Chapter 29E

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca teṣāṃ krīḍāprasaktānāṃ yadūnāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām || 1 ||
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chidramāsādya durbuddhirdevaśatrurdurāsadaḥ || 2 ||
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kanyāṃ bhānumatīṃ nāma bhānorduhitaraṃ nṛpa || 3 ||
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jahārātmavadhākāṅkṣī nikumbho nāma dānavaḥ || 4 ||
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antarhito mohayitvā yadūnāṃ pramadājanam || 5 ||
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māyāvī māyayā rājanpūrvavairamanusmaran || 6 ||
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bhrāturhi vajranābhasya tasya kanyā prabhāvatī || 7 ||
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pradyūmnena hṛtā vīra vajranābhastathā hataḥ || 8 ||
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bhānoreva tathāraṇye vasatyavasareṇa hi || 9 ||
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asvādhīne durādharṣe chidrajño dānavādhamaḥ || 10 ||
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kanyāpure mahānādaḥ sahasā samupasthitaḥ || 11 ||
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tasyāṃ hṛtāyāṃ kanyāyāṃ rudantyāṃ samitiṃjaya || 12 ||
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vasudevāhukau vīrau daṃśitau nirgatāv ubhau || 13 ||
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ārtanādamupaśrutya bhānoḥ kanyāpure tadā || 14 ||
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na dṛṣṭigocare tau tu dadṛśate'pakāriṇam || 15 ||
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tathaiva daṃśitau yātau yatra kṛṣṇo mahābalaḥ || 16 ||
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śrutārthaḥ svaṃ vimānaṃ tadāruroha janārdanaḥ || 17 ||
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pārthena sahitastārkṣyaṃ nāgaśatrumariṃdamaḥ || 18 ||
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rathe tvamanugaccheti saṃdiśya makaradhvajam || 19 ||
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tvareti garuḍaṃ vīraḥ saṃdideśa ca kāśyapam || 20 ||
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vajraṃ nagaramāyāntaṃ nikumbhaṃ raṇadurjayam || 21 ||
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pārthakṛṣṇau mahātmānāvāsedaturariṃdamau || 22 ||
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pradyumnaśca mahātejā māyināṃ pravaro nṛpa || 23 ||
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kṛṣṇāpradyumnapārthān sa dṛṣṭvātmānaṃ dvidhākarot || 23 ||
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nikumbhastvatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā tridhātmānamathākarot || 24 ||
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tān sarvānyodhayāmāsa nikumbhaḥ prahasanniva || 25 ||
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bahukaṇṭakagurvībhirgadābhiramaropamaḥ || 26 ||
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savyenālambya hastena kanyāṃ bhānumatīṃ nṛpa || 27 ||
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dakṣiṇenātha hastena gadayā praharatyuta || 28 ||
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kanyārthaṃ na ca kṛṇṣau vā kāmo vā nṛpasattama || 29 ||
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nirdayaṃ praharanti sma nikumbhe ca mahāsure || 30 ||
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samarthāste mahātmānaḥ śatruṃ hantuṃ durāsadāḥ || 31 ||
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niśaśvasurnarapate dayābhārāvapīḍitāḥ || 32 ||
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śreṣṭho dhanuṣmatāṃ pārthaḥ sarvathā kuśalo yudhi || 33 ||
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nārācairvidhinā daityaṃ śaraśaktyā jaghāna ha || 34 ||
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te tu vaitastikairbāṇairvividhurdānavaṃ yudhi || 35 ||
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na kanyāṃ kalayā yuktyā śikṣayā ca mahīpate || 36 ||
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tataḥ sa kanyayā sārdhaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata || 37 ||
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āsurīmāśrito māyāṃ na tāṃ vetti hi kaścana || 38 ||
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taṃ kṛṣṇau raukmiṇeyaśca pṛṣṭhato'nuyayustadā || 39 ||
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hārītaḥ śakuno bhūtvā tasthāvatha mahāsuraḥ || 40 ||
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taṃ bāṇaiḥ punarevātha vīro bhūyo dhanaṃjayaḥ || 41 ||
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vaitastikairmarmabhidbhiḥ kanyāṃ rakṣannatāḍayat || 42 ||
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sa imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saptadvīpāṃ mahāsuraḥ || 43 ||
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babhrāmānugataścaiva tairvīrairarimardanaḥ || 44 ||
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gokarṇasyopariṣṭāttu parvatasya mahāsuraḥ || 45 ||
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papāta celagaṅgāyāḥ puline saha kanyayā || 46 ||
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na devā nāsurā vāpi laṅghayanti tapodhanāḥ || 47 ||
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gokarṇaṃ tejasā guptaṃ mahādevasya bhārata || 48 ||
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etadantaramāsādya pradyumnaḥ śīghravikramaḥ || 49 ||
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kanyāṃ bhānumatīṃ bhaimo jagrāha raṇadurjayaḥ || 50 ||
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asuraḥ so'rdito rājan kṛṣṇābhyāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 51 ||
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tyaktvāthottaragokarṇāṃ nikumbho dakṣiṇāṃ diśam || 52 ||
