Chapter 16

āgatya yamunātīraṃ jarāputraḥ pratāpavān || 1 ||
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vindānuvindāvāvantyau dautyena samacodayat || 2 ||
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tau gatvā mathurāṃ vīrau dvāṣthena prativeśitau || 3 ||
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āsanasthaṃ tadā rājannugrasenaṃ patiṃ nṛpa || 4 ||
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tatpārśve ca sthitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ balabhadreṇa saṃgatam || 5 ||
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vasudevaṃ mahāvīryaṃ sātyakiṃ ca mahāmatim || 6 ||
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anyāṃśca yādavāndṛṣṭvā samīpasthānmahīpateḥ || 7 ||
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tau tu sarvān samābhāṣya kaṃsasya pitaraṃ tadā || 8 ||
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ūcatuḥ sukhamāsīnau vāsudevaṃ ca sāgrajam || 9 ||
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āha yuṣmānmahāvīryo jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān || 10 ||
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śrūyatāṃ mama yadvākyaṃ duḥkhitasyābalasya me || 11 ||
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sutādvayaṃ mahārāja draṣṭumicchāmi duḥkhitam || 12 ||
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vivaśaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ duḥkhasāgarasaṃśritam || 13 ||
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yattu kaṃso hataḥ saṃkhye kṛṣṇena hi balīyasā || 14 ||
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aśakto'haṃ tathā rājan kṛtasya pratikarmaṇaḥ || 15 ||
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yattu yuddhaṃ balavatā kṛṣṇena kṛtamityapi || 16 ||
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nātra me vismayaḥ kāryo balavān sa hi sāgrajaḥ || 17 ||
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kiṃ tu duḥkhaṃ mahadbhūtaṃ duḥsahaṃ mama jāyate || 18 ||
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tadduḥkhaṃ duḥsahaṃ manye vaktuṃ ca mama duḥsaham || 19 ||
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magadhendre mahāvīrya sabale mayi mānada || 20 ||
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citrametanmahārāja yatkṛtaṃ mayi jīvati || 21 ||
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kṛṣṇena sukṛtaṃ karma māṃ matvā paśumityapi || 22 ||
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kṛṣṇe tvasukṛtaṃ karma mama tvāṃ paśya ityapi || 22 ||
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kiṃ nūnaṃ duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtvā kṛṣṇastu jīvati || 23 ||
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jīvatyevaṃ jarāputre māvamaṃsthā yadūttama || 24 ||
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jīvitaṃ tu samāptaṃ me kṛṣṇe jīvati saṃprati || 25 ||
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ityuktvā punarāhedaṃ krodhavisphāritānanaḥ || 26 ||
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yadi kṛṣṇaṃ sthitaṃ saṃkhye haniṣye yadi manmukhe || 27 ||
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nāhaṃ kaṃso na vā keśī nāriṣṭo na ca pūtanā || 28 ||
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jarāsaṃdhaṃ mahīpālaṃ māvamaṃsthā mahīpate || 29 ||
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imāmapyaparāṃ rājanpratijñāṃ śṛṇu keśava || 30 ||
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yadi tvaṃ matpuro bhūyāstadā hanmi sabāndhavam || 31 ||
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saṃnaddho bhava yuddhāya sthito'haṃ yuddhalālasaḥ || 32 ||
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yatra yatra bhavānyāti tatra tatrāhamāsthitaḥ || 33 ||
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jīvati tvayi govinda jarāsaṃdho na jīvati || 34 ||
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āgaccha saha yuddhāya balabhadreṇa dhīmatā || 35 ||
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kimebhirbahubhirvṛddhairugrasenapurogamaiḥ || 36 ||
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āgacchantu bhavāñchīghraṃ balabhadrasahāyavān || 37 ||
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sātyake yuktamevaitatkṛtaṃ kṛṣṇena kiṃ prabho || 38 ||
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vasudeva yaduśreṣṭha yuktaṃ putreṇa kiṃ tava || 39 ||
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akrūra vada satyena yuktaṃ vātrānyathāpi vā || 40 ||
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mṛdhe kṛṣṇa yaduśreṣṭha sthiro bhava na cañcalaḥ || 41 ||
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bahunātra kimuktena na sthiraṃ tava jīvitam || 42 ||
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śvaḥ purīṃ tava rotsyāmi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 43 ||
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ko nvidaṃ sāhasaṃ kuryāttvāṃ vinā kṛṣṇa sāṃpratam || 44 ||
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ityuktvā tau mahāvīryau virāmaṃ jagmatustadā || 45 ||
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ityukto roṣatāmrākṣaḥ kṛṣṇa ūce vacastadā || 46 ||
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hataḥ kaṃso mahārāja kimataḥ sāhasaṃ kṛtam || 47 ||
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kiṃ citraṃ vada rājendra hataḥ kaṃsa itīha naḥ || 48 ||
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idaṃ ca tasmai vaktavyaṃ bhavadbhyāṃ rājasattamau || 49 ||
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sthito'smi yuddhasaṃrakto jeṣyāmi ca raṇe ripūn || 50 ||
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tvāṃ hatvā sabalaṃ saṃkhye rājyamādāya sāṃpratam || 51 ||
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ugrasenāya dāsyāmi satyena ca śapāmyaham || 52 ||
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ityuktvā virarāmaiva keśavaḥ keśisūdanaḥ || 53 ||
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tau tu gatvā tadā sarvaṃ tasmai ca procatuḥ prabho || 54 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca gate dūtadvaye rājanmāgadhendraṃ janādhipam || 55 ||
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taṃ śrutvā rājarājendramāhavepsumamarṣaṇam || 56 ||
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hantukāmaṃ jagannāthaṃ baladhadraṃ ca māgadham || 57 ||
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pratāpajñā hi yadavo māgadhasya mahātmanaḥ || 58 ||
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śaṅkamānā bhayaṃ tasmājjarāsaṃdhānmahīpateḥ || 59 ||
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sthite hi lokanāthe'smin sarveṣāṃ balahāriṇi || 60 ||
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sa pratāpo hi balavānmagadhendrasya sarvataḥ || 61 ||
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