Chapter 57

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
damite sarparāje tu kṛṣṇena yamunāhrade |
tameva ceraturdeśaṃ sahitau rāmakeśavau || 1 ||
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jagmatustau tu saṃraktau godhanaiḥ saha gāminau |
giriṃ govardhanaṃ ramyaṃ vasudevasutāv ubhau || 2 ||
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govardhanasyottarato yamunātīramāśritam |
dadṛśāte'tha tau vīrau ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ mahat || 3 ||
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tau tālaparṇapratate ramye tālavane ratau |
ceratuḥ paramaprītau vṛṣapotāvivodgatau || 4 ||
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sa tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdho loṣṭapāṣāṇavarjitaḥ |
darbhaprāyasthalībhūtaḥ sumahān kṛṣṇamṛttikaḥ || 5 ||
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tālaistairvipulaskandhairucchritaiḥ śyāmaparvabhiḥ |
phalāgraśākhibhirbhāti nāgahastairivocchritaiḥ || 6 ||
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tatra dāmodaro vākyamuvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ |
aho tālaphalaiḥ pakvairvāsiteyaṃ vanasthalī || 7 ||
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svādūnyārya sugandhīni śyāmāni rasavanti ca |
tālapakvāni sahitau pātayāvo laghukramau || 8 ||
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yadyeṣāmīdṛśo gandho madhuro ghrānasaṃmataḥ |
rasenāmṛtakalpena bhaviṣyantīti me matiḥ || 9 ||
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dāmodaravacaḥ śrutvā rauhiṇeyo hasanniva |
pātayaṃstālapakvāni cālayāmāsa tāṃstarūn || 10 ||
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tattu tālavanaṃ nṝṇāmasevyaṃ duratikramam |
nirmāṇabhūtamiriṇaṃ puruṣādālayopamam || 11 ||
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pāṣāṇairatha rājendra bahubhiḥ parvatopamaiḥ || 11 ||
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pakvāni caiva rājendra pātayāmāsa kāmataḥ || 11 ||
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dāruṇo dhenuko nāma daityo gardabharūpavān |
kharayūthena mahatā vṛtaḥ samupasevate || 12 ||
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sa tattalavanaṃ ghoraṃ gardabhaḥ parirakṣati |
nṛpakṣiśvāpadagaṇāṃstrāsayānaḥ sa durmatiḥ || 13 ||
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tālaśabdaṃ sa taṃ śrutvā saṃghuṣṭaṃ phalapātane |
nāmarṣayata saṃkruddhastālasvanamiva dvipaḥ || 14 ||
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śabdānusārī saṃkruddho darpāviddhasaṭānanaḥ |
stabdhākṣo heṣitapaṭuḥ khurairnirdārayanmahīm || 15 ||
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āviddhapuccho hṛṣito vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ |
āpatanneva dadṛśe rauhiṇeyamavasthitam || 16 ||
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tālānāṃ tamadho dṛṣṭvā sa dhvajākāramavyayam |
rauhiṇeyaṃ kharo duṣṭaḥ so'daśaddaśanāyudhaḥ || 17 ||
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padbhyāmubhābhyāṃ ca punaḥ paścimābhyāṃ parāṅmukhaḥ |
jaghānorasi daityaḥ sa rauhiṇeyaṃ nirāyudham || 18 ||
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tābhyāmeva sa jagrāha padbhyāṃ taṃ daityagardabham |
āvarjitamukhaskandhaṃ prairayattālamūrdhani || 19 ||
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sa bhagnorukaṭignīvo bhagnapṛṣṭho durākṛtiḥ |
kharastālaphalaiḥ sārdhaṃ papāta dharaṇītale || 20 ||
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taṃ gatāsuṃ gataśrīkaṃ patitaṃ vīkṣya gardabham |
jñātīṃstathāparāṃstasya cikṣepa tṛṇarājani || 21 ||
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te sarve tālapakvaiśca nipeturdharaṇītale || 21 ||
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sā bhūrgardabhadehaiśca tālapakvaiśca pātitaiḥ |
babhāse channajaladā dyaurivāvyaktaśāradī || 22 ||
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tasmin gardabhadaiteya tu sānuge vinipātite |
ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ tadd hi bhūyo ramyataraṃ babhau || 23 ||
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vipramuktabhayaṃ śubhraṃ viviktākāradarśanam |
caranti sma sukhaṃ gāvastattālavanamuttamam || 24 ||
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tataḥ pravyāhṛtāḥ sarve gopā vananivāsinaḥ |
vītaśokā vanaṃ sarve cañcūryante sma te sukham || 25 ||
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tataḥ sukhaṃ prakīrṇāsu goṣu nāgendravikramau |
drumaparṇāsane kṛtvā tau yathārhaṃ niṣidatuḥ || 26 ||
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