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jagāma pṛṣṭhato yātau kṛṣṇau tārkṣyagatau tadā || 53 ||
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viveśa ṣaṭpuraṃ caiva jñātīnāmālayaṃ tadā || 54 ||
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tatra vīrau guhādvāri kṛṣṇau rātriṃ tadoṣatuḥ || 55 ||
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raukmiṇeyo'pi kṛṣṇena saṃdiṣṭo dvārakāṃ purīm || 56 ||
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anayadbhānutanayāṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || 57 ||
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nayitvā cāyayau vīraḥ ṣaṭpuraṃ dānavākulam || 58 ||
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dadarśa ca guhādvāri kṛṣṇau bhīmaparākramau || 59 ||
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ūṣaturdvāramākramya ṣaṭpurasya mahābalau || 60 ||
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kṛṣṇau pradyumnasahitau nikumbhavadhakāṅkṣiṇau || 61 ||
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tato'nantarametasmādbilādatibalastadā || 62 ||
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nirjagāma balī yoddhuṃ nikumbho bhīmavikramaḥ || 63 ||
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tasya nirgacchatastasmādbilātpārtho viśāṃ pate || 64 ||
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rurodha sarvato mārgaṃ śarairgāṇḍīvaniḥsṛtaiḥ || 65 ||
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so'bhisṛtya gadāṃ ghorāmudyamya bahukaṇṭakām || 66 ||
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śirasyatāḍayatpārthaṃ nikumbho balināṃ varaḥ || 67 ||
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gadayābhihate pārthe raktaṃ vamati muhyati || 68 ||
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hasitvā so'suro dṛpto raukmiṇeyamatāḍayat || 69 ||
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taṃ prāṅmukhamukhaṃ vīraṃ māyāvī māyināṃ varam || 70 ||
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adṛṣṭenāhato vīraḥ śirasyatha mumoha saḥ || 71 ||
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tathāgatau tu dṛṣṭvā tau muhyamānau sutāḍitau || 72 ||
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abhidudrāva govindo nikumbhaṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ || 73 ||
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kaumodakīṃ samudyamya gadapūrvodbhavo gadām || 74 ||
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tāvanyonyaṃ durādharṣau garjantāvabhipetatuḥ || 75 ||
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airāvatagataḥ śakraḥ sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ saha || 76 ||
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dadarśa tanmahāyuddhaṃ ghoraṃ devāsuraṃ tadā || 77 ||
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dṛṣṭvā devān hṛṣīkeśaścitrairyuddhairariṃdamaḥ || 78 ||
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iyeṣa dānavaṃ hantuṃ devānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 79 ||
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sa maṇḍalāni citrāṇi darśayāmāsa keśavaḥ || 80 ||
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kaumodakīṃ mahābāhurlālayanyuddhakovidaḥ || 81 ||
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tathaivāsuramukhyo'pi gadāṃ tāṃ bahukaṇṭakām || 82 ||
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śikṣayā bhrāmayāṇo'tha maṇḍalāni cacāra ha || 83 ||
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ṛṣabhāviva garjantau bṛṃhantāviva kuñjarau || 84 ||
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vāsitāntaramāsādya kruddhau sālāvṛkāviva || 85 ||
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ājaghāna nikumbhastu gadayā gadapūrvajam || 86 ||
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spaṣṭāṣṭaghaṇṭayā vīra nādaṃ muktvātidāruṇam || 87 ||
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tatkālameva kṛṣṇo'pi bhrāmayitvā mahāgadām || 88 ||
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nikumbhamūrdhani tadā pātayāmāsa bhārata || 89 ||
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avaṣṭabhya muhūrtaṃ tu hariḥ kaumodakīṃ gadām || 90 ||
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tasthau jagadgururdhīmānmumoha patitaḥ kṣitau || 91 ||
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hāhābhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tatkālamabhavattadā || 92 ||
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tathā gate vāsudeve naradeve mahātmani || 93 ||
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ākāśagaṅgātoyena śītena ca sugandhinā || 94 ||
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siṣecāmṛtamiśreṇa kṛṣṇaṃ deveśvaraḥ svayam || 95 ||
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nūnamātmecchayā kṛṣṇastathā cakre surottamaḥ || 96 ||
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ko hi śakto mahātmānaṃ yuddhe mohayituṃ harim || 97 ||
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kṛṣṇaḥ pratyāgataprāṇaścakramudyamya bhārata || 98 ||
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pratīccheti durātmānamuvāca ripunāśanaḥ || 99 ||
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nikumbho'pyatimāyāvī utpapāta durāsadaḥ || 100 ||
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śarīraṃ tatparityajya na tu taṃ vetti keśavaḥ || 101 ||
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mumūrṣati mṛto vāyamiti matvā janārdanaḥ || 102 ||
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rarakṣa smaramāṇo'tha vīro vīravrataṃ vibho || 103 ||
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atha pradyumnakaunteyāvāgatau labdhacetanau || 104 ||
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sthitau nārāyaṇābhyāśe nikumbhavadhaniścitau || 105 ||
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pradyumno'pyatha māyāvī viditaḥ kṛṣṇamabravīt || 106 ||
