavegena sārciṣmatyaḥ sudāruṇāḥ ghorarūpā mahāvegā niṣpetur bāṇavṛṣṭayaḥ // nākampata tadā vāyur na meghāḥ saṃcaranti ca astre vimukte bāṇena dahyamāne ca keśave // tato 'straṃ sumahāvegaṃ jagrāha madhusūdanaḥ pārjanyaṃ nāma bhagavān yamāntakanibhaṃ raṇe // k: After 72, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k tato vitimire loke sa cāgniḥ praśamaṃ gataḥ | dānavā moghasaṃkalpāḥ sarve 'bhuvaṃs tadā bhṛśam | dānavāstraṃ praśāntaṃ tu parjanyāstre 'bhimantrite tato devagaṇāḥ sarve praṇedur jahṛṣus tadā // hate śastre mahārāja daiteyaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ bhūyaḥ saṃchādayām āsa keśavaṃ garuḍe sthitam musalaiḥ paṭṭisaiś caiva śūlam udgarakasmaraiḥ // tasya tāṃ tarasā sarvāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ samudyatām punaḥ saṃvārayām āsa keśavaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ // k: After 75, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k keśavasya tu bāṇena vartamāne mahāhave || tasya śārṅgavinirmuktaiḥ śarair aśanisaṃnibhaiḥ | tilaśas tad rathaṃ cakre sāśvadhvajapatākinam || ciccheda kavacaṃ kāyān mukuṭaṃ ca mahāprabham | kārmukaṃ ca mahātejā hastāc cāpaṃ ca keśavaḥ || vivyādha cainam urasi nārācena smayann iva || sa marmābhihataḥ saṃkhye pramumohālpacetanaḥ || taṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrchitaṃ bāṇaṃ prahāraparipīḍitam | prāsādavaraśṛṅgastho nārado munipuṃgavaḥ || utthāyāpaśyata tadā kakṣāsphoṭanatatparaḥ | vādayāno nakhāṃś caiva diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti cābravīt || aho me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam | dṛṣṭaṃ me yad idaṃ citraṃ dāmodaraparākramam || jaya bāṇaṃ mahābāho daiteyaṃ devapūjita | yad artham avatīrṇo 'si tat karma saphalaṃ kuru || evaṃ stutvā tadā devaṃ bāṇaiḥ khaṃ dyotayañ śitaiḥ | itas tataḥ saṃpatadbhir nārado vyacarad raṇe || prāyudhyetāṃ dhvajau tatra tāv anyonyam abhidrutau | yuddhaṃ cābhūd vāhanayor ubhayor devadaityayoḥ garuḍasya ca saṃgrāme mayūrasya ca yudhyataḥ // pakṣatuṇḍaprahārais tau caraṇāgranakhais tathā anyonyaṃ jaghnatuḥ krodhān mayūrgaruḍāv ubhau // vainateyas tataḥ kruddho mayūraṃ dīptatejasam jagrāha śirasi kruddhas tuṇḍenābhyahanat tadā // dakṣiṇena ca pakṣeṇa nijaghāna mahābalaḥ padbhyāṃ pārśvābhighātāṃś ca dattvā ghorān anekaśaḥ // ākṛṣya cainaṃ tarasā vikṛṣya ca mahābalaḥ niḥsaṃjñaṃ pātayām āsa gaganād iva parvatam // mayūre pātite tasmin garuḍenātha pakṣiṇā k: After 81ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k papāta tasmāt sahasā vegena mahatā balī | bāṇaḥ paramasaṃvignaś cintayan kāryam ātmanaḥ // k: After 81, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k mayātibalamattena na kṛtaṃ suhṛdāṃ vacaḥ | paśyatāṃ devadaityānāṃ prāpto 'smy āpadam uttamām | taṃ dīnamanasaṃ jñātvā raṇe bāṇaṃ suviklavam cintayad bhagavān rudro bāṇarakṣaṇam āturaḥ // tato nandiṃ mahādevaḥ prāha gambhīrayā girā nandikeśvara saṃyāhi yato bāṇas tato ratham // k: After 83, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k rathenānena divyena siṃhayuktena bhāsvatā | bāṇaṃ saṃyojayāśu tvam alaṃ yuddhāya cānagha | pramāthagaṇapārśve hi na hi me sthāsyate manaḥ yāhi prabhavase tāta bāṇaṃ saṃrakṣa gamyatām // tathety uktvā punar nandī rathena rathināṃ varaḥ yato bāṇas tato gatvā bāṇam āha śanair idam // daityemaṃ ratham ātiṣṭha śīghram ehi mahābala k: K1.2 Ñ2 V1.2 B2 Dn Ds D1.4.6 ins. after 86ab: D2 after 86: :k mayā sārathinā vīra ehi yudhyasva māciram | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 ins. after 86ab: :k sa nandinā tathoktaḥ san bāṇaḥ parabalārdanaḥ | k: On the other hand, ś Bom. Poona eds. G(ed.) ins. after 86ab: :k tato yudhyasva kṛṣṇaṃ vai dānavāntakaraṃ raṇe | ārūḍhaḥ sa tathety uktvā mahādevasya taṃ ratham // k: For 86cd, Ś1 subst.: :k tathety uktvā bhavaratham āruroha sa dānavaḥ | k: While N (except Ś1) T1.4 G5 ins. after 86: :k āruḍhasya tu bāṇasya taṃ rathaṃ brahmanirmitam | k: D2 cont.: :k śuśubhe rūpam atyartham ādityasyeva cāmbare | k: While T1.4 G5 cont. after 1430*: :k rūpam āsīt purā yadvat tripuraṃ vai didhakṣataḥ | taṃ syandanam adhiṣṭhāya bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ prāduś cakre tadā raudram astram astravidāṃ varaḥ dīptaṃ brahmaśiro nāma bāṇaḥ kruddho 'tivīryavān // pradīpte brahmaśirasi lokaḥ kṣobham upāgamat lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ hi tat sṛṣṭaṃ padmayoninā // tac cakreṇa nihatyāstraṃ prāha kṛṣṇaḥ pratāpavān loke prakhyātayaśasaṃ bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe // katthitāni kva te bāṇa tāni kiṃ na vikatthase ayam asmi sthito yuddhe yudhyasva puruṣo bhava // kārtavīryārjuno nāma pūrvam āsīn mahābalaḥ sahasrabāhū rāmeṇa dvibāhuḥ samare kṛtaḥ // k: For 91bc, N (except Ñ1 V3 B3 D6) T4 subst.: :k ... pūrvaṃ bāhusahasravān | mahābalaḥ sa rāmeṇa ... | tathā tavāpi darpo 'yaṃ bāhūnāṃ vīryasaṃbhavaḥ cakraṃ te darpaśamanaṃ karoti raṇamūrdhani // darpasaṃjananān yāvan nāśayiṣyāmi te bhujān k: For 93ab, K1.3.4 V1.2 B1.2 Ds D1-6 T4 subst.: :k yāvat te darpaśamanaṃ karomy adya svabāhunā | tiṣṭhedānīṃ na me 'dya tvaṃ mokṣyase raṇamūrdhani // k: After 93, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k atha tad durlabhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ paramadāruṇam | tathā devāsurasamaṃ harṣān nṛtyati nāradaḥ || nirjitāś ca gaṇāḥ sarve pradyumnena mahātmanā | nikṣiptavādā yudhyasva devadevaṃ gatāḥ punaḥ | tataś cakraṃ sahasrāraṃ nadan megha ivoṣṇage jagrāha puruṣavyāghro bāṇabāhupraśāntaye // jyotiṣmataḥ pataṃgasya śaśinaś caiva yat tathā k: For 95ab, K Ñ2.3 V B D T1 (second time).4 G4.5 (last two second time) subst.: :k tejo yaj jyotiṣāṃ caiva tejo vajrāśanes tathā | prājāpatyaṃ ca yat tejas tac cakre paryavasthitam // k: After 95, N 9except Ś1 Ñ1 V2) T1.4 G4.5 ins.: :k tretāgneś caiva yat tejo yac cāgner brahmacāriṇaḥ | ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tapo jñānaṃ tac cakre paryavasthitam || pativratānāṃ yat tejaḥ prāṇaṃ ca mṛgapakṣiṇām | yac ca cakradhareṣv asti tac cakre saṃniveśitam || nāgarākṣasayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāpsarasām api | trailokyasya ca yat tejaḥ sarvaṃ cakre vyavasthitam | k: T1 G5 cont.: T2 G1.3 M ins. after 95: :k yac ca tejas tathā śaṃbhor yamasya varuṇasya ca | tejasā tena saṃyuktaṃ bhāsvatā prajvalabhṛśam vapuṣā teja ādatte bāṇasya pramukhe sthitam // k: K B2.3 Dn D1-5 T4 ins. after 96: Ñ2.3 V B1 Ds D6 T1 G5 after 97ab: :k jñātvātitejasaṃ cakraṃ kṛṣṇenābhyudyataṃ raṇe | aprameyaṃ hy avihitaṃ rudrāṇīm abravīc chivaḥ || ajeyam etat trailokye cakraṃ kṛṣṇena dhāryate | bāṇaṃ trāyasva devi tvaṃ yāvac cakraṃ na muñcati || tatas tryakṣavacaḥ śrutvā devī lambām athābravīt | gachaihi lambe tvaṃ śīghraṃ bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ prati || tato yogaṃ samādhāya adṛśyā himavatsutā | kṛṣṇasyaikasya tad rūpaṃ darśayanty āgatāntikam | cakrodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavantaṃ raṇājire pramukhe vāsudevasya digvāsāḥ koṭavī sthitā // k: After 97, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k tāṃ dṛṣṭvātha punaḥ prāptāṃ devīṃ rudrasya saṃgatām | lambādvitīyāṃ tiṣṭhantīṃ kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt | antarghānam upāgamya tyaktvā sā vāsasī punaḥ paritrāṇāya bāṇasya vijayādhiṣṭhitā tataḥ bhūyaḥ sāmarṣatāmrākṣī vivastrāvasthitā raṇe // bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇaparā vākyam etad uvāca ha k: After 99a, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k hanmi bāṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | evam uktā tu bāṇena | k: Ñ2 cont.: :k bāṇasaṃrakṣaṇārthinī | girā madhurayā devī | k: After 99ab, N (except Ś1) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k jāne tvāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ puruṣottamam | mahābhāgaṃ mahādevam anantaṃ nīlam avyayam | padmanābhaṃ hṛṣīkeśa lokānām ādisaṃbhavam | k: T2 G1.3-5 cont.: M1-3 ins. after 99ab: :k devadeva jagannātha viṣṇo jiṣṇo jagatpate | nārhase deva hantuṃ vai bāṇam apratimaṃ raṇe // k: After 99, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k prayaccha hy abhayaṃ bāṇe jīvaputrītvam eva ca || mayā dattavaro hy eṣa bhūyaś ca parirakṣyate | na me mithyā samudyogaṃ kartum arhasi mādhava || evam ukte tu vacane kṛṣṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | kruddhaḥ prabhāṣate vākyaṃ śṛṇu satyaṃ tu bhāminī || bāṇo bāhusahasreṇa nardate darpam āśritaḥ | eteṣāṃ chedanaṃ tv adya kartavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || dvibāhunā