Chapter 55

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vyāsa uvāca |
sanatkumāra sarvajña brahmaputra namostu te |
adbhuteyaṃ kathā tāta śrāvitā me tvayā mune || 1 ||
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jṛṃbhite jṛṃbhaṇāstreṇa hariṇā samare hare |
hate bāṇabale bāṇaḥ kimakārṣīcca tadvada || 2 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityākarṇya vacastasya vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ |
pratyuvāca prasannātmā brahmaputro munīśvaraḥ || 6 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
śṛṇu vyāsa mahāprājña kathāṃ ca paramādbhutām |
kṛṣṇaśaṃkarayostāta lokalīlānusāriṇoḥ || 4 ||
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śayite līlayā rudre saputre sagaṇe sati |
bāṇo vinirgato yuddhaṃ kartuṃ kṛṣṇena daityarāṭ || 5 ||
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kuṃbhāṃḍasaṃgṛhītāśvo nānāśastrāstradhṛk tataḥ |
cakāra yuddhamatulaṃ baliputro mahābalaḥ || 6 ||
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dṛṣṭvā nijabalaṃ naṣṭaṃ sa daityendro'tyamarṣitaḥ |
cakāra yuddhamatulaṃ bali putro mahābalaḥ || 7 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇopi mahāvīro giriśāptamahābalaḥ |
uccairjagarja tatrājau bāṇaṃ matvā tṛṇopamam || 8 ||
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dhanuṣṭaṃkārayāmāsa śārṅgākhyaṃ nijamadbhutam |
trāsayanbāṇasainyaṃ tadavaśiṣṭaṃ munīśvara || 9 ||
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tena nādena mahatā dhanuṣṭaṃkārajena hi |
dyāvābhūmyoraṃtaraṃ vai vyāptamāsīdanaṃtaram || 10 ||
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cikṣepa vividhānbāṇānbāṇāya kupito hariḥ |
karṇāntaṃ tadvikṛṣyātha tīkṣṇānāśīviṣopamān || 11 ||
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āyātāṃstānnirīkṣyā'tha sa bāṇo balinandanaḥ |
aprāptāneva ciccheda svaśaraissvadhanuścyutaiḥ || 12 ||
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punarjagarja sa vibhurbāṇo vairigaṇārdanaḥ |
tatrasurvṛṣṇayassarve kṛṣṇātmāno vicetasaḥ || 13 ||
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smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojaṃ cikṣepa nijasāyakān |
sa kṛṣṇāyātiśūrāya mahāgarvo balessutaḥ || 14 ||
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kṛṣṇopi tānasaṃprāptānacchinatsaśarairdrutam |
smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojamamarāri mahābalaḥ || 15 ||
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rāmādayo vṛṣṇayaśca svaṃsvaṃ yoddhāramāhave |
nijaghnurbalinassarve kṛtvā krodhaṃ samākulāḥ || 16 ||
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itthaṃ cirataraṃ tatra balinośca dvayorapi |
babhūva tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vismayāvaham || 17 ||
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tasminnavasare tatra krodhaṃ kṛtvā'tipakṣirāṭ |
bāṇāsurabalaṃ sarvaṃ pakṣāghātairamardayat || 18 ||
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marditaṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā mardayaṃtaṃ ca taṃ balī |
cukopāti baleḥ putraḥ śaivarāḍ ditijeśvaraḥ || 19 ||
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smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojaṃ sahasrabhujavāndrutam |
mahatparākramaṃ cakre vairiṇāṃ dussahaṃ sa vai || 20 ||
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cikṣepa yugapadbāṇānamitāṃstatra vīrahā |
kṛṣṇādisarvayaduṣu garuḍe ca pṛthakpṛthak || 21 ||
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jaghānaikena garuḍaṃ kṛṣṇamekena pattriṇā |
balamekena ca mune parānapi tathā balī || 22 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahāvīryo viṣṇurūpassurārihā |
cukopātiraṇe tasmiñjagarja ca maheśvaraḥ || 23 ||
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jaghāna bāṇaṃ tarasā śārṅganissṛtasaccharaiḥ |
ati tadbalamatyugraṃ yugapatsmṛtaśaṃkaraḥ || 24 ||
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ciccheda taddhanuśśīghraṃ chatrādikamanā kulaḥ |
