Chapter 78

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
ugrasenastu kṛṣṇasya samīpaṃ duḥkhito yayau |
putraśokābhisaṃtapto viṣapīta iva skhalan || 1 ||
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sa dadarśa gṛhe kṛṣṇaṃ yādavairabhisaṃvṛtam |
paścānutāpāddhyāyantaṃ kaṃsasya nidhanāvilam || 2 ||
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kaṃsārīpralopāṃśca śrutvā sukaruṇānbahūn |
vigarhamāṇamātmānaṃ tasminyādavasaṃsadi || 3 ||
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kṛṣṇaḥ provāca nikhilaṃ sarveṣāmupaśṛṇvatām || 3 ||
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aho mayātibālyena nararoṣānuvartinā |
vaidhavyaṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ kaṃsasyāsya kṛte kṛtam || 4 ||
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kāruṇyaṃ khalu nārīṣu prākṛtasyāpi jāyate |
evamārtaṃ rudantīṣu mayā bhartari pātite || 5 ||
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paridevitamātreṇa śokaḥ khalu vidhīyate |
kṛtāntasyānabhijñātaḥ strīṇāṃ kāruṇyasaṃbhavaḥ || 6 ||
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kaṃsasya hi vadhaḥ śreyānprāgevābhimato mama |
sutāmudvejanīyasya pāpeṣvabhiratasya ca || 7 ||
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loke patitavṛttasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ |
akliṣṭaṃ maraṇaṃ śreyo na vidviṣṭasya jīvitam || 8 ||
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kaṃsaḥ pāparatiścaiva sādhūnāṃ cāpyasaṃmataḥ |
dhikśabdapatitaścaiva jīvite cāsya kā dayā || 9 ||
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svarge tapobhṛtāṃ vāsaḥ phalaṃ puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ |
ihāpi yaśasā yuktastatrasthairupadhāryate || 10 ||
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yadi syurnirvṛttā lokāḥ syuśca dharmaparāḥ prajāḥ |
narā dharmapravṛttāśca na nṛpo vikṛto bhavet || 11 ||
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guṇeṣu duṣṭavṛttānāṃ kṛttāntaḥ kurute padam |
iṣṭadharmeṣu lokeṣu kartavyaṃ pāralaukikam || 12 ||
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atīva devā rakṣanti naraṃ dharmaparāyaṇam |
kartāraḥ sulabhā loke duṣkṛtasyeha karmaṇaḥ || 13 ||
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hataḥ so'yaṃ mayā kaṃsaḥ sādhvetadavagamyatām |
mūlacchedaḥ kṛtastasya viparītasya karmaṇaḥ || 14 ||
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na ceddhanyāṃ durācāraṃ vinaṅkṣyati tadā jagat || 14 ||
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kaḥ kuryātkhalvidaṃ kāryaṃ badhvā pitaramojasā || 14 ||
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rājyaṃ sakalasāmantaṃ kariṣyati sadā hi saḥ || 14 ||
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tadeṣa sāntvyatāṃ sarvaḥ śokārtaḥ pramadājanaḥ |
paurāśca puryāṃ śreṇyaśca sāntvyatāṃ sarva eva hi || 15 ||
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evaṃ bruvati govinde viveśāvanatānanaḥ |
ugraseno mahātejāḥ kṛṣṇamasrāvilekṣaṇam |
pralapantaṃ jagāmaivaṃ yādavānāṃ ca saṃsadi |
ugraseno yadūn gṛhya putrakilbiṣaśaṅkitaḥ || 16 ||
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vṛṣṇibhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ śiniprabhṛtibhistadā || 16 ||
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sa kṛṣṇaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣamuvāca yadusaṃsadi |
bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā vācā dīnayā sajjamānayā || 17 ||
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putra niryātitaḥ krodho nīto yāmyāṃ diśaṃ ripuḥ |
svadharmādhigatā kīrtirnāma viśrāvitaṃ bhuvi || 18 ||
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sthāpitaṃ satsu māhātmyaṃ śaṅkitā ripavaḥ kṛtāḥ |
sthāpito yādavo vaṃśo garvitāḥ suhṛdaḥ kṛtāḥ || 19 ||
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sāmanteṣu narendreṣu pratāpaste prakāśitaḥ |
mitrāṇi tvāṃ bhajiṣyanti saṃśrayiṣyanti cārthinaḥ || 20 ||
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prakṛtayo'nuyāsyanti stoṣyanti tvāṃ dvijātayaḥ |
saṃdhivigrahamukhyāstvāṃ praṇamiṣyanti mantriṇaḥ || 21 ||
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hastyaśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ padātigaṇasaṃkulam |
pratigṛhāṇa kṛṣṇedaṃ kaṃsasya balamavyayam || 22 ||
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dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca yatkiṃcid ratnānyācchādanāni ca |
pratīcchantu niyuktā vai tvadīyāḥ kṛṣṇa puruṣāḥ |