ca bāṇena jīvaputrī bhaviṣyasi | saṃtyajya cāsuraṃ darpaṃ na ca māṃ saṃśrayiṣyati || evam ukte tu vacane kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | provāca devī bāṇo 'yaṃ devadevo bhaved iti || atha tāṃ kārttikeyasya mātaraṃ so 'bhibhāṣya vai | k: While T2 G1.3.4 M ins. after 99: T1 G5 after line 4 of 1145*: :k dhig dhig ity abravīt tāṃ tu duṣṭe dhvaṃseti keśavaḥ | tataḥ kruddho mahābāhuḥ kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ provāca bāṇaṃ samare bhrāmayaṃś cakram uttamam // k: For 100, Ś1 subst.: :k tataḥ provāca vacanaṃ bāṇaṃ kaṃsārisūdanaḥ | yudhyatāṃ yudhyatāṃ saṃkhye bhavatāṃ koṭavī sthitā aśaktānām iva raṇe dhigbāṇa tava pauruṣam // evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇas tac cakraṃ paramāstravit nimīlitākṣo vyasṛjad bāṇaṃ prati mahābalaḥ // k: After 102, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k kṣepaṇād yasya muhyanti lokāḥ sasthāṇujaṅgamāḥ | kravyādāni ca bhūtāni tṛptiṃ yānti mahāmṛdhe || tamapratimakarmāṇaṃ samānaṃ sūryavarcasā | cakram udyamya samare kopadīpto gadādharaḥ || sa muṣṇan dānavaṃ tejaḥ samare svena tejasā | ciccheda bāhūṃś cakreṇa śrīdharaḥ paramaujasā | alātacakravat tūrṇaṃ bhramamāṇaṃ raṇājire k: After 103ab, Dn Ds ins.: :k kṣiptaṃ tu vāsudevena bāṇasya raṇamūrdhani | k: Ds cont.: Ñ2 V2.3 B Ds ins. after 103ab: :k bāṇasya rathamārge ca dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ | viṣṇor astraṃ sunābhaṃ vai śaighryayogān na dṛśyate // tasya bāhusahasrasya paryāyeṇa punaḥ punaḥ bāṇasya chedanaṃ cakre tac cakraṃ raṇamūrdhani // k: After 104, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 ins.: :k kṛtvā dvibāhuṃ taṃ bāṇaṃ chinnaśākham iva drumam | punaḥ karāgraṃ kṛṣṇasya cakraṃ prāptaṃ sudarśanam || kṛtakṛte tu saṃprāpte cakre daitye vipātite | śarīreṇa prasravatā rudhiraughapariplutaḥ abhavat parvatākāraś chinnabāhur mahāsuraḥ // k: T1 G3-5 M ins. after 105: T2 after 103ab: G1 after 104: :k chinnaśākho yathā vṛkṣaś chinnapakṣo yathā khagaḥ || chittvā bāhusahasraṃ tu bāṇasya ca sudarśanam | jagāma devadevasya pārśvaṃ ripunighātinaḥ || provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ cakro medaḥsamākulaḥ | ājñāpaya jagannātha śiraś chettuṃ durātmanaḥ || tataḥ kṛṣṇo hṛṣīkeśas tad ādatte sudarśanam | k: T1 G5 cont.: K Ñ1.2 V B D T4 ins. after 105: :k asṛṅmattaś ca vividhān nādān muñcan yathā ghanaḥ || tasya nādena mahatā keśavo ripusūdanaḥ | k: While M cont. after 1452*: :k vyāvidhya sahasā kṛṣṇaḥ śiraś chettuṃ samārabhat | cakraṃ bhūyaḥ kṣeptukāmaṃ bāṇanāśārtham acyutam k: T4 M4 subst. for 106ab: T1 G5 cont. after 1453*: :k cakraṃ bhūyaḥ kṣeptukāmo nāṇanāśārtham acyutaḥ | tam upetya mahādevaḥ kumārasahito 'bravīt // k: After 106, T1 G1.4.5 M2-4 ins.: :k sahomayā haro devo jvareṇa ca samanvitaḥ | kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahādeva jāne tvāṃ puruṣottamam k: After 107ab, K2 ins.: :k na hy enaṃ vadhakāmas tvaṃ yad icchet pārvatīhitam || hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāro lokaviśrutāḥ | hrādaḥ prahrādaḥ saṃhrādaḥ anuhrādaś caturthakaḥ || prahrādāya varo dattaś caiṣāṃ madhye varāthine | avyadhyas tava vaṃśo 'stu daityaughāḥ satataṃ mayā || iti pratiśrutaṃ pūrvam aparāghaparāya ca | madhukaiṭabhahantāraṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam // k: After 107, T1 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k ādidevam ajaṃ viṣṇuṃ surādhyakṣaṃ purātanam | lokānāṃ tvaṃ gatir deva tvatprasūtam idaṃ jagat ajeyas tvaṃ tribhir lokaiḥ sadevāsuramānuṣaiḥ // k: After 108, Ś1 ins.: :k tava prasādajo brahmā tathāhaṃ krodhasaṃbhavaḥ | k: While T1 G1.3-5 M ins. after 108: T2 after 107: :k vande 'haṃ tvāṃ jagannāthaṃ jagatām īśvaraṃ harim || namāmi nirguṇaṃ viṣṇo tvām ādyam akhilaṃ raṇe | niṣkalaṃ tvāṃ hare devaṃ namāmi puruṣottamam || trayīmūrte purāṇātmann namāmi tvāṃ janārdanam | ajeyo 'si sadā viṣṇo yāce tvāṃ nityam avyayam | tasmāt saṃhara divyaṃ tvam idaṃ cakraṃ samudyatam anivāryam asaṃhāryaṃ raṇe śatrubhayaṃkaram // k: After 109, Ś1 ins.: :k ye tvā deva prapadyante na te suvyaktimānavāḥ | bhaye mahati magnānāṃ trātā nityaṃ janārdanaḥ || ye cāpy asmatkṛtaṃ stotram abhidhāsyanti bhaktitaḥ | te sarvabhayanirmuktā bhaviṣyanti nirāmayāḥ || nāthas tvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ viśeṣeṇa mama prabho | kṣamyatāṃ deva bāṇasya matkṛte puruṣottama | bāṇasyāsyābhayaṃ dattaṃ mayā keśiniṣūdana tan me na syān mṛṣā vākyam atas tvāṃ kṣamayāmy aham // k: After 110, K1 Ds1 ins.: :k na hy enaṃ vadhakāmasya yadīcchet pārvatīhitam | k: While T1.2 G1.3-4 M ins. after 110: :k kṣantavyaṃ bhavatā bhūyo yat kṛtaṃ bhaktavatsala | jīvatāṃ deva bāṇo 'yam etac cakraṃ nivartitam mānyas tvaṃ deva devānām asurāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // k: After 111, T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k anyathā chedanaṃ kuryāṃ bāṇasyāsya durātmanaḥ | yasmān mānyaḥ sadā deva tasmāj jīvatu bāṇakaḥ | namas te 'stu gamiṣyāmi yat kāryaṃ tan maheśvara na tāvat kriyate tasmān mām anujñātum arhasi // evam uktvā mahādevaṃ kṛṣṇas tūrṇaṃ garutmatā jagāma tatra yatrāste prādyumniḥ sāyakaiś citaḥ // gate kṛṣṇe tato nandī bāṇam āha śubhaṃ vacaḥ k: After 114ab, K3.4 Ñ2 V2.3 B Dn Ds D2.3.5.6 ins.: :k gaccha bāṇa kṣatenaiva devadevasya cāgrataḥ || tac chrutvā nandivākyaṃ tu bāṇo 'gacchata śīghragaḥ | k: K3.4 Ñ2 V2.3 B Dn Ds D2.3.5.6 cont.: K1.2 Ñ3 V1 D1.4 T1.4 G5 ins. after 114ab: :k chinnabāhuṃ tato bāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā nandī pratāpavān | apavāhya rathenaiva yato devas tato yayau || tato nandī punar bāṇaṃ prāg uvācottaraṃ vacaḥ | bāṇa bāṇa pranṛtyasva śreyas tava bhaviṣyati // k: For 114cd, Ś1 subst.: :k kṛttabāṇa mahādaitya tataḥ śreyas tvam āpsyasi | k: Ñ2 B Dn Ds D6 T1 G3 ins. after 114: V2 cont. after 1466*: :k eṣa devo mahādevaḥ prasādasumukhas tava | śoṇitaughaplutair gātrair nandivākyapracoditaḥ jīvitārthī tato bāṇaḥ pramukhe śaṃkarasya vai // k: For 115, Ś1 subst.: :k etac chrutvā vaco nandeḥ śoṇitāṅgaḥ sa dānavaḥ | pravṛtto jīvitārthāya śaṃkaraṃ pramukhe sthitaḥ | prānṛtyata bhaye jāte dānavaḥ sa vicetanaḥ k: After 116ab, D6 T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins.: :k jaya deva jagannātha jayājeya harāvyaya | jaya bhaktipriya sadā jaya bhūtagaṇārcitaḥ || jaya bhasmapradigdhāṅga jaya nagnavidāṃ mukha | umāpate viśvapate jayājeyāvyaya prabho || evamādi tadā bāṇo vilapan bhavatuṣṭaye | avasthāṃ kṛpaṇāṃ prāpto bhayaviklavalocanaḥ // k: After 116, K1.2 D4 ins.: :k tataḥ pranṛttaṃ bāṇaṃ ca cakram apratimaṃ raṇe | bāṇaṃ dvibāhuṃ kṛtvā tu svām eva prakṛtiṃ gatam | k: K1.2 D4 cont.: K3.4 Dn D1-3.5 ins. after 116ab: Ñ2.3 V B Ds T1.4 G3.5 after 116: :k taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pranṛtyantaṃ bhayodvignaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | nandivākyaprajavitaṃ bhaktānugrahakṛd bhavaḥ | karuṇāvaśam āpanno mahādevo 'bravīd vacaḥ | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 M1.3.4 ins. after 116: M2 after the first occurrence of 116cd: :k prānṛtyad bahuśo rājan yathā prīto bhaved bhava | k: T2 G1.3.4 M cont.: T1 G5 ins. after line 2 of 1472*: :k tataḥ prīto 'bhavad rājan bāṇasyāsya sa līlayā | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bāṇa tvaṃ yat te manasi vartate prasādasumukho 'haṃ te varakālo 'yam āgataḥ // k: For 117, K4 subst.: :k yat prārthyase varaṃ bāṇa cirāya manasepsitam | tat te 'haṃ tvāṃ pradāsyāmi tridaśair api durlabham | k: K4 cont.: :k rudravākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā bāṇo manasi harṣitaḥ | varān manasi saṃdhārya pravaktum upacakrame | ajaraś cāmaraś caiva bhaveyaṃ satataṃ vibho eṣa me prathamo deva varo 'stu yadi manyase // tulyo 'si daivatair bāṇa na mṛtyus tava vidyate anyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣvādya anugrāhyo 'si me sadā // yathāhaṃ śoṇitādigdho bhṛśārto vraṇapīḍitaḥ bhaktānāṃ nṛtyatām evaṃ putrajanma bheved bhava // nirāhārāḥ kṣamāyuktāḥ satyārjavaparāyaṇāḥ madbhaktā ye hi nṛtyanti teṣām evaṃ bhaviṣyati // k: After 121, Ñ2 repeats 119cd and G3 repeats 120. K V B D T1.4 G5 ins. after 121: Ñ2 after the repetition of 119cd: :k tṛtīyaṃ tvam atho bāṇa varaṃ vara manogatam | tad vidhāsyāmi te putra saphalo 'stu bhavān iha | cakrapāṭanajā ghorā rujā tīvrā hi yā mama vareṇa sā tṛtīyena śāntiṃ gacchatu me bhava // evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te na rujā prabhaviṣyati akṣataṃ tava gātraṃ ca svasthāvasthaṃ bhaviṣyati // k: For 