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nikumbhastāta nāstyatra gataḥ kvāpi sudurmatiḥ || 107 ||
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pradyumnenaiva mukte tu tannanāśa kalevaram || 108 ||
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prajahāsātha bhagavānarjunena saha prabhuḥ || 109 ||
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tathāyutasahasrāṇi nikumbhānāṃ janādhipa || 110 ||
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dadṛśuste tadā vīrāḥ kṣitau divi ca sarvataḥ || 111 ||
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sahasrāṇyeva kṛṣṇaṃ tu tathā pārthamariṃdamam || 112 ||
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raukmiṇeyaṃ tathā vīraṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat || 113 ||
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pāṇḍavasya dhanuḥ kecitkecidasya mahāśarān || 114 ||
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anye'sya jagṛhurhastāvanye pādau mahāsurāḥ || 115 ||
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evaṃ grahāya te vīramagamaṃste vihāyasi || 116 ||
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pārthānāmapi koṭyastu gṛhītānāṃ tadābhavan || 117 ||
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nāntaṃ dadarśa kṛṣṇaśca kārṣṇiśca ripunāśanau || 118 ||
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vicchidya tau śarairvīrau nikumbhaṃ pārthavarjitau || 119 ||
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ekaikastu dvidhā chinno dvaidhībhavati bhārata || 120 ||
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divyajñānastadā kṛṣṇo bhagavānatra dṛṣṭvān || 121 ||
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nikumbhaṃ tattvataścāpi dadarśa madhusūdanaḥ || 122 ||
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sraṣṭāraṃ sarvamāyānāṃ hartāraṃ phalgunasya ca || 123 ||
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sa cakreṇa śirastasya cakartāsurasūdanaḥ || 124 ||
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paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhūtabhavyabhavo hariḥ || 125 ||
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sa muktvā phalgunaṃ rājaṃśchinne śirasi bhārata || 126 ||
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papātāsuramukhyo'tha chinnamūla iva drumaḥ || 127 ||
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athākāśagataṃ pārthaṃ patamānaṃ vihāyasaḥ || 128 ||
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kṛṣṇavākyena jagraha kārṣṇirviyati mānada || 129 ||
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nikumbhe patite bhūmau samāśvāsya dhanaṃjayam || 130 ||
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jagāma dvārakāṃ devaḥ pārthakāmasamanvitaḥ || 131 ||
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samiyāyātha dāśarho dvārakāṃ mudito vibhuḥ || 132 ||
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nāradaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ vavande yadunandanaḥ || 133 ||
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nārado'tha mahātejā bhānuṃ yādavamabravīt || 134 ||
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bhāno mā kārṣīrmanyuṃ tvaṃ śrūyatāṃ bhaimanandana || 135 ||
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krīḍantyā raivatodyāne durvāsāḥ kopito'nayā || 136 ||
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sa śaśāpa tato roṣānmunirduhitaraṃ tava || 137 ||
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atidurlalitaiḥ kanyā śatruhastaṃ gamiṣyati || 138 ||
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sutārthe te mayā sārdhaṃ munibhiḥ sa prasāditaḥ || 139 ||
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bālāṃ vratavatīṃ kanyāmanāgasamimāṃ mune || 140 ||
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śaptavānasi dharmajña kathaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara || 141 ||
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anantaraṃ vidhatsvātra vayaṃ vijñāpayāmahe || 142 ||
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asmābhirevamuktastu durvāsā bhaimanandana || 143 ||
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uvācādhomukho bhūtvā muhūrtaṃ kṛpayānvitaḥ || 144 ||
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yadavocamahaṃ vākyaṃ tattathā na tadanyathā || 145 ||
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ripuhastamavaśyaṃ hi gamiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 146 ||
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adūṣitā tu dharmeṇa bhartāramupalapsyati || 147 ||
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bahuputrā bahudhanā subhagā ca bhaviṣyati || 148 ||
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sugandhagandhā ca sadā kumārī ca punaḥ punaḥ || 149 ||
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na ca śokāmimaṃ ghoraṃ tanvaṅgī dhārayiṣyati || 150 ||
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evaṃ bhānumatī vīra sahadevāya dīyatām || 151 ||
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śraddadhānaḥ sa śūraśca dharmaśīlaśca pāṇḍavaḥ || 152 ||
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tato bhānumatīṃ bhānurdadau mādrīsutāya vai || 153 ||
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sahadevāya dharmātmā nāradasya vacaḥ smaran || 154 ||
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ānītaḥ sahadevaśca preṣite cakrapāṇinā || 155 ||
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vivāhe ca tadā vṛtte sabhāryaḥ svapuraṃ gataḥ || 156 ||
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imaṃ kṛṣṇasya vijayaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādatha || 157 ||
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vijayaṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu śraddadhāno labhennaraḥ || 158 ||
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