Chapter 25

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu rādhe kṛṣṇanārāyaṇakathāṃ prapāvanīm |
tṛtīyavarṣe sañjātā phālgune pratipattithau || 1 ||
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phālgunasya śuklapakṣe puṣpadolamahotsavam |
cakāra kuṃkumavāpīkṣetre gopālakṛṣṇakaḥ || 2 ||
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vasante tatra samprāpte kiṃśukā jvalanaprabhāḥ |
niṣpatrāḥ satataṃ rejuḥ śobhayanto dharātalam || 3 ||
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śiśiraṃ nāma mātaṃgaṃ vidārya nakharairiva |
vasantakesarī prāptaḥ palāśakusumaiḥ priye || 4 ||
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kundā hasanti satataṃ kalikādantakaistadā |
vanāni karṇikārāṇāṃ puṣpitāni virejire || 5 ||
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raktā'śokavanā bhānti puṣpitāḥ sahasojjvalāḥ |
bhṛṅgavṛndāḥ piñjaritā rājante gahane vane || 6 ||
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mañjarībhirvirājante nadīkūleṣu vetasāḥ |
raktā'śokakarā tanvī rādhike kiṃśukāṃ'ghrikā || 7 ||
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nīlāśokakarā śyāmā vikāsikamalānanā |
nīlendīvaranetrā ca madhyabilvaphalastanī || 8 ||
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protphullakundadaśanā mañjarīkaraśobhitā |
bandhujīvādharā śubhrasinduvāranavāṅkurā || 9 ||
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puṃskokilasvanā divyā kaṃkolavasanā śubhā |
barhivṛndakalāpā ca sārasasvaranūpurā || 10 ||
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prāgvaṃśaraśanā ramyo mattahaṃsagatistathā |
putrajīvāṃśukāsaṅgaromarājivirājitā || 11 ||
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vasantalakṣmīḥ samprāptā cāśvapaṭṭasarastaṭe |
padmāni jalacakṣūṃṣi paśyanti premavanti ca || 12 ||
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taraṃgā jalahastāścā''hvayanti snāyino muhuḥ |
jalasya garjanāhāsyaṃ vedayanti pramodanam || 13 ||
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śukāḥ pārśvacarāḥ kṛḍhagāgamaṃ cāvedayanti ca |
śītaśīkarapavanāścākarṣayanti mānasam || 14 ||
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jalahaṃsāstārakāḍhyāṃ nimantrayanti dyāmapi |
matsyāśca rohiṇāḥ sādhūn smārayanti jalaplutān || 15 ||
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ṭiṭṭibhadhvānamevātra bālān snānābhilāṣukān |
karoti rañjayatyapi nṛtyaṃ māyūramuttamam || 16 ||
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kokilāḥ puṣpaśākhāsu kūjanena muhurharim |
snānārthaṃ cāhvayantīva prāpte vasantayauvane || 17 ||
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evaṃvidhaṃ prasannaṃ ca vanaṃ vikasitaṃ ca tat |
vilokya brāhmaṇāḥ sarve cāśvapaṭṭasarastaṭe || 18 ||
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sahasraśastadā bālā bālikāśca striyastathā |
puṣpadolotsavaṃ kartuṃ yayuścotsukamānasāḥ || 19 ||
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kadambānāṃ ca śākhāsu dolā baddhvā sukhāvahāḥ |
āndolayanti bālāṃśca bālikāḥ kanyakādikāḥ || 20 ||
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kesaraiśca tathā pālāśakaiḥ pītaiśca raktakaiḥ |
haritaiḥ kapiśai raṃgairbhṛtvā gargarikādikāḥ || 21 ||
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raṃgaiḥ saṃremire setau narā nāryo vasantake |
dhūlīkṣepairjalakṣepai raṃgakṣepairgulālakaiḥ || 22 ||
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kuṃkumai raktacūrṇaiśca remire sarasastaṭe |