123, Ś1 Ñ2 V3 B3 T4 subst.: :k k: Ds T1 G5 ins. after 122: :k cakrapāṭanajā ghorā rujā te surasattama | na bhaviṣyati gātreṣu balavāṃś ca bhaviṣyasi | caturthaṃ te varaṃ dadmi vṛṇīṣvāsura kāṅkṣitaṃ na te 'haṃ vimukhas tāta prasādasumukho hy aham // pramāthagaṇavaṃśasya prathamaḥ syām ahaṃ vibho mahākāla iti khyātaḥ khyātiṃ gaccheyam īśvara // k: After 125, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.4 G5 M4 ins.: :k evaṃ bhaviṣyatīty āha devo bāṇaṃ mahādyutiḥ | divyarūpo 'kṣato gātrair nīrujas tvaṃ mamāśrayāt || mamātisargād bāṇa tvaṃ bhava caivākutobyahaḥ | bhūyo 'pi te varaṃ dadmi prakhyātabalapauruṣa k: For 126ab, Ś1 subst.: :k evaṃ bhaviṣyaty avaśyaṃ yaṃ varaṃ tvam ihecchasi | k: corr. for 116ab :k taṃ taṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yad icchasi mahāsura // vairūpyam aṅgajaṃ kiṃ cin mā bhūn me devasattama dvibāhutve 'pi me deho na virūpo bhaved bhava // k: N (except Ñ1 Dn1) T1.4 Cal. ed. ins. after 127: G5 after 128ab: :k bhavitā sarvam etat te yathecchasi mahāsura | bhaktas tvaṃ me na cādeyaṃ bhaktānāṃ vidyate mama | tato 'bravīn mahādevo bāṇaṃ sthitam athāntike evaṃ bhaviṣyate bāṇa yat tvayā samudāhṛtam // k: T2 G1.3.4 M4 ins. after the repetition of 128ab: M1-3 after 128: :k tyaja mūḍhāṃ matiṃ bāṇa mā mohavaśago bhava | etāvad uktvā bhagavāṃs trinetro gaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tatraivāntar adhīyata // h: HV (CE), adhyāya 113, transliterated from the critical ed. (P. L. Vaidya, Poona 1969) by Arlo Griffiths (Leiden/Groningen); proof-read by Arlo Griffiths. This is the version of April 5, 2004 :h tato dṛṣṭvaiva garuḍam aniruddhaśarīragāḥ k: D2 om. the ref. N T4 ins. and T2 G1.4 repeat after the ref.: T1.2 G1.3-5 M (T2 G1.4 for the first time) ins. after 112.129: :k evaṃ varān bahūṃl labdhvā bāṇaḥ prītimān abhavat | k: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V2.3 B Dn Ds D1.4.5 cont.: :k jagāma saha rudreṇa mahākālatvam āgataḥ | k: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V2.3 B Dn Ds D1.4.5 cont.: K3.4 Ñ1 V1 D2.3.6 T2.4 G1.4 cont. after 1483*: T1 G3.5 M1-3 G(ed.) ins. after the ref.: :k vāsudevo 'pi bahudhā nāradaṃ paryapṛcchata | kvāniruddhas tu bhagavān saṃyato nāgabandhanaiḥ | śrotum icchāmi tattvena snehaklinnaṃ hi me manaḥ || aniruddhe hṛte vīre kṣubhitā dvārakā purī | śīghraṃ taṃ mokṣayiṣyāmi yad arthaṃ vayam āgatāḥ || adya taṃ naṣṭaśatruṃ vai draṣṭum icchāmahe vayam | sa pradeśas tu bhagavan viditas tava suvrata || evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena nāradaḥ pratyabhāṣata | kanyāpure kumāro 'sau baddho nāgaiś ca mādhava || etasminn antare śīghraṃ citralekhā hy upasthitā | bāṇasyottamasattvasya daityendrasya mahātmanaḥ | idam antaḥpuraṃ deva praviśasva yathāsukham || tataḥ praviṣṭās te sarve aniruddhasya mokṣaṇe | balaḥ suparṇaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca pradyumno nāradas tathā | k: Ñ2 M4 cont.: :k vāsudevo 'pi sahasā viveśāntaḥpure ripoḥ | śararūpā mahāsarpā veṣṭayitvā tanuṃ sthitāḥ // te sarve sahasā dehāt tasya niḥsṛtya bhoginaḥ kṣitiṃ sarve 'bhyadhāvanta prakṛtyāvasthitāḥ śarāḥ // dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭaś ca kṛṣṇena so 'niruddho mahātmanā sthitiḥ prītimanā bhūtvā prāñjalir vākyam abravīt // devadeva sadā yudhe jetā tvam asi kas tava śakto vai pramukhe sthātuṃ sākṣād api śatakratuḥ // āroha garuḍaṃ tūrṇaṃ gacchāma dvārakāṃ purīm ityuktaḥ so 'dhirūḍhas tu saha dānavakanyayā // k: After 5, Ś1 ins.: :k gurubhiḥ samanujñātās tatas te prayayus tadā | k: While K Ñ2 V2.3 B Dn Ds D3-6 G4.5 ins. a passage given in App. I (No. 38) after 5; Ñ3 D1.2 T1.2 G1.3 ins. it after 3c; V1 after 3; T4 after 3ab; On the other hand, M ins. after 5: :k citralekhāsamāyukto yā priyā tasya nityaśaḥ | tatas te dīrgham adhvānaṃ prayayuḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ k: After 6, Ś1 ins.: :k cakrāyudho gṛhya tadāniruddhaṃ | nighnaṃ cakre bāṇam udīrṇacakram | chittvā tu bāṇasya sa bāhucakraṃ | cakrāyudho gṛhya tadāniruddham | puro mahābāṇam udīrṇacakra+ | +nipātite bāhuviśīrṇagātre | āruhya garuḍaṃ sarve jitvā bāṇaṃ mahāsuram // tato 'mbaratalasthās te vāruṇīṃ diśam āśritāḥ k: After 7ab, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k apaśyanta mahātmāno gāvo divyapayaḥpradāḥ | velāvanavicāriṇyo nānāvarṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ // k: After 7, N (except Ś1 Ñ1 D3) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k abhijñāya tadā rūpaṃ kumbhāṇḍavacanaśravāt | kṛṣṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhas tattvato 'rthaviśāradaḥ | niśamya bāṇagāvas tu tāsu cakre manas tadā āsthito garuḍaṃ devaḥ sarvalokādir avyayaḥ // k: After 8, N (except Ś1 Ñ1) T1.2.4 G1.3-5 ins.: :k garuḍa prayāhi tatra tvaṃ yatra bāṇasya godhanam | k: Pāda a unmetrical :k yāsāṃ pītvā kila kṣīram amṛtatvam avāpnuyāt | āha māṃ satyabhāmā ca bāṇagāvo mamānaya yāsāṃ pītvā kila kṣīraṃ na jīryanti mahāsurāḥ // k: Ñ2 V3 B2.3 Dn Ds D3.5.6 T2 ins. after 9: Ñ2 (error for other siglum?) after 9ab: :k vijarāś ca jarāṃ tyaktvā bhavanti kila jantavaḥ | tā mamānaya bhadraṃ te yadi kāryaṃ na lupyate atha kāryanirodhaḥ syān naiva tāsu manaḥ kṛthāḥ // k: After 10, K Ñ2 V B D T4 ins.: :k iti mām abravīt satyā tāś caitā viditā mama | dṛśyante gāva etās tā māṃ dṛṣṭvā varuṇālayam viśanti sahitāḥ sarvāḥ kāryam atra vidhīyatām // tathety uktvā tu garuḍaḥ pakṣavātena sāgaram so 'vagāḍho hi sahasā varuṇālayam antikāt // k: After 12, K Ñ2.3 B D T4 ins.: :k dṛṣṭvā javena garuḍaṃ prāptaṃ vai varuṇālayam | vāruṇāś ca gaṇāḥ sarve vibhrāntāḥ prācalaṃs tadā | tatas tu vāruṇaṃ sainyam abhiyātaṃ sudāruṇam pramukhe vāsudevasya nānāpraharaṇodyatam // k: K Ñ1.3 V B2.3 Dn Ds D1-5 T1.4 ins. after 13: B1 D6 cont. after 1497*: :k tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ vāruṇaiḥ pannagāriṇā | k: While, B1 D6 ins. after 13: :k tatas tu tasya pramukhe vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ | teṣām āpatatāṃ saṃkhye vāruṇānāṃ sahasraśaḥ k: T1.2 G1.5 M ins. after 14ab: G4 cont. after 1499*: :k dehā vidyotayanti sma kṛtsnaṃ vai varuṇālayam | cakreṇa bhagavāñ śauriś cakāra kadanaṃ mahat | k: T1 G5 M4 cont.: K Ñ V B D T4 G4 ins. after 14ab: :k bhagnaṃ balam anādhṛṣyaṃ keśavena mahātmanā | te bhagnāḥ sahasā yānti tam eva varuṇālayam // ṣaṣṭiṃ rathasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ rathaśatāni ca varuṇena prayuktāni dīptaśastrāṇi saṃyuge // k: After 15, T1.2 G1.3.5 M ins.: :k tāny ayudhyanta kṛṣṇena pradyumnena balena ca | tāni sarvāṇi sahasā nijaghāna raṇe hariḥ | tad balaṃ kṛṣṇabāṇaughair dahyamānaṃ samantataḥ bhagnaṃ varuṇam āśritya naiva sthānam avindata // k: K1.2 Ñ2.3 V2.3 B1.3 Dn Ds D4.6 T1 G4.5 ins. after 16: K3.4 V1 B2 D1-3.5 T4 after 15: :k tad balaṃ balibhiḥ śūrair baladevajanārdanaiḥ | pradyumenāniruddhena garuḍena ca sarvaśaḥ | śaraughair vividhais tīkṣṇair vadhyamānaṃ samantataḥ || tato bhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | varuṇas tv atha saṃkruddho niryayau yatra keśavaḥ | ṛṣibhir devagandharvais tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno bahudhā varuṇaḥ paryavasthitaḥ // chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena pāṇḍureṇa vapuṣmatā salilasrāviṇā śreṣṭhaṃ cāpam udyamya viṣṭhitaḥ // apāṃ patir abhikruddhaḥ putrapautrabalānvitaḥ āhvayann iva yuddhe sa visphāritamahādhanuḥ // sa tu pradhmāpayañ śaṅkhaṃ varuṇaḥ samadhāvata hariṃ hara iva krodhād bāṇajālaiḥ samāvṛṇot // tataḥ pradhmāya jalajaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ mahābalaḥ bāṇavarṣākulāḥ sarvā diśaś cakre janārdanaḥ // tataḥ śaraughair bahudhā varuṇaḥ pīḍito raṇe smayann iva tadā kṛṣṇaṃ varuṇaḥ pratyayudhyata // tato 'straṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ghoram abhimantryāhave sthitaḥ vāsudevo 'bravīd vākyaṃ pramukhe tasya saṃsthitaḥ // idam astraṃ mahāghoraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śatrumardanam mayodyataṃ vadhārthaṃ te tiṣṭhedānīṃ sthiro bhava // tatas tad varuṇo devo hy astraṃ vaiṣṇavam udyatam vāruṇāstreṇa saṃyojya nanāda sa mahābalaḥ // tasyāstravitatā hy āpo varuṇāsyābhiniḥsṛtāḥ vaiṣṇavāstrasya śamane vartante samitiṃjaya // k: After 26, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 ins.: :k āpas tu vāruṇās tatra kṣiptāḥ kṣiptā jvalanti vai | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 ins. after 26: :k tataś cakraṃ samādāya jvālāmālāsamākulam | moktukāmo jagannātho vāruṇe pratyadṛśyata || tataḥ prajvalitāḥ sarve vāruṇāś cakratejasā | dahyante vāruṇāḥ sarve tato 'stre jvalite punaḥ vaiṣṇave tu mahāvīrye diśo bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ // tāṃs tu prajvalato dṛṣṭvā varuṇo vākyam abravīt smara tāṃ prakṛtiṃ pūrvām avyaktāṃ vyaktalakṣaṇāṃ tamo jahi mahābhāga rajasā muhyase katham // sattvastho nityam āsīt tvaṃ yogīśvara mahāmate pañcabhūtāśrayān doṣān ahaṃkāraṃ ca saṃtyaja // yeyaṃ te vaiṣṇavī mūrtis tasyā jyeṣṭho hy ahaṃ tava jyeṣṭhabhāvena mānyas te kiṃ māṃ dagdhum icchasi // nāgnir vikramate hy agnau tyaja kopaṃ yudhāṃ vara tvayi na prabhaviṣyanti jagataḥ prabhavo hy asi // pūrvaṃ hi yā tvayā sṛṣṭā prakṛtir vikṛtātmikā dharmiṇī bījabhāvena pūrvadharmasamāśritā // āgneyaṃ caiva saumyaṃ ca prakṛtyaivedam āditaḥ tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagad idaṃ sa kathaṃ manyase mayi // ajeyaḥ śāśvato nityaṃ svayaṃbhūr bhūtabhāvanaḥ akṣayaś cāvyayaś caiva bhavān eva mahādyute // rakṣa māṃ rakṣaṇīyo 'haṃ tvayānagha namo 'stu te ādikartāsi lokasya tvayaiva bahulīkṛtam // kiṃ krīḍasi mahādeva bālaḥ krīḍanakair iva na hy ahaṃ prakṛtidveṣī nāhaṃ prakṛtidūṣakaḥ // prakṛtir yā vikāreṣu vartate puruṣottama tasyā vikāraśamane vartase tvaṃ yathāvidhi // vikāro 'si vikārāṇāṃ vikārāyatane 'nagha tān adharmavido mandān bhavān vikurute sadā // iyaṃ hi prakṛtir doṣais tamasā yujyate sadā rajasā vāpi saṃduṣṭā tato mohaḥ pravartate // parāvarajñaḥ sarvajña aiśvaryavidhim āsthitaḥ kiṃ mohayasi naḥ sarvān prajāpatir iva svayam // k: After 40, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 ins.: :k varuṇenaivam uktas tu kṛṣṇo lokaparāyaṇaḥ | bhāvajñaḥ sarvavidvīras tataḥ prītimanā hy abhūt | ityevamuktaḥ prahasan kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt gāḥ saṃprayaccha me deva śāntyarthaṃ bhīmavikrama // k: After 41, K Ñ2.3 V B D T4 ins.: :k ityevam uktaḥ kṛṣṇena vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ | varuṇo hy abravīd būyaḥ śṛṇu me madhusūdana | bāṇena sārdhaṃ samayo mayā deva purā kṛtaḥ kathaṃ ca samayaṃ kṛtvā kuryāṃ viphalam anyathā // k: After 42, K Ñ2.3 V B D t1.4 G5 ins.: :k tvam eva deva sarvasya yathā samayabhedakaḥ | cāritraṃ duṣyate tāta na ca sadbhiḥ praśasyate || dharmabhāg īśvaro nityaṃ varjate madhusūdana | na ca lokān avāpnoti pāpaḥ samayabhedakaḥ || prasīda dharmalopaś ca mā bhūn me madhusūdana | na māṃ samayabhedena yoktum arhasi mādhava | jīvan nāhaṃ pradāsyāmi gāvo vai vṛṣabhekṣaṇa hatvā māṃ naya gāvas tvam eṣa me samayaḥ kṛtaḥ // k: After 43, Ñ1 ins. an additional colophon mentioning adhy. name bāṇayuddham. :k k: While K Ñ2.3 V B D ins. after 43: :k etac ca me samākhyātaṃ samayaṃ madhusūdana | satyam eva mahābāho na mithyā tu sureśvara || yady evāham anugrāhyo rakṣa māṃ madhusūdana | atha vā goṣu nirbandho hatvā naya mahābhuja | k: While T2 (Marg.) ins. after 43: :k saṃbhāvayāmi dharmajñaṃ matto 'bhīṣṭo bhavān asi | satyaṃ prabhāṣase yat tvaṃ tasmān madbhāvabhāvitaḥ || iti vijñāpitas tena kṛṣṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | bāṇavṛttāntam akhilaṃ śrāvayitvā tu pā.ne || bāṇāsuraṃ puraskṛtya dattaṃ kṛṣnāya godhanam | varuṇena gṛhītvā tu yayau dvāravatīṃ hariḥ | upāyād dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ śrīmān garuḍavāhanaḥ | avasad vṛṣṇibhiḥ sārdhaṃ stūyamānaḥ samāgataiḥ || eṣa te bāṇaviṣayaḥ proktas te janamejaya | pṛcchato bhavato rājan kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi | varuṇenaivam uktas tu muktvā gā vai mahāyaśāḥ k: Ñ1 subst. for 44ab: :k evam ukto 'tha bāṇasya gāvo muktvā mahāyaśāḥ | k: While K Ñ2.3 V B D ins. after 44ab: :k abhedyaṃ samayaṃ matvā nyastavādo gavāṃ prati | prahasya varuṇaṃ devaṃ mānayām āsa mādhavaḥ k: For 44cd, K Ñ V B D T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 Bom. Poona eds. subst.: :k saṃprahasya tato vākyaṃ vyājahārārthakovidaḥ | k: While M1-3 subst. for 44cd: :k mānayan varuṇaṃ devo gā bāṇasya vyamuñcata | k: K Ñ2.3 V B D Bom. Poona eds. cont. after 1512*: :k tasmān mukto 'si yady evaṃ bāṇena samayaḥ kṛtaḥ | prasṛtair madhurair vākyais tattvārtham anubhāṣitaiḥ || kathaṃ pāpaṃ kariṣyāmi varuṇa tvayy ahaṃ prabho | gaccha mukto 'si varuṇa satyasaṃdho 'stu no bhavān | tvatpriyārthaṃ mayā muktā bāṇagāvo na saṃśayaḥ || tatas tūryaninādaiś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ | argham ādāya varuṇaḥ keśavaṃ pratyapūjayat || keśavo 'rdhaṃ tadā gṛhya varuṇādyadunandanaḥ | balaṃ pūjayate devaḥ kuśalī ca samāhitaḥ || varuṇāyābhayaṃ dattvā vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | k: On the other hand, T1.2 G1.3-5 M4 cont. after 1512*: :k tvadarthaṃ dhenavo muktā bāṇasya tu durātmanaḥ | ity uktvā varuṇaṃ devo gā bāṇasya vimuñcata | prayayau dvārakāṃ cāpi śakrādyair amarair vṛtaḥ // k: For 44ef, N (except Ś1) T1.2 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k dvārakāṃ prasthito devaḥ śacīpatisahāyavān | tatra devāḥ samarutaḥ sasādhyāḥ samitiṃjaya k: After 45ab, K Ñ1.3 V B D (except D1) T2 ins.: :k gandharvāpsarasaś caiva kiṃnarāś cāntarikṣagāḥ | k: While, T1 G1.3-5 M ins. after 45ab: :k ṛṣayo nāradamukhā vasiṣṭādyā tapodhanāḥ | anugacchanti viśveśaṃ sarvabhūtādim avyayam // ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca mahābalau k: After 46ab, K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-4.6 ins.: :k vidyādharagaṇāś caiva ye cānye siddhacāraṇāḥ | āyāntam anugacchanti yaśasā vijayena ca // k: After 46, K Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k nāradaś ca mahābhāgaḥ prasthito dvārakāṃ prati | tuṣṭo bāṇajayaṃ dṛṣṭvā varuṇaṃ ca kṛtapriyam || kailāsaśikharaprakhyair nīlagrīvadharaiś ca taiḥ | durād eva tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dvārakāṃ dvāramālinīm pāñcajanyasya nirghoṣaṃ cakre cakragadādharaḥ // k: After 47, Ś1 K Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-6 ins.: :k saṃjñāṃ prayacchate devo dvārakāpuravāsinām | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins. after 47: :k tenādhmāto mahāśaṅkhaḥ pūrayām āsa rodasī | devānuyātranirghoṣaṃ pāñcajanyasya nisvanam śrutvā dvāravatī sarvā praharṣam atulaṃ gatā // k: K Ñ2.3 V B2.3 D ins. after 48: B1 after the first occurrence of 49: :k pūrṇakumbhaiś ca lājaiś ca bahuvinyastavistaraiḥ | dvāropaśobhitāṃ kṛtvā sarvāṃ dvāravatīṃ purīm | suśliṣṭarathyāṃ suśrīkāṃ kṛtaratnopaśobhitāṃ || viprāś cārghaṃ samādāya tathaiva kulanaigamāḥ | jayaśabdaiś ca vividhaiḥ pūjayanti sma mādhavam | vainateyasamāsīnaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam avandanyādavāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śriyā paramayā yutam // k: After 49, K Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k trayo 'nupūrvyā varṇāś ca pūjayanti mahābalam | anantaṃ keśihantāraṃ śreṣṭhipūrvāś ca śreṇayaḥ | ṛṣibhir devagandharvaiś cāraṇaiś ca samantataḥ saṃstūyamāno govindo dvārakopari viṣṭhitaḥ // tadāścaryam apaśyanta dāśārhagaṇasattamāḥ k: After 51ab, K Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k praharṣam atulaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ mahābhujam | bāṇaṃ jitvā mahādevam āyāntaṃ puruṣottamam // dvārakāvāsināṃ vācaś caranti bahudhā tadā prāpte kṛṣṇe mahābhāge sātvatānāṃ mahārathe // k: After 52, K Ñ2.3 V B D T2 ins.: :k gatvā ca dūram adhvānaṃ suparṇo drutam āgataḥ | dhanyāḥ smo 'nugṛhītāḥ smo yeṣāṃ no jagataḥ patiḥ rakṣitā cāpi goptā ca dīrghabāhur janārdanaḥ // vainateyaṃ samāruhya bāṇaṃ jitvā sudurjayam prāpto 'yaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo manāṃsy āhlādayann iva // evaṃ kathayatām eva dvārakāvāsināṃ tadā vāsudevagṛhaṃ devā viviśus te mahārathāḥ // k: After 55, K Ñ2.3 V B Dn D2-6 ins.: :k avatīrya suparṇāt tu vāsudevo balas tadā | pradyumnaś cāniruddhaś ca gṛhān praviviśus tadā | tāni teṣāṃ vimānāni divi saṃcaratāṃ tadā sthitāny eva pradṛśyante nānārūpāṇi sarvaśaḥ // siṃharṣabhamṛgair nāgair vājisārasabarhiṇaiḥ bhāsvanti tāni dṛśyante vimānāni sahasraśaḥ // k: After 57, K Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k atha kṛṣṇo 'bravīd vākyaṃ kumārāṃs tān sahasraśaḥ | pradyumnādīn samastāṃs tu ślakṣṇaṃ madhurayā girā | ete rudrās tathādityā vasavo 'thāśvināv api sādhyā devās tathānye cāpy avandaṃs tān yathākramam // k: After 58, K Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k sahasrākṣaṃ mahābhāgaṃ dānavānāṃ bhayaṃkaram | vandadhvaṃ sahitāḥ śakraṃ sagaṇaṃ nāgavāhanam || saptarṣayo mahābhāgā matpriyārtham ihāgatāḥ | ṛṣayaś ca mahātmāno vandadhvaṃ ca yathāsukham || ete cakradharāś caiva etān vadanta sarvaśaḥ | sāgarāś ca hradāś caiva matpriyārtham ihāgatāḥ | diśaś