striyo hiraṇyaṃ vāsāṃsi yaccānyadvasu kiṃcana || 23 ||
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evaṃ hi vihite yoge paryāpte kṛṣṇa vigrahe |
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ medinyāṃ yadūnāṃ śatrusūdana || 24 ||
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tvaṃ gatiścāgatiścaiva yadūnāṃ yadunandana || 24 ||
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śṛṇu tadbruvatāṃ vīra kṛpaṇānāmidaṃ vacaḥ |
asya tvatkrodhadagdhasya kaṃsasyāśubhakarmaṇaḥ |
tava prasādādgovinde pretakāryaṃ kriyate ha || 25 ||
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asya kṛtvā narendrasya vipannasyaurdhvadehikam |
sasnuṣo'haṃ sabhāryaśca cariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha || 26 ||
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pretasaṃskāramātreṇa kṛte bāndhavakarmaṇi |
ānṛṇyaṃ laukikaṃ kṛṣṇa gataḥ kila bhavāmyaham || 27 ||
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asyāgniṃ paścimaṃ dattvā cittisthāne vidhiṃ vinā |
toyapradānamātreṇa kaṃsasyānṛṇyamāpnuyām || 28 ||
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etanme kṛṣṇa vijñāpyaṃ sneho'tra mama yujyatām |
prāpnotu sugatiṃ tatra kṛpaṇaḥ paścimāṃ kriyām || 29 ||
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etacchrutvā vacastasya kṛṣṇaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ |
pratyuvācograsenaṃ vai sāntvapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ || 30 ||
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kālayuktamidaṃ tāta tvayaitadbhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ || 30 ||
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sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla vṛttasya ca kulasya ca |
yattvaṃ evaṃvidhaṃ brūṣe gate'rthe duratikrame || 31 ||
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prāpsyate nṛpa saṃskāraṃ kaṃsaḥ pretagate'pi san |
kule mahati te janma vedānviditavānasi |
kathaṃ na jñāyate tāta niyatirduratikramā || sthāvarāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ jaṅgamānāṃ ca pārthiva |
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ karma kālena paripacyate || śrutavanto'rthavantaśca dātāraḥ priyadarśanāḥ |
brahmaṇyā nayasaṃpannā dīnānugrahakāriṇaḥ || lokapālasamāstāta mahendrasamavikramāḥ |
kṣitipālāḥ kṛtāntena nīyante nṛpasattama || dhārmikāḥ sarvabhāvajñāḥ prajāpālanatatparāḥ |
kṣatradharmaparā dāntāḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ || svayameva kṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham |
prāpte kāle tu tatkarma dṛśyate sarvadehinām || eṣā hyantarhitā māyā durvijñeyā surairapi |
yathāyaṃ muhyate loko hyatra karmaiva kāraṇam || kālenābhihataḥ kaṃsaḥ pūrvakarmapracoditaḥ |
na hyayaṃ kāraṇaṃ tatra kālaḥ karma ca kāraṇam || sūryasomamayaṃ tāta kṛtsnaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam |
kālena nidhanaṃ gatvā kālenaiva ca jāyate |
kālastu sarvabhūtānāṃ nigrahe pragrahe rataḥ |
tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni kālasya vaśagāni vai || svadoṣeṇaiva dagdhasya sūnostava narādhipa |
nāhaṃ vai kāraṇaṃ tatra kālastatra tu kāraṇam || atha vāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kāraṇaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ |
palāyanaparaḥ kālaḥ kiṃ kariṣyatyakāraṇam |
kālastu balavān rājandurvijñeyā hi sā gatiḥ || parāvaraviśeṣajñā yāṃ yānti samadarśinaḥ |
gatiḥ kālasya sā yena sarvaṃ kālasya gocaram |
bravīmi yadahaṃ tāta tadanuṣṭhīyatāṃ vacaḥ || 32 ||
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na hi rājyena me kāryaṃ nāpyahaṃ rājyalālasaḥ |
na cāpi rājyalubdhena mayā kaṃso nipātitaḥ || 33 ||
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kiṃ tu lokahitārthāya kīrtyarthaṃ ca sutastava |
vyaṅgabhūtaḥ kulasyāsya sānujo vinipātitaḥ || 34 ||
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ahaṃ sa eva gomadhye gopaiḥ saha vanecaraḥ |
prītimānvicariṣyāmi kāmacārī yathā gajaḥ || 35 ||
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etāvacchataśo'pyevaṃ satyena prabravīmi te |
na me kāryaṃ nṛpatvena vijñāpyaṃ kriyatāmidam || 36 ||
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bhavān rājāstu me mānyo yadūnāmagraṇīḥ prabhuḥ |
vijayāyābhiṣicyasva svarājye rājasattama || 37 ||
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yadi te matpriyaṃ kāryaṃ yadi vā nāsti te vyathā |
mayā nisṛṣṭaṃ rājyaṃ svaṃ cirāya pratigṛhyatām || 38 ||
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