prātaḥ parasparaṃ dhṛtvā prasahya vinipātya ca || 23 ||
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gargarīraṃgasalilaṃ siñcantyabhīkṣṇamutsukāḥ |
saraso mṛttikāṃ puṇyāṃ lepayanti mukhādiṣu || 24 ||
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jaladhārāḥ prasiñcanti śirasyupari yantrakaiḥ |
puṣpagucchān karṇayośca dhṛtvā nṛtyanti kecana || 25 ||
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pragāyanti kṛṣṇagītīḥ kāścana modasaṃbhṛtāḥ |
anye kadarmitaṃ dehaṃ veṣaṃ prakṣālayanti ca || 26 ||
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vidhunvanti śiraḥkeśān rajodhūlitadhūsarān |
pramṛjanti netradhūlīḥ praviśanti sarojale || 27 ||
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taranti naikataraṇaiḥ sambhūya snānti vāriṣu |
vastrāṇi raṃgaraktāni kṣālayanti narāḥ striyaḥ || 28 ||
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stabakānāṃ nikuñjeṣu ramante bālabālikāḥ |
narā nāryaḥ svayūtheṣu ramante varṣayanti ca || 29 ||
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vādyāni vādayitvā ca vasantaṃ prārcayantyapi |
pratimāṃ kānakīṃ kṛtvā pītāmbaravibhūṣitām || 30 ||
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raktapuṣpairañcitāṃ ca sakalgimukuṭānvitām |
raśanāmañjīrayutāṃ sakañcukāṃ suśobhanām || 31 ||
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kiśorabhāvamāpannāṃ sakaṭākṣāṃ manoharām |
puṣparathasthitāṃ saumyāṃ mañjarīkṛtaśekharām || 32 ||
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gucchastabakakarṇāḍhyāṃ sugandhadravacarcitām |
keśajūṭalasatskandhāṃ svarṇachatravirājitām || 33 ||
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naddhasūryamaṇiprāntamadhyacandrottarīyakām |
hīraratnasumauktikā'ñcitamukuṭaśobhitām || 34 ||
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puṣpottaṃsāṃ puṣpakaṭiṃ puṣpāvaraṇasaṃbhṛtām |
kadambapuṣpamālāḍhyāṃ cāmpakeyalalāṭikām || 35 ||
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karṇikāraprakoṣṭhāṃ ca pālāśabāhuśobhitām |
japāpuṣpauṣṭhalalitāmaindīvāraśmaśrūlikām || 36 ||
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citrakusumanetrāntāṃ kundadantavirājitām |
tilapuṣpasunāsāḍhyāṃ kādambagaṇḍamaṇḍitām || 37 ||
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kadalīpuṣpabhālāḍhyāṃ kadalīstambhasakthinīm |
kālhārajaghanabhrāmāṃ kāmalābhasunābhikām || 38 ||
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hastiśuṇḍhasamajaṅghāṃ padmapādatalānvitām |
candrasūkṣmākṛtinakhāṃ pāṇḍurāṃ mandahāsinīm || 39 ||
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mūrtiṃ vasantadevasya pupūjuḥ sarvamānavāḥ |
supuṣpaiḥ kuṃkumādyaiśca sasyaśukaiḥ suśigrubhiḥ || 40 ||
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kuṃkumā'bilacūrṇaiśca gulālairvimaladyubhiḥ |
mañjarībhiḥ raktapatraiḥ phalairvividhakaistathā || 41 ||
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dugdhapākaiḥ sudravaiśca pupūjuḥ śrīvasantakam |
ragairbahuvidhaiścāpi saṃsnāpya śrīvasantakam || 42 ||
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vāsantikairambarādyairbhūṣābhiḥ puṣpapaṭṭakaiḥ |
puṣpahāraiśca pupūjurvasantaṃ kalikāpatim || 43 ||
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mañjarīpallavānāthaṃ cāṃkurādhipatiṃ prabhum |
puṣpādhipaṃ nālikeśaṃ kāṇḍikādhipatim ṛtum || 44 ||
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śādvaleśaṃ sukiśoraṃ pupūjuḥ sarasastaṭe |
vasantasya priyāścānyāḥ kokilāṃ haṃsikāṃ tathā || 45 ||
