Chapter 54

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vyāsa uvāca |
aniruddhe hṛtai pautre kṛṣṇasya munisattama |
kuṃbhāṃḍasutayā kṛṣṇaḥ kimakārṣīddhi tadvada || 1 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
tato gate'niruddhe tu tatstrīṇāṃ rodanasvanam |
śrutvā ca vyathitaḥ kṛṣṇo babhūva munisattama || 2 ||
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apaśyatāṃ cāniruddhaṃ tadbaṃdhūnāṃ harestathā |
catvāro vārṣikā māsā vyatīyuranuśocatām || 3 ||
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nāradāttadupākarṇya vārtāṃ baddhasya karma ca |
āsansuvyathitāssarve vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇadevatāḥ || 4 ||
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kṛṣṇastadvṛttamakhilaṃ śrutvā yuddhāya cādarāt |
jagāma śoṇitapuraṃ tārkṣyamāhūya tatkṣaṇāt || 5 ||
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pradyumno yuyudhānaśca gatassāṃbotha sāraṇaḥ |
naṃdopanaṃdabhadrādyā rāmakṛṣṇānuvartinaḥ || 6 ||
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akṣauhiṇībhirdvādaśabhissametāsarvato diśam |
rurudhurbāṇanagaraṃ samaṃtātsātvatarṣabhāḥ || 7 ||
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bhajyamānapurodyānaprākārāṭṭālagopuram |
vīkṣyamāṇo ruṣāviṣṭastulyasainyobhiniryayau || 8 ||
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bāṇārthe bhagavān rudrassasutaḥ pramathairvṛtaḥ |
āruhya nandivṛṣabhaṃ yuddhaṃ karttuṃ samāyayau || 9 ||
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āsītsutumulaṃ yuddhamadbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam |
kṛṣṇādikānāṃ taistatra rudrādyairbāṇarakṣakaiḥ || 10 ||
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kṛṣṇaśaṃkarayorāsītpradyumnaguhayorapi |
kūṣmāṃḍakūpakarṇābhyāṃ balena saha saṃyugaḥ || 11 ||
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sāṃbasya bāṇaputreṇa bāṇena saha sātyakeḥ |
nandinā garuḍasyāpi pareṣāṃ ca parairapi || 12 ||
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brahmādayassurādhīśā munayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ |
gaṃdharvā'psaraso yānairvimānairdraṣṭumāgaman || 13 ||
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pramathairvividhākārai revatyaṃtaiḥ sudāruṇam |
yuddhaṃ babhūva viprendra teṣāṃ ca yaduvaṃśinām || 14 ||
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bhrātrā rāmeṇa sahitaḥ pradyumnena ca dhīmatā |
kṛṣṇaścakāra samaramatulaṃ pramathaissaha || 15 ||
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tatrāgninā'bhavadyuddhaṃ yamena varuṇena ca |
vimukhena tripādena jvareṇa ca guhena ca || 16 ||
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pramathairvividhākāraisteṣāmanyaṃ tadāruṇam |
yuddhaṃ babhūva vikaṭaṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ romaharṣaṇam || 17 ||
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vibhīṣikābhirbahvībhiḥ koṭarībhiḥ padepade |
nirllajjābhiśca nārībhiḥ prabalābhiradūrataḥ || 18 ||
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śaṃkarānucarāñśaurirbhūtapramathaguhyakān |
drāvayāmāsa tīkṣṇāgraiḥ śaraiḥ śārṅgadhanuścyutaiḥ || 19 ||
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evaṃ pradyumnapramukhā vīrā yuddhamahotsavāḥ |
cakruryuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ śatrusainyaṃ vināśayan || 20 ||
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viśīryamāṇaṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā rudrotyamarṣaṇaḥ |
krodhaṃ cakāra sumahannanāda ca maholbaṇam || 21 ||