hayāṃśca pātayāmāsa hatvā tānsvaśarairhariḥ || 25 ||
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bāṇo'pi ca mahāvīro jagarjāti prakupya ha |
kṛṣṇaṃ jaghāna gadayā so'pataddharaṇītale || 26 ||
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utthāyāraṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇo yuyudhe tena śatruṇā |
śivabhaktena devarṣe lokalīlā'nusārataḥ || 27 ||
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evaṃ dvayościraṃ kāla babhūva sumahānraṇaḥ |
śivarūpo hariḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sa ca śaivottamo balī || 28 ||
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kṛṣṇo'tha kṛtvā samaraṃ ciraṃ bāṇena vīryavān |
śivā''jñayā prāptabalaścukopāti munīśvaraḥ || 29 ||
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tatassudarśanenāśu kṛṣṇo bāṇabhujānbahūn |
ciccheda bhagavāñśaṃbhu śāsanātparavīrahā || 30 ||
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avaśiṣṭā bhujāstasya catvāro'tīva sundarāḥ |
gatavyatho babhūvāśu śaṃkarasya prasādataḥ || 31 ||
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gatasmṛtiryadā bāṇa śiraśchettuṃ samudyataḥ |
kṛṣṇo vīratvamāpannastadā rudrassamutthitaḥ || 32 ||
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rudra uvāca |
bhagavandevakīputra yadājñaptaṃ mayā purā |
tatkṛtaṃ ca tvayā vipra madājñākāriṇā sadā || 33 ||
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mā bāṇasya śiraśchiṃdhi saṃharasva sudarśanam |
madājñayā cakramidaṃ syānmoghaṃ majjane sadā || 34 ||
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dattaṃ mayā purā tubhyamanivāryaṃ raṇe tava |
cakraṃ jayaṃ ca govinda nivartasva raṇāttataḥ || 35 ||
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dadhīce rāvaṇe vīre tārakādipureṣvapi |
vinā madājñāṃ lakṣmīśa rathāṅgaṃ nāmucaḥ purā || 36 ||
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tvaṃ tu yogīśvarasssākṣātparamātmā janārdana |
vicāryatāṃ svamanasā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ || 37 ||
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varamasya mayā dattaṃ na mṛtyurbhayamasti vai |
tanme vacassadā satyaṃ parituṣṭosmyahaṃ tava || 38 ||
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purā'yaṃ garvito matto yuddhaṃ dehīti me'bravīt |
bhujānkaṇḍūyamānastu vismṛtātmagatirhare || 39 ||
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tadāhamaśapaṃ taṃ vai bhujacchettā''gamiṣyati |
acireṇātikālena gatagarvo bhaviṣyasi || 40 ||
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madājñayā hariḥ prāpto bhujacchettā tavā'tha vai |
nivartasva raṇādgaccha svagṛhaṃ savadhūvaraḥ || 41 ||
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ityuktaḥ sa tayomaitrīṃ kārayitvā maheśvaraḥ |
tamamujñāpya sagaṇaḥ saputraḥ svālayaṃ yayau || 42 ||
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|| sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityākarṇya vacaśśaṃbhossaṃhṛtya ca sudarśanam |
akṣatāṃgastu vijayī tatkṛṣṇoṃtaḥpuraṃ yayau || 43 ||
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aniruddhaṃ samāśvāsya sahitaṃ bhāryayā punaḥ |
jagrāha ratnasaṃghātaṃ bāṇadattamanekaśaḥ || 44 ||
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tatsakhīṃ citralekhāṃ ca gṛhītvā parayoginīm |
prasanno'bhūttataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛtakāryaḥ śivājñayā || 45 ||
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hṛdā praṇamya giriśamāmaṃtrya ca balestutam |
parivārasametastu jagāma svapurīṃ hariḥ || 46 ||
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pathi jitvā ca varuṇaṃ viruddhaṃ tamanekadhā |
dvārakāṃ ca purīṃ prāptassamutsavasamanvitaḥ || 47 ||
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visarjayitvā garuḍaṃ sakhīnvīkṣyopahasya ca |
dvārakāyāṃ tato dṛṣṭvā kāmacārī cacāra ha || 48 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ paṃcame yuddhakhaṃḍe bāṇabhujakṛṃtanagarvāpahāravarṇanaṃ nāma pañcapañcāśattamodhyāyaḥ || 55 ||
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