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sārasīṃ sumanāṃ menāṃ māyūrikāṃ ca bhāsikām |
śukīṃ ca gāruḍīṃ caiva pupūjuḥ ṣoḍaśapriyāḥ || 46 ||
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sarvā lakṣmīsvarūpāstā vicitraraṃgaśobhanāḥ |
kanyakāḥ kāñcanabhāsāścandrakāntibharānanāḥ || 47 ||
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śvetāmbarāḥ piṃgavastrā haritāmbaradhārikāḥ |
kapiśāmbarayuktāśca citrāmbaradharāstathā || 48 ||
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kānakābhāmbaradharāḥ kapiśāmbaradhārikāḥ |
nīlāmbarāḥ payovastrāḥ karburāmbarādhikāḥ || 49 ||
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kaisarāmbarayuktāśca pāṇḍurāmbadhārikāḥ |
yāvacchṛṃgāraśobhāścā''narcurvasantayoṣitaḥ || 50 ||
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candanāgurukastūrīkuṃkumākṣatavāribhiḥ |
dugdhapākādibhiścāpi tāmbūlakairapūjayan || 51 ||
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atha śrībhagavāṃstatrā'nādikṛṣṇanarāyaṇaḥ |
kaiśorarūpamāsthāya cāśvapaṭṭasarastaṭe || 52 ||
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dolāyāṃ śrīvasantākhyaṃ ṣoḍaśā''ryāyutam ṛtum |
saṃsthāpayitvā vividhairupacārairapūjayat || 53 ||
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ārārtrikaṃ ca kṛtavān tatastatra vasantakaḥ |
bhāryāṣoḍaśayuktaḥ saḥ pratyakṣo hyabhavattadā || 54 ||
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yathāvarṇitarūpaśca jagād pūjakaṃ prabhum |
anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ kāntaṃ manoharam || 55 ||
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parameśvara pūjāṃ me laukikīṃ rītimāśritaḥ |
karoṣi sarvadevādyaiḥ pūjyatvaṃ puruṣottamaḥ || 56 ||
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adyā'haṃ pāvano jātaḥ sastrīkastava sevakaḥ |
tvāmarcayitumicchāmi niṣīda tvaṃ varāsane || 57 ||
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ityuktvā śrīvasantaśca sapriyo hi nijāsanāt |
avatīrya bhuvi sthitvā svāminaṃ puruṣottamam || 58 ||
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dolāyāṃ prasamāropya pūjayāmāsa bhāvataḥ |
ṣoḍaśavastubhiḥ sarvabhāryābhiḥ sahitaḥ ṛtuḥ || 59 ||
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ānarca śrīhariṃ tatra kaiśoraṃ rūpamāsthitam |
rūpānurūpāvayavaṃ vilokya puruṣottamam || 60 ||
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mumuhurdivyarūpe te vasantādyā janāstathā |
vasantayoṣitaḥ sarvā mugdhā babhūvurīśvare || 61 ||
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ṛṣayaḥ ṛṣipatnyaśca mumuhuḥ parameśvare |
evaṃ kṣaṇaṃ ca niśceṣṭāḥ stabdhāḥ samabhavan sukhāḥ || 62 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇasya kaṭākṣeṇa hāsyaprasannatābhṛtā |
atha kṣaṇānte bubudhurnaijātmānaṃ ca te tadā || 63 ||
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tuṣṭuvuḥ śrīhariṃ kāntaṃ parameśvaramiṣṭadam |
tvameva bhagavānāsse sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ || 64 ||
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sarvaiśvaryayutaḥ sākṣādanādipuruṣottamaḥ |
dehi padṃ sadā nātha sevārthaṃ caraṇaṃ tava || 65 ||
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vinā tvāṃ sarvamevāsti niṣphalaṃ sukhavarjitam |
ityuktvā ca janā nāryo nipetuścaraṇe hareḥ || 66 ||
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hariḥ prāha tathāstvevaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