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tacchrutvā śaṃkaragaṇā vineduryuyudhuśca te |
mardayanpratiyoddhāraṃ varddhitāśśaṃbhutejasā || 22 ||
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pṛthagvidhāni cāyuktaṃ śārṅgāstrāṇi pinākine |
pratyakṣaiśśamayāmāsa śūlapāṇiravismitaḥ || 23 ||
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brahmāstrasya ca brahmāstraṃ vāyavyasya ca pārvatam |
āgneyasya ca pārjanyaṃ naijaṃ nārāyaṇasya ca || 24 ||
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kṛṣṇasainyaṃ vidudrāva prativīreṇa nirjitam |
na tasthau samare vyāsa pūrṇarudrasutejasā || 25 ||
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vidrāvite svasainye tu śrīkṛṣṇaśca paraṃtapaḥ |
svaṃ jvaraṃ śītalākhyaṃ hi vyasṛjaddāruṇaṃ mune || 26 ||
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vidrāvite kṛṣṇasainye kṛṣṇasya śītalajvaraḥ |
abhyapadyata taṃ rudraṃ mune daśadiśo dahan || 27 ||
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maheśvarotha' taṃ dṛṣṭvāyāṃtaṃ svaṃ visṛjajjvaram |
māheśvaro vaiṣṇavaśca yuyudhāte jvarāvubhau || 28 ||
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vaiṣṇavo'tha samākradanmāheśvarabalārditaḥ |
alabdhvā bhayamanyatra tuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam || 29 ||
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atha prasanno bhagavānviṣṇujvaranuto haraḥ |
viṣṇuśītajvaraṃ prāha śaraṇāgatavatsalaḥ || 30 ||
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maheśvara uvāca |
śītajvara prasanno'haṃ vyetu te majjvarādbhayam |
yo nau smarati saṃvādaṃ tasya na syājjvarādbhayam || 31 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityukto rudramānamya gato nārāyaṇajvaraḥ |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā caritaṃ kṛṣṇo visismāya bhayānvitaḥ || 32 ||
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skanda pradyumnabāṇaughairardyamāno'tha kopitaḥ |
jaghāna śaktyā pradyumnaṃ daityasaṃghātyamarṣaṇaḥ || 33 ||
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skaṃdaprāptihatastatra pradyumnaḥ prabalopi hi |
asṛgvimuṃcangātrebhyo balenāpākramadraṇāt || 34 ||
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kuṃbhāṃḍakūpakarṇābhyāṃ nānāstraiśca samāhataḥ |
dudrāva balabhadropi na tasthepi raṇe balī || 35 ||
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kṛtvā sahasraṃ kāyānāṃ pītvā toyaṃ mahārṇavāt |
garuḍo nāśayatyarthā''vartairmeghārṇavāṃbubhiḥ || 36 ||
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atha kruddho maheśasya vāhano vṛṣabho balī |
vegena mahatāraṃ vai śṛṃgābhyāṃ nijaghāna tam || 37 ||
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śṛṃgaghātaviśīrṇāṃgo garuḍo'tīva vismitaḥ |
vidudrāva raṇāttūrṇaṃ vihāya ca janārdanam || 38 ||
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evaṃ jāte caritraṃ tu bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ |
uvāca sārathiṃ śīghraṃ rudratejotivismitaḥ || 39 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
he sūta śṛṇu madvākyaṃ rathaṃ me vāhaya drutam |
mahādevasamīpastho yathā syāṃ gadituṃ vacaḥ || 40 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityukto hariṇā sūto dārukassvaguṇāgraṇīḥ |
drutaṃ taṃ vāhayāmāsa rathaṃ rudrasamīpataḥ || 41 ||
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atha vijñāpayāmāsa nato bhūtvā kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
śrīkṛṣṇaḥ śaṃkaraṃ bhaktyā prapanno bhaktavatsalam || 42 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
devadeva mahādeva śaraṇāgatavatsala |
namāmi tvā'naṃtaśaktiṃ sarvātmānaṃ pareśvaram || 43 ||
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viśvotpattisthānanāśahetuṃ sajjñapti mātrakam |
brahmaliṃgaṃ paraṃ śāṃtaṃ kevalaṃ parameśvaram || 44 ||
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kālo daivaṃ karma jīvassvabhāvo dravyameva ca |
kṣetraṃ ca prāṇa ātmā ca vikārastatsamūhakaḥ || 45 ||
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bījarohapravāhastu tvanmāyaiṣā jagatprabho |
tannibaṃdhaṃ prapadyeha tvāmahaṃ parameśvaram || 46 ||
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nānā bhāvairlīlayaiva svīkṛtairnirjarādikān |
nūnaṃ bibhaṣiṃ lokeśo haṃsyunmārgānsvabhāvataḥ || 47 ||
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tvaṃ hi brahma paraṃ jyotirgūḍhaṃ brahmaṇi vāṅmaye |
yaṃ paśyaṃtyamalātmānamākāśamiva kevalam || 48 ||
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tvameva cādyaḥ puruṣo'dvitīyasturya ātmadṛk |
īśo heturahetuśca savikāraḥ pratīyase || 49 ||
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svamāyayā sarvaguṇaprasiddhyai bhagavanprabho |
sarvānvitaḥ prabhinnaśca sarvatastvaṃ maheśvara || 50 ||
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yathaiva sūryo'pihitaśchāyārūpāṇi ca prabho |
svacchāyayā saṃcakāsti hyayaṃ paramadṛgbhavān || 51 ||
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guṇenāpihitopi tvaṃ guṇe va guṇān vibho |
svapradīpaścakāssi tvaṃ bhūman giriśa śaṃkara || 52 ||
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tvanmāyāmohitadhiyaḥ putradāragṛhādiṣu |
unmajjaṃti nimajjaṃti prasaktā vṛjinārṇave || 53 ||
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daivadattamimaṃ labdhvā nṛlokamajitendriyaḥ |
yo nādriyeta tvatpādau sa śocyo hyātmavaṃcakaḥ || 54 ||
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tvadājñayāhaṃ bhagavānbāṇadośchettumāgataḥ |
tvayaiva śapto bāṇo'yaṃ garvito garvahāriṇā || 55 ||
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nivarttasva raṇā ddeva tvacchāpo na vṛthā bhavet |
ājñāṃ dehi prabho me tvaṃ bāṇasya bhujakṛṃtane || 56 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityākarṇya vacaśśaṃbhuḥ śrīkṛṣṇasya munīśvara |
pratyuvāca prasannātmā kṛṣṇastutyā maheśvaraḥ || 57 ||
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maheśvara uvāca |
satyamuktaṃ tvayā tāta mayā śapto hi daityarāṭ |
madājñayā bhavānprāpto bāṇadodaṃḍakṛṃtane || 58 ||
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kiṃ karomi ramānātha bhaktādhīnassadā hare |
paśyato me kathaṃ vīra syādbāṇabhujakṛṃtanam || 59 ||
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atastvaṃ jṛṃbhaṇāstreṇa māṃ jaṃbhaya madājñayā |
tatastvaṃ kuru kāryaṃ svaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ ca sukhī bhava || 60 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityuktaśśaṃkareṇātha śārṅgapāṇistu vismitaḥ |
svaraṇasthānamāgatya mumoda sa munīśvaraḥ || 61 ||
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jṛṃbhaṇāstraṃ mumocātha saṃdhāya dhanuṣi drutam |
pinākapāṇaye vyāsa nānāstrakuśalo hariḥ || 62 ||
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mohayitvā tu giriśaṃ jṛṃbhaṇāstreṇa jṛṃbhitam |
bāṇasya pṛtanāṃ śaurirjaghānāsigadarṣṭibhiḥ || 63 ||
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iti śivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṃḍe bāṇā'surarudrakṛṣṇādiyuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 54 ||
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