ca vidiśaś caiva vandadhvaṃ ca yathākramam || vāsukipramukhāś caiva nāgā vai sumahābalāḥ | gāvaś ca matpriyārthaṃ vai vandadhvaṃ ca yathākramam || jyotīṃṣi saha nakṣatrair yakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ | āgatā matpriyārthaṃ vai vandadhvaṃ ca yathākramam || vāsudevavacaḥ śrutvā kumārāḥ praṇatāḥ sthitāḥ | yathākrameṇa sarveṣāṃ devatānāṃ mahātmanām || sarvān divaukaso dṛṣṭvā paurā vismayam āgatāḥ | pūjārtham atha saṃbhārān pragṛhya drutam āgatāḥ | aho vai mahad āścaryaṃ vāsudevasya saṃśrayāt prāpyate yad ihāsmābhir iti vācaś caranti hi // tataś candanacūrṇaiś ca puṣpavarṣaiś ca sarvaśaḥ kiranti paurāḥ sarvāṃs tān pūjayanto divaukasaḥ // lājaiḥ praṇāmair dhūpaiś ca vāgbuddhiniyatās tathā dvārakāvāsinaḥ sarve pūjayanti divaukasaḥ // āhukaṃ vasudevaṃ ca sāmbaṃ ca yadunandanam sātyakiṃ colmukaṃ caiva vipṛthuṃ ca mahābalam // k: After 62, K Ñ2.3 V B D ins.: :k akrūraṃ ca mahābhāgaṃ tathā niṣadham eva ca | etān pariṣvajya tadā mūrdhni cāghrāya vīryavān k: K V1 B2 Dn Ds D1.3-5 ins. after 63ab: V2 B1 T2 G4.5 after 63: D2 after the repetition of 64ab: :k atha śakro mahābhāgaḥ samakṣaṃ yadumaṇḍale | stuvantaṃ keśihantāraṃ tatrovācottaraṃ vacaḥ | andhakaṃ ca śubhākṣaṃ ca tato vacanam abravīt // vāsavaḥ sātvatān sarvān eṣa vo yadunandanaḥ yojayitvā raṇe caiva yaśasā pauruṣeṇa ca // k: After 64, T1.2 G3-5 M1-3 ins.: :k ramayaty atitejasvī divīva ca divaukasaḥ | mahādevasya miṣato guhasya ca tathaiva ca eṣa bāṇaṃ raṇe jitvā dvārakāṃ punar āgatāḥ // sahasrabāhor bāhūnāṃ kṛtvā kṣayam anuttamam sthāpayitvā dvibāhutve prāpto 'yaṃ svapurīṃ hariḥ // yadarthaṃ janma kṛṣṇasya mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ tad apy avasitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ naṣṭaśokā vayaṃ kṛtāḥ // pibanto madhumādhvīkaṃ raṃsyāmaḥ prītisaṃyutāḥ kālo yāsyaty avirataṃ viṣayeṣv eva sajjatām // bāhūnāṃ saṃśrayāt sarve vayam asya mahātmanaḥ pranaṣṭaśokā raṃsyāmaḥ sarva evāmarāḥ sukham // evam uktvā pariṣvajya kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam k: For 70ab, K Ñ1.2 V B D subst.: :k evaṃ stutvā sahasrākṣaḥ keśavaṃ dānavāntakam | āpṛcchya taṃ mahābhāgaḥ sarvair devagaṇair vṛtaḥ || k: corr. for sarvai :k tataḥ punaḥ pariṣvajya kṛṣṇaṃ lokanamaskṛtam | k: While T1.2 G1.3-5 M subst. for 70ab: :k ity uktvā yādavān sarvān kṛṣṇaṃ saṃpūjya vāsavaḥ | puraṃdaro divaṃ yātaḥ sarvāmaragaṇair vṛtaḥ k: T2 G1.3.4 cont. after the addl. colophon: K Ñ2.3 V2.3 B D T1 G5 ins. after 70cd: V1 cont. after *1534: :k ṛṣayaś ca mahātmāno jayāśīrbhir mahaujasam | yathāgataṃ punar yātā yakṣarākṣasakiṃnarāḥ || puraṃdare divaṃ yāte padmanābho mahābalaḥ | apṛcchata mahābhāgaḥ sarvān kuśalam avyayam || tataḥ kilakilāśabdaṃ nirvamantaḥ sahasraśaḥ | gacchanti kaumudīṃ draṣṭuṃ so 'naghaḥ priyayā saha | dvārakāṃ prāpya kṛṣṇas tu reme yadugaṇair vṛtaḥ // k: After 70, Ś1 K Ñ2 V B D M4 ins.: :k vividhān sarvakāmārthāñ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ | evam eṣo 'vatīirṇo vai pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate viṣṇur yadukulaśreṣṭho vāsudeveti viśrutaḥ // etaiś ca kāraṇaiḥ śrīmān vasudevakule prabhuḥ jāto vṛṣṇiṣu devakyāṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi // nivṛtte nāradapraśne mayoktaṃ te samāsataḥ uktās te vistarāḥ sarve pūrvaṃ ye janamejaya // viṣṇos tu māthure kalpe yatra te saṃśayo mahān vāsudevagatiś caiva sā mayā samudāhṛtā // āścaryaś caiva nānyo 'sti kṛṣṇaś cāścaryasaṃnidhiḥ sarveṣv āścaryakalpeṣu nāsty āścaryam avaiṣṇavam // sa eva dhanyo dhanināṃ dhanyakṛd dhanyabhāvanaḥ deveṣv api sadaityeṣu nāsti dhanyataro 'cyutāt // ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau marutas tathā gaganaṃ bhūr diśaś caiva salilaṃ jyotir eva ca // k: After 77, T1.2 G1.3-5 M2-4 ins.: :k sarvam etaj jagaddhātā viṣṇur eva na cāparaḥ | eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca saṃhartā kāla eva ca satyaṃ dharmas tapaś caiva brahma caiva sanātanam k: Ś1 Ñ2 B1.2 D2.4.5 ins. after 78cd: Dn Ds after 78: :k anantaś caiva nāgānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ śaṃkaraḥ smṛtaḥ | jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ caiva jagannārāyaṇodbhavaṃ | etasmāc ca jagat sarvaṃ prasūyeta janārdanāt | jagac ca sarvaṃ deveśas taṃ namas kuru bhārata // k: Ś1 K Ñ V B D1-5 ins. after 78: X Dn Ds cont. after 1538*: :k pūjyaś ca satataṃ sarvair devair eṣa sanātanaḥ | k: While D6 T1.2 G1.3-5 M ins. after 78: :k pūjyo 'yaṃ devadeveśaḥ pūjyair api savāsavaiḥ | ijyaś ca devadeveśas taṃ namaskuru bhārata || ādikartā ca bhoktā ca bhūtādir bhūtir eva ca | namaskuru jagannāthaṃ bhūyo bhūyaḥ prabho nṛpa || namaskuru sadā viṣṇuṃ yādavaṃ bhūtabhāvanam | namasyāmo jagannāthaṃ devakīṃ ca hariṃ sadā || dhyāhi nityaṃ jagannāthaṃ prayatnaparamo bhava | śreyas tava sadā viṣṇur vidhāsyati na saṃśayaḥ || namas tasmin samādhatsva mano 'nudhyāhi tat param | upāsyaś ca sadā viṣṇur manasā rājasattama | namaskuru jagannāthaṃ bhūyo bhūyo jagatpate | vāsudevaṃ sadā dhyāhi keśavaṃ keśisūdanam || nārāyaṇam aṇīyāṃsaṃ dhyāhi yatnena sattamam | dhyāto hi sarvapāpāni nāśayiṣyaty asaṃśayam | ityuktaṃ bāṇayuddhaṃ te māhātmyaṃ keśavasya ca vaṃśapratiṣṭhāṃ atulāṃ śravaṇādeva lapsyase // ye cedaṃ dhārayiṣyanti bāṇayuddham anuttamam keśavasya ca māhātmyaṃ nādharmas tān bhajiṣyati // k: For 80cd, T1.2 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k teṣāṃ dharmo bhaved rājan nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | eṣā te vaiṣṇavī caryā mayā kārtsnyena kīrtitā pṛcchatas tāta yajñe 'smin nivṛtte janamejaya // āścaryaparvam akhilaṃ yo hīdaṃ dhārayen nṛpa k: After 82ab, K2 Ñ2.3 V B Dn Ds D2-4.5(marg.).6 G4 M2 ins.: :k sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | kalpa utthāya yo nityaṃ kīrtayet susamāhitaḥ | na tasya durlabhaṃ kiṃ cid iha loke paratra ca || brāhmaṇaḥ sarvavedī syāt kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet | vaiśyo dhanasamṛddhaḥ syāc chūdro gacchec ca sadgatim | nāśubhaṃ prāpnuyāt kiṃcid dīrgham āyur avāpnuyāt // k: After 82, T2 G1.3.4 ins.: :k harivaṃśam imaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti mahīpatiḥ | āyur ārogyam aiśvaryam atulām ṛddhim āpnuyāt | k: G4 cont.: :k aputro labhate putram adhano 'pi dhanaṃ vrajet | ariṣṭaśamanaṃ sarvaṃ prāpnoti śubhasaṃtatim || vāsudeve parāṃ bhaktiṃ bhogān apy atulān bhuvi | avyāhataṃ pratāpaṃ ca yaśo vindeta mānavaḥ || harivaṃśam imaṃ śṛṇvan maṇḍalādhipatir bhavet | ācandratārakaṃ bhūmā+ +vaśeṣām ṛddhim āpnuyāt | k: G4 cont.: T2 G1.3 cont. after 1543*: :k ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ viṣṇubhaktād dvijarṣabhāt | sadā digvijayī bhūyāc caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ || vede rāmāyaṇe caiva harivaṃśe ca bhārata | ādau madhye tathaivānte hariḥ sarvatra gīyate || tasmād dhariḥ sadā dhyeyaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ | ādikartā mahībhartā śriyā sārdhaṃ jagatpatiḥ || tasya vaṃśam imaṃ puṇyam itihāsaṃ purātanam | ye narāḥ kīrtayiṣyanti nāsti teṣāṃ parābhavaḥ | k: T2 G1.3.4 cont.: D6 T1 G5 M ins. after 82: :k asakṛt paṭha rājendra harivaṃśaṃ maharddhimat | manas te niścalaṃ bhūyāt prasanno 'stu janārdanaḥ | iti pārikṣito rājā vaiśaṃpāyanabhāṣitam śrutavān amalo bhūtvā harivaṃśaṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ // evaṃ śaunaka saṃkṣepād vistareṇa tathaiva ca k: For 84ab, T1.2 G1.3-5 M subst.: :k saṃkṣepād vistareṇāpi tatra sarve tapodhanāḥ | proktā vai sarvavaṃśās te kiṃ bhūyaḥ kathayāmi te // k: After 84, T1.2 G1.3-5 M G(ed.) ins.: :k śaunakādyās tu munayaḥ prītās tuṣṭās tadābhavan | namaskurvanti deveśaṃ bhaktinamrā munīśvarāḥ | ādidevaṃ hariṃ viṣṇuṃ namasyanti sma mādhavam | k: T2 G1.4.5 cont.: :k taṃ vedaśāstrapariniṣṭhitaśuddhabuddhiṃ | carmāmbaraṃ suramunīndranutaṃ kavīndram | kṛṣṇatviṣaṃ kanakapiṅgajaṭākalāpaṃ | vyāsaṃ namāmi śirasā tilakaṃ dvijānām || muniṃ snigdhāmbudābhāsaṃ vedavyāsam akalmaṣam | vedāvāsaṃ sarasvatyā vāsaṃ vyāsaṃ namāmy aham || vande sarasvatīṃ devīṃ bhuvanatrayamātaram | yat prasādād ṛte snigdhaṃ jihvā na parivartate | h: HV (CE) chapter 114, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of december 22, 2001 :h janamejayasya ke putrāḥ paṭhyante lomaharṣaṇe k: T2 G1 ins. after the ref.: :k harivaṃśasya śeṣasya kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm | kasmin pratiṣṭhito vaṃśaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām // k: S1 K N2 V B D ins.: :k etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama | tvattaḥ kathayataḥ sarvaṃ vedmy ahaṃ taṃ parisphuṭam | pārikṣitasya kāśyāyāṃ dvau putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ candrāpīḍaś ca nṛpatiḥ sūryāpīḍaś ca mokṣavit // candrāpīḍasya putrāṇāṃ śatam uttamadhanvinām janamejaya ity eva kṣatraṃ bhuvi pariśrutam // teṣāṃ jyeṣṭhas tu rājāsīt pure vāraṇasāhvaye satyakarṇo mahābāhur yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ // satyakarṇasya dāyādaḥ śvetakarṇaḥ pratāpavān aputraḥ sa tu dharmātmā praviveśa tapovanam // tasmād vanagatād garbhaṃ yādavī pratyapadyata sucāror duhitā subhrūr mālinī bhrātṛmālini // sa tv ajanmani garbhasya śvetakarṇaḥ prajeśvaraḥ anvagacchata taṃ pūrvair mahāprasthānam acyutam // sā dṛṣṭvā saṃprayātaṃ taṃ mālinī pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt pathi sā suṣuve subhrūr vane rājīvalocanam // tam apāśya ca tatraiva rājānaṃ sānvagacchata pativratā mahābhāgā draupadīva purā patīn // sukumāraḥ kumāro 'sau girikuñje ruroda ha dayārthaṃ tasya meghās tu prādurāsan mahātmanaḥ // śraviṣṭhāyāś ca putrau dvau paippalādau ca tau dvijau dṛṣṭvā kṛpānvitau gṛhya taṃ prakṣālayatāṃ jale // vighṛṣṭe tasya te pārśve khelena rudhirasrave ajaśyāmau ca pārśvau tāv ubhāv api samāhitau // k: T1.2 G1.3-5 subst.: :k ājagamānayo pārśvaṃ pibann apy anayoḥ stanau | tathaiva ca samārūḍhāv ajapārśvas tato 'bhavat k: S1 subst.: :k ājaśyāmasya te pārśve rūḍhe vai saṃabhūvatuḥ | k: T1.2 G1.3-5 subst.: :k taṃ tathaiva ca tiṣṭhantaṃ ajapārśve kumārakam | tato 'japārśva iti tau cakrāte tasya nāma ha // sa tu vemakaśālāyāṃ ubhābhyām abhivardhitaḥ // vemakasya tu bhāryā tam udvahat putrakāraṇāt k: S1 subst.: :k sevakasya tu tāṃ bhāryām ūhatus tasya kāraṇāt | vemakyāḥ sa tu putro 'bhūd brāhmaṇau sucivau ca tau // teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca yugapat tulyajīvinaḥ sa eṣa pauravo vaṃśaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ // śloko 'pi cātra gīto 'yaṃ nāhuṣeṇa yayātinā jarāsaṃkramaṇe pūrvaṃ tadā prītena dhīmatā // acandrārkagrahā bhūmir bhaved api na saṃśayaḥ apauravā na tu mahī bhaviṣyati kadācana // k: D6 (marg.) ins.: :k tatas teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sadasyaiḥ saha śaunakaḥ | h: HV (CE) chapter 115, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of december 26, 2001 :h ukto 'yaṃ harivaṃśas te parvāṇi nikhilāni ca yathā puroktāni tathā vyāsaśiṣyeṇa dhīmatā // tat kathyamānam amṛtam itihāsasamanvitam prīṇāty asmān amṛtavat sarvapāpapraṇāśanam // k: K1.2.4 N V B Dn Ds D2-6 ins.: :k sukhaśravyatayā dhīra mano hlādayatīva naḥ | janamejayas tu nṛpatiḥ śrutvākhyānam anuttamam k: 9 syllables in first pāda :k saute kim akarot paścāt sarpasatrād anantaram // k: N2 ins.: :k yad ārabhata pārikṣit tan me kathaya suvrata | janamejayas tu nṛpatiḥ śrutvākhyānam anuttamam yad ārabhat tad ākhyāsye sarpasatrād anantaram // tasmin satre samāpte tu rājā pārikṣitas tadā yaṣṭuṃ sa vājimedhena saṃbhārān upacakrame // ṛtvikpurohitācāryān āhūyedam uvāca ha yakṣye 'haṃ vājimedhena haya utsṛjyatām iti // tato 'sya vijñāya cikīrṣitaṃ tadā kṛṣṇo mahātmā sahasājagāma pārikṣitaṃ draṣṭum adīnasattvam dvaipāyanaḥ sarvaparāvarajñaḥ // pārikṣitas tu nṛpatir dṛṣṭvā tam ṛṣim āgatam arghyapādyāsanaṃ dattvā pūjayāmāsa śāstrataḥ // tau copaviṣṭāv abhitaḥ sadasyās tasya śaunaka k: M2.4 subst.: :k tatas teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sadasyaiḥ saha śaunaka | kathā bahuvidhāś citrāś cakrāte vedasaṃhitāḥ // tataḥ kathānte nṛpatiś codayāmāsa taṃ munim pitāmahaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ātmanaḥ prapitāmaham // mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ bahvarthaṃ bahuvistaram nimeṣamātram iva me sukhaśravyatayā gatam // vibhūtivistarakathaṃ sarveṣāṃ vai yaśaskaram tvayā tv abhihitaṃ brahmañ śaṅkhe kṣīram ivāhitam // nāmṛtenāpi tṛptiḥ syād yathā svargasukhena vā tathā tṛptiṃ na gacchāmi śrutvemāṃ bhāratīṃ kathām // anumānya tu sarvajñaṃ pṛcchāmi bhagavann aham hetuḥ kurūṇāṃ nāśasya rājasūyo mato mama // duḥsahānāṃ yathā dhvaṃso rājanyānām upaplavaḥ rājasūyaṃ tathā manye yuddhārtham upakalpitam // rājasūyo hi somena śrūyate pūrvam āhṛtaḥ tasyānte sumahadyuddham abhavat tārakāmayam // āhṛto varuṇenāpi tasyānte sumahākratoḥ devāsuram abhūd yuddhaṃ sarvabhūtakṣayāvaham // hariścandras tu rājarṣir etaṃ kratum avāptavān tatrāpy āḍībakam abhūd yuddhaṃ kṣatravināśanam // tato 'nantaram āryeṇa pāṇḍavenāpi dustaraḥ mahābhāratasaṃhāraḥ saṃbhṛto 'gnir iva kratuḥ // tasya mūlaṃ hi yuddhasya lokakṣayakarasya ha rājasūyo mahāyajñaḥ kimarthaṃ na nivāritaḥ // rājasūye hy asaṃhārye yajñāṅgaiś ca durāsadaiḥ mithyāpraṇīte yajñāṅge prajānāṃ saṃkṣayo dhruvaḥ // bhavān api ca sarveṣāṃ pūrveṣāṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ atītānāgatajñaś ca nāthaś cādikaraś ca naḥ // te kathaṃ bhagavan netrā buddhimantaś cyutā nayāt anāthā hy aparādhyante kunetāraś ca mānavāḥ // kālenādya parītās te tava vatsa pitāmahāḥ na māṃ bhaviṣyaṃ papracchur na cāpṛṣṭo bravīmy aham // niḥsāmarthyaṃ ca paśyāmi bhaviṣyasya nivedanam parihartuṃ na śakṣyāmi kālaniṣṭhāṃ hi tāṃ gatim // tvayā tv idam ahaṃ pṛṣṭo vakṣyāmy āgantu bhāvi yat ataś ca balavān kālaḥ śrutvāpi na kariṣyasi // na saṃrambhān na cārambhān na vai sthāsyasi pauruṣe lekhā hi kālalikhitā veleva duratikramāḥ // aśvamedhaḥ kratuḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ pariśrutaḥ tena bhāvena te yajñaṃ vāsavo dharṣayiṣyati // yadi tac chakyate rājan parihartuṃ kathaṃcana daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa mā yajethāś ca taṃ kratum // na cāparādhaḥ śakrasya nopadhyāyagaṇasya te tava vā yajamānasya kālo 'tra parameśvaraḥ // tasya saṃsthāpanam idam kālasya vaśavarti vai tat praṇeyaṃ nibodhasya trailokyaṃ sacarācaram // yathā yaṣṭā nṛpaḥ svargaṃ gamiṣyati yugakṣaye tathā yajñaphalānāṃ ca vikretāro dvijātayaḥ // nivṛttāv aśvamedhasya kiṃ nimittaṃ bhaviṣyati śrutvā parihariṣyāmi bhagavan yadi śakyate // nimittaṃ bhavitā tatra brahmakopakṛtaṃ prabho yatasva parihartuṃ tad ity etad bhadram astu te // tvayā dhṛtaḥ kratuś caiva vājimedhaḥ paraṃtapa kṣatriyā nāhariṣyanti yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati // nivṛttāv aśvamedhasya vipraśāpāgnitejasā ahaṃ nimittaṃ iti ced bhayaṃ tīvraṃ ca jāyate // kathaṃ hy akīrttyā saṃyuktaḥ sukṛtī madvidho janaḥ lokān utsahate gantuṃ khaṃ sapāśa iva dvijaḥ // yathā hy anāgatam idam dṛṣṭam atra praṇāśanam yajñasya punarāvṛttir yady asty āśvāsayasva mām // upāttayajño devebhyo brāhmaṇeṣu nivatsyati k: T2 G1.3 ins. after the ref.: :k vihito yajña eṣo 'tra devaiś ca brāhmaṇair api | tejasābhyāhṛtaṃ tejas tejasyevāvatiṣṭhate // audbhido bhavitā kaścit senānīḥ kāśyapo dvijaḥ aśvamedhaṃ kaliyuge punaḥ pratyāhariṣyati // tadyuge tatkulīnaś ca rājasūyam api kratum āhariṣyati rājendra śvetagraham ivāntakaḥ // yathābalaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ kartṝṇāṃ dāsyate phalam yugāntadvāram ṛṣibhiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ vicariṣyati // tadāprabhṛti hāsyante nṛṇāṃ prāṇāḥ purākṛtīḥ vinivartiṣyate loke vṛttānte vṛttimatsv api // tadā sūkṣmo mahodarko dustaro dānamūlavān cāturāśramyaśithilo dharmaḥ pravicaliṣyati // tadā hy alpena tapasā siddhiṃ yāsyanti mānavāḥ dhanyā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugāmte janamejaya // h: HV (CE) chapter 116, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of december 26, 2001 :h āsannaṃ viprakṛṣṭaṃ vā yadi kālaṃ na vidmahe tasmād dvāparavidhvaṃsād yugāntaṃ spṛhayāmy aham // prāptā vayaṃ hi taṃ kālam anayā dharmatṛṣṇayā prāptā vayaṃ ca dharmaṃ svaṃ sukham alpena karmaṇā // prajāsamudvegakaraṃ yugāntaṃ samupasthitam k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M2.4 subst.: :k tasmāt samudvegakare yugānte pratyupasthite | pranaṣṭadharmaṃ dharmajña nimittair vaktum arhasi // pṛṣṭa evaṃ bhaviṣyasya gatiṃ tattvena cintayan k: T1.2 G1.3-5 M2 subst.: :k evaṃ bhaviṣye tu gatiṃ yogenaiva vicintayan | yugānte pūrvarūpāṇi bhagavān abravīt tadā // arakṣitāro hartāro balibhāgasya pārthivāḥ yugānte prabhaviṣyanti svarakṣaṇaparāyaṇāḥ // akṣatriyāś ca rājāno viprāḥ śūdropajīvinaḥ śūdrāś ca brāhmaṇācārā bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye // k: N2 ins.: :k śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte janamejaya | kāṇḍapṛṣṭhāḥ śrotriyāś ca havīṃṣi bharatarṣabha ekapaṅktyām aśiṣyanti yugānte janamejaya // śilpavanto 'nṛtaparāḥ narā madyāmiṣapriyāḥ k: N2 ins.: :k paraṃ dharmaṃ haniṣyanti manuṣyā mandabuddhayaḥ | bhāryāmitrā bhaviṣyanti yugānte