tataḥ punaścamatkāraṃ darśayāmāsa keśavaḥ || 67 ||
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vasantadehe naijaṃ cābhivyāptaṃ rūpamaiśvaram |
sarvavasantakāntābhirdṛśyate śrīhariḥ svayam || 68 ||
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vasante svāmini nāthe kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ |
tadā mumuhustaṃ dṛṣṭvā kalikādyāḥ patiṃ prabhum || 69 ||
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varayāmāsurevainaṃ kiśoraṃ puruṣottamam |
priyāḥ ṣoḍaśa evaitāḥ pupūjustuṣṭuvuḥ punaḥ || 70 ||
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mālāḥ samarpayāmāsurvidadhuścandrakaṃ tataḥ |
ātmārpaṇaṃ harirjñātvā mānaseṣṭaṃ subhāvitam || 71 ||
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tathāstviti hariḥ prāha kiśorarūpadhṛk prabhuḥ |
ṣoḍaśakanyakānāṃ śrīprabhuścaivā'karottadā || 72 ||
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rūpadvayaṃ tu pratyekaṃ divyaṃ cā'divyamityadaḥ |
adivyaṃ devatulyaṃ yat ṣoḍaśaṃ rūpameva tat || 73 ||
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vasantāya dadau cātha divyaṃ ṣoḍaśarūpakam |
kanyakānāṃ surūpaṃ tat nijapriyāsvarakṣayat || 74 ||
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lomaśāya dadau tatrāśrame kanyāsu koṭiṣu |
nivāsārthaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇo bālarūpo babhūva ca || 75 ||
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raṃgaklinnaṃ hariṃ snāpayituṃ mātā sarastaṭe |
yayau tāvanmahādaityo mīnarūpo jalasthitaḥ || 76 ||
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jagrāha bālakaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ triṃśaddhastapramāṇavān |
mātā'tra vihvalā jātā putranāśā'bhiśaṃkayā || 77 ||
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śrīrādhikovāca |
ko'sau kṛṣṇa mahāmīno daityarāṭ tatra cāgataḥ |
yo'nādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ bhakṣayituṃ sthitaḥ || 78 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
sālamālo mahādaityo hiraṇyakūrcacarmajaḥ |
sālemālavane tiṣṭhannāsīllokabhayaṃkaraḥ || 79 ||
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saurāṣṭrapūrvadigbhāge vanyabhakṣyo mahāsuraḥ |
saptatālocchrayaścaikatālāyato'driśṛṃgavat || 80 ||
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gadāmudgaradhārī ca pitṛvairaṃ smarannaṭan |
aśvapaṭṭasaromadhye timirūpo'bhavattadā || 81 ||
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kāmarūpadharo daityastriṃśaddhastatimiḥ sa vai |
pucchena pracakarṣainaṃ bālaṃ snāntaṃ taṭe tadā || 82 ||
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mātṛpārśve ca sopāne sthitaṃ ramyaṃ manoharam |
bālo jñātvā kṛpāvārdhirāsuraṃ damanocitam || 83 ||
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hantuṃ samāgataṃ śīghraṃ nayantaṃ ca jale talam |
bālakṛṣṇastadā dvedhā'bhavad bālaśca nakrakaḥ || 84 ||
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bālo bhūtvā drutaṃ sarastaṭe sopānamāsthitaḥ |
nakro bhūtvā jalamadhye pañcāśaddhastamānavān || 85 ||
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mahāmatsyaṃ grasituṃ vai śīghraṃ pṛṣṭhe babhūva saḥ |
maraṇasya bhayānmatsyo dudrāva jalabhūtalam || 86 ||
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nakro jagrāha taṃ matsyaṃ matsyarūpaṃ vihāya saḥ |
sālemālo mahādaityo naro bhūtvā gadākaraḥ || 87 ||
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nakraṃ jaghāna tarasā nakrastāvallayaṃ gataḥ |
