Chapter 46

śrīrastu |
śrīvājivadanāya namaḥ |
atha dvitīyaṃ viṣṇuparva samārabhyate |
vedavyāsaguṇāvāsa vidyādhīśa satāṃ vaśa || 0 ||
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māṃ nirāśaṃ gatakleśaṃ kurvanāśaṃ hare'niśam || 0 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyaṇa uvāca |
jñātvā viṣṇuṃ kṣitigataṃ bhāgāṃśca tridivaukasām |
vināśaśaṃsī kaṃsasya nārado mathurāṃ yayau || 1 ||
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triviṣṭapādāpatito mathuropavane sthitaḥ |
preṣayāmāsa kaṃsasya ugrasenasutasya vai || 2 ||
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sa dūtaḥ kathayāmāsa munerāgamanaṃ nṛpe || 2 ||
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dvāḥsthaṃ viditavistāraṃ dvāri tiṣṭhati nāradaḥ || 2 ||
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iti śrutvā sa kaṃsasya dvārapālastvaranniva || 2 ||
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gatvā tu tvaritaṃ rājannuvāca madhureśvaram || 2 ||
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eṣa tiṣṭhati rājendra nārado lokanāradaḥ || 2 ||
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sa nāradasyāgamanaṃ śrutvā tvaritavikramaḥ |
nirgajāmāsuraḥ kaṃsaḥ svapuryāḥ padmalocanaḥ || 3 ||
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sa dadarśātithiṃ ślāghyaṃ devarṣiṃ vītakalmaṣam |
tejasā jvalanākāraṃ vapuṣā sūryavarcasam || 4 ||
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so'bhivādyarṣaye tasmai pūjāṃ cakre yathāvidhi |
āsanaṃ cāgnivarṇābhaṃ visṛjyopajahāra vai || 5 ||
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niṣasādāsane tasmin sa vai śakrasakho muniḥ |
uvāca cograsenasya sutaṃ paramakopanam || 6 ||
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pūjito'haṃ tvayā vīra vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā |
gate tvevaṃ mama vacaḥ śrūyatāṃ gṛhyatāṃ ca vai || 7 ||
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evaṃ gate mahārāja śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama || 7 ||
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anusṛtya divo lokānahaṃ brahmapurogamān |
gataḥ sūryasakhaṃ tāta vipulaṃ meruparvatam || 8 ||
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sanandanavanaṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā caitrarathaṃ vanam |
āplutaṃ me sutīrthāsu saritsu saha daivataiḥ || 9 ||
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divyā tridhārā dṛṣṭā me puṇyā tripathagā nadī |
divyāṃ tripathagāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyāṃ bhāgirathīṃ nadīm |
divyā tripathagā dṛṣṭā puṇyā bhāgīrathī nadī |
smaraṇādeva sarveṣāmaṃhasāṃ yā vibhedinī |
upaspṛṣṭaṃ ca tīrtheṣu divyeṣu ca yathākramam || 10 ||
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dṛṣṭaṃ me brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam |
devagandharvanirghoṣairapsarobhiśca nāditam || 11 ||
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so'haṃ kadāciddevānāṃ samājaṃ merumūrdhani |
saṃgṛhya vīṇāṃ saṃsaktāmagacchaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sabhām || 12 ||
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so'haṃ tatra sitoṣṇīṣānnānāratnavibhūṣitān |
divyāsanagatāndevānapaśyaṃ sapitāmahān || 13 ||
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tatra manatrayatāmevaṃ devatānāṃ mayā śrutaḥ |
bhavataḥ sānugasyeha vadhopāyaḥ sudāruṇaḥ || 14 ||
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tatraiṣā devakī yā te mathurāyāṃ pitṛṣvasā |
asyā garbho'ṣṭamaḥ kaṃsa sa te mṛtyurbhaviṣyati || 15 ||
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devānāṃ sa tu sarvasvaṃ tridivasya gatiśca saḥ |
paraṃ rahasyaṃ devānāṃ sa te mṛtyurbhaviṣyati || 16 ||
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parato'pi parastveṣāṃ svayaṃbhūśca savayaṃbhuvām |
tataste tanmahadbhūtaṃ divyaṃ na kathayāmyaham || 17 ||
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ślāghyaśca sa hi te mṛtyurbhūtapūrvaśca taṃ smara |
yatnaśca kriyatāṃ kaṃsa garbhasthe yadi śakyate || 18 ||
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eṣā me tvadgatā prītirityarthaṃ cāhamāgataḥ |
bhujyantāṃ sarvakāmārthāḥ svasti te'stu vrajāmyaham || 19 ||
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dāsyantāṃ dānavistarāḥ || 19c ||
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bhujyantāṃ kaṃsa kāmāśca || 19c ||
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ityuktvā nārade yāte tasya vākyaṃ vicintayan |
jahāsoccaistataḥ kaṃsaḥ pakāśadaśanaściram || 20 ||
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sasmitaṃ ceva provāca bhṛtyānāmagrataḥ sthitaḥ |
hāsyaḥ khalu sa sattveṣu nārado na viśāradaḥ || 21 ||
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nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyo devairapi savāsavaiḥ |
āhavasthaḥ śayāno vā pramato matta eva vā || 22 ||
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yo'haṃ dorbhyāmudārābhyāṃ kṣobhaye'haṃ dharāmimām |
ko'sti yo mānuṣe loke māṃ kṣobhayitumutsahet || 23 ||
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adyaprabhṛti bhūtānāmeṣa devānuvartinām |
nṛpakṣipaśusaṃghānāṃ karomi kadanaṃ mahat || 24 ||
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ājñāpyatāṃ hayaḥ keśī pralambo dhenukastathā |
ariṣṭo vṛṣabhaścaiva pūtanā kāliyastathā || 25 ||
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aṭadhvaṃ pṭhivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ |
praharadhvaṃ ca sarveṣu ye'smākaṃ pakṣadūṣakāḥ || 26 ||
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garbhasthānāmapi gatirvijñeyā bhuvi dehinām |
nāradena hi garbhebhyo bhayaṃ naḥ samudāhṛtam || 27 ||
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bhavanto hi yathākāmaṃ modantāṃ vigatajvarāḥ |
māṃ ca vo nāthamāśritya nāsti devakṛtaṃ bhayam || 28 ||
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sa tu kelikilo vipro bhedaśīlaśca nāradaḥ |
suśliṣṭānapi lokeṣu bhedayaṃl labhate ratim || 29 ||
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kaṇḍūyamānaḥ satataṃ lokānaṭati cañcalaḥ |
ghaṭayāno narendrāṇāṃ tantrīvairāṇi caiva ha || 30 ||
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evaṃ sa vilapanneva vāṅmātreṇa tu kevalam |
viveśa kaṃso bhavanaṃ dahyamānena cetasā || 31 ||
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