janamejaya // k: G1.3.5 M2.4 D6 ins.: :k alpodakās tathā meghā alpasasyā ca medinī | rājavṛtte sthitāś corā rākānaś coraśīlinaḥ bhṛtyā anirviṣṭabhujo bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye // dhanāni ślāghanīyāni satāṃ vṛttam apūjitam k: T1 G1.3-5 M2.4 ins.: :k nāryaś cāpi kariṣyanti kṛṣim eva kalau yuge | akutsanā ca patite bhaviṣyati yugakṣaye // k: N2 ins.: :k aśāntās tāpasā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge | pranaṣṭacetanā martyā muktakeśā vicūlinaḥ unaṣoḍaśavarṣāś ca prajāsyanti narās tadā // aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāś catuṣpathāḥ pramadāḥ keśaśūlāś ca bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye // k: K3 ins.: :k aṭṭam annam iti proktaṃ śūlo vikraya ucyate | catuṣpathā brāhmaṇa iti śivo veda udāhṛtaḥ | keśo bhaga iti khyāto rājan naivātra saṃśayaḥ | sarve brahma vadiṣyanti sarve vājasaneyinaḥ śūdrā bhovādinaś caiva bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye // tapoyajñārthavedānāṃ vikretāro dvijātayaḥ ṛtavaś ca bhaviṣyanti viparītā yugakṣaye // śukladantājitākṣāś ca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti śākyabuddhopajīvinaḥ // śvāpadapracuratvaṃ ca gavāṃ caiva parikṣayaḥ svādūnāṃ vinivṛttiś ca vidyād antagate yuge // antyā madhye nivatsyanti madhyāś cāntāvasāyinaḥ yathānimnaṃ prajāḥ sarvā gamiṣyanti yugakṣaye // tathā dvihāyanā damyās tathā palvalakarṣakāḥ citravarṣī ca parjanyo yuge kṣīṇe bhaviṣyati // k: K2-4 N V B D T G3-5 M2.4 ins.: :k sarve corakule jātāś corayānāḥ parasaram | svalpenāḍhyā bhaviṣyanti yat kiṃcit prāpya durgatāḥ | na te dharmaṃ cariṣyanti mānavā nirgate yuge ūṣarābahulā bhūmiḥ panthāno nagarāntarā sarve vāṇijakāś caiva bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge // pitṛkṛtyāni deyāni vidhamantaḥ sutās tadā haraṇāya prapatsyante lobhānṛtavirodhitāḥ // k: T2 G1.3 ins.: :k pitṛdattāni vittāni nighnantas tanayāḥ sadā | grahaṇāya pravartante lobhād anṛtavādinaḥ | saukumārye tathā rūpe ratne copakṣayaṃ gate bhaviṣyanti yugasyānte nāryaḥ keśair alaṃkṛtāḥ // nirvihārasya bhītasya gṛhasthasya bhaviṣyati yugānte samanuprāpte nānyā bhāryāsamā ratiḥ // kuśīlānāryabhūyiṣṭhaṃ vṛthārūpasamāvṛtam puruṣālpaṃ bahustrīkaṃ tad yugāntasya lakṣaṇam // bahuyācanakā lokā dāsyante ca parasparam k: K1.4 N2 V2 B Ds D6 T1.2 G1.3-5 ins.: :k avicārya grahīṣyanti dānaṃ varṇāntarāt tathā | rājacorādidaṇḍārto janaḥ kṣayam upaiṣyati // sasyaniṣpattir aphalā taruṇā vṛddhaśīlinaḥ īhayāsukhino lokā bhaviṣyanti gate yuge // varṣāsu vātāḥ puruṣā nīcāḥ śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ saṃdigdhaḥ paralokaś ca bhaviṣyati yugakṣaye // k: Dn Bomb. Poona eds. G (ed.) ins.: :k ātmanaś ca durācārā brahmadūṣaṇatatparāḥ | ātmānaṃ bahu manyante manyur evābhyayād dvijān | vaiśyācārāś ca rājanyā dhanadhānyopajīvinaḥ yugāpakramaṇe pūrvaṃ bhaviṣyanti dvijātayaḥ // apravṛttāḥ prapatsyante samayāḥ śapathās tathā ṛṇaṃ ca vinayabhraṃśo yuge kṣīṇe bhaviṣyati // bhaviṣyaty aphalo harṣaḥ krodhaś ca saphalo nṛṇām ajāś caivopayokṣyante payaso 'rthe yugakṣaye // aśāstravihitā prajñā evam eva bhaviṣyati k: K N2.3 V1.2 B2 Dn D1.3-5 T1.2 G1.3-5 M2.4 subst.: :k aśāstraviduṣāṃ puṃsām evam eva svabhāvataḥ | k: N2 V1.2 B2 Dn D3.5 T2 G1 cont.: V3 B1 Ds D6 ins.: :k apramāṇaṃ kariṣyanti nītiṃ paṇḍitamāninaḥ | śāstroktasyāpravaktāro bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye // sarvaḥ sarvaṃ vijānāti vṛddhān anupasevya ca na kaścid akavir nāma yugānte pratyupasthite // na kṣatrāṇi niyokṣyanti vikarmasthā dvijātayaḥ coraprāyāś ca rājāno yugānte pratyupasthite // kuṇḍā vṛṣā naikṛtikāḥ surāpā brahmavādinaḥ aśvamedhena yakṣyanti yugānte janamejaya // ayājyān yājayiṣyanti tathābhakṣyasya bhakṣiṇaḥ brāhmaṇā dhanatṛṣṇārtā yugānte samupasthite // bhogārtham abhipatsyante na ca kaścit paṭhiṣyati ekaśaṅkhās tathā nāryo gavedhukapinaddhakāḥ // nakṣatrāṇi vihīnāni viparītā diśas tathā saṃdhyārāgo 'tha digdāho bhaviṣyaty apare yuge // pitṝn putrā niyokṣyanti vadhvaḥ śvaśrūś ca karmasu k: V3 B Ds D2-6 ins. after 37ab: N2 V1.2 Dn after 37: :k vākśarais tarjayiṣyanti gurūñ śiṣyās tathaiva ca | k: V3 B1.2 Ds D6 cont.: N1 ins. after 37: :k mukheṣu ca prayokṣyanti pramattāś ca narās tadā | viyoniṣu cariṣyanti pramadāsu narās tadā // akṛtāgrāṇi bhokṣyanti narāś caivāgnihotriṇaḥ bhikṣāṃ balim adattvā ca bhokṣyanti puruṣāḥ svayam // patīn suptān vañcayitvā gamiṣyanti striyo aṇyataḥ puruṣāś ca prasuptāsu bhāryāsu ca parastriyam // nāvyadhito nāpy arujo janaḥ sarvo 'bhyasūyakaḥ na kṛtapratikartā ca kāle kṣīṇe bhaviṣyati // h: HV (CE) chapter 117, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of december 27, 2001 :h eṣaṃ vilulite loke manuṣyāḥ kena pālitāḥ nivatsyanti kimācārāḥ kimāhāravihāriṇaḥ // kiṃkarmāṇaḥ kimīhantaḥ kiṃpramāṇāḥ kimāyuṣaḥ kāṃ ca kāṣṭhāṃ samāsādya prapatsyanti kṛtaṃ yugam // ata ūrdhvaṃ cyute dharme guṇahīnāḥ prajās tataḥ śīlavyasanam āsādya prāpsyante hrāsam āyuṣaḥ // āyurhārnyā balaglānir balaglānyā vivarṇatā k: read āyurhānyā (cf. parallel in Brahmapurāṇa 231.45a) :k vaivarṇyād vyādhisaṃpīḍā nirvedo vyādhipīḍanāt // nirvedād ātmasaṃbodhaḥ saṃbodhād dharmaśīlatā evaṃ gatvā parāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ prapatsyanti kṛtaṃ yugam // uddeśato dharmaśīlāḥ kecin madhyasthatāṃ gatāḥ vimarśaśīlāḥ kecit tu hetuvādakutūhalāḥ // pratyakṣam anumānaṃ ca pramāṇam iti niścitāḥ pramāṇaṃ kiṃ kariṣyati neti paṇḍitamāninaḥ apramāṇaṃ kariṣyanti vedoktam apare janāḥ // k: K N2 V B D ins.: :k tadā mukhabhagāś caiva bhaviṣyanti striyo 'parāḥ | nāstikyaparamāś cāpi kecid dharmavilopakāḥ bhaviṣyanti narā mūḍhā mandāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ // tadātvamātraśraddheyāḥ śāstrajñānavimūrchitāḥ dāmbhikās te bhaviṣyanti vādaśīlaparāyaṇāḥ // tadā vicalite dharme janāḥ śeṣapuraskṛtāḥ śubhāny evācariṣyanti dānasatyasamanvitāḥ // sarvabhakṣo hy asaṃgupto nirguṇo nirapatrapaḥ bhaviṣyati tadā lokas tat kaṣāyasya lakṣaṇam // viprāṇāṃ śāśvatīṃ vṛttiṃ yadā varṇāvaro janaḥ abhipatsyati vṛttyarthaṃ tat kaṣāyasya lakṣaṇam // kaṣāyopaplave kāle jñānavidyāpraṇāśane siddhim alpena kālena yāsyanti nirupaskṛtāḥ // mahāyuddhaṃ mahānādaṃ mahāvarṣaṃ mahābhayam bhaviṣyati yuge kṣīṇe tat kaṣāyasya lakṣaṇam // viprarūpāṇi rakṣāṃsi rājānaḥ karṇavedinaḥ k: After 15a T2 G1.3-5 M2-4 ins.: :k cariṣyanti vasuṃdharāṃ | pranaṣṭavarṇadharmāś ca | pṛthivīm upabhokṣyanti yugānte pratyupasthite // niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārā munayaś cābhimāninaḥ kravyādā brahmarūpeṇa sarvabhakṣā vṛthāvratāḥ // mūrkhāḥ svārthaparā lubdhāḥ kṣudrāḥ kṣudraparicchadāḥ vyavāhāropavṛttāś ca cyutā dharmāc ca śāśvatāt // hartāraḥ pararatnānāṃ paradārapradharṣakāḥ kāmātmāno durātmānaḥ sopadhāḥ priyasāhasāḥ // teṣu prabhavamāneṣu tulyaśīleṣu sarvataḥ abhāvino bhaviṣyanti munayo bahurūpiṇaḥ // utpannā ye kṛtayuge pradhānapuruṣāśrayāḥ kathāyogena tān sarvān pūjayiṣyanti mānavāḥ // sasyacorā bhaviṣyanti tathā cailāpahāriṇaḥ bhakṣyabhojyaharāś caiva bhāṇḍānāṃ caiva hāriṇaḥ // corāś corasya hartāro hantā hartur bhaviṣyati corāś corakṣaye cāpi kṛte kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyati // niḥsāre kṣubhite loke niṣkriye vyantare sthite narāḥ śrayiṣyanti vanaṃ karabhāraprapīḍitāḥ // k: K N2.3 V1 B Dn Ds D1.3-5 G (ed.) ins.: :k pitṝn ājñāpayiṣyanti putrāḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ | snuṣāḥ śvaśrūs tathā caiva yugānte paryupasthite | vākśarais tarjayiṣyanti gurūñ śiṣyāḥ samantataḥ | yajñakarmaṇy uparate rakṣāṃsi śvāpadāni ca koṭimūṣakasarpāś ca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān // kṣemaṃ subhikṣam ārogyaṃ sāmagryam atha bandhubhiḥ uddeśena naraśreṣṭha bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye // svayaṃpālāḥ svayaṃcorā yugasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtāḥ maṇḍalaiḥ prabhaviṣyanti deśe deśe pṛthak pṛthak // svadeśebhyaḥ paribhraṣṭā niḥsārāḥ saha bandhubhiḥ narās tadā bhaviṣyanti sarve kālapratīkṣiṇaḥ // tadā skandhe samādāya kumārān pradrutā bhayāt kauśikīṃ saṃśrayiṣyanti narāḥ kṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ // k: M4 ins.: :k pracariṣyanti durbhikṣa+ +vyādhibhiḥ paripīḍitāḥ | aṅgān vaṅgān kaliṅgāṃś ca kāśmīrān atha mekalān ṛṣikāntagiridroṇīḥ saṃśrayiṣyanti mānavāḥ // kṛtsnaṃ ca himavatpārśvaṃ kūlaṃ ca lavaṇāmbhasaḥ araṇyāni ca vatsyanti narā mlecchagaṇaiḥ saha // naiva śūnyā na cāśūnyā bhaviṣyati vasuṃdharā goptāraś cāpy agoptāraḥ prabhaviṣyanti śāsinaḥ // mṛgair matsyair vihaṃgaiś ca śvāpadaiḥ sarvakīṭakaiḥ k: D4 subst.: :k mṛgamatsyavihaṃgaiś ca kīṭaśvāpadavaṃgamaiḥ (?) | madhuśākaphalair mūlair vartayiṣyanti mānavāḥ // cīraṃ parṇaṃ ca vividhaṃ valkalāny ajināni ca svayaṃ kṛtvā nivatsyanti yathā munijanās tathā // bījānām ākṛtiṃ nimneṣv īhante kāṣṭhaśaṅkubhiḥ ajaiḍakaṃ kharoṣṭraṃ ca pālayiṣyanti yatnataḥ // nadīsrotāṃsi rotsyanti toyārthaṃ kūlam āśritāḥ pakvānnavyavahāreṇa vipaṇantaḥ parasparam // tanūruhair yathājātaiḥ samalāntarasaṃvṛtaiḥ bahvapatyāḥ prajāhīnāḥ krūrā lakṣaṇavarjitāḥ // evaṃ bhaviṣyanti tadā manuṣyāḥ kālakāritāḥ hīnādd hīnaṃ tadā dharmaṃ prajā samanuvartsyati // āyus tatra ca martyānāṃ paraṃ triṃśad bhaviṣyati durbalā viṣayaglānā rajasā samabhiplutāḥ // bhaviṣyati tadā teṣāṃ rogair indriyasaṃkṣayaḥ āyuḥprakṣayasaṃrodhādd hiṃsā coparamiṣyati // k: D4 ins.: :k evaṃ viplāvite loke pīḍitāḥ saṃkṣaye kāle | jñāninas te bhaviṣyanti pīḍayā viphalodyamāḥ | śuśrūṣavo bhaviṣyanti sādhūnāṃ darśane ratāḥ satyaṃ cāpi prapatsyanti vyavahārāpaśaṅkayā // bhaviṣyanti ca kāmānām alābhād dharmaśīlinaḥ kariṣyanti ca saṃkocaṃ svapakṣakṣayapīḍitāḥ // evaṃ śuśrūṣavo dāne satye prāṇābhirakṣaṇe catuṣpādapravṛttaṃ ca dharmam āpsyanti mānavāḥ // tesāṃ dharmābhimānānāṃ guṇeṣu parivartatām svādu kiṃ nv iti vijñāya dharma eva svadiṣyati // yathā hāniḥ kramaprāptā tathā vṛddhiḥ kramāgatā k: D4 subst.: :k yadā hānir bhaviṣyati kaleḥ sarvāṇi bhūpate | pragṛhīte tato dharme prapatsyanti kṛtaṃ punaḥ // sādhuvṛttiḥ kṛtayuge kaṣāye hānir ucyate eka eva tu kālaḥ sa hīnavarṇo yathā śaśī // channo hi tamasā somo yathā kaliyuge tathā pūrṇaś ca tapasā hīno yathā kaliyuge tathā // arthavādaparo dharmo vedārtha iti tu viduḥ anirṇiktam avijñātaṃ dāyādyam iva dhāryate // iṣṭaṃ dānaṃ tapo nāma brahmacaryaṃ supūjitam guṇaiḥ karmābhinirvṛttir guṇās tathyena karmaṇā // āśīs tu puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā deśakālānuvartinī yuge yuge yathākālam ṛṣibhiḥ samudāhṛtā // iha dharmārthakāmānāṃ vedānāṃ ca pratikriyā āśiṣaś ca śubhāḥ puṇyās tathaivāyur yuge yuge // k: D4 ins.: :k bhaviṣyanti mahārāja narā bahvāyuṣas tadā | yathā yugānāṃ parivartanāni cirapravṛttāni vidhisvabhāvāt kṣaṇaṃ na saṃtiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivartamānaḥ // h: HV (CE) chapter 118, transliterated by Peter Bisschop, version of december 29, 2001 :h ity evam āśvāsayato rājānaṃ janamejayam atītānāgataṃ vākyam ṛṣeḥ pariṣadā śrutam // amṛtasyeva cāsvādaḥ prabhā candramaso yathā atarpayata tac chotraṃ maharṣer vāṅmayo rasaḥ // dharmārthakāmasaṃyuktaṃ karuṇaṃ vīraharṣaṇam ramaṇīyaṃ tad ākhyānaṃ kṛtsnaṃ pariṣadā śrutam // kecid aśrūṇi mumucuḥ śrutvā dadhyus tathāpare itihāsaṃ tam ṛṣiṇā pārāśaryeṇa darśitam // k: For 4cd, D4 subst.: :k atītānāgataṃ yad vai muninoktaṃ dvijarṣabha | sadasyānto 'bhyanujñāya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam punar drakṣyāma ity uktvā jagāma bhagavān ṛṣiḥ // anujagmus tataḥ sarve prayāntam ṛṣisattamam loke pravadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śiṣṭāḥ sarve tapodhanāḥ // yāte bhagavati vyāse viprāḥ saha maharṣibhiḥ ṛtvijaḥ pārthivāś caiva pratijagmur yathāgatam // pannagānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ kṛtvā tāṃ vairayātanām jagāma roṣam utsṛtya rājā viṣam ivoragaḥ // hotrāgnidīptaśirasaṃ paritrāya ca takṣakam āstīko 'py āśramapadaṃ jagāma ca mahāmuniḥ // rājāpi hāstinapuraṃ praviveśa janāvṛtaḥ anvaśāsac ca muditas tadā pramuditāḥ prajāḥ // kasyacit tv atha kālasya sa rājā janamejayaḥ dīkṣito vājimedhāya vidhivad bhūridakṣiṇaḥ // saṃjñaptam aśvaṃ tatrāsya devī kāśyā vapuṣṭamā saṃviveśopagamyātha vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā // tāṃ tu sarvānavadyāṅgīṃ cakame vāsavas tadā saṃjñaptam aśvaṃ āviśya tayā miśrībabhūva saḥ // tasmin vikāre janite viditvā tattvataś ca tat asaṃjñapto 'yam aśvas te dhvaṃsety adhvaryum abravīt // adhvaryur jñānasaṃpannas tadindrasya viceṣṭitam kathayāmāsa rājarṣeḥ śaśāpa sa puraṃdaram // yady asti me yajñaphalaṃ tapo vā rakṣataḥ prajāḥ phalena tena sarveṇa bravīmi śrūyatām idam // adyaprabhṛti devendram ajitendriyam asthiram kṣatriyā vājimedhena na yakṣyantīti śaunaka // ṛtvijaś cābravīt kruddhaḥ sa rājā janamejayaḥ daurbalyaṃ bhavatām etad yad ayaṃ dharṣitaḥ kratuḥ // viṣaye me na vastavyaṃ dhvaṃsadhvaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ ity uktās tatyajur viprās taṃ nṛpaṃ jātamanyavaḥ // amarṣād anvaśāsac ca patnīśālāgatāḥ striyaḥ k: K N2.3 V B D ins.: :k rājā paramadharmajñas tadāsau janamejayaḥ | asatīṃ vapuṣṭamām etāṃ nirvāsayata me gṛhāt k: 9 syllables in pāda c :k yayā me caraṇo mūrdhni bhasmareṇūṣitaḥ kṛtaḥ // śauṇḍīryaṃ me 'nayā bhagnaṃ yaśo mānaś ca dūṣitaḥ naināṃ draṣṭum apīcchāmi parikliṣṭām iva srajam // na svādu so 'śnāti naraḥ sukhaṃ svapiti vā rahaḥ anvāste yaḥ priyāṃ bhāryāṃ pareṇa mṛditām iha // k: D5 (marg.) Bom. Poona eds. G (ed.) ins.: :k punar naivopabhuñjanti śvāvalīḍhaṃ havir yathā | evam uccaiḥ prabhāṣantaṃ kruddhaṃ pārikṣitaṃ nṛpam gandharvarājaḥ provāca viśvāvasur idaṃ vācaḥ // triyajñaśatayajvānaṃ vāsavas tvāṃ na mṛṣyati na duṣyatīyaṃ patnī te vihiteyaṃ vapuṣṭamā // rambhā nāmāpsarā devī kāśirājasutā matā saiṣā yoṣidvarā rājan ratnabhūtānubhūyatām // yajñe vivaram āsādya vighnam indreṇa te kṛtam yajvā hy asi kuruśreṣṭha samṛddhyā vāsavopamaḥ // bibhety abhibhavāc chakras tava kratuphalair nṛpa tasmād āvartitaś caiva kratur indreṇa te vibho // māyaiṣā vāsaveneha prayuktā vighnam icchatā yajñe vivaram āsādya saṃjñaptaṃ dṛśya vājinam ratim indreṇa rambhāyāṃ manyase yāṃ vapuṣṭamām // atha te guravaḥ śaptās triyajñaśatayājinaḥ bhraṃśitas tvaṃ ca viprāś ca phalād indrasamād iha tvattaś caiva sudurdharṣāt triyajñaśatayājinaḥ // bibheti hi sadā tvatto brāhmaṇebhyo 'pi vāsavaḥ ekena vai tad ubhayaṃ tīrṇaṃ śakreṇa māyayā // sa eṣa sumahātejā vijigīṣuḥ puraṃdaraḥ katham anyair anācīrṇaṃ naptur dārān atikramet // yathaiva hi parā buddhiḥ paro dharmaḥ paro damaḥ yathaiva paramaiśvaryaṃ kīrtiś ca harivāhane tathaiva tava durdharṣa triyajñaśatayājinaḥ // mā vāsavaṃ mā ca gurum ātmāṇaṃ mā vapuṣtamām gaccha doṣeṇa kālo hi sarvathā duratikramaḥ // aiśvaryeṇāśvam āviśya devendreṇābhiroṣitaḥ ānukūlyena devasya vartitavyaṃ sukhārthinā // dustaraṃ pratikūlaṃ hi pratisrota ivāmbhasaḥ strīratnam upabhuṅkṣvemām apāpāṃ vigatajvaraḥ // apāpās tyajyamānā vai śapeyur api yoṣitaḥ aduṣṭās tu striyo rājan divyās tu saviśeṣataḥ // bhānoḥ prabhā śikhā vahner vedīhotre tathāhutiḥ parāmṛṣṭāpy asaṃraktā nopaduṣyanti yoṣitaḥ // grāhyā lālayitavyāś ca pūjyāś ca satataṃ budhaiḥ śīlavatyo namaskāryāḥ pūjyāḥ striya iva striyaḥ // evaṃ sa viśvāvasunānunītaḥ prasādam āgamya vapuṣṭamāyām cakāra mithyāvyatiśaṅkitātmā śāntiṃ parāṃ tatra sa dharmajuṣṭām // śramam abhivinivartya mānasaṃ sa samabhilaṣajjanamejayo yaśaḥ svam viṣayam anuśaśāsa dharmabuddhir muditamanā ramayan vapuṣṭamāṃ tām // na ca viramati viprapūjanān na ca vinivartati yajñaśīlanāt na ca viṣayaparirakṣaṇāc cyuto 'sau na ca parigarhati vapuṣṭamāṃ ca // vidhivihitam aśakyam anyathā hi kartum yad ṛṣir acintyatapāḥ purābravīt saḥ k: T1 ins.: :k na ca tad aśakyam anyathā hi kartum | iti narapatir ātmavāṃs tadāsau tad anuvicintya babhūva vītamanyuḥ // k: T2 G1.3-5 M2.4 ins.: :k iti nṛpatir adīnavikramas tad anuvicintya babhūva nirvṛtaḥ | idaṃ mahākāvyam ṛṣer mahātmanaḥ paṭhan nṛṇāṃ pūjyatamo bhaven naraḥ prakṛṣṭam āyuḥ samavāpya durlabhaṃ labheta sarvajñaphalaṃ ca kevalam // śatakratoḥ kalmaṣavipramokṣaṇaṃ paṭhan idam mucyati kalmaṣān naraḥ tathaiva kāmān vividhān samaśnute samāptakāmaś ca cirāya nandati // yathā hi puṣpaprabhavaṃ phalaṃ drumāt tataḥ prajāyanti punaś ca pādapāḥ tathā maharṣiprabhavā imā giraḥ pravardhayante tam ṛṣiṃ pravartitāḥ // putrān aputro labhate suvarcasaś cyutaḥ punar vindati cātmanaḥ sthitim vyādhiṃ na cāpnoti ciraṃ ca bandhanaṃ kriyāṃ ca puṇyāṃ labhate guṇānvitaḥ // patim upalabhate ca satsu kanyā śravaṇam upetya śubhā munes tu vācaḥ janayati ca sutān guṇair upetān ripujanamardanavīryaśālinaś ca // vijayati vasudhāṃ ca kṣatravṛttir dhanam atulaṃ labhate dviṣajjayaṃ ca vipulam api dhanaṃ labhec ca vaiśyaḥ sugatim iyāc chravaṇāc ca śūdrajātiḥ // purāṇam etac caritaṃ mahātmanām adhītya buddhiṃ labhate ca naiṣṭhikīm vihāya duḥkhāni vimuktasaṅgaḥ sa vītarāgo vicared vasuṃdharām // ity etad ākhyānam udāhṛtaṃ vaḥ pratismaranto dvijamaṇḍaleṣu sthairyeṇa jātena punaḥ smarantaḥ sukhaṃ bhavanto vicarantu lokam // iti caritam idaṃ mahātmanām ṛṣikṛtam adbhutavīryakarmaṇām kathitam idaṃ hi samāsavistaraiḥ kim aparam icchasi kiṃ bravīmi te //