gadādhārī tu puruṣaḥ saptatālo'pi so'bhavat || 88 ||
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sālemālasya ca nārāyaṇasya samaro mahān |
balātibalinostatra gadābhyāṃ samajāyata || 89 ||
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sālena tu harermūrdhni tāḍitā balato gadā |
babhaṃja śatakhaṇḍā sā harirvajradṛḍhastadā || 90 ||
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pratijaghāna taṃ daityaṃ gadayaiva mahāprabhuḥ |
vakṣasyeva hataḥ śīghraṃ nipapāta vimūrchitaḥ || 91 ||
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punarutthāya ca naijaṃ mudgaraṃ prāhiṇod balāt |
gadayā hariṇā tattu muṣṭidaṇḍe prabhañjitam || 92 ||
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aśastraḥ sālamālo'sau khamutpapāta śṛṃgavat |
mudgalāgraṃ samādāya pātayāmāsa ke hareḥ || 93 ||
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bhagavāṃśca svagadayā pothayāmāsa mudgaram |
sudarśanaṃ mumocainaṃ nāśayituṃ mahāprabhuḥ || 94 ||
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śatasūryasamaṃ vahnijvālāmālākulaṃ bhramat |
śīghraṃ nyapatat śālasya mūrdhni cakarta tacchiraḥ || 95 ||
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hāhākāro'bhavattatra prasannāḥ sarvadevatāḥ |
sālemālo mṛtaścāyaṃ krośadehapramāṇavān || 96 ||
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nyapatad bhūtale vṛkṣān nāśayan kampayan mahīm |
ātmā tasya hareścakrayogena muktatāṃ gataḥ || 97 ||
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vimānena sudivyena vaikuṇṭhaṃ prāpa sālakaḥ |
garuḍastasya dehantu cāśvapaṭṭasarovarāt || 98 ||
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padbhyāṃ dhṛtvā nināyainamatyajad vyomamārgataḥ |
yaśodānottaraṃ śaile sālemālāhvaye vane || 99 ||
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tatra ye daityavaryāḥ saṃvartante tasya jātijāḥ |
prāpuḥ śokaṃ paraṃ tasya nāryo'pi śatamipyapi || 100 ||
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rurudurvai bhṛśaṃ vyomnaḥ patitaṃ vīkṣya vallabham |
aurdhvadaihikamevā'sya cakrurjātyanusārataḥ || 101 ||
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pañcaśatāni daityānāṃ śataṃ ca tasya yoṣitām |
sahasraṃ cāpi putrāṇāṃ sukhaṃ na lebhire śucā || 102 ||
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satataṃ cintayāmāsuste sarve vairayāpanam |
athā'tra bhagavān bālo bhūtvā'śvapaṭṭasannidhau || 103 ||
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puṣpadolotsavaṃ kṛtvā pitṛbhyāṃ gṛhamāyayau |
kanyakāḥ śrīlomaśasyāśramaṃ yayustadājñayā || 104 ||
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ṛṣayastallalanāśca svasvālayān yayustataḥ |
pitā hareḥ kare rakṣāsūtraṃ babandha caurṇakam || 105 ||
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evaṃ dolotsave nārāyaṇena paramātmanā |
rādhike darśitaścamatkāro daityo niṣūditaḥ || 106 ||
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paṭhanācchravaṇādvāpi sarvasaubhāgyamāpnuyāt |
naro nārī kanyakā vā bālo yatiryuvā'pi vā || 107 ||
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prāpnuyāt paramaṃ dhāma śrutvā bhāvena tatkathām |
kṛpāsādhyahareḥ rādhe pāravatīśituḥ priye || 108 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye tretāsantāne vasantavikāsaḥ puṣpadolotsavaḥ timiṃgilarūpasālamālāsurasya harirnāśārthamāgatasya harikṛtanāśaścetyādinirūpaṇanāmā pañcaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 25 ||
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